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THE YOUTH'S INSTRUCTOR is a non- fiction weekly. It is published for young adults who are capable of asking sincere questions, and who seek to know the counsels of Scripture. Its contents are chosen to serve readers who want to reach maturity—spiritually, socially, in• Savers? tellectually, and physically. Its staff holds that God is man's heavenly Fa- ther; that is man's Saviour; that by PAT HORNING genuine will strive to love God supremely and their neighbors as themselves. Its pages reflect an expanding ob- jective from 1852 to 1967. First it OST of us are savers of one in three paper bags labeled: "Short was essentially a vehicle for providing type or another. string for wrapping small packages"; youth Sabbath school lessons. Now it also provides many added services for Savers in category B are "Long string for wrapping large pack- a generation that should witness the M either very sentimental or very practi- ages"; "String too short for any possi- literal return of Jesus and the restora- tion of a sinless world to the universe cal. Sentimentalists save odd things ble use." of God. that hold a special meaning for them This type of saving is useful only to —the menu from the restaurant where the person involved. Empty bottles, pa- • they celebrated their wedding anniver- per clips, or even old letters or maga- sary; a blue bow from a birthday box; zines are of small value unless put to a Editor WALTER T. CRANDALL piles of old letters. Practical savers are specific use. Associate Editor JAMES JOINER always rescuing something from the Category A encompasses Savers— Art Editor T. K. MARTIN trash because it "might come in handy persons whose lives are dedicated to

Layout Artist ALAN FORQUER someday." These persons have tidy the saving of souls. These Savers are

SHARE Editor MILDRED LEE JOHNSON boxes of old nails, folded paper bags, vitally concerned, not with paper clips or assorted tiny scraps of cloth neatly but with people. They save grief by Editorial Secretary MILDRED ADAMS rolled into bundles and tied. giving words of cheer and comfort, save Editorial Consultants An exceptionally frugal New Eng- despondency by sharing worth-while THOMAS S. GERATY thoughts and books, and save feelings THEODORE LUCAS, DONALD E. MAN- land farmer specialized in saving SELL, CALVIN E. MOSELEY, JR., GERALD string.* His collection was tucked away by burying anger and disappointment.

R. NASH, F. DONALD YOST A real Saver thinks not of himself, but of others. Circulation Manager S. L. CLARK • Quoted in "Just Between Office Girls," Bureau of Business Practice, Inc., July 30, 1967, p. I. Are we savers or Savers? Field Representatives C. M. WILLIS CLIFFORD OKUNO

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Photo credits: Cover, Sydney Allen; pp. 6, 7, Paul Sundquist; pp. 15-18, courtesy of the General Conference Missionary Volunteer Department.

VOLUME 115, NUMBER 49 DECEMBER 5, 1967 2 The Youth's Instructor, December 5, 1967 'De Pokes.

is in a deep pit. Yet they assure us that man can, by courageous action, pull him- self out by his own bootstraps. Man has been desperately trying to do this. But the bootstraps have been breaking. The pit has been growing deeper. In the United States alone there are more than two million criminals. There are more than five million alco- holics. There are over 60,000 narcotics addicts. There are so many addicts of pornography that their obscene tastes support a $500-million-a-year porno- graphic industry. There are more than 400,000 divorces each year. There are hundreds of fathers who annually de- sert their families. "Man is responsible only to himself," the existentialists tell us. But another voice, a Spirit-filled voice, is heard say- ing: "What? know ye not that . . . ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's."'

We have also heard the voices of ed- REVIEW PICTURES H. KAULBACH, ARTIST ucationalists assuring us that the golden age would come when knowl- by RUTH JAEGER BUNTAIN Freudian revolution seemed complete. edge would increase and men would Only one thing went wrong: the pa- become literate. Horace Mann, the fa- UT in the world there is a tients did not get any better.' ther of modern education, predicted din of voices, each one clam- Though the mind has been explored that every school opened would mean oring for attention. It is as and better understood, the confusion a jail closed. But Mann was a poor O of the mind has persisted. About ten Paul stated in 1 Corinthians 14:10: prophet. Our nation, with one of the "There are, it may be, so many kinds million persons in the United States world's highest rates of literacy, has of voices in the world, and none of suffer some form of mental illness. also one of its highest rates of crime. them is without signification." Man, More than 250,000 new patients enter Newspapers impress us with the fact lonely and afraid, walks in the midst mental hospitals every year. that educated minds do not necessarily of them, not knowing which of the If the man on the couch had only mean educated souls. Present-day crim- voices to heed. listened, he would have heard another inals are, on the whole, more educated There are the voices of the Freud- voice calling to him—the voice of the than those of earlier times. They are ians, Pied-Pipering man to the thera- Great Physician, the perfect Counselor. also more sadistic. peutic couch, promising that psycho- His compassionate voice was calling: It would seem that too much of to- therapy will heal his inner anguish. "Come unto me, all ye that labour and day's education has been "after the "The conscience is a creature of your are heavy laden, and I will give you tradition of men, after the rudiments own devising," therapists tell him, and rest."' of the world, and not after ."' It they proceed to destroy "the still small "So many kinds of voices in the would seem that too little of it has em- voice" and relieve man "of all sem- world," and among them are the voices braced the teaching, "The life is more blance of accountability." of the existentialists. They have been than meat, and the body is more than But as English psychologist Dr. Hans telling us that "life is an ironic jest raiment."' Too little of it has asked the Eysenck declared: " 'The success of the and an ultimate tragedy" and that man educated to ponder the words of the The Youth's Instructor, December 5, 1967 3 Master Teacher: "For what shall it Man does not live in a world devoid a moral law. Modern man prefers to profit a man, if he shall gain the whole of purpose. "For God so loved the write his own laws. Thus he has con- world, and lose his own soul?"' world, that he gave his only begotten signed Him to death. Among the other voices that we have Son, that whosoever believeth in him Just as an ancient tomb could not heard are those of the Darwinians, should not perish, but have everlasting hold Him, neither can a modern sepul- proclaiming man's upward ascent from life." 1' cher. He lives forevermore and His an original bit of protoplasm to his God does not look upon man as. "an voice proclaims: "I am the vine, ye present state of development. These incidental product of the world proc- are the branches: He that abideth in Darwinians would have us believe that ess," a chance arrangement of neutrons me, and I in him, the same bringeth man has evolved through millions of and protons. "Behold, what manner of forth much fruit: for without me ye years of animalism to the present non- love the Father hath bestowed upon can do nothing." " perfect but hopeful state. Given a few us, that we should be called the sons "So many voices calling." They are more eons of time, they tell us, perfect of God." 'Z not new voices. They are old, and ability will be ultimately reached. As our heavenly Father looks down earthy. To be sure, they have new in- The din of Darwinian voices seem- on mankind, He does not see humanity flections, new words, new approaches. They have been adapted to jet age sophistication. But they are the same old voices. They are echoes of a voice that was heard in a Garden by a tree For Meditation in Paradise: "Ye shall not surely die." They are echoes of other voices that by HELEN GODFREY PYKE have beguiled men through the ages: "Up, make us gods, which shall go I was uncertain when I faced the wind, before us . . ." Nervous and capricious as it brought the ripples in. "Behold, there is a woman that hath And when its conversation lapsed, a familiar spirit at Endor." I fled "Behold, this goodly Babylonian Along the shore. garment . . ." But all its words were dead. The silence, still to the unmoved water "Behold, the charms of Delilah . . ." Where the skies begin, "Behold, thirty pieces of silver is a Urged friendship far more satisfying in the end goodly sum . . ." Than too much laughter or too much talk— "Behold, , how the world glit- Just quiet and a step-with-step communion ters!" Of a lifelong walk. "All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me." The same old voices. Discordant and confused. Beckoning and mock- ing. Pied-Pipering man on to eternal ingly silenced the other Voice, which en masse. He does not see us as a popu- destruction. But above their din and would have us know that man did not lation explosion, a totality of more clamor, their emptiness and their noth- evolve from protoplasmic nonentity. than three billion people. He sees each ingness, still can be heard the .voice of Nor did he progress through successive struggling, yearning individual who is the Good Shepherd. He is calling men from the world's withered pasturelands stages of animalism. part of the mass. Paul says, "For we are also his off- No matter how insignificant a man to His "green pastures" beside the "still waters," where the touch of His spring."' Would the offspring of God may feel, no matter how inconsequen- ever have been a nucleated mass of tial he may be in the eyes of his fellow rod and the touch of His staff give the peace for which men have been seek- protoplasm in some ancient pool of men, he is an object of God's affection, ing. water ? The Scriptures tell us, "God regarded by Him as a person of infinite created man in his own image, in the worth. "Peace I leave with you, my peace I image of God created he him."' They "Are not two sparrows sold for a give unto you: not as the world giveth, also tell us that God prepared a king- farthing? and one of them shall not give I unto you." 15 dom for man "from the foundation of fall on the ground without your Fa- "And the Spirit and the bride say, the world." ° ther. But the very hairs of your head Come. And let him that heareth say, Would God have prepared a king- are all numbered. Fear ye not there- Come. And let him that is athirst dom from time immemorial for a bit fore, ye are of more value than many come. And whosoever will, let him take of protoplasm? Would He have devised sparrows." 'a the water of life freely." " a plan of salvation for savage animals "So many kinds of voices in the 1 The Atlantic Monthly, July, 1961, p. 90. who through countless ages might world." "Man is nothing more than a 2 Matt. 11:28. chance to develop into human beings? physical event," they call. "The uni- ° 1 Cor. 6:19, 20. 4 Col. 2:8. Neither man nor the worlds evolved as verse is meaningless." "Eat, drink, and 5 Luke 12:23. °Mark 8:36. "chance occurrences." be merry!" "God is dead!" They are :28. 8 Gen. 1:27. "Through faith we understand that right about God. He is dead—but only 9 Matt. 25:34. Heb. 11:3. the worlds were framed by the word of in their own hearts. A living God im- 11 John 3:16. 12 1 John 3:1. God, so that things which are seen plies a living commitment. And mod- " Matt. 10:29-31. ern man is committed only to himself. 14 John 15:5. were not made of things which do ap- " John 14:27. pear." 10 A living God implies moral absolutes, 1° Rev. 22:17. 4 The Youth's Instructor, December 5, 1967 We Mold These Truths

Censorship? and letters to the editor During the two weeks last summer that Pat Horning assisted the staff of this magazine, she made a survey of the 16- to 30-year-old em- Philippines "Madonna Filipina" is ployees of the Review and Herald Publishing Association. She was able the way Dr. Sydney Allen describes the to ask two questions of each one surveyed. They were, What do you cover this week. He was on Session think of the name The Youth's Instructor? and, What is your reaction to occasional four-color covers? Road in Baguio City, Philippines, when The only fact we know about those surveyed is that they were in this pensive face attracted his photo- the target audience of this magazine. graphic eye. Here's a sampling of answers on the first question: "I couldn't care less." Face "The cover photograph this "I like the name." week commands a second look. I think "I don't like the 'youth's'—old people read it too." the reason lies in the number of unan- "I'm neutral." swered questions that linger after we "I like it!" have attempted to study the face and "I'm still with the Guide." clothing of the main subject. The lines "Good name." "I've only read it twice, so I can't really say." created by the folds of the garments lead It was, of course, impossible to restrict comments to the questions into the face, which is ideally placed asked. Number 47 added: "One thing, though: Counsel Clinic gives the for a good composition. standard, expected answers and doesn't really take into consideration the individual's problem. It is afraid to deviate from the normal, pat Quality "The original print shows position given by the church and the institution. It needs mature per- moderate grain, but I don't care. It is sons to answer the questions." not enough to degrade the quality of We wonder how many of the teachers, doctors, ministers, deans, the image; it even adds a bit of softness youth counselors, mothers and fathers, who make up our unnamed in keeping with the scene. staff of counselors ever thought they would be classified as "immature"? The title for this editorial is taken from number 56: "I think some things are 'censored'; for example, Letters to the Editor (of certain Analysis "Two errors have crept into types) are never printed in Grace Notes. We need a paper with freer the background. The light areas should discussion." have been darkened to prevent their Yes, some letters to the editor never reach print. Among such are drawing attention from the face. The those from readers who have a minimal understanding of why we do background figure becomes a secondary what we do. For instance, we cannot recall a single letter in all the point of interest, detiacting from the time we have run health-food advertising that expressed appreciation beautiful face nearest the camera. If he for keeping this facet of our church program before readers. Most could have been subdued, perhaps by who have written have been candid in letting us know that health-food directing him to look away from the advertising had no right to be in The Youth's Instructor. camera, or absenting himself, the photo With thousands of new converts coming into our church fellowship every year, we think it important to acquaint them with those products would have been even better. they can use to take the place of less healthful foods. With perhaps 70 per cent of all marriages in Adventism occurring Dust "White specks on the print were among those in our target audience, we think the recipes once a month caused by dust, not on the enlarger lens could help new homemakers build a helpful file. but on the negative. These always But space runs out for further comment. Keep up the letters to the should be removed with Spotone re- editor. Some will get printed. Others won't. All will be read, and touching dyes before submitting to any answered if name and address are legible. contest. In spite of these faults, we have WTC a delightful cover." jbl.

Mart Photographers should not sub- mit pictures to us until another Photo Mart has been announced. Not everyone will see this note, but we repeat it on Coming occasion to reduce the number who continue to send entries. The enthusi- • December 12, "BUGGY FULL OF BRICKS"—Holding Beth tightly, asm is appreciated, but time and ex- with the two other children clinging to her skirt, Lillie made pense can be saved by waiting until no- her way through the building, which was now rocking back and forth and up and down from the quake. By Bobbie Jane tice is given for the next contest. Van Dolson.

Life "The youth need to understand • December 19, "THIRD-GENERATION MISSIONARIES"—J. Har- the deep truth underlying the old Shultz tells of a truly missionary family who gathered for statement that with God 'is the foun- their farewells before again pressing to the front lines for con- tain of life.' Not only is He the orig- tinued service. inator of all, but He is the life of every- thing that lives."—Ed 197. The Youth's Instructor, December 5, 1967 5 These three little tots are not really sure that bath time is a happy time on this sunny day at the North Ngwa Hospital in East Nigeria.

Medicine's Greatest Potentials

by SHERMAN A. NAGEL, JR., M.D. HE hospital rounds were com- me to visit his campus and to give a pleted for another day. Patients lecture to his students. Nigeria's schools Thad been admitted. Others had are bursting at their seams trying to been discharged. Nurses, kind and effi- cope with millions of youth who thirst cient, carried out orders left for them for knowledge, and his school was no by the doctors. exception. In the operating room I kept an eye On the day preceding the appoint- on the clock hanging on the wall. I had ment, a messenger had come to remind pressed hard to finish the elective sur- me of it. Already a message from my gery cases scheduled for that day, for in home told me that an associate teacher the evening I had a speaking engage- from St. Patrick's school was waiting ment. to guide me to the place of meeting The principal of St. Patrick's Angli- that evening. can School, located about six miles Leaving the operating room still from the North Ngwa County Hospital, wearing surgery togs, I headed out the had been a surgical patient here on main gate of the hospital compound to two previous occasions. A few days be- walk the two city blocks to my house. fore, he had personally come to invite As I was pressed for time I did not 6 The Youth's Instructor, December 5, 1967 miss the chance for a ride on the hospi- Tobacco-growing, along with ciga- tal mechanic's bicycle bar, for he was rette manufacturing, is becoming one going the same direction. of Nigeria's developing enterprises. With my feet stretched out to keep More and more of Nigeria's youth are them away from the pedals as we taking up the habit of smoking. Con- bumped along this country dirt road, sequently, I make use of every oppor- I was glad to see my driveway come tunity to tell the "other side of the into view. Suddenly I was embarrassed, story." Though the statistics in the anti- for riding the bar of someone's bicycle cigarette film One in 20,000 are out of was not my usual means of transport. date now, still no more forceful visual In my driveway I noticed a car con- aid on the subject can be used than taining two gentlemen. It was just pull- this film. There is impact on the minds ing out. These gentlemen had come to of children and adults alike, when they my house thinking that I might be see the skillful hands of a surgical team home by that hour. As the car's pas- remove the black, cancerous lung of a sengers saw me, they stopped, and out tobacco victim. It tells in no wavering stepped Liddy, parish priest words the tragic results to many who and the spiritual head of some 5,000 find themselves enslaved by nicotine. Roman Catholics in the Ngwa area. In the darkness of a football field, in His compound was only some four circumstances such as this one that I miles away from our home. have experienced on a number of oc- We had met on numerous occasions, casions during the years, it is hard to and as we cordially shook hands, the estimate the hundreds who may be in priest said, "I am having a four-day the audience. On these occasions it has convention at my mission headquar- been my practice to try to combine a ters. The convention is briefly for the health film with a Christ-centered senior students in my mission schools movie or filmstrip. of this area. I would be very pleased As a fair percentage of these rural if you would come over and speak to audiences usually are non-English-hear- Tender loving care is being given to this bit them one of the four evenings." ing people to begin with, and even the of infant life by staff nurse B. Ikpeazu. "Of course, I will come, Pastor. It will be a pleasure," was my reply, and a date was agreed upon. Our conversa- tion was shortened, for I had already told him I was being pressed to meet my speaking appointment at St. Pat- rick's school in less than an hour. I reversed my car to where a little two-wheeled trailer was parked. This homemade job carried the 1.75 kw generator which produced the power needed for the projectors. Most of rural Nigeria still is unsupplied with electricity. The couplings between car and trailer were soon secured. With Job, my trustworthy gardener; Jim, my twelve-year-old son; and the woman teacher who had come to guide us to the school, I headed down the dusty road. The six miles were soon be- hind us. Waiting on the school's main en- trance road were the principal and other members of his staff. It did not take long to set up the screen, public- address system, and projecting equip- ment. Already many of the student body were waiting on the football field. In this semirural area, where elec- tricity or motion pictures are seen only occasionally through the year, the sound of the Diesel engine powering the generator served almost as well as Africa's "talking drums." It was not long until hundreds from the nearby villages came running to the field. Patients are waiting for services Dr. Nagel is able to give because of the medical unit. The Youth's Instructor, December 5, 1967 7 literate segments who do hear the Eng- More of the audience were Chris- practice, serving in Vietnam. And now, lish often find it difficult to catch the tian that night, though one of the at his own expense, he was donating "American accent" of the sound track, priests said there were many pagans two months as an orthopedic consult- I frequently narrate the films with the who had come from the nearby villages. ant to the Medical Department of the aid of a translator. This gives occasion The films and the narration ended. Eastern Nigerian Government. He was to mold the material presented to the The "Merry Christmases" and "good- not an Adventist, but he knew a lot needs and peculiarities of the audience. nights" were said. In the darkness each about us. It was in December, 1966, that eve- began to wend his way home. That afternoon we had a very en- ning at St. Patrick's Anglican School. But we were not to leave quite yet. joyable season speaking together about It seemed fitting to choose for that oc- Mrs. Nagel, son Jim, and I had been medicine's greatest potentials; about casion Holy Night to be the Christ- invited to take our dinner with these medicine as a tool to reach the aching, centered movie. neighbor missionaries, and a finer vege- longing hearts of those about us, as a Commonly accepted as historical fact tarian meal we had not enjoyed for a tool to help the hopeless to find hope, by the majority in the Christian world long time in a non-Adventist dining the dying to find life, eternal life is that two thousand years ago Christ room. through Christ. What tremendous was born a babe in Bethlehem. To this A few days ago, a tall American, good, not just medically, but spiritu- group are added tens of thousands dressed in Bermuda shorts and wearing ally, can be accomplished through this yearly. Many come from among the an open-collared shirt, walked toward great art. peoples of the less-developed areas of me. He had stepped out of his hardtop In that wonderful guide book Medi- the world, people who are hearing this , driven by a government driver. cal Ministry, the opening sentence of wonderful story. I had come out of the operating room, section three, page 31, reads thus: The greatest and grandest part of where an emergency operation had "Every medical practitioner, whether the story is not that connected with been performed. I was sweaty and not he acknowledges it or not, is responsi- the miraculous birth of God's Son in a very presentable. With a twinkle in ble for the souls as well as the bodies of manger, this Son, who "stripped him- his eye and a smile on his face he ex- his patients. The Lord expects of us self of all privilege by consenting to be tended his hand and said, "Dr. Living- much more than we often do for Him." a slave by nature and being born as stone, I presume!" We both had a good Yes, "the Lord expects of us much mortal man. . . . And he humbled him- laugh. more than we often do for Him." In self by living a life of utter obedience, We walked over to Dr. Ronald our own sober reflections, when we even to the extent of dying, and the Krum's home that he might meet my pause long enough to have sober re- death he died was the death of a com- colleague as well. We found that our flections, some of us practitioners of mon criminal" (Phil. 2:7, 8, Phillips).* new friend was an orthopedic special- medicine have to admit how relatively Rather, the greatest and grandest ist, president of one of the largest medi- little "we often do for Him." We must part of this wonderful story, revealing cal societies in southern California. He allow Him to work through us for the the love of an infinite Father, is that mentioned that in the past year he had spiritual uplift of our patients as well His only begotten Son is one day soon put in a period of gift time from his as the physical. to return to this old sin-sick world "with healing in his wings." And this was the main theme I chose to em- phasize that evening as the magnifi- cently produced film Holy Night re- Faithful Reproduction told the story of the first advent. For, just as assuredly as Christ came the by RONALD LAMBERT first time two thousand years ago, He will come again, and that day is not in the far future. This is the "blessed OWERING the playing arm of my turntable. "Just a sec now—" my hope" of every true Christian. portable stereo record player friend said, adjusting the amplifier. Late that night Job, Jim, and I Lonto the rotating disk, I waited Suddenly, the whole room was filled finally pulled up in front of our mis- for the speakers to come alive. The with the Philadelphia Philharmonic Or- sion cottage on the Ngwa Hospital stereo set wasn't very sophisticated. It chestra. To my astonished ears came compound. had cost only sixty dollars. But in the sounds I had never known were on my Two evenings later was our next past few months it had opened to me a record. For the first time I heard the speaking appointment, at the Catholic whole new dimension of music appre- throbbing low fundamentals of the pipe Mission headquarters. Pastor Liddy ciation. There was a crackling sound, organ and the shrill, tinkling overtones and two associate Irish priests were and then the rather low-fidelity repro- of the high strings. It was like hearing there to welcome us as we drove into duction of -Sdens organ symphony my record for the first time! their compound. Already the crowds greeted my ears. There in the home of my friend I had begun to gather. Some time later a friend invited me realized the difference made by the The size of the audience and the to play my records on his new expen- quality of reproduction equipment. setting in an open field were similar to sive stereo equipment. Thrilled at the How much sweeter, purer, the music that at St. Patrick's Anglican School. I prospect of hearing my records played sounded with high-fidelity equipment! had chosen to use the same films, and on a Garrard turntable with a Fisher As a Christian I, too, must reproduce to weave in the same messages. amplifier and cabineted three-speaker music—I must reproduce the melodic system, I accepted the invitation. sweetness, the harmonic purity, the • From The in Modern English, © 1. B. It wasn't long before my hands were symphonic grace of Him who is alto- Phillips 1958. Used by permission of The Macmillan Com- pany. laying my prize record upon the $80 gether lovely. How is my fidelity? 8 The Youth's Instructor, December 5, 1967 Lost, for a Night

by MERCEDES H. DYER

MISS AMERICA contestant State papers frequently these past few accident; she had not been kidnaped. was driving home after a day days. It was fun being popular and cel- She had merely stopped with friends A of being fitted for gowns that ebrated! for the night. Perfectly safe. she would wear at the festivities and Time passed. The night was ap- Later in the day the State manager of final contest in Atlantic City. Already proaching. City lights became brighter the Miss America program, who had she had won her State crown. She was as the darkness deepened. There was been notified that the State queen was thrilled at the prospects before her. She too much to talk about. The night wore missing, came to see her. He carefully had the possibility of winning not only on. She would drive home in the morn- reviewed with her the decisions she had honor and distinction but also the cov- ing, she told herself. made and the actions she had taken. eted title representing her nation. With In her home her parents were watch- When her sponsor inquired about the this title the winner would receive sub- ing for her. Their concern increased as disregard for contest rules, she re- stantial material rewards—a ten-thou- the night hours slowly passed. Where marked, "I didn't think it would be a sand-dollar scholarship, a wardrobe, and could their daughter be? Had she been problem." However, she had violated a year-long reign estimated to be worth in an accident? Surely they would have two contest rules. First, she had been fifty thousand dollars in personal ap- been notified; she carried identification driving an official car after dark, un- pearances. She hoped she might be se- papers. chaperoned. Second, she had failed to lected as the final winner. She had planned to be home before notify her parents of her whereabouts. She was enjoying the activities on dark, they knew. Of course, she was The dignity of the program was at the local level as her State representa- old enough and capable of taking care stake. To allow for negligence and dis- tive. Gifts and publicity were showered of herself. They tried to calm them- regard of requirements by a partici- upon her. How she anticipated the selves. The contest rules required that pant would jeopardize the whole pro- coming events, which were just two she be accompanied when driving the gram. days away! official car after dark and she had gone The rules were important. They had Driving alone in the official State alone. She would have been home early been made for her protection. They car, she noticed a slight fog in the air. unless she had run into trouble. The would safeguard her life, her relation- She should be home before dark for coming events were so important. If ships, her reputation, and her charac- her parents were expecting her. She she had decided to change her plans, ter. The State title must be carried by a could make it easily. It had been a tir- would she not have notified them? She person responsible under all circum- ing day standing for fittings and then would have called if she were able to stances. She had not maintained the waiting until each gown was made telephone, her parents were certain. trust placed upon her. The sponsor's perfect. As the car sped along the four- What could have happened? decision was final. She had forfeited lane highway toward her home city her Anxiety heightened as minutes be- her right to her State title and the mind was full of excitement and antici- came hours. Finally, at one-thirty in the honor it represented. It would be given pation. morning the parents called the State to another. "I'll stop a few moments to visit police to report that their daughter was This young contestant had forgotten friends," she decided as she neared the missing. The remainder of the night her responsibilities in the joy of antici- State University city. When she was they spent in anguish for fear she was pated fame and had lost the title she with classmates there was much to in danger. had gained and the rewards it had car- talk about. She was important! Her At midmorning the day following, ried. In her case, it meant that she had picture had been on the pages of the she arrived home. There had been no lost a State scholarship worth sixteen The Youth's Instructor, December 5, 1967 9 hundred dollars, almost five thousand recipient. She had failed to uphold the contrary to the counsels given to the dollars in prizes, and the year-long use standards of the program she repre- church by the Lord Himself. of an . No longer was sented. The program would not fail. God has given us the privilege of be- she eligible for the national contest and It would go on to its usual culmina- ing identified with the divine family. the coveted gifts. The material losses tion. But the contestant who had not We have been selected to be sons and she sustained were great; however, they disciplined herself to follow seriously daughters of the heavenly King. Eter- were nothing in comparison to the loss every rule lost her identity with the nal life with Jesus in the Holy City and of identity and personal worth that she program. in the new earth is the reward prom- suffered. I have often wondered how many ised. The promise is sure; the reward It has been some time since I read Seventh-day Adventist youth recognize is beyond imagination. All who enter the account of this young woman. How the seriousness of the great program this contest may be victorious. Can we pathetic that while among friends she they represent. Sometimes the rules may afford to depend upon our own wis- was lost and did not even know it. I seem trivial, even unnecessary. Some- dom when so much is at stake? Do we have been saddened as I have contem- times they chafe under parental super- value the counsels that God has given plated how much she forfeited because vision or under dormitory regulations. us? As representatives of the program she lightly esteemed the honor and ob- Sometimes they think that their judg- of God, we cannot afford to be lost, not ligations placed on her. She seemed to ment is reliable, though to follow it is even for a night. lack a sense of values. At the time she made the decision to visit friends, she knew it would hazard her getting home on time. But the regulations did 6 Short letter 7 Public storehouses not seem that important—disregarding 8 "Verily I say unto .. ." :43 them would not be a problem. 10 "And he . . . up, and saw" Luke 21:1 I have wondered, did she not realize 12 One of the prophets Wit Sharpeners 15 "and she threw in . . . mites" :42 that her honor was dependent upon 18 "she of her . . . did cast in" :44 her maintaining the accepted stand- 20 "more in, . . . all they which have cast into the treasury" :43 ards? Had she not learned that the 22 ". . . therefore unto Caesar the things higher the prize, the more disciplined The Widow's Mite and which are Caesar's" Matt. 22:21 the contestant must be? Teachings About Money 26 "Is it lawful to give . . . unto Caesar, or not" Matt. 22:17 The title had not come to her with- 27 3.1416 out preparation, hard effort, and some Mark 12 28 "thought that the gift of God may . . . purchased with money" :20 struggle. Would she lose it thought- Across 29 Royal city of the Canaanites Josh. 8:1 lessly? Had she considered herself com- 1 "did cast in . . . that she had" :44 30 Capital of Moab Num. 21:15 petent to carry such honor and at the 5 "cast ... into the treasury" :41 32 Oven 9 Face of a clock 34 "all that she ... , even all her living" :44 same time disrespect her parents? 11 A city of Benjamin I Chron. 8:12 36 "she of her ... hath cast in" Luke 21:4 Could she keep only the rules that ap- 13 One of a tribe of Siouan Indians 38 Aide-de-camp (abbr.) peared important to her? Had she not 14 Old Testament (abbr.) 39 "casting their .. . into the treasury" Luke 16 Dark sticky liquid 21:1 developed a sense of responsibility? 17 Greek letter 40 "many that were rich . .. in much" :41 Could she have just forgotten about 18 "And there came a certain poor . . ." :42 42 Head (abbr.) her parents, forgotten that she had re- 19 "And . . . called unto him his disciples" 43 "Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon :43 . . ." Matt. 6:19 sponsibilities, forgotten that she was 21 (abbr.) 46 "he that hath no money; come ye, buy, identified with a program, forgotten 23 Indefinite article and . . ." Isa. 55:1 24 Knockout (abbr.) 47 Lighted who she was? Negligence might have 25 National Guard (abbr.) 50 "... love of money is . .. root of all evil" been an excuse. But a Miss America 27 Father I Tim. 6:10 could not live on excuses. She had to be 28 Bank note (abbr.) 52 Exclamation 29 Twelfth month of the Jewish sacred year 53 "And ... saw also a certain poor widow" dependable. 31 Writing fluid Luke 21:2 Perhaps the greatest tragedy of the 33 Diminutive of Edward 55 Proposed International language 34 Exclamation to greet one 56 Place Abram lived before going to Canaan incident is that, inexperienced as she 35 Tear Gen. 11:28 was, she depended upon her own judg- 37 Northcentral State (abbr.) 39 Southern State (abbr.) ment, knowing it was contrary to the ,,://7 4 5 6 7 6 41 "and ... how the people cast money" :41 1 3 instruction she had received. She had 44 Hypothetical structural unit not valued the counsel given her. What 45 "all they did cast in of their ..." :44 ' J", io 15 16 seemed all right in her mind influ- 47 Licentiate in Surgery (abbr.) 48 Trade Union (abbr.) 7( 4 / /0 22 A ta enced her decision and that decision 49 By controlled her actions. Actions deter- 51 "widow casting in . . . two mites" Luke 33 2.1 21:2 .9 mined identity and identity fixed des- 15 /1 ze z, 54 "Of a ... I say unto you" Luke 21:3 27 rI. tiny. She had depended upon her own 57 "And Jesus ... over against the treasury" /111 30 31 31 33 judgment and it was faulty. Conse- :41 36 A 37 38 58 Mountain on, or near which Aaron died ',1/,/ " n 35 quently, she had lost everything. Num. 20:23 / V 4 o KV 62 63 The sponsors had done everything 39 Down 44 / 6S a e they could to help her win the prize. 32 1 Newspaper item roe 7 ?p, 42 They had spelled out in guidelines the 2 "cast in all the . . . that she had" Luke behavior expected. To disregard them 21:4 Ii 52 57 A St SS 56 was fatal to the goal. Violation of the 3 Sixth tone of the scale 3, 4 "He that putteth . . . out his money to 5 ..,,::// ,,,4, z2, gi rules indicated a disregard of the value usury" Ps. 15:5 of the trust and honor placed in the 5 "this poor widow hath cast . . . in" :43 @VV.AW CO. 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10 The Youth's Instructor, December 5, 1967 "You can learn," I said. "Just don't fill the paper every week with mission stories from Africa." As an editor he had good ideas. "I'd like to do a feature article on doodlers and doodling," he said one day. That night he scattered odd bits of paper on the desks in the classroom where faculty meeting would be held. After the meeting he appeared at the door, and before the astonished teach- ers had time to protest, he collected the bits of paper on which they had written or aimlessly drawn pictures for two hours. But only one piece of doodler's art interested Nick. Lil had drawn a circle of huts, a few coconut palms, and a path down which two stick figures hur- ried. When he looked at it, Nick's usu- ally earnest face broke into a smile. That week the college paper carried by ROBERTA J. MOORE the first of his two installments on j,,il's doodling. "Two!" I said. "Isn't that overdoing it a little?" Nick was untroubled. "I had hard work cutting it down to HEN I could hide my cu- Nick and other officers of the Foreign two," he replied. riosity no longer, I walked Missions Band met and with Lil ham- As the year wore on, the scope of up the aisle and looked mered out programs. Piecing together Nick's own doodling widened. He still W drew thatched huts in his notebook, down at the notebook in which Nick information from his reading and il- was doodling. Instead of the caricature lustrations supplied by Lil, Nick wrote but I noticed that he was drawing that I had expected to find--of me, his most of the scripts. churches and houses too, simple freshman composition teacher—I saw a To everyone he met on Friday, he enough to be built with a few tools. whole village of thatched huts. would say, "Coming to missions band He sketched with such absorption that "Sure," he told me after class, as tonight, aren't you?" Practically the until I checked his notebook I won- though surprised that I should ask, whole school turned out, week after dered whether he heard anything I "I'm going to Africa someday. I've week, a response to Nick's personal in- said in class. wanted to go ever since a Week of vitation as much as to interesting pro- One morning I looked over his Prayer when I was in academy." grams. shoulder to find him drawing furniture Anyone could see how much he One Friday evening the program plans. Like his churches and houses, wanted to go. I watched him through portrayed the part a wife plays in the the furniture was plain and solid, the that year. He was tall and slight of missionary's work. kind a man could build with simple build, with the long stride of a young When it was over I went backstage tools and skillful hands. man in a hurry. I used to wish that to speak to Nick. I had to wait; ap- I discovered that he had taken wood- some of his earnestness would rub off parently everyone wanted to tell him working, so that he would know how on those students who were drifting how good his script had been. to build a church or a house or furni- through college. His commitment to "Well done," I said. Then I added, ture. Africa set him apart. "Have you given any thought to find- He had studied first aid, in case his When the Foreign Missions Band ing a wife like that to help on your mission station didn't have a doctor. chose him leader, he fired most of us, mission station?" He registered for teacher-training both teachers and students, with a de- "Yes," he said soberly, "I've been courses, to learn about visual aids. sire to serve overseas. thinking about it." And he was taking my writing Probably I heard more about mis- Lil and I were silent as we walked courses, so that he could tell people sions than anyone else, what with home that night, each busy with her back home about the need. knowing Nick and sharing an apart- own thoughts. I remember wondering "You've thought of everything, ment with the home economics teacher, whether the missions board needed an haven't you?" I marveled. "Have you sponsor of the missions band. Lil had English teacher for Africa. looked around for a girl who wants to been born in South Africa. She had When Nick was a junior the student- go to Africa with you?" come to the United States to get her faculty association asked him to edit "I've been looking," he replied. degree in home economics; she in- the college paper. And he found her, a girl with a tended to teach for two years and then "I can't," he protested to me. "I dream of mission service as great as go back home to Africa. don't know anything about journal- his own. I should know—I had lived In our living room week after week ism." with Lil. The Youth's Instructor, December 5, 1967 11 E)a ttlf7111.114.114•11M11

HAT kind of house would be an impossibility. At least, that's Twhat the agent said. When he asked us what kind of home we wanted we had replied, "One by the sea, for about $4,000." We hadn't reckoned on the Lord. We "Not with your kind of money," he had laughed. "Land alone costs around that price." were to learn that He really was going to build So we had carried on with our house hunting. Houses—they came in all shapes and sizes. But most in the price range we could afford were old, drab, how this house. We knew exactly and inconvenient—and on streets. Don't get me wrong; I've no objection to people living on streets if they want much the timber, lining, and glass would cost. to. It's just that / don't like it. Up to now, we had always found a home in some quiet backwater, or tucked-away lane, and the suburban aspect of these homes didn't please us a bit. Houses everywhere—in front, back, sides . . . Then we saw the advertisement. It was just as I had composed the solilo- quy: Let me sleep tonight, I pray, with the sound of the sea in my ears; Let me feel the wind-flung spray as the gathering breaker nears. Let me ramble near waters free, where the salt air fills my being; Let me look at the sea today, for my day is made with the seeing. Let me live near oceans wide, and when Time's last moment's sped, Let me stand near my Saviour when the sea shall give up her dead. We had been dicussing the admoni- 12 The Youth's Instructor, December 5, 1967 by COLLEEN TENCH

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tion in Early Writings too. There we For some months we drew plans and Or someone would say, "Can you are told that the day will come when scrapped them. Lee started nursing at use our gas fire? We're having electric- we shall need to sell our property and Seaton Hospital, and after a few ity." And we would find the gas fire to give the money for the Lord's work. months would be on night duty. That be a brand-new one, given to us free. "This next house will surely be the meant a bedroom for her where she This was the way it went all the time, one we'll have to sell," I said to my would be away from noise. The bath- and strangely enough, most of these husband. room was outside the house, an ar- bargain givers were complete strangers He nodded in agreement. We had rangement that didn't suit us, and we we had met accidentally. Accidentally? no plans for moving anywhere else decided to build toward it, linking it Not with the Lord working on the afterward. Looking at the paper, he up with the house. project, we reckoned. exclaimed, "Listen to this: House, The roof structure could be altered, Having almost completed the roof, $4,300 freehold, beachfront . . ." too, and we finally decided on a design we found ourselves with a huge loft, It was a little old miner's cottage. that could be built over the existing from which we had a wonderful view Sound, presentable, and right on the roof, which could then be removed at of the sea across the road from us. How beach at Seaton. Maybe the fact that leisure. about a small room as a viewpoint, one has to travel by car, punt, or ferry When our plans had been passed by and a large section for a rumpus room? to reach Seaton, which is a peninsula the council, we started work. We esti- The ceiling heights were not regula- across from Norton, had brought the mated that the cost of alterations tion, but the building inspector said price down, for the land alone was would be $1,500, and the work would that if we put in fixed ventilation, he worth $3,000. take about six and a half years. would pass it. Naturally we snapped it up, and two But we hadn't reckoned on the Lord. Then we learned that relatives were months later we moved in. There were "Except the Lord build the house, they moving into the area, and could we not enough bedrooms to go around, labour in vain that build it." And we put them up? Deciding quickly that but we managed temporarily. Just get were to learn that the Lord really was they could use the rumpus room as a ourselves settled, decide how to alter, going to build this, because these plans bedroom, we said Yes. Again I talked and we could draw up plans. This was were carried out and the work was to the building inspector, and told him my department—one that I didn't rel- completed within three years of our of their imminent arrival. Could we ish; it is a tedious task. moving in, at half the estimated cost. build a kitchen where we had put a The roofing was old; the house Oh no, we hadn't been out in our fernery, between the house and the needed modernizing. costing. Doing the work ourselves, we bathroom? He agreed, and I asked "It would be nice if we could double knew exactly how much the timber, whether we could put our plans in the value of the house, so we could lining, glass, and so on cost. But from later, as my time would be taken up really have something to hand over to all sorts of unexpected quarters we with building. the work when we sell," I suggested to would find someone saying, "I've some Very helpful man—the inspector; my husband. He agreed heartily, and new lining I was going to use, but I've since he was the one who would pass then and there we decided to will the changed my mind—you can have it the plan, he let us go ahead. property to the Lord, explaining the cheap." And "cheap" often meant Ted and Verna and their two young- situation to our family as we did so. down to a third of the cost. sters joined us. But I didn't get much The Youth's Instructor, December 5, 1967 13 quiet to study and write. At that time council pass them? Again I sought out his query. "He's been working his way I was knee deep in study, and I sug- that helpful building inspector. He through college." gested building another room in the looked carefully at our plans. When I said I had never heard of garden, where I could get away on my "You must have a certain area of Jim, I was given his telephone number, own, to concentrate in peace. garden," he said. "Go and work out in and I called him immediately. The So when the next batch of plans detail how much space is left." next day he was there. He was agree- went in to the council, we had another Triumphantly I returned to his of- able to let us do all the digging for large room tacked on. The building fice the next day with my rough sketch. sewers and to provide the materials. inspector raised his eyebrows. "There is still thirty square feet of All he wanted was an hourly wage. "You're going to have no garden land over the required area, with all After working whenever he could, left," he said, as he passed the plan. three apartments." the three bathrooms, kitchen, and laun- But we still had plenty. My husband "Good. Then draw up your plans, dry were completed. We were able to vouched for that as he mowed the and I'll pass them." buy, often at our usual-by-now bargain lawn! Once the plans were passed, we prices, all the fittings, sink, basins, In the middle of this, our mortgagee started searching for a plumber. We baths—everything, plus hot water sys- wanted his money back. If we could now had three bathrooms, a new tems, and pay Jim's wages, for the price arrange another mortgage, he would kitchen, and a laundry to be installed. of a single bathroom! knock $460 off for us. When we had But plumbers were at a premium. We Soon the three apartments will be bought the house, a credit squeeze was only had two estimates, although we completed, painted and all. on, and we had had to pay 10 per cent approached dozens of firms, and they We started with five rooms and a interest. Now financing was easier, and were so outlandish that the Water bathroom. Now there are twelve, plus we managed a new loan at 61/2 per cent, Board inspector told us not to accept laundry, and three bathrooms. And reducing interest, and had $460 less to them. Apparently there were so many we've built for the original $1,500. The borrow on top of it! new buildings going up that plumbers three bathrooms have cost an addi- Then Ted bought a house nearby, could afford to refuse alteration jobs. tional $500, and the whole project has and our three children all decided to We prayed about it. Surely the Lord up to now taken less than six years. get married. We were left with the could find us someone who would do The property is now worth triple the prospect of a huge house just for the the work well and not charge exorbi- purchase price, which will make a two of us. tantly. large, lovely amount to give to the Apartments were the answer, we de- The next day I visited an Adventist, work when the time comes to sell. cided. Three apartments. The house and mentioned that for eight solid "Except the Lord build the house"— divided into two, and my study at the months we had been trying to find an we think. Yes, He's certainly been busy back as another. But the apartments honest plumber. building this one, and He's done a fine presented another problem. Would the "Have you tried Jim Green?" came job in the doing of it!

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ning to attend La Sierra College. The for Kenneth Wilson of Akron, were Youth Leader Witnesses second boy converted was a real from the Columbus area. Mr. Wilson swinger using tobacco and alcohol. He also assisted by teaching new songs for a "Quiet Revolution" has spent the summer as a counselor at the meetings before the effort began. Cedar Falls Camp and is planning to All the speakers presented their sub- by Miller Brockett attend La Sierra College and prepare jects in a clear and forceful way, Glendale, California—During the for the ministry. though it was probably the first time past school year a quiet revolution Last October a significant youth most of them had ever delivered a spread across some of our college and Bible conference was held at Cedar sermon. academy campuses. A new feeling for Falls. No one knows just what hap- The youth supplied the special mu- the reality and relevance of the second pened, no one can place a finger on it, sic and made up most of the choir un- coming of Christ seemed to quicken To page 17 der the direction of Thomas Hastilow. the hearts of many students, and things Duane Knecht led the audience in began to happen. singing the theme song from night to For example, 90 out of 165 students Thirteen Speakers Join night, "It's a Wonderful, Wonderful at Orangewood Academy became ac- Life." tive in Go Tell. Interested people were in Youth for Christ In addition to local talent, the Teix- invited to Voice of Youth meetings. At eira family band from Lexington, by Mrs. Vivian Dunson San Academy the students Ohio, appeared one evening, and a la- started a club called ASK, which Columbus, Ohio—A 15-day Youth dies trio from Dayton, Ohio, sang an- stands for Active Servants of the King. for Christ evangelistic effort held at other evening. Rilla Ashton of Worth- They designed a pin to wear on their the Columbus Junior Academy, Au- ington, Ohio, spoke one night on her lapel, and when a person would ask gust 6-20, was sponsored by the Mis- interesting experiences while serving as them what the pin stood for, it gave sionary Volunteer Society and the lay a missionary nurse at Kanyi Hospital them a chance to talk to that person activities department, under the direc- in Botswana, Africa. Miss Ashton has about Christ. Seventy out of 150 stu- tion of Carol Harris, a sophomore at since returned to Africa to serve again dents engaged in the Bible in the Hand Andrews University. Assistant director in the mission field. movement; 160 were placed in was Carolyn Matthews, who formerly A short film was shown almost every non-Adventist homes and 35 people attended Columbia Union College. An- evening at the end of the service. Most completed the Bible course. other assistant, Darlene Hastilow, con- of the films were from the It Is Writ- Conversions took place. Among these ducted a children's department during ten series. were two boys. One who had been us- the meetings. David Atkins, lay activities leader ing LSD came to Christ and is plan- All of the thirteen speakers, except To page 16

Eight of the 13 Columbus Voice of Youth speakers, from left: Stephen Dunson, Judy Woods, Stanley Harris, Vickie Dunson, Mrs. Donna Simms, Dan Danforth, Diane Frederick, Bruce Hastilow. Other speakers were David Atkins, Dick Howard, Donald Reed, Deborah Wilson, Kenneth Wilson. Most of these youthful speakers are academy students; two of them are enrolled in college studying for the ministry. The Youth's Instructor, December 5, 1967 15 Careful preparations precede the dive into the submerged plane. The Peruvian Air Force Albatross plane rests at last on land.

MV Secretary Helps to Force officials were really happy every inflated them. Finally, with nearly time we would come up with a piece forty barrels, we were able to float the of equipment, especially when we plane and pull it to shore. Salvage Downed Plane brought up several rigs that were con- I had to leave once again and Clyde by Dwight Taylor fidential. (The plane is used for search- had a lot of flying to do, so Alfredo ing for submarines along the coast.) did most of the work of getting it to Iquitos, Peru—An Albatross plane of the Peruvian Air Force went down in Lake Yarina Cocha, near the Ad- At the end of the day the officials float. He had to wait because the wa- ventist mission air base. The plane was carrying more than left with all the equipment we had half a million dollars worth of electronic equipment. ter was rising in the lake due to the Dwight Taylor, MV secretary of the Upper Amazon Mis- taken out, and told us to go ahead and rains. After nearly two months the wa- sion is an expert scuba diver, and was associated with Bob Seamount, Clyde Peters, and a national named Al- work some more if we wanted to. For ter went down and left the plane sit- fredo in the operations described.—Eormas. about a week we continued to dive, ting high on the shore. I happened to call the base in Pu- taking out all the equipment including When the water went down enough callpa for some information via radio the flying instruments. so that about half the plane was out and was told about the accident which On the third day of work we noticed of water, Alfredo went inside, closed had happened about an hour before, that the plane seemed to be floating the inside door, took off the upper and that they were hoping I could somewhat. We went down and saw hatch of the plane, and with Clyde and come up and help with the rescue. that we could lift it off the bottom of others bailed out the water so the Clyde and Bob were already diving on the lake. We came back to the surface plane floated. After the plane was it getting out the crew's suitcases and and tied the canoe with the outboard floating they were able to put the land- other personal items. motor to the plane and pulled it down ing gear down and pull it out onto I went to the Air Force headquarters to our base, as the plane was over a dry land. here in Iquitos and offered my serv- kilometer away, so that we could work It turned out to be a lot of hard but ices, which they were happy to accept, better on it. interesting work, and we were able to and the next day they took me and all After the first week's work I had to do a service to the government and of my diving gear to Pucallpa on an leave, as other duties called. When I make a lot of new friends. Air Force plane. That afternoon the passed through Pucallpa again I Air Force officials from Lima came out stopped in order to help turn the to the base and officially asked us to plane over and refloat it. We pulled THIRTEEN SPEAKERS help them. All they were interested in the plane out into deep water and at the moment was the radio and radar sank it. The lake was about 60 feet From page 15 equipment in the plane. The next day deep at that spot. With ropes and a Clyde, Alfredo, and I rigged up the winch on the bank tied to a tree, and a and the one who welcomed the con- sealbeam lights from the pickup at the crew of men, we were able after much gregation each evening, gave the clos- base so we could have some light un- hard work to turn the plane over in ing talk on "The True Church" a few der the water, and we went to work the water. days before leaving to begin his study taking out all this equipment. It was The problem then was to get it to for the ministry. quite a sensation going into the plane the surface and floating once again. Much experience was gained and at first, seeing it was turned upside So we tied gasoline drums to the out- many hidden talents were discovered down. All the safety belts and cables side of the plane, filling them with air. in the course of the effort; but most were hanging down. We also filled the inside of the plane important of all, one young girl said The first day of work we got prac- with as many drums as we could, and she was coming back to church as a re- tically all the equipment out. The Air tied two big life rafts to the wings and sult of the meetings. 16 The Youth's Instructor, December 5, 1967 his Lord even while preparing for Migrant Worker Active service in His vineyard stands as an A New Plan example to all of us. Only eternity will in Summer Evangelism show the rewards of this young man's Coming! A million prayers a day witnessing. in behalf of God's youth! This is a by Esther Kelso special feature of the 1968 MV Week Indianapolis, Indiana—Pedro Cas- of Prayer. The entire world of Mis- tor of has a deep desire to sionary Volunteers will throb with further his education. He attends Youth in Germany Helps excitement at the potential power Montemorelos Vocational and Profes- and revival that this program can sional College, Montemorelos, N. L., Save Life in Venezuela bring forth. As the agencies of evil combine to Mexico. Pedro comes from a Catholic by E. M. Peterson family, and he has had to work to pay increase their activity, with the near- his way through school. Washington, D.C.—I met Wolfgang ness of the end, so the church arises For the past few years he has come at the Youth Congress in July. in the power of God to remember to Shelbyville, Indiana, to work in the He is a typical Adventist youth from its youth. fields during the summer so that he Hanover, Germany, full of life and Watch for further announcements may have money to go to school in the youthful energy, looking for the excite- of the mightiest prayer program yet, winter. During this time he has earned ment that comes from living a whole- it is really different. Plan to partic- the respect of the people he works for some life. ipate in the coming MV Week, and the people that he works with Wolfgang is an amateur radio op- March 16-23, 1968, in your church or every day who live in a migrant work- erator, and most of our time together school. ers' camp. It did not take him long to was spent in his relating thrilling ac- find the Shelbyville, Indiana, Seventh- counts of emergency work by means day Adventist church. He attended of this fascinating hobby. He told me of his latest experience, helping to save services there and was soon well liked "QUIET REVOLUTION" and respected by all. the life of a 15-year-old boy in Caracas, Last summer Pedro received permis- Venezuela. This lad had a disease From page 15 sion to hold evangelistic meetings which would prove fatal in only a mat- where he was working. Every Sunday ter of a few hours unless he could re- but something was said or done that night he preached the third 's ceive a specific medicine. sparked a new spirit of consecration message to his fellow workers. There After an all-night effort of telephon- and dedication in the hearts of those were usually around 20 non-Adventists ing, radio contacts in , Switzer- present. For instance, students came in attendance. Every Sabbath morn- land, Laos, Finland, Thailand, Afghan- back to Glendale Academy and on ing he brought at least a row of his istan, and the U.S.A., the medicine their own organized a prayer band fellow workers to Sabbath school and was located at the Ciba Company in which met at noon for the rest of the church. He returned on Wednesday Hanover. Arrangements were made school year. As many as 100 students night for prayer meeting and again with Lufthansa and KLM Airlines for joined in this. They prayed for spe- was accompanied by 10 to 20 people. the transportation of the medicine to cific things, and there were definite Summer is past and school has be- Caracas. answers to prayer. Then requests gun. Pedro has returned to Mexico to Said Wolfgang, "I was very happy started coming in for student leaders finish his schooling. The determina- that the medicine arrived in time. I to go to other academies and churches, tion of this young man to witness for went to bed with a contented feeling." To page 18

Pedro Castor (second from right) did missionary work, brought Amateur radio operator Wolfgang Eisert was on the air all night others to church services while earning his school expenses. helping to locate lifesaving medicine for a stricken youth. The Youth's Instructor, December 5, 1967 17 Canton MV's Operate "QUIET REVOLUTION" ACT, which means "Adventist Col- legiate Task Force," represents three From page 17 teams of students from La Sierra Col- Full-Scale Evangelism and wherever they went revivals took lege who were active in direct evangel- by Mrs. James Davis place. From 50 to 75 per cent of the ism during the summer in three areas: youth, whether it was in an academy Watts, Highland Park, and the terri- Canton, Ohio—Youth of the Can- chapel, church service, or an MV meet- tory around White Memorial Hospital. ton, Ohio, Seventh-day Adventist church ing, responded. Their activities included: (1) Help- conducted a ten-day Teens for Christ Some of these student leaders were ing to promote a Good Neighbor crusade, July 30-August 8, in the invited to go to Monterey Bay Acad- Camp at Cedar Falls for 243 boys, of church sanctuary. emy. An appeal was made there and which only 5 were Adventists. (2) Most of the 30 participants ranged many youth responded. Later, a mem- Holding day camps in the Highland in age from 13 to 21. Theme song for orable bonfire was held on the beach Park, Watts, and White Memorial the series was "Turn Your Eyes Upon near the academy when scores of stu- areas, attended by several hundred Jesus." David Smith, student at South- dents threw their idols into the fire non-Adventist children between the ern Missionary College, moderated the and prayed that God would help them ages of 9 and 16. (3) Using the Bible programs. in their victory over sin. in the Hand method of evangelism, in James Borntrager, Mary Jayne Davis, From February to June of last year, which many parents of the children Fred Drewry, and Chuck Smith led students from Pacific Union College who attended the camps were con- song services. Mrs. Carol Regula ac- contacted approximately 500 seamen tacted. (4) Blanketing a large section companied at the organ and Jenny in San Francisco. This was called Ship of Watts on Sabbath afternoons with Lynn Bair at the piano. Evangelism. It will be reactivated when the booklet Take Three Steps by J. H. Special music was provided by the school opens. The idea is to place Melancon. Cards were enclosed in the Teens for Christ quartet composed of books and magazines emphasizing booklets, and 700 responses were Eileen Raith, Nancy Kiehl, Tim Re- God's love and Christ's second coming mailed to the conference office. Of the gula, and James Borntrager; and the in the ships' libraries. Their experi- 700 who responded, 400 are complet- girls sextet which consisted of Mary ences in contacting security guards, ing the Bible course. (5) Holding a Jayne Davis, Nancy Kiehl, Eileen the ships' captains, and seamen helped three-week Voice of Youth meeting in Raith, Linda Beitzel, Polly Fredricks, to change the lives not only of the sea- each of the sections mentioned above. and Lynn Ries. Both groups were or- men but also of the students who par- The purpose was to bind off interests ganized especially for the meetings. ticipated. About 8,000 ships a year en- developing in these territories. Other musicians and vocalists partici- ter Golden Gate Harbor. They are Many other Share Your Faith activi- pated in the program. manned by about 250,000 seamen, and ties involving youth in the Pacific Un- Six of the ten sermons were given by the students of Pacific Union College ion could be mentioned here, showing individual speakers, two by five-mem- would like to contact all of them. Time how God is effectively using our youth ber panels, and two by dual speakers. and money, of course, are limiting fac- in many ways. But the wonderful Crusade speakers were Mrs. Pearlene tors in this. story would be too long. Davis, James Davis, Polly Fredricks, Lynn Ries, Bruce DeLashmutt, Rich- ard Fredricks, Bruce Ries, Linda Beit- zel, James Villard, Linda Kiehl, Lynn Ott, Terry Weiser, Carolyn Amatan- gelo, Mary Jayne Davis, Nancy Kiehl, and Eileen Raith. James Davis and Gary Amatangelo handled the public- address system for the sermons. Each night two ushers greeted the audience and distributed programs prepared by James and Pearlene Davis. Other ushers were Earl Bair, Donata Jones, and Ida Mae Carson. Mrs. Norma Martin conducted a story hour downstairs for small children each night during the sermon. Mrs. Carol Regula, president of Teens for Christ, directed the youth crusade. The greatest results of the crusade were the uniting of the Canton youth into a functioning organization and the unveiling of many talents which can be utilized in the church. They are already requesting another series for next summer, and plans are being made for a Christmas program spon- sored by the youth. Two months' practice preceded the Teens for Christ sermons delivered by these youth. 18 The Youth's Instructor, December 5, 1967 , there to be tried and punished."- blindness between Saul's conversion and his bap- Ellen G. White, Sketches From the Life of Paul, tism, led Saul himself to pass those days in a vol- p. 21. untary self-abasement. His sin in persecuting the church of God and its Divine Head, his guilt in 2. What occurred to Saul and his compan- assisting at the death of God's , and in reject- ions as they approached ? :3, ing the testimony to Christ's resurrection, had been Sabb,th School very great. These three days of blindness and of 4 (first part). fasting were therefore a fitting preparation for the NOTE.-"It is evident that this revelation was grace of forgiveness about to be so freely and (#03,1 not merely an inward impression made on the fully given to him (1 Tim. i. 12:16). What mind of Saul during a trance or ecstasy. It was thoughts must have passed through Saul's mind the direct perception of the visible presence of during those three days!"-The Pulpit Commen- DECEMBER 9, 1987 Jesus Christ. This is asserted in various passages, tary, Acts, vol. 1, p. 283. both positively and incidentally. In St. Paul's first letter to the Corinthians, when he contends for the 7. What message came to Ananias in Da- Prepared for publication by the General validity of his own apostleship, his argument is, mascus? What did he do? Acts 9:10-19 (first 'Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus part). Conference Sabbath School Department Christ, the Lord?' (1 Cor. ix. 1). And when he adduces the evidence for the truth of the resurrec- 8. What was Christ's plan for Saul? Acts tion, his argument is again, 'He was seen . . . by 9:15, 16. Cephas . . . by James . . . by all the apostles SENIO It . . . last of all by me . . . as one born out of due time' (xv. 8). By Cephas and by James at Growth in Grace Jerusalem the reality of Saul's conversion was X-The Conversion of Saul doubted (Acts ix. 27); but ' brought With sight restored, how did Saul occupy him to the apostles, and related to them how he 9. of Tarsus had seen the Lord in the way, and had spoken himself in Damascus? Acts 9:18, 20. with Him.' "-CONYBEAKE AND Howsore, The Life and of St. Paul, 1906 ed., p. 84. 10. Where did Saul next go? Gal. 1:15-17. gain MEMORY VERSE: "What things were Ncrrn.-"While in Arabia he did not communi- to me, those I counted loss for Christ" (Philip- 3. What did the voice from heaven say? cate with the apostles; he sought God earnestly pians 3:7). Who was the speaker? Acts 9:4 (last part), 5. with all his heart, determining not to rest till he STUDY HELPS: The , knew for a certainty that his repentance was ac- Nora.-"No doubt entered the mind of Saul cepted, and his great sin pardoned. He would not chapters 12 and 13; Testimonies, vol. 3, pp. that the One who spoke to him was Jesus of give up the conflict until he had the assurance 429-433; Workers, pp. 58-62; The Nazareth, the long-looked-for Messiah, the Consola- that Jesus would be with him in his coming min- tion and Redeemer of ."-The Acts of the SDA Bible Commentary. Apostles, p. 117. istry. He was ever to carry about with him in the STUDY AIM: To show the power of Christ body the marks of Christ's glory, in his eyes, which had been blinded by the heavenly light, in calling a man He needed, in spite of 4. What was the physical effect upon the and he desired also to bear with him constantly human stubbornness, as well as the joy and men with Saul, and upon Saul himself? Acts the assurance of Christ's sustaining grace."-ELLEN peace that come from a personal fellowship 9:6 (first part), 7, 8. G. Wnrrz, Sketches From the Life of Paul, p. 34. with one's Lord. NOTE.-In Acts 9:7 it says the men with Saul heard the voice, but in :9 it says they did 11. Upon his return to Damascus, what did Introduction not hear the voice. The word translated "voice" Saul continue to do? Acts 9:22. in both places is the root word that appears in in His providence not only spared such English words as NOTE.-"God Beginning with this lesson we see Saul telephone, dicta phone, Saul's life, but converted him, thus transferring a phonetics, et cetera. It was used for the sound of champion from the side of the enemy to the side of Tarsus as of the Lord the wind (John 3:8) and of the cry of animals, of Christ. An eloquent speaker and a severe critic, Jesus Christ. On his way to Damascus as and of the sounds of millstones, wings, chariots, Paul, with his stern purpose and undaunted cour- a persecutor of the church he is challenged water, and musical instruments (1 Cor. 14:8), age, possessed the very qualifications needed in and most commonly for the human voice. As in by Jesus Christ and enjoys a thorough con. the early church. both these accounts in Acts it is clear that the "As Paul preached Christ in Damascus, all who version. He spent some time (The Acts of sound of human speech is referred to, the word heard him were amazed. . . . In his presentation of the Apostles, page 125, says, "for a time") "voice" was quite properly used. However, if the gospel he sought to make plain the prophecies someone were speaking in another room, one might relating to the first advent of Christ. He showed in Arabia in communion with God; then either hear what was actually said, or one might followed a successful evangelistic career in conclusively that these prophecies had been literally hear only sufficient to recognize who was speaking. fulfilled in Jesus of Nazareth. The foundation of his native province of . In succeeding In such a case it might truly be said that one dui his faith was the sure word of prophecy."-The years came Paul's fruitful three missionary hear, and that one did not hear. Thus in Acts 9 Acts of the Apostles, pp. 124, 125. journeys, with in as their we are told that the men recognized that the sound they heard was human language, and in 12. How did the Jews in Damascus react center. Acts 22 we are told that they did not understand to Saul's preaching? How was Saul delivered Places: Jerusalem; Damascus; Arabia; Tar- the words of the voice that was speaking. from vicious foes? Acts 9:23-25. sus in Cilicia. Persons: Saul of Tarsus; the high priest; 5. What did Saul ask? What instruction was given? Acts 9:6 (last part). Jesus Christ; Ananias of Damascus; the Holy Sojourn in Jerusalem Spirit; disciples of Damascus; Barnabas; the In Damascus 13. Who stood guarantee for Saul when he apostles. went to Jerusalem? What did Saul do there? Interesting Terms: "Breathing out." An ex- Acts 9:26.29; Gal. 1:18, 19. pression similar to "panting," indicating Saul's 6. How long did Saul remain blind? In what circumstances? Acts 9:9. Nom.-"Bamabas, who had liberally contrib- zeal and wrath against the Christians. uted of his means to sustain the cause of Christ, "Brother." The term by which Ananias NOTE.-"The same reason, we may venture to think, which caused the interposition of three days' and to relieve the necessities of the poor, had addressed the converted Saul of Tarsus. This been acquainted with Paul when he opposed the is the only individual title applied to Chris- believers. He now came forward and renewed that acquaintance, heard the testimony of Paul in tian men in the New Testament. regard to his miraculous conversion, and his ex- "Saints." Sanctified or dedicated ones, a perience from that time. He fully believed and term applied to all the believers, as in Ro- received Paul, took him by the hand, and led him mans 1:7. The word in the original tongues into the presence of the apostles."-EzzEN G. WHITE, Sketches From the Life of Paul, p. 36. is also translated "holy ones." The expres- BELIEVE IT OR NOT sion does not imply actual sinlessness, but 14. What did the apostles have Saul do, consecration. but in 1956 Australians harvested and why? Acts 9:29 (last part), 30. approximately 6 million pounds The Call of the Lord 15. What was now the experience of the of tobacco. By 1964 they were church in Palestine? Acts 9:31. 1. What did Saul the persecutor ask of the growing approximately 34 mil- Norn.-"It is thought that the attention of the high priest, and with what cruel purpose? lion pounds. In addition to this, Jews to the progress of the faith of Jesus Christ Acts 9:1, 2. they imported annually from 15 was diverted at this time, and their active hostility NOTE.-"Saul was about to journey to Damascus stayed, by the still greater danger to the Jews' re- upon his own business; but he was determined to to 19 million pounds from the ligion which arose from [the Roman emperor] accomplish a double purpose, by searching out, as United States. Caligula's intention of placing a statue to himself he went, all the believers in Christ. For this pur- as a god in the holy of holies. Thus did God's pose he obtained letters from the high priest to W. A. SCHARFFENBERG gracious providence intervene to give rest to his read in the synagogues, which authorized him to harassed saints, and to build up his church in seize all those who were suspected of being be- numbers, in holiness, and in heavenly comfort." lievers in Jesus, and to send them by messengers to -The Pulpit Commentary, Acts, vol. 1, p. 287. The Youth's Instructor, December 5, 1967 19 Eastern sun, Paul later says the light he his entrance into the city! Stricken with YOUTH saw from heaven was 'above the bright- blindness, helpless, tortured by remorse, ness of the sun.' . . . In the midst of this knowing not what further judgment X—The Conversion of Saul effulgence he so clearly saw the glorified might be in store for him, he sought out Christ that he includes himself among the home of the Judas, where, of Tarsus those who were privileged to behold the in solitude, he had ample opportunity for Lord after His resurrection. . . . The light reflection and prayer."—The Acts of the MEMORY GEM: "And now why tarriest from heaven so overwhelmed the travelers Apostles, pp. 117, 118. thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash that all fell to the ground . . . , although 7. What surprising message came away thy sins, calling on the name of the Luke here mentions only Saul. There is to Ananias of Damascus? How did Lord" (Acts 22:16). no evidence that any of them were on ILLUMINATION OF THE TOPIC: Acts horseback."—The SDA Bible Commen- the Lord reassure this disciple, and 9:1-31; The Acts of the Apostles, pp. tary, on Acts 9:3, 4. what did He bid him do? Acts 9:10-19. 112-130; The SDA Bible Commentary, 3. What question did Jesus ask "Ananias recoils from the implied com- on the references cited. Saul, and how did he reply? How did mand. His obedient but human spirit STUDY AIM: To observe how the balks at the thought of ministering to Jesus identify Himself? Acts 9:4, 5. power of God can change the course of a one with Saul's dreadful reputation. He man's life, causing him to use all his "But at that awful moment Saul did respectfully remonstrates with the Lord. strength for God's cause, which hereto- not recognize the speaker, whom on The words show that Ananias had been fore had been used against God's work. earth he had never seen. 'Who art Thou, living in Damascus, and had not just ar- Lord?' he said. And He—'I am Jesus of rived from Jerusalem. . . . They also in- Nazareth whom thou persecutest.' dicate how widespread among the Chris- Introduction "'Jesus of Nazareth!' Why did the tians was the knowledge of the fury of glorified speaker here adopt the name of Saul's attacks upon the church. The re- "In truth it is hardly possible to exag- His obscurity on earth? . . . Because His ports were sadly confirmed by the refu- gerate the extent, the permanence, the persecutor knew Him not; for had he gees who had come to the city from Je- vast importance, of those services which known Him he would not have perse- rusalem."—The SDA Bible Commentary, were rendered to Christianity by Paul of cuted Him."—FARRAR, op. cit., pp. 196, on Acts 9:12, 13. Tarsus. It would have been no mean boast 197. for the most heroic worker that he had 8. What special work had God toiled more abundantly than such toilers 4. What was the physical effect of chosen Saul to perform? Acts 9:15, as the Apostles. It would have been a suf- this vision on Saul and his compan- 16. ficient claim to eternal gratitude to have ions? Acts 9:6 (first part), 7, 8. "The Gentiles are placed first on the preached from Jerusalem to Illyricum, list, because Saul's field of labor was to from Illyricum to , and it may be, "All fell to the ground in terror . . . be especially among them. . . . This must even to Spain, the Gospel which gave new or stood dumb with amazement. . . . Sud- have been a startling revelation to Ana- life to a weary and outworn world. Yet denly surrounded by a light so terrible nias, who, as a devout Jew, had not yet these are, perhaps, the least permanent and incomprehensible, 'they were afraid.' realized that the whole world was to of the benefits which mankind has reaped . . . The whole scene was evidently one hear of Christ. But he now sees, in the from his life and genius. For it is in his of the utmost confusion: and the accounts man of whom he had only heard as the Epistles—casual as was the origin of some are such as to express, in the most strik- great persecutor, one who has been of them—that we find the earliest utter- ing manner, the bewilderment and alarm chosen and trained, and made more fit ances of that Christian literature to which of the travellers. than all others for the work of spreading the world is indebted for its richest treas- "But while the others were stunned, stupefied and confused, a clear light the gospel throughout the world."—Ibid., ures of poetry and eloquence, of moral on Acts 9:15. wisdom and spiritual consolation."—FAR- broke in terribly on the soul of one of RAE, The Life and Work of St. Paul, vol. those who were prostrated on the ground. 1, pp. 2, 3. A voice spoke articulately to him, which 3—Preparation for Lifework to the rest was a sound mysterious and indistinct. He heard what they did not 9. Having received back his sight, 1—The Call of the Lord hear. He saw what they did not see. To what did Saul next begin to do? Acts them the awful sound was without a 9:18, 20. 1. From whom did Saul receive a meaning: he heard the voice of the Son "His Rabbinical and Pharisaic learning commission? For what purpose did he of God."—CONYBEARE AND HOWSON, was now used to uphold the cause which go to Damascus? Acts 9:1, 2. The Life and Epistles of St. Paul, pp. he came to destroy. The Jews were as- 89, 90. "His [Saul's] work in Jerusalem was tounded. They knew what he had been over. The brethren who remained had ei- 5. What did Saul ask, and what in- at Jerusalem. They knew why he had come to Damascus. And now they saw ther eluded his search-warrant, or been structions was he given? Acts 9:6. him contradicting the whole previous rescued from his power. But the young zealot was not the man to do anything course of his life, and utterly discarding by halves. If he had smitten one head of 2—Saul in Damascus that 'commission of the high-priests,' the hydra, it had grown up in new places. which had been the authority of his jour- If he had torn up the heresy by the roots 6. How did Saul reach Damascus, ney. Yet it was evident that his conduct was not the result of a wayward and ir- from the Holy City, the winged seeds had and from what affliction did he suf- alighted on other fertile ground, and the fer? Acts 9:8, 9. regular impulse. His convictions never rank weed was still luxuriant elsewhere; hesitated; his energy grew continually so that, in his outrageous madness—it is "When the glory was withdrawn, and stronger, as he strove in the synagogues, his own expression—he began to pursue Saul arose from the ground, he found maintaining the truth against the Jews, and 'arguing and proving that Jesus was them even to foreign cities. Damascus, himself totally deprived of sight. The brightness of Christ's glory had been too AND he had heard, was now the worst nest of indeed the Messiah.' "—CONYBEARE St. this hateful delusion, and fortunately in intense for his mortal eyes; and when it HowsoN, The Life and Epistles of was removed, the blackness of night set- that city he could find scope for action; Paul, p. 89. tled upon his vision. He believed that for the vast multitude of Jews which it this blindness was a punishment from 10. Where did Saul go from Da- contained acknowledged allegiance to the God for his cruel persecution of the fol- mascus? Gal. 1:15-17. Sanhedrin."—Ibid., p. 177. lowers of Jesus. In terrible darkness he "While in Arabia he did not communi- 2. What happened to Saul as he groped about, and his companions, in cate with the apostles; he sought God fear and amazement, 'led him by the earnestly with all his heart, determining and his company neared Damascus? hand, and brought him into Da- not to rest till he knew for a certainty Acts 9:3, 4, first part. mascus.' . . . that his repentance was accepted, and "Bright as is the midday glare of the "But how unlike his anticipations was his great sin pardoned. He would not 20 The Youth's Instructor, December 5, 1967 give up the conflict until he had the as- surance that Jesus would be with him in his coming ministry. He was ever to carry about with him in the body the marks of Christ's glory, in his eyes, which How Wrong Can You Be? had been blinded by the heavenly light, and he desired also to bear with him constantly the assurance of Christ's sus- by FRANK L. REMINGTON taining grace."—ELLEN G. WHITE, Sketches From the Life of Paul, p. 34. 11. In what spirit did Saul resume BOUT two hundred years ago mentally retarded." In his childhood his work in Damascus? Acts 9:22. the French philosopher and Albert Einstein, too, was regarded as a dunce. Everyone thought the best he "Saul's training under stood author Voltaire predicted him in good stead. He could now use that in one hundred years the Bible could hope for was mediocrity. His his thorough knowledge of Jewish learn- would be a forgotten book found only parents suspected he was subnormal ing for the support of his new-found in museums. Instead the Good Book and his teachers actually called him a convictions. His methods commended his has gained in popularity each year. bore. faith to those Jews who were sincerely looking for the Hope of Israel; but these, Actually, when Voltaire's one hundred An aspiring young artist once ap- unfortunately, would not be a large pro- years had passed, a Bible Society oc- plied for a position on a Kansas City portion of his listeners."—The SDA Bible cupied his old home. newspaper. The editor examined his Commentary, on Acts 9:22. Before the 1960 Presidential elec- drawings and shook his head. "You 12. How did some of the Jews in tion, James Reston of the New York don't have any talent, young man," he Damascus react to Saul's preaching Times predicted that the next Presi- said. "Why don't you get into some- and what did they try to do? How dent would win by a wide margin of thing where you have a chance to suc- were their plans defeated? Acts 9: votes. Yet everyone now knows that the ceed?" But Walt Disney didn't take the 23-25. Kennedy-Nixon sweepstakes qualifies editor's advice. The history of science and inven- 4—Saul's Visit to Jerusalem as the closest Presidential election in the history of the country. tion serves notice that the simplest dis- 13. When Saul tried to contact the How wrong can you be? History re- coveries have been automatically re- Christian leaders in Jerusalem, how cords some opinions and predictions jected because cocksure, short-sighted was he received? Who introduced him that are real lulus in retrospect. persons have promptly classed them as to the apostles? Acts 9:26-29; Gal. 1: When Enrico Caruso, the golden- impossible or completely preposterous 18, 19. voiced tenor, first expressed an inter- in light of the most advanced knowl- "Barnabas, who had liberally contrib- est in music, his voice lacked both edge of the day. Actually, skeptics who uted of his means to sustain the cause of volume and timbre. His first music classed Christopher Columbus a mad- Christ, and to relieve the necessities of the poor, had been acquainted with Paul teacher told him, "You haven't any man because he dared to believe the when he opposed the believers. He now voice at all. It sounds like the wind in earth was round knew very little about came forward and renewed that acquaint- the shutters." geography. They promptly belittled the ance, heard the testimony of Paul in re- The first young woman to capture intelligence of a man who contradicted gard to his miraculous conversion, and their cherished belief that the world his experience from that time. He fully John D. Rockefeller's heart turned him believed and received Paul, took him by down cold because her mother looked was flat. the hand, and led him into the presence askance upon a man with such dismal When William Harvey presented his of the apostles."—ELLEN G. WHITE, prospects for the future. Upon his in- discovery of the circulation of blood, Sketches From the Life of Paul, p. 36. auguration as Vice-President, Theo- his medical colleagues attacked him 14. Why did Saul leave Jerusalem dore Roosevelt declared that the office with such violence that for a while he and where did he go? Acts 9:29, 30; was "not a steppingstone to anything lost most of his patients. When Rene 22:17, 18, 21. except oblivion." Six months later he Theophile Laennec invented the steth- "Tarsus. This, Saul's home town . succeeded to the White House when oscope, it met with opposition and may not have been the most comfortable an assassin's bullet cut down President ridicule. The young physicians who refuge for the apostle. Christ's saying McKinley. used it were asked by their older col- that 'a prophet hath no honour in his In a book published in 1933, Dorothy leagues if one "could listen through it own country' . . . was likely to be pain- fully true in Saul's case. Not only was he Thompson said that it took her only and hear the grass growing." returning to his birthplace; he was going fifty seconds after meeting Mark Twain once met a tall man back as a renegade Jew, an apostate from to decide he would never be dictator of with kindly eyes and an eager face who the faith of his fathers, a leader of the Germany. A century ago the country's carried a strange contraption under despised and persecuted sect of the Christians."—The SDA Bible Commen- best brains ridiculed James B. Eads's his arm. The man explained his in- tary, on Acts 9:30. plans to span the Mississippi at St. vention to the humorist, who listened Louis with a mighty steel arch bridge. politely and then remarked that he had 15. What effect did the conversion The idea is both "impractical and lost more than one fortune "in hare- of Saul have on the Christian churches? Acts 9:31. crack-brained," the critics declared. brained schemes." But the Eads Bridge opened in 1874 "But I'm not asking you to invest a AM I willing to lay my plans before and still carries a large volume of traf- fortune," the man exclaimed. "You can the Lord and humbly pray the prayer that fic. have as large a share as you like for Saul uttered on the road to Damascus:— One afternoon a schoolteacher $500." "Lord, what wilt thou have me to do?" visited the home of one of her seven- The author of Tom Sawyer and If I am sincere in this prayer, can I expect don't like to tell you Huck Finn smiled and shook his head; an answer? Will an answer continue to year-old pupils. "I come if I reject the Lord's leading, and this, Mrs. Edison," she said, "but I he wouldn't risk a red cent. The tall willfully go my own way? sincerely believe your son, Tom, is man started on his way. "What did The Youth's Instructor, December 5, 1967 21 you say your name was?" Mark Twain quently, ambitious young scientists and ultimately developed a method to called after him. eager to show the world a thing or two frost bulbs on the inside. "Bell," replied the inventor. "Alex- were initiated by being assigned the Possibly, though, an editor of the ander Graham Bell." "impossible" job. Everyone enjoyed the Chicago Times in the 1860's takes first When the telephone was first dis- routine—except the sweating neophyte prize for a grossly erroneous opinion. played, a New York editor disparaged scientist. But he was in on the joke the In commenting about Lincoln's Gettys- the device. "Well-informed people," he next time it was played. burg Address, he wrote, "The cheek of wrote, "know that it is impossible to One day Marvin Pipkin reported for every American must tingle with shame transmit the human voice over wire, work at the General Electric Research as he reads the silly, flat and dishwatery and that were it possible to do so, the Laboratories and worked on the "im- utterances of a man who has to be thing would be of no practical value." possible" task as his first assignment. pointed out to intelligent foreigners as When Henry Ford was chief engi- Pipkin took the assignment seriously the President of the United States." neer of the Detroit Edison Company, it had gotten around that on the side he was working on a gasoline motor. Dow, president of the com- pany, called Ford into his office and offered him the job of plant superin- tendent if he would cease tinkering with his experiment. "I don't object to experiments with electricity," Dow ex- plained. "Electricity is the coming The thing. Gasoline—no." First Then, when Ford announced plans 1-A-O Medal for his famous model-T, Walter Flan- of ders, an early financial giant, asked Honor him, "Are you crazy? This new play- Winner thing of yours won't sell." The mod- el-T sold more than 15 million cars. "It's a wonderful idea, but it's impos- by sible." That's what a group of top engi- Booton neers told Charles F. Kettering when Herndon he proposed the construction of a light, fast Diesel engine. Today, Diesel en- Author gines that Kettering developed have of THE SEVENTH replaced steam locomotives. DAY For years General Electric engineers had been searching for a way to frost light bulbs on the inside. Outside frost- Clothbound $3.25 ing collected dust and grease, absorbed light. But everyone around the lab knew it couldn't be done. Conse-

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9', The Youth's Instructor, December 5, 1967 ► By a new approach to treatment for ► There are 34 light bulbs in the average the mentally ill, entire staffs of veterans 1967 model automobile. hospitals have been placed on the treat- Highway User ment team. For each patient, the doc- ► Osteoarthritis is estimated to afflict tor prescribes one of five basic attitudes 80 per cent of people past 50 and 90 per that should be adopted toward him by cent of those past 60, in varying degrees. everyone concerned—doctors, nurses, at- Precis tendants, and even maintenance men. Radarscope A depressed patient, for example, might ► An enterprising Frenchman has set be treated with "kind firmness." Instead up booths in Paris where a person af- of using an electric shock to literally fected by car fumes can breathe oxygen mixed with pine scent. jolt a patient back to reality, doctors ► Published reports of landing and lift- now insist, with kind firmness, that the National Geographic Society offs of Unidentified Flying Objects are patient work endlessly at a monotonous, not reports of spacecraft controlled by ► When discovered in 1949, Cerro unrewarding task like sorting a box of Bolivar, the famed iron mountain of extraterrestrial beings, if the laws of sea shells. When the patient becomes Venezuela, was estimated to contain physics are valid, maintains a mathe- so emotional about the monotony that nearly half a billion tons of high-grade matical astronomer. After detailed study he rebels, he is on the road to recovery. ore. Some 35,000 tons are gouged out of the laws of physics and of metaphys- VA of the mountain each month. vim ics, the scientist conuludes that UFO's are not under extraterrestrial control; ► Naval Research Laboratory scientists ► It required the permission of Congress the laws of physics do not need revision recently achieved the world's lowest re- to shatter a long-time Senate tradition to accommodate UFO sightings; and corded temperature when they cooled a when National Geographic Society UFO's are not a threat to the security bundle of five copper wires to a temper- photographers were invited to make the of the United States. Science ature of less than one millionth of a de- first official portrait of the U.S. Senate gree Kelvin above the absolute zero. The while in session. The picture was used ► Originally, Braille-trained typists used previous low had been about 1.3 mil- in the official guide book on the Capitol. laborious punching machines to trans- lionths of a degree. Absolute zero on the National Geographic Society scribe books into the Braille system of Kelvin scale is equivalent to -273.15° C. coded combinations of raised dots. Now Believed to be the largest transoceanic or -459.67° F., appreciably below the ► high-speed computers do the job at the shipment of its kind, an entire com- lowest recorded outdoor temperature of rate of 300 pages an hour. Once a book munity consisting of 192 pre-engineered -126.9° F. and even below the -454° F. has been programmed, an operator apartment units was sent in May from usually associated with outer space. needs no knowledge of Braille to feed New York to the Casteau, Belgium, Naval Research Reviews cards into the mechanical brain that im- area. The apartments will house fam- presses the dots on metal plates for ilies and men of NATO's military ► Sikkim, storybook kingdom in the raised printing. Himalayas, is smaller than Yellowstone headquarters SHAPE. The project is National Geographic Society National Park and has only 165,000 peo- privately financed. Belgian labor is do- ple. Cardamom, a 12-foot-tall herb of ing the building. uss ► Ideal climate and natural beauty make the Canary Islands a tourist at- the ginger family, thrives in the south- Launched in April from a floating ► traction to millions the year round. The ern valleys and brings more export cash ramp anchored off the coast of inhabitants of Scandinavia are especially to the kingdom than any other crop. in the Indian Ocean, the Italian satel- drawn to the islands to escape the rigors National Geographic Society lite San Marco B is carrying out its mis- sion in perfect order and periodically of the harsh winter season. Over the Construction of free China's first 1957-1965 period, tourism in the Canar- ► transmitting scientific information. atomic power plant, with a generating ies registered an 800 per cent increase. is the first country to launch an artificial capacity of 500,000 kilowatts, will start IDES toward the end of 1967. To be located satellite in a zone of special importance to studies on the high atmosphere above near Linkou, a town ten miles south of ► Of all European Common Market , the projected plant is expected the equator and certain phenomena con- members, the Netherlands has the high- to be completed in six years. cis nected with the activity of the sun. est superhighway density-30.7 miles ltaldoc of expressways for every square mile of About three fourths of the young land, compared with Germany (22.6), ► ► Since 1962 the Republic of South people in the United States finish high Africa has maintained a base in Queen Belgium (16.9), Italy (11.6), and school today. The number of high Maud Land in the Antarctic and yearly France (2.6). European Community school graduates in 1967 approached 2.7 edges farther south. Once a year a polar Costliest spice in the world comes million, and the class of 1968 will exceed vessel brings a relief team, but in case ► from the heart of the saffron crocus. It this figure. USHEW she fails to get through, there are enough takes the orange stigmas of about 75,000 stores at the base to last three years. Eight of the nation's largest cities blooms to make one pound of saffron, ► This year a physiologist is studying the have fluoridated water: New York, used to flavor rice and curry. effects on the men of the rigorous liv- Chicago, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Cleve- National Geographic Society land, Washington, St. Louis, and De- ing conditions. The scientists and their affiliated workers live in buildings 30 Ninety-seven per cent of the earth's troit. 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