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MOOD It was March 2, and the District of Columbia was carpeted with snow, when the editor's schedule insisted on a spring- type editorial to be ready for the May 5 issue. After the first few bouts with seasonal reality, the vivid memories of Mr. Garrett's ranun- culuses helped span the miles and the months, and the writing was done. The plural of ranunculus, by the way, can be either ranun- culuses or ranunculi. ANSWER If you can give trusting assent to the prospects of a No answer to your prayer for life, you can claim a faith that is grown up and mature in every way. When such faith is found in the heart of a little girl, we think the story deserves a lead posi- tion in THE YOUTH'S INSTRUCTOR. We have given it just that. The story of Milly Jo, "When God Said Yes," was written by her Unseen Enemies maternal grandmother. Wherever springtime touches earth in this month of REPEAT Merlin L. Neff, author of the May, gentle showers abet a warm sun in the age-old wonder of Senior MV Book Club selection The Glory of the Stars (chapter excerpt beginning on bursting bud and springing flower. page 11), first appeared among Reading Out in Southern California a man takes pause to scan his Course authors in 1944 with the book Keepers fields. Acre on acre of brilliant blooms greet his eyes. Great of the Flame. Author Neff is the book editor patches of reds, whites, and blues make flag stripes across a field. of the Pacific Press Publishing Association, Another field is a woman's dress of calico colors, mixed in and editor of Present Truth. glorious, harmonious profusion. The flowers are ranunculuses, TROUBLES and the gardener is W. C. Garrett, one of the few major growers "A few weeks ago I enjoyed canoeing in the Admiralty Islands, when I of ranunculus bulbs in the United States. visited a number of believers in that group. Ranunculuses have no particular scent. Their popularity The mission boat MV Light was disabled, depends on color alone. Wandering through his flowers one day, so I decided to travel by canoe. . . . The Mr. Garrett was suddenly arrested by a familiar smell. With photographs, submitted with the manuscript, amazement and delight he traced it to an exceptionally tall and were taken with a six-dollar Brownie Reflex lush plant with an outstandingly lovely bloom. The scent that camera, because my 35mm. Bolsey camera had attracted him was similar to that of a rose! was out of action with shutter trouble." So The plant produces a bulb that if left in the ground long wrote the author of this week's center spread, enough will multiply itself into as many as five or more. The "Canoeing in the Pacific." rose-scented plant was carefully marked so that its bulbs could REWARD "I don't remember ever buying be positively identified. The following season one short row in more for less." So states the head of a manu- his fields was given special care. Then one day as Mr. Garrett facturing company whose personal campaign inspected his prize row, he found every plant wilted and dying. against the cigarette is reported in this week's Gophers, working unseen beneath the ground, had gone down Straight Talk. that row, eating every bulb! COVER Twenty-eight miles east of Salem, Mr. Garrett said he spent hours after that crawling up and Oregon, in Silver Creek Falls State Park, down the rows trying to sniff out another fragrant bloom, but is South Falls, where the water plunges 184 without success. All too often unseen enemies destroy man's feet into a tree-hidden pool. Photo by F. D. hopes in both the natural and the spiritual worlds. Silkey.

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Vol. 101, No. 18 THE YOUTH'S INSTRUCTOR May 5, 1953

WALTER T. CRANDALL, Editor FREDERICK LEE, Associate Editor DON Tom Assistant Editor Consulting Editors, E. W. DUNBAR, K. J. REYNOLDS, L. L. Motfar R. J. CHRISTIAN, Circulation Manager Published by the Seventh-day Adventists. Printed every Tuesday by the Review and Herald Publishing Assn., 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 Starch 3, 1879. Copyright, 1953, Review and Herald Publishing Assn., Washington 12, D.C. Subscription rates: one year, $4.75; six months, $2.50; in clubs of three or more, one year, each, $3.75; six months, $2.00. Foreign countries where extra postage is required: one year, $5.25; six months, $2.75; in clubs of three or more, one year, each, $4.25; six months, $2.25. Monthly color edition, available overseas only, one year, $1.50. The post office will not forward second-class matter even though you leave a forwarding address. Send both the old and the new address to THE Yount's INSTRUCTOR before you more.

2 THE Vaatla INSTRUCTOR ILLY JO had never seriously thought of death, not until she m met it face to face. It is not easy to face death when you are ten years old, particularly when you love life as she did. Hers was such a wonderful life, full of happiness and joy. She had everything to live for: a Christian father and mother, a fine brother, a lovely home, devoted grandparents, and many other loving relatives and interesting friends. She loved her pets too—Waggem, the little black terrier who wagged his tail so hard when she appeared that he wagged all over; and Blinkem, the Shetland pony who came to the door for sugar and fol- lowed her around like a dog, nuzzling her from time to time to get attention and love. She loved the canary birds in the big cage near the rose garden as they made music all day long. She loved her Sabbath school, church, and school, and all their activities. Like other girls, Milly Jo loved her day- dreams too, daydreams of a bright and wonderful future when she would be a woman. She thought she would like to Photo, Coorte.ty of the Author be a doctor like her daddy. Yes! There seemed to be everything to Milly Jo live for. But then came the crisis, the big test in Milly Jo's life. It seldom comes to one so young; but the way she met the The abiding trust of a little child crisis and passed the test was the measure of Milly Jo, just as it is the measure of is a holy thing. every man, woman, and child. And that is the story I want to tell. Suddenly Milly Jo stopped running, flung her arms across her chest, and doubled over, gasping to get her breath. There was a pain too, and she was, oh, so When God Said tired! This sort of thing had happened many times lately when she ran. Games were such fun, but she could not keep up with the others as she used to. "Why?" she wondered. She did not understand, but mother and daddy knew something about their small daughter that others did YES not know. Their little girl had been born with a defect somewhere in her heart. Many heart specialists had examined her from ••• •:• time to time, but they could not tell where • in the heart, or just what the trouble was. In the meantime Milly Jo knew nothing about all this, and she lived a normal, happy life as her parents wanted her to, down into each heart chamber, but it told please tell me. Am I going to live or die?" except that she had less resistance to colds the story. He could hardly bear it. How should he and other minor illnesses. After her return from the hospital Milly answer? And then she was ten, and soon half said little about this experience, but when "Daddy," she said as she noticed his past ten and growing up, and the pain she had recovered from the ordeal days hesitation, "I am old enough to under- and breathlessness came often. She was later, she called her father aside and said, stand. I can take it. I must know!" tired most of the time. Soon she could no "Daddy, could you and I have a date "Yes," her father thought, "I must tell longer go to school but had to spend most tonight?" Busy as Milly Jo's doctor daddy her. It's only fair." So he did. He told of the time in bed. Then came the crisis! is, he often took time to escort his little her how they found a stenosis, or tight Heart specialists were doing their best. daughter out on a date, so they could have place, in her pulmonary artery, so that the Examinations and tests followed as quickly their "privacy," as Milly said. Of course amount of blood needed as she was grow- as possible. Then there was one more very daddy said Yes! and soon their treat was ing older could not get through. It meant wonderful new test that would most cer- before them in a cozy corner of the ice- she could live only a very short time, un- tainly find the trouble. This was not an cream shop. less surgery might be successful. This hope easy test for a little girl who had to remain This was the time! She must know! was very slight. At the time there had conscious while a tube was passed up Looking her kind, loving daddy straight in been less than a score of such cases in his- through a blood vessel in her arm and the eye, she asked the question, "Daddy, tory with varying success. Three years MAY 5, 1953 3 „,,,,,,,,,n7nymx•-•7777r4114140 before, the operation was unknown. If the There were many prayers that God would she said. "All the relatives are in the living tightness were in a certain location, there spare Milly Jo's life, according to His will, room 'cause it is my last evening. You was some hope for success. If the operation and she was cheerful and unafraid. And know I am having surgery tomorrow. It's were a success, she might be well and live then it was the evening before her surgery. serious! I may die!" • a normal life like other girls. Across the continent, in Washington, "We do not think God will let you die," Quietly Milly Jo listened and under- D.C., grandmother, whom Milly Jo calls grandma said, her heart choking her; "we stood, and then she said, "Well, Daddy, "my special pal," could think of nothing feel He is going to let you live to let your I've had a good life. If I can't live much else. About bedtime the telephone rang, light shine for Him." longer, all I can do is let my light shine and there was the dear little granddaugh- "I am glad you think so, grandma. I a little brighter for Jesus while I do live.” ter. "Grandma, are you alone?" she asked. want to live," she answered, "but God And her life bore testimony that she meant "Yes, dear, grandpa is traveling, and I knows what is best. I want it to be ac- every word. am here alone, thinking of you and pray- cording to His will." There seemed to be a renewal of conse- ing." "That's what we all want, darling, and cration in every member of the family dur- "Well, I am alone in my bedroom too, we know He hears and answers prayer. ing the days and weeks that followed. with the door closed. This is our 'privacy,' We have been praying! We are praying! We shall be praying that He will let you live and be well if it is according to His will. We have told your great-grandfather and great-grandmother and the relatives and friends of the time your surgery will begin. All across the country loved ones will be praying for you, and some across the sea. Grandpa's office staff will be hav- ing a special prayer service at the exact time of your operation, and grandma will • stay beside her telephone, praying and waiting for word. We know, dear, that God will surely answer these prayers. He always answers." "Oh, yes, grandma," said Milly Jo, "I know He will answer, but sometimes God says No." Then grandmother replied, "If He does, Veird gone we shall know that He sees it is best. In that case I promise you, dear, that I will try By ESTHER KALDAHL GUYOT to take up your light and let it shine as best I can for you. But you can do it so much better yourself, and I do feel that God will How is it that the birds arrive with every let you live so that you can let your own 4 light shine for Him." coming spring "Oh, thank you, grandma," came the To fill our hearts with gladness as we listen little voice over the telephone. "I hope you are right, for I do want to live. But I am to them sing? not afraid to die. I love Jesus, and every- And who directs them southward when the thing is right between Jesus and me. So I am not afraid about tomorrow. Bye, bye, chilling breezes blow, grandma dear! I love you!" In a white bed in a great hospital on Or tells them, as they take their flight, the the Pacific Coast, little Milly Jo greeted way that they should go? her doctors and nurses with a cheerful smile and a touch of humor, sprinkled with words that testified to her faith in God. All through the dreadful experience Who shows them how to build their nests and she showed no fear. "One of the bravest gather food each day, patients we have ever seen," they said of her. And who directs their fledgling young to I shall say only that they had to open follow in their way? Milly's Jo's heart and go through it with a wonderful special instrument, in the Who, tell me, is their teacher? In what school hands of the skilled surgeon, which al- lowed the heart to continue its beat and have they been taught? not lose too much blood. This same instru- "Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of ment went into the pulmonary artery valve and opened its tiny knives, cutting the God hath wrought?" tight band in the artery that was in the very place where she might have her Job 12:9. chance for life. She was a critically ill little girl, hover- ing on the borderline of life and death for a while. But in answer to the prayers for Milly Jo's life, God said Yes! 4 THE eJeiegi INSTRUCTOR Jasper Wayne Story By Paul M. DeBooy The scene is the parlor of the home of Jasper Wayne. The year is 1903—a mem- orable, historic year, a year of fulfilling signs, of great events, of courageous be- ginnings. Everyone this year was talking about a man named Henry Ford, for just this year he organized the Ford Motor Com- pany and set as a goal "an automobile for the common man." From all indications it looked as though his horseless carriage was here to stay. Dr. H. Nelson Jackson and Sewell Crocker became famous this year also for the first daring automobile trip from San Francisco to New York, May 23 to August 1, 1903. But that isn't all. December 17, 1903, a man named Orville Wright entered into a strange- looking gadget, and amid a deafening roar, a cloud of smoke and dust, the strangely propelled contraption took off of Kill Devil Hill and flew 120 feet in twelve seconds' time, landing safely. Man could fly! "What is the meaning of all these new and strange things?" thought Jasper Wayne as he sat in his living room in the little town of Sac City, Iowa, and then he read again the text that gives the answer—Daniel 12:4. He was living in the year of rapidly fulfilling signs of the end. Jesus would soon come. What could he, a humble layman who sold trees and worked at his nursery, do to tell others of the signs of the times and the nearness of Christ's coming? M. Hnatyshyn Why, just that evening as he read of the These Are the Junior Unit Captains Who Attended the Hartenbos Youth Camp in South Africa and labor disputes in the weekly paper, he Who Caught the Spirit of Courage and Faith That Is a Mark of Adventist Youth the World Around thought of James 5:1-5 prophesying labor troubles in the time of the end. As he sat arrived. As he tears off the cover paper raised in 1903 would swell to $5,750,000 quietly thinking of these things he kept he cannot help noticing the many people in 1952, and a total of $60,000,000 in fifty hearing the words of Jesus: "This gospel in the lobby, and a voice seems to say, years. Because of that beginning every of the kingdom shall be preached in all "Begin right now, right here with these Seventh-day Adventist layman and minis- the world for a witness unto all nations; people." With a prayer in his heart he ter, fifty years later, during 1953, would and then shall the end come." What could approaches a man standing near the door. join hands and efforts to swell that figure, he do to make this, too, a fulfilled proph- And so, one by one, he speaks to the peo- and with God's help bring about the reali- ecy? ple in the post office lobby, pointing out zation of the last prophecy to be fulfilled: Lying on the table nearby was a copy to them the article on capital and labor "And this gospel of the kingdom shall be of the Signs of the Times. As he picked it strife and making mention of the great preached in all the world for a witness up he read the notice that the next issue mission program they would help to sup- unto all nations; and then shall the end would contain an article on capital and port. come." labor as a sign of the soon-coming Saviour. That night he and his wife counted Why not order fifty and distribute them four dollars in change, the result of his Hartenbos MV Training Camp to the people in Sac City, asking for afternoon contacts. Not much, you say, donations to support the worldwide mis- but this was only the beginning for Jasper By J. M. Hnatyshyn sion program? He would help the people Wayne and for the Seventh-day Adventist of Sac City through the Signs, and the people. Before that year was through The keynote experience of our Cape missions abroad by the donations. Sure, Jasper Wayne's $4 had grown to $130 for Conference summer camp for Junior it would cost something, but why missions. youth this January came on the first Fri- shouldn't he help fulfill the greatest of all It was a satisfying, happy feeling that day forenoon. I was planning to talk on prophecies yet to be fulfilled—"This gos- Mr. and Mrs. Wayne felt as they placed the subject "God Hears and Answers pel of the kingdom shall be preached in the $130 in a mission envelope and to- Prayer" that Friday evening. During the all the world for a witness unto all nations; gether knelt beside his desk in prayer, MV classes a young lad was playing with and then shall the end come"? With a thanking God they could have a part in the string on which was a key to his suit- prayer that his efforts might be blessed, fulfilling prophecy and in hastening case. He broke the string and lost the key he ordered the fifty Signs. Christ's return, and asking His blessing in the sawdust floor in the big tent. Two weeks later we find Mr. Wayne in on the funds raised. After the class, when others went swim- the Sac City post office. His Signs have Little did they dream that that $130 ming, he remained to look for this lost MAY 5, 1953 5 key. I came to his help, found out what days after he arrived home he took sick had happened, and began to look for it with flu that was going around. His father also. Soon three other men joined me in had had it while the boy was in camp. MV Release the hunt. We all searched diligently but The father, not an Adventist, told this failed to find it. story to one of our Sentinel Publishing The boy was very persistent and would Company workers. He said that when the ✓ THESE former Missionary Volunteer not leave the place. He had to have that boy was sick with fever, he called his secretaries, now presidents of conferences key, and no other key would do. "The father and mother and asked that they in North America, tell our young people case belongs to my mother, and she told pray to Jesus to make him well. They their feelings about the coming Pan- me not to lose the key. I have to take could not pray, so they told him to pray, American Youth Congress: everything home in good order," he and he did. Later in the day, as the fever "I am looking forward with great an- moaned. was going up, he called them again, say- ticipation to the Pan-American Youth What to do? The boy was worried and ing that he wanted to ask Jesus again, Congress. This great meeting will give still hoping to find that key in the sawdust. because he was feeling worse. This he did inspiration not only to the youth but to I brought my strong magnet and went on several occasions. all of us. The great days of the message over the area several times, but no key. The boy got better, and the father and are just ahead, and the youth are going "Are you a Christian?" I asked. mother began to see their need of Christ. to participate in a very specific way."— "My mother accepted Jesus and was "A little child shall lead them." The H. C. KLEMENT, president, Oklahoma recently baptized in the effort in Cape father says that the camp has helped his Conference. Town." I told him that Jesus knew where boy to Is.now Jesus. He writes: "I must that key was. We had failed to find it in thank you very sincerely for what you "The Pan-American Youth Congress in the one hour of searching. Why not ask have done for Denis. I can assure you this time of meaningful world develop- Jesus to help us find it? that it did him much good going to camp." ments constitutes the greatest challenge He agreed that I pray. This is how these Junior youth felt ever, not only for the youth, but also for I put my magnet in the same spot where about the camp: their leaders. I believe in this gathering, he had looked a dozen times and where Junior boy, fifteen years old and shall earnestly pray that it will be I had my -magnet three or four times be- "This camp has been the best I have the greatest meeting of its kind since the fore, and in just a few seconds—cling— ever attended. I have made the greatest beginning of the Missionary Volunteer and the key was on the magnet. decision in my life, and that is to follow organization."—R. R. BIETZ, president, I looked into his face and said, "Son, in the footsteps of Jesus. I have decided Southern California Conference. Jesus hears and answers prayer." I made to follow Him all the way. Please pray an appeal to his heart. He wept and gave for me; neither of my parents are Ad- himself to Jesus. That Friday evening I ventists." preached with power, for I had a con- jUnior girl, fourteen years old In the Workshop of God crete example and a witness that God "This camp has meant much to me, By Lydia Schander hears and answers prayer. especially in my spiritual life. The talks Through some misunderstanding a boy Uncle John gave seemed to be just for me, The growth of the young Christian in of seven came to camp. We take them and I am determined to prepare my young the workshop of God was graphically from ten years of age, but here was this life to work for Jesus. I want to thank you presented in the twice-daily services of the young boy. He was a problem on several for what you did to make this camp the Week of Prayer held at Union College occasions, but everyone took his turn to best that I have attended." early in February. L. A. Skinner, associate help the lad. So ended our Hartenbos camp, but its Missionary Volunteer secretary of the His tender mind was impressed with spirit still lives on in the hearts of our General Conference, conducted the meet- this story of Jesus' finding the key. A few youth. ings. To page 20

Lydia Schanck,. Discussions of the Student Panels at Union College During the Week of Prayer, With L. A. Skinner Moderating, Led Everyone to Deeper Thinking

6 THE ZlAetait INSTRUCTOR Prized Possession

By ALTA HILLIARD CHRISTENSEN

HRILLS and excitement were reaching an all-time high on Pit- T cairn Island. The steamer Rakaia was arriving, bringing something that had been away for more than 110 years. Eagerness was subdued with rever- ence and a tinge of awe, for the old Bible that had been on the H.M.S. Bounty on its last and fateful voyage, 1787 to 1789, was returning home. Who has not heard the thrilling adven- ture tale of the Bounty and its mutineers who settled on Pitcairn, burned their ship, and murdered one another until only two of them were left with a band of island women and half-caste children, and then of the repentance of these two, and the noble work accomplished by the last sur- vivor, John Adams? In those early days the Bounty Bible was neglected. Then, as John Adams was aroused by a dream to a realization of his Photo, Courtesy of the Author responsibility to teach his children and those of his dead companions a better way Mr. Moverley, Pitcairn Island Schoolteacher, Displays the Beautifully Cased Bounty Bible of life, he sought the Book out and used it constantly from 1800 to the year of his and was placed with the Historical Society thick. A prayer book is in the front part, death, 1829. Edward Young was the other of Connecticut. and at the back are the Psalms in meter. sailor who escaped murder, but he suffered The Pitcairners are loyal British sub- Both the prayer book and the Psalms show from asthma, and because of this did not jects, and they felt that their historic Bible much wear. live long after his repentance. should be in British possession, so they re- Before the return of the Bible to Pit- quested that it be given to the British cairn in 1950, the British Colonial Service John Adams was a man of extremely ambassador in Washington, D.C. He in had sent a special messenger, Mr. Cottle, limited education. He was thirty-six years turn took it to England. The king and to take it to Fiji, where the Western Pa- of age when he was left with a young queen showed great interest in this Book cific High Commission has its headquar- community on his hands, and he was that had become a sacred relic. ters. This commission controls the affairs barely able to write his own name. It was But now the old Bible was wearing out. of Pitcairn Island. with difficulty that he managed to spell Its patched cover was loose and broken, In Fiji a new box of Fijian wood was out the words of the Bible and prayer the title page was missing, leaves in Gene- made for the Bible, beautifully dovetailed, book. But he persevered, and his efforts sis were frayed and ragged. Skilled work- with a drawer underneath. This drawer were richly blessed. However weak the men undertook its repair. Those worn contains an album of clippings about the messenger may be, there is power in the pages of Genesis were split, and parch- Bible, pictures, and letters dealing with it. message of God's Word. ment was placed between the two parts, The box has a glass top close enough to Since those days this Bounty Bible has making both sides of the leaf as readable hold the Bible open. traveled over much of the world and has as if new. The Book was rebound in a Apparently Mr. Cottle's mission ended awakened the interest of many people, new light-colored leather cover, and was in Fiji, for Mr. Dobbs, of the Western Pa- from sailors and carpenters to governors made strong and beautiful. Then it was cific High Commission, took the Bible and kings. placed in a strawboard box, on which was from there to New Zealand en route to In 1839 the whaler Cyrus called at Pit- printed the label "The Pitcairn Bible." Pitcairn. There he showed it to the gov- cairn, and by the hand of that ship's car- This Bible is not large. It is seven inches ernor general and his wife, Sir Bernard penter the Bible made its way to America long, five inches wide, and three inches To page 19 MAY 5, 1953 7 WITH SUCH THINGS AS YE HAVE

By JEAN B. MARSA

that fact. Evidences of a whole mine of been glad to share his work with her, but Christian joy were written in every cheer- she loathed the dirty patients with their ful.line. I found out later that this sufferer, ugly sores and deformed bodies. She Louis Mbako, had been an incurable crip- longed to be back home, where she could ple for many years, the victim of paralysis. have the nice things of life, with plenty For him no physical therapy in a polio of comfort and convenience. clinic. There is no such place in the jun- Fresh in her memory too was a recent gle. He lived, as did thousands of others, attack of malaria. It had left her rather in a hut of mud and grass, with earth wobbly, and she had bitterly remarked floor and practically no furniture. But he that she would not have contracted ma- was contented with such things as he had. laria back home. Apparently she had for- How abundantly rich is the poorest soul gotten the frequent attacks of flu that used whose mind is a reservoir of contentment! to plague her in the homeland. That can Moreover, who can estimate the life-giving be worse than malaria. influence of such a personality! Another thing, her little boy would be "The fruit of the Spirit is . . . joy." ready to begin school in a few months, Every child of God ought to be joyful. and of course there was no school for him Then why do we find many so-called to attend. Mother would have to be Christians who are unhappy? teacher. How she dreaded it! Now, back Consider the case of Jane. Only a few home, Johnny would have been at school months past she and her doctor husband five hours a day. Just think of all the in- had arrived at the mission hospital. Every- teresting places she could go and the thing was new and exciting at first, but things she could do while Johnny was at after the novelty had worn off, leaving the school! Then there was the servant prob- bare, unvarnished routine of mission life, lem. She remembered how efficient Maria the glamour of it all suddenly faded. Jane used to be in doing the housework. Now LOWLY he dragged his bony, found herself facing an apparently monot- in the mission home she had to try to twisted legs across the hot gravel onous existence and having to get along direct five servants, and the work never road. From the shaded porch of the without many things she had always con- seemed to be done right. In short, she was El mission home I watched him sidered essential. continually contrasting her present situ- come. Sympathetically I wondered what Of course, Bob was usually busy minis- ation with bygone joys, and consequently kind of help I could give to such an un- tering to the suffering. He did not have she was wretchedly unhappy. fortunate specimen of humanity. Then he too much time to think of himself, and Jane's type of personality is not singu- stopped before me, looked up, smiled, and Jane thought he had far too little time to lar. In fact, most human beings like com- said, "Jambo, madam." He had not come think of her. He never took her anywhere fort. Candidly, is there anything wrong to ask for any help, only to buy a little except to the little village of Indian stores with that? Are we expected to shun the corn, and radiate cheerfulness. His smile once a week, and to the larger distant town comforts and conveniences of modern life? beamed with happiness. We chatted a lit- maybe once a year. As a matter of fact, Indeed, I should like to meet the person tle, and then saluting respectfully, he there was no place to go that wouhi pro- who would not choose ease in preference turned and hobbled away. vide much interest for Jane. to hardship, if, at the same time, he could I watched him go. My attitude had She missed her old friends and felt ter- have the other things he considers more changed from pity to admiration. The mis- ribly lonely. All around were dozens of important than his personal comfort. I shapen limbs and body seemed to fade strange faces waiting to smile at her, hop- think that even Moses could have enjoyed from thought as I contemplated the inner ing to be her friends. They needed her, the luxury of the king's palace, but in riches of that mind. Of course, he was a and she needed them, but she failed to view of the great issues at stake, he chose Christian. One glimpse at his face revealed sense the opportunity. Bob would have "rather to suffer affliction with the people

8 THE INSTRUCTOR of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin grimy, repulsive-looking people, than be A fable in an old French reader tells of for a season." hostess of the grandest mansion in any a king who sought happiness. He was Among many priceless truths learned in land. told that if he Could find a happy man, a class in philosophy of religion at college, Of course, we are not all called to the and wear his shirt, then he too would be one fact has become very real in my ex- same kind of work. I do not forget that happy. He traveled around the world seek- perience. The things of true value in life the rich as well as the poor constitute a ing a happy man, but returned home dis- are the intangible realities, such as love, vast mission field, but the same radiant appointed. On the road near the palace he peace, hope, and faith. In an old scrap- spirit of Christian love is required to reach passed a peasant working in the field, book I came across the story of a man all classes. One might need even more di- singing cheerfully. To the king's inquiry whose store had been destroyed by fire. vine grace to be contented among the as to whether the peasant was happy, the Passers-by saw nailed to a post beside the wealthy. Nevertheless, I have noticed that man promptly affirmed that he was. How- ruins a sign bearing these words: "Every- most of us can sink more easily into a life ever, when the king asked to wear the thing lost except wife, children, and hope. of ease and material riches than rise to a peasant's shirt, the man replied, "Alas, I Business as usual tomorrow." What mat- life of privation. "If God has called you have no shirt." ter if we be poor in material things as to be a missionary, heaven pity you if you Some think they cannot be happy with- long as there abideth faith, hope, and love? stoop to be a millionaire." out an abundance of material things. Nev- Some time ago I visited the home of a Some people never seem to be really ertheless, "a man's life consisteth not in rich woman. She and her husband were happy anywhere, and others find joy and the abundance of the things which he pQs- separated, awaiting divorce proceedings. bring it everywhere. The mental attitude sesseth." The average American home of The house was luxurious with its spacious makes all the difference. A discontented half a century ago contained a mere frac- grounds and rooms elaborately furnished mind is poison. Compare these two view- tion of our modern accouterments, but and brilliantly illuminated. Here was a points of the same disagreeable task: "I were the people any less happy because of woman, possessor of all she could want hate this job, but it has to be done," and it? It is really wonderful how many things that money could buy, but money could "I don't mind this job, because I am doing we can get along without, when necessity not buy happiness. A brief conversation it for those I love." The first attitude pro- requires it. Thousands of people in the revealed that lack. How could she enjoy duces tenseness, nervous fatigue, and ill- troubled areas of the world have learned those luxuries with a mind that tortured ness; the latter brings joy, peace, and that fact in recent years. Necessity engen- her daily existence? Peace and contentment abundant health. ders resourcefulness, and what a sense of exchanged for the pleasures of sin—ah, Those who seek happiness as an end in satisfaction and security accompanies the what a price some people pay for fool's itself never find it. Contentment is the by- personal realization that your happiness gold! product of loving service for others. The flourishes independent of material posses- Believe me, I would rather be down in selfish heart is never happy. Try to bring sions! the jungle, two hundred miles from the joy to another, and you will automatically The habit of trying to keep up with the nearest town, bandaging the sores of find it. Joneses seems to plague a great many pee

Charles Carey Any Necessary Change of Position Caused Her Discomfort, and Often She Would Cry Out in Pain. But She Had a Smile to Erase the Lines of Suffering MAY 5, 1953 9 ple nowadays. What a multitude of debts heard Tommy Bartlett on the Welcome, and annoyances just because we are too and worries might be avoided if we could Travelers program interviewing a blind lazy to better the situation. learn to heed the simple injunction, "Thou man named Hamilton Jenkins. He has A life of love in action is a life of happi- shalt not covet"! been blind for eighteen years. He said that ness. With such things as we have we must Not long ago I read to the children a his blindness made him very morbid at serve and bless our fellow men. Peter said most delightful book by Sam Campbell, first, but soon he decided that he must to the lame man at the Temple gate, "Such entitled On Wings of Cheer. The philoso- learn to make a living, as others do. So as I have give I thee," and what a miracle phy of a certain Indian named John Sha- he learned Braille, procured a Seeing Eye of mutual joy followed! wano particularly impressed me. It was dog, and is now a successful and happy The canary in our living room cannot Christmas morning when the author and salesman. Recently he was offered an oper- do much. He does not have many talents, his wife met John walking along the snow- ation for which someone had provided the no tools or equipment. In fact, I know only covered road toward his cabin fifteen miles money, and which probably would have one thing he can do to contribute to the distant. Sam Campbell offered the Indian restored his sight. Mr. Jenkins declined the atmosphere of the home, and that is sing. a ride in his car, but John stolidly refused, offer, because he is perfectly happy blind But how he does sing, and what cheer he pointing to his long legs. At first no pours out into the air! We have a cat too. amount of persuasion could convince this He does not do much of anything, except son of the wilderness that he should ride sleep, eat, and purr. But what pleasure his in the car. He knew that tomorrow he very presence brings to the children! The would have to walk, so why ride today? roses climbing by the porch do nothing He was wiser than to chance dissatisfac- but grow, bloom, and exude perfume, but tion with his usual mode of travel. who has not been cheered by the mere In the course of this unusual conversa- sight of a rose! tion Mrs. Campbell sympathized with old A native cook boy for a missionary fam- John because he would have to be alone ily in West Africa seemed always happy; on Christmas. His reply left no room for he was never heard to complain even further discussion: "Me no lone! Me never though sometimes he needed to work all lone! . . . God with John. God with John night to make bread for unexpected guests. day, night, all time." Oh, that some of us He was an intelligent boy and could have poor victims of the mad rush, the pitiable occupied a more remunerative position, vanity, and the restless discontent of mod- but he would not think of leaving the mis- ern civilization could imbibe the healthy Day Sfrief, sionaries, because he loved them and said attitude of that old backwoods Indian! he was perfectly satisfied to work for them By JOHN BOYD One warm spring day our old refriger- to help them work for God. ator hummed an ominous song, evidently Fundamentally happiness should be easy A pillowy cloud intended to signify, "I won't work any for the Christian who is engaged in suc- more." It would have cost too much for Vainly striving cessful, useful activity, but what about us to have it repaired. On the property To hold the sun above the western those who must "only stand and wait," there was a smaller refrigerator that the horizon, or perhaps lie down and wait, and wait? landlord said we might use. Two weeks Winging birds What about adversity, pain, frustration, later he needed it for another tenant. He Silhouetted failure? Can we be content in situations was very apologetic about taking it frOm Against gold and blue and crimson, like these? Is sadness ever permissible for a us. I hastened to assure him that it was all The lilting call Christian? It must be so, for even Jesus right. We could use an old icebox tempo- Of a spirited thrush wept. However, a Christian has no place rarily. Just then I was thinking of a mis- On the quiet air of evening— in his mind for self-pity. All his thoughts of sympathy can be only for others. What sionary family we knew in the Congo God who had lived in the steamy jungle for happens to us does not matter so much as Has ended six years without any kind of refrigera- how we react to what happens. The Chris- tion, to say nothing of all the millions of A day of spring. tian thrives on difficulties, for he turns his people who always get along without it. difficulties into doors. "Those who surren- The message of that old song "Count der their lives to His guidance and to His Your Blessings" is still good advice. Sup- service will never be placed in a position pose we do not have all the things we for which He has not made provision." might like. Do we often stop to consider and feels he can see better than some peo- Jesus used a cross to save a dying world. how many things we do have, how rich ple with two good eyes. He requested that Might we not turn our crosses into trees we really are? For instance, we have eyes. the money be used for some young per- that bear sweet fruit for His glory? George Then to us belongs all the beauty of the son, who still has all of life ahead of him. Bennard wrote "The Old Rugged Cross" landscape—the stars, the moon, the lakes, Yes, getting along without eyes, and still in a time of severe trial. and the mountains. Maybe your landscape contented! Consider the trial of being criticized by is limited by the stone walls of a city. Ah, The idea of contentment is often associ- others. Can we be content with that? Well, but you will find beauty there too, God's ated with peaceful and passive idleness. if the criticism is true, we had better take beauty, if you look for it—the face of a True, "they also serve who only stand and heed; if it is false, we can pray for the child, some trees, a bit of grass, a few wait," but useful activity is generally a critic. Either way we cannot lose. "Make flowers, and a piece of sky! With ears to part of the normal, happy life. your critics the unpaid watchmen of your listen, yours is the music of the wind and Several years ago in a college classroom soul." Remember too, "The only way to rain, the birds and insects. Indeed, we our very active and cheerful Bible teacher overcome your enemy is not be like him." could all benefit by more conscious time L. H. Hartin walked briskly across the Robert Browning wrote, "Who keeps in God's presence. Contemplation of His room to fasten a window that was rattling one end in view makes all things serve." power and love chases away the cares and in the wintry wind. By way of explanation A contestant in the Christian race must fears. he said something like this, "If I couldn't keep one end in view—"looking unto How truly rich we are to possess sight stop that noise, I'd be satisfied to endure Jesus the author and finisher of our faith." and hearing! Some have learned to be it." Certainly we are not expected to be It should be our joy to affirm as He did, happy without them. The other day I content with all sorts of inconveniences To page 22 THE Zleie.ak INSTRUCTOR Signs in the Stars

By MERLIN L. NEFF

Selected especially for YOUTH'S INSTRUCTOR readers. This is chapter 16 of The Glory of the Stars, one of the 1953 Senior MV Book Club selections.

ONG ago men of the out-of-doors was Aries, the Ram. Some of the others in- stars of the Dipper's bowl point toward who loved the stars saw many clude Taurus, the Bull; Gemini, the Polaris, the North Star. Indeed, the Big L patterns in the heavens, and they Twins; Leo, the Lion; and Scorpio, the Dipper is a beacon that points the way imagined the shapes of animals, Scorpion. These celestial markers were about the sky, James Russell Lowell refers birds, crosses, crowns, warriors, and heroes linked with astrology, and people in to this constellation in his poem "Prome- in the pageant of the sky. From one gen- ancient times were careful to order their theus:" eration to another the stories of these star life to fit the supposedly favorable season One after one the stars have risen and set, figures were passed along by camel driv- of the zodiac. Sparkling upon the hoarfrost of my chain; ers, shepherds, sailors, and soldiers. There Let us look at some of the constellations The Bear, that prowled all night about the are almost ninety constellations, the that fill the sky, for when we recognize fold majority of which date back more than the more prominent ones we are able to Of the North Star, hath shrunk into his den, two thousand years before Christ's birth. locate many of the best-known and bright- Scared by the blithesome footsteps of the The Greeks and Romans took these est stars. Ursa Major, the Big Bear, of dawn. figures from their predecessors, wove which the Big Dipper is a part, is recog- Above the second star from the end of many legends about the objects, and thus nized by almost everyone. The two outer the handle of the Dipper is a faint extra made the stars a part of Greek and Latin mythology. Aratus of Soli, who wrote a few years after the death of Alexander the Great, has told us much about the constellations and their names. He said: "Someone no longer living, mapped out the forms. The stars were so multi- tudinous, so varied in shape and size, and they all went winding about in such a way that he could not possibly enumerate them all; so he grouped them into forms and figures—thus did the constellations get their names." This may not be the full history of how constellations were named, but it seems to be true in part. We cannot actually see many of the legendary figures in the sky, and some people saw one object in a group of stars, while others imagined an entirely different picture. For example, Lyra, the Harp, has also been called a ram, a turtle, a bird, and even a mule. Stretching around the sky like a belt is the zodiac, a word from the Greeks signi- fying "a circle of animals." The twelve groups of figures in the zodiac represent living creatures. The first of these signs

Three Lions MV BOOK CLUB This Fantastic Woodcut From the Fifteenth Century Shows the Impression of a Scientist Who Looked Beyond His Known World—Earth, Sun, Moon, and Stars—Into the Vast, Unknown Universe

MAY 5, 1953 star. Long ago the stargazers of Arabia heard Castor and Pollux referred to as the north, and the Big Dipper, is Draco, the thought that a person had unusually good stars of mariners. In the book of the Acts Dragon. It is a large constellation and its eyes if he could see this dim star. How- of the Apostles we find that the boat that tail circles halfway around the Little ever, when it is called to the attention of took Paul on part of his journey to Rome Dipper. most people they are able to see Alcor, the was under the sign of Castor and Pollux. Below the Dragon is Hercules, best seen extra star near Mizar. See Acts 28:11. in the summertime. Between Hercules and The Big Dipper might be considered If we continue on southward from the Bootes is the Corona Borealis, the North- a mammoth clock, for it revolves around Pole Star in the same straight line we find ern Crown. Aratus said it was placed in Polaris every day in about 23 hours and Orion, the giant with the upraised club, the sky by Dionysus to honor Ariadne. 56 minutes. Indeed, some people are so who wears a three-star sword hanging It is a small gem of beauty formed in the well versed in star study they can tell the from a belt of three stars of the second heavens by a semicircle of bright stars. hour of night from the position of the magnitude. Four bright stars mark the The huge figure of Hercules lies next to Dipper, if they reckon the time of year. corners of this glorious constellation that BoOtes on the east. Aratus describes this Aratus speaks about the Big and Little is so conspicuous on winter nights. In the constellation as a toiling man in the sky. Bears and also of Bo&es, the Herdsman northeast corner, or shoulder of the Giant, It is the cluster of Hercules that has re- (sometimes called the Bear Driver), which is Alpha Orionis, known more generally ceived special attention by modern astrono- is near Ursa Major. The glorious orange- as Betelgeuse. In the southwest corner is mers. colored star in Bootes is Arcturus. Below Beta Orionis, or Rigel. Because this is a Below Hercules toward the horizon is Ursa Major and in a line diagonally huge constellation and appears during the the great constellation of Ophiuchus, the through the Dipper is Gemini, the Twins. winter season Orion has been linked with Snake Bearer. This figure is supposed to This constellation, seen best in winter storms and tempestuous times. represent Aesculapius, the son of Apollo, months, features the two bright stars, Halfway between the handle of the Big who has been linked with the medical pro- Castor and Pollux, which, according to Dipper and the horizon is Leo, the Lion. fession and its symbol of the caduceus, the Greeks, were the twin sons of Leda. This constellation is easily found in this the two serpents intertwiried. The Snake In the legend, Helen of Troy was said to position on a spring evening, because of Bearer is pictured in the sky as a man be a sister of Castor and Pollux. The twins the sickle which is attached to its west having a snake around his waist, and he accompanied their sister on a sea voyage, side—a sort of reversed question mark walks on the huge Scorpion. Because and in the storm on the return trip the among the stars. At the end of the sickle's Scorpius is so far south not all of it can boat was almost wrecked. According to handle is Regulus, often known as the be seen in northern latitudes. It is in the the legend the two stars suddenly appeared "star royal." Near the lion's tail is Deneb- Scorpion that the red star of the first in the sky and this was the promise that ola, a bright star that helps to form the magnitude, Antares, is found. According they would weather the storm. Because of Virgin's Diamond. Then between Ursa to the legends, Scorpius frightened the this ancient legend, we have sometimes Minor, the Little Bear, which. stays far horses that pulled the Sun's chariot and caused it to run away. The chariot almost collided with the Earth, the myth de- clared. The best time to view these last- named constellations is during July and August. To the east of the Scorpion is Sagit- tarius, the Archer. A large portion of this constellation is shaped like a dipper lying upside down, with its handle pointing west. Sagittarius is in one of the promi- nent parts of the Milky Way. It is in this region that the great star cloud becomes so densely populated that the astronomer Barnard says, "The stars pile up in great cumulus masses, like summer clouds." This sky figure is linked with hunting and the chase. GETTING A LOT FOR HIS MONEY! chlorophyll gum with every bottle of beer. But the far bigger question the brewers A small constellation to the east of Ken Biddle, nonsmoker and owner of the need to discuss in their inner conclaves is Hercules is Lyra. This word may origi- Biddle Screw Products Co., of Sheridan, how much chlorophyll it will take to make nally have meant "tortoise" instead of Indiana, has offered the smokers among his the brewing industry and the liquor traffic "harp," and when we look at the group ninety employees one hundred dollars each if the sweet-smelling, high-minded businesses they will refrain from smoking until the they claim them to be. The business that of stars we agree that it has more re- company's Christmas party next December. causes drunken driving and alcoholism, and semblance to a turtle than a musical instru- Nineteen accepted the challenge, reports the that contributes to crime, divorce, delin- ment. In this constellation is Vega, one Associated Press. Three dropped out after quency, and sundry other human miseries, only two days. of the most brilliant stars in the heavens. needs to be more than deodorized. It should To the east of Lyra is Cygnus, the Swan. So now Mr. Biddle stands to lose sixteen be exterminated. hundred dollars if his employees can stay The principal stars of this group form the by their decision. He got the idea last IT CAN BE DONE! Northern Cross, a celestial sight familiar Christmas when he rewarded his brother with a hundred-dollar bonus for breaking a Television station WFBM in Indianapolis, to star lovers. Lowell depicts this constella- seventeen-year habit. Indiana, has complied with a request by the tion as presiding over the New Year in With the prospect of paying out much Indianapolis Methodist Ministerial Associa- these lines: more than one hundred dollars next Christ- tion that it ban commercials showing an- mas, Mr. Biddle says, "I don't remember nouncers drinking beer. Orion kneeling in his starry niche, ever buying more for less. These cigarette The complaint by the Methodist ministers The Lyre whose strings give music audible companies are going to hate me." was sent to the station, to its announcers and To holy ears, and countless splendors more, program director, and to the breweries that Crowned by the blazing Cross high-hung A BREATHLESS SUGGESTION! o'er all. sponsor the commercials, reports Religious 4 News Service. To disguise the alcoholic aroma on the Above Cygnus is Cetus, the Whale, beer drinker's breath, someone has suggested In it they said that such "lip-smacking that chlorophyll be added to beer. It may dramatization does our children harm that which makes a dramatic appearance in the he that brewers plan to give away a stick of years cannot remove." To page 20

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The Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, California, Where the Pan-American Youth Congress Will Be Held This Year, June 16-20

• PAYC PREVIEW

I. A. SKINNER

UNE 16 to 20 is only six weeks This will be a night of spectacular color MV PATHFINDERS ON PARADE. This is away, and thousands of Seventh-day as scores of participants present the tre- one of the youngest features sponsored by Adventist youth are turning their mendous needs of the Americas and record the Missionary Volunteer Department, yet D eyes toward San Francisco. Here is the triumphful march of the Advent mes- it has grown to tremendous stature in a sampling of what you will see and hear. sage. some parts of the field. This fast-moving, diversified presentation of the various MUSIC. With Canis Lauda and Charles aspects of MV Pathfinder programs will Keymer teaming up to plan the music and MV LEGION OF HONOR. This outstand- hold the audience spellbound as the adults with Brad Braley at the mighty organ, ing feature of 1953 will be placed before are challenged to provide leadership for every person will be treated to unexcelled the huge audience in San Francisco in a such an aggressive and promising organi- harmonies from the very first note on the very unique way. Representatives from zation. This will be one of the outstanding evening of the sixteenth to the final march different areas of the Americas will reflect features of the congress. on the evening of the twentieth. Choirs, the serious thinking that goes into the groups, quartets, and trios are coming in signing of the MV Legion of Honor CONGRESS THEME—"CHRIST ABOVE from all over the hemisphere. Instruments covenant. ALL." Speakers have been chosen for the of many kinds are being brought to San worship periods who have demonstrated Francisco. Latin-American music will their love for God and youth. There will mingle with the North American tunes EVANGELISM SYF WORKSHOPS. There come from these periods of meditation as we honor God through this medium of will be a parade of Share Your Faith great spiritual enlightenment. Beginning praise. campaigners presented to the audiences with the opening ceremonies of the first of these workshops, demonstrating how evening, Tuesday, June 16, there will be MAY WE USE OUR RECORDERS? The this wonderful message can be presented a constant building up of a spiritual plat- answer is Yes. You must write Leston both personally and publicly by young form that will come to a climax on Friday Post, Box 146, Glendale, California, and people. Among them will be representa- evening and Sabbath when our worship enclose a one dollar recording fee. tives from Inter-America and South reaches its highest peak. The closing com- America. That will be the laboratory of mitment service on Saturday night prom- PAN-AMERICAN NIGHT. Wednesday Share Your Faith. From these meetings ises to be unusual, and everyone will leave night, June 17, will feature our visitors will come not only information and inspi- with the conviction, "I wouldn't have from South America and Inter-America. ration but know-how. missed this for anything!" MAY 5, 1953 13 Taking adventure by the hand, the author climbed into the "Lucille" and started off on a thrilling trip—

Canoeing in the Pacific

By JOHN K. L. FLETCHER

CRASH boat roared alertness in duty on Momote airstrip, that I would re- That afternoon Pastor Mave and I nearby Hyane harbor as my plane turn there about ten years later on a dif- walked about five miles from Lorengau to A approached Momote airstrip, but ferent mission. Rosun village, where we met with our I relaxed again when the plane Pastor Joseph Mave, our national assist- teacher and group of believers. Along the safely touched down on the coral-surfaced ant district director for this group of is- track I noticed skulls and other human strip. I was a passenger from Madang, lands, welcomed me at the plane. He is a bones half-buried in the soft red soil, with New Guinea, to Momote, Admiralty Is- sincere leader of men, radiating a joyful the toes of rotting army boots breaking lands, in a Qantas plane flying government enthusiasm in service for others. Pastor the surface here and there—grim remind- officials, air force personnel, and others. Mave with Laia, who is a leading teacher ers of the recent deadly struggle in this This was to be the beginning of a one- at our Manus Missionary School, and steaming tropical jungle. hundred-mile ocean-going canoe itinerary several other mission folks had hired an The next morning we followed a trail in the Admiralty Islands! My object: visit- old weapons carrier truck. We were driven down to a small stream where a delightful ing the Adventist believers in this area. in shaky uncertainty from the airfield natural rock pool formed an ideal baptis- Ten years before I had been a medical across about fifteen miles of mostly rocky mal font, where a number of folks had corporal in a fighter squadron of the Royal roads and a dilapidated bridge marked recently been buried with their Lord. Con- Australian Air Force. Our unit, Flying "Dangerous," to the government center tinuing, we came to a tidal stream, stagnat- Kittyhawks, was attached to the 13th U.S. at Lorengau, on Manus Island. ing, and then went on through an ominous Air Force, and we were associated with Our mission district headquarters is also mangrove swamp, a sinister retreat for the 1st U.S. Cavalry in landings at Mo- at Lorengau. The director, Pastor F. T. crocodiles. As we boarded a small four- mote, when the Allies reclaimed the Ad- Maberly, was on furlough in New Zealand. man canoe that was propelled by long miralty Islands, just below the equator, I was glad to meet Eric Roy and his fam- poles along the shallow stream winding northeast of New Guinea. I had no idea ily. Eric is a medical assistant in the gov- through the swamp, the folks told me of then, as I spent many days in ambulance ernment service at Lorengau. crocodile tragedies in this very area. I was

Photos, Courtesy of the Author Our Church on Baluan Island, Showing the En. From the Lucille We Saw These Fishermen Catch The Clean Adventist Village of Kon on Lou Is- trance Porch and Wall Damaged by a Whirlwind Several Fish and a Baby Shark in Their Nets land, Built Largely From Salvaged War Material 14 THE ZlOatit:2 INSTRUCTOR

glad that we were not making that canoe trip at night, when "trots" are usually on the prowl! Leaving the stream, we paddled across Rosun harbor to a small coral island, where our larger ocean-going canoe, the Lucille, was waiting for us. The boys were cooking a quantity of taro, sweet potato, and yam. After breakfast we prepared for the ocean run across to Lou Island, a distance of about twenty-five miles. The Lucille was named after the daugh- ter of our pioneer missionaries to this group, Pastor and Mrs. R. H. Tutty. This canoe was built about six years ago and was used extensively in mission visitation before the advent of our Diesel-powered boats. After years of good service the Lu- cille was beginning to break up. In places the superstructure was coming away from the canoe, and could not be securely re- The Ocean-going Lucille in Reef-sheltered Waters. The Boy at Right Is Standing on the Rolled- fastened because the canoe timbers were up Sail and Spare Poles That Collapsed, Throwing Two Members of the Crew Into the Ocean decaying. The caulking had fallen away from parts of the canoe and could not be effectively replaced. But the weather was favorable and the sea calm, so we started out on my first ocean-going canoe trip. After paddling and poling along the south coast of Manus Island for several miles, we fixed one of the two movable masts in position and hoisted sail, heading the canoe for Lou Island. A steady wind carried us over to starboard, and we later had to veer back to port. A few clouds were playing across the blue sky, and the sparkling azure ocean rose and fell in a gentle swell. When we were about ten miles out from Manus Island, the wind dropped, and we were almost becalmed. The boys were hop- ing that they would not have to paddle the rest of the way to Lou Island, because the Lucille is a heavy canoe. Several of the crew members were rest- ing on a rolled-up sail and spare poles This Large Canoe From an Island North of Manus Island Is Operated by a Five-Woman Crew supported by two sticks jutting out from the canoe on the side away from the out- rigger. A boy at the stern of the canoe with all his might. This time the shark would swarm down into the intervening cried, "Fish." A fish had been hooked on dived deeper at a frantic speed, snapping valley and fight there. It reminded me of the line that we usually trail behind the the heavy fishline that he had taicen. the children of Israel and the Philistines, canoe. Just at that time one of the two It appeared that we had at first caught when David and Goliath met at the di- sticks supporting the rolled-up sail and a fish, but before we could pull it in, it viding brook. spare poles broke, throwing these things was taken by the shark just before it made The following day saw us on the Lucille with two of the sleepy crew boys into the its first run at the canoe. An interesting setting sail from Lou Island for Pam Is- peaceful ocean. diversion along the way! land, about twelve miles distant. As we How we laughed at their unexpected With the help of a light wind we made rounded a protecting headland we faced ducking! Several of the other boys jumped Lou Island at 4:30 P.M., having covered a heavy swell and strong northwesterly overboard for the sheer fun of it and sky- the twenty-five miles in about nine hours. wind. With one sail set, we kept close to larked while recovering the dripping sail Our Manus Missionary School is on Lou the wind and cut through the waves at a and poles. Suddenly somebody cried, Island, under the care of L. R. Tonkin steady speed. The crew was alert and "Shark!" and his national teachers. It was good to ready for any development, since the waves Yes, a large shark was approaching from be with the believers here on Sabbath, sometimes lifted to ten feet or more. The behind the canoe! The swimming boys when about three hundred people gathered canoe would quickly capsize if not han- quickly clambered aboard just as the shark for the services. dled carefully. made a swirling rush at the place where On the following day Pastor Mave and As we later pulled into reef-sheltered they had left the water. As the huge fish I walked across the island to other vil- waters the mast base broke away, and neared the canoe the boy who was in the lages, staying at Baon overnight. Walking our sail was hurriedly pulled in. How stern grabbed a tomahawk and bashed its back to the missionary school the next day, thankful we were that this had not hap- head as it broke the surface of the water. we followed a hill trail. I saw two moun- pened out in the open ocean. The shark dived and returned for a second tains from which rival village forces threat- Drawing up to Pam Island, we found run at the same spot. Again the boy ened each other in the days gone by. If several canoes sheltering from the gale. crashed the tomahawk against its head their anger was sufficiently stirred, they One was a large new canoe from an island MAY 5, 1953 15 The concept of a Junior paper is not new to Editor Maxwell, for he sponsored a Junior journal at the last three Lodi camp meetings. His interest in Junior youth activities has, in fact, accounted • for his leadership of Junior camp meet- ing programs since 1947. While assisting in the Napa evange- listic program, he organized the Napa Pathfinder Club. During academy days at Mountain View Academy he was editor of the student paper, The Reflector. At college he worked on the Campus Chroni- cle, took an active role in the missionary literature distribution program, and served in the Junior division of the Sab- bath school. Now, all the foregoing we gleaned from our interview with the new editor. But when we asked about his hobbies he was so modest that we have turned to our index of Youth's Instructor authors Charles Carey for additional information. We think Lawrence Maxwell, Junior Journal Editor, Chats With Some Friends in His Office at the Review these titles of articles he has written will whet the reading appetites of our Junior youth: • "A Million Miles of Wire," an imagi- nary interview with Samuel Morse, in- Maxwell to Edit ventor of the telegraph. "We Build Our Own Laboratory," "Our First Balloon," "Glass Blowing," and "How We Built Our Furnace," a series of articles in which he collaborated • Junior Paper with his brother Mervyn. "The Mouse and My Hat," showing By THE EDITOR how we pay for our own neglects. "God's Love to Have, to Hold, to Share," a behind-the-scenes story of a HE editors of The Youth's In- in 1946 with a B.A. degree in theology, youth congress. structor are happy to welcome Pastor Maxwell returned to the same We are confident that Editor Maxwell 4 and proud to present. Lawrence school for advanced studies, receiving will bring a rich variety of good reading Maxwell, the new editor of the the Master's degree in Biblical languages to the pages of our new Junior paper, forthcoming journal to be published for in 1950. Between these two periods he and we know that a youth leader of his our Junior youth. was active in Junior camp programs in consecration and enthusiasm will enjoy Editor Maxwell has been busy at his the Northern California Conference. He the blessings of Heaven as he enters more desk since March, working out the de- has also been an assistant to the pastor fully into his challenging task. The tails of the first periodical ever to be of the Lodi Central church, has assisted editors of The Youth's Instructor join edited primarily for our Junior boys and in evangelistic campaigns in Stockton, our fathers and mothers and Junior girls. He is well acquainted with youth Vallejo, and Napa, and was assistant to youth everywhere in wishing for him interests and objectives, having associated the pastor of the East Stockton church. God's guidance as, with his staff, he with Juniors in their activities since his For the past two years he has been pastor finalizes the plans for this newest mem- college days. of the Martinez and Walnut Creek ber in the family of Seventh-day Ad- Graduating from Pacific Union College churches in northern California. ventist periodicals.

north of Manus. It was well constructed than the men! This is understandable A line of men and boys would push leaves and attractively painted. I met its one- when we•realize that in these parts most and branches through the water, herding armed captain and his female crew. He of the heavy work, such as woodcutting, frightened fish toward the nets. The men was of powerful physique, slightly bald carrying, and gardening, is done by the holding the nets would quickly submerge and, with only one arm, looked as though women. them in the water and flick the trapped he should have been a pirate! However, he We stayed overnight with our Adventist fish into the air, catching them as they fell had a most friendly disposition. believers on Pam Island, and after worship back into the nets. While we watched, He lost an arm while dynamiting fish, set sail for nearby Baluan Island, about these men caught several fish weighing a practice that has proved fatal to many five miles away. about eight pounds each and a baby shark, natives of these islands. When I asked him On nearing Baluan we saw some fisher- which caused some excitement before it why he had chosen a female crew for his men wading in the shallow waters. They was finally secured. canoe, he laughed and said that the women had three nets, each about ten feet square, I visited the government officer, resident of his island were more capable sailors suspended on a light bamboo framework. To page 21 16 THE *oar& INSTRUCTOR ou may be the first among your friends to find out! It's new! It's thrilling! Something special is on the way • —something many of you have been ask- ing for and dreaming of! Very soon now there is going to be a 4.A magazine for Juniors. That's right! Not merely a page or two in the INSTRUCTOR, but a whole magazine, every week, just for you, full of stories and pictures and • games and puzzles and all sorts of other YO U T H interesting things. The first issue is to come in October. But you Juniors must help if we are to have this new magazine. We don't know what to call it. Imagine that! Suppose you didn't have a name! How would mother call you to dinner? So we must have a name for the new magazine. What shall it be? Write and tell us what you would like to call it. You may win a big award! Here is what you do. Think of a name you would like the magazine to be called. p It should be short, snappy, probably not more than one or two words. Then think what you would like our new magazine to contain. You might want camperaft, dog stories, summer camp pictures, first- aid information, maps of hiking trails, how to earn MV Honors, how to do MV Glasswork, and so forth. Then fill in the entry blank. You will find it on page 19. Where it says, "The new magazine for Juniors should be called ," put the name you suggest. Then in twenty-five words or less finish the sentence: "I hope it will contain BIG NEWS! Easy, isn't it? And look what you may earn for yourself! Forty-five Big Awards! Five Juniors sending in the best names Look What's Coming! and sentences will each receive ten dollars. Those sending in the ten next best will each receive a whole year's subscription to the new magazine free. Those sending in the next best thirty names and sentences will receive a free six-month subscription. That means forty-five Juniors will receive READ THIS, AND YOU awards! Really worth trying, isn't it? Your entry must be here before July 15. If two Juniors send in the same name, MAY WIN $10! the award will go to the one writing the better sentence. If the sentences are as good as each other, the award will go to the Junior who mailed his entry first. Remember, we will be looking to see By LAWRENCE MAXWELL whose entry is the neatest, with all the commas and periods in the right places. Here are answers to questions , you may be asking: free subscription, thirty awards of a six- Where do I send my entry? To month subscription. Lawrence Maxwell, Review and Herald, Who may enter? All Junior youth Washington 12, D.C., U.S.A. around the world. Do I have to use an entry blank? Better hurry! Begin thinking right May I ask my parents to help me? No, but it will be easier if you do. Yes, ask anyone you like. away. Remember, the name you send may become the name of the new journal. Find What are the awards? Five awards May I send in more than one entry? the entry blank on page 19, and fill it in. of ten dollars, ten awards of a one-year Yes. Send in as many as you wish. We shall be waiting to hear from you. MAY 5, 1953 17 have company behavior here at home? mean, divide the work peaceably and pleas- antly, the way we did at Morrisons'? Seems to me it's worth a trial anyway. We're getting too old to be fighting all • the time." Had any trouble lately with home manners? "I guess that's right," agreed Max. "If only you wouldn't find fault with the way I do things! Fellows haven't much knack You might try for housework." "Oh, I don't know! You do some things better than I do. And I'll try not to pick • on you so much." "And I'll try not to shirk my share of the work. Let's think up some way of re- The Magic Letters minding each other!" Inez thought a minute. "We might say C.B., for company behavior—say it sort of quietly so folks won't notice." I "Yes, C.B. would be fine! Sort of a By WINTA M. ARMSTRONG code!" One holiday, not long afterward, mother wanted to send a skirt pattern to her sister at the other end of town. "I want one of you to do this errand," mother told Max and Inez, "and the other T ALL began when mother came to mother laughed. "Oh, you've seen only to stay ,home and help me clean up the • take Max and Inez home. They had their company behavior!" she said. "At attic. I don't care which one goes or stays. stayed two weeks with Mrs. Morri- home I have a struggle getting them even You may arrange that between your- 0 son while mother and father went to wash the dishes. And the way they scrap selves." East for a visit. over every little thing!" "You went to auntie's last time, Inez," The youngsters heard Mrs. Morrison Later that day Max said to Inez, "I said Max. "My turn today!" say to their mother, "How fortunate you don't see why mother had to talk that way "No—mine!" cried Inez. "You went to are to have two such good children! Al- about us. We really were good as long as Cousin Tillie's yesterday, and I stayed ways ready to lend a hand with the work we were at Morrisons'. I should think home and worked." or go on an errand! And always good to mother would have been pleased that we "Cousin Tillie's didn't count. She had a each other! Some children quarrel all the behaved there, and didn't disgrace her. headache, and wasn't any fun." "C.B.," time!" All relations scrap some when they're said Inez softly. Max and Inez kept on looking out the home." Max caught his breath. "Oh, well!" he window, and pretended not to hear. Then "But that doesn't excuse us." Inez put muttered. "Go along—see if I care!" on her grown-up air. "And you "Just a minute!" spoke up mother. "I know you're always trying to must know what C.B. means. Are those shirk your share of the work. magic letters? They seem to settle every You would never wash a dish if dispute between you two! Won't you tell I didn't fight about it." me what they stand for? Maybe they "But I do 'most all the er- would help me too." rands, Smarty! I go to the gro- "Oh, you don't need anything like that, cer's twice to your once!" Mother," answered Inez. "But the letters With that Max ran out and stand for company behavior." banged the door behind him. "You know that day you came for us He climbed onto the roof of the at Morrisons'—" began Max. woodshed. The roof was shaded "And Mrs. Morrison praised us for by a big willow tree, and it was being so obliging to her, and so nice to just the place for a good sulk. each other," finished Inez. Inez mostly let Max alone "Yes! And I spoiled everything by tell- when he went there. But today ing on you!" said mother. "I never dreamed she came and scrambled up be- you would take it so seriously. But of side her brother. "Here's my in- course you're getting older. But now I am delible pencil," she said. "You going to borrow your idea for my own use. can have it for keeps. I—I guess As long as you are good I will treat you I was mean." just as Mrs. Morrison did." "Aw! So was I, for that mat- "You mean you'll do hdstess behavior!" ter," Max admitted. Inez exclaimed. "But I've been thinking," "And your magic letters will be H.B.!" went on Inez. "We got on so chimed in Max. well at Morrisons', with our company behavior, as mother "Exactly! But remember, my H.B. will calls it! Now, why shouldn't we last only so long as your C.B. lasts," mother told them. Eva Luoma "Fair enough!" remarked Max. `'As a beginning," went on mother, "I Even Mother Didn't Know the ,Secret. It Was Something That Max and will put off cleaning the attic till some Inez Called by Its Initials, "C.B." day when you can both help me. This 18 THE ;fdatit;1 INSTRUCTOR afternoon you two may go together to your Aunt Hilda's. And if your aunt asks you to stay to supper, you may do so." Entry Blank "Wonderful!" cried the delighted young- sters. NAME THE JUNIOR JOURNAL CONTEST Then Inez hugged mother, and said, "0 Mother, you have the nicest H.B. in Name the whole world!" Address

Prized Possession Your age Your conference The date From page 7 The new magazine for Juniors should be called C. Freyberg and Lady Freyberg. They were very much interested in examining I hope it will contain it and discussing its history. The Rakaia was due to leave Auckland on February 11, 1950, at four in the after- noon, and Mr. Dobbs attempted to book (Finish this sentence in 25 words or less. Suggest camperaft, nature stories, first-aid passage on it to Pitcairn, but was informed information, maps of hiking trails, etc.) that that was impossible because the ship Mail in an envelope to Lawrence Maxwell, Review and Herald, Wash- was full. The shipping company was sym- ington 12, D.C., U.S.A. pathetic, however, for it recognized the purpose of his errand and knew that he also had government duties on Pitcairn. When at the last moment someone can- celed a booking, Mr. Dobbs was sent word immediately. minutes before it was drawn up and the that first school," he said, "the same num- But by that time he was in Wellington, ship set sail. This experience and some ber that we have here now." He concluded more than three hundred miles south of other incidents of the trip impressed him by declaring, "It was this Book that saved Auckland, attending to business there. He with the reality of God's care. us from growing up to be a band of received the message the day before the On Sabbath, February 25, the Bounty heathen, and it will make us all better boat was to sail. It was too late to reach Bible was given a public welcome home people if we heed it today." Auckland by train in time to catch the in the Pitcairn church. Prayers of thanks- Mr. Dobbs had a part in the ceremony, boat, so he decided to go by plane the next giving were offered to God for His Word, and stated that he was pleased and honored morning. As the day of sailing dawned, and for His care over this special Book. to be the one to bring this Book back to there was a heavy fog in Wellington, and "Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and its home. He exhorted the people of Pit- the hour of flying was postponed. At noon a light unto my path" and similar texts cairn Island to learn its lessons and to be- he was still in Wellington. were read, and a short study was given on come united and strong in service for God. Then came a surprise. An extra plane the inspiration of the Bible. Fred Chris- To many people, because of its unique appeared at the Wellington airport, a plane tian, elder of the church, and great-great- history, Pitcairn Island has appeared glam- that was not expecting to make the trip grandson of Fletcher Christian, leader of orous, but it is not Paradise. There is no to Auckland. The pilot agreed to take Mr. the Bounty mutineers, told of the early perfect place on earth. No spot, no matter Dobbs and several other passengers in wild days on the island and the subsequent how charming or how remote, is free from spite of the fog. They arrived in Auckland transformation wrought because John the snares and temptations of the arch- safely, and from that airfield Mr. Dobbs Adams read the Bible, this very Book, and enemy Satan. The people on Pitcairn need sped by taxi to the ship. He arrived in taught its precepts to the children. your prayers just as much as the people time to race up the gangplank only a few "There were twenty-three children in of other lands.

COPYRIGHT. 1953. BY REVIEW AND Winnie, the White Heron, No. 5 — By Harry Baerg HERALD ( ALL RIGHTS RESERVED)

1. The poacher was just about to grab 2. The disgusted intruder was used to 3. Winnie waited till the man was 4. Her parents were glad to find her one of the young herons when it sud- this, and did not let it discourage gone, then she climbed up the branches again, and they fed Winnie all she denly opened its mouth and emptied him. He caught two of the birds, but till she was a bit higher than the could eat. The food was coughed up the half-digested contents of its crop one we will call Winnie jumped out of nest. She was still too young to fly, from the mother's crop partly digested. at him. He dodged, but didn't miss it. the nest and hid among the mangroves. but with spread wings she jumped in. and all Winnie had to do was swallow.

MAY 5, 1953 19 MY Youth in Action day to young men, Wednesday to young Cassiopeia, a constellation shaped like women, Thursday to married students, a widespread W, is north of Andromeda. From page 6 and Friday to student colporteurs. In their It has sometimes been called Cassiopeia's interviews the persons representing the Chair, because of the rude resemblance to He drew attention to the Master Car- different groups told heart-warming stories an armed chair that the stars seem to penter, who once molded wood and of how they were led through various make. Below Andromeda is Triangulum, formed beautiful pieces of furniture, and avenues to a knowledge of gospel truth a constellation named to fit its shape. This is now working with human lives volun- and to college. is a long isosceles triangle of stars, a beau- tarily yielded to His guidance. The stu- Union College will cherish the inspira- tiful sight in the night sky. To the east of dents recognized anew that Jesus can work tion of these meetings. The challenge and Andromeda is Perseus, the Greek legend- in and through them only as they yield opportunities offered to those who pledged ary hero who freed Andromeda from themselves to His deft hands and touch. themselves to the MV Legion of Honor chains and married her. The pagans One of the high lights of the week was covenant will be manifest on the campus thought that their hero's memory was kept the presentation of the MV Legion of of this Midwestern center of Christian bright, for they saw his figure in the stars. Honor. This covenant, adopted at the education. This constellation possesses one of the Autumn Council, is designed to hold in most interesting variable stars—Algol. check the threat of lowered standards Directly east of Perseus is Auriga, the among Seventh-day Adventist youth. Charioteer, shaped somewhat like a kite. Throughout the meetings Pastor Skin- Signs in the Stars This constellation, seen overhead during ner advised the youth to guard the ave- the winter, has a brilliant star in the center From page 12 nues of the soul. "How Can the Eyes and of the Charioteer—Capella, a star 150 Ears Honor Christ?" "How Can We autumn evenings about nine o'clock. One times as bright as our Sun. This chariot Honor Christ in Our Recreation?" "Is may find this constellation by sighting driver was supposed to have been the hero Physical Fitness a Christian Obligation?" through the outer stars of the Big Dipper who drove the Sun's chariot in its daily were the topics discussed by panels to the Pole Star and then beyond. Below course across the sky—a part of the Greek three successive evenings. Each time a the Whale is Pegasus, the Winged Horse. myth as to how the earth was lighted by different group of ten students and the The Greeks said that Bellerophon tried the Sun. moderator, Pastor Skinner, discussed one to ride this horse into the sky, but Jupiter Between -Triangulum and Orion is of these subjects. The views and opinions sent a gadfly to sting Pegasus and he Taurus, the Bull, which is noted for the of the panels agitated deeper thinking of threw his rider. This constellation is open clusters of the Pleiades and the the student body and prepared them for famous for its great square, the boundaries Hyades. Taurus is one of the most notable the consecration and dedication called of which are marked by four magnificent constellations in the sky, not only as the for in accepting the MV Legion of Honor stars. To the east and merging with result of its star clusters but also because covenant. Pegasus is Andromeda, the Chained Lady, of the red giant Aldebaran, a star that Thursday morning nearly the entire a wide-stretching constellation formed by follows the Pleiades. family of students indicated by standing a double curve of stars. In fact, Alpha The constellations discussed in this that they welcomed this challenge to live Andromedae is the corner star in the chapter and others found on the Star honorably before God and man. Square of Pegasus as well as the end star Charts on the end leaves help us to locate Another feature that heightened the of Andromeda. The Great Nebula of the stars and become familiar with them. interest of the meetings was the special Andromeda is centered above this double If you will take the Star Chart in your preservice function each morning center- curve of stars, and it can be seen with hands, face south, and hold it above your ing in various student groups. Monday the naked eyes as a faint haziness or misty head you will be able to compare the was dedicated to overseas students, Tues- patch of light. figures with the stars in the heavens. If you are looking between 7 and 9 p.m., in the south should appear the constella- tions that are listed on the chart for the month in which you are making your Check Your I.Q. observations. As we become familiar with the con- By FREDRIK W. EDWARDY stellations they are like old friends to us. True or false questions are not easy to guess They are constant, always appearing at the correctly. See what your information score is for the following seven questions. A score of six appointed time in their procession across right answers is excellent, five is good, and four the sky. Harlan T. Stetson, in is fair. Man and Stars, has said: "To acquire some appre- 1. President Eisenhower took his oath of office on a 200-year-old Bible once owned by ciation of the meaning of the skies one General George Washington. True or false? must make the friendship of the stars; Word Half Square 2. Even identical twins never have identi- watch their majestic march through the cal fingerprints. True or false? night, and the slow seasonal advance of By DAVID W. RUGGLES 3. It is best to keep your ears plugged with constellation after constellation from east cotton if you have trouble with them in cold to west throughout the year. To know A government official of Babylon and or damp weather. True or false? Orion, Sirius, Taurus, and the Pleiades Medo-Persia. as leading roles of the winter skies; or A combining form. Judges 1:5-7. 4. An anemometer is an instrument used Midday. to measure nerve sensations. True or false? Lyra, with its Vega, Cygnus, with its Place of lodging. 5. The Bible says that Noah was a perfect Northern Cross, Scorpio, and Antares as East Indies (abbreviation). man and "walked with God." True or false? the quieter leaders of the softer skies of 6. Europe is the most densely populated summer, gives one a sense of kinship area of the world, with 230 persons to each with nature which makes a knowledge of square mile. True or false? their movements more significant, and 7. Although traffic fatalities totaled more even life a bit more worth while." than 40,000 during 1952, this figure was 10 per cent less than the total in 1951. True or We do not need expensive telescopes false? or special equipment to enjoy these star Keys on page 23 groups. Furthermore, as we look at them 20 THE eted.4 INSTRUCTOR we can feel a kindred spirit with past one held tight as the canoe cut through the unsafe condition of the old canoe and generations, for we are looking at the tl}e waves at a frightening thirty knots. the unfavorable weather. same constellations that Abraham, Moses, Would the outrigger survive the ordeal? An hour or so later we gratefully pulled David, Socrates, Ptolemy, and thousands Would the old canoe break up under the canoe ashore and cooked some food of other men have watched. the stress? before continuing on to the missionary There was a loud ripping sound, then school, on another part of that same Lou the canoe suddenly relaxed. Our sail had Island. As we pulled out from shore into torn right across the top and flapped defi- the heavy swell, we were caught in an- Canoeing in the Pacific antly before it was gathered in. With the other sudden wind that snapped the top- sail gone, we were glad to be largely free sail support. The sail was quickly recov- From page 16 from the impelling force of that howling ered, and when the wind dropped, a spare wind. We rode out the squall. When the support was fixed. We crept along under on Baluan, then walked along the coastal wind subsided, we cautiously hoisted the quarter sail until we were able to go road to our Adventist villages. Our folks undamaged sail (this canoe carried two ashore at the missionary school. How here are particularly friendly and loyal to sails) and changed our course to the near- thankful we were for God's protection the mission. This island has been the cen- est island—Lou. It was now clear that we during our ride over that boisterous ocean. ter of a "self-rule" political movement that could not reach Manus Island, because of I later learned that in another group of has led others to lose their religious faith, but not the Adventists! We have a large church here and an active group of believ- ers. A prolonged northwesterly blow, accom- panied by rain and thunder storms, kept us at Baluan for four days. We had a 1952, to honor the 125th anniversary of happy time with these hospitable people. the granting of the charter to the first During a severe rain squall a whirlwind common carrier in the United States. The flattened the entrance porch of our church background of the stamp shows the age- building and ripped away part of the front old charter rolled back at the top and for- wall. The light leaf-thatch construction of ward at the bottom. these buildings lays them open to damage Three stages in the development of rail by any strong wind. transportation form the central attraction. This was the season of the treacherous The Pioneer Car in the foreground is the northwest wind, when sudden severe Conducted by original method of passenger service. squalls sweep over the islands and ocean. ROLAND A. FRANKLIN Since that time horsepower has been inter- It is a time when most of the islanders preted a bit differently. On the middle stay at home. Travel by canoe or small Railroading pair of rails the Tom Thumb is shown ships during the northwest season is getting up steam. This was the first steam avoided whenever possible, because of the TAMP collectors who wish to travel locomotive placed in service by the rail- unpredictable squalls and big seas that S must have a mode of transportation. road. Forming a scaled background for are experienced at that season. But I was Some go by air, others by ship and lorry, these two is the present-day Diesel. Over- keen to continue visitation in this group, some take the tonga, and some walk. One night these modern blue and gray trains and as soon as the weather cleared a little, of the finest forms of travel today in the take passengers from Baltimore to West- we bade farewell to our Baluan friends United States is by rail. ern destinations. and set sail to return to Manus Island, Years ago riding out of town on a rail Since 1869, when the United States about thirty miles to the northwest. was none too pleasant except that it was issued its first stamp showing a locomo- My crew were not happy about this quicker than covered-wagon style. Today tive, there has been a continual repetition venture. They kept looking at the sky, many thousands annually ride out of town of locomotive subject matter on stamps watching cloud movements, and remark- for vacations, for business, or merely to of this country. More recent issues are the ing on the unfavorable wind. During our their homes in trains that excel the trains seventy-fifth anniversary of the first trans- stay at Baluan the boys had made certain of long ago by more than a century of continental railroad (1944); the centen- repairs to the damaged Lucille, but they progress. nial of U.S.-Canadian friendship (1948), told me again of the rotting timber that To collect the stamps showing engines showing a train on a bridge connecting could not be replaced and the splitting out- or trains of a single nation sometimes is the two countries; and the 1950 stamp rigger that might .easily break up in a exhaustive. But a worldwide collection honoring the railroad engineers of Amer- lively sea. I decided that we should do our that does this will prove to hold interest for ica, better known as the Casey Jones best to reach Manus Island, but if neces- a long time to come because a new "train" stamp. sary, would lay over at a nearer island. stamp will be produced somewhere to keep There is much to be learned from these Several miles out from Baluan we were things "running" on rails. The next field stamps. For example, if you use a magnify- moving along nicely in a heavy swell with that the stamp-collector railroader turns ing glass, you will notice a difference in one sail up when the boys noticed, by ob- to collect is that of stamps and covers that the three roadbeds on the stamp we have serving cloud movements, that a gusty are canceled on board trains, usually bear- featured this time. wind was 'approaching. Wind is the moti- the meaningful initials R.P.O. for railway vating force of a sailing craft. The boys post office. There are even trains pictured felt that we could use this approaching in cancellations occasionally. wind to give us a favorable boost along It is difficult to select any given stamp our way. to represent railroading. There are so very The mast supports were checked, the many. Everywhere we turn in our albums sail ropes tightened, and the squall caught it seems we can go by train at least part up with us! The sail ballooned, the super- way. structure. twisted and creaked, the ropes The stamp we have chosen to use is strained, and the canoe was thrust for- sometimes called the Baltimore & Ohio ward with a sudden surge of speed. Every- Railroad stamp. It was issued February 28, 1125 YEARS OF RAIL TRANSPORTATION MAY 5, 1953 2 I with pain, but always the smile was ready to erase the lines of suffering. Six years of waiting, knowing that only death would Can You Counterbalance Yourself? bring deliverance from pain—and yet con- tented! • The Lord designed to bring man into close relationship with Himself and into sympathy and love with his fellow men by placing upon him responsibilities in deeds "Godliness with contentment is great that would counteract selfishness and strengthen his love for God and man. The gain." Until we learn contentment our plan of system in benevolence God designed for the good of man, who is inclined lives are empty. Our days may be filled to be selfish and to close his heart to generous deeds. The Lord requires gifts to with a whirl of activity; our homes may be made at stated times, being so arranged that giving will become habit, and benevolence be felt to be a Christian duty.—"Testimonies," vol. 3, p. 393. be embellished with quantities of beautiful furniture, and the garage with the most expensive car; but still we are poor with- out godliness and contentment. On the other hand, circumstances may bereave us of every earthly possession, and leave us gloriously wealthy—rich in faith and love. course. Now he is back in Ceylon as a islands nearer New Guinea, at about that Notice again the text in Hebrews 13:5: missionary doctor. The true missionary same time, thirteen men and youth had "Be content with such things as ye have: spirit is not killed by adversity. Phillips been lost at sea in a canoe tragedy. The for he hath said, I will never leave thee, Brooks wanted to be a teacher and failed, treacherous northwest wind had caught nor forsake thee." That promise constitutes only to become one of the world's greatest them far from shore. I subsequently visited the great secret of true contentment every- preachers. John Bunyan's voice was hushed the Adventist village from which the men where, under every circumstance. If all is in a prison cell. His pen began to speak, had sailed and met with the sorrowing gone, He still remains. "A man's life con- and has never since ceased to proclaim the parents, wives, and children. sisteth not in the abundance of ... things," truth of God around the world in Pil- My canoe itinerary had been shortened. but "he that hath the Son hath life." Fret- grim's Progress. During the following fortnight I enjoyed fulness, worry, and unhappiness cannot visiting other island groups on our mis- The Bible abounds with examples of dwell in a heart where Christ abides. Shall sion's comfortable Diesel-powered boat the men who learned to walk with God we not gladly accept His invitation: "I Lelaman. through adversity, and were used to bring counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in salvation to multitudes. Think of Moses, I will long remember my island-to-island the fire, that thou mayest be rich." "Ask, Joseph, Paul, and David. What perfect runs on the ocean-going canoe Lucille. and ye shall receive, that your joy may contentment is pictured in the shepherd's But such experiences are commonplace to be full." psalm! David knew whereof he spoke. our mission teachers and believers as they e spread the gospel message to the isles of Paul learned to endure the "thorn in the the sea. As we pray for those who go flesh," to "glory in my infirmities," and it was he who could say, "I have learned, in down to the sea in ships, let us not forget those who go down to the sea in canoes. whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content." Most of us have to learn contentment, because we start out very selfish. Children often complain when they do not get their own way. Unfortunately adults do too. Sunrise Yet none of us likes to hear a complainer. Neither does God tolerate such. His ab- By CHARLES G. EDWARDS horrence of murmuring is shown over and Senior Youth Lesson As I sat musing silently one early morn, over in the wilderness experiences of the VII—Abram and Lot I looked upon a landscape all forlorn and children of Israel. (May 16) desolate; "In Africa there is a berry which, when LESSON SCRIPTURE: Genesis 13 :5-13 ; 14 But in the somber gloom that met my wan- held in the mouth, sweetens the taste of dering eye 1-24; 18 :20-33 ; 19. everything the African eats. The Christian MEMORY VERSE: Galatians 6:7, 8. God painted beauty in the eastern sky. LESSON HELP : Patriarchs and Prophets, pp. has something like that—he has the power 132-144. The gorgeous hues of sunrise on that wint'ry to transform every calamity into opportu- Daily Study Assignment day nity." 1. Survey the entire lesson. Memorize Gal. Showed children of our God the righteous 6:7, 8. way to heaven above. Pastor R. A. Anderson told the story of 2. Ques. 1-3, and note. 0 God, Thou universal Artist, hear us a young Christian girl who was impris- 3. Ques. 4-6, and note. q. Ques. 7-9, and notes. speak, oned in the Bastille. She was a poetess and 5. Ques. to-13, and note. And help us travel to that home we seek. a beautiful singer. She had loved life, and 6. Read Patriarchs and Prophets, pp. 132- had found her greatest joy in singing the 144. 7. Review the entire lesson. gospel story wherever she went. We might suppose that the dismal confines of a Tenting Toward Sodom prison cell would overwhelm her with 1. What circumstances led to a separation be- tween Abram and Lot? Gen. 13:5-9. With Such Things As Ye Have melancholy, but, as the narrator said, "you NOTE.—"A quarrel among their herdsmen, cannot imprison a spirit like hers." To that `originating, doubtless, in the increasing scarcity brave girl the cell was a cage; the stones, of herbage for the subsistence of their flocks, From page 10 and in their eagerness for the possession of the glistening rubies; and she, a bird that wells, or fountains of water, which in that could still sing for its Master. rocky, arid region have a value unknown to "I delight to do thy will, 0 my God." the inhabitants of a country like [America],` Then all things will work together for our An elderly woman of my acquaintance made a separation necessary for peace."—Pelou- good. spent six years in a hospital bed. While bet's Select Notes (1894), p. 49. 2. What selfish choice did Lot make? Describe t I am reminded of Dunbar Smith, the helping to care for her, I was impressed the plain of Jordan. What were the people of missionary evangelist in Ceylon, whose with her continual cheerfulness. Any nec- Sodom like? Verses 10-13. essary change of position caused her much 3. What tragic experience later came to th voice failed. He had to give up preaching people of Sodom and Gomorrah, including Lot's► for a time, and decided to take the medical discomfort, and often she would cry out family? Gen. 14:1-12. 22 THE '*.tiagi INSTRUCTOR Nobility of Character went along the road that looked the easier to ASSIGNMENT 5 4. What did Abram do when he heard what drive on. But it was a bad choice! The road was had befallen Lot and his family? Verses 13-16. the wrong one, and instead of reaching our Escape From Sodom destination in three minutes, it took us fifteen 10. Relate the dramatic story of the destruction 5. How did he demonstrate his nobility of minutes of asking and going back and taking character in dealing with the king of Sodom of Sodom and Gomorrah, and of Lot's escape with regarding the spoils of war? Verses 17-24. the right road. This week's lesson shows how in his loved ones. Verses 15-17, 23-25. life's big choices we can make it very difficult 11. NOTE.-"Abraham shows his noble and un- for ourselves and for others if we refuse advice What particular instruction was given by selfish goodness in refusing the offer of the the angel? Verse 17, middle part. Who disre- and take the wrong road. In the story of Lot's garded It, and in so doing lost her life? Verso 26. king of Sodom to take for himself all the selfish choice-choosing to live among the cities property rescued from Chedorlaomer. . . . He and risking contact with wicked men-we see NOTE.-"While her [Lot's wife] body was had a legal and customary right to it, but how hard it was for him to get back onto the upon the plain, her heart clung to Sodom, and Abraham refused lest it should dishonor God right, the safe, road. she perished with it. She rebelled against God in the eyes of the heathen."-Ibid., p. s t. because His judgments involved her possessions and her children in the ruin. Although so greatly 6. Years later, when Abram had entertained ASSIGNMENT I angels unawares, what did they tell him of favored in being called out from the wicked their mission to the cities of Sodom and Gomor- Read the lesson texts and the guiding thought. city, she felt that she was severely dealt with, rah? Gen. 18:16-22. because the wealth that it had taken years to ASSIGNMENT 2 accumulate must be left to destruction. Instead 7. How did Abram demonstrate his love and of thankfully accepting deliverance, she pre- his concern for Lot and his family? Verses 23-33. Lot's Selfish Choice sumptuously looked back to desire the life of NOTE.-"Two of the heavenly messengers 1. Abram and Lot continued to live together in those who had rejected the divine warning. Her departed, leaving Abraham alone with Him the beautiful country near Bethel. But as their sin showed her to be unworthy of life, for the whom he now knew to be the Son of God. And flocks and company grew, what unhappy state preservation of which she felt so little grati- the man of faith pleaded for the inhabitants of began to exist between the servants of the two tude."-Ibid., pp. 16i, 162. Sodom. Once he had saved them by his sword ; men? Gen. 13:6, 7, first half. now he endeavored to save them by prayer. 2. How did Abram suggest a solution to the ASSIGNMENT 6 Lot and his household were still dwellers there ; problem that arose? Verses 8, 9. and the unselfish love that prompted Abraham NOTE.-The generous, unselfish spirit of Escaping Today to their rescue from the Elamites, now sought Abram is seen in his giving first choice to his 12. From his mountain home what did Abraham to save them, if it were God's will, from the nephew Lot. As the older man he might have see In the morning as he looked toward the cities storm of divine judgment."-Patriarchs and claimed his right to have the first choice. His of the plain? Verses 27, 28. Prophets, p. 139. surrender of this right illustrates the words of Nom-Writing centuries later, Peter re- Christ, "In honour preferring one another." ferred to the destruction of Sodom and Gomor- Destruction of Sodom Rom. 12 :10. rha in these words : "Turning the cities of 8. Describe the approach of two strangers to 3. What choice of territory did Lot make? Gen. Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes." Some years Sodom and the welcome extended to them by 13:10-13. ago, scientists exploring the sites of these cities Lot. Gen. 19:1-3. in the interests of archeology and mineralogy NOTE.-"There was one man who manifested Nom-Although Abraham took what was found it to be "a burned-out region of oil and kindly attention toward the strangers, and in- left after Lot had made his choice, he had the asphalt," proving the truth of the Bible record better land. Lot found himself among wicked, of its history. vited them to his home. Lot did not know their greedy, quarrelsome men and among young true character, but politeness and hospitality people who tempted his own children. Abraham 13. For what purpose is the story of the tragedy were habitual with him ; they were a part of in the hill country led a life of peace and safety. of Sodom and Gomorrha preserved? 2 Peter 2:6. his religion,--lessons that he had learned from 14. Telling of the conditions Just before the Sec- the example of Abraham. . . Many a house- ASSIGNMENT 3 ond Advent, Jesus said of these days that "like- hold, in closing its doors against a stranger, wise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did has shut out God's messenger, who would have A Battle and a Rescue eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they brought blessing and hope and peace."-Ibid., his planted, they builded; but the same day that Lot p. 158. 4. Find the name of the king who came with went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone allies to make war on the kings of Canaan while from heaven, and destroyed them all. Even thus 9. What excitement took place that night at Lot was living there. Gen. 14:5. shall it be in the day when the Son of man is Lot's house? How was he rescued from bodily 5. In the course of the looting that followed the revealed." Luke 17:28-30. Whom did He tell us to harm? Verses 4-11. fighting, what happened to Lot? Verses 11, 12. remember as a warning? Verse 32. NOTE.-"That last night was marked by no NOTE.-"Chedorlaomer, king of Elam, had ASSIGNMERT 7 greater sins than many others before it ; but invaded Canaan fourteen years before, and mercy, so long slighted, had at last ceased made it tributary to him. Several of the princes From the lesson give two examples of courtesy its pleading."-Ibid., p. 159. now revolted, and the Elamite king, with four and hospitality. 10. What did the angels tell Lot they were allies, again marched into the country to reduce going to do? What appeal did Lot make to his them to submission. Five kings of Canaan joined sons-in-law? How did they respond to that ap- their forces, and met the invaders in the vale of peal? Verses 12-14. Siddim, but only to be completely overthrown. 11. Describe the events of the next morning. A large part of the army was cut to pieces, and Give one example of inconsideration. Verses 15-26. those who escaped fled for safety to the moun- 12. How did the Lord honor Abraham's appeal tains. The victors plundered the cities of the for mercy for Lot? Ve 27-29; 2 Peter 2:6-9. plain, and departed with rich spoil and many captives, among whom were Lot and his family." In Patriarchs and Prophets, page 139, we 13. To what did Christ compare the time of -Patriarchs and Prophets, pp. 134, 135. read this reference to Abram's working on be- Lot and the destruction of Sodom? Luke 17:28-33. half of Lot and his family. 6. When Abram heard of the capture of his NOTE.-"There was a coming out, a decided nephew what did he do? Verses 13-16. "Once he had saved them by his sword; now separation from the wicked, an escape for he endeavored to save them by prayer." life. So it was in the days of Noah ; so with NOTE.-"On his return, the king of Sodom To what two occasions does this refer? Lot; so with the disciples prior to the destruc- came out with his retinue to honor the con- tion of Jerusalem ; and so it will be in the last queror. He bade him take the goods, begging days. Again the voice of God is heard in a only that the prisoners should be restored. By message of warning, bidding His people sepa- the usage of war, the spoils belonged to the rate themselves from the prevailing iniquity."- conquerors ; but Abraham had undertaken this LIVING THE LESSON : To what are my ears Ibid., p. 166. expedition with no purpose of gain, and he re- tuning in today : to the gay laughter and crude fused to take advantage of the unfortunate, only music of the world or to the pleadings of angel stipulating that his confederates should receive voices ? the portion to which they were entitled."-Ibid., P. T.35. eeleteePt - YOUTH LESSON ASSIGNMENT 4 f A Doomed City 7. Recall the story of the visit of three apparent 76'a 5414,1440€44 VII-Abram and Lot strangers to Abraham's tent one day. Gen. 18:1-8. 8. What message of doom did one of the stran- WORD HALF SQUARE (May 16) gers bring? Who was the stranger? Verses 17-21. 6 NOTE.-"Abrahain had seen in his guests only D ANIEL A DONI LESSON TEXTS : Genesis 13 :6-13 ; to :1-3, three tired wayfarers, little thinking that among 12-14, 23-28. them was One whom he might worship without N 0 ON MEMORY VERSE: "Be not deceived; God is sin. But the true character of the heavenly mes- I N N not mocked : for whatsoever a man soweth, that sengers was now revealed. Though they were E I shall he also reap." Galatians 6 :7. on their way as ministers of wrath, yet to Abra- L ham, the man of faith, they spoke first of bless- ings. Though God is strict to mark iniquity, and Guiding Thought to punish transgression, He takes no delight in CHECK YOUR I.Q. We were looking for the farm where we were vengeance. The work of destruction is a 'strange 1. True. 2. False. (The odds are 1,750,000 to 1 to visit some friends. We had never been there work,' to Him who is infinite in love."-Ibid., against it, but the Army recently found twins with 1 38, 139. identical fingerprints!) 3. False. (It is better to before, but we had followed the map route care- PP. leave them open to ventilation, doctors advise.) fully-until we came to a fork in the road where 9. While Abraham was praying for the saving 4. False. (Measures speed of air.) 5. True. (Gen. there was nothing to indicate which road led of the city and safety of Lot, what was taking 6:9.) 6. True. 7. False. (It was about 10 per where. Instead of stopping to ask someone we place in Sodom? Gen. 19:1-3, 12-14. cent higher.) MAY 5, 1953 23 ▪ DRIVERS who want to learn to operate MI' WEARING gloves is out of place in Britain's their automobiles more economically will be House of Lords if the reigning monarch is interested in a dashboard light now on the present. market that flashes a warning whenever the motorist drives uneconomically or when the ▪ THE term "Uncle Sam" to designate engine dies. It operates by a sensitive vacuum America seems to date from the War of 1812. switch attached to the intake manifold of the During the Revolution the term was "Brother car. The light on the dashboard flashes red Jonathan." when gasoline is wasted by overacceleration. ▪ THEORETICALLY there is enough atomic "The signal is clearly visible through the power in the uranium that could be accom- corner of the eye," says Science News Letter, modated in an average-sized living room to "and has an intensity adjustment for day or supply energy equivalent to the current night driving." electric power output of the United States for 15 years. la. THE heavy demands of irrigation have re- duced the famous Rio Grande River to a • FOR the few people whose occupation is trickle, according to the National Geographic throwing watermelons, a newly developed Society. This third longest river in the United variety will make work easier. It is a water- States, which in some places marks the melon developed at the University of Rhode boundary of Mexico, supplies millions of Island with a rind so tough that it will not acre-feet of water for the dry fields of Mexico, burst when the melon is thrown into a truck New Mexico, Colorado, and Texas. for shipping.

AIR-COOLED brakes are being tested ex- ▪ THE gradual melting of the great Green- perimentally by three major American auto land ice cap from 1900 to 1925 produced ab. ENGLAND'S second largest city, Birming- manufacturers. These brakes feature alumi- a shift in the distribution of land and water ham, claims to be the home of some 1,500 num cooling fans bonded to a cast-iron liner. on the earth enough to move the North Pole trades. It will allow brakes to be used more often about ten feet toward the northern tip of without overheating. Greenland. At least, this is the conclusion of I.. THAT Alaska is slowly getting warmer is Doctors Walter Munk and Roger Revelle of indicated by a study of weather records over al' THE total highway travel in the United the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. the past 50 years. States last year has been estimated by the They also believe that it is possible that the Automobile Club of New York as being a land masses under the poles have shifted very ▪ THE population of Australia gained 81,- record 486 billion miles. Twenty per cent violently in the earth's history. 000 from overseas during the first nine of the nation's highways bore 80 per cent months of 1952. of this traffic. THE method of publishing the 135th volume of The Farmers Almanac is in sharp .1. THE floral decorations for the coronation 1". COL. IRENE GALLOWAY, a 44-year-old contrast to the method used in 1818, when it of Queen Elizabeth II are all under the woman with 10 years' service in the Army of was first printed by David Young, of Pine supervision of Mrs. Constance Spry, a woman the United States recently became the fourth Brook, New Jersey. But the contents are still known over Britain for her flower lectures director of the Women's Army Corps. She much the same. The founder announced that and demonstrations to women's groups. succeeded Col. Mary A. Hallaren. the first edition of his Farmers Almanac would contain "the usual astronomical cal- ▪ THE State of Ohio has been considered a • IF you want to double the length of the culations and a greater variety of other matter part of the United States of America ever life of a broom, coat the end of the bristles than is common in an almanac." Some since the first part of the nineteenth century. with thinned shellac. 750,000 copies of the 48-page booklet are But because of a clerical error, the necessary going out this year to banks, insurance com- resolution formally admitting the area as a 11" A WILD goose may have a life span of 70 panies, seed houses, and other types of busi- State has never been passed. years. ness as an advertising medium.

""' ON display in a home freezer unit not long ago were the head, trunk, and foreleg of a mammoth that was uncovered during hydraulic gold mining operations near Fair- banks, Alaska. This unusual showcase was • used by the American Museum of Natural History in New York. 0.7.4e Wa/h of WortAiness THE postal service of the United States ▪ Seventh-day Adventist young people hav- as we walk the walk of worthiness we do so recently helped feed the birds near Burling- ing turned from the world and accepted the with all lowliness and meekness. ton, Vermont. It all began when a small pack- Lord Jesus Christ, have a special call given We have the divine assurance that there is age arrived in the Burlington post office them by the apostle Paul. It is found in given unto every one of us grace according addressed to "Mr. and Mrs. Hungry Bird, Ephesians 4:1-7: "I therefore, the prisoner to the measure of the gift of Christ. We are Burlington, Vt." Sent by the Shiremanstown, of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy not left to walk the walk of worthiness alone. Pennsylvania, school, the package contained of the vocation wherewith ye are called, with When the call comes to walk worthy of our bird food. The postmaster divided the food all lowliness and meekness, with longsufFer- vocation, that call is accompanied with the among his rural carriers for distribution to ing, forbearing one another in love; en- divine power that actuates our every impulse the birds. deavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit so that we can with triumphant step march in the bond of peace. There is one body, and onward for our God. one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope The impact of thousands and thousands A NEW map of Mexico and the Central of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one of Seventh-day Adventist youth, walking American countries prepared by the National baptism, one God and Father of all, who worthy of their calling, is tremendous Geographic Society is the result of 10 years is above all, and through all, and in you throughout the world. Let us accept the of intensive air photography. It contains all. But unto every one of us is given grace challenge in all its fullness, and go forth to nearly 3,000 place names, more than any according to the measure of the gift of share our faith with a larger measure of map of the same area previously published Christ." devotion. by this society. It shows Lower California, It is entirely reasonable that the apostle And so Seventh-day Adventist young peo- Paul should call us to walk worthy of the ple in Europe, in Asia, in Africa, in Aus- Mexico's twenty-ninth state, and also the vocation wherewith we are called. We are tralia, in South America, in North America, Inter-American Highway, part of the pro- not worldly proud of the fact that we are and in every section of the world field go jected Pan American Highway. The 10-color Seventh-day Adventists, but we glory in our forth walking worthy of their vocation, shar- map is being distributed to the more than acceptance of the Lord Jesus Christ and His ing their faith in the blessed Christ. 2 million society member families. commands by which we strive to live. And R.• J. CHRISTIAN.

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SENIOR-1953 FULLNESS OF JOY MUCH-LOVED BOOKS Regular Price for Set, $13.75 By Eric B. Hare Price, $3.00 By M. E. Olsen Price, $1.50 The enthusiasm of the author for the Special Club Price, $11.95 This volume inspires every reader with beauty and glowing truths to be found the feeling that happiness is the chief in good books will be shared by all reward of faithfulness to God and His who read this volume. AFRICA CALLED US truth. 36 DAYS AND A DREAM By Oliver and Fredonia Jacques GLORY OF THE STARS, THE Price, $3.00 By Leona Glidden Running By Merlin L. Neff, Ph.D. Price, $3.75 A different kind of book on missions Price, $2.50 telling of a mission family's experience Explains the wonders of the heavens This lively account of two American from two angles—that of a missionary in a simple, fascinating way, making girls and their happy adventures in preacher and that of a missionary wife one appreciate more God's greatness the storied lands of Europe will engage and mother. and His wonderful handiwork. the attention of all.

JUNIOR 1953 IT HAPPENED AT NIGHT STORY OF AN INDIAN COIN Regular Price for Set, $13.00 By Mrs. H. B. Noland Price, $2.75 By Elsie Lewis Rawson Price, $2.50 Special Club Price, $11.60 These are Bible stories that give us a A unique travelogue of India in which different way of enjoying the Bible— you see that great land of contrasted and they all happened at night. natural beauty and dark heathenism through the eyes of an anna coin. GEORGE WASHINGTON REALLY-TRULY STORIES, BOOK VII WIND RUNNER By Clara Judson Price, $3.50 By Gwendolen L. Hayden Price, $1.75 By G. W. Barrington Here is a human and appealing story Price, $2.50 of the sandy-haired young surveyor, Thrilling encounters with bears and A realistic story of an African antelope the commander in chief, the president wolves, floods and storms—incidents —the interesting and exciting things —one who loved his home and his full of suspense flash across the pages that happened to him and how he fi- acres as dearly as he loved his country. of this volume. nally became the king of the herd.

A CHILD'S BOOK OF VERSES DOODLES Regular Price for Set, $11.00 By Jessie Wilmore Murton Price, $2.00 By Mrs. 0. A. Skau Price, $2.00 Special Club Price, $9.95 Wonderfully illustrated, this book of An instructive story of an appealing; children's poems tells about God, ev- intelligent, active, and mischievous lit- eryday life, and nature's four seasons. tle animal with a real personality. ROUND MEADOW, THE FIVE-FINGER STORIES TELL ME ABOUT THE BIBLE By A. W. Spalding Price, $2.50 By John Oldrin Price, $2.50 By Mary Alice Jones Price, $2.00 A handful of stories, a cluster for each A story of a tiny fawn left without a finger, taken from the Bible, mission mother, his life with the domestic ani- In entertaining story form this book lands, and everyday life that will de- mals on a farm, and how he finally explains why the Bible is called God's light the little folk at home or at Sab- went back to the independent world of Book and tells how it came to be writ- bath school. the forest deer. ten.

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