Charles Hastings Smith was a minister and evangelist for the Church of the Nazarene for 52. He was called the "Poet of the Ozarks" and used his writing and humor to spread the message of Christ across the United States of America.
02 He Is Alive! by General Superintendent Orville W. Jenkins
03 That Ye Love One Another, As I Have Love You by Margaret S. Roberts
04 Thomas, The Absentee by J. Melton Thomas
05 Their Task And Mine by M. A. (Bud) Lunn
06 Does Jesus Mean Nothing Or Everything? By George W. Privett
07 Where Is Thy Sting? By M. L. Campbell
08 It’s A Matter of Life or Death—For Others
08 An Urgent Need by Helen Temple
10 The Superhighway of Holiness by John W. May
10 Lazarus by Annie Stevens
2 THEY CAME TO MOURN—THEY HURRIED AWAY WITH JOY by George Coulter
3 MY LEADER LIVES by John H. Holstead
4 MISSING PERSONS by Albert J. Lown
6 EASTER ANGELS ROLL AWAY THE DIFFICULTIES by Gordon Chilvers
7 HOPE by Debbie Kendrick
8 ON THE THIRD DAY by Jerry McCant
8 THE SOLDIER, THE ROBE, THE TOMB by Charles Hastings Smith
9 BEING HONEST WITH OURSELVES by Lyle P. Flinner
10 CHRIST ROBBED DEATH OF ITS STING by C. D. Hansen
10 THE ANSWER CAME IN THE MORNING by Jean Rasmussen
IN THIS ISSUE:
2 Those Who Bring Good News, General Superintendent: Jerald D. Johnson
3 Two Borrowed Tombs, Ross W. Hayslip
4 Letters
5 They Crucified Him, But on the Third Day, Charles Hastings Smith
6 The Gardener? (a poem), Jean Hogan Dudley
6 Pulling the Sting of Death, J. Melton Thomas
8 Easter's Answer to Evil's Challenge, Gordon Chilvers
9 He Came As a Servant (a poem), Sherry Yerkes
10 If I Died Tomorrow...What Would I Take With Me?, Pauline E. Spray
12 The Measure, John M. Nielson
02 Revivals Are Good! by General Superintendent V. H. Lewis
03 Welcome Home by C. T. Corbett
04 The Twentieth-Century Churches Greatest Sin by Morris Chalfant
05 My Savior by Robert Norton
06 The Altar Principle by Jirair S. Tashjian
06 One Day Too Soon? By Ernie McNaught
07 We Should All Praise Him More by Charles Hastings Smith
08 Who Is God? by Ronald E. Wade
09 Leave It to Him by Albert J. Lown
10 Show A Little Kindness by George W. Privett, Jr.
11 A Return to Christian Culture—Reviewed by Don J. Gibson
"The Mighty One, God. the Lord, has spoken, and summoned the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting" (Psalm 50:1, NASB).
2 THE INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE by Eugene L. Stowe
3 SERENITY by J. Grant Swank, Jr.
4 MAKE IT PLAIN by Charles Ludwig
5 GOOD DAYS by Jack Scharn
6 I BELIEVE IN SUNDAY SCHOOL PROMOTION by Richard Spindle
7 A CHRISTIAN CONCERN ABOUT ALCOHOL by William Goodman
8 THE CHAIN REACTION by Victor D. Sutch
9 THE RHYTHM OF PRAYER by Neil E. Hightower
10 THE DEVIL’S “IF” by J. V. Wilbanks
10 GOD MADE THE TREE by Edna Moore Schultz
11 Book Briefs: EASY TO LIVE WITH by Leslie Parrott; Reviewed by Wil M. Spaite
IN THIS ISSUE:
2 The Guidelines Are Good, General Superintendent: V. H. Lewis
3 The Pursuit, Marlene J. Chase
4 Letters
5 Self-Sacrifice, R. James Bledsaw
5 Take All of Me (a poem), Charles Hastings Smith
6 You Can Have Peace
6 An Influential Life, Patsy Woodring
7 Affirmation (a poem), Sherrie Rose
8 Save the Family or Lose the World, Stan Meek
9 Who Are the Church (a poem), Joel T. Mills
10 A New Type of Revival, Verna and Bob Gordon
11 Evangelical Benefits, Donald Golliher
02 How To Read The Bible by General Superintendent William M. Greathouse
03 The Best Place For The Bible by E. O. T.
04 Let the Word Speak by Melvin McCullough
06 The Book of Life by C. S. Cowles
06 Good Books by Frances Simpson
07 The Last Anchor by Charles Hastings Smith
08 Why Stress Holiness? By Wilfred C. McKay
09 The Handicap of Wholeness by James Hamilton
10 Books and the Book by Al Truesdale
11 The Disciplined Life—Reviewed by Edward S. Mann
12 God’s Word To Me by Robert Branson
02 There Is Yet Time To Hear by General Superintendent Charles H. Strickland
03 Born of A Virgin by Ross W. Hayslip
03 Ever New by Nina Willis Walter
04 Christmas by Linda Mowery
05 The Meaning of Christmas by Fred M. Weatherford
06 “Why The Christmas Bells Rang” by C. D. Hansen
07 The Eyes of Christmas by Mary E. Latham
08 Cushioned Goodness
08 The “Chreaster” Season by Bill Boggs
09 What I Need For Christmas by James Hamilton
10 A Duet In Darkness by Albert J. Lown
"The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light..." Isaiah 9:2, RSV/ I.D. Kansas City Country Club Plaza Christmas Lights
IN THIS ISSUE:
2 The Unspeakable Gift, General Superintendent: John A. Knight
3 It All Started in a Manger, Charles Hastings Smith
4 Letters
5 From the Manger to the Cross, Jerry McCant
6 The Gift (a Poem), Geraldine Nicholas
6 I Found New Meaning in Christmas, Wanda Milner Winburn
8 Obedience, Stephen L. Manley
9 Nazarene Roots: Called Not of Men but of God, Stan Ingersol
10 Let’s Go to the Ivory Coast! Where?, Ray Hendrix
10 This Miracle of Birth (a Poem), Alice Cameron Bostrom
"On those living in the land of the shadow of death a light has dawned." Isaiah 9: 2, NIV/
Christmas: An Opportunity to Make a Difference/ In the Fullness of Time/ One Christmas I Met an Angel/ "Nothin'... With Sugar on It"
ARTICLES
4 In the Fullness of Time, Neil E. Hightower
5 The Hardest Time of the Year, Dorothy Tarrant
6 Christmas: An Opportunity to Make a Difference, Harold Ivan Smith
7 Advent, C. Neil Strait
8 One Christmas I Met An Angel, J. Grant Swank, Jr.
10 Walk With the Wind, Jack Conn
12 “Nothin’… With Sugar on It”, Carolyn Merrifield
13 Merry Xmas, Betty Ross
14 Training Now - More Than Ever!, David J. Felter
20 Incredible Love, Roy Stults
2 ASPIRATIONS FOR THE NEW YEAR by George Coulter
3 HOROSCOPE AND THE CHRISTIAN by Steven A. Blankenship
4 THE FUTURE IS SURE by Gordon Chilvers
6 TROUBLES OR TRIUMPHS IN 1979 by J. Grant Swank, Jr.
7 A NEW YEAR by Mabel P. Adamson
8 THE MEANING OF HOLINESS by Loren W. Gould
9 NO TIME TO WASTE! by Alice Hansche Mortenson
9 WORRY AND ITS CURE by E. E. Wordsworth
10 GOD TAKES CARE OF US by Dorothy Boone Kidney
10 HAPPY NEW YEAR by Charles Hastings Smith
11 LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE by Lyle P. Flinner
02 Four Vital Certainties by General Superintendent Eugene L. Stowe
03 A Declaration of Dependence by William Boggs
04 “To Proclaim Liberty…” by Harold DeMott
05 Steadfast by Marcia Schwartz
06 Ten-Eight for the Lord by Rosemary S. Geiger
07 A Crow and a Cry by James Hamilton
08 Power As Well As Purity by J. Kenneth Grider
08 Strangers by the River by Charles Hastings Smith
09 Book Briefs: Strait Lines by C. Neil Strait—Reviewed by Jerald Johnson
10 What Does America Need Most? By James S. Randle
2 THE BLESSING OF QUIETNESS by Eugene L. Stowe
3 GOD GAVE ME TWO RAINBOWS by E. Roy Orcutt
3 A CHANNEL by Debbie Kendrick
4 THE BROKEN MONUMENT OF THE UNREALIZED by Ralph A. Mickel
5 AM I WORRIED? by Elaine Wright Colvin
6 PACKING BIBLES ALONG WITH A LUNCH by Thomas W. Klewin
7 THIS PRECIOUS BOOK! by Alice Hansche Mortenson
8 LOVE ABOUNDING by H. Ray Dunning
9 POWER FAILURE by Richard H. Leffel
10 GROWING OLD: EVERY ONE’S ASSIGNMENT by Jerry D. Hull
10 LOVE OUTPOURED by Mabel P. Adamson
IN THIS ISSUE:
2 The Year of the Bible, General Superintendent: Eugene L. Stowe
3 The Healing Church, Bud Reedy
4 Letters
5 Noah’s Dove: She Preached the Gospel of Peace, Charles Hastings Smith
6 Patterns (a Poem), Joan Cockerham Hill
6 The Bundle of Life, William L. Poteet
7 Be Steadfast (a Poem), Jean Hogan Dudley
8 How to Change Lives, Gordon Chilvers
9 Nazarene Roots: The Fruit of Our Youth; Steve Cooley
10 The Lord Knows and Cares For Us, G. Weatherley
11 A Home for a Retired Pastor, Dean Wessels
02 The Beauty of Holiness by General Superintendent Charles H. Strickland
03 Working Wheels Keep Clean by Clare St. John
04 Christian Wedding Or Church Wedding: Is There A Difference? by Harold Ivan Smith
06 Lifting Up Christ Begins At Home by George W. Privett, Jr.
07 Sin’s Penalties by James Hamilton
08 Gateway Or Terminal? The Lesson of Kadesh-Barnea by Morris Chalfant
08 A Spark in the Dark by Aleta Harris
09 Book Brief: Rx For “Nerves” by Pauline Spray—Reviewed by Geneva McCullough
2 FATHER DESERVES A DAY by Charles H. Strickland
3 DON’T DESTROY YOUR SON by Morris Chalfant
4 DAD BELIEVED by Mary E. Latham
6 WHAT IS TELEVISION DOING TO US? by Robert E. Maner
8 MY GRANDFATHER’S KNEE by Jacqueline Giles
9 NOT DRUDGERY—JOY by Betty Martin
10 LATE TODDLERHOOD by James Dobson
11 Book Briefs: LET MY LIFE SING by Audre Pitts; Reviewed by Kay Herman
12 “THIS TOO WILL PASS!” by Alice Hansche Mortenson
12 FROM PAIN TO PARDON TO PEACE by Dorothy Pickett
13 PORTRAIT OF OUR FATHER by Dallas Baggett
02 Concerning Prayer by General Superintendent Charles H. Strickland
03 The Axe Is Laid At the Root of the Tree by Harold DeMott
04 The Upsetting Sin by Morris Chalfant
05 The Invitation by Frances Simpson
06 The Lord Is My Sheepherder by D. W. Hildie
07 Making Memories by James Hamilton
08 A Decorating—Or A Working Model? By Carl N. Hall
09 Book Briefs: Peter, the Rock-Man by Frank G. Carver—Reviewed by Don Hughes
10 Jesus Draws Men by George Privett
11 “I Will Praise Thee…” by M. A. (Bud) Lunn
2 WHEN MEN ARE LEFT TO THEMSELVES by George Coulter
3 SEVEN EASTER BLESSINGS by C. T. Corbett
4 PASSOVER MEDITATION by Annie Stevens
4 TWO GARDENS by Donald Hasselman
5 FIVE EASTERS by Roy Quanstrom
6 SINCE CHRIST AROSE by Charles Hastings Smith
7 YOU WERE THERE by William Boggs
8 FROM PRAYERLESSNESS TO PRAYERFULNESS by Morris Chalfant
9 BUT LATER ON CALVARY by J. Kenneth Grider
10 HOW MUCH MORE by J. H. Mayfield
11 EASTER SYMPHONY by Ed Felter
12 ARE YOU DOING GOOD? by Jerry D. Hull
Nothing Can Separate Us from the Love of God/ "Receive the Holy Spirit"/ Patience in Prayer/ Church of the Nazarene
ARTICLES
4 Making Christianity Credible, Stan Meek
6 “Receive the Holy Spirit”, Frank G. Carver
7 A Continuing Story, Robert H. Scott
8 Nothing Can Separate Us from the Love of God, Michael J. Christensen
10 Patience in Prayer, J. Grant Swank, Jr.
12 Our Comforting Attorney, Morris Chalfant
14 “Grace” Sings It All, J. Ray Shadowens
16 The New Age… The Old Lie, John D. Wilcox
02 Mothers—Home Horticulturists by General Superintendent George Coulter
03 At Mother’s Door by Mary E. Latham
04 These Things I Remember by Charles Hastings Smith
05 My Heritage by Donna Clark Goodrich
06 A Pattern for Private Devotions by Russell Metcalfe
07 Motherhood by Mabel Adamson
08 Time Out for Mother by J. Kenneth Grider
08 A Model for Mothers by James Hamilton
09 Book Brief: A Glad Reunion Day by Gene Van Note—Reviewed by George Reed
10 The Sanctifying Christ by George W. Privett, Jr.
11 Mother by Janie Knox
