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OHS EKI'EK
Religion in the News
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Be true to thyself
by Rev. T . N . Noffa
As we go Into honesty, I
will try to summarize this
lesson with life itself. When
we speak of life, we think
of dying. But forget the Joy
of dying in the Lord. These
words from the book of Job
summarize In the form of a
graduate degiee In Speech-
simple question tlie essence
Communications at San Jose
of the Great liebate about the
State College and Is a recent
a fte r-life . When preachers,
graduate of the Church D i
philosophers, poets, mystics,
vinity School In Berkeley.
scientists and psychiatrists
Manning was ordained as a
have said their say, and we
Deacon In the Diocese of C ali
have listened to every kind
Rev. T. N. Noffa
fo rn ia June 3. 1972, and looks
of interpretation of what is
forward to his ordination Into
called "E tern al life ," this is
die priesthood In early De
the question to which the or
cember of d lls year.
dinary man or woman re
tegan to understand how uni
turns: " I f a man dies, shall
que and precious Is the life
he live again?"
It may be
of an Individual human being
that there are many today who
that they found It hard to be
have been so conditioned by
lieve
that physical death
their secular or marxtst up
means total annihilation. So
bringing that the question Is
the thought of immortality
firs t arises in the Bible as
qRIckly brushed off with a
a wistful question, a question
contemptuous " N o ."
But It
is hard to believe that there
that is echoed In every Society
on earth and in every age
Is anyone at all who has not
had even a flicker of curio
right to the present. " I f a
man dies, shall hellve again?"
sity about the almost univer
sal human belief that there is
This is the real guideline
to all such questions, our
something for us beyond the
grave. Can anyone really
conviction about the reality
of life after death comes to
experience the death of some
one close to him or contem
us, and grows in us, as we
relate to our end here and
plate his own without at least
now.
7 he only definition of
an echo of this question cross
eternal life I know in the Bible
ing his mind, " i f a man dies.
Shall he live again?" Does
is "Knowing G od".
Quite
this life snuff out like a can
simply, my belief in life be
dle, and that’s that? I find
yond death rests on the fact
It fascinating that this topic
that to know him now Is to
should be raised right in the
to know him forever. To put
middle of the Elble in the
it another way, when God
form of a question. Those
grasps you, he does not let
who are not fam iliar with the
go. Not even when the body
scriptures are apt to think
wears out and the heart stops
that they are full of infor
beating. F o r the Christian,
mation about heaven and hell
no other assurance is needed.
The mere fact that it’ s called
If our curiosity leads us to
a Holy Book suggests to them
Cod who shines upon us the
that It deals almost entirely
light of his crucified and
with another world. The fact
risen Son. we shall need no
is you can read fa r Into (he
more assurance about the life
Bible without finding any re
beyond.
" In my Father’ s
ference at all to an after
house are many rooms.” If
life. It was only when the
it were not so, I wouldn’t have
w riters began to worry about
told you so. ” 1 go to pre
such questions as the unfair
pare a place for you." That's
ness of human life, the way
all we need. But it would be
the wicked often seem to
good to die still curious about
prosper while the good a re op
The B a n tu
Educational
these rooms In the Father’ s
pressed, that they envisioned
Committee w ill be sel ling bar-
House. Shall a man live? A
the possibility of another life
child g r e w
and b e c a m e
beque dinners-to-go fo r July
where justice would be done
4th. I he number of call to or
strong, so they had him
perfectly. It was when they
crucified.
der a dinner is 287-0451.
Vicar appointed
for St. Philips
As of July 1st» James D .
Manning, 34, w ill assume (lie
duties of V ica r of St. Philips
Episcopal
Church at N J i.
Knott and Rodney. M r.M a n
ning w ill be replacing Father
Stone who Is retiring after 37
years as V icar of St. Philips.
O riginally from Washing
ton, D .C M Manning lias lived In
California fo r die past ten
years. He r a c e lved Ills under-
Ihe North Portland Day Care Center, house«I at New Hope
Baptist Church, la funded through die Metropolitan Area 4-C
Council. Reverend A. A. Newton Is the center d irecto r.
Portland Summer Concerts open
The popular Portland Sum
monla O rchestra.
m er
Concerts
opens its
MASUKO USIflODA, vlo-
second season at 8 p. m ,
Hniat and winner of die 1966
Thursday, July 13 In (he Lin
Tchalkovaky Competition In
coln
Hall
Auditorium
at
Moscow. She has performed
Portland State University.
with m ajo r symphonies and
N in e te e n
professional
orchestras throughout Europe
musicians from Tokyo to
and the United States.
Portland w ill combine talents
LAURENCE
LESSER,
In this series of ten unique
Maauko’ s hushamt, a cellist,
concerts scheduled through
also a prize winner In the
August 22.
1966 Tchaikovsky Competi
S ix weeks of masterclasses
tion. A native of LosAngeles,
in chamber music w ill be
he studied with Gregor P la tl-
taught by ten resklent musi
gorsky aid now teaches at
cians. T h e ir su ing, wind and
the Peabody Institute in b a ld -
keyboard students w ill pre
more
sent one or mure group re
citals during (lie season.
M IW A K O
WATANABE,
violinist with the Los Angeles
Music Department C hair
Chamber Orchestra, has per
man W illiam Stalnaker and
formed In chamberensembles
Music D irecto r Sergiu Luca
throughout Europe, the United
have designed two series of
States, Soviet Union, Canada,
concerts. Six Thursday even
Japan and G reat B ritain.
ing concerts, Ihe Series,
July I3-Augus( 17, w ill p re
RICHARD LUBY, violinist,
sent larger ensembles chang
was a member of the 1971
ing from week to week to
concert series. He has stud
offer a wide variety of music.
ied at the Curtis Institute
Three Tuesday evening con
and the Ju llllard School. He
certs, the o ther Series, July
has performed at the Salzburg
25, August 8 and August 15,
and the Lucerne Festivals and
will h i g h l i g h t
Individual
has been soloist with orches
talents of die artists In var
tras In D etroit. Philadelphia
ious duo combinations.
and Washington, D.C.
Resident artists Include:
UR1 M AYER , 2 6 -year-old
SERCIU LUCA, young Is
assistant principal viola with
raeli violinist who also di
the Montreal symphony O r
rected the concert series a
chestra from 1967-68 and
year ago. Since then he has
spent 1968-70 with the A m eri
performed with the National
can Symphony Orchestra In
Symphony In die Kennedy
New York.
Center, the Oregon Symphony,
KO IWASAKI, cellist and a
Atlanta
Symphony,
M iam i
winner of the Tchalkowsky
Symphony, Isra eli Philhar
Competition, directs a cham
monic and has had hla London
ber music series In Tokyo.
debut with the new P h llh ar-
He has toured widely In Rus
sia, Eastern Euiope and the
United States.
ROBERT GURALNIK, New
York pianist, was with the
series last summer and has
performed all over Europe
anl thia country.
MICHAEL WEBSTER, con-
axle rml one of the test c la ri
netists in the country, is a
member of the Rochester
Philharmonic.
Webster’ s wife, Nancy Howe
Webster, flutist, w ill be one
of the nine guest artists ap
pearing during the season.
Other guest artists Include
Claus Admag, cellist with the
Jullllard String Quartet and
Joseph Kallchstein, Isra eli
pianist of New York as well
as Portlanders Patrick Fay,
principal hom with theOregon
Symphony; F orrest Jennings,
principal bassoon with the
Oregon
Symphony; Phillip
Murthe, bass with the Oregon
Symphony;
Phil
Baldino,
saxsphone with the Oregon
Symphony; W illiam Stalnaker
III, hoinlst; andl hotnasSvo
boda, composer, pianist and
PSU assistant music profes
sor.
SANIXlR VERESS, the dis
tinguished Hungarian com
poser, another resident artist,
w ill teach a four-week class
In composition beginning July
17. He also w ill (each a semi
nar on Bartók, his form er
teacher and friend, July 13-
August 10. Several ofVeress*
pieces w eie premiered by the
1971 Portland Summer Con
certs. The U.S. prem ier of
his "Plano T r io " w ill occur
at the July 20 concert.
Program for the firs t con
cert July 13 features the world
prem ier
of Thomas Svo
boda’ s "Parabola, op. 58";
F rederich Kuhlau’ s "Plano
Quartet in G ": Anton Dvorak’ s
"T e rze tto , Op. 74" for two
violins and viola; Franz Schu
bert’ s "o c te t. Op. 166" for
clarinet, horn, bassoon, string
quartet and bass.
Guest artists (or this con
cert Include Thomas Svoboda,
Patrick Fay, Forrest Jennings
and P hillip Murthe.
Tickets, available either at
the PSU Box Office or Cele
brity Attractions, are $1.00
for students and $2.50 for the
public.
With the help from the Ore
gon Arts Commission, four
out-of-town
concerts have
also been scheduled: Pacific
University, July 12; Oregon
College of Education. July 19;
M t. Angel Seminary, August
2 and the University of O re
gon, August 9.
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Jesus said to the helpless
man healed by the pool, after
ward when He saw him In (he
temple. "Sin no more lest a
worse thing come unto thee.”
John 5:14. And again He said,
"Whosoever commlteth sin Is
the servant of sin. And the
servant abtdeth not In the
house (body) fo rev er." John
8:34. Death Is the wages paid
for persistent sinning. Most
devout Christians never d ili
gently undertake to obey "e v
ery Jot and tln le " of C h rist’ s
commandments and sayings.
M att. 5:17-20.
God said, "Y o u r Iniquities
have separated between you
and your God, and your sins
have hid His face from vou,
that He w ill not h e a r . "
Isa. 59:2.
Jesus
commanded. "Co
preach, saying. The Kingdom
of Heaven Is at hand." M att.
10:7. Jesus said to His disci
ples, "Into whatsoever city ye
enter . . . heal the sick that are
therein, and say unto them.
The K lngdom of God is come
nigh unto you." Lu. 10:9. He
also said, " I f 1 cast outdevtls
by the S pirit of God, then the
Kingdom of Cod Is come unto
you.” M an 12:28. Again He
said, “ The Kingdom of C od
cometh not with observation
. . . fo r behold, the K lngdom of
God is within you.” Lu. 17:20-
21.
This
concept of Heaven
gives added significance to
C h rist’ s words, n a m e ly :
"F ro m the days of John the
Baptist until now the Kingdom
ot Heaven suffereth violence,
and the violent take it by
fo rce ." M att. 11:12.
Christians consider that by
accepting Jesus Christ as
their Saviour; without any
thought of obeying His com
mands and hard sayings they
are assured of entrance Into
Heaven (somewhere in an In
visible realm In the sky) when
they die as a result of their
accumulated sinning. But they
overlook the fact that Jesus
said: "N o man hath ascended
up to Heaven, but He that came
down from Heaven, even the
Son of Man which Is In Hea
ven." John 3:13. AsHewalked
about the hills and seashores
of G allllee Jesus was Ina hea
venly state (in Heaven) be
cause He lived the totally obe
dient heavenly life . He also
said to those who think they
sail off to Heaven tlie moment
they die, ’’ W hither I go ye can
not come.” John 13:33. To
these obedient ones He said
later In the same chapter:
“ Whither I go, thou canst not
follow me now; tut thou shalt
follow me afterw ards." John
13:36. Christians should study
more carefully the words of
Jesus. He commanded, "Heal
the sick . . . raise the dead.”
288-5429
Ellis Casson, Associate Minister
By Carnegie "Happy” Pullen
The big message of Christ,
which all Christians missed,
Ixit which Is stated quite ex
plicitly in His “ Gospel of the
Kingdom of God", Is that Hea
ven is here - NOW I
Jesus C hrist came to earth
revealing the presence of the
Kingdom of Heaven here I By
commandment, precept and
example. He explained how
men could qualify toenterinto
the Kingdom here by being to
tally obedient to His words,
and emulating His example, by
living the totally obedient
heavenly C h rist-life.B u tm en ,
and even the disciples, consi
dered they knew so much more
than Christ, many of them ac
cepted Christ but thoy rejected
His "hard sayings." He said
"Straight Is the gate and nar
row Is the way that leadeth to
L ife , hut few there be who find
It.” He said. "Seek ye firs t the
Kingdom of God,- ’ but so very
few have sought to walk truly
In C h rist’ s way to truth, to life,
Heaven and the presence of
God. If Heaven Is truly here
why
haven’: very devout
Christians found It by now?
Because, devout as they are,
they haven’ t stopped sinning.
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A. Lee Henderson, Minister
If the dead were In Heaven it
would be a strange paradox to
bring them back to a world of
temptation and evil.
E vil prevails In the world
only for sinful men, and this
Includes sinning Christians.
Jesus said, "E v e ry one that
is perfect shall be as His mas
te r ." Luke 6:40. And He pro
mised the obedient ones; "B e
hold, I give unto you power to
tread on serpents and scor
pions, and over all the power
of the enemy (evil) and nothing
shall by any means hurt you."
Luke 10:19. "And If they drink
any deadly thing. It shall not
hurt them; they shall lay hands
on the sick and they shall re
cover.” M ark 16:18. Life in
this world is a m iracle filled
life, a divinely protected hea
venly life for the totally obedi
ent; but Is it also a world of
m isery,
misfortune, acci
dents, disasters, old age, suf
fering, senility and death for
those who disobey and disre
gard the commands and say
ings of Jesus, no m atter how
devout and saintly Christians
they are. A true Christian is
one who believes In Christ
enough to do what he said to.
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