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EDITOR: R. H. PARR WARBURTON, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA

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Volume 73, Number 31 August 4, 1969

The first from Wabag

NEW GUINEA ORDINATION E. A. RAETHEL

IT WAS IN 1948 that Seventh-day Adventists commenced work in the Wabag valley of the Western Highlands of New Guinea. Pastor F. T. Maberly, now secretary of the Australasian Division, was the first European missionary of any denomination to move into that valley so thickly populated with primitive, devil-worshipping heathen.

Pastor Maberly had many experi-ences in which the power of the devil was remarkably evident among these people, but the prayers of faith that ascended from the missionary and his wife brought to light an even greater power—the power of the Living God.

AT THE ORDINATION (left to right, back row): Pastors E. A. Raethel and L. H. Barnard; (front row) Esther Yambian, Pastor Joseph Yambian and Pastor L. C. Naden. The two young Yambians are

also in the picture. (Photo: L. H. Barnard.)

The Spirit of God has continued to work in a wonderful way among these highland people until now there are 1,143 baptized church members and 5,120 people attending Sabbath schools each week in the Wabag district. Con-tinued growth is assured when we con-sider that our faithful missionaries and lay members conduct 149 branch Sab-bath schools every Sabbath day. Four Adventist primary schools have a total enrolment of 275 pupils, while more than 100 Wabag students attend Ad-ventist central schools and colleges outside the Wabag valley. A further large number of pupils are enrolled in daily Bible classes in the valley.

Anniversary Event It is very fitting that our twenty-

first year of continual mission work in the Wabag valley should be marked by a special event. Our coming of age there coincided with the ordination to the gospel ministry of the first Wabag national minister. Brother Joseph Yambian has been a diligent student of the Word and a tireless seeker of souls since he commenced work as a missionary in 1959. His labours, both in the Wabag valley and in primitive areas farther afield, have resulted in

many souls won to the kingdom of God. His devoted wife, Esther, has faithfully stood by his side, bearing her children without adequate assistance in the remote valleys where the call of duty has led them to live.

On Sabbath, May 17, 1969, dele-gates from all around the Western Highlands Mission gathered at Togoba for the biennial session of the mission. Our Australasian Division president, Pastor Naden, was present and took the ordination service. Assisting him were Pastors L. H. Barnard, Paul

Barava and the writer. During the giving of the charge and the prayer of ordination, eight ministers, both Euro-pean and national, gathered in a semi-circle around the rostrum.

We pray that God's Spirit will be granted in double measure to Pastor Joseph Yambian as he assumes his greater responsibilities. During the ab-sence of Pastor L. H. Barnard on fur-lough, Pastor Yambian will be respon-sible for the direction of the work in the large Lagaip district.

August Is "Signs" Month (Registered in Australia for transmission by post as a newspaper.)

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On learning that he was in contact with the preacher, who was to speak on "The Power Behind the Seance," he fur-ther asked, "Would you be our guest on our `talk-back' telephone-radio pro-gramme called 'Recorder Line' and ex-plain your beliefs about the supernatural and the teachings of the Seventh-day Adventist Church?"

What a question to ask an evangelist! Having consented, I began to realize the significance of the involvement of that call when I considered the many ques-tions that could come "out of the blue" to me. For a complete week the radio station plugged the coming visit of the guest speaker and invited listeners to question him about Spiritualism and Seventh-day Adventist beliefs. I swotted all the "off beat" theological questions that might be asked—which incidentally never were!

It was with some trepidation that I sat in front of the microphone with the tele-phone receiver at the ready. For the whole hour I was bombarded with ques-tions, including a trunk line call, too! The radio station, as is usual, played the whole session back twice that day, at both lunch time and tea time.

The radio station requested that photo-graphs be taken of the event for use in their publicity material, and expressed an interest in further programming. A se-quel to the programme came when several people in the listening area wrote in for material on the various matters dis-cussed. Church members in the broad-cast reception area had been praying that this rather unique invitation would be the means of opening doors to further opportunities.

Two Muzzle Loaders A good member came up to the

preacher one evening after the mission programme and said, "Pastor, I feel im-pressed to offer these two old muzzle-loaders to you for the work you are try-ing to do." The senior church elder in Wangaratta suggested he find out from a gunsmith friend the guns' value.

The next day the phone rang that the news was that, in view of the fact that the guns were being sold for the church, this friend had given the elder a cheque for $100! So all were surprised and happy, and the brother who had given the guns was more than delighted.

This unexpected donation was a direct impetus for us to visit the radio station again and inquire regarding the possibil-

Pastor Dabson "Talks back" on 3SR on the subject of spiritism.

(Photo: Associated Broadcasting Se ry ice s.)

ity of regular time on the air. The friendly manager assured us of his inter-est and promised to let us know. Finally, after a little wait, the answer came that a time slot was available before the even-ing news bulletin each Sunday from 6.45 to '7.00 p.m. Once again we found our-selves in the manager's office with a sug-gested programme for particular local application. Scanning the brief outline the manager finally said, "This looks like the format for a very interesting pro-gramme. I suggest you come and spend a couple of hours with the studio man-ager, Neville Roberts, who will give you all the help possible. The resources of the station are available for you to use and we hope you succeed in your pur-pose."

Thus through the simple gesture of sending a scrap of paper to a popular radio "talk-back" compere, who had been discussing the subject of Spiritualism at length, a faithful member was the key for an invitation to the evangelist to be guest on the programme. Then through the generosity of another member the matter of getting a regular radio mission under way was investigated and time al-lotted. God works in strange ways His wonders to perform. This time He used a scrap of paper and two old rusty mus-kets.

Our gigantic army, navy, and air force will not save us. Our scientists cannot devise weapons powerful enough to save a nation that is in danger of moral corrup-tion.

The lecturers (left to right): Pastor H. W. Nolan, Brethren J. Purnell, H. Fisher, I.. Britten, Sister

B. Timms and Brother Timms.

MASTER GUIDE CAMP LESLIE A. CROFT

YOUTH and leaders alike came to the Master Guide camp conducted by the South New South Wales Conference over the Queen's birthday week-end. They listened to nature experts, to scientists, to the pastor-nurse and to others. They learned of the ways of reptiles, marsu-pials and birds, of camperaft, health and healing, and chemistry. But more than that, they learned a little more of how to live a happy, consistent Christian life.

The June long week-end was the time; the Y.M.C.A. camp outside Canberra was the venue. Despite at least twelve hours of lectures to complete the three MV hon-ours listed per person, plus the regular Sabbath services and worships, ample time was still found for lots of good fun and fellowship.

The lecturers: Pastor W. Nolan (Medi-cal secretary, T.C.U.C.), Mr. J. Purnell (Sydney Sanitarium and Hospital), Mr. and Mrs. B. Timms (Monash University, Melbourne), Mr. L. Britten (Tanja), Mr. H. Fisher (C.S.I.R.O., Canberra) were all proficient in their subjects. Pastors H. B. Christian and C. Townend were also much appreciated as guest speakers for worship services.

MV Department personnel hope that the inspiration and information gained from this camp will lead to a renewed in-terest in the Master Guide training course as MV societies in South New South Wales take up the challenge to train future leaders.

Camperaft enthusiasts learn tent pitching on the banks of the Murrumbidgee River.

Shot-gun Evangelism!

"A Scrap of Paper and Two Muskets!"

DAVID J. DABSON

MY TELEPHONE RANG one morning and the voice at the other end said, "This is Neville Roberts of 3SR radio station. Are you Mr. Dabson who is lec-turing in the Wangaratta town hall?"

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HISTORIC PICTURE GALLERY

THE AVONDALE ORCHESTRA, 1915

SEATED ON GROUND, left to right: — Tate, the drum, Howard Totenhofer. FRONT ROW: George Hardwicke (who became a doctor of medicine), Roy Allan Anderson (now retired from General Conference Ministerial Associa•

tion), Dora Burns (wife of Pastor C. S. Palmer), H. E. Carr, conductor, Hilda Osmond (later wife of Pastor A. W. Anderson), Mrs. Foots, V. Eard- ley, Pastor Arthur Smart (preceptor and Bible teacher), Pastor C. S. Palmer.

SECOND ROW: C. Scott, Chester Burns, Eric Burns, Eric Cherry, Enid Hare (Mrs. L. V. Wilkinson), Margaret Anderson, Les Reid, Lyell McLeay and — Heizler.

BACK ROW: — Foots, (Pastor) Theo Anderson, (Pastor) Roy Brandstater, — Craig, Ben Osborne and (Pastor) Harry Steed.

(Photo: Courtesy A. H. J. Smart.)

Shire Council Aids Church in

War Against Drugs

E. A. BOEHM, District Pastor

THE GOSFORD Shire Council and the Adventist churches of the New South Wales Central Coast area recently joined forces in an attempt to bring before the public the harmful effects of drug taking.

Sponsored by the council and organized by the North New South Wales Confer-ence Temperance secretary, the Central Coast district pastor and the local church Temperance secretaries, a film evening was arranged in Legacy House, Gosford, on the night of June 11, 1969.

Invitations were sent to social leaders of the community such as clergy, teach-ers, doctors, chemists, police, the press, and club presidents to view the two films, "LSD—Insight or Insanity" and "Nar-cotics—the Decision," and also to hear a lecture about drugs by Sergeant F. J.

Kitto of the Drug Squad, Sydney C.I.B. We were very grateful to Pastor L. A. Dyason, Greater Sydney Conference Temperance secretary, for obtaining the services of this very well informed lec-turer for the occasion.

Two Hundred Present

Some 200 of the responsible people of the community availed themselves of the invitation to attend, and the hall was packed to capacity. Extra seating had to be brought from the Gosford Seventh-day Adventist church. Shire president, Councillor L. J. McCarthy, ably chaired the meeting.

It was an extremely interested audi-ence that listened to Detective Sergeant Kitto's address on the evils of drug tak-ing. He particularly warned against the danger of becoming dependent upon the use of simple everyday products which can easily become habitual and which can rightly be described as drugs. He told how such preparations, when taken in excess, can have a harmful effect on the body, just as can, to a greater degree, the hard-line narcotics such as heroin and LSD.

He stated that he believed that it was the duty of Christian men and women to do all they could to endeavour to pre-serve their bodies in the healthy condi-tion in which they had been given them by their Lord. He called upon the older people to do all within their power to protect the youth from the harmful ef-fect of drug taking.

Intense interest was manifested in the viewing of the films. Question time brought quite a number of thought-pro-voking questions, and this part of the programme had to be brought to a close by the chairman because of the lateness of the hour. Following the close of the meeting a number of people remained behind to ask further questions.

The purpose of the evening was to alert community leaders to the dangers of drug addiction, and to interest them in making use of the films before other groups in which they might have a per-sonal interest. Requests were quick in coming in for the use of the films, and a number of other screenings have already been made. One high school principal requested the films for a second time.

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Freedom to Waste in the Midst of Famine This is being written on the day on which the Freedom

from Hunger campaign is launched in Australia. In the minds of many this is a wonderful thing—that a prosperous and a groaning-with-good-things country such as ours should pause long enough to care about the millions "over there" who have not one tithe of the temporal blessings that are ours.

Freedom from Hunger campaigns of the past have elicited sincere support from Adventists who have not hesitated to pin on the official ticket and knock on doors—a task at which they have become somewhat expert—soliciting the silver and the notes from an indulgent public. And this year it is a pleasure to offer a word of encouragement to all who feel so grateful for their own blessings that they feel constrained to become collectors for this worthy cause. And it is a worthy cause. And it is appreciated by most of the recipients.

Most? Why not ALL? Well, you know how it is; there is always that recalcitrant minority which feels that more ought to be done and that this pinch of help is hardly worth counting; and there is always the extremist who looks at charity and sees some imperialistic bogey behind it all, a threat to independence and an insult to the nationhood of the recipient people.

But there is another kind, apparently, who is worse than all of these. He is epitomized in the person of Lakshman Chai-ranya Brahmachariji—a man who, in our opinion, has done and is doing more to sabotage the help of sympathetic nations around the world than any other man or combination of men. Judge for yourself as we reproduce a message received from Australian Associated Press and published in the Melbourne "Herald" of June 25. Here is the message, verbatim:

HE'LL BURN 9,000 TONS OF FOOD

"New Delhi, Tues.—A leading Hindu spiritual leader plans to burn more than 9,000 tons of food in a sacrificial fire later this year `to foster universal peace and the welfare and pros-perity of the human race.'

"The ceremony will be held near Rajkot in western India.

"Last year the Hindu leader organized a similiar grand sac-rifice costing $220,000.

"Last month it was reported that at least 2,640 Indians had died of disease in famine-stricken Rajasthan State, 350 miles to the north of Rajkot.

"Lakshman Chairanya Bralunachariji said today that the Maha Yagna (grand sacrifice) would cost $12,220,000. This would be met by public subscription and by those wishing to acquire divine merit taking part.

"More than 1,000 couples would pour the foodstuffs—includ-1,860 tons of rice—into the sacrificial fires, watched by 125,000 Brahmins (priests).

"The other commodities to be sacrificed are: 4,590 tons of seasamun, 930 tons of butter, 930 tons of barley, 375 tons of medicinal herbs, and 375 tons of sugar, the spiritual leader said."

We would merely like to say that the mind staggers at such wicked and utter waste in the face of such abject and miser-able poverty and starvation. Notice that there is a famine problem where 2,640 people died, not far from the scene of this atrocity! Notice, too, that if every Australian gives a dollar—man, woman and infant—for this Freedom from Hunger campaign, it would not quite pay for this religious(?) spree that the "spiritual leader" is turning on, as if food were the least of India's troubles and money grew on trees. Cannot some authority stop this prodigal waste? Is there no common sense prevailing in a nation whose leaders have the respect and sympathy of the world? Cannot someone in high places

recognize the criminal in the midst of the people, masquerad-ing as a spiritual leader? Let it be remembered that India is crying out for bread, for staples of living such as this wicked man is wantonly tipping into the fire. This man brings no peace but an unnecessary sword. Stop him, someone, and stop him quickly!

We believe that this thing can do India's image tremendous harm; the people of Australia are going to be asked to con-tribute to this Freedom from Hunger campaign, and we can-not but wonder how they will react, knowing that a spiritual leader, of all things, is merrily burning food by the thousands of tons!

Is not this something that makes the Christian weep within his soul? We see the heathen in his blindness bowing down to wood and stone, and we are sorry for him; we see him follow-ing his apparently pointless superstitions, and we wish he could see the light of the Christian gospel. But when the bodies of men and their children are wasting from malnutrition and dying from hunger, we become angry that such wastage on the grand scale is permitted. And in our hearts we know that this will go blindly rolling on until that day when the Christ of the cross is seen by the spiritually sightless of India and other lands.

Christianity, if it is worthy of the name, is not concerned with only the souls of men and women; it is concerned with their bodies, too. And the Christian message as we preach it is vitally concerned with the house we live in—our bodies—per-haps more than is any other branch of Christianity. We regard that body as the temple of the Holy Ghost, as Paul plainly teaches. To have it prematurely gnarled by malnutrition or to allow it to decay before its time because there is not suffi-cient food in a world where the granaries are bulging is ter-rible in the extreme. But to permit such wanton wastage without a word of protest, in a land which is notorious for its famines and its starvation, is something that disturbs us more than we can say.

What, then, shall we urge in the matter of the Freedom from Hunger campaign? We say, Throw your weight behind it, regardless of what one man may do; there are other lands which will benefit, other peoples who will feel the weight of your efforts, and will rise up and call you blessed. When we were in the East last year, we saw in Eastern fields tractors which were bought with this money. It made us humble and proud—humble that, in our land, we do not have to be given the tools and taught to use them, because God has signally blessed us with an abundance beyond our needs; but proud that our countrymen had seen the needs of their neighbours and had just put their hands in their pockets and reached across the sea to help those not so fortunate. This year, we hope, there will be no slackening of giving because, in one area, someone whose perspectives are warped, someone whose idea of spiritual leadership is awry, and someone whose good inten-tions could be better channelled into more positive approaches to peace has spoiled the picture by his ill-considered folly.

We would say that our government ought to take this mat-ter up on a diplomatic level and have this terrible wastage stopped. We do not usually comment upon government policy, nor do we meddle in the political scene. But this matter con-cerns the ordinary people of every country where aid and suc-cour is brought to famine-stricken and underprivileged people. If help is to be freely and gladly given, there should be no such incidents as this food burning to spoil what could be a warm and generous action of international goodwill. Please, won't somebody in high places speak up?

Re441 H. P414

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LETTERS to the EDITOR

An Open Letter to Mandy Dear Mandy,

The editor of the "Record" told us about you a few weeks ago. You are a young lady ten years of age who found relief from boredom during a church ser-vice by playing with a fly, and when it flew away prayed God to send you an-other one. The editor offered two solu-tions which would be profitable and create interest during the preaching period. Neither are originally his, as the servant of the Lord counselled the church on these things many, many years ago.

One was to hold testimony meetings occasionally; the other to have a Bible study, with congregation participation.

It was never the dear Lord's intention that little girls should be bored and older folk drowse off during divine service. The following is a little of the counsel given, very much abbreviated because of space.

"In many of our churches in the cities the minister preaches Sabbath after Sab-bath, and Sabbath after Sabbath the church members come to the house of God with no words to tell of blessings re-ceived. . . . The greatest help that can be given our people is to teach them to work for God. . . . Church members are not to expect a sermon every Sabbath. . . . Let church members, during the week, act their part faithfully, and on Sabbath re-late their experience. The meeting will then be as meat in due season, bringing to all present new life and fresh vigour. . . . Let the minister devote more of his time to educating than preaching. Let him teach the people how to give to others the knowledge they have received. . . . The formation of small companies as a basis of Christian effort has been pre-sented to me by One who cannot err. If there is a large number in the church, let the members be formed into small com-panies, to work not only for the church members, but for unbelievers." ("Testi-monies," Vol. 7, pages 19-22.) A church with missionary zeal will provide classes for members. We have been instructed that "Many would be willing to work if they were taught how to begin. They need to be instructed and encouraged.

Every church should be a training school for Christian workers."—"Ministry of Healing," page 149.

Dear Mandy, my prayer is that before next summer comes round with its flies, our ministers and churches will put into practice the above-mentioned counsel. That being so, you will not need your flies; in fact there will not be any flies on our churches.

Herbert W. McLain, Queensland.

Adventists and Compromise

Sir, I am in complete harmony with both

letters in the "Record," dated 30/6/69, under the above heading. Changes keep on taking place through the years, which are not conducive to unity.

Both Brother Standish and Sister Large are to be commended on their out-spoken letters—one on dress, the other regarding our coldness in our treatment one toward another.

Take the matter of dress, especially of our young people. What instruction do they get in the home, the most essential place? Also in the church? There is in-struction both in the Bible and in the "Testimonies" for those who want it. 1 Tim. 2: 9: "That women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array."

In the Old Testament God commanded His people not to build steps up to His altar, "that thy nakedness be not discov-ered thereon." Exodus 20: 26. I under-stand that those who ministered to the altar had clothes down to their ankles. It would be unthinkable for teenagers to walk up steps to any platform with the clothes worn by this present generation. Personally I think that those who pick officers for Sabbath school and MV meet-ings, should pick only those with skirts of modest length.

Now for the modern "Mr." and "Mrs." The Bible shows us how to treat one an-other. We have often been told what a good family the Adventists are to belong to. Is it a family when we call one an-other "Mr." and Mrs."? In Matt. 23: 8 it says, "But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren." To be called brothers and sisters gives us a feeling of warmth, whereas "Mr." and "Mrs." has a tendency to keep one at arm's length, and has a chilling effect.

When we were baptized some forty years ago, we were automatically called brothers and sisters. We hear much about the Holy Spirit's coming in these last days. Is the church in a state to re-ceive Him? Have we unity in the faith? Are our lives in harmony with God's Word? Do we love the brethren? Or do we show by our lives that we have made a compromise?

A. Holmes, Victoria.

Bickley Mathematics Sir:

Just how far will one dollar expand in thirteen weeks? We would like to hear how other folk have done it, and would some genuine mathematician tell our ac-tual Investment return in percentage?

Disturbed that school children could no longer buy cheese and salad rolls for lunches since the local shop changed hands, I borrowed one dollar in "old two shillings" from my husband's miniature hoard, purchased one dozen horse-shoe rolls and necessities for fillings, plus a little soup mix, and arrived at the church school with only the lukewarm response of seven ordered rolls and seven ordered soups from the previous week's advertis-ing.

A couple of weeks later, the dollar paid back, I offered a one dollar note to the senior Sabbath school for someone else to invest. Our superintendent took it, as reluctance seemed to be the keynote of the congregation. Three or four weeks before our "Investment Evening," I was able to wave a $5, a $2, and another $1 for reinvestment. After a little hesitation three brave members took the notes.

When questioned as to what would be expected of this money, an elderly sister replied for the congregation, "You have to double the money, don't you?"

"It must multiply, even if only half as much more." I replied. Weeks have passed, and other sisters have run my tuckshop when I have had to work, The school social committee has done the sell-ing of the now eighteen rolls and never-any-left soup. Our Investment evening was fun plus, returning upward of $60, and a crammed church hall was bursting at the seams! (We need more room!)

With the twelfth Sabbath past, and all but one participant turning back the re-turns, here is our mathematical equation:

$1 + assistance x enthusiasm (adults + children) gives $1 x superintendent = at least three

dollars (incomplete, 6 weeks) $5 X Sister Twine = $10.70 (3 weeks) $2 x Sister Stanley = $5.90 (4 weeks) $1 x Brother Dyson = $2.11 (2 weeks) Plus remaining Tuck Shop income

and stocks = $14.65

$36.36 Even after repaying the original dollar! We hope others can take heart from

this story, for it looks mighty good invest-ing to me. (There were NO donations. The Tuck Shop paid its own way fully.)

Y. L. Johnson, Investment Secretary, Bickley Church,

Western Australia.

A man who desires to help others by counsel or deed will refrain from dwelling on men's faults, and will speak but spar-ingly of human weaknesses. But he will speak at large of man's virtues and power, and the means of perfecting the same, that thus men may endeavour joy-ously to live, so far as in them lies, after the commandment of reason.—Spinoza.

The interpreter with the group of people who attended the meetings. (Photos: R. Eaton.)

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MISSION VENTURE HAZEL EATON

AFTER A YEAR OF SERVICE in Fiji we were thrilled by the prospect of a visit from my sister and her husband during the May holidays. At last they arrived, and so began a fortnight for our visitors of looking and participating in mission life.

In mock seriousness my husband, Ray, and brother-in-law, Allan, coming in from work at the Deuba* project, said, "Do you girls think you could manage an eight-hour trip into the interior to visit our national believers at Nagara-wai for the week-end?"

Of course, we would love to, but what problems it imposed! Ten-weeks-old baby Adrian, three-and-a-half-year-old Tanya, luggage problems, all of us out of walking practice, to mention but a few. Rallying, we replied, "Only if you get us horses."

The national workers at Deuba were eager but doubtful of our seriousness, but where there is a will there is a way. What a story Mabel and Allan would be able to take back to their home church!

"Luggage," said Ray, "must be cut to the barest necessities!" Now any mother knows that a young baby requires quite a few necessities, and if one is to be away for three days, even adults appreci-ate a change of clothing.

A message was sent over the radio ask-ing for horses. Early on Friday morn-ing we rechecked our baskets and hoped they would pass the critical eyes of the male members of the party. At last we were seated in the hired out-board boat, after retrieving the petrol tank from the mechanic who had threatened to hold it until he was paid by the owner for work previously done by him.

River Scene The river, broad at first but gradually

becoming narrower, wound through tow-ering mountains on either side. Water-falls cascaded down in various places. Several canoes and rafts passed us with

The head chief—who was visited, thanked and enrolled—with his family.

their loads of bananas, yams, citrus fruit and dalo, making their way down to the market at Navua, and on occasions women would be seen at the water's edge, washing.

All too soon (two hours later) we reached the village where the boat could proceed no further, but what a sight met our eyes! Over the hills we could see the horses coming; the believers of Naga-rawai had heard the radio message. The response was five horses, one with a sad-dle, and the others with corn sacks to carry in, it is thought to be, the first European women and children to their mountain home. Obviously we would have to decide who was in the greatest need of saddle support.

While discussing the most suitable me-thod of carrying the baby, Paula handed a sulu to Lepani, who took Adrian, and in a moment he was comfortably slung around Lepani's neck where he rode without a murmur, in apparent con-tentment.

With Tanya sitting on a pillow on the front of one of the horses, and the bas-kets and bags distributed among the boys, we set off. Up, up, up we plodded, and then along narrow paths, corrugated in places with eighteen-inch horse tracks. This is the highway to Nagarawai. Our souls, at least, were uplifted as we lis-tened to the quietness of the forest.

After twenty-five river crossings, and five hours after leaving the boat, we

reached our destination, where the first glimpse was of the trim structure of our school set back against the mountains, amid neatly cut lawns. The materials for this two-teacher national school had been carried in over those hills by de-voted men, women and children.

The village people came running to greet us. Adrian was the chief attraction for the women, and Tanya ran laughing with dozens of little Fijians trying to touch her.

A bure had been prepared for our use. How good it was to get off those horses and, for those who had walked, to be able to sit down! How peaceful the village looked as the Sabbath came in!

The Sabbath With Tilasa, one of our national work-

ers from the Deuba project as interpreter, we conducted a service each, following the themes of "The Nineteen Sins of the Worldling Before Christ's Return," "The Manner of His Coming," "I Am My Brother's Keeper" and "The Judgment."

Each service was well attended from three villages, with many non-Advent-ists in attendance. Eighty-odd children squeezed into a lean-to at the side of the school, and, though things were not of the greatest comfort, they were models of behaviour as we conducted Sabbath school. During the divine service, the audience sat spell-bound as Ray demon-strated, with the aid of an object lesson, the power of sin in the life, but the

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greater power of Christ and the non-effect of temptation once He has control.

Missionary Venture

After a feast of good things prepared by the headmaster's wife, Sabbath after-noon saw Brother Eaton gathering the folk together and away we went to visit yet another two villages up the river where we took the first lesson of the Voice of Prophecy.

What a thrill it was when, at the end of the afternoon, we found that nearly fifty persons had enrolled and accepted the first lesson—a fitting climax to a wonderful Sabbath! The following week the local church folk will return to take the second lesson. It will be studied through with the individuals. We pray God will continue to bless this missionary endeavour.

Social Young and old joined us on the spaci-

ous school lawns, and what a good time was had that evening! Peal after peal of happy laughter rang out into the mountain air until we, exhausted, had to call a stop.

Sunday morning we prepared for our journey home, but first of all respects must be paid to the two chiefs. Brethren Eaton and Hale called on them, thanking them for their hospitality, and then asked them to accept a very special gift which we had brought to them—yes, an-other two enrolments. Sadly we said "moce" (good-bye) to our new friends, who voted with us that truly we are brothers and sisters in the church of God and that fellowship with Christian friends is indeed precious.

P.S.—Brother Eaton met the pastor of the area in town four weeks later and he reports that the interest of those enrolled is still high, with over forty still being visited. He was down for more lessons. Praise God.

* Pronounced "Doomba."

In her homeland, Aitutaki, one of the larger Cook Islands, she never had to face such an ordeal. What would the Papaa Puape's vahine (white teacher's wife) think of her attempt at a Papaa pudding? To her relief and delight the Puape (pastor) and his wife pronounced it "meitake rawa" (very good).

Ratai attended the Adventist worships at the school, and the church services, and returned to her home island. She tried the teaching she had heard, but home and relatives' prejudices were too much for her, and twenty years later she was a member of the Mormon church.

The scene changes to a baptism in the Adventist church hall at Blacktown near Sydney, New South Wales. The time, the year 1969, twenty years later. One of the candidates is Patea Vaine, the mother of Ratai, a long way from her homeland in the Cook Islands. How did Ratai's mother come to be baptized in Australia?

A son in New Zealand had become a member of the Ponsonby Adventist church, and, like a good son, he worked for his mother with the aid of More Joseph, a son of Pastor Joseph Vati, veteran Adventist minister of the Cook Islands. But before she was ready for baptism she came to Australia to stay with a non-Adventist daughter in Syd-ney, and attended the Fairfield church.

Pastor A. C. Needham, who was con-ducting an evangelistic effort in Fair-field, was introduced to her, and he pas-sed her over to me as I was on the mis-sion team. Patea Vaine opened the door to the knock of a stranger who said, "Tenakoe Patea Vaine, peakoe?" (Greet-ings to you Mrs. Patea; how are you?) A warm burst of Maori embrace was the

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typical answer, and weekly studies fol-lowing resulted in my baptizing the mother of Ratai before she returned to New Zealand.

Old Friends The baptism was photographed by

friends of Patea Vaine—Rongo Taia and his wife, Cook Islanders who had come to visit a married daughter, Tirata Bai-ley, who with her husband is a member of the Stanmore church. In 1948, Rongo was the Adventist mission carpenter liv-ing on the mission school compound, and had helped to make a canoe for me when I was the headmaster, and then trans-formed the students' dining room into a garage for my Austin A40. (The stu-dents got a better dining room!)

I suggested that the Cook Islands visit-ors might enjoy seeing the Avondale Col-lege before returning to Ao-tea-roa. The car stopped outside one of the units at Kressville, the village at the college gates for retired Adventists. What a surprise for Rongo! "Pastor and Mrs. Sterling! our old friends, and Pastor Wicks!—he baptized me forty years ago!" Happy reunion, with both pastor and pupil still true to God and the Advent message after so many years.

There will be many similar reunions in the soon coming kingdom of God as were experienced that day by those who had spent mission services in the Cook Is-lands: Pastor G. Sterling 1910-1918, 1926-1927; Pastor H. P. B. Wicks, 1919-1920, 1928-1937; Pastor D. H. Watson, 1946-1949.

We hope and pray that Ratai may yet follow in the steps of her brother and mother after many days. Pray for her.

AFTER MANY DAYS DONALD H. WATSON

THE SCENE: the Seventh-day Adventist Training School on Rarotonga, Cook Islands. The year: 1948. Ratai Patea was sixteen and nervous, a "green" cook girl, and a member of the L.M.S. church. Now she was in the opposition camp, the Adventists' training school for the Cook Islands.

TO THE FRONT LINE The following left the home shores

for the mission fields during May and June. Those marked with an asterisk (*) are returning after furlough.

Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Newman on May 4, to Honiara, B.S.I.P.

Miss L. Durkin on May 12 to Wabag, New Guinea.

*Mr. and Mrs. D. N. Menkens and their five children on May 13 to Port Moresby, New Guinea.

Mrs. V. R. Dunn on May 15 to Mount Hagen, New Guinea.

Mr. K. Boehm on May 14 to Lae, New Guinea.

*Mr. and Mrs. N. Hughes and family on June 6 to Santo, New Hebrides.

*Mr. M. Long on June 16 to Honiara, B.S.I.P.

*Miss L. R. Morton on June 13 to Mount Hagen, New Guinea.

Pastor D. H. Watson, Rongo Taia, Pastor H. P. B. Wicks and Pastor G. I.. Sterling—a happy reunion. (Photo: D. H. Watson.)

Mrs. E. E. White, Mrs. J. Price, Mrs. H. Clifford, Dr. H. E. Clifford, Mr. L. L. Butler and Dr. E. E. White

relax after the "Five Star" meal. (Photos: L. A. Gilmore.)

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The Sanitarium RETREATS from Its Wards

The Sy

LAURENCE GILMORE, Public Relations Officer, Sydney Sanitarium and Hospital

OVER THE PAST YEARS, a number of conferences have been conducting spiritual retreats for their ministers, with rewarding results both in inspiration gained at the time and benefits to the church membership. This is good; in fact it is wise planning and can only strengthen God's "man of the cloth" as he engages in the "foolishness of preaching."

Earlier this year (as reported in a pre-vious issue), Avondale College took its ministerial students for a retreat to "Crosslands" youth camp, just out of Sydney. But whoever heard of a hospital attempting to follow their ministerial colleagues in retreats, and leaving behind the complexities of hospital life?

Who would care for the patients? Would not such a venture be looked at sideways by the conservative medical and nursing professions? These possible problems did not deter the medical super-intendent, Dr. H. E. Clifford, when he outlined his programme of spiritual em-phasis for the Sydney Sanitarium and Hospital during 1969.

As soon as the idea became known among the staff, it fired the imaginations of all. Detailed plans were made so that a majority of employees could be away from hospital wards for the Sabbath; ad-vertising was set up around the sanitar-ium to catch the eyes of the large staff about their busy programme, and a host of arrangements were soon put into gear. Sabbath, May 4, 1969, would become a day long to be remembered in the Sanitar-ium's illustrious history.

Feeding the Three Hundred Cars, and more cars, and even buses

streamed out to Crosslands where 332

Dr. D. Ford speaking in Edilong Hall at divine service.

staff members and families expected a spiritual banquet—and they were not dis-appointed. Who will forget the stimulat-ing Sabbath school lesson taken by Dr. E. E. White of the division office?

The divine service conducted by Dr. D. Ford of Avondale College was thought-provoking and soul-moving in its depth of spiritual challenge and possibilities. Our Lord's ministry as outlined in some seven phases from the first miracle of wine to Lazarus' being given new life, in-dicated that He can meet all of life's needs.

Feeding the three hundred people was just no trouble to the Food Services De-partment, for time spent in queuing passed rapidly, and soon all were enjoy-ing a gourmet's delight. The afternoon programme was not planned for a quiet read of this paper, or any other religious journal, or a "little folding of the hands in sleep" but . . . an exercise in nature. Former chaplain, Pastor G. Rollo, gath-ered his enthusiasts and outlined his pro-posed afternoon walk, which was to tra-verse the narrow river flats and continue on up over the heights. Amazingly enough, he mesmerized many stalwarts to follow him.

Hospital terminology of coronary occlu-sions and arrests; ambulatory patients; gastro-intestinal disorders; peri-orbital hmatomas and epistaxes; rib cages and traumatic conflicts—these were strangely missing as other terms made up the con-versation. Who ever knew that papilion-acae gompholobiuni grandiflora was a golden pea? And next time you see mimosaceae callicoma seratifolia, of course, you know it as black wattle. Our

guide pointed out eucalyptus haemastoma (medical people, see a familar word?), scribbly gum, causuarina littoralis, she-oak, and leptospernum attenuatum, white tea-tree. That evening in our sleep, we were getting monocotyledons mixed up with haemastoma, and grandifloras grow-ing on pyriforme, and dicotys pushing out the cymbidiums.

"No Challenge?" "There is no challenge to live for Christ

at the sanitarium." A panel of young people presented their views on this sub-ject, feeling that, because of the strong church environment, they did not find such a challenge. Though sin was still around, they concluded, it would be, by and large, more subtle in its workings. The antidote to this condition is to enter into the meaningful programme of Chris-tian witness. This will sharpen one's spiritual sword and wreak havoc at the enemy's borders.

In keeping with the wise counsel of Holy Writ that there is a time to be seri-ous and time for laughing, the evening's programme was a variety concert. All the items were supplied by the staff. Guitars, piano accordions, drums—plus lots of good humour mixed in with group singing and traditional solos . . what have you? A recipe for relaxed enjoy-ment which was tasty to many a palate.

For many, the demands of the hospital were pressing their claims as the day lengthened. All felt that the day had been a grand success, and were silently thanking the "Chief" for his vision, and hoping for another sampling same time, same place, next year, God willing.

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and articles, getting in contact with all graduate nurses, and arranging a pro-gramme of interest and enjoyment for the coming year.

Matron R. Rowe said that she was de-lighted to give her support to the pro-posed association, and expressed a real delight at seeing so many ex-nurses and friends. The business manager, Mr. G. A. Laxton, told of the value of such associa-tions, and his enthusiasm for such an as-sociation being planned for the Sydney Sanitarium.

Even while they waited in a queue to get their identification cards, the spirit of the evening was being set for joviality, friendship and plenty of reminiscing. They were the Sydney Sanitarium and Hospital graduate nurses (and spouses) who had been trained at the institution over a period of more than fifty years.

Already known for his ideals and inter-est in people, the medical superintendent, Dr. H. E. Clifford, sowed the ideas for a nurses' association. True to Adventist custom, a committee was organized to ex-plore the possibilities of, and if possible arrange for, a grand get-together of all graduates.

With strong support from the sanitar-ium, and advertising through the hospital staff magazine to all graduates, we saw the realization of the behind-the-scenes planning and work when they came.

From Far and Near

So intense was the interest that some came all the way from Warburton, Mel-bourne, Newcastle and Avondale. A large group came from Greater Sydney. Some had not seen each other since war days or college times or nursing experiences. The Wahroonga church hall took on a festive air through its special guests and the tables laden with tasty delicacies.

Smartly dressed male nurses as waiters kept throats well lubricated with fruit juices, while conversation kept going at full strength. Everybody ate and talked and laughed and reminisced and checked on names and told the funniest stories and elaborated on their families.

Known by thousands of people and loved by them all, Dr. Charles W. Harri-son of Loma Linda, California, sent a special cable for the occasion. It read: "Greetings nurses Alumni. We shall never forget the reunion 1956. Wishing you wonderful reunion. Sorry cannot be there. May God's blessing be with you.—Dr. and Mrs. Harrison."

The proposition of forming an associa-tion of their own was put to the large assembly of 220 people, and carried unani-mously. Chairman of the evening, Chap-lain K. R. Low, successfully supervised the nominations and voting to offices, which are thus: President, Mrs. Mary James (nee Burnside); vice-president, Dr. P. Cappe; secretary, Mr. F. R. Fowler; treasurer, Mrs. J. B. Letham; committee, Mr. N. C. Cuthbert, Mrs. J. F. Knight, Mrs. L. Munro. Ex-officio: Pastor L. A. Gilmore, liaison officer to the sanitarium.

The officers have been charged with the responsibility of producing a constitution

Roll Call

Among the many guests, the roll call showed that there were two who have held (and are holding) matron's office, ten presidents of graduating classes, one doctor of medicine, and that Brother H. E. Carr had the distinction of being the earliest graduate present-1911 was his special year.

With the formalities over, the stage of the hall became really congested. Rea-son—to look over the display of graduate pictures, old brochures, policy books, and pictures of the sanitarium in its develop-ing days. The changes in nursing uni-forms delighted many, and varied hem-lines seemed to evoke good humour and laughs.

We extract some statements from regu-lations in the early twenties: "While social life and Christian courtesy are en-couraged, attachments, courtships, and evidences of familiarity will be considered a violation of the principles of the train-ing school." Further, "Workers are al-lowed a warm bath once a week, to be taken on Thursday evening or Friday afternoon." Those were the days!

One visitor produced and handed to the sanitarium the builder's original drawing for the "Proposed medical, surgical and maternity cottage," carrying quite clearly the Kuring-gai Shire Council approval of December 17, 1914. This cottage housed two maternity rooms twelve feet by twelve feet, with one bed each, a bath-room and nurses' bedroom. Possibly some readers of the "Record" were born in this now humble residence which in those days was the pride and joy of the sani-tarium. This valued builder's plan is safely housed along with other historical documents. Today, Mr. George Connelly,

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Laugh-in at Sanitarium?

"The Graduates Return to Talk and Laugh and . ."

LAURENCE GILMORE, Public Relations Officer, Sydney Sanitarium and Hospital

THEY CAME. They talked. They ate. They laughed. They had a won-derful time on Sunday evening, May 4, 1969, seeing their class-mates, their con-temporaries, and discovering just what the hand of time had done to them all.

REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE 1929-1939 ERA Past-Matron, Mrs. W. James (nee Burnside) is seventh from left. Present Matron, Mrs. R. D. Rowe, is fourth from right.

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"Fifty-four for Christ in Apia So Far!" KEVIN J. MOORE, Director of Ministerial Training, Fulton Missionary College

FOR THOSE OF YOU whose geography of the South Pacific is a little rusty, allow me to explain that Fulton Col-lege is in Fiji, and that Apia is the capital of Western Samoa, some 600 and more miles north-east of here. Apia was the chosen venue this year for our eleven final-year theology students to conduct an evangelistic campaign that was to serve a double purpose—firstly, to win souls, and secondly, to give these students a taste of front-line evangelism.

A third purpose, incidental but not to be despised by any means, is that Fulton is thereby effectively advertised to the Pacific to give other youth the vision of a life-time service for God.

Our team consisted of four Fijians, three Samoans, two Tongans and our first ministerial trainees ever to come from both the Ellice Islands and Rotuma. Three young lady Bible workers were in-cluded in the group. Together with my wife and me, the team boarded M.V. "Tofua" on May 20 in Suva and sailed east over the famed International Date Line to Samoa—"Pearl of the Pacific," as Robert Louis Stevenson once described it. Apprehensively we wondered what lay before us.

Advertising Methods Used "It pays to advertise" is as true in the

field of evangelism as anywhere else.

1. Permission was gained for us to hang an attractive twelve-foot coloured sign over the main street—right next door to one of the city's leading churches!

2. One hundred smaller signs, silk-screened in day-glo colours, were placed in shop windows, buses and taxis. Even the Wesley Bookshop displayed our sign in their centre window!

3. A brightly coloured sandwich-board was bravely borne up and down the main street by a different member of the team each day.

4. In association with this, handbills were distributed to the passers-by by a second team-member. This medium of advertising attracted much attention. The handbills, tastefully designed and printed at our own Rarama Press in Suva, under the supervision of Brother Roger Stokes, were of a quality that could be presented in any city in the world.

5. Five hundred invitation-letters were posted to the friends of church members.

6. Newspaper advertisements were run.

7. Door-to-door visitation was carried on by the team-members distributing handbills.

All this in association with the effective medium known here in the islands as "coconut wireless" (just plain talk) re-sulted in literally everyone knowing that something was on in town.

Opening Programme The Samoan newspaper "Pacific Star"

headlined on its front page—"S.D.A. Lec-ture Draws Thousands." It is difficult to

estimate the size of the crowd which re-sponded to our intensive advertising for the opening lecture, "Lost Cities of the Dead," but most seem to agree that there were between 3,500 and 4,000 crowded into our Lalovaea schoolground to hear the lecture presented in the open air.

Prime Minister's Wife Opens Meeting We were privileged to have in the audi-

ence Mrs. Mata'afa, wife of the prime minister of Western Samoa. This charm-ing lady delivered a most appropriate speech of welcome to the mission team and officially opened our series of meet-ings. She made the statement that Seventh-day Adventists were widely known and respected for their knowledge of the Bible and that a series of meetings such as these, conducted by such a peo-ple, would be of great benefit to the peo-ple of Western Samoa.

Also in the audience were their High-nesses the Prince and Princess, brother and sister of the head of state of Western Samoa, the Minister of Lands, several members of parliament, the director and deputy-director of Customs with their families, a well-respected and widely known senior minister of the L.M.S. church, together with at least one Catho-lic priest and ministers of several reli-gions.

What a night it was! As the team joined me for prayer just before the com-mencement of the meeting, we were all moved to tears to see how God was work-ing through us, sinful though we be, to reach the people of Western Samoa. Our song leader's eyes were still a little misty as he ascended the platform to start the programme.

The editor of the "Pacific Star," who was in the audience, became most en-thusiastic about the programme, as was evidenced by his reports in the next edi-tion of the newspaper. Even the editorial of the paper, never before known to have mentioned the work of any church, pro-claimed that the spirit of these meetings —the spirit of all people working together in unity, people of differing religious be-liefs worshipping together—was the spirit that should characterize Western Samoa. Altogether fifty-three inches of news re-ports and two pictures covered our pro-gramme, and mostly on pages one and two. Even the conservative and rather anti-Adventist "Samoa Times" advised people to attend these worth-while lec-tures of a Sunday night rather than at-tend the picture theatre! "To God be the glory, great things He hath done!"

Preaching Christ The Scripture says, "And I, if I be

lifted up, . . . will draw all men unto Me." John 12: 32. That the uplifted Christ draws men is a proven fact to us now more than ever before. Last year in Tonga I experimented on the sixth night and preached a straight gospel sermon on conversion. This year, encouraged by last year's results, I preached the accep-tance of Christ under the title "Key to Real Happiness" on the fifth night, and conversion under the title "The Most Im-portant Lecture of the Series" on the sixth night, after which we made an altar call for people to come and give themselves to Christ and let Him make them new creatures.

I sang "Just as I Am" as an appeal song. Hardly had I started singing when they started to come. People moved everywhere at once—and by the end of the third verse, about half of the audi-ence — approximately 500 — people were there. Men of high position and low came together; it was thrilling. No urg-ing was necessary—they just came. I did not need to sing even the six verses of the song—Christ had drawn them. Fel-low evangelists, let us uplift Christ more and more—He has tremendous drawing power.

Stop Smoking Classes "How to Postpone Your Own Funeral"

was the subject of the ninth meeting, at which time smoking, alcohol and the caf-feine drinks received a good old hammer-ing, with "One in 20,000" to cap off any "fear of hell" they did not get in the lec-ture. I have never preached this subject so early before—but having done it once I will do it again.

We started a class of forty after the meeting that night to give instructions to the needy on how to take divorce pro-ceedings out on Lady Nicotine. Praise God, as these people over the next four nights met together, exercising their faith in the rich promises of God, almost 100 per cent of them won their freedom. What a joy to see people experience vic-tory in Christ before the Sabbath truth has even been mentioned!

Adam's Mother's Birthday That title really had them puzzled!

Who was Adam's mother? Well, it is simple! Adam came forth from the "dust of the ground," so the earth is Adam's mother—and she has a birthday every week—in fact, every Sabbath, for it is then that we are to remember that

Pastor Kevin Moore and his song leader, a young man from the Ellice Islands, Kauapi Kofe, our first ministerial student ever from these far-away islands.

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"in six days God made the heavens and the earth." So the Sabbath is Adam's Mother's Birthday!

To celebrate the event we had two big cakes—so heavy was the larger one that it took two of our Bible workers to carry it. We lit the candles, turned off the lights, and had two members of the audi-ence whose birthdays happened to be that day, blow out the candles. And then they all sat down happy as can be and listened to the truth about the Sabbath. And just in case they were not made happy by what they heard—we gave them all a piece of cake as they went out and then they were happy again. So if you want people to go home happy after hearing about the Sabbath—give them a piece of cake! (And they all came back the next night, too.)

Our audiences did not drop after hear-ing the truth about the Sabbath. We had about one hundred decide to keep the Sabbath upon its first presentation—and that one hundred included the old L.M.S. minister who was still coming along. And apparently he liked the cake because he was back the next night to hear more. And the next. And the next.

Aspiring "Preacher-murderer" Turns Preacher

Well, not yet, but he is planning to at-tend Fulton next year to study the min-isterial course. Truly this is a testimony of how God changes lives.

A young man came to "Lost Cities of the Dead" for no other reason than to make fun of the preacher. And he did! He and his friends created quite a dis-turbance in the meeting. They stole our pencils and our song sheets. You would wonder why such types ever attend such meetings—and why they keep coming back as this young man did. One night he found me alone praying, right by an open window under the church. There was no one around and so he took a large stone intending to throw it at my head and finish me off like Stephen of old. For fifteen minutes he stood there, stone poised in hand—and, fortunately for me, I was praying all the time. But somehow he could not throw that stone! So he went away.

I met him for the first time a few nights later when he sneeringly chal-lenged me, "Prove to me there is a God! I don't believe in Him!" But although Singalua did not know about God, God knew about Singalua and was working hard to win his heart.

The following Sabbath, somehow, he could not go and work in the plantation; he rested although he did not attend church. In the afternoon he took a walk. At one time he was standing beside the road when a voice spoke to him and said, "Move to the other side of the street." He did, and immediately around the cor-ner came a car and crashed through the

hibiscus hedge right where he had been standing. Singalua looked on in amaze-ment. "I should be dead!" he exclaimed. "There must be a God!"

And so Singalua decided to be bap-tized. "But," he told me, "my father has threatened to shoot anyone of us that leaves the L.M.S. church." This young man came from Savai'i, the other main island of Western Samoa, and in his vil-lage everyone has covenanted never to leave the L.M.S. religion because that is where John Williams, the great mission-ary, came, and also it is the home of the head of state. "But do not worry," he assured me, "I will be baptized."

And so I had the joy of baptizing my would-be murderer! I asked him what he expected would happen when he went home the day after his baptism and broke the news to his father. He replied, "I be-lieve that God will change my father's heart; he will be happy!" Well, after what I had seen of Samoan parents, I am afraid that his faith was much stronger than mine at this point, but I silently breathed a desperate prayer for heavenly support. And so Singalua went home.

The next day we arranged to meet him in Savai'i on the side of the road at his village. And sure enough, there he was waiting for us. That was a relief, for I had endured an uncomfortable day won-dering what would happen to him. I jumped from the car and anxiously in-quired, "How are things?" "I told you God would work on my father's heart," he beamed. "In fact my father is waiting for you now."

Pastor Kennaway, the district director on Savai'i, and I were led to the "fale" (pronounced "fahlee," which is a Samoan house) where the father welcomed us with an elaborate speech in which he expressed happiness in the changes he had seen in his son's life. I was presented with gifts, and Pastor Kennaway was told that he was welcome in the home at any time. Yes, the age of miracles is still with us. God's Spirit changes hearts today as much as He ever did. And now Singalua plans to be a minister for God.

Baptism Days

Two baptisms were held on two conse-cutive Sabbaths. The second was con-ducted just two and a half hours before we left on the boat. What memorable experiences both these occasions were!

In the first baptism thirty-four "put on Christ." During the service the mother of one young lady among the candidates arrived at the service and noisily and angrily demanded to have her daughter. But Maufaufanga believed that "he that loveth father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me," and so she calmly and radiantly proceeded with the service not knowing what the future held, suffering the loss of all things that she might win Christ. That night she was beaten—but you cannot even beat faith out of a

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I HEARD Pastor Martin Niemoeller, who incidentally was the personal pris-oner of Herr Hitler, and the man who daringly said "God is my Fuehrer," de-clare before a large audience of people at a civic reception just what his Bible meant to him during the long and bitter years of his incarceration. It was a heart-touching experience to hear this dedi-cated Protestant pastor express his deep love for the Word of God. It meant sim-ply everything to him. Friend, does your Bible rate as your greatest possession? Seventh-day Adventist Christians are known as Bible loving people. Take the Bible out of their hands and they lose their identity.

Certain passages of Scripture are very dear to us. We have memorized numer-ous references. This is good. It should be thus. All Scripture testifies of Christ. We catch glorious glimpses of Him throughout both Testaments.

Today I would like to share with you a little meditation based on the Song of Solomon. I know this is a book not clearly understood, not preached from very much these days. Some have even dismissed it as a voluptuous eastern love song. Even the Jews themselves regarded this book as a challenge and recom-mended that it not be read by those under thirty years of age. It certainly calls for spiritual maturity and Spirit-guided dis-cernment. If your Bible has chapter headings notice how the chapter content is summarized.

Chapter 1 The Church's Love and Con-fession

2 Mutual Love of Christ and His Church

3 The Church's Victory and Glory

4 The Church's Graces 5 Christ Awakens the Church 6 The Church Professes Her

Faith in Christ 7 Further Descriptions of the

Church's Graces 8 Love of the Church for Christ

—Prayer for the Coming of Christ

Truly this book testifies of Christ. Solo-mon uses so often the title of "My Be-loved." "His mouth is most sweet, yea

PASTOR JOHN WADE is a South New Zea-lander by birth, and very naturally is proud of it. It was fitting, therefore, that, after many years of evangelism and conference work, he should be called to the presidency of that field

nearly three years ago.

He is altogether lovely. This is my be-loved and this is my friend." In the de-lightful little book, "Thoughts from the Mount of Blessing," Sister E. G. White says, "The divine beauty of the character of Christ, of whom the noblest and most gentle among men are but a faint reflec-tion; of whom Solomon by the Spirit of inspiration wrote; 'He is the chiefest among ten thousand, . . . yea, He is alto-gether lovely.' " This statement, as you know, is taken from Song of Solomon, chapter 5. Yes, Solomon is writing of Christ.

Terraced on the hillside near Jerusalem were the vineyards of Engedi. They were delightful gardens known for their frag-rant flowers, fruits and aromatic woods. The very air was impregnated with this mingled fragrance which was doubtless wafted into the porticos of the king's palace on the gentle caressing arms of the evening breeze. Doubtless as Solo-mon meditated he saw something so frag-rant in his beloved that he expressed it thus in chapter 1:14: "My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire* in the vine-yards of Engedi." From this verse I want to make just three points concerning Christ. His name is fragrant. His teach-ing colours my life. His gospel is restora-tive.

His Name Is Fragrant The clusters of camphire were most

fragrant. The name of Jesus is the sweetest name in the vocabulary of earth or heaven.

"How sweet the name of Jesus sounds In a believer's ear!

It soothes his sorrows, heals his wounds, And drives away his fear."

It is because of His sweet name that our prayers are efficacious. We pray "in His name" and our prayers ascend up as sweet incense before the throne of God. If you are in discipleship with Christ something of the beauty and fragrance of Christ will be discernible in you. Paul puts this very aptly in 2 Corinthians 2: 14-16. "Thanks be to God who leads us, wherever we are, on Christ's triumphant way and makes our knowledge of Him spread throughout the world like a lovely perfume! We Christians have the un-mistakable 'scent' of Christ, discernible alike to those who are being saved and to those who are heading for death. To the latter it seems like the deathly smell of doom, to the former it has the refresh-ing fragrance of life itself." Phillips's translation.

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PASTOR .1. H. WADE

So very often I have to travel with peo-ple who impregnate the air with tobacco smoke, and sometimes when I step into my home my good wife sniffs and says, "John, you have been in the company of smokers." There is the smell about me: there is no denying it. Our knowledge of Christ, says Paul, is "to spread through-out the world like a lovely perfume."

Sergeant-majors are generally known for their adjectives. There was one in the army who was known for his appre-ciation of his men. One day the chaplain said to this sergeant-major, "You must be a Christian. How were you con-verted?" "Oh, it is very simple," said the sergeant-major. "We were in camp and having great sport with a Christian sol-dier boy, the only Christian in the regi-ment. He was the butt of all our jokes. At night time he would get down to say his prayers and as he knelt at his bunk the boots would fly from all directions. One night as he was praying I dropped my dirty, muddy boots fair on his head. He said nothing. In the morning, chap-lain, those boots were neatly placed be-side my bed all cleaned and polished and ready for me to put on.

"Chaplain, it was too much for me. It broke my heart. I couldn't resist such Christianity. I sensed the fragrance of Christ in that persecuted soldier boy. I had to become a Christian also."

His Teaching Colours My Life

From the Mediterranean to the Ganges the people of the East used to gather the leaves of the camphire, pulverize them and boil them and use the liquid as a dye in which to dye their garments. Oh, yes, it was very colourful. It was this fact that gave camphire commercial value in Solomon's day. Think just how drab your life would be had you not met Christ and accepted His teaching. Ephesians 2: 12, 13: "That at that time ye were with-out Christ . . . but NOW in Christ." What

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"If I Had Only One More Sermon to Preach"

—No. 7 in a series.

Our Beloved Christ J. H. WADE

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a wonderful change in my life has been wrought since Jesus came into my heart!

The Seventh-day Adventist Christian business man is a man distinct. All his business dealings are coloured by prin-ciples truly Christian. The Seventh-day Adventist Christian tradesman is distinc-tive. Nothing shoddy, swift or subtle goes into his trade. Christ shines out in it all. The Seventh-day Adventist neighbour is a colourful character in the neighbour-hood. The regal colour of heaven is clearly discernible. And so we could go on pondering this point.

His Gospel Is Restorative The camphire of Engedi possessed re-

storative properties. It acted somewhat like the old smelling salts which our grandparents used. When someone felt faint it would be used to restore them. Jesus said of our day that men's hearts would fail them for fear. He said also that "men ought always to pray and not to faint." If we do not pray, we will surely faint. David cries out, "Why art thou cast down 0 my soul and why art thou disquieted in me?" "0 my God, my soul is cast down within me."

It is not a sin to be discouraged. It is a sin to stay discouraged. From Christ I draw strength day by day. "He restoreth my soul." Without Him I would be over-whelmed. Without Him I am totally in-sufficient. With Him I am made suffi-cient; "He is able to save to the utter-most." It was Jonah who said, "When my soul fainted within me I remembered the Lord, and my prayer came in unto Thee into Thy holy temple." All who put their trust in Christ will find the strength they need to cope with life and all its complicated problems. "With a loving spirit we may perform life's humblest duties 'as to the Lord.' Col. 3: 23. If the love of God is in the heart, it will be manifested in the life. The sweet savour of Christ will surround us and our influ-ence will elevate and bless."—"Steps to Christ," pages 82, 83.

When Christ has been admitted into our lives there will be seen something of His fragrance, His colour, His restorative grace in us. "We Christians have the un-mistakable scent of Christ." Discipleship is made attractive because our Beloved "is altogether lovely." We find our deep-est satisfactions in Him.

"He is not a disappointment—Jesus is far more to me

Than in all my glowing day-dreams I had fancied He could be.

And the more I get to know Him, so the more I find Him true,

And the more I long that others should be led to know Him, too.

"He is not a disappointment—He has saved my soul from sin.

All the guilt and all the anguish which oppressed my heart within,

He has banished by His presence and His blessed kiss of grace,

Has assured my heart for ever—that His love will never cease.

"He is not a disappointment—He is all in all to me;

Saviour, Sanctifier, Healer—the Un-changing Christ is He.

He has won my heart's affections and He meets my every need,

He is not a disappointment for He satis-fies indeed."

* Note from the S.D.A. Bible Dictionary: "Camphire or Henna: An Old World tropical shrub bearing odoriferous flowers. (Song 1: 14; 4: 13.) The Hebrew term is believed to describe the 'henna.' This henna-flowering shrub, said to have been a native of northern India, has be-come common throughout the Orient, having escaped cultivation. It is from four to twelve feet tall and bears yellow and white flowers of great fragrance. The plant and twigs were sometimes ground into a powder from which Oriental women made a reddish-orange dye to stain the palms of their hands, the soles of their feet, and their fingernails and toenails. Israel's ordinances dealing with taking a captive heathen woman to wife may have been given with refer-ence to these uses of henna dye. (Deut. 21 : II, 12.) A nosegay of henna flowers is regarded by Eastern young women as a most generous token of love."

"FIFTY-FOUR FOR CHRIST IN APIA" (Continued from page 11)

Christian. She still holds firmly to Christ despite the threats of her family.

We baptized a doctor's wife, and a young policeman, who had to resign from the force. He is already teaching in out' school in Lalovaea. The Lord did not fail him in his time of need. We baptized a man whose wife, who that very week had given birth to a still-born babe, threatened to divorce him. Today that once-hostile wife is having Bible studies.

Two young ladies who were leaders in the youth movement of the Assemblies of God church were baptized despite fearful family opposition. They were, at a special meeting in the church, formally relieved of their duties and cast out. We baptized the daughter of the head of state's secre-tary who also had the courage to stand out against severe threats.

At the time of writing possibly some of these dear people are still facing fierce opposition. Please pray for them. They have great faith—faith that inspires my ministry.

Hauled from Baptismal Font James is a meek, slightly built young

man of seventeen years of age. His father is a big man, capable of violence at any moment. Locals say he can lift a 180 lb. bag of sugar in his teeth and throw it onto a truck. James, his mother, and the rest of the family lived under a constant

"May every soul that touches mine— Be it the slightest contact— Get therefrom some good, Some little grace, one kindly thought, One aspiration yet unfelt, One bit of courage for the darkening

sky, A gleam of faith, To brave the thickening ills of life, One glimpse of brighter skies beyond

the gathering mist, To make this life worth while, And heaven a surer heritage."

shadow of fear. But James attended the meetings and wanted to be baptized. He confided in his mother but she pleaded with him not to go ahead for, even if the father did him no harm, he would surely take out his wrath on her.

Imagine my surprise when, at 6.30 a.m. on our final Sabbath in Samoa, James joined the baptismal candidates in the church. I quietly asked him how he came. He said, "I have run away so that I may follow Christ." What faith!

During the service a church member living nearby received an urgent phone call. It was from James's mother. "Please do something to save James. My husband is on his way with a gun!" By this time James was in the large baptismal font among the twenty candidates. He was the next to be baptized when there was a disturbance, and suddenly the father angrily burst through the crowd and towered over the font.

He shouted out, "You steal my son, I steal him back," and in one sudden deft sweep of his arm, James was drawn help-lessly from the font and through the crowd. The people were stunned. Could this really happen? Behind the onlookers a scuffle developed as the controversy be-tween Christ and Satan became very real. We continued with the service—but silently, desperately, I prayed for that dear boy. I still do not know how, but after some minutes I saw James, shirt crumpled and torn, re-entering the bap-tismal font. The father had left in a boiling rage.

The high-point of my ministry so far was to baptize that brave young man who, amid everyone's tears, including my own, showed no sign of emotion except a radi-ant and abiding trust in the Almighty. Today James lives with Brother and Sis-ter John Ryan, for his life has been in danger. His foes are those of his own household. But he counts that winning Christ is of far greater value than the false security of this world. Never have I seen such faith as this! Until this very day no member of the team can recall the story without tears filling his eyes. What a testimony to the power of the gospel this was to the hundreds of people who witnessed that scene.

Director of Customs Baptized Among the rest of the baptismal candi-

dates was the Director of Customs, his wife, married daughter and son-in-law, and two single daughters. These people came to us from the Church of Rome. Then, too, another man from the Customs Department, a renowned drunkard in town, was baptized. The Deputy Director of Customs, his wife and family are plan-ning on baptism at this moment.

One young lady had to spend the Sab-bath in the bush the week before her bap-tism because her mother had locked away her clothes. But the following Sabbath she was "buried with Christ." Several of these young people were put out of home. But, thank God, their faith is still strong.

And the old L.M.S. minister? Oh, yes! He attended our meetings to the very

WEDDINGS

Cookery Nook - - - Hilda Marshman

TOMATO BISQUE Try tomato bisque made with bottled tomatoes. Serve with tinned nut

foods, cottage cheese, or peanut butter sandwiches, a green salad, fruit, and a beverage.

Use 8 oz. measuring cup, and level spoon measurements with the set of standardized plastic measuring spoons.

V', cups bottled tomatoes 11/2 cups milk 1 medium potato 11/2 tablespoons flour 1 medium onion 2 tablespoons super margarine 1 cup water 21 teaspoons salt or to taste Simmer together tomatoes, grated peeled potato, thinly sliced onions,

and water until onion is soft. Stir occasionally to keep from burning. Press through coarse sieve; return to saucepan, reheat.

Scald milk; add flour blended in little cold water; stir until boils, sim-mer three minutes. Add tomato mixture to milk sauce, stirring meanwhile, but do not allow to boil again or soup will curdle. Immediately before serv-ing add margarine and salt. Garnish with finely chopped parsley and a few croutons. Makes 41/2 cups.

STEAMED GRANOLA CUSTARD 2 ozs. (1/2 cup) Granola 3 ozs. (1/2 cup) chopped dates 1 teaspoon salt 1 pint scalded milk 1/2 cup boiling water 2 large eggs Using a fork, stir the Granola and salt into the boiling water in a small

saucepan over heat. Cover with lid; draw aside to steam for five minutes. Put the chopped dates into a quart basin. Stir a little of the hot milk into the Granola, and also into the beaten eggs. Add both Granola and eggs to the remainder of hot milk, mix with spoon, then pour over dates in basin. Cover the basin, and place on a rack in large saucepan. Pour in boiling water to come half-way up the basin. Cover with saucepan lid; steam for twenty minutes or until the custard is quite firm (when a knife inserted in the centre comes out clean). Keep the water in the saucepan barely boiling to prevent curdling. Serve hot or cold. Serves four to six.

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end. On the last Sabbath he attended vespers in our church, and the baptismal service. He said, "I am preaching your message now." I exclaimed, "You are! But what will happen to you?" "They will put me out," he fearlessly replied and then, with a twinkle in his eye, "but I'm waiting for them to do that—until then let the L.M.S. people have opportunity to hear the message. When the axe falls I will join with you." My parting words to him were, "Brother, I long to hear of the day when you are preaching with us." "Don't worry," he replied, "I soon will be," with that determined glint in his eye that I always imagined Martin Luther to have had. "Glory, glory hallelujah, His truth is marching on."

Samoa—"Tofa Soifua"

"Tofa Soifua" is the Samoan farewell. How hard it was to say! What inspira-tion! What cherished memories! As Apia wharf was cruelly removed from us by M.V. "Tofua," we, through misty eyes, bade farewell to part of our hearts. May God bless you Pastors Hay, Neru, Afa'ese and Brethren Papaofo, Enesi and Eileone as you now continue to labour for those dear souls we left behind.

"Pearl of the Pacific" farewell! May the Pearl of great price ever be your cherished possession until at last we to-gether enter the pearly gates.

SHIRE COUNCIL AIDS CHURCH IN WAR AGAINST DRUGS

(Concluded from page 3) They were screened one afternoon for the staff of the District Base Hospital. Re-quests are coming in for further viewings. In this way we hope for a much wider coverage of the films than it would have been possible for us to organize by our-selves.

We believe that this type of programme will sound a warning against the evils of drug taking before quite a large group of people, and that many of them, particu-larly the youth, will be given some pro-tection from one of the world's greatest present dangers.

"THE GRADUATES RETURN" (Continued from page 9)

supervisor of the laundry department, occupies the one-time maternity building.

If you are a Sydney Sanitarium and Hospital graduate, please contact us if you have not already done so; if you know of a graduate who is unaware of the new association, then tell her. Very soon, the proposed constitution will be circulated along with a special message from the association president, Mrs. Mary James, on the new and distinctive letter-head.

AUSTRALASIAN RECORD

CUNNINGHAM—DUFFEY. June 16. 1969. was the day chosen by Ken and Keitha for their wedding, which was held in Ken's home town. Kyabram, Victoria. Keitha, lately of Christ-church, New Zealand, looked a radiant bride, as she took her vows, beside Ken, who, winning her to the Adventist faith, had also won her heart. As Ken and Keitha establish their home in the Leitchville district, we wish them Heaven's choicest blessings. G. A. Metcalfe.

FIEGERT—FAIRALL. As evening ap-proached on Sunday, July 6, 1969, Robert Charles Fiegert and Annette Rose Fairall en-tered the Victoria Park church in Western Aus-tralia to exchange the sacred vows of matri-mony. Robert is a farmer from Salmon Gums and is a highly loved and respected member of the church. Annette is the daughter of Brother and Sister P. Fairall, formerly of Kalgoorlie but now resident of Esperance, Western Australia. Prior to her marriage Annette spent three years as a nursing sister in the mission field of Islake-Uganda. As Robert and Annette establish their home in Salmon Gums we believe they will live for and witness of a Christ who abides and dwells with them. G. I. Wilson.

GRACE—DOYLE. Sunday, July 6, 1969. was a happy wedding day in Macksville, New South Wales. Sydney Ernest Grace and Edith Phyl-lis Doyle were united in holy wedlock and in service for their beloved Lord. Syd is one of the elders of the Macksville church, and Edith is Welfare leader. A large gathering of friends wished them an ever deepening experience of happiness as they serve the church and preach the gospel through literature ministry.

C. Brown.

GUNTER—WEBSTER. The Midland church. Western Australia, was very tastefully decor-ated for the occasion of the marriage of Warren Lindsay Gunter to Cherylene Robyn Webster on Thursday, June 26, 1969. Warren is the eldest son of Pastor and Mrs. H. W. Gunter of the Greater Sydney Conference, and Cherylene is the second daughter of Brother and Sister Harvey Webster of the Midland church. Many relatives and friends were present at the service and reception to wish these highly esteemed young people God's richest blessing and every happiness as they establish another home in Western Australia whence the light of the love of Jesus will shine. H. W. Gunter.

HARRIS—CHAMBERLAIN. The day was as near perfect as Victoria's mid-winter sun-shine could make it when on June 16, 1969, at 11 o'clock John Albert Harris, of Bendigo, and Jill Maxine Chamberlain were married at the Seventh-day Adventist church in Maryborough. The church was more than filled by relatives and friends from Bendigo and Maryborough who had assembled to wish the young folk well. The reception saw about ninety guests assem-ble at the Railway Reception Hall where a de-lightful lunch was served. As John and Jill make their home in Bendigo we wish them God's guidance in all their united plans.

J. B. Conley.

OAKES—STANLEY. Leonard Oakes and Tresna Stanley were married on May 19, 1969. at the Perth church. Numerous relatives and friends from near and far gathered to pray the bridal couple the best that life can offer. Len is the son of Brother and Sister Albert Oakes, and Tresna is the daughter of Brother and Sis-ter Colton Stanley, both families being well known in Perth. Len and Tresna will continue to live in Perth, where they will continue to use their talents in the Master's service.

H. J. Bolst.

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TRUSCOTT—HOF. A happy group of friends and relatives gathered in the Aspley church, Queensland, on May 4, 1969, when Paul Blackman Truscott and Linda May Hof were united in marriage. Paul, who has almost com-pleted his medical studies, comes from the well-known Truscott family of Townsville, while Linda, a school teacher, as rejoicing in her new-found Adventist faith. The reception was held in the conference assembly hall, where the guests expressed their appreciation of this fine young couple by word and gift. We pray that the Lord will richly bless them as they dedicate their lives in service for Him.

K. S. Ferris.

WILMOT H— HUNTER. Two well-known families were linked together when Laurence Wilmoth of Dubbo, and Eileen Hunter of Gil-gandra chose the afternoon of June 15, 1969, as the day when they would be bound together in lifelong partnership as husband and wife. After the service in the Dubbo church, New South Wales, a delightful reception was provided in the church hall where many relatives and friends gathered to congratulate the happy bridal couple. We wish Laurie and Eileen God's richest blessings as they establish a home in Dubbo from which we believe God's love will shine. A. J. Gilbett.

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BLAKE. Ellen Maude Blake passed to her rest on July 6, 1969, at the age of seventy-eight years. Baptized by Pastor Watson in 1954, our sister was known and appreciated in the city of Armidale, New South Wales, for her good works. Left to mourn her passing are her hus-band, sons Leslie and Lawrence, and daughters Joan (Mrs. Devitt) and Dawn (Mrs. Fuller). She rests in the Armidale cemetery awaiting the call of the Life-giver. J. H. D. Miller.

BRIGHT. Thomas Herbert Bright suddenly passed to his rest on June 27, 1969, at Rotorua, New Zealand, at the age of sixty-one years. Our brother joined the Advent family about two years ago and was a loved and respected mem-ber of the Rotorua Seventh-day Adventist church. This quiet Christian man whose trust in his Saviour was an inspiration, will be sadly missed. Left to mourn are his wife, sons Eric and Allan, and daughter Myrtle (Mrs. Travis). As we read from the Word of Inspiration, we realized how brief is life here but the glory of God's new order gives meaning and hope to the gospel message. We left the Rotorua lawn cemetery assured of the resurrection morn when those who have died in the Lord will be raised to life evermore. E. J. Brownie.

FRASER. On Sabbath afternoon. July 12, 1969, in Christchurch, New Zealand, Catherine Fraser in her eighty-fifth year closed her eyes in the peaceful sleep of death. Sister Fraser was indeed one of God's saints. With her late hus-band she became one of the very early pioneers of the Advent message in New Zealand. When they arrived from the Shetland Islands back in 1910, these godly people came into possession of the book, "The Great Controversy," and through the reading of this along with their Bible, they began keeping God's Sabbath. In those days to become a Seventh-day Adventist was equivalent to becoming a gospel colporteur. Thus it was with the Frasers. God greatly blessed their witness and they were instrumental in bringing many into membership of the remnant church. The five children, nine grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren are all within the church. To the three sons, Torn, John and Alf, and the two daughters, Rose (Mrs. Ray Jackson) and Elsie (Mrs. Harold Painter), we extend our heartfelt Christian sympathy. With them we share blessed memories of a wonderful mother, and with them we share the blessed hope of re-union in the great day of the Lord's return. Services at the funeral chapel and at the Ruru

5 lawn cemetery were conducted by the writer and Pastor A. N. Riggins. J. H. Wade.

LEWIS. Sister Emma Lewis, late of Lawler, South Australia, passed away in the Royal Ade-laide Hospital on July 1, 1969, at the age of eighty-four. For many years. living her self-sacrificing life in isolation, our sister main-tained her faith in God and her love for His truth. Relatives, and friends from the Gawler church, were pointed forward to the resurrection day, in services at the funeral parlour and at the graveside in the Dudley Park cemetery.

S. C. Butler.

MORRIS. Sister Lily Morris, after living a full life, fell asleep in Christ on June 23, 1969. in the Waipukurau hospital, New Zealand. She and her sister Alice have shared for years the home behind the factory, which in early times was the centre for Adventist gatherings in the district. A daughter of the first converts to the Adventist Church in the Eketahuna area, Lily lived quietly, worked willingly, and gave gen-erously to the work of God. She will be sadly missed by those who were very close, and those who were her friends. The service was held in the newly completed Waipukurau church, crowded with those who loved and respected her. Pastor A. Duffy of Hastings and Brother T. Carter of Waipawa shared in the service. We lovingly laid her to rest upon the hillside to await the voice of her Master, comforted by the knowledge that this was just "Good-night." and not "Good-bye." Reg Parr.

MUDGWAY. William Oscar Mudgway, aged seventy-two years, passed peacefully to his rest in the Napier Public Hospital, New Zealand, on June 25, 1969. His wife Elizabeth, his daughter Enid, her husband Ted and the grand-children mourn the loss of one dear to them and true to God, but they thank God that he now lies at peace after many years of suffering. The host of friends who filled the Napier church remembered our brother for his never failing cheerfulness and for the example that he set of a wonderful confidence in the Lord. He now rests in the assurance of a joyful meeting in that resurrection morn so soon to come.

I. B. Rankin.

STEICKE. Theodore Alwin Steicke, aged seventy-six, passed unexpectedly to rest on June 27, 1969. While living in the Mount Barker district, Western Australia, our beloved brother and his devoted life companion accepted Christ's message and became charter members of the church. As a true servant, Brother Steicke never looked back, but by precept and example bore a positive witness in the district for over thirty years. During his days of retirement Brother Steicke lived at Queen's Park. where he won the admiration of the entire membership. To Sister Steicke and her three daughters: Mrs. Jack Turner (Ruth), Mrs. John Vaughan (Eunice), and Laurie of Carmel, Western Aus-tralia, we extend our sympathies as we direct their thinking to the day so soon to dawn when Christ the Life-giver shall come again.

G. I. Wilson.

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The treasurer of the South Australian Con-ference wishes to acknowledge the sum of $80 which has reached him as tithe from an anony-mous source. The receipt is held in the edi-torial files of this journal.

The treasurer of the Victorian Conference acknowledges with thanks receipt of $600 tithe from an anonymous donor.

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FLASH POINT . >(- WEEK OF PRAYER will be held throughout this division from Novem-

ber 8 to November 15. This year we revert to the familiar Week of Prayer "Record.' which will come to regular subscribers through the post, and will bear the date November 10. However, this will be a bonus issue and, instead of the last "Record" for the year bearing the date December 15 (Issue No. 50), it will carry the date December 22 (No. 51). Thus you will receive the Week of Prayer issue as an extra. However, the Week of Prayer issue will be mailed somewhat earlier than the regular issue would normally be, in order to ensure that subscribers receive theirs in good time. In the Queen's Birthday Honours (in June) there appeared this citation under the award of M.B.E.: "Mrs. Estelle Marie Elethea Collman, of Hawthorn [Victoria!, for services to the community, particularly to women and children." Our sharp-eyed correspondent who alerts us to this news says that Mrs. Collman, one of our Adventist church members, has been active in U.N.I.C.E.F., and in Victoria is president of the Women's Auxiliary of that humanitarian body. Following the war, Mrs. Collman travelled extensively in Europe (especially in Greece) in connection with relief for those suffering from the effects of war and its aftermath. We congratulate Sister Collman.

>(.- Filtering through from California comes the news that Pastor Eric Syme has obtained his Ph.D., majoring in church history. Pastor Syme is in the Bible department of the Pacific Union College. He is the husband of Cecily, the younger daughter of Pastor and Mrs. J. W. Kent. He is also the younger brother of the late Pastor Richard Syme who lost his life so tragically in New Zealand a few years ago.

- Remember the book "Is It the Watch-Tower?" written by Pastor Bruce Price of New Zealand? Now hear a little sequel. When the leaders of the Jehovah's Witnesses organization in New Zealand requested to see it in its pre-publication form, the author not only very gener-ously made the proofs available to them, but also allowed them to photograph the entire book, and then invited them to report any errors in it so that he could correct them before it was published. The care taken by Pastor Price and the publishers is reflected in the fact that no errors were found by the leaders of the J.Ws., who expressed their appreciation of the author's gesture. We mention this because some members of the denomination examined in the book are claim-ing it to be "full of errors." If this be so, surely they had a sporting opportunity to point them out before the book was published.

>(- One more thing about "Is It the Watch-Tower?" Our keen eye noted with something of almost insular pride that Richard Utt, in his article in the "Ministry" of March, 1969, lists it among the "valuable, vital, useful volumes published recently in the world field."

* What we like to hear is how the emerging peoples of our mission fields are helping themselves. Consider this snippet from Brother Milton Macfarlane of the Rumba Adventist School near Bougainville. Twenty-three students in the Standard 6 group went out recently on the Appeal for Missions for one day in the surrounding villages and collected $45.71. Splendid!

>(- Now skip lightly up to Kambubu, near Rabaul, and drop in at the Jones Missionary College. This year, their Thirteenth Sabbath offer-ings have been a cause of ecstatic delight to the faculty and the Sab-bath school itself. From a membership of 600, 88 per cent of whom are students (and you know how short of funds students chronically are), sacrificial giving and hard work produced offerings of $230.05 for the first quarter and $257.08 for the second. Bravo!

>_ "Finally, brethren . . ." (from Dr. M. M. Freeman): Politeness is like an air-cushion; there may be nothing in it, but it eases the jolts of life wonderfully.

AUSTRALASIAN RECORD

Gleanings from the "Record"

FIFTY YEARS AGO "Our first mail this year reached us a

few days ago, June 22," writes Pastor S. W. Carr, from Niue Island. "There was no sugar, butter, rice, biscuits, or flour obtainable on the island. Now a four-masted vessel has come bringing flour, but none of the other things. But flour is the main thing, and we are very thankful for the many blessings we have enjoyed from the Lord's hands. There has been plenty of native food. Our bis-cuits also just held out, and the milk lasted until the very day the boat came—the one tin having served us for two weeks."

"During the first quarter of this year two new Sabbath schools were opened in the Solomons Group; a new territory en-tered for mission work. . . From Brother Gray's mission, a native named Ilingoara was sent to start to build a little church on the other side of the island of Gatu-kai, as the distance was too far for the natives to attend the mission church on Sabbath. This native built the church and gathered together nearly thirty to his meetings each Sabbath." The above extracts are from the "Australasian Re-cord," August 4, 1919.

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO

Twenty-five years ago this week a change was made in the heading block of the "Record." Previously, this was the heading:

The August 7, 1944, issue appeared with this new block:

From the "Australasian Record," July 31, 1944: "A cable message has been re-ceived from the General Conference ask-ing that transportation arrangements be made for Miss Muriel Howe to return to China. We trust that satisfactory ar-rangements can be made, as we know this call will be very pleasing to Miss Howe."

August Is "Signs" Month