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Charl es D r o~m , Nape rville, I 11
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5-Sist.ers ................Mr. a . .F.Lo.r..e.m..c..fL~" inkl e r.~ ..Ua p.e.r.v.ille., .. I 11......................................... ·-·· .....................
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8- Eduration-zchools attended. Give names and locations
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College ....!'!~!.~~--~~::~!:'i':!.L!....~..P-~X.'!.UJ~d)
University ........Way-ne.----,--.lle.t.r-G-i:l; ............................
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(f) . Degrees
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(g) Correspondence courses ·---M~ooy---Bi-bl.e---Ina-t-i-tut 6 ). ..cMcag-~.---············································--····
9-Christ.ian exp(riencc and training
(nJ Conversion, when, where, under whose labors...... ~~~~~~~-=-~~---~~~---- · ·!?~.?
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Offices held in local church.......... R!Jn~~Y. ..9.9.'h9.9.l ..'f.l?.~.c:JJ..~r.... .::.JL~h~r...•...........................................
to-Ministry
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Recommended by Congregation ___I,._<:>.Qk.P~rJ:t.~...JJ,J: .................. pastoJ~---···---B.~.Y.! .. Ql'Q.~~~- --···············
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Licensed, when, where, Conference .. J.9J§ ..: .....l?.!-X.~~-~~!........ 1J.L.:: ..lll.!...C.on.f.t ___L _A.t).!..U ..?.9J. ...
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OrdGi~atdion, Deacon!....... J9..?.?~. J~Y. __ g___Elder~ ... .19.2Q,...:~~Y. ....~§ ... Itinerancy__ ____ .... J9.?.~---···········
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Credentials, frorl?.....~-~-~-~--~~~£..:..................... Denomination, to...... !!.~.~~-: .. .': ~~~-·-······ ··· ·········· ·····
,,ve ltes
A l..o Conference
11-Pastoratcs held, when, where Brown City 1917 ( 9 mos. ) ; Fernda l e 19 18 ( 1 yr. 2 mo s .);
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Detro1.t Council of Churches .
?r ea . Burton Ue1.ghts .:,h n l.s"te rs As.s?J
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15-0ther information that will be apprPciated if available
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. OO year 1931
1owest .---.$690
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Dec .
2 , 1942 •
Dea r br other Wa t s on :- ·
I was gl ad t o ge t your l etter and will try to answer it
now before i t gets i nvolved with the Christma s ru sh .
In aa sw er to your i nquiry regard ing my scholastic record,
I woul d say that there were two i terns on the circular in
Uanada t ha t were in error . Probably t hey took it for
granted t ha t I ha d graduated from E. T.S .
Bu t you will
remembe r , no do ubt, how I got cheated out of t hat. In
summer of 1917 I VJas s tay i ng with Mrs . Brown at her
pa rents home . We had Prof . Ge or ee ' e cotta ge all rent ed
wit h the rent pa id a yea r in adva nce f or my Senior ye ar
a t E. T. S .
That summer Rev . De abl er, who was t pas tor
at Io nia , communic ated v1ith Rev . Svl enk, at
t 1at time
D. S . of Flint , abou t me . Rev . Swenk accord ingl y set up
contact with me and persuaded me tha t I shoul d gi ve up
my i:Jenior year at t he Semi nary and take the past orate at
Br own City . Since tho~e were war days everything was
i rregul ar .
I served 0 rown City the rest of tha t confe renee
year , and before conference sess i on moved my fur niture
back to Iania until the fa ll when I i ntend~d t o go to
Na perville to compl e te my l as~ y.ea r at the eminary . 1he
peopl e in Brown Ci ty to l d me when I l ef~ that t hey woul d
~~~y pay the expens es of moving our household goods back t o
Brown ~ity if we ·.1 ould continue .the re in the pastor ate . \'ie
as sured t he good peopl e at Brown Ci ty t hat we woul d enjoy
a cont i nua tion of our ministry with them, but that we x~x~
we re anxious to get back to school and compl ete my wo rk .
Well, you will r emembe r tha t sh ~ rtly after con~erence
Rev . Jackler died and Rev . Nyce , then D. S . at De troit
pl aced Rev . Winter , h i s son- in-law at Ha mi lton Blvd ., and
began a c orre sponde nce with us to take over the Ferndale
pa storate , left vqcant by the tra nsfer to 2ev. Winter to
Hamilton Blvd . I a gr eed to t ake over the work f or the
summe r and he could fill the pu lpit by fal l, and that I
would t he n return to '"'aperville . But wun ~ev . Nyce
always was consid ~ ring t ha t I was taking on Ferndale
~&or the year , and when I was ready t o le ave~ for s chool,
he put up a great
fight, he even with bitte r tea rs told
me that if I did not t a ke Ferndale t hat he would be comp ~lled to t urn the key on the do or and cl ose it up , as he
coul d f ind no one a t e ll .
Wel l, I did not want any
Church to be closed , especially du rin~ the war period and
so I permitted my self to be a rgued into stay ing at
Ferndale , but f r Jm t ha t time on he gave me very little
co-operation in my work. I t old Rev. Nyce as VI ell a s
Re v. Swenk t hat I f eared that if I broke with my school
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caree r t ha t I feared , as many others , I woul d NEVER get
back. And that i s tjus t what happened as far as I wa s
conce r ned 1 But 1 did not stop my s~~ study as I to l d the
peopl e a t F~rncia l e t ha t ix as f a r a e I was concerned I wou l d
have to mo;e ·E. T. S . t o Fernda~e •
I took ~~~ i~BNE~ ~es
i dent wo r k when eve r I could qll thes e year s a nd summer
s chool togethe r wi th some correspondence t ill I obtained ny
Th . D. as you wil l r emember, j ust a few years ago .
iftrlEIDCHXI
The re was ano t he r er r or in t he circula r for the mee tings i n
Canada , t hey had the degr ee B . S •, ;•1hich shoul d have been
B. S . Lit.
Of cour se, t hey s~ make more of degr ees in Canada a nd Engl add
tha t we do he r e i n t he States .
We had a wonderful mee ting in Canada. Grea t crowds and mus ic
and i nspi rat io n and t he power of the Holy Sp i ri t in p rayer
and convic t ion and cohve r sion .
At one a l tar call we had
22 r,h i l dr en a lo ne. The l as t Sunda y wa s a grea t ou t pour i ng
of t he Spi rit. 1he fi nal s ervi ce l asted for ove r 3 hours .
beekers cont i nued to c ome to t he a ltar . Bro . Pl e t ch is a
g r ea t soul a nd I enj oyed fe ll owship with him in er y much .
r i dgeport i s j us t one mil e from t he city l imites of
Ki tchner, and we had many fr om our Ki tch ner churches as
well a s Wa te r lo o a nd El mi ra et c . We had some young men
from Zion Chu r ch, Kit ch ner , convert ed. One of t hem gave
h i ms elf f or t he mi ni str y . The r e was gteat rej oicing' \'lhen
tha t t e stimony wa s gi ven.
I have accepted the i nvitat ion t o be the Bi bl e Tea cher and
Evangel is t a t t he ~i l d may , Ont ari o Camp, Jun~ 22-28, 19b3 .
So( D. V. ) we wil l have ~ no the r grea t spi ri t ual f eas t in
Canada .
Po ssibl y you know tha t I wi ll be with bro t he r Pa rk ~< r a t
Pontiac next month, J an . 4 - 17 . We ha d arrangements made
f or some time back . I t rus t that the gas s i t uati on will
no t be too ha r d opposition t o the meetings a nd all t he
work of our conference . Will appre ciate y ou r praye r s for ·
the meetings .
Whil e I am writing I shoul d advise you that one o our
fines t young couples in t he chur~ was had a t ransfe r t o
Dotroit , yesterday , wi th t he Gene ea l Mot ors . The 1 are
~ir . & Mr s . Kendal '- ~'~atkins . They are choi ce Chr istia n l eaders .
Both taught i n the Sunday Sshb ol , sang in the choi r , ga ve
l eade r ship to y ou th ac tivi t i es .
They des i re to live some
pl ace within t he vi cinity of 12th St . C~urch .
They need
t hree rooms , unfur nish ed. If you ca n f ind a ny such a pla ce
I woul d be happy of you coul d l et me know and I wi ll gi ve
them \'lo rd . Mrs . Watkins is here and Kendall wi ll return
f or week ends the nex t t hree weeks. The company wi l l pay
his expenses f or t hree weeks while t hey look for a house or ~
a few rooms. They hav e their d furniture and the company
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will pay t :: e i r mov ing expenses .
I
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had s 11ond erful Tnankoff er i ng here . The offeri r.g
ammounted t o $ 2100 . 00 . '!le had our goa l set at $ 1600 . 00 .
So you see t ha t we 7:mwent over the t op • We hope to
r a i se C 500 . 00 more befo r e Feb . 1, when the note s a re
due , so that we ca n reduce our Chuch ~B~~
uebt to
$ 6 , 000 . 00 .
T.Qis wil l ma ke a re duction of some
~ 10,000 . 00 on the principal s i nce I have been here .
So it l ooks as though WB th e Chur ch i s ge t ting well out
of debt , since it ~ ill no t be
abl e to make a compl ete
~Rt payment~ acc ordin~ to U. S .A. sc hedule
3eymour Riggs and Bet7,y Spence wer e ma rried here on
Day . He wil l le ave fo r se rvic e aga i n
on Sa t urday . "e was given a 14 day l eave .
Than~sgiv i ng
We l l , this i s some lo ng epistle . But 1 wante d to explain s ome ' f the inquiries that you made . 0 ye s ,
I sl;}oul d have t old you that the degree s I ha ve a re :
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B.A . ,
B. S . Lit ., Th. M. , 1h. D•
I exp r. c t t o s ee you Dec . 10 f or admini strati ve
Council meeting , providing t here is e ome way of
trans po rtatio n .
I do not know wha t I will ge t
yet f or my additi onal gas a llowa nce .
1
~u st that you and you r s will have a splendid
Christmas .
Love to all from all ,
Your s and H~~
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Lansing I• • ster
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Dr. Raymond B.Brown j
Accepts Sault
Call.
Dr. an d Mrl!'. Raym on d R. Brow n
a r r iv ed in Sault Ste. Marie las t
n ight t o begin their mi nistry at t he
Firs t Baptis t ch ur ch . T hey t e rm i- nated a !our-year pastorate a t Lan~ in g, Mic h., t o acc ept t he unan imo us
call wh ich t he local church exten ded to th em on April 18.
· Besides carrying on t he duties of
hls pastorate a t the capitol city, the
n ew pas t or was ac t ive in the ci vic,
education al, and s tate go vernm e nta l life. H e s pen t m uc h tim e a t t he
eM~i ons of th e s tate legis la tu re
w here he s erved as cha pla in.
Hi~ other pastorates include eight
ye ar~ in Gran d R a pids a nd 13 in
the me t ropoli tan area of D etroit.
H is chief work in D et r oit was t he
organization of congregations ' and
the building of c h urches in the rapidly gro wing areas du r ing t h e years
of 1918 to 1925. H e has re nd ered
othe r s e rvi ~e in D etroit as hos pital
chapla in a nd a t eache r a t th e H enry For d s chool.
His a cadem ic t ra ini ng was pur.sued at North Cen t ra l Coll ege a nd
Evangelical The olo gical Seminary,
Naperville, Ill. ; W a yne U n iv ersity,
D etroit ; and Burto n C1>I lege, Colo.
He holds the degrees of A.B ., B .S.
Lit., Th .M., and Th.D.
Mu. Brown Is a n a ccomplis hed
mueician, having studied at N orth
Central Coll ege of Music, N ape rvllle, Ill., Chicag o Musica l coll ege,
where llhe specialized on th e violin,
a nd D etroit Cons ervatory of Music,
where .llhe re ceived the degr ee of
Mus.B. She was a m em ber of the
faculty of t h e D etr oit Conservatory,
being a.n Ins tructor in ,violin and
piano. Besides tea ching, she has
DR. RAYMON D R. BROWN
h a d ex perienc e in d irecti ng orchest ras in h ig h sc hools and churches.
The pas tor has traveled ,widely in
the interes ts of h istorical resea r c h
an d in con du cting evangelistic campaigns a nd B iblw conferences.
I n 1935, wlle n the internati ona l
D oolittle fa mily was in conve ntio n
at Sou th B end , Ind., an honor ary
memb ers hip in t he fa m ily was vo ted fo r Dr. B r own. Th is was don e
thr ough the offices of his frien d,
Dr. Isaac D ooli ttle of Sou th B end,
I nd., hi s to rian of the Doolittle family, an d f irst cousin of the fa mous
J a mes Doolittl e.
Dr. B r own w ill occu py the lo cal
pu lp it on Sunday, May 23, and has
choeen t he fo llowing as his initia l
s ermon themes: at 10 a. m., " A
P r ayer"-My P astoral Ambi t ion at
Sa ul t S te. Mar ie. At 7 :30 he w ill
s peak, on 1he s u bj ect "A P r op hecy"
- Wh q.t Will Ta ite Place Duri ng My
P as t orate a t Sa ult Ste. MarJe?
Dr. and Mrs. B rown and Mrs.
Brown's mothe r, Mary J ane Van
Slyke, ha ve t a lte n up their r esidence at t he B a p tis t parso nage, 507
Court s tre et.
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1!ay 4,1943.
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Rev. R.R.Brown,
Lansing. W. chigano
Dear Dr. BrGvm :A repo1~ reached me today that wau the oocaaion
fo:r:' a great dP.u l o~ curprise and very sincere sorrow. It is the
report that you are planning to take a pastorate in the Baptist
Clm.roh.
To say that I WHS and run shockeO. is to put it mildl.y. Of
course I :nave been rn.tn.e:!."
o~os~
to y ou mu.oh ol? t.ae time thnt
you have ae:rved in tho ll1i'3hi.ca.n Conference. .Al.ways I
hav.e had
tn tlie gocd work that you have been doing.
I had believed thnt,du~ to tb8 hiBh place that you have ao~~ed
a~ng us• you were ~uite hap~y in your uork. It still doe~§eem
that it oan be quite true.
Perhaps some of Ufl have ~aileu to show the apprcciabion
that your work !lns merited. I±" so I r.m so~·ry. I kno~' that
~~--~-.-:--·a-'Ver-y
keen-
1.rrt er~
many thinlc highly o:f th e work yo,~ h ave been tloing in your
pastorates in th~ Conteren~e.
I arn wonderine; 1·., y(IU!! Cot'.Jilit·~mento to the Baptists aee
irreYoO~bl.e. Pe:.- -lnpo there i s ::!~.tnet?l:i.ne that we stiJ..l might
do to k~,ep you a11 one of (}"J.r number. If I could be of service
1n a1f3Way- I shnll be most happy.
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. Of. o.ou.rae if you have reRched the pl..,.~ el. where you are
no longer happy in your sPrvice in the J!]Ye.ngelical Ohu.roh
I siloul.d not feP.>l rieht in pros o3ing you to.nremain. But 1 t
seems a'/J bit di:rfic.nut to A.djust on,e ' :., thinking to th~ announoement w71en it eomes with suoh lightnine like suddenness. It
meru1s a grcn.t d.es.l i'or one to muk a\my from 50 y~o.rs of' one's
~ast associations and more or loss look the door upon it.
Shoul.d there seem to be no \7aY but that you mu.ot oar.ry
out the plaue you. have made f'or a ohange in Chu.roh :-eelationa
I can onl.y \'fish i'or you A v,.ry ple~sa.nt f'u.ture .
\1i th a l.inga'ing hope tha.t you may still rsmain with ·us ,
I am,
Yours sincerely •
\f. H. \fat son~~
FIRST
EVANGELICAL CHURCH
REV. RAYMOND R. BROWN, TH.D .• PASTOR
109 EAST ELM STREET
"HOLDING
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LANSING, M ICHIGAN
The Re v. W.H. Watson,
1975 Lealie Ave.,
Detroit, Michigan.
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My lllear and Esteemed brother Watson:Your beautiful and fraterna l letter has just come to us, and y ou will
never know how much it has mea nt to us. Among the highly prized
letters which our family holds are those which you have written to us
in times when they were a great bless ing.
Of course the news was shocking to you. And ~want y ou to know that
Y 0 U have not f ailed in showing y our appreciation for my work in
the mini stry. I have prized both your verbal comments and t hose which
. I have in writing.
wit),
It is the fact o f breaking up denominational dfello wship ~ men
whom we love as we do you, that makes such a move moat difficult. This
is part of the cost that we had to consider. If aH .> men were as
consid erate and symoathetic as you have proven to be, this world would
be a heaven. We do want y ou to know that we dee pl y a ppreciate all you
have meant to us dur ing the yeans of our denomi national fellowship.
Ye a, we have a lways been 11 cloee " in our associations. as yov, say.
I be l ieve that I shoul d say to you , now, that you have meant much to
me in the past. Your understanding and sympathy were helpful many
times.
Many time s during the last year or two, I have wante d to have
a frank talk with you , but from fe ar of what would be ~ superintendents ' s re action, I refrained from doing so. I wa s going to have a
viai.t with you in J anuary w"'J en I was at Ponti ac , and ot her times a t
the Confere nce Admini stra tive Council meetings I longed to have such
a. chat with you.
I fe ar that it is too late for me now to change the course of action
which I have indicated. I have acce pted the unanimous call to be the
pastor of First Baptist 6hur ch , Sault Ste . Marie, Michigan . The
le a dine Church of the c i t y, with ne arly 500 members, who desire to
have a spiritual program carried on .
Thank you eo much for all you have dome and meant to us , our prayers
will a l ways be with you, and we covet yours . Mrs. Brown and Mr s.
Van Slyke join me in sending love a nd best wishes and a hearty invitation t o visit us some time with your family.
Yours e. nd HI S,
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FIRST JJJJ?TIS'f CEU!:~CII
Sault Ste . Eari e ~ lii cbigan
Rev . R. R . Brown , Th . D. , Pastor ·
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Th e R ev. D r. R ayrnond R. B r own ,
pas tor of t h e F irst B ap ti st Church
a n d m ember by a d option s in ce 1935
of> -th e Abra h a m Doolitt le fam il y
h as been granted the ri g ht to add
t o hi s own name tha t of D oolittle,
through a petition fil ed a nd g ra n ted
in Monroe County Probate Court.
T he pet ition was fil ed S ept. 17
a nd p r esented to the court Oct. 13 .
Th e f ina l seal and app roval was
g iven Oct. 24, t h e na me of D r.
Brow n n ow is R aymond Rob ert
D oo li ttle Brown.
Dr~ Br ow n ca m e in contac t with
th e Doolittle family through Issa
H . D oo li ttle, M.D., of South Be nd ,
I n d .. who is a cou s in of Gen. J a m es
H. (Jim m y } Doo li ttle, hero of W orld
War II. D r. D oo li t t le had lost a
favorite b t·o th er, a mini s ter of th e
. go spej, a t an ea rl y age, and he
thou gh t Dr. B t·qwn r esembled th at
bt·oth e r physically. T h ey became
close frie nd s a nd it was throu gh
the doctor' s influence that Dr.
Brown was officia lly m ade a mem"
b r of th e fam ily in Am erica.
Th e hi story of t h e fam ily dates
hack te Norma nd y a nd t h e time of
Will iam the Conqueror. R udo lph
of Normamy a ccompa n ied 'W illiam
to England a nd ' became one of th e
fi rst Norman baron s in En gla nd .
Abra h a m · a nd
J ohn
D oo little,
charter m embers of t h e Massa c hu setts Bay Co. ,. were th e fir st
America n Doolittles. J ohn n ever
m a rr ied a nd a ll American m embe r s
of the fa m ily are de scended · f r o m
Abra ha m ..
Th e fa mil y h as the right t o a
coat of arm s, gran ted in 162 1 t o
·Cla rk of Ken t ·a descend ent of
R.udolph.
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8kurch of Our _go.,.J
Minister
11534 Mt. Overlook A venue
(EVANGELICAl. UNITED B RETH REN )
EAST BOULEVARD NORTH OF W OODLAND
LYDIA GUHL, C hurch Secretary
Telephone - Randolph 69+4
CLEVELAND i, OHIO
Oct. 21 , 1949 .
Dear brother
Watson:
I have been wan tin~ to write to y')u to expr ess my appreciation
fo r what you did for me , for I understand tha t you ~ave me a
vonderful reco mme ndation for the pastorate here. I shall try
to justify the confidence tha t •ou have shown in me.
We arri ved here l a te on jt~ esday ni ght . On ?iednesday we were
able to open a ·f eg pathe~hrough the hou se. And all day
'lbureday the r e was a VI S W S Ins titute he re. I was so gald
to see Gl adys again. She cal l ed me on Tkue eday ni ght befor e
our furnitur e wa s unl eaa ed to we l come u s i nto the fel t~w eh ip .
We appr eciated i t very much .
To day we have had tr ouble wi th th e water pi pes br eaking and
we have been wi thmut water moat of th e day.
I just came f r om St. Luke ' s hospi t al where I spoke at the
nurses chapel s ervice . This hospital has 500 beds and i t
is just a f ew blo cks from the chur ch.
We trus t that all of your famil y are doing well and we woul d
appreciate your p,..ayers for us here as ··e have taken on quite
a d ifficult task. The people have given us a fine r ece otion
and we trust tha t we can build up a testimony here for the
Lord. I wi ll al so be chaplain of a .~rine Hospital wh~eh is also
in t his area . I wi l l speak every Sunday after - noon bes i des
do i ~g vi si ta ti on work.
So we \Vi 11 be ver y bu ey . We wmll
ins t all a new organ shortly a nd that wi1l give us a won ~ e rful
he l p i n out s ervi ce s.
Wi l l appreciate h earing from you at any t ime.
May God bl ess you a nd yours .
As ever,
Yours and HI S,
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The Rev. R. R. Doolittle Brown,
Th. ]_)., yesterday submitted his
resignation as pastor of the First
Baptist Church, effective Oct. 15.
The following day he will occupy
· the pulpit of his new pastorate at
the Church of Our Lord, an Evangelical United Brethren Church at
Cleveland. He came to Monroe in
July, 1945, from Sault Ste. Marie.
Although the idea of the change
was not new, his resignation was
a surprise to members of the congregation. A special meeting of
the board of deacons was called
yesterday by Henry Turner, chairman. It was to this group that the
resignation was submitted. It in
t urn was presented to the congregation in a special meeting following the morning worship service. The resignation was accepted
with regret.
Mr. Turner said today the entire
congregation regretted the ,move
but would not stand in the way
• of a larger calling for Dr. Brown.
Mr. Turner, himself an ordained
minister, will be in charge of services until a new pastor is named.
Dr. Brown's scholastic training
was at North Central College,
Evangelical Theological Seminary,
Wayne University and Burton College. Other pastorates were in Detroit, Grand Rapids, Lansing and
Sault Ste Marie.
Fearlejs ,in the Pulpit
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The labor of the bbilding program is being done voluntarily by
men of the church and Dr. Brown
has done his share of that ~vork as
we ll as offering spiritual leader ship.
He ha · been fearless in the
pulpit, preaching the gospel
straight from the Bible, letting
the truth fall whe re it will, rega rdless of station or rank of
bis listeners. He is a man firm
in his convictions and because
of that characteristic has been
recognized as a leader against
vice and crime here.
Mrs. Brown has filled her part
of being a pa -tor·s· wife well . She
has been active in women's groups
of the church, is an accomplished
musician and has taken active part
iu the music of the church. At present she is teaching and directing
a group of boys known as the Trumpeteers, who play regularly for the
Sunday school.
Dr. and Mrs. Brown always have
been near their congregation in
times of sickness and death, administer~ n g to the troubled and be·
reaved. They will be greatly missed
in the Monroe community and we 1
wish them 15reat success, healt h .
and power in.th~ir ~ew work. ~-~
The Rev. R. R. DOOLITTLE BROWN, Th. D.
Minister
11534 Mt. Overlook Avenue
Telephone CEdar 1- 4144
etwrck of Our .t;orJ
(EVANGELICAL UNITED BRETH REN)
EAST BOULEVARD NORTH OF W OODLAND
CLEVELAN D t, OHIO
LYDIA GUHL, Church Secretary
T eleph one - RAndolph I - 6944
"He that hath My IJ7or~ let him speak My Word f aithj11lly" ] e,.. 23:28
Apri 1 7, 1950
iear Brother Watson :
I had a wond erful service yes terdJY dedicating these
bo okl e ts on the fifth anniversary of the bombing
of rliroehima.
The public BBZB has been quite interested and have
had many calla.
Well , it is near our
strange to ge t ready
time of t he ye ar .
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wonderful experience
conference now and it seams
f or an annual session at this
am looking forward to a
at Toledo during the conference.
Mrs . Brown has 1:e en i 11 all of Jujy .
She got an
infection in her wind t pipe and she has been
coughing for about three weeks almost constantly.
She is quite im ~roved now and we trust that she
will soon be f qlly recovered.
'i 'ruet that you and yours are well and Mrs . t!rown
joins me in be et wishes to all.
As ever ,
A FRlENDLY CHURCH WITH A FAITHFUL MESSAGE
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Prepares Booklet, Will Preach
on Japanese Officer's Message
Two thousand copies of a booklet describing
the conversion to Christianity of a former Japa·
nese naval officer will be "dedicated to the serv·
ice of the Lord" at morning worship in the
Church of Our L ord (Evangelical United Breth·
ren) tomorrow.
The booklet, prepared by the Rev. R. R. D.
Brown, Church of Our Lord pastor, reprints an
article entitled "I led the Raid on P earl Harbor,"
by Mitsuo Fuchida, wh1ch appeared in the Watchman-Examiner, national Baptist journal. Cost of
printing the booklets was met by a member of
the Church of Our Lord congregation.
"The pamphlet will be distributed not only to
members and friends of the church, but l:o others
who are interested," said Rev. Brown. "We feel
tomorrow's service will be especially significant.
It falls on the fifth anniversary of the atomic
bomb's .fall on Hiroshima."
In his sermon, "When the Sun Arose on the
Sunrise Kingdom," at 11 a. m., Rev. Brown will
describe the spiritual regeneration of Fuchlda,
who, as commander of a 360-plal!e squadron, par·
ticipated in the air raid that devastated the Amer·
ican .fleet.
After the war, Fuchida pondered the .folly o!
militarism, saw in world conditions possible dan·
ger of another war and a second Pearl Harbor.
Then he realized that such a tragedy could be
prevented only if hatred among mankind could be
transformed to brotherly love.
. Fuchida found an answer to his problem when
he was given a Christian pamphlet. Expect
Christ's second coming and prepare men all over
the world for it, i1 you want to avoid war, he
decided.
"As a first approach toward this, I was convinced that I should first of all become a good
DEDICATED TO THE LORD, 2000 bookChristian," wrote Fuchida. "Thus, I contacted
lets describing a former Japanese officer's
Pocket Testament League representatives, who
conversion wi ll be d istri buted by the Rev.
show.ed me from the Bible how to become a Christian. I opened my heart and accepted Jesus Christ
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as my personal Saviour on April 14, 1950.
"I am still in the early stage of Christian
growth, but I .feel great joy in my daily Bible cided to believe what is revealed in the Bible,
reading. My heart is filled with peace as I kneel accept it and stand as His witness, telling others
down to pray.
this truth with the help of God."
"God has revealed to me the way of salvation
Tomorrow's service will include music by the
through the atoning blood of Jesus Christ. I de· junior choir, directed by Mrs. Charles Miller.
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CHURCH
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(Eva ng elical Unit ed Bre thren )
257 4 East Blvd., north of Woodland Ave .
CLEVELAND 4, OHIO
Th e REV. R. R. D. BROWN, Th.D .
Minister
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"I LED THE RAID ON PEARL HARBOR"
By MITSUO FUCHIDA
Story of the delayed Conversion
of a Son of War
Reprint from TIJe Watchman·Examiner
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AM Mitsuo Fuchida. As chief commander of the
whole air squadron, I participated in the air-raid
on Pea rl Harbor on December 8, 1941 (Japan
time), which actually opened up the Pacific War.
On that very morning, seating myself in the first
pla ne, I led the whole squadron of 360 planes into
Pearl Harbor, and having ascertained that the main
force of the American Pacific Fleet, comprised of
eight warships, was at anchor in Pearl Harbor, I
lifted the curtain of warfare by dispatching that
cursed order No. 1: "Whole squadron, plunge into
attack!" It was 3:19 a.m., according to Japan Time,
which was 7:49 a.m. December 7, by Hawaii Time.
My heart was ablaze with joy for my success in
getting the whole main force of the American Pacific
Fleet in hand, and I put my whole effor t into the war
that followed it with strong hatred towards America,
the result of which was that misery which is clear to
everyone today.
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cumstances of very little re ligious atmosphere; consequently, I grew up to manhood without a ny religion and later enlisted in the Navy. Thenceforth
I he ld the form e r " War Catechism " as m y only
ideology (faith ).
Militarism's Hate Pol icy
Why were we aviators filled with such strong hatred
against America t he n? Of course, we aviators t he n
had neither hatred nor enmity towa rds Ame r ican people as individuals, but the Board of S u preme War
Command in J a pan was stron gly conv inced that t he
destiny o f the war was wholly dependen t u pon t he
success or fa ilure of the Pearl H arbor a ttack. H ence,
in o rder to secure unfai ling success in t hat strategy,
the military h igh command accu sed America with
such strong words as " Brutal and proud America, the
long-time e ne m y," a nd so on, only to create increased
hatred o f the aviators t oward America.
H aving thus started p a rticipation in war, I devoted
m yself to conducting warfare through out the foll owing years, presenting myself as a most patriotic a nd
faithful soldier to the mother country.
During these four years, I face d death several
times, including six crashes into the sea, but was
m iraculously save d ever y time to survive and see t he
war 's termination.
After th e war-and twenty-five yea rs of N avy service-! retired a n d took myself to farming, b ut it was
indeed a pa th of thorns to me. I had never in my life
rea lized so keenly the unreliability o f o ther men as
I did during these years. I was stro n gly convinced
that one's own ability was all h e could rely upon, a nd
conseque ntly I worked d iligently in silence, g iving
b ut a cold glance to world affairs a round.
The new career which I starte d from nothing, as
it were, was insignificant and slow, like a n ant 's
progress. Nevertheless, as tim e passed on, I built
m y house a nd digged the well ; but my life during
these years was no othe r than a re-enactment of the
story o f Robinson Crusoe.
Thus m y lo ne ly life d ragged on. But, in the mea ntime, as I continued liv ing in closer relatio n to the
earth, through p la nts, cattle, and nature, my mind
was gradually led to thi nk of the prese nce o f God,
the creator of a ll these. I came to feel ashamed of
m y former godless idea that m a n's own power and
ability was his only trustworth y resource.
I had
never been a n athe ist, but I was brought up in cir-
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With t he termina tion of war, the national aspect
was a ltogethe r tra nsformed a nd J apan ste pped out
for the r econstruction of the nation with the slogan
of PEACE.
Four years have e lapsed since, a nd in these years
I have been watching the constant c hange of social
p henomena, but w ith cold eyes.
Neverthe less, I
could not h elp but Jove the mothe r country with h e r
m ou ntains and rivers, irrespective of good or bad.
Accordingly, m y mind has been constantly set on the
proble m as to what would be the proper way for
J apan to exist herea fter.
I fin a lly arrived at the conclusion that the only
way for t he J a pa nese to survive and prosper would
be to have every one of the J apanese people thoroughly made peaceful, irrespective of othe r nations'
conditions.
H owever, my m ilita rily specialized mind saw in t he
prevalent world conditions a possible d anger o f another w a r and a second Pearl H a rbor. Therefore ,
w ith the sincere desire to warn the people, I determined to send out into the world a book entitled
"No More P earl H a rbor ," no matte r how insignificant
m y work might be. As m y writing progressed, however, I came to realize t ha t in my a p peal for " N o
More P earl H arbor" there must be an assurance of
the transformation of hatred a mong mankind to t rue
brotherly Jove. So long as mankind remained in opposition to one a nother within the frame of na tionalit y, the only consequence could be the destruction
o f civilization.
The latter half o f the twentie th century should b e
a generation of m a nkind as a whole , and not a generation o f separate nations; but finally the p roble m
remained as to wh o could be the one to accomplish
such a great task as this?
A Christ ian Pamphlet
EDITORIAL COMMENT
I n the midst of these though ts, o ne day in Tokyo at
Shibuya Railroad Station, at a Pocket Testament
League street meeting, I received a Christian pamphlet.
The pamphlet was the testimony of .Jacob D eShazer titled " I was a war prisoner of Japan." At
the first glance my mind was capti vated by the
pa mphlet, and I read it through with great enthusiasm. One portion of the pamphlet interested me
particularly, and that was the confession of Mr.
D eShazer that during his imprisonment he one day
came to feel a strong desire to read the Bible. He
recalled to mind what he had heard before about
Christianity which could tmnsform human hatred to
true brotherly love. This portion, as I read, drew my
mind to the same state, and with a desire to read the
Bible, I purchased one and started reading. Before
covering the first thirty pages, my mind was strongly
impressed and captivated.
"This is it! " I was strong ly convinced. I concluded
that the true realization o f " No More Pea rl Harbor"
was no other than to expect Christ's second coming
and to endeavor to prepare men from all over the
world worthy of welcoming Christ's return.
As a first approach towards this, I was conv inced
that I should first of a ll become a good Christian.
Thus, I contacted Pocket Testament League representatives, who showed me from the Bible how to b ecome a Christian. I the n opened my heart and accept ed J esus Christ as my personal Saviour on April
14, 1950.
Today is just one month since I was saved.
Naturally, I am still in the early stage of Christian
growth, but I feel g reat joy in m y daily Bible rea ding,
and m y heart is fill e d with peace as I knee l down
to pray. I have a new joy a n d a new peace.
Moreove r , I think I can say today without hesitation that ?od's grace had been constantly set upon
me and gu1ded me even before I cam e to know Christ .
God has revealed to m e the way of salvation
t hro u gh the atoning blood o f J esus Christ. I decide d
to be lieve wh~t i~ reveale d in the Bible , accept it,
and stand as h1s Witness, telling othe rs this t ruth with
the help o f the Lord.
"Chrisitian missions sufficiently developed a re the
greatest means o f con verting pagans, thereby turning
destructive enemies into healers o f earth's wounds.
Had we devoted oursel ves as zealously to the conversion of the J apanese people as our L ord commands we do for a ll nations, w ho knows but that
Japan might have been our fri e nd instead of our
enemy in the la te war.
Let this generation of
Christians learn from the mistakes of its predecessors
and let a ll denominations follow the example of
representatives of the Poc ket Testament League in
being ready to help seek sinners in the darkened
areas of the world to find salvation in Christ through
His Word."
-Dr. J . W. Bradbury, Editor, Watchman-Examiner.
PASTOR'S COMMENT
Dear Rea der:
Does not this story of Divine Grace challenge you
to give yourself a nd all you have to Christ a nd His
Church before it is too late? You also can enjoy this
experience a nd privilege through divine grace. If
you have any spiritual promptings and would like to
confer with the pastor he would appreciate hearing
from you.
If brave men must chance their all in battle for
justice, security and peace, surely the redeemed of
the Lord ought sacrifice their means, t ime and talents
fo r the propagation of a gospel w hich is the world's
only hope.
This p a mphle t was m a de possi ble by a generous
d o nation m ade b y a m ember of The Church of O ur
Lord. The pastor, in these m o m e ntous days, has been
burde ned to exercise a written ministry and thus extend his ministry to a greater numbe r of people. H A
would appreciate your prayers in this cause.
" Look unto me and be ye saved, all th e ends of the
earth; for I am God, and there is none else."
- I saiah 45:22
CHURCH
OF
OUR
LORD
(Evang e lical Un ite d Bre thre n )
257 4 East Blvd ., north of Woodland Ave.
CLEVELAND 4, OHIO
Th e REV . R. R. D. BROWN, Th .D.
Mini ste r
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