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Signs of the Times for 1969 OF THE TIMES '-ittkPRIL 1969 500 rr ~44- , 11, by Mark Bullock The sun arose in splendor one glad morn. Praise God it rose upon an empty tomb, And those who thought their hopes to be forlorn Now saw a glory shining through the gloom. The Crucified had risen from the dead, And hearts rejoiced to see through all the strife New meaning to the words that He had said, "I am the resurrection and the life." Christ died! He rose! He liveth evermore! Thank God for that glad morning's hopeful ray. A risen Lord now stands beside the door That all may enter into life today. In This Issue Nobody needs to be told that the world is in crisis. Indeed, we S OF THE seem to move from TIMES one crisis to another, so much so that peo- ple have become weary of the word. The "Challenge of the The World's Prophetic Monthly Crisis" is something different, as Arthur A Magazine of Christian Living, Presenting the Bible as the Word of God and Jesus Hedley points out in his article on page 5. Christ as Man's Redeemer and Coming King Continuing his series on "Our Sick So- ciety," T. R. Torkelson deals with the "Deep Volume 96 Down Malignancy" which is so terribly Number 4 April, 1969 hard to eradicate. See page 7. In her article, "Tale of Two Cities," M. ARTHUR S. MAXWELL — EDITOR Carol Hetzell compares New York to an- T. R. Torkelson Associate Editor cient Sodom, raising the question whether the modern metropolis may suffer a similar Howard C. Larkin Art Director fate. See page 10. John M. Drescher has sent us several Eric Kreye Layout Artist articles in recent months dealing with var- A. R. Mazat Circulation Manager ious phases of homelife. In this issue he shows how to find happy ways to share the INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENTS : W. L. Emmerson, En- family chores. Every parent will enjoy gland; Karl Abrahamsen, Norway; Robert H. Parr, Australia; Daniel R. Guild, Singapore. "Getting Children to Help" on page 14. Many people are bothered by the number of Bible translations which still continue to CONTENTS come from the press. Are they all the "Word of God"? Can they be trusted? See A. Gra- ARIICIi ham Maxwell's comments on page 18. Challenge of the Crisis Readers familiar with the historic World 5 Arthur Hedley Deep Down Malignancy 7 T. R. Torkelson Council of Churches meeting last summer Tale of Two Cities 10 M. Carol Hetzell will peruse with interest "Verdict on Upp- Scientists and Creation 12 Harold W. Clark sala" by W. L. Emmerson, page 22. Getting Children to Help 14 John M. Drescher Much has been said of late concerning Signs of Christ's Return 16 J. R. Spangler marijuana. Some writers have even tried to Bible Translations 18 A. Graham Maxwell defend its use. Read a doctor's view on pos- Verdict on Uppsala 22 W. L. Emmerson sible hazards, page 26. How Harmful Is Marijuana? 26 Harold Shryock, M.D. Looking forward to our May issue we Ancient Hebrew Temple would call special attention to the following Found 29 Siegfried H. Horn articles: "How to Enjoy Your Bible" by Calvary's Supreme Purpose 34 Sanford T. Whitman Lester Bennett, "The Immorality Bug" by T. R. Torkelson, "Great Moments in Family POEM Life" by John M. Drescher, "Modern Bible Versions" by A. Graham Maxwell, "One Glad Morning 2 Mark Bullock Thousand Years of Peace?" by J. R. Span- gler, "Stop Killing Yourself!" by Ernest H. J. REGULAR FEATURES Steed, "Lambeth and Unity" by W. L. Em- What's Going On? 4 Lorna Tobler merson, "Youth in Action" by Dale Von Test Your Bible Knowledge 17 Bergen, "Five-day Plan Stirs Iraq" by Anees Can You Answer This? 24 C. Mervyn Maxwell A. Haddad, and "Look Up!" by Kenneth Your Health Questions Wilson. Answered 28 Harold Shryock, M.D. Your Bible Questions Answered 32 Charles D. Utt Rates in U.S.A., its possessions, and Canada: A publication of the Seventh-day Adventists, the SIGNS OF THE TIMES One-year subscription . is printed and published monthly (twelve issues a year) by the Pacific Press . $5 50 Publishing Association at 1350 Villa Street, Mountain View, California 94040, Single copy 50 U.S.A. Second-class mail privileges authorized at Mountain View, California. Form 3579 requested. Allow thirty days in requesting change of address; give To other countries requiring extra postage: both old and new addresses and zip numbers. In placing orders for your personal and gift subscriptions, please include zip code numbers. The post One-year subscription $5 90 office requires this on all second-class mail. Only paid-in-advance subscriptions entered. Member of Associated Church Press and Religious News Service. Copyright, 1969, by the Pacific Press Publishing Association. Signs of the Times, April, 1969 3 7VER: FPG GE 2: ARTIST: WILLIAM HOLE itho in U.S.A. Now It's a "Metroversity" Eight Louisville, Kentucky, institutions of higher education—including a Southern Baptist seminary, a Presbyterian seminary, and two Roman Catholic schools—have joined to form "Kentuckiana Metrover- sity." The "metroversity" is a cooperative effort of the schools to broaden the variety and lower the cost of their educational programs, while at the same time maintaining autonomy of each institution. The joint program will be coordinated through the University WHAT'S GOING I of Louisville's Urban Studies Center. Catholic Membership in World Council of Churches ON? Dr. John Coventry Smith, one of the World Council by Lorna Tobler of Churches' six presidents, said recently that he ex- pects to see the Roman Catholic Church become a member of the international ecumenical body within Volunteer Doctors the next decade. Dr. Smith, who is moderator of the In Southern California Loma Linda University's United Presbyterian Church, based his forecast on Alumni Association doctor recruitment program, in- conversations with Catholic spokesmen in Rome and augurated last July, has brought offers from 250 at the WCC Fourth Assembly in Uppsala. He said alumni who are willing to serve short terms as relief that in recent conversations with "official spokesmen" physicians in overseas hospitals. Ten are already serv- in Rome, he had been told not to be "pessimistic" over ing in Seventh-day Adventist hospitals in Korea, Oki- the possibility of Roman Catholic membership in this nawa, Biafra, Thailand, and Libya. hitherto largely Protestant organization. He added that Catholic spokesmen at the Uppsala assembly last India and Christian Missions summer had told WCC leaders to "prepare a structure V. C. Shukla, India's Minister of State for Home for some type of Roman Catholic membership in the Affairs, said recently that the government's policy on Council." Meanwhile WCC headquarters in Geneva foreign missionaries is to replace them all with Indians. has announced that Dr. Eugene Carson Blake, general The government is keeping a "strict watch" on mis- secretary of the World Council, has met privately with sionary activities, he said, and any missionary found Pope Paul VI to discuss Roman Catholic membership engaging in politics will be directed to leave India. in the Council. Mr. Shukla also defended a law in Madhya Pradesh which virtually bars conversions to Christianity in that New Help for Hearts state. He said the Indian Law Ministry is of the opin- Dr. J. A. de Grizia, left below, assistant professor of ion that the legislation is constitutional. Mr. Shukla radiology at Stanford Medical Center, and Dr. Joseph noted that he had received a large number of com- P. Kriss demonstrate a new diagnostic tool that will plaints on the law from Christian missionaries. expedite diagnosis of heart disease. Developed at the Center's nuclear medicine laboratory and known as New Vatican-Hungary Pact radioisotopic angiocardiography, the system utilizes A major agreement providing for the appointment a scintillation camera which enables the physician to of several new bishops in Communist-ruled Hungary record and display photographically the movement has been signed by the Budapest government and the of the radioactive material as it flows through the Roman Catholic Church, according to the Vatican heart and lungs. According to Dr. Kriss, "the new Press office. Climaxing two years of secret negotiations, technique is less traumatic to the patient than con- the agreement calls for the naming of two new arch- ventional methods, does not require hospitalization, bishops, three bishops, and five apostolic administra- can be performed in two or three minutes, and involves tors for vacant Hungarian sees. The agreement follows only a low radiation dose to the patient." one made in 1964 which was designed to ease religious restrictions and to guarantee greater freedom for Cath- olics in Hungary. Damaging Evidence According to Dr. Melvin H. Kniseley, professor of anatomy at the Medical College of South Carolina, even a little alcohol is too much. In his report to the twenty-eighth International Congress on Alcohol and Alcoholism he offered evidence to show that when a drinker begins to feel giddy, a few of his brain cells are being killed. A heavy-drinking bout can damage or destroy as many as 10,000 such cells. UPI 4 Signs of the Times, April, 1969 Challenge of the What God Expects or Lis Today by Arthur Hedley We are all too familiar today with the word "crisis." It has become so commonplace that we are not unduly alarmed by it unless it affects us materially. Some tell us the church is passing through the "greatest crisis" in its history. We are told that Christianity has "had its day" and is no longer a relevant institution.
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