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Volume 72, Number 13 March 25, 1968 GOVERNOR WORSHIPS IN ADVENTIST CHURCH SABBATH, February 17, 1968, was a red-letter day for the members of the Lord Howe Island church. On this day, the one hundred and eightieth anniversary of the discovery of the island, His Excellency Sir Roden Cutler, the Governor of New South Wales, and Lady Cutler chose to worship at the Adventist church. The Greater Sydney Conference invited the Trans-Tasman Union Conference to send an official repre- sentative to the island for the occasion, and the T.T.U.C. committee asked Pastor W. J. Richards to be present and to occupy the pulpit on that Sab- bath morning. The vice-regal party were met at the church gate by the resident minister, Pastor A. Parker, and by Pastor Richards, and escorted to the pews in the front of the church. His Excel- lency accepted the invitation to read the Scripture reading from John 14. Pastor Richards took as his text John 14: 27 and emphasized, in the course of his sermon, that the peace alluded to in that verse can come only as a result of complete surrender to The Governor of New South Wales, Sir Roden Cutler (light suit), leaves the Lord Howe Island Christ. Adventist church after worshipping there on Sabbath, February 17. He is walking with Pastor A. At the conclusion of the service, His Parker (who is six feet tall). Lady Cutler may be seen walking behind the Governor. Excellency and Lady Cutler met and spoke with all present, and this in- cluded most of the dignitaries of Lord Howe's administration and the island's leading citizens, as well as the regular members. After this, the senior elder of the church, Brother Dive Wilson, presented the Governor with a copy of the book, "A Century of Miracles." Mrs. Parker, the wife of the church pastor, then presented Lady Cutler with a copy of the book, "Under the Southern Cross." In his response, Sir Roden expressed appreciation atng ei able to worship with a small group of Christians, and said that he enjoyed the warmth and fellowship he had found that morning, attributes which were often missing in The senior elder of the Lord Howe Island church, Brother Clive Wilson, presents Sir Roden with a more formal and larger groups. gift book after the service. Pastor A. Parker stands next to Sir Roden Cutler, and in the middle (Concluded on page 11) background is Mr. .4. G. Kingsmill, chairman of the Aborigines Welfare Board. (Registered in Australia for transmission by post as a newspaper.) [2] 25/3/68 AUSTRALASIAN RECORD

Brother A. Maherly, complete with Tibetan prayer wheel, prayer flags and colourful regalia, talks to some of the primary children at the Devonport camp ground. (Photo: "The Examiner," Launceston.) TASMANIAN CAMP MEETING

R. H. H. THOMAS, Public Relations Secretary, Tasmanian Conference

THE 1968 TASMANIAN camp meeting was held under ideal conditions from January 25 to February 3, which included the Australia Day holiday week-end and also the last week of the primary and high schools' Christmas vacation. This enabled many of the church mem- As usual, the two Sabbaths were the The final programme, organized by Pas- bers to attend and to spend at least four high days and the attendance swelled to tor G. D. Box and the local MV Depart- to five days of the ten-day period camped almost the thousand mark. Separate Sab- ment, and presented by the Devonport on the grounds. The four hundred people bath schools for kindergarten, primary, MV Society, portrayed the beginnings of who were housed in one hundred tents junior and senior divisions were organized the Advent movement and the part that and twenty-five caravans made this a lar- by Pastor C. C. Winter, Sabbath School youth played in the setting up of the vast ger group of campers than usual, and one and Lay Activities secretary, because of denominational complex that we see in which would have seriously taxed the cap- the number of children and youth in at- existence today. abilities of the veteran camp cooks, Sis- tendance. In previous years the junior Thirteen young people dressed in dazz- ters Rose and Edith Fehlberg, had it not group had gone into the senior Sabbath ling national costumes borrowed from the been for the new kitchen facilities which school. local repertory society climaxed the pro- had been completed prior to the opening Division president, Pastor L. C. Naden, grammes as they reported on youth evan- of the camp meeting. This much-needed took the divine service on the second Sab- gelism activities from each of the world amenity measures fifty feet by twenty- bath and also the afternoon mission ap- divisions. five feet, and includes sections for a camp peal programme. Those assembled gave And so the curtain has rung down on store, cooking and serving area, minis- in cash $1,032 and pledged $2,300 for mis- another camp meeting at Devonport, and ters' and delegates' dining room, and a sions this year, which was far in excess it was an unqualified success. Why? Be- pantry. It is planned that the old kit- of any previous mission appeal offering cause the people were there, and the chen, for the time being, will be used as at a Tasmanian camp. people are the church. storage space for camp equipment. Publicity Thus it was that Pastor A. D. Pietz, Because of the timing of the camp, The camp meeting received much fav- president of the Tasmanian Conference, a large number of earliteen and older ourable publicity, four photographs and announced in his concluding remarks that, young people were on the grounds, and seven articles appearing in the two north- "It is no use running such conventions special meetings, apart from the usual ern dailies, the Launceston "Examiner" without the people, the church. In future early morning and mid-morning meetings, and the Burnie "Advocate." the Tasmanian camp meeting will be held were conducted each evening. Leading out Brother A. Maberly, Signs Publishing to embrace the Australia Day holiday in these meetings were Doctors E. G. Mc- Company sales manager and former mis- week-end and the last week of the school Dowell and E. E. White, Pastor G. D. sionary in Nepal, was featured in a fifteen- holidays." This announcement met with Box and Brother A. Maberly, the latter minute radio interview on 7AD, as well hearty approval from the capacity aud- presenting two of his beautifully produced as in five news items on the state network ience, and all vowed that "God willing, programmes on Nepal and Tibet. of the ABC. we will be back next year." AND ADVENT WORLD SURVEY 25/3/68 [3]

Mount Whitney is the highest mountain in continental U.S.A., and Mrs. Hulda Crooks, research assistant in the School of Public She Xuns for Health, Loma Linda University, has climbed it five times in the last six years for the sheer joy of climbing. Her °We A vegetarian since she became an Adventist, she regards diet, exercise and proper rest the sec- ret of her wonderful health. She An interview with Mrs. Hulda Crooks is seventy-one. conducted by Dr. L. H. Lonergan of Loma Linda University.

Q. Mrs. Crooks, I understand you A. My over-all health programme be- cold, and do a few arm and trunk exer- climbed Mount Whitney, the highest gan fifty-three years ago, when I accepted cises. By this time I am fully awake and mountain in the continental United States, the health message of the Seventh-day ready for the day's work. last August for the fifth time in the past Adventist Church along with their Bible Q. What is your usual dietary pattern? six years, Is it a dangerous climb? teaching when I was turning eighteen. A. My usual programme for at least A. No. Not in good weather, for one Q. Did this require any change in your twenty years has been two meals a day. in reasonable physical condition. There way of living? I choose my diet from the basic lacto- is a trail all the way, and hundreds of A. Yes. My folks lived on a farm in vegetarian foods—whole-grain bread and people climb it every year. Saskatchewan, Canada. We were heavy cereals, potatoes, legumes, some nuts, about a pint of milk a day, eggs occasionally, Q. How far is it to the top? meat eaters. I immediately gave up all flesh foods, together with tea and coffee. some canned or frozen prepared plant A. The summit is 14,502 feet. It is proteins, and an abundance of fruits and ten and one-half miles from Whitney Q. Have you been a vegetarian contin- vegetables. I favour dark-green leafy Portal, where the road ends at 8,300 feet. uously since that time? vegetables, both domestic and wild. But Most people pack in part of the way and A. Yes. I have never reverted to a sweets find little place in my diet. camp overnight or over a week-end, then single bite of meat, fish, or fowl to this Q. Does not your exercise increase your go to the top and back in one day. This day. appetite and lead to overweight? year I packed in only two and one-half Q. Have you enjoyed robust health all A. No. Scientific studies have shown miles on a Friday to 9,900 feet and climbed these years? the remaining eight miles Sunday morn- that exercise regulates the food intake, ing and returned to camp before dark. A. Unfortunately, no. My health was and that a sedentary person tends to below par for perhaps half of my life. eat more than a moderately active one. I Q. How can one get in condition for prepare my food with very little fat and Q. How do you account for this in view such a climb? with almost no sugar. I seldom have des- of your present unusual abilities? A. By a consistent daily observance of all sert other than fresh or dried fruit. This A. The foundations of my health were good health habits all the time, which allows me to eat as much as I want with already undermined before I made the includes a good round of physical activity no weight gain. change. The farm provided an abundance every day. Q. But can you possibly get enough of meat, milk, cream, and eggs. In addi- protein on a vegetarian diet? Q. What kind of activity would you sug- tion, I had free access to the candy bar- gest? rel and the bucket of chocolates in my fa- A. Protein is no problem. The fear of ther's country store. I weighed 160 pounds protein deficiency in Western countries A. The simplest is a brisk walk every was shown to be groundless by scientific day. It requires no outlay and no equip- at a height of about five feet two inches before I was sixteen. We had almost no investigations during World War II. It ment, and can be done at one's conveni- was concluded that no protein deficiency ence. Gardening, swimming, physical fresh fruit most of the year and little of fresh green vegetables. At times my sto- is likely to occur so long as the diet con- work of any kind, and systematic exercises tains sufficient unrefined plant foods to in the house if outdoor facilities are not mach rebelled violently against the over- rich food and irregular snacks. maintain a normal weight. There is more available, are all good. For younger peo- likely to be a deficiency of fresh fruits and ple, and for older ones whose doctors ap- Q. Did your condition improve on the vegetables than of protein foods. prove, gradually increased running or vegetarian diet? Q. Do you take supplementary vitamins? jogging can improve lung and heart effi- A. Yes. But then I started out to get ciency. Any exercise programme should A. No. Some people use them and are an education. Long years of working my enthusiastic about the apparent results, be built up gradually, producing a steady way through school from the sixth grade improvement without excessive effort. but I believe a good diet furnishes all the through college not only took off my ex- vitamins and minerals the body needs. Q. What do you mean by jogging? cess weight, but so nearly destroyed my health that it took many years to recover. Q. Do you know your blood pressure A. This term is used for the exercise readings? Q. Would you describe your present ex- of running and walking alternately as one A. My systolic pressure is usually about ercise programme? feels able. In this way one can soon 110 and the diastolic about seventy. work up to a mile or more without undue A. I walk briskly to and from work Q. How is your pulse? fatigue. Indoor "in place" running can twice a day, which adds up to about two A. be practised if the outdoors is not suit- miles. Then I walk wherever else I need It is a steady sixty-five to seventy. able. But one should learn to walk a to go in the community. Three years ago I Q. Do you plan to climb Whitney again good distance with ease before attempting began running in my back yard. Now, six next year? to run. mornings a week, while the stars are still A. Yes, I do, the Lord willing. I look Q. When did you start your health pro- out, I run a half mile. Then I take a forward to this every year with consid- gramme? shower, warm with cold to finish, or plain erable anticipation. [4] 25/3/68 AUSTRALASIAN RECORD -editorial HOW FAR SHOULD THE CHURCH GO ?

AS FAR BACK as we can remember, the church has been Communion, which it describes as "a floating congregation of criticized for not doing enough for its own young people. In flower children who improvise their own services." And were spite of the MV leaders who toil and moil through a hatful these liberty-loving, uninhibited flower children grateful? They of holidays to ensure that recreation and salvation are placed surely were. And they showed their appreciation in no half- before the young, and in spite of crusades and programmes and hearted way. In a week-long fiesta of worship, the hippies special meetings and conventions and congresses by the score, painted the chapel walls in their own uninhibited fashion, there are always the detractors who insist—especially if their burned incense, danced to rock music in the chapel, moving the own young people run off the rails somewhere—the backsliding pews out on the footpath so that they would have enough room. of any young people is the fault of the Young People's Depart- Glide's ministers swallowed all this, even when their request to ment, the church pastor, or the church generally. the hippies to replace the pews was turned down flat. But their The churches we have attended have always included a youth charity came to an end when their "guests" lit a ceremonial programme—not ostentatious, but sound, sufficient and sen- fire on the chapel floor; at that point the ministers locked the sible; not spectacular but reasonable, organized and attractive. Free Communicants out. Notwithstanding, there have been the occasional critics who That, it would seem, would be sufficient to discourage most have cried, "Not enough!" (Though we have noticed that these of us; we would get the message that we had overstayed our same people have seldom—if ever—had anything constructive welcome; we would seek other pastures. But the following to offer.) Sunday, during the regular services, the hippies returned. A Then, too, there is the occasional zealot who feels that the dozen of the unshaven, bare-footed Free Communicants church should reach out into the world and, by some magical marched down the centre aisle, to the beat of conga drums, means, compel the great mass of young people outside its walls chanting their own weird hippie hymns. When the ushers be- to come in and enjoy the blessings of fellowship that only the gan to take up the morning offering, one hippie grabbed a dol- church can offer. This, as anyone who has considered the lar note, set it on fire and loudly proclaimed, "You can't buy problem will know, is much easier said than done. Compul- God." sion—or anything that smacks of it—is something that young Space precludes the documentation of all their irreverent be- people abhor more than anything else. This is the age of haviour. But the comment of one of the Glide Memorial min- freedom, they will tell you, and the rights of man, and that isters is a classic of long-suffering patience. "The hippies' hos- includes the young, are sacrosanct. So the church is faced tility and frustrations are such," the Rev. Lewis Durham said with a problem. What should it do? How far can it rea- afterwards, "that they will turn on the very people that are sonably go in its outreach to the careless, heedless multitude trying hardest to help them. But we think their interest in us, of youth that throng past its doors? Shall it ignore them? including the protest, is a healthy thing." Shall it pray for them? Shall it entreat them? Or should it Would YOU think that kind of behaviour was a healthy entice them in? Rather than answer the question directly, we present a case thing? Is the Glide pastor so far ahead of you that he sees —an extreme case, granted—to show what can happen when something in these detestable people that you would not if this good intentions are backed up by altruistic good works, coupled had happened in YOUR church? But not all the Glide with the noblest motives and the greatest goodwill. Methodists feel as does the ministry of the church. Some of the Negro members feel that they have reached the end of Glide Memorial Methodist church is a pink sandstone build- their tether. They will stand no more of the hippies' sacrilege. ing hard by San Francisco's not-so-elegant Tenderloin district. They sent a message to the white flower children, via the hippie Its members are good people who are concerned with the fact underground, to stay away from the Glide Memorial church. that the young people of San Francisco are fast going to the They put their foot down firmly, believing that these people devil—and we mean just that. These people are concerned for were making a mockery of the church and all it stood for. their fellow men; they practise good works along with their faith; they are anxious to be involved in the communal scene, How far should the church go in reclaiming the lost among as the church which is worth its salt must be. the world around them? How great should its outreach be? Is it required to suffer indignity upon indignity, as Glide did, So they run a "halfway house" for the derelicts of the com- and some were prepared to have continue? Or is there a limit? munity—a splendid attempt to rehabilitate those who have gone down the long slide into poverty, crime, alcoholism or Surely the answer is anything but a pat "Yes" or an unquali- what-have-you. They run a counselling service for conscienti- fied "No." We all like a nice, clean, orderly, spiritual time and ous objectors and "The Black Man's Free Store" which distri- place of worship. We deplore irreverent behaviour and clod- butes household goods to the ghetto dwellers who live in horrible dish manners within the sacred precincts. Yet the words of poverty. Full marks to the Glide Memorial Methodist church, the Master ring in our ears with eerie and uncomfortable con- we say. What more could they do? stancy: "Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel That is the question they asked themselves; and then they them to come in." considered the hippies. No one, apparently, was working for Perhaps the trite answer to this problem is that we should these misguided youngsters who were apparently revelling in prevent these young people from reaching this pathetic and their liberty while they were actually wondering what liberty desperate situation. But the question remains: What are we was. So the Glide Memorial Methodists stretched out a hand going to do with those who have reached these depths? Can to help them. the church, in all conscience, ignore them? As a mark of goodwill, and as a gesture of confidence, the Glide Methodists turned over their 150-seat chapel, "Newsweek" (19/2/68) reports, to the members of the Church of the Free Rot,e4 H. P' AND ADVENT WORLD SURVEY 25/3/68 [5] News From All Over _141104FW Compiled by ELIZABETH GILES

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RUSSIA: The Russians have partially rehabilitated the WISCONSIN, U.S.A.: A new church home in Water- Bible on the grounds that the Old Testament is an "im- town, Wisconsin, came as the result of the Appeal for pressive source of artistic inspiration." The evaluation Missions campaign last year. During the 1966 Appeal, was made by a Communist literary critic who recently two members of the Watertown church canvassed a reviewed a Polish version of the Old Testament. The lawyer. In answer to his questions the men explained Polish version now has been translated into Russian they did not have a church, but were meeting in rented under the title of "Biblical Tales." When the Russian quarters, yet despite no church building their church printers put a hundred thousand copies of the Russian membership was active and interested in working for translation on sale, they were sold out almost overnight. their community. The lawyer informed them that his The books supposedly acquaint readers with the Old church was about to disband and he would negotiate for Testament without having any religious overtones. the Adventists to have the building. When the same Appeal for Missions team visited the lawyer just twelve months later, they were able to report to him of the blessings that have been enjoyed from his contribution. VIETNAM: "This has been a high day in my trip to the Far East," said Pastor R. H. Pierson, president of the General Conference. "To watch forty-eight political prisoners baptized, to be able to meet them personally and see the expressions on their faces reflecting the WICHITA, Kansas:Kansas: At the age of eighty-seven in 1951 glory of Christ—this is a scene I shall never forget." "Mother Lucas" became a Seventh-day Adventist, and for Pastor Pierson was referring to an event that took place fifteen years she has performed her part in the Appeal in the Tan Hiep Training Centre for political prisoners for Missions programme. During the last five years she near Bien Hoa, Vietnam, Sabbath morning, December 2, has been among the distinguished "Jasper Wayne" 1967. Who knows what the results of that day's work group, going beyond $130 to raise $200 and more for will be? This event was the culmination of two years' the service of missions. "Mother Lucas" is 103 years of faithful work in the Tan Hiep prison by a few missionary- age and neither reads nor writes. When the people minded Adventist church members. The prison officials respond to her door-knock she gives them her big tooth- have granted land to the Adventist Church to build a less smile and hands them the paper, holding out her chapel there for the prisoners. tin. Could there be another in the vicinity of 103 years doing Appeal work who can match her record?

NORTH AMERICA: There are more than 3,050 retired workers in the North American Division. This is the equivalent of a whole conference. A standing committee cares for the needs of these workers. Four people, be- side Pastor J. C. Kozel of the General Conference Trea- sury Department who specializes in the needs of sus- tentees, devote most of their time to matters that con- cern the veteran workers.

CONGO, Africa: The Missionary Volunteer member- ship is 15,574 in the Congo Union of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

DELHI, India: At the nineteenth World Vegetarian Congress in Delhi, Australian missionary Pastor L. R. Burns was the lone Christian leader who explained to the two thousand non-Christian delegates the goals of Seventh-day Adventists and their belief in total abstin- ence from alcoholic beverages. Pastor Burns showed filmstrips on health, and his participation in the food exhibit gave opportunity to advertise our new Adventist cultural centre in New Delhi. "Mother Lucas" does it at 103 years of age! [6] 25/3/68 AUSTRALASIAN RECORD Light Amid the Darkness JOYCE LUNDSTROM

"Missus, me sick." these people can understand pidgin Eng- were very much in evidence—which made "Please helpim me." lish, so, as the story was told in pidgin, us wonder what would have been the fate "Piccaninni i get sick." we had a boy "turning talk" into the local of someone they did not want to have language so all could understand. The visit them! "Mamma, me got sick." smiles on their faces as they listened to Grandfather The pleas for help went on and on. the story of Jesus was a thrill to see. Again the picture-roll story was told with My husband, our three children and I These people, too, want a teacher; they were on a three-week trip up into the a lad "turning the talk." Picture, if you have been asking for some time, but again can, the old grandfather. There he stood, remote and primitive May River area here we had to say, "Sorry, maybe next time." in the Sepik district of New Guinea. The his only clothing a dirty bit of string and May River runs into the Sepik a distance How these souls need our message of a very liberal coating of dirt that had of about four days' journey in the house- hope! Even our national workers were ground into his skin over the years; his boat, in which we were travelling, up- amazed at the primitive conditions of matted hair hung in "ringlets," stiff with stream from our mission station at Am- the people, and pledged themselves to do dirt around his wizened face, his legs bunti. This area is the most primitive in all they could to forward the work. swollen to about three times their normal this district, it being only a few years since size with elephantiasis, and on his face the people were cannibals and since the the hopeless, resigned look that is so not- government patrol officers have been able icable in these primitives, especially the to contact them. old who know their time is short. But, Now we were trying to get the work look again as the story of the love of going strongly in these villages. Over the Jesus and of a heaven where all who love past four or five years some attempts have Jesus will soon be going is unfolded to been made to put workers in, but the re- him. His old eyes brighten, a smile spreads moteness, the primitive conditions and the over his face, and his dejected look van- food difficulties had virtually ruined any ishes as his head nods in pleasure; and work there. But we felt that with four again we realize how much missions do dedicated workers placed in villages around pay and how much these people need the the area, we would again try to help these light to dispel their darkness. people who have been calling for help, We were unable to take the houseboat and we know with the Lord's blessing many into the next village, Wanium, because it souls will be brought out of darkness. was off the river and up a narrow creek Timothy, Emma and baby Solomon were which in turn joined into a larger creek, to stay in Arai village, a place where a up which the village is situated. So we worker had been before, but had been left the houseboat on the river and we forced to leave because of hardships. This went in by canoe, as we had a worker and village has many heathen customs, but his family to leave in there. This village the one that I noticed most, as I tried to has only just been opened by the govern- help the sick people while my husband ment; in fact when my husband and was busy with the worker getting settled, Pastor Alec Thomson went in there about was the one that forbids babies to be four months ago, they were the first washed from the time they are born until Europeans, apart from the patrol officer, they are old enough to run into the rain to have been in there. On that occasion when they approached or otherwise get wet. A bushman from the upper May River, New Sickness and sorrow run riot in this place Guinea. (Photo: D. Lundstrom.) the village all the women took to the because of their customs. Here was a bush and had to be coaxed out. This time they were a little better and only hid in young woman who came to me with shock- Up river again, this time into Aimi vil- ingly infected ear lobes. Her ears had the houses until my husband asked the lage which is not on the river itself, but men to tell them to come so I could shake been cut in the tribal custom and they had a good half hour's walk through jungle and become infected and were a dreadful sight. hands with them. Never had they seen bog, in which the local pigs have a glor- a white woman or children, so they were Because they were paining so badly, she ious time (ever gone visiting with bog had tried to let the pain out by gashing rather wary at first. However, when they nearly to your knees?), and up a small realized we were friendly, they overcame the back of her neck. Those gashes, too, mountain from which there is a wonder- needed attention. their shyness and were happy to shake ful view of the surrounding hills and val- hands. Here, too, were babies with sores and This village consists of one huge leys. Our youngest daughter intrigued them; skin infections covering their dirty, thin house in which everyone, including the she is a plump six-year-old with long hair little bodies; a man with a bad headache pet pigs, lives. Adorning the wall are doz- and so very different from their thin little who was "curing" it with a piece of string ens of pig skulls, while on a bush outside children with close-cropped hair. So, tied around his head and gashes on his two human skulls take pride of place. My forehead; a young child who had fallen apart from the colour of her skin, she husband, who was a little way in front was quite a novelty. They pulled and some days before and cut the back of of the rest of us, caused a bit of a stir. his head and now that sore was a great, poked at her and stroked her long plait As his head appeared over the last rise, till she began to wonder just what was septic hole in which matted hair, dirt and everyone who was outside the house dash- flies played their part. going to happen. How I wished I could ed inside, so that when he finally stood talk to them! But they understood no Branch Sabbath School outside the house there was no one in pidgin, so all I could do was smile and Up river a little way is Buramai vil- sight. He called out a greeting and every- shake hands. The people here had called lage; here we held a branch Sabbath one reappeared, all smiles. Later as we for a worker, so we left Moke with them school with the picture roll. Very few of entered the house, a large bow and arrow and they were very thrilled. AND ADVENT WORLD SURVEY 25/3/68 [7] tage of cyanide, and he was dead within a short time. So Noah left the village and for months we had no one to replace Jude's Warnings him. In those few months with no teacher, another mission visited the village and to the Church tried to place a teacher there, but the ERNEST LLOYD people firmly stated that they were still waiting for their "Seven Day" teacher JUDE has been called the prophet of and wanted no one else. Now Sakna and apostasy. In clear language he sounds a his family have answered the call, and note of warning to the church. The key we can only pray that things will be word of his message is "kept." Those easier for him. who embrace the true faith are "pre- At Pekwi served" unto the day of presentation; those More or less central to all the villages who oppose and reject the true faith are where we have put the workers is Pekwi "reserved" unto the day of punishment. village, where Po Po is to work as sub- What a difference one little letter makes district director. He has a very big job in those fateful words! Those who kept as he has two villages to look after as not their first estate and are reserved for well as visiting and encouraging the other judgment stand in stark contrast with workers as much as possible. those who remain within the orbit of God's A couple of years ago the teacher up in love and are preserved by His power. this area was given an old Seagull motor, Jude furnishes a rogues' gallery of the but its age was against it and with the libertines and apostates who seek personal fast-flowing current in the river to com- advantage, but he deals with them in bat, it was finally given up as a write- accordance with their vicious practices off. However, my husband has again tried and foul teachings. It is well for us to take Bow and arrows of the May River people. (Photo: D. Lundstrom.) to resurrect it and has done it up as much a glance at Jude's picture of those who as is possible and Po Po is trying to battle wrought havoc in the churches of his on with it. We hope and pray that it day, for similar personalities are work- A few days later when my husband will hold out long enough until funds for ing to corrupt the church today, and we took a quick trip in to see how he was, a slightly larger and more reliable motor are to beware. Jude warns against six Moke was the centre of a crowd of admir- are made available so Po Po can carry characteristics of the apostates: ing villagers. His wife has a small hand- out his work of visitation. sewing machine and they were using it 1. Surreptitious foes. "For there are to sew up tears in the Dorcas Welfare We were disappointed that we were not certain men crept in privily . . ungodly clothes that my husband had given out able to visit a village right up near the men." Jude 4, R.V. These are enemies of the last time he was in there and, as the head of the May River where my hus- the truth who pretend to be its friends. people had never seen anything like that band has been twice, again the first Euro- They creep into gatherings of the brethren, before, they were just awestruck, and pean, apart from the patrol officers, to but are actuated by evil intentions. The thought Moke was the best teacher ever! visit the village. But it was not practicable prayerful and discerning will detect them. this time because the river was at a low Church leaders will not accord these Burial Customs! level and it would have been too danger- ungodly spies and schemers either favour Waniap village was our next port of ous to try taking the motor canoe over or place. call, a couple of hours' run by motor the rocks and snags in the river. When canoe up a creek running off the river. 2. Perverters of grace, and deniers of we mentioned to other villagers that we Christ. "Turning the grace of our God This creek is one of the prettiest places had wanted to go to Miamin but the water I have ever seen. The water is pitch into lasciviousness, and denying our only was too low, their heads went down and Master and Lord, Jesus Christ." Verse 4, black and very still, with the result that in hushed voices they informed us that it is like a mirror, and the reflections of R.V. These persons use the liberty of the people from that village "Kai-kai- the gospel as a means of gratifying their sky and surrounding jungle are superb. man," that is, they ate people. But here, too, the beauty is marred by the unholy desires and in their daily living customs of the people in their heathen The workers are now in their fields repudiate their Master and Lord. They ways. Until very recently, when the gov- of labour and we are home again, but deny Him because they do not accept His ernment stepped in, their customs of our thoughts and prayers are with them great sacrifice for them, nor are they wil- "burying" a person left much to be de- as we know the hardships and difficulties ling to deny themselves for Him. They sired. When a person died the body was they face. New Guinea has often been live for the flesh and the satisfaction of taken out into the bush a little way where called the land that time forgot, but God fleshly desires. it was left on a bed of logs that had been does not forget, and we are privileged to 3. Arrogant censors and detractors. They prepared for it. There it stayed until it help with our prayers and support in "set at nought dominion, and rail at was partially decomposed; then the head spreading His love to all people. This is dignities." Verse 8, R.V. Not possessing was removed and carried back to stay a land of beauty with its brightly plumed true reverence, some persons rail at holy in the village. birds; its brilliant flowers, beautiful but- authority, make light of the noble and Here, too, any natural or unnatural terflies, wide, swift-flowing rivers, and lofty, and sit in judgment on all rules and calamities are blamed on anyone who has still, black-water creeks and dense jungle. authority. They have the proud tongue of died. For example, close to the village It is also a land of cruelty and sorrow as the lawless. They speak high-sounding there had recently been a very large land- Lester's lonely grave on the mountainside, words to belittle and confuse others and slide and the people assured us that it was the young woman who died in childbirth, to advance themselves. It is dangerous to caused by the spirit of a man who had young children with tropical ulcers and listen to them. just died. deformities, and the hopeless dejection of the old and young alike, all testify. 4. Deceivers and depravers. "These are Waniap had had a worker for a few they who are hidden rocks in your love- months in 1966, but he left after his little We earnestly solicit your prayers on be- feasts . . . wandering stars." Verses 12, 13, boy died. Food is a major problem for half of the dedicated workers who go R.V. Here Jude pictures the depravity our workers, who do not eat pig meat, into these places, that the Lord will give and doom of these insincere and deceitful and little Lester was so hungry that one them an extra measure of His grace so ones. Hidden rocks lurk unseen to des- day he found and ate some uncooked tap- that the darkness will soon be lifted in troy the ship. Wandering stars have no ioc skins in which there is a high percen- the May River area. (Concluded on page 16) [8] 25/3/68 AUSTRALASIAN RECORD

Brother J. A. Frere (arrowed) in procession with the Knights of Malta.

PAPAL KNIGHT BAPTIZED IN LONDON J. F. Coltheart

IT IS ABOUT A YEAR since James A. Frere was baptized in our campaign work in the field of genealogy and Coats of Arms and to hear him describe his at the New Gallery Centre, London. Since that time Brother Frere has developed contacts and friendships with the nob- into a very strong Adventist and has conducted a number of meetings in our ility of the land is a very interesting ex- churches and also several at the New Gallery Centre. perience. I have always appealed much to the Formerly a Roman Catholic, he was a historical when presenting the truths of Knight of Malta. To qualify for this the message and have believed that I had honour, a man must be able to trace his a fair grip on history (having completed right to nobility back to pre-Reformation a number of units at university), but I days, with his family holding a Coat of soon found that when studying with this Arms for that period. He must also be man, my British history, at any rate, only a practising Roman Catholic, since this is scratched the surface. a Roman Catholic order dating back to Brother Frere, despite his interesting the twelfth century. Having become con- connections with so many facets of Bri- vinced of the truth, Brother Frere re- tish life, is still very humble and teach- signed from this very high position. able and most anxious to dedicate himself Brother Frere has held an honoured posi- for the Lord's use. We trust and pray tion here in England, in that he was one that he will be used of God to lead others of the thirteen Heralds of the Realm. He of his acquaintances into the knowledge of played a large part in the preparation for the message. the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II and closely assisted the Earl Marshal of Eng- land in the ceremony. He is the author of the book, "The British Monarchy at SATAN'S KINGDOM Home" and is recognized as an authority "The kingdom of Satan is a kingdom on the monarchy. of force; every individual regards every Eton and Cambridge other as an obstacle in the way of his Brother Frere began his education at own advancement, or a steppingstone on Eton and then went on to Cambridge which he himself may climb to a higher where he studied law. He has done much Brother J. A. Frere in official uniform. place."—"The Desire of Ages," page 436. AND ADVENT WORLD SURVEY 25/3/68 [9] men of the future, and characters will be moulded in this school. May God bless your efforts," were Mr. Finimore's clos- IPSWICH OPENS A SCHOOL ing remarks. W. STARK During his address to open the school, Dr. White stated that the Trans-Tasman "SOME MAY SAY, 'How are such schools to be established?' We are not a Union Conference has thirty-three prim- ary schools, the Australasian Division has rich people, but if we pray in faith, and let the Lord work on our behalf, He will 440 schools, with 5,000 primary schools open ways before us to establish small schools." This quotation, from "Counsels throughout the world. Adventists have to Teachers," written by the pen of inspiration, may be applied to Ipswich the largest number of schools operated (Queensland) church concerning the building of a new church school officially by Protestant organizations in the world. opened and dedicated on Sunday, January 21, 1968. Objectives He explained the objectives of Adven- The establishment of a church school Under the school is cemented, with toi- tist church schools, and stressed the im- had been the desire of many parents, let block, and a fancy brick feature-wall portance of treating a child as an indiv- who realized that "it is no longer safe for ventilation. idual and giving each one personal at- to send their children to public schools."— Press coverage and public relations were tention. Pastor Heaton offered the prayer of "Child Guidance." pleasing during building operations and dedication. A solo was sung by Mrs. G. A four-acre block of land had been for the opening function. That good re- Wells, with Mr. G. Wells as accompanist. purchased by the church about two years lations exist between the church and local Two prospective pupils participated in the ago with a view to future expansion, and authorities was evidenced by the presence programme. Naree Vogel recited and the objective of establishing a church of the mayor and mayoress of Ipswich at Terry Salomon spoke on behalf of the school was inaugurated. All the usual the function. Pastor K. S. Parmenter, new pupils to thank fathers, mothers and avenues for money-making were utilized. president of Queensland Conference, wel- all others who had helped to provide the With pledges, street stalls, a talent scheme, comed those present, including Alderman school. Pastor Parmenter, on behalf of sacrificial giving and various types of J. T. Finimore, C.B.E. and Mrs. Finimore, functions, augmented by subsidies from mayor and mayoress of Ipswich, Dr. E. the Queensland Conference, expressed ap- preciation to Ipswich church members for the Queensland and Trans-Tasman Union E. White, Educational secretary of the the sacrificial effort required to build the conferences, the wherewithal was accumu- Australasian Division, Mr. E. Lowe, head school. lated to erect the much desired church teacher of the school, and Miss R. Cross, The Mt. Gravatt Home and School As- school. assistant teacher. Also in the official sociation president, Mr. Hutton, gave a Voluntary Labour party were Pastor R. N. Lawson, Ipswich church pastor, and Pastor 0. R. Heaton, mounted guillotine paper-cutter to the Literally hundreds of hours of voluntary former Ipswich church pastor, Mr. R. H. Ipswich school on behalf of the commit- labour provided by members during the Paine, chairman of the church school tee. The Ipswich church men's chorus construction of the school did much to building committee, Mr. N. Russell, chair- closed the function by the singing of reduce the overall cost of construction. man of the Home and School Association, "We'll All Be There." Alderman J. Fini- The school is an elevated brick-veneer and Mr. K. Salomon, building supervisor. more cut the ribbon at the foot of the structure, ten squares in area, consisting stairs and declared the building open. of two classrooms. On the north of the Mr. Finimore in his address spoke of A copy of "The Seventh Day" was pre- schoolrooms, adjacent to the veranda, are the advantages of having a secular and sented to Mr. and Mrs. Finimore, after adjustable metal louvres reaching to the spiritual education as provided by a church which the school was open for inspection. floor from fixed glass panels, which have school. "There are vast changes in world adjustable glass louvres above to provide affairs with science taking the lead, ne- the maximum of air and light. The rail- cessitating changes in the education of ings and balustrades are of wrought iron. children. Children are the men and wo- LETTER TO THE EDITOR Sir, I have just received my "Record" dated 26/2/68, and was amazed to read on page 12 that I was dead. Under a picture of the Budarick family, Pastor 0. K. Anderson says, "Mr. and Mrs. Horace Budarick are the only living charter members." Well, I would like to inform the writer that, thanks be to God, I am very much alive. I am wondering what lots of my old friends and acquaintances will be think- ing when they read in that "Record" that I am no longer among the living, and I would like them to know that I still am, and very much so. Also I was very much a charter member, my husband and I being the first to go through the baptismal font, so, how dare Pastor 0. K. Anderson say I am no longer among the living!!! Mrs. E. Stella Mitchell. (On behalf of Pastor 0. K. Anderson, we apologize abjectly, humbly and sin- cerely. We assure Mrs. Mitchell that Pas- tor Anderson was not indulging in wishful The new Adventist primary school in Ipswich, Queensland. (Photo: A. Davis.) thinking.—Editor.) DO] 25/3/68 AUSTRALASIAN RECORD West Australia Takes Four Steps ADRIAN M. PETERSON, formerly Temperance Secretary, West Australian Conference DURING the last few days of the closing session of the West Australian State Parliament for 1967, a question was asked of the Minister for Education. He was asked if he were aware of the anti-smoking campaign being conducted in West Australia by the Seventh-day Adventist Church and would the Education Department consider studying the methods and the materials used, with the intention of conducting a similar campaign in all high schools in this state.

The general public in West Australia heard the report of this informative ques- tion in the prime time evening news at 7 p.m. on all twenty radio and TV sta- tions throughout the state. Subsequent contact has been made by the appropriate parliamentary authorities with our con- ference Temperance Department. This significant event heralded the suc- cessful conclusion of an intensive four- stage anti-smoking campaign lasting nearly three months. Stage One In the spring of 1967, the Trans-Com- monwealth Union Temperance secretary, Pastor H. W. Nolan of Melbourne, brought "Puffing Billy" to Perth. Puffing Billy, the model boy who smokes, immediately caught the attention of the news media. Dur- ing his first performance for the 250 as- sembled children from the Victoria Park Seventh-day Adventist school, Puffing Billy was filmed for &B.C.-TV, photo- graphed for the state-wide city-produced newspaper and "interviewed" for A.B.C. radio news. A large photo of Puffing Billy appeared in the paper next day, and there were several subsequent follow-up items as a result of the impact made by the The Seventh-day Adventist exhibit at the 1967 Perth Royal Show. This exhibit featured prominently original wide coverage. our Temperance work and in particular the dangers of smoking. Several organizations in the West have requested the use of Puffing Billy for a demonstration, and one or two have even achieved in Federal Parliamentary circles and painted by a New Zealander now liv- indicated a desire to purchase a Puffing by the combined Australia-wide petition. ing in Perth, Brother R. Tretheway, and Billy for their own use. Further use of was constructed and erected with the as- Stage Three Puffing Billy will be made during the sistance of a retired carpenter, Brother early part of 1968. Two show exhibits this year featured the L. Grafham. subject of smoking and its baleful results. The seven-day exhibit was manned by Stage Two The first was the one-day country show conference departmental men, office sec- As with all other conferences in the at Moora, staged largely by Pastor H. retaries and church members on a roster Commonwealth of Australia, West Austra- Bone, Brother Henry Gray and their fel- basis. The film "Time Pulls the Trigger" low church members. Through the wise lia participated vigorously in the petition was screened continuously, and 27,000 use of public relations news items in the to Federal Parliament, requesting the pieces of literature were distributed. Puf- local paper and in the local news over abolition of cigarette advertising on radio fing Billy smoked frequently, and a dis- the nearby A.B.C. radio station, a good in- and TV and for all cigarette packets to play of his smoke- and tar-filled lungs terest was evinced in the screening of be branded as a health hazard. brought many horrified gasps from the "Time Pulls the Trigger." Petition forms were distributed far and interested bystanders. A record number of people in this small wide, through our own churches, and Stage Four other interested organizations. In all, country town viewed the film, and from feedback comment during and after the Stage four consisted of three 5-Day 4,600 signatures were obtained from Cath- show it was ascertained that a very fine Plans. The Victoria Park church, under olic and Protestant church members (in- and favourable impact has been made. the leadership of Brother and Sister D. cluding Seventh-day Adventists), civic Cavilla, conducted two 5-Day Plans, one leaders, doctors and staff from two large The second exhibit which, during the 1967 show season, featured the dangers of in their own church hall and the other hospitals, employees at an industrial es- smoking, was staged in the Perth Royal in the conference suite at the modern tablishment, and many leading citizens in Show. Owing to circumstances beyond and much patronized Railton Hotel in the both city and country areas. Many addi- our control, we had to leave our traditional city of Perth. tional people who signed the petition tent site on a rise above side-show alley. The other 5-Day Plan was conducted by fOrms, did so at our exhibits in the Moora This year, we had a brand new exhibit Brother K. Swannell and Brother H. and Perth shows. in an excellent location in the centre of Price of the Fremantle church in one of All Western Australians who partici- the huge MacFarlane Pavilion. A pro- the meeting rooms at the Fremantle Town pated are happy indeed with the progress jection booth and exhibit was designed Hall. AND ADVENT WORLD SURVEY 25/3/68 [11]

Medical speakers at these 5-Day Plans were Dr. M. W. Howse, Dr. B. Stacey, and biochemist, Brother B. Armstrong. SPAIN As seems to be traditional in Australia, the crowds at these 5-Day Plans were not large, with a total attendance of approx- and Your "Overflow" Offering imately one hundred. More than 70 per cent of those people obtained success MAY WARDEN in overcoming the habit. The influence of this concerted temper- You cannot travel in Spain without becoming caught up in its romantic fas- ance effort on the dangers of smoking, cination, its changing geography and contrasts in living. The mud hovels of the which incorporated the assistance of so peasants speak of abject poverty, while the glittering riches of the Palace of many of our people in Western Austra- Madrid leave one spellbound. lia, lives on in our communities. Mail and phone requests from people who de- sire to give up smoking come frequently This is the world of donkeys—they are I would like to share with you a letter into the conference Temperance Depart- used for ploughing, riding, pulling the which came to hand last week from Pas- ment, and several well-known medical carts, carrying the loads, threshing the tor Codejon, president of our Spanish practitioners in Perth have volunteered wheat and, blindfolded, they walk an un- Conference: their assistance in this progressive and ending circle around the wells, drawing aggressive work. water. "Dear Mrs. Warden, "When I returned from a Lay Activities Several other churches are already plan- Just as fascinating are the unusual mountain formations. Montserrat rises congress in Valencia, your letter of Feb- ning a 5-Day Plan in their own area, and ruary 12 was waiting for me. I appreci- one or two churches are planning to con- about 4,000 feet with a ridge of pinnacles like giant fingers rising skyward. Among ate very much the interest that you and duct regular 5-Day Plans throughout the your Sabbath school members have in year. these rocks is the monastery of Montser- rat, famous pilgrimage site visited by the work in Spain. I will give you a May God add His blessing to this work thousands of visitors each year, who are short report about our plans. as it continues to unfold. drawn because of the "Black Virgin" whose fame has spread around the world. "Religious Liberty Benedictine monks maintain a library of "For the first time in the history of 200,000 volumes, a printing shop and a Spain, the government has voted a law GOVERNOR WORSHIPS IN museum. Here we saw pilgrims climbing of religious liberty. This permits us to ADVENTIST CHURCH the steep steps of the cathedral on their publish religious books, open churches, schools and seminaries and to do adver- (Concluded from page 1) knees—doing penance, or seeking "right- eousness by works." tisements about our meetings. The doors The conference car was placed at the are open for us to preach the gospel disposal of the Governor's party and, ex- About midway between Montserrat and quickly, and we want to take advantage cept for Sabbath, Pastor Parker had a Madrid is the city of Zaragoza on the of this situation. busy time as official driver. banks of the river Ebro. With pride we were shown the cathedral and the pillar "Our Needs On Sunday afternoon, Pastor and Mrs. (around which the cathedral was sup- "First of all we need to build churches. Parker and Pastor and Mrs. Richards posed to be built) where the Virgin Mary For many years our members in many were invited to join the vice-regal party appeared to St. James! All that can be cities have been meeting in members' on a trip in a glass-bottomed boat to see seen of the pillar is a small area sur- homes in crowded conditions. In other the wonders of marine life in the waters rounded by a brass plate. This small places we have to rent apartments in around Lord Howe. Brother Clive Wil- part is literally worn away by the con- which to meet, which causes many diffi- son was in charge of water transporta- tinual kissing—some of our tour members culties. tion for the Governor and his party. joining the queue! Along one wall of The members of the Lord Howe Island the cathedral were confessional boxes— "Actually we have three churches under church feel that it has been a rare privi- quite open—and most in use. How won- construction, with very tight budgets. lege to witness for their beliefs before derful to know that our message is now We have plans to construct by faith five the Governor. They know that the Lord being heard here for the first time! The more churches with the offering overflow. will bless their efforts to let their lights March issue of the American "Signs of "We need more church schools. We shine. the Times" quoted the following from the have only three, accommodating 150 chil- secretary of the Southern European Divi- dren. There are many children who can- Postscript to the visit: Have you ever sion: "The first Seventh-day Adventist not come to our school for lack of space. wondered whether VIPs, to whom we give public lecture series in Spain since that "A great problem is our small seminary books on such occasions as these, ever nation passed its new religious liberty law in Valencia. The classes have to take read them? Sir Roden told Pastor drew more than 3,000 persons to a new place inside the church building. The Richards on the Sunday that he had al- church in Zaragoza. Never before had train passes beside the church every two most finished reading both books on the our pastors in Spain seen or taken part minutes, and the noise is very bad for afternoon following the presentation. in a full scale public worship series," he the seminary and the church. Our pro- said. "Never before had we had a church ject is to take the seminary away from to hold such meetings. Never before had the city. we enjoyed the freedom of advertising "Actually we have forty-five students, Life being hung on little things, its pre- in the public press and of openly inviting servation is a daily miracle; and that any the public to come and study the Bible thirteen of whom are Americans. The of us should arrive at mature age, is with us." students live in apartments because we owing to the fact that there is an eye don't have dormitories. It has been said, "Spain is more Papist upon us which never sleeps, the eye of a "Yours in His name, than the Pope and more Catholic than "[Signed] A. Codejon." heavenly Father, whose loving-kindness the Holy See." Our work in this country is over all His works; whose mercies are has been hedged around with restrictions The need is great in this land of newly new every morning and fresh every even- and difficulties only experienced in coun- found freedom—give generously on Thir- ing. tries where religious liberty is not known. teenth Sabbath. [12] 25/3/68 AUSTRALASIAN RECORD Extracts from a letter MEXICAN JOURNEY NEVILLE CLOUTEN

"WHERE ARE YOU GOING?" "To Tuxla." Dr. Rodriquez and his brother, a dentist, It was Friday, August 5. The day had "Then you are all right," our friend volunteered to stay for a week and take been spent in finding, sketching and pho- replied. part in the excursion. tographing Mayan ruins in Palenque. Be- I had been directing the car a few yards At Linda Vista College we were delighted cause of the conflicting directions, ambig- back towards the group. to meet a Lacondon Indian, of direct uous map details and lack of road signs, "Where are you going?" I queried. descent from the pre-Columbian Mayan the question in many instances was par- people. The Lacondons have preserved ticularly pertinent. But with only a few "We are Seventh-day Adventists. We their primitive ways by isolation from minutes to sunset, on a mountain road are going to the Linda Vista College, just Spanish and outside influences. This man eighty-five miles from Tuxla Gutierrez, a few miles further on to visit my brother at Linda Vista is the first instance of a Mexico, it seemed the immediate answer and sister who are students there." member of this tribe attending an in- would be finding a reasonably level camp It took little time to become acquain- stitution of learning. site, inevitably very small and near the ted. The spokesman for the group was Before leaving we were told of the Dr. Benjamin Rodriquez, who had recently road, to spend Sabbath in the spectacular Adventist clinic operated by Dr. and mountains. returned to his family after a medical Mrs. Graves just over the Guatemalan bor- internship at our Branson Hospital in der. We expressed the feeling that as The previous Sabbaths in Mexico had Toronto. He explained that they had non-medical visitors we could not im- been pleasant and very rewarding. The gathered by the roadside for vespers. How pose on the busy life of church work- National Parks, although few in number glad we were to join them! and difficult to locate, had proved to be ers. But we were strongly advised to majestic natural settings of retreat for Now we could see beyond the conflicting the contrary, and, almost as a bribe, were foreigners. A highlight, however, had directions, the ambiguous road signs and given a parcel to be delivered. We were been our visit to the Adventist Hospital the frustrating delays. A landslide had also to leave an order at the pharmaceu- in Montemorelos. just forced us to turn back from the tical supply centre at San Cristobal de "new" road lower down the mountain. How las Casas, three and a half hours' drive There were several reasons why we it seemed that everything was against us towards the border. were anxious to visit Montemorelos. While as we had tried to find a camp site before we were living in Columbus, Ohio, Dr. Sabbath! We thanked God for the un- We found Mrs. Graves just as predicted. Peter Strange had reported the work be- expected yet planned delays that led us Visitors, she told us, were few and far ing accomplished by a Loma Linda class- to meet Dr. Rodriquez, hear of Linda between, and Dr. Graves had not yet re- mate, Dr. David Small. Then Dr. Don Vista and be inspired by the loyalty of turned from General Conference. We Wilson, recently en route to London, called those in mission service. were immediately welcomed. The clinic serves thousands of Indians who are other- on us after a visit to the hospital and a Upon our arrival at the college, Ben- journey by mission plane into the moun- wise isolated from medical care—a real jamin immediately took us to the vesper oasis in the midst of illness and evil tain villages. But what could decide a service in the chapel. visit to Montemorelos more than the des- practice. cription we read in the travelogue for "There's my brother in the choir," he Another Sabbath found us near the Mexico given to us by our automobile in- whispered. Hospital Adventista in Nicaragua. Situa- surance company. "That's my sister speaking now." ted on the Pan-American Highway at La For a few minutes after the service we Trinidad, this institution is a lighthouse of "Come now to the little city of Monte- hope that can only deeply impress every morelos, Mexico's citrus capital. At left, were introduced to these students. But visitor. Indeed it is the "sanitarium" of the famous Seventh-day Adventists' Hos- we found that we were being sought by Mrs. Maurice Butler, who was unable to Central America. Dr. Fred Moor, for pital and School—these fine folk are do- the past eight years, has untiringly worked ing a wonderful humanitarian job here; unpark her van (because of our car) and to see this wonderful site transformed excellent hospital; American doctors; take the nurses back to Yerba Buina Hos- nurses training; school for youngsters; pital. to a wonderful community. Today there are nurses in training and specialists to printing plant—everything. Visitors are And so we met Mrs. Butler. Despite the welcome—do stop." inconvenience we had caused, she was de- carry the work ever forward. lighted to meet us and insisted we stay We joined the branch Sabbath school What a wonderful visit we had with Dr in her home as part of the family. workers who walk every Sabbath after- Small! No time is wasted in the missions fields, noon to the village of San Francisco. But on this Friday afternoon there for before breakfast was over a violin duet Along the narrow path we greeted the seemed only uncertainty. Where were was organized for special music. And Indians who awaited the arrival of the we to spend this Sabbath, 5,000 feet up although I strongly acknowledge that nurses and who then followed our con- in the rugged mountains described on our such a musical instrument should be tinually expanding group. We shall al- map as "The Devil's Tail"? played well or not at all, I was over- ways remember the sight of seventy-five happy children singing choruses in Span- The question "Where are you going?" joyed to participate, and the efforts were appreciated. ish while the men of the village, machete was not imaginary. It had been shouted knives in hand, kept watch at a distance. by a group of Mexicans as we bounced On Sabbath afternoon, upon returning across the rough stones of another narrow to Dr. Butler's home from a walk in the As we spent our last Sabbath on the curve. Alarmed at the use of English, mountains flowering with tropical orchids, American continent, in the church near we stopped and offered in answer the name we found messengers had just arrived the docks in Cristobal, Canal Zone, we of the next town. It came spontaneously, to report an epidemic of cholera in near- could be immeasurably grateful for the for we had asked directions towards it by villages. Immediately after Sabbath, privilege of being foreigners in this world many times that afternoon. plans were laid for a visit into the jungle. and pilgrims to a world to come. AND ADVENT WORLD SURVEY 25/3/68 [13] sage and the need for mission service. This year, for the first time, Jack was placed in a band for Ingathering. His band leader, Brother Ivan Broad, had read of a successful APPEAL CAMEOS colporteur who was deaf, and so he decided to approach Jack to see if he would help with this year's campaign. Jack agreed, and a typewritten canvass was prepared and neatly inserted in a small plastic folder. It began . . . "I am Jack Faithfull of Papatoetoe. I am unable to hear you or speak to you. I am calling on you in connection with the annual Appeal for A Tribute to Our Missions. . . ." And so it was that many residents of Papatoetoe opened their doors to find a silent but enthusiastic ingatherer on their Earliteens doorsteps. Jack was successful in collecting almost $50, and VAL READ it was evident that he enjoyed every moment of it as, on a num- Our earliteens come in for a lot of criticism, some of it just, ber of occasions, he did not want to stop. a lot of it unjust. Jack has set us a worthy example, but it is not the first We caught a glimpse of what they could do when, during time that he has overcome the seemingly insurmountable dif- the Appeal for Missions campaign at the Greensborough church, ficulties of communication. While at high school Jack won Victoria, earliteens, aided by a band of the most willing juniors a special prize for mathematics and was one of the two best and primaries, went out in near-century heat on three Sabbath mathematicians in the school in his final year. His class- afternoons and reaped in $180.72. mates called him "a wizard at maths." Many and varied were their experiences—some to make Jack has certainly proved a "wizard" at ingathering, and you laugh, some to make you cry. we know that the Lord has blessed his efforts as he has worked Steven knocked on a door, only to have it opened by a dear for Him this year. old soul who needed to be assured that he was planning to do her no bodily harm! The door was opened to Mark at one home by a pensioner who burst into tears and began to tell him (a thirteen-year-old) Small World her life story of trouble, pain and sadness. The more she talked, the more she cried, and when she at last offered Mark her dona- The man who listened to the Appeal collector was more- tion, he did not have the heart to take it. than-ordinarily interested in the canvass. Yes, he had seen Barry N. was our first minute man, twice over. He worked that marvellous film "Give Them Tomorrow," and did the col- hard after school. Finally, he became a minute man three lector know where he could buy a copy of the film to show his times over. friends? The collector said he was sure that such arrange- One man offered one of the boys a pay envelope that was ments could be made—after all, the collector was none other filled with two-cent pieces. It came to nearly a dollar. than Mr. Eric Were who shot the film, edited it and wrote the We must not overlook the enthusiasm of Bronwyn, Peter, commentary for it! and our other Barry as they tackled the job as the hot Sabbath So when the good man heard this, he was elated and afternoons came around. brought Brother Were a substantial donation, and arrange- Deborah was our second minute man twice over. In a little ments have already been set in motion to supply the gentleman over an hour before Sabbath one Friday, she collected eight with a copy of the film. dollars, making a total of twenty-five dollars. By the way, "Give Them Tomorrow" is something that your Yori was next as our third minute man twice over. church ought to see some time during the second quarter; it's We all have a mercenary streak in us, don't we? It is very geared for the promotion of the Thirteenth Sabbath Offering much alive in some and lying dormant in others. If you could overflow. We think it is easily the best film of its kind yet see the earliteens counting and recounting their money in made. the back seat of the cars on the way home, and adding up the score each Sabbath, you would see that they acquire this streak at an early age! What rejoicing there must be in heaven when the heavenly Greater Sydney in host view our children faithfully and gaily ingathering for the Master! What a lesson we can take from their example! That is why Top Gear I want to say, "God bless these boys and girls who find so much fun in all they do, whose high spirits nearly drive us to * At the Dee Why church, two non-members (one a Catholic) distraction at times—but whose same high spirits can take have been helping enthusiastically with the Appeal cam- them out on a campaign for God and enable them to double paign. their aim in two weeks." * Sister Hodges of the Lakemba church is seventy-nine years Yes, you have guessed it! This is a tribute to the earliteens old and has been in hospital for a long time as the result and juniors, not only of our Greensborough church, but also of an accident. Now she has to use a stick to help her to to all those who are leading the way in other churches around walk. In spite of this, she has collected $230, working five the conference. An honour award to you all! hours every day. * The Lay Activities leader of the Waitara church had to talk hard to persuade one Pathfinder (who claimed he had blis- tered feet) to do his bit in the Appeal. However, when the said Pathfinder came back with $14.20 for his morning's Faithfull Is the Name work, he had forgotten his blistered feet and had gained a JENNY DAVIS, Press Secretary, Papatoetoe, New Zealand lot of enthusiasm. * Brother Albert Muesberger of the Blacktown church called Do you ever feel nervous when Appeal for Missions time comes on a Catholic lady during his Appeal work and felt im- around each year? How would you feel if you had to venture pressed to extend the invitation to her to do the Bible corre- out unable to speak and unable to hear? This is exactly spondence course. She said she knew her Bible well, but what twenty-eight-year-old Jack Faithfull of the Papatoetoe when he said that God had given us a wonderful message (New Zealand) church did this year. and that he would like to share it with her, she agreed to Jack has been unable to hear or speak from birth. However, have Bible studies. Mr. Muesberger is now having regular he has learned to read and appreciate the truths of our mes- Bible studies with this lady.

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son. As the young couple pledged their love and allegiance to each other, their hearts and lives were united in firm determination to be faithful to each other, and the congregation Cookery Nook Hilda Marshman joined in praying that they would be a blessing to the church and the community as they estab- lish their Christian home. W. R. Cross. LACTOSA SHELDRICK-BURZACOTT. At 11.30 on Sunday morning, December 16, 1967, Victor Leslie Sheldrick of Mount Gambier, and Ethel Do you enjoy the mild taste of buttermilk or the more acid taste of Burzacott, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. yoghurt sold in the shops? If so, you will enjoy drinking this delicious, Burzacott, met and exchanged marriage vows in the tastefully decorated church at Port easily made lactosa, with its mild flavour and smooth creamy consistency. Augusta. We wish this happy couple much of Country folk may prefer to use fresh cow's milk. If so, you must first God's blessing as they set up their home in Mount Gambier, South Australia. scald the fresh milk to destroy all unfavourable bacteria, then cool the milk B. E. Bobin. to 110°-115°. WILLIAMS-WILLIAMS. On the delightful Powdered milk seems to be the popular choice among most of us today, Sunday evening of December 15, 1967, Esme and to reconstitute, follow the directions on the label, i.e., put 18 fluid June Williams, as the happy bride, walked up the aisle of the Trinity Gardens church, South ounces warm water into a basin, add 3 oz. (% cup) powdered milk (full Australia. to join hand and heart with Kevan cream or non-fat), and whisk until dissolved. The temperature should Gordan Williams. Many loved ones and friends from West Australia and throughout South Aus- now be 110°-115°, the same as for fresh milk. tralia gathered to wish the couple every happi- ness and God's richest blessings in their new To make lactosa, the milk mixture must be kept warm. On a hot day home. W. R. Cross. this is easily done, although it takes a long time. We simply cover the basin of milk mixture with a plate, wrap in a clean tea-towel and leave WRIGHT-APOGREMIOTIS. The Lismore church, New South Wales, was the place chosen on the kitchen bench for about seven hours—when it will be set like a soft for the wedding of Pauline Apogremiotis and junket. Geoffrey Wright on the morning of February 4, 1968. Though the day commenced with rain On some sunny days we put the covered basin in the warm sunshine, and cloud, it later cleared and made a delight- ful setting for this pleasant and hippy occa- and throw a towel over it to keep the warmth in until the milk coagulates, sion. Friends later gathered at the R.S.L. Hall which may take eight to twelve hours, finishing off the process indoors. where best wishes were expressed by all who assembled. We wish Geoffrey and Pauline It may then be thin or thick, but either is satisfactory, so long as it is much of the Lord's blessing as they set up their at all coagulated. home in Lismore. R. A. Wood. On cool days we put the covered basin in a saucepan of tepid water (lid on) on the edge of a warm electric hot plate (heat switched off) until coagulated. This takes only four hours to become like junket. To get your starter to make the first lot of lactosa, purchase a small carton of yoghurt. Beat it up with a spoon to make it quite smooth, then TILL measure the required amount. On the day made, the lactosa flavour is very mild, but next day the HE flavour is most enjoyable. It is thick and creamy, and clings to the side of COMES the drinking glass. Lactosa keeps well in the refrigerator until the fourth day, then becomes too acid in flavour, and may appear watery. Until you get into the way of making lactosa, it may be best to start ASHTON. Alexander Ashton was born in Wangaratta, Victoria, in the year 1882, and with 1 pint of milk. You will require: came to New South Wales early in life and 1 pint warm milk (1100 -115°) settled on a farm near Grenfell. He was bap- tized into this message in the year 1937 and 1 fluid ounce (Vs cup) yoghurt loyally supported the church until the time of his death. On retiring he lived in Young and Stir the yoghurt into the basin of milk, cover with a plate, and set in shortly before his death decided to come to a warm place until it coagulates; then put into the refrigerator. Cooranbong, but became ill and passed to his rest on January 5, 1968. We laid him to rest Before pouring into drinking glasses, beat with a whisk to make creamy in the Avondale cemetery there to await the call of the Life-giver. Mourning their loss are smooth and free from lumps. his wife and one daughter, Mrs. McCaffery, and many friends. Words of comfort were spoken Reserve 1 fluid ounce of this lactosa as a starter for your next pint of from God's Word by the writer. milk, and so on. When the lactosa is allowed to grow old and tastes too W. N. Lock. acid, use less of it as a starter. BYRNE. Sister Wanda Eugenie Byrne (nee Haberman) passed to her rest after a life of activity in God's service, on February 17, 1968. As Sabbath School secretary and Missionary Volunteer secretary she served the South Aus- tralian Conference, and also spent some time in JOHNSON-BASSINGTHWAIGHTE. In the Bible work. After her marriage her home was Windsor church, Sydney, on January 27, 1968, open to boarders and there are many who have Max Johnson and Joy Bassingthwaighte were shared her hospitality over the years. In the united in marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Bassing- church, Sister Byrne's help as a Sabbath school thwaighte with Mr. and Mrs. Johnson after- teacher was much appreciated. Now she rests wards received a large number of guests at the from her labours and her works do follow her. weeding reception. Max and Joy have always In services in the Southern Memorial church, given strong support to all their church's activi- Adelaide, and at the Centennial Park cemetery ties, and we are sure that their united lives the mourners were pointed forward to the glori- will be an added blessing to its members. ous resurrection day when death will be no Wishes of the Lord's richest blessing go with more. Brother S. Sandy was associated with them from all their friends. the writer in the services. WEDDINGS J. F. Hankinson. S. C. Butler. MEAD-LAW. On Thursday, January 4, DEAN. Brother Claude Clifford Dean of the 1968, in the Concord church, New South Wales, Sale church, Victoria, awaits the resurrection the wedding took place between Roderick John call of the Master, having passed to rest on BYLUND-TAYLOR. In the tastefully Mead and Jeannette Marie Law. Roderick is February 8, 1968, in his eighty-seventh year. decorated Albany church, Western Australia, on the eldest son of the celebrant and Mrs. K. Coming to Sale some twenty-three years ago in Sunday. January 7, 1968, Dennis Bylund and Mead, while Jeannette is the only daughter of his years of retirement, our brother endeared Dorothy May Taylor were joined together in Mr. and Mrs. Law of Lakemba. As they set himself to all who knew him. Essentially a holy wedlock. The bridegroom is the son of up another home where Christ is Lord, we pray man of the land, Brother Dean was a keen de- Brother and Sister E. Bylund of Young's Sid- for God's richest blessing upon them. votee of God's other book—Nature. Some ten ing. The bride is the daughter of Brother and K. H. Mead. years ago our brother and his late wife began Sister A. Taylor who have been several years attending Sale church and in 1961 they were at Mount Many Peaks and this year have been PETERSON-SANDY. On December 18, 1967, baptized. After the service in the Sale church transferred to Geraldton. We do pray that as two well-known Adelaide families gathered with conducted by the writer, a graveside service these two young people set up their home to- a large group of relatives and friends to witness was conducted by Pastor D. Davies of Geelong. gether the Spirit of God will be their constant the marriage service of Colleen Sandy, the In harmony with Brother Dean's wish, he was companion, and may their lives be rich with daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stan Sandy, to Errol interred with his first wife in the Eastern Heaven's blessing. G. B. Helsby. Peterson, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Peter- cemetery, Geelong. A. R. Craig.

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GRIFFEN. Sister Una Joy Griffen, in her SWEET. On Sabbath, February 3, 1968, our seventy-third year, passed quietly to her rest beloved Brother James Stuart Sweet was laid to on February 8, 1968. An Adventist for thirty- rest, having attained the age of seventy-five eight years, she was baptized with her late hus- years. He was interred in the Evergreen Mem- URGENTLY WANTED band Alfred Griffen by Pastor M. H. Whittaker orial cemetery, South Australia. Brother Sweet in Lismore. After fellowshipping with members was a man who loved and served his God, and The services of a Photo En- of the Northern Rivers (N.S.W.) churches for will be greatly missed. Accepting present truth graver or Photo Lithographer are many years, she moved to Sydney and joined in 1912, he quickly found his way into the litera- the Parramatta church. Here the members will ture ministry, later to become a Publishing sec- required by the Signs Publishing miss the happy Christian spirit and faithful retary, which position he succesfully held in Company. This is an oppor- zeal of this child of God. Left to mourn are South Australia for many years. In addition, tunity for a man with technical her three children, Allen. Phyllis (Mrs. Brown) he was a capable church administrator, and for and Ncrman. Pastors H. B. Jones and G. W. a long period held office as senior elder in a skill to devote his talents to the Rollo assisted the writer at the Parramatta number of churches. He leaves a widow, Mrs. work of God. A company resi- church and then at the Northern Suburbs ceme- Nora Sweet, and four daughters: Grace (wife dence in Warburton is available tery, Sydney. J. F. Hankinson. of Pastor F. T. Webb, of Victoria), Dawn (Mrs. Wensley), Valmai (Mrs. Manners) and Yvonne for rental. Please contact JACKSON. A lifetime of loving and de- (Mrs. Neylon), all of Adelaide. Pastor R. Bul- voted service to the Master terminated on Feb- las was associated with the writer in the ser- MANAGER, ruary 5, 1968, when the Lord called to rest Mrs. vices conducted at the Adelaide City church and Agnes Ruby Jackson, late of Birrong and the graveside where it was our privilege to Signs Publishing Company, Chatswood, aged eighty years. Until recent point our brother's loved ones to the day of Warburton, Victoria. 3799 times, Sister Jackson was a very active worker glad reunion. W. T. Hooper. in the church, and of a truth it can be said of her that she rests from her labours, and her works of love and helpfulness live on. Our love and sympathy are extended to the relatives, and especially to her children, Owen, George, Val- PLEASE RETURN. Would the person who erie, Marjorie. Elwyn (Les) and Betty. A has Bertenshaws 3 books (1) Rudiments, (2) large group of friends joined the relatives at Harmony, (3) Counterpoint, lent by Mrs. Dow- the Woronora cemetery where we laid God's ling, kindly return them to 74 Ada Avenue, faithful child to rest to await the great resur- Wahroonga, N.S.W. 2076 AUSTRALASIAN RECORD rection day. Pastors W. D. Lauder and E. R. Whitehead were associated with the writer in TAPE RECORDERS: National RS750, 4- the funeral services. R. Tudor. track, stereo, as new, $200 (cost $300) ; Pyrox, and Advent World Survey $25. Aldis 350 watt projector, $30; Sher elec- LAKE. Eliza Matilda Lake passed to her tric drill outfit. R. Straker, 24 McLachlan Official Organ of the rest in the Coledale Hospital (N.S.W.) on Street, Orange. 2800 January 1, 1968. She was born eighty-seven AUSTRALASIAN DIVISION OF SEVENTH- years ago and became a church member thirty- DAY ADVENTISTS two years ago. She is survived by one son. She GOOD HONEY BUSINESS FOR SALE. was buried in the Bulli cemetery where friends Walk-in, walk-out, or share basis. Established Editor R. H. PARR and loved ones gathered to pay their last re- thirty-three years. 400 hives of bees. 150 Associate Editor - - F. T. MABERLY spects to one who had looked forward with joy queen rearing nuclei. Extracting plant, all bee Office Secretary - - - JOY FORD to life everlasting. C. T. Potter. sites, prospects next season excellent. Full Wahroonga Representative particulars E. G. McLane, Brodies Plains, In- WENDY BLANK PARKER. Once again the enemy struck when verell, N.S.W. 2360 the cold hand of death took the life of our dear Sister Milinda Parker, whom we tenderly laid WANTED by national workers in the islands: to rest in West Terrace cemetery, Adelaide. any of Sister White's books. Please write Single Subscriptions in Australia $2, New Zea- on Friday, February 2, 1968. For some time Ualesi Puni Jerome, Avondale College, Cooran- land 32, per year (post paid). our late sister had been suffering from con- bong, N.S.W. 2265 When mailed to territories outside Australasia tinued sickness and ill health, but our loving and territories annexed thereto (Papua, New heavenly Father granted a peaceful end. Left Guinea, Lord Howe and Norfolk Islands, Fiji to mourn their loss is a considerate and de- FOR SALE. Aprons, waist, appliqued. Plain or floral, $1 each. Proceeds for church building and Western Samoa) $2.25 extra for British voted husband, Brother Stanley Parker, and a Commonwealth and foreign postage is required. daughter, Sister Eileen Craig of Beaudesert, fund. Mrs. E. Arnold, 98 Brown Street, Leon- Queensland. Sister Parker always carried a gatha, Victoria. 3953 • Order through your conference office, or send burden for others. She was a sincere and faith- direct to the Signs Publishing Co., Warburton, ful church member, untiring in her devotion to HOLIDAY FLATS AND COTTAGES, ac- Victoria, Australia. 3799 God. We commit all her loved ones to the commodate six. Extra clean, comfortable. Wall All copy for the paper should be sent to The kindly ministrations of the Great Comforter un- to wall carpet, hot and cold water, all electric, Editor, "Record," Signs Publishing Company, til the day breaks and shadows flee away. sewered. All cutlery, crockery, cooking uten- Warburton, Victoria. 3799 W. T. Hooper. sils, bedding, and blankets provided, but no Appearing regularly in the Australasian Record linen. City water. Approximately 155 miles are articles from the Review and Herald, the POWELL. Sister Stella Gerda Maud Powell, north of Sydney, excellent road. Beautiful wife of Brother Fred Powell of our Brighton, general church paper of the Seventh-day Advent- ocean beach, 26 miles long, white sparkling ists, published at Washington, D.C., U.S.A. South Australia, church, passed away on Janu- sand, river close by. Enjoy a quiet relaxing ary 18, 1968, aged seventy-eight years. Sister Printed weekly for the division by the holiday with every comfort. Good winter and Signs Publishing Co., Warburton, Victoria. Powell's consistent Christian character was an summer climate. Write for brochure to Ted inspiration to all who knew her best. Brother Davis, "Hibiscus Flats," Bennett St., Ha Nk's Youlden, an elder of the church, was associated Nest, via Tea Gardens, N.S.W. 2324 with the writer in services at the Brighton church and at the North Brighton cemetery. Our hearts go out in sympathy to Brother SITUATIONS VACANT. Domestic help; DIRECTORY Powell in his loneliness and to the two daugh- two girls to assist with domestic duties for two Australasian Division separate families. Excellent conditions and ac- ters, Mrs. Head and Mrs. Doyle, who will miss President their mother's counsel and example. These be- commodation. References please. Non-Advent- L. C. Naden ist homes, but Sabbaths free. Phone 85 6903 Secretary - - - - F. T. Maberly reaved ones, together with many friends, had Treasurer - - - - their attention directed to the wonderful resur- (Melbourne) or write Tonkin, 108 City View E. W. Howse Road, North Balwyn. 3104 Assistant Secretary - - J. K. Irvine rection hope held out to all who accept Christ Assistant Treasurer - - A. H. Forbe■ and follow Him. S. C. Butler. Auditor - - R. L. Parkinson HOLIDAY FLAT. S.C., electric; accommo- RIDGEWAY. Arthur John Ridgeway closed date family four; H.W., sewerage. Close town, Departmental Secretaries his eyes and fell asleep in Jesus in the Ballina beach. Moderate tariff. Phone 83 1155. E. Education and Religious Hospital, New South Wales, on Sunday, Febru- Allum, "Rose Marie," Port Macquarie. 2444 Liberty - - - - - E. E. White ary 4, 1968. Brother and Sister Ridgeway were Health Food - - - - W. L. Kilroy Newcastle residents, and were baptized by Pas- Lay Activities and Sabbath tor Burnside during his mission there in 1951. SIGNS OF THE TIMES available for mis- School - - - - H. F. Rampton They have remained faithful and true hearted sionary work. Back issues (1967) can be sup- Medical S. A. Farag members of God's remnant church, and their plied at only 5 cents each plus freight. Ministerial Association - - G. Burnside names are on the roll at Willsend. While miss- Minimum quantity 30. Or order direct from the Public Relations and ing her loving companion of forty years, Sister Periodical Department, Signs Publishing Com- Radio-TV - - - M. G. Townend Ridgeway looks forward to the happy reunion. pany, Warburton, Victoria. 3799 Publishing - - - J. W. Nixon To their children, Les, Charlie, Max, Grace, Temperance - - - R. W. Taylor Jim, and Sandra, the fourteen grandchildren, RETIRED WORKERS ASSOCIATION. A Young People's Misslonary and a large circle of relatives and friends we gathering of retired workers will be held on Volunteer - - - - C. V. Christian extend our sympathy during the waiting time Tuesday, April 2, 1968, in the Social Hall, before the glory-dawn. Brother John Carter and Wahroonga, at 6 p.m. A cordial invitation to .111.10.••••=.. the writer were associated in the funeral ser- be present is extended to all retired conference vices from our church in Taree. and institutional workers, including former col- T. A. Anderson. lege students and sanitarium nurses. Kindly ADVERTISERS PLEASE NOTE! All adver- bring a plate of savouries or cakes for a com- tisements should be sent to the editor at Signs SMITH. John Nicholos Smith, after a pro- munal supper. Kindly note change of time. Publishing Company, Warburton, Victoria, 3799, longed period of sickness, passed to rest on and all cheques should include 4 cents bank January 30, 1968. A beloved member of the charge. Perth City church, and father of Sister Dick of OIL FILTER. A new highly efficient oil the Sanitarium Health shops in the West, he filter that cuts oil changes altogether, yet keeps Advertisements approved by the editor will was widely known and loved for his Christian your oil pe:fectly clean all the time. Costs only be inserted at the following rates: integrity. He now rests in the Karrakatta cents each month to operate. Agents wanted cemetery to await the return of the Life-giver throughout Pacific. Well beyond proven stage. First 25 words . $2 in whom his hope and ideals were daily cen- Buy on approval. No gimmick. Put money Each additional S words .... .... 10 cents tred. To all members of the home circle we back in your pocket, brother. G. B. Henson, convey our sincere sympathies. 332 Willoughby Rd., Naremburn, N.S.W. 2065. Remittance and recommendation from local G. I. Wilson. Phone 435 556. pastor or conference officer must accompany [16] 25/3/68 AUSTRALASIAN RECORD

JUDE'S WARNINGS TO THE CHURCH FLASH POINT . . . (Concluded from page 7) helpful light to offer. Jude's illustrations are very appropriate. - It's not always our fault, as you will see by this paragraph. Last week the post office sent us a letter with a cheque pinned to it. There was 5. Grumblers, fault-finders, pleasure- no envelope. The letter was addressed to the editor of the "Record," seekers, parasites. "These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts, and the cheque made out to the "Australasian Record." They were . . . showing respect of persons for the in a state of some deterioration. The post office people sent along sake of advantage." Verse 16, R.V. These the explanation that the letter, etc., had been found on the post office are foes of peace in the church; they de- floor. The date on the letter and cheque was August, 1954. If you sire to hold office and manage things, yet are wondering how it could have lain around all that time undetected, they can be servile when it seems advan- let us further complicate matters for you by mentioning that the pres- tageous. Patience and firmness are re- . ent Warburton post office was not even built then. quired in dealing with these persons who delight in belittling others. >(-- Last week we mentioned that Wahroonga church, under the leader- ship of Brother Lauren Tinworth, had achieved the impossible—"out" 6. Schismatics and sensualists. "These in two week-ends in the Appeal. But we didn't mention the amount are they who make separations, sensual, collected—because we didn't know. Their aim was $9,500. The having not the Spirit." Verse 19, R.V. It treasurer had in hand $9,700. With more to come, of course. is characteristic of false teachers to draw lines of demarcation between themselves * Brother J. W. Wilson of the Sanitarium Health Food Company, Mel- and others, or to distinguish between bourne, is serving for a period of three weeks in the audit depart- classes of believers, thus creating division. ment to assist with the duties of our institutions in West Australia. Jude attributes this to a lack of the Holy This stand-in arrangement is only until Brother G. J. Bland arrives Spirit. This lack is the greatest danger that confronts the church today. from New Zealand to take up duties with the department on a per- manent basis. Happy the church that is free from men of this stripe who corrupt its spiritual life * The Ministerial Association secretary, Pastor G. Burnside, has received and hinder its progress. To expose such word from Saigon to the effect that in the recent flare-up of hostilities, men, Jude draws a forbidding picture seven of our members lost their lives. In a time of horror and blood- and writes with a vehemence unsurpassed shed, with gunfire at the very gates of the mission, the compound is in the New Testament. The Spirit of God crowded now with more than nine hundred refugees. As a spiritual uses stern language against those who and mental sedative, the refugees are being shown evangelistic films pervert the truth, deny the Lord, and each night, and who knows what the results may be? mock at sacred things. The chaotic tem- poral, moral and spiritual conditions of )4-- "Never look a gift tent in the mouth" is the motto the Jordanians live our day provide excellent opportunities by. SAWS (Seventh-day Adventist Welfare Service Inc.) sent 440 for "wolves in sheep's clothing" to carry blue tents to Jordan to provide shelter for the refugees in that coun- on their destructive work within the try. On each tent was neatly stencilled, "A gift of the Seventh-day church. We are now faced with every Adventist Church." The government set the tents up in an orderly possible form of deception in the shape block in the refugee camp and the homeless were installed. But of cunningly masked foes of the truth. when it came time to move on, they read the stencilled legend In this hour of spiritual peril we shall (printed in Arabic) and assumed that "a gift" meant a personal gift, do well to bear in mind Paul's counsel and they, as Arabs have been doing since Ishmael was a boy, folded that "such are false apostles, deceitful their tents and stole off into the night. Now the blue tents are no workers, transforming themselves into the longer in a neat block in the refugee area, but are scattered all over apostles of Christ. And no marvel; for Jordan. But those who walk past them will get the message that Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. Therefore it is no great Seventh-day Adventists are people who care about other people; and thing if his ministers also be transformed whether housing refugees in a camp or anywhere else, the tents are as the ministers of righteousness; whose performing a worth-while service. end shall be according to their works." )(-- He's still at it. Just in case those who attended the laymen's con- 2 Corinthians 11:13-15. gresses in various parts of this division should be wondering what Let us consider well these solemn warn- on earth happened to Pastor Schoen, let us tell you that a brief para- ings from Jude and from Paul. How im- graph in the back pages of the "Review and Herald" speaks of a portant that we discern between the true "laymen's training school conducted at Forest Lake church" (Florida). and the false! How vital that we be At the conclusion of this four-day session, 125 certificates "were watchful and alert. awarded to delegates who are to go back and inspire the members to a greater soul-winning programme." And the instructor, in case you haven't already guessed: V. W. Schoen. - Pastor Tini !nu, veteran evangelist of Samoa and presently holding Do you know, my fellow Christian, the office of department secretary for the Lay Activities and Radio-TV Every time and every place Departments in the Samoa Mission, has been in Sydney for the past Men are looking for the image few weeks to undergo surgery. This has proved successful and he Of the Master on your face! is now ready to return to his field of labour. Pastor Tini has done a great work in developing the Bible correspondence school work in And the image that's reflected Samoa and, about 1946, was the first worker to commence work in Is distorted, or is fair, American Samoa. Just acording to the measure - "Finally, brethren . . .": (Submitted by W. J. Hawken): "If you lose Of the time you spend in prayer. your head, at least hold your tongue." —Author Unknown.