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LEIIERS Millerites name, dates of birth and death, as well ory as the "see what this leads to" con- The brief sketch of Charles Fitch in as the words "Who shall roll away the clusion of an Adventist editorial on "William Miller's Helpers" (July 28) stone?" Wes Peterson alcohol is a bit irresponsible and turns mentions his "baptizing three groups of Des Moines, Iowa off young people. young people" a few days before the Perhaps in France Coke is somehow expected return of our Lord. This cor- Notable Silence connected culturally to champagne, but rect statement, however, does not In recent months the Review has unlikely so in the United States, where express the poignancy of the event. printed some articles and many letters we're introduced to the joys of "bub- Fitch had already baptized one about sexual abuse by church members. bles" in 7-Up, root beer, mineral water, group, and seeing that mid-October is Obviously this sort of thing must not be etc. My father's special Sabbath after- not the ideal time of the year for going tolerated in the remnant church. In the noon treat to us was root beer floats into Lake Erie, even fully clothed, he majority of cases the perpetrators have (great memories), and despite a lifetime was quickly returning home in cold, been males. Unfortunately, there has "addiction" to these, I still find cham- wet clothes. On the way he met another been a notable silence about one factor pagne distasteful. I suspect the same group who were anxious to be baptized that surely has to be a significant influ- could be true for other Adventists who before the Lord's coming. So, shivering ence in some cases of sexual abuse— can intelligently separate the effects of and cold, Fitch went again, waist-deep, the lamentable tendency of some drinking one beverage from another. into the cold waters of the lake and bap- women to display bare skin. Barbara Aved tized them. Returning once more to get Because of injudicious reading that I Sacramento, California changed and warmed, he met yet a third did as a teenager and a young man, I group who earnestly requested baptism. have had a severe struggle maintaining Reviving Education In spite of his coldness, he also purity of mind. This struggle is renewed I read "A Revival of Christian immersed this last group. when I see women dressed skimpily or Education" (August NAD issue) to The next morning he had a heavy in figure-revealing clothes. It has been learn what our division's goal for cold, but nevertheless rode his horse to shown that men are more sexually Christian schools is. I share the con- visit other believers. The serious chill aroused by sight than are women. Ellen cepts Dr. Warren Minder outlines developed into a fever, and he died. White states: "The lust of the eye and except for one. He says teachers in When he awakes on the resurrection corrupt passions are aroused by behold- Adventist schools should be church morning, will he think that it is October ing and by reading" (Testimonies, vol. members and follows that absolute 22, 1844? Ellen White wrote of him as 2, p. 410). Some of our sisters will be with: "Perhaps, as one moves up the one "whom God had laid in the grave to found guilty of unnecessarily arousing ladder of education to graduate save him" (Early Writings, p. 17). To the base passions of their brothers. school, a Christian teacher who is not save him eternally, or from the Name Withheld a member of the Adventist Church Disappointment? Probably both. wouldn't greatly influence the student Edward E. White Advice From a Catholic whose value system is firmly in Berkshire, England I am a practicing Catholic and my place." wife is an Adventist, and together we The challenge at all levels of educa- "William Miller's Helpers" brought determined to raise our son as an tion—including pastors, parents, and back memories for me. I grew up in Adventist also. Sabbath school teachers—is the prob- Sioux Falls, South Dakota. As a boy I I have a for-what-it's-worth observa- lem of modeling. I do not cast away my lived for a time across the fence from tion. I believe it's time for Adventists to inner beliefs when I walk through the the cemetery in which Joshua V. Himes quit using the Catholic Church to prove doors of a classroom or into a pulpit. If is buried. themselves. Your church is more than I am a person with a winning personal- Himes apparently never became a 130 years old, and if you haven't ity dealing with 6-year-olds, I will have Seventh-day Adventist, but he spent his matured beyond comparisons, you an immense impact on their futures. If I declining years in their company. He probably never will. Walter C. Lane am a person with a winning personality died near an Adventist school, Elk Opeka, California and great intelligence, I will impact my Point Industrial School, in southeastern graduate students or parishioners just as South Dakota, about the time my grand- Perils of Alcohol (cont.) easily. Because a person is 28 years old father was a student there. For some There are inherent dangers associated is no guarantee his or her "value system reason unknown to me, he was buried with alcohol, true—but Coca-Cola as a is firmly in place." in Sioux Falls. His grave marker is a gateway drug to champagne drinking? Clarence Dunbebin large red boulder, with only part of one Not all bubbles are created equal. To Associate Superintendent of Schools face polished. It contains Himes's select one wine maker's marketing the- Potomac Conference of SDAs 2 (978) ADVENTIST REVIEW, SEPTEMBER 22, 1994 ADVENT'S 1 SEPTEMBER 22. 1994 DEPARTMENTS ARTICLES 2 Letters COVER STORY 6 Newsbreak 8 Leaders for These Times In this interview, General Conference president Robert S. 15 Children's Corner Folkenberg outlines what he sees as essentials for Adventist leadership in the 1990s. Check it out. Because we're all lead- 15 The Way It Was ing someone. by William G. Johnsson 18 World Report THEOLOGY 22 Bulletin Board 10 Adventists and Other Christians-2 12 Think young! What is genuine Adventism? Is it what we believe? How we 23 Reflections live? What we eat? What we wear? How we worship? All of the above? by Robert McIver EDITORIALS LIFESTYLE 4 God of the 12 Six Ways to Bring Children Into Your Life Unlikely You don't need children in your life. Or do you? by R. Casey 5 Two Images of Christ STORY 16 Preserved for a Purpose It's not often we can tell for sure that we've been spared from NEXT WEEK death. But what does it mean when it happens? 16 Why am I here? "The Church in by Daniel B. Grisier China" For decades WORLD REPORT the only reports about the Adventist Church 18 Project 66 in China were "unoffi- God isn't dead. In fact, He's leading out in a modern transla- cial." Now the tion of the Bible in Russia. by J. R. Spangler Adventist Review goes "on the record." Cover illustration by Randy South General paper of the Marketing Representative manuscripts. Manuscripts must include English Bible. 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