Old Paths Advocate - Church of Christ

PAGE FOUR THE OLD PATHS- ADVOCATE MAY 1, 1946
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PUBLISRED MONTHLY AT LEBANON, MO.
Entered as second-class matter March 24, 1032, at the post-
office at Lebanon, Missouri, under ,the Act of March 3, 1570.
EDITORS
HOMER L. KING ______________________________Lebanon; Ma.
HOMER A. GAY. ____________________________ ’-- .Lebanon, ?do.
PUBLISHER
HOMER L. KING _._c______________ Route 2, Lebanon, Ma.
H. E. ROBERTSON, Assistant ._____________
. Phillipsburg, Mo
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
SINGLE SUBSCRIPTION ONE PEAR -__________________
$1.00
SINGLE SUBSCRIPTrON SIX MONTHS . _________ SO
Printed by Laycook Printing Co., Jaclcson. Tenn.
HERE AND THERE
Favorite Spiritual Songs Number Two-We are
expecting this splendid collection of songs to
come from the press by the time you read this.
Already it has taken much longer than we an-
ticipated to get it from the printers, but as they
tell us, they have been covered up in other work.
We hope we shall not be so late with our song
books after this, and it begins to look as if we
shall have to put out a book each year, in order
to supply the demand of the brethren who sing.
The book will be the same size and quality as our
1944 book. The price about the same, with only
a very small increase by the 50 and 100 copies,
as follows: 35c per copy; 3 copies $1.00; $3.75
per dozen ; $14.00 per 50 ; $27.00 for 100 ; postage
prepaid by us to you. Note:-the increase in
price mentioned here does not apply to orders al-
ready received prior to May l.
Old Paths Pulpit-We still have a good supply
of this fine book of 33 sermons and essays by as
many preachers of the Church of Christ; together
with a photograph and short history of each
preacher. The price is $2.00 per copy.
The Communion is a splendid tract dealing With
the various phases of the bread and cups ques-
tions, by Brother Ervin Waters. It is just the
thing to hand to brethren in error on these ques-
tions. The price is 25c per copy; $1.00 for 5
copies; or $2.00 per dozen.
Clark-King Discussion is a neat tract, contain-
ing a discussion of the number of drinking v,essels
that may be used in one assembly, by N. L. Clark
and Homer L. King. Read this and be your own
judge as to whether Bro. Clark, one of the ablest
men among the cups brethren, found a plurality of
cups for the Communion. Only 1Oc per copy;
$1.00 per dozen. Postage prepaid by us on all
the above books and tracts.
Send all orders to Old Paths Advocate, Route 2,
Lebanon, Missouri.
Subscriptions.-Now that about all the preach-
ers are out in the field, will they not kindly take
enough interest in the welfare of the paper to
mention it publicly and privately, requesting that
all brethren subscribe for the paper. We need
the help of all loyal friends of the paper to help
us increase its circulation, that our opportunity
for good may be increased. It is too much to expect
the publisher and a few of the preachers and
friends to carry the burden alone, but if all would
take an interestrthe paper would soon claim its
rightful place in the brotherhood and be a greater
factor for good. Can we depend on you to help
us put this paper into every Christian home?
They need the paper, and we need the subscriptions.
Remember the paper has no other source
of income to financelit, other than subscriptions.
Hence, it is very eskential that all keep working
to keep a good list coming it EVERY month. If
your paper comes in a wrapper, you know that
.you are the only one getting the paper from your
post office, and you should try to get others to
subscribe with you. Send it to some honest heart-
ed people that you know; you might “save a
soul from death,” by so doing.
Summer Meetings-The time for your summer
meeting is approaching; are you ready for it?
You can do much to make it a success, or you
can help to make it a failure by doing nothing.
Why not have a “spring cleaning” of the house
and the lawn, making the needed repairs on the
building, lights, seats, roof, etc. What about the
paint. job? Too, the elders (if any), or the lead-
ers, can do much to make the meeting a success
by seeing that the church is in harmony and
working condition. Maybe, we need a “house
cleaning” here. Do not wait for the preacher to
have to spend the most of his time in converting
_the church, when he should be preaching to the
world to convert sinners. Remember, too, that
“it pays to advertise” meetings as well as other
things. See that announcem’ents are made in the
local papers and all other legitimate avenues. YOU
want the preacher to “tell the world” about the
Christ, do you not? Then let the world know
where and when he (the preacher) is doing the
telling. Let us not be “slothful in business,” es-
pecially, not in the Lord‘s business, brethren.
. Unity-I am glad to note that there seems to
be a better spirit manifested on the part of about
all the preaching brethren and others to “endeav-
or to keep the unity of the spirit in the bond of
peace” on matters that sometime trouble the
peace and harmony of the church. Only a very,
very few seem to really want division, if any at
all. Let us do much reading, thinking, praying,
be very patipt, longsuffering, before we decide
to become so radical as to disfellowship all who
may disagree with us over matters that do not
pertain to the worship and work of the church.
“Behold how good and how pleasant it is for
brethren to dwell together in unity”!
-Homer L. King.
OUk HELPERS
Here each month we give credit to all’from
whom we have received one or more subscrip-
tidns from 20th to 20th. We want to thank all
MAY 1, 1946 THE OLD PA‘IXS ADVOCATE
who are taking enough interest in the paper to
send us subscriptions. We appreciate all that you
do to help increase the circulation of the only
paper of its kind. May we have a nice list from
you each month. Note as follows:
Homer A. Gay-8; Homer L. King-6; J. H.
McKaig-5; Tom E. Smith-4; Betty Arnett-3;
Chas. D. Palmer-3; Carlos Smith-3; Carl N.
Nichols-2 ; Thomas Stiner-2 ; John W. Nowlan
-2 ; Barney Welch-2 ; Russell Townsend-2 ;
Clarence Kessinger-2 ; Ervin Waters-1 ; Jesse
Ennes-1; Overa Freeman-1 ; Lewis Howsman
1; F. A. Deavers-1; Ray Asplin-1; Mrs. Mae
Sammons-1 ; Estelle Tillotson-1 ; Bertha Wise-
Ipv--l; Chester King-1; Mrs. M. F. Paslay-1;
W. E. Murry-1 ; L. F. Upshaw-1 ; Pete Howard
-1; Mary E. Bryant-1; E. 0. Evitt-1; V. H.
Yoder-1 ; R. L: Hawk-1 ; Jesse French-1 ; Mrs.
I-I. W. Gilmore-1 ; Clyde Padgett-1 ; Perry Allen
-1 ; Paul Nichols-1 ; Ervin R. Boss-1 ; Mrs. J.
0. Welden-1; J. E. Jones-1; Total 70.
MAINTENANCE OF BRETHREN IN CPS
Church, Escalon, Calif., J. C. Butler ______ $ 79.54
Church, New Salem, Miss., Carlos B. Smith 30.00
Church, Lees Summit, Mo., Herschel Massie 25.00
Church, Waco, Texas (4th. St.), L. N.
Byford _____________
Church, Carter, Oklahoma, Clyde Middick
Church, Wichita Falls, Tex. (6th. St.),
W. D. Goodgion ________________
A. E. Cogburn, De Leon, Texas _________
D. B. McCord, USS.Oregon City, CA 122,
New York, N. Y. ________________
Roy Barnes, Green Forest, Ark. ________
25.00
25.00
25.00
5.00
5.00
3.00
Total _______________ 1 __________ 222.54
Amount for 7 brethren, $31.00 each ______ 217.00
Balance _______-________________ 5.54
Brethren Leonard Hendrickson and Lewis Cob-
burn having been released in March, we now have
to support the following: Three Rivers, Calif.,-
Bill Harmon, Jesse French, Luke Robertson, Hom-
er A. Gay, Jr. ; Gatlinburg, Tenn.,-Clayton Fanch-
er, H. C. Welch, Jr., and J. B. Spradley.
Howard King and Kenneth Triplett are still
working in a hospital in Marion, Va. We hear that
Howard is sclieduled to be released in May or
June. We pray for the speedy release of all these
Christian boys.
PLANS FOR VOCAL MUSIC SCHOOL
Everything has worked out favorably for the
vocal music school to be held at Ardmore, be-
ginning May 15th.
I would suggest that every one, who plans to
attend this school, be making preparations now
by getting in touch with Brother Joe Elmore or
Brother Glenn Elmore, at 408 K. N. W., phone
3015-5, relative to board and room, ete. : also con-
tact them in arriving in Ardmore.
I would also suggest that every one plan to
reach Ardmore on the 14th, so that we might
start the enrollment that night, in order to dis-
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pose of all preliminaries and be ready to start
on the 15th.
We are trying to obtain a large hall, but in
the event we are not able to obtain one, the school
will be held where the church meets for worship,
at 802 2nd N. W.
The brethren intended to have a new building
in time for the school, but were unable to obtain
8 suitable location and material in time to com-
plete it. However, they plan to build later. They
are renting the place where they now meet. I
hope the brotherhood remember their liberality
in supporting this venture, for they are making
a sacrifice in order that it might be a success.
Help them when they get ready to build, for they
deserve it.
-Tom E. Smith
.TRYING TO ESCAPE
Trying to escape from the illogical pitfalls to
which their theory as to the nature of man leads,
the Adventists make another vain attempt to ex-
tricate themselves, as the following article which
appeared in P. T. Messenger of Feb. 21, 1929, will
show :
This text (Exo. 3:6), is quoted by our Lord
in support of the resurrection of the dead, one
would not think so by a casual glance. But his
illumination brings this truth out of it. In deal-
ing with it, in this connection, we need to keep
in mind the definition of death inyolved in this
discussion. He was confronted by the Saddu-
cees who denied any resurrection; whose concep-
tion of death was that an eternal sleep, that the
person once dead had no more life future or other-
wise.
The argument is that God is not the God of
the dead in the Sadduceean sense, viz: such as
have gone to oblivion. But he is the God of
Abraham, Isaac and Jacob; therefore they are not
dead in that sense. That does not say they are
not dead in any sense. That is patent to all. -If
there were no resurrection of the dead in the
Sadduceean sense. Their present state is as
much dead as though they were dead in that sense.
But they were kept back from the Sadduceean
death by resurrection interruption. If there were
no such interruption they would be as dead as
the Sadducees believed men to be. But God is
not the God of such as have gone to the oblivion
of the Sadduceean death. But these patriarchs
have him as their God; therefore they are not
thus dead and the only thing that prevent such
an oblivious state is resurrection interruption.
Thus Christ proves their resurrection.
Luke says all live unto him.
They are reckoned
alive to him who quickeneth the dead and
calleth those things that be not as though they
were. (Rom. 4:17)
Those patriarchs are enshrouded in resurrection
promise to which God has great respect. By that
enshroudment in promise they are held back from
Sadduceean death. In order for them to realize
the promise made to them they must live, for
those promises are of such a character that only