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VOL. 81, NO. 3 PRICE: 13 CENTS January 19, 1976 WELCOME TO was welcomed! In the next two weeks preparations were completed; everything was in readiness, from a refrigerator full AUSTRAUSWS FIRST SPANISH PASTOR AND FAMILY of food to the baby's cot, and toys for the children. E. B. PRICE, Lay Activities Director, Victorian Conference At five minutes to midnight on Sunday night, November 16, the Conference A DREAM WAS REALIZED by Migrant director, Pastor J. A. Skrzypaszek, president, Pastor H. C. Barritt, Migrant on Monday, November 17, when Pastor Manuel Cea and his family arrived in director, Pastor J. A. Skrzypaszek, and Melbourne to head up the Spanish work in Victoria. This dream began when his assistant, Brother Majchrowski, along Pastor Skrzypaszek baptized the first Spanish converts, Brother and Sister Cano, with Pastor and Mrs. Self, the writer a few years ago. Since that time the number of Spanish-speaking people has and a contingent of over twenty Spanish people, gathered at Tullamarine to wel- grown. Fostered by Pastor and Mrs. Self in recent years at Glenhuntly, a group come the family. The T.A.A. plane now numbering up to forty Spanish people with an ever-increasing number of arrived on time, the people alighted— interests, began to clamour for a pastor to lead and care for them. then the stream of people stopped. "Any more still to get off the plane?" we Many of the Spanish-speaking people The response was magnificent. Offers asked. The gracious hostess replied that who had recently migrated from Chile of furniture and household goods poured the plane was empty—our family was not mentioned the name of an outstanding in to Sister Self, who was co-ordinating on it, and there were no more planes out evangelist in Chile—Pastor Cea (pro- the project. We wondered how we would of Sydney that night! nounced Sayer)—and began to pray that get it all picked up and installed in time, Next morning a very tired family ar- the way would be opened to call him to when news came through that the rived on the first plane down, having this field. Pastor Cea often baptized over family would not be arriving for another 100 people a year. Would his Con- two weeks. This was the first delay that (Concluded on page 14) ference release him, and would he be prepared to leave home and loved ones to cross an ocean and work in a strange land, having to learn a new language? As delay after delay came and the months and years slipped by, the Spanish people were at times tempted to become discouraged. During this period Pastor and Mrs. Self proved a tower of strength to these folk, as they learned Spanish and opened their hearts and home to them. Then Sister Self began a specialized work in migrant centres initially for the Spanish people. Finally, word arrived that all was in readiness for the Cea family to leave. In the early hours of one Sabbath morning they were scheduled to arrive, the pastor, his wife, and five children—the youngest a baby. What would they sleep on ...? Pastor Skrzypaszek recalled his welcome to Victoria, and the old camp bed which left his back aching for the next three months! We determined to make every- thing as comfortable as possible for this family, so they could quickly commence the work they had come to take up. Response Magnificent Calls were sent out to each city Federa- tion, and in turn to the individual societies, for furniture and everything else a family of seven arriving from Victorian Conference president Pastor H. C. Barritt welcomes Pastor and Mrs. Cea to South America with just a few suitcases Victoria, where they will care for the Spanish-speaking believers and interests, centred would require to set up home. in the Glenhuntly area. Photo: R. H. H. Thomas. Registered for posting as a Periodical—Category A [2] 19/1/76 AUSTRALASIAN RECORD beams of greater building length could not be found in the area, it has a glorious Visitor to Vienna tells of . . . Spanish altar over 300 years old shim- mering with gold and semi-precious stones. Ornately carved and crafted timbers, beautiful colours and Spanish charm, marked the whole area in this THE PLACES WHERE amazing, if minute, house of worship. It was in Rome, though, a city of 500 splendidly ornate places of worship, where questions had begun to arise. Our THEY WORSHIPPED passion for beautiful churches led us to EDNA HEISE only a few of these. St. Peters, of course, must be seen to be believed. But one I THOUGHT I HAD NEVER SEEN anything so poetically exquisite as question persisted. Why were so many of these monumentally lovely houses of the delicate lace of stone that composed the towers of St. Stephen's Church in worship seldom filled? Some seldom Vienna. I wanted to get closer to that symphony in stone, but that was a used? And what effect did such elegant mistake, in a way. I just couldn't see those magnificent towers from close range. churches have on the communities who My neck doesn't take kindly to an extended stop at the ninety-degree angle. So lived beneath their shadows? The great- we remembered to take a further long look at the superb sight as we peered from er the number of churches, we hopefully the windows of tall buildings nearby. It hurt to think that bombs had so fear- predicted, the greater the community fully ravaged such beauty during the war. What idiocy war is! piety. And what did we find in just one of Built with infinite care at astronomical they still needed to be repeated, as more these cities? cost, it was a fitting house in which to and more continental churches submit- worship God—built not once, but, with ted to our eager investigation. Then No Curb to Sinfulness no credit to the disastrous war, twice, came the unforgettable Westminster Ab- Three of our acquaintances had bags with equally painstaking craftsmanship. bey of London. Majestic, historic, and violently snatched from their arms. A This was the spirit reminiscent of David, beautiful—all that we hoped it would be. guide agreed to a price for a tour only King of Israel, who sought eagerly to New York heard the epithets again as to return and demand more for his ser- build a house fitted for the glory and the bus tour stopped by what must be vices. Bus drivers refused to set our worship of God. the biggest church in America—St. Johns. party down at its proper destination un- Then we visited Munich. From the Nearby Riverside Church, with its famous less a further astronomical sum of money tower of the Rathaus or Town Hall, we organ, HAD to be superb. You see, Mr. was offered. Pick-pockets made a bid to saw the spires of a huge church beneath Rockefeller was refused a place on the relieve one of our party of his wallet. our feet. This we had to see. My diary Board of St. Johns, so our guide told us, Improper passes were made to some of recalls the splendour of the multi- so he left that church and built one of the ladies, while angry drivers leaned on coloured artistry on those vast ceilings, his own—Riverside. It IS superb, and he their horns for the smallest incon- supported by enormous columns topped WAS on the Board. venience caused by the huge column of traffic. with delicate pastel colours. I wondered Memorial Chapel of Rare Beauty And I wondered why. One conclusion if it was worth looking at any other But for compelling beauty, magnificent I'll share. churches. It seemed we had found the taste and consummate elegance, the When Jesus stood up in the chapel at ultimate in beauty! Like too many other Stanford Memorial Chapel must claim Capernaum one Sabbath morning, "the glorious monuments to the worship of first place. The Stanford University in eyes of all were upon Him." So I won- the Lord in Europe, this also, after suffer- Palo Alto, California, was built by the dered if with all their physical mag- ing its baptism by bombs, was meticu- Stanford parents in memory of their son. nificence, these places built for the lously restored to its original splendour. Central to the university campus stands We saw the desolating ruins captured on this remarkable chapel. Both Leyland worship of God were not being used according to the original terms of con- film for all to see. What courage it must and Jane Stanford were deeply religious, have taken to begin again! and they determined to provide a place tract—to lift up Jesus Christ for all to see, to hold out hands beckoning the Spires Pointing Heavenward of inspiration and worship which would sinner steeped in guilt to come to the West, then by south in the luxurious thus relate religion in a significant way Fountain for cleansing—to say to the trains of Europe, and one common factor to the high purposes of a university. broken-hearted, "Jesus, the source of all prevailed—in every small town and ham- "While my whole heart is in that uni- comfort, is here with all the healing your let that nestled in the picture-book versity," said Mrs. Stanford, "my whole sad heart needs." Even to the proud, the countryside, the church was central. One soul is in that church." And judging church has a message if it will give it: spire, two spires, gold-painted spires, by the exquisite beauty infused into it, "Come, fall on the Rock, Christ Jesus, shining steel spires, sheer-white towers her claim was fully demonstrated. Col- that you may be liberated from the there were. But each one pointed wor- ourful mosaics, representing scores of bondage of pride to become free in Him." shippers or passers-by heavenward. Biblical scenes, virtually cover the in- Now I wonder again. In Geneva, John Calvin and his ternal walls on every side. Fifty stained- Reformation movement took possession glass windows alternate and blend with What of your sanctuary? Did someone of a glorious cathedral whose beginnings the mosaic scenes. Dominating the ex- come to your church today looking for-- dated back to 1517. In 1536 Protestant- ternal entrance to the chapel is the perhaps he knew not what? Did you lift ism raised its flag triumphantly over this brilliantly coloured mosaic facade depict- up Jesus for him to see? Or did he go massive house of worship. Within, there ing the Sermon on the Mount, while away to continue to be a pick-pocket, an was much revolutionary modification. Roman arches, delicately carved from immoral man with his disease of sin un- The high altar gave place to choir seats, red stone, march from the chapel in all healed because he had found no remedy? confessionals to cupboard space. But to directions. Rare beauty indeed! Perish the thought that our beautiful this "revised-version" cathedral came At the very last place of worship we houses of worship might ever become waves of refugees from tyranny to wor- visited, our vocabulary was challenged magnificent museums, while the immoral ship the Lord in peace and exquisite all over again. Claiming to be the oldest and extortioners continue to operate charm. building in California, the ruins of a right within their shadows—because Jesus Adjectives and superlatives were being once-thriving mission to the Indians— isn't seen or heard there! badly overworked by now. "Unbeliev- the San Juan Capistrano Mission—still (Next week I'd like to tell you about able!" "Glorious!" "Magnificent!" But boasts a functional chapel. Tiny, since the places where WE worshipped.) AUSTRALASIAN RECORD 19/1/76 [3] HEALTH- Historic Picture gallery WISE low Back Pain

AN ACHING BACK is one of the most common complaints of the human spe- cies—especially that segment of the species subject to the modern sedentary disease known as "sititis." The preference for riding rather than walking, spectator rather than active sports, TV-viewing rather than lively pursuits has produced poor posture and weak back muscles on a massive scale. When these weakened muscles are sub- jected to extra strain, pain results. The overweight which results from an inactive life-style also contributes to back pain. The muscles which support the abdomen originate in the back, and as the size of the paunch in front increases, it increases the strain on the back. As the abdominal muscles stretch, the pelvis Men of the Cooranbong factory about 1922 or 1923. Those pictured are, Front row tilts forward, and the nerves in the back (left to right): Roy Cross,* Bob Scarfe,* Will Chapman, Jack Lord, Harry Smith, Hector Coulston, Roy Hunter. Second row: Dick Tasker, Bob King, W. Stevens, register pain produced by the abnormal — Watts Snr., W. Mitchell,* Bert Schick. Back row: G. Wallace,* Laurie Walton, strain. Rafe Shepherd, George Mitchell, Leslie Wilson* and Charles Gersbach. The chief remedies for back pain in * Indicates those known to be still living. overweight persons are two: 1. changes Photo: courtesy Mr. G. Wallace, Cooranbong. in food intake to bring the weight down to normal; 2. exercises to strengthen the muscles and improve posture. For immediate, though temporary, re- lief it is helpful to take all pressure and weight off the back and legs by lying on the back with a pillow under the knees, or legs elevated across the seat of a chair. These positions should be maintained from five to twenty-five minutes. Other rules to follow to relieve back pain are these: 1. Sleep on a firm mattress. If your mattress is soft, insert a bed-board under it. 2. Lie on side with knees bent and flat pillow under head. 3. Never bend from waist only; bend hips and knees. 4. Never lift a heavy object higher than your waist. 5. Never lift or carry anything heavier than you can manage with ease. 6. Avoid sudden movements, sudden overloading of muscles. 7. Keep the head in line with the spine when standing or sitting. 8. Don't sit on soft chairs or deep couches. 9. Your doctor is the only one who can The girls of the science class, Avondale College, 1939. Pictured are: Back row determine when low back pain is due to (left to right): Ivy Fox ( ), Ellen faulty posture. He is the best judge of Parmenter ( ), Joy Barritt (Paxinos). when you may do general exercises for Front row: Sheila Bennetto (Wnuck), physical fitness. Sylvia Hall (Perez) and Marj Jessop. Names in parentheses are the married Oti and Salau holding Margaret Withers Next week, some special suggestions for names where known. women. at the S.A. Camp Meeting, March, 1939, Photo: courtesy Mrs. K. Wnuck, Melbourne. held at Glen Osmond.

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EDITORIAL

What's Happened to the Wowsers P IF YOU WANT to insult an Australian, you call him a The "Temperance Advocate" very kindly said, "A massive wowser. A wowser is a kill-joy, a wet-blanket, someone who vote (86.3 per cent) for the Church warning its members on frowns on the happiness and gaiety of others. But essentially, the dangers of alcohol and two-thirds of those surveyed said a wowser is someone who takes a stand against strong drink that the Church should encourage abstinence, were features." and who would ban alcohol in beverage form and thus inter- We cannot but wonder what the Wesleys would have said fere with the "rights" of others to enjoy a little tipple. In about that bit about "encourage abstinence." And what kind some mouths, the word "wowser" is the supreme term of dis- of followers, John and Charles and George Whitefield would gust and opprobrium. have wondered, were those who had no opinion or who were The origin of the word, so we are told, lies in the days uncertain? In days gone by, there was no equivocation at early this century or late last century, when the Methodist all in the ranks of this great church body; they were 100 per Church was a temperance organization second to none. They cent against liquor; it was an uncompromising stand, and no campaigned against alcohol in a vigorous and hearty way; one stepped out of line; if anyone did, he simply wasn't a they knew what they were about, and they went at their task Methodist. with all the vehemence of dedicated crusaders. The word is The Department of Christian Citizenship of the Methodist alleged to have been coined from the initial letters of their Church, in publishing this reply, offers the comment: "Meth- slogan: We Only Want Social Evils Rectified. So they became odists show a decided rejection of the Church legislating for WOWSERS. its members, and prefer warning about the dangers of alcohol The word has an onomatopoetic touch. Not in your wildest to encouragement regarding total abstinence, although there dreams could you imagine (even if you had never heard it is very strong support for the latter. There is little un- before) that the word had happy connotations. You would certainty about the warning approach, a fair amount on the never think that "wowser" signified someone who was sup- other three questions, and again a disturbingly high proportion posed to be the life of the party; you would never consider of 'No Reply.'" that a wowser was a barrel of laughs, one of the happy-go- We are not here to criticize the Methodist Church or any lucky elements of society. A pity about that. Christians other member of the Body of Christ. We do, however, regret ought to be the happiest people. In fact, Christians ARE the the fact that the church which once led the anti-liquor forces happiest people. They don't have to drown their sorrows in is now uncertain of its stand, and prefers to encourage rather alcohol, for instance; they don't have to inject "Dutch than require; that it prefers to warn than to give an un- courage" into their veins via a bottle of beer; they don't equivocal lead. And we are sorry that such a high proportion have to get themselves started with a few cocktails at a party of members apparently have no opinions on the matter at all, before they can enjoy themselves. because these people will influence others in their negative The world owes much to the Methodist Church for its attitudes. fierce stand against alcohol, and many a man has been re- claimed from the devastation of drink because of what the As we said in the foregoing paragraph, we are not here to followers of John Wesley have done. They have, in days of criticize the Methodist Church. These figures are their figures, yore, been in the vanguard of those who crusaded against the and we are sorry that they have slipped from their former breweries and all their vicious kind. standards. Our main objective in publishing this report and these statistics is that our readers may look inward rather Judge, therefore, our consternation today when we read of than outward. Once—and not so very long ago, either—the a recent survey, taken among 3,868 church-going Methodists in great Methodist Church knew EXACTLY where it stood in Victoria, which has overtones of lowered standards. Have regard to the Liquor Question. They were as adamant about Methodists hauled down that standard which was once nailed the evils of the liquor traffic as are the Adventists. They to the mast? Have they weakened in their opposition to Demon were not second even to the Adventists as strong advocates Drink? Once total abstinence was a test of fellowship in the against the vile traffic that takes men's brains prisoner, that Methodist Church; no longer is that so. Today's survey smashes homes and sends little children to bed hungry. They shows that about two-fifths of Methodists admit to anything led Protestant thinking in the matter of total abstinence. They from a daily drink to an occasional glass. Here are the were, let it be remembered, the original wowsersand they figures: wore that name like a medal for valour; they were not QUESTION: How often do you have an alcoholic drink? ashamed of it; rather, they gloried in it for Christ's sake ANSWERS: and for the sake of humanity. Every day 2.9 per cent But John Wesley has been dead since 1791. His influence About once a week . . . 9.5 PP About once a month . . 7.6 has waned somewhat in nearly 200 years. On the other hand, Ellen White has been gone for but sixty years. Her influence Less than once a month . 20.5 PP is still strongly felt. But what if the Lord should tarry for Never 56.6 PP nearly 200 years after her passing? Would the emphasis of No answer 2.9 PP Replies given to another question are also reported in the her teachings be less? Would the time come when the December 1975 issue of the "Australian Temperance Advocate." Adventists would publish a survey of its members like that The question was: Do you feel that the Methodist Church and rest content? We emphasize that the inward look is the should important one today. Is our attitude any more tolerant to (a) Require Methodists to be total abstainers? Yes, 21.1 per drink and its attendant evils today than it was sixty years ago? cent; Opposed, 55.4 per cent; Uncertain, 10.6 per cent and No Is there an individual Adventist here, another there, who reply 12.9 per cent. feels that it is an "individual matter" whether a man drinks— however infrequently—or not? If there is any softening of (b) Encourage Methodists to be total abstainers? Yes, 62.2 per cent; Opposed, 19; Uncertain, 9.1 and No reply 10.7. our attitude, any hint of tolerance toward this evil, now is the time to take stock of the position and straighten our (c) Warn Methodists about the dangers of alcohol? Yes, thinking. 86.3; Opposed, 2.7; Uncertain, 7.8, and No reply 9.2. (d) Make no comment on alcohol at all? Yes, 8.5; Rejected this concept, 69.4; Uncertain, 6.1 and No reply 16. Rolcia H. Pewt AUSTRALASIAN RECORD 19/1/76 [5] To some it was too much—they just stood From Papua New Guinea . . . wide-eyed in the background. Silence was called for. The head-man made a speech saying how grateful he was to the "Seven- days," and how happy they all were. Then The Yugepa Story it was hand-shake time. The line stretched BILL TOWNEND, District Director and Pilot, Menyamya, P.N.G.U.M. almost from one end of the strip to the other. THE OPENING OF A NEW CHURCH is a great experience in anyone's They Had Worked Hard country. It's the culmination of hard work, sacrifice, and more often than not, Inspecting the air strip, it was possible patience. But there are few congregations who know what it is to open a new to get some idea of how much work these church and a new air strip at the same time. But, you say, all you need to build people had put in so that the mission a church in Papua New Guinea is a few pieces of timber, some bamboo and top would come to their area. A central sec- it all with kunai grass. This may be true. But consider the people of Yugepa tion running the full length of the strip in the Menyamya district. Theirs is a district devoid of trees. Every piece of had been put down to a depth of six inches of river washings. These stones timber for their church had to be carried on the shoulder of some Kukukuku had been carted by the bucket-load from for a minimum of two miles. the river about a quarter of a mile away. Yugepa is an area where our church has That is exactly what he did. As the It had been planned to use the strip as very scattered membership and only two people saw things getting done, so interest a one-way one. That is, the plane would missionaries, each approximately five to began to grow. On the occasions when land and then turn around and take off six miles either side of the village. Not I flew low over the strip to see how they in the same direction. This was because long after I arrived at Menyamya in early were progressing, and to encourage their there was a small hill right at the other 1974, a call came to inspect an air strip hearts, I was surprised to see how many end of the strip. But as I walked to the the people had started some time previ- people were working. other end, it was obvious that there were ously. And would I bring a new teacher Just to make sure that everyone kept major excavations under way. A creek had with me for the area! at it, I visited the government officer at been diverted, and with the available shovels the people were chipping away at Not being able to oblige with the latter Menyamya and told him what was hap- the hill. "What are you doing this for?" (no money, you know), the least I could pening and solicited his support. He agreed I asked. do was go and take a look myself and to send one of his a.s.sistants and a police- maybe encourage them a little. It took man to the air strip. They, of course, "Nogut balus bilong sevende kisim baga- me two days to walk in. I inspected the brought in every able-bodied Kukukuku rap long ples balus bilong mipela." Loosely air strip and made some suggestions as for miles around, and within six weeks translated, they said they didn't want the to how they could speed up the work a the strip was ready to open. mission aeroplane to have an accident on little by slightly re-siting the strip. A Application was made to the Depart- their air strip. I found myself agreeing lot of work had been done, and with some ment of Civil Aviation for an initial land- with them! encouragement, I could see a reasonable ing. This was granted. On the after- But, I can hear you saying, so much for air strip evolving. noon of September 2, the mission Cessna the air strip; what about the church? It 206-P2 FIB circled the Yugepa air strip. had been planned to open the church and Ready and Waiting People scattered. A fire was lit to indicate the air strip on the same day. But when After the inspection was over, the people that everything on the ground was in the church was almost half completed, took me about a quarter of a mile to the order. The Cessna floated down, touched there was some discussion on land owner- other side of the strip, where they had gently on the end of the strip and easily ship. It was decided to be on the safe something they wanted to show me. Sure came to a stop within the 1,600 feet side, and the church was shifted to an- enough, there it was—a newly-constructed available. other site. Hence it was not yet quite house and a flourishing garden. "What is The instant the engine stopped the plane completed. What joy, though, to go back this?" I enquired. "This is the house for was rushed by a huge mass of brown hu- just a little time later and to see that a 'Seven-day' teacher," they replied. We manity. I have never witnessed such ex- church full to overflowing for the opening made our way back to the air strip and citement. At last the plane had landed! (Concluded on page 14) sat down for a talk. As tactfully as possible, I had to inform them that there was no possible way they could get a school-teacher (no money, you know). Because of the pressures of the flying programme, I was not able to spend a night with them. After only two or three hours, I had to bid them good-bye and begin the leg-wearying two-day walk back to Menyamya. (I lost more than seven pounds of weight on that walkabout and topped it off with a badly infected leg after I fell down one mountain, instead of walking down it!) To cut a long story short, repeated calls came from Yugepa for a school-teacher. Each time the same message was sent back. Finally, after consulting with the mission president, Pastor Timothy Pakavai, it was decided we would send our one and only Aid Post orderly into the district, and although he wouldn't be much help as a teacher, he would be able to encourage Some of the Kukukukus stand in front of the mission aeroplane. Behind them are three missionaries who walked in for the big occasion. them to get the air strip finished. Photo: W. Townena. [6] 19/1/76 AUSTRALASIAN RECORD On the outside looking in—a report of the General Conference which appeared in "Christianity Today," August 29, 1975.—Edd ADVENTISTS IN VIENNA: GOD'S PACKAGE DEAL

BRITISH CORRESPONDENT J. D. (Jim) Douglas last month travelled us "to be truly one in Christ Jesus," it to Austria to cover a major international meeting of Seventh-day Adventists. meant unity among Adventists. "The The only non-Adventist journalist at the event, he shared a dormitory room with remnant church" and "God's people everywhere" referred to God's Adventist West Indians from London, interviewed S.D.A. president R. H. Pierson (see people everywhere. "Lands untouched by box, next page), was himself interviewed by S.D.A. media people (Douglas is the gospel" were those which had not an author and theological authority of wide repute), and engaged in some heard the Adventist message. Adventists good-natured ribbing. At one point he impishly pointed out to officials that spoke as though they were tackling world they had allowed the sixtieth anniversary of the death of S.D.A. prophetess evangelization single-handedly. Many Ellen G. White to go unnoticed the previous day. In an equally impish touch, other utterances echoed that of Vice- an S.D.A. editor published the rebuke in the conclave's daily bulletin. Jim's President W. Duncan Eva: "God has report of the meeting follows: committed to the Seventh-day Adventist Church the last task to save the world. The fifty-second World Congress of will be found cigarette ashes or refuse We have God's package deal • . the the Seventh-day Adventist Church came from either of these indulgences." Even gospel from beginning to end." to Vienna last month, and in a thunder- non-smoking, teetotaller journalists, if Allusions to other Christian churches storming welcome the Danube unpre- they wanted to eat on congress premises, were few and usually critical. The con- cedently burst its banks. In addition to had an adjustment to make: the vege- gress did pay tribute to the Evangelical 1,750 delegates from nearly all the 193 tarian body had banished all meat dishes Churches of Germany, which gave four countries where Adventists work, many from restaurants and food stalls. Cater- million dollars toward relief work in others came as visitors. Local people ing and all other business activity dis- South America and North Africa in co- swelled attendance to about 10,000 at the appeared with the onset of the Sabbath, operation with the Adventist relief pro- first Sabbath (Saturday) meeting in the which Adventists observe from sundown gramme. And William Fagal, director of Stadthalle. Friday to sundown Saturday. the Adventist telecast "Faith For Today," First Congress Outside U.S. There were other differences, other read to the congress a letter from Billy It was the first time the S.D.A. con- emphases. The Adventists came across Graham received last year in reply to gress, which is held every five years, had as a people homesick for heaven. Presi- congratulations on the evangelist's twen- moved outside the United States. This dent R. H. Pierson, sixty-four, of Wash- ty-fifth crusading anniversary. Fagal was done to stress the church's inter- ington, D.C., re-elected to a third term, declared that God had permitted the in- national nature and to encourage a wider in his opening address said: "Our hearts vention of television, not to entertain, representation of delegates and visitors. are humbled by the thought that long but to present God's message of hope for The policy paid off, for every eastern ere this the work of God should have a dying world. European country was represented ex- been finished, and His people should have cept churchless Albania. A standing inherited their heavenly home. . . . They Adventist enthusiasm and joie de vivre ovation was given seven delegates present do not wish their lives to delay that permeated everything. It was announced "through the kindness and courtesy of precious event longer." that a special offering to fund new work the government of the U.S.S.R." Package Deal in medical, educational, and evangelistic All sessions were conducted in English Terminology tended to be esoteric. outreach had brought in about $2.5 mil- and German, with translations in six When Adventists spoke of God calling lion so far, and was expected to reach other languages transmitted via headsets. The congress convened principally to elect administrators and to carry out constitutional business of the 112-year- old church. (Policy matters are generally dealt with in annual council meetings, which explains in part why there was little theological discussion throughout.) Reported statistics were impressive: a membership increase over the past year of 131,305, to 2.5 million world-wide (all but 800,000 outside North America), with more than three million in Sabbath school. Nearly one million of the S.D.A.'s members were added to the rolls in the past ten years. An S.D.A. executive said that in Central America one new church with an average membership of 125 is being formed every twenty-four hours. Total global giving last year reached $348 million. distinctives were easily detected. A pre-conference press release, making it Thirty of the 200-member Czechoslovakian Adventist Choir appeared many times at clear that Adventists neither smoke nor the Stadthalle during the Congress. Under the direction of Mrs. Ester Spinar, a music drink, added: "Nowhere in the Stadthalle teacher in Prague, they also presented concerts in two of Vienna's music squares. AUSTRALASIAN RECORD 19/1/76 [7] MORE LAY PERSONS, women and Adventists put the writings of Mrs. White non-Americans are finding their way into on a level with Scripture? A CALL TO JOIN THE the leadership circles of the Seventh-day Answer: We believe God inspired Mrs. Adventist Church, said Seventh-day Ad- White to write what she did, but she al- ventist president R. H. Pierson in an ways thought of herself as a lesser light REMNANT CHURCH interview with "Christianity Today" cor- calling attention to the greater light respondent J. D. Douglas. But, he con- given in the Bible. Her writings help us ceded, the top executive positions for to understand the Bible. They do not the most part are still held by clergymen, take the place of the Bible. and he did not offer any predictions Question: What do you mean when regarding trends at that level of you speak of "God's remnant church"? leadership. He was non-committal on the question Answer: We believe, from our reading of ordaining women. "We do not wish of the Book of Revelation and other parts to take this step until we are very sure," of Scripture, that today God has a rem- he said, "but discussions are going on nant church, the last before the coming at present. Because this is a world of Jesus. Seventh-day Adventists do not church we want to move forward in teach that only they will be saved. God's unity, and not all parts of the earth are people are in all the churches. We believe yet ready for this step." that before Jesus returns, many will He regretted platform inferences that respond and join the remnant church. only Adventists preach the gospel. Question: Does this mean they will join Other exchanges: the Adventist Church? Question: One frequently hears ex- Answer: We believe that our message pressions like: "The Bible and Ellen G. will call many of them to join us in White say . . ." Does this mean that preparation for the coming of Christ.

$3 million. Especially noticeable was the to one ordained minister. At the next delegates did vote to mal.e press officer vitality of S.D.A. young people, many of level, the Conference, there may be six M. Carol Hetzell head of the S.D.A. De- whom told moving tales of their par- ministers to one layman conducting the partment of Communicati )n. She is the ticipation in the church's missionary pro- church's business. In the Union Con- first female department head since about gramme in remote areas and difficult cir- ference, higher up, the ratio is ten min- 1917, when a woman ran the Sabbath cumstances. The church now operates isters to one lay person. At the Vienna School Department. 4,296 schools and colleges, three universi- congress, said "Spectrum," taking statis- Expressing fiercer opposition was a ties, 362 hospitals and clinics, and fifty tics from the 1973-74 "Year Book," there small rival Adventist group that mounted printing plants throughout the world. were roughly twenty ministers to one a demonstration in the park opposite the layman (official sources protested that Stadthalle, complaining that the main Open Discussion Delayed lay participation was greater, but could body had departed from Adventist prin- Outside observers got the impression not immediately give a figure). ciples. President Pierson, replying to a early in the congress that the S.D.A. reporter's query, said he was unaware of structures are well organized and oiled. The church's 353-strong executive com- their presence or their grievances. There was a tendency at business ses- mittee, continued "Spectrum," comprises sions to delay open discussion until a few 311 ordained ministers, forty nonordained Renewal Movement minutes before the session was due to but denominationally employed and lic- Some traditionalists in the S.D.A. end, then adjourn with a promise of ensed persons, and only two lay persons. family feel that Adventists have grown continued discussion later, perhaps to- Three other key committees have no lay slack in proclaiming and applying S.D.A. ward the close of another session. Oc- persons at all. Said Vice-President Willis distinctives, and that this has resulted casionally a nervousness was sensed, a J. Hackett, a clergyman: "As long as we in a delay of Christ's return. A theo- shying away from sensitive areas or, as hold ministers responsible for the success logical shift of sorts has indeed occurred one American delegate put it, from of the church, they must have authority over the past years, thanks mostly to a "going too far in an open session." as well." Nevertheless, in the platform renewal movement that began among proceedings at Vienna many tasks were Some disquiet was evident when in one S.D.A. young people and has been felt assigned to lay persons. They gave re- throughout the denomination. "There is of the few controversial subjects raised ports, offered prayer in their own openly, delegates accepted an official more emphasis on the heart of Chris- national languages, and announced tianity—on knowing Christ personally recommendation that "any member who hymns. persists in taking legal action against the and on living the Christian life—and less concern about the doctrines of the church shall be rightly subject to the Women's Role discipline of the church." (The measure church," explains an S.D.A. official. More Another sensitive issue is the place of attention is being given now to per- evidently was prompted in part by a 1973 women in the church. Speaking about California court case in which a woman sonal study of the New Testament than International Women's Year, Vice-Presi- in the past. employed by an S.D.A. publishing firm dent Neal Wilson—also a clergyman— Considerable international goodwill was filed a class action involving an issue of said: "An organization is strong to the generated by the congress. For example, equal pay and benefits. The woman has extent that it utilizes the abilities of all music groups from several lands included been dismissed, and the court decision is its members." On another occasion a a high-school chorus from Takoma Park, still pending.) British delegate drew applause in sug- Maryland (world headquarters of the gesting it was not enough to "pay lip There is some uneasiness in Adventist S.D.A.), and a youth ensemble from New service to the contribution of women," circles about the sparse lay participation England. After the congress these two in the church's higher councils. Cir- and indicated his dissatisfaction that the groups travelled to Poland, where they church did not ordain women. (The non- culating at Vienna was "Spectrum," an performed in a number of cathedrals and American independent Adventist journal, attributable remarks of many loyal Ad- at the government palace in Warsaw. which cited the ratio of lay persons to ventist women interviewed reflected Among the dignitaries at the palace con- ministers in the church's courts. At the considerable dissatisfaction with their congregational level it is ten lay persons comparatively subordinate role.) The (Concluded on page 14) [8] 19/1/76 AUSTRALASIAN RECORD

A Visit to "The Meadow of Peace' Friedensau, MR

RECENTLY I HAD THE PRIVIL acre Adventist estate in the East Dem< College, a Sanitarium, and an Old Peof houses the classrooms and library, anc young ladies' dormitories. The Old P but more like a hospital, and occupies tarium does not have its own doctor; any calls. In addition to the main buildings, there are various out-buildings, a bakery, a general store, a post office, an antiquated by the principal, Pastor Felix Schoenfeld. bath-house, sheds to house the cattle and Friedensau College students being addressed fodder in winter, and housing units for the staff. There were no separate houses, but the staff all had their own units, and each had a little plot of ground to grow vegetables and some flowers. I stayed with Brother and Sister Kruger in a small unit which is part of what they call "The Villa," which is attached to the Sanitarium. Brother Kruger was the farm manager for many years. Congregation Sends Greetings I had a half-hour talk with the Col- lege principal, Pastor Felix Schoenfeld. I also met Pastor William Czembots, a past president of the Polish Union. He has been "in the work" for fifty-two years— twenty-five of those years in Poland. At the present time he is the director of the Bible School at Friedensau. He acted as my interpreter while I was there, and

The library and classroom block.

The College choir performing in the chapel at the time of the Seventy-fifth Jubilee celebrations in 1974. Note the magnificent pipe-organ. The banner proclaims, "To The boys' dormitory and girls' don God alone is due the honour"—or, more freely translated, "Glory to God alone." This building was AUSTRALASIAN RECORD 19/1/76 [9] st Germany

ER aree-week holiday at Friedensau, a 380- blic of Germany. Situated here are a There are two College buildings—one the chapel and the young men's and is not as we know them in Australia, the Sanitarium building. The Sani- r about ten kilometres away attends to Believers present at the first camp meeting held in Europe in the year 1887. In the centre of the front row, marked with a cross, is Mrs. E. G. White. The bewhiskered made arrangements for me to speak to gentleman on the right in the front row is Pastor L. R. Conradi who worked closely the students about our work in this with Ellen White as her translator. He was the leader of the work in Europe for Division. I also spoke in the church on many years. Sabbath, and the congregation asked me to convey their greetings to the members in Australasia. three floors, and housing fifty students. sau became the mission school of the In 1904 the chapel and north wing were Just over seventy-six years ago, in Sep- East German Union only. added. This building is still in its origi- tember, 1899, the then German Con- Opened for Third Time nal state, and looks very old. ference purchased an estate of ninety- The complex was closed again in 1943, three acres, with an old water-powered By 1913, 250 students from all over and the buildings were again used as a sawmill and farm buildings. Pastor L. Europe were attending the college. From military hospital. In July 1947, the school Conradi was instrumental in organizing 1900 to 1914 annual camp meetings were was opened for the third time, with four a school that opened on November 1, held on the college campus with about teachers and eighteen young men attend- 1899, with one teacher and seven stu- 3,000 visitors attending toward the end of ing; attendance had increased to sixty- dents. The number increased to twenty- that period. In September 1917, the col- seven by the end of the year. Today nine students by the end of the year. For lege had to be closed down completely; it there are eighty students, all working on the maintenance of the school, and to was taken over by the government and either the four-year Ministerial Course, provide earnings for the students, a became a military hospital. It was re- or the one-year Laymen's Course. bakery and a food factory were estab- opened in 1919 with sixty students, and In 1974, Friedensau celebrated their lished in 1899, and in 1900 a joiner's in spite of economic difficulties, the Seventy-fifth Jubilee. The president of workshop, a smithy, and a locksmith's number attending had reached 200 by the Democratic Republic visited the col- workshop. Three temporary dormitories 1925. In the meantime, a number of col- lege, and I am told he was very friendly for the constantly growing number of leges were founded in other countries, towards Adventists. There are 16,000 students were constructed. In 1902 the and the other German unions had estab- first large building was erected, with lished their own schools. Hence Frieden- (Concluded next page)

tuated on either side of the chapel. The College family assembled in front of the classroom block. le years 1902-1904. [10] 19/1/76 AUSTRALASIAN RECORD car from Friedensau. We went through the church where Martin Luther was once a monk. Eighty per cent of most German cities were flattened during World War II. A number of the old churches have never been repaired. Friedensau seems to have missed the bombs. The lovely dark green pine forests and the college gardens give the 150 elderly inmates of the Home and Sanitarium a place of beauty for tired eyes. (I saw carnations six feet high, and cucumbers climbing to the roof of the large glasshouses!) The reindeers, chipmunks and beavers provide variety for young people as they walk along to- gether after the day's study. I was very sad the day we went to the Police Station and told the police we were leaving. The president of the Polish Conference kissed my hand, little girls Erected in 1907, this building houses the Sanitarium and Old People's Home. curtsied, and old ladies shed tears. They made me feel like a VIP. church members in East Germany; none a week. Adventist children are exempt Then the college truck picked us up of them were able to attend the General if they are in the top few of their class. and rumbled with us over the cobble- Conference meetings in Vienna last year. Consequently, grandmas, aunties, etc., stones to Madgeborg Railway Station. There are 340 churches and 320 workers. give the children extra tuition at home; The president of the French Conference Most of the members are elderly ladies. so you can be sure the top children of was there to bid us farewell. Our stay There is a real shortage of young people. the class will most likely be Adventists— behind the Iron Curtain was all over, and My daughter was asked if she would like if not, their parents pay a fine to the it left an ache in our hearts for loved to stay and teach at Friedensau. May- government. ones we may never see again on this be some Australian teachers would like The people seem to be happy. The earth. But we look with hope to the to go there. It is a beautiful country streets were not littered with tin cans, grand day of reunion soon to come when with no unemployment. bottles or paper—all are recycled! God's children from all lands will be to- No evangelistic meetings are allowed. We were taken on an interesting trip gether, and there will be no more part- All children have to go to school six days to Erfurt, which is about four hours by ings. "Even so, come, Lord Jesus."

1111....•••=. Three years in colporteur work in New Feeling the advancing years, she came Life Sketch South Wales. to the Greater Sydney Conference office Five years, South New South Wales one day in 1971 to enquire regarding the Conference, accountant and Tract possibility of transferring to the Parklea SUSAN KATE RENN Society Secretary. Adventist Retirement Village self-con- Two years, Victorian Conference, Home tained units section. She also offered to W. H. SIMMONDS Missions and Tract Society Secretary. the Conference her home at 34 Cabarita Secretary-Treasurer, Greater Sydney Five years, Signs Publishing Company, Road, Concord, as a donation to the Conference Warburton, sales manager, and later building fund for the development of the accountant. Village. As a result of this generous SUSAN KATE FULLER was born Four years, Tasmanian Conference, sec- gift, and donations from other sources in Sydney on September 30, 1892, and retary-treasurer. which produced a similar amount of Fourteen months (1940), Australasian funds, Phase 5 Development at Parklea passed to her rest on Sunday, October Union Conference, Wahroonga, ac- was made possible. This development 5, 1975, at the age of eighty-three countant. phase was the largest step forward at years. The remainder of his service was spent Parklea, and eighteen self-contained units On November 1, 1911, she married Wil- in a variety of posts: and a nineteen-bed extension to the liam Stewart Renn who was serving in Australasian Union Conference auditor; nursing home were built. the Railways Department of the New Newcastle branch of S.H.F., manager, On the lawn near her unit we set up a and accountant; South Wales Government. While Mr. sandstone bird-bath, and affixed to it a S.H.F. Head Office, office secretary; and Mrs. Renn were living in Gosford bronze plaque to record her generous gift S.H.F. Retail and Cafe manager for they came under the kindly interest and to Parklea. special missionary zeal of Brother Australasia. Tommy Cowan and were encouraged to Sister Renn was then sadly left a As a resident of Parklea she still had accept the Advent message. Although widow at the age of fifty-six when Bro- her garden plot in which she loved to Brother Renn had risen to the post of ther Renn died in active service in 1948. work, not only to produce fresh vege- station-master and would, no doubt, have She carried on bravely after the untimely tables for her own table, but for those risen to positions of senior responsibility loss of her beloved husband. Her mission- of her neighbours and particularly the in the government service, he resigned ary zeal did not flag, and she was known nursing home. She was generous to the his position and entered the colporteur at the Concord church, which she at- work of God, and would rather walk ministry in 1922. tended for many years, as a faithful than spend money on bus fares so that This step into the work of God was to worker on the annual Appeal for Mis- she could give larger offerings to missions. carry this dedicated couple from place sions. She was a keen gardener and was During the last year, her health failed to place in the service of the Lord over able to do most of her house repairs and and she had to be admitted, first to hos- the next twenty-six years. To mention maintenance. Her friends and neigh- pital, and then to the nursing home. It the positions held by Brother Renn will bours were amazed at her courage and seemed most uncharacteristic for this give some idea of the quality of their industry when she began to build a brick vigorous and active lady not to be work- service and the devoted way in which front fence around the two sides of her ing. It was here in the nursing home Sister Renn supported her husband in Concord home, and a fine, professional- that she quietly slipped away to await his work: looking fence it turned out to be! her Master's return, AUSTRALASIAN RECORD 19/1/76 [11]

GLENORCHY ON THE GO! BONNIE ROBERTS Communication Secretary, Glenorchy Church, Tasmania THE MONTH of September, 1975, was the culmination and climax of much preparation and planning on the part of many members of the Glenorchy church, Tasmania. Two public outreach programmes were con- ducted—a Happy Holiday Club during the school holidays, and a series of five It was a thrill to have fifty non-Adventists come to our meetings. Here you can see Cooking Demonstrations. how the children were really intent on the programme, and interested in all that was presented. Happy Holiday Club Because we had all the necessary the first day some of the children looked venue commencing Monday, September 8, facilities at our church, it was chosen as cynical about singing and praying—but for the first of five Monday-night cook- the venue for our Happy Holiday Club. they soon became accustomed, and it was ing demonstrations. An article explaining However, a door-to-door survey in the a thrill to see the changed attitude and the course was placed in the "Northside" neighbourhood revealed the fact that enthusiasm! The teachers received a supplement of our daily newspaper, "The there were very few children between the great response from all classes at Bible Mercury," and together with "dodgers" ages of six and twelve years in the area; Story time, and all the children were at the S.H.F. stores in and around the the few who were there, however, were very keen to do their crafts. city, this coverage resulted in forty-seven interested. The Saturday-night concert was the ladies applying for enrolment, nine of Realizing our need to advertise further highlight, with most children bringing whom were new Adventists. afield, we had handbills prepared, and both parents; there was one exception— Each week Pastor Vernon Parmenter we distributed these outside Glenorchy one child brought the lady next door introduced the programme, which was State School; also an article describing because his parents were unable to come! under the leadership of Sister June the programme was placed in the "North- Many parents expressed their apprecia- Stuart. The format each night was a side News." As a result we enrolled tion to the teachers and there was fav- ten-minute Loma Linda film and tape, a fifty non-Adventist children, and with ourable comment about the crafts the five-minute health talk, and then the our own twelve, this gave us a total of children had made. remainder of the time was given to dem- sixty-two. Twelve teachers gave us Pastor Vernon Parmenter, Tasmanian onstrations and sampling of the food twelve classes with five children in a Conference Sabbath school director, at- presented. Demonstrators included church class. tended every day, and the boys thought ladies, school-teachers, a husband (Ernie Special features were Ambulance, Fire it was marvellous to have him teach Stuart), and Pastor E. Ferris, Health Brigade, and Civil Emergencies displays them to make gliders, and also to join director of the Tasmanian Conference. and demonstrations. The Pathfinder Club, in the games sessions he organized. We, Recipes included breads, savouries led by its director, Mr. Bruce Schrader, along with the children and parents, are (many types and very tasty), tortillas, gave a demonstration of tent erection looking forward to a similar programme healthful desserts, and salad ideas. Bean and bush stretcher making. next year! sprouts created great interest. Recipes The singing was led by the enthus- Cooking Outreach Programme using little or no sugar such as Health iastic leader of the Club, Mrs. Pat Laurie, The Sanitarium Health Food Company Cake, Carrot Cake and Wholemeal Cream and pianist, Sister Lillie Swendson. On Social room, Derwent Park, was the Puffs were popular. Breakfast ideas in- cluded Muesli, Gem Scones and Yoghurt. Fruit juices were demonstrated on the last night. A much-appreciated feature of the programme was the recipe boxes which were assembled and covered in Con- tact. Recipes were duplicated out on cards and the ladies in attendance re- ceived over thirty recipes—this was a practical way to assist them in vegetarian cooking. RESULTS: A high-school teacher re- quested demonstrations of bread-making and savouries to a class of twenty girls, and a health dinner was provided for them. They planned to try the recipes in their own homes. The ABC Country Hour asked for an interview with some of the demonstra- tors, and Prue Wallace interviewed them on "Being a Vegetarian" and was so im- pressed she has requested another in- terview for the ABC. This is only a small beginning, but we hope for bigger The visit of the Fire Brigade was a highlight of the programme. Photos courtesy V. Parmenter. things this year. [12] 19/1/76 AUSTRALASIAN RECORD

seven years. My mother faithfully posted way, He is speaking to each and every on the copies of RECORD for twenty- church member today, and this is a very three years—until she passed away. I personal call from the Master to our in- then took over her subscription. During dividual hearts. those twenty-seven years I always read However, I know what you mean, Rosa- "Weddings," "Till He Comes," and "Flash- lind, because my friends and i felt the point," before the rest of the paper. This same way until we realized that, as I was my only Adventist contact other than have said, it was an individual matter— cne call over twenty years ago by an in- and then things changed. gatherer. We had a day of fasting and prayer, All this story to come to the point— petitioning the Lord to show us what He why can't the wedding notices be written wanted us to do. Three of us knelt in like R. H. Parr's for Deed-Fraser or prayer that Sabbath afternoon, and after B. C. Grosser's for Hoffman-Ward in praying round the circle twice, two words the issue of November 24; and obituaries flashed into my mind, and on resuming could well follow the pattern of O.K. our seats, I said to my friends, "I know Anderson's "Till He Comes" notice for what we'll do—the Lord has just told LETTERS Dick Scotton in the same issue. me," and I mentioned two areas on the This request may sound small, but it Darling Downs. would make the RECORD far more in- to the EDITOR After obtaining literature from our teresting—particularly for those who, as Lay Activities leader, we commenced PLEASE NOTE: Letters are accepted for I was, are just keeping in contact until publication at the discretion of the editor; the working, and have been doing so now for receipt of a letter does not mean that It will the time when they will be brought back necessarily be published. Correspondents should almost eighteen months—less Ingather- ,into the church. ing, less Christmas holidays. We door- also understand that their letters will be sub- (Mrs.) W. Fon, edited to bring them to a suitable literary stan- knock on farm houses. The literature we dard, though every effort will be made to Queensland. preserve the essential point of the original. take usually consists of four pieces— Pseudonyms may be used for publication, but A Personal Call "Signs," "Channels," "Here's Life" ap- the original must have the full name and address Dear Editor, plication card, and a "Good News" tract; of the writer. May I have the pleasure of answering and then, depending on the interest, we Letters published may not necessarily represent the ideals or the teachings of the denomination; the latter part of Rosalind Carlson's hand out "Steps to Christ" or "The such are found in our editorial, devotional and letter of August 18, 1975, "What Are We Great Controversy"—or even both if the news columns. Doing for God?" occasion warrants it. Rosalind, did you mean "we"—includ- The work is slow, but then, we are Clarity, Please! ing yourself, or did you mean "they"? breaking new ground. There are hun- Dear Editor, In either case, when Jesus spoke to Peter dreds of farms on the Downs that have I have been a reader of the RECORD it was very much an individual matter. never had anyone but our colporteurs for almost forty years. My parents had "Feed My lambs," He said. He wasn't visit them through the years. The various it posted, and as a family we read it on speaking to the rest of the disciples who centres have been worked, but not the Sabbath afternoons. The years went by were present—only to Peter, but could farms themselves. and I went to Avondale as a student, there be any mistaking His message? Our work has now crystallized to the then left the church for some twenty- "Peter, feed My lambs." In just the same place where we have to call in a second

••••••=1•....Imm, Uniforms for Aiak School Children SANDRA ROBERTS Missionary Wife, Laiagam, P.N.G. WHEN my dear friend "Aunty" Olive Coates asked me some time back if I could suggest a project that the Southport ladies might be able to help, I didn't have to think too hard. Not far from Laiagam at Aiak is one of our primary schools. This three- teacher school is attended by over sixty children, many of whom come from "kanaka" backgrounds. The ladies bought some blue-and-white check material and, led by Mrs. Joyce Schubert, went to work with their sewing-machines. What came through the post was very pleasing—uniforms for the girls. It is amazing how dif- ferent they look now. Most of the boys, too, are also wearing clothes sent by these good ladies. The Aiak chil- The Aiak school-children happily show off their uniforms, a present from the dren say, "Thank you true," to the Southport ladies. Rejoicing with the youngsters, and photographed here with them, are their teachers, and their families. Southport ladies for their interest and Photo. S. Roberts. hard work. AUSTRALASIAN RECORD 19/1/76 [13] car in order to follow up the interests while the first car concentrates on studies. We go thirty, forty, even fifty LEAVES FROM A or more miles out from Toowoomba, but the Lord is blessing, and always the thought which has kept us going is, MISSIONARY'S "There is someone out here whom the Lord wants us to contact. We dare not stop." We use the "It Is Written" programme DIARY as our entering wedge—so please, Pastor Rose, don't take it off Channel 10, will MOLLY RANKIN you? My Sabbath school class are all pray- August 22 ing for our contacts, and now I have So many crises occur in the mission field that missionaries early learn the art of taken it to the church and many of our just relaxing and saying, "Well, I wonder how the Lord will work this one out." church members also are praying. Take for instance our trip to the Western Highlands. We very much wanted to However, as you, Rosalind, come from show Sopas Hospital to Peggy before she returned to America, and we decided that Sydney, you will not have anywhere like we would leave at first light on Sunday. Such was my faith that I had everything the Darling Downs to call on—but I packed and piled by the door before sunset on Friday. believe with all my heart that if you, and But during the week the Land Rover was in constant use—emergency patients to our dear church members everywhere, be rushed to Kainantu, vegetables to go to market—and what with one thing and were to seek the Lord in fasting and another Ian had no opportunity to check the car until Saturday night. And then prayer, being prepared to go where He it kind of had a nervous breakdown! Everything seemed wrong—radiator, springs, tells you, then He will give you distinct lights. Although Ian and Seth worked until midnight it was mid-morning on directions. It took us a few weeks to settle Sunday before we finally set off on the long and arduous trip to Sopas. into our present routine, but the Lord has Peggy had to admit that she had never in her life experienced roads and mountains led and is leading, and we are very and views like it, but nevertheless we all thoroughly enjoyed the trip and arrived at happy indeed doing His work. We have Sopas just before lights out. Never was food more welcome than Sister Olive's potato some thrilling experiences, and our ex- soup and fresh bread rolls! perience in the Lord has grown by leaps It was on the trip home, after three refreshing, happy days at Sopas, that we and bounds. really had to leave things to the Lord. May God bless you as you take up We felt very pleased that we were on the road by 7.30 a.m., and had every intention whatever work He gives you to do. You of being in Goroka during the afternoon. We were even singing because we felt so will never regret it—never!!! happy. We popped in to say "Hello" to the Ray Newmans at Rakamanda, and then Lilian Cowlin, we were off again, travelling over a nice piece of flat road—when suddenly the car Queensland. refused to go into gear! The Wandering and Intruding "We've broken down," said Ian. "Isn't that a miracle?" And it was. Not because Little Letter "K" we had broken down, but because of the place WHERE we had broken down—just Dear Editor, a few feet from a garage on one side of the road and right by an air strip on the Perhaps I have a "thing" re the pro- other side of the road. nunciation of the word "anything." But "I must get to Goroka today. I'm booked to fly out to America tomorrow," stam- I am puzzled why a few preachers—and mered Peggy. others among us—generously add the "Don't worry, it will be all right." I'm not sure whether she was convinced or not. letter "k" to the end of this word, pro- She took it all calmly, but she knew the mountains we had to cross and the miles nouncing it anything-k. between Wapenamanda and Goroka, and just at the moment there seemed no hope Solomon said there is "A time to get, of covering those miles. and a time to lose; a time to keep, and But first things first. Ian walked off and got a mechanic from the garage. a time to cast away." "Clutch," he diagnosed. "Take all day to fix." So we sat passively in the Land Sometimes this little intruder "k" ap- Rover while it suffered the indignity of being towed by a Toyota back to the garage. pears while we are listening to pearls of "Now what about Peggy?" I whispered. wisdom and rhetoric. This happened one "Yes, OK," said Ian, and we went off to the Post Office to radio through, but we Sabbath when the service was taken by dould not make contact. a staff member of one of our institutions of learning! It really didn't matter, Just then a small plane landed on the air strip opposite. Ian raced across the that day—the "pearls" were so wonderful. road with Peggy in hot pursuit and explained the situation to the pilot. Within But would a non-Adventist audience, five minutes, after many hugs, thanks, talk and flurry, Peggy was in the air on hearing our "peculiar" teachings for the her way to Hagen. first time, be prone to wonder whether The mechanic who diagnosed clutch trouble, pulled everything to pieces, put it mis-pronunciation may be indicative of together again, and by 4 o'clock discovered it was not the clutch but the gear-box! mis-interpretation? At that point we discovered that the. Land Rover would go in fourth gear, low range, Dear Mrs. Preacher, could you alert so in this doubtful state we set off for Hagen. Have you ever tried to go up a your liege lord—ever so tactfully, of steep hill in fourth gear even in low ratio? Our car, anyway, would not make it, course—should you hear this intrusive but someone pushed us. But at the second hill we had to wait. A dozen cars passed us little "cuckoo" of a "k" attaching itself to going the wrong way, but finally our pleas were heard and some Papuans drove up in his pronunciation of the word "any- a truck and kindly offered to tow us up the hill and from then on to follow us. Our thing"? progress was good. We sped along where we could and got towed where we couldn't. . to [hear] ourselves as others By 8.30 p.m. we were in Hagen. [hear] us"—with apologies to Next morning, as soon as we had left the Land Rover at the Lutheran workshop, Robert Burns, Victoria. we rang Goroka. Peggy was there safe and sound, being well cared for by the Hawkeses. She had had no trouble in getting a flight from Hagen to Goroka, and was Dog's Delight! most excited about getting home to husband, family and home comforts. We ex- Dear Editor, In response to the letter from Mrs. changed good-byes and profuse thanks, and hung up. G. J. Crook regarding a vegetarian diet It was not the way we wanted to say good-bye. It would have been so much for her dogs (RECORD 24/11/75), I nice to be there with her at the airport. (Concluded next page) But that's life in Papua New Guinea. [14] 19/1/76 AUSTRALASIAN RECORD

LETTERS SPANISH PASTOR No figures were available about the total cost of the congress in one of (Concluded from page 13) (Concluded from page 1) Europe's most expensive capitals. Many would like to assure her that her dogs been delayed by customs formalities the visitors maintained a good spirit through can be very healthy on a vegetarian diet. night before. They had had very little harrowing circumstances. One Greek I at present have four dogs which are all sleep, and the baby was not well. The pastor with his wife and four sons slept vegetarians. Three of the four are at effect of their home set-up by our loyal on the floor of a local Adventist church least seven years old and have been and loving Welfare workers is best and existed on bread, butter, honey, and reared from puppyhood this way, and the summed up by one of the Spanish believ- bananas—a rare, inexpensive commodity fourth is an elderly stray. ers who said, "Mrs. Cea is crying again, in Vienna. When we first took in this stray dog as all the family have. After seeing all (The 1980 congress will be held in her nerves were in shreds, she was far the fine furniture and personal effects, Dallas.) too fat, and she bit people without provo- she has just spied a lovely bouquet of cation. After a short time on her new flowers with the word, 'Welcome,' which diet her figure had improved immensely, we have just translated to her. She just her nerves were steady, her disposition does not know how to thank everyone though protective was quite amiable, and who has done so much." Sister Cea her previously harsh coat became soft threw her arms around Mrs. Self, and WEDDINGS, and silky. It is to us a remarkable sobbed. demonstration of the good effects of diet Pastor Self was standing nearby with a very satisfied look. "I like the look of Would those who send notices of weddings on temperament. The cattle dog we had and obituaries please remember that two facts before this bunch lived to the age of this family, they are going to do a won- must be included in every notice. These are twelve years, and worked hard throughout derful work for the Lord here," he said. the date and the place at which the death (or burial) or wedding took place. Without this that time. Pastor Cea later came over to him, information the notices cannot be published. shook his hand and said, "My family is Correspondents are reminded that wedding details My dogs are fed on Weet-Bix, eggs and must be limited to ninety words and obituaries milk, with the addition of a little wheat wonderfully set up. Can I start work to one hundred and twenty words.—Editor. germ and torula yeast. This diet has now?" ATTARD—THOMAS. On Sunday, November been approved by a stock nutritionist as "Not until you have a good sleep, 23, 1975, Joseph Alwyn Attard and Carolyn Rosa- being nutritionally sound, and several Brother!" Pastor Self replied, with an lind Thomas exchanged vows in a wedding cere- ever-broadening grin. mony at The Basin, near Melbourne, Victoria. veterinarians have remarked on the dogs' Joe and Carolyn radiated the happiness that was healthy appearance. Mind you, if you As we tried to relay the grateful thanks theirs in the delightful setting of The Basin of this family to so many who did so Youth Camp. The ceremony was changed from have to go to the retail store to buy the an outdoor wedding to an indoor one because of ingredients it is by no means cheap, as much, all the welfare workers were ada- the inclement weather. The writer joined with my four dogs consume daily: one 24 oz mant, "We received the greatest pleasure many relatives and friends at the service and wedding breakfast to wish Joe and Carolyn much packet of Weet-Bix; one-and-a-half cups in making our welcome for them a prac- happiness and the guidance of the Lord in their of powdered milk; at least four eggs, tical one!" united service for Him. D. J. Self. sometimes more; a sprinkle of torula BARTON—BARBER. Jennifer Barber and Brent Barton exchanged marriage vows in the yeast and wheat germ. beautifully decorated new Adventist church in Rotorua, New Zealand, on Monday, October 27, My method of preparation is to crumble 1975. Jennifer is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. into a bucket all the dry ingredients, beat THE YUGEPA STORY C. L. Barber of Kawaka Point, Rotorua, and Brent the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Barton of the eggs with a suitable quantity of water (Concluded from page 5) Christchurch. It is the wish of all who were in a billy, and then add the liquid to the present on this happy occasion that Brent and ceremonies! We have very few baptized Jennifer will enjoy the blessing of God and the dry ingredients in the individual dishes. church members at Yugepa, but the people fulfilment of all their wedding-day hopes as They all eat together; we find they do they set up a new Adventist home in Christ- were just as happy about the opening of not fight at all among themselves. It is church. E. C. White. the church as they were about the opening served at one feed, and they have a fast JUDD—RAPHAEL. On Sunday evening, of the air strip. November 16, 1975, at the Concord church, New day once a week. South Wales, Geoffrey Claude Judd, youngest son When I first visited Yugepa, there were of Pastor and Mrs. C. D. Judd of Wahroonga, It is a very cheap diet in my case, as only a very few people living there. But was united in marriage with Margaret Janelle the eggs they eat come from a poultry Raphael, only daughter of Pastor and Mrs. C. now two villages have decided to move and H. Raphael of Ermington (Sydney). Many farm and are eggs which otherwise would take up residence beside the air strip. relatives and friends were present at the church where both the fathers had a part in the cere- go to feed pigs, the powdered milk is old This presents us with a wonderful oppor- stock which is condemned for sale for mony, and afterwards at the Dundas Church tunity. Hall where the guests appreciated joining the human consumption, and I am able to newly married couple in the reception. They Pray for Uri, the mission Aid Post or- obtain broken Weet-Bix. If Mrs. Crook will be making their home in Sydney. We wish derly, who is labouring for these under- them much of God's blessing for the future. lives near a poultry farm, she could C. H. Raphael. developed people as a missionary rather doubtless obtain similar supplies. Milk LONG—NICHOLAS. Kenneth Long and Wendy for animals can be bought from the than as a doctor boy (he can't get medical Nicholas were married in the Seventh-day Ad- supplies), that he may soon see results ventist church, Dundas, New South Waes, at produce merchant, and bran and pollard 5.00 p.m. on December 3, 1975. Both families are would be a possible substitute for Weet- for his labours, and that there may be well known in the Greater Sydney Conference, Ken being the son of Brother and Sister Norman Bix. By the way, my Boxer thinks that many people in heaven from this new Long, and Wendy the daughter of Brother and peanut butter is quite the most luscious area of Yugepa. Sister Maurice Nicholas. Wendy has worked in the Greater Sydney Adventist Book Centre for thing to eat that there is. some time and is greatly appreciated there; Ken is studying at the University of New South My dogs cover quite a range of breeds— Wales. The Dundas church was attractively German Shepherd, Boxer, crossbred- prepared for the wedding service, and a large ADVENTISTS IN VIENNA group of guests later gathered at the Ryde Civic cattle, and bitsa—but they are all bright- Centre to celebrate the occasion. As the newly- eyed, alert and healthy with lovely silky (Concluded from page 7) weds set up their home in Sydney, we wish them hair and amiable ways. Incidentally, God's blessing. G. D. Box. cert were Polish Communist leader Ed- they do not have strong convictions in MILLER—DAVIS. On October 12. 1975, at ward Gierek, and President and Mrs. the Seventh-day Adventist church, Charlestown, favour of a strictly vegetarian diet as New South Wales, Graeme Edgar Miller Gerald Ford, who greeted the 100 teen- and they will cheerfully scrounge bones if Valda Lynette Davis were united in marriage. agers with handshakes and commenda- Graeme is the son of Brother and Sister G. Miller they can, but they do not like the sub- tions. In city after city the performers of Parkes, New South Wales, and Valda is the stitute diet of prepared dog foods which only daughter of Sister Lorna Davis from New- were told they had changed the image castle, New South Wales. Graeme, having gradu- they are fed for the convenience of the of American youth in the minds of many ated from the Sydney Adventist Hospital, is person minding them when we are away. doing further study at the Ryde Psychiatric Hos- Polish people. "We are pleased to see a pital, and Valda is finishing her general nursing D. Ardley, group with such a serious dedication to training at the Sydney Adventist Hospital. We wish them the blessing of God as they Deodrztour New South Wales. great music," said a church leader. to do this. G. AUSTRALASIAN RECORD 19/1/76 [15]

MITCHELL—SIPPEL. Noel William Mit- WANTED: Experienced bricklayer, partner- chell and Christine Joy Sippel were married in ship. Commence early February, 1976. Please the Seventh-day Adventist church at Coff's Har- FOOD FOR THOUGHT ring Canberra 58 3064 or write, C. La Versa. bour, New South Wales, on Sunday, November 27 Broadby Close, Spence, A.C.T. 2615. 30, 1975. Noel is the son of Brother and Sister VEGETARIAN RESTAURANT Frank Mitchell of Griffiths, New South Wales, WANTED: Three grape pickers. Start about and Christine is the daughter of Brother and Lunch: 12.00-2.30 p.m., Monday February 12. Approximately five weeks' work. Sister C. K. Sippel of Coff's Harbour, New South to Friday. K. W. Arnold, Birdwoodton Post Office, Vic. Wales. Friends and relatives travelled many 3505. miles to join with the happy couple in celebrat- Dinner: 6.30-10.30 p.m., Sunday ing their wedding. Christine is a graduate of the to Thursday, and Saturday WHEN THE NEED ARISES . . . Sydney Adventist Hospital. Noel is currently Understanding and dignified funeral service by working with the C.S.I.R.O. in Sydney, and their night after Sabbath. A la an Adventist funeral director and staff. Funerals friends wish them the peace and joy of God as Carte. conducted in Sydney, Newcastle, and adjoining they set up their home in Hornsby. 541 Chapel St., South Yarra, areas. G. D. Box. LAKE MACQUARIE FUNERAL SERVICE. MELBOURNE 24-hour attention. Phone (049) 73 1952. READ—DAEMS. John Donald Read and Sheila May Daems chose the church at Bickley, Phone: 24 4418 Western Australia, in which to take their wedding Excellent cuisine, period setting, vows. The wedding took place at 11.00 a.m. on Sunday, November 30, 1975. We wish John and cheerful service. Run as a mis- Sheila much of Heaven's blessing as they com- sionary venture by Adventist mence their united walk through life. H. G. Halliday. young people of all ages. AUSTRALASIAN RECORD SIBLEY—WAREHAM. On Sunday afternoon, and Advent World Survey December 14, 1975, Leon Eric Sibley and Alma Myrtle Wareham were married in the Warburton FASHION FABRICS. Box 16, P.O. Glenorchy, Official Organ of the church, Victoria. The uniting of these mature Tasmania, 7010. Dacrons—florals $1.50 m. people brought joy to all their friends. It was AUSTRALASIAN DIVISION OF THE SEVENTH-DAY Terylene/chiffon $2.00 m. Terylene/jersey $2.00 ADVENTIST CHURCH especially pleasing to see the bridal party, con- m. Terylene/linen $2.40 m. Terylene gabardine sisting as it did of the bride's four children and $2.40 m. Winter fabrics available. Samples Editor R. H. PARR her daughter-in-law. The solemnity of the mar- available. Remnant parcels $10.00. Associate Editor - - - - K. S. PARMENTER riage service was succeeded by the relaxed at- mosphere of the wedding breakfast held at Green Editorial Assistant - - - - JEAN BEDFORD Gables. This will be a good marriage, because FOR sound workmanship in car repairs and Office Secretary - - - SHARON CLARKE Christ is the unseen Partner. R. H. Parr. servicing, see your Adventist garageman. Wahroonga Representative - KAREN BALDWIN Electronic Tuning. Winray Motors, 17 Cool- store Road, Croydon, Vic. 3136. Phone 725 0711.

LAND FOR SALE, "Lake Macquarie," Lot Annual subscription—post paid: 187, Bayswater Road, Bayswater, near Toronto, N.S.W. Residential area, level building block, All areas covered by the Australasian 200 metres from lake. Price $6,500. Contact Division . $AUST.6.50 Pastor D. Vitiello, Lot 1113, 5th Avenue, Austral, N.S.W. 2171. Other countries $AUST.12.10 Air Mail postage rates on application. • Order through your Adventist Book Centre or send TILL HE COMES direct to the Signs Publishing Company, Warburton, NURSING SISTER S Victoria, Australia. 3799. AND NURSE AIDES NEEDED All copy for the paper should be sent to The Editor, RENN. On Friday, October 10, 1975, we RECORD, Signs Publishing Company, Warburton, laid to rest Mrs. Susan Kate Renn, aged The Warburton Sanitarium and Victoria. 3799. eighty-three, after a lifetime of service. She Hospital is in need of the services Appearing regularly in the Australasian Record are was the widow of the late William Stewart articles from the Review and Herald, the general Renn, who served the cause for twenty-six years of two nursing sisters to serve in this church paper of the Seventh-day Adventists, pub- from 1922 to 1948, and she ably supported him 31-bed medical, obstetric and surgical lished at Washington, D.C., U.S.A. as they travelled from place to place in many hospital. It also needs the services Printed weekly for the Division by the Signs different positions of responsibility. Mrs. Renn Publishing Company, Warburton, Victoria. was buried in the Northern Suburbs Cemetery, of two nurse aides. Applications are New South Wales, and is survived by her son, therefore invited from those wishing Stewart Renn of Melbourne. A life sketch to dedicate their services to the work appears elsewhere in this issue. DIRECTORY W. H. Simmonds. of the church in ministering to the C. H. Raphael. sick. Comfortable accommodation is AUSTRALASIAN DIVISION OF THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH provided in an ideal setting. Would 148 Fox Valley Road, Wahroonga, N.S.W. 2076. applicants please furnish two ref- erences and state age and ex- President R. R. Frame CARETAKER Secretary K. S. Parmenter perience. Please address applications Treasurer L. L. Butler Applications are invited for the to The Matron, Warburton Sanitarium Assistant Secretary R. A. Evans position of caretaker and gardener 8 Hospital, Warburton, Victoria. 3799. Assistant Treasurer W. T. Andrews Field Secretary A. S. Jorgensen for residence and staff lodge. Loca- .0.,••••••.'•••• Auditor S. H. Macfarlane tion is beautifully situated in bush- Associate Auditors G. J. Bland land setting of 14 acres on edge of D. R. Eliot Lake Munmorah (Upper Tuggerah I - Departmental Directors Lakes), Budgewoi, N.S.W., and within OPPORTUNITY Education G. F. Clifford driving distance of Avondale College. Health Food F. C. Craig Position is permanent, and is FOR RETIRED MINISTER Lay Activities R. H. Abbott Health D. E. Bain suitable for retired or semi-retired The Executive Committee of the Health (Associate) - - - - B. A. Shollenburg minister or farmer or practical man South Australian Conference seeks Ministerial Association - - - C. R. Stanley who enjoys good health and is Sabbath School and the services of a retired minister to Communication - - - - M. G. Townend interested in outdoor activities. live in the lovely seaside town of Communication (Associate) - - R. A. Vince Remuneration package is attrac- Port Lincoln to care for the church Publishing ------J. T. Knopper tive, and is by way of fully Stewardship and Development - - G. A. Lee there. A conveniently located three- Temperance and Religious Liberty R. W. Taylor carpeted new residence, rent free bedroom home is available rent free. Young People's Missionary and other bonuses. Free telephone and other benefits Volunteer ------G. R. 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enough, and one of my New Year resolutions is that I shall cut down no more but send them back to you for editing. Think of it this way: when we have to mail a notice back to you and you have to fix it up and then return it to us, you are wasting 36c (if you are in Australia) of the Lord's money in FLASHPOINT postage. Please don't think I'm trying to be hard to get on with; I'm doing this after repeated pleas to you to restrict these notices to the specified size. Count dates and proper names, either of places or )(-- WELL, DEAR HEARTS, this is the first RECORD you'll people, as one word. And it would help if you get in 1976, and even though it is dated January gave us a word count on the bottom of the notice. OK? The watchword is: Keep It Brief. 19, it seems appropriate to wish you a Happy New A couple of weeks ago we published a paragraph in year, and this comes from all of us here to all of you Out There. Thanks for your support during good faith telling how Greater Sydney claimed a 1975, your letters, your gentle slaps on the wrist record far one week's sales by literature evangelists. when you thought we did the Wrong Thing, your That stirred the literature evangelists in Victoria— letters of commendation when occasionally we did their leaders, that is. "Not so!" they trumpeted. the Right Thing, and most of all, for continuing to Victoria holds that record with a sizzling $24,017 pay your subscriptions which kept our circulation sold in one week in November 1974. OK, Greater UP. May you long be spared to road the RECORD. Sydney, your next move. >(-- Right on this topic, I must inject a rather sad note. CYCLONE JOAN pounded Port Hedland in Western As from January 1, our subscription rates have gone Australia recently. (Joan was the slightly gentler, up. You know how it is: rising costs, rising wages, but only slightly, sister of Tracy, who smacked Dar- and so we go, wondering where it will all end. win right between the eyes on Christmas Eve, 1974.) The postal charges are one of the big factors in this Well, Port Hedland is still reeling from the battering price rise, and I have to tell you that a single copy it took, but Our Man on the Spot, Pastor Lewis of Australasia's Premier News-sheet now costs 13c, Parker, says that the Parker home escaped serious while a year's subscription to anywhere in the damage, even though 85 per cent of the homes in Australasian Division sets you back a mere $6.50 the town were severely damaged. (Aust.). Other countries will have to pay $12.10. Talking-point: Sydney Adventist Hospital graduated Sorry about that, but I can tell you that the Austra- its seventy-fifth nursing class on December 7, when lasian Division does not make any money out of forty-one names went on the "Registered Nurses" RECORD. On the contrary. The Division subsidizes list. Keep them coming, S.A.H. With a total of this paper so that it will be within reach of most of 1,207 graduates now, you are on the way to 2,000. our members. When you consider that it costs me TIDINGS FROM ANGOLA AND MOZAMBIQUE. The 18c to send a letter next door these days, perhaps 13c per copy posted isn't so bad after all. Please Euro-Africa Division reports that our work in Angola don't be LIKE THAT and say that you are has been disrupted completely, thanks to the nation- going to cancel your subscription when it comes al problems in that country. In Mozambique (also a up. We have held off doing this for as long as Portuguese territory) the Publishing Department possible; but it's just got to be. So, please, remem- director was gaoled. A literature evangelist went ber that you need us as much as we need you. out to visit him and he was likewise clapped in prison. The Union president then went to visit these CALLS-AND-TRANSFERS DEPARTMENT. E. J. Johan- men, and HE was likewise seized, and he is now in son Jr. from manager, Central Credit Office to gaol also. Is your prayer list full? assistant Hospital secretary, Sydney Adventist Hos- MAKOSOI '75 is the College publication of Fulton pital. Alan Walshe from field work, South New South Wales Conference, to assistant Dean of Men, College. Printed by Rarama Press, it is a picture- Avondale College. R. E. Way from president, story of the senior college of the island field, and is Papuan Gulf Mission, to president, Western High- a credit to all who had a part in its production. It lands Mission. R. Fraser from president, Gilbert and would boost the students' morale more than con- Ellice Islands, to president, North-East Papua Mission. siderably if you could pop them off $1.50 (Aust.), P. J. Sawyer from accountant, P.N.G.U.M., to sec- and they would then air-mail you a copy. Write to retary-treasurer, Central Papua Mission. The Principal, Fulton College, Private Mail Bag, Suva, Recently we announced those who would serve as Fiji. And tell them I sent you. volunteer missionaries for 1976. Add a couple ALAS! No more "Leaves from a Missionary's Diary" more names to the list. Mr. and Mrs. J. Jakovac will after the current batch finishes, because Molly Ran- go to Tonga for building work (Mrs. Jakovac? kin and her husband have been granted permanent Building?), and Miss Heather Buxton for primary return and are already soldiering on in South New teaching in the Western Solomons. These folk have Zealand in charge of the Ashburton/Timaru district. a wonderful spirit and God will bless them. The Peter Truscotts are home permanently too. They A WORD to the ministry. This morning I have spent have given nine years to the C.P.U.M., with periods a couple of hours, all but ten minutes, cutting down at Beulah College (Tonga), Vatuvonu (Fiji), and more wedding and obituary notices to the statutory 120 recently at Fulton College. Mr. Truscott will join the words for the latter and ninety for the former. Some staff of the Brisbane Adventist High School. notices had to be reduced to about half their sent-in "Finally, brethren . . .": The reason ideas die quickly size. Gentlemen, this is not my ruling; it comes in some heads is that they can't stand solitary con- from the Top. Now fair go, chaps, this is not good finement,