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I I PHISINVI-1-111.,4141-m. t1 141114111114,4s41414t8 Ill i tililttt1fl4-1.1111-11 na-ptniii111451.1till41.1 -1"' 1-1-1/-14S-411/4-4411/14111,114 I lifttw '1414-f1111,1411.411411V141-1-1-11111!Iin0111-11 1 11111- t ,, 1-11-14-4M41-1414-1-11-N-1 CANADIAN ADVENTIST Volume 55, No. 6, JuneessenQer 1986, Oshawa, °Mart G.E. Maxson/Editor June Polishuk/Associate Editor Allan Colleran/Art Director CONFERENCE EDITORS L. Larsen/Alberta M. Tetz/British Columbia D.M. Maclvor/Man.-Sask. J.W. Wilson P.A. Parks/Maritime President, Seventh-day Adventist Church in Canada D. Crook/Newfoundland D. Melashenko/Ontario C. Sabot/Quebec TER AN ELEVEN DAY a repeat performance at Kadesh-Barnea, Official Organ of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Canada; MARCH FROM SINAI, Meanwhile, Caleb waited, watched, President J.W. Wilson; Secretary, G.E. Maxson; Treasurer, Israel arrived at Kadesh- prayed and marked time while his G. DeBoer; Vice-president; L Lowe. Departmental Directors: A. Education, J.D.V. Fitch; Personal Ministries and Sabbath School, Barnea, the gateway to the promised contemporaries fell one by one in the C.S. Greene; Public Affairs, D.D. Devnich; Publishing, P. Cordray; Youth and Stewardship, ; Trust Services, F land. It was rich, fruitful, and beautiful desert. They sat waiting to die. He Lloyd Bell; Consultant to Health Care Institutions, A.G. Rodgers. — and it also was peopled with waited the Lord's good time. Once Issued monthly, annual subscription price in Canada $5.00. Out of Union $10.00. giants. again, with the forty years passed, they A master plan, one from each tribe, stood at the borders of the promised Conference Directory sent "the twelve" out for forty days to land. The land was still rich, it was still CANADIAN UNION CONFERENCE — J.W. Wilson, President; reconnoiter. They were to develop a fruitful, it was still beautiful and was G.E. Maxson, Secretary; G. DeBoer, Treasurer; 1148 King Street East, Oshawa, Ontario LI H 1H8. (416) 433-0011. feasibility study, to secretly investigate still peopled with giants. Here was this ALBERTA CONFERENCE — H.S. Larsen, President; W. Olson, — oh, well, let's face it, they were sent child of a stranger, this adopted son of Secretary-Treasurer; Box 5007, Red Deer, Alberta T4N 6A1. (403) 342-5044. out secret agents. They were spies! Israel, this elected spy, this prince of BRITISH COLUMBIA CONFERENCE — C. Sorenson, President; P.W. Dunham, Secretary, E. Tetz, Treasurer, Box 1000, The most famous spy in all the Bible Judah, this spokesman of God, who Abbotsford, British Columbia V2S 4P5. (604) 853-5451. was Caleb, the Kenazite. He may have "wholly followed the Lord." in Joshua MANITOBA - SASKATCHEWAN CONFERENCE — D.M. Maclvor, President; M.D. Suiter, Secretary-Treasurer; 1004 descended from the Edomites, but 14:8. Victoria Ave. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N OZ8. (306) 244- certainly he was not an Israelite. He Caleb said, "Give me this mountain." 9700. MARITIME CONFERENCE - P.A. Parks, President; M. Weststrate was a part of the "mixed multitude." He He was asking for the most difficult job Secretary-Treasurer; 121 Salisbury Rd., Moncton, N.B. EIE 1A6. was an Israelite by adoption and was that there was because Mount Hebron (506) 855-8622. ONTARIO CONFERENCE — 0. Parchment, President; L accepted and absorbed into the tribes. was the stronghold of the giants. Carney, Secretary; G. Gray, Treasurer; Box 520, Oshawa, Ont. L1H 71)41. (416) 571-1022. As one of the spies, he was re- Said the Lord's messenger in QUEBEC S.D.A. CHURCH ASSOCIATION — C. Sabot, sourceful, fearless, adaptable and Volume 5, page 383, "We want Calebs President; L.M. Abel, Secretary; Y. Colas, Treasurer; 940 Ch. Chambly, Longueuil, Quebec J4H 3M3. (514) 651-4240. enterprising. He was a man of humble now who will press to the front — NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR MISSION OF SEVENTH- faith, humble and above all, a spokesman chieftains in Israel who with courageous DAY ADVENTISTS — D. Crook, President; B. Christenson, Secretary-Treasurer; 106 Freshwater Road, St. John's, Newfoundland for God. He served his people with words will make a strong report in A1C 2N8. (709) 576-4051. quiet trust and fidelity. favour of immediate action. Let the The report of "the twelve" developed voice of the Calebs be heard, even Legal Directory mass hysteria among the people which though the cowardly ones stand with For the information of members and friends who wish to remember the Church and its institutions in preparing wills and resulted in frustration, anger, resent- stones in their hands." legacies. ment, and rebellion. The two million In every period of the Lord's work ALBERTA CONFERENCE CORPORATION of the Seventh-day Adventist Church - Box 5007, Red Deer, Alberta T4N 6A1. wailing people tore their clothes and Calebs have responded. Men of thorough THE BRITISH COLUMBIA CORPORATION of the Seventh-day tried to comprehend why they had to fidelity, men who have followed the Adventist Church - P.O. Box 1000, Abbotsford, B.0 V2S 4P5. MANITOBA CONFERENCE CORPORATION of the Seventh- fight for something that had been Lord fully, men who are as true as steel day Adventist Church - 1004 Victoria Avenue, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, S7N OZ8. promised. to principle, men who walk humbly MARITIME CONFERENCE CORPORATION of the Seventh-day Caleb and Joshua accepted the with God, who are patient, kind and Adventist Church, Inc. - 121 Salisbury Road, Moncton, N.B. El E 1A6. Kadesh-Barnea death march decree courteous. ONTARIO CONFERENCE CORPORATION of the Seventh-day without a murmur although they must We have these "Calebs" and I want Adventist Church - P.O. Box 520, Oshawa, Ontario L1H 7M1. SASKATCHEWAN CONFERENCE CORPORATION of the have been terribly disappointed. It was you to know of their good reports. Seventh-day Adventist Church - 1004 Victoria Avenue, Saska- not God's plan to wander forty years in They have "wholly followed the Lord." toon, Saskatchewan S7N OZ8. SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH IN CANADA - 1148 the wilderness. It was His plan that They have said, "Give me this mountain." King Street East, Oshawa, Ontario L1H 1H8. SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH in Newfoundland and they should be a holy, happy, healthy Labrador - 106 Freshwater Road, St. John's, Nfld. A1C 2N8. people in the promised land. ADRA (Canada) SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH - Quebec Conference, or Eglise Adventiste du Septieme Jour - Federation du Quebec - Unbelief, worldliness, strife and lack John M. Howard 940 Ch. Chambly, LongueuiL Quebec J4H 3M3. of conversion postponed the fulfillment This humanitarian relief and develop- of God's plan. As the spies searched for ment agency supports, rehabilitates Printed by Maracle Press Limited. Second class mail registration number 0912. Address all enquiries to 1148 forty days, so now Israel marched for and enhances the quality of life and the King Street East, Oshawa, Ontario L1H 1H8. forty years in an area of fifty by well-being of the underprivileged ISSN 0702-5084 seventy-five miles before they could do without reference to ethnic, political, or 2 MESSENGER/JUNE 1986 Cover Photo — National Headquarters, Seventh-day Adventist Church in Canada, by A. lacent 12th Session •scion Re i ort- of the Canadian Union Conference religious association. taken the place of 10 closures for a total for the first time in Canada's highest ADRA helps people to help them- of 94 schools at terms end. From a high court. selves through its various resources, mark of 4,069 students, enrollment has Issues of equality of rights, problems and during this period has developed dropped fractionally to 3,886. of Sabbath observance in the work- some 40 projects which are found in The affiliation with Union College, place, the development of a Conscience every world division excepting the the CUC summer school program, and Clause in the Canadian Labour Code, South Pacific. the Loma Linda Masters program have and other issues continue unabated. During this period, ADRA's funding gone far in providing 80% of Canadian exceeded $3,000,000 compared to the teachers with proper denominational Publishing/FIHSC $675,000 during the early pioneer days certification. Paul R. Cordray with Lowell Cooper in the early 1970's. "God has ordained the canvassing From its inception, ADRA has blos- Personal Ministries/ work." CM, p. 6. Fifty-eight literature somed beyond human expectation. Sabbath School evangelists on the average, are attacking Indications for the future are most C.S. Greene most areas of Canada. What have they promising. Support for overseas missions has accomplished? Here it is! Over 1,000 Adventist Youth/ developed in two key ways. Mission former Seventh-day Adventists were offerings show a 20% increase over the contacted. Some 2,000 individuals were Stewardship previous period and quinquennial brought to outreach meetings along Perry A. Parks Ingathering dollars raised total with the 40,000 homes which appre- "The church of the future," certainly, $3,250,000. From Ontario came ciatively had prayer offered. 19,000 but the today's youth are equally $1,250,000. Alberta and Manitoba- have been enrolled in Bible courses, important as the "Now of the church." Saskatchewan raised $500,000 each to while 222,000 pieces of literature have The five youth mission outings, go with the $600,000 raised in British been distributed. All told, 500,000 authored by Alberta's Lloyd Janzen, Columbia. Newfoundland's leading hours of caring, loving labour have the Pan America Youth Congress in per capita resulted in $120,000 while been expended. Mexico City, the North American Quebec and the Maritimes raised Here, with the assistance of Brothers Pathfinder Camporee in Colorado, the almost $400,000. Ingathering is pro- Juriansz and Ruba, 325,000 books with Eastern Canadian Youth Congress in gressive and the North American a value in excess of $7,500,000 have Peterborough, Ontario, and the fantastic Division can count on Canada to do its been placed in homes across Canada.