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Section 22: Period of the Testimony from 1950 to 1954

In New Zealand and also in Australia there was a widespread exercise about Mr. Bishop’s ministry as to Gal. 6:1 which some supported and other opposed, and it was outside for a short period, but difficulty gained momentum which resulted in ____ more care meetings over this matter, and finally about 150 brethren walking out of a care meeting and setting up independent meetings in 1956.

The union shop issue became a real exercise with brethren in the States as the U.S. Congress passed this bill in January 1951. Two exercises were taken up by the brethren, the Otten Case in the East, and the Wicks-Jensen Case on the West Coast. As the cases a good deal of testimony was rendered at occasion arose, but the whole matter was given adverse decisions each time it came up, and were finally dropped when the Supreme Court gave an adverse decision in a similar case called the Hanson Case.

In 1950, Duinburgh and London meetings were outstanding events. Mr. Taylor was ministering in power, as notes in Volume 183 would indicate, and it was his last trip to the British Isles, although he took a few meetings on this side after this.

The Rochester meetings in May 1951 were the largest meetings ever held on this side of the Atlantic. About 1600 brethren were together with their families at Aegerion Hall. Over 100 came over from Britain mostly on the same boat. Mr. ____ came to this side in January 1951 to work on the proposed revision of the hymn book, with Miss Markham as his assistant.

Mr. Stuart Price also assisted in this work a great deal. This work was completed by May, and following the Rochester meeting, Mr. Myles took sick. Account restrictions on printing in Britain the first additions were printed in New York and were first used in service on November 4, 1951.

In 1952, the Baltimore meeting suffered a serious loss in the leaving of Mr. A.C. Taskey and about fifteen others, mainly members of his family over the marriage question, etc., most of them going over to the OB’s.

The last special meeting taken by Mr. J. Taylor was in Vancouver in September 1951, at which time, he was unable to continue with meetings, and Mr. Welch took over the service. He stayed with the Blanches and they gave him excellent care. He returned to New York and recovered somewhat, but not enough to take further meetings. The Lord took him home on March 29, 1953, and the account of his death and burial is recorded on pages 418-419 of volume 2 of his Letters.

In 1951 there were no London meetings. In 1952 these were taken by Mr. C.F. Ivory, and in 1953 and 1954 by Mr. Gardiner, in 1955 and 1956 by J.T. Jr., and in 1957 by S. McC. The 1950 London meetings were the first ones with sisters present. In October 1951 J.T. advocated having sisters at care meetings and this was soon taken on.

Messrs. H.D. Thomas, H.C. Stanley and H. Rellstab were lost during this period in connection with matters pertaining to addressing the Spirit which was opposed in some of its phases.

New meetings started during this period were:

• 1951: Rio Grande
• 1952: Portland, OR; Pasadena, CA;
• 1954: Windsor, ON;

During this period _____ meetings were closed in 1951 and Grainland, SK in 1952.

Special meetings during this period with brother taking lead were as follows:

• London, ON: 1950: A.J.G., 1951-1952: S.McC, 1953: R.H., 1954: J.T. Jr.
• Washington: 1950-1951: J.T., 1952: R.L., 1953: S.McC, 1954: L.E.S.,
• Calgary, AB:1950: A.J.G., 1951: L.E.S., 1952: A. Heath, 1953: J.T. Jr., 1954: S.McC.
• Knoxville, TN: 1950: A.J.G., 1951: J.T., 1952: A. Heath, 1953: J.T. Jr., 1954: Percy Lyon
• Gothenburg, NE: 1950: A.J.G., 1951: L.E.S., 1952: S.McC, 1953: A.B.P., 1954: Percy Lyon
• Maple Creek, SK:1950: J.G.M., 1951: L.E.S., 1952: C.H.H., 1953: H.D.T.,1954: S.McC:
• Rochester, NY:1950/1951: J.T., 1952: S.McC, 1953: J.T. Jr., 1954: H.D.T.,
• Seattle, WA: 1950/1954: S.McC, 1952: A.B.P., 1953: J.H.S.,
• Montreal, QC:1950: A.J.G., 1951: J.T., 1952: R.W.S., 1953/1954: H.D.T.,
• Winnipeg, MB:1951: C.E.J., 1952: J.McK, 1953: S.McC, 1954: P.E.H.
• Minneapolis, MN:1950: L.E.S., 1951: R.W.S., 1952: J.T. Jr., 1953: A.B.P., 1954: S.McC
• San Francisco, CA:1950: R.L. 1951: C.W.M., 1952: C.H.H., 1953: J.T. Jr., 1954: S.McC
• Regina, SK: 1950: A.T.W., 1951: J.T., 1952: A.B.P., 1953: H.L.T., 1954: R.H.
• Hamilton, ON: 1950/1954: S.McC, 1951: A.J.E.W., 1952: J.T. Jr., 1953: J.S.E.
• Detroit, MI: 1950/1951: J.T., 1952/1954: J.T. Jr., 1953: S.McC.
• Kalispell, MT: 1950: A.B.P., 1951: A.J.E.W., 1952: J.McK, 1953: H.W.S., 1954: P.H.H.
• Vancouver, BC: 1950: A.B.P., 1951: J.T., 1952: J.McK, 1953: J.T. Jr., 1954: P.H.H.
• Toronto, ON: 1950: J.T., 1951: S.McC, 1952: J.McK, 1953: J.S.E., 1954: J.T. Jr.
• Victoria, BC: 1950: H.W.A., 1951: C.W.M., 1952: C.H.H., 1953: H.H., 1954: J.T. Jr.
• Council Bluffs, IA: 1950: J.T., 1951-1953: S.McC, 1954: P.H.H.
• Chicago, IL: 1950: J.T., 1951: S.McC, 1952: J.McK, 1953: J.T. Jr., 1954: Percy Lyon
• Indianapolis, IN: 1950: J.T., 1951/1953: S.McC, 1952: J.McK, 1954: J.T. Jr.
• Los Angeles, CA: 1950/1954: L.E.S., 1951: R.H., 1952: S.McC, 1953: J.T. Jr.
• Cincinatti, OH: 1950/1954: J.T. Jr., 1951: ScC, 1952: A.B.P., 1953: S.McC

Well known brethren who died during this period were as follows:

• 1950: J. Quiner (Des Moines, IA), C. Dickens (Victoria, BC), J. Hewitt (Galt, ON), Walter Boyt (Des Moines, IA), Charles Smith (Rochester, NY)
• 1951: Joseph Lean (Nanaimo, BC), Herbert Griffith (Los Angeles, CA)
• 1952: Paul Anore (Knoxville, TN), H.C. Stollery (Chatham, NJ), E.A. Potts (Seattle, WA), John Jensen (Gothenburg, NE), Jas. Brieno (Los Angeles, CA), Frank Gould (Berkeley, CA), Joseph Henry Parr (Rochester, NY), Dr. George Byron Morse (Omaha, NE).
• 1953: J. Scharf (Minneapolis, MN), J. Taylor (NYC), L. Kirk (Toronto, ON), J.N. Clayson (Victoria, BC), W.H. McCullough (Berkeley, CA), John Smith (NYC), T. Attridge (NYC), W.J. Norris (Winnipeg, MB)

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