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Volume 57 WARBURTON, VICTORIA, JULY 13, 1953 Number 28

The Church's Charter W. E. BATTYE, President, Trans-Tasman Union Conference

N one of the larger churches of a Protestant denomina- who has the greatest capacity for doing good. I would tion, the conference was greatly depressed by the choose rather to be an evangelist than a cabinet minister or I continual reports of decrease in membership. Suddenly a millionaire." a new note was struck when one centre reported sub- The Apostle Paul was a great evangelist. No other stantial increase in membership. The chairman desired matters engaged his attention. He had no side-lines, but to know the reason. The young minister who was respon- with a single purpose and with a devotion that never sible said, "The explanation is just this. We have had a palled, he gave his strength to the message of the evangel. campaign, and the increase is due to the preaching of the We may think of the apostle as a great logician, as one who evangel." For a moment there was silence, and then with sets forth the atonement of Christ and His priesthood a touch of sarcasm, the chairman said, "What do you clearly and in masterly lines; but in it all he declared: mean by 'the evangel'?" "This one thing I do"; "Necessity is laid upon me"; "Woe I suppose if we answered the question we would say, is me if I preach not the gospel." We observe his ardour "The evangel is the gospel, the good news of God's grace and fervour of spirit as he writes to the Greek, Roman, that brings us freedom from sin, and the hope of eternal and Galatian churches of the coming apostasy. Hear again life." The Archbishop's commission defines' it, "To evan- the turbulent words of warning, counsel, and entreaty as gelize is so to present Christ Jesus in the power of the Holy they pour forth from his hot heart: "I could wish that Spirit that men shall come_to put their trust in God through myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren." Rom. Him, to accept Him as their Saviour, and to serve Him 9: 3. "By the space of three years I ceased not to warn as their King." everyone night and day with tears." Acts 20: 31. "I have "Evangelism," says Dr. Rattenbury, "is to proclaim to told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they the lost, the last, and the least, the gospel of salvation. And are the enemies of the cross of Christ." Phil. 3: 18. "My it is more than a proclamation; it is a passionate seeking for little children, of whom I travail' in birth again until Christ them until they be found." be formed in you." Gal. 4: 19. "I will very gladly spend My conception of evangelism has always been a flaming and be spent for you." 2 Cor. 12: 15. Or as Moffatt puts heart. Lord Beaverbrook said, "The evangelist is the man it, "For your souls I will certainly spend my all and be (Registered at the G.P.O., Sydney, for transmission by post as a newspaper} [2] 13/7/53 THE AUSTRALASIAN RECORD

spent myself." Then in the same book any soul unless the fires are burning in under the banner of Christ."—Id., page he declares, "For the love of Christ con- our own. "If the church would be pure, 246. straineth us." the church must be passionate. Elevation Let us, therefore, go forth in His name There was no labour too exacting, no of character depends upon warmth of into the fullness of the blessing of Christ.. task too arduous, no work too strenuous affection. A fiery heart, by the energy Is not this the church's charter? Is not for this man who was impelled by a divine of its own heat, creates a self-preserving this its grand task and its mighty mis- enthusiasm for his Lord. So he could say atmosphere against the devil." God has sion? Let us go forth, then, with confident to the Corinthian brethren, "Be ye fol- no place in His church for a refrigerator. faith. lowers of me, even as I also am of Christ." One church was giving its annual report, Facing a task unfinished, 1 Cor. 11: 1. which read, "Added none, dropped none. That drives us to our knees, Jesus was the great evangelist. John We are all united in our church," and as the delegate took his seat, he remarked A need that undiminished said of Him, "He shall baptize you with Rebukes our slothful ease; the Holy Ghost, and with fire." Jesus in an undertone to a neighbour, "frozen together." We who rejoice to know Thee, was not phlegmatic. They compared Him Renew before Thy throne with Elijah, the prophet of fire, and with Is it not time that we gird un our The solemn pledge we owe Thee, John the Baptist in His fervent utter- minds, and have done with lesser things? To go and make Thee known. ances, whom Jesus called "A burning and "The work that centuries might have a shining light." John 5: 35. He pos- done, must crowd the hour of setting sun." Where other lords beside Thee sessed a grand enthusiasm, a fervent zeal. Is it not time that we put on the armour Hold their unhindered sway, See how He was moved to fiery indigna- of Christ's righteousness and march for- Where forces that defied Thee, tion and imperious haste when He drove ward to meet the entrenched legions of Defy Thee still today; out the money-changers and overthrew darkness in a glorious crusade against the With none to heed their crying their tables. They were, so terrified that world, the flesh, and the devil? Is it not For life, and love, and light, they fled from His blazing indignation, time that we take the offensive in the Unnumbered souls are dying, and the impression made, at least upon field, instead of being on the defensive? Is And pass into the night. one of the disciples, recalled to him the it not time the church of God fulfilled her scripture: "The zeal of Thine house hath mission to the world and manifested all We bear the torch that, flaming, eaten Me up." her glory, "fair as the moon, clear as the Fell from the hands of those sun, and terrible as an army with ban- Frequently we read of the surging emo- Who gave their lives proclaiming tions that poured forth from His soul, ners"? Is it not clear that we must engage That Jesus died and rose; in the battle, if we are to share in the where it says, "He was moved with com- Ours is the same commission, victory? passion." The same glad message ours, "Not one in a hundred among us is Fired by the same ambition "Let me look at the crowd as my Saviour doing anything beyond engaging in com- To Thee we yield our powers. did, mon, worldly enterprises. We are not half Till mine eyes with tears grow dim. awake to the worth of the souls for whom O Father who sustained them! Let me look till I pity the wandering Christ died."—"Testimonies," Vol. VIII, 0 Spirit who inspired! sheep page 148. Saviour whose love constrained them And love them for love of Him. "If lay members of the church will To toil with zeal untired; arouse to do the work that they can do, From cowardice defend us, "I want a passionate power of prayer going on a warfare at their own charges, From lethargy awake! That yearns for the great crowd's each seeing how much he can accomplish Forth on Thine errand send us soul; in winning souls to Jesus, we shall see To labour for Thy sake. want to go 'mong, the fainting sheep I many leaving the ranks of Satan to stand —Bishop Frank Houghton. And tell them my Lord makes whole." Jesus was never ashamed of His emo- tions. We very often are afraid to ex- lieve that they have been raised up of press them. Jesus wept over Jerusalem. Faith Plus Works Unearths We scarcely find time to weep for our- God in fulfilment of prophecy to do a selves. He was enthusiastic; we are too Prophetic Evidence great work for Him, they are willing to dare and to sacrifice to accomplish that self-controlled. He was eager; we are too F. D. NICHOL detached. We have all the light that work. is being poured upon this generation. We Last week we called attention to the have abundance of light, but not enough significant article, published recently in Attempts to Make 1844 Look Ridiculous heat. In some way we will have to regain the "Review" for April 30 ["Record," June Great has been the wrath of the dragon the fine fervour, the enthusiastic zeal, that 15], which told of the evidence found to against this movement. He is a student moved in the heart of our Lord and His support firmly the date 457 B.C. as the of prophecy and well knows that the Ad- apostles. John Knox was a firebrand for beginning date of the 2300-day prophecy, ventist claim that it is God's last move- God. One of his friends said, "So mighty and thus A.D. 1844 as the date of its end- ment in the world is interlocked with a was he in his yearning that I thought he ing. We also recounted historical facts great time prophecy and with certain would break the pulpit into bits." concerning the rise of the advent move- great historical events of 1844. And so But it is not alone upon the ministry ment in that year, and the great import- from that day onward he has sought to that the task of evangelism rests. It is ance of the 1844 date in connection with disseminate on every side the malicious the programme of the • whole church of our claim that the movement of which we story that the advent people in 1844 were God. It is the work of the whole church, are today a part arose in fulfilment of a wildly fanatical, irrational rabble who with the whole gospel for the whole world. prophecy. were guilty of most foolish excesses; for When the householder called for labourers It was the certainty of their prophetic example, wearing ascension robes. So in his vineyard from the market place, he belief, particularly in relation to the time widely have these false stories been circu- excluded none, but gave "to every man his of the ending of the 2300-day prophecy, lated that many who have heard our work." The Lord gave the gospel com- that fortified the hearts of our advent preaching, which focused on 1844, have mission not only to the eleven disciples, pioneers in the dark and hostile days im- been quick to conclude that if we marked but to the five hundred brethren gathered mediately following 1844. Indeed, it has our beginning by that date, we certainly together upon the mountain-side, when been this confident assurance that has could not be 'the people God intended to He said, "Go ye into all the world." given to the movement throughout its his- preach His last message to the world, for Evangelism, then, means an awakened tory, even to the present day, its crusad- God would not choose fanatics. church through a Spirit-filled ministry. ing quality and the spirit of sacrifice Our pioneers were on record that these We can never kindle the dead timbers of within its membership. If men really be- stories were false, and foremost was Mrs. AND ADVENT WORLD SURVEY 13/7/53 [31

White, who declared emphatically that no matter in this light could we find courage ascension robes were worn, that indeed the to challenge the conclusions of the learned, days just preceding October 22, 1844, were and to pursue our investigation with that days of true spiritual awakening and resoluteness and indefatigable zeal so decorous conduct. We as a people believe necessary to the unearthing of further evi- in Mrs. White, for we hold as one of our dence that might throw light on this ques= doctrines that the gift of the Spirit of tion of chronology. prophecy was manifested in her. But so To have taken other than this third great is the power of falsehood, oft re- course would have been to betray the peated, that many among us came finally faith, to have confessed that we did not to fear, some even to _believe, that the year really believe what we thought we be- of the origin of this advent people was lieved, and had proclaimed we believed. marked by great and ridiculous excesses. If our faith is so weak that it collapses There was, of course, Mrs. White's em- before a learned pronouncement of his- phatic declaration, but how slow of heart torians, we are hardly fit candidates for men have ever been to believe all that the membership in that company who will at prophets have written! We now know, last stand unafraid when the most dire from an examination of the historical pronouncements are made against their records, that the stories are indeed false, very lives. and that the devil's attempt to cast a Right here is should be noted that the shadow over the events of the year 1844 decision to challenge the conclusion of the stands exposed. learned historians was not made by a lone group of ardent Adventists off in some far A Historical Challenge to the 1844 Date corner. There are critics at times who But the devil, who seems too busy ever like to picture the Adventist leadership as to sleep, has had another line of attack lacking in confidence in the great essen- made ready. He has capitalized on the tials of the faith, so lacking indeed that erroneous conclusion reached by many they have really departed from the faith. well-meaning historians concerning the These same critics like to portray them- date of the beginning of the reign of Coronation Day selves and the few who may be associated Artaxerxes. Historians have increasingly VERA POTTER with them as being the only true defend- declared that this king's decree to restore ers without whom the light of the message Jerusalem, which decree marks the begin- We see the emblems red and white and blue; would soon go out in darkness. ning of the 2300-day prophecy, was given The crowns of gold, the purple, silken It is proper, therefore, to observe, in in 458B.C. Here was a challenge to our folds; Passing, that the decision to investigate basic belief that the year 1844 was the The thousand lights where crowds are pass- this crucial date was made by the leader- right year for the ending of the prophecy. ing through ship of the Adventist Church. The com- If it began 458 B.C., it would have to end The flag-decked streets; and each heart mittee that studied the date was set up by in A.D. 1843. The challenge involved not passing holds the General Conference and reported to it simply our understanding of Scripture, but A joy, a pride, a prayer; perchance, a tear. from time to time along through the years also our understanding of the facts of And through this splendour glittering and that the study was made. Appropriately, history. gay, therefore, the report of this special re- What should we do? Three courses were Our thoughts reach out and touch the search committee was made to the Gen- open to us. We could accept the new date throne, and here, eral Conference Committee, which in turn in a blind mood of deference to the wise We crown within our hearts a Queen, to- released it for publication. Incidentally, men in great centres of learning. Or we day. the report published in the "Review" of could defensively hide away as much as April 30 is but the briefest summary of possible from the contrary evidence pre- The lights, the pageantry, all soon are gone; the findings of this research committee. sented by the historians, asserting em- The trumpets, the triumphant shouts must Their complete report constitutes more phatically to ourselves and others, in a cease, than a hundred carefully documented dramatic gesture of faith, that we believed The inevitable, commonplace roll on. pages. in the 457 B.C. date no matter what any- Yet lingering, is thankfulness and peace, one said. Or, finally, we could add works For highest heaven has stooped and blessed A Joyous Meeting to our faith and courageously proceed to and seen We wish that all of our members in examine all the evidence and, if need be, The crowning—the devotion of our Queen. every corner of the earth might have been look for further evidence, confident that if with us at the General Conference Com- our faith were well founded, we might mittee meeting on Thursday morning, reasonably hope to discover the facts April 23, when the report was presented. needed to buttress it. pendability of the historical record of the We learned from spokesmen of the re- To have followed the first course would Bible. When the evidence for evolution search committee something of the ard- have been, obviously, to surrender the and higher criticism began to be pre- uous labours that had gone into their in- major ground for our claim to be a dis- sented in great universities by scientists, vestigation. We learned of the times when tinct people raised up by God. To have historians, and others as undebatable facts, they were confronted with an apparently taken the second position would have been most Christian leaders wilted, then slowly blank wall; there seemed to be no further to create in our own hearts an inner ten- readjusted their religious beliefs to the so- evidence they could secure that would help sion between faith and what appeared to called facts. The result has been that the them in the matter. Then, seemingly by be facts, and to create likewise in the Genesis story has largely been repudiated, coincidence, yet most surely by Providence, hearts of our new converts the same kind and the historical records of the Bible they heard of certain ancient papyri that of tension as they learned of the apparent relegated, in great part, to the realm of had been lying in a trunk in the Brooklyn facts from historians. And tension long legend. Museum and which only recently had been continued almost invariably weakens, if We chose to follow the third course, that brought out for decipherment and study. it does not actually destroy, faith. is, not to accept blindly the so-called facts The research committee explained to us One or the other of these two courses in behalf of 458 B.C., but to look at the that among these newly deciphered papyri has been followed by most of Christendom record ourselves, and to look at it, let us was found the final evidence necessary to for nearly one hundred years now in re- admit frankly, in the light of a profound establish beyond question the 457 B.C. date gard to the alleged facts that learned men conviction that we have not followed cun- for the seventh year of Artaxerxes. have set forth concerning such matters as ningly devised fables in what we have As we listened to the report we could the creation of the world and the de- hitherto believed. 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God had been upon us, that He had re- of the divine nature while living in human "You know from experience now that warded diligent • study by giving to us flesh. Would you like to know how it is though it is human to err, God through added cause for faith and confidence in done?" His Holy Spirit speaks to us, seeking to the certainty of one of the foundation be- "Yes," rang a chorus of voices. guide us aright. Do you agree?" liefs on which the whole Adventist move- "A few questions then. ment rests. "Did any of you ever do anything that The Next Step It is the regular custom of the General was really wrong?" All heads nodded ap- "I can admit that voices speak to the Conference Committee to open its meet- proval. "How did you know you had done conscience," the inquiring student af- ings with prayer and to close them with wong?" Answers came quickly. "I knew firmed, "but what about the divine nature' a benediction. But the record will show, it wasn't right," one said. "Conscience told of which you speak?" for all who look upon that record in the me," said another. "That is the next step," the teacher con- days to come, that in the midst of our "You are correct," the teacher added. tinued. "Once we grasp the important fact committee meeting and immediately fol- "Conscience spoke to you and convinced that God through His Spirit does speak lowing the report on the 45'7B.C. date, we you of your wrong. 'It is God which work- to us and once we learn to recognize His turned, not to consider the next item of eth in you both to will and to do of His voice, the rest is relatively easy. busine.-;s, but to thank our God in special good pleasure.' Phil. 2: 13. The voice that "Constantly we face temptation to do prayer for His goodness to us, for His re- speaks to the conscience is usually that of wrong. The unholy spirit sees to that. warding of -our faith, and for the rededi- God's Holy Spirit. It is a work of the But what to do or how to decide poses cation of our lives to the proclamation of Holy Spirit to convince us of sin and a real problem. I believe that each of us the message launched by heaven in the wrong according to Jain 16:7, 8. When will admit that with every temptation to year 1844. we are tempted to sin, God is present do wrong a struggle begins in the con- We came away from that meeting firmly through His Holy Spirit to warn us of science. One urge is to commit the wrong; persuaded on two points: (1) that the wrong and to encourage us to do the right. another is not to. Is that correct?" Bob- secret of our strength lies in the absolute How few people recognize the voice of bing heads showed approval again. God! Your own experiences prove the certainty with which we can hold and pro- "Now let us distinguish between these mote our beliefs; (2) and that this cer- truth that God's presence is real, and that urges. 'It is God which worketh in you He is closer at hand to help than many tainty of belief is most surely and per- both to will and to do of His good plea- manently secured, not by ignoring con- realize. sure,' and conversely, it is the unholy trary "facts," arguments, or charges, but spirit that urges us on into evil. We, then, by resolutely and intelligently facing them are caught in the middle. God makes us and refuting them. willing to do right, Satan urges our wills God has given to us a bright armour of to do the wrong. The will decides the faith and doctrine in which we should issue. 'What will ye,' said the Lord, 'that I go forth for Him. Against that armour shall do unto you?' Matt. 20: 32. The de- the devil delights to throw the corrosive cision is ours to make. Neither the Holy acids of sceptical and scurrilous "facts" Spirit nor the unholy spirit forces the will. and arguments, hoping thereby to dim the We human beings all have the power of bright lustre of that armour, and ulti- choice. We decide whatever we will, as a mately to dissolve it. If we would insure rule. against the corrosion of conviction that "If we yield when we are tempted, the would rob us of our armour and of our will has been surrendered to the unholy militant fervour for God's cause, we must spirit and the sinful nature is strength- ever be watchful to neutralize Satan's ened. On the other hand, if we yield to destructive acids. Our study of 457 B.C. the urge of the Holy Spirit, the will sur- reveals that a mood of aggressive study renders to divinity, and divine power di- and of facing the facts—real or imagined rects and controls our natures. —is the best of all neutralizers. May God "The nature that one develops, then, de- give us ever that mood. pends upon the surrender of our wills. (To be continued) We ourselves decide that matter. When —"Review and Herald," 28/5/53. we make it the rule and habit of our lives to yield obedience to God's Holy Word, and surrender to the never-failing urges of His Holy Spirit, divinity takes over the con- trols, and the life which we then live in Partakers of the Divine Nature the flesh is from God. Only the divine C. E. MOSELEY, JNR. nature is allowed to develop. The sinful "Do you expect me to act like God? nature is starved for want of exercise. I can't be perfect; I'm human! I am This is living the perfect life. This is how bound to make mistakes!" The self-as- men develop perfect godliness. sured student leaned over his desk looking "This perfect life of godliness is being intently into the calm face of his instruc- lived daily, the world over, by numerous tor. A hush that could be felt filled the persons old and young. Each of us may so live today!" room. And what the teacher said was right. Softly came the text again: "Be ye All of us may become partakers of the therefore perfect, even as your Father divine nature by yielding our wills to God -5: 48. which is in heaven is perfect." Matt. every day. "It all sounds so impossible," the student —"Review and Herald," 21/5/53. returned. "We aren't divine; how can we be like Him?" The teacher rose, and seating himself on the edge of his desk, said, "Our God APPRECIATION OF NEW "RECORD" is far too wise and much too good to re- quest the impossible. It is possible to ex- We like the new set-up of the "Record" hibit perfect godliness in human life. I am and feel sure that our folk in this division happy to inform you that scores of young will be consistently better informed on the people on this campus today, and through- world-wide activities of God's work. out Christendom, are becoming partakers New Zealand.

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again without saying anything to their parents, withdrew and had another little Around the season of prayer, this time thanking God for saving their boat. Among the children's playmates that CONFERENCES evening was a solicitor's small daughter. She went home very full of the experience, and later on the mother rang up to say how pleased she was that her little daugh- ter had been present, for it was something she would remember all her life. at all times being to strengthen the faith And so, once again, a boat has been used Television of the viewers in the Bible, where they are as a silent witness to the power of God, H. G. MOULDS encouraged to look for the answer. both as a fulfilled promise to the faithful Secretary, Australasian Division It was suggested to the commission that tithe-payer, and as an answer to the Some time ago a Royal Commission on it might wish to recommend that religious prayer of the smallest of the flock. Television was set up by the Federal Gov- programmes be approved on the basis of ernment, and it has been meeting in some their merit rather than on the numerical of our capital cities. A notice in the pi ess strength and influence of any particular indicated that any organization wishing to body of Christians. The commission ex- Coronation Day at the West make a statement to the commission on pressed its appreciation of the statement the subject of television could seek for ap- submitted by us. Australian Missionary College proval to do so. Included in the group We invite our people to pray that God MONTGOMERY BETHAM were ecclesiastical organizations. will bless the Royal Commission, and that At 9.00 a.m. on Tuesday, June 2, mem- Because of our interest in radio, both it may submit recommendations which will bers of the faculty and their families, the here and abroad, and more recently our lead the authorities to look favourably student body, and welcome friends from use of television in North America, and upon the telecasting of our message of Carmel and Bickley, gathered on the front the possibility that we ourselves may wish hope. lawn to pay a humble, though enthusiastic to telecast programmes—if and when tele- and heartfelt tribute of respect and de- vision is- introduced into Australia—we votion to our gracious young queen. made request that we be given the privi- To the accompaniment of lively march lege of submitting a statement to the When the Lambs Lead tunes relayed through the loud-speaker, commission. the Flock the girls and boys, headed by "squad lead- This was granted, and in due time Pas- ers" A. G. Gilbert and C. R. Were, marched tor L. C. Naden and the writer appeared NOREEN A. TUCKER, South Australia smartly from their respective ends of the before the commission. Points presented "Bring ye all the tithes into the store- campus on to the lower lawn terrace. were that the Seventh-day Adventist de- house, that there may be meat in Mine There, ex-sergeant A. S. Jorgensen as- ' nomination in North America' pioneered house, and prove Me now herewith, saith sumed command, and, with a few brisk television programmes of religious services the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you orders, which were perfectly executed, over the one station in New York, and the windows of heaven, and pour you out quickly had the students neatly arrayed that the response was excellent and im- a blessing, that there shall not be room before the flagstaff. Friends and visitors mediate. From that beginning we have enough to receive it." Mal. 3: 10. took their places to the right and left on developed to the place where we are now This oft-proved promise of God was the upper terrace. The porch veranda, the telecasting over twenty-seven stations once again fulfilled to a family of faithful railing of which was appropriately draped throughout the continent of America, from tithe-payers during the recent destructive with the national colours, formed the dais, the Atlantic to the Pacific coast, and storm which swept the coastline of South accommodating the master of ceremonies, that the stations through which we are Australia, causing over a million pounds' the speaker, and last, but by no means broadcasting can be picked up by thirteen worth of damage. least, the college band. It was all very million television sets. Some of the sta- On the evening of the storm many neat, orderly, and impressive. tions are so appreciative of our pro- people were endeavouring to rescue their After Brother C. F. Futcher had an- gramme that they have granted us free boats, and strengthen boat-houses, shacks, nounced the order of the ceremony, Pastor time. caravans, etc., which were in danger of R. Reye delivered a spirited address, the The potential evils of television were being destroyed by the storm. Among sentiments of which were shared by all fully recognized and commented upon by those trying to save a boat were some of present. "In this our age," Pastor Reye the commission, and while we acquiesced, our believers. The storm was raging, and said, "when throne after throne has been we were able to point out that television is most of the boats in the vicinity had been overturned and forcibly rendered vacant; also a mighty medium for good, and that destroyed, and the boat-houses had col- when rulers and monarchs on every hand one of the responsibilities of the church is lapsed. Eventually our brethren felt that dwell in exile, it is with joy and gratitude to feature the type of programme that will there was nothing more that they could and justifiable pride that we turn our eyes offset any mind and soul-damaging in- do, so they went home feeling that they toward a throne which, in the fervent fluences that might be telecast, creating would never see their boat again. words of Sir Winston Churchill, 'has never instead a desire for the nobler things of At home the children were playing hap- rested more securely upon the loyalty and life. pily with some little playmates, when a affection of the empire than it does to- As a denomination, we are spending in neighbour called in and said, "Well, your day.' We are glad this morning to join the United States almost £200,000 annually daddy's boat will be the next to go." This with Her Majesty in dedicating ourselves in the production and telecasting of our had a very sobering effect upon the chil- anew to the service of God and of our be- "Faith for Today" programme. dren, and the parents noticed that they loved country. Conscious of the high We also pointed out to the commission had gone very quiet. On investigating, the privileges and sacred responsibilities of that the production of the programme in- mother found that they had gathered to- true citizenship, let us resolve anew to be volves the continuous employment of gether in their playroom and, with their transparently loyal, to cherish the bonds script-writers who endeavour to cover a little non-Adventist playmates, were hav- of our common heritage and destiny, whe- wide range of Bible-centred objectives, not ing a prayer meeting. About an hour ther the days be of peace or of stress and only dealing with the great fundamentals later, as the storm began to abate, an- strain." of the Scriptures, but with many of the other neighbour called in and said, "Well, Brother Jorgensen then slowly raised every-day problems of the people—such Mr , you are very lucky. Your boat is the flag to the masthead, after which the as divorce, alcoholism, child-training, re- the only one that has been saved." The band played the National Anthem, the sponsibilities of parenthood; the purpose children heard this statement, and, once assembly singing it with deep feeling and [6] 13/7/53 THE AUSTRALASIAN RECORD

emotion. Brother Futcher offered an For a number of years the Publishing neither God nor man; they were a law earnest prayer for the royal family and Department and the Signs Publishing unto themselves, and they robbed, plun- our nation, after which, to the sound Company have expressed their apprecia- dered, and killed their hapless victims, be again of snappy commands, the "troops" tion to student colporteurs for their loyal they Maori or white. Some even forced marched off the parade ground to their work in the canvassing field during the they way into the Maori pas, vitiating the dismissal points. college vacation. This expression is natives. Was it any wonder that dreadful It was a simple act of homage, but all tendered in the tangible form of a special massacres by the Maoris took place? present felt its solemn import and de- tea served by courtesy of the S.H.F. Co. in This was the state of affairs when the parted much strengthened in the high re- their cosy office dining-room. Sister brave missionaries came to New Zealand. solve to live lives worthy of the best tra- Schowe, so well known to many of us, Their hearts burned within them, and ditions of the great British Commonwealth assisted by other ladies of the district, they realized that only the glorious gospel of Nations, of which we form a part. prepared a most attractive and satis- could save the natives. The nefarious factory meal. traders hated the missionaries with a After-dinner speeches, while most ag- deadly hatred, and did their best to poison gravating to those whose duty it is to the minds of the Maoris against them. P.D. Men Invade Avondale make them, give opportunity for admoni- "Come with me across the Bay," said tion, commendation, and humour, and a chief one day to Henry Williams, the DAVID E. LAWSON these aspects were fully exploited this missionary, "and I'll take you to a good During the week-end June 5-7, Avondale year to the edification and enjoyment of place." Accordingly he paddled Williams was invaded by a band of P.D. men. No, all present. across. Throwing himself on the ground, they were not from the Police Department While the work of all students is fully the chief exclaimed, "Ah, pai!" (good). of Sydney, but they were from the Pub- appreciated, special recognition in the "Here?" inquired Williams. lishing Department. Pastor Gene- repre- form of a gift book is made for three dis- "Ae, pai here"! (yes, good here) replied sented the Australasian Division, Pastor tinctions, and for the 1952-1953 vacation the chief, and so the place became known Ulrich the Signs Publishing Company, these awards were given as follows:— as "Pai here"—a hybrid word, part Maori, Pastor Webb the Trans-Tasman Union Longest hours worked by any student part English,. After a while it was given a Conference, Pastor Nixon the Trans-Com- colporteur were reported by Miss Valma full Maori spelling, "Paihia," by which monwealth Union Conference, and Pastor Birkett, who canvassed for 390 hours. name it is still known. Freeman the Greater Sydney Conference. Highest sales value for a young lady A mission station was established, and The reason for this sudden invasion was was attained by Miss P. Treacy, who de- many souls were won from heathen dark- the annual colporteur tea for the student livered £368 worth of books. ness. Here the first press was set up for colporteurs of 1952-1953. Highest sales value of all student col- printing gospel literature. Here was During the week-end the visiting breth- porteurs was made by Mr. R. Forbes, who launched New Zealand's mission ship, the ren conducted the lion's share of the meet- delivered books to a total value of £462. "Herald," built by Henry Williams. This ings. As a matter of fact they took all the Although individual and total sales brave little vessel took many trips round services held in the college- and village values and hours worked can be ascer- our wild rock-bound coast, while Williams churches. The meetings were enjoyed by tained, the greatest value of the work ac- visited the various tribes. After some all. complished can never be computed by years of faithful service it met its doom By 6 p.m. Sunday, June 7, all was in human minds, for God alone can trace the on a treacherous rock, becoming a total readiness for the tea, which was held in final effects for good of the faithful work loss. the dining-room of the Sanitarium Health done by Avondale's student colporteurs. At Paihia grew New Zealand's oldest oak Food Company's factory. It was a delight- The 1952-1953 college year is almost tree, planted by Richard Davis, a mission- ful meal, and there was not one person half gone; very soon the 1953-1954 vaca- ary. He brought the acorn from Dorset, present who could say that his appetite tion will be opening its opportunities for England. When he was asked to leave was not completely satisfied. young men and women to earn scholar- Paihia and open a mission at Waimate, he ships for 1954 by selling books whose life- Presentations were made to the young could not bear to leave his little oak tree giving messages will bring salvation and man and young woman colporteur who behind, as it reminded him of his dear hope to many needy souls. registered the highest value of delivered homeland. He therefore dug it up,L and books for the vacation period, and also to took it with him, planting it at Waimate, the one who worked the most hours. where it is still growing, a fine spreading tree now in its 130th year. Pastor Gane told of the good work of Paihia is no longer a mission station, the student colporteurs during the past A Sabbath Day in the Bay but a beautiful holiday resort. There are vacation, and of the record achieved. Al- two Adventist families living there, one of together, over £13,000 worth of books of Islands them being descended from the early entered the homes of the people of Aus- FLORENCE M. DE VAYNES JONES missionaries. These families meet each tralia and New Zealand through the Sabbath for Sabbath school. When I efforts of this group of workers for God. The Bay of Islands is a very beautiful place. It is a natural harbour, and as the visited Paihia recently with an Adventist As a result of this week-end invasion name implies, is studded with islands—one friend, it seemed to be the happy hunting of the P.D. men, I am sure many students ground of numerous conference workers will be wanting to go out as colporteur- hundred and sixty-two in all. Some of these islands are large, and are rich sheep on leave. evangelists during the forthcoming year- On the Sabbath all went to the Ad- end vacation. or dairy farms, others are mere rocks of weird and varied shapes appearing above ventist home where Sabbath school was wont to be held, and a wonderful Sabbath INVASION POSTSCRIPT the water, the home of numerous gulls and other sea birds. school we had. With the visitors the num- C. F. L. ULRICH At the head of the bay stands Russell, bers were increased to twenty, to the joy When our office editor allowed me to now a deserted village, but at one time of . the local brethren whose numbers read the copy for the "Record," _I was the capital of New Zealand. In its heyday rarely exceeded five. Sabbath school met startled to find myself named as a mem- Russell was the resort of whalers and at 11 o'clock and divine service at 12.15. ber of a P.D. group to invade Avondale. traders, as many as one hundred and six- It was a bright spiritual service amid very Although I have been privileged to as- teen ships anchoring at one time in the pleasant surroundings. sociate with many and varied groups of bay. Wickedness and vice of all kinds In the afternoon it was decided to visit people, I am pleased that our friend David prevailed, and Russell, though small, had Keri Ken some twenty to twenty-five Lawson explained clearly that we had no a reputation for crime that rivalled the miles away, where lived one family en- connection with the Police Department. world's largest cities. So bad was its repu- tirely isolated. The family comprised a Personally I think the initials could well tation that it was known as the Hell of dear old sister of eighty-four—who' has stand for "pleasure dispensers." the Pacific. These white scoundrels feared lived in Keri Keri for sixty years—her AND ADVENT • WORLD SURVEY 13/7/53 [7]

The Present Crisis

JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL

ONCE to every man and nation comes the moment to decide, In the strife of truth with falsehood, for the good or evil side; Some great cause, God's new Messiah, offering each the bloom or _ blight, Parts the goats upon the left hand, and the sheep upon the right, And the choice goes by for ever 'twixt that darkness and that light.

Hast thou chosen, 0 my people, on whose party thou shalt stand, Ere the doom from its worn sandals shakes the dust against our land? Though the cause of evil prosper, yet 'tis truth alone is strong, And, albeit she wander outcast now, I see around her throng Troops of beautiful, tall angels, to enshield her from all wrong.

Careless seems the great Avenger; history's pages but record One death grapple in the darkness 'twixt old systems and the word; Truth for ever on the scaffold, wrong for ever on the throne— Yet that scaffold sways the future, and, behind the dim unknown, Standeth God within the shadow, keeping watch above His own.

We see dimly in the present what is small and what is great. Slow of faith, how weak an arm may turn the iron helm of fate. But the soul is still oracular; amid the market's din, List the ominous, stern whisper from the Delphic cave within :— "They enslave their children's children, who make compromise with sin."

Then to side with truth is noble when we share her wretched crust, Ere her cause bring fame and profit, and 'tis prosperous to be just; Then it is the brave man chooses, while the coward stands aside, Doubting, in his abject spirit, till his Lord is crucified, And the multitude make virtue of the faith they had denied.

For humanity sweeps onward; where today the martyr stands, On the morrow crouches Judas with the silver in his hands; Far in front the cross stands ready, and the crackling fagots burn, While the hooting mob of yesterday in silent awe return. To glean up the scattered ashes into history's golden urn.

daughter, son-in-law, and three children. Dotted, here and there were emerald isles house, built in 1833. Over the door are the With visitors the number again reached in an azure sea. Yonder, bathed in golden letters C.M.S. (Church Missionary So- twenty, and it did one good to see the joy sunshine, lay Oihi Bay, where the evangel ciety). Both were the homes of mission- of these isolated folk. "What a privilege was first proclaimed in New Zealand by aries. The stone house was built to be a to meet with so many of God's people! Samuel Marsden, the brave "Te Matenga" refuge from the Maoris. The windows are The Lord is indeed good to us to bring you and "Greatheart" of the Maoris. The iron-barred, and have shutters in order to all here this afternoon. It is wonderful!" place is marked by the Marsden cross. hide from the eyes of the missionaries' Thus mused the dear old soul. She was Though once a place of busy mission ac- wives the terrible cannibal feasts which counting her blessings. I wondered that tivity, the spot is now deserted except for took place outside. Upstairs we visited afternoon, if we, who can meet each week the noisy gulls as they quarrel over titbits Marsden's study and prayer room, where with those of like precious faith, ap- retrieved from the sea, or with hoarse this man of God spent many hours alone preciate the privilege as we should. shrieks perch on the arms of the cross. in communion with his Creator. No won- The service was held in the comfortable It is also a village of the dead, for here der he was a great man and a great mis- lounge amid quiet, restful surroundings, rest some of the old missionaries who had sionary. I can safely say that had it not and the subject, a deeply spiritual one, laid down their lives for the gospel. Here been for men of such calibre we certainly was in keeping with the beauties of the lies little Thomas Holloway King, the first would not be living in this beautiful spot. The closing hymn seemed particu- white child born in New Zealand, the child country, for it was the brave missionaries, larly appropriate:— of the missionaries, born two months after and not unscrupulous white men, who "This is my Father's world, his parents arrived here. The little fellow blazed the trail for colonization here. And to my listening ears died at the age of three. The sun was westering that Sabbath All nature sings, and round me rings The next bay is Te Puna, where the first afternoon as we sped along the dusty The music of the spheres. white woman was born, also the child of roads back to Paihia, but it had been a This is my Father's world, the missionaries. She was born in Jan- wonderful day, one that will long live in I rest me in the thought uary, 1816, and died in 1907, at the age of our memories. The joy of those dear iso- Of rocks and trees, of skies and seas; ninety-one. She lived all her long life lated brethren and sisters will not soon be in the Bay of Islands, and is buried in His hand the wonders wrought." forgotten. Russell, in the little God's acre of the After the service we climbed the hill oldest church in New Zealand. May we always appreciate our privilege to view the Bay of Islands. Away out at Ken Ken was also an old mission sta- of meeting with those of like precious the entrance we saw Cape Brett and tion. Here is the oldest house in New faith, for we know not how soon we may Piercy Island with the hole through it. Zealand, built in 1818, and the oldest stone be deprived ,of that blessing. unng JULY and AUGUST

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have not had entrance, the imagination is staggered at this opening of Providence. Having spent some hours last week with The our television group in the city of New York, I was further impressed with the tremendous potentiality this method of evangelism has become. WORLD VISION Television carries the Adventist message right into the homes of the people both by sight and sound. In other words, tele- vision makes a chapel of every home. Mil- lions of people who would never attend a who are not themselves Japanese, for they Seventh-day Adventist evangelistic meet- - Openings in Japan had heard the voices of the King's Heralds ing will sit before their own television sets D. V. POND and Miss Del Delker many times over and listen to an Adventist programme Today sixty million of the eighty-five Radio Tokyo prior to their trip. while watching those who speak and sing. million population of Japan can tune in Right now a great opportunity is in the Thousands of these people, in whose on eight stations to the broadcast of the hands of the Seventh-day Adventist de- hearts an interest is thus created, enrol Voice of Prophecy in their own language, nomination to step into these openings for the Bible correspondence course, and hearing Pastor Paul H. Eldridge, Voice of in Japan and other areas of the world. thus become acquainted with God's sav- Prophecy speaker, and the gospel songs as The privilege of preaching Christ to the ing truth for this time. they are sung in their own language by millions is ours today, but we may not Years ago we were told that God has a the King's Heralds and Miss Del Delker. have it for long. Will you not pray and thousand ways by which to bring help to One of Japan's most powerful stations, give that the Voice of Prophecy may send us, of which we know nothing. This was JOKR Radio Tokyo, a 50,000-watt broad- the broadcast to all the world? We thank before the invention of radio, moving pic- casting station in the capital of Japan, you! tures, and television. In those days we has been carrying our message to many —"North Pacific Union Gleaner," were bewildered by the thought of having millions since August of 1952. Most of the May 4, 1953. to reach the dwellers in millions of homes people of that great nation, whom General whose doors were barred and where there Douglas MacArthur claimed to be the was a complete lack of interest in the leaders of the East, can now be reached work of Seventh-day Adventists. with the third angel's message every week. A Visit to Our Television Office But now all this is changed. Television Recent visitors to the Glendale office of or radio sets, or often both, are in prac- the Voice of Prophecy were two of the W. H. BRANSON tically every home, and the voice of the high officials of Radio Tokyo, Mr. Kokichi President, General Conference living witness for the truth can arrest the Endo, vice-president and chief engineer, As one walks down the streets of attention of the people as they sit at and Mr. Paul Y. Ishihara, publicity mana- America's largest cities today, a new and their own firesides. ger. The latter had an active part in the strange sight greets the eye. As far as W. A. Fagal, our telecaster, and his fine signing of the contract between Radio one can see, television antennae by group of helpers are wide awake to the Tokyo and the Voice of Prophecy last hundreds of thousands rise from the tremendous possibilities of television evan- autumn. Mr. Ishihara, who for many housetops, giving him the illusion of being gelism, and are working often beyond their years was a student in the Pasadena, Cali- surrounded by a great forest. And when strength to make their programme as fornia, schools, represented one of the one reflects upon the fact that each of effective as possible. great newspapers of Tokyo in the South these strange-looking shafts represents a The television programme is now being Sea Islands during World War II. At the means of introducing the truth directly released over twenty-three stations sit- time of this writing he is part of the en- into these homes where heretofore we uated in large cities of the United States tourage of the Japanese Crown Prince, who is touring Canada on his way to the Coronation in England, after which he hopes to visit the United States. These two Japanese gentlemen were sent by Radio Tokyo to make a survey of the latest television and radio centres in New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. Through the Western Advertising Ag- ency, the Voice of Prophecy made appoint- ments for them to visit the inner recesses of the four radio and television networks in Los Angeles, including the new ultra- modern CBS television centre. Pastor Paul H. Eldridge, director and speaker of the Japanese Voice of Prophecy broadcast, who is now preparing his 1953 programmes in our studio, was chief host to these men, having met Mr. Ishihara when the Voice of Prophecy contract was signed. Plans are now under way for the Voice of Prophecy to be the first religious tele- cast on the new three-million-dollar Radio Tokyo television centre early next year. Amazement would best describe the look on the faces of these two Japanese gentle- men when they learned that the King's Heralds are American young men and to find that the gospel hymns could be sung Faith for Today and Voice of Prophecy groups. Front left: W. A. Fagal and his wife. Front right: in Japanese with such clarity by those H. M. S. Richards and his wife. Rear: Voice of Prophecy and Faith for Today quartettes. AND ADVENT WORLD SURVEY 13/7/53 [11]

and Hawaii. This brings our message within the reach of an estimated 38,521,125 people. This is an arduous task. Long hours must be put in daily preparing the script and practising every part until it is memorized and co-ordinated. Thousands of letters must be opened and answered. Everyone in the group eagerly helps in almost every part of the programme. The organist, the singers, and others in the programme, when not engaged in actual rehearsal, assist the office staff in correct- ing Bible lessons, stuffing envelopes, and counting the incoming contributions. The recent special offering for our tele- vision programme has already grown to $86,034.27, and more is still to come in from the more remote parts of the field. No doubt it will reach well on to $100,000. We wish to thank every one of our people who had a part in providing this splendid sum. It will greatly help in carrying for- ward this^branch of our work. Surely this is one of God's thousand Evangelistic team that is conducting a series of meetings in the city of Conquista, Bahia, Brazil. ways that He held in reserve until this Pastor A. Carvalho, the leader, is second from right. time—the time of the loud cry—when He has set His hand to finish His work in lar meetings carried on for sixteen weeks. the earth. programme with the Voice of Prophecy, —"Review and Herald," 4/6/53. They are happy to report 149 baptisms. and last the coming of the evangelistic Pastor Carvalho bade farewell to the team. The workers were fortunate in ob- Recife team and moved on down the coast taining the only available meeting hall in to Vitoria, in the state of Espirito Santo. town. It is equipped with many loud- In this capital city of fifty thousand, speakers, and it has been necessary to buy Successful Public Meetings where Adventists have had no public effort the time of these loud-speakers during the in Brazil for the last fifteen years, our evangelist, meeting hour in order to permit the voice together with a team of eight workers, of the evangelist to be heard. R. A. WILCOX opened his first meeting on June 10, 1952. On December 28 Pastor Carvalho and President, East Brazil Union The arrangements for a meeting place in his evangelistic team opened up their In 1951 A. Carvalho, who formerly had Vitoria were providential. The director of meetings in Conquista. The first night been director of the North-east Teachers' the state industrial college generously brought 150 curious listeners. The second College, was given an opportunity to par- offered the beautiful assembly hall in the night brought five hundred, and from then ticipate in the public effort conducted in main building of the college. This won- on, the people have waited in line a half Rio de Janeiro by Walter Schubert. Dur- derful opening presented us with a cen- hour before meeting time in order to get ing that series of meetings, through the trally located meeting hall, which seated a seat in the hall. After three months of influence of the specialized training of the five hundred persons. public preaching, 280 persons have signed evangelistic school, Pastor Carvalho de- the pledge to keep the Sabbath. Pastor Before the series of meetings was over, Carvalho is expecting one hundred persons cided to dedicate his life to public evan- . the director had reason to feel the strong in his first baptism. Surely the city , of gelism. The following presents a brief pressure of many influences; but he re- report of the evangelistic work of Pastor Conquista has felt the power of a great mained firm, and permitted us to carry on Adventist revival. Carvalho, together with three evangelistic our work through the last meeting. Several teams, during the year 1952. of this evangelistic group were depart- In new cities it is necessary to firmly His first series was conducted in the mental secretaries, who organized their establish our new work. Already the city of Recife, the well-known aviation work in such a way as to dedicate four brethren have purchased a fine centrally base of World War II. Recife is the capi- months to public evangelism. The influ- located church lot, and the foundation is tal of Pernambuco, and its half-million ence of their fine work has been a rich being laid for another memorial to the population constitutes it Brazil's third blessing to the city of Vitoria. Already gospel. In a few weeks the new congre- largest city. It is the pearl city of the sixty-four persons have been baptized, and gation will move into the new church. north-east. Its shores are bounded by fifty - five more candidates are in bap- Pastor Carvalho plans to organize the coral reefs, from which it gets its name. tismal classes. Every phase of our work church, dedicate the building, and leave On February 10, 1952, a team of seven in that field has been strengthened as a the local pastor in charge of the new flock. workers began meetings. The only avail- result of this soul-winning endeavour. Five The work of Pastor Carvalho and his able meeting places were the two local months were dedicated to the Vitoria group has been one of aggressive evangel- Adventist churches. The team alternated effort. Much will be reaped as the workers istic soul-winning. The Lord has blessed between the two and carried on their pro- who carry on gather in the fruits of the him and the teams who have worked with gramme seven nights a week, with an harvest. him. He remained with each evangelistic average attendance in each meeting of effort long enough to bring a harvest. In Pastor Carvalho's evangelistic team then three hundred persons. Within a few each series of meetings he left several moved on to the city of Conquista, Bahia, weeks eight hundred families were being workers to continue the work of winning with an elevation of three thousand feet, visited by Bible instructors. There were precious souls who needed more time to overlooking the mountain country of the some disadvantages in conducting meet- decide -for the truth. In just a few weeks north-east. This is a city where Ad- ings in the well-known Adventist churches. Pastor Carvalho will bid farewell to his ventists have had no organized work. Pre- On the other hand, people in Brazil who co-workers in Conquista and move on to vious to the arrival of Pastor Carvalho, attend a public effort, in a church building the city of Salvador, where he will unite the local mission sent into that city a • generally demonstrate a special interest with a new team in a new series in Bra- colporteur to sow the first seeds. Soon in the truth from the very beginning. zil's fourth largest city. Surely the Lord rewarded the efforts of after, a worker was invited to make his this loyal team of soul-winners. The regu- residence there. Then followed a weekly —"Review and Herald," 11/6/53. [12] 13/7/53 THE AUSTRALASIAN RECORD

the truth, that they may at last be One day I asked C. A. Williams, the Opportunities and Victories weighed in the balance 'and_ found want- Korean Union Publishing Department sec- in Pakistan ing."—"Testimonies," Vol. I, page 260. retary, to give me a brief report of what Certainly today, with its great oppor- had happened to our publishing work in D. S. JOHNSON tunities and victories for Christ, is the recent years. He told me that in October, As we opened a bale of relief clothing in day God would have all unite in more 1951, he returned to Korea from Japan. a Punjab village last October, we thought effective labour for Him. A rally was conducted with thirty-five col- of the faithfulness of our people in "One may be called to ministry in a porteurs present. After this the first few America. The appeal had gone through foreign land; another may be asked to issues of the Korean "Signs of the Times" the General Conference indicating that give of his means for the support of gos- were printed in Japan, but because of cer- cold, hungry church members in Pakistan, pel work. God accepts the offering of tain difficulties this could not be con- as well as others, needed help badly. each. It is the consecration of the life tinued. For several months the Seoul When this particular bale of clothing was and all its interests, that is necessary. Newspaper Company printed the "Signs." opened, a coat dropped out. One of the Those who make this consecration, will Then one day the manager of the. Seoul women noticed a paper in the pocket, a hear and obey the call of Heaven."— newspaper said, "We cannot continue do- note from Ida Printers, a ninety-two-year- "Prophets and Kings," page 221. ing your work, because the army has made old church member back in Indiana. She Faced with the\ many opportunities to heavy demands upon us." expressed particularly the request that the reach millions with a saving knowledge of One of the women colporteurs told one who wore this garment mended by Christ, yet opposed by the one who seeks Brother Williams that she knew a pub- her, might be warmed as well with the to hold us in a state of inactivity, we be- lishing house that would do our work. It love and hope of a soon-returning Saviour. lieve every church member will rally to turned out to be the Seoul Federal Prison. Great poverty exists in these villages, our great world task for this year. All This institution agreed that it would print but God had put it into the heart of this "will hear and obey the call of Heaven" the "Signs." But it only had presses—no good soul, as well as into the hearts of for a united soul-winning programme in type, no cuts, no paper. preparation to welcome our returning thousands of others, to give clothes to With the help of the United States King. meet this need. Army, paper was secured. The paper was —"Review and Herald," 28/5/53. Just yesterday we were at our mission transported by train from Pusan to Seoul, hospital dispensary at Chuharkana, East a distance of nearly three hundred miles. Punjab. A little baby lay in the maternity In the middle of this long ammunition section. I called it a miracle baby. The train was a box car marked "Seventh-day mother had been brought in after twelve The Publishing Work in Korea Adventist." So the army hauled the paper, hours in labour. The doctor and nurse D. A. McADAMS a Protestant press set up the type, and a thought that the child would not live and Catholic publishing house made the cuts. that the mother's chances of survival were As I walked into our beautiful church Thus literature was provided. slim indeed. There was no sign of life in Seoul, Korea, I was happily ,surprised in the little one, but the stethoscope ex- to find ninety colporteur evangelists. Our courageous publishing leader gave amination indicated a slight flicker of the Forty were student colporteurs and fifty me many other interesting facts and fea- heart. Dr. R. M. Shrewsbury placed a were regular colporteurs. Having already tures concerning colporteur evangelism in gauze over the baby's mouth, and with his visited Pusan and seen there something Korea. The following report stirred my own mouth over the child's to force in of the tragic conditions that exist in soul, and I am sure it will stir your soul, breath, he began artificial respiration. Korea, I was amazed to see these ninety too:— Within eight or ten minutes normal colporteurs. Knowing that the best ma- "There is an active war on here now, breathing had started. A life had been chinery in our publishing house had been but that does not affect the work in the spared!. A blood transfusion last evening destroyed, stolen, or damaged, I could least. We are doing more here in Korea restored the strength of the mother. This hardly believe that such a strong, aggres- now as far as winning souls is concerned morning her chances to live are much sive publishing programme was being car- than we have ever done. We have eighty brighter. What other help could this good ried on. colporteurs in the field now, and at least family have found in their great need? Someone in Rawalpindi enrolled an el- derly man in the Voice of Prophecy les- sons, several years ago. He was a member of a popular church, but he came to love those lessons. Robert Reynolds tells how this old man became ill some time ago. His Roman Catholic relatives sent the priest to see him just before he passed away. He was very weak, but he objected to the visit, saying, "I am not a Roman Catholic. Tell the people I am a Seventh- day Adventist." He had turned in his darkest hour to the tower of strength erected through Bible study. These experiences could be multiplied by the hundreds should one obtain a re- cord of our world work today. Recently the leader of a heavy Appeal for Missions programme in one of our large churches in the Eastern United States, wrote thus: "So we have just reached the appeal goal of nearly ten thousand dollars. It was a great campaign, but we could have re- ceived much more if every church member had helped." This reminded us of what was written in the "Testimonies":— "Satan is now seeking to hold God's people in a state of inactivity, to- keep Part of our army of Korean colporteurs who attended the colporteur institute at Chung Choo, them from acting their part in spreading South Korea, in recent months. AND ADVENT WORLD SURVEY 13/7/53 [13]

that many more who would go out if we School .Press. S. Thomas, the newly ap- had something for them to sell. pointed director of the new school, was in "It's the strangest situation here I have Poona working on the translated material ever seen. Our colporteurs work right up going through our publishing house when to the front line of battle. It's not un- the cards were delivered. I. K. Moses, the common to be giving a canvass in some secretary of the South India Union, was straw-thatched home and have the door asked to send out these cards. Before a and windows rattle from the roar of heavy week had gone he was perplexed, because artillery. As the Eighth Army goes, so the call for cards just about swamped him, go our colporteurs—they advance or fall and he called for help. back with them. "During our recent biennial constituency "We are able to get a fifty or sixty-thou- meeting, Pastor and Mrs. Rawson came sand edition Cof the Korean "Signs of the down from the division Voice of Prophecy Times"] run about once every two months. office to help get everything well organ- It is usually gone in about three weeks. The Korean "Signs of the Times" being printed ized. Typewriters clicked and the lists inside one- of the large prisons at Seoul, Korea. But our colporteurs don't sit around after of names grew. Then came the distressing they run out of their rations of literature. call to stop. 'What is the trouble?' some- They follow up their interests, and so far speaking to no other man than our own one asked. The answer was, 'We have two whole churches have been raised up Seventh - day Adventist chaplain, First- 10,000 applications now, and they keep since the war as a result." lieutenant Powell. Such joyous exuberance coming in at the rate of more than 50 to The people of South Korea are praying was mine, knowing that I had the aid of 100 per day. We do not have the money for peace, happiness, and security—some- the man I had heard very much about or the staff to keep up with the enrol- thing they do not have at the present. back home. My troubles were actually ments.' More people are being baptized in Korea over, and I returned to my quarters mar- "Surely this is not a time to have to call today than before the war. God has set velling over the dramatic way in which His hand to do a great work in the earth, I had received immediate response to my a halt in God's work. We should be able and this work will be done in Korea in prayer. to reach out and embrace the 10,000, yes, spite of war and bloodshed. "On Sabbath morning I received my the 20,000 or 50,000, or whatever the num- —"Review and Herald," 28/5/53, pass, through the chaplain's effort, and ber of those who are wanting to study the travelling about forty-five miles over cor- message." rugated roads, I attended Sabbath school —"Review and Herald," 28/5/53. and morning worship with the chaplain Letter of Gratitude from a and Seventh-day Adventist boys. "It is needless to accentuate the marvel- Soldier in Korea lous work Chaplain Powell accomplishes Greenland Entered! A. V. OLSON here, for, as we probably know, along with Vice-President, General Conference the other men who bear the name of E. B. RUDGE Secretary, Northern European Division There has just come to my desk a letter chaplain, he goes out in the name of the from one of our soldiers in Korea that I Lord, attempting through spiritual help Greenland, the world's largest island, to bring that joyous peace of mind to wish to share with the readers of the "Re- and, until recent years, one of the most many worried soldiers, and propagating view." Private Ernest C. Roper wrote the isolated places, is now to be entered by a following letter:— the love of Christ to those who have not representative of our message. On June found salvation. 16 Pastor Andreas Nielsen of the Faroe March 29, 1953. "Your brother in Christ, Islands, Denmark, sails from Copenhagen "To Seventh-day Adventists Believers "Pvt. Ernest C. Roper." for Godhavn, Greenland. This centre Everywhere, will be the jumping-off place from which It is a satisfaction to know that we now "Being one of the many Seventh-day Pastor Nielsen will begin his work for the have eight American and one Belgian Adventist GI's stationed overseas on ac- people of Greenland. He goes well-armed Seventh-day Adventist chaplains in the tive duty, I was confronted with the usual with good message-filled literature. His armed forces. They are God-fearing men problems of carrying arms and Sabbath stock of books includes some hundreds of privileges. Back home in the United who have felt impressed to enter this copies of "Great Controversy," "Home States the Sabbath was readily given, but type of service in order to help our own Health," "Steps to Christ," story books for here, as our first sergeant told me, it was and other young men in the army with different. A war was going on not too far their problems, both spiritual and other- children, and a good supply of the "Signs away and it was of ultimate necessity for wise. of the Times," and "Good Health"—all in me to work seven days a week, as they all —"Review and Herald," 4/6/53. the Danish language. do, and when necessary carry a weapon Pastor Nielsen will also take with him for the preservation of the other men's four thousand copies of "Survival Through lives, if for no other reason. I considered Faith" printed in Greenlandic—our first the matter carefully and saw no possible Tamil Bible Correspondence publication in this tongue. way of swaying him. Eventually Friday afternoon came and I decided to put in School Through the faithful witness of several another petition, after fortifying myself 0. A. Skau, Educational secretary of the Danish brethren, whilst visiting Greenland with prayer. North Tamil Mission in India, sends the on business, Pastor Nielsen is assured of a following word concerning Bible corre- welcome in several centres of this new "Your Troubles Are Over" spondence school work in that field:— field. So, at long last, Greenland's inhabi- "As I stood in front of the orderly room "A few months ago it was voted to open tants-22,000 Eskimos, and 16,000 Euro- thinking over what I was going to say, up a Voice of - Prophecy Bible Corre- peans, mostly Danes and Norwegians—will I was gently interrupted with a pat on spondence School in the Tamil language. hear the message for the first time from the shoulder and a friendly, 'How are There are about 30,000,000 Tamil-speaking the living preacher. you?' but instead of responding in the people in South India, and they should As Pastor Nielsen enters upon this new usual manner, 'Well, thank you, sir,' I un- be warned. Immediately following this task of pioneering in Greenland, let us consciously explained the precariousness action the machinery was set in operation. who remain at home continually hold him of my situation and even before I con- Office equipment was bought, and lessons cluded my remarks the man said, 'Your and other material were translated. The up before the Lord, praying that his sow- troubles are over; come with me.' first order sent to the press was for 30,000 ing of the Word may, under the blessing "I wondered to what extent he would enrolment cards. These were quickly of our God, produce a goodly harvest to help me, but little did I know that I was printed at the Lowry Memorial High the glory of the Saviour's name. [14] 13/7/53 THE AUSTRALASIAN RECORD

Governor Visits Kowloon Mission School HARRY H. MORSE The Kowloon Mission School recently welcomed the visit of the governor of Hong Kong. His Excellency, Governor Sir Alexander Grantham, accompanied by the Honourable D. J. S. Crozier, director of education for the colony, spent about thirty minutes inspecting the school. To- gether with W. A. Hilliard, president of the Hong Kong-Macao Mission; W. S. Chan, pastor of the Kowloon church; and H. H. Morse, Educational secretary of the union mission, each class-room and every part of the school were inspected. Each teacher was introduced to the gov- ernor, and regular class activities were carried on. At the close of the visit the governor and his party were shown A Naga chief in his ceremonial robes; and, right, a chief's home in the mountains of Assam. through the church. Before the governor bade farewell, a harvest that is ready to be reaped and ing the Sabbath. By the time that he re- little girl from the kindergarten room pre- realize how inadequate for the task are turns home, calls have come in from other sented to him, on behalf of the mission, the available men and means. Last year areas, and away he must go again in an a set of the Conflict of the Ages books. the membership in that field was doubled, endeavour to respond to them. The need and during the first quarter of 1953 it was for more workers to care for these multi- Two Schools in Hong Kong Area almost doubled again. plying interests, and to garrier in the har- This school is one of two such primary Constantly our workers hear of groups vest of souls that is ready to be reaped, is mission schools conducted by our Hong of thirty, forty, fifty and more people in desperate. Kong-Macao Mission. The other school these Assamese hills who are keeping the is in the Pioneer Memorial church, in the Sabbath without having made any direct Work Among the Nagas city of Victoria, on the island of Hong contact with any of our workers or church What is taking place among the Lushais Kong. members. In some cases a tract or a small of the Lushai Hills is being duplicated Both of these schools carry work from book which somehow had found its way among many of the other lull tribes of the kindergarten through the sixth grade. into these remote places was the means of Assam. The Nagas, who are spread over The enrolment in each of the two schools bringing light to the people as it was the Naga.Hills, for instance, are also ready is about 275 pupils. Each school employs passed from person to person or from vil- for the message. Wilbur C. Rick, president ten teachers and is entirely self - sup- lage to village. How other groups have of the Assam Mission, and Thomas Ash- porting. come to know the true Lord's day and lock both feel frustrated as they despe- Plans are being studied for the building some of the other essentials of the mes- rately try to respond to all the calls that of an additional school adjacent to the sage is not known. The Spirit of God is are coming from these people. Already Pioneer Memorial church to accommodate surely working among these people. Some large companies of Nagas have been bap- grades seven and eight. This would enable of these Sabbath-keeping companies are tized, and many others are in preparation the pupils in the city schools to complete in language areas in which we have no for that sacred rite. Interests among them work to the academy level. Older students work whatsoever. are springing up- in every direction. How attend the boarding academy, which is Throughout the Lushai hills in num- these interests are created can be ex- beautifully situated eleven miles in the erous villages which no Adventist worker plained only on the basis of the miracu- country. has ever visited, people are discussing the lous working of the Holy Spirit. —"Review and Herald," 28/5/53. Sabbath and studying the message from Several years ago the missionaries of tracts or papers carried in by someone another society became alarmed over the who had been in some place where the large number of "Bible Readings" in the truth was being proclaimed. From the Lushai language that were being circu- Harvest-time in the Rugged south to the Bay of Bengal, from the east lated among the Lushais in a certain area. Hills of Assam to the Burmese border, and from the They therefore launched a campaign of • north to the land of the Kukis and the gathering up these books and putting ERWIN E. ROENFELT naked Nagas, calls are coming for workers them out of circulation. About three Associate Secretary, General Conference to preach and to teach the message. Re- hundred volumes were collected. What to Assam, in north-east India and close to ports are being received of the existence do with them was the question. Remem- the Tibetan border, is ripe for the harvest. of Sabbath schools and of Sabbath-keep- bering the pagans near ,and across the In the rugged hills that comprise almost ers who are conforming their lives to the Burma border, and considering that these the whole of that remote country live little knowledge of the truth that they books could do them no harm, they passed numerous hill tribes such as the Nagas, have gained without the aid of the living them out to these native people. The re- the Lushais, the Kukis, the Kasis, the preacher of the Word of God. sult is that a great interest has developed Makeras, and others. Upon these people among these people, and three delegations the Lord is pouring out His Spirit as He One Missionary Connie in Lushai Hills have at different tithes made a three-hun- has promised to do in the last days, pre- Willis G. Lowry is our only overseas dred-mile round trip on foot to plead for paring them for the reception of His mes- worker in the Lushai Hills. While his wife a worker. This earnest and insistent call sage. Developments in connection with endeavours to care for the interests ad- has not yet been answered. There is no our work among them are thrilling and jacent to their home, he is away almost worker available who can be sent. How soul-inspiring. continually in response to calls that long must these people wait? So rapidly is the work developing and come in. He will spend weeks and even When I was recently in the city of Shil- - so numerous and urgent are the calls that months visiting and holding a brief series long, which is the capital of Assam, and are coming from all over this extensive of _meetings in village after village in a where the headquarters of the Assam Mis- area that a feeling of utter helplessness particular area in which no worker has sion are located, I met a lovely old lady, comes over our workers as they see the ever been and in which people are observ- a wonderfully radiant Christian, who had AND ADVENT WORLD SURVEY 13/7/53 [151 —4r only recently been baptized. She was our MORRIS.—Jane Morris (nee Bridge- WANTED.—English middle-aged mar- first convert from among the Makeras of water) was horn. in Birmingham, England, ried couple urgently require furnished fiat, the Makera Hills. After her baptism she on Mareh--147-1888, and died-ova-.dune-16, no children. S.D.A. Reply "Record" office, tramped back into those hills visiting from 1.9.1.1,-at the age of sixty-five. She came to 148 Fox Valley Road, Wahroonga, N.S.W. village to village and telling the people of Australia as a young child, andonMarch the message she had heard, which was 21, 1912, was married to. Pastor William POSITION WANTED. — Housekeeper, thrilling her soul. She had just returned Morris. To them were born three chil- light place, no children. Good references. from this strenuous journey. She told of dren, William, Alma, and Gwen. She suf- Reply to Miss C. Fist, Lapoinya, North- interests in the message that had sprung fered much, yet her patience and cheer- west Coast, Tasmania. up among her people. Reporting these, she fulness in spite of a long illness made us said to our workers, "There are thirteen feel better for having known her. We Missionary family on furlough during villages back there in the Makera Hills laid her to rest in sure and certain hope summer months wish to rent accommoda- that want the message. I must take you to of the dawning of that glorious tomorrow tion in Auckland or environs. Please re- them. But you must hurry, for there is when sorrow and crying shall flee away ply to W. G. Ward, Adventist Union little time. I am eighty-five years old and and death shall be no more. Pastor L. A. College, Kambubu, via Rabaul. will soon die. I must take you to those Butler was associated with the writer in villages where the people are waiting, be- services at the parlour and the graveside. NOTICE fore my end comes." Reuben E. Hare. The Sydney S.D.A. High School maga- That is the command of God to His zine, "The Metropolitan Review," is now people today, "Hurry, for the hour is CLEVERDON.—John James Cleverdon available. Write or call at the school, 153- late." Yes, the hour is late, and soon the was born on March 3, 1877, and died 161 Albert Road, Strathfleld, N.S.W., 'or end will come. But before it does come peacefully at his home in Boundary Street, telephone UM 7896 to secure your copy. we must bear His message to every nation, Parramatta, N.S.W., on June 4, 1953. For kindred, tongue, and people. Men every- many years the family lived on their farm, FOR SALE.-20 acres good cleared where must be given an opportunity of twelve miles from Temora, N.S.W. It was ground in centre Cooranbong, half-mile hearing the truth, so that they will be able here that Pastor W. M. R. Scragg located, from college. Being worked as market intelligently to decide the great question and studied with them thirty-four years .garden. Sprinklers on four acres; been of their eternal destiny. ago. A little later Pastor E. G. Whittaker sub-divided into 80 allotments. Price £2,600. Apply D. D. Mackay, Cooranbong, —"Review and Herald," 28/5/53. also studied with our brother and his family and they were established in the N.S.W. message. Brother Cleverdon, by his kindly hospitable nature, endeared himself FOR SALE.—Vacant possession; weath- to all who met him. He leaves, to mourn erboard house, Beauty Point Road, near the loss of a loving husband and father, college, Cooranbong. Two large bedrooms, his wife and two daughters, Sister Cadden large lounge with fireplace; dining-room, and Sister Wilnioth. To them and their kitchen with large Belling electric stove; families, and also to Sister Jean Ross, built-in cupboards; 27-ft. glassed-in ve- who has lived for so many years with the randa; garage and laundry; concrete UNTIL T E DAY BREAK family, we extend our sincerest sympathy. paths and telephone. Apply G. J. Dawson, In the presence of a large number of Monamona Mission, Oak Forest, via "Because I live, ye shall live also" friends and relatives, Pastor Scragg, as- Cairns, Queensland. John 14: 19. sisted by the writer, laid Brother Clever- don to rest in the Northern Suburbs ceme- GREENCORNER, C OORANBONG.—Ad- BRETT.—Mrs. Mary Ann Brett of Dun- tery, Sydney, there to await the resurrec- joining Attstralasian Missionary College, olly (Victoria) fell asleep in Jesus on tion call of the Master. Cooranbong. Excellent property, flood-free, May 28, 1953. Sister Brett had reached M. Grolimund. with all-electric cottage. Has carried over the age of seventy-four years. About :7'6,000 poultry, eminently suitable dairying eight years ago she accepted the teachings RETURN THANKS (milk 4/8 at Wyong), citrus, stone-fruit, of the third angel's message under the. The members of the family of the late vegetables, flowers. 40 acres; excellent cul- labours of Pastor S. Jackson, and despite Mrs. E. M. Smith of Cooranbong wish to tivation. Handy to all requirements. Im- strong opposition, remained faithful to the thank all the kind friends for their loving mediate possession. Sacrifice for cash or end. Her strong faith in the Lord was an expressions of sympathy and floral tributes terms. Write for detail E. W. Garside. inspiration to all who knew her. Our be- in their recent sad bereavement. Please loved sister was laid to rest in the Dunolly accept this as their personal appreciation. WANTED—A QUALIFIED FARM cemetery to await the call of the Life- MANAGER giver. W. J. Cole. An inquiry has just come in from the 6*, General Conference as to whether the RAETHEL.—Having walked life's path- ADVERTISERS PLEASE NOTE Australasian field could supply a suitable way for eighty-seven years, earth's pil- man to serve as a farm manager in one grimage for Sister Anna Bertha Raethel Advertisements approved by the Editor of our colleges in India. ceased when she fell asleep on June 9, will be inserted at the following rates:— To fill satisfactorily this position, a man 1953, after a brief illness in the Angaston First 25 words ...... 3s. 6d. should be married, and would need to hold Hospital, South Australia. Nuriootpa Each additional 6 words . 9d. a degree from, or be highly certificated by, a church has thus lost its oldest member. Remittance must accompany copy. recognized agricultural college. At the same Born at Light Pass, Sister Raethel has time he should be an experienced practical lived her life in this district, where under farmer. The teaching of classes in agri- the labours of Pastors L. D. A. Lemke and cultural subjects, as well as the directing Wall she accepted the message of present of farming activities, would be involved. truth, and in 1915 was baptized into the Good home offered by business couple family of God. Among the members of the to refined Christian lady in return light We would like to hear from anyone with family left to mourn are Sister A. L. Pas- services. Reply "H," "Record" Office, 148 the necessary qualifications who might be coe of Newcastle, and Sister A. J. Shipton Fox Valley Road, Wahroonga, N.S.W. interested in responding to such an ap- of Cooranbong, both well known to many. pointment. Please write, giving full infor- Sister Raethel now rests in the peaceful FOR SALE.—Large brick house on river mation as to qualifications, experience, little cemetery at Light Pass, awaiting the frontage; nine yearS old. 21 acres ground; age, and family responsibilities, to Pastor call of the One who Himself passed over 100 fruit trees all varieties. Several H. G. Moulds, Secretary, Australasian through the darkness of the tomb. outbuildings. Close to college, £4,500. Inter-Union Conference, 148 Fox Valley A. R. Barrett. Apply D. D. Mackay, Cooranbong, N.S.W. Road, Wahroonga, N.S.W.

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6-V a glass of liquor in this wretched little village?" The old man recognized to AUSTRALASIAN RECORD BREVITIES whom he was to speak, and, taking off his and Advent World Survey cap, made his humble obeisance as he re- Official Organ of the plied: "My lord, about a hundred years AUSTRALASIAN INTER - UNION CONFER- ENCE OF SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS The camp-meeting season will soon be ago a man named John Wesley came to with us again. The Greater Sydney Con- these parts." And the old man walked on. ference and camp-meeting convenes at A hundred years, and he was living still!- Editor - - - A. G. Stewart Blacktown, August 25 to September 5. The Source Not Known. Associate Editor - Mary M. Campbell North New South Wales Northern Rivers Single Subscriptions, in Australia 15s., New -American "Signs of the Times." Zealand 12s. 3d. per year (post paid). camp will be held at Lismore August 27- When mailed to territories, outside Australasia September 5. These annual feasts are a and territories annexed thereto (Papua, New great blessing to all who attend, and Guinea, Lord Howe and Norfolk Island, Fiji and Western Samoa) 10s. extra for empire and should be a part of our spiritual re- foreign postage is required. habilitation. Opening A New Leper Colony Order through your conference office, or send in New Guinea direct to the Signs Publishing Co., Warburton, Travelling by car and caravan, Pastor Victoria, Australia. G. E. Masters, accompanied by Mrs. Mas- H. WHITE All copy for the paper should be sent to The President, Coral Sea Union Mission Editor, "Record," Fox Valley Road, Wahroonga, ters, has just returned from a 6,000-mile N.S.W. visit to Queensland in the interests of the This week Pastor Ward Nolan led a Appearing regularly in the Australasian. Record Advent Correspondence School. They party along the Madang coast to com- are articles from the Review and Herald, the general church paper of the Seventh-day Ad- visited most of the Adventist families in mence a new leprosy hospital. The party ventists, published at Washington, D.C., U.S.A. North Queensland Mission, and enrolled consisted of Brother and Sister Page-Dhu Printed weekly for the Conference by the sixty-five students who will be taking who, with additional European and native Signs Publishing Co., Warburton, Victoria. seventy-five subjects by correspondence. help to be supplied later, will carry the We congratulate the principal of this medical responsibility of the colony, and school on the success that attended his Mr. Ken Mitchell who will be largely re- DIRECTORY visit. sponsible for the manual programme in- Australasian Inter-Union Conference President - - - F. A. Mote volved. Secretary - - - H. G. Moulds Early reports of the Pan-American The colony will be modelled on the Associate Secretary - E. J. Johanson Youth Congress held at San Francisco Treasurer - - - W. L. Pascoe Mount Hagen colony, which at present Assistant Treasurer - W. E. Zeunert June 16-21 reveal a very enthusiastic cares for some three hundred and eighty Auditors - - (Chief) L. J. Stace, R. L. Parkinson gathering, attended by over 4,000 dele- lepers. gates, with a gathering on the Sabbath of Departmental Secretaries A recent survey in the New Guinea some 20,000 people. Two lads, aged sixteen Educational and Missionary and seventeen respectively, rode English highlands indicates that the incidence of Volunteer - - leprosy rates a little more than one per Health Food - - E. 0. Johanson bicycles from New Hampshire, a distance Home Missions and Sabbath cent of the population. School - - - - C. C. Weis of 3,300 miles, sleeping out each night on Ministerial - - - H. G. Moulds the way. The time on the road was from Doubtless Pastor Nolan will cover this Press Relations, Religious Liberty, brand-new venture with a special article and Temperance - - R. E. Hare May 3 to June 16, the day the congress Publishing - - E. R. Gane commenced. on his return. Radio - - - L. C. Naden

Many of the readers of the "Record" will have learned through the columns of the daily press of the bequests made by the late Sir Henry Pollock, Q.C., to several AUSTRALASIAN INTER - UNION CONFERENCE benevolent institutions in New South Wales, including the Sydney Sanitarium APPEAL FOR MISSIONS REPORT a,nd Hospital. There were also several Number Number Number Minute- Minute- Minute- parcels of overseas mining shares be- Raised Raised Per man man man queathed to the sanitarium and hospital Conferences GOAL 1952 to date Capita Members Churches Conf. work in the Philippines. During the last Trans-Commonwealth World War the late Sir Henry Pollock and South Aust..... £5,824 £5,294 £6,006 £2 9 6 162 2 Lady Pollock came to the sanitarium in South N.S.W. 5,727 5,207 5,727 6 1 3 106 Wahroonga from Hong Kong, where he Tasmania 4,307 3,915 3,728 4 3 7 47 2 had served the Government as Attorney Victoria 16,972 15,429 11,500 3 9 6 162 General. They both enjoyed the homelike Western Aust. 5,326 4,842 4,573 2 9 6 162 2 atmosphere of the institution. Sir Henry TOTAL £38,156 £34,688 £31,534 £314 2 473 6 passed away in February this year, and Lady Pollock continues as a patient at the Trans-Tasman sanitarium. North N.Z £16,896 £15,360 £16,588 £5 7 3 445 4 South N.Z. 7,610 6,918 ;4'0 North Queensland 2,639 2,399 796 1 12 1 10 Queensland .... 7,667 6,970 4,091 1 18 2 165 Wesley Had Been There North N.S.W. 9,068 8,244 8,148 210 6 151 1 Greater Sydney . 8,385 7,623 One day a young nobleman on horse- Norfolk Island 75 68 55 1 6 2 back rode impatiently up and down the £52,340 £47,582 £29,678 £2 3 7 771 5 streets of a village in Cornwall, England. Exchange £5,569 £4,147 He was seeking for a public house, where TOTAL £52,340 £53,151 771 5 he could get a glass of that concerning £33,825 £2 3 7 which Shakespeare said, "Alas, that men C.P.U.M. ... £1,360 £1,237 £66 should put an enemy in their mouths to C.S.U.M. £460 £419 £258 steal away their brains!" But his search Exchange £7,684 was in vain, and coming upon a white- A.I.U.C. TOTAL £100,000 £89,495 £65,683 £2 15 5 1,244 11 - haired peasant on his way home aftet a A.I.U.C. Home Missions Department. a day of toil, the young man said, with rising anger, "Why is it that I cannot:get