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A Tribute To Our Father
By V. E. Howard
power and influence of a united
Christian home are beyond
measure. Until this day, all the
children of this home are Chris-
serve
the Lord -- are the four sons are
elders in the Lord’s church.
For 40 years, from that day of
his new birth until his death, his
faith and loyalty to Christ and
His church never weakened nor
faltered, but grew stronger. It
was only a few weeks before his
death that he told me, with full
confidence and assurance, “I’m
to be just waiting to go home. My
time here is finished.”
Sergio Saldivar, an inmate of
the Reynosa Municipal Penitent-
iary in Tamaulipas, heard the
on a
portable radio in his prison cell.
After hearing the program on
the radio station in Saltillo, he
wrote for a Bible Correspondence
course and a copy of the New
Testament offered on the pro-
gram.
When Saldivar finished the
Bible correspondence course
brother Martinez, the local pre-
acher in Reynosa was told of the
contact. Martinez baptized Sald-
ivar after a short study of the
scriptures.
Brother Saldivar has written to
the Herald to Truth ministry
several times relating his ex-
perience as a new Christian in
prison. Saldivar has successfully
enrolled several prison friends in
the Bible Correspondence Course.
In his last letter, Saldivar re-
ported that fifteen men had been
baptized.
This new prison church is
College’s meeting three times a week to
share their Bible knowledge with
each other and to “glorify and
hardly believe what we saw -
toys and clothes we had never
seen before. We were thrilled!
But our father said, “I am sorry,
but this is a mistake. We did not
order anything from Sears Roe-
buck. It does not belong to us.
We shall send it back.” We could
not all understand. Some of the
children cried. The moments of
joy at the sight of the gifts were
turned into sadness as we wat-
ched our dad re-wrap the pack-
age and take it to the mail
carrier - even though he explain-
ed to us it is right to be honest.
He explained that since the gifts
were not ours, he did buy them
and he didn’t have the money to
pay for them, he would have to
return them because they be-
longed to someone else. After the
package was returned at our
dad’s expense, which he could
hardly afford, a letter came
from Sears explaining that the
package was mailed by mistake.
It belonged to another man by
the same name of Hardy Howard
Christian colleges are enjoying
good enrollments. Such infor-
mation encourages me to believe
on morality as a basic part of
their education program.” operation in Abilene, a record
ACC’s Metrocenter operation in fall enrollment of 4,479 students,
member of the Lord’s church.
They were both honest and
sincere. They loved God. They
loved each other and they loved
their children. But their honest
convictions led them to part tains, trying to faithfully
ways on Sunday - our father to
the Baptist Church and our
mother to the Church of Christ,
and I can tell you that is not
easy on children who love their
parents, a divided home is a
serious matter.
But our father made honesty a
way of life. When he discovered
the new testament teaches that
the Lords Supper was
observed on every first day of
the week, at his insistance the
church of which he was a
member began observing the
Lord’s Supper evrey first day of
the week. When he learned that
the New Testament did not
authorize mechanical
instruments of music in worship,
at his insistence, they set aside
that baptism was for the re-
mission of sins, and that he had
not been baptized into Christ for
the remission of sins, it was my Spanish are now under contract
on 25 stations in Mexico.
Six new congregations have
started as a direct result of the
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Dr. Wayne Dehoney, former od church,
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CHURCH AFIRE, gives the fol- with cam]
lowing analysis of the Church of lake the 1
Christ. experience
“While statistical totals sug-
gest a declining church, a closer
look at the churches of Christ
would hardly reveal that their
brand of religion is on the
downgrade. This fast-growing
group is one of the most potent
A great Christian man, Hardy
Howard, went home to meet God
on May 23rd, at the age f 84.
The heritage the family holds
precious was his sterling quali-
ties of faith, courage, convictions
with a pure conscience, honesty
and integrity. The spirit of
working hard to earn what you
get - and then give God the
honor and glory - was a basic
principle of everyday living for
him. Faith in God and trust in
his grace were deep rooted
principles by which he lived.
Thft was truly the life of our
father.
Our home was one to be
remembered with pride. The
house wasn’t a mansion, the first
being a log cabin, but there was
*-4ot_of living-. Our family was
close together with frequent
family “get-togethers.” Our ann-
ual family “4th of July” was a
great day - with singing, fiddle,
guitar and organ music, along
with all the B-B-Q and other
good food that people could eat.
Usually from 100 to 200 people,
including relatives and close
friends, were in attendence. For
sixty years, our dad loved to
play that fiddle and all members
of the family played instruments
with him. The family singing
was a part of our family “get-
togethers.”
Our father was a man of deep
religious convictions, having
been reared by parents of esin-
cere zealous, religious convict-
ions. He was the oldest of ten
children, 5 boys and 5 girls. (His
father was a leader in the
__rural community and a most
respected leader in the Baptist
Church.)
Our father taught all of us,
four boys and two girls, to honor
God and to believe and obey His
word, the Bible. He taught us to
respect authority, including his
authority as the head of the
family. He taught us to work. He
constantly demonstrated these
principles and attributes. An
incident that occurred when I
was a child will never be
forgotten. We were very poor in
this world’s goods. At Christmas
time the children received a few
gifts. - a limited quantity of fruit
and nuts and perhaps one inex-
pensive toy. One day, just before
Christmas, my father received a
package by mail from Sears
Roebuck Co. We opened the
package. We children could
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ACC assistant registrar.
The final count was 282 stud-
!nAS-ab°Ve Jhe previous record of elders of the Highland Church of
Christ in Abilene, Texas, with
support from 2300 Churches fo
Christ and thousands of individ-
ual Christians.
the piano in their church and
who lived in Farmerville, Texas engaged in singing only. Then
and not to our father Hardy later, when he was convinced
Howard of Farmerville, Louis-
iana. That was the kind of father
we had and such lessons will
never be forgotten!
Our father was an honest,
religious man all of his life. For
twenty-five years, he was a
faithful deacon in the Baptist
3,365 set during the 1973 fall
semester. The college has now
set a new enrollment record for
the past six years. Previous
enrollment records were 3,113 in
1969, 3,234 in 1970, 3,249 in 1971,
and3,346 in 1972.
“We are pleased with the fine
increase and continued strength
of our enrollment,” said Dr.
John C. Stevens, ACC president.
“From the information. I have
received, it seems that all of our ping the previous high of 740 that
was set during the 1973 fall
semester.
Metrocenter’s total gives the
ACC system, including the ACC
operation in Abilene,
Abilene Christian C
final 1974 fall semester enroll-
ment totaled a record-breaking
3,647 students, according to fig- honor God”, as brother Saldivar
’ ’ - ~ ..... , wrote in his most recent letter.
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breaking the old record of 4,115 ancj
students set during the 1973 fall n(j Abram
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The fall semester total in ormer res
Abilene included 1,190 freshmen, ipo Grandi
655 sophomores, 608 juniors, 671 rine teac
seniors, 363 graduates, 51 post- i Sunday
graduates, and 109 special stud- aches, tea
ents. The total also included the Bible
1,214 new and 2,433 former counselor
students and 1,913 men and 1,734 ie work,
women students.
every
authorities of the main-line de-
nominational establishments a-
bout the renewal of the church
must experience to survive.
Churches of Christ are anti-
ecumenical in their relationships, ; church
conservative in their congrega- s a new
tional practice without any sem- Sao Paulo
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perstructure; they have a rigid :o the U.S
biblical theology, with a strong ;st churct
emphasis on Bible preaching and I be suppo
Bible teaching; they make rigid i a missi
moral and ethical demands on kersons ju
their members in such matters manent w
as social drinking, they are not 1 the Bill
‘social action’ oriented...All of Belo Hori
these factors combine to give fe are to t
them a high notivation, and the sh tin th
unquenchable, inexcapable com- i(Ny neede
pulsion to win the world to continue
acceptance of their convictions I^om here,
and beliefs. And they are grow-
ing rapidly.’’
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joy to hold his hand and hear
him make that sweet confession
of Christ, and walk with him
down into the waters of baptism radio programs.
Church. Our home was religious- and baptize him into Christ, as a
ly divided during our childhood house packed audience into the
days. My mother was a devoted kingdom of God.
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Chesshir, Haskell. Christian Chronicle (Nashville, Tenn.), Vol. 31, No. 11, Ed. 1 Tuesday, June 18, 1974, newspaper, June 18, 1974; Nashville, Tennessee. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1322149/m1/4/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Christian University Library.