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July 11. 1963 .OFFICIAL OILCAN OF THE SEVENTI,144 ADVENTIST CHURCH * Preparation for the Law —Page 4 * North Peru Mission First Biennial Session —Page 14 Hera d Loma Linda University [Not long ago we reported the case of a little Pakistani girl flown to Los Angeles for and heart surgery at our medical school. This incident led to a Government-aided plan to fly certain of the Lorna Linda medical staff to Karachi for a month of heart surgery. As you will note from the date line, this report was written and sent from Karachi.— EDITORS.] Overseas KARACHI, PAKISTAN, JUNE 2, 1963. URING their month in Karachi the physician members of the team saw nearly 300 patients and operated on 44. D In a city that often has been sharply critical of the Heart Seventh-day Adventist hospital, the Loma Linda University Heart Mission made a most positive impact. Local newspapers have written of the "miraculous success of the project." Scores of Pakistani physicians have entered our hospital for the first Surgery time so they might witness the medical skills of the team. The United States ambassador to Pakistan, Walter P. McConaughy, has spoken of the "pride with which all Americans view" their work. "With the Lord's blessing, we may help some of these peo- ple," said Dr. Ellsworth E. Wareham, associate professor of surgery at Loma Linda University and leader of the team. By Jerry Wiley And no one could deny that the Lord is blessing, for as this Manager of News Publications is written, not a single patient has been lost, and the Seventh- Loma Linda University day Adventist hospital in Karachi has been the focus of the most favorable publicity concerning America that the city has seen in months. [A patient died after this report was sent to us. The story of God's overruling providence in connection with this will be reported later.—EDITORS.] The University Heart Mission offers (To page 8) Vol. 140 No. 28 TRUE SELF-KNOWLEDGE ES A SPUR TO ACHIEVEMENT ,AND AN AID TO ACQUIRING A BALANCED MATURITY By Albert L. Hendrickson NSCRIBED in letters of gold on e, endowed with a desire to know the Greek temple at Delphi, and now best to adjust himself to the de- I regarded as divine, were the mands that life has placed upon him. words "Know thyself." Because man is gregarious by nature, There are many reasons why it is le courts the approval of the society important to know and understand n which he lives. Thus one goal of self. First, we cannot deal intelligently ife is to make this adjustment success- with self unless we understand self. Ully and so obtain general approval. Second, we cannot deal intelligently This will help bring happiness. with others unless we are acquainted Various and devious means are em- with self. loyed by some people to attract the An acquaintance with self keeps us ttention of their associates. Men from overestimating our worth. One trive to obtain wealth, position, and of the best ways of evaluating self is •ower—in excess of the common to view ourselves through the eyes of ood—for the prestige that these ac- our friends—or our enemies. Our uirements provide. Or they may seek friends may hesitate to tell us what ocial prestige by camouflage, deceit, they consider to be our true value, o r show-off methods. but our enemies are usually quite free with their criticism. attlesnake Pete Here lurks the first enemy to con- In a Midwestern town a little old sistent self-analysis. We give too much an, bedecked in all the gaudy trap- credence to complimentary remarks, ings peculiar to the old West, ap- while we discount the uncomplimen- proached me, extended his hand, and tary. Because we are sure that only nceremoniously introduced himself our friends, who comment favorably, s Rattlesnake Pete. Some kind of see us in the right light, and that celebration was in progress, and Rat- those who make unfavorable com- lesnake Pete grandiloquently took ments are biased, it is impossible for is place in the colorful parade. I us to obtain an accurate picture of ained the impression that this little ourselves. old man was an egotist with an im- As Robert Burns so aptly stated: ature mind. His mind had reached "Oh, wad some power the gif tie gie us i s maturity at an age when to play To see oursel's as ithers see us!" cowboy and Indian seemed best calcu- If we could but see ourselves as ls to attract the attention of one's others see us, we would recognize the llows. He was Rattlesnake Pete, and need to correct in ourselves some of hero in his own eyes. the same unlovely traits we see in There are many Rattlesnake Petes others. i the world, with varying degrees of If we become offended when others i telligence and learning. Not long tell the truth about us, it is because a o the nation was stunned by the we have placed upon ourselves a ews that a boy had committed a greater value than is justifiable. We s•ries of revolting murders. News are unwilling to reason objectively in s ories took note of the fact that this seeking self-acquaintance because of 1 d walked with a swagger. He lacked the results that an honest appraisal c lture, education, training, and com- of self will reveal. We are afraid of on decency, so he attempted to sup- what we will see in the mirror of •ly the lack and attract attention by a self-inspection. s agger and by murder. In this way We can know ourselves. Everyone received the attention that, with else knows us, at least partially. Many h s limited intelligence, he had pre- have tried to tell us what we are like. y ously been unable to secure—a Rat- Why not attempt to discover in our- t esnake Pete with a criminal mind. selves what everyone else has known Bob Morley was an ambitious, all along? Socrates declared that "the od-looking young man with high unexamined life is not worth living." eals, natural dignity, and a pleasing Every person is, or at least should p rsonality. Although not a brilliant REVIEW AND HERALD, July 11, 1963 student, he finally received a Doctor of the crowd. He made no bid for bald made a complimentary remark of Philosophy degree. Bob liked to be popular acclaim, nor did he advertise about his phenomenal achievement. in the limelight. He joined various his virtues. Don Walters had no il- Looking at Archibald with those deep- organizations and carried on a rather lusions about himself. He was ac- set eyes, he replied, "Archie, my boy, consistent advertising campaign to quainted with his imperfections, and we know nothing."' solicit cheers for himself from the he was mature in his appraisal of Many a person who has been the grandstand. them. He had 'become acquainted object of the egotist's contempt has But those on the side lines were not with himself. risen to look with pity upon the one impressed. They saw him only as On May 20, 1927, a young man set whose false sense of values cheated plain Bob with mediocre ability and forth on a mission that was destined him of the respect of others. Someone an ear tuned to the applause of the to immortalize his name in the field has aptly said, "Be nice to your news- crowd. They could have loved him of aviation. Charles Lindbergh en- boy; you may be tried in his court for what he was and for what he had joyed a measure of popularity ac- someday." accomplished if only he had evi- corded to comparatively few men of James, a lonely boy, once stopped denced a maturity comparable to any age or station, and yet through at the home of a prosperous farmer those accomplishments. But Bob it all he remained diffident and unas- and asked for a job. The farmer chose the Rattlesnake Pete approach. suming. Lindbergh's greatness lay not needed help, and being favorably im- Money is often used by those who so much in his achievement as in his pressed, he hired the lad. As time happen to possess it as a means of im- ability to graciously and modestly ac- went on, James fell in love with the pressing others with their importance. cept the acclaim of his admirers. He farmer's daughter. He approached To assume, however, that possessing sought not for the plaudits of the mul- the father and asked him for the hand money will in itself make one favor- titudes but for seclusion and peace of of his daughter. The father was in- ably accepted is an unjustifiable as- mind, and in so doing he revealed censed to think that this nobody sumption. A wealthy person either his mature manhood. People loved would presume to ask for the daugh- can be loved or hated. People love and admired Charles Lindbergh be- ter of a well-to-do farmer, and the the modesty and humility that ac- cause he was able to remain humble boy accordingly was dismissed and companies the mature and well-bal- when honored, and sought not the sent on his way. anced man of wealth, and they hate laurels of a hero-worshiping popu- Years passed, and as the farmer the snobbishness of the immature and lace. built new and better buildings, it be- self-centered person. Most snobs become so with little came necessary to tear down the old Vance Dorsey, for example, was the cause.

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