The
BULLETIN
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VOL. III. NO. 1
March
1935
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Address
news letters to Herbert W. Armstrong, editor,
at
560 Fourth Ave., West, Eugene, Ore.
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THE
LORD'S SUPPER AND DAYS OF UNLEAVENED BREAD ARE HERE!
observance of the Lord's Supper, will take place on Tuesday
night, April 16th. This
is the eve, or beginning of Abib 14th of
the sacred calendar, which is April 17th.
Jeans,
Alvadore, and Eugene churches will combine for the
occasion, meeting at the home of the editor in Eugene, at 560
Fourth Avenue, West. The
editor will officiate, assisted by the
deacons, E. E. Fisher, and W. M. Conn.
Elder
Ray will officiate at Oregon City, Elder Stewart at
Salem, and Elder Severson at Harrisburg. We are unable to
announce the places of meeting in these cities, but the brethren
at each place will probably know, or can learn, where to go.
Let
all the brethren examine themselves, being sure that none
partake of this sacred ordinance unworthily. If any feels
unworthy, the Word does not excuse him from taking the supper,
but rather: "Let a man EXAMINE himself, and so let him EAT of
that bread, and DRINK of that cup." All are COMMANDED to observe
it. Let us seek the Lord
very earnestly.
In
connection with the Lord's Supper, or Passover, comes the
SEVEN DAYS of UNLEAVENED BREAD, with the two annual holy days, or
Sabbaths.
All
brethren should put all leaven out of their houses during
this period.
April
17th, or the period from sun-set Tuesday night until
sunset Wednesday night, is the Passover and the Preparation for
the annual High Day Sabbath. See
John 19:14, 31. April 18th,
beginning Wednesday sunset until Thursday sunset, is the 15th of
Abib -- the annual "high day sabbath."
"In
the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the
Lord's Passover. And on
the fifteenth day of the same month is the
feast of unleavened bread unto the Lord: seven days ye must eat
unleavened bread. In the
first day ye shall have an HOLY
CONVOCATION": (the annual "high day" sabbath of John
19:31): "ye
shall do no servile work therein ... in the seventh day is an
HOLY CONVOCATION: ye shall do no servile work therein." (Lev.
23:5-8).
"And
ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread ... by
an ordinance FOREVER." (Ex. 12:17). "Christ our Passover is
sacrificed for us: therefore let us KEEP THE FEAST." (I Cor. 5:
7, 8). The
"feast" is the annual holyday. See
margin.
The
Church of God in the first century DID observe the entire
seven days of unleavened bread. (Acts 20:6; 12:3, 4). Therefore we
must, today. They also
continued to observe the other annual
Sabbaths. (Acts 20:16;
18:21; I Cor. 16:8; Acts 27:9, see margin
-- Day of Atonement.)
Since
all these annual Sabbath days were commanded to be kept
FOREVER, and since I Cor. 5:8 commands the NEW Testament Church
to KEEP the coming annual "high day" Sabbath, or
"feast," and
since SEVEN DIFFERENT NEW TESTAMENT TEXTS show the Church of God
under Paul's supervision DID observe them, WE SHOULD DO IT NOW!
The
fact that some of us have not "seen" this in the past will
not excuse us before such plain instruction in the Bible, any
more than the fact that Sunday people never kept the Sabbath or
"saw" it in the past will justify them in continuing in
profaning
the weekly Sabbath, after the light of God's Word has come. Let
US be as honest as we think others should be!
Many
have believed Col. 2:16 abolishes the annual Sabbaths,
but it does not. The
"Sabbaths" here spoken of are the WEEKLY
Sabbaths! Honestly study
those texts, describing the MEAT AND
DRINK OFFERINGS held ON THE annual sabbaths, monthly new
moons,
and weekly Sabbaths: Nu.
28:3-4,9-10,11,16-17; 26-27; Nu. 29:1-2;
7-9;12-14; Then I Chron. 23:31; II Chron 2:4; 8:13; 31:3; Neh.
10:33; Ezek. 45:17; Col 2:17. You
will see that ALL these texts
speak of the MEAT AND DRINK OFFERINGS held ON the annual, the
monthly, and the weekly days. Now notice marginal reference for
word "respect" in Col 2:16.
It says "part." The
Greek word is
"morei" and lexicons define it as "sacrificial meat
part." So
this text is only abolishing MEAT AND DRINK ORDINANCES held on
these days.
Let
us praise God for the TRUTH! Let all the
brethren put all
leaven out of their houses beginning Wednesday evening, April
17th, until sunset Wednesday April 24th. Let all cease work on
the two "high" Sabbaths, Thursday April 18th, and Wednesday
April
24th, beginning sunset the night before.
Many
have not done this in the past. It is hoped
all will be
DOERS of this truth not profaning ANY of God's HOLY DAYS!
Oregon to take up evangelistic work in northern Oregon and
Washington, especially among the Scandinavian people of that
section.
Elder
Severson has spoken at all-day meetings held at
Alvadore, February 9th, the day after his arrival, and at Jeans
February 23, and at Harrisburg March 30, so most of the brethren
of the state have been privileged to hear him.
At
the present Brother Severson is conducting a meeting at
Ingram Island school house, about two miles north-west of Noraton
school, and between Harrisburg and Monroe. Good interest is
reported.
We
ask all the brethren to pray earnestly for the success of
his effort there, that many will be led into Christ and into the
whole truth of the Word of God.
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WORK
PROGRESSING IN EUGENE SECTOR
We
praise God for the harvest He has given in the Eugene
sector, where three new churches have been raised up, nearly
altogether of new members, during the past eighteen months.
Under
the three-point campaign started by the editor the first
of last year -- including the radio campaign, the Plain Truth
magazine, and the evangelistic campaigns, this work continues to
progress.
We
have received about as many letters at the radio studio,
from listeners, during the first three months of this year as were
received all of last year. This
mail indicates the radio audience
has almost doubled since last Summer, and now about 8,000 to 10,000
people are in the large invisible audience every Sunday. For the
past seven weeks we have been preaching on God's Holy Law.
The
current issue of The Plain Truth is the largest ever
issued, and goes out to about 200 new homes.
The
editor plans to open a new evangelistic campaign within a
few days, in either Springfield, where we have a large radio
following, or at Clear Lake school house, near Alvadore. Please
PRAY, very earnestly, for this campaign.
Tithes
and offerings to keep this big campaign, now reaching
many thousands, going, have slowed up considerably the past two
months, and this whole campaign will have to stop unless the
brethren come quickly to the rescue.
GOD HAS BLESSED THIS WORK
with the largest harvest ever experienced in Oregon. Shall we
let a work thus approved of God stop?
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ALL-DAY
MEETINGS CONTINUE TO BLESS
The
March all-day meeting, held the 30th at Harrisburg, was
blessed with the largest attendance ever enjoyed there.
The
April meeting will be held at Alvadore, our newest church
being host for the second time.
It is hoped to break all
attendance records. The
meeting starts at 10: A.M., April 27th.
Everyone COME!
LETTERS
FROM THE BRETHREN
"Dear
Readers, and all saints scattered abroad:
"Grace
be unto you and peace from God your Father and from
the Lord Jesus Christ.
"I
praise God for having given me victory over sin and the
longer I serve God, the Maker of heaven and earth, the more I can
appreciate the great sacrifice His beloved Son has made for us on
the cross. We can show
our appreciation to Christ to the
greatest extent by our every-day living. Christ said we are to
be followers of Him, and to walk in His steps; and as we stop to
think and examine ourselves, how many times have we fallen short?
"Since
accepting Him, we have gotten beside HIS path, and
into rough paths before we knew it.
Dear readers, when we
realize that we are not as earnest and sincere, after some time
in our Christian walk, and have taken liberty in the flesh, which
lusteth against the Spirit, we must go back in an humble manner
and pick up our cross where we left it.
"Now
one may say 'if the Son therefore shall make you free
ye shall be free indeed.' Yes,
praise God. He is able to make us
FREE from our sins, but it does not give us freedom to fulfil the
lusts of the flesh. Read
Paul's instruction in Gal. 5:13,19,21.
"Let
us not permit the devil to hinder us, but do as Paul
said in Phil. 3:13,14. Satan
will tempt in our weakest points,
but let us not fear, for thru Christ we can obtain victory over
sin. 'In the world ye
shall have tribulation, but be of good
cheer; I have overcome the world.' (John 16:35). It takes a
greater power than our own moral goodness. 'For whatsoever is
born of God overcometh the world; and this is the victory that
overcometh the world, even our FAITH.' (I John 5:4,5).
"May
God grant thru His great mercy and love that we all
may be overcomers and heirs of the great promise in Rev. 21:7.
So let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh, and
give the same testimony Jesus gave, 'I come to do THY will, O God.'
Greetings to all the saints.
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Eva McGill. Jet City.
"Dear
Brothers and Sisters in Christ:
"Only
a few words from Chula Vista California. Bro.
Severson
has been here, and a few are interested in the Commandments, and
the last two Sabbaths we have met in a vacant house, about ten
present. And Oh, I am so
happy to have someone else that believes
as we do and as the word of God teaches. The harvest is great, and
the laborers few. 'WATCH
YE, therefore, and PRAY ALWAYS, that ye
may be accounted worthy to escape all those things that shall come
to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.' (Luke 21:36). Now
may the Lord bless one and all in His vineyard, that souls may be
saved. And PRAY FOR US. Your sister in the blessed Hope in
Christ.
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Bessie J. Ellis.
Young
People's Meeting is held every Friday night, at the home
of the editor. Attendance
has increased to about 15.
Alvadore
Church holds prayer meeting every Tuesday night at
different homes.