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GENERAL CHURCH PAPER OF THE SEVENTH•DAY ADVENTISTS

William Miller Memorial Service By AUGUST S. ANDERSON

T 0 THE little Miller chapel that lies just west of Fair Haven, Ver-

mont, in Low Hampton, New York, came people from six States on Sun-day, August 25, for the third annual memorial service. The purpose was to pay tribute to the memory of Wil-liam Miller, who served as a captain in the War of 1812 and later launched a movement in America that laid the foundation of two religious groups—the Advent Christian Church and the Seventh-day Adventists. The chapel was filled to capacity, and many were seated in their cars nearby. A public address system carried the service to them. Down the road a little distance was Miller's tomb.

The editor of THE REVIEW AND HERALD delivered the address. He re-evaluated the religious movement that Miller launched in the United States and re-examined the key doctrine of the movement—that the personal ap-pearing of Christ is the climax of earth's history—in the light of the passing years.

Other speakers were: Lewis E. Len-heim, president of the Atlantic Union Conference, South Lancaster, Massa-chusetts; Roscoe W. Moore, president of the Northern New England Con-ference, and Howard J. Capman, presi-dent of the New York Conference.

Three descendants of William Mil-ler were present at the meeting: At-torney Philip M. M. Phelps, of Fair Haven, Vermont, a great-grandson; Mrs. Hazel Bartholomew Hollister, a great-granddaughter; and Mrs. Ella Adams, the only living granddaughter of Mr. Miller. Also in attendance was Mrs. Dorothy Offensend, a great-great-granddaughter, and Miss Nancy Offensend, a great-great-great-grand-daughter of Solomon Miller, a brother of William Miller.

In his address Elder Nichol stated: "With the fog of fanciful and even malicious stories dissipated, we see standing in the township of Low Hampton a respected citizen, an ex-captain of the War of 1812. When Mil-ler first began his study of the Bible

prophecy he doubtless did not know that throughout Europe there had re-cently developed a remarkable inter-est in the Bible prophecies that deal with the second advent of Christ. This interest was not only widespread, it was also theologically and socially re-spectable. Eminent theologians and other educated men found themselves engaged in prophetic conferences and in writing books on the subject. Thus Millerism was not an isolated phenom-enon, rather it was the American as-pect of a worldwide religious awaken-ing on the important subject of Bible prophecy.

"Though the question of the time of the Advent received serious study, it was always secondary to the grand theme of the nature of the event im-pending. . . . There were influential spokesmen who felt that it was a mis-take to attempt to set any time for the Advent other than to say that it was near.

All this was in the minds of a cer- (Continued on page 25)

The William Miller chapel at Low Hampton, New York, as it looks today. On August 25 the third annual William Miller memorial service was held here. Hundreds attended to pay tribute to Miller and to reaffirm belief in the doctrine of the second advent, which was proclaimed so convincingly by this mid-nineteenth-

century preacher.

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Relatives of William Miller in attendance at the Miller memorial service. Left to right: Philip M. M. Phelps, great-grandson; Hazel Bartholomew Hollister, great-granddaughter; Ella Adams, granddaughter; Dorothy Offensend, great-great-granddaughter; Nancy Offensend, great-great-great-granddaughter; Clifford Offen-

send, husband of Dorothy Offensend.

SEPTEMBER 19, 1957

109th Year of Continuous Publication Vol. 134, No. 38 September 19, 1957

COVER William Miller Memorial Service GENERAL ARTICLES Page 3

A Modern Good Samaritan—When Feeling Downcast—On the Religious Front —An Early Picture of Sister White—The Pilot's Point of View—"In His Moc-casins"—Love Binds Us Together

EDITORIALS Page 9 "The Tribunal of Time"—Favorable Climate for Religion

SABBATH SCHOOL ACTIVITIES Page 10 SABBATH SCHOOL LESSON HELP Page 11

Abraham, Friend of God, Part OUR HOMES Page 12

Children in the Home—Escape From a Dungeon FOR ADVENTIST YOUTH AND JUNIORS Page 14

The World's Greatest Secret—Nicolas' Reward—Tornado FEATURE ARTICLE OF THE WEEK Page 16

Through Droughts and Turmoil BIBLE TEXTS EXPLAINED Page 18

Day of Week Christ Was Crucified—When a Person Should Be Baptized—Reference to Second Coming in Jude—"Total Depravity"

NEWS FROM HOME AND ABROAD Page 19 D-Day for the Quechuas of Bolivia—School Industries in India—Principals' Council—With Our Servicemen—Newfoundland Annual Meeting—Finds True Church Through Literature Evangelist—Missouri Conference Camp Meeting—Maritime Camp Meeting Has Record Attendance—School Administrators' Con-ference--Washington Conference Ordination Service—World Wheat King Visits Youth Congress—Alberta Camp Meeting—In Brief—Notice—Church Calendar for 1957

POETRY Are We Holding Up His Return? p. 4; God's Remedy, p. 6; If I Had Known. p. 6; Jesus, p. 6; I Thank Thee, p. 6; Sufficiency, p. 6; He Prayed. p. 6

FRANCIS DAVID NICHOL, Editor FREDERICK LEE, Associate Editor KENNETH H. WOOD, JR., Assistant Editor

R. R. FIGURA, A. L. HAM. H. L. RUDY, Consulting Editors J. L. MCELHANY, Contributing Editor PROMISE KLOSS SHERMAN, Editorial Secretary

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"Thy Grace Shall Inspire My Heart and My Tongue"

The observation of Henry van Dyke on what constitutes the test of character rings clear as a church bell across the meadows: "There is something finer than to do right against inclination; and that is to have an inclination to do right. There is something nobler than reluctant obedience; and that is joyful obedience. The rank of virtue is not measured by its disagreeableness, but by its sweetness to the heart that loves it. The real test of character is joy. For what you rejoice in, that you love. And what you love, that you are like."

One wonders how much merit heaven as-cribes to an act of duty done grudgingly or with manifest rebellion. How uneasy and embarrassed we are when someone does us a favor with apparent reluctance or obvious impatience.

Some of our service for God and the church must surely make the angels weep because of its laggard spirit. If we had the true sense of privilege in doing what God requires, we should sing less frequently, "0 there'll be joy when the work is done," and more often, "Sweet is the work, my God, my King, To praise Thy name, give thanks and sing; To show Thy love by morning light, And talk of all Thy truth at night."

A young man, following a sudden impulse, took a bus across the city to see his crippled uncle, a shut-in. But during the whole of his stay he kept his hand on the doorknob, as if impatient to depart. His uncle noticed it and was grieved. Too much Christian serv-ice is done with the hand on the doorknob of retreat. One's polite presence is a poor substitute for an absent heart.

H. M. TIPPETT

Ignorance is the mother of suspicion.—W. R. Alger.

Our headstrong passions shut the door of our souls against God.—Confucius.

We need to suffer that we may learn to pity.—L. E. Landon.

We are no safer or stronger than our thinking, for our thinking actuates our con-duct. Shallow thinking makes for shallow living.—E. N. LeJeune.

We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not breaths; in feelings, not in figures on a dial. We should count time by heart throbs. He most lives who thinks most, feels the noblest, acts the best. Philip J. Bailey.

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AIME MOROT, ARTIST

The Good Samaritan, seeing the injured man, bound up his wounds and provided transportation for him to an inn, where he '-'red for him as best he could. Jesus said, "Go thou and do likewise."

A Modern Good Samaritan

[This article by the secretary of the War Service Commission and the chairman of the Civil Defense Committee of the General Conference was written in the interest of National Civil Defense Week, Septem-ber 15 to 21.—EDITORS.]

"Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?" 1 In the lawyer who asked this most important question the Saviour recognized a seeker for truth. Although the question itself had been prompted by the Pharisees in an endeavor to trap Christ, the man who asked it was sincere.

"What is written in the law? How readest thou?" The Master's answer in question form defeated the purpose of His adversaries as He pointed to the requirements set forth in the book of the law.

"Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neigh-bour as thyself."

"Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live," responded the Saviour.

In quoting from the book of the law 5 the lawyer had set forth the basic principle underlying man's duty to God and man. He who loves God supremely will obey Him fully, and he who loves his neigh-bor as himself will injure him in no way.

Convicted of disobedience under the searching words of Christ, the lawyer refused to con-fess his failure to obey the law of love, but tried to excuse it. Like the woman at Jacob's well, he sought to engage the Saviour in controversy. Among the Jews there was much dispute as to who could be included in that word "neighbor." Possibly not the ignorant and careless multi-tude, nor the "unclean," surely not the heathen, and certainly not the Samaritans! So, to ease his conscience, the lawyer asked, "Who is my neighbour?"

Instead of entering into a dis-cussion the Master reminded him of what had happened not long before. The incident was still fresh in the minds of those who listened.' It was the story of the good Samaritan. Let us study it together, for it has valuable les-sons for us today, as well as for the silent multitude who listened to the Saviour as He told the Story.

The unfortunate traveler who was attacked by robbers as he

By G. W. CHAMBERS

traversed a dangerous ravine between Jerusalem and Jericho, was a Jew.' Beaten, bruised, bleeding, and in great pain, he hoped that help would come before it was too late. The priest, who in the providence of God had come that way, 8 merely glanced at the vic-tim who lay weltering in a pool of his own blood. He must have recog-nized his duty to help the desperately wounded man, but he thought that he might be a Samaritan.' "He passed by on the other side." '°

The Levite, who next appeared on the scene, was curious to know what had happened. He stopped and looked down at the man. "He was convicted of what he ought to do; but it was not an agreeable duty. He wished that he had not come that way, so that he need not have seen the wounded man. He persuaded him-self that the case was no concern of his." " He, too, continued his journey without offering to help. The next man to see the badly wounded Jew was a Samaritan. He did not hesitate to help him although he knew that if

their positions were reversed, the Jew who needed his help would spit on him and pass him by with contempt. " Evidently knowing what to do, he stopped the flow of blood, bound up his wounds, provided transportation for him while he himself walked, and took him to the nearest inn. There he cared for him through the night, paid the bill, and made provision for any future financial need.

In response to the question "Who was neighbour to him that fell among thieves?" the lawyer could only an-swer, "He that shewed mercy on him." Then the Saviour commanded, "Go, and do thou likewise."

Note that in answer to the question "What shall I do to inherit eternal life?" Christ pointed to the basic law of love to God and man, indicated what love to man involved, and then commanded that the lawyer do some-thing about it.

This lesson is for us today! "Christ has shown that our neighbor does not mean merely one of the church or faith to which we belong. It has no

reference to race, color, or class distinction. Our neighbor is every person who needs our help."" (Italics supplied.)

The priest and Levite felt that "it was beneath them to minister to an unknown sufferer by the wayside." " "Many today are making a similar mistake. . . Thus the character is marred, and the religion of Christ mis-represented." IA "Because the Lord's professed servants are not in co-operation with Him, the love of God, which should flow forth from them, is in great de-gree cut off from their fellow men. And a large revenue of praise and thanksgiving from hu-man hearts and human lips is prevented from flowing back to God. He is robbed of the glory due to His name." '°

"If we love God because He first loved us, we shall love all for whom Christ died. . . . Con-nected with Christ, we are con-nected with our fellow men by the golden links of the chain of love. Then the pity and com-passion of Christ will be mani-fest in our life. We shall not wait to have the needy and unfortu-nate brought to us. We shall not need to be entreated to feel for the woes of others. It will be as natural for us to minister to the

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needy and suffering as it was for Christ to go about doing good." "

"Medical missionary work is the helping hand of the gospel minis-try." "It is the heaven-ordained means of finding entrance to the hearts of people." 19

"Combine medical missionary work with the proclamation of the third angel's message. . . . See if the breath of life will not then come into our churches."

Our own salvation is at stake. Those who put forth no effort to help others will be lost.

"The Bible does not acknowledge a believer who is idle, however high his profession may be."

Accidents at home, in the shop, on the farm, and on the highway demand that we be prepared to minister to those who may be injured. Hurri-canes, floods, fires, and earthquakes will increase in number and destruc-tiveness.

"Soon strife among the nations will break out with an intensity that we do not now anticipate. The present is a time of overwhelming interest to all living. Rulers and statesmen, men who occupy positions of trust and authority, thinking men and women of all classes, have their attention fixed upon the events taking place about us. They are watching the strained, restless relations that exist among the nations. They observe the intensity that is taking possession of every earthly element, and they real-ize that something great and decisive is about to take place, that the world is on the verge of a stupendous crisis.

"A moment of respite has been graciously given us of God. Every power lent us of Heaven is now to be used in working for those perishing in ignorance. There must be no delay. The truth must be proclaimed in the dark places of the earth. Obstacles must be met and surmounted. A great work is to be done, and to those who know the truth for this time, this work has been intrusted."

Shall we not all prepare for some kind of life-saving activity now, while there is time?

1 Luke 10:25. 2 Luke 10:26. 3 Luke 10:27. 4 Luke 10:28. 5 Deut. 6:5; Lev. 19:18.

Christ's Object Lessons, p. 379; The Desire of Ages, p. 499.

Christ's Object Lessons, p. 381. 8 The Desire of Ages, p. 500. 9 Ibid.

" Luke 10:31. 11- The Desire of Ages, p. 499. 12 7bid., p. 503. 13 Ibid. 14 Christ's Object Lessons, p. 382. 15 Ibid. 18 Ibid., p. 383. 17 Ibid., pp. 384, 385. 18 Medical Ministry, p. 240. 19 Ibid., p. 241. 20 Ibid., p. 320. 21 Ibid., p. 325. 2, p. 333.

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Lying under a juniper tree a day's journey out of Beer-sheba, Elijah was downcast. He was discouraged unto death, and called upon God to take his life! (1 Kings 19:4.)

Most persons, including Christians, have at some time found themselves in the slough of despondency as did Elijah. In a whirl of events, conditions might have changed so quickly and abruptly that even they themselves did not fully realize how they had been catapulted into such a state of discour-agement. Such was Elijah's condition.

The Bible nowhere exhorts us to be discouraged or gloomy, even though some, like the little lad, are prone to confuse discouragement with piety! With his father a boy was looking at a mule, when he rather unexpectedly confided to his father, "That mule must be a good

Are We Holding Up His Return?

By MARY GUSTAFSON

Don't wait to let others show Him— We should be first with the news,

For Christ has made us the givers Of His eternal views.

We are the ones to scatter His Word so all men may know.

Can we face up to this challenge And hold up the faith and go?

Christian." "Why do you think so, my son?" the father queried. "Be-cause he has such a long face," came the spontaneous answer from his son.

This well-known story reveals a rather common conception held by many Christians; namely, that a long face or a gloomy disposition is a label of sainthood, or of a good Christian character.

"The enemy is well pleased to have souls depressed, downcast, mourning and groaning; he wants just such im-pressions made as to the effect of our faith."—Testimonies, vol. 6, p. 366.

Instead of looking upon God as a source, of joy and as a kind Father who delights in seeing His earthborn children happy, Satan has been able to delude men into thinking that God rejoices when His followers are sorrowful and gloomy. Many Chris-tians, trying to justify their perennial moroseness, say that Jesus never

laughed. But the servant of the Lord tells us, "Christ was often heard sing-ing hymns of praise; and yet I have heard persons say, 'Christ never smiled.' How mistaken their ideas in regard to the Saviour! There was joy in His heart."—The Review and Herald, Nov. 11, 1902.

Jesus, while on earth, was not mo-rose or gloomy. "He was bright and cheerful" "and shed about Him the light of a cheerful piety."—The De-sire of Ages, pp. 89, 86. Neither does Jesus wish His sisters and brothers here below to be long-faced. "The Lord would have all His sons and daughters happy, peaceful, and obe-dient."—Steps to Christ (Pocket ed.), p. 124.

"It is the duty of God's children to be cheerful. They should encourage a happy frame of mind. God cannot be glorified by His children living con-tinually under a cloud and casting a shadow wherever they go. The Chris-tian should cast sunshine instead of shadow."—ELLEN G. WHITE in The Review and Herald, April 28, 1859.

It certainly was not God's purpose that Elijah should be downcast and discouraged! According to God's plan, at the very time of his despond-ency, Elijah should have been step-ping into "the wonderful opportuni-ties opening before him" after his victory on Mount Carmel.

Holy Writ repeatedly admonishes us to be of good courage and not fearful. Where the Holy Spirit is there is courage; the fullness of the Holy Spirit and discouragement are mutually exclusive. Following the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, it says of the early Christians that "they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness" (Acts 4:31). Filled with the Holy Spirit, the early Christians possessed courage even though they lived amid the adversities of perse-cution! "It is Satan's work to discour-age the soul; it is Christ's work to inspire with faith and hope."—The Desire of Ages, p. 249.

The divine counsel is, "Never al-low yourself to talk in a hopeless, discouraged way. If you do you lose much."—Christ's Object Lessons, p. 147.

Gloomy sentiments will never be dispelled by taking a holiday for mis- ery. Acquiescence to gloom will only make the clouds heavier. And really

When Feeling Downcast By Arnold V. Wallenkampf

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PHOTO BY GORDON LLOYD

An Early Picture of Sister White,

This picture of Ellen G. White, at the age of thirty-seven, hangs over the fireplace in her beloved workroom at "Elmshaven," her old home near the St. Helena Sanitarium, where she spent her last fifteen years, between the ages of seventy-two and eighty-seven. Dur-ing that time she prepared nine books for publication. Their titles follow: Education, Life Sketches, Counsels to Parents and Teachers, The Acts of the Apostles, Testimonies to the Church, volumes seven, eight, and nine, The Ministry of Healing, and Prophets and Kings, which, by the way, was her last book. We know of no other writer who has produced nine religious books after the age of seventy-two. The picture is a painting by the late Dr. L. A. Reed, the last presi-dent of Healdsburg College, and was copied from a small photo-graph taken in Battle Creek, Michigan, in 1864. Since it shows Sister White with pen in hand, it seemed fitting to have a complete set of her books rest on the mantel just beneath the picture. Many of the twenty-five hundred visitors who annually call at "Elmshaven," ex- press their appreciation of this painting. ERNEST LLOYD

[These news items are taken from Religious News Service. We do not necessarily concur in statements made in these items. We publish them simply to give our readers a picture of current religious develop-ments.]

Church Membership in U.S. Reaches New High

Church membership in the United States reached a new high of 103,224,954 in 1956, a gain of slightly more than 3,000,000 over the previous year. This means that 62 out of every 100 Americans of all ages are members of a church or synagogue. A century ago only 20 out of every 100 Americans was a church member. In the last generation span of 30 years church membership has doubled, while population has risen 40 per cent.

Devotion to Virgin Practiced in Protestant Convent

Special devotion to the blessed virgin Mary is practiced in a Protestant convent in Darm-stadt, Germany. In addition, the nuns—mostly Lutherans—have adopted many fea-tures of Roman Catholic monastic life. The convent belongs to the Ecumenical Sister-hood of St. Mary, which is said to be the first Protestant experiment in monasticism in Germany. The sisters explain that their convent bears the name of Mary "out of love of Mary, Mother of God."

St. Louis Cathedral Is Said to Have Relic of True Cross

A seldom-publicized particle of the true cross, which is said to be the largest relic of its kind in the United States, is now in the possession of the St. Louis Roman Catholic Cathedral. The particle, obtained from Rome before the turn of the century, has been in use at St. Mary of Victories church in downtown St. Louis since that date. Re-cently, Father Jerome F. Schutzbach, pastor of the church, discovered papers in a safe deposit box, which he said authenticated the relic. Research by the chancery office confirmed that it is the largest particle in existence in this country.

Indian Bishop Warns Church of Perils in Asia

A Lutheran bishop from India warned in Minneapolis, Minnesota, that the Christian Church cannot sit idly by in the face of the revolution sweeping Asia and let the Orient become communistic and atheistic. Bishop Rajah B. Manikam sounded the warning in addressing a public meeting in connection with the third assembly of the Lutheran World Federation. He said there was a re-vival in Asia of ancient faiths and at the same time an increase of atheism, material-ism, and humanism, since "with the spread of the Communist ideology the belief that religion is an opiate of the people is gaining ground, especially amongst the student classes and workers in industries."

you are doing service for Satan while you are discouraged since "a discour-aged soul is a body of darkness, not only failing himself to receive the light of God, but shutting it away from others. Satan loves to see the effect of the pictures of his triumphs, making human beings faithless and disheartened."—Testimonies, vol. 5, pp. 744, 745.

Our feelings and moods are usually nothing but a reflection of our thoughts. "If the thoughts are wrong the feelings will be wrong, and the thoughts and feelings combined make up the moral character. When you decide that as Christians you are not required to restrain your thoughts and feelings you are brought under the influence of evil angels and in-vite their presence and their control. If you yield to your impressions and allow your thoughts to run in a chan-nel of suspicion, doubt, and repining you will be among the most unhappy of mortals, and your lives will prove a failure."—Ibid., p. 310.

Thus, if we have suddenly been overwhelmed by dismal, discouraging thoughts, and are thus downhearted, these thoughts must be eliminated from our thinking.

I recall the old chimney sweep who used to come around back in the days when we did our cooking and heated our homes with coal and wood. Dressed in his black, sooty uni-form with a small skullcap on his head, he would take his ropes and weights and get up on the roof. When he had reached the top of the chimney he would attach a weight to his rope and let it down the chimney pipe. Soon the rope would be down in the kitchen vent or in the fireplace in the living room. He would then have his helper at-tach a chimney brush to his rope. As he pulled the rope with the at-tached brush up through the chim-ney the soot and the particles of ashes that had been borne upward on the wings of the smoke and fastened themselves to the

inside of the flue would be rudely re-moved and fall down into the fire-place. After he had pulled his brushes up through the chimney a few times the soot and ashes would be removed, and the chimney once again would be clean and clear, permitting a better draft for the smoke and the fire below.

As the chimney got clogged with soot and ashes, so your mind and mine at times get clogged with down-cast feelings and discouragement. These despondent thoughts and senti-ments must be removed lest we fall victims to Satan's allurements, the entering wedge of which is often dis-couragement.

The brushes for the removal of discouraging thoughts and gloomy feelings from the mind are the Bible promises. The Bible is replete with texts that will accomplish this. The words of the gospel prophet Isaiah will do it. "For the Lord God will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that shall not be ashamed" (Isa. 50:7). "Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness" (Isa. 41:10). Paul's clarion call to victory

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IF I HAD KNOWN

By MARJORIE LEWIS LLOYD

If I had known Those were Your hands That reached across the sea;

JESUS

By ANNALYNN MARIE ACKLEY

I love Jesus; He is divine. I love Jesus; His will is mine. I love Jesus; my heart to Him I give. I love Jesus; to love Him is to live.

,AlleckfaidoiAA ̀items GOD'S

By LINDA

Where are the burdens that I bore, The pain that I have known;

And where the heart scars deeply made By tears I've shed alone?

They're gone! I left them someplace Out in the fields today.

Perhaps the bubbling, laughing brook Has carried them away.

But they were worn And scarred with toil— The hands that reached to me.

And I must work; The day's too short For all You wanted done.

I could not go. The hands must reach, And reach till set of sun.

If I had known Those were Your hands, I would, I would have gone!

REMEDY

LANE GAGE

Or maybe little happy winds That played all through my hair

Softly stole my sadness And left this new joy there.

Oh, miracle of miracles That God has power to bring

Unto the trees and flowers—and me— The fresh new life of spring!

I THANK THEE

By INEZ BRASIER

I thank Thee, Lord, For sun today,

For shadows deep, For clouds of gray.

In all my need I trust Thee still;

I know what comes Is of Thy will.

HE PRAYED

By CARRIE MAY NICHOLS

My Saviour's retreat Was a place of prayer.

He prayed much, and often, Everywhere.

He prayed in the evening, And at newborn day.

Every occasion was A chance to pray.

He prayed for knowledge To teach God's truth,

He prayed for the aged, The babes, and the youth.

He prayed for power To heal the blind

And to cure sickness Of any kind.

To the end of time He saw our sorrows.

He saw persecution Through many tomorrows.

He prayed. "Keep them. Father. Whom Thou has+ given,

That they may be one With us in heaven."

In the dew of the night See Him kneeling there,

Pleading for us In humble prayer.

How thankful we are For our Saviour's prayers;

They helped bring salvation That makes us heirs.

SUFFICIENCY

By PEARL WAGGONER HOWARD

God's power is sufficient to hold up the planets, To guide all the stars in their unswerving course.

Why then are we weak, when all power is bequeathed us From such an omnipotent, limitless Source?

"Upholding all things by the word of His power" Means ceaseless all-vigil from heaven's watchtower.

His strength is sufficient to hold in abeyance All forces for ill that the enemy boasts.

Good angels are legion, each angel an army Sent forth by a Conqu'ror—the Lord God of Hosts!

They all can be summoned by the weakest of saints; Why then should not praise replace human complaints?

God's grace is sufficient! Whatever the problem, Whatever emergency brings most of need,

Right there is God standing with hope and with courage,

With wisdom to guide or with manna to feed. His grace is sufficient for great needs or small, Sufficient to keep, lest unwitting we fall.

His peace is sufficient to quiet the tempest, Or else to hold fast while yet rages the gale—

To keep the soul anchored in harbor of safety While life's rudest storms and deep billows prevail.

His peace is sufficient to keep unafraid, In perfect submission, the mind on God stayed.

Yes, God is sufficient for all of His children! Let nothing this wondrous truth hide or make dim.

Whatever the outlook, or wherever we wander, Yet, lo, our sufficiency all is in Him.

May ever this richness our lives here make sweet, Till found at His coming still in Him complete!

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in Romans 8:31, 32 will do it: "If God be for us, who can be against us? He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?"

Philippians 4:19 is reassuring, "But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus" and God's declaration of continued love in Jeremiah 31:3: "Yea, I have loved thee with an ever-lasting love." As such promises from the Word of God are repeated the thoughts of discouragement will van-ish. It is impossible to reiterate these promises by a loving and almighty heavenly Father and be downcast at the same time. The reason "why dis-couragement so often exists among the professed followers of Christ" is that we have "become absorbed in worldly things so that we have no thought for Him in whom our hope of eternal life is centered."—The De-sire of Ages, p. 83.

Repeat God's Promises

It might be necessary to repeat these texts over and over again, since the soot of discouragement has a firm lodging in the mind. But as you cling to God by reiterating His prom-ises, discouragement and fear will give place to a feeling of courage and confidence. Intersperse between these promises songs of praise to God, be-cause "song is a weapon that we can always use against discouragement." —The Ministry of Healing, p. 254. Thus you will defeat Satan and be victorious for Jesus.

"Despondency is sinful and unrea-sonable."—Prophets and Kings, p. 164. The prophet Elijah proved it. Queen Jezebel had vowed to kill him, and Elijah fled for his life. But in the desert of Beer-sheba he cried unto God to take his life. But if that were his inmost desire, he should have re-mained at Jezreel, the capital of Is-rael, and wicked Jezebel would gladly have fulfilled his prayer! Indeed, de-spair is unreasonable!

Do you know how many hairs re-mained in the comb as you combed your hair this morning? You don't? God does. He even knows how many you have left (Matt. 10:30). As you are ready to retire for the night, do you know how many times you have laughed or smiled during the day? Again you admit you don't know. But God does. "Thou tellest my wan-derings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?" (Ps. 56:8). All the tears you have shed during the course of the day, as well as every smile that has passed over your face, are recorded in God's ledger. "No tears are shed that God does not notice. There is no smile

that He does not mark."—Steps to Christ (Pocket ed.), p. 86.

I recall my first trip across the North Sea. Our ship left Gothenburg, Sweden, about 6:00 P.M., on a beauti-ful autumn evening. The sea lay still, and its wide expanses intrigued me. But a few hours out of harbor darkness descended upon us. With darkness came rough seas. Before long many of us were seasick. I too lay in my berth completely apathetic, rolling from one side to the other with the rocking of the ship. I did not feel well. But even though I did not feel comfortable, the ship was still underneath me. It safely bore me over the turbulent waters.

So it is with God and His power. Even though our feelings are not pleasant at all times, because of un-favorable circumstances that have rushed in upon us, we know that we are still the objects of God's love and power. "The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the ever-lasting arms" (Deut. 33:27).

"Those professed Christians -who are constantly whining and complain-ing, and who seem to think happiness and a cheerful countenance a sin, have not the genuine article of re-ligion."—Testimonies, vol. 3, p. 334.

We took off from Goroka, New Guinea, I being the only passenger. Since there was no cargo, the plane roared down only a few hundred yards of the grassy strip before being air-borne. Then it banked steeply and turned back northward over the Goroka townsite, heading for the mountains, and beyond them for Ma-dang.

One lone passenger in the big Douglas, with a crew of three to care for me! I'm sure no such thought en-tered the minds of the crew, but it occurred to me that this was like the flight of life. Each of us has a flight plan marked by the Chief Pilot, God the Father. Jesus, the Copilot, works closely throughout the flight with the Chief Pilot, while the Holy Spirit as the supercargo takes care of the pas-senger and cargo.

I had obeyed implicitly the will of the crew when I came aboard, found my seat, and fastened the safety belt. If I should be as obedient to my heavenly Pilot's will, yielding my ideas to His plan, my flight would be more pleasant, and I would reach the

It is said that once when the great sixteenth-century reformer Luther was discouraged his wife came into his workroom all dressed in black. Luther asked Katie why she was thus dressed, as if in mourning, and she said, "Have you not heard that God is dead? Really we have reason to be discouraged because everything is lost, since we now have no Helper." Luther instantly caught the point, and wrested himself away from Sa-tan's vise of discouragement.

In my years of association with young people I have never yet met one who was simultaneously deeply in love and also downcast. Love for a young woman or young man appar-ently did not tolerate downcast feel-ings. More than once did I venture to tell the youthful lovers that it would not be so easy financially to get mar-ried and also pursue an educational career at the same time. Never once did such a plea make any impact upon the lovers' thinking.

Friend, are you deeply in love with God, or has your fervor tapered off? Remember, your habitual mood will tell, because "the life in which the fear of the Lord is cherished will not be a life of sadness and gloom."—Christ's Object Lessons, p. 162.

desired destination at the end of the journey.

As these thoughts were running through my mind I looked from the window as nearly ahead as possible, while the plane climbed steadily. I could see dark, ragged clouds cover-ing sharp, rocky peaks. I looked from the window on the other side of the plane and saw rugged peaks and dark clouds on that side too. A feeling of uneasiness came over me, for occa-sionally in this area a plane crashes into a mountainside that has been concealed by a cloud. Suddenly, tree-tops were practically brushing the right wing tip. Still the plane roared on, turning slightly to the left, keep-ing close to the tree-covered moun-tainside. Then when a collision seemed inevitable, the plane shot through a pass in the mountains, and out into the glorious sunshine above the clouds!

How different must have been the pilot's view from mine. While I saw the crags and the clouds he saw the pass and the sunshine on the other side of the range. All the way he

The Pilot's Point of View By Roy 0. Yeatts

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Love Binds Us Together

knew each peak and valley and pass. Not for a moment was he off course, yet he had control of the plane so that he could change the course to meet any sudden need.

I make many flights over New Guinea's rugged mountains, but very rarely can I get the pilot's view—straight ahead. Mine is the oblique view. I look out of the side window.

So it is in life. We see the side view of passing events. Only through prophecy do we get a glimpse of fu-ture events as our Pilot sees them. Many times our Pilot sees storms ahead, and if we, with our finite sight, could see all that is ahead we might

Not long ago a person came to me after church and said, "What is the matter with our conference president? He hasn't spoken in our church in I don't know when. We seldom see any-thing of him."

This kind of criticism is neither new nor uncommon. I can remember my father saying, "Do you know, our un-ion president hasn't spoken in our church in over three years. I wonder where he keeps himself and what he does with his time. It seems to me that he could get around at least once in a while."

Every so often someone pulls me aside and says, "Our pastor comes to our church not more than once or twice a month, at the most. He hasn't visited in our home in the last three months. I can't figure out what he does with his time," And at almost every church officers' convention when we outline the duties of the elders and deacons, someone says, "The local elder in our church hasn't called on me in I don't know when, and our deacons haven't called on a poor family or anyone else in the last several years."

Let us consider the work of the union president. He always has sev-eral States to cover. He is a member of the General Conference Commit-tee, and is expected to attend Spring and Fall Council and any special com-mittee meeting called. He is usually a member of a college board, a sani-tarium board, and a publishing house board, and he must attend the meet-ings. As far as possible, he is expected to attend all conference committee meetings within his union, all camp meetings, colporteur institutes, youth rallies, et cetera. My father had noth-ing to complain about. If his church

be filled with fear. It is hard enough to take the side view calmly, but we would have little peace of mind if we were forced to face the future, seeing all.

Jesus said, "I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now." Our heavenly Pilot wisely plans for us to see only what we can bear.

Let us all trust more in our Pilot and Copilot, and seek comfort from the Supercargo. Then we may face the flight of life with calm assurance that we are on course and that we will reach the heavenly port safely at last.

received a visit from the union con-ference president every three years, it was getting far above its quota.

Next let us take the conference president. Like the union president he also belongs to many boards and committees. We will not discuss those, only consider his Sabbath appoint-ments. He has fifty-two Sabbaths in a year. But camp meeting takes two Sabbaths, and colporteur institutes, youth rallies, graduations, Weeks of Prayer, and other occasions occupy ten or eleven other Sabbaths. Thus he is left with not more than thirty-nine Sabbaths in which to visit the

A mother from Louisiana wrote to us a short time ago asking that we remember her two daughters in prayer. They are now teen-agers and for some reason have become bitter against the church. After describing the change that has come over them, the mother concluded her letter by saying: "I'll meet you in prayer at sunset. I think it's a good time to pray for our children."

We like the picture that is brought to mind by this statement. Although our great prayer circle may stretch over thousands of miles, and although apparently we may be praying alone, we are not alone. Thousands of our believers are meeting with us around the mercy seat. There is strength in this knowledge.

The sweet spirit of sympathy and love that binds our scattered members together was evident in a recent letter received from

churches. So to meet with every church in his conference once a year is a physical impossibility.

Now for the pastor. If he is in a typical situation, he probably has more than one church—possibly three or four. One of our minister's reports showed an average of twenty-five ser-mons a month, two hundred mission-ary calls, and a large number of Bible studies. In addition he met with his church boards, prepared a few ser-mons, did Ingathering, performed several weddings, and conducted a number of funerals.

So do not change your pastor too soon. He probably is doing as well as anyone could.

Now for the local elders and dea-cons. First, we should bear in mind that these men are working men and that Sabbath afternoon is about the only time they have to meet with the Sabbath School Council or Mission-ary Volunteer Society, and to visit the members. I belong to a church. As I recall, I received about three calls from the elders and deacons during the past year. First, one called to see if I was getting the REVIEW. Fortu-nately, I was. Then, another called to see if I was getting the Signs. I was getting that too. I think the next call was for some money. And they got that. I am not complaining. I am quite well taken care of.

Personally, I think we have a pretty busy program, all the way up and down the line. The Indians have a saying, "Never criticize a man until you have walked in his moccasins." That is excellent advice.

Oregon. A mother asked special prayer for her son who is in a State hospital, and con-duded by saying: "God bless all of you. I long for that home where all tears will be wiped away and where there will be no heart-aches. I love all of you dear ones more than I can say."

This sister feels the cord of love that binds together the members of our Parents' Fellowship of Prayer. May we all feel it. And may we pray earnestly—not as a duty but because we love one another—that God's power will be felt mightily in the lives of our dear ones who are wandering in sin. Sunset Friday evening is the time of our regular weekly appointment, but if we really long to see wonderful things happen, will we not seek God daily on behalf of the hundreds of requests that are recorded in the Parents' Fellowship files?

"In His Moccasins" By Marenus H. Jensen

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William Miller Memorial Sermon—1

"The Tribunal of Time" [As most of our readers know, the roots of Seventh-day Adventism go down

into the soil of the Millerite movement of the 1840's, which was led by William Miller. His home and the church where he worshiped are at Low Hampton, New York, a rural spot near the Vermont border. Beginning three years ago, there has been held annually a memorial service in Miller's church. We reprint here the sermon preached at that service on August 25, 1957. A news report of the event appears on the cover of this issue of the REVIEW.]

We are seated today in the William Miller Chapel in Low Hampton, New York. A little distance down the road is William Miller's grave, and on it the inscription: "At the time appointed the end shall be." It is most ap-propriate that we should be worshiping in this chapel built by William Miller, for the roots of the Seventh-day Adventist Church go down into the soil of the religious movement that he led in the early 1840's.

This morning I wish to do two things: First, to pay tribute to the memory of a good man, by re-evaluating the religious movement that he launched in the United States; second, to re-examine the key doctrine of that movement—that the personal appearing of Christ is the climax of earth's history—in the light of the passing years.

In American folklore no story is more firmly fixed than that of the allegedly fanatical quality of William Miller and the Millerites, as those who believed with him, were called. For example, William Miller's preaching alleg-edly drove multitudes insane and led his religious fol-lowers to don something called ascension robes on Octo-ber 22, 1844, when they anticipated the end of the world. If the folklore stories of fanaticism are even halfway true, we should dismiss the whole Millerite movement as an emotional brainstorm set off by apocalyptic medita-tions. But if this be the necessary conclusion, why, then, are we here today?

Fortunately, despite its bewitching appeal to the hu-man mind and its amazing tenacity of life, this fanciful folklore can be exposed and refuted today. As the result of historical research the Millerites stand forth as a nor-mal and quite reasonable cross section of America in the 1840's. Research has served better than any tranquilizing drug to quiet the charge that Millerite preaching pro-duced insanity. And the ghostly ascension robes have simply evaporated under the bright light of investigation. Bright light is always destructive of ghosts and good stories. Anyone who wishes to verify these statements is referred to the articles on "William Miller" and "Seventh-day Adventists" in the current printings of the Encyclopaedia Britannica.

Miller a Respected Citizen

With the fog of fanciful and even malicious stories dis-sipated, we see standing in the township of Low Hamp-ton a respected citizen, an ex-captain of the War of 1812. When Miller first began his study of Bible prophecy he doubtless did not know that throughout Europe there had recently developed a remarkable interest in the Bible prophecies that deal with the second advent of Christ. This interest was not only widespread, it was also theologically and socially respectable. Eminent theo-

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logians and other well-educated men found themselves engaging in prophetic conferences and in writing pam-phlets and books on the subject. Thus Millerism was not an isolated phenomenon, rather it was the American as-pect of a worldwide religious awakening on the impor-tant subject of Bible prophecy.

By the early 1840's the name of William Miller was known throughout America. Some hundreds of ministers of various religious persuasions had by then joined with him in preaching the doctrine of the personal soon coming of Christ. How many actually believed in re-sponse to that preaching it would be difficult to say, for the movement, though active and well directed, was not organized as a church, and no statistics were kept.

William Miller and the ministers associated with him sought always to make clear, as their books and papers reveal, that they were not inventing a new doctrine, but were preaching the ancient scriptural doctrine that the personal, visible coming of Christ in glory is the climax of earth's history, and brings an end to sin and death. In support of this declaration they cited both Scripture and the creeds of the great religious bodies. Besides, they quoted the great theologians of the past, including some of the most eminent of Bible scholars. In other words, they claimed no more than that they were reviving a great and important Bible teaching, to which they added one significant detail, the time of the great event.

Modern Heresy Regarding Advent

This ancient doctrine had been obscured by a rela-tively modern view that had gained general acceptance in Protestantism. That view pictured the second coming of Christ as a spiritual coming in terms of the inflowing of His divine Spirit in a marked way in the world to bring conversion to sinners, and to produce a millennium of peace and righteousness, a kind of heaven on earth. As to what was to happen beyond the millennium, few were interested. Why be greatly concerned as to what happens in the distant future, if just ahead, and for at least the next thousand years, we are assured of bliss on earth?

I say "just ahead" because at the very time William Miller and his associates were preaching in the 1840's the Protestant ministry were declaring that the glorious mil-lennium was about to begin. The theological works of that period provide ample proof of this statement. What is even more striking, the theologians made their time estimate in terms of the same great Bible prophecies that the Millerites used to support their preaching that the fiery end of the world was near at hand.

I should add right here, for the benefit of a few, that the New Testament phrase, "end of the world," might more accurately be rendered, "end of the age." Hence both the Millerites and their clerical critics could agree that there was to be an end to the world—that is, an end to the age of sin—and that it was near at hand.

But they differed markedly and militantly as to the na-ture of the events at the end of this present sinful age. This difference is most clearly set forth by the Reverend George Bush, professor of Hebrew and Oriental litera-ture at the New York City University, whom William Miller described as "my most gentlemanly opponent." In

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a letter published early in 1844, in which he spoke for Protestantism, Bush answered Miller's inquiry as to why there was such prejudice against his preaching. Said Bush to Miller:

"This prejudice is not founded,— "1. Upon your high estimate and diligent investigation

of the Prophetic Scriptures. We are commanded to give heed to the 'sure word of prophecy, as to a lamp that shineth in a dark place,' and the devout study of this part of the divine oracles is to be regarded rather as a matter of commendation than of censure.

"2. Neither is it to be objected, as I conceive, to your-self or your friends, that you have devoted much time and attention to the study of the chronology of prophecy, and have labored much to determine the commencing and closing dates of its great [prophetic] periods. . . . I believe you are sustained by the soundest exegesis, as well as fortified by the high names of Mede, Sir I. Newton, Bishop Newton, Kirby, Scott, Keith, and a host of others who have long since come to substantially your conclusions on this head. They all agree that the leading periods mentioned by Daniel and John do actually ex-pire about this age of the world, and it would be a strange logic that would convict you of heresy for holding in ef-fect the same views which stand forth so prominent in the notices of these eminent divines. Your error, as I ap- prehend, lies in another direction than your chronol-ogy„

Then Bush proceeds to offer some reasons for the "prejudice" against Millerism. Among other things, he takes exception to certain details of the argument based on chronology. However, the heart of his indictment is the following:

"5. While I have no question that well-informed students of prophecy will admit that your calculation of times, with the above exception, is not materially errone-ous, they will still, I believe, maintain that you have en-tirely mistaken the nature of the events which are to oc-cur when those [prophetic] periods have expired. This is the head and front of your expository offending."

Bush "readily" admits "that we have arrived at a mo-mentous era of the world, and that the expiration of these [prophetic] periods is to introduce, by gradual steps, a new order of things, intellectual, political and moral." Thus he must reject the Millerite belief that there will soon be a sudden cataclysmic ending to our world. This leads him emphatically to add:

"The great event before the world is not its physical conflagration, but its moral regeneration; and for one I

am happy to think that, by your own limitation, the question is so soon to be put to the test of indisputable fact. . But even if years or centuries were yet to inter-vene, I should still be strong in my grand position, that you had mistaken the nature of the events."

He goes on from this to stress that the coming of Christ is "a spiritual coming in the power of his gospel, 'in the ample outpouring of his spirit, and the glorious adminis-tration of his Providence." Then he comes to this climac-tic challenge: "Such is the dominant faith of all Chris-tian communities at this day, and to the tribunal of time, as the only arbiter, they willingly refer its final decision." —Second Advent Library, No. 44, April 15, 1844, pp. 6- 12. (Italics his.) F. D. N.

(To be continued)

Favorable Climate for Religion Dr. Nathan M. Pusey, president of Harvard University,

in his recent baccalaureate address, spoke of the remark-able change that has come about in universities as re-gards the interest in religion.

For a generation or more science has dominated the thought of scholars and students alike to the exclusion of religion. Dr. Pusey declares that "today the climate with-in universities is more favorable toward religion than it has been for some time. There is more interest in religion, and less hostility toward it. If not all people view the change with favor, at least it is now widely recognized that religion is an acceptable subject of intellectual in-terest, and already one begins to wonder how it could ever have been held that it was not."—The Christian Century, July 24, 1957.

We who have a special message for these last days of great spiritual importance to mankind should be thank-ful for this new climate of religious interest. We may de-plore the fact that much of it is superficial and modernis-tic, that it does not seem to have much effect on the evil trends of the times. Yet we can be glad for every event or movement in life that turns mankind toward God as the only source of hope.

So let us be alert to these new opportunities before the enemy of truth takes full possession of men's minds and entrances them with fables and false doctrines. Let us make use of this favorable climate for religion and has-ten our work to a conclusion while men's minds are most susceptible to the message we have to deliver. F. L.

Amid agelong customs the gospel is chang-ing lives! The great bulk of Southern Asia's vast population still lives in villages of hum-ble thatched-roofed homes where life goes on in Abrahamic style. Here the teacher-evangelist, very often a youth with his young wife and family, stands out in the village throng as an example—a mighty influence for Christ. These front-line workers are sup-ported by our worldwide Sabbath schools. Their meager training has been made possi-ble through schools erected with the aid of Sabbath school gifts.

Reporting from frontier Naga territory, R. Peter says: "Enemies have been won to Christ in Karasom village. Formerly we had only thirteen believers. Enemies abused our people. As I conducted the Week of Prayer, I determined to talk to them. At first they were very hostile. Later they began to re-spond to the love of Jesus. Every day I visited the people until meeting time. When they were invited to attend the meetings

the answer was always a big No! One day I took some of the opposers by their hands and almost dragged them to the meeting. As I spoke of the love of Jesus, one by one these people confessed from their heart that the teachings of the Adventists were true, then they apologized for using foul language against our believers. As the tears rolled down their cheeks they confessed the blessed name of Jesus. Oh, it was so wonderful how the Holy Spirit worked in those stubborn hearts. Please pray for these people. Espe-cially pray for one woman. She was one of our most bitter enemies. She is an Adventist now."

From the village Lungleng, far away in the

Lushai Hills, 150 miles or so from a railway, C. Zakhawma writes: "In spite of heavy rains our chapel was full to overflowing. Our people here, including young and old, number 57. More than 260 non-Adventists attended regularly and showed great inter-est. That is wonderful!"

Notes from the Khasi Hill area state: "Thirty-five gave their hearts to Christ for the first time in Sohrynkham village." "Twenty-six stepped out for Christ for the first time in Kyndongtuber."

From all sections of Southern Asia earnest hearts are responding. This is an auspicious time for this division. This thirteenth Sab-bath the world Sabbath schools are chal-lenged by great opportunities in Southern Asia—the greatest opportunities this divi-sion has ever known! What will your an-swer be on September 28?

0. W. LANGE, Secretary Sabbath School Department

Southern Asia Division

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Abraham, Friend of God Part 1 [This Lesson Help is a running comment on the

lesson presented in the Sabbath School Quarterly and should be read in connection with it.]

Under the general title, "Lessons From the Lives of Old Testament Prophets," we study in this week's lesson some early phases of Abraham's life. There are great gaps in our knowledge of "the father of the faith-ful," but the high lights of his life are so vivid, intimate, and pregnant with meaning, that we do not miss the other details.

1. The Idolater's Home in Ur of the Chaldees. Gen. 11:31, 32; 12:1-8.

Ur of the Chaldees was a city of Babylonian culture, and Abraham's youth was spent amid the wealth, sophistication, and superstition of ancient heathen idolatry. By this time idolatry had again become almost uni-versal. Terah's home was, however, that of a sincere idolater, who strove somewhat unavailingly to resist pre-vailing corruption (Gen. 24:2; com-pare Patriarchs and Prophets, p. 125).

The call of God in Genesis 11:31 came to Abraham, even though Terah is said to have taken his family, and "they went forth . . . from Ur." It was an exodus from evil, a renunciation of country, home, as-sociations, for truth's sake.

2. From Ur of the Chaldees to Canaan. Gen. 11:31 to 12:7.

The key to these migrations was God's choice of a specific family for a specific purpose. Abraham's wan-derings, like the children of Israel's, may appear to have been dictated at times by expediency (the famine in Canaan, the enmity of neighbors, et cetera), but through it all runs God's unchanging purpose. "The true faith was not to become extinct. God has ever preserved a remnant to serve him."—Ibid., p. 125.

From Ur the pilgrim band traveled in an arc northwestward between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, coming to rest at Haran (see map, The SDA Bible Commentary, vol. 1, p. 295), where Terah died.

So Abram departed. God here spoke again to Abraham, and he moved on. What dramatic simplicity there was in this man's faith! A note of tragedy is found in the statement: "Lot went

with him." Haran had already died, Nahor and his family stayed behind with their idolatry. "Only Lot . . . chose to share the patriarch's pilgrim life" (ibid., p. 127; compare 2 Peter 2:7, 8).

Before they reached Canaan three characteristics of this family were in evidence: (a) Their evangelistic spirit. "The souls that they had got-ten in Haran" went with them (Gen. 12:5). In Patriarchs and Prophets, page 127, is this comment: "During their stay in Haran, both Abraham and Sarah had led others to the wor-ship and service of the true God." (b) Their devotional habits: "There builded he an altar" is a frequent comment (Gen. 12:7, 8; 13:4, 18) on their habit of public and family wor-ship. The story of Abraham's reli-gion, it has been said, is written in three words: the home, the altar, the sacrifice, all bound together in the one word faith. (c) Their loyalty to God: "I know him," God said, "that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord."

Abraham Tested in Egypt 3. From Canaan to Egypt. Gen.

12:10-20. Through the then well-wooded

Canaan, the pilgrim caravan passed through Shechem and Bethel, into the southland (Negeb), only to find rainless skies and parched fields and Canaanites in the Promised Land. The man of faith was puzzled, but, being practical also, he went down into Egypt. Thus did the laws of nature, the ways of men, and the pur-pose of God conspire to bring Abra-ham and Sarah into the testing cruci-ble, where dross is purged and gold refined.

A fair woman

of a similar nature some twenty years later), Abraham and Sarah, his half-sister, seem to have agreed when they left Ur to pass as brother and sister. They were to learn that human deceit has no place in God's service, how-ever expedient it may appear. The Lord plagued Pharaoh and God came to Abimelech in a dream are the evidence that divine grace was extended to His erring children of faith as well as to sincere heathen rulers.

The God of Israel was already ful-filling the psalmist's later words: "He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes; saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm" (Ps. 105:14, 15).

He is a prophet, said God to Abim-elech. Abraham was not foretelling future events. A prophet was regarded as God's mouthpiece, an interpreter of a divine message whether it was related "to the past, the present, or the future." It could be a message consisting of "description, exhorta-tion, instruction, consolation, or pre-diction" (The SDA Bible Commen-tary, on Gen. 20:7).

4. The Return to Canaan and the Parting With Lot. Gen. 13:1-11; 14: 13.

Abram went up out of Egypt . . he went on his journeys. Now im-mensely rich, Abraham moved from pasture to pasture, back through the Negeb to Bethel, "the place of the altar."

Lot was still with him, and was also rich. Their herdsmen quarreled bit-terly over pastures, whereupon the difference between two outlooks on life separated the two families. Lot "lifted up his eyes," saw the rich plain of Jordan, disregarded its heathen inhabitants, and "chose him all the plain of Jordan," with sad results to be seen later.

Abraham saw the same things in different perspective, and courteously and unselfishly yielded to the younger man. Open strife was thus avoided.

Abraham, "going out to undertake a march without a map, . . . but go-ing with God" (G. Campbell Mor-gan), now set out again and came to a wooded grove in the plain of Mamre (Gen. 13:18) near the an-cient city of Hebron. He was back in the Promised Land, some twenty miles south of Jerusalem.

Was his pilgrimage over? Did he inherit the Land? Did he understand the promise? No, indeed, but this searcher "for a city which hath foun-dations, whose builder and maker is God" (Heb. 11:10), had followed in the discipline of faith and in doing so had surely pitched his moving tent "a day's march nearer home."

Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister. A beautiful mid-dle-aged woman, a jealous, fearful husband, a half truth that was never-theless a lie, the pernicious harem instincts of those times—and a near tragedy came even to the man of faith. God arrested Pharaoh in some unknown way to save Sarah, and Abra-ham learned a bitter lesson—but not completely!

From Genesis 20:31 (an incident

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Boys and girls are the most precious possession of the American home.

HOW TO KEEP THEM

HAPPY

AND HEAVENLY

Someone has written, "Forget not to show love to boys, for thereby some have entertained great men un-awares." One never knows—that awkward, curious, in-the-way, trouble-some boy may be President someday. Those awkward feet that trip over a flower in the rug may walk with the great. Those cumbersome hands that can't hold a dish without dropping it may yet be extended helpfully to hun-dreds and thousands. That question-asking tongue, that so irritates, may preach the gospel to hundreds of thousands, and in eternity sing in the choir of the redeemed.

It would be good if we could get the viewpoint of Jesus. Children didn't bother Him. It bothered Him if there were no children around. Once He said: "Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven" (Matt. 19:14). The disci-ples at that time had the idea that the intrusion of children would some-how hinder Jesus' work for the adults—for the sick and needy. But the Lord saw it in a differ-ent light. He rebuked the disciples, invited the children to come to Him, and used them as an illustration of the glories of the kingdom of heaven.

The disciples thought that adults were worth more than children. But Jesus reversed their thinking. He knew that a child is more valuable than an adult. Dwight L. Moody said one time, "I baptized two and one-half people today." Someone questioned, "How could you bap-tize half a person?" Moody said: "I baptized two children and one adult. The children have their lives before them,

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but the adult's life is half spent." Ex-President Herbert Hoover once

said: "Together with his sister, the boy is the most precious possession of the American home." Yes, and not only of the home, but of the nation. The boys and girls in our homes will be sitting in our seats before long, and running the affairs of state and nation. They will have our jobs. They will be running the machines of field and factory. They will guide the airplanes to the four corners of the earth, and sail the ships upon the seven seas. They will be secretar-ries, teachers, business men and women, clergymen and gospel work-ers, senators, governors, and ambas-sadors.

And more than that: Some of them will be saved and inherit the eternal world, but some will be lost. Whether

they will be saved or lost depends largely upon the kind of job we as parents do in this our generation in training them in religious things. It is a little hard for the father and mother of that five- or six-year-old child to realize that what they put into him in love, affection, discipline, and religious training may well de-termine his eternal future. It doesn't seem real, but it is. It is the most real thing with which we have to do.

An advertisement appeared in a newspaper, "Lost—a Boy." No, the boy had not been kidnaped. Bandits didn't have him. He was not hidden in a cave or abandoned house. Were such the case the entire nation would be aroused. Prayers would be offered, and ten thousand would turn out to search for him. This boy was lost all right, but his father lost him. His mother lost him. The church lost him.

It is like the man in the Bible who was given the custody of a prisoner, and told to keep him safely. If he let him get away, he would forfeit his own life for the prisoner's. Afterwhile

the man came for his prisoner and he was gone. The custodian ex-plained, "I was busy here and there, and he is gone." That is about the way parents lose their children. Parents are busy. There is no doubt about that. There are a thousand things to engross one's attention. But the thing is: Parents are not busy about the most important thing, the most vital thing of all—the proper religious training of their chil-dren.

Nothing is more im-portant than early train-ing. As the twig is bent so grows the tree. I stood in the Canadian Rockies at the place of the Great Divide. There was a stream of water about four or five feet wide. At a certain place it di-vided and part went east and part went to the Pa-cific. In this case chance determined which water went east and which

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went west. But why leave the life course of our children to chance? One day they will come to the forks of the highway of life, and proper religious training now will enable them then to choose the right road to heaven.

As far as the child is concerned there is no substitute for parental example. The child gets his first les-sons of life from observing the ac-tions and attitudes of those with whom he lives. If Mother is impa-tient, he will learn impatience. If Father is brutal, Johnny will grow up with that tendency. If Mother

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Escape From a Dungeon

By ARTHUR S. MAXWELL

As Jeremiah continued to warn the people of coming judgment, it was not long before he got into trouble.

After one sermon in which he had said that Jerusalem would become "desolate without an inhabitant" if it did not return to God, he was arrested and brought before the princes of the city.

"This man is worthy to die," said his accusers; "for he hath prophesied against this city, as ye have heard with your ears."

Another time when Jeremiah was preach. ing, Pashur, the high priest and chief officer in the Temple, beat him and put him in the stocks, where he was left all night.

Next morning, when he was set free, Jere-miah told Pashur what was going to happen to him.

"Thus saith the Lord," he said, "I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall carry them captive into Babylon, and shall slay them with the sword. . . . And thou, Pashur, and all that dwell in thine house shall go into captivity: and thou shalt come to Babylon, and there thou shalt die, and shalt be buried there, thou, and all thy friends, to whom thou halt prophesied lies."

With so many people opposing him or laughing at him, it was hard for Jeremiah sometimes to keep on with his work. "I am in derision daily," he said to himself. "Every-one mocketh me."

More than once he thought of giving up. "I will not make mention of hint, nor speak any more in his name," he said. But he couldn't do it.

Thinking that if he wrote out all the mes-sages God had given him the people might take more notice of them, he dictated them to Baruch, who wrote them on a scroll. Then he had Baruch go and read the scroll in the Temple. Some of the princes became interested, and asked Baruch to read it pri-vately to them. But when King Jehoiakim heard about the scroll, he sent for it, cut it with his penknife, and threw the pieces in the fire.

sends Mary to the door to tell the salesman she is not home, Mary will certainly learn a lesson in lying. If Father short weighs the potatoes, ap-ples, or butter, Johnny will receive a lesson in dishonesty.

But, on the other hand, if Mother is patient and truthful, and Father is kind and honest, Johnny and Mary are certain to acquire these character-istics by observation. One writer has written that "where the parents lead, the child will follow."

If parents love their children and are affectionate, they convey to them a sense of security. Too many homes

After Zedekiah had come to the throne Jeremiah was accused of treason. He was caught leaving the city to go to the land of Benjamin, and the guard thought he was going to join the Babylonians.

"It is false," said Jeremiah. But they wouldn't listen to him. He was beaten and put in prison.

When King Zedekiah heard what had happened he sent for Jeremiah and asked him whether there was any new word from God. Yes, said the prophet, there was: "Thou shalt be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon."

For this he was sent back to prison. But even so he kept on bearing his message: "This city shall surely be given into the hand of the king of Babylon."

Finally the princes could stand it no longer. They went to Zedekiah and said, "We beseech thee, let this man be put to death: for thus he weakeneth the hands of the men of war that remain in this city . . . speaking such words unto them."

Zedekiah said they could do what they liked with him. So they "cast him into the dungeon . . . that was in the court of the prison." It must have been very deep, for they needed ropes to let him down. At the bottom it was wet and muddy and "Jere-miah sunk in the mire."

Only one person in all Jerusalem cared, and that was Ebed-melech. He was not an Israelite but an Ethiopian, a servant in the king's court. He liked the old prophet and knew what a good man he was.

Bravely going to the king, he told him what a wrong thing had been done to Jere-miah. "He is like to die of hunger ... where he is," he said. Then he asked permission to take the old man out of that awful pit.

Zedekiah agreed, and told Ebed-melech to take thirty men to help him.

Down came the rope. As Jeremiah reached for it he found there was a bundle of old rags tied to it, and a pair of worn-out shoes.

"Put the rags and the shoes under your arms," called Ebed-melech, "so the rope won't hurt you."

Jeremiah did so, and the men began to pull. At last he reached the top, muddy, starving, and shivering with cold, but, oh, so glad to be out in the sunlight again!

What happened to Ebed-melech we are not told, but I am sure God must have blessed him for his kindness. As for Jere-miah, he was kept in the court of the prison, and stayed there "until the day that Jeru-salem was taken."

are devoid of affection, bin- -this is the thing the child craves.. A lady was visiting a children's home just before Christmas. She asked a little dark-eyed, long-haired girl what she wanted for Christmas. Looking her in the eyes, the little girl said, "More than any-thing else, I'd like for someone to hug and kiss me."

This child was an orphan, and she missed the affection that the children who have parents have the right to expect. She put it ahead of toys, games, or any other thing. Wise the parent who does not overlook the binding ties of affection.

To be sure, with affection there must be discipline. Speaking of his mother, one son said: "She stays on speaking terms with God and spank-ing terms with me." Discipline ad-ministered in love, with prayer, is in-creased immeasurably in effective-ness.

While the trend in recent years has been, on the part of some, away from corporal punishment, yet my experi-ence and observation has been that the best-behaved children have been those who have been reared accord-ing to the principle of required obe-dience.

I admit to being somewhat old-fashioned in these things, and for that reason I cannot refrain from passing on this pertinent paragraph concerning a girl's education:

"A girl's education is not complete unless she has learned: To sew. To cook. To be gentle. To value time. To dress neatly. To keep a secret. To be self-reliant. To respect old age. To keep a home tidy. To control her temper. To take care of the sick. To make a home happy. To take care of the baby. To read the very best books. To take plenty of active ex-ercise. To keep clear of trashy litera-ture. To be a helpmate to her hus-band. To be a womanly woman un-der all circumstances."

But it may not be so old-fashioned when I say that the above qualities are those that the modern young man is looking for in the girl he marries. These are not acquired in some mi-raculous manner as the bride walks down the aisle. We must go back to the home and to the little girl's par-ents. It is here that she acquires, es-pecially from her mother, those ad-mirable qualities of practical useful-ness.

Jesus said, "Suffer little children to come unto me." But some parents do not do that. Rather, they sometimes hinder the little ones who would give themselves to Jesus.

Let us strive to take the same view of these little ones as did Jesus, and to put the same value upon them as did our Lord.

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The World's Greatest Secret By Lois Christian Randolph

A white-haired grandmother handed a sealed envelope to her granddaughter the day she was going away to school for the first time.

"Here is a secret I want you to have; it will be a help to you. Read it when you are tempted to think long-ingly of home."

Mystified, Clara took the envelope on which was written, "The World's Greatest Secret." When the first pangs of homesickness seized her she re-membered the envelope. Tearing it open, she read:

"Everybody's lonesome; write this on your heart.

Everybody's lonesome; feels himself apart.

Everybody's suffering from some hidden fear.

Everybody's longing for some word of cheer."

"Everybody's lonesome"—how true! During registration time a college freshman and I walked together at noon toward the dining room. The girl confided, "There are so many strange faces here. I just don't know anybody. I'm more lonesome than I've ever been before in all my life." Then she asked, "Are you a fresh-man too? Perhaps you feel as I do."

Having at that time been a college teacher for six years, I really appreci-ated her compliment. "No, this isn't my first year here," I replied, "so I don't feel as lonesome as when I first came. However, you won't have any difficulty finding other freshmen more lonely than yourself. And by endeavoring to cheer them up you'll probably cure yourself."

Sometimes the best way to get rid of a lonely feeling is to share it. Once I visited the dormitory room of a girl whose parents were missionaries in China. During the evening she confessed, "Sometimes I can hardly bear to be away from my folks. Some-times I even cry."

"I know exactly how you feel," I said. "My parents are eight thousand miles away in Europe, and sometimes I cry too."

"You mean that even though you're a schoolteacher you sometimes cry? Well, I guess I'm not such a baby after all." The young woman straight-

ened herself up with new courage, and determined to stay on, having discovered that loneliness is no re-specter of age, background, or edu-cation.

Sometimes it takes only a simple thing to bring cheer into the life of another. One Friday, Susie, a college freshman, met me after class. "Miss Christian, please come over to my room after vespers tonight. I've or-dered a sack lunch for you."

I went over, as she suggested, and found that she had gathered four other girls together. Each had brought her lunch—the standard one —consisting of two sandwiches, an apple, an orange, and two cookies. Most of the girls had been my stu-dents at a certain academy before they entered college, so the six of us relived our days at the academy. We had a most enjoyable evening, all because of Susie's thoughtfulness.

During the years that have passed since then the thought of Susie's in-

Nicolas, the taxi driver of Ceylon.

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Nicolas was a Roman Catholic taxi driver in Wallala, Ceylon. He took the Voice of Prophecy Bible lessons, and in spite of strong opposition was one of the first seventeen in his village who made

vitation has often warmed my heart. While cleaning our living room one recent Friday, I remembered the sack lunch again. "Could there be some lonely person nearby, who would like to come to our home for sundown worship?" I thought.

I remembered a woman not far away, a new member in our church. Putting down my cleaning imple-ments, I drove over to tell her that I would come for her at vesper time. We sang the same hymn we always sing on Friday night, "Welcome, wel-come, Sabbath day." Then we re-peated the fourth commandment and had prayer. After that we ate supper in the kitchen with nothing added to the menu.

Later when I took this sister home she embraced me impulsively, saying, "It was lovely of you to think of me." No credit to me. It was the wave of influence started by Susie's sack lunch of the long ago. There had seemed only one decent thing to do: Pass on the kindness.

Years ago when we first moved to Chicago, an elderly, semiretired min-ister and his wife lived in the suburbs. In his earlier days he had carried heavy denominational responsibilities. Suddenly, eight months after our ar-rival, he passed away.

Twenty years later Father told us this: "Several times Elder M. said to me, 'Come over some evening; bring your wife and your daughters and spend the evening with us.' But some-

the courageous decision to stand as true witnesses for the Master.

Nicolas' heart was so filled with God's message that he felt compelled to tell others about it. Every day after work he visited a small tailoring establishment where before his conversion he and his friends had resorted to gamble. Now, in-stead of gambling, he came to present precious gems of truth to his friends. The assistant in the shop eagerly accepted the message and was baptized, and a little while later the proprietor also yielded his heart to the Lord.

Before long the tailor and his assistant felt a burden to go to their home village with the wonderful message of Jesus' soon coming. They went and a good interest was created. Soon a minister was called to the village and an effort was held.

As a result, an organized church and church school are flourishing in this vil-lage. And it all happened because Nicolas shared his faith.

Nicolas is not ashamed of the gospel that has changed his life. As he quietly drives his taxi through the busy thorough-fares of Ceylon, he shares his faith. Twenty-eight souls have learned to love Christ as a result.

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how, traveling almost continually as union conference president, I never got around to fulfill his request. And then he was gone. Now I realize that Elder M. and his wife were lonely, with their children grown and away. They craved the association of younger people and of those in ac-tive service. Why didn't we go? I'll tell you—we didn't think." It im-pressed me deeply that after twenty years Father still remembered that one lost opportunity.

Our Supreme Example will help us think of others and make thought-. fulness a habit. Of Jesus it is said that "through all those secluded years at Nazareth, His life flowed out in cur-rents of sympathy and tenderness. The aged, the sorrowing, and the sin-burdened, the children at play in their innocent joy, the little crea-tures of the groves, the patient beasts of burden,—all were happier for His presence. He whose word of power upheld the worlds would stoop to relieve a wounded bird. There was nothing beneath His notice."—The Desire of Ages, p. 74.

When Peter met the lame man at the Gate Beautiful, he said, "Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee" (Acts 3:6). "Such as I have" may be only a flower from our garden, or a loaf of homemade bread, or a get-well card. But the im-portant thing is to give it.

Recently a group of teen-agers from a church sent a card, signed by all of them, to a sick member who was confined to her home and mostly to bed for some months. Her nurse told us that when the patient read it she broke down and wept. "To think that the young people remembered me. This is the best card I have ever received." The truth is that older people greatly appreciate any kind-ness that comes from youth with its vigor and strength; youth with life ahead.

Many teen-agers could serve as an example for older people in being thoughtful. I was the recipient of such thoughtfulness not long ago on a visit to southern California. My hostess and her husband were going out to dinner at 6:30, so she asked her eighteen-year-old son to take me in his truck to the 8:00 o'clock train. At the appointed time he and a friend called for me at the home where I was visiting for an hour. We arrived at the depot twenty minutes before train departure.

Some teen-agers might have made a quick getaway with, "Good-by now; we must be going." Not those young men. They stayed till the train came, entertaining me with interesting ac-counts of their school and their work. Then they carried my suitcase to the

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train and helped me on, practicing kindness-plus.

Only the power of God can strip us of our innate selfishness and make us thoughtful like the Master, direct-ing our restless energy so that it will flow out in streams of blessing. "When we love the world as He has loved it, then for us His mission is ac-complished. We are fitted for heaven; for we have heaven in our hearts."—Ibid., p. 641. We have learned the world's greatest secret—"Everybody's lonesome"—and have dedicated our-selves to making others happy.

Tornado By D. A. Delafield

Just a few weeks ago I attended the North Dakota camp meeting on the campus of Sheyenne River Acad-emy in the town of Harvey. My next appointment was at the South Dakota camp meeting in Huron. On the last day of the North Dakota meeting, a huge weather front appeared from the west and passed over the camp. The sky was covered with heavy, dark clouds that lay thick and dangerous looking, one upon another, like giant slabs of slate on a roof. There were curious white margins in between. Beneath this roof of gloom there was a great cloudy area of rain and mois-ture. The winds drove the weather front over the campus hastily and toward the east.

That afternoon we loaded our bags into one of the workers' cars and fol-lowed the weather front to James-town, through the town of Carring-ton. When we arrived and checked into a hotel, the radio brought us the announcement that Fargo, North Dakota, just one hundred miles east, had been struck by a huge tornado, cutting a swath through the north-ern section of the city from west to east. Hundreds of homes were de-stroyed. Several churches and a large high school were demolished. Then the giant funnel roared on its way. It could be seen for half an hour after the devastation. Ten people were killed and two hundred were hospitalized. There was millions of dollars' worth of property damage.

One woman from Oklahoma who was visiting Fargo said, "We have tornadoes in the summer down in Oklahoma. I was raised in tornado country. I have been forced to go to my basement more than once. The

roof has been blown off my house, and so has the porch. But the Fargo funnel was the worst I have ever seen."

One man said that the tornado, as it approached, made a terrible rum-ble like a giant train rushing toward the house. Another observer said that the swirling wind funnel sounded like a swarm of bees just before they struck. A tornado bearing down upon a city is a fearful sight to be-hold.

Where we were, one hundred miles away in Jamestown, the air was still and the evening sky was dark and threatening. We could almost feel the tragedy in the atmosphere about us.

But did you know, juniors, that this event and others like it are signs that Jesus is coming again, and soon? During a recent month there were more than six hundred of these tor-nadoes that struck the Great Plains States. Who is to be blamed for these awful weather conditions? The weatherman? God? Satan? Years ago Mrs. E. G. White wrote concerning Satan's work:

"Even now he is at work. In acci-dents and calamities by sea and by land, in great conflagrations, in fierce tornadoes and terrific hail-storms, in tempests, floods, cyclones, tidal waves, and earthquakes, in every place and in a thousand forms, Satan is exer-cising his power. He sweeps away the ripening harvest, and famine and dis-tress follow. He imparts to the air a deadly taint, and thousands perish by the pestilence. These visitations are to become more and more fre-quent and disastrous. Destruction will be upon both man and beast. 'The earth mourneth and fadeth away,' the haughty people . . . do languish. The earth also is defiled under the in-habitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.' "—The Great Controversy, pp. 589, 590.

When tornadoes strike, there is safety underground. Storm shelters and basements are welcome sanctuar-ies in such times of disaster. But some people have no chance to get to the storm shelters. How important it is to be prepared! God is our true ref-uge and our fortress, in Him we may safely trust.

When you read stories about tor-nadoes and disasters, pray that God will help the Red Cross and the Sev-enth-day Adventist welfare workers and others to quickly bring food and clothing and medicine to the injured and suffering. But never be worried or afraid of such things, for Jesus is stronger than Satan. He will always answer the prayers of juniors who trust Him.

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The Story of Pitcairn Island-7

Through Droughts and By NORMAN A. FERRIS

THURSDAY OCTOBER CHRIS-TIAN'S youngest son also carried

the name Thursday October. He was a lad of about ten years when Adams

• died in 1829, and quite mature for his age. Running home one day he called out to his father who was now recognized as the natural leader of island affairs: "Pupar, we haven't got much food in the gardens, and there is nothing today, and the water springs are drying up." The long drought had really begun.

As the island population had now increased to eighty-seven, the scarcity of water became a matter of very great concern. Accordingly, arrange-ments were made with Tahiti for a section of land to be made available to the Pitcairn people. King Pomare graciously offered them a rich tract of land, and on March 7, 1831, all the people of Pitcairn sailed on the Lucy Ann for the port of Papeete. The natives treated them as though they were members of their own tribes and welcomed them most cordially even though the king had died and his daughter was now ruling. Mi-'Mitti, Fletcher Christian's wife, was especially happy to see her sister again after forty-one years of separa-tion.

But happy days were not to last, for tragedy soon befell the newcomers. A malignant fever broke out among them and within a few days fourteen of their number had died, including their loved leader, Thursday October Christian, who succumbed on April 21. Susannah, his wife, and Mi'Mitti, his mother, desired to return imme- diately to Pitcairn. They sensed that already some of their number were being corrupted by the voluptuous isle. Thus within three weeks after their arrival a ship called at the har-bor and a number availed themselves of the kind offer of the captain to take them back to Pitcairn. Among those who sailed on the 24th were John Buffett and his family, Robert Young, Joseph Christian, Edward

Recently issued stamp, showing location of Pitcairn in the South Pacific.

Christian, Charles Christian III, Mat-thew Quintal, and Fredine Young.

Those who remained in Tahiti soon became discontented. The man- ners of the people among whom they lived were so different from the pure, simple lives that they them-selves led, and the open and undis-guised immorality of some of the people around them made the older members of the Pitcairn family very concerned. They determined to re-turn to their beloved island home even if they had to meet their own expenses.

One day an American ship, the Charles Dogget, weighed anchor at Papeete, and sailed for Pitcairn with the remaining families and all their possessions aboard. And so within five months of leaving Bounty Bay the hills again resounded with the melodies of her own sons and daugh-ters.

During their days of difficulty and sorrow on Tahiti, an officer named Coffin, from an American whaleship, learned of the dire distress of the Pitcairn people. His sympathetic heart was touched as he became ac-quainted with these strangers in a strange land, and he set about to get food for the sick ones and necessities for the others. Nineteen years later, now commander of a ship, his course

set him by Pitcairn Island, so he called to see his friends of yesteryear.

Immediately he was remembered as the "kind-hearted man," and they presented him with ten barrels of yams and an abundance of fruit. This re-payment for his goodness toward them reduced the captain to tears, and he tried to persuade them to let his former kindness pass unrewarded. But the people insisted that he ac-cept what they considered only a small return for the unforgotten deed of kindness shown them in their ex-tremity. 'Tis true, even now, "Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days" (Eccl. 11:1).

Little change had taken place dur-ing their absence, except that nature had provided abundantly of the much-needed water. The drought was over. Soon all were settled down again, but life as it had been lived in the days of John Adams and Thurs-day October Christian was gone. The high standards of conduct gradually gave way to evil practices. Several of the men, influenced by their Tahitian contact, revived the old still of Mc-Coy and Quintal, and even Buffett and Nobbs sometimes partook of a "wee drap on the sly." Inflamed by this homemade brew, wrangling, quarreling, and abusive language be-came common, and immorality broke down home barriers.

About this time another man came to the island, claiming to have cre- dentials from the British Govern- ment. He declared that he had been sent to organize the community and to care for its spiritual interests. This seventy-year-old impostor, named Joshua Hill, well-nigh brought about mutiny and bloodshed. Nobbs, Buf- fett, and Evans were the particular ob-jects of his attack, for he considered them as possible blocks to his ambi- tions. The ill-treatment to which these Englishmen were constantly subjected at last reached a climax by their being forced to leave the island_

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Separated from their families, Nobbs was banished to Tahiti; and Buffett and Evans to the Gambiers. In time they returned to receive from their relatives and friends a sincere wel-come home.

When Nobbs returned he found the island in an unsettled state. Divi-sions were rife among the people. Hill no longer exercised undisputed sway over the people and their actions. His power, once so great, was now quite broken.

It happened thus: One day Quin-tal, one of Hill's appointed church elders, came to Hill to intercede on behalf of his young daughter, who had been accused of stealing yams. Hill declared that the offender ought to be executed, or at least made to suffer very severely for her fault.

The father stood and declared that his daughter was not going to be abused or subjected to the will of this tyrant, whereupon Hill rushed into his bedroom and got his sword. Returning to the room, he waved it threateningly at his opponent and shouted, "Confess your sins, for you are a dead man."

A table stood between them, but young Quintal, strengthened by rage and desperation, cleared it at a bound, and instantly the two men were wrestling on the floor in a death grip. Hill kept slashing with his sword, but Quintal received only

superficial wounds. As the struggle continued, a young man happened to pass, and taking in the situation at a glance, he rushed home for his musket, shouting that he was going to shoot Hill. Others came running together, and soon the two men were separated. Hill's sword was wrested from him and it was not returned until he left the island the following year. A unit of the Navy was sent in to take him away, friendless and unloved. For the rest of his days Quintal carried the scars made by the sword. Fortunately during those years of unrest and dis-tress, no lives were sacrificed.

Charles Christian, younger brother of Thursday October, now stepped forward to take control of island af-fairs, and he called on Nobbs to take over again as pastor and schoolmaster. Nobbs devoted himself to the higher needs of the people, combining with his other duties those of a physician. The daily reading from the Bounty Bible was urged by Charles, and in every way he tried to emulate the life of his old friend and teacher, John Adams. Gradually peace once more reigned, and the former brotherliness between families was again fully es-tablished. Buffett and Evans assisted Nobbs in promoting a Mutual Im-provement Society, Buffett giving in-struction in woodwork and naviga-tion.

Forty-seven years had now passed since the mutineers first landed on the island, and during all of that time no laws or rules had been enacted for the government of the people. Con-science, or more frequently, inclina-tion, ruled them. Then in the year 1838, with the population now one hundred, Her Majesty's ship Fly came in and Captain Elliott presented the islanders with a Union Jack, a sym-bol of British protection.

In this unobtrusive manner Pit-cairn became a partner of the Em-pire, a position it holds to this day, being under the jurisdiction of the Colonial Office, with the governor of Fiji also serving as the governor of Pitcairn. Captain Elliott also drew up the first set of written laws to govern

the community and assisted the people to appoint their first magis-trate.

The unanimous choice for this position fell upon Ed Quintal. He had married Dinah, daughter of Adams, and both had been strong leaders in their groups. Now that Charles Christian was almost an in-valid (he died not many months later) it seemed that Edward was most suited to carry this new respon-sibility.

Since the death of Adams, Mi'Mitti, Christian's widow, had kept the Bounty Bible. A second Bible had been given by a Mr. Heath, who on the occasion of the visit of the first missionary vessel, the Camden, had left with the community the Bible from which he had preached. This Bible has just recently been returned to Pitcairn, and it has been placed by the side of the Bounty Bible in the present church. It had been taken by the Reverend Nobbs and was the Bible that was first used by him on Norfolk Island. The old Bounty Bible, like Mother Christian herself, had become old, its outer covering, which was originally hand-some, was worn out and gone, the pages were stained and worm eaten, but Mi'Mitti loved its message and the memory of its associations.

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These recently issued stamps by Great Britain depict varied scenes on Pitcairn Island. Third stamp from left shows John Adams and the Bounty Bible that so changed his life. Pitcairn Island has been part of the British Empire since 1838.

SEPTEMBER 19, 1957

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Day of Week Christ Was Crucified

On what day of the week did Nisan 16 fall in the year that our Lord was crucified?

Inquiries from readers concerning the chronology of the Lord's Supper, the crucifixion, and the resurrection reflect a continuing interest in this problem. This column has already de-voted some space to the matter (see THE REVIEW AND HERALD for June 9, 1955, and February 16, 1956). Those who desire to study the matter further are referred to the scholarly discussion on pages 248-265 and 532-537 of vol-ume 5 of The Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary.

When a Person Should Be Baptized

Please explain Acts 2:38. Must a person be baptized before his sins are forgiven?

The significant words of the text in question are, "Repent, and be bap-tized . . . for the remission of sins." The Greek word translated "for" (eis) means, literally, "into," but where it introduces the result of a certain course of action, as here, it may properly be translated "for." Here it means, "in order to obtain."

At first glance Peter's categorical statement may appear to mean that God does not forgive a man's sins until he is baptized. However, such a conclusion does not necessarily fol-low. In Matthew 10:41 eis (trans-lated "in") clearly cannot denote aim or purpose, but the basis of the action performed. The same sense of eis in Acts 2:38 would yield the trans-lation, "on the basis of the remission of sins," that is, because sins have already been confessed and forgiven.

Our Lord ordained baptism as an outward sign of an inward experi-ence, that is, of death to sin and the new birth in Christ Jesus (see Matt. 3:15; 28:19, 20; John 3:5; compare Acts 22:16; Rom. 6:3-6). Of itself, baptism has no power whatever to wash away sins or to create a new life. It is only a symbol of an experi-ence that has already taken place in the heart and life of the believer. Nevertheless, God requires baptism of all who come to Him in faith, in

so far as this may be physically pos-sible. We do not believe, however, that prior to baptism God declines to forgive sins. He accepts sincere re-pentance and pardons the sinner the moment confession is made. See Matt. 9:13; 1 John 1:9; 2:1.

Reference to Second Coming in Jude

Please explain Jude 14 and 15. Does Jude refer to the second coming of Christ at the beginning of the millennium, or to His coming at its close?

This passage is a free quotation from chapter 1:9 of the pseudepi-graphical book of Enoch, which dates from about the second century be-fore Christ. The passage quoted reads as follows: "And behold! He cometh with ten thousands of His holy ones to execute judgment upon all, and to destroy all the ungodly: and to convict all flesh of all the works of their ungodliness which they have ungodly committed, and of all the hard things which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him" (trans-lated by R. H. Charles, in The Apoc-rypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament).

Seventh-day Adventists do not be-lieve that the writers of the various apocryphal ("hidden") and pseudep-igraphical (spurious works purport-ing to have been written by well-known Biblical persons) books were inspired. These ancient Jewish writ-ings are excluded from the Protes-tant canon of Scripture. However, the fact that the Holy Spirit led Jude to include a passage from the book of Enoch in his epistle indicates that this particular passage states a truth regarding Enoch's preaching.

A literal translation of the last clause of Jude 14 would read: "The Lord came with his holy myriads [or, "his countless thousands of holy ones"]." The Greek word translated "saints" (hagioi, singular hagios) means, literally, "holy [ones]." It is applied alike to men (Acts 9:32, 41; Rom. 1:7; etc.) and to angels (Matt. 25:31; Acts 10:22; Rev. 14:10; etc.), and is used also of Christ (Acts 4:27, 28) and the Holy (Hagtos) Spirit (Eph. 4:30). Accordingly, in Jude

14 hagioi might designate either the holy angels in Christ's retinue at His

second coming, or the redeemed who accompany Him when He returns to earth at the close of the millennium.

The fact that the Lord comes "to execute judgment" (Jude 15) may be understood as implying the scene described at length in Revelation 20: 5-15, when "all that are ungodly" are to be "judged every man according to their works" (verse 13) and "cast into the lake of fire" (verse 15). How-ever, it should be remembered that, except for John in Revelation 20, Bible writers do not make a chrono-logical distinction between events at the beginning of the millennium and those at its close.

Accordingly, it is best not to be dogmatic with respect to whether the coming of Christ foretold in Jude 14 takes place at the beginning of the millennium or toward its close. How-ever, the fact that verse 15 speaks of the judgment of "ungodly sinners," which Revelation 20:5-15 assigns to the end of the thousand years, may be understood as implying that the com-ing referred to in Jude 14 is that of Christ with the redeemed of all ages at the close of that period of time. Compare The Great Controversy, page 662.

"Total Depravity" In view of the fact that total de-

pravity befell mankind when Adam sinned, and that Christ took upon Himself man's nature, how could He be sinless?

"Total depravity" is a technical theological term used by some to de-note what they believe to be guilt all men have inherited from Adam. The Scriptures clearly teach, however, that God holds each man accountable for his own misdeeds, and thus guilty, but never for the sins of his ancestors (see Eze. 18:1-32). Adam's descend-ants are in no sense guilty in God's sight simply because Adam sinned. But they have inherited a human na-ture that, of itself, is powerless to re-sist temptation (see Rom. 6:16).

The perfect, sinless life of Christ is a mystery that baffles the mind. It is, in fact, the "mystery of godliness" (1 Tim. 3:16; compare Col. 1:26, 27). As the divine-human Son of God He submitted His life without reserve to the Father's will, and thereby met and triumphed over every tempta-tion the devil could contrive (see Heb. 2:14-17; 4:15). He did what we, of ourselves, cannot do (Rom. 8:1-4). It is our high privilege to come to Him in humble faith, knowing that His grace is sufficient to enable even the weakest Christian to live a life of victory over sin (see Rom. 6:11-18; 7:19 to 8:14; Gal. 2:20).

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Young Quechua Indian father knitting in front of adobe house in village of Huataria, Bolivia.

There are numerous mornings on top of the world in the two-mile-high Bolivian Altiplano ("high plateau") like that of April 19, 1957. It is not unusual for the sky to be a clear blue, for the cottony puffs of snow-white clouds to set off the vast expanse of firmament and earth, for the dignified llamas to graze in stately fashion on the scrubby grass of the barren hills, for the occasional column of drifting smoke to signify a spot where an in-heritor of the fabulous Inca civiliza-tion is eking out an existence. To all appearances the people in the tiny Andean village of Huataria would be doing that day nothing more than the usual round of crop tending, coca chewing, and quarreling.

However, what promised to be such an ordinary day for these Quechuas turned out to be the greatest in the memory of even the oldest villager—the day the gospel arrived in Huata-ria.

For more than a year the Bolivia Mission administration had been planning for this day, working for the time when the light of truth could penetrate the darkness surrounding the devil-worshiping Ouechuas, who

form the larger part of Bolivia's In-dian population. For half a century our efforts have been almost entirely directed toward the Aymaras, who are found near Lake Titicaca and around La Paz, the capital city of Bolivia. Thanks largely to the pro-motional efforts of W. E. Jamerson, however, funds were made available for this step into the south of Bolivia, the heart of Quechua land.

So it was that on the morning of April 19, 1957, I found myself at the end of the road with a young na-tive teacher-evangelist, his wife (to accompany him), his uncle (to ac-company me), and three burros (to accompany the baggage). I had made the trip previously to survey the pos-sibilities, but had not been sure at the time whether we would have a worker for the place. But this was it —we even had all the school sup-plies necessary for sixty students, al-though we anticipated fewer to be-gin with.

Huataria and the surrounding ter-ritory are not noted for having a peaceful history. Frequent quarrels over property claims often lead to bloodletting, and the killing of an

enemy is certainly not considered a smear on a Quechua's reputation. The law is little known and less respected in this remote area of the country, and might has far more weight than justice. The brutal games engaged in by these Indians at their fiestas give some indication of their animalized natures. For instance, the men will pair off and beat each other's legs with heavy thong whips, the winner of each match pitting him-self against another winner, until all have fainted from pain and loss of blood except one, the final cham-pion. A boxing game is played for the "sport" in similar fashion, utilizing a heavy leather helmet for protection and a pair of tight-fitting leather gloves stretched over hands grasping iron rods.

We had heard that there was fighting going on nearby over prop-erty, but since strangers are seldom disturbed in these fratricidal wars, the danger to us was not serious. The teacher's uncle and I decided to strike out alone, as the burros would take their time and the teacher's wife couldn't walk fast either. Thus we would be able to get the men (the women do not count in this un-civilized area) together for a pow-wow by the time the teacher arrived. For a part of the way we trekked on down the landslide-blocked road, fre-quently meeting Quechuas herding their llamas or urging along their bur-den-ladened burros. When Some of them greeted us extra heartily, I knew they recognized me from my previous trip.

At a junction of two rivers we turned off the mountainous road to hike up the swiftly flowing stream. Fortunately my companion was strong and insisted on carrying me over the wide crossing on his back, though I'm sure I weighed fifty pounds more than he. We had barely begun jumping rocks up the creek when we came on a group of Que-chuas from Huataria, including the headman himself. The Quechuas are fairly stolid characters, not given to showing much emotion, but I hope never to forget their facial expres-sions of joyful welcome to our arrival. Although they could not speak Span-ish, and I could not speak their tongue, there was no lack of compre-hension between us at that moment. I must confess that I had to blink hard

D-Day for the Quechuas of Bolivia By Lynn Baerg

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as these men kept repeating over and over, "Waliki, waliki ["Wonderful, wonderful"]!"

And I thought to myself, "Yes, it certainly is wonderful to be bearer of such great news as the gospel of Jesus is. -Yes, my friends, much more won-derful than you can know now, that finally light is arriving for your sin-darkened life. Wonderful, because that terrible coca leaf, whose juice now drools from the corner of your mouth, deadening normal human ambitions and emotions with enervat-ing cocaine, will by the grace of Christ soon be thrown away. Wonder-ful, because the brutal way of living you now know can soon be ex-changed for the love and cleanliness of Christ, the way, the truth, and the life."

I was thankful for the fluent Quechua and Aymara of my com-panion, who, years before accepting the truth, had been a coca mer-chant in this area. The aborigines are bilingual in an unusual way. They use Quechua as their commer-cial language, and when speaking it consider it proper to say anything that might further a business dealing, often lying elaborately. Their family language, however, Aymara, demands the utmost honesty, and they will never say anything but the truth when speaking that language. With us they invariably spoke Aymara.

As my eye fell repeatedly on tire tracks in the sand of the creek bed, I at first thought that perhaps a motor-cycle had been up there recently, but I couldn't quite understand the strange angle at which the tracks were formed. Then I happened to notice the sandals of my traveling compan-ions, made from old automobile tires! Bolivia's terrible roads do have a good by-product for the Indian's benefit.

The ten-mile walk went by swiftly with the companionship of our Que-chua friends, and we soon arrived at the foot of the cliff on which is

perched the village of Huataria, strategically placed for purposes of war. A short but steep climb brought us to the school building and meet-ing place of the village. Because the exact time of our arrival had not been known, most of the villagers were out in the fields, scattered ab-ruptly from one mountainside to an-other. By the time the teacher had arrived with his wife and baggage, however, a representative group of men had gathered. We explained our work briefly, what cooperation we would need and expect from them, and the high standards maintained by our teacher and his wife.

I finished my speech, and spon-taneously the wild-looking men sur-rounded me, led by their chief, each one embracing me, while repeating many times the words, "Suma hora, buena hora ["It's high time and a good time"]." How many millions wait in vain on our poor planet for the gospel to arrive! Oh, my brother and sister, is it not high time that we give ourselves so fully to the cause that the good time can soon be ushered in all around the globe?

It was thrilling to see the eager en-thusiasm with which this wonderful Seventh-day Adventist couple faced their work in this difficult spot so far from home and friends. Their resig-nation to God's guiding seemed com-plete, and as we knelt together in the simple adobe room designated as theirs by the villagers, it thrilled me to realize the power of the gospel to mold lives into service for others.

The walk back to the road and transportation seemed much longer than when we went in, and a body made to function at sea level was pretty beat after twenty miles of rough hiking in the thin air at two miles up. But somehow I felt good all over as Sabbath came on the eve-ning of April 19, 1957, because I knew that day I had walked where Jesus walked—for the salvation of my fel-low man.

School Industries in India By 0. W. Lange

"Yes, sir, this will prove to be money well spent," said Principal A. F. Jessen, of Lowry Memorial High School, in South India, com-menting on the new industrial build-ing, which he proudly stated would cost less than Rs. 5,000/- ($1,000).

This well-lighted, hygienic build-ing with its flyproof windows and doors will provide an ideal home for the school food factory. A good sup-ply of clean water is provided for the factory through special tanks erected at the rear of the building.

Businessmen and friends have helped to supply means and materials for this new u,7,4.g of the school. One tile manufacaier donated tiles enough for the roof, and other mer-chants and friends have given liberally to help the project.

Government and electric company officials have shown hearty approval of the food factory enterprise by cut-ting red tape, speeding up electrical power supply, and granting permits and licenses necessary for the produc-tion and sale of the products of the factory.

"It will still take months before some of the specialized equipment given by the Australian food com-pany can arrive," stated Pastor Jes-sen, "but I expect to be in business in a month or two," indicating his intention to begin manufacturing peanut butter and other items that they can make now.

Situated five miles from Bangalore City, which has become an expand-ing industrial center, the food fac-tory has an abundance of raw ma-terials at hand and a ready market for its products. Not only is the success of the project assured but it will prove a great blessing to many stu-dents who seek a means of earning part of their school expenses. Pastor Jessen, through his years of school

The new fly-proof industrial building at the Lowry Memorial High School, Hill-tribe boys planting rice at the Assam Training School, Jowai, Assam. On the Kreshnarajapuram (Bangalore), South India. school's 350-acre farm there is much grazing land.

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leadership, has proved his ability for industrial management. During his recent furlough in Australia, his homeland, he secured valuable equip-ment for the plant.

Our other high schools are also turning their student labor into pay-ing enterprises of this nature. Print-ing and bookbinding have long been profitable industries in many of our schools throughout the division. Tai-loring and sewing have been satisfac-torily carried forward in some places. In old Meiktila, Burma, metalwork was very successful before the war. Students manufactured steel furniture there.

Since the war many of our schools are trying new industries. Good word has come from the West Pakistan Union High School, where Robert Hamilton is principal. Excellent work is being done in this important center by their wheat-puffing factory and by the school press. The school at Hapur, where B. M. Shad is principal, has for some time produced peanut butter, jam, and the refreshing drink, Koo-loo. The Assam Training School, under the leadership of H. D. Erick-son and with the encouragement of the government, has begun a small weaving industry. The Kottarakara High School, where L. C. Charles is principal, has for a number of years produced excellent tinned pineapple.

Adventist schools throughout this division have endeavored to follow the blueprint for modern schools of the prophets by providing school farms and gardens where students can be profitably employed and where they can get proper exercise for growth and physical development.

The impact of well-trained indig-enous leadership in the cause of truth has never been so forcefully felt as today. Youth from our train-ing centers are shouldering their re-sponsibilities in a loyal and efficient manner in every part of the South-ern Asia Division.

Principals' Council By L. R. Rasmussen

The first North American division-wide academy principal's council ever to be held in California was conducted on the beautiful new campus of the Monterey Bay Acad-emy during the first week in July, 1957.

In attendance at this meeting were the administrators of the seventy four-year senior academies operated by Seventh-day Adventists in the United States and Canada. Meeting with them were the educational secretaries from the twelve union conferences, along with representatives from sev-

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eral colleges, California conferences, and the General Conference.

As many urgent and vital issues came before the council, all were deeply impressed that our academies today face many new problems and opportunities, and that in this last half of the twentieth century the task of operating Seventh-day Adventist educational institutions is more per-plexing, more demanding, and more challenging than it has ever been.

Each one present was forced to realize that the task to which he had been called far exceeded his human resources. All were deeply persuaded that the basic vitality of Christian education is not material, physical, or mental, but spiritual; that the strength of our institutions depends not upon our educational system, but on the indwelling of the Holy Spirit; and that without the power of the Spirit of God all our educational effort is empty and meaningless.

The first and greatest needs in our educational institutions are for higher spiritual standards, for more spiritually dedicated and consecrated teachers. Resolutions were agreed upon, which, if carried through, will definitely increase the spiritual im-pact of our school program on the minds and hearts of our students, and give them a deeper reverence for God and a greater admiration of and deter-mination to attain the higher, finer spiritual values of life.

There is also a great need for higher intellectual standards, and also for better-educated, more profession-ally competent teachers. In order to meet this need, action was taken in-creasing the educational require-ment for denominational certifica-tion to include one year of graduate study.

Another imperative issue is that of expanding the curriculum offerings to meet the needs of our students.

Serious study was given to the fi-nancial operation of these institu-tions. With rising costs and increased demands on the institutions, it was realized that, if these institutions are to balance their budgets and remain financially solvent, ways must be found to greatly increase the financial income, to eliminate waste, and to increase efficiency and economy in operating every phase of the schools' industries.

Actions and recommendations were passed at this council that should vitally affect the entire future of our secondary education in North Amer-ica. We earnestly solicit the prayers and cooperation of all our believers in behalf of the men who administer these institutions and who earnestly endeavor to raise the educational and spiritual standards.

With Our Servicemen By W. H. Bergherm

In North Africa and the Middle East are the richest oil lands of the world. Within a radius of four to five hundred miles from the Dhahran Air Base, which I left a few hours ago, there flows one half of the world's oil supply. I have been told that approx-imately three fourths of our crude oil reserves are found in this same area. Yet it is a desert country, so barren that at times it is difficult at once to discern whether one is flying over a smooth sea or over drifts and ripples of wind-driven sand.

It was a privilege to meet with three Seventh-day Adventist men at Dhahran. We gathered in the home

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of Sgt. and Mrs. George Mashney, who are from Lebanon. Mrs. Mash-ney is a graduate of our Middle East College, in Lebanon. One of our young men at this base was only re-cently baptized as the result of the faithful missionary efforts of a buddy in the service. The other two had been brought up in the faith. These men out yonder in distant places have many temptations to meet in the serv-ice, many problems to work out, and too often no one is there to help them work out these problems or give them counsel.

I was happy indeed for the privi-lege of spending two full days with them and meeting with them on three different occasions. Again your prayers are requested in their behalf and for all who are to be found all round the world on our military bases. Dhahran, as far as a Seventh-day Ad-ventist serviceman is concerned, is perhaps one of the most isolated places of all.

It has been a great inspiration to meet youth who are not ashamed of their Lord. Since leaving Madrid, I have contacted twenty-two of these young people, and in nearly all cases it has been because they have regis-tered themselves with the chaplain as Seventh-day Adventists. This is what they want to be, and we must help them to retain that desire.

Newfoundland Annual Meeting

By R. R. Figuhr, President General Conference

Jutting far out into the North At-lantic is the Canadian province of Newfoundland. On the easternmost point we find the historic city of St. John's reaching far back into the an-nals of North American history. It is the capital of Newfoundland, and ac-cording to well-founded tradition, John Cabot entered the beautiful lit- tle in 1497, the first European to reach Newfoundland. St. John's has grown into a city of nearly 70,000 people.

It is in this interesting spot that the annual meeting of the challenging mission field of Newfoundland was held. A larger, more commodious, and better-located church than the former had recently been acquired, and the meetings were held in it.

One is pleasantly surprised to see how much church activity actually is going on. A seven-teacher school of more than two hundred students is operating, reaching the junior aca-demic level. Because of the very crowded conditions under which the school functions, plans are being for-mulated to put up a new building on

a beautiful site owned by the mission. A unique feature of this mission is the privately owned and operated 100-watt radio station. This was given to the mission some years ago by one deeply interested in the proclamation of the message. As a result, Adventists, their activities, and beliefs are rather well known throughout this area. The Voice of Prophecy broadcasts over an-other station add greatly to the num-ber of interested radio listeners.

Two years ago, Drs. Eugene Hilde-brand and A. A. Moores decided to establish themselves in medical prac-tice in St. John's. There probably were more promising places beckoning them, but few others were as needy as this one. These earnest Seventh-day Adventist physicians, with their equally earnest and dedicated wives, are proving a great strength and en-couragement to our work and people.

Philip Moores, who has labored in this field for eight years, is being transferred to the Maritime Confer-ence. Both he and his family have greatly endeared themselves to the people of Newfoundland. Fortunately, G. 0. Adams, a man of both adminis-trative and evangelistic experience, has been secured to succeed Pastor Moores. We feel certain that Pastor Adams and his wife will be warmly received, and that they will continue the solid building work of their pred-ecessors.

We came away from Newfoundland with the impression that greater days are before the church in this mission field of more than 400,000 inhabitants, living largely in its 13,000 settlements. These proverbially hospitable and cordial people must be reached with the message. An indication of what God is ready to do is seen in the mar-velous transformations effected in the

Finds True Church Through Literature Evangelist

"Many are on the verge of the kingdom, waiting only to be gathered in."—The Acts of the Apostles, p. 109. The following ex-perience by Literature Evangelist Rex Rolls, of the Northern California Conference, illus-trates the truth of this statement.

"I called on a woman who purchased The Bible Story set, a Bible, and Drama of the Ages. She impressed me as one searching for truth, so I studied and prayed with her and arranged for the Bible instructor to call. She was despairing in her search for God's true church and had about decided to become a Jehovah's Witness. Having been reared in that belief myself, I pointed out what they believe, and presented the truth. Today at Sabbath school she told me that upon finish-ing Drama of the Ages and volume one of The Bible Story she was delighted with the Sabbath and was convinced she had found the true remnant church."

B. E. WAGNER

lives of former drunkards and care-less, irreligious people. "I now feel at rest and securely anchored," one newly won member recently remarked. May God continue to bless His work in Newfoundland.

Missouri Conference Camp Meeting

By A. A. Esteb, Associate Secretary Home Missionary Department

General Conference

The Missouri Conference held its camp meeting August 7 to 10 on the campus of the beautiful Sunnydale Academy. The meetings were well-attended throughout the entire ses-sion. The auditorium was filled every night during the entire camp meet-ing. H. C. Klement, president, and his efficient staff of conference workers had arranged the program, and the entire meeting showed good planning and organization.

The General Conference was repre-sented by Howard Weeks, secretary of the Public Relations Department; W. H. Bergherm, associate secretary of War Service Commission; F. A. Soper, editor of Listen magazine; and the writer.

From the Voice of Prophecy came our veteran radio evangelist, H. M. S. Richards, and the King's Heralds. They took charge of the Friday eve-ning and Sabbath morning services.

The Union Conference was repre-sented by Theodore Carcich, presi-dent; B. L. Schlotthauer, secretary-treasurer; D. E. Reiner, home mis-sionary secretary; W. A. Howe, educa-tional secretary; and C. G. Cross, pub-lishing secretary.

Union College was represented by D. J. Bieber and R. E. Cleveland.

All were grateful to R. E. Perrin, principal of Sunnydale Academy, and his board for making available their excellent accommodations. All of these men gave outstanding help, which was well received and appreciated by the audience.

Sabbath afternoon an ordination service was held in which Samuel J. Elie was ordained to the gospel min-istry. Elder Carcich was in charge of this service.

The liberality of the members was manifested by the splendid offerings, which were as follows: Sabbath school, cash and pledges, 52,223.72; evange-lism, S2,271.51; Sunnvdale Academy, 5630.58; and expense, 5308.75, making a total offering in cash and pledges of 55,434.56. Book sales amounted to 53,204.21.

It was evident that the spirit of our workers and believers in the Missouri Conference is excellent. The prospects for continued progress are bright.

SEPTEMBER 19, 1957

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Maritime Camp Meeting Has Record Attendance

By Darren L. Michael

Seventh-day Adventists from the three Maritime Provinces of Eastern Canada gathered on the beautiful shores of Northumberland Strait at Pugwash, Nova Scotia, for the an-nual Maritime Conference camp meeting from Friday, July 26, to• Sun-day evening, August 4. A record at-tendance of almost five hundred mem-bers and their friends was reached by the last weekend of the convocation.

The high light of the 1957 Mari-time camp meeting for all who at-tended was the visit of R. R. Figuhr, General Conference president, who was accompanied by his wife. Mrs. Figuhr served by giving talks to the wives of the ministers present, at young people's services, and with junior-age youth. Elder Figuhr's mes-sages with their deeply spiritual ori-entation served to cheer and inspire the members as he recounted the tangible evidences of denominational growth around the world.

With very practical help rendered throughout the full ten-day period by V. T. Armstrong, General Conference field secretary, the believers in this conference who attended the camp meeting were able to view the world-wide mission of the Advent Move-ment in a more meaningful dimen-sion in relation to their own efforts to support the work of the church.

Drawing on his rich experience as a missionary and church administrator overseas, Elder Armstrong made a unique contribution to the tenor and temper of this yearly conference.

Along practical lines the Sabbath school workshop conducted as an in-tegral part of the camp meeting pro-gram by W. J. Harris, associate Sab-bath school secretary from the Gen-eral Conference, and assisted by Ca-nadian Union Conference Sabbath school secretary, J. M. Hnatyshyn, proved to be the most popular fea-ture of this year's session. Ministers, their wives, and Sabbath school lead-ers profited greatly from the timely aid, which was thoughtfully arranged for by conference leaders with the close cooperation of the General Con-

ference Sabbath School Department. This camp meeting saw the transi-

tion in leadership of the Maritime Conference pass from J. W. Bothe, who spoke at the opening service prior to his departure to assume his new duties as president of the Mani-toba-Saskatchewan Conference. The wonderful campground facilities were made available during his administra-tion. The love and devotion of the entire Maritime membership for Elder and Mrs. Bothe speak highly for the type of consecrated progres-sive leadership that Elder Bo the brought to this conference during his administration.

Philip Moores, the newly elected president of the Maritime Confer-ence, served as the chairman of the camp meeting session. Elder Moores is no stranger to this field, having been born in Sydney, Nova Scotia, and is well known throughout this conference.

Under the leadership of Pastor Moores and his corps of consecrated workers continued development and progress in ever-increasing measure is anticipated.

School Administrators' Conference

Four Adventist educators who attended an educational ad-ministrators' work conference at Pacific Union College recently are shown discussing plans for the sessions, which were directed by Prof. Lee Taylor (left) of the college staff. The confer-ence was attended by some 65 elementary, intermediate, and secondary principals and other educational personnel from the Pacific Union Conference. Above are (left to right) Lee Taylor; Howard Hardcastle, principal, Napa Junior Academy, Napa; J. F. Knipschild, educational secretary, Southern Cali-fornia Conference; and Harry Reile, principal, Kern Academy, Shaf ter.

Several outstanding Adventist educators and administrators in the Pacific Union who were feature speakers induded J. F. Knipschild, A C. Nelson, P. G. Wipperman, E. F. Heim, Frank Rice, E. L. Becker, and R. W. Fowler. They considered a wide variety of topics, ranging from administration of day and boarding academies to plant and grounds maintenance and school finance. The conference was the first major event of the in-service professional development program for teachers and administrators of the Pacific Union, according to Pro- fessor Taylor. MRS. JANICE BLAIR

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Washington Conference Ordination Service

The first Sabbath afternoon of the Washington Conference camp meeting an ordination service was held during which Don G. Parks and Quentin E. Qualley were ordained to the gospel ministry.

Don Parks graduated from Walla Walla College in 1953. For two years he was associated with Don H. Spillman, first in Tacoma, then in Seattle. At present he is pastor of the Cedarhome district, which includes the Arlington and Granite Falls churches.

Quentin Qualley graduated from Walla Walla College in 1952. His early internship was with R. W. Engstrom at the Seattle Central church, where he assisted in a number of evangelistic efforts. He has served in the Shelton-Elma-Monte-sano and Centralia-Oakville-Kosmos districts.

Those taking part in the ordination service were A. H. Rul-koetter, who preached the sermon, H. L. Rudy, who offered the ordination prayer, C. A. Scriven, who gave the charge, N. R. Dower, who extended the welcome.

In the picture are shown (left to right): Don G. Parks, Mrs. Parks, C. A. Scriven, N. R. Dower, Mrs. Qualley, Quentin E. Qualley. A. J. WERNER

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The grave of William Miller, located near the chapel which bears his name. Left to right: R. E. Pleasants, F. D. Nichol, H. J. Capman, Joseph Capman,

A. S. Anderson.

View of Miller chapel during memorial service. Seated, left to right: Elders Joseph Capman, A. S. Anderson, H. J. Capman, L. E. Lenheim, R. W. Moore,

R. E. Pleasants.

William Miller Memorial Service

(Continued from page I)

tain little group of disappointed Mil-lerites immediately following October 22, 1844. This group, living largely in New England, declared that it was not reasonable to abandon the doctrine of a personal coming of Jesus simply be-cause good men had gone beyond scriptural bounds and had set a date for His coming. They declared that the doctrine was explicitly and re-peatedly taught in the Scriptures."

On the basis of this conviction the Seventh-day Adventist Church was founded. Elder Nichol traced the de-velopments in the world from those early days till now, to show how timely and true is the message God gave us to preach to all men.

In closing Elder Nichol declared: "We do not know how soon the end will come, though we know it is very near."

Mrs. White has told us that we have nothing to fear for the future except as we forget the past and the way God has led us. This annual Mil-ler memorial service is intended to help us remember the past and how God took a small, feeble people and made of them a strong movement in these last days of earth's history.

Alberta Camp Meeting By A. L. Ham, Vice-President

General Conference

The Alberta camp meeting was held at College Heights on the beautiful campus of Canadian Union College. The facilities of the college, such as dormitories, meeting halls, audito-rium, and cafeteria, were used, supple-mented by fifteen family tents and a number of trailer cabins. The attend-ance was the largest in the history of

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the conference, notwithstanding the holding of two smaller meetings at Peace River and Beauvallon.

President H. D. Henriksen, the new conference president, had only recently come to this conference from the Manitoba-Saskatchewan Confer-ence, where he had served several years as president. He was very cor-dially received and carried the pro-gram of the camp meeting through in a strong, spiritual way. L. H. Davies,

World Wheat King Visits Youth Congress

The Western Canadian Golden Anniversary Youth Congress was held in the beautiful ultramodern New Jubilee Auditorium in Cal-gary, under the direction of union MV sec-retary, E. M. Peterson. Among the many fine Seventh-day Adventist youth attending was fifteen-year-old Jerry Leiske, who lives at Beiseker, Alberta, and is the "world wheat king" in the under-twenty-one class. For two years in succession, wheat samples submitted by Jerry at Toronto and Chicago have re-ceived first prize. Prospects are good for hold-ing his status this year also. We are proud of Seventh-day Adventist youth who excel in their vocations and thus witness for high standards in all of life.

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secretary-treasurer, and the staff of other workers had made adequate preparation for the comfort and hap-piness of the people who came to the meeting. A good spirit of fellowship prevailed, and there was exceptionally good attendance and keen interest in all the meetings. Special appointments were made for the German-speak-ing believers, and visiting ministers brought stirring messages to them.

H. M. S. Richards and the King's Heralds gave inspirational messages in sermon and song for the first Fri-day, night and Sabbath afternoon meetings.

R. R. Figuhr preached on Sabbath

morning, and his sermon was greatly appreciated. He also brought a mes-sage of progress on the worldwide work of the church on Saturday night, which was inspiring to both members and visitors. It was a special privilege to have the General Conference presi-dent at this camp meeting.

The two o'clock service on Sabbath afternoon was solemn and touching, for after a short sermon by the writer of this report on the subject, "The Call and Responsibilities of the Gos-pel Ministry," E. W. H. Vick of the Bible department, Canadian Union College, was ordained to the gospel ministry. W. A. Nelson, union presi-dent, offered the prayer, R. R. Figuhr gave the charge, and H. D. Henrik-sen extended the welcome.

Because of the increasing attend-ance at camp meetings the present auditorium is inadequate to seat all, and on Sabbaths many had to remain outside, but were provided with benches and chairs, and the public address system carried the words of the sermon and songs to them.

Present from the General Confer-ence were R. R. Figuhr, L. K. Dick-son, James E. Chase, and the writer. W. A. Nelson, E. L. Green, and G. B. Hoag, newly elected publishing sec-retary, represented the union. Repre-senting the Pacific Press Publishing Association were H. K. Christman and J. B. Penner, of the Brookfield Branch. Others were present who rep-resented various interests of the work.

Camp meeting offerings in cash and pledges amounted to $5,913.18. Added to the offerings received during the two smaller meetings at Peace River and Beauvallon, a total of $8,552.86 was received, which was the largest camp meeting offering to date.

Literature sales totaled $4,900, also the largest of any year, and showing a good gain. The treasurer reported that the conference tithe this year has greatly increased over past years.

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Through Droughts and Turmoil

(Continued from page 17)

Toward the end of 1839, Levi Hay-den, mate of a whaling ship from New Bedford, Massachusetts, to the Pacific, made a visit to the island. Having with him a Bible of larger print, he gave this to Mi'Mitti and took the old Bible to America to be rebound. Thus the Book that had been the honored instrument of spiritual blessing to that helpless com-pany of sin-sick souls was bidden fare-well as it left its island home.

In 1841 Mi'Mitti passed to her rest. She was of very advanced age, and to the last retained vivid recollections of the events of earlier years. One of the stories she often told concerned Cap-tain Cook when he was in Tahiti. There he suffered a severe attack of rheumatism, and some of the Tahi-tian women took him in hand, prom-ising to effect a cure by means of a native remedy. This consisted of a preparation of the a'pi plant (arum gigantism), which was externally ap-plied to the affected part.

Captain Cook soon realized that the stinging properties of this plant made the sting of the nettle seem almost enjoyable by way of contrast, and no doubt he would far prefer to suffer rheumatism than to endure the sting of that plant again. But Mi'-Mitti, with a smile and a twinkle in the eye, would conclude: "Ha! He never suffered from rheumatism again."

So 1\ifi'Mitti, the girl of the open seas, closed her life's story with love for the Lord Jesus deep in her heart and with a hope that one day she might have the joy of a home in the mansions above.

Life—and death—continued as us-ual on Pitcairn for the next few years. Nobbs made a visit to America and England and was ordained to the ministry of the Church of England.

Susannah, last of those who had come to the island on the Bounty sixty years before, died in 1850. A few social problems arose, some of which were caused by sailors from ships that stopped by in ever-increasing num-bers.

When in 1853 Admiral Moresby, of the Portland, visited Pitcairn, he saw that the rapidly increasing numbers of the inhabitants would soon neces-sitate a removal of part or all of the community to a larger place. The admiral urged that as a removal must be made at some future time, it would be the wisest course to have it done as early as possible, and also stressed the point that all the people should go together.

In harmony with his suggestion, suitable arrangements were worked out by the Admiralty and the island chosen for the future home of the Pitcairn family was Norfolk Island. It had been a penal colony, but in 1855 it had been abandoned as such. Thus all the facilities of the island were left intact for the people from Pitcairn.

The islanders themselves were di-vided on the question of leaving. Many wanted to go, but some wished to stay. One day in December, 1855, the men were gathered in the usual meeting place on the square to dis-cuss the problem. The fiasco of the Tahitian adventure was recounted, but nevertheless the majority were in favor of leaving. They were tired of having to carry water from the other side of the island, as the result of another long dry period. Finally, the captain of the waiting ship was told that they would be ready to board the Morayshire in April as planned.

Capt. Joseph Mathers arrived from Sydney during the latter part of the month and by the second of May, 1856, 187 persons with all their pos-sessions were aboard. The time had come to say farewell to the dear old spot where all their lives had been spent. Some stepped aboard the ship with buoyant hopes and bright ex-pectations while others—the far greater number—with sad hearts and tear-dimmed eyes left their island home.

Utterly lonely and desolate, the lit-tle rock stood in the vast ocean as it slowly receded from view. And many a silent tear was shed for the dear old home that most of them never again would see.

(Next Week: "Moses Young and Others Return")

OVERSEAS

Southern African Division • As of June 30, 1957, the membership of the Southern African Division stood at 157,142, an increase of about 4,300 in six months. In addition to the baptized members there are 74,730 Hearers and 36,754 in the baptismal class, making a to-tal of 268,626 Sabbathkeeping adherents. • R. J. Wieland, president of the Cen-tral Kenya Mission, reports a deep inter-est in the effort being conducted for Af-ricans in a suburb of Nairobi by C. T. J. Hyde, principal of Bugema Missionary College, and his ministerial training class. From the first meeting attendance has been good, and on week nights averages 300. A large number have requested liter-

ature, and offerings to help defray the ex-penses of the campaign have been excep-tionally good. • Dr. C. J. Birkenstock, of Yuka Mission Hospital, writes of the phenomenal growth of the patronage of this two-year-old institution. The daily average num-ber of inpatients is 100. All available floor space in wards and administration build-ing is being used since there are not enough beds. Outpatient attendance has averaged 200 daily so far this year. Each month this year 40 major and 60 minor operations have been performed. All this work and much more has been done by one doctor, two missionary nurses, an African nurse, and eight untrained help-ers.

• One small evangelistic team at the Ndora Mission Station won 104 converts during a recently conducted evangelistic effort. A number of efforts are still in progress in various districts of this station with good prospects for a rich harvest of souls, reports M. Gundersen, director of the Ndora Mission Station, Belgian Congo. • M. J. Church, director of the Gitwe Mission Station, reports that at the pres-ent time 24 permanent school buildings are under construction in various dis-tricts of the Gitwe Mission Station. Twenty-one of these brick buildings -are being constructed and paid for entirely by our church members and students. The mission is providing the metal roofs for three large school buildings only.

NORTH AMERICA

Atlantic Union

• Roger Ferris, who has just completed a year at the Theological Seminary, is lo-cating in Dexterville, New York, to take charge of the Oswego district.

• R. W. Knapp is serving as interim pastor at South Lancaster, Massachusetts. W. 0. Reynolds, who had planned to take this pastorate, has instead accepted an urgent invitation to serve in the Co-lumbia Union. • Magdalene Schlenker, graduate of Washington Missionary College, class of 1957, has accepted an invitation to con-nect with Greater Boston Academy as teacher of French and English, and regis-trar. • G. H. Gibson, from Glendale, Califor-nia, arrived in July at Atlantic Union Col-lege to teach science and mathematics. Mrs. Gibson was employed at the union conference office during the summer, and is now teaching accounting at the college and working part time in the business of-fice.

Columbia Union

• Joyce Bryant has been asked to be-come a Bible instructor for the Allegheny Conference. She will be assigned first to the Washington, D.C., regional churches. • Ground-breaking exercises were held recently for a new elementary school at Atholton, Maryland, in the Chesapeake Conference. This newly organized church group plans an elementary school, gym-

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nasium-auditorium, and a church struc-ture on an eight-acre plot of ground do-nated by E. D. Snook, one of the local members. D. K. Smith is the pastor, and Fritz Guy is the associate pastor of the district, which includes Spencerville and Laurel.

• 0. A. Botimer, publishing secretary of the East Pennsylvania Conference for the past three years, has been asked to be-come secretary of the publishing depart-ment of the Ohio Conference.

• Ministerial retreats were held in the West Pennsylvania and Chesapeake con-ferences the week of August 25. E. L. Minchin, of the MV Department of the General Conference, was the main speaker at West Pennsylvania while a number of speakers attended the Mount Aetna meeting in the Chesapeake Con-ference.

Lake Union

• For some time the Illinois Conference has felt the need of moving their acad-emy. The city of Chicago has grown rap-idly and has completely surrounded the school. Just recently the Broadview Academy was sold, and plans are now be-ing made to purchase property farther out in the country for relocation. The school will continue to operate in the present plant for another year.

• Dedication services were held Sab-bath, July 6, for the Scottsburg, Indiana, church. Arthur Kiesz, president of the conference, delivered the message at the morning worship hour. Vernon Flory, home missionary secretary of the Lake Union, gave the dedicatory sermon.

• A record crowd attended the Wiscon-sin Youth Congress, held in the new camp meeting auditorium, at Portage, August 16, 17. Scores of youth came forward Sabbath morning in response to a call to service presented by E. L. Minchin, of the General Conference.

• A very fine workers' retreat was con-ducted in the Indiana Conference August 19-21, at which time spiritual values and evangelism were stressed. J. E. Edwards, from the Home Missionary Department of the General Conference, brought many devotional features to the workers. Miller Brockett and Vernon Flory, from the Lake Union office, were also present and gave valuable assistance.

Northern Union

• Robert Leiske, district leader of the Osceola district, was ordained during the Iowa camp meeting.

• Five young people were baptized on August 10 by J. A. Nordstrom, district pastor. They joined the Heron Lake, Morgan, and Lamberton churches in Minnesota.

• Leslie Bietz has accepted a call to serve as dean of boys at Oak Park Acad-emy, leaving the Fort Dodge, Iowa, dis-trict after a few short weeks of leader-ship.

• K. I. Foss, Minnesota Book and Bible House manager, conducted chapel serv-ices at the State prison in Stillwater on August 4, with approximately 300 pres-ent. E. W. Amundson, pastor of the St.

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Paul church, assisted, and members of that church furnished special music.

• R. D. Steinke, Sabbath school secre-tary of the conference, reports that in North Dakota the Max church has been raised and a fine basement completed with spacious room for the children. At Benedict an addition to the church has been erected to provide room for the children's departments. The -Manfred church is also building an addition for this purpose.

North Pacific Union

• A. R. Lodahl, who has been serving as Sabbath school and home missionary secretary of the Montana Conference, re-cently accepted an invitation to connect with the Washington Conference as Sab-bath school secretary.

• Degrees were conferred upon the 46 members of the summer graduating class at Walla Walla College. Six of these re-ceived the Master's degree in education. Speaker for the consecration service on Friday evening, August 23, was T. K. Ludgate, associate professor of religion; the baccalaureate sermon was presented by C. M. Bunker, president of the Upper Columbia Conference; and the com-mencement address was given by E. E. Bietz, administrator of the Portland San-itarium.

Pacific Union

• Armen Johnson, for the past eight years a singing evangelist and pastor of churches in the Oregon Conference, is now associated with Don Reynolds in an evangelistic campaign in Norwalk, in the Southern California Conference.

• Earl Wright, MV secretary of the Hawaiian Mission, reports that five Path-finder camporees were held there this summer, one on each island, with a total attendance of 235 campers plus staff members. Of this number, 33 responded to an invitation to join a baptismal class.

• Charles A. Phelps has recently arrived in the Central California Conference where he is laboring in the Caruthers-Selma district. Elder Phelps spent several years in pastoral-evangelism in the Al-berta Conference but came to Central from the Saskatchewan Conference, where for a time he was pastor of the headquarters church in Saskatoon.

Southern Union

• A second medical clinic has been es-tablished in a dark county in the Ken-tucky-Tennessee Conference at Big Sandy, Tennessee, by Dr. and Mrs. Don Campbell. Opening day was August 4, 1957.

• L. J. Leiske, president of the Alabama-Mississippi Conference, reports that through the labors of R. H. Woolsey, H. V. Leggett and W. E. Peeke, four addi-tional churches have been organized in De Funiak Springs, Bonifay, Fort Walton, and Blountstown, Florida.

• Herman E. Davis and his family have returned to the Carolina Conference after laboring for eleven years in Ethi-opia. They are to be located in Charles-ton, South Carolina.

• Twenty-five new members have been added to -the Marietta, Georgia, church through the labors of B. L. Hassenpflug and his evangelistic company. One group of ten have been baptized recently be-cause of the continued labors of Don Crook who remained after the effort to be the leader of the company.

• R. H. Hooper, Carolina Conference revivalist, and his associates baptized ten at the close of his sixteen-day church re-vival held in Spartanburg, South Caro-lina. Seven others are preparing to take part in the next baptism, and many others are receiving Bible studies as a re-sult of the meetings.

Southwestern Union

• A short series of meetings in each of the churches of Port Arthur, Orange, and Beaumont, Texas, was recently com-pleted. As a result of the faithfulness of the lay workers in supporting these meetings, seven persons have already been baptized, and others are studying.

• Baptisms for the Texas Conference during the months of June and July to-taled 123.

• Offerings for all purposes, including pledges for the Texico Conference camp meeting, which has just closed, totaled nearly $7,000. This is the largest camp meeting income Texico has ever had.

• Printing sales by the College Press at Southwestern Junior College reached an all-time high for the fiscal year just ended. Sales for the period totaled more than $127,000, according to John D. Wohlers, press manager. Business for this department of the college has tripled in the past two years.

• H. W. Spiva, of the Kentucky-Tennes-see Conference, has accepted a call to the Texas Conference where he will serve as pastor of the Grand Prairie-Irving dis-trict.

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Joyce Piez left Brisbane, Australia, on August 3, en route to the Coral Sea Union Mission. Miss Piez goes to Lae, New Guinea, where she will serve in the union mission office.

Elder and Mrs. Gordon Branster and daughter Betty, having completed a furlough, sailed from Sydney, Aus-tralia, on August 6, en route to Fiji. Brother Branster will again take up his responsibilities as president of the Central Pacific Union Mission.

Violet V. Wentland, of Canadian Union College, Alberta, Canada, left New York on September 5, going to Beirut, Lebanon. After graduation in 1954 from Walla Walla College, Miss Wentland taught three years in Ca-nadian Union College. She will serve as dean of women and teacher of home economics in the Middle East College.

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Lay Preaching in Ciudad Trujillo

Ciudad Trujillo (formerly Santo Domingo) in the Dominican Republic is the oldest city founded by Euro-peans in the new world. In this city, established by Christopher Colum-bus' brother Bartholomew in 1496, the Advent message has grown in faith and zeal until today Seventh-day Ad-ventists in and around Ciudad Tru-jillo number nearly one thousand.

Max Grunzeug, pastor of the Ciu-dad Trujillo Adventist churches, re-ports that the earnestness of Domini-can Adventist lay preachers shines brighter than ever. During the first half of this year 134 brethren in Ciu-dad Trujillo organized themselves into 40 separate groups. These breth-ren undertook the program of present-ing 26 Adventist evangelistic and doc-trinal sermons in each of the 40 places where they launched their meetings. Meetings were held two nights a week in each place. Thus, 80 Adventist mes-sages were presented by living voices in Ciudad Trujillo every week. A total of 140 sermons were preached to 11,-320 people in thirteen weeks. Fifteen of the 40 congregations to whom our brethren preached have become branch Sabbath schools. Ninety-eight

souls have been baptized thus far as a result of this Ciudad Trujillo lay evangelistic campaign. Many others have manifested a desire to join the Seventh-day Adventist Church and are studying the message.

When you pray, remember our brethren in Ciudad Trujillo and the Dominican Republic.

ARTHUR H. ROTH

Public Relations Workshop Held at AUC

Ministers, teachers, institutional personnel, conference workers, and students from Eastern Canada to the Southwestern United States partici-pated in a most successful workshop in public relations at Atlantic Union College, the latter part of August.

First of its kind ever held by the de-nomination, the ten-day session was directed by Dean E. Willmore Tarr and featured guest lecturers from Bos-ton University and national corpora-tions, as well as college faculty mem-bers and denominational public rela-tions directors. Three semester hours of academic credit were offered for the intensive course.

The subjects given covered public-opinion science, information tech-niques, congregational and institu-tional public relations, motion pic-tures, advertising, and public relations as a denominational activity.

One of the most significant aspects of the program was a growing sense of dedication among those present to apply more effectively for the church and its institutions the knowledge now available of paths to the minds of men, that the message may be given more quickly and with greater impact.

HOWARD B. WEEKS

"The '120' of Today" in South America

Two years ago the Bible evangelism program, featuring "The '120' of Today," was inaugurated in South America. At the present time more than 3,000 are working to complete their requirements in preparation for commissioning.

In South Brazil more than 300 mem-bers have received their "120" insig-nia, which symbolizes the three-fold

union of pastor, church officer, and member in coordinated soul winning. At the close of the laymen's conven-tions a number of commissioning serv-ices were held. These are notable for they were the first "120" commission-ing services ever held in South America. In Sao Paulo 141 lay soul winners were commissioned.

Juan Riffel, home missionary secre-tary of the South American Division, writes: "In the midyear division com-mittee meeting, when consideration was given to the training features of the '120' program and the tremendous soul-winning potentials of this plan, it was decided to dedicate 1958 as a year of coordinated evangelism and to especially promote this '120' program. To implement this plan we have just published, in Spanish and in Portu-guese, a special laymen's manual, Manual del Obrero Voluntario. This booklet will furnish instruction on how to make good contacts, how to tactfully present the truth, how to gain decisions for Christ and His church, and how to maintain converts firm in the precious faith until the second coming of Christ. Along with this manual for the church members the Home Missionary Department pre-pared a teachers' outline furnishing supplementary material for the in-structors. This course will prepare our members for fruitful service and pre-sent the 'know-how' of soul winning."

J. ERNEST EDWARDS

MV Activity in the Congo Union

A letter just received from P. G. Werner, Missionary Volunteer Secre-tary of the Congo Union, contains the following report of progress:

"At the end of June, 1957, our Congo Union church membership stood at close to 60,000. Of these, 32,-660 are enrolled as members of the Missionary Volunteer societies. This veritable army of young people is en-thusiastically engaged in soul-winning activities throughout the Congo field. But now they are also anxious to share in the other activities provided for the youth of our church. We are now ne-gotiating for a permanent site near our Ngoma Mission where, in future, youth camps may be held year after year."