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Welcome back to

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another episode of Five Minutes in Church History.

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And you might be hearing some birds chirping in

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the background, perhaps some

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noise of the city streets because we are

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once again in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,

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doing another installment of being

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on location for Five Minutes in Church History.

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When I left you, we were in 1931

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and we were at First Presbyterian Church right

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here in the heart of downtown Pittsburgh.

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And it was the installation service for Harold

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John Ockingay. Well, Ockingay

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was quite a figure,

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very talented. He's going

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to go on to be the minister of

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Park Street Church in Boston. He's

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going to be affiliated with Fuller Theological

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Seminary. He's going to be a significant figure

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in 20th century evangelicalism.

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But

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back in 1931, he was a Pittsburgher. He

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was here at First Press in January.

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And as a very talented young minister,

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he caught the attention of the session not too

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far away in the Point Breeze

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neighborhood of Pittsburgh, just a couple

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of miles away. And

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he was invited to be the senior minister

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of Point Breeze Presbyterian

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Church. So Machen once again

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boarded a train in Philadelphia and

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he headed west to preach at yet

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another installation service for

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Ockingay. So in May of 1931, there

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at Point Breeze with a congregation of

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about a thousand people, Machen

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preached the charge to

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the minister, the charge

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to his student, Ockingay.

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For the text, Machen chose

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the 19th chapter of 2

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Kings. Machen

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says in this text, we are told how

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Hezekiah, the king of Judah, received

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a threatening letter from the Assyrian

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emperor.

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And

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you and I know very well how sweet

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and precious in the presence of a hostile

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world is the fellowship of those

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who meet in prayer and

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praise to Almighty God,

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united at the foot of the

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cross. There was Machen,

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even in a time of threatening, even

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in a time of hostility, a time of

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doubt and defection. He was optimistic,

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not optimistic in his talents or Okengay's

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talents, but optimistic in the power

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of the gospel and the truth of the gospel and

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the joy and comfort that the gospel brings.

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And there is Machen's charge at

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the installation of the Reverend

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Harold John Okengay, Point

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Breeze Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh,

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Pennsylvania, May 8, 1931. And

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I'm Steve Nichols, and thanks for joining me On

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Location

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for 5 Minutes in Church

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History.