The Better Land

February 6, 1969 Vol. 146 No. 6

REVIEW AND HERALD • GENERAL CHURCH PAPER OF THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS

The Better Land

By W. H. HYDE

We have heard from the bright, the holy land, We have heard of the palms, the robes, the We have heard, and our hearts are glad; crowns, For we were a lonely pilgrim band, And silvery band in white; And weary, and worn, and sad. Of the city fair, with pearly gates, They tell us the pilgrims have a dwelling All radiant with light. there— We have heard of the angels there, and saints, No longer are homeless ones; With their harps of gold, how they sing; And we know that the goodly land is fair, Of the mount, with the fruitful tree of life, Where life's pure river runs. Of the leaves that healing bring. They say green fields are waving there, The King of that country, He is fair, That never a blight shall know; He's the joy and the light of the place! And the deserts wild are blooming fair, In His beauty we shall behold Him there, And the roses of Sharon grow. And bask in His smiling face. There are lovely birds in the bowers green— We'll be there, we'll be there, in a little while, Their songs are blithe and sweet; We'll join the pure and the blest; And their warblings gushing ever new, We'll have the palm, the robe, the crown, The angels' harpings greet. And forever be at rest. There is the sound of steps in the tops of the Baka-bushes, which tells us that now is the

'imp for the Last ADVANCE

By ARTHUR S. MAXWELL Editor, Signs of the Times

trees, or Baka-bushes. They may have lain there for hours, possibly all night, waiting for the promised signal. Then, of a sudden, they hear the sound of movement. It is as if someone is walking in the trees—not on the ground, but "in the tops." The trees begin to sway in the morning breeze; the sound becomes louder and louder. Here, surely, is the promised sign. God has spoken. God has gone ahead, walking as it were in the [Sermon preached at the quadrennial council of the North American Division tops of the trees. Publishing Department, Dallas, Texas, September 19, 1968.] As one man, David's soldiers rise and, breaking cover, NE OF the most familiar passages in the Old rush forward, confident of victory. Testament is 1 Chronicles 14:15: "And it shall Today we face a similar situation. As a people we have be, when thou shalt hear a sound of going in the been lying for a long time as it were in ambush—out O of sight and unnoticed—waiting for a sign from God tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt go out to battle: for God is gone forth before thee to smite the that the moment for the final onrush, the last great host of the Philistines." advance, has arrived. We have been waiting to hear His The new Anchor Bible renders this verse: " 'And steps in the tops of the mulberry trees. when you hear the sound of steps in the tops of the Today we hear them. The trees are swaying as God Baka-bushes, then proceed to battle for God has gone moves in upon the world to make possible the final ad- out before you to destroy the Philistine army.' " * vance of His people. The Jerusalem Bible says: " 'When you hear the All about us are signs—great unmistakable evidences— sound of steps in the tops of the balsam trees, launch that the hour for action has arrived. One and all they your attack, for that will be God going out ahead of cry out to us, Get up! Break cover! Launch the attack! you to rout the army of the Philistines.' " f Move out and on to the finishing of the work! This is the story of an ambush—a successful ambush 1. First, there is the rapid deterioration of the interna- —carried out with divine approval and aid. The report tional situation—resembling in many respects that is so graphic it is easy to relive the scene. David's men preceding the outbreak of World War I and World War are in position near a clump of mulberry or balsam II. Recent events in Central Europe, in the Middle East, in the Far East, have shocked the whole world into realiza- tion that World War III and global disaster are rushing * From 1 Chronicles (Anchor Bible), translated and edited by Jacob M. Myers. Copyright © 1965 by Doubleday & Company, Inc. upon us. .1- Excerpt from The Jerusalem Bible, copyright © 1966 by Darton, Long- man & Todd, Ltd. and Doubleday & Company, Inc. Used by permission of the From the tops of the mulberry trees God is saying, publishers. "I knew this would happen, for I am the Lord of history.

2 REVIEW AND HERALD, February 6, 1969 Now it has come. Rise up and finish My work while All these developments present Seventh-day Adventists you have time." with the greatest challenge since the movement began a 2. There are the startling achievements of science— century and a quarter ago. For this cause we were born. not only in outer space but in every phase of our modern To meet these mighty issues we were brought into life, making possible the rapid dissemination of God's existence in the providence of God. last message to mankind. In a special way this challenge comes to our publishing Look at Telstar and all its electronic wonders. This, houses and to everyone involved in the distribution of in part at least, could be God's answer to the rapidly our literature. increasing population all over the world. He could be saying, "Make use of it by brand-new, up-to-date radio Response to the Challenge and TV programs." If we respond aright to the challenge, with the great- 3. There is the emergence of the Pope as a champion ness of faith, vision, and courage commensurate with the of world peace; not as a tyrant, as once expected, but greatness of the hour and the opportunity, we shall ex- rather as an advocate of international brotherhood— perience an expansion of every phase of this work beyond visiting country after country to improve his "image"— our wildest anticipations. The volume of literature pro- backing the United Nations and lending new meaning duced by our publishing houses will double and triple to the prophecies of Revelation. and quadruple. Every press will be used to capacity, and 4. There is the amazing revolution within the Roman we shall run every press 24 hours a day. Every square Catholic Church that is rocking that great organization foot of space will be needed for this fantastic develop- to its foundations. This revolution has revealed itself— ment, and we shall live to thank God for the faith of the a. In the crisis of disobedience, which is spreading all brethren who built large and equipped amply in years through that organization, demonstrated recently by the gone by. open revolt against the papal declaration on birth Because this work is of God and because God's hour control. has come, there is no limit to its possibilities. This work b. In the large number of priests, monks, and nuns must go forward with ever-increasing success in ever- who are leaving the church seeking freedom and a new widening circles. life they have never enjoyed before. But the challenge comes also to every phase of the The tide used to flow the other way. We kept hearing church's life and activity—to every congregation, every of famous Protestants who had joined the Catholic minister, every layman. Church. Now the tide has turned and is flowing fast, There is a sound of a going in the tops of the mul- and God cries to us: "Look! I have opened the gates of berry trees. It is God's signal to all of us that the last great Babylon to set My people free. Go after them—now!" battle is about to begin. It tells us that He has "gone c. In the action of the Roman Catholic hierarchy ap- out ahead" and is waiting for us to follow His provi- proving scholarly Biblical research, permitting the use dential leading. of Protestant versions, and urging the laity to read and There is the sound of steps in the tops of the Baka- study the Bible—something we never dreamed possible. bushes—God's steps. He is going on before us. Let us rise d. In the approval of our literature by cardinals, arch- up this day and follow Him to victory. The moment for bishops, bishops, and other clergy—also by prominent the last advance has come. The time to "break cover" Anglican prelates, such as the Archbishop of Canterbury and move out into the open has arrived. The God of and the Archbishop of York, and the famous Scot, Dr. heaven is calling to us, beckoning to us. We must not H. C. Whitley, dean of St. Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh. fail Him now. ++ Surely the hand of God is in all this. He has gone out ahead of us and is calling us to follow Him with courage, faith, and urgency. 5. And then there is the ecumenical movement, represented by the World Council of Churches, which is rushing pell-mell toward full cooperation with the Roman Catholic Church. 6. Besides all this there is the conflict within the Protestant churches growing out of the unity movement. Tens of thousands of Prot- estants are refusing to go along with this movement and are eagerly looking for a new spiritual home. 7. Again there is the spread of so-called Christian atheism, that strange mixture of muddled thinking that denies both the existence and authority of God, of the Bible, yet tries to hold on to the elements of Christian ethics. This situation presents us with an un- paralleled opportunity to step into the religious vacuum with our message of faith and certainty: "Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come." Surely as a people we have "come to the kingdom for such a time as this"—to champion the doctrines of a personal God, an inspired Bible, the Ten Commandments as the standard of right conduct, the life of Christ as the one THREE LIONS sensible way to live, and His return in glory The marvelous achievements of science in every phase of modern life have as the only hope of the world. made possible the rapid dissemination of God's last message to mankind.

REVIEW AND HERALD, February 6, 1969 3 breath again. It took me many months before I could run a half mile, and many more before I could run a mile without stopping. I am by no means trying for the four-minute mile! I feel fortunate to be able /Run to run, or jog, two miles in 16 minutes, which speed is considered aver- age for men of my age. Thus I now have two means of providing vigorous exercise for my health: swimming if facilities are available (I prefer swimming) and for My running. Exercises and Age Naturally I questioned whether I was getting too old for vigorous exercises and whether, since medical opin- ion considered me "coronary prone," they might be harmful to my heart. I had no heart disease or symptom of heart trouble, but apparently statis- tically more men of my build (short of stature and of shallow diaphragm) suffered heart attacks than men with By RAY R. CRONK other builds. My father died of a Minister, Oregon Conference coronary. However, I had no reason for alarm. I discovered that vigorous exercises such as I was contemplating are good insurance against heart attacks. T SEEMS hard to believe, but I I reasoned that the best type of ex- Among the most thorough of re- am enjoying better health today ercise would be that which caused a cent research programs on exercise I at 50 than I did when I was in steady, vigorous, and sustained heart- and health was that of Kenneth H. my early 20's, in college. beat during a program of gradually Cooper, M.D., M.P.H., Major, USAF This improvement of health in increased effort. I decided that run- Medical Corps. In his book Aerobics, middle age I attribute largely to my ning or swimming would be excellent condensed in the March, 1968, issue of getting adequate exercise. means to put a heart-strengthening The Reader's Digest under the title, Seventeen years ago I returned program into practice. "How to Feel Fit at Any Age," Dr. from a mission experience somewhat I decided to exercise regularly in Cooper reveals his experiments with run down physically. My condition swimming. I considered myself a highly "sophisticated testing equip- in part was the result of having been swimmer of some experience and ment" in his evaluation of more than unable to obtain an adequate diet, knew that indoor swimming facilities 5,000 service personnel—men and but that situation was soon remedied. were available the year round. women. Over a period of four years, I still lacked a more-than-reasonable I began by swimming three or four he established a point system of meas- proportion of health and concluded times a week. In time I built up my uring and increasing the endurance that perhaps it was because of a lack endurance until I could swim nine fitness of individuals at various ages. of exercise. Little did I realize when laps of the pool, a quarter of a mile, Those exercises that promote the I began a program of exercises that I without stopping, using the overhand greatest intake of fresh air are the would soon enjoy better health than crawl stroke, which is one of the most best (the title of his book, Aerobics, I had in college. exerting swimming strokes. means "with oxygen"). He claims To begin with, my exercise pro- After a time the distance was in- that "running . . . without equivoca- gram consisted of rather infrequent creased to half a mile without stop- tion, is the best," with "swimming" and irregular attempts to keep in ping. Now, after a number of years I as a "close second," followed by "cy- condition by doing gymnastics once or can swim a mile without stopping, cling, walking, stationary running, twice a week in Union College's old three or four times a week. I empha- handball, basketball, and squash." gymnasium. Then I determined to be size "without stopping," because for He claims further that stationary more consistent, regular, and ener- maximum benefit I feel the exercise exercises, such as weight lifting, calis- getic, in harmony with admonition I should be continuous. thenics, horseshoes, and even bowling, found in the Spirit of Prophecy—pas- However, because ready swimming cannot be classified as being benefi- sages describing the body's need to be facilities were unavailable in my cial to the "overall" health of the "constantly exercised" (Counsels on next church district, I had to change body. The reason he gives is that they Health, p. 199), and admonishing to another form of exercise. Al- do not "cause any appreciable in- those who wish to maintain health to though I had run very little in my crease in the oxygen content. Conse- "take regular exercise" (Fundamentals life, I decided to start running. I be- quently they have no significant ef- of Education, p. 74), and "vigorous gan by taking off very slowly, running fect on lungs, heart, or the blood sys- exercise" (The Ministry of Healing, for only a block or two at first and tem." p. 238). walking the same distance to get my Major Cooper is not the only one

The REVIEW AND HERALD is published by the Seventh-day Adventist Church and is printed every Thursday by the Review and Herald Publishing Association at Takoma Park, Washington, D.C. 20012, U.S.A. Second-class postage paid at Washington, D.C. Copyright © 1969 by Review and Herald Publishing Association. Vol. 146, No. 6. 4 REVIEW AND HERALD, February 6, 1969 to discover that a well-conditioned heart gives "endurance fitness" or the "ability to do prolonged work without fatigue." His findings are supported by Thomas Kirk Cureton, Jr., Ph.D., director of the Physical Fit- ness Research Laboratory of the University of Illinois and a consultant HEART to HEART to the President's Council on Physical Fitness. Dr. Cureton is recognized as one of America's foremost physical educators. In a condensed article, "Billy Graham's Amazing Physical Fitness Program," in the July 1965, Reader's Digest, by Curtis Mitchell, Takoma Park, Maryland that will remove the last barrier to His return. How about it, friend of mine, are Dr. Cureton is quoted from the origi- Dear Advent Believers Around the World: nal article (Popular Science Monthly, you moving into line with God's longing May, 1965) as noting that "energy I treasure the inspired words: "I have desire for you? fails as circulation fails" and that it is been deeply impressed by scenes that have "Responding to God's call." How long "the strength of your heart in pump- recently passed before me in the night He has been calling! His words of love ing blood" that is one of the basic season. There seemed to be a great move- invite each of us—"Follow Me!" Follow- elements that contribute "most to the ment—a work of revival—going forward ing Jesus, making Him the pattern of our maintenance of vigor." in many places. Our people were moving lives, making Him our example in all into line, responding to God's call. My things—this is His invitation to each of Too Old to Exercise? brethren, the Lord is speaking to us. us. This is the Shepherd's call to His Is anyone too old for vigorous exer- Shall we not heed His voice? Shall we not sheep—those inside the fold and those who are straying. cises? A middle-aged person is not too trim our lamps, and act like men who old if he is in good health and ap- look for their Lord to come?"—Selected He is still saying, "Come out of her, proaches the activity gradually. Since Messages, book 2, p. 402. my people, that ye be not partakers of the healthy heart is the most active Here is what God's people have been her sins, and that ye receive not of her muscle of the body, it can naturally hoping for, praying for, looking forward plagues" (Rev. 18:4). In an evil age God's be assumed that it may also be in the to for years. What a glorious day it will call is still "come out of her, my people." best condition of any muscle. be when this inspired scene becomes a God's call is to a higher, holier life. Sev- enth-day Adventists are still to be a called- In their textbook Physical Educa- glad reality! out people—a separate people! Have you tion, Dr. Delbert Oberteuffer and Dr. "A work of revival—going forward in Celeste Ulrich assure older persons many places!' This is no superficial ex- responded to His call? Can your friends, that "there is no reason to believe perience based on emotion. Here is the your neighbors—yes, your own family— that older persons cannot tolerate real thing—an awakening among us cre- see that you have your eyes on Jesus, that vigorous activity for fear their hearts ated by a deeply felt need in the hearts He is your Great Exemplar, that you will not be able to adapt to it. As of God's people. Here is true repentance have responded to His call? long as the heart is undamaged by —heart sorrow for sin that turns those "My brethren, the Lord is speaking to disease, there is no need to fear heart who experience it away from evildoing. us." God is saying insistently, "Son, failure because of exertion at middle This repentance is followed by revival daughter, of Mine, your time is short! The end is near, very near! Now you age or beyond" (Physical Education, —a revival of primitive godliness in the third ed., 1962, p. 101). life, a revival of golden-rule living, a must prepare for My return! Don't de- lay! Now! Now! Now!" Brother, sister, This textbook also substantiates revival of the family altar, a revival of Christlike zeal in service for others, a God is speaking to you! what Cooper and Cureton say as to "Shall we not heed His voice?" This is the value of vigorous exercise, "The revival of sacrificial giving, a revival in heart is strengthened and made more the principles of healthful living and the challenging question to your heart efficient by . . . vigorous running, Christian modesty. A revival, it will be, and mine. The scene described by the climbing."—Ibid., p. 99. that will make Seventh-day Adventists Lord's messenger is rapidly coming into stand out as a "peculiar," a "called-out" focus. Sounds of revival are being heard On the contrary, in inactivity "the in many places. Thousands of God's peo- heart is one of the first of the vital people! What a revival! Would that we were in the midst of it right now! How ple are moving into line. Honesthearted organs to feel the effects of the slow, men and women are responding to God's inactive life. Its efficiency is reduced about it, my brother, my sister, has this revival begun in your life? call! The Lord is speaking to us! Thou- and its endurance is lowered. Seden- sands are heeding His voice! How is it "Our people were moving into line." tary living and certain diseases are with you, my friend? This is no time for What a scene! Here is a people who still two great enemies of the heart; the uncertainty or guesswork! We must know dare to be different. Here is a people avoidance of both is important to how we stand with God—and with our "moving into line"—moving into line physical well-being."—Ibid., pp. 99, fellow men! May the Lord help each of with the Word of God, with the teachings 100. us to be part of that great movement of the Spirit of Prophecy. Here is a peo- Even in regard to exercise one must Godward now! be temperate. The beginner should ple asking for the old paths, moving into in some cases walk instead of run. line with the three angels' messages, mov- Where there has been illness or poor ing into line with the precious truths of Yours for "moving into line," health a person should see his doctor the Word that will prepare them for the before launching out on a physical imminent return of their Lord. What a conditioning program. movement Godward! Next week we will consider more I believe we are beginning to see it of the spiritual benefits derived from among many of God's devoted people vigorous physical health. ++- now, but it is only a tiny rill. Our precious (Continued next week) Lord longs for the floodtide movement

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Austral Pacific Letters-2

"The Basket of Waters"

PHOTOS BY R. R. FRAME "Temple Adventiste" in Papeete is one of the eight Adventist churches in French Polynesia. The building, which was constructed in 1965, seats 500.

PAPEETE, TAHITI—At the end ture here as he did in most every cairn Island, which Christian had of eight hours of flight through the other part of the Austral Pacific. He read about while on the Bounty. blue yonder our great fan jet hovered arrived in 1769 in command of The party of 27 arrived in 1790. for a few minutes over the green H.M.S. Endeavor, which had aboard Within two decades they had killed splendor of Tahiti and then made a a cargo of scientists commissioned by one another off, with the exception perfect landing at the Faaa Interna- the British Royal Society to observe of John Adams. In 1831 the British tional Airport, whose splendid 11,000- the transit of the planet Venus across moved the little community from Pit- foot runway juts dramatically into the the disc of the sun. The ship landed cairn to Norfolk Island, off the coast sea. The airport was built in 1961 at Matavai Bay and the locale of the of Australia. But many, nostalgic for when the jet age came to Tahiti. scientists' work is still known as Point Pitcairn, later returned to it. The re- The arrival at Papeete, be it for the Venus. The Matavai Hotel, whose sult is that the European-Tahitian first or the tenth time, is an event. hospitality we are enjoying again on descendants of history's most dra- Square mile by square mile (and this trip to French Polynesia, is across matic mutiny live on these two is- there are but 402 of them) Tahiti the city from this historic spot. lands. sets some sort of global record as the In 1787, Tahiti had the visit of In general history, as in the story of most glowingly chronicled bit of Captain William Bligh, who arrived the Advent Movement, Tahiti has earth on our planet. Ever since the on the S.S. Bounty to collect bread- been associated constantly with Pit- eighteenth-century visits of the great fruit plants on behalf of European cairn. The Spanish Catholics had explorers, Tahiti has been the syno- settlers in the West Indies, who made a first attempt to Christianize nym for paradise. "Scarcely a spot in wanted to cultivate them as a staple Tahiti, but they failed. In 1797 the the universe," Captain Cook wrote, food crop for the slaves. The Bounty first London Missionary Society "affords a more luxurious prospect." and her crew stayed a bit over five group appeared on the scene. They The French explorer Bougainville, months. soon fled to Australia, a decade later declared Tahiti French in 1768, with On eventual departure from Tahiti returned, and by 1815 a key convert the name La Nouvelle Cythere, the Bounty's mutiny was led by had changed the picture. He was Po- though Captain Samuel Wallis is cred- Fletcher Christian. There are histo- mare II, the Tahitian monarch who ited as the island's first European dis- rians, of course, who agree that Cap- accepted Christianity. Tahiti and its coverer; he compared Tahiti to the tain Bligh's overbearing attitude to- island neighbors became a base from "Garden of Eden." ward the ship's personnel was not the which the first Christian missionaries Later came writers such as Robert sole reason for the mutiny. The easy to Fiji (not Europeans, but Tahi- Louis Stevenson (who lived in Ta- life on Tahiti, attachments with the tians) were sent. hiti before proceeding to Samoa). gracious Tahitian women, and the A majority of Tahiti's residents, of Pierre Loti, of France, and Polish- stark contrast between Tahiti and the course, are Polynesian or at least born .Joseph Conrad made Tahiti the rigid discipline on shipboard were dominantly Polynesian. There has collective South Seas dream of peo- determining factors. been mixing and mingling between ple everywhere. What writers have The story of the Bounty has been the races since the days of the early done for Tahiti with the printed told by word and by picture so that European ships. These Polynesians word, Paul Gauguin (France) did Captain Bligh's fate, along with the are believed to have migrated to the with brush and palette. In fact, on part of the crew that was loyal to him, islands either from the mainland of the streets of Papeete today one can is not unknown. He and his men were Southeast Asia or from the coast of see the Tahitians of Gauguin paint- put to sea on one of the Bounty's South America. The second theory is ings. The Tahitian remains to this boats and made a most incredible that of Kon Tiki's Thor Heyerdahl day the Polynesian at his most gra- open-craft voyage ending in Java and the expeditions of Bengt Daniels- cious best. after 3,600 miles. The story also tells son (a Tahiti resident) from the Following the visits of Wallis and how Fletcher Christian with 18 Ta- coast of South America. Whichever Bougainville the redoubtable Cap- hitian followers (12 women and 6 theory of the origin is accepted, the tain James Cook entered the pic- men) made off for uninhabited Pit- consensus remains that migrations are 6 REVIEW AND HERALD, February 6, 1969 believed to have departed from this often cloud enshrouded—as a back- South Seas. In 1886 he spent a few area to such distant points as New drop. There are the gardens of Gov- weeks on ihe island on his way to Pit- Zealand and Hawaii. ernment House, the quaintly colonial cairn Island. A. J. Reed and his wife One must not forget, of course, that governor's official residence, a mod- arrived on Tahiti on the first voyage Tahiti has 109 neighbors. These 110 ern post office, the Assemblee Terri- of the Pitcairn in 1891 and opened islands (about 80,000 inhabitants, of toriale building, the town hall, and Seventh-day Adventist work. On the which 45,000 are on Tahiti) make up a very fine Seventh-day Adventist second voyage of the Pitcairn in 1893 French Polynesia. The sole city, Pa- church center and school. B. J. Cady and his wife settled on peete (Tahitian for "basket of wa- The Seventh-day Adventist center Raiatea, which lies about 120 miles ters," so named because a veritable in Papeete came in three stages. The northwest of Tahiti. E. C. Chapman network of rivers flow from the moun- headquarters office was built in 1958. and wife, who were on the same boat, tains into its excellent harbor), has In 1965 the new church (seating ca- assisted by printing literature in the 20,000 inhabitants. pacity 500) was erected, and the Tahitian language. The Bible had Papeete has a rustic facade. Some school opened in 1962. French Poly- been translated into Tahitian by new buildings have appeared since nesia now has eight Seventh-day Ad- Henry Nott, a missionary of the Lon- my last visit in 1962, and new ones ventist churches, 665 members, one don Missionary Society in 1836. continue to rise. But Papeete is chiefly school, seven ordained ministers, nine What appears to have been the first iron-roofed French-colonial houses, licensed ministers, six teachers. In the regular Sabbath school was organized occasional church steeples, shops, past ten months 126 persons acquired at Harmuta in 1895, with R. A. many of which are very inviting, a church membership through baptism Prickett as the superintendent. B. J. motley assortment of copra boats and —an all-time record! Cady opened a school in his home giant liners in the harbor, with the At Tahiti we remember, of course, and later purchased a property for a classic outline of Moorea's jagged John I. Tay, the layman whose star school to train national workers. The peaks 12 miles across the water and shines brightly in the first contacts school, discontinued for many years, Tahiti's own verdant mountains— Seventh-day Adventists made with the was re-established in 1962 in Papeete.

gotten thoroughly involved with a really The art of livi "swinging" group of self-styled intellec- 11,10 E..IIII.11 I tuals. (Their grades don't bear out their 111,:a -MIR! W( ( I self-evaluation!) She has a few doubts every now and then as to the wisdom of how she's living and what she's doing, "RUSSIAN ROULETTE" "Only eight- dent. With the good grades he's achieved, and feels that when she "finds herself" (And Other Kinds) een—and plus his high degree of motivation, it's she'll return to her former type of life. dead — be- almost a foregone conclusion that he'll Will she? I don't know. Russian roulette cause he couldn't resist a dare to play make a success of his life. Almost—but is fearsomely dangerous. `Russian' roulette!" The shopkeeper's not certainly—because Mark, who has There are others—Kent, for instance, voice shook as he told me the horrifying been brought up in a strongly religious who smoked his first cigarette out of curi- story of a tragedy only two days old. home and has firm spiritual convictions, osity, and found himself to be one of Searching for some clue, some answer, is deeply enamored with Sandra, who's those people whom I term "tobacco- some explanation for the unexplainable, beautiful, lots of fun, not a member of holics." He's so respected at his school, I inquired whether the boy had been un- his church, not a member of any church, such a leader, and he really is going to happy, "maladjusted," "insecure"—all and avowedly antireligious. Airily she de- stop—tomorrow. But today he's playing those late-twentieth-century words that clares religion to be "stupid and unneces. Russian roulette with his membership in spring so glibly to modern minds. sarv." his school and church, his reputation, his "Absolutely not!" the shopkeeper as- People who are interested in Mark, health, and very likely, his entire future. serted. "He had firm plans for the future, who are fearfully apprehensive. have Donna's brand of this game is taking a good home, lots of friends . . ." His talked with him about the probabilities. the form of an obsession with "what it voice trailed off, and his eyes took on a His answer is always that he "doesn't would be like to take just one trip with faraway look of infinite sadness. "I've plan to marry Sandra"; he "knows it LSD." She's quick to refute, with consider- known him ever since he was a baby; his wouldn't work." In the meantime, he able force, the idea that she'd ever try parents are friends of mine. But there was dates no one else, has dated no one else it more than once. Of course, there's one thing about him—Jay always be- for more than a year. He spends every always the possibility that she's one of lieved that no matter what he did he moment he possibly can with Sandra. those people to whom even one "trip" is could 'wiggle out' somehow. Through the Mark, you see, is playing life-type Rus- irrevocably destructive. Perhaps that's years, he managed some pretty compli- sian roulette with his future. part of the attraction; Russian roulette is cated wiggling. He'd have been con- Althea is another young person "spin- played with a revolver having five empty vinced that when be pulled the trigger ning the cylinder," getting ready to point chambers and only one bullet. there'd be only a fiat click. This time, the figurative gun at her head. Upon As I turned into my driveway, having though, he couldn't wiggle out. A bullet graduation from the SDA academy where successfully negotiated the burgeoning in the brain is pretty final." she'd been an indifferent student scholas- traffic, I felt sick and sad for Jay, whose Driving home through the early-eve- tically, she suddenly decided that none life is over. And I felt sad and apprehen- ning traffic, I felt overwhelmed by a sense of her denomination's colleges were "good sive for all young people who are figura- of sad futility. Not just for Jay, but for enough" for her—intellectually. What tively playing Russian roulette. all the young people who're playing she needed was challenge. In the days of Ezekiel God pleaded with other kinds of roulette with their lives, Accordingly, disregarding the pleas of His willful, rebellious people: "Turn ye, inviting results just as deadly as a bullet parents and friends, she enrolled at a turn ye from your evil ways; for why will in the brain. large university, famous (or infamous) for ye die?" He pleads still, with twentieth- For example, Mark is an unusually its avant-garde attitudes on everything, century players of Russian roulette—of attractive, highly intelligent college stu- especially personal morality. Althea's all kinds. REVIEW AND HERALD, February 6, 1969 7 Today approximately 100 students are in attendance, with three teachers. Really, the school in Papeete is the successor to several schools and gives rising hope to our people in French Polynesia. Since 1949 a number of French nationals have served consecutively in this field. They include F. G. H. Mac- dougall, Paul Nouan, E. J. Landa, Ernest Veuthey, Marcel Bornert, and S. P. Jerome. These years have brought much activity and progress. In 1948 JMV Societies were organized. In 1952 the radio work was established with Charles Doom (second from left) and his three sons are workers in French Polynesia. the Voice of Hope, an educational program, in French and Tahitian. The same year a new printing plant was • the baptism of six candidates and in children, is in the process of provid- built. In 1955 the first Ingathering response to an altar call, 45 Tahitians ing a large, inviting church center. campaign was launched. At the same came forward to join in the baptismal The members bought a piece of land time welfare work was organized. In class and to prepare for baptism at fronting on the restless shore and are 1957 the religious Voice of Hope radio the first occasion. Standing room erecting a cement-block permanent program was introduced and Bible within the temple was at a premium structure with seats for 125 and a courses were launched. And today the as representatives from the Tahiti proportionate youth hall and other work advances more sprightly than churches pressed together for what church facilities—all of modern de- ever, led by energetic, inspiring R. V. they considered to be a great day. sign and devoted to evangelistic out- Esposito, of North Africa. I was inspired, as you would have reach. These 16 members dedicate Truly the past two days have been, by these fine church leaders. I one half of their Monday fishing haul brought unforgettable hours of fel- shall not soon forget the leader at to the church project. They now are lowship and encouragement. The Teahupoo, where a sunny little awaiting better weather and a larger Sabbath day has been the capstone. church with 70 seats and a youth hall haul to finish the church. It started at 8:30 with an inspiring was recently dedicated. Seven years ago, shortly after the Sabbath school. At ten A.M. I was Nor could we forget the representa- dedication of the fine Papeete church privileged to speak at divine worship tives from the Taiarapu Peninsula. center, I was privileged to hold three on "The Model Church." Following There a church of 16, with a host of evangelistic meetings. At the last a public call was made, and Marcel Doom, a young police officer, took his stand for the truth. During the past seven years he has solved many prob- The WaLysild_e Piutlyolt, lems and received good training in TIPPETT secretarial and bookkeeping work. IIIII MI Today he is the secretary-treasurer of the mission. "Then went king David in, and sat be- Without dispute or pleading for a Less than one-half mile from the fore the Lord, and he said, Who am I, change in the divine will, David broke Matavai Hotel is the Tipaerui 0 Lord God? and what is my house, that forth in a rhapsody of praise to God, ex- church. With much hope and many thou halt brought me hitherto?" 2 Samuel tolling His name and acknowledging His tears the pioneers constructed this 7:18. greatness and glory. It is a picture of sin- church, the first in Tahiti. It still Here David assumed a posture rarely gular humility and holy resignation. stands, with every seat occupied on portrayed in Scripture. Standing, running. Submission to God's will is the pinnacle Sabbath, as a witness to God's truth. kneeling, prostrating oneself before the of Christian nobility. John the Baptist An hour ago I walked to this Seventh- Lord are all familiar figures of man's re- showed a clear example of it when he day Adventist monument. The sun, lation to God. But when Judah's king left baptized Jesus: "He must increase, and I accompanied by chariots of fire, had his palace seat to sit before the Lord to must decrease" (John 3:30). plunged into the amethyst sea beyond hear the divine mandate that would deny The messenger of the Lord declares Moorea. Birds, flowerlike in appear- his most cherished ambition, his meek that such resignation is rarely seen even ance, had twittered into slumberland, resignation to Heaven's decree was one of among Christians. She writes, "How often the full moon of the Austral Pacific the sublime acts in sacred history, and do those who have passed the strength of had taken up her watch, and another conceivably David's finest hour. manhood cling to the hope of accomplish- Sabbath had slipped into eternity. With his kingdom well established ing some great work upon which their As I stood before the Tipaerui above all the nations round about, with hearts are set, but which they are unfit- church I could but exclaim once peace and prosperity in Jerusalem point- ted to perform."—Patriarchs and Proph- again, "Behold what God has ing up God's favor, the time to build a ets, p. 712. The extended comment on this wrought!" Turning about, I walked temple to the Lord seemed propitious. very human presumptive trait bears fre- quickly back to the Matavai, the Vast resources were at the king's com- quent reading. "Many ... vainly endeavor strains of the morning hymn pound- mand. The excellency of Zion called for to accomplish a work for which they are ing in my ears: "Lead on, 0 King a great memorial to the Lord's name. But insufficient, while that which they might Eternal, The day of march has come." through Nathan the prophet came the do, lies neglected."—Ibid., p. 713. Let us The day of march has come in Tahiti, disappointing news that the stain of learn the lesson of kneeling before the and the King Eternal will lead on. bloody wars disqualified David from being Lord for strength, standing before Him to ++ the builder. The honor was to go to his praise His name, and sitting before Him WALTER RAYMOND BEACH son. for His loving counsel. Secretary, General Conference 8 REVIEW AND HERALD, February 6, 1969 library and complete her assignments. While paging through Isaiah look- sine finds ing for prophecies pertaining to Christ, Sue noticed that someone had underlined the last two verses of Isaiah a. solution. 40 with a red pencil: "Even the youths shall faint and be By GWEN E. ROBERTSON weary, and the young men shall ut- terly fall: but they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they UE trudged down the road in muttered, "Crying isn't much of a shall mount up with wings as eagles; languid weariness. She had beauty aid." She reached for her they shall run, and not be weary; S thought that a walk in the frost- hairbrush and with swift, expert and they shall walk, and not faint" bitten autumn sunshine might lift her strokes she transformed her rumpled (verses 30, 31). spirits, but it only accentuated the locks into a shimmering, silken page- The words thrilled her. She read drabness of the many toilsome days boy. How she wished the solution to them again and again until they were ahead. all her problems were as easy as brush- embedded deeply in her mind. Then Why did everything have to hap- ing her hair. she sent a prayer soaring up to heaven pen at once? Long, tedious work Well, crying had relieved some ten- from her library chair, "0 Lord, re- hours, low marks, financial difficul- sions. She had wasted enough time new my strength—so I may mount ties, family quarrels, and if that on self-pity—time now to go to the up as the eagles." ++ wasn't enough, a broken romance had put the frosting on her frustration cake. She had lost her zest for life. Every tention at these meetings. Wouldn't you day she forced herself to get out of like to go to our mission school and bed, put in a bodily appearance at learn more of these things?" class, smile sweetly at profs and peers, Ahmeed smiled all over to have the missionary talk to him. "Indeed I would! maintain a fairly even disposition at But my father would never have the work, and bungle through her studies money. Besides," and he pulled at his in the evening. torn trouser pockets, "this pair of trou- When she tried to blurt out her sers and this shirt are the only clothes I feelings to a motherly middle-aged One Kind Deed have. I am too poor to go to your friend, the well-meaning woman ex- school." claimed in tones of incredulous re- By ELLA RUTH ELKINS The missionary patted the boy's shoul- buke, "Why, Sue! How thankful you der. "I think we could fix that up. Let should be for the opportunity of going IN INDIA there lived a 12-year-old boy me talk to your father and see what he to college. Young people have it so named Ahmeed. He lived alone with his has to say." much easier these days. Now, if you father, for his mother was dead. One day And so Ahmeed led the kind mission- Ahmeed wandered about the town look- ary to his dark and broken-down home were my age you would know what ing for something to do. He didn't want to talk to his father about the school. genuine fatigue means." to stay at home that day because his fa- As it turned out, the missionary did a She kicked at a small pebble in dis- ther was drunk. Liquor made his father kind deed and paid the boy's tuition gust. Sure—sure she was thankful for thoughtless and mean. Ahmeed thought with money from his own pocket. Ah- her opportunities and she enjoyed the best thing to do when his father got meed worked hard each day to pay for college life, but did middle-aged this way was to stay away from home as his food and shelter at the mission school. adults think they had a corner on long as he could. So there he was, wan- He liked the school, and before long he suffering? Didn't young people have dering about town in his bare feet, dirty joined the baptismal class. Then after a right to become tired? trousers, and ragged shirt, looking for he was baptized he took a new name— some quiet place to think things over. John. That was now his Christian name. Her psychology professor had men- As he came to a place he remembered John studied hard and continued year tioned "the generation gap," and she as a vacant lot, he was much surprised after year at the mission school. He went certainly felt as if she had discovered to find a big tent there. Cautiously he through college and graduated as a min- the precise meaning of the term. tiptoed as close as he could and listened. ister. Then he came to the United States With a sudden spurt of energy Sue Someone was talking inside. He stooped to Andrews University to study the Bible dashed up the dorm steps, pushed down and peeked under the loose back more and get his graduate degree. Sab- open the door, and ran down the hall part of the tent. There were rows and bath after Sabbath he was called to give to her room. Slamming the door be- rows of people listening to a man talking the sermons in the nearby churches, hind her, she flung herself on the about a Father-God. He moved closer where he told the many people about and soon found himself squatting on the India and her needs. bed. The pent-up tears that had been ground on the inside of the tent. When One Sabbath as he was preaching in repressed for so many weeks and he saw that it seemed all right for him one of the churches and looking into the months gushed forth like an overflow- to be there, he stood up and walked earnest faces of the listeners, his eyes ing artesian well. She sobbed until her over to a seat and sat down to listen. met those of an older gray-haired man head throbbed and her eyes burned. Could there in all the earth, or above or who had tears streaming down his cheeks. "This is ridiculous, Sue," she under it, be a Father-God who really The Indian preacher's heart turned a moaned in self-rebuke. "Stop it." She loved His children? He, Ahmeed, would quick somersault as he recognized the gave the pillow a vindictive punch— listen and see whether it was so. missionary who many years before had as if it were to blame for all the prob- The boy liked what he heard, and he discovered him at the tent meeting in came back again and again. The mis- India and had invited him to go to the lems in the world. sionary noticed the ragged-looking boy mission school! Swaying to her feet, she crossed the who always sat alone, and one day as Can we always tell what will become room to the sink and splashed cold Ahmeed was about to leave the tent after of one kind deed bestowed upon the water on her swollen eyes. Grinning, the meeting the missionary spoke to him. "poorest" of God's children? No, we can- in spite of everything, at the gro- "I think I can tell you are a good stu- not, for the power of God is so very, tesque reflection in the mirror she dent by the way you pay such close at- very great.

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is the gracious touch of a vase of flowers on one corner of her desk. Here and there are little touches that express her home-loving personality. I usually retreat humbly to my own work claim and wonder how on earth I could fit a vase of flowers on my already overflowing desk—if I had the urge to. Then there's the girl with the long, lovely fingernails. She types with amazing speed and apparently never cracks a nail. It looks like a physical impossibility, but she does it. I'm lucky to finish the workday with all fingers still accounted for. Another young woman saves the chore of combing her hair until she arrives at the office. This then becomes the first order of her working day. She probably has good reason for this. It may be extra windy on her street, or there may be a heavy de- mand on the mirrors at her house in the morning. Filing habits are diversified too. Some have a prefile folder that serves as a diving board to the big metal By M. CAROL HETZELL files. Everything is neatly tucked away as it reaches that stage of proc- essing. Some place the material in a FFICE habits. I think people "Where is everyone?" I blurted. single plain folder for attention as have a special spot in their "In chapel," came the reply. "This soon as possible. But some have a make-up for habits that ap- is the morning all the departments drawer in which office correspond- O ence seems to accumulate ad infini- ply particularly to the office. Some meet together. Want to come along habits are good, some bad. Some with me?" tum, and filing day comes only as a make little difference to over-all per- I glanced at the clock. It was one last resort when it can no longer be formance, but they do lend personal- minute after eight. What could I do? postponed. ity to the office! What I did was to follow my late Habits—good or bad—reflect the It was my first day at a new job. fellow worker into the chapel and individuality of the worker. To some I'm one of those people who don't clear up nearly to the front row. (She extent they show what he or she con- even like to go into a public meeting always sat there, I discovered later.) siders to be first things. These habits if I can't arrive in good time. I fret All the way up I could feel my ears are a part of that person—making if I don't have plenty of time for aflame with embarrassment. Late on the office a part of him too. They plane connections, and as for the of- my first day! pretty much say that even in the fice—I'd rather be a half hour early I learned afterward that this was somewhat regimented office climate than one minute late. I don't claim an office habit with this particular people will be people. That's the it as a virtue. It's just the way life worker. I marveled at the fact that beauty of people! They can't be has turned me out. she could cut the time so close. Her poured into one mold. Well, as I said, it was my first day accuracy was astounding! It was al- Paul, who gave us that great chap- at a new job. I knew the room in ways a matter of just one minute ter on love, also wrote at some length which I would be working, and I ar- after the appointed time. I also won- on the diversities of people (Rom. rived in good time. No one was there. dered what mental block prevented 14). The important thing, he pointed I twiddled around a bit and de- her from stepping up her schedule out, is not to judge others but to veloped a real sense of uneasiness. one minute—or even two minutes— "accept one another, then, for the The clock eventually proclaimed the and really amazing people with her glory of God, as Christ has accepted time to be 8:00 A.M. Where was every- punctuality. you" (chap. 15:7).* one? Some habits I wish I could acquire. Let's enjoy people. And let's make Just then another worker bustled For instance, I am always impressed sure we make it easy for others to into the room, hastily plopped down when I step into one young woman's enjoy working with us. ++ an assortment of bags on her desk, office. It is always in apple-pie order, and flashed me a quick good morn- reeks of efficiency (because obviously * Good News for Modern Man, The New Testa- ment in Today's English. © 1966, American Bible ing. she's on top of her work), and there Society, New York, N.Y. 10 REVIEW AND HERALD, February 6, 1969 planning and actively working out goals ever the case may be, dad must be dad. Today's Home together. He must not become too busy, too tired, III I don't agree with the philosophy that too unapproachable—or too disinterested. J110111111 „,.!mamr 4111fr dad should never be bothered about the This is where a wife can shine as her day's events. Unpleasant trivialities, No! home's best liaison officer. She can, with A CHIEF FOR With the vying for But important things, Yes. He needs to wisdom and love, tie her family together EVERY TRIBE supremacy between know of a child's successes; he also needs with cords that cannot be cut. sexes, does dad really to know when danger signals begin de- So, it's on with our work—to help, not have a chance to fill his role? We almost veloping in a child's character. It's too hurt; to encourage, not dishearten; to seem to be drifting toward a matriarchal easy for father, who is gone all day, to strengthen, not weaken the "house-band" society, with dad becoming a silent on- become detached from his family. It's in our home. Don't hurt your chief—keep looker. Mother is "queen of the house- easier yet for a father, who travels for your little "tribe" happy with a good dad. hold," but too often she becomes king, as weeks and sometimes months, to become well, whether she wants to or not. almost a stranger to his family. What- See The Adventist Home, pp. 211-219. "John is so stupid sometimes," I can still hear an acquaintance say. "He doesn't use good judgment.... He doesn't help me with anything, just doesn't care . . . " and the complaints went on and on about the man whom she had promised to love, honor, and cherish. Across the room her teen-age son sat listening. That was dad who was being criticized, a man whom he wanted and needed to respect and love. It was a vicious and unhappy cycle in this home— an imperfect husband and father growing more unsure and less involved as he listened to a nagging and often sarcastic wife. We wonder sometimes why boys don't grow up like men, why some boys have twisted thinking about masculinity, but if dad is portrayed as a tyrant, or perhaps, even worse, as an inept figurehead, what boy would want to be a man like dad? Men aren't perfect—sometimes farther from perfect than is good, but we women On NevemberYff, 1968, Tomino Itagaki, have a few flaws too—I think! Whatever former director of nursing service at Tokyo a man's faults may be, it isn't going to Sanitarium-Hospital, received the medal of help him or the children to accentuate the Sixth Order of Merit, Order of the Sacred his shortcomings. It could, in fact, seri- Crown, front His Excellency, Hirohito, Em- ously affect the relationship of the chil- peror of Japan. The occasion was National dren with God, for their image of God is Culture Day, a day designated for honoring Japanese citizens' -for outstanding service to greatly affected—especially in early child- their country. hood—by their image of dad. Miss :Itagaki served Tokyo Sanitariunh: Two of us, wives and mothers, were Hospital continuously from 1929 until bek, talking heart to heart one clay. My friend retirement last April. Naturally, many other had been deeply hurt by her husband, hospitals have invited her to instruct their and by any logic could have felt free to workers; but because of a deep personal com- leave him. Her shoulders sagged and her mitment, she reserves her efforts to counsrtl face was lined from worry and lack of and astiar for Oita hospital alone. sleep. What can be said at a time like - —'VADAS111.0 this? "I know these have been difficult days for you," I ventured, "and I just want you to know that we've been thinking of you and praying for you." "Yes, it has been difficult," she said, graduates of Korea's- Seoul Sani- and then straightened her shoulders and tarium and Hospital School of Nursing looked at me intently. "But all I can think have responded to a call of the General of now is that I want my children to love Conference to serve at the Chun Won and respect their father, and I want to Hospital in= Hong Kong. see him saved. That's all that really mat- Paulette Ro and Amy Chun, who have graduated from the three-year nursing ters." She chose a long and tortuous path program, will bring to four the total of —but the best one—and they've found a overseas missionary nurses whom Korea measure of happiness again, both of them has sent to other fields. Two other nurses wiser and more understanding for having 1 - nt to the Benghazi hospital in Africa struggled through together. see .14Fonieri.in the News, April 11, 1968). And that's what it takes—working to- H. R. KEHNEY gether, communicating, looking objec- tively at problems, and then calmly 11 REVIEW AND HERALD, February 6, 1969 WHY DO PEOPLE GO TO CHURCH? tion to God and offering thanks for His mercies. Joint worship, joint thanksgiving, produces the unity for which Adventists have quite a good record of church attend- Christians are known. Examples of thankful worship in ance. Our observations of the habits of Sundaykeepers groups are found in 2 Chronicles 7 and Nehemiah 8. and the comments appearing in the Protestant press lead Individual thankful worship is recorded in Genesis 24:26 us to the conclusion that many Protestants attend church and Judges 7:15, for example. irregularly. By and large, the Adventist way of life in- The thankful worship of which we speak is the out- cludes going to Sabbath school and church every Sabbath. flowing of a heart that recognizes God as the Creator of One apparent reason for this fact is the attitude we the universe, as the source of all life, and as the guardian have toward the Biblical day of worship, the seventh day of His people. His majesty, His omnipotence, His long- of the week. Without reasoning it through, most Advent- suffering toward His people elicit praise and adoration. ists have probably come to realize that with 24 hours The bowing of the head and the bending of the knees completely set aside for spiritual matters, there is no and the closing of the eyes demonstrate that the heart better way to fill the time than to go to church. and soul are submitted to the Majesty of heaven. The Going to church for just any reason is probably better highest purpose in church attendance is to give God the than not going to church at all, but is there no better honor due Him. "0 come, let us worship and bow down: compulsion to enter the house of worship than to find let us kneel before the Lord our maker. For he is our some way to use up the 24 hours God has called His own? God" (Ps. 95:6, 7). At the first service of the new year our Sabbath school Once we confess that Jesus Christ is our Lord, that He superintendent started us thinking along these lines meets with those who gather to worship Him, and that when he asked why we had come to Sabbath school. He the church is the house of God, we will not have to think mentioned a few reasons, and we have added to the list, of peripheral reasons—good though they may be—for taking the liberty of applying the reasons to both Sabbath attending church. There is, to be sure, some merit in every services. It may take some penetrating analysis to uncover one of the ten reasons listed. Church attendance is a the hidden reasons, but they are worth thinking about. duty (10); it is a response to God (1); it reinforces group We have personally found it most difficult to bypass the membership (3, 6, 8); it is a good habit, best formed in conventional reasons and to uncover the true motivations childhood (4, 9); our influence is important (5); and hidden beneath the surface. there is pleasure and culture in the musical and literary expression that accompanies worship (2, 7). But the per- Searching for Hidden Motives son who attends for only one of these may have but a Let us look together first at some of these hidden psy- superficial religious experience. chological reasons why people go to church. Then we Surely those who have dedicated their lives to the will note some Biblical examples of worship, both group service of the King of the universe will seek out the worship and individual worship. We will assume that places "where prayer uis] wont to be made" (Acts 16:13), the hypothetical Adventist here speaking is consecrated and they will say as did David, "I was glad when they and earnest. He wants to do what is right. He may have said unto me, Let us go into the house of the Lord" one or more of the following reasons for going to church (Ps. 122:1). F. D. Y. regularly: 1. Church attendance is my response to what God has done for me. 2. Church music is uplifting and pleasant. WHAT IS MAN? 3. Almost all my friends are church friends. Sabbath is the only time I see most of them. The earth looked so small and insignificant through the television trained on it from the vicinity of the moon 4. I take the children because they need religious in- struction. during the historic flight of Apollo 8. The pictures gave 5. I should set a good example. earth-based observers a strange feeling when they pon- need to have my rather unpopular religious ideas dered the fact that this distant shiny orb was their home 6. I and they were but a tiny speck on that globe. As one of reinforced at least once a week, so I will not become the astronauts reported during a live broadcast from far careless. 7. Religious topics fascinate me. out in space, he couldn't tell from that distance whether the earth was inhabited or not. All the mundane strife, 8. I get a great deal of good out of worshiping with others, by hearing their prayers, their songs, their talks national and international, all the problems of over population and poverty, of lawlessness and secularization of and sermons. religion, assumed a different perspective, viewed from 9. Church attendance is a habit I formed as a child, 230,000 miles in space. and I don't want to give it up. 10. Church attendance is a duty. In fact, the only function the earth seemed to have at We know that the Bible contains references to gather- the vicinity of the moon was to light up the dark part of ings for religious purposes, that it encourages believers the moon, in the same way that the moon lights up the to gather together, and that God expects us to worship dark part of the earth. By means of earthshine, astronauts, Him, but why? The most important reason for attend- while not being able to see as much detail as in sunlight, ing worship services is that Christ is present (Matt. got a good three-dimensional view of the rims of the 18:20). He and the angels should be among the friends larger craters. we hope to see and visit at church. We thought of what God must see from His throne in The worship hour is also a time for expressing adora- the heavens. Spread out before His all-seeing eyes is the

12 REVIEW AND HERALD, February 6, 1969 vast universe, with its billions of suns and spheres. In the there were not another individual on the face of the midst of these orbs the 8,000-mile-diameter earth must earth."—Ibid., vol. 5, p. 346. appear insignificantly small. It has no light of its own. This thought encouraged us as from outer space It shines only by reflected light. through television's eye we gazed in wonder on the shiny And yet the earth is the visited planet, visited by the orb called Earth. Of all the worlds that might have Prince of glory Himself. An emergency having arisen been chosen, this planet has been selected as the one to dooming its inhabitants to extinction, He came to rescue which the New Jerusalem will one day be transferred. them. He wasn't obligated; His love impelled Him. Few appreciated His visit, and in the end some of those He Redeemed Will Be Astronauts came to rescue killed Him. And while most of us might not have had the courage Biblical writers, who understood far less of the vastness of the three astronauts to risk a journey to the moon, soon of the universe than we, nevertheless were impressed by all those who are accounted worthy of citizenship in that the comparative puniness of man. In a burst of poetic world of tomorrow will be privileged to be astronauts. imagery, Isaiah represents the One who "meted out "Unfettered by mortality, they wing their tireless flight heaven with the span" as declaring, "Behold, the nations to worlds afar—worlds that thrilled with sorrow at the are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small spectacle of human woe, and rang with songs of gladness dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a at the tidings of a ransomed soul. With unutterable de- very little thing. And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, light the children of earth enter into the joy and the wis- nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering. All dom of unfallen beings."—The Great Controversy, p. nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted 677. to him less than nothing, and vanity" (Isa. 40:15-17; cf. From that expanded perspective, more wonderful than verse 12). ever God's love will appear to us. "From the minutest atom to the greatest world, all things, animate and inani- The Worth of the Individual mate, in their unshadowed beauty and perfect joy, declare If nations are less than nothing, what about the indi- that God is love."—Ibid., p. 678. vidual citizen? Another Biblical poet took up this theme. D. F. N. Impressed by the moon and the stars that illuminated his night sky, the psalmist exclaimed, "When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, "THE RIGHT TO PLAY GOD" which thou hast ordained; what is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest One of England's noted anthropologists, Edmund R. him?" (Ps. 8:3, 4). In the vast universe man is but a speck, Leach, wrote an article in the November 16, 1968, a vapor that appears, then vanishes. "For what is your Saturday Evening Post entitled "We Scientists Have the life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, Right to Play God." The article, in spite of its sensa- and then vanisheth away" (James 4:14). Why should God tional title, contained few sensational statements. We take note of such ephemeral creatures? If man should suspect that its main purpose was to shock conservative blow himself up by nuclear holocaust, the earth would Christians and needle them into making an emotional not look any different from the vicinity of the moon. counterattack. Intercepting earthshine, the moon's mountains and Dr. Leach pointed out that scientists are performing crater rims would continue to cast eerie shadows on the feats that formerly God alone could do. "The ordinary moon's dark side. every-day achievements of science, which we take quite "The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? for granted," he said, "are of precisely the kind that our All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as medieval forebears considered to be supernatural. We the flower of the field: the grass withereth, the flower can fly through the air, we can look in on events that fadeth" (Isa. 40:6, 7). "Why should the spirit of mortal are taking place on the other side of the earth, we can be proud?" transplant organs from corpses to living bodies, we can But to God, man is of infinite value. Comparing the change one element into another, we can even produce worth of man with that of the sparrows, Jesus said, "Are a chemical mimicry of living tissue itself." not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them True. And few people would take issue with Dr. shall not fall on the ground without your Father. But Leach up to this point. But this distinguished provost the very hairs of your head are all numbered" (Matt. of King's College at Cambridge enters the arena of 10:29, 30). controversy when he says: "The scientist must be the Think of it? Somewhere in the vast universe of God, source of his own morality.. . . We must now learn to which reaches out in all directions as far as man's so- play God in a moral as well as in a creative or destruc- phisticated telescopes can peer and beyond—a distance tive sense. . . . We ourselves have to decide what is of billions of light-years, is a small orb. On it live more sin and what is virtue." than three billion human beings. Each one is personally This statement, for all of its blasphemous sound, known to the God who manages and sustains the expan- probably is only an appeal for fully responsible behavior sive universe, even to the point of knowing the number by scientists. He refers to man's ability to "create" and of hairs on each person's head. to destroy (i.e., through atomic fission), then says: "These "God so loved the world, that he gave his only begot- powers have now been usurped [from God] by man, ten Son" ( John 3:16). He loved the world by loving each and he must take on the moral responsibility that goes individual, and would have died for one soul. "Christ with them." would have died for one soul in order that that one Dr. Leach believes in a mechanistic universe and might live through the eternal ages."—Testimonies, vol. declares that "the human brain is nothing more than 8, p. 73. Such love passes our comprehension. No wonder an immensely complicated computer." He accepts the all human love that has ever flowed from the breasts of theory of evolution yet apparently feels that neither men would be but a tiny rill to the boundless ocean when this nor his mechanistic concepts tend to drive God out compared with the infinite, exhaustless love of God (see of His own universe. The evidence of God's presence is Testimonies, vol. 5, p. 740). found in man's moral consciousness. No one need feel lonely, neglected, or forgotten in this He deplores the conflicts between established religion expansive universe. "Jesus cares for each one as though and science down through the centuries but states that

REVIEW AND HERALD, February 6, 1969 13 the hope of some scientists that truth may be pursued (shades of Satan's lie in Eden, "ye shall be as gods"?). entirely free of moral or religious restraints is futile. They believe in developed moral standards. Everyone, including scientists, must draw a moral line But Seventh-day Adventists, along with other con- somewhere. He declares that scientists "can afford to servative Christians, believe in fiat creation and revealed be atheists only if they assume the moral responsibilities moral standards. They believe that moral standards are of God." In other words, as scientists unlock more and set forth in the ten-commandment law, written by the more of the secrets of nature and control its forces, they finger of God and delivered to Moses on Mount Sinai. must develop a moral sense commensurate with their They believe, further, that God has recorded in His responsibilities. Word numerous accounts of man's efforts to apply the We shall comment on this point later, but first let principles of the moral law to his own experience. These us note a dialog on a related topic between William accounts are designed to show us how to apply suc- Laurence and Rabbi William Berkowitz, published in cessfully the principles to our own situation. the Reconstructionist magazine (November 22, 1968). Basic moral standards are the same for all men every- Mr. Laurence was for 30 years science reporter and where. They are not subject to negotiation, nor are they editor for the New York Times. He has received two to be applied in one culture and ignored in another. Pulitzer prizes, one for scientific reporting in 1937 and They are universally applicable. another for his eyewitness account of the atom bombing Without an objective standard as found in the Word of Nagasaki. Rabbi Berkowitz is the spiritual leader of of God and the moral law, man would be left to his Congregation B'nai Jeshurun in New York City. own devices. Each person—including the scientist—would set up his own moral standards. Gradually a body of Aims Are the Same commonly accepted moral standards might be developed, In the interview Mr. Laurence said: "I believe that but these would vary from culture to culture and genera- the aims of science are the same as or very similar to tion to generation. With this kind of flexibility what the aims of religion, except that science approaches would be right for one would not necessarily be right through the physical world and the religious person for another. approaches more through the spiritual. Both of these Fortunately, God in His love and wisdom, knowing that are different facets of our being. The way you approach man in his fallen state could never discover moral stand- it, whether you go by airplane or by car or by train or ards through research, revealed them: "The law of God by foot, makes no difference. The goal is there. The is . . . the great moral standard."—Testimonies, vol. means by which you achieve your goal may be different, 5, p. 329. but the goal is the same, and that is man's relation to No, in spite of Dr. Leach's contention that "the sci- the universe, man's understanding of his part in the entist must be the source of his own morality," no hu- universe, man making himself a part of the large man being, however upright, can assume this responsibil- universe." ity. Often he may think he is right when he is one Rabbi Berkowitz called attention to the widely held hundred per cent wrong. "There is a way which seem- belief that "except for some periods of uneasy truce, eth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways science and religion have always been in conflict," then of death" (Prov. 14:12). asked Mr. Laurence to harmonize this with his statement that the aims of science and religion are "the Not in Conflict same or very similar." Mr. Laurence replied: "When We are staunch supporters of true science. True they say that science and religion are in conflict, they science and true religion are not natural enemies. In mean science and ritualistic religion. That is the only general, as Mr. Laurence points out, it is "science and kind of religion that is in conflict with science." ritualistic religion" that have been at war at various Later in the interview Rabbi Berkowitz pointed out times. (Or, in some cases, false science and true religion.) that prophetic Judaism and other religions have endeav- True religion provides moral standards—something the ored to "keep alive in the world a greater sense of moral- scientist needs; it also aids him in understanding and ity and a greater sense of ethics." He asked: "Can one appreciating the universe. In turn, true science, by gain a moral and ethical outlook on life through science?" throwing open the doors of the universe that hitherto Mr. Laurence answered: "I definitely think so. . . . have been closed, brings physical benefits to humanity I believe that basically man is a noble animal, and and increases man's wonder and awe at the greatness his nobility is perverted and destroyed by poor environ- of God. It makes obedience and worship more mean- ment, by poor circumstances. If the circumstances were ingful. to be changed, and they are being changed by science, We live in an age of great enlightenment. But let us then we simply would remove the basic causes that never forget that God is the true source of this enlight- destroy man's nobility." enment. Jesus Christ is the source of all truth. "As the Both Dr. Leach and Mr. Laurence were more tem- moon and the stars of the solar system shine by the perate than many of their peers in commenting on reflected light of the sun, so, as far as their teaching the relation of religion to science. Both seemed to is true, do the world's great thinkers reflect the rays of recognize that there is no need for the two forces to the Sun of Righteousness. Every gem of thought, every be in conflict. But both made statements that we con- flash of the intellect is from the Light of the world." sider objectionable: Dr. Leach, that "the scientist must —The Desire of Ages, p. 465. be the source of his own morality," and Mr. Laurence, To us the claim of mortal men that they "have the that merely an improved environment will enable man right to play God" sounds perilously like that of one to live up to his potential as "a noble animal." who millenniums ago in heaven shrilled, "I will be Revealed Moral Standards like the most High" (Isa. 14:14). It represents a dangerous attitude of mind. Far better that everyone—in- These two ideas actually are part of one and the cluding the world's greatest thinkers—bow in humble same package. They stem from belief in the theory of adoration before the infinite One, confessing, as did even evolution. Both Dr. Leach and Mr. Laurence believe the Son of man, "I can of mine own self do nothing" that man is on his way up, that he is progressing toward (John 5:30). Well may all exclaim, "How great Thou a higher state, that eventually he will become as God art!" K. H. W.

14 REVIEW AND HERALD, February 6, 1969 11E-,11a1911Prilr - institution? The answer is No. There is a Just a note of appreciation for the re- distinction between protection and support. cent article on church-state relations. It was The Constitution forbids support, not pro- interesting, helpful, encouraging, and disturb- et, a& 614,/, tection, of a religious institution. All of us ing—disturbing as to responsibility. The receive police, fire, and other forms of responses of the contributors were timely and protection, and to deny these forms of protec- most valuable to me, a denominational edu- tion to a church or a church-related institu- cator, sympathetic to divergent facets of our tion would be an unconstitutional discrimina- church heritage and moral responsibility. SCIENCE AND THE BIBLE tion. I believe the ability to look at a problem At any future hearings in the courts or from all sides is insight—to do so is enlighten- The recent REVIEW carrying the mes- before Congressional committees involving ment, and the result of free exploration is sage by Robert H. Pierson regarding the the imposition of a national Sunday law or truth. geoscience expedition was a great inspiration, other violations of the First Amendment, how May I commend you on the unique format. and the ring of confidence in the Bible no can we call upon the First Amendment as a RALPH P. BAILEY doubt brought renewed confidence to thou- defense of our position if we have persisted Tuscaloosa, Alabama sands as it did to me. C. M. CRAWFORD in its violation? Lansing, Michigan We should work toward a solution. that NEED FOR STUDY does not violate constitutional principles. A We are proud of the increasingly high good solution in the field of higher educa- academic standard in our denomination. ON DISCUSSION tion would be for the State to support the However, we are in the midst of a prophetic I am much encouraged by your edi- student instead of the State university. A time, in part characterized by great decep- torial "Discussion Is Healthy" (Dec. 12, student would decide which school to at- tion. There was never a time when it was 1968). . . . I hope the REVIEW will continue tend, as under the GI educational benefits. so vital for each individual to ferret out the to deal with issues such as Federal aid to It would be discrimination to refuse sup- truth for himself. Regardless of how limited education and thereby stimulate much- port to a student because he chose a religious our intellectual capacity may be, we can needed discussion. college. The State university would finance discover the truth for ourselves when we BENTON M. STIDD itself by an adequate tuition charge and prayerfully seek for it. The power of the North St. Paul, Minnesota would compete on more even terms with Holy Spirit is a vital tool in this respect as private institutions. There is growing sup- it is in overcoming sin, and it is available port for such a change. The country's lead- to all. I must say I was startled at the posi- ers are concerned about the large number of I have observed new ideas adopted by tion a few took on the subject of govern- private colleges that are closing due to finan- sincere people because they said the propa- ment aid to private schools. . . . I mentioned cial difficulties and the growing monopoly of gator was "a fine Christian and he has his my thoughts on the matter to another reader higher education and thought by the State Ph.D." Some of these new trends in thinking of the REVIEW, but that reader did not see through its own universities. may be eloquently presented and appar- my side. Everyone has a right to his ideas Under the proposed system the college ently be completely reasonable in their con- and opinions. would not be placed in a position of exert- clusions. However, let us be guarded in our JOHN 0. BAKER ing political influence upon the Government decisions. Let each one pray, and then, led Pewee Valley, Kentucky for support. Nor would political favoritism by the Spirit, read these things, and also, be involved. None of the evils are present as most importantly, study the subject in the The panel discussion on the issue of they are where church-state separation is Bible and the Spirit of Prophecy writings. accepting Federal aid for denominational ignored. It does not violate church-state sep- A humble Christian who connects daily with schools (Sept. 26) was interesting and in- aration in form or in spirit. I believe our heavenly power will be a more reliable guide formative. No direct mention was made of denomination should favor this policy and to the truth than the best educated man the principle that no person should be co- lead out in promoting it. who has lost his humility. erced to support by taxation or other means JACK C. WERNER MRS. ROBERT HORNER religious institutions whose tenets he does Milwaukee, Wisconsin Denver, Colorado not believe in or even those that he does. Do we wish to pay taxes to support the religious institutions of other denominations? If not, how can we advocate that the members of other denominations be taxed It . Is Hard ta.--Egcit to support ours! Seventh-day Adventist colleges and universities are religious institutions. Seventh-day Adventist hospitals were fee*, thusiastirt 'for Churchgoing not at issue, but they are in the same cate- gory. Interpreting church-state separation, Aty C. Ip. PADDOCK the United States Supreme Court in the One bright, 4'94 fall 'morning I drove past .a large inanniripiti Outsmart par*. Board of Education, 330 case of Everson V. Two wellknown and popular football teams were to play there in the „afternoon. It U.S. 1 pointed out that: "No tax in any was hours before the game was to start, but there was a long, long fine of men and amount, large or small, can be levied to women, waiting in the chill fall air to get tickets. They must see that game! They Were support any religious . . . institutions, what- warmly dressed, and did not seem to mind at all a long tire-some wait in the crisp, ever they may be called, or whatever form frosty outdoorsi Some had brought small folding chairs so they could sit while waiting.. they may adopt to teach or practice religion." Vendors of sandwiches and hot drinks passed along the litre, providing something-to: This is clear and simple. The test is not, ease their hunger and to warm them on the inside. Lacer= that day the city ,papei Does the institution benefit the community? said some had waited in the cold all night. Are religious services voluntary? These are Ever find a long line waiting at your church4thar *fie doors open? I do not Enow arguments that are often used in an attempt how many of these men and women in the line were churchgoer's, but I Wondered how to justify the seeking of funds from the Gov- many of them would stand in line to be sure they did not missthe morning sermon. ernment. The test is whether the institution Did you ever sit Wrapped in blankets while you listened to a sermon? I haveheard is religious or secular. If we admit, as we members complain when a deacon opened a window near_ than in midsummer. must, that our institutions are religious, A few times when I have arrived at the church before the'doons were opened: I was there is no need for further discussion. a bit vexed because I- had to wait. I was temptal_prst t.0 Miss the meeting and: go on The question of fire and police protection back home. It does_Seem that I, a church member and a Christian, shOuld be just as , was raised but not answered. The inference much interested in any: kervict An nifthurch as a Spoils fai3 Is in a football gattte.'I, is that if a church-related school can receive . hope most of us are. fire and police protection, why not financial But try to itnagineyoutaili4 g In line ==a11' so you would not luitu the support? Must the fire department let a morning sermon. religious college burn down because the Con- stitution forbids state support of a sectarian

REVIEW AND HERALD, February 6, 1969 15 INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Evangelism Permit Honored Despite Threats

By EVARD KAMUH East Indonesia Union Evangelist (As told to A. M. BARTLETT)

"If you can get a written statement that it was safe, and so he gave us his earnestly, "at least not yet. That is why from each of the leaders of the other re- written permit to go ahead with our I wanted to talk to you alone. All the ligious organizations in town, as well as evangelistic crusade. Christians and their churches were in a statement from the leaders of each of However, when I read the permit my grave danger last night because of your the political parties, saying they have no heart sank, for it expressly stated that meeting." objection to the meetings, then I will no advertising would be permitted. How I was shocked. Apparently my feelings issue you a permit. Otherwise, I can- could we reach the people of Palu if we showed in my face, for he hurried on. not." So said the chief of police in Palu, could not advertise the meetings? Again "It was not your fault, of course. I at- Indonesia. our faith was being tested. Our members tended the meeting myself, and nothing We had come to the local government were discouraged, but they didn't want was done which could have caused any to secure a permit to hold evangelistic to quit now. More earnest prayers as- feelings of antagonism. Let me tell you meetings, but we had been plainly told cended to the throne of God. We de- what happened. About midnight I re- that no permission could be given. How- cided to build our pavilion as quickly ceived a telephone call telling me that a ever, the chief of police, who actually as possible and get the meetings under large number of young people had gath- makes the final decision and issues the way before someone changed his mind ered downtown and were planning a permit, was friendly to us and tried to and the permit was withdrawn. Without demonstration of protest against all advise us as to how we might be able advertising we knew that our audience Christian churches and against the police to arrange to get a permit, even though would be small, but the authorities and the Government because we had the central Government had issued or- wouldn't stop our members from invit- given permission for these Christian ders that such public meetings should ing their friends, who are, after all, the meetings to be held. I understand they not be conducted. He felt sure that if best prospects anyway. planned to tear down all your posters we secured the signatures of religious Then God performed another miracle. and street banners, then go and tear and political leaders there would be no Just one day before the meetings were down your pavilion, after which they one to complain. to begin, the chief of police changed his planned to break windows and do as I thanked him for his advice, but left mind and gave us permission to distrib- much damage as possible to all the his office with a heavy heart, for I ute handbills, put up posters, and hang Christian churches, as was done last year doubted that we would be able to get banners across the main streets of the in Makassar. the approval of all the organizations he city. He even permitted us to hire a "We Tried to Reason With Them" had mentioned. Only the year before, sound truck to go through the city an- when our young people had held Voice nouncing the meetings. "I dressed hurriedly and detached a of Youth meetings, all the leaders of the Long before it was time to open the number of troops to the area. Then to- other churches had banded together to meeting the first evening our little pa- gether with the chief of police and a try to have the meetings closed. vilion was filled to capacity. We had in- number of his men, I rushed to the However, Mr. Salindeho, our local vited a number of high-ranking govern- place where they were gathered. At first elder, is a man who is not easily discour- ment officials, and these were all present. we tried to reason with them, but they aged. After an earnest season of prayer Every seat was taken, and hundreds of would not listen. Finally I had to let with our church members he started out people were crowding the yard around them know that they were surrounded to contact each of these religious and the entrances to the building. Surely the by soldiers who had been ordered to political leaders. The first man was the Lord was with us, for He had performed shoot if necessary. Then I commanded Catholic bishop. He listened carefully as so many miracles to make these meetings them to disperse quietly, or I would Mr. Salindeho explained his errand and possible. Now we prayed for strength order my men to open fire. Only by this then readily signed his name with the and wisdom to make the most of the strong measure was I able to avert trou- remark that Christians should work- to- opportunities He had so wonderfully ble and even possible bloodshed. gether in their efforts to evangelize the provided. "I want you to know, Pastor Kamuh, heathen. that this Government is responsible. We As our elder went from one to the Would the Way Be Blocked? have issued you a permit to hold these other of the main religious bodies in the The next morning I was surprised to meetings, and it will be honored. How- city the attitude was the same. When he see Mr. Salindeho come to my room. He ever, it is my duty to investigate a bit returned we found it hard to believe was quite agitated, and he told me that further the basis upon which the permit that he actually held in his hand the the highest military authority in the area was granted. I am planning to call all signatures of all of these men. Recogniz- had sent an urgent request that I come the men who signed the letter that you ing that only by the power of God could immediately to his office. I was surprised showed to the chief of police stating that this have been accomplished, we had a and apprehensive. He had been at the they had no objection to the meetings. service of praise. meeting the night before and had been If they really meant what they said and The next day the experience was re- very friendly as he left the pavilion. if they still feel the same way we will peated as he went to the offices of each What could have happened during the uphold the permit, and we will guaran- of the political parties. He met no op- night? I wondered. tee protection for the rest of the meet- position, even with the leaders of the I was relieved when he greeted me ings. You may go now. I will let you party that is usually the most adamant cordially. Then he turned to Mr. Salin- know later in the day what I have found against Christian activities. deho and said, "With your permission, out and whether you should plan to go The chief of police was also much I wish to speak to Pastor Kamuh alone." ahead with your meeting tonight." surprised when we presented him with I was led to his inner office, and the I thanked him for his efforts and for the signed letters to the effect that there door was closed. the protection he had already given. was no objection to the meetings. After "What I have to tell you must not be- Back in my room I sank on my knees studying them over, he was convinced come common knowledge," he began with a heavy heart and pleaded with the 16 REVIEW AND HERALD, February 6, 1969 Lord to intervene. It seemed doubtful Assuring him that this was our pur- JAPAN: that all of the men would uphold their pose, we opened the Bible and studied former signature in the face of what had with him for more than an hour. Servicemen's Church happened during the night. We called Finally he said, "I believe you are Donates $600 to Work a number of our church members to- right. You may go ahead and present gether and united in earnest prayer. your topics. I will be present as often as During the first three quarters of 1968 That day another real miracle took possible, and I will have someone else the 25 overseas Adventists who form the place. Without exception those men de- appointed to be there to see that you Tachikawa, Japan, Air Force Base serv- clared that they had indeed signed the teach directly from the Bible. Then if icemen's church group have donated statement of support for the meetings. any complaints come in I will know how $400 to the Koganei Japanese church They further declared that they would to deal with the situation." building fund and $200 to the Japan stand behind their signatures, and they When we returned to the church that Voice of Prophecy. asked the army to help enforce the de- clay we had another praise service. An- Capt. Kenneth Zaugg and Pfc. Callis cision. On the strength of that we were other miracle had been performed, and Rowe are the church and Sabbath school given permission to go ahead with the the door was again open before us. leaders, respectively. The Tachikawa meetings. As the meetings progressed from week group is moving to the Grant Heights However, it was not a complete vic- to week the attendance remained good. family housing area (Tokyo). Here they tory. Several of the Christian leaders We presented all the topics and waited hope to witness even more effectively took the opportunity to request the mili- to see whether there would be any com- for the Lord. tary commander to place some condi- plaint. So far as I know, no one reported S. SGT. JOE L. THOMAS tions on their support. They requested— anything to the military commander. It Public Relations Secretary and he placed it in writing for me—that wasn't long, however, before we became we not present some of our main topics. acquainted with the officer whom he We were requested not to preach about delegated to attend and check up on our MIDDLE EAST: the law, the Sabbath, clean and unclean presentations. In the end this man and foods, the state of the dead, or baptism. his whole family were baptized. Year-End Reports Show So we had a permit to go ahead with The final results of this series cannot the meetings, but we were not free to yet be ascertained. Before I left Palu Work Gaining Momentum present our full message. 23 had been baptized. These included The following clay, after another ear- military officers, political leaders, and in- When leaders of our work in the Mid- nest season of prayer, we went back to fluential citizens in the city. dle East Division met in Beirut, Leba- see this military officer, who was not Evangelism can be productive in In- non, for the year-end council meeting himself a Christian. He received us donesia. There are many obstacles, and November 8-14, they realized that the kindly, and we came right to the point. at times we are tempted to think that the work is beginning to gain momentum in After we had explained our position, he doors are closing, but there is a mighty those countries. asked, "Can you prove to me that in pre- work yet to do and we must press for- R. L. Jacobs, division secretary, sur- senting these topics you are presenting ward. The servant of the Lord has told prised the members of the council by what the Bible teaches? I know that the us that we will have to do in times of announcing in his report that the di- Bible is the guide for all Christians. If trouble what we have failed to do in vision membership is now in excess of you confine your presentation to the times of peace and prosperity. And when 3,000. He also reported that the baptisms Bible, I will place no other restrictions we press forward it is wonderful how for 1968 have been by far the highest in on your work." God opens the way. the history of the Middle East Division. Someone pointed out that in percentage this may now be the fastest-growing division. In some parts of the world there have been huge baptismal records, but this has not been the case in the Middle East. Salim Japas, who came from a successful evangelistic background in Argentine, and George Khoury, of Lebanon, are the division evangelists. They have led in the evangelistic breakthrough, and their optimism has instilled new life in our pastors and evangelists. In spite of the repercussions resulting from the Arab-Israeli War in 1967, evangelism in Egypt has gone forward at an unprecedented rate, according to the Egypt Section president, Habib Ghali. W. J. Clemons, Jordan Section president, reported to the council that relief and orphanage work has brought help to the people of Jordan and is greatly ap- Nigeria Holds First Extension School preciated by the officials and people of that kingdom. An extension school in applied theology was conducted at Adventist College of West Africa, Nigeria, August 4.29. Thirty-seven workers, including pastors, evangelists, The division treasurer, R. C. Mills, and teachers, attended classes in Bible doctrines, evangelism, church leadership, Spirit reported that the new Benghazi Advent- of Prophecy, English, arithmetic, and teaching methods. ist Hospital in Libya is functioning in an H. Bauman, who led the school, was assisted by B. S. Christensen, M. A. Number, efficient manner since its opening in M. D. Koshi, and John Gara. January, 1968. Dr. D. C. Ludington has In connection with the extension school an evangelistic campaign was conducted by been medical director and Cleo Johnson two of the mission evangelists in the church at Jos. As many as 300 people attended the the business manager of this institution 18 meetings held there. during the construction and transition Shown above are those who attended the extension school. period. JOHN GARA, Assistant Headmaster The institution is staffed by workers SDA Primary School, Jengre from the countries of the Middle East, as

REVIEW AND HERALD, February 6, 1969 17 INTERNATIONAL NEWS well as from the Far East and North Day Plan to Stop Smoking, practiced America. It is having a large influence on deep breathing, under the direction of the country. Prof. Leo Hirvonen, managing director King Idris II personally visited the of ETRA (the Finnish ITA), the Finnish hospital shortly after its opening and by Broadcasting Corporation transmitted his presence gave his approval to the their performance across the country. work we are doing in his kingdom. As Similarly, the television camera crew is already well known, the capital for the transmitted the proclamation of the construction of this institution was "Cheers for Your Health" message to provided largely by the foreign oil com- hundreds of thousands of Finnish homes. panies operating in Libya. The verses of the message had been A successful series of dialogs was pre- composed by Mr. Hirvonen and were sented recently by the division minis- read in the opening ceremony by the terial and medical secretaries, L. C. Mil- executive secretary. P. G. Wick, Thailand Mission president ETRA was mainly in charge of the (left), and Abel Pangan, departmental sec- ler and Dr. H. C. Lamp, in Tehran. They retary (center), welcome Angel G. Biton, discussed general, medical, and religious educational part of the program. The the new Filipino missionary to serve Laos. topics and proved that the doctor-minis- Five-Day Plan was conducted by Leo Hirvonen and Wiljam Aittala. This ter coordinative program has real merit. The work was first begun in Laos by H. L. Gray, Iran Section president, stated clinic drew a great deal of attention. No other method has been so successful in Richard C. Hall, the flying missionary that attendance was excellent through. now in Sarawak. He worked at Namtha, out the 24 meetings and a follow-up pro- breaking the habit of smoking as this. Mr. Hirvonen gave lectures on tobacco 400 miles north of Vientiane with a Fili- gram is now in progress. pino missionary family, the Abel Pangans. The work in the Middle East Division in all the secondary schools in Hyvinkaii, Pastor Biton, a graduate of Philippine has not moved as rapidly as elsewhere. thus doing preventive work among 1,800 Union College, has been serving as a This is true not only for Adventists but boys and girls. district pastor in the Northern Luzon for all Christian bodies, but the leaders Mental health was not forgotten, Mission. Mrs. Biton is a graduate nurse of our work are greatly encouraged by either. Hellin Hirvonen, a psychiatrist, lectured on "An Age of Choices" in the and has already served three and a half what has happened during 1968. They years as a missionary at the Benghazi Ad- are returning to their fields with new program devoted to mental health. She said that adolescents constantly have to ventist Hospital in Libya. They have inspiration and hope for the future. three small sons. ROBERT E. OSBORN choose between conflicting alternatives. The work in Laos is directed by the Assistant Treasurer The difference between ideals and reality Thailand Mission. Palmer G. Wick is General Conference in the eyes of youth, who are uncom- promising, sharpens this conflict. Life president. ROBERT L. SHELDON makes great demands on adolescents. Departmental Secretary Thailand Mission FINLAND: This is why it is important to understand these problems and to cooperate Youth Happening Focuses in solving them. BAHAMAS: Interest on Better Living In the main assembly Mr. Hirvonen drew attention to the great conflict be- Conference Status Given An eight-day youth happening, tween the capacity of man's brains and "Cheers for Your Health—'68," was spon- the practical decisions he makes. to Bahamas Mission ETRA had been invited to organize sored in Hyvinkaa, Finland, in October, Delegates from the 17 churches of the by the International Temperance Asso- this campaign as a result of the publicity given our program last year at the Uni- Bahamas Mission voted November 14 ciation of Finland, by a town, and by that the mission be organized into a con- eight other organizations. versity of Tampere (REVIEW, Feb. 8, 1968). The organization of public rela- ference. The session met at the Centre- It included educational and sports fea- dvielnlecec.hurch on the island of New Provi- tures and speeches by prominent people. tions was left to ETRA. Altogether we had seven radio and TV The opening speech was given by Osmo The work of the church began in these Anttila, the mayor of Hyvinkaa. broadcasts and a film on Sunday night at the peak viewing hour on the national small islands off the coast of Florida Radio, television, and the press gave about 73 years ago. The membership has such extensive reports of the program network. The Five-Day Plan to Stop Smoking was filmed. Paavo Kortekangas, steadily grown, even though the popula- that there was scarcely anybody in Fin- tion is small, until there are now about land who had not heard of it. As the peo- Ph.D., who is to be elected the bishop of Finland in the future, preached in 1,800 members. In the past four years the ple in the auditorium of the Commercial annual tithes have increased about 75 per College, who were taking part in the Five- the service that was broadcast on Sun- day. cent and mission offerings 154 per cent. What were the results? Among other Considering this growth, the West In- things, a big tobacco company con- dies Union Conference and the Inter- sidered it necessary to counteract our American Division committees accepted campaign with a full-page advertisement. the recommendation of a survey com- We gained many new friends. Everybody mission favoring the organization of this knew that the Adventists were respon- field into a conference. sible. TAUNO A. LUUKKANEN Present at this historic session were Executive Secretary B. L. Archbold, secretary of the Inter- International Temperance Association American Division, who gave to the dele- in Finland gates on the opening night a ringing challenge to finish the work of God in that area; H. S. Walters, president of the LAOS: West Indies Union; M. G. Nembhard, secretary of the union; Roy Williams, Filipino Worker Accepts treasurer of the union; and H. D. Single- ton, associate secretary of the General Pastorate in Vientiane Conference. After two years of appealing for a pas- In his report S. N. McKinney, the tor, the members of Vientiane, Laos, now president, mentioned the hard work and This outdoor rally was one of several fea- have one. He is Angel G. Biton, of the sacrifices that had gone into the laying tures of a Finnish temperance happening. Philippines. of the foundation upon which the pres-

18 REVIEW AND HERALD, February 6, 1969 sented the Bible Speaks (Gift Bible) plan. The Central church decided to try this new method of personal evangelism. Twelve members volunteered to partici- pate in a pilot program. Others joined them. Soon the whole church learned about the results of this pilot plan, and they were ready to help buy 1,000 Bibles. This was an unusual number. The previous year all the Seventh-day Adventist churches in Uruguay had ordered only 400, and now the Central church alone was going to purchase 1,000 Bibles to be given away. Church members made special donations, and soon the Bibles were paid for. Now the second phase of the plan began. On one Sabbath 104 laymen took 242 Bibles that "began to speak." This, plus the work that was already being done, meant that more than 500 Bibles were speaking in hundreds of homes. To reinforce the enthusiasm of the members, the leaders of the program gave certificates to 61 who had finished the course. Of these, 21 came to the church Whirlwind Tears Through Lower Gwelo, Africa to receive their certificates. After studying A whirlwind recently roared through the campus of Lower Gwelo Training College further with most of these, we held a in Africa and caused an estimated $12,000 damage. baptism for those who had come to know Roofs were ripped off the classrooms and dormitories. Power lines were tangled, Seventh-day Adventism through this evan- and a corrugated-iron water tank was swept half a mile and left in a twisted heap. gelistic plan. The picture shows the secondary school building framed by a piece of corrugated Church members are now purchasing roofing that caught and folded on a guy wire during the storm. more Bibles, aiming for one Bible per College Principal Raymond Burns said, "The amazing thing is that no one was month per member. Their enthusiasm hurt." and efforts have enabled the Central The coeducational college has 600 African students. A. E. COOK church to surpass its goal. The Bible So- Departmental Secretary, Trans-Africa Division ciety of Uruguay looks toward the Ad- ventist church. The Adventist church buys Bibles by the thousands as no other church has done before in the history of the Uruguay Bible Society. ent work is built. He called attention to URUGUAY: We are now planning to have a bap- two pioneer families of Bahamians who tism every other month. were present at the session. They were Montevideo Church Uses DANIEL IUORNO Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Antonio, who 1,000 in Bible Speaks Plan Pastor pioneered the work on Andros Island, and Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Someillan, who The Central church in Montevideo, established congregations in Andros, San Uruguay, now has more than 1,000 Bibles Salvador, and Crooked Island. Mrs. out in neighborhood homes, and its mem- Someillan was compensated by the mis- bers are visiting hundreds of homes each sion at ten shillings a month, while Mr. week with the Bible Speaks lessons. They Someillan donated his services. These are planning to distribute 1,500 Bibles in pioneers rejoiced to see the work of God 1969. in the Bahamas come to this historic When J. E. Edwards, secretary of the point of becoming a conference. Lay Activities Department of the Gen- BRITISH UNION Elder McKinney further reported on eral Conference, attended division meet- the two major evangelistic programs con- ings in Montevideo in July, 1967, he pre- + Four evangelistic campaigns have re- ducted in Nassau and on eight smaller cently been held in the British Union. islands during 1966 and 1967. The result: Ted Pettit, Derek Marley, George Roper, 455 baptisms. and B. K. Robinson have conducted them The delegates chose Elder McKinney in Norwich, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Liver- as president and educational secretary; pool, and Bolton, respectively. The pub- N. E. Scavella as secretary-treasurer and lic response in all four was so good that stewardship and development secretary; many hundreds had to be turned away D. L. Francis as lay activities, Sabbath unable to obtain seats. school, and temperance secretary; B. A. + The British Union Voice of Prophecy Reid as publishing secretary; W. McMil- Bible School graded 35,000 test papers lan as MV secretary; and H. A. Roach during the three months ending Septem- as public relations secretary. ber 30. The weekend of the session was an inspiration for the church in the Ba- + The Book and Bible House for the hamas. The meetings Sabbath and Sun- South England Conference has been trans- day night were held on the academy ferred from the New Gallery Centre to grounds in the large tent owned by the 314 St. Albans Road, Watford. Litera- conference. ture and health foods, however, are still H. D. SINGLETON Pastor D. luorno, of Montevideo's Central available at the Centre on Regent Street, Associate Secretary church, presents the first certificate of London. General Conference 61 given to Bible Speaks course graduates. VICTOR H. COOPER, Correspondent

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scott, and New Bedford Willow Street cates to those who had completed the churches went over their supergoals in Bible in the Hand plan. Pastor Van Horn spite of the fact that none of them had a reports good interest among these in- pastor. mates. Roy Jones, one of the supervisors, + The Greater New York Conference lit- arranged for this contact and remarked + Four hundred fruit trays were delivered erature evangelists surpassed their goal of that he had noticed changes in the boys to the bedsides of the patients of six $150,000 in deliveries in 1968. Chester after they had taken the lessons. local nursing homes on December 24 by Shumaker and his associates report that + With only 48 members, the Nelson, the Dorcas Societies of the South Lan- the goal for 1969 is a quarter of a million Nebraska, church had an Investment of- caster and Leominster churches. The pro- dollars. fering of $605.57 for 1967, a per capita of gram was a good-will gesture to brighten EMMA KIRK, Correspondent slightly more than $12.50. In 1968 the the holiday season of those confined to members turned in $807.23, a 33 per institutions. R. F. Medford, associate dis- cent gain. trict pastor, coordinated this project. CLARA ANDERSON, Correspondent + Eight candidates were baptized by 0. E. Gordon at the Jamaica, New York, church December 7. + Several Southern New England churches received special commendation + for their achievements during the recent S. S. Will, Kansas Conference presi- Ingathering campaign. The South Lan- dent, volunteered to be responsible for caster Village church reached its Silver the Ingathering goal in the Hutchinson Vanguard goal of $13,000 in just nine district in the absence of a pastor for that area. The church officers and lay- Hinsdale Group Conducts days. G. S. Remick is the pastor. The Thirty-first Five-Day Plan Bridgeport Brooklawn Avenue church, men in the Hutchinson and Newton churches, with help from others from under the leadership of N. S. Mizher, More than 430 persons received pledge the conference office, reached the goal was the first to report victory. The church cards on the last evening of the recently in about two weeks. went over its supergoal of $5,500. The conducted Five-Day Plan to Stop Smoking Rockville church achieved a double super- + James F. Van Horn recently visited held at the Prudential Auditorium in goal this year under the direction of Mark the Kansas Honor Camp near Toronto, downtown Chicago by the Hinsdale Sani- Finley. Finally the Pawtucket, Swamp- Kansas, and presented Bibles and certifi- tarium and Hospital team. Team leaders of the Hinsdale Five-Day Plan arc Dr. Charles L. Dale, pathologist; Dr. Charles L. Anderson, psychiatrist; Dr. Ben Lau, clinical microbiologist; Chaplain Willis C. Graves; arid Associate Chaplain Gordon T. Hewlett. This was Hinsdale's thirty-first clinic. Increasing publicity during the past two years has increased attendance at the sanitarium's clinics from about 50 to about 500. Dr. Dale and Chaplain Graves, coordi- nators of the team, began the program at the sanitarium in 1963. Little did they then realize that five years later NBC and CBS television news crews would be cov- ering a session, with an attendance of 800 to 900 on family night. Special features of the Loop Plan included an amplified long-distance telephone conversation between Dr. Dale and Dr. Paul Dudley White, of Boston, in which the internationally known heart specialist spoke for eight minutes on the effects of smoking. Illinois Bell Telephone Company, under the leadership of its medical director, Dr. R. R. J. Hilker, strongly publicized the Loop Plan among its employees and provided some of its nurses each evening to assist with usher- ing and literature distribution. Represent- atives of the American Cancer Society, American Heart Association, and the Tu- New Exhibit Premiered berculosis Society briefly addressed the registrants, congratulating them for their The new American Temperance Society booth was introduced at two major national decision to stop smoking and encouraging conventions in the United States in 1968. them to stay with their resolve. Each of Addison Pinkney (shown here), associate secretary, General Conference Temperance these organizations gave quantities of its Department, fosters the temperance exhibit program. He was on hand to see the literature that dealt with the tobacco prob- favorable public response at the National Public Health Association Convention in lem. Detroit and at the annual Convention of Social Studies in Washington, D.C. "The effectiveness of the publicity given Made of modern lightweight materials, the whole exhibit is easily packaged and to these programs must not be underesti- erected and can be carried in an ordinary sedan. This eye-catching booth conforms to mated," states Dr. Dale. "We regularly all modern concepts of booth design. hear of people who have stopped the use The booth displays Listen magazine, Five-Day Plan literature, and small catalogs of tobacco because of publicity on TV or listing ATS materials. ERNEST H. J. STEED a newspaper article. Add to this the tre- Secretary, GC Temperance Department mendous influence of those who have at- 20 REVIEW AND HERALD, February 6, 1969 Jaqua, and W. H. Wood. Also present were two laymen, Lt. Col. Leonard W. Johnson, Jr., a physician in the aerospace program at Pease Air Force Base in New Hampshire, and Robert Williams, director of measurements in guidance for Oakland + The Bible Crusade team of Lester County, Michigan. Colonel Johnson ad- Carney and Lorie Purdey has moved to dressed the convention about health needs Hermiston, Oregon, for a winter evan- for the space age. R. D. Moon, president gelistic series. R. W. Heinrich is the pas- of Michigan Conference, gave the open- tor in this Upper Columbia district. ing devotional and extended a welcome to the delegates. Henry Wooten, Adelphian + M. E. Loewen, of the General Confer- Academy principal, served as host during ence Religious Liberty Department, met the convention. speaking appointments in the Upper Co- lumbia Conference during January. + As a result of the three-week evan- + The Hiner-Parks evangelistic company gelistic campaign conducted at Rockford, is conducting an evangelistic crusade in Illinois, by Roland Lehnhoff, pastor from the Volunteer Park church, Seattle, Wash- Mt. Vernon, Illinois, and G. E. Vande- ington. Associated with the evangelistic man, from the General Conference Min- team are Pastor and Mrs. Bernie Paul- isterial Association, 16 candidates have son and the pastors of the Seattle area. A Unique Investment been baptized and another baptism is planned. Associated with them were the + Henry L. Rudy, retired president of Project local pastor, L. J. Marsa; his assistant, the Oregon Conference, is teaching a Alden Hunt; and the conference minis- Bible class at the clinical division of the Of the more than 1,200 objects pic- Walla Walla College School of Nursing tured here, 1,025 are legal tender (coins) terial secretary, P. M. Matacio. A strong visitation program was carried out before in Portland, Oregon. found by Irwin Campbell with his metal- IONE MORGAN, Correspondent mineral finder. He gives the face value the meetings by the pastor and church of all money found on his vacation at members. beaches, parks, and playgrounds for mis- 4- A Seventh-day Adventist dentist has set sionary purposes. This is the 1968 col- up practice at Stoughton in southern Wis- lection. consin. After attending Wisconsin Acad- Several thousand items were discovered emy and Andrews University, Dr. Virgil Nor,eilic in the search, including rings, watches, Erlandson, a native of Baraboo, completed bracelets, knives, chains, horseshoes, keys, his training at Loma Linda School of spoons, bullets, axes, files, nails, charms, Dentistry. + Thirteen-year-old Dawn Albrecht was and engravings. + The Lake Region Conference recently baptized in the Devils Lake, North Da- More than half the coins are pennies, opened a new church at Terre Haute, kota, church during 1968 as a result of but with regularity nickels, dimes, quar- Indiana. C. E. Bradford, conference presi- personal evangelism done by a church ters, and half dollars turn up when the dent, spoke at the Sabbath worship serv- member, Jacob Beck. It was the first bap- instrument's plaintive voice sounds "mee- ice. In the afternoon the local mayor took tism in that church. A brother and sister eeep." part in the ceremonies. Samuel Flagg, of will soon be ready for baptism also. Mr. Campbell is a journalism profes- Indianapolis, was the builder. He was as- sor at Central Michigan University in + R. R. Patzer and Eugene Wagner sisted by Joseph Lewis, a ministerial brought their fall evangelistic meetings Mount Pleasant, Michigan, and also intern. teaches lapidary-gemology. to a close in Platte, South Dakota, with a MILDRED WADE, Correspondent baptism of three. One family became in-

tended the Five-Day Plan, those who have stopped through the reading of literature we are sending—we've sent more than 2,000 packets in the past two months— 1V4zie 7444'-' and those who stop smoking through listening to Smokers Dial. Then you begin A number of fieventh*rAci'vrnitIsf elhrireh :i4:-North Daltatit Sprang up 59 rani' to sense the broad influence of this pro- ago as a direct result of a colporteur's request trailodging :The +Willingness 'OF.rt gram." Mr. Werth to accommodate him and his horse. Another Five-Day Plan is scheduled for After a good number of days John Relic, the Oteratureleyakellat, decided there kpril 13 to 17 in the downtown Chicago- must be a way to share his beliefs with Mr. Werth. He plaied' a track about the Sab- iheraton Hotel in conjunction with the bath in the field where Mr. Werth was to cut hay. North American Congress on the Five- - The Lord watched over the tract. He guided the horses that'isiere-pulling the mower, )ay Plan. GoRnoN T. HEwi.Err and when they came to the place where the tract lay, they stoppd. This aroused the Associate Chaplain farmer's curiosity. He read the tract and came under immediate convietiOn. Hinsdale Sanitarium and Hospital After convincing his brother (who was my grandfather) that the Sabbath was int- portant, they purchased and studied a copy of Bible Readings. They were enthusiastic The union Quadrennial Intermediate about what they learned: Soon they had the colporteur teach their Sunday school class id Secondary Teachers' Convention, un- and preach sermons to their grottp- A number of Bible studies with friends and neigh- r the direction of G. E. Hutches, union bors lasted till two o'clock in the morning. One family they studied with were the ucational secretary, was conducted re- parents of Art Liebelt, Colorada t,oarfcrence minister..-.and Bea .Liebelt, Soathern Union ntly at Adelphian Academy, in Holly, Sabbath school secretary. „ ichigan. W. A. Howe, of the General The conference evangelist was called, meetigo. kourteetufamilies, accepted nference, gave the keynote address, the third angel's message as a result of tl*:stridita,00 meetinp..Churches sprang up udy to Shew Thyself Approved Unto all around this part of North Dakota. , d." Others assisting in the program This tremendous fruitage .began" with. #iiet, .b00,1 and a burden -e D. W. Holbrook, president of the to spread the message. „ RAY FLEMMER me Study Institute, and guests from Alsotiate:POlishing -Secretor% colorado Conference Trews University—F. E. J. Harder, ward Hill, W. E. McClure, Clifford IEW AND HERALD, February 6, 1969 21 NORTH AMERICAN NEW

terested because Pastor Wagner took one Ingatherers Find Someone Fresno Central church for help in mov- of the boys to Big Brother Camp. The ing was met by six young men and Pastor mother and daughter were baptized, and Looking for Adventists Paul Schmidt, coordinator of the associa- the father and son are planning to be "Did you say the Adventist Church?" tion. baptized soon. the man at the door exclaimed. "I wanted RUTH WRIGHT, Correspondent + Three were baptized in the Nevada, to find the Adventists, and now you have Iowa, church on December 21, and there come as an answer to my prayers. Please was a baptism of three at Council Bluffs, come in." Iowa, on November 30. G. M. Fillman is Mrs. Jenny Sanchez and Miss Elia Pe- the pastor in Nevada and I. E. Schultz in droza had been Ingathering together in Council Bluffs. the Los Angeles area for a few hours when they reached a home where everything was + Year-end reports show that 102 under- in darkness. Following their usual custom privileged children attended the Min- to call at every home, they knocked at the College Music Department nesota North Star Camp in 1968. The door, and a man answered their call. Upon Receives Accreditation Minnesota State Welfare Department, hearing about the missionary work they working through the county welfare direc- were doing, he told them he was not Southern Missionary College, College- tors, selects the boys and girls who enjoy interested. But when they told him that it dale, was recently elected to associate the fun of camp life for the week. was sponsored by the Adventist Church he membership in the National Association L. H. NETTEBURG, Correspondent immediately welcomed them in and told of Schools of Music at the forty-fourth his story. annual meeting of the association. His son had been attending a private Marvin L. Robertson, chairman of the school operated by another church, but a fine arts department, represented the col- group of boys mistreated his son and hurt lege at the meeting, which was held in him badly. The teachers did nothing to Washington, D.C. protect the boy, and so the father decided This accreditation accords SMC the po- to take his boy out of school. The ques- sition of being a nationally accredited tion then arose as to where the boy should Seventh-day Adventist college in over-all go. departmental achievement. There are He did not want his son in another three other SDA colleges holding NASM school of the same church, but then he accreditation: Walla Walla College, Col- remembered that somebody had said that lege Place, Washington; Union College, the Adventists had good schools. But Lincoln, Nebraska—holding full accredi- where could he find the Adventist schools? tation; and Andrews University, Berrien Now two Adventist women had been sent Springs, Michigan, holding associate ac- to his home. creditation. Professor Robertson was on The women received a donation, and the faculty at Walla Walla when it re- they promised that the next day somebody ceived accreditation. would come to help solve the school prob- All schools applying for full accredita- lem. Victor Sanchez, the husband of tion come in first as associates. They hold Jenny, went to visit the family and took this status for two years. Air view of Feather River Hospital show- them to Lynwood Academy. Wallace WILLIAM H. TAYLOR ing the 100-bed extended-care unit (left) Minder, the principal, welcomed them, Director of College Relations and the 50-bed hospital (upper right). and arrangements were made for the young man to attend Lynwood Academy. Arrangements have also been made for Bible studies in the home of Mr. Sanchez, New Feather River Hospital a lay worker of the Spanish Central Serves Population of 20,000 church. SAMUEL WEISS Spanish Evangelist Both the acute-hospital section and the Southern California Conference extended-care unit of the new Feather River Hospital, Paradise, California, are now in operation. The 150-bed facility, + Pacific Union College has received an opened in September, is administered by unrestricted grant of $1,300 from the Sears H. A. Rudisaile. Roebuck Foundation. It is the only hospital serving the 20,000 + More than 100 persons have been bap- people of Paradise. tized in the Los Angeles 54th Street and Services of the new hospital include an Berean churches as the result of a recent milsoss.... • obstetrics department, large surgical areas Heralds of Bible Prophecy crusade by and emergency facilities, an X-ray depart- Evangelists L. B. Baker and Dennis T. Mississippi Church ment, a fully equipped physical therapy Black. • Dedication area, a modern kitchen and cafeteria, and the usual business and record offices. ▪ KOGO-TV in San Diego, California, is The Gulfport, Mississippi, church was The original hospital, a 38-bed unit, was carrying a 13-week color series for Sunday formally dedicated November 30. It was founded by a group of doctors and inter- morning audiences featuring Paul Harvey, completely remodeled inside and out, and ested persons in 1950. They were M. C. news commentator, reading from The a I00-roolll Cd11Ca11011a1 wing was added. Horning, M.D., Dean Hoiland, M.D., Jack Bible Story, by Arthur Maxwell. The 530,000 remodeling, done Under Bryson, W. A. Nelson, F. T. Oakes, and + The Greater Fresno Youth Association Ihe direction Of Pastor A. Ward, in- Eva Beeler. is finding many ways to help others: Their cluded pairAcd inferior walls, new Denominational leaders present for the Teen Dial program has received an aver- glass windows, new pewS, rostrum turni- opening were R. R. Bietz, a vice-president age of 200 calls weekly, with many re- Hort, and wall-to-wall carpeting. of the General Conference; W. J. Blacker, quests for the free Bible-study guides of- 'The dedicatory sermon was prcsAucd president of the Pacific Union; and James fered; Sabbath afternoons 20 to 25 youth by W. I). Wamplcr, president, Alabama- E. Chase, president of the Northern Cali- sing at a local convalescent home; Sunday Mississippi Conference; the Act of Dedi- fornia Conference and chairman of the worship services at the Madera juvenile cation was i.cad by Pastor Ward. Present hospital board. Hall were conducted for one month; and membership is SI. . L. R. LANGWORTHY, Chaplain an appeal from an arthritic member of the

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year, and many expressions of appreciation received from the people for the help and comfort given by Adventists. A late report reveals that Jonesboro has a per capita of $42.38 in the Ingathering crusade. + Southwestern Union College, celebrat- + New churches under construction in Matthew A. Dopp, director of youth ac- ing its seventy-fifth anniversary, will for Arkansas-Louisiana include Clinton, tivities (Potomac), formerly MV and tem- the first time this spring be able to confer Huntsville, Siloam Springs, and West perance secretary (Southern New Eng- the baccalaureate degree. The senior class Memphis, in Arkansas; Alexandria and land). Shreveport South, in Louisiana. consists of 29. Antoinette Maltseff, director of nursing + Evangelistic meetings are beginning in + Mrs. Rosco Wentz is retiring from full- service, Castle Memorial Hospital (Ha- February in the Ardmore church. The time teaching after a service of 41 years. waiian Mission), from Sonoma, California. team consists of Robert Dale, Oklahoma The last 18 years have been in the Fort (Conference names appear in parentheses.) Conference evangelist; W. G. Wallace; and Smith, Arkansas, area. Jan Neergaard. + Pathfinders are testing a new sales proj- From Home Base to Front Line + The tornado in Jonesboro, Arkansas, ect for the publishing department of the last spring, gave Seventh-day Adventists Southwestern Union Conference in Baton North American Division an opportunity to demonstrate their faith Rouge, Louisiana. The program includes by their works. Pastor J. A. Fine reports the sale of Steps to Christ by the young Carl L. Bauer, M.D. (UC '57; LLU that many rewarding contacts have been people and is a pilot project for the union. '61), returning as internist, Tokyo Sani- made during the Ingathering crusade this J. N. MoRcAN, Correspondent tarium-Hospital, Mrs. Bauer, nee Myrna Jerrine Clevenger (attended UC '54-'56; LLU '57), and three children left Los Angeles, California, October 28. e04449Z ef4 the fa.e.,e Deaa Mrs. Bert B. Beach, nee Eliane Mar- By U. ARITONANG guerite Palange (CUC '59; attended Bible Teacher, North Sumatra Academy Maryland University '59-'60; and '68), and daughter Michele, left Washington, D.C., December 18. Mrs. Beach will rejoin Dr. Those who were placed in concentra- the line, and as the officer asked them Beach, who, following a furlough, has tion camps during World War II will each the same question, he received the resumed his work as a departmental secre- never forget their experiences. But the same emphatic reply, "No, sir!" tary of the Northern European Division, Christians who witnessed the life of It was not until the officer questioned St. Albans, England. the Adventist colporteur, Mr. Brouwer, Philip Brouwer in the Bandung, Java, Leland L. Kaufholtz (LLU '68), to be that he received a different answer. camp have unique memories of a stal- farm manager, Mexican Pacific Academy, "You, Brouwer, will you still lead these wart man of God. Sonora, and Mrs. Kaufholtz, nee Vernell people in singing and praying every During the 1942-1945 occupation, all Orclene Evans (LLU '68), of Loma Linda, night?" Dutch nationals were interned, and Mr. California, left by automobile from The soft answer came in the form of Brouwer, a colportcur, was placed with Mexicali, December 22. Christians of many faiths. a question, "Why, sir?" W. P. BRADLEY The order of the clay was to work hard The officer was irritated and asked and to eat little. Before long, disease again, "Will you still lead singing and spread in the camp. Many internees died, praying and making noise here?" and there was no court of appeal. Mr. Brouwer answered him quietly But in spite of these hardships there again. "Yes, sir." He showed no fear but was one man who was always cheerful. further added, "We want to worship our When he saw his friends fall sick, he God." even offered his food to them. He never "Hardheaded, disobedient!" raged the complained. Mr. Brouwer demonstrated officer. "Come here and turn your back patience and grace no matter how trying toward the wall," he continued. He or- the circumstances. dered everybody to look at Mr. Brouwer ARCHER, Katherine-b. Dec. 23, 1895, Little Often at night he taught others in and said, "This is a man worthy only of Rock, Ark.; d. Nov. 11, 1968. the camp to sing and pray. So many death." Everybody stood motionless. ARENDS, David Vernon-b. Aug. 19, 1911, In- dependence, Mo.; d. Nov. 21, 1968, Kansas City, joined, in fact, that it sounded like con- The officer pointed his revolver at Mr. Mo. Survivors are his wife, Helen Pauline ArcticIs; gregational singing almost every night. Brouwer and said, "Now, Brouwer, an- two daughters, Patricia Taylor and Penelope S. Arends; and three sons, Bill J., Donald V., and Some of the internees for unexplained swer me. It means your life. Will you David J. Arends. reasons reported to the officer in charge still lead these people in singing and pray- BARBARICK, Henry F.-b. July 14, 1886, Bland, of the camp that Mr. Brouwer was creat- ing?" Mo.; d. Nov. 19, 1988, Neosho, Mo. Survivors are his wife. Mildred Fravel Barbarick; a daughter, ing a nuisance and they urged that he be "Yes, sir. Though you separate me Francis Byrd; and a son, Maj. Donald E. Bar- stopped. from my wife and children in this camp, barick. The next morning the officer angrily you cannot separate me from my God." BERGLUND, Ellen Anderson-b. Sept. 26, 1876, Oes'ermtland, Sweden; d. Dec. 20. 1968, Loma came to the camp. After commanding all The officer shouted violently as he Linda, Calif. A daughter, Dr. Hazel Berglund, sur- the internees to line up, he began asking pulled the trigger. But no shot fired. The vives. them threatening questions one by one. officer could only stand trembling. Every- BRIDWELL, Daisy Loudelle Enochs-b. Oct. one witnessed the glow on Mr. Brou- 19, 1906, Sherman, TeX. d. Nov. 6, 1968. Survivors Pointing to the first man, he asked, are her husband, Glen; and two daughters, Glenda "Will you continue singing and praying wer's face. Moore and Dorothy Ingraham. every night?" The officer returned his revolver to its BROOM, John Herbert-b. Sept. 27, 1883, Min- holster. Immediately he embraced Mr. neapolis, Minn,; d. Sept. 20, 1968, Sacramento, The answer was, "No, sir." Calif. Survivors are a daughter, Evelyn Sanders; and He asked another, "Will you still sing Brouwer and begged forgiveness, ac- a son, John. and pray every night?" knowledging his God as the true God. BROWN, Laura D.-b. Jan. 4, 1888, Austin, Tex.; "No, sir." Pointing to the other internees, he d. Dec. 23, 1968, Pomona, Calif. She was a Bible instructor, a church school teacher, and a missionary The questioning went on until he came said, "These people were wrong. You are to Brazil. Survivors are her husband, J. Edward to several priests. Individually they were right-true and honest to your God. Now Brown; two sons, Duane Edward and Vaughn Odene; and a daughter, Ore Laurine Poulsen. asked a similar question and each one you can continue to sing and pray here BYRD, Nolan-b. Sept. 23, 1948, Parkersburg, answered, "No, sir." in the camp. You are free to worship W. Va.; d. Dec. 3, 1968, Vietnam. He was employed Several Protestant ministers were in your God." at the Review and Herald Publishing Association

REVIEW AND HERALD, February 6, 1969 23 GENERAL NEWS until called into the Army. His parents, Mr. and with his wife, Louie Ashford Hyde he went to 6 Spanish Change of Flavor Mrs. Richard Byrd, survive, as do four brothers, Sierra Leone and later to Ghana. 'T=hey .pioneered Byron, Mike, Dennis, and Charles. the work in northern Nigeria under primitive con- Treats from Worthington Q6 ditions. He is survived by his wife• and a son, Dr. CALDWELL, Hazel Marie Punches-b. April 2, John Hyde, medical secretary of the Northern 1918, Mount Vernon, Ohio; d. Oct. 10, 1968, European Division. Miami, Fla. She married Raymond B. Caldwell in 1939, and they served in the Book and Bible House JAMISON, Gilbert Jesse-b. Dec. 16, 1879; d. at Madison, Wisconsin. In 1941 they were called to Nov. 30, 1968, Sanitarium, Calif. He was a graduate the Inter-American Division, where her husband is of the nurse's course at Battle Creek Sanitarium. He now auditor and assistant treasurer of the division. was in charge of the treatment rooms for a time at Survivors are her husband; and two sons, Bruce, an the Glendale Sanitarium and also worked at other employee of Southern Publishing Association, and of our medical institutions. Survivors are three Richard, a student at Southern Missionary College. daughters, Arlene Cone, Rogene Cosensand, and Lucille Stahl; and five sons, Frank, Dale, Fred, Worthington CARRIER, Floyd G.-b. May 18, 1902, Chicago, Russell, and Kenneth. Ill.; d. there Sept. 15, 1968. Elder Carrier labored Spanish-Wiener Bake in Indiana and California. His wife survives. JENKINS, Elijah Walter-b. Sept. 8, 1893, Ris- [Obituary received Dec. 20, 1968.-Ens.] ing Fawn, Ga.; d. Nov. 21, 1968, Fresno, Calif. A son and a daughter survive. 8-10 corn tortillas CLARKE, Mary Rudisaile-b, Jan. 21, 1892, Pop- 2 101/2 oz. cans WORTHINGTON CHILI lar Bluff, Mo.; d. Oct. 31, 1968, Salem, Ark. Seven KEETON, Mary Elizabeth-b. Feb. 8, 1888, Fort cup chopped onion sons and three daughters survive. Washington, Md.; d. Aug. 20, 1968, Takoma Park, 1/2 Md. Survivors are a son, J. R. Keeton, M.D., of 8-10 WORTHINGTON VEJA-LINKS CLOSE, Bertha A.-b. Oct. 29, 1892, Boulder, Loma Linda, Calif.; and three daughters, Lucille 1 8 oz. can tomato sauce Coto.; d. Oct. 22, 1968, Sanitarium, Calif. She and Woltz, Evelyn Molonari, and Faye Topper. [Obit- 1/2 cup water her husband, George, went as medical missionaries uary received Dec. 2, 1968.-Ens.] cup seeded and chopped mild to the South Sea Islands in 1909. Since returning to 1/4 the homeland they had labored in San Francisco, KELLN, Chris H.-b. May 17, 1886, Holstein, green Ortega chilis California, Canada, and Hawaii. A daughter, Grace Russia; d. Oct. 19, 1968, Shattuck, Okla. Survivors 1 cup shredded cheese E. Stene, survives. are his wife, Louise Quindt Kelln; two daughters, Virginia Baker and Mary Ann Smith; and a son, Warm tortillas in skillet or steamer until CURNOLES, Catherine-b. June 2, 1888; d. Nov. Chris Q. Kelln. tender enough to roll. Combine canned 27, 1968, Baltimore, Md. A daughter, Virginia Berg- CHILI and onion. Place a VEJA-LINK on each man, survives. KENDALL, Jesse Joseph-b. Nov. 2, 1883; d. Dec. 3, 1968, Hagerstown, Md. Survivors are two warmed tortilla. Top each VEJA-LINK with FLESHMAN, Tressie lo-b. July 16, 1891, Zear- sons, Wilbur George and Ray Benjamin; and four 2 T. of the CHILI mixture. Roll tortillas ing, Iowa; d. Nov. 25, 1968. Anaheim, Calif. Sur- daughters, Mabel Ruth Johnston, Rosetta Mae Bow- around the VEJA-LINKS. Place rolled side vivors are her husband, C. R. Fleshman; and two man, Eva Mae Smith, and Mary Lee Gorman. down in an oblong baking dish, Combine daughters, Elizabeth Duffield and Dorothy Ingham. KESLAKE, Charles R.-b. May 30, 1913, Jamaica, remaining CHILI mixture with the tomato FLETCHER, Donald Harry-d. Oct. 13, 1968, British West Indies; d. Nov. 26, 1968. He was the sauce, water and the chopped green chilis. Memphis, Tenn., aged 51 years. Survivors are his son of missionary parents. In 1935 he married Pour mixture over the filled tortillas in bak- wife, Anita Marie; two sons, Stephen and Ryland; Winifred Hall. For a time he was an X-ray techni- ing dish. Bake 25-30 minutes at 350°. Ten and a daughter, Susan Absalom cian in Connecticut and in Orlando, Florida. Sur- vivors are his wife; four daughters, Christina, Char- minutes before removing from the oven, FLETCHER, Jeffrey Lynn-d. Oct. 13, 1968, lene West, Elaine Greene, Joyce Green, and a fos- sprinkle with the grated cheese. Makes Memphis, Tenn., aged 13 years. Survivors are his ter daughter, Josephine Lin; a brother, Elder about 5-7 servings. mother, Anita Fletcher; two brothers; and a sister. Edgar F. Keslake, of Brunswick, Maine; and a sister, FRENCH, William Robert-b. Feb. 24, 1881, Hattie Hand. Cedar Grove, Tex.; d. Dec. 6, 1968, Boulder City, Nev. He was a member of the first graduating class KING, Pearl Carroll-b. Aug. 10, 1882, Tex.; at Keene, Texas, and in 1899 he began nurse's d. Sept. 17, 1968, National City, Calif. A daughter, training at Battle Creek, Michigan. In 1902 he mar- Margaret Griffin, survives. ried Nettie Mosley. Two years later he began his KRAFT, Dorothy-b. July 29, 1917, Los Angeles, ministry in Keene, Texas. He was minister and Calif.; d. Nov. 12, 1968, Temple City, Calif. Four Bible teacher in several Adventist colleges, and a children survive, Dorothy Rice, Loretta Bruner, number of churches were built during his service. Brian and Richard Kraft. For one term the Frenches were missionaries to India. Survivors are his wife; a son, Dr. James B. LARTZ, Carolyn Jones-b. Jan. 7, 1880, Forest- Worthington French; and a daughter, Mary Douglas. ville, Wis.; d. Dec. 10, 1968, Fresno, Calif. A daughter survives. Spanish Rice GEARY, Ruth-b. June 18, 1919, Exira, Iowa; d. Aug. 30, 1968. Survivors are her husband, LEE, Minnie Iverson-b. Oct. 6, 1889, Falmouth, 1 med. onion, chopped Charles K. Geary; and two daughters, Joan Rose Me.; d. Dec. 12, 1968, Sanitarium, Calif. From 1908 and Mary Robin Elizabeth. [Obituary received Dec. to 1909 she studied at the Foreign Mission Seminary 1/4 cup chopped green pepper 4, 1968.-Ens,] in Washington, D.C., and in 1909 she married 3 T. butter or margarine Elder Frederick Lee. A few months later the Lees 1 can WORTHINGTON VEJA-LINKS GREEN Carlyle Fred-b. May 16, 1903, New sailed for China. She was adept in the Chinese 3 cups cooked Minute Rice York, N.Y.; d. Dec. 17, 1968, Plainfield, N.J. Sur- language and led in Sabbath school activities. Their vivors are his wife, Josephine Byllesby Green; and a Salt to taste service in China continued until 1935, when they 11/4 cups canned tomatoes son, Carlyle, Jr. were called to Washington, D.C., where her hus- GROFF, George-b. Dec. 21, 1871, Lafayette, band became associate editor of the Review AND Saute onion and green pepper for 5 minutes Ind.; d. Nov. 14, 1968, Moses Lake, Wash. Survivors HERALD. Survivors are her husband; and three chil- in the margarine. Add tomatoes and cooked dren, Anne Williamson, Mary Louise Gregory, and are four daughters, Mrs. George Long, Mrs. Albert rice, heat to boiling. Then reduce heat and Crook, Mrs. Harold Reeves, Mrs. Mel Englund; and Elder Milton Lee, of Taipei, Taiwan. two sons, Dallas and Wayne. add VEJA-LINKS. Cover and simmer for 5 LENZ, William Elmer-b. Dec. 31, 1893, Ana- minutes more or until the VEJA-LINKS are HALL, Ina Elanor-h. Aug. 30, 1887, Tyler, heim, Calif.; d. there Dec. 6, 1968. Survivors are his wife, Gladys; four daughters, Evelyn Thomas, Clar- heated through. Season to taste. Makes Minn.; d. Nov. 21, 1968, Gravette, Ark. Survivors about 5 servings. are a daughter, Mrs. Jim Riley; and three sons, ice Murray, Wilma Schlund, and Doreen Dewey; Ivan, Estell, and Ervin. and three sons, Earl, Harold, and Forest. HAMEL, Irene Emma Flintie-b. June 5, 1892, LEWIS. Madge Mae-b. June 8, 1894. Canada; Arlington Heights, Ill.; d. Sept. 9, 1968, Marsh- cl. Oct. 14, 1968, Anaheim, Calif. A son, Arnold, field, Wis, Survivors are her husband, Mahlon; four survives. sons-Louis, of the Wisconsin State Board of LIBBY, Walter G.-b. Portland, Me.; d. Dec. 2, Health, Dr. Paul, of Andrews University, Dr. Neal, 1968, Sonoma, Calif. aged 65 years. Survivors are of Loma Linda University, and Lyle, professor at his wife; and a son, Walter G. Libby, Jr. Pioneer Valley Academy; and a daughter, Beryl. LONG, Robert L.-b. Dec. 20, 1880 Dunlap, HANSEN, Margaret-h. March 14, 1879, Arn- Kans.; d. Nov. 25, 1968, National City, Calif. dahl, Norway; d. June 8, 1968, Santa Ana, Calif. Survivors are two daughters, Mildred Dawson and MAAS. Samuel Herman-b. April 24, 1892, Fox Grace Buell. [Obituary received Dec. 4, 1968.-Ens.] Lake, Wis.; d. Oct. 22, 1968, Santa Monica, Calif. Survivors are his wife, Grace; and four sons, Har- HARRIS, Clyde Heath-b. March 9, 1890. Milton, wood, John, Eugene, and Douglas. Oreg. In 1914 he married Mary Coc, and that same Worthington year they became Seventh-day Adventists. He and MARBURY, Benjamin Fulton-b. July 31, 1912, his wife donated their large industry, Harris Pine Los Angeles, Calif.; d. there Oct. 15, 1968. After Tostados Mills, to the Seventh-day Adventist Church in 1951. pastoring several churches in Florida and southern This was the nation's largest ready-to-paint furni- California, he taught at Los Angeles Union Academy Tortillas ture industry, with the main plant at Pendleton, until 1952. Survivors are two sons, Benjamin, Jr., Re-fried Beans Oregon, and branch plants at La Grange, Illinois; and Daniel; and four daughters, Kathleen Williams. WORTHINGTON VEJA-LINKS Alexandria, Virginia; and Cleburne, Texas. His wife Audrey IF Orvath, Dorothy and Carole Marbury. Chopped Lettuce survives. Fresh Tomatoes MICHALS, Nicetas J.-b. March 20, 1892, Boy- HICKMAN, Jeff-h. Aug. 10, 1887; d. Nov. 30, arka, Kiev, Russia; d. Nov. 29, 1968, Lodi, Calif. Place tortillas in hot oil and fry for a few 1968, Stearns, Ky. He was instrumental in establish- He received his education at Sheyenne River Acad- minutes until lightly brown. Drain on paper ing the Stearns, Kentucky, church. Survivors are his emy, Broadview College, and Loma Linda Univer- wife, Ethel; and four children. sity. In 1918 he was ordained as a minister in the toweling. Heat beans and mash thoroughly. North Dakota Conference. From 1917 to 1921 he Place beans on tortillas.Coverwith chopped HUDSON, John Edgar-b. Feb. 12, 1887, Walla was in ministerial work and teaching in the acad- lettuce and chopped, fresh tomatoes. Cut Walla, Wash.; d. Dec. 7, 1968, Fresno, Calif. Sur- emy. He practiced medicine in Los Angeles, Cali- VEJA-LINKS in small pieces and place over vivors are his wife, a son, and a daughter. fornia; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Cleveland, Ohio; the top of lettuce. Serve with pickle relish. and Lodi, California. Survivors are his wife, Kath- HYDE, John Jacob-d. Dec. 8, 1968, Watford. erine; and two sons, Drs. Arnold and Herbert Mi- England, at the age of 75. He began his employ- chats. ment in the organized work as a pressman at the International Tract Society, later to become Stan- MIHLHAUSER, John Jacob-b. Dec. 9, 1886; borough Press. He was an evangelist in London. Plymouth, Cambridge, and other cities. In 1923 (Continued on page 28) 24 REVIEW AND HERALD, February 6, 1969 For other tasty meatless foods, look for the BIG W

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studied at Healdsburg College, and then spent SCHAEFER, Bertha A.-b. July 10, 1876, Bergen IN REMEMBRANCE eight years teaching church school. In 1917 she County, Wis.; d. Nov. 18, 1968, Loma Linda, Calif. married Earnest Pattini. Survivors are three daugh- She was a colporteur for a time. Five children sur- (Continued from page 24) ters, Clara Belle Pattini, Olga Robinson, and Helen vive: Marie Schaefer, Katherine Leuenberger, Lea Bartels. Davidson, Betty Winter, and Dan Schaefer. d. Oct. 17, 1968, Durant, Okla. Survivors are two sons, W. A. and Harold. PETERSEN, Walter Andrew-b. Feb. 12, 1900, SCHNELL, Constantine William-b. Dec. 15, 1872, Baraboo, Wis.; d. Dec. 12 1968, Stevens Point, Wis. Dienheim, Germany; d, Nov. 18, /968, Decatur, 111. NUSSBAUM, Tell B.-b. Chaux De Fondes, In 1928 he married Ruth biener. He was a graduate Survivors are a daughter, Mrs. Lester Shell; and a Switzerland; d. Nov. 19, 1968, Lancaster, Pa., at the of Emmanuel Missionary College, and for 41 years son, Raymond. age of 81. He was a brother of the late Dr. Jean was manager of Book and Bible Houses in Wiscon- Nussbaum, champion of religious liberty. Two sin, Illinois, New York, Indiana, and Pennsylvania. SCHUBERT, Charles G.-d. Nov. 22, 1968, Bal- daughters, Vivian and Yvonne M., survive. Survivors are his wife, and a daughter, Marilyn. timore, Md. Survivors are his wife, Margaret; two sons; and two daughters. OBLANDER, Ray Boss-b. May 22, 1912, Hooker, PHILLIPS, Victor E.-b. Nov. 19, 1927, Mont.; Okla.; d. Nov. 15, 1968, Fresno, Calif. Survivors are d. Nov. 21, 1968, Compton, Calif. Survivors are his SHADDUCK, Elmer Vincent-b. June 25, 1896, his wife, a son, and a daughter. mother, Dr. Florence Phillips; three brothers, Virgil, Clinton, Iowa; d. Oct. 25, 1968, Glendale, Calif. Survivors are his wife, Vera; and two sons, Donald PADGETT, Isla-b. Kempton, Ind.; tl. Nov. 15, Harrison, and Paul; and three sisters, Evangeline and Richard. 1968 Chattanooga, Tenn. She attended Indiana Leonetti, Virginia Howard, and Florence Ray. Academy and Emmanuel Missionary College. She SHENTON, Harold W.-b. Sept. 27 1901, Eng- began denominational employ in the Indiana Con- RATHBUN, Mabel A.-b. Aug. 20, 1885, Den- land; d. Nov. 18, 1968, Torrance, Calif. He is sur- ference as a teacher in 1947. She spent 22 years as nison, Tex.; d. Dec. 9, 1968, San Jose, Calif. Her vived by his wife, Adele; a son, Howard; and a a church school teacher in the Indiana, Kentucky- brother, Walter V. Andrews, survives. daughter, Phyllis Hale. Tennessee, and Alabama-Mississippi conferences. ROWLAND, John A.-b. Oct. 26, 1904, Boons- SLATER, Thelma-b. May 13, 1909, Murphys- PATTINI, Agnes Helen-b. March 17, 1882, boro, Md.; d. Dec. 13, 1968, Hagerstown, Md. His ville, Ill.; d. Oct. 31, 1968. For a number of years Bernicia, Calif.; d. Sept., 1968, Angwin, Calif. She wife, Janice, survives. she was a denominational secretary. Her husband, George, survives. STEINERT, Jacob John-b. Aug. 5, 1885, Rus- sia; d. Oct. 6, 1968, Glendale, Calif. Survivors are two sons, Carl and Godfrey; and two daughters, Clara Bowman and Mary Hansen. STONE, Harry A.-b. Clyde, Ohio; d. Nov. 23, 1968, aged 85 years. Survivors are his wife, Pauline; STEERING BY THE STAR and a son, Myron. THOMPSON, Nora L.-b. Sept. 4, 1894, Middle- The challenge of child-rais- town, Ohio; d. Nov. 21, 1968, San Jose, Calif. A daughter, Joan Vander Mei, survives. ing in the mission field. TORKELSEN, Leland Albion-b. July 27, 1898, $4.50 Ruthven, Iowa; Dec. 4, 1968. For 20 years he was salesman for Maplewood Academy Book Bindery, Hutchinson, Minnesota. Survivors are his wife, Goldie Christensen Torkelsen; and three sons, L. Dean, sales representative of Pacific Union College Bindery, Angwin, California; Max C.,resident, Central California Conference; and Arlee J., music IF I department head, Fresno Union Academy. TRAMMEL, Charles Cleveland-b. April 3, 1888, HAVE Muldrow, Okla.; d. Oct. 25, 1968, Talihina, Okla. Survivors are his wife, Nellie; and a son, Fred. TWELVE TULLY, Rose-b. Aug. 12, 1878, Wittenberg, Germany; d. Nov. 20, 1968, Lynwood, Calif. A SONS daughter, Helen McClure, survives. TURNER, John Walter-b. Oct. 26, 1892, Bry- Heathen intrigue in ant, Colo.; d. Dec. 21, 1968, Loma Linda, Calif. He was educated at Campion Academy and at Un- mysterious India. ion College. " The greater part of his ministerial life was spent in administration. He was president $3.75 of the following conferences: Wyoming Mission, Western Slope, Colorado, Montana, Idaho, Mis- souri, and Southwestern Union. Survivors are his wife, Alice; a daughter, Charlotte Opal; and a son, Eugene. WARTHEN, James Alves-b. Aug. 5, 1892, Mountainberg, Ark,; d. Oct. 16, 1968, Wilmington, Calif. Survivors are his wife, Marie; and a daughter. WEST, Henry Franklin-b. March 5, 1875, Corn- ing, Iowa; d. Nov. 28, 1968, Columbia, Mo. Sur- vivors are two daughters, Mabel Guhl and Lois Putnam; and a son, Ralph 0. West. WHITLOCK, Lilian Hazel Allen-b. Feb. 25, 1886, Longview, Tex.; d. Sept. 18, 1968.

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way into the "Advent Harp," published by J. V. Himes in 1849. Let those who "de- Of Wydrext, spise prophesyings," and reject the fulfil- ment of God's word in visions of the "LAST DAYS," remember, when they sing this hymn, that it was composed from a Mue_ftecuAg__ vision. The following news items are taken from Religious If this William H. Hyde was the W. H. News Service, and do not necessarily express the Hyde who was the chief printer of an viewpoint of the REVIEW editors. The poem appearing on the cover was Adventist (not Sabbatarian) weekly, the The Present Truth (No- first printed in Hope Within the Veil, he remained only UNICEF CITES BIAFRAN AID vember, 1850), and was the first poem to a short time with those who later formed appear in a magazine published by the the Seventh-day Adventist Church. UNITED NATIONS, N.Y.—UNICEF esti- emerging Seventh-day Adventist Church. mates that between 8,000 and 10,000 people The cover illustration is one of the are dying daily in Biafran-controlled terri- The equivalent of this column in that 160 paintings Harry Anderson has done particular issue gave this interesting back- tory alone, and that the situation is getting for the Review and Herald. Mr. Ander- worse. Although there has been a marked ground. son was always fond of painting, but Some may be interested in learning the increase in the transportation and distribu- equally fond of mathematics, in which tion of relief supplies, needs are rising even origin of the Hymn on the first page of he majored for two years at college. Then this number. In the spring of 1845, the faster, the agency said. The situation will author of the vision, published in this he decided to concentrate on art, and remain critical for many months to come paper [Mrs. E. G. White described a vision earned his degree at the Syracuse Uni- because of the large numbers of people dis- she had previously had of heaven], was versity Art School in New York. He was placed by the conflict, the widespread destruc- very sick, nigh unto death. The elders of trained as an oil painter, but when he tion of crops, and the very high density of the church were finally called, and the found that he was allergic to some of his the population in Biafran-controlled areas. directions of the apostle (James 5:14, 15) materials he abandoned an oil-painting were strictly followed. God heard, answered career. After that he set out to master STATE CONVENTIONS DROP and healed the sick. The Holy Spirit filled the techniques of painting in tempera. the room, and she had a vision of the COLLEGE PLANS "city," "life's pure river," "green fields," He has always maintained a free-lance "roses of Sharon," "songs" of "lovely status, and some of his work can be seen NEW YORK—Southern Baptist groups in birds," the "harps," "palms," "robes," in various non-Adventist magazines. Florida and Maryland dropped plans to oper- "crowns," the "mount" Zion, the "tree In 1941 he employed an Adventist lay- ate colleges, but California and Hawaii Bap- of life," and the "King of that country" man as a handyman, who gave him Bible tists dug deeper to finance their Baptist mentioned in the Hymn. A brother [Wil- studies, which led to his baptism. He now schools. liam H. Hyde] took up his pen, and in a The Baptist Convention of Maryland pro- very short time composed the hymn from lives in Connecticut. A. M. Bartlett, who wrote the article vided $62,000 of its $1 million budget to the vision. It has been published in two settle accounts on proposed sale of property or three Second Advent papers, Smith's for Evard Kamuh on page 16, is the presi- collection of hymns, and finally found its dent of the East Indonesia Union. originally acquired for a Maryland college. Last year the convention asked trustees of the proposed junior college to dissolve their corporation "with the greatest expediency." The venture was $563,000 in debt, had been IFIL•e-wii_iisT and Herald prohibited by the Baptists from seeking State In 1849 a company of Sabbathkeeping Adventists began to publish a paper called The Present Truth. In 1850 or Federal aid, and its planned massive fund they also published five issues of The Advent Review. Later that year, in November, these two papers merged drive was ruled "not financially feasible." under the name Second Advent Review and Sabbath Herald, now titled simply REVIEW AND HERALD. Its editorial objective remains unchanged—to preach "the everlasting gospel" in the context of the Sabbath, the Second Sale of the property was authorized by a Advent, and other truths distinctive of the Advent Movement. special State convention in September. The Florida Baptist State Convention EDITOR: KENNETH H. WOOD abolished a board of trustees that had been Associate Editors: DON F. NEUFELD named for a proposed Baptist school near F. DONALD YOST West Palm Beach. Consulting Editors: ROBERT H. PIERSON, REINHOLD R. BIETZ F. L. BLAND, THEODORE CARCICH, W. J. HACKETT ABOLITION OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT R. S. WATTS, NEAL C. WILSON HOUSTON, TEXAS—The National Coun- Editorial Secretaries: DOROTHY EMMERSON cil of Churches has placed itself in official IDAMAE MELENDY opposition to capital punishment. ROSEMARY BRADLEY The action—taken in the form of a policy statement by the council's General Board in Layout Artist: RAYMOND C. HILL fall business sessions here—called for aboli- Special Contributors: W. R. BEACH, K. H. EMMERSON tion of the death penalty under both Federal R. R. FIGUHR, FREDERICK LEE and State law throughout the United States. PRESIDENTS OF WORLD DIVISIONS The board listed ten reasons for its decision: belief in the "inherent worth of human Circulation Manager: SHERMAN L. CLARK life and the dignity of human personality Field Representatives: C. M. WILLIS as gifts of God"; preference for rehabilita- CLIFFORD K. OKUNO tion over punishment; conviction that killing usurps divine prerogative; "serious" doubt— TO OUR CONTRIBUTORS: The REVIEW welcomes articles on devotional and doctrinal topics; also news supported by statistics—that capital punish- and pictures of important denominational happenings—church dedications, camp meetings, evangelistic meet- ment is a real deterrent to crime; the feelings, and other newsworthy events. All manuscripts should be typed, double spaced, with adequate margins. News stories and pictures should indicate whether they are being submitted to other publications or are exclusive ing that institutionalized killing furthers "the to the REVIEW. All pictures should show a high degree of color-tone contrast. Action pictures are preferred. brutalization of society"; possibility of irre- Unsolicited manuscripts, while welcome, will be accepted without remuneration, and will be returned only if accompanied by a stamped self-addressed envelope. Authors should identify themselves, laymen by giving the versible errors; evidence that poor or non- name of their church and pastor. Items submitted for "Letters to the Editor" cannot be acknowledged. Send all white are more likely to be executed than editorial materials directly to the Editor, Review and Herald, Takoma Park, Washington, D.C. 20012. others; belief that the penalty's severity and SUBSCRIPTIONS: United States, $8.50 (slightly higher in Canada); other countries, $9.50. 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Sabbath School Spearheads history. The objective of NC800 (U.S. terest in the congress has surpassed any- $2,240) was exceeded in five weeks, and thing most people dreamed of, it was New Iran Mission Outpost additional funds are still coming in. We necessary months ago for the World Youth A new outpost Sabbath school in Shiraz, anticipate reaching at least Nk1,000 Congress committee to assign official Iran, was opened December 14 by Elder (U.S. $2,800)." quotas to the world division based on the and Mrs. Robert Hyde. They are work- So writes P. R. Lindstrom, acting chap- maximum seating available. The quota ing in an area served only intermittently lain of the Adventist Hospital in West plan also gave priority to young people by SDA workers up to this time. Nigeria. ages 16 to 30. Near the city center the Hydes have The influential ruler of the Ife Yorubas, All seats in the Zurich auditorium are rented an apartment with a room of His Excellency Oni Aderimi of Ife, gave reserved, and entrance to this building convenient size and location suitable for 25 guineas (U.S. $73.50), which put the will be by pass only. In an additional audi- future church services. This new Sabbath crusade over the top. torium which seats 1,000, meetings will be school may be the cornerstone in build- J. E. EDWARDS scheduled during the noon recess, eve- ing a permanent work in this area. nings (except Tuesday), and all day Sab- In order to awaken interest and build bath, with open admission. On Sabbath a good will, a Five-Day Plan was conducted Reasons Given for Choosing third auditorium three miles distant, seat- in Shiraz, January 19-23, by Listen's ed- Zurich as Congress Site ing 2,000, will be provided for the Ger- itor, Francis Soper, and the Middle East man-Swiss membership who are not dele- Division medical secretary, Dr. H. C. Many who want to attend the 1969 gates to the congress. Lamp. World Youth Congress face the problem JOHN H. HANCOCK Shiraz is near the ruins of Persepolis, of not being included in the official at- one of the four capitals of ancient Per- tendance quotas. They have asked such sia, where many Persian kings were bur- questions as "Why is the congress being Faith for Today Seeking ied during the years of Daniel and held in Zurich?" "Why can't the congress to Cover Metropolitan Areas Esther. be held where there is a larger auditorium L. C. MILLER that will seat all those who want to at- More than 18,650,000 people in 18 met- tend?" ropolitan areas do not have access to the Many factors had to be considered in gospel through Faith for Today TV pro- Work in Dominican Republic planning a world congress. (1) A location gramming. Many, perhaps most, of these Grows Rapidly During 1968 had to be selected so that the youth of as viewers would never attend an evangelistic many nations as possible could obtain meeting, never read a religious book. Faith Eleven workers in the Dominican Re- visas. (2) Since young people from some for Today could reach many of these. public were responsible for 100 or more countries would be allowed to carry out Limited resources have made it neces- baptisms each, in 1968, reports C. L. only a small amount of money, inexpen- sary to curtail the Faith for Today cover- Powers, president of the Inter-American sive yet clean housing had to be available, age, until literally millions of potential Division. and transportation expenses kept to a viewers are denied this opportunity to Total baptisms for that field were 1,744 minimum. (3) The location would have to know Bible truth. for the year. When all reports are in, efficiently provide good, moderately Among the cities now without Faith for the 1968 baptismal total for the division priced vegetarian meals. Today are: Phoenix, Arizona; Chicago, is expected to exceed 25,000. When the World Youth Congress com- Illinois; Louisville, Kentucky; Boston, R. S. WATTS mittee studied these factors carefully, Massachusetts; New York City; and Wash- Zurich, Switzerland, met the necessary ington, D.C. requirements. Zurich, the largest city in The Faith for Today offering will deter- Nigerian Civil War Fails Switzerland, also had the largest audi- mine precisely what can be done in reach- to Halt Ingathering Program torium in the country. There are larger ing the urban millions. auditoriums in other countries, but the K. F. AMBS "In spite of suffering from the Nigerian other requirements could not be met. war with its tragic effects, the Adventist Attractive European tours have caused Hospital at Ile-Ife has just concluded the thousands from all over the world to want Smoking Manikin of India most successful Ingathering crusade in its to travel to the congress. Because the in- Possesses Name With Pun The smoking manikin of India is called Smoking Sham, a name that takes on a double meaning in this instance. This Indian production, developed by John Trim, temperance secretary of Western India Union, joins the South American Fernando Fumador, Australian Puffing Billy, a suitable manikin in the Orient, and Negro Oscar and Dolly models. ERNEST H. J. STEED

IN BRIEF

4- Baptisms and members accepted on profession of faith in the Southern Cali- fornia Conference during 1968 totaled 2,011. This is the highest number of new members ever received in a single year by a conference of the Pacific Union. The baptismal total raises the membership of the conference to nearly 27,000 members. Harold Calkins, president, re- Oni Aderimi, ruler of the He Yorubas, presents an Ingathering check for 25 guineas ported that transfers by members out to E. Moon (right), nursing service director of the Adventist Hospital at lie-lie. of the conference during the past three This gift put the crusade over the top. Watching are Dorothy Kuester, director of years have totaled more than those re- the school of nursing, and C. Ogunrombi (dark suit), credit manager of the hospital. ceived into the conference. (By Telex.1

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