"Must" Reading for All Parents SMUT ENDANGERS EVERY HOME By William L Roper

Reader's Choke THE MAN WHO LIVED IN A WHALE By David Gunston "They desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city." Hebrews 11:16. (See page 17)

SEPT. 1 This Time . . . . 1962 SMUT-FILLED literature Volume 71 ("Smut Endangers Every Home," page 4) is be- coming an increasingly greater problem. Postal No. 9 authorities are concerned about it, and every Christian citizen should be alerted to its far- A RELIGIOUS MAGAZINE dedicated to the strengthening of the mental, physi- reaching effects. Careful studies by congres- cal, and spiritual life of the individual reader. Basing its recommendations on the sional committees and law-enforcement agen- living truths of the entire Bible, THESE TIMES promotes evangelical Christianity, the care of the needy at home and abroad, religious liberty, the systematic study of cies have indicated that behind many of the God's Word, the exaltation of Jesus Christ, and the news of His literal soon coming. country's most sensational crimes lies informa- tion graphically portrayed in obscene literature. ARTICLES Every parent faces a sacred trust in protecting Smut Endangers Every Home _ William L. Roper 4 his child from this material. As William L. The Lost Bible 7 Roper emphasizes, we can each do our part by The World's Most Complete Depiction of Christ's Life __ Bart Leiper 8 our influence and by appealing to our legislators How Jesus Saves You E. C. Ward 10 to pass laws that will effectively bring a halt to The Ten Commandments H. M. Tippett 14 this problem. Heaven Is My Home William A. Fagal 17 Sometime you will want to make a visit to The Most Important Person in My Life Adlai Albert Esteb 22 Christus Biblical Gardens ("The World's Most The Man Who Lived in a Whale David Gunston 26 Complete Depiction of Christ's Life," page 8). Take Off Your Shoes J. DeWitt Fox, M.D. Bart Leiper points out that the Smokies' newest 28 The Second Look Marjorie Spiller Neagle 29 attraction uses scores of life-size Bible charac- ters in wax. REGULAR FEATURES H. M. Tippett maintains that there is more than one way of taking the name of the Lord This Time 3 Youth Wants to Know 21 in vain, in his article "The Ten Command- Dear Editor: 7 Focusing 25 "Apples of Gold" 13 Events of These Times 30 ments," page 14. Careless use of language and Editorials 34 the employment of slang in many cases consti- tute a violation of the third commandment. The POETRY author makes a practical application of this Step by Step 12 important commandment to the everyday life.

Just Suppose Phyllis Law 24 Cover: H. Armstrong Roberts QUOTES FROM THIS ISSUE Inside Front Cover: Robert T. Ayres, Artist "The big ally of the smut peddlers through. out America continues to be public apathy." (Page 6.) "Though one may not always be able to tell the exact time or place, or trace all the KENNETH J. HOLLAND, Editor chain of circumstances in the process of con- version and release from sinful habit and Associate Editor Art Director defiling practice, this does not prove him to GORDON F. DALRYMPLE ROBERT M. ELDRIDGE be unconverted and not justified before God." Associate Editor Layout Artist (Page 11.) JAMES JOINER SHIRLEY C. ELDRIDGE " 'Since that hour I have never made a General Manager Circulation Manager judgment of any man after only one look at IRVIN H. IHRIG R. J. CHRISTIAN him, or one conversation with him. For I know that often the second look, the second word, may prove the folly of so doing.' " A Contributing Editors: W. R. Beach, Cecil Coffey, Archa 0. (Page 29.) Dart, A. A. Esteb, R. E. Finney, Jr., Roland Hegstad, Fen- ton L. Hopp, Siegfried H. Horn, Mary Hunter Moore, Mer- If you have been contending with the spirit lin L. Neff, C. A. Oliphant, Robert H. Pierson, R. D. Vine. of rebellion, you will appreciate the "Focusing" column by Walter Raymond Beach, page 25. Address all correspondence to Box 59, Nashville 2, Tennessee The author points out that today a spirit of re- Printed in the United States of America volt is abroad on the earth. It exists among both Established in 1891. Published monthly (except September and November, when individuals and nations. But no prosaic view is semimonthly) by the Southern Publishing Association, 2119 Twenty-fourth Avenue North, Nashville 8, Tennessee. Second-class postage paid at Nashville, Tennessee. taken of the matter. Indeed, it is pointed out Rates: 45 cents a copy; one year, $5.00; two years, $9.50; three years, $13.75, in that a true Christian is basically a rebel of a the United States and Canada. Rates higher for other countries. Quantity prices kind, for he rebels against every power that upon request. Change of address: Please give both the old and the new addresses. Expiration: Unless renewed in advance, the magazine stops at the expiration date seeks to tie the hands of God or to impede His which is shown on the wrapper. purpose on the earth. THESE TIMES, SEPTEMBER 1, 1962 3 Xri By William L. Roper

pornographic material especially pre- pared for juveniles is now so efficient that it is accurate to say that no child Edward Zychal is beyond its reach." The sending of circular advertising through the mail That is why every parent must join describing pornographic materials and where they may be obtained is becoming an increasing problem. wholeheartedly in this fight. The child you save may be your own. Despite the efforts of postal authori- JUST CAN'T understand it," demning smut as the trigger for many of ties and law enforcement agencies to Mrs. Smith said. She shook her the nation's youthful sex crimes. stop the pornographic rackets—sale of head sadly. "Johnny always Yet while admitting the national obscene sex photographs, erotic litera- seemed to be such a little gen- menace, many good parents refuse to ture, and indecent movie films "for tleman. And his mother is as concede that their own children are private showing"—the racketeers are good a Christian as you can find any- endangered. J. Edgar Hoover, how- garnering an estimated $500,000,000 where." ever, warns that no child is beyond the a year. Is it any wonder that juvenile But what Mrs. Smith did not know reach of these corrupters of youth, delinquency continues to increase or about the neighbor boy, Johnny, who had been taken into custody by juvenile officers for window-peeping and an un- J. EDGAR HOOVER warns that no child is beyond the reach of provoked attack on a young girl, was that he was a victim of pornographic, pornographic racketeers, and that every parent must be on sex-picture racketeers. In fact, Johnny's own mother did not know about the guard. The author reveals a constructive plan of action. secret packet of obscene sex pictures hidden in a closet of the boy's room until the police found them. In many other communities through- and that every parent must be on guard. that youthful sex crimes continue to out the United States, police officers The latest congressional investigation shock parents from coast to coast? investigating juvenile sex crimes have of juvenile delinquency discloses that In Santa Ana, California, not long found similar packets of pornographic these corrupters of youth are now in- ago, a thirteen-year-old boy crept into pictures; and J. Edgar Hoover, head vading suburbia. a nearby home, carried a sleeping eight- of the FBI, has said these findings have "Not long ago," explains FBI Chief year-old girl from her bed, and stabbed convinced him that "pornography is a Hoover, "this problem existed as a seri- her to death. Later, remorseful and un- major cause of the rising tide of sex ous juvenile hazard largely in the hard- able to understand the strange compul- crimes in America." to-control underprivileged areas of our sion that led him to commit this crime, On that point there is little disagree- big cities. Today it has spread to our he confessed to authorities. Searching ment. Judges, police officers, and juve- suburbs and the green landscaped areas his room, the officers found the inflam- nile authorities are unanimous in con- of our schoolyards. Distribution of matory sex pictures that had made him

4 THESE TIMES, SEPTEMBER 1, 1962 found in the plant was arrested on a charge of suspicion of conspiracy to print and distribute pornographic litera- ture. But the ring leaders were not caught. The woman escaped with a light jail sentence. In nearly all the raids in various parts of the country, similar or identical material was found. This led the Senate subcommittee to conclude: "The simi- larity between the pornography seized in twenty-two states [ranging from Flor- ida to Massachusetts and California] indicates a central source of supply [and] . . . the possibility that there is an organized syndicate distributing this material." In 1958, more than 50,000 citizens, many of them mothers and fathers, wrote letters to the United States Post a fiend. In a Massachusetts community, laws, public apathy, and light jail sen- Office Department, urging action to a teen-age boy attacked a sixteen-year- tences for offenders tend to nullify prevent the pornographic peddlers from old girl. Officers found fifty porno- their efforts. sending obscene pictures and salacious graphic pictures hidden away under his On March 16, 1961, police raided literature through the mails. Although mattress. In Colorado, investigation dis- a Burbank, California, printing plant the Post Office is without authority to closed that a youthful student who had and seized approximately $500,000 censor first-class mail, ways were found molested two teen-age girls had a worth of pornographic books and maga- to tighten controls. Congress passed packet of pornographic literature in zines. They were labeled "educational drastic legislation giving the postal au- the glove compartment of his car. Po- materials" and packaged for shipment thorities new power. The penalty for lice records in a Pennsylvania city re- by truck to Ohio, Kentucky, Texas, conviction of mailing obscene material vealed that a group of boys, who had Nebraska, West Virginia, Connecticut, was fixed at a maximum of $5,000 or made gang attacks on girls, had been Georgia, and Alabama. A woman five years in prison, or both. incited by pornographic photographs International News Photo and literature. A study made by a United States Senate subcommittee resulted in the conclusion that almost every sex crimi- nal, including sex murderers, is addicted to pornographic and sadistic material. Detroit police confiscated a few months ago a mass of this filthy ma- terial that had an estimated retail value of one million dollars. Material of a similar form has been found in city schools and playgrounds in many parts of the country. In Buffalo, New York, police arrested a man who was distrib- uting five hundred rolls of obscene "party films." In another raid, obscene comic books valued at $25,000 were seized in a search of a Brooklyn ware- house. A ton of similar filth was taken in a raid on a New Jersey plant. In California and New York State, where most of the nation's smut mills are located, the police are waging a continuous but often losing battle against the filth racket. Vague, lax

The enactment of lurid crimes—usually resulting in lengthy prison sentences—often has its genesis in graphic crime portrayals in smut•filled literature.

THESE TIMES, SEPTEMBER 1, 1962 Still more important, Congress closed which mean little to a peddler making Certainly we have not yet won our up a loophole in the law. In the past big money in this filthy racket. war against pornography, because we the crime was considered to be com- These peddlers frequently recruit have made only slight gains in curbing mitted at the point where the offensive boys to sell their goods to fellow stu- the smut peddlers in their use of the mail was posted, or deposited. Since it dents. They use a shrewd "come on" United States mails. was impossible to check all mail, this approach. First, the peddler will show The Los Angeles Times on Decem- made detection unlikely. But under the a few filthy pictures to a boy and warn ber 10, 1961, published under big new law, the crime was held to continue him to keep his mouth shut. headlines a news story: "SMUT PROB- to the point of delivery. This meant The boy is certain to share his secret LEM GROWS IN VALLEY." In this that anyone receiving such mail could with other boys. They will beg the "man story Reporter Bob Sherlock wrote, present to federal authorities the por- at the corner" to let them see the pic- "Pornography in San Gabriel Valley is nographic material and the envelope tures. In a short time the peddler is do- a bigger problem today than ever be- or wrapper in which it came. With this ing a big business selling his porno- fore." new power the Post Office, with the co- graphic packets. Sherlock listed three major reasons operation of individual citizens, began His next step is to invite a few of his for the increase: (1) more of the ma- to make progress in stopping the por- best customers to come to his apart- terial available; (2) the difficulty ex- nographers from using the mails. ment or trailer to view a "party movie." perienced by law enforcement agencies But this did not stop the racket. The In some cities, investigators have found in securing convictions because of in- filth merchants merely switched to other that these movie showings are used to adequate laws; (3) pornography, like methods of distribution. For while un- introduce the youngsters to marijuana narcotics, pays handsomely. der federal law it is a felony to send cigarettes and "goofballs"—barbitu- These same factors are behind the in- obscene material through the mails or rates. crease of pornography in many other to transport it by common carriers Police officials in Los Angeles, New parts of the country. The big ally of the (such as buses or trains), trucks and York, Chicago, and other major cities smut peddlers throughout America con- private automobiles can be used for have testified to the link between por- tinues to be public apathy. this purpose. Because rigid city and nography and crime. But despite this, So one of the first steps to be taken state laws on this are lacking, the smut the United States Supreme Court ruled by those who oppose the pornographic peddlers continue to operate—in some not long ago that the mail must be open racket is to arouse the public. How can areas with immunity. to magazines promoting homosexuality this be done? By enlisting the co-opera- One smut peddler, who was found to and nudism "because they represent the tion of your local service clubs, your have $50,000 worth of pornographic standards of any American commu- PTA, and church groups. Urge your material in his car and home when ar- nity." local organizations to push a deter- rested, escaped with a $250 fine. An- Many Christians will regard this mined campaign against the smut ven- other pornographic salesman, who was ruling as a slander on their communi- dors in your community. arrested three times transporting ob- ties and on America in general. They Select a publicity chairman, prefer- scene material from Ohio to Indiana in will deny that these are the standards ably someone with newspaper experi- his own car, was fined only $100 for of "any American community," but if ence, and enlist the support of your lo- each offense. they are, America is in a sad plight of cal newspaper. Like charity, a good These light penalties point to some decadence. Perhaps in time the Court cleanup campaign begins at home. of the things needed: tighter local laws will alter its view on this, as it has on Check over the mail being sent to your and heavier jail sentences, not low fines other matters in the past. children. If you find any pornographic material, send it to the U.S. Postal In- spection Service in Washington, D.C. Be sure to include the envelopes or wrappers in which the mail was sent to your home. These wrappers are im- portant to the postal authorities in pressing charges against the porno- graphic mailers. Several articles from THESE TIMES Have a lawyer who is a member of are brailled and become a part of the your antismut campaign check over the Christian Record, a monthly Braille local laws. They may need new teeth magazine published by the Christian in order to curb the racket in your com- Record Benevolent Association, Inc., munity. If your state laws need tighten- Box 36666, Lincoln, Nebraska, and pro- ing, send a delegation to your capital. vided free to the blind. We recommend Too often parents have shrunk from your advising your sightless friends of this fight for fear of being called blue- this arrangement. nosed censors, vigilantes, and squares. But this is a challenge that must be met. Every person interested in the welfare and decency of our children should join in this campaign to stop the vi- cious smut racket. *** 6 THESE TIMES, SEPTEMBER 1, 1962 The Lost Dem, E014,04: Bible

NE DAY the world awoke to find RECREATIONAL FACILITIES and belong to a book club, we are very O that the Book of books had disap- EDNA A. WHITMAN happy to have this new-to-us magazine. peared. All traces of its influence Greenville, Michigan We like its format and its excellent con- had vanished. At the present time there is a dis- tents. Much of the music of the world was cussion going on in our daily paper as BEST EXPLANATION OF SCRIPTURE to how many recreational facilities should silenced. The mighty oratorios were no MRS. WOODROW BENNETT be provided for the young people of our longer to be heard. The hymns express- Dumas, Texas ing the hopes and fears, the longings city. The article entitled "Go Home" on the editorial page of the March issue is I want to tell you how much I have en- and reverence of human hearts, had joyed THESE TIMES. The article "After died away. Christmas and all the re- fine. Have I your permission to use it in a letter to the editor? Death—What?" is just exactly what I juvenating carols were gone. Many of have always believed, ever since I became the masterpieces were no more; others HELP TO BOYS a Christian and began my Bible study. had great parts of the music missing. CHARLES W. AIKEN, PRESIDENT Although I have been a all my Libraries looked as if millions of de- Boys of America Home life, I do not agree with some things they vouring moths had descended upon the Greenville, South Carolina teach. For instance, they believe once saved always saved. I believe people can printed pages. Books of Shakespeare, Your publication has meant more to fall from grace by going back into sin. Milton, Bunyan, Tennyson, Longfellow, us than you will ever know. Please visit I would like your opinion on that. Also, the home and meet these boys when you Tolstoy, Dostoevski, and hundreds of what about the use of tobacco with a are in this area. others were well-nigh unintelligible, due Christian? Does it condemn him? Speak- to many omissions. Law books no SORRY, NO REPRINTS ing of "After Death—What?" my denomi- longer made sense, for fundamental MILDRED H. BELDEN nation believes you go to your reward as principles had been eliminated. Wilmette, Illinois soon as death occurs. They take the scripture of Lazarus and the rich man as The Magna Charta of Britain, the I have read the article by Mary Hunter an example. But the writers of the New Constitution of the United States, the Moore, "Will God Allow Space Travel?" Testament speak often of sleeping after American Declaration of Independence, in a recent issue and think it is almost death. the Bill of Rights, and all the great inspired. I am wondering if you have I find in this magazine the best expla- made reprints of this article. statements of liberty and human rights nation of the Scriptures I have ever read. everywhere in the world were wiped RE: IMMORTALITY ARTICLE blank except for a few commonplace CHRIST TO THE FORE words now utterly lacking in signifi- W. C. ROTH Allentown, Pennsylvania B. D. cance. Marion, Michigan But the loss of the Book cut even Enjoyed your February issue, especially the article by Earle Hilgert, "Immortality Glory, hallelujah! That's my reaction deeper. Values became blurred; human of the Soul or Resurrection of the Dead?" to your April editorial. It stirs me to joy, life grew cheap. Men became tools to I heartily agree that his treatment is con- for you are bringing Christ to the fore. be used. Life grew drab and meaning- trary to many religious teachings due to The whole April issue is wonderful, but less, and man had only himself to wor- the fact that many teachers and transla- the message of your editorial rejoices me, ship. Restraints fell off the human con- tors have misunderstood and misplaced gives me new hope for "the refreshing of science, and all the brutal instincts of spirit for soul. the presence of God" to be poured out in abundance and soon. the animal in man were unleashed. L. E. FROOM With the Bible lost, a veritable Hades Washington, D.C. BOUND VOLUMES WANTED had broken loose upon the earth. *** You are to be commended for securing CALVIN THIELM AN, LIBRARIAN and publishing the book review by Earle Billy Graham Evangelistic Association Hilgert, of the Cullmann volume Im- Minneapolis, Minnesota mortality of the Soul or Resurrection of the Dead? Dr. Hilgert's evaluation is very Will you please send us the bound and sound, and I am glad for this publicity indexed copies of THESE TIMES for the for the Cullmann volume. years 1960 and 1961? Please send them to the Billy Graham Library, Montreat, ARMLOAD OF MAGAZINES North Carolina. NETTIE M. POLLOCK Holt, Michigan TOP-NOTCH ARTICLES Some generous person, anonymous, is E. E. KUNGEL, PASTOR sending us a gift subscription to THESE West Palm Beach, Florida TIMES. Although we subscribe to an arm- I think THESE TIMES is the best I have load of magazines, secular and religious, ever seen. The articles are tops. THESE TIMES, SEPTEMBER 1, 1962 7 The World's Most Complete Depiction of Christ's Life

Christus Biblical Gardens, using scores of life-size Bible characters in wax, is the Srnokies' newest attraction.

OR MORE than two decades in keeping with the psalmist's words: cent mountain-base setting near the an ever-increasing stream of "I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills." heart of the resort town, beside the visitors has been pouring into Also in keeping with such inspiring sparkling Little Pigeon River. the Great Smoky Mountains and pleasing surroundings, there has A stately, imposing building of na- of Tennessee and North Carolina to come to the park headquarters town of tive unpolished marble houses what is revel in the cloud-topping beauty that Gatlinburg, Tennessee, a new, all-year believed to be the world's most com- has made them the magnet of the most- visitor attraction regarded by many plete depiction of the life of Christ, us- visited national park in the entire as one of earth's monumental nonde- ing scores of human-appearing, life- United States. nominational dedications to the highest size Bible characters master-crafted in For many of these Smokies visitors, spiritual values mankind possesses. wax and presented dramatically in spa- no doubt, the majestic surroundings This major attraction is Christus cious and realistic scenes of the Holy create a feeling of spiritual uplift truly Biblical Gardens, occupying a magnifi- Land.

Realism marks the lifelike appearance of Bible characters as they gather about the huinble manger in the impressive Nativity scene, one of ten spacious, three- By BART LEiPER dimensional dioramas to be viewed in Gatlinburg at Christus Biblical Gardens. Phil Bopp of God," Sermon on the Mount, "Suf- fer Little Children to Come Unto Me," The Last Supper, The Crucifixion, The Empty Tomb, The Ascension. An exterior feature of unfailing in- terest is the six-ton block of Carrara marble located in the Fountain Gar- den; in it Italian sculptors have carved the heroic face they conceive to be that of the Lord. This has been accom- plished in such a manner that no matter in what direction you move before it, the entire face as well as the watchful Above: Christ welcomes the little children and rebukes the elders for trying to prevent eyes seems actually to turn as if to fol- them from coming to see Him in one of the scenes at Christus Biblical Gardens. Below: low your every movement. An exterior view of the gardens at Gatlinburg, Tennessee, in the Smoky Mountain area. Christus Biblical Gardens is the crea- tion of a youthful Tennessean, Ron- These personages—so lifelike one tion of Dr. Cyrus Daniel, head of ald S. Ligon, businessman of Nashville, almost expects them to start moving Vanderbilt University's music depart- now devoting a major portion of his and talking—were created by the Lon- ment, recorded appropriate songs to time and energies to the operation and don firm of Gems, Ltd., for three gen- form the musical background accom- development of the Gardens, where ex- erations makers of lifelike wax figures panying the descriptive narration which tensive exterior additions are planned, shown all over the globe. All garments highlights the tour through the galleries. including large botanical plantings. were tailor-made by B. J. Simmons, Unforgettable chapters from the life Years of study and planning pre- noted English costume firm. Deroy Dis- of Christ that are shown in realistic ceded the actual creation of Christus plays, of Canada, devised the spacious tableaux at the Gardens, some of them Biblical Gardens. Ligon visited numer- three-dimensional scenes, or dioramas. almost forty feet in width, include The ous dedications to Christ, and his trav- Christus Biblical Gardens Choir, com- Nativity, Christ in the Temple, Christ els totaled more than eighty thousand posed of mixed voices under the direc- Tempted of Satan, "Behold the Lamb air miles. *** THESE TIMES, SEPTEMBER 1, 1962 9 Only God can take a worthless, sinful life like yours and mine, wash it in the blood of Christ, put His Spirit and holy law within it, and make it a blessing to humanity. Lflz Jesus Saves You a grim message. But there was someone lost whom he must save. Anyone, he Clyde Provonsha, Artist had taught, was at liberty to sin, but he had better be ready to take the con- sequences; for they would inevitably follow Israel, God's people, who had By repeatedly disobeyed God's Ten Com- mandment law. They had been as a re- E. C. Ward bellious and unfaithful wife. Now God's patience had run out, and destruction hung over the nation HE SLAVE trade is and al- he strode forward. He was known to like an avalanche over a mountain val- ways has been an ugly and them all. His name, Hosea; his occupa- ley. Hosea had even gone so far as to degrading business. Sleek tion, prophet of the Lord. He was the give his children names symbolic of his blackT ships out of Africa with a piti- last man on earth who should be deal- message: Jezreel, to remind the people ful cargo of human flesh cowering be- ing in the slave trade and going to the of the national crime which had been low decks, the lash, the chain, and the slave market on that day, but up ahead committed in that city when the whole filth and squalor of the slave compound on the auction block his own wife was family of King Ahab had been mur- are symbols of the bestiality and cruelty being sold as a slave that day. Just why of which human beings are capable. was he going? But worst of all is the slave market, The village folk could have been in where one man bids against another for no doubt as to the answer. They had the body and personality of a fellow heard Hosea preach, and they knew creature. Depravity and greed can reach him for a fiery prophet of the judg- no lower. Yet once—only once in hu- ments of God—truly a grim man with man history—the slave market was bright with the full revelation of the love and saving power of God. Its hor- rors were transformed, and it became the arena, not of man's inhumanity to man, but of God's unconquerable love for the human beings He has made. It happened some 750 years before Christ in an unknown village in the northern kingdom of Israel. A man walked through the streets toward the slave market, and the eyes of the vil- lagers followed him as, with head erect and a look of determination on his face, 10 dered; Lo-ammi, "not my people," amined his prophetic message. He came Golgotha on a cross as it did the Sav- since God had cast aside his people to a conclusion possible only for a iour of the world. and abandoned them to their own fate; greathearted man. He had been wrong The Bible deals with, and says much Lo-ruhamah, "no mercy," because the in representing God as a being of anger about, the need that all men have for healing springs of God's mercy were and judgment only. He passed the his- a Saviour. First, by nature "all have dried up and would no more nourish tory of his people in review before his sinned, and come short [miss the mark] the life of Israel. mind and read a new lesson there. of the glory of God." (Romans 3:23.) The rugged man who preached this They had been slaves in Egypt, driven, Education, culture, racial background, message had suffered a tragedy in his beaten, and broken, and God had and financial inheritance cannot change own home. His wife had deserted him heard their cry of distress and come the fact that the so-called best of us are and his family, and had gone out to down to deliver and save them. In the still sinners in the sight of God, until make her own way in the world. It had wilderness they had built golden idols we by faith accept the fact that Jesus been no easy road. She had become a and worshiped them. They had grum- came to save the lost. public prostitute, and now that her bled and complained against their God. Secondly, the Bible teaches that all charms had faded, she was being sold They had followed every selfish whim of man's nature was sold to sin as a re- at public auction. Her body and her of the moment. But God's hand had sult of the fall of Adam, or as Paul future would become the property of never left them. As He had been their states, "For I know that in me . . . anyone willing to pay the price. deliverer from slavery, so He had dwelleth no good thing." Romans 7: The fate of Gomer, the prophet's guided them every step of the way into 18. Therefore body, soul, spirit, mind, wife, was a perfect illustration of Ho- their own land. This was the kind of and man's morals were lost and had sea's message and of Christ's ability to God He really was, a God of infinite need of salvation, as was illustrated by save the lost. She had rejected his love patience, tenderness, and kindness, the supreme act of Jesus at Calvary. —as Israel had rejected the love of teaching His children to walk. Thirdly, the Bible teaches that man's God. She had turned from his home to Once the prophet had come to this distaste, abhorrence, and even hatred, the arms of other lovers—as Israel had understanding of what God is like, it for sin will not save him from it. The turned from the Lord to idols. The became startlingly clear to him what drunkard may dislike both the act of judgment had now fallen upon her, he must do about his wife, Gomer. He and the results from his passion for and she would be sold into slavery— must act as God would act. If God is drink, but he still goes back again and as the judgment was about to fall upon really one who loves, delivers, and again. The dope addict or tobacco user Israel, and the nation would become saves alive, then His servants must do may wish to break the chain of strong the slave of a foreign conqueror. It was the same. His new vision of the love of habit or defiling practice, but it is hope- an exact verification of all that God God compelled the prophet to save less until strength from a higher power had said and everything Hosea had Gomer from the horror which lay be- aids him. That ability to overcome is preached. Who among the townspeople fore her. only from Christ, who saves the lost. could doubt that Hosea was walking to The new vision demanded a new The immoral man and woman, if for no the slave market to see his words come language. Hosea took a word from the other reason than to avoid the rebuke true, to indulge in a rather sadistic "I common speech of his people and made of society, may wish to break their told you so"? it the key to the understanding of God's profane habit. But they are helpless, nature. This word appears in English unless help comes from a stronger Because of God translations of the Bible in a variety of source outside themselves. That source The whispering voices fell silent, and ways—as "lovingkindness," "mercy," is Christ. He is our only deliverer. For looks of astonishment appeared on the and "love." In the Revised Version it is He came to "save his people from their faces of the crowd. An unbelievable "steadfast love." But in the end the sins." (Matthew 1:21.) Therefore, thing was happening before their eyes. word defies translation; we can only from the slave market of inherited and Hosea, a Hebrew, a member of a race recognize it when we see it in life. cultivated sin there could be salvation to whom the sanctity of the family is of First of all, loving-kindness, as it in no other name or person, but in Je- paramount importance, was standing is connected with salvation through sus. (Acts 4:12.) in the public slave market, in the pres- Christ, is more than an emotion; it is Can a person always tell exactly how ence of his neighbors and fellow towns- a deed. The verbs used with it in the this process of deliverance and salva- men, bidding for the purchase of the Bible make this clear. You show lov- tion from sin works? harlot who had dishonored him. He ing-kindness or do loving-kindness— Though one may not always be able paid the price, half in money and half you never feel it. Emotion is cheap. to tell the exact time or place, or trace in grain, and walked back through the You can sit in an armchair before the all the chain of circumstances in the wondering crowd, leading his faithless fire and love all men of all races in the process of conversion and release from wife—once more at a heavy cost in whole wide world, and it does not mean sinful habit and defiling practice, this money and humiliation. Why had the a thing. It may give a comfortable does not prove him to be unconverted prophet of judgment stepped in to save glow of self-righteousness, but it is in and not justified before God. Christ his betrayer from the consequences of the end only self-deception and does said to Nicodemus, "The wind bloweth her sin? The answer is both simple and no one any good. Loving-kindness where it listeth, and thou hearest the profound. Hosea did what he did be- must be expressed in action. The doing sound thereof, but canst not tell whence cause of God. of it may take us into the filth of the it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is During the long days after Gomer slave market as it did the prophet of every one that is born of the Spirit." had deserted him, Hosea had re-ex- Israel, or it may take us to the Hill of John 3:8.

THESE TIMES, SEPTEMBER 1, 1962 11 Like the wind, which is invisible, became known as a desperate char- His heart became as tender as that of yet the effects of which are plainly acter, constantly forming plans to de- a child. All were amazed at the trans- seen and felt, is the Spirit of God in its stroy the prison and escape. In an evil formation. Hardened criminals stood work upon the human heart. That re- hour he made a murderous assault on by his bed and wept as he told how a generating power, which no human eye a guard, and as a result was sentenced man could climb from the depths can see, and which dwells in our to solitary confinement. through faith in God. He died trium- "hearts by faith" (Ephesians 3:17), There he seemed to become demon- phant, a witness to the saving power begets a new life in the soul; it creates possessed, cursing God and hating of a merciful Saviour. a new being in the image of God. While man. As a climax to his hostile life, This man understood what David the work of the Spirit is silent and im- tuberculosis fastened itself upon him, meant when he sang, "I waited pa- perceptible upon the conscience of the and the grim reaper drew near. tiently for the Lord; and he inclined recipient, its effects are clearly mani- One day a Christian woman came to unto me, and heard my cry. He brought fest. If the heart has been renewed by the prison. Though weakened by dis- me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the Spirit of God, the life will be a posi- ease and debauched by sin, he seemed the miry clay, and set my feet upon a tive witness to that fact. to see in her a resemblance of his rock, and established my goings. And mother, whom he loved and remem- he hath put a new song in my mouth, Words of Comfort bered. The words of this Christian even praise unto our God." Psalm 40: Driven from his home by a de- worker comforted him. She told him 1-3. bauched and ungodly father, an un- of the Son of God, who came to save There wells up in the heart of such happy boy found as his companions the lost and who even yet could reach an individual the extreme desire to ex- the citizens of the underworld. He down and save him. She knelt down press love to Jesus. The soul cries out, knew nothing of God, for he had heard and prayed for him, asking God to "Lord, how wilt Thou have me love that holy name only in vile oaths. convert him. Thee?" And the answer comes ringing Small wonder that before he reached The Holy Spirit touched his heart. back from the courts of glory, "If ye manhood, he was sentenced to the Conviction of sin was followed swiftly love me, keep my commandments." penitentiary for a foul crime. There he by repentance. He began a new life. John 14:15. (See Exodus 20:1-17.) One finds following Christ into baptism a pleasure. (Romans 6:1-4; Matthew 28:19, 20; Acts 19:1-5.) STEP BY STEP The mystery of "Christ in you, the hope of glory" (Colossians 1:27) may puzzle old friends, bewilder former as- "As thou goest, step by step, I will open up sociates, and perplex even demons of the way before thee." hell, but the divine relationship lost in Eden is restored by Christ when we Child of my love, fear not the unknown morrow, permit ourselves to be "led by the Dread not the new demand life makes of thee; Spirit of God." It is then while yet on Thy ignorance doth hold no cause for sorrow, earth that we become "the sons of Since what thou knowest not is known to Me. God." (Romans 8:14.) We gladly "come out" and "separate" from the Thou canst not see today the hidden meaning "unclean" that we may be "sons and Of My command, but thou the light shalt gain. daughters" of "the Lord Almighty." Walk on in faith, upon My promise leaning, (2 Corinthians 6:17, 18.) And as thou goest all shall be made plain. Is all this true? Is it all possible, that Jesus can save the lost, you may ask? One step thou seest—then go forward boldly; Christ answers, Yes! One step is far enough for faith to see; Longfellow could take a worthless Take that, and thy next duty shall be told thee, sheet of paper, write a poem upon it, For step by step thy Lord is leading thee. and make it worth $6,000—that's gen- Stand not in fear, thy adversaries counting; ius. Rockefeller could sign his name Dare every peril; scorn to disobey; to a piece of paper and make it worth Thou shalt march on, all obstacles surmounting, a million dollars—that's capital. Henry For I, the Strong, will open up the way. Ford could take a piece of metal worth only $150 and make it worth $1,500— Wherefore go gladly to the task assigned thee; that's skill. Landseer, the artist, could Having My promise, needing nothing more take a fifty-cent piece of canvas, paint Than just to know, where'er the future find thee, a picture on it, and make it worth $1,- In all thy journeying I go before. 000—that's art. But only God can take —Author Unknown. a worthless, sinful life like yours and mine, wash it in the blood of Christ, •-•••••_ ••-\•----•••_•••-•••-•,\ Z"\/"...... ,-••••-•^\•" put His Spirit and holy law within it, and make it a blessing to humanity— that's salvation. *** 12 THESE TIMES, SEPTEMBER 1, 1962 "A word fitly spoken is like ?blot Goa" apples of gold in pictures of silver." Proverbs 25:11.

Not all great exhibitions of Christian devotion are to be found in the distant past. The following is a 1951 diary entry by James Elliot who, in January, 1956, was killed while attempting to bring the Christian message to the Auca Indians in Ecuador. I walked out to the hill just now. It is exalting, deli- "CHRIST IN YOU, THE HOPE OF GLORY" cious. To stand embraced by the shadows of a friendly tree with the wind tugging at your coat tail and the heav- Of all the ways He shows Himself, the dearest ens hailing your heart--to gaze and glory and give one- Is when Christ lives in those we're living nearest. self again to God, what more could a man ask? Oh, the He comes again to us in human guise fullness, pleasure, sheer excitement of knowing God on Who knows the dimness of our earthbound eyes. earth. I care not if I never raise my voice again for Him, Sensing how doubts beset our finest choices, if only I may love Him, please Him. Perhaps in mercy He speaks to us in quiet earthly voices; He shall give me a host of children that I may lead them He sees how quick we are to go astray, through the vast star fields to explore His delicacies And uses friends to help us find the way. whose finger ends set them to burning. But if not, if only Oh, He was lonely once, He understands I may see Him, smell His garments and smile into my How dear the loving help of human hands. Lover's eyes—ah then, not stars nor children shall matter, —Wheaton Alumni News. only Himself. From Sue Vestal. —"Excerpts From Jim Elliot's Diary," His Magazine, April, 1956, p. 9.

A soft answer will prevent a lot of hard feeling. PRAYER OF THE OBSCURE —W. S. Bowden. Though there is naught of fame The way I trod, The world is mine while yet I may WHEN READING THE BIBLE Stretch forth my hand from day to day, The Bible, God's Holy Word, is not to be read like To touch some brow deep furrowed with despair, any other book, or like a newspaper or magazine. And with my fingers place a blessing there. Too many blessings are lost unless it is read as a per- sonal message from God Himself. Therefore, when The world is mine while yet there be truth is revealed, believe it; when a prayer is recorded, One lilting bit of melody appropriate it for yourself; when a promise is given, That I may pour into some heart receive it; when sin is pointed out, shun it; when an Grown sad and still, and feel it start example of holiness is presented, follow it in faith; and With joy, because I came. when Christ is portrayed in the matchless beauty and completeness of His Person and work, adore Him. Dear God, I cannot leave my mark on every soul, But grant, I pray Thee, this my radiant goal; That some may learn to laugh, and some to pray, Because, one shining hour, I passed this way. —Mildred Meeker. From Betty Gunter. What is your favorite quotation or bit of verse? Include source, author, and your name. No original material used.

THESE TIMES, SEPTEMBER 1, 1962 13 By H. M. Tippett

The third commandment: "Thou shalt not take the name of HE PLAYWRIGHT Eugene ; for the O'Neill once described our mod- the Lord thy God in vain tem age as "a generation with a scant view of history but an abundance Lord will not hold him guiltless of irreverence." In the area of sacred history—God's dealing with men and that taketh his name in vain." nations—this loss of perspective is eminently true. With a dim conscious- ness of God, life loses its sanctities and "anything goes." Morals have no norm even to many religious people—there sionary journey out of Ur of the Chal- other than "Don't get caught," and vir- is much more involved in the breaking dees, boldly built an altar in the midst tue and fidelity are elective. When life's of the third commandment than a man- of the Canaanites "and called upon the relationships become blurred through date against profane swearing and blas- name of the Lord." (Genesis 12:8.) loss of faith in God and contempt for phemy of God's name. David the psalmist sang to God's praise, His counsel, people have a fragmentary Probably no one of the moral pre- "His name shall endure for ever." concept of what is sacred. The indict- cepts of the Ten Commandments is Psalm 72:17. Of thousands of man- ment of Israel by the prophet Hosea more easily recited than the one which made things it has been the boast, may be aptly applied to our times: reads, "Thou shalt not take the name "This shall stand as long as time shall "There is no truth, nor mercy, nor of the Lord thy God in vain; for the last." Permanency has been the secret knowledge of God in the land. By Lord will not hold him guiltless that hope of kings for their empires, of swearing, and lying, and killing, and taketh his name in vain." Exodus 20:7. military generals for the glory of their stealing, and committing adultery, they Yet no other of the ten has deeper im- conquests, and of geniuses for their break out, and blood toucheth blood." plications, for in it is infolded the broad works. It was the ambition of those Hosea 4:1, 2. scope of God's deity found in Isaiah's who built the Tower of Babel on the With the loss of any consciousness prophecy of the Christ: "His name shall plains of Shinar, but its ruined ziggurat of God, irreverence for His name fol- be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mocks their folly to this day. The Phar- lows, and leads to a contempt for it and mighty God, The everlasting Father, aohs of Egypt heaped up their pyramids for the attributes of His character. The The Prince of Peace." Isaiah 9:6. The as perpetual memorials to their name, names of the Deity are then associated entire Christian dynamic is wrapped up but decay and erosion have done their with vile epithets for emphasis or for in these descriptive epithets, for the work, and the musty steeps of Gizeh no purpose at all except a swaggering ultimate in wonder is the beauty of holi- and its lesser mounds mutely speak of braggadocio. That profanity is a foul ness, the ultimate in truth is God's the presumption and vanity of their blot in modern business, industrial, and counsel, the ultimate in power is God's builders. certain social circles cannot be denied. might, the ultimate in love is God's Fa- The Levitical choirs sang their an- That it is the most common badge of therhood, the ultimate in service is tiphonal praises before the temple in men without faith and women without Christ's example as Prince of peace. Jerusalem: "He hath made his wonder- virtue needs little argument. That it To profane the names of Deity, then, ful works to be remembered." "Holy reveals not only poverty of speech but whether of God or of His Son, is to and reverend is his name." Psalm 111: also shallowness of spirit is the judg- break the third commandment, for Je- 4, 9. And after thirty centuries, today ment of the cultured mind. That it iden- sus said, "I and my Father are one." in perpetual tribute to God's ways and tifies the swearer with the illiterate, the John 10:30. works, ten times ten thousand steeple unspeakably vulgar, the thug, and the Reverence for God's name has been bells summon the faithful to worship hoodlum, every discerning person must the outstanding aspect of piety in every weekly in His sanctuaries, while in concede. But strange as it may seem- age. Abraham, on his memorable mis- tragic contrast only the howling jackal 14 THESE TIMES, SEPTEMBER 1, 1962 and laughing hyena break the dusty globe, the joyous note of song and ves- forbade idol worship, here they were silence of the buried cities of Persia and per hymn in thousands of crossroads bowing down in degrading rites before the rubble of the palaces of kings who chapels in Christian lands, and the tune- a molten image of the gods they had defied the God of heaven. ful praises of pidgin English in the known in Egypt. The last of the Old Testament proph- grass-thatched mission huts of steaming Moses pleaded in anguish for his ets declared that God's name would be jungles proclaiming their conviction, people, even offering that he himself held in perpetual memory: "From the "Me b'long God." might be accursed if they could be rising of the sun even unto the going Let us briefly review the series of saved (Exodus 32:31, 32), but God's down of the same my name shall be events at Sinai after Moses broke the displeasure could not be stayed, and great among the Gentiles; and in every first tables of stone in his grief over three thousand lost their lives as a re- place incense shall be offered unto my the idolatry of Israel. Although God sult of their depravity and disobedience. name, and a pure offering: for my name had delivered His people from the Then in mercy and deference to Moses' shall be great among the heathen, saith wrath of Pharaoh, by signs and won- plea God called him again into the the Lord of hosts." Malachi 1:11. In ders leading them through the Red mount for a rewriting of the law. fulfillment of that promise, witness the Sea to safety; although out of the smok- Greatly shaken by the events on the solemn Te Deums of great choirs in ing wonder of Sinai He had spoken to plain, Moses wanted assurance that he metropolitan cathedrals around the them His commandments, one of which was indeed being led by the Holy One whose voice he had heard in the mount. "Show me thy glory," he cried. Clyde Provonsha, Artist In response God promised, "I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the Lord before thee." Exodus 33:19. Then because no man could see the glory of God and live, Moses was hidden in a cleft of the rock as God descended in a cloud and proclaimed the attributes of His name: "The Lord, The Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffer- ing, and abundant in goodness and truth, keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the chil- dren's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation." Exodus 34: 6, 7. Here was a virtual repetition of the warning and promise that had been given in the second commandment con- cerning false worship, a terrible re- minder of which Moses had seen in the wrath of God on Israel. In this re-emphasis upon the divine nature of the moral precepts, Moses was given such a revelation of God's character as must have been the stay of his faith in all the forty subsequent years of wilderness wanderings. God had identified Himself at the burning bush as the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the great "I AM," the self- existent One. This was the name God told Moses he must use when presenting his credentials to Pharaoh. The gods of the Egyptians were many. The plea for

The contrast between the Pharisee and the publican illustrates the importance of giving true honor to the name of God. The Lord is not honored by outward display or pompous utterances, but by a sincere, repentant heart.

THESE TIMES, SEP I FN1BE 1Z 1. 1962 15 Israel's deliverance could not be made anything to do with the affairs of men. from guilt, for "lying lips are abomina- in the name of any of these man-made Out of respect for those who do rever- tion to the Lord." (Proverbs 12:22.) deities. So to impress upon Moses, and ence the holy name, however, decent This third commandment is the first on Pharaoh too, the mandate of Heaven citizens often refrain from profaning of the ten that gives force to our crimi- for Israel's deliverance, God used His God's name in their presence. Certainly nal laws against perjury. Some of the all-inclusive name, meaning, "I am and every effort to keep social and business most severe penalties of our statute was and am He that shall be." conversation from irreverent epithets books are directed against those who It was as though God had said to should be encouraged. For there is a lie under oath. In the light of the deeper Moses, "Do you think of Me as Crea- positive and rewarding side to the ob- spiritual implications set forth here, tor, the great First Cause? Do you servance of the third commandment, God's name is not profaned when a wit- conceive of Me as the all-wise, all-pow- as when devout people use the name of ness in court makes a solemn vow erful One? Do you you concede my pre- God or Christ in prayer. Its influence in under God that what he is telling is the existence, omnipresence, and eternal na- that connection is so remarkable that truth, if indeed his story is true. But ture? All these I am and more, for I when these holy names are used in to forswear one's self to a lie in the cannot be fully comprehended in the reverence, angels seem to draw near, name of the Deity brings not only civil language of men. But here are My at- rough men doff their caps, and some- punishment but also the frown and tributes—merciful, gracious, long-suf- times even brush away a tear. displeasure of Heaven. Paul in writing fering, abundant in goodness and "Thou shalt not take the name of to the Galatians made the solemn oath, truth." Here in a new transcendence of the Lord thy God in vain." The empha- "Before God, I lie not." Galatians 1: meaning, the Fatherhood of God shone sis here is not so much one of negative 20. In his charge to Timothy, he wrote, through the gloom, revealing a benevo- restraint as it is of being alert to the "I charge thee therefore before God, lence and loving-kindness that was tremendous power and glory there is in and the Lord Jesus Christ, . . . preach pledged to follow His people all the it for the believer. Jesus taught His the word." 2 Timothy 4:1. These were way to Calvary. disciples to use God's name as the por- reverent uses of God's holy name. With what mingled emotions, then, In contrast to the solemn use of with what new reverence for God and God's name in civil courts is the coun- penitence for His people, with what sel of Christ in His Sermon on the greater depth of understanding, must Do you have problems, burdens, Mount when He severely condemned Moses have watched the second writ- and perplexities that seem over- the common swearing of His day. He ing of the third commandment on the whelming? If you drop us a line, was obviously not talking about court tables of stone: "Thou shalt not take we shall be glad to join you in oaths, but about the light and trifling the name of the Lord thy God in vain; praying to our heavenly Father. use of God's name in daily affairs. "Let for the Lord will not hold him guiltless Address all correspondence: Prayer your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, that taketh his name in vain." Exodus Circle, Box 59, Nashville 2, Ten- nay." In His day it was common to 20:7. Here was the third part of the nessee. swear by heaven, by things on earth, by trilogy of worship, the first command- Jerusalem, by one's head; we have its ment pointing to the source of worship, counterpart today even on the part of the second precept to the singleness of Christians who use such expressions worship, and the third to the sincerity tal to prayer: "After this manner there- as "Honest to goodness," "For good- of worship. fore pray ye: Our Father which art in ness' sake," "Good gracious," "Mercy Any insincerity in worship, therefore, heaven, Hallowed be thy name." Mat- me," "Good heavens," and many oth- is taking God's name in vain. A pre- thew 6:9. So careful was Jesus to give ers worse than these that are only cor- tentious piety that covers sin in the glory to God when He performed His ruptions of the names of Deity. Some- heart is breaking the third command- miracles that the wondering multitude one has called these "subtle profanity." ment. In fact, of all the command- did not praise the Saviour, but "glori- These certainly are a use of the attri- ments, none seems to strike more di- fied the God of Israel." (Matthew 15: butes of and references to God "in rectly at hypocrisy than this one. If 31.) vain." The only emphasis He Himself that be so, then we may conclude that Reverence for God comprehends used was, "Verily, verily." although it knows no exemptions, this more than folded hands, a bowed head, Obedience to the third command- moral precept was perhaps not directed and bended knees. Unless the heart is ment carries its own reward. The secret so much against the frustrated golfer, involved, we are out of harmony with of that blessing may be illustrated by the loose-mouthed slattern, the bibu- the great dynamic of the third com- watching a great baritone vocalizing lous sailor, the inebriate trooper, the mandment. Walking softly in the sanc- down the chromatic scale until his voice obscene rowdy, as it was against the tuary, singing alleluias in the choir, and reaches the same pitch as a drinking pious fraud, the religious dilettante, the partaking of the emblems of Com- glass on the table. It, too, then begins careless, irreverent churchman. Any re- munion are all commendable religious to vibrate with sound. So, if the believ- ligiosity that passes for true faith and exercises, and if done with conscious ing heart is in tune with God's way and devotion is an offense to God. It is worship of God are accepted by Him. His will as revealed in the Scriptures against all such insincerity that the But if these be done with an impenitent of truth, the life will be in harmony third command inveighs. heart and, like the Pharisees, only to with the principles and mandates of Reverence for God is hardly to be be seen of men, or because it is a tribute heaven. "Whatsoever ye do in word expected of those who do not confess to respectability, the commandment de- or deed, do all in the name of the Lord to know Him as God, or as One having clares that such a person is not free Jesus." Colossians 3:17. *** 16 THESE TIMES, SEPTEMBER 1, 1962 By WILLIAM A. FAGAL 7 Eril-ll 3

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Streets of gold, walls of jasper, delectable food, ex- HERE is no such thing as cellent climate—these are just heaven's fringe bene- heaven. When you are dead, fits. Learn now what heaven really has to offer you. you're dead, and that's all!" T Spoken as it was to those who mourned a very recent loss, it was a cruel and heartless thing to anew how glad we were that we had do some persist in scoffingly referring say. Though fifteen years have passed, faith in the hereafter. to it as "pie in the sky by and by"? My relative's declaration of unbelief I have never forgotten it, for it was What has caused many people to spoken within my own family as some reject the entire idea of heaven? Why made me ask myself this question again and again. Could it be that perhaps we of us talked of the hope which we Christians have in God and heaven. who believe have been somewhat out Afterward, when we in the family who of touch with modern life and the needs believed were alone again, we affirmed of twentieth-century humanity in our

Enjoyable family scenes on this earth are only a foretaste of the greater pleasure that will come with association in God's great family in heaven. emphasis on certain aspects of heaven? church work met with no response. Let me show you what I mean. However, as a compensation, I was A number of years ago I heard an told that accepting this invitation would excellent preacher discuss the hereafter result in my living in the area of the before a sizable audience which had finest climate in the United States, with gathered in a large theater. He read the very finest of fresh fruits and vege- verses from the Bible which speak of tables constantly at our disposal. heaven's Holy City havit streets of No opportunities to work in the area gold and walls of jasper, and told how of service I loved best—but a fine cli- appealing that sounded to him. I re- mate! I tried not to show it, but in- call that he spent quite some time in wardly I felt a bit insulted! Work un- describing the grapes which he felt happily in the best climate available? will be grown there, asserting that they Not me! I would sooner take the worst will be huge, and the most delicious weather in the world if need be (not and palatable we have ever eaten. He that Long Island has it) and all the read other verses from the Bible which handicaps of eating out of cans (I'm seem to indicate that the climate of not doing that, either) if my work can heaven will be just right, with no bitter offer me a challenge and my daily life winter cold or exhausting summer heat. can be happy. He was very eloquent in his descrip- Life is more than climate. Jesus tion of the music of heaven, and stated Himself recognized this same principle that he intended to spend the first thou- when He said, "A man's life consisteth sand years of eternity in studying not in the abundance of the things music, concentrating especially on the which he possesseth." And of course harp, which he suggested was the in- it doesn't! Streets of gold, walls of jas- strument of heaven. It was all very real per, delectable grapes, an excellent cli- to him, and I was favorably impressed mate, are all fine—but not enough in by his sincerity. themselves to make me want to leave When it was all over, I tried to the relative happiness which I have analyze my own reactions. I had no de- here and now. And at the risk of being sire to dispute any of his points, but I different, I will admit that as yet I have had to admit that he had not really developed no real burden to learn to awakened in my heart a favorable and play a harp. Someday I might feel dif- an affirmative response. I decided the ferent about that; but now it does not reason and reverently but realistically meet any basic longing or need of my want to share my conclusions with you. life. Streets of gold would be nice to have, Perhaps others have reacted similarly I presume, but I have never really when only these aspects of heaven have missed them or even longed for them, been presented, and have even rejected for in my neighborhood we are getting the whole idea of that kind of heaven. along nicely with streets made of plain The truth of the matter, as I see it, is black asphalt. And I have never felt that these things are just the additional a basic need in my soul for walls of fringe benefits, if you please, of the life which the Bible describes for us in the jasper around my town. In fact, I am Artists' conceptions of heaven are entirely just as glad not to have any walls at all. hereafter which God is preparing for those who love Him. Surely the pleasures In the little suburban Long Island com- the saved of earth. Now let us examine bring that affirmative response God wishes I munity where I live, there is not even what the Bible teaches about that life. a sign indicating when one leaves one Very few individuals have ever edly, on many occasions he watched town and enters the next. A wall, no claimed to have actually seen heaven, the restless waves lap monotonously matter how lovely, would not be a basic but the prophet John tells us that God against the shoreline of the island and modem need of a man who does not gave him this privilege. "And I saw looked out longingly as far as his aging even feel the need of a definitive sign a new heaven and a new earth." Reve- eyes could see toward his homeland. on the town line. lation 21:1. What does this man who That was where his loved ones were— saw into heaven itself have to say on the other side of the sea. Life Is More Than Climate about it? What is his first response and He was separated from everything And speaking about luscious grapes comment regarding it? "There was no and everyone that could make life and a salubrious climate, I remember more sea." A strange first reaction in- happy for him—by the sea. The first a long-distance telephone call which deed—until you think about it. And thing he noticed about heaven, there- a number of years ago brought me a then it becomes exceedingly meaningful. fore, was the absence of the sea. He tempting invitation to pastor a fine For John had been banished to the observed joyfully not the gold and the and influential church. My inquiry re- desolate and barren Isle of Patmos, jasper, but the fact that in heaven there garding opportunities to pursue some where he lived out his remaining lonely is nothing to separate a man from his of my particular special interests in years in exile and solitude. Undoubt- loved ones and from his work and from ther sorrow, nor crying, neither shall laxation and rest when I first get to there be any more pain: for the former heaven, but I am the kind of individual things are passed away." Revelation who can hardly stand two weeks of 21:4. That hits "pay dirt" with me! vacation spent in one place with noth- These are the things that rob all life, ing to do but "rest." In a very short including mine, of its joy and beauty. time that is not enjoyable for me any These are the constant and persistent more. What would I ever do with the enemies of all that is worthwhile for ceaseless ages of all eternity on my all of us. I respond wholeheartedly and hands? I am glad that God has planned completely to the idea that they will be something different from that. done away with forever in the future Instead of sitting about in everlasting life which God desires me to have. relaxed inactivity, the Bible pictures Most of what the Bible says about a fruitful life for those who ultimately heaven is written in the negative, tell- reach heaven. "And they shall build ing us strongly and encouragingly about houses, and inhabit them; and they shall what will not be there—no more death, plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of sorrow, crying, pain. This used to dis- them. They shall not build, and another turb me somewhat. Good pedagogy inhabit; they shall not plant, and an- would dictate that such a description other eat: for as the days of a tree are should be presented in the affirmative. the days of my people, and mine elect Why this emphasis, then, upon the shall long enjoy the work of their hands. negative? They shall not labour in vain, nor bring Perhaps God faced certain unre- forth for trouble; for they are the seed solvable problems and serious limita- of the blessed of the Lord, and their tions in describing heaven to us in any offspring with them." Isaiah 65:21-23. other terms. How would you describe I can engage in an endless variety of a warm island in the tropical Caribbean satisfying labor which will not be done to an Eskimo who had had few oppor- in vain. And no trouble! I can stand an tunities to travel? You might begin eternity of freedom from trouble! by telling him that islands in the sun have palm trees. But what would this Heaven Fits My Needs mean to a man who had scarcely seen All God's creation will be restored any kind of tree? You might describe to the peace and harmony that He in- the golden sands of the beaches, washed tended for it in the beginning. Even the constantly by the deep blue warm wa- animal kingdom will show the tranquil- ters of the beautiful ocean, but what lity, the lack of hostility and aggressive- would this mean to a man whose world ness, which God originally intended for consists mostly of frozen waters? His whole creation. "The wolf and the Before long, in spite of yourself, lamb shall feed together, and the lion you would be drawing on the negative, shall eat straw like the bullock. . . . perhaps saying something like this: They shall not hurt nor destroy in all "Caribbean islands have no polar my holy mountain, saith the Lord." bears, no freezing temperatures, no ice, Isaiah 65:25. I respond to a world and Robert T. Ayres, Artist no snow, no need for trapping wild a life like that. to portray the things God has prepared for love has in mind for His children ought to beasts to secure warm fur garments." I make no apologies for my belief in hen He says, "My son, give me thine heart." Do you see the direction you would be heaven. The place described in God's forced to take by the Eskimo's lack of Word promises me just the kind of life the opportunities that bring genuine understanding regarding the tropics? I have always wanted to live. And daily happiness to him. In heaven noth- Even greater is the problem faced by God assures me I will be happy— ing prevents a man from achieving ab- God in describing heaven for us. He happy forever, every day and every solute fulfillment, and that begins to has told us: "Eye hath not seen, nor hour of my life. "For, behold, I create mean something to me too. This simple ear heard, neither have entered into the new heavens and a new earth: and the observation of John gives me some- heart of man, the things which God former shall not be remembered, nor thing with which I can identify. Death hath prepared for them that love him." come into mind. But be ye glad and is a great sea that separates loved ones, We have nothing to compare to it. rejoice for ever in that which I create: even at the present. So do misunder- Much of the present-day emphasis for, behold, I create Jerusalem a re- standing, wasted opportunities, mistakes on heaven has stressed the idea of rest. joicing, and her people a joy." Isaiah in judgment. I can respond affirmatively To some this may sound most inviting 65:17, 18. Heaven completely fits my to the idea that in heaven there will be —perhaps to the aged or the chronically basic needs. It sounds like my country. "no more sea." ill or those especially weary because Its people sound like my people. Be- John continued: "And God shall of unusual manual labor. But frankly, cause of this I can feel with certainty wipe away all tears from their eyes; this does not sound especially attractive that "heaven is my home." and there shall be no more death, nei- to me. I might like a few days of re- If everyone knew what heaven is

really like, would not each desire a place there too? It would seem so. There is room enough for all. God has HEAVEN IS MY HOME---4 SeeritM44# made provision for every single in- dividual who desires a place in His 1. What man actually saw heaven? Revelation 21:1. eternal kingdom. "For God so loved the 2. What was this man's reaction to that which he saw? Revelation world, that he gave his only begotten 21; 22. Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting 3. Will heaven be a place where man can use his creativity? Isaiah life." John 3:16. Christ's death on the 65:21-23. cross has paid the price for every one 4. Will there be animals in heaven? Verse 25. of us. We may have everlasting life through Him if we accept the blood 5. Will heaven be a place of supreme happiness? Verses 17, 18. shed for us on Calvary. Then as we go 6. How can I be assured of a place there? John 3:16; Revelation through life, we will want to be obedi- 22:14. ent to the principles which our heav- Will the occupants of heaven see the face of God? Revelation 22: enly Father and His Son, Jesus Christ, 7. 4. Will they see the outstanding personalities of the Bible? Luke have outlined for us in God's Word, the Bible. This obedience will call for 13:28, 29. a deliberate shunning of some of the 8. Will everyone be admitted to heaven? Malachi 4:1; Revelation so-called pleasures of the world. In 21:27. this sense it will cost us something. But 9. Is it possible fully to comprehend the joyous provisions God has without doubt, when we finally get on made for the inheritance of His children? Isaiah 64:4. the other side, we will all agree that heaven is cheap enough. 10. Who occupies the heavenly city besides the saints? Revelation And so I look forward confidently 21:3. to the future. I recognize there are many things about the future life that

I do not know and cannot understand, and they may never be made plain to me until I finally get there. But I have no fear about these things. Although I do not know all, I have the assurance that God does. He has made the plans for me, and I can safely trust in Him.

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A MEAN STEPFATHER the one who is substituting for your fa- the kindness he shows your mother, and QUESTION: I am a girl fourteen years ther), you will find it easy to build up that you are glad you can go to him old. A few months ago my mother mar- a resentment against your husband later for counsel with some of your problems, ried a man who is mean to us children. in life. Another thing: the kind of atti- he is more than likely to begin to treat He yells at my younger brothers and tude you have toward someone and the you as an adult instead of as a child. tries to boss me around, but I won't way you treat that person usually is the And you will have learned a most stand for it. When he sees that I pay attitude he will have toward you and valuable lesson. the way he will treat you. If you frown no attention to him, it makes him angry, ALL RIGHT TO SMOKE? and he won't speak to me for a week. at a person, he is likely to frown right He doesn't want my mother to give me back at you. If you smile, he is likely to QUESTION: Is it all right for a girl to money for clothes. He makes fun of smile. If you talk disrespectfully to him, smoke? the way I comb my hair and ridicules he is likely to use sharp words in talk- ing to you. If you act stubborn and op- ANSWER: If you are asking whether my boy friends. Everything I do is a girl has as much right to smoke as a wrong. What can I do? Please help me. pose his every wish and desire, he is likely to do the same with you. Espe- boy, the answer is Yes. She has as much ANSWER: Indeed I am very sorry to cially is this true with adults and teen- right to lung cancer and other diseases hear of your unhappy home life. But agers. as anyone else. But who wants to this situation need not discourage you. When a teen-ager shows an interest smoke? There isn't anything about In fact, it may prove to be a blessing in in an adult and desires to make him smoking that sweetens the breath, gives disguise. One of the major lessons every happy, he is far more likely to take an a rosy tint to the face, or a sparkle to teen-ager has to learn is how to get interest in that teen-ager. Why not do the eye. Smokers have foul breath, sal- along with adults as an adult. Hereto- a little adult observing on this step- low complexion, and languid eyes. fore you got along with adults as a father of yours? Notice how he acts Then, pray tell, why does anyone child, but now you are growing into when he comes home from a hard day's smoke? The answer is, They want to womanhood and should learn how to work and finds no one glad to see him. be like everyone else. They see others get along with men and women as an He senses that he is not wanted. If he smoking. They read the appealing com- adult. The early teen-age is the ideal speaks to anyone, he is ignored or an- mercial ads, and not wishing to be time to learn this art. As you have al- swered roughly. See how he reacts and thought a "square" or odd, they start ready observed, some people are easy notice the way he talks to people. Then the habit. Few indeed would ever touch to live with, and others are not. Now on another day notice how he acts when the stuff if others did not use it. Hun- if during your teen age everyone around everyone seems glad to see him. Some- dreds and thousands of intelligent peo- you is easy, you might not learn the one runs to open the door for him, and ple who innocently formed the habit lessons you will need later in life. But he is met with a smile and a cheerful in childhood and youth have given if you come in contact with one or two greeting. Some of his wants are even up the use of tobacco as soon as they adults who are very difficult to under- anticipated. A glass of water is brought realized what it was doing to them. stand, and if you learn how to get along to him without his asking for it. He is There are nineteen different poisons with them, you will have learned one of handed the paper to read. Notice how in tobacco. No wonder the bodies of the the most valuable lessons of life. he acts now, and what he says to peo- users are weakened and often de- A teen-age girl's attitude toward her ple. It is very hard for the most stub- stroyed. The girl who wishes to be father is very likely to be her attitude born person to be cross with this kind lovely and graceful in body, sweet and toward her husband. If you build up of treatment. charming in personality, will never a resentment against your father (or When he sees that you appreciate pollute her lips with tobacco. *** THESE TIMES, SEPTEMBER 1, 1962 21 It seems that Christ desires to dis- close new and wider vistas to us every day. He wishes to unfold new visions before the eager eyes of all His follow- ers. As long as we behold Christ, we can never let our horizon become our boundary. When we behold "the King in His beauty," we soon see the land "of far distances." Yes, along with the vision of the king comes the vision of the continents. Christ points us to a path of continual progress, ever onward and upward. In the words of an inspired writer: "Higher than the highest human thought can reach is God's ideal for His children. Godliness—godlikeness—is the goal to be reached. Before the student there

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Mrs. Ellen G. White portraits by grateful writers who feel eternally indebted to those who have most beautifully HAKESPEARE, with keen in- sight, placed in the mouth of exalted Christ in word and deed. Iago this thought-provoking description of the influence that Cassio had upon Iago's thinking: A vision of Christ makes us cry out is opened a path of continual progress. "He hath a daily beauty in his life that with Isaiah, "Woe is me! . . . for mine He has an object to achieve, a standard makes me ugly." In a sense, that is the eyes have seen . . . the Lord." Isaiah to attain, that includes everything good, distinctive influence that Christ has 6:5. Christ never lets a Christian be- and pure, and noble. He will advance upon every human being who will seri- come satisfied with himself or his as fast and as far as possible in every ously study His marvelous life. This achievements. One writer exclaimed: branch of true knowledge. But his ef- is a wonderful service that Jesus ren- "Sad is the day for any man when he forts will be directed to objects as much ders each dedicated disciple who will becomes content with the things he is higher than mere selfish and temporal keep his eyes focused on Christ. There thinking or the deeds he is doing." interests as the heavens are higher than is a little chorus that partially describes Bishop Gerald Kennedy of the Meth- the earth."—Ellen G. White, Educa- it: odist Church put it this way: "Chris- tion, pp. 18, 19. "Turn your eyes upon Jesus, tianity never lets a man settle down." When I first read those words as a Look full in His wonderful face; How true this is. "The path of the just lad in my teens, I seemed to feel that And the things of earth will grow is as the shining light, that shineth more Christ was standing upon some lofty strangely dim, and more unto the perfect day." Prov- eminence and was beckoning me with In the light of His glory and grace." erbs 4:18. these reassuring words: "Come up 22 THESE TIMES, SEPTEMBER 1, 1962 higher, higher still. Come up to higher have felt after their journey to Emmaus, Lessons and received perennial inspi- levels of thinking and living." I had when they cried out, "Did not our ration from the book. Later I was told heard the call of Christ in my youth, heart burn within us, while he talked that its author was a Seventh-day Ad- and since I responded to that call, He with us by the way, and while he ventist. I was shocked at this news. I has completely transformed my life. opened to us the scriptures?" Luke could not understand or believe it, be- In view of this amazing influence of 24:32. cause I had been told that Seventh-day Jesus upon my life, I can never cease to This wonderful book which altered Adventists did not believe in Christ thank God for everyone who has given the course of my life was Christ's Ob- and that "they keep Saturday for Sun- me a new glimpse or a clearer vision of ject Lessons. It was a book of 421 day, so they must be Jews." However, Christ. Someone has said, "I am a part pages, written by Ellen G. White. I did I knew from my own reading and study of every man I have ever met." Through not know the author, but as I read the that Ellen G. White did believe in Je- the influence of their books we may also book, it unfolded Christ's parables with sus. Her writings had led me to Christ! be a part of many men and women such beauty and charm that I was held I was determined to find out the truth whom we have never met. We have spellbound. I was fascinated by the about all these statements. I was eager read interesting eulogies by various au- simplicity of the language and the to secure every book written by El- thors about "The Greatest Character earnestness of every appeal to accept len G. White that I could find. I soon I Have Ever Met," or "The Most Un- Christ as the Saviour of the world. His discovered that she was the author of forgettable Character I Have Ever Met." philosophy of life was made very clear. many other books. It was not long be- As I write this present tribute to a With compelling power I was drawn fore I was the proud owner of some of great Christian leader and author, it to Jesus. I accepted Him as my Lord these, such as Education, Steps to could carry this subtitle: "The Greatest and Saviour. I joined the Methodist Christ, Desire of Ages, Ministry of Character I Never Met." Actually I church in my home town and was soon Healing, and The Great Controversy

IMPORTANT PERSON IN MY Between Christ and Satan. I found that these books rang just as true to Christ and were just as clear and beautiful as Christ's Object Lessons. However, I soon discovered that many other im- LIFE portant Christian doctrines—long-for- gotten truths of the Bible—were pre- sented with the same simplicity, clarity, and persuasive power. It was a happy By Adlai Albert Esteb day for me when I made my decision to embrace these great Bible truths, and I was baptized by immersion, the same method by which Jesus was bap- tized. Immediately life took on new never met the person who painted for meaning for me. me my clearest picture of Christ and By the time I graduated from high extended to me such a heart-warming school in Salem, Oregon, I had made and heart-moving introduction to Je- my decision to give my life to the sus that I could not resist the appeal. teaching a Sunday School class of boys Christian ministry. I had read the book Many others, including my mother, my own age. As a result, it was not Education about this time. I was one had told me about Jesus. And I thank long before I overheard one of these of three students who gave speeches at every one of them for the part each boys say to another on the public our graduation exercises in the Armory played in directing my youthful feet school playground, "Let's not swear in 1919. My talk was largely inspired on the Christian pathway. But it was any more; here comes Adlai." I was by what I had read in that wonderful a book that finally captured my atten- gladdened to know that my influence book, Education, and I quoted some of tion. My imagination was fired as I was beginning to help my fellowmen. the great passages from it. read. I felt like the disciples of old must I continued to read Christ's Object After our student speeches, one of THESE TIMES, SEPTEMBER 1, 1962 23 the distinguished guests on the plat- form arose. He was Dr. Carl Gregg Doney, president of Williamette Uni- versity. He presented two of us with scholarships to the university. I was Just Suppose surprised but grateful for the honor and thanked Dr. Doney. However, I never used the scholarship, for I had already decided to become a literature A question burns within my heart evangelist and attempt to earn a schol- I dare not ask in prose. arship to Walla Walla College, a Sev- I'll state it here in rhyming words enth-day Adventist school, where I BY And call it "Just Suppose." would prepare for the gospel ministry. PHYLLIS LAW With God's rich blessings I earned my Now just suppose you go to church scholarship each summer. And speak to God in prayer; Through my college years I con- Do you invite Him home with you, tinued to study the writings of Ellen G. White. My respect and admiration for Or do you leave Him there? her literary achievements grew. I mar- veled how God used her pen to unfold Suppose instead of being near the truths of the Scriptures with such To listen when you speak; clarity and power. I discovered many Suppose He chose to hear your prayers other books by the same author, a stack One hour, once a week. nearly as high as my head. Since those days I have made the Bible and her Suppose beyond this veil of life writings my constant companions. After His kingdom you would seek; four decades in the gospel ministry Suppose He tells you you're allowed I can say that the luminous pages of Ellen G. White's books have lost none In heaven once a week. of their luster. On all my travels around the world I always take my Bible and at least two of Mrs. White's books with me on every trip. These books always lead me to a fresh appreciation of Christ and of His Word. I have read tional and administrative leaders, and of nearly all tongues the message she my Bible through forty-one times and many others, with the same frankness, felt called upon by God to deliver. have memorized many inspiring pas- the same earnestness and conviction, "The life of Mrs. White is an ex- sages from the beautiful writings of with which she wrote on general sub- ample worthy of emulation by all. God's humble servant. jects of temperance, religion, or the Though of limited education, for the Christ gave the church a dependable home. greater part of her long life in poor yardstick by which we may measure Indeed, one historian, after review- health, she never faltered, but for sev- the merits and worth of a human being. ing her activities and her influence as enty-two years carried and preached He said, "By their fruits ye shall know an organizer, went on to say: "This re- the message of Jesus Christ, as under- them." When I measure Ellen G. White markable woman, also, though almost stood by her, to the furthermost corners by the fruits of her life and labors, I entirely self-educated, has written and of the earth. She was a humble, devout stand amazed at the overwhelming evi- published more books and in more disciple of Christ and ever went about dence of the greatness of this noble languages, which circulate to a greater doing good. Her writings have been Christian writer and church leader. extent than the written works of any published in books, papers, and peri- Those who knew her, praised her for woman of history."—George Wharton odicals, and from her prolific pen have her humility, sincerity, and beautiful James, California—Romantic and come writings on many religious topics. Christian character. Beautiful, pp. 319, 320. She was revered by all the members of Ellen G. White, through her writings After her death in 1915 at Elms- the Seventh-day Adventist Church and as well as her personal influence, gave haven, the following tribute to her ap- honored and respected by all who ap- counsel which brought guidance to the peared in the St. Helena, California, preciate noble womanhood, consecrated work of the Seventh-day Adventist Star, July 23, 1915: "By the death of to unselfish labor for the uplifting and Church and helped to build up the or- Mrs. Ellen G. White, a noted religious betterment of mankind. Her death ganization, which now is established leader has been called to her reward. marks the calling of another noted in most of the countries of the world. Mrs. White was probably one of the leader of religious thought and one Her field of writing included nearly best known women in the world. She whose almost ninety years were full every area of church activities. She had traveled extensively, had lectured to overflowing with good deeds, kind wrote her books of counsel to teach- to large audiences in many countries, words, and earnest prayers for all man- ers, preachers, doctors, editors, litera- and her writings had been published in kind. ture evangelists, nutritionists, institu- various languages carrying to people "This good Samaritan will surely be 24 THESE TIMES, SEPTEMBER 1, 1962 greatly missed. Her reward will be com- Christ but also give guidance as to greatest world, all things, animate and mensurate with the great good she has how to live for Christ and how to pre- inanimate, in their unshadowed beauty done." pare for the kingdom of heaven. and perfect joy, declare that God is This tribute was printed by the editor Some of Ellen G. White's descrip- love."—The Great Controversy, p. 678. of a secular newspaper, a friendly on- tions of heaven are so moving that you The reading of these words always looker. What could be the tribute of would think anyone who reads them deepens my desire to be there. I want thousands whose lives have been com- would want to live there. Here is a sam- to see Jesus, my living Lord, and the pletely altered by the influence of her ple: "The great controversy is ended. heavenly mansions He has gone to pre- life and labors? It was through her Sin and sinners are no more. The en- pare. I want to meet Ellen G. White books that Ellen G. White became the tire universe is clean. One pulse of also. I want to thank her for what her most important person in my life. Her harmony and gladness beats through writings have done for me personally books seem almost like living things! the vast creation. From Him who cre- and to tell her that through her books Indeed, John Milton wrote: "A good ated all flow life and light and gladness she has exerted the greatest spiritual book is the precious lifeblood of a throughout the realms of illimitable influence upon my life of any person master spirit, embalmed and treasured space. From the minutest atom to the on earth. *** up on purpose, to a life beyond life." Yes, a good book is "precious life- blood," and it does speak! Did not the Apostle Paul write about Christ's "precious blood" and that His blood "speaketh better things than Abel's"? Abel's blood spoke. Did not God Him- self say that Abel's blood was crying out of the ground after Cain had killed him? In Hebrews 11:4 Paul reminds By WALTER RAYMOND BEACH us that Abel, although long dead, "yet speaketh." And Ellen G. White, al- though now long dead, "yet speaketh" through the "precious lifeblood" of her books! Through her books she has On Rebels spoken to my heart and has continued to influence my life more than any other person. A SPIRIT of revolt is abroad in the symbol. Christ had to carry it up a long Ellen G. White was the author of A earth, leading more often than not hill to His death. He walked the dusty fifty-four books with 23,000,000 words to violence and distress. However, not roads of Palestine. His disciples knew all written by hand. In addition to all every rebel is a bearded revolutionary hunger, thirst, and persecution. Chris- these books, most of which have been overthrowing his government, or an un- tianity is not easy street, because the in continuous publication, there are also disciplined beatnik willfully breaking stakes are too high. Everywhere there many unpublished letters and manu- the mores of his society. As a matter is hunger, poverty, sickness, or igno- scripts still in the vaults, like a rich of fact, a true Christian is a rebel of rance—and there Christ expects you treasure waiting to be explored. a kind. He rebels against every power to be representing Him. Christianity Here is a quotation selected from that seeks to tie the hands of God or makes demands on you—demands that thousands of passages that bring peren- to impede the sweep of His purpose. you cannot dodge or ignore. nial inspiration to my soul: "When the As a Christian you will rebel against Third, you will rebel against the love of Christ is enshrined in the heart, three major temptations. First, you temptation to place religion apart from like sweet fragrance it cannot be hid- will rebel against the temptation to daily living. People will tell you that den. Its holy influence will be felt by gauge what is right according to the religion is fine for the weekly eleven all with whom we come in contact. The eyes of the majority. Even if you suffer o'clock church service, or for ten min- spirit of Christ in the heart is like a loneliness, the standards you set will be utes before bedtime; but that it has no spring in the desert, flowing to refresh on the basis of principle and convic- place in a classroom, a busy factory, all, and making those who are ready to tion. You will not be swayed by huge or on the highway. They will try to con- perish, eager to drink of the water of billboards or garish advertising or mass vince you that you cannot be religious life."—Steps to Christ, p. 77, pocket action. Every moment of decision will while at work. Be a rebel! Show the edition. be measured by mind and heart and world that life and religion must be In all my personal study I have al- in accordance with the "still small fused, else religion is worthless. Bring ways found the writings of this noble voice" speaking to you. religion into your home, your work, woman exalting Jesus and never exalt- Second, you will rebel against the even your play. ing herself. Her writings lead one's temptation to make life as easy as In this threefold rebellion you will thinking away from self to Christ, away possible. You live in an age of short not always remain alone. Others will from human weakness and imperfec- cuts and timesavers. You can have join you. Together you will form a tions to God, the Source of spiritual charge accounts, push-button service, mighty force in behalf of Christ. You strength and happy Christian living. and instant everything. Yet, remember will be His rebels—the only truly ef- Her writings not only lead one to always that spiritually, the cross is your fective ones in the world. *** THESE TIMES, SEPTEMBER 1, 1962 25 n

haleEwing Gallo' m a LTHOUGH in the old days of foot-wide tail rearing out of the water him with a kindness and solicitude that whaling, when ferocious and upsetting the second boat and its must have been rare in those rough, sperm whales were the main crew. One man was drowned, and a uninhibited days. For two weeks Bart- quarry, more than one later check of the rescued revealed an- ley remained under lock and key in the off staunch seaman met death other unaccounted for. captain's cabin, an only half-human, through being swallowed by an enraged He was seaman James Bartley, a gibbering lunatic whose recovery was monster, the instances where the man youngish, very tough and hardy whale- more than once despaired of. survived and lived to tell the tale are man of great value to his ship; but However, he gradually regained pos- rare indeed. To be tossed into the sea after this fateful encounter with a session of his senses and at the end of from a frail whaleboat by a leaping, sperm, he was given up for lost like so the third week had almost entirely re- tail-thrashing sperm in agony from the many before him. covered from the psychic shock of his first harpoons, bitten and maybe even The whale in question was finally experience. His physical condition swallowed, was a not infrequent fate killed by the first boat and in a few seemed unimpaired, and he soon re- of these intrepid whalers. But to emu- hours its great carcass was lying along- sumed his normal duties. late the ancient miraculous experience side the Star of the East, waiting to be During his stay in the whale's stom- of the Hebrew prophet Jonah and flensed. The crew set to work and spent ach his unclothed parts were exposed emerge from the whale's belly later the rest of that day and part of the to the merciless acid of the animal's alive and unharmed is an adventure night dismembering their haul and "try- gastric juices, and his face, neck, and at once unbelievable and fantastic. Yet ing out," or rendering down into oil, hands were bleached and shriveled to it has undoubtedly occurred. its thick underskin of blubber. Next a deadly whiteness with the look and In a long and close study of the sub- morning they resumed their gruesome feel of old parchment. When he was ject I have discovered only one instance task and attached lifting tackle to the able to talk coherently of his ordeal, completely corroborated by reliable au- whale's stomach, now exposed, and he said he clearly remembered the thorities, and its details are so remark- hoisted it onto the deck for cutting up. sensation of being thrown from the able that it is worth recounting. The men were startled by what they boat into the sea. Then followed a It was February, 1891. The English thought was a slight, spasmodic move- tremendous rushing sound he believed whaling ship Star of the East was cruis- ment within. Being well acquainted with was the swirling of the whale's tail ing near the far Southern Falkland Is- the voracious appetites of the sperms through the water, and he was soon lands, then a great whaling base. She and doubtless expecting to see a large "encompassed by a great darkness." He was after sperm whales, or cachalots, fish, maybe a shark, still alive, they im- the great barrel-headed, sixty-to-sev- mediately slit open the great paunch. enty-foot-long kin of Moby Dick which Inside, to what must have been their were at that time still the mainstay of immense horror, was Bartley, doubled the industry. (Nowadays, the rather up, drenched, but still alive, though READER'S CHOICE larger blue and fin whales are the chief deeply unconscious. First suggested by Lehman F. commercial prize, far fewer sperms re- He was at once laid out on the deck Taylor, of Elmira, New York, maining to be caught.) The lookout and treated with a crude but effective this harrowing story makes for on the mainmast suddenly spotted a dousing of sea water. After some min- fascinating reading. Send in the large sperm about three miles away, utes of this, he began to come round, article or book chapter that has so two whaleboats were lowered and but his mind was not clear and he was meant much to you. If you are first to submit it and we use it, eventually one of the harpooners was put to bed in the captain's own quar- you will receive $15.—Ed. able to sink his first lance in the crea- ters. The entire ship's company, from ture's side. As so often happened, the master downward, doubtless appalled sperm curved over to dive, its twelve- and overwhelmed by his fate, treated 26 THESE TIMES, SEPTEMBER 1, 1962 said he felt he was slipping along a his long account published in the Jour- and there is some evidence that when smooth passage that itself seemed to nal des Debiits in 1914 with these attacked, enraged, and in pain these move along and carry him onward. words: "I believe that the account given whales will attack man deliberately in This sensation lasted only a short by the English captain and his crew self-defense, occasionally swallowing while, and then he realized he had more is worthy of belief. There are many their victims whole. room. As he groped about him, he cases reported where whales, in the It is noteworthy that Bartley bore no touched the walls of his prison: they fury of their dying agony, have swal- teeth marks, and his unvarnished de- were thickly slimy and yielding. Slowly lowed human beings, but this is the scription of the swallowing and after fits it dawned on the fellow's bemused first modern case where the victim has in with the known biological facts. The mind what had in fact happened to come forth safe and sound. After this gullet would aid his progress stomach- him, and he confessed he was overcome modern illustration, I end by believing ward, the walls of the belly would be with horror and fright. He asserted he that Jonah really did come out from the soft and mucous-covered, and the in- could breathe easily but the heat was whale alive as the Bible records." sulation from outside sound there terrific—not a scorching heat like that De Parville died during World War would be complete. The great heat is of the sun, but a close, oppressive heat I, and the Bartley case was later rein- explained by the fact that the normal that seemed to open up the pores of vestigated by Sir Francis Fox, a well- body temperature of a sperm whale is his skin and draw out his vitality. known and respected British civil en- around 104° F., to a human being high In time he became very weak and gineer who was associated with the fever heat. sick and began to realize there was no construction of the Mersey Tunnel at The greatest stumbling block some modern scientists have encountered in this case is just how Bartley managed A Startling and True Story Which to breathe sufficient air during his many hours' incarceration, when the crea- Makes Credible the Jonah Experience ture's digestive juices were present and eating into his unexposed* skin. But according to the man's own testimony BY DAVID GUNSTON he found no difficulty in breathing Reprinted from Courier—the British Monthly Magazine while still conscious, and he also as- serted that he felt he would have finally died from starvation than from other way of escape. He admitted trying to Liverpool and the Victoria Falls Bridge. causes, and in fact he collapsed from face death calmly, but the knowledge From his personal interest in the story fright and shock, not from lack of air. of his predicament, the complete dark- of the original Jonah he again went The explanation seems to be that con- ness, the intense heat, his growing into the 1891 story, checking de Par- trary to later beliefs based on only weakness, and oddest of all, the terrify- ville's records and drafts. In his book partial knowledge of the case, the ing quiet, finally overcame him. He of memoirs Sixty-three Years of En- whale's belly was not full, or indeed claimed he could remember nothing gineering, published by John Murray, even partly full, of gastric juices at the more until he came round in the cap- London, 1924, he recounts the story time, and as shortly afterward the ani- tain's cabin—which for a lowly sea- very fully and examines it with de- mal was in fact killed, its stomach man must have been the final touch to tachment, reaching a firm conviction secretions ceased altogether from that his nightmare! His mental and physical of its complete veracity. time. Bartley was never completely im- condition was not harmed, however, Since then a number of natural mersed in fluid, and there was sufficient and when interviewed on his ship later history writers have asserted disbelief in air within to keep him alive. he was reported to be "in splendid often garbled or fourth-hand stories of Nevertheless, the case remains re- spirits, and enjoying life," as well he Bartley's experience—without check- markable and quite miraculous. From might, for he must then have been one ing its original sources. There is no my own researches into it I am satisfied of the luckiest men alive. doubt that sperm whales can swallow that this modern Jonah really did en- Of James Bartley's subsequent fate a man with ease, and have in fact done dure this bizarre adventure, an adven- nothing seems to be known other than so many times. One old-time whaling ture that certainly lends credence, in an that he continued at sea. With the typi- captain described the sperm as having age of skepticism, to the age-old story cal modesty of the mariner he appears "an eight-foot swallow," and instances of Jonah. Bartley did not equal the deliberately to have avoided publicity, of sharks both ten feet and sixteen feet prophet in the duration of his ordeal, but after the Star of the East's return long have been reliably recorded as for Jonah was in the whale's belly home both her captain and one of her found in the stomachs of sperms cut "three days and three nights." It is officers issued separate detailed de- up on whaling ships. These creatures rarely mentioned, also, that our Lord scriptions of the incident. The case was have a V-shaped trapdoor of a mouth Himself corroborated the Jonah story later taken up and investigated very lined with eighteen to twenty-eight in a passing reference. (Matthew 12: thoroughly by M. de Parville, scientific conical teeth eight inches long, and this 40.) Those who, in spite of this, con- editor of the Paris Journal des Debdts, formidable equipment is mainly used demn the Biblical tale of Jonah and his and a scientist of authority and repute. for biting and eating large chunks of whale as "just another fish story," can- In spite of his initial skepticism, de the giant squids that form their main not have heard of James Bartley and Parville was eventually so convinced food. However, complete, unbitten his. *** of the truth of the thing that he closed food is sometimes taken, usually fish, *Printed thus in Courier.—Ed. THESE TIMES, SEPTEMBER 1, 1962 27 /11)NE OF THE precious mo- ments to every man comes when he can take off his ' ,2 shoes, put on a warm pair of slippers, and lean back in his favorite easy chair with the eve- S. C. Eldridge ning paper. This spells perfect relaxa- tion. Merely the thought of it is enough to make a man feel better when taking By J. DeWitt Fox, M.D. the hard knocks of a competitive day. The important part of this relaxation some American homes. It also adds to what the Chinese are wearing as they ritual is taking off the shoes; for there the cleanliness of the home, for no one iron your shirts—slippers. is something about unharnessing the is tracking mud and dirt through the We Americans need to give our feet feet, letting them stretch and breathe, house. that aids in general body relaxation. more freedom. With it will come more The Chinese were long noted for bodily relaxation. We should take off During World War II the thing the binding the feet of their women, but our shoes, toss our feet up onto foot- wounded soldier wanted first was to the men always enjoyed feet that could stools, and stretch our toes more often. have his shoes removed. Even disc stretch and relax. To this day they jockeys are aware of the joy of remov- One reason our feet give us trouble wear light silk slippers. Go into any ing the shoes. Eddie Gallaher, noted is that we do not exercise them enough. Chinese laundry in America and see Too few of us walk farther than to the Washington, D.C., radiobroadcaster, highlighted his Moondial program by A. Devaney, Inc. calling it "the program that's better with your shoes off." Just why we humans like to slip our shoes off is hard to say. Probably it represents a break from social ritual. Certainly it is marvelously comfortable. In the privacy of man's home or under his office desk he can give his tired feet a break. The Orientals have the problem per- manently solved. In Japan they slip out of their wooden platform shoes into slippers at the door of their home. No shoes are allowed inside. This custom gives a quiet relaxation not found in 28 over the towel and keep working it up late to be a kid again. While there is under your foot. Another is to pick still time this summer, let's take our up marbles with your toes and place shoes off and wade in the lake, stream, them here and there on the floor. Still or ocean. Let's wriggle our toes in the another: roll a small round bottle, such warm sand and feel the joyous relaxa- as a soft-drink bottle, under the sole tion that comes from taking our shoes of the foot. This serves as a good mas- off, letting our hair down, and really sage to the bottom of the foot and living, as we did when we were kids. stimulates the nerves and blood vessels. Don't forget the joys of the evening Probably one of the foot exercises fireside with your shoes tucked away, you enjoyed as a youngster has long your feet enjoying the sweet release of been neglected. Surely everyone recalls a few minutes' peace before the fire- the barefoot boy with cheeks of tan, place in a pair of soft slippers, a young- J. DeWitt Fox, M.D. walking along a creek bed with the ster on your knee, a good book in your sand between his toes, a fishing rod on hand. Let the warmth of the fire per- garage or the corner grocery in a day's his shoulder. Maybe your special fun vade your soul. I guarantee it will be time. Our feet become weak, ligaments as a youngster was running over the a rich experience. become stretched, muscles flabby, and wet morning grass in your bare feet or Wherever you are, whatever you do circulation poor. When we do walk sinking your toes into the mud at the for a living, you will have fun at the a mile or so, our feet really give us seashore as the waves from the break- end of the day if you'll slip off your trouble. Hiking, a sport that is rapidly ers crept to the shore and crawled shoes and enjoy the freedom of foot disappearing, is one enjoyable diver- into your sand castle. It is never too comfort. *** sion. After a happy hike it is a real comfort to take off boots and heavy socks and rest the feet on a camp stool. These joys of outdoor exercise and The germ- r1 Look feet-stretching would give us new vi- tality and even greater pleasure from our feet. By Marjorie Spiller Neagle Your feet are very interesting struc- tures. They are actually intricate pieces of machinery containing 52 little bones N OLD MAN told me the following incident, which had occurred in his (one fourth of all the bones you pos- youth and which, he said, had colored his way of thinking for the re- sess), 38 muscles, 2,114 ligaments, A mainder of his life: and the highest concentration of sweat "I was traveling around the country in search of some 'local color and char- glands and tiny blood vessels in the acters' for the book I planned to write. My characters were to represent an indo- entire body. lent, shiftless people whom I could see in my mind, but whose existence needed The average day's walking adds up to be authenticated. After some days I found myself in a backwoods area which to thousands of jolts on the soles of was just what I had dreamed it would be--complete as to `color'—the run-down the feet. Many women make the gross farms, the seedy men, the washed-out women. Now there remained only for mistake of doing their household chores me to find the one character who would epitomize the indolence and spiritlessness in an old pair of high-heeled pumps or of the community. floppy shoes. There is no better way of "Suddenly I came upon him; he had been made to order. He was a white- mutilating feet than wearing ill-fitting bearded old man in a faded blue shirt and overalls. He was hoeing around a little shoes. patch of potatoes in a scrubby back-yard garden—while sitting in a chair. Foot health is closely related to "I was elated. My eye, trained for detail, took in the whole scene: the unpainted general well-being. A painful corn may shack, the sagging door, the broken wooden steps of the porch. Here was my cause a person to alter his natural background complete, and in the foreground my 'character' sitting down to hoe posture so radically as to invite strain his garden. on muscles and nerves far removed "I started back to the rooming house where I had put up for a few days; my from the foot. Foot discomfort may fingers were itching to get at my typewriter keys. As I made the turn in the dirt cause faulty posture, later leading to road which ran past the cabin, I turned to look back, to see the scene from another low back pain. angle. Many foot ailments, such as calluses, "When I did so, I saw something that stopped me cold in my tracks. For from corns, bunions, ingrown toenails, fun- this side I observed, leaning against the chair, a pair of crutches, while one empty gus infections, and hammertoes, have overall leg hung limply to the ground. medical histories that go back to the "In that instant the shiftless, lazy 'character' I had been looking for was trans- patient's youth. Others may be ag- formed into one of dauntless courage. gravated by poorly fitting footwear. "Since that hour I have never made a judgment of any man after only one look Foot exercises can do much to im- at him, or one conversation with him. For I know that often the second look, the prove foot comfort. One of these is second word, may prove the folly of so doing. simply to place a towel on the floor "And I thank God because on that day so many years ago I turned for the and in your bare feet curl your toes `second look.' " *** THESE TIMES, SEPTEMBER 1, 1962 29 BOOKS LIVE FOR GOD Let the church continue to publish from different points of view, is that the greatest story ever told—the story we do not seem to enjoy life as we How important are books in your of Jesus Christ. When Philip, a deacon once did. There is too much activity, life? Edward R. Murrow, director of in the early Christian church, met the too much commercialized amusement. the U.S. Information Agency, recently Ethiopian officer returning to his home- For example, the nation's annual said, "As one who has spent a life- land from Jerusalem, the man was bill for recreation is over $40 billion. time in electronic journalism, I am reading. The zealous Christian ap- Some fifty million Americans spend more and more impressed with the proached the Ethiopian's chariot and over a billion dollars a year on bowl- importance of books." asked, "Understandest thou what thou ing and hunting. Again, some fifty mil- The noted radio and television com- readest?" lion souls spend a billion dollars an- mentator sees the value of libraries in The officer was reading the prophe- nually on gardening, yet less than half of them say they like the hobby. They simply force themselves through the motions in order to keep the yard pre- sentable—a status symbol to the neighbors. Children do not go on hikes any more. They must be recruited and regi- mented in organized camps, junior baseball leagues, and every other type of recreational grouping. If the labor unions carry out their present aims, they will in the next twelve months put heavy pressure on lawmakers to require a thirty-five-hour work week. This may be essential to keep enough people working, but what will families do with their leisure? As Gene Sherman, in the Los Angeles Times, writes: "The pitiful thing of it is that no one knows how to do noth- ing for a while. The pressure is on to fill the spare time with activity in antici- pation of that awful day when we will be inundated with leisure." Work is a blessing ordained of God for human welfare. Too little labor de- stroys the creative impulse, the feeling of accomplishment, in human beings. If we are to have more hours of leisure, we must learn how to use our time to find genuine relaxation, sound recrea- tion, and happiness. countries around the world. The U.S. cies of the Book of Isaiah, and as the ACID TEST OF MORALITY Information Agency published some result of his study and Philip's invita- six million books for overseas distri- tion, the man was baptized a Christian Striking at the declining standards bution in 1961. American publishers that day. The power of the written of morality, beauty, and decency in sold an additional $40 million worth word cannot be overrated. It is the these United States, Gen. Dwight D. of books in foreign lands in 1961, too. seed which is sown by followers of Eisenhower said recently that the twist The Christian church has also rec- the Master, and it brings fruit for is not a minuet, movies and books ognized the importance of the printed God's kingdom. Books are alive. They center on immorality to be best sellers, page since the days of the Reforma- speak of heaven to waiting multitudes. and much modern art fails to inspire. tion. Martin Luther published pamph- We agree with the sound observa- lets for Germany, and the fervor of the ON ENJOYING LIFE tion of the former president of the reformers was transmitted to the writ- Two significant books have recently nation, and we remember similar state- ten word. Since that day the Bible and been published which deserve atten- ments of Jenkin Lloyd Jones, editor of religious literature have been trans- tion as a reflection of our social situa- the Tulsa Tribune, as presented to the lated and published in hundreds of tion. One volume, by Walter Kerr, is Inland Daily Press Association in Chi- languages. The good news of God's entitled The Decline of Pleasure; the cago. He asked, "Who is tampering love has reached into the minds of second, by Norman M. Lobsenz, is with the soul of America?" Compar- millions of men and women as the called Is Anybody Happy? The theme ing Russia and America, he declared, result of reading. of both authors, although approached "The Russian stage is as austere as the 30 THESE TIMES, SEPTEMBER 1, 1962 Victorian stage. Russian literature may be corny, but it is clean, and it glori- fies the Russian people and exudes optimism and promise." The philoso- phy of the United States, said the editor, is saturated with "behavioristic CURRENT psychology." Then he added, "Clearly something is missing. Could it be the doctrine of individual responsibility? When nations cease to believe in them- AND selves, when they regard their institu- tions with cynicism and their tradi- tions with flippancy, they will not long remain great nations." QUOTABLE There was a close examination of our needs when Editor Jones said, "The healthy man who chooses to loaf on unemployment compensation is not a defender of human freedom. The playwright who would degrade us, the Wide World Photos author who would profit from pander- 0. K. ARMSTRONG, ing to the worst that's in us, are no BAPTIST LAYMAN AND FORMER friends of ours. . . . It is time we CONGRESSMAN FROM MISSOURI brought self-discipline back into style." .Ar Ar- Discipline means obedience to fun- damental laws; it centers in obedience to the eternal Ten Commandments. 11111P O. K. Armstrong, Baptist layman and former congress- Because we have cast aside the basic man from Missouri: "Tax exemption for churches and laws which reveal our allegiance to their related activities rests upon two historic American principles: God and our respect and honor to our complete freedom of conscience and worship, and recognition of fellowmen, we have sunk into this the benefits of organized religion to society." present-day morass of lawlessness. The Dr. Frederick Brown Harris, chaplain of the U.S. Senate: "Some standards of literature, art, and music depictions on stage and screen could not better fit into the total are flouted by clever artists. The laws disparaging picture the Soviets are always painting of America if of the land are winked at by astute they had been selected by a 'Board of Communists' whose goal is business manipulators. Social standards the destruction of our free land." are cast aside as men rationalize any kind of conduct they choose. C. Ernest Tatham: "Modern advertising is shot through with false We are breaking ourselves by a life representations. Exaggeration to the point of impossible claims of lawlessness. The laws stand as a seems to create no real protest from the purchaser. To listen to the challenge to sane living. The psalmist amazing claims of certain modern drugs, for example, one can only said that God's commands were his marvel that anyone today can possibly be sick!" "delight." Again he declared, "There- George Romney, automobile executive and political leader: "The fore I love thy commandments above Constitution was written by inspired men raised up just for that gold; yea, above fine gold." Psalm purpose." 119:127. How many Americans today will obey the laws of the land and the Dr. George Lucas, pharmacologist, University of Toronto: "I have eternal Ten Rules even at the sacrifice found it safer not to undertake driving in a fatigued state and not of personal wealth? Is it the gold or to use even caffeine to bolster a weary body." the Golden Rule? Is it money or con- Howard W. Cursler, minister: "Every Christian would profit by duct according to law? This may be reading in every major field of Christian literature. Since so few have the acid test of the nation's morality. the time to read three or four books at the same time, a variety of SHYING FROM CIGARETTES reading can be accomplished by reading in different fields at differ- We admire the way the British are ent times. For example, a Christian ought to read at least one good facing the issue of cigarette smoking Christian biography a year, one good book on missions, one good and cancer. Recently the Royal Col- devotional book, and so on. High on the list should be lege of Physicians issued the report of a book that would help one to study a specific book a nine-man team which definitely con- of the Bible. One should not overlook the Christian cluded that cigarette smoking was a classics." cause of lung cancer. The government has backed the re- port with vigorous speeches in Parlia- THESE TIMES, SEPTEMBER 1, 1962 31 EVENTS OF THESE TIMES EVENTS OF THESE TIMES EVENTS OF ment. Physicians have recommended higher taxes on packs of cigarettes. Booklets, placards, radio and televi- sion, are all publicizing the menace of cigarette smoking. The New York Times reports that "thousands of Brit- ons have given up smoking cigarettes, some for pipes and cigars. Some to- Senior girl scouts Kath- bacco shops have reported a 10 to 40 leen Mill, 15, of Hicks- per cent drop in cigarette sales." ville, Long Island, New Americans have had the same scien- York (left), and Bonnie tific facts for several years; but in con- William, 16, of Levittown, trast to the British, we have paid little Long Island, practice attention to the warnings of science. pitching a tent in prepara- While British tobacco companies have tion for the 1962 Girl decided to withhold television adver- Scout Senior Roundup in tising until after 9 P.M., when children Button Bay, Vermont. are less likely to be watching, Ameri- can companies have more and more flooded television channels and radio with sinister appeals to youth to start smoking. One tobacco concern in Eng- land is withdrawing hundreds of ciga- rette vending machines from public places to curb illegal purchases by youth under sixteen years. We would like to see Americans take The newspaper also reports that the the same interest in their health and in sales of antismoking pills have soared, the well-being of the younger genera- U.S. Public Health Department warn- and tobacco shares have dropped stead- tion that Britons are manifesting. De- ing of the relation of cancer to ciga- ily on the London Stock Exchange. spite the meaningful reports by the rette smoking, nothing has been done by Congress to curb advertising or to

RNS educate youth of the danger. More millions are being poured into the cigarette image of the nation—be a he-man, be virile, be romantic by smoking! All efforts to get cigarette manufacturers to face the cancer threat have come to naught. These unscru- pulous concerns are determined to make millions in profit, no matter how many Americans are sent to their Mrs. Mary Celesta Weath- graves because of the deadly peril. erly (left) was named PRACTICE, THEN PREACH American Mother of the Year and Mrs. John H. If society is slipping in its morals, Glenn, Sr., was chosen as we cannot put all the blame on others; World Mother by the we must look at ourselves. Erwin D. American Mothers Com- Canham says: "The first steps in a per- mittee, Inc., in New sonal agenda for action are moral. The York. Mrs. Glenn is the individual can ask himself: Am I set- mother of the first Ameri- ting and striving to live up to sound can to orbit the earth. standards in my own life, standards free from hypocrisy, self-righteousness, dis- honesty? In the religious, the ethical, the parental training and experience of nearly every individual there are moral standards. They need to be applied." Too many Americans are ready to preach to others while they, the moral- izers, are selfish, lazy, materialistic, and 32 THESE TIMES, SEPTEMBER 1, 1962 THESE TIMES EVENTS OF THESE TIMES EVENTS OF THESE TIMES lax in their moral standards. The dic- "claims 2,000 lives every year" there. care are needed desperately. Yet with tators have their brainwashing tech- The crowded living quarters are al- all the physical betterment there is yet niques; but the free countries have the most unbelievable, according to Cecil a greater need—that of spiritual regen- temptation to sidestep principles and Northcott, writing in The Christian eration. Millions of bewildered, hope- evade decision-making. Century. Some 30 per cent of the popu- less men and women have no knowl- The heart of true religion was set lation live three families to a room. edge of the love of Jesus Christ and forth centuries ago by the prophet Only 14 per cent of the city dwellers how He died to redeem them from ruin. Micah. This is the standard of God: are members of families with more than "I am not ashamed of the gospel of "He hath shewed thee, 0 man, what is one room to live in. Seventy per cent Christ," said Paul, a man with a world good; and what doth the Lord require of the people must share lavatory fa- vision, "for it is the power of God unto of thee, but to do justly, and to love cilities with from ten to one hundred salvation to every one that believeth." mercy, and to walk humbly with thy other families. Romans 1:16. But how can millions God?" Micah 6:8. Refugees from East Pakistan pour know this power unless it is brought There is no substitute for a creative over the border into India, and many into their daily experience? Look to the religious experience in which the in- of these displaced persons settle in the lands afar. Civilization is beckoning to dividual goes into action every day for poorer areas of Calcutta, which only the waiting multitudes. But beyond the God. The best sermons are not given in worsens the situation. faint promise lies a deep, intense dark- the pulpit; they are living sermons in To give this sordid picture of living ness which the dedicated church of the workshop, the kitchen, the office, conditions in this city is to present a Christ must penetrate. God is depend- the sickroom, or the field. They are situation that may be duplicated in ing upon His faithful disciples of this Christianity in action! many parts of the Orient. Healthful liv- generation to carry the torch of truth ing conditions, sanitation, and medical to all mankind. *** CHRIST AND LIBERTY "If we are to win the cold war, we must get back to God, and to get back NEW NAME FOR OLD POT to God we must get back to the Bible," said Federal Judge Luther W. Young- dahl of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, to the 146th an- nual meeting of the American Bible Society. "Christianity has not been as effec- tive as it should be because we haven't always accepted what Christ has of- fered us," added the judge. "We haven't been willing to pay the price for it. We haven't been willing to trust Him and to follow Him, and that is the reason why we haven't been doing so well in the cold war." Speaking of human liberties, Judge Youngdahl emphasized, "The Bible is of vital importance in teaching free- dom. Never before has there been such a need to get the inspired Word of God to people all over the world in their native tongue. The good news contained in the Bible will bring won- derful changes in people."

BEYOND IS DARKNESS While we live in a secure and health- ful environment, let us not forget oth- ers in our world who are not so fortu- nate. Take the city of Calcutta, India, as an example. It has a population of some four million persons, but every night "over 20,000 of the homeless sleep on sidewalks." Though efforts are made to stamp out cholera, the plague THESE TIMES, SEPTEMBER 1, 1962 33 digb [Ji[i

GETTING READY FOR ARMAGEDDON mandments verbatim and without comment. Several days later he received a brief letter: "Please cancel my subscription. Your newspaper is getting to be far too THE TITLE of this editorial is the same as one that personal." appeared recently in the Saturday Evening Post. In it At the bottom of all political and spiritual trouble to- the writer commended our government for its thorough day is men's disregard for the laws of God. This unrest preparation for Armageddon, but expressed the need is evident in all groups and individuals who do not allow for perfecting a system of transferring control should Christ to have full sway in their lives. Men are throwing the president be killed in the event the U.S. receives the off the restraints of God's law, and the way is open for first blow of a thermonuclear war. the prince of evil to do his final, most devilish work on Fletcher Knebel, with Armageddon also in mind, the hearts of men. Disobedience to the laws of God is at wrote in Look, January 2, 1962: "A new element of the bottom of all individual and world troubles, and terror in the practice of statecraft became apparent last God is not going to allow the situation to continue much summer, when the Soviet Union cynically shattered the longer. moratorium on nuclear testing. Now, the 50- and 100- megaton bombs hang over all mankind like a guillotine TRUE, in some quarters there is a resurgence of real blade suspended by a thread. As never before, the hor- Bible study. There is a seeking for the Spirit of God such ror of the 'great insupportable' casts its ugly shadow as was manifest in the first-century Christian church. As over every issue, from Cuba to Laos, from Berlin to one Christian writer has put it, "Among earth's inhabit- Vietnam. Now, the two great powers can obliterate each ants, scattered in every land, there are those who have other, and much of the world with them, within half an not bowed the knee to Baal. Like the stars of heaven hour." which appear only at night, these faithful ones will shine What the Post editorial writer, Fletcher Knebel, and forth when darkness covers the earth and gross dark- other secular journalists do not point out is that Arma- ness the people. In heathen Africa, in the Catholic lands geddon, a Biblical term, is primarily a spiritual battle of Europe and of South America, in China, in India, in involving Jesus Christ with His followers and Satan with the islands of the sea, and in all the dark corners of the his hosts; that man's eternal destiny is sealed before this earth, God has in reserve a firmament of chosen ones conflict begins; and that there is a Heaven-sent way to that will yet shine forth amidst the darkness, revealing prepare for it. clearly to an apostate world the transforming power of In popular modern usage Armageddon designates obedience to His law." any great military conflict involving the nations of earth. Despite all this, Bible prophecy predicts that Arma- Usually there is no reference to the setting of the term geddon is approaching. The restraining Spirit of God is in Bible prophecy, although to many Armageddon spells even now being withdrawn from the world. Hurricanes, finish to human history. storms, fires, floods, disasters by land, sea, and air, stock- market fluctuations, rumors of war, political unrest, STILL, since Armageddon is of Biblical origin, the poverty, atheistic materialism, abolition of all restraint, important thing is, What does God's Word say about it? subtle diminution of our liberties—these are signs tell- To put it simply—and without getting into theological ing us that the battle of the great day of the Lord is near involvements—Armageddon is earth's last battle. With at hand. the gathering of the nations at Armageddon, rebellion We are today under divine forbearance, but how long against God's law reaches its climax, and God intervenes will the angels of God continue to hold the winds of to execute "the fierceness of his wrath" upon apostates strife, that they shall not blow? When God shall bid His and to bring deliverance to His own people. angels loose the winds, there will be a scene of trouble The fact that Armageddon is at our very doors seems such as no pen can picture. to be of little concern to most people. They could not We have entered a time of great and terrible events, care less. They are rushing headlong into oblivion. After leading to Biblical Armageddon. How to prepare for it? a five-year worldwide survey an official of the American The Bible answer is the same as it always has been— Bible Society, E. H. Robertson, says, "Not one person only with a solemn note of urgency: "Whosoever shall in ten thousand gives serious attention to the Bible to- call on the name of the Lord shall be saved." Acts 2:21. day, even in nominally Christian countries." 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