ADVENTISTS LEAD Temperance Demonstration in Philippines By GAUDENE M SOMOSO

MARCH

ADVENT REVIEW AND SABBATH HERALD + GENERAL CHURCH PAPER OF THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS

Pathfinders lead a parade of 20,000 people through the streets of Davao City. The parade was a demon- stration against drugs.

A PUBLIC demonstration led by Seventh-day Adventists through the streets of Davao City, Philippines, during a period of martial law in that country not only was not stopped by the police, they participated in it.

The demonstration, the big-gest temperance rally and parade sponsored by Advent-ists in the Far Eastern Division, was joined by Boy Scouts, members of the Kiwanis Club, some 20,000 students and teachers, and military bands, as well as members of the police force. Four hundred placards, streamers, and floats adver-tised the temperance cause. A police motorcade escort and the University of Mindanao band led the long parade to a large park, through the busiest street of the city of 800,000. There the mayor, doctors, and others talked of the evils of tobacco, alcohol, and drugs.

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Gaudene M. Somoso is associate temperance secretary of the South Philippine Union Mission.

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The Davao City chapter of the International Temperance Society (above) and the local Kiwanis Club

(right) exhibit two of the hundreds of signs displayed in the parade. The parade,

a protest against the use of tobacco, alcohol, and drugs, attracted a great deal of public attention.

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Gambling and the Christian—1

Risks Are Not Gambling Ten years ago the State of New Hampshire set up a

lottery to provide $4 million annually for public school aid.

There was much opposition. Protestant churches and leading newspapers alike denounced the action. Method-ist Bishop John Wesley Lord, of Washington, D.C., in an open letter to New Hampshire Governor John W. King, said he considered April 30, 1963—the day the governor signed the legislation—"black Tuesday" for America and the proposed sweepstakes "further evidence of the cul-tural sag of our nation."

The Washington Post editorialized that New Hamp-shire's "resort to lottery to raise funds for education is an insult to the intelligence of 20th-century Americans. In the hope of raising $4,000,000 a year for its schools the State will stimulate among its people the demoralizing psychology of winning something for nothing and invite within its midst corruption that almost always accom-panies organized gambling."

But in spite of the protests, New Hampshire set up its lottery, and other States, searching for new sources of revenue, followed suit. New York, New Jersey, Con-necticut, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Maryland are either already operating State lotteries or have passed enabling legislation to do so.

The current craze for lotteries is, of course, not con-fined to the aforementioned States nor to the United States; it prevails in nations scattered throughout the world. It is estimated by one authority that government-operated lotteries exist in 84 of the world's nations—more than one third of the countries listed officially by the United Nations!

Gambling is not only popular, it is big business. In the United States it is thought that about 86 million people engage in some form of gambling, and that 6 million of these are compulsive gamblers. Between $50 billion and $75 billion annually exchanges hands in legal and illegal forms of gambling in the United States. There is, of course, no way of knowing the exact figure, but Robert Kennedy, when he was U.S. Attorney General, declared: "What we do know is that the American people are spend-ing more on gambling than on medical care or education." No doubt the total is not much below that spent annually for national defense.

A Time for Evaluation

Perhaps this tenth anniversary of the New Hampshire lottery is an appropriate time to look closely at gambling from a Christian perspective. Now that State-sponsored lotteries are legal, can the Christian in good conscience participate in them? What lessons does history teach con-cerning the effect of gambling on individuals and nations?

But first, what is gambling? Defined precisely, as by a court of law, the process of gambling calls for three ele-ments: (1) a consideration (usually money) to participate, (2) a game of chance, and (3) a prize to the winner. To activate these elements two other factors are needed: (1) a desire for gain on the part of the promoter or opera-tor of the lottery or game, and (2) a matching desire for gain on the part of the player or participant.

A simple definition of gambling is: Participation in any game of chance in which a prize is offered to the winner

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Editor's Viewpoint

at the loser's loss. Another definition is: An artificial risk for hope of excessive gain far beyond what the invest-ment of time, money, or skill would justify.

The basic philosophy behind gambling is that it is possi-ble to obtain something for virtually nothing. Clearly, then, gambling is something quite different from the normal risks or hazards of ordinary life. Normal risks are necessary to life. They are a part of responsible liv-ing. To meet them intelligently is evidence of maturity.

To illustrate. A farmer risks something when he plants his fields. Unfavorable weather may destroy his entire crop. Or a plague of locusts (or other scavenging insects) may strip his fields just before harvest. But he moves ahead, investing his money, time, energy, intellect, and other resources. He takes a risk, but by no exaggerated interpretation of the word may this risk be called gam-bling.

Driving a car or taking a trip on an airplane involve risks. But the dangers may be greatly reduced by obedi-ence to law, the skill of driver or pilot, and careful me-chanical maintenance.

Serious surgery, even by a competent surgeon, involves risk. But, as in all legitimate risks, the goal to be achieved is not out of proportion to the risks involved, and the risk is reduced by intelligence and skill. The outcome does not depend on blind chance, as in gambling.

Thus, accepting legitimate risks is part of responsible living. It is an evidence of maturity.

Besides routine risks there are others in a slightly different category but still outside the realm of gambling. For example, in recent years men have faced the chal-lenge of exploring the moon. Every aspect of the venture has involved danger—blast-off, separation of landing ve-hicle from the command module, landing on the moon, take-off, docking, getting out of moon orbit, re-entering earth's atmosphere, splashdown, et cetera. But as in other activities the risks are reduced by intelligence, skill, cooperative effort, and technology. And the venture, though hazardous, has incited admiration because of the courage shown in pitting man against the dangers of space, speed, technical failure, and other factors. And the challenge has worth-while purpose—to enlarge the horizons of knowledge.

A similar risk is involved in the effort of a fireman to rescue a trapped child in a burning building; or in the effort of a passing motorist to pull an unconscious driver from a flaming wreck. In both cases the rescuer risks per-sonal injury or death. But in spite of the high risk the effort is noble and heroic. It is undertaken not for selfish purposes or personal gain but to help others.

In an attempt to justify gambling in its various forms—lotteries, bets on horse racing, numbers games, et cetera —people sometimes comment that "All of life is a gam-ble." By generalizing and refusing to exercise one of the highest powers of the mind—the power of discrimination —they blur the difference between taking legitimate risks and gambling. But there is a distinction between the two. One is constructive; the other is destructive. One is morally responsible; the other is morally irresponsible. One is rational; the other is irrational.

Next week we shall note some of the evils of gambling. K. H. W.

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This Week With the spring season rapidly ap-

proaching and school drawing to a close, we know that thousands of Adventist students will be spending the summer preparing to move into a school resi-dence hall for the first time this fall. It is an awesome responsibility for the resi-dence hall deans to accept the task of helping to mold young people when they leave their parents' homes.

Ellen White wrote of the heavy bur-dens carried by dormitory adminis-trators. "Teachers who are placed in charge of these homes bear grave re-

sponsibilities; for they are to act as fa-thers and mothers, showing an interest in the students, one and all, such as parents show in their children. The varying elements in the characters of the youth with whom they are called to deal bring upon them care and many heavy burdens."—Testimonies, vol. 6, p. 168.

She also referred to the students who enter dormitories. "In attending our col-leges many of the youth are separated from the softening, subduing influences of the home circle. At the very time of life when they need vigilant supervision they are withdrawn from the restraints of parental influence and authority, and are thrown into the society of a large number of their own age, of varied characters and habits of life. Some of these have in childhood received too lit-tle discipline and are superficial and frivolous; others have been governed too much and have felt, when away from the hands that held the reins of control per-haps too tightly, that they were free to do as they pleased. They despise the very thought of restraint. By these associa-tions the dangers of the young are greatly increased. "—Ibid.

This week we publish the first of com-panion articles dealing with preparing children and young people to live in a school home (page 14). Our author for the first article is W. B. Clark, known to the men who lived in his residence hall as Dean Clark. He served for many years on the campus of Pacific Union College, later going to Loma Linda University as dean of students. He is now retired, but still associate pastor of the university church.

Photo Credits: page 8, H. D. Wheeler; cover and pp. 18-20, 22, 23, 25, courtesy of the respective authors.

Letters Disappointed, Not Discouraged

More than 50 years of my life have been spent in preaching the precious truths of the Advent message. During the early days of my ministry I had no expectation of ever growing old. Now that my eighty-fourth birthday is approaching, I confess to disappointment, but not to discourage-ment. We know that our appointed task of proclaiming the everlasting gospel throughout the whole world could have been, and should have been, finished many years ago. We, not our Lord, are responsible for the lengthening of this tarrying period. It was through lack of faith and a departure from the counsel of God that Israel delayed entrance into the Promised Land by 40 years. Are we not repeating their failures?

Many of our churches are not in a con-dition to receive and retain new members in their fellowship. Worldliness and the wearing of Babylonish attire is prevalent among us. The high standards of decency and modesty, indicating purity of mind and heart, are being sadly neglected. This is one of the reasons why a revival of true godliness among us is the greatest and

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Scan News Briefs From the Religious World

BOOKS ON DEVIL, WITCHCRAFT "MOST STOLEN" ITEMS

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Georgetown Univer-sity's main library loses more than $10,000 a year because of books and periodicals that are stolen, damaged, or misplaced through forget-fulness. More books on the devil and witch-craft have disappeared than those on any other subject.

CARDINAL CALLS FOR HINDU CHRISTIANS

PARUR, INmA—Cardinal Joseph Parecattil of Ernakulam has asked Indian Christians to become "Hindu Christians." The first Chris-tians of India, said the cardinal, were Hindus as well as Christians, just as the first Chris-tians of the West were both Jews and Chris-tians at the same time. But this "excellent pat-rimony" was lost, he said, with the advent of Western colonizers and missionaries who did not appreciate the finer parts of Hinduism and who were only too ready to brand it as a "pa-gan religion."

JEWISH YOUTH CAUTIONED AGAINST INTERMARRIAGE

NEW YORK—An advertisement cautioning Jews against giving up their heritage by en-gaging in intermarriage was placed recently in a New York paper by the National Committee for Furtherance of Jewish Education.

Under the heading, "Jews! Don't mix-and-match!" the ad declared: "Intermarriage is suicide—national and personal! There is no surer way to destroy the Jewish people than to marry out of the faith."

Addressing itself to Jews contemplating in-termarriage, it asked, "Do you realize what You are throwing away? A way of life that has given to the world some of its highest ideals of ethics and morality. A love for learning and education that has produced some of the world's greatest minds. A rock-bound faith that has enabled an oppressed and persecuted people to endure and preserve its identity far longer than almost any other nation."

BIBLE BREAKTHROUGH SEEN IN RUMANIA

LONDON—Some 250,000 Scripture portions were produced for the Rumanian Orthodox Church during 1968-1972, more than three times the number going to that Communist country in 1945-1968, it was reported here by United Bible Societies. This phenomenal growth is considered a "breakthrough" for Scripture production in the country whose president, Nicolea Ceausescu, has frequently stressed a need to "increase and intensify atheistic propaganda."

United Bible Societies, which links more than 50 national Bible societies throughout the world, reported that "with the exception of the 100,000 Bibles, which were produced at a state printing house, all the Scriptures have been produced at the 300-year-old printing plant of the Patriarchate." Gifts from churches in other countries have enabled the printing plant to acquire new machines, and it "now has the capacity to print full Bibles," the statement said,

The statement also reported that no Scrip-tures have been produced in Rumania for Protestant churches. "Import licenses were granted for 10,000 Bibles to be sent to the Reformed Church and 620 to the Unitarian Church during 1970 and 1971," it said, adding, "Discussions with a view to supplying other Protestant churches with Scriptures are under way,"

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to create a better society. He was in-terested in man's physical as well as spiritual health. He spent much of His time with the poor, healing the sick and comforting the sorrowing. The apostles, too, were concerned about the welfare of their fellow men. James said, "Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world" (James 1:27).

THERE ARE MANY demands upon the church today. There are de-mands that the church should con-cern itself more with social welfare; demands to get involved in politics; demands to take more interest in the inner-city program; demands for more involvement in the ecology pro-gram; demands to raise money for many good causes.

With these urgent and worthwhile programs claiming attention there is danger that the church will be sidetracked from its main mission. The commission of Christ to the church is clear: "Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: teaching them to observe all things whatso-ever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world" (Matt. 28: 19, 20).

Evidence is plentiful that many leaders of religion are giving more and more attention to the demands of society and less and less attention to the preaching of the gospel. From hundreds of pulpits we hear about R. R. Bietz is a vice-president of the General Conference.

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the problems of the community and little about the spiritual problems of the individual. In many instances the gospel of politics has been sub-stituted for the gospel of Christ. Pulpits are used to urge voters to approve certain candidates for of-fice and reject others. Some labor unions get favorable consideration from certain pulpiteers and de-nouncement from others. Ordained ministers of the gospel wave plac-ards and lead protest marches. Pas-tors offer advice to draftees on how to escape military service and then cheer them on as they burn their draft cards.

One minister declared, "I see the ministry in terms of social action, not in terms of preaching or the rest of the nonsense we went through years ago. In our day we are more concerned about man than God. God can take care of Himself." The ques-tion is not whether God can take care of Himself. He can. However, man without God is in a lost condition. It is man who needs help. Because God is a God of love, He can bring a more abundant life now, and in the world to come everlasting life.

While here on earth Christ helped

Ghetto Dwellers Demand Help

Ellen White states that there are great cities where multitudes re-ceive less care than dumb animals. "Think of the families herded to-gether in miserable tenements. . . . In these wretched places children are born and grow up and die. They see nothing of the beauty of natural things. Ragged and half-starved, they live amid vice and depravity, molded in character by the wretch-edness and sin that surround them. . . . Not all the poor in the city slums are of this class. God-fearing men and women have been brought to the depths of poverty by illness or misfortune, often through the dis-honest scheming of those who live by preying upon their fellows. . . This class especially demand help, sym-pathy, and encouragement."—The Ministry of Healing, pp. 189, 190.

Speaking about the poor, she asked the question: "How can they be awakened to the necessity of im-provement? How can they be di-rected to a higher ideal of life? How can they be helped to rise? What can be done where poverty prevails and is to be contended with at every step? Certainly the work is difficult. The necessary reformation will never be made unless men and women are assisted by a power outside of them-selves. It is God's purpose that the rich and the poor shall be closely bound together by the ties of sym-pathy and helpfulness. Those who have means, talents, and capabilities are to use these gifts in blessing their fellow men."—Ibid., p. 193. (Italics supplied.)

It is important that the sick be healed, the poor be fed, and the naked clothed. However, the church and its institutions must not forget that the chief responsibility of the church is to bring the good news of salvation to both poor and rich. "The church is God's appointed agency for the salvation of men. It was or-ganized for service, and its mission is to carry the gospel to the world."—The Acts of the Apostles, p. 9.

The ultimate solution to the prob-lems of society will come with the eradication of sin. It is well to help

solve the present-day problems of welfare and ecology, but the Chris-tian's primary concern must be to bring man to Christ so that through Him man will experience the ulti-mate solution to all of life's problems created by sin.

Man's basic need is salvation. Above all he must be offered the bread of life. Society may not be in-terested in saving man spiritually, but the church is. Once a person knows he is the son of God and joint heir with Christ he will have a new sense of dignity. He will take a re-newed interest in himself, his com-munity, and his society. He will find identity. His prime interest will al-ways be the spiritual welfare of his neighbor, but he will not neglect his material needs, either.

There is danger that the church will "lose its identity as a Christ-centered spiritual fellowship and become instead a man-centered re-ligio - politico - economic institution. Despite the trappings of religiosity, it will relinquish all its spiritual power. In the guise of advancing the Kingdom of God, it will hasten a one-world kingdom of man. Bearing a message of universal salvation, it will delude men into neglecting their need for a personal commitment to Jesus Christ. In its concern for the immediate improvement of man's economic status, it will lose sight of its eternal message."—Christianity Today, May 26, 1967, p. 24.

"If the Church concurs with the findings of experts that poverty can be eradicated by education, better housing, jobs, and a guaranteed mini-mum income, it has surely turned its back on the solution God offers to all men, and in so doing is com-pounding rather than solving the problem."—Ibid., March 27, 1970, p. 27.

If the church should become in-volved in the social, political, and economic problems of society to the extent that it neglects man's re-demption, it is denying Christ and His gospel. One Protestant clergy-man made the following startling statement: "There cannot be individ-ual salvation.... Salvation has more to do with the whole society than with the individual soul. ... We must not be satisfied to win people one by one. .. Contemporary evangelism is moving away from winning souls one by one, to the evangelization of the structures of the society.... God has already won a mighty redemp-tion . . . for the entire world. The task of the Church is to tell all men . . . that they already belong to Christ" and that "men are no longer lost."—Ibid., March 13, 1964.

According to this Protestant

leader it is no longer necessary for the shepherd to look for that one lost sheep. Having this philosophy one would no longer sing, "There were ninety and nine that safely lay In the shelter of the fold, But one was out on the hills away, Far, far from the gates of gold." Can the structure of society be saved without saving individuals one by one? The answer is obvious. Our society is not saved on a wholesale basis any more than was the Roman society.

The Church's Other-worldly Message

The church has a message that is other-worldly. For this it need not apologize. Christ set the example when He said: "My kingdom is not of this world" (John 18:36). And again, "I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also." The church must have as its objective more than the solution to temporal problems such as human rights, government taxa-tion of church properties, updating obsolete welfare programs, ecology, and population control. If it concen-trates only on the physical problems of man it may well be an invaluable ally for Communism or any other ism whose goals have no relation to eter-nal life.

The church's mission is to preach Christ. Once a person experiences the love of Christ and is born again he will take a keen interest in the problems of the community. He will not only sing about the streets of gold "over there" but will do his share to keep the streets in good re-pair here. At the same time, his great interest will be to point the sick, the lonely, those in the ghettos as well as those in the mansions to Christ in whom is life everlasting.

The only safe course for the church is to follow the example of Christ. He kept His objectives clearly in mind. He did not believe that the problems of society could be solved only through welfare leg-islation. He did say that the rich would have a hard time to enter the kingdom, but he never headed a pa-rade bearing banners "Down with the rich," or "Raise the wages of the poor." Christ did not shout at the head of a marching line "Down with the Roman establishment." He did not carry banners voicing His op-position to law. He did not use abu-sive language when He spoke about the officers of the law. Rather He said, "Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's."

Tom Skinner, youth leader speak-ing at the Jerusalem Prophecy Con-

ference, made this observation: "Stop going around defending free governments in the name of Jesus. Stop going around defending politi-cal parties in the name of Jesus. Stop going around defending free enterprise, communism, socialism, fascism, or any other ism, in the name of Jesus. He didn't found any of those things. Those are man-made systems that will ultimately crumble when He shall appear."—Prophecy in the Making, pp. 270, 271.

"The government under which Jesus lived was corrupt and oppres-sive; on every hand were crying abuses—extortion, intolerance, and grinding cruelty. Yet the Saviour attempted no civil reforms. He attacked no national abuses, nor con-demned the national enemies. He did not interfere with the authority or administration of those in power. He who was our example kept aloof from earthly governments. Not be-cause He was indifferent to the woes of men, but because the remedy did not lie in merely human and external measures. To be efficient, the cure must reach men individually, and must regenerate the heart."—The Desire of Ages, p. 509. (Italics sup-plied.)

We have been counseled not to take part in political strife. We are not to bring ideas into the church that will lead to contention and dis-order. The good news consists not in announcing an increase in wages, welcome as that might be. "And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me" (John 12:32). This is the message of cheer and good hope for a lonely world.

The church exists to help solve immediate problems. It also knows that the problems of today can be solved best by considering them in the light of tomorrow. Life here on earth at best is short.

The goal of the church reaches far beyond the present ephemeral world. She has a program for eternal living. "We are sent not to preach sociology but salvation; not econom-ics but evangelism; not reform but redemption; not culture but conver-sion; not progress but pardon; not the new social order but the new birth; not revolution but regenera-tion; not renovation but revival; not resuscitation but resurrection; not a new organization but a new creation; not democracy but the gospel; not civilization but Christ."—Huox THOMSON KERR, quoted in Signs of the Times, December, 1965, p. 30.

The church needs to keep its goals and objectives clearly defined, namely to preach the everlasting gospel and to prepare a people for eternity. ❑

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Ecstatic Experiences in Early SDA History-2

'Bible Study Versus OF THE FOUR recorded experi-

ences of speaking in tongues in the early Seventh-day Adventist history referred to in last week's article, the second touched on the development of doctrine. The whole account of the way in which the Lord led His peo-ple in a doctrinal matter is worthy of detailed study. As we proceed, we must remember that the Lord leads His truth-loving people only as fast as they can follow without un-dermining their confidence in what seems to be important in their ex-perience. He will never lead His people in a way that would mini-mize the importance of Bible study.

Among the early Adventists Jo-seph Bates was the apostle of the Sabbath truth. In August, 1846, he published a 48-page pamphlet on the binding claims of the seventh-day Sabbath.

Through the careful study of the irrefutable scriptural evidence pre-sented in this pamphlet, James and Ellen White accepted the seventh-day Sabbath, joining a group of about 50 Sabbathkeeping Advent-ists. They began Sabbath observance on Friday evening. Not until six or seven months after they began to keep the Sabbath was a vision given to Ellen White confirming the Sab-bath truth and bringing forcibly to her attention its very great impor-tance. (See Early Writings, pp. 32-35.)

However, though the scriptural evidence clearly indicates that the Sabbath begins on Friday evening, the time of evening was not clear to our pioneers. Joseph Bates, the old sea captain, knowing the problems of timekeeping in different parts of the world, concluded that in the matter of the observance of the Sab-bath "equatorial time" should be followed. He therefore advocated that the Sabbath should begin at six o'clock on Friday afternoon and close at six o'clock on Saturday af-

Arthur L. White is secretary of the Ellen G. White Estate.

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ternoon. (This was in marked con-trast to the normal way of figuring the beginning and ending of the day at midnight.) While there were some differences of opinion among the believers as to just when the Sab-bath should begin, the six o'clock time prevailed.

In 1848 a few of the Sabbathkeep-ing Adventists in Maine, from their reading of Matthew 28:1, "in the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week," took the position that the Sabbath began and ended at sunrise. Ellen White was given a vision in which she heard the angel repeating Leviti-cus 23:32, "From even unto even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath." This settled the point as far as the fallacy of the sunrise time was con-cerned.

About this time at a meeting in Connecticut, while the Adventists were discussing the problem of when to begin the Sabbath, a tongues experience occurred. James White wrote:

"There has been some division as to the time of beginning the Sab-bath. Some commenced at sundown. Most, however, at 6 P.M. A week ago Sabbath we made this a subject of prayer. The Holy Ghost came down, Brother Chamberlain was filled with the power. In this state he cried out in an unknown tongue. The interpre-tation followed which was this: `Give me the chalk, Give me the chalk.'

"Well, thought I, if there is none in the house then I shall doubt this, but in a moment a brother took down a good piece of chalk. Brother Cham-berlain took it and in the power he drew a figure on the floor.

"This represents Jesus' words, `Are there not twelve hours in the

day?' This figure represents the day or the last half of the day. Daylight is half gone when the sun is south or halfway from each horizon, at 12 o'clock. Now go each way six hours and you will get the twelve-hour day. At any time of year the day ends at 6 P.M. Here is where the Sabbath begins at 6 P.M. Satan would get us from this time. But let us stand fast in the Sabbath as God has given it to us and Brother Bates."—James White Letter to "My Dear Brother," July 2, 1848, written from Berlin, Connecticut.

This experience carried weight with the believers. They continued to observe the beginning of the Sabbath at six o'clock. It was in this general setting that God provided some far-reaching guidance to His people.

Vision Concerning Dependence Upon Ecstatic Experiences

In December, 1850, while at Paris, Maine, attending a conference where all present sensed the deep need of the outpouring of the Spirit of God, Ellen White was given a vision:

"We were united in praying last evening for the Spirit of the Lord to fall upon us. God heard our earnest cries. I was taken off in vision. I saw how great and holy God was. Said the angel, 'Walk carefully before Him, for He is high and lifted up and the train of His glory fills the tem-ple.' I saw that everything in heaven was in perfect order. . . . [The mat-ter deleted is unrelated to the pres-ent topic.]

"Said the angel, 'Behold ye, and know how perfect, how beautiful the order in heaven; follow it.'. . .

"I saw that the exercises were in great danger of being adulterated, and their former opinion and knowl-edge governing in a measure their exercise, therefore implicit confi-dence could not be placed in these exercises. But if anyone was lost to everything around him, and he

Ecstatic Experiences By ARTHUR L WHITE

should be in the state that Paul was in, whether in the body or out of the body, he could not tell, and God com-municate to him through His angels, there would be then no danger of a mistake.

"I saw that we should strive at all times to be free from unhealthy and unnecessary excitement. I saw that there was great danger of leaving the word of God and resting down and trusting in exercises. I saw that God had moved by His Spirit upon your company in some of their ex-ercises and their promptings; but I saw danger ahead. . . .

"I saw that the burden of the mes-sage now was the truth. The Word of God should be strictly followed and held up to the people of God. And it would be beautiful and lovely if God's people should be brought into a strait [place], to see the workings of God through exercises of visions." —Manuscript 11, 1850.

The paragraph that follows reit-erated the baleful effect of depend-ing upon ecstatic experiences or exercises, especially when search-ing out sound doctrine:

"I saw in our conference meeting, some laid out the work that God was to give exercises, and rebels were to be purged out in the meeting. Then the honest, conscientious ones be-gan to tremble. 'I am afraid [that] I shall be purged out,' and they take their minds from Jesus, and fix them upon themselves and others, and the meeting leaves them lower than it found them. I saw that we must try to lift our minds above self and have them dwell upon God, the high and lofty One."—Thid.

The significance of this vision given on December 24, 1850, cannot be overrated. It is a key document. The believers were praying for an outpouring of the Holy Spirit, pos-sibly hoping for some physically observed demonstration. The rec-ords of the time show an accelera-tion in ecstatic experiences.

Coming to the point, she was

shown that in the ecstatic experi-ences (or exercises) there was grave danger of adulteration, the former opinion of the individual involved "governing in a measure their ex-ercise." This being the case, implicit confidence could not be placed in such experiences.

But there was one means of com-munication upon which dependence could be firmly grounded, and that was the visions that God gave to the prophets—here "there would be . . . no danger or mistake."

She was shown the possible nega-tive effects of "unnecessary" excite-ment and that there was a grave danger of disregarding the Word of God and "trusting in exercises." She was shown that there were genuine experiences in which there were charismatic exercises, but that there was danger ahead.

In this vision the Word of God was magnified. When God's people found themselves in a difficult place He would give guidance and instruction through the visions.

Further Bible Study Urged

Probably the restlessness on the part of some members concerning the time to begin the Sabbath, and the repeated instruction through the prophetic gift directing them to the Bible, led James White* in 1855, to urge J. N. Andrews, a young minis-ter residing in Paris, Maine, to undertake a careful investigation of the Scriptures to gain evidence from God's Word as to when the Sabbath should begin. In the summer, after several weeks in a careful investi-gation of the Scriptures, he demon-strated from nine texts in the Old Testament and two texts in the New that the Sabbath began at sundown.

Andrews read his conclusions at the conference in Battle Creek, No-vember, 1855, and, from the scrip-

*James White in the REVIEW of December 4, 1855, declared that "We have never been fully satisfied with the testimony presented in favor of six o'clock.... The subject has troubled us, yet we have never found time to thoroughly investigate it."

tural evidence set forth, those present accepted the responsibility of shifting from six o'clock to sun-down as the time to begin the Sab-bath. But the decision was not en-tirely unanimous. Joseph Bates, the older member of the pioneer group and the apostle of the Sabbath truth, held out. He was unwilling to sur-render his well-established views. And Ellen White reasoned that, since they had kept the Sabbath this way for ten years, why should they change now? A rift developed.

However, at the close of the con-ference Ellen White was given a vi-sion in which she was shown that the Sabbath began at sundown. Her conversation with the angel in this vision is enlightening:

"I saw that it is even so: 'From even unto even, shall ye celebrate your Sabbath.' Said the angel: 'Take the word of God, read it, under-stand, and ye cannot err. Read care-fully, and ye shall there find what even is, and when it is.' I asked the angel if the frown of God had been upon His people for commencing the Sabbath as they had. I was directed back to the first rise of the Sabbath, and followed the people of God up to this time, but did not see that the Lord was displeased, or frowned upon them. I inquired why it had been thus, that at this late day we must change the time of commencing the Sabbath. Said the angel: 'Ye shall understand, but not yet, not yet.' Said the angel: 'If light comes, and that light is set aside or re-jected, then comes condemnation and the frown of God; but before the light comes, there is no sin, for there is no light for them to reject.' I saw that it was in the minds of some that the Lord had shown that the Sabbath commenced at six o'clock, when I had only seen that it com-menced at 'even,' and it was inferred that even was at six. I saw that the servants of God must draw together, press together."—Testimonies, vol. 1, p. 116.

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Two points are paramount. First, the believers were to go to the Word of God for their guidance in doc-trinal matters. Second, they were to press together in unity. In subse-quent years James White used this experience to illustrate the place of the gift of prophecy in the church. The gift was not to run ahead of Bi-ble study, but had its place in guard-ing the church and in confirming truth. The Bible was ever to be held

TIM COULD HARDLY wait to feed the chipmunk that came through the door at Grandfather's house. He knelt on the floor with cantaloupe seeds in his hand.

"Come, Chippie," he said. "Come and have some seeds."

His sister, Terry, was still excited that the chipmunk had eaten out of her hand. "Oh, Grandma," she ex-claimed. "His feet felt so soft and light when he stood up and put his front feet on my hand. And I felt his soft furry tummy as he leaned over to get the nuts."

The chipmunk peeked out of the hollow stump Grandpa had set near the door. Then he came through the door and stopped by Tim's hand. He reached up, took a seed, and stuffed it into his cheeks. He took another and another until his cheeks were full. Then he dashed away to his home in the woodpile.

"Grandpa, how did you make the squirrels and chipmunks so tame?" Tim asked. "You said they are not tame, but wild. How'd you teach them to trust you? Did it take very long?"

"It took quite a while," Grandfather said. "When we first moved into this house we didn't see a chipmunk. Then we saw one running along the fence. Every day for several weeks we put some food out there. Then one day we saw a chipmunk near the house, so we put food there. Finally one came up to the porch and we put food there.

"One day we saw two chipmunks come to the porch. Then we saw three. We put food on the porch every day for many days."

"We watched them come and eat, but we didn't go near," Grandmother added. "Then one day I sat here by the door, very quietly. They ran away as soon as they saw me, but every day I sat here. Finally they stayed and got the food while I was here. After a while I left the door open just a crack. Of course, when they saw that, they ran away. But I did that every day for a week or so. I opened the door far-ther each day, and I put food just in-side the door. It took them many days

paramount, its authority never sub-ordinated to feelings or ecstatic exercises.

There is no record of Ellen White's giving explicit support to, or placing her endorsement upon, these ec-static experiences with unknown tongues, although she was an eye-witness to three of the four. She probably was silent as she watched with interest the developments in the instance of Brother Rhodes.

to get bold enough to come through the door and grab the food.

"When they got to eating the food inside the door," Grandmother went on, "I held my hand down there with food. Of course, this frightened them, but finally they took it from my hand.

"Now I can sit on the chair on the porch, and they will come and eat out of my hand while I'm sitting there. I'm working now to get them to run up onto my lap to get the nuts and seeds."

"That's fun," Tim said. "I guess it just takes patience and moving a little closer each day, doesn't it?"

Tim and Terry had finished their breakfast, but Tim sat at the table thinking.

"You know, Grandpa, I have an idea."

"What is it, Tim?" "Well, there's a new boy at our

school. He seems to be afraid of every-body. When we ask him to play, he doesn't want to. Even in the school-room he doesn't talk much to people and he doesn't look happy.

"We've tried to be friendly, but it doesn't seem to do a bit of good. He still doesn't act like he wants to be friends. I think I'll treat him like you do the chipmunks and squirrels. I'll just try each day to be friends. Maybe someday he'll begin to be friendly. We all want him to be."

"That's a very good idea," Grandpa said. "A very good idea. You just be kind to him and keep on asking him to play. Don't give up, and someday you'll maybe have a real friend. Let me know how your idea works out."

Even the speaking in tongues by Brother Ralph failed to convince her. She was later shown that a person's thinking and his feelings have a large influence on such experiences.

In tracing the events that led to the Bible-based position on the time to begin the Sabbath, we jumped five years beyond the 1850 vision that warned of dangers to come when ecstatic manifestations were relied on inordinately. Other visions followed that forcibly revealed that a spirit other than that of the Holy Ghost could in a large measure affect the feelings. In an 1851 vision she depicted the experience of certain persons who, unknown to them, were under the influence of "an unholy spirit," and she declares that "the spirit moved strongly on the feel-ings, and these feelings, many of them, are yet cherished as sacred, as [indited by] the Holy Ghost."—Letter 2, 1851.

In addition to dependence upon feelings and in experiences such as unknown tongues, there was danger of false guidance also in prostra-tions.

Satan Works in Many Ways

"I saw that Satan was working through agents in a number of ways. He was at work through ministers who have rejected the truth and are given over to strong delusions to believe a lie that they might be damned. While they were preaching or praying, some would fall pros-trate and helpless, not by the power of the Holy Ghost, but by the power of Satan breathed upon these agents, and through them to the people."—Early Writings, pp. 43, 44 (1849). In later years Ellen White warned about counterfeit ecstatic experi-ences:

"Whenever and wherever the Lord works in giving a genuine blessing, a counterfeit is also revealed, in or-der to make of none effect the true work of God. Therefore we need to be exceedingly careful, and walk humbly before God, that we may have spiritual eyesalve that we may distinguish the working of the Holy Spirit of God from the working of that spirit that would bring in wild license and fanaticism. 'By their fruits ye shall know them' (Matt. 7:20). Those who are really beholding Christ will be changed into His image, even by the Spirit of the Lord, and will grow up to the full stature of men and women in Christ Jesus. The Holy Spirit of God will inspire men with love and purity; and re-finement will be manifest in their characters."—Selected Messages, book 1, p. 142. ❑

To be continued

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Adventure in Bible Study-5

Comparing By......... Scripture

With Scripture

IN THIS SERIES we are attempt-ing to demonstrate the excitement that comes from learning to under-stand the Bible messages through methods that lead to personal dis-covery. That this is in harmony with God's intention is evidenced in the following:

"Take no man's explanation of Scripture, whatever his position, but go to the Bible and search for the truth yourselves."—Testimonies to Ministers, p. 155.

"It is not enough to know what others have thought or learned about the Bible. Everyone must in the judgment give account of him-self to God, and each should now learn for himself what is truth."—Education, p. 188.

Although the Holy Spirit is given to direct and guide our understand-ing, we can still do our part in care-ful study and by a methodical ap-proach to searching out the deep truths that await our discovery. Many approach Bible study in a hit-and-miss fashion. But how much more rewarding it is to follow a systematic approach. The methods I am suggesting are not necessarily new, but they are an attempt to systematize an approach that will lead the student to "find new glories in the word of God" (Testimonies, vol. 5, p. 266).

Comparison and contrast are often used to express our concepts so that they can be more clearly understood.

Leo Van Dolson is an associate profes-sor of the School of Health, Loma Linda University.

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In giving a description, it is only natural to compare an item with something similar or even contrast it with something opposite. One way to increase both our understanding of Bible truth and our powers of ob-servation is to watch for such com-parisons in the Scriptures. Compar-ing scripture with scripture is one of the most familiar Bible study techniques. The value of such a method is outlined in Fundamentals of Christian Education as follows:

"The Bible is its own expositor. One passage will prove to be a key that will unlock other passages, and

in this way light will be shed upon the hidden meaning of the word. By comparing different texts treating on the same subject, viewing their bear-ing on every side, the true meaning of the Scriptures will be made evi-dent."—Page 187.

One way systematically to use this technique is through the develop-ment of simple comparison charts. The simplest comparison chart can be made by dividing a page down the middle and listing on each side the parallels or differences being compared or contrasted. There are, of course, many variations of this type of chart that can be used. We'd like you to try the following, which compares Christ's interview with Nicodemus, recorded in John 3, with that of His conversation with the woman at the well, recorded in John 4. When you complete this chart you should understand better why these chapters are in juxtaposition in the Gospel of John. 0

Continued next week

One passage will prove to be a key that will unlock other passages.

Item Nicodemus Woman at Well

A. Type of person contacted

1. Age (approx.)

2. Sex

3. Race

4. Position

5. Character

B. Approach

1. Initial

2. Method of sustaining interest

3. Creating desire

4. Decision

C. Result

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By SUSAN STOVOLD

THE SUPERMARKET parking lot was jammed as I nosed my beat-up Volkswagen into the driveway. "Of all the cities in California," I said to my five-month-old daughter who lay on the floor in her infant seat, "in which would you expect to be able to get fresh tortillas?" She waved her arms and grinned. Doubtless she was indicating she didn't know, but wished I would pursue this fascinat-ing subject.

"In San Diego, right?" I continued. An exuberant kicking of her feet in-dicated I was, of course, right. "So, of all the thousands of tortillas be-ing made all over San Diego County each day, why did we buy 18 moldy ones yesterday and not even notice it until dinnertime today?" Her startled look told me she thought that was rather unobservant of us.

"Oh, well," I sighed, allowing my-self a quick smile as I peered at the toothless grin of my daughter, "about all we can do is trade these in and hope to make it home in time to get dinner before Daddy gets home."

But it didn't look as though I would get any cooperation on that count. The car in front of me had come to a halt as the driver, a woman who appeared to be sixty-ish, waited patiently for a young mother to load her three small children and innum-erable grocery bags into her car and leave. Waiting not so patiently be-hind her, I despaired of making my deadline. "Oh, why oh why won't people park in an empty spot and walk a few extra steps instead of blocking traffic while they wait for a space near the door?" I moaned. Katrina looked at me blankly. Walk-ing was still a bit out of her realm of experience, so she had no opinion to offer.

Eons later, it seemed, the lane was clear and I found a parking space several rows from the door. Kat-rina's avid thumb sucking as she bounced along on my hip reminded me that I needed some Soyalac, so I made a beeline for the baby-food shelf. And there, standing in front of it, blocking the whole section, was the same woman who had delayed my entrance to the parking area. I stood quietly for a moment, hoping she would finish and move on, acutely aware of the seconds passing

by and the enchilada and burrito in-gredients spread all over my kitchen. Finally, unable to contain my sense of urgency and hold my squirming baby, I interrupted her thoughts.

"Pardon me, ma'am, but would you please—"

She quickly turned her head, and before I could finish my request, was moving her cart and exclaiming, "Oh, what a beautiful baby!" She stood regarding us, eyes shining wistfully.

"The Lord really blessed me when He gave her to me," I answered, reaching for a can of Soyalac.

The Results of Concern

"I have a baby too," she said softly, the expression in her eyes changing subtly. "He's 85 years old and eats this [indicating a jar of baby food] through a tube in his stomach." I recognized the expression in her eyes as one of pain.

"Oh," I said, all the air going out of me, "I'm so sorry—is it—"

"It's a malignancy," she answered, sparing me from having to ask.

James 5:16 made itself prominent in my mind: "Pray one for another, that you may be healed."

"Tell me his name," I prompted, my heart nearly bursting with this new-found burden, "and I will pray for him."

"Oh, thank you!" she replied, eyes shining again. "So many people are being so kind with their prayers—Buell, his name is Buell."

We talked for a while; I told her incidents in my life of comfort and strength from the Lord, and she told me how she had drifted away from her church and God, but now, because of the kindness and concern being shown by her Christian ac-quaintances, was thinking of going back. I invited her to my church and was rewarded with a flicker of in-terest and a promise to come one Sabbath. We parted on a positive note, with the Lord's promise of Isaiah 41:10: "Fear thou not; for I am with thee: . . . I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee."

Strange and wonderful, I thought on the way home, how the Lord works. He used a package of moldy tortillas to remind me not to get so involved with trivialities that I forget my most important mission on this earth—to tell others of His love, and to share it with them. And His gentle and timely reminder was a double blessing, in that it brought encour-agement to one burdened with sor-row.

Yes, dinner was late—but the Lord provided for that, too—my husband had to work half an hour overtime, and the timing was perfect! ❑

HIS NAME IS

BUELL

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From the Editors

What Does the Return of Pentecostal Power Mean?-2

Why Gifts Were Given to the Church

Last week we emphasized that "the events of the day of Pentecost shall be repeated with even greater power than on that occasion"—but that those events are not primarily a repetition of dramatic, miraculous charis-matic manifestations, such as the gift of tongues. Un-questionably the drama of uncultured men speaking fluently and accurately in languages previously unknown to them was a spectacle—but the spectacle was not the power that "cut to the heart" and compelled 3,000 persons to seek repentance and to be publicly identified with the crucified Man from Nazareth.

Let us review what made "the events of the day of Pentecost" happen. Only then will we have a clear picture of what we have been told by Ellen White to expect in our day when these events are to be "repeated with even greater power than on that occasion" (Review and Her-ald, July 20, 1886).

Some facts are certain from the Biblical record. During the days between the ascension and Pentecost, the dis-ciples did not crawl into some corner of Jerusalem, talk to themselves, and hope that some of the "honest in heart" would seek them out. Luke reported that they were "continually in the temple blessing God" (Luke 24:53, R.S.V.).

Furthermore, they were learning fast how to work with one another and what their Lord meant by loving as He had loved them. "All these with one accord devoted themselves to prayer" (Acts 1:14, R.S.V.). Concerned about the effectiveness and credibility of their public witness to their Master, and especially to His resurrec-tion, they sought a replacement for Judas. They wanted a man who had "accompanied us during all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us . . . —one of these men must become with us a witness to his resur-rection" (verses 21, 22, R.S.V.).

We also know that the disciples "prayed with intense earnestness for a fitness to meet men and in their daily intercourse to speak words that would lead sinners to Christ. . . . They came close together in Christian fellow-ship. . . . These days of preparation were days of deep heart searching. . . . They were weighted with the burden of the salvation of souls."—The Acts of the Apostles, p. 37.

Sharpness to the Sword of the Spirit

This profound awareness of their relationship with God—new, fresh, ennobling—gave sharpness to the sword of the Spirit; as the Spirit helped them to recall what Jesus had said, they now understood more and more what Jesus had meant. Perhaps for the first time in the history of salvation a group of people, not an iso-lated individual here and there, understood what God has given to man and what God expects from man. Their own lives were becoming exhibit A of that love Jesus de-scribed so often and lived out so fully. In public witness the disciples were "lost in wonder" as they exclaimed, "Herein is love!"

These fresh, compelling words of witness poured from lives that backed up their new experience; this dy-namic coupling of Word and life "cut its way through un-belief. Thousands were converted in a day."—Ibid., p. 38. The accompanying charismatic phenomenon of the

gift of tongues offered strong supporting evidence that their witness "bore the signet of Heaven" at a time when there was precious little hard-core, physical or historical, evidence to substantiate their stupendous claims that Jesus of Nazareth now sat in heaven at the right of God. But the power that convicted the 3,000 was the Spirit from without who worked through transformed men and women and the Spirit from within who brought convic-tion to the heart that what was said in public witness was the truth needed by lonely, restless, rebel sinners.

Some may ask, Why did God send the gift of tongues at Pentecost? The chief reason would have to be that God always adds just what is needed whenever He has people on earth who are ready and able to witness in His name. God does not compel consecration, neither does He give supernatural powers to those who will embarrass His name. But when men and women can be safely used as His representatives, God will, in His own good time and way, send help in the way it is needed most. His gifts of the Spirit are designed to assist the effectiveness of Christian witnessing, to remove the physical obstacles standing between the Christian witness and the "honest in heart."

On the day of Pentecost the simplest way for the multi-tudes to hear the greatest news on earth was to give to each disciple the ability to speak in the language of his hearers—directly, clearly, and without the lag of transla-tion. God did not give suddenly and dramatically a new character or a new spiritual experience to the disciples at Pentecost. He did remove a great hindrance to the preaching of the gospel because the disciples already had the experience and the message. God gives the gifts of the Spirit when those who are ready to rightly represent Him are confronted with hindrances beyond their con-trol as they reach out to preach the gospel. The gifts of the Spirit are not sent to dazzle sinners into repentance or to focus bewildered or enchanted eyes on the saints.

H. E. D.

To be continued

Thoughts on Christian Victory-3

Five Essentials for Victory In the first of two previous editorials on Christian vic-

tory we discussed some reasons why Christians do not gain victories over self and sin as they must and may. We suggested it may be because to some the concept of spir-itual conquest over self and sin is little more than a the-ory; that the Christianity of some may be little more than a legalistic form, which cannot bring victory; that we may not see the depths of our sinfulness, and there-fore do not realize how great is our need; that we are un-willing to surrender to God, which alone brings victory; and that our lack of faith makes victory impossible. Other reasons might be suggested.

In our second editorial on the subject, entitled "Confi-dence in Conflict," we endeavored to show that the Chris-tian has every reason for confidence. With Paul, he can say triumphantly, "I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me" (Phil. 4:13). This is fact, not theory.

In this editorial we wish to consider some aspects of how the Christian may gain victory. We shall be enlarg-ing on points we have touched in our previous discus-sion of the subject, as well as examining other points.

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A Daily Conversion. Conversion, the turning of the soul from sin in surrender to God, must be a daily experience. Paul "had a new conversion every day" (Testimonies, vol. 4, p. 66). "There is a positive necessity for a daily con-version to God, a new, deep, and daily experience in the religious life."—Ibid., p. 559. Conversion means surren-der, which means victory. In the seemingly paradoxical words of George Matheson, which are understood in terms of the constraining wooing of the Holy Spirit:

"Make me a captive, Lord, And then I shall be free; Force me to render up my sword, And I shall conqueror be."

The Soul in Steadfast Resolve Yielding the Will to Christ. This attitude accompanies

true conversion. When an individual turns fully to Christ, the soul rises up in decided, steadfast resolve, and says, I will do the will of God in all respects. I will cooperate fully with Him.

Unless this is the daily, hourly, affirmation of the soul, the Christian cannot be victor. But "as the will of man cooperates with the will of God, it becomes omnipotent. Whatever is to be done at His command may be accom-plished in His strength. All His biddings are enablings." —Christ's Object Lessons, p. 333.

"You cannot control your impulses, your emotions, as you may desire, but you can control the will. ... By yield-ing up your will to Christ, your life will be hid with Christ in God, and allied to the power which is above all princi-palities and powers."—Messages to Young People, p. 152.

Perseverance. Writing of the experience of those who will persevere through the last great conflict with the forces of evil, John the revelator refers to the "endur-ance of the saints" (Rev. 14:12, R.S.V.). "When you are in any contest you should work as if there were—to the very last minute—a chance to lose. This is battle, this is poli-tics, this, is everything," said U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower. This is religion. God gives no victories to the Christian who lowers his sword and drops his shield be-fore the battle is won.

Prayer. Prayer is absolutely imperative for victory—prayer that is not a form, or that comes merely from ne-cessity, but a real communing of the soul with its God. It is in this continuing relationship that strength flows steadily from the Source of power into the life and ener-gizes the Christian for victory. "The Christian whose heart is thus [through constant prayer] stayed upon God cannot be overcome. No evil arts can destroy his peace. All the promises of God's word, all the power of divine grace, all the resources of Jehovah, are pledged to secure his deliverance."—Gospel Workers, p. 254.

Prayer Practices The prayerful Christian will, then, practice the habit

of praying when the mind is unoccupied. He will have an attitude of prayer at all times. He will flash a peti-tion to God for aid when it is needed. He will take time to be in secret with his God to talk with Him, to tell Him of his problems and request counsel, to express his grati-tude, to ask for strength and guidance.

A Steadfast Faith. In our first editorial in this series we stated that a lack of the Christian attribute of faith is a reason why some fail to appropriate victory for them-selves. We refer to it once more because faith is a car-dinal requisite for victory.

Faith in Christ gives courage, and moral and spiritual strength. It generates a buoyant confidence that does not sink before every doubt or difficulty. It bestows hope that takes one beyond the trials and problems of this life to a perfect life beyond. It pierces through the black-est clouds, knowing that God is working in the clouds.

A deep, daily conversion; a settled yielding of the will to Christ; a determined perseverance; constant, intimate prayer to God; and a firm faith are attributes the Chris-tian must have. These, through Christ that strengtheneth us, will give an abundant entry into the glorious city be- yond the stars. T. A. D.

To be continued

Healing Wound A teen-age Austrian girl of the Salvation Army was so

impressed with the Catholic Church that she felt urged to join the "Order of the Little Sisters of Jesus." She dis-cussed the matter with a high-ranking Salvationist com-mander, who benignly smiled his acquiescence. "If that's where God wants you," he said, "then you go." So she went, made appropriate vows, but insisted on the right to wear the Salvation Army badge on her habit. This was granted by the liberal-minded mother superior, who thereby conceived an idea. She remolded the rules so that Protestant, as well as Catholic girls, could be ad-mitted to the Little Sisters order.

Reporting this in Geneva's Ecumenical Centre last November, a Salvation Army commander expressed approval, with the comment that here was an example of church unity actually at work: "More effective, gentlemen, than all your theological disquisitions!" he said.

Monseigneur Arrighi, Catholic spokesman for the Vatican, beamed a veritable pax vobiscum smile. Whether from courtesy or from warmhearted approval, most of the other conference delegates representing major world churches did likewise. Personally, we had no doubt that all the men around that discussion table, which was virtually our "home" for three days, were sincere and earnest. But we felt a sharp stab of heartsickness.

That young "Salvationist" nun is a symbol of one of today's most significant religious trends—the flight from Protestant truth, and the Rome-centered sentiments of so many non-Roman Christians.

A major concern of the World Council of Churches is to foster what is termed ecumenical dialogs with a view to destroying sectarian hostilities, and eventually of erasing the barriers themselves. Among the major dialogs of the last decade reported at the Geneva Conference by Prof. Dr. Nils Ehrenstrom, the largest number involved Catholics. Methodists, Lutherans, Baptists, Orthodox, and—especially—Anglicans, have had discussions with Catholics. Biggest surprise is the projected Catholic/Pen-tecostal dialog.

Although the much-publicized encounters between Anglicans and Romans have provided no promise of early —or even ultimate—reunion, yet they do give clear proof of the truth of Bible prophecy that in these last days "the beast" would acquire both prestige and power. Historic hostilities would be broken down, Catholic deviations would cease to horrify or even to shock, and that church's claim to be Christendom's rightful leader would no longer be seriously contested—except, of course, by the remnant church. There is, in fact, an obvious longing by church leaders everywhere to collaborate with Rome, and to give the Protestant "hatchet" an eternal burial.

Dr. Ramsey, Archbishop of Canterbury, has "a strong vision of one united Christian Church, of the ultimate healing of the quarrels, and of the Anglican Communion united with the see of Rome."

On the theme of the pope's "infallibility," Dr. Ramsey said: "I think that Rome rightly conserves a certain note of supernatural authority, and I am glad that Rome does so, because I think it is something that Christianity does need."—The Times (London), Jan. 18, 1973.

Thus, in response to the prophetic word, "the deadly

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wound" is virtually "healed." Organic union there may never be, between the historic Protestant churches and Catholicism, but positive good will toward Rome has certainly eclipsed the Protestant will to protest.

How remarkably Ellen G. White described religious conditions just prior to our Lord's second coming: "The false science of the present day [evolution], which under-mines faith in the Bible, will prove as successful in pre-paring the way for the acceptance of the papacy, with its pleasing forms, as did the withholding of knowledge in

opening the way for its aggrandizement in the Dark Ages."—The Great Controversy, p. 573.

Adventists have a bitter-sweet reaction to the basic changes in religious attitudes and relationships. We are grieved that they should exist, but exhilarated by their meaning. They provide proof that the end is near. They constitute one of the outstanding signs of earth's final chapter. They provide further emphatic reason why God's remnant church should speedily fulfill the mission to which God has graciously called us. R. D. V.

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most urgent of all our needs, Will God give success and victory to our labors, while as ministers we ignore or excuse the sins that bring reproach upon His cause? Of the leaders in Jeremiah's day the Lord declared, "But if they had stood in my counsel, and had caused my people to hear my words, then they would have turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings" (Jer. 23:22).

From my heart I appeal to fellow minis-ters, their wives, and all leaders in our churches: let us first of all be an example of true godliness among those we en-deavor to lead. Let us faithfully uphold the high standards God has established for His remnant people. If we will do this in loving kindness, we will find that our people will respond willingly in this the day of God's power. Revival, Reforma-tion, Evangelism, are the steps, in that order, leading to a finished task. For this we pray.

C. POUND St. Augustine, Florida

Developing Our Potential

The recent articles on music have been excellent. In my experience as a music teacher I have often found my greatest inspiration to come from my non-Advent-ist students, not because they were more highly "talented," but they believed in the importance of their music study. They were not afraid to improve not only their own skill in performance but also to develop their understanding and appre-ciation of music. Some of us act as though we are afraid to try to grow up—we might even discover that we like Beethoven, of all things! It is true that we should never look down on a person because of his likes and dislikes in music, but even a brief study of the Spirit of Prophecy convinces me that it is our personal obligation to do everything in our power to raise our own standards. We don't like what we can't understand, as a rule.

MRS. RAYMOND HUFFAKER Gobles, Michigan

Rallying Point

The REVIEW gets better and better. Let's fly the Advent—three angels' sym-bol often and in color. Let it be used more on our other papers too. It will bring solidarity among us, like the flag of a country.

L. T. JOHNSON Oxford, New Jersey

Nongraded Schoolrooms

I can't resist writing in regard to "Why We Need a Nongraded School" [Nov. 23, 1972].

As a former teacher who now occa-sionally substitutes, I thought our local public school teacher who teaches 16 students in grades 5-8 would be inter-ested in this article too. She wrote me the following note:

"Thank you for the magazine article. It states my philosophy exactly. I have some of my students tutoring children from the other room. It has worked beau-tifully. I've been considering having some of my seventh- and eighth-graders work with some of the fifth-graders. Your ar-ticle encourages me to go ahead."

LAURABELLE WERNER ODESMOTT Ola, Idaho

TV Paralyzes

"Entranced Until Mercy's Door Is Shut" [Jan. 18] caught my attention. I agree with the author that the deleteri-ous effects of TV viewing have been un-derestimated.

I think that children and adults alike are not immune to such a powerful me-dia influence that paralyzes man's nat-ural aversion to crime and immorality. For many, cutting down on TV viewing seems to be the same as a smoker who cuts down on cigarettes.

TV has been responsible for poor at-tendance at prayer meetings and evan-gelistic meetings. Too much time has been sacrificed on the altar of TV.

Since I disposed of my TV my spiritual life has improved considerably and I do not have any problem in keeping up with the news.

JOHN FERRARO Amesbury, Massachusetts

Christmas Witnessing

I would like to express my thanks to the publishing houses for making avail-able Steps to Christ with Christmas en-velopes at such an economical price this past Christmas season. This is the sec-ond year we have sent books to most of our relatives and non-Adventist friends, and I believe it is going to be a rewarding project. We have received some encour-aging responses. I can detect signs of a stirring in the minds of some, and while some have not mentioned the book, they seem to show a new warmth and friend-liness.

I hope the response to this offer has been such that the church can continue to give us some appropriate book with a

nice Christmas envelope every year at a big reduction in price. Christmas pro-vides an ideal opportunity to break the ice, religiously speaking, with a suitable book. Some of us will have to plan and save for it, just as for anything else we want to do. But the question that comes to me is not whether I can afford it, but whether I can afford not to.

ELIZABETH COOPER Lowndes, Missouri

More on Johnny

About time we heard more from our own SDA Dietetic Association.

As a mother with small children, I appreciated the article "Johnny Hates Spinach" [Aug. 24, 1972], and "More on `Johnny Hates Spinach" [Feb. 1]. If we can't trust our own SDA dietitians' counsel on nutrition, whom can we trust?

RAMONA TRUBEY Cicero, Indiana

Getting the Real Meaning

Recent editorials on careless interpre-tation of texts [Jan. 11, 25, Feb. 1] could point out examples in the sermons often heard. Too often just enough words are quoted to make a point when actually putting the whole together would give a different meaning. Sometimes the same "trick" is used in quoting from the Ellen G. White writings.

VERNE KELSEY Hendersonville, North Carolina

Stay With Basics

I appreciated the editorials on Christ-mas [Dec. 21] and those on the im-portance of doctrine, beginning in the January 11 issue. If it were not for such editorials as these and the ones explain-ing the humanity of Christ in the Inter-national REVIEW [Dec. and Jan.], some of us would get discouraged. So keep the basics coming.

GLADYS RABUKA Armstrong, British Columbia

Beauty Parlors

That you should have to spend a page recently airing prejudices and biases over the merits of work as a beautician was regrettable. I know many fine girls in the church who find it a great witness-ing center—far more so than most of the girls in our office, who decry their separa-tion from people.

SHIRLEY BURTON Glendale, California

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Family Living

From Childhood Home ....R. to School Home

SO YOUR SON is going to college? College attendance is more or less taken for granted by parents and young people alike in the age in which we live. It is possible that the casualness with which such an ex-perience is treated tends to mini-mize its significance. As a result, neither parent nor child is pre-pared for what actually takes place.

Sending our daughter to college was an unforgettable experience. Having devoted 20 years to dormi-tory administration, I had an insight into the new world opening to her that some parents do not have. After we said our farewells, her mother and I engaged in serious conversa-tions that betrayed our concerns. From our daughter's point of view we wondered whether college life would measure up to her expecta-tions. Our chief concerns did not re-late to her scholastic achievements, as important as we regarded them, but to the question of whether we had prepared her adequately for this new adventure. Would she ad-just well to her new surroundings—accept with respect the authority of the residence-hall dean and other college administrators, choose dis-creetly her close friends, make a positive contribution to her new so-ciety, accept graciously the counsel of her advisers, develop spiritually

W B. Clark has been Dean Clark to thousands of students, most recently as dean of students at Loma Linda University. Now retired, he is amociate pastor of the LLU church.

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in her new environment, and emerge from her college experience a well-adjusted person?

Even though many years have elapsed, I recall vividly my own re-actions when I left the comfortable environment of my home to take up residence in a college dormitory. Having never lived in a dormitory, my parents could not describe what my new experience would be like. I knew that I would be living with a large group, all of whom would be strangers to me, and this left me with a feeling of insecurity. The au-thority over my life was transferred from parents whom I loved and trusted to people whom I could not conceive of as capable of being per-sonally interested in me, and this transfer I resisted. Owing largely to my apprehensions and negative ap-proach, the experience measured up to my fears, and as a result I was an unhappy young man for the first few months of the school year.

Varied Objectives

Through the years that have fol-lowed I have watched hundreds of young men enter the dormitory. Their attitudes and reactions varied greatly. Some entered upon the ex-perience eagerly, anticipating an enjoyable and profitable adventure that would prepare them for life. Others looked upon their new life as an escape from the supervision of well-meaning but somewhat-out-of-touch parents. Still others viewed it as a means to broaden their circle of friends and to expand their social

opportunities. And then there were those who came to college simply because it was the expected thing or chiefly to please their parents. At best, many of them regarded the residence hall as a place where one is "belled in and bawled out."

In the early history of Adventist education, residence halls were called school homes. They are still regarded as a second home by most college students. Residence-hall deans aim to provide an atmosphere as nearly resembling the natural home as possible. However, the physical arrangements, the number of occupants, the necessary regula-tions or understandings, and other factors make it difficult to achieve this objective to the extent desired. Because of limited time and because there are many in their charge, the dean and his associates cannot give the quality of personal attention that is available in the normal home.

The student will miss, more than a parent realizes, the individual at-tention and interest to which he has been accustomed from members of his immediate family. He will en-gage in activities with both small and large groups and find enjoy-ment in them, but it will never com-pletely or satisfactorily replace the family togetherness that he has found to be so comfortable. In his new, more independent role he will be introduced to areas of responsi-bility he has not hitherto assumed.

In the process of time every per-son will experience a series of major adjustments in his life pattern. For

those who go to college taking up residence in a college dormitory is one of the challenging experiences. The student's ability to accomplish this smoothly and happily indicates with some degree of accuracy how he will adjust to marriage, entering upon new employment, establishing his home in a new community, and other subsequent experiences. All of these situations present a chal-lenge in terms of relating to people with differing backgrounds, experi-ences, and personal traits. I have few fears for the young man who, moving into a college dormitory where some of the comforts of his home are noticeably lacking, lives agreeably with a roommate, espe-cially one with a markedly different background, and makes a construc-tive contribution to the new commu-nity in which he finds himself.

A Difficult Situation

Some weeks before the beginning of the fall term, John's mother wrote me requesting the dimensions of the dormitory room and the windows, a description of the furniture and of other items that a mother of any college freshman who was about to "cut the apron strings" would be in-terested in. Since a new wing had recently been added to the dormi-tory, she requested that if possible John be placed in a new room. Since upper classmen were given priority in the allocation of new rooms, John would have to live with a junior stu-dent. John's father and mother, who accompanied him to the campus, dis-approved of the furniture and tried to arrange for a newer desk and dresser. They explained that the room to which he had been assigned suffered appreciably by comparison with his room at home and that John's mother had gone to some pains to make drapes and matching bedspreads, all of which showed up the furniture to some disadvantage. It was soon apparent that adjust-ment would be difficult for John. My suggestion to John's father that it would be wise for him not to seek preferential treatment for his son was largely ineffective.

John was a handsome fellow and perhaps unwittingly left the impres-sion that he was somewhat arro-gant and haughty. It was not long until a group of his peers decided they should take a hand in trimming him to size. As frequently happens, this experience had certain undesir-able side effects, and the treatment was not entirely fruitful.

By the close of the semester it was decided that John try another col-lege. Later he enrolled successively in two professional schools and was

finally dropped. At the same time John had a less-than-happy marital venture. He was basically a decent fellow with above-average ability, but he was ill prepared to move from an overprotected home situa-tion into an experience that re-quired that he stand on his own two feet.

By contrast, Frank came from an affluent home, but his parents had not permitted wealth to interfere with their teaching Frank lessons of independence, industry, and the careful handling of his money. He fused easily with the group, took "pot luck" in stride, and was well re-ceived by other students. As a result he found college a rewarding ad-venture.

After a few weeks of freshman anonymity, Henry, with two of his "experienced" friends, planned an activity that was not included in the regular college schedule. It sounded intriguing, and the prospect of put-ting it over pre-empted Henry's bet-ter judgment. At first the escapade, even though it had an antisocial aspect, appeared successful. Here was something he could tell next year's freshmen when he saw them during the Christmas vacation.

Fun and Run

What Henry hadn't realized was that sometimes the "fun and run" escapades lose their glamour when the details come to the surface. After sober reflection he admitted that he had lacked insight into what constitutes a happy and successful college experience. He confessed that he had listened with great in-terest to the exciting recital of simi-lar incidents by one of his predeces-sors and he felt that he would be cheated out of some of the essential ingredients of his college education if he could not have something ex-citing to tell. The distinction be-tween clean, wholesome fun that can be enjoyed by a large number and pranks that demand the utmost in secrecy for fear of detection had been difficult for Henry to see. Be-cause of escapades of this nature, many have had to alter cherished life plans.

George requested that he be given a new roommate. This sur-prised me, because he and Bob had requested to room together. He ex-plained that they had been good friends for several years, but that he was unprepared for what he dis-covered in a more personal rela-tionship. In spite of George's re-peated efforts, Bob would not coop-erate in keeping the room clean. Bob refused to make his bed, hang up his clothes, keep his desk in some sem-

blance of order, and share in other housekeeping duties. Bob's per-sonal appearance about the campus did not betray this weakness, for he was always neatly groomed. Having struggled with many young men on this point over the years, I know that by the time they reach college age it is difficult successfully to change these patterns. I feel sorry for the unsuspecting woman who marries a young man who has not learned to cooperate in these mat-ters. Many parents who cherish the hope that such a weakness will be corrected in college are engaging in wishful thinking. For some young men the environment of their own homes is responsible. Deans of men will testify that slovenly housekeep-ing is one of the perplexing and an-noying problems with which they struggle every year.

Jerry stopped at the office to ex-press appreciation that we had made a wise choice when we selected his roommate. Bill was a total stranger to him, and Jerry had won-dered how it would work out. Jerry discovered a quality in Bill that he considered a real "prize." Bill knew the direction he was going and had somewhere along the line estab-lished priorities in his life. Both young men were planning on medi-cine as a career. Although not a slave to a rigid schedule, Bill moved with ordered dispatch from one ac-tivity to another and inspired Jerry to plan in this direction, as well. Regardless of pressures, Bill began his day and his study hour in the evening with a brief devotion. It was clear to Jerry that Bill's sense of values was the secret of his effi-ciency.

Your son who enters college will not be the same young man when he returns home next spring. The di-rection of his change in large meas-ure will have been determined by the character of the home from which he came.

Fortunately, the success of this adventure is not dependent upon human resources alone. Your prayers for your son, his friends, and the college faculty will not go unanswered. The Holy Spirit is the greatest single agency and the most effective force in accomplishing the work of grace in preparing our youth for their places of usefulness here and for the kingdom of heaven. If we meet the conditions we may with full confidence and faith claim the promise, "The Holy Spirit is waiting our demand if we will only demand it with the intensity of purpose which is proportionate to the value of the object we seek."—Testirno- vies, vol. 6, p. 175. ❑

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W. A. Spicer

One in the Series

The Most Unforgettable Adventist I Ever Met

TOWER of Spiritual Strength By D. A. OCHS

NO MATTER WHERE one is, what one does, or what one's age, one cannot avoid being captivated by persons who tower above their fellows. To my young mind, one of these was William Ambrose Spicer (1865-1952), a man who served the denomination in many posts—as secretary of the General Conference (1903-1922), vice-president, and pres-ident (1922-1930), and editor of the REVIEW AND HERALD, among others.

I have no recollection of any formal introduction to him. When I entered the organized work in 1918 he was already there, an integral part of it, and a tried worker of many years. He stood out in bold relief as he dominated and inspired the out-standing chapters of the denomina-tion's mission work, bringing un-usual strength to the Advent Move-ment with which he was so closely identified. As the years passed I saw him in action in local, union, division, and General Conference sessions, and his towering spiritual strength never dimmed in my opinion.

Well do I recall a camp meeting in the Upper Columbia Conference in the Pacific Northwest, where he was the main speaker. No matter where he was scheduled to speak—chil-dren's, youth, German, or main pavilion—I was there near the front row. I was intrigued with this stockily-built person. His smile was warm. His expression sunny. His twinkling blue eyes friendly. His chuckle encouraging. There was always a pleasant word of hope and courage for each one. He made a kind impression on me and im-mediately won my affection.

Unique Preaching

Elder Spicer had his own unique pattern of preaching. I clearly remember the graphic manner in which he used illustrations that set forth his firm belief in the unshak-able foundation of the Advent mes-sage.

"Brethren," he would say, "this message will never fail! It will tri-umph, and triumph gloriously!"

He was fired with enthusiasm for the mission fields. The panorama of the swiftly growing work seemed to unroll before him.

"Brethren," I once heard him say ("Brethren" was his favorite term used in addressing a congregation), "we have our marching orders. They're in Isaiah 54:20, 'Spare not,

D. A. Ochs is a former associate secre-tary of the General Conference MV Department, and president of the Columbia Union Conference. In re-tirement he lives at St. Helena, Cali-fornia.

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lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes.'"

His voice rang with confidence as he proceeded: "This old earth is go-ing to be filled with the light of the truth of God as the waters cover the sea."

When it came to the old landmarks of Bible truths, Elder Spicer wove them in a striking manner into all his sermons, whether doctrinal, prac-tical, or mission.

Many of his sermons were satu-rated with stories and data of the spreading gospel throughout the world field. He often made a charac-teristic gesture with his hand as he imitated the sowing of seed while he said:

"The message is planted here, and there." Then turning the palm of his right hand upward while raising it, he continued: "And Adventists spring up everywhere."

His voice lilted as he exclaimed: "Really, brethren, it is a marvel to watch the spreading of the gospel message."

Interest in Young Workers

W. A. Spicer possessed a profound confidence in the ability of young workers.

The summer after I joined the staff of the General Conference Mis-sionary Volunteer Department as an associate secretary, I was assigned to camp meetings in the Southern Union. At the same camp meetings Elder Spicer was scheduled as the main speaker, to give daily studies in the senior pavilion. I held forth in the young people's tent.

One day Elder Spicer came to me and asked me to take him in my car to his hotel.

"I have talked to the president of the conference," he confided. "He understands that I have been under a heavy program and that I need a bit of time to relax and write."

"I'll be glad to take you where you want to go," I consented.

Grinning broadly he said, "I also told the president that you could fill in for me for any of the services. You will do that, won't you?"

Elder Spicer did not strive to be indispensable as a keynote speaker, although much in demand. He not only was willing that others have the opportunity to speak but also confi-dent that younger workers could perform acceptably.

This was also true in committee work. When he was asked to serve on some particular committee, I have known him to say:

"Now, brethren, why not ask one of the younger men to serve in my place? They are capable workers. Why not use these young people?"

In his General Conference work, Elder Spicer sought the isolated spots of the Advent field. He found pleasure and satisfaction in visiting and encouraging missionaries who lived in difficult areas. He developed a natural gift of remembering names and faces by associating them with some event or circumstance. As a result his memory seemed uncanny.

I, as well as other co-workers, was intrigued.

"How do you do it?" we asked. "We have trouble recalling the names of all the people we meet, let alone remembering the thousands of faces we see."

"It doesn't just happen," replied the elder with a warm smile. "When I go to a mission field I make sure I have a picture of the folk I will meet. I study the picture and fix names to faces."

It was not often that he failed to recognize a person in the homeland. But if for some reason he failed, he jokingly chuckled an excuse. "Well, now, these new hats make women look so different!"

This Christian leader gave an im-pression of poise and sincerity. His character was an expression of his inner faith in God and His prov-idential workings. He was warm-hearted, lovable, eager to promote God's cause, and was filled with the realities of the blessed hope. I knew him to be not only a man of integrity but one who was humble and mod-est, calm and optimistic.

Always a Stubby Pencil He always carried a stub of a pen-

cil in his right-hand coat pocket, along with sheets of paper. Con-stantly he jotted down thoughts, anecdotes, and mission experiences. Not only did he write articles for church publications, he also au-thored many books. He wrote some of the World's Crisis Series, the first of which was translated into 14 lan-guages. All of his writing was in pencil. Large callouses developed on the two fingers of his right hand where his pencil rested.

While various workers during Fall or Spring Council sessions argued, planned, and suggested various ways and means to solve a problem, I have seen Elder Spicer sit writing with his stub of a pencil—yet listen-ing to all that was taking place. When an impasse was reached, he would rise to his feet, grin pleas-antly, and say: "Well, now, brethren, let us not

become discouraged. Surely the God who in His providence launched this Advent cause will never let it down. Let us cheer up, brethren."

Then he would propose a work-able solution that lifted the tension

in the room like the warm rays of the sun lift the morning mist.

He preached unity, progress, con-fidence, and trust directly to the in-dividual—not to his audience as a whole. Vividly he portrayed the world waiting for a message—a mes-sage that required each person to proclaim it. Earnestly he swung to what was already achieved by the denomination, and how the third angel's message was rapidly spread-ing throughout the world.

He loved people. His warm, win-ning mannerisms endeared him to old and young alike. He loved the Advent family. He loved his church. He was filled with the realities of the blessed hope of the soon com-ing of Jesus. He would have staked his soul on the ultimate triumph of God's remnant church.

"Brethren," he would urge, "there is a mighty tide of truth and light and glory sweeping the world. I love to think of the triumph and the victory of the movement. I want to triumph with it."

While I sat with many hundreds of my fellow workers from the world field during a Bible conference held September 1-13, 1952, in the Sligo Seventh-day Adventist church, Ta-koma Park, Maryland, I was keenly aware that one was missing—Elder Spicer. He was too ill to attend. But he sent his last meaningful words to the delegates of that important meeting that were characteristic of his usual admonition:

"Give my greetings to all the breth-ren and tell them to keep on the mainline and preach the message."

A short time later he went to his final rest. Now his voice is silent. But to me, Elder Spicer, the per-sonification of the blessed hope, is unforgettable! ❑

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My Friends in Asia By R. E FINNEY, JR.

Newsfront

THERE WE WERE, my wife and I, two sweaty, tired, lost, and somewhat des-perate travelers in what must be one of the world's busiest railway stations. The place was Osaka, Japan. We had taken the famous Bullet train from Tokyo to Kyoto, where we had spent a fascinating 24 hours in the famous old city with its marvelous architecture and lovely gar-dens and parks. Then we had taken the Bullet on to Osaka-Kobe. But, mistakenly, we changed trains to go to the central station in Osaka. And there was no one there to meet us!

A friend had promised to meet us, but we were not where we were supposed to be. We did not know how to go back where we should have been. And we were not sure we should since a good rule when you miss connections is to stay where you are until you are found. I had tried to telephone our headquarters of-fice several times, but the telephones did not work like the ones at home. To make matters about as bad as they could be, it was Friday afternoon, and we desper-ately wanted to get cleaned up and ready for the Sabbath. Finally, we gave up and slumped miserably down on our suit-cases since all of the hundreds of seats in the waiting room seemed to be filled.

"Are You Lost?" Interminable minutes passed. Then I

saw a well-dressed young Japanese man coming purposefully toward us. "Are you lost, or something?" he asked in per-fect English. "Can I help you?"

"Are we!" I exclaimed, feeling like a marooned sailor who had just sighted a ship coming in. Rapidly I explained our plight and gave him the telephone num-ber of the office. Going to the phone, he dialed the number and came back smil-ing.

"You stay right here. Someone will come for you in a few minutes," he said. "I am from Fresno, California, and I can appreciate how you feel."

After listening to our profuse and most

R. E. Finney, Jr., is a teacher at Southeast Asia Union College, Singapore.

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sincere thanks, he refused our offer of refreshments at a nearby canteen and went his way—an angel in disguise, if I ever saw one.

This was our introduction to the friendly people of the Orient. Southeast Asia, where we have lived now for three years, has confirmed this impression.

Let us look at this multiracial popula-tion as individuals, in this respect, start-ing with the Chinese.

The Chinese are a fascinating people, of many characteristics and apparent contradictions, even as you and I. As part of my work as a pastor, it has been a privilege to visit in scores of Chinese homes both Christian and non-Christian. You are invited to enter, and you kick off your shoes, even if you are quite often told not to. The row of sandals outside the door tells you that even if you kept your shoes on, you would not be as polite as you might be. No sooner are you seated in the best chair in the living room than a servant or some member of the family disappears into the kitchen, and you immediately know that you are going to be served a drink. This may be the sixth call you have made this after-noon, and you may have had a drink in each place visited. You may tell your host this, or that you wish just plain water. No matter. Moments later you will be served a drink, and it will not be water, for that is not good enough for a guest. Fortunately, you soon learn that it is not necessary to drink the whole glassful; just a few swallows satisfy the ameni-ties. You cannot help appreciating the thought behind the deed, for it will be done in the very humblest thatched house, or in the most luxurious of homes.

Down the street from where we live is the shop of Kwong Seng Lee, Laundry and Dry Cleaning. The working force consists of Mr. Kwong (Chinese always put their family name first) and his two grown sons, one of whom speaks passable English, and the other, who does not. I thought for a long time that Father Kwong did not speak at all, or very little. And he apparently never smiled. He just worked over his pressing table with his

huge electric hand iron. Then something happened.

One day I went in on business to find the shop buzzing with excitement. In addition to the three men, there was a young woman, an older woman, and a baby! Not only was it a baby, but it was a boy baby; a personage of the utmost importance in a Chinese home, especially the firstborn. I had not known up to now that the young man who spoke English was married. Now he was the supremely proud father of a son upon whom was being lavished the affection and admira-tion of the whole family.

An Ear-to-Ear Smile

I was introduced to him. I must hold him in my arms, which I gladly did. Grandpa Kwong had an ear-to-ear smile that would not come off, and hovered over the man-child as over crown jewels. I admired and complimented this little button-eyed baby, and ever since I have been almost one of the family. On my next visit to the shop, there in the middle of the room was a gleaming white, brand-new washing machine; obviously a necessity for this new prince in the family. By now he has gotten to the stage where he greets me with a toothless

A firstborn Chinese boy is "king" in his family. No children in the whole world are more cherished than Chinese children.

dimpled smile. And grandpa gets prouder every day, if such a thing is possible. Not only that, but he talks to me in the few words of English that he can muster. He must think we are kindred spirits, for I have told them that I have five grandsons.

It really is too bad that the diplomatic corps of the various nations cannot be made up of babies, for they are a uni-versal band of ambassadors of good will. I can get on the elevator in any high-rise apartment building in Singapore, and if there is a baby in the crowd, all I have to do is pay attention to it, and we are all friends. If I have my camera with me in

the market and ask to take a picture of the child, so much the better, for who does not know that this particular one is the most beautiful in the whole city? Obviously I must be a person of dis-criminating taste.

In this manner I have gotten some of the most delightful pictures I have in my collection. The fact that the parents are not going to see the picture when it is finished does not matter, although I have often wanted to go back and give them a copy. I have a Polaroid camera that I use occasionally, and it never fails to draw a crowd when the "instant" picture is presented to the proud parent.

What would we do without our stead-fast, faithful, Chinese church members? Elders, deacons, treasurers, Sabbath school leaders—they are without price to a busy pastor who needs people he can depend on. We have no finer Christians anywliere. Some are second- or third-generation Christians, On social occa-sions they help furnish not only refresh-ments but entertainment as well. If "a merry heart doeth good like a medicine," they are well qualified to be doctors of the soul.

One of the most delightful of my Chinese friends works in the treasurer's office in our mission headquarters. Quite often I find it necessary to cash checks there. After the first few times I face-tiously suggested to him that it would save a lot of bother if he would just give me a key to the safe. On my next visit he solemnly presented me with a key, which we both knew was utterly useless since the safe is opened by combination only. We both had a good laugh over the gift.

Almost always when he obliges me, he states that there is a small charge for the service, or that the rate of exchange has gone down, and then chuckles when I object with simulated indignation. Some-times the visit is worth more than the money I come away with.

Owned by Chinese, Enjoyed by Malays

Since Singapore is about 80 per cent Chinese in population and since they are among the world's most diligent business people, it might be said that the Chinese own the island. Be that as it may, I think that it could also be said that if they own the island, the Malays enjoy it.

We have the good fortune to live directly across the street from a long-house occupied by about half a dozen Malay families. Malay was the language we chose to study when we arrived in Singapore. Chinese, with the eight different dialects spoken here, seemed hopeless to us. So it was not long until we began to get acquainted with our Malay friends who were pleased that we could speak a few words of their "Bahasa Kebangsaan," or national language. Officially, Malay is the national language of this country. We were always welcome to stop and visit, or just look on. Many times I have relaxed a few minutes in the evening watching the teen-age boys play Sepak raga, a game much like volley-ball, except that it is played with a rattan ball and is kicked or hit with the head, but never touched with the hands. It is marvelous to see how skillful they be-come in this pastime. They nearly always

ask me if I want to join the game, but that would be a disaster for both me and the game.

We have made a special effort to make friends with these people. On holidays, especially on Hari Raya, the Malay New Year's Day, we have taken over treats for the children. It is the custom to give small gifts on this day. The evening of Hari Raya this year we were taking a stroll by the longhouse, and one of the young women came out on the porch and said in halting English, "Would you come and see my house?" This was our first invitation to go inside the longhouse, and we were delighted.

The family's section of the building consisted of three quite small rooms. The living room, into which we were ushered, was shining clean, and we were seated at

and wave. Quarrels among them are almost unknown. In fact, I cannot remem-ber a real fight among them. Since Malays here are almost one hundred per cent Moslem, they do not drink alcohol in any form, and that certainly contributes to the peace of the community.

A few months ago we were vacationing at Frazer's Hill, a delightfully beautiful area in the mountains of Malaysia. Dur-ing the time we were there we played a couple rounds of golf. Our caddy was a short, broad-shouldered Malay boy in his early teens. He had a wide, infectious grin, and when one of us would make a good play he would be even more pleased than we were. We found that he was being reared by his grandmother, and it was obvious that he was poor, for the shorts that he wore had patches on the patches. A couple of days before our holiday ended, we drove, just for fun, to a nearby town, and there my wife bought an outfit of boys' underclothes, a wash-able T-shirt, and a pair of sturdy cotton shorts. When we finished golfing the next day, we told the boy we would be leaving in the morning, and gave him the pack-age, telling him not to open it until he got home. There were other caddies around who might have been jealous.

The road we had to take back was a one-way five-mile stretch up the mountain. Traffic alternates with the hours. One goes through a gate to get onto this road.

The next morning we were at the gate a little before eight o'clock. As we drove up to the gate there was our caddy friend standing by the side of the road. In his hands he held the root of one of the giant fern trees that grow to 50 feet or more in height. The new roots are gathered and sold to tourists, and when put in wa-ter they will grow, at least for a while. Smiling, the caddy came to the car and put the root in my wife's hands.

"How much?" I asked, wanting to make sure what his purpose was.

"No, I give!" he answered. We thanked him as best we could and

drove away, feeling happy and sad at the same time, but with the sure feeling that we had just left behind a real friend.

There are many Indians living in Singa-pore, and to visit in one of their homes is to experience a new high in courtesy and hospitality. Never, anywhere, can I recall being so politely treated as among these people, some of whom had never seen me until I knocked on their doors. And the children are certainly among the most lovable in all the world. Their enormous black eyes with incredi-bly long lashes are something one has to see to really believe. They are high on the roster of our friends in the Orient.

Visiting "Sweet Water"

It is six o'clock in the morning, and I am just beginning to come to life when through the open window of the guest room in one of our mission homes comes the sound of many voices, male voices, blended in perfect harmony—an unfor-gettable sound indeed.

The place is Ayer Manis—"Sweet Wa-ter"—School, and the singers are the boys in the Ayer Manis Seventh-day Adventist School having their morning devotions. There need be no special occasion,

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A well-built Malay youth waits for the "raga" (basket) ball to come into his court. The game is much like volleyball.

the table and served cold drinks and lovely little homemade cookies. Our hearts were warm as we finally thanked our hostess and returned home across the street.

A wedding feast has also been the occasion of another invitation, and we got to witness part of the wedding. These are all-day affairs, and the amount of food that is prepared and eaten is staggering. Of course, every one in the kampong is invited as well as friends and relatives from other places, so there may be more than 100 people to feed and entertain. Now we are enjoying the babies that have come along as the re-sult of the past two weddings across the street.

Malays—ours at least—are good neighbors. The more than 20 children who live there never come onto our property unless they are invited. An exception is kite-flying time, when they need to retrieve the string for their kites. They can easily make a new kite if one is lost, but string is expensive.

When I go by, they call, "Allo, Feeney,"

A group of Dyak Christian youth pause to chat with the author while building a dam to form a pond in which to raise fish. Note the leaf hat worn by the boy in the center of the picture.

though, for the singing, for these Dyaks sing most of the time, or so it seems. They are among the world's born musi-cians. Children of six years can sing parts and harmonize without being taught formally. The students who are older get tapes of choruses, quartets, choral groups, and without being able to read music, learn to imitate them so well that it is hard to tell the difference. I was holding two meetings a day there, and at every meeting we had a quartet, a double quartet, girls' trio, or full choir to enhance the service with splendid song.

I might add that since these are little people, it is a rather startling experience to see a young boy, of about five feet

nothing tall, sing forth with a rumbling deep bass that one might expect from a Russian Cossack.

This is Borneo, a surpassingly beauti-ful island, one of the world's largest, with crystal-clear brooks and streams and rivers that may be navigable 300 miles from the sea by ocean-going steamers. The island is not unified politically, and we visited three of the countries on the west coast. Surprisingly, to the uniniti-ated, each area's people have distinctive characteristics, and do not look alike. There is a diversity of languages too, although Malay is understood by many of the people near to trade areas. These are little people, but strongly built and vigorous, and most friendly.

One of my life's unforgettable experi-ences was the week we spent in Tam-paruli, 30 miles inland from the coast of Sabah. Truly this is one of the most un-spoiled and beautiful spots left in this crowded world. In the early morning I could go out on the porch of the mission house and look eastward across the Tua-ran River, up the valley to where Mount Kinabalu towered more than 13,000 feet in the sunlit air. The night breeze would still be sweeping down the valley—God's own air conditioning for a night of rest-ful sleep. Below me, near the river, the banana palms gleamed in luxuriant growth. In the river there might be a herd of caribao cooling themselves in the water, or a bamboo boat heaped with

produce for the nearby market and pow-ered in some cases by an outboard motor. I might see a shallow dugout being pad-dled in the shadows and in the bow a fisherman, dressed only in a pair of shorts. In his hands he would be holding a circular net about 15 feet in diameter, with 30 pounds of weights along its edges. With consumate grace he would throw the net with a circular motion so that it would be completely open when it hit the water. And he did not fall overboard or tip the canoe over!

Wedged between the countries of Sabah to the north and Sarawak to the south is the tiny country of Brunei, which became an overnight stopping place for us while we were in Borneo. Brunei City, the cap-

ital of the country, is well worth seeing. Its famous Golden Mosque dominates the skyline and is one of Southeast Asia's most beautiful buildings. We were al-lowed inside, and the friendly custodian took us in a miniature lift to the top of the minaret, which enabled us to see almost all of the city. To the east of the mosque is the famous floating village, which consists of houses built in tide-water on pilings. The houses are reached by boat or by raised walkways that inter-sect that part of the city. This was our next point of interest to visit. As we en-tered, several near-naked little boys swam like porpoises in the water on one side of the walkway. Their coffee-brown bodies tumbled about in the water as though it were their native element. It probably was. They no doubt learned to swim as soon as they learned to walk.

A Small Brass Foundry

A little farther on was a house with an open door, and in the house a half dozen women were weaving handbags. It made a colorful sight, and they let me take a couple of pictures while they shyly pre-tended to be working. We were just about to leave when another woman met us on the walk and said, "If you come with me, I will show you something interesting."

This put me on guard. I thought, they have tourist traps here in Brunei too. I was loath to go, but did not know how gracefully to refuse. We followed the

woman several hundred feet around corners along narrow plank walks until I doubted that we would be able to find our way back. Finally, we arrived at a small brass foundry, where several men were casting small bowls, bells, and can-dlesticks. It was really an unexpected sight in such a place and, I might add, in-fernally hot.

We bought a small brass bell after the customary bargaining and were about to leave when the woman who was our guide invited us to see her home. By this time my suspicions were somewhat allayed, and we willingly went with her. We were ushered into one of the cleanest and most orderly homes you could imagine. Every-thing was shining with care. The hostess' husband was there and was just as friendly as his wife. We did not have long to stay. But before we left they insisted on giving us a plastic bag full of special cookies—thin, crisp, and sweet, and folded into interesting shapes. They tasted almost like ice-cream cones, and when we got home we used them to serve with ice cream. Delicious! I left feeling apologetic for my suspicions. They were based on experiences less pleasant in places not in Southeast Asia.

The hundreds of millions of people in this part of the world are the children of God, and they need His teachings to make their lives more pleasant and hope-ful. Often I have thought of how little many of them have and how much we of the West have, and wonder, Is it fair?

In one of the college classes that I have taught there is a boy whose mother died after a sickness that lasted a week, dur-ing which they were unable to get a doc-tor to help her. This cannot be an iso-lated case. Out on the frontiers—yes, there are still frontiers in the world—loyal Christian missionaries struggle against formidable odds to help these folks. Money would help so much in so many places. Money for a few tools, ma-chines, simple buildings, for the support of a doctor or a dentist who would be willing to give his services free, but who must have something with which to sup-port his family. Less than the price of a color television set pays the college ex-penses of many a student for a full year. The price of an "economy" car would buy a generating plant with a few electric lights and appliances that would make life easier for someone struggling with kerosene lamps and candles—someone who, like you, has in the past had all these things and far more, but now is do-ing without for the love of Christ and His Asian children.

Just last evening we walked over to the college quadrangle to find a group of the students sitting around a little portable organ singing gospel songs and the songs of their culture. The "rice planting song," a motion song, so complicated that I did not even try to follow the gestures. There were no hippies in the group. No pot was being smoked. There was not even one couple conducting themselves in any way questionable. Not even one couple hold-ing hands!

What wonderful workers for the Lord some of these youngsters will make! And what a privilege I have in helping them prepare for service!

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Ten Memorable Days With Adventists of Eastern Europe

AS WE BOUNCED ALONG in our small European car I reviewed the trip we had had so far through Eastern Euro-pean countries and thought of the con-tacts we had made. In a kind of multi-media projection our many experiences flashed before me, some pictures large, brilliantly colored, and in direct line of vision; others smaller, barely crowding on the edge of the screen. The projec-tors were neither synchronized nor computerized. One experience merely recalled another. Sometimes one fol-lowed another in quick succession. Often several flashed on the screen at the same time. Then there would be a full-size picture over which I would linger long, savoring the joy or pathos of it.

Passing through the first set of cus-toms officers as our ten-day trip began, we joined a long line of tourists. We hoped that our cameras and other travel gear would help us look the part. As we followed the state highway through beautiful rolling hills and fertile val-leys, we could sometimes sight a moun-tain peak in the distance. Once again we were impressed by the beauty of God's handiwork when it is unmarred by man.

Interrupting the steady flow of traffic was an occasional picturesque wagon, usually piled high with hay and pulled by a pair of cows. As we had never be-fore seen cows doing the work of horses, we were intrigued. We were later told that these thrifty people believe that this is one way of reducing cost—fewer mouths to feed.

Never shall I forget one picture. Look-ing up at a narrow bridge that gently arched over the highway, I saw an old woman, the usual babushka tied around her head, peering down from between the side rails. I could almost trace the character lines etched on her face. Be-side her was her cow, apparently also engrossed in watching the long line of cars and trucks below. With her head completely thrust through the rails of the bridge, it appeared that "Madame Bovine" was smiling smugly down on us from her vantage point high above our heads.

Constantly Growing Congregations

However, because the purpose of our tour was to visit as many Adventist workers, churches, and headquarters as possible, my pictures are largely of that subject. A visit to a church that is being enlarged to twice its original size was one of the first I took. In a land where growing congregations require constant construction and remodeling of church homes, this project is espe-cially interesting because of its history. At first the members had high hopes of

building an evangelistic center, but after they had purchased an attractive piece of land and poured the founda-tion, they were required to dig it up. Then the leaders found a building that would serve their needs, but as they were ready to close the deal, permission to buy was withdrawn. Finally, taking advantage of permission to make some necessary repairs, they began remodel-ing their church, enlarging the sanctu-ary section to twice its original size. When the authorities realized what was being done, they warned that all the work must be undone and the church restored to its former size.

The day we visited the church the workmen were hurrying to complete the project. All our members in the area were praying most earnestly that God would impress the hearts of the officials in that important city to allow the remodeling to stand. Since we have leaders in that country who are ex-perienced in building bridges over obstacles, the members have faith that by paying a fine they will be permitted to continue worshiping in the enlarged sanctuary.

Recalling our first Sabbath in a coun-try that does not permit the entrance of religious literature conjures up several unforgettable scenes. As we slipped into the back of the church early that morning, we found almost all the seats filled. The people smiled a warm wel-come. In harmony with the custom, my husband joined the other visitors in conveying greetings from our home church, speaking in French. Immedi-ately a distinguished-looking church member came over to translate for us. As Sabbath school was drawing to a close, this brother asked, "May I have your Sabbath school lesson quarterly? You know, the lessons we are studying are old." We were happy to give him our lesson booklet.

Then a young woman who recognized us from a picture she had seen came to be with us during the second service. She, too, asked for our quarterly. We had another in our room, which we promised to bring to her that afternoon.

Later I put together the French read-ing material we had with us: the Sab-bath school lesson quarterly, two les-son-help booklets, and a copy of Bonnes Nouvelles Pour Aujourd'hui (Good News for Modern Man). How I wished I had more!

When I gave these few things to our new friend she took my hand and kissed it. As she raised her head I saw tears in her eyes. "You have no idea how pre-cious these are to me," she said. I was reminded of a line from one of my favor-ite poems: No es el hambre de pan el ham-bre mas hambre ("It is not hunger for

bread that causes the sharpest hunger pangs").

As we talked, this woman expressed her gratitude for the freedom enjoyed to worship on Sabbath. And worship they do! Two Sabbath school programs and two preaching services every Sab-bath morning, another preaching serv-ice in the afternoon, and a lively MV program in the evening. The double Sabbath morning services are per-mitted because there is not room in their church, even though it is spacious, to accommodate all the members. Al-though I could not be sure, it seemed that many of the people stayed through the morning,

Those people appeared radiant in their faith. Worshiping together, fellow-shiping with others who believe as they do, are blessings they know how to appreciate. This is what they told me through facial expressions, even though we could not communicate in words that I could understand. How I look for-ward to heaven, where there will be no language barriers! I am sure that it will take a few thousand years of eternity to visit all the people I so long to talk with on this earth and cannot because we do not speak a common language.

The Sabbath we worshiped there, four glowing new members were added to the church by baptism. In spite of tight restrictions imposed by the state church, there are frequent baptismal services. Those who could follow the messages given from the pulpit and understand the baptismal vows taken by the candidates told us that they are fundamental in their beliefs. This is no watered down version of Adventism.

Six Quarterlies on a Table

Beside the life-size picture of the Sabbath school quarterly experience that comes to mind is a smaller one of something we saw in another church. In a back room of the church, which is the spiritual home of 700 members, was a table surrounded by chairs. On the table stood a rack holding six lesson quarter-lies, two for each Sabbath school de-partment. Not being permitted to print these booklets for the members, the leaders solve the problem of distribu-tion by placing the quarterlies on the table to be copied by hand by the mem-bers themselves.

The pastor of that church told us that although Sabbath school does not begin until nine o'clock, the members come at eight on Sabbath morning in order to find a seat. Long before the clock strikes nine every seat is taken and standing room is at a premium.

The pictures we took are not all of buildings. Much more interesting are those of contacts with workers and members, especially the youth. As we bade good-by to one charming minis-terial family, their young daughter gave us an extra hug, and tears came to her eyes. Brushing them away, she ex-claimed with an embarrassed smile, "We are so sentimental." I understood. Seventh-day Adventists in that country do appreciate the freedom they have to worship God in harmony with their convictions, but their faith sets them

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apart, almost completely isolating them from normal association with anyone outside their local churches. But the young people, being intelligent and needing friendship, are hungry to en-large their world, and especially to know other Seventh-day Adventists.

Again in retrospect I am in the home of another minister, visiting with his daughter, a medical student, and his son-in-law, a graduate engineer. Both young people are baptized church mem-bers—happy, vivacious Christians—who spoke of the work in that area with glowing enthusiasm. The father, a very intelligent man, seems to be gifted in dealing with youth. So effective is he in appealing to thinking young people that the professors in two universities have warned their students about dis-cussing religion with him. In that coun-try where proselytizing is strictly for-bidden and controls are tight, this min-ister has baptized at least 25 people every year for the past several years, mostly young adults in their twenties and thirties.

Three Beautiful Churches

The memory pictures we took during the last Sabbath of our visit, all in warm, vivid colors, are of three beautiful churches in a city of 250,000. Although they are not traditional in appearance from the outside, in the inside they are lovely sanctuaries that inspire rever-ence and worship. In our memory pic-tures we are Adventists going to their church to welcome the Sabbath at sun-down on Friday. We see every Sabbath school member in his place well before the clock strikes nine on Sabbath morn-ing. We visualize congregations sing-ing, whose harmony sounds like that of trained choirs. We picture children's divisions, down to the cradle roll—a rare privilege in these countries. We recall Sabbath school teachers remaining after church to discuss the absent mem-bers that day, to be sure that not one would go unvisited. And the youth! Singing youth! Alert, intelligent youth vying with one another to repeat the Morning Watch texts for the week in their MV meeting. We see warm, loving church members everywhere we vis-ited, whose Christianity sets them apart and gives them a rare beauty.

What a privilege was ours!

FRANCE

Ukrainian Family Become Adventists Through AWR

A Ukrainian family of six living in Neuilly-sur-Marne, a little town a short distance east of Paris, France, have been baptized because they listened to the Adventist World Radio program, broad-cast from Portugal, in their own lan-guage.

First contact was made by the father while he was searching on the dial of his shortwave radio for something to listen to. Suddenly he stopped and began con-centrating on tuning in what he had thought to be his native tongue. He was right. The voice was speaking Ukrainian.

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As he listened, his family gathered around him, attracted by the familiar words.

Week after week they listened to their mother tongue, and the message they heard reached their hearts. It was the Voice of Hope broadcast over Adventist World Radio.

The man sent for the Bible correspond-ence course offered at the close of each broadcast, and the family studied to-gether. They began to keep the Sabbath, the father making arrangements with his employer to be free from work on Sabbath. They saw the need for baptism by immersion.

But where would they be baptized? They knew of no church keeping the seventh-day Sabbath or baptizing by im-mers on.

Then one day a member of another de-nomination knocked at their door. He talked with them about serving Christ. He told them they could be baptized into his church. Yet the family hesitated. This man did not really follow God's teaching in every respect as they understood it. Still, perhaps they could be baptized in his church.

At this point the pastor of the Advent-ist church in Neuilly called on them. It did not take long for him to recognize that here were six people, the father, mother, and four grown sons, ready for baptism.

What rejoicing followed that visit, re-joicing for the Ukrainian family and for the Neuilly church and its pastor. Erwin Kilian, secretary of the Adventist World Radio board of management, was pres-ent in the Neuilly church when the fam-ily were baptized.

Adventist World Radio, reaching into many corners of Europe where evan-gelists cannot go, is made possible by the donations of dedicated Seventh-day Adventists to Radio Trans-Europe out- reach. M. CAROL HETZELL

Associate Secretary GC Public Relations Department

NORTHWEST TERRITORIES

Adventists Help Search for Missing Aircraft

Stanley Ferguson, Northwest Terri-tories builder of the Adventist Center in Yellowknife, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Dimm, and Henry Bartsch, pastor of the Yellow-knife, Northwest Territories, church, participated some weeks ago in the search for the Beach 18 plane that be-

Stanley Ferguson, of Yellowknife, North-west Territories, is at the controls of a Canadian Armed Forces plane, which took part in a search for a missing aircraft. It was not located for more than a month.

came missing in the Territories while making a mercy flight. The plane was not found for more than a month.

The plane had left Cambridge Bay, al-most 1,000 miles north of Yellowknife, to fly to Yellowknife. Aboard were two pa-tients—an Eskimo woman and boy—a nurse, and the pilot. Temperature dropped to 34 degrees below zero during the period the plane was missing, so hope for any survivors from the missing plane was slight.

The four Adventists helped both with the controlling of the Canadian Armed Forces Hercules search plane and with the spotting. During the spotting, two per-sons were in the cabin with the pilot watching from the side windows. Two others were looking down over the dropped endgate at the rear of the plane. The area searched was from 500 to 1,000 miles north of Yellowknife.

Thirty-two days after it crashed the missing plane was found. The pilot was the only survivor. The nurse had died on impact. The woman patient lived just a few hours after the crash, and the boy had lived 23 days. HENRY BARTSCH

Pastor Yellowknife Church

Northwest Territories, Canada

Adventists Lead Temperance Demonstration in Philippines Continued from page 1

As a result of the parade and rally, many favorable reactions were seen to-ward Adventists. One thousand teachers of Davao del Sur, headed by the superin-tendent of private schools, made a formal request for a series of temperance lec-tures for all teachers in the south. In a memorandum to all school heads, the su-perintendent instructed all principals to assign our drug magazine as required reading for their students. He further instructed them to submit a monthly re-port on the progress of the school's tem-perance and antidrug drive.

In a meeting of all private school heads in Tagum, Davao del Norte, a plan to sponsor their own parade and rally in Tagum was discussed and approved, and the temperance personnel of the Advent-ist Mission were invited to be the spon-sors.

The superintendent of all Catholic schools in the area requested a one-week series of lectures for his 40,000 students and teachers on the subject of tobacco, alcoholism, and drug dependency.

Dr. Isaac L. Yap, an editor and official of the provincial governor, endorsed the temperance movement and offered to launch his own information drive. He requested the mission's temperance de-partment to join him for a series of lec-tures to public officials in Mati, Davao Oriental.

Following a temperance lecture and demonstration to school principals and Roman Catholic sisters, using visual aids and the mannikin Smoking Pedro, a ques-tion-and-answer forum lasted for almost two hours. At the end of the lecture, the speaker was almost mobbed by the sis-ters and principals asking for more tem-perance materials.

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WASHINGTON, D.C., KOREAN CHURCH ORGANIZED

The Washington, D.C., area Korean church with 81 charter members was organized on Sabbath, January 20. The organizational meeting was held in the worship room of Morrison Hall, the men's dormitory at Columbia Union College. The group has met in this place since they were organized as a company in 1967. W. B. Quigley and E. M. Hagele, Potomac Conference president and secretary-treasurer, respectively, led out in the meeting. The pastor of the Korean church is Sun-Uk Kim. The first elder is Kwang-Rim Chough. There are now three foreign-language churches in the Washington area.

South America for Christ Is Goal of Church By HECTOR J. PEVERINI

A young woman sings during the South American Division meetings. "Lord, Count on Me Now," says the caption on the poster "1973, Year of the Youth."

SOUTH AMERICA FOR CHRIST, One People, One Message, One Com-mission. These words, superimposed across a huge map of South America, kept before the workers and church members present at the year-end meet-ing of the South American Division the goal and purpose of their lives.

The meetings, which began Novem-ber 30 in the Central Adventist church, Montevideo, Uruguay, were attended by the 32 members of the division committee, 16 invitees, and the office personnel of the division. Other work-ers and church members attended the opening session, during which Divi-sion President R. A. Wilcox presented his annual message. Also present were Robert H. Pierson, V. M. Montalban, and C. J. Nagele, General Conference president and general field secre-taries, respectively. Kenneth H. Wood and Herbert E. Douglass, editor and associate editor, respectively, of the REVIEW, also were present. This was the first time any REVIEW editor has visited South America.

In addition to the large map, a dia-gram graphically presented the pro-jected coordinated program of action of the departments, workers, and the church members to evangelize the South American continent, and a large poster carried the picture of two young people with the words, "Lord, Count on Me Now."

A number of interesting reports were presented during the meetings. For example, in 1972 the division passed its goal of 300,000 members. The South Brazil Union now has 100,-000 members, and the sao Paulo Con-ference, 40,000. Two thousand and forty-nine evangelistic campaigns were held in the South Brazil Union in 1972.

In the North Brazil Union, in the city of San Luis de MaranOn, nearly 350 persons were baptized as a result of one evangelistic series. In the same union, in the city of Fortaleza, during the first months of evangelistic meet-ings, 150 new converts were baptized. In Guayaquil, Ecuador, more than 100

persons were baptized as a result of evangelistic meetings. The hope was expressed that more than 30,000 per-sons would be baptized in the South American Division during 1972.

Large Publishing Program

Of particular interest to Editors Wood and Douglass was the report presented by the Brazilian Publishing House. During the 11 months of 1972 that houge published between 350 and 400 thousand books; between 3 and 4 million magazines and departmental materials; and more than 2 million tracts. This required more than 450 tons of paper. With 18,000 square feet of floor space, and its wide production, the Brazilian Publishing House is one of the best outside of the U.S.

Some important decisions made at the year-end meetings were: to move the offices of the South American Di-vision to Brasilia, the capital of Brazil, before June 30, 1975 (this decision was made after receiving permission from the General Conference); the vigorous promotion of the study of the writings of the Spirit of Prophecy by workers and members (Elbio Pereyra, field secretary of the division, was given the responsibility of promoting this goal); the participation of Adventist youth in the division in a special evangelistic program to win 40,000 converts in 1973; the possibility of pub-lishing a Spanish edition of the RE-VIEW AND HERALD was also studied. ❑

Hector J. Peverini is field secretary of the C. V. BRAUER

South American Division. PR Secretary, Potomac Conference

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THREE PLANES DEDICATED IN CALIFORNIA FOR MISSION FIELDS

J. J. Aitken (left), a general field secretary of the General Conference, speaks during the dedication of the Leonanna Cobb, and two other airplanes dedicated for mission service, at the Redlands, California, Municipal Airport on January 28. The planes have been provided for mission service by funds made available through The Quiet Hour broadcast by J. L. Tucker, and his son, L. E. Tucker.

Two of the planes are to be used in the Trans-Africa Division, and one in the Inter-American Division. Clyde Peters and Bob Seamount are ferrying the planes to Trans-Africa. R. S. Folkenberg, president of the Honduras Mission, will fly the Inter-American plane to that division.

Thus far, 19 planes have been provided for mission service through The Quiet Hour. One that went to Trans-Africa was given by Dr. and Mrs. Melvin P. Judkins in honor of Mrs. Judkins' parents, Prof. and Mrs. Leon Cobb, who served in Adventist educational work for many years.

With Elder Aitken are (from left) J. L. Tucker, Clyde Peters, Bob Seamount, and L. E. Tucker. S. A. YAKUSH

Public Relations Secretary Southeastern California Conference

A Further Report of the Managua Earthquake By CARLOS E. AESCHLIMANN

(For a previous report of the Managua earthquake, see "The Managua Earthquake Story," REVIEW, February 8, 1973, page 16.—Enrrons.)

IT IS MID-JANUARY, and I have just returned from Managua, As long as I live, I shall not forget what I saw and heard there. On one hand, there was the awful destruction; on the other, God's tender and miraculous care for His children.

Managua, a city of 400,000 inhabitants, presents an impressive panorama. The force and duration of the earthquake were such that the 500 blocks that formed the downtown section of the city were completely destroyed.

The exact number of dead will prob-ably never be known. Reports fluctuate between 7,000 and 25,000. Since the Central and Red Cross hospitals were demolished, the sick and wounded are being cared for in field hospitals do-nated by the United States, France, and other countries.

The entire downtown section of Ma-nagua has been placed off limits. By now it has been dynamited. The authorities asked the inhabitants to leave, so this city of almost half a million inhabitants now has only about 50,000, most of whom are without food, water, lodging, or work.

Managua was the headquarters for the Nicaragua Mission. The office, the Central church, and a primary school were on the same property in the center of the city. All were completely de-stroyed. Looking at the ruins of these buildings made a terrible impression on my mind.

Lost Homes and Possessions All the mission workers lost their

homes, and some of them practically all their possessions. The manager of the Book and Bible House rescued one pair of slacks. The mission secretary was left with only the clothes she had on.

Almost all of our 500 members lost a large share of their belongings. Some 200 have moved to cities and towns in the interior and it is not known where they are. The 300 who are left live among the ruins of their houses in huts or tents. They have no work, and their only food is what is distributed by OFASA, the equiv-alent of Seventh-day Adventist Welfare Service, and the government.

In a 50 kilometer (30 mile) radius, there is only one worker's home that is habit-able. The mission office and the Book and Bible House have been set up temporar-ily in the town of Jinotepe. Everything we had in the city of Managua will have to be rebuilt: the mission office, the Book

Carlos E. Aeschlimann is president of the Central American Union.

and Bible House, three churches, and two schools. At least 150 Adventist fami-lies who are living in miserable circum-stances will have to be helped.

In Managua the promise found in Psalm 91:7, "A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee," was very real to our people. I think it was truly a miracle that not a single worker or mem-ber lost his life in this great disaster. A few of our lay people were slightly in-jured. No worker was even scratched. After seeing the ruins of the houses where our workers and brethren lived, one is deeply moved by the proof of God's wonderful care for His people. In some cases, the families of members and those

interested in our faith also escaped in-jury.

A young Adventist couple, awakened suddenly by the shock of the quake, saw their house falling in two sections on each side of them, leaving them safe in the middle. But they were horrified to see that their little son, only a year and a half old, had disappeared beneath a pile of rubble. Crying and praying, the father worked desperately, removing beams, bricks, and pieces of plaster. Soon, lift-ing a piece of wall, he found his son un-hurt.

Donald Moncada, his wife, and ten chil-dren were terribly frightened when their house fell in ruins on top of them, bury-ing them. In a few minutes they began to dig their way out, and soon all 12 were embracing one another. Not one of them was hurt.

Two brothers, 18 and 19 years of age, ran to a back room of their house when the earthquake struck. That was the only room that remained intact. The rest of the house was destroyed.

My visit to Managua was made two Sabbaths after the earthquake. Our peo-ple met in the open air by the ruins of

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WKWii "I like MESSAGE MAGAZINE because it has the message for right now!" declares Charles Galley of Huntsville, Alabama. "The magazine deals with contemporary issues. That's the important thing."

E URCH NEEDS M E PEOPLE LIKE CHARLES GALLEY.

Charles Galley teaches business ad-ministration at Oakwood College. He believes in MESSAGE MAGAZINE.

He carries his enthusiastic support of the MESSAGE into his teaching. Believing that today's businessman must be knowledgeable in every field, he includes the MESSAGE as re-quired reading for students taking his course in Introduction to Business.

During the summer months Brother Galley attends the University of Pitts-burgh, where he is doing graduate studies. He takes with him a liberal supply of the MESSAGE which he distributes to fellow students, faculty, and neighbors.

Charles Galley is proud of MES-SAGE MAGAZINE. He feels that the contents are timely and speak to contemporary issues. He believes that the whole purpose of the magazine is to present the message and lead the reader to know Jesus Christ.

He uses Sabbath afternoons to call on neighbors and leave a copy of the magazine with them. These visits have become so regular that the children say, "Here comes the man with the books."

To round off his missionary pro-gram Brother Galley sends annual subscriptions to his university associ-ates and to members of his family.

Charles Galley believes in MES-SAGE, and more than that, he be-lieves in letting others know about it. He is looking with confidence to the time when the harvest will be ready. He knows for certain that "he which soweth sparingly shall reap also spar-ingly; and he which soweth bounti-fully shall reap also bountifully."

So with joy in his heart, a smile on his face, and MESSAGE in his hand he sows bountifully. And what Charles Galley does, we can do, too. The law of returns is unchanging. Sparse sowing, sparse reaping. "Sow bountifully, and you will reap bounti-fully."

Support MESSAGE in your church during April and May.

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our churches or by their homes in eight areas of the city. In spite of the tragedy, all were of good courage. In the only small chapel that remains standing, they have held meetings every night since the earthquake, and every night the attend-ance of interested people increases. Workers and laymen are laying plans to launch several evangelistic campaigns.

In the name of the Central American Union and the Nicaragua Mission, as well as our believers in Managua, I want to express heartfelt thanks to all who have sent help in this hour of emergency.

Our people in Managua are safe and of good courage in spite of the uncertainty of the future. Their confidence in God is strong. We need your prayers as we be-gin the arduous task of rebuilding and restoring our work in that city and of helping our members to get back to nor- mal living. ❑

COLORADO

Love Wins Twenty-two for One Church

The Longmont, Colorado, Adventist church has 22 members who would not be members were it not for a chain re-action created by love. The story is told by Arthur Lickey, of the Colorado Con-ference.

Dick Norman, a dedicated literature evangelist who is presently an assistant publishing secretary in the Missouri Conference, previously sold books in the Longmont area. Several years ago he attempted to sell books to the Robert M. Stephenson family in Longmont. He didn't succeed, but he gave them a Bible Story book and took a real interest in the family—father, mother, and four chil-dren.

Dick took the children to Sabbath school, then home with him to dinner. Finally Mrs. Stephenson enrolled in a Voice of Prophecy correspondence course. Dick Fahl, at that time Bible in-structor for the Adventist church in the nearby town of Boulder, followed up the interest and had a number of Bible studies with them.

Time went by. Evangelistic meetings were planned for the Longmont church for November of 1971. Mr. Norman, by now in Missouri, learned of this and drove all the way to Colorado to invite the Stephenson family to attend. He con-tacted Dan Collins, follow-up man for spiritual interests in homes where books have been sold in the Colorado Confer-ence. Both of them went to the Stephen-son home and gave the invitation.

The family attended the meetings. After visits from Ken Taylor, pastor of the Longmont church, the entire family were baptized—Mr. and Mrs. Stephen-son; Sandra, 15; the twins, Larry and Lynn, 12; and Lonnie, 11.

Then there was Steven Beasley, Mrs. Stephenson's nephew, 17. He had no use for preachers, but when he met Pas-tor Taylor at the Stephensons' home he liked him. He studied the Bible with him and was baptized in connection with further meetings in Longmont.

Steven's mother, Myrtle Beasley, who is Mrs. Stephenson's sister, and his two sisters, Linda, 10, and Rhonda, 8, began to attend the June meetings. Mr. Beasley would not go. Said Steven, "Either you go or I won't go anymore." Dad went. This entire family was bap-tized.

Mrs. Stephenson began to work with her neighbor Margie Smith. Margie was baptized in June.

Margie Smith went after her girl friend, Betty Robinson, and her three children. Mrs. Robinson, Mark, 15, Linda, 14, and Jerry, 9, were all baptized.

Mrs. Robinson began to witness to

Literature Evangelist Dan Collins (left), and Ken Taylor (right), pastor of the Long-mont, Colorado, church, flank the Stephen-son and Beasley families. Eleven other people were baptized as a result of the enthusiastic work of these two families.

Wanda Spendlow and her two daughters. The three of them went to the meetings and were baptized.

Mrs. Stephenson invited her neighbor's daughter, Linda Case, to attend the meet-ings. Linda asked her mother, Ila Case, to go with her. Both went and are now baptized members.

Howard Beasley invited his sister, Shirley Johnson. She went and is now baptized. And so 22 people are worship-ing in the Longmont church because someone cared enough to keep trying, to give evidence of Christian love.

HOWARD H. Voss Lay Activities Secretary

Central Union Conference

WALES

Displaced Asians Given Clothing, Other Supplies

More than 1,000 winter garments, as well as books, magazines, and toys, were recently distributed to Asians from Uganda by the welfare department of the Welsh Mission. The Asians were part of the 24,000 accepted by Britain when they were sent from Uganda. Ap-proximately 16,000 more were accepted by various European countries, the United States, and Canada.

At the time these people were enter-ing England, our church officers in Cardiff, Wales, were making plans to obtain the use of a British Union wel-fare van to use in connection with a Wel-fare Ethphasis Week in South Wales. The purpose of this plan was to boost

Welfare workers of the Cardiff, Wales, Ad-ventist church gave more than 1,000 win-ter garments, as well as other useful items, to displaced Asians quartered in camps in Wales by the British Government.

the interests of the community in the service being operated by the church in the principality. The news that two of the camps to be used by the Government for housing the Asians were being set up in Wales was brought to our atten-tion by J. W. Ginbey, lay activities sec-retary of the British Union Conference. Immediate contact was made with the officer in charge of one of the camps. He expressed appreciation for our interest and suggested that clothing, books, magazines, and toys would be appro-priate.

A few days later a number of welfare workers from Cardiff and the surround-ing district went to the camp with sup-plies. Considerable supplies were do-nated for this special need by Adventist welfare societies at Newport and in the Welsh valleys. Help was also given by the North Wales churches to the second Asian resettlement camp.

The camp, which housed some 1,300 displaced persons, was a typical army-type camp with many army huts lined against the open windswept landscape.

"You have a really fine van," re-marked one of the Women's Royal Vol-untary Service women at the camp as she looked at the stacks of clothing neatly arranged on the shelves inside. "The clothing is so nicely sorted and packed, and that's a tremendous help," said another. The words must surely have brought a sense of satisfaction to the Cardiff Welfare leader, Irene Thomas, and her helpers, who had worked hard for many months prepar-ing for such an eventuality.

On the day before our visit to the camp, a British Broadcasting Corpora-tion TV cameraman, who had been alerted by Malcolm Pedlar, pastor of the Cardiff church, filmed the loading of the van. A few days later a film cover-ing high lights of the week's news broad-cast, on national BBC TV, included the story of the reception of the displaced Ugandan Asians and the part Advent-ists had in helping them. A news item was read on television telling Welsh viewers how the members of the Sev-enth-day Adventist Church had pre-pared supplies for the refugees. A pic-ture of the van at the camp clearly showing the Welfare crest and church name was shown.

PETER H. STEARMAN President, Welsh Mission

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Afro-Mideast ► Bekele Heye, Sabbath school secre-tary of the Afro-Mideast Division, has also been appointed field and steward-ship secretary of the Afro-Mideast Division.

► Francis Saliba, who has completed his studies at Middle East College, Beirut, has received permission from the Israeli authorities to return to Jerusalem, his birthplace. He will take charge of our small group of believers there and endeavor to develop other interests. R. W. TAYLOR, Correspondent

Australasian ► Dr. E. G. McDowell, division educa-tional secretary, reports that denomina-tional schools, which opened throughout the division early in February, have record enrollments. ► The Australasian Division has au-thorized the construction of an airstrip on the property of Kambubu High School on the island of New Britain. In the past a visit to Kambubu usually necessitated a journey by car from Rabaul, then by canoe, and finally by tractor, or alter-natively a rough trip by sea.

► Bill Liversidge, director of ministerial training at Sonoma College, Papua-New Guinea, reports that he recently attended in Lae a meeting of heads of theology departments from the various denomina-tions operating in Papua-New Guinea. At the meeting it was revealed that in Papua-New Guinea, Adventists have more people training for the ministry than any other denomination.

M. G. TOWNEND, PR Secretary

Euro-Africa ► The Voice of Hope, on the air from Radio-Senegal at Dakar, Senegal, for the past few weeks, has been well re-ceived. Several letters have been re-ceived as a result of the educational broadcasts. ► Humberto Arias and family have ar-rived in Madrid, Spain, from Chile. He succeeds Rafael Hidalgo as MV secretary and will also carry other responsibilities in the Spanish church.

► Of the 18 secondary school pupils in the Athens Adventist school, ten are in the baptismal class and attend Sabbath services regularly.

► Jean Kempf reports a baptism of four persons on the first Sabbath of the new year in Brazzaville, Congo. This brings the membership in this new field to 20.

Plans have been made for the construc-tion of a dispensary and an evangelistic center in the city.

► The departmental secretaries of the Euro-Africa Division recently spent a day with the Ministerial Association sec-retary, H. Vogel, discussing details for the implementation of MISSION '73.

► The first edition of 6,000 copies of the booklet Testimony Countdown, translated into German, has been exhausted, and so great is the demand that a second edition, also of 6,000 copies, has been printed. These booklets are intended to prepare church members to take part in MIS-SION '73.

EDWARD E. WHITE, Correspondent

Inter-American ► Victor Cargil was ordained in the Grants Town church in Nassau, Bahamas, on Friday, January 26. L. Herbert Fletcher, West Indies Union treasurer, preached the ordination sermon. The or-dination prayer was offered by H. R. Ben-nett, West Indies College dean of students; the charge was given by M. G. Nembhard, West Indies Union secretary, and the or-dainee was welcomed to the ministry by S. M. McKinney, president of the Bahamas Conference.

► Theology students of Antillian College, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, began 17 evangel-istic series at the same time, according to R. H. Howlett, president of the school. Each of the meetings began with overflow audiences.

L. MARCEL ABEL, Correspondent

Northern Europe-West Africa ► The staff of Kwahu Hospital, Ghana, West Africa, under the leadership of its medical director, Dr. Sherman A. Nagel, Jr., held a campaign in Obo City follow-ing an invitation by the chief of the Kwahu district. An average of more than 2,000 attended the meetings throughout the five-week series. As a result, more than 50 people have begun to attend services in the hospital's new church.

► Some 100 leaders of the Adventist medical work in Northern Europe met in Skodsborg, Denmark, some weeks ago to discuss problems connected with the Skodsborg Sanitarium. Present were representatives of 13 sanitariums and eight nursing homes. Participating in the meeting were Dr. W. Wagner, an asso-ciate secretary of the General Confer-ence Health Department, and R. Unner-sten and J. D. Henriksen, treasurer and medical secretary, respectively, of the Northern Europe-West Africa Division.

J. P. SUNDQUIST, Correspondent

Trans-Africa ► The South African Union committee has adopted a constitution for a Better Living League, the objectives of which are to promote better living in the har-monious development of the physical,

mental, and social aspects of life. The secretary of the league is J. D. Coetzee.

► Kanye Hospital in Botswana recently held a graduation for five nurses who completed a two-year course. Govern-ment examination results indicate that one of the five received honors and two were given merits. There were no other honors in the country for nursing exami-nations and only one other merit.

► Three thousand and eight hundred copies of the Signs of the Times and health magazines were recently distrib-uted by the students of Anderson Me-morial School in 12 towns in Rhodesia.

► During a recent quarter the South African Union Bible Correspondence School increased its enrollment by 2,462 new students and more than 33,770 question papers were corrected. Five hundred and seventy-five of the students graduated, and 549 signed Sabbath de-cisions. Of these, 216 wrote of their de-sire to be baptized. Twenty-three were baptized.

► J. Wood, formerly publishing depart-ment secretary of the Central African Union, has been transferred to a similar position in the Zaire Union.

► The South African Union, with the as-sistance of the Trans-Africa Division, has purchased a permanent pavilion in the Rand Easter Show, Johannesburg, South Africa. The show, largest in the Republic of South Africa, will this year be conducted March 26 to April 7. This will be one of the largest public outreach programs conducted by the church terri-tory of the division.

► Sixty-five people were baptized re-cently as the result of an evangelistic campaign conducted by A. M. Wessels in Afrikaans in Pretoria.

► W. M. Webster has transferred from the Zambesi Union, where he has served as secretary-treasurer, to fill the same post in the new Zambia Union.

DESMOND B. HILLS, Correspondent

North American Atlantic Union ► Eighteen people were baptized re-cently as a result of meetings conducted by William Jones, pastor of the Bethel church, Brooklyn, New York. ► One hundred and eleven persons have been baptized in Bridgeport, Con-necticut, as a result of a six-week evan-gelistic campaign conducted by Robert Connor and his team. There were two families of eight and one of five among those baptized.

► Ninth- and tenth-grade students from the Parkview Intermediate School, Syra-cuse, New York, participated in the an-nual National Education Week on Smok-ing, January 8-12. Under the direction of David Prest, principal, the students vis-ited six public elementary schools in the Greater Syracuse area, speaking and demonstrating to more than 1,000 fourth-through seventh-grade pupils in a pro-gram of preventive therapy.

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► The New York Conference had a $91,-000 tithe and an $8,000 Sabbath school offering increase in 1972 over the pre-vious year, according to conference sec-retary-treasurer R. A. Wesson. There was a net gain of 123 in membership, which is now 4,885. ► Plans are being laid to hold public evangelistic services in every district of the New York Conference in conjunction with MISSION '73.

► Nine Atlantic Union College students have been selected to participate in a 12-week program of traveling to churches throughout the Atlantic Union this com-ing summer. They plan to spend half a day helping in church work in any project the local leaders request. In the eve-ning they will put on a program for the church group. For his participation, each student will receive a scholarship plus three hours of college credit.

► A weekly live radio talk show "Dick Jewett on the Line" was launched last November over WAXC, Rochester, New York. The host is Richard Jewett, pastor of the Rochester Bay Knoll and East Palmyra churches. The program is aimed at people from 15 to 30 years of age. The program, aired Sundays from 11:00 A.M. to 12:00 noon, receives an average of 25 telephone calls for each broadcast.

► Six new literature evangelists have joined the ranks of the New York Con-ference publishing department since the beginning of the new year, according to K. D. Thomas, New York Conference publishing secretary.

► Chester E. Kellogg, who recently re-tired after ten years of service in New England Memorial Hospital, Stoneham, Massachusetts, was honored at the an-nual banquet of the board of trustees and the civic advisory board held at the hospital on January 10. Mr. Kellogg has given some 50 years of service in various posts within the denomination.

► The first MISSION "73 evangelistic crusade in the Southern New England Conference began on Saturday night, January 20, and continued until February 17, in the newly acquired Mapleville church in Rhode Island. The series is being conducted by Earl Cleek.

► Capital City church in Albany, New York, recently held a public relations program that was attended by the spe-cially invited guests. Among these guests were a lawyer, a TV reporter, a minis-ter, State workers, and the local Urban League president.

EMMA KIRK, Correspondent

Canadian Union ► A new church was begun in Winnipeg, Manitoba, January 13.

► Fifty-four converts were baptized in Ontario during 1972 as a result of pastor-literature evangelist teamwork, accord-ing to a report made at the annual lit-erature evangelist sales training institute held January 9-13 in Oshawa, Ontario, for bookmen of the conference. More than one third of a million dollars' worth of literature was delivered by Ontario lit-

erature evangelists during 1972. L. M. Mohns is the secretary of the publishing department of the Ontario Conference.

► Each Christmas the British Columbia Conference office staff gives a party for the men of nearby Halfway House for Alcoholics. The House is guided by the provincial government, community groups, and Alcoholics Anonymous. The Adventist Christmas party is the only one the men will accept, because they know there will be no alcoholic beverages served.

► Fred Biesenthal and Keith Juriansz, former students of Kingsway College, Oshawa, Ontario, each received scholar-ships to Ontario universities. Fred re-ceived a $4,000 scholarship to continue his education in engineering at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, as well as an offer of a scholarship of $3,000 from the University of Alberta. Keith received a scholarship to the Osgood Hall Law School in Toronto and also an offer from the Windsor, Ontario, university.

► A one-day nutrition and health semi-nar was held in Calgary, Alberta, Feb-ruary 7. Featured were Dr. U. D. Regis-ter, chairman of the Department of Nutrition, Loma Linda University School of Health. He also spoke nightly Feb-ruary 5, 6, and 7 at the Health Education Center and the Calgary church.

► The Rutland, British Columbia, church on January 13 hosted the 40-piece wind ensemble of Walla Walla College, con-ducted by Dr. H. Lloyd Leno. The church service was presented by the ensemble, with Gordon Balharrie, dean of the School of Theology of the college, as nar-rator. ► A series of Four Dimensional Keys community programs to deal with al-coholism, which is similar to Five-Day Plans, are being held in major cities across Canada by Milo Sawvell of the General Conference Temperance De-partment. A physician helped him in each city. Interested ministers in each conference are being trained in conjunc-tion with the programs. Emerson Hil-lock, temperance secretary of the Cana-dian Union, is accompanying and assist-ing Elder Sawvell.

THEDA KUESTER, Correspondent

Central Union ► On January 19 and 20 the Colorado Conference hosted 250 senior youth in a Bible Conference at Glacier View Camp. The camp was under the direction of Paul W. Schmidt and Keith Alexander, youth directors for Colorado.

► Thirty-two students in Porter Me-morial Hospital's program for practical nursing were capped recently in the youth chapel of Denver South church.

► On February 18, the It Is Written pro-gram began broadcasting on the Kansas City station KCMO-TV, channel 5 (CBS). This channel reaches a 75-mile radius.

► The new food service building at Sun-nydale Academy, Centralia, Missouri, was dedicated and opened for service on January 14. The mayor of Centralia and

L. G. Barker, Central Union educational secretary, were among the attendants. Wayne Olson is principal of the academy.

► Construction has begun on the new church in Topeka, Kansas. It is hoped it will be occupied by autumn.

► As of December 31, 1972, the mem-bership for the Missouri Conference was 5,580 members. For the first time in its history the conference exceeded the million-dollar mark in tithe last year. The conference raised more than $119,000 for Ingathering.

CLARA ANDERSON, Correspondent

Columbia Union ► Sabbathkeepers in Franklin, Pen-dleton County, West Virginia, were recently organized as a church. Moun-tain View Conference president Rich-ard Fearing and Pastor Jan Follett led in the ceremony. Charter membership is 22.

► Lloyd Logan is the new pastor of the Wooster and Millersburg, Ohio, churches. He comes from Dayton, where he was as-sistant pastor of the Far Hills church.

► The one-year-old Marietta, Ohio, church recently sponsored a three-week evangelistic series conducted by Pastor and Mrs. Arnold Kraner. Two were bap-tized as a result of the meetings.

► Cecil 0. Kinder of the Wilna, Mary-land, church recently completed his third Five-Day Plan to Stop Smoking clinic at the Harford County Health Department auditorium, Bel Air, Maryland. He was assisted by Dr. Bernard Marsh, chief sur-geon, throat and upper respiratory sec-tion, Public Health Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland; Dr. Ernest J. Plata, of the Na-tional Cancer Institute; Major Donald Culver, a specialist in internal medicine at Edgewood Arsenal; Dr. Clifford F. Hudson, local physician at Fork, Mary-land; and Frank Stapleton, school princi-pal. The three clinics in Bel Air have helped 175 men and women give up smoking.

► Pennsylvania Conference reports lit-erature sales for 1972 of $776,167.57.

► Eighty-two were recently baptized as a result of evangelistic meetings con-ducted by the W. C. Scales family and the Berea Temple and Sharon churches in Baltimore, Maryland.

MORTEN RIBERO, Correspondent

Lake Union ► Sixteen Jasper Wayne awards were given to members at the West Central, Illinois, church's Ingathering victory celebration held recently.

► Mrs. Earl High, 82, a member of the Waukegan, Illinois, church, collected $800 from business establishments dur-ing the recent Ingathering drive despite doctor's orders that she was not to walk the distance involved in making the vis-its. She feels that God answered her prayers for strength. She is looking for-ward to next year's Ingathering program. ► Six Michigan Conference church schools tripled their Ingathering goals,

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and eight solicited twice the amount needed. ► Organizational services were held February 10 for a Spanish church in Berrien Springs, Michigan. This is the third church to be raised up through ef-forts of the Pioneer Memorial church members at Andrews University. The other two are in Stevensville and Eau Claire. The Spanish group has 50 charter members and meets in a 250-seat build-ing donated by Dr. Wilson Trickett, pro-fessor of business administration at Andrews.

► Lizzie McCormick, 86, of the DuQuoin, Illinois, church, was honored recently for her 45 years as a Sabbath school teacher. ► Harry Varney, 83, a member of the Brookfield, Illinois, church, collected $730 for Ingathering last year from business contacts. He also turned in $175 for Investment from the profit he made selling home baking.

► Patients at Hinsdale Sanitarium and Hospital, Hinsdale, Illinois, now receive a colorful brochure on vegetarian food available to them during their stay at the hospital. About 900 vegetarian meals are served at the hospital every day, with two out of three patients choosing a vegetarian diet. Hinsdale is the only hospital in Illinois featuring a low cho-lesterol, low fat vegetarian cuisine for general use by patients and visitors.

► Mr. and Mrs. Charles Papenberg, of Hinckley, Illinois, celebrated their six-tieth wedding anniversary on January 23. The Papenbergs have been Advent-ists for 52 years.

► Glendale, Indiana, members collected more than $9,073 for Ingathering in 23 hours over a period of eight days. The church goal was $8,500.

► Forty-one members from four churches in the Detroit, Michigan, area presented a program to inmates at the Dayton Hu-man Rehabilitation Center in Dayton, Ohio, recently.

GORDON ENGEN, Correspondent

Northern Union ► A Foods of Tomorrow Today booth was sponsored at the Redfield, South Da-kota, Farm and Home Show, January 14 and 15, by the lay activities council of the Redfield church. About 1,500 persons stopped at the booth and signed up for one of the ten prizes given away. The pos-sibility of a retail outlet for health foods is being considered as a result of the ex-hibition. The Huron, South Dakota, Jay-cees invited the group to sponsor a simi-lar booth at their Dakota Winter Show March 1-4.

► South Dakota conference evangelist Buddy Brass, assisted by Elder and Mrs. F. C. Petty, is holding evangelistic meet-ings in the town of Selby, South Dakota.

► S. L. McPherson, Minnesota Confer-ence evangelist, is currently conducting evangelistic meetings in the Bemidji and Hackensack churches. He is assisted by E. W. Brown, district pastor.

► The week of January 29 through Feb-

ruary 2 was spent by the Minnesota lit-erature evangelists in intensive group canvassing in the city of Stillwater. More than $1,000 worth of books was sold the first two days. Bible studies were re-quested in twenty-one homes.

► A new auto-lab room has been added to Sheyenne River Academy, Harvey, North Dakota. A philanthropic group has made several investments to improve the tools and equipment needed for the lab.

L. H. NETTEBURG, Correspondent

Southern Union ► Community service workers of the Asheville, North Carolina, Foster Me-morial church recently outfitted a num-ber of Madison County children with shoes. The program was coordinated with the social workers of the county.

► The first of a series of Youth-Family Life rallies was held at Fort Lauder-dale, Florida, on February 17, Dr. Ken-neth M. Kennedy, of Southern Mission-ary College, Collegedale, Tennessee, was the speaker.

► In the Florida Conference, 18 persons have been reported baptized in Naples by Rainey Hooper; 19 in Bradenton by Harmon Brownlow; 11 in Winter Haven by R. K. Cemer; and five in Islamorada by the Coulter-Pillsbury team.

► A nutrition school was recently con-ducted in the Fayetteville, North Caro-lina, church. Vegetarian cookery was featured by the school's director, Shirley Schoepflinn.

► Seven hundred persons attended the opening meetings of an evangelistic cam-paign in Fort Myers, Florida, conducted by Dale Brusett.

► Derek Mustow, who has been a copy editor at Southern Publishing Associa-tion for the past two years, has been named assistant manager of the periodi-cal department. He assumes his new position this month. Mustow's primary responsibilities will be in field promo-tion of These Times. He will also reorgan-ize and upgrade the tract distribution program and work on the circulation of Still Waters.

OSCAR L. HEINRICH, Correspondent

Southwestern Union

► Theology students of Southwestern Union College, Keene, Texas, are writers and speakers for a 30-minute radio pro-gram entitled "Life at Its Best," heard every Sunday over station KCLE, Cle-burne, Texas. In addition to the radio program the group also sponsors com-munity health lectures. Future plans in-clude conducting a Five-Day Plan to Stop Smoking and nutrition and physical fit-ness classes. ► A workers' meeting was held in Dallas, January 8, to acquaint the ministry of the Southwest Region Conference with the MISSION '73 program. Guest speaker was Maurice T. Battle, an associate secretary of the Lay Activities Department of the General Conference. The report of con-ference baptisms for the past year was 421. M. J. Scott, of the Tulsa district, who

baptized 72 converts in MISSION "72, was named Man of the Year during the meet-ing.

► Three churches were organized in the Arkansas-Louisiana Conference last year: Lincoln, Arkansas, and Slidell and Houma, Louisiana. A company was organ-ized in Morrilton, Arkansas. Two more churches in Arkansas will be organized during the first quarter of 1973—Sulphur Springs and Russellville,

► The Gold Seal of Progress award was recently received by Ben Bowen, man-ager of the Oklahoma Book and Bible House, from the Ardmore, Oklahoma, Chamber of Commerce. The Ardmore branch of the Book and Bible House was opened three years ago. Total sales for 1972 approached one quarter of a million dollars, the highest per capita book sales in Adventist Book Centers in North America.

► Col. James B. Irwin, Apollo 15 lunar module command pilot, was speaker at the Keene Seventh-day Adventist church, Sabbath afternoon, February 10. Colonel Irwin told of his experiences on the Apollo 15 flight and showed a film of the flight and landing.

► Fernon Retzer, secretary of the Gen-eral Conference Sabbath School Depart-ment, preached in Spanish at the Albu-querque, New Mexico, Spanish Center, on a recent Sabbath. On that day the pas-tor, Isaac Lara, baptized ten new mem-bers. ► Texico Conference pastors recently held their annual beginning-of-the-year workers' meeting, where they pledged to baptize 500 new members during 1973.

J. N. MORGAN, Correspondent

Andrews University ► Dr. Rudolf Strukoff, associate profes-sor of music at Andrews, is listed in Two Thousand Men of Achievement, an in-ternational biographical reference vol-ume published in London, England.

► R. W. Spalding, M.D., recently became part of the staff of the Medical Center at Andrews University. Dr. Spalding, a graduate of Loma Linda University, has served in a variety of practice situations in Michigan. Most recently he was located in Gobles in association with R. I. McFad-den, M.D. He has served as the medical secretary of the Michigan Conference. ► More than 40 Andrews University sophomore nursing students participated in the capping and consecration service on Sabbath afternoon, January 13, in Pioneer Memorial church. This year's class is the sixth to be capped since An-drews began its baccalaureate program in nursing.

► Dr. John Stout, professor of biology at Andrews University, will be listed in the first edition of Who's Who in Ecology when it is published later this year. ► Recently Andrews University James White Library was designated a Map Reference Library, and as such will re-ceive all new and revised topographical maps of the U.S. Geological Survey.

OPAL YOUNG, Correspondent

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Bulletin Board Deaths

ATKINS, Nora Mary.-b. June 9, 1898, Holland, Mich.; d. Jan. 7, 1973, Niles, Mich. Miss Atkins spent 43 years in denominational work, 19 of which were spent in foreign service in the Philippines, Singapore, and Beirut, Leba-non. Survivors include a sister, Margarete Hadgens, of Niles; a brother, Raymond, of Texas; and several nephews and nieces.

KENLEY, Fred.-b. July 5, 1887, Nottingham, England; d. Jan. 18, 1973, Angwin, Calif. He walked 50 miles to attend his first camp meeting. He served as tentmaster with an English evangelist. For some time he was a literature evangelist. He was employed at the Caterham Sanitarium in England before he came to the United States in 1912. He worked at the vegetarian cafeteria in San Francisco, operated by the St. Helena Sanitarium. In 1915 he married Lela Warner. In 1917 he became a book-binder at the Pacific Press Publishing Association, Mountain View, California, where he was employed until his retirement in 1952. Survivors include his two daughters, Margaret Bethke, of Vallejo, California, and Florence Calkins, of Dinuba, California; five grand-children; and four great-grandchildren.

LLOYD, Beulah Mary Baker.-b. Feb, 5, 1884, Noble County, Ind.; d. Jan. 18, 1973, Angwin, Calif. She took normal training and became a teacher in Michigan. She attended Luther Warren's Bible Training School to pre-pare herself as a Bible instructor. Soon she was employed in Southern California as a Bible instructor. In 1911 she married Ernest W. Lloyd, and for more than 60 years they served in various capacities. She prepared a series of booklets, and one of them is a text in the biology depart-ment of Pacific Union College. She also prepared a valued herbarium exhibit for the biology department of Pacific Union College. For five years the Lloyds entertained visitors to Elmshaven, the last home of Ellen G. White. Survivors include her husband; son, Gordon D. Lloyd; three grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; two neph-ews, Elder Frank Baker and Dr. Herbert Baker.

NORWOOD, George Edwin, M.D.-b. April 20, 1904, Kansas City, Kans.; d. Jan. 16, 1973, Los Angeles, Calif. He graduated from Walla Walla College and from the College of Medical Evangelists in the class of 1932. He taught there, and in 1958 became assistant dean of the School of Medicine of Loma Linda University. When practicing medicine in Idaho he was a member of the con-ference committee. Survivors include his wife, Florence (Bonnie) Jacobson; daughter, Jody Olsen; and twin brother, Dr. Fred Norwood.

STONE, Everett Mead, M.D.-b. May 27, 1900, Bowling Green, Ky.; d. Nov. 3, 1972, Riverside, Calif, For 18 years he was Riverside County public health director. He was president of Southern California Public Health Associa-tion and a member of the Santa Ana Regional Water Pollution Control Board. He graduated from Washington Missionary College in 1922, and from the College of Medical Evangelists in 1931. Survivors include his wife, Bessie; a daughter, Eleanore, of Riverside; a son, Wil-liam, of Hinsdale, Illinois; three grandchildren; and a brother-in-law, Dr. Horace Shaw, of Berrien Springs, Michigan.

lb New Posts Glenn Alexander Gryte (LLU '52) to serve as

Ob/Gyn specialist in the Taiwan Sanitarium and Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Silva Louise (nee Woosley) Gryte (LLU '46) and one child, of Boulder, Colorado, left San Francisco, Cali-fornia, January 17, 1973.

Marvin Earl Shultz (PUC '65) to be press manager at Venezuela Vocational Academy, Nir-gua, Venezuela, and Judy Carol (nee Montrose) Shultz of Coral Gables, Florida, left Miami, Florida, November 20, 1972.

Warren Skilton, to Montana Conference, formerly pastor of Cherry Hill-Laurel Springs district, New Jersey.

Arnold Valentin Wallenkampf (U of Calif '69) to be Bible teacher at Philippine Union College, and Mae Elizabeth (nee Sorensen) Wallen-kampf (LIC '38) of South Lancaster, Massa-chusetts, left Los Angeles, California, January 7, 1973.

ADVENTIST VOLUNTEER SERVICE CORPS

Christian Peter Christianson, of Loma Linda, California, to teach in the Richland Park High School, St. Vincent, Trinidad; Betty I. (nee Loewen) Christianson, left Miami, Florida, January 8, 1973.

Donald Kenneth Clemons, of Paradise, Cali-fornia, to do construction work at the Stahl

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Clinic, Iquitos, Peru; B. Sharon (nee Berwick) Clemons and three children, left San Francisco, California, December 24, 1972.

A. Kathryn Hargrave, of Costa Mesa, Califor-nia, to be a teacher in Thailand Medical Insti-tutions, Bhuket, Thailand, left Los Angeles, California, January 15, 1973.

Alice M. Nilsen. of Silverton, Oregon, to be physical therapist in the Nicaragua Adventist Hospital, Esteli, Nicaragua, left Los Angeles, California, December 12, 1972.

STUDENT MISSIONARIES

Lawrence M. Austin (PUC), of Angwin, Cali-fornia, to teach in the Haadyai English Lan-guage School, Haadyai, Thailand, left Los An-geles, California, December 26, 1972.

Debra Ann Barron (PUC), of Reno, Nevada, to teach primary grades in the Adventist Junior High School, Monrovia, Liberia, left New York City, January 16, 1973.

Julia Ann Rua (LLU), of Riverside, California, to be a teacher in Nigeria, left New York City, January 16, 1973.

Barbara J. Riveira (PUC), of Glendale, Cali-fornia, to be a nurse in the Bella Vista Hospital, Mayagfiez, Puerto Rico, left San Francisco, Cali-fornia, December 28, 1972.

Dan L. Tilstra (PUC), of Angwin, California, to be a teacher in the Korean Union Language School, Seoul, Korea, left San Francisco, Cali-fornia, January 8, 1973.

Literature Requests [When name and address only are given, send general missionary supplies.]

Africa Publishing Secretary, South-East Africa

Union, P.O. Box 951, Blantyre, Malawi, Africa. Ghana Conference, P.O. Box 480, Kumasi,

Ghana, West Africa. Pastor Emmanuel Abbey, SDA Teacher Train-

ing College, P.O. Box 30, Agona, Ashanti, Ghana, West Africa: Review.

William Zulu Rono, Kapsabet High School, P.O. Box 10, Kapsabet, Kenya, East Africa.

Pastor J. U. Okwandu, Private Mail Bag 1115, Aba, Nigeria, West Africa: These Times, Message, Signs, Review.

North Ghana Mission, P.O. Box 74, Tamale, Ghana, West Africa.

Pastor F. 0. Adugbo, P.O. Box 171, Warri, Mid-Western State, Nigeria, West Africa: maga-zines, Bibles, pamphlets, Spirit of Prophecy books.

Burma Pastor Victor Kipzanang, SDA Mission

Quarter Tiddim, P.O. Tiddim, N. Chin Hills, Upper Burma, Asia: sermon books, Bibles, biographies of Wesley, Spurgeon, and other preachers, Christmas cards, Spirit of Prophecy and religious books, magazines, songbooks.

New Zealand Missionary Palu Fuatapu, SDA Mission, Box

7, Niue Island, South Pacific; Review, magazines, books.

North America Idamae Melendy, Review and Herald, Wash-

ington, D.C. 20012: Bibles, New Testaments. Nettie Alexander, Rt. 2, Lula, Ga. 30554. Ruth Grenz, Rt. 1, Box 56, Grover, Colo.

80729: Guides for 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958 to be bound for library.

Pauline Goddard, Rt. 1, Box 353, Linden, N.C. 28356: Friendship issues only of the Review, tracts and small books (Spanish).

Philippines lsagani V. Sta. Ana, Southern Luzon Mission,

Legaspi City, P.1.: Spirit of Prophecy books, encyclopedia, From Sabbath to Sunday, Signs, Guide, Little Friend, Primary Treasure, Life and Health, Bibles, Memory Verse cards, used Christmas cards, songbooks, tracts, books, magazines.

Estrella Alquino, Alex Men's Wear, Bancalan, Davao del Sur, Mindanao, P.I.

Eufrocina L. Ciencia, Seventh-day Adventist Multi-Grade School, Southern Nueva Vizcaya District, Almaguer, Bambang, Nueva Vizcaya, P.I.: Guide, Primary Treasure, Little Friend, In-sight, Review, Signs, Bibles, songbooks, Bible games, Sabbath school supplies, children's books, scrapbooks, denominational books.

Brigido T. Esteban, Northern Luzon Mission, Artacho, Sison, Pangasinan, P.I. C-341: Primary readers and reading course books for 26 church schools.

Onofre R. Beltran, Jr,, Southern Mindanao Academy, Managa, Digos, Davao del Sur, P.I.

Norma Bhady, Matiao Crossing, Pantuban, Davao del Norte, P.I.

Pastor Angel C. Gepaya, Matutum View Academy, Acmonan, Tupi, S. Cotabato, Min-danao, P.I.

Carmelina Gumban, Bo. Acmonan, Tupi, Gen. Santos City, P.I.

T. V. Barizo, North Philippine Union Mis-sion, P.I. Box 401, Manila, P.I.

Severiano M. Tubias, Mayo, Mati, Davao Or., P.I.: Christmas cards, King's Herald records, prophetic charts, Bibles, E. G. White books, Hymnal, Signs, Listen, Life and Health, Sabbath school and Vacation Bible School materials.

Romeo Piseo, West Bayugan Brook, Bayugan 1, Agusan del Sur, P.1.

Osias V. Cabaluna, Matutum View Academy, Acmonan, Tupi, S. Cotabato, P.I.: Spirit of Prophecy books, cutouts, Memory Verse cards, Christmas cards, colored magazines, children's materials.

Mrs. Luningning Ibanez, 1003-D Samar St., Sampaloc, Manila, P.I.

Pastor Daniel D. Somoso, Western Mindanao Mission, P.O. Box 13, Ozamiz City, P.I.: Smoke Signals, Listen, Message, MV Kit, Life and Health, Guide, Signs, prophetic charts, Chapel Records.

E. S. Layson, Mahaba Mountain Mission School, c/o Northeastern Mindanao Mission, Butuan City, P.I.: These Times, Still Waters, Mes-sage, books, storybooks, visual aids, flannel-graphs.

Nene Salvio, Pontevedra SDA Church, Pon-tevedra, Negros Occ., P.I.

Generoso C. Llamera, San Isidro, Kitcharao, Agusan del Norte, P.I. L-109: E. G. White books, Bibles, songbooks, Sabbath school supplies, magazines.

Oseas H. Gucilatar, South-Central Luzon Mission, San Rafael, San Pablo City, P.I. E-126: denominational books, health books, Signs, Life and Health, Liberty, Listen, These Times.

Romulo B. Albaciete, 163 Rizal St., Ormoc City, P.I.: Bibles, songbooks, Life and Health, Listen, These Times, Liberty, Insight, Guide, Little Friend, Review, Signs, Listen, Planet in Rebel-lion, small books.

Jimmy H. Adil, Southern Mindanao Mission, Gen. Santos City, P.I.: magazines, Spirit of Prophecy books, pictures, Christmas cards, records, Bibles, songbooks.

Mrs. Lucilo V. Nazareth, c/o Machan Repair Shop, Notre Dame Ave., Cotabato City.

Laga Katug, Maasim, S. Cotabato. Marina Cunanan, Tupi, S. Cotabato, Alfonso Villarta, Magsaysay Memorial Col-

leges, General Santos City. Belle Ortaliza, Maitum, S. Cotabato. Leoncio Limpiado, Kiamba, S. Cotabato. A. M. Limasnero, L. Timonan, Dumingag,

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Caixa Postal 243, Manaus, Amazonas 69,000, Brazil: pictures, child evangelism materials,

Ariel Barrios, Hilario Lagos 89, Santa Rosa, La Pampa, Argentina: German Bibles and E. G. White books.

West Indies Dr. T. S. F, Edwards, SDA Clinic, Church St.,

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Because of immigration requirements this notice applies only to permanent residents of the United States and Canada.

Camp Meeting Schedule

Atlantic Union Greater New York

English

June 28-July 7 Camp Berkshire, Wingdale Spanish

July 8-14 Camp Berkshire, Wingdale

New York

June 29-July 7 Union Springs Academy,

Union Springs Northeastern

June 29-July 7 Camp Victory Lake, Hyde Park,

New York Northern New England

June 28-July 7

Pine Tree Intermediate School, Freeport, Maine

Southern New England

June 28-July 7 South Lancaster, Massachusetts

Canadian Union

Alberta Canadian Union College, Lacombe July 6-14 Peace River, Peoria

July 20-22 British Columbia July 13-21

Hope Manitoba-Saskatchewan

Manitoba

July 12-14 Saskatoon

June 29-July 7 Maritime

July 27-August 4 Pugwash, Nova Scotia

Newfoundland Mission

July 27-29 St. John's

Ontario Kingsway College, Oshawa

Central Union Central States

Camp Shady Hill, Edwardsville, Kansas

Colorado Campion Academy, Loveland,

Colorado Kansas

Enterprise Academy, Enterprise, Kansas

Missouri June 13-16 Sunnydale Academy, Centralia

Nebraska June 8-16 Platte Valley Academy, Shelton

Wyoming August 7-12 Mill Springs Camp, Casper

Columbia Union June 21-July 1

July 1-8

July 12-21

July 6-14 July 20, 21

June 22-30

July 1-7 June 22.30

June 14-23

June 15-23

Illinois Broadview Academy, La Fox June 7-16 Little Grassy SDA Camp,

Makanda

August 8-11 Indiana

June 15-23 Indiana Academy, Cicero

Lake Region June 28-July 7 Cassopolis, Michigan

Michigan July 19-28 Grand Ledge Academy,

Grand Ledge Wisconsin July 26-August 4

Portage

Northern Union Iowa June 1-9

Oak Park Academy, Nevada Minnesota June 8-16

Maplewood Academy, Hutchinson North Dakota June 8-16

Sheyenne River Academy, Harvey South Dakota June 1-9

State Fair Grounds, Huron

North Pacific

Alaska July 27-29 Murray Gildersleeve Log Camp,

Ketchiltan Idaho June 8-16

Gem State Academy, Caldwell Montana

June 22-30 Mount Ellis Academy, Bozeman

Oregon July 13.21 Gladstone Park, Gladstone

Upper Columbia

June 8-16 Walla Walla College,

College Place, Washington Washington

July 5-14 Auburn Academy, Washington

Pacific Arizona July 19-28

Prescott Central California August 2-11

Soquel Hawaiian Mission

Kauai

August 10, 11 Maui

August 17, 18 Oahu August 24, 25

Nevada-Utah

July 2-7 Springville, Utah

Northern California Fortuna

July 22-28 Philo

July 22-28 Vallejo August 12-18 Paradise

August 12-18 Spanish

August 15-18 Pacific Union College, Angwin

Southern California Frazier Park

June 29, 30 Newbury Park Academy

July 27, 28 Lynwood

September 19-22 Lancaster

October 5, 6 Pomona October 26, 27

Kentucky-Tennessee June 1-9 Highland Academy, Portland, Tennessee

South Atlantic June 7-16 Hawthorne, Florida

South Central June 8-18 Oakwood College, Huntsville,

Alabama

Southwestern Union Arkansas-Louisiana

June 8-16 Gentry, Arkansas

Oklahoma July 13-21 Oklahoma City

Southwest Region

May 31-June 9 Jarvis College, Hawkins, Texas

Texas June 8-18

Southwestern Union College, Keene

Texico June 15-23 Sandia View Academy, Corrales,

New Mexico

Coming Educational Day and Elementary School

Offering (Local Conference) March 31 Thirteenth Sabbath Offering (Northern

Europe-West Africa Division)

March 31 One Million New Pulpits (Missionary

Magazine Campaign)

April 7 Church Lay Activities Offering April 7 Lorna Linda University Offering

(Alternates With Andrews University)

April 14 Literature Evangelism Rally Day April 21 Children's Day April 28 Health and Welfare Evangelism May 5 Church Lay Activities Offering May 5 Disaster and Famine Relief Offering (Alternates

With Servicemen's Literature Offering)

May 12 Home Foreign Challenge May 19 North American Mission Offering (Alternates

With Christian Record Offering)

May 19 Bible Correspondence School Enrollment lune 2 Church Lay Activities Offering June 2 Inner City Offering June 16 Spirit of Prophecy Day June 23 Thirteenth Sabbath Offering

(Inter-American Division)

June 30 Medical Missionary Day July 7 Church Lay Activities Offering July 7 Midsummer Mission Offering July 14 Dark County Evangelism August 4 Church Lay Activities Offering August 4

Allegheny East Pine Forge Academy, Pine Forge,

Pennsylvania Allegheny West

Mount Vernon Academy, Mount Vernon, Ohio

Chesapeake Highland View Academy,

Hagerstown, Maryland Mountain View

Parkersburg, West Virginia Cumberland, Maryland

New Jersey English Garden State Academy,

Tranquility, New Jersey Spanish

Ohio Mount Vernon Academy,

Mount Vernon, Ohio Pennsylvania

Blue Mountain Academy, Hamburg, Pennsylvania

Potomac Shenandoah Valley Academy,

New Market, Virginia

Lake Union

June 22-24 Southern Union

Alabama-Mississippi May 25-June 2 Bass Memorial Academy,

June 21-30 Lumberton, Mississippi Carolina June 1-9

Mount Pisgah Academy,

June 22-30 Candler, North Carolina Florida May 25-June 2

Forest Lake Academy, Maitland

June 5-9 Georgia-Cumberland May 23-26 Southern Missionary College,

Collegedale, Tennessee

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Name for Merged GC Departments

The name Department of Communication has been recommended by the North American Ad-visory Committee for the newly merged Radio-Television and Public Relations departments of the General Conference. The recommendation was based on the results of a worldwide survey of people working in those areas of church re-sponsibility, and after much deliberation by the Advisory Committee.

In voting the recommendation, the committee recognized that the department has a concern with all areas of public relations, not simply the techniques of communicating. It is expected that, in time, the nomenclature Department of Com-munication will become as familiar as the names of the Sabbath School or Lay Activities depart-ments.

The committee's recommendation will go to the Annual Council for study, then to the General Conference session, to be held in Vienna, Aus-tria, in 1975, when the new department will be finally voted upon. Pending approval at that ses-sion, the department will function under the newly recommended name. F. L. BLAND

Steps to Christ in Pidgin English

The Rarama Publishing House in Suva, Fiji, has just published Steps to Christ in pidgin Eng-lish. The title reads Rot I Go Long Jisas. "It's the only worthwhile devotional production that we Christians have in pidgin English except the New Testament itself," an evangelical minister re-marked to one of our missionaries after reading the little book.

Most of the illustrations in the pidgin transla-tion are done by a national artist, E. Tui. One picture reveals Christ healing a sick man. The caption reads, "Jisas i mekim orait of sikman." Read the sentence carefully and you will get the idea.

The new translation of Steps to Christ will be used throughout the South Pacific, particularly in New Guinea and in the Western Pacific Union Mission, formerly the Bismarck-Solomons Union Mission field.

This latest translation is the one hundredth language in which Steps to Christ is now available. Fifteen million copies have been sold since the book was written in 1892.

A letter from H. E. Morenings, general man-ager of the Hamburg Publishing House, reports that a number of Ellen G. White books are being prepared for distribution in West Germany. Christ in His Sanctuary and Revival and Beyond will go to press shortly. Patriarchs and Prophets, The Great Controversy, and The Desire of Ages will be ready for distribution in May. Prophets and

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Kings and The Acts of the Apostles are presently in the process of being translated. Other Spirit of Prophecy volumes are scheduled to appear in Germany within the next few years.

D. A. DELAFIELD

British SDA's to Match Pound for Pound

The Sabbath school members of the British Union have accepted the challenge of matching, pound for pound, their share of the March 31 Thirteenth Sabbath Offering overflow that will go to their union. The money will be used to benefit the Stanborough School, Watford, Hertfordshire. Thus every dollar given by Sabbath school mem-bers that goes for the Stanborough School this thirteenth Sabbath will become the equivalent of two dollars.

W. Duncan Eva, president of the Northern Europe-West Africa Division, writes, "Push the British membership hard; they are ready for it! Your sacrifice will be met by further sacrifice by those who appreciate all you do."

FERNON RETZER

Final N.A. Ingathering Report

Total raised for 1973 Ingathering: $7,776,-346.91. This is a gain of $255,943.06 over last year's final total of $7,520,403.85.

The per capita this year for the North Amer-ican Division is $16.91.

Seventeen local conferences reached the Sil-ver Vanguard goal of $25 or more per member. Pennsylvania and New York conferences are at the top, with per capitas of $30.40 and $30.02, respectively.

The ten union conferences and 51 local con-ferences exceeded the final totals reached for last year. The highest gains made by unions are: Pacific, $42,433.35; Southern, $33,090.40; and Canadian, $28,298.94. The highest local confer-ence gains are Michigan, $16,694.62; Southeast-ern California, $13,676.76; and Chesapeake, $11,834.97.

Three unions raised more than $1 million: Columbia, $1,308,263.77; Pacific, $1,226,597.39; and Southern, $1,173,338.87. C. C. WEIS

People in the News

W. A. Scharffenberg, 76, died March 5, in San Diego, California. He served the denomination in many capacities in North America and over-seas. The last position he held was secretary of the General Conference Temperance Association, a post he held for more than 20 years, until he retired in 1964. Jeanette B. Hartman, 94, wife of G. E. Hartman, died, Dallas, Texas, February 23, She served with her husband for many years in the South American Division.