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Christ and the Law observe, that observe and do ; but do w o " take delight in approaching to " Are not the Gospels, and the books not ye after their works : for they say, G d." of Romans, Galatians, Hebrews, in and do not." Matt. 23: 2, 3. urther, in verses 12-14, we have a, fact, the whole New Testonent, a Again we read in Acts 17 : 30, 31: PP cial call to turn away our feet from corroboration of Matthew 5: 17,— " The times of this ignorance God tr mpling- upon God's Sabbath. This Christ the living law by faith versus winked at; but now commandeth all is indicated also, as we have seen, in the written law of ten commandments men everywhere to repent : because He p niel 7: 25, for there is set a limit by works; and by accepting Christ is hath appointed a day, in the which to the time when God's people and not the spiritual law imparted to the He will judge the world." s law were to be given into the believer? " The Sabbath has long been trampled ha ds of the papacy. That time ex- We have no hesitation in assenting underfoot, but God now calls for a pi ed in 1798 A. D., and though there reformation in that respect. In Isaiah fully to this if we may substitute " in- ha e always been a few faithful wit- 58: 1, 2, we have a prophetic call to stead of " for " versus," which means ne ses to the perpetuity of the Bible against. Christ is not against any- God's people to repent. Note espe- bath, it was not until this side of cially verse 2, which makes it clear thing except sin. His mission was not 8 that a people were raised up to to abolish the law, but to magnify that this call is directed to a people gi e the Sabbath message to all the and make it honorable. (See Isa. 42 : rld. To-day this work is being e. In almost every land, indeed 21.) He came " that the righteous- The Comforter 1:10 ness of the law might be fulfilled in lit rally in every land, if we take BY MRS. LOTTIE B. QUINN us, who walk not after the flesh, but ac ount of what our literature is after the Spirit." Rom. 8 : 4. WHEN Jesus left this world of woe, do ng, is the message being given : And back to heaven went, ear God, and give glory to Him; Why Do Good Men Keep Sunday? . Knowing the power of our foe, fo the hour of His judgment is come : " What is the explanation of the He the Holy Spirit sent. On worship Him that made heaven, fact that very many really pious, sin- " I will not leave you comfortless," an earth, and the sea, and the foun- cere Christians, who are also well Was the sure promise given, to s of waters." Rev. 14: 7. Here learned in the Bible and kindred sub- And so to us was sent the best we have almost word for ward a part jects, some of them bishops, some gos- Of all the gifts of heaven. Of the fourth commandment. pel ministers, some laymen, although Oft in the busy rush of life he fact that good men are unwill- they have both much Bible knowledge Is felt the Spirit's plea, in to confess their errors and array and real sincerity, observe Sunday in- If Come, leave the tumult and the strife, th mselves upon the side of an un- And rest awhile with Me. stead of the Sabbath? " Po ular truth, proves nothing except The explanation of the fact that I'll lead you into pastures green, th perversity of the human heart. Sunday has long been so generally ob- Where you can truly rest, 13 t we cannot doubt God's message, served, and that to-day many good By waters still, where you can drink, are we called upon to judge other people still keep that day, will be And your tired soul refresh. to n. God alone is judge. As we found in Daniel 7 : 25 : " He shall When you are rested, I will speak Ie n from Revelation 18 : 4, there is speak great words against the Most To you of heavenly things; ye to go forth in mighty power a call High, and shall wear out the saints of For Jesus sent Me here to seek, to all God's children to come out of the Most High, and think to change And real true comfort bring." GC abylon." When that call goes times and laws : and they shall be In all our sorrow He is near fo th in power, those who are indeed given into his hand until a time and To soothe and help and heal; an in truth God's people will recog- times and the dividing of time." Never was earthly friend more dear, ni e it as His call and will obey it. The power described in this verse is His presence we can feel. Al others will be judged as God only fee is right. Our duty is to accept the papacy. To this agree Clarke, We lose so much of peace, and joy Barnes, Scott, and many other com- By turning a deaf ear y as we see it, regardless of what mentators. God has always allowed So often to the Spirit's voice, ers may do. Refusing Him to hear. matters to develop, to take their nat- 9 4 5* ural course, that it might be shown " My Holy Spirit do not grieve," how utterly unfitted men are to rule This warning we' are given,- AY it not be that at this very hour this world according to the divine " Lest He from you shall.take His leave, yo are being proved*, Do not look order. We all know how corrupt and And you be lost to heaven." ar und, or within, or down to the desperately wicked His people became ea th, but look into His face, calm Soon Christ will come in glory bright, before He suffered them to be carried The conflict will be o'er; in the consciousness of divine suffi- away captive to Babylon ; also how Our faith will then be turned to sight, Cie cy, and say, Lord, human re- entirely unworthy were the scribes and And sin shall reign no more. So rces have given out, now show what Pharisees of Christ's time, and yet of Th u canst do ! Jesus always has an them our Saviour said : " The scribes Come, Holy Spirit, to my heart, ex edient : He is never troubled with Abide with me each day, and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat : And nevermore from me depart, th slightest hesitation. He always all therefore whatsoever they bid you Stay with me all the way. kn ws what He will do.— F. B. Meyer. .„ - .vi'. ,- y ' , . 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THE word of prophecy tells us of Christ the Lord. We enumerate these " judgment is turned away backward, many conditions which will exist in in the following order : and justice standeth afar off : for truth the world just prior to the coming of I. The Social World Sign is fallen in the street, and equity the Lord, conditions by which we may cannot enter. Yea, truth faileth ; and The Master likens the days of the know that we are living in the very he that departeth from evil maketh coming of the Son of man unto the closing days of earth's history. We himself a prey : and the Lord saw it, are told of signs in the heavens above, days of Noah and of Lot. In those and it displeased Him that there was ancient periods the hearts of men were in the physical, social, industrial, no judgment." Isa. 59 : 14, 15. The engrossed with the physical and the political, and religious worlds, and we conditions we see in society to-day con- materialistic. They ate, they drank, see these signs to-day. Everywhere, stitute a significant sign of the com- they married wives, they were given in every phase of human experience, ing of the Lord. we can read the fulfillment of pre- in marriage. Luke 17 : 26-30. The sin of Sodom was idleness, and wine, 2. The War World Sign dictions made centuries ago. Truly The prophet Joel declares that in this is a thrilling age. Every student and fullness of bread ; and with this sufficiency and excess for the physical the days just preceding the coming of of prophecy must find his heart pulsat- the Lord the nations of earth would ing with eager anticipation as he looks needs came self-sufficiency of heart, avarice, pride, drunkenness, licen- prepare for war, that they would beat out into the world and takes note of the implements of peace into imple- tiousness, and the whole long train of the omens of coming deliverance. ments for warfare, that the heathen evils that follows when man rejects " Behold, He .cometh," is written would be awakened and come up to the ways of God and chooses his own in the heavens above and in the earth the Valley of Jehoshaphat in deadly way. Surely we have come again to beneath. The clash of arms among conflict. Read Joel 3 : 9-16. How such a time as this, in harmony with the nations, the futile efforts to pre- vividly has this been fulfilled during the prophetic prediction. serve peace, the strife between capital the last few years, and how earnestly and labor, the corruption in society, The physical degeneracy of society are the nations of men preparing for the spiritual degeneracy of the great is bringing forth a terrible fruitage its still more complete fulfillment in Christian church, the spread of the in the increase of disease. Influenza, the future! gospel to earth's remotest bounds,— heart disease, Bright's disease, pneu- It is estimated that the toll of the all these are significant signs that the monia, tuberculosis, and cancer have great World War, including civilian history of this world is soon to close, become veritable plagues, sweeping fatalities, resulted in a loss of more and the everlasting reign of Christ is into untimely graves thousands upon than twenty-six million ; that it en- to be ushered in. While we deplore thousands every year. tailed a money loss, including the de- many present conditions, while we The moral breakdown of society has struction of property on land and sea, mourn for the misery and the sorrow led to immorality, crime, and lawless- loss in production, cost of relief work, that exist, nevertheless we thank God ness, the evidence of which is seen in and damage to neutrals, with the that there are omens of a better day, the press accounts of the growing com- added value of human life, of the enor- when conditions will be changed, when mission of the most unnatural crimes, mous sum of more than a thousand sin shall be banished from the universe and more and more the criminals are billion dollars. of God, and when sorrow, anguish, found, not, as would naturally be ex- It was fondly hoped that this would and woe shall give place to peace and pected, among the dissolute and the be a war to end war. Indeed, this, joy forevermore. hardened, but among those of tender was the slogan by which the flower We cannot al; this time dwell in years. of the youth of the nations were rallied detail upon all these conditions as These criminals, when brought to to the colors of their respective coun- signs of the coming of Christ. There bay and called to answer for their tries. We would indeed that the na- are, however, seven significant signs crimes, are oftentimes shielded by the tions of men might have learned from which stand out above all the others, agencies of law which should effect the sad fruitage of war's waste and great index fingers pointing to one their condemnation and punishment. desolation, to submit their future dif- grand consummation, even the event Lawyers are bribed and courts are ferences to arbitration, but such has which has been the hope of the church corrupted. We have reached that day not been the reaction of the world, in every age, namely, the return of pointed out by the prophet when and this is not according to its pres- 4 THE ADVENT REVIEW AND SABBATH ERALD Vol. 106, No. 11

ent and future policy, if we may ing their best to insure future peace amily are denied. His divine revela- judge by the preparations going on and tranquillity. The Paris pact, the t on is discredited. The incarnation of for future conflict. agreement at Locarno, and more re- hrist, His holy ministry and miracu- Says Albin E. Johnson in the Sun- cently and most notable of all, the 1 i us workings, His sacrificial death day Star, Washington, D. C., Dec. 23, so-called Kellogg treaty, are indica- ml glorious resurrection, are counted 1928: tions of this movement in an official s mythical tales. And those who are " The big nations of the world are spend- way on the part of the leading nations oremost in this great apostasy, this ing more money preparing for war to-day of earth. s ameless denial of God and His reve- than ever before in peace-time history. The signatory powers to the Kellogg 1 tion to the human family, are found, Increasing by margins of more than a treaty numbered fifteen leading na- of alone, as we have said, in the billion gold francs yearly, the armament expenditures of the six ex-allied powers tions, who signed the treaty in Paris icked world, but in the church itself, — France, Great Britain, Italy, Russia, Aug. 27, 1928. Since that time, and s occupants of the pulpit as well as Japan, and the United States — promise up to Nov. 7, 1928, forty-two other of the pew. even more startling gains during the next nations had either deposited at Wash- The Christian Church Has No Message" few years. While talking peace, nearly ington their documents of adherence every government in the world is prepar- Indeed, so extensively has this ing for possible conflict, and preparing to the treaty or had signified their with far greater seriousness than they intention to adhere. oneycombing process gone on, that did before 1914. . . . We' are in full sympathy with these o e of the great Christian leaders " Millions Under Arms peace movements. .We thank God for eclared some time ago, " The Chris- " Summarization of the military estab- the spirit that moves men of the stamp t an church has no message to-day for lishments of the nations of the world re- of Secretary of State Kellogg to bring dying world. As a matter of fact, veals equally startling figures. Accord- to bear the pressure of their high t e Christian church is preaching ing to unofficial, but reliable, compilations office in treaties of this kind. And we any gospels, and the result is con- made from the League's last armaments f sion and failure. Denominations year book, there are something like five would indeed that they might prove and one-half million men under arms in an effective barrier against the menace a e being rent asunder, and those who the world, or about one to every 300 in- of war which hangs so heavily over the ave long been brethren are in war- habitants. The world is spending one world. But we must not be deceived, r ng camps, contending, not for non- sixth of its aggregate of national income e sentials, but, alas, over the very — about $2 per individual, or $16 per believing that this will be accom- family for the entire human race — on plished. War can never be stamped f undation principles of Christian- y .” armaments." out by legal statute or peace treaty. No one knows when the smoldering It has its origin in the human heart, And this great apostasy of the embers of racial animosity, of national and can never be eliminated from c urch of Christ is also the subject of rivalry and jealousy, will be fanned the world until man's nature has been efinite prophecy, and is therefore a into a new, flame. It was apparently changed by the grace of the Lord Je- s gnificant sign that we have reached an insignificant incident which served sus Christ. James 4: 1-3. t e closing days of earth's history. as the spark to fire the great powder We are forewarned by the apostle cad this prediction in 2 Timothy 3: magazine of Europe in the last Great Paul that when the cry of peace and 1 5, where the apostle declares that War. A similar insignificant circum- safety shall have reached its climax, i the last days many would have a stance may be the beginning of an- then sudden destruction shall come f arm of godliness, but by their wicked other great conflagration. The war upon the world. 1 Thess. 5: 3. The F es would deny its power. By the preparations which we see on every peace and safety cry is a sign of the t rm " Babylon " this apostasy is rec- side in practically every nation of the coming of the Lord. o nized in the eighteenth chapter of evelation, where the apostle declares world are a prominent sign of the 4. The Religious World Sign t n at the apostate church has become times in which we live, a sign of the The outlook in the world at the pres- soon coming of Christ. t e hold of every foul spirit and the ent time would not appear so ominous c ge of every unclean and hateful 3. The Peace and Safety Cry Sign and truly portentous if the great b rd, representing her pernicious A paradoxical situation exists in the church of Christ were alive and awake t achings and evil practices. world at the present time, and even to the situation. We might feel that this paradox has been pointed out on in the large number who profess His 5. The Papal Restoration Sign the prophetic page. The inspired pen- name there is hope that the world can In the thirteenth and fourteenth man indicates that in the very time be turned back from the doom to which e apters of the book of Revelation we when the nations are preparing ac- it seems inevitably plunging, and the have a most remarkable prophecy. tively for aggressive warfare, there equilibrium of society and of the state e cannot enter into a detailed ex- will be a great movement -in behalf of once more be restored. But, alas, the p sition of it here, indeed, this would peace ; indeed, 'so general will be this great Christian church itself has suc- h rdly seem necessary to the readers movement that many nations are rep- cumbed to the spirit of the age, and o the REVIEW. In general terms, this resented as saying, " Let us beat our the same degeneracy that we see in p ophecy indicates that in the last swords into plowshares and our spears the social world is found among the days, just preceding the coming of into pruning hooks, and learn war no professed followers of the Master. t e Lord, the papal power of Rome more." Read these prophecies as Infidelity, no longer bold and uld be restored to its old-time place found in Isaiah 2: 1-5 and Micah blatant as it was in days of old, is a d prestige. John saw the symbol 4 : 1-5. now carrying forward its specious and ✓ presenting this power wounded unto We do not need to remind any Heaven-defying work under the very d ath. This wound was given in 1798, reader of the marked fulfillment of name of Christianity, and its chief wl en Pope Pius was taken prisoner. these prophecies, which we are seeing emissaries are members of the church ' The wound was inflicted still more at the present time. In practically itself. The conservative standards of d eply in subsequent events which fol- every civilized nation are found peace the past have been discarded. The 1s ed, culminating in 1870 with the leagues and societies and associations cardinal doctrines that form the very loss of the pope's temporal power as working for the maintenance of peace. foundations of Christian faith are r presented in the Papal States. The Indeed, the governments of earth, in derided. The providential and mirac- h aling of that wound would be the their official capacities, seem to be do- ulous leadings of God in the human ✓ storation of its lost influence. March 14, 1929 THE ADVENT REVIEW AND SABBATH HERALD 5

This restoration has long been agitated. has assiduously and persistently la- Churches, the Lord's Day Alliance, Unknown to the world at large, for bored for long years. This develop- and other organizations in Europe and the last three or four years serious ment, to the student of prophecy, is a elsewhere, are working for this objec- consultations have been held between most significant happening. We see tive. It will be a world-wide move- the representatives of the pope and fulfilling before our very eyes to-day ment. the representatives of the Italian gov- that inspired word penned nearly two In America, lobbies are main- ernment, looking toward the recogni- thousand years ago, and we see as well tained at the national capital. Legis- tion of papal independence. It is an outstanding sign of the times, a lative bills are introduced in every claimed that two hundred conversa- sign of the coming of the Lord, a most Congress. Petitions without number tions of this character have been held, portentous sign, in all that it signifies are pouring in to every session. The and the world was surprised indeed to to the work of God. cry from every part of the land is, learn, only a few days ago, that these " Give us a Sunday law for the pres- representatives had reached that point 6. The Sunday Legislation Sign ervation of the American sabbath." in their conclusions where definite These recent startling develop- Just how soon this agitation will meet agreement had been secured. Accord- ments in the fulfillment of the proph- its fruition we cannot say, but one ingly, Feb. 11, 1929, in the historic ecy of Revelation 13 prepare the has only to attend the Congressional St. John's Lateran Palace of Rome, way for the complete fulfillment hearings where some of these Sunday Premier Mussolini, representing the of the second phase, which also bills are discussed, to see the animus, Italian government, and Cardinal Gas- has in it vital meaning to this day the spirit of dogged persistency, which is behind this effort. That it will suc- ceed we have not the slightest doubt in the world; indeed, the infallible prophecy of the word of God shows that it will succeed, and that Sunday observance will be enforced by legal enactment. The wise counsels of con- servative legislators will be disre- garded. The stand which many are making to-day for just and equitable laws will be overborne, and yielding to the clamors of their constituency, many legislators will unite, giving to these so-called reformers the objective for which they are laboring. We believe that this climax will come as unexpectedly and as suddenly as the last great war broke upon the world. It will come as surprisingly as did the restoration of papal sov- ereignty. We know not what a day may bring forth. Stealthily, step by International step, oftentimes working in secret and Benito Mussolini signing the historical pact, in the Lateran Palace, Rome, which granted inde- pendence to the Vatican State from Italy and temporal power to the Pope. Cardinal under cover, the enemies of truth and Gasparri, secretary to the pope, is at left of picture. righteousness are preparing for the parri, papal secretary of state, met and generation. Not only does this final struggle. and affixed their signatures to a treaty prophecy indicate that the papacy The great danger to the church of and two supplementary documents will be restored to its old-time power Christ is that they will be taken off which effect a reconciliation of the and prestige, but it also clearly shows guard, that they will be found asleep. long-standing enmity existing be- that there will arise in the United These signs of which we have spoken tween the church and the state. The States of America and throughout the have been gathering strength so grad- foreign diplomats at the papal court world a great religious movement, ually that we have become accustomed were immediately apprised of this so- which has as one of its chief objectives to their growing intensity ; we look lution of the so-called " Roman 'ques- the enforcement of the mark, or sign, upon them as matters of course, and tion," and through them their respec- of papal authority, namely, the first not as the startling, phenomenal signs tive governments, and then the world day of the week as a Sabbath of the which God designs them to be. at large were made acquainted with Lord. 7. The Gospel Message Sign the fact. A long step has been taken Long years ago Seventh-day Ad- There is a third phase to the fulfill- in restoring the papal power to its old- ventists; basing their faith alone upon ment of the prophecy of Revelation 13 time influence, and it takes its place the forecast in this chapter, declared and 14, to which we shall call attention among the governments of earth as a that there would arise a movement in conclusion. It is the giving of the sovereign, independent entity. in this country which would secure everlasting gospel to the nations of We recognize, of course, that the con- the enforcement of Sunday by legal men, it is the giving of the warning summation of this agreement must be enactment. At that time no organized against the great papal influence, taken in the action of the Italian movement existed having this as its against the enforcement of the papal senate in April and the signatures of objective: But what do we behold mark, against the great religious apos- the king and of Pope Pius XI, but to=day ? We see not alone one organ- tasy of the present day. That mes- these are mere technicalities, and will ization giving their support and ad- sage proclaims the hour of judgment not affect the papal status, which has vocacy to such a measure as this, but and the coming of the Lord. • It exalts already been proclaimed. Apparently we see many Organizations working the law of God as the standard of the in an hour there has been consum- to this endt The National Reform As- judgment; it presents the Sabbath of mated that for which the papal power sociation, the Federal Council of the Lord as the seal of that law, as the 6 THE ADVENT REVIEW AND SABBATH HERALD Vol. 106, No. 11 sign of allegiance to God and His truth to others I How can we receive His from their eyes. Profiting by their in the last great controversy. And approval if we have been unfaithful to experience, may we recognize the that is the message which Seventh-day our marching orders °I If the times things that belong unto our peace, and Adventists have been appointed to into which we have come, if these be able to, greet Him in peace and with give to the world. And that message startling events and fulfilling signs rejoicing at His second coming. is to go out to earth's remotest bounds. that are taking place before our very The strenuous times before us in- In 132 languages it is being printed eyes, do not move Seventh-day Ad- volve vital issues, but let us remember and circulated among the nations of ventists to a deeper consecration to- this, that there is no issue so vital men. It is calling out from the great day, do not awaken them from their to-day as that pertaining to our own backslidden church those who will take lethargy and indifference, then their personal relation to God. If this re- their stand for God and His truth. awakening will come too late. It will lationship is right, God will take care It is searching out among the heathen come at the sound of the last trump, of all outside issues and consequences. nations those who will follow on to with a fearful sense of their great loss, We have naught to fear from the know more perfectly the way of salva- of their failure to accomplish their world, from Satan, or from the agen- tion. And wherever it goes it is wit- own salvation in seeking the salvation cies of evil which he will marshall in nessing the wonderful triumphs of of their fellow men. the last great struggle, if we hide in God's redeeming grace. The reports Israel of old failed to realize the Christ, if every day we are walking in published from week to week in this things that belonged unto their peace, the consciousness of divine acceptance. paper record its triumphant march. Through their hardness of heart and This is the blessed privilege of every And beyond and outside of the or- indifference those things were hidden reader. ganized movement of this message God is awakening hearts among all nations. Again and again and again, in scores Shall We Have a pandering Sabbath? of instances, our missionaries are find- ing, as they push on into the un- No. 7. Can We Keep the S bbath on a Round World? known, cases of men and women, one (Conti ued) here, a number there, who with no knowledge of this second advent move- THE man who contends that the Sab+ not be kept except in one time belt, ment, by their own personal study of bath cannot be kept on a round, world defining that even in present-d0 the Bible have come to believe that because twenty-four hours must bS terms, then the first day cannot. That the coming of the Lord is near, have dropped in circling it westward is obvious. Now, then, if we char& come to recognize the claims of His added in compassing it eastward God with inability to frame a Sabbath holy rest day. This is full of mean- must, if' conSiStent, contend that law CaPable' of being kept in more than ing. It shows, in the words of the Sabbath cannot be kept, except in one one time hen; what is to be said of prophet Joel, that God in these last time heltr And that IS exactly what the prd§umptiia of numerous militant days is pouring out His Spirit upon one scientist •.declared before the.com4 ehristian ministers. Who wish to have all flesh. It is the last great effort of mittee. that the 0414 Congress enaet4,(national Sunday la* heaven to save mankind. cient aJe*S;,*ho lived in time belt` for the whole. United States, where There is a spirit of inquiry abroad —`Palestine could keep the- Sabi there are fOur time belts I Can Man in the world. The minds of men are bath, but that any one living to the hope to do what God IS alleged to be awakening. Thousands are reaching east or the west of this one time belt unable to do ? And if these ambitious out after the light of truth, hearts are would not really be keeping the Sab7 ministers were asked why such a Sun- being made tender to the reception bath, because he would not be observ-; day law should be enacted; they would of the message of God for to-day. This ing it at the same identical moment quote to you the same command of of itself is a significant sign of the of time. the decalogue as do the Sabbath keep- days in which we live, a fulfillment But narrow though Palestine is, it ers, simply reading " first day " into of the threefold message of Revela- has some width from east to west. the command, instead of " seventh tion 14, a fulfillment of the words of Therefore the Jews on the eastern day." Does the command suddenly the Master when He said, " This gos- border must have begun their day acquire a certain universality of appli- pel of the kingdom shall be preached before those living on the western cation when the word " first " is sub- in all the world for a witness unto all shore. Only a few minutes earlier, stituted for " seventh " ? nations ; and then shall the end come." it is true ; but if a few minutes' differ; Let us make one more preliminary The Call to the Church of Christ ence does not interfere with Sabbath observation. For what purpose was These stirring, phenomenal events, observance, why should a few more the Sabbath command given ? The these significant fulfilling signs, should minutes, or perhaps an hour or twos answer is not difficult to find. Jews constitute a great call to the remnant or three, or more, affect the command? and Christians, Sabbatarians and Sun- church,— a call for us to awake, to Furthermore, to speak of the Pales day keepers, all are essentially agreed gird on the armor anew, to give tine Jews as dwelling in " one time that the object of the Sabbath com- speedily to all the world the message belt " is to transport back to those an. mand in the decalogue is, from a spir- that God has committed to us. The cient ,days a unit of time adjustment itual standpoint, that man should time is short. The day is fast hasten- that is both arbitrary and modern. have a definite time for worshiping ing to its close. Clouds on every side Their only timepiece was the sun, God. (The question of which day of show that the storm of God's wrath and therefore only those Jews who the week is intended by the command- is about to break. lived directly in one line north and ment, though a vital point, is not rele- How faithless we shall be if we do south were in the same time belt. To vant to this particular question.) not recognize the meaning of these move one step to, the east or the west Now to contend that God desired things and prove true to the trust com- of that given line — but no such line that only those who live in one time mitted to us. How can we answer for was " given "— would necessitate be., belt should keep the Sabbath, is equiv- our neglect to Christ the Lord ? How ginning the day either earlier or later. alent to maintaining that He desired can we expect His salvation if we are But let us make another preliminary that only this limited number should faithless in revealing His salvation observation : If the seventh day can- remember Him from week to week. March 14, 1929 THE ADVENT REVIEW AND SABBATH HERALD 7

But such a conclusion would be blas- don when it is just starting in San Gate on that very matter-of-fact Mon- phemous. Where do we read, any- Francisco. Farther east, in Constan- day, it is rising once more for the in- where in the Good Book, that God tinople, the Monday morning sun habitants of that Chinese city ? For intended that those who worship Him arose two hours earlier even than in if adding six hours on to 6 A. M. at San and who remember Him from week London. Therefore, the day is ten Francisco will bring us to noon Mon- to week, must confine themselves to hours old in that ancient Turkish day, will not the adding of the same one time belt ? On the contrary, we capital when it is just beginning in number of hours to midnight Monday, read the explicit commands of God San Francisco. bring us to 6 A. M. Tuesday morning in to the first godly men at the dawn of And so we might continue the cir- China? And is it not just as truly history, to multiply and replenish the cuit around the earth, tracing the Tuesday morning in China as it is earth, not one time belt. course of this particular Monday. It Monday noon in California ? Have Where then lies the trouble ?— In is evident that as we go eastward we we lost the reckoning of the days by the minds of those 'who raise it. They find Monday to be increasingly old. following back on the path of the sun have invented a difficulty that does Let us visualize a city on the eastern that particular Monday ? No. Then not exist. They boldly declare that border of Asia, where Monday is eight- we still have the true order of the the Sabbath cannot be kept at the een hours old. In other words, it is weekly cycle, even though it is 6 A. M. same identical moment of time in dif- miduight of Monday in that Chinese Tuesday in China when it is Monday ferent time belts. But neither the city when it is only six o'clock Monday noon in California ? Most assuredly. Sabbath command, nor the Bible any- morning in San Francisco. Is it not Now did some international con- where, speak of time belts, or of keep- apparent, then, that by the time the ference produce this situation? No, ing the Sabbath at the same identical sun is high overhead at the Golden you say, it grew out of the simple moment of time. The Good Book tells fact that the world is round and that us that we should keep :the seventh the sun travels westward. And how day, and that we should keep it " from My Master long has this arrangement of days ex- even to even ; " that is, from sunset to BY HELENE NYCE isted ? Since the memory of man run- sunset. Could a man dwelling, for ex- 0 KING, my King, they crowned Thee, neth not to the contrary. Then this ample, in the next time belt ,west of And mocked with gibes and scorn, relative order of days existed long be- Palestine, tell when the sun went down Not with a crown of roses fore the drawing of this international on Friday evening ? Then it would be But cruel, rending thorn! date line out in the Pacific ? It did. possible for him to obey the command. Nor gently laid it on Thee, The simple fact of history is that God does not ask man to base his But roughly crushed it in, when men in our restless modern age obedience upon what other men in That Thou, My King — appalling began to travel around the world, they thought!— other parts of the world may or may Shouldst payment make for sin. discovered this most ordinary fact of not be doing. That is a human de- its being Monday noon on the eastern vice. When He gave the Sabbath in- Not Thy sin, 0 Thou innocent, shore of the Pacific when it was al- stitution, God did not make proper Who never breathed a wrong, ready Tuesday morning on the west- obedience to it dependent upon the But mine, and Thy tormentors', Of all earth's human throng. ern side. And was not this really mechanical ingenuity of some descend- equivalent to discovering that a date ant of Adam who might invent a clock Oh, dark day, oh, bitter day, line existed somewhere in the Pacific ? or other timing device, thousands of Oh, day that turned to night! And those early, bold mariners, upon years after the beginning of the hu- What wonder that the glaring sun pondering the fact that the date line Hid blackened from that sight? man race. Instead, the Lord made the was already out there somewhere in requirement so simple that a man, What wonder that the graves disgorged the deeps of the Pacific, decided to possessed simply of enough knowledge Their dead, who wandered round, leave it there. We must not be too to count up to seven, and enough com- While God's hand rent the temple veil, critical of them for thus surrendering prehension to appreciate the fact of And earthquakes rent the ground! to a fact. With all our world confer- the setting sun, could obey explicitly The thorns that pierced Thy tender brow, ences that finally produced what is the command And caused Thy blood to start, to-day known as the international date The fallacy of the contention that Tore not Thy flesh so cruelly line, we have done little more than the Seventh-day Sabbath cannot be As sorrow tore Thy heart. the earlier mariners — we have merely kept on a round world, is surely more Ah, loving hands, those weary hands agreed on a theoretical point in the than evident. But let us consider one That labored long and late ocean where we shall drop the count more illustration. Let us picture such In service full and free to all, as it is properly kept on the one side a matter-of-fact occurrence as sunrise To reap such bitter hate! and take up the count that is also on a Monday morning in San Fran- Ah, stricken hands, together chained, properly kept on the other side. cisco. And let us say that on this That may not lift nor move In view of the facts here set forth, particular Monday morning the sun To wipe the blood streams from those eyes it is surely not necessary for us to rose at six o'clock. What is the time That sought the world in love! take serious notice of the cavil that in New York? Nine o'clock, you say. And can I now with ruthless act because the international date line is In other words, the day is already That cruel crown crush deep, a " man-made " line, it could just as three hours old in New York. Is the Or fail to ease its pressure easily be moved to Washington or man in New York resfionsible for that? At some point, because I sleep? London ? The man who journeys out No, it simply grew out of the fact that to tamper with the date line will find Nay, Master, Saviour, Sovereign, the earth is round and the sun is trav- Arouse me now, I pray, himself figuratively as well as literally eling westward at a certain rate. But And let Thy Spirit dwell in me, in very deep water. that same Monday morning sun arose To guide from day to day. But the objection might conceivably in London five hours earlier even than be raised, "What if the course of the Teach me. my gentle Master, in New York, that is, eight hours Thy perfect life to live, ancient migrations of mankind had earlier than in San Francisco. It is So to Thy loving, guiding heart taken a different direction and carried already 2 P. M. In other words, that No further pain I'll give. the day the opposite direction around day is already eight hours old in Lon- Berlin, N. J. the world, thus giving us a date line, 8 THE ADVENT REVIEW AND SABBATH ERALD Vol. 106, No. 11

perhaps in the Atlantic I With this, therefore, we come to the very matter-, Our Buildings as a Sign and every other hypothetical question, of-fact conclusion that the definite SOMETIMES people of the world, not we have no concern. Religious duties days and the equally definite weeks nderstanding the nature of our work, grow out of facts as they are, and not hold tenaciously to this circular world, ay criticize us for establishing out of hypothetical situations that of ours. To believe that a day. is chools and other institutions, in view might, or might not, have arisen. If " lost " by westward travel over the f the fact that we believe the Lord's a hypothetical possibility is sufficient ocean, is on a par with the medieval oming is near. However, thoughtful ground for refusal to obey a divine notion that a mariner would be eople of the world realize that it is command, we may speedily manufac- " lost " if he should wander too far very sensible and creditable thing ture excuses for disobeying all of westward over the deep. hat Seventh-day Adventists have God's commands. Really, if a man To what lengths will men go in their one in building up institution work. has sufficient belief in God to consider endeavors to becloud an issue and to hey see that it has meant strength seriously the question of Sabbath keep- cast discredit on one of the oldest nd solidity and permanency in our ing, must he not believe that God knew and the most widely observed of re- fforts. At the same time let us never in advance the course which man- ligious institutions ! and all in the, slow it to slip from our minds for a kind's migration would take And, hope of foisting upon us a calendar oment that our building programs indeed, is it not a fact that the definite revision which obviously would inter- verywhere must be a sign to the world trend of migration had already devel- rupt the cycle of the week and destroy, hat we believe the end is near. oped before the Sabbath command was the true significance of the Sabbath, In view of many church building audibly proclaimed from Mt. Sinai ? for the earth does not cease to rotate, rograms, it is worth while to read on " blank " days. We say " ob- Incidentally, this cavil about mov- gain these admonitions given by the viously," because the calendar revisers ing the date line is in the same cate- pirit of prophecy. This is from themselves admit, in the four-page re- gory with the inquiry : How do you ' Testimonies," Volume VII, page 54, port " submitted by the National Com- know the exact point out in the Pacific ne of the later volumes: where you ought to change the reckon- mittee on Calendar Simplification," " Shall we not as a people, by our busi- ing ? The very raising of such a query that the proposed change " interrupts, ess arrangements, by our attitude toward reveals the surrender of the point that world unsaved, bear a testimony even has been in dispute. We have been ore clear and decisive than that borne discussing whether it is possible to A Prayer y us twenty or thirty years ago? " keep the Sabbath on a round world — BY MATRIX O'CONNOR Again on pages 91 and 92 of the whether you really lose or gain days JESUS, Lord, my soul in anguish ame volume we read : in making the circuit. If a day is Calls to Thee for help and love. " We believe that the Lord is soon to really lost or gained in the circuit, Thou alone ,canst save this mortal ome, and should not our faith be rep- With Thy mercies from above. esented in the buildings we erect? Shall then the Sabbath critic wins his point, Take my hand and lead me, Jesus, it matters not whether the day is lost e put a large outlay of money into a To the end of life's short span. sliding that will soon be consumed in or gained in the Pacific or ten thou- Thou canst heal my every weakness, he great conflagration? . . . Then let us sand miles away in the Atlantic. On Jesus, Saviour, Friend of man. find about our ambitious plans." the contrary, if a day is not really Jesus, Saviour, Great Physician, We all know what it means. We lost or gained in making the circuit, it Healer 'of the human heart, now our own hearts. If it is the matters not whether the apparent loss Thou canst heal me, soul and body, hureh where we are, we like to have it Make me strong in every part. or gain takes place in the Pacific or ook fine. But let us remember that far away in the Atlantic. Take this soul, though weak and doubting,' Take it to Thy heart in love; hile slipshod methods are not eco- The person who would still object I would follow in Thy footsteps, omical nor do they bear the right to the Sabbath on the round world Jesus, Saviour, Friend above. fitness to the world, yet there is a because there might be some question Berryville, Ark. lainness, a neatness, and a simplicity as to the exact spot where the change hat is economy, and these things do ought to be made, is on a par with once a year, the regular occurrence of ear creditable witness to the world. the spendthrift who, having had the seventh-day Sunday or Sabbath • lherefore let us bind about our am- proved to him the need of thrift, pro- day of rest."—" The Question of the itious plans. More than one church tests finally that he will not practice Calendar," p. 2. as prospered and grown strong in this excellent virtue because his would- Out of their own mouths we con- odest quarters, and has lost in be reformer cannot show exactly demn them. The issue is clearly trength by undertaking a more am- where the line should be drawn be- drawn. The calendar revisers are itious project than was reasonable. tween this virtue and the abominable ready to " interrupt " the most sacred But the message is aimed especially vice of miserliness. Yes, whq can of institutions in order that business t our institutional development. draw the fine line between thrift and may flow on uninterruptedly. To such: ore and more our older institutions miserliness, or between liberality and a pass have we come in this commer- ' re catching the thought of holding spendthriftiness ? Who can say ex- cial, materialistic age. The Sabbath own enlargements, and devoting re- actly where courage ends and fool- ources to projecting similar plants in hardiness begins, or where caution to be sacrificed to statistics, religion to revenue ! Against such a proposal we ther parts of the field. This is the ends and cowardice begins ? When protest. We cannot do otherwise. cal to work to in all our older fields, the Sabbath objectors refuse to prac- hough of course here and there a tice thrift and liberality, courage and F. D. N. (To be continued) rowing work may require enlarged caution, because there might be some rovision in the way of facilities. difference of opinion as to exactly Amidst it all, let us keep our build- where the virtue ended and the vice PRAYER is not monologue, but dia- ' g programs on such a basis as to bear began, then will it be time enough logue ; God's voice in response to mine itness to the world that we believe for us to consider seriously the quibble is its most essential part. Listening' at time is short and that all these as to exactly where one day ends and to God's voice is the secret of the as- aterial things are to serve but tem- the next begins. surance that He will listen to mine.— orarily for hastening on the message.. Summing up the whole question, Andrew Murray. W. A. S. March 14, 1929 THE ADVENT REVIEW AND SABBATH HERALD 9 Righteousness by Faith and the Resurrection of Christ

By W. W. PRESCOTT

I FIND in the spirit of prophecy the God was able to fulfill His promise. between God and creation, which to Him following comprehensive statement What had God promised to Abraham? is ' a little thing,' but between God and concerning the meaning of righteous- — An innumerable seed when he had His law, that is to say, Himself, as He is eternal Judge. And this, to the Eternal, ness by faith, or justification by faith : no child, and when in the natural is not a little thing. So the solution called - What is justification by faith ? It order of things he could not expect for no little thing, but for the atoning is the work of God in laying the glory any descendants. Therefore he " in death, for the laying by the Father on of man in the dust, and doing for man hope believed against hope." Rom. the Son of the iniquities of us all, that we might open our arms and receive from that which it is not in his power to do 4: 18. After a son, Isaac, was born, the Father the merits of the Son. for himself."—" Testimonies to Min- and the promise had been made, " In " And 'was raised up because of our isters," p. 456. Isaac shall thy seed be called " (Gen. justification; ' because our acceptance had By reading this paragraph thought- 21 : 12), how was the faith of Abra- been won, by His deliverance up. Such fully it will appear plain that the ham tested?— God directed him to of- is the simplest explanation of the gram- following statements are warranted fer Isaac for a burnt offering. Gen. mar and of the import. The Lord's resur- rection appears as, so to speak, the mighty by it : 22 : 2. What was involved in this test sequel, and also the demonstration, war- 1. Justification by faith is a work of faith ? — Abraham obeyed, " ac- rant, proclamation, of His acceptance as performed by God Himself, and not counting that God is able to raise up, the propitiation, and therefore of our ac- performed by man. even from the dead ; from whence he ceptance in Him. For indeed it was our justification, when, He paid our penalty. 2. Justification by faith is a work did also in a figure receive him back." True, the acceptance does not accrue to performed for, or in behalf of, man, Heb. 11: 19. It is evident, then, that the individual till he believes, and so re- or for the benefit of man. the faith which was reckoned unto ceives. The gift is not put into the hand 3. Justification by faith demands Abraham for righteousness was the till it is open, and empty. But the gift the intervention of a power outside faith which brought the assurance has been bought ready for the recipient long before he kneels to receive it. It was of man in order that it may be ac- that God would fulfill His promise, his, in provision, from the moment of the complished. even though it should involve the res- purchase; and the glorious Purchaser I shall now attempt to show that urrection from the dead. came up from the depths where he had there is such a close connection be- But why was this experience of gone down to buy, holding aloft in His sacred hands the golden gift, ours be- tween the resurrection of Christ and Abraham recorded ? Surely not for Cause His for us."— Pages 126, 127. this intervention of God in accounting his sake, for he had the experience, righteous the ungodly, that apart from but, as it is plainly stated, " for our The resurrection of Christ as the the resurrection there could not have sake also." This historical incident representative of the human family been such a work in behalf of man as testifies that the faith which is unto was the demonstration of the fact that justification. Or, to put it in an- justification accepts God as the justi- He had lived a sinless, that is, a right- other way, in order to preach justifi- fier and the raiser-up of Jesus our eous, life, and that therefore those who cation by faith as a complete gospel, Lord, " who was delivered up for our accepted Him and His resurrection it is necessary to preach the resur- trespasses, and was raised for our jus- life, would be accounted righteous in rection of Christ. tification." And this is the only faith Him. Because He was found right- eous and so was raised from the dead Raised for Our Justification which justifies, according to the teach- ing of the New Testament. Note how as the representative man in whom we As soon as he reads this brief para- were justified, it is therefore true that graph I am reasonably sure that every closely " our " offenses and " our " justification are connected with " our " He was raised on account of our jus- Bible student will almost involuntarily tification. think of this passage of Scripture Lord whom God raised from the dead. which constitutes a part of the inter- The significance of this necessary con- Christ's Death and Resurrection Necessary for pretation of the experience of Abra- nection should not be overlooked. the Forgiveness of Sins ham in being accounted righteous : The Demonstration of Our Acceptance I have already developed the fact Looking unto the promise of God, In order to have a correct under- that righteousness by faith, or justi- he wavered not through unbelief, but standing of this teaching, it seems to fication by faith, is inseparably con- waxed strong through faith, giving me to be necessary to call definite at- nected with the death of Christ for glory to God, and being fully assured tention to the meaning of the word our sins, but in the passage under con- that what ,He had promised, He was " for " in the two expressions " for our sideration the resurrection of Christ able also to perform. Wherefore also offenses " and " for our justification." is joined with His death as the neces- it was reckoned unto him for right- The original word here used and trans- sary basis for our justification. We eousness. Now it was not written for lated " for " means in the construction are "justified in Christ " (Gal. 2 : 17), his sake alone, that it was reckoned in which it here appears " on account but the Christ in whom we are jus- unto him; but for our sake also, unto of," whereas in other places " for " is tified must be the Christ who died and whom it shall be reckoned, who be- equivalent to " instead of " (Matt. 20 : rose again, " and in none other is lieve on Him who raised Jesus our 28), or "in behalf of " (2 Cor. 5 : 14). there salvation." Acts 4: 12. Lord from the dead, who was delivered An enlightening interpretation of this I have also developed the further up for our trespasses, and was raised passage has been given by H. C. G. fact that righteousness by faith is an for our justification." Rom. 4: 20-25. Moule in his exposition of the epistle equivalent expression for the forgive- This rather lengthy quotation in- to the Romans : ness of sins (Rom. 4 : 6-8) ; but " the vites some careful thinking in order " Deep in the heart of the divine doc- blood of His cross" (Col. 1 : 20), to comprehend its meaning. Let us trine of atonement lies this element of it, which makes forgiveness possible, is apply the question and answer method the ' because of our transgressions; ' the also " the blood of the covenant " to it. Why was righteousness reck- exigency of Golgotha, due to our sins. (Heb. 10 : 29), and the God of peace The remission, the acquittal, the accept- oned to Abraham 1— Because he en- ance, was not a matter for the verbal fiat " brought again from the dead the tertained the fullest confidence that of divine autocracy. It was a matter not great Shepherd of the sheep with the 10 THE ADVENT REVIEW AND SABBATH ERALD Vol. 106, No. 11

blood of an eternal covenant, even our of God in Him." 2 Cor. 5 : 21. The ousness by receiving Him. Not by Lord Jesus." Heb. 13 : 20. This is gospel is " the power of God unto sal- ainful struggles or wearisome toil, not additional proof of the great truth vation," because the righteousness of y gift or sacrifice, is righteousness that both the death and the resurrec- God, or the righteousness of Christ, is btained ; but it is freely given to tion of Christ are inseparably neces- revealed in it, and the power of this very soul who hungers and 'thirsts sary for the forgiveness of sins, or righteousness is demonstrated by the o receive it."—" Thoughts From the for righteousness by faith, or justifica- resurrection of Him who is our right- ount of Blessing," p. 34. It is a tion by faith, and that these funda- eousness. The power of the resurrec- imple, vitalizing experience. mental facts must be preached as the tion and the power of His righteous- " Through this simple act of be- Scriptural ground for the assurance of ness are thus shown to be the same, ieving God, the Holy Spirit hag be- righteousness by faith. The experi- and therefore when the apostle Paul otten a new life in your heart. You ence of justification by faith is the expressed the earnest desire that he re as a child born into the family of result of our union with Christ in His might " know Him, and the power of od, and He loves you as He loves His death and His resurrection, and apart His resurrection" (Phil. 3 : 10), he on."—"Steps to Christ," p. 56. from such a union there can be no was longing for the fuller experience In the mission field where we have genuine experience of righteousness of righteousness by faith. o many problems which annoy and by faith. It is quite possible to enter- This view is fully sustained by not- arass the soul, the great truth of tain and to defend a theory upon this ing the verses immediately preceding, stification by faith stands as a subject which is disconnected from the in which he sets forth the ultimate ighty beacon to guide and strengthen death and resurrection of Christ, and result for which he had suffered the s as we struggle in the darkness of which has no practical bearing what- loss of all things : " That I may gain eathenism. " Ours is not a conflict ever upon the daily life; but such a Christ, and be found in Him, not hav- ith mere flesh and blood, but with theory is absolutely worthless when we ing a righteousness of mine own, even t e despotisms, the empires, the forces need a power outside of ourselves to that which is of the law, but that at control and govern this dark do for us a work which we are utterly which is through faith in Christ, the orld — the spiritual hosts of evil ar= unable to do for ourselves. righteousness which is from God by ✓ yed against us in the heavenly war- faith." Verses 8, 9. The power of His f o re." Eph. 6 :12, Weymouth. But, The Power of His Resurrection resurrection is the guaranty of the e are assured of supernatural help, This brings us to the consideration experience of righteousness by faith. The grace of God is for all who seek of another passage of Scripture which I hope I have made it reasonably ii with contrition. The power of Om, is closely related to our subject. Of clear, as far as my limited space will n potence is enlisted in behalf of those Jesus we read : " Who was declared to permit, that the genuine experience ho trust in God—" The Desire of be the Son of God with power, accord- of righteousness by faith must be the ges," p. 352. ing to the spirit of holiness, by the result of faith in the death and res- There is nothing more helpful in, resurrection from the dead." Rom. urrection of Christ, and that the y gospel ministry than a full and 1: 4. The resurrection of Jesus of power which must intervene to do for complete acceptance of Christ as my Nazareth affirmed with power what us a work which we cannot do for our- p•rsonal Saviour from sin. In sum- was true all the time, that He was the selves, is the power of His cross, the ing up this saving truth in the fol, Son of God, the holy and righteous power of His resurrection, the power Ewing texts, may we find victory, joy, One, and that it is therefore possible of His endless life, which is revealed in a d holiness in the Lord. No corns for us to " become the righteousness His righteousness. ent is necessary. The Person and Name of the Lord A Personal Experience Jesus Christ " Neither is there salvation in any By B. M. HEALD o I er : for there is none other name u der heaven given among men, THE writer has conducted many re- the mind becomes one with His mind, w ereby we must be saved." Acts, vivals and has seen the outpouring of the thoughts are brought into captiv- 4 : 12. the latter rain, and for some months ity to Him ; we live His life. This is " I, even I, am He that blotted} there has been a growing conscious- what it means to be clothed with the ,o t thy transgressions for My own ness of God's divine favor being garment of His righteousness. Then sa e, and will not remember thy sins." poured out upon the workers in the as the Lord looks upon us, He sees, Is . 43 : 25. mission field. From the dark places not the fig-leaf garment, not the " I have blotted out, as a thick of earth we are hearing the good news nakedness and deformity of sin, but :cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a of the latter rain falling. The year His own robe of righteousness, which el i ud, thy sins : return unto Me ; for 1928 also witnessed the outpouring in is perfect obedience to the law of Je- I ave redeemed thee." Isa. 44 : 22. Northern Rhodesia. And as I have hovah." ' Being justified freely by His grace again been reviewing the whole sub- Then in " Steps to Christ," page 55, th ough the redemption that is in ject of righteousness by faith in the we read : C rist Jesus : whom God hath set forth light of the spirit of prophecy, and " If you believe the promise,— be- to be a propitiation through faith in have found renewed joy and victory, lieve that you are forgiven and In blood, to declare His righteous, I cannot refrain from passing on to cleansed,— God supplies the fact; you ne s for the remission of sins that are my brethren my experience. There are made whole, just as Christ gave pa t, through the forbearance of God." is an abundance of evidence in the the paralytic power to walk when the Ro i . 3 : 24, 25. Testimonies which testifies to this posi- man believed that he was healed. It ' Now to him that worketh is the tive, vitalizing truth of righteousness is so if you believe it." re and not reckoned of grace, but of by faith. In " Christ's Object Les- This vital truth is an imperative dent. But to him that worketh not, sons," page 312, we read : need for us in these days of final con- bu believeth on Him that justified, " When we submit ourselves to flict. It is not a dogmatic theory. the ungodly, his faith is counted for. Christ, the heart is united with His " The righteousness of God is em- ri. I teousness." " And therefore it. heart, the will is merged in His will, bodied in Christ. We receive right- wa imputed to him [Abraham] for. March 14, 1929 " THE ADVENT REVIEW AND SABBATH HERALD 11

righteousness. Now it was not written " By grace are ye saved through music ? The managers and operators for his sake alone, that it was imputed faith ; and that not of yourselves : it of these institutions realize the great to him.; but for us also, to whom it is the gift of God." Eph. 2: 8. drawing power of music, and are ex- 'shall be imputed, if we believe on Him The above texts do not exhaust the pending enormous sums on pipe or- that raised up Jesus our Lord from truth of righteousness by faith, for it gans, orchestras, and musicians. And the dead." . Rom. 4 : 4, 5, 22-24. is the golden thread that knits to- the dance — how much attraction " Therefore being justified by faith, gether all other truths of the Bible in would it hold without music,— the we have peace with God through our one infinite whole. music which fascinates, and arouses Lord Jesus Christ : by whom also we Elder Carlyle B. Haynes, in sum- the baser elements of man's nature, have access by faith into this grace ming up the truth of the subject when and dulls the finer sensibilities that wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope reviewing his personal experience in were given him by God to enable him of the glory of God." " But God com- God's redeeming grace at the Min- to distinguish between right and mendeth His love toward us, in that isterial Association hour, Washing- wrong ? while we were yet sinners, Christ died ton, D. C., June, 1926, said : Then there is the cabaret or the for us. Much more then, being now' " Imparting His own life to you, He fashionable restaurant, where men justified by His blood, we shall be will fulfill all His commandments in. and women surfeit themselves with saved from wrath through Him." you. Yours will be a commandment- food and drink. Does the music there " But not as the offense, so also is the keeping life, because it is His life. cause them to linger, and then go free gift. For if through the offense There will be no failure in obedience, home and read God's word and pray ? of one many be dead, much more the because He is our obedience. Trusting Ah, no ! Too often it leads them to grace of God, and the gift by grace, Him, relying on Him, abandoning our- become servants of sin. which is by one man, Jesus Christ, selves to Him, giving ourselves clear The church well recognizes the hath abounded unto many." Rom. away to Him, we shall be brought into power of music. The popular churches 5 : 1, 2, 8, 9, 15. full harmony with every requirement of to-day would not have much to of God because of His life in us. " Knowing that a man is not jus- hold the people were it not for their " This is the glorious message to be tified by the works of the law, but by fine choirs and highly paid soloists. taken to all the world in this genera- the faith of Jesus Christ, . . . that Occasionally one hears an excellent tion. Christ only; Christ crucified, we might be justified by the faith of sermon, but the chief attraction is the Christ risen, Christ ascended, Christ Christ, and not by the works of the music. It is right and fitting that the interceding, Christ coming again, law : for by the works of the law shall church should use fine music as a Christ the only Saviour from sin, no flesh be justified." " I am crucified means of drawing people to the serv- Christ our righteousness, Christ our ice where the word of God is to be with Christ : nevertheless I live ; yet obedience, Christ our coming King. preached, but unless it really does not I, but Christ liveth in me : and Let us not cease to teach and preach draw them to God, how empty and the life which I now live in the flesh Jesus Christ, ' the chiefest among ten vain it is ; indeed, it is " become as I live by the faith of the Son of God, thousand,' and the one ' altogether sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal." who loved me, and gave Himself for lovely.' " Music God's Gift me." Gal. 2 : 16, 20. Lusaka, Northern Rhodesia. Music was given to man for a holy purpose. In the time of the ancient The Art of Music Hebrews, the spirit of prophecy tells By MRS. R. L. WALIN us, music was used only in connection with worship. Karl Merz says, in his WHAT is music? Jean Paul Richter saying them? Why " praise the Lord worthy book, " Music and Culture," says, " 0 Music, thou who bringest with the harp : and sing unto Him that in connection with religion music the receding waves of eternity nearer with the psaltery and an instrument attains its highest meaning. When to the weary heart of man as he stands of ten strings " ? music is mentioned in the Bible, it upon the shore and longs to cross Music is the language of the emo- is mentioned only in connection with over, art thou the evening breeze of tions. It is just as much a language some great event, as the time when this life or the morning air of the as is German, French, or English, only Miriam led the singing after the Red future one ? " Another writer asks, instead of being a language of words, Sea experience, when the temple was " Art thou a recollection of Paradise it is a language of tones — tones which dedicated, when the walls of Jericho or a foretaste of heaven? " " Who are designed especially to appeal to fell, when Jehoshaphat went out to dares to abuse such an art? Who the emotions or feelings. There is no battle and appointed singers to go out dares to belittle its powers ? " feeling that is experienced by hu- before the army to praise the Lord, Attempts to define music are im- manity, whether of joy, sorrow, trag- when Christ was born, and finally perfect, but we know it is a great edy, despair, pain, anguish, or lone- when the saints shall gather on the power, a great factor in civilization. liness, that music cannot express in sea of glass around the great white Many persons, even learned men, re- a way that nothing else can do. It throne. gard it as merely a pleasurable en- can appeal and stimulate those feel- Since music was given to us for tertainment and nothing more. But ings which are base and low, or it can such a high and holy purpose, surely music has a higher mission than just appeal to those feelings which are the church of God, and especially the to please the ear. " It is the art which highest and best. It can debase, or people who claim to be looking for appeals most powerfully to the heart, it can inspire, cast down or uplift. the second coming of our Lord, should and through this affects our char- use it only in its purest forms. acters." The Power of Music Music is one of the greatest gifts It is because of this power that such Art and Technique given to man. It serves as a connect- great use has been made of music in Music is more than mere technique ; ing link between heaven and earth, ways both good and bad. Did you it is more than an amusement or a else why should we sing words of ever stop to think how much attrac- means of attracting attention. Tech- praise, adoration, and supplication to tion there would be to a moving-pic- nique is wonderful, and must be pos-

themselves musicians, and one can lence, and that the greatest tribute a e truth of God is hidden in His scarcely have too much of it ; but when performer can receive is a glistening ord, and we must " search the Scrip- technique, or the display element, or tear? It is in stillness and quietness res ; " in fact, we must strive for the amusement idea, is crowded to the that great inspiration comes, that God verything that is worth while. It is foreground, then art must go to the speaks to your soul. The prophet t ue we shall understand music better background, and music fails of its Isaiah says, " In quietness and in over there," but it is our privilege to, high and holy mission, namely, the confidence shall be your strength." egin to appreciate it here. uplifting of the listener, creating in Again the Lord says, " Be still, and Dear readers, fellow musicians, is him a desire to be better, to do nobler know that I am God." The noisy, holding too high a standard to say deeds, and inspiring him to give his showy things are generally not the t at in all our music we should strive heart more fully to his Maker; and best. Do not be discouraged if at t uplift men and women, to win what is greatest of all, it wooes the first when you listen to great music recious souls? We should seek more soul who has never known his Creator you cannot get much out of it. Try d more to put away the idea of to surrender his life to Him. again, and remember that worth- sing this holy art to entertain, to Technique has been called the ve- while things, life's truest values, are c eate a laugh, to startle by technique, hicle of expression. It is that upon not always appreciated on first notice. a d instead use it to draw men nearer which tone rides in giving expression The world's greatest characters were t e cross, and to the salvation which to thought and emotion or feeling. usually not appreciated or valued ill be the science and song of the re- Art can begin only where technique during their lives. The rarest gems d • emed throughout the ceaseless ages ends. " He who uses it only for his lie hidden deep down in the earth, o eternity. own glorification shows how little he where the miner must dig for them; Washington Missionary College. values it as a gift of God." The real Christian wants self to be hid, that he may say with Paul, " Not I, but The Wrath of S tan Manifested Christ liveth in me." His chief de- By E. HIL IARD light will be in using his music to win souls. Employing his talent for other REVELATION 12: 12 has its applica- g eater sinners in the sight of God than noble purposes will become irk- tion to the entire world. Here in t an church members who start a ver- some to him. He will desire to use his South India recently there have been b 1 battle with that little unruly mem- gift in the house of worship where railroad strikes which have lasted b r, so full of deadly poison, that prayer is wont to be made; to mingle for a number of weeks. Passenger s tteth things on fire, and is set on fire the tones of his voice or the strains coaches have been stoned, windows o i hell. It is a terrible sin, the mag- of his instrument with the preaching broken, passengers injured, engines n tude of which few realize. of God's word, where the saints as- overturned, freight and passenger He who indulges in evil-speaking semble to refresh their souls, and re- trains derailed, and scores of lives lost, m y not realize that in so doing he is new their consecration, and where the all caused by the infuriated strikers. e alting himself above God and His sinner comes and longs to be fed. The Scarcely one trouble is settled before la , but according to the word of God, line of a hymn just now comes floating another breaks out that calls for po- it is even so. " He that speaketh into my mind, " Not I, but Christ, be lice interference and often that of the e it of his brother, and judgeth his honored, loved, exalted." If we could militia. b other, speaketh evil of the law, and only catch the full meaning of that A Hindu-Moslem battle has just j dgeth the law." James 4: 11. line ! been caused by an attempt to move an How shamefully sinful is this evil- Technique may have been all in all image named " Ganapati " from a cen- sp aking that creates internal dissen- with the composer Liszt, and the great tral situation in the school compound si n among the professed followers of mass of listeners may like it, but it to another place. The students ob- C rist ! Is it too strong to say that is because they have never been jected and went on strike; hence the su h sinful work is criminal Does it taught how to appreciate music — real pitched battle in the city of Bangalore, nit in the end, if not repented of, music, music that touches the heart. where our South India Union head- p ve suicidal? It may discourage It is not necessary to read music, to quarters are located. The constant so e weak, struggling soul, and seal know what all the notes and symbols parading of the students increased hi eternal destiny. Under the full on a page of music mean, in order their ranks until they felt sufficiently li ht of the gospel it may be more sin- to appreciate it. One may be utterly strong to demand an unconditional re- fu in the sight of God than a Hindu- ignorant of all this, and still greatly lease of their leaders, who had been Moslem battle with carnal weapons. appreciate music, and even become a arrested. Upon refusal, the strikers Le us one and all cease this wicked true critic. Great artists all realize began to hurl stones at the police. The w rrk, and by the grace of Christ be- this. It is only necessary that you sit situation became so aggravated that co e more like the meek and lowly- still and listen and keep on listening the police fired on the mob, and both So i of God. — listen discriminatingly, and let the sides suffered serious injuries, a num- music speak to you. Give yourself ber being killed. What a shame ! we SV every opportunity to hear the best, say, all these fatalities over the mov- AUNCH out into the deep, my child, and if you belong to the rank and ing of an inanimate heathen god! Nor fear the depths, but pray. file of humanity, you will soon find It is not the enormity of the sin by task and joy to follow Him Where'er He leads the way. yourself loving the best and appre- that condemns the sinner. " This is ciating it. Let it move you to great the condemnation, that light is come storms beset thy little craft, heights of feeling, let it bring tears to into the world, and men loved dark- Ill-used to heavy seas, your eyes, let it carry your emotions J st listen to the Master's voice — ness rather than light." John 3: 19. ` Fear not, only believe." whithersoever it will, so long as it It is rejected light that condemns, and creates good emotions and makes you not the greatness of the evil deed. It hou canst not take one step ahead meditative and still. To answer His command, may be these benighted people who ut that you see His footprint there By the way, did you know that the fight and kill one another in defense And feel His guiding hand. greatest music creates profound si- of their defenseless gods, are not — u oris L. Hunting, in Boston Transcript, March 14, 1929 THE ADVENT REVIEW AND SABBATH HERALD 13

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Conducted by Promise Klass A Sabbath Evening Reverie message has been detailed no such diligently to know what kind of blind search for that of which she mothers we are,— to see if we are BY MRS. LOTTIE D. QUINN feels so desperately in need. Truly irritable, uncontrolled, self-centered, THE evening ,sun is setting in the west, she must search for it as for hid treas- or careless; then taking all to our And its departure brings the Sabbath ures, but for every problem there is own dear Parent, let us ask that we day, A time of holy gladness, joy, and rest, a " Thus saith the Lord," and to all be cleansed and fitted to be colaborers To cheer the weary pilgrim on his way. who lack wisdom is the precious prom- with Him in the salvation of our- ise that it will be supplied liberally, selves and the children whom He has The six days of the week are in the past, for the asking. given us. As many, many more have gone like- In these latter days, when law, wise. 5,V sV order, and authority are being broken Dear Saviour, as the time speeds on so An Old-Fashioned Mother fast, and defied daily, and the prophecy Are we not very near the long-sought that children will be disobedient, un- "1 DON'T care, I think it's a shame ! prize? thankful, and unholy is everywhere I never can do anything that other Have glorious victories marked my way fulfilled, the Great Father in heaven girls do." And Helen Gray threw this week, has not left us to struggle alone, herself down on the little white bed To make me stronger, braver, for the but has given the earnest Christian in her own room, and gave way to fight? mother the blessed assurance of His heartbroken sobs as she buried her Or has defeat brought clouds so deep help and presence. In " The Minis- that I hot cheeks in the cool pillows. Can scarcely see the longed-for heavenly try of Healing," pages 377, 378, we Such a pleasant room it was, with light? find the following precious promise: its open south windows, where a rose " There is a God above, and the rambled around it at will, with its Father in heaven, oh, grant us each to-day light and glory from His throne rests pretty pictures on the walls, its easy Thy power that we may surely over- come; upon the faithful mother as she tries chairs, and the desk where all the May we be more like Thee each closing to educate her children to resist the little chummy notes were written. week, influence of evil. No other work can Above, the blue sky brooded down And better fitted for our heavenly home. equal hers in importance. She has with a tenderness that seemed to offer not, like the artist, to paint a form of protection in addition to the four walls beauty upon canvas, nor, like the of the best place on earth — home, but What Kind of Mothers sculptor, to chisel it from marble. that now, to the disconsolate Helen, Are We? She has not, like the author, to em- seemed to be a prison. body a noble thought in words of Surely she was the unhappiest, the BY MRS. BERTHA D. MARTIN power, nor, like the musician, to ex- most abused girl in the world, and she THIS question is of paramount im- press a beautiful sentiment in melody. sobbed anew with self-pity as she con- portance to every one who has been It is hers, with the help of God, to sidered all her wrongs. As she lay privileged to be called by the name develop in a human soul the likeness there, giving way to her grief, the door of mother. Upon the kind of mothers of the divine." softly opened and some one entered, we are depends the kind of homes we It is a common saying that the boys and then going up to the bed where establish, the kind of children we and girls of to-day are the fathers the little figure lay curled up in a bring up, and to a large extent the and mothers of to-morrow. In the disconsolate heap, that some one laid success or failure of our husbands. past, parents have looked forward to a tender hand on the brown curls as The mother is the center around their children's taking their place in she bent over the white pillow. which revolves the greatest organiza- the world as useful citizens. But " What is it, dearie ? Tell auntie, tion in the world — home. No other now, as we see the dawn of a new won't you ? " task is so great as hers, and no other era breaking in glorious nearness, we The tears came faster as Helen tried work can equal hers in importance ; should ever bear in mind that the to speak. Then, springing up, she yet how many mothers undertake boys and girls of to-day are to be, in- crept into the arms that had always lightly the problem thrust upon them, stead, in the near future, the citizens proved themselves a sure refuge in and with no preconceived idea of of a city whose builder and maker is time of trouble. its delicacy and importance ; while God ; and if we impress upon their " Why, auntie, it's just this," she those who do sense its importance, young minds this fact and the char- explained chokingly, as she dabbed grope despairingly among childhood acter required, the truth will not be at the wet eyes with a bit of muslin memories for wisdom to meet some mere theory, but a real, living part and lace, " Nellie Stewart is to give a particular problem, as did their fore- of their lives to both parent and party next week, and I am invited. bears, or, deriding all such methods child ; and the children will respond Each girl is expected to have some as antiquated and inadequate, turn to with amazing co-operation to efforts boy as an escort, and Will Howard the world, hoping to find in the study put forth to form characters that will asked me to go with him, and I prom- of psychology something more mod- make them ready for the joyful home- ised. Now, mother says I may go to ern and successful in its solution. coming of a loved Saviour. the party this once, but she doesn't But to mothers in this glorious So let us first search our hearts approve of parties during school ses- 14 THE ADVENT REVIEW AND SABBATH H RALD Vol. 106, No. 11 sions ; but she spoiled it all because school with me. I was a ' regular' brother was to be my escort. My she says I must ask to be released from girl, as you say now, full of life, al- other knew that a girl of fifteen was my promise to Will, and go to the ways ready for any kind of frolic, n t old enough to be the young lady party with one of my brothers." The and I, soon found myself a favorite e considered herself to be, and also tears again began to flow. with both boys and girls, invited to t at she ought to be thinking of her " 0 auntie, you don't know how everything that was going on, never st dies instead of having her mind on I mortifying it is, for I know just how lacking an invitation from some boy f n and good times. the girls will laugh at me, and tell me friend to allow him to be my escort " Of course I rebelled, but mother I am tied to my mother's apron string. on the occasion. ade me understand that there was Other girls can go and have good " But I was blessed with an old- t be no questioning her authority, so times, and I don't see why I can't," fashioned mother,"— a startled move- I had to make the best of what I con- choking back the sobs which would ment in the small body cuddled close ered humiliating treatment. come. in the sheltering arms,—" and so, of " Among my classmates was a very Auntie was silent for a long minute, course, I was not allowed to accept p etty, dashing girl, Kathleen Avery, as she smoothed back the damp curls invitations to parties very often. Just full of fun and mischief as she was that clustered above the white brow. once in a while I could go, and then the kindly ways that made her a Then, " Do you love your mother, vorite with every one. She was my Helen? " arest chum, and many were the se- " Why, of course, auntie. What a Too Big a Price ets, the wonderful plans, that we question ! " and the blue eyes opened " THEY say my boy is bad," she said to me, C nfided to each other, as we walked to wide in wonder. A tired old woman, thin and very a d from school together. " Do you think she loves you? " frail. " How I used to envy her, too, as I " They caught him robbing railroad cars, " Why, Auntie Jean, I know she an' he w her all ready for some frolic that does. Why do you ask ? " Must spend from five to seven years C was not allowed to attend, with an " Well, then, seeing you love her in jail. C. cort that was other than a brother, and she loves you, don't you think His pa an' I had hoped so much for him. d I often went to my room to in- He was so pretty as a little boy "— you can trust her to do what is best Her eyes with tears grew very wet and d ige in a good cry, and to think all for her little girl ? " dim — its of unkind things about my The girl in the comforting arms " Now nothing that we've got can give other, who was so old-fashioned." was silent for a long minute. Then us joy! " nother uneasy movement of the she answered, straightening as she " What is it that you own? " I questioned curled-up figure. spoke, " Why, yes, I suppose so, but, then. " I did wish my mother were like auntie, I am fifteen years old, and " The house we live in," slowly she athlie's mother, who always let the don't you think I am old enough to replied, girl do just as she pleased. ' My " Two other houses worked an' slaved for, take care of myself ? " when ',other,' Kathleen would boast, Her aunt smiled as she patted the The boy was but a youngster at my hinks I am old enough to take care soft cheek tenderly. " We can decide side. o myself. Don't you wish your that later on, honey. But what else ? " Some bonds we took the time he went other were not so old-fashioned ' The girl half lifted herself in her to war; w'th a pitying look and tone that I've spent my strength against the astonishment. want of age — a ded to my rebellion. " What else ? Why, Aunt Jean We've always had some end to struggle " Well, the days went by, as they Carlton, isn't that enough ? How for, a ways do, whether they seem long or would you like to be laughed at by Now shame and ruin smear the final s ort, I busy with my studies, Kath- a whole school, as I shall be when they page. 1 en enjoying her good times in find out ? They can make one so mis- His pa has been a steady goin' man. p rties, sleigh rides, and whatever else erable, you know, when they set them- Worked day an' night an' overtime s ggested itself from day to day. To selves to it, and this will be no end as well; b sure, she was always behind in her He's lived an' dreamed an' sweated to of fun for them. And very likely I his plan s iudies, never passing a creditable ex- shall never be invited to another thing To own the house and profit should we a ination, satisfied if she just got as long as I live," tragically. " I do sell; t rough by the skin of her teeth, as wish mother was not so old-fashioned. He never drank nor played much cards s e expressed it. But little she cared Why, what do you think ? She even of night, a long as she had a good time, and He's been a worker since our wedding objects to my walking about after day. e always passed it over by saying school with a boy, one of my own He's lived his life to what he knows is r mother did not care, so why should schoolmates. All the other girls do ; right, s e, Kathleen, worry ? It is all in a they say their mothers don't care." An' why should son of his now go etime ; have all the fun you can Aunt Jean sat silent for a few min- astray? I ile the fun lasts, was her answer utes, her face quite grave. Then she I've rubbed my years away on scrubbing t i everything. spoke, cuddling the small figure still boards, " One morning, at the beginning of closer. Washed floors for women that owned t e third year of school, I missed my less than we, " Listen, dear, while I tell you a An' while they played the ladies an' the c um from her accustomed seat, and story a really, truly story, as you lords, a 1 day long I was uneasy, for, al- always insisted it must be when, a We smiled an' dreamed of happiness t ough Kathleen was a sad little run- wee bit of a girl, you were always teas- to be." a out, she was nearly always in her if And all this time where was the boy? " ing for a story. said I. s at at recitation time. But I made " When I was about your age I at- " Out somewhere playin'! " Like a e cry kind of explanation to myself, tended high school in a neighboring rifle shot fi ally deciding that it was all right, town, for we lived on a farm, and the The thought went home. " My God! " a d that, of course, to-morrow would country schools did not afford the ad- she gave a cry, fi d the girl back in her place at " We paid too big a price for what vantages my parents wished for me we've got! " school, lively and gay as ever. and my brother, who attended the —Edgar A. Guest. " But to-morrow came, and with it March 14, 1929 THE ADVENT REVIEW AND SABBATH HERALD 15

no Kathleen. How the hours dragged house, a saddened, white-haired wo- until I was free, and then, hurrying man, who is seldom seen to smile. as fast as my feet would carry me, And yet it is said that oftentimes I went to her home, expecting to have girls go there who wish for comfort, her come to meet me, with her ex- for advice, and they are always told cuses for her absence." to go to mother in their perplexities, Aunt Jean stopped for a long min- for a good, old-fashioned mother is a SEE the children coming, tramping ute, while the girl who was listening to pearl beyond price." through the snow. Even though it the story, waited with intense interest The room was very still as the story is still snowing a little, that doesn't for the rest of the story. ended, a warm little body snuggling keep boys and girls indoors, does it ? " Well, I reached the Avery home, still closer into the hovering arms. What wonderful snowmen you can and instead of seeing Kathleen come Then, make in your yards this afternoon ! to meet me on the run, I met her " Dear, are you not glad you have I'd like to come around to see who mother at the door, sobbing as if her an old-fashioned mother — the great- has the biggest one. Children, don't heart would break. Before I could est blessing that youth can possess you feel sorry for the girls and boys speak, she moaned, ' 0 Jean, Kathleen An old-fashioned mother means an in the hot countries who never see the is gone ! Kathleen is gone ! ' then she old-fashioned love — a true love that, beautiful snow ? sobbed as if her body would be racked though old, never dies, never wearies How pretty the garden is to-day, in to pieces with her emotion. She told in protecting the ones so loved. Don't its soft white dress. The garden me the whole sad story as soon as she you think you ought to go down now, house looks like an old castle, and could speak. and tell that dear mother of yours even the pond is covered with a blan- " Kathleen had attended a party that you are willing to trust her love ket of snow Aver its sheet of ice, ex- with Ted Watson two nights before, and experience to guide her daughter cept one corner here where the ice coming home for some things she aright, with God's help I Don't you has been broken so there would be needed, and promised to be back want to see her eyes shine as you tell plenty of air in the water for the earlier than she usually returned from her this ? " goldfish. such frolics. She did not come back, A " Yes," softly whispered, a hug " What can we study about to- and the next morning the mother to the aunt who had comforted her day ? " Nettie wants to know. Things found a note pinned to her pillow, say- since babyhood, and the girl went are pretty well covered up, all right, ing she had gone away with Ted, and down the stairs to find her mother, but suppose we look at this covering for her mother not to worry. Some to whisper something in her ear that a bit. Here is an old black cloth and day they would come back to see her, would bring a tender smile to the face a magnifying glass. If Ben will hold and in the meantime, good-by, and of an old-fashioned mother.— Flor- one end of the cloth and James the do not worry. ence Jones Hadley, in the Presby- other, we will soon catch some of the "` Not worry ? ' and Mrs. Avery terian. dancing flakes. That is fine. Now we broke down again. No, it will do will take turns looking at them. no good to worry now. I should have " They look just like little stars that done that long ago. 0 Jean, if only have tumbled down out of the sky," Kathleen had been like you — so says Pearl. But Mildred thinks they steady and sensible, so attentive to her look like beautiful jewels. Her uncle studies ! If she had only been like is an artist, and he says that jewelers you,' and again she broke into wild and people that make lace and such sobs that unnerved me. things, and students in art schools, are " Like me ? ' I felt my cheeks burn now studying these beautiful snow at the words. What credit did I de- crystals for patterns to use in their serve for being sensible and studious work. and steady ? That belonged to my " Each one of them has six points," dear old-fashioned mother, whose love Russell says, " and not a single flake of and care I had so often resented in my them is like any other." Yes, that is rebellion at her old-fashioned ways. the wonderful thing about it. Al- What if I had followed Kathleen in though the snowflake crystals are all her ways ? What might have been alike in many ways, new patterns are the end of all for me if I had had no continually being made in nature's loving mother to check me in these cloudland workshop. very things I had been so anxious I think Job must have seen these to do ? beautiful jewels, or he would not have " Well, after many months Kathleen asked, " Hast thou entered into the did come back, a saddened, disillu- treasures of the snow ? " If God de- sioned girl, to the home that had once lights to make each little flake of snow meant so little to her, but was now a so wondrously beautiful, don't you place of refuge for the sorrowing girl, think He must be happy to see our a refuge and a harbor from the storms characters grow more perfect and that beat outside. " Hast thou entered into the treasures of the beautiful each day ? snow? or hest thou seen the treasures of the " The years went by, her mother dy- hail? " Job 38:22. Of course we all know that snow is water in another form, but I wonder if ing of a broken heart, poor Kathleen " The God of heaven is constantly at work. seldom seen outside her home, for the It is by His power that vegetation is caused to you ever stopped to think of the many flourish, that every leaf appears, and every finger of scorn was pointed at her all flower blooms. Every drop of rain or flake of different forms water can take, and too often, and words that cut like a snow, every spire of grass, every leaf and flower of its different uses ? During the week and shrub, testifies of God. These little things knife were heard by her that perhaps so common around us, teach the lesson that try to think how many there are, and were not intended to be heard. She nothing is beneath the notice of the infinite God, we will talk about them next week. nothing is too small for His attention."—" Tes- still lives in the little old-fashioned timonies," Vol. VIII, p. 260. Cousm. 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The Fairest Jewels BY EDWARD J. URQUH ART

THE jewels that stud the diadems That monarchs' brows adorn, From many a distant island shore And foreign land are borne; They come from darkest Africa And the gateways of the morn.

But Africa has rarer jewels, And India fairer gems, Than ever sat on monarchs' brows In royal diadems.

These are the precious souls of men We seek in earth to-day, By toil and tears and earnest prayer That they may learn the way That leads unto the great white throne Of heaven's endless day.

There will they shine the ages through, These precious, priceless gems, Shine brighter than the noonday sun, Jewels in God's diadem. g Seoal. Korea. Gymnastics for Boys in Vincent ill School and College In the more or less artificial life in a school cam unity, a certain amount of physical train- 4.V ing of a general character is found helpful in main ining the best physical condition of the students. While we depend mainly upon manual la r and missionary activity for a change from study, yet a certain amount of systematic Benin -up exercises is found useful in maintain- Our Training School in India ing the right posture and the good health of the tudents. BY W. E. HOWELL so that now it is as well established Being situated at a good elevation FAR above the hot plains of central materially as any of our schools of in the Himalaya Mountains, this India, situated in the foothills of the this kind. so ool affords a very healthful place Himalayas, is our training school for The grade of work done in the school fa the education of our youth, and Europeans and Ango-Indians, known compares favorably with that of our is very convenient of access by our as the Vincent Hill School. junior colleges in America, and it is workers who resort to the hills with This school was first established at doing excellent service for India in their families for their annual fur- Annfield, Mussoorie, for the training training young men and women, na- lo gh during the hot season. A re- of workers, and later moved to its pres- tive to the country, for a part in the ce t letter from Professor Blue says : ent location on Vincent Hill in the work of the third angel's message in " We have had a very good school Mussoorie environment, and re-estab- that'vast territory. A. J. Olson served ye, r, and things went off beautifully lished in a substantial building of our as principal for five years, and on his al the year. There was very little in own construction. Assistance from return to America was succeeded by th way of discipline, and we were our Missions Extension Fund has T. F. Blue, one of our Christian edu- th nkful for that. We are thankful helped much in developing this plant cators and veteran workers in India. fo all that God has done for us, also. Se eral pupils were baptized, and of ers have asked for baptism." rather Blue inclosed some excel- le t photographs of the school and its rk, which we are pleased to repro- duce here. It is a great blessing to India to have a center of its own to w ich it can send the young men and w men who know the country and so e of its languages, to qualify for se vice in God's cause. 4V

4 I DARE no more fret," said John W sley, " than curse or swear. To ha e persons at my ears murmuring an fretting at everything is like tear- in the flesh from my bones. By the gr ce of God I am discontented at DO hing. I see God sitting on the Young Men Preparing Wood far Use as Fuel in Vincent Hill School and College, Mussoorie, India th one and ruling all things well." March 14, 1929 THE ADVENT REVIEW AND SABBATH HERALD 17 ant surroundings of the homeland, with the argument that at our age it was not required that we return to the trying climate, we replied that while so many will not go, while some who have gone are returning home, and while whole countries are still shrouded in darkness and untold mil- lions are still suffering under the horrors of heathenism, the burden of proof lay with us to show why we should break that vow of lifelong foreign service of thirty years ago. So here we are once again in a trying climate, consecrating whatever talents we have to Him who has promised to finish the work in this generation. Ability to Do Team Work One of the vows that the mission recruits should register is that they will endeavor to work harmoniously Washing Dishes in Vincent Hill School and College with the fellow workers they find in The young women also do their part in carrying on the work of the institution in harmony with a basic principle of Christian education that calls for the training the field. When I was a lad in west- of the hand, as well as the head and the heart. ern Kansas, my grandfather used to bring wild, untrained ponies from the A Message to Mission Recruits ready." Yea, more than this, from Indian Territory and break them to every nation, kindred, tongue, and BY A VETERAN MISSIONARY work in double harness. The vivid people will be gathered the represent- impression made on my mind often IT has been a privilege•for my wife atives who will say in that day, " Lo, and me to help plant the banner on returns when we see how difficult it this is our God ; we have waited for is for some to do team work in the which is inscribed, " The command- Him, and He will save us." ments of God, and the faith of Jesus," mission fields. " Some workers pull It is not for the soldier to choose with all the power that God has given, in the tropics in both the Western and his place in this battle line. Why but they have not yet learned that Eastern Hemispheres since we were should we, if we are good soldiers, they should not pull alone. Instead called by the Mission Board and by require satisfactory information as to the Lord about thirty-one years ago. of isolating •themselves, let them draw climate or material comforts or the in harmony with their fellow labor- After two years in the homeland, re- kind of people we are to find in the ers." " If men wear the yoke of cuperating from a severe attack of field to which we go ? Our text sug- Christ, they cannot pull apart ; they malignant malaria, as we face anew gests that we should not be surprised the responsibilities in still another will draw with Christ."—" Testimo- if the call is to some section of the nies," Vol. IX, pp. 258, 259. tropic land not of our choosing, we field that is not only not of our choos- are burdened to pass on to our ever- ing, but may even be against our will. " Clothed With Humility " growing band of mission recruits a In that case, when we go we may rest New recruits thrust into an environ- message written deeply on our hearts assured that " a dispensation of the ment diametrically opposed in every through the years, as we have watched gospel " is committed to us by a di- way to that in which they have de- young people go to, and some return vine Power that will not leave us nor veloped all their experiences hitherto, from, the mission fields. forsake us. should feel it the part of wisdom to Mission recruits will do well to When urged to remain in the pleas- " be clothed with humility." Particu- ponder the life and experiences of the apostle Paul, the most successful foreign missionary 'of the Christian church, particularly such words as these : " If I do this thing willingly, I have a reward : but if against my will, a dispensation of the gospel [" stewardship," A. R. V.] is com- mitted unto me." 1 Cor. 9: 17. The far-flung battle line of the great threefold message is to reach every portion of this earth where men dwell, from the frozen regions of earth's extremities to the scorching tropic lands; from the healthful cli- mates of the temperate zone to the malaria-infested sections of earth — wherever blood-bought souls are found, the messengers must bear the, tidings of the coining of Jesus. When He comes, not a single person will be able to look Him in the face and say, Students of Vincent Hill School and College Clearing and Terracing the Grounds " I had no opportunity of knowing Most of the gardening for this school must he done in small patches that you were coming, and so am not here and there on the mountain) side. 18 THE ADVENT REVIEW AND SABBATH ERALD Vol. 106, No. 11 larly in the Orient the people to whom secutions of all sorts against them ours, I had a narrow escape from you come are poles apart from all you and their converts. But they stick eing bitten by a labarri snake, one of have known before. The measuring until the blood-bought souls to whom e largest of its species. This snake, line you bring may need some adjust- they have come have found a place eing one of the many that we en- ment. I have heard old missionaries in their hearts, and then no other spot ountered, was right in our path, and say that the two-year enforced lan- on earth seems quite so much their lthough my eyes were not on the trail guage study is a blessing in disguise very own. In the school of experi- t the time, I stepped over it without to save those who first come from the ence they learn a little of what Paul uching it. The bite from this snake mistakes that it may take years to meant, " Therefore I take pleasure in fatal, causing an agonizing death. rectify. infirmities, in reproaches, in necessi- t this time I remembered a prayer of Some new missionaries feel that ties, in persecutions, in distresses for few days before, that the Lord would their converts should get their feet Christ's sake : for when I am weak, repare the way for our feet, and this under a table and eat with knife, then am I strong." 2 Cor. 12 : 10. e certainly did on this occasion. fork, and spoon, and dispense with the This band of missionary workers in At the close of the first day of our thin lower garments in the case of every land sends back to those in arch, a storm rapidly overtook us, men, in favor of trousers. Such pleasant surroundings in the home- ut we were unexpectedly provided things are not only nonessential, but lands the cheering message that we ith a shelter in the forest just as the tend to create a gulf between the con- know we are nearing home, and that ain descended. We had a similar ex- vert and his friends and neighbors. it is the way of the cross that leads erience on the following day, reach- One mission superintendent made it home. g another grass shelter just as the a rule to reduce the salary of a native " I must needs go home by the way of in fell. worker when he put on trousers and the cross, During our second day's march we There's no other way but this. w the first of several ant bears, feed- topi. I shall ne'er get sight of the gates of Danger of Independence light, g as it moved slowly through the There is grave danger in harboring If the way of the cross I miss." 1 ng savanna grass. When Isaac, the ief of our village, placing his hands a spirit of independence of the advice We do not envy any one the en- t his mouth, made a noise like a tiger, of the committees on the field or of joyment of home blessings, providing our administrative officers. " I have t e animal made off at his best gait he likewise sacrifices that the work to the bush, and was soon lost to been instructed that it is Satan's spe- may soon be finished. " As his part cial effort to lead men to feel that God ew. The ant bear and the tiger are is that goeth down to the battle, so eadly enemies, and it is said that is pleased to have them choose their shall his part be that tarrieth by the hen they meet in combat, they fight own course, independent of the coun- stuff." 1 Sam. 30 : 24. sel of their brethren."— Id., p. 257. si fiercely that both of them die in the Nor should we aspire to office. sw sv s ruggle. One missionary of the Methodist From Mt. Roraima Into Vene- On the morning of the 28th, after Church in India, has given us a zuela and Brazil — No. 1 a early start, we crossed the Kuke- striking example of this principle. aam River with some difficulty at a Last year at the World General Con- BY A. W. COTT oint where the water pours over a ference he was unanimously elected IT was on Aug. 26, 1928, that I left dge of rock and drops down into a to the office of a mission bishop, one our mission station at Mt. Roraima, ep gorge. A false step at this place of the highest gifts in Methodism. accompanied by Brother Joseph Gon- ould precipitate one into the swift He resigned, saying that the Master salves, a native worker from the coast, c rrent, with a slender chance of res- had called him to be an evangelist, and seven Indian carriers, intending t e. It was during the afternoon of and he refused to step down from to visit Arekuna and Makusi Indian t is day that we reached Amataimota, that high position to accept an ad- tribes living along the border of Vene- t us making our first contact with In- ministrative post. We need to set zuela and Brazil in a direction due d ans since the beginning of our jour- this ideal anew before our young peo- south of our mission. This journey n•y. During our evening meeting the ple. The highest position is not to was also undertaken for the purpose of I i dians gave heed to the message of a hold some office, but to be a winner extending our scope of labor; of in- s n on-coming Saviour, and after our of souls out among the lost, laboring vestigating territory hitherto unknown s rvice one of the women told us that untiringly for their salvation, un- to us, with a view of opening hen a young girl, she had known hampered by official responsibilities up more mission stations in the in- lder 0. E. Davis. or administrative duties. terior; and of endeavoring to find a To pass the night in a crowded In- We do thank the Lord for the ever- more suitable base from which to op- an hut filled with suffocating smoke, a d growing company of workers that erate, on account of the great distance with little or no fresh air, is an stick. They conquer homesickness, of our present situation from the out- perience we have always endeavored even though the departure of the side world. avoid. We therefore chose to sling o ✓ steamer for home tugs long at the As a result of continued prayer for hammocks under a leaf shelter n heart strings ; they accustom them- some weeks prior to starting out, that ar by, the mud floor of which had selves to the none-too-clean bazaars, the Lord would open the way for us, eviously been swept out with a tuft 0 grass by an Indian woman. The with their scanty supply of strange and that He would bring us in con- of was rendered more waterproof fruits and vegetables, or those of a tact with earnest seekers after the poor quality; they stand by the field truth, we left with high hopes that w'th the help of our tarpaulin, which w spread over the section under until their system is readjusted to our journey would be a successful one, w ich we were to sleep. the new environment ; they accustom and that we should have divine help themselves to the unpleasant sights, while away on our mission. Crossing the River Under Difficulties to the raucous noises, to the insani- Delivered From Venomous Reptiles and On the following day, after a season tary conditions ; they wrestle untir- Beasts 0 prayer with our Indian friends, we ingly with the intricate and difficult From the outset we had evidence of w re on our way. We were soon to languages; they endure the opposi- the Lord's protection and care, for d that the Kukenaam River again tion of the enemies who stir up per- before we had been on the trail two rred our progress. We resorted to March 14, 1929 THE ADVENT REVIEW AND SABBATH HERALD 19 our usual method of meeting such ob- Multiplying Lights of the Li family and their mountain stacles by building a canvas boat, neighbors; and thus jets of light are BY C. C. CRISLER which consisted of a wooden frame multiplying on every hand. Soon the with our tarpaulin stretched over it. LAST summer when wild roses were earth will be fully lightened with the We were now approaching Acu- in full bloom and filling the air with glorious gospel truth now being pro- rima, an Indian settlement four days' fragrance, it was my privilege to jour- claimed by many voices with ever- march from Mt. Roraima, which we ney for three miles across a lovely val- increasing influence ; then Jesus will were most anxious to reach, for we ley in northwestern Chekiang Prov- come. knew that here lived a company of ince, and take a mountain trail lead- Let us continue laboring with all earnest Indians whom I had promised ing up and up, for another seven diligence to multiply the lights that to visit, and who, we were soon to miles, to the secluded home of a are soon to spread their rays into learn, had been anxiously waiting our Chinese family by the name of Li. every remote corner of this dark arrival. Brother Li himself came to us some earth. Thus we shall speed the re- About this time, as we marched years ago as one who formerly had turn of our Lord. along, Isaac set fire to the dry grass been a Dowieite. His godly example From Idol Worshiper to Preacher of the savanna. The dense column of and earnest zeal led to the winning of " Ten years ago I was a worshiper smoke rising into the sky, which could two of his sons to the faith, and some of idols. I bowed down before images be seen a great distance, was a signal of his mountain neighbors. Later, in of stone and clay, and thought my to the Indians at Acurima that we the fall of 1927, he died, leaving a prayers were being heard." were approaching. We were still a widow sixty-six years of age, and Thus spoke one of our Foochowese evangelists of the North Fukien Mis- sion, at the beginning of an address on the prophetic images. Later in the 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111. course of his remarks he told of how on one occasion, while still a believer in false gods, he talked with a maker of idols who had failed to prepare a proper base for a certain image on Building a Canvas Boat in Order to which he was working; and how this Cross the Kukenaam image, molded from earth and clay River on the Trip and all painted over with gaudy colors, From Mt. Roraima Into Brazil was set up under a leaky roof, and water got inside and caused the earth and the clay to disintegrate, thus un- balancing the image and causing it to topple over and fall all to pieces. This

111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 experience had at that time helped him to realize the folly of worshiping images made by human hands. It was a pleasing and convincing day's march away. Later in the day three sons. All the family are bap- introduction to the discourse of the we reached the Waileng River, which tized believers, with the exception of hour, which address, we may remark we crossed in a corial. The Indian one son. in passing, was closed within thirty carial is a frail craft, made from a Upon arrival we were welcomed by minutes, the climax having been large piece of bark. The two ends Sister Li and her household ; and reached and the lessons of Daniel 2 of the boat are elevated and sewed in later in the day we walked over near- having been driven home to the minds position with bush rope, and it is by ridges to farmsteads hidden away of the hearers within that brief time. braced with wooden laths running in the mountains, where our brother As I listened, and tried to visualize along its length. After crossing this had held Bible readings and led fam- this earnest evangelist of to-day as an river we reached an Indian hut nearly ilies to an acceptance of the Saviour. idol worshiper ten years ago, I was half a day from Acurima, where we We were much cheered by the evi- encouraged to believe that God will spent the night. Although the day dences we had that day of God's care use many, many agencies in this great was far spent, three small boys started for His children, and of the refining land to spread abroad a knowledge of out on horseback to the village to in- influences of Bible truth. Hardy the truths of the advent message form the Indians that we would be mountaineers, with no former knowl- within the appointed time. God never with them on the following day. edge of letters, have been learning to fails of bringing His purposes to pass; (Continued next week) read, and now study the Scriptures and He will just as surely complete daily. Some of them are meeting His work in China as in any other land 4V 4,V 91 every Sabbath in a mountain Sabbath of earth. We may confidently labor THE angels come and go, the messengers school. At quarterly meeting time on, knowing that many who even yet of God. they walk ten miles to our chapel in are bowing to idols of wood and of Nor, though they fade from us, do they the valley, where they participate in stone, will become witnesses in behalf depart— of the living God. It is the childly heart: the ordinances of the Lord's house. We walk as heretofore, While our chapels in China are 91 91 4V Adown their shining ranks, but see them limited in number (we have only 315 HE that has light within his own clear nevermore. all told at present), yet the lights breast Heaven is not gone, but we are blind with shining forth in this land are many May sit i' the center and enjoy bright day; tears, But he that hides a dark soul and foul Groping our way along the downward times the number of the central sta- tions and the chapel headquarters; thoughts, steps of years. Benighted walks under the mid-day sun; —From R. H. Stoddard's for tapers have been kindled in many Himself is his own dungeon. " Hymn, to the Beautiful." out-of-the-way places, as in the case 20 THE ADVENT REVIEW AND SABBATH HE RALD Vol. 106, No. 11

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Assurance of Victory dragon of no mean strength, and is of this same order. Stripped of all with By C. H. WATSON wh ich imagination has decked it, the " Tnou shalt tread upon the lion But in communion with God there is w • rld would have but small charm for and adder : the young lion and the victory over this sudden and unseen an . Its most glittering attractions dragon shalt thou trample under- foe, as well as over the roaring, de- ar those which only the mind has in- feet." Ps. 91: 13. vouring lion. Fellowship with God ye ted with powers to allure. They The whole of this psalm is an un- develops watchfulness : and swift pr mise, only to disappoint. They at- folding of the sure result of fellow- though the movements of the enemy tr ct, but utterly fail to satisfy. The ship with God. He who dwells in the are, the help of the Lord is swifter to f ood time " which the world holds secret place of the Most High discov- those who watch unto prayer and call ou to us is but a mirage. It never ers there a power that protects and upon Him. To those who thus call, m. terializes. It is a way that seemeth defends him. As a hen covers her He gives strength to tread down the ri ht, but its ends are the ways of brood with her feathers, so is he cov- reptile that seeks to compass their th. ered by the Lord. He is defended as ruin. e are told that a number of the with a shield ; he is upheld by angel The Mythical Dragon ac idents to Alpine climbers are due, helpers, so that his footsteps do not The dragon is but a ,fierce beast of no to causes that are generally rec- slip. mythical story, having no existence in og ized to exist in such dangerous un- This psalm tells with simple clear- fact. It is merely a creation of man's de takings, but to the apparent safety ness how complete are the provisions imagination. It fitly represents the of grassy slopes which in reality are of God's grace for the life of the be- temptations that are the result of ex remely dangerous. The inexperi- liever, and rings out the note of cer- disordered thinking. These, though on ed mountaineer who has safely tain victory in the inevitable conflicts imaginary, are none the less strong to pa sed over rocks and glaciers, be- of life. It does not seek to hide the destroy us, and must be resolutely lie ing that a grass slope from which fact that the life which is united to trampled underfoot. Evil desires, th flowers are springing is compara- God is bound to be a life of conflict. enmities, ambitions, jealousies — all tiv ly safe, is lured to place his feet It gives no promise of immunity from such things are usually the product up n it, only to find that the Alpine struggle, but, thank God, it does as- of unchecked imagination, and going gr, ss is as slippery as the ice. When sure us that such a life need never forth out of the heart, they turn again ou minds are alert to the evil, we are know defeat. and leap upon their parent to destroy co paratively safe, but the green Temptation is one of the undis- it. Of the same origin, too, is the slo es of the world are luring thou- puted facts of every life. Regarded dark dragon of wrong thinking by sa ds to their doom. 0 for power to from one point of view, it is the dev- which many young people remain out- tr 1 1 ple underfoot the dragon of il's implement to bring about our de- side the place of safety, the secret wr • ng thinking as to worldliness! struction ; but viewed from the stand- place of the Most High. Prone to A I , thank God, such power is for us. ff point of God's purpose for us, it may observe the real and seeming failures hou shalt tread upon the lion and become a definite factor in the forma- of others, they determine never to be ad er and the dragon shalt thou tion of character, and the develop- a hypocrite, and make the sadly fatal tra I I plc underfeet." ment in us of possibilities that other- mistake of taking no step toward mak- ut no warrant is given in our text wise would remain dormant. ing this promised strength their own. to egard lightly the strength of sin, One of the men who accompanied They scorn the power of the lion, and ch less to play or parley with the Commodore Peary to the north pole warily avoid the place of the adder, en my. The one who tries to hold a was afterward drowned in a canoe in only to fall where the dragon of their fri redly intercourse with the lion, the some waters near his own home. Hav- imagination leads them to believe that 4d er, or the dragon, is but courting ing braved the perils of that awful to escape being a hypocrite they must she r disaster. Rather is it intended voyage,— perils amid which scores of avoid Christ and never profess Him. to ncourage us to face the enemy and noble men have perished,— he re- Oh, what weakness is this that com- str in every nerve to the utmost in turned home and lost his life where pels young people in the full strength co- peration with divine help to gain no peril was recognized. And so it is of youthful years to flee before the the mastery. However hardly beset in life. Men and women who can dark form of their own wrong think- we may be, God does not give us the meet successfully the big temptations ing, from the one place where vic ory except in so far as we permit that come to them, yield readily to strength is imparted to trample such Hi to join with us in the struggle. those that are unexpected, whose ex- dragons underfoot ! It is theirs to re- So ith minds stayed on the Lord, let istence is oftentimes scorned. The joice in a gospel that offers them a Hi• promise of certain victory be our man who easily resists the temptation union with power th at casts down ins iration to fight the good fight of to steal, may speedily succumb to the imaginations and every high thing f ai h till in us " He hath put all sudden temptation to anger, or may that exalteth itself against God. It is thi gs under His feet." weakly fall before the swift shafts of God's purpose that they shall van- nder three figures this psalm ridicule. quish, not merely their seen and un- lea s us to consider the methods by It was in the form of a serpent that seen foes, but also those which are wh ch Satan endeavors to bring about the devil came first to our parents in merely imagined. ou overthrow. These are the lion, Eden, and brought death to the race. The lure of the world, too, is a the adder, the dragon. It assures us,

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not of mere deliverance from them, brought him to cowardly retreat. not know, sir ? " " Indeed, I do not," but of victory over them. It promises And thousands upon thousands of he replied. " It was a storm that blew us a strength in fellowship with God others who, like these men, have con- them down. It came from an unex- that enables us to trample them un- quered many a lion, have fallen be- pected direction. They had never be- derfoot. neath the swift and unexpected as- fore experienced a blow from that Lions of Temptation saults of the adder. quarter." It is of this form of temptation that It is a fact of Scottish history that The lion, strongest and fiercest of the Christian needs especially to be- the Castle of Edinburgh was never beasts, well represents the foe against ware, for while it is true that the taken but once in all the wars of Scot- which we struggle in some of our con- devil has come down like a roaring land. On that occasion the enemy flicts. Young men and women who lion, seeking whom he 'may devour, he scaled the steep rocks where no guard seek to be true to the Lord, often find still is, as he always has been, the old was set, the point at which the garri- lions of temptation in the scorn, the serpent by whom the whole race has son felt their greatest safety lay. So petty persecution, and the contemptu- been fatally deceived. All through it is that temptation frequently takes ous ostracism which they so often meet from their fellows in the places ...... where they work. To face the ridi- 1 t I i 4 4 cule, the scorn, the petty persecutions Judged by the Company You Keep 4 4, 4 + 4 a to which they are subjected by # # BY A. H. DOWNS 4 a + worldly-minded companions, demands I 4 IN the drama of life I have noted the fact i I t 4 t the very help that this psalm prom- .. That we all have an influence here, 4 i 4 + Which is certain for good or for bad to react, + T ises. # tr Notwithstanding one's station or sphere. 4 i Those who in the ordinary contacts ✓i + If the gossips around find you ready to hear r of life endeavor to witness for their + i t + All the scandalous things they affirm, 4 I Master, soon discover a very real lion + You are likely to lose many friends you hold dear i ; , a t 4 to be met in the reticence which dis- i Through the work of that character worm. ; 4 courages all conversation concerning + # In the minds of your friends a conviction will creep, # t # + 4 the religion of the Lord Jesus. At f + And you'll surely be judged by the comp'ny you keep. # ; 4 If the books that you read have the popular trend i a home, too, the unsympathetic hostility a + I 4 to, and evident mistrust of; their pro- 4 4 So suggestive of things that are vile, # 4 I I 4 t fession of Christ which they often Do you think a just Judge such a mind can commend, a I 4 While you wantonly hurt and defile? # experience, are lions. They need I f If you frequent the playhouse and base picture show, + 4 % I strength, not to flee from these, but to a + You will find it is molding your thought, 4 t I 4 trample them underfoot, and this is :t 4 And the habit unhampered is quite sure to grow + ' I + a Till the evil is great that is wrought. a the very help that is assured. The + i a + I You will find what you sow you are certain to reap, a I Lord well knows that our safety lies, # I And you'll surely be judged by the comp'ny you keep. 1 + not in flight, but in fight. " He who + I 4 # I 4 + + does not ' tread upon ' the lion, will # a If you welcome the critics who scoff at God's word t + 4 4 Or freely the leaders deride, e himself soon be trampled upon by the 4 # a # 4 # Will you stand uncondemned when your record is heard I 4 lion." This needed strength to tram- a # From the angel who stood at you side? a a.2 t ple the enemy underfoot is imparted a 4 If it's light, jazzy music you love and desire, # r• r And you crave not the more gentle kind, 4 #. to all who dwell in the secret place of tr 4 ✓t + Do you think you would care for the heavenly choir, # 4. the Most High. a a i r I With so much worthless trash in your mind? The Hidden Adder 4 Do you think you'd be classed with the goats or the sheep, I i a The adder, hidden in the path or by r If to-day you were judged by the comp'ny you keep? # a + the way, with the power of death in a + Do you follow the fashions and look like the world? ; # + a Do you copy all styles that are worn? 4 I his sting, well expresses the unexpect- 4 a I # 4 Are you careful to keep your King's banner unfurled, + f edness and subtlety with which some 4 # While with meekness and grace you adorn? + + 4 +I temptations assail men. The lion 4 i If the one you are courting to wed won't believe 4 + roars and seeks to devour, but the 4 4 In the truth you profess to uphold, i + i + t adder gives no warning, and delivers + # What assistance from such can you hope to receive ? I 4 4 In securing that glory untold? I its attack with deadly unexpected- # + 4 # # Folks may rightfully think your profession is cheap, # + ness. 4 And they naturally judge by the comp'ny you keep. i + ° How like is this to some of the Battle Creek, Mich. i t I + temptations we all have experienced ! . It is by such that so many young peo- !....•...... •...... •...... 4...... «....4-••••••••1 ple are defeated. Such a temptation the years he has been successful with us when off our guard, and from an usually finds the place of least resist- subtleties camouflaged to suit the unexpected quarter. ance in a person's strongest part. spirit of each age. And for this last The adder is but a- small creature. Abraham, whose faith was counted pleasure-loving, worldly-minded, reck- It is not deadly because of its size or unto him for righteousness, made his less generation he has new and well- strength, but rather because of its greatest mistake through lack of disguised deceptions. The adder is ability to remain hidden from all but faith. Moses, the man of meekness, still in the path of all those who are the watchful. It is said that " when was overcome in his place of strength not overcome by the lion. We need to Pompey could not prevail on a city by an outburst of temper. Job, the be guarded at every point. to billet his army with them, be per- proverbially patient man, failed in The story is told of a storm in suaded them to admit a few weak, patience. David, whose soul desired Scotland which blew down hundreds maimed soldiers ; but these soon re- purity above all things, fell at the of trees on one of the large estates covered their strength, and opened the point where his strongest instincts there. A traveler in that place, asking gates to the whole army." The little were assailed. Peter, the fearless dis- the cause of such destruction, was met disguised temptations are really the ciple, fell when a swift temptation by the surprised inquiry, " Do you most dangerous. 22 THE ADVENT REVIEW. AND SABBATH HERALD Vol. 106, No. 11

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We May Not Stop to Pluck short, the entire household is being try is Pharaoh's ant, or the little red Earth's Flowers moved to a more favorable abode. An . Then there is the very large, al- The fact that ants are not particu- rao 't black native carpenter ant nearly BY INEZ BRASIER larly restricted in diet makes it easy on -half inch in length ; it may invade " WE may not stop to pluck earth's flowers for them to gain a foothold and to iih house and almost literally run Till we our work have done; " We may not waste life's sunny hours maintain a livelihood, even under aw :y with a pan ,of doughnuts. Be- Until the race is won. apparently meager food conditions. tw en these two extremes in size are Their fondness for the sugary secre- th numerous common house invaders And we, must work while it is clay, tions and excretions 'of other insects, ust plain ants. For fields are bowed with grain, such as mealy bugs and plant lice, And souls are longing for heaven's ray Means of Exterminating Ants And showers of latter rain. presents a problem of some impor- tance in ways other than domestic or ne species of these moderate-sized Then onward in the path of right, sanitary. an s is the Argentine ant, a compara- Earth's twilight now draws near; With its adaptability in food and tiv ly recent introduction from South The Lord makes bare His arm of might, erica into Louisiana, thence to Cal- And bids us know no fear. nesting habits, the ant combines a na- tive energy and ever-busy disposition, if o nia, and spreading where climatic " We may not stop to pluck earth's flowers which give it a decided advantage over CO ditions are fairly tolerant. This Till we our work have done," most other insects. sp cies of ants is without question a But over in the heavenly bowers serous foe not only to householders, We'll wear the crowns we've won. Peculiarities of Ants bu also to fruit growers, since it is Madison, Wis. Ants exhibit interesting differences rong ally of the dangerous mealy in size and function. The queens are IV IV IV bu of the orchard and vine. usually much larger than the other he presence of foraging ants in Warring on Ants and members of the colony, and like the th house is a sign for action. They Cockroaches males, which are also large in size, are ha e been guided to food by their keen usually provided with wings during BY W. B. HERMS se of smell, and before one knows a short period of their lives, when the it, couts have returned to the nest and THE better acquainted one is with marriage flight takes place. The a ine has been established. Scraps the life of insects, the better able he workers of the colony are the almost of 11 eat, crumbs of cake, bread, sugar, will be to control them if it becomes numberless smaller individuals that an the like left on the shelves, in the necessary to do so. When the home one sees swarming over the face of din or in other open places, will cer- is invaded, when persons are attacked, the earth on foraging expeditions. tai ly soon attract ants. and foods on the table and in the pan- Certain sturdy Amazonian forms, pro- leanliness is essential to ant con- try are sought out by the invaders, vided with huge jaws set in a corre- tr . These busy creatures find food there is not only annoyance but alarm. spondingly large head, generally re- ticks that only a vacuum cleaner One wonders where, they come from, main near or in the nest as defenders Or of soapy water with elbow action and what else besides good wholesome and for other purposes for which Wi 1 remove. The dusting of ant human food they tread on. The result strong jaws are needed. po ders in crevices around the pantry of such an investigation may reveal The jaws of ants are useful instru- an across the trails will generally act a grave situation. These selfsame in- ments. They are used for digging in at east as a repellent. The most ef- vaders may tread and feed on danger- the ground or even for carrying bur- fe ive ant powders contain sodium ous human excreta or sputum ; then, dens, for fighting, and to a certain ex- ride as the principal ingredient. without sanitary precautions, they tent for crushing solid food to extract ouse-invading ants can usually be may proceed to scurry into the pantry the juice. Solid food is not suited to and on the table. Ants and cock- tr ced to their colonies outdoors in the mouth structure of ants, unless it th lawn, dooryard, or under the roaches at once come to mind as gross is in extremely fine particles. The ho se. Frequently much good can 'offenders against the laws of public lame, on the other hand, which are be accomplished simply by drenching 'health. grublike, may be fed more or less solid in nest with boiling water or kero- Ants food ; this is brought to them by their Sc ' e. The distribution of ant poison There are approximately 3,500 spe- nurses. The queens are also fed in in cans and other receptacles in the a similar manner. This is a reason .eies of ants. No other social insect — ya d and around the foundation of why a poison that acts more slowly, .and it is this feature of ant life that th house must be done with some allowing the workers to carry it to the impresses us most forcibly — has. so ea tion, because of the danger to queens and larvee, is likely to give ;successfully reached a dominating yo ng children and pets. better results in the long run, al- 'position of world-wide distribution. odium arsenite is the poisonous Ants display . a marked adaptability though its immediate action is not so ele ent usually used in ant sirups. :in their nesting habits, making it easy spectacular. for them to change homes under stress Of the two ;dozen or more species Th Department of Agriculture rec- em 'of environment. Frequently the lines of ants more or less regularly infesting ends the following formula : 'of an ant colony may be seen traveling houses in America, practically all are e ranulated sugar 1 pound ater 1 pint .across country, each ant bearing its of tropical origin. Among the several odium arsenate 125 grains (burden of an egg, larva, or pupa, in species of tiny ants invading the pan- S oncentrated lye 1 ounce March 14, 1929 THE ADVENT REVIEW AND SABBATH HERALD 23

The mixture should be boiled and about ready to hatch, the egg case is old-fashioned sink cupboards. Open strained, and on cooling used with deposited in some warm, dark crevice, clean spaces in which sunlight, or at sponges in perforated cans. The ad- and soon the little roaches emerge. least broad daylight, may freely enter dition of a small amount of honey is They are at first wingless; but grad- will never harbor cockroaches. said to add to this mixture's attrac- ually, after molting their skins from One of the most effective means of tiveness to ants. Naturally the great- five to seven times, they reach the ridding the premises of roaches is dust- est precautions should be taken in winged state and mature size. ing with commercial sodium fluoride, preparing this sirup and in safeguard- Sunlight the Enemy of Roaches either pure or diluted one half with ing it afterward, to prevent its being To control the cockroach, one must some inert substance, such as pow- the cause of poisoning to human be- bear in mind that daylight is its great- dered gypsum or flour. With the use ings or domestic animals. est enemy. One should do away with of some dust gun or blower, the sodium A related formula experimentally fluoride can be thoroughly dusted over worked out for the Argentine ant, is the shelves, tables, floors, and the run- given in a Department of Agriculture The Two Visions ways and hiding places. special bulletin on this insect : The immediate effect is to cause BY J. H. Jays Granulated sugar 12 pounds these insects to come out of their re- Water 11 pints First Vision treats, and to rush about more or less ounce Tartaric acid (crystallized) WHAT darkening shadow do I see blindly, showing evidence of discom- Sodium benzoate ounce Spread like some vast, dark pall, fort. This is followed in the course These ingredients should be boiled As though some great catastrophe of a few hours by death. The dead together slowly for thirty minutes and Is on the earth to fall? roaches can be swept up and burned, the mixture allowed to cool. Three- With swelling roar why rend the rocks? and complete extermination is effected fourths ounce of sodium arsenite Why doth that rain cloud lower? within twenty-four hours. It is not should then be slowly dissolved in one- Why these terrific earthquake shocks? definitely known whether the sodium half pint of hot water. This should That cyclone's awful power? fluoride acts as a contact insecticide be allowed to cool and added to the through the breathing pores or as a sirup, stirring it thoroughly. By add- Why are these fires that fiercely burn stomach poison. Probably it acts in ing two pounds of ,pure honey to the To depths of lowest hell? What lesson here is set to learn? both ways. sirup, the mixture is ready for use. What truth is here to tell? Powdered borax also enters into the Cockroaches composition of many of the so-called Cockroaches rank among the larger Sinner, the Son of God was sent roach powders. This substance may insect inhabitants of the earth, some Our slumbering souls to save. be used either pure, as a poison or He through these scenes of sorrow went, repellent, or mixed with some other of them reaching a body length of To snatch us from the grave. nearly two inches, inclusive of their substance to render it attractive to long slender feelers. Their bodies are These lowering clouds, those gloomy the insects. Several correspondents greatly flattened, and are a smooth, glades, have reported great success from the shining, chestnut brown to black. Al- This darkness and the loss, use of a mixture consisting of one These nameless fears, uncertain shades, part of powdered borax to three parts though most roaches have fairly well- That cold and cruel cross, developed wings, they are typical of finely pulverized chocolate, this mixture to be freely sprinkled about running insects, scurrying hither and That shameful smiting on the cheek, thither under cover of darkness, for That mockery we see, the infested premises.— Hygeia. they are night prowlers, hiding away That gentle sigh, that answer meek— W. in dark crevices during the day. Thus 'Twas all for thee and me. old, ill-kept, dark houses, with warm Second Vision The Value of the Bible kitchens and pantries in winter, are What beauteous light dawns on my sight? most commonly invaded by the cock- What scene of joy is this? A MAN who had never been taught roach. What streets of gold do I behold? the value of the Bible as an aid to the This insect, of which there are four What ecstasy of bliss? Christian life, once obtained a copy' Or five house-inhabiting species in of the Scriptures, which he read witht America, especially the small German What is this scene of living green? much interest. When he had finished What are these mansions fair? he said : " This is a fine theory, but I cockroach, or croton bug, is partic- What is that tree that here I see ularly disgusting for two reasons : Whose odor fills the air? wonder how it would work in prac- (1) Because of the indescribably of- tice " fensive roachy odor that it lays down What is that sound that all around, On the train on which he was travel- on everything with which it comes in Like voice of waters grand, ing he noticed a lady who, he was told, With glad acclaim adores the name was a Christian. He watched her contact; and (2) because of its indis- Of God from land to land? criminate and dangerous feeding hab- attentively to see how she would act, and said : " If I can see anything in its. Roadies have biting mouth parts Can all this 'view I see be true? like those of grasshoppers, and Conse- May I he immune from strife? her conduct like this Book, I will be- "tplently actually nibble their food bit And may I eat of that blest tree, lieve it." by bit. They are particulavay fond of And drink the water of life? Before the day was over he had Sweet and starchy inntter. Their seen so many little acts of unselfishness 0 sinner, all this abundant bliss on her part, and so much thoughtful- fondness of starchy substances leads Was purchased by Him who died; them to do considerable damage at And He gives it free to you and me ness and consideration for her fellow passengers, that he was deeply im- times in loosening hat bands, shoe lin- Who believe in the Crucified. ings, and book bindings. pressed, and the result of that rail- The female cockroach carries around His .bear voice 'calls, and the sweet sound way ride was that he went to his home 'with her a (dark-brown, podlike slt,ruc- tails determined to make the Bible the Like muste upon 'ear ears, guide of his whole life and become a tare, which protrudes conspicuously "Come ye :and rest 'en My loving breast, The from the tip of her abdomen. This And (cast Away:all !your fears." true and consistent Christian.— is the egg case. When the +eggs are .1to'dol'e, Tours. 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The Face of Christ are among the old people who appre- Letter From Mrs. W. H. Anderson BY ALBERT CAREY, M. ciate the larger type. Mr. Farns- he letter to which Sister Earns- worth still reads most type without w i rth refers we give below. It will JESUS, Thy face I long to see In realms of blest eternity; much difficulty, but his principal be understood, of course, that neither But 0, to see it now! trouble is that he has grown quite of these letters was written for publi- 'Twill glorious be in that glad day deaf. This is quite a trial to him, ca ion. Sister Anderson writes to When sorrows all are passed away, but we are glad to say he is in ex- Si ter Farnsworth as an old friend, But I mast see it now. cellent health. He has not been so a I d therefore writes in an intimate, It then will fill my heart with joy, well for years as during the past six pe sonal way. We believe, however, With all things passed that can annoy; months. The past five Sabbaths he th ;t the details she gives of her expe- But here these all abound; has preached in as many different ri nee will be read with deep interest, And here and now I must prepare churches in this vicinity. His mes- a a d may afford help and encourage- For those bright glories beaming there Where harps of gold resound. sage has seemed to touch the hearts of m nt to other sufferers who, after the people, and we are very thankful th y have committed their cases to the Oh, let me now Thy face behold! that he still has the privilege of bear- rd, are still contending with the In all its beauty, Spirit-told, ing witness to the truth. en my in their battle for complete May it before me stand; " He is called to visit and pray and And as I see the lines of love, vi tory. Sister Anderson writes : Thy gentle grandeur from above, write to many who are afflicted. " Your letter to me was like a mes- May these my life command. To-day comes a call from Ohio, and sa e from heaven. Surely the Lord another from the northern part of h d one write me who had gone Ah! here it is, beside the bier, this State. There are few days when th ough an experience which would Where rains the mourner's bitter tear, Where pain and sorrow grow. he is not called upon to pray for the hel p me when the test came. When Now, Lord, I see: Thy face is found sick. One very interesting case was ya r letter came, I was passing Where broken bodies strew the ground, that of a brother from Walla Walla th ough the very experience you told And burdened backs bend low. who visited us last October. It was In I might pass through. At times I easy to see that he was in great dis- As I the burdens share, 0 Lord, doubted God had healed me. I don't And light the load with Thy kind word, tress. He told how his wife had been m an I disbelieved if you can un- Thy beauteous face I see. stricken with tuberculosis, and he h stand or harmonize such an appar- 0 blessed path by Jesus trod! had been informed there was no hope e a ly contradictory statement. The 'Tis here I meet the Christ of God, that she would live. But he could And His face quickens me. bit mass composing the cancer in my not give up all hope, and wished b a dy was gone, but at times I had the sPI prayer that his wife might be spared. sa si e pain in the very same place, and Elder Fulton joined us on our visit I ' ondered. But I simply refused to The Anchor Holds there, and a special blessing came ire ognize it. I never once told my Experiences in Divine Healing while prayer was offered. The high h sband of it. To this day he does Two Interesting Letters temperature fell back to normal, the not know. I clung to the fact that WE have reported in the REVIEW pulse of 120 was also normal the th mass was gone, and did not of late some intensely interesting ex- next day, and since that day she has gi e place to the queer experience I been recovering. One doctor says periences of divine healing. One of h d one night. The malignancy was one lung is entirely healed, and the these, the healing of Elder E. W. in the big lymphatic glands back of Farnsworth, was given in an address other is well on the way to recovery. t stomach. It kept enlarging and to the General Conference in Mil- You should see the look of gladness s @reading, and was growing rapidly. and relief on the faces of her and her waukee, and was later published in T e arch of the ribs was so tight the husband. Recently we visited them, the columns of our church paper. phragm could not do its work. I and it was a joyful occasion indeed. The remarkable healing of Mrs. W. fe t so tired all the time because of " A week ago we received a letter H. Anderson, of Angola, Africa, was t is. Pain reached up to the axilla, from Sister W. H. Anderson, of published last autumn. a a d a branch to the breast, and almost Portuguese West Africa, and it so It is encouraging to learn from re- o er to the liver. impressed us that I copied it and am cent letters that in both these experi- sending a copy to you. You will The Prayer for Healing Answered ences the anchor still holds, the won- understand that is simply a friendly " When Elder Branson was here, a derful blessing which God gave to His letter, for we were acquainted with s ecial season of prayer was held for children is still maintained. the writer before she was married to ,m , and he anointed me, but I didn't Word Regarding Elder Farnsworth Elder Anderson. se m to get any better. The mass was From a personal letter from Mrs. " Surely we see that the events st 11 there. I fully expected I should V. J. Farnsworth, of Glendale, Calif., before us are momentous, and that b healed, but since I was not, I under date of February 11, we take we are entering the closing scenes of t ought perhaps my work Was fin- the following statement regarding earthly history. It certainly behooves is ed. The altitude is high here, and Brother Farnsworth's condition : us to be ' ready,' and to be among ,D . Tong thought a lower altitude " We want to tell you first how those who are keeping their garments would make me more comfortable. much we enjoy the REVIEW, and we spotless." T ere was a special gathering at Cape March 14, 1929 THE ADVENT REVIEW AND SABBATH HERALD 25 Town of all the field superintendents mass, for I felt apprehensive, but feel equal to it. She has twelve yet to to attend to the yearly distribution of since the work was done for another be extracted. Only four of her teeth, the budget, and Mr. Anderson was doctor, the specialist would not tell came above the gums ; the rest were called to go down. All thought I'd me his candid opinion. The doctor decayed below them. better go with him; for, from all assured me it was an enlarged spleen. " Three weeks ago I was called to. appearance, the growth would soon From my previous training I knew see a man whose legs had been badly be in the lung, and then it would not enough about X-ray pictures to dis- scalded. He could not walk, and as, be long until rest would come. So I agree with the doctor. he took off his clothing, he pulled the decided to go with my husband. " The mass evidently began to grow skin off with it. The burns were Had I stayed here, I should have been rapidly after that. I feel sure he healed long ago. All these people are all alone. Dr. Tong is stationed forty would have found it, though it was Portuguese. miles from Huambo, and it was diffi- hidden behind everything. After Dr. " Another man had been burned cult to call him ; and anyway at such Tong came, he wrote to the X-ray in a gasoline explosion, one ear being a time one dislikes to be absolutely specialist, and his reply was, ' I hope nearly burned off. There was not a alone. We were housed in poor quar- you have not delayed an operation to particle of skin on his face from the ters, and every one was foreign to me. hear from me, for if you have, I fear scalp to his collar bone. Both arms " We arrived in Cape Town Sun-. it will be too late, for the X-ray find- were absolutely raw from the elbows day or Monday, and since Elder ings were grave.' to the finger tips. He evidently had Branson did not know I was coming, " Dr. Tong made an examination his hat on the back of his head he had planned that Mr. Anderson on my return from Cape Town after and his shirt sleeves rolled up. How should attend the camp meetings in my healing, and found none of the his sight was saved, I don't know ; but Bechuanaland, and notices had been symptoms he had found before. I was aside from a bad infection in his eyes, sent, so it was thought best for him going to say that had I known for they were all right. He drew the to go, and I would stay alone. Our sure what my trouble was, I would flames up his nostrils into his mouth, sanitarium had been sold, so all we have felt that I dare not ask the Gen- so they were terribly swollen. Three could do was to get a room with any eral Conference to return me to Af- days he lay. in this state, with the one we could. rica, even though I should have been flies blowing him. He had visited a " God came near in the night sea- as well off out here as at home. I doctor, and had his arms dressed, but son, and gave me healing. should have felt that they should the doctor said he could no nothing " Two days later Mr. Anderson choose, if they thought best not to for his face. returned. I felt rested and had no spend so much money for so short a " I'll admit the face was awkward pain. He suggested that we visit the term. However, the Lord knew best, to bandage, for the first three days X-ray man. I walked with him for and veiled my trouble from the doc- the pus dripped from his chin on re- over a mile. The X-ray specialist tor who was trying so faithfully to moval of the bandage, and he had a examined me, and he was very rough, help me. heavy beard. When this grew for a but with it all I had no pain. Mr. Medical Missionary Work for Others week, you can imagine how it felt to Anderson said he wondered how I " I can do heavy work again. Can him, and how difficult his face was could stand it, for before I had been you wonder that words are inade- to cleanse. Maybe the doctor foresaw so sensitive to touch. quate to express my thankfulness to this. Twelve treatments were given, " The law here forbids an operator my Father in heaven for such a bless- and he was all right. The Lord uses to X-ray any one without an order ing? I teach four Bible lessons a the little we are able to do, and ac- from a doctor, so he suggested that I week in a foreign tongue, which complishes the cure. I only cite these see a doctor. I waited two days for means a great deal of study to give cases by way of illustration. our doctor to come. He examined me, intelligent expression to the truth. I " Going to see these different pa- and could find nothing at all wrong. give from fifteen to twenty treat- tients (and many come to me as well) Some years ago I took special mater- ments every day, for one thing or tends to break down prejudice. A nity work at a hospital at Cape another. For one it is pulling a little girl was sent to me for old stand- Town, and got acquainted with Dr. tooth ; another, dressing a sore ; an- ing sores. Later her father brought . He is a fine specialist, and is other, dressing a bad burn; another a boy with a badly infected foot. I also a surgeon. I have great con- needs a dose of medicine ; others must treated it before him, and the child fidence in him, and thought it would have hydrotherapy treatment. Many was instantly relieved. In this way not show a lack of faith to ask his times I am called out to homes where we got acquainted with the family. counsel, for he has had years of ex- they cannot come to me. " A law was passed this year which perience. He examined me very " I have a little room I use for a finally would have resulted in closing thoroughly, and could find nothing. dispensary. I have been treating a all our schools, and we didn't know I told him of my fears of malignancy, woman who was bedfast with neuritis what to do. But we became ac- and asked him what symptoms I caused by pyorrhea. I treated her quainted with a family who meet all would have if it were present, and he until she was able to get around, and the requirements of the law, are in- said, It's no use discussing symp- then advised her to have her teeth tellectual as well as influential, and I toms, for you have not the least symp- extracted, but dental work is very am studying the message with them. tom of malignancy.' I asked him expensive out here, and not very sci- We are hoping and praying that they about, an X-ray, and he said it would entific either. These people are very will obey the truth and become con- be expense for naught. He mani- poor, and she said they could riot af- nected with our work. At present the fested a real interest in me, probably ford it, so I told her if she had the gentleman is a labor collector for the on account of our association with courage to have them extracted with- government. The Lord has a thou- cases at the hospital as doctor and out an injection, I would extract them sand-ways ready to bring relief that nurse. a few at a time as she could endure we know nothing about. " Going back in my experience, I it. Up to. date I have pulled nine. "'The work is progressing on this will say that when I left America, I was to have taken out three more coast. Mr. Anderson was scouting Mr. Anderson had preceded me some yesterday, but she had been up all around in the Cameroons for six months. I had an X-ray taken of this night with a sick baby, and didn't months last year, and found four sites 26 THE ADVENT REVIEW AND SABBATH HEi.ALD Vol. 106, No. 11 where missions could be established, viEw for nearly fifty years, ever since in in other homes too, I asked the and he started one. During the last this message was brought to him by eld r for the privilege of putting the four months he has been home one Elder D. T. Bourdeau. Father and ma ter before the church. This priv- month and eighteen days. He has be- mother were among the very first con- ilel e was granted, and a number have come so used to sleeping on mother verts of the South Stukely, Quebec, sal r they will subscribe." earth he fell out of bed one night church. The REVIEW is one of the e wish that many others would after coming from one of his trips. family with us all; we could not do fol ow the good example set by this He wasn't used to sleeping on bed without it. May God bless you abun- silt r. We know that a little effort springs. dantly, and all who receive it." on he part of our readers would in- " The last quarter's Sabbath school Edgar H. Magee writes from Port- du e many new ones to subscribe for report shows we have an attendance land, Oreg.: our church paper. of over 1,300 in the Sabbath schools " I was one of the many who made rom Glendale, Calif., comes this of Angola, a goodly number baptized, request that our good church paper goo word from G. S. Howell: and several hundred in the baptismal be printed in larger type. If all oth- " Having been a reader of the RE- and hearers' classes. At one of our ers who made the same request ap- VIE for about sixty years, I feel that camp meetings an old witch doctor preciate the change as much as I do, no publication in the denomination made a confession and burned all his I am sure you will feel well repaid is o more vital importance to the in- witchcraft paraphernalia before the for the effort you have put forth in div dual membership. As an editor people. It was a wonderful demon- their behalf. I hope that every Sev- I' k ow I need not tell you that the stration of courage, when one under- enth-day Adventist family may soon mal c-up of a publication has a good stands what this meant to the hea- be a subscriber to the paper, and that dea to do with its being read, and I then. There are over 100 in school it may be a guide and encouragement kilo of no one thing that has a up there and sixty in the baptismal to each one to press on and finish the str nger appeal than the type. I am class. Truly the heathen are ' being work, and thus prepare for the com- sure that to that class of readers past awakened.' " ing of Jesus." threescore and ten, the dropping out R. E. Crawford, of Brookfield, Ill., of I e small type will be greatly ap- tv tat says: pre fated, and the larger reports from " I like the new size of the REVIEW mis ion lands will be eagerly read." Words of Appreciation and the size type you are using. My 1\ rs. Emma Nicola, of Worthing- WE wish we had space to publish efforts will be used unstintingly in ton, Ohio, says : from time to time all the good words helping to increase its circulation." " I want to tell you how much I that we receive from the field regard- From J. M. Dickerson, Apison, app eciate the large type in which the ing our church paper, but this would Tenn., comes this message : RE EW is printed. I am so glad that be quite out of the question. We are, " I am writing to tell you that I I c. read it now, and that it doesn't however, prompted to make quota- appreciate the REVIEW in its new tire me as it used to when it was in tions from several letters we have dress. I have been a reader of it for fine print. My husband and I have received of late. These express ap- nearly forty-seven years. Without taken the dear REVIEW for over fifty proval of the recent change in our our good church paper I cannot keep yea f s, and we could not do without mechanical make-up, particularly in pace with the message which is going it. We are now both in our seventy- the large type we are now using in the by leaps and bounds. I would like to sixt year, and our eyes are growing paper. see every Seventh-day Adventist have dim with age ; so you see we do ap- Dr. A. B. Olsen, of Battle Creek, our church paper." pre iate the large type, Oh, how our Mich., writes : Thomas Poole sends us this word of hea its are thrilled by the wonderful " The new REVIEW is most excellent. encouragement from North Lake, wor the dear Lord is doing in all I want you to know how much we Wis.: par s of the world ! The REVIEW is appreciate its weekly visits. We " I want to tell you how my wife our meat and drink. I would rather couldn't do without it. I have read and I enjoy reading the REVIEW AND do ithout a meal a day than to be it all my life. It is the greatest HERALD with its large type. We can dep ived of its weekly visits." pastor we have in our church. It read by the hour. While before it seems to be getting more and more in- was a strain on our eyes, we can now 4 !V teresting and helpful." read with joy and comfort. We do W. D. Dortch, of Hendersonville, not get to church very often, as we Manual Labor in True N. C., says : live thirty miles from the Milwaukee Education " I wish to thank you for the RE- church, to which we belong. So you BY 0. J. LAWRENCE vmw in its new type. I think it is may. be sure we enjoy reading our MMETRICAL education is impor- just fine. It suits one of my age. I church paper with its cheering, up- tant Many realize this too late. will soon be seventy-two years old, lifting articles." Recently some valuable thoughts and I have been a faithful reader Mrs. Florence W. Haughey writes app ared hi the Business Men's of the REVIEW for fifty years. I don't from Grand Island, Nebr., where Weedy, published at Nassau, Ba- see how one could keep pace with this they are endeavoring to erect a little ham s : wonderful message and not read it." church as a memorial in that city : itt Education is not complete un- Mrs. Grace Needham writes from " I believe you will be interested to less he body, the mind, and the heart Galt, Ontario, Canada : know that recently I asked a sister are squally educated. True education " While I am writing, I should like who has not long been in the message inel des the whole being. It teaches to tell you I am delighted with the if she would like to take the REVIEW the ight use of oneself. It enables new type of the good old REVIEW. AND HERALD, and she said she would. us, t e make the right use of brain, The other type recently used bothered A little later I again asked if she bone and muscle, of body, mind, and me in reading, and. I am sure the new would care to take Home and School. hear ' So said an experienced edu- type will be a pleasure to all elderly She assented to this. Encouraged by cato people. My father is eighty-three the result of this little effort, and be- abor is not degrading. Adam years of age, and has enjoyed the RE- lieving the REVIEW would be a bless- in, t e beautiful garden of Eden be- March 14, 1929 THE ADVENT REVIEW AND SABBATH HERALD 27

fore sin entered this earth, was a building, but the entire board, doc- bath school in every conference and farmer. Paul the great apostle did tors and all, have felt that their first mission field would become as inter- not think he was above laboring with duty was to get out of debt ; and now ested and enthusiastic for growth as his hands; his knowledge of tentmak- that they have accomplished this, they our Santo Domingo Sabbath schools? ing often became of use. Truly great are looking forward to securing some Personally I believe that our Sab- people realize the dignity of labor. of the better facilities which they have bath schools should become, and will " How much better off is the man needed so much." more and more come to be, the great- who procures some return for his est soul-winning agency in our or- Of IS IV efforts than he who wastes his time ganized work around the, world for in useless amusements which often re- What Our Sabbath Schools the ingathering of new believers. sult in strife. Useful occupation is Can Accomplish one of the surest safeguards against Of IS evil, while the face value of idleness BY A. R. OGDEN is ruin. SOMETHING of what our Sabbath Meetings in Brazil " Manual labor helps us all to keep schools can accomplish as soul-win- BY CARLYLE B. HAYNES young, contented, energetic, and re- ning agencies is well illustrated by THE annual meeting of the East sourceful. Considerable has been the growth of the Sabbath school Brazil Union Mission committee said on each of these subjects, but work in the Santo Domingo Mission began in Rio de Janeiro on Dee. 5, consider the contentment of the work- field. Just yesterday, while visiting 1928. It was attended by the super- ingman at the close of the day in com- at the office of this mission in the city. intendents of all the local missions parison with the chronic loafer. The of Santo Domingo, Sister R. Gideon in this territory,— C. C. Schneider of Israelites from time immemorial have Jones, the Sabbath school secretary of Rio City, H. G. Stoehr of Espirito regarded industrial training as a the mission, handed me a report of Santo, L. B. Halliwell of Bahia, E. M. duty, and in this respect we can well their schools for the year 1928 as com- Davis of Minas Geraes, and E. P. afford to copy them. pared with 1927. It is indeed an in- Mansell of Pernambuco. In addition " A sound body is required for a teresting report in all its details, to these field leaders were the depart- sound intellect, and the way to pro- showing substantial gains not only in mental secretaries, L. G. Jorgensen cure a sound body is to be a practical the total Sabbath school membership and Benedicto Silveira, and the sec- worker." and offerings for the year, but in each retary-treasurer, U. V. Wissner. IV IS IS of the departments. From outside the field were C. L. The membership of their thirteen Bauer, R. R. Breitigam, and the The Orlando Sanitarium schools at the close of 1927 was 288, writer from the South American A RECENT letter from Brother and 1928 closed with a membership of Division, and during the closing days Charles E. Rice, associate secretary of 589, a gain of 301 members for the of the meeting, W. A. Spicer and W. the Medical Department of the Gen- year, thus a little more than doubling W. Eastman from the General Con- eral Conference, speaks of the good their Sabbath school membership in ference, together with J. L. Brown report that he has received regarding that time. This excellent result has from the division. The meetings were our sanitarium at Orlando, Fla. been accomplished by every Sabbath all presided over by the superin- Brother Rice says: school member's becoming an enthu- tendent, E. H. Wilcox. " You will be glad, I am sure, to siastic missionary in Sabbath school Most encouraging reports of prog- know that the Orlando (Fla.) Sanita- lines, inducing friends and neighbors ress were brought in by the field rium has been making progress dur- to attend and become regular mem- leaders of the activities under their ing the last few years, despite the bers of the Sabbath school. Sister supervision. The Rio City Mission re- general financial reaction in the State Jones stated that they had set a goal ported a membership of 605, a gain of Florida. It is the first institution for one thousand members in this lit- of 180 during the biennial period ; in our entire group to completely roll tle mission Sabbath school before the Espirito Santo has a membership of away its reproach of debt. Of course, close of 1929. And judging from the 774, gaining 109 for the two years; I mean by this its note indebtedness. way they are going at it, the desired Minas Geraes now has 220 members; All our sanitariums carry accounts aim, it seems, may be fully realized Pernambuco, 361; Bahia, 227. In all from month to month, hence the rec- before the close of the year. these- fields the colporteur work is ords are not entirely clear. Orlando The Santo Domingo City Sabbath making remarkable progress and win- has reduced its note indebtedness to school set its aim for one hundred new ning many souls. only $8,000, and has set up a cash re- members for the year, or twenty-five Following the committee meeting, serve covering this amount, so that for each of the four quarters. But general meetings were held for sev- it can be paid off any day. This more than thirty members were en- eral days for the believers in the amount of indebtedness, namely, listed during January.. While there churches at Rio. These meetings dur- $8,000, is not due as yet, hence it can- will be some losses, it is very evident ing the day were held in the Central not be immediately paid. from this good start in the capital Church, and at night in a large, cen- " The Florida Sanitarium and Be- city that doubling their membership trally located hall on the main street nevolent Association was incorporated again during this year, may become of the city. They brought much help just twenty years ago this fall. At an accomplished fact, not only for and encouragement to the brethren. one time its indebtedness equaled 70 this Sabbath school, but for all the The close of these meetings was per cent of its assets, and its equity schools of the mission. darkened by the illness of Elder in its own investment was only 30 Not only has the Sabbath school Spicer, whose ministry had been per cent. At the present time, which membership increased as indicated by greatly blessed. It brought sadness is its twentieth anniversary, it stands the foregoing, but it is interesting to to all to know he was suffering much free from note indebtedness. Of know that the Sabbath school offer- pain. course this has not been achieved with- ings for 1928 showed a gain of several Some changes were made in the out hard work and real economy. hundred dollars. What might not be working force of the field. Elder They are greatly needing some im- accomplished by our Sabbath schools Halliwell was appointed superintend- provements, including a new hospital throughout the world if every Sab- ent of the newly established Lower 28 THE ADVENT REVIEW AND SABBATH H RALD Vol. 106, No. 11

Amazonas Mission ; his place as super- ing hand to other enterprises while at Systematic Benevolence intendent of the Bahia Mission was the same time providing for a large filled by appointing L. G. Jorgensen increase in its own work. This is cer- BY E. F. HACKMAN to that post ; Ellis Maas, not yet in tainly something to thank God for, UST now while the Treasury De- the field but to come from the States and we do so most fervently. li rtment of the General Conference in June, was appointed educational Following the constituency and is promoting the idea of systematic secretary of the union. board meetings the biennial session of gi ing for missions among the One of the greatest needs in East the South Brazil Union Conference eh rches of North America, it might Brazil is men. They have budgets was held, beginning January 2 and be a good thing to stop and think just enabling them to put on more men. continuing to the close of the 7th. w at it would mean to the cause if but they cannot find them. Is it not This was an excellent and well-at- ev•ry believer should practice it. time for all of us to unite in the tended meeting. The Sao Paulo Con- T ere is something mysterious about prayer of our Lord that He may send ference reported 294 baptisms during th • word " systematic." It accom- forth laborers into His harvest? the two-year period, bringing its pres- pl shes wonders. Webster defines ent membership to 1,406. Its tithe South Brazil th word as follows : " Methodical. had increased from $33,804 to $41,643 Farmed with regular connection and The meetings in the South Brazil during the same time. Its book sales ad ptation. Subordination of parts field were all held at the college at for 1928 amount to $61,000. to each other, or to the design of the Santo Amaro. They began on De- The Rio Grande do Sul Conference w1 o. le." In other words, systematic cember 17 with a joint publishing and reported 225 people baptized during g ing is simply giving according to home missionary convention. J. a the two years, making its present sy tem. The design of this denomina- Brown was in charge of the publish- membership 1,200. Its colporteurs tio is to carry the everlasting gospel ing interests of this meeting, and II. sold $20,625 worth of literature dur- in o all the world. 'The plan of sys- R. Breitigam took care of the interests ing 1928. Its tithes were higher in te atic giving is only a practical idea of the home missionary department. 1928 than ever before, amounting to th t will enlist every church member W. W. Eastman, of the General $10,625. in giving, week by week, a certain Conference, gave helpful instruction The Santa Catharina-Parana Mis- a ount which he himself has deter- regarding the development and carry- sion reported 315 baptisms for the mi ed, to foreign missions, thus assur- ing forward of the book work. two-year period, the largest for any in the Mission Board a steady stream This convention was attended by similar period. The membership is of unds. the field leaders, secretary-treasurers, now 1,474. Literature to the amount hen I first heard of this plan, I 'field secretaries, and departmental of $13,167 worth was sold during the wa opposed to it. I imagined that it secretaries of the local and union two years, of which 70 per cent was hi i dered freedom of giving; that the fields in both the East and South in the Portuguese language and 30 0 e eral Conference was exacting a Brazil Unions. The instruction given per cent in the German. The tithe little too much by asking us to co- was of the most helpful and practical has had a steady increase year by op rate in a plan which required us nature. I have every expectation, as year. to rite our names and addresses on a a result of this convention, of seeing The president of the union, N. P. ca a , mark down our weekly offerings, a strong development in the activities Neilsen, reported 425 baptisms in an turn the stub over to the church of our people in Brazil in these two 1927, and 427 in 1928, the total mem- tre surer ; that in some way or other important departments. bership now being 4,020. He showed they wanted to check up on us. But Following the convention the an- that the membership had doubled aft r careful thought I came to the nual constituency meetings of the since 1917, that the tithe was five co a elusion that such was not the in- Collegio Adventista and the Casa times as large as in 1917, and that ten ion. The stub which is torn off Publicadora Brasileira were held, fol- the mission offerings were ten times an. handed to the church treasurer, lowed by the meetings of the two as large as in 1917. is ii of used for check-up purposes, newly elected boards of these institu- The conference rejoiced in being sin e it is impossible to know how tions. The attendance at the college able to send out its first foreign mis- mu h the individual gives when he is larger than ever before, and the sionary during the year. Brother alo e keeps the record of his gifts ; prospects are that 1929 will see it still and Sister Joao Gnutzman went from bu it is used in ascertaining the larger. Brazil to Angola, Portuguese West am unt of mission money that the One of the most heartening things Africa, just before the session opened. ch rch and also the conference may in Brazil is the success of our book The business of the conference was coin. t on for the ensuing year. The work, and the prosperity of the quickly transacted. The same officers obj et of the plan is to help us form publishing house. Its profits for 1928 were re-elected, N. P. Neilsen as presi- the habit of systematic giving, which will amount to $20,000 gold. Of these dent, and G. R. Hartman as secretary- we ill agree is a good habit to form. profits the publishing house turned treasurer. No changes were made in Ce tainly the plan, as advocated, over to the division the liberal gift of the departmental posts, G. F. Ruf co es more nearly to the Bible plan $13,750. This the division has been being re-elected as educational and fou d in 1 Corinthians 16 :2 : " Let happy to redistribute to various en- home missionary secretary, and eVe y one of you lay by him in store, terprises in Brazil, $3,750 being given Manoel Margarido as field missionary as I. od hath prospered him," than the to the college, and $5,000 to each of secretary. 0A four-year term was pro iseuous and spasmodic efforts 'the two Brazil unions. We feel truly adopted instead of the two-year term yk• h have characterized our giving grateful for this fine spirit of liberal- prevailing previously. thr n ugh the years. ity on the part of our publishing It was a good meeting. An excel- I doubt not that many of our people house, and we rejoice that God is giv- lent spirit prevailed throughout. We do of need this card, for they have ing such success to the book work in look for still larger things from Brazil alr ady acquired the habit' of laying 'Brazil. It is fine that an institution, from now on. asi e each week, or month, as the so' lately needing and receiving help 111 casa may be, a definite amount for .`to 'maintain itself, has now reached mis ions ; but there is a dug wholive the place where it can extend a help- CHRIST died for every man. jiffs what they happen to have handy March 14, 1929 THE ADVENT REVIEW AND SABBATH HERALD 29

in their pocketbook, with no thought Tortola house of Israel : After those days, saith of giving according as the Lord has the Lord, I will put My law in their BY MRS. CARRIE KNIGHT prospered them, and this class need inward parts, and write it in their to form the habit of systematic giv- TORTOLA is a British island about hearts.... I will forgive their iniquity, ing. In fact, most of us do not know forty miles east of St. Thomas. My and I will remember their sin no the exact amount we give for mis- husband has oversight of this island more." sions during the year. This plan as well as St. John, St. Croix, and St. The same law that was engraved would accomplish much if it gave Thomas. We have been here with the upon the tables of stone, is written by every church member this informa- Tortola people several days. This the Holy Spirit upon the tables of the tion. I am afraid many would be morning we took an eighteen-mile heart. Instead of going about to es- surprised to see their yearly record, walk to look up six families of our tablish our own righteousness, we ac- for they imagine they give a great deal people who live too far away to at- cept the righteousness of Christ. His more than they actually do. tend the church in Roadtown. The blood atones for our sins. His obe- Just think what would be the result sea is often so rough it is not possible dience is accepted for us. Then the if we all gave systematically, and laid for us to visit them in Tortola as often heart renewed by the Holy Spirit will aside each week a previously deter- as we wish we could; for this reason bring forth " the fruits of the Spirit." mined amount. If all our 125,000 we very much need a worker stationed Through the grace of Christ we shall church members in North America there, and are praying that soon we live in obedience to the law of God would follow the plan, our mission may have one. written upon our hearts. Having the treasury would not lack funds, and We held a series of meetings there Spirit of Christ, we shall walk even as we would be able to pass on to the some months ago, and several took He walked. Through the prophet He mission fields many more thousands of their stand for the truth. One man, declared of Himself, " I delight to do dollars than we are now doing. who was a drunkard, spent all his Thy will, 0 My God ; yea, Thy law is Recently I was impressed with the money for drink and tobacco, and within My heart." And when among power wrapped up in systematic giv- lived very poorly. He gave up his men He said, " The Father hath not ing when I read the following little drink and tobacco, has faithfully kept left Me alone; for I do always those excerpt from the Missionary .1-e6view the Sabbath since, and is now ready things that please Him."—" Patri- of the World: " If Christians in for baptism. The rum seller there told archs and Prophets," p. 372. America would give one postage stamp us that at the time we were there he per week for foreign missions, it had two large bottles of rum for this would mean thirty million dollars in man, but when he accepted the mes- one year. If one car fare for a week, sage, he refused to take them, saying the Beatitudes seventy-five million. If one dish of he was forever done with the stuff. John, Three: Sixteen ice cream for a week, two hundred He himself told us that before he was million. If the equivalent of one converted he spent every cent he could ghe Ten Commandments hour's work at the rate of unskilled get for liquor, and never had any of She Twenty-Third Psalm labor, nine hundred million." Does the comforts of life, but now he has These and all the marvelous messages from the Book of Books are being con- not this illustrate the power in system- been able to buy a good horse and stantly broadcastthroughtheeffortsof the atic giving? other needed things. AMERICAN The pledge card does not call for Another man went crazy and im- BIBLE SOCIETY us to give anything above that which agined he was John the Baptist. He Bible House, Astor Place,N.Y. we are able, neither does it ask that would run over the hills without FoundedF " to encourage the wider circulation of the Holy Scriptures without note or com- we give the same amount each week ; clothing, his hair grew long and ment", the Society accomplishes the purpose of its founders through the translation, pub- but what it does ask for is weekly shaggy, and his beard covered his face. lication and distribution of the Bible. Last year overtenmillion issues of Bibles, giving by all, whether it be a large Testaments, and Portions were pub- He was a terror to everybody. Dur- lished and distributed throughout the world in one hundred and sixty-six amount or a small amount, and that ing the hurricane of 1924 he was in- differentlanguages. You will want to know more about this missionary that amount average a certain weekly jured, and was so badly crippled he ageneihalitV,rie h.Z ziomxv ,:;,1: sum to be decided upon by the individ- could not walk. We visited him and American Bible Society." ual himself. Now, surely there is no gave him Bible studies and reading compulsion in that, as it leaves the matter and prayed with him. He whole matter in the hands of the in- was converted and healed, and now dividual. he walks to church to every meeting, As both the Scriptures and the and cannot praise God enough for The Advent Review spirit of prophecy emphasize sys- His saving power. tematic giving, what other plan could So the work is going. We are hunt- and Sabbath Herald you devise that would represent it GENERAL CHURCH PAPER OF ing and fishing for souls among the THE SEVENTH-DAY. ADVENTISTS fully if this new plan does not ? I hills and deep valleys. Devoted to the Proclamation of " the Faith believe this plan to be heaven born. which was once delivered unto the saints." 9V The world marvels to-day at the or- ganization perfected by Seventh-day THE terms of the " old covenant " VOL. 106 MARCH 14, 1929 No. 11 Adventists. They are astonished when were, Obey and live : " If a man do, Review and Herald Publishing Association they hear of our plan for supporting he shall even live in them ; " but Takoma Park, Washington, D. C. the ministry through the tithe. Isn't " cursed be he that confirmeth not all it time that we take another advance the words of this law to do them." 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.b Sabbath " Our Day." This city had been fnually forward. Hands are being • worked twice already with this book. • utstretched to us from unexpected .erat The first week, they took orders to the • laces, beckoning us to come to them amount of 1,400 pesos, or $175 gold. Iu d teach them the way of truth more WASIIINGTON, D. C., MARcli 21, 1929 One man they canvassed said : erfectly. L. L. HUTCHINSON. " I have this book, as well as ' Com- EDITOR FRANCIS MCLELLAN WILCOX 9Ps ASSOCIATE EDITORS ing King,' Heralds of the Morning,' W. A. SPICER F. C. NICHOL C. P. BOLLMAN and ' Great Controversy.' There is Ft. Jameson, Northern SPECIAL CONTRIBUTORS something strange about these books. J. L. SHAW Rhodesia A. G. DANIELLE 0. MONTGOMERY Recently my house burned. Every- C. K. MEYERS B. E. BED')OE E. KOTZ A MOST interesting thing happened I. H. EVANS L. H. CHRISTIAN C. H. WATSON thing in it was destroyed but these ere recently. It being New Year's J. L. McELHANY W. H. BRANSON E. E. ANDROSS books. They were in my library with C. B. HAYNEs A. W. CORMACK H. F. SCHUSERTH ay, we thought of having a little en- A. V. OLSON my other books, which were all burned, t rtainment for our own schoolboys CIRCULATION MANAGER L. W. GRAHAM but these four books were not even a d workmen. But when the natives scorched." This paper does not pay for articles, and be- card about it, they all came to see cause of the large number of contributions con- The girls told him that doubtless hat we had to offer. The chief, of stantly received for publication, we cannot un- God had protected them so he would c dertake either to acknowledge their receipt or to urse, was here. He is a constant return manuscripts. Duplicates of articles or re- have an opportunity to read the spe- a ports furnished other papers are never acceptable. tendant of our church and a mem- cial message they contained. r of our school. He had not known All communications relating to the Editorial J. D. LESLIE. 0 Department, and all manuscripts submitted for our plan for an entertainment, and Publication, should be addressed to Editor Review 4Pg ; h d sent for all his headmen to come and Herald, Takoma Park, Washington, D. C. ELDER GEORGE F. ENOCH writes t e see him on that day. They went to from Colombo, Ceylon, under date of h s village to see him, but on hearing Omens of Cheer January 1: " At last Mrs. Enoch and t I at he was here, they all came on to ALMOST every mail from the Latin- I are back in the mission field, this tb e-mission, nearly a hundred of them, American field illustrates the reason time in Ceylon. There are fifteen r presenting villages within a fifty- why the Lord in Isaiah continually members in the little church here, II ile radius. It was the opportunity of bids us to be of good cheer and not to aside from the workers, so there is a lifetime, and we thanked God for it. be dismayed as He opens the fields surely a great need. Colombo is a As soon as I learned about it, I and gathers His children from afar. city of more than two hundred thou- g thered them on the porch where we The opening doors bring great per- sand, and there )are about five million •s ept that first night, and told them plexity to the workers. A recent let- people in the island." 0 the glad tidings and about our ter from Elder E. E. Andross says : ork, our school, and our hospital. " I am glad to tell you that looking 0 0 I talked to them for nearly two hours. upon the fields in our division from The Virgin Mary and the t the end of the talk, we asked them the standpoint of the many open doors, Sabbath hew they felt regarding our holding and the urgent calls for help that are a I evangelical effort in their villages. coming to us from every quarter, and " THE virgin Mary kept the true T I ey were all willing that we should the many new interests that are Bible Sabbath according to the fourth co me, and said that they would talk springing up almost everywhere, we commandment, and that is the reason it over among their people and report have great reason for encouragement. we are keeping it." So stated a father t I us. I believe the Lord guided them But if we consider our financial limi- and two sons after one of our evening h re, and is going to open their hearts tations and the apparent impossibility meetings in David, province of Chiri- t • receive the gospel. to provide help to answer these calls, qui, northern Panama. The government is friendly to our we are inclined to become discouraged. We had never seen or heard of these wi rk, and has already sent me medi- The burden presses upon us very people before. They had come down ci es for various diseases, including heavily, but I know that God, who that day from away up in the in- h drocreol for the leprosy work. We has opened these doors and has created terior. The Lord certainly directed h ve already started a leper colony, these interests, will in some way make them to our meeting. When asked a d ten are receiving treatment. More it possible for us to care for them. if there were others keeping the Sab- w I uld come if we could feed them. " A letter just received from bath, he said, " Yes." His wife and ;T ese that are here are very much Brother Howard, who recently went to a number of other families around p eased with their progress. One of the capital of Nicaragua, reports the his place were also keeping the Sab- ,t -em is a chief, and if we can help baptism of four candidates. This is bath. , it might mean a good help to the first fruit of our labors in the We told them that they were right, 0 r work. E. G. MARCUS, M. D. and that it was true that the virgin Spanish portion of Nicaragua. One 5fg of these candidates is the daughter of Mary did keep the seventh-day Sab- the chief of police of the capital city. bath, as did also all the other holy ELDER J. L. CHRISTIAN, superin- Quite an interest is developing. women, and we quoted the following to •dent of the Meiktila Training Brother Parsons reports two hundred text: hool in Burma, writes under date new Sabbath keepers in the Lake Mis- " The women also, which came with Of November 20 : " The work in Burma sion, Mexico, fruits of our colporteur Him from Galilee, followed after, and asl progressing. We are looking for- work in that part of the field." beheld the sepulcher, and how His iw rd with more than ordinary pleas- W. A. S. body was laid. And they returned, ,u e to the visit of Elders Montgomery and prepared spices and ointments ; d Town to our field. We are all, and rested the Sabbath day according mbers and workers, taking fresh Books That Would Not Burn to the commandment." Luke 23: eo rage from the completion of a new AT the beginning of vacation this 55, 56. aq d representative church and head- year, , we sent two of the girls from Surely the Lord is going out be- afters building in Rangoon, the first our, training school in Chillan, Chile, fore us, brethren, and the opening 0 e denominationally owned in more to the city of Valdivia, to work with doors of providence are urging us con- th n twenty years of effort in Burma."