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ReviewADVENT REVIEW AND SABBATH HERALD ♦ GENERAL CHURCH PAPER OF THE SEVENTH-DAY mADVENTISTS

IT IS THROUGH- GOD'S IMMEDIATE AGCNCY THAT EVERY BUD BURSTS INTO BLOSSOM. TESTIMONIES, VOL. 6, P.186. Editor's Viewpoint Sir Launfal, the Judgment, and Us In one of his poems James Russell Lowell tells of a knight not, is not arbitrary. God is love. The principle on which His named Sir Launfal who was determined to go in search of universe is founded is love. The two great principals in the the Holy Grail. He would cover land and sea to find the great controversy that has torn the universe espouse op- chalice used by Christ at the Last Supper! posite principles—Satan, selfishness; Christ, unselfishness. The day before he was to embark on his ambitious scheme, Thus true religion is revealed in love, unselfishness, sym- he fell asleep and dreamed. In his dream he saw himself pathy, and concern for others; false religion, or absence of starting out from his castle on a beautiful day. As he passed true religion, manifests itself in hate, selfishness, hard- through the gate he saw a leper crouching in the shadows heartedness, and unconcern for others. "Those whom Christ begging. The knight felt no sympathy for the wretch but commends in the judgment may have known little of theol- scornfully tossed him a gold coin. The beggar left the piece ogy, but they have cherished His principles."—The Desire of of money in the dust where it fell, commenting, "He gives Ages, p. 638. only the worthless gold who gives from a sense of duty." "In the story of the good Samaritan, Christ illustrates the Years later, when Sir Launfal had spent his life in a vain nature of true religion. He shows that it consists not in sys- search for the Grail, he returned to his castle gate. The tems, creeds, or rites, but in the performance of loving leper was still there. But this time Sir Launfal stooped and deeds, in bringing the greatest good to others, in genuine shared his crust of bread; he broke the ice on the stream goodness." "Many who profess His name have lost sight of and gave the leper a drink. And as he did so, he suddenly the fact that Christians are to represent Christ. Unless there is practical self-sacrifice for the good of others, . . . thought he saw Christ in place of the leper. The Master then whatever our profession, we are not Christians."—Ibid., spoke, and said: pp. 497, 504. "The Holy Supper is kept, indeed, "True sympathy between man and his fellow man is to be In whatso we share with another's need; the sign distinguishing those \who love and fear God from Not what we give, but what we share, those who are unmindful of His law.... This is the test that For the gift without the giver is bare; the great Author of truth used to distinguish between true Who gives himself with his alms feeds three, religion and false."—Welfare Ministry, pp. 36, 37. Himself, his hungering neighbor, and me." The concept set forth by Lowell in this poem is well sup- Our Neighbor Is . . . ported in the New Testament. In Matthew 25 a picture is Today the opportunities for Christians to reveal true reli- presented of the last day. As Jesus sits on His throne, before gion are greater than at any other time in history. Because Him are gathered all nations. Then He divides the vast mul- no longer is our neighbor merely the person who lives next titude—the "sheep" on His right, the "goats" on His left. door or in our community. Today the world is a global vil- Who are the "sheep"? Those who shared their food with lage. Our neighbor is the little girl orphaned by the terrible Jesus when He was hungry. Those who gave Him drink earthquake that struck Managua, Nicaragua. Our neighbor when He was thirsty. Those who clothed Him when He was is the family made homeless by the war in Vietnam. Our naked. Those who visited Him when He was sick or in neighbor is the child with sickle-cell anemia in America's prison. Those who gave Him shelter when He was homeless. inner cities. Our neighbor is a comatose baby in New Very few of the "sheep," of course, lived in Palestine dur- Guinea. Our neighbor is a town destroyed by a tornado ing Christ's earthly ministry. Very few had the opportunity across the continent. Our neighbor is a community deso- to minister personally to the Son of man. Millions lived be- lated by a flood on the opposite side of the world. fore He came to this world, and millions lived afterward. Physical proximity no longer determines who is our neigh- They could not minister to Christ in person. But when they bor. Wherever people need help, there is our neighbor. saw a fellow human being in need, their hearts were Bangladesh, for example. Recently a missionary wrote: "The touched, and they did what they could to help. So in the heartache of Bangladesh exceeds anything I've ever seen. great judgment day Jesus says, "Inasmuch as ye have done . . Three million people were killed during the fighting it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done while 10 million were forced to flee for their lives. I saw it unto me" (Matt. 25:40). "Every merciful act to the needy, thousands of helpless people huddled together, sleeping in the suffering, is regarded as though done to Jesus."—Testi- sewer pipes . . . dying of malnutrition and cholera. Bloated monies, vol. 2, p. 25. bodies lay unburied in the mud. Their homes are rubbish What a magnificent, inspiring concept this is! What Chris- heaps. Slow death and sorrow face them." tian would not count it a privilege to welcome Christ into his Ours is indeed a troubled, suffering world. But fortu- home, to give Him clothing, to give Him food, to give Him nately Seventh-day Adventists in many countries have more money, to give Him a blanket, to give Him medicines. of this world's goods than they need. They have material and We cannot minister to Christ personally, but we can min- money they can share. And they belong to an organization ister to Him in the person of the needy. that is worldwide, able to administer relief. And we will. If the Holy Spirit has touched our hearts, if On May 12, the biennial Disaster and Famine Relief Of- we are connected to Christ, if we are possessed of God's fering will be received in all our churches. At present the love, the sorrows of the world will touch our hearts. We will treasury is empty. Funds contributed two years ago have look for opportunities to share our blessings. "It will be as been used up. So let us raise at least one million dollars for natural for us to minister to the needy and suffering as it food, clothing, blankets, tents, and other supplies, to meet was for Christ to go about doing good."—Christ's Object Les- emergencies as they arise. Let us deny ourselves some- sons, p. 385. thing if necessary to give $10, $100, or $1,000. What greater God's decision to welcome into the kingdom those who privilege can be ours than to minister to Christ in the per- have ministered to the needy and exclude those who have son of "one of the least of these . ."! K. H. W.

2 R&H, MAY 3, 1973 time at all looking through the Ingathering tone and seems to end the discussion with a magazine These Times this year will recog- jolting, distracting noise. nize the name Jeanine Purdey Wearner, Often the instrument is played too loudly, Review author of "Come Quickly!" (p. 15). Mrs. and likewise detracts at the very moment Wearner was pictured on the cover of that the teachers should be giving the appeal to missionary brochure, examining a child's the class members. A pleasant sounding ear, aboard the floating Amazon clinic, the chime or bell, or music played softly, will Luzeiro IV (see picture below). have a better effect on the ears of many of us in the classes. Advent Review & Sabbath Herald R. H. BLESSING 123d Year of Continuous Publication Arpin, Wisconsin

Editor: Correction Please KENNETH H. WOOD

Associate Editors: Re "Preaching on Top of the World" DON F. NEUFELD, HERBERT E. DOUGLASS, [Feb. 22]: Don Beans, our son, was the THOMAS A. DAVIS, RAY D. VINE one who donated the mobile clinic to the Secretary to the Editor: CORINNE WILKINSON Bolivian Mission. Thanks for the pleasant reminder of our happy days in that great Editorial Secretaries: ROSEMARY BRADLEY, land. IDAMAE MELENDY ELDER AND MRS. L. G. BEANS Art: Director, HAROLD W. MUNSON; Canon City, Colorado Layout, G. W. BUSCH Consulting Editors: A Hearty Amen! ROBERT H. PIERSON, R. R. BIETZ, F. L. BLAND, THEODORE CARCICH, W. J. HACKETT, M. S. NIGRI, NEAL C. WILSON Re "The Second Advent Is Near" [Feb.

Special Contributors: 22): A hearty Amen! C. 0. FRANZ, K. H. EMMERSON, R. R. FIGUHR, We have the responsibility, individ- W. R. BEACH, FREDERICK LEE, M. E. LIND, R. R. FRAME, P. H. ELDRIDGE, B. L. ARCHBOLD, ually, to spread the message, but as you W. DUNCAN EVA, R. A. WILCOX, R. S. LOWRY, We pay tribute to Jeanine and her hus- say, "The pulpit" must ring. But is this M. L. MILLS, C. L. POWERS band—and dozens of other young families the whole answer? It seems to me that Corresponding Editors, World Divisions: you have touched on an important aspect Afro-Mideast, R. W. TAYLOR; Australasian, around the world—who work together as ROBERT H. PARR; Euro-Africa, E. E. WHITE, medical missionaries plying the waters of of our problem when you mention the associate E. KOEHLER; Far Eastern, D. A. ROTH; great quantity of books being sold on this Inter-American, MARCEL ABEL; Northern the Brazilian river. Europe-West Africa, PAUL SUNDQUIST; South The title "Come Quickly!" is the call of subject in the public market. Go into any American, H. J. PEVERINI; Southern Asia, A. ). JOHANSON; Trans-Africa, those in need all over the world—it is the bookstore in the country and you will DESMOND B. HILLS call of urgency that meets all Seventh-day find dozens of books dealing with all Circulation Manager: Adventists following the gospel commission. phases of religious life, but you will not EDMUND M. PETERSON And it is the call of every Christian who find one of ours. Why? Yet we have the looks forward to the Second Advent. Lord finest literature in the world. What would SUBSCRIPTIONS: United States and Canada, $9.95. For each subscription ordered in the United Jesus, come quickly! happen if such volumes as Steps to Christ, States or Canada to go to foreign countries, add The Desire of Ages, The Great Controversy, $1.50 postage. Address all correspondence Art and Photo Credits: Cover, Gert Busch; p. 5 (glass chips), Byron Logan; pp. 6, concerning subscriptions to the Manager, Review and Herald Photos; (window) J. or Planet in Rebellion were on every 8, 12, J. Byron Logan; p. 20, Richard Weismeyer; pp. 17, 19, 21, Periodical Department. paperback rack in the country? How long 22, courtesy of the respective authors. TO CONTRIBUTORS: Send news stories and would it be before the public at large pictures, articles, and letters to the editor. Unsolicited manuscripts are welcome but will be was aware of our message? I wish some- accepted without remuneration and will be thing could be done about it. returned only if accompanied by a stamped, self-addressed envelope. Letters F. L. CAME A quarterly edition of the Review in Braille is Loma Linda, California published by the Christian Record Braille Foun- tellers submitted for publication in this column cannot dation, P.O. Box 6097, Lincoln, Nebraska 68506. be acknowledged or returned. All must carry the writer's The Braille Review is free to the blind. name and address. Short letters (less than 250 words) will A Joy Forever A monthly edition of the Review is printed by the be given preference. All will be edited to meet space and Stanborough Press, Ltd., Alma Park, Grantham, literary requirements. The views presented do not necessar- I wish to add my comment to others, so Lincs., England. ily represent those of the editors or of the denomination.> complimentary of the new format and covers An index is published in the last Review of June and December. The Review is indexed also Smoking in Hospitals of our church paper. However, I do not begin in the Seventh-day Adventist Periodical Index. from the same base as the one who wrote Before coming back to Europe, I vis- The Advent Review and Sabbath Herald is that the new look, "so clean and uncluttered, published every Thursday by the Review and ited a relative on the fourth floor of one will help reach young adults." Herald Publishing Association, 6856 Eastern Avenue NW., Washington, D.C. 20012, U.S.A. of our Adventist hospitals in the United Since when were covers of previous num- Second-class postage paid at Washington, D.C. States. I was astonished to learn that he bers otherwise than clean and uncluttered? Copyright © 1973. had a companion in a bed next to his who One fine artist I once saw had a motto over had received permission to smoke. the door of his studio: "A thing of beauty, is As an Adventist minister, I have visited a joy forever." My sentiments exactly. patients in many state hospitals in Switz- SIBYL GREEN MCGRATH erland, France, and Italy. I never saw Rock Island, Illinois anyone smoking in a room. Last year I This Week was myself a patient in a state hospital in Florence, Italy, with seven other men No Denigration This week we present another in the series in the same room. No one had the idea to Re: "We Need More Women Physicians" of interviews with General Conference de- smoke in the room. [March 8]. partmental secretaries. H. D. Singleton, sec- I wonder whether the name of our Ad- The paragraph appearing in small print retary of the North American Regional De- ventist hospital ought not to be changed. at the beginning of the article is a tacit partment, answers questions about the be- VAUCHER admission that your staff does not fully ginnings of the Black work in the United ALFRED Florence, Italy agree with the statements therein, in spite States, tells what is happening now in the of the documented quotations from Sister Regional Department, and talks about the Closing the Lesson Study White's writings on the subject of women contributions made by Oakwood College (p. physicians. 6). Elder Singleton has been secretary of the Usually when the time comes to close the As a member of the laboratory staff of a since the General Conference lesson study in Sabbath school, either a bell department large laboratory in one of our local hospi- session of 1962. is rung or music is played on the piano or Those who went Ingathering or spent any organ. Occasionally, the bell has a harsh Continued on page 14

R&H, MAY 3, 1973 VOL. 150 NO. 18 3 BULWARKS AGAINST FALSE IDEOLOGIES By RICHARD HAMMILL

[Condensation of a chapel talk presented at Andrews used many strategies to attack five a manner that those who ac- University.] God's people, but one strategy that cept his guidance know not that GREAT FLOODS CREATE in he has found highly successful, they are being led by him at his human beings an impression of particularly in our day of mass will. The great deceiver hopes so to irresistible, destructive forces. My communications media, is that of confuse the minds of men and first view of the flood's catastrophic producing confusion and chaos in women that none but his voice will power came when I was a youth the world. Through modern media be heard."—Medical Ministry, p. in high school. I saw a rushing flood false ideologies are spread around 111. sweeping down Stagecoach Gulch, the world with great speed, with The only way that the Christian a long, narrow defile through the preference being given for any can turn back the flood of Satan's dry sagebrush-covered hills of east- philosophy or idea that is new and attack against himself in these ern Oregon. I had often ridden my different. Little time is available days of confusion is to take his horse through that lonesome but for the promulgation of tried and stand firmly on the Word of God interesting gulch. true ideas; but any person with a and make it the daily source of Heavy spring rains following bizarre or even almost unbeliev- guidance for his life. He must upon the melting of deep snow pro- able concept has reporters knock- hold fast to its teachings, com- duced the flood waters. Along with ing at his door and giving promi- mitting himself fully to Christ and others, I stood helplessly in the nence to his views. His service as set forth in the hills and watched the angry, yellow Aberrations Displace the Word Word of God. He must allow the waters roar through the narrow Holy Spirit to bring renewal to the gulch, sweeping before it road, Cultural deviations are lionized spirit of his mind; he must allow bridges, barns, f arm machinery, and set before the citizenry in slick himself to be "renewed in knowl- and cattle. I shall never forget my magazines, radio broadcasts, and edge after the image of him that feeling of puniness and powerless- television spectaculars. Religious created him" (Col. 3:10). He must ness as I watched rescue workers ideological aberrations, such as the fill his mind with God's ideas; he lead an elderly woman from her death-of-God doctrine, and various must follow the example of Jesus home, while the waters relentlessly forms of egocentric relativism set in daily living; he must make sure washed away the foundations of forth in the new-morality and sit- that his habits of thinking and his her house. uation-ethics value systems are cultural and religious practices Today, forces of evil far exceed- promulgated by the mass media are based upon the foundation of ing the destructive power of a great with almost evangelistic fervor. the teachings of the apostles and flood are destroying the founda- Thus intellectual, cultural, and re- prophets. These are the founda- tions of personal faith in God and ligious confusion are brought into tions against chaos. Without them the bulwarks or walls God has es- our society and into the lives of the Christian will be swept away tablished to protect the morality of many Christians, causing Chris- into unbelief and infidelity. By the Christian and of the Christian tians to neglect the reading of the taking his stand upon these an- home. These evil forces are arrayed Word of God. cient truths and holding fast to in a battle to the finish against The evil one knows that hope them in spite of scorn, loss of Christ and His church. God is now and love will diminish unless the friends and status, amid danger, calling for volunteers to take their Christian sustains them by receiv- disaster, ravages of disease and stand with Him on the levees of ing daily communications from the prospect of death, he will find peace, the ancient truths revealed to men Word of God. This is why he has joy, and spiritual growth. With such in the Word of God, and to match engulfed our society in this flood of a program he will find that though themselves with Christ against intellectual, cultural, and religious the outward man wastes away, the the flood of falsehood sent by the confusion that is bringing chaos inward man is renewed day by day. opposer of God to destroy the foun- into the church and is undermining dations of faith and of the church. its foundations and destroying its The Foundations Stand The primeval sea wall of eternal protecting wall. Sometimes I receive letters, ad- truth, the foundations of which In graphic words Ellen White dressed to me as the president of were laid against chaos, will be has pointed out to us the basic Andrews University, in which ear- swept away unless men and women goals of Satan: "For thousands of nest Christians inquire whether of faith and action rally with God years Satan has been experiment- indeed the foundations are really to show through their testimony ing upon the properties of the hu- standing the onslaught. They ask, the value of these truths. man mind, and he has learned to Are not some of the bulwarks and Through the centuries Satan has know it well. By his subtle work- walls already falling? And they put ings in these last days, he is link- their questions in the words of the Since 1963 Richard Hammill has ing the human mind with his own, ancient psalmist, "If the founda- been president of Andrews Univer- imbuing it with his thoughts; and tions are destroyed, what can the sity, Berrien Springs, Michigan. he is doing this work in so decep- righteous do?" (Ps. 11:3, R.S.V.)

4 R&H, MAY 3, 1973 I recognize that now, as in an- these centers of resistance by cient times, breaches have been storm. made in the walls of God's church; An onlooker might have inter- but the foundations still stand. preted the storm and rain as acci- Now as in ancient times God is dental, but the prophetess Debo- seeking for men and women among rah, as she watched it, knew that us "who should build up the wall it was God's working. She said, and stand in the breach before me "From heaven fought the stars, for the land, that I should not de- from their courses they fought stroy it" (Eze. 22:30, R.S.V.). God against Sisera" (verse 20, R.S.V.). will find men such as these as He The universe and the natural world did in the day of crisis described in are not neutral so far as moral and the book of Judges, when a strong spiritual values are concerned, confederation of Canaanite kings even though scientists and unbe- held the Hebrew people in virtual lievers may so assert. When the slavery. They had a large army, Lord set forth to assist His people plus 900 chariots of iron; whereas against the Canaanites, he used among the Hebrews there was no the forces of nature to help them. "shield or spear to be seen among So innumerable were the obstacles forty thousand in Israel" (Judges encountered by Sisera that it 5:8, R.S.V.). seemed as if the whole universe In that time of crisis, when God's was against him. There was no truth was about to be snuffed from hope for him when natural forces the earth owing to the oppression were allied with the Israelites to and apostasy of His people, God assure the defeat of his army. made a call for His people to take a resolute stand. Deborah the proph- God's Cosmic Purpose etess described the response of the God has a cosmic purpose. Be- Hebrews to God's call for volun- yond the fragments of our purposes teers in the time of crisis. She said, there is the all-inclusive design of L. GOd " 'The leaders took the lead. . . . God. He will not suffer the founda- My heart goes out to the command- tions of His church to be destroyed. COS M 111,'; ers of Israel who offered them- If God's people will join with Him selves willingly among the peo- to battle against the hosts of evil, 3oyond tho ple' " (verses 2-9, R.S.V.). the walls and bulwarks of the As the intrepid band of loyal fol- church of God will stand. Indi- traqmont; lowers of God faced the hosts of vidual faith and trust in God will our purpor.,;(.. the Canaanites, humanly speak- not be destroyed, but amid the ing it appeared that they would confusion and chaos of these last is the nH-ii-i(Josr-j\K certainly be destroyed; but when days that love and faith will grow God's people answer His call the and be strengthened as loyal chil- dotiip,n outcome is not determined "hu- dren of God trust their lives com- manly speaking." As the battle pletely to Him and endeavor to fol- of God. began, God sent a great storm. The low the teachings of His Word. heavy rains turned the soil of the There are many today who, as it area, as it still does, into gumbo were, are presenting themselves mud. The Canaanite chariots were foremost at the fords of Megiddo. unable to maneuver, but the They are prompt at the gate, as lightly armed Hebrew herdsmen one has said. They take their sta- and farmers were barely bothered tions at the critical places and on by it. Then a great flood of water the vital issues. sweeping down from the high hills Theirs are the great jeopardies. surrounding the place of battle en- Their encounter is with the heart gulfed the Canaanites. The He- of darkness. brews were able to withdraw and The storm and flood of Satan's stood on the edges of the hills and wickedness and fury will try to watched the boiling water sweep beat down God's program and de- their enemy away to destruction. stroy the faith of His people. Over The stampeding and maddened the issues of loyalty to God's Word horses tried to get away. " 'Then and His truth, the piers of history loud beat the horses' hoofs with are being driven. God calls upon the galloping, galloping of his each of us to take our stand for steeds" (verse 22, R.S.V.). The them, and place our lives if need scene is one of horror and dreadful be at the foundation of all the confusion. Warriors became vic- ages of glory to come. tims of the raging torrent, stallions May it not be said of our gener- firmly hitched to the mired chariots ation as Ezekiel said of his, "You kicked and screamed until they have not gone up into the breaches, finally disappeared in the swirling or built up a wall for the house of flood. On little knolls in the flooded Israel, that it might stand in battle plain bands of Canaanites gath- in the day of the Lord" (Eze. 13:5, ered, but the Israelites carried R.S.V.). ❑

R&H, MAY 3, 1973 S 100,000

. . . that the message might advance more rapidly. ". . . until the Lord shows us a better MEMBERS way." BY 1975 An interview with H. D. Singleton, secretary of the North American Regional Department

About when did the Adventist What was the Southern Missionary Church begin work among the black Society? population of North America? During the 1890's Ellen White, Slavery had been abolished in through a series of articles, ex- the North by the 1840's, hence there pressed a deep burden for the col- were many Negroes who were free ored people of the South. Her son to choose their religious beliefs. Edson was impressed by these Many heard William Miller and messages. After counseling with those associated with him, and his mother, he built a boat, the some even joined in the preaching Morning Star, and with a group of of the message being proclaimed. dedicated associates in 1895 sailed . . . strong prejudice among the un- As the church developed, a few from Allegan, Michigan, where it converted. accepted its teachings and joined was built, down the Mississippi .. . nothing but a glorious future. congregations here and there in River, docking at Vicksburg, Mis- the Northern States. One, Wil- sissippi. Soon they organized liam E. Foy, received messages themselves as the Southern Mis- from the Lord for His people prior sionary Society. These workers to the call of Ellen Harmon to this held classes and services in the work. The earliest ministry in a chapel of the Morning Star, as well definite way for black people seems as in such other locations as they to have been in Kentucky and Ten- found available. They started a nessee. The first church was organ- number of mission schools and ized in Edgefield Junction, Ten- churches. They also published lit- nessee, 1886. In 1890 the Louisville, erature appropriate for their Kentucky, church was organized; needs. and in 1891 the third church was When was the North American Ne- organized, at Bowling Green, Ken- tucky. The fourth was organized gro Department organized? in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1894. By 1909 there were 900 members

6 R&H, MAY 3, 1973 with a number of black preachers work would be more directly under Region Conference, was organized active in the cause. It was felt at the control of black leaders. This in 1944. Seven conferences have that time that the work for Amer- was at first opposed. Later, strong since been added. ica's large colored minority could requests were made by our leaders be advanced more rapidly if there for greater integration. Finally, Has this resulted in a rapid growth were someone at the General Con- the General Conference decided of our Regional membership? ference level to promote and foster to propose the plan of Regional The 900 members we had in 1909 evangelism, education, and other conferences as the solution. The at the organization of the depart- phases among them. Elder A. G. first of these conferences, the Lake ment has now grown to 80,000. We Daniells, then General Conference president, made a strong speech in favor of this arrangement, and it was voted that the North American Negro Department be established. Learning at the Kitchen Sink In 1942 the name was changed to d0 By RUTH WHEELER 4) Colored Department, and in 1944 %V • N. to Regional Department. The first black man to head this TERRY AND TIM were helping When Tim had finished them, Grand- department was W. H. Green, a law- Grandmother in the garden when Tim mother hurried to the sink. "Dear me, yer, who became a minister upon went into the house to get a drink. See- I almost forgot these three dishes. It accepting the teachings of the ing some nuts in the cupboard, he will just take you a few minutes to fix church. He served from 1918 until took a handful out to the garden to more soapy water and do these. You his death in 1928. Later, Elders munch on. don't mind, do you?" "Grandma, aren't you getting a little G. E. Peters, F. L. Peterson, and "Oh, are you getting hungry?" Grandmother asked. "Is it dinnertime forgetful?" Tim asked slowly. C. E. Moseley headed the depart- already? Maybe I should stop and get "I think you're just playing a trick ment. I have served since 1962. lunch." on us," Terry laughed. "It's only 10:30," Tim answered, Tim saw a twinkle in Grandmother's How did separate black and white "but I saw the nuts and thought I'd eyes. "Are you trying to tell us some- thing?" congregations develop? like to have some." Grandmother said nothing more, "I guess I am. Let's talk about it on The Seventh-day Adventist and they went on planting radish seeds. our walk." Church had its origins in the North, At lunchtime the new peas and po- "Did you like to wash dishes that and for many years worked largely tatoes looked very good. So did the way, Tim?" Grandmother asked when in that area. The North was strongly roast. Tim put a large helping of every- they started down the lane. antislavery in its thinking. As thing on his plate, but he ate only a "Not really. I like to be finished the blacks accepted the faith, they nat- little, for he really wasn't hungry. Not first time." urally were accepted into the even the big red strawberries for des- "I wonder if your stomach doesn't sert appealed to him. feel the same way?" churches along with whites. Sister In the middle of the afternoon Tim "My stomach?" White made it clear that that was as felt hungry, since he had not eaten "Yes. When you ate your breakfast, it should be. However, around the much dinner. He got four cookies and you gave your stomach work to do turn of the century the pattern of a glass of milk from the kitchen and which should take several hours. But segregation had become so ad- went out on the porch to eat them. before it got through, you sent down vanced in the South that it seemed Grandmother said, "is it time to eat some nuts and your stomach had to wise for blacks and whites to have again?" start all over again. Then, of course, separate congregations "until the "I was getting really hungry," Tim you sent down lunch. I don't think your stomach was too happy even Lord shows us a better way" (Tes- said. "My stomach hurts when I'm hungry, but these cookies and milk about lunch, for you didn't seem very timonies, vol. 9, p. 207). Mrs. White will make me feel fine." hungry. But your stomach had to start made it clear that this was not ow- Grandmother fixed some tasty work on that food, when it wasn't ing to inferiority or superiority things for dinner, ending with a piece through with the nuts. Then in the among the races, but rather in or- of cool melon. But the cookies and afternoon you sent down cookies and der that the message might advance milk had made Tim so full he couldn't milk. Your stomach was still working more rapidly. eat much. on that when it was time for dinner. It After dinner Tim and Terry helped never got a chance to finish one job Why were Regional conferences Grandmother clear the table. "We're before it was given another. Giving organized? going to help you with the dishes," your stomach time to rest is very im- The development of Regional Tim said. "I'll wash the dishes if you portant to your health. It is so impor- conferences is an interesting sub- want me to." tant that God even sent messages to us ject. We must remember the situa- "I'll dry them," Terry said. through Mrs. White about eating be- tween meals." tion the church found itself in ow- Tim rinsed the dishes and put them in a pan of soapy water. He soon had "I never knew that," Tim spoke ing to strong prejudice among the all the dishes done. "Shall I empty out slowly. "Did He really?" unconverted element of the world. the water now?" he asked Grand- "Yes. His messenger has told us that Also, where some in the church mother. children should not be allowed to eat may have earlier gone to extremes "Yes, and wash out the sink. Then candies, fruits, nuts, or anything in the in disregarding certain customs, you will be through." line of food between their meals." thus creating tense situations, oth- Just as he was finishing, Grand- "I'll try to be careful and remember ers began to become too cautious. mother came with two more dishes. not to eat between meals," Tim said. It was felt, therefore, by the blacks "I'm sorry, but please fix a little more "If I eat plenty at meals, I won't get hungry between meals." that the development of the Re- soapy water for these." Again Tim was through and rinsing "And when we get hungry, we can gional Department work along all out the sink when Grandmother came take a big drink of water," Terry added. lines was being severely hindered. with two pans. "That's what my teacher says to do. Out of frustration it was proposed "I'm sorry about this, Timmy, but I Then we'll be really hungry when we by the black leadership that con- just emptied these and they should be get to the table. That makes the food ferences be organized so that the washed." taste good."

R&M, MAY 3, 1973 7 have a marvelous spirit of evan- tracted to. Today "black is beauti- Adventure in Bible Study-11 gelism and advancement among ful." I might also state that in recent our membership and among our years a number of tracts and books leadership. written especially for this popula- tion have been published. Tell us a little about Oakwood Col- lege. I note that several actions on hu- Oakwood College in Huntsville, man relations have been taken in Alabama, was founded at the urg- recent years by the General Confer- ing of Sister White that an edu- ence. Do you care to comment on cational institution for blacks be these? started in the South. From a very The church, recognizing the humble beginning it is now an ac- brotherhood of man, has kept in credited college with 800 students, step with the changing climate of located on a beautiful modern the nation. Today this church offi- campus that would be the pride of cially countenances no separation any group. More than 90 per cent because of color in church mem- of the leaders in our Regional De- bership, in institutions, employ- partment work were trained at Oak- ment, and otherwise. This is evi- wood. It is impossible to conceive dent in the General Conference of what our work would be like had headquarters office, where 11 there been no Oakwood or its equiv- blacks, including two officers, are alent. on the elected staff, and more than By LEO R. VAN DOLSON 20 additional nonelected persons I hear that Riverside Hospital in are employed. This is also evident Nashville, Tennessee, is complet- in the union conference offices, ing an expansion program. Is this where seven unions have black true? officers officiating as directors and AFTER OBSERVATION comes in- Yes, Riverside Hospital, another associate directors leading out in terpretation. After analysis comes institution resulting from counsel the departments. Even in the deep synthesis. Previous articles have par- given by the Lord's messenger, is South churches now have black ticularly dealt with techniques of ob- expanding. An addition costing members, some of whom hold servation and analysis. No matter how $3.2 million has recently been com- offices, and many schools accept much analysis we do, it really doesn't pleted. The medical leaders of the black children. accomplish what we're after until we community are encouraged by sit down and try to find for ourselves this expansion. Several medical What is the present strength of the what its total significance might be. specialists are in the process of black work in North America and One effective way of accomplishing negotiating for the construction of what do you see as the future of the Regional Department? this objective is that of attempting to a medical building to house their summarize the entire section you offices near the hospital in order We have more than 80,000 mem- have been studying in just a few well- to use its services. bers in 460-plus churches, served choseh words or sentences of your by more than 400 evangelistic work- own. Doing so will also facilitate your Southern Publishing Association ers. There are 300 church school a being able to share with others what publishes Message magazine as teachers and 200 literature work- you have discovered for yourself. missionary journal to reach blacks. ers. I see nothing but a glorious Do you feel that Message magazine It's all too easy in inductive Bible future as we let God lead. Our ob- study to get so involved with the single gets a broader circulation than an jective is 100,000 members by integrated magazine might obtain? words and phrases of a Bible passage 1975. that we never really understand what Message magazine, as a black- The financial liberality of this the text is trying to tell us. We need edited and largely black-oriented membership is indicated by the to see all of these component parts in magazine, fills a distinct need in fact that in 1971 $10,587,703.23 relationship to the greater whole. the black world. We are living in a tithes were paid in; $1,198,033.92 for Summarizing individual verses in our time of black pride and a strong Sabbath school and other mission own words helps a lot in understand- demand for those things produced offerings; $802,685.48 Ingathering; ing for ourselves just what these by blacks for blacks. A good fisher- and $5,301,399.97 toward local verses mean. But we also need to vis- man uses the bait the fish are at- needs. 0 ualize these verses as part of their larger context and be able to sum- marize these briefly by: 1. Relating verses to the whole para- graph. 2. Relating paragraphs to the whole chapter. 3. Relating chapters to the whole book. 4. Relating books to the whole Bible. Many of the charts used in previous A good articles are designed to help you vis- fisherman uses the Leo R. Van Dolson, former associate bait the professor of the School of Health, Loma fish are Linda University, is now associate attracted to. editor of Ministry.

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Att. P- gdicai Department ualize the greater whole. In inductive The "Inductive Study Chart" accom- questions and observations pertaining study we insist on limiting charts to a panying this article not only is useful to these, as well as final applications. single page for this very reason. By to view the entire Bible section being A sample of this kind of chart is used glancing at a one-page chart you are studied but to enable you to visualize below to graphically portray the first better able to grasp the whole picture the whole scope of your study. It in- psalm. When you have carefully stud- than if the chart were extended over cludes summarizations of verses, ied this example, try this technique several pages. paragraphs, and chapters and also on a short chapter such as Isaiah 35. 0

Psalm 1—The Two Ways

DIV VSS SENTENCE SUMMARY QUESTIONS AND OBSERVATIONS APPLICATION

1 Happiness comes Degrees Righteousness = from not being un- of wickedness of participation True happiness godly, sinful, or scornful. Ungodly walketh Sinners standeth Scornful sitteth Righteousness is here described first in negatives. hteous ig

R Law = whole Torah. Constant By beholding he 2 Instead one con- we become

f t tinually finds his pleasure in reflecting on it =

o pleasure in the delight. Preoccupied with it. changed. revealed will of In this verse righteousness is Need for

Way God. described in positives. continuous

he meditation. T 3 1- 3 Like a good tree Planted - not accidentally Results of the he bears fruit and growing - being carefully godly life are the Lord blesses tended. River = water of life - as certain as his life. Holy Spirit's ministry. good fruit is on 3 blessings = good fruit in a carefully tended season tree. doesn't wither shall prosper

4 Wicked are like the NOT SO = Contrast We must be rooted chaff, transient and Tree held prisoner by its roots and grounded in

worthless. but in reality grows and bears Jesus if we are fruit - Chaff is free but in to bear fruit and lead dly

o reality = slave to environment worthwhile lives. and sin.

Ung TREE = LONG LIFE/CHAFF = he TRANSIENT f t o

Must be a separation - each It is because of Way 5 The ungodly cannot finds his own level. their lack of sta- he stand in the bility and interest T judgment. Sinners = those who miss the 5 that the ungodly

4, mark cannot eternally associate with God and His people.

6a Way of righteous = God KNOWS the natural results In His love He

God knows of our choice far better than seeks to let us

lts know. we can know. It is revealed in

= the verses above. His people

ry prosper eternally. l Resu ma na God tells us clearly Sum 6b Way of ungodly = Separation from all that is Eter 6 shall perish worthwhile eternally. so that we can make the right and intelligent choice.

R&H, MAY 3, 1973 11 selves His children refuse to obey Him. In anger and disgust, I wanted to God Doesn't walk away. But I'm so glad God doesn't walk away. From the moment sin entered and God designed a plan to redeem this race of men, His sus- By MARILYN CAMPBELL Walk Away taining grace has never failed. "God's laws for nature are obeyed by nature. Cloud and storm, sun- shine and shower, dew and rain, all AH-A-A-A-A! Quietly but firmly I oped a strong sense of individual re- are under the supervision of God removed the coat hanger, which he sponsibility. Someone could be killed and yield obedience to His command. was using as a makeshift tommy gun, or crippled without an adult to try . . . Can it be that man, made in the from Denny's hand and replaced it to keep order. I swallowed my of- image of God, endowed with reason on the counter. "Denny, you simply fended pride and went back to the and speech, shall alone be unappre- cannot do that in here," I admon- battle. ciative of His gifts and disobedient ished the protesting little boy. Why, In that noisy "upper room" that to His laws? Will those who might be oh, why had I agreed to watch these day, I seemed to see a world in chaos, elevated and ennobled . be content 30 little monsters? It had seemed where everyone did what was right to remain imperfect in character and like such a good idea at the time. in his own eyes. The insult I experi- to cause confusion in our world?"— Their parents were at a meeting enced diminished in proportion as I Testimonies, vol. 8, p. 327. downstairs, someone had to watch considered the immeasurably greater Some ancient words took on new them, and no one else would volun- insult done to the omnipotent and meaning for me, "If ye love me lif teer. Perhaps now I understood why majestic Creator of heaven and you really do] keep my command- this was so. earth, when those who call them- ments" (John 14:15). ❑ The older girls took the little girls into one corner of the large room and quietly played some Sabbath games. With the boys, however, it was a slightly different story. They didn't like the Sabbath games I sug- gested; they found them to be quite boring and told me so. I told them a continued story between episodes of charades, but my reservoir of stories to tell on a moment's notice was soon exhausted. They seemed particularly fond of stacking the benches, climbing up and jumping off. Running a close second was leaning out the open second-story window and calling to passers-by be- low. I seemed constantly to be hav- ing to pry them loose from the win- dow sill, drag them back in, and close the window. That window was our only ventilation in a very stuffy room. At one point I swatted the ring- By THEODORE CARCICH well in spring assures a glorious sum- leader and ordered all of them to sit mer and a rewarding autumn. on the benches that lined the walls SPRING ANNOUNCES its own ar- Youth is springtime, sowingtime. of the room. The ominous tone of rival. A noticeable shift of the sun's That which is sown will be reaped. But my voice motivated them to ready rays changes shadow patterns. Snow youth, like spring, does not last for- melting in the hills transforms mur- ever. Suddenly there is summer heat obedience, and we enjoyed semiquiet muring brooks into tumbling, swollen and if roots are not deep, the promis- for perhaps thirty seconds. Gradu- waterways. Grass brightens and ing foliage of spring wilts and withers. ally the noise and arrogant dis- spreads, dressing up the barren earth, Early in life all youth face two obedience (one would smile sweetly while crocuses, violets, and sprouting worlds—the temporal and the eternal. at me while committing an overt act young leaflets in garden and woodland And choose they must! of disobedience) increased to a cres- hasten to supply matching accessories. The choice that youth make in their cendo. In desperation I lunged with Simultaneously, migrating birds re- springtime determines their ability to one hand toward my handbag and turn in flocks. Everywhere grosbeaks, withstand the searing heat of disap- with the other toward my son's arm. cardinals, robins, and saucy little pointment and disillusionment that I would abandon them to their fate. wrens busily work at new homes, chat- will afflict all in days to come. The Who did they think they were, any- tering away, accompanied by soft sighs determination to maintain spiritual from a gentle wind. All nature, re- integrity despite the opposition of un- way? I was the adult; I was supposed sembling a vast orchestra, tunes up for consecrated friends will repay the to be the boss. Two steps later I a symphonic recital, swelling to a full youth a thousandfold in times of peril. stopped short. crescendo in midsummer. An abundant harvest in the autumn of I remembered the good ones, the Things and people are young in life follows a wise planting in the cooperative ones. Even many of the springtime. This is the time of begin- spring. children who were misbehaving ning again, best dreams, and visions of Spring does not last long. weren't really bad. They were just great achievements to come. Starting I know. little followers who hadn't yet devel-

12 R&H, MAY 3, 1973 From the Editors

Will the Charismatic Movement Unite the Religious World?-2 spiritualism. . . . Papists, Protestants, and worldlings will alike accept the form of godliness without the power, and How to Distinguish the they will see in this union a grand movement for the conver- sion of the world and the ushering in of the long-expected Spirits millennium."—Ibid., pp. 588, 589. The last-day world sweep of spiritualism will not come The question: Whenever physically observable manifesta- under the unfurled flag of spiritualism. It will come in tions occur that seem supernatural, is this the result of the disguise. Holy Spirit or some other spirit that readers of the Bible Its remarkable train of apparent blessings will seem to be are well acquainted with? How may one know? the long-sought-for answer to church disunity, political First of all, we must be clearly aware of the fact that strife, and personal meaninglessness. It will be heralded, before probation closes there will be a worldwide religious not as a new and suddenly discovered wonder, but as the movement that will closely counterfeit the mighty revival restoration of genuine Christianity. to be experienced among those who "keep the command- Counterfeits don't come labeled as counterfeits—the ments of God, and the faith of Jesus" (Rev. 14:12). last-day counterfeit will come down the track of established Some of the characteristics of this counterfeit movement Christianity, from the pulpits of unquestioned orthodoxy, are: "an emotional excitement, a mingling of the true with framed in words that all Christians are tuned to. Conse- the false, that is well adapted to mislead;" "appeals to the quently, if a group, organization, or church teaches that man imagination, by exciting the emotions, by gratifying the goes immediately to heaven or hell when he dies—that love for what is new and startling" (The Great Controversy, group is spurious and counterfeit, no matter how warm their pp. 464, 463). fellowship or dazzling their evidences of supernatural One of the surest ways by which we may know whether a interventions. charismatic movement is genuine or not is to begin with "Only those who have been diligent students of the Scrip- basic Biblical doctrine and not with physical manifestations tures and who have received the love of the truth will be that tend to dazzle the mind and move the emotions. shielded from the powerful delusion that takes the world Any last-day group, religious or not, that is in disagree- captive. By the Bible testimony these will detect the de- ment with the Biblical teaching regarding the state of the ceiver in his disguise. To all the testing time will come. . . . dead, for example, will not be honored by God with the gifts Are the people of God now so firmly established upon His word of the Holy Spirit. God will not be a party to confusion. God that they would not yield to the evidence of their senses? will not warn about a subtle evil on one hand and publicly Would they, in such a crisis, cling to the Bible and the Bible vindicate it on the other. only?"—Ibid., p. 625. (Italics supplied.) The doctrine of the nature of man and his state after death The Christian's task today is to read his Bible with care, to is a litmus-paper test of genuineness when all that appears become thoroughly familiar with the characteristics of the to the eye and ear seems wonderful, desirable, and worthy worldwide counterfeit that will attempt to blunt the impact of praise. Spiritualism need not be confined within the dark- of God's genuine last-day call, and to live that kind of life ened séance or to the ouija board; neither is spiritualism that will be more powerful than any charismatic gift. limited to those who claim to be spiritualists. The forces of H. E. D. spiritualism can sweep like angels of light over well-inten- To be continued tioned men and women as they gather for prayer breakfasts, invoking the presence of Jesus and claiming with ardor the blessings of the Holy Spirit. Spiritualism, that religious umbrella covering pagan voodoos as well as sophisticated Did Jesus Manifest Anger? and devoted Christians, opens the door to undeniable, supernatural manifestations that in no way come from the Is there ever an excuse for the Christian to show anger? God of heaven. Can he, under certain circumstances, manifest temper and "Through spiritualism, Satan appears as a benefactor of not sin, but rather be justified in so doing? the race, healing the diseases of the people, and professing A number of times recently we have had occasion to dis- to present a new and more exalted system of religious faith; cuss with various people, in discussion groups and under but at the same time he works as a destroyer."—Ibid., p. 589. other circumstances, the subject of how a Christian over- comes weaknesses to which the flesh is heir. During these Spiritualism Will Be the Bond discussions questions were raised regarding the absolute Spiritualism (all those who believe that man has an im- necessity of the Christian being cleansed of such failings as mortal soul that goes to heaven or hell at death) will be the impurity of mind, jealousy, envy, hatred, and bad temper. bond that will finally unite the great spiritual forces of Some contended that the Christian may be excused for earth—Catholics, Protestants, humanists, and the great showing some temper "because Jesus, who is our Example, masses within the Eastern religions. "As spiritualism more showed anger." closely imitates the nominal Christianity of the day, it has We find in the Gospels only one reference to Jesus showing greater power to deceive and ensnare. Satan himself is anger during His earthly ministry. It is given in connection converted, after the modern order of things. He will appear with the healing in the synagogue at Capernaum of a man in the character of an angel of light. Through the agency of with a withered arm (Mark 3:5). We note that He is not spiritualism, miracles will be wrought, the sick will be recorded as having shown anger on the two occasions when healed, and many undeniable wonders will be performed. He cleansed the Temple (first cleansing, John 2:13-17; second And as the spirits will profess faith in the Bible, and mani- cleansing, Matt. 21:12-16; Mark 11:15-18; Luke 19:45, 46). fest respect for the institutions of the church, their work In Mark 3:5 we read, "And when he had looked round on will be accepted as a manifestation of divine power.... them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their "Satan determines to unite them in one body and thus hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And strengthen his cause by sweeping all into the ranks of he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole. . . ."

R&H, MAY 3, 1973 13 What occasioned the look of anger? An examination of "It is true there is an indignation that is justifiable, even the previous verses reveals that it was the inhumane attitude in the followers of Christ. When they see that God is dis- of the onlooking Pharisees toward relieving human suffering honored, and His service brought into disrepute, when they on the Sabbath. To the Pharisees any act not, in their view, see the innocent oppressed, a righteous indignation stirs absolutely necessary on the Sabbath was a violation of the the soul. Such anger, born of sensitive morals, is not a sin. day. The case of the man in question they regarded as not be- But those who at any supposed provocation feel at liberty ing urgent. He would not die if the healing were postponed to indulge anger or resentment are opening the heart to one day. Satan. Bitterness and animosity must be banished from the In Matthew's record of the incident (Matt. 12:9-13), we read soul if we would be in harmony with heaven."—The Desire of that Jesus reproved their attitude by asking, "What man Ages, p. 310. shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on Peace, if Possible it, and lift it out? How much then is a man better than a In discussions of the Christian and anger, Paul's words in sheep?" (verses 11, 12). By asking this question, Jesus Romans 12:18 are sometimes referred to: "If it be possible, showed His enemies that they were degrading man below as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men." It the level of the brute. They placed property value above has been suggested that this gives the Christian leeway to human value. show anger on some occasions. But the apostle does not mean, Be at peace if the other person is not insufferable, or Pity for the Pharisees if he does not cross you, or if you can contain your temper. The words, "being grieved for the hardness of their His words do not give license for unchristian words or con- hearts," tells us much regarding Jesus' anger. The Greek duct under any circumstance. We believe it means: Live at term translated grieved, means a deep compassion, a great peace with all men if you can do so without sacrificing sadness. It suggests a profound pity at the Pharisees' con- principle. Because of your Christianity men may not live at dition of spiritual and moral blindness. It denotes an ab- peace with you, but you must have an attitude of peace to- sence of the resentment, antagonism, rage, or bitterness that ward them. accompanies what we think of as anger. One other text requires our examination: Ephesians 4:26: Although, as we have observed, the Biblical record does "Be ye angry, and sin not." Of these words the SDA Bible not refer to Jesus' feelings during the two occasions on Commentary says, "The simplest solution [to an understand- which He cleansed the Temple, they are described in The ing of this command] seems to be to regard the anger here Desire of Ages. Of the first cleansing we read, "As He beholds spoken of as righteous indignation. A Christian who is not the scene, indignation, authority, and power are expressed aroused to the point of indignation by manifest wrongs and in His countenance." Of the second cleansing we read that injustices may be insensitive to some things that ought to "the indignation of Jesus was stirred."—Pages 15'7, 590. concern him. Righteous indignation has a most important (Italics supplied.) function in stimulating men in the battle against evil."—On What is indignation? Webster defines it as "the feeling Eph. 4:26. excited by that which is unworthy, base, or disgraceful; In her discussion of Moses' breaking the tables of the Ten righteous anger"; "anger aroused by something unjust, Commandments on the occasion of the Israelites' worshiping unworthy, or mean." of the golden calf, Ellen White says, "It is a righteous indig- We read that "Jesus did not suppress one word of truth, nation against sin, which springs from zeal for the glory of but He uttered it always in love. He exercised the greatest God, not that anger prompted by self-love or wounded tact, and thoughtful, kind attention, in His intercourse ambition which is referred to in the scripture, 'Be ye angry with people. He was never rude, never needlessly spoke and sin not.' Such was the anger of Moses."—Testimonies to a severe word, never gave needless pain to a sensitive soul. Ministers, p. 101. He did not censure human weakness. He spoke the truth, Next week we shall discuss the implications of these but always in love. He denounced hypocrisy, unbelief, and thoughts with respect to the Christian. iniquity; but tears were in His voice as He uttered His T. A. D. scathing rebukes."—Steps to Christ, p. 12. To be continued

cepting a good suggestion from Latifa My heart is saddened when I see so many Letters Jabbour in "Include the Children" [March of God's people living in expensive homes, Continued from page 3 15] and doing something constructive about driving costly cars, and making plans for it, you put a disclaimer right in front of it! their families that project far into the Certainly some priorities must be mixed up future. tals, and having been acquainted with Dr. in your own personal life and thinking. How can a Christian conscientiously ac- Larsson since her medical school days, I GEORGE BARTELS cumulate large sums of money when there strenuously object to the listing of her name Washington, D.C. are calls at home and abroad that cannot at the end of this splendid and timely article be filled because of lack of funds? The time (while all other articles give the name of the is fast approaching when our dollars will ► The explanatory statement at the begin- author under the title). Also, omitting the ning of Dr. Larsson's and Mrs. Jabbour's be worthless. facts that she is one of the best known articles appears (and has, for years) with all "We ought now to be heeding the injunc- obstetricians and gynecologists not only in articles in the Speaking Out section of the tion of our Saviour: 'Sell that ye have, and this country but internationally, that she REVIEW. The name at the end is standard for give alms; provide yourselves bags which was chief of the obstetrics and gynecology the Speaking Out and Response From Read- wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that staff at the Los Angeles County Hospital ers features. It also is standard for most faileth not.' (now known as the USC-County Medical stories in our news section. No denigration of "If you would do good with your means, Center), and also professor of obstetrics and a distinguished physician or candid layman do it at once lest Satan get it in his hands gynecology at the Loma Linda University, was intended or implied. and thus hinder the work of God.... now professor emeritus. "Dying charity is a poor substitute for ESTHER F. MOLLER living benevolence."—Testimonies, vol. 5, South Pasadena, California Dying Charity pp. 152-155. Re "Doing God's Will by Making a Will" GEORGIA BIANCO It is a crying shame that instead of ac- [March 8]: Blythewood, South Carolina

14 R&H, MAY 3, 1973 Family Living I Believe in Miracles Yet—I don't really care. Tired— tired of trying. -a soliloquy * * * The Sabbath is coming on, and inside me is an ugly, churning mass of thoughts. Rebellion undergirds the seething structure. * * * Break up communication—a nice subtle way of showing him the con- No sense in having worship—a sequences of making a mistake. farce—want to cry. Why? Perhaps We'll never be as close as before— he'll apologize soon. He isn't calling only absolutely necessary commu- for worship. I suppose he recognizes By RAVE MACK nication. He'll wish he had not been it's no sense to worship when I'm so drastic in his response to the little angry at him. Stop that crying. Tired APOLOGIZE! ME? No sireeee! bit of wrong I'd done him. What's —no sense in trying. Sure, I was wrong to do as I did . . . "wrong," anyway? I'd never have O.K., so I did start it, but if he claims done that to him if he had acted Help, dear Father, give me what I to be such a great Christian, then he more pleasingly in the first place. need—whatever it is—before I get had every right to stand there and I mean, more Christianly. Don't any worse. NO, no, no. I tell you, I take it. But, oh no! Mr. "Christian" tell me I'm being childish. I am not. won't apologize. I guess I won't go to reacts in a most un-Christian manner He has got to learn just how far he church tomorrow. I'd be a hypocrite —in fact, outrageously so—quite out can go with me. I've loved him more —why waste the time? But I've got to of proportion to what I did to him. than enough—and still he is not teach the juniors. Can't picture that He should be sorry—not me. acting the way I want him to. I've one! The junior leader, on the way to . . . "Forgive us our debts as we had enough. hell, telling the children the way to forgive our debtors." So trite— * * * heaven! No, I won't go tomorrow— forgive so we can get into heaven. Can you imagine that! Listen to and not again until I'm sincere. Sin- I'm lost, anyway. My reaction to his him, now! Singing hymns and praying cere? But I am sincere. As far as I reaction was, to say the least, an when he hasn't even apologized for know I've done nothing that is wrong exhibition of utter childishness, if maltreating his fellow human being? —no church tomorrow . . . not devilishness. Yes, I've got the Can't go on like this. I need some- devil in me—must have for me to act He must be a hypocrite! * * thing—please give me what I need— so wildly and violently. Friend of the God? Make me sorry. I'm not. Why devil? That does not scare, or even Maybe if I left him altogether, he'd don't You do something about me? bother me. Don't really care. Always be truly sorry. Just walk out of his You've got to give me "sorriness" if had a temper, the "throw-hit-and- life—separation—about the only I'm going to do as You say. Listen, hurt" kind, but for a while God had solution left. No, I'm not feeling I cannot, I just cannot go back—not taken it away—or maybe subdued sorry for myself—but frustration? on my own steam—and apologize and it? Or maybe I never was truly Yes. Unhappiness? Well, yes. Life mean it. I can't. You know it, and I'm converted! Who cares—I don't. Now seems so meaningless now that I've just beginning to recognize it. I don't that temper is back, and its worse. decided to give up heaven. No sense have it in me—there's nothing there What happened to me anyway? I setting my sights on it unless I say, but anger and solid dislike and ven- really do want to do what is right— "Sorry." And I'm not going to. I don't geance and self-pity. You keep say- I guess—but then that is no way for even feel sorry. ing I need to apologize. Apologize my husband to treat me! So here I come, world. Open your about what! He is the one who needs I'll teach him! Show him—he can't cold, unfriendly arms and let me into to repent. Didn't You see what he treat me like that. After all, I'm old your rat-race. did to me? How can I feel sorry when enough to deserve some respect—at Don't let me go, God! Remember? he is the one who needs my forgive- least the respect due to a chosen life Before this affair, I asked you to ness? I don't even want to forgive companion. That frustrating, con- chain me to You, if necessary— him. I just cannot bring myself to do ceited t anything to keep me from leaving it—impossibility on my part. Please, Got to hurt him. Call it revenge, if You? Well, I'm going now. Aren't God, give me what I need—I'm ask- you like. I call it "educating" him. You going to stop me? ing through Jesus—give me what I

R&H, MAY 3, 1973 15 need. Give it to me—please give-it-to- forgive; not because you forgive. and confesses nothing on his part. I me! desperation . . . Really? Hadn't thought of it like that. couldn't bear that. In my heart I'd * * You mean that my forgiveness is still be angry at him. What's the use You mean I am actually going to already there, waiting for me? Why? of even apologizing if you don't feel say, "I'm sorry"? And I want to? I But what if I lower myself and say, sorrow inside? I'd only be doing it to guess that is the only way back, and "Sorry," and he does not even apolo- get God's forgiveness—and who am I if I want God to forgive me, I must gize for his part? Suppose he just fooling? Not Him. forgive him. You are forgiven as you boldly accepts my apology as his due Still, I want to apologize now— feeling or no feeling. What was that? What am I specifically sorry for? Strange—I don't know. Please tell City hopping is great if you're a me, God. What did I do? history buff or have read enough to appreciate the special beauty and Point one. Oh, yes. I was wrong interest spots—and have energy to there. FOR spare. If, though, it turns into visiting Point two. I guess I really had no one tourist trap after another (and right to do that in the first place. there are plenty of these!), it becomes WOMEN only a bargain-hunting tour of hag- Point three. You mean there's gling over prices, tramping through more? That is where it all started? By BETTY HOLBROOK curio shops with a world-over same- It was all initially my fault? And it's ness, and carefully carrying home a not any of my business how un- few "collectors' items" that you Christianly he acts? Is that really, discover later at a local department really what I did? How could I! How Trip Wise? store for a dollar or two more. It's people, sites, and scenery that mean! How self-centered! Oh, how "IT'S ON THE HOUSE," she make travel worth while, especially could I have done that to him—my beamed. "Our specialty." in the less traveled places. This is poor husband. We were hungry—the four of us— especially true in a foreign country. O.K. So I'm going to say I'm sorry in spite of the fact that we had just You may even get to use some of eaten dinner. The menu had offered those well-memorized phrases and about—let's see, what were they little we could eat, and at that the words (thank you, please, you're again? Points one, two, three—how servings seemed no more than bite- welcome, and excuse me) of another could I have been so blind? But I size. So the coffee-house bakeshop, language. (Incidentally, when phrase still can't do it. Give me the courage, tiny but spotless, looked good. books fail, we discovered that having please give me some courage to face We were foreigners and strangers, someone along who doesn't mind him with such a horrible list. All but not for long, as we ran the gamut doing some pleasant pantomiming can right! So I'll do it. I am going to do it! of the usual conversation—the be a blessing, a lifesaver, and an ice- Oh, great! There is only one small weather (it was murky and cold), the breaker. Someone said, "Conversa- problem left. Yes, yes, my mind is ruggedly beautiful coastline, the tion is the slowest form of human friendly people. It turned into a little communication." We agree.) made up, but I still don't feel too social gathering as others came in, and A real high point can be sharing our good inside. Don't know how to ex- that was what prompted the plateful faith in both planned and unexpected plain it to You, but I suppose it's of free cookies and fresh mugs of hot moments. We each do it in our own just some battered feelings. It's as chocolate. way, but whether it's admiring nature, if they're sort of sore and glum, God, Such a little thing, and yet when- sharing recipes in a trailer camp, or after being treated like that. They're ever we reminisce about "that trip" visiting on a plane or bus, there is kind of, well, low. I know feelings we always remember the warmth of someone waiting for and needing aren't everything, but it certainly that little bakeshop on a gloomy, our help. would help right now. I don't really unpromising day. Incidents such as She was traveling alone by plane, want to appear reluctant or gloomy these make travel memorable and feeling luxuriously pampered to have satisfying. three seats to herself. In mid-trip, the at having to apologize. I'd like to Though we dutifully say, "We had stewardess asked whether she minded communicate some kind of true de- a wonderful time," not all trips if someone joined her there. Sur- sire for reconciliation. Please, could measure up. Sometimes it's because prised and almost apprehensive, she I feel right inside? It would help. of factors we can't control, but more said it would be fine. And so they "Click." Like a switch flipped on often we simply don't plan realis- came—a past-middle-age couple. The deep in my mind—a familiar song: tically. Half the fun of a travel vaca- wife sat rigid, fingers pressed white "Give me oil in my lamp, keep me tion is planning for it—the other half against the arm rest. is in telling about it later, but unless "Aren't you afraid?" she finally burning." A song the juniors sing in we stop and consider our real needs asked. Sabbath school—just an ordinary at that particular time, we won't have "No," answered our traveler, and song with lively movement. I'm sing- any fun doing either planning or tell- then followed a lively conversation ing! Deep down in my mind—my ing. about faith, life, death, and heaven. heart—I'm singing! I'm happy! Sometimes we would do better As the plane began to make its With a firm resolution, I search out pitching a tent or parking a trailer in landing pattern the newcomer turned: some secluded place where we can "Thank you," she said simply. "You've my wounded husband and apologize hear the roll of gentle waves, watch been a real help. You're a minister's with a spirit that is not mine—a the sunset paint a smogless sky, hike wife, aren't you?" spirit that belongs to my Lord and the cool wooded trails, and do some "Yes. I am a Seventh-day Advent- my Saviour, my Friend, Jesus Christ. meditative study. But whether we ist." It took a miracle. And now I under- opt for such a trip or something more "I knew it the moment I saw you, stand a little more that the right- demanding, we'll want to know where and I had to talk with you." eousness of my Saviour is for real. It we are going, how long it takes to get These also make memories, but is covering the multitude of defects there, how long we can stay, and what hopefully more than that. This is still —sins—I do not as yet see. And, there is to see and do. There are all Cod's world, it's still full of His chil- kinds of sources to help in this, dren. Why not make this year's vaca- wonder of wonders, it takes the including National Geographics and tion a time to enjoy learning more place of the sins He points out to me. area travel bureaus and brochures. about both? "Oh, Love that wilt not let me go" I ❑

16 R&H, MAY 3, 1973 Ronald's activities include dental work on board the Luzeiro IV. COME QUICKLY!

By JEANINE PURDEY WEARNER mas, our Brazilian boatboy; and people return to their little canoes myself. Ron serves as pastor, doctor, on the banks and head home. NIGHT HAD FALLEN in the Ama- dentist, captain, musician, mechanic, It was suppertime Saturday night zon jungle and with the night came carpenter, electrician, translator, and we were planning to move on the mosquitoes and swarms of in- and anything else that happens to be the next morning. We have to keep sects that hovered around the lights. needed. His formal training was for moving to care for our 15 groups As we sat at our mid-deck table on the ministry and in addition he had a and churches. Ron was tired after a the Luzeiro IV fighting to keep these year of public health training at busy Sabbath. There had been the intruders out of our food, a young Loma Linda University. I am a regis- Sabbath school and church service, boy walked up to the table. Looking tered nurse but am not working in then the afternoon was filled with down to the floor, almost too bashful the clinic now. I am finding myself nominating the officers for the new to speak, he quietly and quickly said, thoroughly occupied with household year. "Pastor, my father would like you to chores and with chasing an active The kitchen table is in an open come to our home and see my sister." toddler around the boat, for I do not area in the middle of the launch. The "What is the matter with your sis- choose to hand his care over to an- area was crowded with people com- ter?" my husband asked. other. I also act as Ron's consultant. ing and going. While some wanted "She hasn't felt good since you When we have a difficult case we go lesson quarterlies and literature, pulled her tooth the day before yes- to the books and to God for help. others wanted medicines. A group terday," responded the boy. Many times we have wished we had of people came in a canoe, "We just "But what is the problem? Has she a doctor around who could help us. heard you were here. We live clear had a lot of bleeding?" We were at Curupira, on one of the over in the lake and that's why we "No, senhor." many rivers in the Amazon Valley. arrived at an hour like this. Won't "What is the matter, then?" It is a beautiful little clear-water you help us?" One wanted a tooth "She has had trouble breathing." river. There is a green-and-white pulled and another wanted medicine "Trouble breathing! Then your wooden church with a red tile roof for diarrhea. How did Jesus manage dad wants me to come ja ja up high on the bank. On the front of never to turn a sick person away? I ["quickly"]." it are the words Templo Adventista. looked over at Ron. He looked so The Luzeiro IV is a medical-mis- We had been at this particular tired. "I can't help you right now be- sionary launch on the Amazon River. church for three days. Ron held cause I have a meeting scheduled The boat serves as our home and clinic from dawn till dark every day. in a few minutes. If you will wait un- work quarters. It is a heavy, wood- Each night he conducted a meeting. til after the meeting I will help you." hulled boat, 60 feet long with a 14- Customarily at meetings of this na- This satisfied them and they went foot beam. We live on the upper ture he begins with singing, using up to the church. Once again Ron deck. Below is the clinic, with a full his accordion for accompaniment. returned to the supper table. dental unit in the front and the mo- Then he shows movies, which occa- It was late and Kenny had already tor room behind. There are four in sionally include shots of the local eaten, but when he saw popcorn go our family, Ronald, my husband; people taken on former trips. That on the table he crawled up onto the Kenny, our 11/2-year-old son; De- always thrills them. He also shows bench beside his daddy. We had not selected Castle movies, which open gotten far in our meal when this lit- Jeanine Purdey Wearner and her hus- up a new world to these isolated tle boy came for help. Oh, what to band, Ronald, are medical mission- folk. For his Bible studies he uses do! Our minds went in a whirl. The aries on board the Luzeiro IV in the slides and a blackboard to illustrate. outboard motor was not functioning. Amazon River. After more songs and prayer the It would take about 20 minutes to

R&H, MAY 3, 1973 17 get to their house paddling in a into the water and the canoe scooted out by jungle above us. I looked up canoe. Meeting time was about half along at a good speed. I could not at the branches close overhead and an hour away. Ron looked at me and help marveling at his tremendous remembered a picture of a large I knew what he was thinking. I was strength. It seemed to me that he anaconda snake hanging down from groping for an answer. "Would you would get tired from rowing like a limb over the water. Flashing that go, Jeanie?" Usually we took care of that after a while. My tight nerves mental picture off, I immediately things like this together. I hated to began to relax. The air was refresh- reasoned with myself: "Raimundo face something like this by myself. ing. It was quiet. It was a relief to does not seem concerned. The family "I'll go if Demas can stay with get away from the crowded confu- we are about to visit rowed through Kenny," came the only reasonable sion on the launch. The trees on the this channel many nights coming to answer. Demas usually ran the pro- banks were silhouetted between the Ron's meetings. Besides, I am doing jector for Ron at his evening meet- water and sky. And, oh, the sky—an the Lord's work and He will care for ings. astronomer's paradise! The stars me." "Yes, he can stay," Ron offered. were so thick they looked like a It was dark and the bends went blanket of white. I looked for my fa- back and forth. I found I could be of Dependence on God vorite cluster—Orion. There were some help by shining my flashlight Supper was forgotten. Ron ran to several groups of three stars. I gave on the stream. After a tight curve the nearest little palm-leaf house to up hunting and looked at galaxies around a bush Raimundo stopped get a responsible person to take me. instead. One seemed to merge into paddling and turned around to see I swept Kenny up in my arms. He got another. whether it had brushed against me. a quick cleanup, then I put him to About that time the rhythmic plop Soon the little waterway opened bed. "No picture books and songs plop of the paddle changed and we up into a large lake. I switched off tonight, my little love. You can't turned into a narrow stream. "Have the flashlight. Across the lake I could leave someone that is not breathing you ever been to the Soarez' home?" see a light flickering from a typical well for long." Dizzy from all the my guide asked. little thatched house. I could tell thoughts running through my head, "No, I have no idea where it is," that was where we were heading. As I turned around and knelt beside the I admitted. we drew nearer, a man with a kero- bed and poured out my burden to the "Pastor Ronald knows. During high sene light came down the path to the Lord. "Please, Lord, don't let this waters we can take this short cut," shore. little girl die. This family just lost a Raimundo said. Raimundo tied up the canoe with a baby a while back. Help me to know Yes, Ron knew this home and little string to a stick in the water. what to do." We have seen some die family well. They had left the church "Would you take the box please?" I and some live. I knew my prayer some ten years before. Ron visited asked. "I need quatro pes [to crawl could not end there. "Thy will be them every time we came to this on all fours]." I crawled out onto done. Please give me the strength group, and studied with them. What some boards that were over the to stand up under whatever may a thrill it was when they enthusiasti- water for washing clothes. From come." As I left the tiny bedroom cally joined the church again. there I jumped to land. We climbed Kenny whimpered. He sounded We were really taking a short cut. up the path toward the house. I no- tired, so I felt sure it would not be We were literally weaving our way ticed how neat the yard was, par- long until he would go to sleep even through jungle. The sky was blotted ticularly noticing the beautiful red though it was a little before his regu- hibiscus. A dog growled from under lar bedtime. a bush. I knew I did not need to fear I ran downstairs to the clinic to him. All you have to do is say passa gather my supplies. First I needed and stomp your foot and these dogs something to put things in. I emptied run with their tail between their a small box and filled it with a steth- legs. oscope, blood-pressure cuff, ther- We climbed up the ladder into mometer, medicines, alcohol, and the house. I said, "Com licensa ["with cotton. I pulled a faithful book off your permission"]," as I entered the the shelf and refreshed my memory door. concerning the medicines. All I "Pots nao ["Please come in"]," lacked now was syringes and I could came a feminine voice. I looked up not find them. and saw an older woman. She was I ran up the stairs with my box. the grandmother. There was Ron. "Here is the flash- The room we entered was the light. I put new batteries in it. One kitchen, but up another two steps we of Brother Andrade's boys will take entered the family bedroom. There you," he said. were about four hammocks hanging "Where are the sterile syringes?" Communion in the room at the time. In the first I asked. By JEAN PAYNE CANDLER hammock was Dona Elsa, the wife "I'll get them for you," he volun- and mother. I stopped a moment to teered. You must look up greet her and admire the 12-day-old I went downstairs with Ron to get to drain the cup to the last drop. baby girl in her arms. "But where is the syringes. And then I was ready His scarred hand the girl that cannot breathe well?" I to go. The little canoe came toward will steady yours. asked anxiously. The next hammock the launch. I carefully crawled into was pointed out to me. Instantly I it. "I hope things turn out O.K.," I Bitter or sweet, felt relieved. No cyanosis or other told Ron. drink deep and meet signs of difficult breathing were "She just had baby teeth pulled. I His glance of love. apparent. At least she was not on the can't figure out what could be the Look up! Look up! brink of death. I sighed a "Thank problem," was his encouraging reply. And take the cup. You, God." Raimundo dug the paddle deep I went to my little box that Rai-

18 R8,1-1, MAY 3, 1973 mundo had put on the bench. Several "I don't feel too well. I have uma bath school leader read a chapter huge cockroaches ran in front of grande dor ["severe pain"] going out of the Bible for lesson study. me. Getting the stethoscope I lis- through my chest to my back." There is no post office around for tened to my little patient's breath- "And she doesn't have very much miles so it is hard to get lesson quar- ing and heart. Both sounded normal. milk for her baby," grandmother terlies. "But things are going to be As I listened to her heart my added. better," I added. "A new leader was mind went back to a girl who had After asking more about the pain voted today." come to us in clinic. I could really in her chest, I made a mental note Everybody wanted to know who tell the difference. That girl whose of some medicines I would leave. the new leader was but I didn't have heart I had listened to, a few days Then I asked more questions, trying that information. Then I added, ago had something definitely wrong. to figure out why she did not have "Also there is a great lack of materi- It was sad to think that she would enough milk for her baby. She had als. I have left some this trip and I'll probably never get the proper care. had seven children and had never try to get more. I am also leaving a Trouble Breathing had any trouble producing enough list of all the lesson texts and mem- milk for them as far as she could ory verse texts for the whole year. My patient was a bashful little girl remember. I asked her whether she So if you cannot get a lesson quar- ten years of age. She had large dark was getting outdoors at all. It is a terly or if it arrives late you can get eyes and long wavy hair. I took her cultural pattern for women here to the texts to study from the Sabbath temperature and found it normal stay in a dark room for 40 days after school leader the week before." Then also. Looking in her mouth, I could the birth of their baby and eat I went on with my little sales talk see where the baby tooth had been chicken every day. Her husband about the importance of systematic pulled. It looked O.K. and her tonsils assured me she was getting up and study of the lesson and how after were not swollen. "Was she having doing a little work. I asked her three years the children practically some difficulty breathing?" I asked. whether she was taking the vitamins know the Bible from beginning to "Yes, she said she was having a I had given her on our last visit. end. hard time breathing," answered her "No, I thought it would fazer mal "Yes, we do want our children to father. "She was O.K. until she had ["be harmful"]," was her reply. learn the Bible," said Senhor Fran- her tooth pulled then she became I tried to explain that it was a food cisco. "For ten years we were out very weak." supplement and would be very good of the church and our children were I looked down into the little girl's for her and her baby. not learning the message given us in dark eyes. "What is the problem? "This girl is going to be mine," the Bible." Do you have any pain?" said grandmother, putting her arm Being a missionary, home or "Tell her your problem, Maria," on Maria's shoulder. "They are giv- abroad, is working with people. It is prompted the grandmother. "You ing her to me." loving them and feeling with them. wanted someone to come to see you "Yes," said her father. "We are It is always wishing you could do very badly. Now speak up." letting Maria be her little girl until more. And it definitely includes a "My tummy hurts," came the quiet she leaves this earth then we want complete dependence upon God. voice. Maria back so she will not be left Sometimes you see so much misery homeless." you plead to the Lord as that little "That is probably worms," offered ❑ the grandmother. "Your husband "Does she want to go?" I asked, boy did with us, "Come quickly." gave me worm medicine for her but wondering whether they had con- I have not given it to her yet. I sidered the little girl's wishes. An thought I would wait until she felt arrangement like this usually in- better. I told him she was six years volves working as a maid. old so I probably do not have the "Oh, yes," said her father. "All the right dosage. Now I find out she is children would leave if I just opened ten." the doors." "I can leave some more for you I have seen children traded around when I get back to the launch. What many times here. It seemed to me has she eaten lately?" I asked. that maybe this had something to "Nothing since she had her tooth do with the complaints I was hearing pulled," came her father's reply. that night. "Well, don't you suppose that is the With the health problems taken reason she feels a bit weak?" care of, our conversation went on to "Is it O.K. if I give her some warm other subjects. I felt good inside be- milk?" asked the grandmother. cause I felt I was getting to know I looked at Maria and asked, this family. Being a busy mother and "Would you like some milk?" I knew housewife, I often miss this oppor- this was a special treat she probably tunity. did not get very often. "The children told us about Sab- "Yes," came the enthusiastic reply. bath school today. They really en- "I think it would be very good to joyed it," said Senhor Francisco, the give her some milk. She needs to father. begin eating." "Yes," added Senhora Elsa, "they Feeling that my little patient was came home and sang some of the taken care of, I turned to Dona Elsa, songs you taught them. So often Sab- the mother, again. "How are you bath school is so boring to them they feeling, senhora?" wander around and do not pay any "Yes, now is your chance to get attention to what is being pre- taken care of. You were wanting to sented." Ronald, Jeanine, and Baby Kenny lived on go to the launch for a consulta," said "Yes, I know there is a problem," Luzeiro III, shown here, until it was sold. grandmother. I said, remembering how the Sab- Luzeiro IV is a better-equipped clinic/home.

R&H, MAY 3, 1973 19 Newsfront

Spiritual Tone Marks LLU Postgraduate Convention

By WILLIAM LOVELESS

THE ANNUAL Alumni Postgraduate small-group Bible study and then spoke, Convention of Loma Linda University's Sunday through Tuesday, to more than 600 School of Medicine, held this year for the physicians, spouses, faculty, and staff of the first time in its entirety at Loma Linda, was medical center. The originally announced marked by a strong spiritual atmosphere. site for the meetings was so inadequate that The meetings, the major part of which they were moved to the church sanctuary had, in other years, been held in Los Angeles, to accommodate the audience. Presenting convened from February 23 to March 1. the challenge of the world work to be done The event traditionally includes class in anticipation of the soon-coming Christ, reunions, presentation of a cash gift to the Elder Pierson led the alumni in an act of school from the class celebrating its twenty- dedication to the unfinished work confront- fifth anniversary (this year the class of 1948 ing the church. Observing and participating contributed $83,000 to the School of Medi- in the response of the church's medical pro- General Conference President Robert H. cine), recognition of outstanding alumni, a fessionals to this appeal was a faith-expand- Pierson, who was the main speaker during roster of scientific/medical meetings, and an ing experience. The ministry of the denomi- Loma Linda's postgraduate convention, extended exhibit of medically related dis- nation's president was an aspect of the chats with some youthful patients in the plays. convention that received repeated words of pediatric unit of the LW Medical Center. But augmenting the traditional was an deep appreciation. added ingredient, a focus on personal re- In addition to the early meetings, the ligion and current religious trends. Keynote Alumni Postgraduate planning committee, areas, it has been a real feast" (a physician's speaker was Robert H. Pierson, president under the direction of Dr. Harvey Elder, wife from Idaho). of the General Conference, who arrived on scheduled religious refresher courses for "If the women's meetings offer conflict campus for the opening meeting Friday the physicians and their wives, conducted with the meetings in religion, I'll opt for the evening and addressed two capacity audi- concurrently with the scientific/medical latter" (a physician's wife from Oregon). ences at Loma Linda University church presentations. In assessing the interest in "I'm tape-recording those meetings in re- Sabbath morning. these presentations, it was noted that at- ligion that my husband can't attend" (a Cali- In the relaxed spirit typical of a conven- tendance at the religious courses averaged fornia physician's wife). tion, more than 160 physicians and their 200, well over the average maintained in the There is no doubt that at Loma Linda reli- wives met daily at 6:30 A.M. for the first of other courses. gion and science met during the Alumni several religion meetings of the day. Faculty for the courses included Drs. Postgraduate Convention. The facilities and The injunction to study a Bible passage Mervyn Maxwell and Wilber Alexander from staff of the University church cooperated until its meaning and application are clear the Theological Seminary at Andrews Uni- with the alumni committee to make a unique and related to one's life was pursued in versity; and Dr. Delmer Holbrook, president contribution. Plans are under way to estab- groups of four or five. Group leaders came of Home Study Institute, Washington, D.C., lish this kind of emphasis as a tradition of from the staff of Loma Linda University and director of the Academy of Adventist the APC Weekend on the campus of our church and of the Loma Linda Medical Ministers. medical school. ❑ Center. A time for questions and discussion con- "Don't be satisfied merely paraphrasing cluded each lecture, making the presenta- this Bible passage," physicians and their tion a meaningful experience. TENNESSEE wives were reminded daily in the early morning meeting. "It has something to say Typical Reactions State Health Employees to some segment of your life. Name that seg- Typical of the reactions to the combined Take Five-Day Plan ment and tell what you need to do about it." medical/religious meetings are the follow- ing: Prophecy Being Fulfilled? The Tennessee State Health Depart- "I can go to medical conventions that offer ment has adopted the Seventh-day Ad- As the groups studied, shared, and prayed, scientific expertise anywhere. What I valued ventist Five-Day Plan to Stop Smoking it seemed as if the prophecy of a last-day here was the emphasis on research findings as the most successful program of its event was being fulfilled on the campus of in nutrition and other health practices typi- kind to help its employees stop smoking. Loma Linda University: "As we approach cal of Adventists—and the spiritual stimula- The Plan was accepted as a result of a the end, I have seen that . . . there will be tion of the religious meetings" (a physician questionnaire that was sent to the de- less preaching, and more Bible study. There from Hawaii). partment's 3,000 employees inquiring will be little groups all over the grounds, "I recommend that in the future the meet- about their attitude toward smoking. with their Bibles in their hands, and differ- ings in religion have conflict with no other A significant number indicated their ent ones leading out in a free, conversa- meetings. I'm reluctant to miss any of the desire to quit. tional study of the Scriptures."—Gospel meetings in religion" (a Loma Linda Uni- Dr. Eugene Fowinkle, commissioner of Workers, pp. 407, 408. versity medical school professor). the Health Department, began to look Bible study climaxed in prayer with group "I'm just beginning to get the 'feel' of ap- for a stop-smoking plan that showed a members making their petitions specific, plying the Bible to my own life—and admit- high percentage of success on a national praying for one another by name. ting its application to the people in my small scale rating. The SDA Plan was accepted. Continuing the theme of the work of the group. I want to try this in my home church" The first clinic, set up as a pilot pro- church in reformation and revival, Elder (a Washington physician). gram, was conducted January 22 to 26, Pierson participated each morning in the "The meetings in religion have been es- in Memphis, Tennessee. Dr. LaDon pecially helpful to us. Maybe those in the Homer, Madison Hospital, a pathologist, William A. Loveless is pastor of the University larger centers get this kind of spiritual stim- and Chaplain Robert Laue, director of church, Loma Linda, California. ulation every week. But for us in remote the hospital's Plan, were the Madison

20 R&H, MAY 3, 1973 Hospital instructional personnel who quarter, 80 people were graduated from gimmick, but was intended to focus the at- conducted the first group Plan. the class. Each quarter since then there tention of the public on the relevance of It is hoped that as a result of this Plan has been an average of 80 graduates the Bible for today's world. other Department of Health employees every quarter. There also has been at The 250-Bible exhibition was a community will participate. VIRGIL K. LEWIS least one baptism each quarter since venture with local residents making avail- PR Director 1965. able treasured Bibles to add to the ones Madison Hospital A budget of 100 pesos (about US$15) a supplied by the Royal Library and the quarter was set up. Thus the church University Library of Copenhagen. A 75- spent the equivalent of $5 each month. year-old local bibliophile, who had collected And as a result of that small expenditure Bibles since he was 8 years old, supplied PHILIPPINES 400 new members were added to the such rarities as "Paulus Diaconus," or the Laymen of Local Church church in seven years. Pauline letters written in Latin in 1482, and Win 400 Converts One Adventist family belonging to the the six-language Hexapla Bible from 1660. Baesa church, Mr. and Mrs. Modesto The insurers of the Bibles stipulated, as More than 400 people have been Abaya, utilizes morning worship to carry one condition for insuring the collection baptized during the past seven years at on their program. They invite non- valued at nearly half a million Danish the Seventh-day Adventist church at Seventh-day Adventists to join them for kroner, that the exhibit should be guarded Baesa, a suburb of Manila, as a result of worship. As a part of worship they enroll day and night. Pathfinders volunteered to the efforts of laymen of the church. the visitors in the Voice of Prophecy pro- take turns keeping vigil over the treasured The story began in 1965 when Canuto gram. By this simple method they have items. Domocmat, a linotype operator at the won 12 people in the past two years. The marathon reading of the Bible began Philippine Publishing House, was Another member of the church, a on a Tuesday evening with Borge Schantz, nominated by the church to be its Voice public school teacher, has an average of the pastor of the church, reading the first of Prophecy secretary. Mr. Domocmat 15 of her pupils ready for graduation portion of Genesis. It ended Friday when secured the cooperation of the lay activi- from the Voice of Prophecy each quarter. Bishop Halfden HOgsbro, secretary of the ties secretary and the Sabbath school Some of the converts have become Danish Bible Society, closed the Book after superintendent, and together they laid literature evangelists, others teachers, reading the last chapter of Revelation. Other plans. others have moved to a new location and readers varied in age from 13 to 96. It was decided to organize the church started another church. Rounding off what was termed the Bible members to work toward a Voice of CLINTON SHANKEL 73 venture was a musical presentation by Prophecy graduation and a baptism each Lay Activities Secretary the Skodsborg Sanitarium choir directed by quarter. The plan was to have 40 people Far Eastern Division Knut Svendsen. The program was performed each to take a set of Voice of Prophecy before a packed church with more non- Bible lessons and go from door to door members attending than at any previous until they found someone who wished to INDIA function in the Naerum church. take the lessons. Each would leave the An evangelistic campaign began im- Students Hold Concert mediately after the exhibit with the opening for Drought Relief meeting advertised as "Archeology and the Bible." College and high school students of Spicer In addition to its primary aim, the Bible Memorial College, Poona, recently pre- exhibition highlighted the fact that Seventh- sented a concert in the city of Poona to raise day Adventists are a Bible-loving people funds to help the government of the State of who find in acceptance of its message the Maharashtra relieve the suffering of the solution to problems on a personal and great number of people affected by a national scale. PAUL SUNDQUIST drought. Public Relations Secretary The monsoon rains did not come to Ma- Northern Europe-West Africa Division harashtra this year. The result is that crops have failed and cattle are dying. Thousands of people are flocking to the cities in the hope that they can find work and food. WASHINGTON STATE SDA With the support of the college adminis- CELEBRATES 100TH BIRTHDAY Canuto Domocmat (right), Voice of Proph- tration, and the permission of the city ecy secretary of the Baesa, Philippines, mayor, the concert was scheduled to be held Ray G. Anderson, Adventist church, enrolls a neighbor in in one of the best halls in the city. The hall's of Battle Ground, a VOP course. The Baesa church won 400 owners agreed to rent at half the usual rate. Washington, cele- people in seven years with an expenditure The editor of the leading local English- brated his 100th of the equivalent of US$15 each quarter. language newspaper gave free space in his birthday on Feb- publication for advertising. ruary 19 with some The program was attended by an audience 125 relatives and first lesson with that person, returning in of military officers, civil dignataries, and friends. one week to see how he was doing. At the friends. More than 1,000 rupees was realized Mr. Anderson second visit the completed lesson would from the concert for the relief fund. was born at Seymour, Wisconsin, in be picked up and seven more lessons PAMELA PRABHAKAR 1873. In 1894 he married Lettie V. left. At the third and fourth visits eight Oficef Secretary, Southern Asia Division Nichols, of Fairbault, Minnesota, lessons would be left each time. The where he spent some 40 years of his completed lessons were returned to Mr. life. During a drought in 1934 the Andersons moved to Washington Domocmat, who graded them and kept DENMARK a careful record of all the decisions that State, which has been his home ever were made. Bible Reading and Exhibit since. As a student made important decisions, Attract National Attention "Grandpa" Anderson read the RE- such as keeping the Sabbath, Mr. Domoc- VIEW to his blind grandmother when mat would write a letter to him, inviting A nonstop reading of the entire Bible, he was a boy and has been a sub- him to come to the church and join a conducted recently in the Seventh-day scriber to the paper for almost 80 special Voice of Prophecy extension Adventist church, Naerum, Denmark, and years. In the past 45 years he has not Bible class. a Bible display held in connection with it failed to attend Sabbath school and At the beginning of the first quarter of attracted some 3,400 people and was given church services. He is still quite ac- 1965, 50 sets of lessons were ordered. national coverage by the press and radio. tive, and has lived alone for several These were not enough so an additional The eighty-three-and-a-half-hour reading, years. 30 were ordered. At the end of the first participated in by 170 readers, was not a CHARLES A. ANDERSON

R&H, MAY 3, 1973 21 Where Will Disaster Strike Next? By THEODORE CARCICH

DISASTER SHADOWS MAN con- quickly when the announcement of a dis- stantly. No part of the world is immune. aster reached them. Through Seventh- Richard Jewett (right), director of the Dick Within our time devastating calamities day Adventist Welfare Service well-or- Jewett on Line radio program, talks with have afflicted Turkey, Chile, Peru, Yugo- ganized ministry, food, clothes, blankets, Richard Williams, an SDA social worker slavia, East Pakistan, and many areas of tents, and medicines were rushed imme- who was a guest on a recent program. the United States. Recently Nicaragua diately to stricken communities. In the experienced a frightful earthquake. days ahead this will have to be done Where next? Almost any place, since again and again. NEW YORK more and more frequently the elements Live Radio Program strike with sudden fury, leaving devas- U.S. President Comments Attracts Youth Response tation and death in their wake. Besides carrying out the commission Words cannot describe accurately the of heaven, our missions of mercy attract Each Sunday night from 11:00 P.M. to agony and grief associated with such the attention of earthly governments. 12:00 midnight a Seventh-day Adventist catastrophes. Suddenly thousands of peo- Commenting on the relief work of the pastor conducts a live talk show over ra- ple are homeless and have to sleep in Seventh-day Adventist Church in Bang- dio station WAXC, Rochester, New York. streets or open fields. Food is scarce. ladesh, U.S. President Richard M. The program, which is slanted to youth, Sanitary facilities become nonexistent. Nixon, in a recent letter to an officer of receives an average of 25 calls each Drinking water is unavailable. Medical the General Conference, said: "All too night, and has a projected youth audi- centers are jammed with the broken and often in this hurried world we neglect to ence of from 6,000 to 10,000. bleeding, and men, women, and children take the time to say 'thank you' or to The show is conducted by Richard die waiting for medical attention. Des- commend constructive and imaginative Jewett, pastor of the Rochester Bay peration often mirrors the living as they work. I therefore want to be particu- Knoll and East Palmyra Seventh-day Ad- strive frantically to rescue loved ones larly sure that you and your colleagues ventist churches and is called Dick buried under debris or trapped in burn- know of the commendations which these Jewett on Line. It was born of prayer, ing buildings. efforts have received from a group of vision, and providence. How does one measure the anguish distinguished American observers. In The program has been aired since last and sorrow resulting from such trage- addition, I want to add my own expres- November. Elder Jewett's varied mon- dies? We view such scenes on television sion of appreciation as well as great sat- olog triggers a variety of calls from the and read about them in newspapers, but isfaction that all of us have been able to younger set who represent a broad spec- we do not feel the actual heartache that work together so effectively in this task." trum of the social strata with sundry prevails on the scene. Try as we may, we Rightly so, the world should recognize problems from suicide, to religion, to never fully sense the numbing despair not only our concern for the souls of drugs, to homosexuality. that grips a survivor who has suddenly men but for their bodies as well. Jewett always has a qualified person lost everything worth while—loved ones, Our faithful church members have al- with him to answer questions and give possessions, and home. ways supplied the Seventh-day Adventist competent advice on specific topics and In the past, Seventh-day Adventist Welfare Service treasury with means to problem areas. Thus far, a partial list of churches around the world have reacted meet tragic emergencies. The recurring guests he has had on the program in- disasters have made a heavy drain on clude a social worker, a medical doctor, Theodore Carcich is a general vice-prest- available funds, and there is an urgent a psychiatrist, and an educator. Occasion- dent of the General Conference. need to replenish the SAWS treasury. ally, he features live music performed We must be financially ready to give im- by Adventist youth and others. mediate assistance, for no one knows When crucial calls come in, such as where and when disaster will strike next. threats and contemplated suicide, Jewett We therefore appeal to the deep sense refers them to a 24-hour "crisis phone" of Christian compassion and concern staffed by trained personnel capable of that prevails among our people every- handling the problem. The people who where. On Sabbath, May 12, when the call average between 15 and 30 years of Disaster and Famine Relief Offering is age. The station over which the program taken, let us give as we would want is broadcast makes the weekly one-hour others to give if situations were reversed time available as a public-service feature. and we were involved in a heartbreaking Elder Jewett is no stranger to radio, calamity that shattered our community, having conducted a similar program at our homes, and our families. ❑ Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, called, "Pastor, I Have a Problem." He also wrote a newspaper column based on the same theme for the Ironton Tribune, Ironton, Ohio. His prayer and aim is to create a fav- orable image for Christ and Adventism via his radio programs. Already many in Rochester are aware of his presence. Recently a long-distance caller placed a person-to-person call for Elder Jewett, and the operator asked, "Oh, do you want the preacher of the radio talk show Above: A grateful Southeast Asia woman Dick Jewett on Line?" receives food from Seventh-day Adventist H. A. UHL laymen. Right: A leper in a South Viet- PR Secretary nam market begs a pittance of passers- New York Conference by to provide for her daily requirements.

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Island Union and chairman of the hospital recently held a Five-Day Plan at Roma board; Pastor Samuel Tsai; and M. Y. Hsiao, University, the university for Botswana, departmental secretary of South China Is- Lesotho, and Swaziland. About half the stu- land Union. dent body, plus several of the professors and news * Eleven men graduated with an M.A. instructors, attended. degree in religion from Philippine Union DESMOND B. HILLS, Correspondent College in 1972. This is the largest group in any one year. During the eight years the college has been offering the degree, 25 North American notes men have received the degree. It is expected that 17 will receive their M.A. this year. Atlantic Union D. A. ROTH, Correspondent Australasian ► David Tibbetts, of Berlin, Massachusetts, has been credited with saving the life of a * More than 5,000 people of Papua-New Inter-American seriously injured climber on Mount Stuart Guinea heard H. M. S. Richards, Jr., and the in Washington State. Tibbetts, a junior at King's Heralds quartet during their recent * One hundred and twenty-eight people Walla Walla College, was rock climbing on visit to that newly proclaimed nation, Jan- were baptized by V assel Kerr on Sabbath, the steep walls of Mount Stuart when he ob- uary 25 to 30. From the 1,000 who jammed March 17, in a small community about 25 served a rockfall crashing down upon two into the Hohola Adventist Youth Center, miles from West Indies College, Mandeville, other climbers. He and another climber de- Port Moresby, to the hundreds of villagers Jamaica. The baptisms were a result of scended on ropes to the injured. The first who gathered at remote airstrips, all were evangelistic meetings conducted in the climber was dead. Tibbetts administered touched by the message of the gospel in village. first aid to the seriously injured climber song. High light of the tour was a visit to * One thousand two hundred persons quit and then constructed a harness seat for low- Mussau Island, which lies just south of the smoking in Mexico City as a result of a Five- ering him 300 feet down the near-vertical equator. The 2,000 inhabitants of the island Day Plan clinic conducted over a period of ice wall to a small rock platform. In the are all Adventists, and almost the whole of time by the Mexican Temperance Society morning, the injured man was further low- the population gathered for a music festival. and sponsored by the Mexican Social Se- ered by ropes to a flat area where a moun- Twelve village choirs and other groups had curity Institute. tain rescue helicopter was able to evacuate arranged 43 items. him. * A two-week nutrition school was con- * Church membership in the Australasian ducted at the Roxborough, Tobago, Seventh- * David B. Reid, of the Northeastern Con- Division doubled during the past 13 years day Adventist church by Naomi Modeste, ference, is retiring from active service after from 51,033 on January 1, 1960, to 102,334 at health secretary of the South Caribbean 42 years of service for the church. He was at the close of 1972. Baptisms for 1972 were Conference. On January 31, 65 certificates one time president of the British Honduras 6,774, the highest for any one year in the were awarded to those who successfully Mission. history of the division. During 1972 Austra- passed a test. * Stewardship guidance programs were lasia baptized one person for each 3,000 of L. MARCEL ABEL, Correspondent conducted recently for the Binghamton, population. The home field membership is Glens Falls, and Granville churches in the now 42,886; the mission field is 59,448. New York Conference by H. A. Uhl, con- M. G. TOWNEND, PR Secretary South American ference stewardship secretary. EMMA KIRK, Correspondent * Thirty-seven Uro Indians were baptized Euro-Africa recently in the Plateria Seventh-day Ad- ventist church, at Lake Titicaca. The bap- Canadian Union * Adventist youth witness in West Berlin tism was held in connection with a camp by using a brass band as an attraction. The meeting held in the area. Humberto Meir ► 0. M. Berg, assistant secretary of the Gen- band plays in the main business avenues of and Ruben Flores conducted the baptism. eral Conference Ministerial Association, the city. Following the musical selection a More than 1,000 people attended the Sab- held an evangelistic crusade in Windsor, short witnessing talk is given, then band bath meetings. The more than 50-year-old Ontario, March 3-25, staying over a week members witness to onlookers of their Chris- SDA church is the oldest church at Plateria. longer than advertised to help do follow- tian experience. In a three-month period up work. He was assisted by Eric Juriansz this youth group distributed 604,000 pieces * Enoch Oliveira, secretary of the South and Robert Samms, pastor and church of literature. As a response from the public American Division, reports that 29,937 peo- school teacher of the Windsor church. ple were baptized into the Seventh-day Ad- and from those whose lives they touched, Literature evangelists of the Alberta ventist Church in the division during 1972. ► 44,850 telephone calls came in, and 1,738 Conference participated in a contest H. J. PEVERINI, persons gave their names and addresses Correspondent to place the largest number of literature requesting further information and addi- advertising leaflets in grocery stores, tional visits. There are 350 families or per- Southern Asia beauty shops, laundromats, et cetera. The sons studying the Bible, 287 Protestants and winner was Gordon C. Christenson, who 63 Catholics. These interested people have * Four men were ordained during the con- placed 144 displays and 4,950 leaflets and received the gift Bibles and reading guides stituency meeting of the Northern Union, who won a three-volume set of You and Your and are studying with our young people Health, regularly. India, last December. They were E. M. Davis, B. T. Jacobs, and E. A. S. Sharma, pastor- * Three women in Chatham, Ontario, re- V. W. SCHOEN, GC Lay Activities evangelists in the North India Section, and Secretary cently visited 400 homes with radio logs and P. K. Peterson, radio-TV, public relations, the first lessons of the Voice of Prophecy and temperance secretary of the union. Bible course. They were assisted by E. J. Far Eastern * Ground was broken by R. S. Lowry, Parchment, recently elected lay activities Southern Asia Division president, for a new secretary of the Ontario Conference. * Dr. Ley Fa-tsang, adviser and secretary chapel at the Lasalgaon SDA High School, THEDA KUESTER, Correspondent to Taiwanese President Chiang Kai Shek, Lasalgaon, Maharashtra State, recently. was the guest speaker at the groundbreaking A. J. JOHANSON, Correspondent ceremony for the Taiwan Adventist Hospital Central Union chapel, recently. The three-story chapel, ► Each member of the Pine Bluffs, Wyo- which will have a seating capacity of 550, Trans-Africa ming, Adventist church sponsors six sub- will be constructed behind the hospital on scriptions to the Signs of the Times yearly. one of Taipei's boulevards. Joining Dr. Ley * P. H. Coetzee, executive secretary of Ad- They are sending the magazine to people in the sod-breaking ceremony were medical ventist Medical Services for South Africa, in the community, each public library in director Dr. W. L. Van Arsdale; Dr. W. Tym; and Dr. Dunbar W. Smith, Trans-Africa Wyoming, and to many mission stations in D. M. Barnett, president of South China Division health and temperance secretary, various parts of the world.

30 R&H, MAY 3, 1973 ► P. L. Jennings, formerly pastor of the ter, Marion, Illinois, where the southern ► Nevada-Utah Conference constituents Kinloch-Kirkwood, Missouri, district in the Illinois branch of the Book and Bible House are giving emphasis to inner-city programs Central States Conference, presently study- is situated. The program was conducted by in Las Vegas and Salt Lake City where Nor- ing at Andrews University, was the principal Joseph Billock, M.D., and John Martin, man McLeod and Cattrall Jefferson direct speaker at a Great Plains MV Federation pastor of the Marion church. the efforts. Drs. Gordon Short and Robert meeting held recently in Des Moines, Iowa. GORDON ENGEN, Correspondent Bond have added their services in Salt Lake After dinner more than 100 people distribu- City. ted tracts from door to door. Northern Union * A two-acre site for a new West Kauai, O• Members of the Rye, Colorado, church Hawaii, church in Lawai Valley has been are constructing their own 150-seat church. ► The Bismarck, North Dakota, church is purchased by the 73 members. For three The whole project has been designed and sponsoring a program called Dateline Reli- years the group has been without a home, built without labor costs by the members of gion over radio station KBOM at 9:40 A.M. meeting most recently in a room of Kauai the church. They have not asked for any Mondays. This four-minute program is pro- Adventist School. Kenneth Lockwood is pas- financial help from the conference. Soon the duced by the General Conference Communi- tor. cation Department and edifice will be dedicated free of debt. gives news of all The new dormitory of Thunderbird Acad- faiths. ► * Recently, Clarence Hodges, of the North- emy's new school plant, Scottsdale, Ari- side church, St. Louis, Missouri, was the * Four years ago Hugh Lindsey, of Huron, zona, was completed last month. Eighty girls guest of Stanley S. Scott, special assistant, South Dakota, head of Life Underwriters As- have moved into the building. to President Richard M. Nixon. He, with sociation in that city, attended a Five-Day SHIRLEY BURTON, Correspondent Lorenzo Grant, formerly of St. Louis, now Plan to Stop Smoking. Recently he arranged MV secretary of the Columbia Union Con- for Robert Stumph, the local pastor, and ference, talked with Mr. Scott and his as- L. J. Pumford, local temperance secretary, Southern Union sistant, John Calhoun, about the work of to conduct a Plan. Of the 16 who attended, 0, Youth of the Raleigh church, of Memphis, half stopped smoking. Seventh-day Adventists. Two books were Tennessee, are concentrating their witness- presented to Mr. Scott, One World by H. M. S. * Four were baptized in Platte, South Da- ing program on distribution of Voice of Richards, Sr., and Come Unto Me by E. E. kota, recently, following evangelistic meet- Prophecy handbills to prepare the city for Cleveland. ings held by conference evangelist W. D. an evangelistic thrust scheduled for 1974. CLARA ANDERSON, Correspondent Brass. * One hundred pastors and lay church * S. L. McPherson, Minnesota Conference leaders met in Meridian, Mississippi, on Columbia Union Ministerial secretary, and E. W. Brown, pas- March 18 to plan for evangelism for the re- tor of the Bemidji and Hackensack churches, mainder of the year. These leaders made * The Ephesus church, Columbus, Ohio, re- closed their meetings on March 3 with a bap- personal commitments of $12,000 toward the cently honored its 37 senior members with a tism of six and one taken into the church $50,000 evangelism offering objective. A dinner, reception, and gifts. Goldie Baker, on profession of faith. goal of 500 new members was set for 1973. age 88, and Mae Neil, 90, received special L. H. NETTEBURG, Correspondent gifts for having consistently attended Sab- * J. E. Edwards, formerly secretary of the bath school and church the longest. Lilly General Conference Lay Activities Depart- Dunlap, 70, and William DeShay, 74, won Pacific Union ment, now retired, has conducted nine week- awards for being the most popular senior end witnessing training courses in the Car- woman and man. ► A Smokers' Anonymous is being held in olina Conference. the Templeton Hills church of Central Cali- * N. H. Waters, president of the Ridge Fed- * Three faculty members of Kettering Col- fornia for a weekly follow-up of their Five- eration of Community Services in Florida, lege of Medical Arts were named outstand- Day Plans. ing educators of America for 1973 by the organized a Community Services booth at Outstanding Educators of America, in their 10. Cooking schools throughout the Pacific the Desoto County Fair held recently. The recent annual awards program. They are Union have registered unprecedented en- workers took blood pressures, enrolled in- Winton H. Beaven, Ph.D., dean and vice- rollments as interest in vegetarian cookery dividuals in the Gift Bible Plan, and dis- president for education at Kettering Medi- mounts. The schools associating themselves tributed 4,300 pieces of literature. cal Center; Anna May Vaughan, R.N., chair- especially with Southern California's new * Doris Hart, a newly baptized Madison- man of the school's department of nursing; telecast "It's Your World" have had a good ville, Kentucky, church member, has and B. H. Van Horne, Ph.D., professor of response. In Pasadena, for example, where organized a 30-member Bible club in her physics and mathematics. The honor is be- Michael Blaine is pastor, 200 were in at- public school. Pastor Jerry Willis alternates stowed annually on men and women for ex- tendance-80 per cent of whom were non- with a local Baptist minister in conducting ceptional service, achievements, and leader- Adventists. the class. ship in the field of education. * Larry E. Veverka, Bible teacher at Lyn- OSCAR L. HEINRICH, Correspondent ► Clinton W. Trott, M.D., has joined the fac- wood Academy, Lynwood, California, and ulty of Kettering College of Medical Arts as Leon I. Mashchak, of San Gabriel Academy, Southwestern Union director of the college's new course of study San Gabriel, California, were ordained on for qualifying students to become physi- March 17 during the Southern California * The New Orleans, Louisiana, Adventist cians' assistants. The two-year curriculum Conference constituency. church was recently host to 33 ministers of will be offered by the college for the first the Southwestern Union. During the meet- time in September of this year. * Services for youth were held at Glen- ings Drs. Robert Weaver and Frank Wrestler dale, California, city church in April. Lon- MORTEN JUBERG, Correspondent conducted a seminar on ways to present bet- nie Melashenko, intern with the Camarillo ter living to the public and to our own church, led out. He was joined by Bob Herr church. The program was under the direc- as minister of music. Lake Union tion of E. C. Wines, temperance secretary of * Volunteers at Paradise Valley Hospital, the Southwestern Union. Participating in * Fifteen persons joined the Chicago, National City, California, directed by Molly the program was G. J. Bertochini and C. D. Illinois, North Shore church by baptism on Rausten, have raised $15,000 toward a $300,- Watson, of the General Conference Tem- February 17. 000 commitment to equip the hospital's new perance Department. Guest speakers for west wing. the plan included Dr. Alton Ochsner; Dr. * Nine new members were baptized Jan- George Burch, chairman of the department * Evangelists Byron Spears and Laverne uary 27 in the Waukegan, Illinois, church, of medicine at the Tulane University School Tucker are conducting separate spring cam- and two were baptized into the Northbrook, of Medicine; and Dr. Curt J. Odemheimer, paigns in San Diego. Illinois, church prior to the baptism in oral surgeon. A Five-Day Plan was con- Waukegan. Dan Schiffbauer is the district * Cloverdale, California, church members ducted as well as instructional classes for pastor. sponsored an exhibit aimed at drug abuse the ministers on how to present better * Thirty-three persons attended a Five-Day during the recent Citrus Fair, More than 100 living. Plan held recently in the Better Living Cen- requests were made for Listen, J. N. MORGAN, Correspondent

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R&H, MAY 3, 1973 35 the back page ping smoking as a result. More than 4 million temperance magazines were distributed. In addition to widespread press coverage, there were 17,654 exposures of various phases of the pro- A Voz Celebrates 30th Anniversary gram on TV and radio. E. H. J. STEED A Voz da Profecia, the Portuguese Voice of Prophecy for Brazil, decided to celebrate its thir- SAWS Gives for Volcano Victims tieth anniversary by making 1973 its greatest year in soul winning, R. M. Rabello, speaker of the Seventh-day Adventist World Service (SAWS) broadcast, reported recently. recently voted $10,000 to aid Icelanders who have Meeting in Rio de Janeiro during March, con- fled the erupting volcano on the island of Heimaey. ference leaders enthusiastically adopted a goal of The eruption has virtually buried the only town on 9,100 baptisms resulting from the broadcast during Heimaey in spite of a continuing battle to keep 1973. Laymen have already embarked on a program the ashes, sand, and cinders off the roofs of the that calls for visits to 500,000 homes. buildings. Homeowners have little hope as they The broadcast is also developing a five-minute wait on the mainland for the volcano to cease. daily program to supplement its regular 15-minute The amount voted by SAWS will be matched by broadcast. Speaker for the new daily release is the Northern Europe-West Africa Division. Paulo Sarli. W. R. L. SCRAGG "We can't begin to provide enough money to meet the loss of these people," SAWS President Theodore Carcich commented. "But we can do Australasian Division Passes 100,000 something. If other agencies and churches do the same, it will do much to relieve the losses of the R. R. Frame, president of the Australasian Divi- people of Heimaey." M. CAROL HETZELL sion, reports that the division church membership passed the 100,000 mark during 1972, with baptisms reaching an all-time annual high of 6,774. People in the News In Papua-New Guinea, one in every 800 of the population was baptized last year, and currently Robert H. Brown, currently president of Union one in 60 of the population is an Adventist. In the College, is the newly appointed director of the Samoa Mission, one in every 550 of the population Geoscience Research Institute, Berrien Springs, was baptized during 1972. A. E. GIBE Michigan. George P. Stone, chairman, department of educa- tion and psychology, Union College, Lincoln, Ne- VOP Begins Greater Outreach braska, died on April 18. James A. Stevens, 91, died in Orlando, Florida, on April 15. He was secretary of The Voice of Prophecy may be heard again in the General Conference Sabbath School Depart- two important areas of North America following ment from 1936 -1950. radio contracts signed recently. The 250,000-watt W. C. Hatch, elected president, Colorado Confer- radio station XERF-AM, 1570, Del Rio, Texas, will ence, formerly president, Wyoming Conference. air the daily Voice of Prophecy broadcast Tuesday A. C. McClure, elected president, Wyoming Confer- through Saturday at 1:30 A.M., Central Daylight Sav- ence, formerly public relations secretary, Georgia- ing Time. This outlet replaces the broadcast for- Cumberland Conference. H. V. Reed, elected direc- merly heard from El Paso, Texas. XERF is one of tor, Health Service Corporation, Central Union Con- several stations carrying the Voice of Prophecy that ference, formerly president, Colorado Conference. blanket North America during the nighttime hours. Samuele Bacchiocchi, a graduate student from XERF may be heard in nearly every State and Andrews University (M.A., B.D.) and former Bible Province. teacher at the junior college in Ethiopia, was re- The Spanish-language broadcast, La Voz de la cently awarded a gold medal by Pope Paul VI for Esperanza, may now be heard on the 100,000-watt having earned the Licentia degree in church history radio station KBUY-FM, 93.9, every Sunday morning with summa cum laude at Rome's Pontifical Gre- at ten-thirty. More than 500 radio stations in 20 gorian University. countries, including 30 stations across North Amer- In view of the fact that Mr. Bacchiocchi is not a ica, are now carrying La Voz de la Esperanza into Catholic, the Academic Office had a difficult time thousands of homes. C. ELWIN PLATNER in awarding the degree and the gold medal. For the first time in 450 years, so far as is known, the com- Temperance Program Wins Hundreds mittee decided to bypass the statutes of the univer- sity by omitting the requirements of the Catholic During 1972, 770 people were baptized following profession of faith. As a result, a special diploma temperance contacts, according to the world report in parchment was prepared by hand in the Vatican of temperance activity on the part of Seventh-day with colorful decoration, but without the words Adventists. When we receive word from three "Professio fidei." divisions that have not yet reported we expect the Mr. Bacchiocchi is currently using the Vatican total will be more than 1,000. Other statistics show archives to complete work on his doctoral disserta- 1,350 Five-Day Plans held, with 61,000 people stop- tion, "The Origin of Sunday's Observance."

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