Review.BER 9, 1976

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We come to Him because we love Him. We commune Precious Assurance with Him as with a dear friend. We may leave His pres- ence with the knowledge that our love is reciprocated. Palmdale, California We are His and He is ours! No doubts need mar this re- There have been times when all of us have longed for lationship. undeniable assurance that we are accepted of God and "An unyielding trust, a firm reliance upon Christ, will that we are truly His children. It is natural for us to crave bring peace and assurance to the soul."—The Sanctified such security. Just as our hearts are warmed when those Life, p. 90. God desires us to find this sweet peace and as- whom we love assure us of their love, just so we desire surance in our soul through a firm reliance upon Christ. such assurance from our heavenly Father and His Son, When we first come to Jesus as sinners at conversion Jesus. or when we seek to renew a broken experience with Him, The apostle Paul assures us we may have this blessed we have the assurance there is not a whit of hesitancy on assurance. It is for you, it is for me. "Therefore being the Saviour's part to accept us and to save us! justified by faith, we have peace with God through our "The perishing sinner may say: 'I am a lost sinner; Lord Jesus Christ" (Rom. 5:1). but Christ came to seek and to save that which was lost. We can have real peace because of what Jesus Christ He says, "I came not to call the righteous, but sinners our Lord has done for us. What precious certainty! By to repentance" (Mark 2:17). I am a sinner, and He died His condescension, by His perfect life, by His sacrifice upon Calvary's cross to save me. I need not remain a on Calvary's cross, by His victory over death on the moment longer unsaved. He died and rose again for my resurrection morning, Jesus is our surety. All these justification, and He will save me now. I accept the for- events in the life and the ministry of our Saviour assure giveness He has promised.' "—Selected Messages, book our acceptance in the Beloved. These great realities of 1, p. 392. Precious promise—Jesus does not keep the the Christian faith should banish fear, care, and anxiety, questing, repenting child of God waiting for one moment. and we may enjoy true peace. We should rejoice in this He receives us and pardons us the moment we ask in wonderful thought! faith, believing.

While meeting appointments here in this delightful We may know of a certainty that the law no longer con- little desert city in California Robert W. Olson, associate demns us—we are safe in the arms of Jesus when we secretary, Ellen G. White Estate, presented some beauti- come to Him asking for His forgiveness and acceptance. ful statements that I wish to share with you. Note these The imputed righteousness of Christ received by faith precious words, warm from the pen of inspiration. makes it so. "It is not God's will that you should be distrustful, and "Through the imputed righteousness of Christ, the torture your soul with the fear that God will not accept sinner may feel that he is pardoned, and may know that you because you are sinful and unworthy."—The Faith the law no more condemns him, because he is in harmony I Live By, p. 102. with all its precepts. It is his privilege to count himself "But, you say, if I could only know that He is my innocent when he reads and thinks of the retribution that Saviour! Well, what kind of evidence do you want? Do will fall upon the unbelieving and sinful."—Sons and you want a special feeling or emotion to prove that Christ Daughters of God, p. 240. is yours? Is this more reliable than pure faith in God's "There is therefore now no condemnation to them promises? . . . There is not a friend in the world of which are in Christ Jesus" (Rom. 8:1). whom you would require one-half the assurance that our After reading these precious assurances from the pen of Heavenly Father has given you in His promises."— Paul and of Ellen White how can we be mistrustful? How Review and Herald, July 29, 1890. can we entertain any doubt whatsoever of the Saviour's The disciple John writes: "He that keepeth his com- acceptance of His penitent children? He does not hold us mandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby at arm's length—on probation as it were—to determine we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he whether our response to His invitation is genuine. bath given us." (1 John 3:24). We may know that we are His great arms of love are open wide to every re- living within the will of God because the Holy Spirit pentant child of God. When He says He will receive us, brings this assurance to us when we order our lives after forgive us, and cleanse us, we may be sure He means His divine direction. The Holy Spirit declares it. What a every word of His promise. We are His. He is ours. Praise precious promise! We are to accept it without any reser- the Lord! vations. Ellen White says further: "They that are abiding in Jesus have the assurance that God will hear them, be- cause they love to do His will. They offer no formal, wordy prayer, but come to God in earnest, humble con- fidence. . . . They depart from His presence rejoicing in the assurance of pardoning love and sustaining grace."— Our High Calling, p. 147. President, General Conference

2 (954) R&H, SEPTEMBER 9, 1976 This Week

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COURT LIMITS STATE'S RELIGIOUS INVOLVEMENT of the researchers who has found LUTHERAN, CATHOLIC AUTHORITY FOR SCHOOL INDICATES TELEVISION a strong correlation between STUDENTS ASK FOR COLUMBUS, Ohio—The Ohio VIEWING HABITS heavy TV viewing and lack of re- INTERCOMMUNION Supreme Court has limited the WASHINGTON, D.C.—One ligious involvement. COLLEGEVILLE, Minn.—A authority of the State board of of the few characteristics that plea that Lutheran and Roman ITALIAN WALDENSIANS AND education to set standards for seem to separate relatively light Catholic churches permit inter- religious schools. In reversing the viewers of television from heavy METHODISTS PLAN MERGER communion was made here at a ruling of a district court of ap- viewers—young and old—is their ROME—Italian Waldensians national conference of college stu- peals, the State supreme court religion. Surveys have indicated and Methodists drew closer to dents and campus ministers from said that religious-freedom rights that the more strongly a person is eventual unity as representatives the two communions. The plea are compromised when State involved in religious activities the of the Methodist Church took part said that the two communions standards "are so comprehen- less television he is likely to in the first two days of the annual have sufficient spiritual unity that sive in scope as to eradicate the watch. "Is television a new re- Waldensian Synod here. The their members should be able to distinction between public and ligion?" asks Larry Gross, of the union plan calls for full integration participate together in the Eu- nonpublic education." University of Pennsylvania, one of the two denominations by 1979. charist.

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(Letters submitted for publication in this Prove or Preach? ciety. In doing the former you which to build a sound religious column cannot be acknowledged or re- achieve the latter. turned. All must carry the writer's name Nowhere do we read that God philosophy of parenthood. More and address. Short letters (less than MI DON GAWLEY than good information is needed. words) will be given preference. All will be has delegated us to prove that He Seattle, Washington edited to meet space and literary require- created the world. Our task is to Some people know how to help ments. The views presented do not neces- in cases of child abuse, but many sarily represent those of the editors or of "preach the Word." Is it neces- Filing Material the denomination.] sary for us to prove scientifically do not and make matters worse. that the world was created in six Some of the most valuable in- Parents who are approached by days and that there was a Flood? formation in my head and files judgmental attitudes feel all the Women Elders God's Word says these events has come from the pages of the more guilty and proceed to take Please! Let us follow the in- took place, and that should be REVIEW. And I am thankful for that guilt out on their children. struction in God's Word just as it sufficient. Let us finish the task the these gems of truth. There are agencies and individuals is. There are many offices women Lord has given us to do. Like Ne- EDWARD EUGENE Ross who are qualified to deal with can fill, some more ably than men, hemiah, we are doing a great work Arroyo Grande, California these problems, and those who but not the office of elders (pres- and haven't time to argue. need help must be properly di- buteroi; Titus 1:5). The "older THERESA A. WHELPLEY Child Abuse rected to them in order to avoid the terrible damage that would women" (presbuterai) should Hendersonville, North Carolina After reading the editorial on otherwise result. have an honored place in the child abuse (July 22) one might get It took many years and much church as "mothers" in Israel the idea that child abuse occurs prayer for my sister and me to (I Tim. 5:2). Their counsel is Uplifting Humanity only outside the circle of Seventh- overcome the effects of a Sev- needed (Titus 2:4, 5). But let us do Re: James Londis' article, day Adventist church members. enth-day Adventist abusing par- nothing that will further lessen the "Have You Found Your Cross?" This is not so. ent. There are many more like us. sacredness of the home. Hus- (May 13). Over the years I have personally NAME WITHHELD bands and wives are not supposed The church has long struggled known a significant number of to be in competition, but comple- with the question of church and children who have been abused in ► Parents who feel themselves to mentary one to the other (The society; involvement versus non- many of the ways described in cur- be potential child abusers may Adventist Home, pp. 236, 114). involvement. There is no dichot- rent literature by Seventh-day Ad- write for help to Parents Anony- DONALD MACINTOSH omy between the salvation of ventist parents, who had plenty of mous, 2810 Artesia Blvd., Re- College Place, Washington humanity and the uplifting of so- information at their disposal on dondo Beach, California 90278.

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R&H, SEPTEMBER 9, 1976 (955) 3 Church what their inner-city program was doing in North- ern California. We at Wentling's quickly became knowl- edgeable about the workings of the inner-city program. It was felt that, because we were outsiders, our observations of what we saw and how we saw it done would be valuable to the church—not only to the people in Northern Cali- fornia but to church leaders around the country. So this is what I saw, what I heard, and what I feel about the Sev- enth-day Adventist Northern California inner-city pro- gram. Remember, I am not a Seventh-day Adventist; in fact, none of the employees working for Wentling's are Adventists. We had no preconceived notions of what to look for or what to expect. I had been told after starting the program that Seventh- day Adventists were those people who distributed tracts and who walked up to people on street corners and gave them messages about the Bible. From a strictly media production standpoint at the time that I undertook the project, my personal feeling was that this manner of de- livering any message is not necessarily the most satis- factory. There are many reasons for this. One of the most important is that it assumes that everyone to whom you give a tract will be inspired to want to read it. There is a short cut involved in merely handing someone something. Adventists' inner-city work finds people in need, then finds people to And that short cut is that you haven't given them the meet that need. The day-care center above was in California. proper motivation or understanding of the reading ma- terial they are going to receive before you actually, in fact, ask them to read it. We are bombarded by so many media messages today that it is difficult to get people's attention. Working as Nonetheless, that was all I knew about the organization. Adventists Wanted to Help Other People What I quickly discovered in doing the Adventist pro- Christ Worked gram was this: Here was an organization that truly wanted to help other people, that wanted to be able to do what we all should want to do with our lives, that is, to leave The church's inner-city program the world a better place than it was when we came into it. And so the Adventists in their inner-city program, as one who is not knowing what Jesus Christ preached and taught, have set about to try and do just that. In a modern-day world, a Seventh-day Adventist sees it. they seek to do nothing more complicated than what He did 2,000 years ago: talk to people, give them advice, see to their health, see to their daily living, see to their emo- tional and spiritual needs, but see to the whole man. In the inner-city program in East Oakland they have a garden plot where residents are encouraged to come, select a piece of land, till that soil, and see it produce. They don't invite them to select a plot on condition that they join the church or accept their beliefs. They bring them in because they know that these men and women need some- By JACK SELWAY thing of substance with which to work and in which to be involved, such as a garden, that will give them confidence EARLY IN THE SUMMER of 1975, Ned Lindsay, in themselves, that will, in fact, give them some food on inner-city coordinator of the Northern California Con- the table. Furthermore, such an undertaking will bring ference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, contacted them in contact with other human beings whom they may the multimedia division of Wentling's Camera Shops in not have met or known before. Thus in a garden they can Concord, California. Ned Lindsay wanted to know all grow together and do things together and help one an- whether Wentling's could provide a documentary to other. Something simple, and yet something complex and show all the members of the Seventh-day Adventist beautiful. The Adventists hardly even mention their

4 (956) R&H, SEPTEMBER 9, 1976 church. The people in the garden are aware of the fact that Well, that said it extremely well. That put it all together. whoever did it for them must be good people, and they You are coming to someone else who not only has a need have learned a lot from those good people. but in some cases doesn't even know he has a need. And Now, when I asked those people in the garden what more than that, he doesn't realize the value of one man's they thought of Adventists, they said, "Oh, they are all helping another. They have never been taught to see such right." But they didn't know much about the Adventist concern, because in some parts of the inner city it is what Church. But what they did know about the Adventist you can take from another person that gives you your Church was good. They knew that the Adventists were livelihood. It is what you can grab and steal and take that helping them and were being unselfish about it. Ulti- assures you your existence. In the inner-city program we mately, I feel that as the people in these many programs are seeing a practical application of the golden rule, also become more and more aware of what the Adventists are of the saying of Jesus that it is more blessed to give than doing for them, as they find out that these good things that to receive. are being done are truly works of good people, and that A Work Done Quietly it is good to be thoughtful of and helpful to your fellow man, they will come around to the point where they will I saw in the inner-city program many other positive want to be more involved in this movement. They will points, too. It was being done quietly. It was not being want to know more about the people who do these sorts done as a public-relations effort: "Let's go build a gar- of things. They may want to start a garden of their own. den." "Let's put together a day-care center in Sacra- They may become inspired to get involved in other pro- mento." "Let's have a free dental-legal-medical-and- grams of the inner city. family-counseling center in Sacramento." "Let's have a I think that the thing I found even more impressive than health-education center in Berkeley, California." "Let's the tremendous benefits extended to the people who got have a medical van in Oakland." "Let's do these things involved in inner-city programs was the beneficial effect because it would be a great way to get publicity." That it had on the people who were helping to make the pro- would be a dishonest effort in every respect. But the inner- grams possible, church members who now had a real city program is not being done with that in mind. garden of their own in which to do their own type of tilling Organized publicity is not necessary. The job that is to —spiritual soil-turning. For out of the dirt, manure, seeds, be done is one that is done on a daily one-to-one basis, water, bugs, pestilence, comes growth—productive, person to person. If the product is good the word will real growth in the form of edible vegetables and fruits. But spread. Jesus Christ did not have a publicist. He did, more important than that, what comes out of the project though, have other people who were inspired to take up is the very purpose of the Adventists. The Adventist goal the path He had started and continue to walk along it. is to see that other people are served and helped in the Now, as I say, I am not a Seventh-day Adventist and, name of Jesus Christ and in the manner in which He true, I don't follow all the teachings of this organization, helped them. For what He did was the work of God, and but I believe in the general principle that all men are cre- what the inner-city program members are doing is the ated equal, that all men deserve to be able to experience same. They are doing the real work of God and not just the grace of God, and that all men have the responsibility talking about it. of bringing Christ, God, and spiritual values to one an- Ministers, preachers, evangelists, churches, politi- other. cians, political groups, schools, lawyers, and courts all The inner-city program is a concept that will always over the nation are talking about common decency to your exist, for there will always be men in need, and there will fellow man. But it is a minority that is actually doing any- always be those who can provide for those needs. In that thing about it. You, the Adventists, through your inner- sense, the program you have undertaken is the greatest city program are actually doing something constructive in work a church can be involved in. And I feel, now, that the inner city and outside of the inner city, because you are it is time that the rest of the members of the church should bringing people together where you find a common need. understand that it is not the workings of one or two peo- Where you find people in need you find people who can ple, but that this inner-city ministry is the workings of help that need. Some of the people in your own organiza- many people—many, many volunteers working together. tion have put it the best. "Where we find needs, each need In every conference there is an inner-city coordinator is different and there are different ways to satisfy those whose only task is to find more needs and then to find needs." It was Reinhold Tilstra, a pastor in Sacramento, people who will voluntarily help fulfill those needs and to who said that. It was Duane Grimstad, another pastor, find the professionals who can help coordinate that volun- who said, "As I look at the pictures you took for our inner- teer effort. It is the job of those coordinators to provide city program, the aerial pictures taken from thousands of the facilities to enable the volunteers to give of their time feet in the air and from hundreds of feet above houses, as meaningfully. I see those homes and those houses I can't help feeling that My impressions of the inner-city program are but one there are literally thousands of people down there who person's thoughts and observations. But I must say that have never known the concern of one other human being I was genuinely impressed, and I carried from this effort a for their immediate destiny, for their livelihood, for their totally new and unique feeling for churches everywhere, health, or for their eternal destiny." and particularly for the Seventh-day Adventist Church. ❑

R&H, SEPTEMBER 9, 1976 (957) 5 Jesus and the Status of Women-4 tainly unprecedented in the first century.12 According to Luke's Gospel, as Jesus traveled about through the cities and villages proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, Jesus Awakened a Loyal He was accompanied by two groups: the 12 disciples, and a band of Galilean women (Luke 8:1-3). Not only are Following Among Women these women represented as itinerating with Him but are said to have used their means to support Him and His followers. Moule has rightly observed: By His gentle manner and kindly "It is difficult enough for anyone, even a consummate master of imaginative writing, to create a picture of a spirit Jesus won the hearts of many deeply pure, good person moving about in an impure en- vironment, without making him a prig or a prude or a sort women to the gospel. of 'plaster saint.' How comes it that through all the Gos- pel traditions without exception, there comes a remark- ably firmly-drawn portrait of an attractive young man moving freely about among women of all sorts, including the decidedly disreputable, without a trace of sentimen- tality, unnaturalness, or prudery, and yet at every point, maintaining a simple integrity of character?" 13 The identity and marital status of most of the women in the group with Jesus are not revealed. Only three of By WALTER F. SPECHT them are named: Mary Magdalene, Joanna, and Susanna. In addition to these Luke refers to "many others." Since THE SUPREME EXAMPLE of Mary of Bethany's1 gune in Greek can mean "wife," as well as "woman," devotion to Jesus was her anointing of Him at a feast in and in view of the Palestinian custom of early marriages Bethany a few days before the crucifixion. While the for women, William E. Phipps argues that these women guests were reclining at the table, Mary came in with "a must have been married.14 He further suggests that some pound 2 of costly ointment of pure nard," 3 broke the ala- of them probably were the wives of the 12 disciples, but baster flask containing the perfume, and poured it on there is no evidence for this. Christ's head. This was more than an act of courtesy and Luke informs us that some of these women had been respect.4 One writer suggests: "The breaking of the flask healed "of evil spirits and infirmities" (Luke 8:2). Among was perhaps the expression of the whole-heartedness of these was Mary Magdalene. Not only did the women her devotion. Having served this purpose it would never accompany Jesus and His disciples on their preaching be used again." 5 The act of pouring the perfume on tour, they also showed their love and devotion by using Christ's head was perhaps in recognition of His royalty their financial resources in supporting this band of mis- as the Messiah. sionaries (verse 315; compare Mark 15:41). According to the Gospel of John, Mary "anointed the By accepting support from women Jesus departed from feet of Jesus" 6 with very expensive perfume,' valued, rabbinical teaching. It seems to have been an accepted according to Mark, at "more than three hundred denarii." rule that a rabbi must not be waited on by a woman.16 But A denarius was apparently an average day's pay for a Jesus disregarded such rules. One writer conjectures that laborer in the vineyards.8 It was a great personal sacrifice the seamless tunic, "woven from top to bottom" (John for Mary, undoubtedly expressive of her supreme devo- 19:23, 24), "may well have been the gift of one of . . . tion to Jesus. [the] affluent women." 17 Worthy of note also was Mary's use of her tresses to Women at Golgotha and the Tomb wipe His feet.9 In the eyes of the Jews this was a shocking act, since respectable women kept their hair bound and The Galilean women eventually followed Jesus on His covered. Mary's behavior suggested that she was a last journey to Jerusalem, and remained loyal to Him to woman of loose morals. (The hair of a woman suspected the very end (Matt. 27:55, 56; Mark 15:40, 41; Luke 23:49- of adultery was let down by the priest.)10 But Jesus could 56). At Golgotha "the women who had followed him read the motives of her heart and saw her gesture as an from Galilee stood at a distance," and at the risk of their expression of deep gratitude for His kindness and affec- lives witnessed the terrible death of their Lord. They ob- tion. "She has done a beautiful thing to me," He declared served Joseph of Arimathea remove the body of Jesus (Matt. 26:10; * Mark 14:6). And He predicted that wher- from the cross and place it in a new rock-hewn tomb ever the gospel story would be told in future generations, (Luke 23 :50-24:1). her act of love would be remembered. Sunday morning they found the tomb empty, but were One of the striking differences between Jesus and the told by two angels that Jesus was alive. Thus they were Jewish rabbis of His day was in His acceptance of eyewitnesses to the death, burial, and resurrection of women as followers." Such a course of action was cer- Christ (1 Cor. 15:1-4). They were the first to receive the message of the resurrection. They were chosen over the * Bible references in this article are taken from the Revised Standard Version unless otherwise 12 apostles to be among the first witnesses.15 indicated. The angels reminded the women of what Jesus had pre- dicted in Galilee regarding His betrayal, death by cruci- Walter F. Specht, Ph.D., is dean of the division of religion fixion, and resurrection. In the light of these words they at Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California. were able to interpret the empty tomb "to the eleven and

6 (958) R&H, SEPTEMBER 9, 1976 to all the rest" (Luke 24:8, 9). Thus they became the first heralds of the resurrection. In the light of Jesus' words recorded in John 6:44, "No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him," we may well ask, Were these faithful women self- appointed disciples of Jesus? Or, can it be said of them as truly as of the 12: "You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide" (John 15:16)? Certainly without our Lord's gracious call they could hardly have accompanied Jesus in His ministry as they did.19 But if Jesus was a champion of women, and even al- lowed them to accompany Him on His mission, why did He not choose one or more women as apostles? To choose a woman as an apostle would have been un- wise in view of the social and cultural environment of the first century. According to the book of Acts, one of the chief functions of the 12 was to be that of witnessing to Jesus Christ and His resurrection." In a society where women were not allowed to bear public testimony, it would not have been prudent for Jesus to have chosen women for such a mission. This does not mean that our Lord was opposed to the testimony of women, but such testimony might have been easily dismissed because of Jewish prejudice. It was far more vital at this juncture to get a hearing for the testimony of His apostles concern- ing Christ than to carry on a crusade for the equality of women. Theologically, one can see in the selection of the 12 apostles the nucleus of a new Israel.21 Their selection was a symbolic act showing the continuity of Jesus' disciples with ancient Israel.22 Just as the 12 sons of Jacob be- came the representatives of God's people in Old Testa- ment times, so the 12 apostles are representatives of the reborn people of God. Their appointment looks backward to the old Israel, as well as forward to the new Messianic community." The latter becomes evident when one considers the eschatological role Jesus predicted concerning them: "Truly, I say to you, in the new world, when the Son of man shall sit on his glorious throne, you who have fol- lowed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel" (Matt. 19:28; cf. Luke 22:30). Since in this prophetic role they correspond to the 12 patriarchs, it is natural that they would be men." Summary and Conclusion In contrast to the rabbis, Jesus used many illustrations from the life experiences of women. He obviously did not regard them as second-rate human beings but in every respect as equal to men. When questioned regarding di- vorce, He set forth God's ideal of marriage as an invio- lable lifelong union of a man and a woman. He plainly con- demned the trivial procedure by which men in His day divorced their wives. Marriage called for fidelity on the part of both partners, and He recognized no double stand- ard of sexual morality. Jesus' own relation with women, and His treatment of them as equals, was revolutionary in His time. He freely associated with, and presented His message to, both men and women. Women were treated in every sense as on the same level with men. Sunday morning Mary Magdalene discovered the tomb empty and heard that Jesus had risen. She, not the apostles, was privileged to be among the He treated His own mother with respect and deference, first to witness of Christ's resurrection and to report the good news. and was concerned about providing for her future even R&H, SEPTEMBER 9, 1976 (959) 7 as He hung on the cross. He departed from Jewish con- Commentary, volume 5, pages 764-767, and the article on "Mary" in the Seventh-day Adventist Bible Dictionary, pages 689-691. ventions and rules of propriety by conversing with women . The Greek for "pound," lutra, is evidently the equivalent of the Latin Libra, consisting of about 12 ounces. and teaching them publicly and privately. Many of His Muron means "ointment" or "perfume." Nardos is evidently a transliteration of nrd (cf., S. of Sol. 1:12; 4:13, where the LXX has nardos), and refers here to the oil extracted from the miracles were performed on behalf of women. More than root of the nard plant. The origin and meaning of the adjective pistikos is uncertain. Several plausible suggestions have been offered: (a.) that it is equivalent to pistes, meaning "genuine" once He risked ceremonial defilement to minister to them. (see Pliny, Historia Naturalis, xii.43 [26]); (b.) that it is to be derived from ping ("drink"), and means "liquid" (Liddell-Scott, Greek-English Lexicon, p. 1408); (c.) that it is a scribal corrup- Among His special friends were such women as Martha tion of spikatoi (Latin, spicatum), the name of an ungent; (d.) that it is a transliteration of pysthq' and Mary of Bethany. He graciously accepted Mary's which denotes the pistachio nut, the oil of which was used for perfumes. See Luke 7:46; Ps. 23:5; William L. Lane, The Gospel According to Mark, pp. 492 ff. affectionate act of anointing, and described it as a beauti- C.E.B. Cranfield, The Gospel According to St. Mark, p. 415. . There is no reason to think that the Gospel accounts are mutually exclusive. She could well ful expression of love. have poured the ointment on both Jesus' head and His feet. Ellen White in The Desire of Ages declares: "Breaking her box of ointment, she poured its contents upon the head and feet of Although He did not designate women as apostles, He Jesus; then, as she knelt weeping, moistening them with her tears, she wiped His feet with her long, flowing hair."—Page 559. did accept a group of Galilean women as followers, per- It has been suggested that the nard came from an herb grown in the high pasture land of the Himalayas. This would explain its great cost (Madeleine J. and J. Lane Miller, Encyclopedia of mitting them to accompany Him in His mission and ac- Bible Life, p. 204). . Matt. 22:2, 9-13. cepting their financial support. While Jesus accepted the . John 12:3; cf. Luke 7:37 ff. devotion and love of women, His association with them 10 Sotah 1:5, Danby ed., pp. 293 ff. " Rudolph Bultmann, Jesus and the Word, p. 61. was always on a high spiritual plane. Joachim Jeremias, Jerusalem in the Time of Jesus, pp. 375 ff. C. F. D. Moule, The Phenomenon of the New Testament, p. 63. Thus by His style of life, in opposition to the age in " William E. Phipps, Was Jesus Married? p. 101. The imperfect tense of diekonoun suggests that the ministering of these women was a con- which He lived, and by His open acceptance of women tinuous act. Although some good MSS read anti., "to him," the preferred reading is antois, "to them." See Bruce M. Metzger, A Textual Commentary on The Greek New Testament, p. 144. and His respect for their personalities, Jesus definitely Claude G. Montefiore, Rabbinic Literature and Gospel Teachings, pp. 217 ff. championed women's right to honor and dignity. ❑ Paul K. Jewett, Man as Male and Female, p. 97; Johannes Leipoldt, Jesus and die Frauen, p. 32. Concluded Cranfield, op. cit., p. 464. Leipoldt, op. cit., p. 27. REFERENCES Acts 1:8, 21, 22; 2:32; 3:15; 4:33; 5:32; 10:39-42; 13:30, 31. M. E. Thrall, The Ordination of Women to the Priesthood, p. 94. . The problem of identifying the various women named "Mary" in the Gospels is a difficult George Eldon Ladd, A Theology of the New Testament, p. 109. one, and beyond the scope of this article. Is Mary of Bethany to be identified with Mary Magda- Karl Heinrich Rengstorf, in Theological Dictionary of the New Testament, Vol. II, p. 326. lene and the sinful woman of Luke 7:37 ff? See the discussion in the Seventh-day Adventist Bible World Council of Churches, Concerning the Ordination of Women (Geneva, 1964), p. 9.

For theYounger Set

Domie's Adventures-8 When the time came for home drunk. I was deter- Domie to go away to school, mined to kill myself, includ- he asked one of the mem- ing this eldest child. But, He Saved a Woman's Life bers from a nearby church Pastor, you came as an to continue the studies. angel sent from above. The years passed swiftly Praise the Lord, you fol- finished, the lady nodded for Domie. Finishing his lowed me up! Now my hus- By Dominador U. Gonzales and without hesitation signed ministerial course in Ma- band is the elder of the As told to the order. Domie explained nila, and his year of intern- church and I was the church ELLA RUTH ELKINS to her that he would deliver ship, he was assigned as a treasurer last year. And of the books after about 10 district pastor in Bukidnon. our nine children, four of (Last week: Domie, who had become days, then he left. As he was about to enter them are already baptized!" seriously ill, was taken home to die. His mother and sisters prayed for his recovery When Domie returned the church on his first Sab- At this point the husband and conversion. Domie gave his heart to with the books the woman bath in the district, a cou- the Lord and was healed. A few months smiled and said, "Pastor, later he was baptized and decided to be- was all smiles. She said, ple, all smiles and with nine thank God you saved our come a minister. To earn money he entered "You know, Mr. Gonzales, children following them, the colporteur work.) home!" when you came to my door greeted Domie, saying, And the wife quickly DURING THE summer that first time, you saved my "Pastor, do you recognize added, "And you saved my Domie was assigned to do life. Because shortly before us? This tall girl beside me life, too!" colporteur work in Malay- you knocked at my door I was the child I was holding Domie was grateful to the balay, Bukidnon, Philip- had made up my mind to that time when I was about Lord for this unusual experi- pines. His work was full of commit suicide, and your to commit suicide. You ence. Yes, God had led in rewards and surprises. And knock interrupted my plans! know, I could not bear to see mysterious ways. one of these surprises came Thank God, you came! my husband always coming To be continued when he met a woman hold- I really don't know what 1 ing a small child in her arms. kind of books these are that Tears were streaming down you are selling, but I prom- her cheeks. ise to read them all." Instantly he asked, After Domie left her home, "What happened, ma'am?" he could not forget her, and She didn't answer the the following Sabbath after- question; she faintly smiled. noon he paid her a visit. He After a bit she asked, "Any- offered her a series of Bible thing I can do for you, gen- studies, which she gladly ac- tleman?" cepted. The third Sabbath Domie then started dis- afternoon her husband playing his folders that joined them in their study, showed what was in the his breath smelling of alco- books he was selling. As he hol.

8 (960) R&H, SEPTEMBER 9, 1976 From the Editors

her long search finally ended in the discovery of the Family Survival Light of the world, she said, "I have the power to live the abundant life—power to love—power to transform Will the American family survive? Dr. Leontine my natural love for my husband and children into a super Young, a family life specialist, predicts that not only will love, a divine love, flowing out of me."—Page 178. it survive, it will make a comeback. Such a home can be yours. The abundant life can be We do not feel as optimistic as does Dr. Young. In the yours. You need not be a victim of circumstances. Buck social forces operating today we see only a progressive the trend. Choose to make your home one in which undermining of the home with little prospect of change. super love flows in abundant measure from each member We base this viewpoint not only on observation but of the family to all the other members. D. F. N. also on the Bible. Scripture offers no hope that social conditions will show any marked improvement until Jesus Christ returns to this earth as King of kings to es- tablish a new order. Writing in the magazine U. S. Catholic, Dr. Young ad- ResponsO• mits the presence of fracturing forces, such as mobility and divorce. She says we have created a world where -1,U€11.1.kBABtlile0": there isn't much place for enduring, binding relationships. She sees a family life in which everyone goes in different When t;t:x4fakes directions: "papa goes one way, mamma goes another, And wipes our tears away and the children go someplace else." in heaven by the tree of life4,- In view of her admission, what is the basis of Dr. cif?, that will be ttae)lay! ' Young's optimism? "Just one thing," she says. "When the chips are down, humanity wants to survive. The ,Upon the shining sea of gla,s' family is the basic unit of society, and when we realize Resplendent as with fire, that there is no feasible alternative to the family, we are We'll stand and play the harp, finally going to say: 'We are going to give priority to the And never, never tire.2. family.' " According to the Bible, when the chips are really down, Ve'll meet our friends mill And maybe take a trip there is only one thing that will bring a lasting solution— ;lo planets that have known'ocrsan: the second coming of Christ. The Bible paints a dismal picture of social conditions prior to the return of Christ. It describes earth's inhabitants as "lovers of self, lovers night,:no sorroroCARt1110;+„*141,, of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their lsto need for shining sup:. parents, ungrateful, unholy, inhuman, implacable, slan- Cie trials of earth ftirevvr 1 derers, profligates, fierce, haters of good, treacherous, ••Efiernity.:4egmz,.. reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God" (2 Tim. 3:2-4, R.S.V.). The ci7ty *Atli lb tOlden,strOe'ts How can individuals of such caliber be looked upon :1$ broad as it is high, Acube of incandescent light to make the comeback Dr. Young envisages? Our he- „„' Sitspeinted in the'sky.t • donistic, swinging, mate-swapping society is leading us only ever farther down the road away from the enduring, :the Spirit arid the•Bricle,say, ')CoMe,"• binding relationships that once formed the foundation .To whornsoevet:will. of the American home. Request your .r*rvation now But the situation is not hopeless. And while we have While niptcy liners stills mentioned the second coming of Christ as the ultimate solution, we are offering not merely a "pie in the sky by be. long; it can't be long and by" remedy. As we wait for the ultimate remedy, we Unfit bur.Lord we see.' need not succumb to the prevailing trend. Everyone who Get ready, for-that glorious day • And come, alorig with me! '7. wishes can choose to found and maintain a home based on the Christian ethic, one in which true relationships exist. f,lEtev. 2104. As Dr. Young said, "The quality of life doesn't come Chap. 15:2. Cor. from two cars in the garage, but from relations of people Rev_ 22:5. to people." And we would like to add from the relations ,iChap. 21:16. 6 Chap. 22:17. of people to God. Verse 20. Marabel Morgan, author of The Total Woman, dis- cOvered the importance of this latter relationship. When

R&H, SEPTEMBER 9, 1976 (961) 9 Family Living

could she, my own flesh-and-blood mother, who claimed to love me, do this to me? Didn't she know that girls need My Life With a freedom? The Sabbath school lesson study was a case in point. "Legalistic" Mother Mother did not feel that a 10-year-old should be left to de- cide whether to study the Sabbath school lesson every day. Particularly the 10-year-old in her own household, It is still rather mysterious who, she felt, might well be prone to postponement or downright neglect of, as she saw it, this most valuable tool that the rigid and seemingly iron- for the molding of a child's character. "All right, Bobbie," she would call pleasantly as I was gathering my school things, hoping to make a quiet exit handed method of my upbringing from the house. "Time for your ten-minute lesson study." "Oh, Mamma, I can't have it now. Jimmy Watson resulted in the Lord's and His promised me I could have a turn pitching this morning if I got to school early enough." church's becoming more precious to She was unpersuaded by this argument. "Studying your lesson is far more important than pitching, dear. After me than anything else in the world. all, Jesus hung on the cross for you. Giving Him ten min- utes of your morning is the least you can do in return." I had no answer to this, and so sat down unhappily to read either the questions or the Bible-text answers, de- pending on which day of the week it was. And, of course, the memory verse that I had usually mastered by Monday was reviewed. The routine never varied, and the pro- gram closed with a fairly long and comprehensive prayer. "Now we're ready to begin our day," mother would By BOBBIE JANE VAN DOLSON say, rising from her knees. "Hurry right along so you won't be late to school." "BUT, MAMMA," I PLEADED WITH AN earnest- The term situation ethics was not in usage during the ness born of great desire, "everyone else is going to wear thirties. I don't think mother had ever heard of it. If she slacks. After all, we're going up into the hills on our hike, had, I can imagine her nostrils flaring in disgust. It was not and it's pretty steep." in her being to come to terms with a problem by taking Mother never raised her voice, but from her tone I the obvious and convenient way out. Take, for instance, sensed that the battle, scarce begun, was already lost. the case of the school contract. "The Bible says that women—and I'm sure it means In the middle of the depression mother found it neces- girls also—should not wear men's clothing, Bobbie. We sary to become the sole support of herself and her daugh- cannot expect God's blessing if we deliberately indulge ter. She had one marketable skill—teaching. And she pos- in what He has forbidden. You may not wear slacks, and sessed a lifetime certificate from the State of California I doubt seriously that all the other girls will wear them." to prove it. Being acquainted with the erratic pay sched- Mother was right, in a way. There were 11 of us on the ule in the church schools of that day and having taught hike, and one other girl beside myself wore a dress. successfully in the State schools for a number of years As we clambered over the dips and gullies of the low in the past, she began to make the rounds of the country California hills I dreamed of a future day. I would be slim towns and villages of central California seeking a job. and lovely, and my huge closet would contain at least a Because of her excellent qualifications, she was offered dozen pairs of slacks. several positions. After due consultation with his board, This incident was typical of my life with mother. She the school board chairman would summon mother to give saw no need for me to make many decisions on my own. her the good news. The ensuing conversation went about "I'll decide for you while you are young," she said more like this: than once on occasions when I was chafing over what I Chairman: Miz Wood, I'm real glad to tell you that the called "always being told what to do." At such times I board is offering you our school. We think you'll do real looked at her with eyes that seemed newly opened. I well with the children. We're ready to offer you a hundred marked the small, trim figure, the neat brown curls dollars a month, which we feel is good money, and here's brushed back from dark eyes. She looked all right. How the contract for you to sign. Mother: Thank you, Mr. Brown. I'm sure my daughter Bobbie Jane Van Dolson is an associate book editor for and I will be very happy here in Poortown. But there is the Review and Herald Publishing Association. She also is one thing I must make clear. You see, I'm a Seventh-day a grandmother and lives in Beltsville, Maryland. Adventist, and I will not be available for any school-con-

10 (962) R&H, SEPTEMBER 9, 1976 nected activities or meetings from sundown Friday until How would I pay tithe on that?" (Such a monetary gift sundown Saturday, which is my Sabbath. was not unheard of in those days.) Chairman (after a puzzled pause): Wall, now, Miz Mother replied, "When that problem arises, I'm sure Wood, I don't know. There are meetings on Saturdays, the Lord will help us to solve it." but only twice a year, and the first one isn't till February. I have no explanation as to why these dictatorial meth- Maybe your church would let you go just a couple of ods worked successfully. I only know that, somewhere times. along the road toward coming of age, I quit doing what was Mother: No, I cannot accept the school unless we have "right" because mother made me and began doing it a clear understanding on the subject of the Sabbath. because I loved the Lord. The consistency of my religious Chairman: I'm shore sorry, Miz Wood. You know I training may have been one reason. There were variables never heard of that church you mentioned. Is that an- in my life, but my training in spiritual things was not other name for Jews? among them. I always knew where I stood in regard to the And so ended the Poortown episode, to be repeated at church. I would study my lesson every day. I would be Hopeless, Drab Hills, Lackluster, and a few other valley in church every Sabbath. I would pay my tithe. I would towns. not eat meat. I would stand up for what my church taught. "Why did you have to say so much?"I remonstrated as And no matter how cute and sweet Shirley Temple might we were leaving the premises of what I felt was a particu- be in Little Miss Marker, I would never know firsthand, larly appealing village. "You could wait and tell him because Seventh-day Adventists did not go to shows. about Sabbath when it's time for the school meeting in God saw fit to let me have mother in my home for the the winter." last 15 months of her life. During this time my family and I Mother looked shocked. "There's only one thing to do marked with awe her complete serenity as she fought a about the Sabbath, Bobbie," she said sternly, "and that lost-from-the-start battle with cancer. In between four is to let people know from the very first that you intend to surgeries and a series of treatments that the personnel in keep it." the university hospital called "going to cobalt," she went The automobiles of the thirties seemed to be more per- calmly about her business of writing to and visiting with sonable and to have more character than today's cars that her friends, studying her Bible, attending church, and spill off the assembly lines by the millions. Mother's car, spending much time in prayer. a middle-aged Chevrolet coupe, appeared to be anti- Early on a late winter morning when she knew she churchgoing, if not downright antireligious. Most days it would live but a short time longer, I awoke with a start. would welcome us into its small interior and after a con- There was a light in mother's room. With fear crowding genial cough or two would roll smoothly away toward our my throat I hurried into the hall and opened her door. She destination. Not so on the seventh day. Four Sabbath was sitting in her little rocker, her Bible open on her lap. mornings out of five we could sense a distinct hostility She spoke cheerily. "Oh, hello, darling. Come in. I just when we climbed aboard at 8:15. Mother would "put woke early and thought I'd have my lesson. That will the clutch in" and push the starter button firmly, only to leave me plenty of time for my morning prayer. You be met with an ominous growl, or worse yet, complete know, I love it so, this time I spend with the Lord." silence. "It does seem that this car knows when it's Sab- "I—I was just a little startled when I saw your light so bath," she would say. "Fortunately we've allowed plenty early, Mamma." of time." By this time she would have the choke and throt- "Oh, I'm all right. Just getting an early start today. Do tle both out, and there would be a faint line of irritation you remember, honey, long ago when you wanted to go across her forehead. somewhere in a hurry and I wouldn't go until I'd had my "Maybe we won't be able to go today," I would say, long morning prayer, and you said that I came closer to trying to keep the exhilaration out of my voice. following the Bible command to 'pray without ceasing' than anyone you'd ever known?" How Did She Know? "It was just a weak joke, Mamma. I was only teasing." "Now, Bobbie, a Seventh-day Adventist belongs in "Oh, I know that. But how can a Christian not pray?" Sabbath school and church on Sabbath morning, and the In the warm light her face was rosy and animated, almost Lord willing, that's where we shall be at 9:30. And I'm as if she were well again. "You see, when I think of all ashamed that you should act so gleeful over the thought God does for me, I just want to thank Him all the time, of not attending." How did she know? and in every way I can. It's—it's everything to me." In the end the car always capitulated, and by nine And so it came to pass that during the last few weeks of o'clock we were rolling the 12 miles over the low hills to my mother's life I finally saw her for what she was, or had the church. During all the years of my childhood I cannot come to be—a born-again Christian who did what was recall ever being late, and we were certainly never absent. good because she abhorred evil and could not be happy far And so the years moved along, with religion an omni- from her best Friend. Somewhere along the line she had present force. It permeated all that came into my life. crossed over to the sunny side of the street, if indeed she Mother took the Bible in its most literal sense. For in- had ever walked in the shadows of legalism. stance, the passage that says "Bring ye all the tithes into It is still rather mysterious that the rigid and seemingly storehouse" she understood to mean that a tenth must be iron-handed method of my upbringing resulted in the extracted from even the nickels that came into her daugh- Lord's and His church's becoming more precious to me ter's possession. One day I was staring glumly at four re- than anything in the world. It shouldn't have succeeded, maining pennies and remonstrating that I needed five to according to what many educators now believe. I can only buy a Big Hunk, when I felt impelled to challenge my testify that for one small, rebellious, sin-inclined, infi- mother. "What if somebody should give me a penny? nitely precious purchase of Christ's blood, it worked. ❑ R&H, SEPTEMBER 9, 1976 (963) 11 Young Adult

The Avenues of the Mind

As a psychologist I have found that few things affect the emotional life of young people more than the thoughts of the mind.

By COLIN D. STANDISH

YOUTH TODAY ARE THE CENTER of the adver- tising bombardment. The radio, the television, the news- papers, magazines, billboards, and every conceivable medium of mass communication are directed especially toward the youth. It is well understood in advertising cir- cles that youth are the most susceptible to gimmicks and that habits established in the young are likely to persist throughout the balance of their lives. This situation presents a unique challenge to Seventh- day Adventist young people. This is not surprising, for the Scripture warns us that our "adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour" (1 Peter 5:8). It seems logical that his special efforts would be directed toward young people, for it is normally during childhood and youth that the basic atti- tudes of life are developed—beliefs, biases, prejudices, and convictions. It is therefore not surprising that frequently Ellen White counsels Christians to be careful of the sensory input they receive. "Without hesitation or argument, we must close and guard the avenues of the soul against evil."—Testimonies, vol. 3, p. 324. Such closing and guarding cannot be a passive reaction in the Christian. It must involve an active programming of the life-style so that the senses, which are the media through which the events of our external world become conscious impres- sions in the mind, give maximal exposure to those things that contribute to Christian growth and development, and minimal exposure to those things that lead to worldly diversion. Ellen White says further, "Those who would not fall a prey to Satan's devices, must guard well the avenues of the soul; they must avoid reading, seeing, or hearing that which will suggest impure thoughts. The mind must not be left to dwell at random upon every subject that the enemy of souls may suggest. The heart must be faithfully sentineled, or evils without will awaken evils within, and the soul will wander in darkness."—The Acts of the Apostles, p. 518. It was with such an awareness that John the Baptist accepted the responsibility of being the forerunner of

Colin D. Standish is president of Columbia Union Col- Victory over impure thoughts can be gained through the Word of God. lege, Takoma Park, Maryland. 12 (964) R&H, SEPTEMBER 9, 1976 Christ. Adequately to fulfill this mission he had, as far clear until eventually pure water would be in the bucket. as possible, to close every avenue by which Satan could This is basically what is needed if we are to cleanse our enter his mind (see The Desire of Ages, p. 102). Young minds. Nothing is more effective than the study and the people of this generation are to be the modern Elijahs, memorization of the Word of God as a means "to remedy to present in its fullness and completeness the Elijah the defects in our characters, to cleanse the soul temple message, which will herald the second coming of Jesus of every defilement" (Testimonies, vol. 5, p. 214). Christ. Thus, perhaps, in an even more critical way, the Total Commitment senses must be guarded against this total bombardment that is being so effectively used by Satan to destroy the This will take a total commitment of the life to Jesus, thinking capacity and the moral fiber of young people. an active shunning of that which is destructive, and the This involves the total sense modalities, as every sense strong development of a life-style that allows the Word can be effectively used by the devil to gain entrance to of God to speak to us constantly. The purity of Jesus' the thought patterns of our minds. mind was a product of the close relationship He had with Ultimately the issue of our salvation rests with the His Father, together with a deep and constant study of mind. "For to be carnally minded is death; but to be the Scriptures. This too can be our achievement and in- spiritually minded is life and peace" (Rom. 8:6). There deed must be, for we are challenged to "let this mind be is absolutely no way we can develop a spiritual mind in you, which was also in Christ Jesus" (Phil. 2:5). while being fed carnally, any more than we can feed our Satan uses many ways to erode the mind processes of bodies with that which is nutritionally valueless and ex- those who otherwise would be of great benefit to the pect to develop a strong physical constitution. It must be work of God. In this way He seeks to destroy or seri- recognized that the development of a mind attuned to the ously to delay the efforts that God would have us put for- will of God does not come simply by guarding against ward to finish His work. In this modern age of sophisti- the evils without. There must be an active direction of cated technology the devil has been able most effectively the mind toward those things that are perceived to to make inroads even upon the minds of the members of strengthen the spiritual dimensions of the Christian life. God's church. Through the radio, television, record play- David understood this when he said, "Thy word have I ers, and the various media of written communication hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee" (Ps. the devil has built an entertainment dependency among 119:11). There is no better way to guard the avenues of many young people, and therefore it is difficult to attract the mind than by the daily input of spiritual food from the attention unless a strong entertainment factor is in- the Word of God. Not only is it a recommended course volved. This is noticeable in the academy classroom, in for those who are seeking to develop the mind of Christ the Sabbath school activities, and in the church services. Jesus but it is absolutely essential "as a safeguard against Publications for youth tend to be light and entertaining, evil, [for] the preoccupation of the mind with good is lacking the depth that was so obviously apparent a few worth more than unnumbered barriers of law and disci- decades ago. Frequently our minds are made unrespon- pline" (Counsels on Health, p. 192). sive to that which is worthwhile and that which requires deeper study. This has added to the problem of emotional Like a Bucket of Muddy Water instability and mental breakdown. Often children and As a psychologist I have found that few things affect youth are fed a consistent diet of make-believe and are the emotional life of young people more than the thoughts forced to live in a world of unreality and have little time of the mind. Many are guilt-ridden, finding it almost im- to devote to the worthwhile pursuits of practical life so possible to eradicate from their minds those thoughts important to Christian growth and development. The which alienate from God. There is no question that be- mind does not turn off when the entertaining novel is fore we come to Christ there has been a tremendous in- completed, or when the strains of the records have died put that has fed the carnal nature; an input that may not away, or when the television program has ended. The be immediately eradicated when we come to Jesus, but mind is a dynamic unit associating the new experiences an input that is something the devil uses constantly as a with past experiences and providing the stimulus for the source of temptation to develop feelings of inadequacy, initiation of further new experiences. "The readers of discouragement, and failure. Usually long after, by the frivolous, exciting tales [including stories with good power of the Holy Spirit and by the indwelling Christ, morals and religious sentiments] become unfitted for the victory has been gained over sins of word and action duties lying before them. They live an unreal life."— there is still the confrontation with those sins that, though Testimonies, vol. 7, p. 165. We could also add the view- hidden to others, give evidence of the battle with our ers of frivolous, exciting television programs. Is it any carnal nature. Yet victory can be ours through the Word wonder, then, that so often young people do not have a of God, through a constant feeding of our minds with that taste or relish for those things that God would see as which is food from heaven. most important in their lives? When we come to Christ our mind is, as it were, like a God is looking for a generation of young people whose bucket of muddy water, polluted by years of mental con- minds have been cleansed of the corrupting and pervert- tamination. If pure water were allowed slowly to drip ing influence of the mass media of the world today. A into the muddy water nothing significant would happen. group of young people who have developed an under- The water would still be muddy. On the other hand, if standing of what it means to work and live for Jesus, who we were to place the bucket under a strong faucet, turn place priority upon the practical duties of life, recogniz- the faucet on full, allow the fresh water to flood into the ing that whatsoever they do, they must do to the glory of bucket, soon the muddy water would flow over the side God. This is the generation that God is calling to finish of the bucket and the water in the bucket would begin to His work. ❑ R&H, SEPTEMBER 9, 1976 (965) 13 Newsfront

"Why don't you enter the very Chollet was perhaps the fore- A Jockey and a Bookie work that brought the message most bookie (one who deter- to your home?" mines odds, receives, and Make Good Bookmen The ex-jockey bought a pays off bets). In fact, he was brief case, learned his can- treasurer of the Bookmakers By L. A. RAMIREZ vass, and began a new career Association of Puerto Rico. as a literature evangelist. In his work as bookie he As the Guerreros estab- knew the thoroughbred CARLOS GUERRERO, a showed the beautiful publica- lished an Adventist home, the horses and their riders very former professional jockey, tions. matter of a Christian educa- well, advising well the betters now a full-time literature evan- Mr. Guerrero had never tion for their daughters be- who placed wagers on the rac- gelist, has recently won seven taken any interest in religious came an important concern. ing horses. In the process he persons to the Adventist mes- books, but something about The church school in Caracas managed to acquire a consid- sage in Trujillo, Venezuela, a the expression on the face of was far from the residential erable amount of money. city where Seventh-day Ad- the colporteur and the sincere area where the Guerrero fam- But about eight years ago ventists were previously un- way in which he presented his ily lived. When they heard the Adventist message en- known. Miguel Chollet, an- books impressed him. With- about the boarding academy tered his life through literature other literature evangelist, out hesitation he said, "I will at Nirgua, ideally situated in delivered by a Puerto Rican who recently delivered the take them all. When you have western Venezuela, they be- colporteur. After consider- largest cash order of books— new publications please bring gan to talk about the possibil- able reading and much prayer $34,500, was formerly a them by my home." ity of selling their home and Mrs. Chollet accepted the bookie in San Juan, Puerto The colporteur returned to moving there. wonderful Advent message, Rico. the Guerrero home again and Two years ago the family and soon her husband did too. Carlos Guerrero was a pro- again, giving the family Bible sold their home and moved After his conversion he asked fessional jockey in Caracas, studies. About a year after the to distant Nirgua. Both girls himself, "If I'm going to be Venezuela. He frequently initial visit Mr. Guerrero said had earned scholarships as an Adventist I can't be a rode winning horses at the to his wife, "I feel impressed student colporteurs. bookie. What will I do for a races, and his name was fea- to follow the teaching of our When the family was com- livelihood?" tured in the sports section in colporteur friend." She fortably situated in Nirgua, a The local Adventist pastor the daily papers. agreed wholeheartedly, as did call came for a literature evan- who was giving Bible studies One rainy morning Jockey their 10- and 11-year-old gelist to go and work in the to prepare the Chollets for Guerrero was trying to get a daughters, who were enjoying unentered area around Tru- baptism was quick to recog- little extra sleep before riding, The Bible Story books. jillo, Venezuela. Carlos Guer- nize Miguel's quandary. He when he heard voices in the When a new series of evan- rero accepted the challenge. said, "You know, Mr. Chol- patio and got up to investigate. gelistic meetings began Carlos According to the latest reports let, after you are baptized I "What is going on out Guerrero and his wife were from Ramon Urdaneta, pub- think you will have extraor- here?" he asked the maid. among the first to request bap- lishing director of the West dinary success as a literature "I knew you were trying to tism. He realized that Satur- Venezuela Mission, seven evangelist." While Mr. Chol- sleep, so I tried to keep things day was the biggest day at the persons have already been let listened in amazement, the quiet," she replied, "but a race track, but he faithfully baptized where previously the pastor explained the magni- man selling books and maga- made his decision to keep the Adventist message was un- tude and importance of the zines wanted to see you." Sabbath without fear for the known. literature ministry and the rich "What kind of books and future. After the baptism he blessings that attend the min- A Gambler Converted magazines ?" asked the pastor, "What does isters who sell the printed "They looked like good re- an Adventist jockey do for a At the internationally fa- page from door to door. ligious books and some nice living when he can no longer mous San Juan, Puerto Rico, After a joyous baptismal magazines." ride?" The pastor responded, horse-racing track Miguel service, in which all members "Where is he now?" "I couldn't keep him here, and I thought you didn't want to be disturbed, so I sent him on." "You sent him out in this rain? Do you think you could find him in the neighborhood and bring him back?" The maid got her umbrella and went out to find the man with the books and the maga- zines. In a short while she came back, accompanied by the colporteur, who was thor- oughly drenched. He de- clined a chair and stood drip- ping water about him as he opened his brief case and

L. A. Ramirez is publishing Miguel Chollet, extreme left, now spreads the gospel message through the printed page. Carlos Guerrero and his director of the Inter-American wife, center, right picture, discuss his colporteur ministry with L. A. Ramirez, left, and Ramon Urdaneta, Division. right, publishing directors of the Inter-American Division and the West Venezuela Mission, respectively. 14 (966) R&H, SEPTEMBER 9, 1976 of the Chollet family were bap- God through music. Dr. Beltz tized, Mr. Chollet made ar- traced a skeletal history of rangements to enter the col- secular influence on church porteur ministry. His success music, warning that "when was both thrilling and imme- the secular comes into the diate. He reports: "The very church, doctrines become first woman I approached flaccid, twisted, or depraved." with my books was my first Petition, proclamation, and buyer and first convert! I have praise were fused into a uni- been canvassing for nearly fied whole at the 11:00 A.M. five years and have had mar- Sabbath worship service at velous experiences. As a con- Pioneer Memorial church. sequence of Bible studies with Prayer readied hearts for my clients, I have been instru- F. E. J. Harder's sermon on mental in establishing a new the Revelation. Ingrid Row Seventh-day Adventist sang "He Was Despised" church. Recently the Lord from Handel's Messiah as an blessed me with a single cash integral part of Dr. Harder's order of $34,500. My past portrayal of the Lamb's suf- earnings at the race track were fering. Later Dr. Harder pro- substantial, but they do not claimed the future splendor begin to equal the spiritual and of praise in the holy city after monetary rewards that the Christ's second advent, where Lord has showered upon me "the Lord God the Almighty in this blessed ministry!" and the Lamb are worshiped by . . innumerable multi- tudes in a symphonia of choral MICHIGAN hallelujah!" Music extended the vivid imagery as choir, Church Musicians orchestra, and organ united in "Worthy Is the Lamb That Meet at Andrews Was Slain" from the Messiah, "We are here for one pur- and the congregation an- pose—to sustain the preach- swered with "Worthy, ers in their need of musical Worthy, Is the Lamb" from personnel in the church." the Church Hymnal. Thus Albert E. Mayes, Jr., Guild members met during executive director of the Na- the weekend to review the Top, Oliver S. Beltz prepares to direct the convention's choir and tional Seventh-day Adventist half-dozen years since the orchestra in "0 Lord, Thy Guardian Angel Send," from Bach's St. John first chapter was formed and Passion. Bottom, with Dr. Beltz, third from left, are the new na- Church Musicians' Guild, ex- tional guild officers: Norman Moll, recording secretary; Carol Mayes, pressed the conviction he to consider direction for the corresponding secretary; Albert E. Mayes, Jr., executive director; brings to guild leadership. The future. On Sabbath after- Elaine Myers, associate director; and John Minesinger, treasurer. organization's first national noon chapter representatives meeting convened July 30 to shared reports of workshops, August 1 at Andrews Univer- retreats, festival and seasonal business sessions on Sunday Mayes, corresponding secre- sity, Berrien Springs, Mich- music presentations, publica- to consider a declaration of tary; and John Minesinger, igan, to explore goals and tions, and other Guild proj- principles and a constitution treasurer, as national officers. needs, share resources, estab- ects. Not all chapters have and to elect national officers. Other weekend meetings lish a national organization, uniform success stories, but A basic tenet around which featured music of three com- and join university musicians on the whole the organization the proposed declaration re- posers. Sacred music by An- in Sabbath services and music is growing. volves is that "music is a drews University's composer- programs. In a major undertaking, the grand instrument ordained in-residence, Blythe Owen, Oliver S. Beltz, guild guild is soliciting funds to by God to impress the human was presented Sabbath after- founder, played a leading role help establish a chair in church heart with Scripture and noon by the university chorale in the convention, drawing music at the Theological Sem- scriptural truth." The declara- and soloists. Vespers featured from his seven decades of inary at Andrews University. tion urges that musicians in music of J. S. Bach. Oliver experience in music to en- This project has been under the Seventh-day Adventist Beltz directed a chorale set- rich the weekend meetings. way on the chapter level and Church "ought to be persons ting from the St. John Passion After extensive rehearsal the university is receiving con- of devout conduct and earnest of Bach, commenting that on Friday, guild members tributions regularly. C. convictions in all aspects of "once we have tasted the sang music from Felix Men- Warren Becker, professor of the Christian life." great Bach, we are prepared delssohn's oratorios St. Paul music at Andrews, com- The constitution establishes for a lifelong feast of the gift and Elijah at vespers, the mented, "I have been grow- a concise set of positive ob- God gave that man." Sunday words emphasizing the ing in the conviction [of the jectives and a national plan of evening's program featured strength of the Word of God need] of showing . . . Semi- organization for the Guild. music of Felix Mendelssohn and asking for strength to nary students particularly Members elected Albert E. and an address entitled preach it. Dr. Beltz's evening how the Word can be ampli- Mayes, Jr., executive direc- "Amenable Patriotism" by message, read by Richard fied by the musical setting of tor; Elaine Myers, associate Emil Leffler, graduate dean Hammond, emphasized the the Word." director; Norman Moll, re- emeritus of Andrews Univer- importance of true worship of Members gathered in two cording secretary; Carol sity. KENNETH LOGAN

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made for Brother Chavez to MASSACHUSETTS be the announcer and for Alfonso Flores, the first Indian Browning School in the area to be converted, to Salutes America be the speaker, a work which he performs exceptionally The communities of Lan- well. The 15-minute program, caster and South Lancaster, Tlahuili para Ama ("Light for Massachusetts, participated Today"), is transmitted over in a Bicentennial celebration station XEXR every Sunday. sponsored by Browning Ele- The script is written by Mar- mentary School on Sunday, celino Chavez in Spanish and May 9. The day's activities then translated into the began at noon with a "Sun- Nahuatl dialect by Brother dae in the Park" on the South Flores. Music by the King's Lancaster common. Home Heralds in Spanish is incor- and School officers, along porated into the program at with parents, sold sundaes, the present time, but hymns drinks, sandwiches on long are being translated into buns, and baked goods. The Nahuatl, and when this is Atlantic Union College band done they will be sung for the performed at 4:00 P.M. program by different groups The main feature of the from the University of Mon- day's activities began at 2:00 temorelos so the listeners P.M. when the police escort may hear songs of praise in led the school parade two Light for Today Aired their own tongue. miles down Main Street from Recently the mission has Lancaster to South Lan- in Nahuatl Dialect officially employed Brother caster. Newspaper reporters Flores to carry the message of estimated that more than By ARMANDO MIRANDA Christ to his Indian brothers 5,000 persons lined the parade and sisters. This new program route to see the 28 floats and is undoubtedly a partial ful- marching units. A PROGRAM in the Na- Brother Chavez in his mis- fillment of the words of the The parade featured the huatl Indian dialect has been sionary work, accompanying apostle from the Isle of Pathfinder color guard and aired for four months on him on itineraries through the Patmos—". . . the everlasting Browning School's Colonial radio station XEXR in region and serving as his gospel . . . to every nation, Drum Corps. "Benjamin Mexico, and the letters that translator when he preached and kindred, and tongue, and Franklin," portrayed by arrive daily asking for further to the Indians. people" (Rev. 14:6). Bruce Millet, a seventh- information show that the As a result of Brother program is bearing fruit. Chavez' first six months of In 1973, Marcelino Chavez, work among the Indians, nine a lay preacher in the Ciudad persons were converted. Not- de Valles, San Luis Potosi, ing his efficient work, the district of the North Mexican executive committee of the Mission, desiring to take the North Mexican Mission asked message of salvation to as him to join the corps of regular many as possible, began a mission workers, assigning radio program. The 15-minute him to the indigenous people broadcast was transmitted of the region where he had every Sunday over radio sta- initiated such work as a lay- tion XECV. Brother Chavez, man. the speaker and producer, In 1975, as pastor of the Ciu- paid for the program out of dad de Valles, San Luis Po- his own funds. He also ar- tosi, district, under the bless- ranged for a young person ings of God he won 31 persons from the local Adventist to Christ. church to be his announcer. In 1976, thinking of the Letters began coming in from necessity of evangelizing the listeners, among them letters Indians in all the region, from Alfonso Flores, an Brother Chavez considered Indian from the Hausteca the possibilities of another region. Alfonso Flores, an radio program, this one in the intelligent man, accepted the Indian dialect. When Ar- Adventist message with all mando Miranda, communica- his heart. He immediately tion director of the mission, began to collaborate with visited him, they discussed the matter, investigated the Armando Miranda is com- possibilities, and obtained munication director of the permission for such a pro- David Wright portrayed the patriot who fired "the shot heard round North Mexican Mission. gram. Arrangements were the world" in the Browning Elementary School's Bicentennial parade. 16 (968) R&H, SEPTEMBER 9, 1976 grader at Browning, was the KENYA Mrs. Frank McNeil, wife the physical needs of patients, parade marshall. The school's of the hospital medical direc- the hospital chaplain, Jorge 14 classrooms each developed Keroka Crusade tor and herself a doctor, and Garcia, and his assistant, Bob a float with a Bicentennial Held on Hillside Ana Batz, a nurse, were con- Maxson, are taking care of theme. Mrs. Julia Johnson, cerned about these babies. the spiritual needs of the mother of eight and grand- More than 1,000 persons Nurse Ana often had to scurry patients and of those in the mother of 26, represented gather every night on a hillside around hunting for anything, communities surrounding the mothers in the parade, held on in the hill country of the Kisii even a clean rag, in which to hospital. They held an evan- Mother's Day. tribe in western Kenya to hear wrap the new arrivals. A vol- gelistic crusade in a village DWIGHT MAYBERRY the Adventist message unteer worker at the hospital ten miles from the hospital Principal, Browning preached. The place is Ke- wrote to a friend of hers in and established a branch Elementary School roka, a community of small Leesburg, Florida, Mrs. Wal- Sabbath school. The two- shops in the midst of a thriv- lace Good, and told her about room meeting place was soon ing and densely populated the newborn babies with noth- filled with children and adults. ILLINOIS farming area. There is no ing to wear. Mrs. Good talked Then Pastor Garcia ran into LLU Participates in electricity or modern conveni- with the church Dorcas a problem. There was no one ences for miles around Ke- leader, who gave her some to teach the children. The few 12-Week Health Series roka, and there is no Advent- money with which to pur- adults on the grounds of the ist church there. Neither is chase material, and then Mrs. new hospital who could speak A 12-week health-evangel- there a building large enough ism program in Downers Good sewed the 60 receiving Spanish were already in- to accommodate crowds for blankets. Elliott and Marge volved with the adults and Grove, Illinois, that began an evangelistic series. So this July 17 is being directed by Schermerhorn, volunteer children who were coming to grassy hillside is both an workers on their way to the Sabbath services at the hos- Reuben A. Hubbard, assist- "only" and an "ideal" spot ant professor of health educa- Valley of the Angels Hospital, pital. for the evangelistic meetings. who were visiting in Lees- At last someone volun- tion at the Loma Linda Uni- Besides these outdoor eve- versity School of Health. burg, agreed to take the blan- teered to go each Sabbath to ning meetings, which began kets to Honduras with them. the branch Sabbath school to The Feeling Good Seminar, August 1, meetings are being an adult-education program While the McNeils and teach the children. The pas- conducted in six communities Nurse Ana are taking care of tor accepted the offer, but combining health education back in the hills for people who and Bible education, is being would like to attend the meet- sponsored by the Loma Linda ings in Keroka but who don't University School of Health, want to travel back to their Andrews University, Hins- homes after dark. Some of dale Sanitarium and Hospital, these smaller meetings also and the Illinois Conference. are being held outdoors. Four School of Health stu- Several ministers have dents—Fred Elkins, Kathy gathered from various parts Hargrave, Diane Patterson, of the field to attend the field- and Joyce Sampson—also will school classes in connection be working with this program. with the meetings. Classes The three young women are are conducted each morning planning to be health educa- from 8:30 to 10:30, and then tor/Bible instructors. the men scatter out to the In addition to the health and smaller meetings and to their Bible lectures, the Feeling visitation. Other ministers Good Seminar includes an are expected to join this group exercise tolerance test, food shortly as camp meeting ap- demonstrations, and a Heart- pointments come to an end. beat program, during which a ROGER HOL LEY blood analysis for cholesterol, Ministerial Secretary triglycerides, and blood sugar East African Union will be made and a life-style evaluation given. Several School of Health HONDURAS graduates employed in the Illinois Conference are as- Hospital Shows Its sisting with the seminar: Rob- Concern for Patients ert Hirst, Donna Meyer, Stoy Proctor, and Roy Wightman, The next 60 newborn ba- health educators; and Lynn bies at the Valley of the An- Baerg, pastor. gels Hospital in Honduras "We are seeing a real inter- will leave the hospital snug- est in health evangelism gled warmly in soft receiving among our conferences," blankets donated by the Dor- Elder Hubbard says. cas Society of the Leesburg, "We are encouraged by this Florida, church. Women who interest and pleased for the come to the Honduras hospi- opportunities it will give our tal to have their babies often students to actively partici- fail to bring clothing in which Marge Schermerhorn, right, gave Mrs. Frank McNeil and Ana Batz 60 pate in health evangelism." to take the baby home. receiving blankets for babies leaving the nursery of their hospital.

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with misgivings. The volun- MINNESOTA that tracts be printed in the pany in 1875 by C. Nelson, teer was only 10 years old. Scandinavian languages and a and in the spring of 1877 the She was Rhonda McBroom, Artichoke Church paper started. He learned to company was organized and daughter of the hospital ad- Marks Centennial set type, and soon printed welcomed into the Minne- ministrator. Six months later tracts. In 1872 the first foreign- sota Conference sisterhood [The author of this article, at 90 the oldest the pastor has no more doubts. member of the Artichoke church, was asked language periodical of the of churches. The year between Rhonda is a born leader. She to write a history of the church for its Centen- Seventh-day Adventist these two dates, 1876, has nial celebration July 9 and 10. He suffered a speaks Spanish fluently. Many stroke before he was able to give his report, Church, Advent Tidende, ap- been taken as the beginning of the children are older than but a copy of it was read at the celebration. peared. In 1874 the Swedish of the Artichoke Church. The Rhonda, but she has taught This is a condensation of it.—EbaToffs.] periodical Sanningens Harold first church was built in 1895, them songs, memory verses, was published, edited by and in 1897 the church began and Sabbath school lessons. While the United States C. Carlstadt. an elementary school there. And already one of the older celebrates its Bicentennial, the Lars Jensen, an early settler Lars Jensen, a charter boys has been baptized. Artichoke, Minnesota, church near Artichoke Lake, Wiscon- church member, was one of Five hundred patients a celebrates its Centennial. On sin, found a part of one of the the crew members on the Pit- month come to the hospital for July 9 and 10 church members earliest issues of Advent cairn, which sailed for the help. Seventeen persons have took time to consider their Tidende. He wrote to the pub- South Pacific from San Fran- been baptized, and more are in past. lishers in Battle Creek and cisco on October 20, 1890. He a baptismal class. Hundreds J. G. Matteson, who had asked that a Scandinavian was the first of the Artichoke are studying the Bible lessons come to America with his par- minister be sent to Artichoke. members to serve overseas. and taking Bible studies; 317 ents from Denmark in 1855, J. F. Hanson answered the Many other of the church's have already graduated from and who began preaching the call, and the first baptism in members have become de- the Voice of Prophecy Bible Adventist message in Wiscon- that area was conducted in nominational workers, serv- courses. sin in 1865, later began preach- 1873. ing in the United States, Can- GLADYS VEST DELONG ing in southern Minnesota and There were eight charter ada, Asia, Africa, South Dorcas Leader Iowa. On a trip to Battle members when the believers America, and Europe. Valle de Angeles Church Creek, Michigan, he urged were organized into a corn- H. 0. OLSON

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As a part of 1976 Literature Emphasis Year, all of the Adventist Book Centers in North America chose Sunday, September 12, as a special day to feature our Adventist publications. Plan now to visit your Adventist Book Center Sunday, September 12, 1976, 10 AM-4 PM. 18 (970) R&H, SEPTEMBER 9, 1976 Ministers Are Ordained at Camp Meetings

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Eight Southern California Conference pas- ecy), and Eliseo Orozco (La Puente). Walter tors and a departmental director at the Voice Nelson (Los Angeles Central) posed with of Prophecy were ordained to the gospel min- those pictured, but opted to await his father's istry at the conference's convocation in Lyn- return from Europe this fall to be ordained. wood on June 26. The one-and-a-half-hour Bottom: Ervin Beasley (Hacienda Heights), service was attended by 4,000 persons. Those A. Randolph Thompson (Sun Village), William on whom hands of ordination were laid are Broadwell (Palmdale), Richard Shadduck pictured with their wives. Top: Keith A. Selt- (Ridgecrest), and Robert Dent (University). zer (Culver City), Harry Krueger (East Los FRANKLIN W. HUDGINS Southern California Conference SOUTHWEST REGION Angeles), John Robertson (Voice of Proph- Two young men, pictured with their sponsors, were or- dained at the Southwest Region Conference camp meeting in Keene, Texas, conducted June 18 to 26. From left to right are W. J. Cleveland, Jr., candidate; W. J. Cleveland, Sr., sponsor; B. Wright, candidate; and R. F. Warnick, sponsor. W. J. Cleveland, Jr., an Oakwood College graduate who did further study at An- drews University, is pastor of the Tyler-Longview and Nac- ogdoches, Texas, churches. Billy Wright completed his ARKANSAS-LOUISIANA undergraduate work in 1970 The ordination of four young men to the Elder and Mrs. Larry Dittberner, are pictured at Southwestern Union Col- gospel ministry was a high light of the recent with W. H. Elder, Arkansas-Louisiana Con- lege and earned a Master of Arkansas-Louisiana camp meeting. The or- ference president, left, and B. P. Haskell, con- Divinity degree from An- dained ministers and their wives, Elder and ference secretary-treasurer, right. drews University. Mrs. Keith McNabb, Elder and Mrs. Keith W. H. ELDER DORIS JONES Mattingly, Elder and Mrs. John Morrison, and President, Arkansas-Louisiana Conference

R&H, SEPTEMBER 9, 1976 (971) 19 News Notes from the world divisions

Its president, Daniel Am, ex- • Marty Weber has taken Australasian pects the conference to reach a Canadian Union over full responsibility for the membership of 2,000 by the • More than 100 persons Lewisburg and Rainelle, West • More than 1,500 persons end of this year. crowded the new Lloyd- Virginia, churches. are attending the Better Living • There are 65 Seventh-day minster, Saskatchewan, • Shenandoah Valley Acad- Crusade in the Kukam Ad- Adventists in the Paraguay church on May 22 to witness emy graduated its largest class ventist church in Honiara, Conference who belong to the the first baptismal service in in ten years on May 30. The Solomon Islands. Japanese colony. They sup- the new structure. Four con- 91-member class was the last • Wide newspaper and radio port a school in Asuncion, di- verts were baptized. to use the old administration rected by Yuji Eida and coverage was given to a Five- • Four converts were bap- building, Shenandoah Hall, Day Plan to Stop Smoking that founded in 1973. Fifty of its tized into the Quesnel church which has since been demol- was conducted recently by students study in Spanish, and ished to make way for the 85 in Japanese. Elder Eida is in British Columbia recently. division temperance director These people had been con- new administration building. R. W. Taylor at Nuku'alofa, giving Bible studies to 26 in- terested Japanese persons tacted during last year's In- the capital of the South Pacific gathering campaign and had Lake Union Kingdom of Tonga. The pro- who live in the hinterlands. telephoned the local radio sta- gram was officially opened by tion to find out where the Ad- • Plans for widening the pro- the royal princess. gram offerings of the social ventists were meeting on Sat- service department of Hins- • June 8 was a high day in North American urday mornings. When the dale Sanitarium and Hospital, Tonga when Parliament was announcement was made on in Illinois, are underway with opened by King Taufa'ahau Atlantic Union the radio an alert Adventist the arrival of the director of Tupou IV. The Adventist Beu- telephoned them and studied the department, Irwin Reyn- lah College band, followed by • A former synagogue in a with them. the Beulah students, led the large Spanish-speaking com- olds. procession of schools and munity in Queens, New York, • Twenty-seven persons • Ionia, Michigan, young formed an honor guard. A purchased in 1975 and remod- completed a 12-week Wa-Rite people backpacked 17 miles number of Adventist expatri- eled, was opened for church program in the Henderson ate workers were official services on July 17. Donald J. Highway church Centennial guests at the celebration. Sandstrom, Greater New Hall in Winnipeg, Manitoba. York Conference president, Director of the program was OREGON ADVENTIST • Neil Keene from Western was guest speaker. Church Mervin Kempert, pastor, as- BEGINS 105TH YEAR Australia has been appointed membership is nearly 200. sisted by Mrs. Kempert and as Sydney Adventist Hospi- Birthe Djkowich, a physical tal's first full-time physical • The Greater New York therapist. education instructor. He will Academy student body raised initiate a fitness routine for more than $1,500 during the participants in the hospital's second semester by participat- Columbia Union preventive medicine program. ing in a walkathon. The money will be used for paneling the • The Real Truth Crusade is • Clarrie O'Neill, publishing front of the school chapel, a the first evangelistic crusade director of the North Queens- down payment on a minivan, to be held by the Northeast land Conference, recently was cafeteria trays, and photo- church in the District of Co- given 16 minutes free prime graphic equipment. lumbia. Twenty-two church time on Mount Isa commercial More than 300 persons at- members volunteered to serve television to discuss the Home • as Bible instructors under the Health Education Service. tended the Providence, Rhode Island, Radiant Living direction of William Hall, pas- Seminar conducted by Mark tor, and Jesse Baker, lay ac- Finley's evangelistic team, tivities leader. South American and more than 35 of them have • Laymen of the New been baptized. Shrewsbury, New Jersey, • In 1977 Brazil will celebrate church were forced to move the fiftieth anniversary of the • A conferencewide youth to larger quarters when 200 social assistance given by rally was held on July 24 at people showed up for their re- launches on the Amazon Union Springs Academy, cent Five-Day Plan to Stop River. In 1927 a young German Union Springs, New York. Smoking. The original meet- missionary, Hans G. Mayr, • Keith Murray, an adminis- ing place could accommodate moved to the Amazon region, trative director of Mental 70 persons. Eighty-eight per- On her 104th birthday, where he constructed the first Health Programs at New Eng- sons stopped smoking, many Mrs. Effie Wright of Portland, missionary launch, Ulm a land Memorial Hospital, will came to follow-up meetings Oregon, showed a sparkle Donau. In 1929, upon Leo join the education-behavioral on healthful living, and a small and zest for life, enjoying Halliwell's arrival, the work science staff this fall at Atlan- band is meeting on Sabbath to her gifts and visitors. "I've was greatly expanded with the tic Union College. worship. been an Adventist almost all construction of new launches. • The annual church service • Two hundred thirty-one my life," said Mrs. Wright, Mr. Mayr lives in Chile now. in Washington, New Hamp- persons have been contacted delighted at the prospect of • The Paraguay Conference, shire, was held on Sabbath, and 18 Bible studies begun being taken to a church serv- which reported about 1,000 August 14. G. Ralph Thomp- within the first two weeks of ice on a forthcoming Sab- members for 70 years, has ex- son, a General Conference Operation Outreach in the bath. perienced an awakening and vice-president, was the Smyrna church of Lynchburg, LORRAINE JUBERG now reports 1,700 members. speaker. Virginia. Oregon Conference

20 (972) R&H, SEPTEMBER 9, 1976 in the Kalkaska area recently. Lacklider, of Corrales, and The plan of the trip was to June Peak, of Enterprise, help establish personal wor- Kansas. Forty-seven persons ship habits. The Bible and attended. Steps to Christ were required • J. N. Morgan, South- gear. western Union Conference re- • Erich Bekowies has been ligious-liberty director, met named principal of Adelphian with the ministers of the Okla- Academy, Holly, Michigan, homa Conference at their replacing Joshua Swinyar, monthly workers' meeting who requested reassignment recently to discuss labor-union and a return to pastoral duties. problems, Sabbath problems, Mr. Bekowies has been serv- and bills introduced in the ing as guidance counselor and State legislature that would choir director at Adelphian for affect Seventh-day Advent- four years. ists. • Harold Oetman, principal • Martin Martinez, literature of the Lansing, Michigan, evangelist in the Albuquerque, church school, has been New Mexico, area, recently named to succeed Raymond saw six persons baptized as a Brooks as principal of Grand result of his labors. Ledge Academy, Grand Ledge, Michigan. Mr. Brooks has accepted a call to the In- Andrews University diana Conference. • The 16th mission institute • Escanaba, Michigan, is the at Andrews University was location of a new Community conducted by the Department Services center, which was of Missions, June 14 to July officially opened on Sunday, 24. The 101 missionaries who June 13, during the Upper registered included 30 who Peninsula camp meeting. GUATEMALA CONFERENCE DEDICATES CHURCH were on furlough. More than Escanaba's mayor, Robert N. half the missionaries attend- Bink, cut the ribbon to open On May 5, 1976, the Adventist congregation in a rural region ing the institute are scheduled the new center. of Guatemala known as El Arisco dedicated their church to go to Africa. • Paw Paw, Michigan, Ad- building, decorating it for this special occasion with fresh • Several thousand dollars' ventists broke ground for their pine needles and palm branches. The members in this worth of greenery was re- new church on June 6. The agricultural community had worked hard to build this cently donated to Andrews land, just outside of Paw Paw, church. With them to take part in the service were Alfredo University by the widow of plus a sum of money, was Gaona, mission president; J. Gonzalez Rique, secretary- Paul T. Gard, Jr., formerly of given by Neil Mullins. treasurer; Isidro Valdes, manager of the Adventist Book Watervliet, Michigan. The Center; and Elden Cruz, district pastor. collection of broad-leafed Northern Union ALFREDO GAO NA evergreens includes some President, Guatemala Mission rare shrubs. • Forest Ridge Camp, in • Omer L. Wagoner, assist- Iowa, has hosted 260 young ant professor of psychology at people this year at day camps union for the first seven in attendance. Officers elected Andrews University, has re- and other camp programs. months of 1976 are 13 per cent included; J. Mark Cox, M.D., ceived certification as a con- • The Des Moines, Iowa, ahead of the same period last of Orlando, Florida, presi- sulting psychologist. Dr. Wag- church was dedicated on July year, the total being dent; W. E. Coopwood, M.D., oner is one of the few certified 31. Beginning in 1885 with a $1,394,338. All seven confer- of Nashville, secretary; J. A. consulting psychologists in group of 15 young persons, the ences show increases, reflect- Rhyne, M.D., of Huntsville, Michigan. The Michigan State church has increased its mem- ing primarily the expanded Alabama, editor of national Board for Certification of bership to 750. Robert H. sale of The Bible Reference publication. Psychologists requires that Pierson, General Conference Library. Only a few hundred the candidate have a Ph.D. in Spirit of Prophecy books had president, was the dedication Southwestern Union psychology and five years of speaker. been sold by this date in 1975, professional experience be- but this year 12,332 volumes, • The Loma Linda School of fore being eligible for certifi- including Bible Readings, have Health team received a warm cation. Southern Union been placed in the homes. welcome in Amarillo, Texas, • The first Higher Education • Walker Memorial Hospital, • The first annual convention where for three days in mid- Convention of Seventh-day Avon Park, Florida, has been of the Black Adventist Medi- July they gave fitness tests to Adventists in eight years was accredited by the Joint Com- cal-Dental Association con- more than 500 persons at St. held at Andrews University, mission on Accreditation of vened August 6 to 8 in Nash- Anthony's Hospital. August 9 to 16. More than Hospitals, according to John ville, Tennessee. Twenty-five • A cooking school was held 800 delegates from Seventh- McClellan, executive vice- doctors from ten States, along recently in Truth or Conse- day Adventist colleges and president. with their families and several quences, New Mexico, under universities in North America • Literature sales in the medical-school students, were the direction of Margaret attended.

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sion, Tegucigalpa, Honduras, taught at Southern Missionary College, left Miami, Florida, June 30, Collegedale, Tennessee, and wrote a To New Posts book about the college entitled A Review 1976. School of His Planning. Other books • .M hi( pm ei Worker transfers within union conferences James E. Miller (WWC), of she wrote include Bubbles and Squeak, are not listed here. Such transfers, when Enterprise, Oregon, to serve in Mahanraj, Sundra Bi, Child of Happi- amm brought to our attention, may be found in district pastoral work, Bolivia ness, Lure of India, Thumby, and WI/ News Notes. Judy in the Orient. William Cleveland, pastor, Bir- Mission, La Paz, Bolivia, left Los Advent Review & Sabbath Herald Angeles, California, June 9, 1976. LETHBRIDGE, Albert William 126th Year of Continuous Publication mingham, Alabama, from South- Bowring-b. May 17, 1903, Plymouth, west Region Conference. England; d. June 18, 1976, Thousand EDITOR Oaks, Calif. A graduate of Stanbor- Kenneth H. Wood Philip G. Garver, staff, South- ough College (now Newbold College) ASSOCIATE EDITORS ern Missionary College, from Notices in England, he worked in the London Joseph J. Battistone, Don F. Neufeld Mount Vernon Academy, Mount transportation office of the General ASSISTANT TO THE EDITOR Vernon, Ohio. Conference as an accountant for eight International Religious Liberty Association years. From 1940 to 1947 he was as- Eugene F. Durand Obed 0. Graham, pastor, Or- Legal Meeting ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY sistant manager of Granose Foods. Corinne Russ lando, Florida, from Chesapeake 0 Notice is hereby given that a legal meeting From 1947 to 1951 he was secretary- Conference. of the International Religious Liberty Asso- treasurer of the North England Con- EDITORIAL ASSISTANTS ciation will be held on Monday, October 18, ference, then he became business Aileen Andres, Jocelyn Fay Melvin Hale, evangelist, Louis- 1976, 9:30 A.m., in the Takoma Park Seventh- day Adventist church, 6951 Carroll Avenue, manager and teacher at Newbold Col- EDITORIAL SECRETARY ville, Kentucky, from Pacific Un- Takoma Park, Maryland, for the purpose of lege for 11 years. His first wife, Laura Pat Hill ion College. transacting such business as may properly Bartlett, died in 1956. Five years later ART Lawrence Hamilton, evangelist, come before the members of the Association. he married Elizabeth Buck and be- Designer, G. W. Busch M. E. LOEWEN, Secretary came secretary-treasurer of the Met- Gadsden, Alabama, from An- ropolitan church in Detroit, Michigan. CONSULTING EDITORS drews University. Robert H. Pierson, W. Duncan Eva, From 1965 until his retirement he W. J. Hackett, C. D. Henri, Alf Lohne, S. J. Jackson, pastor, Mont- served as assistant treasurer of Faith M. S. Nigri, G. Ralph Thompson, gomery, Alabama, from Detroit, for Today. Survivors include his wife; Deaths two sons, Keith and Gordon; and six Francis W. Wernick, Neal C. Wilson Michigan. SPECIAL CONTRIBUTORS grandsons. C. O. Franz, K. H. Emmerson, R. R. W. H. Kibble, pastor, Nashville, BLAKE, Elizabeth-b. Jan. 23, RE BELL, Frederick George-b. Figuhr, B. L. Archbold, W. T. Clark, Tennessee, from Buffalo, New 1882, Tell City, Ind.; d. June 12, 1976, R. R. Frame, R. S. Lowry, Edwin June 18, 1903, Ohio; d. May 16, 1976, Ludescher, M. L. Mills, Enoch Oliveira, York. Urbana, Ill. She taught church school Colton, Calif. A graduate of Mount W. R. L. Scragg, C. D. Watson Dean Kinsey, principal, Forest for 30 years in Indiana and Wisconsin. Vernon Academy, Pacific Union Col- Survivors include two sisters, Etta lege, and Loma Linda University, Dr. EDITORS, SPANISH EDITIONS Lake Academy, Maitland, Flor- Blake and Rhoda Pekinpaugh. Inter-America, ReBell served as a minister in the Cen- Wanda Sample ida, from Mount Vernon Acad- tral Mexican Mission from 1926 to North America, Fernando Chaij COOPER, Emma Howell-b. Aug. South America, Gaston Clouzet emy, Mount Vernon, Ohio. 1927 and was president of the Yuca- 2, 1895, Rutland, Iowa; d. June 24, tan Mission from 1927 to 1928. In later CORRESPONDENTS, Dan Knauft, pastor, Potomac 1976, Olympia, Wash. A graduate of WORLD DIVISIONS years he served on the staff of the Conference, from Idaho Confer- Oak Park Academy, Nevada, Iowa, Loma Linda University School of Afro-Mideast, Charles D. Watson; she worked from 1918 to 1936 as a sec- Medicine. Survivors include his ence. retary in the General Conference Mis- wife, Australasian, Robert H. Parr, M.G. W. Sid Mills, principal-teacher, Marie; a son, Barry George; and a sis- Townend; Euro-Africa, E. E. White; sionary Volunteer Department, taking ter, Elfrieda Werner. Far Eastern, V. L. Bretsch, Jane Allen; Chesapeake Conference, from several years off to finish her schooling Inter-American, Tulio R. Haylock; Wisconsin Conference. at Emmanuel Missionary College and Northern Europe-West Africa, Paul graduating in 1925. From 1936 to 1938 Sundquist; South American, Arthur S. Jack Pester, district leader and Valle; Southern Asia, A. M. Peterson; she was registrar of the Seventh- Trans-Africa, Perry A. Parks pastor, Kansas Conference, from day Adventist Theological Seminary; Coming Oregon Conference. from 1942 to 1944 she was secretary CORRESPONDENTS, to H. M. S. Richards at the Voice of NORTH AMERICA Harvey Rudisaile, administra- Prophecy; from 1944 to 1952 she September tor, Medical Center Hospital, UNIONS worked at the General Conference 11 Missions Extension Offering Atlantic, Geraldine I. Grout; Canadian, Punta Gorda, Florida, from Far again, in the Transportation and Med- 1110 A. N. How; Central. Clara Anderson; Eastern Division. ical departments. After her marriage to Oct. 9 Review and Herald campaign Columbia, ; Lake, Jere Wallack; Urban E. Cooper in 1952, she worked 18 Bible Emphasis Day North Pacific, Cecil Coffey; Northern, Don Steinert, staff, Columbia 25 JMV Pathfinders Halle Crowson; Pacific, Shirley Burton; for the Harris Pine Company in Pen- Union College, from Loma Linda, dleton, Oregon, and at a school for the 25 Thirteenth Sabbath Offering Southern, Oscar L. Heinrich; South- (Far Eastern Division) western, J. N. Morgan California. retarded. Survivors include four broth- ers. October William H. Wilson, vice-presi- UNIVERSITIES 2-9 Health Emphasis Week Andrews, Opal Young; Loma Linda, dent, Southern Adventist Health DUCE, Crystal E.-b. March 23, 2 Church Lay Activities Offering Richard Weismeyer and Hospital System, Inc., from 1883, Shawnee, Kans.; d. July 3, 1976, 9 Voice of Prophecy Offering CIRCULATION Walla Walla, Wash. She taught in Sev- 16 Sabbath School Community Guest Manager, Edmund M. Peterson Hinsdale Sanitarium and Hospital, enth-day Adventist schools for 41 years Day Hinsdale, Illinois. and was principal of the San Bernar- 16 Community Relations Day SUBSCRIPTIONS dino, California, Adventist Academy 23 Temperance Offering USS15.95. Single copy 45 cents. Address STUDENT MISSIONARIES 30 to all correspondence concerning subscrip- for seven years. In 1904 she married Nov. 6 Week of Prayer William G. Duce, who died in 1969. tions to the Manager, Periodical De- Candis C. Calandra (SMC), of November partment, Review and Herald Publishing Survivors include a daughter, Esther Association, 6856 Eastern Avenue NW., Delbarton, West Virginia, to Surdam, and a sister, Hazel Meyer. 6 Annual Week of Sacrifice Offering Washington, D.C. 20012, U.S.A. 13 to serve as teacher, Honduras Mis- Jan. 1 Ingathering crusade Monthly editions in English and Spanish sion, Tegucigalpa, Honduras, left FERGUSON, Henry Leland-b. Jan. and a quarterly edition in Braille are 1, 1894; d. May 24, 1976, Salisbury, December available. For information write to the Miami, Florida, June 30, 1976. Rhodesia. He was a pioneer missionary 4 Ingathering emphasis Manager, Periodical Department. Alvin R. Goulbourne, Jr. (OC), in the Belgian Congo (now Zaire) and 4 Church Lay Activities Offering TO CONTRIBUTORS of Rochester, New York, to other places in Southern Africa from 11 Stewardship Day 1923 to 1941. Survivors include a 25 Thirteenth Sabbath Offering Send news stories and pictures, articles, (South American Division) and letters to the editor. Unsolicited serve as teacher, Korean Lan- daughter, Doris Venter, and a son, manuscripts are welcome, but will be guage School, Seoul, Korea, left Clark. accepted without remuneration and will be returned only if accompanied by Los Angeles, California, June 27, GARDNER, Elva Martha Babcock- 1977 a stamped, self-addressed envelope. 1976. b. Sept. 12, 1898; d. June 24, 1976, January Chunky, Miss. A graduate of Union An index is published in the last Review Marjorie Ruth Hamilton Soul-winning commitment of June and December. The Review is College, Lincoln, Nebraska, where she Church Lay Activities Offering (WWC), of Delbarton, West Vir- met her husband, Earl Gardner, she indexed also in the Seventh-day ginia, to serve in establishing 8-15 Liberty magazine campaign Adventist Periodical Index. spent 14 years as a missionary in India 15 Religious Liberty Offering youth centers, Honduras Mis- and several years in Jamaica. She also 22 Medical Missionary Day

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Three New Planes building, thus averting proba- Seventh-day Adventists, to ble injuries or fatalities. be evacuated from their Ferried to Africa After examination, the Lon- homes. One hundred tents and In late July three small don district surveyor has 2,200 blankets, valued at more planes were flown from Wash- ordered the demolition of the than $15,000, were flown to ington, D.C., to the Trans- entire ceiling. Connoisseurs Guadeloupe at no charge by Africa Division. Jim Lanning, declare the ruined ceiling one Air France. member of the Spencerville, of the outstanding examples of Grant to Oakwood: Oak- Maryland, church and veteran its type in London. It was in- wood College, Huntsville, ferrier of mission aircraft, stalled about 1904 and was Alabama, has been granted an flew to the Azores with the aid heavily ornamented and richly alumni incentive award and a of a strong tail wind that re- painted. The New Gallery, like cash grant of $1,000 by the duced flight time from the nor- most of the Regent Street United States Steel Founda- mal 15 hours to eight. He was buildings, is under a preserva- tion. The college was selected then joined by Don Latsha, of tion order for its architectural as first place award winner Auburn Academy, Auburn, significance. Estimates for the for private institutions in the Washington, and together they rebuilding of the ceiling range predominantly black institu- flew two Cessna 206's to up to £20,000 (US $36,000). tions category of the United Zaire, where they will be used The ceiling collapse occur- States Steel Alumni Giving to supply food to villagers in red at an unfortunate time for Incentive Awards Program. the Kasai Province. A third the New Gallery program. Ac- shipped to the Philippines and These awards are designed to plane, a Cessna 210, was flown cording to Russell M. Kranz, should arrive in a few days. In encourage institutions to to Botswana for use in other director, the autumn series of addition to this, nearly 20,000 undertake alumni fund-raising sections of the division. evangelist meetings is pounds of clothing is being activities and have been in- Three similar aircraft are about to begin, along with a flown to the disaster area by strumental in increasing shortly being flown to other series of concerts. More than Philippine Airlines from the alumni giving to record levels mission fields. The church £5,000 has already been com- SAWS warehouse in Watson- in 1974-1975. owes much to those generous mitted to evangelistic meet- ville, California. friends who make possible the ings this autumn. A minimum W. R. L. Scragg, president purchase of such planes and to of six to eight weeks will be of the Northern Europe-West r the pilots who ferry them to required to replace the ceil- Africa Division, has offered their destinations. ing with a temporary struc- help from that division in the BERNARD E. SETON ture. form of tents, blankets, cloth- According to Pastor Kranz, ing, and water purification the center is entering one of its tablets. These items will be College Development most fruitful periods. He re- flown from Europe directly to and PR Officers quests prayers for the success Manila. This brings the total of the work in central London. value of our relief supplies to New officers for ACPRAD WALTER R. L. SCRAGG the Philippines to more than (Association of College Pub- $100,000. lic Relations, Alumni and De- The mission plane from velopment Personnel) 1976- SAWS Sends Aid Mountain View College has 1977 were elected during the to Philippines been used for aid and survey North American Division of operation. Twelve Seventh-day Ad- Higher Education Convention There are more than 66,000 ventists have lost their lives in at Andrews University, Au- Seventh-day Adventist church gust 9 to 16. They are: Donald the recent earthquake and tidal members in the South Philip- J. Coles, of Pacific Union Col- wave around Moro Gulf, on pine Union Mission, with the southern Philippine island lege, president; D. G. Prior, headquarters in Cagayan de of Mindanao, and 63 Seventh- of Loma Linda University, Oro. H. D. BURBANK president-elect; and D. H. day Adventists have been left Bauer, of Andrews Univer- homeless, according to G. 0. sity, secretary. Bruce, treasurer of the Far In Brief VICTOR H. COOPER Eastern Division. Seventh-day Adventist Middle East College closes: World Service has set up its Due to the situation that has New Gallery relief program in the city of prevailed in Beirut, Lebanon, Ceiling Collapses Pagadian, where 934 persons Middle East College will not were killed and 38,000 are offer classwork during the A portion of the ceiling of homeless. SAWS and the Far 1976-1977 school year. Plans the New Gallery evangelistic Eastern Division set up an ini- call for reopening the school center on Regent Street, Lon- tial fund of $20,000 to pur- for the 1977-1978 school year. don, collapsed Sunday eve- chase urgently needed food Relief for Guadeloupe: Re- ning, August 1. Staff mem- and building materials. lief supplies from the SAWS bers, noticing the widening Disaster supplies from the warehouse in New York have crack in the ceiling of the SAWS warehouse in the Phil- been sent to Guadeloupe, main auditorium, had trans- ippines were distributed im- where the expected eruption 0 ferred the regular Sunday mediately, and nearly 50 tons of a volcano has caused 70,000 meetings to another hall in the of relief supplies are being persons, including 1,000

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