Here we go. I’ve arranged the podcasts in order according to the original manifest. This is Podcast #1: Faded Dreams.
“Today as we discuss the matter of faded dreams, our text is found in Ecclesiastes 1:14-15.
14I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.15That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.
“Now this was written by the wisest man that ever lived. But there is a generation that has disagreed with him violently: the Baby Boomers. The children born at the consummation of World War II. 76 million Americans born between 1946 and 1964. So that in 1968, Time Magazine referred to them as the most conscience stricken, moralistic, and perhaps the most promising in U.S. history. They were the spot generation. The Woodstock generation. The Now generation.
They were out to turn the old values upside down. Idealistic and assertive, they expected to remake the world, and certainly they changed American taste in music and in sexual mores….”
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I am curious to know if Rev. Darbee was still a baptist when he was preaching this or did he convert? I read a article in the Voice of Healing Magazine from 1956, in which he relates the life changing experience he had in a meeting of the Rev. William Branham's. I know that the Rev.Branham started as a baptist but then through a call of God and Divine gift had to step out as a Non Denominational evangelist. I was wondering if Rev. Darbee did the same.
Stephen, I don't know the precise history, but I know Lennard was not affiliated with the Baptist Church for a portion of his life in ministry.
If you happen to still have a copy of that magazine article, I would love to own a copy, either digital or paper.
Hi, just want to say I really enjoy listening to Lennard Darbee’s sermons. I’m 33 years old and I found out about these from an older coworker. He listened to the sermons on the radio decades ago and now we both enjoy the podcasts.
We sincerely wish there were more sermons available.
Hi. I was a personal friend of Lennard, and went to his home in West Seattle several times. Also, I helped with his yardwork sometimes. I knew Ruthie, also. I can answer most questions. I listened to about 800 of his messages from radio, and heard him speak at numerous churches in Seattle, and the Seattle Center. He was a great discipler to me, and remains, the only one from whom I really learned. What a man!
The answer is that he completely left all aspects of the Baptist church, in about 1952.These messages were made between 1965 and 1990.
Ilya,
I will do what I can to add more sermons. It’s a time consuming process, converting audio cassette to digital, then posting as a podcast.
I’m so glad you enjoy his teachings. It’s wonderful to know that someone else from my generation is benefiting from this.
Brother Darbee left Gatewood Baptist in Seattle in the late 1930s and founded Galilee Baptist. For awhile they met in the Moore Theatre. He mentioned that William Branham read Darbee’s tract and the message kept him in the ministry after a time of discouragement. Some of his pre-1950 sermons were printed in the Sword of the Lord and Baptist Bulletin. Nothing I have read here says much about his education at Baylor. I have correspondence from him in a file somewhere, maybe in the USA.
Thanks for contributing to the historical data, Rick. My grandfather (Lennard) died when I was in junior high, so I didn’t get much of his story directly. I would love to see copies of any correspondence you manage to find. Quite a few of his sermon notes were written on the backs of rough drafts he was writing to various friends around the world.