OCTOBER 20, 1977.

NERAL CHURCH PAPER OF THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS

E. M. GIFFORD, JR.

It was ten till two in the morning. The stars peeped yatthsVard from a cloudless s ky. As I sat on the. front steps, drinking in as much of the scene as humans can comprehend, I thanked God for the beauty of it all. I thanked Him that I knew Him, that I could look forward to at lifetime in eternity, where the commonplace will be more • wonderful than- the best -things here. Then in my prayer I presented .my children to the Lord. "Save them in some way," I .rifeaded,."whatever is necessary, whatever the cost." At this point I changed from a sitting to a kneeling poiition. The thought •, flashed• through my mind and I began to say, 1.1f it's necessary; charge it to- me." Stopping •'abruptly, I apologized to the heavenly _ Father., putting my face down on the . concrete. Ho a the thought have ever, entered my mind hat I could atone. for my • children's sirs? That would put me on a level with my Saviour. He has already paid for my sins, and He is the only One who can rightfully say, "Charge it to Me. Charge to Me.notpnly the sins of the children but the sins of .the fathers and mothers, as- well.":: • Would:that we could always understand • what had become.so clear to me by-ten after two that morning:

Heart to Heart

divine Son of God, our risen Lord, our everlasting friend Thank God, He Is Our and helper. Jesus Christ was no ghost, no apparition, no ethereal Real Jesus! being from a spirit world. He was no figment of a fevered imagination—no unreal character from Grimm's Fairy Cleburne, Texas Tales. Our Jesus was no first-century Superman flitting winglessly from place to place, performing amazing feats Calvary had taken its awful toll. Jesus died on the of prowess to excite people's morbid curiosity. cross. The redemption of the human family was assured. Our Jesus is a real person who came into a real world But there were some very perplexed disciples. Two of and lived among real people—just as you and I live in a the lesser known ones gave vent to their feelings to a real world with all sorts of real people living about us. Stranger who had joined them on their walk to Emmaus. Jesus of Nazareth was the Son of God who was also "We trusted that it had been he which should have the Son of man. Here was no fake—no pretending! redeemed Israel," they lamented, "and beside all this, to "Christ did not make believe take human nature. He did day is the third day since these things were done" (Luke verily take it. He did in reality possess human nature. 'As 24:21). the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also All the time the two men grieved over what appeared himself likewise took part of the same' (Heb. 2:14). He to them to be a lost cause, the Stranger who walked by was the son of Mary; He was of the seed of David their side was indeed their risen Lord—a living Saviour. according to human descent. "—Selected Messages, book No tomb could hold the divine Son of God. Much to their 1, p. 247. "He came to this world in human form, to live a great happiness they learned His identity as they sat at man amongst men. He assumed the liabilities of human supper in their Emmaus home a short time later. nature, to be proved and tried."—Ibid., p. 226. You remember the story, how the two disciples hurried This same real Jesus ascended into heaven after living breathlessly to Jerusalem to share the blessed news of a a sinless life. This same real Jesus intercedes for you and risen Christ with their colleagues in the upper room for me in the heavenly sanctuary today. Praise the Lord! where they had gathered to discuss the events of the past "This same Jesus, which is taken up from you into few days. heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him You remember, too, that as the group talked, half go into heaven" (Acts 1:11). believing, half doubting, Jesus Himself suddenly ap- Thank God, ours is a living Saviour! As the song writer peared among them. "And as they thus spake, Jesus says, "He's in the world today; I know that He is living, himself stood in the midst of them, and saith unto them, whatever men may say." Peace be unto you. But they were terrified and af- You and I know that Jesus lives, that He is a real frighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit. Saviour and ever-present Friend. We have both wit- "And he said unto them, Why are ye troubled? and nessed and experienced His saving, forgiving power. We why do thoughts arise in your hearts? Behold my hands have known the joy and peace that come with sins and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a confessed and forgiven. We have been conscious of this spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have. And living, real Christ in His protecting ministry when we when he had thus spoken, he shewed them his hands and have passed through dangers seen and, unseen. his feet" (verses 36-40). Many of us have known our living Christ as the Great Here was no spirit. Here was a flesh-and-blood person. Physician, for He has touched us with His healing power. The disciples beheld the scarred hands, the pierced feet, The pain and the fever fled before His mighty power. We the marred forehead. His were real hands, real feet, a have been conscious of His very real presence in times of real body. They recognized Jesus' voice. It was the same stress and loneliness. In hours of adversity and perplex- voice to which they had listened with rapt attention as ity we have listened to His encouraging, guiding voice. words of life came forth from His lips during the years When we passed through the valley of the shadow of they had served together. They watched Him eat. Here death with a loved one, our real Christ spoke words of was areal, live person. Their hearts rejoiced. They were comfort and solace. satisfied. Here indeed was their beloved Leader—alive Thanks be to God for His unspeakable gift—a real, and in their midst. risen Saviour, a living Christ who still walks beside His "Faith and joy took the place of unbelief, and with loved ones on their way to Emmaus! feelings which no words could express they ac- knowledged their risen Saviour."—The Desire of Ages, p. 803. This experience of Jesus in the upper room with His closest followers should bring faith and joy to your heart and mine today. It should banish every trace of unbelief and doubt. The Saviour you and I love and serve is a real-life historical character. More than that, He is the President, General Conference

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Contents assistant leader in the kindergar- joy, giving women who have long 20), by B. B. Beach, tells of the General Articles Pages 1-13 ten division at his church. Several done this type of work a chance to author's trip to Russia, where he Response From Readers 8 men help out in Sabbath schools change their Sabbath school rou- preached to perhaps 5,000 Chris- For the Younger Set 12 for younger children at the church tine as well. tians. Young Adult 14 about which Mrs. Minesinger Karen Lumb, author of our Bible Credits: Texts in this issue When You're Young 15 writes. Young Adult article, "Love in credited to N.E.B. are from The Reader to Reader 16 A grandfather, the husband of Action" (p. 14), is a graduate of New English Bible. © The Dele- From the Editors 17 one of the leaders, so enjoyed his Columbia Union College, Takoma gates of the Oxford University Newsfront 20-26 visit to his wife's division to tell a Park, Maryland, where she Press and the Syndics of the News Notes 27 story, that he stayed on to help in earned a B.S. degree in nursing in Cambridge University Press 1970. Bulletin Board 30 other ways, specifically as wel- 1971. She has been a public Reprinted by permission. Back Page 32 comer and head-patter. As Mrs. health nurse for five years. Art and Photo Credits: Cover, Both men and women looking Minesinger puts it, "Women have Readers will not want to miss p. 5, Skip Baker; p. 9, 0. Stemlee, for a change in their Sabbath been experiencing the joy of two news articles in this issue. courtesy of Standard Publishing school routine may find the an- working with children in the Sab- " 'Tree Dwellers' Join Adventist Company; pp. 10, 12, 14, Review swer in "A Liberated Man" (p. bath school for many years, and Church-1" (p. 18) tells how the and Herald; p. 11, Kit Watts; p. 11), by Janet Wood Minesinger, their work has been appreciated." work among these Indonesian 14, Harold Munson; all other which tells how a father finds Perhaps other men in our church people began in 1975. "Apostolic photos, courtesy of the respective many rewards in serving as an would like to share some of that Optimism Prevails in Russia" (p. authors.

Scan News briefs from the religious world Archbishop Declares their relationship with the people Sunday Shopping Expanded of them met here for three days to Monarchal Model Outdated of God, the Church. HARRISBURG—Pennsylvania ratify the outline of a "continu- DOUGLASTON, N.Y.—Arch- State Supreme Court justice ing" Anglican Church in North bishop Peter Gerety of Newark, AELC Synod Endorses Louis Manderino, who earlier en- America. New Jersey, told a graduating Ordination of Woman joined the enforcement of State Opposed strongly to the ap- Cathedral College seminary class BERKELEY, CALIF.—The laws against Sunday merchandis- proval for female priests given by here that a new definition of au- Church Council of the Pacific Re- ing in a number of counties, has the 1976 General Convention of thority is needed in today's Cath- gional Synod of the Association extended the open-Sunday area to the Episcopal Church and the olic Church. of Evangelical Lutheran include Dauphin County. 1975 General Synod of the Angli- Where the vertical structure of Churches has authorized the or- Justice Manderino acted on the can Church of Canada, the sup- the Church of the Middle Ages dination of Janith Otte-Murphy. request of merchants who joined porters of The Fellowship of and of the Reformation pictured Ms. Murphy, a graduate of those protesting the Sunday sales Concerned Churchmen received a the Pope as a monarch, today's Seminex, the AELC seminary in ban in appeals to the court. His "presentation of suggested prin- ecclesiastical structure, with its St. Louis, will become the first order will remain in effect until ciples and structure for the con- emphasis on personal responsibil- female pastor in the 100,000- the supreme court reaches a deci- tinuing church." ity, human dignity, and the desire member denomination, made up sion on the constitutionality of the to serve, calls for a new descrip- mainly of former members of the Sunday sales ban. School Extends Vacation tion of authority, the visiting prel- 2.7-million-member Lutheran to Save Fuel Costs ate told the Brooklyn Diocese Church-Missouri Synod. The Episcopal Group Outlines CHICAGO—This year a Cath- seminarians. Missouri Synod considers Plans for Church olic elementary school here will Referring to the new model as a women's ordination contrary to ST. LOUIS—They call them- extend its usual two-week "horizontal structure," Arch- Bible teaching. Each of the five selves "traditional Episcopa- Christmas holidays to a five-week bishop Gerety showed a new AELC regional synods will de- lians." Others call them dissident winter vacation in an effort to alignment of Pope and bishops in cide about ordaining women. or schismatic. An estimated 1,500 save on fuel costs. Letters [Letters submitted for publication cannot common person to a great degree, understand the more simple forms be acknowledged or returned. All must carry vent Youth Sing (see the May 26 the writer's name and address. Short letters overlooking almost completely of music (even country-western). issue of the REVIEW). (less than 250 words) will be given preference. his lack of ability in both pitch Many are touched by the message All will be edited to meet space and literary requirements. The views presented do not and range. Who of us have not that can be presented loud and necessarily represent those of the editors or heard in adjacent seats fellow clear through the avenue of care- Review Poetry of the denomination.] saints struggling to sing a hymn, fully selected and properly pre- Thank you for "The Church" with which he may or may not be sented gospel music. Let's not let (Sept. 22). What can I say about a Music for the People familiar, that is pitched too high pride of accomplishment separate poem that moved me, except that I Maybe it is because I am a and that has a range that some or repel any of God's children. was glad to see such a sensitive, member of a gospel singing group trained voices have difficulty fol- GARY L. ANDERSON well-written poem in the REVIEW. that I notice discussions about lowing accurately. It is dis- Durango, Colorado LAVONNE NEFF music in the church. And maybe it couraging to have to sing an oc- College Place, Washington is because I am not educated in tave lower when you're not a ► To meet some of these needs, the arts that I feel so strongly bass. the General Conference Youth Can someone please explain the about gospel music. It has been my observation that Department and the Review and meaning of "The Church"? As a commoner I feel that many of the people who need to Herald Publishing Association MARGARET and LAURA DROWN church music has forgotten the hear the gospel are people who have compiled and published Ad- West Boylston, Massachusetts

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"For the grace of God has dawned upon the world with because he leaves no question as to the life style of one healing for all mankind; and by it we are disciplined to who looks and longs for the Second Advent. He de- renounce godless ways and worldly desires, and to live a scribes that life style both negatively and positively. life of temperance, honesty, and godliness in the present He says, "And by it [the grace] we are disciplined to age, looking forward to the happy fulfilment of our hope renounce godless ways and worldly desires." This is the when the splendour of our great God and Saviour Christ negative side of goodness. It is giving up that which is Jesus will appear" (Titus 2:11-13, N. E.B.). evil. Victory over godless ways and worldly desires. What are godless ways? THE CHRISTIAN LIVES AS ONE WHO is looking For some the phrase conjures up a picture of bright for the coming of Christ. At the same time he looks as flashing lights, lurid life styles, wild music, unrestrained one who is living for the coming of Christ. There must be sexuality, and rampant immorality. But the phrase em- both living and looking, not merely living or looking. The bodies more. It includes also such things as consuming two are tied together. One conditions the other. The lust for the material, the obsessive yearning for power, moral imperative is always linked to the eschatological possessions, prestige. The Scripture is clear: godless indicative. Living and looking. ways and worldly desires must be renounced. There must The phrases "to live a life" and "looking forward to be a rupture with the world—a once-and-for-all act. the happy fulfilment of our hope" make clear that the Christian lives as one who looks for the coming of Christ. Temperance, Honesty, Godliness The looking forward modifies the living of which it is an Positively Paul enjoins "a life of temperance, honesty, attendant circumstance. The Christian's looking is based and godliness in the present age." Toward his neighbor not on the Gallup poll, the message of the book Future the Christian will conduct himself with fairness, justice, Shock, or human projection, but on divine promise. The integrity, honesty, fair play. The way I relate to my expectation of the Lord's return has a present and prac- fellow men is a this-worldly consequence of my other- tical bearing on how the Christian lives. It determines his worldly look. The loving hand that extends a cup of priorities. water points to the water of life; the loving hand that The problem with many Christians is that they have gives a slice of bread directs a person to the Bread of opinions rather than convictions. They are quick to come Life; the loving hand that is lifted to free people from the up with reasons to support their opinions. They are adept shackles of ignorance and deprivation points them to the with an array of proof texts. But opinions and convic- Great Liberator. tions are not the same. We hold opinions. Convictions By the term "godliness" Paul emphasizes piety. Piety hold us. For example, if I have a conviction that "all is a quality of life and experience that arises from faith in things work together for good" (Rom. 8:28), I can stand God and obedience to His will. It moves beyond the in the face of discouragement. If I have the conviction realm of formally correct behavior and focuses on the that if I confess, "he is faithful and just to forgive" (1 power and the reality of a vital relationship. I discover I John 1:9), I need not be burdened under the weight of don't carry the load alone. With every command God transgression. If I have the conviction, "He that be- gives grace, which provides the power to fulfill His lieveth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live" purposes. There is grace that is greater than my sin; grace (John 11:25), then I need not despair in the face of death. that is sufficient for all; grace that enables me to live as I maintain that if we are convicted that Jesus Christ is one who is looking for the coming of Christ. coming soon, it will make a difference in how we live. Thus it becomes clear that the Christian is living for the There will be a quality of existence, a distinctive life coming of Christ. He is not merely moving words around style, a conduct that matches our conviction. in a discussion of the doctrine of the Second Advent. He stands on the tiptoes of expectation, and expectation Belief Versus Study affects the way he lives. Unfortunately many hold the doctrine of the Second Anticipation is a part of human nature. Children look Advent as an object to be studied rather than a promise forward to the time when they will be grown; young to be believed. C. S. Lewis makes the interesting obser- people look forward to the time when they will get vation that if there were two doors side by side, one married; young married couples look forward to the time marked "Heaven," the other marked "Lecture on of professional success and accomplishment; parents Heaven," Christians would flock through the door to the look forward to the time when they can live vicariously in lecture—choosing rather "information about" than "the the lives of their children. The Christian looks beyond all reality of." I think that this is the point Paul is pressing, these to the time when the ravages of the Fall will be restored by the glory of God's repair, and when paradise Benjamin F. Reaves, D.Min., is chairman of the religion lost will be paradise regained. It is that kind of hope that department at Oakwood College, Huntsville, Alabama. enables Christians to transcend time and to live in the

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eternal now of God's victory. So my looking has an air of thought came through to him: That man doesn't even expectancy—a readiness to welcome the King. It is not know my name, he's not my king. the looking of anxiety, "Will He come?''; it is the look of As Seventh-day Adventists, we need to understand longing, "How soon will He come?" that looking for the Second Advent must be more than Where other people look for a better economic cli- believing a doctrine. It must be a looking for a personal mate, better jobs, professional esteem, and peer ap- Christ with whom we have a personal experience. proval, Christians hope for the splendid appearing of The reason many find no consuming excitement grip- Christ Jesus. Their hope is ultimately centered in a ping them at the thought of His coming is that they have Person. Their expectation centers not on what but on not a continuing personal experience with their Lord. whom. It is not so much a happening as a Him. They don't share that daily communion that heightens Working with the YMCA in Paris after World War I, the longing to see Him. The living must be real before the Roland Paul Leave!! heard that King George V of Eng- looking can be real. land was to visit the city. Early on the day of the visit he Lo! He comes, with clouds descending, got up and made his way to the Champs Elysees, where Once for favored sinners slain; he found a vantage point from which he could see Countless angels, Him attending, clearly. After waiting for a number of hours, the crowd Swell the triumph of His train: began to get excited. Leave!l looked, and there he Hallelujah! was—the king. Leave!l says he looked at him briefly, Hallelujah! then turned around and walked away. He wondered why Jesus comes, and comes to reign. he had felt no awe, no great impression. Gradually the —John Cennick and Charles Wesley 0

Confronted

one marked "Heaven" HEAVEN and the other "Lecture on Heaven," which would you enter?

REVIEW, OCTOBER 20, 1977 (1093) 5 who believed himself secure because he has paid. Such security was false. One does not earn salvation; one Luther and receives it as a gift, a grace from God. Others before Luther had said this. In 1484 Jean Vitrier the Reformation and Jean Lallier uttered the same cry and were con- demned by the Sorbonne. The Sorbonne also condemned the subjects that Tetzel took pleasure in spreading "It is by God's justice abroad. Luther cried out in protest, not against the church, but against the abuses of indulgences. "In all this," he said, "we want to say nothing and believe that that the just man lives." we have said nothing, which is not in accordance with the teaching of the Catholic Church and of the doctors of the By JOHN GRAZ Church." 2 In his role as a docile and submissive son, Luther sent IT IS OCTOBER 31, 1517. Night has fallen. Witten- a copy of his theses to his superior, Albert of Mainz. berg sleeps. A man clad in a monk's habit strides toward The event of October 31 was in itself of little impor- the chateau church. Soon, sharp pounding pierces the tance. On November 1 nobody turned up to discuss the silence. The monk Martin, professor at the university, document with Doctor Martin. But within a few days the town preacher, prior of the Augustinian monks, posts his theses had been translated and spread throughout Ger- 95 theses, and the Reformation is born. many. The nationalists seized upon them. Luther's cry This is the picture provided by popular history. But is became Germany's cry against Rome and its intolerable this picture accurate? fiscal system, against its bishops and their dissolute con- Actually, to invite town-dwellers and academics to duct. The Augustinian monk was thus drawn into a discuss a professor's theses was a common practice of tempest that he in no way anticipated or desired. the time. By posting his theses Luther was not con- In spite of threats and his own anguish, Luther re- sciously starting the Reformation; he was merely con- mained inflexible. He vowed never to go back on his 95 vening his colleagues to a debate. Why did he do it on theses. As he declared four years later at Worms: "Un- October 31? Why did he choose indulgences as his sub- less convinced by the testimony of Scripture or by evi- ject? dent reasons, I am tied by the Biblical texts which I have The thirty-first of October was the eve of All Saints' brought with me. . . I cannot and will not retract Day, during which pilgrims would flock to the chateau of anything." Wittenberg. Frederick of Saxony had collected an amaz- Why this obstinacy? At Worms it would have been ing number of relics-17,413 to be exact—which assured easy to follow the advice of the bailiff, who whispered in the visitors of 128,000 years of indulgences—for a con- his ear: "Abandon your conscience, dear Martin, and sideration, of course. At the same time, since 1515, submit to the established authorities." 3 Luther refused Tetzel, a member of the Dominican order, had been because the 95 theses were the summary of what he had selling very advantageous plenary indulgences for crimi- been teaching for years, the summary of his own experi- nals, infidels, souls in purgatory, and many others. Were ence. Frederick of Saxony and Tetzel in competition? Yes. In 1516 he affirmed: "Beware! Let indulgences never Frederick of Saxony had forbidden the Dominican to engender in us a false security, a blame-worthy inertia, penetrate his states. Tetzel had set himself up on the the ruin of inner grace." 4 To ruin his discovery of grace border. And since 1515 the good people of Saxony had is what Luther at all costs wanted to avoid. Without that been going off to buy their peace of mind, their right to discovery, October 31, 1517, would not be com- sin, their right to receive pardon. memorated as the beginning of the Reformation, and Today we know the destination of these funds. In there might not have been a Reformer Luther. 1513, Albert of Hohenzollern, 23 years old, was elected archbishop of Magdeburg. In September he became ad- Afraid of Death ministrator of the diocese of Halberstadt and in March, One question arises: Why did Luther enter the monas- 1514, archbishop of Mainz. A promotion of this nature tery? Because, as a man of his time, he was afraid of involved considerable expense to be paid to the Vatican. death, which was discussed always and everywhere. He Albert, the powerful prince, had to borrow money, and was afraid of a God of justice, who, it was said, lay in Rome offered her help by authorizing him, on March 31, wait without pity for the sinner. He felt himself a sinner, 1515, to offer indulgences in his three bishoprics. The and on three occasions death drew near to him. In 1503 sum collected was to be shared as follows: one half for he suffered a deep wound from a dagger. Shortly after- Rome and her basilica, the other half for the archbishop. ward one of his best friends was murdered. Then, on July The emperor intervened and claimed his share. This 2, 1505, he was caught in a terrible storm, in the forest of made it essential to sell more and more indulgences. Hotternheim. On this occasion he promised Saint Anne Tetzel did it well. He declared: "Once the money in the to become a monk. box rings, the soul from fiery purgatory wings." 1 Why a monk? Because he believed this to be the only Luther could not remain silent, and he vigorously way by which salvation could be assured. While still a attacked the very concept of indulgences. He argued that schoolboy at Magdeburg, he met a prince who had be- indulgences were a pillow of idleness for the Christian come a beggar monk. "To see him," Luther wrote, "filled us with religious veneration and made us blush for John Graz is a pastor in Montpellier, France. secular life." 5

6 (1094) REVIEW, OCTOBER 20, 1977 Luther was uneasy and anguished over his relationship severity of His law? Must He still increase our torment to Christ. "We paled at the very name of Christ, for He by the gospel and even there, announce His justice and was never presented to us but as a judge, severe and His anger?" 11 angered against us. We were told that at the last judg- Luther was obsessed by the need for the assurance of ment He would ask for an account of our sins, our salvation, a salvation accorded only to the just. For ten penitence, our works. And since we could not repent years he had been fighting to be just. In this context the sufficiently and perform sufficient works, there remained word justice took on the meaning of "judgment and for us, alas, only the terror and the dread of His anger." 6 condemnation." "My conscience was in such a state of Education at the time was strongly influenced by the upheaval that I was beside myself," he wrote, "and I writings of Gabriel Biel, among others. He taught that probed this passage in Saint Paul ceaselessly, with the man's reason and will were not affected by original sin. ardent desire to know what he meant." 12 He searched Thus, by his will and his reason a person was able to keep and analyzed the meaning of the Biblical text. "I medi- the law and love God. In return, God accorded him grace tated day and night and examined the connection be- and salvation. Nevertheless, God is free and all-powerful tween words." 13 and reserves the right to pardon or to refuse pardon. "Finally, God took pity on me." 14 These concepts created a veritable confusion to sensitive Here was the turning point in his experience: "Then I souls. began to understand that it is by God's justice that the just man lives, through the gift of God, that is to say, A Pious Man faith. . . . Then I felt I was a man reborn who had entered Luther wanted to be saved. Monastic life offered him into Paradise through wide-open gates, the Scriptures this possibility. "I said to myself ceaselessly: Oh! if you appeared to me in a new light." 15 could be really pious and satisfy your God so as to merit Luther had discovered the key to all Biblical teaching. His grace. These are the thoughts which drove me to the He returned to his study of the Psalms with renewed monastic life, which committed me to suffer hunger, to vigor. God does not expect us to earn our salvation; He impose on myself a severe discipline." 7 offers it to us. It is a gift. No one need perform works to Luther proved to be a good monk, a zealous monk who obtain grace. God is not a merchant, who sells His did not spare his labors. "My whole life was fasting, merchandise. He is love, and it is His glory to give. vigils, prayers, sweating. . . . I martyred myself by Luther rejoiced. prayer, fasting, vigils, the cold. . . . I would have liked to The exact location of the famous discovery is still a exalt heaven." 8 subject of debate. However, when he gave his lecture on In 1506 Luther took his vows, and the following year the epistle to the Romans, Luther had victoriously tra- he was ordained a priest. In 1510 he obtained the title of versed the crisis that could have crushed him. He dis- bachelor in Biblical studies, and two years later his covered that his life had new meaning. He now saw God doctorate. In 1512 he commenced teaching Biblical exe- as a loving heavenly Father instead of a harsh, exacting gesis at the University of Wittenberg, at the same time creditor. Furthermore, this concept had a solid scriptural serving as vice-prior of the monastery. base from which Luther never deviated. From that mo- Luther was an irreproachable monk. But the peace he ment Luther stood boldly against all indulgences and was looking for with so much ardor escaped him. His life notions of meritorious works that relegate God's grace to became hell, a battle, a drama. He desperately wanted to the background. know the assurance of salvation, but he could not We are no different from other people. There is still achieve it. deep inside us the desire to earn our salvation. We want "I was a pious man," he wrote. "I can confirm this, to be just so as to deserve it. We fear we are never and I observed the rule so strictly that I can say: 'If ever perfect enough and become discouraged and lapse into a monk got to heaven by monkery, I would have got there thinking that salvation is for others, not for us. It is for as well.' I locked myself up for three entire days without the souls of the elite, not for sinners. eating or drinking, until I had finished my breviary." 9 But salvation is for everyone. It is offered freely to all. The struggle was terrible. "When I was a monk," he To be saved, one must begin by accepting this gift. From commented in 1535, "I thought it was all over for my that moment, religion ceases to be a chore, it ceases to salvation as soon as I happened to feel the concupiscence enslave. It liberates, it saves. I am saved, and you are of the flesh, that is to say an evil impulse, a desire, a saved. Not because you are a great theologian, not movement of anger or of envy against one of my because you are a poor, ignorant person, but because brothers. . . . I was continuously crucified." 10 Luther's Jesus died for you, because God is love, because God drama was so great it could have ended in insanity. loves you. That was Luther's discovery. That was the As a professor of the Bible, Luther was attracted to Reformation! ❑ Paul's epistle to the Romans. While preparing his lecture on the Psalms, he made several comparisons with Paul's REFERENCES G. Casalis, Luther, l'Eglise confessante, col. Maitres spirituels, Le Seuil, 1962. letter. One term particularly tormented him: Justice. Ibid., p. 69. 3 Jean Boisset, Luther, noire cours a la Faculte des Lettres de Montpellier, 1972, 1973. "I felt a burning desire to understand well a term used 8 Lucien Febvre, Un destin, Martin Luther, P.U.F. 1945, p. 58. 5 A. Greiner, Martin Luther on l'hymne a la grace, Hon, 1966, p. 22. in the epistle to the Romans, chapter 1, where it is Ibid., p. 83. 7 Ibid., p. 43, 44. written: 'The righteousness of God is revealed in the 8 M. Luther, Commentaire de Eepitre aux Galates, W. 40/1, p. 137; W. 45, p. 482. gospel.' I hated the term 'righteousness of God.' I did not P. Maury, Martin Luther en trois histoires spirituelles, Foi et Vie, 1934. l° M. Luther, Commentaires de l'epitre aux Galates, 1535. love this just and vengeful God. I hated Him. I said: Is it Casalis, op. cit., p. 41. Ibid. not enough that He condemns us to eternal death because 13 Maury, op. cit., pp. 102-104. Casalis, op. cit., p. 102. of our fathers' sins and that He makes us submit to the 15 Maury, op. cit. REVIEW, OCTOBER 20, 1977 (1095) 7 Response From Readers

The F's sent their children Children are sensitive, Read Beyond Chapter 1 to their rooms for daring to and easily pleased or made ask an aunt what she had unhappy. To manifest se- I AGREE with the letter example showed God as brought them, but not before verity and to be exacting are on the subject of child cruel, even though his ser- thoroughly scolding them in great mistakes. Parents abuse, written by Betty Nie- mon told of a kind God. the presence of relatives. should never frown. Young man. She believes some Sister C's many clashes Reproof in the presence of children are to be free as parents never read beyond with her teen-age children, others seems to be a hobby lambs to skip and run and the first chapter of Child because of the mother's in- with some parents. Some are play. Guidance. She is not the sistence that they remove always shouting and yelling. One man I know makes only one who has a heavy their good Sabbath clothes "Never raise your voice to the children "read" when he heart because of parental and put on jeans as soon as harshness." is home, even if all they can brutality to children. The they get home from church, The G's (I could go all the do is to look at the pictures. wonder is that more people is all wrong. Is that a way to way from the A's to the Z's, He does this because the do not realize how bad the honor the Sabbath? A family but I won't) are forever lec- children get on his nerves. situation is. Many never once lived on a farm so iso- turing their children for not In the old days women think beyond the don't-be- lated that they saw a min- noticing that mother has a carried water from a well permissive theory of child- ister only every two or three headache or that daddy is and washed diapers for as rearing, and they use it as an years. The children grew up tired. They expect young many as three children. excuse for inexcusable loving the third angel's mes- children to observe what Nowadays, even with auto- meanness. There is a lot of sage, and some of them took many adults would not no- matic washers and Pampers, child abuse among churchy, their places as missionaries tice. They ought to read little 2- and 3-year-old chil- religious people, and that in- and teachers. Even on the Child Guidance, pages 246, dren, and even those less cludes Seventh-day Advent- farm they always put on 247: "Parents sometimes than a year old, are whipped ists. good clothes and honored excuse their own wrong for not staying dry. But Brother A, a praying, the Sabbath day. Some find course because they do not robins will carry droppings worshiping, Bible-reading it a good plan to wear sec- feel well. They are nervous from the nest, and cats clean SDA, whipped his daughter ond-best clothes Sabbath af- and think they cannot be pa- their kittens, without com- daily for nine years for bed- ternoon. The Sabbath can- tient and calm and speak plaining. Why should human wetting. She was 3 when he not be happy for young pleasantly. . . . Parents lay mothers be so impatient with decided to break her of bed- people who are forced to the blame upon their poor their young? Even more wetting, and 12 when she wear old jeans to an after- children and think them than in Paul's time people outgrew it. No one could noon MV meeting in the very disobedient and unruly, are "without natural affec- have told him he was wrong park when others are neatly the worst children in the tion, implacable, unmerci- or that he was actually pro- dressed. A child's prefer- world, when the cause of the ful" (Rom. 1:31). longing the problem. It ences should be considered. disturbance is in themselves. The Adventist Home, page seems impossible that he Sister D reached over, God requires them to ex- 310: "I have seen many ever read Matthew 18:6 or took her 13-year-old son by ercise self-control." families shipwrecked The Adventist Home, page the ear, and led him out of I shudder when I see a through overmanagement on 309: "To manifest severity the church to give him a lec- child spanked again and the part of their head, and to be exacting with chil- ture on whispering. Every- again to force him to take a whereas through consulta- dren are great mistakes." one pitied the boy, espe- nap or to make him eat cer- tion and agreement all might Brother B preached a cially since Sister D did a lot tain foods. Some small chil- have moved off harmoni- lovely sermon on the of whispering herself. The dren suffer dozens of hard ously and well." twenty-third Psalm. An hour Adventist Home, page 434: beatings while being potty Education, page 294: later he took off his belt to "Never scold. . . . Never trained. Many a child will "Every true teacher will feel beat his not yet 2-year-old manifest harshness." Page train himself. Some very that should he err at all, it is daughter for crying. The 436: "Never raise your bright children may take better to err on the side of weary child trembled and voice to harshness." longer because they are busy mercy than on the side of forced herself to stop crying The intermission between with many other things. severity." aloud, though her whole Sabbath school and the Children do die. Let's live body shook with suppressed church service was long, and and love them so that if we sobs. It is evident that there were many announce- lose them we won't have Brother B has never read ments. Sister E stood with terrible regrets. and applied Child Guidance, her baby in her arms and her "Ah, those little ice-cold fingers, pages 251, 252: "A child is 4-year-old boy beside her $ysdll...$U7 BREAST not a horse or a dog to be and waited. She spoke gra- How they point our mem- ordered about according to ciously to adults who spoke Autumn— ories back your imperious will. . . If to her, but when her boy , The bittersweet sad To the hasty words and you wish to ruin your family spoke she hit him so hard on actions "":e.told-tinged deAi Strewn along our back- continue to govern by brute the mouth he was forced to 'IS a promise tha; his knees. He had been ward track. force." The B's spend ;vapring will fOlow. money on doctors, because standing quietly for ten or How those little hands re- of the little girl's allergies. more minutes, but she hit mind us, - 'Salvation As in snowy grace they lie, Could it be that her parents' him and said, "I told you not The tragedy' of•Calya to talk, we are at church." Not to scatter thorns, but harshness is the cause of the ,.blood-stained cross child's illness? Brother B's Education, page 293: roses sermon about the kindly "Avoid giving reproof or Gives new hope ft?t• For our reaping by-and- Shepherd was lost on this punishment in the presence Each,.tomorrow by." observer, who felt that his of others." NAME WITHHELD

8 (1096) REVIEW, OCTOBER 20, 1977 early. One such text is "And they [Hannah and Elkanah] rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the Before the Lord" (1 Sam. 1:19). The Hindus worship Chandeswori through fear. The Christians' motive is love. Manna Melts Although the Bible does not contain a specific com- mand for us to rise early, we have the example of faithful servants of God such as Abraham, Jacob, Moses, An invitation to receive strength by Joshua, Gideon, Hannah, Samuel, David, Job, and others who rose early to perform various tasks. There is early-morning communion with God. also Christ's example: "And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed" (Mark 1:35). Perhaps without innerspring mattresses and electric blankets the saints of old were in a better position to decide whether they loved their Lord more than their bed. But why should it be so important to get up early in the morning to spend time with God? The answer is that we need the strength that can come only through the heav- enly manna. Exodus 16:21 tells us that the manna had to be gathered before the sun became too hot; otherwise, it By L. CHARLES SHULTZ would melt. Our life styles today are just too "hot" for us to be able to find the heavenly manna once the day has THROUGH MY SLEEP I COULD HEAR a bell. It begun. Meal preparation, the children, the telephone, the was not the telephone and it was too early to be my alarm day's work, quickly crowd in for our attention soon after clock. The bell that woke me the first morning I was in the sun is up. Many Christians go through life emaciated Nepal came from the temple of Chandeswori. It is evi- simply because the strength-giving manna has all melted dently felt that this Hindu goddess is a late sleeper, for by the time they get up in the morning. her devotees rang the bell in front of her image long and The Spirit of Prophecy also has much to say about the loud. habit of rising early. "There are young men and young I have often marveled at the devotion of these people, women who are very much opposed to order and disci- who brave torrential rains in the summer and heavy frost pline. . . . They pay no heed to rules for rising and retiring in the winter to worship an idol of brass. Am I as eager to at regular hours, but burn the midnight oil, and then lie in worship my God in the morning as these heathen people bed in the morning. . . . Would it not be well to break up are to worship their idol? the habit of turning the precious hours into night, and The Scriptures contain a number of texts on rising turning the hours of night into day by the use of artificial light?"—Sons and Daughters of God, p. 114. From this L. Charles Shultz, health educator and pastor in Kat- statement we see (1) that sleeping in late is a habit, (2) mandu, Nepal, is also director of the health department that everyone needs to have regular hours for sleep, and for the Northern Union (India). (3) that the early-morning hours are precious in compari- son to the evening hours. It is amazing how Satan manipulates our life style to his own choosing. He knows that people need approxi- mately eight hours of sleep. He knows that if he can get people to stay up late watching television or sitting in church committees, there is little danger of their getting up in the morning for a time of devotion with God. Indeed, our whole pattern of life today seems to be late to bed and late to rise. Few but those who live in the country or the mission field have a chance to go to bed early and thus arise early. To be able to get eight hours of sleep (or however many it takes for you to be in good health) and rise early depends on when you go to bed at night. As far as divine counsel is concerned, there appears to be no virtue in going to bed late. On the contrary, Ellen White warns against long committee meetings at night (Testimonies, vol. 7, pp. 250, 256; Evangelism, p. 663). These thoughts on early rising are not given to fill late sleepers with guilt. Late sleeping is a habit. Habits can be changed with some willpower and help from the Lord. These ideas are given as an invitation—an invitation to regularly receive strength through communion with God, Abraham, along with other Bible worthies, knew the secret of a vic- Bible study, and prayer, an invitation to get out of bed torious life: he communed with God, doubtless often in early morning. before the manna melts. ❑ REVIEW, OCTOBER 20, 1977 (1097) 9 find no way to turn, no one to take them personally to Jesus. Suicide If there were selfless love in our lives we would be able to show others a better way. The greatest example of The Absence of Love such love was demonstrated in the life of Jesus. He gave up everything to save humanity, even His life on the cross for our sins. He said, "This is my commandment, "No one understands . . That ye love one another, as I have loved you. Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life no one cares." for his friends" (John 15:12, 13). If we loved one another as Jesus did, would so many be able to say, "Nobody understands"? Love is giving, and asking for nothing in return. This means that our patience or longsuffering should not come to an end when By DENNIS BLUM we don't see immediate changes in the lives of others struggling with the problems of life. "Let us love one EVERY YEAR HUNDREDS, yes, thousands, of another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is people find themselves in the emergency rooms of the born of God, and knoweth God" (1 John 4:7). John says, hospitals of America because they have decided that "Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one there are no solutions to the problems they face each another" (verse 11). day. They have tried, in one way or another, to take their Jesus saw the basic need to be loved. When we love lives. Age appears to be no factor, because we find both others as Jesus loved us, we will be willing to give of the young teen-ager and the elderly trying to separate ourselves. We will be willing to listen without judgment. themselves from life. We will be willing to be spent for the sake of a struggling In my work as a teacher I have come close to several brother or sister. Our lives must bear testimony to the young people who have tried or who have expressed a truth of our words. Others must see that in fact we do desire to kill themselves. Their words keep echoing have a close walk with Jesus, in our deeds as well as in through my mind, "Nobody understands." These two our words. We must be able to show others by our lives words say a lot about those of us who come in contact that there is a better choice. We must never add to their with them each day, whether we be parent, relative, confusion. friend, or spouse. What is it that we don't understand and We often "don't understand" because we try to an- why do they feel separated from us? These two questions alyze the problems of others, with ourselves as the must be answered if we are to slow down this deadly reference point instead of Jesus. When we realize that trend. we, of ourselves, have nothing to offer and that the love We all have an unrecognized set of basic needs without of Jesus is the only thing that can transform the life, we which we can seldom have a peaceful, productive life. will see why Jesus is waiting for His character to be We need, from others, their patience and kindness. We reproduced in His people. also need to know that our mistakes toward others are If there were love in our hearts, the home would be a forgiven and that we are not thought of as evil. We need a sanctuary for all who seek refuge. The office would be love that never fails and that asks for nothing in exchange the cheery, bright spot of each day for those who work for that love. Many have these basic needs filled in some with us. Our church would find her offering plates full to form, and because someone cares they are able to handle overflowing, because each would be giving that others the problems they face each day with some degree of may see Jesus. Our classrooms would be challenging ease. centers for a real understanding of God and the things He But because we can find solutions to these day-by-day has made and His providences down through time. problems we must not assume that others should be able If there were real love there would be understanding to do the same. This statement in The Ministry of Healing and much more. This love would be stronger than death. should help us in our contact with others, "There are no Many who find their lives in confusion would find a better two whose experience is alike in every particular. The way, because in God's love there is understanding. ❑ trials of one are not the trials of another. The duties that one finds light are to another most difficult and perplex- ing."—Page 483. We differ widely in our approach to life and its prob- A Token lems. Our home life differs from one individual to the next. Most of us have not been taught how to handle By ROSEMARY BRADLEY WATTS problems, consequently our approach to them may not God's promises are certain, be the most acceptable to others. Often others reach out Although He's only spoken, to us for help only to find that we have our own hang-ups But every year when autumn comes and are just as far from God as they are. Therefore they He sends a shining token. For autumn speaks of heaven Dennis Blum, chairman of the health sciences department With beauty unforetold; of Columbia Union College at the time he wrote this For one brief moment every year article, is presently pursuing a doctoral program at Loma I walk on streets of gold. Linda University, Loma Linda, California.

10 (1098) REVIEW, OCTOBER 20, 1977 A Liberated Man

For too long we have been stereotyping certain church offices as suitable for women, others as suitable for men.

By JANET WOOD MINESINGER

"NOW I WANT THE BROWN BEARS to stand up. The enthusiastic children in the audience all shouted I'm going to play a song on my harmonica, and I want the the names of various flowers as they appeared on the Brown Bears to see whether they can tell me the name of screen. For their help, the Owls also received a smiling the song." happy face stamped on their hands. The Sabbath school kindergarten leader played only a When the two Squirrel members of the Sabbath school few bars of the song before the Brown Bears all shouted, came forward and flicked the switch to change the pic- "Jesus Loves Me." ture to another flower, the leader asked all the children to "That's right. You know that song very well. Now, sing "Oh, who can make a flower? I'm sure I can't, can Brown Bears, hold out your hands. I have a little some- you? Oh, who can make a flower? No one but God, 'tis thing to stamp on your hands because you knew that true." answer." Six 4-year-old hands were held out as the kindergarten The Penguins Come Forward leader stamped a "happy face" on each small hand. "Now, what group haven't I called up front yet to help Such Sabbath school scenes take place in numberless me? Oh, yes—Penguins." There seemed to be more Sabbath schools around the world each Sabbath morn- Penguins in the audience than any other group, and the ing. But there was something unique about the scene I kindergarten father remarked, "My, what a lot of Pen- was witnessing. The leader in this Sabbath school was guins. I have a whole team of Penguins to help me. not the mother of a 4-year-old girl in the audience; the Do penguins live in a hot climate or a cold climate?" leader was her father. "Cold," chorused not only the Penguins but the Bears, Sabbath school continued as I observed all the atten- Owls, and Squirrels, as well. tive, eager faces. The familiar song—at least to those of More smiling faces for the Penguin hands. us who have worked in children's Sabbath schools— I noticed that even before Sabbath school began the "Shall We Go for a Walk Today?" was next. But instead leader, my friend Ron, went through the audience, talk- of having the children bring felt items up front to the ing with each child. He asked each child a special ques- flannel board, this father-leader had prepared a slide tion and he called each child by name. The smiling faces show with pictures illustrating all the many wonderful were very much in evidence all through Sabbath school, things in God's creation. and not just on the hands of the boys and girls. "All right, Owls, come up front. No, Brown Bears; sit When it was prayer time, Ron called tiny Kirk up front down for now. You've already had your turn. My three to pray, and remarked, "One reason I like to listen to Owl friends will change the picture. What will we find on Kirk is that he knows how to pray. I think he's going to our walk?" be a preacher some day. Now all you boys and girls be very quiet while Kirk prays. Janet Wood Minesinger teaches English at Takoma A cad- As the slide show continued, various animals appeared emy, Takoma Park, Maryland. on the screen. The leader asked different children what REVIEW, OCTOBER 20, 1977 (1099) 11 animal they would like to be. Fred said, "I'd like to be a lost.' But the shepherd said, 'No, I know it's over there. dog, because I have two dogs at home and I would have It isn't lost. I've known exactly where it was all the time.' playmates and could keep them company." The children Do you boys and girls remember a story in the Bible like were completely at ease with this young father, and this? Who is the Good Shepherd?" bombarded him with suggestions as to their ideas. The "Jesus," the children shouted. leader continued smoothly, even when one child sug- "That's right, and Jesus always knows where we are gested he wanted to be a white-tailed shark. and all about us." A sheep appeared on the scene, and the kindergarten The Raccoons changed the slide, and the boys and girls leader told a story of his own experience with a sheep. squealed with delight as a panda appeared on the screen. "When I was little, I saw a flock of sheep, and I felt so They loudly sang, "A Real Little Bear to Play With." bad because I thought they had no one to take care of Guitar Accompaniment them. Then I saw a shepherd and his faithful dog. They weren't alone. But I saw one sheep away off by itself, all After the slide show, my friend Ron picked up his alone. It looked this way and that way. I ran to the guitar and told the quiet children, "I want to teach you a shepherd and said, 'There's a sheep over there that's song today that was sung by the pioneers in the Adventist Church. I'll sing it through once; then I'll sing one part and ask you to sing the other." But after the first singing of it, the children were so enthusiastic that they sang all For theYounger Set the song. "0 my heart says, praise the Lord, I want to wear a crown." I left Sabbath school that day greatly blessed and encouraged by the exmaple of that young Christian fa- ther. For too long I think we have been locked into The Moving Nut stereotyping certain church offices as those that should be held by women and those that should be held by men. wings make a long tail. But I By DOROTHY SIMMS think the wings from tip to Nominating committees might have an easier time staff- tip are probably more like ing all church positions if they asked, "Which person is five inches." man?" or "IT'S SUCH A beautiful the best qualified?" instead of "Which "I'm sure her snowy "Which woman?" Some areas of the church—and the Sabbath, Jeff! Would you white hair is as soft as bunny like to go for a walk in the fur. Oh! I didn't see the pur- Sabbath school department most readily comes to woods?" Jeff's mother ple legs!" mind—are usually understaffed because we rely almost asked. "Yes, they look like vel- totally on women to lead out or teach. If more men would "Oh, yes!" Jeff shouted vet. Did you see the golden happily. help in these areas, the church would be strengthened. antenna above each eye?" Furthermore, in this imperfect world in which we live, While Jeff and his mother "Oh, Mom," Jeff sighed were walking in the woods, softly, "it's a real beauty." where we see more and more single-parent families in the Jeff saw what appeared to be "Yes, it certainly is." church, it gives children the opportunity to relate to a a nut. "Why is it called a luna "Look, Mom, there's a man, even if their father is not in their home any longer. moth?" Ellen White tells us that Jesus was not only "the pattern nut. Maybe a squirrel will "Well, Jeff, luna means find it and store it for winter. moon, and they come out for children," but that "He was also the father's ex- Look, Mom! It moved!" after dark. It will probably ample."—The Desire of Ages, p. 515. "I don't believe it's a nut, crawl onto a branch some- It can only be beneficial to children to identify with Jeff. Here, let's take a closer place until nightfall, since look." men in a religious capacity at times other than the eleven- they are creatures of the o'clock preaching hour. In the past, we often have left Just then, the "nut" broke night.- open, and out came a damp, As they continued to most religious instruction to mothers and teachers. (Have furry head with six legs on a watch, they saw it crawl boys, as a result, felt that religion is for "sissies"?) long white body. onto a branch, as mother During the week, Ron is involved with history and "Wow! What's that, had predicted, and fold its research, but on Sabbath he ministers to the needs of the Mom?" wings in waiting. "It's a luna moth, Jeff, 4-year-olds in the kindergarten department of the Sab- coming out of its cocoon. bath school. As I watched him that Sabbath morning, I Look at the crumpled wing remembered that it was a Man who gave His life and pads on its back. If you watch carefully you'll see name to Christianity two thousands years ago. He, too, them gradually become loved children. And the children loved Him. larger as they unfold." The disciples thought Jesus' time was too valuable to Patience was not one of be spent with children. Furthermore, they believed the Jeff's best virtues, but it paid off about half an hour later. children were "too young to be benefited by a visit to "Mom, look! The luna moth Jesus." But the disciples were mistaken. "Jesus was has four wings. 0-o-oh, the ever a lover of children" and contact with them "re- pale green wings are so freshed His spirit when oppressed by contact with crafty pretty with the purple edges. and hypocritical men."—Ibid., p. 511. I'm sure they are at least three inches across!" Women have been experiencing the joy of working "Yes, they are beautiful, with children in the Sabbath school for many years, and especially the way the back their work has been appreciated. Now at least one man is sharing that joy with them. ❑

12 (1100) REViEW, OCTOBER 20, 1977 A Batch of Chili Sauce

with my feet curled under me, and watch the pine cones I functioned as Scot's hands, flare blue and green midst the orange and red flames of the oak-log fire on the hearth. It is warm and still in the because he had been in a wheelchair room, except for a slight sound of wind in the tops of the trees and the occasional snap of sparks from the fire- for more than ten years. place. Tomorrow morning my visit with Scot and his family will be over; my thoughts center around the day that has just passed. It's the best chili sauce I've ever made, I think to myself. But then I have to remind myself that I didn't By KATIE TONN really make it. Scot did! I can't even remember how much of what makes up the recipe. It was Scot's project THROUGH THE KITCHEN WINDOW I CAN see from beginning to end. I was merely Scot's hands. I Scot sitting in the back yard, catching the sunshine, his functioned as his hands, because he has been in a copper-red hair glistening like a Norseman's helmet. For wheelchair, paralyzed, for more than ten years. a few moments I think of the Norsemen in their strange craft setting out to sea so long ago. . . I Don't Feel Sorry for Him Fantasy is shattered by reality. Today is a day for Oh, don't feel sorry for him! Of all the people I knew doing, not for dreaming. But before I get on with the when we were growing up together, Scot was the only doing, I stand here contemplating Scot's stillness, won- one of us who had enough of an insouciant attitude of dering what he is thinking about. Beyond him grow bright mind to endure such a trial. I would have fallen apart. rows of "mums" that edge a wide expanse of rich green But not Scot. Sure, he's had a lot of rough times. Who grass. The garden reflects Scot's abilities as a landscape hasn't? But I know Scot would consider it an insult if he designer. He always seems to know what to grow in thought I felt sorry for him. He teaches me more about sunlight, in shade, and in what season. patience than I've learned from a thousand sermons. In a Contemplation ended, I walk out across the patio and great position to make demands of everyone around him, down a path of redwood rounds. Scot observes my he has learned the art of patience. No, I don't pity him. I progress and says, "I've been thinking about the vegeta- admire his courage! ble garden. I want to go out there and see how things are I sit here, half asleep, lulled by the peace and warmth getting along. Come with me." and memory of the day. Yes, it was Scot's chili sauce We inspect the plants: tomatoes ripe almost to burst- from beginning to end. In the same way my Christian life ing, red chili peppers dried in the sun, and green chili is God's project from beginning to end. I can't take credit peppers plump with promise of hot, tasty goodness. for either the sauce or the life style. Every time I do "Kate, let's pick all of them. We'll make a batch of something well, my only response is to enjoy the hap- chili sauce and put it up for the cold winter months." So, pening. we gather every one, put them in the basket, and take Scot has been patiently (and sometimes impatiently) them back to the big kitchen where Scot cooks so many employing the hands of others for so long! It was a tragic different things to satisfy the family's taste buds. accident that caused his immobility. And it was a tragic accident of human rebellion that causes God to need our The Chili Sauce Is Left to Simmer hands (along with all the rest of us). Scot had no partic- Tomatoes, peppers, and chopped onion get blended ular choice about becoming paralyzed; it was just some- with the proper spices. Then we toss it all into a large thing that happened. But God, in essence, chose to kettle, where it will simmer for hours. Waiting for the become at least partially paralyzed. sauce to cook, we whiz through the construction of a I consider how God could act so many times (because jigsaw puzzle. We race to see who can find a certain He is able to do anything), but He stands aside rather piece first; Scot almost always beats me! than violate our power of choice. I am amazed that He My stomach is growling with hunger pangs when we has chosen to need us people to the extent that through us have another taste test. Scot pronounces it "cooked to He reveals that Christ has reconciled humans to the perfection." I get out the Foley Food Mill (which Father. He has chosen to limit Himself so that we might operates something like a flour sifter and is novel to me) be His hands, reaching out with a message of reconcilia- and separate seeds and pulp from the sauce. After filling tion to the world. all of the little jars, there is enough sauce left for our And all God asks of us is willing hands and joyful lunch. Burritos, naturally. hearts in response to His love. Built in His image, we ask It is after midnight. Everyone else in the house is the same of one another. sleeping. I sit in a big rocking chair in the family room, Stumbling off to bed, I wonder—How willing am I, anyway? Then I realize that since it's God's work from Katie Tonn is a theology and communications student at beginning to end, all I have to do is be " 'willing to be Pacific Union College, Angwin, California, and a free- made willing' " (Thoughts From the Mount of Blessing, lance writer. p. 142). ❑ REVIEW, OCTOBER 20, 1977 (1101) 13 Young Adult Love in Action

Eating crackers and peanut butter with a strep throat hurts.

By KAREN J. LUMB

"THEY WANT TO SEE A NURSE," the school "You know we don't have any soup, Mary Jo. All I secretary repeated. "The girl told me her mother is sick, have is some peanut butter and crackers. You'll have to and her brother needs a nurse." make do with that." As a school public-health nurse, I get many requests of Mrs. Johnson turned to me again. "We don't have this kind. I drove up to a small house with an overgrown much food right now. I expect we'll be able to go front yard and parked the car; a chorus of neighborhood shopping tomorrow. But it's been hard with no work." dogs announced my arrival. A teen-age girl appeared at She wasn't asking, only stating. Her only request was for the door, disappeared, and came back again. "Come in. Jason and help for his heart condition. Mamma's expecting you." I paused for a frantic moment. It was late Thursday Strange, I mused. The family had no telephone. So I afternoon. This family needed food, medication, and had given no indication of my visit. medical attention. Arrangements for all of this would I looked around the house as I entered. It was clut- take time, even for someone experienced in cutting tered, although only sparsely furnished. A baby was corners and red tape. After gathering more information, lying on a dirty blanket in the middle of the room, with a quick, silent prayer, I left, saying I'd be back. sucking on a bottle. Another youngster lay curled up on After doing some amateur detective work and making the couch, asleep. Two more little ones stared up at me numerous calls, I discovered that Jason's cardiac reports with doleful eyes, while the teen-ager announced that she were in a neighboring county; and, though our county was home sick with a strep throat. clinic couldn't see the child as soon as was necessary, the sympathetic clinic nurse suggested that Children's Hos- A Serious Heart Condition pital, in Washington, D.C., might. I finally reached a A sad, tired-looking woman walked into the living social worker and the cardiac nurse at Children's Hospi- room. "I'm glad you're here. I've been waiting for a tal. They were both interested in helping. They juggled nurse to come. My baby is so sick," she said. And then schedules and appointments to fit Jason into their clinic she poured out her story in a nonstop flood: how the on Tuesday—provided I could get my report and all the family of nine had just moved to this State from Georgia. records in the mail to them by the following day. Another How the father had been laid off from work and only frantic call, and my supervisor willingly offered to go by recently reemployed. And, mainly, how her 5-year-old the neighboring county office to get the cardiac records had a serious heart condition, and she had only a few on her way to work the next morning. more days' medication left, and they had no doctor in the Time Was Running Out area. "Can you help the boy, Nurse? I'm so afraid he's going to die!" I leaned back and sighed. It was 30 minutes before My heart went out to this woman—this family and closing time, and things seemed to be falling into place. It their seemingly desperate plight. My desire to help was looked as though Jason would have his appointment further enhanced when the teen-ager whispered fretfully before the medication ran out. All I had to do was that her throat hurt and she wanted some soup. complete the paper work in time. Then I remembered . . . food! How could I go home to Karen J. Lumb is a public-health nurse supervisor in the my well-stocked pantry, wondering whether the John- Prince Georges County, Maryland, school system. sons would have any supper? And, having had strep

14 (1102) REVIEW, OCTOBER 20, 1977 throat myself, I could empathize with Mary Jo. Eating kept impressing me—there are people in this world who peanut butter and dry crackers would hurt. care and who are willing to help when asked. The county I called the local HELP organization and I was assured clinic nurse, the Children's Hospital social worker and by the nun in charge that food was available if I could cardiac nurse, my supervisor, the nun, and even the come right away. Soon I landed on their doorstep. More secretary from my office who spent a good part of Friday kind hands and willing hearts opened themselves to the Xeroxing reports and typing my almost illegible hen's family's plight. scratching. They all reached out and did their best for Before long, I was back at the Johnsons' house. This one little 5-year-old and his family, none of whom they time I came not as an official public servant gathering had ever met. information, but rather as a concerned friend bringing To me it was a wonderful demonstration of love in food and good news. The looks of happiness from the action—a reaching out to help, because people cared. children and Mrs. Johnson's astonishment said it all. I Jesus said, "Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the went home from work that night late, but happy. least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me" As I reviewed the events of the afternoon, one fact (Matt. 25:40).

WhenlkdreYoung By MIRIAM WOOD

adjustment to make as the fully that one doesn't have A Man to Remember husband of the church's to be faultless in order to modern prophet, for he was make a contribution and to PRESIDENT of the Gen- James White came out a few one of the most commanding stand up for what one be- eral Conference. Editor of months ago I pounced on it and forceful men you will lieves. James kept on and the REVIEW AND HERALD. and read it through at once. ever find. It was unthinkable on—regardless. And it is ap- Chairman of the General For me, this was such an in that day and age that he parent as one views and Conference Committee. exhilarating experience that wouldn't be the undisputed contemplates his life that Chairman of the board of the I want to share it with you. head of his house. Yet how human failings need not SDA Publishing Associa- If you think you already do you resolve the tension keep one from doing a great tion. Director of the Battle know a great deal about with a wife whose visions work for God. This does not Creek Health Reform Insti- early Adventist history— must not be disputed? mean that we should excuse tute. Chairman of the trus- and perhaps you do, but that The "generation gap" our failings. James White tees of the SDA Educational makes you the exception— (what a worn-out expression did not. He was keenly Society. Chairman of the you'll still find much that's that is) existed in the White aware of his shortcomings. board of Battle Creek Col- new. And you'll certainly be home. James White simply But nothing would please lege. inspired. could not understand his son Satan more than to have How many people am I But there's another facet Edson. The latter's irre- every Christian feel himself talking about? One. James to this man, as portrayed sponsibility in the area of fi- so faulty that God cannot White held all these offices subtly in the book, which I nance, his rebellions against use him. at the same time, about 1877 liked most of all. It's the what his father knew to be These trivial human faults and 1878. Moreover, he utter humanness of James the correct course of con- in the life of this great man served as president of the White. Somehow, during my duct, and his general intran- are, of course, only one side General Conference no less growing-up years I gained sigence caused an estrange- of the coin. He literally than ten years. When office the impression that the pio- ment between the two burned himself out in his after office was piled on him neers of this church were so that lasted for some time. heavy responsibilities in the in those early days of this superior in every way that Has a familiar ring, doesn't beginning days of this church his colleagues would they never even caught a it? church. "We live in our salve their consciences by cold. They never became Moreover, James White, trunks nearly one third of voting immediately that discouraged—I thought— who wrote so extensively the year," wrote James "Brother White must take a and they were never impa- for the REVIEW AND HER- White, referring to their vacation." That vote was tient, and they never got a ALD, and who really founded camp-meeting and other the ultimate paradox. But case of "the blahs" as they the publishing work, just travels (page 205). When James White managed all his plodded through the nitty- wasn't much of a letter writer they went to camp meetings, jobs with consummate skill. gritty of each day, week, where his wife was con- or any other meetings, they The only thing that suffered month, year. I admired these cerned. At one point in their were the meetings. There was his health. If the doc- paragons extravagantly, but lives, when James was in the was never a chance for rest. trines of the Seventh-day I felt so incapable of ever East and Ellen in the West, a This is only the tiniest of Adventist Church might not measuring up to their per- post card finally arrived introductions to a great man. have been brought together formance that this excused from him. She answered, I'd love to dwell on his fi- clearly without the prophetic me from making the at- "This lengthy letter was nancial acumen, for in- gift of Ellen White, the tempt. written by yourself. Thank stance. When you read this structure of the church cer- But now I find that James you, for we know you were book you'll pinpoint the tainly would not have ex- White did become dis- living" (page 262). Just a areas that are most mean- isted without her husband, couraged from time to time. husband and wife needling ingful to you and you'll think James. He even got annoyed with each other a bit. about them a long time. I've always been fasci- his "brethren" and passed I admire James White I hope you'll become bet- nated by James White. through periods when he even more as I have come to ter acquainted with my Therefore, when Virgil just wondered about the understand the pressures he friend James White. He's a Robinson's book entitled whole thing. He had a big was under. I realize more man to remember.

REVIEW, OCTOBER 20, 1977 (1103) 15 Reader to Reader

By their laughing, crying, cooing, talking, for parents with young children so play."—Page 543. "If the chil- if the need arises they can exit dren cannot be restrained, if the and kicking the pews, infants and young chil- easily. parents feel that the restraint is dren create much noise during our Sabbath PAM REIFSNYDER too much of an exaction, the child Snellville, Georgia should be removed from the services. I feel it is distracting to listeners, church at once."—Page 544. As a minister's wife who alone ► JULIA ENGEL KEMIER especially visitors. Our deacons used to help must contend with two active Berrien Springs, Michigan keep the noise under control, but now they boys every Sabbath, ages three- and-a-half, and two-and-a-half, I ► I have a few suggestions from seem to expect the pastor to do it. Our pastor sympathize with young mothers what others have done for me and at church. It is very difficult to my five children. is reluctant to say anything for fear he will obtain a spiritual blessing from Once a dear lady pulled from drive people from the church. Is it unreason- the services while trying to keep her purse a string with tiny plastic very young children quiet. Per- toys tied to it. It was a new quiet able to expect less noise? Is there anything I haps you could organize a group toy that kept my daughter busy a can do to help quiet the church? of deaconesses or mothers to take long time. When I was visiting a turns baby-sitting the small ones church and my little boy got rest- in the nursery, so that mothers less someone handed him a cloth Perhaps you could recom- children. We sat toward the front ► and fathers of tiny tots can get a book they had made with pictures so there weren't so many distrac- mend to your pastor that he en- much-needed blessing. These appliqued to each page and things courage mothers with children to tions. young parents may need a little to do such as button buttons and sit near the front, as a pastor en- At first we took crackers and education in reverence, but most tie a ribbon. Sometimes it helped couraged me to do when my toy cars for the children. Then as of all they need a lot of under- just to have someone the children we observed other families we daughter was an infant. Seeing standing and help. were not used to, to sit in the the colors and the activity on the discovered that pencils, paper, LADON N A GRYTE same pew. platform, she became quieter. and books were better, and that Mountain View, California I was always grateful for any As for visitors' being dis- taking off shoes helped to quiet help offered. But if it is to be tracted, think how wonderful it little banging feet. ► As soon as our first baby was 6 appreciated such help should would be if they could see a group Also, in our church, instead of weeks old we began taking him to always be offered lovingly and of people who have come to- scowls and S-h-h-h!, we got church regularly. We have fol- uncritically. gether because of love for the smiles and loving arms to help lowed this practice with our other MARGARET BECK Lord, who are tolerant of each quiet a wiggly child. We had good children, even with our twins, Camden, Ohio other (even little ones), and who examples to watch and from who completed our five little help one another with their bur- whom to get ideas. But best of all, stairsteps. dens, including tending children we were accepted by the church Our church had no nursery, nor in church, because they love one family and encouraged to train the did we need one. Our children sat NEXT QUESTION another. children how to sit quietly rather quietly. When it seemed that My husband and I have been Suffer the little children—and than being told to go to the trouble was developing, we married three years and have a their mothers—please! mothers' room. changed the "seating arrange- happy two-year-old daughter. Al- SUSAN STOVOLD It takes time, patience, much ment." Sometimes it took an arm though she was unplanned, we San Diego, California love, and effort to train a child for around the child and a finger to both love her very much. 1 believe God. If you're really concerned, my lips, but they understood. it is the ideal time to start adding ► Many churches provide a then help the struggling parents There was a family in the place where mothers can be com- to the family, but ever since our with a helping hand or helpful church who brought milk, crack- daughter was born my husband fortable with their babies. How- hint. If the mother doesn't seem ers, toys, and crayons every has adamantly maintained that he ever, I understand that many to care about her noisy children, week. Their children squirmed is not going to have any more mothers don't want to sit in the sit by her and let the little ones and kicked and crawled under the children. (We had agreed to have mothers' rooms, because such snuggle up to you or draw a pic- pew. I think that mother was giv- rooms have become a social three to six when we were mar- ture for you. ing her children the impression ried.) His reasons for refusing to haven, and mothers who try to JOAN THOMPSON that church was a place to play listen to the sermon can't hear it have children are: (1) He feels he Rock, Michigan and to eat. Surely the children isn't a good enough father. (2) We for the conversations about trivia. must have felt that all things re- would he adding to overpopula- I feel that there should be a sign The best we who have no volved around them. tion. (3) The world is in a state posted in these rooms, stating that ► young children can do to help is to MARY E. RAREY into which it is not fair to bring the room is designed for listening willingly and gratefully leave the Columbus, Ohio children. (4) He prefers to forgo to the sermon, and perhaps a back pews for young families, and deaconess could be posted to help It is not unreasonable to ex- the bother and demands father- to refrain from casting the cold, ► hood would create. I don't know maintain reverence. pect less noise. You can do icy stares at the young mother whether those reasons are valid CASSAUNDRA P. GILCHRIST something to help by sharing with when her child becomes restless. enough and I am heartsore at the Takoma Park, Maryland the parents of noisy children the Lucite KELLOGG thought of having no more chil- following paragraphs from Child Beaverton, Oregon dren. Having a family has been ► My husband and I were bap- Guidance: "The little ones, be- tized one month before our third one of the principal goals of my ► As a mother of a young child I fore they are a year old, hear and child was born. know the difficulty of trying to understand what is spoken in ref- life. Any suggestions? We were blessed to be in a keep a child quiet during church. erence to themselves, and know [Send answers to Reader to Reader, Review and Herald, Takoma Park, Washington, D.C. church where the children Parents need your prayers for to what extent they are to be in- 20012. Letters must not exceed 300 words in weren't consigned to the back few wisdom to know how and when to dulged."—Page 91. "If children length. Include complete return address. Three dollars will be paid for each answer pews where parents and children discipline their children. are taken to meeting they should published. alike would suffer through the I would suggest that you move be made to know and understand Questions for discussion in Reader to Reader are welcome and should be directed service. Children are quieter as far to the front of the church as where they are. . . . And they to the address given above. Topics in the when they do not sit near other possible. Reserve the back pews should be quiet and free from all area of family life are preferred.] 16 (1104) REVIEW, OCTOBER 20, 1977 From the Editors

the faith of both Christian churches, urged continuation Gesture at Healing of top-level theological discussions, especially in the matter of mixed marriages between Anglicans and 400-Year-Old Breach Roman Catholics and on the question of remarriage after divorce, and called for 'more earnest collaboration' in A significant event occurred last April 29 at Vatican the field of evangelization, so as to present 'a greater City. As reported by Religious News Service: "In a common witness to Christ before the whole world.' " gesture symbolizing a mutual desire to heal the 400- How far-reaching will be the results of this gesture we year-old breach between the Anglican and Roman Cath- do not know, but, on the basis of Bible prophecy, Sev- olic Churches, Pope Paul and Archbishop Donald Cog- enth-day Adventists have long predicted that Catholics gan of Canterbury joined in a service of prayer for unity and Protestants will one day join hands in unity. Ad- and exchanged the kiss of peace." ventists base this prediction on Revelation 13, which The service, consisting of Bible readings, prayers, and states that "all that dwell upon the earth"—with the hymns, was held in the Sistine Chapel, with both Angli- exception of those whose names are written in "the book can and Roman Catholic prelates present, as well as of life of the Lamb"—will join in worshiping the beast clergy, laity, and members of the diplomatic corps (verse 8). Those who do not join in the worship of the accredited to the Holy See. beast will be threatened with boycott and death. Perhaps In a brief address, Pope Paul said: "The supplications these recent events in Vatican City are a signal that the we made together this morning to our common Lord are movement toward union is gaining momentum. steeped in the Christian love of God's Word and they But, according to the revelator, it is the second beast renew the reality of that pledge made together with us by of Revelation 13 that will cause "the earth and them your revered predecessor [Archbishop Michael Ramsey, which dwell therein to worship the first beast" (verse 12). who met with Paul at the Vatican in March, 1966]—the This second beast Adventists have identified with the pledge to a serious dialogue, which, founded on the United States. Hence the principal activity leading to the Gospels and on the ancient common traditions, may lead worship of the "first beast" takes place where the second to that perfect unity and truth for which Christ prayed." beast has his dominion. Responding, Archbishop Coggan expressed the hope Ellen White describes this activity as follows: "The that "in the intimacy of growing communion, Catholics Protestants of the United States will be foremost in and Anglicans will become signs of God's love and stretching their hands across the gulf to grasp the hand of instruments of His peace in the power of the Holy spiritualism; they will reach over the abyss to clasp hands Spirit." with the Roman power."—The Great Controversy, p. A joint declaration on unity, which the Pontiff and the 588. archbishop signed, "reaffirmed the common elements of In another statement she presents the sequence as follows: "When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, . . . then we may know that the time has The Borrower come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the By PEARLE PEDEN ENGLAND end is near."—Testimonies, vol. 5, p. 451. The "mar- Where the land holds the sea velous working of Satan" is one of the significant events In the curve of her arm, in the unfolding panorama of events yet to be fulfilled. Where the gulls and the sandpipers meet, Satan will personate Christ, and when he does, earth's There I will walk inhabitants will rally under his banner. Only a small In the wash of the waves, remnant who "keep the commandments of God, and the Hoarding gems I find at my feet. faith of Jesus" (Rev. 14:12) will refuse to rally. Where the sea and the surf For this remnant the test will not be easy. The coun- Meet a ribbon of sand, terfeit will be so cleverly executed that only those who And the shells gleam like stars half asleep, have been diligent students of the Bible will be able to Plucked up by time, distinguish the false from the true. Restless, tossed in the tide, The true Christian will study developments in the Cast out from the lap of the deep. religious, social, and political worlds, so that by these he Here I walk with the wind may gauge the progress of prophetic fulfillments. Speak- As I cling to my prize; ing of specific signs, Jesus said, "So likewise ye, when ye Here the tide and the shore kiss and part, shall see all these things, know that it [or He] is near, But debtor I, even at the doors" (Matt. 24:33). A mere borrower, Lord; He also said, "And when these things begin to come to These joys are a gift from Thy heart. pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh" (Luke 21:28). D. F. N.

REVIEW, OCTOBER 20, 1977 (1105) 17 "Tree Dwellers" Join Adventist Church-1

By JANE ALLEN

"THIS IS TRUE! This is is now a Seventh-day Ad- the people knew nothing of ment. "Our mission has no true!" Ranteuwa exclaimed. ventist, Pastor Langingi the Bible, they still practiced budget to support another "I remember from a dream." learned something of the spirit worship, and their lives worker now." Possibly 25 years before, mountain people. Many years were governed by supersti- "How much does it cost?" Ranteuwa dreamed that God's before, Abdullah Malik had tion. They seemed happy to queried Pastor Clements. true religion would come to been to the village of Wawujai have the visitors and wel- "At least 25,000 rupiahs a his mountains. The day of (pig village), and he told the comed them into their homes. month." worship would be of special pastor about the customs of After spending a cool night Clements did a quick men- significance—neither the sixth the people there. high in one of the tree houses tal computation and realized day nor the first day of the It's a difficult trail that may built atop 45-foot poles, the that was approximately week, but the day in between. take two days, Mr. Malik told survey team descended the US$60. And now that Lukas had the mission president, but this mountain the next day. "I'll see that you get 25,000 rupiahs every month," come to tell the villagers didn't deter Pastor Langingi. Lukas Is Recruited about the seventh-day Sab- He decided to survey the promised Pastor Clements. bath, Ranteuwa recalled his area, and took with him Lukas "What do you think, Pastor "Let's get this work started!" dream. Dasingan, a student literature Clements? Would this be a With that assurance the Some of the older villagers evangelist from Mount Klabat good place to begin new mission president turned to remembered Ranteuwa's College, who was working in work?" asked Pastor Lan- Lukas again and asked when dream too, thus they anx- Palu. Lukas and the pastor gingi. he could return to the moun- iously accepted Lukas and the took the steep mountain path "Certainly," replied Pastor tains. stories he told of Jesus. to make the initial survey in Clements. "Do you have a "Next week," the young Ranteuwa lived in Wawujai March, 1975. worker to send up there?" man replied. in the mountains near the city "Let's bring Pastor Clem- "Well, we will have to find "That's fine," said Pastor of Palu, headquarters of the ents here next week," they one," said Pastor Langingi, Clements excitedly. "Now, Central Celebes Mission in decided, "to see what he not wanting to say there was Lukas, you'll need some sup- eastern Indonesia. In his vil- thinks about opening up new really no one available. plies. Let's go to the market." lage, people used to live in tree work among these people." "What about Lukas, this Lukas and Pastor Clements houses and are thus called So the next week W. V. literature evangelist?" asked weaved through alleys of tree dwellers. Clements, then Sabbath Pastor Clements. peddlers selling bananas and When F. P. Langingi be- school director of the Far Pastor Langingi turned to peanuts, past baskets of chili came president of the Central Eastern Division, joined an the young man and asked if peppers and curries, and Celebes Mission in 1973, he expedition to the tree he'd like to be a pioneer mis- around heaps of plastic san- looked to the dense jungle dwellers. Led by Mr. Malik, sionary to the tree dwellers. dals until they reached a ven- mountains that form a dra- the survey team did not go as This meant Lukas would be dor of blankets and mosquito matic backdrop to the city of far as Wawujai, but visited the only Seventh-day Advent- netting. With one of each bar- Palu and wondered, What another village. The former ist in the mountains. He didn't gained for and purchased, about the people in those Moslem knew the local Daa know the dialect, and as a Pastor Clements asked Lukas hills? Would they open their dialect, so translated as the single worker he would have what else he needed. hearts to the gospel? Adventist leaders talked with no family with him. "A lantern." From a former Moslem who the village chief. Without hesitating, Lukas The men spotted a shop They discovered that, said, "Sure!" stocked with dozens of kero- Jane Allen is associate com- though another Christian "We have a problem, Pas- sene lanterns and soon made munication director of the Far group had worked in the tor Clements," Pastor Lan- the purchase. Eastern Division. mountains for some 50 years, gingi said with disappoint- "What else do you need?"

The Indonesian tree people live in the mountains around Palu. Possibly 25 years ago, Ranteuwa dreamed that Tusi, playing a guitar made from the true day of worship was neither the sixth nor the first day of the week, but the day in between. Thus, only one piece of wood, was one of when Lukas Dasingan presented the Sabbath truth to these people in 1975, Ranteuwa was prepared to accept it. the first 22 Adventist converts.

18 (1106) REVIEW, OCTOBER 20, 1977 Pastor Clements asked again. "Are you afraid?" asked Mount Klabat, the four- Lukas studied the pur- Pastor Langingi when the year college of the East In- chases. "That's all," he said. young man finished. donesia Union Mission in "That's enough." "Oh, no," Lukas assured Menado, has sent three stu- With these few supplies and him. "I'm not afraid, for dent missionaries to help pio- some personal items packed Jesus is with me." neer the work among the on his back, Lukas went to "Lukas, do you think some mountain people in Central the mountains in April, 1975. of the 'tree people' are ready Celebes. Albert Antou and His first task was to learn to be baptized?" asked the Johnny Rompas served one the dialect. Since he had no mission president. year together and are now translator and since the "Yes, I think so, an- completing their courses in mountain people knew no In- swered Lukas. Menado. A secretarial science donesian, the first communi- "How many?" major, Lely Sualang, is cur- cations were strictly visual, "Oh, maybe 50," Lukas rently the teacher and Bible but in three months Lukas replied matter-of-factly. worker in Ongbonu. She spoke fluent Daa and was Pastor Langingi could works and lives alone in the going from home to home, hardly believe it-50! That village, but walks two to three giving Bible studies with a was his goal for the entire hours to Wawujai to be with Picture Roll. In a short time mission for the whole year! Lukas and his wife, Rewa, on Although the government urges the weekends. he was studying with almost However, Lukas assured him mountain people to move to the cit- 100 adults, one of whom was that about 50 were ready for ies, they prefer to continue liv- Yes, Lukas got married. He Ranteuwa, an older man baptism, so he made arrange- ing in the place of their birth. was lonesome in the moun- highly respected by his neigh- ments for mission personnel tains and kept thinking about bors. When he heard the Sab- to go to Wawujai for a baptis- a young girl at Mount Klabat bath doctrine, which corre- mal service. As the people Because of lack of commu- whom he first met at Toraja sponded with his dream, were questioned, it was de- nication, either by electronic View Academy in South Cel- Ranteuwa responded with ex- cided that only 22 would be methods or by transportation, ebes. Lukas shared his burden citement. baptized at the first ceremony; the Indonesian Government with the mission leaders. Lukas stayed in Wawujai however, more were baptized has urged the tree dwellers to "I am lonesome in the nearly six months before re- later in the year. come down from the moun- mountains," he said, "and turning to Palu to report to The Central Celebes Mis- tains and settle in the cities, would like a wife." mission leaders. He related sion nearly tripled its 1975 but the mountain people stub- The brethren listened with the progress of the work, but goal by baptizing 130 persons. bornly refuse. The mountains sympathy and agreed that also told of threats on his life The 1976 goal was set at 150, are their heritage—engrained Lukas should return to the by other Christians who but the actual count was 305, in their life style—and they do college to choose a wife. claimed the entire mountain many of whom were tree not want to move to the cities. There he found Rewa still un- area as their territory. dwellers. The government has been committed to anyone else, so favorable to the work of Ad- in a short time he proposed. ventists among these people, She was agreeable, and they encouraging the church to married on June 3, 1976. build schools and teach the Without wasting time, Lukas national language. Today returned to Central Celebes three villages have Adventist .with his new wife and schools—Ongbonu, Wawujai, escorted her to her new and Sadakanjai. home—a treacherous 14-hour Another full-time worker hike into the mountains. joined Lukas in the ministry to the mountain people in De- Next week the author will cember, 1975. Daniel Busdan, tell the story of her own one- ministerial graduate of Mount and-a-half-day hike to Wawu- Klabat College, and his young jai to dedicate a jungle chapel wife are working in Sadakan- and speak at a wedding cere- jai (tree dwellers' village). mony.

The houses the mountain people build today are six to eight feet off F. P. Langingi, left, discusses the ministry to the mountain people the ground, but the style is similar to the higher houses of the past. with the two workers, Daniel Busdan, center, and Lukas Dasingan, left. REVIEW, OCTOBER 20, 1977 (1107) 19 Newsfront

viet Union, including passing but also a brass band, a Apostolic Optimism through customs on arrival in chamber orchestra, a contem- about 30 seconds! porary religious musical sing- Prevails in Russia I was a guest of the Baptist ing group, and several solo- Union and of the Seventh-day ists. The Russian musical soul By B. B. BEACH Adventist churches during the runs deep and wide, like the remainder of my stay. I Volga River. To preach long preached in five Adventist and sermons to large, packed con- VISITING Seventh-day glomeration of different na- four Baptist churches. Fel- gregations, inspired by choirs Adventist churches in Russia tionalities is held together by lowship with the Baptist con- (often composed of 40 to 60 is like making a pilgrimage the cement of socialism, Rus- gregations was an unexpected members, and in one church combined with meeting long- sian as the lingua franca, privilege. Since the Baptists 120!), charmed by the lovely lost relatives. "The feast of Moscow as the center of have a nationwide central children, captivated by the reason" becomes indeed also gravitation, and by patriotic church organization and a eager youth, prompted by the "the flow of soul." nationalism (World War II is well-established foreign-rela- expectant faces of the more After spending nearly three always referred to as the tions department, their assist- elderly—etched by the acid weeks in the Soviet Union, I Great Patriotic War). The ance in organizing the trip was tests of life—and inspirited by was reminded of the intriguing Kremlin, Moscow's famous very welcome indeed. Mi- the Divine Presence, was a statement attributed to Win- fortresslike architectural en- chael Kulakov, a Seventh-day deeply moving experience. ston Churchill: "Russia is a semble, is the symbol of cul- Adventist leader in the Truly impressive is the riddle wrapped in a mystery ture and political power. The U.S.S.R., S. Dabrowski, spirituality, devotion, and inside an enigma." However, nearby granite Lenin Mauso- president of the Polish Union, loyalty of the members. once you begin to master the leum represents the Soviet and V. Mitskevich, Baptist Stories of courage and faith- intricacies of the 33-letter Union's shrine, with almost conference president, accom- fulness fill the annals of God's Russian alphabet, get used to religious overtones, offering panied me most of the time. people in the Soviet Union. the Muscovite aura of sever- the opportunity to millions of After spending Sabbath Nowhere in the world is the ity, and penetrate the historic loyal citizens to make that with the Seventh-day Ad'•:nt- General Conference held in Russian suspicion of foreign- once-in-a-lifetime, Mecca- ist church in Moscow, we higher esteem. The bonds of ers, the mystery begins to un- type pilgrimage. traveled south to Odessa, the love and faith cross all bor- great Ukrainian port on the ders. Remarkable are the lu- ravel. The ice melts and Rus- Conference on Peace sian warmth reaches out in an Black Sea. From there, our cidity and the scope of the endearing bear hug. Much of my first week in party headed north to Riga, theological and organizational You begin to grasp the Russia was spent attending as capital of the Latvian Repub- interests of the ministers, and complexity of the Union of an observer a June 6-10 con- lic, and then on to Tallinn, this despite the fact that for Soviet Socialist Republics ference of religious leaders capital of Estonia and one of many decades no formal when you realize that this co- from more than 100 countries the oldest cities in the theological seminary training lossal land mass is the home to discuss peace and just rela- U.S.S.R. Our itinerary took has been available to any of of more than 100 large and tions between nations. This us back to Moscow, after them. small nationalities and ethnic was an opportunity to tell the which I headed for Tula, a Apostolic Optimism groups. Some have a long and participants how important city known for its samovars proud history; others were religious liberty is for just, and where Pastor Kulakov is A spirit of apostolic opti- "discovered" in the twentieth friendly, and peaceful rela- the minister. Finally, we paid mism prevails in the churches. century. Tbilisi, the capital of tions between nations. In a last visit to Vladimir, the I heard few complaints. The Soviet Georgia, was a con- speaking about religious lib- great center of Russian medi- members and leaders are real- temporary city of ancient erty, we pointed out: "The eval culture, the only city on ists. They endeavor to deal Rome; other cities are prod- Seventh-day Adventist our trip without a flourishing with the dynamic realities of ucts of twentieth-century in- Church would like the peace- Seventh-day Adventist life and not to escape into a dustrial expansion. loving forces of the world to church. utopian dream world or play Territorially, the U.S.S.R. affirm their unconditional Visiting these notable at religious hide-and-seek. is by far the largest country of support of religious liberty as cities, all rich in historical and When people think of the the world, stretching over 11 the fundamental human right cultural lore, was rewarding in Soviet Union, they are con- time zones and spread over 15 supporting all other human itself. Associating with the fronted by certain misunder- union republics and some 30 rights." A high point of the people of God was an unfor- standings largely resulting autonomous republics and re- peace conference was a con- gettable spiritual and emo- from the lack of proper and gions, with a population ex- cert of religious and patriotic tional encounter. I could not free communication. ceeding 250 million. The geo- music given in the Moscow avoid thinking, My cup over- While in the Soviet Union, I graphical centers of both Conservatory. floweth. The hospitality and preached freely to perhaps Europe and Asia lie within the Also during my first week I welcome were overwhelming. 5,000 Christians—wonderful U.S.S.R. The extensive was a guest of the Moscow We received countless bou- people. It is estimated that Aeroflot network of jets keeps Patriarchate of the Russian quets of flowers. The flower there are possibly 20,000 the visitor flying for long Orthodox Church. Everything welcomes (and farewells) can functioning, legally registered hours over vast plains, tower- was done to make the stay a be compared only with Ha- places of worship in the ing mountains, unending pleasant and comfortable one. waiian flower leis or Tahitian U.S.S.R. There is freedom to forests, energy-producing We stayed in the aging but strings of shells offered to the worship in these churches. It rivers, and great cities. palatial Hotel Ukraine, with islands' visitors. The music is, of course, very true that This tremendous con- its gigantic wedding-cake ar- was phenomenal. In several the Russian concept of reli- chitecture, similar to that of instances, the conductors gious liberty is different from B. B. Beach is secretary of the Moscow University. Being an were real professionals. One the American view. In the Northern Europe-West Africa official guest—not a tourist— Adventist church could boast U.S.S.R., religious liberty Division. has its advantages in the So- of not only a 50-voice choir means freedom of conscience

20 (1108) REVIEW, OCTOBER 20, 1977 and liturgical worship in a recognized church. It is not freedom to evangelize and spread one's beliefs outside of the church. Furthermore, So- viet legislation prohibits any educational or charitable ac- tivity by the churches. The state's rationale for this re- striction is that such enter- prises are not part of worship, and furthermore they are not needed and could be inter- preted as casting doubt on the adequacy of the Soviet social security system. The U.S.S.R. constitution provides not only for separa- tion of the church from the state but also of the school from the church. Again, this is not the American concept of separation of church and state. It must not be over- looked that prior to the Revo- lution education was largely under the control of the Rus- sian Orthodox Church. It was her aim to inculcate in all stu- dents reverence and love for the doctrine of the state church. Today, all religions are equal before the law, and this has, it would appear, not been unhelpful to aspirations of the non-Orthodox peoples of the national borderlands of Russia. The stated aim today is the removal of the religious and clerical element from Russian education, to achieve the "mental emancipation of the people." It is true that the U.S.S.R. constitution guarantees the freedom of atheistic propa- ganda and through the schools (70 percent of the children between ages 2 and 7 attend state nurseries or kindergar- tens) the ideological indoc- trination of the growing gen- eration. However, officials emphasize that religious edu- cation of children at home is not prohibited. Furthermore, they can attend church services, accompanied by their parents. Believers have many op- portunities for the practice of their religion, as long as such practice does not violate So- viet law. Government offi- cials underline that believers are not punished for beliefs, but for violations of Soviet B. B. Beach, secretary of the Northern Europe-West Africa Division, was an observer at a conference of re- law, including frauds, playing ligious leaders from more than 100 countries that convened in Moscow (top). After the conference, Elder on superstition, spreading ru- Beach traveled, preaching to large church congregations with choirs of from 40 to 60 members, such as the mours about "the end of the choir in Riga (center). The sermon he gave in Riga (below) was translated into both Russian and Latvian.

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world and "miraculous understand this fact of life. sexual, ethnic). The goal of property in the U.S.S.R. Pri- healings," illegal printing en- The struggle will no doubt this concept of liberty is se- vate ownership exists, but it is terprises, slandering the So- continue, but we can expect curity and stability, on the limited and does not include viet system, refusing to serve the brunt of the attack to be basis of playing the game of the implements and means of in the army or to abide by the directed more against reli- life according to the socialist commercial and industrial rules governing socialist soci- gious ideology and less di- rules. There is not freedom to production. ety. A serious religious-liberty rectly against churches and oppose the social order or to Most of us have heard re- dilemma could arise if there ordinary believers. criticize the established ports that all churches are de- were a conflict of conscience A second area of misunder- socio-political structures. teriorating and membership between the requirements of standing is that there is no A well-known historian consists essentially of old la- belief and the dictates of law. liberty at all in the Soviet once wrote that the .Renais- dies. This may be applicable The logic of Soviet policy Union. Let us remember that sance represented the rebirth to some Orthodox churches. toward religion is best under- there are different kinds of of the individual. Russian so- In both Adventist and Baptist stood when one remembers liberty. In the West the em- cialism is characterized by churches, I saw many young that Marxist Leninism views phasis is on individual civil collectivism and planning; life people, especially in the Ad- religion as a relic of supersti- and political rights; in the is "organized"—literally. ventist churches. This augurs tion, and hence incongruous U.S.S.R. the emphasis is on There are constant warnings well for the future. Baptisms within a scientific age. Al- collective economic and so- against "antisocial individual- take place regularly (after age though officials feel that reli- cial rights. ism." There has been a tre- 18, as required by law). One gion needs to be contained to There is in the Soviet Union mendous drive to raise the church we visited had a bap- avoid any spread of "religious liberty to work. There is standard of living of society tism of 15 on the day of our self-delusion," they increas- practically no unemployment. as a whole, discouraging indi- departure. There is growth, ingly agree quite openly that There is liberty from hunger vidual egotism and "super- rather than decay. Church admonition, prohibition, ad- (basic foods and staples are profit." International prole- buildings can be improved. I ministrative pressure—let cheap), to have housing and tarianism is seen as the saw quite a bit of timber and alone violence—are improper clothing (decent, but not highest form of collective liv- piles of new bricks in front of and worthless arms in the fashionable), to enjoy holi- ing and solidarity. All this has one Adventist church, soon to struggle against religious con- days and rest, to free educa- meant a leveling off of soci- be used to rebuild and enlarge victions. Unfortunately, there tion, to social-security and ety, with practically no the meeting facilities. are some obscurantist local old-age maintenance, to free mountains of opulence or val- In regard to the claim that, officials who, blinded by doc- medical and hospital care, and leys of destitution. It has been under Communism, Russian trinaire fanaticism, do not yet liberty of equality (racial, said that there is no private culture is disappearing, coy-

ANDREWS UNIVERSITY HOLDS INSTITUTE OF WORLD MISSION The Department of World Mission of Andrews University ciples of mission work, mental and physical health in over- conducted its seventeenth Institute of World Mission this seas environments, and organization and policies of the past summer from June 16 to July 23. Attending the institute denomination. were 102 missionaries, of whom 39 were furloughees and 62 These workshops are sponsored by the General Confer- were new missionaries. One was a national pastor returning ence to provide training and orientation for those planning to to his homeland after seminary training. There were 44 mar- serve in the mission fields of the church. ried couples, 12 single women, and two young people (chil- The institute concluded with a communion service on dren of missionaries) who will begin their own missionary Friday evening and a special missionary dedication service on career after their forthcoming wedding. Sabbath morning in the Pioneer Memorial church on cam- Regular classes were taught by Gottfried Oosterwal, Rus- pus. sell Staples, Nancy Vyhmeister, and Elden Chalmers, of An- The next institutes are planned for January 16 to February drews University; P. W. Dysinger, of Loma Linda University 25 and June 12 to July 29, 1978. School of Health; and W. L. Pascoe and D. S. Baasch, of the MADELINE S. JOHNSTON General Conference. They included current issues and prin- Department of World Mission, Andrews University 22 (1 1 10) REVIEW, OCTOBER 20, 1977 ered by an avalanche of ma- are all part of the "Way of terialism, technology, and bu- Life" program. reaucratic anti-the-arts, the After a one-year term of authorities have shown deep mission service, the student interest in the culture and his- returns to his studies in col- tory of the various republics lege, with school expenses and regions. They are doing a paid for the following year. great deal to preserve the na- Thus donations sent to sup- tion's cultural patrimony. port the student missionary Priceless Orthodox churches program are indirectly used to and other buildings have al- win men and women to ready been restored. A de- Christ. caying, medieval city, Vladi- The program is expanding. mir, for example, has been Often from a village a day's rescued from the doldrums, journey away, there will come and both its industrial and a datu (chief) pleading that a cultural value have been pre- similar team be sent to in- served and enhanced. Of struct his people. These stu- course, Russian history is dents receive a royal welcome given a Marxist interpretation when they return later to visit based on class struggle as the their mission barrio. In the decisive element. brief period of mission as- There is laudable govern- signment, the students have mental emphasis on the fine become brothers of these arts and preserving the cul- tribespeople and honored tural heritage. There is little members of their respective room for films, plays, or pub- barrios. lications glorifying violence or Students who have chosen sex, much less pornography. to include such mission expe- This nation of readers has rience as part of their college 360,000 public libraries, and A ten-day Student Missionary Workshop at Mountain View College pre- training are upon graduation 140 million people visit the pared students to live among tribespeople in the Philippines, teach- among the first to be chosen to museums during one year. ing agriculture, health principles, home crafts, as well as Adventism. fill positions of responsibility This report is more in the in the work of God. nature of vignettes and ran- PHILIPPINES the tribespeople in the moun- L. H. LONERGAN dom observations, rather than tains of the province of Min- Acting Chairman an endeavor to give a system- Mountain View danao. They are sent out two Department of Health atic, all-embracing analysis. by two to live among these Mountain View College There is so much more that College Holds people. If the barrio has no could be said. Unforgettable mission work, the primary experiences flash across my SM Workshop objective is to gain the con- DENMARK memory: a Baptist choir sing- Eighteen students partici- fidence of the people. ing "How Great Thou Art"; pated in a ten-day Student First the students build a School's Spiritual an Adventist meeting reaching Missionary Workshop at cottage in which to live. The its climax with Handel's Mountain View College in the tribespeople recognize the Tone Contributes "Hallelujah Chorus"; Philippines recently. Ten stu- value of education, and so the preaching to perhaps 1,800 dents are under appointment second project is to build a to Baptisms people in a beautiful historic to serve in the mountains of schoolhouse with the help of Thirty-three students took church with pure Gothic lines Mindanao, and the remaining local friends. The students their stand for Christ at the and a 407-foot-high spire; re- eight are preparing for similar themselves do the teaching up Danish Junior College (Vej- ceiving in one church a flower appointments later. to the third or fourth grade. A lefjord Hojere Skole) during from each of the children! This is the first such work- few older students who have the 1976-1977 school year. Back in the homeland, I shop to be held in the Far become interested in adult Five of these students came now bind up my newly made Eastern Division. The work- education also attend. Next from non-Adventist homes. friendships. I would wish to shop was led by D. W. Chris- the students build a small Many of the students went write with fadeless ink my tensen, financial consultant to church and direct the Sabbath home to confess some misun- book of remembrances. I the college. Assisting him services. After several derstanding or wrongdoing praise the Lord for His great- were Elsa Lonergan, a months, the student mission- before being baptized. ness and for stalwart believers teacher in the new health de- aries may call a pastor to A number of MV-spon- in the Soviet Union, and say partment at Mountain View come and conduct a baptismal sored activities contributed to to them: "I thank my God College, and staff members of service. the spiritual atmosphere at upon every remembrance of the theology and agriculture This program of teaching Vejlefjord during the school you, . . . being confident of departments. includes much more than the year, including witnessing by this very thing, that he which What is involved in the stu- Sabbath school lessons; it also the students in nearby Vejle. hath begun a good work in dent missionary program at includes a more efficient This summer the school's you will perform it until the Mountain View College? method of agriculture, em- third student missionary, day of Jesus Christ: even as it Each year some of the stu- phasizing variety in home Frank Muderspach, will leave is meet for me to think this of dents elect to spend, as part of gardens; improving health by Vejlefjord to go to Masanga you all, because I have you in their regular training, a year in taking steps to prevent dis- Leprosy Hospital in Africa. my heart" (Phil. 1:3-7). active mission service among ease; and home crafts. These Pia Fejersen, a student mis- REVIEW, OCTOBER 20, 1977 (1 1 1 1) 23 Newsfront Continued

Written for scholars by a Lamy), and lies in a well- Seventh-day Adventist scho- populated area. Helio Ro- lar, this book challenges a cumback, of Brazil, formerly number of criticisms that have medical doctor in Angola, is in been leveled against standard charge of this clinic and is as- Seventh-day Adventist posi- sisted by a volunteer mission- tions over the years of our ary nurse, Vera Sylva, also of history. It also provides a Brazil. This unit was com- classic illustration of the type pleted from offerings received of comprehensive historical from the Thirteenth Sabbath and theological study that Special Projects Offering, to- would justify the claim that a gether with contributions from certain doctrine or interpreta- the Euro-Africa Division. tion is "the historical position Armin Krakolinig, an Afri- of the Seventh-day Adventist can missionary, erected the Students at Vejlefjord Junior College, Denmark, study religious top- Church." building. ics together. Thirty-three students were baptized last school year. Each of these volumes will MAURICE ZEHNACKER bring a deepening faith to the President sionary who has served at Publishing Association in thousands of students of the Equatorial African Masanga for the past year, 1976, this volume is well doc- Bible and of history who are Union Mission will be returning to Vejlef- umented yet written in pop- found in the Seventh-day Ad- jord. ular style and brimming with ventist Church. While the first The school, which enrolled fascinating anecdotes and his- addresses itself directly and 200 students last year, is torical insights. The book appealingly to Seventh-day under the leadership of Arne beats with the throb of the Adventists, the second will be Wagenblast, principal. More Advent awakening from the challenging to non-Adventist buildings are needed in order days of William Miller to the ministers, teachers, students, to accommodate all the Ad- present time. It continually and professional people of ventist students applying for draws implications for the your acquaintance. Both are enrollment. Faculty housing present from the experiences available through your Ad- has to be provided so that and interpretations of the ventist Book Center. more of the teachers can live past. With remarkable con- GORDON M. HYDE on campus, and a church sistency the book presents a Director building is needed for the fair and balanced assessment Biblical Research Institute Sabbath services. of where the Seventh-day General Conference "Vejlefjord is a pride to our Adventist Church has stood, JORNAL ADVENTISTA community," a local official where it stands today, where stated recently. The school's it must yet travel, and the EQUATORIAL AFRICA PUBLISHED IN BRAZIL faculty are praying that the means God has provided for The South Brazil Union, school will continue to be a the rest of the journey. Medical Progress through its communication pride to the church as well. The second book is a thor- department, directed by WALDER HARTMANN oughly documented work en- in Cameroon Paulo Sarli, has begun to Bible Teacher and Pastor titled Foundations of the Sev- publish Jornal Adventista Danish Junior College enth-day Adventist Message and Chad ("Adventist Journal") in two and Mission. It traces the ori- After many years of plan- editions. The first edition is gin and growth of the major ning, a dental clinic has been for church members, to in- doctrines that have motivated established in Yaounde in the form and promote the activi- NORTH AMERICA the mission of our movement, United Republic of the ties of the church; the sec- showing our place in the Cameroon. The clinic is ond is for non-Adventists Books Explain Christian church at large, and equipped with two modern and contains items of gen- our understanding of "inter- Siemens dental chairs, an eral interest and Biblical arti- SDA Backgrounds church relations, salvation, X-ray room, and a laboratory cles. Two recent publications go history, end-time prophecies, for dental mechanics. (Total An edition of 300,000 cop- far toward explaining to Sev- health, the Sabbath, and the cost of the project is approxi- ies was published for Easter enth-day Adventists (and to nature of Christ's high- mately 23 million francs week evangelism, and these the world at large) who they priestly ministry in relation to CFA—US$90,000.) were distributed to the pub- really are, how they came to His imminent return." Robert W. Prunty is in lic in several cities to prepare be, and the justification they The author, P. Gerard charge of the clinic, which is the territory for evangelistic have for existing as a separate Damsteegt, has studied in situated on the Equatorial Af- campaigns. worldwide, Protestant, evan- England, the United States, rican Union Mission campus. The Jornal Adventista has gelical movement. the Netherlands, and Switzer- Working with him are two as- had a monthly edition of The first book, entitled Tell land. He recently received the sistants and a receptionist. A 90,000 to 100,000 copies. It to the World: The Story of Doctorate in Theology from call has been issued for a sec- Each month nearly 100,000 Seventh-day Adventists, is by the Free University in Am- ond dentist to assist Dr. non-Adventist families re- C. Mervyn Maxwell, chair- sterdam, where his disserta- Prunty. ceive the 20-page paper free man of the department of tion was the basis for the A maternity clinic has been of charge. church history, Seventh-day contents of this volume. The opened in Bere, in the Repub- Above, Kay Lehman, a Adventist Theological Semi- publisher is William B. lic of Chad. This city is 375 secretary in the South Amer- nary, Andrews University. Eerdmans, of Grand Rapids, miles south of N'Djamena, ican Division office, reads Published by the Pacific Press Michigan. the capital (formerly Fort the Jornal Adventista. 24 (1112) REVIEW, OCTOBER 20, 1977 Week of Prayer: To See God's Compassion In this busy world we as God's people need to set aside the springs of our compassion are moved infrequently and special ,times, perhaps in a quiet place, where we can we know little of the healing and uplifting influence of think of Him whom our sins have pierced. Like Christian compassion. in Pilgrim's Progress, we need to look and look again until Looking back, I remember .how much the tears of Ethel the springs that are in our heads send the waters down our Kennedy over her beloved and talented husband, cruelly cheeks. This should be not only in gratitude for forgive- and senselessly shot to death, stirred me. But what dif- nessand'personal salvation, great and precious as these ference is there between her tears and the numb grief af blessings ,are, but in order that the dust of earth, might be an .uneducated African 'mother I can ,never forget, as s he washed from our eyes so that we will 'see clearly once held to her heart her starved'and dying thild,"a victim ark, ' , chore. lwvo (*the ,thingS we need Most to..see are the , military-blockade:and for whoM neither she nor we could',”-, • .compassion of God -and,thevalue„Heplaces ,on every sott). do. anything? No'difference, really, for both women are--7:' floc whorn Christ has died.'The annual \Ateekof Pray0,and :equally Precious in `the sight of Cod, aird the• po'rrdW•iif Sacri fice affords us such an opportunity. ear touches His heart of love: In Port Elizabeth, South Africa, stands a sirhpie if we are ever-to finish the task eel has griietr ,urnent erected early this century • by-animal lovers in xe- -chbrch, we must enter anew into the experience membrance of the horses that served and suffered in the christlike compassion for the people for whom He died';'-: - -Anglo-Boer War of 1899 to 1902. Not on an elevated The deep sympathy of the Samaritan for the man who felt pedestal, but at ground level, a lifesize soldier knee*,'",arnong, thieves must be ours. And we must share the bucket in hand, to give a drink to a tired horse. ktA. courage that identified with the unfortunate one and ;?:.,inscription is to the effect that the greatness of a nation became involved despite all that "prudence" might have not measured by its size, its wealth, or its conquests, btif dictated. And like his, our compassion must recognize by the breadth and depth of the compassion of its people1., 'neither the barriers people erect between themselves nor Its message speaks to South Africa and the world. rose of distance, culture, and circumstance. On no human being have heavier demands been rt4de! . What real spiritual needs the Week of Prayer and Sacri- than on Jesus. And yet the Gospels mention again arid -.fice can meet! It affords time and opportunity for our real again the compassion He felt for people, for the multi- -beliefs and our deepest convictions to influence our con- hides who were "like sheep without a shepherd, harassed duct as they should, for if they do not control, then and helpless" Watt. 9:36, N.E.B.). How different it often is, conduct must inevitably modify and;tierhaps even destroy:. with us. It is no longer necessary, so many seem to think;, them. That must never he. to take time to he kind and compassionate to those 'Should not we who loolefOr Par Lord's speedy return ..around us. It the state does not care for the indigent and' Make the 1977 Week of Prayer and Sacrifice the best and:. Ainfortunate, then welfare organizations will. Further-:: s;-131eselid'citie.y4tq. DUNCAN EVA - - more, many of the W nations aid programs to: Vice-President' st gene r ,ofziles'of the .Third:Wpf/d...Ancrso eta! -Con/ere/1C*

CALIFORNIA concert for Sabbath vespers. One Sabbath afternoon a ples among many of the sick Each Sabbath and as many visitation team made call after and lonely who had little or no Church Begins weekday occasions as possi- call with no responses, until contact with any church until ble, a team from the visitation only one name remained on the visitation teams reached New Ministry ministry (there are nine, each the list. That person, a lonely out to them in love and Chris- Television, used by the consists of a video crew man, was recuperating from tian fellowship. world to reach millions with a member and his wife) can be recent surgery. A former Information compiled dur- message, has been put to found somewhere in the Baptist with no church ties to ing visitation is recorded in a work by the Riverside, Cali- Greater Riverside area visit- provide Christian fellowship, book so that all needs for fornia, church in a unique ing a member of the church he was hungry for company prayer, Bible studies, pastoral personal ministry. Conceived who is ill, an elderly shut-in, a and the Word of God and counsel, and repeat visitation nearly a year ago by Robert former member, or a non-Ad- gladly welcomed the visitation can be met. This rapidly ex- Tomlin, Riverside church ventist who is interested in the team. panding audio-visual ministry pastor, the church's audio- church. More recently a public- is building a library of special visual ministry was inau- A visitation team is school teacher was visited by feature films for local use and gurated Sabbath, May 28. equipped with a portable vid- a team from the Riverside eventually for lending to other Directed by Russ Hoffman, eotape player, a portable church audio-visual ministry. churches. a 29-year veteran of Christian TV, a film of a Sabbath serv- This woman had been con- The immediate goal is to and educational radio and ice and special features, Sab- fined to bed for two years be- have a visitation team from television, the Word is literally bath school quarterlies, study cause of a bone condition that the Riverside church audio- being carried into the homes Bibles, and various other lit- kept her from sitting or stand- visual ministry carry the word of believers and nonbelievers erature. Each person or fam- ing. Now, after surgery, she is and the love of God into the alike. Each week the video ily to be visited is called be- able to sit in a chair to view community 365 days of the crew films an adult Sabbath forehand to allow time to the film of the services and year. They are looking ahead school class, the morning prepare and to invite friends enjoy Christian fellowship to the time when such a min- worship service, and special and neighbors to join them if during the visitation. istry is duplicated nationwide programs such as a recent they wish. These are just two exam- and eventually worldwide. REVIEW, OCTOBER 20, 1977 (1113) 25 Nevvsfront Continued

Dateline Washington By F. C. WEBSTER

GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL VISITS HEADQUARTERS. It was the privilege of Robert H. Pierson, General Conference presi- dent, to be visited on Friday, August 19, by Nigel Agonia, di- rector of mines and energy of the Department of National Resources from the new nation of Papua New Guinea. Mr. Agonia is a dedicated Seventh-day Adventist and was in Washington as the guest of the United States Government. In addition to his interview with Elder Pierson, Mr. Agonia visited several church organizations in the Washington area and attended church on Sabbath, August 20. DeWitt Wil- liams, associate director of the Communication Department of the General Conference, served as host during the Friday and Sabbath visit. SPECIAL MEETINGS COMMITTEE. Each year, in order to carry forward the thrust of the church in its diversified facets, a considerable number of meetings must be planned for and conducted. A committee known as the Authorized Meetings Committee assembles once each year at the time of the Annual Council to approve and schedule these meetings for Maria Geralda da Silva (right) told David Moroz, pastor of the Pires the ensuing year. Since the committee deals largely with do Rio church (left), that a voice had guided her to accept Adventism. scheduling for North America and must fit these meetings into the church's program on the North American continent, BRAZIL not approve of the eating of the personnel of the committee is largely of North American these animals. Later it said leadership. A Voice Speaks that they should keep the Annual and spring meetings of the General Conference to a 15-Year-Old Sabbath as the true day of Committee, North American Division departmental advi- rest. Continuing the instruc- sories, meetings of institutional boards, union quinquen- Fifteen-year-old Maria tions, the voice told her that ni ums, and other large meetings must be fitted together in a Geralda da Silva, from Sape they should be baptized by composite that features economy of travel, time, and loca- Ranch, Goias, Brazil, had an immersion, as Jesus was. unusual conversion experi- Finally Maria asked what tion, so that committee members can be present. Though ence. A voice guided her into church they should be bap- this standing committee meets only once a year, much care- the Adventist Church. tized into and what religion to ful planning must be done over a period of many months. Maria, daughter of Catholic embrace. The voice then in- The planning for this meeting is done to a rather large degree parents, was 10 years old structed her to be baptized by J. W. Bothe, associate secretary for North America, who when she was attacked by the into the Seventh-thy Advent- serves as secretary of the committee. devil. Her parents sought for ist Church. help in nearby towns, from On a Sabbath morning her THIRTIETH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION. The leadership medical as well as spiritualis- parents went to Pires do Rio of the International Temperance Association is completing tic centers. After having ex- to request baptism in the local plans for the celebration of the thirtieth anniversary of Tem- hausted all resources, and church. David Moroz, the perance Day on Sabbath, October 22. This is an important frustrated in their hopes, her pastor, on hearing this strange milepost in the important ministry performed by the ITA parents gave up searching for story, told them that they around the world. help. They pleaded with God could be baptized but they to save their daughter. The must attend baptismal classes. WEEK OF SPIRITUAL EMPHASIS. Morris Venden, pastor of Lord answered their request. They joyfully agreed, and a the Pacific Union College church, conducted a Week of One day while Maria, who few months later Maria was Spiritual Emphasis for the General Conference and Review was suffering terribly at the baptized. and Herald during the week of September 19-23. Meetings hands of Satan, was in her After her baptism, Maria were held each morning from 8:00 to 8:30 in the Takoma Park room, she heard a soft and again heard the voice telling church. Some of the other church organizations in the area gentle voice, which said that her that from then on the Lord were invited to attend also. Satan wanted to kill her, but would no longer give her in- In addition to the Week of Spiritual Emphasis for the that from that day on God struction in that manner, be- General Conference and Review and Herald, Elder Venden would free her from the cause she was already in the power of the enemy. The right way of truth. That was presented morning and evening talks all week for the stu- voice told her to clean the three years ago. Maria, free dents at Columbia Union College, Takoma Park, Maryland. house and the surrounding from the spirits, is now SPANISH EDUCATOR VISITS GC. On Thursday, Septem- areas so that God could lodge studying in Pires do Rio and is ber 8, a reception was held for Dr. Jose de Solas, professor of there. very happy. There is now a contemporary humanities at the University of Madrid. Dr. de On several occasions the new group of believers at voice gave her further in- Sape Ranch worshiping in the Solas is a tutor to the queen of Spain and arranged through structions. She was told that hope of the Advent. the facilities of the university for Seventh-day Adventists to her parents should sell all ARTHUR S. VALLE conduct eight seminars explaining the church's belief in their pigs, because God does REVIEW Correspondent missions. 26 (1114) REVIEW, OCTOBER 20, 1977 News Notes from the world divisions

day Adventist message. C. S. Unruh, boys' dean; Norman Australasian Rosco, Central Philippine Canadian Union Snell, biology and algebra Union Ministerial Association • A surprise sixtieth wedding teacher and greenhouse oper- • The school-library-books- secretary, held a series of anniversary celebration for ator; and Penny Snell, English for-missions project that Gor- meetings in Maasin from Elder and Mrs. L. H. Hartin and home economics teacher. don Lee, division stewardship May 1 through mid-July. Thus was held recently in Sidney, director, has been conducting far 167 have been baptized. British Columbia. Elder Har- Columbia Union received a most welcome • Now that the Sabbath tin, now retired, has taught in boost recently when Pastor School Lesson Quarterly is the religion departments of • Members of the Mount Vernon, Ohio, Hill church Lee visited a publishing firm printed in Malay in Sabah. several denominational and students and staff mem- that was having a clearance Borneo, circulation has in- schools for 47 years. bers of Mount Vernon Acad- sale of encyclopedias and creased from 500 to 3,000. • Fifteen children are emy joined in the complete textbooks. He bought for $400 Formerly the quarterlies were enrolled in the new church renovation of a run-down books that would normally ordered from Indonesia, often school just outside the city of dwelling to house a refugee retail in excess of $1,200. arriving three or four weeks Charlottetown, Prince Ed- family and their five children. When the division courier late by ship. Now, however, ward Island. The Yee Yan Senkhamees called to collect the books, he with the Malay printing done have lived in temporary also was given library-and- within the mission territory, • The first organized Sabbath quarters since their arrival school teaching aids valued at only one original copy is or- school in Labrador met on from Laos last November. more than $5,000—a gift for dered from Indonesia. It ar- August 20, with 15 persons mission schools from this rives by air in plenty of time present. • C. Delores Tucker, secre- firm. to be printed in Sabah and • During August, work was tary of the Commonwealth of • By the end of the second distributed on time to Sabbath begun at the site of a new Pennsylvania, was guest quarter, five Voice of Youth school members. church at Fox Point, Nova speaker at the New Experi- programs had been conducted • Children of overseas mis- Scotia. ence radiobroadcast banquet in the Central Pacific Union and fashion show, designed to sionaries in the Manila area • In a meeting on July 10, the Mission, plus 25 Operation meet with 20 to 30 children for raise funds to continue the Ontario Conference constitu- Allegheny East Conference Fireside Bible-study series. a branch Sabbath school ency voted to retain both the Eight friendship teams and 30 radio program. every week near Philippine Keswick Conference and branch Sabbath schools are Union College. Leader of the youth camps and to promote a • Charles Buursma, Indiana conducted by youth. In Ta- group is 12-year-old Nan Rob- fund-raising program to clear Conference evangelist, and hiti, 20 young people have re- inson, daughter of Mr. and off the indebtedness. (See Joe Reynolds, pastor, have sponded to an appeal made by Mrs. Sam Robinson. REVIEW, Aug. 25, 1977, p. completed a four-week evan- Roger Nixon and have ex- 13.) gelistic series in the West pressed a desire to enter Wilmington, Delaware, God's work. This will be a • Young people from the church. blessing in that field, where North American Prince George and Williams • The Sanitarium, Silver the need for workers is great. Atlantic Union Lake churches in British Co- lumbia enjoyed a campout Spring, Sligo, and Takoma • L. H. Barnard, veteran • Gordon Blandford, of the near Lake Buckthorn from Park churches in Maryland all mission pilot, will assist the Bangor, Maine, district, has June 24 to 26. use the same step van to pro- Western Australian Confer- been assigned to the Calais- vide food, clothing, and fur- ence with its aviation program Lubec, Maine, district, to re- niture to local people in tem- in 1978. The conference plans place A. E. Butler, who is Central Union porary need. Some 900 to purchase a second airplane going to Rhodesia. articles, including furniture, to be used in the Perth area • The senior academies of have been released from the for departmental visitation • George Silver, employed the Central Union report a warehouse during the first two and for missionary outreach by the National Institute for total of 981 students enrolled, years of its operation. in country areas. the Deaf at Rochester Insti- 59 more than last year. tute of Technology in New • Darrell Holtz, Jr., at Union Lake Union York, translates Sabbath College last year, now pastors Far Eastern worship services into sign the Scottsbluff, Nebraska, • In Michigan this year, language for the deaf and the district. 4,280 children from non-Ad- hard of hearing in the Roch- ventist homes attended Vaca- • The first floating teachers' • John Rhodes, Southeastern ester Bay Knoll church, New tion Bible School. Nineteen convention in the Far Eastern California Conference Minis- York. baptisms have been reported Division was conducted re- terial secretary, presented cently in the Philippines on • Somerset, Bermuda, as a result of this evangelism. church members broke ground messages on church growth to board the M. V. Manila City. Strong winds, unofficially on July 6 for a new church on the Colorado Conference • With 399 attending, the con- reported to be of hurricane Beacon Hill Road, behind the ministers at a workers' meet- vention included workshops, strength, uprooted hundreds Somerset police station. Car- ing at Glacier View Ranch re- plus social and religious ac- of trees at Camp Au Sable, lyle Simmons, pastor, hopes cently. Later the messages tivities, in addition to two Michigan's youth camp, on the church will be completed were presented to the doctors three-union summer courses Sunday afternoon, September in two and a half years, mostly of the conference at their re- offered by Philippine Union 4. There were 160 people at by volunteer labor. This treat. College. the camp for the weekend, but church, which will have a • Enterprise Academy in the no one was injured. The camp • A Protestant church in seating capacity of 300, will Kansas Conference began the facilities are still usable. Maasin, Philippines, closed be the sixth Seventh-day Ad- new school year with four after two thirds of its mem- ventist church to be built in new staff members: Martha • Cleveland McAdams, 92, bers accepted the Seventh- Bermuda. Chaney, girls' dean; Ernie of Vincennes, Indiana, has REVIEW, OCTOBER 20, 1977 (1115) 27 News Notes Continued

completed his forty-eighth evangelistic series conducted presentations of doctrinal signments are as follows: Paul season of Ingathering. By by Bill and Cora Waters, subjects were Neila Martinez, Proctor, pastor of the Shat- June, Mr. McAdams had al- evangelists, and Marvin Low- Barbara Stiller, and Konimi tuck district, in addition to ready passed the $1,000 mark man, pastor. Pimentel. being conference health di- rector; Beaman Senecal, pas- for this year's campaign. • Irene Johnson, Ethel tor of the Norman church, in • The Cicero, Indiana, Grabtree, and Helen Dystra, Southern Union addition to his duties as edu- church's Vacation Bible of the Oskaloosa, Iowa, cation director; and Neville School conducted classes for church, began their Ingather- • Enrollment at Southern Harcombe, communication adults as well as children this ing this fall while the weather Missionary College stands at director, in addition to being year. Eighteen to twenty-five was still warm. The church's 1,906, the highest in the school's history. Departments Ministerial secretary and Sab- adults participated in such goal is $400, but in just one bath school director. classes as plant care, family- day these three women col- with the largest number of health care, comparative buy- lected more than $473. majors are: nursing, 528; reli- • The Southwest Region gion, 215; education, 147; and Conference office in Dallas, ing, and installment loans. • In Marshalltown, Iowa, a biology, 127. Texas, has been completely group of Seventh-day Ad- renovated inside, and a ventists raised money for • Southern Union literature North Pacific Union wrought-iron sign has been their worthy student fund by sales have increased by 13 added outside. • Building projects under taking the quarterly inventory percent over comparative way or being planned in the in the men's-wear department 1976 figures. The Carolina North Pacific Union Confer- of one of the local clothing Conference is first, with Andrews University $365,523 worth of deliveries ence number 75. Among them stores. They have been doing • The annual Food Service are a 73-bed addition and a this each quarter for the past through August. Unionwide Workshop, conducted July 10 Walla Walla College School of year and a half and have been sales in August were 22 per- to 28 by Andrews' Home Nursing building at the Port- invited to do it again. Since cent ahead of the same month Economics Department, was last year. In addition to sales, land Adventist Medical Cen- the work must be done on a attended by 42 persons from ter complex in Oregon; an Sunday morning, they receive 119,233 pieces of free litera- 18 States, Canada, Puerto addition to the auditorium at overtime pay. ture have been distributed, Rico, the West Indies, and 24,187 Bible course enroll- Gem State Academy, Cald- Mexico. well, Idaho; the health-sci- ments received, and 4,883 ences complex and industrial Pacific Union Bible studies reported. Bap- • Approximately 500 Sev- technology center at Walla tisms to date as a result of enth-day Adventists of Yugo- Walla College; and the indus- • After erecting a tent early literature ministry total 281. slavian descent met at An- trial-arts center at Mount Ellis in the summer in Riverside, drews University September 2 California, Pastor-evangelist • Twelve literature evangel- to 4 for their annual Bible re- Academy, Bozeman, Mon- ists held a group canvass the tana. Tom McNealy to date has treat. Persons attended from baptized more than 100 per- last week in July in Valdese, all over North America, with North Carolina. Valdese was • A late October seminar en- sons. Although the city fa- the largest groups from Chi- founded by Waldensians who titled "Christian Ethics and thers questioned the advis- cago, Toronto, New York, emigrated from Switzerland the Adventist Businessman" ability of using a tent, the and Cleveland. Serbo-Croa- has been organized by Ray meeting place was so taste- to America in 1893. The liter- tian was the language spoken Damazo, a member of the fully arranged and the group ature evangelists placed more at most of the meetings. The Green Lake church, Seattle, did so much inner-city work than $3,000 worth of books in session was led by R. A. Wil- area homes, especially em- Washington, to be held at a that city support was gained. cox of the General Confer- resort. Purpose of the seminar After the third week of the phasizing The Great Contro- ence and Ned P. Maletin of is to awaken a sensitivity to six-week campaign, church versy. Livingston, New York. the subject of ethics for services were moved from the • Several Florida laymen Christians who want to wit- • Nigel R. Agonia, director Kansas Avenue sanctuary to made significant contributions of the Office of Minerals and ness more effectively through the tent, attracting 700 to to the annual These Times their businesses. Energy in Papua New Guinea, Sabbath services. campaign. Thyrra Reins, of visited Andrews University • Beverly Ann and Carolyn Jacksonville Beach, has August 26 to 28. Mr. Agonia, Northern Union June Wesner, of Rescue, Cal- turned in 4,600 subscriptions who is a Seventh-day Ad- ifornia, are the first sisters to thus far. Her latest list in- ventist, was in the United • Fifteen people were re- receive educational awards cluded 1,270 clergymen in her States to observe and consult cently baptized in the Detroit from the Rotary Club, schol- area. Don Rima, of St. Pe- with American experts on Lakes, Minnesota, district as arships totaling more than tersburg, donated a car that mining; oil company opera- a result of the evangelistic $16,000. Beverly, who com- was sold for $4,000, the pro- tions; hydroelectric, solar, ceeds being used to sponsor crusades of W. G. Zima. pleted her sophomore year, is and geothermal power devel- A third person is • On Sabbath, September 10, now in Belgium, where she These Times. opment; irrigation; and rural sponsoring 1,000 subscrip- Seventh-day Adventist will study harp and piano. electrification. tions to the magazine. church services were held for Carolyn, a home-economics • Merlene A. Ogden has the first time in Mandan, graduate, will pursue a Mas- assumed responsibilities as North Dakota. Approximately ter's degree in England. Southwestern Union assistant dean of the College 45 people will form the nu- Three Adventist women of Arts and Sciences. A native • • The September 25 "Free- cleus of this new church, sup- from Maui, Hawaii, presided Nebraskan, Dr. Ogden has dom Day" offering for the re- ported by the Bismarck at the County Jaycee Fair in a been on the Andrews faculty tirement of Texico Confer- church. booth provided free by a local since 1955. She holds the rank ence debts netted $140,000. • Twenty new members re- car dealer. Exhibiting vege- of professor of English and cently joined the Ames, Iowa, tarian foods, denominational • Recent Oklahoma Confer- most recently has directed the church as the result of an publications, and audio-visual ence staff changes and reas- university honors program. 28 (1116) REVIEW, OCTOBER 20, 1977 Just what your preschooler needs While children are still young and impressionable, parents have the opportunity to lead them in developing Christian characters. The Ladder of Life booklets are a help. Each principle listed in Peter's ladder is featured in a separate booklet. Stories emphasize faith, virtue, knowledge, temperance, patience, godliness, brotherly kindness, and love. All eight booklets are illustrated with "color me" drawings reflecting no ethnic slant. A parents' guide of page-by-page suggestions, projects, visual aids, and songs comes with the set. Amy enjoys the Ladder of Life set and understands it easily. 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and E Street church, Stockton, formerly administrator, Tilla- Health Personnel California, formerly an associate mook County General Hospital, Needs editor, The Message Magazine. Tillamook, Oregon. Review Earl Kirchberg, to Andrews "mkt University, formerly mathematics FROM HOME BASE Nos NORTH AMERICA TO FRONT LINE Bus. mgr. Nurse, teacher, Pioneer Valley Acad- Uri Chef—vegetar. med.-surg. emy, New Braintree, Massachu- Homer La Verne Bissell (AU Advent Review & Sabbath Herald cook. Nurse setts. '77), returning to serve as direc- 127th Year of Continuous Publication Housekprs. Nurse (night) Vicki Miller, science teacher, In-serv. dir. Nurse, staff tor, department of education, EDITOR Pioneer Valley Academy, New Kenneth H. Wood Lab. tech. Nurses, CCU Southeast Asia Union Mission, Maint., gen. Nurses, LCU Braintree, Massachusetts, a grad- ASSOCIATE EDITORS Singapore, and Juanita M. (Crox- J. J. Blanco, Don F. Neufeld Med. technol. Painter uate of Walla Walla College. ton) Bissell (AU '77) left Seattle, Nurse, emer. PBX opers. ASSISTANT TO THE EDITOR administra- room Phys. ther. Winslow G. Parker, Washington, August 15, 1977. Eugene F. Durand tor, Paradise Valley Manor, San ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY Nurse, head Radiol. technol. James H. Brewer (USC '72), to Corinne Russ Nurse, LPN Speech ther. Diego, California, formerly from serve as head, mathematics de- EDITORIAL ASSOCIATES Greater New York Conference. partment, West Indies Colllege, Aileen Andres, Jocelyn Fay Write or call Health Personnel Robert Peeke, to Collegedale Mandeville, Jamaica, West In- EDITORIAL SECRETARIES Placement Service, General Confer- Pat Alden, Annette Bradley ence of Seventh-day Adventists, 6840 Academy, Collegedale, Tennes- dies, left Miami, Florida, August ART Eastern Ave. NW., Washington, D.C. see, formerly pastor, Pioneer 14, 1977. Director, Byron Steele 20012. Telephone: (202) 723-0800, Ext. Valley Academy, New Braintree, Gordon C. Day (CUC '76), to Designer. G. W. Busch 349. Massachusetts. serve as science and mathematics CONSULTING EDITORS Because of immigration requirements, this Dale Rhodes, band director and Robert H. Pierson. W Duncan Eva, notice applies only to permanent residents of teacher, Guam Mission Academy, W. J. Hackett. Richard Hammill, C. D. the United States and Canada. Bible teacher, Pioneer Valley Henri, Alf Lohne, M. S. Nigri, G. Agana, Guam, and Linda M. Ralph Thompson. Francis W. Wernick, Academy, New Braintree, Mas- (Spangler) Day (CUC '74), of Neal C. Wilson sachusetts, formerly from Gem Lodi, California, left San Fran- SPECIAL CONTRIBUTORS State Academy, Caldwell, Idaho. cisco, California, August 21, C. 0. Franz. K. H. Emmerson, R R To New Posts Figuhr. B. I. Archbold, W. T. Clark. Gladys Robison, music teacher, 1977. K. S. Parmenter, R. S. Lowry. Pioneer Valley Academy, New of Wash. Edwin Ludescher. I,. Mills, Enoch [Worker transfers within union conferences John D. Dorland (U. Oliveira, W. R. L. Scragg, C D. are not listed here. Such transfers, when Braintree, Massachusetts, for- '74), to serve as education, youth, Watson brought to our attention, may be found in merly Columbia Adventist Acad- and temperance department di- EDITORS, NORTH AMERICAN News Notes.] emy, Battle Ground, Washington. UNION EDITIONS rector, West African Union Mis- Columbia. Franklin W. Hudgins Dale Beaulieu, treasurer, Donald J. Russell, treasurer, sion, Accra, Ghana, Petra (Par- Southwestern, W. R May Southeastern California Confer- Columbia Union Conference, sons) Dorland, and three children, EDITORS, SPANISH EDITIONS formerly treasurer and associate Inter-America, North America, Wanda ence, Riverside, California, for- of Auburn, Washington, left Bos- Sample, Raul Villanueva merly same position, Columbia treasurer, Southern New England ton, Massachusetts, August 15, Gaston Clouzet South America, Union Conference. Conference. 1977. CORRESPONDENTS, WORLD DIVISIONS Bernell Clark, pastor, Oregon Ronald L. Sackett, administra- James R. Drake (U. of Calif. Afro-Mideast. Jack Mahon: Conference, formerly pastor, tor, Porter Memorial Hospital, '76), to serve as geography Australasian, Robert H. Parr. M. G Townend: Euro-Africa. E. E. White: Kansas Conference. Denver, Colorado, formerly ad- teacher, Solusi College, Bu- Far Eastern. H. K. West, Jane Allen. ministrator, Walla Walla General lawayo, Rhodesia, and Joyce A. Inter-American. Tulio R. Haylock. Jim Cobb, publishing depart- Northern Europe-West Africa. Paul ment director, Potomac Confer- Hospital, Walla Walla, Washing- (Johnson) Drake (LLU '73), of Sundquist; South American. Arthur S. ton. Othello, Washington, left New Valle; Southern Asia. A. IA Peterson; ence, formerly served in the Ar- Trans-Africa. Perry A. Parks kansas-Louisiana Conference. Oscar Santa Cruz, manager, York City, August 7, 1977. CORRESPONDENTS. John E. Collins, associated with Adventist Book Centers, South- Hedrick J. Edwards (AUC '76), NORTH AMERICA ern California, formerly in to serve as department head, UNIONS: Atlanti,, Geraldine I Grout. Clinton Shankel in the direction Canadian. A. N. How; Central, Clara of lay activities, Pacific Union Greater New York Conference. school of health, Philippine Union Anderson: Columbia. Franklin W. James Segar, assistant profes- College, Manila, Philippines, E. Hudgins: Lake. Jere Wallack: North Conference, formerly from the Pacific, Cecil Coffey: Northern, Halle Allegheny East Conference. sor of business, Atlantic Union Lenoa (Parilla) Edwards (AU '71), Crowson: Pacific. Shirley Burton: and one child, of Loma Linda, Southern, Oscar L. Heinrich: Harvey Cunningham, to An- College, formerly assistant pro- Southwestern. W. R. May. drews University, formerly direc- fessor of business administration, California, left Los Angeles, UNIVERSITIES: Andrews. Ray Columbia Union College. California, August 8, 1977. Minner, Loma Linda. Richard tor, motor pool and grounds, Pio- Weismeyer neer Valley Academy, New Rayburn Smith, associate pub- Theodore S. Flaiz (U. of Oreg. CIRCULATION Braintree, Massachusetts. lishing director and leader of the '44), returning to serve as dentist, Manager, Edmund M. Peterson Charles Drechsel, mathematics student program, Potomac Con- Arusha Dental Clinic, Arusha SUBSCRIPTIONS US$15.95. Single copy, 45 cents. teacher, Pioneer Valley Acad- ference, formerly from Ar- Adventist Seminary, Arusha, Address all correspondence concerning emy, New Braintree, Massachu- kansas-Louisiana Conference. Tanzania, and Phyllis E. (Cox) subscriptions to the Manager. Periodical Department. Review and setts, formerly from Sunnydale Wes Stout, to direct motor pool Flaiz left Portland, Oregon, Au- Herald Publishing Association, 6856 Academy, Centralia, Missouri. and grounds, Pioneer Valley gust 10, 1977. Eastern Avenue NW., Washington. D.C.. 20012, U.S.A. Tom Fogg, dean of men, Pio- Academy, New Braintree, Mas- Richard D. Gibbon (LLU-LSC '62), returning to serve as science Monthly editions in English and neer Valley Academy, New sachusetts, formerly from Thun- Spanish and a quarterly edition in Braintree, Massachusetts, for- derbird Adventist Academy, teacher, Konola Academy, Braille are available. merly student, Southern Mission- Scottsdale, Arizona. Monrovia, Liberia, Carol Elaine TO CONTRIBUTORS Send news stories and pictures, ary College, Collegedale, Tennes- David L. Taylor, associate (Nelson) Gibbon, and three chil- articles, and letters to the editor see. youth director, Northern Califor- dren left New York City, August Unsolicited manuscripts are welcome. but notification as to acceptance or Douglas Hayes, industrial arts nia Conference, formerly from 7, 1977. rejection may be expected only if teacher, Pioneer Valley Acad- Oakwood College, Huntsville, Dennis S. Gibbs (PUC '68), re- accompanied by a stamped. self-addressed envelope. emy, New Braintree, Massachu- Alabama. turning to serve as elementary An index is published in the last setts, formerly Forest Lake Thomas L. Werner, administra- teacher, Far Eastern Academy, Review of June and December. Academy, Maitland, Florida. tor, Walla Walla General Hospi- Singapore, Linda L. (Smith) Ted T. Jones II, pastor, Market tal, Walla Walla, Washington, Gibbs, and two children left San

30 (1118) REVIEW, OCTOBER 20, 1977 Francisco, California, August 18, left San Francisco, California, Loma Linda, California, left San 1977. August 14, 1977. Francisco, California, July 22, Deaths E. Charles Hackett (LLU '66), Larry A. Siemens (PUC '71), 1977. returning to serve as physician, returning to serve as biology in- Sylvia Melva Robinson (PUC SAGE, Mary E.—h. June 5. 1905. Valley of the Angels Hospital, structor, Middle East College, '69) (SOS), to serve as church Fruitland, Wash.: d. July 15, 1977. Placerville, Calif. She served the de- Francisco Morazan, Honduras, Beirut, Lebanon, and Virginia A. school teacher, Phuket Mission nomination as a church school teacher. Janice A. (King) Hackett (LLU (Strube) Siemens left New York Hospital, Phuket, South Thai- Survivors include three sons, Aruel '66), and three children left Wes- City, August 14, 1977. land, of San Francisco, Califor- A., Laural and Veldon K.: one laco, Texas, August 8, 1977. Carol Jean Wickham, returning nia, left San Francisco, July 31, daughter, Shari; eight grandchildren: and one sister, Jessie M. Hensley. Elsworth A. Hetke (AU '60), to serve as office secretary, Afro- 1977. returning to serve as assistant Mideast Division, Beirut, Leba- Kenneth B. Woods (CUC '74) SMITH, Gertrude Savage—b. Oct. 10, 1885, Sittingbourne, Kent, Eng- secretary, Southern Asia Divi- non, left New York City, August (SS), to do elective service, Val- land; d. June IS, 1977, Lincoln, Ne- sion, Poona, India, Eleanor J. 15, 1977. ley of the Angels Hospital, Fran- braska. She served in the Sabbath (Brady) Hetke (WWC '59), and cisco Morazan, Honduras, left school department of the Wyoming two children left Washington, NATIONALS RETURNING Los Angeles, California, July 3, Conference. Survivors include one daughter, Floda Victoria Smith. D.C., August 21, 1977. Joshua Adewole Adeogun (AU 1977. A. Verne Hyland (AU '63), re- '77), to serve as teacher/agricul- SPAULDING, Fannie Adelia STUDENT MISSIONARIES Adams Taylor—b. Jan. 26, 1887, Half turning to serve as lay activities, tural worker, Adventist Seminary Rock, Mo.; d. May 15, 1977, Decatur, Sabbath school and publishing di- of West Africa, Ikeja, Lagos Cairn Loretta Beck (AU), of Ill. She served as a colporteur, riding rector, Sri Lanka Union, Co- State, Nigeria, left Chicago, Illi- Palisade, Minnesota, to serve as horseback in the Nebraska prairies. lombo, Sri Lanka, Patsy L. (Bee) She also worked for the Christian nois, July 12, 1977. nurse, Songa Hospital, Kamina, Record Braille Foundation, and was a Hyland, and two children left San Rafael Garcia, Jr. (LLU '76), to Zaire, left Montreal, Quebec, pioneer in business Ingathering in Los Francisco, California, August 10, serve as director, health and tem- Canada, July 26, 1977. Angeles, California, and Lincoln, Ne- 1977. braska. Survivors include one son, perance departments, East Puerto Dennis Lee Dean Bolin (AU), of Eugene Taylor; two grandsons; and James 0. Manley (PUC '64), to Rico Conference, Rio Piedras, Downers Grove, Illinois, to serve one brother, Alva Adams. serve as business manager, Ka- Puerto Rico, left Philadelphia, as bookkeeper and accountant, magambo Secondary School, YAKUSH. Andrew—h. July 14, Pennsylvania, July 13, 1977. Lulengele Mission, Kananga, 1887, Kalnice, Czechoslovakia; d. July Kisii, Kenya, Louise Elaine (Bul- Carlos R. Molina (AU '77), to Zaire, left Montreal, Quebec, 21, 1977, Simi Valley, Calif. For more lock) Manley (PUC '65), and two serve as teacher, Metropolitan Canada, July 26, 1977. than 40 years he served Slovakian children, of Angwin, California, churches in Connecticut, New Jersey, Adventist Academy, Rio Piedras, Tonia Elaine Christian (OC), of Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York. left New York City, August 9, Puerto Rico, Rosa A, Molina, and Estacada, Oregon, to serve as Survivors include his wife, Anna: 1977. three children left Miami, Florida, teacher, Seventh-day Adventist three sons. Rudolph, Samuel A., and Charles B. McDermott (Ohio St. August 12, 1977. Language School, Higaski-ku, Donald M.: two daughters, Mrs. Mar- U. '77), to serve as dentist, garet McKay and Mrs. Wesley Plinke; Frieder Schmid (AU '73), to Osaka, Japan, left San Francisco, and nine grandchildren. Hongkong Adventist Hospital, serve as pastor, South German California, June 21, 1977. Hong Kong, of Cleveland, Ohio, Union Conference, Ostfildern, Toyia Eliene Christian (OC), of left Los Angeles, California, Au- West Germany, Ingrid F. (Heb- Estacada, Oregon, to serve as gust 21, 1977. becker) Schmid, and one child teacher, Seventh-day Adventist Notice Darlene Meyer (AU '77), to left New York City, August 18, Language School, Higaski-ku, serve as dean of girls and as 1977. Osaka, Japan, left San Francisco, Correction physical education teacher, Far Clinton A. Valley (AU '77), to California, June 21, 1977. Eastern Academy, Singapore, of In the October 6, 1977, issue of the serve as a ministerial intern, David Hill (AUC), of Canaan, REVIEW the word associate was inad- Westminster, Maryland, left South Caribbean Conference, New Hampshire, to serve as vertently omitted from the notice Portland, Oregon, August 12, Trinidad, West Indies, left New English teacher, Bella Vista Hos- about Warren Zork's new post. Elder 1977. York City, August 18, 1977. Zork has joined the Sligo church pas- pital, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, left toral staff as one of the associate pas- Ruth L. Rowe (WWC), to serve New York City, July 31, 1977. tors. The pastor is James Londis. as nurse, Mwami Hospital, Chi- ADVENTIST VOLUNTEER SERVICE CORPS, Arthur Neal King (WWC), of pata, Zambia, of Kelowna, Brit- Bozeman, Montana, to serve as ish Columbia, Canada, left Mon- SUSTENTATION OVERSEAS SERVICE, SPECIAL SERVICE English teacher, Antillian Col- treal, Quebec, August 2, 1977. lege, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, left Coming Roger E. Rudd (LLU '76), to Frances A. (Krupka) Etchell, of Chicago, Illinois, July 25, 1977. serve as dentist, Adventist Medi- Healdsburg, California, left San William R. Mack (LLU), of October 22 Temperance Offering cal Center, Naha, Okinawa, and Francisco, California, July 27, Colton, California, to serve as 29 to Karen Nina P. (Berthelsen) Rudd, 1977, to join her husband, Robert accountant, Rusangu Secondary Nov. 5 Week of Prayer of Loma Linda, California, left E. Etchell (SS), who is serving as School, Monze, Zambia, left November 5 Annual Week of Sacrifice Offering Los Angeles, California, August builder, Palau Mission Academy, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, July 12 to 6, 1977. Palau, Western Caroline Islands. 26, 1977. Jan. 7 Ingathering crusade William M. Schomburg (Catho- Tatsuo Kimura (LLU '61) (SS), Susan Rebecca Nachtsheim December 3 Ingathering emphasis lic U. '72), to serve as librarian, to serve as physician, Tokyo (PUC), of Silver Spring, Mary- 3 Church Lay Activities Offering Newbold College, Bracknell, Sanitarium and Hospital, Tokyo, land, to serve as teacher, Sev- 10 Stewardship Day 24 Thirteenth Sabbath Offering Berkshire, England, and Juanita Japan, and Mary U. (Nozaki) Ki- enth-day Adventist English Lan- (Inter-American Division) R. (Herrell) Schomburg, of Cedar mura (LLU '53), of Ventura, Cal- guage School, Japan Union January Lake, Michigan, left Washington, ifornia, left San Francisco, Cali- Mission, Yokohama Asahi, 7 Soul Winning Commitment 7 Church Lay Activities Offering D.C., August 14, 1977. fornia, July 26, 1977. Japan, left San Francisco, Cali- 14-21 Liberty Magazine Campaign Leland Charles Shultz (LLU Peter G. Rampton (CUC '72) fornia, June 14, 1977. 21 Religious Liberty Offering Medical Missionary Day '69), returning to serve as pas- (SS), to do his public health edu- Richard Duane Smith (PUC), of 28 February tor/health educator, Scheer Me- cation requirement in the Far Santa Maria, California, to serve 4 Bible Evangelism morial Hospital, Kathmandu, Eastern Division, Mahakham as teacher, Solusi College, Bu- 4 Church Lay Activities Offering 11 Faith for Today Offering Nepal, Elizabeth A. (Dameron) River, Kalimantan, Indonesia, lawayo, Rhodesia, left Montreal, 18 Christian Home and Family Altar Shultz (LLU '73), and one child and Vivian (Douglas) Rampton, of Quebec, Canada, July 31, 1977. 18-24 Christian Home Week REVIEW, OCTOBER 20, 1977 (1119) 31 Labor of the U.S. House of Public Affairs and Religious erty Association that cooper- ABC Open House Representatives on Septem- Liberty Department joins Mr. ated with the Seventh-day Sets Record ber 27. It is now awaiting ac- Thompson in urging that Adventist Church in sponsor- ing the First World Congress On September 11, the Ad- tion by the entire House. church members write or tele- The bill, HR 3384, was graph their representative, on Religious Liberty in Am- ventist Book Centers around sponsored by Labor-Manage- asking him/her to support the sterdam, The Netherlands, the world held a special open ment Relations Subcommittee bill. The department also en- last March. house to give Adventists and chairman Frank Thompson of courages members to ask their Central States baptisms: H. non-Adventists alike an op- New Jersey. If the bill be- neighbors and friends to do L. Thompson, Central States portunity to become better comes law it will allow em- the same, and to ask the Lord Conference evangelist, re- acquainted with the church's ployees who come under the to guide the Representatives ports that 27 persons were literature. It is expected that National Labor Relations Act in Congress as they act on this baptized as a result of a recent the reports from the various to satisfy labor union mem- important legislation. If this field school of evangelism in divisions will total around a bership requirements by pay- bill is passed there will be a Des Moines, Iowa. This half million dollars sales for ing the equivalent of dues to large reduction in the number makes a total of 217 persons that one day. The two divi- an approved charity. of people who lose their jobs baptized in the Central States sions with reports now in are: Mr. Thompson has asked because of religious convic- Conference during August as North American, $219,006; that Seventh-day Adventists tions. GORDON ENGEN a result of tent crusades held Inter-American, $185,000. by pastors and evangelists. Another worldwide open and other interested persons house is planned for Septem- across the United States con- New positions: E. L. Mar- tact their Representatives in PPPA Board Votes ley, president, Northern ber 10, 1978. the House, urging them to J. C. KINDER Union, formerly secretary- support the bill. He said HR Press and Binder treasurer, same union. ❑ Ro- 3384 may be brought out for The Pacific Press Publishing berto Gullon, assistant treas- full House action within the Association board recently urer, South American Religious Freedom next few days under special approved the purchase of a Division, formerly president, Amendment rules for noncontroversial Harris M-200 36-inch five-unit Inca Union. measures. web offset press. Costing $1.5 The Religious Freedom The Seventh-day Adventist million, the new press will re- Amendment, formerly known Church has publicly ex- place two aging Miehle four- r as the Conscience Clause, was pressed its thanks to Mr. unit presses as well as two unanimously approved by the Thompson for his action thus older two-unit presses. Cost Committee on Education and far. The General Conference control and speed of produc- tion have prompted Pacific Press and the entire printing industry to move away from The REVIEW—A World Paper sheet-fed presses toward con- tinuous roll-feeding machines Today, the REVIEW is a the Buenos Aires Publishing that print, fold, and paste in world paper more than it House publishes a Spanish one operation. ever has been in its history. edition for South America in In another board action, the Besides the weekly edition which are included several press was authorized to begin that goes to more than pages of South American moving forward immediately 100,000 homes in North news. Printing negatives are toward the establishment of America and around the sent to the Pacific Press, an Ehlermann Binding Line. world, there are monthly which publishes a Spanish The new process for binding

editions. These are pub- edition for North America paper and cloth-bound books A B tt lished in English and also in and Inter-America, in which ach will combine five separate M211 g Spanish. Then there is a l are included pages of news p

binding processes into one ab Ip el quarterly edition published from those divisions. unit, thus reducing production n h in French. The quarterly Revue Ad- SS time. Installation of the er

The monthly editions are ventiste, published in '7! e $500,000 binding line is ex- or

digests of the weekly edi- French, is a digest of the pected by April, 1978. pri

tion. They are especially monthly edition and includes JAY E. PRALL nt

practical in countries where division news. It is trans- old

the postage rates make the lated by the Inter-American add

weekly edition prohibitive Division and printed at the In Brief ress: and where members cannot Franco-Haitian Adventist afford the weekly edition or Seminary, Port-au-Prince, Liberty award: The Inter- want less material to read. Haiti. national Religious Liberty The monthly editions Thus by being published in Association has received an published in Spanish, Re- several languages the RE- award from Americans vista Adventista, are trans- VIEW today is entering more United for Separation of lated at the Buenos Aires Adventist homes than ever Church and State. The cita- Publishing House in Argen- before. Is yours one of these tion was presented recently at tina from the English Adventist homes? Subscribe the annual awards banquet in monthly edited in Washing- now during REVIEW cam- the First Baptist church, ton, D.C. After translation, paign time. P. A. Washington, D.C. It was the International Religious Lib-

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