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fewdays beforetheopening of the Ap-ostolic ChristianCamp at Lake Bloomington,Illinois, on August 24, 1947,the wish was expressed at ameeting of the organizationcommittee that one eveningat Camp should be devotedto the history of the church. Iacceptedthisassignmentjoy-fully. I gave my message outof memory in an extempora-neous talk that was recordedon a recording machine.These notes, based on thattalk, do not have the preten-sion of being a complete his-tory or a piece of carefully worded literature. I have,however, made somechanges,especiallyregardingsayings of Samuel Fröhlich whichhaveparticularhistori-cal value, and have correctedmy memorized quoting of thesetoconformtotheword-
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“Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.” 
— II Timothy 4:2
Volume 2 Number 1 Spring, 1997
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“I Will Remember the Works of the LORD”— Page 1
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Jesus Lives! — Page 2
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What You Have Done to One of the Least of These — Page 3
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Hold Fast Without Wavering — Page 8
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Arise, and Go Down to the Potter’s House— Page 13
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Effective Prayer — Page 16
“I Will Remember the Works of the LORD”
— A Historical Sketch of the Apostolic Christian Church —as told by Brother Henry Michel
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 I was a lad of fifteen years when “Uncle” Henry Michel firstcameonthesceneinCen-tral Ohio where I grew up. His endless energy, love for young people,andFrenchaccentcre- ated a magnetism that drew usto him. For some reason, hardto explain, he didn’t seem old at all to those of us who could have been his grandchildren. He quickly became a part of us. His Spirit-filled messages of  salvation pricked the hearts of  many,creatingarevivalunpar- alleled in times most brotherscould remember. It could be said each time he was finished preaching in his poor English dialect as the Apostle Paul wrote to the Corinthians: “For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.” (I Corin-thians 4:20). Perhaps his greatest contri- bution to the life of the churchin America wasintroducingusto our roots, the history of theChurch. With great enthusi- asm he brought the wonderful stories of God’s great workthrough our forebears to life.We were awed and greatly in- spired to embrace our blessed heritage and “contend for the faithwhichwasoncedeliveredunto the saints.” (Jude 3). The series of articles in
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of Brother Henry’s pres- entation“IWillRemembertheWorks of the Lord”, given atCamp Lake Bloomington in1947, will bless many and in- spire hearts all over again to faithful stewardship of this pearl of great price. Respectfully,
Robert W. Freund
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 Behold how beauteous, How good and pleasant,When among brethren unity dwells!
This phrase from hymn 327 in our
Zion’s Harp
states thatunity among brethren is something beautiful and pleasant. Forus to be unified as a brotherhood we need to know what webelieve and why we believe it. To this end the
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newsletter was begun.This is the first issue of the publication’s second year. I haveheard from many of you over the course of our first yearexpressing thankfulness to God for this work. Please continueto give feedback regarding topics that you feel can be useful infurthering our Father’s kingdom. Surely the adversary willreach further into his arsenal as he attempts to lead the Brideof Christ astray. We must continue to work together to “ear-nestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto thesaints.” (Jude 3).Many of you must be sharing information regarding
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. What a blessing it isto see how the Lord draws His children together through acommon love for the Truth.May our Father in Heaven continue to work in all our livesto lead us closer to Him and each other. May our love for theTruth burn within us until the day of our Lord Jesus.
O loving Concord! Abide thou ever  As sacred bond where the brethren dwell: Forsake them ne’er While they live here; Let naught their hearts divide;To endless joys do thou them guide,There at the Savior’s side!
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isthenewsletteroftheApostolicChristianPub- lishingCompany,Syracuse,NewYork.Itspurposeistodeclare andpromotetheoriginaldoctrinalstandpointsandpracticesof theApostolicChristianChurchthroughthepublicationofrele-  vantarticles,bothhistoricalandcontemporary. Correspondenceregardingthisnewsletterandotherpublica- tionsidentifiedhereinmaybeaddressedto:ApostolicChristian PublishingCompany,P.O.Box416,Syracuse,NewYork13215- 0416.Emailmaybesentto:exhort@acpub.org.VisitourWorld WideWebsiteontheInternetathttp://www.acpub.org GregoryD.KufchakEditor GaiusW.LaubliAssociateEditor DavidM.FreundBusinessManager 
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Edward Baer
 Reprintedfrom
TheVisitor
 , April, 1930, pp 75-76.
“Therefore we are buried with him by baptism intodeath: that like as Christ wasraised up from the dead bythe glory of the Father, evenso we also should walk innewness of life.” (Romans6:4).In these few words ispointedoutwhatChrist’sres-urrection shall work in thelife-walkoftheChristian,thefollower of Christ. There isstrength to be had: and those who have beenbaptized intoChrist, whohave died withHim and havebeen buried with Him, shallalso rise withHim. They whohavebeenreally joined in dying with Christthrough sincererepentance andthe giving up of their own oftenstubborn will,and who havebelieved in thepower of Christ’s bloodto cleanse themfromtheirsins,andwhohavethen also been buried withChrist in baptism, these shallalso rise with Him to a new-ness oflife. Christ gives themthe strength to obey Him. Insuch is fulfilled what is writ-ten: “For it is God which worketh in you both to willand to do of his good pleas-ure.” (Philippians 2:13).WhenweinwhomGodhasbegunHisworkandwhobearthenameofChristianseethestandard which the Lord hasset for men, and in particular
Jesus Lives!
for His people, and when wealsoviewthatstandardnotasanunapproachableideal,butrather as God’s measuringline, we see that we must behumbled. For the standard ishigh; and even though theLord has given us grace andhas sustained us in it so that we no longer live in sin, yettoo often we do not measureup as we should.The message of Christ’sresurrection,however,brings with it the message that inHim there is power, and alsothat His followers shall havepower. Theyshall havestrengthsothatthey do notneed to yield tosin. They shall walk uprightlyand in love.Those who donot and cannotdo this can alsohavenorighttocall themselvesChristians. TheWord of God isclear on thispoint.Jesushassaid: “Verily, verily, I sayuntoyou,Who-soevercommit-teth sin is theservant of sin.”(John8:34).And theApostleJohn wrote: “In this the chil-dren of God are manifest,and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not right-eousness is not of God, nei-ther he that loveth not hisbrother.” (I John 3:10).The standard which theLord has set is the one by which men’s works are to bemeasured (John 12:48-49). Itis higher than men set for
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“Themessage of Christ’sresurrectionis that inHim there ispower, and that His followersshall havepower.”
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Otto Seeger
 Excerpted from
The Visitor
 , November, 1930, pp 243-244.“But Deborah Rebekah’s nurse died, and she was buried be- neath Bethel under an oak: and the name of it was called Allon- bachuth.”
(Genesis 35:8).This is a brief account of the death of an old servant, Debo-rah, the nurse that accompanied Rebekah, Jacob’s mother, whenRebekahleftherfather’shousetomarryIsaac.Howoftendoes the Word of God make mention as in a passing way of someeventwhichmeansnothingtousifwehurriedlypassoverit looking for some great truth, when right in one word manythoughts and wholesome lessons lay before us.Throughthemany,manyyearsofRebekah’smarriedlifethisfaithful nurse was her standby: she had helped rear her family.It appears from the account that when Jacob returned homehis mother must have been dead. It seems the joy was not histo greet her again. The good Lord deals out to His loved ones joy and sorrow as He deems it best. We often must feel, “Formy thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than theearth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughtsthan your thoughts.” (Isaiah 55:8-9). A child of God learns todeny himself more and more as he advances in Christ’s school,and he grows accustomed to give up and surrender privilegesonce enjoyed. It seems the closer to the goal we get, the morenarrow the way becomes. It is good so. If we climb higher andhigher,reachingloftyheights,weshouldnotexpectsmoothandlevel highways.I believe it must have been a great pleasure to Jacob to findhis old nurse, the one that helped to rear him, still alive. Hebrought her into his household to make her last few dayscomfortable and thus repay some of the love and care she hadshown to his father’s family and to himself.How not short of wonderful is his kindly disposed and goodinfluence upon his entire household. We observe this in thename of Deborah’s burial place:
Allonbachuth
means “Oak of Weeping”. It was called this although Jacob’s family had notknownDeborahexceptfromwhatJacobhadtoldthemandalsofrom their short acquaintance with her during the time shespent at his home in the sunset of her life.DoesnotGod dealwithusthus?Arewenotbutunprofitableservants? Still God does not forget those who serve Him. It ishuman to honor and to do reverence to those who are aboveus, but it is Godlike to condescend and show kindness and dogood to those who cannot repay.Jesus speaks of his “least ones”. He found His Father’sbusiness not only in the temple, but He sought and found itamong those
who have no helper.
We must look for those andbring comfort to those who are comfortless.
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themselves — often muchhigher — and to a stillgreater degree it is higherthan what men’s acts meas-ure. One need only honestlytry to live as God asks him todo and he will experiencethat he is not able to do italone,andhewillfindthatheneedsagreaterstrengththanhis own.Sometimes a person seeksin various ways or in variousplaces for the ability to liveright, but in vain: until heseeks at the one Source of power. For in Christ only —nowhere else — can a personfind the strength he needs toovercome whatever tempta-tions come his way. OnlyChrist was able to overcomethe evil one, and the Savior
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shares His victory with those who live in union with Him.Christ’s resurrection is anoutstanding evidence of HispowerandofHisvictory.An-other token, and a most con- vincing one, to anyone whosees it is the power of Christshown in the lives of His fol-lowers.Ifweliveconsecratedlives, if we love our fellowmen, if we live holy lives thatare fruitful in good works,and if we humbly strive toobey God’s commands — if  we do these things, and onlythen,weareclearevidenceof the living Lord to the world,and then we also have theassurance in our own heartthat Jesus lives.Jesus lives. May He live inus.
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 Jesus lives! And with Him I!Death no longer can appall me.Lo, He lives and reigns on high,And from death and grave will call me.I shall then be glorified:In this faith I here abide! Jesus lives! His healing’s mine;My life give I to my Savior!Ne’er oppose your Lord divine,Then He will dwell in you ever;Truly God doth aid dispense:This shall be my confidence!By the bond of hope and loveI am bound unto the Master.Faith looks up to Him above,Rests on Him through all disaster.Even death now cannot keepFrom my Shepherd me, His sheep.— Zion’s Harp, Hymn 120
Jesus Lives!
What You HaveDone to One of theLeast of These
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