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COULD be a Christian if it saya, "It is appointed unto man once weren't for my neighbor," the to die, but after this . . judgment," I man said to me. he replied, standing there with his I was a student missionary on a sub, Bible in his hand. urban project with the ' Adventist 'Sure, you've told nie. you care, •col1eate Taskforce. I was using a re- but .show me,' I insisted. 'Even I can ious interest survey to interview see the difference.' " Mr. Parker. He was about 35, a ma- Proclaiming the message? Yes, in a ne operator in an aircraft plant. way. That Adventist was preaching, • His two children—Vickie, eight, and but it was not the New Testament intiny, ten—had attended a day gospel. A. message was getting camp, I had visited the Parker home through In fact, the medium—the Is several times. Adventist himself—was the 'only mes- 3? The neighbor interested me. How sage his neighbor was getting. 1 could a neighbor keep him from Such evangelism, so divorced from 7. Christ? I asked for details. The neigh- human needs and so unrelated to con- bor lived next door. He was a good temporary life,;;nOti'kOnly leaves the the neighbor—always helpful, cheerful, hearer unmoved.;?eiftiriakes him resist and gave free sermons. the gospel by • giving him an untrue Mr. Parker gave me the following representation Of 'what the gospel is. account: It may actually be the stumbling "Take Saturday, for example. I was block that keeps the hearer from ever 7 Message ' out mowing my lawn. When my neigh.. having a chance to say Yes to Jesus bor, and his family came 'home from Christ! church we stopped to chat. Is such impersonal witnessing com- A r 'Hi, what's new?' I said. mon among Seventh-day Adventists? " 'Nothing,' said my neighbor, 'e Maybe not everywheie, but it is too • Gettin g cept the good news that Christ died to, frequent for too many, of save sinners, and that ,,(ige includes Is it becanse we ,don't care .enough Y°u: about people, don't love deeply " 'That's new? You'veyeen playing enough to get inifoh4d'in. the , life of , that line to me for ten years. Like a another—to take the tune to listen to Through? stuck record.' him, to look through his to think " 'Yeah, well, the only thing new as he thinks, to sit where he sits? would be if you'd listen to it for a We feel safer passing:itOnt.in neat A change,' said the neighbor, then little sermons and leaflets-ir.-prepaclt- added, 'Beware lest thou 'forget the' aged by someone elseeIse for someone else. Lord! Maybe .We even. think , this' is what p, 'You can forget it as far as I m evangelism is all a ou —coin unt- cOneeihetl,' I told him and tried to eating words to people. start a,cOnv,ersation on something else. The , doctrine that should precede —the weather, politics, Vietnam. all oth6r doctrines and that binds to- "But the neighbor kepi' .00bbering other :into a, meaningful whole all me with at must be stuff from the Biblical truth is the doctrine of love. Bible,- such' s the mark of he.beast Theoctrme of love cannot . be -an tl the wicked shall be Wilted up. pi•ea0iicl.by,tvords alone, from pulpits "Well, he got through to mg'4.11, tracts, books, ;H or broadcasts. The right. I was mad. So, I said, -`Lool4,kif.f.*ords Must . be made flesh where peo- you care so much about, my soul, where '• pie live and 'struggle--in • the hiarket- . were ,you when I was looking for a job placT, in the streets, the homes, Jat ell, I was busy,' my neighbor An Unacceptable Solution '.urisweiel:L You know, between my Too- Often theological ',studies .are job, and the church, an my Advent- proclaimed without relating them tps, 1st l*Kifi: tied down.' the person and his heeds:. Many iecl.t- !-Nea ' ' • taking care Jar minds. 'are tuning out Christianit of yourself V tF"sha43,T 1 know you, because it is presented to them as un--, • And needetl'help.h0,4id you come ,real and unrelated to life. SOrnehow, o help me? No. You didn't care.' W.0Ve. 'stiCceeded, in Making the believ= 'cafe? Of' course I care, Why I've Ale unbelievable, the real unreal. Warned you over and over. The Bible ' How (do some professed Christians ' • REVIEW AND HERALD, September 3, 1970

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let out of this predicament? They say our own; lives, and orced to retrain because his company we must discard the old message and the world—have a real knowledge of is going out of business.- They struggle come up with a new one. Rewrite those who need, the gospel:. together to get, the man established in .theology, they insist, and forget about We need to do research before we his new job, and together they meet the old-fashioned concepts of sin and launch out in ‘missionary projects. the problems of family adjustment. Salvation.. Talk about an "atheistic Our programs will be much more ef- One day the ex-foreman is in church gospel,".a God who is dead, situational fective if we have a factual profile of for the first time: ; 'ethics. . Such :"gospels" may change our target audience. We need to con- Third, .jesus won the confidence of thought patterns but they seldom centrate on the growing number of individuals. He did not simply partici- .change the man. non,Christiansias:well, as the decreas- pate in a faceless group, even a corn- esus would never have done that! ing number o the' church-oriented. munity service groupi His service was watered-down religion is worth-, Our visitation will be much more disinterested, that is, tWf.thcout thought less and hypocritical! It doesn't really Clarrstlike if we take the time to know of persOnal gain, but His love for help anyone. Any Christian who has more about the one we are seeking to those He served was %unyielding. We ',-seen the C.hanging, revitalizing power job, his faMily,. his needs, must learn to relate to individuals as conversion in his life or that of an- his. interests,h*.rohlerns ,his we- !'do good" in work projects or er, cannot trade it for gradualism background. • courteously conduct our business af- fairs.Wimust reach across the ,bar- Often beliefs. Practical Help ;4 .4‘ n the other hand, there are pro- 4' riers1,Society has raised between ed. Christians who would• merely Second, our Lord helPel-peop e fu perSdirkarOmold loving relationships out louder, using traditional meth- practical ways. He preached the doc- with those' around us—iMselfish, hum- -111e answer, they believe, lies in trine of love as vigorously as He did ble, patient relationships. • A greater degree of zeal and the fatherhood of God or the judg- Fourth, - "Then, He bade them, et into the old methods and words ment. The Spirit of Prophecy writings TollOW' Me.'"After He, had demon- ;if the people don't listen and say that He spent more time healing strated the doctrine of love, and they tit* accept it. thari,preaching.- He ministered to peo- had accepted it- and understood it, These church members often indict ples needs. We need to, balance our then He asked them to admit they approaches that attempt to give the use of words with practical action. For were sinners' and accept His saving ..good news in new ways and in every Bible study, we need a Five-Day atonement , and keep His, coMmand- churcht language as not constituting Plan to Stop Smoking. For:.g.v0:y se- menWifle did not impatiently, self- vante ism. They say, "Why should we ries of 'meetings, series okchtacasts, igtfri*h. on to those important:0o, 'be afraid to tell people that they need literature distribution ;Voject, we trines:that relate the person directly Jesus and that they are sinners? What need ran eqUalintirilher dwelfare sei v- to God as Lord; He selflessly waited is to be 'gained by hiding the gospel? ices, tutoring projects, - job-training until they had in their own way come WWe should not pull any punches!" classes; clay:tamps, and teen centers. to the right moment when speakin That kind of approach has become In Many; training „classes on how- to of these doctrines would be best ap- clasSic. Be frank and factual! If they witness, I've had people ask me, preciated. une - you out, that's their problem. ".How do I get a hearing? How do I We must follow His example. tir lob is jnst to sow seeds. Never reach -the secular men and women in • hrist's method alone will give true and the results. my community?" The answer is really success in reaching the people." We Which way then for effective evan- quite. simple. By getting involved in must learn the timing and flexibility gelism? How are we to finish the work? compinnity, service programs Where h ' t made" t the Master soul win- Let's < take Christ's example. these unreachables are either coming ner. We must know liOW,and(Whert to hrisi's, method alone will give true for help or volunteering their services cOnCentnte on the 00134 as love on cess in reaching the people. The for their fellOW, men. I have seen the through' our actions, and hem and Saviour mingled with men as one who pattern work again and again. A cledi= when to use the wide array of com- lesired their good. He showed His cated i,,kciventist, housewife takes off ,a municationsi Media available to us as yinpathy for them, ministered to their morning each week to work as a. we teach: e full message that indeed OS and won their confidence. Then teacher's aide in a day care c answers the questions in the hearts e bade them, 'Follow Me.' "—Chris- working mothers, She meeti.laritl be- and minds everyWhere. tan Service, p. 119. comes friendly with a young secretary When we have achieved this kind First, our Lord mingled with who leaves her three-year-old a of,;eyangelistit methodology, we will worldly men and women. He listened center. Soon the young secretary i4tpeeclin the work God has given to and. Observed. He became acquainted taking Bible studies. - His' last generation. When we have achieved this kind of Christlike life ;1,with their customs, habits, and cul- Winning Confidenc00 k"..- ture.. 4no gleaned knowledge about style, we will he endowed .with the their inner thoughts from the music A crinsecrated, Adventist realtor do- spiritual power and renewal that will And Art and literature they produced. nates ' one afternoon each week to bring a revival our church and To communicate the gospel we teaching, a , job-opportunities class in our-lives. Then tWinessage will sweep must know two things. We must know real estate. He meets a 45-year9 the world in a burning, challenging the gospel—have a real experience in warehouse foreman who is bei movement. 4+

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14' lie Nave Sternal Life

NE morning I opened the with complete confidence? I do not sins have hid his face from you, that door to greet an evangelist believe it is. he will not hear" (Isa. 59:1, 2). The O who was holding a series of How meaningful, then, become the lost soul can find no one to blame but meetings a few blocks down the street. statements of Jesus in the tenth chap- himself. As long as we rest confidently He and a local church member were ter of John's gospel: "I am the good in God's hand we are safe. making calls. We fell into a pleasant shepherd.. . . My sheep hear my voice, In the fifth chapter of 1 John are conversation on spiritual themes. Sud- and I know them, and they follow found some of the most assuring, sta- denly, as if to startle me, he gave me a me: and I give unto them eternal life; bilizing statements of all the Scrip- penetrating look and asked abruptly, and they shall never perish, neither tures. "He that hath the Son hath "Are you saved?" shall any man pluck them out of my life" (verse 12). That is present tense "Yes, I am," I quietly replied. hand. My father, which gave them me, —now. He has already begun to pos- He seemed to be nonplused. Evi- is greater than all; and no man is able sess and enjoy the spiritual life and dently, he had expected me to an- to pluck them out of my Father's fellowship with God that he will ex- swer hesitantly, "I don't know" or "I hand" (verses 11, 27-29). perience throughout eternity in an hope so." He was prepared to follow ever-broadening experience. that with the appeal to make full sur- Only Our Sins Can Separate "These things I have written unto render to Christ. As it was, he had no When we commit our lives unre- you that believe on the name of the further comment. servedly to God, no powers of earth or Son of God; that ye may know that How sure can we be of salvation? hell can snatch us away from Him. ye have eternal life, and that ye may Some say it is presumption to make We are safe in His hand. There is only believe on the name of the Son of such a claim. Just what is presump- one thing that can separate us from God" (verse 13). Could anything be tion? According to the dictionary, it Him, our own sins. more plain and positive? Is it presump- is taking something for granted with- "Behold, the Lord's hand is not tion to believe and accept this assur- out proof; venturing boldly beyond shortened, that it cannot save; neither ing declaration? On the contrary, is it what one has ground for, or permis- is his ear heavy, that it cannot hear: not an affront to God to doubt, to sion. Is it presumption to take God's but your iniquities have separated be- refuse this Heavenly blessing? But, word at face value and act upon it tween you and your God, and your you say, I am not worthy to claim such a high spiritual attainment. I am too sinful. Does God say you must be sinless to receive this life? He does give the warning, "Let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall" (1 Cor. 10:12). It is quite possi- When we commit our lives unre- ble to lose our standing by rejecting God and turning again to the beg- servedly to God, no powers of earth garly elements of the world. We are always free to choose. By telling us we have eternal life, or hell can snatch us away from John is not saying that we are sinless. Sometimes his words in 1 John 3:9 Him. We are safe in His hand. are misunderstood: "Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin." This is clarified by other translations that render the passage, "does not practice sin" or "does not habitually

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Auburn, Washington reverence shown on the Sabbath of fast- By ETHEL R. PAGE Dear People of God Around the World: ing and prayer, and the uncooperative attitude encountered when they tried to The fifty-first session of the General prevent all sorts of debris from littering Conference is history. Now we look for- the halls. It is generally felt we have ward to a new quinquennium. (The much to learn when it comes to reverence terminology for a five-year period still and orderliness. sounds a bit strange, doesn't it?) While we Some other denominations have are looking ahead perhaps it would also reached the conclusion that large meet- be helpful for us to look backward for ings are not conducive to effective transac- commit sin." This attainment is a few minutes. While the events of the within the possible fulfillment of ev- tion of church business, and they are session are still fresh in our minds, let restricting attendance. Many feel we ery Christian. us see what lessons we can draw from Yet he is not expected to gain vic- should do likewise. the past that may help us in planning Some feel that certain traditional fea- tory over sin by his own strength. Any the next session, if the Lord tarries. spiritual attainment is through Christ tures of General Conference sessions are I have urged our leaders to write their not as meaningful today as they once alone. He gives life and maintains it. reactions and suggestions, and we have "Being confident of this very thing, were, and that careful consideration had many letters as a result. I want to should be given to either omitting them that he which hath begun a good work share some of these with you. Perhaps in you will perform it until the day or drastically "overhauling" them. you, too, have some reactions and sug- In this category are included the grow- of Jesus Christ" (Phil. 1:6). gestions you would like to share with us. There is a difference between de- ing number of exhibits and special proj- From the letters received and from ects. Everyone wants a booth! Respon- liberate, willful sin and the mistakes personal conversations, it is evident the of impulse or emotion. The Christian sible committees making preparation for majority of our people felt it was a the Atlantic City meeting had to refuse may in an unguarded moment fall good, Spirit-filled session, calculated to into error. This is not willful sin, for a number of requests and to limit ex- arouse and encourage God's people, to penditures on those granted, but still when he realizes his mistake, he re- strengthen faith in the Advent message, pents and immediately seeks forgive- much money was spent for exhibits. and to challenge all to a greater sense Perhaps the funds could be spent more ness. This does not make him less dear of need and of mission. to the loving Father. The error is effectively for more worthy projects the One special impression was expressed world around. turned into victory and he is careful over and over—we are truly an interna- not to repeat it. Many felt the meetings were too long tional church. New faces from outside —two full weeks for precouncil and ses- Imitating Christ North America now seen among the sion meetings. This is a long time for so General Conference staff support this Sanctification is the work of a life- many workers to be out of their fields, fact, and it should be this way, since and it is expensive to provide housing time. Christian experience should more than 75 per cent of our members constantly progress and come to ma- and meals for such a large number for turity. But as long as Satan reigns, reside outside North America. This being so long a time. Here is another area at there will be temptations, besetments, true, it is the consensus that the next which we should look in an effort to and obstacles to overcome. Christ is General Conference session should be save money for the cause. our perfect example. We cannot be held outside of North America. Where? Others feel that the missions pageant His equal, but God expects us to imi- Mexico City, London, Vienna, and other could well be omitted or substantially tate Him according to our individ- cities have been mentioned. These sug- limited, that strictly business sessions ual ability given by Him. Christ's gestions will be given serious considera- should be held with only one weekend atonement for sin is the only hope for tion. Perhaps the next session will be for a strong spiritual emphasis open to the sinner. If he casts himself upon held on another continent. nondelegates as well as delegates. the merits of the Saviour, and trusts It is quite generally felt that our ses- I thought you would be interested in completely, salvation is assured. sions are becoming too large to be effec- some of the suggestions that were made. We cannot be perfect in the same tive as instruments to transact church If you attended the session and have way Christ was perfect. We can be business. Apparently thousands of people helpful suggestions to make, I will be perfect in our sphere as Christ is per- come to meet friends and enjoy a social happy to hear from you. season more than to seek a spiritual bless- fect in His sphere. The perfect man is Yours for Spirit-filled sessions, one who is wholly dedicated to the ing and to do the work of the Lord. It Lord, pressing toward the mark. It is was sadly noted that during much of the to him that John addresses the words, session hundreds (perhaps thousands?) of "These things have I written unto people were thronging the lobbies and you . . . that ye may know that ye halls instead of attending the meetings. have eternal life" (1 John 5:13). ++ Even some of the non-Adventist attend- ants, who were unfailingly courteous and helpful, commented on some of the ir-

REVIEW AND HERALD, September 3, 1970 5 The Nineteenth Centennial of the Destruction of Jerusalem-2 more to the Jews to surrender, but as before he received a defiant rejec- tion to his offers. Immediately he pre- pared to attack the Temple area, which was surrounded on all sides by strong walls. Ramps were built toward the northern Temple walls and bat- tering-rams again began their work. However, they made little impression The Temple Burned; on the strong walls and, on August 26, Titus gave orders to destroy the gates by fire and thus gain entrance to the Temple courts. On the following day, Titus held The City Destroyed a war council with his chief officers. It was decided to spare the Temple building if at all possible. However, a fierce man-to-man fight began on By SIEGFRIED H. HORN August 28 when the Roman soldiers entered the outer courts through the burned-out gates and attempted to push the Jews out of the Temple area. The defenders fought with des- perate courage and twice pushed back the advancing legionnaires. N APRIL, A.D. 70, Titus reached he directed them against the strong Castle of Antonia, in which Paul had Finally the Jews were driven into Jerusalem with his legions. For the inner Temple court. It was at I three and one-half years no Ro- once been held prisoner (Acts 22:24, this moment that a Roman soldier man army had seen the Holy City. ff.). The Antonia lay north of the Even now with the enemy camping Temple and, being built on higher threw a torch into a chamber of the outside the city, the party strife of ground than the Temple, controlled actual Temple building which im- the Jews continued. When Eleazar's the sacred area. However, the resource- mediately caught fire. party opened the Temple gates on ful Jews foiled this attack on the An- Some Sanctuary Furniture Saved the Feast of Passover to allow visitors tonia. From inside the city walls they to perform their religious duties, dug subterranean tunnels underneath When Titus heard this he hastened John's followers, using this opportu- the ramps on which the battering-rams to the Temple with his chief officers nity to enter the Temple area with stood, shored them up with wooden and at once gave orders that the fire weapons hidden under their garments, props, then set the props on fire and be put out. But the fighting was attacked Eleazar's followers and, after retreated. In this way the earth over going on all around and no one paid some fighting, eliminated them. From them caved in, causing the battering- attention to his commands. Titus, now on there were only two factions, rams to tumble into the trenches thus being eager to see for himself what that of John, in the eastern part of formed and to be consumed by fire. the interior of the holy building the city, and that of Simon, in the Before Titus rebuilt the destroyed looked like, entered the burning western and southern parts. Finally ramps and battering-rams, he had a structure to see whether the rumor and belatedly when the actual siege ten-foot-high stone wall erected all was true that the Most Holy Place started in earnest in early May, the around the doomed city to make it was an empty room. With the help two parties began to coordinate their impossible for supplies to reach Jeru- of a few soldiers at least some of the actions of defense and worked to- salem or for any Jew to escape from precious furniture of the sanctuary gether by fighting unitedly against the city. Any deserters were picked was saved—the seven-armed lamp- the Romans. up and crucified in the sight of the stand, the table of shewbread, the sil- Titus directed his first attack beleaguered defenders on the wall. ver trumpets, and the scrolls of the against the northern suburbs pro- Holy Bible. But the buildings were tected by the recently finished third Daily Sacrifices Terminated lost. On August 28 in the year A.D. 70 wall. Supported by battering-rams On July 22, after new ramps and the glorious house of God, which every brought up against the walls over battering-rams had been built, the Jew had considered the most holy earthen ramps, his armies breached attack on the Antonia was repeated, place on earth, burned down. This the wall on May 25. The Roman and two days later this strong fortress sad event was the fulfillment of a soldiers thus gained access to was in Roman hands. In the days prediction made by Jesus, who had the northern part of the city. A few following it was destroyed and razed foreseen Jerusalem's dreadful end al- days later the second wall was bat- by the Roman legionnaires. On most four decades earlier (Matt. 23: tered down, but the Roman legion- August 6 the daily sacrifices were of- 38; 24:1, 2). naires were driven back. However, fered for the last time in the John of Gischala and his followers by June 4 this wall was also securely Jerusalem Temple. In spite of war of fanatical Zealots were able to es- in Roman hands and with it the and famine these daily sacrifices had cape to the upper city, west of the northern suburbs. Titus now offered been offered without interruption, Temple area. These desperate men the Jews clemency if they would sur- and even now, Josephus says, the sac- were far from ready to give up the render their city, but the fanatical rifices were not stopped on account of fighting. Titus once more, and for the defenders of Jersusalem refused to the severe famine but rather because last time, called upon the Jews and give in, even though a terrible famine of a lack of men to administer them, their leaders to surrender. But he was raged in the city causing desperate since every able-bodied man was no longer willing to grant their de- citizens to resort to cannibalism. sorely needed to guard and defend the mand that their lives be spared and The defenders having refused, Ti- city. their freedom be guaranteed in re- tus resumed his attacks. This time At this time Titus appealed once turn for surrender. Hence once again 6 REVIEW AND HERALD, September 3, 1970 the Roman soldiers had to build never shown pity toward antagonists, Addressing his army after com- ramps, this time against the walls that now begged for mercy. He was pleting his task, Titus praised their separated the Temple area from granted his life, but was incarcerated deeds, decorated many soldiers for the western part of the city. for life in a Roman dungeon. Simon feats of bravery, offered sacrifices to Four weeks after the Temple had bar-Giora, too proud to ask for clem- the Roman gods, and celebrated the been destroyed, the western part of ency, was shipped off to Rome and, victory of the empire's arms with a the city fell into the hands of the after having been forced to take part great feast. Then he turned the com- attacking forces. The Roman stand- with many other captured Jews in mand of the armed forces and the ards were erected over the fallen city the victory procession of Vespasian country over to his generals and trav- while victory-drunk soldiers ran and Titus, was executed. eled to Caesarea Philippi to visit King through the streets of Jerusalem mur- Agrippa II. Later he went to Caesarea dering whomsoever they encountered, Surviving Monuments Maritima, and successively to Beirut, all the time looting and putting Jerusalem, the Holy City, was Antioch, and Alexandria before sail- buildings to the torch. The victory thoroughly destroyed. Only three ing for Rome. In each of these cities was complete on September 26, 139 towers of the former palace of Herod victory celebrations were held in days after the siege had started. in the western part of the city were which hosts of captured Jews were left standing to serve as monuments forced either to fight as gladiators Fate of Survivors and remain as witnesses to the city's against one another or to battle wild Those who were not killed in the former strength. One of these towers, animals in the circuses. final capture of the city were sent to called "David's Tower," which is at A sad plight had befallen the Jew- the mines as slaves or kept to fight present part of the Citadel in the Old ish nation and Jerusalem, its capital. against wild animals, or as gladiators City of Jerusalem, still stands as a Yet the Holy City rose again from its against one another, in the circuses memorial of the city of Jesus' time. ashes, and the crushed people did of the empire. Among the captives Part of the city wall was spared to not vanish. Phoenixlike they re- were also the two leaders, Simon bar- protect the camp of the Roman covered from this and subsequent ca- Giora and John of Gischala. John, legion left in the ruins of Jerusalem tastrophes. ++ the embodiment of cruelty who had as a garrison. (Concluded)

When You're VC) LP G By Miriam Wood

FOUR What, in your opinion, are the four Dependability keeps the world moving along smoothly. NOMINATIONS most important character qualities a People who are where they promise to be when they promise person can possess? For purposes of to be, having done what they promised to do, certainly clarification, let's agree that this person is already a sincere, ought to have a special corner of heaven reserved for them. practicing Christian. This takes care of the quality of kind- In a nerve-shattering world of continual stress, happiness is ness, without which a human being rapidly becomes sub- knowing you can count on people, knowing they're depend- human. It—practical Christianity—also builds in morality, able. Thus there would be no mission-storyless Sabbath respect for God and parents, the desire and ability to regard schools, no potato-saladless picnics, no gasless cars. I'm sure all men as brothers, honesty, truthfulness. Simply stated, real you can add dozens of items to this roster. Christianity takes care of the basic structure of the human Coming in third is enthusiasm. Even when misdirected, character. It does not, however, account for the entire range this trait literally sweeps you up and carries you along on of behavior and attitude. A pretty broad area remains, sub- the crest of the wave. A human being who's enthusiastic ject to change, cultivation, or neglect, entirely at the inclina- delivers himself and those around him from the Horrid tion of the person himself. Obviously, it was never Christ's Hum-Drums. He makes life and its ramifications, large and intention to leave His children nothing to do for themselves. small, seem worth the struggle. Whether he's cultivating Having pondered for some time the question with which three tomato plants or getting an education or running a we began, and having compiled and discarded and rearranged projector or waxing the dormitory floors, he's a bright-eyed many lists, I've now settled on four character elements that bundle of contagious force who electrifies his peers. Without I'm nominating as most vital for a successful human being enthusiasm, a person goes "ho-humming" his way through to have. (My use of the word "successful" doesn't, in this life, half-alive. case, carry the connotation of "rich" "famous," et cetera. I'm Finally, the crowning quality—a sense of humor. In spite thinking of a "successful" human being as one who lives, feels, of life's complexities and heartaches, the blessed human who and acts to his maximum capacity.) can see "the funny side" is a thing of beauty and a joy First on my list is courage. A liberal supply of this element forever to his lucky acquaintances. Surrounded by long-faced, enables a person to take unpopular positions on moral and grim associates, his eyes twinkle deliciously as he realizes how humanitarian issues when the position is right. It makes outrageously and ridiculously pompous many people insist possible an all-dimensional life for its possessor, with a on being. If he drops the birthday cake in the middle of the splendid disregard of consequences. Come poverty, broken floor, he can laugh at his own clumsiness, and congratulate legs, heartaches, headaches, rejection—a courageous human himself that at least he didn't drop it on the guest of honor being will live and do and climb and see and love. This isn't —his boss. People's tiny foibles aren't ugly and disturbing to to imply that he'll never be afraid. Quite the contrary. He the humorous human; they're everlastingly piquant material may often have "the dreads" clear down into his vitals, but for his private chuckles. Since he doesn't take himself too he'll go forward, or stand up, or get on the plane, or do seriously, he is understanding and undemanding with others. whatever else is called for, regardless. Dr. Reinhold Niebuhr, a distinguished theologian, has said In second place comes dependability. "Breathes there a man (though not precisely in these words) that both faith and with soul so dead, who never to himself hath said" that he'd laughter deal with the incongruities of life. like to smite hip and thigh every undependable, unreliable, Well, these are my four nominations. What four would spaghetti-spined caricature of a human being in his orbit! you choose?

REVIEW AND HERALD, September 3, 1970 7 As in the Days of Noah

By HAROLD G. COFFIN

NE OF the events in the early was lightly regarded. There were It seems incredible that only eight history of the earth that is bloodshed and violence everywhere. persons out of the pre-Flood popula- most important as a guide to The similarity to our world is tion were saved. The rejection O of truth and righteousness by us in the times in which we live is only too obvious. The human popu- the destruction of the surface of the lation is fast approaching what ap- the great majorities is not unusual— earth and the living things on it by a pears to be a total disregard of majorities are seldom right. Even great flooding of water. This tragedy, morality and decency. Once again God when the Son of God came down to made necessary by the awful wicked- cannot allow such a state to continue this earth to live and teach men, how ness of man, occurred in the days of long without His justice being ques- few accepted His words of life, Noah. His patience with pre-Flood tioned by the watching universe. how few were willing to follow Him man having become exhausted, God against the opinion of authority and saw that justice required action. But Evidences Confirming Message against the popular tide. before the sentence was executed, He Many in the crowd outside the ark But let us apply this lesson more made an earnest and impressive were believers in God. They were not closely to our situation. How many in appeal to the godless by the all idol worshipers. But the Spirit of the church really believe that Jesus is preaching and activities of Noah. For Prophecy writings tell us they were coming soon? At one time Mrs. White 120 years Noah preached and demon- foremost in turning against Noah's wrote that not one in twenty was strated the sincerity of his work with message. The same will be true today. ready. the hammer blows upon the rising Men within the Christian churches "It is a solemn statement that I structure of a giant boat. All the then- will be foremost in opposing the make to the church, that not one in known world became aware of the truth. We must all stand on our own twenty whose names are registered great and startling message Noah feet even within the church. upon the church books are prepared urged upon them. The wheat and the tares will grow to- to close their earthly history, and The Advent message of the soon gether until the end. The church will would be as verily without God and coming of Christ and the asso- not enter the ark of safety en masse. without hope in the world as the com- ciated destruction of the earth and God gave the antediluvians a final mon sinner. . . . the death of the wicked has been and dramatic evidence of the "I lay down my pen and lift up my preached by this church for about 125 truthfulness of Noah's message. soul in prayer, that the Lord would years. This message is just as star- Shortly before the closing of the great breathe upon His backslidden people, tling as that of Noah's, and it requires door of the ark, animals were seen who are as dry bones, that they may just as definite a commitment on the making their way to the ark and en- live. The end is near, stealing upon us part of the hearers. tering that door. Those living in the so stealthily, so imperceptibly, so A total abandon characterized last days of earth's sinful history are noiselessly, like the muffled tread the long-lived men of Noah's time. also given startling signs of the times. of the thief in the night to sur- Every imagination of their For decades we within the church prise the sleepers off guard and thoughts was only evil continually. have looked for the joining of re- unready. May the Lord grant to bring According to Ellen G. White, prop- ligious movements and the enforce- His Holy Spirit upon hearts that are erty and possessions were unre- ment of Sunday laws. We see this hap- now at ease, that they may no longer spected. Strong men took what pening before our eyes today. sleep as do others, but watch and be they wished. Appetites were sat- Other startling signs of the end are sober."—General Conference Bul- isfied in gluttony. Even human life also everywhere evident. letin, 1893, pp. 132, 133. 8 REVIEW AND HERALD, September 3, 1970 That statement was made many thankfulness and praise must have following them. When the redeemed years ago. The proportion may have flooded over them as they huddled to- stand on the sea of glass before the changed for better or for worse. But gether amid the smell of straw and throne of God, they too will be filled if you were one of twenty persons pitch. The light that entered the win- with gratitude for God's redemptive lined up before a firing squad and dow at the top probably was dimmed power. God's mercy has sought out you knew that only one of the twenty by the black, angry clouds that filled sinners and lifted them up to ever- would escape the impending execu- the sky. lasting life. tion, surely your hope would be very Earth's sorry history is almost small. Fortunately, all of us have op- Final Deliverance of the Saints ended. The plagues will soon fall. portunity yet to remedy this situa- The deliverance of the saints at A time of trouble such as the world tion and to make sure that we will be the coming of Christ comes at a time has never seen is nearly on us. Soon among those who will enter the when all seems hopeless. Evil men all things earthly will be swept up in ark and be saved. We need but to be- are rushing upon the companies of devastation. But, thank God, the door lieve the message of God with all our the faithful to destroy them. Suddenly of safety and mercy is still open. We hearts and act upon it by going the heavens appear to open and close. must enter quickly without delay. through that door into the safety A great voice comes from an area of Reconstruct in your mind Noah's of God's protection and into the plan glorious light, saying "It is done" (The last plea to the throngs outside the of God's great future. Great Controversy, p. 636). Evil men ark. The animals have entered. The But Satan is working furiously to up- are stopped in their tracks. The right- door is about to be shut. Noah stands set the faith of church members and eous look with transfixed faces, the silhouetted against the dark back- to keep asleep those who are asleep. worry and anguish all gone. They ground of the great open door. His Voices are heard casting doubts on have waited for their Lord and now arms are outstretched to these people. nearly every Bible doctrine. Could it He is coming. Now the night of dark- He pleads with them, he appeals to be that the pioneers of our mes- ness, the night of sin, pain, and sor- them with all earnestness and sin- sage were wrong, that some of the pil- row is over. Joy and gratitude beyond cerity. He probably calls many of lars of faith built up with tears description flood their souls. Soon the them by name. and persevering prayer are in error? small black cloud is seen in the dis- Christ stands at the open door of Never! Could it be that those doc- tance. As it comes nearer, angels the ark today calling our names. He trines that have been supported by gather up the saints in a great re- stretches out His arms as He utters the inspired, writings of Ellen G. deemed throng to meet their Lord His earnest invitations. We see on White and that have stood firm in the air. them the nail scars. His great love for more than 100 years against all at- The first act of the eight occupants for us is heard in the tender entreaty tempts to topple them are now found upon leaving the ark was an act of His voice. Let each child of God to be incorrect? Never! How tragic if prompted by gratitude. Stones were make certain that his experience will the jeers of the mob, the per- gathered for an altar upon which to be as expressed in the words of Mat- suasive evidence of learned men, offer sacrifice. God was honored. He thew 25:10: "And they that were or the dazzling pleasures of the masses set in the sky a bow that would be ready went in with him . . . : and should cause us to stumble off the a comfort to these people and others the door was shut." ++ gangway that leads to the open door of the ark. That door is still open. Let us press on a little while longer, keep- ing our eyes on the goal and believ- FOR THE YOUNGER SET ing firmly the message that has brought us thus far on our way. When Blackie Called Mother Out of all this comparison with the destruction of the world in Noah's By INEZ BRASIER day and the end of the world in our "BLACKIE is the very best cat in all to rest and slept so well she didn't hear day, the spectacular deliverance is the the world. I know she is," Tommy told Tommy call her. She didn't hear him aspect that thrills us most. As the mother when she was getting dinner. drop the glass of water that was on the storm broke upon the antediluvian "Oh, now, Tommy! I am sure other little table beside his bed. She didn't hear world, the jeers and threats changed little boys like you have cats as nice as him fall out of bed so that he cut his to cries of fear and pleading for Blackie." arm on the broken glass. entrance into the ark. The "But, Mother, she is the best cat. I But Blackie heard Tommy call. She sound of the elements and the know she is." Tommy said it every day. heard him drop the glass of water. She fear expressed by the animals within Tommy always said good night to his heard him fall out of bed. She ran to the the ark probably largely drowned out little cat every time he went to bed. couch where mother was sleeping. She But one night he did not say good night. jumped up on mother. the desperate voices outside the thick And the next day he did not say a word Mother did not wake up. walls. What mixed feelings there about Blackie. He just sat still. He was Blackie looked at mother. Then she must have been in the hearts of those too sick to think of Blackie. And he did called "Meow! Meow!" very, very loudly. inside. There was sadness for relatives not think of her for one, two, three, four, She called again and again. "Me-owl and friends outside who were five, six days. Me-owl Me-ow!" being swept away. But even as But his little cat thought of him. She Then mother heard. She jumped up they mourned for those lost, they re- jumped up on his bed every time mother and ran to Tommy's room. She put him joiced in the marvelous deliver- left the door open. And when the door back in bed. She called Dr. Layne to fix ance. How glad Noah and his family was shut she sat beside it. "Meow! Tommy's arm. were for the firm, strong beams Meow!" she said and looked up at "I am so glad Blackie called me," mother. mother said. and planks that resisted all the attacks One day mother said, "Tommy is get- "It is a good thing she called you," Dr. of the elements. Only the best mate- ting well. Tomorrow you may play with Layne agreed. "You have a very fine little rial and the most careful workman- him." cat." ship had been involved in its con- Now, mother was very tired and sleepy Tommie tried to smile. "Blackie is the struction. And the blueprint was after taking care of Tommy for one, two, best cat in all the world. I know she is." from God. What a great sensation of three, four, five, six days. She lay down And mother knew too. REVIEW AND HERALD, September 3, 1970 9 LIGHTED WAY Rv J. ERIC SAUNDERS

PITY you! 0, I pity you! I know with an Adventist neighbor and J. L. ful attitude by continuing, "That may someone who went crazy over Wilson, who later became my father- seem strange to you now, but you will I that business and is now in a men- in-law, a matter was presented for understand when you read her writ- tal hospital." which I could not recall Biblical ings and compare them with the Such was the response of the dea- proof. To my question, "What author- Bible." con at the door of my former church, ity have we for that?" my neighbor "I will certainly do that," I re- a large congregation in one of West- replied, "Elder Wilson, will you an- sponded. And what a flood of blessed ern Canada's cities, when I told him swer that question?" light has come from a diligent study about the evangelistic lectures of the Elder Wilson had a quiet, convinc- of Ellen G. White's Heaven-inspired Adventist church that I had been at- ing manner. "You must understand, books and articles. tending. Brother Saunders," he began, "that The Sundaykeeping pastor's coun- He quickly arranged for the pastor there is a prophetess in our church." sel is still cherished. In the language to see me. Through his Sunday serv- My immediate response was, "Go of Solomon, "The path of the right- ices I had gained a respect for the slow; all the prophets are dead long eous is like the light of dawn, which pastor as a reasonable, understanding ago." shines brighter and brighter until full man. I found him such when I visited Elder Wilson answered my doubt- day" (Prov. 4:18, R.S.V.). ++ him. He grasped my hand and inquired what he could do for me. When I told him of the new teachings I had been considering, which I believed to The Alirsaid:14e be adequately supported by Scripture and history, he responded, "You know, By Harry M. Tippett sometimes I think that we place too much stress on the unimportant. But "Hast thou not known? hast thou not not weary Him. . . . Take to Him every- come to my study where we can talk." heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, thing that perplexes the mind. . . . In the more than two-score years the Creator of the ends of the earth, Nothing that in any way concerns our that have passed since then, I have fainteth not, neither is weary?" Isa. 40:28. peace is too small for Him to notice." forgotten what he said, but I remem- —Steps to Christ, p. 100. ber that he had prayer with me and Many people conceive of God as being In his book Your God Is Too Small, wished me Godspeed. too remote, too unapproachable, too much concerned with the great things of His J. B. Phillips explores at length this Power of Immediate Obedience universe to give heed to their petitions. failure to see the wonder of God's love But this was not all. A few days Countless thousands of these pray to and will toward us. The Bible portrays later, back on my little farm, I re- dead saints to intercede for them. But His providence, His power, His plan, ceived a letter, bearing the church im- name-dropping of saints has no influence and His peace in sharp outlines. If we print. In the pastor's note were these in heaven. Our only mediator is Christ have been only faintly pursuing Him, words: "I believe much in the illum- who was "touched with the feeling of perhaps our most frequent prayer should inative power of immediate obedi- our infirmities." be: ence." How sad it is that when someone "Open mine eyes, that I may see I pondered the statement until the comes to the end of his resources and Glimpses of truth Thou hast for me; meaning became clear to my mind. If declares, "All I can do is pray," he Place in my hands the wonderful key I obey what I know to be right, more hears, "Oh, is it as bad as that?" To save That shall unclasp and set me free." light will come on subjects not yet our prayers only for crises and emer- clear. I determined to become a Sab- gencies is to miss the promised commun- The wonderful key, of course, is prayer, bathkeeper. ion with God and fellowship with Christ. "the key in the hand of faith to unlock But I was not yet clear concerning "Keep your wants, your joys, your sor- heaven's storehouse, where are treasured the Spirit of Prophecy. Traveling one rows, your cares, and your fears, before the boundless resources of Omnipotence." Sabbath to a meeting in company God. You cannot burden Him; you can- —Ibid., pp. 94, 95. 10 REVIEW AND HERALD, September 3, 1970 RESPONSE FROM READERS ing what I believed was my duty to God, I now feel that He is telling me to lay aside my official church duties and rest for a while—maybe for some greater work How Much Church Work Is Too Much? later (greater in His eyes, not necessarily in the eyes of others or myself). I don't know and it doesn't matter. What this I have had a similar experience to that I became so desperately entangled in the experience has shown me is that no one, of the person who wrote the article web of depression even while trying so no matter how good or how dedicated or "Home Comes First" [April 30, 1970], as faithfully to do my utmost for the Lord. talented, can accomplish anything for the no doubt has every wife and mother who My problem, and no doubt that of Lord without His blessing and guidance. has ever accepted a church responsibility. many others struggling to perform nobly However, I feel this problem is so many- the work of the Lord, was not so much Mother's Example sided that a solution to it may be entirely that I was overburdened but that my I do not believe the fact that our fam- different for two different people. This attitude was not right. I wanted every- ilies may become rebellious, belligerent, article brought to my mind a recent ex- thing I did to be a great success, and or uninterested in the church is neces- asperating experience, one from which I rightly so, but I was thinking of the suc- sarily because we are too devoted to the gained some insight that might be helpful cess of myself rather than of success of the church program. What better example can to another discouraged soul facing a sim- work of the Lord. I can now look back on a mother set for her children than lending ilar situation. Life is full of pitfalls and the many times I feverishly tackled the her assistance to one of their Sabbath blunders. But if one's mistakes may help tasks I felt had to be done, so busy doing school divisions, MV or Pathfinder pro- another avoid the same fall, it might good that I did not have time to ask the grams, or doing Dorcas work, whether somehow compensate for the errors he help of the One for whom I was working. attending weekly Dorcas meetings or by makes. I also was concerned about what other staying in her home and mending, cook- Like the writer of the above-mentioned church members would think of me if I ing, cleaning, baby-sitting for or listening article, I accepted every church duty did not lend my assistance to whatever to her own family and the needy or even requested of me, believing that since I function I felt obliged to support. I as- the not needy in her neighborhood? The had the time, talent, and desire, it was sumed that since it was His work, natu- children can be taught very young the a call from the Lord. Often in spite of rally He would give His blessing to it, but rewards of doing for others and that this physical illness, I worked slavishly and I did not acknowledge need of His help. is why we are in this world—to bring desperately in a valiant effort to make Although at first I felt guilty for shirk- happiness to others. whatever had to be done a success. In thinking back on my own childhood, I do not believe while I performed my I have often wondered why my own obligations that I ever neglected my home mother, although a wonderful and good and family (at least I was never accused person, did not participate in any organ- of it). But after a few years I began to be- Tools—Our Talents ized activity. My father and most of our come discouraged because my husband family and friends were not Adventists, and others did not share my enthusiasm By BESSIE SANDERS SORENSEN but to me, the only difference between and zeal for my endeavors and did not When the Lord of hosts has a work to be us and them was the fact that Mother lend a helping hand when I felt I needed done, and we children attended church on Satur- it. Later I began to feel somewhat resent- A task He can trust to man, day and they on Sunday. Mother did not ful and antagonistic toward fellow church He searches for one who is willing to go, attend prayer meeting, Dorcas, MV, evan- members who did not support what I was Standing ready with tools in his hand. gelistic meetings, help with the Ingath- trying to accomplish. I felt they were not ering program, or assist in any of the carrying their share of the responsibil- When Moses was called he was holding a rod Sabbath school divisions. She did hold ities of the church, adding to mine. He had used forty years in his task; various responsible positions in the local The Lord sent him forth—he was given no political and civic organizations and de- Illness Overcomes more— voted many hours of her time to plan- In time I came close to having a com- He succeeded, he did as was asked. ning or participating in various enter- plete nervous breakdown and had to tainment and fund-raising projects of give up everything involving leadership David, a lad, while guarding the sheep these groups. I am sure whatever cause or responsibility of any kind. This was Used a sling he had fashioned by hand; Mother was working for was a noble one, terribly hard for me to accept or under- When moved by the Spirit to deliver God's and she also did her share of personal stand. I accepted physical illness as a flock, welfare ministry for our neighbors and blessing from the Lord in teaching me Five stones and his sling cleared the land. friends. She was a good person and a patience and endurance. But I could not devoted mother and wife, but so were see how my loving Father could allow A small lowly needle was what Dorcas had, most of our friends and relatives who be- my usefulness to be completely destroyed The naked and cold to keep dressed; longed to other churches. She, no doubt, and possibly my very soul because of Her work was so urgent that when it had had her reasons for devoting her energies my guilt feelings and the contempt I ceased elsewhere than to her own church. I could not seem to overcome toward fellow The Lord called her back—she was blessed. never asked, but for years there was a believers, while I had been faithfully doubt in my mind as to whether our trying to perform with greatest diligence By the lake stood a lad with his lunch in his church as an organization had any more every known duty assigned me. I often hand; value than any other. thought of the verses in the Bible, "I will When Jesus asked him to come Satan is desperately working every keep him in perfect peace whose mind And help feed the hungry—he questioned it angle to destroy not only our own souls is stayed on me," and "Happy is the not, and those of our families but our man whose trust is in the Lord." Hadn't He was willing. The task could be done. usefulness in helping others find happi- I read the Bible and church literature and ness, fulfillment, and peace in Jesus. If meditated about the love of God and His God has placed in your hand some tool to he fails in one way, he will attempt an- goodness in my spare time? Didn't I trust be used; other. So we must lay our plans, our God's leadership in everything that hap- When you're needed, go answer that call; questions, our problems before the Lord pened to me? And hadn't I always ac- Remember each has a gift to be used, every single day before we make one knowledged and humbly thanked God for That gift may be large—may be small. decision or attempt any task or obliga- His blessings to me? But I was not happy tion, no matter how noble, and humbly and I did not have peace. I began to He gave you that gift—one He knew you acknowledge our complete dependence doubt that God's promises applied to me. could use on Him. Then He is free to give us the After many months of prayer and soul To further His cause here below; help and blessing without which we can searching, I believe I am now beginning Then cherish it well and use it for Him; accomplish nothing. to see myself for what I am and see why When He calls be ready and go. NAME WITHHELD REVIEW AND HERALD, September 3, 1970 11 Family L.1%11E-la

shadow on the film. I understood all too well and wanted my teacher-hus- band with me during those tests and whatever would follow. The hospital lounge afforded no privacy. We searched each other's eyes for reas- surance, clasped hands, and parted before our emotions could be obvious To Linger, to one another and to onlookers. Tears and Fears I made my way to my lonely room and prepared for bed. During the next few hours, three doctors came and probed me with their fingers and to Listen, their questions. Then I was left alone. I turned on the tiny television over my head and swung it out in front of me. The pictures racing through my mind obliterated those on the screen. I watched without seeing; I to Love heard without listening. Instead, pass- ing before my eyes was the panorama of my life, the beautiful memories of the past, the hopes and dreams of the future. By CORA STARK WOODS I pictured my baby granddaughter growing up without a grandmother, I envisioned my loved ones at Thanksgiving and Christmas. Tears and fears blurred my vision. After several hours, my nurse came with a VERYBODY'S talking, no- church social, you will find it most re- sleeping pill, which I gratefully ac- body's saying anything, and vealing. In any typical conversation cepted. Meanwhile, my husband ar- E nobody's listening." The words situation, you hear the story toppers, rived home weary from the long trip of the song blared from the radio in the subtle and not-so-subtle self-pro- and his apprehensions. He walked in- the car parked beside ours. The light moters, the refined critics, the out-and- to the empty house and sat down and changed and the flashy convertible out critics, the agreers, and the dis- wrote me a beautiful letter that I sped away. But long after, the words agreers. Then there are the nonstop- will always treasure. Morning came lingered in my mind. pers, the interrupters, the superfluous and the minor surgery went off as No doubt, they were penned by the detailers, and perhaps a few baby- scheduled. I was roused often for the rebelling, demonstrating generation bragging grandmothers. Most com- usual pulse, blood pressure, and tem- for the so-called establishment. And mon of all are the repeaters. perature readings. Even in my semi- what about the establishment? My If you could place yourself in the consciousness, I shuddered, remem- thoughts went back to the church group, where would you fit in? Prob- bering. I searched for a chest incision business meeting of the night before. ably in several of these categories. and finding none, I drifted off to sleep, Truly, everybody was talking, no one In connection with one experience lulled by the pouring rain on the was saying much, and most certainly I encountered three of these conver- roof. no one was listening. sation types. I had been admitted to The next morning I was wheeled We had all arrived with positive, the hospital for minor surgery. My upstairs for extensive X-rays. Out- preconceived opinions. For the most husband and I were enjoying our last wardly, I was casual, even flippant; part, we were civilized enough to few minutes together before his de- inwardly I was frightened. The tech- await our turn—besides, we could parture. Our light-hearted chatter was nician disappeared between each pic- plan our next speech while the other interrupted by the appearance of my ture and I searched his face appre- fellow was talking. The votes were cast grave-faced doctor. Since this was not hensively. At last he smiled and said, and we left, gloating or grumbling, his normal expression, I sensed some "It's not for me to say, but don't lose depending on whose views the out- problem. Reluctantly but firmly he any sleep over this." I was wheeled come favored, our own convictions announced that my presurgical X-ray back to my room and before I could strengthened. This meeting was not showed a shadow on my lung. He collect my thoughts, my doctor ap- so different from many other business, said, "After your surgery, you must peared smiling broadly. Then church board, and committee meet- undergo more tests to track down the he spoke those beautiful, unfor- ings. cause of the shadow." Stunned, I in- gettable words: "I guess we got you quired if I could not postpone the all upset for nothing; apparently the Categories of Conversationalists tests for the two weeks remaining of first film was defective. All others The philosophical words of this the school year. He answered emphat- showed no shadow." Gratefully, I song apply to the social realm of life. ically, "No, absolutely not. There thanked him and he walked away. If you ever have occasion to sit on must be no delay." Someone has defined happiness as the outskirts of several group conver- He did not intend to frighten me, the feeling you would experience if sations, perhaps at a bus terminal, a but apparently he thought I was un- you lost everything you now possess hospital waiting room, or even at a aware of the significance of the and just got it back. I could not ex- 12 REVIEW AND HERALD, September 3, 1970 who interrupts his story by saying, "I hypochondriac. My defenses were up; can't remember whether I knocked I knew all about professional listen- or rang the doorbell"! In this ac- ers. I decided to make a flat statement . . . every man is celerated age, one must start at the that I thought would wind up this climax and go backward or forward whole session. Ignoring his ques- in some way superior, depending on the degree of interest tioning, I said, "I consider that I have shown—or maybe quit with the a minimum of frustrations." and we can learn climax. The refined critics are the I expected him to walk out of my most dangerous—with hand cupped room. Instead, he picked up a book from him. over mouth, they say, "I don't mean that I had been reading and inquired to be critical, but " From then on about its content. Actually, the book anything goes, the listener as guilty was a clue to my problem. Possibly as the talker. this was a guess on his part; possibly Hopefully, we are innocent of some his years of experience gave him extra of these faults, but certainly we have intuition. all been repeaters. Why are we so As I told him about the book, my press it better. I immediately called guilty of this? First, most of us talk defenses gave way and his skillful my husband who was just leaving to too much. Next, we do not have the questioning enabled me to unburden visit me. I said, "You're not going proper respect for the listener. If we my fears. Not only was he skilled in to visit me, you're going to take me had a genuine regard for his opinions the art of conversation, but his exits home. It was all a mistake; I'm fine." and gave him a chance to express and entrances were smooth, unlike His voice revealed the relief in his them, we would remember what we the customary abruptness of busy peo- whole being. Several hours later when said and to whom. My favorite "baby- ple. I heard of a patient who asked he entered my room, we were obliv- bragging grandma" story is the one her doctor, "How does one get to be ious to our surroundings. It was like about the grandma who went to a one of those persons you are hurrying Christmas mornings, birthdays, and ladies' club meeting with her purse to instead of away from?" anniversaries all coming together on bulging with pictures and her head Since my tests were normal, this the first day of spring. filled with brilliant baby quotes. doctor had no further obligation, but We drove home in the sunshine, When she returned, her son-in-law he knew how to linger and to listen. overflowing with praise and gratitude asked how the ladies liked the grand- As I studied his face, I sensed com- to God. As I entered my home the children. Completely disgruntled, she passion that was genuine. Months telephone was ringing and I quickly answered, "I never got to say any- later, I was made even more aware of answered it. I was so eager to share thing or show any pictures—all the the wisdom and sensitivity of this my joy with the one who inquired other ladies brought their pictures!" doctor. During a routine check-up about my surgery. As soon as I men- How often our conversation turns I picked up a picture of his children. tioned the word X-ray, the caller was into a contest with the listeners Sadly, he said, "We lost a little one in reminded of a similar but much coming out the losers—or so it seems. the mission field." Had he told me worse experience, which she told in It has been said that every man is in this while I was ill, how insignificant great detail. I listened to the story some way our superior and we can my fears concerning the legal com- topper but somehow, her timing was learn from him. How much do we plications of my granddaughter's bad and I felt weary and my joy learn when we are talking? pending adoption would have seemed went unshared. by comparison. I remember how gen- Again the telephone rang. This in- The Professional Listener tly he had talked about the overcon- quirer was an agreer who said "uh The song declares that "nobody's cern of mothers of only children. I huh" and "My, isn't that interesting?" listening" but another hospital expe- was resentful despite his tactfulness. in all the wrong places. My third rience proves at least one exception. A year later he told me that he was caller was an out-and-out critic, who I was hospitalized four days under- an only child. This Christian doctor railed on doctors and hospitals in going various tests in an effort to taught me an unforgettable lesson in general. Each time I hung up the locate the cause of a digestive dis- the art of listening. receiver feeling limp and hollow. I turbance. In the four days, my doctor wondered sadly how many. times I had came in and out of my room many The Art of Two-Way Conversation treated my friends the same way. I times, despite the 90° temperature of The pastor who listens to his pa- made some resolutions about talking the building. rishioners during the week will be and listening! One by one the tests proved normal, listened to by his parishioners on Sab- and question after question came bath. He feels the pulse of his mem- Occasions of Frustration from the doctor. I was certain he had bers and can preach accordingly. The I cannot escape from the thoughts concluded that I was a fortyish, frus- doctor who listens to his patients finds inspired by that pop song. As I con- trated female and, in addition, a out why they hurt as well as where template the different types of con- versationalists, I recall other occasions of frustration. The nonstoppers and the interrupters need no comment. The self-promoters are really in need of reasurrance and a little apprecia- How often our conversation turns into a con- tion is the remedy. The disagreers can be cured by the listener who keeps test with the listeners coming out the losers. switching her viewpoint—a lady's privilege! When I think of the superfluous detailer, I am reminded of the man

REVIEW AND HERALD, September 3, 1970 13 they hurt. But pastors and doctors tain matter. I jokingly said, "Oh, The ill, the lonely, and the aged have limited time and energy. How probably he did but I wasn't listen- are very sensitive. Not only should we much we could spare them if we ing." He asked a question that improve our listening, but this mat- could learn the art of two-way conver- changed my life. "Did you ever stop ter of lingering is vital. An untimely sation! We have become a tuned-out to think that this is why men stop entrance or exit can do more harm generation as a matter of self-preser- talking to their wives?" And so, rather than good. The signs that separate vation. How can we tune back in? late in life, I happily discovered that the duty calls from the care calls are Among the many how-to-do-it my husband was not always the quiet keenly discerned by the lonely. books, perhaps Dale Carnegie's How man I had presumed him to be. They watch for the thumb-twid- to Win Friends and Influence Peo- dlers, feet shufflers, eye shifters, and The Golden Rule ple is the most widely read. The very the clock watchers. Remember, that title suggests self-seeking, but even if The best how-to-do-it formula is woman or man with wrinkled brow it is read with a selfish motive, prac- found in the Book of books, concisely and stooped shoulders, was once a ticing the principles therein brings in the golden rule. A number of times kissable baby, a huggable child, a the needs of others into focus. Many I have been asked to notify the church lovable man or woman. The outside times a good result comes from a members by telephone of an unsched- appearance has not changed the soul wrong motive. In every church you uled event. Calling the members has of that lonely shut-in. His need for find women who come to show their been a most rewarding though time- expressions of love in word or touch clothes and men who come to impress consuming experience. I have is even greater because circumstances these women. There are status seekers, learned that there are as many prob- have forced him to become a spectator and social climbers, but regardless of lems as there are people. Many of of rather than a participator in life. why they walk in, they walk out better these folks have no one with whom to Especially, to these neglected ones, for having been there. So it is with the share these problems. If we could be- should we apply our best conversa- how-to-do-it books. In trying to gain a come more effective in our visitation, tional ability. blessing, we become a blessing. our pastors could be spared for soul Let us replace the song "Every- What better place to practice this winning, our doctors for emergencies, body's talking, nobody's saying any- art than in your own home? I remem- and we could save one another many thing, and nobody's listening" with a ber my pastor asking me if my hus- dollars spent on emotion-caused ill- new song—TO LINGER, TO LIS- band had informed me about a cer- ness. TEN, AND TO LOVE! ++

"Ladies and gentlemen," the chairman skillfully, even to ourselves. We may EApeciates said. "During the course of our meetings study our own reflections and still not FOR WOMEN many names will be brought in for con- know ourselves, much less how we look to others. By Betty Holbrook sideration. One of you may know that some person is not qualified to do a Here are a few random thoughts that certain job because of circumstances the may be helpful in fighting the temptation THOSE "You don't have to be- rest of us know nothing of. If such to gossip: "SAVOURY lieve everything you hear, should be the case, I would like to 1. If our thoughts are right, our words MORSELS" but you can repeat it." establish two guidelines: First, that will be right. Or as someone else said, We laughed. Could it nothing be repeated unless it is first- "A Christian on the inside is charitable have been a guilty, self-condemning hand, and second, then only to the chair- on the outside." "The heart can be very laugh? man or to our pastor." cruel when God's fear and love are re- Margie went home to mother, Jim's The rules were sound and could very moved."—The Great Controversy, p. 608. job "fell through," Tom and Jeanie's well be adapted to everyday life. We 2. If you dislike a person, don't talk engagement is broken—and we can give may not be able to touch a person's about him. And then set yourself the you all the details without knowing any character, but by simple insinuations we goal of learning to like that person. of the facts. "All women are not gossips," can add question marks to a reputation. He's sure to have a few good qualities. says Joseph C. Salak, "some are only Once broken a reputation can be re- 3. Never doubt another's sincerity. He carriers." We ruffle our feathers a bit paired, but as Josh Billings said, "The may be insincere, but that's not for us to when we get branded as gossips, and I've world will always keep their eyes on the judge. Solomon says that "a gossip's known a few of our male counterparts spot where the crack was." whispers are savoury morsels, gulped who could spin rumors around faster than It is serious to damage another's repu- down into the inner man" (Prov. 18:8, any Lazy Susan, but we as women still tation, but worse yet, in doing so we are N.E.B.).' We have better food for our have to take our share of the blame for destroying our own characters. It's a minds than to feed them with suspicion. gaining such a reputation. solemn thought that we will come up The temptation to gossip can be just as Very little gossip begins as such. It's from the grave with the same dispositions real and fierce to fight as any. It can, all truth—meant to be helpful, of course we manifest in our homes and society— in fact, be harder because it's more illu- —but it doesn't have to change hands these little traits we cherish won't be sive and difficult to recognize for what many times to become fiction. There's changed by death or by the resurrection. it is. When we do know the problem is usually something negative about rumors So, as so aptly stated, "If you would be ours, though, and have battled valiantly, (good things are forgotten so quickly!), a saint in heaven, you must first be a it's a wonderful feeling to suddenly real- but the negative is developed and then saint on earth."—The Adventist Home, ize that we're glad for the things we enlarged. Something sinister in us delights p. 16. didn't say more often than we're sorry in being the first to catch the scoop. Some It is hard to avoid gossip and rumors. for the things we did say. may even feel that "knowing all the We live with them almost if not every As Selma Glasser said, "A closed mouth latest" is the sign of an intelligent or day, especially in close associations— gathers no feet." And that lets us put our fertile mind, but the fertile mind does church, community, or place of business. best foot forward! not require a lot of dirt. It isn't easy either to know when we are * From The New English Bible. © The Dele- genuinely interested or simply loaded gates of the Oxford University Press and the Our church nominating committee was Syndics of the Cambridge University Press 1970. about to begin its work for the year. with idle curiosity. We cover up so Reprinted by permission. 14 REVIEW AND HERALD, September 3, 1970 Prom the !Editors

TOWARD A CONSISTENT WITNESS 3d ed., 1937) as the base for their translation of the Old Testament, they did not feel completely bound by this Fans of Johnny Cash, one of America's popular singers text. They state in their introduction to the Old Testa- of country-style music, discovered recently that their idol ment, "It is certain that this [the basic Hebrew text] does has strong feelings about compromising his principles. not always represent what was originally written. The He refuses to be one thing in private life and quite translator must often go behind the traditional text to another in motion pictures. discover the writer's meaning."—Page xvi. Before he signed for his first film role, Cash insisted After mentioning that help in this discovery of the that one scene be changed, an immoral scene calling for author's meaning may come from the Dead Sea scrolls, his actress costar to play a nude part. Cash later explained the Samaritan Pentateuch, and the ancient versions, the to Bob Thomas, a reporter, why he had insisted that the translators confess, "In spite of this wealth of ancient script be changed: versions, and even when the earliest known form of the "I couldn't do that scene. How could I do that and text has been established, many obscurities still remain then record an album of hymns? Or talk on my television in the Hebrew Scriptures. The classical Hebrew vocabu- show about what religion means to my life? Why, I'd lary as known today is small, with the consequence that be a hypocrite." the meaning of an unusually large number of words is The producers agreed to change the script, but when uncertain or unknown."—Ibid., p. xvii. Cash came on the set to run through the part, he dis- Noting further that help in understanding the He- covered that the changes had not been made. The pro- brew may come from a comparison of the Hebrew with ducers were planning to do the scene just as it had been languages related to it, such as Babylonian, Assyrian, written. A clash of wills followed, but in the end the Arabic, Ethiopic, and Syriac, and noting that archeology nude scene was altered. The actress remained fully has been of help, the translators still confess, "But in the clothed. last resort, the translator may have to arrive at the sense We wish that all public personages were equally deter- of a word from the context alone, or he may even have mined to support their beliefs with their deeds. We wish to emend what is demonstrably faulty,"—Ibid. that all would see the importance of harmony between By "emend" the translators mean to change, add, or words and actions. We wish that all were willing to dig subtract letters in the Hebrew text. It is assumed that in and stand for their convictions even when this causes copyists have made errors when reproducing the text. serious awkwardness. Where today are the men and women who, like Daniel Ellen G. White Discusses Copyists' Errors and his companions, will quietly but firmly adhere to Ellen G. White regards copyists' errors probable. She their principles of health reform? Where are the noble says, "Some look to us gravely and say, 'Don't you think souls who like Joseph will spurn impurity, protesting there might have been some mistake in the copyist or "How . . . can I do this great wickedness, and sin against in the translators?' This is all probable, and the mind God"? that is so narrow that it will hesitate and stumble over Of all Christians today God's remnant people should this possibility or probability would be just as ready to live in harmony with their profession. Their private and stumble over the mysteries of the Inspired Word, because public lives should bear identical witness to their faith. their feeble minds cannot see through the purposes of No cherished evil should mar their characters. No sinful God. . . . All the mistakes will not cause trouble to one habit should contradict their testimony. soul, or cause any feet to stumble, that would not manu- When the verbal witness of Adventists is supported facture difficulties from the plainest revealed truth."— by consistent lives, the truth will have telling power. Selected Messages, book 1, p. 16. Multiplied thousands of earth's millions will believe While we recognize the probability of copyists' errors, the Advent message. And Heaven will no longer wait we recognize that emendations, unless based on ancient to declare, "Here are they that keep the commandments versions (and sometimes even then), are human con- of God, and the faith of Jesus" (Rev. 14:12). K. H. W. jectures. Often these emendations will bring amazing clarity to formerly obscure passages, but the clarity stems from the translator's mind and may not at all reflect the DANIEL 12:4 IN THE NEW ENGLISH authors' ideas. We have heard people remark, "I like such and such a version. It makes it so clear." But we inquire, BIBLE Makes what so clear? What is the source of the clarity? A familiar Biblical prophetic passage frequently A clever emendation? quoted and commented on by Seventh-day Adventists Perhaps what has led certain scholars, including prob- reads very differently in The New English Bible. Whereas ably the translators of the N.E.B., to doubt the traditional the King James Version for Daniel 12:4 has the words, reading of Daniel 12:4 is the reading of the earlier "many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be in- Greek translation, "Until many shall rave violently, and creased," The New English Bible reads, " 'Many will be the earth shall be filled with unrighteousness." The later at their wits' end, and punishment will be heavy.' revised Septuagint also reads differently from the tradi- Can the new translation be defended? What does the tional Hebrew: "Until many shall be taught, and knowl- Hebrew say? edge shall be increased." The Hebrew for the above passages contains only four words. As these words appear in the common Hebrew Basis of Variant Translations editions of the Old Testament, they are correctly trans- It appears evident that the translators of these Greek lated in the King James Version and in the Revised editions of Daniel, especially the first, had before them Standard Version, which reads, "Many shall run to and a Hebrew text different from the one that the translators fro, and knowledge shall increase." of the King James Version used. In the ancient Hebrew Whence then the reading of The New English Bible? there is a remarkable similarity between the words for Although the translators of The New English Bible used "knowledge" and "evil." Furthermore, there is no differ- the common Hebrew text (R. Kittel's Biblia Hebraica, ence in the ancient Hebrew manuscripts between the

REVIEW AND HERALD, September 3, 1970 15 word for "run to and fro" (shit() and the word for "be- not avoid the conflict now raging on the campuses of come entangled" (sit), the sh and the s being repre- revered universities. However, the strange and, to some, sented by the same character V.' By reading the word paralyzing paradox of unthrottled freedom and research "evil" instead of "knowledge" and hit instead of All( the on one hand and student revolt on the other comes as translators of the Greek could arrive at their translation no surprise to those who understand the bankruptcy of with some paraphrase. Doing the same and taking note education in the atmosphere of secularism. of the context, the translators of The New English Bible Some will articulate the problem, most others plod could arrive at their translation. No notes in their Bible along as victims of the malady; but the lament and the explain the reading even though it varies from that of disease are universal: (1) bigness forces life into com- the traditional Hebrew. partments, a plight that violates nature; (2) stress on Readers of The New English Bible and other modern technology, the sciences, information for its own sake, speech translations should take note of the translation tends to materialism and the debasement of human principles followed by the various translators. Any trans- worth; (3) impersonal systems, by definition and practice, lator has the right to set up his own rules and readers lack the atmosphere for moral seriousness and commit- should familiarize themselves with these rules. Many ment. seem to be of the opinion that there is only one set of rules and consequently accept with equal validity readings Crash Programs for Lost Students from various versions, seemingly unaware that some So we see great universities across the land implement- readings are the result of textual emendations, that is, ing crash programs in order that the lost student may be intentional changes in the letters of the original text. found. Enormous sums of money are being poured, for Others may be derived from ancient versions instead of example, into small, residential colleges within the uni- the traditional original texts. versity complex. New liberties are being extended to We do not wish to deny that at times the ancient ver- students in the hopes that they will find nothing more to sions may have preserved the correct text nor that emen- resist. dations are necessarily evil. The recently discovered Dead All the while most students are merely trying to ask Sea scrolls have confirmed certain suggested emendations simple questions about service and moral seriousness while on the other hand not confirming many others. that many educators have previously written off as Vic- So far as ancient versions are concerned, the scrolls sug- torian and premodern. However, secularism will not find gest that greater attention to them is justified. the answers to these questions nor the solutions to pre- Following are examples of other modern versions that vailing problems in their crash programs. The irremedi- depart from the traditional reading of Daniel 12:4. able problem of secularism is that it misunderstands the 1. The Bible in Basic English: "Numbers will be going nature of man and is blind to his destiny. out of the way and troubles will be increased." 2. The Jerusalem Bible: "Many will wander this way The issue before education today, whether at Columbia and that, and wickedness will go on increasing." Uniyersity, the Sorbonne in Paris, or any Adventist col- 3. Smith and Goodspeed: "For many shall prove dis- lege, is basically theological. When any education pro- loyal, and troubles shall be many." gram operates as if man is merely an intelligent animal, that his problems are merely environmental, that his Summing up, we would say that there is no need for happiness is to be measured by creature comforts or Seventh-day Adventists to give up the reading of Daniel immediate gratifications, it will not be long before the 12:4 with which they are familiar. It is supported by frightened cry of the human spirit is heard amidst his the traditional Hebrew text and can be defended. For abundance. those wondering as to the origin of the novel reading in the N.E.B. and the variant translations in other modern Man is a responsible person, a being able to respond to versions, we have attempted to provide a basis for evalu- his Maker; when that response is negative, knowingly or ation. D. F. N. unknowingly, human life is fractured. The whole picture is not seen, and man's potential is blunted. When man (Concluded next week) acknowledges only himself as lord, his own house is lost Quotations from The New English Bible. © The Delegates of the Oxford to forces beyond his rational control. The issue is theo- University Press and the Syndics of the Cambridge University Press 1970. Re- printed by permission. logical and begins where all human questions and an- 2 As it appears, for example, in The Dead Sea Scroll of Isaiah. swers begin—with an understanding of the nature and a The Bible in Basic English, © 1961. Cambridge University Press in associa- tion with E. P. Dutton arid Company, New York, N.Y. destiny of man. To understand this nature and destiny is 4 From The Jerusalem Bible, copyright © 1966 by Darton, Longman & Todd, Ltd. and Doubleday & Company, Inc. Used by permission of the publishers. to learn of purpose in the creation of man and of pur- 2 Smith and Goodspeed, The Complete Bible: An American Translation. Copy- pose in his destiny. right 1939 by the University of Chicago. Theological Framework Imperative REGARD FOR PURPOSE ON THE At this time of worldwide concern and distress within ADVENTIST CAMPUS the academic world, it is time for a new regard for pur- pose in Christian education—especially Seventh-day Ad- We live in a time when it is in fashion for church- ventist education. Instead of a religious orientation being related colleges and universities to cut all ties with their an embarrassment for self-respecting educational institu- parent denomination. The story of the transition from tions, theological purpose seems to be the only framework a religion-centered program to the present, prevailing in which valid educational practice can be worked out. secularism at Harvard, Yale, and Princeton is well It may be that many secular institutions realize this more known. But a similar history is being written today at clearly than church-related colleges, especially when they hundreds of other schools of higher learning in both talk about the advantages of small, personal, residence Protestant and Catholic circles. For years it has seemed colleges, the renewed importance of the liberal arts cur- inconsistent to have religion too closely identified with riculum when pursuing the synoptic view of life and education; supposedly, the goals of religion and the the need for moral commitment. To say it clearly, what spirit of inquiry were contradictory. great institutions are striving to recover is the uniqueness At the same time secular institutions are acknowl- and life style of the church-related college that has pur- edging their distress. Even the casual observer today can- pose well defined in its campus program.

16 REVIEW AND HERALD, September 3, 1970 The Adventist campus is grounded on purpose. Without difficulty we can think of experiences in the Founded on and supported by purpose, the Adventist lives of many Bible characters that surely brought to them campus must rephrase constantly its reason for existence the thrill of the not-quite-expected that came as a by- so that students and faculty alike know afresh. product of doing what they knew God wanted them to H. E. D. do. And we know from experience, as do thousands of (Concluded next week) others living today, that there is real adventure in seek- ing to work with God. We remember the church member in India who felt impressed to do something for Investment. Someone had THE ADVENTURE OF OBEDIENCE given him a pair of antiquated electric hair clippers, so he decided to try cutting hair. But when he plugged in A book we read recently described a conversation be- the clippers they rattled and buzzed and stuck, so he tween two men on the subject of the uncertainty of the feared he would not be able to use them. He took them outcome, humanly speaking, that sometimes accompanies apart and carefully cleaned, oiled, and adjusted them. our efforts to do what we believe God wants us to do. But they were as noisy and unpredictable as before. Then one of them remarked, "That is the excitement of obedience, finding out later what God had in mind." Nevertheless, he advertised and hoped for the best. We were stimulated by the implications of the idea. Soon two customers came. Prayerfully, he switched on the We hadn't really thought about it very much before, but clippers to trim the first patron. And, to his thrilled sur- there is certainly excitement and adventure that some- prise, they purred like new. He was sure that in this times goes with obedience to God. There comes, for ex- surprising manner God had honored his efforts. ample, a mingling of marvel and thrill to one who, in As our readers have discerned, by the term "adventure" faith we do not necessarily mean situations involving dangers and risk, although these may certainly be encountered It. . . steps on the seeming void, And finds the rock beneath." sometimes. The adventures we are thinking of primarily are the far more common little "coincidences," the little A literal example of this is seen in the experience of surprises, the little providences that every Christian en- the Israelite priests who stepped into the unstable waters joys from time to time, and which he believes come of the Jordan River, to find them roll back, opening a through the dealings of God. And surely in these experi- firm path beneath their feet. We can imagine the thrill ences God not only gives us needed aid and strengthens of excitement that surged through them, and the whole our faith; He also uses them to heighten our enjoyment nation, when they saw the results of that act of faith. of the Christian life. T. A. D.

The May 7 cover [bird's nest in dogwood] We are faced with the task of educating finally compelled me to compliment the four children in our schools and may have editor and his staff for their work. to sell part of our land, but we would rather Of course, no magazine is complete in the live in our modest house on one acre than cover alone. Especially do I appreciate the in one of the most palatial homes crowded [Letters submitted for publication in this column short to-the-point articles. They enable me six to the acre. cannot be acknowledged or returned. All must carry the writer's name and address. Short letters to enjoy the REVIEW several times through ESTHER A. MCCLUSKEY (less than 250 words) will be given preference. the week. Then when time is available the Colton, California All will be edited to meet space and literary re- quirements. The views do not necessarily repre- longer ones are studied and read. sent those of the editors or of the denomination.] I only wish more people would understand the necessity of sharing these blessings by SPIRITISM IN THE PARLOR having a subscription for themselves. Is it not high time that parents were MORE ON COVERS WILLIAM SKIDMORE alarmed about the supernatural stories on TV Clackamas, Oregon I have enjoyed the many varied and —so eagerly viewed by our children (as well often colorful covers on our papers, but as adults) of all ages? We have spent much time and space on the dress question, but this is the first one [April 30] that has so in- COUNTRY LIVING PAYS OFF spired me that I felt impelled to take pen in how much space on the TV horror tale? Has Satan crept up on our young people unknown hand and express my appreciation! There are several degrees of country "Behold, I come quickly" thrilled my soul living and many REVIEW letters seem to as- to us? Spiritism has insidiously permeated and set my imagination afire. sume it is beyond the ability of the average the air waves of our homes; many favorite programs portray the humorous, kindly Someone was really inspired when that Adventist to live in the country or that one "ghost"—at which we laugh. The more som- cover was planned. needs several acres many miles from any city. ber ones are filling our impressionable chil- CORA PENDLETON Ten years ago we chose to live three miles dren with horror—macabre operations, vam- Camden, Maine from Loma Linda, and we are grateful for the tangible benefits gained from our ex- pires, return of the dead, et cetera. Beautiful and meaningful! I mean the perience. We as Adventists assure ourselves we are April 30 cover. In the blackness of the present We have fresh fruit nearly every month. secure—we are safe. We know where the and of the foreseeable future flashes a mes- Last summer we canned more than 150 dead are. Do our children? Is Satan laughing sage, succinct, simple, clear, and awakening, quarts of fruit when it was ripe, and thus at our supposed security? He will deceive "Behold, I come quickly." with less sugar. The evenings are peaceful the very elect, if possible. Will watching these "A picture is worth a thousand words." so that we can hear cricket songs, birds, and stories on TV bring his evil spirits right GEORGE H. HAM, M.D. occasionally a coyote, rather than the din into the room—to appear at will? What Salinas, California of a siren or the hum of passing cars. would the watchers believe then, their eyes, Spiritual blessings accrue to the children their senses, or God's Book? If we are fleeing Several times I have been impressed and parents. How much blessing may be from evil spirits, will we be watching this to write and comment about the colorful and hard to measure, but our children seem more TV portrayal of Satan's work and enjoying it? meaningful covers on the REVIEW in recent content to remain home in the evening We are placing ourselvs on his ground, and months. Being busy and rushed most of rather than to roam the streets in search of many will be deceived. Satan will sweep the time I have put my letter-to-the-editor endless activities. There is decreased pressure into his net our children, who will believe idea aside several times. to relate to the affluence of the city. what they see—and hear. Why are parents

REVIEW AND HERALD, September 3, 1970 17 so blind to the evil that has crept up on us? spearhead. The cross, which is in heavy re- Some of us have appreciated TV for enter- lief, is also apparent as the Roman numeral taining our children, but the time is neat• for ten when viewed from an angle. There when we will curse it for bringing Satan into are so many aspects of our faith that some our homes and with unseen cords binding think should be portrayed, but the crispness many of the members of our families to him and impact of a housemark is lost by over- forever. complication. Some may think the world sym- N. M. LAW bol essential but so many organizations use Glendale, California this that it tends to render a design anony- mous. In places where a border to the white background is necessary I suggest the simple MEDICAL ATTENTION arrow form. ALAN COLLINS, F.R.B.S., A.R.C.A. I would like to suggest that the church South Lancaster, Massachusetts concentrate on inviting medical students, interns, and residents to enter the organized Surely we should be proud to adver- work. tise our religion. A practice such as this It is much easier to get a commitment could easily bring a ray of sunshine into for mission service from a medical student some lonesome heart. How can we get not yet established than from one who is started? established with multiple responsibilities— N. A. COLE financial and personal. Fort Peck, Montana There are many Seventh-day Adventist young people studying medicine in Mexico Instead of a pin, I suggest we carry and other countries of the world. If an effort our Bibles in the open when we travel. were made to enlist them in the service of Businessmen can carry the Signs of the Times the church to the same extent that an effort or Message Magazine in their pocket on their is made to find a call for ministerial students way to work. The women can use a purse that from our institutions of higher learning, 1 has a pocket on the outside. am sure there would be no shortage of doc- MRS. LARRY CROUSE tors to man our hospitals. Aurora, Nebraska There is urgent need in the world lot medical evangelists who can proclaim a mes- MORE WHYS? sage of preventive medicine along with the gospel. The church could employ our young Why don't the sermons we hear dwell men to start in this while they were still more on topics such as Christ, salvation, finishing their studies and ordain them for Calvary, surrender; more often the topics this ministry when they have shown their ministrative buildings—in fact, an inter- are uninteresting, or uninspiring, or often dedication to this work. national housemark that would become lacking in something to think about. CLARENCE COOMBS, M.D. as widely known as the wool mark! Not only We need fewer don'ts and do's and more of Silver Spring, Maryland would this sign give our membership a the reasons why we must not do. We know greater sense of corporate identity, but it we need to meditate more on Christ's sac- would bring our various fields of activity rifice, but many of us fail to understand ► Thanks for the suggestion. The denomina- tional policy of deferred appointment, which and beliefs that motivate them to the notice how to do this and thereby fail in com- has assisted hundreds of medical personnel of many more nonmembers. plete consecration. through their training and into mission This drawing uses simply black on white MRS. E. L. EDWARDS fields, has been in operation for many years. and red for the third angel that suggests the Monroe, Michigan Present policies assist qualified medical and dental students up to $7,000 through their intern year. At the present time 66 medical students, 11 dental students, 14 interns, and 25 in residencies, are under deferred appoint- ment and receiving financial assistance. The Accompanied to Safety plan is available for qualified Adventist stu- dents regardless of place of training.— By WILSON. NADEAK EDITORS. My way led beside a graveyard. It was dusk, but I was not afraid. That day in Borneo I had canvassed the houses on the hilltop, and all my books had been sold. CLEAN LITERATURE WITH WASH God had been with me. I passed the graveyard, intending to go to the house of a new friend, one who In most laundromats are dispensers was sympathetic with my desire to earn a scholarship. In my home village people for soap, bleach, plastic bags, candy, et cetera. took a short cut :along the cemetery without thinking anything of it. Could someone interest the manufacturer of A few minutes later I arrived at the gate of my friend's house. I noticed that he these dispensing machines in building a dis- was standing on the veranda, and his house and yard were well lighted with electric penser for "clean literature" where our lights. small missionary books could be extracted "Good evening, sir," I said. by inserting one to four quarters? "Good evening. Why do you leave your friend at the gate?" ZOE REYNARD I was surprised. "I have no friend this evening. I am alone," I answered him. Ashburn, Virginia "No. I'm sure. Somebody was coming along with you. He is still standing at the gate in white clothing." IDENTIFICATION SYMBOL I looked at the gate, but nobody was standing there. "Where did you sell your books this afternoon?" he asked me. Re: The desirability of a universally "At the houses on the hilltop," I answered. recognizable and distinctive badge for our "Oh, so you came by way of the graveyard?" he said with surprise. members that would act as an immediate "Yes: Why?" bridge of recognition. I have been giving "There are many gangs there. Nobody dares to pass that way during the 'night: some thought to the design of a symbol Suppose the man in white was a robber," he said. that might be used not only in this way but I smiled. I could understand now. I was sure he was not a robber. also on church stationery, on mission air- craft and launches, on Dorcas bundles, as a flag at camp meetings, on church and ad-

18 REVIEW AND HERALD, September 3, 1970 INTERNATIONAL NEWS Adventist Members Active in Sonora, Mexico

By SYDNEY ALLEN

When the National Geographic re- boys to do things right, which is, after and such other tasty dishes as soy sand- cently featured Mexico's Pacific north- all, no harder than to teach them other- wich spreads and vegetarian wieners. We west state with stunning photographs and wise. bought a mixed case of this food and the title "Sonora Is jumping," it chal- Batteries are not the only product of found it delicious. Apparently our Mexi- lenged the stereotyped image of the low- the college, of course. There are 250 can believers share this opinion, for the pressure vaquero snoozing under a cac- hectares of fine, rich land under the man- crew at the college was hustling to turn tus tree so familiar to many minds when- agement of Lee Kaufholtz, which pro- out an order for 175 cases that resulted ever Mexico is mentioned. duces tons of wheat and soybeans by from a sample shipment to a large church It was an image that needed to be chal- means of the flood irrigation made possi- gathering in Mexico City. lenged. Early this year I returned from a ble by a government reservoir that con- Yes, Sonora is jumping, and that is the trip that took me to many parts of So- serves water in the mountains and chan- proper thing for a developing region to nora, and I am happy to report that the nels it to the fields. do. As the old saying goes, "Don't wait Geographic is right. It also gives me A good percentage of these crops goes for an opportunity so that you can jump pleasure to be able to say that the Advent- into the food manufacturing operation, at it; keep jumping and then when the ists of Sonora are also jumping—thanks the second industry run by Allred, in the opportunity comes along, you will be able in part to a remarkable educational in- other half of the industrial building. Here to land in it." Adventists in Sonora are stitution operating under dedicated lead- they turn out gluten, soy milk, bread, taking that advice. ership. The spring that actuates many of these jumps is the Colegio del Pacifico, which the Mexican Union and the Pacific Mexi- can Mission jointly operate along the southern border of Sonoro state, near Navojoa. A few years ago this school, which at present has 150 students, was struggling for survival, but it is now making such a heartening bid to become self-supporting that I wanted to find out what had changed things. I think I was successful. Horace Kelley, the principal, was away, but we saw enough to conclude that he is putting only the necessary emphasis on the business side of things. The intellec- tual side is being properly stressed. And the spiritual side is not neglected, as a visit to the campus chapel quickly dem- onstrated. But it was the industrial pro- gram that attracted our attention most strongly. We visited two thriving businesses un- der Paul Allred's direction. Approaching a cement-block building, we noticed a huge jug of acido sulfurico near the back door. Stepping inside the building, we found ourselves in a well-equipped auto- motive battery factory. I had never heard of a battery indus- try in one of our schools before and had never thought it could be possible, be- cause, like most people, I had imagined that it must be such a highly involved and expensive enterprise that only a huge organization could risk it. But Lay Leader Conducts Meetings Among Ilocanos proof that I was wrong was before my eyes. Godofredo M. Galinato, an Ilocano layman who is now the president of the I learned that the factory manufactures Ilocano Laymen Missionary Association in Mindanao, distributes finger-operated plastic car, truck, bus, and tractor batteries from record players and conducts evangelistic campaigns not only among Ilocanos but also scratch. It also repairs old batteries and among different tribes in the South Philippine Union. is so successful in its lead platemaking The Ilocano Laymen Association was organized in Southern Mindanao Mission that other manufacturers purchase plates eight years ago. One of its projects is the distribution of Gramophones with inspira- for their own products. tional messages in the different dialects of the area. Mr. Galinato is director of the "How durable are your batteries?" I Philippine branch of International Educational Recordings, which is headed by John asked Paul, trying not to display too E. Ford, of Malibu, California, U.S.A. much of a "show me" spirit. The church membership in the Ilocano communities of Mindanao continues to "We give an absolute and uncondi- increase from year to year as a result of the activities of our Ilocano laymen. The tional guarantee for one year from date fourth evangelistic campaign under the Ilocano Laymen Association this year had of purchase, regardless of mileage," he been conducted in New Camiling, Carmen, Davao del Norte, as a part of the Far assured me, "and we have had very few East Harvest movement. adjustments to make." That was enough V. L. VILLANUEVA to persuade me that he was teaching his Departmental Secretary

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Finally, he turned once more to Sev- enth-day Adventists, for although he had read their literature, he had not had any Seeker for Truth in India Rewarded close contact with them. He began study- By J. M. CHAND ing their literature again and reviewed Lay Activities Secretary, Northwestern India Union his Voice of Prophecy lessons. In 1967 he went to Delhi to complete his education. There he visited the Ad- Hashmi was born in 1939 in Northern appointed imam, or prayer leader, in a ventist center and inquired about Bible India of a Moslem family that traces its mosque. Here he had ample opportunity studies. After a few months B. M. Isaac, ancestry back to Mohammed, the founder to study the Bible through Protestant the ministerial secretary of Northwestern of Islam. As a boy he received thorough sources. He had the privilege of reading India Union, had the privilege of bap- religious instruction at home and in the a large number of books and articles on tizing Hashmi, who chose the name of local primary school, which was run by the life of Christ, missions, church history, Stephen as his Christian name. Stephen a committee of Mohammedan maulvis, or and apologetics. During these years, works is now witnessing for Christ in the city of priests. He learned the Koran and vari- on systematic theology were also acces- Agra, an example of God's loving grace. ous rituals and practices of the Islamic sible, and he learned the truths on which faith. Additionally, his father engaged a most Christians agree. In this survey he private tutor to teach him Hindi and observed that the Christian world had Sanskrit grammar. Besides his usual stud- gone far from the authentic teaching of ies, he heard stories of Hindu saints and God's Word. Brief News reformers. Thus, in his early boyhood, All this study was done in private be- Hashmi became aware of the enormous cause as a Moslem maulvi he could not contributions of both popular and philo- show an unusual interest in the Christian AUSTRALASIAN DIVISION faith. sophic Hinduism. + The sixth quadrennial session of the In 1965 Hashmi went to Hapur, some A number of Christian families lived in Australasian Division was held on the Hashmi's home town. There was one old miles from Delhi, and secured a job in an campus of Avondale College, August 25 Christian who resided near the school. Arabic school. Here he came in contact to 29. A large delegation of national After school hours, when Hashmi and the with Saudagar Chand and other leaders leaders from the mission fields of the Aus- other children went past his door to their of the Adventist church. They introduced tralasian Division was present. homes, he would stand with a kind smile him to the writings of Ellen G. White. upon his face. Now and then he gave He found that her writings were so them sweets. Christ-centered that even an ordinary man SOUTH INDIA UNION MISSION Hashmi was one of the boys with whom could see in them the glory of Jesus. + K. V. Devadanam, M.D., a physician in he was especially friendly. One day the Later Hashmi enrolled in the Voice of Vanukur, prepared 112 persons for bap- old man gave him a copy of the New Prophecy course, which provided convinc- tism in 1969 and raised up three new Testament, which his mother and he often ing answers to problems that had per- plexed him for a long time. congregations near Vijayawada. He now read in their spare hours, without know- cares for five churches in addition to his In 1966 he made up his mind to give ing that it was the Sacred Book of Chris- self-supporting medical work. Since the tians. They could not fully understand up his religious occupation so that he mission does not have a budget to pro- might separate himself from the Moslem it; nevertheless, the simple gospel story vide a pastor for these five churches, Dr. community and embrace Christianity moved their hearts. Thus the seed of Devadanam has trained his son-in-law, openly. The same year he was married to God's Word was sown in Hashmi's life. T. V. Thomas, to give simple treatments, a girl chosen for him by his father. Then A Smile and a Pamphlet thus becoming a self-supporting medical he continued his quest for a true Chris- worker and lay pastor for two of the new tian denomination. He studied the teach- In April, 1952, Hashmi went to Aligarh churches. to enter the Moslem university. There he ings of almost a dozen Christian denomi- joined the Islamic Youth Movement. Al- nations. He attended their worship serv- + K. Prakasam, a former Lutheran min- though he was quite young, his sincere ices and had frequent discussions with ister from Burma, now working in Chir- and impassioned preaching brought invi- their preachers on doctrinal matters. ala, baptized 89 people in 1969. tations from various Moslem congrega- tions for him to preach in their prayer meetings. This aroused in him a desire to become a preacher. Consequently, he en- tered a theological institution in Lucknow and studied Moslem theology and history, philosophy, Arabic, and the traditional Bless This World writings. One day as he sat in the mosque recit- 'Uy RUBY LAW' ing verses from the Koran after the morn- ing prayer, a tall white man—an Ameri- :Bless this world, 0 Lord, we pralt Bless thil world,' iord,'We can, perhaps, or a European—entered. Bless this troubled world today. Lead us in Thine own .strong With a friendly smile, he gave Hashmi a Grant that we may find through Thee Lift the heart and soul of man; pamphlet with a beautiful title page. A way to live in harmony. Give us peace on earth againr Hashmi took the booklet to his dormi- tory and read it, and read it again and Let this darkness pass away May our efforts never cease again. The pamphlet began with these Into the dawn of a new day. In our search for lasting pear.0.-:' words: "The book of the generation of Where all people will be free Give us grace to understand, Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the Son Irom the chains of tyranny. .So short the time at our, comOun. of Abraham." It was the Gospel of Mat- thew. As Hashmi read, Christ, who had -IA this lonely vale of tears 'Bless this world, 0 Lord, we pray thus far been to him merely a despised Let hope and faith replace our feati. Bless this troubled world today. prophet, became a living Person. He saw Lord make us strong when we grow Give us wisdom—help us see in Him the all-embracing Christ, the And help us find the truth we se None is greater, Lord, than God-man who descended to our planet to save us. After Hashmi graduated from theology in Lucknow, he moved to Delhi and was

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New Staffers. New staff members elected the North American Division, executive at the fifty-first session who at this writing secretary General Conference Corpora- have arrived at headquarters are: tion, sustentation and retirement funds, Associate Secretary L. L. Bock, Mrs. secretary of the Wage Scale Committee; Bock, and daughter Colleen (son Allen R. E. Osborn, control of cash flow and and daughter Janell are students at domestic bank balances, Unitized invest- Loma Linda University and Atlantic ment funds, investments and investment Union College, respectively), from South counselor (organizations, institutions, di- Lancaster, Massachusetts. visions, General Conference), telephone Associate Secretary C. E. Bradford, Mrs. and Telex services, General Conference Bradford, and their three children, Benevolent Fellowship Association; H. D. Sharon, Charles, and Dwight, from Chi- Johnson, overseas accounting services, ap- cago, Illinois. portionment of overseas budgets, budget Associate Secretary Roy F. Williams control for administrative-departmental Bermuda Accepts and Mrs. Williams (daughter Thelma is and workers expenses, counselor to comp- a nurse in Berrien Springs, Michigan, and troller on accounting procedures and Stewardship Plan sons Chester, married, and David are stu- problems, assistant in budget preparation; Recently the entire Bermuda Mission dents at Andrews University), from B. J. Kohler, supervisor of General Con- went on the stewardship plan. Pictured Mandeville, Jamaica. ference properties, central dispatch, print are W. M. Starks (standing), who con- Assistant to the GC president, F. C. shop, cafeteria service, tax and social se- ducted the stewardship workshop. Seated Webster, Mrs. Webster, and Mrs. Bertha curity matters, equipment (authorization, (from left) are Hardy Loomis, of the Bryan (Mrs. Webster's mother), from purchase, and installation), treasurer of Atlantic Union Conference, who assisted Beirut, Lebanon. SAWS, secretary of office space and blue- in the program; Rudy James, newly ap- Assistant Treasurer H. D. Johnson and prints committees; R. M. Reinhard, ad- pointed pastor of the Southampton Mrs. Johnson (sons Del and Ron are stu- church; H. Carl Currie, president of the ministrative assistant to the treasurer Bermuda Mission; Don Burgeson, pastor dents at Blue Mountain Academy, mar- (special problems and surveys), financial of the Midland Heights and St. George ried daughter Sherry Iverson lives in statements and summaries, equipment in- churches; Willie Lewis, pastor of the Pendleton, Oregon, where her husband is ventory, location and housing for Autumn Hamilton church, who is also lay activ- connected with Harris Pine Mills), from Councils and sessions, miscellaneous con- ities and Sabbath school secretary for the Singapore, Republic of Singapore. tributions and donations. Bermuda Mission; and not pictured is Associate Temperance Secretary G. J. James A. Madson, pastor of the Warwick Afro-Mideast Division: Robert H. Pier- Bertochini, Mrs. Bertochini, and son John church. son, Oct. 30-Nov. 11; Roy F. Williams, (married son William is in the armed W. M. STARKS Oct. 20-Dec. 20. services), from Singapore, Republic of GC Department of Stewardship and Australasian Division: R. R. Bietz, Aug. Singapore. Development 1-Sept. 15; W. J. Hackett, Oct. 30-Dec. 20. Associate Missionary Volunteer Secre- Central European Division: Theodore tary Michael Stevenson, Mrs. Stevenson, Carcich, Nov. 1.25; R. M. Reinhard, Nov. and sons Michael and Miles, from Fort 18-Dec. 20; D. W. Hunter, Nov. 23-26; + As a result of the Vacation Bible Worth, Texas. School program, several have been bap- Mazie Herin, Sept. 12-Oct. 5. tized into the Elmira, New York, church Treasurers. At the recent General Con- Far Eastern Division: F. L. Bland, Dec. during the past three years. The 1970 ference session an undertreasurer and six 6-Jan. 23, 1971; K. H. Emmerson, Nov. 1- VBS had an enrollment of 120 (half from assistant treasurers were elected to aid Dec. 20; Fernon Retzer, Oct. 7-Dec. 22. non-Adventist homes). As a follow-up General Conference Treasurer K. H. Em- Inter-American Division: Neal C. Wil- program, the Elmira VBS staff has initi- merson in caring for the financial affairs son, Nov. 5-Dec. 15; R. E. Osborn, Nov. ated a weekly Story Hour. of the church at world headquarters. The 5-15. + Twenty-one persons were baptized July Treasury recently released a summary of Northern European Division: D. W. 11 at the Greater New York Spanish camp their responsibilities. Here is a partial Hunter, Oct. 20-Dec. 20 (Europe and meeting. listing of their duties. Undertreasurer Africa area); R. M. Reinhard, Nov. 1-18; EMMA KIRK, Correspondent M. E. Kemmerer is treasurer for the Mazie Herin, Oct. 26-Nov. 7. North American Division, secretary-treas- South American Division: D. S. John- urer of the Harris Foundation and the son, Oct. 20-Dec. 20; J. C. Kozel, Nov. 1- Oregon Corporation, chairman of the An- Dec. 20. drews University budget committee, and Southern Asia Division: C. 0. Franz, is responsible for accounting and bank- Nov. 1-Dec. 20; V. M. Montalban, Oct. 20- ing activities, budget preparation and Jan. 15, 1971. control, and exchange rates. Trans-Africa Division: Robert H. Pier- son, Nov. 11-30; E. W. Pedersen, Nov. 11- + The Kansas Conference, which was or- Assistants: W. L. Pascoe, supervision of ganized in 1870 as the Missouri-Kansas transportation (bookings and shippings), Jan. 15, 1971; William Wagner, M.D., Conference, celebrated its one hundredth missionary financial matters (appointees, Dec. 15-Jan. 30, 1971. birthday at camp meeting this year. A furloughees, permanent returnees), U.S. Trans-Mediterranean Division: Theo- pageant, prepared by Union College and Department of State and foreign embassy dore Carcich, Nov. 26-Dec. 20; E. W. presented at camp meeting on Sabbath business (passports, visas, et cetera), stu- Pedersen, Oct. 20-Nov. 10 (Africa area). afternoon, July 11, highlighted the cele- dent missionaries, Adventist Volunteer Eastern Europe: Robert H. Pierson, bration. Mrs. Everett Dick narrated. Corps; J. C. Kozel, assistant treasurer for Oct. 23-29. CLARA ANDERSON, Correspondent 22 REVIEW AND HERALD, September 3, 1970 + Melvin Sickler, pastor of the Hyatts- ville, Maryland, church, reports ten bap- tized and one received on profession of faith recently. + The Page County News, of Luray, Vir- ginia, carried a front-page story about Mrs. Marion Simmons, missionary on fur- lough from the Far Eastern Division. Mrs. Simmons, educational consultant in the Far East, was visiting her sister in Ida, Virginia. + By the close of July, Potomac's litera- ture evangelists had delivered $39,051 more than at the same time last year. + Membership in the Potomac Confer- ence at the close of the second quarter was 12,291. + John Williams, pastor of the Paterson, New Jersey, church (Allegheny East Con- ference), assisted by New York City phy- sicians Vernon Daly and Edmond Good, recently conducted a Five-Day Plan to Melville, Saskatchewan, Church Is Dedicated Stop Smoking. Ninety per cent of those in attendance are reported to have over- The Melville, Saskatchewan, church, one of 34 in the Manitoba-Saskatchewan come the habit. J. W. Bothe, Canadian Union president, presented Conference, was dedicated recently. + At a recently conducted Good-Neigh- the dedicatory address, and S. H. Gallant led in the Act of Dedication. Mayor P. J. bor camp in the Potomac Conference, 162 R. Kowalchuk, Member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatche- Dielschneider and J. children were in attendance. wan, also had a part in the service. W. G. Soloniuk, conference president, welcomed the church into the conference. S. H. GALLANT, Pastor + H. N. Bresee, assisted by Mrs. Bresee and Mrs. Dorothy Moon, held revivals at the Appalachia church and at "The Tent" in Pennington Gap, both in Vir- ginia. + Columbia Union College students Don Melnick, Peter Frame, Karen Arkebauer, and Delores Killen recently conducted Sabbath morning worship services at the Princeton and Bluefield, West Virginia, churches. West Virginia requests more such assistance from CUC students. MORTEN JUBERG, Correspondent

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+ Investing more than $300 in a booth at the All-Iowa Fair, July 3-12, members of the Cedar Rapids church featured the theme, the major problems of modern youth—war, drugs, and sex. The more than 3,000 youth who stopped were of- fered the Voice of Prophecy magazine, Wayout. + More than 1,100 persons have attended the Five-Day stop-smoking clinics spon- sored by the Minneapolis Northbrook church. V. 0. Schneider, pastor, assisted Mount Vernon Academy Class of '25 Holds Reunion by his wife and Eugene Ewer, church temperance secretary, has conducted 34 Thirteen of the 17 members of the class of 1925 of Mount Vernon Academy met on clinics in the past year and a half. the campus of their alma mater for a reunion on July 19, 1970. All members of that class are living, all are Seventh-day Adventists. Eleven of the class or their spouses have + A friendship camp, the first in the con- served in denominational work, three of them in overseas missions, for a total of some ference, was conducted in Iowa with 65 300 years. Shown in the picture are (from left, standing): Paul Herrell, class president, children of nine other denominations Mrs. Gertrude Shultz, Mrs. Alice Lease, Mrs. Marie ReBell, Mrs. Hazel Yates, Mrs. attending. Elizabeth Webb, Mrs. Millie Baker, Mrs. Geraldine Guthrie, Mrs. Marolyn Whitmill, + North Dakota is the first conference in and Dr. Frank Meckling; seated: Mrs. Blanche Richardson, Mrs. May Belle Crawford, the Northern Union to reach an objective and Mrs. Dorothy Carr. Members not in attendance were Mrs. Betty Johnson, Mrs. of three-per-member in the Signs cam- Dorothy Harvey, Raphael Warnick, and Dr. Kenneth Steck. paign. More than 9,000 Signs were or- CHARLES R. BEELER dered during the campaign. PR Secretary, Ohio Conference L. H. NETTEBURG, Correspondent

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to reach a conference membership of 5,000 in 1970. Present membership is 4,731. Sa go tit thaeo* The daily program was directed by Harold H. Voss, conference lay activities secretary; E. F. Sherrill, conference pres- ident; and P. I. Nosworthy, conference + Youth of the Honolulu Japanese and Arkansas-Louisiana Conducts secretary-treasurer. Assisting were repre- Central churches secured a booth in the sentatives from the Southwestern Union commercial display tent at the largest Three-Day Laymen's Congress Conference, the Southern Publishing As- fair in Hawaii and showed temperance A large and representative group of sociation, and the General Conference. films and signed up other youth for Way- lay workers and ministers spent May 8 A spirit of unity, friendship, and good out magazine. to 10 at Camp York Town Bay, near will prevailed throughout the meetings, + Mayor Alvin Pinkley, of Costa Mesa, Hot Springs, Arkansas, praying, studying, and the delegates returned home deter- California, praised Orange County Ad- and planning for a meaningful evangel- mined to impart the blessings gained to ventist Youth in Action for their anti- istic involvement. The theme of the con- their fellow church members. drug display during the county's fair for gress was "Joining Hands for a Finished THEODORE CARCICH drug education. Work." Delegates accepted a challenge GC Vice-President + Dick Barron conducted the Youth Prayer Week in Stockton, with 75 re- sponding to his call for dedication to full Christian witness. + Dr. Saleem A. Farag, on furlough from A Popular Classic Revised the Australasian Division, where he was division medical secretary, has been ap- pointed assistant director of the Depart- ment of Public Health and special ad- viser to the Governor's Council on Health for the State of California. He has also been named chairman of a 150-man task force to develop the new State Plan for Health. + Daryl Miller, an Andrews University senior, is interning with the White Me- morial Medical Center, in Los Angeles, in a full scope of hospital public relations work in a ten-week, practical-experience program. An intern program for college students interested in hospital public re- lations careers has been inaugurated by the American Society of Hospital Public Relations Directors, a division of the American Hospital Association. + E. E. Cleveland recently presented the Biblical doctrine of the Sabbath to the largest Sunday-night crowd of the Oak- land Your Bible Speaks evangelistic cam- paign. The evangelistic team consists of 16 Bible instructors, 18 Seminary stu- dents, and 18 pastors. At the end of five weeks the average nightly attendance was nearly 2,000 and was growing. + The Van Nuys Spanish Education Cen- ter, which includes an auditorium, a gym- nasium, and a swimming pool, was opened in July by H. C. Retzer, president of the Southern California Conference. Antonio J. Cabrera, local church pastor, who led in the construction of the facilities, was chairman of the program. + The Walter-Paulson evangelistic team of the Northern California Conference will begin meetings in the Scottish Rite Temple of Stockton on September 26. Study the Sabbath doctrine in depth Five churches in the Stockton-Lodi area will join in this evangelistic thrust. + Tokuo Hatanaka, MV secretary for A Reference the North Japan Mission, spoke recently at a youth meeting in the Japanese church in Honolulu. Series book + During the last weekend in July the student literature evangelists of the South- eastern California Conference met for a from rally at San Pasqual Academy. MARGARET FOLLETT, Correspondent SOUTHERN PUBLISHING ASSOCIATION

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of Angwin, California, left San Francisco, BURGAN, Benjamin H.-d. June 16, 1970, Akron, Ohio, at the age of 81. His wife, Clarice, California, May 31. survives. Carol E. Smart, to be summer camp worker BURKHART, Carrie-b. March 7, 1884, Knox- in Antillian Union, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, ville, Tenn.; d. April 8, 1970, Hendersonville, N.C. student missionary (SMC), of Collegedale, A sister, Bessie, survives. Tennessee, left Miami, Florida, June 2. CARRICK, Caroline Erckmann-b. Aug. 23, Sandra Bales, elementary teacher, San An- 1883, Griesheim, Germany; d. June 17, 1970, Ven- Marga Louise Martin, to be nursing super- tonio, Texas, junior academy, formerly tura Estates, Calif. Survivors are two daughters, visor Nicaragua Adventist Hospital, La Trin- Caroline Hendrickson and Henrietta Seifert; and a teacher, Lincoln, Nebraska. brother, Phillip Erckmann. idad, Esteli, Nicaragua, student missionary Richard J. Barnett, public information of- (SMC), of Avon Park, Florida, left Miami, CHAPMAN, Ora-d. June 25, 1970, at the age of ficer, Kettering Medical Center (Ohio), for- 93. A daughter, Lula Mae Kinne, survives. Florida, June 4. COFFEY, Lillie Clark-b. Jan. 13, 1903, Leices- merly departmental secretary (Southern New June Marilyn Dasher, to be a secretary in ter, N.C.; d. July 10, 1970, Fletcher, N.C. Sur- England). vivors are her husband, J. H. Coffey; daughter, the Central American Union Mission, Guate- Euretha Sluder; and son, Cecil. H. 0. Collier, HI, church school teacher, mala City, Guatemala, student missionary COOPER, John G., Jr.-b. March 2, 1924, Rus- Farmington, New Mexico (Colorado), from (WWC), of College Place, Washington, left sellville, Ohio; d. July 22, 1970, Georgetown, Ohio. same position, Hawaiian Mission. New Orleans, Louisiana, June 7. Survivors are his wife, Hilda; daughters, Sherrie Lenn and Connie Sue; sons, Johnny Wayne, Gary Karen Devitt, Southwestern Union Col- Richard S. Wilkinson, to serve in the East Robert, and James Howard; foster sons, Thomas lege, formerly nurse, Porter Memorial Hos- Indonesia Union Mission, Menado, student Caroll and Steven Martin; and parents, John and Mary Cooper. pital, Denver, Colorado. missionary (WWC), of College Place, Wash- COUNTER, Gladys Mourer-b. 1902, Aurora, N. L. Doss, pastor, Kansas City, Kansas, ington, left San Francisco, California, June 8. Nebr.; d. July 5, 1970, Napa, Calif. Survivors are her formerly president, South-east Africa Union. Julio Cesar Perozo, for ministerial work husband, Clement E.; one son, William; four daugh- ters, Ann Doll, Margaret Both, Alyce Frost, and Mrs. Shirley Heath, teacher (Washington), in Costa Rica Mission, San Jose, Costa Rica, Ardyce Craves; two sisters, Mildred Wickman and from (Kansas). student missionary (AUC), of the Bronx, Ada Drake; and two brothers, Harold and Lyle Mourer. Lee Kretz, lay activities and Sabbath school New York, left Miami, Florida, June 8. CUTCHER, Mabel-b. Sept. 13, 1886, Newport, secretary (Kansas), from same position (Min- Marilyn Jean Kinzer, to nurse in clinic at Pa.; d. July 19 1970, Sandusky, Ohio. Survivors are nesota). Port-au-Prince, Haiti, a student missionary Ralph Evans, Harmon Cutcher, Helen LaFountain, Beatrice Whipple, Dora Hoskins, Velma Leslie, Nelson Mathers, teacher (Nebraska), for- (AU), of Ade1phi, Maryland, left Miami, Lorraine Williamson, and Lois Miller. Florida, June 8. merly teacher (Greater New York). EARLEY, Hattie I.-b. March 17, 1900, Tex.; E. L. Richardson, pastor, Bridgeton and Elizabeth Ann Pefia, to teach in the d. May 1, 1970, Napa. Calif. Survivors are four daughters. Ruth Cross, Esther Daniels, Audrey Ear- Whitesboro (New Jersey), from Andrews Uni- Colegio Adventista del Ecuador, Santo Do- ley, and Vernith Watts. versity. mingo de los Colorados, Ecuador. student missionary (WWC), of Walla Walla, Wash- ERNTSON, Verland V.-b. April 29, 1908; d. Bruce Schmidt, teacher, Cortez (Colorado), April 7, 1970, Salem, Oreg. Survivors are his wife, ington, left Miami, Florida, June 9. Ruth; one daughter, Beverly Ann; and a son, formerly teacher (Illinois). Verland, Jr. Janis L. Suelzle, to nurse in the Chulumani Phyllis Scriven, teacher, Greeley (Colo- Hospital, Chulumani, Bolivia, student mis- FERGUSON, Emmett Eugene-b, Dec. 17, 1902, rado), from same position (Newfoundland). Falba, Tex.; d. May 25, 1970, in Colorado. Sur- sionary (WWC), of Walla Walla, Washing- vivors are four sons, Francis E., Donald, Gordon W., John Sowers, elementary teacher (Mis- ton, left Miami, Florida, June 10. and Raymond; one brother, William; and one sister, souri), formerly teacher (Illinois). Georgia O'Neil. Joyce Evelyn Pierce, to nurse in Mobile FEY, Pearl Kloss-b. Oct. 14, 1880, Wisconsin; James Stephens, staff, Oak Park Academy Clinic, Bolivia Mission, La Paz, Bolivia, stu- d. March 2, 1970, Ventura Estates, Calif. Survivors (Iowa), formerly staff, Enterprise Academy are a daughter, Bonnie Gilbert; and a sister, dent missionary (SWUC), of Keene, Texas, Eleanor Judson. (Kansas). left Miami, Florida, June 14. FRICKERT, Ada Ann-b. Jan. 17, 1882, Wash- Mr. and Mrs. Robert Swanson, teachers Gladys Maria Fernandez (AU '68), to teach ington County, Oreg.; d. June 6, 1970, Napa Valley, (Iowa), formerly teachers (Kansas). in the music department at River Plate Col- Calif. Survivors are her husband, Frank; two sons, Robert and Earl Hale; and one daughter, Grace Arlee Torkelsen, staff, Platte Valley Acad- lege, Puiggari, Argentina, recently of Berrien Reynolds. emy (Nebraska), formerly teacher (Central Springs, Michigan, left New York City, June GORRELL, Fred-b. June 13, 1904, Pleasants California). 29. County, W. Va.; d. July 17, 1970, Bakersfield, Calif. Survivors are his wife, Della; daughter, Jane Glass; Bruce Ullom, staff, Platte Valley Academy, D. W. HUNTER two sons, William F. and John T.; and two stepsons, formerly pastor (Chesapeake). Donald and Richard Evans. Mr. and Mrs. Adriel Velez, staff, Auburn HAMILTON, Mary Davis-b. June 8, 1884, Baton Rouge, La.; d. May 25, 1970, Arlington, Calif. She Academy (Washington), from Campion Acad- was married to Harry H. Hamilton in 1902, and emy (Colorado). together they spent 38 years in denominational educational work. Survivors are a son, John T.; D. M. Wesslen, vice-principal, Upper Co- and a daughter, Evelyn Shephard. lumbia Academy (Washington), formerly HILLS, Ina Mae-b. Feb. 27. 1882; d. June 6, 1970, Huntington Park, Calif. A son, Floyd, sur- principal, Platte Valley Academy (Nebraska). vives. Mrs. D. M. Wesslen, staff, Upper Colum- [This listing includes all obituaries received up HOCKETT, James Lamar-b. July 23, 1885, bia Academy. to two-and-a-half weeks before presstime.] Iowa; d. July 6, 1970, Riverside, Calif. Survivors are R. W. Wilmot, secretary-treasurer (Minne- his wife, Rose; son, Henry Merlin; and daughter, ADDISON, Ida M.-b. Feb. 6, 1887 Howard Margaret Mouser. sota), from same position (South Dakota). County, Ind.; d. July 12, 1970, Akron, Ohio. HOYT, Ecka Elizabeth-b. April 7, 1895, Stock- Melvin E. Wolford, staff, Pacific Union Col- bridge. Mich.; d. July 10, 1970. Long Beach. Calif. BABCOCK, Haddie Bell-b. Feb. 8, 1878, Clays- Survivors are her husband, Robert; a son, lege, from same position, Union College. Pa.; cl. June 19, 1970, Mount Vernon, Ohio. Robert; A daughter, Mrs. Earl Raub, survives. and a daughter, Evelyn Shephard. BARNES, Bertha-b. May 27, 1879, Pennsylvania; HUYCK, Oma Jeannette Hamilton-b. March 22, d. June 22, 1970, Tujunga, Calif. Survivors are a 1900. Downey, Calif.; d. June 10, 1970, Downey, From Home Base to Front Line daughter, Jean Miller; and a son, Richard Stanton. Calif. Survivors are two sons, Richard and William. BAYSINGER, Vera Orpha-b. May 10, 1905, ITOAFA, Maria-b. Nov. 18, 1879, in Ro- Adventist Student Volunteer Corps Springfield, Nebr.; d. Feb. 27, 1970, Portland, Oreg. mania; d. July 2, 1970, Dearborn, Mich. Survivors Survivors are her husband, Wayne; her mother, are three sons and one daughter. and Other Workers Orpha Pitsch; her father, George Hammond; two brothers, Richard Pitsch and Robert Hammond; and JOHNSON, Edith Mable Dayton- b. in 1881 in David Frank Koot, to be an English teacher two sisters, Dorothy Pitsch and Ruth Joyce. Wabasha, Minn.; d. April 13, 1970. Auburn, Calif. Survivors are two sons, Luther and Irvin. North Peru Mission, Chiclayo, Peru, student BEARD, Lucy-b. Aug. 25, 1875; d. May 22, 1970, missionary (PUC), of Angwin, California, Barry, Ill. Survivors are a daughter, Mrs. Richard LANG, Alma Dexter-b. Aug. 19, 1904, Medford, Saunders, and a brother, Elmer. Mass.; cl. July 21, 1970, Anaheim, Calif. Survivors left San Francisco, California, May 28. are two sons, Robert W. and Norman D.; and a BLAINE, Clara Sevilla-b. Dec. 16, 1872, Slippery daughter, Evelyn Gibbons, Myron K. Widmer, to be teacher in Dja- Rock, Pa.; d. April 15, 1970, Fort Jones, Calif. Sur- karta Evangelistic Center, Indonesia, stu- vivors include a son, William E.; and five daughters, LANG, Alvin Rutherford - b. July 7, 1896, Virginia Lynch, Ruth Stahl, Jessie Moor, Lila Klar, Everett, Mass.; d. July 22, 1970, Anaheim, Calif. dent missionary (PUC), of Angwin, Califor- and Muriel George. Survivors are two sons, Robert W. and Norman D.; nia, left San Francisco, California, May 31. and a daughter, Evelyn Gibbons. BROOKS, Bunah B.-b. April 4, 1891, College- LAUMANN, Bessie Vera-b. July 4, 1894, Leba- Malcolm Earl Dillon, to teach in English- views Nebr.; d. June 17, 1970, Placerville, Calif. non, N.H.; d. May 8, 1970, Placerville, Calif. A Language School, West Indonesia Union, Survivors are her husband, Leonard L.; two sons, Russel L. and Wallace D.; a sister, Pearl Rogers; daughter, Bonnie Paugh, survives. Djakarta, Java, student missionary (PUC), and a brother, Austin Soucey. LIKELY, David Leo-b. April 5, 1949, Yakima,

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Wash.; d. May 4, 1970, Davis, Calif. Survivors are URQUHART, William Graydon-b. April 23, his parents Mr. and Mrs. A. Leo Likely; two sisters, 1902, New Glasgow, Nova Scotia; d. June 10 1970, Sharlene ivicDermott and Katherine Likely; one Bellflower, Calif. Survivors are his wife, Aletha; ttaxck eoteetetan, brother, Michael; and his grandfather, Roy Sloan. five daughters, and one brother. LINK, Helen Gertrude-b. Aug. 23, 1897; d. VAN ATTA, William Fitch-b, Jan. 17, 1886, Bible Correspondence School May 17, 1970, Hickory, N.C. Washington, Iowa; d. Feb. 26, 1970, Sonora, Calif. Evangelism Day September 5 Survivors are his wife, Iva, and daughter, Margaret Church Lay Activities Offering September 5 MOORE, Bertha Maude Messick-b. April 18, Schiller. Missions Extension Offering September 12 1881, in Delaware; d. Sept. 9, 1968, Benton, Calif. Review and Herald Campaign Sept. 12-Oct. 10 Survivors are four sisters, Clara MacArthur, Virginia VAN BEUKERING, Ronald Dale-b. July 7, 1949, Bible Emphasis Day September 19 Mitchell, Anna Rogers, and Lena Warner; and three Battle Creek, Mich.; d. May 6, 1970, in the service JMV Pathfinder Day September 26 brothers, Jack, Walter, and Howard Messick. of his country at Phu Bai, Vietnam. Survivors are Thirteenth Sabbath Offering his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Van Beukering; (Southern European Division) September 26 NELSON, Charlotte Edna Sorensen-b. Jan. 15, one brother, James; one sister, Mrs. Harvey Klinger; Decision Sabbath for Lay Evangelism 1910 Clinton, Minn.; d. July 21, 1970, Loma Linda, paternal grandmother, Mrs. Anthony Van Beuker- Program October 3 Cali?. Survivors are her husband, George; two daugh- mg, Sr., and maternal grandmother, Mrs. Bert Smith. Church Lay Activities Offering October 3 ters, Mrs. Ronald Jessen and Mrs. John Odom; October 3-9 and son, Steve. VANDEWARKER, Richard Lynn-b. June 3, Health Emphasis Week 1944, Niles, Mich.; d. May 5, 1970, when the Voice of Prophecy Offering October 10 NEWTON, Addle-b. in 1888, Livermore, Calif.; helicopter he was piloting in Vietnam was shot down d. May 22, 1970, Tracy, Calif. Survivors are her by enemy action. Survivors are his parents, Mr. and husband , Fred; and five sisters, Caroline Doody, Mrs. Merle VanDeWarker; a brother, Robert; and a Cora Mackel Tillie Smith, Delphina Robey, and daughter, Cherie Michelle. Elizabeth Kelly. WALSTON, Lola-b. July 16, 1893, Olney, Ill.; NOTICES NICKERSON, Mary Josephine - b. June 14, d. June 22, 1970, Niles, Mich. Survivors are her 1879, in Tennessee; d. May 4, 1970, Napa, Calif. husband, Rolla; and two sons, Lindell and Linden. Survivors are a son, Francis Joseph Rashe; and a The International Insurance Company daughter, Alma Sagar. WARNER, Caroline Alice-b. June 6, 1885, Takoma Park, Maryland Shively, Calif.; d. March 17, 1970, Fortuna, Calif. OSBORN, H. Carver-b. Aug. 15, 1908, Washing- Survivors are four sons, Wesley, John, Newell, and The annual meeting of The International Insurance ton, D.C.; d. July 22. 1970, Takoma Park, Md. Clyde; and two daughters, Mary Anderson and Cora Company, Takoma Park, Maryland, will be held at Survivors are his wife, Ruth; two sons, Charles and Millsap. 10:00 A.M., October 9, 1970, at Takoma Park, Mary- Carl; and four brothers, John, Calvin, Russell, and land, in connection with the Autumn Council meet- Jess. WARNER, Sandra Lee-b. Oct. 21, 1965, Bakers- ings of the General Conference of Seventh-day field, Calif.; d. Jan. 29, 1970, Bakersfield, Calif. Adventists. The purpose of the meeting is for the PATTERSON, Nora Helen Whitehead-b. Jan. Survivors are her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard transaction of the general business of the company 14, 1896, in Arkansas; d. April 26, 1970, Napa, Warner; sister, Teresa; and brother, Walter. Calif. Among her survivors are: Jettie Mae Ellison, and the election of three directors for the term of WHITE, Mattie Hay-b. Oct. 30, 1875, Phila- three years. Towana Mason, Roberta Neuterman, Joe E., Bill, THE INTERNATIONAL and Allen Earl Whitehead. delphia, Pa.; d. June 19, 1970, Takoma Park, Md. She was employed in the bindery of the Review and INSURANCE COMPANY REEDER, Edna Louise Travis-b. June 26, 1889, Herald at Battle Creek from 1901.1902, and saw the TAKOMA PARK, MARYLAND Lodi Wis.; d. June 30, 1970, Auburn, Calif. burning of the publishing house in 1902. From J. W. PEEKE, Secretary Survivors are her husband, Frank, and a sister, 1908-1911 she was employed as a bookkeeper- Nellie Dixon. cashier in the West Michigan Conference, and in the same position at Wabash Valley Sanitarium, General Conference Insurance Service RIDDLE, Mary Elizabeth McMahon-b. July 29, 1911-1917. She served as payroll clerk of the Review 1893, Denver, Colo.; d. May 18. 1970, Kansas City, The annual meeting of the General Conference Mo. Survivors are her husband, James R.; a stepson, and Herald from 1917-1950. A brother, W. R. White, survives. Insurance Service will be held at 10:00 A.M., Oc- Harry; and four stepdaughters, Dorothy Lewellen, tober 9, 1970, at Takoma Park, Maryland, in con- Mildred Wolkwitz, Eleanor Anders, and Mary E. WILSON, Robert D'Arche-b. Feb. 15, 1909, nection with the Autumn Council meetings of the Bryant. Seattle, Wash.; d. Dec. 27, 1969. Survivors are his General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. The SEIBEL, Lydia-b. Sept. 28, 1898, N. Dak.; wife, Gladys; his mother, Mrs. Alma Wilson; three purpose of the meeting is for the transaction of the cl. June 10, 1970, Lodi, Calif. Survivors are her stepchildren, Stanley and Winton Ellis and Mrs. James general business of the Insurance Service and the husband, Jacob; four sons, Emil, Lavern, Elder Mar- Miller; and one sister, Mrs. Earl Kreitz. election of three directors for the term of three years. vin, and Leonard; and one daughter, Evelyn Miller. WORSTER, Anna Olive Adams-b. Nov. 6, 1889, GENERAL CONFERENCE SEVISON, Evelyn J.-b. Feb. 24, 1908, Chicago, Dexter, Minn.; d. July 13, 1970, Temple City, Calif. INSURANCE SERVICE Ill.; d. July 15, 1970, Toledo, Ohio. Survivors are A daughter, Florence Marie Smith, survives. J. W. PEEKE, Manager her husband, Kenneth; daughter, Laura Frey; son, Lester; and father, Charles Fogh. SHAW, Ruby Mothershead-b. June 30. 1887, Dallas, Tex.; d. May 10. 1970, Angwin, Calif. Sur- vivors are a daughter, Maurine Boyd; and a son, Ward B. SNYDER, C. D. (Alice)-b. June 16, 1880, Staun- Beautify Church and School Properties ton, Ill.; d. April 30, 1979, Paradise, Calif. Sur- vivors are a son, Gilbert; and two daughters, Zella Bryson and Beulah Carlson. By H. NV. PRITCHARD STEBBINS, Arthur C.-b. Oct. 31, 1881; d. May 9, 1969. Gettysburg, Pa. Survivors are his daughter, As age brings wrinkles to the human body, so age brings deterioration to the Ruth Davies; five grandchildren, and two great- grandchildren. physical plant of the church. Each may age gracefully. Proper care can lengthen STRATTON, Leona Sittser-h. Feb. 11, 1903, the endurance of both. Many conferences follow the commendable plan of Two Harbors, Mich.; d. July 2, 1970, Riverside, Calif. Survivors are her husband, Farel; son, Charles; designating one month during the year to spruce up, paint up, clean up, and and a sister, Bee Snyder. fix up all church properties. TAVES, A. Barney-b. Oct. 23, 1894, in Canada; "Our God loves beauty," said a Southern minister. "The church is an d. March 10. 1970. Survivors are his wife, Hulda; one son, Melvin E.; and one daughter, Dorothy object of great love and esteem in the eves of our heavenly Father. He wants Hansen. to see the church shine and glow for Him." TAYLOR, Thomas King-b. July 7, 1913, Cran- ston, R.I.; d. May 22, 1970. Lincoln. R.I. Survivors Few sights are so distressing as houses of God in unkempt conditions. Such are his wife, Clara; daughter, Judith A. Brooks; houses cry out, "The people who worship here are careless about sacred and son, T. David. TAYLOR, Iva-b. Sept. 22, 1889, Parish, Ohio; things-they don't care." d. July 19, 1970, Sonora, Calif. Survivors are three daughters, Lela Schaedler, Jessie Thompson, and How church members can help to beautify church and school properties. Ila Belle Bowker. TEIBEL, Susanna-b. June 10, 1894, Hungary; 1. List the improvements they think should be made and ask the pastor d. July 14, 1970, Akron, Ohio. Survivors are three daughters, Katherine Morgan, Marie Siddall, and to consider them at the next church board meeting. Ruth Justice. 2. Volunteer to help. THOMAS, James Owen-b. April 7, 1952, Bakers- 3. Give financial support. field, Calif.; d. as a result of auto accident, Nov. 29, 1969, Torrance, Calif. Survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Thomas; two sisters, Lea Etta and What the church can do. JeNe; and grandparents. 1. Select a committee to plan specific improvement projects. TILFORD, Leon A.-b. Oct. 8, 1897, in Michi- gan; d. Dec. 23, 1969, Mount Dora, Fla., as a result 2. Follow the check list provided by the conference public relations de- of a truck-auto accident. Survivors are his wife, Dorothy; and two daughters, Kathryn and Gladys. partment. TINKER, Pearl M.-b. June 9, 1904; d. March 3. Solicit the help and support of every member so that unitedly all may 13, 1970, St. Helena, Calif. Survivors are a son, work to make the church a lovely dwelling place. Evart; daughter, Margaret Woodward; her mother, Mrs. Edith Westmoreland; and a sister, Ann Cook. Seventh-day Adventists bear the most beautiful message the world has TUNGATE, Perry Lee-b. June 6, 1886, Inde- ever heard. Should not their buildings preach it also? pendence, Ky.; d. May 17, 1970, Hamilton, Ohio. Survivors are three daughters, Lucille Brunke, Deloris Buop, and Blanche Long.

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for those living in the inner city. Then the IIERrietfes From Thew Fieslifigicsamet iy summer of 1969, in addition to being a a -Mu Week ___ communications intern at the Pacific 0 Union public relations department, he SCAN On the cover this week the REVIEW was general coordinator of the growing reminds readers of the importance of program in Southern California. • Christian education. Probably every stu- Mr. Sahlin, a 1970 theology graduate et. Bri.f. From thew Fiesiistiamm of ° dent who has come "up through the of Loma Linda University, is associate grades" in the Adventist school system has director of public relations at the Voice been asked at one time or another to CLERGY AND PEOPLE, NOT POPE AND of Prophecy. In addition to being pub- BISHOPS, KEY TO ECUMENISM copy all or part of that quotation. It is lished in Insight, Ministry, and GO, he often quoted as the definition of true has been published in three non-Seventh- CHICAGO—The future of ecumenism for education. day Adventist journals. Pacific Press will the Catholic Church in America lies with the But besides giving us a definition of soon be publishing his first book. clergy and "especially with the people," but education, it tells us something important not with the Pope or the bishops, a Catholic about heaven. We are going to give serv- Harold G. Coffin, a professor of paleon- lay scholar declared in an article published ice there. Whatever the nature of that tology at the Geoscience Research Insti- after his death. Dr. Thomas P. Neill, who service, we have the assurance that the tute, writes this week "As in the Days of died just after completing an article entitled heavenly service is going to give us "wider Noah" (page 8). Dr. Coffin, who is per- "What Ever Happened to Ecumenism," pub- joy" than the service here on this earth. haps best known for his book Creation, lished in current issue of The Critic mag- Accident or Design? received both his azine, said that just when Catholic ecumen- As for the present understanding of the Bachelor's and his Master's degrees at ical relations with Lutherans and Anglicans one reads the bio- word service—when Walla Walla College. were moving toward unity, the Catholic graphical information sheet about Monte For two years he was a research fellow Church "pulled back." "The spirit of Vatican Sahlin, author of "Is the Message Getting at the Allan Hancock Foundation of the I prevailed over the spirit of Vatican II— Through?" (page 2), he gets the feeling University of Southern California. He the message which has obviously escaped the that this young man is a living definition received his doctorate in zoology from Roman Curia and the great majority of of the word. USC in 1955. American bishops." Described as "trapped" For two summers (1967, 1968) during Dr. Coffin entered denominational and "not independent men" like their Prot. his college years he was a student mission- work in 1947 as an instructor at Canadian estant counterparts, those Catholic bishops ary. And he didn't find it necessary to go Union College and later became chair- who are "brave enough" to take ecumenical overseas in order to be one. He spear- man of the science department. In 1956 steps do so at the risk of their ecclesiastical headed the Adventist Collegiate Task- he returned to his alma mater where he future, said Dr. Neill. force (ACT) in Los Angeles, California. taught in the biology department before He added, "American bishops should un- ACT is a program—still in its experi- becoming its chairman. He was there un- derstand . . . that in the apostolic succession mental stages—that provides educational, til 1964, when he accepted his present they are consecrated to be more than Roman medical, and recreational opportunities position. messenger boys." "If they continue to deny their own powers of leadership they will find the rest of their faithful slipping out from under them," he observed.

Review anti Heald LUTHERANS VOTE TO ALLOW In 1849 a company of Sabbathkeeping Adventists began to publish a paper called The Present Truth. In 1850 EARLY AGE FOR COMMUNION they also published five issues of The Advent Review. -Later that year, in November, these two papers merged under the name Second Advent Review and Sabbath Herald, now titled simply REVIEW AND HERALD. Its editorial objective remains unchanged—to preach "the everlasting gospel" in the context of the Sabbath, the Second MINNEAPOLIS—The Lutheran Church in Advent, and other truths distinctive of the Advent Movement. America (LCA) has voted to change the 450- year-old tradition that Lutheran youth must Editor: KENNETH H. WOOD be confirmed before they can receive Holy Associate Editors: DON F. NEUFELD, HERBERT E. DOUGLASS Communion. Delegates to the LCA's biennial THOMAS A. DAVIS convention approved an inter-Lutheran re- port which recommends lowering the age for Secretary to the Editor: CORINNE WILKINSON first Communion to the fifth grade and de- Editorial Secretaries: ROSEMARY BRADLEY, RUBY L. JONES lays Confirmation until the tenth grade. IDAMAE MELENDY Layout Artist: RAYMOND C. HILL YOUTH PRESSURE LEGISLATURE Consulting Editors: ROBERT H. PIERSON, REINHOLD R. BIETZ PHOENIX—Fifteen Methodist youths here F. L. BLAND, THEODORE CARCICH, W. J. HACKETT are putting pressure on the Arizona Legisla- M. S. NIGRI, NEAL C. WILSON ture to do something about environmental pollution as part of their participation in a Special Contributors: C. G. FRANZ, K. H. EMMERSON church-sponsored community betterment pro- R. R. FIGUHR, W. R. BEACH, FREDERICK LEE gram. PRESIDENTS OF WORLD DIVISIONS Circulation Manager: GEORGE H. TAGGART PAROCHIAL EDUCATION THREATENED Field Representative: CLIFFORD K. OKUNO PHILADELPHIA—The Catholic school TO OUR CONTRIBUTORS: The REVIEW welcomes articles on devotional and doctrinal topics; also news system here has an over-all $4 million deficit, and pictures of important denominational happenings—church dedications, camp meetings, evangelistic meet- and its administrators have no idea how the ings, and other newsworthy events. All manuscripts should be typed, double spaced, with adequate margins. News stories and pictures should indicate whether they are being submitted to other publications or are exclusive deficiency can be reduced or eliminated, ac- to the REVIEW. All pictures should show a high degree of color-tone contrast. Action pictures are preferred. cording to John Cardinal Krol of Philadel- Unsolicited manuscripts, while welcome, will be accepted without remuneration, and will be returned only if accompanied by a stamped self-addressed envelope. Authors should identify themselves, laymen by giving the phia. name of their church and pastor. Items submitted for "Letters to the Editor" cannot be acknowledged. Send all editorial materials directly to the Editor, Review and Herald, 6856 Eastern Ave., NW., Takoma Park, Washington, D.C. 20012. INCREASE OF SOUTHERN BAPTISTS SUBSCRIPTIONS: United States, $9.50 (slightly higher in Canada); other countries, $10.50. When changing address, give both old and new address; allow 30 to 60 days for change. When writing about your subscription NASHVILLE—Church membership in the or changing your address, please enclose the address label from your copy or from the wrapper in which it comes. Southern Baptist Convention for 1969 in- Address correspondence concerning subscrintions to: Manager. Periodical Department, Review and Herald, 6856 Eastern Ave., NW., Takoma Park, Washington, D.C. 20012, creased by 157,384 over the previous year to a total of 11,489,613—a slightly higher rise A quarterly edition of the REVIEW in Braille is published by the Christian Record Braille Foundation, Box 6097, Lincoln, Nebraska 68506. Available free to the blind. than the 132,500 estimated in December.

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Recent Appointments Made lion readers ten times during the months A just-completed project in which Elder of August, 1970, through April, 1971. Richards has read the entire Bible for in GC Administration Since most Sunday newspapers are read by tape recording will be unveiled at the A. H. Roth, assistant to the General more than one person, the total potential meeting. One person from each of the Conference president, has accepted an ap- readership is estimated to be 500 to 600 North American unions will receive a pointment as coordinator in the General million persons. complete set of these Bible-reading tapes Conference secretariat. Elder Roth is a Faith for Today is handling all mail- free. They will be chosen from among former president of the Inter-American ings. When a reader dips one of the those who write to the Voice of Prophecy Division. F. C. Webster, for the past four advertisement coupons included with the by September 15 requesting their names to years president of the Middle East Divi- material it will be sent to: Adventist In- be entered. Three persons at the meeting sion, takes Elder Roth's place as assistant formation Service, 514 Mineola Avenue, will also recieve the entire set or portions to the president. Carle Place, New York 11514. In response, thereof. ALVIN G. MUNSON ROBERT H. PIERSON Faith for Today will mail one of seven brochures keyed to the subject presented in the advertisement from which the Prophetic Guidance Course Radio Spot Announcements coupon was clipped. Taught at Newbold College The General Conference Lay Activities Available for Evangelists Department and the Bureau of Public A class of 21 ministers and four Bible instructors were enrolled in a Prophetic Forty spot announcements of around Relations are cooperating in this project. Guidance course taught at Newbold Col- 45 seconds each have been released for use MARVIN H. REEDER lege, England, during the second half of on radio by Adventist evangelists. The the summer program, which ended August announcements, featuring West Coast re- New President Appointed for 11. The course was offered through an ex- cording artist Barbara Morton, are de- tension school of graduate studies for min- signed to interest listeners on such sub- West Indonesia Union isters and workers in the Northern Euro- jects as spiritism, the United States in During a recent meeting the Far East- pean Division sponsored by Andrews prophecy, the Sabbath, signs of Christ's ern Division committee appointed N. G. University. Workers from Denmark, Fin- coming, inspiration of the Bible, the Ten Hutauruk president of the West Indo- land, Holland, Iceland, Norway, and Commandments, the millennium, and nesia Union Mission. Elder Hutauruk re- Sweden, as well as from Great Britain, other important teachings of the church. places Clinton L. Shankel, who was called attended. ARTHUR L. WHITE For further information pastors should to be lay activities secretary of the Far write to the General Conference Bureau Eastern Division during the General Con- IN BRIEF: of Public Relations or the Ministerial ference session. Elder Hutauruk has served Association. M. CAROL HETZELL as leader of our work in portions of Bor- + New Positions: R. L. Pelton, associate neo. Recently he has been president of the secretary, General Conference Depart- California Training Camp South Sumatra Mission with headquarters ment of Health, formerly administrator, in Palembang. DUANE S. JOHNSON New England Memorial Hospital; G. W. Had 136 Enrollees Morgan, president, Nebraska Conference, The Medical Cadet Corps camp, held Temperance Film Shows formerly associate pastor, College View, at Soquel, California, August 19 to 28, had Nebraska, church, replacing F. 0. Sanders, 1,36 enrollees. Because the MCC training Recent Findings on Alcohol who has retired; W. R. Robinson, editor, program, generally held at Camp Des- Just One, a new documentary film now Message magazine, Southern Publishing mond Doss national camp, Michigan, was being released by the General Conference Association, formerly missionary, Africa; transferred to California this year, trainees Temperance Department, shows the alco- he is succeeding Garland Millet, who has at Soquel came from as far away as Florida hol research being carried on by Dr. Mel- joined the General Conference Depart- and Maryland. Twenty-nine cadets came vin H. Knisely, of the Medical University, ment of Education. from areas east of the Rockies. Funds pro- Charleston, South Carolina. Dr. Knisely's + Death: H. F. Halenz, 73, educator at vided by the General, union, and local research, which is receiving world atten- Atlantic Union and Emmanuel Mission- conferences assisted the trainees with their tion, indicates that even in small quanti- ary colleges, August 14, at Takoma Park, transportation expenses. ties alcohol reduces the blood's ability to Maryland. Heading the staff of 16 officers were carry vital oxygen to body organs and Harry Garlick, of the Pacific Union Con- demonstrates why drinking has a damag- ference, and Clark Smith, of the General ing effect, especially on the brain and Conference. nervous system. This was the third MCC camp to be Dr. Knisely, whose research was first held this year, the others being con- reported in Listen magazine and later in "CHANGE OF ADDRESS ducted in the North Pacific and Central the Reader's Digest, began his investiga- unions. A total of 361 men have received tions afth- studying the work done by aN MCC training this season. Dr. Cyril Courville, which is shown in At C. D. MARTIN the film Verdict at 1:32. FRANCIS SOPER ssaippy Newspaper Evangelism Project Will Reach Millions Veteran Radio Broadcaster to

Be Honored at Los Angeles On August 23 there appeared in Parade 0 magazine, a U.S. Sunday newspaper maga- A special anniversary tribute to H. M. S. fD zine supplement, the first printing of the Richards on his completion of 40 years of Seventh-day Adventist newspaper evangel- continuous broadcasting of the Advent ism project, which will appear in the message is planned to be held at the Los United States and Canada in August and Angeles Sports Arena on Sabbath, Septem- September of this year. Canadian Maga- ber 26. Highlighting the service, which zine, a Saturday magazine supplement, begins at 3:00 P.M., will be an anniversary A

initiates the series in Canada, September sermon by Elder Richards, the presenta- A 5. tion of letters, recordings, and other to- The material will appear in a total of kens from leaders of government, religion, 145 newspapers plus Ebony magazine and and business, and a special gift to Elder 0 will reach a primary circulation of 28 mil- Richards' "radio pocket." F 32