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101 ftw,111PAKIII01.a. V101..S.7.-5.....EF2.7.-71. 311.7- sasi • 01 AA AAA A0 444Arl4 A0 444 AAA 444 AAA Christian Education for Adventist ohs Or 44,4 Youth Vy By E. E. Cossentine OV A44WPA Secretary of the General Conference Department of Education plo AAA AAA HE most valuable heritage of the church is its youth "rightly trained." Its or AAA future lies in their hands. We believe that true education "is the harmonious rot AAA Tdevelopment of the 'physical, mental, and spiritual powers. It prepares the AAA 0144A00 student for the joy of service in this world, and for the higher joy of wider service 44v 000 OVI 0ilt0 in the world to come."—Education, p. 13. Too often in the past this fact has been passively- taken for granted. Individual churches and church members have not 4 always entered into an educational program to rightly train the youth, and as -re 00 a result many are lost. Today as never before we realize the need of "rightly trained" workers, conse- Or kit crated to the task of finishing a world-wide work, preparing a people to stand in Or AAA the great day of God. There must be a strong army of youth to accomplish this. Or AAA It is our responsibility. Or AAA The first step in preparing youth for service starts in the Christian home, where Or Ov AAA God's Word is the standard and the living out of its teachings the aim of each Or AAA member of the family. , Children from such a home enter school with young 440 hearts responsive and receptive to the influence and teachings of their instructors. r How important then that it is a church school! And that their advanced education is received in a Christian college. ALA AA In this last great hour of earth's history, crises all about us challenge the in- A44AO terest and energies of our youth. Many who are not rooted and grounded in the Or faith will be undermined. The youth of the world make its history, good and Or AAA Or 44AAA4 bad. We must first make certain that we have schools, and then that our young 014 14 people attend them. The only safe school is one where religion and Christian liv- Or ing are taught, and the results should be sound bodies, disciplined minds, and Ov 144 right characters. True education puts the hand of youth into the hand of God. 44 Then as the youth go out into darkness of the world, they have the light of rOl truth in their lives, and confidence in their hearts that knows victory. "With such .144 AAt an army of workers as our youth, rightly trained, might furnish, how soon the AAA message of a crucified, risen, and soon-coming Saviour might be carried to the AAA A4AAA whole world! How soon might the end come,—the end of suffering and sorrow Or and sin!"—MRS. E. G. WHITE, in Education, p. 271. AAA JYY AAA r4 A44A0 Ov iV AAA 4404 111 Illeigrai01-.111.11.1,4060VAL,111.1r4060.1Ltallairdear4r0-,111,41ralragritilentaragtVLVIMING.V[Inll$11=10501L-Akikirdrea.ICAL,WEIIPIWItgrlrlIPIPS.W.1.4.4060.1.11LOLVAOL-11‘41...... 11Ik now....trecill,Prilrac...... mrotroc=aMituroa, r.lear.... VOL. 125, NO. 8 FEBRUARY 19, 1948 tion or the National Temperance League. This change, it was learned, was urged by younger members, who said they can In This Issue carry on the "fight against liquor" better under a new name. FRONT COVER - The Gospel in Medical Practice ¶ PLANS for the inauguration of spiritual-healing clinics and EDITORIAL - - Page 3 the establishment of a Third Order, similar to Catholicism's Are You Making Excuses for Sin?—The Measure of Divine Third Order of St. Francis, were announced in Baltimore, Love—Christian Consecration—We Work by the Light Maryland, by Dr. Albert E. Day. In the first interview he has• of a Burning World given since his return as pastor of the Mount Vernon Place GENERAL ARTICLES - - - - Page 7 Methodist church after an absence of ten years, Dr. Day said The Washing of Baptism—The Test of Loyalty—Wise his plans were an essential part of the purpose of the Christian Counsel for a Day Like This—Out of the Cities—The church—a ministry to the entire man, physical, mental, and Hour Is Late—God's Promises Are for Me—Especially for spiritual. Dr. Day, head of the New Life Movement of the Youth—The Alcohol Problem Today Methodist Church, said the proposed spiritual-healing clinics would be established in co-operation with physicians in rec- THE ADVENTIST HOME CIRCLE - - - Page 13 ognition that all means of healing are divine in source. Such Games Before Supper—The Snows of Winter—Our Gar- clinics, he said, would seek the spiritual rebuilding of the en- den in Retrospect tire man. REPORTS FROM ALL LANDS - - - - Page 15 ¶ DURING 1947 Methodists of the United States gave a total Greetings From the Ivory Coast—Philippine Union Prog- of $164,138,457 for all church causes, the Rev. Albert S. ress—A New Florida Sanitarium Opens Its Doors—Out of Hoover, chief statistician of the church, reported in Chicago. Darkness Into Light—Work Among the Colored People Of this amount $31,076,049 was given for World Service mis- of South Africa—When Can We Have a Missionary?—• sionary and educational work and other benevolences. Mem- Work in a Mohammedan Stronghold—Fruitage in China bership of the church now totals 8,567,724. —Radio Work in Mexico—General Conference and Over- seas Spot News—North American Spot News—Church ¶ MANY a minister in Akron, Ohio's, smaller churches gets Calendar to his pastoral duties after finishing a shift in the big tire mak- ing shops in Akron. How many of these "part time parsons" Copyright 1948, Review and Herald Publishing Association, Washington 12, D.C. there are can't be determined exactly. Some of them haven't told the factory bosses about their activities on the outside. They're modest about it.' But a check of the records on the ITEMS OF INTEREST • ones the companies know about shows that the figure runs into dozens. They have to work because they're faced with [The Review subscribes to Religious News Service, the well-known interde- the fact that their small congregations, made up mostly of nominational news gathering organization. Many of the items below are taken other rubberworkers and their families, can't support them directly from this service.] entirely. ¶ WITH clergymen and church groups among those actively participating in the movement, an increasing number of States are seeking a more effective and scientific approach to the problem of alcoholism, a survey reveals. In efforts to deal with an estimated 750,000 alcoholics in the country, plus some 3,250,000 "excessive drinkers," growing emphasis is being 1873 placed on the premise that alcoholism should be treated as a ¶ CONCERNING the background of the Advent Movement, disease rather than a crime. Studies or activities aimed at James White writes: "Seventh-day Adventists still love the Ad- curbing alcoholism are currently under way or projected in vent name, and hold it very dear to them. And while they at least 11 States, largely as a result of 1947 legislative action, hold .the name, consistency would lead them to cherish, and with the issue being raised in additional State legislatures also hold dear, the very means that made them Adventists. . . . this year. When Seventh-day Adventists can no longer honor the great second-advent movement, and feel called upon to confess to ¶ THIRTY-SEVEN Baptist missionaries were greeted by Presi- the world that the pioneers of the cause were mistaken on the dent Truman in Washington, D.C., as "frontier purveyors of very calculation that shook the world, and which resulted in peace." The President praised them for carrying the message making Adventists a separate people, then they will drop of American good will throughout the world. The mission- aries, in Washington to address various Baptist groups, were `Adventists' from their name, and pass for simply Sabbatarian told by Mr. Truman, who spoke extemporaneously, that there Christians." were thousands of agreements in world history which were 1898 temporarily expedient, but "treaties are no good unless they THIs encouraging word from Argentina is sent by F. H. are backed up by the hearts and minds of the people." Westphal: "In Buenos Ayres some souls have begun to obey "THE basic problem of the church today is to produce men the truth under peculiar trials. Biutlier and Sister Snyck and women whose religion is intimately and intensively per- are working among the Spanish-speaking people ... with some sonal," according to Dr. Frank Jennings, executive secretary prospect of success, as some have already embraced the truth. of the Massachusetts Council of Churches in Boston. "There Sister Post has a wide circle of acquaintances among the Scotch are now and have been in the past -plenty of people who people, and is working earnestly for them. The Lord has recogriiie the social values of religion but to whom it has blessed the labors of Brother Oppegard. The message is on- meant lit a or nothing as an inner, life-thanging experience," rd he said. 1923 ¶ THE president and general superintendent of the Anti- ¶ A REPORT made by Flora H. Williams shows that there are Saloon League of America said in Pittsburgh that they plan now forty Young Mothers' Societies organized in twenty-one to resign, leaving the way open for "young blood" in the or- States, with 389 members. There are twenty-three isolated sub- ganization. At the same time the league is contemplating a scribers, adding five more States. The society with the largest change in its title to either the National Temperance Federa- membership is at College View, Nebraska. 2 REVIEW AND HERALD 1). i nc...1, I EDITORIAL I. 1. F. \I.

Are You Making Excuses for Sin? was a trusted servant in the household of this great man. Imagine his situation when he learned of the infatuation ERY early, in the life of man God brought up the of his master's wife, and finally had to face that deter- issue of sin. In speaking to Cain after his offering mined woman under such embarrassing circumstances. Vhad been rejected God said, "If thou doest not well, What did he do when faced with the issue of sinning? sin lieth at the door." Gen. 4:7. What these words mean In the simplicity of the child of. God trained to honesty, is, "If you have sinned, a sin offering coucheth at your loyalty, and purity he cried out, "How then can I do door. Recognize that you have sinned. Confess it and this great wickedness, and sin against God?" And he bring me the lamb that has been provided for you." stood his ground in spite of consequences. Rather suffer Of Christ, John the Baptist declared, "Behold the the body to be imprisoned or even slain than to allow Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world." the soul to be seared. Through the prophet John, Christ said, "Behold, I stand This is not an ancient situation. It is very modern in at the door, and knock." Yes, a lamb, our sin offering, its setting. No day passes, perhaps, but that some young coucheth at our door. The only right way to deal with or experienced Christian faces just such an issue as did sin is to admit the sin and get rid of it by placing it upon Joseph so long ago. The great question that all whose the sin offering. consciences are still keen must constantly meet is "Shall The Lost Sense of Sin I do this sinful thing?" It may refer to one temptation or another. No sin is the wonderful thing that the But how many like Cain are trying to cover up their tempter would have us believe it is. And every sin has evil course by bringing an offering of good works? within it the potentialities of some great wickedness. Fur- How often we seek some other way than the right one thermore, as Joseph pointed out, not only is a sin against to ease our consciences. When John has been harsh and the individuals who enact it, but it is against a loving unreasonable to Mary, his wife, and he brings her a bou- God and a compassionate Saviour. quet of flowers rather than face the humiliation of say-, How then shall we deal with sin? Some may be cyn- ing, "I am sorry, forgive me, dear," he is not taking the ical about it and ask, "Why be so concerned?" Some may right road to marital happiness. But how often we treat be indifferent and minimize it. Still others may worry God this way, and fail to deal with our sins after the about it until they become morbid. These are wrong manner He has outlined for us. and dangerous attitudes. We need to do something con- Too many Christians today are bringing to God an structive about it. First of all, we should shun it. Then, offering other than the one He has provided. This is be- if a mistake has been made, we should turn from it, ing done because too many have lost the sense of the repent of it, lay it upon the Lamb of God, and leave it enormity of sin. In fact, even preachers have avoided there. the ugly word sin. A leading liberal churchman writes, "The old words sin and sinners have recently disap- Some Definitions of Sin peared from polite usage." A church editor writes, "The What is sin? Sin is anything that is a hindrance to seriousness of sin has been minimized." Another states, spiritual growth. It is that which undermines Christian, "Some say that the good old-fashioned doctrines are out- character. Anything that robs one of a desire for likeness of-date. They tell us to talk no more about sin." And to God or that increases his love for the world is sin. the people who avoid all talk about sin hesitate even Sin is the transgression of the law. Everything on which more to talk about the blood atonement of Christ. Al- a man is tempted is summed up in the Ten Command- though we are sinners, and a sin offering has been pro- ments. vided for us, the tribe of Cain would like to ignore both Sin is not temptation; it is transgression. Joseph was the fact of sin and the need of a sacrifice. They would tempted, but he did not sin. Every person is tempted at rather bring an offering of money, ceremonial worship, one time or another and in one way or another. The service for the poor, anything, rather than confess their enemy knows just when to take us unawares. He thrusts sins in contrition before the Lord. his temptations at us when we are disappointed, when The issue of sin is presented very clearly in the experi- we are lonely and bored with life. Christ was tempted by ence of Joseph and Potiphar's wife as recorded in the the devil when he was hungry, and weary in body. Never thirty-ninth chapter of Genesis. What a marvelous story take a step that you may question until you have prayed this is for everyone who is facing temptation, for here with a submissive spirit. we- are shown how to deal with sin before it gets such a The great danger today is that we will not fully real- grip upon us that we have neither desire nor strength to ize what sin is, for the evil one has robbed most every- be delivered from it. thing of its sanctity. "Nothing Sacred," the title of a popular movie some years ago, is the general attitude in How Joseph Met Temptation the world today. But that spirit should never enter into The life of Joseph has been popularized as no other the heart of the Christian or the Adventist believer. story in the Bible. The plot seems to be a most fascinat- There are some things that we must regard as very ing one to modern novelists. However, the record of sacred, and be careful lest we sin against them. Joseph's life is an indictment of modernist teaching re- Worship is sacred: We are to come before the Lord garding temptation. Today Joseph would be told, "Fol- with a feeling of awe no matter where we worship Him, low your impulses. Don't worry about the outmoded in cottage or hall, auditorium or church. ideas of right and wrong. If you would like to do a thing, The Bible is sacred. We must not look upon this Book go ahead if you think you can get away with it." as a charm, but as a chart and compass in the Christian But Joseph had a different education from that. He way to heaven. FEBRUARY 19, 1948 3 The Sabbath is sacred. Never should it become com- Then his eyes brightened up as he went on. And the mon time to us. minister could tell, as he looked into his happy face, that The tithe is sacred. We should never forget that the he had" found the reason why in the midst of poverty and tenth of our increase belongs to God. sickness a human soul could find peace. Baptism is sacred. This step should never be taken "There are just two things I live for and in this I find lightly or to please anyone but God. my joy. Just two things—first, to pay my tithe, and Friendship, love, marriage, are sacred. They are always second, to contribute $4 every month to missions. That to be honored and kept inviolate. keeps me going and gives me something to look forward Christian standards- are sacred. They are not to be re- to every month. That is what I live for." garded as something that can be raised or lowered in order to accommodate human weakness and desire. They Living to Give are to be looked upon as perfect goals toward which we The preacher found it useless to urge him any further. press. If this elderly brother had been removed from the old God grant that we will never make an excuse for sin, house by the side of the canal and the privilege of giving but will view it as something to be banned from the life, to the cause taken away from him, he would have died. and that we will strive through the strength of the Lord As the minister left the humble shack and drove away always to turn from it no matter what the. cost. F. L.- with a full heart, he must have wondered whether he had ever given to the cause as sacrificially as this saint of God whom Providence had spared to live that he might give. Applied Christianity-4 Christianity to the sick man in the old shack meant just two things—love and sacrifice. Eight dollars of his The Measure of Divine Love forty were for the Lord. He lived on thirty-two dollars a HEN we think of the widow who came to the month. A double tithe was not too much for Christ. To temple treasury, we like to meditate upon the give this he was willing to sacrifice comfort, friendship, Wmite that she gave to the Lord. It was small and -and the association of others. We would like to poise the had little purchasing value. It could not compare with questions; Did he go too far? Was the sacrifice too great? the shekels of silver deposited in the treasury by the Did God require him to suffer this great inconvenience? scribes and Pharisees. Yet its influence lived on, because As the preacher tells the story he answers the question it represented a sacrifice. The widow gave all she had by saying, "One thing I know and only one thing—it is while the bigoted lords of the temple contributed from this: As I looked into his dear old face, I could read their abundance. If these religious leaders had given in there in those deep and heavy lines the peace and ap- proportion to the widow, the treasury of the temple proval of God and in his radiant smile the benediction would have bulged with fabulous sums. It is not the of Heaven." amount but the sacrifice that counts with God. It has Christianity means little unless it is applied. This is been said that "true love is measured not so much by true of our giving and of our living as well. The religion what we give as by how much is left after we give." of Jesus must find its way into our churches, into our offices, our shops and fields, into our schools, homes, and Joy in Sacrifice institutions. Into our pocketbooks, too. We do not under- Several years ago one of our ministers was sent to visit stand that God required Jesus Christ to give His life as a an elderly brother who lived in a small house by the side sacrifice to save thiS poor lost world. It was voluntary of an old irrigation canal. For years the old gentleman service when Jesus stooped to take humanity upon Him- had occupied this unpainted little shack. The county was self in order that the fallen race might live. Love re- helping him, but the church felt the responsibility to quired all this of Jesus, and He gave Himself. The Father assist in his support. The call of the preacher was in- shared the gift and made the sacrifice with His Son, while tended to encourage him to permit the church to find all the universe in wonder and amazement beheld the more comfortable quarters for him to live in. He was spectacle of immeasurable love. badly crippled and in need of nursing care. The Voluntary Service of Love When the minister entered the home of the elderly brother, he was courteously seated on a stool by the side Did Jesus go too far? Was His sacrifice too great? Did of the sick man's cot. There was a smile on his face, and God require it of Him? These questions we ask for our the rude little, shack seemed bright and homey in spite readers to ponder. The widow who gave her mite in the of its disheveled appearance. As the pastor's eyes took in time of Christ was a witness to the power of impelling, the situation, there arose in his heart a great desire to divine love. Did God require this of her? bring help to the old man. To him and to the church it Our brother who lived in his little old house, likewise, would have been a privilege to relieve this unfortunate witnesses to the benevolent spirit of constraining love in condition. After a few kind words of greeting the minister this the last generation. In every age the spirit of Christ is explained the object of his visit and urged the old gentle- the same. Love leads to sacrifice. God blessed the old man' to permit him to arrange for a move from the old brother who lived by the canal. His life was prolonged be- shaek-t-o-a- • • • e 11 • • to - e _ e •• , • The man shook his head vigorously. "No," he stated give sacrificially to the cause. Their lives are preserved firmly, "I must stay here. I am contented where I am." for a season and their sacrifices are marked in heaven. "But your health is poor," the preacher insisted. "You Are we giving till it hurts? Do we know what sacrifice need treatments. You have no one to care for you. You do really means? May God help Seventh-day Adventists to not get proper food or baths. Please let us arrange for apply the spirit of the widow in the temple, the man in you." But it was useless. the shack by the old canal, and most of all the sacrificial "If I moved," he said simply, "I would have no money. spirit of our own loving Lord to the gifts that we make At the present time I receive $40 every month to use as I to the cause of God. And remember, our "love is meas- please. If this were taken away from me, it would break ured not so much by what we give as by how much is my heart." left after we give." D. A. D.

Published by the Seventh-day Adventists. Printed every Thursday by the Review and Herald Publishing Association, at Takoma Park, Washington 12, D.C., U.S.A. Entered as second-class matter August 14, 1903, at the post office at Washington, D.C., under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. Vol. 125, No. 8. One year, $3.75. 4 REVIEW AND HERALD Heart-to-Heart Talks phasized by the apostle James, when in speaking of plans for the morrow he exhorts the believers to say, "If Christian Consecration the Lord will, we shalt live, and do this, or that." James • In Two Parts—Part One 4:15. John Wesley, the great apostle of Methodism, was HE surrender of the heart to God, and the dedica- once asked by one of his parishioners: tion of the life to His service—this is Christian con- " 'Do you not sometimes feel an awe at the thought of dy- Tsecration. "My son, give Me thine heart," is the in- ing?' vitation of the heavenly Father. To lead others to Christ " 'No,' he replied, 'if I knew for certain that I was going we must first know the way ourselves. Tasting of the to die tomorrow night, I should do just, exactly what I am sweets of salvation, experiencing in our own lives the going to do. I am going to preach at Gloucester this afternoon transforming grace of His infinite love, knowing the and this evening; and I shall go to lodge with friend Smith. I shall stay up with him till ten o'clock, and then I shall go peace and joy of sins forgiven, we are prepared to pass to bed; and I shall be up at five, and ride over to Tewkes- on to our fellow men the blessed story of salvation bury, and I shall preach there, and shall go to friend Jones' for through Christ the Lord. the night, and I shall go to bed at ten o'clock, and whether I Christian consecration embraces all that we have and live or die, it does not matter at all to me, for if I die I are and hope to become—all dedicated to Christ and His shall die in the Lord. That is what I am going to do, whether service. When the people of Collatia would surrender I live or die.' " to Rome, they were asked: "Do you deliver up your- selves—the Collatine people, your city, your friends, your Surely, his experience represented complete surrender water, your bounds, your temples, your utensils—all to the Lord. things that are yours, both human and divine, into the Finishing His Task hands of the Roman people?" They replied, "We de- liver up all." And they were received and generously This same surrender to Christ and to His work was il- treated. This illustrates the spirit of complete surrender lustrated in the life of David Livingstone, the great mis- and consecration to Christ the Lord. sionary and explorer of heathen Africa. In his weary jour- And this is the spirit of Christ. God so loved the world neyings he became immured in the fastnesses of this un- that He gave His only begotten Son to die for lost and known continent, and for long months no word came , rebellious mankind. And Christ gave Himself. His glory from him to civilization. A great newspaper in New and happiness with the Father and the holy angels was York organized an expedition, headed by Henry M. not a state to be desired while man was lost in sin. Stanley, and sent it in quest of Livingstone. He was Rather, Christ found His highest pleasure in giving found, sick and feeble, but still carrying on his work. His life for their salvation. Wondrous love, and beyond Stanley urged Livingstone to return. He told him he had our finite comprehension, a love worthy of our contem- already rendered a great service to mankind; he should plation and admiration throughout eternity. not wear his life out further. If he would go back to Eng- land, he would be knighted by the queen, and acclaimed The Broad Embrace of Consecration by his fellow countrymen. The Master enjoins this same spirit of consecration This was Livingstone's unhesitating reply: "No, no. upon His followers. He says to His disciples: "Whoso- To be knighted, as you say, by the queen, welcomed by ever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, thousands of admirers—yes, but impossible. It must not, he cannot be My disciple." Luke 14:33. cannot, will not be. I must finish my task." He con- Consecration is all inclusive in its broad and far-reach- •tinued his labors until death. He was found dead on his ing requirements. It embraces the affections of the heart. knees in the attitude of prayer. His faithful converts re- Exhorts the apostle: "Set your affections on things above, moved from the body the heart and other internal or- not on things on the earth." Col. 3:2. gans, buried them in the land of his adoption, partially It embraces the ambitions of the life. Baruch, the secre- dried his body in the sun, and by the most heroic efforts tary of Jeremiah the prophet, cherished high hopes of carried that body through hostile tribes to the east advancement. He desired to achieve great things from coast of Africa, where it was picked up by a British the standpoint of the world: To him there came a mes- steamer and conveyed to London. Livingstone's body sage from the Lord: "Seekest thou great things for rests today among England's, honored dead in Westmin- thyself? seek them not." Jer. 45:5. ster Abbey. Through the years, many noble men and women have responded to Christ's call to service, and in doing this, Wholly Sanctified have sacrificed every worldly ambition. This was illus- Christian consecration includes the dedication of the trated in the experience of Baron von Welz, a Dutch body, soul, and spirit to the service of the Lord. Paul nobleman. He felt called upon to go, to Dutch Guiana as prayed for the believers: "And the very God of peace a missionary. His friends sought to dissuade him from sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit this noble purpose. How could he afford to sacrifice his and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the com- high station, lay aside his honors, his titles, leave his ing of our Lord Jesus Christ." 1 Thess. 5:23. friends and native land? This was his response. When one truly recognizes that his body, in the words "What to me is a title well born, when I am born again in of the apostle, constitutes the "temple of God" (1 Cor. Christ? What to me is the title lord, when I desire to be a 3:17), he will appreciate more fully than ever before that, servant of Christ? What is it to me to be called, Your Grace, he is not his own. He will seek to use that body in a when I have need of God's grace, help, and, succor? All these way that will make for God's glory. He will nourish it vanities I will away with, and all else I will lay at the feet with wholesome food. He will clothe it in becoming at- of Jesus, my dearest Lord, that I may have no hindrance in tire. "Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever serving Him aright." ye do, do all to the glory of God." 1 Cor. 10:31. He responded to the call of duty„ and today he fills This is a far-reaching principle stated by the apostle, a a lonely grave in the land of his adoption. We must be- principle that should settle every question of life. It lieve that God recognizes such consecration as this. should settle the question of the business in which one Christian consecration subordinates every selfish plan is to engage, the pleasure in which he takes part. In every and purpose of life to the will of the Lord. This is em- social relationship of life Christ will be first. The para- FEBRUARY 19, 1948 5 mount consideration will be: Will this please my Lord day whose light is generated by world destruction is no and Master? Can I ask Christ to accompany me to this day in which to take a measured stride. No one ever saw place of entertainment? Will this vocation or avocation firemen working casually as though they had unlimited bring leanness to my soul and separate me from my time, or as though they might leave for tomorrow what Lord? In our lives Christ will be all and in all. The ac- they could not easily accomplish today. An easygoing complishment of His will, the performance of His work, fireman would be ludicrous to behold. He would also be the glorifying of His name—these will constitute the mo- tragic. tivating influences of our lives. F. M. W. We have a race with time and tragedy. That was the stimulating and, at times, oppressive conviction 'that settled upon us, as we ended our long journey abroad. Postscript to a Long Journey-10 In lands where our workers enjoy a strange new-found liberty, they tell you frankly that they have no reason to We Work by the Light of a believe that that liberty is permanent. On the contrary, Burning World they feel confident that it is not. As mentioned earlier, we are prevented from being specific in referring to workers E RECENTLY wrote that this is a great day of or countries, lest we create embarrassment for our mission- opportunity for preaching the message in all aries abroad. But the fact that we are not here specific Wlands. That is true, gloriously true, but it is not does not mean that we are retailing hearsay or gossip to the whole truth. This is a day of opportunity, but it is a the' readers of the REVIEW. We talked face to face with day that will soon be followed by night. The man who has these workers and heard their own presentation of the no purpose in life, no particular task to perform, no defi- facts and of the prospects of the future. And when we nite goal to reach, is little(concerned about the length of a had heard those facts and 'checked them against other day, for the arrival of night simply frees him from available information, we agreed with our brethren that the exertion of appearing to be active. But the man who the future was altogether uncertain. We could only exhort has set for himself a task, or has had some duty assigned them to work with fervor and unflagging enthusiasm while to him that must at all costs be completed before night this strange, new liberty, these singular opportunities, comes on, finds solemn warning in lengthening shadows -were theirs. and the reddish hue of sunset. Yes, this is a great day for Adventist activity, but what Riot and Revolution Abroad part of the day is it? The fiery destruction of two world A world filled with suspicion provides no assurance of -wars gives a reddish glow to the sky that warns of sunset. stability for the future or of continued opportunity for A weird and eerie light makes bright the closing hours the preaching of the Advent. Even as we write these lines of earth's day of probation. The blazing fires of men's the papers are crowded with stories of increasing out- destructive wrath have not only lightened the sky of the breaks in the Middle East, a key area of the world that western world, they have also lightened the path to the stretches east and west for fifteen hundred miles. Advent- homes and the hearts of those who desire to know the ists, as a religious body, and this journal in speaking for meaning of the times. them, have 'no desire to become involved in matters of The last-day signs in the heavens are not simply in the state, in exploring political questions. Nor are we doing sun and moon and stars. With a very justifiable extension so when we refer to evident and undebatable facts con- of Scripture, we may say that those signs include the fiery cerning the kind of world in which we live at this hour. light that has blazed for years on the sunset horizon and Whether the British Empire should have held in past that still casts its baleful afterglow against the dark, ap- years a dominant place in the whole Middle East, we will proaching clouds of night. And rising up, as it were out let statesmen answer. But the present fact is that the with- of the ocean depths, to mingle with that afterglow is a drawal of England from that great area creates new prob- strange, new kind of light never seen before upon this lems and new uncertainties that bode ill for all missions. sinful planet, a light explosive and atomic, a light that Fighting and rioting are not the ideal setting in which blinds and destroys, a light that is, above all else, the to conduct mission work. Whether one form of govern- harbinger of darkness and desolation for the world. ment or another should be set up by different countries in Europe is also a question° that we may leave for politi- The Meaning of the Sunset Hour cal minds to discuss. But the present fact is that seething Yes, this is a great day for the Advent Movement. It is unrest in many lands, while giving us a momentary free- our day. But it is a day that owes its quality and mean- dom and opportunity, bodes no good for the future. The ing to its sunset hour. That is a truth above all other tremendous upheavals and deStruetion of recent years truths that we need to realize when we think both of our have truly smashed political and religious walls that im- duty and of our opportunity in the world. Only as we prisoned multitudes of people. And through the yawning remember that the light, the blazing light of great oppor- gaps in those walls we have been able to move with free- tunity today, has been generated by the blazing inferno dom to carry on a work for God. But the fiery tensions of destructive war, do we truly realize how unusual is our of the very present hour portend the early, erection of -----opportuni t ; --continuanc-e of more-se — . - that light. We have watched firemen work in the darkness of night, An Interlude of Opportunity rescuing endangered men and women, their task aided The general impression we have received, not only and expedited by the very brilliance of the flames that from talking with our own people, but from talking with had created the menace to life. We are God's firemen, religious leaders of other persuasions, from Stockholm God's rescuers, whocalLon men to flee from the wrath to down to Cairo is this: The present brings a singular inter- come, to flee from the enveloping fire of the last great lude of opportunity, an interlude between a war that has day. We work by the light of a burning world, the very ravaged most of the world, and a new war that may ravage magnitude of the conflagration providing us a clearer all the world. These non-Adventist religious leaders have view of the magnitude of our task, a clearer sense of direc- no illusions about the future. We have already explained tion, and a greater opportunity for effective labor than that the idea of progress for our world has been quite we have ever had before. abandoned. But that does not tell the whole story. Reli- Yes, this is a great day for Adventist activity. But a (Continued on page 12) 6 REVIEW AND HERALD GENERA RTICLE

The Ordinances of the Lord's House-1 The Washing of Baptism By M. L. Andreasen

Y THE ordinances of the Lord's house we mean bap- pressed here—that baptism is closely connected with tism, the ordinance of humility—sometimes and the washing away of sin—is used by Peter when he says, B more properly called the ordinance of service—and "Baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away the communion service, commonly called the Lord's sup- of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good con- per. We shall treat each of these separately and in the science toward God)." 1 Peter 3:21. Paul calls baptism order named, without losing sight of their interdepend- "the washing of regeneration." Titus 3:5. ence and essential unity. These three ordinances con- Baptism, one of God's appointed ordinances, aptly il- stitute a complete trinity, and complement one another. lustrates several spiritual truths. Note these statements The sanctuary services and the ceremonial observances from the Bible depicting man's natural sinful condition: which God commanded Israel were not detached and "From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is arbitrary rules imposed upon the people merely as a no soundness"; "hands are full of blood"; "eyes full of matter of discipline. Each of them had valuable under- adultery"; the tongue "an unruly evil, full of deadly lying principles, contained deep spiritual lessons, and poison"; "filthy conversation"; "natural brute beasts"; was calculated to impress a particular truth upon the "whose God is their belly." Isa. 1:6, 15; 2 Peter 2:14; mind of the worshiper. Taken as a whole, the sanctuary James 3:8; 2 Peter 2:7, 12; Phil. 3:19. services gave the people a clear picture of God's holiness With men in such a condition the only symbol of per- and also of His demands upon them. fect cleansing is a complete washing, an immersion, a washing away of the filth of the soul, a washing of re- Examples of Old Testament Ordinances generation. Sprinkling a part of the body can never be When God in olden times commanded a sinner to an adequate symbol; laving the head of a candidate bring a lamb for his transgression, it was not hard for seems both trifling and inadequate; even pouring water the guilty to see the relation between his sin and the over him from a vessel falls short of meeting the require- death of the lamb. As he slew the animal with his own ments of a symbol of complete cleansing. If any part of hand, the significance of the act was deeply impressed the body is to be sprinkled, it would seem that the region upon him. An innocent lamb had to be killed because of the heart would be better than bathing the head. But he had sinned, and in some way the death procured it is not a part of the body only that is to be baptized. forgiveness and life for him. As he left the sanctuary, he It is the whole man who is sinful, from the top of the was conscious of the fact that he had taken part in a head to the sole of the foot, and hence needs a complete. transaction that was more than an empty ceremony. washing. Only a complete baptism is adequate and satis- Though it was a ceremony, it was more than that. fying. Through it forgiveness, life, and joy had come to him. As the baptismal candidate descends into the water He might not fully understand all, but the main lesson and is lowered beneath the waves, Paul exclaims, "Know was clear. He knew he had sinned, and he also knew that ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus he had been forgiven. In some way the death of the lamb Christ were' baptized into His death?" Rom, 6:3. When had been efficacious in procuring forgiveness for him. Christ died, "He died .unto sin once." Verse 10. In His And in this conception was wrapped up the chief ele- death He made a grave for our sins. So likewise we are ments of atonement. to be "buried with Him by baptism into death." Verse 4. As with the lesson of the sin offering, so it was with the In thus dying, "our old man is crucified with Him, that other ceremonies and sacrifices. Each was intended to the body of sin might be destroyed." Verse 6. convey some truth, and did this effectively. In case of leprosy two birds were taken, "alive and clean." One of A New Creature in Christ Jesus the birds was killed over running water, and the other The symbolism here used is both clear and beautiful. living bird dipped in the blood of the bird that was We have been sinners. The old man of sin has domi- killed. The man to be cleansed was then sprinkled with nated us. Now Christ makes us free. Symbolically the the blood seven times and pronounced clean, after which "old man" dies, and in baptism he is buried, never to the living bird was let loose in the field. (Lev. 14:1-7.) rise again. "Henceforth we should not serve sin, for he This also was a ceremony, but it was a beautiful and that is dead is free from sin." Rom. 6:6, 7. ' significant one. The leper could not fail to see the les- Baptism, however, is not merely a death and a burial. son. It is also a resurrection. "If we have been planted to- In the New Testament the ordinance of baptism is gether in the likeness of His death," says Paul, "we shall commanded. Even though by some it may be considered be also in the likeness of His resurrection." Rom. 6:5. only a form, it is not an empty form. It contains deep As the candidate unresistingly yields himself to the offi- spiritual truths, emblematic of God's abounding grace, ciating minister and is slowly and solemnly lowered into and furnishes a good example of the fact that God's ap- the water so that it completely covers him, a most strik- pointed ordinances have spiritual significance and are ing likeness between this and a death and burial is evi- not merely arbitrary enactments. dent to all. The man has renounced sin and separated To Paul it was said, "Arise, and be baptized, and wash himself from it. In baptism he recognizes and admits away thy sins." Acts 22:16. The same symbolism ex- that the wages of sin is death, and willingly submits him- FEBRUARY 19, 1948 7 self to the rite that signifies this. The old man is dead, of death was still worse. Could the Lord ever forgive and now he is buried. What arises from the watery grave him? What a revelation of the love of God must have is not the same old man. It is a new creature in Christ come to him with the assurance that all was forgiven, Jesus. and that by humble obedience he might be saved! Thus far we have been considering chiefly the form of Paul breathed out "threatenings and slaughter." We baptism, but we are assured that the reader has been have no intention of picturing Paul as worse than he made aware that even the form contains precious spirit- was before his conversion. But when some think that ual lessons. But let us consider the deeper spiritual Paul's humility was rather a mock humility, and that he values—for there are such. had not done much evil, the record will not sustain them. "Arise, and be baptized, and wash , away thy sins." The extent of Paul's hardness of heart before conversion Acts 22:16. These words must have come as sweet music is not the point, however. It is rather this, that upon his to Paul, who at the time they were spoken was under turning to the Lord all was immediately forgiven. And heavy apprehensions as to the future. He had been ar- the Assurance of this forgiveness was closely connected rested by the bright light on the way to Damascus, where with the rite of baptism. This is also what the Lord em- he was going to harass and persecute the church. The phasizes when He says, "He that believeth and is bap- words spoken to him by Christ had not been reassuring; tized shall be saved." Mark 16:16. there was no promise of pardon in them, only a search- ing question as to why he was persecuting the Lord, and Salvation Only in Christ the further statement, which doubtless caused him some We are not to attribute salvation to any ordinance. concern, "It is hard for thee to kick against the pricks." There is salvation in Christ only, and in none other. Acts 9:5. When ih his anxiety he asked what he should When Peter says that. "baptism doth also now save us," he do, he was not given any direct answer, but only told to adds that it is not water as such, but the "answer of a go into Damascus, where he would receive instruction good conscience toward God." 1 Peter 3:21. Neverthe- from the servant of the Lord. Blind, and neither eating less, in view of the teaching of Scripture, baptism must on nor drinking, he was left in darkness three days, wonder- no account be omitted. ing what was in store for him. He had persecuted the As a newborn babe after being washed is sweet, pure, saints; he had haled them before the judges; he had con- clean, so also is the Christian who believes and is bap- sented to the stoning of Stephen; and worst of, all, he tized. Every sin is blotted out, not one mark against had compelled the saints to blaspheme. him is recorded in the books above; he is 'a new creature, a new name is given him, and he is inscribed in the book "Arise and Be Baptized" of life. Happy indeed is the day of baptism. A soul is Paul's suffering must have been intense as he waited born into the kingdom of God. All the past, whatever day after day for the sentence he felt he amply deserved. it may be, is forgiven. Life begins anew, and the page But this is the word of the Lord that came to him: "And is white and clean. now, why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash Thus considered, baptism is more than a duty or ob- away thy sins." Acts 22:16. Paul had sinned, and sinned ligation. It is a privilege, a blessed ordinance, a door into deeply. It was not without cause that he considered him- the church, a sign of allegiance to God, and a token and self the chief of sinners. To breathe out "threatenings pledge of the resurrection. Blessed is he who has the and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord," was no privilege of that union with Christ symbolized by bap- small matter. To compel them to blaspheme upon pain tism. The Test of Loyalty By Norval F. Pease

AVE you read the experience of Shimei that took Absalom was killed, and after a period of heartbroken place at the time of the rebellion of Absalom? grief, David started his homeward journey. He was no H David and his company had left Jerusalem and longer a fugitive. The rebellion had been crushed, and were fleeing for their lives. "And when king David came the throne in Jerusalem awaited his return. The victori- to Bahurim, behold, thence came out a man of the fam- ous group came to the Jordan River. Many of the people ily of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the of Judah were assembled to greet their king; and who son of Gera: he came forth, and cursed still as he came. do you think was at the very head of the welcoming And he cast stones at David, and at all the servants of party? "And Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite, which king David. . . . And as David and his men went by was of Bahurim, hasted and came down with the men of the way, Shimei went along on the hill's side over against Judah to meet king David." 2 Sam. 19:16. him, and cursed as he went, and threw s ones at him, Shimei's hands were no longer filled with rocks and and cast dust." 2 Sam. 16:5, 6, 13. dust. Curses no longer rolled from his lips. His selfish in- Shimei took advantage of his master, and thus he ex- terests led him to be meek and subservient. Again David's pressed the littleness of his soul. "In David's prosperity, friends suggested that Shimei pay with his life; and Shimei had not shown by word or act that he was not a again David spared him, knowing all the while that he loyal subject. But in the affliction of the king, this Ben- was not a man who could be trusted. *alike revealed—his—true—c-hamcter. He -had honored David upon his throne, but he cursed him in his hu- A Warning Concerning Shimei miliation."—Patriarchs and Prophets, p. 736. In, his final charge to his son, Solomon, David warned David was urged by his- friends to retaliate; but pa- him concerning Shimei. (1 Kings 2:8, 9.) He recalled tiently enduring the rocks, the dust, and the curses, Shimei's perfidy, and his own kindness toward him. Solo- he continued his flight. mon called Shimei to him and commanded him never to Eventually the issue between David and his disloyal leave Jerusalem. No such man could be trusted out of son was settled by battle on the east side of Jordan. sight. In his characteristic way Shimei accepted the ver- 8 REVIEW AND HERALD dict with a faithful promise to abide by it, and he "dwelt or-death issues. There are tests that come to each of us in Jerusalem_ many 'days." After three years two of Shim- in the course of average living, the ultimate results of ei's servants ran away to the king of Gath. Doubtless which are vitally significant. For example, there is the they had good reason to run away, for men like Shimei test of trouble. David confesses that his "steps had well are usually hard taskmasters. Inspired by the desire to nigh slipped" when he saw the "prosperity of the recover his servants, Shimei forgot his promise and went wicked." As for himself, he said, "All the day long have to Gath. Solomon was awaiting his faithless subject on I been plagued and chastened every morning." Ps. 73: his return, and a royal order of execution brought to an 2, 3, 14. It seemed to him that he cleansed his heart "in inglorious end the life of this outstanding example of a vain." His loyalty was shaken until he came closer to "policy man." God and understood the ultimate outcome of his life as What did Shimei lack? The answer is clear and simple compared with that of the wicked. When his insight en- —he lacked loyalty. He was self-seeking, politically abled him to say, "Thou shalt guide me with Thy coun- minded, and undependable. What a lesson Shimei is to sel, and afterward receive me to glory" (verse 24), his loy- men and women of all generations! alty permitted him to add, "Whom have I in heaven but Thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside The Example of Timothy Thee" (verse 25). The test of trouble comes to every life. The Scriptures also present many examples of loyalty. Happy is the man who can find loyalty and confidence in One of the most touching is found in the Epistle of Paul the dark hour as David did. to the Philippians. Paul was not given to flattery. He No less serious than the test of trouble is the test of "withstood Peter" when he thought Peter needed cor- prosperity. Many who remember God in the evil day for- rection. He sent Mark home when it seemed that Mark get Him "when the evil days come not." The prayer of was not rugged enough material for missionary service. Agur in- Proverbs 30 expresses a profound truth. "Two But in this letter to the Philippians he speaks most ten- things have I required of thee," he prays, "deny me derly of Timothy. Listen to what he says: "For I have no them not before I die: remove far from me vanity and ,man like-minded, who will naturally care for your state. lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus food convenient for me: lest I be full, and deny Thee, Christ's. But ye know the proof of him, that, as a son and say, Who is the Lord? or lest I be poor, and steal, with the father, he hath served with me in the gospel." and take the name of my God in vain." Prov. 30:7-9. Phil. 2:20-22. What loyalty! No one like him! His life was Agur recognized the twin dangers of adversity and afflu- wholly dedicated to Jesus Christ. He could be trusted. ence. He did not want either to impair his relationship to What made the difference between Shimei and Tim- God. othy? Many differences could be pointed out, but promi- Then there is the test of monotony. Some souls who nent among them was loyalty. stand in a crisis succumb to the enervating effects of the Oh, the havoc wrought in this world by disloyalty! It average tenor of life. Loyalty may slip away, almost un- soaks earth's soil with blood and peoples the earth with observed, as one allows little worries and petty problems widows and fatherless. It breaks the tender ties of the to overshadow the great realities. family and deprives children of their right to the secu- rity of home.. Loyalty and Disillusionment Disloyalty causes men, like Demas, to leave their God Loyalty is sometimes tested by disillusionment. Some and answer the call of the world. It causes young people friend in whom we trusted disappoints us. Cherished to break the hearts of their parents, because they think plans fail through no apparent fault of our own. We are only of themselves. It causes some who have been nur- tempted to become bitter. Then is the time for us to tured and trained by the love and sacrifice of the church "gather loyalty from others' treason." Sometimes lack of to turn their backs on their brethren as soon as they appreciation threatens to, undermine our loyalty. In such think themselves in a position of independence. hours we can well remember Him who "came to His In many phases of life disloyalty causes a man to put own, and His own received Him not." himself, his own desires, his own feelings, his own gain, There died in 1555 a Protestant Reformer named John above every other consideration, be it family, fellow men, Hooper. He died as a martyr after long imprisonment or God. Disloyalty is a hideous thing. It has not improved for his faith. On the wall of his prison cell with a bit of one whit since the days of Shimei. charcoal he wrote the following: A Variety of Tests "Let nothing cause thy heart to fail, Launch out thy boat, hoist up thy sail, Life tests our loyalty in a variety of ways. Many a Put from the shore; Christian has been confronted with the supreme test. In And be sure thou shalt attain the early days of Christianity the issue often hinged on Unto the port that shall remain the mere acknowledgment of a heathen deity. The Chris- Forevermore." tian was asked to offer just a pinch of incense at a —From Tudor Puritanism by Knappen. heathen shrine. If he refused—death. It is true that some chose death in a frenzied desire for martyrdom, Remedy for Sagging Loyalty but many weighed the issue carefully, and out of sheer The greatest object of loyalty man has ever known is loyalty to the Lord Jesus Christ, endured to the end. Jesus. Picture Him, the Creator of the universe, hum- How much loyalty of this type is present in the world bling Himself for the sake of man. Listen to His words today? A recent writer calls attention to the days when of wisdom and love as He mingled with men. Behold Christians were placed on the headsman's block, and Him upon the cross, obedient to death, for those who as the ax was raised, final opportunity was given him to were yet sinners. Witness the glory of the open tomb. deny his faith. This writer rather cynically suggests that Anticipate the return of the Saviour .to finish the work there are Christians today who would probably say, He has begun. Do not our hearts burn within us as we "Gentlemen, I think I can frame a statement that will walk with Him and learn of Him? Is not Jesus the ever- satisfy both parties!" Modern Christians? No, modern present remedy for sagging loyalty? May we look again Shimeis! Loyalty must override convenience, prestige, into His face, and may we say like His disciples of old,, and even life itself. "Though I should die with Thee, yet will I not denyr But the tests of loyalty are not always the ultimate life- Thee." FEBRUARY 19, 1948 large cities of this country from falling into the hands of dic- Wise Counsel for a Day Like This tators, who by currency inflation and other means will try to , By Ernest Lloyd rob the nation." We have long been informed regarding the course to ANY months ago Roger W. Babson, the famous pursue when world conditions become what they are to- statistician and investment adviser, sent out a day. If a statistician of the business world can see the M general letter from his Boston office entitled "If trend of material things in these times of crisis, and is Inflation Comes." Some of the things he wrote at that impressed to give advice, what of those who have the time are worth another reading, and it is possible that "more sure word of prophecy" and the plain 'testimonies many need to be reminded of Mr. Babson's warning. He to the remnant church? How glad we should be—how has long been a seer in the money world. He has pre- glad we are—that God has led us into His marvelous light dicted periods of depression and prosperity, which are for these times! now history, and his counsel is often sought by leading Mr. Babson's first point was on health and character. business people of the nation. Since we now have cer- The truth concerning the principles of health given tain forms of inflation with us, and more national fi- through the Spirit of prophecy so many years ago, is now nancial troubles in prospect, Mr. Babson's words are as regarded by leading thinkers in both medical and business timely today as when first written. I quote: fields as being fully abreast of the times. It will always be "The purpose of this letter is not to advise you relative to so. We must remember that truth is never behind the stocks or bonds. Rather, my purpose is to emphasize that such times, but rather always ahead. are not the only or the best investments. In case of a real smash Mr. Babson's second point was on Christian education. —which only a spiritual awakening can prevent—very few The truth given on this subject is recognized as being of the pieces of paper in your city safe deposit box would superior in the building of character. Thousands of lead- probably be any good. . . . "What Congress did in making us all turn in our gold and accept paper in exchange can easily be repeated and applied to all securities. .. . "When you realize that most all the stock and bonds in your Out of the Cities city are in only a dozen or so vaults, which now are under Fed- eral supervision, you can see how very easy it would be for Con- "Get out of the large cities as fast as possible. Establish gress to take them away from us. church schools."—"Testimonies," vol. 6, p. 195. "When we look at the situation from this viewpoint, it "Fathers and mothers who possess a piece of land and a seems as if the chances are greater than four to six that you comfortable home are kings and queens."—"Fundamentals of will see trouble. Christian Education," p. 327. " 'All right,' you say, 'then what can we do about it?' I will "Study in agricultural lines should be the A, B, and C of 'tell you. First—we should develop character and health for the education given in our schools."—"Testimonies," vol. 6, p. ourselves and others. With the danger of inflation staring us 179. in the face it is utterly foolish to sacrifice one's character or "It was not God's, purpose that His people should be crowded health to save money. We should strenuously retain the health into cities, huddled together in terraces and tenements. In the beginning He placed our first parents in a garden."— which we have and try to get back what we have lost. We "Ibid.," vol. 7, p. 87. should have a complete physical examination by trained diag- "There are multitudes of poor families for whom no better nosticians once each year and follow their advice as to habits, missionary work could be done than to assist them in settling diet and mental attitudes. on the land and in learning how to make it yield them a livelihood."—"Ministry of Healing," p. 192. High-Grade Church Schools "Educate our people to get out of the cities into the coun- should spend money freely on devout tutors. try, where they can obtain a small piece of land, and make a "Second—we home for themselves and their children. . . . Erelong there . This means high-grade church schools and small colleges will be such strife and confusion in the cities that those who of the right character for our children. No amount of time wish to leave them will not be able."—E. G. White, "General and money is too great to spend upon properly educating Conference Bulletin," April 3, 1903. and training children. However much money we ourselves "In God's plan for Israel every family had a home on the now have, the chances are four to six that (if we live long land, with sufficient ground for tilling. Thus were provided enough) we must depend upon our children or grandchildren both the means and the incentive for a useful, industrious, and to support us. Hence we should immediately begin to invest self-supporting life. And no devising of men has ever improved in them—to store up money in children instead of safe de- upon that plan. To the world's departure from it is owing, posit vaults. to a large degree, the poverty and wretchedness that exist "Third—we should get a small subsistence farm upon which to-day."—"Ministry of Healing," pp. 183, 184. "Again and again the Lord has instructed that our people our family can spend at least their summers working. If pos- are to take their families away from the cities, into the coun- sible we should not live in a large city. I really do not see try, where they can raise their own provisions; for in the much hope for city families. I sometimes wonder whether future the problem of buying and selling will be a very serious children can truly be educated except by working with their one. We should now begin to heed the instruction given us parents. This is almost impossible in a city. For those not over and over again: Get out of the cities into the rural dis- having-suelt-a-larni,-1- especially commend high-grade—sum= tricts."—E. G. White, Letter 5, 1904. camps. These are performing a very important service. "Here is a simple economic fact to remember: The quart of milk which we raise and drink always has the same value whether the dollar is worth 100 cents or 2 cents! The safest ing educators the world over admire the system of educa- way to save that value is to turn it into character, health and tion that we foster, and many have expressed themselves education. All other investments are very speculative, and as in harmony with it. And the third point in Mr. Bab- -this-includes-Gevernment-bonds,savizigs_bank_accounts and in- sonls-letter-regarcling the -simple-life-,--removed--from- the surance policies. Insurance companies will pay their policies congested centers and their consequent evils, is amply in paper money; but what good will ,the money be? This is the important question. The best insurance policy is a small treated in the testimonies to the church. Our people are self-sustaining farm and a bunch of good, husky, intelligent now being urged to read what has been written and then youngsters. . . to act upon the counsel relative to moving out of the "Avoid large cities as you would smallpox centers. Large cities. Blessed are they who not only read, but who also cities have caused the downfall of every nation which has thus act in harmony with the instruction and warnings so far collapsed. Only a spiritual awakening can prevent the clearly set before us by the Spirit of prophecy. 10 REVIEW AND HERALD

this child of the papacy, will be exalted to take the place The Hour Is Late of God." By M. V. Tucker Surely, the hour has struck when Seventh-day Advent- ists should put on the greatest religious campaign in our STRIKING news item appeared recently in the history for quickly proclaiming the third angel's mes- public press in which this announcement was made sage to the world. Now is our day of opportunity. We do from Rome: "Pope Outlines Battle Plans to Save not know what the future holds in store for us. We do Church." In connection with that announcement Pope know that God has a mighty work to do in the earth, and Pius made the following statement to 50,000 members of that the final movements will be rapid ones. The supreme Catholic Action representatives from nineteen countries hour for increased activity in circulating our publications who had gathered together at the Vatican: has come. More consecrated men and women are needed "The time for reflection and planning is past. Now is to go out into the highways and byways of the earth and the time for action. The opposing fronts in religious and scatter the pages of truth like ,the leaves of autumn. moral fields are becoming ever more clearly defined. The This is an hour when we should urge our brethren and time of test is here. This hour calls for concentrated ef- sisters not to engage in any type of work that will hinder fort. Even a few seconds can decide the victory. . . . them from proclaiming the truth. May God help us to No doubt to protect and consolidate the present forces be faithful to our trust and put into operation all the of Catholicism is in itself a highly meritorious undertak- resources at our command to finish the work upon earth ing but it is often said that he who limits himself to and prepare the world for the second coming of Christ! remain always on the defensive loses. The ultimate aim of Catholic Action should be to regain what it has lost and to advance to new conquests." The Pope outlined a five-point program which is to ESPECIALLY FOR YOUTH be followed during the next twenty-five years: 1. Extension of religious culture and extermination of ignorance in this field—a task which he said falls pri- marily on members of the clergy. You Belong to God 2. Sanctification of Sunday which he said has "become By Arthur L. Bietz a day of sin for not a few of those who devote themselves to honest work throughout the week." BOUT all that is known by millions of young people 3. Preservation of Christian family life. today concerning the beginning of man is what 4. Extension of social justice to provide a more just they have learned in courses of natural history. distribution of wealth now "in the hands of a relatively Human speculation has built up an imposing system of small and exceedingly rich group." theories about man's origin that is very impressive to the 5. Loyalty and truth in individual relationships. person who his not learned to discriminate between Back in 1892 in An Appeal to Ministers and Conference actual knowledge and speculative theorizing. The young Committees, page 38, the servant of the Lord warned the Christian student must distinguish carefully between church that "Protestantism is now reaching hands across genuine science and science falsely so-called. the gulf to clasp hands with the papacy, and a confed- Man is the crowning work of God's creation. By virtue eracy is being formed to trample out of sight the Sabbath of creation man is not his own; he belongs to his Creator. of the fourth commandment; and the man of sin, who, at The truth about life's beginning can be revealed by God the instigation of Satan, instituted the spurious sabbath, alone. "And God said, let us make man in our own image, after our likeness. . . . So God created man in His own image. In the image of God created He him." Gen. 1:26, 27. Again the Scripture says, "In Him we live, and move, and have our being." Acts 17:28. God's Promises Are for Me Because man was created by God and continues to live By A. H. FIELD only as God extends His power, he has nothing whereof to boast. All that he possesses has been given to him. He WHEN someone comes to us in his sorrow, how easy it is to say, "All things work together for good to them that love God, to them has nothing of himself. Man belongs to God and can only who are the called according to His purpose." But when trouble comes find peace as he finds it in Him. When man came forth our way it is so different. His troubles are light, but ours are so heavy from the hand of his Creator, he enjoyed fellowship and that we feel we cannot bear them. harmony with the divine. There was no enmity or fear If Romans 8:28 can apply to my neighbor, if I can tell him that "whom between the Creator and the creature. the Lord loveth He chasteneth" (Heb. 12:6), if I can assure him that "God never leads His children otherwise than they would choose to be At creation man was given dominion over the earth. led, if they could see the end from the beginning, and discern the glory His sphere of action was to be over the natural world. of the purpose which they are fulfilling as coworkers with Him," and ex- The natural world was his for enjoyment, research, and pect him to rejoice in his afflictions, why cannot I, in times of sorrow and discovery. His dominion was clearly defined. Man was to disappointment, apply these truths to my own heart? How wonderful it is when God's admonitions and promises become per- be a steward of God, and working in fellowship with sonal and we apply them to ourselves. That is true Christian living. Him was to be his highest fulfillment. The delimitation of man's activity is thus stated: "Of "Fret not, I pray, because today Thy soul is burdened down; every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: but of the There's grief to bear, yet thou shalt wear tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not An everlasting crown. eat." Gen. 2:16, 17. If we understand this rightly, God is saying, "The whole world belongs to you, but the center "The Saviour's cross was not all loss, does not belong to ybu." The center of all creation can His blood was shed for thee: 'Twas not in vain He suffered pain only be the Creator Himself. To infringe upon the given That Thou might ransomed be. rights, or to overstep the bounds of limitation set by God,- is to seek equality with God. This would be, the manifesta- "So do not fret, nor let regret tion of a desire to be like God. If man will insist on being Take sorrow from thy cup; For joy sublime, in God's good time, the center, there can be no ultimate escape but death. Will surely fill it up." The serpent indicated to Eve that disobedience would FEBRUARY 19, 1948 11 not result in death. He said, "For God doth know that sible from the point of view of reason, for reason is limited in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, to this world; but reason is to be guided and understood and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil." Gen. 3:5. from the point of view of God's Word. Although man has torn himself away froM the God to Usurping the Place of God whom he belongs, he is still aware of his responsibility to The statement of the serpent as relates to the fact that God. His responsibility, however, has been changed from they would be like "gods"after transgression is true. the state of a love fellowship,- to that of being at war. After transgression God said, "Behold, the man is become Thus to the sinner a God of love becomes a God of wrath. as one of us." Gen. 3:22. By stepping over the bounds And truly a man who is at war with a God of love can set by God, Adam and Eve usurped the place of God. only conceive of Him as a God of wrath. Only as man They became false gods. They set themselves in the cen- ceases to be at war with God can he see Him as love. ter of the universe. Their disobedience indicated that they thought they could, look out for themselves, that they knew what was good for them better than their Creator. They sought to be independent when in the very nature A Burning World of the case a creature is not endowed with the power or wisdom necessary to be so. (Continued from page 6) The essence of sin is that we love and trust ourselves more than the Creator. Our arrogance is set over against gious leaders today are frank to admit, not only that the His love and wisdom. Man was created to reflect the glory world is no longer progressing, but that it is poised ready of God, but man does not want to reflect God, for he to descend to what may be its complete destruction. A wants to be the center, or nothing. When man refuses to world poised on the brink, a world awaiting the explosion own that he belongs to God, he destroys all the poten- of atomic bombs in a third great war, a world fearful and tiality for what he could have done or been in fellowship questioning, is the kind of world that confronts us today. with God. This is not only a day of opportunity; this is a day of Originally man's mind, was endowed with the capacity destiny for us as a people. This is a day that will deter- for reason, so that he might reflect upon God's glorious mine whether we really believe what we say we believe. revelation; but man as the usurper wants to think things This is a day that will put to the test our whole view of out by himself. He does not wish tcr admit that he is life. This is a day that will either justify or disprove the ignorant and needs to be guided by truth which God claim we have so emphatically made through the years— alone can reveal. Man's understanding of God is not pos- that God raised us up to do a special work at a special time, a work that must be done, a work of warning all men that the judgments of God are about to descend upon them. Within our ranks today there is a contest between self- The Alcohol Problem Today ish desire and great opportunity. We would not be true By GRACE CLIFFORD HOWARD to our own heart if we did not express as our closing con- viction, as the final burden of our feelings from this jour- - THE sum of $8,770,000,000 was spent for alcoholic beverages in ney afar, that here in America we are too concerned with the United States during the fiscal year closing June 30, 1947. During 1945, 58,250,000 users, exclusive of the armed forces, helped fill the satisfying our temporal desires. Caring for creature com- tills of the liquor trade. Of these drinkers, 3,250,000 were excessive users, forts, for our material wants, has a prominence in our and 750,000 were either chronic alcoholics or addicts. thoughts and in our activities which simply cannot be Between 1940 and 1945, consumers of alcoholic drinks increased squared with the tragedy of the world and the opportu- thirty-five per cent. "Since 1850, the per capita consumption of distilled spirits has decreased by 53 per cent, while the per capita consumption nity that presents itself to us today. If this day of oppor- of beer has increased 862 per cent."—"Scienctific Temperance Journal," tunity ends, and it soon will, while our thoughts and our Summer, 1947, p. 38. efforts are dominantly focused on adding one more com- Beer consumption received a powerful impetus during the late war. Its fort to our homes, rather than on how we might add one use was encouraged along all battle lines. Beer has been called the "tem- more gift to the cause, then we will have missed the perance drink," and thousands have believed this claim and acted upon it, not realizing that there is as much alcohol in a bottle of beer as greatest opportunity that ever was afforded to finite there is in a glass of wine or a "shot" of whisky. beings to do-a work for God. Social taboos against drinking by women which have held through many generations have become weakened by subtle advertising. Today Working While It Is Day it is considered smart and sophisticated to drink, and because of this so- cial approval, women are hastening to bend the elbow at the closest op- Whether the time will come when we should cast all portunity for alcoholic refreshment. that we have at the apostles' feet, even as the ardent be- Alcoholism, the result of long-continued drinking, has increased to such lievers did in the first century, we know not. But this we proportions that it is considered one of the leading public-health prob- do know—we shall never measure up to the magnitude lems today. It is one of the leading social problems, too, but the liquor of the hour, we shall never speed up to compensate for interests do not encourage that term. Considering alcoholism a social problem, one of the basic causes of delinquency, of divorce, and of the shortening day, at sixty, or now seventy, cents per crime, is not el for missions. Nor will w • Each year sees added effort being made to help the alcoholic, all of the task of the ,sunset hour with the degree of spiritual which is worthy and should be encouraged. Yet one more step is neces- vitality that most of us now possess. sary. The cleaning-up process in the alcohol problem surely needs to be carried on, but the more reasonable way to begin would seem to be to We write these lines in the midst of the annual Week stop the source of supply before attempting to cure the effects of that of Prayer, while we are stirred in heart by the gracious same supply. Just as long as alcoholic beverages are available, there will Spirit of God to the need of greater personal power. We be new alcoholics, no matter how many are cured. here write, first, for our own heart, and then for the hearts Seven ill- day-Adventists-Itave-been-given-much-light-on-th e-subjects-of alcohol and temperance. It is time that we arouse and remove the bushel of all the believers. We have come to the time when of a from that light. It is time that we give heed to the counsel. "Of all who surety we need the power, the sacrifice, and the consecra- claim to be numbered among the friends of temperance, Seventh-day tion that will enable us to say with sincerity, even as our Adventists should stand in the front ranks. For many years a flood of light Lord said in the climactic hour of His earthly mission: concerning the principles of true reform has been shining on our pathway, "I must work the works of Him that sent me, while it is and we are accountable before God to let this light shine to others. Years ago we regarded the spread of temperance principles as one of our most day: the night cometh, when no man can work." important duties. It should be so to-day."--"Gospel Workers," p. 384. F. D. N. 12 REVIEW AND HERALD

THE ADVENTIST HOME CIRCLE

Conducted by Promise Kloss Sherman Games Before Supper By Alice A. Keen

HE children were in the living room—Ralph and happy as blackbirds in a cherry tree until suppertime. Benjy quarreling and Mildred protesting tearfully The children played the game almost incessantly dur- Tthat she could not do her homework because of the ing the next few days and wore it to a frazzle, as was noise. bound to happen. Then one evening Mildred said, "Let's Mrs. Brady, in the kitchen getting supper, could hear • play the game using the middle letter to begin the next what was going on. She sighed. It took time to administer word. We'll ask mother to start it." justice, and this, for her, was the busiest hour of the day. "C-A-N," said mother, the moment she was told. Unfortunately, it was the hour, too, when the children "A-N-D," said Ralph, and Benjy continued with were most likely to be out of sorts. "N-O-W." "If I could just get them interested in some game or When "Three-Letter Words" had languished and al- other, it would carry them through this hungry, difficult most died, Mrs. Brady searched her past for another of time," she said to herself. Her thoughts raked through the old games that are new to the children of today. And her own childhood and struck upon a game she used to that night, when the children's voices began to have play. "Ralph, Benjy," she called to the boys, and there ragged edges, she called them to her. " was such an animation in her voice that they came tum- "I have another game for you," she told them. "Want bling out, wide-eyed and expectant. to try it?" "I've just thought of a game," she said. "Let's play it. Did they! Immediately they were all eager attention. I'll begin by spelling a word of three letters. Ralph, you "I'm thinking of something in this room," she said come next with another word of three letters. Yours must slowly, not looking at the broom handle, "and it's red." begin with the last letter of my word. Then Benjy must They began with quickly shot guesses that showed their give one beginning with the last letter of Ralph's. All keen interest. Benjy guessed it, and proud he was, being ready? B-A-G," spelled Mrs. Brady. the youngest, to announce the color of thing he was "G-O-T," said Ralph instantly, while Benjy followed thinking about. with "T-I-N." After a while, Mrs. Brady withdrew from the game and Now Mildred appeared and wanted to know what it the children "carried it" into the other room. was all about. So she was admitted into the merry game of The mother was exultant: she felt she had solved a three-letter words. problem. She had found a way to lift her children's "Mildred can take my place," said Mrs. Brady, "for I thoughts from ill-natured bickerings toward a common shall be going interest that united them. And the effect on the back and forth be- atmosphere of the home during the pre-supper tween the kitchen hour was as beneficial as a brisk change of wind at and the dining the end of a sultry day. room." Besides this, inventiveness was developed. Sooner The children or later the children were sure to vary the game all went back or invent a new one. Mother must always be told into the living about the change, and this thinking and playing room and were as with her children on equal terms of fun and com- radeship made a simpler, happier relation between them all than there had ever been before.—Na- tional Kindergarten Association.

Fun at Home With Toy Silos and Barns and Houses and Other Things!

EVA LUOMA . FEBRUARY 19, 1948 13

1r Mir del rated air reaches the condensation point and has a tem- G OT/FiER BOOIC_ perature of freezing, or lower; if the temperature is above '.5p,e4tit to ihr varr4; and it shad reach,the." Job .12: 32°F., rain occurs. Small clouds can form tremendous 43,,. amounts of snow, just as a small amount of popcorn N.- MONTGO kernels can, when popped, form a large mass. Some snow- flakes are six hundred times as large as the droplets of water from which they are formed. Most snowflake designs are based upon six-rayed stars, The Snows of Winter and investigators say that no two are alike. The size and T IS commonly believed that the climate of any given design are determined by the temperature at which the area has changed in regard to the amount of snow. flake is formed and the air through which it falls, for I This belief has been perpetuated by elderly people flakes falling through warmer air partially melt and stick who constantly affirm: "Why, when I was young I remem- together, forming the giant flakes sometimes seen. The ber that it snowed in October, and the snow lay on the true, color of a flake is light bluish green, like a cake of ground until April, and was so deep we ran our sleighs ice, but reflection and refraction of light over and over over the fences." However, the cold snowy facts of again produce the effect of extreme whiteness. weather-bureau records show that no changes have oc- Snow can form on 'a clear day in a cloudless sky as curred in the mean or average temperature since records evidenced by the many snow-capped mountain peaks have been kept, and the checking of old diaries of colo- whose summits are above the clouds perpetually. nial times reveals that the weather remains the same. One of the heaviest snowfalls ever accurately recorded There are, however, regular fluctuations in the weather, occured in Colorado, where twelVe feet fell in fifteen as revealed by the Bell Telephone laboratory's study of hours. sunspot activity, which shows that the weather runs in approximately eleven-year cycles, and when sunspot ac- tivity reaches a peak it causes extremes of weather. At Our Garden in Retrospect these peaks excessive energy is given off by the sun. The result is more storms; this in turn decreases the number By Inez Gene Carr of sunshiny days, so that the earth actually receives less of DO not know of anything that furnished us with more thrills or relaxations than our garden did last year. I Some smiled a bit when my husband, with his little fish line and stick, plumbed the lot to long straight rows; but when the dark green of the beans paralleled them- selves with the light green peas, and the corn speared the topsoil in soldierlike array beside the soyas, and the young blue-green cabbage heads nodded stiffly to the frilly carrots across the way, we were the ones that smiled. From my kitchen window I watched the miracle of nature. Here the mockingbirds skipped in search of in- sects, and horned toads skooted from one ant feast to another. In the cool of the evening the patient hoptoads plopped across the lawn to the moist, brown earth of our garden to explore for food. What a thrill it was when we found the first tomato; and later when their red and yellow globes contrasted with the sleek ,purple of eggplants, it was a picture for an artist. One day my husband, coming in from the garden with Snowflake Designs his hands cupped together, said, "Guess what?" The potatoes were ready to use with the last rows of English the energy given off; therefore, hot wet summers and peas. By planting the peas a few days apart and by choos- snowy stormy winters are the consequence. ing early and late varieties, we had a continual feast. Unusually deep snows, such as the famous New Eng- One morning I awoke with an I-would-like-to-can-some- land blizzard of 1888, the New Year 1948 snowfall over thing feeling, but was sure nothing was ready in the gar- the same area, and the terrible winter of 1944 in England, den. 1 walked among the corn, feeling of this ear and that occur once or twice in a lifetime. But heavy snows fall ear. It had been doing things since the last shower. I regularly every eleven years, as mentioned, in connection filled a bushel basket and then ran for another, and filled with maximum sunspot activity. it to overflowing. At that time corn was frozen on the t is a aw o memory t at the unusual makes a stronger market, and it-was really thrilling-to set- up a neat little impression on the mind than the ordinary; hence, as one row of golden pints of tender corn for the year to come. looks back, one remembers the few unusual winters and When the endive was ready to can, I was taken sick, and cannot recall the many mild normal seasons. A snow that it gipped by its tender stage, so the next best ,thing was is knee deep or waist deep to a child is only, ankle or to extract the juice. Streamlined bottles of rich brown knee deep to an adult; and when we bring to mind the liquid peopled the lowest shelf of the pantry the next memeri es-ef- -ehildtreod-winte-rs,---we-reeall-those-- snows--day,ancl-ho-w-we-laave-enj-oyed-the_savctrzp_gravies-and__ which to us were very deep, but actually were normal sauces made from combining it with Vegex and other falls. ingredients. A heavy fall of snow is a thing of beauty, particularly Prices may fluctuate on beans, peas, corn, okra, and if the snow is composed of large flakes which adhere to tomatoes at the market, but my pantry shelf has had trees and vegetation. Snow is formed near the point of one price all winter. I hope this summer we may again fall and is not carried in on the wings of the wind from walk in a garden in the cool of the evening and relax and some distant point. Snow forms when , water-vapor-satu- meet all the little garden surprises again. 14 REVIEW AND HERALD (1C1It.1C:i1 Ct.1111111C1liC torics

:111(1 REPORTS FROM ALL LANDS Hr-tturi ._ OS. L'11SC,1!.1 RCrttC(1, Li We were indeed glad that Elder McClements could be Greetings From the Ivory Coast with us, for we all appreciated his good counsel and in- By G. M. Ellstrom struction. Eagerness and joy were revealed in the faces and voices of the believers present as they laid plans for E WERE happy to hold recently our first camp the next meeting to be held near the lagoon, in the prox- meeting attended by Ivory Coast 'believers. It was imity of Abidjan. Wheld in the village of Tiemelekro, where the seed All the hardships of the journey were nothing com- of the third angel's message was first sown. The message pared to the joy of seeing twenty-two souls follow their was brought to this place by a migrating trader from the Lord in baptism. This makes a total of forty-one baptized Gold Coast who settled down in this village many years members in the Ivory Coast. In the near future we are ago. Until this believer sent a young man to the Gold hoping to see many more follow in the footsteps of the Coast to receive some training, there was no worker in Master. this field, but a few faithful believers continued witness- In the entire field we have about 180 Sabbath school ing for the Lord, and today we can boast six small groups members, including the little children. This mere handful of believers, with three native workers. has given 45,000 francs tithe and 30,000 francs in offering They were alone through the war years except for a in the first ten months of 1947. This offering is almost few brief visits by missionaries, especially Brother Clif- five cents per person each Sabbath. The tithe, plus the ford, who took time from his supervision of the Gold offering, equals 75,000 francs, or a little over $1,000. The Coast to make these visits. It was not until July of 1946 spirit of giving which animates our people throughout that missionaries entered the Ivory Coast to establish a the world is found in a large measure among our be- mission. This long-hoped-for mission is not yet a reality, lievers in the Ivory Coast. for many obstacles have impeded the progress of such an enterprise. It is hoped that land will soon be received, and The Language Barrier when building material is obtainable the construction of Dozens of languages and scores of dialects make the a mission compound will begin. In spite of these material preaching of our message to the four million inhabitants hindrances souls are becoming interested in the Sabbath of this country a gigantic task. Only through the power of truth. The Sabbath hinders many here also from accept- the Spirit of God can we hope to accomplish our duty ing the whole truth of God, but of far greater conse- and responsibility to these peoples. Not only a variety of quences to the success of our work is the custom of plu- languages, but also a variety of religions, can be found rality of wives and the question of unclean meats. These in the Ivory Coast: We have the Catholics, who are very are problems of grave concern to the natives, but the numerous; quite a few Protestants, represented by six or honest in heart are willing to lay aside all, that they might eight sects; many of the almost impregnable Moham- follow their Saviour. medan group; and thousands of the satisfied native World Tr'end.s Taking Root heathen, or fetish believers. God has given us the, com- mand to go and preach to every tongue and people, so Africa is not today the dark continent of a few years we must go forward in faith to fulfill His demands. Op- ago. Civilization has made its appearance here also, but, position by both Protestants and Catholics has been keenly sad to say, the evils of the modern era are much more felt, and will undoubtedly continue to exist, but though quickly and readily accepted than the gospel of salvation. this may hinder the progress of the work, the truth of The world trends are taking root, and can be keenly felt God will triumph in the Ivory Coast. May the work of in this long-neglected continent. For about two months God go forward rapidly in this new field as in all the a railroad strike and a longshoreman's strike have been world. in progress, costing both the natives and the whites mil- lions of francs. When they will terminate is not known. This unforeseen transportation problem necessitated Philippine Union Progress a rough ride by truck for alrRost twice the distance it would have been by rail, plus a twenty-two kilometer By E. E, Cossentine trek by foot, so that we might hold our camp meeting UR work in the Philippine Islands shows very defi- services. For a man just a few weeks out of the hospital nite progress. Everywhere we see evidences of after an appendix operation, this was a stiff assignment, O rapid growth, that even the war years could not but William McClements, the union president, was equal stop. Though a great deal of damage was done to property ,,to the occasion, and came through it all feeling fine. Some —in Northern Luzon more than one hundred churches of our believers came to meet us with a hammock, offer- and elementary school buildings were destroyed, and at ing to carry Mrs. Ellstrom, but she felt quite able to finish our headquarters in Manila the destruction was almost the journey on foot, so kindly refused their gracious offer. complete—yet rehabilitation is now well under way. Our fatigue and soreness were quickly- forgotten when As rapidly as possible homes and other buildings are be- some of our believers from another part of the field who ing restored. In the meantime, quonset huts have been had already arrived came out to meet us, singing our hurriedly put up to house the workers and to provide gospel songs. Our trek of twenty-two kilometers (about office space. , fourteen miles) seemed very insignificant after we were The spirit of advancement is seen, especially in our told that these joyful believers had walked for three days, educational work. During the period of occupation L. L. making a trip of approximately one hundred kilometers Quirante took the leadership, and in spite of the fact that to attend the camp meeting. The beautiful harmonious most of our textbooks were banned and classwork was not singing of these believers was an external manifestation of permitted in any place other than chapels, work was car- their joy for the privilege of attending the services, and ried on in five of the seven missions, and a large number we enjoyed this good singing all the time we were there. of our youth were able to receive an education. FEBRUARY 19, 1948 15 Our buildings at the Philippine Union College escaped soon, under the leadership of R. L. Odom, there will be destruction, but all the Northern Luzon Academy build, plenty of literature for our colporteurs, to help reach the ings, except the girls' dormitory, were completely de- goal of nearly one-half million pesos set for the year. stroyed. In this bullet-riddled building schoolwork was This year the Voice of Prophecy work has been started resumed in 1945. An administration and classroom build- in the Philippines. Already the enrollment has grown ing and a boys' dormitory have since been built, and this to nearly five thousand, with a number of baptisms. The year we found 439 young people enrolled in the academy lessons at first provided have all been used, and those and elementary grades, under the leadership of Principal in charge cannot advertise further or enroll any more J. M. Herrera. people until a new supply is printed. At our East Visayan 'Academy the main buildings have Throughout the Philippine Union the work is moving been rebuilt, but already they are too small—thirty girls forward in every department. M. E. Loewen, superin- are living in one room about 24 by 30 feet. tendent, and W'erber Johnson, secretary-treasurer, are giv- Our West Visayan Academy began the school year in ing the field excellent leadership. tents. Its present temporary home is built of mats, with a Less than fifty years ago the Bible was a forbidden book palm-leaf roof, but the brethren hope soon to start con- in the Philippines. Today we have more than twenty-five struction on their permanent buildings. thousand consecrated, earnest members, determined to This year a new academy has been opened on the island finish the work quickly. of Mindanao. The girls' dormitory is in a rented building, but the other dormitories, classrooms, dining room, kitchen, and others are all in tents—and not very good A New Florida Sanitarium ones. This situation makes conditions unpleasant where Opens Its Doors there is as much rainfall as on Mindanao. Land has been secured, and it is hoped that permanent buildings can By E. F. Hackman be ready for the next school year. Some of the teachers and students tried to do Ingathering work among the E ARE happy to announce that the new Forsyth Moros (Mohammedan people), the first time that such Memorial Sanitarium and Hospital was, opened work has been attempted. As a result about six hundred Wto the public in Tallahassee, Florida, on Novem- pesos was raised, and a definite request was made for a ber 9, 1947. The property was purchased for $50,000. It clinic, with the promise of support. This request the includes two large buildings, one a thirteen-room nurses' brethren hope to answer. home completely furnished, •and the main hospital build- Philippine Union College is our only four-year senior ing, with a bed capacity of forty, completely furnished. college outside North America. Here we found an ex- These furnishings include operating-room equipment, cellent group of college students and a good faculty, office equipment, laboratory facilities, linen, room fur- under the leadership of President A. N. Nelson. Much nishings, and so forth. The property is located in one of has been done to restore the college to its prewar strength. the best residential sections of the city, and because it A. M. Ragsdale, educational secretary for the Philip- is the only hospital in the city, we have a great oppor- pine Union Conference, has worked hard to re-establish tunity as well as a challenge to present the gospel in and rebuild the educational work of the field. He reports practice. Soon after the purchase of the institution one of our lay members, Dr. Forsyth, formerly of Chicago and a total of 6,180 young people now in our schools of all now of Ocala, Florida, underwrote the full amount. I grades. feel sure that this sacrifice on her part will result in the The Philippines, a Fertile Field salvation of many. Great progress is also being made in our publishing Shortly after the purchase of the property extensive work in the Philippines. This work was re-established in improvements were made. The operating room was tiled, 1947, under the enthusiastic leadership of Eric Ristau. new kitchen facilities were provided, and both buildings Already this year almost sixty thousand pesos worth of were decorated inside and out. It was a happy occasion literature has been sold, more than the best year in the when the doors of the institution were thrown open to past. This is all the more remarkable in view of the fact the public on November 9. During the afternoon about that the brethren had no literature except that received fifteen hundred persons visited the institution. The halls from America. However, the publishing house has now were heavily decked with beautiful bouquets sent by vari- been rebuilt and is a modern building. It is expected that ous business firms and friends of the sanitarium. The response of the public was most gratifying. Prominent businessmen and city and county officials were present and expressed their appreci- ation. Since the o • enin date t e patronage of the insti- tution has steadily climbed, until the gross income is averaging $1,000 each week. In fact, the management re.: ports that admissions have - -avetaged -three—every day -- since the opening date. Al- ready there has been a marked interest on the part of the patients in the truths of our message. Some have already enrolled in the Bible Forsyth Memorial Sanitarium, Tallahassee, Florida Correspondence School, 16 REVIEW AND HERALD others are reading The Great Conti•oz)ersy, Daniel and dropped the stone and started for me with his big knife. the Revelation, and other of our good books. Visitors to But I can run pretty fast when a wild man with a big the institution have carried away 1,300 copies of Who Are knife is after me. It did not take me long to get away from Seventh-day Adventists? him. Dr. Paul Chapin, medical director, and Guy William- "I ran into a house, barred the door, and then slipped son, manager and treasurer, with their staff of workers, out the back part of the house. The wild man kept ston- are determined to make this institution a real medical- ing the door until he saw another man coming along. missionary lighthouse for God. Then he started after him. When he was not chasing any one, he would go from door to door hammering them with stones. There were no police, but I counseled with about Out of Darkness Into Light fifteen other men who had gathered in the street. We felt that we must apprehend him, or he would surely kill By E. E. Andross someone. "We surrounded him, and though he fought like a OW encouraging to know that all over the world tiger, the wild man was soon securely bound. Fortunately light is penetrating the darkness and bringing the he had dropped his knife while picking up stones, and H light of life to those who have hitherto been en- one of the men hastily picked it up. When bound, he shrouded in gross darkness. Soon The earth will be filled began to beat his own head upon the rocks until the with the light of the gospel as the waters cover the sea; blood flowed freely. He was surely under demon pos- and Jesus, according to His promise, will come for His session, but the Lord helped us to. bring him under commandment-keeping people. Our missionaries are now control. gathering multiplied thousands from all lands for that "After a visit with the believers in that place, I resumed great day. And amid the trials and hardships, God's un- my journey homeward, arriving there safely, with my failing promise, "Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world," continues to sustain His faithful work- spiritual experience enriched." ers in all lands. I was reminded again of this blessed assurance the other day when I received a letter from Work Among the Colored People Orley Ford. Elder Ford has spent many years in mission service in of South Africa Latin, American countries. At present he is leading out By A. C. Le Butt in the work in the Republic of El Salvador. In his letter HE wonderful transforming power of God is being he tells of a fifteen-day trip he made recently through the manifested in the lives of the colored people of eastern part of that country. It had to be made mostly on TSouth Africa. When once the- saving grace of Christ, foot or by horseback. Many of the believers there are iso- and the light of the third angel's message takes hold of lated, and others form small groups. these people, a great change is brought about. Crossing Rivers in the Dark There are over one million colored people in South Africa. Of this figure just, over one thousand have em- "This morning," he writes, "I left the Corazal group braced the message for tThese last days and joined the at 2:30 A.M., and had to arrive at a certain. bus line ten church. One may say that this is not an encouraging miles away by 6 A.M. However, I covered the distance in figure by any means, but when we state that it took about good time and had thirty minutes to spare. While it was forty-three years to get the first five hundred converts, one still dark, I had to cross two rivers, each about one hun- realizes that there is a going movement among the dred feet wide. I had to undress partly and carry my colored believers, and that the Cape mission field is a clothes and luggage on my head, for the water in these progressive unit blessed by God. swollen streams was about to my waist. I was thankful to The reason for this tremendous advance is because be safely across them. every colored person is a missionary. The message be- "It is not an easy matter to follow a trail through a comes a part of their very existence. Large literature cam- tropical jungle, especially in the darkness of night. How- paigns are a regular feature in the program of these folk, ever, there are some things that favor night, or early morn- and laymen's efforts either in halls or in the open air are ing, travel, because through the day it is always extremely proving a valuable agency in the hands of God to win hot here. On this trip I have not slept two nights in the souls. same place. I always carry on these trips a hammock and Men's societies are helping husbands in divided homes. a mosquito net. The former constitutes my bed and the The Dorcas Societies are bringing joy, nourishment, and latter my protection from the ever-present malarial mos- comfort into the homes of the less fortunate. The young quito. - people are also very active. "On this trip I organized one church of forty members, almost all of whom came into the light of this blessed Ingathering Results message during 1947. I baptized four isolated believers, The 1947 Ingathering campaign has just closed, and pulled more than three hundred teeth, and treated about more than £4000 was collected by this mission field. Four two hundred persons who sought relief from their ills. pounds per capita for workers and laymen is a revealing This medical missionary work was in addition to preach- feature indeed. ing once or twice every day. My food was tortillas, beans, The Good Hope Training School is producing a very and rice. Through the trip God sustained me, and I fine type of colored worker, whose burden for his people arrived home safe and well. is only eclipsed by his zeal in laboring for them. "Yesterday, when entering a small village, I had an We have twenty-six workers in 'the paid ranks, includ- unusual experience. I heard a man shouting and cursing. ing three ordained ministers, but we have hundreds of Just as I came along he appeared in front of our little consecrated lay members who are joining in the battle church building in the center of the .village. He was for souls. The united services of our brethren and sisters, flourishing a big knife in his hand, and he picked up a with the fine group of young people, are, through the large stone and tried to break open the church door. He power of the Holy Spirit, brightening the outlook of looked and acted as if he were insane. After he had struck the downcast and pointing the way to the better land and the door a few times, he saw me coming. Instantly he to eternity. FEBRUARY 19, 1948 17 "When Can We Have a Missionary?f, • That evening we had a meeting with members from surrounding villages. I told them of God's love and care By Jesse 0. Gibson 'for our work and workers throughout the world during- the war years. The meeting ended. Then OU no doubt have read.,many times the story of they could talk. Paul's vision of the Macedonian call. It is a story They expressed their deep joy for our visit. Then came ythat arouses one's interest in missions. To you at the question, "When can we have a missionary?" They home it is a good Bible story, but to those of us who have have the European worker's house left vacant during the the privilege of working for God in a mission field it is early war years. They explain that many people will come more of a reality. to Christ if they have a good leader. "Can't you send us I had been in the mission fields only a few months when a missionary?" they urged. We did our best to encourage my duties called me to visit the brethren in Liberia. Be: them, but had to answer that we have no funds for an- other missionary. One by one they left for their villages, cause of wartime travel restrictions and uncertainties, I still hoping and constantly praying that some way they could not write as to my exact time of arrival. I found my- may have a missionary. self, therefore, landed at an airport some forty or fifty miles inland from Monrovia. There was no regular trans- Dear friends in the homeland, how would you feel if port between the airport and Monrovia. After several you heard that plea—not once but dozens of times? "Send hours I managed to find a truck from the Firestone Rub- us a teacher." "Send us a missionary." "Send us someone ber Company going to Monrovia, and eventually I landed to teach us and our friends of Christ." Could you answer, "We are sorry, but there are no funds," or would you try there about sunset that evening. With the help of the to answer the call by giving liberally that teachers can police I found our 'mission and was cordially received by be sent to answer the call, "Come over and help us"? G. N. Banks, the superintendent. After a few days there we decided we should visit some of the outstations. One we decided to visit was sixty miles Work in a Mohammedan away. There were no roads to it. We planned on going on foot over a jungle trail, for the only other way was by Stronghold hammock chair, and, according to Brother Banks,. that By M. E. Loewen was very costly and no better than walking. Fortunately, however, God provided a better way. A land-sea plane HE students of the Mindanao Mission Academy in which had been out IA operation for some time began the Philippines had in their territory for Ingather flying again the morning we planned on starting, and we Ting the region around Lake Lanao, which is 'popu- were able to get passage on it. This took us to a point on lated by Moros. Through the centuries Christian missions a river about five or six miles from our station. Our walk- have tried to make an impression upon these Moham- ing distance was thus greatly reduced. medan strongholds, but the results have been very meager. This was our Lower Buchanan station. Elder and Mrs. Not one Moro has been baptized into the third angel's C. D. Henri in charge of this station gave us a warm wel- message at the present time. come. The next morning we visited our school there. The The students from the academy, accompanied by Miss children and teachers were so happy to have some visitors. Garcessa, the school nurse, were well received by the gov- They welcomed us most heartily. They had a nice pro- ernment officials at Donsalan. Miss Garcessa has treated gram prepared and were so happy that we had come to many patients, and this has won the confidence of the visit them. people. The governor gave them one hundred pesos for We had another station some twenty-eight or thirty Ingathering and accompanied them to another town miles inland. This was only accessible by a jungle trail. near by where a number of Moro officials were working. Our time was limited, but we felt that we must visit it. They secured an offering from each official, no one giving We had two days to use for this visit. We had two bicycles less than five pesos. for three people, but with the two bicycles and a few The governor was very much interested in our medical boys to carry our loads we started out. We left at daylight, work, and lodged with Miss Garcessa a definite call for a took turns riding and walking. The other medical unit to be started in two brethren had the bicycles on the last that district. He offered a stretch, so I came in a short time after building for our medical they did. center there and also assured us of protection. The Philippine Union Mission committee has or- ganized a staff for a medical unit to begin work there soon. One of our colporteurs who was assigned to that dis- _trict...has_sold more than one hundred religious books to the Moros. Surely this is an indication that the Lord is working and that this is the time we should start our work for these people. Princess Tarhata became very friendly with Mis Gar- cessa. One of the accompany- ing photographs shows Miss Garcessa and the princess standing beside Sultan Su- Princess Tarhata of Lanso and Her Visitors, Sultan Su- Princess Tarhata and Miss L. Garcessa, Our Ramain in Chair, and Miss Garcessa in Nurse's Uniform Academy Nurse Ramain. The sultan is a for- 18 REVIEW AND HERALD mer member of the Philippine national legislature. grain, come in the last three-months-of- the year. However, As we are looking forward to the finishing of our by September more than two hundred had been bap- work and are gazing upon the large sections occupied by tized in South China, and a large number were to be' Mohammedans, we pray that the Lord may bless this garnered in during October, November, and December opening to the breaking down'of prejudice and winning C. H. Davis, superintendent of the South China field, of souls to His kingdom. states that "tithes and offerings are increasing. Several times lately members have paid iri individual tithe amounts of over one thousand Hong Kong dollars (about Fruitage in China $250. U.S. currency). The Cantonese Mission gives By D. E. Rebok promise of someday in the net too distant future being able to support its workers from its tithes:" EGENT letters from the workers in various parts of The work is onward in China. The Lord has many China bring most encouraging reports of evange- precious souls among the Chinese people. R listic efforts and baptisms resulting therefrom. The great commission says, "Go . . . make Christians . . . baptize them." This our people are doing in west China Radio Work in Mexico with an effort in Pichieh which began in July, and al- ready nineteen have been baptized there. One hundred By H. A. B. Robinson and sixteen baptisms in the first nine months of 1947 in SOURCE of much encouragement to the workers in west China is a most hopeful omen for the whole year. this country is the fact that in 1946 we baptized In Manchuria conditions have not been what most two hundred students who had taken the Voice of evangelists would call favorable for holding a public Prophecy Course, and fifty during the first six months of effort. But that was not true of our workers in the city of 1947. There was even a larger number during the last Mukden. That city has been in the very middle of the six months of 1947. We hope for even greater things in war and chaos about which American newspapers have the near future. Had we the time and help necessary to had so much to say. True, the city has been surrounded personally contact the thousands of students, surely the by hostile armies; back and forth the tide of battle has results would be much greater than they are. swayed. The city has had no electric lights and no water. One lady here manifested some interest in the health At times it has been under martial• law. In spite of all lessons, and asked about one of our books. We showed it that, our three Mukden churches have held evangelistic to her, and she bought a copy. Then she began to ask meetings. By October over seventy people had been bap- some questions, finally discovering that we believe in tized, and more are in preparation for baptisni. It is true the Bible and try to direct our lives according to its as N. 0. Dahlsten, superintendent of the Manchurian teachings. She asked for studies. Her daughter, a nun, Union, states, "It seems that it is when difficulties set in caring for about a dozen children in her home, also came that people pay attention to the gospel." to listen. Both reveal great interest as they listen to gospel Situation Greatly Changed . talks and hymns, and see views of the truth on the screen. Noting the interest of a lady correspondent working A few years ago the Japanese authorities closed up on a magazine, I called on her, but found her out. The Seventh-day Adventist churches, disbanded our work, and -editor of the paper asked a lot of questions, finally ad- cast our preachers into prison. Now the irony of fate is at mitting that some years before she had been in classes work in a very strange way, with the former Japanese given by Drs. Ritchie and Baez here in the two very Christian church building in Mukden being given over rooms we now occupy for the radio offices. About five to Seventh-day Adventists to use. When the Japanese years' ago she started this paper with the idea of better- Army surrendered and the Japanese nationals were re- ing the culture of the people. It now has thousands of turned to Japan, the Nanking government of China or- subscribers from the best classes. She offers to, take our dered that this church building be given to some religious health and religious courses, and to advertise them in her organization to use for Christian church purposes. The paper, as well as to include any article we have on these son of the man who was in charge of the Chinese National subjects. She expressed her desire to attend our effort Relief and Rehabilitation work in Manchuria is a then in progress, as well as to visit our church so that Seventh-day Adventist. His mother, who is not a Chris- her children might become members. tian, urged. her husband to make the church building available for her son's Christian friends and, their- work. Colporteur Co-operation Because of the lady's kindly entreaties, the exemplary A boy in the government agriculture school of Cham- conduct of her Christian son, and the friendly interest of pusco became much interested in the Voice of Proph- the boy's father, the government decided to allow ecy Course he was studying, and showed it to one or two Seventh-day Adventists to use this excellent church build-. of his companions, who bought Bibles. We asked our ing with quarters for the evangelists and helpers. Last worker near that place to look into this interest. When summer an evangelistic effort was held -in that former he visited the school, the teacher arranged for him to Japanese Christian church, and a fine congregation of talk to all the boys while at dinner, after which he se- interested people now meet there every Sabbath day. cured seventy-one names for the yoUth's course and forty Looking in at the East China Union, we find forty-five for the health course. Many of these boys are now finish- Chinese workers assembled for the first such workers' ing school and will soon,return to their homes in differ- meeting held in ten years. War had scattered our people, ent parts of the country, and only the Lord knows where isolated our workers, and made such an assembly impos- this influence will end as they talk of what they are sible. But there they were, with hearts full of gratitude learning and recommend the courses to others. and praise for what God had done for them during those The colporteurs are beginning to catch a vision of the long, trying years. Those workers reported 288 baptisms possibilities of converting some of the purchasers of in the first nine months of 1947 with enough more wait- their books, and they are giving us hundreds of names of ing for baptism to bring the total for the East China people to whom we are-sending the Bible lessons. The Union well over four hundred for this year. health programs are becoming so popular that radio Baptisms in the South China Union are always the stations are beginning to solicit them, and many already result of the year's work, and, like the harvest of fruit and send them out free of any charges, as a public service. FEBRUARY 19, 1948 19 • C. C. WEIS, superintendent of the Newfoundland Mission, Geinrol Conference and Overseas is in the midst of a series of radio broadcasts that will be car- ried on until June 30. He is on the air three times each week—Sundays at 2:45 P.M., Wednesdays at 9:30 P.M., and Sab- SPOT NEWS baths at 11 A.M. • THE Lord has been richly blessing the work in the Toronto From Our Special Correspondents area. At the present series of evangelistic meetings being con- ducted by R. E. Metcalfe and R. E. Brewer, the interest is Southern Asia Division good, and 25 have been baptized thus far. This brings the • PASTOR AND MRS. J. A. JOHANSON and -three children ar- total to 115, 95 of whom are in the Toronto area. We hope rived recently in Poona for a second term of service after fur- for many more sincere souls to take their stand in the near lough in the United States. Pastor Johanson will serve as secre- future. The effort will continue until March. tary of the Southern Asia Division publishing department. Central Union • MISS INA WftrrE, formerly of the Stanborough Press, Eng- • CALEB CASEBIER, a lay preacher of Delta, Colorado, as- land, arrived in Poona, having been called to work as proof- sisted by several members of the church, has organized a reader at the Oriental Watchman Publishing House. branch Sabbath school as the result of a lay effort conducted • SOME weeks ago a scouting expedition was made into the recently. Six persons were baptized at the close of the effort, Lushai Hills of Assam to study prospects of establishing a per- and, about 40 are now attending the branch Sabbath school. manent work there. The party consisted of 0. A. Skau, 0. W. • THE senior M.V. Societies of Denver, Colorado, have Lange, and J. F. Ashlock of the Northeast Indian Union, and formed an associated organization with four officers who are E. M. Meleen from the division. Prospects appear favorable. responsible for planning city-wide union M.V. meetings dur- A location for a mission station in Aijal was selected. Applica- ing the year. tion for the same was made to the administrative officer, who gave assurance of his co-operation when we are prepared to Columbia Union proceed. • E. H. SCHNEIDER, pastor of the Cincinnati, Ohio, district, reports that 5 persons were baptized in the Walnut Hills • ON December 31, A. L. Ham, president of the Southern church of that city on December 20, as a result of the Week Asia Division, and Mrs. Ham, arrived in Poona from furlough of Prayer, both in the elementary school and in the church. in' the United States. At the same time arrived Pastor F. E. Spiess, superintendent of the Western India Union Mission, • ON December 20, 9 were added to the church in Gloucester, and Mrs. Spiess and Billy; also Pastor and Mrs. E. A. Crane Ohio, where a series of meetings has been conducted by R. A. and two children. Pastor Crane has been appointed superin- Bata. Seven were baptized and 2 admitted on profession of tendent of the Ceylon Mission. In the same party were Brother faith. and Sister J. Grossboll and two children, under appointment • ON December 20, 4 more students of the Twentieth Cen- to the Brightlands Nursing Home in -Burma. Miss Emma Leh- tury Bible Course in the Potomac Conference were baptized mann, who was evacuated from Burma at the time of the into the truth. E. H. Shull, in charge of the course, states Japanese invasion, returned to Southern Asia with the same that a new era of progress in soul winning is being entered. party. Sister Lehmann is under appointment to the Vincent Hill College. • ON Sabbath, December 20, R. L. Boothby baptized 17 in the Capital Memorial church, of which he is pastor. Brethren Boothby, Hanson, Dukes, and Shull shared in bringing the NORTH AMERICAN truth to these individuals. Lake Union • Two outstanding investiture services were, conducted in SPOT N EWS the Wisconsin Conference during the month of December. From Our Special Correspondents On December 21 the Milwaukee church experienced a special day when 25 were invested, 5 of those as Master Comrades. Atlantic Union On the following Sabbath, 14 were invested in the various fields of progressive work at Pound. • A GOOD-SIZED branch Sabbath school has been formed in the rural community of German, New York, as the result of an • THE Lake Region Conference sends us an encouraging re- effort held last summer by two or three lay members and L. L. port of their teachers' institute held recently in Indianapo- Grand Pre. In searching for a suitable hall for the effort, they lis, Indiana. J. G. Dasent, president of the conference, ad- finally rented what had once been a ballroom in a country dressed the teachers and exhorted them to pay special atten- hotel. The brethren redecorated the hall themselves, and tion to their spiritual life so that by precept and example named it "The Upper Room," In spite of real opposition- 8 they could help the youth. have been baptized and a score of gtliters are in terpsted • SATURDAY aftet noun; Deal-fiber 2'/, was a happy day for • PLANS are already being laid for a youth's congress for the Beloit, Wisconsin, church and E. D. Calkins, who is labor- the senior youth of the Atlantic Union, to be conducted in ing there. Twelve new believers were baptized. South Lancaster, Massachusetts, July 1 to 4. Northern Union • THE Buffalo, New York, church members gathered $300 for • J. 0. IVERSEN, the educational and Missionary Volunteer Ingathering by Christmas caroling. secretary of the Livia Conference,_reports—that-Eluring +94'7-- there were 370 of the Iowa youth who enrolled in the share- Canadian Union my-faith projects, and that more than twice the number of • GEORGE VANDEMAN, of the General Conference Ministerial Bible readings and gospel meetings were reported by the Mis- Association, spent January 16-20 at Oshawa Missionary Col- sionary Volunteer Society members as compared with 1946. lege. Although his visit was primarily in the interests of the In the many literature campaigns conducted there were 131,398 ministerial students, yet the community at large was greatly pieces of literature distributed. This was several times as much refreshed by his ministry at the evening and Sabbath services. as was reported for the previous year. 20 REVIEW AND HERALD FEBRUARY 19,1948 BIBLE SEEKGAME knowledge ofBiblecharactersandhisagilityin played byfourtoeightplayers.Ittestsone's spelling theirnames.Itusesaninteresting it, butthemaximumpleasurecomeswhen will affordmanyhoursofexcitingandinstruc- forfeit system. tional fun.Anynumberuptotwentycanplay Here issomethingnewinBiblegamesthat Ava ORDER FROMYOUR iN BIBLE GEOGRAPHYGAME , 0 11 towns—couldyoulocatetheserefer- stock, itconsistsof66 skill inturningquicklytoanyneeded Bible text.Printedondurableenameled iarize themselveswiththerelativeposi- each bookoftheBible. tions ofthebooksBible.Develops to teachthosewhoplayithowfamil- apes andpeacocks,twentyworthless This isanewgamecleverlydesigned BIBLE BOOKSGAME A seathatlostitstongue,imported 94,0ted PRICE, $1.25 Sabbath diversioninfind- ing Bible game affordssuitable attractively printedcard ences intheBible?This IN CANADA,111.85 "The MoreYouPlay— place names. cards, onefor Price, $1.00 IN CANADA,$1.50 Price, $.60 IN CANADA,5.90 o Pt a 4 .10 4 4 .1.0.0.40 .W41.0 .8•40.0. so0....0..0..0.4...O.O.O...0.8 the MoreYouLearn" BIBLE CHARACTERGAME and devotionalemulation personalities in. thefamilycircleorchurchgroup in acquiringawideknowledgeofBible provided, itfurnishesstimulatingrivalry when playedintelligently. 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• PAUL WHITLOW, in reporting for the Dorcas society of the Southwestern Union Burlington, Iowa, church, said that they had, during 1947, • REPORTS. received from the Various conferences in the South- shipped overseas for the relief of the needy 2,147 pounds of western Union, indicate that the year 1947 was a good year food supplies and 1,256 pounds of clothing, in addition to a as far as soul-winning activity is concerned. The Southwest- large amount of both food and clothing. They had also re- ern Mission reports 344 added' by baptism and profession ceived $312 in cash, which had beeruused for the relief of of faith. The Arkansas-Louisiana Conference reports 369, needy families in Burlington. In their literature and Bible the Texas Conference 396, and the Texico Conference 129. study campaign the senior youth of the Burlington church With the Oklahoma report still to be received, the total will had visited every home, about 500, in West Burlington for undoubtedly exceed 1,500 baptized and added by profession six successive weeks, and they plan to extend their literature of faith during the year 1947. distribution to all the city during the coming year. • THE Ingathering Campaign is in full progress in all the North Pacific Union conferences in the Southwestern Union. On January 17, 1948, • CHURCHES in the Upper Columbia Conference are assist- a number of the conferences had exceeded the half=way mark ing in the construction of a church building on the grounds on the Ingathering goals! Everyone is confident ' that the of the penitentiary at Walla. Walla, Washington, by raising union goal will be passed by February 7. funds for this purpose. The building will be used by all de- • DISTRICT church officers' meetings are also being held in nominations. The afternoon of December 20, 11 men from the Oklahoma Conference. On Sabbath, January 17, 1948, the institution united with the Seventh-day Adventist Church the church officers of the Okeene district met at the East by baptism. in the College Place church. This makes a total Cooper church. W. A. Howe, of the union conference office, of 13 baptized members in the prison group. joined with the officers and departmental secretaries of the • F. A. 'MOTE, H. S. HANSON, L. E. HOUSER AND I. K. LOE were Oklahoma Conference in this meeting. present for the organization and dedication of the Irrigon, Oregon, church on January 3. A church school is already in progress there. On January 18 a series of evangelistic meet- CHURCH CALENDAR ings was started with L. E. Houser and I. K. Loe in charge. • THE -Sunday night meetings at Anchorage, Alaska, are Feb. 21-28 Signs Campaign Sept. 11 Missions Extension Offering going forward successfully. Although the attendance is not Mar. 6 Home Foreign Day Sept. 25 Temperance Offering large it is regular and there is a keen interest, Mar. 13 Missionary Volunteer Day Sept. 25 13th Sabbath Mar. 13-20 M.V..Week of Prayer (Provisional Northern Eur. Div.) Mar. 27 13th Sab. (Southern Europe) Oct. 2 Colporteur Rally Day Pacific Union Apr. 3-May 15 Ingathering Campaign Oct. 9 Voice of Prophecy Offering May .1 Medical Missionary Day Oct. 16-23 Message Magazine • NEWBURY PARK ACADEMY, the new boarding academy for May 22 Voice of Prophecy Offering Campaign June 19 Sabbath School Rally Day Nov. 6-27 Review Campaign Southern California, will not open until September, 1948. It June 26 13th Sab. (Australasia) Nov. 13-20 Week of Prayer July 17 Midsummer Offering Nov. 20 Week of Sacrifice Offering will be provided with industries, in expectation of a large stu- July 24 Educational Day Nov. 25 Thanksgiving Day dent interest. So far the industries include an apiary, an up- July 24 Elementary Schools Offering Dec. 25 13th Sabbath to-date dairy, a scientifically planned poultry unit, and both Sept. 4-11 Missions Extension Cam. (Middle East, W. Africa, Ethiopia) flower and vegetable gardens on a commercial scale. Nom.—Unless otherwise indicated the first Sabbath of each month is Home Missionary Day, and on the second Sabbath of each month a missions offering is • THE manager of the Paradise Valley Sanitarium, M. C. scheduled. Lysinger, has resigned because of failing health. His suc- cessor has not yet been named. • JANUARY 3, the first Sabbath of 1948, 4 united with the Paradise, California, church by baptism and 2 on profession of faith: Twenty-five are enrolled in a lay-evangelism class, so it is confidently expected that many more will be found 43)-m-m.cENERAL CHURCH PAPER. OF THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS .Kt-c.ato- and brought to Christ this year. EDITOR, FRANCIS D. NIGHot • Da. 'G. K. ABBOTT, medical superintendent of the Saint ASSOCIATE EDITORS Helena Sanitarium, has resigned, after 42 years of service in FREDERICK LEE J. L. MCELHANy W. A. SPICER F. M.- WILCOX our medical institutions. Dr. Harold James is acting superin- ASSISTANT EDITOR: D. A. DELAFIELD tendent. SPECIAL CONTRIBUTORS C. H. WATSON, E. D. DICK, W. E. NELSON, L. K. DICKSON, J. J. NETHERY, Southern Union W. B. OCHS, A. V. OLSON, PRESIDENTS OF ALL DIVISIONS • W. P. Locxwoon, assisted by Max Ritchie, is conducting SPOT NEWS SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS GENERAL CONFERENCE: ROGER ALTMAN; OVERSEAS: AUSTRALASIA: REUBEN E. evangelistic services in Charlotte, North Carolina, with a good HARE; CHINA: N. F. BREWER; FAR EASTERN: C. P. SORENSEN; NORTHERN EU- attendance. ROPE: A. KARLMAN; INTER-AMERICA: MISS EFFIE A. JAMES; SOUTH AMERICA: SANTIAGO SCHMIDT; SOUTHERN AFRICA: F. G. CLIFFORD; SOUTHERN ASIA: E. M. • THE Carolina Conference Twentieth Century Bible School MELEEN; SOUTHERN EUROPE: MARIUS FRIDLIN; BRITISH UNION: J. A. MCMILLAN; MIDDLE EAST UNION: G. ARTHUR KEOUGH reports 86 baptisms for the year as a direct result of, their NORTH AMERICAN UNIONS. ATLANTIC: MISS LAURA M. DROWN; CANADIAN: Miss work. ETHEL R. HOWARD; CENTRAL: MISS MARTHA HELEN HUFFINES; COLUMBIA: WARREN ADAMS; LAKE: MRS, MILDRED WADE; NORTHERN: A. R. SMOUSE; NORTH PACIFIC: MRS. IONE MORGAN; PACIFIC: MISS OPAL STONE; SOUTHERN: MISS • IN 1947 the colporteur army in the Southern Union de- MILDRED JOHNSON; SOUTHWESTERN: J. C. KOZEL livered $941,063.70 worth of subscription books. They hope EDITORIAL SECRETARY PROMISE KLOSS SHERMAN to reach the million-dollar mark in 1948. CIRCULATION MANAGER C. E. PALMER

• THE combined efforts of workers and laymen in the South- All communications relating to the Editorial Department and all manuscripts submitted for publication should be addressed to Editor, Review and Herald, ern Union resulted in additions to the church which lack only Takoma Park, Washington 12, D.C. a small per cent being 10 per cent of the membership. By bap- tism and profession of faith 2,332 were received into the Countries Where Extra United States Canada Postage Is Required church. The net gain was 1,236. One Year $3.75 $3.90 $4.25 Six Months 2.10 2.25 2.35 • THE Ingathering is in full swing in the Southern Union, Make all post office money orders payable at the Washington, D.C., post office and enthusiasm and results are at a high level. At this writing (not Takoma Park). Address all business communications and make all drafts the Florida Conference has raised $41,000, or about half its and express money orders payable to REVIEW AND HERALD, Takoma Park, Washington 12, D.C. In changing address, do not fail to give both the old and goal. Alabama-Mississippi is well on the way to its goal. new addresses. FEBRUARY 19,- 1948 23

NEWS AND NOTES

Missionaries Sent NINETEEN FORTY-SEVEN was a good are important, yes, may I say essential, to our very exist- year for sending out missionaries. ence. Believe me, it is unpleasant for the German breth- Out in 1947 The foreign transportation office ren and sisters to always be the receivers. Now we are of the General Conference reports that 402 adult work- not only poor but very poor, but still not so poor but ers left the United States and Canada during that time that we have the burning desire to give rather than to for foreign service. Some were returning from furlough. receive. As long as this is not possible, we must hold out Many went out for the first time. Other missionaries our hands and ask for that essential to our lives, espe- were sent from such home bases as Australia and New cially that we may be able to do the work of God and Zealand, South Africa, Europe, and southern South Amer- hasten His coming kingdom." ica. The official detailed report from the General Con- It appears now that even though crop conditions ference secretary will appear in a few weeks, giving the should be good in Central Europe, it will be necessary figures for all the world. We believe the report will set that further famine relief be given to our brethren dur- a new record. Surely it is encouraging to know that in ing the winter of 1948-49. To meet this need, it is planned spite of every hindrance, the tide of workers continues to receive another offering from our, churches through- to flow strongly to mission lands. We estimate that the out the world on October 23 for world famine relief. cost of placing a family in a foreign field now averages Let us remember in our prayers these brethren who 'close to $3,000. Only systematic, consecrated liberality are suffering so greatly. W. E. NELSON. on the part of our people everywhere and the prospering hand of God upon them makes it possible for a small church to sustain such a program. Our overseas divisions Large Offering THE 1947 third quarter's world re- greatly appreciate the loyal support of the home bases. port for our Sabbath schools has We are "one in faith and doctrine," one in our purpose for China just been completed, and you will to spread the news that the Lord is soon to return. rejoice to know that the overflow of the Thirteenth ROGER ALTMAN. Sabbath Offering for China amounted to $37,080.38. This is the largest overflow offering to go to any field since 1919, when $40,889.47 went to the Brazil Union. Recent Mission- C. E. LAMBETH left New York early However, in 1919 our overflow was computed on a dif- in January, returning to Brazil, ferent basis, and so this $37,080.38 to China is actually ary Departures. South America, from furlough. the largest overflow ever given on the present basis. Mrs. Lambeth and the children will remain for a time The total offering on the thirteen Sabbath of the third longer in the homeland. quarter amounted to $235,401.92, which is the largest Mr. and Mrs. Richard Utt, of the Northern California single-day Sabbath school offering ever given thus far in Conference, responding to the call to evangelistic service the history of the denomination. in the Panama Conference, sailed from San Francisco for The present official exchange rate for China in the Balboa, January 23, on the S.S. Paraguay. General Conference Treasury Department is $130,000 Mrs. Yvonne Howard and her son, Arthur, of Wash- Chinese national currency to $1 United States currency. ington Missionary College, sailed from San Francisco ,for This means that our overflow offering will give to China Sydney, Australia, January 30, on the S.S. Marine Phoe- $482,044,940,000 to be used in building a new central nix. Mrs. Howard has been called to connect with the church in the great city of Shanghai. music department of the Australasian Missionary Col- E. B. HARE. lege. Dr. and Mrs. J. A. Hay, of British Columbia, sailed from New Orleans for Cape Town, South Africa, Febru- Oakland Youth's OVER three thousand bright-eyed, ary 5, on the S.S. Celebes. Dr. and Mrs. Hay are connect- noble-purposed youth met recently ing with the Southern African Division for medical mis- Congress in the Oakland, California, Civic sionary service at the Bongt Mission Station, in Angola. Auditorium for their Youth's Congress. The congress, un- H. T. ELLIOTT. der the direction of M.V. Secretary Ben Mattison, was a replica of the first North American Youth's Congress. The theme of Northern California's Youth's Congress Continued Need REPORTS come to us from Europe was "Share Your Faith." Above the spacious stage *as a in Europe that the winter of 1947-48 is not as giant red heart, across which were blazoned the words, severe as the winter of 1946-47. "Share.ionr_Eaith.f.._Eront-the-heart-we - . 6 - greablair—igTo-the people of Eu- ing one's attention to the avenues in which youth can rope. However, because of the severe drought in large sec- serve today. tions of the country, the food situation is worse than last Among the.guest speakers were J. R. Nelson, M.V. sec- year. retary of the Pacific Union, Ted Heppenstall, of La D. G. Rose reports that our 16,000 members in the Sierra College, and A. L. Bietz, of the College of Medical eastern zone of Germany have each received the equiva- Evangelists. The afternoon was a thrillingn_ont- Lent_of_ten_pouncls-of-suppleinentary-focrel. This -food- standing testimony was given by a young man who had consists of rolled oats, powdered milk, sugar, flour, and become a Seventh-day Adventist only ten months before fats. In the other zones our members have received on because someone shared his faith. The Saturday night the average about the same. A. Minck, president of the presentation was given by the Pacific Union College Central European Division, writes: Band under the direction of J. J. Hafner. "In behalf of the division committee I wish to express This is the first of a long series of Youth Congresses thanks for all the aid which you have brought to us to be held in the North American field during 1948. in the name of the General Conference. These shipments THEODORE LUCAS.