TUCKER, EVANGELIST J. L. (JULIUS LAFAYETTE ) — When Days Are Dark and Trials Thicken

Oakland, CA: The Quiet Hour, 0. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Pamphlet. This is a small, thin booklet made up of one sheet, folded three times. (approx. 6.5" x 3.5"). The booklet is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. There is some toning / darkening to the spine joints and top edges of the covers. The inner pages of the booklet are clean and bright. This is radio sermon given by Tucker over the KROW radio for the "Quiet Hour") "Several days following J. L. ’s baptism, Babcock returned to Elk Point and told the young man that he felt that God was calling him to be a preacher and that he should go to school. J. L. Was unsure of this calling due to his shy nature and his parents’ strong desire that he continue in the family’s farming enterprise. However, Babcock convinced J. L. ’s parents to allow him to pursue ministry, and he was soon on his way to attend Plainview Academy in Redfield, South Dakota. There, he met Ida Jane Stratton and following J. L. ’s junior year of academy, they married on July 4, 1917 in Billings, Montana. The couple would have two children, a son, LaVerne Erman, born in 1922, and a daughter, Jewel, born in 1924...While Tucker was pastoring in Portland, evangelists Dan and Melvin Venden conducted a well-attended series of meetings. After the effort concluded, time remained on a one-year contract for weekly broadcasts on the local radio station KEX and the Vendens recommended Tucker, with his rich, gentle voice, as the speaker for the remaining broadcasts.16This initial experience with radio inspired Tucker to start his own evangelistic radio broadcast. However, before making a final decision, he sought guidance from H. M. S. Richards, founder of the Voice of Prophecy radio ministry, visiting him in Long Beach, California where the ministry was then based. With Richards’ encouragement, Tucker launched his first radio broadcast on July 7, 1937 on KEX in Portland. He drew inspiration for naming the program “the Quiet Hour” from Isaiah 30: 15 – “in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength” – and a passage from The Desire of Ages by Ellen G. White – “It would be well for us to spend a thoughtful hour each day in contemplation of the life of Christ” (page 83). The name also fit well with his soft-spoken voice and gentle preaching style.17 Tucker committed himself to making the broadcast “a soul-winning agency, ”18 using it to preach the gospel and spread the Bible-based beliefs held by Seventh-day Adventists. He would also use it to encourage support for a variety of evangelistic mission projects both in the United States and internationally." (from the Encyclopedia of Seventh Day Adventists). Very Good .