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ti Hands Up is the responsibility of the hostess. It consecrated and talented workers would seem presumptuous for should enter the city and set to work I'd like to raise my hands (that's 4 right, both of them) and say "Praise guests to use appliances or equip- (Evangelism, p. 34), and that large the Lord" for the two hands-on ment without a request or an invita- corps of workers be organized to editorials in the March 26 REVIEW. tion, which would make it unneces- work the city (Medical Ministry, pp. They were the most thought-pro- sary to remind them of the 299-301). Where are they expected voking material in the issue. Hands household rules. to live? The van people are not Having pleasant and tactful con- working the city from outside but down. DENNIS FERREE Rohrersville, Maryland trol of one's home should never be from inside, where they are coming construed as coercion. to know the pain, hurt, language, Alone in Church NELLIE ONDRIZEK and culture of city folk. Coalmont, Tennessee Local churches were conducting Thank you for "Married, in a feeding program from their base- Church, and Alone" (Mar. 12). I Wiser? ments before the van ministry. married my Pentecostal (inactive) The March 5 REVIEW announced Grand Concourse, a church in the husband in 1984 and was baptized Glendale Adventist Medical Cen- Bronx, started that program in 1981, into the SDA family a year ago. ter's decision to be involved in in and still feeds 150 persons every While I miss him when he doesn't vitro fertilization, artificial insemi- Tuesday. Two lay Bible institutes— come to church with me, I'm nation, sperm banking, sex selec- Adventist Lay Bible Institute (Eng- thrilled when he sometimes does. tion, etc. The next week the Vatican lish) and Instituto Biblico Laico My church family is very loving announced their opposition to the Adventista (Spanish)—in Greater and supportive, and it's wonderful same. Could it be that one day in the New York, have graduated 150 per- to feel this. They understand why I future we will discover how at times sons during the past three years. don't insist that he accompany me. the "children of this world" were Other church-based, church-related It gives me great peace to know that wiser than the "children of light"? city projects in the Northeastern when my husband eventually joins BILL BRACE Conference are making fantastic the church, whether it is this year or Norfolk, Massachusetts contributions to city evangelism. next year or longer, he will be D. ROBERT KENNEDY welcomed in Christian love. Manhasset, New York LYNDA MCCLELLAN Big Apple Port Charlotte, Florida "New York City—The Apple of When we lived in Queens in the God's Eye" (Feb. 19) lost focus of late 1960s, the pastor of the Jackson Heights church, Gilbert Anderson, The article didn't mention some contemporary facts, while at and at least two of the members, another situation in the church. the same time defending an idea How many members think of the whose time has passed. Brother and Sister Murphy, started a heartbreak for the one whose com- To say Ellen White counseled van service. They had vans equipped with food and bedding panion has apostatized by turning working the city from outside is back to the world as a result of only half the truth. She also coun- and went to where the disaster influences of inconsistent Advent- seled that members build relation- was. THELMA MOORE ships with their neighbors and that Longwood, Florida ists? After my marriage to an active church member and after establish- ing a Christian home, my life com- Questions About the Mail Service? panion turned away and was then disfellowshipped. I always have The NAD edition of the ADVENTIST REVIEW, the first issue of each month, hidden sorrow and loneliness. So is sent by third-class mail because postal regulations require magazines few seem to understand. not paid for by the recipient to be sent in this class. The remaining weekly NAME WITHHELD issues are sent by second-class mail. Third-class mail is a little slower than second-class mail and could possibly arrive late or out of sequence. The U.S. Postal Service has made numerous procedural changes in their Guests handling of the ADVENTIST REVIEW. The end result will be improved I was quite disappointed in service for our customers. Miriam Wood's response (Mar. 12) At the present time, though, the changes have actually caused many to the concern of handling TV and increased delays and problems for our subscribers. We hope within a radio problems while entertaining reasonable time the Postal Service will become adjusted to the new guests over Sabbath. The basic procedures. problem is the confusion as to what LARRY BURTNETT, Subscriber Services, ADVENTIST REVIEW is a guest's responsibility and what 2 (490) ADVENTIST REVIEW, MAY 7, 1987

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ADVENTIST REVIEW, MAY 7, 1987 (491) 3 EDITORIALS

2. Man. Since God is all, God is also man. So we all are God. By physical or mental exercises, by the 4. use of drugs, crystals, or pyramids, we are to reach our potential. This worldview undergirds programs of self-help for corporate executives and professionals like Lifespring, which has 200,000 alumni—and which the U.S. News & World Report article identifies as a secular wing for the New Age phenomenon. n a San Francisco ballroom, lion Americans through its publica- The Bible also deals with fulfill- people crowd together to hear tions. ment of the self. It sets out a goal of Jach Pursel, medium for a spirit What is happening in our culture? continual growth and development, I known as "Lazaris, the consum- The dabbling in Eastern religions, of the energizing and elevating of all mate friend." With seminars, coun- practiced by the "flower children" aspects of humanity—physical, seling, and sales of videocassettes, of the 1960s and early 1970s, has mental, social, spiritual. But the Pursel grosses more than $1 million become respectable. The flower difference is this: in the biblical a year. children have gone, but their ideas worldview we find our true self only A Stanford business professor have been taken up by people in in relation to God. We seek the guides his students in meditation. every field—business, education, restoration of the image of God, not He tells them to let go of whatever health, sports, entertainment. To a to be God Himself. keeps them "from tapping that res- greater or lesser extent, they sub- ervoir of magnificence" within each scribe to the New Age philosophy. of them. "The NAM [New Age movement] Popular movie actress Shirley is not tied to any particular organi- MacLaine's two books on mystic zation, has no overarching hierar- experiences sell 4 million copies. In chical structure, is diverse in both e find our January 1987 ABC-TV devotes five practice and belief, and although it hours of prime time programming to has prominent spokesmen, has no true self only her "personal trek through a psy- official leadership," wrote Robert J. chic world." In her second book, L. Burrows in "Americans Get Reli- Dancing in the Light, the spirit gion in the New Age" (Christianity in relation guide informs her, "If everyone was Today, May 16, 1986). "What unites taught one basic spiritual law, your it and links it to the traditions that to God. world would be a happier, healthier preceded it is a set of common place. And that law is this: Everyone worldview assumptions about God is God. Everyone." or ultimate reality, humanity, and 3. The human problem. The And consider these statistics from the nature of the human predica- NAM philosophy has no place for a "Mystics on Main Street" (U.S. ment." Fall or lostness. The human prob- News & World Report, Feb. 9, 1987): And that worldview directly con- lem isn't sin but lack of knowledge. • 67 percent of the American tradicts the Bible's: Psycho-spiritual techniques bring public claim psychic experiences. 1. God. According to NAM, ulti- us into the experiential knowledge • One in four believes in reincar- mate reality doesn't exist apart from of our godhood. nation (rebirth of the soul in another the universe itself. Whether "God" But the Bible says: "All have body). is described as pure life force, sinned, and come short of the glory • About 2,500 psychic-oriented power, or consciousness, the end of God" (Rom. 3:23). It tells us that bookshops operate in the United result is the same—all is God. we, creatures, have pitted our wills States. Nothing could be further from a against the Creator, rebelled against • America's leading publisher of biblical perspective. "In the begin- Him, lost fellowship with Him. We paperbacks, Bantam Books, ning God," God as the source of all, need salvation, not enlightenment. increased its number of psychic- the sustainer of all, the end of all, 4. Death. Humanity craves type books by 1,000 percent during but separate from all—this is the immortality; we shrink from the the past decade. Bible's view. And Adventists see prospect that death is the final • The Unity School of Christian- our mission as calling humanity curtain. So NAM appeals: by teach- ity, a mystic organization in Kansas back to God: "Fear God, give glory to ing reincarnation and that people City, Missouri, reaches about 3 mil- him; . . . " (Rev. 14:7). long-since departed speak through

4 (492) ADVENTIST REVIEW, MAY 7, 1987 ;. spirit mediums—it proclaims that And spiritism comes from Satan Herein lies the main objection to ,‘ death isn't real. (Deut. 18:9-12). public school sex education. This These ideas run directly counter New Age? Rather, old error, as old lack of moral guidelines leaves the to biblical teaching. Our life is only as man's first temptation, when the impression that teens are expected in God—we have no inherent serpent said, "You will not surely to have sex. Recommending birth immortality. The dead are dead, die. . . . You will be like God" (Gen. control to students places a stamp of awaiting the resurrection at the 3:4, 5, NIV). approval on premarital intercourse. second coming of Jesus (1 Thess. Seventy percent of adults agree that % 4:14-16). Reincarnation is a myth. WILLIAM G. JOHNSSON these programs should include moral values. One writer declares, "More sex education in public schools will not reverse the damaging legacy of the sexual revolution unless the clear message is premarital chastity and marital monog- amy." The Best Solution Probably most of us would agree that our Adventist homes provide the best setting for teaching our children about sex. (See Alberta Mazat's article in this issue of the o less an authority than believes 12-year-olds should be REVIEW.) Says one expert, "Any United States Surgeon Gen- taught not merely about reproduc- parent who relinquishes the right to eral C. Everett Koop has tion but about intercourse, AIDS talk to his child about sex is giving Ndeclared that "we need sex and other sexually transmitted dis- up one of the most wonderful expe- education in schools . . . at the eases, birth control, premarital sex, riences he can have." lowest grade possible" because of homosexuality, and abortion. If we are reluctant to broach the the "deadly health hazard" of AIDS. subject, our Adventist church An Obvious Need His warning raised the percentage of schools, academies, and colleges Americans favoring such education Obviously something needs to be provide the next-best place for pre- from 80 to 86. done. In the United States more than senting this vital information. Our This overwhelming majority a million teens will become preg- schools are seeking to meet this apparently wants schools to give sex nant this year, many as young as 13 need in seventh- and eighth-grade information to children because and 14. A teacher recently asked a science and health classes, in acad- parents have failed to do so. In a college class of 200 how many knew emy Bible classes, and in college recent poll, 69 percent of adults someone who had had a baby out of family life courses. How much bet- agree they are not doing a very good wedlock or an abortion. Almost ter that our youngsters and teens job of teaching their children the every hand went up. While teens are learn the facts of life from godly facts of life. Said Koop, "Most more sexually active than ever, they teachers than from amoral public parents are so embarrassed and often remain woefully ignorant as to school courses! reluctant, you can't count on getting what sex is all about. What little We must do our part as parents to the message across at home." Nearly they know, they learn on the streets, teach our children what they need three of every four adults feel their in back seats, and from television. to know about sex. And we should own sexual education was inade- Many wonder why sex education take advantage of the support our quate. A child psychiatrist at Duke classes have failed to discourage the schools provide in helping us with Medical Center believes "we should shocking epidemic of teenage pro- this obligation. Only teaching that bring it [sexuality] out of the closet miscuity and soaring numbers of includes the guidelines laid down and talk about it in school and [at] unwanted pregnancies. Does the by the Creator of sex will give young home." fault lie with the lack of education, people both the information and the While about 80 percent of public or the type of education? A teacher moral values they need to use their school children in large U.S. cities offers a clue when she explains, sexuality in a way that will prove a now take a sex education course, "The state . . . has guidelines [that] blessing rather than a curse. less than 15 percent of the nation's allow us to address sexual issues children receive a really good sex without instilling values in the education. Yet a poll showed an students. Values education is the EUGENE F. DURAND overwhelming majority of adults parents' right." ADVENTIST REVIEW, MAY 7, 1987 (493) 5 NEWSBREAK

site plan. County Executive Sydney Kramer (below) aided the church with unprecedented cooperation from SDA Accessions Hit his office. ... "We're very grateful that this phase of the process is Record Levels in 1988 behind us," says Don Gilbert, General Conference treasurer. "It's taken us a long time to reach this point. AR We are hoping to break ground in June and start site ith 426,678 new converts joining the church in preparation in July or August. W1986, the Seventh-day Adventist Church "Actual construction will probably start in September, . recorded the largest number of baptisms and profes- after obtaining a building permit. Occupancy is sions of faith in its history, says Carlos Aeschlimann, expected in January or February of 1989." associate director of the General Conference Ministerial Association. This represents a 4.9 percent (or 19,971) increase in accessions when compared with 1985. NORTH AMERICA On the strength of the evangelistic thrust, the worldwide church membership crossed the 5 million Health Leaders Study AIDS Education. The ad mark with 5,033,062 recorded members, a 6.7 percent hoc committee on the development of an AIDS increase in total membership over 1985. education program met at Loma Linda University on In the first six quarters of Harvest 90, which began on March 26. July 1, 1985, 607,162 people joined the worldwide The committee, comprised of Adventist health church, which represents 125.9 percent of the Harvest leaders, made initial plans for an education program 90 goal to date. So far the church has reached 30.3 that includes a statement of the Adventist Church's percent of the five-year evangelism goal. view on acquired immune deficiency syndrome. The "We see a tremendous response to Harvest 90," program will be directed at the church and local Aeschlimann says. "Enthusiastic reports are coming in communities within each of the 91 countries reporting from all over the world, and the divisions are making AIDS cases, says Dr. Elvin Adams, associate director of aggressive plans for evangelism. However, we cannot the General Conference Health and Temperance rest because God has reserved larger victories for us in Department. the future." PUC Students Assist in Revelation Seminar. One hundred sixty people recently attended a Revela- GC Sets Site for Silver Spring tion Seminar at Pacific Union College. The seminar, sponsored by the college's Religion Department, was It's official! The Seventh-day Adventist Church's conducted by John McVay, assistant professor of world headquarters will have a Silver Spring, religion, and assisted by several theology students. Maryland, address. Fourteen people desired further study, says Thomas After several negotiating sessions with officials of the S. Geraty, college spokesperson. Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Com- mission and Montgomery County, the General Confer- Golf Pro Donates Winnings to AHS Institution. ence has reached a mutually acceptable agreement on Professional golfer Payne Stewart contributed his traffic-reduction solutions (see Newsbreak, Apr. 23). $108,000 winnings from a March 15 golf tournament to During its annual Spring Meeting, the General Florida Hospital's Circle of Friends Home. Conference Executive Committee authorized church Winner of the 1987 Hertz Bay Hill Classic, Stewart leaders to take another look at the Silver Spring site. gave his entire championship earnings in memory of According to that action, if the GC president, legal his father and in honor of his mother, says Brooke counsel, and building committee reached an acceptable Sadler, executive vice president of the Florida Hospital agreement with governmental Foundation. The home provides lodging and a fellow- authorities, the church would move ship place for the families of cancer patients who must to the Silver Spring site, notwith- travel long distances for treatment. standing any previous committee actions. Monterey Decathalon Team Garners Honors. By moving to the 30-acre farmland For the second year in a row, the Monterey Bay site at Route 29 and Randolph Road, Academy decathalon team (pictured above) won first the General Conference continues its place in a competition against eight high school teams 84-year residence in Montgomery in Santa Cruz County, California, on February 10. County. The action also signals the The six-member team was tested in economics, social Sidney Kramer end of a 30-month delay in the science, math, literature, fine arts, and speech. With approval of the church's subdivision application and Saturday being the day for the state competition, the

6 (494) ADVENTIST REVIEW, MAY 7, 1987 FOR YOUR INFORMATION Breath of Life Offers Video Album. The Breath of Life television ministry now offers a home video pack that features two hours of music from the telecast and eight BOL programs featuring speaker Charles D. Brooks. Religion in Media recently honored BOL by awarding it a Silver Angel Award. For more information, write Breath of Life, P.O. Box 744, Newbury Park, California Monterey team did not compete. However, by turning 91320, or call (805) 373-7600. down the state invitation, academy officials witnessed • for their faith before state education personnel, says • Don Slocum, decathalon team coach. ALSO IN THE NEWS • WORLD CHURCH American Lutherans Merge. A historic gathering in which three U.S. Lutheran bodies will merge to form Brazilian Adventist Wins Marathon. Joel the nation's fifth-largest Protestant church opened • Antonia Ferreira, 49, a member of the Rio Claro church, April 30 in Columbus, Ohio, reports Religious News Sao Paulo, won the Brazil Ultramarathon by posting a Service. 10-hour-8-minute finishing time for the 100-kilometer The constitutional convention of the 5.3 million- member Evangelical Lutheran Church in America is the • (62-mile) course, reports the South American Division. Ferreira, a vegetarian who also won last year's culmination of formal negotiations that began in 1982. marathon, was invited to participate in Argentina's Representing the merging partners (from left to right) Ultramarathon on September 15. are Bishops James Crumley, of the Lutheran Church in America; David Preus, of the American Lutheran ADRA Director Featured on Mozambique Church; and Will L. Herzfeld, of the Association of Radio. The national radio of Mozambique featured Evangelical Lutheran Churches. One major Lutheran vr Jacky Chevrier, the country's Adventist Development body, Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, declined the and Relief Agency director, in an interview on March 7. unity move because of substantial doctrinal differ- The broadcast aired in Portuguese and English and ences. was published in Noticias, the country's national newspaper, reports John Graz, Euro-Africa Division • communication director.

Peru Church Offers Community Witness. In response to a request from the district governor in northwest Peru to set up a plan to aid alcoholic families, Manuel Perez, the local pastor in Piura, started a tent meeting. He felt that the best way to help the families was by converting them to Christ. After 50 nights of preaching, Perez baptized 50 people, reports La Revista Adventista. Government officials then donated land to build a new church sanctuary.

GC Brings Help to Guyana Hospital. The General Conference Health and Temperance Department and the Adventist Development and Relief Agency recently provided emergency help to the Davis Memorial Clinic CHURCH CALENDAR and Hospital, Georgetown, Guyana. With more than 100 people hospitalized from May 7 National Day of Prayer poisoning with thallium sulfate, the Health and Tem- May 9 Disaster and Famine Relief Offering ' perance Department provided a test for thallium May 16 Spirit of Prophecy Day poisoning and arranged for a shipment of 5,000 May 16 Church Budget Offering capsules of the antidote Berlin Blue from Germany, says June 8 Fourth Triennial Conference on Philanthropy Gary Swanson, GC Health and Temperance Department begins at Union College, Lincoln, Nebraska. associate director. For information, call (202) 722-6138.

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ADVENTISTS AND THE SOVIET UNION: A NEW ERA? The editor analyzes the recent flurry of contacts between Adventist and Soviet leaders.

eneral Conference president Neal C. Wilson's rece Soviet leaders to make a dramatic policy change Gaddress at a gathering of world political and cultural that would show the world that the leaders in Moscow marks a new era in relations between democratization being promoted by Soviet the Seventh-day Adventist Church and the Kremlin. leaders "is something more than 'window Wilson challenged Soviet leaders to release all "prisoners dressing of tired propaganda.' of conscience" while respecting the right to observe "I suggest, then," he said, "that on or religious holy days as well as the freedom to witness in before May 1, 1988—the 1,000th year of Soviet society (see Roland Hegstad's report with this Christianity in Russia—the Soviet govern- article, "Peace Words Flying"). ment witness to its greatness and generos- Speaking in Moscow at the three-day International ity of spirit by declaring amnesty for all Forum for a Nonnuclear World and the Survival of 'prisonews of conscience,' a gesture that Humanity last February attended by woul est and grip the attention of luminaries like Mikhail Gorbachev, 4 is the world." Andrei Sakharov, and Henry Kis- Wilson offered to explore singer, Wilson linked peace to free- with Soviet leaders ways the dom of religion. eventh-day Adventist He pointed out that many Church can cooperate Christians in Western with the Soviet govern- nations believe there can be ment in science, educa- no peaceful coexistence, ;lion, medicine, preven- because Communists do not on of alcoholism and recognize God as supreme drug abuse, as well as and the source of truth and other humanitarian therefore they cannot be activities. trusted. They also mistrust This speech marked Communism because one high point of a year's of its objectives is to elim- dialogue between the inate religion and Seventh-day Adventist imprison nonviolent reli- '-Church and Soviet gious dissenters. "This leaders. After decades may be only a percep- of little change in tion," Wilson noted, "but church relations with perception is often just as the Soviet Union, damaging and destruc- church leaders have tive to trust as is reality." responded to the new Wilson challenged Soviet policy of glasnost

ADVENTIST REVIEW, MAY 7, 1987 FOUR BY FIVE PHOTO (497) 9 (openness) by meeting with Soviet create more favorable conditions for leaders five times in the past year to strengthening ties with religious discuss improving conditions for organizations in our countries. Adventists in the U.S.S.R. "It is my firm belief that religious The first breakthrough in relations organizations can do a lot to improve occurred last May when Wilson and strengthen relations between our visited the Soviet Union shortly after countries, and to further under- the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. Wil- standing and friendship between our son used his 19-day trip, taken at a people," he said. time when many Western visitors had During this visit Kharchev sug- canceled tours, to press for official gested publishing a joint magazine in recognition of the SDA Church organi- Russian and English. Both versions zation, a church headquarters in of the magazine will feature the Moscow, printing of more Adventist same layout and stories; only the literature, and a seminary training languages will be different. Both program in the U.S.S.R. editions will highlight the lifestyle "A building will be built," Kon- of Seventh-day Adventists in the stantin Kharchev, chairman of the U.S.S.R. and in the United States. Council on Church Affairs, told Wil- (Work has already begun on this Rose Otis with MN. Ivan Gumeck from the son and the Adventist delegation. project.) city of Beitsy in the Republic of Moldavia. "We are happy with your visit. You Kharchev later invited Harold F. have been good ambassadors." Otis, Review and Herald Publishing but to humanity. Elder Wilson's call In September J. Robert Spangler, Association president, for a two-week for freedom and justice—in the midst editor of Ministry, met Kharchev tour of the Soviet Union. In January of the predictable speeches on peace when he presented the $25,000 check Otis and his wife, Rose, visited six and security—made an important from the General Conference for Russian cities and were told of Soviet contribution to the recently con- Chernobyl relief. Learning that Khar- approval to print 30,000 copies of the cluded peace conference in Moscow. chev intended to visit the United special Christian magazine. Otis also In my judgment, the Lord has States in October, Spangler, on behalf received permission to send 50 sets of opened a door of opportunity during of Elder Wilson, invited him to visit The SDA Bible Commentary for this past year. Adventist leaders have Adventist centers. Adventist pastors in the U.S.S.R. done right in grasping the opportuni- In October Kharchev visited church ties that have come our way. Analysis: A Door of Opportunity headquarters in Washington, D.C., as But there are dangers. well as the Review and Herald Pub- These visits already have created We do well to keep a discreet lishing Association, Shady Grove concrete gains for our Soviet brothers distance from political ideologies and Adventist Hospital, and Takoma and sisters. Authorities have turned leaders of government. Political pres- Academy. over a building about 75 miles (120 sures and short-term arguments, cou- "The sole purpose of my visit is to kilometers) from Moscow that the pled with the headlines that come learn more about religious organiza- church will develop into a seminary from being received and welcomed in tions and their leaders," he told and publishing center. high offices, can combine to sway our General Conference leaders, "and to Another benefit to the church, judgment. intangible but nonetheless real, has We are here for the long haul—until been the lift in spirits that the high- Jesus returns to earth. Always we level contacts have brought to our must think and plan for the long haul. members in the U.S.S.R. Across the Political climates change suddenly. vast reaches of the Soviet Union, Leaders of government fall from covering more than 10 time zones, power, their places taken by others of Adventists number only about 31,000. opposing views. Then, if we have To see our leaders welcomed into the been too closely aligned with one set Kremlin and participating in discus- of political leaders or philosophy, we sions with the top Soviet leadership will find ourselves out of step with the has given Adventists a tremendous new order. And the church, identified boost in morale. with the "old regime," can be hurt. We Soviet authorities have learned need to heed the lesson of some of our more than ever before about Advent- unhappy experiences from the past. ists and their teachings. And Advent- For Seventh-day Adventism seeks Kharchev and Deputy E. E. Milovanov look ists have had opportunity to voice to promote no particular political at picture presented by Harold F. Otis. concerns vital not only to the church ideology or system. We exist to wor-

10 (498) ADVENTIST REVIEW, MAY 7, 1987 ship God and to take the good news of ogy, we promote freedom and justice hood must grow up out of native soil, salvation in Jesus and His soon return for all mankind. indigenous, not a Western transplant. to every nation, kindred, tongue, and Some Adventists confuse faith with So Soviet Adventism brings its people. We can, and do, function in a culture. For example, U.S. Adventists richness to the world church. Along - variety of political systems. may think American, White, and with African Adventism, American We seek the good of the state and Republican as their model of the Adventism, and every other region's pray for leaders of government. We church. Some missionaries have contribution, it forms the body of teach our people to be loyal citizens. imposed Western, rather than Christ. ❑ We encourage and support all agen- Adventist, values upon converts. cies that seek to uplift humanity. That type of thinking is outmoded. William G. Johnsson is editor of the Without endorsing any political ideol- The worldwide Adventist brother- ADVENTIST REVIEW. PEACE WORDS FLYING An eyewitness report of the Moscow Peace Conference

eace words flew like doves Our Peace Words Pthrough the crisp air of mid-Feb- Our delegation was headed by ruary Moscow—in Russian, English, Elder Neal C. Wilson, president of the French, Bulgarian, German, Japanese, General Conference of Seventh-day Arabic, Pashto, and a dozen languages Adventists. It included also Dr. Jan even the official translators couldn't Paulsen, president of the Trans-Euro- handle. pean Division, and Dr. Ray Hefferlin, a One engaging delegate to the molecular physicist and head of the Soviet-sponsored International physics department of Southern Col- Forum for a Nonnuclear World and lege of Seventh-day Adventists, in the Survival of Humanity persisted in Collegedale, Tennessee. switching from Urdu to Parsi and back We accepted an invitation to the again, to the consternation of a volun- peace forum for several reasons. teer translator. It didn't matter. We Among them, first, because we believe met under an emblem depicting the further proliferation of nuclear weap- globe as seen from outer space. If for ons is insanity and nuclear war only three days, and even though from unthinkable. Second, because we had some 60 nations, we were one world. Neal C. Wilson meets head of Russian something other than the window Orthodox Church at dinner held in con- dressing of tired propaganda to com- On February 16, from the Grand nection with Moscow Peace Conference. Kremlin Palace, General Secretary municate. And third, because General Mikhail Sergeyvich Gorbachev sent Palace and a worldwide audience that Secretary Gorbachev's call for democ- his own covey of peace words wing- the "new thinking" on the "humani- ratization and glasnost emboldened ing around the world via newspaper, tarian problem" was already reality. us to speak to a subject addressed by radio, and television. They included And in a sense, its reality sat only five virtually every speaker in the religious "democratization," "new thinking," or six seats from me, in the person of section of the forum: How can a "verification," "revolutionary physicist Andrei Sakharov, released climate of trust be created in which changes," and "glasnost" ("open- from a seven-year Gorki exile only two the two superpowers can disarm? ness"). I heard the peace words as one months before. During the week Our peace words, however, differed of four delegates from the Seventh-day before the Peace Forum, 142 dissi- somewhat from many we heard. Our Adventist Church. dents were released from prison words included "prisoners of con- The general secretary assured the camps and, in a few cases, psychiatric science," "amnesty," and "religious 850 delegates in the Grand Kremlin hospitals. liberty." They were set forth in "Pro- BY ROLAND R. HEGSTAD ADVENTIST REVIEW, MAY 7, 1987 (499) 11 posals for Peace and Understanding," hinted of the tragedy nuclear warfare a paper addressed to General Secre- would bring. He addressed several tary Mikhail Gorbachev and to the problems and then observed som- chairman of the Council on Church berly: "Nuclear war would leave no Affairs, Konstantin Kharchev. Elder problems." Wilson gave an abridged version Our proposals did not address the orally to the religious section of the technical problems intrinsic in forum. nuclear disarmament, nor, as Elder Whether Soviet intolerance was Wilson observed, did we reflect that reality or only perception, Elder Wil- Wilson with Kharchev and Jewish rabbi. "peculiar psychology" of which Mr. son said in presenting the proposals, Gorbachev has spoken—"how to the consequence was the same: "Per- Chairman Kharchev, Elder Wilson improve things without changing ception is enough, in and of itself, to further defined "prisoners of con- anything." Instead, we stuck to "con- frustrate mankind's hope for peace." science" to include those whose polit- structive proposals and programs Western concerns about human rights ical "crimes" originated in conscien- within the purview of our Christian and religious liberty must be tious conviction, but not prisoners commitment and theology." And addressed, he insisted, if nuclear who had resorted to violence or these proved central to the issue with disarmament is to become more than a threats of violence in support of their which all delegates wrestled in one hope phrase. views. form or another: How can the super- The Adventist proposals argued Our proposals suggested several powers be led to trust each other? that much American suspicion of the areas of cooperation (see sidebar), and The future is grim only to those who Soviet Union originates with believers Elder Wilson elaborated on these with have not accepted citizenship in the who find the atheism of the Soviet government officials, including new world. And this perspective is system repugnant and the persecution Chairman Kharchev and Peter Demi- shared by our Soviet believers. Above and imprisonment of fellow believers chev, first deputy of the Presidium of and behind me in the Moscow church, intolerable. Defuse this antipathy and the Supreme Soviet. The General where I taught the Sabbath School on provide a basis of trust, the paper Conference president likely will February 14, is a round stained-glass urged, by granting amnesty to all return to the Soviet Union this sum- window. The Russian words on it prisoners of conscience Christian, mer with more detailed programs. read: "God is love." Jewish, Muslim—on or before the We who worshiped there love each Point of No Return 1,000th anniversary (1988) of Christi- other. We also trust each other. And anity in Russia. Mr. Gorbachev's speech in the we prayed together that our nations Elder Wilson asked for revision or Grand Kremlin Palace emphasized might learn the basis of love and reinterpretation of the laws governing the horrors of a nuclear conflict. He trust. ❑ religions to permit not only freedom of spoke movingly of the "point of no belief and worship within the church return" that man faces. He reminded Roland R. Hegstad is editor of Liberty, but the right to witness freely. (In the us that one nuclear submarine carries a magazine of religious freedom. This Soviet Union believers do not have several times the destructive potential article is condensed from the May- equal rights with unbelievers to proof all the damage caused by World June issue of Liberty, which contains mote their faith.) War II. Chernobyl, though of relatively the text of Neal Wilson's "Proposals In private conversations with local proportions, Gorbachev said, for Peace and Understanding."

would be happy to help train people Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. Areas of who could reduce absenteeism, acci- "3. We seek further participation in dents, and other alcohol-related prob- cultural exchange programs. Cooperation lems in industry and elsewhere. "4. We would welcome opportu- "2. In our hospital system— nity to sit down and discuss any of the including some 500 hospitals and above technologies, procedures, spe- Innis "Proposal for Peace and Under- clinics worldwide—we have pio- cialties, and programs—as well as standing' Elder Wilson outlined the neered certain methods that are being others—that might be of mutual ben- following areas for cooperative effort: used successfully in major medical efit. "1. We are very actively involved centers. Among them: heart catheteri- "Whatever the field and however in antidrug and antialcoholism pro- zation, angiography, transurethral small our contribution, we welcome grams. Through the International prostatectomies, and proton-beam opportunities to enhance under- Commission for the Prevention of acceleration. We are also giving spe- standing and aid humanity in its Alcoholism and Drug Dependency, cial postgraduate training at our Loma social, moral, physical, and spiritual we work with many governments. We Linda University Medical Center, near needs." 12 (500) ADVENTIST REVIEW, MAY 7, 1987

ADVENTIST SCRAPBOOK

13. Name the early convert to Adventism in California who later emigrated to South Africa and there shared his beliefs with others. (Oct. CHURCH 31, 1985) 14. In 1845 a Black minister pub- HISTORY QUIZ By,Am. NIX lished a pamphlet containing accounts of visions that he received ince 1984 Adventist Scrap- served as president of Battle Creek prior to those given Ellen White. book has been a regular fea- College, Union College, and Walla What was his name? (Dec. 4, 1986) ture of the REVIEW, covering a Walla College at the same time. 15. Name the Adventist tent- variety of topics on Advent- (Dec. 13, 1984) maker who in 30 days constructed Sist history. This time we are giving a 2. Who was the first Black min- the Great Tent used by the Millerites quiz, the answers to which have ister elected as a vice president of in the early 1840s. (Aug. 16, 1984) appeared in one of the previous the General Conference (1962)? 16. During the period when columns. Why not test your knowl- (July 7, 1985) national banks could issue their edge of Adventist history? The date 3. M. Carol Hetzell was the most own currency, what was the name of after each question gives the issue of recent woman to direct a General the only bank owned by Adventists the REVIEW containing the Scrap- Conference department. Name that to do so? (Feb. 14, 1985) book column where the answer can department. (July 5, 1985) 17. Give the year and the place be found. 4. In 1859 the Battle Creek, where a General Conference session Michigan, church adopted a program of offerings to support the ministry. Name this plan that pre- I ceded the current tithing system. (Aug. 7, 1986) 5. Where was the first Adventist camp meeting held in Europe (June 1887)? (July 26, 1984) 6. Which American historical symbol, while on tour across the United States, stopped briefly in -• Loma Linda, California, at the time of the 1915 Fall Council? (Nov. 8, 1984) 7. Name the man considered to be Seventh-day Adventism's first minister. (Apr. 18, 1985) E. G. White 8. Who was the first overseas James White delegate to attend a General Confer- As a bonus, the Loma Linda ence session (1870)? (June 27 and was first held in a non-Adventist University Heritage Room has July 18-25, 1985) facility. (June 27, 1985) reproduced a supply of the engrav- 9. In what year and place did the 18. Which large exhibition, or ings of James and Ellen White church hold its first General Confer- fair, was the first in which Seventh- originally done in the 1870s. Send ence session? (July 1, 1985) day Adventists entered an exhibit? us your answers (you need not have 10. What man who later became (Sept. 12, 1985) a perfect score), and we will send General Conference president was 19. In what year did the General you a set of the engravings as long as converted to Adventism by J. N. Conference officially adopt Path- our supply lasts. Answers to the Andrews and ordained by James finder Clubs? (Nov. 14, 1985) • quiz will be given in the next North White (former church presidents)? 20. Who first suggested the idea American Division issue of the (July 2, 1985) of inviting nonchurch members to ADVENTIST REVIEW, June 4. 11. What woman became the first help with the humanitarian out- Send to: Adventist missionary to India reach of the Adventist Church, James R. Nix (1895)? (Sept. 27, 1984) eventually leading to the current Adventist Scrapbook Quiz 12. What man introduced to annual Ingathering program? (Dec. Loma Linda University Library Adventists the doctrine of the 12, 1985) Loma Linda, CA 92350 unconscious state of the dead? Sponsored by the Heritage Room, Loma Linda 1. Name the man who in 1892 (Sept. 4, 1986) University Libraries.

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NINETY-ONE DAYS OF BLESSING A World War II death march leads a prisoner of war to the Way and the Life.

y 91 days of blessing began on which was not very much, these men dragged me out of the barn. In so doing MFebruary 3, 1945, at about 7:00 carefully pulled me to my feet, draped they saved my life, saved me from the a.m. I was 21 years old and hardly my arms around their shoulders, and soldiers who periodically came knew that God existed when I joined 1,799 other prisoners of war in the "death march" evacuation of our prison in western Poland. Throughout the march we lived in filth. For 93 days I wore the same clothing, never taking it off. My hair, matted and fouled with animal dung from the barn floors we slept on at night, grew to my shoulders. Infested with body lice, my torso was scabbed from neck to beltline from my scratching. We walked from 10 to 15 miles a day in that frigid, frozen land, through ice, snow, sleet, hail, and mud. Our captors fed us only a couple of potatoes a day. Between diet and disease, we rapidly wasted away. I had dysentery only 16 of the 91 days, but that was enough to devastate my body, racking me with weakness and pain. My weight dropped to 90 pounds. Somehow I found the strength to keep putting one foot in front of the other. But with every step pain shot through my legs and back— pain from untreated injuries I sus- tained when my plane was shot down. Then one day I truly was too weak to move. Unable to rise from the barn floor, I saw through glazed eyes two sets of hands reach down to lift me up—the hands of Dave and Tom, two of my crew members who were still with me. With all their strength,

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around to execute those no longer able the balance of those 91 days. pity on us and gave us a handful of to walk. Soon after this they took us to an weevil-ridden flour. Dave and Tom took me to what we international prison. There we con- We found a tin can in the barnyard. called the "meat wagon"—the cart tracted head lice—half-inch-long After knocking the manure out, we that carried the day's dead. Standing monsters that nearly ate our scalps off. used it to mix the flour with a little me up to the back of the wagon, they Allied forces were moving in from water from the horse trough. Then we gave me a push, and I fell into it with the west and the south, so just days took our only two matches and some my legs hanging out. For three days I after our arrival, our captors decided dry manure and tried to make a fire to rode in that wagon, rode with the dead to evacuate us from the international heat the gruel. A puff of flame, a little piled around me. Nothing to eat. prison. I was so sick I could hardly smoke, and the first match went out. Nothing to drink. Each day they took stand. The second did the same. And there the bodies off. I was still alive so they A guard came to me. "You're sick." we stood, grown men, weeping over

left me on. "Yes," I replied, "I'm sick." two dead matches and a handful of 4 At the end of the third day a guard "Do not worry," he told me. "You weevil-ridden flour. jumped out of the wagon and thrust a will die anyway." I began the last leg machine gun into my mouth. He of the march with those words ringing Blessing? began shouting for me to get off the in my ears. So ended the 91 days. At the time wagon. I was so weak, so emaciated, Then came the ninety-first day— they seemed cursed. But during the and yet I felt strength—strength the day American forces liberated us months following the march, I learned beyond my human power or emotion, from our death march. Tom and I were to trace in those days of death God's strength I believe that came from God. in a barnyard, barely able to stand. We hand, preserving, drawing, and saving I bounded off the wagon and walked hadn't eaten for days. Someone took me at a time when I did not know Him. Maybe we need a little pain now and then so we can learn to rejoice in the times when we don't have any. Passing through hardship helps us see how little is worth complaining about, how good are the simple things we take for granted. After hunger, filth, pain, and disease, what a luxury it was to have wholesome food, pure water, warm showers, clean clothes, good health, and physical strength! It's easy to focus on what's wrong with life, church, and other people and miss the blessings. But my march through the valley of death has left me glad simply to see a new day. I think of Psalm 32:8—"I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye"—and I remember that God never leads His children other than we would choose to be led if we could see the end from the beginning. But as I reflect on those 91 days, I think the greatest blessing is that I came away from that death march, from the imprisonment, with no hate. Not the slightest bit of hate, and not even a Christian yet. I think that was God's greatest gift of 0 all. The love. ❑ James H. Harris is personnel director at the General Conference. ADVENTIST REVIEW, MAY 7, 1987 (503) 15

THEOLOGY

THE INSPIRED WITNESS OF ELLEN WHITE A veteran theologian's testimony regarding "the testimony of Jesus"

llen G. White has a right to church had actual contact with the • "God will have a people upon the F demand a hearing when she living God. earth to maintain the Bible, and the testifies to her experience with Jesus In this skeptical age people love to Bible only, as the standard of all Christ. Her gracious and noble charac- argue and debate. Pride of intellect doctrines, and the basis of all reforms" 4. ter presents an open book for all to keeps many from hearing the call of (The Great Controversy, p. 595). read. Her union with God becomes God to surrender to Him. Much • "The Spirit was not given—nor plain to any sincere reader of her criticism of Ellen White and her can It ever be bestowed—to supersede writings. writings is based on this human pride. the Bible, for the Scriptures explicitly At the very core of these writings we Such an attitude can cause men and state that the Word of God is the find the message that Jesus Christ is on women to lose their hold on the standard by which all teaching and our side as our Saviour and Friend. church. Conflict often results in experience must be tested" (ibid., p. His righteousness and victory belong adverse judgments that negate faith in vii). to us. Deliverance from sin through the Advent message, silence hunger • "So closely will the counterfeit Christ becomes a living reality. for truth and spiritual life, turn spirit- resemble the true, that it will be Christ should not be looked upon ual strength to weakness and attend- impossible to distinguish between merely as one who introduces us to ance at church to indifference. them except by the Holy Scriptures. justification—a change in our legal Ellen White calls the church to a By their testimony every statement status and then politely bows out as new unity in Christ and His Word. and every miracle must be tested. . . . if that were enough. Only as we live in There should be mutual trust and None but those who have fortified the Him and by Him, the living Christ, are cooperation with fellow believers and mind with the truths of the Bible will we truly Christian. Ellen White insists renewed personal Bible study. stand through the last great conflict" that others should see the evidence It is impossible to place a high value (ibid., pp. 593, 594). that we have been with Jesus in our upon her life and character and a low • "In our time there is a wide transformed lives. value upon her writings. Ellen White departure from their [the Scriptures'] The chief value of Ellen White's never betrays the truths of the Bible; doctrines and precepts, and there is writings lies in their guidance for our her writings were published with no need of a return to the great Protestant spiritual lives. They call forth cer- other purpose than that we might principle—the Bible, and the Bible tainty and assurance in Christ that know what constitutes life with Christ only, as the rule of faith and duty" give us Christian freedom and the joy and obedience to His Word. Contin- (ibid., pp. 204, 205). of a triumphant Christian experience. ually she bears witness to the fact that • "We are to receive God's Word as The movement that culminated in the presence of the living Christ is a supreme authority" (Testimonies, vol. Adventism owes much to the writings divine reality, and His power is 6, p. 402). of Ellen White. These writings justify available to the church through the Ellen White calls upon us to make the conclusion that the pioneers of our Holy Spirit. sure that all the truths we hold are BY EDWARD HEPPENSTALL 16 (504) ADVENTIST REVIEW, MAY 7, 1987 firmly established upon the Scrip- because he digs his marble from the and through her in a way that He does tures. Therefore we deplore the idea same quarry, squares his stones by the not speak to us. Belief in all such that anything else should have prior same art, and unites them in columns supernatural communication of God's authority over the Bible. Let her of the same order. The freedom to truth requires faith on our part. writings be our guide but not our adopt and adapt form the common Love "thinketh no evil." There is jailer, our shield but not our strait- property of scholars the world over. too much denigration of the church jacket. The Scriptures comprise God's To use the arguments and follow the and its doctrines; too much disap- final word to us. truths of other writers is by no means proval and rejection among us incompatible with originality. In fact, because others do not think exactly as Use of Other Sources absolute originality is almost impos- we do. Does her inclusion of material from sible. The issue is this: Is her witness to other Christian sources, often without No valid objection can be brought Jesus and to the Scriptures true? Is her giving credit, call into question Ellen against Ellen White when she enlarges claim to have received communica- White's claim to inspiration and genu- and clarifies her own ideas in the light tions from God genuine? Let us be ineness as a messenger of the Lord? of other men's works. To establish the persuaded that God has spoken and Ellen White sought to deceive no charge of plagiarism, one must prove a still is speaking to us; that the truths one. Thoughts, facts, and truths writ- deliberate attempt to use another's we hold came from God Himself; and ten by one person may be used by work to exalt oneself rather than the that they will lead us to triumph and another without plagiarism. She made glory of God. Her whole purpose was life everlasting through our Lord Jesus original applications of older material, the communication of truth, believing Christ. 0 while furnishing herself with that whatever the source, the truth thoughts and words of other books. must be exalted and God glorified. Edward Heppenstall, now retired in She can hardly be reproached as a As finite beings, the full knowledge Carmel, California, was for many plagiarist, any more than the architect of what is involved in God's method of years professor of theology at the or sculptor can be censored as a copier communication can easily escape us. Seventh-day Adventist Theological of Christopher Wren or Michelangelo God chose Ellen White and spoke to Seminary, Andrews University.

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"AWord About Praising" C. S. Lewis reflects on a troublesome aspect of the Psalms.

t is possible (and it is to be tally, did praising God so often that if we do not admire we shall be hoped) that this chapter will be consist in telling other people to stupid, insensible, and great losers, unnecessary for most people. praise Him? Even in telling whales, we shall have missed something. . . . Those who were never thick- snowstorms, etc., to go on doing It was from this end, which will 1headed enough to get into the what they would certainly do seem to some irreverent, that I found difficulty it deals with may even find whether we told them or not?) it best to approach the idea that God it funny. I have not the least objection Worse still was the statement put "demands" praise. He is that Object to their laughing; a little comic relief in into God's own mouth, "Whoso to admire which (or, if you like, to a discussion does no harm, however offereth me thanks and praise, he appreciate which) is simply to be serious the topic may be. . . . honoureth me" (Ps. 50:23).* It was awake, to have entered the real When I first began to draw near to hideously like saying, "What I most world; not to appreciate which is to belief in God, and even for some want is to be told that I am good and have lost the greatest experience, and time after it had been given to me, I great." . . . Nor were matters in the end to have lost all. The found a stumbling block in the mended by a modern author who incomplete and crippled lives of demand so clamorously made by all talked of God's "right" to be praised. those who are tone deaf, . . . have religious people that we should I still think "right" is a bad way of never cared for a good book, never "praise" God; still more in the expressing it, but I believe I now see enjoyed the feel of the morning air suggestion that God Himself what that author meant. It is per- on their cheeks, never (I am one of demanded it. We all despise the man haps easiest to begin with inanimate these) enjoyed football, are faint who demands continued assurance objects which can have no rights. images of it. . . . of his own virtue, intelligence, or What do we mean when we say that The miserable idea that God delightfulness; we despise still more a picture is "admirable"? We cer- should in any sense need, or crave the crowd of people round every tainly don't mean that it is admired for, our worship, like a vain woman dictator, every millionaire, every (that's as may be), for bad work is wanting compliments, or a vain celebrity, who gratify that demand. admired by thousands and good author presenting his new books to Thus a picture, at once ludicrous and work may be ignored. Nor that it people who never met or heard of horrible, both of God and of His "deserves" admiration in the sense him, is implicitly answered by the worshippers, threatened to appear in which a candidate "deserves" a words "If I be hungry, I will not tell iii my mind. high mark from the examiners. . . . thee" (Psalm 50:12). Even if such an The sense in which the picture absurd Deity could be conceived, He The "Right" to Be Praised "deserves" or "demands" admira- would hardly come to us, the lowest The Psalms were especially trou- tion is rather this; that admiration is of rational creatures, to gratify His blesome in this way—"Praise the the correct, adequate or appropriate, appetite. I don't want my dog to bark Lord," "0 praise the Lord with me," response to it; that, if paid, admira- approval of my books. Now that I "Praise Him." (And why, inciden- tion will not be "thrown away;" and come to think of it, there are some .+X+ +X- ++ -4; humans whose enthusiastically fa- because the people with you care for only to those who can in some vorable criticism would not much it no more than for a tin can in the measure, however little, anticipate gratify me. ditch; to hear a good joke and find no the symphony. The Jewish sacri- I one to share it with (the perfect hearer fices, and even our own most sacred Spontaneity V died a year ago). . . . rites, as they actually occur in human But the most obvious fact about If it were possible for a created experience, are, like the tuning, praise—whether of God or any- soul fully (I mean, up to the full promise, not performance. . . . thing—strangely escaped me. I measure conceivable in a finite thought of it in terms of compliment, being) to "appreciate," that is to love Shocking Thoughts approval, or the giving of honor. I and delight in, the worthiest object As for the element of bargaining in had never noticed that all enjoyment of all, and simultaneously at every the Psalms (Do this and I will praise • spontaneously overflows into praise moment to give this delight perfect you), that silly dash of paganism unless (sometimes even if) shyness expression, then that soul would be certainly existed. The flame does not or the fear of boring others is delib- in supreme beatitude. It is along ascend pure from the altar. But the erately brought in to check it. The these lines that I find it easiest to impurities are not its essence. . . . world rings with praise—lovers understand the Christian doctrine Of course, we would not blunder praising their mistresses, readers that "Heaven" is a state in which in our words like them. But there is, • their favorite poet, walkers prais- angels now, and men hereafter, are for ill as well as for good, a wordless ing the countryside, players praising perpetually employed in praising prayer. I have often, on my knees, their favorite game. . . . God. been shocked to find what sort of I had not noticed how the hum- This does not mean, as it can so thoughts I have, for a moment, been blest, and at the same time most dismally suggest, that it is like addressing to God; what infantile • balanced and capacious, minds placations I was really offering; what praised most, while the cranks, mis- claims I have really made; even what s fits, and malcontents praised least. absurd adjustments or compromises The good critics found something to I was half-consciously proposing. praise in many imperfect works; the raise almost There is a pagan, savage heart in bad ones continually narrowed the P me somewhere. For unfortunately list of books we might be allowed to the folly and idiot-cunning of 4. read. . . . Except where intolerably seems to be paganism seem to have far more adverse circumstances interfere, power of surviving than its innocent praise almost seems to be inner health inner health or even beautiful elements. It is easy, made audible. . . . once you have power, to silence the I had not noticed either that just as made audible. pipes, still the dances, disfigure the men spontaneously praise whatever statues, and forget the stories; but they value, so they spontaneously not easy to kill the savage, the urge us to join them in praising it: "being in church." For our "ser- greedy, frightened creature now "Isn't she lovely?" "Wasn't it glori- vices," both in their conduct and in cringing, now blustering, in one's ous?" "Don't you think that magnifi- our power to participate, are merely soul—the creature to whom God cent?" The psalmists in telling every- attempts at worship; never fully may well say, "Thou thoughtest . . . I one to praise God are doing what all successful, often 99.9 percent fail- am even such a one as thyself" (Ps. men do when they speak of what ures, sometimes total failures. We 50:21). they care about. . . . are not riders but pupils in the riding But all this, as I have said, will be I think we delight to praise what school; for most of us the falls and illuminating to only a few of my we enjoy because the praise not bruises, the aching muscles and the readers. To the others, such a com- merely expresses but completes the severity of the exercise, far outweigh edy of errors, so circuitous a journey enjoyment; it is its appointed con- those few moments in which we to reach the obvious, will furnish summation. . . . It is frustrating to were, to our own astonishment, occasion for charitable laughter. El have discovered a new author and actually galloping without terror * Texts in this article are from the Book of not to be able to tell anyone how and without disaster. . . . Common Prayer. good he is; to come suddenly, at the Meanwhile, of course, we are turn of the road, upon some moun- merely, as Donne says, tuning our From Reflections on the Psalms, copyright 1958 by C. S. Lewis; renewed 1986 by Arthur Owen Barfield. tain valley of unexpected grandeur instruments. The tuning up of the Reprinted by permission of Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, and then to have to keep silent orchestra can be itself delightful, but Inc. Find Union with a world of new possibilities

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Children have the right to hear the truth about human sexuality from their parents first.

In keeping with our Next week our topic will be Adventist commitment to "Teens, Sex, and Responsi- practical Christian faith bility." The material, and its potential to reno- 0 intended for parents, is vate every aspect of human necessarily explicit life, we here present the first TELL at times, but always of a two-part series dealing dignified and practi- with a topic every parent cal. We believe it will must face: educating chil- HER! provide great assis- dren about human sexu- tance to parents as they ality. bring children to a Chris- "God has endowed tian understanding of sex human beings with a and all God intends it to wonderful system in be.—Editors. which we may co-create with Him," writes arents seldom worry family life educato Pabout teaching their Alberta Mazat. Bu children how to put on a many parents find sock or how to say difficulty in "Daddy" or "Mommy." addressing this sub- However, a great deal of ject with their chil- uneasiness accompanies dren. This week's the thought of imparting article is designed to information about sex. help parents intro- But sex education duce children to the involves more than shar- facts and beauty of ing reproductive facts. • human sexuality as And children begin learn- "God's plan for ing about this important enriching human lives." aspect of humanness long

ADVENTIST REVIEW, MAY 7, 1987 ILLUSTRATION BY LOEL BARR (509) 21 from the day they come home from the ex education is incomplete if it hospital. While caring for his or her S needs, they should recite to the baby fails to emphasize love, caring, and the names for all the parts of his or her body, including the genitals. They responsibility. should use the correct names, not some trifling euphemisms. And par- before parental nervousness sets in, don't allow"—and the list could go ents should begin to tell the exciting for the educational process begins at on. Someone needs to speak posi- story of reproduction, factually and birth. When parents love and cherish tively about God's plan for sexuality. delightfully. their babies, when they consistently Ellen White must have believed Of course, the baby won't under- make them feel warm and accepted, this, for more than 100 years ago she stand a word of it. But the gentle tones, when they hold, cuddle, and lovingly wrote, "The children need to be smiles, and caresses will signal that care for them, they thereby provide instructed in regard to their own something good is being transmitted. them a basis for interacting with bodies. There are but few youth who And mom and dad will begin getting others in trust and affection. This lays have any definite knowledge of the used to telling the story of conception, the foundation for a happy, stable love mysteries of human life. They know so that when the child does ask his or life later on. but little about the living machinery" her first questions, they will answer, But important information is also (Testimonies, vol. 2, p. 536). not in a halting, embarassed manner, part of the package. Children have the Studies today still indicate this but freely and easily. right to learn from their parents, from trend. In one survey only 7 percent of God has endowed human beings the time of their first curiosities, boys and 29 percent of girls reported with a wonderful system in which we correct information about their that their parents were the source of may co-create with Him. Presenting bodies—information given in an their sexual information. At the same such an awe-inspiring gift deserves atmosphere of acceptance and loving time, they said they wished their the best of our abilities. It should be interest. parents had been that source. the unfolding of a tale of wonder that Of course, some people believe our When asked where they were get- begins with information at the child's society already puts too much empha- ting their information, children most level of understanding and then pro- sis on sex, and they want to protect frequently named the media (televi- ceeds. Sometimes this will be a mere their children from facing this infor- sion, radio, magazines), then friends passing sentence of explanation. mation any sooner than necessary. It's and siblings, with the remainder hav- Another time it will be an unhurried true, we see too much emphasis on ing "picked it up someplace." Do we sit-down discussion in answer to a blatant, manipulative, coercive, and really want to deliver our children to direct question or puzzled expression. physically based sex in our culture. these sources of knowledge? Dare we? What But silence is not the antidote. To counteract this unwholesome glut, we Who Many times parents think a child's must emphasize the beauty of sexual- Most studies indicate that mothers first question about sex calls for a ity as God's plan for enriching human do most of the sex educating in the complete explanation of the story of lives. Sex education is incomplete if it home. However, children whose life. But all they need to give is the fails to emphasize love, caring, and fathers are not also part of the process information the child is asking for, in responsibility. are disadvantaged. Both parents terms the child can easily understand. Let's study, then, some concerns should be involved with children of If little sister wonders why her that disquiet parents as they face each sex. body is genitally different from educating their children about sexual- Boys need to hear from their fathers brother's, she will usually be ity. about the workings of the male body. satisfied with the explanation But they also need to hear from both that it's because boys grow up to Why mom and dad what it means to be be daddies and girls grow up to be Children will find out about their male. Little girls can learn so much mommies. "Where did I come sexuality; nothing is surer. Parents from their mothers about femaleness. from?" can be answered simply: have the opportunity to be there first But a father is important too, in "You grew inside Mommy in a with the good news, rather than helping his daughters better under- very special place, just as God leaving this interest to be addressed by stand maleness, in helping them planned it." Wondering how giggling, misinformed peers. develop insights into the meaning of Aunt Mary's baby got out of her Children frequently grow to male/female relationships. tummy, a child will be glad to puberty without hearing one positive know there is a special opening message about their sexuality. Instead, When in a mother's body. the message is "Don't touch, don't Parents should begin telling the A request to see that special place look, don't ask, don't show, don't feel, baby about his or her sexuality right could be answered matter-of-factly:

22 (510) ADVENTIST REVIEW, MAY 7, 1987 "That would not be appropriate, because this is a private place that hildren need to be instructed in mommies have." From an early age, children can learn what is and is not regard to their own bodies," wrote "appropriate" (not to be confused with "naughty," "bad," or "wrong"). Ellen White. "There are but few youth Introducing the concept of private body parts prepares the way to protect who have any definite knowledge of children against inappropriate touches involving these parts of their the mysteries of human life." bodies. At any point a parent can say, "I don't know how to answer that ques- or sperm] that carries the seeds they should (a) know the correct tion, but I will find out and we will found the one egg that was there names for body parts and their func- talk about it again." Don't tell a child waiting for them, and they all tried to tions; (b) understand the growth of the he is too young to understand, or that get inside the egg covering. baby within the mother, and the he shouldn't be asking questions like "Finally the one that made you father's part in reproduction; (c) be that. A question indicates a need for found the inside of the egg, and aware of the mother's role of nourish- knowledge. If their first questions are something very special and exciting ing a baby through breast-feeding; (d) not answered, children many times happened. The egg covering would know how to protect themselves from will quit asking an indication that not let any other seeds in, and you being touched in inappropriate ways. they are probably going elsewhere for were started right at that very moment. Sometimes parents become con- their information. [Here, or at another time, the child can cerned when they observe their young The question parents probably find be told how the color of his or her children touching their genitals or most difficult has to do with how the eyes, hair, the shape of his nose, etc., showing interest in one another's. baby got started, and the father's were all decided at this time.] This is a normal part of development involvement. This question provides "Then, just as God planned it, this and should not cause undue concern a wonderful opportunity to bring love, tiny being, this little [child's name] or punitive action. It will not become a caring, and spiritual content into the was planted right inside Mommy in a compulsive habit unless parents call story: nice warm room called the uterus attention to this behavior with severe "When we got married [a good [womb], and you grew and grew. scolding or physical punishment. place to show wedding pictures and Finally you decided you wanted to This could well cause more of the talk about the church's part in this come out where we could hug you behavior it seeks to extinguish. Par- special occasion], we loved each other into our family." The parents can then ents should look to their own behav- so much. Soon we wanted to share the tell about their wonder in the perfec- ior, becoming even more loving, love and happiness of our home. We tion of this little [child's name], and approving, and demonstrative. talked and talked, and eventually we how thrilled they were to have him or Parents do not have to be experts on decided we wanted to have a [insert her for a son or daughter. sexuality to be effective. But they do child's name here] in our home. need positive feelings about God's "You remember what our family How plan for sexuality, and an ability to does when we feel love? We hug and The story of the beginning of life is express affection within the family kiss and get close to one another, just more than a biological essay. The circle. like this. It makes us feel good to be expression of love, wonder, and God's Building a strong sense of self- close to someone we love. Mommies part in making this all part of His worth in children through nur- and daddies have a special kind of family planning are essential to the turance and approval, helping them love between them. When Mommy telling. A strictly biological approach learn to make appropriate choices at and Daddy felt this special married does not lend itself as easily to the an early age, responding with wil- love, they laid in each other's arms introduction of values. lingness when they ask questions— and brought their bodies close When a child does not ask ques- these are the important ingredients in together." tions, parents will have to take the protecting the sexual development of If the child asks for more details, the responsibility to promote discussion our precious heritage. ❑ parent could go on with something of this topic. They can do this when Next week: "Teens, Sex, and Respon- like this: "Daddy put the part of his someone in the family has a new baby, sibility." Also look for a bibliography of body that carries the seeds into when children note undue curiosity additional helpful resource material. Mommy's part of her body that about their bodies, or when reading receives the seeds and the seeds from some of the many books that Alberta Mazat is a professor in the were quickly carried up inside tastefully tell the story of life. Department of Marriage and Family Mommy. And then the fluid [semen By the time children enter school, Therapy at Loma Linda University.

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RELIGIOUS LIBERTY HOBBIE V. FLORIDA The U.S. Supreme Court hands down an important decision for Sabbathkeepers.

e best way to safeguard your effect upholding the referee's decision to violate his beliefs, a burden upon TIown rights is to advocate the without stating why. Under Florida religion exists." same rights for everyone else." Reli- law such a decision can't be appealed Thomas reinforced the basic gious liberty people in the Adventist to a higher state court. Hobbie there- holding in Sherbert: government Church have believed—and prac- fore appealed directly to the United may burden religious practice only ticed—that maxim. And yet the criti- States Supreme Court, which on April if that burden is justified by the cism is heard that Adventist efforts are 21, 1986, agreed to review the case. existence of a "compelling public for our own benefit, that we rarely interest" and if the government Supreme Court Precedents accomplish much for the rights of used the "least intrusive method" of others. A United States Supreme General Conference attorneys rep- meeting that interest. This formula Court decision handed down Febru- resenting Paula Hobbie relied on two has been the basis to analyze free ary 25, 1987, indicates otherwise. important Supreme Court precedents. exercise claims since 1963. The case of Paula Hobbie v. Unem- Sherbert v. Verner (1963) involved a Factual Differences ployment Compensation Appeals Seventh-day Adventist who was de- Board of Florida began routinely. nied unemployment compensation in If the facts in Hobbie were so Hobbie had been employed by a retail South Carolina because she refused a similar to those in Sherbert and jeweler in Altamonte Springs, Florida, job requiring her to work on the Thomas, how did Florida justify its as an assistant manager. When she Sabbath. The Court held that the denial of benefits? Hobbie was the became a Seventh-day Adventist state's action contravened the free "agent of change." (May 19, 1984), she informed her exercise clause of the Constitution Sherbert had previously worked supervisor that she could no longer because it forced Sherbert "to choose Monday through Friday, then lost work on the Sabbath. Since Hobbie between following the precepts of her her job when the employer added a was a valued employee, he arranged religion and forfeiting benefits, on the Saturday shift. Thomas had pre- for her to work for him on Sundays one hand, and abandoning one of the viously worked on a general prod- while he worked for her on Sabbath. precepts of her religion in order to ucts line, then lost his job when the This accommodation was discon- accept work, on the other hand." employer discontinued nonmilitary tinued by upper management, and as In 1981 the Court reaffirmed Sher- production. In both cases the no other efforts to accommodate her bert in Thomas v. Review Board. change was brought about by the were made, Hobbie was fired on June Thomas, a Jehovah's Witness, had employer. In Hobbie the employer 1, 1984, for refusing to work on the worked for a steel mill before all changed nothing. Hobbie accepted Sabbath. Her claim for unemploy- sections of the mill were closed except new religious beliefs that precipi- ment compensation was contested by those that manufactured military arma- tated the problem: she was the the employer on the grounds that ments. As his religious beliefs forbade "agent of change." Hobbie had been "discharged for him to participate in weapons produc- More simply put, the state was misconduct connected with work." tion, he quit. Like Sherbert and Hobbie, saying, "The employer shouldn't When the state denied her applica- he was denied unemployment com- have to pay unemployment benefits tion for benefits, Hobbie appealed to pensation. But the Court said: "Where if it did nothing wrong." To which the Unemployment Compensation the state conditions receipt of an Hobbie replied, "I asked for unem- Appeals Board, where a referee important benefit upon conduct pro- ployment compensation from the upheld the denial. scribed by a religious faith, or where it state of Florida, not from Lawton This decision was taken to the denies such a benefit because of con- and Company." Florida Fifth District Court of duct mandated by religious belief, Florida's attorneys also looked to Appeals, which issued a per curium thereby putting substantial pressure on a recent Supreme Court decision for affirmance on September 10, 1985, in an adherent to modify his behavior and help. In the 1986 case of Bowen v. BY MITCHELL A. TYNER 24 (512) ADVENTIST REVIEW, MAY 7, 1987 Roy, Former Chief Justice Burger, related to a legitimate purpose Beyond Hobbie without specifically criticizing would be vastly easier. That stand- Sherbert, argued for a different test ard would in effect allow the state to But the Court did far more: it also for statutes that incidentally burden say to a religious claimant, "Heads reaffirmed that any governmental bur- religion. Burger, joined by Justices we win, tails you lose." den on the religious practices of Rehnquist and Powell, proposed An amicus curiae (friend of the anyone whose rights are protected by that such a statute should be upheld court) brief filed in Hobbie by the the United States Constitution will be if it is facially neutral, uniformly United States Department of Justice subjected to the highest leve, l of scru- applied, has no provision for indi- argued that "the denial of benefits tiny and may be justified only by a vidual exemptions, and "clearly under a facially neutral statute, governmental interest of the highest promotes a legitimate and impor- without more, is not prohibition of order. So the benefit of this case goes tant public interest." the free exercise of religion." It beyond three weeks of unemployment Here was the real importance of maintained that the state should be compensation for Mrs. Hobbie. the Court's decision in Hobbie. Far free to accommodate religious Cases involving two faithful Seventh-day Adventist women, Adele 4 more than merely unemployment beliefs if it wishes to do so, but benefits for Sabbatarians, this case should not be forced to accommo- Sherbert and Paula Hobbie, have fast involved a direct challenge to the date if it does not wish to do so. made and now reestablished a funda- high standard set by Sherbert by Heads they win, tails you lose. mental point of constitutional law. The rights of millions of others have been which governmental burdens on On February 25 the Supreme Court religious practice must be justified. in an eight to one decision (with Chief strengthened by their cases. 0 A "compelling public interest," Justice Rehnquist in dissent) mandated required by Sherbert, is not impos- unemployment benefits for Paula Hob- Mitchell A. Tyner serves as associate sible to show—but it's difficult. To bie. It rejected the "agent of change" director and legal counsel in the GC show simply that the challenged theory, and reaffirmed its previous Public Affairs and Religious Liberty governmental action is rationally holdings in Sherbert and Thomas. Department. It Just Got Easier to Order the Weekly Adventist Review. Simply call your Adventist Book Center. 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free of their habit at the third session. But most respondents who Breathe Free: Making a have conducted the program are in agreement with the Michigan director who wrote, "We have had partic- Difference in the Eighties ipants remark how important the first two programs are in prepara- Health Dept. explains new antismoking plan tion for a good foundation. Some who attended former plans have A s the tenacious stronghold of and Temperance Department is commented on how much better ...the tobacco industry begins to currently working with the Center this is than the others." Many of the • crumble, smokers are regarded for Health Promotion at Loma Linda participants are saying they "could increasingly as losers. University to evaluate scientifically never have made it without the two The United States Department of the effectiveness of the new preparatory meetings." Health and Human Services, the Breathe-Free Plan. In the meantime, The increased number of sessions armed services, public service a two-page questionnaire com- gives time for the director and group organizations, and hundreds of pleted by trainees gives an indica- leaders to get better acquainted with thousands of individuals are deter- tion of how the new program is the people. Under the Five-Day Plan mined to make the United States doing. a pastor could block out five consec- smoke-free by the year 2000! Can- utive days and be done. The new ada has similar goals. Meeting this Lifestyle Challenges plan, though, takes a portion of challenge won't be easy, but it is A couple in the Northwest say the three weeks. One pastor wrote in 4. possible. Breathe-Free Plan illustrates the appreciation of the extended con- The Seventh-day Adventist gospel and reveals the compassion tact: "I have noticed that a much Church has been a leader in the of Christ. They sent their "personal closer relationship develops antismoking movement for more and sincere thanks with all kinds of between staff and participants, and than 100 years, long before the accompanying statements of grati- among the participants themselves, public realized the danger of ciga- tude from hundreds of people our with a longer program. More quality rettes and other forms of tobacco. To team has reached in the past few time is spent together. Real friend- combat this evil, the church devel- months." Only two respondents ships develop." oped the Five-Day Plan to Stop said they didn't like the spiritual A frequent question that comes Smoking, which helped millions component of the new program. up in our training sessions is quit smoking. Many appreciate the emphasis on "Where will we find the time to positive lifestyle-modification strat- spend with these people who want New Name egies. "I like the positive, upbeat to become nonsmokers?" One From 1984 to 1985 the Five-Day approach in the new program. Par- answer is to recognize that we don't Plan was revised and given a new ticipants like the idea of being free have to do all the work ourselves. name: the Breathe-Free Plan to Stop from smoking." Another reported, We can engage the successful gradu- Smoking. Once again we are in the "It presents and emphasizes the ates of previous programs to help in right place, at the right time, pre- worth of the individual. We had two subsequent programs. The script for pared to help the remaining 35 young mothers who recognized that session eight suggests giving partici- million smokers of North America their low self-concept was caused pants that opportunity by providing break free from this destructive by parents who frequently told them them with the "I Care" form on habit. they would never amount to any- which they indicate their desire to During the nearly two years since thing. They both stopped smoking help with future programs. the Breathe-Free Plan made its during the program." debut at the 1985 General Confer- At first glance, some questioned Pathways ence session in New Orleans, 35 whether the new plan contained too Extended contact in the plan and seminars throughout the nine much material, but many who have with graduates who help in subse- unions of North America have used the new director's kit respond quent programs bring results like trained nearly 1,000 Seventh-day like this program director from this one from a Southern state: "One Adventists to use the new program Michigan, "I appreciate the quan- of our participants on the follow-up and help people stop smoking. tity of material. It gives me some call asked many questions regard- The General Conference Health flexibility." ing our church beliefs and stated One respondent who had never that he would like to come and visit By Stoy Proctor, North American conducted the plan questioned the our church. In a few weeks we even Division Health and Temperance need for the first two sessions, received a donation of $350 for our Department director. which prepare participants to break work." ADVENTIST REVIEW, MAY 7, 1987 (515) 27 Graduates of the Breathe-Free just began a weight-control class, their Breathe-Free graduates are Plan are also often interested in and at least 2 of the 32 participants now attending stress-control pro- attending additional classes. One were attendees at the previous grams, and even some Revelation person reported from California: "I Breathe-Free Plan." Others reported seminars. In Virginia a Breathe-Free graduate who is still smoke-free has twice invited the Seventh-day Adventist The New Breathe-Free Plan team to conduct the Breathe-Free Plan in his Baptist church. ■ The Best Five-Day Plan Principles Included In North Carolina a family of five are now baptized Seventh-day Several proven principles from the original Five-Day Plan remain an Adventists because two of them integral part of the new Breathe-Free Plan to Stop Smoking, including: attended the Breathe-Free Plan to cold-turkey cessation, increased use of water and fruit juices, abstinence Stop Smoking. from alcoholic and caffeinated beverages, a healthful diet, and an We find that many who attend the exercise program. The following are some of the major new features: plan exchange their old lifestyle for ■ Emphasis on Positive Lifestyle Modification Strategies a new one. A pastor reports, "Last May we had a lady come to our Most smokers in North America know that smoking is hazardous, but session who smoked three packs of they don't know how to stop; so the new plan emphasizes lifestyle-modi- cigarettes and drank two gallons of fication strategies such as values clarification, modeling, visualization, coffee per day. She had a hard time affirmation, positive thinking, and rewards. Participants learn how to as the withdrawal symptoms were stop smoking and become winners by using secrets of Olympic severe. We did our best to help her, champions. and she finally was victorious. And ■ The Spiritual Dimension later she became a Seventh-day Adventist. Alcoholics Anonymous and many similar programs have paved the way for the inclusion of more spiritual values in our smoking-cessation programs. The Breathe-Free Plan to Stop Smoking features universal spiritual truths that motivate smokers to overcome self-destructive Breathe-Free behavior. Then at the end of each session, a 10-minute optional spiritual emphasis gives participants an opportunity to learn how to call on God Materials for help in overcoming their habit. ■ Increased Personal Attention and Follow-Through All Breathe-Free Plan materials and films can be ordered from the A series of three diplomas provides a good "excuse" to continue North American Division Health periodic visits with each participant for at least one year following and Temperance Resource Center, graduation. Personal attention is one of the most important gifts one can called The Health Connection (Nar- give to help a new nonsmoker stay a nonsmoker. cotics Education), 6840 Eastern ■ Eight Sessions Avenue NW., Washington, D.C. 20012. Research reveals that it takes at least two weeks for the body to throw off most of the nicotine and about three weeks to change a habit. So this Three-Piece Director's Kit program spans a period of two weeks, with a phone contact at the end of A onetime purchase to the third week. equip a director to offer the plan. The two sessions held during the first week (Tuesday and Thursday) are designed to help smokers prepare mentally and physically to break ■ Director's Manual free from smoking. The third session, Break-Free Night, is the first of five This comprehensive how-to consecutive meetings (Sunday through Thursday) in the second week. explanation of the entire program Most participants stop smoking by the third session, so there are five includes a planning and advertis- meetings left to help establish their new nonsmoking lifestyle. During ing guide for attracting a large the third week (Monday or Tuesday) a graduation ceremony is held to group, detailed job descriptions for honor and reward those who have successfully become nonsmokers. all staff members, the partner's kit ■ A New Name manuscript, evaluation proce- dure s , and samples of the A new name was necessary because the Breathe-Free Plan is no longer diplomas, buttons, advertising a five-day course. fliers, posters, and personal plan booklets (156 pages).

28 (516) ADVENTIST REVIEW, MAY 7, 1987 ■ Program Scripts The Partner's Kit ■ The Diplomas These scripts are so complete A onetime purchase In the final (eighth) session of the that when the traditional doctor- for each small-group leader. plan, each participant who has minister team is not available, stopped smoking receives the other health professionals, coun- This kit prepares volunteers to give B.N.S. (Bachelor of Nonsmoking) selors, and experienced laymen personal support to participants diploma. Those who have not may competently conduct the during and after the meetings. It smoked a single cigarette since 4. plan. explains how to lead small-group Break-Free Night receive a gold seal Double-spaced type is printed discussions, make friends with par- on their diploma. Everyone who on only one side of each sheet, ticipants, and follow through with attends all eight sessions receives a making it easy to read. The first phone and personal visits. The part- silver seal. sentence of each paragraph is ner's kit also contains helpful pam- After six months those who underlined, providing a quick-ref- phlets, and the personal plan book- remain nonsmokers receive the erence outline of the script (357 let. M.N.S. (Master of Nonsmoking) pages). diploma. The motivational power of Supplies for Each Participant ■ these simple rewards is remarkably Handout Masters Needed each time effective. The handouts are onetime you conduct the plan. ■ activity sheets not duplicated in The Personal Plan Booklet ■ "I Love Being Free From the personal plan booklet. These This pocket-sized summary of handout masters included in the Smoking" Button important information and encour- director's kit are unpunched and The button's positive affirmation agement is designed for the partici- may be duplicated to provide one slogan helps participants focus on pant's easy reference during and after set for each participant (31 their desired goal of breaking the the sessions. This replaces the previ- pages). smoking habit. ous control booklet. Finally, an adult degree program that treats you like an adult.

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Atlantic Union College. Where great futures begin. hes throughout the year. Pastors held simultaneous public New York Churches Unite meetings from September 13 to October 25 in 32 Spanish-speaking churches and 15 churches using in Yearlong Campaign other languages. The meetings continued four nights a week in all the major areas of New York City. The Ministers and members mesh efforts nights of greatest attendance saw as many as 3,500 at the meetings. Evangelists who worked together reater New York Conference majority of its churches. Plans were included Jorge Grieve, Steve Bohr, Gmade history in 1986 by made almost one year in advance. and Raul Villanueva. Carlos E. organizing an evangelistic cam- Church members served as Aeschlimann, associate secretary of paign that resulted in a missionary speakers, Bible instructors, and the General Conference Ministerial revival and the greatest number of instructors of baptismal classes and Association, led meetings at Union baptisms it has ever recorded. seminars as they prepared hun- Square, Williamsburg, and Central The conference declared 1986 a dreds of interested people. Twenty- Brooklyn. He also conducted a year for total and united evange- five Spanish-speaking churches course in evangelism for conference lism. The entire year featured some carried on evangelistic activities pastors. kind of evangelizing activity in the before, during, and after the tradi- The Spanish churches distrib- tional Holy Week. Almost all uted 40,000 copies of El Centinela By Carlos E. Aeschlimann, associ- churches dedicated the time (Spanish Signs) whose back cover ate secretary of the General Confer- between May and September to advertised the evangelistic cam- ence Ministerial Association and holding Revelation seminars. Bap- paign. In addition, they gave out coordinator of Harvest 90. tismal classes functioned in all the 150,000 fliers and put advertise- ments on their television program, Ayer, Hoy y Mariana. Even so, 80 percent of the visitors were brought by church members. Methods of evangelism included 50 series of meetings attended by 3,300 per night, 55 Revelation seminars with 1,715 each night, 81 cottage meetings with an attendance of 500, 40 baptismal classes enrolling 375 can- didates, seven street campaigns averaging 560 in attendance, one English class attended by 50, and even an art exposition seen by nearly 150 each day. Portuguese Excitement About 280 names of interested Already more than 200,000 bridges of understand- persons were obtained from the ing have been built with George Vandeman's new street meetings. The Portuguese book, What I Like About . . . . church organized a permanent All across North America people are sharing this im- school to teach English and provide portant book with their non-SDA friends and relatives. le g uidance to immigrants, more than What I Like About . . . takes a look at what seven major 20 of whom have been baptized religious groups have contributed to our understanding of truth. The book ends with a thorough look at what Adventists during recent months. The art expo- have to offer to modern men and women. sition in the Union Square church Don't you know someone who needs What I Like About . . . ? took advantage of a visit by Luis Price for single copies is just CIS $1.95/Cdn $2.75. Sharing Cajiga, renowned Adventist painter packs of five books are (IS $7.95/Cdn $11.15. and lay preacher from Puerto Rico. What I Like About . . . is also available in Spanish. Hundreds of visitors to this exhibit Another fine product of Pacific Press. later attended a series of meetings. Residents of large apartment build-

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ings were invited to meetings organized in their buildings. Church members who worked therefore and make closely with their pastors included disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the 197 lay preachers, 225 Bible instructors, 74 baptismal class instructors, name of the Father and of the Son and of the and 106 preachers at cottage meet- Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I ings. In all, 1,175 laypersons joined have commanded you; and lo, I am with you in all aspects of the campaign. The churches also contributed $50,000 always, to the close of the age." toward evangelistic expenses. A Matt. 28:19, 20, RSV total of 1,464 new members were baptized. Pedro Clausell, Abel Rosario, and Roy Gordon each baptized more than 100. Victories These figures represent many ti personal victories. One man, reared in Christian surroundings, gradu- ally wandered away from his upbringing. During the Vietnam War he came to a realization that God had protected him. However, after the war he continued in his evil ways, until his life became chaotic. Then Elder Abel Rosario invited him to a Revelation Seminar that changed his life. All of his family, including his children, united with the church. The Complete Collection of Ellen G. White's Another man baptized was once a Review and Herald Articles prosperous businessman; he had Enlarge your library with counsel for each branch of the lost everything because of a drink- this six-volume set of Ellen church's work—medical, edu- ing habit. His sister, in desperation, White's Review and Herald cational, and ministerial. contacted the local Seventh-day articles. You'll have access to The majority of what she Adventist Church and convinced every message she presented wrote for Review subscribers him to receive the visit of a lay through the church paper. never appeared in her later brother and Pastor Ronaldo. He They include her "Notes of books. agreed to take Bible studies. As a Travel," in which she narrates result, his life was changed. He quit her trips to the frontiers of the Volume 1 of the collection growing church. She describes begins with an 1849 issue of alcohol and tobacco, was baptized, the spiritual possibilities of the Present Truth. Volume 6 and is now an active member of the each new mission and sanitar- ends on July 29, 1915, with a church. ium. biography of Mrs. White writ- And a lieutenant colonel in the She had a message for ten by A. G. Daniells when he United States Air Force, a veteran of church members almost every received word of her death. All the Vietnam War, in which he was week beginning in the 1880s. articles are reproduced from shot down five times but providen- "How to Meet Trial and Diffi- the original page they tially saved each time, was also culty," "An All-Sufficient Sav- appeared on, surrounded by baptized. He too realized that God iour," and "What Shall Our poems and short articles writ- had protected him. His wife Children Read?" reflect just a ten by Adventist pioneers. An few of the hundreds of topics index helps you find specific received Bible studies from lay she covered. She has specific articles quickly. ti members and was baptized. The lieutenant colonel decided to study Cloth cover, about 600 pages in each volume his wife's beliefs, and requested Complete set, regularly US$169.95 baptism three months later. The 12 Sale price US$129.95 lieutenant colonel has since become a Available from your ABC strong supporter of the church. ADVENTIST REVIEW, MAY 7, 1987 (519) 31 WORLDV1EW

Kisekka pointed out. "In 1981, 41 evangelistic efforts were conducted. Of this number, 15 were conducted by pastors and 23 by laymen. The efforts resulted in more than 2,000 baptisms." In addition to traditional forms of ministry, electronic evangelism was recently begun by the Adventist Church. "During 1986 the church received free airtime on Radio Uganda and on television. We broadcast our programs for three hours a week in five different languages. Through this channel many 0 people have become acquainted with the Adventist Church and have been baptized." 0 The growth of the Ugandan Adventist Church was noted CCI 0 recently at the General Conference's 8 Annual Council in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where the field received union mission status. Enormous Challenges Despite the church's thrilling successes, some dire needs remain. The church's literature ministry has Kiseldm Visits America declined because of monetary problems, Kisekka commented. "We have more than 100 literature evan- Uganda's prime minister addresses his church gelists ready to distribute books. However, we do not have enough books for the literature evangelists e's often been called the mod- The prime minister, who was and for the general reading of the Hern-day Daniel and the twenti- exiled for an extended period, says laity. We welcome assistance in this eth-century Joseph, but whatever that his church survived a long, regard." the title, Samson Kisekka has hard struggle. Another area of concern is the proved himself as a guiding light for "Amin imposed a ban on our church's medical work. "Ishaka his country and his church. church [from September 20, 1977, to Hospital was built in 1948, with Dr. Kisekka, an Adventist layman April 11, 1979]," Kisekka com- space for 40 beds," he explained. and Uganda's prime minister, made mented as he addressed a meeting of "But it is now used as an 80-bed an extended visit to the United General Conference leaders. "Dur- hospital. With the doubling of the States in March to tour several ing this dark period our church patients, our medical standards Adventist institutions. members were harassed, tortured, have been adversely affected. Currently, Uganda is in the pro- and imprisoned. The church also "There is a pressing need to cess of rebuilding itself after under- lost some of its land, schools, and renovate the hospital plant and staff going years of political strife under church buildings. buildings, raise the number of staff the regime of Idi Amin. During that "But God turned that persecution physicians to five, improve the time all missionaries were banned into blessings. During that period water system, and replace damaged and church schools were closed. the church members became united equipment." However, Kisekka held the church in their faith. They were moved and During the meeting Neal C. Wil- together in the absence of mission- started to play an active part in son, General Conference president, aries. personal and public evangelism," announced that the Swedish Inter- continued Kisekka. national Development Agency By Carlos Medley, news editor, The church's evangelistic thrust would be contributing $1.5 million ADVENTIST REVIEW accelerated with the return of peace, for the development of Ugandan

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The Far Eastern Division of the Seventh-day Adventist church together with its Southeast Asia Union Mission and its Thailand Mission is commit- ted to humanitarian service beneficial to refugees within these territories. While there are private organizations, such as Projects Asia, that address human need in the area, these are independent of the Seventh-day Adventist Church and its unique program of humanitarian service. Church members can most effectively support the evangelistic and humanitarian program for refugees in Southeast Asia by earmarking their contributions for this purpose directly through the church organization. ti primary and secondary schools. A Hospital, Takoma Academy, The Adventist Development and Relief Agency is $145,000 donation for Ishaka Hos- Andrews and Loma Linda universi- working closely with the Thailand Mission in pital was also announced. ties, and Oakwood College, where various relief and development programs for refugees. The mission personnel are also involved in Kisekka's address was part of an he registered his son. Kisekka also Bible study with large groups of refugees. eight-day tour that took him to the held a private meeting with U.S. Your support through the regular channels of the General Conference headquarters, State Department Secretary George church will be greatly appreciated and will be Review and Herald Publishing Schultz. The prime minister also effective in assisting these projects to be successful. Association, Washington Adventist addressed the National Press Club. Ottis C. Edwards, President

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ADVENTIST REVIEW, MAY 7, 1987 (521) 33 giving to fight world hunger," says May 9 ADRA Offering Ralph S. Watts, Jr., director of ADRA. "This has caused a serious drop in donations. But I don't fore- see a slackening of support for to Help Feed Millions ADRA among Adventists, for two reasons. One, our people do not very day in 1986 the Adventist largest development and relief simply give every time they see a E Development and Relief agencies. photograph of terrible starvation. Agency (ADRA) distributed more "I hear that people are tired of People eventually become immune than 1.2 million meals to hungry *.• victims of disaster and famine. Through ADRA the church shoulders this mammoth effort with the financial assistance of 1.5 percent of Adventist members' Personal Giv- ing Plan contributions and the annual Disaster and Famine Relief Offering. That offering will be received on May 9 this year. Much of the food distributed by ADRA is delivered as part of self- help programs. For instance, in the high Andes of Bolivia local farmers are "paid" in potatoes to build terraces and prepare ground for new agricultural projects. After several seasons the farmers have learned new techniques of growing their own food and no longer need the potato "salaries." "Because we try to help disaster victims help themselves, contributions to ADRA go a very long way," says Mario Ochoa, ADRA Interna- tional executive vice president. "The money that funds a single gardening project can easily develop over the years into a self- sufficient way of life for whole villages." Southern Africa furnishes an example of that philosophy. Jim Rankin, director of the ADRA scien- tific gardening project, which teaches the basics of vegetable farm- The Best of Uncle Arthur's Stories 4. ing to young agriculturists in Zim- In Australia, they selected the war with wasps; how a minnow babwe, says, "In a 12-week session best of Uncle Arthur's Bedtime taught Matt and Glen to tell the (one growing season) we teach a Stories. Next they added bright, truth; and how Suzanne's love for young man how to grow enough up-to-date illustrations and divided a naughty puppy resembles God's food to take care of his family, as the stories into four hardcover vol- love for us. umes. Now you can buy these Make storytime memorable with well as earn an income by selling books in North America at a bar- Uncle Arthur's Best Stories. extra food. This young man's exam- gain price. ple encourages others in the village Arthur Maxwell told stories Hardcover, four volumes. to learn from him, and we begin to about boys and girls developing Regular price, US$49.95/Cdn$69.95. see a ripple effect." character, stories that stay in the On sale for US$39.95/Cdn$55.95. ADRA International operates in mind like parables. more than 60 countries as one of the It is hard to forget how Dennis ix Available from your ABC. learned to obey his parents after a 34 (522) i BULLETIN BOARD

to that sort of thing. I think our School, Bangkok, Thailand, of Dowagiac, Michigan, as dentist, Youngberg Adventist Hospital, Singa- left February 17. pore, of Loma Linda, California, left January 30. church members support ADRA Sherman Albertus Nagel (Special Service), to Alec James Perry (Special Service), to serve as because they understand that every serve as evangelist, Nigerian Union, Ikeja, Lagos maintenance worker, Palau Mission Academy, death by starvation means the death State, Nigeria, and Edith Louise (Hill) Nagel, of Koror, Palau, Caroline Islands, and Betty May Angwin, California, left January 26. (Jackson) Perry, of Kelowna, British Columbia, - of one of God's children. Roger Theodore Nelson (Special Service), to Canada, left January 18. serve as physician/surgeon, Bangkok Adventist Robert Charles Rosenquist (Special Service), to Worldwide Structure Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand, of Dunlap, Tennes- serve as physician, Taiwan Adventist Hospital, see, left February 10. Taipei, Taiwan, and Betty Alfarata (Oliver) Rosen- "The other reason is that our Quintes Perry Nicola (Special Service), to serve quist, of Yucaipa, California, left January 21. ▪ people believe ADRA provides an efficient way to get their dollars to „ where they're needed—feeding ew people have heard the present day. He answers questions people. Church members know our A story of Adventists in Russia. about an "official church" and an staffers work for church salaries. Until now. "underground church." And he tells They realize the advantages we Alf Lohne, a former vice us how our doctrines have stood firm receive. Fpresident of the General Conference, even though the members have few • "That confidence leads to a spe- tells how the Russian church grew in materials to guide them. cial generosity. Just this year, stu- almost complete isolation. Adventists who read this book will ' dents at our colleges in North Discover how Catherine the Great share a sense of victory as each dra- America raised more than $50,000 opened the way for Adventists 100 matic providence unfolds. And they for ADRA. They also helped choose years before we had missionaries. will feel a spiritual bond growing where the dollars will go. That Find out why more people were bap- with their fellow members in a distant country. makes me confident about ADRA." tized in the nine months following the Bolshevick Revolution than in the previous 20 years. Read about highly productive communal farms where `® Hardcover, 160 pages. •To New Posts every member was an Adventist. e US$9.95/Cdn$13.95 4 Volunteer Service Lohne's narrative continues to the M, Available at your ABC. Arthur Rudolph Bergman (Special Service), to serve as anesthetist, Swan Eye Service, Manzini, Swaziland, and Liliane Elfriede (Brennwald) Berg- man, of Takoma Park, Maryland, left February 25. Walton John Brown (Special Service), to serve as visiting educator, Cuba Union, Havana, Cuba, of Fulton, Maryland, left February 2. *. Robert William Cash (SOS), to serve as relief auditor, Far Eastern Division, North Philippine Union Mission, Manila, Philippines, of Benton Harbor, li5le!= boo are Michigan, left February 12. yvgi'F, of rolltWill and tgligioth Cl'' Isaac Chavez, Jr. (AVSC), to serve as maintenance A.Ivenli4ts.Mies fn lionia rutirql. hide? t11, Numdfi.imiettli olty. director, Adventist Training School of El Salvador, La Libertad, El Salvador, Beatrice (Padilla) Chavez, and tr two children, of Socorro, New Mexico, left December s IYVENTIST 18,1986. * Robert Carter Darnell (Special Service), to serve as participant, Islamic Conference, Middle East Union, A • Nicosia, Cyprus, of Loma Linda, California, left f, January 21. SI Joel Arthur Everett (Special Service), to serve as dentist, Seventh-day Adventist Health Centre, Blan- R tyre, Malawi, and Mary Isabell Lillie Everett, left Asjf 1 44 )11114: February 24. C. Dunbar Henri (Special Service), to serve as 4, evangelist, Nigerian Union, Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria, of College Park, Georgia, left January 26. 4 William Milton Lee (SOS), to serve as script- writer, Adventist World Radio/Asia, and Helen Virginia (Warren) Lee, to produce episodes of "Bible in Living Sound" in Chinese, Taipei, Tai- wan, and Hong Kong, of Angwin, California, left December 17, 1986. Daniel Mark (Special Service), to serve as ▪ assistant program director, Adventist World Radio/Asia, Agat, Guam, of Berrien Springs, Michi- , gan, left December 27, 1986. Beverly Kal Merrell (Special Service), to serve as elementary teacher, Ebeye Seventh-day Adventist Elementary School, Ebeye, Marshall Islands, of Portland, Oregon, left December 31, 1986. David Michael Moravetz (Special Service), to serve as teacher, Thailand English Language

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ne day Alfred, Lord Tennyson Scarcely has he recovered from that creeps up behind us, persistently Owas walking with his friend shock when a Lion leaps upon him, stalking us. She comes not precisely Edward FitzGerald along Regent "with his head held aloft and hun- with age but just after our zenith is Street, London. The two men stopped ger-mad." No sooner has he fended past. Now self-interest and covet- to look at a display of busts of the off the Lion than he finds a gaunt ousness close our hands and hearts. famous in a shop window. The poets She-Wolf trailing him. "In her lean- It seems ironic that a man who has studied the figures in silence, particu- ness [she] seemed full of all wants." survived his struggle with the beau- larly the heads of the Italian Dante So appalling is her coming, the poet tiful Leopard and the powerful Lion 11. Alighieri and the German Wolfgang loses all hope. should at last succumb to the wiles von Goethe. of the Wolf, but such are the pitfalls A "What is it," FitzGerald mused, "that Variety of Evils of later life. is present in Dante's face and absent The three fierce animals that Thus, in this masterful piece of from Goethe's?" challenged Dante's ascent of the imagery Dante unmasks the full Tennyson responded promptly. sunlit hill represent a variety of range of temptation. Changing the "The divine!" evils. If one form of temptation metaphor, the apostle James Dante brought this deep spiritual cannot deter us, another will speed- describes the fatal sequence: "Each insight to bear on his epic work, The ily present itself. person is tempted when he is lured Divine Comedy. Few people have Dante introduces the three beasts and enticed by his own desire. Then understood more clearly the nature of in a significant order. The Leopard desire when it has conceived gives humanity's battle with evil. In just the represents lust, a besetting tempta- birth to sin; and sin when it is first 60 lines we may read lessons that tion of youth. The poet loved the full-grown brings forth death" speak clearly to our hearts. beauty of the Leopard. He was (James 1:14, 15, RSV). Dante painted his picture on the entranced by the "gay skin of that And so we wander endlessly in same canvas that the prophet Jeremiah swift animal in the [morning] dawn, the gloomy woods, constant victims used centuries earlier: "Therefore a lion and the sweet season." of the wild animals. We look to the from the forest shall slay them, a wolf The sins of youth have their own sunlit hilltop and know that alone from the desert shall destroy them. A enchantment, the blandishments of we can never reach it. leopard is watching against their cities, beauty. These glamorous tempta- No direct route was open to Dante every one who goes out of them shall be tions are hard to define and still either. Rather, he had to detour torn in pieces" (Jer. 5:6, RSV). harder to resist, for they are overlaid through the paths of suffering and At age 35 Dante finds himself in the with youthful idealism and inno- repentance. Finally his tears and joy forest. He becomes aware of his spiri- cence. culminated in Paradise, where he tual condition: "In the midway of this Next comes the Lion, repre- might stand before the throne of our mortal life, I found me in a gloomy senting the vast, far-reaching sin of God. Only by traveling the same wood, astray." "I found me"—in these pride. This is the sin of our vigorous road can we escape the dark forest of three powerful words he echoes the years of maturity. We've made our error and the ravening beasts. ❑ prodigal son's moment of truth. way in the world, and somehow our Ahead, wholly out of reach, he sees a triumphs have become too much for Dorothy Min- sunlit mountaintop, a vision of the life us. He who has beaten off the chin-Comm is he would like to be living. Eagerly he Leopard must "take heed lest he professor of En- turns his steps toward the sunshine. fall" (1 Cor. 10:12)—under the paw glish at Loma Suddenly, out of the forest, three of the Lion. The years of achieve- Linda University, beasts rush upon him. The first is a ment and success seem an open California. Leopard, "nimble, light, and invitation to the Lion of pride. covered with a speckled skin." Finally, the She-Wolf of avarice BY DOROTHY MINCHIN-COMM 38 (526) ADVENTIST REVIEW, MAY 7, 1987

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