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Be sure to read No Corners for Ed Kirksinger

by Maryan B. Wilkinson

MARCH 4, 1958

Bible Lesson for March 15

• ' WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS

Why Can't Good People Be Nice ?-2 COVER With only two colors we cannot "Talent and culture, considered in themselves, are gifts of reproduce the seven colors of the rainbow. God; but when these are made to supply the place of piety, when, But the offset reproduction of Fred J. instead of bringing the soul nearer to God, they lead away from Him, Crump's Kodachrome does convey Heav- then they become a curse and a snare. The opinion prevails with many en's symbol of blessing over the Monu- that all which appears like courtesy or refinement must, in some sense, ment Valley mission. This week concludes pertain to Christ. Never was there a greater mistake. These qualities "Mission to Navaholand," the Seventh-day should grace the character of every Christian, for they would exert a Adventist mission within the borders of powerful influence in favor of true religion; but they must be con- the United States. secrated to God, or they also are a power for evil. Many a man of cultured intellect and pleasant manners, who would not stoop to what BLUE Symbolism of another sort should is commonly regarded as an immoral act, is but a polished instrument impress readers of "The Powder-Blue in the hand of Satan. The insidious, deceptive character of his influ- Plane" by Richard H. Utt. While the pro- ence and example renders him a more dangerous enemy to the cause bation of a teen- or twenty-ager may close of Christ than are those who are ignorant and uncultured." in some mishap on land or sea or in the Many youth do not distinguish between the two kinds of culture; air, it is entirely possible that the act of some may never have realized that there are two. But just as there retiring for the night may mark the close are genuine pearls and synthetic, so culture comes in the real and of Mercy's plea to a willful sinner. It was the counterfeit. so with the unrepentant inhabitants of "A thoroughgoing Christian draws his motives of action from his Sodom, of Gomorrah, of Zoar. Yet Zoar deep heart-love for his Master. Up through the roots of his affection was not consumed for some time after- for Christ springs an unselfish interest in his brethren. Love imparts ward in response to Lot's plea. "To day if to its possessor grace, propriety, and comeliness of deportment. It ye will hear his voice, harden not your illuminates the countenance and subdues the voice; it refines and hearts, as in the provocation" (Heb. 3:15). elevates the whole being."' Counterfeit culture can be put off with the ease of removing a DINARS You will enjoy the sometimes coat. We know instances where it has happened. Genuine culture can droll, sometimes exciting account wrapped no more be put off than you could remove your heart and place it on up in Paul T. Gibbs's center spread "Two a hook when you enter your house. Dinars and a Story to Tell." This Grace In daily reflecting with increasing clarity the character of Jesus, Note, however, is intended primarily for we partake of His gentleness. Christian young men can possess that students in Adventist academies and col- regard for the purity and character and good name of young women leges who participate year by year in the that will make them the most gallant of their kind in all the world. YOUTH'S INSTRUCTOR Pen League pro- They will not be sissies. They will be men—youth whose every act is grams. Dr. Gibbs is one of an increasing evidence of God-given powers under consecrated control. number of teachers of writing who teach both in precept and in example. It you really want to learn how to see what you look at, to preserve the intimacy of your observations, to handle dialog effectively, to use just enough but not too much de- scription, we have a suggestion. Next time 1 The Great Controversy, p. 509. 2 Messages to Young People, p. 421. you see the by-line of one of your teachers in THE YOUTH'S INSTRUCTOR, file that issue for further study of his writing style and techniques. It will pay you. And if you THE YOUTH'S INSTRUCTOR is a nonfiction weekly designed to meet the spiritual, social, attend Emmanuel Missionary College, you physical, and mental interests of Christian youth in their teens and twenties. It adheres to the fundamental concepts of Sacred Scripture. These concepts it holds essential in man's true can begin with this issue! relationship to his heavenly Father, to his Saviour, Jesus Christ, and to his fellow men. Beginning with volume one, number one, in August of 1852, this paragraph appeared COMING Watch next week for the first under the name of publisher James White: "Its object is, to teach the young the command- installment of the Longacre story, "Cham- ments of God and the faith of Jesus, and thereby help them to a correct understanding of the Holy Scriptures." pion of Religious Liberty," as told to Whether 1852 or 1958, our objectives continue to be the same. Nathaniel Krum. It will open your eyes to new insights in the story of religious freedom.

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2 THE YOUTH'S INSTRUCTOR ARIA was a girl with big, hazel eyes, a perfect complex- m ion, and a tinkling laugh. She lived with foster parents in a seaport city of Latin America, where, from the time she was a youngster, she had attended Sabbath school and there learned of the claims of Jesus Christ on her life. Maria intended to yield to those RUSS HARLAN, ARTIST claims someday, and develop more than a nodding acquaintance with her Maker. But for the present there were other things to do and other acquaintances to make. Then Johnny Brower began paying attention to her. He was an American, a strong, dashing, adventurer who had flown a fighter plane in World War II. THE And now he owned his own powder-blue Cub plane. In 1951 they were married. Johnny earned a good income giving flying lessons, taking aerial photographs, and making charter flights. Soon Maria learned to fly too, and she would guide POWDER-BLUE the plane as Johnny took pictures. They bought a lot fronting on the beach and were planning to build their home where the soft tropical breezes blew fresh from off the breakers a few rods away. Johnny didn't object when Maria went PLANE to Sabbath school. She still intended to be a real Christian someday. One Sab- bath, after one of her infrequent visits to church, she flashed a friendly smile at the pastor. "One of these days you will If only the big plane had been ten seconds later. find me back in church bien consagradita ["really consecrated"]." If only it had been flying three inches lower. Later I sat on a mahogany bench at the airport waiting for my plane to make If only it hadn't been so foggy. its flight to the coast. The senile C-46 on which I was to fly was more than an If only Johnny had buzzed the tower. hour late already and I wondered what If only Maria had not put off . . . was the matter. At last the flight was announced over the loudspeaker, and fifteen or twenty of us passengers filed out through door No. 1 and boarded the plane. On entering the plane I saw the reason By RICHARD H. UTT for the delay: a new car was being flown down to an isolated coastal city on the regular passenger plane, and with their makeshift equipment the stevedores had MARCH 4, 1958 3 had a hard time loading the car into the plane. We fastened our seatbelts as the plane taxied down the runway, and soon we were airborne as the old winged bus roared into the sky. An hour and a half laCa liftelket later we touched down at our destina- tion, and thankful for a safe trip, aban- doned the plane. Here the return flight was delayed still more as the car was By DELMER W. HOLBROOK unloaded. When at last the plane was ready to fly back to the capital, it was nearly three hours behind schedule, and most of the area was under clouds and rain squalls. At three-forty that afternoon it radioed the control tower at the capital airport that it was coming in and got permission to land. Soon it was about one-quarter mile from the airport flying through gray mist at 125 miles an hour, 300 feet from the ground, its wheels down ready to land. Precisely at this same instant Johnny and Maria, in their powder-blue Cub, were nearing the same airport from the same direction. Having no radio, they were supposed to circle the control tower once to get clearance to land. But this time Johnny thought it would not matter. The commercial flights for the day were always over before this, and what other plane would be up in this fog? The pilot of the C-46 prepared to land. Suddenly a small blue plane materi- alized out of the fog just above and a little ahead. The startled pilot saw it momentarily, then felt a slight bump. He landed safely on the runway a few seconds later. Not till he climbed out and looked did he realize that the top three inches of his rudder had been shorn off by the smaller craft, leaving jagged cuts in the thin metal. The twenty-six passengers and two crew mem- bers had missed by a whisker a date with destiny. But tragedy rode with Johnny and Maria that foggy afternoon. They nose- dived into a coffee plantation and per- ished among the flaming wreckage of their powder-blue Cub. "Impossible!" I said to myself when I heard the awful news. "Why, I was just chatting with Johnny and Maria the other day on the front porch of their home." But it was possible, and it did happen. If only the loading of the car had not delayed the flight that day. If only the big plane could have been a minute, or perhaps ten seconds, later. If only it had been flying three inches lower. If only it hadn't been so foggy that afternoon. If only Johnny had buzzed the tower PHOTOS, COURTESY OP THE AUTHOR before landing. Above: IGY project engineers George Mace of California (standing) and Paul Leddig If only Maria had not put off the day of Peru installed the supersensitive equipment in the tunnel behind Inca Union Collge. when she intended to come to Jesus, and Right: The dedication ceremonies November 25 included audience singing of the Peruvian be "really consecrated." national anthem (top) and an address by the U.S. ambassador to Peru, Theodore Achilles. 4 THE YOUTH'S INSTRUCTOR approaching the breaking point. The time may well come when radios will be blaring announcements of approaching Earthquake Anny, Betty, or Clementine much as they do with today's hurricane PaltecOared ea In warnings. The lineal strain meter, invented by Dr. Hugo Benioff of California Institute of Technology, is astoundingly sensitive to the pressures that build up in the crust WO innocuous tubes of quartz tucked as the best site to install extremely ac- of the earth. If the Atlantic Ocean were I away in a tunnel in the back yard of curate instruments that measure the stress squeezed toward the Pacific just two Inca Union College are giving Adventist and strain in the earth's shell. A new sci- tenths of an inch the resulting pressures students and teachers the unparalleled op- ence is developing as a result of the in- transmitted across the South American portunity of scientifically measuring one formation fed out by these machines, a Continent would be registered. Included of the signs of Christ's soon coming. The science that hopes to be able someday to in the equipment is a tidal strain meter "great earthquakes" that Luke wrote predict the time and place of earth- that measures tidal movements in the about will not only be measured but pre- quakes. earth which are similar to the ocean tides dicted by those long, white tubes. Earthquakes are simply shivering, shak- and evidently caused by the same lunar The International Geophysical Year, ing adjustments in the crust of the earth. force. one of the most complete scientific efforts Tensions build up to a point where some- The tunnel that houses the scientific of man, has included Inca Union College thing has to give. The result is either a equipment is a carefully planned "Y" go- in its globe-encompassing program. mild release from tension—a tremor—or ing back into the mountain a total of The college, known here as Colegio a full-blown, blasting shudder—an earth- 370 feet. Although seismographs will Union, is comfortably terraced into the quake. This new science plans to measure probably be included, the prime purpose sides of towering foothills of the Andes, these tensions over a long enough period is not to measure shakes but anticipate and because of its location was chosen of time to predict when the tension is them. Beginning at the fork of the "Y" two seventy-five-foot fused quartz tubes extend back into the arms of the tunnel. Earth pressures are measured by the movement of these two long arms and read on graphs through microscopes at the fork of the "Y" where the two arms come together. Although the entrance to the tunnel is inconspicuous, "the thing" has become a very definite part of campus life this year. Construction crews worked around the clock during a good share of the school year and rumbling, rolling blasts inter- rupted classes and meals and vigorously rocked our beds at any hour of the night. We learned to live with it. We could say that IUC is the IGY with a bang. As soon as all of the different kinds of equipment —strain meters, seismographs, radios, clocks, photographic equipment, and mi- croscopes—are in place and tested, the science department of Colegio Union, teachers and students, will take over the weekly readings and transmitting data. On November 25, Colegio Union was host to a large gathering of government and U.S. Embassy officials for a prelim- inary inauguration. The resulting public- ity has put the college in the news. The other day I innocently asked one of the IGY engineers how long Colegio Union would be taking the readings to help predict earthquakes. He immediately replied, "About two hundred years." I stared, chuckled, and pledged him our one hundred per cent cooperation un- til the end of time, but assured him that Seventh-day Adventists do not expect to be reading earthquake meters two hun- dred years from now. He looked at me seriously. "Yes, I think you people are right. But until that time let's find out all we can about this old earth."

MARCH 4, 1958 5 Now they were at the station all ready to leave for the strange school. Esther and Sarah could hardly keep still. For Winnifred, however, it was the most miserable time of her life. Harassed with thoughts of speculation and suspicion, "But Please she felt almost as if life wasn't the same any more. Over and over in her be- clouded mind ran tormenting questions. "I wonder if we should be going to this place. Maybe we'd be safer if we didn't go. Should I tell them we'd better stay Don't Call Me home? Oh, well—we'll give it a try any- way." When the girls arrived at the station at 5:30 A.M., the school van was there to meet them. All the way to the campus they kept wondering what was in store an Adventist" for them. Upon their arrival at the dor- mitory they were shown to the room that was to be their home for the coming months. Soon a gentle knock sounded on the By ELEANOR JOYCE DEER door. Wondering who could be calling on them at such an early hour, they called timidly, "Come in." It was the dean. "We would like to know if you girls care for any breakfast this morning. TRAIN rumbled noisily into and bought a ticket. On her way back, The girls are just beginning to prepare the station at Port Alberni, however, more tormenting thoughts as- it and want to know how much to make." British Columbia, at ten o'clock sailed her. "If I go home they will con- On her way back from breakfast, Win- A nifred met a girl about whom she later one fall morning in 1930. To stantly be pestering me with that foolish the three girls who were awaiting its ar- religion. No, I'd better stay here. Then exclaimed to her sisters, "I never met rival this was no usual morning. The two I won't get indoctrinated with such non- such a lovely girl before!" In her mind younger girls were bubbling with excite- sense." Slowly she retraced her steps to she wondered if maybe the Adventist ment; this was to be their first time away the station and got a refund on her people were all right after all. Anyway from home, and they had great anticipa- ticket. they were very friendly. It was also no- tions about living in a dormitory with so But after she had calmed down to the ticeable that the girls didn't use make-up. many other girls their own age. place where she could reason the matter But Winnifred, their sister, was wor- through, she felt impressed to go home When registration day arrived Winni- ried. She was miserable. even if her family was getting so queer. fred still hadn't decided what courses to While she had been teaching at Sault With a determined glint in her eye she take. "Oh, why did I come here anyway? Ste. Marie, Ontario, the previous school hurried back to the station again and But I did have to see for myself whether year, her family had joined the Adventist bought another ticket. "I must not turn this place was worthy of my sisters," she Church at home on Vancouver Island. back this time," she told herself firmly. said to herself. They had regularly sent her literature to So Winnie, the "little schoolma'am," As the teachers were interviewing the read, but she wasn't interested. Then as she was affectionately called, had ar- students, Winnifred's lot fell to the com- word had come that her sisters were plan- rived home after an absence of two years. mercial teacher. ning to attend a Seventh-day Adventist She was worn out from strenuous teach- "So you are another new student here. school. ing, tired from traveling, and harassed We are glad you have come to be with us "I mustn't let them go there," she had with the new burden she was carrying this year," Miss McCarty greeted her. said in a suppressed groan. "Oh, why do on her heart. "What is your name, please?" my family, my loved ones, have to be so "Mamma, don't you think a rest "Winnifred Lamming." fanatically religious?" Her aching heart would do Winnifred good? She looks so "Have you decided what course you went out to them. "Just why did they worn out," said Esther one day. "How would like to enroll in?" have to become so queer, anyway? Now about her staying home with you while "No, I just don't know what to take. my sisters plan to attend that college." Sarah and I are away at school? She could My sisters are taking academy work, but Worried and anxious, she wondered help you a lot and get some rest as well." I've already finished high school and nor- about the strange "convent" and what It was decided by the family that Win- mal school and have taught public school kind of people must go there. Maybe nifred should stop teaching and stay for five years," came the reply. In her they could never leave the school once home to help her mother. mind she thought, "If she only knew they entered. "Oh, I mustn't let them at- As the girls continued packing they why I'm here." tend! Since my vacation is just begin- often said to Winnifred, "Don't you wish "Perhaps you'd enjoy the commercial ning, I'd better go home and investigate. you were coming too?" course. I teach some of the classes. If that school doesn't prove itself to be To their surprise Winnifred hauled Would you like to give it a try?" the kind of place that Christian young out her trunk one day and began to "Maybe that's what I should take. people attend, I'm going to see that they pack. "See, I am going!" Her dark-brown Could you enroll me in the classes you go straight back home! I'll go right to eyes flashed. To herself she added, "I are teaching this year?" the school with them. If it becomes neces- must make sure that this school they are "I'll be very happy to. It will be a sary, we'll make our escape somehow." going to is a good place for them. If it pleasure to have you in my classes." Having made up her mind to go home, isn't, I'll see that they come straight back Later, alone, Winnifred wondered Winnifred hurried to the railway station home." To page 25 6 THE YOUTH'S INSTRUCTOR I.. SIANNARD Behind the Hutchins home a long, low building (left) houses 800 to 1,000 men's suits (right), besides clothing for women and children.

Clothing Store in the Woods

By BERT RHOADS

HEN I first came to know children. On a Sunday, the big sales day you come to locate your store out here Hutchins Clothiers, they were of the week, I learned that a dozen clerks away from all the other places of busi- w operating a clothing store in were busy waiting on customers. Out- ness?" the outskirts of the little col- side, in the parking lot and on the street, "This location for my home was satis- lege town of South Lancaster, there might be as many as 100 to 125 factory. By building my store in my back Massachusetts. I wondered why husband, cars, with two or three police officers yard as an addition to my house my wife, and son Donald should locate in directing the traffic. overhead expense would be much less. a place apparently so unfavorable for I wanted to know more. "How did My greater margin of profit thereby business. The people of an Adventist college town, mostly students and their parents, seldom have too much money. For more than a dozen years the Hutchins family has conducted a thriving clothing busi- And the store was out and away from ness at the outskirts of the Adventist college town of South Lancaster, Massachusetts. all the other stores. Who would come L. STANNARD out into the country to buy a suit of clothes! The store itself was behind the Hutch- ins' home on ground that could be more appropriately a garden or an alley. This more or less secluded building was low, long, and unpretentious, unique in its structure, stern in its simplicity, and a model of utility. And here was a man who expected to sell clothing from this out-in-the-woods store. He must be, to say the least, an odd genius. When I entered the store I saw from 800 to 1,000 men's suits hung compactly and orderly. Every inch of space was filled with clothing for men, women, and

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could be shared with my customers. a.••••-• a.0,16.• When pleased customers showed their neighbors the clothing they had bought and the prices they had paid, they were the best of advertisers." "Mr. Hutchins, this suit I am wearing eepuiteord cost me $50. At your store what would a comparable suit cost?" "It would cost you $29.95." Before he opened this store Hutchins 04 Ed `Keoried(.49et made over mattresses, cleaned rugs, cleaned and pressed clothing, sold furni- ture, appraised household goods and antiques. Also he sold electric sweepers, A parable by MARY AN R. WILKINSON insurance, and Fuller brushes. He was a top salesman. "How long have you been a Seventh- clay Adventist?" I asked. D KIRKSINGER called it home, the know why that wouldn't be a likely spot "Today is my birthday, and I am little white house beside the sea. He for a light. Seems like we have more fifty-three years old. It was twenty-five E would tell you any time it was a snug shipwrecks here every year." years ago that I fully and definitely cast enough house, but there was one thing Bill wondered if the lamp had run out my lot with the Adventists." about it you couldn't miss. It was round, of oil. Maybe the keeper didn't know His business has been successful while all the other houses nearby were where to get any more. enough that his tithe in one year has more or less square. No. Dad Gray happened to know that amounted to what many other faithful Life in a round house had its problems. Kirksinger had an instruction book. It tithers would pay in a lifetime. Ed had had to sell all his corner cup- told where to get oil and how, and that When he wraps up customers' parcels boards, for one thing. There weren't any was for sure, according to Dad. he puts in some Adventist literature and corners. Worse than that, the piano "Mighty strange," Bill Walters said, Bible course cards—from 300 to 500 wouldn't fit against the rounded wall. and went around the house to turn off the pieces a week. The same with the davenport. sprinkler. "Did anyone ever try to stop your sell- These minor crosses Ed Kirksinger Dad Gray put the shears away and went ing on Sundays?" vaguely felt would somehow make him in to supper. "Yes. One day a State trooper came a Better Man. At the supper table when Dad looked to make me close my store. But another "I have to look at it this way," he said out past the dark lighthouse as the sun officer was there. He stepped in and took in one of his mellow moods. "Everybody's went down, he saw a dark pile of clouds, this policeman to Clinton to show him got problems. Pete Thurber has a bad just rolling around looking for trouble. the Massachusetts law that declared that leg, Charley Bergen's got a spending wife, He stood up and walked over close to the anyone conscientiously keeping some and I've got round walls and no corners." window, squinting his eyes to sharpen the other day than Sunday for his Sabbath But there was a more disturbing side view. could not be molested for keeping his to the problem—the fact that his house "Seems to me," said old Dad Gray, business open on Sunday. After that they stood out from the other houses around "like this would be a good time for Ed let me alone." "like a bloomin' hollyhock in a pansy Kirksinger to light up. Looks like a bad "When did you start in the clothing bed." storm coming in." business in South Lancaster?" "Just makes me uneasy," he'd mutter But Ed Kirksinger sat in his round "It was twelve years ago." sometimes, "seeing folks looking out win- house by the sea and looked almost fondly "When you were building your store dows of square houses. Seeing them look at the round walls that surely were going did anyone tell you you were building over here at my round house like What's to make him a Better Man. And when unwisely?" the idea anyhow, am I too good for a the storm swept in, the neighbors looked "My carpenter told me I was a fool." regular house? Makes me uneasy, being out toward the man who had a light but Hutchins started in the business with a different." didn't let it shine. $200 stock of clothing. Since then the The place stood out all right. It was And they wondered why. stock has grown to about $50,000 worth. tall as three houses and the top was small In one recent year he sold nearly a third and "all glassed in most peculiar," as of a million dollars' worth of clothing. Ed put it. Although some of the clothing is bought So Ed Kirksinger was forever looking through the regular wholesale houses, out his windows at the squat little square most of his stock is from manufacturers' houses around and wondering what their closeouts or from bankruptcy sales. owners thought of him and his tall, round He gives employment or other assist- house. ance to about twenty students a year. For a fact, it had caused some com- Often he assists students with a supply ment. of much-needed clothing. In his tithes When Bill Walters returned the hedge and offerings, in his help in the employ- shears across the fence to old Dad Gray ment of students, in his savings in their one evening, he jerked his head in the clothing needs, in the service he ren- direction of the round house by the sea. ders—he makes South Lancaster a better "Funny thing," he said, "about that place in which to live. lighthouse out there. I've never yet seen I had heard that Hutchins' son was a glimmer of light in it." manager of the store, thus giving the "That's so," said old Dad, "and I don't father more time to show to high schools, churches, and other societies the tern-

To page 23 .11.11.11,11•40,11.411•••...., ••• 8 THE YOUTH'S INSTRUCTOR O YOU want to be a leader in denominational work." Mr. Martin S was looking into the fireplace with a faraway stare. "Yes, Dad. I believe I have some qualities of leadership and I'd like to devote them to the Lord's work," Bill's Conversation voice was sincere, and he did show re- markable talents as a leader at college. Mr. Martin was a man of vast ex- perience and had been successful as an executive and as a leader of men. In the on early years of his life he had not been a member of the Adventist Church. He had first heard of such a church when, as an Army officer during the first world war, one of his men asked to be released Leadership from Sabbath duty. When the Biblical doctrine of the Sabbath had come to Mr. Martin's attention, the man bravely took his stand to obey, even though it meant giving up a promising job with good pay. By WINIFRED DITTO GERLING The work he had been able to find, with Sabbath free, was in a small capac- ity and he seemed to be unappreciated. Time, however, proved him to be a man of ability. As a result he had found a "Speaking of 'apple polishing' and in- that one a bit strong on a fellow's pride. place of important responsibility in sincerity, I have worried about that," Bill Mother and I are proud of your abili- church work, and had spent several said. "Some of the girls at college seem ties, however. When I graduated from years in mission service. He had had a to be capable of appearing something officers' training school years ago, the good opportunity to become a judge of they aren't. And some fellows are really commanding general told us if we could the qualities a leader should possess. gifted in 'pulling' things, as we say. The keep our feet on the ground and our "Well, Bill, the Bible tells us of one teachers can't always detect the true heads peeled to proper size, we'd proba- very important quality for a leader to from the false, I suppose." bly make good officers. have," he began. "Solomon said, 'He "Some people feel the way to get along "Speaking of Army life reminds me of that is slow to anger is better than the in life is to get in with the right peo- something else. Unselfishness. There is a mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than ple. You hear a lot about adjustment to tradition in the Army that an officer should he that taketh a city.' I'd say that self- life and getting along with people. I'm always look after the needs of his men control is a primary rule for a leader to afraid there are those who in their zeal first before his own are satisfied. The men follow." to get ahead in life fail to distinguish are to be fed first, and their housing is Bill was thinking. "That reminds me between a well-adjusted personality and to be arranged first. Really, if this prin- of what Prof. Nelson said in class. 'Men a personality that has as its basis self- ciple were practiced among leaders, there often make up in wrath what they want aggrandizement. Insincerity is often used would be a lot more cooperation. You re- in reason.' He said lack of self-control as a mask to cover selfish desires. A leader member that Jesus said that those who only defeats and frustrates a person. I of this kind thinks little of the welfare of want to lead must be servants to all. guess it takes a lot of dependence upon those he leads." "Once on the front lines I heard a God to overcome impatience with cir- Mr. Martin was thinking of some of group of soldiers discussing a certain cumstances beyond our control. And to his own experiences. He paused a few officer. They said they would go any overcome the habit of blaming someone minutes before going on. place and do anything he asked them to else for the irritations of life," he said. "Another thing to remember is humil- do. Then another officer's name came "You're right, son. An old saying goes ity. That doesn't mean an inferior feel- into the conversation, and the men be- like this: 'Treat everybody with polite- ing, or a lack of self-confidence. On the came bitter. I knew both of the men un- ness, even those who are rude to you. contrary, the really humble man who der discussion well. The biggest differ- Remember that you show courtesy to realizes his dependence on God and ence between the two was that one others not because they are gentlemen gives his life over to the control of his thought of the comforts of his men— but because you are one.' Courtesy Maker instills confidence in those he their general welfare without partiality— should be extended to your inferiors as works with. He doesn't have to resort to while the other man cared mostly for his well as to your superiors. Don't forget informing others of his importance. own advancement and own comforts. that your success as a leader depends on "A domineering or superior attitude "You know, it takes a true Christian what those under you think about you never increases the regard others have not to accept praise when it is not due as well as the impression you make on for you. Don't let your head swell over him but should be given to another. those you are responsible to." your accomplishments. Remember, the For instance, don't pretend the sugges- "Being tactful is one method of being business will go on whether you are with tion of somebody else is your own idea, courteous, wouldn't you say, Dad?" it or not. You are not indispensable. Others even though it is your place to suggest "Yes, I suppose it is. And by the way, are as ambitious as you, and have brains or present it. Many a good worker has don't 'apple polish' or play politics. that are as good or better. Remember that become discouraged because his efforts • Don't agree with things just to be pop- hard work and not cleverness is the secret have been passed off as the work of ular. Sometimes it seems that the insin- of success." another. As for your getting credit as a cere triumph and that those who use "You wouldn't leave me with one leg leader, you'd better not worry if you others as steppingstones succeed, but it of conceit, would you, Dad?" Bill aren't appreciated so long as the busi- doesn't work out that way in the long grinned at his father. ness shows progress. If you give your run." Mr. Martin chuckled. "I guess I made To page 22 MARCH 4, 1958 9 PART FIVE—CONCLUSION

REDDIE, do you want to take a jeep ride out to Kee Yazzie Cly's camp?" Pastor Marvin Walter inquired late one afternoon. "I have some food to distribute." "Sure," I replied, and soon we were bouncing along the road toward the Monuments in the distance. "How have you done it, Marvin? You've made this bleak and barren spot of wilderness into a Christian mission that ministers to thousands each year, saving lives as well. What's the secret?" "The secret, Freddie, is that we haven't done it—the Lord has! From the mo- ment I began traveling from place to place on the West Coast showing a film of the Navahos in order to raise $9,000 for a start, until the present time, we've seen the hand of Someone wiser than we are in this project. We've had to dyna- mite our way through the rock to clear land for our buildings, putting them up with whatever help was available. Many times we went ahead without knowing where the funds were coming from. But always the way has opened." "Have Seventh-day Adventists contrib- uted much toward the mission?" "Yes," he replied, "from the very first, both in finances and in personal help. Some even lived here for a time and worked. But a very large share of the finances has come from non-Advent- ist friends—tourists visiting the Valley who give toward the work year after year. We had no plans to build a school- house so soon, but friends donated money and materials, so we went ahead." "What about a church? Do you have plans for that?" I asked. "Yes, we certainly do. But first we must minister to the physical needs of these people so they will believe that we know how to minister to their spiritual needs also. It takes time—a long time— to break down the superstitious beliefs of the ages. But progress is definitely PHOTOS, COURTESY OF THE AUTHOR being made." Top: Plane at Monument Valley Mission prepares to take tuberculosis patient and prema- "Has the mission grown more than turely born baby to better medical facilities. Bottom: Jeep navigates a valley "road." you expected when you first came here?"

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10 THE YOUTH'S INSTRUCTOR "Freddie, the work here has developed ahead. Last summer Dr. Frank Lemon finish the building project is coming beyond what seemed possible. I believe from the College of Medical Evangelists from—well, we'll wait and see. The fact the Lord had this little spot in the can- guided a medical student through a sur- that, from the work in Monument Valley yon picked out for a long time, for there vey of the needs and health conditions six years ago, God has supplied our has opened up a wider ministry than we in this area. And there are real possibil- needs is evidence that He will supply the had ever dreamed of. Something about ities for on-location refresher courses, amount needed now!" the Valley captivates the interest of mission training programs, and just At the camp of Kee Yazzie Cly the people." plain medical ministry to a needy people food supplies were delivered as payment "Have you had much publicity?" —and CME is interested." for labor. With a wave we turned and "Yes—the work here has been featured "What about living quarters?" I started back. on television a number of times. Hun- grinned. "Going to put your nurses in "Any other improvements planned?" dreds of articles have appeared in hogans?" I asked Marvin. newspapers and magazines, some of them "Not quite," he replied, smiling. "Work "Yes," he said, as the jeep bounced in Look, Westways, and Arizona High- has been completed on a duplex for a over a rut. "We want to—" and he was ways during 1956. And Francis Line, the nurses' residence; the doctor's house is interrupted as a front wheel strayed off well-known lecturer, has shown his color nearly finished;, and foundations for the into the sand and had to be wrestled back motion pictures on the Valley, featuring new fifteen-bed hospital have been dug again. "We want to—" the mission, to more than half a million and construction has been started. A back wheel dropped into a hole in people. "Just where the $100,000 we need to the road. "Our guest book in the house reads almost like Who's Who, and includes the name of the governor of Utah and other officials." "Didn't the governor supply some things for the clinic?" "Yes. At least he was responsible for la Ecteiv licteatv oi a wonderful donation of equipment. When he visited, he casually mentioned that if there was anything we needed, to let him know. I took him at his word 7aitguifteed PaVet and sent him two typewritten sheets of things we wanted. Of course, we hoped he might be able to supply a few of them, at best. Imagine our surprise when By WILHELMINA NIVISON trucks began arriving with loads of X-ray equipment, blankets, machinery, and other things! He had passed our request on to a number of civic clubs and organ- UT Bill, you can't use that man in The foreman's argument prevailed. izations, and they helped out most gen- 6 your department! You know good Promotions followed in succeeding years, erously." and well he won't work on Saturday, and and never again did the question of the "Is that where the motion-picture pro- you need a man who'll work six days, Sabbath arise. jector came from that you use in the maybe even seven." For a time the "honest man" worked as waiting room of the new clinic?" "Yes, I know. I have taken all that into inspector in the blacksmith shop, where "Yes, and as the Indians wait their consideration, but I need a man in charge every wheel and axle and many other turn for medical help—or just come over of stock who is honest. Many items are parts needed in the construction of motor on Saturday night for the educational disappearing from the department, and cars had to pass through his hands—in program—they are able to see health I figure that if a man is true to his con- the very department that originally dis- pictures that teach them better methods victions to the point of being willing to charged him. of living." forfeit a day's wage, he must be an hon- Finally this Sabbathkeeper was made "That would have been impossible in est man. I believe this man is the one I maintenance head of the entire factory, the tiny, two-room clinic—the one that want. If he'll work five days a week, I which covered approximately eighty acres. served you for three years—wouldn't it?" think I can manage the extra day." " When anything went wrong anywhere in He chuckled. "Yes, that faithful little This was the conversation between the the plant—the water system, the sprinkler clinic is the storeroom now for our new foreman of the experimental department system, the heating system, or the sanitary one. When we enlarged the clinic we of a large factory in southern Michigan system—day or night, he was called to built a waiting room that would seat and the plant superintendent. A few years remedy the situation. He was also fire fifty patients, and the other morning earlier three men had been discharged inspector, ever alert for fire hazards, and when I walked in, it was full, with others from another department of the same fac- his word was regarded as law in that waiting outside. Of course, the new clinic tory when the Seventh-day Adventist respect. is also just part of the overall plan to church was organized in the town and When he resigned in 1929, the manage- "I know," I interrupted, "—plan to some opponents had vowed they would ment presented him with a remembrance bring a full-time physician to the Valley "nip it in the bud." and a letter of recommendation, with and provide a hospital for him to work During the interim one of them had regrets that he was leaving. in. No more rush trips to Tuba City!" found employment in other lines, includ- God never fails to fulfill His promises. "That's right," Marvin said, "and Dr. ing a job in the electrical department of All He requires is faithfulness. In this C. Paul Bringle is now our full-time the same factory, which was operated particular situation, prejudice was broken physician. Although he has been here under separate management. At the time down to the extent that it seemed every- only a short time, already his ministry is of this episode the electrical department body knew Adventists and recognized greatly appreciated." was to be moved to a factory site in an- them as friends. Much literature was dis- "Hasn't our medical school in California other State, and the foreman of the ex- tributed in that area, and many were won taken an interest in the mission?" perimental department spoke in advance to Christ. "It certainly has, and greater things are for the "honest man" he wanted. Faithfulness always pays. MARCH 4, 1958 11 "We want to improve our airplane—" The toolbox bounced as the front of the jeep seemed to leave the ground. "I was going to say," he laughed, "that we want to improve our airplane service, but this is a good time to mention some bulldozing leading up to the mission, to make this road more passable!" "What's this about airplanes?" "Well, as you know, airplane service is the only practical way to transfer a patient any distance in this country. There's a good landing strip just half a mile from the mission which we now use —and if we had a plane that belonged to the mission " He grew thoughtful. "My oldest boy, Danny, is a student at Thunderbird Academy near Phoenix. They've instituted a course in flight and aircraft mechanics there that has really captured Danny's interest. He was the first to solo, and now has his private flying license." "Doesn't he fly home about every va- cation period?" "Yes—and he plans to make flying for the church his career. Whether or not he'll be here in the Valley, we can't say, but Danny feels that there is a real future in flying for the Lord." "Say," I interrupted, "what a time- saver that would be in the mission fields! In some places they have to travel on foot for days—even weeks—when visit- ing an outpost. With a plane and com- petent pilot more time could be de- voted to the work instead of travel; supplies could be flown in to meet emer- gencies; lives could be saved—Danny has something!" The jeep came to a stop in its parking place near the house, and we stepped out. It had been a busy day, just like all days at the mission. Taking food over a rough road to some needy Indians is as much a part of a day as is the most exciting emergency race against death. Placing one foot on the running board of the jeep, Marvin looked out across the darkened Valley of the Monuments. "It's never so dark now as it was before Christian missions came," I remarked. "That's right," he replied. "And in a few hours the sun will be rising over the Mittens, sending its warm rays to chase away the darkness from the hogans of the people." Then he added, "The Sun of Righteousness does that too. It's a tre- mendous task, but a real privilege, to minister to 'the least of these my breth- ren.' " Having seen what God has done in this land of sun and time and sand, I agreed.

PHOTOS, COURTESY OF THE AUTHOR Top: Camera fails to pick up 800-foot drop in front of Missionary Walter as he looks over rugged scenery. Center: The famous Mittens, a mile apart, one in Arizona, one in Utah. Bottom: Mission headquarters.

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By ALMA GY LAND

HE Western Union boy was al- "Honey, I'll just have to tell you what ready pedaling away on his happened. When I got over there, Mr. T bicycle as Mary Galway with Cassel was reading out of the Bible, and trembling hands opened the I couldn't interrupt that. He was ex- envelope he had handed her. plaining to another man about what "Bill—" she had to choke back the happens to a person when he dies. It was tears. "It's about Mother. She's slipping so interesting I couldn't get away." fast. I'll have to go right away if I want "Bill," Mary interrupted, "you to see her alive." shouldn't have stayed for that. You know Her mother had been ill for some time, what happens when a person dies, and but at last Mary's fears were a reality. I think that other man must have been The trip from Raton, New Mexico, to very uneducated if he didn't know." Kansas was an immediate necessity. Mary was horrified when Bill sug- Arrangements were completed for the gested that the "dead know nothing," older children to remain so they would and she refused to discuss the subject any not miss school, but there was no one to further. care for the four-year-old twins while During the two weeks that Mary was Bill worked, so they had to go along with away, Bill attended two more Bible their mother. studies at the blacksmith's. Upon his Suitcases were packed, tickets were wife's return Bill passed on wh'at he had purchased, and nearly all was in readi- learned, but it seemed to be falling on ness when the twins brought out some deaf ears. toys to take along. Bill tried to find a small suitcase for the toys so the girls Mr. Cassel planted many seeds of could play with them on the train. truth in Bill's mind while they were "I can't find a suitcase that would be neighbors, and when Bill moved to the easy for you to handle, Mary. You can't other side of town, he continued to study, take this large one and keep up with the trying to quench the new thirst for twins!" knowledge of the Bible. He memorized "I wish I had a small one. I'll have the verses that impressed him most. my hands full with the girls. Is it too But Mary would have no part in the late to get to the store?" new doctrines that were so different. It "Yes, the stores will be closed in five was only with reluctance that she agreed minutes. But I have an idea. This after- to let the children go with their father noon I stopped in at the blacksmith shop to the strange church on Saturday. and told Mr. Cassel you might have to "There are two things wrong with that make a trip to Kansas. He said that if church, Bill. First of all, Saturday for there was anything we needed, just let Sunday. And second, that idea about the him know. I'll run over to see if he has dead." a smaller suitcase." And with that Bill "But, Mary, it's just what the Bible was gone to the neighbor's house. says. It isn't something I made up or Mary had plenty to keep her busy— Mr. Cassel invented; it's what God says. giving last-minute instructions to the I can show you in the Bible and—" older children and mending school "You've read it to me before, but you clothes. are twisting it around so it sounds like Two hours later Bill rushed into the that. You can't tell me my mother is house carrying a small suitcase. down in the old, cold ground asleep. At "What took you so long, Bill? You the funeral the preacher said she was in know the train leaves in an hour and a heaven. If you are right, why are there half and there are so many things I must so many churches that are wrong?" tell you before I go." "That's a hard question to answer. I Bill was excited about something else. To page 23

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HE fingers of my left hand were signaling my brain for atten- T tion. Some object, familiar to touch, was missing from my trouser pocket. Every man knows how lonely, how frustrated, fingers can feel in the absence of a knife, a button, or an empty cartridge long carried in a certain pocket. That was my trouble, or, more exactly, my left hand's trouble. Some- thing was gone. With a start I sensed that the missing object was my small roll of paper money. Already the afternoon •was half gone. Under a withering July sun we had driven and walked that day to many places in and around old Jerusalem—the Garden Tomb, the Wailing Wall, Geth- semane, the field of Boaz, the Oak of Mamre. Each place and object had to be photographed before we could leave it. No wonder it was, with minds thus pre- occupied, that fingers had been tardy in reporting my loss. C. C. Morris, treasurer of the Middle East Division, and Robert Darnell, presi- dent of the Jordania Mission, helped me search our YMCA room when we re- turned. No dinars were there. Nor were they in a pocket of my other suit. Nor in my luggage. Nor in a dresser drawer. It was in a mood of carrying out prescribed routine rather than with expectation that I told the desk clerk of my loss. "Yes, I know about your money," chirped the man at the desk. "But I do not have it for you," he added ruefully. "Two Arab boys were in this afternoon looking for you. They asked for three Americans, including an older man with gray hair who takes pictures and a younger man who speaks Arabic. They said you were all together at the Wailing Wall this morning. They said you lost a roll of yellow paper money with a rubber HARRY BAERG, ARTIST band around it. I tried to have the boys Toward sunset, a few blocks from our hotel, two brawny, dark-skinned Arabs, possibly leave it with me, but they wouldn't. Said twenty years of age, accosted us. "Have you lost something?" questioned the larger of they would see you this evening." the two men. He spoke in acceptable English. There was in his manner a discernible When I reported my news to my breth- effort to be reassuring. I admitted the loss of money. "We know where it is," he said. ren Morris and Darnell, we each looked

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at the other two without comment. The accuracy of the boys' description was con- ev Paul 7 964 vincing. But now that apparently they had my money (the entire roll was worth about ten dollars), why were they hunt- ing the owner? Unfortunately the world is not that honest. Had a person lost a adventure ebbing like the tide. More shadow of its massive walls, we were watch or a camera, a finder might pursue than dinars, I wanted a safe return to aware that to our left were tank traps, the owner in hope of reward. But why my homeland. Besides all that, I was, still there in anticipation of renewed would strangers track down someone like my two fellow tourists, tired to the fighting. And over the stolid old city who had lost money? I began trying to point of disintegration. The sun was set- gate through which we must pass, sat smell out a plot. Elder Morris said, "If ting over Jerusalem roof tops. And old uniformed soldiers with ready muskets. you see that money again, I shall have to Jerusalem at night in 1953 was an ill- Inside, knots of men stood talking at revise my estimate of the human race." lighted maze of murky streets, stone dimly lighted street corners. From some- Toward sunset, a few blocks from our steps, and moving people. where out of the dusk came heavy baying hotel, two brawny, dark-skinned Arabs, "Who are you?" I questioned. from a kennel of bloodhounds. possibly twenty years of age, accosted us. They said they were licensed govern- In Middle Eastern cities pedestrian "Have you lost something?" questioned ment salesmen. They made a business of traffic overflows the sidewalks and pre- the larger of the two men. He spoke in selling maps, guidebooks, and post cards empts the whole street. We too walked in acceptable English. There was in his to tourists. They pointed out that they the middle of the streets. Elder Darnell manner a discernible effort to be reas- could safely be trusted because their li- and our guides were conversing in Ar- suring. censes would certainly be revoked should abic. I followed silently. The streets were I admitted the loss of money. they become involved in any manner of narrow, closed in by stone buildings or "We know where your money is," re- misdemeanor. They produced official- stone walls on either side. There were sumed my would-be benefactor. "If you looking documents with their pictures uncounted turns to left and to right. will come with us, we believe we can get attached. But none of us could read the Ardently I hoped Elder Darnell would it for you." writing. Could they have delayed their know our way back. "Go where with you?" I countered, approach until after office hours to frus- Two blocks from the Wailing Wall conscious that my suspicion was show- trate any effort at verification? Possibly our little party halted. In one of those ing through. these men made a business of ensnaring room-sized business stalls open to the "Into the city near the Wailing Wall. tourists for profit. street in front sat several of the local You were there this morning taking pic- My sense of prudence struggled hard populace—an older man at my right, a tures. Afterward you gave money to beg- for mastery over my gullability. But just boy within arm's length at my left. Oth- gar children. That is when you lost the at the critical moment when I was about ers, farther within, seemed concealed in roll of yellow dinars with a rubber band to dismiss the whole situation and every- silence and shadows. I had the strange around it." one in it with a Thanks-just-the-same, impression that these people had not I could see that he sensed the convinc- Missionary Darnell came up with sub- been talking—merely waiting. Close at ing weight of these details. But there stantial reinforcement for my morale. our backs was the opposite side of the seemed something sinister about the "I'll go with you," he volunteered. "Let's narrow street, an unlighted stone wall. whole situation. If these men had my go see." Pedestrians loomed out of the murk on money or even knew where it was, why Missionary Morris, who had a sprained either side and after passing were shouldn't they bring it to me instead of ankle anyhow, returned to the hotel with promptly swallowed by it again. Some- merely telling me about it? Why by my watch and cameras. Stripped of valu- where in the gloom a woman tried to strange promises allure me so far into ables, and with my money pocket already quiet her wailing infant. Conversation,

"enemy" territory. Now that they al- known to be empty, I could present little in Arabic still, began instantly. ready had my money, could they plan to temptation to avarice. "Does your boy still have that money?" take my watch and cameras? Might they As our expedition of four turned again demanded our spokesman-guide. even plan to kidnap and hold me for toward Jerusalem's city gates, darkness "He does." ransom? was settling over its ancient roof tops. "Here is my American friend who lost I could feel my usual eagerness for Crossing the highway that lay in the it." He nodded in my direction. MARCH 4, 1958 15 "Give it to him," the man on my right size felt the same. The one rubber band Snapping the rubber band off from the said to the boy on my left. remained around its middle. In the dim roll onto my thumb and finger, I counted The conversation was exactly that. light from somewhere I could see that it the paper pieces. One, two, and one-half After several years I still spend odd mo- was yellow. dinars. It was all there, I reported. ments trying to understand the brevity of So abruptly was my cynicism about "If it is not," the guide persisted, "we it. Had the roll been scorpions the boy recovery of the sum torn from me that will call the police." could have been no prompter in getting I had no idea of my own what I should The money was all there. I was quite it out of his hand and into mine. To my do or say next. In my confusion I stood sure there had not been three and a half amazement I again held in my own un- merely fumbling the roll and waiting for dinars. And certainly I was not going to believing hands that same little roll of something more to happen. submit a boy to police interrogation on paper money that eyes and fingers had "Is all your money there?" demanded the bare possibility that he had slipped grown familiar with the day before. Its our Arab guide. one piece out. Not even though he had stolen the roll that morning. The boy's face registered astonishment and delight when I dropped into his hand a consoling coin. Apparently he had expected blows and cursing instead. 6)41 14 Note opfuntauft We four turned back toward our start- ing point. Before the salesboys left Elder Darnell and me, we thanked them pro- 744#t *ea •IM4g4 fusely. Of course I gave them the half dinar as a token of appreciation. Providence, I felt, had intervened in The importance of color is something that most people only dimly appreciate. my behalf. A unique conflict of interests It can affect our comfort, our health, and our finances. In some cases it may among total strangers had preserved for even be the deciding factor between life and death. me these limited funds. One of the armed services withdrew its regulation navy-blue shirts in malarial At the Wailing Wall that morning I districts of Europe, when it learned that malaria-bearing mosquitoes alighted had taken from my pocket a handful of most on dark blue, red, and brown and were likely to avoid yellow, orange, and small coins for Elder Darnell to give to white. In South Africa it was found that pink and yellow mosquito curtains beggar children. The roll of dinars came did not harbor the insects. out with my hand and fell, unnoticed by Through control of light and color, chickens may be made to lay more eggs, me, to the ground. cows to give more milk, goats to give milk when they otherwise wouldn't and The boy who at last returned my di- brown weasels to turn to white ermine in midsummer instead of midwinter. nars snatched up the roll and ran. But he Traps for Japanese beetles are painted yellow because this color seems to tempt didn't return after my departure to di- them fatally. Barnacles will avoid light-colored ship bottoms but cling by the vide his booty among comrades. So when ton to dark hulls. two salesmen appeared later, the chil- Science has been able to prove that human beings have a decided muscular dren told of the American who had reaction to color and light. Red colors and bright illumination tend to increase dropped an unknown sum of paper muscle tension and speed up the pulse and breathing. Blue colors and dim money. Also they told who had taken it lighting relax the muscles, slow down the heart and lungs. and where he lived. Mail-order statistics show that colored advertisements outpull black and With this background of information white ones by an average of ten to one. The New York State Tax Division in- the salesboys appeared at the business creased its collection by enclosing angry-red self-return envelopes with its tax stall operated by the boy's father. They forms. In the paper industry, one New England company has produced two represented that an American friend of lines of colored stock which it has named "Impulse Bond" and "Influence Bond." theirs had dropped a sum of money and The "Influence" papers are a soft, tactful blend of gray with green, tan, and blue. his boy had taken it. This friend, de- The "Impulse" papers—designed to inspire immediate action—are flame red, tained in some manner from coming in bright turquoise, yellow, pumpkin, lime green, and clear, spring green. person, had engaged them, they claimed, A warm, neutral oak tint has been found most suitable for desk tops. Tests to recover the loss and return it to him. have shown that violent contrasts between brilliant white paper and a dark top are tiring to the eye, but the oak tint provides a moderate contrast. The father merely jeered at their story. Red, orange, and yellow usually form a sharp, clear image on the retina, "Very well," the salesboys retorted, "we even through distance and haze. Blue and violet tend to appear blurred. But, know this American, and we are bringing according to studies of air-sea rescue, yellow is not too easily seen in water. him here to recover his money. And From the air, it may be confused with the brightness of whitecaps; from sea when he comes you must have the money. level it may be too close in value to the sky. Bright red, however, maintains good If your boy spends any part of it, we shall visibility from both positions. call the police. Your boy will be prose- White and light colors repel heat, while black and dark colors absorb it. cuted as a pickpocket." A study of the evaporation rate of the gas inside storage tanks painted in vari- For all these salesmen knew, some ous colors revealed that after four and a half months, the white tanks lost least, wealthy American could have lost a fabu- 112 gallons, while the red tanks lost most, 284 gallons. Black and gray baby lous money roll. Helping him to recover carriages are unusually warm in winter and become small hotboxes in summer. it might, they probably reasoned, prove In the tropics, a white ship is 10 per cent cooler inside than one painted a dark very much worth while. color. And it is 10 per cent safer from fire. Then, so they had narrated to Elder The first careful description of color blindness was attempted in 1798 by an Darnell, they went to every hotel on the English chemist named John Dalton, who discovered that he saw no difference Arab side of Jerusalem, inquiring for between a green laurel leaf and a stick of red sealing wax. According to present- three Americans. At the very last one, the day estimates, about eight per cent of the men and one-half of one per cent of YMCA a half mile outside the city wall, the women are color-blind to some degree. In most cases the condition cannot a desk clerk recognized the description. be cured, but anyone affected by it should be aware of his weakness and take Contact had been established. it into account in such things as choosing a career and coping with traffic lights. So it was that I had my two dinars and —Better Vision Institute. a story to tell. 16 THE YOUTH'S INSTRUCTOR Then the language of the soul will be, Save me in spite of myself, my weak, unchristlike self. Lord, take my heart; for I cannot give it. It is Thy property. Keep it pure, for I cannot keep it for Thee. Mold me, fashion me, raise me into a pure and holy atmosphere, BIBLE where the rich current of Thy love can flow through my soul."— Ibid., p. 159. - SMITH EJ Pride and Self-sufficiency Condemned 5. What lessons did Jesus draw from the publican's at- for titude? "I tell you, it was he who went home, made righteous, rather than the other; for whoever exalts himself shall be humbled, but he who humbles himself shall be placed high" 58 (Luke 18:14, Berkeley). NOTE.—"Never can we safely put confidence in self, or feel, this side of heaven, that we are secure against temptation. Those who l'r ,red for publication by the General Conference Sabbath School Department accept the Saviour, however sincere their conversion, should never be taught to say or to feel that they are saved. This is misleading. Every one should be taught to cherish hope and faith; but even when we give ourselves to Christ and know that He accepts us. we are not beyond the reach of temptation."—Christ's Object Les- sons, p. 155. The Two Worshipers; 6. What warning and counsel are given to the self-satisfied members of the Laodicean church? The Marriage Feast "Thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, LESSON FOR MARCH 15 that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou S SMTIVT F mayest see" (Rev. 3:17, 18). Daily Study Record: 00E10000 NOTE.—"There is nothing so offensive to God or so dangerous to the human soul as pride and self-sufficiency. Of all sins it is the most hopeless, the most incurable."—Ibid., p. 154. LESSON SCRIPTURES: Luke 18:9-14: Matt. 22:1-14. OUTSIDE READING: Christ's Object Lessons, pp. 150-163, 307-319. ® The Call to the Wedding Feast MEMORY GEM: "I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that 7. When the call went out to the invited guests that the thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy naked- wedding feast was ready, how did they respond? ness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see" (key. 3:18). -••••- .1•6. -•••I._ ••••••

la Two Worshipers Contrasted THIRTEENTH SABBATH OFFERING 1. To whom especially was the parable of the two "wor- March 29, 1958 shipers" spoken? "To those confiding in their own righteousness and looking This quarter we have the privilege of working for down on the rest, He told this parable" (Luke 18:9, The a very needy mission field. French Guinea is one of Berkeley Version of the New Testament). the unentered fields on the West Coast of Africa. There are approximately 2,300,000 Africans and nearly 2. What two men are presented in this parable? 7,000 Europeans in this area. It is a very beautiful "Two men went up to the temple for worship, the one a country, but at present we have only one lonely rep- Pharisee and the other a tax-collector" (Luke 18:10, Berke- resentative of the Adventist faith in all this region. ley). Do you think one light is enough for all those people? Our one representative is a young man now twenty NOTE.—"The Pharisee goes up to the temple to worship, not be- cause he feels that he is a sinner in need of pardon, but because he years of age. He is an employee of the treasury depart- thinks himself righteous and hopes to win commendation... . ment of the government. Although he is young, he is "Whoever trusts in himself that he is righteous, will despise others. As the Pharisee Judges himself by other men, so he judges in charge of a payroll of some 400 government em- other men by himself. His righteousness is estimated by theirs, and ployees. Mendy, for that is his name, accepted this job the worse they are, the more righteous by contrast he appears. His self-righteousness leads to accusing."—Christ's Object Lessons, pp. with the understanding that he would not have to 150, 151. work on Sabbath, but he is such a conscientious Chris- tian that he works harder than his fellows on the 3. In what spirit did the Pharisee pray? other days of the week and if necessary on Sunday "God, I thank Thee that I am not like the rest of men— also. His employers consider him a model worker, be- thieves, cheats, adulterers; or even like this tax-collector. I ing able to turn out as much work in five days as the fast twice a week; I pay tithes on everything I get" (Luke others do in six working days. He has been a real mis- 18:11, 12, Berkeley). sionary among those with whom he works, and it is NOTE.—"The religion of the Pharisee does not touch the soul. believed some of them will soon be baptized. He is not seeking godlikeness of character, a heart filled with love One of the projects this thirteenth Sabbath is to es- and mercy. He is satisfied with a religion that has to do only with the outward life. His righteousness is his own—the fruit of his own tablish a mission station and open a mission school works—and judged by a human standard."—Ibid., p. 151. in this territory so that more young people like Mendy 4. What contrasting spirit did the publican show in his can be taught of the Saviour. prayer? Then, over in French Equatorial Africa in the Ubangi-Shari district we are going to open another "But the tax-collector, standing at a distance, did not even new mission station and establish a school for the want to raise his eyes toward heaven, but struck his chest young people of that area. We hope that our young and said, 'God, have mercy on me, the sinner I amP " (Luke people all around the world will have a large part 18:13, Berkeley). in these two new missionary enterprises. NOTE.—"No outward observances can take the place of simple faith and entire renunciation of self. But no man can empty himself of self. We can only consent for Christ to accomplish the work. ••••-

MARCH 4, 1958 17 "They would not come. . . . They went off this one to the 12. What judgment was pronounced upon this man? field he owned, that one to his trade, and the rest, taking hold of his servants, ill-treated and killed them" (Matt. 22:3-6, "Then the king said to his domestics, 'Bind him hand and Berkeley). foot and throw him out into the outside darkness; there shall be weeping and grinding of teeth" (Matt. 22:13, Berkeley). 8. What extreme measures did the king take toward those who abused and killed his servants, and what did he say of those who merely made light of the invitations? gl The Marriage of the Lamb "The king (hearing this) was infuriated; he dispatched 13. With what comment did Jesus close this parable? his troops, destroyed those murderers, and burned their city. He then told his servants, 'True, the banquet is ready; but "Many are called, but few are chosen" (Matt. 22:14). the invited guests proved undeserving' " (Matt. 22:7, 8, Berke- ley). 14. What is said of the bridal robes of the church? NOTE.—Those who violently rejected the invitation to the wedding "'It has been given her to dress in pure, resplendent feast were destroyed. Their judgment was final, and there was no more chance for them to repent and obtain the joy of attending linen.' For the fine linen is the righteous living of the saints" the feast. Those who merely made light of the wedding invitation also were excluded from the feast and others took their place. (Rev. 19:8, Berkeley). Though these did not reject the invitation, but only dallied with it NoTe.—"By the wedding garment in the parable is represented while professing to accept it, they came to the same end as those the pure, spotless character which Christ's true followers will pos- who rejected it. They had no second invitation to the feast, and sess. . .. This robe, woven in the loom of heaven has in it not one lost its joys and blessings. To lose a place in heaven we need only thread of human devising. Christ in His humanity wrought out a to be indifferent to the merciful calls of the Lord to repentance. perfect character, and this character He offers to impart to us... . When we submit ourselves to Christ. the heart is united with His the king seek to furnish the wedding feast with heart, the will is merged in His will, the mind becomes one with 9. How did His mind, the thoughts are brought into captivity to Him; we live guests? His life. This is what it means to be clothed with the garment of His righteousness."—Christ's Object Lessons, pp. 310-312. " 'So you go to the road-crossings and invite to the wedding everyone you find.' Those servants, as they went out on the Quizangles roads, got together all they came across, both bad and good, and the wedding was fully supplied with guests" (Matt. 22: 1. To whom were the Pharisee and publican addressing their 9, 10, Berkeley). worship"? (1) 2. In whom was the Pharisee trusting? (1) 4 The Self-Righteous Guest 3. What did the publican want of God? (1) 4. What help did the publican get? (1) 10. When the king came in to see the guests, who es- 5. Is the plight of the Laodicean church hopeless? (2) pecially attracted his attention? 6. What did the king call those who turned down his in- "He noticed there a man not dressed in a wedding-robe" vitation? (3) (Matt. 22:11, Berkeley). 7. Why was the unprepared guest speechless at the king's NOTE.—The guest failed to use the offered grace and relied on questioning? (4) his own presentability. "By the king's examination of the guests at the feast is represented a work of judgment. The guests at the 8. Does this lesson teach predestination; that is, that some gospel feast are those who profess to serve God, those whose names are destined to be saved, others doomed to be lost? (5) are written in the book of life. But not all who profess to be Christians are true disciples. Before the final reward is given, it 9. What is the linen with which the saints are clothed? (5) must be decided who are fitted to share the inheritance of the righteous."—Christs Object Lessons, p. 310. 11. How did the unprepared guest respond to the king's question? NEXT WEEK, March 22, 1958, lesson title: "The " 'Friend, how did you enter here, without a wedding-robe?' Good Samaritan; The Entrusted Talents." Scripture But he was speechless" (Matt. 22:12, Berkeley). References: Luke 10:25-37; Matt. 25:24-30. Memory NOTE.—"The man who came to the feast without a wedding Gem: Luke 10:27. Outside Reading: Christ's Object rment represents the condition of many in our world today. They Lessons, pp. 325-365, 376-389. ofess to be Christians, and lay claim to the blessings and privileges ofpr the gospel; yet they feel no need of a transformation of character. They have never felt true repentance for sin."—Ibid., p. 315.

circles with" or one "that you go places with." In rising above troubles, this is a ques- ger 46-acie *oat ?coated tion with which to reckon. Am I going to use the compass that takes me in cir- cles, or am I going to use the compass that takes me to a selected destination? By KATHERINE BEVIS We need a compass that keeps its needle pointing the right way if we are going to reach the desired ends in life. To live on life's highest and most re- IT IS simple to learn to be a good goat we are doing, we reply, "Oh, all right, warding level requires directed activity hunter, it is said. All you have to do under the circumstances." But we should and sharply focused purposes. is to get above them. learn to get above the circumstances. When we organize our lives around "Goats only recognize enemies ap- Then like the goat hunter, we'll be suc- Jesus Christ there is a constant thrust proaching from below," my uncle said cessful. heavenward. Like the successful goat once, "so all you have to do is get above A high school student enrolled in geom- hunter, we are above that which would them. Once you are above them, the rest etry went to a bookstore and asked the hinder, and we know the satisfaction of is easy." clerk for a compass. The clerk asked if following the compass that keeps us on How like life! Often, when asked how he desired a compass "that you draw the upward way. 18 THE YOUTH'S INSTRUCTOR

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MARCH 4, 1958 19 PHOTO, COURTESY OF THE AUTHOR Representatives of a tribe of the Big Nambus in the New Hebrides, among whom Author Stewart and his wife worked as pioneer missionaries.

Solution to a Tribal War a Tree of Peace

HEN my wife and I were on By A. G. STEWART our way to the untamed sec- tion of north Malekula as missionaries in 1916, we made a courtesy call at the British Government office at Vila, New Hebrides. "And where are you going to work, After several years they returned to The next morning we met some of the Mr. Stewart?" The superintendent of po- their villages, but with their antigovern- women and girls—spiritless, cowed, lice asked. ment attitude, they resented even the dirty, and diseased creatures scantily "The island of Achin and adjacent ter- overtures of missionaries in that area. dressed, who functioned as wood, food, ritory on north Malekula." They connived with an inland bush tribe, and water haulers for their arrogant male "H'mm! the worst people in all the who callously murdered in cold blood owners. Their social privileges were neg- group. They give the government more five native missionaries from a nearby ligible. Sold at adolescence as chattel to trouble than all the others put together. mission. Some of the bodies provided a the man who offered the most pigs, they If you make any impression on them in cannibal feast. slaved for their purchasers, and were sel- twenty years, you will do well!" This occurred while our predecessors, dom heard to laugh. They crouched We smiled. "Thank you, Mr. Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Parker from the around like hunted beings. we'll see what we can do." We returned United States, were hard at work con- Exercising discretion and giving our- to the steamer, recalling a few of the verting the doomed trading station into selves largely to their physical betterment reasons we had already heard for these a missionary base for that area and at the by supplying food for the children, some tribes' reputation. same time were endeavoring to win the clothing, soap, and simple remedies, we The newly established mission station good will of the people. gradually gained their confidence. to which we were proceeding on the is- The Parkers' health did not permit Our success in acquiring their language, land of Achin—one of several lying about them to stay, and we arrived by the same though at that time unwritten, did much half a mile off the coast of Malekula— interisland steamer that took them away. to help us gain access to their real needs with a population of some five hundred It was nearly midnight when the ship's and to discover a way to their hearts. semicivilized people, had been acquired launch dropped us on the sandy beach One Friday I made preparations to from a French trader whose wife had into a crowd of almost nude, unshaven, leave early the next morning to visit two been brutally murdered by some of the armed natives who scrutinized us under villages some distance in from the main- islanders, who promptly decamped into the blaze of bamboo torches. Almost land coast. I had hoped to have two of the densely wooded hills and there defied every man had a musket or a spear or a the boys accompany me as I left early the government to arrest the murderers. bow and arrow in his hand. that morning. An unusual quiet seemed 20 THE YOUTH'S INSTRUCTOR to prevail, which I mentioned to my wife were scores of people; but not a sound should be held, will your people come?" before leaving. However, it was not un- could be heard save the muffled whimper "Yes," came the answer, "provided no til I returned about one o'clock that day of a child or the grunting of pigs. muskets are taken within the mission that I learned what it all meant. Reaching the compound of the high compound." "There is something very disquieting chief, named Meltek Mare (which means The sun was setting when I returned going on here today," my wife said. "chief of the heavens"), I found an even home, and we retired that night to the "Not a woman or a child has been more formidable force preparing for a accompanying sound of the challenging around." fight. drums. I decided to call the opposing There were usually several people Beginning again, in the native dialect, factions together in the morning. coming to ask for something or to draw I told the company that I had already All through the hours of darkness, water from the mission well. been away that day on a mission of good threats and defiance boomed out on the "And," she continued, "there was a will to villages whose people were air. gun fired just outside the compound over steadily being decimated by constant As the day broke a great burst of near that first village—Orlep. Listen! tribal feuds, and that as I returned I was drum-beating sounded out all over the There are the drums again! They have deeply concerned to hear the war drums' island—a real fanfare. Some of the been beating at intervals all morning, and challenge being issued from hostile divi- schoolboys appeared at our back door. with a strange, weird sound." sions on the island. "It is finished! Fighting is finished! "Yes, dear," I replied, "that `ting, ting, The chief broke in on my introductory Good!" ting, ting,' sounds ominous. That's not remarks. "Yesterday we were on the Messengers soon arrived from each their usual way of beating drums." mainland gathering food as usual when camp with the request that a council be Taking a little lunch, I decided to go a man, Malmaline, from the other side, held that day, as I had suggested. over to the first village and discover if spoke enticingly to one of our married With their faces still blackened and possible the cause, and offer advice. women and undoubtedly would have eyes bloodshot from two nights' vigil, Perhaps it is the missionary's apparent seduced her if they hadn't been discov- scores of men, unarmed, seated them- innocence in the face of grave danger ered. That offense demands its retribu- selves on the front lawn of the mission to that helps to disarm the enraged savage. tion, and when going over to the Orlep exchange ideas and agree upon a method The missionary, however, is inwardly village where Malmaline lives we were of prevention of such provocations in the conscious of his divine commission and repulsed when we asked that he be future. the assurance of God's presence. handed over. In fact, their chief fired at When the old chief who fired the first, As I came up to the stone-and-bamboo our men with intent to kill. I beg, sir, and fortunately, the only, shot, was enclosure around the chief's compound that you go with two of our men and see addressed he sprang to his feet. "True, my usual greeting, repeated twice, met the bullet scar in a tree by the roadside, the spirit of my deceased father possessed with a deadly silence. Peeping through about waist height. Two of our young me and in my fury I fired into the air to the plaited bamboo barricade I saw men just leaped behind that tree in time. frighten off the intruders." scores of painted and armed men squat- "They know over there," he continued, Cautioned with the seriousness of a con- ting on the ground, each man with a "that it is wrong to steal another man's fession containing untruths—eyewitnesses loaded musket across his legs. wife. We wished only to punish the evil- had seen the bullet mark—he sat down in Stepping into the compound I met doer." silence, apparently with some degree of their dour looks with a quiet salutation, We went and inspected the tree. shame. "Kami tuak werek ["My friends"]." Then I asked, "If a council of peace An appeal was then made for an agree- There were low mutterings. "Why should he come and interfere?" "A white man—it is not his business." Instantly all eyes turned to the chief. Sitting down close to him, I began in their own tongue to express my surprise and regret at the turn things had taken, "Ear 1 2 1 get Tt" while the "ting, ting ting," continued to sound from the other camp some three or four hundred yards away. I assured By IIIILDRED WOOD HARRIS them that I was no partisan in the fight, nor a government representative, but a friend and adviser. AVE you ever wanted something? You Samson wanted a wife who pleased him. An irate member of the group burst H would hardly be human if you said Gehazi wanted money. in, "Why don't you go and talk to the No. Something that wasn't good for you? Ahab wanted a garden. other side? They go to your mission! But you wanted it. Desperately. Your Felix wanted a "more convenient time" Why do they come and molest us, throw- parents, knowing that it would not be to hear the gospel. ing stones and swinging clubs, endanger- best for you, went against their wiser, Legitimate wants, all of them. Of ing our lives and those of our children? better judgment and finally yielded to course. Isn't that what people always Is that what they learn at the mission?" your insistent pleadings. think? And in each of these cases, the The chief silenced this interrupter. I The Bible is replete with examples of wants were granted, but at what a price! tried to explain that there must be some people and their wants. There was Lot. "And he gave them their request; but cause, and he assured me that they were He wanted a nice place to live near a sent leanness into their soul." not harboring any person who had city, where there would be something God is a kind parent, who knows what started the trouble. Therefore they re- going on. is best for you, and loves to bestow good sented and resisted the others trespassing. Jacob wanted the blessing that be- gifts upon you. But if you persist in want- I assured them I would visit the other longed to his brother. ing your own way He may finally let you side and if both parties were willing, and The Israelites wanted something "good" have it. in the absence of a magistrate or legal to eat. And then you pay the price. authority, I would act as an intermediary. Taking a circuitous route, I passed by several villages in which I knew there

MARCH 4, 1958 21 ment to endeavor in the future, should would resort to a native custom equally Achin Island today is a changed place, the occasion arise, to settle matters with- binding. They would all retire to a cen- with scores of happy, healthy children, out resorting to arms, and that suitable tral communal ground and dig a hole into virile youth, and a civilized and Chris- measures of punishment be meted out by which every man on the island would tianized community living on a higher the charging of fines or the presentation expectorate, and then a seedling tree material and moral level. They are now of peace offerings. This was finally would be planted in the hole. This would a clean people, with school and mission agreed upon. be protected and allowed to grow as a activities ever expanding under trained Then, rising to his feet, an elderly man witness to the truce now entered into. leadership. And it all dates back to the proposed that as they could not write an This suggestion was put into effect, time when they wisely discarded their agreement nor sign their names, they and the tree flourished. firearms and planted a tree.

Conversation on Leadership "Good thought," Mr. Martin answered. "Just one more suggestion before we turn From page 9 in. Always be sure you're making God first, and let Him work out His plan for best work you'll succeed in the long run." ployees as they find better and more you. This is absolutely basic." "I think Miss Swanson, our language efficient ways of doing things. Making "It's a big order, Dad, and I'm begin- teacher, is an example of the kind of each one of the personnel feel that he is ning to wonder if I'm cut out to be a leader you're talking about," Bill ex- an important part and is needed goes leader after all." claimed. "She encourages those who a long way toward unity." "Don't worry, Bill. Just follow Christ deserve it, but it took years before she "That is democracy in action," Bill and you'll do all right. He is a true leader herself received the credit due her as a commented. of men. teacher. I doubt if anyone ever heard her complain." "While those who serve in the Lord's work don't labor for the praise of men, still a word of commendation is never Dear Son, out of place. And don't just encourage What a scare you gave us. Do you feel better now? those who are doing well, but also those Next time anything that serious happens, please have who are not doing so well. A leader can them call us. We won't panic, but we do want to know be a maker of worth-while men and when you are ill. women. Sometimes the material at the beginning doesn't seem so promising, We can't but wonder whether you are getting enough but by encouragement and help some sleep and enough to eat and enough exercise. These fine characters have been developed. things are not beside the point. They are the point. You can't operate without them. I used to think that "There's a story about one old man illness overtook a person. Now I am sure that we invite who had worked for the same company it by our own carelessness in most cases. for twenty-one years, and had always been faithful at his job. But never in all Have you been following the reports of the cancer those years had he heard a word of com- research teams? Dr. E. V. Cowdry says in his book mendation. Discouraged, disheartened, Cancer Cells that "more and more cancers in animals are being demonstrated to be of virus etiology. The assump- and feeling like a failure, he quit. tion of the virologists is that soon the number will Several months later he met his former become so impressive that no one will question that employer on the street. The boss was all cancers are caused by viruses." glad to see him and wanted to know why he had quit and if he'd be willing to That was written just last year. That cancer is return. The firm couldn't find a satis- caused by a germ is still such a new idea that few accept it even in the face of evidence. But fifty years ago factory person to fill the job and the old we were told, "People are continually eating flesh that man was badly needed. Tears filled the is filled with tuberculous and cancerous germs."—The man's eyes as he explained that he left Ministry of Healing, p. 313. because he felt he was a failure since he'd never been commended." I realize that many of the students eat meat when "This sounds like good advice. Keep they're off the campus. But that doesn't prove it wise going." or good. Don't let them influence you to be careless. "Never give in to wrong principles I used to think we were just lucky when your sisters even if it does influence your popularity. so often escaped contagious diseases. You remember the Though you have to guard against an- measles siege last year. At school Betty sat between tagonism and determine to 'live peace- two boys both of whom became ill at school and came down ably with all men,' still there comes a with measles later, yet she never got them. I am time when you have to stand for right, beginning to feel that our health habits do a great deal and not waver. Just be sure that what to keep us well. you are standing for involves a real prin- Sparky is sick again. In his case I fear it is just ciple and is not just a different point of plain old age. One of these days he will just up and view. die. It will surely be a funeral at our house, won't it? "This brings up something else— taking suggestions. Never fear of losing Love, prestige by listening to the suggestions of others. It is surprising what you can Mother learn this way. Many companies have suggestion boxes to be used by the em- 22 THE YOUTH'S INSTRUCTOR Shock Treatment

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think that many of those ministers are "Not quite." Bill looked up at the sincere but just haven't found the truth." crowd from his sitting position on the Bill accepted the Sabbath doctrine, as ground. He was out of breath, but he he did the others, without hesitation, al- knew he couldn't take the credit. "I though it meant a hard day's work in the locked my keys in the office upstairs. I office on Sunday. was going to go in through that window, Step-O-Gram One glorious Sunday morning—one of but I grabbed that hot wire. I was being those days for which New Mexico is fa- electrocuted but I started to quote a By EARL HILLIARD mous—Bill went to the office to work. Bible text that I learned a long time ago. Fill in the blank spaces with the missing He really didn't want to stay inside, but It's Psalm 50:15: 'And call upon me in letters to form the words defined. he had to, now that he didn't work on the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, Definitions Saturday. He walked up the stairs to the and thou shalt glorify me.' God must 1. An olive grove near the Mount of Olives office, unlocked the door, dropped the have turned off the electricity for me." 2. What every young man should be (ar- keys into his coat pocket, and got down A doctor arrived and examined him. tide and noun) to business. Bill was suffering from severe shock. His 3. Another name for manna Before long the room seemed stuffy. left shoulder had been dislocated by the 4. A dressed board concealing rafters in He removed his coat, then raised the jolt of electricity and there were brown a gable window. With a drink of water from the spots on his legs about the size of a quar- 5. Earth's last battle fountain in the hall he was sure he would ter. These, the doctor said, were severe 6. One who deserted Paul in Rome be able to complete his work in no time. burns. 7. Chief angels The water was cool and refreshing, but After setting the shoulder the doctor 8. One who forecasts coming events by the to Bill's dismay the door had closed and said, "I'll take you home, Mr. Galway. stars locked when he left the room. His coat I want you to stay in bed for two or 9. To lessen the courage of and keys were on the inside. There was three days. You're lucky that I'm not no one else in the building, much less taking you to the hospital. Or the 1 G E anyone with keys for this office. morgue. Now where is that verse found?" As he wondered what to do he remem- Bill repeated the verse. "I learned it 2 G E bered the open window and hastened to more than a year ago and I thought I had 3 the alley to size up the possibility of en- forgotten it. Strange how I remembered G E tering that way. Near the window was a it." 4 GE light pole. He began to climb, and as he "Not so strange, Mr. Galway. Not as went up he smiled to himself at the care- strange as what else happened. I've never GE lessness of locking himself out of the known anyone to walk away from a hot 6 G E office. Near the second-story level he wire like the one you just had hold of. paused before grasping the next peg. That was a miracle. You can be sure of 7 GE With one more step he could go right in that." 8 through the window without any diffi- At home the doctor gave Mary some G E culty. directions and then prepared to leave. 9 While looking at the window he put "God saved your husband, Mrs. Galway. G E his left hand up to reach the next peg, We should all study our Bibles more. Key on page 25 but instead it fastened tight around a like your husband does." bare wire of high voltage. Electricity shot The family knelt around Bill's bed for down on this wicked world. If you're through his body. He felt as though the first and perhaps the most wonderful able, we'll all go to your church next flames were shooting from his eyes. family worship they have ever had. Saturday." He let out a cry. A passer-by stopped When Mary had wiped the tears from The Galways have been attending ever at the entrance of the alley to see who her eyes she said, "God saved your life since. was shouting. for a purpose, and that purpose was to Bill's shoulder still bothers him at In the next second Bill's thoughts teach me the things you, have learned. times, but when I see him having trouble turned to God and one of the verses he You know, I'm beginning to think I'd getting his coat on, I thank God once had memorized. Suddenly his hand was rather have my mother asleep instead of again for performing a miracle to save freed from the wire. It was just as though being up in heaven where she could look my father's life. someone had turned off the electricity. "He's being electrocuted! A man is being electrocuted!" the man in the alley shouted. Clothing Store in the Woods But Bill was already climbing back down the pole. The man rushed over. From page 8 "Hey, I thought you were touching that wire. I thought you were being perance film One in 20,000. I asked him pay expenses when you show the film?" electrocuted. What happened? Who are about it. "No. I tell the people that it will be you?" asked the passer-by. "Yes, in the past two months I have very proper for them to take up an "I'm W. E. Galway, Bill Galway. I shown it to about four thousand people. offering and use it for any worthy cause was being electrocuted." He was still If I try to answer all the calls I shall for the benefit of the health of humanity shaking. soon have more than I can do. My son —but nothing for me." "Get a doctor," the man shouted as a says, Dad, you go and show the film and "My greatest satisfaction is when the crowd began to gather. "This man has I'll manage the store and get you the high school students and others bring me just gotten loose from that hot wire up money so you can keep going.'" their cigarette packs." He plunged his there." "Do you take up any collections to help hand into his coat pocket and pulled out MARCH 4, 1958 23 ADVENTURE in the

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PERIODICAL DEPARTMENT AUDIO-VISUAL AIDS REVIEW AND HERALD PUBLISHING ASSOCIATION WASHINGTON 12, D.C. 24 THE YOUTH'S INSTRUCTOR a handful of packages. "They tell me than ten tenths without it. More Seventh- they are done with them. After the show- day Adventists should be in business for THE ing of the film my bulging pockets are a themselves. By careful managing there real delight." would be more money for tithes and "If you had never become a Seventh- offerings." day Adventist," I said, "had saved all the I countered. "I note that you have con- MEDICAL money you've paid in tithes and offerings stantly given credit to others for the and in this film business, and had con- success that comes to you. However, a CADET CORPS ducted your business as other clothing host of your friends deeply appreciate merchants, with your store open on what you and your family are doing in announces its 1958 Saturdays—how much better off fiancially the line of Christian business and Chris- would you be now?" tian temperance." training camp "Nine tenths of the money we earn But he was off to wait on another to be held at with the Lord's blessing goes further customer. Camp Desmond T. Doss "But Please Don't Call Me an Adventist" June 3 to 17 From page 6 Grand Ledge, Michigan what it was about this teacher that had I mustn't breathe a word to anyone about attracted her. As they were talking, it it. Her mind rambled on. She began to seemed as if they had been close friends camp write to any union for years. "Perhaps it was her kind, un- analyze her new surroundings. "The conference MV derstanding way." buildings appear to be very well con- secretary. During the first week Winnifred felt structed. The teachers and students are almost as if she didn't belong. "Maybe wonderful folks. Really, I never before I'm the only Anglican roaming the in my life met such a fine group of peo- halls," she said to herself. "No one ple. They are so friendly! Besides that, knows yet why I'm here, but—could they don't smoke or drink or use bad Esther and Sarah possibly find out? No, language. Why, they don't even dance or attend shows. I never did like that kind of entertainment anyway. The food, though much different from what I am used to, is very tasty. This school is in- "I'd be happy to help. I've always deed the most unusual one I have ever loved teaching," Winnifred replied, more RADIO seen !" amazed than ever. She just couldn't un- During the first Sabbath Winnifred derstand why they would choose an An- stayed close to her sisters. She was deep glican girl to teach in a Seventh-day Ad- LOG in thought, trying hard to find some rea- ventist church school. son why they shouldn't stay. "Until re- In the spring a baptismal class was formed. "I have studied this religion for cently we all went to church on Sunday," she reasoned. "How can they prove that thoroughly and agree with the doctrines Seventh-day Adventist Saturday is the right day to keep holy?" all right," she thought. But she wasn't Amateurs The weeks went by and Winnifred be- quite ready for baptism. "I believe every- gan to realize that attending an Advent- thing the way you do," she told one of ist college wasn't as bad as she had im- her sisters, "but please don't call me a will appear in the June 10 YOUTH'S agined it would be. "In fact," she told Seventh-day Adventist!" INSTRUCTOR. Only listings received herself, "this is just the kind of place I've It took a great struggle before she was since publication of the June, 1957, been looking for." at last ready to give her life completely over to God. Then one Sabbath in May Log will be printed. No previous Before many weeks went by, Elder she was baptized with several others in listings will be held over. Be sure Philbrick paid her a visit. "Miss Lam- ming," he said, "we need a leader for the calm waters of a nearby lake. With to supply both call letters and the kindergarten division of the Sabbath her heart singing, she felt like shouting address. school. We have considered several stu- to the world, "I'm the happiest girl dents and have chosen you. Do you think alive." Example: you could accept the responsibility ?" W5FWK—Jim Calloway, 1005 Cuero St., "Why—why yes, I'd be happy to," re- Garland, Tex.-75, 40, 20, 10. Both. Mobile plied the amazed girl. But in her mind and fixed stations. she wondered, "Why me? Surely there Wet S4vritearta are more capable ones of their own reli- DEADLINE: Listings must be in gion." the YOUTH'S INSTRUCTOR office by Later there was a need for a teacher G ETHSEMANE May 1. at the elementary school. 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MARCH 4, 1958 25 SINCE it takes more than seven months ▪ WATCHDOGS mentioned in Chinese to calculate the maximum and minimum chronicles of 800 B.c. guarded livestock of sunspot activity using the interna- as well as property. Gaines tional formulas for computation, there is some controversy among scientists con- ▪ STUDIES at Harvard University show cerning what stage our current sunspot that six out of every ten juvenile delin- cycle is in. The first sunspot of this cycle quents in the United States have fathers who are excessive drinkers. was seen in August, 1953. The low point ITA of the previous cycle was reached in A MURAL made entirely of color- April, 1954, and a new cycle begins be- anodized aluminum, steel, and glass has fore the previous cycle reaches its low been installed in the Penn-Sheraton point. Scope Hotel. The semiabstract creation is be- lieved to be the first of its kind. ALCOA • A NEW antibiotic that kills disease- causing bacteria outright instead of ALMOST $75 million of Government merely halting their growth, as do most subsidies and voluntary contributions was RADARSCOPE other antibiotics, was introduced to the spent last year to search for and explore medical profession early in November, clues to a possible cause, cure, or preventa- 1957. Hundreds of disease-causing bac- tive of cancer. The reason: every month it teria have no natural resistance to the strikes more than 30,000 Americans.

U.S. ARMY PHOTO new antibiotic, ristocetin, and only rarely MLPFB do they develop resistance to it. Abbott mi. DWELLERS in the Central Valley of Cal- 11. DAHLIAS, though named after Swedish • PANAMA, in an S-shaped curve 480 ifornia grow some 220 different crops. botanist Andreas Dahl, were first used miles long, joins two continents and di- They supply the United States with more as food by ancient Mexicans. The tubers vides two great bodies of water. Simon than a third of its fruit, nearly a fourth of contain a healthful starchy substance, Bolivar was so impressed by the unique its vegetables, nearly half of its tree nuts. inulin. NGS geography that he referred to the isth- They account for half the world's dry mus as the hub of the universe and pro- fruits. NGS No LESS than 18 countries were infected posed that a world capital be built there. THE year 1957 proved to be the most with smallpox by international travelers Ford Times ▪ last year, and, as a result, 8 of these coun- extraordinary of the past decade as far tries suffered epidemics of this quarantin- • A NEW look in fireplaces is now as ocean temperatures and salinity off able disease. Science available. Five kinds of heat-resistant California are concerned. Over large steel go into its construction, including areas, temperatures were as much as five '. MAGELLAN'S pioneer voyage around the stainless steel trim. The unit, taking logs degrees Fahrenheit warmer than the world was not only a navigational achieve- up to 27 inches, can be completely in- 1949-55 average at the surface. UCAL ment of the first rank; it was also profit- stalled in one day. Steel ways able. Cloves brought back from South ▪ RUBIES are red because they contain Pacific islands were sold for more than II' FINGERPRINTS, always considered to be less than 8 per cent chromium oxide, the entire cost of the three-year expedition. permanent and unalterable, can be com- according to a University of Cambridge NGS pletely removed by the surgical technic chemist. At concentrations lower than 8 of skin planing, according to a New per cent, aluminum oxide crystals liter- 1.1. WHITE flour used to be considered, Orleans doctor. AMA ally squeeze the chromium atoms, short- in Europe at least, a mark of prosperity. ening the interatomic bonds enough to Poorer people ate schwarzbrod (made of aw HIPPOPOTAMUSES rarely attack people, cause a color shift. Scope rye flour) and pumpernickel (made of but enraged bull hippos have been unsifted rye meal). Now both of these known to lift boats out of water and bite ▪ LIGHTNING, a constant threat to animals breads are served on important and fes- or slash holes in the hulls. NGS standing under trees or along wire fences, tive occasions. Today's Food can be foiled by extending a well-grounded ▪ SCIENTISTS are developing a furnace lightning rod up the main trunk to the THE female mosquito is a sucker of to test plane and guided missile com- topmost leaves of the tree and, in the case blood and carrier of disease, while the ponents at temperatures as high as 12,- of the fence, by driving a heavy wire down male is by comparison a virtual hermit 632° F. Planes alongside every third or fourth post, three of the forest, feeding on nectar and plant or four feet into the ground, and stapling juices. The female's ability to suck blood TARGET it firmly across the intersecting line wires. is apparently an aid to its functions as Esso Farm News a mother, for generally one blood meal is necessary before it can develop a batch There's something hearten- A NEW international standard of of eggs. WHO ing in the fact that people have length, to be used instead of the tradi- come to recognize the basic superior- tional platinum-iridium bar kept at 1.1. ONE of the most challenging prob- ity of whole-grain flours in pro- Sevres, France, has been agreed upon. lems in cardiac surgery is presented by a ducing the best kinds of breads— One of the wave lengths of orange light congenital defect known as transposi- for important occasions and other- emitted by krypton-86 has been selected tion of the great vessels. So serious is the wise. as the standard, and the international condition that approximately half the It's also heartening to see in the meter will be defined as 1,650,763.73 babies born with it die during the first church a growing recognition of times his wave length. The resulting month of life. Those who survive rarely the basic superiority of quality over standard will be more than 100 times live to adulthood. Recently two Chicago quantity, of spiritual experience as precise as the present international doctors disclosed an operation procedure over statistics. To distribute more meter. Although in practice the new that has been successful on twenty of literature and to give more offer- standard is already in use, it will not their young patients. They attempt to ings this year than last is good, but become legal until adopted by the In- redirect approximately 60 per cent of to know Christ better and to be ternational Conference on Weights and the blood circulation in the operation. more like Him is far more signifi- Measures, which will meet in 1960. AHA cant. FG Science 140 smUDG,M 1958 Missionary Volunteer DIN CaYclig

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