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Haile Selassie poses with his granddaughter and son for photographers at a press conference at Glendale Sanitarium preceding a reception and buffet supper.
EMPEROR HAILE SELASSIE VISITS ADVENTIST SANITARIUM By DONN THOMAS At noon, June 16, a message came to the Glendale Sanitarium by radio from the State Department announcing that the emperor and his party were two hours behind schedule. Three hours later a message said that the limousines had de up a half hour as they sped from Yosemite National ark. Late in the afternoon a third message stated that the oyal party had omitted a scheduled stop at Fresno and would e on time. OL. 131, NO. 38
At 5:50 P.M., ten minutes early, the long black caravan, with its bristling motorcycle escorts, wheeled up the shady drive to the entrance of Glendale Sanitarium and Hospital. Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia was about to make his •first official stop in southern California. For days there had been swift but meticulous preparation for this event under the direction of George B. Nelson. The emperor was to be the guest of the (Continued on page 4) JULY 22, 1954
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The Religious World
Contents FRONT PAGE -
- Haile Selassie Visit
GENERAL ARTICLES
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The Yoke and the Cross—What Is Proper Music for Our Homes?—Avoiding Extremes in Diet Reform, Part 2— "Not My Will, but Thine, Be Done"—Thyatira and Sardis: Era of Spiritual Conflict—Moses on the Mount— Conditioning the Child for Family Worship—Teaching the Baby to Obey—Sin Is Nonpartisan—The Healing Saviour Page 12 EDITORIALS A Spiritual United Nations—Smoke Over America, Part 2 —Others Have Said—An Electronic Brain That Makes Decisions NEWS FROM THE WORLD FIELD - - - Page 15 Light Will Shine Out of Darkness—The Converted Slave Girl—New Church in Manitowoc, Wisconsin—Solusi Pioneers Again—"I Rather Like This Old World"— Catholic Mother Purchases Bible Pageant—Church Dedication in Westwood, New Jersey—Church Dedicated in Santa Monica, California—The Padlocked Church—Colporteur in Canada Wins Family—Evangelistic Effort in Tacoma, Washington—Belem Hospital, North Brazil— Our Training School in North Sumatra—A Loyal Church on Pitcairn Island—Brief Current News—Camp Meeting Schedule, 1954—Church Calendar for 1954 POETRY You Will Never Be Sorry, p. 3; Resurrection's Dawning, p. 5; "He Giveth Quietness," p. 6; In Our Church, p. 8
[These news items are taken from Religious News Service. We do not necessarily concur in statements made in these items. We publish them simply to give our readers a picture of current religious developments.]
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Christian Colleges Chided for Fostering "False Notions"
Christian colleges were praised in Granville, Ohio, for developing in their graduates "an assortment of skills," but indicted for equipping them with false notions "just as impressive as their skills." This assessment was made by Irwin Miller, director of Butler University, Indianapolis, who is a member of the General Board of the National Council of Churches. He listed these false notions as undue respect for money, overemphasis on results, and willingness to compromise for the sake of practicality. 10. Historic Statue of Virgin Venerated in Spain For the fifth time in its 500-year history, a tiny statue of the blessed virgin, only a foot high, was venerated at Villapando, Zamora Province, in the presence of Archbishop Ildebrando Antoniutti, Papal Nuncio to Spain. The ceremony was a picturesque flash-back to the 15th century when Villapando, a town of 3,000, publicly professed and upheld the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception. It was the first Catholic center to do so. Not until some 400 years later was the Dogma of the Immaculate Conception proclaimed an article of faith by Pope Pius IX in 1853. Following the observance here the statue was taken to Zamora where it was again venerated and a crown of jewels placed on its head by the Papal Nuncio. 0. A.M.A. Head Sees No Place in Medicine for Atheists
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FRANCIS D. NICHOL, Editor W. H. BRANSON, Consulting Editor FREDERICK LEE, Associate Editor J. L. MCELHANY, Contributing Editor D. A. DELAFIELD, Associate Editor PROMISE KLOSS SHERMAN, Editorial Secretary SPECIAL CONTRIBUTORS C. H. WATSON, D. E. REBOK, C. L. TORREY, L. K. DicxsoN, R. R. Floutm, W. B. OcHs, A. V. OLSON, H. L. RUDY, E. D. DICK, PRESIDENTS OF ALL DIVISIONS BRIEF CURRENT NEWS CORRESPONDENTS OVERSEAS: AUSTRALASIA: E. J. JOHANSON; MIDDLE EAST: A. R. MAZAT; FAR EASTERN: C. P. SORENSEN; NORTHERN EUROPE: E. B. RUDGE; INTER-AMERICA: A. H. ROTH; SOUTH AMERICA: L. H. OLSON; SOUTHERN AFRICA: F. G. CLIFFORD; SOUTHERN ASIA: J. F. ASHLOCK; SOUTHERN EUROPE: MARIUS FRIDLIN NORTH AMERICAN UNIONS: ATLANTIC: MISS LAURA M. DROWN; CANADIAN: MRS. EVELYN M. BOWLES; CENTRAL: MRS. CLARA ANDERSON; COLUMBIA: WARREN ADAMS; LAKE: MRS. MILDRED WADE; NORTHERN: L. H. NETTEBURG; NORTH PACIFIC: MRS. IONE MORGAN; PACIFIC: MISS OPAL STONE; SOUTHERN: MISS CLARA CRAWFORD; SOUTHWESTERN: H. C. KEPHART CIRCULATION MANAGER
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There is no place in medicine for the atheist or the materialist, the president of the American Medical Association said in an address in Philadelphia. Dr. Edward J. McCormick of Toledo, Ohio, said, "Medicine is a priestly calling and its followers must have due regard for the soul as well as the body." His address was read to the graduating class of Hahnemann Medical College by Dr. John Conlin, president of the Massachusetts Medical Society. Dr. McCormick was prevented by illness from attending. The AMA head said medicine has "bad public relations" because "our system of medical education allows no time for the study of morals, ethics and philosophy." "The Oath of Hippocrates and the Code of Medical Ethics are based upon the Ten Commandments," he continued, "but they can mean little or nothing to those with only skilled scientific training and no knowledge of the existence of a Supreme Being in whose image and likeness man has been created." IP' Baptist Leader Hits "Irresponsible" Voice of Liquor Industry Dr. C. Emanuel Carlson of Washington, D.C., executive director of the Baptist Joint Committee on Public Affairs, told a Senate Interstate Commerce subcommittee in Washington that "the persistent voice of the liquor industry is an effective voice making its impact on both young and old people. It is just as irresponsible as it is effective." The Baptist leader was among more than 25 witnesses who testified in favor of a bill to ban liquor, beer, and wine advertising in interstate commerce. The bill, introduced by Senator William Langer (RN.D.), is a companion measure to one originally sponsored in the House by the late Representative Joseph R. Bryson. "The liquor industry," Dr. Carlson said, "should pick up the additional cost involved for maintaining law and order, the costs of 'accidents,' and the costs for public welfare work providing for broken homes." REVIEW AND HERALD
The Yoke and the Cross By THOMAS A. DAVIS
There is a well-known painting showing an ox standing between an altar and a plow, with the caption underneath, "Ready for Either." The picture is taken to be symbolic of what the attitude of the Christian must be. He must be consecrated to God for death, if such be His will, or for a lifetime of faithful service. Actually, however, the caption might better read, "Ready for Both," for a follower of Christ must both pull the plow and be sacrificed on the altar. This might also be true of the ox. It is possible that the animal might spend some time before the plow in service to his Jewish master, and at last be offered as a burnt sacrifice. That is service first, then sacrifice. With the Christian, however, the process must be reversed, in order for his life and work to be truly useful and acceptable. First sacrifice, then service. Christ calls all those who would follow Him to both sacrifice and service. "Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light" (Matt. 11:28-30). "And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me" (Luke 9:23). The yoke is a symbol of service; the cross is emblematic of sacrifice. Let us think first of the demands of sacrifice. The one who steps upon the narrow road to heaven must lay aside many things he previously cherished. The world must be cast off. Companions, entertainments, habits, adornments, language, many things that mark one as a lover of this present world, have to be placed by life's wayside and left there. Sometimes one's closest earthly friend has to be sacrificed on the altar, for if our dearest friends do not see eye to eye with us as we begin the new way, we must turn from them, sadly and reluctantly. But turn we must if we are to accompany that best possible Friend along the rocky road of sacrifice. "Can two walk together, except they be agreed?" If we desire to fellowship with Christ, we must give up all fellowship with the world. But sometimes we are called to give up more than even our
When one truly sacrifices himself, he takes all else with him to the cross. Taking now our eyes from the cross, the symbol of sacrifice, we turn them upon the yoke, the symbol and badge of service. People usually think of a yoke as being a hard thing, something to escape, something unpleasant. Actually, it is the opposite. Regardless of whether we bear a yoke or not, we are bound to have burdens to carry. The shoulders of the world are piled high with them, and we all have our share. And because we have burdens, Christ offers us a yoke. When I was a boy I lived in a village where instead of turning a tap for water we had to go to a well for it. So I would take two buckets not quite full of water—I couldn't carry full buckets at the time—and start toward the house. But for a small boy two buckets of water, even when not quite full, are heavy, and they swing against the legs splashing water all over the shoes, and the arms feel as though they were coming loose at their sockets. But take a piece of wood, place it horizontally across the shoulders, tie rope at both ends and to the bucket handles—how it changes the weight of the burden! The buckets do not swing around so much, the water does not splash, and the arms no longer feel as if they are being pulled out of their sockets—all because of the yoke. Reader, to live in the world we must bear burdens, the burdens of the world, or Christ's burdens. If we carry only the For telling the truth. world's we do so with no help, no relief; we bend beneath For living a pure life. them as the cart beneath For your faith in Christ. sheaves. For confessing your sins. But lay aside the world's For doing your very best. load and take up the cross of For thinking before acting. Christ, and lo, He lays still For hearing before judging. another burden upon you—His For forgiving your enemies. yoke. But His yoke is to help For helping a fallen brother. you carry your cross. You learn For being honest in business. that it is much easier to carry For thinking before speaking. two burdens than one. For being loyal to your church. Friend, the world's load is For stopping your ears to gossip. truly heavy and trying; we sink For bridling a slanderous tongue. beneath it often. But turn away from it to Christ, take up the For harboring only pure thoughts. cross, place upon your shoulFor money given to the Lord's cause. ders His yoke. The burden For faithfulness in keeping your promises. grows so much lighter, the sky For asking pardon when you have done so much brighter, the road so wrong. much smoother and shorter, —The Presbyterian Banner. because then there is a Companion by your side to shorten the journey with His presence. best friend. "He that loveth father and mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me" (Matt. 10:37). What can make the heart bleed more than to be forced to turn from the breast at which one was nourished, and the hearth at which one is warmed? Yet many, many times the sacrifice has to be made. But to all who turn away for Christ's sake from the home portals, He offers love more abundant and comfort more abiding. But there are those who would rather break with their friends, and even sever the strong ties of home more willingly than part with their possessions. Many examples there are of men who would rather sacrifice life itself than relinquish their gold. The wealthy young man who came to Christ inquiring the road to eternal salvation turned his back upon it, because his burden of wealth was too cumbersome to be taken along, and he would not go without it. Yet it is conceivable that a person might, like some ascetic of ancient days, give up the world, his friends, his family, and his total possessions, and still fail to inherit the kingdom of heaven. For though a man give up all these things, nail every one on the cross of sacrifice, yet fails to sacrifice himself, it is all in vain.
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As the day of the opia, recalled that he had not seen visit neared and one the emperor for sixteen years, then predetail piled upon sented to the emperor other missionaries another like a and their families and city and church child's blocks reach- officials. Among the guests was Mrs. Elizaing ceilingward, beth Thompson, of Glendale, mother of those bearing the re- Mrs. Herbert Hanson, now in Ethiopia sponsibility won- serving as an adviser in the emperor's dered whether all household matters. Also present was J. L. the tasks could be McElhany. The King's Heralds sang two packed into the re- numbers, including the Ethiopian namaining hours. tional anthem in Amharic. H. M. S. RichMeanwhile the ards spoke briefly and asked the Lord's newspapers, alerted blessing on the emperor. After a short by the denomina- grace in Amharic by M. J. Sorenson, who tion's Public Rela- served for many years in Ethiopia, the tions Bureau, were group moved into the dining room for a day by day herald- buffet supper. ing the fact that The superb vegetarian meal was enHaile Selassie would hanced by subdued string music and meet Seventh-day pleasing vocal numbers. Mr. Nelson spoke Adventist mission- briefly before introducing the mayor of aries and doctors Glendale, who voiced an official welcome. who had served in The emperor responded with sincerity. his country. Then as the short program was conNow, as he stepped cluded, he walked slowly from the long from his limousine table at the end of the room, bowing in front of the hos- graciously to the guests who were now pital, photographers standing. With good-bys from old and eagerly recorded the new friends all but lost in the roar of a event. Flash bulbs score of motorcycle escorts, the long black PHOTO BY OLIPHANT popped while TV caravan wheeled from the brightly lighted cameras purred. The hospital entrance into the darkness. George B. Nelson, of Glendale Sanitarium, and Dr. George C. Bergman, pioneer medical missionary to Ethiopia, speak with Emperor Haile Selassie as a score of By eleven o'clock that night TV staemperor was greeted news photographers take pictures. by Dr. F. Lynn Art- tions were telling the story. Next day it ress, former medical was front-page news in all Los Angeles director of our hospital in Addis Ababa. dailies and in scores of nearby papers. Mr. Nelson quickly escorted him into the Large pictures showed the emperor with (Continued from page I) sanitarium, where he and other members Dr. Bergman and Mr. Nelson. The Los of the royal party rested in their rooms. Angeles Examiner explained that his ImSeventh-day Adventist denomination at Then the group was ready for a the invitation of General Conference of- tour of the hospital, with Chaplain ficers. Mr. Nelson, well accustomed to his W. B. Bristow leading the way. position as hospital administrator, last While they waited for a chance to month suddenly found himself in a new interview the emperor, men and and somewhat complicated role of host to women of press, radio, and telethe world's only living emperor. vision sampled vegetarian dishes in There were unbelievable details to be the cafeteria as guests of the hosworked out by planning committees, with pital. the State Department advising as to proThe press conference in the sanitocol every step of the way. tarium lounge was the only one Police and State Department security held in southern California. More officers scrutinized the hospital and than fifty photographers, reporters, grounds. A suite of rooms was completely and commentators took pictures refurnished to accommodate the royal and asked questions. Haile Selasparty. Ethiopian flags were secured. De- sie's granddaughter, Princess Sybel tailed instructions were sent to the sani- Desta, and son, Prince Sahle Selastarium's 550 employees and student sie, posed with him, as did Dr. nurses. Engraved invitations and admis- George C. Bergman and Mr. Nelsion tickets were ordered and delivered son. The emperor replied to queries in a bustling thirty-six-hour period. With with dignity as he sat in an elegant the assistance of the manager of Los French provincial chair on a dais Angeles's famed Ambassador Hotel, beau- before lovely aqua and beige dratiful floral arrangements in Ethiopian peries. Speaking in ancient Amharic colors—red and yellow blooms, comple- through an interpreter, he praised mented by green foliage—decorated the Christian doctors and other mislounge and other strategic rooms in the sionaries. "They will have full cosanitarium. Special narrow tables were operation from my government," provided for the dining room, since he said. GLENDALE NEWS-PRESS At the reception following the Haile Selassie, emperor of Ethiopia, is escorted into Glenguests could not be seated with backs to the emperor. A menu was evolved after press conference, Dr. Bergman, first dale Sanitarium and Hospital by the institution's adminiswho directed planning for the Adventist physician to go to Ethi- trator, George B. Nelson, much deliberation. emperor's visit.
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and to America." Thoughtfully the from the path of virtue and moral living writer added: "The Church at the pres- surely should be considered as unworthy ent time maintains four hospitals in Ethi- of our use. Mrs. White is speaking of this kind of opia." The news continued through the fol- experience when she wrote: "The art of sacred melody was dililowing Sunday night, when Mr_ Nelson was interviewed on a Los Angeles tele- gently cultivated. No frivolous waltz was vision station by the publisher of the heard, nor flippant song that should extol Glendale News-Press, who asked him to man and divert the attention from God; tell something about Adventist missionary but sacred, solemn psalms of praise to the Creator, exalting His name and recountwork in Ethiopia. Those who shared the responsibility ing His wondrous works. Thus music was for this unprecedented visit to one of our made to serve a holy purpose, to lift the hospitals are certain that the Lord thoughts to that which was pure and guided in all the arrangements. They are noble and elevating, and to awaken in the hopeful that the friendly demeanor of soul devotion and gratitude to God."— the emperor, the obvious interest of the Fundamentals of Christian Education, princess, and the graciousness of other pp. 97, 98. We need not confine the criticism members of the royal party indicate a continuing interest by the Ethiopian simply to the "frivolous waltz" but inGovernment in the denomination's mis- clude any kind of trivial music that turns sionary endeavors. And they are confident our thoughts from God. On the other that the news of his visit has added meas- hand, there are various kinds of secular urably to the public's awareness of the music that are beautiful and that can Adventist Church and its desire to give hardly be classed as frivolous. If Mrs. a helping hand to every nation, kindred, White were writing today she might use tongue, and people. the term "frivolous jazz" or "frivolous popular music," for this is what she is speaking of. I don't believe she is condemning all types of secular music, as some might think. By H. B. Hannum We cannot be conscience for others, but we believe in the rule Paul gives in IA sister inquires as to the proper music for our ark had not the faintest resemblance to Philippians 4:8 in choosing music that homes. She says that some in the church tell her the dissipation of modern dancing. The is honest, pure, lovely, of good report, 'that no waltz music or minuets, even though cora: by the great musicians like .Mozart and one tended to the remembrance of God, and that contributes to virtue and good thoven, should be played by Adventists. Also that the wide range of so-called popular songs should not and exalted His holy name. The other is character. If the fruit is good the tree be played. We asked H. B. Hannum, professor of music at La Sierra College, to reply to her letter. a device of Satan to cause men to forget is good (Matt. 7:16, 17). We, share that reply with our readers.—EDITOR.] All good music is not necessarily classiGod and to dishonor Him."—Patriarchs Dance and dancing are terms that cover and Prophets, p. 707. cal in character, nor difficult and hard to a large number of rhythmic movements Just as the word "food" covers many understand or enjoy. Music may be tuneof the body, often accompanied with items, some of which are good to be eaten ful and simple and good. There are many music. Dancing includes the march, which and others are not good for one, so the folk songs that are good for us to enjoy. is a form of bodily movement. Dancing is word "dance" covers many forms of There are also folk songs of doubtful mentioned in the Bible with approval bodily motion, some being harmless and character. and also with condemnation. In other others being evil because they violate the Personally I see no harm in such music woids, all types of dancing are not wrong. moral law. So in the case of musical forms as Paderewski's Minuet in G, Beethoven's "Praise him with the timbrel and known as dances one should judge the Minuet in G, the Chopin and Brahms dance" (Ps. 150:4). "Let them praise his music by its association and by what the waltzes, the Slavonic dances of Dvorak, name in the dance" (Ps. 149:3). Solomon music does to one. Music that lessens and good music of this kind. I also see no says that there is a "time to mourn, and one's love for God or that leads one away harm in the good songs of Stephen Foster. a time to dance" (Eccl. 3:4). There may be some who could not conThe Bible speaks of David dancing scientiously use music such as these numbefore the Lord, and Mrs. White comResurrection's Dawning bers. We should respect their opinions, ments on this: and at the same time we should not sit in By VIVIAN PAIGE "David's dancing in reverent joy before judgment over another's conscience. As a How far to that fair city ,God has been cited by pleasure-lovers in denomination we are united on the great Where the saved of earth shall meet? justification of the fashionable modern Where fundamental teachings of the Bible. But the tears of all the ages dance; but there is no ground for such when it comes to matters in which there Shall be dried at Jesus' feet? an argument. In our day, dancing is asso- When He who stilled the waters may be differences of opinion we need On the Sea of Galilee ciated with folly and midnight reveling. charity toward those who differ with us, break the chains of bondage Health and morals are sacrificed to pleas- Shall and loyalty to our own consciences. I am And set the captives free, ure. By the frequenters of the ballroom, Oh, what a glad reunion sure you feel this way too. God is not an object of thought and revWith loved ones gone before; There is a tremendous amount of erence; prayer or the song of praise would Clasped to our hearts in fond embrace, popular music that comes over the radio To be parted nevermore. be felt to be out of place in their assemand television these days, music that is How far to that beautiful river blies. This test should be decisive. Amusedefinitely harmful to us emotionally and That shall flow eternally, ments that have a tendency to weaken the Where the chosen of God shall never thirst, spiritually. By all means we should avoid For want shall cease to be? love for sacred things and lessen our joy this. But there is a wealth of good music, music which helps us spiritually and emoin the service of God, are not to be sought How sweet the fruits of victory, How wild the heart's rejoicing, by Christians. The music and dancing in How loud the glad Hosannahs ring tionally, and we should be free to enjoy this music. joyful praise to God at the removal of the At resurrection's dawning.
ferial Majesty "stopped first at the Glendale Sanitarium and Hospital of the Seventh_day Adventists in recognition of the long friendship between Ethiopia and Adventists, cemented in many years of missionary work." The Daily News pointed out that "Seventh-day Adventist medical missionaries have done so much to help the struggling little nation." This first burst of news far exceeded coverage given subsequent ceremonies for the emperor in the Los Angeles area. Through it Seventh-day Adventists made a momentous impact on southern Cali• fornia. A statement in the Glendale Merchants' Association bulletin probably pegs the attitude of many people who heard or read about the emperor's visit: "Glendale is proud of the honor bestowed upon the Seventh-day Adventist Church in this area by Emperor Haile Selassie's visit to the Glendale Sanitarium. The emperor personally knows of the fine missionary activities and hospital facilities extended to his country by the Church and is very appreciative to the Church
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Avoiding Extremes in Diet Reform Part 2 By W. H. Branson
We have had much instruction on the subject of diet and the avoidance of extremes in carrying out this instruction. We continue the examination of this counsel which we began in the last article: "Others think that since health requires a simple diet, there need be little care in the selection or the preparation of food. Some restrict themselves to a very meager diet, not having sufficient variety to supply the needs of the system, and they suffer in consequence. "Those who have but a partial understanding of the principles of reform are often the most rigid, not only in carrying out their views themselves, but in urging them on their families and their neighbors. The effect of their mistaken reforms, as seen in their own ill-health, and their efforts to force their views upon others, give many a false idea of dietetic reform, and lead them to reject it altogether. "Those who understand the laws of health and who are governed by principle will shun the extremes, both of indulgence and of restriction. Their diet is chosen, not for the mere gratification of appetite, but for the upbuilding of the body. They seek to preserve every power in the best condition for highest service to God and man. The appetite is under the control of reason and conscience, and they are rewarded with health of body and mind. While they do not urge their views offensively upon others, their example is a testimony in favor of right principles. These persons have a wide influence for good. . . . "No one should criticize others because their practice is not, in all things, in harmony with his own. It is impossible to. make an unvarying rule to regulate every one's habits, and no one should think himself a criterion for all. . . . "Some are continually anxious lest their food, however simple and healthful, may hurt them. To these let me say, Do not think that your food will injure you; 'do not think about it at all. Eat according to your best judgment; and when you have asked the Lord to bless the food for the strengthening of your body, believe that He hears your prayer, and be at rest. "Because principle requires us to discard those things that irritate the stomach and impair health, we should remember that an impoverished diet produces poverty of the blood. Cases of disease most difficult to cure result from this cause. The system is not sufficiently nourished, 6
and dyspepsia and general debility are the result. . . . "Carefully consider your diet. Study from cause to effect. Cultivate self-controlKeep appetite under the control of reason. Never abuse the stomach by overeating, but do not deprive yourself of the wholesome, palatable food that health demands. "The narrow ideas of some would-be health reformers have been a great injury to the cause of hygiene. Hygienists should remember that dietetic reform will be judged, to a great degree, by the provision they make for their tables; and instead of taking a course that will bring discredit upon it, they should so exemplify its principles as to commend them to candid minds... . . "When' those who advocate hygienic reform go to extremes, it is no wonder that many who .regard these persons as representing health principles, reject the reform altogether. These extremes frequently do more harm in a short time than could be undone by a lifetime of consistent living."—The Ministry of Healing, pp. 318-324. "Some, in abstaining from milk, eggs, and butter, have failed to supply the system with proper nourishment, and as a consequence have become weak and unable to work. Thus health reform is brought into disrepute. The work that we have tried to build up solidly is confused with strange things that God has not required, and the energies of the church are crippled."—Counsels on Health, p. 136. "Investigate your habits of diet. Sthdy from cause to effect, but do not bear false witness against health reform by ignorantly pursuing a course which militates against it. Do not neglect or abuse the body, and thus unfit it to render to
"He Giveth Quietness" By MRS. G. L. BROWN "He giveth quietness"-0 what peace! The storm and winds are stilled, The loneliness has disappeared, The bitterness is killed. "He giveth quietness"—stills my soul For fears and cares, gives song; He speaks His calmness over all And covers every wrong. "He giveth quietness"—so serene Amidst the noise of life. His still small voice of comfort Shall banish every strife,
God that, service which is His due. Tomy certain knowledge, some of the r'aosi" useful workers in our cause have died" through such neglect. To care for db., body by providing for it food win ch relishable and strengthening, is one of the first duties of the householder. Better by far have less expensive clothing and haul ture, than to scrimp the supply of nece,s. sary articles for the table."—Counsels on Diet and Foods, p. 93. . No one should consider himself to be a competent judge of another even, in thematter of diet.. It is very important that all should heed the admonition of the Scriptures on these matters, where we, are, . told: "Judge not, that ye be not judged, For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. And why beholdest thou the 'mote, that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye: and, be hold, a beam is in thine own eye? Thou. hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye" (Matt. 7:1-5). Judging Others Dealing further with the sin of judging the apostle Paul discusses at length this subject as it is related to habits of eating and drinking. "Him that is weak- in the faith receive ye," he says, "but not to doubtful disputations. For one believed' that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs. Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him.. Who art thou that judgest another man's, servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up::, for God is able to make him stand.. . He that eateth, eateth to the Lord, for he' giveth God thanks; and he that eateth not, to the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks. For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself. For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's. For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living. But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue-shall confess to God. So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God. Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother's way. . . . If thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat, REVIEW AND HERALD
for whom Christ died. Let not then your good be evil spoken of: for the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. For he that in these things serveth Christ is acceptable to God, and approved of men. Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another. For meat destroy not the work of God. . , It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor anN thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak. Hast thou faith? have it to thyself before God. Happy is he that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth. And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin" (Rom. 14:1-23). Christ Is Our Model With this agrees the counsel of the Spirit of prophecy where similar admonition is given: "Now, while probation lingers, it does not become one to pronounce sentence upon others, and look to himself as a model man. Christ is our model; imitate Him, plant your feet in
His steps. You may professedly believe every point of present truth, but unless you practice these truths it will avail you nothing. We are not to condemn others; this is not our work; but we should love one another and pray for one another." — Testimonies, vol. 5, p. 345. In the light of this earnest counsel from the Scriptures and the Spirit of prophecy, it does not behoove any of us to set ourselves up as judges of others concerning something that God has permitted. Counsel and instruction are always in place, but censure, criticism, and reproach are not. In all such matters, let us always follow the admonition of the apostle Peter, "Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous: not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing. For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile: let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it" (I Peter 3:8-11).
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Parents' Fellowship of Prayer "I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children."—Isaiah 49:25.
"Not My Will, But Thine, Be Done" "Not my will, but thine, be done," is the a touching letter just received „limn a .conSecrated mother in the State of Michigan. "We have a son who is six years old," she states. ',We was born normal, but when he was about eighteen months of age he went into a form of epilepsy almost overnight. He las been anointed, and we have done all that , we :can humanly do to help him, but PPI•elltly to no avail. His father and I are trying ,to live as Christians should. We have woreSSeil• all our wrongs, and we are so anxioits t6 see him get better. -"Little *other is hard to care for, and the Wort,* nerve racking, but none of us want le pnt iiniGin a nursing home. Someone is requiretS to be with him all the time. He is such' a pretty child. We are distressed to 1-n ow what to do. Pray that if there is someh t ing it! Our lives preventing the answer to our P4yer, we will be shown so that we can correct Our ways. Ask God to give us the ThYsical strength we need to care for him. My constant attitude is, 'Not my will, but th ioti be done.' " _ Thu Mother is not only greatly concerned
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laiaist her sick child but she is equally dis- • bC11 over her two older children. She states ther• • daughter Mary, who graduated from • academy recently, has become indifferent We -church. .,. M°ra, I want to have a good time now,' s Inc. `I will change later.' She is such s""crY girl. But she doesn't want to be
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different from other people. We are all human,' she says, 'and I am as good as they are.' Please pray for her and also my eleven-
year-old son, who is attending church school. He has some friends who use bad language and wbo sometimes say things that are wicked and impure. Pray that God will help him not to retain these things in his mind, and that God will make him clean." Certainly God will answer the prayers of this godly mother. Each request , is in harmony with God's will. The Lord is just as eager to see her daughter saved and her boy protected from impurity as she is. Perhaps if she perseveres, the baby will be healed of his epilepsy. Jesus is the Great Physician today, and His' power is still available to all who pray in faith. Let our Parents' Fellowship of Prayer unite in praying for this dear mother and her little family. Pray for the father, too, who must also shoulder this heavy load. Remember all our young people and the children in Adventist families everywhere that God may take us to heaven as unbroken families. Every Friday night at sundown meet together for worship and pray, not only for your own children but for Adventist boys and girls and youth round the world. When you have an outstanding answer to prayer, write to the EDITOR, Review and Herald, Ta-
koma Park, Washington 12, D.C., and share your experience with the many hundreds of fathers, mothers, and youth workers in our prayer fellowship.
What the church needs today is an honest, sincere effort on the part of its members to bring their habits and practices into harmony with the will of God and the laws of health because of their love for God and not as a means of salvation. We shall never gain heaven by eating and drinking. "For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost" (Rom. 14:17). "For by grace are ye saved," said the apostle Paul, "through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: not of works, lest any man should boast" (Eph. 2:8, 9). The Physical
Well-being of the Church
Our health message is a way of promoting the physical well-being of God's people..Our eating and drinking should, however, be governed by our desire to please God who has saved us by His grace. We should, at all times, choose the best possible food with which to properly nourish our bodies, thus promoting health and strength for better and more acceptable service. We should seek to comply with all of the laws of nature as a means of keeping well. This will bring glory to God who desires that we should "prosper and be in health." Thus we shall be able to render to Him more acceptable service. But it is so easy to slip into a righteousness-by-works religion. This we must avoid at all cost. We are not saved by what we do for Christ, but by what Christ does and has done for us. Good works should appear in the life as the result or fruit of our faith. Our efforts to bring our lives into harmony with the moral law as well as the laws of nature will then be inspired by God's Spirit which dwells in our hearts. The health message should be given its rightful place both in our practice and teaching. It is definitely a part of the real reformatory message for this time. To leave it out and ignore it would be to cripple the message. It would be as one shorn of his right arm. But it must never be made the body of the message. That would be a fatal distortion. "If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing?" If the whole body were an arm where were the other necessary organs and functions? We must keep the body of the message of God in balance. Our first duty is to seek the kingdom of God and His righteousness and the things which it is necessary for a Christian to do to demonstrate the genuineness of his Christianity will all be added. These things are fruits of the Spirit, worked out in the life, and not the efforts of man to gain favor with God. May the Lord cause us to abound in every good work to do His will and to show forth His righteousness as He imparts it to us and as we become partakers of the divine nature. 7
Christ's Letters to His Churches-5
Thyatira and Sardis: Era of Spiritual Conflict By Roy F. Cottrell The fourth epistle in the series of seven the noble Waldenses and Albigenses mainletters to the churches was addressed to tained the purity of their faith, while Thyatira. The name has been interpreted their youthful apostles traveled afar to as "sweet savour of labor," or "sacrifice of plant the seeds of truth beside many wacontrition." The city itself was located be- ters. tween Pergamos and Sardis, and as an inThis zeal and loyalty, this "sweet dustrial center was noted for its brass savour" of labor by the faithful few was and metal foundries. This fact evidently foreshadowed in the prophetic message suggests the phraseology of "eyes like from Him whose "eyes were like unto a unto a flame of fire," and feet "like fine flame of fire." "I know thy works, and brass" (Rev. 2:18). With divinely pene- charity, and service, and faith, and thy trating eyes the Son of God discerns the patience, and thy works; and the last to be more than the first" (Rev. 2:19). hearts of all who profess His name. The city was also celebrated for its Jezebel the "Prophetess" manufacture of dyed garments of royal purple and Turkey red, of which goods Yet to the masses in the Thyatira peLydia, an early Christian of Macedonia, riod came this grave and piercing indictwas a seller (Acts 16:12-14). It has been ment: "I have a few things against thee, suggested that on her return from Europe because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, to her native Thyatira, she may have been which calleth herself a prophetess, to an important factor in the establishment teach and to seduce my servants to comof the church at that place. mit fornication, and to eat things sacriSome have thought that the color of ficed unto idols" (verse 20). the purple and scarlet cloth produced Jezebel was a Sidonian princess who bethere was emblematic of the martyrs' came the wife and queen of Ahab, king blood shed during the, Middle Ages, or of Israel. As an ardent devotee of Baal Thyatira period. Others believe it most she imported 850' pagan priests into Palsignificant that purple and scarlet are the estine as missionaries of- heathenism. The ceremonial colors worn principally by altars of Jehovah were destroyed, and popes, cardinals, and bishops. The woman idol temples and shrines erected; Ahab who symbolized the church of the apos- also "did sell himself to work wickedness"; tasy, and who was "drunken with the while with passionate fury he and, his blood of the saints," was also described wife sought to exterminate the worship of by the prophet as "arrayed in purple and Jehovah, and establish the vile worship scarlet colour, and decked with gold and of the sun god. To rebuke this impiety, precious stones" (see Rev. 17:1-6). the heavens became as brass, "and it •B. .Holzhauser, a distinguished Catholic rained not on the earth by the space of author, states that "Thyatira, the fourth three years and six months" (James 5:17). age of the church, began when the downThis experience serves as a parable of fall of pagan Rome was accomplished. . . Thyatira is the middle church of the seven, and consequently stands as the sym-• bol of .the church in the Middle Ages." In Our Church —Apocalypse, vol. 1, pp. 155, 158. With this statement we are in complete agreeBy HARRY SILBAUGH ment. The year A.D. 538 marked the full I worship in a valley establishment of the Church of Rome, Where waters are still, and for more than a thousand years Remembering His death thereafter the self-styled Mother of ChrisOn a far-off hill, And God is as dose as tendom ruled over kings, princes, and My soul and my will. people throughout Western Europe. In the words of the historian Wylie, While kneeling in prayer, "The noon of the Papacy was the midMy mind's eye discerns night of the world."—History of ProtesA road that is narrow, Without crooks or turns; tantism, vol. 1, p. 16. However, the torch My heart looks at heaven, of truth could not be wholly extinguished. And longingly yearns. On the lonely island of Iona the pious Columba and his followers established a We stand at life's portals, His light is our shroud; great missionary center that sent forth While sin with its groanings its beams of gospel light into many lands. Is noisome and loud, Likewise in the mountain fastnesses of Until Jesus shall come northern Italy and southwestern France, Upon a white cloud. 8
church history typical of that long period of spiritual drought during the times, and half a time (1260 literal years) of papal supremacy. Throughout those. fateful centuries almost every precioni gospel truth was obscured, counterfeited' or camouflaged; and millions of those" who would not bow to the dictates of Rome suffered relentless persecution, nn, prisonment, or martyrdom, The develop: ment of the "mystery of iniquity," fore:: told by the apostle Paul, had ripened.. into maturity. "Baptized • paganism" had. become the world's despot. An ecclesiaa.. tical tyranny essayed to govern , the, thoughts and theology of Christendom, while witchcraft, idolatry, and forniCation took the place of true Christian worshipi. Through the ministry of the prophet Elijah, Ahab and Jezebel were afforded every opportunity to repent, but peisi* ing in their wayward course; they both. met violent and tragic deaths. (See 1 Kings 22:34-38; 2 Kings 9:30-37.) Even .so itual Jezebel, the queenly adultereSS, of the Apocalypse (Rev. 17:1-6), together with the "children" who have followed her corrupt and apostate trail, await the hour of retribution that will surely-come (Rev. 2:21-23). But to the tried and faithful who did not know "the depths of Satan," the aim; passionate Jesus said, "I will put • ppott you none other burden." Their hardships and persecutions were enough. They were given die heartening counsel, "Hold fast till I cone," and also the cheering radi• ance of , the "morning. star" (Rev. :2:24. 29). The long night of the ,Dark Ages was drawing to its close, and a brighter "day was about to dawn. The Church of Sardis In the prophetic drama we approach the fifth period of the Christian Era, forecast by the message to Sardis. During the halcyon days of the rich and famous King Croesus, Sardis was the magnificent capital of the Lydian kingdom, and be, came so again in the fourth century of our era. The acropolis at Sardis rose to a height of fifteen hundred feet. It was strongly fortified, and with ordinary watchfulness, it was considered impreg- 1 nable. But as a result of carelessness and over confidence, it was twice captured by stealth—once by Cyrus the Great, and later by Antiochus. Christ's prophetic warning evidently alluded to these ominous events of history, and sounded the danger signal: "Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain. . • If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief" (Rev. 3:2, 5). What appropriate words to every Christian, for we should each bear in mind that eternal vigilance is ever the price of our safety and salvation. The name Sardis is variously translated as, "prince, or song of joy," "those escaping," or, "that which remains," all of REVIEW AND HERALD
which may appropriately express the joy of the remnant who survived the papal tyranny. In the fourteenth century John Wycliffe of England, the "Morning Star of the Reformation," gave to his countrymen the Word of God in their own language.
Other heralds of the gospel arose in various lands, and in 1517 Martin Luther nailed his ninety-five theses on the church door at Wittenberg, Germany. The effect was immediate, and within a few weeks the pulsating news had spread throughout Europe. Kings, princes,
A Story for the Children BY ARTHUR S. MAXWELL
Moses on the Mount Moses stayed on the top of Mount Sinai almost six weeks—"forty days and forty nights." What was he doing all that time? Something very important. He was listening to God, and a very wonderful story he heard. God told him that He planned to dwell with Israel and wanted them to build a home for Him. "Let them make me a sanctuary," He said; "that I may dwell among them." It wasn't to be a great palace, or a massive temple, but just a plain-looking tent, or "tabernacle." Yet every part of it was to be made with perfection. And every part was to mean something special and teach some beautiful lesson. That's why Moses stayed so long. God was so anxious that His tabernacle should be made just right that He told Moses every little detail of what he was to do. And Moses must have written it all down; otherwise he would never have remembered so much. The building was to be something like God's dwelling place in heaven. Not that God expected Moses to make anything so magnificent and glorious as that. He couldn't have done so, however hard he would have tried. But he was to follow the same general plan. The earthly sanctuary was to be a miniature of the heavenly sanctuary, and the services to be held in it were to correspond—in a small, human, earthly way—to those in God's dwelling place on high. "See," said God, "that thou make all things according to the pattern" (Heb. 8:5). Of course, God, didn't need a dwelling place for Himself. But the people needed it for their good. Here God would teach them more lessons they needed to learn. Here He would try to help them understand how much He loved them and how great a sacrifice He was prepared to make for their salvation. Here he would help them to see how much He hates sin, and how they could get rid of it, and become the pure, godly, righteous people He wanted them to be. The sanctuary, or tabernacle, was to be portable, so that it could be carried from place to place as the children of Israel moved on their way to Canaan. The sides were to be of wood, lined with pure gold. The roof was to be of four different coverings. Fifty-five feet long, by eighteen feet wide, by eighteen feet high, the tabernacle was to be divided into two apartments, which God called the holy place and the most holy JULY 22, 1954
place. These were to be separated by more curtains of blue, purple, and scarlet, with figures of angels woven into them. God asked for very little furniture. In the holy place there was to be nothing but a table for bread, an altar on which incense was to be burned, and a seven-branched candlestick for light. Inside the most holy place Moses was to put a beautiful box, or ark, made of solid gold, to hold the tables of stone bearing the Ten Commandments. Above this he was to put a golden slab to be called the "mercy seat," with two golden angels looking down reverently upon it. Here God Himself would appear in a holy light. Thus day after day, for forty days and forty nights, God told Moses what He wanted him to do, even naming those whom He wanted to be His priests, and the beautiful garments they were to wear. Then, on the last day, He gave Moses a very wonderful present. "And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God" (Ex. 31:18). Taking them in his arms, Moses began to descend the mountain, his whole being deeply moved by all that had happened. Think of spending six weeks alone with God! And then to receive from His hands the priceless tables of His law! He must have felt he was walking on air as he climbed down from crag to crag. Then came a terrible shock. Said Joshua, "There is a noise of war in the camp." Moses stopped and listened. "It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery," he said, "neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome: but the noise of them that sing do I hear." They hurried on, wondering what could be going on. Suddenly, as they turned a corner of the trail, they saw what it was. In the midst of the camp was a golden calf, and the people were dancing around it! The sight was too much for Moses. "No!" I can hear him say. "Not this! Not idolatry! Not in so short a time!" But it was even so. In less than six weeks the children of Israel had turned their backs on God after pledging to serve Him faithfully forever. Deeply disappointed, and very angry, Moses cast the precious tables of stone from his hands. Smashed into a thousand pieces, they went clattering down the mountainside.
priests, and people aligned themselves on one side of the controversy or the other. Fourteen years later at the famous Diet of Spires many of the officials of Germany united in a solemn declaration "to maintain the pure and exclusive preaching of His only Word such as it is contained in the Biblical books of the Old and New Testament." Thus Protestantism was born. Within a few decades half of Europe was emancipated from the papal yoke, and the reform churches that repudiated the traditions and corrupt doctrines of Romanism, gloried in their new-found freedom. Protestantism made an excellent beginning but failed to continue as a spiritfilled agency. To the church of the Sardis era the message was given: "I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead. . I have not found thy works perfect before God. Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent" (Rev. 3:1-3). Where Protestantism Failed When the pioneer Reformers died, and the leadership of the churches passed to their children and grandchildren, there was still "a form of godliness," but the power and spirit were noticeably absent. The church had a name to live, but the worship had somehow lapsed into a dead formalism. This deplorable condition was emphasized by Pastor John Robinson in his farewell address to the departing Pilgrim Fathers. He said, "For my part, I cannot sufficiently bewail the condition of the reformed churches, who are come to a period in religion, and will go at present no farther than the instruments of their reformation." He observed that such Christian churches as the Lutherans and Calvinists remained creed bound and stationary in religious experience, then added: "It is not possible the Christian world should come so lately out of such thick antichristian darkness, and that full perfection of knowledge should break forth at once." Numerous historians and church leaders have recognized the painful fact that the early successes of the Protestant Reformation brought such feelings of selfesteem and satisfaction, that, instead of continuing watchful and vigilant, the church rested upon its laurels and drifted into spiritual decline bordering on death. By stealth the enemy had twice surprised and captured the mighty citadel of literal Sardis; and again by stealth the prince of darkness overcame the Sardis of prophecy; and the church of the Reformation, reduced to weakness and infirmity, failed to complete her task. Such heathen superstitions as an inherent immortal soul in man, and an eternally burning hades, were not rejected; while Sunday, "the wild solar holiday of all pagan times," was, and is still revered by millions as the Sabbath of Christen9
dom. The task of completing the unfinished Protestant Reformation still remains. White Garments in Sardis The message to Sardis continues: "Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy" (Rev. 3:4). It is recorded that the people of ancient Sardis were passionately devoted to the worship of Cybele, known as the mother of the gods. At the annual festival honoring this goddess, multitudes are said to have joined in a wild obstacle race through brambles, thickets, mud, and slime, so that their feast-day garments became torn and spattered. True Christians took no part in such mad pagan orgies, but kept themselves "unspotted from the world." The application is clear, not alone for the Sardis period, but also for the perilous
present. It is said that a young woman dressed in white once went to visit a coal mine. When the guide remonstrated, she insisted, "But why can't I go down into the mine in this dress?" "Of course," he replied, "you may go down in the white dress if you wish, but you'll not come out with a white dress." The "white raiment," or "fine linen," is defined as "the righteousness of saints"; it is the robe of Christ's righteousness "woven in the loom of heaven" (Rev. 19:8; Christ's Object Lessons, p. 311). It is the robe that all the saints must wear. 0 for entire consecration and complete victory, that every stain of sin may be erased, and that our lives may be completely transformed by God's grace. The promise to Sardis is sure: "He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels" (Rev. 3:5).
Conditioning the Child for Family Worship By Eric B. Hare
In our last article we learned that the three or four years before a child's memory began were the best years for teaching the habit patterns of life. We also learned that feelings of pleasure accompanying the action produced the habit. Now let us apply these principles to the habit of having family worship. Newborn babes sleep most of the time, but as they sleep they are still sensitive to surrounding feelings. So if Father and Mother gather around the baby's crib, or if Mother holds the sleeping babe in her arms, while they sing, and read the Word of God, and pray, these repeated feelings of reverence and love will make their impression on the little one. Then one morning the baby will open its eyes and see the family all together. It will hear the beautiful song, and see Mother and Father on their knees, and feel the security as they place themselves in the care of God and His angels. This happens one day after another and becomes a part of the baby's daily life. It keeps on for three months, for nine months, for a year, and by this time imitation causes the little one to want to begin to take part, and even to kneel. As this child grows up, it will feel that it was born having family worship, and the problem of teaching the child to sit quietly and kneel for prayer will not arise. Too often the baby is left out of family worship. It is easier to let it sleep in its own room while Mother and Father read and pray; and even when it is six 10
months old, it is easier to let it play with its toys on the floor, or in its crib, while Father and Mother read and pray. Then when the child is old enough to run around, Mother and Father suddenly realize that the child should be taking part in family worship, and it is harder to teach the two-year-old child to sit and kneel. But it will be ten times harder if you wait to teach the child the habits of quietness and reverence till after it is four years of age. Make Worship Interesting "Let the family worship be made pleasant and interesting."—Testimonies, vol. 5, p. 335. "At family worship let the children take a part. Let all bring their Bibles and each read a verse or two. Then let some familiar hymn be sung, followed by
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Be sure that baby is included in the family circle when worship time comes.
prayer. . . . Make the season one of interest and joy."—Ibid., vol. 6, pp. 357, 358. Thus in the writings of the Spirit of prophecy we are instructed to associate the feelings of happiness and joy with the period of worship. During the first nine or ten months the babe will be content to snuggle in Mother's arms and just absorb the feelings of quietness, love, and reverence. So Mother and Father can read what interests them. But by the time a child is one year old, the worship must be brought down to the child's level. Sing the kindergarten Sabbath school songs. Show pictures that have Jesus in them, and point to Jesus, and talk about Jesus' love in simple sentences, such as "Jesus loves Daddy," "Jesus loves Mama," "Jesus loves baby." Show the Memory Verse Card, and talk about the lesson for the coming Sabbath. The one-year-old will not understand all your words. But it won't be long before he can point to Jesus, and say "Jesus." By the time the child is two years old you can begin using the Visualized Life of Christ picture books, and other picture books, to help you talk about Jesus. Where there are two children whose ages are quite wide apart, have a part of the worship for each. Where there are three or four, focus on the middle-aged child. The older ones will feel they are helping, and the youngest will get the benefit from imitation. Make family worship short, to fit the child. Make worship a delight for the little one. Mother and Father can read their own special reading before or after family worship or at some other time. "Love to God is learned at the family altar, of the father and mother in very babyhood."—Ibid., vol. 5, p. 416. "Parents should be particular to make the worship of God an object lesson for their children."—Ibid., vol. 6, p. 354. If the worship hour is long and tedious, and above the ability of the child, the resulting feelings are not those that will call for a repeat experience, and thus form a habit. If the worship period is made the time and place to review the misdeeds of the children and to administer a scolding or a punishment, there will be no feelings of pleasure to call for a repeat, and instead of looking forward to the worship period, the children will dread it. Solomon says, "Pleasant words are as a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones" (Prov. 16:24). Let us fill the home with love and kindness; let us make the period of worship a delight, and our children will grow up strong to overcome the world and the devil. "Angels delight in a home where God reigns supreme, and the children are taught to reverence religion, the Bible, and their Creator."—Ibid., vol. 5, p. 424. REVIEW AND HERALD
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Teaching the Baby to Obey By Archa
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My baby has just started to crawl. and is into everything. Some of my friends tell me I should not have so many things in her reach to tempt her, but others think I should leave everything in the house just as it is to teach her to let things alone. What should I do—keep everything out of her reach, or spank her all day long? Answer
A baby learns by examining things. He examines everything with all his five senses. First, he sees this new object. Next he reaches for it and feels it. Every mother knows the next step—the object goes right to the place where he can smell and taste it. Finally, he gives it a vigorous shake to see whether or not it makes a noise. The wise mother sees that her child has toys and articles within his reach that can be touched and that are safe to be put in the mouth. Inasmuch as these objects are limited, it is better to limit the baby's territory to the place
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Meditations By Harry M. Tippett
Sin Is Nonpartisan "For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him" (Rom. 10:12). No political ideology can lay claim to being the panacea for the world's ills, for crime flourishes under every flag and every form of government in the world. Since no legislation or form of police action can drive sin from the heart, murder, theft, and other gross social vices, which stem from sin in the heart, prevail under the colors of every nation, not because of the form of government, but in spite of it. For sin is nonpartisan. Likewise, sin is nonsectarian, for avarice, covetousness, envy, and pride are to be found in every church communion, not because of the peculiar body of belief held by any church organization, but because "the heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked" (Jer. 17:9). A predisposition to sin is our human heritage, for "as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin, . . . so death passed upon all men" (Rom. 5:12). Can we then expect any particular political regime to save the world? Manifestly not, for everything that is wrong in society stems from sin in the heart, and it is not within the
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where these articles are—his playpen, and later one room in the house. A child can learn to let one object alone much easier than he can learn all at once to let a number of things alone. The sheer number and great variety confuse him and make it much harder to remember which to touch and which are forbidden. When his hand is spanked for touching this, and this, and this, he becomes confused and thinks everything is taboo, and he comes to the conclusion that if he is to be spanked for handling everything he will just feel the things he desires. Thus he has learned no lesson. at all. Much better to put things out of his sight than to tempt him unnecessarily. In his playpen he can handle everything, but when he is graduated to the run of the room he must learn there are certain things which are not for his personal benefit. It may be the stove, the light socket, or perhaps the fishbowl. When he approaches the forbidden object, mother has a serious look on her face, shakes her head, and says, "No, no." He may be uncertain of the exact meaning, and may ask for information by reaching for the object while watching mother. Again mother should have the same look on her face, shake her head, and say the same words in the same tone of voice, "No, no. Baby mustn't touch."
province of government to deanse the source of human motives. On the other hand, will any particular system of religion save the whole world and usher in a golden millennium? Can a militant Catholicism, with its claim to unbroken ecclesiastical authority; or a united Protestantism, with its idealistic moral creeds; or a modern cultism, with its emphasis on mental therapy and selfsalvation? The answer is just as dearly in the negative. For since sin is an individual problem, its remedy must be individually applied. That remedy is not in political reforms that promise utopia, nor in church interaction that visualizes a roseate future through social reform. The only possible solution of the problem of sin in the life is the personal acceptance of Christ in the heart. The government that is doing the most for the world therefore is the one that keeps religious freedom divorced from political greed, and the church that is doing the most for the world is the one that points to a Saviour who lived and died and lives again as the only hope of a new earth "wherein dwelleth righteousness." The sighing pity of the angels must be aroused to see the world hastening to its certain doom because it has largely rejected the only remedy for its ills. Jesus said to the churchmen of His day, "Ye will not come to me, that ye might have life," and the refusal of our modern world to accept Him hastens it to its tragic destiny. The inheritance of the world beyond this, where crime and shame and death shall have ceased, is assured only to those who love Him and keep His precepts.
This usually is enough to identify which object is "out of bounds." It would be well at this point to get his attention directed to something else. The very next time, whether it is the same day or next week that a similar situation arises, mother should have the same look on her face, shake her head, and say the same words in the very same tone of voice. If he obeys, well and good, but if he continues to reach for the object he should have a little smart tap on the hand. If every time thereafter he receives a tap on the hand, it will not take him long to learn that certain objects are not to be touched.
The Healing Saviour By Raymond S. Moore "With his stripes we are healed" (Isa. 53:5). Was it a coincidence that the Saviour was slain in a posture of compassion— with arms outstretched, His countenance looking down with love and concern upon those about Him? As He was in life, so He was in dying. As a boy my heart was frequently susceptible to the mischiefs of Satan. Once, after a particularly disappointing series of escapades, there came the inevitable time of reckoning with my father. He was a kind but firm disciplinarian. I walked with the slow tread of a doomed man into the corner bedroom. There, perpetually decorating the closet wall was a round leather thong. It had once driven an old-fashioned treadle sewing machine, but now it often drove me to tears. My brother and little sister were already crying in sympathy for me. Dad was sitting on the bed, head down in thought. I hesitated at the doorway, filled with exaggerated thoughts of anguish to come. "Come here, son," he said quietly, looking up. I was startled to see both of his arms outstretched in a gesture of tenderness and mercy for me. After holding me briefly in silence and uttering a word of prayer, he released me and began taking off his shirt. "This time I am going to let you do it," he said, handing me the thong. And then, "After all, I am responsible for what you do." No amount of persuasion would deter him. I had to lay it on. It was then that I learned the meaning of "it hurts me worse than it does you." Never was there a more effective lesson. But why don't we learn this lesson with our Saviour? He pays an infinitely dearer price than any dad. Yet we lay them on Him—the stripes of our sins—every day, it seems, the lesson still unlearned. Nevertheless those stripes, born in compassion, are going to save us! For His compassion teaches us His love. His love draws us, until our sinful selves are consumed in His wonderful grace. 11
EDITORIALS Comments on the General Conference Session-2
A Spiritual United Nations Another main feature of the session that impressed us as being distinctive and heartening was the emphasis given to the spiritual. True, we met to transact business, but no one could say that the session had the flavor of a business meeting, unless it was the lone hour when legal meetings were called. They stood out in sharp contrast to everything else in the session. But the state determines the procedures for a legal meeting, and we had to conform to them. The first full day, as our readers will recall, was devoted to fasting and prayer. It was evident that the overwhelming majority did abstain from food, for the auditorium was filled with worshipers throughout the whole day. Indeed, the noon hour was used for a special testimony service. The opening hour of every day was devotional; that gave us our sense of direction for the day. Then came reports from division heads and from department leaders. But one could not listen to these reports without hearing the overtones of the Advent Movement. That was true even of the financial and statistical reports. Did not the financial figures reveal the spirit of sacrifice and conviction on the part of the membership? And did not the statistical report reveal the results of souls won to the truth? And then, of course, every evening the day's activities came to a climax in the programs of the various divisions. Those programs have been reported at length in the REVIEW. We mention them here only as a part of an over-all picture of the spiritual character of the session. Returns on a Spiritual Investment
Speaking of those evening programs brings us to another strong impression that the session made upon us. That impression was that missions pay. True, we have had that impression a good many years, but it was deepened and strengthened and made more vivid than ever before. Through the years all of us together have contributed millions, yes, tens of millions, for missions. What we saw and heard at the session was proof, glorious proof, that our investment was worth while. We still have vivid before our eyes the picture of that tall African, standing on the platform one evening, and telling us that he was a monument to what the grace of God can do for a man. We wish all of our readers could have been there to hear those words, to see that man's face, to feel the "lift" and the inspiration of the occasion. Something had happened to his heart because the gospel had been preached to him, and he was bearing simple and effective witness to it. After all, beloved, the reason for our preaching is the heaven-inspired belief that changes can thus be made in the hearts of men and women that will lead them from old ways to new ways of life, that will put a new sound in their voices, and a new look on their faces and in their eyes, and will give a new sense of direction to their feet. In other words, the reason we preach is because we believe that through the foolishness of preaching, men can be made new in Christ Jesus. 12
Rising Above National Barriers
Right here stands out another striking fact. When men are made new in Christ Jesus, they become sons of God and are numbered in the household of God. That is why we were able to witness the singular and striking harmony among delegates of all races and of all lands gathered in the auditorium. What the force of arms cannot do, the gospel can. High-minded secular reformers dissipate endless hours of energy trying to break down the walls that divide one people from another in the world, walls that breed suspicion, jealousy, hatred, and ultimately war. But they no sooner break down a wall in one place than a new wall is raised in another, and presently the broken-down part is restored. The gospel brings hearts into unity, not by the fruitless business of attacking walls, but by the glorious expedient of lifting men and women above this world in spirit, affection, and desire, to sit in heavenly places in Christ Jesus. It is this translation in spirit that brings all the children of God into one place, into one circle around the throne of God. That is the only lasting, genuine form of unity. A New Argument for Missions
That leads us to another thought. There has been much idle, unfounded talk by shallow-minded skeptics, to the effect that missions are a profitless undertaking, that nothing is really accomplished thereby. Such skeptics argue that we might better leave the heathen to their own devisings, their own social ways and practices, that, indeed, the world would be happier if we did not disturb other people's patterns of life. Today there is an answer to this kind of talk that is more startlingly convincing than any answer we have ever been able to provide before. The kind of world in which we live today is one in which a great fight is going on for the control of the minds of men, not simply men of the western civilized world, but men belonging to all lands and races. The inevitable result of this warfare is enlarged suspicion, jealousy, and hatred of other nations; and the end result, say the wisest of statesmen, must surely be a third world war. When the skeptic is asked what his answer to the problem is, he can only suggest that we be better armed. What a pathetic solution of the tragic and potentially devastating situation. We who are ambassadors from a far land above, have another solution, the only one that offers a ray of hope. We seek to control the minds of men for the kingdom of God. We endeavor to plant in their hearts, not suspicion, jealousy, and hatred, but love one for another and for all men. We tell men of a God of love, of His Son, Jesus Christ, who died for our sins, of a better way of life, of loving those that hate us, of viewing all others in the world as the objects of God's mercy and of Christ's atoning sacrifice. To the preaching of that message from God we are dedicated. We have no other reason for existence. And when we preach that message in the distinctive setting of the Advent Movement, we make doubly sure to men's minds that all endeavors for earthly conquest are fruitless. For we declare that the day is soon to come when Christ shall bring an end to all earthly rulerships and REVIEW AND HERALD
shall reign as king of kings and Lord of lords. Amid the deep darkness of our present day the worldwide mission program of the Advent Movement takes on new meaning, new power, and new urgency. F. D. N.
Smoke Over America—Part 2 On the front page of the New York Times of Tuesday, June 22, appeared an article by Lawrence E. Davies entitled, "Higher Death Rates Found Among Cigarette Smokers." This article reported the findings of the American Cancer Society to the effect that "cigarette smokers from 50 to 70 years of age have a death rate, from all diseases, as much as 75 per cent higher than nonsmokers." This important news item serves to remind the public that not only cancer but other forms of organic disease may result from the use of tobacco. The Reader's Digest article appearing in the July issue emphasizes further the fact of the possible relationship between tobacco and other diseases. We quote: "Investigators outside the cancer field—particularly those concerned with heart and vascular diseases . . . feel that the lung-cancer problem has diverted needed attention from tobacco's effects on other vital organs." (Italics supplied). In this connection Dr. E. C. Hammond of the American Cancer Society remarks that "it may turn out that cigarette smoking not only greatly increases the probability of lung cancer but also markedly increases the death rate from other causes." (Italics supplied).
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Others Have Said There is no future in any job! The future is in the worker!— Dr. Frank Crane. The church is suffering more from the sheepishness of the sheep than from the wolfishness of the wolves.—Present Truth Messenger. It is tragic not to live up to ideals; it is suicidal to forget what ideals are.—NEA Journal. The tragedy of life is not that people die, it is that they never truly live.—Dr. Leonard A. Stidley. Great people are not affected by each puff of wind that blows ill. Like great ships, they sail serenely on, in a calm sea or a great tempest.—Selected. In life it is possible merely to throw a heap of stones together, but this pile is not beautiful. We pyramid to the heights only when we lay stone on stone according to a plan. If we have no faith in the principles with which we build life, we are defeated.—Dr. W. N. Thomas. It used to be said that man by his scientific knowledge had caused the desert to bloom; but far more often he turns a blooming countryside into a hopeless desert by sheer greed and destructiveness.— F. Wood Jones. Your work is really important. Even the smallest job has such a definite place it might be likened to a piece in a jigsaw puzzle; the puzzle would not be complete without it.—Francis J. Gable. Thanks to the science of nutrition, we know how to feed children so they will grow tall and strong and their death rate will be extremely low. But this science has not taught us how to give them a robust nervous system, a balanced disposition, courage, moral sense and intelligence, nor how to protect them against mental degeneration. This problem concerns the future of millions of children. —Alexis Carrel.
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Last week we made comparisons between the writings of the Spirit of prophecy on the subject of tobacco and disease and the present findings of medical scientists. Years ago Mrs. White stated in effect that the use of tobacco was related to disease in many forms. She placed her finger directly upon the diseases of organic degeneration. We quote: "To this cause (the use of tobacco) in no small degree is owing the physical, mental, and moral deterioration, which is becoming such a cause of alarm."—The Ministry of Healing, pp. 328, 329. (Italics supplied.) In the Testimonies, volume 5, page 440, she declares without hesitation that "young men, and men in the prime of life and in mature age, . . . have brought disease upon themselves by the use of the narcotic tobacco." (Italics supplied.) "In whatever form it is used," she affirms, "it tells upon the constitution."—The Ministry of Healing, pp. 327, 328. Nervous Diseases and Tobacco
But we call particular attention to the Spirit of prophecy statements associating nervous diseases with the use of tobacco. Note the following carefully: "It [tobaCco] excites and then paralyzes the nerves. It weakens and clouds the brain."—The Ministry of Healing, p. 328. "Many . . - smoke until . . . the nervous system (is) undermined."—Testimonies, vol. 5, p. 440. And the evil results are perpetuated in the children of tobacco-using parents. Note the following: "The unhealthful practices of past generations affect the children and youth of to-day. Mental inability, physical weakness, disordered nerves, and unnatural cravings are transmitted as a legacy from parents to children."— The Ministry of Healing, p. 328. "Boys begin the use of tobacco at a very early age. The habit thus formed, when body and mind are especially susceptible to its effects, undermines the physical strength, dwarfs the body, stupefies the mind, and corrupts the morals."—The Ministry of Healing, p. 329. (Italics supplied.) Doubtless the relationship between nervous and mental diseases and the use of tobacco will be understood better as time goes on. The foregoing statements associating tobacco smoking with mental inability and disordered nerves should be a good potential field for research work by Adventist scientists. With the increasing prevalence of mental illness and nervous diseases (650,000 patients in mental hospitals and 250,000 new patients admitted every year, and 9 million to 10 million people in the United States who are mentally sick), it seems that we have a responsibility to discharge in determining scientifically the effect that the use of tobacco has upon the nervous constitution of human beings. Many Physicians Tobacco Users
A most significant side light will interest the readers of the REVIEW. It is well known that a large number of medical doctors use cigarettes. Like other tobacco users they are devotees of this popular indulgence. Some time ago Drs. Ernest L. Wynder and Evarts A. Graham of Washington University announced their findings after a series of studies in which they attempted to show the relationship between the use of tobacco and lung cancer. They discovered that of 650 men with lung cancer more than 95 per cent had been smokers for twenty years or more. They made the assertion that "excessive and prolonged use of tobacco, especially cigarettes, seems to be an important factor in the induction of bronchiogenic carcinoma (lung cancer)."—Reader's Digest, July, 1954. 13
"The report created quite a stir in the medical profession," declared the Digest article. "Some doctors flatly refused to recognize tobacco as the culprit. Dr. Wynder told the Cancer Prevention Committee: 'Those physicians who were hardest set against believing that tobacco might play a role in the etiology of lung cancer were heavy smokers themselves. It is only human for one not to believe that harm can come from something one likes.' " The following inspired words from God's servant are the most striking that we have read in this connection. It serves to illustrate the fact that today, as in Christ's time, some people will not believe the truth though one rose from the dead to confirm the evidence. "What are professional men doing in regard to the widespread and prevailing curse of tobacco using? . . . Will these responsible men, having under their care persons whom their influence will lead in a right or a wrong direction, be pattern men? . . . They are in duty bound to stand in the dignity of their God-given manhood, free from the bondage of any appetite or passion. The man who chews and smokes is doing injury, not only to himself, but to all who come within the sphere of his influence. If a physician must be called, the tobacco devotee should be passed by. He will not be a safe counselor. If the disease has its origin in the use of tobacco, he will be tempted to prevaricate, and assign some other than the true cause; for how can he condemn himself in his own daily practice?"—Testimonies, vol. 5, pp. 442, 443. (Italics supplied.) We should be thankful for Adventist physicians, dentists, nurses, and medical workers who do not use the narcotic tobacco, and we should rightly be proud to belong to a worldwide membership of nearly one million Christians who abstain from the use of tobacco, alcoholic beverages, tea, coffee, and unclean foods. We have been called the "clean people." But let us never forget that the Spirit of prophecy has been largely responsible for molding the physical, mental, and moral habits of our people. If it had not been for this light, we too might have succumbed to diseases that are induced by such D. A. D. poison habits as the use of tobacco.
An Electronic Brain That Makes Decisions A year ago Norman Cousins wrote an editorial in The Saturday Review on the electronic brain of Los Alamos. After describing the speed with which it made astronomical calculations, he remarked that "the big test of our time isn't involved with astronomical calculations. It involves choice. It involves decision. It involves access to history. It involves moral adjustments." A little later Mr. Cousins received a letter from Dr. P. Storhjerne, former head of the Norwegian Academy of Science, who is generally recognized as the world's leading authority on the electronic brain. Dr. Storhjerne sent him a preview of a forthcoming report announcing the successful construction of an electronic brain capable of choice and decision. In an editorial that appeared in The Saturday Review of June 5, 1954, Mr. Cousins quotes at length from his letter, giving the astounding details of this well-nigh human machine. Dr. Storhjerne stated that "the electronic brain is now able to furnish accurate answers in the fields of history, economics, and political science." "What it means," he wrote, "is that a thinking mechanism exists which not only can calculate far beyond human ability but which possesses and utilizes far more wisdom than is within the range of human capacity. 14
Consider the implications of this on the affairs of government and business. Indeed, it will affect morals, philosophy, education, economics—even our spiritual life." After making tests on a number of subjects this miracle machine was given the number one problem of our time —the problem of peace. Sixty-three thousand cards were compiled on man's experiences in trying to avert war. Each card represented factual data for a dozen or more equations, which could result in 1,654,000,000 possible combinations of relevant factors that would go into any study on how to achieve lasting peace. Machine Gives Out the Answers Nineteen minutes after the sixty-three thousand cards had been fed into the machine, it began to give the answers. Some of the information given was that since 3600 B.c. there have been 14,513 minor and major wars in which 3,640,000,000 human beings have been killed by the wars or the diseases produced by them. In the past 3,200 years 4,711 treaties have been made pertaining to peace, 4,697 of which have been broken or have failed in their intent. Other factors regarding war and peace were given. The final answer for which the scientists waited with bated breath in regard to this problem of peace was this one as translated into simple language: "War is not inevitable. Give the United Nations the power and the means it needs to enforce world peace through law." Man may be able to construct a mechanical brain that can sort the facts of human experience and make certain practical decisions that have to do with human welfare, but man himself still must make the final moral decision to carry out what he has learned to be the best course to take for the good of all. Surely we do not need the benefit of "electronic impulses or automatic coordination" to tell us that war is harmful and that mankind should shun it and walk in the way of peace. Even our shortrange experience in regard to peace treaties tells us that there is no power in them to keep the peace. Word of God Has the True Answers What man needs is not to find some excuse for his difficulties other than in himself, but to search his own heart as God describes it and see that there is something deadly wrong in this human race that needs to be corrected before we can meet the great challenges of life and solve them. In place of inventing an electronic monster to do our thinking and reasoning for us, man should go to the Word of God and search it sincerely and honestly for the answers to his needs and problems. Let him cease running hither and yon to escape his troubles or to find an answer to them, and fall on his knees confessing to God that in and of himself he can find no answer. We do not live in a mechanistic universe, and its problems cannot all be solved in a mechanical manner. The fundamental choices have to do with morality and not economics and political science. Every act of a man's life has to do either with his relationship to God or man, and the most important ones have to do with both. Man must decide what his moral responsibility is and act accordingly. He must realize that some day he must face the Judge of the universe and answer for the deeds he has done. This is what we are told in the Word of truth. "Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil" (Eccl. 12:13, 14). F. L. REVIEW AND HERALD
News From the World Field Light Will Shine Out of Darkness By M. M. Webster President, Bechuanaland Mission
Away out here in the bush in Bechuanaland the Lord's message finds its way into the hearts of men sitting in darkness. Prejudice on every side blocks the progress of the gospel. Far out in the desert, warnings have gone out advising people to "beware of Seventh-day Adventists, for they are deceivers," but in spite of the warnings, the light of truth is penetrating into the darkness. One old man who was a witch doctor came as a patient to our Kanye Medical Mission Hospital, having promised himself that if the Lord healed him he would do away with his bones. The Lord did heal him, and during his stay in the hospital our pastor had studies with him and he has accepted the truth, even though he will be the only one in the truth out there in the desert. He has thrown away his bones and placed his faith in God. His heart is throbbing with the resolve to live his new-found faith. Just a few weeks ago a man and his wife who are residents in the area of the Bangwato people, Chief Seretse's country, also came to the hospital as patients. The man is employed as a cattle guard out in the desert at the same place the witch doctor comes from. Through studies given by our pastor, he and his wife have both accepted the truth. These are educated and influential people. Regardless of the 'prejudice existing around the area where he works, he is preparing to be a leader for God. He will be a real encouragement to the old man and his family, who, like him, have left the ways of sin. I am sure that in a short time we shall have others out there in that desert country, coming to the light of the third angel's message. Pray for these believers in isolation, that God will give them a special measure of His Spirit. For many years a certain area may seem closed to God's truth when, all of a sudden, one person will step out, and the bars of superstition seem to be broken. I had a meeting in another section of the country and there I found an old man JULY 22, 1954
who had heard the truth many years ago. He had been held back by one false doctrine. Looking at him I thought he was ignorant, and surely could not read. It seemed that even his eyesight was impaired. During the meeting I mentioned that the seal of the living God was contained in the Sabbath commandment. Afterward he asked me what was the sealing spoken of in Revelation 7:1-3. He said that during his past experience he had been taught that sprinkling was that mark, and having received that he did not care to have two marks. After the study he saw that it could not stand for sprinkling, so he exclaimed, "I accept the seal of the living God. I am going to observe the Sabbath from now on." Faith in God is a wonderful thing. You find it even out here in the desert. In the simplest of homes you find it. Every African has his garden, and he watches his garden at all times to keep the birds away. But some have faith to believe that God will care for their gardens while they go to worship on Sabbath. They can testify to that fact. The army worm has marched across our country and destroyed many crops. Those who have been faithful in every detail have fallen to their knees right at their gardens and prayed for God to protect them. He did. In some gardens the worms walked right through and ate nothing, others ate a little and turned away. Some of our believers who were still holding on to their witch doctors, went and consulted them, and asked them to place medicine
Mrs. Rios with her children at the Unini Mission Station.
in their gardens to keep the worms away. But the worms ate everything. Brethren, we pray earnestly every day that the faith of all our people will be established in God. I am sure that if our faith is what it should be, then Jesus, the Son of man, will find faith on the earth when He comes. Let us continue to carry this message so that others who are sitting in darkness will see great light.
The Converted Slave Girl By L. H. Olson Secretary, South American Division
It is thrilling to listen to our faithful missionaries tell the stories of God's providences. For example, there is Sister Rios of the isolated Unini mission station in Peru. She was born in Bolivia, and as a little girl was brought as a slave to this jungle area. As she learned the precious truths of the gospel she became a faithful follower of the Saviour. During the dry season of the year the beaches along the bends of the river are divided so that those who live in that region can plant rice. Time after time as the rice matured and was ready for harvest, Sister Rios had no one to do the work for her, so she herself did it by hand, cutting off each head separately. The neighbors marveled that while their rice had been largely eaten by the birds, Sister Rios always had a good harvest. About this time the mother in another family who had recently been baptized, gradually became careless and complained when her husband paid tithe and gave offerings to the mission. As a result of an argument over a certain piece of land, a small field that had already been planted to rice was allotted to this family, who by this time were becommt ing more and more careless in their obedience to the truth. The husband told his wife that this would be her crop. "You care for it and harvest it, and all the rice will be yours," he said. As the harvest approached, this woman who, although unfaithful, was still a member of the church, took great care to drive away the birds. Instead of attending Sabbath school she was interested only in her crop. She spent the entire Sabbath frantically trying to scare away the birds, screaming, throwing 15
stones, and running all day without even stopping for the noon meal. But the birds would merely go a little distance and stop again to eat her rice. When the crop was fully mature, she did not gather enough rice to pay the workers who did the harvest. Now Sister Rios had her rice fields just across the river. She was very faithful in attending Sabbath school, and throughout the entire Sabbath she did not give any attention at all to her rice field. In the meantime, the other neighbors who were also busy scaring the birds away from their fields, reported that the birds flew from one field to another, going directly over Sister Rios's field. They did not alight on her crop! She firmly believed that if she did her part and was faithful, God would reward her accordingly. When the crop was gathered in, her faith was fully rewarded, and Sister Rios, a former slave, is today rejoicing with her children in the Advent hope.
Solusi Pioneers Again By J. R. Siebenlist Principal, Solusi Missionary College
The prophet of the Lord tells us in Amos 8:11: "Behold, the days come, saith the Lord God, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord." At our oldest mission station in the world we have seen these words of the prophet fulfilled. Boys and girls, young men and women, from many tribes, come from afar—the north, the south, the east, and the west—seeking entrance to the Solusi Training School to receive the Word of God. Secondary education is still in its beginnings in this part of Africa. Men with experience are promoting the program, but, interpreted in terms of modern secondary education, we must recognize that we are just in our infancy. Many times we stretch out our arms to more experienced hands for help and guidance. Solusi Mission again is a pioneer, this time in the field of higher education. If present plans materialize, Solusi will be one of the first schools in Southern Rhodesia, if not the first, to give college courses. Even though higher education is new in this area, young men and women from all parts of Southern and Central Africa are looking to Solusi to provide higher spiritual and educational guidance. Some of our pupils come from the tropical north, others from the deserts of the west, and still others from hundreds of miles to the south. All come to receive knowledge from Him "that giveth to all men liberality, and upbraideth not." New Church in Manitowoc, Wisconsin As I look at our The new Seventh-day Adventist church in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, was made possible by the sacrifice of two brothers, Edgar and secondary and minisArthur Berth, who contributed $10,000 toward its purchase. Open- terial pupils—about ing services in the new church, formerly a Jewish synagogue, were 150 in number—I conducted on April 24. D. F. Roth of Milwaukee delivered the can see great possikeynote address in the afternoon, and H. J. Capman, conference bilities for leadership president, officiated. and soul winning. I The church was organized with 19 charter members in June, believe we have just 1952, as a result of a city-wide evangelistic campaign conducted scratched the surface by Elder Roth. The edifice has a seating capacity of 125 and is evaluated at $45,000. May God bless the believers and the work in using African workers to evangelize in this city. H. A. UHL, Conference Central Africa. Some Public Relations Secretary 16
day the great potentialities of these people will be made available for the finishing of the work. To that end our leaders in this fruitful field are planning and working. One example is sufficient -to illustrate for what purpose these young people are seeking an education. Several years ago a young man in Africa enrolled in the Voice of Prophecy. Week by week he searched and studied our great doctrines, and like so many others he accepted our message. He is now at Solusi to get the best possible training so that he can later take the ministerial course and preach to the thousands and millions who still live in darkness. Some of these young people are preparing for office work, for teaching, and for the medical work, but the majority are looking to the ministry and the educational field. Great potentialities are stored in these young people. It is our aim to direct and tap these possibilities so that the work may soon be finished and Jesus come to take us all home. To that aim and purpose we solicit the support and prayers of our church members. It is our desire to follow the divine plan and abide by the True Pattern, and do it before the floods of destruction sweep all sinners to eternal death.
"I Rather Like This Old World" By Gordon Otter Mombera Mission, Nyasaland, Africa Many people in other lands think of Africa as a country where only black people and a few missionaries live. It is true that there are mostly Africans here and that there are a few missionaries. But there are also many white people who come from South Africa, Great Britain, Scotland, Ireland, and other countries. They come here to manage small stores, tea and coffee estates, and many are here as civil servants. Just the other day I walked into a small store about fifty miles from the mission. A white woman was in charge, and as people out here are very friendly we were soon engaged in conversation. This woman knew by my speech that I was an American, and she asked my religion. When I told her, "I am a Seventh-day Adventist," she remarked on the peculiarity of the name. I then explained the meaning of the words "Seventh-day Adventist." She became very interested and began questions such as: "Do you think Christ is really coming soon?" "Do you think He is coming during your lifetime?" "Are you strict about smoking and drinking?" "Are you more strict than (naming another popular denomination)?" "Do you allow polygamists in your church?" I answered her questions and explained REVIEW AND HERALD
to her that we must be strict because we plan to go to heaven—the perfect home. I told her that if bad habits and bad actions were allowed in heaven the doer would be unhappy, because heaven is a perfect place. As we ended our conversation she said to me, "You know, I rather like this old world . . . but . . . if Jesus should come today . . I would be lost." This woman knows that she is not doing right, and I believe that in her heart she is searching for something that satisfies. We are praying that her heart may be touched—that she may not be happy with this present world and will desire heavenly things. We ask your prayers for this woman.
Church Dedicated in Santa Monica, California
• Catholic Mother Purchases Bible Pageant By M. V.
Tucker
Sometimes Seventh-day Adventists feel that there is such a vast difference between the beliefs practiced by our Roman Catholic friends and those of our Protestant organizations that we hesitate to take our message, as presented in our publications, to the homes of these people who live in every part of the Northwest. There are just as sincere people among the Roman Catholics as we find in many Protestant churches. As long as these people are willing to allow God's Spirit to direct in their lives, they are just as close to Him as anyone can be and still remain outside of His true church.
On Sabbath, May 15, members of the Delaware Avenue church in Santa Monica, California, participated in dedication ceremonies for their new forty thousand dollar church. At the morning services C. E. Moseley of the General Conference called for the members to dedicate their lives to God. During the afternoon dedication services R. R. Bietz,
Southern California Conference president, told the members that church worshipers, not church buildings, are the greatest factors in bringing people to Christ. The new Delaware Avenue edifice is one of seven churches for colored members in the Los Angeles area. C. R. Pritchett is the church pastor. HERBERT FORD
Our colporteurs find, from time to time, many sincere people among both Protestants and Catholics, who are anxious to find the right way and to accept the last message to a doomed world. Mrs. Fay Meeks met one of these Catholic friends recently while making some missionary calls, and the experience she relates is one more evidence that many of the people belonging to this church are
sincere and are deeply interested in the spiritual welfare of others. Sister Meeks writes as follows: "I called on a young Catholic mother, Mrs. E., who ordered Modern Medical Counselor and The Bible Pageant because she knew so little about the Bible and she felt at a loss to teach her children. The next week I called on another Catholic mother who ordered Modern Medical Counselor. She had had our five little green books (The Bible Story) when she was a child and she wanted The Bible Pageant later for her baby. Then she told me of her sister-in-law across the road (also a Catholic), who had seen Mrs. E.'s book and wanted to see me. I went across the road and she ordered The Bible Pageant because she felt a need of a better understanding of the Scriptures. She asked me what I knew about Martin Luther. She said a Lutheran had told her all about him and she thought he praised him too highly. I told her I had read about him and other great Bible students to whom we are all indebted for so much, and she was quite interested. I showed her The Great Controversy special and she was so thrilled that she could obtain a book with that information, and doubly thrilled when I told her it was a gift with Modern Medical Counselor. I thank God for leading me to these dear people who are seeking truth." Yes, we join Mrs. Meeks in her sense of gratitude to God for leading her to those dear people who are seeking after truth. May God impress upon each one of us the importance of occupying the position He has prepared for us in the final finishing of His work upon earth,
Church Dedication in Westwood, New Jersey Sabbath, March 27, was a day of real rejoicing for the members of the Westwood church. On that day their lovely new church building was dedicated to God. D. A. Ochs, president of the Columbia Union, gave an inspiring dedicatory sermon. Walter Haase, district leader, who has worked untiringly toward the completion of this church edifice, led in the act of dedication, and the response of the members indicated their gratefulness to God for making their new church home possible. Wayne B. Hill, president of the New Jersey Conference,
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presented the building to God in his dedicatory prayer, even as the members of the church were dedicated to the task of bringing the light of truth to the hundreds of thousands of people in this area. Westwood is one of the suburban towns in north New Jersey, growing rapidly because large numbers are leaving the metropolitan areas. We believe evangelistic possibilities in this community are most promising. W. M. NOSWORTHY Secretary-Treasurer, New Jersey Conference
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my privilege to rebaptize two men who helped build By Wayne W. White the church twentyA year ago the Michigan Conference five years ago, and called Mrs. White and me from the Illi- who had been out of nois Conference to labor in evangelism. the faith several We were told of a place of great need years. Most of our in Big Rapids, where there was a fine new believers are church building that had been closed for adults and young over ten years. The church members had people, with only become divided, and internal troubles five children in the had entered to such an extent that the group. brethren had thought it best to close We have longed the church. This was done, and the mem- for more children to bers scattered, attending elsewhere. Some fill up our children's dropped out of the faith. department, and Years later a wealthy man of the town now they are comdied and left his money to be divided ing. Plans are being among the various churches of the city. developed for a good In the investigation the Seventh-day Ad- church school next Sabiston (rear center) colporteur of Manitoba-Saskatchewan Conference, ventist church was found to be locked, no term. We feel grate- John Canada, with his first four converts, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Pich and their two daughters of Moose Bay, Manitoba. services having been held for years. So ful to God for this the gift in the will was lost to us. This new church in the empty church was a challenge to our fellowship of our conference, and praise portation is a house built on a sleigh, conference, and plans were made to try the Lord for sending us here, and giving drawn by a horse. He has a stove inside to open and rehabilitate it if possible. this little house, and there he lives. In us these loyal members. This new church raised its Minute Man this very unique way he travels from We found six members here a year ago, and made our plans to hold an goal in Ingathering this year. A good home to home during the very coldest evangelistic effort. We secured the govern- spirit is found among them. The pad- weather and sells truth-filled literature. ment armory on the main street for our locked church is now open to all who The people appreciate his visits. Colporteur Sabiston is not only a seller lectures, and opened our effort with meet- will come and worship with us. of books and magazines, but he is also' ings three nights a week and a radio a real missionary for God. The accomprogram on Sundays. The conference panying picture shows him with his first sent us Brother and Sister Robert Wilfour converts, namely, Mr. and Mrs. Paul liams to help with the music and visiting. Pich and their two daughters, of Moose Elder and Mrs. Leonard Venden also gave Bay, Manitoba. He looks forward to valuable assistance in the effort. By D. A. McAdams other interested ones accepting the truth. The meetings were well attended and Colporteur Sabiston states: "A few a fine interest developed. Our first bapDuring my recent trip to the Manitobatism numbered twenty-five persons. This Saskatchewan Conference, it was my years ago I started canvassing. One of was a happy day for our people. The pleasure to meet Colporteur John Sabis- the first homes I called upon was that president of the conference then came ton. He works in the northernmost parts of Mr. and Mrs. Pich. I succeeded in and organized a new church. Other bap- of the Manitoba-Saskatchewan Confer- selling them a copy of the Great Controtisms have followed, and at this time our ence where it is extremely cold during versy. Then their two older daughters enmembership is sixty-four. It has been the winter months. His method of trans- rolled in the Bible course. Later I spoke to B. J. Kuhn, the district leader. He visited them and held a series of Bible studies. These studies continued for several months while I was away on an extended canvassing trip in the province of Saskatchewan. Upon my return to Moose Bay I found, to my surprise and joy, that these good' people had taken their stand, and that Elder Kuhn had baptized them into the truth that we love." Colporteur Sabiston also tells of another family in the same district who. purchased a copy of Our Day in the Light of Prophecy. Elder Kuhn again was told of their interest, and before long Mr. and Mrs. Peter Kostirn of Fork River, Manitoba, with their three children, were baptized. Truly the consecrated colportetr evangelist is a powerful instrument in the hands of God for good. Colporteur Sabiston is to be commended for his diligence• and faithfulness in the Master's vineyard as he seeks the honest in heart. May theLord continue to bless him. The padlocked church in Big Rapids, Michigan, now opened.
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vince our clientele that the patient does better with fewer members of the family around. We have had a number of heartening By Don Spillman experiences with our patients as we have The evangelistic effort conducted in the endeavored to help them spiritually as new Tacoma church by the Spillman- well as physically. Our prayer band Lyman union evangelistic company ended groups on Wednesday evenings have done Sabbath, May 22. These meetings were much to maintain the calm, Christian conducted five nights a week for twenty- atmosphere of the institution and to inspire faith and confidence in the hearts four weeks. The members of the evangelistic com- of our patients. Other Protestant groups pany besides L. E. Lyman, the writer, are beginning to send their patients to and our wives, consisted of D. S. Osgood, us also, because they know that prayer superintendent of the Tacoma district; is offered before surgery. I must tell you about Pedro, our C. R. Aimes of the Puyallup district; gardener. He has been doing a fine job Duane Anderson, Don Parks, and Mrs. of raising vegetables for our hospital durMarie Dill, Bible instructor. ing the daytime and attending night As a result of these meetings 153 school in the evenings. He had just repeople were baptized or came into the cently been baptized, and had some church on profession of faith, at a cost to the conference of approximately $4,700. trouble with Friday night classes at first. An interesting feature in connection with It seemed all was well until near the end the effort was the fact that for the first of the year, when examination time came three months of 1954 the three churches around. He made a request to take the • which benefited from the effort—Tacoma examinations on some other night than Central, Tacoma Southside, and Puyallup Friday, as they had been scheduled, but —gained over $4,600 in tithes, or enough was flatly refused. He stood firm, however, and as a result lost credit for nearly to pay the expenses of the meetings. Our greatest appreciation goes first to the whole term of hard study. We are God for His goodness and His blessings, hoping that arrangements can be made and we wish to thank our faithful corps for him to go to our training school in -of workers and our people who stood by Recife this coming year, though we hate loyally with their prayers, offerings, and to lose a good gardener. We can see the hand of the Lord guidattendance. ing in the work here day by day, and as It has been voted for our evangelistic .company to open a large campaign in time goes on we hope to be able to reach the Palomar Theater in the heart of an ever-increasing number of needy people in this region. From time to time we Seattle this fall beginning Sunday night, also plan to make river trips on one of September 19. We desire the prayers of Luzeiros, leaving one doctor in our people everywhere for these meetings. the charge of the hospital for a few days. Since the last General Conference ses- L. B. Halliwell has done a remarkable sion the Lord has blessed the union work along the river during the past evangelistic company with almost six years, and now he has been able to see hundred new believers. his dream of a hospital in Belem fulfilled. In times past there was no place to refer patients who needed to be hospitalized
Evangelistic Effort in Tacoma, Washington
Belem Hospital, North Brazil
where they could receive conscientious, Christian medical care. There is still much to be done, houses to be built for our hospital workers, a carpenter shop to be built, a well dug, and a clinic for the poor to be constructed. All this we hope to accomplish as soon as funds are available. We also need more personnel as soon as new budgets can be managed. Among needed personnel is a chaplain, whom we hope to obtain very soon. As our brethren in the homeland pray for the advance of missions, we trust they will include us in their prayers.
Our Training School in North Sumatra By Raumond Bonifacius G. Siagian Our North Sumatra Training School, which was established in 1949, is now moving ahead. This is the fifth year of operation. On May 15, 1953, the seniors of the lower middle school finished their course of four years of study. Now some of them are working in the field as colporteurs, and one has just been called to work in Borneo. Some of them are furthering their education by finishing their academic course in this school, and some went to our school at the Indonesia Union Seminary, Tjimahi, Java. One of the three graduated girls is now married to an Adventist. Last year twenty-four students were baptized and took their stand to be true to their God and be co-workers with their Maker. One of them was a Muslim, some were heathen, others were Protestants, and one was a Catholic. Some are now Sabbath school leaders in this school, and some are secretaries in Missionary Volunteer Societies and leaders in other activities. This school year 1953-54 we have about
By Elmer E. Bottsford, M.D. In April of last year we opened our new hospital in Belem, North Brazil. Since that time wonderful progress has been made. During the first few months we had very few patients, owing to the fact that the people were a bit suspicious of a Protestant hospital, and we had not had a chance to prove the effectiveness of a wholesome Christian atmosphere coupled with modern medical and nursing care. The other hospitals in the city have very primitive nursing methods, so it is the common custom to "rent" a room in the hospital, and several members of the family move in with the patient. They -stay there as long as he does. Our rooms .are not planned with this in mind, because we have adequate nursing care day and night. Even so it took a while to con.JULY 22, 1954
Group baptized as a result of the evangelistic effort held in Tacoma, Washington.
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130 students. Fifty-six students are planning for baptism. We hope that all may remain faithful. One is a Catholic; others are Protestants. This is a school where God is present to draw souls nearer to Him. I am teaching these fifty-six persons to bring them to God and to prepare the students for the joys of heaven. All the staff is cooperating to bring these students to the faith. This is a boarding school. There are now eighty-two boarding students; sixty young men and twenty-two girls. We have organized clubs in both the boys' and girls' dormitories. Every morning the students study the Morning Watch and some Bible text. Some evenings Bible texts or Spirit of prophecy quotations are given by the dean of men, and the students are invited to make comments on them. The members of the Bible doctrines class hold meetings in the nearby churches. R. A. Figuhr, the school principal, leads them in this work. We have a church choir of thirty-two members. They were invited once to Medan for the dedication of the new church. John Sakul is leader of the choir. Our quartet was once invited to sing on the Radio Republic Indonesia Medan. North Sumatra Training School is in Siantar, only one mile from town. The area of this school is about an acre. We should have another location farther away from the city. The buildings are only temporary ones. We hope that soon we will be able to improve our situation. Pray that this may come to pass.
them how grateful we are to the Lord for the message of truth, also that the church on Pitcairn is humbly doing its part to help finish God's program in the earth." A New Day for Pitcairn This is a new day for Pitcairn, for many ships now pass, making this a point of interest midway between Panama, Australia, and New Zealand. Much truthfilled literature is given to the passengers and crew of each ship. The singing of hymns as the ship moves away is greatly appreciated. On the ship that brought me to Panama recently, none had heard of Seventh-day Adventists. The singing of the islanders was something new to the entire crew. The captain was touched by the singing of "There's a Land That Is Fairer Than Day." The chief officer said to me, "I want to hear that singing again, and to have a part in it too." Recently articles have been written by certain persons disparaging the moral and cultural habits of the people. This has caused very great concern and some distress. These reports have no foundation. I am not acquainted with those who have left the island, but of those now living there I would say they are a loyal
and honorable people. It is an outstanding community center, where a high degree of the community spirit exists. The Pitcairn islanders are a spiritual and lovable people. Last year a group of twelve boys were examined for the British St. John First Aid and Ambulance work. Dr. Johns of London, an outstanding lecturer, was one of the examiners. He had read reports of mental deterioration due to spiritual stress caused by the Seventh-day Adventist faith. This was one of the reasons we were not to be allowed to continue our missionary program on this island, so we were deeply interested in his examination report. He went beyond what was required in such an examination. The boys stood the test, and with the exception of one, all received a very high grading. In his report Dr. Johns said that there was no sign of mental deterioration, but that the islanders were a happy, normal group, who were equal to any group that he had examined anywhere. The whole position is now changed, and our work continues. God is greatly blessing this beacon light set amid the waters of the great Pacific, and the enemies of truth have once more suffered defeat.
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A Loyal Church on Pitcairn Island By N. A. Ferris The missionary program of the Advent Movement in the South Seas began at Pitcairn Island. Soon after our first missionary ship Pitcairn dropped her anchor off Bounty Bay and Missionary Gates landed, a church was organized. That light still burns brightly. Though many of Pitcairn's sons and daughters have left and now reside in other lands, the 138 who still remain are loyal to the Advent Movement. All attend every service, except a few infirm ones, and for the first quarter of this year, 100 per cent of the church members paid a faithful tithe. There have been some problems in the past, but adherence to the standards of the denomination has been revived. Today it is a joy to report that we have on Pitcairn a people who greatly love the Lord. Just before leaving to come to the General Conference, Brother Fred Christian, the beloved elder of the church, asked that a message of greeting be given to God's people in the General Conference session. The members responded: "Tell 20
OVERSEAS Australasian Division • The colorful personalities in the Avondale Symphonic Choir were the subject of a great deal of comment from newspapers in the country towns of the western district of New South Wales when the sixtyvoice college choir went on a tour recently. • The religious liberty secretary for the division, R. E. Hare, with the support of Ernest Steed, press relations secretary for the Greater Sydney Conference, put the case against the proposed world calendar before the people when this was discussed on Forum of the Air over the national network. Proponents for the change were an astronomer and the Australian representative of the World Calendar Association. NORTH AMERICA Central Union • Eight of our ten Wyoming district pastors reported baptisms for the month of May. Thirty-three new believers joined our churches by baptism and profession of faith, bringing the total for the first five months of 1954 to 107.
• The active student list of the Kansas Bible correspondence school is 1,508. This is a large Bible class, and 24 of the students have been baptized since the beginning of the year. • Forty-nine baptisms were reported by our workers for the month of May, which was unusually good for our Missouri Conference. • R. J. Larson of Sunnydale Academy in Missouri is connecting with Pacific Union College as assistant professor of agriculture. L. S. Davis of Sheyenne River Academy in the North Dakota Conference has been invited by the Missouri academy board to fill the vacancy. Columbia Union • The West Virginia Conference has added another departmental secretary to its staff. Dale Ingersoll will head the Missionary Volunteer and educational departments. • The Western States Young People's Federation of the Allegheny Conference met April 17, 1954, in Youngstown, Ohio. • The new baptismal pool of the Shiloh Seventh-day Adventist church of Cincinnati was dedicated on May 2. Thirtyfive persons were baptized at that time. REVIEW AND HERALD
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• Twenty-three churches were represented at the North Jersey Dorcas Federation meeting at the Asbury Park church, June 1. Northern Union • The following workers in Minnesota report baptisms during May as follows: Paul Scofield 4, H. H. Schmidt 3, Donald Mackintosh 2. • In ten different Missionary Volunteer investiture services in North Dakota 123 persons were invested with the awarding of 159 pins and neckerchiefs. • W. L. Webb, the Bible instructor at Oak Park Academy, Nevada, Iowa, conducted the baptismal class at the academy each Friday evening with an attendance of 20 to 30, even though only a few had not been baptized. On May 8, three academy students were baptized, as also were 11 juniors prepared by H. B. Davis, district pastor. North Pacific Union • Inasmuch as G. W. Chambers has been appointed head of the National Service Organization in Washington, D.C., John Hancock, who has been the MV secretary of the Lake Union, has accepted the invitation to labor in the same capacity in the North Pacific Union. • The Tacoma, Washington, church celebrated their fourth consecutive Ingathering Minute Man victory recently after reaching a total this year of $7,211.55, which far exceeded their Minute Man goal. Five of the 20 bands into which the church had been divided exceeded the band goal of $400. Over 120 persons raised the Minute Man goal or more, and seven reached the Jasper Wayne goal ($130 or more). The Tacoma Junior Academy students were responsible for $1,242.79 of the total received. • Six young ministers in the Upper Columbia Conference were ordained to the gospel ministry on June 19 during the regional meeting held in College Place, Washington. Those set apart were: Francis Phelps, Dell Phelps, Dale Ringering, Burton J. Boundey, William A. Loveless, and Sunny W. C. Liu. • Most recent reports on baptisms reveal that since May 1, 78 were added in the Washington Conference; 10 in the Kalispell district of Montana; and Upper Columbia Conference reports that for the first five months of the year, 194 persons have been baptized, and 5 others received on profession of faith. Pacific Union • Three of the new faculty members of Pacific Union College have assumed their duties in time to teach in the summer session now in progress. They are Louis Normington, connecting with the department of education, and formerly with Washington Missionary College; A. V. Winn of Canadian Union College, connecting with the chemistry department; and J. C. Miklos from Mount Vernon Academy, who will teach Bible in the preparatory school. • In September, 1953, eight of the pastors in the San Diego area began simulta22
neous evangelistic efforts, speaking on the same topics for the first several Sunday nights and using identical advertising. Up to June 1, 1954, 174 persons have been added to the churches by baptism or profession of faith. Others will be baptized later. • The Florence Avenue church of Los Angeles is no longer in its old location. Members had moved from the area, and the old church building needed much attention, so it was decided to go to Downey, a nearby section where we had no church. The move was made May 29, and the attendance has about doubled in the new location. Meetings are temporarily being held in the Presbyterian church, but plans are being made for a permanent church home. Southern Union • In the month of April the following baptisms were reported: Alabama-Mississippi Conference, 27; Carolina, 76; Florida, 62; Georgia-Cumberland, 43; Kentucky-Tennessee, 20; South Atlantic, 56; and South Central, 15, making a total for the Southern Union of 299, and for the first four months of 1954, .665, which is a gain of 235 over last year. • L. R. Holley, pastor of the Birmingham First church in the Alabama-Mississippi Conference, reports 13 baptized as a result of two short efforts held in the church auditorium this spring. • I. M. Evans, president of the AlabamaMississippi Conference, reports that eight new members joined the Clanton, Ala-. bama, church in June by baptism. • R. K. Cemer, Carolina Conference evangelist, reports that 50 have been baptized so far as a result of the evangelistic effort in the city of Wilmington, North Carolina. • On Sabbath, April 24, the beautiful Kress Memorial church in Winter Park, Florida, was dedicated. L. K. Dickson, vice-president of the General Conference, gave the dedicatory address. • On May 15 the group of faithful believers at Deland, Florida, were organized into a church with a charter membership of 26. R. H. Nightingale, president of the Florida Conference, officiated. • C. G. Edwards, of the Indiana Conference, has accepted a call to the Kentucky-Tennessee Conference. • B. H. Ewing of the South Central Conference, has accepted a call to the Southern Union School of Bible Prophecy for special follow-up work. • W. M. Starks of the South Atlantic Conference, has accepted a call to the South Central Conference as home missionary and Sabbath school secretary.
Camp Meeting Schedule, 1954 Atlantic Union New York Union Springs Greater New York Eagle Lake Park (Session, N.Y. City, April 17, 18) Northern New England West Lebanon, N.H. (Session, Auburn-Lewiston, Aug. 5-8)
July 16-25 July 16-25 July 23, 24
Northeastern * Camp Northeastern July 30-Aug. 7 (*Session held in connection with camp meeting)
Canadian Union British Columbia Hope Maritime Pugwash Newfoundland St. John's
July 15-24 July 30-Aug. 8 Aug. 11-14
Central Union Wyoming Casper (fair grounds) Colorado Campion Academy Kansas Enterprise Academy Nebraska College View Missouri Sunnydale Academy
July 22-25 July 29-Aug. 7 Aug. 5-14 Aug. 12-21 Aug. 19-28
Columbia Union New Jersey Kingston West Pennsylvania Somerset Potomac (no meeting) Chesapeake (no meeting)
July 23-Aug. 1 July 22-Aug. 1
Lake Union Lake Region Cassopolis, Michigan Michigan Grand Ledge Wisconsin
Aug. 20.28 Aug. 5-14 Aug. 12-21
Northern Union North Dakota Jamestown Iowa Nevada
July 15-24 Aug. 13-21
North Pacific Union Oregon Gladstone
July 22-31
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Items of Special Interest Voice of Prophecy Broadcasts in Okinawa We are happy to announce that on Sunday, July 4, the Japanese Voice of Prophecy program was broadcast over Radio Okinawa (KSAR 740 kc). Before the station heard a sample program, the manager promised to broadcast a trial series of thirteen, but once having heard an actual tape, all doubts vanished, and he agreed to broadcast the program on a weekly basis indefinitely—free. Please pray for this new venture of faith in E. R. WALDE Okinawa.
General Conference Special Financial Agent The General Conference Committee has appointed Glenn Calkins, a newly elected general field secretary, as special financial agent to counsel and assist those who desire to convey their funds or property to the cause of God. Elder Calkins is well known to our people. He brings to his new work a wealth of experience in many lines. His advice will be sound and worthy of the utmost confidence. He will cooperate closely with union and local conference organizations. We welcome him as a valuable addition to our general staff and commend his services to any who may wish expert guidance in safeguarding their means for the benefit of our denominational work. R. R. FIGUHR
Recent Missionary Departures Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd W. Mauldin and their children, Carol Ann and Lloyd, left San Francisco June 19 for Djakarta, Java, returning from furlough to the Indonesia Union Mission, of which Mr. Mauldin is educational secretary. Mr. and Mrs. E. I. Edstrom and their sons, Brian and Robin, sailed June 26 from New York on the S.S. Tervaete. They are returning after furlough to the Belgian Congo, where Mr. Edstrom connects with the Lulengele Training School. Elder and Mrs. Pieter Klop and their three children, Maarten, Paulus, and Pierterdina, sailed from San Francisco June 27 on the S.S. Steel Designer, returning to Java after furlough in Holland and America. Elder Klop is secretary of the Dutch Mission, with headquarters in Bandung, Java. Mrs. Sybilla Wortman sailed June 27 on the S.S. Steel Designer from San Fran-
cisco, returning to Bandung, Java. Mrs. Wortman, a nurse, has spent 18 years in Indonesia, and is now connected with the Bandung Mission Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. A. V. Sparks and their daughter Kathleen, of Dobbs Ferry, New York, left New York City July 1 en route to Accra, West Africa. Mr. Sparks will join the faculty of the Bekwai Training School, Gold Coast. W. R. BEACH
Notice of Servicemen's Congresses in Germany The following telegram received from W. H. Bergherm, associate secretary of the National Service Organization, will be of special interest to the relatives of servicemen in Europe: TWO RELIGIOUS CONGRESSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL YOUTHS IN THE SERVICE IN EUROPE ARE TO BE HELD AT BERCHTESGADAN GERMANY DURING AUGUST. THE FIRST CONVENES 6 AUGUST AT 1300 HOURS 11 P.M.1, WHILE THE SECOND IS CALLED SAME HOUR ON 11 AUGUST. BOTH MEETINGS CONTINUE 4 DAYS AND ARE TO BE FIELD IN THE ARMY CHAPEL. THOSE HAVING RELATIVES IN EUROPE SHOULD PASS THIS WORD ALONG. ALL MEN MAY SELECT THE CONGRESS THEY WISH TO ATTEND. THE MEETINGS ARE AUTHORIZED AND PASSES MAY BE OBTAINED BY APPLYING THROUGH ORGANIZATION CHAPLAIN. W. H. BERGHERM
Among the Indians of the Upper Amazon John Elick, who has charge of our mission work among the Indians in the Upper Amazon jungles, reports the organization of two churches among the Campos and another soon to be organized among the Amuesha Indians in eastern Peru. Brother Ignacio, who has been an active lay missionary for many years, going fearlessly into jungle areas infested by malaria and other tropical diseases, recently returned from one of his missionary journeys with great joy in his heart because "the jungle people at Chispa listened like they were eating honey." More than a hundred Campa Indians have been baptized at Nevati, where the mission headquarters are located, and 87 at San Pablo. Recently 22 Amuesha Indians were baptized. They constitute the first fruits for the kingdom from among this jungle tribe. After three years of service among the Campa Indians, Brother Elick has gained a speaking knowledge of the language and has recently reduced to writing the first translation of the Ten Commandments in the Campa language. N. W. DUNN
Betikama Missionary School, Guadalcanal Last year at Betikama Missionary School we made plans to accept a hundred students in 1954. Now the new school year is in full swing and there are more than 130 students on the roll. To accommodate the extras we had to convert a storehouse into a dormitory, which houses 24 boys in double-decker beds. We also knocked the inside walls out of one of our staff houses to make it into a girls' home. It is not easy to get girls to come to school in these parts, as parents think their source of garden labor would vanish if their girls went away, and in some parts the fathers want them until they are of marriageable age when they can marry them to the highest bidder. However, we are happy to report that there are ten girls attending school this year. All our students live on the station. For two years we have not spent one penny on food for students, all of it being grown in the gardens the young people plant. The chief foods are sweet potato and tapioca. These are supplemented with a soup made of young pumpkin leaves and coconut. Every Sabbath morning my wife and family enjoy a native dish straight from a stone oven. It is made of sweet potato, island nuts, and native cabbage (the leaf of a plant of the hibiscus family). This is prepared on Friday afternoon and put in a stone oven. All night it cooks and is taken out on Sabbath morning piping hot. It's delicious! Just a fortnight ago a government education officer visited our school, and said it was the best school he had seen in the Solomon Islands. However, there is much that we want to see improved. For instance, we are at present meeting for worship and Sabbath services in one wing of the classrooms, which is not at all suitable for the purpose. A new chapel is in process of construction, and we shall be very pleased when it is completed. This will add greatly to our facilities. Appointed to our native teaching staff this year are two lads who were students at Betikama three years ago. We sent them to our union training school, and now they have finished their course there and have come back to strengthen the work of their former school. And so the work goes on--progressing under the blessing of God. Let us look forward to the time when it shall reach completion. R. W. RICHTER, Principal
