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We are not to copy the world©s practices, and yet we are not to stand aloof from the people of the world; for our light must shine amid the moral darkness that covers the earth. There is a sad lack in the church, of Christian love one for another. This love is easily extinguished; and yet without it we cannot have Christian fellowship, nor love for those for whom Christ died. .. . The servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient, in meekness instruct ing those that oppose themselves. . . . We shall have to meet aooked elements in the world and in the church. Men will come claiming to have great light; but those who have experience in the cause of God will see that what they present as light is great darkness. Men of this class will have to be treated according to the specifica tions of the word of God. Those who are in error may become excited in advocating their views, but those who are walking in the light can afford to be calm, gentle with the erring, "apt to teach," making manifest the fact that they have asked and received wisdom of God. ELLEN G. WHITE, Testimonies to Ministers, pp. 164, 165.

THE MINISTRY Official Journal of the Ministerial Association of Seventh-day Adventists

VOLUME XXXV FEBRUARY, 1962 No. 2 Editor IN THIS ISSUE ROY ALLAN ANDERSON EDITORIAL Associate Editor Evangelical Inconsistency ._. ._. _..__ R. A. Anderson 4 ANDREW C. FEARING ARTICLES Managing Editor The Leader and His People ______C. M. Bunker 7 "That They All May Be One" ______F. L. Peterson 10 HARRY W. LOWE Islam Our Greatest Challenge .____._ R. S. Watts 13 Confidence Among Brethren _._____._ R. H. Pierson 16 Assistant Editors "Breakthrough" Opportunity for Your Church H. B. Weeks 18 E. EARL CLEVELAND Statistics Are Revealing! ______L. C. Kleuser 19 WALTER SCHUBERT Principles of Biblical Interpretation (Part 2) R. F. Cottrell 21 Copy Editor Great Words of the Bible No. 7 The Atonement J. INA WHITE W. T. Hyde 26 REGULAR FEATURES Consulting Editors SOME BOOKS I CAN RECOMMEND ..__.__._._._ 15 REUBEN R. FIGUHR, WALTER R. BEACH, EVANGELISM EDWARD HEPPENSTALL, LOUISE C. The Collapsing Asphalt Jungle .._._. M. K. Eckenroth 24 KLEUSER, W B. OCHS, R. HAMMILL The Basis for Real Decisions ______M. E. Mathers 32 The Miracle of Love ._...... _._...._._...... _..W. Schubert 34 MUSIC IN WORSHIP Art Editor "Is Any Merry?" ______._ E. E. White 28 T. K. MARTIN SHEPHERDESS Why I Like the Ministry ...... ___ O. J. Grindheim 36 Circulation Manager BOOKS FOR YOUR LIBRARY ...... ___...... 40 NEWS ______...... ___...... __ ...... _...... _._.._.... 44 WALTER SCHUBERT PULPIT POINTERS FOR PREACHERS ______48 E. EARL CLEVELAND, Assistant

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© OE unto you, when men to the place of the cross in the whole struc Wishall speak well of you," ture of truth. Not only does truth center warned the Saviour. From in Christ but He Himself is the truth, and our very beginning, Seventh- every true doctrine proceeds from Him, day Adventists have known and His transcendent acts. that all men were not speak A few years ago a group of Christian ing well of them. But we have scholars deeply concerned about the Ad- been made happy in recent ventist teachings and their effect upon the years that opinions concerning us and our church as a whole, came to the General work have been changing. Many factors Conference headquarters to inquire just have contributed to bring this about. Peo what are our beliefs in these areas of ple become afraid, or at least suspicious, truth. These men represented conservative of that which they do not understand. And and evangelical theology, and they were Seventh-day Adventists certainly have eager to know firsthand what we believe. been misunderstood. But the eagerness of An interview that was to have lasted at many to become familiar with our doctrines most but a few hours, lengthened into a and objectives has been heartening. series of eighteen interviews, or intensive Naturally we have been seeking to be Bible studies, which took place over a pe understood, and we regret that some have riod of many months two and one-half taken this to mean that we have changed years, to be exact. our basic beliefs. But in no way have we As a result of these forthright examina compromised our doctrines. On the con tions of Seventh-day Adventist beliefs in trary, there never has been a time when the light of Scripture, those theologians re we were so united in our principles of ceived an entirely new concept of Advent- faith and objectives as we are today. This ism. They were not only surprised but de we say without hesitation. lighted to discover that we believed ex From the very beginning of our move actly as they believed in what they spoke of ment there has never been any question as the heart of the Christian message concerning the vicarious sacrifice of our Christology. During those intensive weeks Lord. Christ and Him crucified has been of earnest prayer and study, all our doc the center of our message. But because of trines were put to the test of the Word. our emphasis on His high-priestly ministry Later their evaluation of Seventh-day Ad- in the heavenly sanctuary, and the climax ventism was published in both the religious ing judgment, some of our fellow Chris and secular press. tians have charged us with not teaching Two of those study conferences, lasting the finished sacrifice of our Lord. In recent over a period of days, convened in the years we have been giving added emphasis home of the late Dr. Donald G. Barnhouse, THE MINISTRY of Philadelphia. Those of us who were came to me, as editor of THE MINISTRY, there will never forget those interviews asking for clarification on important and the earnest statement made by that points. It was gratifying to discover that Christian leader, when at the close of a after more than a hundred years Adventists long day and evening around the Word, were now being understood by those who he rose and said, "Brethren, for thirty took the time to investigate our fundamen years I have misunderstood Adventists, and tal beliefs. during all that time I have been fighting At the very time our intensive study with you. But I did it conscientiously. Even now those leaders began, the Zondervan Pub I do not believe all that you believe, and lishing House of Grand Rapids, Michigan, cannot accept the ©special truths© that you was bringing out a new book by Walter feel called to preach; but when it comes to Martin, The Rise of the Cults. In this vol the real heart of Evangelical faith we can ume a number of different religious groups clasp hands, because I have now discovered were examined briefly, all of whom were that we stand together at the cross. I am classified as cults. Theosophy, Christian now ready to declare from my heart that Science, Unity, and Latter-day Saints were you are my brethren in Christ." among those examined. In his original It was a moving moment, because this manuscript the author had a chapter on good man had used both his pen and the Seventh-day Adventists, but when he dis radio to defame Adventists, not once or covered firsthand what Adventists really twice, but scores of times. Following those believe, he recognized that what he had interviews he wrote an article concerning written previously was not in harmony us, and I quote from his opening para with fact. So he and the publishers with graph: drew that chapter, inserting another in its "In the past two years, several Evangeli place. The design in the paper jacket was cal leaders have come to a new attitude to also altered, another group replacing the ward the Seventh-day Adventist Church. position reserved for Adventists. The change is a remarkable one since it Martin was absolutely convinced that we consists in moving the Seventh-day Advent did not belong among the cults, for as he ists, in my opinion, out of the list of anti- himself said many times, "On all the real Christian and non-Christian cults into the fundamental issues relating to our salva group of those who are brethren in Christ." tion and the sacrifice of Christ, Adventists That article sparked interest around the ring true as steel." He also recognized that, world and became a center of real contro like other Protestant bodies, we have felt versy in the religious press. A few misin called of God to proclaim certain special formed Evangelicals disagreed violently, truths. The Wesleys emphasized free grace while others recognized the truth of Dr. in contrast with the Calvinistic belief of Barnhouse©s statement. Sensing the deep limited atonement and election; while the public interest in this question, the reli Baptists taught the need of baptism by im gious editor of Time magazine requested mersion. an interview with Dr. Barnhouse and Wal As our name indicates, Adventists have ter Martin. He then wrote an article emphasized the imminent return of our which appeared in the December 31, 1956, Lord. And we rejoice that today many of issue of Time, entitled "Peace With the our Fundamentalist brethren are also pro Adventists." claiming this truth. A century ago, how "On issue after issue," declared the edi ever, this was not the case. Adventists were tor, Martin found Adventists "hewing to ridiculed by most Christians because the the line of conservative Protestantism." popular belief was that the kingdom of Then he quoted the following words from God would come, not by divine interven Dr. Barnhouse: "We are delighted to do tion and a catastrophic end to human justice to a much maligned group of sin plans, but rather by the gradual develop cere believers, and in our minds and hearts ment of the race. Whitbyanism and Dar take them out of the group of utter here winism both exerted a large influence on tics like the Jehovah©s Witnesses, Mormons, the theology of their day. and Christian Scientists, to acknowledge Likewise, from our beginning we have them as redeemed brethren and members proclaimed that God is the Creator of all of the Body of Christ." things, and that the Seventh-day Sabbath is From many parts of the world letters the sign of His creative power. We have FEBRUARY, 1962 therefore felt impelled to proclaim the the teachings of a number of different great truth of the Sabbath. Our obedience groups, including ourselves. It seems to God©s command in this respect is in no strange to us that Christianity Today way to be interpreted as legalism. It is our would put Seventh-day Adventists among love and loyalty to Him who redeemed us the cults, and especially so when the writer, by His blood that impels us to "walk even who happened to be Walter Martin him as he walked." We recognize that, impor self, states the very opposite in the article. tant as those "special truths" are which We quote: "That Adventists should be rec we proclaim, yet these do not save us, nor ognized as Christians, and that fellowship do they add to us any virtue. We are saved should be extended to them we do not deny. by grace, and grace alone. Nothing that They.are a Christian denomination rather we can do can add a single thing to what than an anti-Christian cult." (Emphasis our Lord has done for us. Moreover, of ours.) ourselves we are unable to keep His com Walter Martin is perhaps the best-in mandments. But Christ, who dwells in the formed non-Adventist writer on the subject heart of the believer, gives victory over sin. of Adventism. And although his article When once those Evangelical leaders leaves something to be desired, in some re came to understand our position on this spects at least, yet he does spell out in clear central truth of the gospel they stretched language that we are definitely Christian forth hands of fellowship, and together we and should not be designated a "cult." And knelt and thanked God for the grace of this is in perfect accord with the clear state Jesus Christ, which makes all true believers ments in his book, The Truth About Sev one in Him. enth-day Adventism. On page 236 he says: It was this that urged Walter Martin to We hope that many who have looked upon Ad withdraw the chapter he had written ventists as dangerous non-Christian cultists will re against Adventism in the book referred to, vise this view. In the providence of God, and in His The Rise of the Cults. While there are own good time, we trust that evangelical Christian some unfortunate references to us in the ity as a whole will extend the hand of fellowship opening chapter of that book, yet that to a group o£ sincere, earnest fellow Christians, could not be helped, because that section distinguished though they are by some peculiar of the book had already gone through the views, but members of the Body of Christ and presses before we met Martin. Many times possessors of the faith that saves. he expressed his regret that those state No one could write that way unless he ments were there, but he took occasion in had definite convictions. And in this vol articles and public lectures to explain the ume, while he disagrees with certain of situation. our teachings, yet he makes it clear to the Christian world that Adventism is not a "cult." And Dr. Barnhouse in his foreword To maintain an opinion because it is thine, and to this book likewise clearly states that "Sev not because it is true, is to prefer thyself above enth-day Adventists are a truly Christian truth. Venning. group, rather than an antichristian cult." Page 7. Now, we have a high regard for Chris The publishing date of the book is 1955, tianity Today and for its editorial staff; and that was a few months prior to the pub but what has happened to logic and con lication of three articles in Eternity maga sistency? But even more: Coming to our zine that made clear to the Evangelical desk is an appeal for new subscribers to branch of Christianity, at least, that we did the journal, and a bonus book is offered en not belong among the cults. This has been titled The Challenge of the Cults. This Martin©s consistent attitude from his first book is a republication of those articles contact with us. which appeared in Christianity Today. During recent months, however, a series The special announcement calls it "a sym of articles appeared in Christianity Today posium on seven leading cults by students under the general heading of "The Chal of the cult movement in America." On the lenge of the Cults," the first of which was cover of this small paperback, Adventism published December 19, 1960. In these ar is listed among those branded as the "lead ticles, written by different authors, an at ing cults." tempt was made to review briefly some of (Continued on page 39} THE MINISTRY Autumn Council Devotionals

The Leader and blood. This had caused a great gap a great breach between God and the peo His People ple. Conditions were so bad God was ready to destroy the people. But before resorting to this extreme measure, He looked for a C. M. BUNKER leader to stand in this breach, to fill this gap. The sad part of it is, He found none. President Upper Columbia Conference Through its history God has looked down into this old sin-cursed world calling for men and women to fill a gap as leaders. In Israel©s day it was Moses; before Christ S I APPROACH this sub it was John the Baptist; in the early A ject this morning I am church it was Paul; in Reformation times conscious of the fact that I it was Luther, Huss, Jerome, and other personally fill a position of men of God. In the early days of this leadership and that I am movement it was the Whites, Bates, An speaking in general to an en drews, and others. In this day it is Elder tire congregation of leaders, Figuhr, his associates in the General Con who represent the fields and ference, and literally thousands of others, institutions that constitute this entire including you and me. movement. And not a few today believe When we want leadership in an institu that a large segment of our leadership at tion, in a particular industry, in one of the present time will have the privilege our schools, in a conference, a district, a and responsibility of leading this people church, et cetera, we begin to look for a into the Promised Land. What a glorious particular type of person with very definite privilege; what a solemn and sacred re characteristics and qualifications a super sponsibility! No other position of leader person. Every leader here this morning ship in state or society can in anywise com knows exactly what I am talking about. pare, because a call to leadership in this How often the change of leadership in an movement is a call for a man or woman institution, an industry, a conference, a dis to fill the world©s greatest need. trict, or a church has changed the trend One of the greatest needs in all history from that of failure to success! It is esti has been leaders. When God wanted some mated that 4 per cent of the world©s popu thing done He called and depended upon lation, because of highly developed powers, leaders. Sometimes He found them, some act as guides for the rest of the world. times He did not. I think one of the most What a solemn responsibility! deplorable situations depicted in all the Inasmuch as I have referred to some of Bible is found in the history of Israel as the great leaders of the Bible along with recorded in Ezekiel 22:30: "And I sought others, I am taking the position that the for a man among them, that should make leadership in the cause of God today is to up the hedge, and stand in the gap before compare with that of Bible times, of Refor me for the land, that I should not destroy mation days, and the early days of this it: but I found none." In studying the con movement. When Moses was instructed by text we find that there had come into Je God through Jethro to appoint leaders rusalem almost every wickedness known over thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens, idolatry, flagrant violation of God©s law, he said, "Moreover thou shalt provide out Sabbathbreaking, adultery, profaning of of all the people able men, such as fear sacred things, and even the shedding of God, men of truth, hating covetousness" FEBRUARY, 1962 (Ex. 18:21). Of John the Baptist it is said, sened, in fact, as we are at the place where "There was a man sent from God, whose time is ending and eternity is beginning, name was John. The same came for a wit the need is even greater. Surely the char ness, to bear witness of the Light, that all acteristics and qualifications of leadership men through him might believe" (John in the cause today should be comparable 1:6, 7). The explanation for John©s suc to that of any era in the history of the cess is simple, the record says, "I saw, and work of God. After all, that which makes bare record that this is the son of God" our cause great is not our plan of organi (John 1:34). zation, nor the extent of our territory, it When looking for men in the early is not our buildings or institutions, nor is church to take positions of leadership in it our great resources it is its godly men an endeavor to lessen the work of the and women. Every true leader in God©s twelve, the instruction was, "Look ye out cause with the foregoing characteristics among you seven men of honest report, and qualifications will in this day, as in full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom the past, have an insatiable desire to be a we may appoint over this business" (Acts true leader, a success. 6:3). I think the secret of the apostle To be a successful leader one must have Paul©s success could be found in two verses: followers no sheep, no shepherd; no "For the preaching of the cross is to them members, no church; no church, no con that perish foolishness; but unto us which ference; no conference, no union confer are saved it is the power of God" (1 Cor. ence; no union, no division; no division, 1:18). "For I determined not to know any no General Conference. thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and Every winter I like to hold some church him crucified" (1 Cor. 2:2). officers© councils. I have prepared a chart From these instances could we settle for in the form of a pyramid that I use in my less in consecration and qualifications as eleven-o©clock service. The foundation of we seek leadership for the cause of God to this pyramid is the member, next is the day? Surely we want men who "fear God," class, then the church; following, as we go men full of truth, those that "hate covet- upward, is the conference, then the union ousness." They must be "men sent from conference, the division, and at the top, or God" to bear witness of the Light. We must the peak, is the General Conference. I put have men filled with "the Holy Ghost and everything I have by way of appropriate wisdom," men who are determined to scriptures, Spirit of Prophecy quotations, know Jesus Christ and Him crucified et cetera, into an endeavor to help the those who will bear witness that Christ is church see the importance of the individ the Son of God and Saviour of the world. ual member in the structure of this organ This is what God wants today as He ization. It could not be otherwise, and I calls for leadership in His cause. "The think it is good to let the people know greatest want of the world is the want of that the success of this work depends upon men men who will not be bought or sold, the individual members. It is their attitude, men who in their inmost souls are true their consecration, and their loyal support and honest, men who do not fear to call of the cause that is the determining factor sin by its right name, men whose con in the success of the movement. science is as true to duty as the needle to In my presentation I like to point out the pole, men who will stand for the right that the failure of support on the part of though the heavens fall." Education, p. even one member, or more so, of one 57. "What the church needs in these days church officer, affects to just that degree of peril is an army of workers who, like the work of the whole denomination. How Paul, have educated themselves for useful forcefully the apostle Paul pointed this out ness, who have a deep experience in the in 1 Corinthians 12, as he likened the things of God, and who are filled with church to the human body! How clearly earnestness and zeal." The Acts of the he made his point that all could not be Apostles, p. 507. the head, the hand, or the foot, but that How true it is that God has not changed! each one has his place, and each one is de His plan remains the same. His message is pendent upon the other. Paul recognizes the same. His standards have never been that the body has to have a head, but that lowered; therefore, the need for leaders head is also dependent upon the hands, and a special type of leaders has never les feet, et cetera. And to be certain that we THE MINISTRY would not misunderstand or overlook his of all the people, not just of a select seg point, he said, "But now hath God set the ment. Paul said, "I am debtor both to the members every one of them in the body, Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the as it hath pleased him" (verse 18). Then wise, and to the unwise." This was to a to re-emphasize so that there be no ques great degree the secret of Paul©s success. tion about his position, he added, "Nay, One of the first lessons that a leader much more those members of the body, must learn in order to be a success is that which seem to be more feeble, are neces he must have the confidence of his follow sary" (verse 22). ers. No one can help another until he has How forcibly this was brought home gained his confidence. Sermons, counsel, to me upon my first visit to the Danish- and exhortation are useless without confi Norwegian church in New York following dence. Therefore, a leader should leave no my appointment as president of the stone unturned to gain the confidence of Greater New York Conference. It was a his constituents. I believe the greatest fac cold Sabbath morning with a biting wind. tor in gaining confidence is that of influ Upon entering the church I found it en ence. We want our followers to accept and tirely empty not a person in sight. As I follow our counsel, our plans, our exhor walked slowly across the back of the tation, and our guidance. Then how care church, wondering why no one was there ful we should be to make sure that our life yet for Sabbath school, a door opened and conduct is such that they can follow ahead, of me and out stepped a man. We us. Our conversation, our actions, and our proceeded toward each other and upon relationships to one another should in meeting I extended my hand and said, "My every respect tend to inspire confidence, to name is Bunker." He extended his hand encourage and lift up spiritually. and instead of giving me his name as I ex In speaking to us through His servant, pected, he just smiled and said, "Yust the God says, "Every act of our lives affects yanitor." I smiled, gripped his hand a lit others for good or evil. Our influence is tle tighter and again repeated my name; tending upward or downward; it is felt, he smiled and again replied, "Yust the acted upon, and to a greater or less degree yanitor." I never did get his name. After reproduced by others." Testimonies, vol. informing me that the Sabbath school had 2, p. 133. Again, "Heaven is watching to changed time, the "yanitor" went about see how those occupying positions of influ his duties and I sat down to review my ence fulfill their stewardship. The de Sabbath school lesson and sermon notes. mands upon them as stewards are meas But for some reason I could not get my ured by the extent of their influence." mind off the "yanitor." I observed that the Ibid., vol. 7, p. 282. "Would that you . . . church was immaculately clean; it was might feel that every step you take may warm, even though very cold outside. have a lasting and controlling influence Everything was in readiness for the people upon your own lives and the characters of to worship there in comfort that Sabbath others." Ibid., vol. 3, p. 542. Quotations day. As I reflected, I thought no janitor, of this type from the Spirit of Prophecy on no heat; no heat, no people; no people, the subject of influence could be produced no sermon. Before the service that morn a hundredfold. ing I concluded that the "yanitor" was the Let us note briefly some of the principle most important person in my congregation. factors in exerting the right influence and Every true Christian leader must never gaining the confidence of our followers. A forget that his following is made up of true leader must not be political. He must rich and poor, bond and free, educated not show favoritism, but will treat all of and uneducated, strong and feeble. But it his subordinates in the same way. He must has pleased God to call and place all of never forget that his subordinates like to these. In other words, a leader is the leader see what he can do, not just hear what he

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FEBRUARY, 1962 II: ELLEN G. WHITE in The Youth©s In meaning of the Fatherhood of God or the structor, June 2, 1898. brotherhood of man. God still loves the world and Christ still I do not urge the leaders of the church intercedes for mankind. It is that same di to cater to my feelings or opinions simply vine principle of love for God and for our because I represent another race, but I do fellow man that God longs to implant in call upon all to do the right thing because the human heart. Christ appealed to the the right thing is the Christian thing to do. Father "that the love wherewith thou hast Now is the time to examine our former at loved me may be in them, and I in them" titudes and methods to see if they harmo (John 17:26). nize with the changing times in which we It is this divine love principle that expels now live. hatred, ignorance, and the estrangement The servant of the Lord says, " ©It is the that may exist among mankind. It is this very essence of all right faith ... to do the that enthrones Christ in the heart and life right thing at the right time.©" Life and draws from the Father the same affec Sketches, p. 380. tion and care that He cherishes for His Today I speak not only for myself, but well-beloved Son. It is the love of God that for the leaders of the Regional work, both binds His people together as a unit, that of the administrative group and of the all men may know that Christ was sent into working force in general. We, together the world to bridge the gulf that sin had with God©s leaders of every clime, have a made between man and God. deep sense of gratitude in our hearts that The Seventh-day Adventist Church has the Father has given us into the hands of come to the most challenging hour in the His Son, and in times like these we are ex history of the human race. The discordant ceedingly happy to be Seventh-day Advent- elements in the world have produced a ists. wave of distrust, of fear, and even of hate I have been working with our member among the masses of earth©s population. ship for a long time, and I can truthfully The church of Jesus Christ must hold say that the rank and file of our members high the banner of love and of together are loyal to this cause and their grave con ness in these times of disaffection, of dis cern above every other interest is in being integration, and of pulling apart. God©s ready for the coming of Jesus. people in these days must "press together" As defective as the church may be, our toward the completion of a world task. people know that God has founded it, He The church is made up of all races and is the Pilot who will guide her safely into classes with varied opinions and human de the harbor. sires, but the church does not operate on As leaders we are not unmindful of the the opinions of men, but after the order fact that there have been, and still are, of God. In all things we yield to Him who some discouraging conditions that face us, is the author and finisher of our faith. but instead of spending time rehearsing This is no time for the exhibition of the evils of the past and brooding over the human prejudices, nor of faultfinding and unlovely things of the present, we are re criticizing because of any weaknesses that joicing over the wonderful progress that there may be in the church. this church has made in human relations, We are to get on with the work of soul- and we look forward to the future with saving. Anyone who is not in the soul-sav renewed hope and confidence. ing business is not engaged in the work of Forty-three years ago, when there were God. We must all work together to build but 3,500 members in the North Ameri up the church of God, not segregate our can Negro Department, the General Con selves into little groups and do or say any ference in session chose a Negro to head thing that would tend to destroy the in the department. He became a member of fluence of the church. We must desist from the General Conference Executive Com operating any program that tells the world mittee. Today there are six men of color we are not a unit, that we do not possess who are members of the General Confer the oneness for which Christ prayed that ence Committee, four of whom are work His people should have. Neither should ing at the headquarters here in Takoma anyone have cause to point us out as being Park. That is progress. a people who are unskilled in manifesting Here at the General Conference head the love of God, or unschooled in the quarters, Dr. Natelkka Burrell, a specialist 12 THE MINISTRY in elementary education, is working under seems less difficult to win Moslems in Java the direction of the Department of Educa and Sumatra than elsewhere in Moslem tion, assisting in the preparation of ele countries. mentary textbooks for all the elementary While I was in Lahore, Pakistan, attend school children of the church. Is not this ing the Islamic Conference, the brethren progress? informed me that from among the 120 mil In some of our conferences the church lion Moslems living in the Southern Asia schools and academies have been inte Division we have eight converts today. The grated, and all of our colleges except two picture is not much brighter in the Middle are accepting colored students without East, where after 75 years of work, there causing them any embarrassment. I see the are less than 18 faithful Seventh-day Ad day approaching when the world will no ventists among 100 million followers of Is longer say that the only segregated schools lam. To reach this vast far-flung Moslem in this city or that city are the ones oper world quickly with our message presents ated by Seventh-day Adventists. Seventh-day Adventism with its greatest un (Continued on page 38} answered challenge in this modern age. In order to understand some of the diffi cult problems we face in converting Mos Islam lems we must look at the religion of Islam itself. Our Greatest The Religion of Islam Islam is the latest of the great world reli gions. It appears later than Judaism, Bud Challenge dhism, or Christianity. It sprang up in the full light of history and spread more rap RALPH S. WATTS idly than any other great religion. We must General Field Secretary, General Conference recognize that Islam is the only religion that has offered a serious challenge to Chris tianity. History shows that it has never URING its more than a relinquished its hold on any people except D hundred years of history in the case of Spain. Islam holds the loy Seventh-day Adventism has alty of 412,813,000 adherents.1 Every sev gained much momentum in enth person in our world is a Moslem, and its worldwide program. Every the Moslem call to prayer is heard almost avenue in our work has pros around the world twenty-four hours a day. pered under the guiding hand During the last decade Islam has emerged of God. Today we have as a very active religion. Linked with the lengthened our cords and strengthened our governments of numerous countries in the stakes until we have planted the banner Middle East, Africa, and Asia it constitutes of Seventh-day Adventism in countries that a world force that has to be reckoned with. represent 98.97 per cent of the world©s population. This is surely a glorious The Origin of Islam achievement. And this great Advent Move Islam originated in the seventh century ment continues to move on majestically to in one of the remote corners of the earth, greater and speedier triumphs in many far removed from the influence of civiliza lands. tion. The Arabian Desert was its homeland. In spite of this fact, however, we are The wandering Bedouin its first converts. faced with one very somber reality as re It is interesting to note that Biblical his lated to our work among Moslems. In the tory reveals the influence of desert life world today there are the more than 412 upon great characters and their message as million Moslems. These Moslems live seen in the lives of Moses, Elijah, and John among many nations, but only approxi the Baptist. mately 500 of them have become Seventh- And Mohammed, who founded the reli day Adventists. The picture is more distress gion of Islam, was no exception. Some of ing when we realize that more than 400 of his early years were spent in the Arabian these converts are found in one union field Desert with the Bedouins. As a young man in southeast Asia. I refer to Indonesia. It he entered the caravan business, and dur- FEBRUARY, 1962 13 ing these earlier years he made several trips versity in the world, this book still holds its to Jerusalem where he became familiar own as the basis of the whole curriculum. with Judaism and Christianity. Scattered The principal religious insight of the throughout the Arabian Desert there were Koran is that there is one God, who is a also Jewish and other Christian colonies, compassionate Father to all mankind. He which made it possible for him to become is the only true God, the supreme reality, acquainted with their religions. Evidently the pre-existent, the Creator, the omnipo the thing that greatly impressed Moham tent One. This doctrine will not sound like med was that both Jews and Christians had a new discovery to those raised in a Judeo- in common one God, a book, a revelation, Christian tradition. But we must remem and they were progressive and prosperous. ber it was an exciting new thought to the In contrast was the disunity and poverty Arabs of Mohammed©s day, whose religion of his own desert tribespeople. was a primitive polytheism in which the Later, Mohammed drew freely on these one moderately benign God, Alia, was older religions in formulating his own outnumbered by a horde of malevolent teaching. However, "the new prophet jinns and demons. broke with both Judaism and Christianity; There was almost every human reason Friday was substituted for Sabbath; the call why that adventure of Mohammed©s should from the minaret was decreed in place of fail when he started his religion. It proved, trumpets and bells; Ramadan was fixed as however, to be one of the world©s greatest a month of fasting, the direction to be ob success stories. A man, harassed by peo served during the ritual prayer was changed ple who wanted to take his life, fled his na from Jerusalem to Mecca, the pilgrimage tive city, arrived at another city scarcely to Caaba was authorized and the kissing of three hundred miles away, became its head, the black stone a pre-Islamic fetish the ruler of a state, and founder of an em sanctioned." 2 pire. What his fellow townsmen ridiculed He makes mention of many of the Old became the accepted gospel of all the Arab Testament patriarchs, such as Abraham, world. This was the beginning of a new Jacob, Moses, and others. He taught that religion on a scale the like of which the Jesus was a great human prophet, but that world had not seen before. His life was cut short before He could com "One hundred years after the death of plete all his work; so God called forth an Muhammad his followers were the masters other prophet, Mohammed, to finish the of an empire greater than that of Rome at work of revelation. It is claimed that these its zenith, an empire extending from the new revelations which came to Mohammed Bay of Biscay to the Indus and the confines over a period of twenty-three years were of China and from the Aral Sea to the up given to him in a cave near Mecca. These per cataracts of the Nile." 5 revelations were written down and are em bodied in the sacred book of Islam, the Rise of Islam—A Miracle of History Koran. The word Qur©an itself means "reci The swiftness with which Mohammed tation," "lecture," "discourse." Today Mos consolidated all that became the Islam Em lems accord this book the reverence that pire, is one of the miracles of history. The Christians accord to the Bible.3 They re Jews, who refused to accept him as the Mes gard the Koran as the word of God, and it is siah or his creed as theirs, he largely de thus a most sacred book. stroyed. All opponents, if they dared show "Today the sight of a Moslem picking resistance, were conquered by the Moslem up a piece of paper from the street and Arabs. More distant tribes were invited tucking it carefully into a hole in a wall, to send delegations bringing their alle lest the name of Allah be on it, is not rare. giance. No one can doubt the fact that The Koran, the book of Allah, is treated Arabia was unified and the people of the with unbounded reverence by the Moslem. desert morally elevated by Mohammed©s It is the word of God, dictated through creed. Gabriel to Mohammed. ©Let none touch it For centuries the Western Christians re but the purified.© Surat 56:78." 4 garded this religion of Islam as moribund It can safely be said that the Koran is a religion that was dying. They passed it one of the most widely read books ever writ off as an outmoded ideology. But not so to ten. Today in such an institution as Al- day. In recent years, especially the last fif Azhar, the largest and oldest Moslem uni- teen years, Islam has undergone a dramatic 14 THE MINISTRY renaissance in some parts of the world. It is now on the march in many parts of the Middle East and Asia, and has become one SOME BOOKS I CAN of the dynamic elements in a driving force behind African nationalism. RECOMMEND A recent issue of Look magazine fea tured Africa as "a continent in an up roar." In an article, "Islam, Africa©s Boom ing Faith," the statement was made, "For JOHN H. BAYLISS every African who turns from pagan gods President, South England Conference to Christianity, an estimated 10 become Moslems. (Of the continent©s total popu My reading of devotional literature would lead lation of 232 million, authorities estimate me to give special mention of the following: that there are 90 million Moslems, 77 mil 1. Quiet Talks on Prayer, S. D. Gordon, Fleming H. lion pagans and 41 million Christians.)" e Revell Co., New York, London. What are the reasons for this great re Quiet Talks on Power surgence of Islam? What factors have Quiet Talks on Service caused this renaissance to accelerate since 2. The Spirit of Christ, Andrew Murray, Nisbet the second world war? and Co. Ltd., London. With Christ in the School of Prayer, Fleming H. Reasons for Rapid Spread of Islam Revell Co., Westwood, New Jersey. 3. The Full Blessing of Pentecost, Andrew Murray, The primary reason, undoubtedly, for Victory Press, London. the rapid spread of Islam is found in the religion itself. Islam is the essence of sim 4. Absolute Surrender, Andrew Murray, Marshall plicity and directness. It is one of the most Brothers, London. 5. A Man in Christ, James E. Stewart, Harper and democratic religions of the world. It has Brothers, New York and London. no priesthood, no idols, no mystical sacra 6. Wow to Live the Victorious Life, and The Kneel ments, and no elaborate doctrines. It offers ing Christian, Zondervan Publishing House, no unattainable ideal, few theological Grand Rapids, Michigan. complications and perplexities. Its ritual is the simplest of all religions. Its duties are [Books here mentioned are a personal recommendation of works in a minister©s library, and the comments offered do definite and practical. not necessarily reflect the opinions of the editors. We wel come recommendations for this section, which is intended There are five acts of worship, or reli to offer suggestions to our workers and leaders. EDS.] gious duties of the Moslems, which center on the so-called five "pillars of Islam." more recent times, it is left again with the The first pillar is the profession of faith. Moslem conscience as to the amount that This "is summed up in the tremendous should be given. formula la ilaha illa-©llah; Muhammadum Ramadan, the month of fasting, has be rasulu-©llah (No god but Allah: Muham come the fourth pillar of Islam. "Absti mad is the messenger of Allah). These are nence from all food and drink is enjoined the first words to strike the ear of the new from dawn till sunset during Ramadan." 10 born Moslem babe; they are the last to be The fifth and last pillar is that of the uttered at the grave." 7 Between birth and pilgrimage. The pilgrimage, which usually death no other words are repeated so often. means going to the holy city of Mecca, is Prayer is the second pillar of faith. "Five only required if it is possible to do so. It times a day dawn, midday, midafternoon, should be pointed out that down through sunset and nightfall is the faithful Mos the ages this institution has continued "to lem supposed to turn his face toward serve as the major unifying influence in Mecca and recite his prescribed prayer." 8 Islam and the most effective common bond The Arabic language is used as a medium among the diverse believers." u of expression, no matter what his native "These religious obligations constitute tongue may be. the fundamentals of Islam. They are not Almsgiving constitutes the third pillar the only ones instituted by koranic pre of the faith. Originally almsgiving was pre scription. Basically there is but one crite scribed "as a voluntary act of love," but rion for the conduct of a believer: the will later "it evolved into an obligatory tax on of Allah, as revealed through Muhammad property, including money, cattle, corn, in the Book." 12 fruit and merchandise." 8 However, in (Continued on page 35} FEBRUARY, 1962 15 Confidence Among Brethren Port I

ROBERT H. PIERSON

President, South African Division

I HAT a blessed experi Twenty years before two brethren in that W;ence to be back with church had lost confidence in each other. God©s workers again after all During those long years they had scarcely of those lonely years apart!" spoken to each other. To mutual acquaint The speaker was an elderly ances they kept up a tirade of criticism man sitting across from me against each other. It was a terrible thing. at the hotel table. We were It split the church members. The attitude attending a union conference of the feuding brethren was reflecting in session. After nearly thirty years© estrange two factions that developed in the church. ment from his brethren this former leader Untold harm to the cause resulted. I was in Israel was at last "back home" with the thankful for what the Spirit of God did for people of God. During the days we asso those two estranged members during the ciated and prayed together, over and over two weeks of revival meetings. With tears he expressed the great joy that filled his streaming down their cheeks they put their heart as he fellowshiped with "the breth arms around each other, and the old bar ren" again. riers were broken down. What a blessed My new acquaintance had carried heavy experience it brought to the whole church responsibilities in the cause of God. He had when confidence was restored. served as president of one of our large Recently I was reading our Salisbury mission unions. Then misunderstandings daily newspaper, The Rhodesia Herald. crept in. Aspersions were cast upon his On one of the inside pages in small head leadership. Confidence was broken down, lines I found these four words: "Confi and soon the crushed leader could bear dence Is Our Need." They were words the burdens no longer. He stepped aside. spoken to the Salisbury Rotary Club by His lips did not reveal these details to me. the Prime Minister of Southern Rhodesia, He was too joyous in his restored fellow Sir Edgar Whitehead. These four words ship with "his brethren." Other friends fairly leaped out at me. "Confidence Is pieced the story together for me between Our Need." These four words constitute a meetings. challenging message to workers in the Who can know the lonely hours, the cause of God today. Because of the late heartaches, the battle against bitterness ness of the hour, because of the imminent this crushed man of God had known for appearing of our Master, because of the thirty years! All because confidence had challenge of an unfinished task, there is been destroyed! nothing that we as workers need more than "Satan . . . knows that if he can set confidence in God and in one another. brother to watch brother in the church As I read Sir Edgar©s statement the words and in the ministry some will be so dis of the apostle Paul flashed into my mind, heartened and discouraged as to leave "Cast not away therefore your confidence," their posts of duty." Testimonies to Min he counseled the Hebrews of his day and isters, p. 189. How sad when men have the Adventist workers of our day (Heb. their hearts broken and their spirits 10:35). crushed by unkindness and lack of confi We are living in times of tensions and dence to the extent that it drives them out trouble. Because of lack of international of the work and sometimes out of the confidence the world shivers in a cold war. church. How much we need confidence Suspicion torments the minds of world among brethren in our worker ranks. leaders. No basis for confidence between Some time ago I conducted a series of the East and West appears to be found. revival meetings in one of our churches. Anything one side proposes it is certain 16 THE MINISTRY the other side will oppose. Sinister intent trust." Confidence is synonymous with is imputed by both sides. Stress and strain trust and faith. If we trust a person©s good tests our old world in many areas. offices, if we have faith in his sincerity, It is a nerve-racking and terrible thing though we may not always agree with his when such lack o£ confidence exists among views and the way he does things, we may leaders of the world. How much more to be still retain confidence in him. Confidence lamented it is when such feelings creep in does not make a person a rubber stamp. among members and workers in the cause It does make him charitable. It creates of God. The Advent Movement is an in trust and faith in the sincerity and the mo ternational movement. Likewise it brings tives of the brethren. together varied races and all types of per Confidence is not something we may de sonalities and dispositions from among the mand by right. Even our position in the peoples represented. How important for us work of God may demand it only condi to ever bear in mind that regardless of tionally. Confidence is something we must what flag or race we may represent we are merit. Confidence begets confidence. Con first Christians. As followers of the Lord fidence is one of those magic qualities, like Jesus Christ there must be confidence love. The more you manifest it toward among us. those about you, the more it increases and Living as we do in the most crucial pe comes back to you. Is there a fellow worker riod of the history of the world and of the who mistrusts you, whose confidence you church, when strife, tensions, and suspi apparently do not enjoy? Do you trust cions of all sorts are rampant about us, him? Do you have confidence in him? Con somehow I believe God©s message for each fidence is a two-way street, and it requires one of us as workers is: "Cast not away two to travel it! therefore your confidence." We must not We can also compare confidence to a permit the mistrust or the suspicion of four-legged stool. If one leg is taken away the world about us to insinuate themselves the stool is weakened. In Part II of this into our ranks. There must be no mis study we will give attention to four confi trust, no probing or impugning of motives, dence builders. no lack of faith among those who bear the "Let us cherish a spirit of confidence in vessels of the Lord in such solemn times as . . . our brethren." Ibid., p. 500. those in which we live. Every worker among us is interested in being a successful laborer. We long and A Graduate Program pray for power in our ministry. We daily plead with God to use us in expanding Leading to a and finishing His work in our part of the vineyard. The Lord©s messenger clearly Master of Science Degree lays down the conditions for success, for power in our lives and labor. We would do in Health Education well to read these inspired words fre now offered through quently. The School of Graduate "The success of our work depends upon Studies our love to God and our love to our fellow Loma Linda University. men. When there is harmonious action Ministers and teachers among the individual members of the are among those whose church, when there is love and confidence background qualifies them manifested by brother to brother, there for this work. will be proportionate force and power in our work." Testimonies to Ministers, p. 188. (Italics supplied.) For information regarding pre "Love and confidence manifested by requisites write to: brother to brother" will bring success and Chairman, Graduate Committee power in our work! Division of Public Health and Tropical Medicine What Is Confidence? Loma Linda University The English word confidence comes Loma Linda, California from a Latin infinitive, confidere, "to FEBRUARY, 1962 17 1962—Adventist Public Relations Golden Anniversary "Breakthrough" Opportunity for Your Church HOWARD B. WEEKS

Secretary, Bureau of Public Relations

TI 1HE public relations pro tips for a successful church "brainstorm- gram of our denomination ing" session are available from the public is now a well-seasoned fifty relations office.) years old! Often thought to Some Activities for Discussion Are be one of the new depart ments, the public relations a. The church reception program, ex work will observe its golden panded to include plans for spotting possi anniversary in 1962. ble visitors and encouraging them to come: It was launched in 1912, with W. L. new residents, etc. Burgan as head of the Press Bureau of the b. Roadside signs. General Conference. Interestingly, this was c. The church press relations program. the first such office in any Christian body d. Appearance of the church, inside and in America, perhaps in the world. The out. Knights of Columbus and the National e. Possibilities of planning some of the Lutheran Council followed in 1918. Even regular church services, such as Medical in industry the first moves along this line Day, for some public participation. preceded Adventist action by no more than f. Public services that might be spon five or six years. sored by the church. For 1962 a yearlong anniversary pro g. Avenues of community cooperation, gram has been recommended by the public such as fund drives, blood bank. relations advisory committee a program h. Identification of the church, outside to help your church to break through in announcement board. the community with its message of hope. i. Church exhibit at the county fair. Here are some of the anniversary year fea /. Placing information about the church tures you can use: in key places, such as the public library I. EARLY IN THE YEAR (the General Conference book plan), city A. Publication of a new manual of Ad offices, news media, and making friendly ventist public relations theory and prac personal contacts in so doing. tice, packed with practical how-to-do-it and k. Listing the church in hotel, motel, how-others-did-it counsel. The title, ap telephone, and terminal directories. propriately: Breakthrough. I. Sympathy cards from church to be B. "Let©s Meet the Public" night in reaved, congratulation cards to newlyweds. which church members can discuss com 3. Set up an anniversary year public re munity relations. This could be on a Sat lations committee with individual members urday night or some other suitable time. assigned various parts of the program for implementation during the remainder of Suggested Program the year. 1. Show a series of slides on the church©s C. A strong workshop training program world work (available from the public re will be scheduled in most conferences dur lations office), or the films More Than ing these early months. Sessions for both Singing, and Ye Are My Witnesses; then pastors and press secretaries will cover gen bring the question of denominational ad eral public relations matters as well as vance right down to your own community: press relations. "What Are We Doing Right Here?" D. Materials to help church members 2. List public relations objectives for understand their personal role in your church discussion; outline an action pro public relations program, will be released: gram for the year. (A discussion outline posters for the church bulletin board, illus with special helps for the leader as well as trated "Do and Don©t" features for union 18 THE MINISTRY papers, articles in various church publica home-to-home contacts. A questionnaire tions all to strengthen your hand in will indicate community church attendance building a sound program. habits and interests to which the church II. AT MIDYEAR can relate its program. Special public relations features are Throughout the year your members will planned for camp meetings and for the be kept reminded through our publica General Conference session. tions of this special anniversary emphasis. III. LATTER PART OF THE YEAR Unusual efforts are needed just now to A. Community Relations Day, the reg awaken the public to the presence on the ular church public relations emphasis world scene of God©s people and His mes Sabbath, with an anniversary theme. Pro sage for these crisis days. gram suggestions will be supplied. With every member cooperating you B. A community-wide survey, in coop can lead your church to a challenging eration with other departments, tying in breakthrough in your community, bringing with the Religion in American Life pro your church into a position of greater in gram (in which we are participating mem fluence, from which it can speak more per bers not a church council organization). suasively to the hearts and minds of the RIAL materials will be ideally suited to people. Statistics Are Revealing! LOUISE C. KLEUSER

HE statistical report of the The table listing data for workers sent over T General Conference presented seas by our denomination has always been in at the 1961 Autumn Council is, triguing. It seems to claim priority. In the re to my thinking, very revealing. port under discussion we recognize a great chal As usual, this report is not en lenge to maintain our traditional zeal. Frankly, tirely flattering to the progress here we could have done better. Is the decline, of our work; but on the whole though slight, indicative of a loss of vision on it is most encouraging. A few the part of candidates for appointments? If so, blank items indicate trouble spots, if not mys we should return to our "first love." Heaven tery; but what else can be expected in such an holds us responsible for the use made of the upset and unpredictable age? What a stack of great institutions we have raised up for the information and current denominational his purpose of training personnel. tory! Personally I prefer working at the base, Should we not remember the slim years for where a worker gains experience from the data drafting mission appointees? These, however, furnished, rather than be responsible for the were rich in youthful dedication and unselfish tabulation, but God bless the statisticians! ambition. The question must be posited: Are Naturally I compare the report©s items and we losing the spirit of missions? Or are we con columns. Each section is of interest, but not tenting ourselves with preparation for a service all of like interest; those pertaining to depart that will receive the recognition of the world, ments of service in which I have personally yet not meet God©s plan for evangelizing functioned mean the most to me. This is not abroad? While stressing efficiency and equip entirely selfish. I began with a tabulation com ment, we dare not lose out in dedication to a paring evangelistic and institutional workers. world task and growth in spirituality. Each of the two groups shows advancement for the period. We might wish, however, that the Our Evangelizing Agencies evangelistic group in the future would indicate I have happy memories of years of stimulat greater strength. Figures may tell a story, but ing service when I helped to build strength in between the lines of a tabulation we may into our educational work. Akin to it is the read why, at a certain time, one or the other great Sabbath school organization that also I of these classes received greater emphasis. The was privileged to serve. I am not unmindful lesson for us here might be to keep symmetry of those hard years when our resources and in the building up of our departments. buildings were inadequate for the gigantic and FEBRUARY, 1962 19 magnificent task to be performed. In more re sonal workers and Bible instructors to realize cent years, however, the cause has developed the evangelistic harvest God has in mind. extensive projects to build better schools and train more efficient instructors. Training Bible Instructors Our progress has been marvelous, as seen by Let us discuss another phase of the Fall Coun the light of this recent statistical report. Our cil report. Personally I was encouraged by the Missionary Volunteer Department published figures, which totaled about 600, for Bible in the phenomenal figure of 1.2 million Bible stud structors. Our first Bible instructor report, fur ies and meetings held by the youth during 1960. nished in 1943, showed 237 in denominational As I studied this item of the report I prayed employ. Within a few years we had reached the that God would roll a greater burden upon 700 mark. Could we glamourize this figure to our youth to dedicate their trained talents to take in all the unsalaried helpers, including public and personal evangelism. This item tells such efforts as demonstrated by our Missionary the story of a great potential body of ministers Volunteers what a report we could produce! and conference field Bible instructors. This But Bible and personal evangelism cannot area is where we must watch our denomina be dramatized. It is the hardest and least at tional work, so as to build symmetrically for the tractive work in the entire gospel program, un future. less the selfless and tireless worker has faith It is largely the preaching and teaching of enough to visualize a harvest for God where the Word that makes for spiritual and financial there is yet none. I say with the confidence prosperity in the cause. Although all our pro of experience in this often-overlooked Bible jects are evangelistic, not every agency is dedi teaching service that it is a most satisfying and cating its full time and strength primarily to rewarding gospel service for both men and evangelism. Though we train scientists we must women. When an interest is developed, from not eclipse evangelism per se. Nor should we whatever point it may have begun, the personal confuse our thinking by diverting the attention worker used of God is the climaxing agent. of the ministry from the sole task of preaching There is no more glorious experience for a the message. Neither should we seek to persuade worker than to be the instrument God uses to young people called of God to preach the lead someone to the decision to accept Christ. Word, to fill the enlarging ranks of other pro As a final point of emphasis I would set fessions. With no desire to compare ourselves forth the need of the hour to keep personal among ourselves in professional value, we evangelism in the area of the rarest skills in merely plead for a program of service that our work. This service is greatly enhanced in keeps the ministry a distinctive calling of God. the Spirit of Prophecy©s presentation of the closing scenes of history. We may therefore The Cry of the Multitudes wisely encourage our young men and women America must never forget that its evange to enter the ranks of the Bible work. God will listic progress in reaching the great cities of its have an army on the gospel battlefield concen land must keep pace with similar city work trating on teaching Bible truth, and that will overseas. More young men today should train help to enlighten the world. I appeal that in to reach these Gibraltars. This is becoming one the educating of our future workers we build of the less attractive gospel tasks because of its up the importance of the Bible work so that magnitude. It takes young men of godly skill our youth will want to train for skill in personal and superhuman strength to live with the Bible teaching. crowds and be ever buffeted with defeat. Men of We must prepare for this in our colleges and faith alone may claim gospel victories. seminaries, and when such preparation has Whatever contributing agencies in the work been given, then we may confidently wait on can offer to supplement the ministry, the con God©s Spirit to direct His call to our conse centration eventually must total evangelism. crated, skilled, and waiting youth. Because While both areas require attention, these dark every agency of our manifold evangelism re cities cry out louder than the dark counties, quires Bible instructors, let this branch of serv because of the masses to be reached. Here the ice be developed symmetrically with all other denominational investment in radio and TV is professions. important in reaching people behind their When this Heaven-directed personal work re locked apartment doors. The now well-devel ceives the combined attention of every educator oped Bible correspondence schools furnish a in our denomination, then the Bible instruc commendable and larger service in spotting tor©s work will progress with other departments the interest. But we will need many more per- of our work. 20 THE MINISTRY Principles of Biblical Interpretation©

Part II— Qualifications of the Bible Research Worker

RAY F. COTTRELL Associate Editor, Review and Herald

His Attitudes, Motives, and Responsibilities true to principle. Truth is ever a means to the end of a more purposeful and abun N THE study and inter dant Christian life, and cannot be fully un I pretation of Scripture more derstood until it is interpreted in terms of depends upon right attitudes personal experience. Cooperation with the toward the Author of truth, principles of mental and physical health is toward the pursuit of truth, essential to clarity of thought. Intellectual and toward the church as the honesty is necessary to fairness in dealing custodian of truth than upon with truth and with other seekers for truth. intellectual acuity. Wrong at The spirit of objectivity is necessary lest titudes inevitably render even the most preconceived opinions be mistaken for brilliant reasoning suspect, for valid evi truth. . . . dence often makes little impression on un- Every man being answerable for himself receptive minds, particularly when it tends before God, both for known truth and for to modify habitual patterns of thought and truth it is his privilege to know, and no action. man or group of men being infallible, each All truth originates with God; conse individual faces the sacred duty of know quently, the investigation of any phase of ing for himself what is truth. In his effort it will lead to a more perfect understand to know truth he has the undeniable re ing of His character, will, and ways. Apart sponsibility of devoting to the quest his from the Author of truth there can be no powers of intellect, and of so ordering his real appreciation of truth. Humble recog life that physically, mentally, and emotion nition of one©s finite and personal limita ally he is in a condition to press the quest tions will inspire awe and reverence in the with vigor, patience, and skill. The posses presence of infinite wisdom, and will lead sion of truth is a sacred trust that implies to the dedication of heart, mind, and accountability for it the moral obliga strength to God without reserve. He who tions of cooperating with it and of sharing would think God©s thoughts after Him it. He who sets forth in the quest for truth must draw near to Him, keeping the eyes will enter into a solemn covenant with him of faith fixed on Him who is the way, the self and with heaven to conduct his study truth, and the life. in every respect in a manner that will An earnest desire for truth, humble de honor God, preserve the spirit of Christian votion to it, and willingness to cooperate fellowship, advance His kingdom in the with it are essential to the discovery of hearts of men, and hasten the return of truth. Qualities of earnestness, patience, Jesus and the establishment of His eternal and perseverance are requisite to the quest kingdom. for truth. Allegiance to the great funda mentals of the Christian faith is to be bal Dedicate the Higher Powers of the Mind to God anced by the recognition that finite con The perception and appreciation of truth, He cepts of truth are never perfect, and that [Christ] said, depends less upon the mind than growth in the knowledge of truth is neces upon the heart. Truth must be received into the sary to growth in Christian grace. Light al soul; it claims the homage of the will. If truth could be submitted to the reason alone, pride would be of ready perceived must be applied before no hindrance in the way of its reception. The De new light can be imparted. The seeker for sire of Ages, p. 455. truth must be guided by a sound Christian A knowledge of the truth depends not so much philosophy of life and must consistently be upon strength of intellect as upon pureness of pur pose, the simplicity of an earnest, dependent faith. * Taken from Problems in Bible Translation, Review and Herald Publishing Association. To those who in humility of heart seek for divine FEBRUARY, 1962 21 guidance, angels of God draw near. The Holy Spirit Know for Yourself What Is Truth is given to open to them the rich treasures of the It is the first and highest duty of every rational truth. Christ©s Object Lessons, p. 59. being to learn from the Scriptures what is truth, When the thoughts and affections are not fixed and then to walk in the light, and encourage others upon God or in harmony with His will, the mind to follow his example. We should day by day study is clouded with doubt. . . . The enemy takes control the Bible diligently, weighing every thought, and of the thoughts, and he suggests interpretations comparing scripture with scripture. With divine that are not correct. Testimonies, vol. 5, pp. 704, help, we are to form our opinions for ourselves, as 705. . . . we are to answer for ourselves before God. The Cultivate a Teachable Spirit Great Controversy, p. 598. We should be teachable, meek and lowly of heart. Allow no one to be brains for you, allow no one There are those who oppose everything that is not to do your thinking, your investigating, and your in accordance with their own ideas, and by so doing praying. Fundamentals of Christian Education, p. they endanger their eternal interest as verily as did 307. the Jewish nation in their rejection of Christ. The great danger with our people has been that Counsels to Writers and Editors, p. 82. of depending upon men, and making flesh their To the humble heart and the sincere, inquiring arm. Those who have not been in the habit of mind the Bible is full of light and knowledge. searching the Bible for themselves, or weighing evi Those who come to the Sciptures in this spirit are dence, have confidence in the leading men, and ac brought into fellowship with prophets and apostles. cept the decisions they make; and thus many will Testimonies, vol. 5, p. 705. reject the very messages God sends to His people, There must be patient study and meditation, and if these leading brethren do not accept them. Tes earnest prayer. Every student, as he opens the Scrip timonies to Ministers, p. 106. tures, should ask for the enlightenment of the Holy Spirit; and the promise is sure, that it will be given. We are "to be thinkers, and not mere The spirit in which you come to the investigation of reflectors of other men©s thought." Educa the Scriptures, will determine the character of the tion., p. 17.... assistant at your side. Testimonies to Ministers, p. 108. His Mental Qualities and Equipment God will not impart to men divine light, while they are content to remain in darkness. In order An all-wise Creator conferred upon man to receive God©s help, man must realize his weak the gift of intelligence and the power of ness and deficiency; ... he must be aroused to reason the capacity to apprehend, appre earnest and persevering prayer and effort. . . . All ciate, appropriate, and apply truth. This who are fitted for usefulness must be trained by the capacity increases with the increased de severest mental and moral discipline; and God will sire for, cognition of, and voluntary coop assist them by uniting divine power with human eration with His revealed will. It is the effort. Patriarchs and Prophets, p. 248. sacred duty of all men, and particularly Apply Truth to the Life those to whom the Spirit has imparted spe cial skill and who by training and experi We are not making the most of the light which ence are particularly qualified in the un the Lord has already given us, and thus we fail to receive the increased light; we do not walk in the derstanding and exposition of the Holy light already shed upon us. Review and Herald, Oracles, to "stir up" and "neglect not" the June 3, 1890. gift that is in them. The improvement of There are great privileges and blessings for all this talent is a solemn obligation, for God who will humble themselves, and fully consecrate has not promised a clear concept of truth their hearts to God. Great light will be given to to the man who neglects the improvement them. When men are willing to be transformed, of his capacity to understand it. ... then they will be exercised unto godliness. MS. 11, 1910; Elmshaven Leaflets. "Preach the Word," Faith in God and in the infallible au vol. 2, No. 1, p. 8. thority of the Holy Scriptures as a revela Whenever men are not seeking, in word and tion of His will to man is a vital safeguard deed, to be in harmony with God, then, however to the operation of reason. Faith is not learned they may be, they are liable to err in blind belief in the unknown; it is the rea their understanding of Scripture, and it is not safe soned acceptance of the reality of certain to trust to their explanations. When we are truly facts on the authority of witnesses whose seeking to do God©s will, the Holy Spirit takes the reliability has been proved. Faith and rea precepts of His word, and makes them the principles of the life, writing them on the tablets of the soul. son are not mutually exclusive, but com And it is only those who are following the light al plementary. Faith is not a substitute for ready given that can hope to receive the further the legitimate operation of the powers of illumination of the Spirit. Testimonies, vol. 5, p. intellect with which the Creator endowed 705. man. Each is a necessary safeguard to the 22 THE MINISTRY effective function and reliable operation thereto sanctified skepticism is a Christian of the other, and together they provide a virtue. In an age when the spiritual atmos valuable system of checks and balances. phere is made turbulent by the winds of Reason is relative; faith is absolute, and "private interpretation" it is well to fortify therefore transcends reason. Accordingly, the reason against flights of fancy. Credul reason is to be held subordinate to faith in ity is the devil©s own counterfeit for faith. God and in His revealed Word. We are to The doubter, to be sure, is in danger of take God for granted, but to "prove" all foundering upon the rock of skepticism, else certainly a process of reasoning but the dogmatist is in equally imminent and to "hold fast that which is good." peril of falling into the whirlpool of cre The careful student of Scripture will dulity. The seeker for truth will hold the take a cautious attitude toward, and will bark of reason serenely to a middle course. refuse to accept as final, anything for Firmly holding to established truth, he which there is not a plain "Thus saith the will accord "new truth" the opportunity of Lord." His privilege of comparing scrip proving its validity. Faith and doubt con ture with scripture in an endeavor to un stitute a system of intellectual coordinates derstand more perfectly the mind of the by means of which the seeker for truth may Spirit will be balanced by the responsibil verify his position with respect to it. Faith ity of not affirming as truth that for which and doubt may also be compared to a set the clear weight of inspired evidence is yet of checks and balances to the equal and lacking. Inferences based on personal opin opposite forces that, together, hold the ion are a poor substitute for the explicit earth in its orbit without either falling into teachings of Scripture, and with respect the sun or flying off into space. There are, in addition, certain qualities of mind without which the search for Translating God©s Word Into Man©s truth is greatly retarded and may even be Language invalidated. Skill in setting up a valid pro cedure for dealing with a problem, in BLAISE LEVAI gathering and weighing evidence, in fol lowing logical thought patterns through to American Bible Society logical conclusions, and in exercising sus Late one night a Hindu came to the bungalow pended judgment where necessary all o£ a missionary in Vellore, South India. "My son these are essential attributes of a disci is very ill," he said, obviously upset. "Long miles plined mind. Of no less importance are from the next village we have carried him here." the qualities of open-mindedness, perspicac The missionary immediately started to get the lad to the nearby hospital. ity, diligence, and patience. "But wait," gestured the Hindu. "First, I want The intellectual equipment of the Bible you to read from your Sacred Book and pray." research worker should include: Puzzled, the missionary replied, "But you are a a. Thorough acquaintance with the Hindu. You have over 3,000 gods. Why do you Scriptures and the Spirit of prophecy. ask me to read from the Bible and pray?" b. Mastery of his own language. "Because," came the quick reply, "your Christ c. A working knowledge of Biblical lan understands better, and the words from that Book guages, or at least facility in the use of tools sound Jike words from the heart of God." available for those not proficient in the use Indeed, The Bible©s message goes straight from the heart of God to the heart of men, telling of these languages. what God did and does in the living Christ who d. A working knowledge of ancient his understands. Such communication of the Word to tory, chronology, and archeology; acquaint the world is the unending mission obligation of ance with the areas of history related to Bible translators: "That thy way may be known Bible prophecy. upon earth, thy saving health among all nations" e. Information relative to the transmis (Ps. 67:2). sion of the Bible, and to the relative value More translators are engaged in Bible transla of the major texts, manuscripts, and ver tion today than in any other period in history. This Word exists for the sake of the world sions. never just for its own. Translating this Word f. Acquaintance with standard source understandably for communication in all the materials such as Bible dictionaries, ency tongues of the earth has been and is the consum clopedias, concordances, atlases, and com ing task of the Bible translator. Reprinted by mentaries, with works on history and ar- permission of the American Bible Society Record. (Continued on page 42) FEBRUARY, 1962 THE COLLAPSING ASPHALT JUNGLE

T 1HE executive director of Church leaders are taking a new look at expen the department of evan sive church buildings in which clublike congrega gelism for the National Coun tions sometimes ignore the world outside and slowly hug themselves to death in huge structures they cil of the Churches of Christ no longer can support. It is strange that the Church in the U.S.A., G. Paul Mus- of Him who had not where to lay His head is today selman, recently wrote in one deeply worried about the maintenance of its expen of the most popular of Amer sive real estate. Yet the fact is, it is easier to raise ica©s magazines, The Saturday money for bricks and mortar than for people and Evening Post: programs. One hard-pressed inner-city church The most compelling mission of the Church to strained its resources to build a new office-and- day is not in the far-off, least civilized corners of educational building hut fired a curate and a par the globe. The biggest task lies right at the heart ish worker to balance its budget. Perhaps Protestant of urban civilization, in the tall towers and asphalt ism must lose a few more status symbols before it jungles of our cities. That is where the Church has remembers that its destiny is not to be a custodian failed. It is a failure that is told in terms of dwin of property but to be the creator of a Christian cul dling congregations and closed church buildings ture. and an increasing inability of the Church to enter the lives of those who desperately need something To this solemn appraisal we can hardly of the spirit to give meaning to our materialistic plead immunity. I can testify to the truth civilization. of this from wide observations and present developments close up. I live and labor The cities! What a challenge they have in America©s most congested populated ever been, but what a heartbreak they are area. There is a greater population per in this twentieth century! It is reported square mile, a greater number of cars per that in the past fifteen years New York square mile, than any other place in Amer City has lost 300 churches, Chicago 150, ica. Yet, in spite of nearly one thousand Cleveland 72, and Detroit 63. Reports of conversions in four years, a net growth of leaders themselves indicate that of the less than three hundred is realized! Nor is Baptist denomination alone the number of this an isolated instance, all of which people moving from rural or other urban makes the challenge of the asphalt jun areas who do not reaffiliate with the church gles of our world one of our overriding would fill nine thousand average-sized emergency needs. churches! Annually Seventh-day Adventists expend millions for the erection of magnificent M. K. ECKENROTH hospitals equipped with the finest equip ment. Yearly we construct buildings of President, New Jersey Conference fine proportion, design, and function to house our ever-widening educational net work from the first grade through one of Dr. Musselman makes another challeng two universities. Our fine staff of elemen ing observation worthy of our most sober tary teachers is growing ever larger, until reflection: their number in some local fields is now 24 THE MINISTRY greater than the number of pastors staffing Here we are on the verge of eternity, our districts of churches. Our congrega and we stand with pitifully small evange tions are being housed in well-built, beau listic budgets while we face soaring costs tifully equipped buildings, and pastored to maintain the overhead and understand by degreed ministers, who have a decreas able demands for additional physical fa ing number of churches in districts under cilities. Surely the hour is upon us when a their care. revitalized emphasis, a reaffirmation of The truth is that while totals increase our faith, and a distribution of our finan percentages drop, and the temptation is to cial resources demand a long look toward be satisfied with the ascending graph and the doomed and the damned of the as not be concerned with the steady slide of phalt jungle. the actual individual participation in the A recapture of the early Advent burden task of world evangelism. The Abrahamic is due. Consider these words: mathematic equation, when Abraham My duty is to say that God is earnestly calling pleaded for Sodom, is again confronting the for a great work to be done in the cities. New fields modern asphalt jungle. We search often in are to be opened. Men who know the message and vain for the faithful ten souls. Let©s face it! who should feel the responsibilities of the work have manifested so little faith that because of diffi How heavily do the millions of the great culties or fears there has been a long neglect. cities concern us? Once we had thriving Evangelism, p. 37. churches in these urban centers only to In the cities of today, where there is so much to have congregations sell these properties at attract and please, the people can be interested by handsome profits, and then join the trek to no ordinary efforts. Ministers of God©s appointment suburbia. What of our labors for the cities, will find it necessary to put forth extraordinary not to say anything of suburbia itself! efforts in order to arrest the attention of the multi-

A. DEVANEY Large cities such as this challenge every worker for God. FEBRUARY, 1962 25 tudes. And when they succeed in bringing together unexpected; and these destructions will follow one a large number of people, they must bear messages after another. If there will be a heeding of the warn of a character so out of the usual order that the ings that God has given, and if churches will repent, people will be aroused and warned. They must returning to their allegiance, then other cities may make use of every means that can possibly be de be spared for a time. Ibid., p. 27. vised for causing the truth to stand out clearly In 1903 the messenger of God wrote and distinctly. Ibid., p. 40. "O that God©s people had a sense of the impend Those of our people who are living in large cen ing destruction of thousands of cities, now almost ters would gain a precious experience, if, with their given to idolatry." Ibid., p. 29. Bibles in their hands, and their hearts open to the impressions of the Holy Spirit, they would go forth This is the hour to which we can if we to the highways and byways of the world with the will, and we must, proudly point and say, message they have received. Ibid., p. 50. "God©s remnant people are not failing the Calamities will come calamities most awful, most cities!"

Great Words of the Bible—No. 7 The Atonement (a) WILLIAM T. HYDE Associate Professor oi HeligSon, Pacific Union College

HE atonement is the heart The question arises, How can one decide T of the plan of salvation. whether either or both of these meanings A proper understanding of its give us the truth that was embodied in the meaning is necessary to a cor Hebrew and Greek words used by the in rect view of such important spired writers under the direction of the matters as the nature of God, Holy Spirit? the incarnation and work of our Lord, and the require Lexicons and Doctrine ments for salvation. But the word itself has It would be natural to turn to Hebrew changed its meaning. and Greek lexicons to find the meanings of It seems that in 1611, when the Au the words used in the original languages. thorized Version was translated, the word If lexicographers had some mysterious was generally used to express the idea of ability to know the connotation of words or at-one-ment, or mutual reconciliation. To some adequate source to turn to, this day it means, according to Webster, "to would be excellent. Unfortunately, this is make reparation, compensation, expiation, not true, although the lexicographers do or amends." the best they can within their limitations. The two meanings are so different that, In the case of Greek, there is the Septua- if the primary meaning of kaphar is "at- gint version of the Old Testament, a one-ment," a reader will be misled if he wealth of classical literature, and a mass of gives it its modern meaning, which has contemporary writing in the same koine made it a doctrine in a word. As Melville Greek used in the New Testament. Even Scott says: so, it is often necessary to determine the The term Atonement . . . implies, prior to discus way a word is used by an understanding of sion, a particular conclusion only to be established the doctrine involved, for the Bible writers as a result of discussion. This is not to say that this often use a word so differently that it be particular conclusion is mistaken, but merely that comes a new term. For Hebrew, there are it is being taken as proved, when our object is to now the ancient tablets from Ugarit, in a examine whether it is proved or not. The Word, as generally used, is not a mere colourless term, but a Semitic language related to Hebrew, writ compendium of doctrine taken as admitted and re ten before most of the Old Testament, and ceived; it is premises, argument, and conclusion; the Dead Sea scrolls, written two centuries not a statement of facts about to be tested and after the canon was closed; but still no He sifted, but the verdict already passed upon them. brew literature exists from the times when Melville Scott, The Atonement, p. 16. much of the Old Testament was written. 26 THE MINISTRY Inevitably, then, the meanings in the the word back to its simplest or root form lexicons reflect the theological views of the and find the basic meaning. (3) Analyze compiler or of those whom he regards as its use in Scripture, remembering that the authorities on the teachings of Scripture. meaning will always be a development of An example recently given publicity by be the root idea and in harmony with the ing quoted in a polemical work will show general teaching of the Bible. how far theological bias can take a lexico For this sort of study, one or two good grapher. Thayer©s Greek Lexicon, speaking lexicons are needed for steps one and two, of apolesai, the aorist infinitive active of and a concordance that gathers together apollumi, gives as one meaning, "to be de all the passages in which a particular word livered up to eternal misery." The root or form appears, for step three. For those word is ollumi or oluo, and means to de who cannot use Hebrew and Greek con stroy, to kill, to lose. The addition of apo, cordances, the Englishman©s Greek and from or away, emphasizes the utterness of Hebrew Concordances are good, and the destruction, so that it is translated in Young©s Analytical can do the work fairly the KJV perish, 33 times; lose or be lost, well. It is especially necessary that those 31 times; and destroy or be destroyed, 26 without skill in the Biblical languages times; while a noun form, Apollyon, is used should check all conclusions by the general for the king of the destroying locusts in tenor of Scripture. Revelation 9:11. When the Greek is so Uncertainty as to the Atonement clear, how could Thayer define it as "to deliver up to eternal misery?" Perhaps he These two factors, changes in the mean reasoned thus: "We know that the soul is ing of words and the reflection of theologi immortal; therefore, when the Lord says cal views in lexicons, have helped to bring that God is able to destroy both soul and a good deal of uncertainty into the minds body in gehenna (Matt. 10:28), He must of sincere Bible students. Since the death have meant destroy the body and deliver of Christ atoned for sin, they ask, how can up the soul to eternal torment. So that that sin be brought up in the investigative must be one meaning of apolesai!" judgment? Has it not been atoned for, and A further example from Thayer who therefore canceled? admits in his introduction that the lexico The answer is clearly given, in any trans grapher must be an exegete is his defini lation, by a study of the typical services of tion of apothnesko in Romans 8:13; John the earthly tabernacle. The confessed sin 6:50; 11:26, as "to be subject to eternal was transferred to the sanctuary, to remain misery, and that, too, already beginning on there until the sanctuary itself was purified earth." Other lexicographers are less frank by the removal of the sin into final obliv in admitting their theological bias, but are ion. The sin was separated, not canceled. guided by it nonetheless. Gesenius defines Again, Christ is spoken of as being set sheol as the place where the shades of the forth as a propitiation for our sins. Then dead dwell, when etymologically the word God must be unpropitious to the sinner. means nothing more than a cavity. The But God was in Christ reconciling the same change has been made in the German world to Himself. He has always been pro Hohle, Greek koiloma, Latin coelum, and pitious. English hell. All mean a hole and are used Such conflicts between the meanings at of the grave, but have been given a very tributed to the words and the general different meaning, so that hell and torment teaching of the whole context with its seem to be synonymous. Other examples of parallel Scriptures demand a close study of theological bias in lexicons will be found the uses of the words in the Bible to find in later articles. the harmony between the words and their context. How to Find the Real Meaning This series of brief studies of the He If lexicons include meanings that may brew and Greek words used in the Bible have no linguistic sanction, but are based to describe the atonement has as one pur upon theological positions that may be pose a demonstration of the necessity to mistaken, how can the real connotation of dig down through the overburden of trans a Bible word be determined? There are lations and commentaries to reach the three steps: (1) Use a lexicon to find the gold of truth, that others may be encour accepted meanings of the word. (2) Trace aged to undertake similar work. FEBRUARY, 1962 27 MUSIC IN WORSHIP

"Is Any Merry?" EDWARD E. WHITE Educational Secretary, Australasian Division

HE New Testament question very awkward, since in order to produce a rhyme T of three words, "Is any and the correct meter words have been rear merry?" is answered by James ranged in a fashion that does violence to good himself in the words "let him poetry. Others are highly successful; however, sing psalms" (James 5:13). Sing one, the shepherd©s psalm (No. 260) follows ing psalms is indeed a good oc the Authorized Version very closely. A com cupation, whether one is merry parison reveals that the only changes are: or sad, as the singing with un "quiet" is used for "still" in Psalm 23:2. derstanding of psalms will lead the singer into "me to walk" is used for "leadeth" in verse 3. a much deeper experience with God. We are "dark vale" is used for "valley of the shadow" living now in days when not much psalm in verse 4. singing is done, hymns having taken their "ill" is used for "evil" in verse 4. place, and psalm chanting being foreign to "furnished" is used for "preparest" in Seventh-day Adventist churches. verse 5. Metrical Psalms "foes" is used for "enemies" in verse 5. "overflows" is used for "runneth over" in It must be remembered that hymns as we verse 5. have them are a comparatively new addition "God" is used for "Lord" in verse 6. to Christian worship, for John Calvin, for in "my dwelling place" is used for "I will stance, maintained that whatever was sung dwell" in verse 6. should be the xvords of Scripture only. He therefore restricted his congregational singing All the other words used are taken from the to metrical versions of the psalms, not admit psalm itself. This metrical version is the only ting hymns of what he considered to be human one used in the Church Hymnal. origin. The Presbyterians following him con tinued this practice, and Scotland and the Cov Paraphrases enanters are still known for their psalm sing It is said that the poor poetic quality of ing. The Church of England authorized a met many of the metrical psalms irritated young rical version of the Psalms by Sternhold and Isaac Watts (1674-1748), then a youth of 18 Hopkins, but later a revision was made by years, so that he complained to his father, a Tate and Brady, thus making the former the deacon of the Independent Church. On being Old Version. In this way the tunes fitted to sarcastically advised to produce something bet the psalms derived their names, the Old Hun ter, young Isaac produced dredth, for example (Church Hymnal, No. 13) "Behold the glories of the Lamb being that tune which, in Sternhold and Hop- Amidst His Father©s throne, kins or Old Version, was sung to the metrical Prepare new honours for His name form of Psalm 100. One other example in the And songs before unknown." Church Hymnal is the Old 134th (No. 270), also called now St. Michael (No. 285). Inci He also wrote a new hymn each Sunday for dentally, this latter tune is transposed up one the next two years. He paraphrased all the semitone and the three lower parts slightly psalms, some of these being very close to the changed. Some of the metrical versions are Authorized Version, others being much more 28 THE MINISTRY free. A good illustration of what can be done our Lord. Then the poet concludes in the last is shown by contrasting hymn No. 13 in our stanza of his hymn with an almost direct quo Church Hymnal, where William Kethe in four tation from the New Testament, Luke 21:28, stanzas uses a large proportion of the words "Then . . . lift up your heads; for your re in four verses of Psalm 100, with hymn No. 1, demption draweth nigh," the actual words used in which Isaac Watts is much freer and uses in his last stanza being italicized. Sir Henry the thought only of the same psalm, this treat Williams Baker adopted a similar device in ment necessitating many other words and sim his paraphrase of the shepherd©s psalm in hymn iles not found in the psalm itself. A similar No. 86, where he interjects in his third stanza a comparison may be made between hymn No. reference to the New Testament parable of the 260, already mentioned, and James Montgom Lost Sheep, taking the thought from Luke 15: ery©s paraphrase, No. 405, which, while also 5, 6: "He layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing. fairly close to the original, is not nearly so And when he cometh home. . ." close as the metrical version of the shepherd©s psalm. Hymns Based on Verses From Psalms Some fairly close paraphrases by Isaac Watts An example of a hymn that is a long way are hymn No. 14, which is the first half of removed from a psalm and yet contains obvious Psalm 147; No. 24, which is the first half of references to it, is hymn No. 4, by Isaac Watts, Psalm 84; No. 69, which is the middle third of which uses expressions that can be found in Psalm 36; No. 72, which is the first three verses Psalm 98:7, 8, 15, 16, and 52, if not all in word, of Psalm 63 with some additions; No. 81, at least in thought. Other writers too have which is the first few verses of Psalm 90; and caught an expression from the psalmist and No. 172, which is the first seven verses of developed that, often without reference to the Psalm 95. In any matching of hymn and psalm rest of the psalm. Hymn No. 393, by John we must always bear in mind that the Church Henry Gilmore, derives its inspiration from Hymnal contains selections of stanzas from part of Psalm 23:2, 3, "He leadeth me," and Watts©s original paraphrases, so that some omis was, in fact, written after he had given a sions are only apparently so. Not all poets prayer meeting talk on this theme. He opens have been as successful as Watts, and even his the hymn with these three words, ends each verse varies in quality. Two other fairly close stanza with two of these words, and quotes the paraphrases of the psalms, however, are one clause four times in the chorus. Singing the by James Montgomery of Psalm 3 in hymn No. complete hymn will therefore sound "leadeth 253 and one by Harriet Auber of Psalm 90 me" twenty-one times, but there are few other (in part) in hymn No. 79. references, perhaps two, "by waters still" and "death©s cold wave" that recall the twenty- Hymns Based on Psalms third psalm. Once the break with metrical psalm singing Luther©s famous hymn, "A Mighty Fortress," had been made, it was easier to introduce No. 261, was inspired by David©s comforting hymns that did not follow the scripture words words recorded in Psalm 46:1, "God is our slavishly, but used them as a basis of thought refuge and strength, a very present help in to be expressed in poetic form. Here again trouble," though it is by no means a paraphrase Isaac Watts leads the way, as in hymn No. 89, of the whole psalm. It equally recalls Psalm which follows Psalm 46:1-5; No. 189, which fol 91:2, "He is my refuge and my fortress: my lows part of Psalm 98; and No. 392, which fol God." Using the inspiration of this challenging lows Psalm 125. While he exercises great lib metaphor, these words became the battle hymn erty, it is nevertheless easy to recognize that he of the Reformation. has used the Psalms as his source in these three In the same way the poet Joseph Addison hymns, amplifying the idea in his own words. deliberately chose some verses of a psalm and In fact, his declared intention was to reset rewrote the idea in his own lines. Hymn No. the Psalms in a Christian background, omitting 91 is one example where he gracefully dilates various local references, and altering the de on the first few verses of Psalm 19, only about struction of David©s particular enemies for in one quarter of his hymn using the actual scrip stance, to the destruction of the enemies of tural words of the Authorized Version, the rest God and of His people in any age. A good being largely an expansion of the thought of example of this modernization of a psalm is the first three verses in more imaginative lan seen in hymn No. 179, which paraphrases the guage. first five verses of Psalm 97 fairly freely, apply Henry Francis Lyte has caught the inspira ing the words directly to the second advent of tion of the theme of Psalm 150, a psalm of con- FEBRUARY, J 962 29 tinuous and universal praise, and while not 30:5 --.-...... __...... __ 6, 312, 433 paraphrasing it verse by verse he arrives at the 31:1, 5, 20 ..___...... __.__..__ 252 same exultant climax as the psalmist, using his 34:3, 4 _...... ___..___._.. 643 same language in the last two lines. Lyte©s "All :9 --...... _...._.....__ 60 that breathe, your Lord adore" closely parallels 35:9 --...__..._.--.___ 650 36:5-8 ___...... _....__._.._____ 69 David©s "Let every thing that hath breath :9 _..._.__....._.._._.._._.._.. 401 praise the Lord" (Ps. 150:6). 39:4 ..__...... ____...._ 40 Psalm Index 40:1 ..__...... _.._...... _...._.._. 21 :3 __...... _.....__...._..__ 123 These examples do not exhaust the fairly :8 _._.....__...... _.__...... 21, 140 close paraphrases of the psalms that appear as 42:8 ..-...... __...... 53 hymns in the Church Hymnal. Neither have we 45:11 _.._....___._.....__.._.._____...._.,_._._._ 164 mentioned the many single texts from the 46:1 ...... ___.... 141, 599 Psalms that have been deliberately used as the :l-3 .... ._____...... 261 :l-5 -_..-...._...... _._....___.....-.... 89 inspiration of a hymn, nor those many others :10 ...... _...... __._._._._...__.. 337 which have probably been the unconscious 48:14 ....______...___..... 697 source of parts of hymns. An index of refer 51:1-4 _._._._....._..._...... _...... _._. 240 ences to the Psalms has therefore been com :2, 10 _...__...__._.__.___...... ___ 634 piled, and this may prove useful to those :7 -.-..__.._. 592 preachers who, having chosen their text, re :10 ...... _..__..._.. 18 quire a hymn based upon it. Often a closing :12 ._.._...._.._...... ___...... 142 hymn, echoing the theme of the sermon, will 55:22 _....-_..__. ._...... _.._..__ 64, 692 57:10 ...... 692 sing the message into the heart. Not all the 59:11 ...... _...... __...._._._....__.... 40 references will be readily seen, and there may :16 _.._...... _ _...... ___...... 529 be many that are omitted, so corrections or 60:4 ..__...... _..-...... __.__..-. .._ 450 additions to this index will be most welcome. 61:2 ...... 633 Throughout the ages the Psalms have been a :4 ...__...... 82 tremendous source of spiritual strength to Jews 63:1-3 .-..-.--._.....-.-...-..._...--...-...... - 72 and Christians. It is hoped that a restudy of 68:18 ...... __...... 132 them and a singing of them will give further 71:7 ...... -...... _...... 251 inspiration and blessing as their basic ideas be :15 ...... __.__.. 522 73:25 ...... __...... 580 come transplanted in our own souls. 77:11, 14, 19 ...... 84 Index to Psalm References in "Church Hymnal" 79:9 ...... _...... __._... 262 84:1-7 ...... __...... 24 Psalm Hymn 85:6 ...... ___...... 647 1:3 -...-.-- . --__ 347 87:3 ...... _...... _...... 304 3: ---.--...--.__.__ 253 88:9 ...... _...... _..______... 670 :1, 6 -.-.-_._..__-____- 207 89:7, 8, 15, 16, 52 ....______.. 4 4:4 _....._._....__.___--_...... 337 90:1-5 ...... ___...... ___... 81 5: _...... _...__._.._.._._.__.... 39 :2, 4-6, 12 -.- ....-.-..---_.... 79 11:1, 2 ...--....-.-.._--..-, . 232 •A, 5 ..--...... __... 369 16:8 ..-..---.. ... -- 651, 692 91:1, 2, 4, 7, 15, 16 ...... 399 18:3 ...... _._...... --... 650 :1, 2, 4 ...... __...... 587 :35 .-...... _..._._...... --..__.. 63 :1, 4, 9, 15, 16 -...... _.._.... 257 19:1-4 .---_.--...._..-....---.-._.__ 91 :1, 4 ...... __...... 82 :2 ...... 94 :4 ...... __...... 12 :12 --.-.--.- .-..--.--..... 36 :5, 6, II ...... __...... 49 :14 ...... __._.._....._..._. 691 92: _-...... _...... 46 20:5 ...... 17 93:1, 2 -...... --....------..- 342 23: ....__-..._.-.._..._...... _ 86, 260, 405 :1, 4 ...... __...... _... 7 :1, 2 --.-....- _...... 391, 394 :3, 4 ...... __...... 585 :1, 2, 4 .....-...... _...__...... --... 674 94:16 ...... __...... 354 :2 .-_ _..._...... -__...... _- _.._. 393 95:1-7 ...... 172 :4 ..__...... __...... _....._.._..__ 528 :6 ...... 6, 697 :6 ...... -- ...-.--...... 12 96:8 ...... __...... 647 24:1 _._..-...... __...... __...... __ 201 :8, 9 ...... _...... 6 :7 - ...__.... 131, 294, 543 :10, 11 ...... 7 :7, 8 --.--___.-.-_ 132 97:1-5 __...... __...... 179 25:3 ...... __.__._.__...... 692 :1 ...... __...... ____...7, 647 27:1 .._-...._.__...... __...__...... _.....__._ 577 98:4, 7-9 -_..---.---...__...... 189 28:9 - -...... _. .__... 702 :9 ....__...... __.... 198 30 THE MINISTRY A FATHER ON THE MY DEAR SON: This is just for personal counsel and encourage ORDINATION OF HIS SON ment to make your ministry even more effective. Your dad has been so busy the last few years in pioneering a new phase and approach toward the ITH the passing of the years, we are finishing of the work that I fear my son has been Wfinding second-, third-, and sometimes neglected and therefore has not achieved his full even fourth-generation preachers in the capacity in the work of God. Advent cause. There is something strangely My son, you have been ordained to preach the moving about a father©s charge to his son gospel, which means that you have been selected at the time of ordination. We have recently to stand in Christ©s stead and speak in His behalf. participated in several such services one You are an ambassador, not one who is infallible in Alabama, and another in far-off Poona, nor in a sense a messenger in an open market gov erned by the law of demand and supply, but [one India. On these and others we will report who is] to speak for God regarding the truth as later, but the following letter from A. A. found in the Holy Scriptures. Leiske, to his son Robert, will, we believe, There are other agencies in the church that bring a challenge and will be read with might supplement the effectiveness of the preaching profit by many another preacher©s son. of the gospel, but those things will never be al lowed by God to take the place of the living preacher. Your personality can never be replaced with ink and paper, or any other substitute of any 99:1, 2 ___-______-_ 7 kind. God did not ordain the minister to preach, 100: ______1, 13 and then retire him from the Word and substitute 103:1-9 _.______12 loaves, fishes, or other material things. :13, 14 ______66 Paul told Timothy, "Preach the word." Of Jesus 104:1-3, 10, 13 ______75 it is said: "He opened his mouth, and taught." Too :1, 2, 7 ______-______11 many messengers just reach the first part of this :14, 19, 24, 25 ______93 text. Too many representatives in the pulpit never :30 ______95 get beyond the open mouth. My son, let both of us :33 ______608 move beyond that experience. :35 ______--____ 313 Jesus said: "All power is given unto me in heaven 106:4 ______-___ 142 and in earth." "Go ye into all the world, and 107:25 ______- 84, 93 preach." How could we fail with such backing? :29 ______.._____-__ 650 Shame the preacher who will fly to other measures 112:4 ______._____...... 403 under the influence of an open mouth. There is no 116:15 ______.______- 492 standing room in the church of God for a preach 117: ______2, 693 ing coward. If your sermons only bring second- or 118:1, 4 ______613 third-rate results, tear them to shreds, and ask :24 ______463 God for new ones. 119:44 ______.__. 199 Son, you have the stuff in you, but organize your :105 ______181, 183, 655, 663 responsibilities to first, second, and third positions! 121:1 ______96 Well, I must get back to my job again. It was :3 ______.______49 nice visiting with you. With lots of love and under 125:1, 2, 4 ______392 standing, :2 ____.______96 YOUR DAD. 126:3 ______647 :5 ______247 The television program "The American :5, 6 ______539, 627 Town Hall of the Air," dedicated to the :6 ______621 127:3 --______410 cause of freedom, is now known from coast 130:7 _.______638 to coast. It has been a pioneer venture, and 136:1-3, 8, 9, 25 ______.___ 10 this is the background of the statement :8, 9 _.______93 where this father expresses his regret that 139:7 ...... ______.... 93 he has been compelled somewhat to "neg :12 _.___...... ______49 lect" his son, especially during those im :18 ...... ______326 portant years of preaching preparation and 141:2 _.__-_--______48 internship. 143:8 __...... ______44 Many another preacher in the Advent 144:12 ______-____ 485 146:2, 10 ______645 cause, because of pressure of assignments, 147:1-11 ______14 has had to be deprived of intimate fellow 148:1, 2, 12, 13 ______9 ship with his son that could have meant 149:2, 3 ______303 a blessing to both. 150: ___..--______16 R. A. A. FEBRUARY, 1962 31 EVANGELISM - Winning Men for God

The Basis for Real Decisions MELVIN E. MATHERS Pastor. Defiance, Ohio

FOUND the article "Close to be afraid of God, but to trust Him. We I That Door!" The Ministry, must remember that men are saved by August, 1961, especially chal faith, not fear. Fear may make them lenging. The seven points on church members but it will never make how to close the door were them Christians. The fearful are cast into all good. However, I believe the lake of fire with such people as mur there are other viewpoints derers and idolaters (Rev. 21:8). The fear that should be considered on of God, which we wish so often to put this very important problem. into people, should be a respect for Him. Without being concerned with who is at This subject of Christian motivation fault (a question which I am sure no one should be handled very carefully and skill can answer) I would like first to consider fully, so that if possible the erring one the fact that the majority of the apostates would not feel rejected by God or His peo leave the church after ten years© mem ple. One may try for ten years or more to bership. The author left the interpretation earn the approval of God and His repre of this fact to the reader. I hope, however, sentatives only to give up finally in despair. that we do not jump to a hasty conclusion A certain apostate of my acquaintance that because they had been church mem was invited by pastor after pastor to come bers for ten years they were therefore con back into the church. One day his son said verted Christians. to the pastor, "Dad wonders why the Ad- For instance, the motive of fear can ventist preachers all want him to join cause a person to adhere to strong convic their church because the end of the world tions over long periods of time. Persons of is near." The pastor decided to use an certain religious convictions will do many other method of persuasion. He began good acts and adhere tenaciously to their talking to the backslider about the new religious practices in order to escape the earth and the love of God for sinners. After fires of purgatory or to lessen the torment the pastor had appealed to him to surren of a relative in purgatory. Under great in der to Christ he replied, "Why should I tellectual conviction of the sure judgments join your church?" This pastor, who was of God, it is possible that some may adhere not worried about church statistics, re for years to certain practices in self-efforts plied, "I haven©t asked you to join my to please an angry God who is going to de church." It had been discovered that the stroy the unrighteous at His second advent. man liked Friday-night ball games and Of course, the unrighteous here referred had come to realize by painful experience to are those who have sinned away their that some of the saints were not so saintly. day of grace. We might well preach as did His bitterness toward members of the John the Baptist, "Who hath warned you church and his love for ball games had to flee from the wrath to come?" (Matt. kept him from being a Christian. The pas 3:7). tor©s appeal was, "Wouldn©t it be a shame In our persuasive speaking, public or if after Jesus had bought you an eternal private, it would be well to urge individu home at such a price, you wouldn©t let als to flee not from God but to Him; not Him give it to you just because you re- 32 THE MINISTRY fused to give up Friday-night ball games baptism because his classmates had. Later, or a grudge against a brother?" The back removed from the influence of his Chris slider lay awake all night, and the next tian associates but still dependent and in morning surrendered his heart to God and decisive, he was drawn away by a worldly came back to the church. companion. His present state is confusion A study of individuals as well as of sta as to what he really does believe. He was tistics might reveal that the reasons why someone©s baptismal statistic and if the people become church members are many present pastor is faithful to what he con and varied. A study of theology, I believe, siders his duty, he will probably be an will reveal that the only motives recog other man©s statistic for apostasy. Statistics nized of Heaven are faith, hope, and love. can be helpful, but their interpretation is We would do well to keep these pure mo so involved with human nature that they tives in mind when trying to persuade peo should cause us to interpret them with ple to be loyal to God and to His church. great care. The greatest of these is love (1 Cor. 13: On the positive side of the ledger is the 13). Love to God ranks first. Next to it, story of a young boy who was approached and coming as a result of keeping the first by his pastor during a church school Week principle, is love to our fellow man (see of Prayer meeting to take his stand for The Desire of Ages, p. 607). We keep the Jesus and be baptized. His open response first of these two great commandments be was that his parents did not think that he cause we know God©s personal love for us should. Their reason, according to their (1 John 4:19). The only genuine hope son, was that some of his bad habits that anyone has is that God loves him in should be given up before he could be a spite of his sins. Christian. The pastor appealed to him to Some people never come to the point of decide for himself whether or not he was personal decision because they, although ready to become a Christian. He made the grown to adulthood, are dependent on motions of wrapping a gift package con others to think for them. They may have taining a beautiful home on the new grown up in a Christian home and at earth. Rising from his seat, he handed it tended a Christian school, and for such, to the boy and said, "Jesus wants to give statistics for baptism and church member this to you as a free gift, and all you have ship are high. How many of these church to do in return is to be willing to accept members, however, are true Christians? His way of life. Do you want it?" The boy This is one statistic that only God can an decided to accept it, and I am sure that swer. the angels rejoiced that day. One such man was a member of a cer The making of public appeals can also tain church. He had been reared in a Sev lay the responsibility of individual deci enth-day Adventist home, had attended a sion where it belongs. One pastor holding Seventh-day Adventist church school and a Week of Prayer series in another church academy, and was baptized as a result of school in a large city was speaking in his a Week of Prayer meeting. However, he closing message on the principles of Chris married a non-Adventist girl and did not tian recreation. After having given his ar pay tithe. But he did come to church guments to a somewhat restless group he against much opposition at home, brought stated, "You may not agree with me, and his children, and taught the youth class. I am not too much concerned as to whether He had stood firm for the Sabbath against or not you do agree, but whatever we do much opposition from his employer. He let©s be Christians." His vote of confidence had been an active member for more than ten years. A new pastor moved into the church district and began preaching a se ries of sermons on what it means to be NOW... 3 SIZES Unbreakable . . . noise-free . . . a Christian. With much success he per lightweight . . boilproof com suaded the members that it must be their munion glasses . . SI. 25 Doz. own personal decision. He was so success sample of each size ful, in fact, that this man realized for the first time that he had been a member only Order from ©BRASS BDDDS co. your dealer because his mother and teachers wanted Dept. C. 70 Pearl Street Brookline 46, Mass. him to and that he had gone forward for FEBRUARY, 1962 33 in their individual ability to make intelli church. The appeal to hope was in the gent decisions and his making clear their little book Steps to Christ. own solemn responsibility to decide for It is needful that ministers study people Christ brought a spell of silence that and motives as well as Greek, Hebrew, and would, I am sure, have enabled one to statistics. hear a pin drop. There is, I believe, great danger in an The appeal to hope as a motive to es overemphasis of statistics to the detriment tablish people in the church is illustrated of the ministry. The burden of the ministry in this story of a backslider who was visited as I see it, is not to make the statistics during an evangelistic series in a certain look good, but rather to persuade men, small town. Much persuasion was used un women, boys, and girls in and out of the successfully upon him to join the church church to lay the burden of their guilt on because time was short and because his Jesus and to accept His righteousness. wife would not be baptized unless he was. They cannot possibly do this unless they Then it was found that two obstacles lay are inspired to have faith in place of fear, in his way. The major one was that his hope in place of discouragement, and love failure to live up to his baptismal vows in place of hatred and contempt. If they was discouraging him from trying again. truly are brought to know God, they can The other was that he was not clear on a be persuaded to have all three. certain teaching of the church. The pastor The challenge is before us to use every upon learning of this took along the book means at our command to make God Steps to Christ by Ellen G. White on the known to man and to leave the decision next visit and read aloud the chapter with the individual. If we are willing to let "Faith and Acceptance." The next visit he the statistics be what they and God make had a Bible study on the gift of prophecy them, we may soon see the great outpour to the church. This man made his decision ing of the Holy Spirit we so much need to and is today a faithful elder in the local finish the work. The Miracle of Love WALTER SCHUBERT Associate Secretary, Ministerial Association, General Conference

R©©ECENTLY someone re love is the golden chain of all the vir marked of his own tues." * church: "There is no love in Love is a manifestation of perfectness this church. It is as cold as in all aspects of life; it means Christ re a deepfreeze, and it is no won vealed in the life. Love adores and serves der there are no soul-saving God voluntarily, without being com activities going on." manded. It is a fellowship between per To be sure, the author of sons. It is an act of surrender. Because man the statement might himself not be an ex is made in the image of God, he surrenders ponent of love, for love engenders love. to the will of his Creator. Love needs no After all, what is love? The Scriptures law to force it to action for God or man. say "God is love." Love is an attribute of When a little child cries or is in danger, God. He is the source of all love, and it is the mother needs no law to command her derived from Him. The etymology of the to go to the rescue of her little one. Love is Latin verb amo conveys perfectness in all that is needed. thought, speech, deed, justice, beauty, True love is the greatest power against character, and personality. With justice sin and evil. It forgets itself and seeks only Colossians 3:14 says: "Put on charity the happiness of others. Above all, it seeks [love] which is the bond of perfectness constantly for opportunities to bring an [binding together of the noble virtues]." J. B. Phillips translates this text in the fol * The New Testament in Modern English by J. B. Phillips. Copyright 1958, by J. B. Phillips. Used by permission of lowing beautiful way: "Be truly loving, for The Macmillan Company. 34 THE MINISTRY unconverted person to the feet of Jesus Islam—Our Greatest Challenge Christ. According to the Spirit of Proph ecy, only love makes people understand (Continued from page 15} the eternal values of the law of God. Love It should be stated that Islam has gener enlightens deceived people, breaks down ally satisfied itself with only a verbal pro the barriers of prejudice and impenitence, fession from would-be adherents. "Once and finally causes them to surrender to the formula [there is no god but Allah, God and join His church. and Muhammad his prophet] is accepted One evening a minister©s wife came and reproduced the person is nominally a home to her husband very excited with Moslem." 13 the good news that she had just had a fine A closer look reveals that Islam has no visit with her neighbor about the message caliph, no central head, either political or for our time. In the course of their con spiritual, but this has not seriously lessened versation the neighbor had asked many its religious power. Its millions of adher questions, and the minister©s wife had told ents are united, not by external authority her that her husband would answer those or formal organization, but by common questions tomorrow. She pleaded with her faith, common observance, the conscious husband to give a Bible study to the neigh ness that they are all brothers in loyalty to bor next door, but he refused the invitation, Allah and his prophet, Mohammed. saying, "That is not in my line, I am not Moslems hold that Islam can unite the cut out for giving Bible studies." world. They believe that it can give man Why that attitude? Why is there not more what he wants most today a sense of per desire and power to win souls for Christ? sonal worth and the consciousness of God Why are some churches so helpless in giv and a challenge of submission to Him and ing the message? Why in some quarters is devotion to His cause. They also sincerely there a lack of boldness in hunting for believe that they can give the world what souls? Why are some minds beclouded so it most needs brotherhood above the that they know not how to win souls? strife of rival sects and the struggle of in Ministers and church members will be dividuals and nations for supremacy. equal to the challenge and will know how We must recognize the one great fact re to bring people to Christ when genuine garding Islam, and that is Islam is more love is the motivating force in their lives. than a religion it is a way of life. Islam is For love, that intangible yet real and visi intricately interwoven into the fabric of ble fruit of the Spirit, is nothing else than the Moslem family and society and nation. the revelation of the Holy Spirit in the Another contributing factor of the rapid life. The Holy Spirit, through love, shows renaissance of modern Islam is that during the way to win souls. The man dominated the past decade we have witnessed the ac by Christian love will try one experiment celerated upsurge of nationalism. The after another until at last he sees the fruit great quest for independence and self-gov of his love sinners saved for the kingdom. ernment among many of the nonwhite peo Yes, Spirit-filled churches would set the ples of the world has brought political free world afire with the gospel. The Spirit of dom to some 230 millions of Moslems. New Prophecy writings tell us: " ©Lack of love Moslem nations across half the world©s and faith are the great sins of which God©s girth from Morocco to Indonesia have people are now guilty.© " Testimonies, been established. In these new states Islam vol. 3, p. 475. Are you guilty? Every minis has become the national religion. ter should pray daily for a double measure of the baptism of the Holy Spirit so that 1 KENNETH W. MORGAN, Islam the Straight Path (New- he may reveal in his life the greatest of York: Ronald Press). 2 PHILIP K. HITTI, The Arabs, p. 29 (Princeton: Prince- all gifts love. Remember, real love is con ton University Press). 3 "The Historical Background of Islam," a paper pre tagious, and the minister©s entire church pared by S. G. Maxwell, Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia, Af can be so infected with that love virus that rica. (Southern African Division of SDA.) I HITTI, op cit., p. 34. miracles will be wrought in soulsaving. 5 Ibid., p. 1. 8 Look magazine, March 28, 1961. 7 HITTI, op. cit., p. 40. 8 Ibid. 9 Ibid., p. 42. The secret of success in life, is for a man to be 1 Ibid. ready for his opportunity when it comes.—Disraeli. II Ibid., p. 44. ^Ibid., p.. 45. 13 Ibid., p. 40. FEBRUARY, 1962 35 SHEPHERDESS - Her Vital Partnership

Why I Like the Ministry© MRS. O. J. GRINDHEIM

of humanity. They all belong in our house be UR article on the ministers© cause we share our house with God and his O housing crisis brought a lot servant. of "Amens." But here©s a min I love moving into a parsonage. No minis ister©s wife who says there©s no ter©s family is ever a stranger in a new town. place to live like a parsonage! The minute you move in someone says "That©s DEAR MR. EDITOR: our minister" or "Those are our preacher©s Take it from a girl who grew kids." We never have to elbow our way in, we up in parsonages, who wrote on just belong. I have yet to move into a house her fifth grade theme "When I grow up I am that women of the church had not scrubbed going to marry a minister" and who did just and stocked with food for moving day. The that, one of the things I love most about the good men of the church have always been on ministry is the parsonage. hand to help the movers. I deeply appreciate I have lived in parsonages in half a dozen this. I often say to my children "See how lucky States all across our nation. And I have visited we are to be living in a parsonage." dozens and dozens of many denominations. And I love the house itself. Some folks live What is it that I like about parsonages? in one house all their lives. I love the adven ture and the challenge of a new house with its A Haven From Storm odd assortment of windows and that extra Most of all I love the man of God whose life I room you hadn©t planned would be there. The share in our parsonage. I like to think that he minute we©re called to a new parish we all be chose me because he thought I was fit to share gin planning. I have yet to see a congregation this good life with him, to make our home an unwilling to let us redecorate to suit our tastes. example of what God can do through one fam We have helped to build one new parsonage ily living in His house. I©m proud to mend his and every parsonage where we have lived has clothes, listen to his problems and make this received some face-lifting during our stay. house a haven from the storms of life. Show me a parsonage which does not respond I love to open my kitchen window and hear to a little imagination and love and ingenuity. the organist practicing a. Bach chorale or the We are good at papering and painting and grand old hymns of the church. I love sunset love the smell of fresh paint. No congregation time when the shadow of the steeple falls across yet has failed to respond to an invitation to our front door as a benediction on another good sample my Norwegian cookies, even if we do day. suggest they wear work clothes and bring along A Giant Jig-saw Puzzle brushes! I love the funny, good assortment of folks Of all the parsonages I have visited, I have who come to our door for weddings, asking for yet to see a really well-trained, capable pastor or bringing food, wanting encouragement or without a decent home. Our denomination is just plain fellowship. I love the good and the short over 5,000 ministers. Most other Protes bad all put together like a great jig-saw puzzle tant denominations have a similar shortage of trained ministers. And it is becoming almost im possible for a church with a poor parsonage to * Reprinted from This Week magazine. Copyright 1961 by the United Newspaper Magazine Corporation. get a pastor. At present we have in our vicinity

36 THE MINISTRY two churches both with new parsonages Become one who understands people. which have been without pastors for some time. Learn to avoid the poverty of argument. Learn the rich reward of discussion. A Divine Call Learn to exchange ideas. In order to be ordained in most Protestant Learn to oppose without giving offense. denominations a minister must have four years Learn to disagree without contradicting. of college and three years of seminary. Many Learn to welcome concepts different have much more education. My husband and I from your own. share six degrees. No better example of the kind of rela Any number of higher paying jobs are open tionship that should exist between a leader to a minister. He does not stay in the ministry and his people, can be found than that because of the pay, the parsonage or the posi demonstrated in our Lord©s great interces tion. He stays because of a divine call; because sory prayer as recorded in John 17. This he finds fulfillment for the greatest of life©s prayer was for His followers, not for the goals. He truly believes: "Seek ye first the world. Seven different times in referring to kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and His followers He called them those whom all these things shall be added unto you." "thou hast given me." There probably is Parsonages, God bless ©em. no scripture that so sets forth the love of Christ, the mission of Christ, and the bur den of the Master for His followers as does The Leader and His People this prayer. In showing His great concern for His dis (Continued from page 10") ciples He said He had given them the every such display of authority and self-ex Father©s words. He had manifested the Fa altation." I like the words of another writer ther©s name and had kept them in the Fa who said, "God is looking for men who ther©s name. He couldn©t take them with are big enough to be small enough to be Him, so He prayed that they be kept from used of God in a big way." the evil of the world. And while here they A leader in this cause must ever bear in would be one. In other words, they would mind that his success is absolutely depend be united with Him and united to one an ent upon the support of his co-laborers and other. His prayer was that they would do his constituents. In other words, their suc His work while here, then "be with me cess is his success. For this reason we where I am." That this might be accom should be most careful to never turn a deaf plished, he declared, "And for their sakes ear to the counsel, observations, and sug I sanctify myself, that they also might be gestions of our fellow workers and good sanctified through the truth" (John 17: people. Personally, I have always felt that 19). Where does the leader in God©s cause it was a great strength to my work to have get his followers? Truly I think we could both my office door and my ear open to my say, From those whom Thou hast given co-laborers and our church members. Nat him. Could we as leaders be content to urally, I have had to listen to many petty do less for our followers than our great and uninteresting things. This practice has Leader did for His? Surely we should give added many hours to my days and served our followers the Father©s words; we should as a contributing factor to many head manifest the Father©s name to them. And, aches. But in terms of support it has paid above all, we should endeavor to keep them big dividends. Truly, "we are labourers to in the Father©s name, doing everything in gether with God." our power to see that finally they be with I have thought many times of the phi Him where He is. To this end and for losophy of our mutual friend Archa Dart, their sakes we should sanctify ourselves. In who says, "It is a lot more fun to win a every phase of life and work the leaders in person than it is to win an argument." God©s cause should ever be conscious of For my own personal benefit and the hope the great principle and truth that we can that it might help others, I have selected a not lead the people unless His presence few choice statements from a "Formula goes with us. for Personal Progress." I would like to share some of these with you. Prayer is not overcoming God's reluctance; it is Become a sifter and weigher of ideas. laying hold of His highest willingness.—Trench. Applaud the contributions of others. FEBRUARY, 1962 37 are being brought to Christ yearly. These CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS conferences are magnificently fulfilling the Advertisements appropriate to The Ministry, appear purpose for which they were organized. ing under this heading, eight cents a word for each God was in the plan of their organization insertion, including initials and address. Minimum charge, two dollars for each insertion. Cash required and He is leading His workmen. Since their with order. Address The Ministry, Takoma Park, Wash ington 12, D.C., U.S.A. organization there has been a better and closer working relationship between all classes than ever before. There is now a real feeling of belonging. MINISTERS© LIBRARIES WANTED. Send list and condition of books for our offer. New and used books of all publishers We believe that the Seventh-day Advent- bought and sold. Kregel©s Bookstore, Grand Rapids 6, Michigan. ist Church is coming more and more un der the pressure of God©s love. Satan is The books mentioned under the heading "Some Books 1 Can counterattacking with all his might, but Recommend" in The December issue of THE MINISTRY can the people of God are becoming so closely be supplied by the above advertiser who is the distributor for the U.S. united in finishing God©s program that the casualties of the enemy of souls are very few. "That They All May Be One" While we know that a revival and a reformation is the great need of the church (Continued from, page 13} we do not expect the leaders of this church To my knowledge there is one colored to do for human beings that which God teacher in an integrated church school and alone by the influence of the Holy Spirit two at the present time are on the teach can do. ing staffs in two of our integrated colleges. We believe that the recommendations Elder E. E. Cleveland has been invited on human relations that have been passed to workers© meetings in practically every by this council will mean much toward local conference in North America, and in bringing about greater unity among the both the North and the South he has con members of this denomination. They know ducted evangelistic workshops. He is in that somewhere, sometime there is to be an vited to these meetings because of the ex upper room experience. They know that cellent help he can give the workers. In sometime, somewhere, the power of the each of the two unions in the South and Holy Spirit will be poured out upon God©s Southwest there have been held and will church in more copious showers than ever be held union-wide workers© meetings and before. youth congresses. At one such congress a It was when the disciples in the upper white church chose one of their colored room were of one accord and in one place members as a delegate. That is real prog that the Holy Spirit came upon them and ress. they went forth to proclaim the gospel Several of our colored ministers have with greater power. been invited to preach to our white con We know that the signs of the times tell gregations, and our white pastors are al us that the coming of Christ is near, even ways welcome to our Regional church pul at the door. There must not be allowed to pits. come in among us any divisions from any Some of us have been invited as guest part of the world field. Thank God today speakers at white camp meetings. God has we are not divided; all one body are we. blessed in this association. Last summer it May we all go from this great council was my privilege to spend a weekend at so deeply immersed in the love of God, the Minnesota camp meeting, and we had that we shall all see eye to eye and shall a wonderful time. all speak the same thing, that the world This morning if I were speaking by the may take note that "God, who is rich in calendar, and not according to the clock, mercy . . . hath quickened us together with I could go on and on in telling of the prog Christ, . . . and hath raised us up together, ress that has been made in this denomina and made us sit together in heavenly places tion toward demonstrating the oneness in Christ Jesus" (Eph. 2:4-6). that is rapidly developing in this world We believe in the ultimate triumph of church. I could tell you of the wonderful the gospel. We believe that God has en growth that is being made by our Regional trusted this people with the work of recon conferences, into which hundreds of souls ciliation, and that God is gathering out of THE MINISTRY every nation, kindred, tongue, and people there have been others who denied that a new nation that will honor and obey light. They have not usually done it wick Him and the world will know that we are edly or willfully, but because their eyes were one. We believe that in these times, when not open to discern it. The "dragon" has the climate of the world has changed, that ever been wroth with the "woman" and has the Advent people will demonstrate to the been instigating persecutions without num world that we are all bound together by ber through all the centuries of the Chris the cords of God©s love. Then the petition tian Era. of Christ will be answered: "That they all But the Scripture indicates that at the may be one; . . . that the world may be very last period of earth©s history the en lieve that thou hast sent me." "Even so emy of all righteousness will go forth with have I also sent them into the world." renewed determination to make war upon the church of God, and especially upon those who by His grace "keep the com Evangelical Inconsistency mandments of God." When John the apos (Continued from page 6} tle looked down to our time he saw a group When Martin©s book The Rise of the who "keep the commandments of God Cults went to press six years ago, the author and the faith of Jesus." He declared that saw to it that we were taken off the jacket. they were steadfast to the fundamental But here is a book coming from the same truths of the gospel (Rev. 14:12). Against publishing house and the article on Ad- such the dragon vents his full venom. And ventism is by the same author. Five or six he uses friend and foe alike in his effort years ago Dr. Barnhouse, with whom we to destroy. had so much to do, clearly stated that we Under the name of "orthodoxy" that do not belong among the cults, because we same dragon power nailed our Lord to a are "redeemed brethren in Christ." cross, and later opposed the great apostle But today the editors of Christianity To Paul. He instigated some of the religious day and the Zondervan Publishing House leaders to stone and flog the great evan seem eager to classify us with those who gelist. It was so-called orthodoxy that ig do not believe in the deity of Christ, His nited the fires of the Inquisition. "Ortho sinless nature, His vicarious sacrifice, His doxy" refused John Wesley the privilege bodily resurrection, His high-priestly min of preaching from his deceased father©s istry in heaven, His return to the earth as pulpit. But nothing daunted, that great King of kings, and salvation by grace alone. evangelist stepped out of the church, and These are the fundamental truths of the standing upon his father©s grave, preached Christian church, and on every one of Jesus Christ and Him crucified with such them "Adventism rings as true as steel." power that hundreds were convicted by the Can we be blamed if we ask what has Spirit of God, among them even some of happened to reason and consistency? Sev those who had opposed him. enth-day Adventists have certainly not Historic orthodoxy put some of this writ changed their beliefs; but prejudice has er©s Baptist ancestors to death in England evidently changed the opinions of some of in the seventeenth century. It is not the our Evangelical friends. opposition that surprises us. Presbyterians, We are charged with being "unortho Lutherans, Baptists, Methodists, and all dox." But even a casual study of church who came forth with the message of God history reveals that such groups as the Bap for their time have had to endure opposi tists, Methodists, and others were in their tion and persecution. So why should Ad earlier period also labeled unorthodox by ventists be favored above others? What does the socalled orthodoxy of their day. What surprise us is the downright inconsistency is heterodox in one generation becomes of those who a short time ago declared orthodox at a later time. We challenge church historians and theologians to pro duce the evidence that at any time since GOSPEL TENTS the second century has the Christian church STEEL-CLAD TABERNACLES been completely united in belief. There have always been those who, by SMITH MANUFACTURING CO., DALTON, CA. the grace of God, have been given advanced Over 50 Years in Business light, and each time that has happened FEBRUARY, 1962 39 themselves our friends and "brethren in a bonus book of this kind should be offered, Christ." which by association at least places Seventh- We have regarded Christianity Today as day Adventists with groups who definitely one of the best edited and most informative deny "the finished work of Christ" and journals in the religious press. We hailed the fundamental gospel of salvation. By its advent with delight, believing that here this action the editors indicate that they was a scholarly production that would set believe this is where Seventh-day Advent forth true evangelical positions; that it ists belong. We urge Christianity Today was nonpartisan, yet eager to defend prin and the publishers of the bonus book, The ciple and Christian ethics. 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(Continued from page 23) Kittler©s study is based on the theory that the apostle Peter was the first pope, known as the cheology, and with classical and standard "vicar of Christ." He continues by mentioning some Jewish and Christian literature. of Peter©s most prominent successors, "the good g. The ability to evaluate source mate and the bad" through the centuries, bishops as well rials. as cardinals and popes. The reader gets the im h. Knowledge of and the ability to apply pression that there were more bad ones than good sound principles of research to Bible study. ones. 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AN HOUR A well-known preacher recently The day is past when we can hope to finish the CHOOSING wrote that he had spent nearly work through any one channel, and our hearts are HYMNS an hour looking for hymns to fit the warmed when we see the grace of God flowing un theme of the next Sunday's sermon. hindered through the laymen. He said his task was made more difficult because the There will be mistakes. There may be extremes hymnal was "modern fifty years ago." Apparently here and there. But let us work happily together, he had a cultivated taste for hymns, for he dis praying that we, with them, may become tactful liked "solemn ditties" about religion, or about our and loving winners of men and women for God. tasks, or the state of the world. Then he added "The workers will be surprised by the simple that if a hymn was not an address to his Redeemer, means that He will use to bring about and perfect a prayer to God, or praise to his Creator, and Lord, His work of righteousness. Those who are accounted he felt it better to be silent. good workers will need to draw nigh to God, they These are high standards, and if we could all de will need the divine touch. They will need to velop higher standards in our choice of hymns and drink more deeply and continuously at the foun of sacred music in general, we would soon have bet tain of living water, in order that they may discern ter hymns than appear in some books. Our own God's work at every point. Workers may make mis Church Hymnal offers a varied selection, though takes, but you should give them a chance to cor everybody's favorites may not be there. If we would rect their errors, give them an opportunity to learn choose carefully, so that congregational singing tied caution, by leaving the work in their hands."—Tes into the sermon theme, how much more effective timonies to Ministers, p. 300. w. s. our ministerial objectives for each service would be. It is not good enough to choose any kind of hymn, "NARCISSISTIC THIS big word, narcis so long as it is a hymn. It is not the best practice to PREOCCUPATION" sistic, occurred in The leave the hymn selection to others, and it is some Christian Century, Sep what dilatory to rush into the vestry to choose tember 13, 1961, in a hymns a few minutes before the service begins. sad paragraph headed "Missions on the Wane." What telling effect is produced, after a sermon on Narcissus was the mythological youth who fell saving grace through the blessed name of Jesus, to so much in love with his own reflection in a pool have the congregation sing anew the sermon theme of water that he was changed into a flower—the in Charles Wesley's immortal words: narcissus. "O for a thousand tongues, to sing The author of the paragraph says that Protes My great Redeemer's praise! tants in the United States and Canada gave a pit The glories of my God and King, tance of $2.75 per member to overseas missions, The triumphs of His grace." and, if we subtract the contributions of Seventh- day Adventists, who average §28.00 per member, and the Evangelical Free Church with an average per SOUL- How thankful we ought to be that member of $14.40, then "the general average of the WINNING God is impressing many laymen to major Protestant denominations sinks far below LAYMEN put their time, their money, and S2.75 per member." their skills into the winning of He then avers that "for the first time in its his souls. Their projects may be imperfectly organized; tory Christianity is a waning religious movement, they may have flaws. Laymen may say the wrong still growing, but far outdistanced by the rapid thing at times. But the steady tread of souls walk growth in the world's population." ing toward the kingdom as a result of the work Then comes his crushingly true conclusion: "It of these faithful members is a clear indication that can be safely if dolefully predicted that this trend the Spirit of God is leading. will not be reversed by a church which in its narcis When we are really in earnest about finishing sistic preoccupation with itself has forgotten the the work of God we will become less exclusive in Great Commission." our thinking. We will be less concerned whether It would save us from pettifogging puerilities a project is a part of our particular department or and from loving our own likenesses if we could all carried on according to the particular plan we be consumed with the divine urge to live and to may have outlined, but we shall rejoice that the give the message of redeeming love to the increas work is being done. ing millions of the unsaved. H. w. i.. 48 THE MINISTRY