INSTRUCTOR

Juanita Tyson-Flyn authors a gripping double-length story— The Rugged Land

MAY 20, 1958

Bible Lesson for May 31

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Mother of the Bride and letters to the editor

On April 2, 1957, we reprinted an article from Family Circle REACTIONS Last week we mentioned magazine under the title that heads this editorial. The run-in title on that this column is being opened to letters the reprint read: "Our family avoided 'keeping up with the Joneses' from those who want to write their reac- when a daughter was to be married. Result: A wedding rich in true tions to materials they read in this maga- values—with no strain on finances or dispositions." zine. We do have a space limitation, and We hope that if you are one among the happy couples who will be of course your comments, whether pro or setting up a new home come June or some other summer month, you con, must be circumspect. Anonymous will reread this article. Only about fifty copies of the issue are still communications will not be published. Ad- available from the publishers, but a request with a twenty-five-cent dress your letters and cards to Grace Notes enclosure will bring you a copy while they last.* Editor, THE YOUTH'S INSTRUCTOR, Takoma The marriage ceremony is but the beginning of the home. How Park, Washington 12, D.C. important it is that it be planned and carried out in harmony with the Christian ideals that are to characterize that home. LETTERS Margaret D. Clarke's "Looking In this age of ostentation and pride, it is encouraging to see a young for a Happy Marriage?" in the February couple start married life with that taste and simplicity and true beauty 11 issue brought some comment. From representative of those who believe that our homes here are but a fore- Michigan, Patricia Klett wrote: "I really taste of the homes in the earth renewed. enjoyed M. D. Clarke's 'Looking for a It is a sorry commentary on our profession when church members Happy Marriage?' I feel that since the Y1 who claim to believe that Jesus is coming soon, spend hundreds, a thou- is a magazine designed for the youth, more sand, or more, dollars, in a wedding service that tries to imitate the helpful articles like this are very beneficial. uncaring world. Since the young people of today are going The mission of Seventh-day Adventists is that of reformers, not to be the future leaders of the church, conformers. Our study should be to test every expenditure against the more than ever they need advice and guid- magnitude of our task in the world. "All we possess is the Lord's, and ance in selecting a lifetime companion. we are accountable to Him for the use we make of it. In the use of So many are foolishly seeking close friend- every penny, it will be seen whether we love God supremely and our ships out of the church. I especially like neighbor as ourselves." experiences of people. Their mistakes We hold that young couples entering marriage should have a cere- made plain will help us." mony that will show the world what we believe. That ceremony can be lovely, in good taste, and memorable, with the ideal in mind to impress MILLION Next week brings an invita- those who attend that it was arranged by Bible Christians. But "when tion from the pen of Theodore Lucas to those who profess to be reformers, those in humble life, ape the customs support the million-dollar offering that and fashions of the worldly wealthy, it is a reproach to our faith." climaxes in Cleveland next June. Elder Let your wedding be a credit to the Seventh-day Adventist faith and Lucas is secretary of the General Confer- to the angels we hope will be abiding guests in your new home. ence Missionary Volunteer Department. He writes about "A Million Dollars of Love."

BILLION May 27 will also supply a story on "A Billion Tons of Buried Treasure." The treasure is in South America, and Christ's Object Lessons, p. 351. 2 Testimonies, vol. 4, p. 515. comprises one of the great discoveries of • Order from Periodical Department, Review and Herald Publishing Association, Takoma Park, Washington 12, D.C. the twentieth century.

PLUS Add these plus features to your diet from next week's Yourfes INSTRUC- THE YOUTH'S INs-raucroR is a nonfiction weekly designed to meet the spiritual, social, TOR: two questions, "What Is Engage- physical, and mental interests of Christian youth in their teens and twenties. It adheres to the ment?" by Dr. Harold Shryock; "What fundamental concepts of Sacred Scripture. These concepts it holds essential in man's true Is Your Price?" by Vinston E. Adams. relationship to his heavenly Father, to his Saviour, Jesus Christ, and to his fellow men. Begin- ning with volume one, number one, in August of 1852, this paragraph appeared under the name of publisher James White: "It's object is, to teach the young the commandments of God COVER The photo, supplied by British and the faith of Jesus, and thereby help them to a correct understanding of the Holy Scrip- Information Services, shows part of a tures." Whether 1852 or 1958, our objectives continue to be the same. statuary group near the famous Big Ben. See "Souvenir of London," page 5.

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Editor WALTER T. CRANDALL Published by the Seventh-day Adventists. Printed every Tuesday by the Review and Herald Publishing Assn., at Takoma Park, Washington 12, D.C., U.S.A. Entered as second-class matter August 14, 1903, at the post office at Washington, D.C., Assistant Editor FRITZ GUY under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. Copyright, 1958, Review and Herald Publishing Assn., Washington 12, D.C. Art Editor T. K. MARTIN Subscription rates: one year, $5.75; two years, $10.50; three years, $14.25; six months, $3.00; in clubs of three or more, Consulting Editors RAYMOND F. COTTRELL, GEORGE one year, each, $4.75; six months, $2.50. Foreign countries where extra postage is required: one year, $6.25; six months, W. CHAMBERS, RICHARD HAMMILL, THEODORE $3.25; in clubs of three or more, one year, each, $5.25; six months, $2.75. Monthly color edition, available overseas only, LUCAS, E. LENNARD MINCHIN, L. L. MOFFITT one year, $1.75. Circulation Manager R. J. CHRISTIAN The post office will not forward second-class matter even though you leave a forwarding address. Send both the old Editorial Secretary ALICE MAE SLICK and the new address to THE YOUTH'S INSTRUCTOR before you more. 2 THE YOUTH'S INSTRUCTOR The dented fender and the long, ugly scratches were a disagreeable experience, but I'll probably be much more sympathetic with others now that

I'VE HAD MY TURN

By MARION MERCHANT

HAT had I hit? For a bewil- If only we hadn't agreed to present record of accident-free driving. Very dered instant I couldn't im- the MV program in a nearby society that good, I had congratulated myself. Now I UU agine. afternoon. If only the owner hadn't have "fallen." I know how easily it can We had been sitting in the decided not to go. If only I hadn't agreed happen, and I feel a bond of sympathy car by the side of a road waiting for the to drive the car. If only the soloist had with the multitude of people into whose other automobile in our group to return. found the song. If only I hadn't decided class I have dropped. I can no longer Minutes had gone by. A car had driven to let the other car return for one last look down and criticize their accidents toward us on the side road and I had search. If only that other car hadn't come with superiority. The sympathy I appre- edged out of the way. But what I hadn't along and forced me to move over. If ciated most came from those who like- noticed was how close we were to the only I had thought to check my prox- wise had had an accident. first of a row of low posts. imity to that row of posts. And it would Maybe I should consider more than More time had elapsed. We had have helped ever so slightly if only they just automobile accidents—"accidents" waited anxiously. We were far behind had found the song! with sin perhaps. Until I have faced the our schedule for departure. But all those "if only's" didn't change same temptation, undergone the same "Here they come!" someone had the appearance of the car. The dent was experience, I cannot understand. Maybe shouted as the car whizzed toward us still there. And the long scratches. I should not feel so smug in my "stand- and past. Anxious to be after it, my foot The boys attempted sympathy. "Well, ing." Perhaps I should only exercise had pressed the accelerator. And that was he has insurance." greater caution. Certain it is that I must when it happened. "You have to break your record some- not criticize. To do that is to lean at such A quick survey revealed a dented time." an angle that the gravity of sin will right fender and a long ugly line where "It happens to all of us." force me into a fall. the car had scraped the post. I was sick. And others were equally consoling. I And then those "if only's." No matter It wasn't my car; and it was the first appreciated what they refrained from to what point in time prior to the acci- damage, even a scratch, that I had had saying too. dent my mind took me, it didn't alter in twenty years of driving. Besides, a "Wherefore let him that thinketh he the course of events. The damage was carload of male teen-agers with typical standeth take heed lest he fall." * The done. There is no possible way of un- disdain for women drivers didn't help my text now has a different meaning. doing it now except by paying for it. feelings. For twenty years I had accumulated a A solemn thought too. I shudder at Time forced us on our way. But the the tragedy when "if only's" are ex- day was ruined. • 1 Cor. 10:12. pressed with "weeping and gnashing of

MAY 20, 1958 3 teeth." God must keep me from having I always pay something for "accidents" But the real cost is far beyond my to go through that mental torture. with sin too, no matter how small the ability to pay, for it is the cost of eternal. Then there is the matter of insurance. damage. It may be loss of confidence life. How glad I am to be "insured" with What a wonderful provision! I must pay from those who know me. It may be a Jesus Christ, who can fully pay the price. a certain portion, but that represents wrong influence, the loss of my own self- I will never let that "insurance" lapse. just a part of the cost. The insurance respect, a weakening of character, the It is not merely a risk to be without it; it company bears the brunt. The damage forfeiting of a chance to be something is sure invitation to bankruptcy. wasn't too extensive in this case, but it I can never be now. There is always the The dent and the scratches have been might have been. How reassuring to memory of it, too—a memory that bites a disagreeable experience, but not a know that the company will pay no mat- and gnaws at my composure and peace total loss. Any experience is valuable if ter how high the cost. of mind. I learn the lessons it has to teach.

I thought of the lifeboat. Too small, it seemed to me. "Let me see—about twelve it should Medea Voyafe hold," I muttered as I closed my eyes to the next giant wave, "and there are sixteen of us on board. I'm sure to miss out r Never had I reckoned on this jour- ej tle "Zet4otaft" ney's being so rough. Otherwise I would not have been so eager to embark on this maiden voyage. Then suddenly I imagined that I As told to CYNTHIA COBURN by a LANDLUBBER heard the sound of singing. But it couldn't be, I told myself. Nobody would want to sing during an experience like this. Still, I thought I heard it again. I did! LEAR skies over Sydney and a blue but be plain sailing for the Lelaman on I managed to turn around far enough harbor made a fine day for the trial her journey to the islands, I reflected. C to glimpse what was taking place on the voyage of the MV Lelaman, a sturdy I hoped too that they would treat us deck. One of the islanders was—cheer- little craft that, should she prove sea- kindly on this trip, for you see, I am no fully, mind you—humming a tune as he worthy, was destined for service in the sailor—I have never pretended to be. moved adroitly about his tasks. vast Northwest New Guinea Mission. Therefore I needed calm seas and fair "Levi!" I gasped. "How can you be so And as we went down to where she weather even more than the Lelaman happy in the midst of all this!" It was lay at anchor in the calm waters of did! more of an exclamation than a question. Port Jackson, our hearts thrilled, think- With the bridge and its impressive He paused and regarded me with a ing of the good that could be accom- span behind us, I was more than a little smile. Silently he pointed upward. plished by a gospel-powered vessel such apprehensive as we approached the Syd- "You do not understand," he said as this. We liked the musical name "Le- ney Heads, called "the gateway to Aus- gently. "But listen!" tralia." If the waves on the other side of laman," which means "light." I did—to the familiar strains of "Je- Almost reverently we boarded her, those headlands were high, our chances sus Saviour, Pilot Me," as they floated of a smooth voyage were small. amid curious stares of passers-by who down from the spot where a man stood seemed fascinated by the sight of the I scanned the horizon, hoping. But at the wheel. the waves were mountainous. I could native crew, spotlessly clean, spick and "See," said Levi, flashing his broadest see the spray from where I stood, and as span, intent on their duties. smile, "when the master is happy then The captain conducted a rapid but yet we were a fair distance from the we are happy too. You see—everything searching final inspection of the little point where we would meet the sea in will be all right," he added with a final vessel. Then, slowly but triumphantly all its ferocity. glance at his captain. the Lelaman began to clear a path for "About how long will we be at sea?" I asked the captain as casually as I could. Intently I listened to the hymn as its herself through the busy port. stanzas continued in spite of the raging There were countless other craft there "Well, I'd say till about four o'clock elements. too, of course: the overseas liners, large, easily," replied the man at the wheel, important; the yachts, graceful and tall "because we have to give these boats a Unknown waves before me roll, alongside the small, sharp-nosed motor- really good tryout. Tropical conditions, Hiding rock and treacherous shoal. ' boats and the sleek, slender canoes. you know." I didn't know. But I would soon, I May I hear Thee say to me, But the mission vessel, as she ap- "Fear not, I will pilot thee." proached the graceful span of the Syd- reasoned. The headlands drew nearer ney Harbor bridge, appeared to gather and nearer until—down went the ship And I understood. purpose as well as speed, in contrast to into a trough only to be lifted up the "When the master is happy then we the pleasure craft around her. next instant onto a crest of a wave, are happy too. You see—everything will Then I gazed at the harbor itself, not- where she stayed momentarily until— be all right!" ing how its calm was broken only by the another trough, another pitch and toss, Of course it would. And I was worry- shimmering of the iridescent ripples as another crest. I thought she would fall ing about what was going to happen to they sparkled in the sunlight of what to pieces any minute. me in a mission vessel! might be called a perfect sailing day. I clutched at the rail, the only object Even today I still remember, when And if only both the weather and the that seemed immovable as the forty-five- storms rage in my own life, the lesson I water stayed this way, it could not help foot Lelaman was tossed about. learned from Levi. 4 THE YOUTH'S INSTRUCTOR By DAPHNE C O X

FIRST OF THREE PARTS At that I threw back my head and Then the tottering wreckage of build- laughed heartily. I told him I hadn't ings, the pitiful howling of a lost dog, the seen the Thames for eighteen years, and silent, benumbed families encamped in OR me, all roads lead to London. I just wanted to stand there absorbing the subway—these bore witness to the Always this great city draws me the sounds, sights, and smells of London, havoc of the previous night. irresistibly, like a magnet. Not being part of it again. Sheepishly he all of it, mind you. Not suburban muttered an apology and went back to Then came a later London, in a mood London. Just the center. his beat. of high preparation and feverish activity Take Trafalgar Square as a focal point, Then on to war days. An air raid in on the day before Princess Elizabeth's and travel about two and a half miles in 1943 could be a gigantic display of fire- wedding. As I wandered around West- any direction. That is my London. When works, when bombs were not falling near- minster Abbey I thought of the ceremony I go there, sometimes I buy souvenirs to by. As the night was shattered by the to be enacted the following day, and send to relatives overseas—for myself, crash of gunfire, we watched the brilliant surreptitiously tried to watch the prepa- memories are my souvenirs. I need noth- fingers of searchlights desperately clawing rations. But I was limited to a sight-seers' ing more tangible than that. at enemy planes. tour of tombs and the magnificent I have a dim childhood recollection of London lay in a pool of luminous stained-glass window representing an air- London—of bright fires and roasted green. Vivid emerald flares, dropped by man being, received by Christ, a memorial chestnuts, of being lost in the fog and the enemy, hung in night;s black dome to the Royal Air Force personnel killed replying to a policeman's query about like Gargantuan stars. ,Thg red flashes of during the Battle of Britain. where I lived, "South Africa." exploding shells added to the dazzle. Full A visit to the Tower and to St. Paul's horror did not come until morning. Cathedral were musts, I decided, before After eighteen years I was back in London, alone for a while, and standing on Black Friars Bridge. As I watched the broad Thames flow silently past I stood still, content just to be there. How long I lingered there, I have no idea—time's passage had no meaning for me just then. Hearing the siren of a launch, I leaned over the parapet. Suddenly a firm hand grasped my shoulder and a loud voice said, "Oh, no, you don't, miss!" A police- man's helmet met my startled gaze! "I beg your pardon?" I queried. "No suicides here!" he thundered. "I've been watching you for half an hour."

PHOTO, COURTESY OF THE AUTHOR

The author's children were fascinated by what they called "a lifting-up bridge."

MAY 20, 1958 5 John and the children and I left for given apartments over the Bloody Tower. turies clung to the buildings, silently cor- South Africa. It was quite possible, we were told, that roding their age-old faces. Westminster St. Paul's is no ordinary church. During the yeoman had arranged to let Marjory Abbey was suffering serious damage, the war it stood stately, dignified, serene and my mother sleep there. and appeals for a million pounds had —scarcely damaged amid surrounding He took us over to the Bloody Tower. been made for its restoration. We went bomb devastation. This was Sir Christo- We went into the room where the little back to see it. pher Wren's masterpiece of architecture, princes were murdered—where Sir Wal- The dim vastness of the eleven-hun- built on the site of the old cathedral that ter Raleigh had slept, and where my dred-year-old building gave the im- was destroyed in the Great Fire of 1666. mother had too. pression of one who is brooding over We gazed in awe at the high pillars and I could recall her clearly saying, "Yes, past scenes. Its mood catches you at the distant lunette, and at the tombs of some we slept here. And in the middle of the throat—so much so that you even think of the greatest British heroes—Nelson, night we heard the most terrifying in whispers. Here have been crowned all the mon- archs of England during the Abbey's his- tory, except Edward V, who was murdered before his coronation, and Edward VIII, Little things—this petty sinning who renounced the throne shortly after his Somehow always paves the way, accession. Makes it easier to carry As we walked through the nave we saw Zettee Sins that bend our thoughts astray. the tomb of the unknown soldier—a plain black marble slab surrounded by Little white lies, and evasions, wreaths of red poppies. 7‘ese94 Little deeds we left undone; The stained-glass windows, the high, Little words we left unspoken intricately carved archways, the gleaming Or the chance to help someone. silver on the gold cloth of the altar—it was an unforgettable scene. It is a fitting background for coronations, but for wor- Little stones will build the ship, I thought, I would be more at home By mountain, in one of the quiet side chapels. Piled-up deeds make ease or strife; W. E. WHITNEY Little things—both good, and evil, Later, our son Brian and I visited the Throw the scales to death or life. Abbey for a Sunday morning service. But visitors were admitted only to the nave; the rest of the Abbey was roped off, and on the sides high iron gates barred the way. Our vision was limited to a half circle Wellington, Florence Nightingale, and screams. Two shrieking, ghostly white, of a gleaming silver-and-gold altar shin- others. And, of course, Sir Christopher boy-sized figures rushed into the room, ing through the archway ahead of us. An Wren. His epitaph is simple: "If ye seek and we nearly fainted!" A subsequent invisible organist played glorious melo- his memorial look around you." giggle proved the identity of the ghosts. dies, and the choir was heard from some The children were intrigued by Wel- Two of her brothers had hidden on the remote recess. Overhead, a microphone lington's hearse. Apparently he had had it secret stairway, and had gone without relayed the sermon. Brian looked at me made some years before he died. It was supper in order to frighten the girls. thoughtfully. "Don't they want you in overdecorated with multitudinous carv- We went up and out onto Raleigh's this church, Mother? You can't even see ings and engravings, which explain why Walk, where for thirteen years he had the minister!" it was described as a "monstrosity" by his daily exercise. It was merely a short, In Edward the Confessor's chapel some of Wellington's contemporaries. narrow passage on top of a battlement. stands the coronation chair, and the stone The whispering gallery was a source of In these ancient stone towers, steeped of Scone. This stone, say the Scots, is delight to the children, who liked to stand in history, are many Bible texts chipped theirs. But even though some students a distance away and whisper a mes- into the gray stone. Many are the work of neatly removed it from the Abbey and sage that could be heard clearly and prisoners who were under the sentence took it back to Scotland, it did not stay distinctly—every syllable—because of the of death. there long. Soon it was back in its old gallery's special acoustics. The crown jewels are housed in a huge resting place, waiting to be used in future The Tower of London looked small glass dome in a tower opposite Traitor's coronations. Gate. You can see all the splendor and and compact in comparison to the vast- The British Israelites declare that this magnificence of jewels that are literally ness of the cathedral. As we arrived, the stone is the one Jacob slept on the night worth a king's ransom. But try to touch nearby Tower Bridge was raised to allow he had his dream of the stairway to for an instant the contents of that glass a boat to pass below. The children were heaven. Looking at it, we wondered. Why dome and all the burglar alarms in the fascinated as they watched it return to pin so much faith on so material an country would not equal the hue and cry its normal position; then they were will- article? I would rather have the Chief that would ensue! ing to go into the Tower. Cornerstone. Inside the Tower, I was determined to For the children, sated with the sights Madame Tussaud's, John said, would prove the veracity of the story that as a and sounds of London, the jewels were interest the children, so off we went to child, my mother, with a friend named not very interesting. But I lingered, to the waxworks. We laughed hilariously at Marjory, had slept in the room where the absorb that beauty, and to keep it in the grotesque caricatures of ourselves in little princes were murdered. On the face my mind. Those jewels. As I remember the Hall of Mirrors, and we saw royalty, of it, it looked impossible. People just them in their fiery, sparkling splendor, statesmen, sportsmen, and all the famous don't sleep in such places. I wonder what the crowns of the re- historical and contemporary figures in un- But a yeoman, dressed in the pic- deemed will be like. canny likeness. turesque traditional costume, remem-

bered a former yeoman who had a daugh- After five years we were back in Lon- This is the first installment of a three-pan serial. Part ter named Marjory and who had been don once more. The grime of the cen- two will appear next week. 6 THE YOUTH'S INSTRUCTOR denly to withdraw from the human race the ability to speak and communicate, the world would come to a standstill, as did the Tower of Babel when the Lord came down and confused the language of the builders. The gift of speech, like many of God's other gifts, has been much misused, per- verted. What God intended for good has been used often for evil. The tongue, designed as an instrument to bless, is often used to slander, to gossip, and to carry tales. And as one person put it, "Gossip is a wicked thing, and a gossiper is the world's greatest menace." "Gossip is always a personal confession either of malice or imbecility. . . . It is a low, frivolous, and too often a dirty busi- ness. There are country neighborhoods in which it rages like a pest. Churches are split in pieces by it. Neighbors are made enemies by it for life." The Bible writer James makes the con- trol of the tongue the test of perfection. "If any man offend not in word," he says, "the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body. . . . Every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind: but the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison." Using another figure of speech, he says that "the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it de- fileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and is set on fire of hell." It is pointed out that with the tongue "bless we God" and "curse we men." It is argued that a fountain does not yield both sweet water and bitter, nor does a fig tree bear olives or a vine, figs, yet, contrary to nature, "out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing." there can be FIRE "My brethren," James declared with em- phasis, "these things ought not so to be." God specifically forbids talebearing: "Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people." The rea- son is that "the words of a talebearer are in the TONGUE as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly," and "he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends."' Few people would deliberately sepa- By DALLAS YOUNGS rate friends. But that is exactly what the gossiper does. On the other hand, how- ever, "where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no tale- bearer, the strife ceaseth."' A fire cannot continue to burn without fuel, and the E TALK too much. Of that Pleased, her mother asked, "What was fires of strife cannot continue to burn if there is little doubt. We forget it?" gossipers and talebearers refuse to add that every idle word shall be "I knew something and didn't tell it." fuel to family, community, or church UU brought into judgment. We Man is the only creature on earth to strife. forget the advice in the Sermon on the whom God has given the gift of speech. Many reputations have been damaged, Mount: " 'Let what you say be simply This medium of exchange of thought even utterly ruined, by the vicious tactics "Yes" or "No"; anything more than this distinguishes man from all other ani- of the talebearer. Worst of all, the victim comes from evil.'" mals. By this gift he can love and be is often defenseless. He may know nothing A little girl announced one day, loved. He can transact business and en- of the detrimental stories that are in "Mother, I did a good deed today." gage in group enterprises. Were God sud- To page 22 MAY 20, 1958 7 Shipwrecks on the

South African Coast

URING the years that my hus- band and I have spent in the By ERIKA HEWS D Lighthouse Service we have stayed on many parts of the South African coast.* Wherever we have been we have found relics of former days —sometimes in the name of a village, the names of its inhabitants or their na- tionality. Sometimes in the concrete proofs—bits of rusting iron, and rotting wood wedged in between the rocks or partly covered by sand. Our coastal wa- ters are cluttered with the submerged and semisubmerged skeletons of boats and men. In the early days—when vessels were small and sail driven, the southern seas uncharted, weather conditions unknown, and guiding lights not yet erected—the sea, even in favorable weather, took its toll. I have walked among the old graves near the shore here at Paternoster. On those crosses that the blowing and drift- ing sand had left uncovered, I read the names Pharaoh, Aldrios, Figaro, and Coraizin. One small whitewashed head- stone announced pathetically, "Our dear daughter Dinah Helena Danielsz, aged 25 years, drowned on the S.S. Resolu on December 18th, 1898." I wondered whether she was drowned off the boat and what she was doing on it in the first place. No one knows and the grave keeps its secret. I have stood on the Indian Ocean- washed shore of Pondoland, surveyed the miles of undulating green on the hills so pleasing to the eye, watched the blue- Skeleton blanketed Africans riding past on horse- Coast back, proud and serene in their owner- ship of the land. But behind me the sea— compelling, mysterious, temperamental —called me to watch as it dashed itself to foam against the mountainous boul- .4...DURBAN ders and the sandy, docile shore. But it Paternoster., . keeps its secrets, and its hoard. "-East London CAPE TOWN 0 In 1782 the East Indiaman, the Gros- keDanger Point venor, said to have had k1,000,000 of bullion aboard, was lost in that sea. Time Some places where historic shipwrecks occurred were Danger Point, where the "Birkenhead" went down in 1852; Durban, last port of call for the "Waratah," lost in 1909; and Table Bay, near Cape Town, where the "De Jonge Thomas" was smashed on the rocks in 1773. • See the author's "1 Married the Light Service" in THE YOUTH'S INSTRUCTOR, January 7, 1958. Paternoster is one of the stations Author Hews's husband has served as lighthouse keeper.

8 THE YOUTH'S INSTRUCTOR PHOTOS, COURTESY OF THE AUTHOR Mute but eloquent reminders of shipwreck and tragedy at Pelican Point, Walvis Bay, South-West Africa, include sea-battered hull and crosses. •

and time again attempts have been made on the horse. The ship disintegrated en- of extreme danger and imminent death. to reach the wreck, said to be intact tirely a few minutes later. Anyone imagining that the complete from keel to deck, but all in vain. All Besides the fourteen saved by Wolte- disappearance of ships takes place only efforts to recover the treasure in bulk made, fifty-three others survived the between the covers of adventure novels, have failed. It lies there—somewhere— night and morning of horror. But 138 has probably not heard of the Waratah. as a challenge to all treasure seekers. perished. On the eve of Monday, the 26th of July, The only concrete proofs of early civ- In South Africa Woltemade is still 1909, the Waratah, a new 9,339-ton ilization that we ever picked up on that honored as a courageous man who offered Australian steamship, was ready to leave coast—not far from the reputed spot of his life in the service of his fellow men. Durban for Cape Town. Among the 211 the Grosvenor wreck—were beads said The sinking of the Birkenhead, the passengers on board were a few South to have been used as coinage when the first big steamship disaster to take place Africans. Arabs traded between their coast and on our coast, happened in February, 1852. In Durban one of the passengers, a ours in their dhows. From the bits of During the eighth Kaffir war the Bir- Mr. Sawyer, bound from Australia to pottery washed ashore, whole ancient kenhead was used as a troop ship to England, refused point blank to continue urns have been reconstructed. transport men from Europe to the his voyage on the Waratah, maintaining The southerly point of Africa has al- mouth of the Buffalo River (East Lon- that the ship was unsafe. He continued ways been known as the Cape of Storms, don, South Africa). As was usual, the his voyage later on another boat. The and before the breakwater was built in ship had first touched at Simonstown Waratah in the meantime left Durban Table Bay in 1860, the shipping lying at on her way down, then rounded the late in the day, sailed into the darkness, anchor there caught the full force of the Cape and continued up the east coast. and disappeared. severe winter weather. It was a beautiful, calm night when the For months after her disappearance the The East India Company had given ship neared Danger Point. The churn of coast and the sea, even as far as the an explicit order that from May 14 to the ship's engines was the only sound. South Pole region, were searched, but no August 14 her ships should shelter in The six hundred passengers, of whom trace of her or her human occupants Simonstown and not in Table Bay, but twenty were women and children, slept. has ever washed up. Although many con- in spite of that order five East Indiamen The crew on the night shift went about jectures have been made regarding her lay in Table Bay harbor on May 31, 1773. their tasks soundlessly. The ship edged fate, the sea jealously guards her secret. With customary suddenness a storm closer and closer to Danger Point, which sprang up during the night, and by morn- had no warning light in those days. This is the story of some of the wrecks ing one of the boats, De Jonge Thomas, There was a thunderous crash and the that have occurred on our South African lay smashed on the rocks near Cape menacing sound of tearing, crushing, coast, flavoring our history with names Town. Unable to launch the small boats, and grinding metal. The sea rushed in. and deeds of courage, lending new blood the crew clambered panic stricken on Besides the difficulty of lowering the to an already cosmopolitan race. top of the wreck and shouted for help. boats into the sea there were not enough We dwellers on the shore, and lovers On the shore a crowd quickly gathered, boats on the ship for all the people. of the sea know all too well what an but no boats could be launched and the While the soldiers who had not been exacting mistress she is to those who people stood helplessly by surveying the trapped and drowned in the bottom of serve her. She has her few moments of unfortunate victims of the sea. the ship when she struck the rocks, calmness and kindly benevolence, but A man named Woltaad Woltemade, stood in rank on deck, the women and turns to unleashed fury and cruelty at about sixty or seventy years old, de- children were helped into the boats. the slightest provocation. Yet once you tached himself from the crowd and Only three of the eight lifeboats could love her, she is a dominating factor in mounted his horse. With encouraging be lowered in time. your life. If circumstances take you away words he coaxed the horse to ride into The soldiers stood at attention while from her for a while, you wake at night, the seething water, toward the wreck. the ship slowly sank and the sea en- miserable, lost, and lonely for the sound Seven times he got to the wreck and gulfed her. There was no panic, no of her voice gently sighing or raised in brought two men back with him each confusion. The epic of the Birkenhead anger, and you know that no matter time. The eighth time he rode to his has gone down in history as an example what the future may bring, you will death, for too many men tried to climb of man's courage and fortitude in the face want to go back to the sea again. MAY 20, 1958 9 He kept a 22-caliber rifle handy—just in case. Of course he kept his Geiger counter handy too. But the desert is a big place, and a counter is effective only for limited distances. One might, if he were not pass- ing the counter over every few feet of ground, go over a "strike" and not find it. /40td Zoete a Ze One day, Cederlof, bored perhaps be- cause nothing had shown on his scintil- lator, sighted his rifle on a huge lizard sunning itself. The lizard scooted as the bullet ricocheted from the rock it was By ENOLA CHAMBERLIN resting on. Cederlof shot again and again, nine times in all, at the fleeing reptile. Perhaps he wasn't actually trying to hit the lizard, just relieving his boredom. In any case, the lizard escaped into a crevice. N THE years that men have roamed few years ago. The horses wandered away. Cederlof, alert with the chase, followed. I the mountains, deserts, and far lonely In searching for them mines were found. Just as a matter of doing what he was rivers looking for valuable minerals, Southern California has a Lost Horse always doing, he put his counter into the many animals have helped them in their mine. hole. Then he jumped as the lizard had discoveries. A dog, digging after a rabbit uncovered at the bullet's spat. The counter was tick- The barren, arid stretches of the Far a mine for one Pete Heath, who wasn't ing. Uranium! West would not have given up their silver, looking for a mine at all. Ants working The rest is the history of all "strikes" copper, gold, and lead when they did, deep underground and bringing forth bits from Alaska to New Zealand. Cederlof had it not been for the burro. This beast of ore have uncovered to prospectors' blasted out the hole, and had the ore is of such rare contentment that the next seeking eyes what they were looking for. assayed. It was good. With his partner he turn in the road, the other side of the hill, Badgers, too, with their burrowing, have filed on fourteen claims, 280 acres of des- holds no enticement for him. He was, uncovered hidden wealth. ert, around the first find. Others came. therefore, excellent for the slow pace nec- But in these days of jeeps, strange ore- The towns around boomed. essary for the hunting of minerals. finding lights, knowledge of metallurgy, As for Cederlof—he says lizards can Because of his energy-conserving qui- and Geiger counters, it is unusual for an crawl anywhere they want to from now etude the burro does not burn up food animal, especially one as lowly as the liz- on. He will never harm one, or try to, quickly and—what is more important— ard, to take the spotlight in mine finding. again. conserves his water supply. He is slow to But Don Cederlof, of Barstow, Califor- sweat while at work. He never gets him- nia, gives a lizard the credit for locating self into a nervous, excited sweat—as a his uranium mine, The Lucky Lizard, in horse does—no matter what the occasion. the area where, more than 7,000 feet high, His food needs are small. Like a goat, he Mount Ord shoots up ruggedly from the will eat the leaves of shrubs that other desert floor. animals spurn. If nothing else is at hand, Deadly rattlesnakes make their home in he will share his owner's breakfast of hot the desert where Cederlof was prospecting. cakes. A burro can smell water beneath the surface of the ground. When thirsty he The bullet ricocheted from will paw where the smell is strongest. the rock the lizard was on. Many a prospector's life has been saved by his shoveling down to the water to HARRY BAFRG, ARTIST which a burro has pointed the way. Some of the old-time prospectors used to say that their burros—not all burros, you understand—could smell gold as well as water. These special burros might not be in camp on a morning, and would not come on call. The prospector, borne along over the rough desert hills on the wings of hope, would find his burro standing over an outcropping of gold. This perhaps did happen once to one prospector, but other prospectors wouldn't have their burros outsmarted. A burro was as precious as a right arm, and each claimed his burro's doing the same or a lit- tle better. Exaggeration aside, the burro was as indispensable to the desert miner as his pick and shovel, his frying pan and blan- ket roll. Horses are credited with finding mines, but only as those goats that are supposed to have found the parchments in the pot- tery jars in the cave by the Dead Sea a 10 THE YOUTH'S INSTRUCTOR through the open gate, so there was no noise of bamboo poles being trampled, but I knew the other men had seen them too. Slowly they stalked toward the veranda. I was sure the last moment of life had Jungle Cats come. I wanted to scream. But my tongue was stuck fast in my mouth. My heart turned to water. Though I had been born into a Chris- tian family and had learned to recite a few Bible texts, I had no real knowl- and Prayer edge of faith or prayer, but the thought flashed into my mind that prayer could be the only weapon for saving our lives. With yellow-eyed death staring me in the face, I prayed over and over again, "Lord, 13'y JOSEPH MINZ as told to GOLDIE DOWN save me. Lord, save me." It was the first real prayer I had ever uttered, and it was uttered by my mind, not my voice. Fear kept us frozen to the spot. My terrified companions and I gazed as if WEAT poured from our face as so that he could get his party safely hypnotized at the massive heads and we trudged along the dusty path, through the fifteen miles of jungle before tawny bodies, the huge paws, capable of keeping in step with the barefoot nightfall. killing a man at a single blow, the glaring S Indian porters who pattered ahead I set the two men gathering wood while devilish eyes staring full at us. Slowly the with my luggage. It was the thickest I looked over the bungalow. It consisted tigers backed off the veranda. I prayed jungle I had ever seen—and I was to live of one big room with a wide veranda feverishly as they moved away and began for several months right in the heart of it. around it. The yard was enclosed by a to circle the bungalow again. Somehow— After I had finished my schooling I had fence of bamboo poles laced with vines I don't know how—we slipped into the gone to work for a firm of British engi- which was too flimsy to obstruct the pas- inside room and sat on the bed in the far neers in Ranchi, and in 1952 the maha- sage of even a pig—and just beyond that corner facing the doorway. raja of Kalahandi Estate in Central India was dense, dark jungle. Again the animals came to the veranda had called for someone to construct a "Not much protection against a hungry and stood staring in the doorway. We dam on his estate. I had been sent to man-eater," I thought, and then could see the glow of their dilated eyes. oversee the work, and because I repre- shrugged. Jungle cats, if not timid, at The firelight flickered over their shaggy sented a British firm and thus merited least never sought out encounters with striped bodies and glistened on their some respect, the maharaja himself was man or beast other than their natural slobbery jaws. conducting me to the site of the dam prey. Man-eaters were different, of course, For what seemed hours we sat hardly some fifteen miles from Bhwanipu Patna, but even they were discouraged by the breathing, waiting for the sudden spring where he lived. light of a good campfire, and I resolved and snarl that would spell doom for us. Tall grass and thick creepers tangled that we should certainly have a fire and Abruptly they turned and left the ve- together to form a green wall on either no fears. randa. For ten more minutes they roamed side of the narrow track, and the air was It was the rainy season, and in such the compound and then vanished into heavy with that peculiar humidity of the thick forest the sun seemed to set early. the jungle night. tropics. By five o'clock it was dark. Sleep was not for us that night. My Frequently we could hear the roar of a The two men had gathered logs and Hindu companions cowered in a corner lion. This astonished me greatly. These made a fire on the veranda just outside almost gibbering with fright and repeat- jungle cats usually seek their prey at the door to the single room. The roof of ing over and over the names of various night when leopards and tigers and other the bungalow was made of thatch and I Hindu deities: "Rama, Krishna, Durga- carnivores are on the prowl, and this was asked the men not to make the fire too Ma. Rama, Rama, Krishna." midway to noon. While we rested under a big nor to keep it burning all night, but I could not well converse with them shady tree, the maharaja took great care since I could not speak their dialect and because of our different languages, but to warn me that the lions and tigers in they did not understand mine, they kept great peace was in my heart, for I had this jungle were man-eaters. Some of the fire burning high. found God. them were very bold, even walking into We ate our supper and sat on the By ten o'clock the next day the maha- houses and carrying off their victims. On veranda near the fire. Only a short dis- raja sent messengers to see whether we occasion they had killed five or six people tance away we could hear tigers roaring were safe, for that same night the tigers in a day. as they prowled through the forest in had entered a small village, raided all But the stories did not trouble me search of mate or prey. To one who is but two or three huts, and killed almost greatly. I had lived all my life in a jungle used to living in the jungle such sounds a score of people. village and didn't fear the forest animals. do not terrify. Secure in the knowledge For fifteen days I continued to pray When we came to the dak bungalow that wild beasts will not brave the light and seek God. The tigers never bothered where I was to stay, the maharaja offered of a flaming fire, we just sat, each wrapped us again. Instead of the roaring of wild to send six men to stay with me at night in his own thoughts. animals I felt the presence of angels. for my protection. But I did not want to Tired from an overnight journey and This was the beginning of my real trouble the poor people and suggested then the long walk, I was almost nodding Christian experience, which has led me— that only two should stay with me as off to sleep when I thought I saw some- by means of a book I bought from a servants. thing moving beyond the circle of the fire- colporteur and the Voice of Prophecy We inspected the site for the proposed light. Fear jerked me into full conscious- Bible Course—into the Seventh-day dam, and then the maharaja, after re- ness. I sat petrified as two huge tigers Adventist Church and the ministry of peating his warnings about the lions, left padded into the compound. They came literature evangelism. MAY 20, 1958 11 There is perhaps no feeling quite like the wonder and fear that accompany a child's realization of being completely, hopelessly lost. The RUGGED LAND

By JU4NITII TYSON-ftYN

12 THE YOUTH'S INSTRUCTOR HARRY RAMC, ARTIST

EARLY stopped short in the rutted wagon road as opened up to settlers not afraid of hardship, to those willing the realization came upon her that she was lost. to put in long hours of labor on the virgin soil, to those will- P Her blue-gray eyes opened wide as she frantically ing to suffer privations and the great solitude of a new land. searched her surroundings for a familiar spot on the It was to such a place Pearly had come two years before with landscape, but it was all the same—low, rolling country cov- her parents and brothers and sisters. ered with prairie grass. Here and there was a clump of Her father and the two oldest boys came to the new shrubs or a stand of trees that seemed to hide something land first. Of the hardships and trials that come to every from the bewildered child. pioneer, they had their share and faced them bravely. They She ran back and forth trying to see just beyond. Surely staked out a homestead in the Ross Creek District and there would be something to help her back onto the right cleared a bit of land on which to build a rude log cabin to path. serve the family needs until larger and finer accommoda- But there was nothing. Just more undulating space as tions could be built. Their hands became hard and calloused far as the eye could see. There was no doubt about it, and many a tear of frustrated fury was shed by the boys as Pearly Hallberg was lost, and being lost was an awful feel- they taxed their strength against' the unyielding growth ing for a nine-year-old girl. of centuries. Their father—with his quiet Swedish philos- ophy, a twinkle in his blue eyes, a toss of his shaggy, already- The vast Northwest Territories of Canada had just been white hair, and perseverance—plied his strength with his MAY 20, 1958 13

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Paradise Valley Sanitarium and Hospital Washington Missionary College National City, California Takoma Park, Washington 12, D.C. 'PREPARE TO SERVE-CHOOSE NURSING AS YOUR CAREER 11 THE YOUTH'S INSTRUCTOR sons, and together they conquered the land. By the time the geese were flying south that first year, a neat cabin stood in the When they're toddling on the carpet, clearing with smoke pouring a welcome You can guide their little feet; from the sod chimney. The open win- dows invited in flies and mosquitoes, but But it's different when they're older, the men inside whistled about their work And they're walking on the street. of laying wide, smooth boards for the floor in the large living room. Already the kitchen was finished, as was the bed- room off the living room. The upstairs was just a loft reached by a ladder nailed e‘a#19e firmly to the wall opposite the living- room fireplace. Mother would bring cal- ico for curtains to partition the big room, half for the girls and half for the boys. By EDNA ATKIN PEPPER Only a few more days remained until Father Hallberg would hitch the team of horses to the big lumber wagon and start the forty-mile trip to Fort Edmonton to meet Mother and the younger children who had waited behind in Fruitland, Then Pearly timidly asked to go. Her But Pearly couldn't eat. Such a won- Washington. In Fort Edmonton, Father eyes pleaded eloquently for her as she derful thing was about to happen— would buy panes of glass for the windows rubbed one bare foot over the other. But several hours to play with the neighbor of the cabin and stock up on necessary her mother looked dubious. Pearly was children. provisions for the winter months ahead. only nine. She had been at the Vans' Breakfast over, the family gathered for Before the trip the floor had to be fin- home but once before, when she had morning prayers. A sense of sustaining ished and the cabin well banked with gone with an older sister on horseback. power filled the lives of the pioneers, sods to keep out the furious winds and Her parents talked long into the night and that has helped to make this vast snow. about letting her go. land what it is today. When Mother arrived, she set to work Pearly crouched by the stovepipe hole "Father in heaven," Mr. Hallberg con- at the task of housekeeping in her new upstairs listening to the conversation be- cluded his prayer that morning, "be with home. Along with her regular work of low until Ada, her older sister, almost our child as she goes into the unknown carding wool, spinning, weaving, and dragged her to bed. Sleep was out of the this morning. Keep her safe throughout dressmaking—not to mention churning, question for her in her excitement. Per- the hours she is away. Fit us for Thy baking, cooking, and washing—she did haps they would say Yes! kingdom. Amen." what she could to educate her family. She "Of course," said her mother, "it would As Mother handed Pearly the small even wrote letters to be published in be good for her to play with the Van cotton sugar sack in which to carry the various leading newspapers in the States, girls. There hasn't been much time for mail, she patted her and said, "We have encouraging people to make their home play. But she is so young to start out to get in the garden stuff so we can go to in this country, which challenged every alone." the Fort, Pa and I. You young ones must man's metal. "Well, the snows won't keep off much have shoes and underwear. The cold In the fall of 1894 the Hallbergs were longer and we've got to get in the garden won't hold off much longer. Be careful, comparatively well settled and had ac- stuff before we go to the Fort, and to child." quired almost a dozen neighbors scattered the Fort we must go—that's certain," her The little girl, with eyes aglow and about. The common problems of con- father commented. "The older children bare toes unable to keep still, hugged quering the new land and existing day by must work harder, but perhaps this once her mother and went off, skipping down day developed the spirit of cooperation Pearly could be spared." the wagon trail, turning to wave every so and friendly dependence that has made often until finally the home place was the West famous to this day for its The morning dawned crisp and bright. lost to sight. hospitality. But even before dawn the family was up What a day! The sun shone benignly Post offices were few and far between. and about. Each child had an assigned on the barefoot girl. A flitting breeze As time was precious, a system was chore, and by the time breakfast was on playfully teased her short straw-colored worked out among the neighbors whereby the table, excitement was running high. hair and tickled her neck. She laughed each week one family would be respon- Who would be the chosen one to fetch aloud as she skipped along kicking up sible for the trip to Chipman, the post the mail? puffs of dust, while now and again she office, and the mail. The scattered com- The children had been taught not to flung her arms wide as if to embrace the munity looked forward to mail day, for it coax, so they sat expectantly around the whole world. meant, besides the letters and circulars, breakfast table waiting for Father to out- Then there was the fork in the road. an opportunity to visit with several line the day's work. At last he looked at It puzzled her a moment. Then she was neighbors. Pearly. She hadn't been able to eat a sure she recognized a landmark on the The Hallbergs kept busy gathering in bite because of the excitement within her, road to the right, and skipped merrily the garden stuff before heavy frosts set in. and at Father's words she became almost along. In a mile or two the road turned The parents were especially anxious to ill with joy. into two ruts for a ways, and then get the work done as the days were rap- "You may go for the mail, Pearly," Mr. abruptly stopped. Pearly stopped too. She idly growing short and there was a tang Hallberg said quietly. "You must return retraced her steps. How it happened she in the air already. It was necessary to after the lunch hour so as to be back in didn't know, but all at once she knew make the regular trip to the Fort to get plenty of time for the evening chores." she was lost. winter provisions and shoes for the chil- "Now, Pearly," coaxed her mother, "do Terror seized her. She had heard stories dren. When mail day arrived it almost eat your breakfast. There's a long walk about people lost—lost and never found. seemed there wasn't time to go for it. ahead of you." There were wolves about, she knew, and MAY 20, 1958 15 upon his knee, and the psalm he had read. As she recalled the prayer he had offered as he had closed the Book, a rifig#44 Ave a Pet 7ataatuia? feeling of peace came over her. She dried her eyes. All would be well. All day she walked, stopping occa- The tarantula—usually regarded as a fearsome and venomous enemy of man sionally to rest or to pick a tiny prairie —has unsuspected charms. Feed one properly and handle it gently, an entomolo- flower, but she was too young to realize gist at the Chicago Natural History Museum reported recently, and it will re- that she was walking in circles. ward you by becoming a harmless, entertaining pet. That is, if you like creepy, When the last rays of the sun had faded hairy pets with eight legs, poisonous fangs, and cannibal appetites. away in the west and darkness began to Tarantulas, like other members of the arachnid family, differ from insects send weird shadows across the country- by having four sets of legs instead of three, says the National Geographic side, she looked around for a place to Magazine. They are the giants of the spider clan. In southwestern United States sleep. A clump of scrub trees solved the lives a tarantula with a two-inch-long body and six-inch legs. But this is small, problem. Bent branches and fallen leaves compared with Latin America's large, economy-sized special, whose body may made a mattress. Hardly had she sent up be three to four inches long, with legs up to ten inches. her accustomed bedtime prayer than she was asleep. Slow to Attack Something awakened her. Tarantulas are shy creatures, fond of dark and secluded spots. Sluggish by She sat up in the dark recess of her nature, they seldom attack unless provoked or frightened. Nor is the venom bower. For a moment a cold shiver crept of these spiders seriously injurious to humans unless the bite is complicated by over her, and then she remembered. The infection or allergy. Students who have invited a nip experimentally found loons were laughing hilariously in a the experience painful for a few hours, with symptoms gradually disappearing. marshy place not far away. The night air On the other hand, certain South and Central American tarantulas are con- was filled with familiar sounds—the sidered extremely dangerous. So feared are some that natives crush them with whooping cranes, the honking geese, and stones thrown from a safe distance, and burn the remains to destroy the last the lonely wailing of the coyote. vestiges of the poison. Pearly lay back on her leafy pillow and As with many other creatures of the animal kingdom, the female tarantula went to sleep again. The wind came up, is more deadly—and longer-lived—than the male. Unlike the timid males, sighing in the trees. She curled up, female tarantulas seem to welcome a battle to the death. When the stronger pulling her chilly feet up under her fighter has overcome her adversary, she sucks the body dry of its juices, leaving dress as best she could. only bits and scraps. Male tarantulas mature at about nine years; females at When the sunlight sifted through the ten. Soon after mating, the male dies, while the female lives on and on. Some trees, caressing her, she awoke. She may reach the ripe old age of 20 to 30 years. stretched her aching legs from the cramped position she had been in all Survival of Fittest night trying to keep warm. Now that the The expectant tarantula weaves a caplike container in which she lays hun- sun was up she would start on her way dreds of eggs. These she covers with a second sheet, binding the edges together home, she thought to herself, and crawled to make a protective sac. In the developing stage, stronger baby tarantulas eat from her shelter in the scrubby bushes. their weak brothers and sisters, emerging finally into the competitive outside The previous day she had been too world as examples of the survival of the fittest. excited to think about food, but on this Tarantula diet is made up largely of insects, plus such items as lizards, frogs, second morning the pangs of hunger and small birds. As naturalists' pets, they may enjoy tidbits of chopped beef- made her long for Mother's crushed-wheat steak. Some have been known to consume a small mouse at one long, leisurely porridge with honey, and the toast with sitting. wild Saskatoon berry preserves. Never Tarantulas have many natural enemies, including snakes, rodents, flies, and again would she complain about food if wasps. In California and the Southwest, spectacular battles have been observed only she could have some right now. between the big, hairy tarantula and the giant wasp, known as the tarantula Hour after hour she walked, searching killer. Occasionally one ends in a draw fatal to both. for berries. But the search was in vain. The tarantula's friends remind detractors that this spider serves man by At last, tired and hungry, she found a destroying insects, such as grasshoppers and roaches, harmful to crops and un- sheltered spot, pulled the little sugar sack pleasant to have around. Tarantulas, too, may have monetary value. Good over her aching feet, and with a prayer specimens can be sold to business concerns that specialize in supplying schools for help, fell asleep. and colleges with study samples.—National Geographic Society. At home the Hallberg family was tense with anxiety. When darkness had come and Pearly had not returned with the the panic increased as she ran in one eyes and got to her knees and prayed. mail, her father had sent the oldest boy direction and then in another with tears Terror still filled her heart. Again she on horseback to the neighbors' to fetch streaming down her dusty face. In utter prayed. She stood up and then began to her. But Abner had returned pale and exhaustion she sank to the ground, run frantically, first one way and then shaken to tell the startled family that crying. another. Finally in despair she fell on her Pearly had never arrived at the neigh- Oh, why had she wanted to go so much? knees again. bors' for the mail. Why had she been so sure she knew the "Please, dear God, help me to get Through the night Mr. Hallberg and way? The tears flowed freely between the home. Please protect me and help me." the boys had searched the countryside. trembling fingers that covered her face. Tears were still streaming down her Neighbors had joined in as word spread. Then a meadow lark trilled as he grimy face. By noon, the weary, anxious father soared into the sky, and she looked up. She remembered the family sitting that decided to send for help. A messenger The meadow lark reminded her of some- morning in a circle in the parlor of their went on horseback to Fort Saskatchewan, thing. It was almost as if he had spoken homey log cabin. She remembered her and forty members of the Royal Canadian to her. She brushed the tears from her father, with the large family Bible open To page 21 16 THE YOUTH'S INSTRUCTOR proval of God, in order to form an unlawful alliance with the world." —Ibid., pp. 382, 383. 6. What specific accusation is made against this church? "And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus" (Rev. 17:6). See also Rev. 18:24. 7. What was John's reaction when he saw the church repre- sented by the woman? "And on seeing her I was utterly amazed" (Rev. 17:6, Berkeley).

M The Mystery of Babylon Explained 8. Who is the fallen woman? Prepared for publication by the General Conference Sabbath School Department "And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth" (Rev. 17:18). NOTE.—The false church "is called 'Babylon' because of the con- fusion it has produced. The word 'Babylon' had its origin at the The Judgment of the Apostasy tower of Babel. Babel means, primarily, 'the gate of God,' or the gate to heaven. This is what men attempted to construct by their own efforts in building the tower of Babel, which was to reach to heaven. It was man's effort to reach heaven by himself without LESSON FOR MAY 31 divine help. Babel means man's self-made way to heaven. "The outcome of man's attempt to erect a way of his own to heaven was the confusion of tongues, the babylon of tongues. Baby- lon thus came to mean confusion. It began in a man-made effort to S S b1 T W T F reach heaven; it ended in utter confusion and defeat. Daily Study Record: "Thus Babylon is man's method of self-salvation. It pretends to be the gate to heaven, but it really is confusion. It is climbing up another way and not coming through the Door of the sheepfold. And he that climbs up another way the Master called 'a thief and a LESSON SCRIPTURE: Revelation 17 and 18. robber.' ... "If Rome is the mother, who, then, are the daughters? . . . OUTSIDE READING: The Great Controversy, pp. 382-390. "The message that Babylon as a whole has fallen cannot truthfully be given until the entire system is fallen, not only the mother but MEMORY GEM: "These shall make war with the Lamb, and the daughters as well. This cannot take place until the churches the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and that came out of Rome, the Protestant churches, repudiate the very foundation principles of Protestantism, and begin to return to the King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and mother from which they separated. chosen, and faithful" (Rev. 17:14). "Have they at the present time done this? Reluctantly, but posi- tively, the answer must be, Yes. There is overwhelming evidence that this is the only true answer. "The teaching of the Roman Church is that tradition, as well as the Bible, is the foundation of faith and truth. It teaches that of la The False Church the two, tradition is the safest guide. It also holds that the church, the Roman Church, is the ordained instrumentality of God to decide 1. How did the angel introduce to John the fallen church how much of tradition is valuable, as well as to decide for its people what the Bible means. It puts tradition on a par with the Bible, and and her evil alliance with the state? even exalts it to a higher and more authoritative place than the Bible. "Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the "It was because the Reformers refused to accept the authority of the Roman Church to interpret the Bible, and because they dis- great whore that sitteth upon many waters: with whom the carded tradition as of no value in establishing the truth of Christian kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the in- doctrine, that that mighty movement was launched which gave birth to the great Protestant bodies. They demanded a plain 'Thus saith the habitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine Lord' for every principle they accepted, and put the Bible in its right- of her fornication. So he carried me away in the spirit into ful place. . . . But it has come to pass today that the Protestant churches are returning in their practice to that platform which they the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured left four hundred years ago."—C. B. HAYNES, Our Times and Their beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and Meaning, pp. 314, 315. "Among the doctrines accepted by the Protestant bodies today ten horns" (Rev. 17:1-3). that are traditional, but not Scriptural, are eternal torment for the unsaved, infant baptism, sprinkling for baptism, and Sunday sacred- NOTE.—In chapter 12 the pure church was represented by the ness. These doctrines are not Biblical, and they are not true."—Ibid., pure woman, clothed with the sun. Here is the false church, repre- p. 316. sented by the fallen woman. 2. What is this woman's name? El Babylon Condemned "And upon her forhead was a name written, Mystery, Baby- 9. What judgment will come upon the apostate church? lon the great, the mother of harlots and abominations of the earth" (Rev. 17:5). "She shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her" (Rev. 18:8). 3. How is her clothing described? "Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all" (Rev. 18:21). "The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour" See also Heb. 10:31; 12:29. (Rev. 17:4). 10. What is the record for which this severe retribution is 4. How is she decked? meted out? "Decked with gold and precious stones and pearls" (Rev. "Her sins have piled up to reach heaven and God has re- 17:4). membered her crimes. Repay her as she has paid; give her even double for what she has done; in the cup she mixed, 5. What does she have in her hand? do mix her a double potion. As she has glorified herself and has luxuriated, to that measure impose on her torture and grief. "Having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations Because in her heart she says, 'I sit as queen; I am no widow, and filthiness of her fornication" (Rev. 17:4). and I shall never see sorrow' " (Rev. 18:5-7, Berkeley). NOTE.—"The great sin charged against Babylon is, that she 'made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.' This cup of intoxication which she presents to the world, represents the false doctrines that she has accepted as the result of her unlawful 4 God's Final Warning Message connection with the great ones of the earth. Friendship with the world corrupts her faith, and in her turn she exerts a corrupting influence upon the world by teaching doctrines which are opposed 11. What is God's call to all in Babylon? to the plainest statements of Holy Writ."—The Great Controversy, p. 388. "I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great "Babylon is said to be 'the mother of harlots.' By her daughters must be symbolized churches that cling to her doctrines and tradi- power; and the earth was lightened with his glory. And he tions, and follow her example of sacrificing the truth and the ap- cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great

MAY 20, 1958 17 is fallen. . . . And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, 5. Will Babylon have a second chance? (2) Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her 6. From whose cup is Babylon finally forced to drink? (3) sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues" (Rev. 18:1-5). 7. What title does Babylon take to herself? (3) NOTE.—"God still has a people in Babylon; and before the visita- tion of His judgments, these faithful ones must be called out, that 8. Is there any reason for anyone not knowing about the they 'partake not of her sins, and receive not of her plagues.' Hence sins of Babylon? (4) the movement symbolized by the angel coming down from heaven, lightening the earth with his glory, and crying mightily with a 9. Is every one who attends church on Sunday still in strong voice, announcing the sins of Babylon. In connection with his message the call is heard, 'Come out of her my people.' These Babylon? announcements, uniting with the third angel's message, constitute the final warning to be given to the inhabitants of the earth."— The Great Controversy, p. 604. Quizangles NEXT WEEK, June 7, 1958—Lesson title: "The Tri- 1. What is said to have made Babylon drunk? (1) umph of the King of Kings." Lesson scripture: Revelation 19. Outside reading: The Great Contro- 2. What did John mean when he said he was "utterly amazed" at the spectacle Babylon presented? (1) versy, chapter 40; Christ's Object Lessons, pp. 307-319 (1923 ed., pp. 313-325). Memory gem: Revelation Who are said to recognize the authority and leadership 3. 19:9. of Babylon? (1) 4. What is the meaning of Babylon? (2)

at once, food eaten at the wrong time, or the wrong kind of food is bad. Like- wise, too much music at one time, music indulged in at the wrong times, or the wrong kind of music is bad too. Your problem is, what is the wrong kind of music? The apostle Paul, speaking particu- larly of this good-bad type of thing, and not of strictly moral matters, says in 1 Corinthians 6:12, "All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedi- J. BYRON LOAN ent: all things are lawful for me, but The services of the Youth's Instructor Counsel Clinic are provided primarily to those for whom will not be brought under the power of this magazine is published, young people in their teens and twenties. Any reader, however, is welcome any." to submit his problem to the Counsel Clinic. The answer you receive will represent the considered Now you already know from experi- judgment of the counselor, but it will not represent an official church pronouncement. Every question will be acknowledged. Problems and answers of universal interest will be selected for publication, ence that some kinds of popular music and will appear without identification of either questioner or counselor. 1. Submit only one question lead you away from God. First, then, at a time. 2. Confine your question to one hundred words or less. 3. Enclose a self-addressed and stamped eliminate from your library any music envelope for the reply. 4. Send your question to: The Youth's Instructor, Counsel Clinic, Review and that glorifies human passions and base Herald Publishing Association, Takoma Park, Washington 12, D.C. motives. Second, discard habit-forming music. QUESTION I have a friend who asked QUESTION Before giving my heart to Fad music, all the way from jazz to me to go to a party with him, but he is Christ I was an avid fan of popular mu- calypso, is markedly habit-forming. Your not an Adventist. I explained to him that sic. Even then, however, there were some emotions crave more of that tempo, that I do not go with boys that are not of my songs I thought too filthy for listening. rhythm, that melody. Much of this type religion. Is it always wrong for a Christian Still loving music, I want to do Christ's music would already have been rejected girl to associate with worldly boys? will. at the first sorting. I have a collection of more than two Third, call two strikes on any music ANSWER Voluntary association between hundred records. I wish to check them that is closely associated with the theater, a man and a woman always forms an emo- and discard (all if need be) those not the movies, and the night clubs. By no tional attachment. Hundreds of people, meeting Christian standards. How may I stretch of the imagination is God hon- ignorant of this fact concerning the nature tell which is worth keeping? Is there any ored in the entertainment world. of their emotions, have been surprised be- rule or guide that would help me? Now, put what is left of your popular yond measure to find that their tolerance record library on the shelf, and take the and even their dislike for an individual ANSWER So far as I know, no one in first opportunity to become acquainted have changed to admiration and love. This the church has ever tried to draw a dis- with what is generally considered to be change in attitude came about through tinct line between good and bad music great music, both classical and semiclassi- voluntary association such as dating. for anyone other than himself. There is cal. Begin with concertos and light or- By permitting your emotions to become no check list, no set of easy-to-follow chestral and band numbers. Try some of involved in the wrong direction, you open rules. But you may be sure the decisions the popular symphonies. Many are not the door to temptation. can be made. as "heavy" as you might think. You may Many a girl, thinking she was helping Let's establish some bases. (1) Music have to cultivate a taste for some of this a wayward young man back to the straight is sensory. It reaches the soul through the type music, but it is genuinely worth the and narrow path, has found herself hope- senses of hearing and feeling. Composers effort. lessly involved emotionally and has mar- know how to arrange musical sounds so As you build up your library of worth- ried contrary to God's express command. as to make you laugh or cry, love or hate, while music, you will probably discover This is sin. Anything that tempts or is or be completely uninterested. There- —quite to your surprise—that the rec- likely to lead one to sin must be avoided. fore, (2) music—like other sensory ex- ords you shelved contain rather empty Therefore, no Christian boy or girl can periences, such as eating—is sometimes music and are not worth keeping any- safely date a non-Christian. good and sometimes bad. Too much food way. 18 THE YOUTH'S INSTRUCTOR YOUNG HOME- MAKERS...

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They aren't really inum foil or waxed paper and punch One of the neatest tricks I learned difficult to raise, but they are just particu- holes in the covering with an ice pick from an African violet book * that I lar enough about the care they demand to or similar instrument. Then insert the found was to dip the rim of the plant catch and hold your interest. stems in the holes until they are about pots in melted paraffin. This keeps the The first plant I started an inch into the water. Then comes the leaves and stems off the corroding salts HOUSE from a leaf bloomed a time to develop patience! Some stems that form on the edge of plant pots and couple of weeks ago, and root more quickly than others, but the eliminates the necessity of putting a strip PLANTS I felt I had really accom- process, at best, is slow. of aluminum foil around the rims. plished something. More At first I used tap water, which is Some people may tell you, "Never, no, than two dozen plants are blooming now, rather hard in the town where I live. never, water your African violets from and new ones are joining the group every This could account for part of my failure. the tops," but this is exactly the way I day. I learned that rain water, distilled water, water mine. I have a watering pot with a Two years ago I was given four Afri- or melted ice water is best, and that the long, narrow spout that fits under the can violet plants. I killed three of them water should not be changed while the leaves so they do not get wet and water by overwatering. Today I have more leaf is rooting. Fresh water should be spotted. I always use tepid water, which than sixty plants and I have watched all added to keep the stems submerged about does not harm the leaves as cold water but two of them grow from leaves. That's 1 inch. Finally potted in soil, the plants does. I water only when the soil is be- a procedure that teaches patience! But I still prefer soft water. ginning to show signs of dryness, and have learned a number of other things Leaves vary in the number of little water just enough to moisten the soil, too. plants they produce, but when the first but not so much that water runs through When I decided to raise African vio- little "mouse-ears" appear, plant the the opening in the bottom of the plant lets as a hobby I knew there were pink, rooted leaf in moist vermiculite, sand, or pot. lavendar, and white ones, with both sin- a mixture of both, just covering the end African violets do not like drafts, nor gle and double blooms, and I planned to of the stem and the new leaves only par- should they sit in direct, hot sunlight. A have one of each kind. Before long I tially. Anchor, if necessary, by bending a little morning sun does not hurt them, so learned that a complete collection was an broom straw and putting one end on an east window is a good place to keep impossibility, or at least an improbabil- either side of the stem or sticking a straw them. An unobstructed north window ity. There are between five and six thou- through the large mother leaf into the will do, but there may not be enough sand known kinds, with new varieties potting substance. light to cause them to bloom profusely. being propagated all the time. It is hard When the new plant is large enough to If kept in a south or west window the to realize that African violets were prac- repot, do not cover the crown of the curtains will protect them from direct tically unknown in the United States un- plant, for crown rot develops easily. And rays of the sun except in the summer- til about thirty years ago. do not be in too much of a hurry to time. Mine are in a west-north corner From the first two or three dozen repot. Many times I have repotted too window. African violets prefer a tempera- leaves I tried to start I raised only six soon, only to find that there were several ture of about seventy degrees in the day- plants, but that was enough encourage- more little plants that would have come time and sixty degrees at night. This is ment to keep me trying. Now I seldom not always possible to provide but they lose a leaf. I learned by the trial and must not be allowed to become frost- error method. nipped. It is better to select a medium-sized I have met or heard of several who sell leaf rather than a young one at the cen- BELIEVE IT OR NOT plants for Sabbath school Investment. ter of the plant or an old one at the outer One woman became so enthusiastic over edge. The middle-sized ones seem to have but no alcoholic beverages her hobby that she made a business of more vitality. Cut the leaf sharply with a may be served on planes, at selling plants to wholesale florists. The razor blade or snap it off with a stem bus terminals, in railway sta- business became so lucrative that her hus- about two and one-half inhes long. The tions, at airports, in dance band quit his job and is helping her. An- stem should dry, or heal over, two or halls, or in the vicinity of a other woman I know has only one Afri- three hours before you put it into water. dance hall, or in restaurants can violet plant, but she always has When I was first given leaves I would in New Zealand. Neither may leaves rooting in water, or little plants hurry home to dash them into water as alcoholic beverages be sold started for friends. "I wouldn't be happy quickly as possible. This is the wrong before 9:00 A.M. or after 6:00 with a hobby I couldn't share," she says. thing to do. P.M. or on Sundays. And the hobby of raising African violets After the stems are healed, cover a jar W. A. SCHARFFENBERG is one you can share and share and share. or small bottle or even a bowl (depend- • CAROLYN K. RECTOR, HOU, to Grow African Violets, ing on the number of leaves) with alum- Lane Publishing Company, Menlo Park, California. 20 THE YOUTH'S INSTRUCTOR The Rugged Land horses, a thundering herd of wild horses. She was right in the path of the snorting, From page 16 pawing animals. Almost miraculously she spied tall grass nearby. She ran into it, crouching Mounted Police were sent to join the reled with her sisters and had become low as the stampede thundered by. search. cross at her brothers' teasing. And she had grumbled about the porridge at The ground there felt marshy. She dug Pearly awoke before daylight on the times. How different she would be when in the soft muddy ground until a little third morning. She felt sure she was she got back again! murky water oozed up. She laid grass freezing to death. Every bone in her body "What are the folks doing tonight?" across the little depression and tried to sip the water, omitting the bugs, but once ached, and her stomach hurt so much that she wondered. She hoped they were not tears came very near spilling down her too anxious about her. Then she found a more she became violently ill. cheeks. Before she had very much time place to rest and curled up to sleep and to think about her hunger, the overcast tried to keep warm. She pulled her calico It all seemed so futile, searching for a morning sky began to sift down wet dress well down over her legs. If she little nine-year-old girl in a calico dress flakes of snow. They fell faster and faster should never get home, she thought sud- with no sweater and barefoot in freezing and soon became large and fluffy, vying denly, if she should die out here on the weather. For six days and nights she had with one another to blanket the earth. prairie, the almost-new dress she had on been exposed. The neighbors all gave up Slowly and painfully Pearly crept out would be wasted. How glad one of her and began rounding up the horses for the from her resting place. Walking might sisters would be to have it. A tear trickled late fall plowing that had been post- help to warm her cold body. down her cheek, but in exhaustion she poned for the search. Only the Hallberg Finally she found a large spruce tree. slept. The trunk had been snapped about three The fourth day dawned crisp and cold. feet up, and the branches spread out on A heavy white frost lay on the ground the ground. She crawled under the and a thin sheet of ice covered the little prickly branches and found the ground depressions where the snow of the pre- comparatively dry. Putting her feet inside vious night had fallen and then melted. the little sack, she lay down to rest again. Once more Pearly had to wait until the When she awakened she found herself sun was high in the sky before her body scarcely able to move. Every joint ached could coax enough warmth from the rays and her hands were swollen and sore. to venture forth. The snow-laden tree had not been able to Then she walked, trusted, and searched. support all the snow, and as the wind Bible-Crostic sighed in the bent branches the snow had Forty Royal Canadian Mounted Police sifted through onto Pearly. were also searching. So were the people Fill in the missing words in the Scripture clues. Under each letter of these words you will find a At last, about noon, according to the of the whole district. The doctor told number. Write each letter in the square that con- tains the same number as the letter. When you sun that had come out to melt away the the family they might as well give up, have written all the letters in their proper places, snow, she began once more her search for for the child couldn't possibly survive in you will be able to read a well-known verse of Scripture. something to eat and the road home. such weather. She couldn't stand the ex- And then she saw it! A rough wagon posure and the hunger. If she were found 1 A man's heart deviseth his way: but the Lord his steps. trail. It was a fresh trail, she could tell, alive she would be a raving lunatic. 17 8 18 44 13 10 32 48 14 and wisps of straw were scattered here On the fifth day the neighbors aban- (Prov. 16:9) and there. Her heart began to pound as doned the search. 2 . . . I have chosen thee in the of affliction. (Isa. 48: she heard the loud barking of dogs. She But Pearly was very much alive and 36) 2 38 20 33 23 5 eagerly followed an old snake fence. fully confident that somehow her prayers 10 Then she saw a little lean-to shed and would be answered. In the afternoon she 3 What will ye do in the day, 1 30 11 26 45 28 a sagging cabin. Barking dogs came found herself in a densely wooded area. and in the day of the feast of the Lord? (Hos. snarling at her. In a moment she knew The thick branches of the evergreens shut 9:5) where she was. "The Old Hermit," her out most of the sun's rays, and it seemed 4 ... And Moses went up into the of God. (Ex. 24:13) 31 24 27 34 42 brothers called the owner of the place. almost twilight. 5 As a — — — — that wandereth from her nest, They had often talked about the queer Suddenly there was a cracking of 39 15 6 41 old man with the strange ways. Rumor dried twigs just ahead. She stopped in so is a man that wandereth from his place. (Prov. 27:8) had it that he was a very shady character. her tracks, straining to listen and peer 6 . . . They cried after them as after a She hesitated a moment at the gate into the brush. She saw two big greenish ; (Job 30:5) held in place by binder twine. The dogs eyes looking at her. The eyes belonged to 29 43 40 12 4 made up her mind for her. They rushed, a large gray timber wolf. 7 . .. And also such as wrought iron and brass to — — — — the house of the Lord. (2 Chron. snarling and snapping. Pearly turned and For a moment panic seized her. Behind 25 19 46 35 ran. the wolf came his mate. Every hair on 24:12) Later that day she found a bush—a their backs bristled as they sniffed the 8 . Bind him hand and — — — — and take 3 37 22 9 scraggly, leafless bush, but on its bare air, coming closer and closer. Pearly sent him away, . . . (Matt. 22:13) branch hung two red, somewhat wizened up a quick prayer and looked straight at 9 .. . And — — — —, tribute, and custom, was berries. A dish of strawberries and cream the bulky gray creatures. On they came, 21 47 16 7 would have been no more tempting to within fifteen feet. Then they stopped paid unto them. (Ezra 4:20) the starving child. She ate them hungrily and looked inquiringly at the queer mg , . , , . and relished the thought of her meal for human enemy. j' in several minutes. Then suddenly she be- As quickly as they had come, they 3 It 10 20 21 22 came violently sick. circled around her and went off into the 11126 26 77 21 21 3o Ii 32 As the day came to a close, Pearly once woods. more had to find a shelter from the wind Later that day Pearly could feel the 34 77 3F 39 40 and probable snow. She began to think of earth trembling. A pounding sound came 43 home. And her brothers and sisters. to her ears, and a cloud of dust rose and OW.A.W. CO There were times when she had guar- swelled ahead. She made out the forms of Key on page 22 MAY 20, 1958 21 family kept hope that she would stomach. At last she cried, "Please let me When Pearly was carried into the ,be found. down, oh, please! Please leave me here neighbor's home, her eyes lighted with Time dragged for the little girl, but and go tell my mother." joy as she saw the dinner table set with a she walked on and on. She hardly felt the The boy reluctantly reined his horse feast to delight a queen. The tantalizing Plunger pangs any more, but her feet and and then put the child down gently. She smells were too much for her. Great sobs hands hurt terribly. At night the mourn- seemed so calm it surprised him. He was shook her body and she became violently ful cry of the coyote lulled her to sleep. certain her mind had been affected. The ill again. She was given a few sips of The sixth morning she arose and prayed doctor had told them all over and over very weak herb tea. that that day something would happen. that the child's nervous system would be "Oh, just wait," she thought, "till my When the seventh morning came, her so impaired her mind would be definitely mother comes! Just wait!" strength was gone. She crawled painfully unbalanced. But she talked very rationally At last Mother and Father Hallberg •onto a little knoll and sat there hoping and promised to wait right where they had stood in the doorway. Pearly lifted her that the sun would shine very brightly, stopped until he returned. head weakly and cried, "Mother." for her very bones felt chilled. It seemed The boy spurred his horse all the way Mrs. Hallberg had the girl in her arms •ages since she had waved a happy good-by home and then hitched the horse to a in an instant. Tears flowed freely for 'to her mother, who had stood anxiously wagon in which he and his mother and a while. The father stood nearby saying 'watching her skip down the road. sisters hurriedly made a soft bed of feath- over and over, "Thank God. Thank Suddenly a boy on horseback reined er pillows and blankets. Then he was off God." At last the sobbing child and over- tip near her. She was startled, and then to get Pearly. joyed mother dried their tears and smiled recognized him as one of the nearest The Hallbergs were overcome when at each other. neighbors. He was too astonished to speak. they opened the door and heard the The sheet in the wagon was replaced He just opened his mouth and stared. news, "The lost girl is found." They by borrowed pillows and patchwork "Will you please take me home? I'm could not bring themselves to ask the quilts. Never had a bed felt better to lost." Pearly stumbled over to the speech- question uppermost in their minds, "Is Pearly's tired, aching bones. What re- less boy. she still alive?" joicing in the little prairie home there The youth jumped from his horse. He The neighbor, not given to much con- was that night. picked Pearly up tenderly and placed her versation, only stated that his son had Little by little Pearly regained her on the horse and then swung up behind found the child. strength. People from miles around be- her, holding her carefully. Mother and Father Hallberg silently gan to flock to hear the story of her Pearly had been able to ride any horse hitched up the team, placed in the wagon strange adventure. They shook their almost as well as any man could, but box a sheet in which to wrap the body, heads and wondered how it had all hap- this time the jolting was more than she and started on their way. The trip was pened. Pearly only smiled and told them could bear. It seemed every bone in her made in silence. Their hearts were too of her trust in her heavenly Father. "He body was loose and hitting against her full to speak. cared for me," she said.

There Can Be Fire in the Tongue there's nothing there that shouldn't be there." From page 7 Gossiping and backbiting are a troublesome pair. Not only do they cause circulation about him. The matter spreads God," and also with cannibals: "We trouble now, but those who fall into their and spreads until it reaches the farthest think with horror of the cannibal who vicious ways have no promise of ever- limits of his friends and acquaintances. feasts on the still warm and trembling lasting life. Listen to David as he asks Present-day gossipers should keep in flesh of his victim; but are the results of and answers the most important question mind the old story about the man who even this practice more terrible than are ever uttered by human lips: "Lord, who had circulated an evil, untrue tale about the agony and ruin caused by misrepre- shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall another and whose conscience later senting motive, blackening reputation, dwell in thy holy hill? He that walketh troubled him about it. He went to his dissecting character?" ° uprightly, and worketh righteousness, pastor for advice, and the pastor told Another writer says: "Cannibalism is and speaketh the truth in his heart. He him to take a bag of chicken feathers dying out among barbarous tribes, but it that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor down and to pass through the village still survives among the most highly cul- doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up and put a feather in each yard. The tivated people. Your friends would refuse a reproach against his neighbour." talebearer did the job and reported his with horror a well-roasted neighbor. But How can this unhappy tendency be task finished. you could serve up someone's character, conquered? How can the tongue, which "No," said the pastor, "you are not or pick the bones of his character, and James says "no man can tame," be finished. Now you must go and gather find many guests." tamed? Will God forgive a talebearer and them all up, and put them in the bag In a small town, so the story goes, a a scandalmonger? Yes, He will. But it again." woman noted for her gossiping propen- must be on the same basis that He for- "But," protested the gossiper, "the sities visited the local newspaper office gives any other evil. It must be on the wind has probably blown them all away wearing a white dress. While there she basis of repentance, which includes a by this time." leaned up against a bundle of papers and turning away from sin. "No doubt," responded the minister, went out with the words "Daily News" You can be sure that all the resources "but that is just the way it is with the plainly imprinted on her back. People of heaven are on the side of the one who evil tale you set in circulation." tittered and laughed, thinking how ap- is determined not to stunt his personality Backbiters are classed with "haters of propriate it was. The woman was mys- through gossiping. tified. When she reached home she said to her 1 Matt. 5:37, R.S.V. 2 James 3:2-8. husband, "Is there anything on my back Lev. 19:6; Prov. 26:22; 17:9. Wet Skaveusews that shouldn't be there?" Prov. 26:20. 6 Rom. 1:29, 30. Looking and immediately appreciating , . . Suffer little children to come unto me, and 'Education, p. 235. 'forbid them not; ... (Luke 18:16). the situation, he replied: "No, Ma'am, Ps. 15:1-3. 22 THE YOUTH'S INSTRUCTOR

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MAY 20, 1958 21 STALACTITES hang down from a cave A PERSON usually reduces or stops his roof; stalagmites grow up from a cave exercise long before physiological limits floor. NGS are reached—when feelings of breathless- ness, general weakness, or muscular dis- ▪ ALTHOUGH myopia, or nearsightedness, comfort occur. But these subjective factors is not thoroughly understood, scientists are psychological rather than physiological believe heredity and head shape has a great in nature, according to the report of a com- deal to do with it. BVI mittee studying the role of exercise in maintaining physical fitness. The vigor ▪ IT HAS been predicted that Zeta, the British thermonuclear apparatus, will reach with which an individual participates, the the temperature of 15 million degrees centi- report added, will have more to do with grade by the end of 1958. the outcome for fitness than the activities British Information Services in which he elects to participate. AMA

ALTHOUGH the form of the trumpet ▪ THE U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps has changed, it has been in existence for is investigating the preservation of foods at least 5,000 years. It was played in by irradiation as a possible way of saving RADARSCOPE ancient Egypt, in the Andes of Peru at millions of dollars in the storage and han- the time of the Incas, in ancient Athens, dling of perishable foodstuffs essential to a and even in the jungles of Africa. AMA balanced diet for military personnel in the United States and overseas. The new U.S. ARMY PHOTO 11°. "BIOLOGICAL EXPLOSIONS" often occur method will preserve without a significant when men tamper with nature's arrange- change in flavor, color, odor, or texture. ment of the insect world. For instance, in SRI ▪ ONE out of every 24.5 persons in the 10 years of study of red scale on citrus, in- United States has a recreational boat. REAFFIRMING the relationship between creases as high as 2,000 per cent were Florida Park Service noted in scale populations protected from cancer and cigarette smoking was a recent attack by tiny beneficial wasps. UCAL comparison of oral cancer rates among ▪ THE University of Miami, opened in two betel-nut-chewing populations. Nor- 1926, had fewer than 2,000 students in ▪ SUGAR MAPLE, the source of maple syrup mally low in one group, the rate was sig- 1945. Today some 13,000 students fill three and sugar, also provides useful wood. Abra- nificantly high (30 per cent of hospital campuses and more than 50 new build- sion resistant and capable of taking a high admissions) in the second group, who tra- ings. NGS polish, it is prized for bowling alleys and ditionally wrapped their betel nut in to- ballroom floors. A host of other products bacco leaf before chewing. Scope um' THE American National Red Cross includes boxes, furniture, shoe lasts, shut- spent only 4 per cent of its total income tles, spools, bobbins, billiard cues, and cro- ALTHOUGH land was not at a premium, during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1957, quet mallets and balls. NGS the Mesopotamians and other ancient peo- on membership enrollment and fund rais- ples built new cities on the sites of settle- ing expense. ANRC I.. MEMBERSHIP in U.S. labor unions has ments destroyed by fire, flood, or war. Not risen from some 3 million to more than only was it easy to level a place built of A NEW sight in Washington, D.C., will 17 million in the past 20 years. And it is sun-baked bricks but the increasing height be the Robert A. Taft Memorial Carillon conservatively estimated that their annual of the site added to the city's prestige and Tower, which is scheduled to be completed dues income has soared to more than $600 defensibility. NGS in November, 1958. There will be a 27-bell million. During the past year thousands of carillon in the belfry of the 100-foot shaft letters have come to Senators from union ▪ PROPOSALS for strengthening the of marble. Steelways members asking for assistance in gaining American educational system have not democratic control over the management been limited to the post-Sputnik era. The ▪ THREE scientists—Drs. Irving Lang- and operation of their organizations. NAM man often regarded as America's greatest muir, Vincent J. Schaefer, and Bernard historian—Francis Parkman—called for a Vonnegut—are credited with having complete overhaul of the popular educa- started the first artificial snowstorm in the tional system as early as the 1870's. UCAL United States in 1946. They air-dropped TARGET dry ice on clouds over Mount Greylock, AMERICA'S only active whaling fleet Massachusetts. NGS Physical fitness is an aspect brought in 237 whales in the 1957 season. • A UNIQUE aluminum solar machine, of Christian living that deserves far Most of the whales were taken in the powered by rays from the sun or by arti- more attention than it usually re- vicinity of the Farallon Islands, which are ficial light, has been placed on exhibit in ceives. Without soft pedaling the about 30 miles west of the Golden Gate. New York. The machine can automatically negative aspects of health reform— U.S. Department of the Interior track the sun and transfer its ceaseless no smoking, no stimulants, et cetera II. BYRD STATION, on the United States energy into electricity. It then turns wheels, —much more could and should be outposts in Antarctica, sits on 10,000 feet spins crankshafts, and creates optical illu- done to promote such positive as- of ice even though it is only 5,000 feet sions in a delightful display of color, mo- pects as exercise. above sea level. Thus it is on either a tion, and sound. AMNH In an era when comparatively few frozen fjord or an inland lake. MLPFS Seventh-day Adventist families have 111' THE first gorilla ever born in captivity, a farm or even a sizable garden, it ▪ AT least 6 million men and women each Colo, of Columbus, Ohio, passed her first becomes imperative for the church week see movies produced under the spon- birthday on December 22, 1957. A hand- program to include opportunities sorship of a company or business associa- ful of practical nurses were still taking for its youth to get adequate physi- tion. Institute of Life Insurance turns guarding the precious gorilla's nurs- cal exercise. There may be a differ- NEW YORK CITY police have released ery day and night. While Colo's motor ca- ence of opinion concerning the kind 1957 accident statistics, which trace alcohol pacities have far outpaced a human in- of activity that is appropriate, but to 55 per cent of driver fatalities. MBT fant's, her adaptive behavior reached a no one can argue about the need plateau about six months ago when she was for recreation somewhat more vigor- A CUSTOM in ancient Ethiopia was to demonstrating the intelligence of a 10- to ous than parlor games. FG elect a dog "king." Gaines 11-month-old human baby. Scope