THE ADVENT SABBATH REVIEW AND HERALD GENERAL CHURCH PAPER OF THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS DEDICATED TO THE PROCLAMATION OF THE EVERLASTING GOSPEL

The Seventh-day Adventist Exhibit

Literature Display in Mexico City

I By WILLIAM A. BUTLER

N the capital city of the Republic of Mexico a national exposition was held recently. The display was especially in the interests of literary arts. The most beautiful, wide I avenue in the city was selected for the place of the exposition, just opposite our new church site. Among the many booths of display was our own, with our Catholic friends as next- door neighbors. As one can see from the photograph, our display was attractively ar- ranged with many Bibles, denominational books, and tracts. In the background was shown the large world globe, with the inscription just beneath, "Our literature goes from our publishing houses to every home in all the world." The exposition lasted from April 15 to May 15, and 250,000 visitors streamed in and out from day to day. It seems that our display was one of the chief attractions and that we sold more literature than our Catholic friends. Our sales amounted to more than one thousand dollars American currency. (Continued on page 11)

VOL. 120, NO. 41 TAKOMA PARK, WASHINGTON, D. C., U. S. A. OCTOBER 14, 1943 OCTOBER 14, 194 3 women follow. They are slower to adopt the full meas- HEART- to -HEART ure of indecency, but each season finds them 'conserva- tively' following at a respectful distance, so that the modes for decent women today were the extremes of TALKS by the Editor indecency a few short seasons back. "The modern unchastity of women's clothes, the crude, lewd, wholly indefensible appeal to man's lowest instincts, the deliberate trading on the unclean and Women's Attire lustful side of human nature, is, we repeat, a basic cause of that widespread dishonor and crime that are polluting civilization today. Surely there are enough HOULD the editor of the REVIEW—a mere decent, intelligent, noble-minded women left to halt man—discuss the question of the attire of this mad craze for criminal impropriety. Surely they S womankind? We know that the answer of can and will take the lead for purity and decency and some would be decidedly in the negative. Indeed, honor, rather than be content to follow at long distance one good brother told me very decidedly a short that road which leads to nothing but degradation for all humanity." time ago that he thought this was a question that the women in the church should deal with wholly. If it was deplorable when this editorial ap- Well, if the women in the church would deal with peared to see the extremes in women's dress being it, we would be very glad to have them do so. In- adopted by conservative women, how much more deed, we have solicited several conservative, well- deplorable is the situation that confronts us at the balanced sisters to discuss this question in the present time. REVIEW, and they have declined our invitation. Responsibility of Mothers We have received several articles from the field on the subject, but written in such a style that We feel that there rests upon the motherhood made them unusable. in the church a great responsibility for this situ- We do not propose to discuss many details of ation. This responsibility was emphasized sev- the question, but we do feel that certain principles eral years ago by an editorial in the fashion maga- ought to be considered. And in dealing with it as zine, Good Dressing. It is well worth reading in a man, I am quite in line with Bible precedent, be- this connection, because it states principles which cause I find that two of the Bible writers lay down apply equally well today. certain fundamental principles which should gov- "A Distinct Point of Morals" ern the question. "What we must not forget is that there is a distinct The apostle Paul, in his epistle to Timothy, says point of morals in this question of how a woman this: dresses. A woman is never better than she dresses, "In like manner also, that women adorn themselves or, what is equally important, as she allows those to in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; dress over whom she has a mother's or equally re- not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly ar- sponsible control. In other words, a woman's dress ray; but (which becometh women professing godli- reveals with unfailing accuracy exactly what she is. ness) with good works." 1 Tim. 2:9, 10. There is, in fact, no mirror that so clearly reveals the character as a woman's dress. It is unerring and ab- In speaking of womankind, the apostle Peter solutely self-revealing. states that their lives and deportment should be "When we see young girls, as we saw them in larger of that character that would enable them to win numbers last, summer than ever before, brazenly or their unbelieving husbands. Of the wives he says : thoughtlessly displaying in their attire their physical rather than their innocent charms, the fault is not so "While they behold your chaste conversation coupled much with the girls as with their mothers who permit with fear. Whose adorning let it not be that outward them to buy and wear such clothes. The excuse that adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, mothers cannot control the attire of their daughters or of putting on of apparel; but let it be the hidden is begging the question; a mother is a pretty poor fail- man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even ure when she has to confess to such an admission. . . . the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in "Every mother of a young girl is a tremendous fac- the sight of God of great price. ' For after this manner tor in this question. She may think that she is only in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in one woman and, as such, powerless, like a drop in the God, adorned themselves." 1 Peter 3:2-5. ocean. But she is watched by some other mother ; her That there are wide departures from the prin- girl is looked up to by some other mother's daughter, and so the circle widens from one to many, and an in- ciples enunciated by these two Bible writers, we fluence is set in motion that it is impossible to recall. are sure all will admit. The years have presented "It is high time that every mother should think of a wide variety of styles and modes of dress, as herself as a powerful moral factor, and, as such, she well as the extremes to which fashion has led. should get very busy on the question of her girl's While conservative women have followed this lead clothes. We cannot be too careful. Then we will have at a respectful distance, the large majority have no after-regrets—the keenest pains in life !" succumbed to the influences surrounding them and The habits of life are formed largely in the have adopted each year the extremes of the year home. The manner in which the mother dresses before. And so they have gone on from step to her little girl is bound to be reflected in that girl's step, until we see today the unfortunate excesses life in later years. witnessed on every side. Unfortunately, these conditions which we see in the world around us are having a marked influence Extreme to Extreme in the Seventh-day Adventist Church. The Lord This was expressed a few years ago in a news- has called His children to be a peculiar people— paper editorial which we find in our files. peculiar in the way they dress, in heart and hab- "It is deplorable that as the extremists (in dress) its of life, in their recreations, even in the spirit jump from extreme to extreme, the presumably decent (Continued on page 10) • 2 THE ADVENT REVIEW Day of Intercession for Interned Missionaries October 30

By E. D. DICK • AR produces a multitude of evils besides remote from the areas of conflict, there to await the bloodshed and carnage of the battle- the close of the cruel struggles. To them, the time Wfield. The entire fabric of the nations in- of waiting drags slowly. Only the most restricted volved is affected. The social, economic, political, correspondence is permitted with loved ones— moral, and spiritual life of their peoples is often only twenty-five words on a postal card every thereby changed. Millions whose lives have been two weeks. Monotonous days and months wear devoted to pursuits of peace, are now, because of slowly on into. years. Hope wanes in the hearts the war, feverishly engaged in the production of of the captives as in the hearts of the loved ones instruments of death and destruction. Other mil- who longingly await their return. lions who, too, have been engaged in peaceful oc- Such are the restrictions and conditions recog- cupations are marshaled to fields of battle on land nized and imposed by nations which have ac- and sea and air, far removed from their home- cepted the Geneva Treaty governing such matters. lands. Among other nations we have reasons to fear Scores of thousands through the changing tides that even these conditions are not recognized and of battle are taken as prisoners and as such are that prisoners and internees of foreign nationals transferred by the conquering nations to regions in their hands may suffer indignities and cruelties not practiced nor dreamed of by so-called Christian nations. It is because of this that we grow increasingly anxious con- cerning the welfare of our interned mis- sionaries in occupied China, Borneo, and the Philippine Islands. Nor is this all. Increased anxiety grows out of the pos- sibility of even more hostile attitudes which may develop toward enemy na- tionals as the Allied Nations become in- creasingly successful in recovering the territory taken from them by the Japa- nese in the heyday of their success in the early months of the war. It is because of our growing concern for the safety and welfare of our mis- sionaries in those conquered lands that the General Conference Committee voted that Sabbath, October 30, should be set apart as a day of special prayer and in- tercession in behalf of these, our interned brethren and sisters. We have been sharing with the read- ers of the REVIEW such fragmentary news as has been received from our interned missionaries, but in view of this special call to prayer in behalf of these workers, it has seemed that it would be well if a full list of the names of all interned mis- sionaries was given in order that our intercessions for them might be more "Until the Day Break" real and vital. The full list with brief BY EMMA VIRGINIA WOOLARD explanations in some cases is here given : J. S. Russell, missionary appointee UNTIL the darkness turns to light And angry nations cease to fight; from Canada, who, when proceeding by Until the King of kings in might the steamer "Zamzam," with his family Returns with hosts of angels bright; and others to the Near East, in May, Then cruel wrongs shall be made right, 1941, was overhauled by a German raider And a world defiled by sin and blight Will be made new, and clean, and white, and taken to Germany, where he was in- And faith shall then be lost in sight terned. All efforts for his repatriation And glorious morning follow night. have thus far failed. A. Hessel, from Germany, formerly a missionary to Ethiopia, and there ruth- lessly ejected by Italians early in the AND SABBATH HERALD 3 Italo-Ethiopian War. Later he was appointed Love to service as treasurer of our Iran Mission. When BY OLIVIA C. CAMPBELL Iran was invaded he was taken prisoner by the Allies. His family was returned to Europe, while LOVE will never fail us Or others, we shall find; he was removed to Australia for internment. For love is very patient, Erich Bethmann, from Germany, was serving And love is always kind. as our missionary in Iraq when, owing to military Love will never honor self influences, he was removed to a war prison camp Or make a vain parade; But love is ever watching in India. For ways to be of aid. A number of missionaries from Germany were laboring in the Dutch East Indies when they were Love is slow to tell it, taken in charge by the Dutch early after the dec- When others have done wrong; laration of war by Japan. With the onrush of the Love will not be envious Of the rich or strong. Japanese armies to the south, our brethren were Love is not resentful, transferred to internment camps in India. The But will see us at our best; following compose this group : F. J. J. Dittmar, Love will always hasten P. Drinhaus, F. K. Erlecke, G. Faass, S. Horn, To help those in distress. W. J. Kolling, A. I. Krautschick, E. Niemann, and Love is never selfish, A. H. • Zimmermann. Our leaders in Southern Love will not be rude; Asia have visited them in their camp and have On the rights of other folks, supplied them with such requisites as they found Love will not intrude. them in need of, and they are being supplied with Love is always hopeful; By goodness, love is blest ; funds by the General Conference as they require. Love will never disappear, Their wives, in attempting to return to their For love stands Bible tests. homelands via Japan and Russia, were in Japan —From "The California Cultivator." when Russia was attacked by Germany and tran- sit through Russia was cut off. They, therefore, are yet in Japan. for whom we share particular concern, is in the We have recently received word that G. B. Philippines. Some are near Manila, others near Youngberg and W. W. R. Lake are interned by Baguio. The complete list of these faithful mis- the Japanese in North Borneo. When these breth- sionaries is as follows : ren learned that their way of escape was cut off, Elder and Mrs. A. N. Anderson, Miss Ruth At- they plunged back into the jungles to continue well, Elder and Mrs. E. M. Adams, Elder and Mrs. their work for the native peoples. Since then they E. W. Bahr and one child, Mr. and Mrs. 0. A. have been taken in charge by the Japanese invad- Blake, Mrs. Mary Blake, Mrs. C. C. Crisler, Mr. ers. A cable recently received states that they are and Mrs. B. B. Davis, Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Dinsbier interned in British North Borneo. and their two children, Miss Mildred Dumas, Mr: Turning now to occupied China—as far as we and Mrs. H. L. Dyer, Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Eldridge know, our missionaries there are in four groups, and one child, Elder S. L. Frost, Mr. and Mrs. though their precise location is not known. W. E. Guthrie and their two children, Mr. and. At Hong Kong E. C. Wood was regretfully left Mrs. R. L. Hammill and two children, Mr. W. I. behind at the time of the first relief trip by the Hilliard, Drs. Vera and H. C. Honor with two chil- MS. "Cripsholm," in June, 1942. Since repatria- dren, Miss Bessie Irvine, Mr. W. Ismond, Mr. and tion was limited to United States citizens, Brother Mrs. F. B. Knight and one child, Miss Rachel Lan- Wood, being a Canadian, was not permitted to drum, Elder C. W. Lee, Mr. and Mrs. James Lee return with our other missionaries who were de7 and two children, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Leland and livered from Stanley prison. We assume that he one child, Mrs. E. L. Longway with two children is still in Hong Kong. (Elder Longway is in free China, and has been At Canton the following brethren and sisters there since prior to the outbreak of war, in De- have been under restraint : Elder and Mrs. J. P. cember, 1941) , Elder and Mrs. E. P. Mansell and Anderson and Dr. and Mrs D. D. Coffin. two children, Miss Bessie Mount, Mr. and Mrs. At Amoy: B. L. Anderson. C. C. Morrison, Miss Vesta Pauline Neal, Miss At Shanghai : Elder and Mrs. John Oss and Dr. Mary Ogle, Miss Bertha Parker, Miss Emma F. C. L. Dale are under restraint or are interned., Pflug, Elder and Mrs. F. A. Pratt with one child, Of those in the preceding groups, we have re- Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Rodgers and one child from ports, though yet unconfirmed, that Elder B. L. England, Elder and Mrs. W. B. Riffel with their Anderson, Mrs. D. D. Coffin, and Dr. C. L. Dale are three children, Miss Merle Silloway, Miss Edna being repatriated on the second trip of the "Grips- Stoneburner, Elder and Mrs. L. M. Stump, Miss holm." This ship is now on her outward voyage Thora Thomsen of Denmark, Elder and Mrs. E. J. to Portuguese Goa, India, where the exchange of Urquhart and one child. Elder and Mrs. L. C. repatriates will take place. An official list will be Wilcox and one child, Mrs. Lyle, Mr. and Mrs. released through our State Department when the W. C. Williams, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Wittschiebe "Gripsholm" leaves the port of exchange. and their two children. Our largest group of missionaries, and those All are from America except as noted. The full

Published by the Seventh-day Adventists. Printed every Thursday by the Review and Herald Publishing" Association. at Takoma Park. Washington 12, D. C., U. S. A. Entered as second-class matter August 14. 1903, at the post office at Washington. D. C., under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. Vol. 120, No. 41. One year, $2.75. 4 THE ADVENT REVIEW OCTOBER 14, 1 943 list consists of 89 adults and 27 children. This is and communities at the behest of the church. a large number. Doubtless many of our believers They have gone forth in faith and confidence to know one or more of these individuals. do a work of love for us. They are our personal While, no doubt, most of our people have often representatives. They have gone forth for us. implored the throne of grace in behalf of our They have been overtaken by the ill fortunes of brethren who have had the misfortune to be in- war. Their present position is due to no fault of terned, we request that in a very special way in- theirs. Let us on this special Day of Prayer, tercession be made on Sabbath, October 30, for Sabbath, October 30, unitedly implore the God of the welfare and safety and early repatriation of all mercies that He will bring protection and de- these our fellow workers and friends. liverance and an early return for them to their These workers have gone out from our churches homelands, loved ones, and church fellowship.

Incidents of Divine Healing By 0. MONTGOMERY

ANY times the Lord honors the faith of amine my feet and legs. With astonishment he those who pray for the sick when the pa- said, "What has happened here?" for there was M tient is in no condition to exercise faith no sign of any red spots. He examined .me all for himself. In the dead of a very severe New over. Every red spot had disappeared. When he England winter I became seriously ill with rheu- took my temperature, there was no fever. My matic fever. I was in the home of one of our delirium had entirely disappeared. The doctor brethren in the little village of West Burke, Ver- said, "I don't understand this." Then my wife mont. Fortunately, we had an excellent physi- told him about the special prayer and the anoint- cian. He was very faithful and did everything in ing, and that the Lord had wrought divine healing. his power to bring relief, but the days lengthened He said, "Well, I don't know anything about that, into weeks, and finally the physician told my wife but I know that something very remarkable has that he had done everything he knew to do. If taken place here." she desired to call any other physician she should The disease was rebuked, the fever was gone, feel free to do so, or if she wanted a specialist but my strength was not restored. I required from Boston, he would be glad to make the ar- many weeks to build up and get back to normal. rangements for her. However, he told her frankly that he feared there was no hope. Other Experiences A wire was sent to the union conference presi- At one time we were on our way to California dent asking him to come and have prayer for my and stopped at Southern Junior College for the healing. Since it was impossible for him to re- graduation exercises. Friday night my wife be- spond, two of our brethren who were farmers, gan to suffer excruciating pain in one of her eyes. elders of two different churches, were called. On Sabbath I took her to our physician in Chat- They came into my room, knelt by my bedside, and tanooga, who arranged for her to see an eye spe- prayed for my healing, anointing me with oil in cialist. When he examined the eye he discovered the name of the Lord. that she was suffering with an ulcer of the cornea I had been delirious for some days and had no and was in a serious condition. He told us that part in the prayer service. My suffering was in- he could not possibly save the sight of that eye, tense. Early in the development of the case large but he thought he could save the sight of the other red spots, each about the size of a twenty-five-cent one. He said that it would grow steadily worse piece, covered my ankles and feet, then came up for some time; consequently, he gave her medi- to the knees and began to appear on the knuckles cines to put in the eye to relieve the suffering as of both my hands, my elbows, and finally on other much as possible and told her to come back on parts of the body, until at last a cluster of these Monday. red spots appeared over the heart. That afternoon we arranged for Elder Behrens, The doctor had been coming two or three times Elder Richardson and his wife, and Elder Watts a day. Each time he would carefully raise the to unite with us in prayer and anointing for her covering and examine my feet and legs. It was healing. The answer came immediately. Her eye necessary to place pillows in the bed to support was healed instantaneously while the oil was be- the bed clothing, for I could not bear the weight ing applied to her forehead. When she visited of anything on my feet and legs—not even the the specialist Monday morning, he could find no lightest sheet. There I lay utterly unable to move evidence of the trouble. or be moved. It was evident to those who were at- Early in my ministry we were sent to the copper tending me that death was hovering near. country of north Michigan to open work- among This was my condition when these two brethren the Finns of that region. We were conducting prayed and anointed me with oil in the name of Sunday night meetings in a large hall in the city the Lord. They immediately withdrew, and as of Hancock. The latter part of the week I came they reached the bottom of the stairs they saw the down with a heavy cold which settled in my chest. doctor coming in at the front door. They passed Sabbath and Sunday I had a raging fever with out through the kitchen. He came up to my room delirium. It was evident that I would not be able and, as was his custom, lifted the covering to ex- to fill the speaking appointment Sunday night. AND SABBATH HERALD 5 OCTOBER 14, 1943 As evening came on, my wife and the Bible in- Sabbath afternoon in Bible study and prayer, talk- structor who was living with us felt that some- ing with them about necessary preparation of thing must be done if the appointment was to be heart and life before approaching the Lord in kept. They came into my room, knelt by my bed- special prayer for healing. side in prayer, and asked the Lord to heal and re- I could discover nothing that would indicate store me so that I would be able to go and preach. that they were not fully informed of all that was Instantly their prayer was answered. The fever involved. They seemed to be sound in their Chris- was gone; all pain, soreness, and suffering left me. tian experience and in the truth of God. The lit- I felt well. I told my wife to bring my clothes tle girl especially seemed to have a very beautiful and I would get up and dress. It was then time to Christian character. I suggested that they have start for the hall. I walked the distance, climbed special prayer that evening and the next morning, the stairway, and conducted that service, and then that they continue to search their hearts and make walked home. I had no further trouble—no cold, every needed preparation, and that I would come no temperature. I had been completely healed back the next afternoon. If everything was favor- and restored to my normal strength. orable, I would anoint the child and have prayer One of our Seventh-day Adventist boys in a for her healing. military training camp in Texas was taken to the When I returned the next day, I found every- hospital, suffering with a case of meningitis. He thing in order ; a very sweet and deep spiritual was in a serious condition. The doctor in charge experience had come to the entire family. As I sent .a telegram to the family in Orlando, Florida. sat by the child's bedside and talked with her per- Special prayer was offered in his behalf and on sonally, I was charmed by her deep spirituality Sabbath at the eleven o'clock service the entire and her clear understanding of the things of God. church joined in prayer for his recovery. A few She felt very confident that the Lord would heal days later the family received a letter from him her, but if it were not His will to heal her, she telling a bit of his experience. Two doctors and would still believe in His love, mercy, and saving two nurses were working over him at the very grace, and would trust Him fully if she were called time that prayer was being offered. His suffering to pass through the valley of the shadow of death. was intense. Suddenly the pain left him ; he fell We then had prayer and I anointed her in the asleep and slept for four hours. This relief came name of the Lord. The next day, before leaving at the very time that the church was praying. for home, I again drove out to call on them. I found the little girl up and dressed. She had no A Child Is Healed fever and was feeling well, she said. She had I was called to visit a family in a remote part eaten a good breakfast and was out playing in the of the district in which I was working, to have yard with other children. In letters received later prayer for their daughter. I went there and spent from the father, he told me that she was fully re- the week end with the church in that place. Sab- covered. bath afternoon I was driven several miles out into These are but a few of the many experiences the country to visit this sick one. She was a girl that could be related. In the mission fields as well twelve years of age. The doctors had diagnosed as in the home field. we have witnessed many dem- her trouble as tuberculosis of the bowels. She was onstrations of God's willingness to lay the hand of very much emaciated and had no appetite. She divine healing upon His suffering children. We was extremely bloated and had constant fever. In- believe that as the Holy Spirit is poured out upon asmuch as the family were strangers to me, I His waiting church and this message swells into a knew nothing of the background of their lives or loud cry, the gift of healing will be manifest more their experience. I spent two hours with them and more among His believing children. "Twixt Mesa's" By NELLIE VARGASON MUNGER I NE evening, while listening to a favorite portance and it affects every one of us, but beside radio program, I heard the oldest man in this victory the person who is waiting for his O the United States interviewed. In the Lord's return sees other victories of far greater course of the conversation he was asked what he importance. was doing to help in the victory program to win In these days of stress and strain how Chris- • the present war. His answer was short and to tians need to pray. We must be convinced that the point, simply—"Prayin'." this will be the experience of all who will "reflect "How many times a day do you pray, Uncle the image of Jesus fully" and the company on Mark ?" he was asked. which the Spirit of God will fall'. Take out that precious volume, "Early Writings," turn to page Quickly and definitely came the reply, "Three 1 times a day and 'twixt meals." 71, and read again those burning words : How that struck home to my own heart ! Three "I saw that many were neglecting the prepara- times a day and 'twixt meals ! I put the ques- tion so needful, and were looking to the time of tion to myself, and every day this ringing chal- `refreshing' and the 'latter rain' to fit them to lenge presses itself more and more on my soul. stand in the day of the Lord, and to live in His "Prayin' " that victory may come quickly to a sight. Oh, how many I saw in the time of trouble war-torn world. No doubt this is of great im- without a shelter ! . . . I saw that none could 6 THE ADVENT REVIEW OCTOBER 14, 19 43 share the 'refreshing,' unless they obtain the vic- and hope to gain the victory so much needed at tory over every besetment, over pride, selfishness, this time. love of the world, and over every wrong word and Of the shaking time we read, "I was shown' action. We should, therefore, be drawing nearer those whom I had before seen weeping and pray- and nearer to the Lord, and be earnestly seeking ing in agony of spirit." "Weeping and praying" that preparation necessary to enable us to stand —this gives us an added thought. How long has, in the battle of the day of the Lord." it been since you wept over your sins before the Today we read of fierce battles fought on the Lord? It will take just that for you and me to be far-flung fields. Our hearts are saddened, our ready to meet the fiery trials before us. They are thoughts made more serious, and we say, "How not too far in the distance. No, too near for the long, 0 Lord, how long?" But how about the bat- comfort of those who fail to weep and pray. May tles we are fighting each day over our dispositions, these few words be a gentle reminder to those our selfishness, our lethargy? Are we victors, who have been neglectful of earnest secret prayer through the strength of the Lord, or are we giving never to let a day go by without praying three the victory to the enemy of our souls? Surely times and `"twixt meals." Thus will strength be prayer, earnest and sincere, is our only answer renewed at all times and victory be assured. It Pays to Memorize Scripture By J. S. WASHBURN OES it pay to commit Scripture to memory? us. Every power of nature, the "whole creation," It pays infinitely and eternally. God had a works for us. All a God's angels and powers, D special thought, a special purpose in each and the mighty mysterious infinite Holy Spirit one of the sixty-six books of the Bible. We may work for us. The blessed Son of God works for profitably study the Bible by comparing one text us, and over all, the eternal God Himself works with another, for it is a perfect unity. That is for us. "My Father worketh hitherto, and • I one method of study, but the study of each book work." by itself is also most helpful and profitable. We To interpret "all things work together" to mean may say that there are sixty-six individuals in the our pains and losses is true, but only a millionth harmonious family of God's word. If I see only part of the truth. The Father, Son, and Holy one or a few of the texts of a book, it is like seeing Spirit, all the angels, all the powers of creation are only one or two of the features of a man's face. working for good to them that love God. No won- If I see only the eyes of a person, I can form only der the eighth of Romans closes with a glorious a limited idea of the looks of that person. To climax of victory and celestial power. When you know a book completely is like seeing the whole commit a book to memory and see the whole at a form standing before you. glance, the common interpretation of the text is Take the book of Revelation. If you commit greatly multiplied. This is one, of many illustra- the whole book to memory you see golden cords tions of the value of committing to memory the running from the first chapter through the entire infinite word of God and of seeing its unmeasured, book. The connections, the background of a text limitless meaning. must be studied for one to understand that text. Oh, let us reach out with every power of mind When you commit a text to memory you can bet- and heart to study and receive the precious, won- ter understand its true thought. To take a text derful word of God, that we may know and meet out of its setting is a fatal error that can never God's blessed purpose for each of us, now, and reveal the whole truth. through the endless glorious days of heaven. When you commit a book to memory you find glorious gems that otherwise might be lost to you forever. In committing to memory the book of Isaiah, I found this gem,. "He stayeth His rough John 3:16 wind in the day of the east wind." Isa. 27:8. BY ESTA A. WYRICK When the east wind blows it is enough. The kind "FOR God so loved," that's what it said. heavenly Father holds back "His rough wind" till He loved before I knew Him; the east wind ceases to blow. How kind and con- He gave His Son to bleed and die, siderate God is. He permits no trial greater than To bring me closer to Him. we are able to bear. How could I take a gift so great, "We know that all things work together for When I was so unworthy? good to them that love God." Rom. 8 :28. This My sins were black. I felt condemned, text is universally interpreted to mean that all And stood before Him guilty. trouble, pain, and loss work out good for us in the My heart was torn; I longed for peace. end. This is true, but is only a small fraction of Then Jesus spoke so sweetly: the infinite teaching of this great word of God. "Give Me your sins; I paid the price— In this eighth chapter of Romans, we find in verse Just yield to Me completely." 22 that the "whole creation" is groaning, travail- The thing was done, my heart was filled ing, working to save us. The Holy Spirit is mak- With love and joy together. ing intercession for us, "helpeth our infirmities." That gift is mine; I love the Lord. The Son of God "maketh intercession," works, for He will be mine forever. AND SABBATH HERALD 7 EDITORIAL 411

Our Wartime Contribution to Government—Part VII I Our Belief in God and the Meaning of Life Builds Morale

N wartime there is much said about morale. Religion Comes Into Its Own Anything that breaks it down is properly I viewed as being unpatriotic. What effect does All this is but another way of saying that reli- the Seventh-day Adventist movement have upon gion comes into its own in wartime. The Chris- tian religion has ever been concerned with the the nation's morale? Does the country have more 1 morale or less because this religious movement is elemental facts of life and death. The whole drama of the plan of salvation revolves around active in the land? The question is a pertinent one when we are seeking an answer to the larger these two key words. Tragedy and sudden death greet us near the gates of the Garden of Eden. inquiry : Are Seventh-day Adventists a patriotic people? Are they making any definite contribu- Our first parents witnessed the first violence and tion to the solution of the problems that confront murder. Through the ages cemeteries have marked the path of empire. Almost our only the nation in wartime? knowledge of some races and peoples is their en- What is morale? The New Standard Diction- during monuments to their dead. ary defines it thus: "State of mind with reference to. confidence, courage, zeal, and the like, especially Into a world filled with tombstones, a world that had witnessed the brutal onrush of Roman legions, of a number of persons associated in some enter- the last in a long succession of cruel empires, prise, as troops." The term covers much and has Christ Jesus came. And as He walked among men to do with civilians as well as soldiers. He declared : "I am come that they might have Artificial Aids to Morale life, and that they might have it more abun- dantly." John 10:10. He brought life and im- Undoubtedly some persons seem to be naturally mortality to light, as Paul expresses it. possessed of a surplus of confidence, courage, and He lifted His followers above the sordid think- zeal that enables them to meet almost any crisis ing of the pagan world about them and caused with high spirits and unflagging fervor. But them to see that man was not made to live simply the overwhelming majority need something to for today, but for eternity. He taught a holy con- strengthen their spirits in an hour of testing. We tempt for death. Said our Lord : "He that loseth do not say that religion is the only way whereby his life for My sake shall find it." Christ made the spirit and heart of man may be fortified for clear that there were great principles and ideals any great test. We are aware that some actually worth dying for. He did not call upon His fol- find a momentary, even if artificial, goad to their lowers to risk their lives for gold or- conquest. But courage in the flowing bowl. And it is a well- He did say that it was better to die than to deny known fact that the strains of martial music pro- the great truths that give meaning and true duce a remarkable effect on almost all who hear. dignity to living as children of God. And the test But alcohol and music and similar stimuli do not of the ages has revealed that the man or woman get to the heart of the problem we are consider- who is most fully committed to the Christian ing. Alcohol and its allies produce erelong a de- standards of life is the calmest in the hour of dan- pression of spirit that is appalling to witness, to ger. Of the martyrs, who walked to their death say nothing of the physical deterioration that re- with no martial music to buoy up their spirits, duces the efficiency of soldier or civilian. And the record says : "They loved not their wives unto martial music cannot come to the aid of a soldier the death." Rev. 12 :11. son crouching in a foxhole, or to a sleepless parent at home whose only music is the hourly chime of Inner Confidence the striking clock. There is an inner confidence and courage that r We believe that in a time of great crisis, such as possesses a man when he knows that he is living now confronts the country, religion has the true according to the program marked out by Heaven. answer to the question of morale. In war we are Tennyson frames the thought in poetic form when suddenly confronted in a new and terrible way he has that upright, valiant crusader Sir Galahad with the elemental facts of life and death. True, declare : all of us inevitably meet with death, by either "My strength is as the strength of ten, -11 sickness or accident. The grave is the final rest- Because my heart is pure." ing place of all the children of Adam. But the We do not say that men cannot generate a terri- catastrophe of war serves to bring this immedi- fying variety of courage and fortitude by unheav- ately and forcefully to mind in a way that could enly means. But we do affirm that history is clear never be possible in peacetime. And the shock is in its testimony that a sense of right relationship very great. to God, of obedience to His will, of fellowship with 8 THE ADVENT REVIEW OCTOBER 14, 1943 Him, can provide a coolness of courage, a resolute- religious leaders have lost their faith in the in- ness of purpose, a constancy, a stamina that give spiration of the Scriptures and that they no longer to the word "morale" a new fullness and dignity believe in a personal God. This they admit. Some of meaning. even boast of their freedom from such "old-fash- When a man feels at peace with God, when there ioned" conceptions. A religious organization is calm within, he is best able to meet conflict and represented by such ministers cannot hope to pro- confusion without. And that sense of peace with vide the measure of confidence and courage that God brings as its fruitage an assurance that the should be imparted by the Christian religion. God whom we serve is able to deliver us if it is Seventh-day Adventists have, as one of their His will. That was the quiet confidence of most distinguishing marks, their belief in the Daniel's companions. We do not feel left alone. divine inspiration of the Bible. They invite the Rather we feel that we can call upon God and He soldier and the civilian to read that Book as the will answer us. And what can do more to sustain voice of God speaking to them. Seventh-day Ad- morale in an, hour of catastrophe than the sense ventists likewise have a very old-fashioned idea of fellowship with One who is strong to save ! of God and His relationship to men. We believe All the remarkable stories of soldiers calling for Him to be a personal Being who has an immense Bibles, praying to God in foxholes, seeking the interest in our little lives and whose ear is open strength of spiritual services, are but proof of the to hear our prayers. In such a God men can ra- truth of what we have written. At a time when tionally have faith. To a personal God we can the world seems to be breaking apart, men long pray. A belief in a personal God enables us to for an understanding of true values, and right re- give a vivid literalness to the opening words of lationships with God. the Lord's prayer : "Our Father, which art in heaven." What True Religion Contributes In this day of testing, when courage and stam- But what if there were no Bibles? What if ina are at a premium, in this time of anguish of there were no flame of belief in a personal God spirit, we, as Seventh-day Adventists, would that could light up the darkness for troubled men quietly and consistently seek to render the best and women? Right here is where the vast signifi- service we can as a religious body. And the great- cance of religious organizations in wartime is re- est service we can provide is that of generating in vealed. And the more implicitly a religious body the hearts of all whom we have opportunity to in- believes in the divine authority of the Bible and fluence, the belief that there is a God who com- the reality of a personal God, the more service can passionately seeks to direct our lives, and that the such a body render the country in an hour of con- Bible is His inspired message of love and guid- flict and crisis. It is a sad fact that today many ance for our poor, finite minds. F. D. N.

A Widely Extended Work Foretold T plainly appears from the Scriptures that the A man of the world, an extensive traveler in special message of the gospel for the last days his profession, said to one of our workers over- I will be carried by a people small in numbers. seas, "Wherever I go I find your people are at They will be to the last but a "little flock." work. You seem to be everywhere." We can impress no one by talking of our num- Of course, that is the very picture of the proph- bers. To say that we have more than half a mil- ecy—a people small in numbers, but with a work lion members can mean little to a member of one widely extended. One great prophetic delineation of the great churches that numbers its adherents of it shows this advent movement actually hasten- by the millions. To us our figures mean much. ing on toward "every nation, and kindred, and We know the power of the message to make its tongue, and people." Rev. 14:6. way by the efforts of half a million witnesses, That is the answer to the oft-asked question, and we rejoice in the numbers. Numbers mean "How does it come that Seventh-day Adventists something to us as we call to mind the power of are working everywhere ?" It was so ordained, truth to reach the multitudes.• One shall "chase so foretold in, prophecy. And so it is. We our- a thousand," was the Old Testament reckoning selves marvel continually at the way in which the of the forces of truth, "and two put ten thousand movement leaps forward from tongue to tongue to flight." Deut. 32 :30. and people to people. Ever the voice of the living That is what our hearts cling to as we think of prophecy is calling, "Thou must prophesy again the "little flock" standing for the advent message before many peoples, and nations, and tongues." in many lands. Rev. 10:11. These are our marching orders. But in talking to others of our work we have With a gospel using over seven hufidred lan- something other than numbers to speak of. We guages, we need never shrink from telling the can talk of a work truly world-wide, spread about bounds of this movement to anybody. It is the everywhere through the earth. We can talk of it wide-extending work that is the big thing in ma- to people of any church connection without apol- terial reckoning—and a truly great thing it is ogy. "How does it come that Seventh-day Ad- when compared with any mission work on the ventists are in all these places?" asked one gov- earth. ernment official of another a little time ago in Years ago I learned a lesson on this matter of Washington, speaking over the telephone. membership as a talking point with strangers. AND SABBATH HERALD 9 OCTOBER 14, 194 3 It was in England. Two of our pioneer city evan- prophecy about the influence of women's attire. gelists were holding an effort in Southampton. In 1941 we published a lengthy compilation of The Lord was blessing and the preaching was these statements in the REVIEW. Had the princi- really stirring that city. ples enjoined in these quotations been followed, A gentleman who had listened came up after there would be no occasion for this editorial. the service, asking, "How many of your people From Volume IV of the "Testimonies for the are there?" Church," pages 647, 648, we quote the following : "Over forty thousand," was the answer. (That "Obedience to fashion is pervading our Seventh-day was the figure for 1894.) Adventist churches, and is doing more than any other "You mean forty thousand in Hampshire?" the power to separate our people from God. I have been inquirer replied. (Hampshire is the shire or shown that our church rules are very deficient. All county in which Southampton is located.) exhibitions of pride in dress, which is forbidden in the word of God, should be sufficient reason for church "No," said our brother, "forty thousand in all." discipline. If there is a continuance, in face of warn- "Oh," said the gentleman, "only forty thousand ings and appeals and entreaties, to still follow the per- in all England," and turned abruptly away, not verse will, it may be regarded as proof that the heart giving our worker a 'chance to explain that the is in no way assimilated to Christ. Self, and only self, figures were for all the world. is the object of adoration, and one such professed Christian will lead many away from God. It is not the number even now that is the fea- "There is a terrible sin upon us as a people, that we ture that carries the greatest impression with the have permitted our church members to dress in a man- public. But the vivid picture of the prophecy ful- ner inconsistent with their faith. We must arise at filling is best reproduced by the wide extent of once, and close the door against the allurements of fashion. Unless we do this, our churches will become the movement, reaching forth actually toward demoralized." every nation and tongue and people. That is the picture to stir our hearts with courage, and a pic- If this instruction was needed when first given ture that we can make impressive to those who to the church, it is much more needed today. like to hear of, something big. And it is the very heart of the matter. The spread of the work into Deplorable Extremes these uttermost parts is the assurance that the We know that what we are saying does not ap- coming of Christ is very near. That is the very ply by any means to all our sisters in the church. sign He gave : "This gospel of the kingdom shall May we hope it does not apply to the large ma- be preached in all the world for a witness unto jority. There are many women members of the all nations; and then shall the end come." Matt. Seventh-day Adventist Church today who dress 24:14. W. A. S. modestly and conservatively. But, sad to say, there are too many who fail to do this. The length of some dresses worn at the present time tran- Women's Attire scends not alone the bounds of modesty but of de- (Continued from page 2) cency and should never be worn by self-respecting which actuates them in carrying on their business. women. Going without stockings in addition to This is well expressed in these words from "Fun- wearing these short dresses only adds to the enor- damentals of Christian Education," page 311: mity of the offense. "Those who claim to know the truth and understand Many, we believe, have thoughtlessly followed the great work to be done for this time, are to conse- the worldly styles in vogue, with little if any crate themselves to God, soul, body, and spirit. In thought of the influence these prevailing fashions heart, in dress, in language, in every respect they are have on their own lives or on the lives of their as- to be separate from the fashions and practices of the world. They are to be a peculiar and holy people. It sociates. It is easy to follow the crowd. It re- is not their dress that makes them peculiar, but be- quires moral worth and high and noble purpose cause they are a peculiar and holy people, they cannot to do right and, if need be, stand alone or with carry the marks of likeness to the world." the small minority. The first impression a stranger gives is in his Those who are remiss in this matter of wearing attire. We see one approaching us, and the man- such abbreviated dresses cannot excuse themselves ner in which he is dressed, the manner in which on the plea of prevailing styles and the inability he walks, give us our first impressions of his to secure dresses of proper length. Such dresses character. When he speaks the impression is may be obtained. This is demonstrated in the deepened. We feel that we have a better estimate attire of thousands of conservative women we of what he is or what he can do, of his purposes meet every day. Necessary adjustments may be in life. If our sisters could always appreciate required in certain patterns, but with little ex- this in their association with others, it would in- pense these may be made by every careful woman. deed be most helpful. If they could truly feel in There is a dignity and a modesty in noble wom- all good conscience that they represent in their anhood which should always be cultivated and ad- appearance the principles of modesty and sim- hered to. The dress of a woman fittingly and plicity enjoined upon us in the Scriptures, they appropriately attired calls no attention to her could more confidently ask for and experience the clothing. As we pass her on the street or meet blessings of God upon their labors. her at some public assembly, we do not think afterward of the manner in which she was Earnest Admonitions dressed. We recall only her pleasing personality. We have some very serious warnings and ad- We have been asked whether we believe it monitions given us in the writings of the Spirit of proper for women to wear slacks. Surely their 10 THE ADVENT REVIEW

OCTOBER 1 4 , 1943 use should find no place on the street or in public why styles are so often immodest."—"The Conflict gatherings. We have not felt to criticize those Within Myself," p. 84. who have thought it necessary to wear such ap- The Remedy parel in working around machinery or in certain types of outdoor work, such as many women are How shall the evil of worldly dress in our church engaged in at the present time. membership be remedied? It cannot be done by A recent newspaper clipping was sent us show- precipitate and indiscriminate legislation, by ex- ing the manner in which a judge in one of our pelling from church membership those who fail to courts regarded the wearing of slacks by those meet conservative standards of dress. There is who appeared before him to plead some cause. A needed throughout our ranks education upon the woman appeared in slacks, asking for a divorce. question. There should be a reformation of prac- The judge admonished her that before he was tice on the part of some of the leading women of the church. willing to listen to her plea, she must appear in more appropriate attire. She explained that she We appeal to the wives of our ministers and was employed in a war plant and planned to go church elders, the women teachers in our schools from her hearing to her place of employment. —church school, academy, and college—to set a But the judge was adamant. He stated that peo- right example in their own attire. We appeal to ple should not have the idea that divorces are is- the entire womanhood of the church to awake and, sued in mass production, such as on an assembly heed the instruction which has come to us on this line. Such apparel showed lack of appreciation subject through divine revelation. We appeal to the management of our institu- for the sacredness of marriage. Twenty-four hours later the woman appeared in court in proper tions—our colleges, sanitariums, and publishing attire, and her petition for divorce was granted. houses—to require that those employed by these This is a good illustration of the way conservative organizations exemplify in their dress the princi- ples of modesty, dignity, and simplicity. These men of the world look upon this question. We are by no means alone in sounding a warn- workers, the same as the wives of conference em- ing against the evil influence exerted by modern ployees, should be examples to the rank and file of the church. dress. As an example of the manner in which We appeal to our ministers to consider their present-day extremes are regarded by many duty in relation to this question. A great wave others, we quote the following from the Washing- of worldliness is threatening to engulf the church to- of August 24: ton Star day, and those of us who minister in word and "Catholic Women's Union Hits Modern doctrine must seek to the best of our ability to Dress as Immoral" protect the flock over which God has made us undershepherds. We must warn the believers "SPRINGFIELD, Ill., Aug. 24.—The National Cath- olic Women's Union says that the styles of women's against every threatened evil. It is only as we clothes in the last few years, and especially since Pearl seek to follow the instruction contained in the Harbor, 'have become progressively more offensive.' Bible and in the writings of the Spirit of prophecy "The union, in resolutions adopted at its annual with respect to this question which we have been meeting yesterday, asserted that 'costumes for sport discussing as well as every other question that we and play are shamelessly brief. Skirts have long been raised above the limits dictated by modesty and com- can expect to receive the blessing and guidance mon ordinary • decency; fabrics are diabolically em- of heaven. F. M. W. ployed to create a sensual allure.' " 'Immodest fashions and dress of today offend against the sixth and ninth commandments,' the union said, 'and are condemned in numerous passages of the Literature Display in Mexico City Scriptures, in countless official pronouncements by the church and frequent utterances of the Pope. Sad, in- (Continued from page 1) deed, it is to note then that Catholic women, particu- larly young women, have not hesitated to adopt the Adventist literature is having a wide distribu- prevailing mode of dress.' tion in Mexico and thousands are finding the mes- "The union appealed to all Catholic organizations 'to sage through its pages. join forces in a campaign for decency in dress.' "The group also urged that Catholic women pledge One man viewing the books and making pur- themselves to refrain from frequenting public beaches chases noticed particularly the book "Patriarchs `where men and women wear the scantiest of bathing and Prophets." He seized it and loved it as though suits.' " meeting a long-lost friend, saying, "That's the The manner in which some of the modern styles book I have been looking for, for many years." R of dress are looked upon by leading ministers in Literature distribution forms an important part other churches is well expressed in a recent book of our soul-winning endeavor everywhere. "Like which has come from the press, written by Earle the leaves of autumn" is how heaven is showering V. Pierce, D. D., a prominent pastor and writer in its blessings on mankind. Has it ever occurred the Baptist Church. He says : to you that there are many hundreds of thousands "The rapid change of styles to something more bi- of people of all classes who receive spiritual bless- zarre and striking is not simply the scheme of the mer- ings from reading our good literature—messages chant to sell more goods, but is an art which finds from the pages of the Book of Life? Yes, thou- fertile field in vanity. One great authority on style says that every radical change in styles has started sands of other faiths and many who have no with the courtesan. She is the first to wear the shock- church affiliation are reading our good books. ing change, then others, modest in themselves, take it There is power in the printed page of truth, up because it seems to be the fashion. This tells us especially when backed up by earnest prayer. AND SABBATH HERALD 11 OCTOBER 14, 1943 surely out of its isolation by force of circumstances. BEACON LIGHTS Even the conservative Secretary of State, Cordell Hull, in outlining the policies of the State Department in a recent nation-wide broadcast, declared that it is the policy of the United States to participate in some "or- One World, One Government ganized system of international co-operation for the maintenance of peace" in which the co-operating na- No subject is being more widely nor more earnestly tions will be willing to use force if necessary to discussed today than that of world government. Now maintain peace. Said Mr. Hull (New York Times, that we have experienced the chaos of two world wars September 13), "If there is anything on which all in one generation, men are anxiously seeking a basis right-thinking people are agreed, it is the proposition for a more permanent peace than that. The utopian that the monstrous specter of a world war shall not idea of a world parliament, a world court, and a world again show its head." police force to keep the peace is occupying the minds One more step in the direction of international co- of men as never before. Though some in other gen- operation on the part of the United States was taken erations have dreamed of such a world state, never when the House of Representatives on September 21 before have so many been determined to see that adopted the Fulbright Resolution with an overwhelm- something is done about it. ing majority and passed it on to the Senate. The bill We are now being told that the spirit of nationalism, commits this country to "participation" in an inter- which has been so dominant in modern times, must national organization which has "power adequate to give way to the spirit of internationalism. If a world establish and to maintain a just and lasting peace, government is to be set up it must take something among the nations of the world." from the sovereignty of a nation, for unless nations All these events pointing to some form of world gov- are willing to give up some portion of their sover- ernment or world control are most significant to the eignty to an international state, no world police force students of Bible prophecy. While everything will be can be effective, and there will be no power to enforce done in the name of peace and freedom, yet we are world peace. hearing more and more about the need of yielding up 1 In the book "Strategy for Democracy" (Longmans, some of our personal liberties as well as some of our Green, 1942) we read, "Any discussion of postwar national sovereignty for the common good. reconstruction must base itself on the inescapable fact that, whether we will it or no, the national state International Police Force as we have known it is in the throes of violent death. Both Time (September 13) and United States News And by that we mean that whatever the outcome of (September 24) discuss the subject of an international the war, national governments as sovereign entities police force. Says United States News, "A world po- and political boundaries as meaningful realities will lice system is promising to emerge from Allied victory no longer be the all-important factors in international in this war. Law-enforcement machinery on a scale affairs that they have been for the past several cen- never known before is now in the making. There are turies." to be a world police force, world police stations at stra- We read further, "Every plan for international co- tegic places, and a network of police beats covering operation—whether it be in the form of Federal much of the surface of the earth." Union or a United States of Europe or a series of Time in discussing this subject asks the praitical regional federations—recognizes that the fundamental question of who will run this force, and says, "Without condition of international government must be the some sort of world government to tell the cop what to limitation or the abrogation of national sovereignty. do and when to do it, any kind of world cop would be For, only when nation-states are prepared to cede a fist without a brain." "A world government to be their claims to supreme and independent sovereignty strong in its own right would have to be the master can world government become a possible adventure of its members. It would have to be granted by the through the creation of some supernational authority." separate nations a sizable chunk of their sovereignty." Nicholas Doman, in his book "The Coming Age of While Time does not believe that the day has yet World Control" (Harpers, 1942), states, "The system come when great nations will be willing to give up any of national states which reached its perfection in the of their precious nationality for world citizenship, nineteenth century has failed to grapple successfully there are many who believe that the day has come when with the variety of new problems confronting it in the some form of world control must and will emerge. The twentieth." The writer believes that the world is utopian world state may be a dream, but we can be "definitely headed toward a political constellation to sure that men will attempt once again to create an be characterized by world control. . . . Instead of a international organization of some kind committed whole cluster of national sovereignties and hybrid 'in- to world peace. ternational' political structures we shall be confronted with the emergence of machinery destined for world The Orient and World Peace control." The defeat of Japan will not settle the problems of United States and World Government the Orient. It will mean merely the emergence of a new Oriental power in the place of that of Japan. The One of the most significant events today is the chang- rise of China, one of the United Nations, to a position ing attitude of the United States toward international of dominance in the Orient will present many delicate affairs. Two world wars have killed isolationism. questions that will be as difficult to solve as any we Now we are hearing much about the participation of have had in the past. this country in some form of world control after the Concerning China, Walter Lippmann, in his book I war. "U. S. Foreign Policy," says, "In the East the whole Walter Lippmann's book "U. S. Foreign Policy" situation is dynamic, and set for epoch-making change (Little, Brown, 1943), in which he freely discusses the of which we cannot foresee the limits. For the objec- subject of alliances and frankly urges that the United tive of the Pacific War, and its most probable conse- States forget her traditional timidity regarding en- quence, is the emergence of China as a new great tanglements with other nations, has added much fuel power in the modern world. The emergence of any to the fires of discussion. His suggestion is that the new great power upon the stage of history must of present co-operation between the United Nations be necessity affect the whole course of history. . . . We continued after the war in the form of a "nuclear alli- must realize . . . that the defeat of Japan will be the ance," and that they use their combined power to en- beginning and not the end of profound historic change force a benevolent peace under international laws that in the Eastern world." will guarantee the rights and liberties of men in every Nicholas Doman, in his book "The Coming Age of nation. World Control," states, "On the whole the Orient does The United States is being drawn gradually but present the most crucial problem which the organizers I 12 THE ADVENT REVIEW OCTOBER 14, 1943 of world democracy will have to solve. . . . Age-hard- afterward stated, "I have now read . It is un- ened enmities of Central Europe and the Balkans can speakable." One college professor said of this book be approached with more ease than can the relationship "that he thought it was a good thing to 'inoculate the of the Orient with Europe and the Americas." young with evil' as a protection." "One of the most We may well applaud the attempts of men to bring experienced dramatic critics in the world," says Mr. permanent peace to this world, but the problems are so Noyes, "told me that the book had been sent to him for complex and overwhelming and the latent evils so great review, and he had locked it away so that it should not that it is no wonder many remain unconvinced re- fall into the hands of anyone else." garding the ability of men to succeed in these seemingly One need not dip into such works as the one above laudable efforts. We must still look beyond this realm described to know that we have come to the state in of fear and woe for the power to lift the human race which the prodigal son finally found himself. We see out of the pit into which it has fallen. One of the evidences of it in the books and magazines that are on perplexing questions world planners have to face is, display all about us. It is one thing to be living with "How is it possible to force the world into one political the swine and dissatisfied with one's position as was and economic mold and still respect the freedom of men the prodigal, and it is another, to be enjoying it. Writ- and nations of different political, economic, and re- ers and editors today seem to be putting as much of the ligious creeds?" It is only obvious that some will con- filth and impurity of life into their books and maga- sider their rights trampled on and their liberties inter- zines as postal regulations will allow, and even then, fered with. Will this be conducive to world peace? when some Federal officer calls an editor into question because of some daring pictures or suggestive story, The Snare of Realism he protests his innocence in the name of art and Literature today seems to be dominated by a group of realism. Let us beware lest we be caught in this pseudointellectuals who glory in what they call realism deceptive snare and lose all desire for that which is and the facts of life. The book that freely discusses pure, lovely, and of good report. the most intimate and personal matters, that dishes up filth and obscenity as a matter of course, that The Second Coming of Christ blasphemes both God and man, and ridicules what little The following statement on the second coming of good that is left in the human heart, is most likely to Christ is from The Presbyterian (September 9) : become a best seller and be heralded as a work of art "The application of Old Testament prophetic predic- by the critics. tion by no means came to an end with the ascension of Alfred Noyes, the great British poet and man of Christ; it concerns the present day and the future of letters, discusses this matter in his book "The Edge of this age. New Testament prophecy supplements and the Abyss." He declares, "For fifty years the pseudo- clarifies it, but does not displace it. All prediction intellectuals have been preparing their way and mak- prophecy in Scripture is one, and all of it, as one, ing their paths straight by scoffing at every distinction looks to the consummation of history in the second between right and wrong in private human relation- coming of our Lord. It furnishes the key to the mean- ships, in marriage and in the home, as well as in wider ing of history and is one of the major foundations for spheres. In the name of art and the intellect, as you our expectation of complete victory for Christ and the may see on almost every bookstall, they have reduced coming of that new heaven and new earth wherein all human affections and emotions to the most primi- dwelleth righteousness." tive and brutal levels ; and, since man cannot live unless he can at least pretend to have some ideals, they dis- "The Kingdom of God" guise 'covetousness' and lust for power as humani- tarianism and love of the proletariat, or desire for The kingdom of God as men would set it up in con- social reform." temporary life is described in the following definition Mr. Noyes refers to a certain work that has been which was framed by a group of "businessmen, schol- heralded far and wide as a masterpiece, and which was ars, religious leaders, and researchists" several years introduced into mixed college classes ,for reading and ago. We quote from the Religious Digest (August) : discussion. One reviewer said of the book, "Its very "It would be a co-operative social order in which the obscenity is somehow beautiful." The editor of the sacredness of every life was recognized and every one newspaper where this review of the book occurred found opportunity for the fullest self-expression of which he was capable ; in which each individual gave himself gladly and wholeheartedly for ends that are socially valuable; in which the impulses to service and to creative action would be stronger than the acquisitive impulses; and all work would be seen in terms of its spir- itual significance, thus making pos- sible fullness of life for all men; in which differences in talent and capacity meant proportional re- sponsibilities in ministering to the common good; in which all lesser differences of race, of nation, and of class serve to minister to the richness of an all-inclusive broth- erhood; in which there hovered over all a sense of the reality of the Christlike God, so that worship inspired service, and service ex- pressed brotherhood." F. L.

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COURAGE FROM RELIGION The Comfort Found in Religious Exercises Is Specially Sought After in Time of War. Many Today Who Are Called to Play Their Part in the War Effort Are Fortified to Meet Their Trials and Dangers in the Hour of Praise and Prayer AND SABBATH HERALD 13 IN MISSION LANDS

First Fruits in the Upper Mekong Intinerating in Yunnan, China

By M. C. WARREN

HE Mekong River flows down from eastern through ravines, to our Miao station in the Mekong Tibet between the Salween and Yangtze Riv- basin. This was our first visit to this station and Ters. The high mountain range separating the our directions were meager. By ten o'clock at Salween from the Mekong continues on from Yun- night of the third day we still had farther to go nan to the southwest to form the Malay Peninsula. than could be covered in an ordinary day's travel ; I Long before Chinese and tribesmen by the tens so we rested till three o'clock and started on by of thousands were set to blasting a passage over moonlight. About eight o'clock we met, at a ferry, I the many high ranges and down through the deep a man acquainted with Evangelist Ma Yin. Point- gorges of western Yunnan, and even before this ing up to a distant pass, he told us our chapel was Burma Road was thought of, messengers were not far beyond that point. carrying the truth into these regions. In 1917 We could find no one to carry our things up the colporteurs, working out from Chungking, carried mountain, so we left them at the river, hoping to our message-filled literature to the borders of make the seven-mile climb in time to send some of Burma. They traveled the entire distance on our Miao brethren back for our bedding rolls be- foot. Modern transportation is a great help in fore night. We crossed a river so deep and swift spreading the gospel, but the third angel's mes- that we could hardly hold our footing, and then sage cannot wait for modern improvements. began the climb. We climbed as fast as possible, Some must leave the comforts of city life to but time passed more rapidly than distance. After travel afar in search of the lost. In Goodspeed's two hours we met a man who assured us we were translation of Luke 22 we read that when the on the right trail and had covered half the dis- guests invited to the feast were too engrossed with tance and still had seven miles to go. He warned the affairs of this life to attend, the servant was of a place ahead where it would be easy to lose the told to "hurry out into the streets and squares of way. the city" in search of guests. As this did not re- The rain overtook us. We lost the trail. Added sult in securing the allotted number, "the master to the fact that we were not feeling very strong, said to the slave, 'Go out on the roads, and among the climbing became steeper and more difficult. A the hedges, and make them come in, so that my good breakfast of rice and greens at three in the house may be full.' " morning and some eggs and rice at the river had In 1938 the Yunnan Mission appointed evange- not provided sufficient energy for our needs. We list Ma Yin, of the Dahwamiao tribe, to open the began to fear that we might not reach our goal work among the aborigines of the upper Mekong. before dark. For two years little apparent response was shown Finally we did reach the top. But which of the on the part of those for whom Mr. Ma Yin worked. several trails should we follow down from the Then there came a break with devil worship. The pass? One of the characters in the name of the story of the event that marked the turning point village we sought was "ping," the term for level. of the first converts was not known till the writer, Not one of the villages to be seen below us was on in company with a young Miao worker, made the level ground ; however, I chose the village located difficult journey to that section to conduct the on the most nearly level site to be seen among baptism. those steep mountains. As we drew nearer, we saw Leaving Kunming, we traveled west by truck on our chapel. The first person we met was the evan- the Burma Road for six days. Walking is hard, gelist's daughter, who took us to their home. Fuel but motor travel is not without its difficulties was added to the fire on the floor of the hut. We here. We were first delayed by landslides, and -rested and dried our clothes while field corn later by a head-on collision with another truck. roasted in the ashes. We made a meal on this 0 One entire night was spent in getting our disabled corn, eating several large ears. This ripe, roasted truck over a mountain range. Where the grade corn, shelled from the ear and eaten hot, was de- was too steep for one truck to tow another we licious. My cot and bedding were down at the would turn our third truck around and back up river, but I enjoyed a night of refreshing sleep against the wrecked truck and as often as we on boards with my feet toward the fire. could co-ordinate the work of the two engines we would progress a few rods up the mountain. The Last Devil Dance Soon after we reached the point where we were It was an interesting story of toil and triumph to leave the Burma Road, our departure was has- that Evangelist Ma Yin told, us. For two years tened by the sound of an air-raid alarm. We con- he faithfully labored among the tribes of this tinued four days on foot, over mountains and upper Mekong section with no apparent fruit to 14 THE ADVENT REVIEW OCTOBER 14, 1943 show for the effort. All gladly listened to his by hanging onto vines, and then drop down onto preaching, but not one took his stand for the truth. the raft. The break came in an unusual way. The mem- When we reached the top of the first pass it bers of a village had gathered for one of their began to rain hard and continued for two days. regular devil dances, with their leading necro- The rain slowed down our progress and night mancer in charge. These dances are always held overtook us ere we had reached a shelter. A short I in secret. Only those arranging for the séance time before, our guide had hurried on ahead to are allowed to enter or approach the building in try to find a lodging. We continued on in the dark which it is being conducted. On this particular for some time, but when we came to a branch night all had gathered in a hut and barred the trail and knew not which way to take, we awaited door. A deaf-mute was placed on guard outside. our brother's return. He was not long in return- During the dance he had been heard excitedly ut- ing and led us to a hut. There we found an old tering sounds. It was thought that he was warn- man preparing a chicken dinner for eight ques- ing off strangers who had attempted to approach. tionable-looking men. We dried our clothes by When, after several hours, the séance was over, the fire while waiting our turn to use the kettle the door was opened, and the villagers filed out, for our corn meal. We had our simple repast and they found several of their houses burned to the went to sleep while the crowd was still feasting. ground. The cause of the fires could not be ac- Later we awoke to find ourselves alone with the counted for. It was not the work of enemies, for old man. We could but wonder why the men had no one had approached the village.. Then the nec- left during the night. romancer stepped forward and announced his con- The next morning as we were eating our corn viction that the fire had come as a punishment meal, two men appeared at the door to look us from the God that Ma Yin had urged them to over. Inquiring into the honorable business that worship. He declared his faith in the Creator and called them out so early and in the rain, we were his determination to henceforth worship Him and told they were seeking sheep lost in the storm the keep His Sabbath and never again to take part in day before. As we were about ready to leave, the a devil dance. Several others took their stand for two men started up the trail ahead of us. After God with him, and others followed later. prayer our guide took his bow and arrows and Thirty-five were found ready for church mem- started on, saying that he wanted to keep his eyes bership at the time of our visit. The happiest one on those men. He asked us to keep some distance in the group to be baptized was the former nec- behind. romancer. It was not pleasant to face out into the cold rain again, but we could not delay and still reach Homeward Bound the company of our Ming believers near the When it was time to leave this station, the tribal Burma Road for Sabbath. Soon our clothes were brethren offered to guide us through the moun- wet through to the skin. Being already wet, we tains by a small trail to the first Chinese city, two found it was unnecessary to stop and remove and a half miles away. This was shorter than the shoes and socks when fording streams. route we had followed. In case of rain it would be found easier going than the larger trail used A Wearisome Journey by pack animals. Emerging from a jungle section, we ascended The small trail took Ills through another village a pass where we found our guide waiting. Be- where there were Adventist believers. Jiere yond this point bandits did not operate. We were preaching services were `alsO held and candidates thankful to have traversed this section without for baptism examined. molestation. Crossing this divide, we left the When the tribal brother appeared to guide us Mekong basin and started down toward the Yuen the remaining two days' journey, I was surprised Kiang, or Red River. Soon we were down where to, find him armed with a large bow and a quiver jungle growth was being cut away to make room full of poison arrows. I asied, the reason for for small farms. At a farmhouse we saw a fire this and was told we were to pass-through a wild burning and supposed we could take a rest and section where bandits often .operate. This brought still keep warm by hovering over the fire, but were up a problem, for we do not believe in bearing mistaken. We could warm but a small part of arms. But he assured rne it would not be neces- ourselves at a time, while the rest was being sary to fight. Chinese banditS:, haVe learned, to chilled by the wet clothes. When we started on we their sorrow, that it does not 'pay -to attack the were shaking from the cold, and it took some time tribesmen. of brisk walking to overcome it. The rain con- All we had for breakfast was steamed corn tinued, and we encountered streams so swollen meal. Our guide and host advised us to eat an that they were difficult to ford. At last we came extra amount, as no food could be secured along to the Red River, which we had hoped to ford, the.way. Breakfast, over, we had farewell prayer thereby saving many miles of walking, but this with the believers and started down the steep de- was obviously impossible, for the river was about scent to the river far below. A raft served as a to overflow its banks. Following up the valley on ferry. Our approach to the ferry was directed by the narrow, slippery partitions separating rice Men on the opposite bank. We could hear the fields, was more trying than traveling on the men on the ferry calling to us, but could not see rocky mountain trails. them, as they were under the cliff below us. We We reached the large Chinese city of Men- had to let ourselves over the 'face of the, precipice (Continued on page 18) AND SABBATH HERALD 15 BY THE FAMILY FIRESIDE I

Conducted by Ruth Conard

Mother Understands By RUTH H. HAYTON

N a pretty Ohio village one moonlight night in baby made their home. The days at the school V the late eighties, a group of friends and rel- were so busy that often Mae's afternoon relief I atives waited for the midnight train at the visit to them was delayed, and this sometimes Lake Shore railway station. In the center of the caused Mother Wright to miss a coveted walk or group stood a young couple. The girl they had ride with some thoughtful friend. known through the years as Mae Wright. Beside Entering the room on one such occasion, Mae I her was her husband of three days, Henry Bren- threw her arms around her mother's neck, ex- nen. They were on their way to a mission school claiming, "Oh, Mother, there were so many rea- in faraway South Africa to fulfill their appoint- sons—oh, so many reasons—why I couldn't get ment as teachers. here sooner !" Leaving her home meant much to Mae. There "Daughter," came the reply, "don't spend one her life had always been governed by love and moment of our precious hour together explaining. sympathetic understanding. She had spent a Mother understands !" sweet last Sabbath, had knelt with father and "Mother understands !" In later years how mother for the final time around the family altar, many times Mae remembered this comforting as- and now the last good-by was to be said. surance of sympathetic understanding. In retro- When far down the track they saw the head- spect she thought of the many wrecked lives she light of the oncoming train, father, mother, and had met—wrecked because at some crucial point daughter drew apart from the others. Their there had been no one to sympathize, no one to hearts were too full for words, their voices were advise, no one who understood. choked with straining tears, and they clung to "0 God! that men might see a little clearer each other in a farewell embrace. But their un- Or judge less harshly where they cannot see! derstanding hearts made them brave in their Miz- O God! that men might draw a little nearer pah benediction. Mae mounted the car steps while To one another; they'd be nearer Thee, the conductor swung his lantern, shouting, "All And understood." aboard !" Mae rejoices that many understanding hearts They were booked to sail from New York. As have touched her life. Very young she felt their the gangplank was drawn up and the ship slowly left its moorings, Mae understood more fully all that it means for a wife to say, "Whither thou goest I will go." This trip gave the bride her first sight of the ocean. The stay in London, the ocean voyage to the Cape, the entrance into Table Bay—all these experiences came and went as in a kaleidoscopic I picture. Finally Mae and Henry found them- selves on a train speeding over the fertile coun- tryside of South Africa, past rose gardens and vineyards. A most cordial welcome from teachers and students awaited their arrival at the school, together with many responsibilities and much hard work. Years pass quickly when the heart and body are young. So it was with Henry and Mae. At the end of five years little Helen came to them. Ten thousand miles is a long journey to make to care for a little child, but love's telepathy understood a daughter's need, and Mother Wright answered the call, to leave her Ohio village home and make the trip out to Africa to care for little Helen, while I Mae taught at the mission school. In a room close by the school grandmother and

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Happy the Family Group Whose Hearts Are Bound Together by the Golden Chain of Understanding I 16 THE ADVENT REVIEW OCTOBER 14, 1943 helpfulness. When she was thirteen years of age Helen. Then there were still other little folks in there was Elder Ostrander, who held the chil- the home. How Mae needed understanding to dren's meetings. How simple and plain he made train her little ones ! the Christian life! He used no deep spiritual In the silence of the night, when their tiny fin- terms that children could not understand. Cheer- gers often clasped her own, she prayed, "Thine fulness, willing obedience to parents and teachers, handmaid, 0 Lord, is only a little child in her wis- truthfulness, honesty, and kindness—these, he ex- dom. Give me an understanding heart for these plained to them, are all included in the child's re- my children." ligious life. The still small voice answered her, "Study to Then there was dear father; he understood the show thyself approved." emotional strain of the awakening of her religious "Study what?" life. When she told him of her desire to be bap- And this is the answer she learned : Study tized, he smoothed her hot, aching forehead as he your child in infancy; study it during growing sat beside her bed in their camp meeting tent. childhood ; study it through adolescence ; study it "Daughter," he said, "there will be three out- through manhood and womanhood. standing experiences in your life : your baptism, How quickly time has passed ! And through the your college graduation, and your wedding day. years, Mae has continued to study her problem Your baptism tomorrow is the first of these. All that she might give her loved ones that same un- your life you have loved God and have been His derstanding which blessed her growing years. little girl. Tomorrow you are doing still more for Even though college trained, she has realized that Him—you are saying to others that you promise to she was trained in another generation, and she has serve Him and work for Him all your life." ever been on the alert, constantly striving to add Then there was the understanding principal. to her knowledge, that her children can always At the end of her first month's teaching, when, ut- say of her, "Mother understands!" terly discouraged, she handed in her resignation, All along life's shores are strewn wrecks of old he smilingly asked, "But why this, Miss Wright ?" and young whose barks have struck the rocks of He knew that fear of failure is not uncommon misunderstanding. Their lives have grown bitter, with a young. conscientious teacher. "Fail !" he because their motives have been misjudged. How said. "Why, I am not going to let you fail !" much of this secret bitterness would have been The time came when another little head slept softened had it been met with sympathetic under- in the cot which had first been occupied by baby standing !

Elements of Success II—Your Mind By G. DALRYMPLE

AST week we talked about the importance of "There's not a great deal of difference between health—of a good, vigorous physical organ- people, except from their necks up." L ism—as an element in success. Really, that And this brings us to the question, "What have point can scarcely be overemphasized. But this you learned in the last six months anyway?" week we want to talk a little about your mind as The mind learns gradually but surely. It can- an element in success. First, however, I should not pick up everything all at once. But it is amaz- like you to think of this. Physical differences be- ing how much it can acquire, if we keep training tween normal members of the human race are it, drilling it, educating it, bit by bit. smaller than mental differences between normal Most of us are either too lazy or too impatient members of the race. for a task so slow and so laborious. Neglecting A very tall man is less than one-third taller it, we are content to become second or third rate than a very short man. A very weak man will specimens of what in God's plan we really might be able to lift about one fourth of what a very be. There are very few lines of knowledge in strong man can. which we might not become authorities and ex- Mentally, differences between individuals are perts, if only we would apply ourselves to the task 0 much more marked. Though sometimes it is diffi- of learning. But most of us don't care to, do we? cult to find accurate standards of comparison, We prefer the blare of the radio or the drivel of most of us will agree that the trained mathema- the daily press. tician, for example, knows a hundred times more Success? Yes, it's wonderful—but it's pretty about figures than the person who left school at expensive, too. And we are not quite certain the eighth grade; or that the expert typist can whether we really care to pay the price. There write many times more efficiently, from the stand- are so many other little things on which to fritter point of both speed and neatness, than the person away our time, our money, our energy. who has had no training in that line. Let's undertake a little self-examination. Or to put it in other words, our mind is sus- In the last six months what definite thing have ceptible of a greater and higher degree of training you done to improve your mind? than our body. As someone once phrased it, How long since you really learned anything? AND SABBATH HERALD 17 OCTOBER 14, 194 3 William James, the greatest of American psy- ing the European masters, that would not enable chologists, has remarked that by steady endeavor, him to produce a "Mona Lisa." There are achieve- I working at it bit by bit, day in and day out, we ments which, it seems, are reserved only for may enroll ourselves among the really competent genius. ones of earth. Now, assuming this statement to But we are not talking of genius—of the ex- be true—and if you take time to think it over traordinary, the phenomenal, the almost weird. you'll see that it is true—just what are you doing We are talking of ordinary people and ordinary I to make yourself, day by day, week by week, minds, and of the extraordinary things which or- month by month, into a more competent person ? dinary people may accomplish when they get to "But I've finished school !" Ah, in too many work and use their ordinary minds. cases that's the trouble. Our minds have no self- Success? You would like it? But how much starter; unless we are forced or cajoled into it, would you like it? Laying aside rhapsodies and 1 we give up learning altogether. The years pass exclamations, how much are you willing to pay relentlessly by, but in us there is no increase in for it? Are you willing to actually work for it? wisdom or in knowledge—we are as we were; we Don't forget that little saying of Emerson's : are even pleased to remain as we were. The tal- "Be careful what you set your heart upon, for ents of mind which God has given us are wrapped you will surely get it." There's a great deal of I in a diploma and solemnly buried on graduation truth in that, and it applies to success as well as day; we have done so much with them already, to some other things. • we feel no need, nor even any desire, to employ them actively further. Really, that is not the right way for a Christian to do, is it? First Fruits in the Upper Mekong But let us continue with our self-examination. (Continued from page 15) What have I done in the last six months that is definitely designed to make me a more useful, and gwang before dark. Wet and mud-splashed, we hence a more successful person? How much avoided passing down the main street of the city, of my failure to do more to train my mind is hon- and turned aside before entering the city gate to estly traceable to circumstances over which I have follow along the city wall till we found an inn. It no control? How much of it is traceable to mere was a cold, barnlike place of one large room. One idleness and inactivity—laziness, if you like—on continuous bed made of boards spread on benches my part? lined the four walls of the room. The proprietor There are some lines of endeavor, of course, for protested our entry, as the place was already full which no amount of training and effort on our of guests, but we saw no other prospects of shelter part will prepare us. Though a man should study from the rain and insisted on crowding in. Bath- the writing of poetry all his life, that would not ing and changing into dry clothes was done by de- enable him to turn out "Idylls of the King." grees. The dirt floor had become mud because of Though a man should spend many years in study- the rain blown in through the open door and from water used in cooking; yet the innkeeper's wife protested as I splashed a little water during my bath. 0 The next day our tribesmen turned back, and we employed two Chinese coolies to carry our things. Our route this day was up the Red River, following a broad, unsurfaced motor road which the rain had softened down to a depth of six inches. We tried all parts of the road and found it easiest walking in the trail made by horses and cattle, as there the mud and water were of a thin- ner mixture. The tiring monotony of the day's march was broken by wading the many streams I Recipe for a Happy Home crossing the valley from the mountain range we were skirting. HALF a cup of friendship The next day we crossed a mountain range and And a cup of thoughtfulness, the Burma Road to a company of our believers Creamed together with a pinch Of powdered tenderness. near Tali, at a point overlooking a beautiful lake. Very lightly beaten After spending Sabbath with this company we In a bowl of loyalty, secured passage with a military convoy, and with With a cup of faith and one of hope four more days of travel on the Burma Road were And one of charity. back again in Kunming, Yunnan. Be sure to add a spoonful each Of gaiety that sings, And also the ability To laugh at little things. "THE Lord bless thee, and keep thee : Moisten with sudden tears Of heartfelt sympathy. The Lord make His face shine upon thee, and Bake in a good-natured pan be zracious unto thee : And serve repeatedly. The Lord lift up His countenance upon thee, —Author Unknown. and give thee peace."—Num. 6:24-26. 18 THE ADVENT REVIEW WORLD-WIDE FIELD

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church bulletins to enlist the at- Coming Temperance Rally .in Constitution tendance of their members. Invi- tations are to be sent to all the Hall, Washington, D. C. Senators and Representatives and reserved seats held for all those OR years Seventh-day Advent- more than gratifying. They are who want to go. Without doubt ists have been in the front enthusiastic in their response. several Senators will be on the F ranks of the temperance cause. Dr. Charles R. Jones of the Amer- platform as a number of them are There is no other church that is ican Businessman's Research Foun- strong temperance men in their as definitely behind it. This moral- dation of Chicago was quick to own right. political issue is one that we can, respond to an invitation to partici- In view of the prevailing terrible p and do, back unitedly by voice and pate. Bishop Hughes of the Wash- conditions caused by liquors and vote whenever it is before the peo- ington area Methodist churches has the brazen demand for precious ple. accepted a part on the program, food materials by the breweries to When prohibition was repealed, and Bishop Cannon of Richmond, turn into poisons, it is time Sev- the liquor interests said that the Virginia, will be there. Dr. George enth-day Adventists pressed the old saloon would not return. Worse Crabbe, general secretary of the battle anew to the gate. It is the than the saloons are here! In pre- Anti-Saloon League of America, hope of the men preparing for this prohibition days the saloons han- will take part in the rally. Men rep- rally that it may be the spark that dled all intoxicants ; today our deli- resenting the Intercollegiate Asso- will start a rumbling throughout the catessen and grocery stores sell such ciation, the Allied Youth of Amer- nation against John Barleycorn and beverages, and our children are ica, and the International Reform his cohorts. We enlist the prayers more acquainted with the appear- Association have been invited to of all Adventists that the coming ance of liquor than the late adoles- be there. Also Mrs. Ida B. Wyse- rally may be a strong factor in cents of saloon days. This summer Smith of the national W. C. T. U. turning the tide of woe. Pray for a young soldier who had just arrived will have a part on the program. the rally and for our national lead- in our nation's capital from a camp The Protestant churches of the ers. L. E. RAFFERTY, in Georgia told me that there were Washington area will give free ad- President, Men's Missionary about three hundred soldiers on vertising of the rally in their Society, Takoma Park Area. his train, and "nearly every one had a quart when we started." Today a person can without permit Lay Preachers' Institutes in Cuba get any amount of alcohol to pickle the internal organs, but he must OTH the East and West Cuba available workers of the conference have a doctor's prescription to get Conferences have made marked to help in the instruction work. even a little to rub on a suffering B progress in the lay preaching The East Cuba meetings were held external member of the same body. work during the past two years. in the Camagiiey church. • Today the supplies of prewar dis- During the latter part of May and About the same number of lay tillations are running low despite the second week in June of this preachers and workers were in at- an estimated four-year supply on year, two very inspiring and in- tendance at the institute held in hand before the wartime conver- structive institutes were held for the West Cuba Conference. These sion to industrial alcohol. This vis- the lay preachers. meetings were held in Manacas, one ible shortage has sent the liquor In the East Cuba field about of the first Seventh-day Adventist barons scurrying to Washington thirty men and women were in at- churches in Cuba, located about to seek permission to use thou- tendance, including a few of the forty miles from our college. sands of tons of precious grain to make liquors—grain which would save thousands of starving Europe- ans, grain which would produce valuable foods in the forms of cereals, meats, butter, milk, and eggs. The appalling conditions prevail- ing throughout our nation, which find their root in this nefarious in- dustry, cry out for readjustment. Sensing the need of the hour, the combined Men's Missionary Socie- ties of the Greater Washington Area are planning a great temper- ance rally to be held in Constitution Hall the twenty-sixth of October. F. C. Carrier, secretary of our Seventh-day Adventist American Temperance Society, will be the chief speaker, and all the metropol- itan area Seventh-day Adventist churches are backing the rally in a strong way. Co-operation from other temper- ance groups contacted has been Lay Preachers' Group in East Cuba AND SABBATH HERALD 19 OCTOBER 14, 1943 Besides the conference workers The union secretaries, J. C. Hol- it was indeed a tremendous inspira- in attendance and Walter Murray land, representing the home mis- tion. The war had affected the at- and the writer from the Antillian sionary department, C. P. Sorensen, tendance in some ways, particularly Union, we were greatly favored in of the War Service Commission and the attendance of the young men. having Meade MacGuire with us Y. P. M. V. department, J. P. Neff, There was, however, a good repre- during both institutes. His devo- of the educational department, and sentation of youth present. The tional study each morning and brother S. L. Clark, representing tenseness of the times in which we Bible study each afternoon and ser- the publishing department, all con- live seemed to have produced a mons at the night meetings were tributed to the success of the meet- spirit of unusual earnestness on the indeed spiritually uplifting and con- ing. part of young and old, and there tributed much to the success of the The Review and Herald Publish- was a hearty response in all the meetings. The workers and lay ing Association was ably repre- meetings. preachers present will long remem- sented by Frederick Lee, J. M. Elder Spicer was present for sev- ber these most timely studies. All Jackson, J. D. Snider, and D. A. eral days, and, as is always the case, left for their respective fields Bailey. his ministry was greatly appreci- greatly refreshed. The bookstall was one of the ated by all. Elder Branson, Elder During each afternoon a half busiest centers on the campground. Dick, and Doctor Walton, of the hour was devoted to prayer. Small On the first Sunday $1,750 worth of General Conference, were able to groups would meet in various literature was sold. In the fore- make brief visits to the camp, and places and pray earnestly for the noon of the second Sunday the their messages, too, were greatly outpouring of God's Spirit upon sales came to $1,300. Total sales appreciated by the people. His people and workers. amounted to $8,107.65. This is a The plan of calling for a special A new day is dawning for Cuba. new record for the Ohio Conference foreign mission offering at the The spirit of evangelism is grip- and it indicated the spirit of the Sabbath morning services is not ping the hearts of the people. Soon camp meeting. followed at the Michigan camp we shall see tangible results from God's people are anxious to pre- meeting, but at the Sabbath school the labors of our young men and pare to meet their Lord, and we on both week ends a special appeal women who are devoting a part of are confident that the books pur- was made and about $4,000 in cash, their time to active evangelistic chased by our people will greatly in addition to a considerable amount work. Pray for our lay preacher strengthen the faith of our believ- in pledges, was contributed to for- army in Cuba. ers in the third angel's message. eign missions. Approximately $2,- HAROLD C. BROWN, The Voice of Prophecy group 500 was provided by the congrega- Home Missionary Secretary, were special guests of the camp over tion toward meeting the expense of Antillian Union Mission. the last week end. Special publicity the camp meeting. was given to the evening meetings, The Book and Bible House always and many from the surrounding was an extremely busy place, and villages turned out for these serv- the sales during the camp meeting Ohio Camp Meeting ices. amounted to approximately $18,000, T. J. Michael, R. A. Anderson, a gain of about twenty-five per cent HE Ohio camp meeting was for- and I were in attendance from the mally opened by W. M. Robbins, over the sales of last year's meet- T General Conference. ing. president of the conference, on We are confident that the 1943 Thursday night, July 29. The ten- T. G. Bunch, the conference pres- Ohio camp meeting has meant much ident, and his associates are to be day meeting conducted from July to our believers in that State. The 29 to August 8 convened, as usual, commended for the excellent or- Lord was present. A number took ganization of their camp meeting. on the campus of the Mount Vernon their stand for the message. Many Academy. It was quite evident Everything that could possibly be renewed their vows and reconse- done had been done to ensure that from the very first meeting that the crated and rededicated their lives people came to camp meeting with the program each day would be car- for the speedy finishing of the ried out smoothly and without any a desire to prepare to meet their work. W. A. SCHARFFENBERG. God. interruption or confusion. Our God The early morning meetings were is a God of order, and we are confi- exceptionally well attended. The dent that when we conduct the af- Lord came very close to His people fairs of His work with reasonable in these early morning devotional Michigan Camp method and decorum, the blessings meetings, and there was a general which God has promised will ac- feeling that the time had come for Meeting company our efforts. God's children to make their calling In addition to the General Confer- and election sure. HE camp meeting of the Michi- ence representatives who were pres- Owing to the times in which we gan Conference, August 10-22, ent, the brethren from the union are living, many of our people were Twas held at Grand Ledge. It was and the conference ministers were unable to attend all the meetings. the first time I had been privileged kept very busy ministering to the The main pavilion, however, as to attend the Michigan camp meet- spiritual needs of that large gath- well as the academy chapel, was ing, and I was greatly impressed in ering of people. All the meetings packed for the Sabbath services. various ways. The campground is were remarkably well attended, and When the call for missions was a delightful one. Several of the as we reached the close of that spir- made the people responded liberally. buildings are of a permanent na- itual feast it was very apparent that The Sabbath school offerings to- ture and are well built, skillfully workers and people in Michigan taled $1,845.67, while the mission arranged, and provide adequate ac- were more determined than ever to offerings totaled $4,550.79. commodation. press forward the triumphs of the F. H. Robbins, president of the Over the week ends there was a advent message, doing everything Columbia Union Conference, gave a sizable city in that grove on the possible to hasten the completion of number of stirring messages on the outskirts of Grand Ledge. It is God's work in their territory. As signs of the times and the second difficult to know on those occasions an indication of the spirit that pre- coming of Christ. B. G. Wilkinson, just how many people are present, vailed at the Michigan camp meet- president of Washington Mission- but the attendance was variously ing, the readers of the REVIEW will ary College, graphically portrayed estimated at from eight to twelve be interested to know that a large the religious trends of today, while thousand people. Apart from the group of young people, numbering M. E. Loewen, camp pastor for the occasion of the General Conference well over a thousand, gave their Columbia Union, brought to our session, this was the largest con- hearts to the Lord and indicated people many interesting experi- gregation of Seventh-day Advent- their desire to be prepared for bap- ences of our boys in the service. ists that I had ever met with, and tism. T. J. MICHAEL. 20 THE ADVENT REVIEW This Book Will Go on Rewarding Its Readers Throughout All the Days of All Their Years

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We hear it over the sible for some to give twice as much TGermany, and other lands— radio and we read it in the papers. as a year ago? Our people do love We ought to do everything we can foreign missions. The spirit of when, as in Hamburg, a small loaf self-denial, too, grows with many. of bread sold for one billion dol- for the cause of freedom. But just lars at the normal exchange rate— as things in the world require in- If, however, we are to succeed, our can but wonder what money will creased sacrifice, so do the things elders and ministers should talk of come to now. We often hear peo- of God. this offering November 13 in every ple talk about the increasing cost The calls coming from China, In- church and home. We shall never of goods, yet it really is not prices dia, Africa, South America and In- reach that amount unless we set our that go up, but money that slides ter-America tell of new openings for hearts to really make the Week of down. What is ahead of us no one missions. Adventists never had as Prayer a Week of Sacrifice as well knows, though we think the Amer- great opportunity to do things for and close it with the largest offer- ican dollar the best money on earth, God as they have today. Our one ing ever given by Adventists in unless it be the Swedish—which perplexity, however, is that, while the United States and Canada. held the strongest of all after the calls are urgent and the oppor- We must begin now to work and World War I. In the former post- tunities many, our mission income plan and pray for that liberal offer- war inflation period we observed for overseas work is not increasing ing. Are there not those who will two paradoxical situations: in the. as the needs demand. If we value give $1,000, or $500, or $100, or money by its only true measure- other large sums? Fruitful mis- world multitudes squandered money sion fields are opening. More mis- recklessly, whereas church mem- ment, that is, its buying power, bers hoarded money and held on— then Adventist mission offerings sionaries are going out. What a to their later sorrow. Only by have decreased since Pearl Harbor. help and blessing it would be if prayer, self-surrender, and sacri- The glowing reports of large mis- Adventists in this one special offer- fice shall we find the right answer. sion income are true as to figures, ing could bring in a quarter of a God is watching the faithfulness of but hardly true as to fact. While million dollars. One hundred dol- His children in this great hour. the tithe has increased a little— lars now may be worth much more when measured correctly—the gifts than a larger sum later on. The way in which we use our means L. H. CHRISTIAN. will vitally influence our religious to foreign missions, have, in actual experience and our salvation. buying power, gone down. Some The present world struggle has members have sacrificed more in their mission giving; however, brought on a host of financial bot- Missionary Sailings I tlenecks. These are greatly in- more have really sacrificed less. tensified by the uncertain money There is today too much of a grow- R. and Mrs. Charles R. Tay- values and unknown future. To no ing love of money. lor, of the Texico Confer- enterprise, however, have these God measures money by our M ence, left Miami on Septem- problems been more baffling than to spirit of self-denial. Man must ber 12 for Havana, Brother Taylor foreign missions. That is espe- measure money by what it will pur- having been called to serve as a cially true of the missions fostered chase. I would rather have one teacher in the Santa Clara school by Europe. It is not possible for dollar when that would buy one in Cuba. any mission society in Europe to bushel of potatoes than $1.75 when Elder and Mrs. Norman W. support its work overseas. that would buy only three fourths Dunn, returning to Argentina, At the beginning of this war of a bushel. One lesson of World South America, from furlough, left Adventists in Europe had many War I was that Bible stewardship Brownsville, Texas, on September missions and missionaries in vari- in wartime needs to be studied with 17 for Lima, Peru, from whence ous parts of the world. Some of great care, lest we deceive ourselves they will go by train to Buenos these are now interned, while and fail to support missions as we Aires. others are still at work. But all of should. Mr. and Mrs. J. Ivan Crawford, them must be supported by us in In previous years we have had of New Brunswick, Canada, left America. We cannot leave them two large mission offerings toward Miami on September 18 for Port- and their flocks to perish, even the close of the season. One was of-Spain, Trinidad. Brother Craw- though this adds greatly to our the Week of Sacrifice in November, ford has accepted appointment to financial foreign mission burden. and the other the Annual Offering, teach in the Caribbean Training We have not met a single Adventist the last day in the Week of Prayer College, in Port-of-Spain. in America who wanted us to fail just before Christmas. In 1942 the Mr. and Mrs. Paul E. Evers, of or neglect our fellow workers Week of Sacrifice brought in $139,- the Asheville Agricultural School, across the sea. When we remember 727.51 and the Annual Offering Fletcher, North Carolina, left Mi- how graciously God has spared our $53,023.04, a total of $192,750.55. ami on September 19 for Port-au- beloved country, we willingly take The plan for this year is that in- Prince, Haiti. Brother Evers has on this heavy task. But this will stead' of having two offerings at been called to connect with the not go of itself. We must plan and different times, we shall have them Haitian training college in Port- work and give and love. together, since the Week of Sacri- au-Prince. T. J. MICHAEL. Mission giving is not the only fice and the Week of Prayer come financial problem of the present the same week. The date for this wartime. Many Adventists today offering is November 13; that is at THROUGH a typographical error are studying what to do with their the close of the Week of Prayer. the article on the Radio Commis- property. We heard it through the There are those who have thought sion by W. G. Turner in our Sep- summer as we attended camp meet- that our people would prefer to give tember 30 issue stated that the ings. Several members who have a larger offering once rather than "budget for 1941" would be pre- property are investing larger sums to have two collections. Whether sented to the Autumn Council in- in the advent movement. They feel or not that idea is right, the appeal stead of the "budget for 1944" as that now is the day to give and this year is for the largest mission it should have been.