Adventist Review General Paper of the Seventh-day Adventist Church April 26, 1984

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THIS WEEK Adventist Review Although we try to be even- exciting news is that the debt no more or less how it is with the handed in dealing with the longer exists. Through a con- plan of salvation and the debt news, if we are to be honest we certed effort the 4,400 members that has been paid for each of us. must admit our bias toward of the Texico Conference were Bible credits: The Scripture Or) good news. We like success able to retire a debt that had quotations marked R.S.V. in Published continuously since 1849 stories—stories about church been a major burden for this publication are from the EDITOR growth, exceptionally effective years—and they did it in a Revised Standard Version of the William G. Johnsson literature evangelists, innova- relatively short time. Bible, copyrighted 1946, 1952 ASSOCIATE EDITOR tive forms of outreach. "Texico Conference Liqui- © 1971, 1973. George W. Reid Recently, however, we dates Debt" (p. 16) is such a Art and photo credits: MANAGING EDITOR received exciting news about a good-news story because it once Cover, H. Armstrong Roberts; Jocelyn R. Fay topic that we seldom report— was such a bad-news story. p. 3, David Sherwin; other ASSISTANT EDITORS debt, big debt. Of course, the Which, come to think of it, is photos, respective authors. James N. Coffin, Eugene F. Durand Aileen Andres Sox

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2 (434) ADVENTIST REVIEW, APRIL 26, 1984 Does anybody have the right to tell me what to do? By BERNARD RAMM

New answers to this question are revolutionizing our views of marriage, murder, abortion, law, and even athletic salaries.

s all that paperwork and ceremony associated with I marriage really necessary? What is so wrong with a live-in arrangement? We bridle at such questions, but hot feeling is not enough when we are talking with an acquaintance who shares an apartment with his girlfriend. Just why do Christians see marriage as something more than a convenient relationship between two human beings? The reason seems to be rooted in a whole different way of looking at life. The issue is not marriage itself, but our basic outlook on life, and especially on authority. We might face much the same problem in talking with that same acquaintance about murder, abortion, law, or athletic salaries. Interlocking universe To understand the present-day division we need to take a quick look at the past. Greek philosophy from Plato's time taught that the universe is ordered and structured, a System of interlocking systems. In a similar approach, Christian theology would say Scripture teaches about one Lord God who created the world, gave the moral law at Sinai, inspired therefore much more than a relationship of convenience the prophets of the Old Testament, redeemed the world (among many possible ones); marriage is not to be reduced to through Christ, and is the consummator of all things. We can the level of society's customs. call creation, law, inspiration, holy history, salvation, and No! say the nominalists consummation systems within one System. Western culture has been held together, in a sloppy way, The opposite opinion to any such structured viewpoint by a profound belief that there was some kind of interlocking carries the philosophical name of nominalism. In the history system, or else one Lord God. This basic viewpoint underlies of human ideas it is associated with William Ockham, a the West's political and economic thought, as well as its idea philosopher-theologian of the Middle Ages. Ockham of ethics, value, and beauty. Leonardo da Vinci's definition affirmed against the interlocking idea that the universe is of a work of art as "a shadow of the divine perfection" is composed only of particular items like sticks, stones, chairs, based on such convictions. Morality is not, in this view, a cats, dogs, trees, and so on. There is no inner structure of series of conventional maxims, but stems from the nature of things, no cosmic glue, no world order. God is interpreted as the universe. Moral principles carry the "sanction of the the unique sovereign Particular who governs the world universe." They are part of the structure of reality. Human through arbitrarily chosen rules. The only guideline is that beings find peace, stability, order, contentment, and rules must be consistent with each other. salvation to the degree that their personal lives are in Parenthetically, we must note that nominalists have harmony with the divine Order. objected to a concept of world order on the grounds that it Marriage is also part of the System. It belongs to the supports wicked kings, corrupt dictators, and oppressive "order of life," which also entails the moral order. The practices in business, employment, and social relationships. sanction of marriage is to be found in this context, and is This may be the case in the philosophical versions, but not in the Biblical one. In Scripture, the prophets were the inspired Bernard Ramm is professor of Christian theology at critics of the political, economic, and social order. In fact, American Baptist Seminary of the West (Berkeley). His latest established political criticism emerges in history for the first book is After Fundamentalism (Harper & Row, 1983). CO time in Israel. All aspects of the System or world order as Christianity Today. Used by permission. they are concretely worked out in society are under the

ADVENTIST REVIEW, APRIL 26, 1984 (435) 3 criticism of the prophetic word. Therefore, there is no order Nominalism has a powerful effect on language. It takes the for the sake of order, or power for the sake of power, that can moral vocabulary of the past and destroys it. A young girl is make an absolute appeal. no longer immoral, but sexually active. Homosexual The cultural explosions of the Renaissance of the relationships are now termed sexual preferences. Deviant fourteenth century and the Enlightenment of the eighteenth behavior is called an alternative lifestyle. Pederasty is did much to unravel the idea of a structural universe, defined as intergenerational sexuality. Drug abuse is now including the Biblical doctrine of the one God who is Lord of known as the recreational use of controlled substances. creation, history, morality, and redemption. However, since Nominalism and killing World War II the rate of attrition of such concepts has sky-rocketed. It is all a very complicated story, and we are The unusual anthropologist Ernest Becker has observed limiting ourselves to the central element and how it has so that the more scientific and technological a society becomes, deeply disturbed the concept of authority. The solitary point the less value it puts on human life. I would rephrase this: the we want to make is the eventual triumph of nominalism. more nominalistic a society becomes, the less it values Contemporary people need not have a clear philosophy of human life. When a human being is viewed as part of the nominalism in their minds to show the result of such System of systems (as, for instance, when we say that "no thinking. Nor do we mean that this mentality is produced man is an island"), then murder is a terrible crime. It is the only by philosophical reflection. Rather, factors contributing total elimination of a self, a person, a piece of humanity. But to its formation include the development of the sciences, if there are only particulars, then each human being is one technology, educational systems, the growth of vast more particular, no more, no less. So to kill a human being is population centers, the nature of the business community, to eliminate but one more particular from about 4 billion. the anonymity of large cities, and perhaps even literature and Some primitive (sic!) tribes have fought each other until one the entertainment world. But whether nominalism is arrived person was seriously wounded or killed, and then they have at by reflection or the pragmatisms of life, the contours are stopped. Nominalistic man of the twentieth century has the same. carried on wars that have killed millions. And now, according to the latest speculation, a nuclear war could well Effect on marriage kill 2 billion people, and the more remote aftereffects could As abstract as this discussion may appear, the conse- kill the remaining 2 billion. quences of the triumph of nominalism are enormous, The geometric growth of the rate of abortions is another affecting the character of Western culture and deeply eroding facet of nominalistic mentality. The notion that the circle of the concept of authority. The golden rule of nominalism is responsibility includes only the pregnant woman and her that there are only particulars. There is no cosmic glue, no doctor is nominalistic. Of course, abortion can be justified in System of systems, no over-arching principles of justice, a number of situations because two lives are inextricably morality, beauty, or truth. There is no God who is Lord, bound up in one fate, something not true of any other Creator, Redeemer, Consummator. relationship. But under nominalistic assumptions, abortion If that be the case, then—to pick out one item among has become a measure to avoid an inconvenience. many—marriage is only a relationship of convenience. If Nominalism and the law marriage is only that, divorce is the remedy for a marriage that proves inconvenient. When deep in its bones (or Another dire symptom of the triumph of nominalism is the subconsciousness) a population eventually interprets mar- proliferation of lawsuits and the enormous sums involved. If riage and divorce in this purely nominalistic fashion, the a person believes every other person is part of God's great divorce rate skyrockets. creation, and a participant in all the "creation orders," as In the nineteenth and early twentieth century there was still some theologians call them, then a relationship with another a strong feeling in America about a world order that included person has a sacred element to it. One can put no price on that a moral order. At that time, it would have been unthinkable relationship. The holy, the sacred, and the intimate carry no for a divorced person to be President of the United States. price tags. Under such assumptions a lawsuit is a rare thing, Yet our current President is such a person. This could happen and the sums involved are modest. only because the majority of Americans have accepted the Our nominalistic society, which has lost its vision of the nominalistic version of marriage and divorce. sacred, now puts sums on human relationships and does not If marriage is understood exclusively as a relationship, hesitate to create the serious moral rupture among the people that and nothing more, then all the formal paperwork and such suits inevitably involve. Once human relationships can ceremony associated with marriage are unnecessary. The be reduced to sums, it is surprising who sues whom. There so-called live-in marriage is now popular. And if the are cases of lesbian partners suing each other, of children nominalistic concept of marriage is pressed even harder, any suing parents, of parents suing school boards or educational relationship between any two people is a valid form of systems. Live-ins sue live-ins, a rough calculation of one marriage. Thus we have homosexual and lesbian marriages. such suit putting the cash price of such a relationship at a Half a century ago the "back street arrangements" were kept thousand dollars a day. Nominalism does that sort of thing. It as secret as possible, being immoral and scandalous. is no longer "Man is the measure of all things," but "Money Nowadays, where nominalism rules, persons on television is the measure of all relationships." talk shows freely admit to live-in arrangements. Subcon- The enormous impact of nominalism on legal theory is sciously they know that a population that has bought the also apparent. Formerly, when a jurist believed in some nominalistic ethic will express no moral outrage. version of a world order (philosophical or theological), he

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also believed that human law reflected—imperfectly—the Historically, certain criteria applied to athletic contests set justice of the world order. In the Old Testament, the laws of them above the criteria of the marketplace. In such contests Israel were understood to be derived from the justice of heroism, team play, physical dexterity, remarkable endur- Yahweh. Therefore, there is something sacred or holy about ance, and the astonishing will to achieve were the gold coin a code of law, a court of law, and a policeman who enforces of the realm and sufficient in themselves. But in a society the law. There was something above and beyond the human governed by nominalistic assumptions, such virtues all personalities of these legal people, and they were given an become of secondary value. The same mentality that puts extra measure of respect for that reason. sums of money on personal relationships in lawsuits now Nominalism puts the picture together differently. Legal places sums of money on the quality of athletic perform- systems are only human arrangements, human conve- ances. And that performance is viewed by a crowd of niences, in order that matters of business and common life spectators governed by similar nominalistic assumptions. may proceed with a minimum of obstruction. Laws are Nominalism and Catholic authority functional and pragmatic, enabling millions of people to live together in relative harmony. Hence, there is nothing extra to Nominalism means that the individual is the ultimate point legal codes, courts of law, judges, or policemen. They are of reference for value, morality, or any other such decision. reduced to people paid to do certain tasks. This spills directly over into theology, especially with The sickness that nominalism brings to our legal system reference to any authority granted to Scripture, tradition, or may be seen in the way lawyers toy with the system. Some of church. the worst scoundrels may hire the cleverest of lawyers. The A revelation of this mentality is to be found in Hans law, set up to establish justice in the land, is now used against Ming's book Infallible? An Inquiry. Traditional Roman it. Every conceivable ploy within the law is used to frustrate Catholic theology presents five infallible authorities: the justice. A lawyer with the historic view of the relationship of pope, the ecumenical council, the universal consent of justice to the legal system would never engage in the willful bishops, tradition, and Scripture. manipulation of the system. But a lawyer whose mind is In s books we see that the real issue concerns not the governed by nominalistic assumptions will see nothing infallibility of these sources, but their authority. Nominalis- wrong with it. Such a lawyer is governed by money, or fame tic thinking has deeply penetrated the Roman Catholic for winning his case, or some sordid combination of both. Church, and created a major crisis of obedience to authority. Hans Ming himself has refused to obey the orders given to Nominalism and athletics him by the heirarchy of the church. It is now common Another commentary on our nominalistic society is that of knowledge that bishops, priests, and laypeople disobey the enormous sums of money paid to professional athletes. systematically and massively the authority of the church.

approaching his car. Thinking the man probably wanted Love casts out fear directions to someplace, he rolled down the window. "Good evening. May I help you?" he asked pleasantly. By ROSCOE I. MC FADDEN Jabbing a gun into the pastor's ribs, the robber demanded, "Give me all your money, and make it fast!" A young intern helping at Monument Valley Adventist The pastor opened his wallet wide and emptied $30 into Hospital, located on an Indian reservation in Utah, decided to the robber's hands. But the robber was not satisfied. hike along to the top of the mesa that overlooks the valley. As "That's not all you have," he barked. "Open that dusk descended, a drizzling rainfall made his return path briefcase." The pastor obeyed. In a calm voice he said, "I'm slippery. When he stared at the valley a thousand feet below, a minister of the gospel. I wouldn't lie to you. That is really fear overcame him and he crouched miserably on the side of all I have." the mountain, calling for help. "Well, get down on the floor below the dashboard and stay Several persons shouted to him, "Try the easier pathway that way for five minutes. Don't you dare raise your head, or behind," but he froze on the spot and would not move. At I'll blow your brains out!" last a 14-year-old Indian boy who had grown up in the valley Of course the pastor complied. But almost at once the and climbed the mesas many times offered to climb up and thought came to him, "I failed to bear witness to that man rescue the young man. He took along a rope that he tied who needs it so." With no thought of his personal safety, he securely about the intern's waist; together they descended the quickly stepped out of the car and called, "Come back trail. here!" In his instruction to the young minister Timothy, the Startled, the thief turned and came back. Imagine his apostle Paul wrote, "God hath not given us the spirit of fear; surprise when the pastor told him of a loving and merciful but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind" (2 Tim. Saviour and handed him a missionary book to read. 1:7). Perhaps Paul had learned this great lesson through his Stammering, the thief promised to read it. experience on the Damascus road. The story about the thief is not yet complete, but the Early one evening a pastor set out to give a Bible study, but courage and dedication of the pastor reminds us that "God finding the family not home, he returned to his car and sat hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of . . . love, and of a entering the data in his notebook. Glancing up, he saw a man sound mind."

ADVENTIST REVIEW, APRIL 26, 1984 (437) 5 The Roman Catholic Church forbids all use of artificial FOR THE YOUNGER SET methods of birth control, yet polls show that many millions of Roman Catholic laity use such methods. Such is the nominalistic erosion of authority in the Roman Catholic Church. Erosion of Protestant authority The basic case is no different in Protestantism, where the nominalistic mentality also reigns. Historic creeds have only Randy's second the authority a pastor wills subjectively to give them. Scripture fares no better. Its authority is exactly that of the chance-1 subjective preferences of the theologian or pastor. The sola Scriptura ("Scripture alone") of the Reformers is replaced By GLADYS LIANE NEWMYER by the subjective preferences of the individual conscience. Even those of us who maintain the historic sola Scriptura Randy and his mother No, no sign yet, he said to peeked out from behind the himself. discover how deeply into our own bones the nominalistic window shade to watch a He closed the window and cancer has penetrated. We too engage in a sorting-out mother robin busily building was about to go out to play practice on what binds us and what does not. her nest. when he heard the flurry of Of course, it is an oversimplification to hang all our "Oh, Mom, she's build- wings. The mother bird flew modern woes, secular and religious, on nominalism. In any ing her nest on my window down to her nest. Randy cultural development many factors are at work. Our ledge!" Randy whispered. watched as she checked the argument is that the most influential factor is nominalism, "I'll be close to her and can eggs and sat for a few and that it has done the most to undermine the concept of watch her every day!" moments on the edge of the authority in both the secular and theological realms. Mother nodded. "True, nest. Then, as quickly as she I do not deny the truth in nominalism that all authority but don't frighten her by came, she flew away. He letting her see you, Randy. continued to watch, but the requires an element of subjective recognition. The And you must never touch mother bird never returned. Reformers knew this and expressed it in their great doctrine her nest, particularly the Why didn't she stay, he of the internal, secret witness of the Holy Spirit. It is that eggs. A mother bird wondered. I'll go ask Mom. persuasion of the Spirit that enables the sinner to admit the becomes very upset when "Mom, the mother robin authority of Scripture. And nominalism has a point in humans bother her nest." came to her nest after being requiring that any proposed authority give an account of "Oh, I'll be careful," gone, and then left again. itself ("legitimization"). Sheer, uncritical acceptance of Randy promised. "Just She still hasn't come back," authority is irresponsible. think, a robin will be right he said excitedly. Although T. S. Eliot is commonly known as a poet and outside my window." He "You didn't bother her dramatist, he was recognized in his day as one of the sharpest hugged his mother and then eggs, did you, Randy?" pulled back the shade a trifle Mom looked straight into the critics of culture in Europe (based on 19 years of editing the more to get a better look. eyes of her little boy. journal The Criterion). He believed that unless Europe and In a few days the robin Randy put his hands to his America kept a firm hold on basic Christian values and had laid her eggs; from then face. "Oh, Mom, I forgot morality, our civilization would repeat the Dark Ages. That on she stayed on her nest what you said about the may be the case if nominalism continues to rule. almost constantly. She mother robin. I only checked scarcely moved, sitting gen- to see if they'd started to Authority and grace tly on the eggs to keep them hatch. Oh, Mom, I'm so From the Christian perspective, authority is always warm. Randy checked on sorry. I really didn't mean her many times a day. He to—." Randy began to cry. established in the context of grace. There is the amazing wondered at such patience His mother patted his paradox of the sovereign authority of God accepted within and faithfulness day after arm. "I asked you not to the boundaries of the immeasurable grace of God revealed in day. bother the eggs, dear, the gospel. The Reformers saw an intimate connection One day he hurried to the because most birds desert among the grace of God, the gospel, justification by faith, window to watch the robin, the nest if humans touch regeneration by the Holy Spirit, the lordship of Christ, and but the mother bird was them." Scripture. Sola Scriptura exists within the context of grace gone. Randy watched and Randy nodded. He went and gospel. And wherever the gospel of the grace of God in waited for her to return; then to his room and lifted the Jesus Christ is preached, the authority of Scripture is he decided to open his win- shade. For several moments established. dow and screen for a closer he looked at the deserted look at the three eggs. nest with its three little eggs. Whether Western culture will ever return to a healthier Oh, they are pretty, he I'm sorry, Mrs. Robin, he concept of authority is beyond our present knowledge. We thought. I wonder whether thought to himself; I never do know that the more that nominalistic thinking prevails, the babies have pecked a meant to upset you. But I'll the more ripped and frazzled will be our common life. But we little hole yet. Without always remember from now can be assured that wherever the gospel is preached, those thinking, he gently picked on to stay away from a nest. who receive it will seek to establish once again the authority up each egg to investigate. Concluded next week of the Word of God in their lives—the sola Scriptura of the Reformers. ❑

6 (438) ADVENTIST REVIEW, APRIL 26, 1984 Two dreams-and 40 years after

By THOMAS A. DAVIS

Through the years my father's dreams was a realist inclined to skepticism. Faith came hard for her. This attitude was a barrier to her having a real Christian had given me hope that Mother experience. would come to God before she died. In the early 1940s my parents moved to Oshawa, Ontario. Dad was rebaptized, and they began to attend church again. But after a few years, when something happened in the church to offend Mother, she quit attending. While a medic with the Royal Canadian Air Force in England, I received a letter from Dad in which he revealed his concern over Mother's spiritual condition. He told me his prayers for assurance had resulted in a dream in which he was standing on an eminence, high above the surrounding country. Before him was spread a land of indescribable beauty. Standing beside him was my mother, with a small baby in her arms. (They had lost an 18-month-old daughter.) Was this only a common dream? Or was God giving him the answer he sought? Wanting to know, my father prayed that if the dream was from God, it would be repeated. A short time afterward he had the identical dream. In 1967 my father died in his eighty-fifth year. Mother retained her skeptical, somewhat resentful, attitude toward the church, and although she still called herself a Seventh- day Adventist, she seldom attended services. Watching Mother grow older without a close relationship with Jesus was a concern to us children. Lukewarm response During my visits to Mother, who was now in a nursing home, I tried to talk to her about Jesus. Her response was always lukewarm. She had little to say about the Saviour, although she could talk about other matters and had a refreshing sense of humor. My younger sister, who lived only a block from the nursing home and has a close relationship with Jesus, tearfully shared with me her concern for Mother. Toward the end of 1982, approaching her ninety-fifth y parents joined the Seventh-day Adventist Church in birthday, Mother took a bad fall and had to have seven M 1931 in St. Johns, Newfoundland. They were stitches in the back of her head. The doctor discovered she baptized by Harold N. Williams, who had conducted had suffered a stroke that had left her right hand almost evangelistic meetings in the city (and who at age 94 is still useless. She was bedridden now. hale and hearty). I decided to take a quick trip to Canada to see her. The The thirties were hard times for most of us who lived then, feeling was that she might not live to see the spring of 1983. for the great depression was grinding its way across the Through the years my father's dreams had been a pivot of years. hope for me. I felt God had assured him that something My father was a devout man of childlike faith. Neverthe- would happen to bring Mother to the Lord before she died. less, a time came when, because of difficulty in finding food, Dad had gone to his grave without seeing that hope realized. clothing, and shelter for his family of six, his faith faltered, Now Mother was apparently sinking, and I had no assurance then failed. For a few years he and Mother stopped attending she had found God's saving forgiveness. It is sometimes very church and were not careful in their Sabbathkeeping. difficult for one to reach a relative regarding spiritual My mother, of a different temperament than my father, matters. Often another person can accomplish more. When I arrived at my sister's home, she had a gladdening Thomas A. Davis is associate editor of Your Life and Health story to tell. My brother-in-law had been thinking of buying a magazine. new car. One day he and my sister went to a dealer where

ADVENTIST REVIEW, APRIL 26, 1984 (439) 7 they were served by a salesman who was a member of the she had risen from the chair and had walked the length of the Salvation Army. At one time he had done missionary work at long hall and back, to everyone's astonishment. the nursing home where my mother was living. My sister When someone expressed surprise at this, she responded, urged him to begin again, asking if he would visit Mother "Did you think I wouldn't walk again?" adding, with her. The man agreed. " 'According to your faith be it unto you.' " During the visit he earnestly and very simply presented She has begun to sing the old hymns she sang many years Jesus to my mother. With tears she responded to his ago and to quote scriptures that my sister had never heard her invitation to accept Him. use before. Her right arm is strong again, and she talks of As my wife and I sat at Mother's bedside, we could walking outside in the garden when summer comes. immediately see that something had indeed happened to her. One of these days Mother will go to sleep. She will be laid There was a softness, a responsiveness, a willingness to talk beside my father in that graveyard in Canada. But my mind about the Saviour, that I had never seen before. When we springs forward to the return of Jesus when "the dead in mentioned the name of Jesus, tears flooded her eyes. A Christ shall rise." And I can imagine the joy of my father at fervent Amen followed our prayers. I believed that the finding his dreams fulfilled, at seeing his companion of dreams of my father were being fulfilled. almost 60 years rising from the dust with him. I returned to work, not expecting to see my mother again I have shared my story with you, but I want to add one until we committed her to the bosom of the earth. But I was thing more: No matter how old that loved one may be who no longer concerned. I believed all was well with her soul. does not know Jesus, don't give up. It is still true that as long Soon afterward I received a letter from my sister in which as there is life there is hope. Never quit praying for that she told of visiting Mother. The attendants at the nursing individual, never quit witnessing to him of Jesus, never give home had an interesting story to tell. When it was necessary up hope. The ways of the Holy Spirit are mysterious, and you to take Mother anywhere, they always took her in a can never know when He may be able to get through to that wheelchair. But the day before, when left alone temporarily, loved one—if you persist in doing your part. ❑

WINDOWS ON THE WORD By GEORGE W REID

Death in the New Earth? I would like to have you riages and births in the new ambassadors, the Israelites become routine. Sinners, explain to me Isaiah 65:20. earth, Ellen White says, would become the instructors although benefiting from such It seems to be talking about "Those who believe the of all people. Into such a an environment, still would the new earth and new heav- Scriptures cannot accept such world the Messiah would meet with God's disapproval. ens. How can it be that the doctrines . "—Medical Min- come, leading in time to the But the Israelites failed to children will die at 100 istry, p. 99. Neither will there establishment of His king- meet the conditions requisite years, since in the heavenly be death in the new earth dom. to such a golden age. The abode we will live eternally? (Luke 20:36; 1 Cor. 15:54; Following Judah's slide temple Ezekiel foresaw was A. S. M. Rev. 20:14; 21:4). into apostasy and subsequent never built, and Jerusalem The passage reads, "No The key to understanding captivity by the Babylonians, remained a third-rate city fol- more shall there be in it this passage in Isaiah is to the prophets took hope that the lowing the Jews' return from [Jerusalem] an infant that lives recognize that it deals with golden age would occur with Babylon. When the Messiah but a few days, or an old man God's original intent for His the Jews' return to Jerusalem. did appear, the nation lay who does not fill out his days, people. The Old Testament Ezekiel, himself a captive under Roman domination, and for the child shall die a hun- prophets repeatedly looked in Babylon, anticipated the the people, locked in a dred years old, and the sinner forward to a coming time reconstruction of the Temple mechanical religion of ritual, a hundred years old shall be when the Hebrews would ded- in Jerusalem. He dedicated the were unprepared for His com- accursed" (R. S . V.). icate themselves entirely to last major portion of his book ing. Because this verse is situ- the service of God (for exam- (chapters 40-48) to a detailed New Testament writers ated in a larger context (verses ple, Jer. 31:31-34). At that description of its plan and make it clear that God's 17-25) that describes condi- time God's blessings would functions. intentions, unfulfilled accord- tions in a new heaven and a transform Jerusalem into the Isaiah describes the new ing to His original plan, are to new earth (see verse 17), it dynamic hub of His work on age in elegant poetry. Sorrows be met in the ministry of appears to offer a problem, for earth. such as infant mortality and Christ's followers. Although elsewhere the Scriptures tell Material prosperity, peace, premature death of adults delayed, His purposes are to us there will not be marriage long life, good health, and would not plague the people of be achieved. Isaiah's (and (and, therefore, children born) international esteem would Jerusalem fulfilling the Lord's other prophets') expectations in the new earth (Mark 12:25; come as all nations came to the purpose. Beyond the normal of glorious triumph will meet Luke 20:35). Referring to the city to learn of the Lord. 70- or 80-year life span (Ps. fulfillment in the New Jerusa- belief that there will be mar- Functioning as His loyal 90:10), 100 years would lem.

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strong foundation upon which to build her new life as a single. Going on after The reactions experienced by Dianne, Jim, Cathy, and Eric are not unusual. Losing your mate can mean to you the your mate is gone end of love and security. It can strip you of your emotional stability, as it did Cathy and Jim, leaving you desolate. The The task of finding direction idea that happiness can be yours again may seem unrealistic as you struggle with the situations the death of your mate has in your life after the loss brought into your life. But at some point you begin to realize of a spouse can be formidable. that life goes on and that it can be a happy one. The marriage that formed the foundation of your security and emotional stability has ended, and the foundation, which took years to build with the help of your mate, has crumbled. Although building a new one on your own may seem impossible, it is necessary in order to make "going on" By SHIRLEY GAST LYNN possible. Molly discovered this soon after her husband's death. She discarded the "poor little me" attitude and held ianne is 56, attractive, intelligent, talented, widowed tightly to her determination to succeed. D four years, and still filled with bitterness and Losing a mate in death, a shock regardless of the cause of resentment from the past. Although she functions well in the the loss, presents a challenge, even for the strongest person. business world, she shuts herself away from any social life, The task of finding direction for your life can be formidable; choosing instead to live in solitude, a prisoner of her own simply accepting your new single status often becomes a trial feelings. in itself. Jim's wife died a year and a half ago. He is 48 and lost. He This is a time of getting to know yourself, of realizing that barely knows how to take care of himself, living from one many things can no longer be taken for granted, a time for day to the next in a seemingly emotionless state with no developing a new appreciation and awareness of what you outlook for a better tomorrow. are and what you have, a time of discarding old emotions and Cathy, 27, had been married for nine years when her adjusting to new ones. You must deal with each feeling and husband died. She is confused and lacks self-confidence to experience according to your own time schedule and in ways face the responsibility of rearing her three children alone. in which you feel comfortable, rather than measuring your Her husband had been the dominant figure in the family; his progress against someone else's. sudden death left her emotionally unprepared for the future. Thirty-six-year-old Eric is struggling with feelings of Prayer at the top of the list remorse and guilt. His wife's death occurred during a period Molly begins each day with prayer. Through prayer she of conflict in their marriage. He has dealt with a lack of has developed the patience she needs as a part of her self-confidence for years; her death has deepened his sense of character. Prayer helps her to keep busy, both mentally and worthlessness. Now he wanders aimlessly, seeking physically. Prayer should top your list of things to do and approval. ways to cope. It is a must in order to have the love, guidance, Then there is Molly, widowed for five years. Vivacious, and strength that come from having a relationship in harmony happy, busy, Molly is 65 going on 30. She is a friend to with Jesus. everyone, ready to help and encourage at any time. She holds Adherence to Biblical guidance can keep the pressures of a responsible job and lives a productive, contented single life from building up as you learn to take one day at a time. life. "Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; The difference between Molly and the others is that even and all these things shall be added unto you. Take therefore though she experienced the same kind of frustrations and no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought insecurities, she has worked through them. Molly's attitude for the things of itself" (Matt. 6:33, 34). has been "I'm going to get through this. I will make it. " She Fear is the greatest obstacle you will face. Fear of self can accepted her singleness and learned to be the master of her create distress that becomes destructive if allowed to own emotions. As a result, her self-confidence provides a continue. Fear can lie unnoticed at the base of all emotions . It can keep you from making a decision of any kind on the Shirley Gast Lynn is a free-lance writer living in Kansas chance that it might be the wrong one; it can keep you from City, Kansas. Copyright 0 1984 Shirley Gast Lynn. All meeting people in order to avoid the possibility of getting rights reserved. close to someone and being hurt again. It also can keep you

ADVENTIST REVIEW, APRIL 26, 1984 (441) 9 from the risk of facing yourself and not liking what you see. God, be not far from me. Make haste to help me; 0 Lord my As a new single you must learn to risk or you may never be salvation" (Ps. 38:21, 22). Claim God's promises "My God able to accept your singleness. shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by God stands ready to help you overcome fear. "Fear thou Christ Jesus" (Phil. 4:19) and "I can do all things through not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I Christ which strengtheneth me" (verse 13). Spell out your will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold need to God—that of facing your regrets and guilt feelings in thee with the right hand of my righteousness" (Isa. 41:10). order to achieve your goal of self-improvement. You may experience a sense of incompleteness, as though Tears, anger, and frustration may arise as you delve into you are only a half person. It is more than loneliness that the past. You could find yourself shouting "at" your late causes this feeling. During marriage you considered your spouse or wrestling with God. This seemingly negative spouse in all things. Now it is necessary to accept the entire behavior can prove positive as such emotions are released. responsibility for your life and to function as a complete From the moment you decide to come to grips with the person. It may take time for you to realize that you need not guilt and regret of the past, forgiveness of your late spouse "belong" to someone or be loved by someone to be a whole becomes necessary. The cause of your anger and ill feelings person. This is a lesson Jim, Cathy, and Eric must learn in toward your mate could be something as simple as the fact order to get beyond the feelings of helplessness that cloud that he or she died. They could result from a longstanding their lives . problem that existed in your marriage. Regardless of the You must like yourself. If you do not you may find your cause, these feelings must be released in order to avoid emotional and physical energies, as well as your time, being finding yourself in the same bitter, resentful, and unforgiving used by others who think they know how you should feel and solitude in which Dianne lives. what you should be doing. Deciding what is best for you must Complete forgiveness—forgiving yourself, your mate, become a priority. and anyone else against whom you hold hard feelings—is A sense of completeness comes through accepting necessary to further the healing that will allow you to yourself as a child of God. Now, when your self-confidence experience the peace "which passeth all understanding" may be at an all-time low, it is imperative to remember this (verse 7) that comes from being in harmony with Jesus. The and to recognize the value of your own characteristics and Bible counsels: "Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go abilities. As self-confidence increases you will be able to down upon your wrath" (Eph. 4:26). When prayer is focus attention on the negatives in your life and build them included in this experience, the healing balm of God's love into positives. and forgiveness will be yours. Loss of a mate through death can leave feelings of guilt and God's forgiveness is the mortar that makes your emotional regret such as Eric experienced, because of the unsettled foundation strong. It is necessary to ask God for His conflict in his marriage. The "if onlys" that surface as the forgiveness because it is important to acknowledge your own days go by ("If only I had been a better mate, maybe things actions and feelings. By doing so you can avoid repeating the would have been different") are destructive and prevent the same mistakes in the future. healing that comes from accepting the situation. "If only" Asking God for forgiveness is the first step; the next is becomes a constructive foundation block when it is used in a accepting His forgiveness as a reality and forgiving yourself. positive way. It may be necessary at times to remind yourself that God has Making a personal inventory list could be the beginning of forgiven you and that you have accepted His forgiveness. Such acceptance will enrich your life so that the healing will be complete. A sense of completeness Pain may engulf you at any time without warning, just as a sudden feeling of loneliness may sweep, over you, leaving comes through accepting yourself you devastated. This can lead to the belief that you have as a child of God. failed in your efforts to truly forgive yourself and your mate and to trust in God. Once you have accepted the fact that this can happen and that healing takes time, you will have won freedom from guilt and regret. Make three columns: the first another battle. for the problem (your "if only"), the second for your When these times occur, a heartfelt prayer of "Lord, lift reaction to it, and the third for how you could or should have me!" will focus your mind on the Source of your strength. reacted. Making such a list could be a traumatic experience, By putting your life in the hands of God and trusting in Jesus, so it is important to remember the reason for the list, that of you can allow the Holy Spirit to guide and comfort you using the past to build a better future. throughout the healing process. This is the secret that has You may discover that you had the same reaction and brought Molly through the loneliness and frustration of the suggested a similar solution for more than one problem on months following her husband's death to the happy life she your list. This is not unusual when you consider that now lives. She has reached a state of completeness through reactions are formed by habit. Becoming aware of that fact is her personal relationship with Jesus. the beginning of change and allows you to acknowledge and When you reach that same completeness, you will be accept responsibility for the characteristics that create the closer to understanding the truth in Scripture that states, "All problems. things work together for good to them that love God" (Rom. As you pursue the ability to improve your life, claim the 8:28). You will have a strong foundation for your future, and simple but mighty prayer "Forsake me not, 0 Lord: 0 my you will be open to the plan God has for your life. ❑

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mend ourselves to every man's Jesus begins with the bad news Three o'clock conscience in the sight of God" (2 about ourselves: We have to quit Cor. 4:2, R.S.V.). And Ellen trying to justify our actions, making honesty White wrote: "Everything that excuses, and pretending that we are Christians do should be as transpar- better than we are before Christ can The world is quiet at three ent as the sunlight. Truth is of God; help us. o'clock in the morning. Sometimes deception, in every one of its myr- Likewise with the church. In our it is quiet enough for us to be honest iad forms, is of Satan; and whoever committees and boards we need a with ourselves. in any way departs from the straight good dose of three o'clock honesty. Have you ever wakened in the line of truth is betraying himself We should cease pretending to be wee hours and listened to your heart into the power of the wicked infallible and be ready to confess beating? Sometimes in these ses- one."—Thoughts From the Mount our mistakes. We should be pre- sions we confront for the first time of Blessing, p. 68. "The greatest pared to face problems, acknowl- the grim facts of our mortality, of want of the world is the want of edge that at times the work retreats who we really are, of what our life men— . . men who in their inmost instead of going forward, admit that is about. We taste the dryness of souls are true and honest."—Edu- the task committed to us is still unrealized and unrealizable hopes, cation, p. 57. vastly short of completion. How we feel the clammy sense of fled youth. Integrity like this is rare in love —a good report"! But let not Much of life is a wearing of today's world. "In the past, break- that love deter us from publicly masks. The saddest loss is the ing the rules was viewed as an recognizing shortcomings, failure, deceiving of ourselves. Three exception. Now such behavior is loss, and unsolved problems. o'clock honesty calls us to strip off considered commonplace," noted For three o'clock honesty can be the masks, to peel off the veneer, Jerald Jellison in an interview in the redemptive. By causing us to face and to be true to ourselves. March 5, 1984, issue of U.S. News ourselves, individually or corpo- Wrote Shakespeare: and World Report. rately, it can call us back to Him "This above all: to thine own self Jellison, professor of psychology who is our strength, our life, our be true, at the University of Southern Cali- all-sufficiency. W. G. J. And it must follow, as the night fornia, authored the book I'm Sorry the day, I Didn't Mean To and Other Lies Thou canst not then be false to We Love to Tell. He suggests that The church and any man." cheating and dishonesty are on the Such honesty should characterize rise in U.S. society—shown by tax the homosexual Adventism. evasion, shoplifting, falsification of Among the last words of King résumés, selling of term papers and During the past two decades David were: "When one rules reports, graft in government, cheat- homosexuality, a topic once almost justly over men, ruling in the fear of ing by welfare recipients, marital never discussed openly, has been God, he dawns on them like the infidelity, crooked business deals. brought to public attention in an morning light, like the sun shining "White lies" have become an inte- unprecedented manner. The homo- forth upon a cloudless morning, gral part of social relations. "There sexual lobby has become a force like rain that makes grass to sprout appears to be more emphasis on that politicians take seriously, and from the earth" (2 Sam. 23:3, 4, getting rewards now in the short run churches also have had to decide R.S.V.). Paul described his prac- instead of worrying about the long how to relate to this age-old but tice of ministry in similar terms: run. People are likely to say, 'I now much-publicized issue. "We have renounced disgraceful, want this now, and I'll worry about In the Seventh-day Adventist underhanded ways; we refuse to tomorrow, tomorrow,' " says Jelli- Church, homosexuals have formed practice cunning or to tamper with son. an organization—not endorsed by God's word, but by the open state- In fact, rigid self-honesty lies at ment of the truth we would corn- the heart of Christianity. Only the person who acknowledges his need, his utter lostness and helplessness, can be saved. The good news of

ADVENTIST REVIEW, APRIL 26, 1984 (443) 11 the denomination—known as SDA parties ultimately may have to agree trol humans; humans should control Kinship International, Inc. The to disagree. Because the church sexual drive. Furthermore, we are group sponsors a yearly "Kamp- views homosexual practice as asking no more of homosexuals meeting" at which Christian issues immoral, some form of discipline than we are asking of any others are examined, particularly in the may result. who have a "birthright" that makes light of homosexual concerns. The While the church feels morally marriage improbable. For some it group sends out a newsletter and compelled to condemn homosexual may be physical deformity. For press releases about its activities. It activity, members are never justi- others it may be an extraordinary also has sent several hundred infor- fied in the derogation of the homo- lack of beauty, or disfigurement. mation packets to selected Advent- sexual. Terms that demean—such For many it may be nothing more ist ministers to help them become as queer—should not be part of the than the fact that no Adventist conversant with homosexual issues. Christian's vocabulary. Con- partner is available, and the person As I recently read Kinship's edu- versely, euphemistic terms—such does not wish to violate the Biblical cational materials, two items in as gay—should equally be avoided. prohibition against being "une- particular caught my attention. The The latter term implies a mystique qually yoked" with an unbeliever. first was a sermon by William in homosexuality and invariably is For others it simply may be the Sloane Coffin, pastor of New York contrasted with the mundane word failure to find the "right" person to City's nondenominational River- straight. Unfortunately, two other- many. side Church. In his sermon Dr. wise descriptive and wholesome Coffin offered alternative interpre- words have been rendered unusu- Morally acceptable alternative tations to many of the Biblical able because of the connotations Despite the fact that these people passages that for years have been they now carry. might find temporary or even long- used to condemn homosexual Many homosexuals are quick to term sexual partners who do not behavior. Despite the arguments point out that homosexuality is an wish to make the commitment that he and certain other capable orientation. They maintain that peo- required for marriage, we still scholars have put forward, we feel ple are born homosexual; they do declare celibacy the only morally the overwhelming weight of evi- not become homosexual. Thus they acceptable alternative to marriage. dence still condemns such prac- can do nothing to change their To grant homosexuals a dispensa- tices. orientation. tion while denying it to others While it seems that in general would be a form of discrimina- Ostracism social scientists support such a posi- tion—a person would be better off The second item of the Kinship tion—though some do not—history born homosexual than born unmar- release that concerned me was sev- shows clearly that today's scientific riageable for some other reason. eral testimonies about the ostracism fact may become tomorrow's error. Yet the circumstances these other homosexuals have faced in the It is interesting also that some people face may be no more a Adventist Church and the almost behavioral scientists maintain that matter of choice than homosexual- total absence of people—ministry women by nature are monogamous, ity is for the homosexual, if indeed and laity alike—who seem capable while men by nature are polyga- the homosexual has no choice. of treating homosexuals with com- mous. Such contentions, however, Despite life's complexity, God passion. If, as the testimonies sug- do not make philandering morally has charged the church with the gest, there are few people within acceptable. awesome responsibility of uphold- the church to whom a person with a We believe that loving, hetero- ing moral principle. As it executes socially stigmatized problem can sexual marriage is the only context this task the church must deal with turn for help and understanding, in which sexual activity is morally erring ones in a loving, compas- then the church has failed in its acceptable. To ask that a person sionate, redemptive manner. The mission. Is it not a hospital for with a homosexual orientation offender, instead of seeking justifi- sinners? either change—which may or may cation for unacceptable behavior, If, on the other hand, a person not be possible—or remain celibate must reach out for divine power to involved in homosexual practices may be asking a lot. On the other conquer the problem. Both the comes to the church seeking accep- hand, sexual drive should not con- offender and the reprover need an tance by demanding that his or her extra measure of God's grace; but behavior be declared acceptable, to both the promise is given: "My then the church cannot oblige. grace is sufficient." J. N. C. While the members should act with visible love and concern, the two

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woman walked out. We told her Bible into the local language. Personal outreach proves who we were and asked her to Looking at the young woman, I answer the questions of the said, "I think you are from the effective in Uganda survey we were conducting. U.S.S.R." Hearing the accent with which "You're right," she replied. she spoke English, I said, When I asked her about the By S. F. MONNIER —Madam, I believe we are both religion of her parents, she speaking a language that is not replied, "They had none. But originally ours. I think we are my grandmother believed in Forty-eight ministers and used what we could find—a both from Europe." God and was very religious. I some 108 laypeople from stack of old quarterlies.) After "Yes," she said. also believe there is a God, and throughout Uganda came away we prayed for the ceramics As I tried to decide what her my family and I belong to the with renewed enthusiasm for teacher, his family, his country, native language might be, Church of Uganda." outreach after attending a Lay and his school, he was so something clicked in my mind. "Does this mean," I asked, Evangelists' Training Seminar. impressed that he said, "Please She had the same accent as my "that at some university in Seminar instructors included come back. You will always be now-deceased aunt, the wife of Russia you met and married a S. F. Monnier, from the Gen- welcome here." Henri Monnier, an Adventist young Ugandan and have fol- eral Conference; Douglas Cha- As we crossed the yard to the pioneer in Rwanda who had lowed him here?" lale, from the Eastern Africa second house a blonde young spent 25 years translating the "That's exactly what hap- Division; and 3. N. Kyale, from pened," she said. "And now the East African Union. we have two children, a boy and The session included more a girl. I teach chemistry at this than instruction, prayer, and college." fellowship; three afternoons "And you embraced your were spent in visiting people in husband's religion?" the community. Going out in "Yes," she said, "but we are groups of three, the participants a bit disappointed in it, and right became acquainted with the now I am studying regularly people of the area, conducted a with the Jehovah's Witnesses." survey, gave their testimonies, Inwardly I prayed, Lord, and built friendships. At each place the right words on my home they read an encouraging lips, because this family is Bible Promise and closed the searching for truth. visit with prayer. By the end of As she answered the ques- the week we had 399 requests tions on our survey she said that for a return visit. in Russia she had not known any Two trainees and I were Christian other than her grand- privileged to go to the campus mother. I told her that there of the Uganda Technical Col- were thousands of Seventh-day lege and National Teachers' Adventists in her country even College. Our first contact was a though she had never heard of ceramics teacher trained in them. After sharing my testi- Japan. He was thrilled to answer Vegetarian restaurant opens in Caracas mony, reading from the Bible our questions and accept the A vegetarian restaurant recently was opened at the Adventist the promise of Jesus' return, only piece of literature we had Center in Caracas, Venezuela, half a block from the National and praying with her, I gave her available—an old Sabbath Congress of the Republic. In the inauguration ceremony the an old Sabbath school quarterly, school quarterly. (In house-to- president of the East Venezuela Conference, Arturo Weisheim, encouraging her to read it and house visitation we usually spoke of the new restaurant as an integral part of presenting the use her Bible to look up the leave the first lesson of a Bible health message to the public. answers to the questions. course, promising to come back The restaurant is open Monday through Friday from 11:30 A.M. As we left I said, "Next later and bring the second les- to 3:00 P.M. and has a seating capacity of 120 persons. During its Saturday there will be a special son. But as we had no lessons, first month of operation the restaurant served lunch to 4,106 service at [and I gave her no tracts, and no magazines, we customers, an average of 205 meals a day. Government officials, the location of the Adventist bank employees, lawyers, physicians, and others whose business church]. I would like to have S. F. Monnier, an associate brings them to this section of the city patronize the restaurant. you attend as my guest." director of the General Confer- ARELI HIJERFANO "I would like to be there," ence Lay Activities Department, Communication Director she replied. is Swiss by birth. East Venezuela Conference During Sabbath school the

ADVENTIST REVIEW. APRIL 26, 1984 (445) 13 next Sabbath, someone came to appeal for those who wanted to tion. And thank You for Sab- she left the classroom, they all me and said, "Pastor, a white surrender to Jesus, join His bath school quarterlies—even made their way back to their woman has just arrived who church, and be baptized to stand an old one that could so move room for prayer and worship. says she knows you." Greeting and come forward. Who was the the heart and interest the mind When the girls asked the the Russian woman, I ushered first to her feet but my special of a Russian chemistry teacher union education director to her in and seated her next to a guest. here in the great continent of speak to the principal on their pastor from Sweden. After the service she met me Africa. behalf, he suggested that they At the beginning of the serv- at the door. In her hand was the I believe that someday this give the principal a written ice I welcomed those who were old quarterly. "I have studied woman will join the Seventh- petition; if that failed he would meeting with us for the first this booklet and have answered day Adventist Church. Join me come to see whether something time, the ones we had met all the questions," she said. and our beloved people in could be worked out. during our visitation hours that "The prophecy of the 2300 days Uganda in praying for her, her When the principal again told week. More than 25 were is fascinating. I did not know husband, her children, and the girls that no adjustment there—the result of just one there were so many beautiful thousands of others like her. would be considered, the union friendly encounter. prophecies. But I need help to secretary, his wife, and the At the end of the sermon I understand the Bible." BANGLADESH union Ministerial director made prayed silently for wisdom from We visited for a while, and their way to the school for a heaven. Should I make a call? I then I referred her to others who Promise claimed, meeting scheduled for February was thinking especially of the would keep in touch with her. In 14. Politely the principal invited Russian woman. Would she my heart I prayed, Thank You, crisis averted the group into her office, where understand? At last I made the Lord, for house-to-house visita- While many people around she questioned them about what the world were celebrating Feb- Seventh-day Adventists con- ruary 14 as a day of love and sider proper observance. Valentine cards, for 14 girls in Noting that the Adventist Bangladesh it was a day of crisis girls were well behaved, cheer- and prayer. ful, and willing to do anything Beginning in March, the she asked of them that did not go Bangladesh Government against their beliefs, she indi- declared half of Thursday and cated that a Thursday evening all of Friday as the official class would be scheduled to take weekend instead of Saturday the place of the Sabbath class. and Sunday. A hospital and God could not have sent the medical school near Mirzapur, girls a more beautiful Valentine attempting to bring its class than this manifestation of His schedule for the new semester concern for their plight. into harmony with this soon-to- DONALD E. PHILPOTT be-implemented government Ministerial and Health Director policy, scheduled Sabbath Bangladesh Union classes in the very room where the Adventist students pre- INDIA Deputy prime minister visits Solusi College viously had been permitted to Zimbabwe's deputy prime minister, S. V. Mzenda (right), conduct worship services. accompanied by a delegation of high-ranking government officials, After presenting their prob- Frigid baptismal recently paid a 51/2-hour visit to Solusi College. The deputy prime lem to the Lord, the students waters warm minister was particularly interested in the college's work/study—or petitioned the school's princi- as it is termed in Africa, education-with-production--program. pal, requesting alternative many hearts The group visited the SAWS-sponsored scientific vegetable arrangements. The principal "Have Christians ever been gardens, followed by a visit to the school for the blind, a section of would hear of no such proposal here before?" E. G. Mathews the Solusi Adventist Primary School. After watching the blind and insisted that they attend asked this question while visit- children read, Mr. Mzenda remarked, "Some of them can read Sabbath classes. ing the village of Hurla to do faster than those of us who can see!" Sabbath came and the evangelistic work with Probhat At the Solusi orchard the visitors watched the grafting of grape Adventist students remained in John in the hinterland of the vines and learned that the entire orchard was planted and cared for their room, worshiping North India Section's Kullu by students under the direction of farm manager L. Webster (left). together. After considerable District—known as "The Val- The tour included the wheat field, cattle area, campus kitchen, and prayer, they asked the president ley of the Gods." the library. Mr. Mzenda conversed with students, taking an interest of nearby Bangladesh Adventist "Oh, yes," the headman in their various studies and professional objectives. Seminary and College to inter- replied. "Many years ago a At noon the visitors, Solusi staff members, and students met in vene on their behalf. The prin- foreign missionary came here the church. The principal, J. Bradfield (second from right), once cipal informed him that he was and tried to tell the people about more drew the attention of the deputy prime minister to the college's wasting his time; the class God. The people were not con- education-with-production program, pointing out that the school's schedule would not be changed. vinced and said that they needed main objective is to prepare young people for service in this world When the Adventist students a sign that would demonstrate and in the world to come. refused to attend class the next the superiority of the mission- Pastor Bradfield presented the deputy prime minister with copies Sabbath, the principal was ary's God over the idols they of The Great Controversy and Education and two music cassettes infuriated. Coming to the girls' worshiped. produced at the Solusi Media Centre. G. PADDERATZ room, she forced them to go to " 'If you can cut that big rock Solusi College class. However, the moment with a sword, we will believe in

14 (446) ADVENTIST REVIEW, APRIL 26, 1984 your God,' the people said. The sword was brought. With the implement in his hands, the missionary looked toward hea- ven, prayed for help from his God, and acted." Turning and pointing at a large rock, the headman went on, "Look at that, Sahib. The sword went through it like a knife through butter." Gazing in amazement at the four-foot- high boulder, Pastor Mathews asked, "What happened then?" "Oh, Sahib"—the head- man's words seemed to falter— "the villagers were afraid. So they used the same sword to kill the missionary. They cut his body into pieces, and threw them into the river." Despite such a rendition of Traveling house-to-house in India's "Valley of the Gods," Pastors Matthews and John won 16 both the miraculous. and the people to Christ. The candidates were baptized in the frigid waters of the Parvati River. macabre, Pastors Mathews and John persevered. Day after day, setting over the winter horizon. What would be the result? The cold water didn't matter, night after night, they presented The chilling winter breeze Would anyone accept Jesus as for the warm love of the Saviour their message. The distances and the fear of attack by wild Saviour and join the church? It filled every heart. between villages and the fact animals at night was incentive was almost like waiting for the Thirteen of those baptized that many of the villages were enough for most people to stay results of a final examination. had been Hindus. It was touch- accessible only by foot made it at home. In addition, the pastor The group gathered on the ing to see the glow of happiness impossible for many people to of a Protestant group already in grassy banks of the ice-cold on their faces as immediately attend the evening sessions held the area did everything he could Parvati River. The message was following the baptism they par- in the village of Salwar. As to hamper their efforts. presented and the final call ticipated in the Lord's Supper Pastors Mathews and John went Representatives from both made: "Who will surrender his on the same grassy riverbanks. house to house they often the Simla Sanitarium and Hos- all to Jesus today?" Many a Today we have no fashion- walked 16-18 kilometers (10-12 pital and the North India Section cheek was wet as 16 people filed able church in Salwar, but each miles) by the time the sun was came for the closing session. down to the river to be baptized. Sabbath, 16 of God's children

Does your community hear you? Some Adventists may wonder if Christian broadcasting is Church, they first become friends. Regular radio programs worthwhile. sponsored by a local congregation can be a vital part of the Successful broadcasters recognize the limitations of the process of making friends. media. They study audience makeup, then tailor their Local broadcasting can: extend the pulpit into the message to the audience. They know that good communica- community; enable the Christian witness to penetrate closed tion requires exchanges between sender and receiver, but for doors; be a useful medium for reaching the secular person; the most part radio is only a one-way street. Listener give the pastor a recognizable place in the community; create response is rare. goodwill and mutual understanding; and reach everybody— Ben Kaufman, religion writer for the Cincinnati Enquirer, because there is no point on earth beyond the reach of radio. recognized a similar problem with television when he told a Pastors or lay people who would like one-minute (Capsule group of religious Communicators, "Trying to do religion on Commentary) or five-minute (Focus) scripts may obtain television is like bombing from 50,000 feet. You never have them from their local conference communication department to confront any people. There is no engagement, only body or from the General Conference. Phone: (202) 722-6109. counts. " Those needing music may contact The Heralds Quartet, Many religious broadcasters recognize the truth of this who offer their services free of charge for recording or observation. Adventists seek contact with their audiences videotaping musical items for any Adventist outreach through book offers, correspondence courses, seminars, and program. The only cost is for studio and equipment rental. other offers designed to make a point of contact. For details contact: James Ayars, The Heralds Ministries, Local Adventist pastors who respect believers of all faiths P.O. Box 61, Newbury Park, California 91320. Phone: (805) and whose voices are regularly heard via radio in their 492-2915. VICTOR COOPER community are valued for their positive spiritual contribu- Communication Department tions. Before people become members of the Adventist General Conference

ADVENTIST REVIEW, APRIL 26, /984 (447) 15 meet in a two-room, rented ITALY in a private residence 780 sions begin at 5:30 P.M. and end house. The Himalayan Moun- meters (2,560 feet) high on a between 11:00 P.M. and mid- tains echo as these people raise First SDA TV foothill of the famous Mount night. The majority of films are their voices in joyful song. The Etna Volcano above the city of documentary programs pro- people in an area of thousands station begins Catania, Sicily, the 12-watt duced elsewhere. However, of square miles reaching to the regular programs transmitter provides coverage to daily local programs have been border with Tibet have yet to almost one fourth of the island, prepared as well, under the hear the story that has moved On January 21 at 5:00 P.M. reaching a potential viewing direction of Nino Sanacore, those 16 people's hearts to the Tele-Video-Adventist sta- audience of some 2.5 million who before his conversion to the song. But today 16 voices are tion in Italy began regular people. Adventist Church a few years publicizing good news in vil- broadcasting, although it had Although the Adventist tele- ago was a well-known stage lages where until recently there broadcast intermittently for sev- vision crew is small, the group manager for a national televi- was none. G. R. BAZLIEL eral months. (See "First SDA- already has prerecorded enough sion network. Hospital Administrator owned TV Station Begins Serv- programs for three months of The project is a venture of Simla Sanitarium and Hospital ice," Sept. 22, 1983.) Located broadcasting. Daily transmis- faith. Equipment for the televi- sion studio and an Adventist FM station that broadcasts from the same facility was acquired by the sacrificial donations of Ita- lian church members. Without financial resources, without regular income, and without selling advertising, the station is offering an alternative type of program free from the political, immoral, brutal, and religiously indifferent emphasis common to most of television. HEINZ HOPE REVIEW Correspondent

SOUTHWESTERN UNION Tolle() members liquidate debt Members of the Texico Con- ference are praising God for what many consider a mira- cle—the liquidation of a sub- stantial two-decade-old debt. At a special constituency meeting in June, 1982, dele- gates had approved a project, Freedom '84, aimed at freeing the conference of indebtedness and putting Sandia View Acad- emy on a sound financial basis by 1984. A debt connected with a factory at the academy had PUC church dedicates its first sanctuary continued since 1962, when the On January 21 the Pacific Union College dedicated in October, 1981. The outstanding factory was started. At the time (PUC) Seventh-day Adventist church dedicated debt on the sanctuary and church office complex those in charge had hoped the its first official place of worship in the congrega- was repaid in November, 1983. project not only would provide tion's 75-year history. Prior to building its Dedication services consisted of an early and work for students but would sanctuary, the PUC congregation met in such late morning dedication service, a Sabbath repay borrowed funds and gen- diverse places as classrooms and the college school that included a mission pageant, and an erate profit. Instead, the debt gymnasium. afternoon vespers service that featured former and interest gradually in- The $7.7-million sanctuary was built between pastors Arthur Escobar and Morris Venden. creased. 1966 and 1968. The church bell tower—a During the morning dedication service, Pacific The 1982 plan was designed campus landmark that contains the bell that first Union Conference president Walter Blehm char- to rid the conference of the rang at Healdsburg College (the forerunner of acterized the dedicated sanctuary as an ark for factory debt, finish paying for a PUC) in 1884— was built in 1972. A church God's people in a world that desperately needs new girls' dormitory, and help office complex and youth chapel were con- such a shelter. Senior pastor H. Roger Bothwell the school get on a sound structed the following year. (at podium in photo) led a litany of dedication, financial footing. The goal was The final element of the sanctuary, a Rieger- assisted by others on the pastoral staff. for the conference to be free of Orgelbau pipe organ, was first played and STEPHEN PAYNE indebtedness by January 1,

16 (448) ADVENTIST REVIEW, APRIL 26, 1984 1984—hence the name Free- leges. The officer granted his dom '84. request and told him he could Review and Comment To accomplish the goal, $2.3 conduct Sabbath services on the By JAMES COFFIN million had to be raised—an ship if he wished to do so— amount equal to more than a which he does each week as his year's tithe for the entire confer- ship plies the waters of the ence! On February 12, 1984, Mediterranean. ■ The news service of the German Evangelical Alliance has the mission was accomplished. One wonders how many released statistics compiled by the Vatican showing that 4 percent of Funds had come from member more people there are living the world's population—about 197 million people—declare them- donations, land sales, and across the street from an selves atheists. That number increases by about 8.5 million each numerous other sources. Adventist church or church year, mostly in North America and Europe. At the turn of the Rex Bell, conference devel- member who could be won to century only about 0.2 percent of the world's population embraced opment director and Freedom Christ if we would take the atheism. Its twentyfold increase poses a genuine challenge to '84 coordinator, gives God the initiative and approach them. Christians as well as being an indictment against our witness. glory for the program's success. GEORGE E. KNOWLES The timing and price of a Lay Activities Director ■ When you can't beat them, join them. That's just what a number number of land sales seemed General Conference of religious publishers are doing with their new lines of religious providential. Perhaps most romance novels. Like Ivory soap, they're 99 and 44/100 percent heartening was the personal pure—ideally suited to the person who needs that type of material sacrifice of the church mem- AUSTRALIA for entertainment, inspiration, or both. Said to be uplifting and bers, who donated more than wholesome as opposed to erotic and explicit, the books eschew $380,000. The Southwestern Congregation is premarital sex and talk a lot about faith, hope, and charity. Union and the General Confer- Handel's choir Although they were published because market research revealed a ence also provided support and need for such material, one wonders if they are the first step toward encouragement. at Avondale less acceptable material, the first step away from such material, or Texico Conference members A "People's Messiah'' merely a way of having your thrill while keeping your virtue intact. face the future with courage as hosted on Christmas Eve by the ■ Designing their own "Shibboleth" test (see Judges 12), priests they review what the Lord has Avondale College church in Rome were able to determine the true status of a Polish man done. A five-year-development attracted more than 200 enthusi- posing as a Catholic bishop. Dressed in the traditional garb of plan was launched recently for astic singers. Fascinated by the Rome's monsignors, the man went from one religious institution to the continued improvement of idea of a Messiah performance another, visiting and enjoying free meals. His impostor status present facilities and programs where the congregation is the became apparent when someone suggested that he simply speak at Sandia View Academy, as choir, singers came from as far Latin and dispense with the translation from Polish to Italian. well as to provide for greater away as Sydney. Visitors pass- Unfortunately for him, he could not speak Latin. At last report, evangelistic and educational ing through Avondale during however, he was still getting free meals—in jail. outreach. Christmas vacation swelled the D. K. SULLIVAN congregation-choir's ranks. ■ Out of Mocksville (its real name), North Carolina, has come an President The congregation-choir, oil exploration company bearing the name Jesus Is Lord Oil Texico Conference augmented by a nine-piece Company. A spokesman for the company, established on the basis orchestra and a group of of a vision, said, "If we find anything, it'll be a great testimony to the Lord." Actually, whether they find oil or not it will be a SOUTH CAROLINA talented soloists, assembled at 4:00 P.M. After a few choruses testimony. We only hope it won't be the kind that will cause "the Visitors win to determine sound and balance, way of truth ltol be evil spoken of" (2 Peter 2:2). the group turned to the pages of ■ Church discipline, already nearly a thing of the past, may recede converts under Handel's Messiah. Two hours even farther into the shadows following a recent decision by a State church's shadow later, with a feeling of elation district court in Oklahoma. After three elders of the Collinsville mingled with astonishment and Church of Christ denounced her for her "sin of fornication," In February, 1983, three par- satisfaction, the participants member Marian Guinn sued the men for $1.3 million, claiming that ticipants in a Lay Evangelists' closed the back cover on the her privacy was invaded and the public censure caused her Training Seminar being held at "Amen Chorus." People who emotional distress. The court, not as obliging as she might have Nosoca Pines Ranch, South had been devotees of The Mes- hoped, awarded her a mere $205,000 in actual damages and Carolina, visited the homes siah for years, repeatedly lis- $185,000 in punitive awards. Although Mrs. Guinn did not deny adjacent to the Camden tening to it on records, were her sexual involvement, she maintains that she had resigned from Seventh-day Adventist church. overjoyed to have the opportu- the church and had asked the elders not to denounce her before the They met a woman who had an nity to perform the work, many congregation—which they did nevertheless. Still, it is disconcert- Adventist relative. Bible studies for the first time. ing to see the courts dictating what constitutes acceptable church resulted, and the woman was If you are a lover of Handel's discipline—or will they say it is not acceptable at all? baptized some time later. Messiah and just happen to be in When the woman's husband Australia on December 22, ■ Americans have become so dependent on the media that life came home on leave from the 1984, it might be worth your itself often is seen in terms of a media production. When an U.S. Navy, she enthusiastically while to visit the Avondale American preacher recently vacationing in England fell off an and tactfully shared her faith College church. But be pre- ancient wall and found himself with a broken ankle precariously with him. He too studied and pared to participate. because the balanced on a narrow ledge above a 25-foot (8-meter) drop onto was baptized. congregation will be the choir. concrete pavement, he surprised his rescuers by asking them to snap Upon his return to duty he LYELL HEISE a few photographs of him before effecting his rescue. "They'll approached his commanding Pastor never believe this back home," he said. As a matter of fact, even the officer to ask for Sabbath privi- Avondale College Church British had trouble believing it.

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CORRESPONDENTS, voted to transfer the ownership people were present the first WORLD DIVISIONS—Africa-Indian Ocean, Far Eastern J. B. Kio; Australasian, R. M. Kranz; Eastern of their church building to the Sabbath. Africa, Ruby Patterson; Euro-Africa, Heinz ■ The board and faculty of Hoof: Far Eastern, S. Wayne Young; Inter- Seventh-day Adventist Church ■ American, Fred Hernandez; Northern Euro- of Nigeria. Nine members have When a 31/2-year-old child in Southeast Asia Union College pean, H. J. Smit; South American, Assad the Kabatunda district of Bechara; Southern Asia, A. M. Peterson been baptized, and the rest of in Singapore recently Uganda requested that the CORRESPONDENTS, the group are receiving more announced the affiliation of NORTH AMERICA—UNIONS: Atlantic, instruction. preacher permit him to recite SAUC with Walla Walla Col- Leon H. Davis; Canadian, P. F. Lemon; John 3:16 before a large con- Columbia, Ernest N. Wendth; Lake, Jere lege, College Place, Washing- Wallack; Mid-America, Hate G. Crowson; gregation, the nonmembers North Pacific, Morten Juberg; Pacific, Shir- ton. It is now possible for ley Burton; Southern, George Powell; present were so impressed that students to take a four-year Southwestern, Richard W. Bendall Eastern Africa 20 of them enrolled in Voice of degree program in business UNIVERSITIES: Andrews, Andrea Steele; Prophecy lessons. Loma Linda, Richard Weismeyer ■ administration, office adminis- Although there were almost tration, teacher education, or no men in the congregation, religion at SAUC, receiving a members at Chikangawa, in the Euro-Africa Bachelor's degree from WWC. Africa-Indian North Lake Field, Malawi, Ocean knew they needed a church ■ A small three-room building ■ The Japan Union Mission's building. Granted a tree- with direct access from the Voice of Prophecy Bible Corre- ■ Sherman A. Nagel, physi- covered plat on which to build street has been transformed by spondence School recently cian, and C. D. Henri, evangel- by the local government, the the Le Havre, France, congre- published its first preevange- ist, presented six weeks of women cut down the trees, dug gation into an Adventist educa- lism health course. The new combined health and evangelis- out the roots, leveled the land, tional and social center—the course, entitled New Start, has tic meetings in Accra, Ghana, and collected stones for the second of its kind in the North 12 lessons. Because the Chris- beginning in February. foundation. It was hard work. France Conference. One room tian population of Japan is esti- ■ But today there not only is a is used for Life and Health mated at about 1 percent of the The Andapa Hospital and church at Chikangawa, there are educational programs, the other 120 million people who live Dental Clinic was dedicated 30 people in a baptismal two for Community Services. there, the challenge is great for officially December 11, 1983. class—because the women of ■ Adventists to develop new Special guest at the dedication Chikangawa were not willing to Two Five-Day Plans in approaches. was the Malagasy secretary France have attracted a total of discontinue preaching the Word ■ general for the ministry of just so they could build a new more than 1,000 people. Some James Zachary, Ministerial health. Starting eight years ago, church! 500 in La roche-sur-Yon secretary of the Far Eastern the hospital's team of 25 recently met in the local nursing Division, led out in the first Lay workers care for an average of ■ When the leaders of the South school's amphitheater. Another Leadership Training Seminar 100 inpatients a month, treat 75 Kenya Conference extended an 500 listened to the dean of the for which participants could outpatients a day, and deliver 50 invitation to the newly elected medical faculty of the Univer- receive continuing-education babies monthly. Michel members of parliament to attend sity of Brest, assisted by a credit. More than 100 workers Lachenal, the young Belgian Sabbath services and a baptism church member. and elders attended from South physician who serves as medi- at Nyanchwa, the conference's ■ and Central Celebes in Indone- cal director, reports that the headquarters, all but two The French Adventist Pub- sia. The newly begun continu- local church recorded 286 bap- accepted the invitation. Of the lishing House, in Dammarie- ing-education program is tisms in 1983. 182 people baptized, more than les-Lys, has been accepted into expected to increase the effi- membership in the Association ■ half were students from senior ciency of the workers around The Nigerian television institutions of education within of Evangelical Libraries and the field. authority Port Harcourt has the Kisii municipality. Editors in France. As a mem- invited the Seventh-day ber, the publishing house can ■ North Philippine Union Adventist Church to arrange for ■ Literature evangelists in the sell books through several evan- reports that the Baesa church one sermon a quarter. Accord- Tanzania Union sold nearly gelical outlets. has had an average of 120 ing to J. E. Obot, this is the first US$618,000 worth of literature ■ graduates per quarter since the time the Adventist Church has in 1983. This is a gain of 31 All French Adventist radio establishment of a Voice of been given free a regular time to percent over total sales during stations aired special programs Prophecy Bible Correspond- present its views over the net- 1982. for the lonely and sick on ence School at that church in work. Christmas Eve. Radio "La 1965. Recently the pastor and ■ Literature evangelist Daniel Sentinelle" in Rouen continued ■ members rejoiced at the 1,000th A group of more than 50 Samoei in Western Kenya Field the program all night long. Luc baptism since the school began. Sabbath-observing Christians at has begun a Sabbath school in Chandler, pastor of one of the Ikot Udobong, Cross River the town of Iteni, 25 kilometers larger churches in Paris, was ■ On January 16, John Pesu- State, Nigeria, has voted unani- (16 miles) from Eldoret, where invited by "Radio Eiffel lima, president of Mount Klabat mously to become Seventh-day the Adventist University of East Tower" to speak from 6:00 to College in East Indonesia Union Adventists. The group also Africa is located. Fifty-two 8:00 P.M. Mission, received a first-place

18 (450) ADVENTIST REVIEW, APRIL 26, 1984 award from the regional govern- Lake Union ment on behalf of the school. ■ The award was given after a A van screening program will careful evaluation of more than begin in Michigan as soon as a 50 nongovernmental schools of suitable van can be obtained and higher education. outfitted, according to John Swanson, health director for the Michigan Conference. The first areas of concentration will be Northern Detroit and Flint. European ■ Twelve students from Indiana Academy recently spent two ■ There now are approximately C weeks in the Caribbean helping 70 local radio stations scattered with a construction project throughout the United King- coordinated by Maranatha o you find dom. While it is not possible to Flights International. Accord- yourself struggling with the same purchase airtime from these ing to Mark Haynal, dean of faults and weaknesses year after year? facilities, opportunities do exist boys, the students and two Wonder how you will ever become one for featuring the Adventist faculty sponsors were part of a Church. Many stations conduct of the saints that keep the command- 35-member team that built an a weekly religious magazine ments of God and have the faith of addition to the Adventist sec- program, and often Adventists Jesus? You can be a victorious Chris- ondary school in Port Elizabeth, are featured. Recent examples tian. In Obedience of Faith, Morris Bequia. include interviews by Radio Venden presents a major breakthrough 2CR in Bournemouth, with ■ Members of the Superior, in living the victorious Christian life. Richard Barron, Ron Halvor- Wisconsin, church recently In his words: "For the person who has sen, and John Scharffenberg. completed redecoration of their accepted of God's justifying grace and church. Lorrie Knutsen, the who is in relationship with God, ■ Dutch literature evangelist pastor's wife, reports that the obedience through faith in Jesus Christ Jan de Groot has made history church is the second oldest in by selling literature worth more becomes the good news of what God the city and is regarded as a than Dfl100,000 (US$33,333) wants to do in us and through us, to historical landmark by many of in one year—the highest sales a glorify His name before the world and the townspeople, literature evangelist has ever the universe." Obedience of Faith is at made in Holland. He discovered ■ Hinsdale Hospital operates your Adventist Book Center now. a genuine interest in Christian the largest hospital-based $4.95. Call toll-free (800) 253-3000 literature among Moluccan school of medical technology in (credit card orders only). When order- people, who left the Malay the State of Illinois. According ing by mail, add tax and 10 percent Archipelago in the 1950s and to Jack Blume, program direc- (minimum $1) for postage. now reside in the Netherlands. tor, certification-testing results support the fact that students Review and Herald from hospital-based schools 1 IL Publishing Association score higher, on the average, Hagerstown, Maryland 21740 North American than do those from university- Atlantic Union based schools. ■ James Segar, chairman of the ■ Throughout the Lake Union, business department at Atlantic sessions are being conducted to Union College, passed all four train church members to follow parts of the Uniform Certified up those interested in spiritual Public Accountant's Examina- topics. tion at his first sitting. Accord- ing to statistics from the Ameri- ■ A. W. Bauer, Berrien can Institute of CPAs, only 10 Springs, Michigan, Community percent of those sitting for the Services Center adviser, reports three-day exam pass on their that an average of ten Bible first try. studies per week are being given to clients by lay witnessing ■ During the week of February teams. 5-9, John Loor, president of the Northern New England Confer- ence, was guest-in-residence in North Pacific Union Lenheim Hall, the men's resi- ■ Archie Dalgleish and Rollin dence hall at Atlantic Union Hixson recently drove 42 miles College. In addition to daily each night to hold a Five-Day worship talks, Elder Loor spent Plan in the newly incorporated time with students on an indi- Alaskan town of Thorne Bay. vidual basis, counseling and The town is located on Prince of getting acquainted. Wales Island, a large land mass

ADVENTIST REVEW, APRIL 26, 1984 (451) 19 about 120 miles (193 kilome- ratory, bringing the total to ters) long in southeastern seven. The computer purchase Alaska. Because of the rugged was financed largely by student he time of trouble is FACTS fund-raising activities. The wooded terrain, transportation ended. God's peo- on the island had been by air or academy hopes eventually to ple, so long outcasts, boat until recently, when log- have 16 computers. gaze expectantly at the ABO ging roads were improved, ■ sky, where even now making automobile travel pos- Allen Steele, general man- the Spirit of sible. ager of the 50,000-watt FM appears their Redeemer. radio station at Andrews Uni- At last they are going Prophecy ... ■ Mr. and Mrs. Orley Hunt, of versity, has been appointed to a home. What will it be like Troy, Idaho, have set a record special commission charged to actually see Jesus, to Here, in succinct form, are for Upper Columbia Academy. with the task of establishing a interesting facts about travel with Him heaven- For the past 21 years, at least public-radio news network for Ellen White and her writ- ward at many times the one of their seven children has ings, plus answers from Michigan. When operating, the speed of light? And been in attendance at the school. public-radio news network will the Spirit of Prophecy to heaven itself—and those often-raised questions As all of the children have be the only one of its kind in the graduated, this is the first year State, Mr. Steele said. "We're mansions—will there be about health, latter-day enough to keep them events, Christ, and a vari- they have not had a student at glad WAUS will be able to ety of other topics. A brief the school. provide this expanded news busy? Walton J. Brown's service to the `Michiana' com- marvelous compilation history of Mrs. White as a ■ Students from Walla Walla munity." person, writer, speaker, Valley Academy participated in and paraphrase of Bible and messenger of the Lord two missionary work trips and Spirit of Prophecy is also included. Fascinat- recently. Nineteen students and passages tells what ing Facts About the Spirit Loma Linda University five sponsors did much work at awaits us in that eternal of Prophecy, by Phyllis C. ■ Ian Fraser, professor and Bailey, is a practical and the Adventist Indian School in future when we shall Holbrook, Arizona. Later, chairman of the Department of mingle with dear friends, at-your-fingertips aid for Physiology and Pharmacology reference, study, and another group of 17 students cherished loved ones, and ten parents and sponsors in the School of Medicine, was enjoyment. Available at named the 1984 Distinguished Bible heroes, angels, your Adventist Book Cen- spent eight days in Puerto Val- Faculty Lecturer. He presented Jesus, and our heavenly ter. $2.95. Call toll-free larta, Mexico, working on a his lecture to the university Father Himself. (800) 253-3000 and use church complex. Myron your credit card. When Widmer, associate pastor of the faculty on February 15. His ordering by mail, add tax Walla Walla College church, topic was "Blood, Drugs, and and 10 percent (minimum coordinated the two projects. Tears." The lectureship is the $1) for postage. highest honor that the university faculty can bestow on another Andrews University Review and Herald faculty member. Publishing Association ■ Two students at Ruth Mur- ■ The February, 1984, issue of Hagerstown, MD 21740 doch Elementary School—John Thayer and Rhonda Davis— Reader's Digest contained a 12 were awarded first prize in the story about the research find- annual American History ings of Lee Berk, associate Month essay contest for grades professor of medical technology 5-8, sponsored by the Algon- in the School of Allied Health quin Chapter of the Daughters Professions. His research on Available at your Advent- of the American Revolution, athletes and sedentary people ist Book Center for based in St. Joseph, Michigan. found that those who exercised $4.95. Call toll-free (800) This year's contest sought regularly produced greater 253-3000 (credit card essays on "American Handi- amounts of endorphins during orders only). 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The new textbook added four new IBM personal explores family relationships, computers to its computer labo- including dating and marriage. VC/A 1 -1 C

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Northern, Wyoming July 24-28 Student Missionary Elsa M. Vidal, of Philippine Western, Cedaredge May 22-26 To new posts Islands, returning to serve as nurse. (UC), of Worker transfers within union confer- Sara Lynn Peterson Gimbie Hospital, Ethiopia, left North Pacific Union ences are not listed here. Such transfers Collegedale, Tennessee, to serve as June 1983. ordinarily are included in News Notes. teacher, Lower Gweru Adventist Alaska Palmer August 7-11 Secondary School, Gweru, Zim- Idaho June 1-9 babwe, left Chicago, February 3. Camp meeting Montana June 27-30 NORTH AMERICAN Oregon schedule Gladstone Campground July 13-21 DIVISION EASTERN AFRICA Rogue River Junior Academy June 7-9 DIVISION Adventist Singles Ministries Union Robert Farley, formerly Gladstone (Black) May 17-20 Regular Missionary Service College Place (Spanish) August 10-12 health/temperance, religious lib- Auburn Adventist Academy July 5-14 Upper Columbia Columbia Union College August 2-11 erty, and youth director for the New Fesaha Tsegaye, of Ethiopia, to Northeast, Cheney June 29, 30 York Conference, to assume the serve as physician, Ishaka Hospital, Atlantic Union South, College Place June 13-16 Northwest. Yakima June 22, 23 same duties in the Southern New Uganda, left mid-January 1983. Washington June 21-30 England Conference. Greater New York Berhane Woldemarian (and English June 29-July 7 family), of Ethiopia, to serve as Spanish July 13-21 Pacific Union Regular Missionary Service New York June 22-30 secretary, South Kenya Confer- Northeastern Arizona Robert Aldrich Baker (Pacific ence, left August 16, 1983. English June 29-July 7 Convocation (Black) March 24 Spanish English June 14-23 U., Oreg. '54), to serve as optome- Haile Melecot Zerai (and fam- Spanish August 13-18 Northern New England June 21-30 trist, Guam Seventh-day Adventist ily), of Ethiopia, returning from Southern New England June 22-30 Central California Clinic, Tamuning, Guam, and Andrews University to serve as English July 26-August 4 Spanish July 26-August 4 Edna M. (Wilson) Baker, of teacher and business manager, Tan- Canadian Union Hawaiian Mission Quincy, Washington, left Seattle, zania Adventist Seminary and Col- Alberta Hawaii August 10, I1 Kauai August 10, 11 February 21. lege, left September 4, 1983. Beauvallon July 20-22 Maui August 10, 11 Ladislav Ladi (Med. U. of Bel- Peace River July 20-22 Foothills July 6-14 Molokai August 17, 18 grade '76), to serve as physician, British Columbia Oahu August 17, 18 TRANS-AFRICA DIVISION Nevada-Utah Gimbie Hospital, Gimbie, Ethio- Hope July 27-August 4 pia, Dusanka (Dragosavievic) North and Kootenay June 29-July 1 Springville June 18-23 Regular Missionary Service Manitoba-Saskatchewan South Lake Tahoe August 6-11 Ladi (College of Med. Nrsg., Northern California Blackstrap July 6-14 Yugoslavia '71), and two children, Norman Joel (and Aisha and Clear Lake July 18-22 Leom Meadows (Filipino) May 25-28 13-16 of West Hill, Ontario, Canada, left family), of Zimbabwe, to serve as Maritime July 27-August 4 Lodi June Newfoundland July 25-28 Pacific Union College June 17-23 Toronto, February 14. assistant treasurer, Zambia Union, Paradise June 20-23 Ontario June 28-July 1 Alvin Whitney Mottley left December 31, 1983. Quebec July 13-21 Rio Lindo Academy (Spanish) June 17-24 (Howard U. '80), returning to serve Redwood Area July 19-28 Columbia Union Richmond Convocation (Black) as dentist, Arusha Medical and FAR EASTERN DIVISION October 19, 20 Dental Center, Arusha, Tanzania, Allegheny East June 28-My 7 Southeastern California May 25-28 Lois LaVon (Marshall) Mottley Regular Missionary Service Allegheny West June 28-July 7 Southern California Chesapeake Black April 22-29 (AU '72), and two children, left Los Elizabeth Dimalibot, of Philip- Eastern Shore Junior Academy October 13 Pomona convocation November 2, 3 Angeles, February 15. Highland View Academy June 22-30 Spanish May 11, 12 pine Islands, to serve as OB/Gyn Mountain View June 22-30 Union Volunteer Service and pediatrics physician, Phuket New Jersey Camp Cedar Falls (Chinese) June 15-19 Mission Hospital, Thailand, left English June 22-30 Hawaii (Samoan) July 9-15 Spanish July 1-7 La Sierra (Filipino) July 6-8 Timothy Michael Brown March 22, 1983. Ohio June 15-23 Wawona (Japanese) August 9-12 (Weber St. Coll., Utah '83) (Spe- Ninfa C. Gonzaga, of Philippine Pennsylvania Pacific Union College (Korean) July 15-22 cial Service), to serve as teacher, Islands, returning to serve as Blue Mountain Academy June 8-16 Japan English Language School, accountant, Zaire Union Mission, Western Camp Meeting July 21 Southern Union Potomac Osaka, Japan, of Brigham City, left November 1983. Shenandoah Valley Academy June 8-16 Alabama-Mississippi June 1-9 Utah, left San Francisco, January Anacleto Franco (and Edvilla Carolina May 27-June 2 Lake Union Southern Area September 28, 29 11. and family), of Philippine Islands, Eastern Area October 5, 6 Walton John Brown (U. So. to serve as treasurer, Central Zaire Illinois Florida Calif. '53) (Special Service), to Field, left August 25, 1983. Broadview Academy June 5-10 English May 25-June 2 Broadview Academy (Spanish) June 5-10 Spanish May 25-June 2 work on a special project, Antillian David Hor Weng Fong (and Little Grassy Youth CampSeptember 12-16 Georgia-Cumberland May 23-26 College, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, Hui-Lang and family), of Malay- Peoria June 15-17. Savannah April 7 of Fulton, Maryland, left Miami, sia, returning to serve as dentist, Indiana June 10-16 Tri-City April 14 Lake Region--Cassopolis June 28-July 7 Crossville April 28 January 23. Kaohsiung Adventist Clinic, Tai- Michigan Kentucky-Tennessee June 1-9 Elaine Giddings (Special Serv- wan, left September 1983. Grand Ledge July 13-21 Eastern Kentucky March 2, 3 ice), to serve as acting director, Diana Jimenea, of Philippine Escanaba (Friday night) June 8 Louisville September 14, 15 Bark River School (Sabbath) June 9 Memphis October 19, 20 Adventist English Conversation Islands, to serve as instructor, Wisconsin June 15-23 South Atlantic June 7-16 Schools, Jakarta, Java, Indonesia, Tsuen Wan School of Nursing, South Central June 15-23 of Berrien Springs, Michigan, left Hong Kong, left February 1983. Mid-America Union Southeastern June 1-9 Los Angeles, September 8, 1983. Kojiro Matsunami, of Japan, Central States Southwestern Union Arthur Hiram Kirk (LLU '40) returning to serve as pastor, Brazil, Shady Hill Camp June 22-30 Dakota Arkansas-Louisiana (Special Service), to serve as physi- left June 1983. Dakota Adventist Academy June 12-16 Ozark Academy June 1-9 cian/anesthesiologist, Bangkok John and Mitylene Ombiga (and Huron College June 5-9 New Orleans June 15, 16 Adventist Hospital, Bangkok, family), of Philippine Islands, to Iowa-Missouri May 29-June 2 Oklahoma June 13-21 Kansas-Nebraska Southwest Region June 8-16 Thailand, of Fillmore, California, serve as teachers, Kambubu High Enterprise Academy May 29-June 2 Texas left Los Angeles, February 1. School, Papua New Guinea, left Kansas City May 11, 12 Jefferson Academy June 15-23 Vern Gorden Langill (Special March 18, 1983. Lincoln June 15, 16 Possum Kingdom Lake September 7-9 Platte Valley Academy June 5-9 Nameless Valley Ranch April 6-14 Service), to serve as builder, Kanye Nellie Z. Pelayo, of Philippine Scottsbluff September 28, 29 Nameless Valley Ranch (Spanish) June 1-9 Hospital, Kanye, Botswana, and Islands, returning to serve as Wichita September 14, 15 Southwestern Adventist College Bernice Alice (Westrop) Langill, accountant/secretary/cashier, East- Minnesota Conference May 25-June 2 of Lacombe, Alberta, Canada, left ern Africa Division, Kenya, left Maplewood Academy June 8-16 Valley Grande Academy March 23-31 Rocky Mountain Texico Toronto, February 19. September 1983. Eastern, Loveland June 5-9 Sandia View Academy June 12-16

ADVENTIST REVIEW, APRIL 26, 1984 (453) 21 Not all colleges study the same great minds...

Martin Iluther

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Andrews University Oakwood College Michigan Alabama Atlantic Union College Pacific Union College ristotle, Einstein, Bach . . . the great Massachusetts California minds of history are the heart of any good college Canadian Union College Southern College of education. Part of the thrill of college is meeting Alberta, Canada Seventh-day Adventists Tennessee these men and women in the classroom and in the Columbia Union College library. For in our past are the clues to our present Maryland Southwestern Adventist College Texas and the keys to our future. Kettering College of Medical Arts Union College Literature, chemistry, physics, foreign lan- Ohio Nebraska guages, history, anthropology, applied business stud- Loma Linda University Walla Walla College ies and the applied sciences are all a part of any good California Washington college or university curriculum. You can find them all at an Adventist institution Seventh-day Adventist Colleges. —or at a good public college or university. Who won't you meet in a public college class- A World of Difference. room? And who will you always meet in the Advent- ist classroom? Jesus, Ellen G. White and modern-day Yes. Send me more information about choosing a college, Adventist scholars who bring the spirituality of right away. There is no obligation. Adventism to bear on the studies of traditional and Name modern academic disciplines. Address That's the true measure of value of an Adventist City State Zip college education. That's why a public college expe- rience can never be a complete education. Career Field Find out more about how an Adventist college Mail to: Board of Higher Education, General Conference of Seventh-day Adventist, 6840 Eastern Avenue, NW., education can be arranged for you — or someone Washington, DC 20012. near you. Send the coupon at right today. THE BACK PAGE

Minnesota church members' agencies that filed a petition Minnesota SDAs gifts, together with appropria- with the Federal Trade Com- raise $172,000 tions from Mid-America Union mission, seeking a total ban on Conference, had reduced the alcohol advertising aimed at in one month outstanding loan to $400,000 by young people and problem Members of the Minnesota the close of 1983. drinkers; commending the air- Conference recently responded When a layman who desired line companies that are contem- to a $100,000 gift by giving an to see the indebtedness cleared plating banning the smoking of additional $172,000 to pay off offered $100,000 on a matching cigarettes and the serving of the bank loan on Maplewood basis, the conference constitu- beverage alcohol on their car- Academy's new administration ency rose to the challenge. riers, and urging members to building. Within one month they had patronize those companies The administration building raised $72,000 more than the whose planes are free from was completed in January of $100,000 goal. alcohol and tobacco smoke; 1980 at a cost of $1.2 million. BEVERLY DICKINSON L. Delmer Wood applauding the efforts of the Department of Transportation GC assistant to get all States to raise the legal drinking age to 21; urging the treasurer dies passage of laws that would L. Delmer Wood, 48, assist- shorten the hours that beverage ant treasurer of the General alcohol may be sold; urging the Conference since 1980, died on passage of laws that would limit Sunday, April 15, in Louisa, the number of liquor licenses Virginia, after a heart attack. granted and would promote the Elder Wood, a graduate of removal of beverage alcohol Atlantic Union College, South from food stores; and continu- Lancaster, Massachusetts, ing to voice opposition to all served for ten years in the South gambling activities. American Division. He was E. H. J. STEED division treasurer from 1969 to 1973, He went from there to Investing in Loma Linda Foods, Loma Linda, California, where he was tomorrow today president of finance from 1976 Sabbath, April 28, is an to 1980. important day for Seventh-day Adventist church schools. In each local church a special Prohibition elementary school offering will Centenarian receives Citation of Excellence Council be taken. Leon William Cobb, 101-year-old past president of Canadian Nonparents as well as parents Union College, recently received a Citation of Excellence from the elects Adventists have a sacred responsibility for General Conference Education Department in recognition of an Two Adventists were voted the education of the youth of the outstanding contribution to Christian education. V. Norskov Olsen into office when the National church. The equipping of the (right), president of Loma Linda University, made the presentation Temperance and Prohibition youth for service should be a at a ceremony in the Yucaipa, California, home of Elder Cobb and Council recently held its sev- collective church endeavor. his 92-year-old wife, Anna. (Pictured with the Cobbs are their enty-first annual meeting in What is more precious than the daughter and son-in-law, Eileen and Melvin Judkins.) Lansing. Michigan. eternal destiny of our children? Elder Cobb is the oldest living Adventist college president, Ernest H. J. Steed, director of What greater resource does the according to the Education Department. He was born in 1882 in the International Commission church have than its youth? Watertown, New York. After working his way through South for the Prevention of Alcohol How better can we supplement Lancaster Academy, South Lancaster, Massachusetts, he worked as and Drug Abuse, was chosen as the education of the home and a baker, tile setter, and brick mason to pay his tuition at Union the organization's second vice the church than by Adventist College, Lincoln, Nebraska, where he graduated in 1913. He president, and Francis Soper, schooling? earned a Master's degree in English from the University of editor of Listen magazine, was Remember Education Day, Nebraska in 1914, then served as a teacher and administrator until elected a member of the board. April 28. Please assist the chil- 1951, when he retired at the age of 69. RICHARD PERSHING The session voted a number dren and the church by giving Public Relations Officer of resolutions, which included: generously. Loma Linda University commending the public-interest CHARLES B. HIRSCH

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