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Editor: Robert H ,Parr

VOL. 81, NO. 38 PRICE: 13 CENTS September 20, 1976 1977 AVONDALE COLLEGE SUMMER SCHOOL

GRAHAM MITCHELL, Director

THE FOURTH annual Summer School to be offered at Avondale College will be held from December 30, 1976, to January 8, 1977. Pastor Arthur Duffy, Pastor Len Tolhurst, Dr. and Dr. will offer classes in their areas of speciality in religion; Dr. Noel Clapham will offer a class in the history of the Reformation, while Mrs. Nelia Rice, Mrs. Joan Lowe, Mr. Warren Simmons, Mr. Morris Kennedy and Mr. Owen Cowley will conduct classes in a wide variety of arts and practical subjects. In addition, Dr. Robert Drewer will offer a class in astronomy, and Dr. Brian Timms in invertebrate biology (or bugs), while Dr. Eric Magnusson and Dr. Laurie Draper will offer classes in science and religion. Highlight A special feature of the Summer School will be a Health and Temperance Seminar sponsored by the Health and Temperance Departments of the Australasian Division of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Pastor Don Bain and Pastor Ron Taylor, together with guest lecturers, will present classes on the following topics: Physiology of Health and Temperance, Family Health, and Health and Temperance in the Church and the Com- munity. If you have regretted not having the opportunity of attending Avondale, or wish to make a nostalgic return, this is your opportunity not only to come to Avondale, but to make and renew Christian fellowship, study the Bible intensively and relax in the rural atmosphere. Application forms are available from your church, or may be obtained by writing to: Summer School Director, Avondale College, P.O. Box 19, COORANBONG, N.S.W. 2265

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A general view of the school from the class-room side. The Pupils prepare the vegetable patch for planting. The land in main entrance is at the far right. the background is school property.

Progress Report . . . of our educational work, and this is the plan we are adopting at Penguin. We are very interested in a balanced educa- tion, as set out by God's servant in the A SCHOOL FARM blueprint. The practical aspect of edu- cation will be an integral feature of the R. A. REID, Headmaster, Penguin Seventh-day Adventist School, Tasmania education at this school. The teacher and parents will be looking for spiritual A SCHOOL FARM! Incredible! menced school in their new building— advancement and the development of a Where? On the delightful north-west although it wasn't completely finished. Christian character more than "grades." The school has two class-rooms, a lib- coast of Tasmania. The school is at We have, as mentioned earlier, twenty- rary area, sick room, toilets, kitchen and seven children in grades Prep to 6. It Penguin, approximately half way be- office; also there is provision to add on is hoped that in 1977 Form 1 or Grade 7 tween Burnie and Devonport. another two class-rooms. It's finished in will be started. The School Board and The school land is to be farmed, and white brick and has red wall-to-wall the members of four local churches— within three to four years the school carpet throughout. All windows are Wynyard, Burnie, Ulverstone and Devon- could be nearly self-supporting. Parents floor-to-ceiling to take in the beautiful port—believe this school will grow rapidly. and friends have been cultivating the view of the school's twenty acres and The climate is very mild, and the land with tractors ready for our first out across Bass Strait. scenery is really superb. The headmaster crop. The first words often heard from Choice Section invites queries from interested parents visitors as they visit our school are, Twenty acres, you say? Yes, we are regarding their children attending this "What a beautiful spot!" Yes, the Pen- indeed fortunate to have this land. It's school. guin Adventist School is indeed situated one of the choicest pieces of land on God originally placed man in a garden, in beautiful surroundings. the north-west coast. The children have and with the ample land that the Pen- The school began in 1975 in the Burnie already commenced flower gardens, and guin School has, we are hoping that this Church Hall, and many long hours were by the time you read this, they will be out school will indeed be "an Eden school," spent in travelling by the Devonport working in the vegetable garden growing for we wish to fulfil the great object of children. At the beginning of the 1976 a few winter vegetables. Ellen White Christian Education—"to restore in man school year, twenty-seven children com- says that agriculture should be the ABC [our children] the image of their Maker."

The headmaster of the Penguin Seventh-day Adventist School, situated on the delightful north- west coast of Tasmania, wishes to announce that application forms are now available for 1977. There may be a possibility that Form 1 will be started, so parents interested in this area should also apply. The school is situated on twenty acres of land, looking out across Bass Strait. For application forms and any additional informa_ tion, write to:

The Headmaster, Penguin Seventh-day Adventist School, P.O Box 106. Penguin, Tasmania. 7316. Phone (004) 37 2705. Tanya Eaton and Gaylene Good in the library area. Photos: R. Reid. AUSTRALASIAN RECORD 20/9/76 [3] HEALTH- WISE HISTORIC nun: CALLER? PIONEER WISDOM-4 DIET might be considered the corner- stone of the foundation upon which Ellen White based her health teachings, whose adoption has given members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church an average of seven years greater life ex- pectancy than their fellows. Here briefly are some of the high points of her nutritional instruction, which has been compiled in a book en- titled "Counsels on Diet and Foods": "For use in breadmaking, the superfine Warburton as it was before the 1934 flood. On the left is the white flour is not the best. Its use is and the brick building on the right is the S.H.F. factory. Note the sturdy fence which neither healthful nor economical. Fine- was supposed to be flood-proof. However, the 1934 flood flowed in and out of the flour bread is lacking in nutritive ele- top-floor windows. ments to be found in bread made from Photo: courtesy Len Howse. the whole wheat. It is a frequent cause of constipation and other unhealthful con- ditions." "Far too much sugar is ordinarily used in food. Cakes, sweet puddings, pastries, jellies, jams, are active causes of in- digestion. Especially harmful are the custards and puddings in which milk, eggs, and sugar are the chief ingredients." "Grains, fruits, nuts, and vegetables constitute the diet chosen for us by our Creator. These foods, prepared in as simple and natural a manner as possible, are the most healthful and nourishing. They impart a strength, a power of en- durance, and a vigour of intellect, that are not offered by a more complex and stimulating diet." "Many die of diseases wholly due to meat eating, while the real cause is scarcely suspected by themselves or others." "There should not be a great variety at any one meal, for this encourages overeating and causes indigestion." "The meals should be varied. The same dishes, prepared in the same way, should not appear on the table meal after meal and day after day." "Regularity in eating is of vital im- portance. There should be a specified time for each meal." "Many indulge in the pernicious habit of eating just before sleeping hours. They Above: The dam-diggers and pipeline- may have taken three regular meals; yet builders. These men were responsible for because they feel a sense of faintness, as what is now the S.H.F. dam and the pipe- though hungry, will eat a lunch or fourth line in Warburton. They are, back row, left to right: Jack Hitchens, Peter Jensen, meal." Henry Goldsmith, Bill Kent and Bert Gold- "As a result of eating late suppers, the smith. Front row: Jack Smedley, Hughie digestive process is continued through Oisle, Orm Davis, Maurie de Jersey, Ken the sleeping hours. . . . Sleep is often Hitchens, Col Ellis and Reg Wilson. The disturbed with unpleasant dreams, and vintage of the photo is believed to be in the morning the person awakes un- mid-to-late twenties. refreshed and with little relish for break- Photo: Howard G. Davis, Warburton. fast. . . . "In many cases the faintness that leads to a desire for food is felt because the digestive organs have been too severely taxed during the day. . . . At least five or six hours should intervene Vintage Vince. Pastor R. A. Vince and between the meals; and most persons friend, just after the pastor had arrived in who give the plan a trial, will find that Australia. two meals a day are better than three." Will owner of the photograph please claim. [4] 20/9/76 AUSTRALASIAN RECORD EDITORIAL * )(- The Death of Pastor Bruesewitz YOU DON'T KNOW Pastor Bruesewitz. You won't find class citizens. However, the days of direct persecution, his name in the Seventh-day Adventist Year Book. His according to the above correspondent, are over; the difficult ministry was not in our church; his service was not one, days under the late Walter Ulbricht are gone. therefore, that you would have been familiar with. Besides, The church, of whatever colour, has always prospered under he lived in East Germany. difficulty. According to the historical facts of the past, the Now he is dead, and the circumstances of his death are church under the circumstances in which it finds itself tragic, and they concern all free people everywhere. Late in in East Germany, should be thriving. But no church, August, Pastor Bruesewitz, in the forty-eighth year of his life, under any conditions whatever, can grow and enlarge its in the small town of Zeitz, in Saxony, unfurled a banner in borders unless it has a positive programme of witness. If it the market square. Words of accusation against the Com- is true that the church in that country has deteriorated into munist regime of East Germany were emblazoned on the a flaccid and ineffective force, nothing will make it grow banner. Then, dressed as he was in his clerical robes, Pastor —even the self-destruction of one man will hardly revitalize Bruesewitz poured petrol over himself, lit a match, and was the body ecclesiastical. immediately enveloped in flames. There (as here) and now (as in times past), the fact remains: it is far more to the point to live for the faith than Passers-by, seeing the act of self-immolation, rushed to to die for it, when there is an honourable alternative. Dead, smother the flames, and were successful to the point that Pastor Bruesewitz will probably soon become a forgotten Pastor Bruesewitz lingered for four more days, although 85 memory; his self-sacrifice will dim in the minds of men until per cent of his body was burned. He was honourably buried, they see him as making a pathetic and totally ineffective six of his ministerial colleagues acting as pall-bearers and gesture. Living, he could have been a voice calling men to lowering his coffin into the grave which he had dug for higher planes of living, to greater intensity of witness, to himself on August 17, a few days before the self-inflicted more positive avenues of witnessing. holocaust. Could anyone imagine that Luther would have set himself The deputy Bishop of Saxony, Dean Baeumer, said that the alight to snake the point of his faith? Would he not have church could not agree with the suicide of the pastor, but rather set Germany alight by the power of his preaching? said, "We thank Thee God for his imagination and ideas, Would he not have been more likely to take on all and sundry even though we did not always understand them." A strange who opposed his views and thundered his "Thus saith the eulogy, that. But then, what could the poor man say? He Lords" at them until they could not but hear the plain and would not want to hurt the bereaved; he would feel duty- positive testimony of his message? What a pity that the bound to say something that would be kindly in tone and deceased German pastor had not espoused such a philosophy! which would palliate those who were mourning a husband, a How vague a gesture his death will seem ten years from father, a loved one. now! But had he lived he could have counted on another The five hundred people who packed the graveyard to hear twenty years of dynamic ministry—he was only forty-seven, the final obsequies stared grimly at the coffin, giving their remember—and he could have been a power for the faith tacit approval to the protest—though not necessarily to the which he obviously felt strongly about. form that it took. The fact that is barely The message of his ill-considered death should not escape tolerated in some places is marked by such horrendous acts us who live in climes favourable to the preaching of the gospel. as this one of Pastor Bruesewitz. That he should be moved In these lands we find no barriers to the preaching of the to make such a gesture, is sobering indeed. It is obviously gospel except the barriers of indifference. In these countries the work of a deranged mind or an ultra-dedicated one— of ours we find no persecution to contend with, except the though perhaps both aspects of his mental state were involved. persecution of gentle scoffing, by those who have no use for It is not the purpose of this journal to criticize any the product we would market. In these areas of freedom and laissez-faire we have no opponents except the opponents political system, though we cannot be above reporting the facts as they are. It may be relevant to look into the system called Mockery, Carelessness, Inertia and Ridicule. And they are seldom roused to active opposition. that caused this protest by this unfortunate man. He claims that the East German youth were being oppressed and that While it is a sad and serious thing that a man of God the state was waging an anti-Christian campaign. Whether should be constrained to make of himself a burnt offering to the charges are true we have no way of being sure, but underscore his dissatisfaction with the church, which had ominous rumblings continue to come from behind the Iron disappointed him, the fact remains that the church—there, Curtain which would make even the most naive and credu- as here—is composed of people. And people will disappoint lous wonder. However, it must be stated in all fairness that you right and left until they are glorified by the presence of the church authorities in East Germany say that the pastor's the returning Christ. So the church will disappoint you too, act of protest came "from the church's irresolution in its if you are prepared to expect it to be a perfect and infallible Christian witness." thing. While it is composed of fallible mortals there is no other way of it. But to destroy yourself—either spiritually Now that is something to think upon: the church's ir- or physically—as a protest, is hardly a sound commentary on resolution in its Christian witness. The Communist regimes your ability to cope with the situation. of the world have never made any secret of the fact that they are not religiously oriented. They have been at pains, on If the church does not satisfy you—say, if you think its the other hand, to point out that religion, as practised by witness is not cogent enough—then be up and doing. Start the decadent West, is a way of life they do not appreciate, with yourself. Make sure your own witness is not pale and and that they would not encourage such among their citi- feeble. Make sure that your own faith is not moribund and zenry. According to East Germany's churchmen (we are static. Make sure that you know the road you are travelling. quoting John England, the Bonn correspondent of the Mel- Don't imagine that you have to whip the church into the bourne "Herald"), only 14 per cent of the nation's young people groove of your own thinking. If you set about reforming take part in religious instruction by the church; that only yourself, people will join you and the standard will be lifted. 30 per cent of the population of the nation claim to be re- This is merely a plea not to destroy what you are trying to ligious; that the government is endeavouring to make the revitalize; it is a cry that you do not tear down as you Christian religion "superfluous," and that those who testify rebuild the old waste places. to their Christian faith are relegated to the role of second- Robert H. Parr. AUSTRALASIAN RECORD 20/9/76 [51 "PRISONERS" AT BARTON'S MILL ISOBEL J. DYSON, Deputy Director, Bickley Pathfinder Club, Western Australia

PATHFINDERS IN PRISON? Yes, Pathfinders in prison! response, Mr. Osborne expressed his pleasure that we had remembered them— We were well on our way there before any of the Pathfinders guessed our a gesture not expected by a Government destination (except for the director's daughter—and she kept the secret well). servant. He told our director, Mr. There were some exclamations of surprise and apprehension, but mostly the Arthur Hill, that he had been impressed Pathfinders reacted with enthusiasm to the idea of our Club's "mystery camp" with the conduct of this first-ever group being at Barton's Mill prison. of non-prisoners, and he hoped we could come again. (So do we!) Purpose Well-served Reluctantly we climbed into the cars and headed home, heads and hearts filled with memories of happy fellowship, rousing singing, prayer bands, forest quiet, bird calls, hot showers, fun and laughter. We think you will agree that the following comments from some of the Pathfinders demonstrate that this organization within the church is serving its purpose well. "Really good—emphasized the spiritual side and this created a very good at- mosphere." "Fantastic! I really enjoyed it." "It was a great place for a camp. We had lots of fun pretending we were prisoners locking each other in the cells. The creaking floors added to the sus- pense." "Unusual campsite, but it was very in- teresting." Bickley Pathfinders in marching order, with the duplex huts of Barton's Mill Prison in "There was plenty of activity, and the the background. Honours were good." Photos: D. Cuinuck. In the course of our directors' meeting with her piano accordion. Sabbath after- to plan for the camp we decided to apply noon activities included a lengthy track- for permission to use the facilities at and-trail incorporating the "memory Barton's Mill prison, and in answer to gems" for the quarter, and a two-kilo- many prayers this was granted in what metre walk which was supposed to take must surely have been record time for us to a large granite outcrop, but either Government departments! The prison is we took the wrong trail or the "rock" no longer in regular use as such, and at eluded us, and we turned back for lack week-ends it is manned by only a skele- of time, or might it have been lack of ton staff. When two of our directors leg power. inspected the place beforehand, they Our director chose an excellent set of were warmly welcomed by Mr. Vic films incorporating nature, mission work Osborne, the superintendent. and fun, all in their proper context, of Friday afternoon, June 4, saw a caval- course. Much energy was released on the cade of cars heading off from Bickley basket-ball/volley-ball court, both under church into the bush about nineteen floodlights at night and during odd spots kilometres, and by worship time thirty- in the daytime. one Pathfinders, five counsellors and Sunday passed all too quickly with a three directors were snugly housed in busy programme of MV Honour classes in small wooden duplex-type huts, feeling Camperaft, Cats, Dogs, Weather and A rare moment of quiet relaxation near very thankful that we did not need to Seeds—compass work—and energetic the boys' quarters. use our proud array of new pup tents practice towards the physical require- which we'd christened at Conference ments of the Silver Award. Easter Camporee. Sixty-one Honours "It is absence of religion that makes Bond of Unity On Monday morning exams were held the path of so many professors of re- was ably conducted by for most of the Honours classes, a few ligion shadowy. There are those who two Pathfinders, Margaret and Wendy, were completed which had been com- may pass for Christians but are unworthy and we were privileged to have Pastor menced prior to the camp, and Path- of the name. They have not Christian Lyn Thrift as our guest speaker for finders are still completing Honours be- characters. When their Christianity is church. Prayer bands at morning and gun at the camp. At the time of writing, put to the test, its falsity it too evident. evening worships created a bond of unity sixty-one honours have been earned as a True religion is seen in the daily deport- with the Lord and each other, such as result of the classes at the camp. ment. The life of the Christian is we have not experienced before at a Club Ready to leave, we assembled in front characterized by earnest, unselfish work- camp. of the Osborne home, and Lynda pre- ing to do others good and to glorify God. A feature of the worships and meetings sented Mr. and Mrs. Osborne with a copy His path is not dark and gloomy." was our "orchestra"—two guitars and of "Your Bible and You" and a card —"Testimonies," Vol. 3, page 377. two ukeleles, led by Mrs. Denise Scott autographed by all the campers. In [61 20/9/76 AUSTRALASIAN RECORD Winners are few, trophies none in this war. But there are always scars. THE "I" IN DIVORCE ALMA L. CAMPBELL

IT WAS IN THE EARLY 1960s 1. Why do I take this attitude of dis- that she came to my office, an attrac- agreement? tive young lady who had an appoint- 2. How important do I believe the ob- ment with me, her first-year English stacle is that comes between my spouse teacher, to go over two of her essays. and me? I could see she was on the verge of 3. How much am I willing to surrender tears. of my own ideas to have it removed? 4. Do I really want it removed? My question must have been written on 5. Is there any compromise? my face, for she said, "I have to go home this week-end." Then the tears spilled 6. As a Christian, have I prayed about over as she exclaimed, "Mum and Dad it as much as I should? are getting a divorce! I'll have to listen 7. Have I been, and can I be, frank and to all Mum's troubles with Dad. Next honest about my feelings in this matter? month I'll have to visit him and the 8. Do I have any spirit of forgiveness woman he's living with. Dad thinks I or understanding toward my partner's owe it to him because he is paying my attitude in regard to the obstacle (person, tuition. I want to see him but not that thing, idea, situation) separating us? woman, I can't stand her!" Is There a Solution? Then there was another student, a Perhaps from a human standpoint young man who had returned to college there is no solution to this home war. several years after being a drop-out. He, The relationship may be at an impassc too, had an appointment to examine one intolerable for one partner or intolerable of his papers. As I drew the paper from One or Oneness? for both. Result: a decision to separate the file and placed it on the desk before Satan believes in "one" rather than or divorce. us, I noticed his lips trembling. oneness. In self. Man aligns himself Additional questions immediately arise, He blurted out, "I can't put my mind with the subtle promoter of this home most of them far too involved to con- on a thing, especially on writing!" war when he accepts the author's motto: sider here. We can touch only the most "Are you in trouble?" I asked. "My rights." Sometimes this motto is obvious. First, if the un-Biblical change "No, my folk are. They are divorcing worded "Being me" or "Being myself." of partners is being considered: Will this after more than twenty-five years of There is certainly nothing wrong in bring me true fulfilment, true satisfac- marriage. I can't believe it! How can being one's self or in being an individual. tion? Too often a change of partners is they do this to me? I love them both. The famous Greek philosopher who said like a change of tyres. Another "blow- It's tearing me apart!" "Know thyself" did not go far enough. out." It's the car—the life-style of one Affects Young and Middle-aged To truly know ourselves we must know individual, or both, that needs changing. It is not only the young couples in the God and His Son, Jesus Christ, in our That is a costly procedure for both church who are divorcing; it is the personal lives. Then we have true iden- parties. middle-aged group or those approaching tification and are able to love God and If there is no partner-change contem- middle age as well. When marriages in- our neighbour as we love ourselves. plated, another question presents itself: volving young children come apart at the The other side of knowing is important, Am I ready to face life without that seams we feel sorry because of the im- too, in this home war. One cannot fight closest of human companionship — mar- pact on the children's welfare and home an unknown foe. Pogo, of cartoon fame, riage? life. But older children suffer too. said, "We have met the enemy and he No matter how we view divorce, it As I think of the mounting divorce rate is us." Herein lies a paradox. A Chris- affects many lives other than those of within the church, the words "there was tian must wage war against the "us" or the two immediately involved—children war in heaven" come to mind. Ever since "self." Have you ever heard of a war especially, parents, other relatives, even that war, the instigator, Satan, has been that begins with surrender? A familiar friends. Changed relationships mean promoting his idea on earth. Civil war, hymn expresses it this way: changed life patterns for all concerned. foreign war, world war, war in the street, Force me to render up my sword, Winners are few, trophies none in this war on campus, and now his main tar- And I shall conqueror be. war. But there are always scars. get—war in the home. That sword has not been rendered up The divisiveness of divorce should not Arguments, quarrelling, disagreements in some Christian homes, and the war is enter the Christian home. But it is hap- have been a part of human family life still being waged. pening—too often and to too many. Is throughout the centuries. But today's Let's put this war in a very literal there any solution? Christian counsel- home war too often ends in separation: down-to-earth setting: Among human lors, pastors—yes! But the most effec- a tearing apart not only of the oneness beings who rub elbows every day, espe- tive step is to answer "Come in" to the of the flesh, but of heart and mind. The cially within the marriage state, war One who says, "I stand at the door, and fatalities lie strewn about. Husbands, most frequently begins with little knock." Christ should be the sole third wives, mothers, fathers, and an untold things—irritations we call them—and party allowed within the intimacy of the number of children. All wars separate above all, our responses to them. It may marriage circle. to some degree. But this war divides be only a look, a shrug of the shoulders, According to a well-known Christian where God has declared unity. an explosive word, or a cold, calculated writer on family life, "Christ abiding in silence. the heart of the wife will be at agree- As objectively as we can, let's consider ment with Christ abiding in the heart of Alma L. Campbell is associate professor emeritus a marital disagreement at its source— the husband."—"My Life Today," page 84. of English at , Berrien Springs, Michigan, U.S.A. the self "I" angle: —"Review and Herald." AUSTRALASIAN RECORD 20/9/76 [7] Because it was very difficult to arrest the rate of sink of the aeroplane, we hit the ground very hard and in a nose- down attitude at Marawaka. This broke the nose-wheel off, and after that, it was impossible to control the direction of the aeroplane. We just sat there through an awful cacophony of sound. When the A PLANE CRASH aeroplane had nearly stopped it went off the side of the strip and turned upside- down while falling down a five-metre embankment. The obvious miracle was that after we had extracted ourselves from the wreck, we discovered that not one of us had so A MIRACLE much as a scratch on us, and none of us was physically any worse for the ex- BILL TOWNEND, District Director-Pilot, Menyamya, Papua New Guinea Union Mission perience. When the Civil Aviation Agency acci- dent-investigation team arrived, they A PLANE CRASH, and a miracle, air speed, I thought that was the end of expressed their amazement on more than are two things which people are im- us there and then. But I found that by one occasion that the aeroplane had manipulating the throttle it was possible mediately interested in. Recently I to gain a minimum amount of control. taken off at all, and had stayed in the had the misfortune and the good for- air as long as it had, without making a Without boring you with technical talk dramatic plunge to the ground. tune to be involved in both. Let me of how the Lord kept us in the air and briefly relate the story of the plane out of the trees and rocks waiting just a Fringe Benefits crash first. few hundred feet below, we finally I was able to assure them that I was wobbled our way down to the Marawaka just as amazed as they were. I also On Sunday morning, April 4, I left my air strip, which is at an altitude of 5,700 assured them that flying mission aero- home at Menyamya in the mission planes may not be the highest paid Cessna to fly over to a small mission air flying job in the country, but it certainly strip called Usarumpia to pick up the did have some other fringe benefits! local mission Lay Activities secretary, You can imagine how surprised (and Pastor Peter Pondek, who had been con- thankful) my wife was to see me walk- ducting a series of meetings for the folk ing up to our house a little later that day over there. The local mission president, and no aeroplane in sight (a helicopter Pastor Philip Daboyan, was also on the had brought me home). We both praise plane. We had been conducting similar the name of our Creator and thank Him meetings at Menyamya. for His never-ceasing watchcare over us. After spending some time with the We give a heartfelt thank you to each people straightening out one or two small one of you who pray for our mission problems, the time came for us to depart. aeroplanes. Your prayers have been The wife of one of the missionaries was answered and God is ever near. Thank sick with what was thought to be tuber- you also to each one of you for your culosis, and we decided we would land support in other ways. Thank you, in- her at the government hospital at Mara- gatherers, thank you, offering-givers. You waka which was on our route, and only are the people who are responsible for about eight miles away. maintaining the work in the mission Take-off field. We climbed aboard the aircraft, of- Please continue to support us with your fered prayer, asking for the Lord's pro- prayers and your means, so that the tection, started the engine, completed the work here in Papua New Guinea will con- safety checks, and contact was made with tinue to move forward and Jesus will Lae on the radio. The throttle was soon come. moved to the fully open position and our plane began its bouncy, take-off run down the short (1,100 feet), steep Usa- rumpia air strip. Everything went nor- "Ignorance will not increase the humili- mally until about half way down the The crippled Cessna as it looked right ty or spirituality of any professed follower strip, when, without warning, the control way up again—a write-off. of Christ. The truths of the Divine Word column went slack in my hand. I pushed Photo: R. W. Townend. it in and out and it was having no effect can be best appreciated by an intellectual on the elevators at the back of the plane. feet. When I glanced at the altimeter Christian, Christ can be best glorified by (Much the same thing as if you were to half way along, we were at an altitude of those who serve Him intelligently. The turn the steering-wheel of your car at a 5,100 feet and endeavouring to fly great object of education is to enable us vital moment and find that there is no through a steeply sided ravine. Some- response from the front wheels.) The how the Lord got us back high enough to to use the powers which God has given us elevators are the control, which make an get onto the end of the strip. in such a manner as will best represent aeroplane take off, and which put it Some Agitation the religion of the Bible and promote the gently on the ground again. During this time we were accompanied glory of God. • • . At that stage there was no chance of by two very fervent prayers from the "Education will discipline the mind, cutting the power and trying to stop be- pastors. Up until then there had been a cause we were going too fast and the certain amount of agitation in the plane. develop its powers, and understandingly Usarumpia air strip is short and finishes One of the passengers had undone his direct them, that we may be useful in very abruptly! Somehow, we got the seat-belt and wanted to get out of the advancing the glory of God."—"Testi- plane in the air, but it immediately put aeroplane there and then! But the monies," Vol. 3, page 160. its nose up and began an ever-steepening, prayer seemed to have the desired effect uncontrolled climb. Not having a lot of and everyone was now quiet. AUSTRALASIAN RECORD

A view of the Robert Blackwood Hall, reputed to have the best acoustics in Australia. Pastor Richard Barron.

If you're in the 15-30 age group and live in the Trans-Australian Union, he has just been zipped up to the you'd better read this. General Conference because he has that touch-with-youth that is so essential in The famous Charge of the Light Brigade was made by the most a youth speaker. You'll hear him—all unfortunate 600 men in the British Army. Here is the story-in-advance two-and-a-quarter yards of him (can't give you that in metres)—and you'll hear of another 600 . . . others. There's Pastor , a grab-you-and-hold-you youth speaker also from that rebellious colony in North America (but we've forgiven them for that, and claim them all as cousins now, THE LUCKY SIX HUNDRED remember?). You won't want to miss him! ROBERT H. PARR

I'M SITTING HERE wishing my preview of the programme, and it's life away. Wishing it was December TREE-MENDOUS! Man! Am I glad I 30. Wishing it was time to say to my just get into that age-bracket. A few more weeks and I'd have been thirty-one wife, "Have you got the gear packed; and they might have knocked me back. like my track suit, my sneakers, my (But they won't ask you for your birth volley-ball uniform, my swimming certificate, I'm pretty sure of that. But cossie and all that stuff?" Wishing I get your application in NOW or you'll could be in all that buzz and whizz miss out.) that a Youth Congress makes. But Why Not a Thousand? give me time, give me time, and I'll As the words in the heavy type above make it. Comes December 29, and tell you, there will be only a lucky 600 I'll be saying, "One more exciting admitted to the fun'n'festivities. Why not 1,000? Simply because there aren't day to go, and it's up, UP, and 1,000 beds; simply because they can't A-WAAA-Y to the Youth Congress! cater for more than that happy, that Yippeeee!" fortunate, that lucky 600 who will be ad- You see, staid old me, when I sniff a mitted on a first-come-first-served basis. Youth Congress in the breeze, the old Pastor Barry Crabtree and his Youth sinews tighten, the years roll away, the directors of the T.A.U.C. have been work- zoom and zip of youth magically appears ing on this Congress for more than a around these tired old muscles and I can year! They are planning everything hardly wait for the action to start. Yes- down to the last bubble in the last gluten sir! I'll be there with bells on, at the steak. Nothing will happen by chance. Trans-Australian Youth Congress in They have gone to no end of trouble to Melbourne, and you'd better believe that! ensure that everyone who gets the nod Roll on, December 30, that's all I can to come will have the time of their lives. say! Speakers How do I know that this is going to be They tell me—those who have heard the crackerjack of all Youth Congresses? him—that Pastor Dick Barron is as Because, dear hearts, they have put me dynamic a speaker as you've ever heard. On a committee, and I have had a sneak- A youngish black from the States United, Pastor Robert H. Parr.

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Pastor Donald E. Bain.

Then there's Dr. who The dormitories at Monash University where the Congress "inmates" will be housed. packs them in whenever he gets up to speak, and you know that he needs no Recreation cassettes, records, etc. The whole thing fanfare from me to get the young people Now, don't get the idea that Congress will go at a cracking pace and some items running to make sure of a seat. will be one series of meetings after of fun'n'frolic will be new and (pos- Also, there will be Pastor Don Bain another. There'll be fun, fun, FUN, too. sibly—when Pastor Crabtree sees them) with a whole new battery of things fresh Frinstance, there will be recreational never-to-be-repeated. from the health field that will make you activity that will blow your mind! Take Costs and So On realize that health is more than taking your choice from swimming (Melbourne Of course, the trouble with Congresses three deep breaths in the morning—if can be sizzling in summer), basket-ball, is that they cost so much that you won- you are not running late. Pastor B. will badminton, table tennis, squash, tennis, der whether you'll ever get your dollar's show you how health is a fun thing. cricket and that's only some. There'll worth. Well, four years ago there was Another popular segment will be the be trips in buses. There'll be fellowship this terrific Congress at Canberra—about forums that will be set up where some that you'll never get anywhere else. But four good days of fun and fellowship for of the Congress speakers will be up on you'll have to be in it to win it, as the $50. But get on to this: This one will a soap-box out in the open (after tea at old slogan goes. cost you a mere $75 for SIX action- night) and you can question them, and Of course, there's another little seg- packed daze. That ignores inflation and get your two-cents' worth in, too. Hoboy! ment I might mention. We're calling it gives you a bonus to boot. So now you The thing is a non-stop round of things- 'Merry-go-Round," and it will be a non- don't have to worry about whether you'll to-do from breakfast to bedtime. (You stop period of sixty minutes of smiles, get your money's worth at all. Instead, won't mind the bedtime bit; you'll be so giggles, chuckles, smirks, groans and a worry about how poor Pastor Crabtree exhausted you'll welcome it. But if an few outright laughs. There'll be a quiz will balance his books and how much old wrinklie like me can stand it, you where you could win the cost of your trip he'll have to chip in from his own ought to be able to.) to Congress—well, if you don't live TOO meagre personal pocket-money. (When far away; prizes will be handed out for you see how I'll be handing out the wee just being there to some people—books, (Concluded on page 13)

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Dr. Desmond Ford. CHURCH [10] 20/9/76 AUSTRALASIAN RECORD A Sabbath In Usurayan, Philippines J. H. ZACHARY, Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary, Manila, Philippines

THE LITTLE CHURCH was crowded. The roughly-hewn benches were spilling over with people. One enterprising mother had tied a ragged piece of cloth between the benches in such a fashion that it held her baby. The Adventist believers were clothed in their nicest clothing. Mixed among the believers were several betel-nut-chewing tribesmen. They had heard about the meeting and had come out of curiosity. Dr. Lewis, chairman of the Biology Seated on these uncomfortable plank Department of Mountain View College, benches were several people whose hair was speaking. What a challenge he and clothing were still wet. But how Dr. Tony Lewis of Mountain View College delivers a health education lecture. faced—to communicate principles of nu- their faces beamed! They were now trition to the congregation! How well I Christians, having just been baptized knew that during large portions of the earlier that day. The past four years been in almost daily communication with year the partly nomadic tribesmen ate had brought in a wonderful harvest; the devil. Now something wonderful had only cooking bananas and sweet potatoes over 250 of these tribesmen are now a happened. All the past was gone. His interspersed with a few in-season jungle part of the great family of God. words came hard too. "Pastor Zachary," roots! A table was spread with vege- Farewell he said, "before you came to our villages tables, fruits, and grains that had been Now came the hard part of the pro- we served the spirits of the forest. We quickly gathered from the homes and gramme. This was to be my last visit had a very hard life. We are so happy gardens of the people. In addition there to my Manobo friends. In just a few to know Jesus. How can we ever thank were a few items that had been gleaned days I would be reporting to the Seventh- you for telling us about Jesus?" from the jungle. Toward the end of the day Adventist Theological Seminary of "You must thank the Lord," I said. talk the translator, Brother Sanes, called the Far East, located on the campus of "In His wise plan He placed Mountain three women to come forward. The food Philippine in Manila. I View College just across the valley. The lay before them on the table. Each was looked over the congregation. It had `school of the light' will continue reach- asked to select foods for a meal so that been my privilege to baptize almost ing out to barrio after barrio until all her family would have food for energy, everyone present. The sea of faces people here know about Jesus." food for protection from sickness, and looked up in anticipation. Each face The Jeep journey home had further food for building strong bodies. Then told a different story. There was Feline reminders of what God had done through Dr. Lewis evaluated the meal. As the Boyahot, who had walked for two and the missionary-minded youth of Moun- first woman did a good job, Dr. Lewis one-half days through the jungle—and tain View College. held up a picture of a man and child he is a cripple! There was Marina—I Transformation showing vigorous health. When the remembered the battle she had fought As the Balaas trail ended at the log- next mother did not do so well, ripples to get the victory over betel-nut. There ging road we could see the silhouette of of laughter ran through the audience as was Pio, who had had a vision of Jesus Kawayan in the township of Halapitan. Dr. Lewis displayed a weak, sickly figure. inviting Him to study the Bible and fol- This little village had been the scene of New, important knowledge was being low the new ways. There was Mrs. bloodshed, as a group of renegade tribes- shared with the Manobos. Manoaway, whose large ugly goitre had men had raided and plundered at harvest Memories been removed through the kindness of time. Now Kawayan was eager to have For a moment my mind wandered from the doctors of Miller Sanitarium after the gospel story and have their own the scene before me. It was just six the long mercy flight by Don Christen- church. Brother Sanes and Gabriel months ago that Bennie Llanto, the sen, college financial adviser. And San- Reyno were already preparing materials student missionary located at Balaas, had geling, how his face beamed! I knew of for the building in preparation for the brought me to Usurayan. It had been a the ugly scar that covered about one- evangelistic effort. This would be the strenuous hike, climbing up one side of third of his body. How well I remem- forty-sixth church to be built with the the mountain and then down again. bered the day I found him lying on the help of the "school of the light" during Nestled at the edge of the valley was floor of a nipa home! He had been there the past five-and-a-half years. Usurayan. It was a familiar scene, with four days. His dirty clothing had stuck The Thirteenth Sabbath Offering to be about fifteen nipa huts amid the fallen fast to the ugly burns. Then there was received in September will help the 1,200 trees in a tiny clearing. Then there were the four-hour hike as we carried him out member student body to have a stronger the pigs, the skin diseases, the ignorance, of the jungle. Upon his return to his home base for continuing the missionary the lack of hygiene. But now Usurayan home he had studied the Bible, and now outreach programme. The severely over- was a village that was beginning to he, too, was a part of God's family. taxed and outmoded hydro-electric plant change. My turn to speak—there was no more must be replaced. The cost will reach Home visitations, Bible studies, health time for remembering. These were my over $US100,000. One-third of the assistance and more were shared with friends; it was hard to say good-bye. amount has been secured by careful the people as Bennie and his com- Somehow, the painful words came, and handling of the operating budget. A panion, Marino Rodriguez, made weekly as I was about to sit down, Chief Tiba- portion of the overflow will help keep the visits. Proudly the barrio captain had lawan of Dampaan stood to his feet. construction going forward on the hydro showed me a place where the earth was Tears ran down his cheeks. How dif- plant. being levelled in preparation for the ferent he looked in church this day from Another pressing need is student hous- church they were planning to build. That the first time I met him! Then there ing. Every available square foot of building became a reality. The village had been the smell of the local liquor; dormitory floor space is crowded with has been transformed. then he had punctuated his remarks students. The college has doubled in size Another burst of laughter came as Dr. with frequent spitting of the juice of the during the past six years, making it one Lewis displayed another poster, and betel-nut; then his clothing had told of of the largest Adventist college student brought my mind back to the meeting. poverty and lack of hygiene. He had bodies outside North America. AUSTRALASIAN RECORD 20/9/76 [11]

CARMEL COLLEGE INGATHERERS QUIZ ON THE SABBATH DAVID CRAWFORD, Communication Secretary, Carmel College, Western Australia PHIL WARD

BY FOLLOWING the time-proven 1. PRAY for the Lord to guide and KEEPING the seventh-day method of pray, plan, plod and praise, bless throughout all stages of the pro- Sabbath is one of the main dis- Carmel College ingathered $11,516— gramme. And He certainly will! tinguishing features of Seventh- 2. PLAN carefully and thoroughly so a fantastic sum and a tremendous in- day Adventists. The church that all can receive the blessing of God. follows this practice because crease over the 1975 effort of $9,153. 3. PLOD. No Appeal for Missions can The chart tells the story most dramati- there is no Biblical instruction be achieved without much of this in- to change the worship day to cally. Valuable contacts were made gredient. (And of course we smiled at Sunday. and already Bible studies have been every door.) How much do you know about held in homes. Keen collectors (ninety were involved) the Sabbath? Answer the fol- made it possible for three cars to bring You might well ask, Why it is that lowing ten questions either true in over $1,000 each, and for six young or false to see how complete Carmel College students are such gifted people to gather in over $150 each. And ingatherers, and what is this proven pro- your knowledge is on the sub- two girls were over the $200 mark—the ject. See answers on page 14. gramme that has such obvious success? top collector (Marji Seeghi) amassing Here's how it was done! (Cross out F if the statement is $246. true; cross out T if the state- 4. PRAISE God for the reality of His ment is false.) power. 1. Although the Sabbath was kept before the Ten Command- CHART ments were given on Sinai, there 1975 1976 is no specific mention of the Area Appeal Appeal Sabbath before this time. F. T. PERTH SUBURBS 2. The Sabbath is not only a Sabbath 705 1,234 symbol of God's power in creat- ing the earth, but it is a symbol Sunday 1,597 2,530 that He has saved us. F. T. Monday 1,543 1,862 3. The Seventh-day Adventist Tuesday 1,295 1,411 Church was the first Protestant Wednesday 1,483 1,720 church to keep the seventh-day Sabbath. F. T. COUNTRY TRIPS 4. There were no Sabbath- Eastern Wheatbelt 267 450 keeping adventists until after Moora and Districts 415 504 the of Katanning and Districts 945 1,105 October 22, 1844. F. T. Goldfields 903 700 5. Ellen G. Harmon refused to Lay Activities leader, Mr. John Eaton, marry James White until he meets with top collector Miss Mari' Seeghi and L.A. secretary Miss Patricia TOTAL $9,153 $11,516 decided to join her in keeping Galwey. the seventh-day Sabbath. F. T. 6. Some early Adventists kept the Sabbath from 6 p.m. Fri- day to 6 p.m. Saturday. F. T. 7. When Adventist mission- aries reached Pitcairn Island, they found the inhabitants were already worshipping on the seventh-day Sabbath. F. T. 8. The first Adventist min_ ister to start keeping the Sab- bath was . F. T. 9. Although there are no Sab- bath meetings recorded in the after the resur- rection, this does not mean the Sabbath was not observed. F. T. 10. In the earth made new, mankind will be so healthy he will not need rest, so there will be no Sabbath. F. T.

"The tenderness and mercy that Christ has revealed in His own precious life will be seen in those who become sharers of His grace. But 'if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of His. ... He is alienated from God, fitted only for Preparing to plod the territory are, from left: M. Seeghi, N. Lundstrom, D. Bailey, eternal separation from Him."—"Christ's D. Crawford, A. Parker, G. Ireland, M. Porter, and D. Nolan. Photos: D. Crawford. Object Lessons," page 251. [12] 20/9/76 AUSTRALASIAN RECORD IN WAGGA WAGGA . . . Temperance Reaches Influential Groups TOM TOOGOOD, Lecturer in Management, Riverina College of Advanced Education PASTOR RON TAYLOR, Division demonstration of community need and Temperance director—whose impact participation in planning and decision- through God's blessing in government, making (it also agreed very well with the professional and Christian circles has management textbooks, so we gave him an "A")—but he effectively illustrated his been such that I will not even attempt talk with an algorithm (that's a step-by- to list all his various positions, official step action or learning diagram) and and charitable, recently made a visuals, leaving no doubt of the success triple-barrelled attack on intempe- of the 5-Day Plan in freeing thousands rance all in the same twenty-four of people from the tobacco scourge. hours at Wagga Wagga, on Monday, Providential Replay July 26. Pastor Taylor's second "attack" was The writer, as co-ordinator for the his appearance on prime regional news R.C.A.E. of the Course in Management time on local TV the same afternoon. Skills for Clergy, and in order to help TV technicians probably were not aware promote our church's word to these in- that a technical mishap in the studio fluential men, as well as provide them caused a replay of Pastor Taylor's seg- with a useful case study in management, ment. No doubt this was providential as had asked the Division for assistance in it riveted the attention of viewers right Pastor R. W. Taylor. providing a guest speaker. Action fol- on that section. lowed in the very suitable person of To cap it all, Pastor Taylor, still look- Pastor Ron Taylor. He was asked to ing quite fresh, presented the tem- recent fine series of articles in the stress the important factor of how the perance message that same night to a "Review," on "Mission to the Privileged," Seventh-day Adventist Church motivated Leadership Development Seminar at the emphasizing our responsibility towards its laymen to actively help with com- Wagga Commercial Club. Here, twenty- the "higher" classes. The success God munity service programmes such as the five present and potential managers from gave us as a minister-lay team in this 5-Day Plan. When earlier in the year business and government heard him ex- pilot seminar seems to be the "green we had made a survey of the needs of plain the dangerous impact of the light" to run similar programmes else- management and leadership training of cancer-stick on executive efficiency, and where. The seminar design included Protestant and Catholic clergy within a saw his films on stress and overweight. some secular material on leadership 160-kilometre radius of Wagga Wagga, Good Success principles, to attract interest and at- the problem of motivating the laity was The writer had organized this Seminar, tendance, but the health and temperance identified as one of the key areas. with prompt support from the Conference presentation was the major feature. Our national Narcotics educator not Temperance Department, following some Dr. H. E. Clifford, Medical director, only told the clergy the practical "nitty positive assistance from the local Tem- Sydney Adventist Hospital, has willing- gritty" of how laity were involved and perance director, Pastor Kevin Ferris, ly agreed to participate in the next motivated, stressing vital factors such as and some thought-stimulation from the seminar.

"I wouldn't have married, of course," Looking at TV she saw a commercial was the answer. But to prove that, after in which the man of the house asks what SAY SOMETHING all, doctors do have to apply their is for dinner. "Casserole," says his wife, MISS D. HON knowledge differently when they are "beef goulash." He sits down and mut- dealing with someone like Mrs. Pogson, Communication Secretary, Thornleigh ters, "A handful of herbs, a pinch of Church, Greater Sydney she did marry, and she did have five spice. Please make it edible!" (This children. And now she has twenty-four last said with eyes closed and head grandchildren and three great-grand- lifted.) When she asks what he is doing, HOW MANY TIMES have you children. he says, "Saying grace." and I said, "Well! It shouldn't be allowed. Someone ought to do some- Ingathering Contact Wrong Example thing about it!" And then just left Mrs. Pogson had been a Methodist for Mrs. Pogson realized, as we did, that it was setting a wrong example for it there. nearly seventy-four years when Jill Wong called on her on Ingathering three years children who have been taught to say Not Mrs. Pogson. A slender, seventy- ago. Jill invited her to Pastor Potter's grace. So she wrote the advertiser a seven year-old member of Thornleigh mission. Then it was Pastor Bolst's. letter saying the advertisement was ir- church, she is as bright and out-going At one meeting she was given a form religious. as if she were thirty years younger. which said, "Tick here if you would like Colman Foods, the advertisers, were When she was eighteen years old, doctors further help." Mrs. Pogson ticked, very understanding, and in their reply discovered she had a hole in her heart. thinking that she would get some more said that they had shown the commercial Nowadays they would operate on her and papers. Instead Mr. Taylor called on to a housewife group and had received a sew up the hole and tell her to live a her, and she had studies. She was going very enthusiastic response, and there had normal life. In those days they didn't, to church with Jill and her family by been no objections. but she lived a normal life anyway. this time, and before long she joined the However, they always went to great She is not exactly healthy, and on one baptismal class. pains to avoid causing offence, and they of her visits to the doctor he said, "Hum! Mrs. Pogson is at Sabbath school and would have the commercial changed, even That hole you have in your heart; you church every week. She works with the though it would be costly. know you should never have married. Welfare society, makes flower arrange- It took a little time, but it has been And as for having children!" ments, crochets—and yes, she does In- changed. So next time you say some- "What would you have done if you had gathering. thing is too bad, but what's the use of known?" I asked her. And she said it, and she did it! saying anything—think of Mrs. Pogson. AUSTRALASIAN RECORD 20/9/76 [13] and you feel like throwing them out, that is when they need kindness. We have the whole Bible as our instruction ATTENTION GRADUATE TEACHERS manual; lessons are there for our learn- ing and admonition. The story of the Graduates from the Diploma in Primary Education at Avondale prodigal son offers a valuable lesson. College in the years 1974 and 1975 are eligible to participate in an The father did not throw his son out Up-grading Programme to be offered at Avondale College, December when he had squandered his share, but 12-23, 1976. Successful completion of this programme will attract the welcomed him back with love and kind- newly recognized DIPLOMA OF TEACHING (PRIMARY). Conference- ness, in spite of everything. employed teachers will receive application forms from their employers, I have ten children, thirty-six grand- but other teachers must write IMMEDIATELY to the ACADEMIC DEAN, children, and fourteen great-grandchil- dren. I have a grandson twenty-three AVONDALE COLLEGE, COORANBONG, N.S.W. 2265, for information years old who says that he doesn't think and application forms. anyone has such a "with it" Nan as he has. Because I do not criticize their manner of dress or living, they regard me as fun to be with. There must be to- T.A.U.C. YOUTH CONGRESS (03) 83 5782 and he'll have the applica- getherness with all ages. tion back in a flash. (Concluded from page 9) Another warning to parents: Do not Believe me if you never believe any- rave at the person who has done wrong, gifties, you'll be really concerned for his thing else I say, this is the Congress you because often what you are really mad solvency.) have been waiting for. Planned carefully about is what the neighbours will say. Well, how to get there—that becomes to combine spiritual emphasis with re- All you have to worry about is what God No. 1 Question. Me, I'll hop in the car laxation and fellowship, with just the will say, and He has made provision to and bore down the track to Monash Uni- right amount of discipline and fantastic lift all who fall by the wayside. versity and its plush living quarters, and meals, so what else is there? The cheap- His love is as that of the prodigal son's I'll be there. But YOU have to fill in an est holiday in the plushiest surroundings father, only much greater, and He will application form. You can get one from you'll ever get. For a tiny $75! And welcome us to a more beautiful home, on your Youth director. Tell you what, I'll there are no hidden charges, no extra our repentance and faith in Him. help you do that too. I'll put in a form dollars to fork out for this'n'that, and Dorothy M. Bonser, and you can fill it out and send it to everything is just about ready to GO! Western Australia. your Youth director or to the T.A.U.C. See me there, huh? I'll be looking for Youth director, Pastor B. L. Crabtree at you. You'll recognize me easily. I'll be OBSERVATIONS P.O. Box 41, Surrey Hills, Victoria, 3127. the oldest youngster there. So here's my Dear Editor, Or, if you don't have to pay the phone last tip: GET THAT APPLICATION IN May I offer some general comments bill, ring him during office hours on SOON. Like NOW!!! prompted by my reading of articles and letters to the editor in recent RECORDS? First, in relation to the issue dated 12/7/76 and the letter entitled "Advent- There is no comparison with fifty years ists and Breast-feeding," the finest ago and the world today. It is a com- counsel that I know of is given in "Life plete new world, as to the increase of at Its Best" ("Ministry of Healing") in knowledge today. Australia being the the chapter, "Understanding the Child." youngest country, and Western Australia The most helpful section is contained in being the furthest away, we are only the paragraph commencing "The best now reaping the whirlwind of the world's food for infants . . ." and the following problems. paragraphs. I am in agreement with our writer To the "Seeker after More Effective when she says that adults are, in most Prayer" I would recommend the marvel- cases, to blame for the sorry mess the lous insights of "," par- world is in, and for the love of money. ticularly the chapter entitled "The Clothing designers set young people up Privilege of Prayer." with a wardrobe of the latest garb, then Then just one sentence in an article in change their fashions. Out goes the lot a recent RECORD seemed to be written in favour of another style, equally as just for my heart. The expression "sit- LETTERS awful. Again the instigators fill their ting together in heavenly places," and coffers, and the vicious circle goes on. the context in which it came, really to th• EDITOR lifted my spirits in a wonderful way. The seventeen-year-olds are allowed a PLEASE NOTE: Letters are accepted for publica- While praying at dawn beside my win- tion at the discretion of the editor; the receipt of a car. Most young people of this age can- dow, I really felt lifted up, and the letter does not mean that it will necessarily be not afford a car, so often resort to petty knowledge that I am included among published. Correspondents should also understand that their letters will be sub-edited to bring them to thieving. those sitting together there, provided a a suitable literary standard, though every effort will wonderful thought. be made to preserve the essential point of the Television educates on how to steal original. successfully, also portraying immorality In closing, I would express the wish Pseudonyms may be used for publication, but the that the RECORD will continue to pro- original must have the full name and address of the and violence. One only has to be up writer. with world affairs to see what has hap- vide inspiration and blessing to church Letters published may not necessarily represent pened to the rest of the world. Of course members everywhere. the ideals or the teachings of the denomination; "Reader," such are found in our editorial, devotional and news we don't like to see it happen to Aus- columns. tralia. We should be noticing how near Victoria. the end is. PRAYER Most parents do their best to rear their Dear Editor, TEENAGE PROBLEMS children in the way they are to go, but This quotation from Paul Gallico Dear Editor, when the children reach adult years, (name of book forgotten), is sent with Re the opinion of Shirley Blandford which today is the age of eighteen, one the hope that it might be some help to and the problem of Adventist teenagers. can only advise them, and as Mrs. Bland- "Seeker After More Effective Prayer" Of course the problem is of all teenagers. ford says, when they make a mistake, (RECORD 12/7/76). [14] 20/9/76 AUSTRALASIAN RECORD "For a prayer may not be a rhetorical SABBATH ANSWERS address, or an itemized petition, or lips 1. False. The Sabbath is mentioned in 5. False. Neither Ellen nor James moved soundlessly inside a cathedral or White kept the Sabbath at the time of even words spoken into the air. A prayer the Bible before the Ten Commandments are given. Gen. 2: 2, 3 tells of God in- their marriage. may be a wordless inner longing, a sud- stituting the Sabbath although it is not 6. True. Adventists pioneers, including den outpouring of love, a yearning within named as such in this Passage. In Ex. 5: Ellen White and Joseph Bates, started the soul for a moment united with the in- 5 Pharaoh mentions that Moses made the their Sabbath observance at 6 p.m. Fri- finite and the good, a humbleness that people rest. This word "rest" means the day. J. N. Andrews investigated the needs no abasement or speed to express, rest of the Sabbath. But the only place matter and in late 1855 showed that the a cry in the darkness for help when all in the King James Bible where "Sab- Sabbath started at sunset. seems lost, a song, a poem, a kind deed, bath" is mentioned before the Ten Com- 7. True. Christians on Pitcairn Island a reaching for beauty, or the strong quiet did not allow for the International Date inner reaffirmation of faith." mandments is in EX. 16: 23-29. 2. True. The Sabbath is both a symbol Line. They thought they were worship- "Another Seeker," ping on Sunday when it was actually New Zealand. of God's creating the world (Ex. 20: 11) and of His sanctifying, or saving us (Eze. Saturday. FAULTY ARGUMENTS? 20: 12). 8. False. The first Adventist minister Dear Editor, 3. False. The Seventh Day Baptist to observe the Sabbath was Frederick Yes! Jesus is coming (RECORD Church started in Britain long before the Wheeler in March 1844. Joseph Bates 26/7/76). But the cause engendered by Seventh-day Adventist Church began in did not keep the Sabbath until after this truth cannot afford bad arguments America. reading a tract on it in February 1845. in its favour. The implications of Dan. 4. False. The first Adventists to start 9. False. There are Sabbath meetings 12: 4, Isa. 2:7 and Nahum 2: 3, 4 are keeping the Sabbath did so about March recorded in the New Testament after the not, I believe, what Keith Miller takes 1844. This happened when a Seventh resurrection. These are found in Acts them to be. If they were, our study of Day Baptist joined a small group of chapters 13, 15, 16, 17 and 18. Scripture would be futile, for we would Sunday-keeping adventists in Washing- 10. False. Isa. 66: 23 indicates the be delving into a volume of ambiguities, ton, New Hampshire. Sabbath will be kept in the new earth. the happy hunting-grounds of religious allegorists. CHURCH HISTORIAN PREDICTS interred the next day at the Karrakatta Ceme- Bible Study Rule 4, of five outlined on tery, Western Australia. Being an earnest page 656 of the Seventh-day Adventist HARD TIMES AHEAD Christian, he was a wonderful influence for good wherever he went. His wife predeceased him, Bible Commentary, Vol. 4, is appropriate Church historian and "The Christian and there are left to mourn two sons, Vivian in this case: "The Bible must be in- Century" associate editor, Martin E. and Colin, and two daughters, Dulcie (Mrs. terpreted in the light of its context. . . . Cyril Borgas) and Thelma (Mrs. Ted Borgas). Marty, predicts hard times are ahead for He is sleeping until the Life-giver calls him. The student must limit his application "honest religious institutions" and the Pastor J. Beamish was associated with the to the bounds set by the author. . . ." "boom" is past for the "new religions," writer at the graveside. D. A. Speck. Ellen White's quotations from the writ- including those of the occult cult types, GILL. At the age of seventy-two years, John ings of Joseph Wolff on pages 359, 360 of led by "hit-and-run gurus." Marty Ballantyne Gill was suddenly taken ill and fell "The Great Controversy" should never be asleep in the Lord on May 23, 1976. Brother classifies five major types of religion: Gill came to Australia from England some fifty ignored. I am certain that Daniel's mainline religion; civil religion; ethnic years ago, and in more recent years accepted perplexity (Dan. 8: 27-9: 19; 1 Peter 1: religion; evangelical fundamentalists, and the Advent message. His active service in the small Mandurah church will be missed, and many 10-12) would only have increased if he Pentecostalists. He claims that "few of the members of the church made the trip to had received from Gabriel the idea that shocks" are left for Catholicism, in the Karrakatta Cemetery in Perth, Western Australia, in the last days scientific knowledge to join his wife, relatives and friends at the aftermath of Vatican II, as well as the service. W. H. Kraa. would increase, technology improve, and boom having passed for the "new re- travel increase. ligions." Racial and ethnic religious GILLIS. Sister Clarice Margaret Gillis died in the Coff's Harbour hospital, New South Wales, Dr. R. H. Brown, in his presentation at features will continue to be emphasized. on July 27, 1976. Sister Gillis was born into the 1974 North American Bible Con- Thoughtful people have become wary of the home of George and Ethel Smith on July ference, wrote: "Illustrations and allu- 14, 1912, and was baptized in Lismore by Pastor organized civil religion. Marty predicts M. H. Whittaker. She married Laurie Gillis in sions in sermons as well as in church that evangelicals, fundamentalists, and 1939 and spent most of her married life in literature should withstand the scrutiny Mount Colah where she was a foundation mem- similar groups will continue to prosper, ber of the church. Her home was noted for its of the best informed individuals." but they have nearly reached the limit of hospitality and was often filled with young Away with pyramids in Egypt (Isa. 19: their market. He also believes that de- people. On July 30, 1976, Pastor L. C. Naden 19, 20), aeroplanes over Jerusalem (Isa. associated with the writer in bringing a message nominational membership tells too little of hope and comfort to the large gathering of 31: 5), cars in crowded streets (Nahum about what people really believe. loved ones and friends of this loving and lovable 2:3, 4), and the "yellow" peril (Rev. 16: Christian at the Mount Colah church and later —"Light," Northern Europe- at the Northern Suburbs Lawn Cemetery, Sydney. 12). Come, Lord Jesus. West Africa Division. T. J. Rosevear. Angus McPhee, South Australia. GRIBBLE. Sister Hazel Ada Gribble passed to her rest in the Eastern Suburbs Hospital, [Editor's Note: In fairness to Keith Sydney, on July 30, 1976, after a long illness. Our sister accepted the Advent message some Miller, the author of the article here dis- twenty years ago, and for the last seven years cussed, it should be pointed out that he had been a member of the Oak Flats Seventh- did not use Isa. 19: 19, 20, Isa. 31:5 or day Adventist church. For the past few years Sister Gribble had been isolated by sickness, Rev. 16: 12 in his article. He did, how- but whenever she could she radiated peace and ever, interpret Dan. 12:4 to mean an goodwill to her fellow patients. We laid her to increase in communication technology. TILL HE COMES rest to await the call of the Life-giver in the Lakeside Memorial Park, Dapto, New South While we are in full agreement with Wales, after a service at the graveside. Pastor McPhee's exegesis of Dan. 12: 4, Would those who send notices of weddings F. J. Gorry. and obituaries please remember that two facts we ought to recognize that the S.D.A. must be included in every notice. These are HARDING. On Thursday, April 15, 1976, Bible Commentary allows Mr. Miller's the date and the place at which the death (or Brother James Wyatt ("Pop") Harding passed burial) or wedding took place. Without this to his rest in the Opotiki Hospital, New Zealand, interpretation, sanctioning it with this information the notices cannot be published. after a short illness. He was a faithful mem- final comment on the verse: "This Correspondents are reminded that wedding details ber of the Opotiki church company, and will be prophecy has also been interpreted as must be limited to ninety words and obituaries sadly missed by them. Our brother was survived to one hundred and twenty words.—Editor. by his wife Grace (since deceased), and sons pointing to the stupendous advances of Bruce, Noel and Owen and also by a daughter science and general knowledge in the last DOUGLAS. Brother Percy Douglas was born Maureen (Sister Thoresen). Brother Harding was in England eighty-eight years ago, and came to baptized by Pastor C. T. Potter in Hawera. He century and a half, advances that have Fremantle in 1913. He accepted the Advent was eighty-two years of age at the time of his made possible a widespread proclama- message in Albany in 1933 and later retired at passing, and was interred at the Opotiki Ceme- Narrogin. On July 27, 1976, he passed away at tery, New Zealand, on April 19. The writer was tion of the message of these prophecies."] the Valencia Nursing Home at Carmel, and was assisted by Brother C. Foote. Ron Lewis. AUSTRALASIAN RECORD 20/9/76 [15]

HARDING. Grace Isobel Harding died on Western Australia, with their wives and chil- WHEN THE NEED ARISES . . . May 15, 1976. She was the wife of the late dren, mourn the loss of a loving wife and Understanding and dignified funeral service by Brother James Wyatt Harding, who predeceased mother. Her eyes remain closed until the return an Adventist funeral director and staff. Funerals her by only thirty days. Sister Harding was a of Jesus and the resurrection morning when she conducted in Sydney, Newcastle, and adjoining gracious woman, and was loved by all her family will see her loved ones again and share in God's areas. and friends. She was seventy-six years of age. eternal Sabbath. Russell Kranz. LAKE MACQUARIE FUNERAL SERVICE, She and her husband were baptized by Pastor [This obituary notice is longer than is usual, 24-hour attention. Phone (049) 73 1952. C. T. Potter in Hawera many years ago. Sister since no life sketch has been received. Ed.] Harding was interred at the Opotiki Cemetery, New Zealand, on May 20, 1976. She is mourned by sons, Bruce, Noel and Owen, and daughter Maureen. C. Foote. MUTU. Little Damien Mutu was aged only eleven months when he succumbed after an ill- NARROMINE ADVENTIST ness lasting only thirty-six hours. To his sorrow- SCHOOL AUSTRALASIAN RECORD ing parents, Lane and Vanetta Mutu, the writer expressed the sure hope of a soon-coming Saviour, The new building will be officially and Advent World Survey and the prospect of Damien's being restored to opened on September 19, 1976, at their arms when the resurrection call goes out. 2.00 p.m. All ex-members of Narro- Official Organ of the Little Damien was interred at the Kawerau Cemetery, New Zealand, on Thursday, May 20, mine church, and former students AUSTRALASIAN DIVISION OF THE SEVENTH-DAY 1976. Ron Lewis. and teachers of the Mumble Peg ADVENTIST CHURCH school, and all friends and interested Editor R. H. PARR NASH. A large group of relatives and friends gathered in the Tamworth church, New South spectators are invited. The school is Associate Editor K. S. PARMENTER Wales, and later at the Lawn Cemetery, to hear at 115-119 Terangion Street, Narro- again the words of hope and assurance of the Editorial Assistant JAMES H. RABE mine, N.S.W. 2821. resurrection, as we laid to rest Sister Viley Office Secretary - SHARON CLARKE Nash. Born near Tamworth, she had lived her Ray Roennfeldt, seventy-nine years in the district, and after a Church Pastor. Wahroonga Representative - KAREN BALDWIN short illness, passed away on July 22, 1976. Left to mourn are her husband Herbert, nearly ninety years of age, to whom she had been married for sixty-two years, three sons, two daughters and DISCOUNT FURNISHINGS their families. Baptized by Pastor 0. K. Free Quotes on: Annual subscription—post paid: Anderson in the early thirties, she has truly been • Insect Screens and Screen Doors a mother in Israel. We are sure the Lord marks • Venetian and Holland Blinds her resting place. H. A. Dickins. All areas covered by the Australasian • Drapes and Tracks Division $AUST.6.50 REANEY. Frank Reaney passed quietly to TOP QUALITY :: LOW PRICES his rest in the Latrobe Valley Hospital, Moe, ANYWHERE IN MELBOURNE Other countries $AUST.12.10 Victoria, on July 28, 1976, aged fifty-nine. He • Phone 95 2988 Air Mail postage rates on application. became a member of the remnant church some ten years ago. A World War II veteran, he FASHION FABRICS. Box 16, P.O. Glenorchy, • Order through your Adventist Book Centre or send survived the Dunkirk evacuation. He had suf- Tasmania, 7010. Dacrons—florals $1.50 m. direct to the Signs Publishing Company, Warburton, fered patiently from several complaints brought Terylene/chiffon $2.00 m. Terylene/jersey $2.00 Victoria, Australia. 3799. on by his war service. He found great comfort m. Terylene/linen $2.49 m. Terylene/gabardine All copy for the paper should be sent to The Editor, in his faith. He was laid to rest on July 29 in $2.40 m. Winter fabrics available. Samples RECORD, Signs Publishing Company, Warburton, the Springvale Cemetery, following a service in available. Remnant parcels $10.00. Victoria. 3799. the Moe church, Victoria, to await the resur- rection morning. D. J. Dabson. FOR ANYONE who truly needs an away- Appearing regularly In the Australasian Record are from-it-all holiday, complete peace, superb articles from the Review and Herald, the general THOMSON. Minnie Thomson was born at scenery, swimming-pool and tennis-court, ex- church paper of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, 011era, New South Wales, on January 6, 1883, cellent accommodation, write to Joan and Steve published at Washington, D.C., U.S.A. and passed away at the Charles Harrison Home, Nobbs, P.O. Box 47, Norfolk Island, 2899. Printed weekly for the Division by the Signs Cooranbong, on June 22, 1976, aged ninety-three Publishing Company, Warburton. Victoria. years. The eldest of four children born to Mr. and Mrs. William Reeves, Minnie met her hus- band Roy while nurse training at the Sydney FURTHER OPPORTUNITIES Sanitarium, and after his graduation they mar- ried in 1910. To their union were born two FOR RETIRED MINISTERS DIRECTORY daughters, Worthy and Ora (deceased), and two sons Russell and Trevor. In 1964, Sister Thom- In two country centres, and in the AUSTRALASIAN DIVISION OF THE SEVENTH-DAY son moved to "Kressville," where she endeared city of Adelaide, the Executive Com- ADVENTIST CHURCH herself to all who knew her. To her sister, mittee of the South Australian 148 Fox Valley Road, Wahroonga, N.S.W. 2076. Mrs. Ivy Hare, her brother Leslie and to her Conference will have opportunities sons and their families, we extend sincere sym- President R. R. Frame pathy. At the Avondale Lawn Cemetery, Pastors for retired ministers in 1977. A Secretary K. S. Parmenter W. G. Turner, Walter Ferris and the writer rent-free home will be available in Treasurer L. L. Butler Assistant Secretary - - - R. A. Evans associated in the consolation service, pointing each place, plus subsidies on the Assistant Treasurer - - - W. T. Andrews the mourners to the glorious day of reunion. approved scale, and other benefits. Field Secretary - - - A. S. Jorgensen 0. K. Anderson. Auditor S. H. Macfarlane Enquiries to: WHATMAN. Cecilia Coral Grace Whatman Associate Auditors - - - - G. J. Bland was born in 1888 at Sutton Forest, near Bowral, President, D. R. Eliot New South Wales, and at the good old age of South Australian Conference, eighty-seven years she passed away at the Ken- P.O. Box 120, Departmental Directors more Hospital, Goulburn, New South Wales, on PROSPECT, S.A. 5082 Education G. F. Clifford July 9, 1976. She had a large family, and the Health Food F. C. Craig Bowral church was filled with relatives and Phone inquiries to (08) 44 8069, Ade- Lay Activities R. H. Abbott friends for her funeral service. Sister Whatman laide (office hours), or 264 7082 (after Health D. E. Bain was baptized by Pastor Frank Basham, and hours). Reverse charges will be Health (Associate) - - B. A. Shollenburg continued in her faith to the end, although not Ministerial Association - - C. R. Stanley always able to attend services. She now rests accepted. Sabbath School and in the Seventh-day Adventist portion of the Communication - - - M. G. Townend Bowral Cemetery till the resurrection morning. Communication (Associate) - - R. A. Vince R. D. Trim. Publishing - - - - - J. T. Knopper MECHANICAL REPAIRS Stewardship and Development - - G. A. Lee WILSON. Ellen Wilson (nee Sheed), better For sound workmanship in car repairs and ser- Temperance and Religious Liberty - R. W. Taylor known to Western Australians as Nellie was Young People's Missionary born in Kanowa in the Kalgoorlie district of vicing, see your Adventist garageman. Electronic Tuning. Volunteer - - - - - Western Australia. With her late mother (Agnes Christian Services for the Blind - R. A. Vince Sheed) she first heard the Advent message WINRAY MOTORS Trust Services - - - - W. E. Rudge through the consistent witness of a lay worker 17 Coolstore Road, Croydon, Vic. 3136. who sold the "Signs of the Times" throughout Phone 725 0711. the district at a penny per copy. Studies in the home given by (the late) Bible teacher, Sister • Sawyer, resulted in both mother and daughter NEED CARPET OR VINYL becoming Adventists. Shortly after, Ellen at- ADVERTISERS PLEASE NOTE! All advertisements tended the Darling Range School (now known AT DISCOUNT PRICES? snould be sent to the editor at Signs Publishing as Carmel), and later went to Avondale to train Company, Warburton, Victoria. 3799. For personal service call in and see as a teacher in the cause of God. In 1937 she Advertisements approved by the editor will be married Pastor Gordon I. Wilson, and together Garry and Elizabeth Ritchie inserted at the following rates: they gave long years of service to the church. at Dial-A-Discount Floorcoverings, First 25 words $4.00 During a visit to relatives in Scotland, Sister 29 Scoresby Road, Bayswater Wilson suffered a severe attack of pneumonia. Each additional 5 words - - - 20 cents It was after returning to London in preparation or Main Street, Warburton. for the flight home to Australia that she failed Phone Bayswater 729 3566 Remittance and recommendations from local pas- to awaken from her sleep on Sabbath, August 7, or Warburton A/H (059) 66 2714. tor or Conference officer must accompany copy. 1976. Her devoted husband and two sons, Linray, an accountant in the Perth Branch of Late night shopping Thursday the Sanitarium Health Food Company, and to 9 p.m. David, an electrician, at present living in Gingin, ..ONVIP,•••••11. [16] 20/9/76 AUSTRALASIAN RECORD

tell yourself that the sugar in your case makes an exception. You're just as vulnerable as the rest of us. Who was it who called the stuff "pure, white and deadly"?

* The General Conference Communication Department FLASHPOINT would like to start a weekly column service (some- thing on the pattern of HEALTH-WISE) with the title of "Miracles Still Happen." "Each week," says James A. Gallagher of that department, "a short summary of a BELIEVABLE, documented miracle ex- perience would be given, with a credit-line for the BEFORE YOU WRITE in to say that you haven't had * Seventh-day Adventist Church. . . ." If you know a RECORD for a couple of weeks, let me say that of any authentic miracle stories, published or un- there have been none for a couple of weeks. Well, published, please send them to: "Miracles Still actually, there have been (if you see what I mean), Happen," Department of Communication, General but you have already had them. We close down Conference of S.D.A., 6840 Eastern Ave., N.W., part of our plant for a couple of weeks during the WASHINGTON, D.C., U.S.A. 20012. [Note: These August school holidays and again for a couple of will be prepared for general newspaper distribu- weeks over the Christmas-New Year. We rush tion, not for our own papers only.] madly about before these vacations trying to catch up and get ahead (which we always manage to do in spite of all the normal work we have to accom- X.- Up in Sydney (where they are liable to do practically plish), and we send the issues out before the holi- ANYTHING), they have a thing called the City-to- days. That is why you probably received two copies Surf Run (or some such name), where 11,000 of in the course of a single week a little while ago. these jogging "nuts" (the inverted commas to in- So hence the gap in our communication. But we're dicate that the word is used in the best possible with you now until Christmas. sense) put their physiques through the torture of getting from the city to Bondi ON FOOT (when there is a regular bus service! Can you imagine!?). * My friend Lance O'Neill, Publishing director of the South New Zealand Conference, in a personal letter Well, a team from the Sydney Adventist Hospital the other day, tells me of the great success that his (not a team of patients) entered and jogged success- men are having down there with the printed page. fully to the finish line. But the point of this story "We are now $18,000 ahead of last year's record is that one of them, Jim Sutherland, got sponsors to deliveries at the end of this month (July, I would back him, the amount raised to go to one of the guess], and we have had the privilege of seeing hospital projects. And if he did it in the next-to- eleven baptized thus far through the efforts of the impossible time of under 60 minutes, his sponsors literature programme." That is surely something would be up for even more. Well, Jim sailed to praise the Lord about, and keep up the good through the course—near enough to ten miles of work, Lance. hills and whatnot—in the unbelievable time of 55.22 minutes and collected a nifty $1,050 for his * HEALTH NOTE: PACEMAKER, the news-sheet of the trouble. That kind of thing almost makes me get Sydney Adventist Hospital, purloined (with appro- out the old sand-shoes and pull the ancient track suit priate acknowledgements) a piece from the Wash- from moth-balls and ask around for some backers. ington Adventist Hospital NEWS, which pinched it from . . , well, you know how it goes. Well, * Inspired by this health-cum-finance business, I report we're lifting it from PACEMAKER (thanks Mrs. that they are running a Weight Control Thing at Totenhofer—she's the editor of PACEMAKER), and Warburton soon, and because my bathroom scales, here it is: "A research team when I step on them, no longer show a figure but has reported some very interesting things about the a printed notice saying "ONE AT A TIME, PLEASE," intake of sugar and its relation to the body's re- I have decided to join. Tell you what; if you'll sistance to disease. Experiments showed that: back me for 10 cents a pound I lose over the eight 1. A normal healthy white blood cell can destroy weeks, I'll give it to Investment. Now who'll be fourteen bacteria. in it? I'll keep you posted. (Of course, if I PUT 2. Forty-five minutes after eating one iced donut ON the weight, I'll have to pay YOU. Only those (six teaspoons of sugar) that white blood cell can registered can claim. Act right away. You could destroy only ten bacteria. make a fortune.) 3. Eating one piece of fruit pie (ten teaspoons of sugar) enables that white blood cell to destroy only * The Wahroonga community are welcoming the Dr. 51 bacteria. Gerald Cliffords (see the story of the Andrews 4. A chocolate milk-shake and a cookie a graduation in a week or two). Dr. Clifford is the biscuit or similar confection] (containing eighteen brother of Dr. H. E. Clifford of the S.A.H. Formerly teaspoons of sugar) enabled it to destroy only two the Education director of the Trans-Africa Division, bacteria. Dr. Clifford was Academic Dean of Avondale Col- 5. A banana split (twenty-four teaspoons of lege before his study programme at Andrews. Now sugar) limits the ability of a white cell (forty-five he is home to settle into the Education portfolio at minutes later) to destroy only 4 of one bacteria." the Division. O.K., so the Americans are a bit heavy-handed with the sugar, but you sweet-tooths ought to go * "Finally, brethren . . .": Diplomacy is the art of away and memorize that piece of info. And don't letting someone else have your way.