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"He shall give his, angels charge over thee, to keep thee-.in all thy ways." Psalm 91:11.

N ONE of the remote municipalities on the east coast of Davao, where there was considerable op- position to our work, four literature evangelists were driven out because they had not secured a permit from the mayor. They left with heavy hearts, aware of the dangers that beset their journey to a distant village. With night approaching, they kept their courage and pleaded for God's care and protection. When at last they entered the village, it was already dark. People were suspicious of them. After asking for information, the group went directly to the barrio cap- tain. Learning that they had come to sell books, he be- came prejudiced toward them. The leader of the group, Brother Maunes, pleaded for shelter in the house of the captain that evening, but he refused. Where would they go? Once more they pleaded with the captain and told him they were willing to sleep beneath his house. Finally he took them to an abandoned house where they were told they might rest until morning. Did God= forsake them? By no means, He sent an angel to minister to them. They spent the night in earnest prayer, and as a result of their midnight prayer service the mighty arm of Providence sent help. Early in the morning the four colporteurs approached the head teacher of the village school, who entertained them cordially. They were astonished when the teacher By asked, "Where is your other companion? I saw you passing A. A. VILLARIN by yesterday, and there were five of you." The colpor- President, Davao Mission teurs insisted that they were only four. Nevertheless, the teacher replied, "No, you were five. I saw your group with my two eyes. One was dressed in white, and he was with you." Our colporteurs realized that the angel of the Lord was with them. Immediately after the incident the group decided to canvass by pairs. They believed that the Lord was with them, and were richly blessed. They received large orders, with handsome deposits. When lunch time came, Brother Mantles and his companion, Brother Napone, approached a certain house with a request that food be prepared for them. There was no restaurant in the village. The owner gladly consented. When they began to eat they were surprised again when the host set three plates on the table instead of two. These demonstrations of God's care and guidance give evidence that God is fulfilling His promises. Our faithful literature evangelists firmly believe that the fifth person with them on the way and the third, who was with the two at the table, were angels of heaven accompanying them in their literature ministry.

Vol. 144 No. 21 An interview with the Prime Minister of South Vietnam. Left to right: Dr. F. A. Mote, medical director, Saigon Adventist Hospital; Prime Minister Ky; H. D. Johnson, treasurer, Far Eastern Division; D. R. Guild, president, Southeast Asia Union; Le Cong Giao, manager, Signs Press.

RULERS and KINGS

S HE spoke, the words of Jesus ace is now occupied by Nguyen Cao kept ringing in my ears: "Ye Ky, Prime Minister of Vietnam. It A shall be brought before rulers has been completely restored, after and kings for my sake." being bombed several years ago. The His bright, sparkling eyes, his slight decor is Oriental-modern. but radiant face, his impeccable dress, As we entered the audience cham- By DANIEL R. GUILD all make Le Cong Giao a man you ber my eyes circled the room. Plate- President, Southeast Asia Union would be willing to have represent glass walls and doors stretched out you anywhere. He is the kind of man the full length of both sides of the who can rightly represent the King large room. A widely spaced row of of kings. So we had chosen him to overstuffed chairs formed two straight be our spokesman, and there he stood lines on an inch-thick, deep-red Ori- in able command of our delegation. ental carpet that covered most of the We were in the restored presiden- room. At one end of the room large tial palace in downtown Saigon. As Vietnamese lacquer paintings hung we entered the palace grounds we from walls that stretched up 50 feet noticed a helicopter on the roof, and to an inlaid ceiling with French cut- binoculars peering down, following glass chandeliers. At the far end of our every step as we were escorted the room stood an imposing carved from our cars to the palace entrance. teak desk. A doorman opened a large plate-glass The protocol officer seated each of door, and we entered the palace. An the 11 members of our delegation, imposing stairway about 30 feet wide taking care to locate its leaders near led to the audience chamber of the the place where the Prime Minister Prime Minister. The presidential pal- would sit.

2 REVIEW AND HERALD, May 25, 1967 Upon entering, Prime Minister Ky circled the room, extending a friendly hand to each of the men in our dele- gation. He did not sit behind the imposing desk at the end of the audi- ence chamber as I had expected, but chose a place on the couch beside H. D. Johnson, treasurer of the Far Eastern Division. Le Cong Giao, manager of the Viet- nam Signs Press, gave a brief intro- duction. Then Pham Thien, depart- mental secretary of the Viet Nam Mission, told the Prime Minister of the hope and aims of Seventh-day Adventists, of our desire to help his people. As these two young men stood there witnessing for their faith, the scripture kept ringing in my ears: "Ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake." I breathed a silent prayer for them and for the Prime Minister. Ralph Neall, the mission president, presented a copy of A Century of Miracles, inscribed with the Prime Minister's name. H. D. Johnson, who sat next to the Prime Minister, mentioned that we were honored at his choosing to send his .daughter to our hospital for treat- The Saigon Adventist Hospital is located on one of the busiest intersections of the city. ment. At times more people are waiting outside the building than can crowd into the waiting room. "Oh, your hospital is very well known," he said. "So many go there and talk of it, that is why I sent my daughter there. But you need more space." Pastor Johnson explained that though our facilities are meager, we have plans for a new hospital with more space and in a cleaner, quieter location. Then Dr. F. A. Mote, act- ing medical director of the Saigon Adventist Hospital, presented an album of photographs made from a model of the proposed new hospital. We felt it was time to leave. But the Prime Minister began to speak. He spoke to us for about 20 minutes of his hopes, aims, desires for his • people, and of his efforts to bring about peace for his country, ravaged by 20 years of war. He expressed his appreciation for our efforts to help his people, especially the sick and needy, and promised his full support. Pastor Pham Thien then offered an earnest prayer for peace in Viet- nam, and for comfort and heart peace for its war-beleaguered people. Our hospital sits on one of the busiest, noisiest, and dustiest corners in Saigon. The building is a remod- eled house. Hallways are narrow. There is no elevator. The outpatient waiting room is so small that usually there are more patients waiting out- side the building than inside. Our hope and prayer is that soon we will be able to begin the modern hospital that is planned at our new location. Architect's drawing of proposed new hospital, which will meet urgent need for more space.

REVIEW AND HERALD, May 25, 1967 3 The heart-warming story of finding a hitherto unknown personal message from Ellen G. White. A LETTER From the Long Ago

By MRS. JOHN F. BROWNSBERGER RUSSELL HARLAN, ARTIST COPYRIGHT © 1960 BY THE REVIEW AND HERALD

FEW months ago there came was apparently a bit homesick. We I knew what it meant to search for into our home a collection of have made a photocopy of this and a campsite where water was obtain- letters and documents from are returning the original to you in able, to eat our meals about an open the long ago, and it fell to me to select harmony with your request. We are campfire, to make up beds on the what would be of permanent value. placing the letter in our files of E. G. ground with quilts and blankets. I found the letters to be an excellent White letters." (There were no air mats or sleeping review in denominational history, for bags in those days.) I can still hear many of them were written by pioneers Counsel to a Young Woman the flapping of the canvas as the in the message. There were letters Since no part of this letter has ever night winds blew, the patter of rain from James White, George I. Butler before been published, I felt an urge over our heads, and the muffled whis- (then president of the General Con- to share it with others. I tried to lo- pers of parents trying to still restless ference), S. N. Haskell, Dr. J. H. cate Denison, Texas, on the map and children so others could sleep. Then Kellogg, W. K. Kellogg, W. C. White, found it to be a town 65 or 70 miles in the morning there was the disman- and many others. Those letters re- north of Dallas and near the Okla- tling of the tent, reloading of the wag- vealed facets of the hopes, aspirations, homa line. In 1879 it was three days' ons, and another meal by the camp- and problems of the church in that journey by wagon from Dallas. But fire. earlier day. let me quote from the letter: In this particular caravan there One day I came across a letter "We held quite a number of meet- were five vehicles, which probably written in longhand, yellow with age, ings in Dallas but could not remain meant ten horses. To us the life of and frayed at its folds. The familiar long, as would appear best, on account the pioneers looks hard, but both lay- handwriting startled me, for I had of the promise to speak to the people men and ministers traveled in this long been familiar with the script of in Denison. We left Dallas last primitive way. There was no murmur- Ellen G. White. This letter, sent from Wednesday morning with two heavy ing or complaining because of diffi- Denison, Texas, and dated March 22, wagons, loaded, two two-seated wag- culties; in fact, we didn't know we 1879, was addressed to "Dear Sister ons called hacks, and our phaeton. were having a hard time! Edith" and signed "Mother." . . . We had our large family tent and The second portion of the letter The closing signature puzzled me, pitched it and for two nights occupied consists of personal counsel to a for I had never seen a letter by Sister it. Fifteen composed our caravan: young student who was apparently White addressed to a nonmember Elder Kilgore and his brother Scott, discouraged, and troubled with home- of the family in this way. I felt sure Brother and Sister McDearman, their sickness and ill-health. Sister White the letter was genuine, but I wanted two children—Hattie and Joseph— wrote in part: verification. When my husband and I their niece Nettie Cole, and grandson "Now, Edith, we do not want you went to Washington in the summer Homer Salisbury, Brother Moore and to leave Battle Creek. . . . Do not of 1966, Dr. Brownsberger called on his son Willie, Brother and Sister be the least bit discouraged. Lighten Elder Arthur White, of the White [A. G.] Daniells, Sister Davis, Brother up on your studies and take things Publications office at the General and Sister White. . . . easier. Be of good courage and do not Conference, and left the letter with "We arrived at home in Denison let anything trouble you. You must him. In a few days a letter came from before Sabbath and were well ar- write me fully in regard to yourself Elder White, which I quote in part: ranged before sundown." and your purposes; but we will see "I want to thank you for bringing The above brief recital interested you in the course of two weeks. We in the original letter which Sister me much. I could readily visualize feel a deep interest that you should White wrote to your mother, Edith the journey, for in my childhood we succeed in your plans in regard to Donaldson, while Sister White was in often traveled by horse-drawn vehi- education. . . . If it is the will of God Denison, Texas. It helps to fill in cles, usually by covered wagon, to the for you to remain in Battle Creek, some of the history, and also gives a annual camp meetings, no matter He will preserve you. And if it is best nice little letter to a schoolgirl who how distant or how difficult the way. for you to take things more moder-

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4 REVIEW AND HERALD, May 25, 1967 ately, and build up physically as well loss of the rag doll. I do not even re- Father and my Elder Brother will as mentally, God will bless and make member the pain of disappointment give me something that is far better, your efforts successful. over losing it. something much more beautiful—a "Now I beseech of you to cast all Now I am expecting to make an- harp, a crown, a home, and, best of your care, my dear child, upon Him other trip, a much longer, more excit- all, the privilege of being with them who careth for you. Do not be of a ing trip—to my heavenly home. always. doubtful mind, but trust the dear Sav- Again I hold in my arms much-loved Yes, the old rag doll will be en- iour fully, implicitly. He loves to possessions—the things of earth. But I tirely forgotten amid the thrills of this have us trust Him and He will re- cannot take them along with me ei- trip, for no human eye has seen, nor spond to the confidence we give ther. As I leave this old world they has any human ear heard, nor has it Him. . . . will have to be tossed away like my entered into the heart of man the "Dear Edith, may you, my dear doll was more than 50 years ago. wonderful things God has prepared child, have strength, fortitude and But I do not mind. My heavenly for those who love Him (1 Cor. 2:9). courage, and perfect trust in God. Jesus lives. He will cheer, He will bless, He will give grace. Only trust Him. He loves you and He doth not willingly afflict or grieve the children vvIhkirit of men. He loves to see us cheerful, hopeful, and happy. "And now I will say farewell till vcs ra4ft we meet you. Do not leave Battle Creek till I shall see you. "In much love, YOUR PRAYERS youn g; "Mother" IT SEEMS to me that when you're young Edith did stay, and graduated from you're easily antagonized by "stylized" Battle Creek in 1881. phraseology. And this can have a real bearing on your inability to communicate gap between childhood's simple, some- This letter written in the long ago, with God in a personal way. If you grew times rhyming prayers, and the deeper still carries a message to us today, not up in a "Now-I-lay-me-down-to-sleep" prayers of maturity. It must be done if only to our youth who are tempted to world, and a "God-is-great,-God-is-good,- the tragedy of eventual prayerlessness is be dropouts but to all who are tread- and-we-thank-Him-for-our-food" world, to be avoided. If you've labored under the ing the pathway to the city of God. this was all to the good, and reassuring misapprehension that you should never All who have a heaven to win can find in your lisping years. But when you gradu- pray unless you feel like it, allow me to comfort and courage in this message ated to the "Thee" and "Thou" pronouns dispute that idea. Do you express grati- to guide them through the troubles used by most people in addressing the tude to others for good things only on the ahead. Soon the journey will be Deity, perhaps a small rift opened up. I impulse of feeling? Do you greet others ended. Soon the gates to the city of imply no criticism of any family prayers, only when you feel like doing so? God will open wide to receive those for a young person should give fervent Prayer can't ever depend on something who are ready to meet their Lord and thanks that he grew up in a home where so unreliable as human emotion, for hear from His lips the words, "Come, prayer was a part of life. Yet it is true prayer is one element that nourishes the ye blessed of my Father, inherit the that many families use a kind of hack- soul. Without it we may starve to death kingdom prepared for you." neyed jargon—"We thank Thee for the spiritually. You have a right to your spirit- rest of the night;" "Bless the colporteurs ual food—who wants to be a "have not"? and the missionaries;" "Help us to set a Regular times for prayer, an attitude of watch upon our lips." All of these ex- closeness to God, a definite program in pressions are good and if the sentiments your life to produce this closeness—all are meaningful to the people saying them, these things will help produce that shin- then that's all that's necessary. Perhaps ing "oneness" with the universe, that sense these are expressions that are used in of completeness, which has eluded you. public prayer, while your parents and Gone the old sensation of being "a stran- other adults use a much more personal ger and afraid, in a world I never made." I've always loved what Alfred, Lord HEN I was a wee lass of approach in their private devotions. about five, my parents left Let's look at it this way: Usually one Tennyson, said about prayer: Canada and came to the does not feel particularly comfortable "More things are wrought by prayer United States. This was my first trip, in talking with strangers. Often he can- Than this world dreams of. Wherefore, and I was so thrilled that I could not think of anything to say, or he fears let thy voice hardly wait to board the boat. he may say "the wrong thing." But with Rise like a fountain for me night and day. In my arms I held my most precious a close friend—how dramatically differ- For what are men better than sheep or possession—a doll. How I loved her! ent it is! There's no constraint, no self- goats But in the eyes of others, especially consciousness. Practice has produced ease That nourish a blind life within the brain, friends who came to see us off, she and serenity of relationship. If, knowing God, they lift not hands of was just a dirty old rag doll that That's exactly how it can, and should prayer should be left behind. With the con- be, in your prayer life. If God is a Both for themselves and those who call sent of my parents, a friend took the stranger, you'll have little to say to Him them friend? doll and when I was not looking —and even that "little" will be couched For so the whole round earth is every way threw her away. in the most stilted terms. But when God Bound by gold chains about the feet of Of course, at the time I was heart- is your friend, a vital part of your life, God." broken, but soon amid the thrills of a you'll not be groping for words. For that boat trip and train ride and with a matter, communication with Him is both lovely new doll my father purchased possible and desirable without words. at the first opportunity, I forgot my It's important, I think, to bridge the

REVIEW AND HERALD, May 25, 1967 5 CHOICER

ing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season; esteem- ing the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recom- pence of the reward" (Heb. 11:25, 26). This must have been a hard choice for Moses to make. Was it worth what it cost? He must have wondered some- times during the long years he spent in the desert as a fugitive from the law. He must have wondered when he was later blamed and hated by the people he was trying to deliver from bondage. But Moses enjoyed an in- timate relationship with God. He heard God's voice, beheld His glory, felt His mighty power. Soon after his death Moses was taken to heaven, the first to be resurrected from the dead. Centuries later he had the privilege of encouraging our Saviour on the Mount of Transfiguration. Moses made an excellent choice. "0 that every one might realize that he is the arbiter of his own destiny! Your happiness for this life, and for the future, immortal life lies with yourself."—Messages to Young Peo- ple, p. 31. God has given to each of us the power of choice. When faced with some important decision, do we stop to consider its effect not only upon our life here but also upon our eter- nal destiny? Do we realize that the smaller decisions made day by day are laying the groundwork for that greater decision when it comes? Ev- ery experience of life, every word or COPYRIGHT IS 1954 BY THE REVIEW AND HERALD HARRY ANDERSON, ARTIST act, even our very thoughts, have their effect in the development of our N THE year 1936 Edward, the right to the throne. This prince also character, either for good or ill. Prince of Wales, succeeded his fa- was popular with the people over Sow a thought, reap an act; I ther, King George V, to the whom he was expected to reign. "Of Sow an act, reap a habit; throne of England. As a prince, Ed- great personal attractions, noble in Sow a habit, reap a character; ward had been popular all over the form and stature, of cultivated mind Sow a character, reap a destiny. world, and his own people looked for- and princely bearing, and renowned ward to his reign. But after he took as a military leader, he became the How important, then, that we the throne it became known that he nation's pride. . . . Egypt at this time choose carefully even the subjects on was in love with a woman who was being still the most powerful and which we allow our mind to dwell. If not considered eligible to become most highly civilized of nations, Mo- we would build good character we queen. The new king was faced with ses, as its prospective sovereign, was may well take the advice of the apos- a choice between his prospective mar- heir .to the highest honors this world tle Paul: "Whatsoever things are hon- riage and the throne. In less than a could bestow."—Education, p. 62. est, whatsoever things are just, what- year he abdicated in favor of his Like Prince Edward, Moses was soever things are pure, whatsoever younger brother, who became George faced with a dramatic choice, between things are lovely, whatsoever things VI. the throne of Egypt and the leader- are of good report; if there be any vir- Long ago in the land of Egypt an- ship of his own downtrodden people. tue, and if there be any praise, think other young prince renounced his Moses made a noble decision: "Choos- on these things" (Phil. 4:8). 6 REVIEW AND HERALD, May 25, 1967 If we take this counsel to heart, young child in the home of his own in the lives of His children, and He realizing that it is for our own good, mother, Jochebed. She trained him will certainly guide in this decision we will ask ourselves questions such until he was about 12 years of age. if we ask Him to do so. Yet, how as these: In making choices day by How carefully, prayerfully, and faith- many young people want no interfer- day, am I choosing what is best for fully she must have done so, realizing ence, not even of their heavenly Fa- my character? What kind of radio and that his future destiny lay in her ther, when this important choice is to television programs do I indulge in? hands. be made! Are they educational and beneficial Choices in Childhood and Youth In this day of advanced education for body, mind, and soul, or are they many older youth and adults must the opposite? What kind of music do Mothers of young children today choose a school of higher learning. I listen to or play? Is it really good are often tempted to take a job out- This too should be made a subject of music? What kind of conversation do side the home in order to increase the prayer, for even the adult mind can I enjoy—the beneficial kind? Or do family income, and leave their little be influenced by the philosophies I delight in mere gossip, lightness, ones to the care of others. They and theories of the world. Years ago and frivolity? What do I like to read? should consider well before making in Walla Walla College one teacher, There are many wonderful books and such a choice, for they are leaving a godly woman and former mission- magazines and many that are decid- them when they most need a mother's ary, told how she felt this tremendous edly harmful. What kind do I usually loving care and training. influence in the university she at- choose? Later on, the parents must choose tended. She said that more than once A young couple of my acquaint- where their children will attend she fought with all her strength, in ance were married, years ago, and school. Christian schools have been prayer, in order to maintain her faith supposedly began to establish a Chris- established for the purpose of saving in God. The constant atheistic rea- tian home. The wife had long been a our boys and girls from worldly in- sonings of her professors were almost church member, but somewhere along fluences and false theories. Yet, far more than she could resist. Now that the way she had acquired the habit of too many Christian parents do not we have our own universities and reading stories in popular magazines. see the need of placing them where theological seminary, it is so much Since the husband had only recently God is honored and where religious wiser if our youth and adults choose been converted, he looked to her as instruction is part of the daily sched- to obtain their higher education an example. ule. What chances they are taking in there. This habit of hers had greatly weak- the destiny of their children! ened her Christian experience. Now There comes a time when young Choosing Christ it made her neglect her home duties, people themselves must make serious The most important choice of all causing friction between the two. choices. Often they can choose to at- life is, of course, the choice of Christ Eventually the spirituality of both tend a Christian school if they are as one's Saviour. What a blessing grew less and less, and they finally willing to help earn their expenses. when this choice is made early in life left the church and took up with all They must choose a lifework—an im- and becomes the core around which the ways of the world. Today they are portant decision if they are to be all the future is planned. But even a still far away from God, with no hope happy and successful. They need the child reared in a Christian home of eternal life. One of the important counsel of parents and teachers; they must come to the place where this factors in their decline was that choice need to discover their own capabili- choice is really his own. No one will of unwise reading. ties; they need to pray much for find salvation in an inherited religion; What are our leisure-time activities? God's guidance. he must have a personal experience Do they build up or tear down? Every- "To do our best in the work that with God. one needs some form of relaxation— Loving service for others is perhaps is ours the type that truly re-creates? one of the greatest blessings to the "There are modes of recreation "Your happiness, -1-40.:this-Ige,.'alirt Christian, whether this service takes which are highly beneficial to both for the future immortal life lies the form of a church office faithfully filled, a missionary project lovingly body and mind. An enlightened, dis- with yourself."- :Messages to',15214 criminating mind will find abundant -People, "p. carried out, or regular employment means for entertainment and diver- conscientiously executed. To choose sion, from sources not only innocent, to love and help others is to choose but instructive. Recreation in the the life and method of Jesus Himself. open air, the contemplation of the lies nearest, to commit our ways to He lived to bless others, and so can works of God in nature, will be of the God, and to watch for the indications we if we choose to do so. highest benefit."—Testimonies, vol. of His providence—these are rules "In every experience of life, God's 4, p. 653. that ensure safe guidance in the word to us is, 'Choose you this day There are many types of good rec- choice of an occupation."—Ibid., p. whom ye will serve.' Everyone may reation from which we may choose, 267. place his will on the side of the will but how do we choose? The ability to Choosing a life companion is an- of God, may choose to obey Him, and make good choices can be developed other choice that may change the' by thus linking himself with divine in children from their earliest years. whole course of life, determine future agencies, he may stand where nothing "Every child should understand the success and happiness, and affect one's can force him to do p. true force of the will. He should be eternal destiny. Here the emotions 289. led to see how great is the responsi- alone must not be allowed to dictate The safe plan is to kneel before our bility involved in this gift. The will is the choice. One should consider the Maker each morning and place our the governing power in the nature of character of the individual and the life in His hands. If we ask Him to man, the power of decision, or choice. personality traits, the compatibility of help us in making our daily choices, Every human being possessed of rea- ideas and interests, the goals of life, whether they be important decisions son has power to choose the right."— and especially the depth of Christian or minor ones, we can be successful. Education, p. 289. experience. If ever a choice is made Then each choice will be a help and Moses no doubt learned his ability the subject of prayer, this one should not a hindrance in our formation of to choose well when he was but a be. God is interested in every detail a Christlike character. REVIEW AND HERALD, May 25, 1967 7 tinually progressing in our apprecia- tion of the beauty of the character of Jesus; if we are not continually be- coming more sympathetic, more un- derstanding, more tactful, more kind, more thoughtful, and more lovable, there is something wrong with our Christian experience. The spiritual experience we once had, no matter how precious it may have been, will not suffice for today. The Bible studies we once used may not be sufficient for today's needs. In our work for souls we need to be continually changing, adapting, HEN Solomon was young academy, and college. We are not molding our methods to the needs of he was humble and teach- saved by anything we can do or say. the people with whom we are work- able. His wisdom became We are saved only by Jesus Christ. ing. The message of truth will ever W remain the same, but our understand- the admiration of the world. People We must give our hearts completely came from many lands to learn of and unreservedly to Him, and we ing of it, our appreciation of its Jehovah, and many were converted. must do it every day. We cannot enter depth, height, length, and breadth, But as his reign progressed, prosper- the kingdom of heaven on the basis will change with the passage of time. ity came. Riches, luxury, and his of a spiritual experience we once had Experience will give us a new out- heathen wives turned his heart from with the Lord. We can only enter look. If it does not, our spiritual life God, and he became a profligate ty- that kingdom of grace if we daily sur- will stagnate and die. We need to be rant. What made the difference? The render our lives to Him. continually progressing. things of this world. It is because of this need for a daily "Those who embrace the truth Modern America in the 1960's is surrender of self that our prayer life should seek a clear understanding of undergoing a period of unprece- is so important. Each day, each morn- the Scriptures and an experimental dented prosperity. This prosperity is ing, we need to surrender our hearts knowledge of a living Saviour. The seen in our church. Year by year our and lives anew to Jesus Christ. Yes- intellect should be cultivated, the tithe and offerings increase, breaking terday's experience will not suffice for memory taxed. All intellectual lazi- all previous records. New church today. Today is the only day we have. ness is sin, and spiritual lethargy is buildings, schools, hospitals, and other We may never have another. So, to- death."—Testimonies, vol. 4, p. 399. institutions appear. The value of day, surrender your heart. Do not Notice that the servant of the Lord these buildings and these institutions wait for tomorrow and do not de- says that intellectual laziness is sin. mounts into the millions of dollars. pend on yesterday. There is no excuse for a lack of prog- Material prosperity has come to God's The Christian life is a journey to- ress in knowing God's Word and the people. No longer are we a simple, ward the New Jerusalem. The per- Spirit of Prophecy writings. If we neg- humble people concentrated in a fection for which we strive is a rela- lect to study them we will be the los- small geographic area. Our name is tive thing. We may be perfect at ers. Our lives will reveal our lack of known all over the globe. The fame every stage of our journey toward spiritual power. We may be very ac- of our medical work, of our fight the Holy City. A green apple in the tive in doing things for others, but against tobacco and alcohol, of our month of June is perfect at that unless we are continually learning missions, our publishing houses, our stage of growth, but a green apple in new things about God and His Word, welfare work, and our schools has October would not be thought per- our lives will "have a form of godli- spread to the four corners of the fect. In order to be a perfect apple it ness" without "the power thereof." If earth. Our denomination is publi- must progress, it must grow. So it is we are to grow spiritually we must cized in the newspapers, magazines, in the life of the Christian. We must exert every energy of mind and body and on radio and television. Our grow, we must progress in the Chris- in order to grow. public relations image is good. Gen- tian way. Yesterday's spiritual experi- Just as the physical body needs ex- erally speaking, people like us and ence will not suffice for today. ercise, so does the spiritual body. admire the work we are doing. When we first come to Christ we are "The more you exercise your powers All of this is good. Yet there is a spiritual infants. As spiritual babes for the Master, the more apt and danger here, a danger that we will we are not ready for the strong meat skillful you will become. The more come to look to our work, to our in- of the Word of God, but must be fed closely you connect yourself with the stitutions, to our offerings, to our con- on milk. Says Peter, "As newborn Source of light and power, the greater tributions to the moral, physical, babes, desire the sincere milk of the light will be shed upon you, and the mental, and spiritual uplift of man- word, that ye may grow thereby" (1 greater power will be yours to use for kind, as ends in and of themselves. Peter 2:2). But we cannot live con- God."—Ibid., vol. 5, p. 458. There is a danger that we will come tinually on milk. There comes a time The more closely we connect our- to feel that we are all right spiritually in our spiritual experience when we selves with Christ, the more light we so long as we are a part of all these must be weaned, when we are ready will receive. The more we exercise activities. But such is not the case. to study into the deeper things of our powers of mind, of body and soul We are not saved because we are a God's Word, when we should begin for Him, the more skillful we will be- part of a growing denomination that digging down to find new nuggets of come. As we renew our spiritual per- is thriving materially and increas- truth. We should not be satisfied with ceptions at the Source of all power— ing its membership and institutions. a knowledge of the truth of God that Jesus—we will be charged with spirit- We are not saved because our par- is limited to what we knew when we ual energy. We will then go out and ents are Seventh-day Adventists. We were converted. If we are not contin- work for others, sharing with them are not saved because we have at- ually learning new things about God the experience that has been ours. tended an Adventist church school, and His Word; if we are not con- (Concluded)

8 REVIEW AND HERALD, May 25, 1967 CONDUCTED BY PROMISE JOY SHERMAN

RANDMOTHER was just These they tried to keep a secret the age I am now when my from their mother, but Gramma knew G father took me to visit her at more than they thought she did. Her the big, old-fashioned family home in heart was sick within her, but she Nevada, Iowa. could still pray for her sons, and that Fifty years of hardship had softened she did. Sometimes the boys heard her, the glow in her dark eyes, and dusted her voice thick with tears, as she her heavy coils of dark hair with silver. pleaded with God to save her dear Her once-slim young softness had ones. Their hearts were touched long since turned into a woman's ma- when they saw her sweet face con- ture figure. torted with spiritual pain, but not to She had reared her seven children the extent of giving up their bad hab- with two aims in view—to see that its. The devil's hold on them was each one got the best education a strong, very strong. widow's limited finances could pro- In 1927, when Dave died a sudden, vide, and to prepare all of them to violent death by his own hand, meet her in heaven. Gramma clasped her Bible closer and The girls and little Paul were bap- found comfort in its precious prom- tized into the Seventh-day Adventist ises. From the time of that deep sor- Church early in life. But it was dif- row she lived for five more years, but ferent with John, the oldest son, her heart wasn't really in it. Davy was young Dave, and Tom, who became gone, John was too busy even to write my father. home, and Tommy was still not con- Through the years of their boy- verted. Gramma's belief in God's hood and manhood, and to the very promises was as strong as ever, but end of her life, "Gramma" prayed for she had been praying for so long, and the conversion of these boys. Her her body was worn and tired. Just most precious possession, besides her before her seventy-sixth birthday, on children, was her Bible. In it was the a cold November night, she quietly promise she quoted so often: "I will went to sleep. contend with him that contendeth After her death, good friends spoke with thee, and I will save thy chil- to Tom of her great desire to see her dren." boys saved. Through the tears of his

When I was five she came to live EAbl 001 PHOTO SERvs,e loss he answered them, "Not yet; I near us in the San Joaquin valley of Gramma had prayed for the conversion of can't see my way clear yet." California. It was there, sitting in my her boy, Tom, during his youth and manhood. In 1932, when the depression came, little chair beside Gramma's rocker, Tom, like many of his farmer neigh- that I heard the story of the blue vel- bors, went under financially. Worry vet suits. Gramma had made the suits and strain brought on a severe stroke. for Davy with the dark curls, and During the next eight years it tore his Tommy with the fair ones, when they family's heart to see his trembling, were three and five years old. A crippled movements, and to hear his stranger visiting in the community garbled speech. But we were thankful had complimented her on the careful He his mind remained clear. work that had gone into the making His mother's Bible was always be- of the little suits. Then Gramma, side him in those days. He read and rocking gently and dreaming of the reread the precious promises that she long ago, said that the woman had That Hath had loved, and at long last he began told her the velvet was just the color to realize that they were meant for of the little boys' eyes. him too. The rest of us couldn't see "Such bonny boys, so beautiful," how Gramma's prayers for him could Gramma's voice was rich with pride as PROMISED ever be answered, but we were wrong. she repeated the long-ago words. One As Tom read his mother's Bible he knew she agreed with the woman. must have heard echoes of her voice As the boys grew to manhood they praying for him. He must have re- became less and less like their moth- By LOIS HANSEN membered the look of pain on her er's ideal. They left home early to face as she pleaded with God to save make their own way in the world, her boy. He must have remembered, and saw rough times and situations too, how tired she had grown waiting that would have shocked their for her prayers to be answered. Fi- mother. Along the way they also ac- nally the warmth of his mother's love quired habits that weren't easy for and God's melted Tom's proud old them to break. heart, and he asked for baptism. REVIEW AND HERALD, May 25, 1967 9 He was too weak to go to the wild, and about all the flowers and trees. church and publicly make known It was fun to be with them. his decision, so his pastor, Elder Harry After dinner, while mother stacked the Wescott, came to him. dishes in the sink and put the food away, They made a sanctuary of the bath- Jo Ann and May skipped outside. When they returned a few minutes later, each of room, and there on a Sabbath morn- the girls had one hand behind her back. ing in January, Elder Wescott bap- Jo Ann walked over to where Miss tized Tom in his own bathtub. There Florence was seated. "This is for you," seemed to be the brush of angel wings she said, handing her guest a small bou- in that white-tiled room, and I'm sure A Special Sabbath quet of wildflowers. May went to Miss God smiled His approval. Afternoon-1 Pearl and placed a bouquet in her hand. Two weeks later, at peace with God "This one is for you," she said. "Thank you so much," they both said, and himself, Tom went to his last By HELEN KELLY long sleep. A pale sun broke through and the happy sound in their voices told the little girls that Miss Florence and the clouds like a benediction as kind JO ANN KNEW this Sabbath was going Miss Pearl liked their little surprise. friends laid him under the new spring to be a special one for her and her The two women examined the flowers. grass beside his mother. younger sister May, for their friends, "Here's some clover." Miss Pearl pointed Now we are looking forward to the Miss Florence and Miss Pearl, were going to a reddish flower. day when the voice of Jesus wakens to spend the afternoon at their home. "And this is shepherd's-purse," said After dinner they would all go for a walk Miss Florence, touching the little seed Gramma and the boy for whom she along a nature trail. prayed for a lifetime. What a surge of purses on the plant. Miss Florence and Miss Pearl had lived "And of course, these are violets, and joy will fill her heart when she turns a long, long time. But they seemed to and sees her bonny son, and hand this is a buttercup," continued Miss Pearl. know so many interesting things about Soon mother had the table cleared. "I in hand they rise to meet Jesus. the birds and other little creatures of the guess we can go now," she said, turning to daddy. "Do you have the binoculars?" "I'll get them from the closet," he said. Miss Pearl looked out of the living LETTERS TO THE room window. "There's an orchard oriole in the apple tree. Its color is not as bright as that of a Baltimore oriole." "Where is it, Mother?" Jo Ann looked where Miss Pearl pointed. "Oh, yes, I see it now." "You can see it better through the binoculars." Daddy handed the glasses to SAVED FROM LIQUOR BUT EDITORS: Please pray that my dear husband Miss Pearl. Mother took the bird book STILL UNSAVED may lose his desire for tobacco, so that he will from the shelf and found the picture of want to stop smoking and that he will have the oriole, EDITORS: Will you be so kind as to once the will power from God to stop smoking. "If you hadn't shown it to us we prob- again put our son's name on your prayer Also pray for my dear son-in-law that he will ably wouldn't have noticed it," said list? At one time he was a hopeless, helpless stop drinking liquor and that he and all my mother. alcoholic with his health about gone. You family will give their hearts to our blessed "Are we ready to go?" daddy asked, prayed for him then, and thanks he to God, Lord. This is a large order, but nothing is opening the door. Jo Ann and May fol- he has not touched liquor for almost four impossible to our dear Lord. lowed mother and their guests outside years. But he has never given his heart to In answer to a prayer request to you about while daddy locked the door. the Lord. He is still smoking, and is very two years ago, my two daughters are now "We'll drive over to Mount Clement unhappy. His little boy, seven years old, coming to church. Praise His name above all Park," daddy said as he backed the car whom he loves dearly, is going blind. He has names.—Mas. L., of California. out of the driveway. been to the best specialists in this country, "Everything is so green and pretty now that summer's almost here," Miss Flor- but each time the verdict has been the same OTHER CONVERSIONS —an unusual and hopeless case. Now he is ence said, looking out of the window on in a school for the blind, but he does have EDITORS: I would like to share the good her side as the car sped along the shaded just a trace of sight left. If God will spare news with you that my daughter-in-law ac- drive. "Oh, see the bluebells!" him that tiny bit, it will help him so much. cepted the truth and was baptized recently. The two girls peered out the back win- I would not ask for prayer that his sight be Thank you so much for supporting me by dow. After a while daddy pulled the car restored, because God may be working your prayers, which our merciful Father in to the side of the road, and everyone got through him to win his father. Please pray heaven answered. Continue to pray that she out to admire some bell-like flowers grow- that he will remember the things I have will grow in grace.—Mrs. W., of California. ing up the grassy slope. taught him and that he will always love Jesus, "They really look like bells, don't they, Please pray that his father will be truly con- EDITORS: About four or five years ago I asked Mommy?" May bent over the dangling verted. This must be so for both their sakes, you to pray for my two sons. One was out blossoms, and surely it must be God's will.—Mrs, T., of of the fold 26 years and was a chain smoker. "What are these?" Jo Ann looked Virginia. I could not talk to him. He would just say, down at a small white flower with "Pray for me." I want to thank you all for rounded leaves on long thin stems. "That's rue anemone. Over there are PRAISE THE LORD your prayers. Today he is rejoicing in the third angel's message and is living for Christ. some spring beauties, and here's May BurroRs: I asked that you pray for my hus- My other son hasn't taken his stand yet. My apple." Miss Pearl pointed out the flow- band to accept the Lord. He is now studying granddaughter has left the truth. It breaks ers she had named. with our pastor and plans to be baptized soon. my heart, as I know we haven't much time Miss Florence picked up a small green Praise the Lord. I am so thankful for your to lose. Please pray that I may see her plant and rubbed its stem with her finger. prayers, and I thank the Lord for answering again rejoicing in the message.—Mrs. A., "You see the fuzz on its stem," she said. them, He is very kind.—MRs. P., of California. of California. "This helps to keep it warm on a cold day, like fur on an animal." "I wonder what else we will see in these This column is dedicated to the encouragement of prayer for others at the sunset hour each Friday evening. woods," Jo Ann said as she and May ran Because of the large number of requests received and the complexities of the problems presented, it is impos• down the path ahead of the others. sible for us to answer each letter personally, but all requests will be acknowledged and will be kept on file in our office. Portions of letters, especially those that tell of answers to prayer, will be published as space permits. (To be continued) 10 REVIEW AND HERALD, May 25, 1967 INTERNAL V. EXTERNAL SINS vidual who indulges it but also that it may bring disaster and defeat upon the entire church. "Anciently, Achan One thing is certain: The externals of religion are of coveted a golden wedge and a Babylonish garment, and intense interest to a large segment of the church. One secreted them, and all Israel suffered; they were driven need only read the current mail of the REVIEW editors to before their enemies."—Testimonies, vol. 1, p. 140. discover that opinions of readers are anything but indefi- This record reveals for all time God's attitude toward nite on the tendency of some church members to follow covetousness, and the result of cherishing it. Surely this prevailing dress fashions. sin should be put away today when Israel needs to be All of the letter writers—those who are disturbed by strong in standing for right, in this day when a special the shortness of skirts, by high heels, or by sleeveless outpouring of the Spirit of God is needed for fulfilling dresses—have a real point. They feel that God's people the gospel commission. The presence of this sin among should not imitate immodest or unhealthful fashions. us should cause alarm and should drive us to our knees They are concerned lest Adventists slavishly follow the in repentance and confession. world and thus lose their distinctive character. Ellen G. Doubt and unbelief are other evils that, though seldom White herself wrote at one time: warned against, are deadly. We read, "God gives suffi- "I was shown that some of the people of God imitate cient evidence for the candid mind to believe; but he the fashions of the world, and are fast losing their pe- who turns from the weight of evidence because there are culiar, holy character, which should distinguish them as a few things which he cannot make plain to his finite God's people. . . . In these last days fashions are shame- understanding will be left in the cold, chilling atmos- ful and immodest. They are noticed in prophecy. They phere of unbelief and questioning doubts, and will make were first brought in by a class over whom Satan has shipwreck of faith. . . . Jesus never praised unbelief; He entire control, who 'being past feeling (without any con- never commended doubts."—Ibid., vol. 4, pp. 232, 233. viction of the Spirit of God), have given themselves over Without question, it is serious for one to dress in a unto lasciviousness to work all uncleanness with greedi- manner that is out of keeping with Christian principles. ness.' "—Spiritual Gifts, vol. 2, pp. 227, 228. But is this more serious than to express doubt concerning Some members who have no great burden on the ques- the great truths of God's Word? In the long run, which tion of dress specialize in concern about jewelry, excessive will do more damage—to look like the world or to think make-up, and extreme hair styles. like the world? How awful will be the results of express- Now, externals are important. Often they reveal atti- ing unbelief and doubt, particularly about such ques- tudes of mind and heart. We think, however, that it is tions as the inspiration of God's Word, the authenticity possible for Christians to be concerned about some aspects and historicity of the Creation record in Genesis, and the of Christian living to the almost total exclusion of others. reliability of the old landmarks! They may be overly occupied with motes when they We might mention other sins that, because they are should be concentrating on beams. "internal" rather than "external," receive comparatively Christ, in His earthly ministry, endeavored at one time little attention and awaken only minimum concern. to point up the need for balance in following God's will. Think, for example, of jealousy, a sin that brought dis- Said He: "Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypo- aster to Lucifer and his followers in heaven. Think also crites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and of the kindred sin of fault-finding. And think of self-right- have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, eousness, a sin that places one almost beyond help. mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone" (Matt. 23:23). Jesus did not Satan at Work minimize the need for paying a faithful tithe; He pointed As Adventists, we believe we are on the very verge of out that this was important; but He declared that to do the eternal world. We believe that Jesus is coming soon. this to the exclusion of the "weightier matters of the law" We believe that Satan has come down with great wrath, was a mistake. knowing that he hath but a short time. The enemy is Equally Serious Sins doing all that he possibly can to blunt the force of truth, to lead men to feel that they are better than they are, The same holds true today. We must not ride religious and then to hurry them along to destruction. hobbies. We must emphasize all aspects of faithfulness to "The powers of Satan are at work to keep minds di- God's will. For example, are all of us as concerned about verted from eternal realities. The enemy has arranged sinful pride as we are about how we and our fellow matters to suit his own purposes. Worldly business, sports, church members should dress? Are we as concerned about the fashions of the day—these things occupy the minds self-will? Ellen G. White says that "self-will and pride are of men and women. Amusements and unprofitable read- evils that turned angels into demons and barred the gates ing spoil the judgment. In the broad road that leads to of heaven against them."—Child Guidance, p. 178. eternal ruin there walks a long procession."—Ibid., vol. These sins, if not conquered, will effectually bar the 9, p. 43. gates of heaven against us also. Yet how seriously do we But so far as God's people are concerned, the picture is take these evil traits in our own lives? How often do we not hopeless. It is filled with promise. "At this time—a pray for our children, as we see evidences of these charac- time of overwhelming iniquity—a new life, coming from teristics developing? How often do we write to our de- the Source of all life, is to take possession of those who nominational leaders to express concern over the appear- have the love of God in their hearts."—Ibid., p. 44. ance of self-will and pride in the church? How encouraging this is. The people of God are to re- Think also of the sin of covetousness. In Scripture we ceive new life from above. They are to experience revival have proof not only that covetousness destroys an indi- and reformation.

REVIEW AND HERALD, May 25, 1967 11 The concern that many church members feel regard- moment forward. He does not reveal the plan all at once, ing some aspects of Christian living doubtless is an evi- but if we keep the channel of communication open He dence that the Spirit of God is stirring their souls. But will provide us with the necessary instructions hour by let us all beware lest we concentrate merely on those sins hour and day by day. that are readily observable. Let us not become so involved God's way is always the best way. His perfect plan for with deviations from right in dress that we ignore great us is infinitely better than anything we can devise our- sins such as pride, covetousness, and evil-speaking. In selves. It will bring us the truest satisfaction this life has penitence for our personal failings, let us gather at the to offer and the highest happiness that can come to us foot of the cross. There we shall see everything in right this side of heaven. We may have spoiled the original perspective. There we shall receive power to transform pattern, but the ruin is never so complete but that the us into the divine likeness—both internally and exter- Master Craftsman can take the tangled threads into His nally. K. H. W. own skilled hands and still make a thing of beauty out of it. He asks only that we cooperate with Him. Jesus repeatedly expressed the thought that He had come to this earth, not to do His own will, but the will A PLANNED LIFE of the Father (John 5:30; 6:38; etc.). Upon one occasion Moon spacecraft Surveyor 3 is currently at rest on the He told His disciples that His food—that which sustained gentle slope of a small crater near the eastern lunar shore Him—was to do the will of the One who had sent Him. of the Ocean of Storms. Upon earth command, its ac- This life offers no greater satisfaction than the knowl- cordionlike arm and its robot fingers dig a narrow fur- edge that we are where God wants us, and that we are row a few inches deep into the lunar surface, to determine doing what God wants us to do. This sense of partnership the nature of the lunar soil, and a close-up television with God brings strength, courage, and success. How camera records the operation. To make such an out-of- often we pray, "Thy will be done on earth as it is in this-world feat possible, Surveyor 3 was equipped and heaven." We can open the way for God to answer that programmed in advance to carry out certain missions prayer in our own lives by willing that His will be done when a radio reminder from Goldstone, California, jogs in us. its electronic memory. It is our privilege to be in permanent and continuous Before the Saviour came to this earth, we are told, He radio contact with God through prayer. It is also our saw the full length of the path He must travel in order privilege to do, intelligently and by our own free choice, to redeem what had been lost as a result of sin. The plan that which God knows is best for us each hour of each for His mission to earth lay open before Him, perfect in day. As Surveyor 3 kept its eye on the star Canopus every detail. Each event of His life took place in fulfill- throughout its flight to the moon, let us keep our eyes of ment of that plan, and each had its appointed hour. Every faith fixed on Christ, and let us ever be ready to alter act of His ministry was far reaching in its purpose, and course or to carry out any other mission that He sees is comprehended more than appeared in the act itself. Every best for us. Thus we shall arrive safely at our desired deed, every word, had its purpose in the work of our destination. R. F. C. redemption, and each was calculated to produce its own result. But when the Son of God came to walk: as a man among MAN'S SELF-DESTROYING ACTIVITIES men He voluntarily laid aside His independent knowl- Despite the widespread concept that man's answers edge of that plan, as He laid aside other prerogatives of will soon catch up with the world's problems, a percep- Deity. On earth He was guided step by step by the Fa- tive person here and there notices that some aspects of ther's will as the plan was unfolded to Him day by day. human life are degenerating. From time to time the Saviour devoted entire nights to prayer. In each instance the context reveals that each A number of such thoughtful persons gathered not night so spent immediately preceded some crisis or other long ago in Washington, D.C., for a Smithsonian Insti- important event in His life and ministry—as, for instance, tution symposium on "The Quality of Man's Environ- the night before His selection of the twelve, and the night ment." An observer at the sessions came away feeling that before the crisis in Galilee (Luke 6:12, 13; Matt. 14:23; "man is learning almost too late that he is about to de- cf. John 6:66). Every season of prayer brought Jesus into stroy the very roots of his being, something called nature. direct contact with the Father, that He might know the ... He must adapt his technological skills to a closer rela- Father's will. tionship with the natural environment." (These comments are based on The Desire of Ages, The headline over the report read like the title of an pages 147, 208, 209, 265, 393, 410, 451.) Adventist sermon: "Time Running Out—Man's Self- destroying Activities." But unlike an Adventist sermon's An Ideal Plan for Our Lives conclusion, this symposium did not suggest a superna- Just as surely, the heavenly Father has an ideal plan tural solution. "What is needed," the newspaper report for our individual lives, and if we rely on Him as the Sav- said, "is long-range planning unified by an orderly sys- iour did while on earth, our lives, like His, will be but tem." We doubt that this phrase, "an orderly system," the simple outworking of the Father's will for us. If we means God. submit to Him and trust in His strength and wisdom, In some ways and in some countries life is definitely He will guide our feet in safe paths, to fulfill our part more comfortable now than it was a decade or a century in His master plan for us. ago. Technology has provided shock absorbers for almost God does not compel us to do anything. We are not all life's physical bumps. Even elevators stop more gently. like Surveyor 3, robots with no power over our actions But life is not necessarily better because it is more com- and our destiny. God endowed us with intelligence and fortable. Not all life's bumps are physical. Tension and gave us the power to choose whether to follow where He stress are not relieved by additional home appliances. points the way or to go our own way to destruction. We Crime does not decrease as the speed of travel increases. have all made mistakes, perhaps grievous ones. But how- Poverty does not shrink as the gross national product ever far we may have wandered from His master plan rises. The paradox of modern life is that mankind is for our lives, He is ready to begin again, at any moment, not only making his lot miserable by the time-honored with a revised plan that will be best for us from that means of war, dishonesty, and greed; he is now using the

12 REVIEW AND HERALD, May 25, 1967 technology that brings him creature comforts to press face witnesses to greed and hate. Blindly, unwittingly, misery deeper into his own existence. More cars on the the Christless world is turning upon itself, stabbing itself highways mean more jobs and greater mobility, but they in the back. also mean more air pollution and vaster landscape-blight- Blight, decay, contamination—these are the signs of ing junkyards. Increased manufacturing means more con- sin, in a man and in a world. And the destiny of sin is sumer goods and a healthier economy, but it also means destruction. additional industrial waste and larger city dumps for When the end of time arrives, the punishment handed what people throw away. down by the divine Judge will not be an arbitrary sen- The decay of cities and the destruction of war are but tence as though from a god whose feelings have been hurt. the accumulation of petty neglects, and incipient jealous- It will be the outworking of the plan of destruction, de- ies totaled across families, tribes, communities, and na- vised by Satan and accepted by those who favor selfishness tions. Every rat-infested house, every grassless yard, every above service, lawlessness above obedience. It will be the empty cupboard, every littered street, every knife-slashed fruitage of man's self-destroying activities. F. D. Y.

her splendid letter is a thought from Coun- a will for him. In it occurred the expression: LETTERS sels to Parents and Teachers, page 302: "In "1 hope what little there is will be as oil in nwi . the professed Christian world enough is ex- the widow's cruse and the meal in her bar- pended for jewels and needlessly expensive rel." dress to feed all the hungry and to clothe the "What does he mean by this?" asked the naked." From the style shows I see in the attorney. I told him the story of Elijah and schools now, I fully agree! the widow of Zarephath. "That's interesting," BARBARA COX he said, "I'm going to use that story in my SCHOOL UNIFORMSUNIFORMS Ceres, California work. I have never heard it before." This indicates that we are living at least in EDITORS: It was with much interest and ap- the second generation of Biblical illiteracy. proval that I read the letter of Roselyn Ed- EDITORS: I am writing in regard to the letter Seventh-day Adventists must make increased wards in the REVIEW of March 30, regarding written by Roselyn Edwards in the Letters efforts to acquaint people with the Bible and standardized dress, or uniform, for our From Readers. I agree with her concerning its teachings. H. 0. OLSON schools. The points she mentions seem to uniforms in our schools. I am a young mother Glendale, California really have merit. I am quite sure that those with one school-age and two preschool chil- of us who have sent children through our dren. Every mother I have ever talked to has schools can testify that a program such as agreed with school uniforms. When I was in EVILS OF FASHION she outlines would be beneficial to all con- academy all of us girls were occupied with cerned. the idea of clothes—every penny went for EDITORS: "Fashion is deteriorating the intel- One additional benefit might be added. The clothes, we were envious of the rich, scorned lect and eating out the spirituality of our students would immediately be identified as the poor. It's no different now in our schools. people. Obedience to fashion is pervading Adventists. This could be good, or not so Fashion is a big thing in our world. It scares our Seventh-day Adventist churches, and is doing more than any other power to separate good, depending upon the conduct of the me to think of how I'll have to sew and sew our people from God. . . . There is a ter- wearer, but most of our young people are for our children, so they will be able to com- rible sin upon us as a people, that we have well behaved, and I feel the uniform or type pete with the fashions in school. I realize permitted our church members to dress in dress used would act as a deterrent to those fashion shouldn't be such a big thing in our a manner inconsistent with our faith. We who would be inclined to "act up" a little. lives, but it is always there hounding us. must arise at once, and close the door Personally I am for it. Every time I see Catholic children on their against the allurements of fashion. Unless FRED N. VARNEY way to school, I admire the way they always we do this our churches will become de- Barboursville, West Virginia look so mat and clean in their uniforms. moralized." "Simplicy of dress will make I vote for uniforms! a woman appear to the best advantage. . . . I also agree on the idea of one lesson (Sab- A refined taste, a cultivated mind, will be EDITORS: I noticed in the March 30th issue of bath school) for the whole family. It would revealed in the choice of simple, appropriate the REVIEW a letter to the editor in regard to bring the family closer together in religion. attire." I believe these words from the mes- uniforms for school children. I am in hearty MARILYN BEACH senger of God apply to the times in which agreement with Roselyn Edwards on this sub- Yucaipa, California ject. I believe our academies and church- we now live. sponsored elementary schools could greatly DORA ROGERS MARTIN Danville, Indiana benefit from a program like this. I'm sure I SECOND GENERATION OF am not wrong in saying that most if not all BIBLICAL ILLITERACY the conference-sponsored academies are not meeting the Spirit of Prophecy standards for EDITORS: Your editorial on Biblical illiteracy LONGER INDOCTRINATION in the February 9 issue was not a surprise dress. What girl when she sits down has her EDITORS: So many things to commend in the knees covered? except for the fact that it represented fresh- REvtEw! One could write every week. In Puerto Rico—and possibly other coun- men in a Christian college. During the last three decades we have seen similar reports I'm too long in writing appreciation for the tries where we have academies—our young report from R. H. Pierson in "The Forward from universities pertaining to their fresh- people wear uniforms. Why can't they here? Look in Northern Europe," January 12 issue, RUTH B. POTTS men. When in 1908 I began to hold public efforts, and of J. F. Coltheart's procedure in expect- Florence, Alabama ing candidates to "attend church five or six we could use Biblical illustrations with telling effect by merely referring to the incident. months before baptism, and other care . . . to assure conversion and careful indoctrina. EnrroRs: Being a room mother, I recently sat Facial expressions of both young and old tion." in on a meeting of the mothers, principal, indicated definitely that they got the full We would frown on a three-week courtship and eighth-grade teacher. We were discussing benefit of the illustrations used. Not much before marriage; I never understood the proper dress for eighth-grade graduation. At change was noticed during the second decade three-week efforts before baptism, except per- that time I brought up the subject of uni- of this century, but during the 1920's some of haps for those who already had long ac- forms and was pleased to have some agree the younger ones present did not seem to get quaintance with truth. with me. (I realize each of us has his own the full impact of Biblical illustrations. In the ideas and you'll seldom get one hundred per next decade it was necessary to tell the whole I would like to see our baptismal reports cent agreement.) I surely say a big Amen to Bible story to avoid blank looks on many the year after. Then we could judge better Roselyn Edwards' letter in the March 30, faces. the success of an effort. 1967, Review. The only thing I could add to In 1931 an attorney asked me to translate Heflin, Alabama J. F. VOGT, JR.

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by the Vellore church. To pay fees and board and room for a student costs about Medical Missionaries at Vonore Rs. 400 per year. The first girl to be sponsored, Kasthuri, was baptized in April, 1966. Another, Win Converts Rani, was baptized a month later, along with Yesumany and Violet, children of By CARROLL S. SMALL, M.D. Adventist parents in the Vellore church. Four more are in the baptismal class at Lowry Memorial School now. For about 15 years the Southern Asia ventist students and others near Vellore. The Vellore church members are Division has sent Adventist young peo- Christian Medical College was founded greatly encouraged at the results of this ple to Christian Medical College at Vel- by Dr. Ida S. Scudder, daugher and plan of sending village children to school. lore for their medical education. At first granddaughter of missionary physicians We hope that a continuation of the plan we had one student, then three, then in India. Located in South India, this may yield a continuing harvest, and that more and more. Various overseas doctors college is the center of Christian medical some of these may become active in giv- and their families have served on the staff education for more then 60 mission bod- ing the Advent message in India. of the college and acted as foster parents ies in India. to the students and as leaders in mission Twenty-five Seventh-day Adventist service. young people have graduated from the Teen-age Murder Suspect In November, 1958, E. L. Sorensen, medical course here. These students and then president of the South India Union, the overseas staff members who have Baptized in Montevideo organized the group into a regular been their teachers and church leaders church. Dr. and Mrs. A. J. Patt, who have sponsored an active missionary pro- By GASTON CLOUZET served at Vellore from 1954 to 1966, were gram in the villages near Vellore. Over President charter members, along with Dr. and Mrs. the years the membership has grown. Uruguay Mission C. S. Small and their daughter Mary. More students, not only of medicine, but Francisco Varela Gorga, a young man The church then included 13 medical of nursing, laboratory technology, and sent to jail for participation in a theft students and six local members not con- pharmacy, have come. Several nurses and a murder, was ready for baptism. Sev- nected with the school. have joined the working staff of the Chris- eral months of fervent and steady work The growth of the church at Vellore tian Medical College Hospital and added by two Missionary Volunteers had pre- during the intervening years was indi- to our numbers. pared him to begin a new life free from cated on Communion day in January When a Tamil-language pastor was sta- crime and sin. when 58 shared in the Lord's Supper, a tioned at Vellore by the Tamil Section The Central church in Montevideo, far cry from the two or three of 15 years (conference) committee, more active Uruguay, was packed for the baptismal ago. The latest additions were five con- evangelism began in nearby villages. The service. Every seat and aisle was occu- verts baptized December 31. They were results are now evident in baptisms from pied by church members, visitors, and re- brought in through the work of Pastor the local people with more to come, as porters of several city newspapers. D. Balraj and his Tamil church helpers well as four baptisms to date among Tamil During the meeting Francisco gave his and were baptized by Pastor M. Thavasi- children sent to our boarding schools. personal testimony of God's power to de- money from nearby Ambur town. The program of sponsoring boarding liver from sin and to give peace and sal- The five baptized were, with one ex- school students has an interesting history. vation to the human soul. This is a por- ception, fresh converts from Hinduism. Early in his 12-year stay as a teacher in tion of what he said: They, together with two students sent by the college, Dr. Albert J. Patt with his "Four years ago I was going to and the Vellore church to our boarding wife, Donna, saw that the village of Chi- fro in the world with a broken soul, with schools near Thanjuvur and Bangalore, teri, a mile from the college campus, a broken will, without hope, without are the first fruits of evangelism by Ad- needed spiritual help. They and the Sev- peace; I had transgressed God's and enth-day Adventist students, with other men's laws. On October 25, 1962, the po- Adventist staff families, organized a lice found me and I was sent to jail. What branch Sabbath school, which has had as a difference four years has made; I am in many as 70 children enrolled. As the chil- a temple, ready to submerge my sinful dren grew, our believers saw that they life in the baptismal waters and to begin needed Christian education. a new life in Christ. At first one girl, Kasthuri, went fear- "I was only 18 years old when I was fully 250 miles from home in 1962 to our sent to prison. My relatives had made E. D. Thomas Memorial High School great sacrifices to help me gain a good near Thanjuvur in Madras State. Her education, and that was my pay to them. fears allayed, she convinced three of her My mother, a fervent Christian, prayed village friends to go in 1963. The next unceasingly, asking the Lord to give me year 14 applied to the Vellore church for light and guidance. How distraught she financial help to attend the school. In was! 1965 about 30 applied and 14 were "She cried. Her tears burned my soul. chosen to go, and in 1966, of the 40 ap- But sin was stronger than I, and I was plicants, 14 were chosen, some going to not able to conquer it. I had the good in- E. D. Thomas High School to study in tention to begin the way of regeneration, Tamil, the local language, and the older but I was not able to follow it. ones to our English-medium Lowry Me- "The cell destroyed the last resources morial Higher Secondary School at Ban- of my soul. I was the prey of terrible re- D. Bahaj (at left) listens while M. Thavasi- galore. morses. I felt that my life was useless. One money examines the five converts who re- The expense of educating these young night I tied a sheet to the window; I cently joined the Vellore, India, church. people, mostly from Hindu homes, is met tied the other end to my neck and tried to 14 REVIEW AND HERALD, May 25,, 1967 and I are working now in the offices of of Mrs. Youngberg's parents, Dr. and the jail, helping with administrative Mrs. J. L. DeWitt, of Elsa, Texas. These work. The gospel seed had not fallen on missionary-minded couples had heard of hard soil; thank God, it has been recep- the great need for a school in Honduras, tive and fruitful. and they decided to do something them- "We feel that we must share our faith selves to help fill that need. also. Some time ago I saw my friend talk- In August, 1961, they bought a tract of ing with a fellow prisoner in the prison land near the shores of Lake Yojoa in yard. Though I could not hear them, I the central part of Honduras. News of the knew what they were talking about; he project spread rapidly among nearby was presenting Jesus as the Saviour to churches, and almost at once students be- that poor man submerged in the dark- gan to arrive. Soon there were 130 of ness of sin and error. them. At first the only shelter available "We wrote to the director of a radio was the old farmhouse and several large Francisco Varela Gorge, who had spent four program, asking him to give our ad- tents. The kitchen consisted of a kettle years in prison on a theft-and-murder dresses so we could receive letters from placed over three large rocks. charge, testified before his baptism: "My the listeners. We received hundreds of As quickly as possible a large building will is to die to the world and to be born letters. We sent a radio log for our Ad- was erected which served as dormitories, again in Christ Jesus, awaiting His return." ventist broadcast to each person who classrooms, chapel, kitchen, dining room, wrote. To the most interested we sent Bi- and teachers' quarters all in one. Classes ble correspondence lessons. Some of them began February, 1962. kill myself. But the Lord had different are receiving Bible studies. Some are pre- Dr. DeWitt sold his interests in Texas plans for me. One of the jailers heard the paring for baptism. It is possible to work and planned to devote his full time to noise of a bottle which I knocked to the for Jesus though we are behind prison the new school. However, this plan was floor accidentally, and he found me un- walls. not to be fulfilled. As he was traveling conscious. When I became conscious "I want to testify that my will is to die toward Honduras with his wife, he was again, I was in an ambulance going to to the world and to be born again in stricken with a heart attack and died in another jail. Christ Jesus, to live in harmony with our Queretaro, Mexico. "My mother was very ill then. I loved heavenly Father's will, waiting for our During the months that followed, seri- her, and her illness shook me. I wrote her Lord's return in the clouds of heaven. I ous problems arose that made it difficult hundreds of letters during the year and a want to glorify Him eternally. I am ready for the school to continue as a self-sup- half of her illness. But on October 9, to be baptized." porting institution. In December, 1963, the 1965, she went to rest in Jesus. When for directors of the nonprofit corporation the last time I kissed her face, cold in which Dr. DeWitt had formed, met and death, I prayed the Lord that my moth- voted to donate the school to the Advent- er's prayers about me would at last be Honduras School Gains ist Church organization. It is now oper- fulfilled. Despite Difficulties ated by the Central American Union "One day an Adventist Missionary Vol- Mission. unteer came to the jail and invited me to By LORON T. WADE At present, the original building is still attend the meetings they were going to Director serving as boys' dormitory, dining hall, hold. The first Sabbath I refused, but Adventist Educational Center classrooms, and chapel. Another tempo- two or three weeks after that, I began to rary structure houses the young women, attend. There were some 15 prisoners More than 180 young people have en- and several teachers' homes have been around the young men. When they sang, rolled to study at the Centro Educa- secured. Adonfas Alvarez, an experienced the prisoners sang also, but as a joke. All cional Adventista this year. Approxi- mately 90 per cent of these are Adventist builder, has joined the school staff, and of a sudden, I identified myself with the foundations are being laid for a new cafe- young men and became angry with my youth who come from our churches in teria building. fellow prisoners. Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala. In spite of limited facilities and other During the past school year James "That Sabbath I went back to my cell Bechtel, who is in charge of the school's with a Bible in my hand and new hope in problems there is a loyal, optimistic spirit among the students. If it were not for this industries, installed more than a mile of my heart. Some weeks after that I told my pipe line to bring in a permanent sup- cell mate what was happening to me. school, very few of these young people ply of water, which runs by gravity flow. That night I knelt by my bed and asked would have the privilege of a Christian The United Fruit Company made availa- the Lord to help us to have the same spir- education. Centro Educacional Adventista ble 8,000 feet of five-inch cast-iron pipe itual joy that was apparent in the mis- stands as a monument to what can be ac- for only a token payment to make this sionaries' faces. I prayed particularly that complished when a vision is coupled with possible. my mate would have the same experience initiative and hard work. and receive the same faith that was The vision appeared first in the hearts Just a week before the beginning of brightening my life. of Dr. and Mrs. Stephen Youngberg and this school year (1967) the national elec- "I prayed also to be able to conquer tobacco, and from that moment on I didn't smoke any more. That night I went to sleep thinking that someday I would be able to go to a church, and I would be able, by the Lord's grace, to see my mother again in the kingdom. "I went to every Adventist meeting. I took the Bible correspondence course. It was very helpful. "One night while I was praying, my cell mate asked me; 'Francisco, please let me kneel by you. Pray for me too.' How happy I wasl The Lord had answered my prayer. I thanked Him with tears of joy. Now my friend is preparing himself for baptism too. "Our lives changed. Both of us began to study. He is completing the primary e,1,1"0 course. I am finishing the third course of the Uruguay high school. My friend Administration building of the Centro Educacional Adventista at Pena Blanca, Honduras. REVIEW AND HERALD, May 25, 1967 15 tric company connected the school to provide a replacement. And God did not their power lines. Now the old Diesel disappoint His children. generator is silent, and the electric power On March 24 nearly 200 people gath- flows through the lines day and night. ered at the Singapore Flying Club head- Also in February the Honduras Minis- quarters building to help inaugurate the try of Education extended full accredita- new plane. The officers of the Far East- tion to the secondary section of the ern Division participated in the cere- school. The primary school was accred- mony. ited during 1966. G. 0. Bruce, secretary-treasurer of the The next few years are sure to be busy Southeast Asia Union, was master of cere- ones in this place. There are still many monies. The brief program included re- difficulties to surmount, but as we have marks by Dr. Merle Peterson, union med- Three men were ordained at the recent min- seen God's hand leading and opening the ical secretary; Pastor Hall told how funds isterial council of the Atlantic Union in New way before us, we are sure that He will for the new plane were raised; and York City (from left): Howard A. Munson, continue to bless and prosper the work Paul H. Eldridge, division president, James J. Landis, and (far right) Leonard that He has begun here. gave the dedicatory address. H. W. Bed- Westphal. R. H. Pierson (center) and N. R. well offered the prayer of dedication ask- Dower participated in the special service. ing Heaven's blessing upon the work of the Messenger. New Mission Plane Flies Soon after the service ended, Pastor department in the church organization Through Sarawak Skies Hall flew the new plane to Sarawak, in one grand design for the finishing of where it is now serving our people and our Lord's work in all the world. Others By V. L. BRETSCH those who need Christ. who spoke before the assembled workers Departmental Secretary included R. S. Watts, W. P. Bradley, Southeast Asia Union N. R. Dower, H. D. Singleton, A. L. Atlantic Union Ministers White, and W. A. Fagal. Old Charley was lost to service more A high light of the meeting was an or- than eight months ago, but recently a Challenged at Council dination service. Those ordained were new Cessna 180H, named the Messenger, James J. Londis of the theology depart- took its place. By DON HAWLEY ment of Atlantic Union College; How- Charley was the plane R. C. Hall owned Departmental Secretary ard A. Munson, administrator of the Ad- and operated in Laos and Thailand be- Greater New York Conference ventist Home in Livingston, New York; and Leonard Westphal, pastor of the fore moving to Sarawak several years ago. General Conference president Rob- While landing on a new airstrip in a Portuguese-American church in New ert H. Pierson extended an eleventh-hour Bedford, Massachusetts. primitive jungle area in central Sarawak, challenge to the workers of the Atlantic the plane flipped in the loose sand. Later, In pointing out sources of power for Union in his keynote address, opening a the Christian worker, General Confer- as it was being towed by helicopter for ministerial council March 28 in the New repairs, the sling holding the main fuse- ence vice-president R. S. Watts stated, York Center. He pointed out that times "The church is always looking for better lage gave way, and the plane fell from are never so troublesome but that God is four hundred feet to the ground. methods, but God is looking for better able to cope with the situation. The hand- men." Pastor Hall had used Old Charley on icap lies not with God but with our own A. L. White, of the Ellen G. White hundreds of mercy missions, and as a re- need for wholehearted consecration and Estate, spoke convincingly of the "Ad- sult countless lives had been saved. The the reception of His Holy Spirit. ventist advantage." He was referring to gospel also advanced more rapidly, for This ministerial council followed the the measure of health, longevity, and jungle villages could be visited much two-day twentieth quadrennial session of other advantages Adventist church mem- more often by plane. Village landing the Atlantic Union Conference, at which bers enjoy as a result of the instruction strips dot the countryside, having been time F. R. Millard was returned to office and admonition given them through the cleared and prepared by those eager to as president along with his secretary- pen of inspiration. hear the gospel and at the same time take treasurer, K. W. Tilghman, as well as the The closing address for the council was advantage of the services of the plane. various departmental leaders. presented by N. R. Dower, head of the And so it was a sorry day when our N. C. Wilson, General Conference vice- church's Ministerial Association. His chal- workers learned that Old Charley was president for the North American Divi- lenging message, "For Such a Time as gone. Prayers ascended that God would sion, stressed the need for uniting every This," drew attention to the fact that Christ's few followers at the time of His trial remained silent. His sworn enemies, though few in number, were highly and effectively articulate. Thus the large un- decided crowd of observers did not have a proper chance to make their decision for or against the Lord. Elder Dower's admonition for Christ's loyal supporters today is that they speak unceasingly on behalf of Jesus Christ from a heart overflowing with His love.

German Cities Feel Impact of Five-Day Plan By ERNEST H. J. STEED Associate Secretary GC Temperance Department Another world division has launched the Five-Day Plan to Stop Smoking with excellent success. "The Central Euro- pean Division would have begun sooner," Paul Eldridge, Far Eastern Division president, gave the dedicatory address at services reports 0. Brozio, division temperance inaugurating the Messenger, a plane, devoted to medical evangelism in island jungles. secretary, but they had to wait for Ger- 16 REVIEW AND HERALD, May 25, 1967 man translations of the films One in 20,000 and Time Pulls the Trigger as 74 ?Pamela eaa well as translation of printed materials. Frankfurt am Main was the first city, By S. W. de LANGE and the press, radio, and TV showed President, South Congo Field great interest in reporting the program. Of the 306 taking part, 90 per cent indi- For years the doors to the Moslem community near Wamaza in the Congo have cated they had overcome the tobacco been closed to the Advent message. All attempts to preach there had failed. But a habit. Four other Five-Day Plans were prison experience has changed the picture. conducted in Hanover, Augsburg, Wies- Some time ago Pastor Philippe Kijana, district leader in that area, was taken baden, and Dusseldorf. In these cities the prisoner and held captive in the forest for nearly 18 months. While a prisoner he met figures show between 81 per cent and 88 other prisoners, of the Moslem faith. His faithfulness to his God and his religion, his per cent of the participants successful. kind treatment of those who were sick, and his prayers made a deep impression on these Serving fruit juices at the conclusion Moslems. of each night's program has been a fea- Some months after Pastor Philippe and other prisoners were set free a visitor called ture of this plan in many other overseas on him. It was one of the Moslem prisoners. "Please come over and preach to us." He areas, but in Germany another idea was promised to do so as soon as he could make arrangements. At the close of the camp born. "The smoker sitting without a meetings he and the station director, Pastor Muhune, traveled up the Lualaba River smoke develops a merciless thirst," said for 250 kilometers to Wamaza. They spent a week in the Moslem village studying the Pastor Brozio. "Usually he would reach Word of God with the people. On Sabbath a special meeting was held, and 50 persons for a cigarette—simply a reflex action. renounced Mohammed and accepted Jesus as their Saviour. In order to distract him from the habit, we gave each participant a small bottle of mineral water each evening. This Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Aaby, who are in quenched not only his thirst but also the Not AH Elmshaven charge there, share Elmshaven with about desire to smoke. After each meeting, the Visitors Are Adventists 7,000 visitors a year. Mrs. Aaby wrote re- participants enjoyed fruit juices provided cently about some of their non-Advent- free by the manufacturers." By ERNEST LLOYD ist guests: "One day recently we had ten Another new feature reported by Pas- visitors who were not members of our tor Brozio was the financial aid offered An increasing number of non-Advent- church. In one group of five was an Ad- by other organizations, such as hospitals. ists have been visiting Elmshaven, El- ventist woman. After I had taken them Adventists will run the Five-Day Plan for len G. White's old home near the St. through the rooms and shown the pic- them while they meet all expenses. The Helena Sanitarium, making inquiries ture slides on Sister White's life, the Ad- first such plan was held with good suc- that have shown genuine interest in the ventist stepped back as the group was cess at Bad Nauheim, a spa town in the life and work of Mrs. White. This is leaving and remarked: 'My sister left the Taunus district of Germany. good news. church some years ago. She came with us today. I felt the Holy Spirit working with her as you took us about, and I am so glad we came.' "A Catholic family with three fine lads came one day. I asked the mother if they had any connection with Adventists. She told me her husband had an aunt who is an Adventist. She had of ten told Bible stories to the three boys and incidents about Ellen G. White. So the boys wanted to see her old home. They were interested in reading the Bible and wanted to know more about the Lord's second coming. Then we gave them a copy of Elder D. A. Delafield's little book about El- len G. White and the Adventist Church. "One Sabbath while we were eating lunch, I noticed a couple walking in the front yard. I went out to greet them and invite them into the house. By the way the woman was dressed I knew they were not Adventists. She began to ask ques- tions. 'Who was this Mrs. White? And what did she do? We have lived in this area about nine years and have never heard anything about her.' We went into the house and spent some time in Mrs. White's study and workroom. Here I showed them the nine books that she Baptism at the Pakistan Union School wrote during her 15 years at Elmshaven. Twenty young people, all students of the Pakistan Union School, Chuharkana, "The gentleman asked if he could leaf Mandi, in the Punjab Section, were baptized into church membership, March 18. through Education. He was much inter- The baptism, which took place in the baptistry of the school's assembly room, was ested in it. Then I showed him The performed by the church pastor, Richard W. O'Ffill. Ministry of Healing and read a few quo- According to Principal E. R. Hutchinson, the baptism is the result of two years of tations from the first chapter to show Bible study and of weekly classes conducted this year by Yaqub Khan, the assistant how beautifully she wrote. Next, I took principal. volume 9 of the Testimonies and read a Following the baptism, the church pastor led the congregation in a reconsecration few portions on the conditions in our pledge and invited those not yet baptized to join the preparatory study class. great cities and also on the last crisis. As the 12 boys and eight girls were welcomed into church fellowship, they were He remarked as they left: 'What I have garlanded by their classmates. Among the visitors were parents of several of the candi- seen and heard here today convinces me dates and the president of the Pakistan Union, Oliver Lange. that Mrs. White was a prophet.' When MRS. RICHARD O'FFILL this man, who is in government service, REVIEW AND HERALD, May 25, 1967 17 comes for the next visit, we shall give Geared to businessmen and other lead- him more literature. ers in the community, these discussions "While we were working in the back took place Wednesday noons, March 29 yard one afternoon, a car rolled in and to April 26. They were well attended. an elderly man stepped out and re- The five specific questions discussed marked that his wife was an Adventist were: "Man's Beginning—the Question and would like to look through Mrs. of Creation," "Man's Nature—the Ques- White's old home. With this elderly tion of Original Sin," "Man's Hope— couple were a son and his wife and four the Question of Redemption," "Man's lovely young girls. As I was telling them Behavior—the Question of Religious Mo- about some of the pictures on the walls, tivation," "Man's End—the Question of the grandfather said he had been reared Eternal Life." an Adventist but had left the church. It was a significant opportunity for me After we had toured the rooms and as the Adventist representative to intro- shown our slides on the life of Sister duce the first question on Creation, for White, I remarked: 'Now, would you Clergymen on the YMCA panel discussing none of the other clergymen accepted the "Revelation and Reason" were (from left): like to kneel here with me in prayer? Dr. Robert Reed (Unitarian), Dr. Charles Biblical account of Creation. In these dis- There are so many accidents on the high- Smith (Methodist), Roland A. Lehnhoff (Ad- cussions I have been impressed anew with ways, you know, and you have these four ventist), Richard Watts (Presbyterian), the strength and consistency of our mes- dear girls growing up.' When we arose, George Remm (Catholic), and Gerald Schus- sage and beliefs. A number of the laymen the old gentleman said with tears in his ter (Jewish). Panel moderator was James and ministers present commented on the eyes, 'It was good to be here. God bless Rhoads (Baptist), senior director of the strength of the Seventh-day Adventist po- you.' " local YMCA. Sessions were well attended. sition on these Bible doctrines. Mrs. Aaby closed her letter with these Our current series of evangelistic meet- words: "The work here at Elmshaven is ings in Bloomington, coupled with this interesting, and our own hearts are which included six clergymen of Bloom- discussion series, has given us special blessed by the contacts with visitors de- ington, Illinois. help in proclaiming God's truth. siring to know more about Sister White's On the panel was Dr. Charles M. Smith, life and work and influence." Methodist minister who has become na- tionally known through his recent best- seller, How to Become a Bishop Without It's Clinic Day on Tsuken Being Religious. Near Okinawa Illinois Pastor on Other clergymen on the panel were: (Father) George Remm of the Holy By RUTH ANSPACH KUESTER YMCA Interfaith Panel Trinity Catholic church, Pastor Richard Watts of the First Presbyterian church, A team of medical workers from the By ROLAND A. LEHNHOFF Adventist Medical Center on Okinawa Pastor Dr. Robert Reed of the Unitarian church, Rabbi Gerald Schuster of Moses Monte- had planned a trip to one of the nearby Bloomington, Illinois offshore islands to hold a free clinic for fibre temple, and Roland A. Lehnhoff of the people, who have no doctor among "Revelation and Reason—the Source the Seventh-day Adventist church. Moder- for Understanding Man's Ultimate Ques- ator for the discussion was James Rhoads, them. My husband, the medical direc- tor, and I were among those who loaded tions" was the general theme of a YMCA- a Baptist minister who is senior director sponsored interfaith discussion series, for the YMCA. medicines, lunches, and Christian litera- ture into a small boat and headed over a fairly calm sea to our island destina- tion. Tsuken Island is a beautiful dot in the Smo 7toot t4 944494 ea44 Pacific surrounded by lovely sandy beaches and crystal-clear waters, which By NEAL C. WILSON abound in fish of every size and color— Vice-President, North American Division a veritable skin diver's paradise. Its pop- Alex Zsiros, of Toronto, Canada, was reading his Hungarian newspaper one day when ulation is about 1,300. The homes are his eye fell upon an advertisement of the Hungarian Bible correspondence school. His rather typical Okinawa-style houses with curiosity and interest were aroused, so he clipped the item and placed it in the drawer of practically no furniture except a low ta- his desk intending to send for the lessons. Days and weeks passed by, however, and he ble around which the family sit on their neglected to send in the request. knees to eat, a little kerosene stove, and Then one day he was strangely prompted to put it off no longer. When he looked a few pots and pans in the kitchen, a in the desk drawer for the clipping it was not there. Feverishly he emptied the contents few pictures high up on the walls, and of the drawer, but to no avail. He called his wife and asked her whether she had seen wide porches on the front and sides with the clipping. She admitted that she had cleaned out and arranged his desk that very day overhanging roofs made of tile, sup- and had thrown some scraps of paper in the garbage can. posedly typhoon-proof construction. "Where is that can?" cried Mr. Zsiros. As our crude launch rounded the "Out on the street waiting for the garbage-removal men," she replied. southern tip of the island, we were at- Down the stairs and out to the street he rushed. "Thank the Lord they have not car- tracted by a group of people waving large ried the rubbish away," he breathed. pieces of cloth in greeting. Soon our Oki- He continued to dig in the garbage can, examining every scrap of newsprint until near nawan Adventist pastor appeared, and in the bottom of the can he found the wet, crumpled, defaced piece of paper he was search. his arms he carried a crippled girl, who ing for. With joy he dashed back into the house and in minutes prepared a letter to the had spent three months at our hospital Voice of Prophecy office, where the Hungarian Bible correspondence courses are processed. after a former clinic was held at this Together with his wife he studied the lessons. For three years he testified to the mem- place. She was overjoyed to see us return bers of his church that he had found beautiful new truths in God's Holy Word, but his and also to greet the nurses and doctor enthusiasm was frowned upon, and eventually he and his wife were disfellowshiped. who had cared for her. Before she came When Charles J. Sohlmann, pastor of the New York City Hungarian church, arrived to us she was so crippled with arthritis in Toronto in April, 1966, at the invitation of the Ontario-Quebec Conference, he found that she could not feed herself, but now Mr. and Mrs. Zsiros and a number of their Hungarian friends studying the Scriptures she is much improved and has already and convinced them that they had found present truth. They were all baptized. been baptized. The spirit worship ob- This unusual story of Alex Zsiros is but one exhibit of how our message is reaching jects have been removed from the small and satisfying sincere hearts among the foreign-speaking people of North America. shrine or tokonoma in their home, and An enrollment coupon offering a free Bible course in Hungarian, which had been she is eagerly looking forward to the thrown into a gabage can, became the silent instrument in the hands of the Lord to bring meetings that Elder Arakaki is holding on a number of Hungarian people into the remnant church. the island. 18 REVIEW AND HERALD, May 25, 1967 The people here make their living tires, from the dock to a small block build- eryone listened attentively. Soon a dear mainly by fishing. Their boats are lined ing that serves as the city hall and com- old woman stepped forward, and patting up on the leeward side of the island, munity center for the island. Soon the her face affectionately, said, "I love ev- some with interesting hand-painted dec- makeshift examining table was set up, erybody." orations. We see fields of sugar cane and and the medicines, charts, and literature All morning long they came, and in the of course the staple sweet potato, which were in readiness. Already there was a afternoon they were coming still. As we is rather dry and tasteless to the Western line of waiting, expectant people. We looked into the faces of these kindly folks palate. One man was setting out some paused for a moment of prayer. who know not the Saviour, we asked for lush-looking pepper plants. We under- Something about the first patient wisdom from above to bring not only stand that the islanders have a contract looked familiar. She was the grateful healing to their bodies but light to the with the United States Government to mother of the crippled girl who wel- hearts of those who for generations have furnish fresh vegetables for servicemen. comed us so warmly. We accepted her in- been spirit worshipers. The village in which everyone on the vitation to eat our lunch at their humble, Late in the afternoon we received word island lives is fairly well laid out. The immaculately clean home. that our boatman had returned and was lanes are wide enough for two carts to Here was a mother with a little one anxious to leave, for a storm was moving pass. As far as we could determine, there strapped securely to her back. His head in and the sea was rough. It was not with- are no motor vehicles on Tsuken. A fell back, wobbling back and forth, but out a touch of sadness that we left these group of three curious little girls fol- contentedly he slept. dear people and gingerly climbed aboard lowed us about for a part of the day, and A young mother caught our eye—viva- the tossing boat that would take us back we gathered that children may appar- cious, full of fun. She must have been to the island of Okinawa and the com- ently wander about without interference telling small jokes to the little group forts of home. from worried mothers. around her. How grateful we are that already there Our medical supplies were hauled by Now our Bible instructor, Mrs. Tsuka- is a light shining on this small dot of a handcart made from two old bicycle yama, was telling a Bible story while ev- land in the Pacific Ocean.

schedule and frequencies, with the an- Two senior nursing students, Julianne tenna facing the continent shown: Peeke and Elizabeth Myers, have made SUNDAY- the highest possible score on the National 1300 GMT, 14.270 MC, North America MONDAY- League of Nursing Comprehensive Ex- 1300 GMT, 14.170 MC, Africa amination. Six of the 27 CUC nursing TUESDAY- 2330 GMT, 21.405 or 14.150 MC, North America students were above the ninetieth per- New SMC Radio Facilities WEDNESDAY- centile, and more than half the class was and Remodeling Cost $37,000 1300 GMT, 14.150 MC, Europe THURSDAY- placed in the top fifth in the nation. 1100 GMT, 14.250 MC, Sked with KG6APW ZELLA HOLBERT Total cost of the new facilities of FRIDAY- WSMC-FM at Southern Missionary Col- 2330 GMT, 21.405 or 14.150 MC, North America lege is $37,000, with $32,000 being spent Job G. Tanamal is the licensed opera- Japan Missionary College Opens on new transmission equipment for in- tor. It is hoped that beginning with the New Auto Mechanics Department creased power. An additional $5,000 has school year 1968 the college will have a A new auto mechanics department has been spent for improvement of studios licensed commercial station. and control rooms in the communications been established at Japan Missionary BIEN CAPULE College and has the official approval of department. A large portion of the Assistant Business Manager money was donated by members of the state (prefecture) car inspection authori- Southern Union Conference and friends ties. of SMC. Professor Chida, an experienced me- The station's 200-foot guyed tower, a Unusual Rescue Among Recent chanic with a second-degree license, heads gift from WRCB-TV, reaches 1,422 feet News of Columbia Union College up the training program. After two years above mean sea level. Dr. Dewitt Bowen, Six CUC students hiking at Great Falls of training, students are eligible to take an Adventist dentist, gave the land for on the Potomac River heard cries for the third-class auto mechanics examina- the tower and the transmitter building. help from a I4-year-old girl clinging to a tion. WILLIAM H. TAYLOR rock 65 yards away. These young men The department occupies a new $5,000 ran into the water, according to the report auto shop, accessible by road from three of the U.S. Park Police, and formed a sides. It now houses $1,500 worth of Mountain View College Operates equipment, including a hydraulic press, Amateur Radio Station DU9MVC chain from the shore to the girl. But first they huddled together and prayed—loud brake liner, air compressor, chain block, One of the latest additions to Moun- enough for the girl to hear—to bolster garage jack, and air lift. tain View College is an amateur radio sta- her confidence. The girl was passed from The prefecture automobile inspection tion, DU9MVC. It has had regular con- student to student back to shore. The department has authorized the college tacts with Adventist stations in Guam, young men were: Edmund R. Peters, auto mechanics shop to prepare cars for Okinawa, Africa, New Guinea, New Zea- Wyoming, Pa.; Hampton E. Walker, Jr., the annual or biannual required inspec- land, the United States, and other coun- Takoma Park, Md.; Roger D. Cain, tion. tries. Mannington, W. Va.; Micky Maybrook, NORMAN R. GULLEY This station operates on the following Swedesboro, N.J.; Steve D. Ervin, Buck- Chairman, Theology Department hannon, W. Va.; and Starling M. Nicho- las, South Lancaster, Mass. Three Columbia Union College sen- iors marked a historic milestone when they graduated in April as the first straight trimester graduates—finishing college in two and two-thirds years. Each of these graduated with honors. Roger Hyatt of Takoma Park, Maryland, received a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration. Lee Williams of Takoma Park, Maryland, and Sally Ashbaugh of Plainfield, New Jersey, have been ac- Job Tanamal operates amateur radio station cepted by the Loma Linda University Repairs and adjustments are made by young DU9MVC at Mountain View College. School of Medicine. men in JMC's auto mechanics department. REVIEW AND HERALD, May 25, 1967 19 MEN AND EVENTS

the services. The local elders are Robert Union Conference; Lowell L. Bock, presi- %s...Inter-American Division Stanley and Elder M. A. Wyman, who dent, Southern New England Conference; Reported by recently moved from California. The pas- Lawrence E. Smart, Atlantic Union secre- Evelyn Platt tor is Robert N. Edwards. tary of education; Arthur E. Harms, con- Speakers at the 1967 Northern New ference secretary-treasurer; and A. L. Sher- man, contractor. The two-story brick struc- ""- About 200 persons graduated from England workers' meeting were F. R. Mil- lard, president of Atlantic Union Confer- ture, housing five classrooms, a vocational Sabbath school training courses held in shop, a library, a science and home eco- Barquisimeto, Venezuela, and in Carta- ence, and Andrew Fearing of the Minis- terial Department of the General Con- nomics room, as well as administrative gena, Barranquilla, and Cali, Colombia. offices and a multi-purpose room to be Instructors were Tulio Haylock, Sabbath ference. Both speakers gave practical help on both public and personal evangelism. used as a chapel, is expected to be ready school secretary of the Inter-American Di- for the next school year. vision, who promoted branch Sabbath ""` G. H. Rainey has returned to the At- schools and Investment, and J. G. Nik- lantic Union Conference from Port of ▪ The Browning Memorial School, an kels, Sabbath school secretary of the Co- Spain, Trinidad, where he has been con- Atlantic Union College campus landmark lombia-Venezuela Union, who presented ducting evangelistic meetings. He reports since 1913, was demolished April 5-6. The the course "Teach." 401 baptisms so far and expects a total of G. Eric Jones Library will be built on the 500 as a result of the meetings. former grade-school site. The cornerstone and name sign were saved. Inside a box Middle East Division •"' Recently the MV leaders from the up- in the cornerstone were found copies of state section of Greater New York Con- the academy catalog (1912), The Student Reported by ference met in the Middletown church to Idea, leading denominational papers, and Ray L. Jacobs organize a second branch of the United a number of other documents, which will Youth of Greater New York. The five be on display in the library. 11" A groundbreaking ceremony, April 13, churches represented were Poughkeepsie, marked the beginning of the construction Port Jervis, Newburgh, Pearl River, and of a modern elementary school in Tehe- Middletown. Wayne Griffith, union MV ran, Iran. F. C. Webster and R. C. Mills, secretary, challenged the youth to con- Central Union officers of the Middle East Division, along tinue marching forward in evangelism, Reported by with leaders of the local field, took part and E. L. Taylor, conference MV secre- Mrs. Clara Anderson in the service. These men expressed appre- tary, led out in the meeting. Arthur Schu- ciation for the liberal second quarter, macher, pastor-teacher for Poughkeepsie and Newburgh, was elected president of = Angeline Matthews, instructor in music 1966, Thirteenth Sabbath Offering over- at Union College, won third place in the flow given for this project. this upstate section. The first goal of this new organization is to win 17 souls for piano auditions for the Denver Symphony. Christ in 1967. ▪ More than 200 Missouri Pathfinders Northern European and their club leaders attended the annual ▪ United evangelism mass rallies were Division held in the New York Conference during camporee at Camp Heritage the latter Reported by part of April. G. F. Cherry, conference Alf Lohne March and April. The four regional meet- ings held in Syracuse, Buffalo, Elmira, and MV secretary, conducted the Friday eve- Albany each featured a special guest ning services. The Sabbath services were ▪ A three-day seminar on leprosy was re- speaker and outlined special avenues of given by Paul M. DeBooy, union MV sec- cently held at Magburaka, Sierra Leone, soul-winning evangelism. A. J. Patzer, retary. Pastor Ronald Wham also as- West Africa, to inform those in out-clinic president, led out, presenting various de- sisted. work of the latest treatment methods. Par- partmental men who outlined soul-win- = Members in district 13 of the Kansas ticipants came from all over Sierra Leone. ning plans. Theodore Carcich, vice-presi- Demonstrations and lectures were given Conference met at the newly organized dent of the General Conference, was the La Crosse church for an all-day rally re- by David Gronert, physiotherapist; Dr. featured speaker at the Syracuse meeting. A. M. Owens, medical director of Jengre cently. S. S. Will, conference president, J. J. Aitken, secretary of the Radio-TV De- was the 11-o'clock speaker. In the after- Hospital; and Dr. L. N. Magnussen, medi- partment of the General Conference, was cal director of Masanga Leprosarium. noon the conference departmental secre- at the Buffalo rally. W. A. Fagal, director taries held a symposium on the activities • Masanga Leprosarium in Sierra Leone, and speaker of Faith for Today, brought of each department. A half-hour musical West Africa, has recently put its new sur- the message at Elmira; and F. R. Millard, program presented by a choral group from gery theater into use. Dr. A. M. Owens of president of Atlantic Union Conference, Enterprise Academy, under the direction Jengre Hospital, North Nigeria, spent challenged those attending the Albany of Ray Greeve, climaxed the day's pro- three weeks helping to set up the surgical meeting. gram. program. Since Masanga Leprosarium is For the first time in its history the the only hospital where a leper can be Nassau County Department of Correction " The 17 members of the Ten Sleep, admitted for treatment in Sierra Leone, has inaugurated religious services for the Wyoming, church have placed more than this facility fulfills a great need. female inmates. The MV Society of the 30 Gift Bibles in the homes of friends and Bethany church in Westbury, New York, neighbors. Two have completed the study was chosen to conduct these services on guides, and plans have been made for Atlantic Union the second Sabbath of each month. follow-up advanced courses and Bible studies. One young woman has asked to Reported by Mrs. Emma Kirk Representatives of the Southern New attend Sabbath services with her instruc- England and Atlantic Union conferences tor. took part in an informal groundbreaking • " The Nashua, New Hampshire, church April 10 for the new South Lancaster 11' Golden Cords were hung April 28 for joined the sisterhood of churches in the Academy administration and classroom 26 former students or faculty members of Northern New England Conference on building. Those taking part were: Fred Union College who have gone into mission Sabbath, March 11. Nashua had been with- Stephan, conference educational superin- service during the past year. A. E. Gibb, out a church for many years, but recently tendent; Donald D. Lake, principal; Don- class of 1942 and an associate secretary of several new families moved into the area, ald Siver, chairman, building committee; the General Conference, was the speaker and now there are between 35 and 40 at Francis R. Millard, president, Atlantic at this special service. 20 REVIEW AND HERALD, May 25, 1967 1"" Pastor R. E. Barron, of the Claremont was a different student song leader each Northern Union SDA church in Pueblo, Colorado, was the day, and the special music was given by Reported by guest speaker for the special weekend of students representing each grade. The L. H. Netteburg spiritual emphasis at Allon Chapel in final consecration service was conducted 1111. Lincoln, Nebraska. Pastor Barron is the by the pastor, Estel D. C. Richardson, who newly elected MV secretary of the Central also conducted a daily question-and-an- ▪ A training school for new literature States Conference and will be assuming swer session, Luke E. Bunch is principal. evangelists was conducted in Minneapolis his new duties in June. at the Northern Union Conference office, ▪ Three young men—Tony Henneberg, March 13-15, with 11 new workers in at- "1" Oliver J. Pogue, M.D., Lincoln, Ne- Ernest Furness, and J. Tim Gallagher— tendance. C. M. Barnes is the union pub- braska, recently flew to Georgetown, have been granted ministerial internships lishing secretary. Guyana, South America, for the dedica- by the Washington Conference. tion of a new hospital. Dr. Pogue broke 1' Recent evangelistic meetings in Knox- ▪ A field school in evangelism, to be con- ville, Iowa, conducted by E. B. Lundin, ground for this hospital in 1964 and was ducted by Kenneth Mittleider and his instrumental in its erection before his resulted in 15 baptisms. team at Sandpoint, Idaho, will give col- return to the States. lege credit in two courses to be offered ▪ An icy-water baptism was conducted both summer session terms by Walla Walla March 11 in Lake Ahquabi in Iowa, when College. The courses, public evangelism Luther May baptized three people as a Columbia Union and field evangelism, are designed for result of Gift Bible Evangelism. Reported by young men planning to enter the gospel Morten Juberg ministry. "' Eleven persons have been added to the Southern Union ▪ Nine young people were recently bap- Wapato and Toppenish, Washington, tized into the Beltsville, Maryland, church, Reported by churches as laymen have assisted their Oscar L. Heinrich as the first fruits of meetings conducted pastor, Lloyd D. Herr, in an evangelistic by the Carney-Clark-Bierly evangelistic effort in Wapato. Another baptism is team. Others will be baptized soon. being planned in June. ▪ Ellsworth Reile, youth director of the 6' Eight baptisms and a 15-member bap- Southern Union Conference, joined Don 1r" Seven young people at Magic Valley tismal class climaxed the recent series of Aalborg of the Georgia-Cumberland Con- meetings in Roanoke, Virginia. The Junior Academy, Twin Falls, Idaho, were baptized by the pastor, John W. Boyd, on ference in conducting a spring MV Lead- speaker, J. Ernest Edwards, lay activities ercraf t course at Georgia-Cumberland secretary of the General Conference, March 11 as a result of fall Week of Prayer services. Academy. Forty-four certificates were brought international features nightly and awarded those completing the ten-hour stressed the urgency of decision for Christ. course. ▪ Ground was recently broken for the Leadership courses for Vacation Bible second unit of the new Seventh-day Ad- Schools were conducted in Atlanta, Ma- ventist church in York, Pennsylvania. con, and Waycross, Georgia, and in Knox- Participating in the ceremony were Mrs. ville and Cleveland, Tennessee. B. J. Samuel Reese, Dorcas Society leader; Wil- Liebelt, Sabbath school secretary of the liam Harkins, first elder; Bruce J. Fox, Southern Union Conference, and J. L. pastor, who designed the building and Price of the Georgia-Cumberland Confer- prepared the blueprints; E. M. Hagele, ence directed these courses. secretary-treasurer of the Pennsylvania Conference; and William Horvath, princi- pal of the York church school. Southwestern Union Reported by North Pacific J. N. Morgan Union Reported by Mrs. lone Morgan "' Groundbreaking services for a 62-bed nursing home were held recently at Wes- World Mission Exhibit laco, Texas. This new Adventist institu- ▪ The dedication services of the church tion not only will serve the community in Choteau, Montana, were attended by at Andrews University but also provide work for Valley Grande approximately 225 people. The church is Academy students. designed to seat 150 and contains a The new department of missions at mothers' room, library, division class- Andrews University held a worldwide arti- "" A Five-Day Plan to Stop Smoking was rooms, Dorcas room, and health food fact exhibit at James White Library re- completed in Yukon, Oklahoma, April 7. storeroom. W. J. Hackett, union confer- cently. Nationals and returned mission- E. D. Clifford, assisted by Philip Lindsey, ence president, preached the dedicatory aries dressed in the costume of their re- M.D. and John Labaron, D.D.S., con- sermon. spective countries added color and life to ducted this Plan, which was televised each the exhibit room. day on channel 9, KWTV, in Oklahoma An informal pastor-laymen effort in M. 0. Manley, director of the depart. City. Besides the regular telecasts, five- Fellowship Hall of the Pathfinder club- ment of missions, planned the exhibit; minute televised reports were given four house at Corvallis, Oregon, has proved and David Baasch, associate secretary of evenings during the 6:00 P.M. newscast, fruitful. Pastor Clyde Mundy reports that the General Conference, was present at its with a viewing audience of 175,000. an average of 15 non-Adventists a night opening, following a four-day emphasis attended the fireside studies. Conducted on world missions which he directed. " Seven persons were recently baptized across the street from Oregon State Uni- Sharing a look at the world with David in Elk City, Oklahoma, by Alfred J. Webb, versity, the clubhouse meetings attracted Baasch is Mrs. Jaime Cruz. In the back- five of whom came into the church as a six university students—one a Japanese ground is C. Y. Kyereme, principal of our direct result of Go Tell Thy Neighbor- Buddhist. college in Kofuridua, Ghana, West Africa. hood evangelism program. ▪ A recent Week of Prayer at the Milton- Founded in 1874, the same year Sev- ▪ The academy at Southwestern Union Stateline school in the Upper Columbia enth-day Adventists sent their first mis- College, Keene, Texas, has been officially Conference was conducted entirely by the sionary overseas, and named for him, An renamed the Chisholm Trail Academy. students. Under the theme "Christ Su- drews University, formerly Emmanuel This action of the board is an important preme" the daily topics were presented by Missionary College, has continued to send step in separating the academy functions students in grades five through eight; stu- a steady stream of missionaries to all parts from the college. Approximately 65 per dents in grades one through four recited of the world. cent of the students of the Chisholm Trail verses. The pianist was a student, there HORACE J. SHAW Academy live in the community of Keene. REVIEW AND HERALD, May 25, 1967 21 101! Colorado South Atlantic Campion Academy, Loveland June 23-July 1 Conference Camp, Hawthorne, Florida June 15-24 71hweeuref Kansas South Central Enterprise Academy, Enterprise May 31-June 3 Oakwood College ,;11CA Missouri Huntsville, Alabama June 8-17 Sunnydale Academy, Centralia June 16-24 Nebraska Southwestern Union Platte Valley Academy, Shelton June 6-11 Wyoming Arkansas-Louisiana Mills Spring Camp, Near Casper July 12-16 Baton Rouge, Louisiana June 1-3 Robert T. Hirst, pastor, Clovis church Gentry, Arkansas June 7-10 (Central California), from public evangel- Columbia Union Oklahoma Oklahoma City July 28-August 5 ism (Arizona). Allegheny East Southwest Region Pine Forge Academy, Pine Forge Jarvis College, Hawkins, Texas June 2-10 A. D. Wetmore, pastor, Greenville, Pennsylvania June 22-July 2 Texas North Carolina (Carolina), from Potomac. Allegheny West Southwestern Union College, Keene June 2-10 Mount Vernon Academy, Mount Vernon Texico David Parkhurst, stewardship secretary Ohio July 2-9 Albuquerque, New Mexico June 16-24 Chesapeake (Texas). Catonsville, Maryland Willard G. Loewen, district pastor 24 Fustings Avenue June 22-July 1 New jersey NOTICES (Iowa), from Missouri. Tranquility July 21-29 Ohio Correction Melvin S. Lang, associate professor of Mount Vernon Academy mathematics, Walla Walla College, cur- Mount Vernon June 22-July 1 Pennsylvania On page 23 of the REVIEW for May 11 the state- rently on the faculty of Minot State Col- Warren June 16, 17 ment was made that Virgil Robinson is "a great- lege in North Dakota. Indiana (Jr. High School Auditorium) June 23, 24 grandson of James White and of Cyrus Farnsworth." Blue Mountain Academy, Hamburg June 30, July 1 It should have read "William Farnsworth." Merton L. Vincent, instructor of engi- Potomac neering, Walla Walla College, currently Shenandoah Valley Academy, New Market Virginia June 8-17 employed by Sperry Rand Corporation, West Virginia Phoenix, Arizona. Parkersburg June 9-17 Nathan Moore, assistant professor in Lake Union English, Walla Walla College, from doc- Illinois Bible Correspondence School Enrollment Day May 27 toral study at the University of British Broadview Academy, LaFox June 9-17 June 3 August 9-12 Home-Foreign Challenge Columbia. 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• come preachers, and 78 young people offered their services in some capacity in God's cause. At this school more than $5,000 was given for the local church. Now all over Spain we have these lay ua evangelism courses directed by preachers and the lay instructors who participated in the Zaragoza school." move forward in a great soul-winning Cairo Effort Produces J. ERNEST EDWARDS thrust! Largest Middle East Baptism When the special offering is taken in your church on Sabbath, June 10, won't Southwestern Youth Enjoy The largest baptism in the history of you help meet the challenge of reaching the Middle East Division added 38 to the the millions in New York City and along Bible Conference Blessings church as C. D. Brooks, ministerial asso- the eastern seaboard? Another first for the Southwestern ciation secretary of the Columbia 'Union, ROBERT H. PIERSON concluded his nine-week evangelistic ef- Union—a Youth Bible Conference. H. E. fort in the Cairo, Egypt, center. Chafic Haas, union MV secretary, and his team Srour, division evangelist, with a group of local conference MV secretaries in- of workers, is following up the interest Youth in Southern Europe vited youth delegates from every confer- with public meetings and personal visits. Strengthen Lay Program ence and academy and from Southwestern RAY L. JACOBS Union College. Lay evangelism courses in Southern Spiritual blessings were beyond expec- Europe are bringing extraordinary results, tation. Never have I heard such youthful according to a thumbnail sketch of soul- testimonies born of Heaven's conviction. Northern Europe Secretary winning progress that has come from S. Conference presidents led the discussion Monnier, division lay activities secretary: groups, along with D. W. Holbrook, presi- Alf Lohne, for 16 'years president of "The last week of March we closed our dent of Home Study Institute, Arthur the West Nordic Union, has been elected first lay instructors' school in Switzerland White of the White Estate, and Lawrence secretary of the Northern European Di- with 82 regular delegates. It was con- Nelson from the General Conference MV vision. He replaces B. E. Seton, who re- ducted by the lay activities secretaries of Department. cently became president of the, British the Franco-Belgian Union. At the close Nature's wonders added much to the Union, W. DUNCAN EVA of this one-week session 11 joined the bap- spiritual environment of this encampment tismal class, 18 decided to prepare for the near San Antonio, Texas. ministry, and 48 young people dedicated Another Youth Bible Conference is Millions Along East Coast their lives to serve in God's cause. The planned for next school year. 200 members present on that last Sab- LAWRENCE NELSON Must Not Be Neglected. bath gave an offering of $2,200. Most of the 105 members of the church where the Did you know that the chance of a school was held are now visiting homes in Yellowstone Services Begin non-Adventist's meeting a Seventh-day a systematic literature program. Adventist as a neighbor, business associate, "In Spain all 70 workers and their Adventist church services at Yellowstone or friend is lower in New York City than wives, with the 30 students from the Bible National Park will be held in the Old in any other place in the United States? school and 125 laymen, have laid plans Faithful Lodge recreation hall at ten We have fewer than 12,000 church mem- together for coordinated evangelism. Again o'clock each Sabbath morning from June 3 bers in the Greater New York Conference at this gathering God's Spirit moved through September 2, 1967. Visitors who and in that portion of the Northeastern upon hearts. It was an extraordinary ex- will be in the park on any of these Conference. perience. Sixty people requested baptism, Sabbaths are cordially invited to attend. The great metropolitan areas of the 38 young men expressed the wish to be- LEE CARTER eastern seaboard, centering in New York City, constitute one of the greatest mis- sion challenges the Adventist Church faces today! Think of it—one out of every ten Americans lives within the shadow of the Empire State Building. One out of four lives within a comfortable half day's drive of New York City. More people live in this great metropolis than in Canada, more than in the entire Australasian Di- vision. Little wonder the servant of the Lord wrote: "I point you to the city of New York. One hundred workers might be BYRON LOGAN PHOTO laboring there where now there, is but one. How many of you have taken a prac- Servicemen's Center for Washington, D.C. tical interest in the work in this city? We have scarcely touched this field with the Construction has begun on a $160,000 servicemen's center in Takoma Park, Mary- tips of our fingers."—General Conference land. The brick and stone building, scheduled for completion in November, will serve Bulletin, April 7, 1903. some 200 Adventist men in the Washington area. We have some wonderful opportunities Gound-level facilities include dormitory sleeping area for 70, three rooms for mar- in this great metropolitan area now! ried servicemen and their wives, a recreation center, and an apartment for the care- There are Faith for Today telecasts, It Is taker. Upstairs is a lounge that can double as a meeting place, a kitchen-snack bar, Written telecasts, and daily Voice of prayer room, library, and a three-bedroom apartment and office for the chaplain. The Prophecy broadcasts airing the Advent present civilian chaplain is Thomas A. Green. message at this time. We can and should The center is being built in a wooded area behind Takoma Academy and Sligo increase this coverage. We must arrange Elementary School overlooking Longbranch Park. It is within a mile of Sligo church, for follow-up workers to join the thin Columbia Union College, and the Washington Sanitarium. Such centers as this one line of pastors in the area, to visit, in- are a welcome change from barracks life and provide Adventist fellowship and atmos- struct, and eventually baptize interested phere during weekend leaves. persons who have made contact with our Other servicemen's centers are in San Antonio, Texas; Frankfurt, Germany; and New York Center. Such plans have been Anchorage, Alaska. Land has been secured for a fifth center on Okinawa. laid. When funds are available we can CLARK SMITH 24 REVIEW AND HERALD, May 25, 1967