Tim Moore's comment on HWA
Since we know he switched form keeping a Sivan 6 Pentecost and Nissan 15
passover very early, it follows that he must have kept Monday Pentecost
in 1934 too. Add 40 years and we come to January, 1974 when the
doctrine on how to count Pentecost was changed. Am I missing
something? One of the Revealed Truths Mr. Armstrong continually focused
on was the period of 40 years. It appears to me that after a period of
40 years the testing began with the change to Sunday Pentecost.
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HWA Article
The
BULLETIN of the CHURCHES of GOD in Oregon
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Vol.
I. No. 12
April,
1934
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Bulletin to Herbert
W. Armstrong, editor, Crow Stage,
Eugene, Oregon.
ENTIRE
THREE-POINT CAMPAIGN COVERING SOUTHERN PART
OF WILLAMETTE
VALLEY NOW ON IN FULL FORCE
The Eugene meetings have
started! The full force of the
three-point
campaign is now being exerted.
The Lord has honored and blessed
the inception of this
campaign
for souls beyond our most extravagant hopes.
Purely as a result of answered
prayer, the Eugene meetings are
starting
in the best available location and auditorium in Eugene --
the
former Masonic Temple, at 47 Eighth Ave., West, only one-half
block
off the main business street and in the very heart of the
downtown
business district. This auditorium will seat
around 300,
and
in every way is ideally adapted to our purpose.
It has been decided to hold
these meetings Sunday, Tuesday,
and
Thursday nights, instead of six nights a week as formerly
planned. Since every message will be a vital connecting
link in
the
chain of truth to be proclaimed, we felt it would prove more
effective
to have fewer meetings, with every interested person
attending
every meeting, than six meetings a week with the
majority
attending only half of them.
Further, too, the work at Jeans
must not stop. It would be
impossible
to do full justice to the meetings at both Jeans and
Eugene,
in addition to the radio campaign, and the Plain Truth
magazine
and the Bulletin, holding six meetings a week in Eugene.
Meetings
will be held at Jeans on the Sabbath, in the afternoon,
and
on Wednesday nights.
We cannot, at this writing, give
a report on the attendance at
the
Eugene meetings, due to the fact that this is being written
previous
to the opening meeting. The meetings will
start Sunday
night,
April 1st, at 7:45.
There are definite evidences
that the radio campaign is taking
hold
and increasing rapidly in interest. Based on
surveys that
have
been made in Eugene, compared with the letters we are
receiving
and checked with other ministers conducting similar
radio
programs in other places, there is evidence that the weekly
radio
audience is now in excess of three thousand people.
Radio listeners now are writing
in that they are receiving new
truths
thru the Plain Truth magazine, and we praise God that these
truths
are being accepted.
Now that all three points of
this campaign are in full
operation,
we want again to ask every reader of the Bulletin to
stand
with us. You, too, have a part in this
campaign for souls.
First, dear brethren, won't you
now PRAY for the salvation of
souls
in these meetings, as you never prayed before? Let's
get
down
to real earnest! God has shown that His hand
is in this
effort. But it is God's method to work thru human
agencies, and
there
must be intercessors praying for the mighty convicting power
of
the Holy Spirit to lead sinners to repentance, if a harvest is
to
be reaped. God has given us all opportunity
such as we never
had
before in Oregon. Get under the burden with
us. We need the
united
pouring out of our hearts to God in soul-travail and
intercession
for others.
And then remember that this
bigger down-town auditorium means
added
expense. Yet we have never paid lower rent
for a hall in
this
state, to the knowledge of the writer. It is
not an
extravagant,
but a most economical campaign, when the magnitude
of
its possibilities is considered. Nevertheless
it takes money
to
carry it. We (are) pledged only $7.50 per month to meet
expenses.
So, brethren, we send you an urgent appeal to keep this
campaign
going .... (unreadable) ....
WONDERFUL
ALL-DAY MEETING HELD AT JEANS
One of the most wonderful
meetings ever held in this state,
was
the general enthusiastic opinion of those who attended the
all-day
union meeting held Sabbath March 24th at Jeans.
The school-house, where the
Jeans church meets, was packed to
capacity,
with all available extra seats and benches in use.
It was good to see Bro. and
Sister Cozad back with us again,
from
Texas. Sister Mary Tompkins came 200 miles
from Olatskanie
to
attend the meeting. But it was decided that
the grand old man
of
the Firbutte-Jeans community, Bro. Chas. Belshaw, had taken the
longest
journey to attend -- one or more than 82 years.
Bro. Ervin Stewart of Salem,
formerly of Grande Ronde, and his
mother
attended, and Bro. Stewart led the singing. Special
music
was
furnished by Bro. Wyche and daughters, Claude and Velma Ellis,
the
radio singers, little Elizabeth Venes of Jeans church, and a
quartette
by Irene Peterson, Claude and Velma Ellis, and Otto
Haeber.
The editor spoke in the morning,
and Bro. Stewart and Bro.
Oberg
in the afternoon, Bro. Oberg closing his sermon and the day
with
a good testimony meeting. After dismissal,
many believers
remained
for special prayer for healing, several being prayed for
by
the four elders present, with the laying on of hands and
anointing
with oil.
The one regret was Bro. Ray's
inability to be present and take
charge
of the meeting.
Due to the fact the church
building is not now being used in
Salem,
the April meeting will be held at Oregon City. Remember
the
date,
April 28th, the last Sabbath in the month. Real
progress is
being
made at Oregon City, and interest and attendance increasing,
for
which we praise God.
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LORD'S SUPPER HELD
The most solemn and sacred event
of the year was observed in
taking
the Lord's Supper on Thursday night, March 29th, calculated
as
the 14th Nisen, Hebrew calendar.
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LETTERS
FROM THE BRETHREN
Dear
Brethren:
The Bulletin came again like a
visitor. Glad to see it again.
I
read and re-read it. We'd miss it if it did not come. It keeps us
informed
of what is going on with our .... (unreadable) .... little
band
of Church of God people.
I wondered what I should write
today. God gave me St. John
3rd
chapter, and I read where Nicodemus came to Jesus, and Jesus
answered
and said unto him, "Verily, verily, I say unto thee,
except
a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God". So
now
dear brothers and sisters, we see how necessary it is to be
born
again, and sanctified. We can't see
spiritually unless we
are. So seek it with your whole heart. Keep seeking until you
receive.
I pray God to give us more
faith, more love, so we can go to
those
in need of encouragement. By working,
praying, giving, we
pay
but the debt that we owe. We had to do
without some things
that
we needed to send in our tithe, but we have been so
wonderfully
blest. God tells us to prove Him. He stands the test.
He
gives pressed down, heaped up, and running over. We
are robbing
God
when we fail to tithe. He tells us so --
Malachi 4:8. Read the
whole
chapter. Tithing is an act of worship. God wants obedience.
We
are cursed with a curse, even this whole nation, because people
don't
tithe. I pray God to stir up every one's
heart along that
line. If ever so small, tithe it, and just see how God
sends a
blessing. I hope the money comes for the broadcasting --
let's all
pray
that it will, then GIVE, even if you have to sacrifice.
It
will
bless you double. Try it and see.
I am letting my light shine. Have a tract holder nailed up
by
the door. It's handy to give out tracts. I hope someone can
come
here and hold a meeting. I am keeping up the
interest. I
ask
your prayers for the neighbors, relatives, and our home.
May
the
Lord bless you all.
--
Sister Mary Tompkins.
Love is like a rose. The longer it
grows, the bigger it
grows.
No water can quench it.
Nor trials can drench it.
For the longer love grows, the
stronger it grows.
Love is pure, sweet and kind, and it
never will mind
The temptations and crosses, or gains
or losses, as longs
as it grows.
Love is simple, strong and enduring,
Nor is it daunted by things alluring;
Is considerate, kind and true,
Is loyal when tried and proven,
Though hard it may be driven.
--
Sister Clara Baumgardner.
Due to lack of space in this
issue, acknowledgement of
offerings
for the radio, Bulletin-Plain Truth, and Eugene
meetings
will appear in the May number.