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I. 'I, I'!'. t'A"l.', Of'J'Iel!:, LXlPYkUjHT 11'37 liT TilE CHICAGO TRIIlU�E.1

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'�G1tEAtIST' 'Q NEWSPAPER . .. :' THIS .. APER CONSIST!! UP

THREE SECl'lONS-SJ::CTIOl!l OllB PRICE TWO CENTS J:D�cme

I�TTlNG PARSON, 1�'8UT JAIL WAITS l'e Repents H is One Gr •

. '. Sin-vs, Mann��t..) ... :;. . c . :: ; 0:' --. ��;.�.�� :�'� .',:. '(hetu,.. en .. 'ri-••. )'� .

. :;Ij:two hUndred mcmb4u of the, . ; .. �mblY church of Zlcm h.l a : __ J1\�t\ni and" \'indh:aUon .. rv· ';,-;c\aSt'riJ,ht tor .tl1eir 'p&ltOr, 'the

.... f\lIi. Jennln" Oake, who ear, Will til. day, wu sentenced to .Ix "', .-1hI la jail for hIE "one mi. take,"

.toI&tion of the Mann act. Dale. � part In the ur\'\Ct', havln, been ,. • � • britt respit� before ,oln, :.jIII. JefOre Federal Judge F. A. Gel,er

.rJlllwaultH Pastor Dake threw him· til 011 the mere)' ot the court,

,illdbll 111111), of the char,. that • wok a 16 year old girl fro� Ken· .... W\J .. to East ·St. LOUIS, Ill., . __

. __ In, with her at .. vera I hotela ".)If. and Mrs. Anderson."

· . • 0',' �. aDd Wife Pr_nt. . marr " 1111 �aer:Emma Barelll.,(ormer '� . � ,l1leh school. 11rl" and hi. Enal

·.� . lIit iDothe� 'ot his daughter:'$ lutul ' ,..n ola.were In court .. aa Dake M ", , .... . Jbame(aced and .• lient betore , arl

';'�e;·.·.'A'Sls.tan. t u.nltl\dStates 'G.O.I .:- ' . : �;J. Koelzer told ,of PaJee'. "ir�� " i;atdD. wJth the gir} 1ast April '26' �

0' < .. nOff he'subsequently hadpe�ting --· ,.niet with hM- In hotel rooms In KI 'like",", . Bloomington, and East ,

"Louis. LE ".. paltor'. attorney, EUlene &II·

..... told the court that Dake had ... . an unfottunate mistake." but AJt. .� that no Improper relations .. place durin, the trip,

.. "'nitre II no actual moral oftrnse IilQlved here," tald Attorney Sulu· Atl .• "The airl Is unharmed. He de· .'.d upon:l!er request." .1 IIt'II1D4'Ban Nut Monday. �I)elce" aenlenee, to be served In It Mllwau\(ee. house ot Correction, , LO

" (lll1IArt on Monday, a stay of execu· ','. liIIWitblll. �ay!ng ,been allo��d t�m�1 ':�t tllt 31l4"· ' " ' " ' d a y . . � members Of. Past0l: .. Dake'. twas, �.�� •• lloII<a'�wded the cour:�om. T �.� "* .·.-ntenee . WiU puud . they wa. I . �: aFQund • tl)cl: �lh!!p,Qer.d' Jo, •. 'trlll ,.,J"IdIt Ulelr lJ!iawlrv1nl devotion. . I n .jiiA.".... pled,ts, l"er.renew.ed,'wlth . IE :,,,,."II1II"'» '1nd .. baUelujlhs" at Gear .' Itt' Pnftr "meetlnrlut night, It he i, • 'IIIIdi DIn and hi. wlte, an ordained ftm I · 1IIIItW, wtte the prlnclpal apeaker.. bl. I . WIItil 'foar.elf, nefll. with ;i'I-"'leamed a 1 .. 100," cried the mary "Clllllite pUtqr, .. I haVe had a little a.1l d .... lIIIook.d Into JJIY h.ad. I am eaDtr � with the devil. It the deyU afte I .. � dIAd I could ,et hold of It, tbe n JftII It and wrap It around a and � 1nt.":' of I

'flit • foot pa.tor, who I. 33 yean brotll old, .... II1a blQDd h.ad and .hed 'lite! \lin u lie �� hi. con.re,atlon: of th

, · ·DI,.. 1tI11 10v. meT" ' ., whO • "., .... ", unan1mou. .hoU.t: until , '�'Iov .. youl" ' .' . their . AIIIr -.au. pray.ra and hymn. prtva

": .,..,J»I·,ot down 'to mor, prac-' EM ..., ..... . ' " Klnlt .taetter Man-but. IIi·ok.. " , tunic

.: ·�l_ now a better man," h. de- dler .... 0" better, mor.,Uy and better carrl, !�ly-btt\tr In every way ex· St. oJ, .,Ullanclally. That lull of clothe! him

.. ., ov.rcou you iav. me three ter 0 .". a,o are getting railed . . !'.'III jaU I understand they supply ,.. with clothe.. but It they don't H� JlII'I1 have to .�nd me lome." I'outt

,::lutor Dake said' he Intended to cade. lUI mo.t ot his ·tlm. In 'aU In writ· St. J . .. , book_ commentary on tha whle ..... Atter his release, he aald, he yard 'II1II4 wtlte another book on his ex, 8nth

!,,.neace. In a celL stepi ; 'KlIilwhii. SI.ter Oakc will carry Ao 11 her. In Zion-won't you?" said houl .... pfeaeher, tumln; to hll"w1te. a SCI

Slater Dake Obeen Up, stOOl : PIlmp Mn. Oak. a1lirm� thilt"lhq TudI 'II1II4. ind add.d: . klrw

� " ,"I &11\ ,gladd.r, tonlaM than 1 'over tbro :_ hem . . It II marvelou, whit the' the I.er4 � do tor you." . :' brot: '. All elderlY member of the' conire- hUll • . 1IJ9n aro.e. ' . KfIll " 'lIst.r Oake;" he .. Id, .. the' Lord l'Cl6'a III mad. TOU look t.n years youn,· iN. If tonJ,lIt· . 1<1111.' Later all nonm.mber. of tht con· l'Oi -.mon '"" uked to d."art and .� r�At\ .• tnrmal .tatement .as· .. .... r that It had heen proved in AI � thlt he had no 'Illicit relatlonl> trop &.. the �a:,:,1II ,Irl. � F=

XCVI. NO. 35 vv'EDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 10. 1937. --38 PAGES

PLEADS GUiLTYi TO TAKiNG GIRLi 'ON MOTOR TRIP Loyal Parishioners <

Hear Admission. I I

MllwRuk�c. Wis .. Feb. 9.-ISpecial.) ! -Th� Rev. Finis Jennlngs Dak�, pet' j' tlng parson of Zion, 111.. wa. sen· tenced to six months In jail today tor his" one mistake," a ... Iolatlon of the I MAnn act.

The 6 foot, 33 year old husband and I father odmltletl beCore Federal Judge I }'. A. Geiger thllt he took' a 16 year'

old girl' from Kenosha, Wis .. to Ea..t

St. Louis, III. lIe had said he. wanted I to pray with her and lInd her a job. I but the law thought otherwise. i 'The sentenee, to' be served in the I I

Mllwaukpe House of Correction, will < begin Monday, a stay of execution i until then having been allowed. I

Loyal Parishioner. In Court. I During the brle! trial the court. room was crowded with. 103(01 mem· .. bers of Pastor Dak�" Zion oonl!:reca' t lon. Also In the co .. <room were his wife-the mother uf hi. 8 year old, daughter-and his . attuser, Etnm"

Barelll, former 'Kenosha high school clrl.

F.xcept. to plead Ituilly and thllo

of hl.s year . his "ccuser, Emma . former K<nosh. hlgl1 school

to i>leR� gulll�' and thus hlm!'iclt on the mercy or the 'Dake stood shameCaced Rnd

whUe AssistAnt District Allor­

i'Koelier told of his Jillsdo­\;..:;l..::;�

and subsequently t'!'l.a·pettUI� parties with her in hotel

\Vaukegan, Bloomington.

East St. LQlIl.. They several tlmes.\,he sr\d, ....

-,Mr •. And�rson.�� �l-t·� ·, f .'Admlt. Trip to J>�.t. St. J..oIII ••

/ Dake, who I. pastore! the Chris. t1anAssembly church and school suo pe....isor·of the Shiloh Bible Institute at Zion, previously had admitted to

I Interviewers he took the girl to East

St. L�uls; where he was 10 deli ... er Bible talks In nearby commu but only

' because .. he wanted to

her a job ftnd to' talk with her." .. His attorney, ·Eugene Sulllvan, told

the court that Dake h�d marle .. an unfortunate mistake - his one mi.· take," but Insisted that. no Itr.proper relntlons ex!sted on 'the trip •

.. The defenLan t admits this one mistake," SUllivan' pleaded, .. but pre· viously he had led an uprIght life and had. good reputation. There no octual moral offense

' invoh'ed here. He desisted upOn her re,\uest. The "Irl Is· unharml'd."

n"ke, one-time follow .. r of Wilbur Glenn Vollva, Zion overseers who be­lieve. among other things that the \\'orld Is flat, ma<4e no response when Judge Gellter asked him If he had anything to soy.

Wife Berni In. J..o,..I, I After sentence w,<s passed t'he er·

I rant pastor's wir� :net him In the corridor and kissed him •

.. I'll be waiting whell yOU get alit," she loyally promised. " I'll carry on your 'rellglous work In Zion. Your

concregatlon Is loyal. We'!1 �o 011

,with your work. Wh�n you g;t out I we'll ask God'. for,lvenesland start

I anew;" . Smiling and calm, Dake areettd memberl of his church end Blbl�

clU!!. Brle/ly e,�aln In the rl>le of tlte .• herherder of· louIs, he passe;! thro�gh thp. loyal rroup, bowing dl," nlfledly ' and .haklng hands.

'But he had no. smile for. MIS! Ba· rem .. he lOOked In her direction while she was l,elng Jed from the courtroom by a matron who look her back to the Wisconsin Industrial School for Glrl�. She and the pastor did not meet. \ I When I he bowing and handshak· Ing was over a'ld the last well wlshe,

I had been said Dak'� returned to Zion

I to put his atCa!r. in sha� for his six tnonth�' absen("p..

I WD!E IVU.L CARRY OX. . Mrs. Dorothy Dake will carryon AI

I pal tor of' the .c.hrlstlan As�embl)' .,hutch In Zlon� he, u.bandla nervlnc sl" months for violating' the Mann act, 'It wa. announced yester­day by Jullu. Johansen, . Winthrop Harbor.dalrrnan; a member o! the ch urch's·. board' of deacons. ," There are3St) Iii the oonlirCgaUOn, and every

'. man,womeD,and child I •. for Dake.�· , .aId JoheRn.- -Follow!n, of cullty

THIS PAPER CONSISTS 01" �WO SECTIONS-SECTION ONII PRICE TWO CENTS l�Dcmitlls

izioN PASTOR STARTS TERM OF 6 MONTHS

I.eader of Christian Assembly Begins Sentence in House of Correction in Milwaukee on Mann Ad Charge.

Inmates at the house of correction in Milwaukee today accepted the Rev. FInIs. Jennilll!s D.lke, pastnr ot the ChrIstian Assembly IJ! Zion, Into their fold with co.utlan.

The Rev. Dake, who todJl.y started serving a six months· sentence or "vacation" as· he called It. for viola­tion of the Mann act, had promised his congregation at the flna I servlc�_� last night In Zion that he would Preach to the prisoners at the house of cOITCction to "save their souls."

In between hls preaching to the Inmates at the house .0C correction and his work, when he is ... '!Signed to some· task In the place. he plans to write a commflntary on the Bible. And after he IS .1lSCllargM fl'Ol" the house of correction 0, Aug. 15. he may write a book on hIs experiellCCl! behind the bar".

In Jail Before The Rev. Dake got his first taste

of pl"eachlng to prlsollcrs when he was In the Cook county jail last SlI,n­mer. He had been lodged In the jail eftp.r federal agents took him In cus­tody for takln� Emma Barrclli. 16. Q Kenosila hitCh-hiker, with him on a trip to Bel1evUle to dullver a Bible lecture.

On the trip Dake registered with th� . girl as "C. Ande1"!iOn and wife" at hotels in Waukegan. Bloomington and East St. Louis. He claimed that he did not ho.rm the .glrl nor did he have L'Ilproper r<,lo.ttons with het at t.ht stopovers. He said he had 0. de­sire to !1elp the girl get a Job and to Interest her In religion.

At the COOk. counLy Jall tile pris­oners were divided In their op11l10r .. on the good ot the ""rmon by UIA Rev. Do.ke. SCme Were repart.<,d to have "'cpt and sought forgive!ll'SS for their sins, while others took it with I .. ���tlclsm. . _ _ . . I I : ...... l'rarer HeeUA&, . . . <With � .. lfe, the Rev, Dol'Othf, OUB, by ,. aide Je&terdaY. the Re\·. j DaQ.led .h1a �tlOll in prayer , meetlnp In tile twenOClU and eYen­l1li. A:� he plan. to do OONider-able _11bIa whQe III � hoU5e of ,.�. CIOITtCUOIl and after he II dilDhargeli, the Rev. DUe toullct � .. lll' 'J'ItlI the lIIIWapaper publlell:r Biven . to hla "mllltop" . and compued ldmaeU. to Job.

"Jeb bad ibree lrIeildl," ald Rey. Dak, III anothlll' pan of his mornlul IIIlI'UI<In. "They 0IIIJI8 1I&1d Ylalted him on t.'1a. uhplle.. 'Ihe;r la' there for i leven daya &lid IliJhts without laY!. na ... . .. a wont io him. "i'ou're 110\ I¢nI tt , . • " here thai lauI wlUl me, .fCl' lam.: . . ,. not aotnato stay b-,,. ... . \ .�. . �.��D:=�=" >�'j;� beoD ·lalaok· ralaUna·tho WOIII\ of Job. .. • He . dI@' !III" • . lI'Opolter • . attUne . . .. around everywbtlle. blJ,t. he did h"va: iIl� friends. . . .

�I . am esperienclnir QlOl'e of the llory of 00d t9&n '<11' two :rean. I flel like I bad coml oui <it a bclrrlDla pli • • • 1 � . tba bappleet man thla . Ilde.ofllea\1lll, � :::-;::.:::::::--�".,. � ·UUIe' W_n� • • " .. "TlIank the Lord ttl\' ll'Js 111"0 wo­man rlsbt bQ1!," RAlv. Dab weu� M. t�ohInl bla WIfe QI\ the ahoulder. "Sb. hIoa ., a aood IIU\l1l1lt tor all YOU "WI". to foUow, .

"411 a� II b8IIIa made to des. troy (1\11' JlI'OiI"&l1\," he aontluueci. re­.!.ertlul to .tbe ehuroh, ·bII� Ie' \II be !!Eli' l1IeD &lid �eD and .... 1 Olu1I\o. lu . and ", thls work ao �rd • • ,

In not the only peb� IlI\ ih' , I leafn� \ha�. 101'1 a'II."

A _en' later he .,ked: ·00 YOII tlUn.. God hR.I forI&ken m.?- .

"Nol" � tha l'IIPly In ehonlI. ".lfalle.\u.Jr.h. 1 am liappler ",I.s nllllTnlna . than ever bIIfore.� Rev. DIIke aald In dOllln,. Thalt the Clln· IlepUOIl joIUOdln slnsln, "On"ant Ohrlstlan SOl4IIII'8." . A number 'of newapapermen wore

r4eae.nt, bill. they were refuNd pi". to .... 01' Interview.. On hla way out one l"8porter· "'". hII noa. .nat�lIed from blahand b1 a lady 01 Ibe tun­IrqaUon who ran Inkl the ohllroh �nd tore 'MIn to bit&.

. Un. Dak. """-

Detore Rev. 1.'Iake'a addrON, "ra. · D.·:te 'l1<*e briefly, S\le allO"1II1n Ii duet wI'h Mra. QIrdOll P1Ihl, t"a )aUer one of \.he "",dens In 'he BIble maraU,1II\ atililtld· by tha church a few years ago.

A subserlptlon fOT e ',00II Will. uked for the suppa,"" .,' the Bible seh""l an.illlore than "011 W&II \lIedallrt dllr­Ina the two IOrVllliII. Hev. Dak8 a·ri­DOllneecl tha' nearly 130.000 had been BIven In II IItile more than II year r.nd a bait tOward tho eaWlbl\llhln. and IUpport of the lnatltute. "This 18 a wvnderful bqlnnlnll." he said, "And, W� are rejolcllll" over thfI lact. We ..... onl, IIldebted to 1118 exlent ot the 111.000 mort:.ar;e alld & now of ".000."

Deacon Archibald 8wattlltrallb.r. who" alii> an aocounillnt, !>ao"«1 II" Rev. Dak ... s�tem.llt. "The Shiloh B�ble InItUul1l ,time!:. from aoratch al1'ue lela then two,liars _I" "e wu.'I\ed a ITeat debt .to beilln "I�h but we "1'8 bellnnlnl to HI cIa,lIlht. NoW II t� Um. kI rally to do l0III8-ihtnc· lor OOd.:ud to 1II� Ute world 'snow thaL )'Ou .... all" tor 00lt. n

Jolin BrI�.1Ol\ Cit ·W_uk.pII, an- . oUlOl' mambo\' ot �. board 01 deaOOIIll.

10000UtlUed OIl �'I" J. 001.'1 .•

;,i��il�!i�:��i�)··\:�('

WIFE TO CARRY ON FOR JAILED PREACHER­The Rev. Finis J. Dake; who pleaded guilty in Milwaukee

'. to Mann act ch;nog-e--andwas sentenced to six mont1is, bidding �jfe good-by>a.f�q: p��y'er meetil}g in Zioil;"'(Sti7,i!�=� 't'.;

; , . <"1i�'.-' · " _ .': . ,-" - '�'.-:;.�

ZION PASTOR .. ; STARTS TERM'

OF6 MONTHS (Continued from' PagO one)

al80 spoke hrlefly : "My whole heart and pocketbOOk Is here in thls work. . • . I want. to stick to the ship and go all the way."

A . comment !rom O�erseer Wilbur

Glenn VoUva. wa.s. to the effect tlul.t "some people In the house of correc­tion In Milwaukee ought to be in the federal penitentiary.

Democratic Resolution Rev. Dake read a re"olutlon from

elle Zion Democratic Voters' leasue during the preliminaries Of thf' eve­ning meeting. It read:

"Rev. F\nl.s J. Dake. Zion, Ill. "Dear Rev. Mr. Dake: • At a rECent meeting of our 01'­

ganlzatlon. the following resolution was oftered and unanimously aj:­ce;lted:

.. 'Whereas Rev. Dake has been un­Jl1$tly persecuted, and whereas he has done a f1nI! work In Zion and surrounding community, and where­as It IS our belief that Providence placed him In our midst. and where­as thl.s organizatIon believes In· his integrity, Tberef.re, be It Resolved that this orgunlmt1Oll go on record with . thIs exp.resslon as evIdence. of . belief In Rev. Dake, and ma.y it

an expreMlon aOO. (If, hoPe ma.t he return to our city to carry <l\!t that work which God has given him to do. May he &Iwnys cnrry his cross wlth understandL'lg and Grace. .

- 'Be It further . Resolved thD.t a copy of thUs Resolution be torwardlld to ReV. Date with a IlOpe that It will in acme small degree, help him carry, the cruel cross thBt he has been calle:! uJ)O!lto bear.

-May your people stnnd steadfast In their hellef In you.

"'Vlth kindest peroonal regards. we beg to remaIn, "Very truly yours.

"Zion Democratic Voters' League. "By: Martin RUe.1Ch. ch .. lnnan." Rev. 'Dake. at the conclusion t·t tho

erenlng service, stOOd at the front door of the church shak1nr; hands with all who lett the bullcilng while his wife knelt at the altar to help those � had corne forward tOl'

��. moming Rev. Dake lett for Mllwaulree where he will hegln his

six months sentence after pleading

guilty last Tue!day In federal COlD't to violation Of· the Mann act..

In hi_ absence Rt!\·. Theodore Kes­�l an Instructor st tho Shiloh Bible �tute will asaIst Mrs .. Dake In the �. Rev. Date clcClRrf!s that ho wm'p;!Bch to the other pr�.��S In '�'_��_"�_'N:'\'l,«,"'''��ll_;, �--

the' house ot correction Where he wllJ be Inco.reera.ted unUl Aug. 15.

Jteor. Due S 1!I'I'md.rs Milwaukee, Feb. 15 (1Pf--The

Flnla Jennll'glJ Dake. Zion. preacher, surrendered to tederal auth­orltles todaj' to bpgln serving a slx­months senter.ce to� violation Of the Mann act.

The preacher. whc told his flock yesterday' he wa. "th� happiest man thUs side' of heaven." becAuse he had renewed contact with dlvln� author­Ity, ,was taken to the county Jall to await r�moval to the house of ;:or­rectlon. He was confined In the bull­ren 'WIth haIt a dozen other prisoners.

The 34-yeRr-old minister was sen­tenced last week In tederaJ court dt­

he pleaded gujlty to chA.ge. he & 16-year-old .Kenosha girl to DIlnols ..

ZionPastorOff, i to J a i I Aft e J' i

Bout �ithDevill The Rev. Fini� Oake of the Chris.

tIan ';'ss�mbty church of Zion, wh.o I wiU hcgm a six months' jail term . Uric; morning on l,'h1!r.::ps made by a

gil'J of 16, hade his congTE'gation I goon·by from the. pulpit ypst �rd.y. "I bC'licv£I' I Am the happ!p.st man

thi!' side or h('a\'�n:'- he said. The minisler· ... joy, he said. came

from his rer,�",ed oontact wltn divine authority. He blamer! all his trouble. upon the ill will of the MI'Ii. and

telephoned

Devil Get. More BlAme. Belief that the devil brought on

all the minister's troubles also "'as voiced by Martin Ruesch. president of the ZIM Democratic Votcro' league, and Henry Stevenson, a hr. mer Waukegan busI ness mall.

tI I beHave the devJI wants to ruin the Rev. Mr. Oake and wreck his work," said S1e\'enson. .. The ('hurch should offrr him a ten YE'ar contract / to reassure him of a welcome back."

The church members. who filled (!\'er�'. seat and

.

stOOd in tJu'! doorwa�'!\' 1 took no action on the contract, al-though th('y exprel';:sed

.

theif confl_. / dence in their pastnr. ('AtfUparrA Sf"1t to .'ob.

In l!is 8�rmon, Mr. Dnk� r:ompnr.'d himseIr to Job • • n� .aid that hAd Job ll\'erl In the present. the new •. pap<'rs would have bf'(I!on ., hlark ',"'.ith storips about him,"

or those v!hn tel('l;"JhC'ln('d, �1r. Dnke sa itt :

.. MRn�' �vor'rll�' peorl� hRH!' !'Ih'.II1ed me t{tHin� mp how mw'h /Rith th�y hA\,e In me. Tid. hn·.rl·mlnncd tn'" or Jl('!'r�on ean ('xprr.ss Jt�f'l! hHI('r r hnn l'nmf' t"C'liJ;:'ioI15 p�(\plf". nC'IIs:. in!!" I'f"oplc ftl'*, m�' WOlsl clUtes.

I �1Rny 1im�s' t:ank !'innrrs will s:i\'e " helpil1l: hand when the rellJ;ioll! will not, �lIt J WAnt It understood Ihat my fight is with the de\'il."

Wile to Carry On. �fr. OAke's wile, Dorothy. the

mother of his daul'h!er. 8 years old. has promised to rna ... 1�C church af. fairs while hpr h\lsba1\d is in jail. She .ang a duet. '''fhv Will Be

II Done."

at the close of 'the service with Mrs. Mildred Puhl.

Thp blond. f) fOOl mini.!:;1eor-. who i� 13:1 years old, wa� s,"ntenced last 1"\.1('$­. <lay when hr threw him:�!f on the mercy of thE' court at R trial for vio­Illlion n( thp. MlUU1 act hefore Judge F. A. GO'!:"r In the federal cOllrt at Milwaukee, The m'n'st�r admitted parties with tho girl. whose

"'.,In Kenosha, on trip. 10 "t. l.I:Iu!a lAd �1UIo

_ , \to'

TheO�qs' Bi tt5t!lero TUESDAY • . FEBRUARY 16. 1937,

nr Intt!r?ational l\'ew' service ZION. Ill .. Feb. Is_uThe happiest

man thi.< side ot heaven" left here

for ja!l today. PETTING PARSON: OF'ZION MOVES

. TO JAIL 'HOUSE Starts a 6 Months' Term

Under Mann Act.

Milwaukee, Wis. F2b. 15.-[Spe­c1al.J-The Rev. Fin is Jennings Dake stopped saving souls and muted his slide trombone toda>' and became just

more prlscner In the Mllw8l!kee hOUSe of cl)rref!tion. He b under six months senten!\! of the fedoral court In Milwaukee onchorges by " 16 yellr old Keno.lia /llrl who was his com· pcnlon on t'Xtl!nded petting puties In WlJocnsln and Illinois, after which he has been assured his cOngregation at the ChrlstIF,n Assembly C/lurch or Zion, m., will welcom� him back to his pulpit. ' . The pastor, his six days' stay of exe­cution gono, was on h�nd at th� fed· eral bulldh,g early today. Mrs.Da"e, repeating that she Illved him more now thar. ever, was his sole compan· Ion. She accompanied him an hour later trorr, the lederal building to tM Mlllvaukf� count)' 'all a d ozen blocks away, to await transfer to the house of corrertlon.

, Mllst Jf'the zpal, the unction, and

the em"tionsUsm which merked f he Rev. D.ke'. mo.t recent meetings wlOl his congregation In Zion, had passed b.t?re he arrived at the county jail. The God Bless Us All spirit had giver. away almnst 10 �urllnt •• whlch marl:ed his refusal to permit picture !ald:I&'. H 1'00 many pictures already," he told the Milwaukee photographers gMhered In the jalltr's omc�.

I Grant@d the priVilege ot waiting In lhe until tM arrival III Black

Maria, the st.el barred bus which takes It& lORds ot white and bl&ck prisoners away. the Rr\', Mr. Dltke sought �('curlty in n j�il ('('II n�.ther than contfnuI! in the nfflrt:! hart'ngt'!o with questions and resisting attempts to �teal snapahots of him .

Mr! .. D&ke did not tollow h�r hus· band to th� hOuse of correcUon, a doten miles distant trom downtown. Sh& returned t� Zion, where she wll\ be �waltlng him on his releaso,

He was the Rev. Finis Jennl"s

Dake. whc. lnus� �er\'e six months 1n tho house at correction at Milwau­

kee tor vIolating the Mann act "'Ith 16-year-old Kenosha girl. But Brother Oake, as hp. Is affec­

tionately known by his congrega­tion, was exalted rathp.r than down-

Taking advantage or his last hours of freedom , he preached a sUrring sermon last rJght which 60 , moved his audience that 2C men lind

The Rev. Oak., a handsome 33-father of t\\'o children. wept 1

wl.h emotion and as he departed

arm in arm with hL, wlte, the en­

tire congregation rose and shouted: "God save Brother Dak •. "

Convicted ot violating the M"nn act, the Rev. F'!1la JennlnK" Dakf', ZIon, III., paato,', drf!w a Plx"mont.h jull Rf'ntel1ce whf't\ trlt"(t In Milw&ukee. The Re\,. Mr. Pllkr, ".xonPratpd" by hia wirp ana. Ilock, waft charged, .. noJ admitted, tran.portlng

· a I6·year.old girl, Emma Barcelli. .hown aho,·. with Pak�. tram her home In Kenosha, Wi8 .• to Eut st. Loul., Ill., d 'l rl,,!!, a "�"ul 114\'lng" ex-1""·"lon. The preacher "hy' he just wanted to "pray" with Miss Eo, dll.

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Rev. Finis Jennings Oake wound "P hls.pa.storal· affairs here today pre-

for his "one mistake," after his disgust tor the devil be-

.;,,\P\or�ilio'nelrs oC the Christian �­ch�rch heard the ReVerend attorney tell the court the

made "an unlortunate heard the prosecution,

mlnlster's !ravels 'wlth 16-171oar-o"a Emma Barelli and recall.

partle5" m botel rooms ' lliii. \V·iuJ�eg"n. Bloomington and East ISt;;']t;otlfs. and at a vmdlcation serv­

hold of It. rd •• and wrap it around a tree."

The hand�me pa.stor bowro. his

blond head and :abed tears as he

a..ked his congregation:

"Po yon still love me?" "Everybody loves you," the congre- ,

ga lion chorused.' After the "ameni' "

and "halleluJahS" died dvwn, the ReV. Drake got down to more prac-tical matters. He declared:

"I am now a better man. be�ter

morally and better .pirltulLlly-bet­ter In every way except financtally. TIlat suit ot c\.,thes and ove!'o:oat you I;ave me three years ago are getting ragged:'

last nl�h t heard the' pa.stor from his t'xperlences. learned !l les.o;I)n .... Cr!. ed,· ..... · .. IUiti2corltrlte pa.stor. "I have had a

IUiWt';'s",.P lm,,,,k,ed Into my head' I '� II�aDi':·C!IJIf1:tSt.!C!. with the devil. Ire: , a bill and I cO'Jld get,'.'

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Scholars Scrutinize Popular Dake's Bible Questionable reference work ga ins in usage thanks to appropria tion by Word-Fa ith teachers.

Theologians, apologists , ami scholars -" arc taking a stand aga i nst teachi ngs

found i n the Duke's Al l / lOtateel Reference Bihle, which they c la im are aberrat ion­a l and unorthodox .

Publ ished more than 30 years ago and bi l led as " t he Pentecostal Study Bible ," Dake's has seen an upsurge in populari ty i n recent years , sel l ing more than 30,000 copies in 1 992, perhaps due to i ts embrace by leading Word-Fa i t h

Finis Jennings Dake

teachers such as Kenneth Copeland, Kenneth Hagi n , and Benny Hinn .

The con troversial reference work was wri t ten e n t i rely by Fi nis Dake, who gai ned notoriety in the 1 930s as a flam­boyan t pastor, convicted of violat ing the Mann Act i n connect ion with tran­sport ing a mi nor across state l i nes for i mmora l purposes. In prison , Dake re­portedly began wri t ing h i s b i b l ical commentary . He died in 1 987 .

Bu t in recent years, the Bible, pub­l i shed by Dake's descendants i n Law­rencevi l le , Georgia, has come under fire from evangel ica l , Pentecosta l , and Afri­can-American leaders who say that some of the author's more than 35 ,000 commen tary notes, taken from his 1 949 book God's Plan for Man , are racist , heretical , and con tradic tory .

Reformed theologian Michael Hor­ton , in h i s book The Agony of Deceit, says Dake's view promoting n i ne per­sons in the Tri n i ty is heret ica l . "The Fai th teachers borrowi ng from Dake's Al1notated Study Bible deny [the Trin-

so ::f0- '(\ . \ 0) I q q �

i ty} ." Horton says Dake's view on the Tri n i ty is s imi lar to Mormon theology .

God's body G . Richard Fisher, in a Persol1al Free­dUIll Outreach art ic le , says many of Dake's doctrinal errors are rooted in his m i s i n terpretat ion of a n t h ropomor­phism. "Al though Dake wrote of 'sym­bol i c language : he did not a lways recognize where these th ings apply."

Dake wrote in a note accompanying John 4:24 that God has bodi ly parts such as a heart , hands, mou t h , and tongue, and he wears clothes, eats, and l i ves on a planet cal led Heaven.

Christian Research Institute's Hank Hanegraaff says Dake grossly misun­derstands theophany-the temporary manifestat ion of God i n a physical form. " Nowhere does the Bible say that God is forever dependent on a body. Dake's doctrine denies the h i storic Christian chun;:h doctrine that God, in the Trini ty, is one in essence."

Many Word-Fai th teachers subscribe to Dake's view, interpreting that God wears clothes, is about six feet tal l , weighs about ] 90 pounds, and has a hand span of roughly 9V2 i nches.

Dake's grandson and company spokes­man Derrick Germaine says nothing is wrong w.i th the teaching. " Does anyone in this carnal mind have any i dea , even from Scripture , that God does not l ive on a material planet ?" Germaine asks. "I can even see Finis Dake's unorthodox view of the Tri n i ty as wel l as the ortho­dox one, and this is what separates us from everyone else. When i t comes to one of the fi ne-l ine issues in theological di fferences, everyone is en t i t led to their own opin ion ."

Dake's Bible Sales' presiden t , Fi n is Dake, Jr . , agrees: " My father concluded that the Bible was trying to tell us that God does have a body."

Bib l ical scholar Gleason A rcher, though , says that Dake's teachi n g is con trary to Scripture . "He's basica l ly flawed in his approach and has brought i n some stuff you could never get from the Bible." The premise of God having a body is an "aberrat ional absurdi ty," Archer says .

"The bel ief of God having a body is a

c rass , ca rn a l pervers ion a n d a paga n leach ing that bri ngs d i shonor to God . "

There are a l so m a n y see m i ng i ncon­sistencies in the work . A mong t h e m , Dake asserts i n J o h n 1 0: 2 6 t h a t there are " t h ree t h i ngs men must do to re­ceive cternal l i fe . " Yet in h i s notes on Luke 9 : 2 3 , he l i s ts " seven t h i ngs one must do to be saved : ' and at John 6 :27 he tabula tes " 2 3 con d i t ions of etern a l l i fe ."

Archer asserts that Dake's s tand i s inval i d . " I t cert a i n l y seems to be a fa i th-plus-works propos i t ion . I don ' t re­cal l anywhere i n Pen t ecos t a l bel iefs that suggests that . It sounds cul t ic , and there is very great cause for alarm . "

George Wood , newly appoi n ted gen­eral secretary of the Assembl ies of God , is quick to distance h i msel f and his church from the Dake's B i b l e . " H is opinions are in d irect confl ict with our statement of fundamental truth ."

Strange teachings Fisher cal ls Dake's version " the vacu­um cleaner Bible," i ndexing a bizarre col lection of controversial revelat ions, such as Jonah l i teral ly dying inside the whale, the reject ion of " i f it be thy wi l l " prayers such a s is found i n Jesus' Geth­semane prayer, angels rul ing countless planets, resurrected saints giving birth to their own k i n d in heave n , germs closely al l ied wi th demons, the teach­i ng that Adam and Eve flew back and forth from the moon , and Christians ' being immune from sickness .

But perhaps Dake's most d iv is ive precept can be found in notes on Acts ] 7 :26, where he promotes racism-giv­ing "30 reasons for segregation ." He states, in part , that all nations wi l l re­main segregated from one another in their own parts of heaven, wi l l not be al lowed to worship together, and that God wills al l races to be as he made them, each reproducing after his own kind . " Kind means type and color, or He would have kept them al l a l ike to begin with ," Dake wri tes . "The Bible is against this ."

African-American church leader Mar­t i n Hawkins of Oak Cl iff Bible Fel low­ship in Dal las is distressed about the teaching. "Imagine the Bible stating that heaven is a place where we al l can go, and then being segregated accord­ing to race , once we're t here . Sounds l ike there w i l l be an 'other side of the tracks' section in heaven , and tha t 's just too absurd to latch on to."

Wood says, " I suspect that i f anyone is using the Dake's, they merely hunt and peck for what t hey want and, hope­ful ly, ignore the rest ."

By Perucci Ferraiuolo. CHRISTIANITY TODAY

LETIERS

cia l system final ly fol l ows t h rough , we read that req uiring a convicted felon to serve his sen tence is " d iscri mination " and " persecution ."

Is jai l a hardship? Of course i t is . I t 's supposed to be. Does a convicted felon have the right to complain because he is subjected to t he ful l penal ty of the law while another convicted felon receives better treatment at the hands of the justice system ? I think not .

Winzenburg complains that the sys­tem has treated Michael Milken bet ter

than it treats Bakker. The complain t is wel l-founded, but t he bet ter cure for this wrong wou ld have been to keep Milken in jail longer, not to let Bakker out sooner.

Goldie Rotenberg New York, N.Y.

Why don' t you contact some of the poor, elderly widows unsuspectingly bilked out of their small pension checks and ask them what they think of your opinion of Bakker's justice? Methinks

. It's easier to travel the narrow path when yOU .

have footsteps to follow.

When you feel alone on the path you're supposed to walk, a glimpse of someone ahead of you on that path can mean the world .

In God of My Father, best-selli ng author Larry Crabb, J r. and his 80-year-old father explore the role of the spiri tual men tor in a Christian's walk of faith. You'll get an i nside glimpse of the mentoring relationship from the perspectives of both teacher and student. This unique book reveals the key to the author's own spiri tual growth and

takes us on a deeply personal journey through hard times and unanswered questions to a tough faith - the kind worth passi ng on from generation to generation.

If you ever doubt whether you can stay true to the walk of faith, or j ust long for someone to direct you to solid ground, find God of My Father. You'll discover the val uable gift of a sea­

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� Zondervan ;\ lw ar'ai/"h/I: IJII alltiif) ttlJJt'Itt' tlllille books/on.r.

he was fortunate that some of them d i d n o t have t h e privi lege o f meting out just ice to h i m !

Pastor Jim Evatt Riverview Baptist Church

Greenville, S.c.

Give me a break! The last thing Chris­tendom needs is for Bakker to h i t the road again .

Pastor J . Grant Swank, Jr. Church of the Nazarene

Windham, Maine

Questions about Dake The damaging article in your January 10 News section, "Scholars Scrutinize Popular Dake's Bible," is full of untrue statements about what is in the Dake Bible: ( 1 ) Dake's view promotes nine persons in the Trinity; (2) Dake denies the Trinity; (3) Dake's view on the Trin­ity is similar to Mormon theology; (4) Dake's writings imply "God is always dependent on a body"; (5) Dake's view is that God "is about six feet tall, weighs about 190 pounds, and has a hand span of 9Y2 inches"; (6) Dake re­jects "if it be thy will" prayers; (7) Dake teaches that resurrected saints will give birth to their own kind in heaven; (8) Dake says "Adam and Eve flew back and forth from the moon"; (9) The Dake Bible promotes racism. We expect an acknowledgment that such concepts cannot be found in the Dake Bible. Annabeth Dake Germaine, Vice President

David L. Germaine, Vice President Finette Dake Kennedy, Vice President

Finis J. Dake. Jr., Vice President Dake Bible Sales, Inc.

Lawrenceville, Ga.

Clarification: The article about Finis Dake's writings presented commentary by critics that was based on their inter­pretations and perceptions of Dake's teachings. The statements in the letter above do not appear in the Dake's Anno­tated Reference Bible or in his book God's Plan for Man.

For example, Dake nowhere states there are nine persons in the Godhead. He does teach that each member of the "Di­vine Trinity, " Father, Son. and Holy Spirit, has a "personal spirit body. per­sonal soul, and personal spirit in the same sense that each human being, an­gel, or any other being has his own body, soul, and spirit. " CT regets any statements that appeared to be textual quotations from Dake's works instead of interpreta­tion by critics. -Eds.

Brief letters are welcome; all are subject to editing. Write to Eutychus, CHRISTIANITY TODAY, 465 Gundersen Drive, Carol Stream, Illinois 60188; fax (708) 260-0114.

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:from the 1Jake yami{y . . . :J{eart to :J{eart An a rticle i n the Janua ry . 1 0 issue ofCT entitled "Scholars Scrutinize Popular

Dake's Bible" presented commentary from critics. The Apri l 4 issue brought needed clarification to ntne. crlJ.¢i,al 'p()int�"jJlth,e article ( "Questions about Dake , " p . 1 2 ) . Below are a·ns"Nefs -aoout :dther4a·cets-�'ol Dake's life as · Weu: ·as :hi�{teachirig� . .

Dake was a biblical l iteralist who devoted his l ife to the study of God's Word. He provoked people to think and study Scriptu re for themselves. · He always g ave two or more Scriptures to back h is statements , and made Subjects clear by har­monizing al l related Scriptures . ' God gave him a g ift of quoting Scripture without memorizing it . . ' He never believed his own writings were i nfal l ib le; only that the Word of God was. He did not want simply to fol low traditions of men, but searched di l igently for Bibl ical truth, knowing that the Bible itself must be the final word. He was a col lector of information and l isted things i n great detai l .

In 1 9 3 5 · Dake violated the Mann Act by transporting a minor across a state l ine. One author told us that stories l ike this are what people want · to read. It doesn't matter that it was sixty years ago; that there was no evidence of immoral­ity; that the gir l 's Cathol ic parents were i rate that she attended Rev. Dake's Pen­tecostal church; that Dake l ived three mi les from the state l ine; or that the town's police, newspaper, and industries were control led by people who disl iked Pente­costals, especially Finis Dake. - Thus the stage was set for the event which plagued him and his ministry the rest of his l ife .

This event haunts his chi ldre n and g randchi ldren to this day. People talk about it and writers add it to their message , u lt imately branding it as his most notable accompl ishment. But we know that God has forgotten it, grace has cover�d it, and there will come a day when we will hear of it no more.

Dake spent six months in ja i l , but he beg an his notes on the Bible before this and did not finish unti l twenty-five years later.

Some have labeled Dake a racist. Those who really study his notes (not just the headings) know this is not true. Notes on Col. 3 : 1 1 - 1 2 state that "as a new creation in Christ there is no ' distinction made in rights and privileges because of race, sex, color, or position in life ." Racism has to do with belief in the superiority of one race over another. As a new convert, Dake often attended an African-American church and was baptized there. Throughout the years, African-Americans attended his church as well .

Page 1 59 of the Dake New Testament l ists "30 Reasons Nations Separated, " but this relates primari ly to the nation of Israel. In 1 9 90 the wording of the title and selected notes was changed to remove u n n ecessary offense.

Point #2 1 states that "al l nations wi l l remain separated on earth forever" (Acts 1 7 : 2 6 ) . Some have substituted the word " heave n " for "earth , " g iving an entirely different meaning. There is no reference to people being segregated in heaven .

Point #2 3 states that " i n heaven certain g roups will not worship together," but this is not a racial issue . Rev. 7 : 9 - 1 7 and 1 5 : 2-4 refer to tribulation s�ints of all nations, kindreds and tongues, worshipping God and singing the song of Moses and of the Lamb. Rev. 1 4: 1 -5 refers to the 1 44,000 that sing a song that no one can learn.

As Melanchthon said, " In necessary things , u nity; i n doubtful things, l iberty; in al l things, charity. " We pray that those who have a heart for God wil l hunger and search di l igently for the truth. If you have any questions about Dake's writings, please call 1 -800-24 1 -1 2 3 9 . -

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