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CONTRIBUTORS Readers have seen our notice to writers that regularly appears at the bottom of this column. Have they wondered 3 how the INSTRUCTOR secures the materials that furnish its weekly menu for 150,000 readers? This week we give a first install- ment on how it is done: MARRIAGE The "Good Husbands" story reached our office in April, submitted from an author new to the INSTRUCTOR. "The en- closed is true," she wrote. "The occasionally plainly tragic results are admitted by all, but I the many apparently happy mixed marriages encourage others to try, sure that theirs will be one of the happy ones. To show that those apparently happy marriages are not so happy is my theme?' GRADUATION From South Africa in March came the story of "That Box in the Closet?' Jean Cripps is a regular INSTRUCTOR author. It may have been that as she thought of our schedule, she remembered that we begin laying out June issues in April. That would be the month for graduation stories. She knew a good story, so she sent it. AFRICA In mid-February we wrote Pas- tor W. R. Beach, president of ,the Southern European Division, asking for an up-to-the- Always the Same minute story on Algiers and Tunis. We knew that our Sabbath school missions program "It's just six of one and half-a-dozen of the other." for second quarter would include considera- Most of us have heard the expression, and most of us have found tion of these areas, and felt our readers would it to be unalterably true. Figured any way, you get six. enjoy the added information. Pastor Beach How strange it is, therefore, that every once in a while a pro- passed the assignment on to another of our authors, Pastor J. J. Aitken, and his account fessing Christian will try to make the figures add to something reached us in good time. different. For instance, our lead story in this issue points up an age-old problem that has grown immeasurably more grave in NORTH Donald Webster wrote us Jan- our generation. Yet the penetrating question of Amos in the uary 1, enclosing the story of his colporteur Old Testament, "Can two walk together, except they be agreed?" adventures "Into the North for God." He has the unequivocable answer in the New Testament as Paul was enrolled as a senior ministerial student admonishes, "Be ye not unequally yoked together with un- at Emmanuel Missionary College, having spent three years as a student at Helderberg believers." College, South Africa. He was currently edi- Why, why, why will otherwise careful, prayerful, sober, tor of the Emmanuel Missionary College sensible youth deny their faith in the mathematics of God's student paper, the Student Movement. Word, hoping to find the perfect seven, when the numbers will add up to only six? SAHARA Our cover shows a water hole in a Tunisian oasis in the Sahara Desert. Photo by Landrock, from Ewing Galloway.

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Vol. 101, No. 25 THE YOUTH'S INSTRUCTOR June 23, 1953

WALTER T. CRANDALL, Editor FREDERICK LEE, Associate Editor DON YOST, Assistant Editor Consulting Editors, E. W. DUNBAR, K. J. REYNOLDS, L. L. MOFFITT R. J. CHRISTIAN, Circulation Manager Published by the Seventh-day Adventists. Printed every Tuesday by the Review and Herald Publishing Assn., at Takoma Park, Washington 12, D.C., U.S.A. Entered as second-class matter. August 14, 1903, at the post office at Washington, D.C., under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. Copyright, 1953, Review and Herald Publishing Assn., Washington 12, D.C. Subscription rates: one year, $4.75; six months, $2.50; in clubs of three or more, one year, each, $3.75; six months, $2.00. Foreign countries where extra postage is required: one year, $5.25; six months, $2.75; in clubs of three or more, one year, each, $4.25; six months, $2.25. Monthly color edition, available overseas only, one year, $1.50. The post office will not forward second-class matter even though you leave a forwarding address. Send both the old and the new address to THE YOUTH'S 1Nsraucroa be/ore you move. 2 THE elet,t4:2 INSTRUCTOR HE looked •like a queen as she stood there, tall and slender, chat- S ting on the church steps. The soft blue of her smartly tailored suit • contrasted with the delicate pink of her dainty blouse and gloves and her blue hat set pertly on her beautifully coifed silver hair. Mrs. Van Roessler was the When we planned our happy homes, we three, ideal of most young women in the church, and of girls of academy and college age. Even more unusual than her beauty and we thought we needed nothing more than her perfect grooming was her poise. She always had a pleasant expression on her face, kindling into warmth and vivacity as she greeted her friends. Always pleasant and witty, with such splendid judgment in business affairs, she was president of GOOD HUSBANDS this and chairman of that. No wonder she was the pattern for the girls and young women! One of her close friends, Greta Allenby, had been a nurse. Married now to one of By ROBERTA WHITE her former patients, a busy executive in an oil company, she had one of those lovely homes we see pictured in magazines on home decoration. Greta was a tiny little thing with red hair and a vivid personality, bubbling over with fun. And as though that wasn't enough, she was also a famous cook. Her cakes would melt wonderful evangelistic meetings, and he it is the same. He goes to shows, and I in your mouth, and make you forget all sits home alone. Then he goes out to a stay home; I go to prayer meeting, and about your waistline! show, and I sit home alone. There is no he stays home. Of course once in a while I remember one luncheon when there companionship. That's no way to live. we go out together, but not often. were five of us, an awkward number for Lately he even resents my having my I could make a list of irritating things setting the table. A large, beautifully ar- Adventist friends and their husbands that would fill a double page of this ranged centerpiece of gladioluses was come for dinner in the evening. He says magazine, things that would not come up placed at the end of the table where the he has nothing in common with them. at all if we belonged to the same church. sixth place setting would have been. The So now I have my table was beautifully balanced, and we friends in for a noon didn't have to look through or around luncheon when he is the flowers to visit. away." Mrs. Van Roessler drove away in her I was thinking of new, low car, taking Greta and me home my own life too, as with her for lunch. We three had one we sped across the thing in common—we were married to city. I am married to unbelievers. Our husbands were fine men, a stanch Lutheran— upright and clean, good providers, holding a fine, clean, upright positions of esteem in the community. man, a leader in our I'm sure we looked like three very happy, community. At first prosperous wives. there was a barrier only when religious And yet, if you could have heard our topics came up—just conversation on the way home, you might like a brick wall be- have wondered. tween us. There was "Wasn't that a wonderful sermon this no way I could reach morning? Real food for thought." through it or over it. "And that prayer given by the young Gradually the barrier ministerial intern. You couldn't help feel- became greater, until ing that he was face to face with God. there are no more Wouldn't it be wonderful if we could long, chummy talks. I kneel in prayer with our husbands, and go to church on Sab- pray together for the things our souls long bath, and he stays for?" "Yes, and to be able to share some home; he goes to beautiful thought you come across. Some- church on Sunday, times when I'm just thrilled with some and I stay home. beautiful sentence in Thoughts From the Through the week Mount of Blessing that I'm reading now, I read it out loud to my husband, and he EVA LUOMA just listens politely." In Our Six Years of Mar- Mrs. Van Roessler and Greta did most ried Life, My Husband of the talking. I was remembering once Has Been Inside an Ad- ventist Church With Me when I was alone with Greta, and she Just Twice, and on Both said, "Here I am on my way to those Visits He Was Critical JUNE 23, 1953 3 And no doubt my dear husband feels the in the kingdom—well, I don't dare envy with the proper amount of pride and self-- same way. It could all be summed up in them, but I do think how wonderful it respect do not go about complaining of what Greta said, "No companionship." would be to have my husband with me. their husbands. What could I do to warn All the time I realize that if only I And I remember, in six years of married these girls? They think of me, and of Mrs. . joined his church, there would be poured life, he has been inside an Adventist Van Roessler, and of Greta, as being very out on me a wealth of love and com- church with me just twice, and after those happily married. They know that to marry panionship. We would be doing every- two visits his only comments were critical. a drunkard or gambler or crook leads in- thing together. Again we could plan and No marriage can stand still. Either you evitably to unhappiness, but their Charles dream together. Again he would come grow closer and closer together, or you is a clean, upright man, he has a good to me with his joys and with his problems. grow farther and farther away. And how position, they are going to build a darling Again I would have those little attentions can you grow closer together when in the home, and they are going to be happy like so dear to the heart of every woman. most vital of all questions you go your Mrs. Van Roessler is. Having my heart set on the kingdom, different ways? That is what Mrs. Van Roessler I am not even tempted to do this; but in Then I look around the church at these thought. church, when I see husband and wife lovely girls, and I wonder whether there That is what Greta thought. sitting together, enjoying the same ser- is any way to warn them. I could not talk That is just what I thought. mon, happily planning together on a home to them as I have written. Married women And that is why I have written.

life—earn a living? do nothing that is difficult, if you can escape it? Are you satisfied with that sort of future? If you are, you are satisfied with too little. Any honest line of endeavor is honorable. If it is the thing you can do best, if it con- tributes something worth while to the world and the people who live in it, it is good. But let me be a little idealistic and say /10ie /oa Satediceed ?pea ae seam4 that the goal ought to be to make a real, worth-while contribution to the finishing By R. E. FINNEY, Jr. of the work of God on this earth—a personal contribution, if it is possible, within the framework of the worldwide work of Seventh-day Adventists. That is UST the other day a com- don't they move out? They must be the high mark at which to aim. To be mittee of three of us sat in satisfied where they are! satisfied with just getting by, with just the chamber of commerce No? earning money for the things you want— office and looked at a map Wait a minute before you make up that is living in the vocational slums, 6 of the city. It showed by your mind. I think we are all too easily and liking it. colors the rental areas of the city. One satisfied. At least most of us are, espe- There are those other things that make color marked the areas where the highest cially young folks. Perhaps you thought up life too. Music should be a part of rents were paid, another the next high- young people are always dissatisfied, rest- every full life. What sort of music satis- est, and so on down the scale to the lowest less to be doing something new. Let us fies you? Everyone, with music so easily rent area—down by the river. There are see about that. available today, should take advantage the slums, almost unbelievable in squalor Ask yourself, if you are a young person, of the opportunity of entering the spa- —yet people live in those shacks. They what kind of education you are going to cious halls of great music. A man sitting even pay rent for them. be satisfied with. That does not mean the next to me listened with boredom to one We discussed the income of these slum degree you get, but the education you of the world's greatest classics played on dwellers. "You'd be surprised at how get while you are getting the degree. the violin. "Some people claim that they much some of those people make," said Are you satisfied with getting by, so that like that stuff," he scoffed. Someone one member of the committee. "I know your grades are not too bad? Then you should explain to him that until he learns of some heads of families in that very are satisfied with too little. Do you have to like "that stuff" he will never really area who make $125 a week!" a vague, general idea of the subjects know what music is. Too many of us— "Why do they live there, then?" some- you are taking, or do you, really know even we Seventh-day Adventists—are liv- one asked. that you know what you are supposed to ing in the slums of music. "They drink up their wages, or smoke have learned about them? If you have Reading, recreation, social life—all them up, or dissipate them in other ways. ever reached that stage in your school- offer opportunities for being too easily And they keep on living in those terrible work, you will not be satisfied with less, satisfied when the best is available to places!" if it is humanly possible to attain it. If everyone. Why not stop being an easy Some of the people in the slums are you have not, you are living in the edu- mark for Satan. Demand only the best. genuine unfortunates, but many could cational slums—and satisfied to be there. Be hard to please. Get out of the slums of live much better than they do. Then why What are you going to do with your existence. You can start now! 4 THE Vtiatk INSTRUCTOR That Box in the Closet

B y JEAN CRIPPS

ASTILY Ann repacked the box from home, hid it away in the darkest corner of her wardrobe, p and took stock of the toppling world around her. Inside the box the lovely, lovely dress, wrought with such loving care especially for graduation night lay in a heap. Beside it were the shoes that were now a half size too small. Graduation was night after next, ▪ and Ann was valedictorian. Ann had long anticipated the arrival of the precious box. Cheeks pink, fingers trembling with excitement, she had untied the knots and lifted the lid. Just as she removed the tissue paper the supper bell, with its harsh, insistent voice, rang out its ▪ not-to-be-denied summons, and the box was hastily closed and put away. All during supper Ann could hardly eat, and the time could not pass quickly enough to enable her to return to her room, close the door, and get the dress out. At last she held it in her hands, savoring the softness and admiring its workman- ship with utmost pleasure before slipping

it on. EWING GALLOWAY Wait! Something was wrong. It seemed The Matron, Busy as Only a Matron Can Be, Left Her Duties, and With the Help of the Pre- unbelievable, but it was true. The dress ceptress, Began to Cut, Snip, and Sew. This Was One Emergency That Had to Be Met Now was too small! The fact had to be faced: Slowly, imperceptibly, she had added room and let the bottled-up tears flow. waver slightly as far as the shoes were pounds, and now the dress just would not Was it providential—who knows?—that concerned. Even that difficulty was solved. fit. No amount of squeezing and pulling her roommate returned for a forgotten The girl next door had two pairs, one too helped. article and would not leave until she had small for her but just slightly too big for One little ray of hope gleamed when she found the cause of the tears. The dress Ann. thought of the seams that might be let and shoes were brought out for further That evening Ann stood before the out. Yes, that was the solution. Hastily scrutiny, but two heads were no better mirror. This was the one big occasion of pulling the dress off, she turned it inside than one. her life—the culmination of fourteen years out and examined the seams. Impossible! Graduation was only twenty-four hours of study—the end of a student's life and There was nothing worth mentioning to away. the beginning of a broader one in an adult be let out at the seams. There was simply Ann's roommate laid her plan. Next world. A pleased smile curved her lips as nothing to be done. morning, when the doors of a large she turned slowly around to see the effect Next morning a classmate who had seen drapery store in the nearby town opened, in the mirror. Her glance passed slowly the long-looked-for box arrive could not a young man presented an order for three down to the white shoes. Yes, everything wait to ask her how the dress looked. and a half yards of white material, and was just perfect, and a sigh of pure satis- Mustering a smile Ann replied, "Wait and hurried back on his motor bike to deliver faction escaped her. see. That's my secret." it at the preceptress' door. The matron, With a final glance she was ready, and All that day she was inattentive, absent- busy as only a matron can be, left her turning, caught the admiring look on minded, and she even began to look sick. duties, and she and the preceptress closeted her roommate's face. No words were A kindly teacher started to worry after themselves for the day—cutting, snipping, spoken, none were needed, but a smile of addressing her twice and receiving no and sewing. understanding passed between them as reply. Again the automatic smile would Dusk was falling. The task was done. they turned off the light and softly closed flash out, a smile that never reached the The dress was ready for its wearer. The the door. eyes, and the assurance given that it was fit was perfect, and the dress looked simple The hastily repacked box from home nothing. .but very lovely. Ann had been praying was still hid away in the darkest corner Even the longest day must end. At last hard, and now half her prayer was mar- of the wardrobe. But what did it matter Ann could relax in the quietness of her velously answered; but her faith began to now? JUNE 23, 1953 5 tions and citations for valor, gallantry, and many more for merit. Even I picked up a medal myself a few months ago. In fact, wherever I have been, most officers have more than a common respect for the integrity and ability of the noncombatant soldier." While with some of these medics in the 3d Division of Korea, I asked their offi- cers: "How deep are the conscientious convictions of these `dots' who must keep Unsuccessful Major Sabbath and carry no weapons? How far will they go before they weaken?" Evi- dently no one in that division had sought to fathom the depths of those convictions, for I had no answer. We have recently learned of a major By WILLIAM H. BERGHERM who thought he had discovered the secret formula for weakening his conscientious objectors. He was sure he had in his hand the magic wand as it were, which, if wielded strongly enough, would break the resistance of many of these "does" HENEVER 120 mm. mortar wanted in the advance patrols of the front- holding down positions in rear-line eche- shells strike in the vicinity line forces. Evidence of this is by no lons. He would send them all up on the where you are standing, you means lacking. Maj. Gen. G. A. Arm- front lines, every conscientious objector know it. Pvt. Claire Whitford, strong, Surgeon General of the United in his battalion. He was sure that when a medic of the 279th Infantry Regiment, States Army, shortly after making a trip faced with this prospect of becoming aid knew it. The blast left a sharp piece of to Korea, had this to say about them, men and front-line litter bearers, they shrapnel in the side of his head. "Seventh-day Adventists are giving excel- would yield those convictions. A sergeant Now, it happened that Whitford was lent service in the various components of who was there, and was among those the only man in his patrol who did not the medical service." But perhaps the transferred up on the line, told the story carry a weapon. Sometimes he was assailed greatest evidence is found in the many of what happened. by his fellows, who thought he had lost awards of honor they receive for meritori- "Ambulance and jeep drivers, surgical his reason for entering dangerous areas ous services, such as silver and bronze technicians, telephone operators, mechan- unarmed. But when Whitford had been stars, oak clusters, purple hearts, and other ics, and ward men in rear hospitals became offered a gun, he refused, saying his work insignia of courage. aid men and litter bearers overnight. Men was to save men. The Lord would pro- For an outstanding example of this, who had been assigned duty in compara- tect him. He did all right, and to every- take the case of Hospital Corpsman Alvin tively rear areas, and had served there body's satisfaction. But Whitford only Joyner, a conscientious objector who dur- from six to eight months, because they narrowly escaped this rendezvous with ing two months at the front won three were conscientious objectors and Sabbath- death. Purple Hearts, a Silver Star, and a Bronze keepers found themselves suddenly under Afterward when anyone talked there Star. He never carried a weapon. When the fire of front-line action. But where would be some voice rise up in his defense. Sgt. Ronald Thomas, of the 160th Infantry better can the divine command, 'Go ye "Don't worry about the Doc," they would Medical Co., referred to his friend and into all the world, and preach the gospel,' say. "He can take care of himself, all buddy, Joyner, he expressed it as his opin- be more effectively carried out than under right." And "Doc" did, although he is ion that Joyner is only an outstanding our present circumstances? The major's sure it was the Lord who did it. example of what goes on every day among orders, regardless of how discriminatory There are five hundred of these peculiar conscientious objectors. Said Thomas: "I they may have been, really scattered us to "does" in Korea, and according to what know several men who do not carry more fertile fields where we can scatter I can learn they are not altogether un- weapons, and who have received decora- more seeds of truth. Several of us met each night for prayer be- fore we were scat- tered. We asked only that His will be done. . . . Our faith has been made stronger by the major's orders. As far as his effort to change the minds of the boys is con- cerned, I fear he has found himself very unsuccessful." The citadel of a Down Positions in Rear-Line man's conscience is The Major Thought He Had Echelons. He Would Send Them strong. Men, blessed Discovered a Secret Formula for by the peace of soul All Up to the Front Lines. Cer- Weakening His Conscientious that comes from a tainly They Would Compromise Objectors Who Were Holding life lived in harmony with their convic- tions, are invincible. 6 THEtief.dt:4 INSTRUCTOR The Challenge of North Africa

By J. J. AITKEN •

LGIERS lay below, a white, flat- Not only in Algiers is this so. From village, and the menfolk were all in the topped, flower-bedecked city, Tunis to Casablanca one can hear the cry fields. Only the women and children gath- A with the white dome of its of the Arab tradesmen and the pitiful wail ered to watch us teeter across the narrow • mosque rising almost at the edge of the veiled women during the feast of plank that served as a bridge over the of the blue, blue Mediterranean sea. Ramadan. Many times I have traveled stream at the foot of the hill. This stream A short ride from the airport to the along rail lines across North Africa, and furnishes the water supply for the whole city assured me that North Africa is really have seen in the early morn the smoke village, and the water must be carried up the land of contrasts it is said to be. Huge rising from hundreds, yes thousands, of the steep hill that rises abruptly from villas with their spacious, well-kept gar- grass huts and tents—primitive villages the muddy stream. As soon as we had dens enclosed by high stone walls keep where the name of the Saviour is not crossed the water and started climbing ▪ company with Bedouin tents in the adjoin- known. Only a short distance from the the well-worn path, everyone vanished as ing properties. Shepherds in flowing robes modern cities one sees villages clinging to if by magic, and all the dogs began to and colorful turbans try to keep their the sides of the brown, barren hills— bark. A cat scambled madly up a tree, flocks of sheep off the highway. villages as primitive as any in the heart and a lone baby, abandoned in a bare, At the terminal in the center of one of of Africa. In fact, so well camouflaged are dusty garden, ran screaming into his hut the most modern cities of the world I these villages that one must look closely at our approach. began to notice the Arab tradesmen cry- to distinguish the brown thatch of the low The huts were low and without win- ing their wares, and almost thrusting upon mud huts from the brown hillsides to dows. Some were enclosed in a reed fence, one the huge brass plates with intricate which they cling. and we despaired of getting a chance to designs in silver and copper hammered It was just before midday that my com- see where the people really lived. At last work. Another carried handmade rugs panion and I visited just such an Arab our path turned, and to the right we saw over his shoulders, and woe be to anyone who looked interested. He would almost certainly come away with a North African rug, and at a good price if he bargained long enough. Hurrying along the streets came the veiled Arabic women, peering out from between the folds of their long, white, flowing dresses. Here the culture of Europe meets the challenge of Africa on common ground. As one looks at the modern, artistic window displays of the shops and the large department stores, it is hard to believe that only a stone's throw away is abject poverty, filth, and repulsive disease. Yet this is so. It is not uncommon to see children lying on the streets in the sun sleeping during the heat of the day, for the chilling nights find them wandering about to keep warm. Riches live next door to poverty, and ragged, dirty children and beggars mingle with the expensively dressed Europeans, who try not to see the poverty and filth that are always before them.

EWING GALLOWAY

Only a Short Distance From the Modern Cities That Dot North Africa's Coast Are Villages as Primitive as Any Found in the Heart of Africa

JUNE 23, 1953 7 an old man and woman busily thatching pacifier was picked up off the dirty ground it best to hasten. Many a suspicious glance the roof of a new house. The Adventist and pushed into his mouth. was cast at us as they hurried past us up worker who accompanied me could speak This baby was more fortunate than most the hill to see what turmoil we had a little Arabic. He conversed with them, Arab babies. He was evidently strong and wrought among the women in their • and they let us look into the new house. healthy, and able to live in spite of the absence. It was bare inside, only the four walls and surrounding conditions. Most babies die As we walked back to the car, many a dirt floor. The doorway was so low we at birth or shortly after, or, if they survive, thoughts filled my mind. How can we, all bumped our heads coming out. We con- are pitfully thin, with watery eyes, which when can we, reach these poor, ignorant, gratulated them as best we could on their attract flies and maggots. sick people with our wonderful message? fine new house and the woman promptly We were invited to taste their freshly In all North Africa today we have won volunteered to show us the old one. In baked bread, and felt that we could not only one real Arab to the truth. The un- front of the house was a small U-shaped very well refuse in spite of the flies. It is fortunate peoples of this great continent enclosure that was their front "garden." baked without yeast, salt, or sugar, and is need help. Right next to the front door stood the mostly coarsely ground corn meal. After One day, as I rode along a dusty road, stove and oven where the cooking is done. nibbling at my very generous piece I I asked the Arab boy beside me, "What Here the family squats on the dirt to eat. carried it with me till we left the village, is it that your people need most?" He It was a hot, sultry day, and the flies then dropped it into the water as I passed thought a moment before responding: gathered on the freshly baked bread that over. "Sir, most of all we need hope—and lay in flat, round loaves on the dusty table. What surprised me most was that the medical care. In all these villages there Soon the other female members of the women in the villages do not veil their is not one dispensary of any kind. Our family began to appear, and a young- faces. They wear very ragged and inde- babies die at birth or shortly after for the looking mother brought out her baby for scribably dirty European print dresses, lack of medical attention. If your mission our inspection. Flies swarmed around his with plenty of bright beads around their could help us, I am sure you could win sticky little face, but he was chubby and necks, arms, and legs, and long, jangling the hearts of many of our people." smiling, and seemed not to mind them. rings in their ears. Only when they go This boy told me that the Arab has a He wore rompers of cotton print, but they into the city do they wear veils. I surmise very keen sense of detecting whether the were so dirty I could not tell what color that these women have never been very missionary is definitely and sincerely in- they were. As soon as he was placed in a far from their village. As we were leaving, terested in his temporal and spiritual wel- little broken-down, improvised chair, a the men began to return, and we thought fare. If the Arab finds reason for confi- dence in the missionary, the missionary is safe day and night with his friends, the Arabs. The right arm of the message, I thought to myself, may open the door. Already we have a dispensary that treats Arabs daily. It is situated at the door of the old Arabic city of Tunis. Here we have a well-qualified male nurse who Weemiefef 15,000,000 Paceme4 speaks Arabic fluently, and we hope he will be able to help us in our new project. The Missionary Volunteers of the By R. L. HUBBS Southern European Division are sponsor- ing in 1953 a project to purchase a brand- new, big Prairie Renault station wagon, equipped as a dispensary for work in the FULLY loaded freight train car individually in motion—one car is Arabic villages. Male nurses who speak of one hundred cars would hooked to the other car with a little Arabic are ready to penetrate into these weigh approximately 7,500 slack between; thus the train is actually villages just as soon as the rolling dispen- tons—you have seen a started one car at a time. sary is ready for use. freight train of fivescore The analogy is quite complete for us This, however, is but a beginning. Calls cars on the siding many times. Perhaps Missionary Volunteers—no young person are coming to us from the very door of it never occurred to you that the total can do all the work for a Friend, Com- the desert for the establishing of a girls' weight of this freight train would equal panion, Guide, or a Master Guide insigne school near Tlemcen, where the famous the weight of a seaworthy ship. We can at one time any easier than an engine handmade Arabic rugs are made. The hardly imagine a small locomotive drag- can drag a ship across the desert. It is door is wide open today, and we must ging a ship across the nation; yet the necessary for us to be as shrewd as the answer the call before it closes. equivalent is done routinely year round. railroad men—we must do it item by item, The Arabs are hungry for something How does this locomotive utilize its part by part. We need to get one section better. One of our Adventist laymen, who energy to set in motion such stupendous of our Missionary Volunteer work in went to Casablanca to help construct the weight, and overcome the friction and motion at a time—the books of the Bible, big air base there, had a remarkable ex- drag of starting such an immense load the 23d Psalm, the third angel's message, perience. He told me that even though he so easily? It seemingly violates the basic home nursing, knots, and all the other is an American contractor, his first inter- law of inertia, which explains that that items. Thus we can accomplish in a est is missionary work among the Arabs. which is sitting tends to remain set, and routine way the task that seems almost So he went out during Big Week to sell that which is once set in motion tends to impossible. books to the Arabs on the air base. Many continue in motion. No engine has ever Incidently, the law of inertia holds people told him how impossible it is to been built that could set in motion di- our minds in the status quo quite as sell a religious book to an Arab. But the rectly 15,000,000 pounds of dead weight. definitely as it holds box cars silently on Arabs bought them. In fact they eagerly Thus if the train were coupled together the siding. Have you ever tried to meet took every book, and came back begging directly and had no give or slack between the MV classwork requirements by taking for more. Even though he could not speak the cars, no engine could ever move it. the essentials one at a time? Why not a word of their language, he had a won- Technically, a freight train of such im- join the MV classes in your church, and derful experience selling many of our mense weight is started by setting each try it that way? To page 22

8 THE ark,fl INSTRUCTOR Doubting Fred Is Convinced By L. A. Skinner • "Camping! For me? I'm a college stu- dent!" Fred spoke with a tone that left no doubt. To him camping was for children, but Harold was far from convinced. In fact he was a veteran camper at eighteen years of age, a well-built, bronze-skinned, resourceful, and adventurous young man. "You should have been with us last summer. There were about one hundred Adventist young people our age, and we had lively discussions, good food, inspir- ing worship periods, boating, and swim- ming." "Wait a minute, Harold. You don't mean to say those preachers missed the opportunity of preaching to you for two or three hours a day, do you?" "You'd be surprised what fine fellows those preachers are. We get a different view of them at camp. They enjoy good fellowship and outdoor life as much as any of us. And as for preaching, I sup- pose the nearest they got to it was on Sab- bath. But even then it was under the trees, looking out over the lake, helping you think tall thoughts that make you cleaner and straighter for thinking them. "You should have been with us when we packed up for an overnight trip to Tumbledown Mountain. When you take your share of the food, your blankets, your flashlight, and personal equipment, you don't dare forget the essentials, and you can't afford to carry what you don't need. More Than One Hundred Seniors Graduated This Year From La Sierra College, California "Those preachers traveled right along with the rest of us, carried heavier loads, and really knew the tricks of open-fire tary of the General Conference, spoke hundred students attended classes that cooking, fire building, making beds of during an assembly this spring. He told year. native materials, and showing you how students how denominational leaders de- To help modern La Sierra College stu- to arrange your blankets so you keep cided upon the site for the school, and dents visualize life at their school during warm all night. In the morning they were about the first year of the school's opera- its early history, the La Sierra College up early, and found a patch of wild blue- tion. Committees from both Southern and Alumni Association presented several skits berries down near the lake. Southeastern California conferences delib- during one assembly period. Alumni "It was a great trip. One feels at his erated on the question of where to place showed how the dormitory preceptress tiptop best when packing through the the school. Then Southern California Con- might have acquainted a new student forest, along the streams, and camping be- ference abandoned for a few years the with the school's regulations. They told side the lake. plan of a joint school and left Southeastern about the College Cushi, first newspaper "Better come along, Fred. MV camp officials to finalize on where to build, published by La Sierra students, and re- for senior youth this year is June 28 to July Pastor Robison recalled. The site finally lated humorous happenings of early days 5. How could you spend a better 4th of decided upon was on a hillside planted at La Sierra. July?" to watermelons, a part of the huge Rancho From 1922 to 1953 progress has been La Sierra, well away from large centers of the watchword of La Sierra administra- population. tors, the anniversary celebrants agreed. La La Sierra College Marks 30th Pastor Robison related that he was Sierra Academy became Southern Cali- Year chosen in May as principal of the new fornia Junior College in 1927. The school By Philip Follett school, which still existed only on paper, was accredited as a senior college in and that in July he joined other workmen 1944. From the meager beginning with Thirty years ago this spring the first in ground-leveling preparations for the two buildings, described by Pastor Robi- class of eight persons was graduated from first buildings on the campus. By October son, La Sierra College has grown until La Sierra Academy, the forerunner of La 3, 1922, the school registered its first stu- there are now eighteen major buildings on Sierra College, in Arlington, California. dents, and they began life in the still-un- the campus. Expansion is still under way, To commemorate this anniversary, two completed dormitories. For a few days as is evidenced by the final preparation student assemblies at La Sierra College the girls had to climb a ladder to their this summer of a new science building this past school year were devoted to re- second-story unfinished rooms. for use next school year, and by plans be- calling experiences of the pioneers of the The teaching staff the first school year ing laid for building a new gymnasium- institution. consisted of fourteen persons, including auditorium immediately. J. I. Robison, first principal of La Sierra the cafeteria and farm directors, Pastor Contrasted with the eight-member Academy and at present an associate secre- Robison reported. A few more than one graduating class of 1922 is the 107-mem- JUNE 23, 1953 9 were profitable and pleasant. We became r better acquainted with the Creator of all heaven and earth. Many of us left the camp with an interesting collection of shells. Our campfire hours were popular, and the many fine, true stories told left a last- Dag oa vaeo ing impression for good. Torch Bearers in Lebanon By Dola Hasso By MARY GUSTAFSON Students of Middle East College, Beirut, Lebanon, have found a unique way to share their faith. The Master Guide Club has prepared an MV program to give in A straggling wisp of dullness clogged the ears. some of the churches in Lebanon where an MV Society has not yet been organized. Voice was unheard, It is called Bearers of the Torch. Till mind soared upward through the stratosphere, Miss Davis, the leader of our club, wrote the script, and each member takes Beyond a bird. a part. We point out how the torch of Here soft winds took the cluttering away, truth has been carried through the ages by different men such as Noah, Abraham, And sound came through Paul, and then later by the Waldenses, Martin Luther, William Miller, and James To let me hear preluding music say, White. Two of the members, representing "This day's for you." Luther Warren and Harry Fenner, give a dialog telling how they organized the Now mind is free to catch the thought supreme first Young People's Missionary Volunteer That flies the blue, Society for the purpose of spreading the light to others. To catch a vision fraught with deeper gleam A lighted torch is placed on a table in front of the speakers to symbolize truth. And richer view. At the end of the meeting we each light a candle to represent a Young People's Missionary Volunteer Society organized in Awareness comes with singing melody some part of the world. An appeal is given for the young people to step forward and To make this day a day of days for me. organize a society themselves. The group then sings: "There's a call comes ringing o'er the restless wave, `Send the light! Send the light!' There are souls to rescue, there are souls to save, Send the light! Send the light!" One beautiful Sabbath morning the nine members of the Master Guide Club got into a station wagon to take their ber La Sierra College senior class of 1953, the camp director. We had four helpers program to Aramoun, a small village high which leaves that institution with a sense from the village of Anterred. Water for up in the mountains. It is one of the few of the ideals and aims of the pioneers of cooking and drinking had to be carried villages in Lebanon where we have a their alma mater and with a determina- about one mile, from the house of one of Seventh-day Adventist church. Work was started there a few years ago, and we now tion to uphold these goals in all fields of our active church members, a fine Telugu service. gentleman. have sixteen baptized members and a The camp, situated in a big grove of school that has an enrollment of forty-five casuarina trees, was about fourteen miles students in the first six grades. As we The Telugu Summer Training from the school by car and about the same wound our way up the narrow road, we Camp distance by boat. W. F. Zill and I went in sang the well-known MV choruses. his little Austin, and students and teachers We had also planned to conduct Sab- By 0. A. Skau went on foot and by boat. From early bath school for the children and adults. The biggest MV camp yet conducted morning till 9:30 in the evening there Several of the primary songs and finger in South India was held early this year on was just one grand round of activities. plays have recently been translated from the shore of the Bay of Bengal on the The students were prompt to every ap- the English into the Arabic language, so east coast of India. There were seventy- pointment, and very enthusiastically voted we planned to teach them to the children five boys and forty-nine girls in attendance to have such a camp every year. to see whether they would be successful. at the camp, as well as ten teachers with Our theme song throughout was "Turn We found about thirty children gathered their families, and four others, making a Your Eyes Upon Jesus." At this camp for the Sabbath school. Their eyes opened total of 142. K. Israel, registrar of our there was much that helped us to turn with wonder as they saw for the first time Narsapur Secondary Boarding School, was our eyes upon Him. Our nature walks To page 21

10 THEe'ittet:4 INSTRUCTOR were taken and disposed of in various ways. One morning the wife of one of my friends came to me. "Thomsen, come for a minute," she said in a low tone. "What is it? Tell me quickly," I said. "The enemy!" she whispered. "They I Was a Butcher took away my husband last night. They took the rest of your friends too. You, Thomsen, are the only one left." • Then I knew that I could expect to be taken at any time. So I said to myself, By JOHN THOMSEN "It is time to leave the fiery furnace"; and I began planning an escape to Sweden. One night on my return from a union meeting I noticed the figure of a man in the shadows. It was late, and there were not many people on the street; so I N 1938 I arrived at the tenth largest being discovered. On such a night expedi- thought, "Can he be a spy?" I had to city in Denmark, where I had se- tion a friend of mine got a bullet through find out. I went up and down several cured employment for which I was his hand, and another got one through streets in the direction opposite to my very anxious. It was about nine his cheek. Of course these were minor rooms. When I looked into a store window o'clock in the evening, so I went to a incidents, but many lost their lives doing the stranger found something else to do, hotel for the night. After I was settled in this same kind of work. so I knew he was shadowing me. I went the room I noticed a Bible on the table. The underground also had several to my rooms, still followed, but I knew I Ordinarily I did not read the Bible. How- presses that published the facts about the ▪ could not stay there any longer; therefore ever, I thought it might be interesting to enemy. We were assigned the task of I left by another way, and stayed at the leaf it through, since I had nothing special distributing these papers among the peo- home of a friend for the night. Now I was to do. In times past I had heard that the ple. Spies and secret police agents were very careful not to expose myself in the book of Revelation was very interesting, numerous. They were cruel and merciless daylight. Later I traveled to Copenhagen, so I began reading from the very first whenever they discovered secret work the capital of Denmark. After relating my chapter in the Revelation of John. being carried on against them. We used to distribute this printed information with story to my friends there, members of the ▪ When I came to the third chapter, our bicycles. One day one of my friends Danish police, they offered to assist me in verses 15 and 16, "I know thy works, my escape to Sweden. that thou art neither cold nor hot: I was discovered, and left for dead. But by would thou wert cold or hot. So then a miracle his life was saved. To flee anywhere at this time was a risk. because thou art lukewarm, and neither Sometimes when an underground or- While phoning friends we had to be very cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my ganization was discovered the members To page 18 mouth," I felt that it was the Word for me, but I could not be a Christian. In my home I had had a good Christian influence, but now, no, I would not. The next day I would begin my new job, which offered every opportunity for advancement; there- fore I closed the Bible and decided to continue living the worldly life as before. Time went by. After the war broke out in 1939 I enrolled in the Danish civil air defense. Soon life took on a more serious aspect. The enemy occupied Den- mark, and in time their presence became very irritating. At this time groups of young men came together all over Den- mark, and the Danish underground was formed with the purpose of hindering the occupying forces as much as possible. In this I wanted to have an active part. Our business with the underground was to sabotage the railroads and factories that were used to help the enemy. These were dangerous tasks. Almost every night the railroads had to be blown up in order to break the transportation system to some degree. In view of the fact that the guards on the railroads were only about one or two hundred meters apart, the one who placed the bombs did so at great risk of

ELLIS 0. HINSEY

A Great Change Began to Take Place in My Life When I Learned What the Bible Teaches, and What God Expects of Us Who Live in This Age

JUNE 23, 1953

Summer vacation had more than one adventure • INTO TH

GATEWAY OFOF THE NORTH CITY OF NORTH RAY*:

P/1,10S, nsrvn>r 01 1111. Al'1111: Beside His Ancient Car Is My Chauffeur on a Section of Canada's Transcontinental Highway. Every Time We Hit a Bump the Door Flew Open

HAT a time I would be having during my summer vacation! I was going to drive new trucks The City of North Bay, Ontario, Is Called the Gateway of the North from Michigan out West. I'd see new places, meet new people, collect and I lifted my heart to God, asking that souvenirs, take beautiful Kodachrome pic- He give us today the same fervor, zeal, tures, and earn sufficient money for next and devotion, that possessed the early year's schooling at the same time. pioneers of this movement. I thought of Then who should come along but pub- the task that lies ahead, and of the joy to meet some of those people who are lishing secretaries from the various con- when the work is done and we meet those responsible for the advancement of God's ferences of the Lake Union, calling us to faithful ones who have gone to rest. work in Canada. enter upon the work that Mrs. White calls Two hours' travel from Battle Creek I spent the week end at Oshawa Mis- "missionary work of the highest order." brought us to Port Huron, which marks sionary College. A finer school could not I managed to withstand their persuasion the entrance to Canada. After the usual be found. I felt like just another member until the very last day—two hours before customs formalities we entered the do- of this happy family—as though I'd al- the Canadian representatives were to leave minion. Towns slipped by—London, ways belonged there. The president's at 9 A.M. They persuaded me, and so by Woodstock, Paris—and by midnight we fatherly vesper message, "In a little while 11 A.M. I was packed, and left with them had reached Toronto. Pleasure seekers of we're going home," brought anew to my for the field in which I was to labor for the the city's night life were just returning heart the hope of every Christian in summer. home, giving the streets a busy New York Christ's soon return, and the reason for J. M. Bucy, of the Canadian Union, effect. This is a city of over one million distributing God's literature to the homes. G. H. Rose, publishing secretary for the people, many thousands of whom have Many of the students there were entering Ontario-Quebec Conference, and I had a never heard the special gospel message the colporteur ministry for the summer. very pleasant trip. The countryside swept for this time. On Sunday afternoon Mr. Rose and I by—mile after mile of green hills dotted Our destination, on the northern shore charted our course northward, heading with farmhouses, newly clad trees, flower- of Lake Ontario, was Oshawa. Sleep came for the great north woods of Ontario. This ing shrubs, and gorgeous tulips of many easily, and needless to say continued a was the beginning of much traveling, for colors. The fragrance of cherry blossoms little longer than usual into the morning. one can journey for days and still be in filled the air. It was the glory of a Michi- After a hearty brunch (breakfast-lunch) Ontario. gan spring. prepared by Mrs. Bucy, we drove over to We spent the first night in a cabin on Battle Creek was a stop of prime in- the Ontario-Quebec Conference office. a lake shore. It was fun building a fire and terest. It was here that the work of Oshawa, some thirty miles from Toronto, preparing our own food, and then lying Seventh-day Adventists really matured. is the hub of Adventism in Canada. Here in bed listening to the steady tattoo of The White family graves are in Oak Hill is situated not only the local conference rain on the roof, the lapping of the water Cemetery on the outskirts of the city. As office but also the Canadian Union office, against the shore, the thirsty buzz of we entered I felt that the ground on the Kingsway Publishing Association, and mosquitoes, and the occasional cry of a which we were treading was holy ground, Oshawa Missionary College. I was happy lonely loon.

12 THE .;°0/4e11:4 INSTRUCTOR tore when I went

• NORTH FOR GOD •

By DONALD A. WEBSTER

• The car seats had to suffice. Needless to the experience of the sinner in coming to say we were rather stiff the next morning, Christ. but a few exercises in the brisk mountain These paper producers have a part in air soon relaxed our tired musdes. the colporteur ministry whether they We arrived at Chapleau, which marks realize it or not. They make the paper on the end of the road, at about 10 A.M. From which the gospel goes to the four corners here we proceeded by Canadian Pacific of the earth. Paper manufacturing goes Railways, arriving at Rossport, on the hand in hand with our publishing work. north shore of Lake Superior, just in time One man rapped at me, "Quit hawkin' to get a good night's sleep, on an empty books and get a job in the mill." stomach, before the work of the next day. "You make the paper, friend," I replied, This was where I was to begin canvassing. "I'll sell it." Nakina, on Canada's northernmost east- "Good morning Mrs. McDougle, I am and-west railway line, was my next place calling in the interest—" Thus began of labor. En route I passed through some the next morning, and I heard myself say of Canada's best lumber country. All one this for many, many weeks. The Lord could see was trees, trees, and more trees. blessed us so abundantly this first day that Even the rivers were chockablock with at 4:30 P.M. we stopped for the day, and logs on their way to the mills. celebrated with a boat ride on the lake. (We managed to canvass the boatman into giving us the trip for At the Paper Mill at Kapuskasing, Paper Is Manufac- tured for the Printing Plant of the New York Times half the usual cost.) At 4:00 A.M. Mr. Rose left, and I was alone. It was good for us to spend that quiet Alone? I was not alone. evening talking and praying together in The Lord was with me the candlelight. We reconsecrated our all through those weeks, lives to God and asked for strength, and I did not once regret realizing that in our own strength success my decision to canvass. could not be achieved. "Not by might, nor Red Rock, three miles by power, but by my spirit, saith the Lord south of Nipigon, where of hosts." two of our colporteurs The next morning we passed through were recently arrested by North Bay, near the home of the world- the police, was the next famous Dionne quintuplets. After a few town I canvassed. The hours of travel, we landed on Mars, at Lord encouraged me by least so it seemed to me, for not a tree or giving me a good start— even a blade of grass was in sight. All that over four hundred dollars' could be seen were gray, bleak rocks, worth of orders within the reared like petrified dinosaurs against the first three days. blue sky. Red Rock is a paper "We are nearing Sudbury," Mr. Rose pulp town. It is fascinating explained, "and the fumes from the to watch the dirty logs copper mines destroy the vegetation." enter the mill and leave in This is how I imagine the earth will the form of clean, white appear during the millenium. paper. I was reminded of From here we headed west until we reached Iron Bridge, on the north shore of Lake Huron, where we once again A Typical North Woods River Chockablock With Lumber on turned northward. As night fell there was Its Way to Pulp Mills on the no cozy cabin in which to settle down. North Shore of Lake Superior JUNE 23, 1953 13 After working a whole morning in never did come to pay me the promised home, where I studied the Sabbath and Nakina with hardly any results, I dis- visit. the sanctuary truths with her and her covered that another colporteur had The next morning I headed for Kapus- parents until 2 A.M. This happened a few entered my territory. "All things work kasing. This is the Model Town of the nights later again. They had just become together for good," however, and I pushed North. Located here is the Spruce Falls Protestants, and were searching for truth. on to Kapuskasing, and to what proved Power and Paper Company, where paper The Richers' turning to Protestantism to be far better territory. is made for the New York Times. is a most interesting story. Once each I had to travel on one of the slowest This great northland is not only famous month in their former church an offering trains in Canada to reach Kapuskasing. for its lumber and paper but also for its was taken for the support of the clergy- The first stage of the journey to Hearst, unsurpassed fishing. Hunting is another man. At the close of the service a list, with a distance of 140 miles, took twelve hours. sport for which this land is famous. Why the names of those who had contributed The passengers, except for an elderly should it not be a ripe field for the fishing and the amount given, was pinned up at woman and I, were all Indians. It rained and hunting of souls? "Behold, I will send the entrance to the church. and thundered most of the way. This for many fishers, saith the Lord, and they On this particular Sunday Mrs. Richer noise, accompanied by the loud talking shall fish them; and after will I send for walked to church in the snow. Her hus- and shouting of our Indian friends, stimu- band's business was not prospering, and lated by much drinking, caused a great they were finding it difficult to buy suf- deal of confusion. ficient food and clothing for themselves We reached Hearst at 11 P.M. It was and the two children. In her purse was all here that I spent the Sabbath. It was also the money she had—seventy-five cents. here that the police arrested me. I had This she was going to give toward the been studying my Bible, and was in need support of the cleric, who seemed to have of a certain text, so I decided to visit the all the worldly goods his heart could de- local library. On making inquiries my sire. landlady informed me that there was no As the offering plate came around she library in town, but suggested that I might emptied her purse into it, feeling that her find a concordance at the Roman Catholic duty was done. After a few minutes the church. I went, but found only a French man, having counted the money, climbed copy, which, with my vocabulary of fifteen into the pulpit. He was angry. The people French words, was of little use. So r9 SIzavulag Si g94 had not given him as much money as he On the way back it began to rain, so wanted. "Do you think I spent many I headed for the nearest house. A gray- By CECELIA STANLEY DERRY years in training to receive only this?" he haired woman answered my knock and shouted. "God will place a curse upon you seemed quite willing to let me stand on A song sparrow sings outside my door, unless you give more." the porch until it stopped raining. She His lilting voice the more Mrs. Richer was rather surprised at returned upstairs to her sewing. his behavior. She had seen him driving After a while she returned downstairs Exultant when the sky is gray around in a shiny new car, and knew that and closed and locked the door leading And hung with clouds throughout the day. he ate the best food money could buy. from the porch, where I was standing, into Meanwhile she was going without, her And shall I be less brave than he, the lounge. I thought this rather strange, family was going without, so that he could but dismissed it from my mind, and when When disappointments come to me? live on the fat of the land. "Does God re- the sky cleared, continued on my way. quire this?" she asked herself. "Does He I had gone only two blocks when a require me to pay in order to have my police van pulled up alongside. "Come sins forgiven?" Right there she decided along with me, buddy," barked the many hunters, and they shall hunt them she was going to buy a Bible, and find sergeant. from every mountain, and from every hill, out these things for herself. "Certainly," I replied, trying to be as and out of the holes of the rocks. For mine Night after night, as soon as the dishes friendly and polite as possible. eyes are upon all their ways: they are not were done, Mrs. Richer and her family On arriving at the police station he took hid from my face, neither is their iniquity would gather together to study God's me into a small room at the back of the hid from mine eyes." Word. Bit by bit the Lord revealed His building, seated me on the one side of In this town orders came easily. It was truth to them. Joy filled their hearts as a desk and himself on the other. Then here also that I made many good friends. they uncovered the blessed truths con- came an avalanche of questions: "Where On the first Monday evening I attended tained in the Scriptures—forgiveness of do you come from? What are you doing the Baptist young people's meeting, and sin by coming to the Lord in prayer, the here? What were you doing on the lady's then the prayer meeting on Wednesday second coming of Jesus, justification by porch?" et cetera. "Young man," he said, evening. After the study concerning the faith. A new day had dawned for them.

"you fit exactly the description of a judgment, the pastor allowed time for The Lord is speaking to the hearts of murderer we have been looking for. You questions. Seeing no one else had any, I these people, and it is amid much perse- are the man we want." He then sat asked a few. The pastor then wondered cution that they have taken their stand. silently watching what my reactions to this how I understood the judgment question, Their old friends no longer speak to them. accusation would be. I assured him that so I briefly stated what we believe. He of Those they have known for many years I was not a murderer, but was a very course thought I was entirely wrong, but refuse to associate with them. They were harmless fellow doing Christian work in some of the people present were definitely willing to forsake all for the knowledge of the vicinity. impressed, for they had never before Jesus and His saving grace. "And every I was then told to go to my room and heard many of the texts that I quoted. one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, stay there until the police came and looked A few nights later, at the request of the or sisters, . . . for my name's sake, shall through my belongings. That was four pastor, I spoke in the church on lifting receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit o'clock. By six they had not yet come, so Christ up even "as Moses lifted up the everlasting life." I went out to get something to eat. As I serpent in the wilderness," and then I was sorry to leave Kapuskasing and picked up the evening newspaper the showed some Kodachrome slides on Af- my many good friends. At the time of headlines caught my eye: "Toronto Axe rica. After the meeting one of the young my delivery in this town the Baptist minis- Murderer Arrested." My policemen friends women, Verna Richer, invited me to her To page 17

14 THE .1eLe4 INSTRUCTOR O DON'T see how you can possibly manage, even if Joanie helps you in the store," Mrs. Dunn remarked p one sunny morning soon after school closed. "You are right," agreed Mr. Dunn. "If I could find a good, dependable boy, a big strong one like Gene Grainger. But he—" "0 Daddy! Gene is fine now. Ever r since he talked with Uncle John when he went camping with the boys at Crystal YO T H Lake a year ago he has been different. Jack says anyone who talks with Uncle I f you really mean to carry the torch, John wants to be good and do better. Helen said so too." "Pastor Long leads people to Jesus." you must learn to "That is so, Daddy. Gene never does mean things to the little children. Why, all last year he helped them put on their overshoes, and even helped them in their games when we wanted him to play ball. He helped Donna and Bonnie Jean and me with our arithmetic, and didn't laugh at us when we couldn't get the problems. Do It Right • Our teacher depended on him." "He surely has changed. Kind, thought- ful, dependable, as you tell it. Hmmm! I think I shall run out to see Grandpa By INEZ BRASIER Elliott." "Do!" urged Mrs. Dunn. "Joanie and I will look after the store while you are gone." "You say he is dependable," mused Mr. Dunn, after he had talked with Grandpa Grandpa Elliott called up the stairs. to Gene. "I am having a large addition Elliott. "I like the sound of that." Gene answered by coming down, two built to my store. I am very busy with "We would like to keep him, but now steps at a time. that, and I need someone dependable to that Courtney's family is with us, and "Mr. Dunn needs a boy to work for wait on customers and do all the odd jobs Mr. Downs has the farm, we do not need him this summer. He wants you! And you I have no time for this summer. Do you him. I think he is learning to love Jesus," would be doing things you like to do." think you would like it?" added Grandma Elliott. "Could I make things sometimes?" "I'd like it fine, Mr. Dunn; only could "That sounds good too." asked Gene hopefully. I make things sometimes?" "We're right proud "We shall see," Mr. Dunn told him as of the way he fixed they got into the car and headed for the our pantry." Grand- store. "What I really need right now is ma Elliott opened the a clerk." door to disclose well- All went well for a few days—two arranged shelves and weeks to be exact. Then it happened! bins gleaming in "I never took such smart talk from my fresh paint. "It is own boys. If there was another good so convenient and grocery in this town I'd never step inside pleasant." this store, not even if Mr. Dunn himself "You say Gene did were to wait on me." Mrs. Leonard closed this?" her purse with a snap, and walked to her "He did!" car as briskly as her rheumatic knees "Gene is right allowed. handy with a ham- Gene's face was red, redder than his mer and saw. He hair. How could he have been so rude, so has carpenter sense. utterly, unbelievably rude? And what We will surely miss would Mr. Dunn say if he knew that he, him, but we have no Gene Grainger, was talking like that to more rooms for him customers? After all, he had been here to fix over," laughed only two weeks, and he couldn't possibly Grandpa Elliott. know all there was to know concerning Mr. Dunn turned the grocery business, nor even all that was on the shelves. And as to what was in H. ARMSTRONG ROBERTS the storeroom! "I've been a, a—" "Gene," Said Mr. Dunn, "I'm Busy Building an He seemed to hear Uncle John's words Addition on My Store. as he had often heard them all the year. I Need Someone Depend- able to Wait on Custom- "When you make mistakes, apologize. ers and Do Odd Jobs Make them right at once. Confess to Jesus

15 at once. That way you can win the victory "I never will." order! What is this? My grocer's maga- and grow to be like Jesus. And that is the Gene looked around as he stepped back zines on store arrangement." He smiled way to carry the torch." into the store. What a mess the shelves again as he glanced into the storeroom, Gene skidded around the end of the were! And only yesterday he had told a and as he wrote certain letters before he counter, and in six steps stood beside Mrs. customer there was no tapioca when he went to bed. In fact he smiled often as he Leonard's car. knew there were cartons of it on the store- totaled up the cash receipts night after "Mrs. Leonard, I—I apologize. I've no room shelves. And the fresh fruit and night and noted newer and better arrange- excuse for being so horribly rude." vegetable section! Whew! ments of goods. There in one window "That sounds better, young man. I do "You don't deserve a chance to show were Mrs. Leonard's flowers. She always like to do my trading here. Mr. Dunn what a carpenter you are—and maybe left them when she went for a month's lives his religion." you aren't! Maybe that is the reason not visit to her daughter in the city. Gene's face was redder still. "Please so many people have come in for groceries "He stood the test! He is dependable in forgive me! I'm afraid I haven't carried this week. Maybe there are two reasons! every way now, even when doing work the torch." And maybe that's just the reason Mr. he does not like to do very well. He has "What is that?" Dunn read that verse for worship this redeemed himself in matters of courtesy," "That means living and talking like morning. "Whatsoever thy hand findeth Mr. Dunn told Mrs. Dunn one evening a Jesus." to do, do it with thy might." And that month later. "By the way, are you caring "Oh! Mr. Dunn's way. I believe I will quotation he read! "Whatever we do, in for Mrs. Leonard's flowers? They seem finish my order after all. I planned, when whatever department of the work we are to be doing unusually well." I came back to the car, to find a good placed, He desires to control our minds, "Why, no! I have been busy in the grocery in Centerville." that we may do perfect work. Religion house. Gene went to the greenhouse just "I am so ashamed. Will you give me and business are not two separate things, before Mrs. Leonard brought them. He another chance?" —they are one." Perfect work! Mr. Dunn must have a green thumb!" Gene held the car door open and then will never have to read that again. "Well, whatever it is, they are doing helped Mrs. Leonard step up onto the Gene was almost too tired to eat supper exceptionally well." walk. And the order of groceries! Never, that night, but that store! Not in a long A few mornings later Gene turned as in his two weeks, had he filled such a time had it been so clean and the groceries Mr. Dunn came into the store. large one. Then he carried the cartons to on the shelves in such orderly array. Not the car and helped Mrs. Leonard step in a long time had the cartons of groceries "Lyle," he said to the young man with down from the walk to the street. in the storeroom been so well sorted and him, "this is my clerk, Gene Grainger. "I can see that you know how to be stored. He will tell you everything about the courteous, that you know how to carry Mr. Dunn smiled as he went into the work, and you had better learn it all today, the torch, as you express it. Son, don't store in the evening. "Hmm! Mrs. including the value of courtesy in the ever let it fall again." Leonard came back after all. And what an grocery business. I am transferring Gene tomorrow." Mr. Dunn's smile was very broad as he went into the new addition now almost complete. Between customers Gene and Lyle went over everything in the store. "Here is the way I have stacked the cartons in the "Roma game storeroom. Mr. Dunn has a very large order due in here today. Some of it is new foodstuffs. I've cleaned out and fixed up By BETTY BERKELEY this off corner for them. It has to be especially clean and dampproof. Mr. Dunn has grocery business magazines, and I study them for ideas." "Lots of work. More'n I like." e RESTRIDGE-5 miles." The highway dusk I did not notice the car creeping sign just ahead set my heart to beat- around the curve ahead—the curve just "You'd better like it, and be good, if ing in a faster tempo, seeming to thump the other side of which, I knew, was the you want to hold down this job. Best out, "Hurry up! Hurry up! Almost there! house where dear Uncle Jack lived. How grocery in the county, and you'd better Hurry up!" I longed to talk with him again! keep it so." Through my mind paraded, as though Suddenly the headlights broke through "Are you telling me!" someone were turning the pages of a my deep thought, and I realized that I The next morning Mr. Dunn called travel magazine, the Grand Canyon, giant was on the wrong side of the road. But Gene into the addition. He pointed to redwoods, Niagara Falls, fields of cotton the realization coincided with reaction, and a new carpenter's toolbox. —all the beautiful sights I had seen on my I sank down in the seat at the crash of "All yours, Gene. Now let's see you cross-country journey. True, the trip had metal and the splinter of glass. I awoke work with the carpenter putting in the broadened my horizons, given me a new in Brentwood Hospital, fifty miles from shelving. He has the plans. He will teach insight on life, and shown me many beau- home. you to read the blueprints. If you have tiful new things, but all seemed so insig- So near and yet so far. We can feel just ideas, talk them over with him. And you nificant now that home was only five miles on the verge of being in the heavenly might read Proverbs 22:29 this noon. I up the white-lined pavement. home when Satan creeps up and hands us am depending on you!" As I thought of home, and the beat of a movie, a dance, a card game, a cigarette, That noon in his room Gene read, my heart quickened, my foot responded and we are too engrossed in reviewing "Seest thou a man diligent in his business? by pressing ever harder on the gas pedal. our goodnesses even to realize that harm he shall stand before kings; he shall not The old curves and nooks in the highway could come to us. Before we know it, the stand before mean men." "That surely brought back many memories as I drove distance is twice as long on the road home- means carrying the torch! Jesus was per- along, and I smiled at their recollection. ward because we have slidden far back. It fect in His carpenter work. I don't know So deeply engrossed was I in recalling is wise always to watch and be ready, for just how to pray about it, but Jesus, make old times and old friends that in the hazy the Lord comes as a thief in the night. me perfect in my work too."

16 THE ZlClel,t4:2 INSTRUCTOR Into the North for God because this is a land of many Indians. I was surprised to see on this small They speak the Cree language, one word piece of land, only three square miles in From page 14 of which I managed to remember— area and so far north, flower gardens and ter placed his automobile at my disposal. kiskinohumatowekumik, meaning school. vegetables. Fields of barley also ripen in From here I moved on to Smooth Rock Schooling must be very difficult in this the long, warm summer days. The in- Falls, and then to Cochrane. Here again area. habitants enjoy their own potatoes, lettuce, I found a needy and ready field for our truth-filled literature. One afternoon I came to a home where I found a mother in tears. She told me that her husband had just died the eve- ning before, and then went on to tell me of a life of sin in the service of Satan. She had left home as a young girl to face the world alone. After a number of years she returned, only to find that her Seecieitmetwe the waq mother would have nothing to do with her. She then turned to her father, who lived on the other side of town, and stayed By HARRY BAERG with him. In time she married him. Now her husband was dead, and she was left with seven children and no money It will probably surprise a number of life and especially of wolves, have a high to feed or clothe them. Oh, how Satan readers to learn that the allegedly raven- regard for these animals. They maintain entices souls into his net of deceit, dis- ing and bloodthirsty wolf of fiction is that wolves do not care for the flesh of appointment, and disgrace. Satan never actually a kindhearted and peace-loving man, and must be extremely hungry be- fails to desert those in his service when animal, a model parent. There is no fore they will eat the carcass of a man help is needed most. doubt that in farming and ranching areas already dead in the wilderness, still less The next stage of my journey was the wolves have destroyed much livestock. run one down. Stories of packs of wolves most interesting as well as the most profit- A carnivorous animal the size of a wolf pursuing people have been proved to be able. Moosonee, on the tip of James Bay can hardly be expected to live, much less almost universally false. It is true that and approximately two hundred miles raise a family, on mice and small rodents. there are outlaws among wolves as there north of Cochrane, was my destination. It In wilderness surroundings these animals are among men and dogs, and certain was here that the Lord's blessings were act as a natural check on the big game individuals have at times terrorized the richest. around them, weeding out the unfit, and whole countrysides, but that does not The trip was made on the Polar Bear preventing the herds from multiplying prove the whole tribe guilty. Express, which runs twice a week and to larger numbers than their pastures Authors, in their desire to be melo- takes the best part of a day to cover the can support. dramatic, have overplayed the bloody distance one way. There is no road up to Extensive studies by the United States side of the wolf's character. Moosonee, only the rail line that was Department of Fish and Wildlife, and We live in a world that is far from completed in 1932. We were supposed also by individuals, have done much to ideal because of the curse of sin, and who to arrive at 5 P.M., but did not get there vindicate this creature, and to assign it can say that the wolf killing a caribou until 9 P.M.—this being considered early. a rightful place in the complex balance to feed its young commits a greater crime The dining car on this train is very ap- of nature. These highly intelligent ani- than the bluebird that kills a worm to propriately named Agumik, or Place of mals are closely related to our dogs and feed its young, or the housewife who Eating. have the same traits that have endeared traps a mouse? Does the size of the victim I proceeded directly across the mighty these creatures to mankind. increase the enormity of guilt? Moose River to Moose Factory (island), Eminent naturalists such as Victor which lies three miles from the mainland, Cahalane, Adolph Murie, and Ernest [Next week will bring the first installment in about halfway across. The crossing was Thompson Seton, who have spent much the picture story of Silvermane the Wolf.— made by canoe. It was a real Indian canoe, of their lives in objective study of wild EDITOR.)

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1. Winnie lived on, and watched the 2. One day a male heron came to the 3. She liked it and decided to let him 4. Other heron families also grew, and mangrove islands slowly grow up again mangrove island she called her own. remain. Together they built a nest the numbers increased until now, with into the peaceful world she had once Since it was spring and she was lonely, and raised a large, hungry family. the help of government protection, known. She was lonely as she traveled she allowed him to stay and put on Winnie once more began to think that there are quite a few of the stately about. Sometimes she saw other herons. a performance of his very best dance. life was not really so bad after all. white birds again around the mangroves. JUNE 23, 1953 17 tion. Wear a red tie, and let it hang out- side your jacket, and do not speak to anybody there before I speak to you." The In Favor of Man following day I met this person at the indicated place and time. I talked with The special system of tithing was founded upon a principle which is as enduring the man and got orders to meet him the as the law of God. This system of tithing was a blessing to the Jews, else God would not haTe given it them. So also will it be a blessing to those who carry it out to the next day at another place. When I arrived end of time. Our heavenly Father did not originate the plan of systematic benevolence there another man came. "Follow me," to enrich Himself, but to be a great blessing to man. He saw that this system of was his only command. He went to one of beneficence was just what man needed.—"Testimonies," vol. 3, pp. 404, 405. the customs offices at the harbor. There he dressed himself in a customs officer's uniform, and introduced himself as one of the Danish customs officers. After I had written a letter to my home and onions, and even, on occasion, corn inner thirsting for a better, purer, richer in Southern Jutland informing my parents of my plans to flee to Sweden, the stranger and tomatoes. life. Their cry, along with the millions On my last evening at Moosonee I stood throughout the world today, is, "I want and I proceeded to go on board the wait- outside until twelve o'clock watching the to be happy." Our books contain the ing ship. Strange feelings welled up inside northern lights careen and dance. This is formula that leads to a successful, happy me as we passed the guards, who had a beautiful sight to behold. The sunsets life. machine guns and grenades ready to use are also magnificent. At this late hour I Iroquois Falls, Matheson, and Anson- in killing any uncooperative person. could still see a rim of light on the western ville were the next three towns that I can- Though death stared into our faces several horizon. In this mystic northland the cares vassed. At the last-mentioned town I times, we reached the ship in safety. Then of life are forgotten in the joy of living. started a physical culture course, that is, I was taken to the bottom of the ship, In the five days spent here I took, with canvassing from farm to farm on a bicycle. where ten other Danish men were hidden. the help of our heavenly Father, more This is the best leg exercise possible. The We were told to be perfectly quiet; not than one thousand dollars' worth of first day I covered sixteen miles, the a word was to be spoken. The enemy were orders. Thursday was the best day of all, second seventeen, and the third twenty, to.investigate the ship at four o'clock, and when orders amounted to $385. I give spending the night at the place where I for us to be found would mean death. the Lord all the honor and the glory. happened to be when the sun set. At four o'clock the guards appeared. We On the way down I had a rather in- Then came the most difficult part of the could hear them enter; we could hear teresting experience at Island Falls. The summer's work—delivering. Almost seven them coming down the steps; yes, they Staff House was full, so I knocked at the hundred miles lay between where I now were constantly coming closer. Would door of a private home and asked the was and the small town in which I had they lift those boxes that hid us? No, all woman whether she had a room for me begun my summer's work—a distance was over now; they were on their way for the night. She said she did, but first representing four thousand dollars in back. wanted to know what I was doing. I told orders. It is at a time such as this that one Without further disturbance the ship her that I was a student selling books for realizes his dependence upon God. The sailed into Swedish waters, where the the summer. This seemed to satisfy her. notification letters had been sent out, God Swedish police came and got us. Upon After I was comfortably settled in my would do His part, the rest was up to me. leaving Sweden the ship proceeded on its room, she came to me and said that she The Lord was very near during those journey to Germany. hoped I hadn't minded her asking what I delivery days, in which time $3,400 worth I spent two weeks in a refugee camp was doing, but they were expecting a of books was placed in the homes. God near Goteborg before I obtained employ- Seventh-day Adventist in town, and she will water this seed. ment as a butcher in a little Swedish town. wouldn't want to give him a room. In As I headed back to college it was with I made good wages, and lived in com- fact the superintendent had warned them a thankful and happy heart. The beauty parative peace and plenty. against this. of summer had turned to autumn's gran- One evening while I was on the road I told her that I was the Seventh-day deur. The summer was ended, and with to visit one of my newly made friends Adventist they were expecting. I felt sorry God's help I had had a small part in pre- in Sweden, a stranger approached me. for her, for she blushed terribly and was at paring the people of the North for the "Good evening, friend," he said; "my a loss for words. Finally, after much de- day so soon to break. name is Gunnar Engen. I'm holding some liberation, she decided to let me stay. evangelistic meetings in town. Here is This family turned out to be one of the an invitation for you to attend. I'll be finest I had stayed with during the entire looking for you tomorrow night." summer. They had just lost a son, and as I Was a Butcher "Thank you," I replied, and took the we sat around the table that evening the tract he gave me. The next day I thought mother said to her other son, with tears From page 11 about this man. I said to myself, "At least streaming down her cheeks, "It seems he does something to get people to come just like old times again, doesn't it?" I careful to use code conversation, because to his meetings." I went to hear what he was able to open the comforting words of the enemy was listening on all lines. One had to say. Scripture to them. The Spirit of God was day I got a call to meet a man at a certain The subject of the sermon at the first present during my stay there. place and time. The man did not come, meeting was the great image of Daniel 2, From here I traveled out to a lumber and I was wondering why. Next day I and it was very interesting to me. So I camp on the banks of the Abitibi River, was told that the transport on which I went again and again to the evangelistic spending the night in the bunkhouse with should have gone to Sweden had been meetings. The preacher came to my room the lumberjacks. These men are certainly discovered; all on board lost their lives. I often. Since he was a refugee from Nor- in need of the good news of Jesus' saving understand now why I was held back. way, we had many common interests. He grace. All along this northern line I came God had saved me. was different from all other preachers I across men and women without a Saviour, Again arrangements were made to help had ever met. Yes, he did not think him- men and women blighted physically and me to escape quickly. One day a voice self too good to come and see me in the spiritually by the demon alcohol, men over the wire said, "Meet me at ten o'clock slaughterhouse once in a while, in spite and women steeped in sin, yet with an at Harbor Street, opposite the police sta- of the fact that he hated to see me kill

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ORDER FROM YOUR BOOK AND BIBLE HOUSE 20 THE INSTRUCTOR the animals. Because of his friendliness After I returned home I went to him and courage I had great confidence in him. and said, "I know that everything you When he began preaching health prin- have talked about is in accordance with CAMP DESMOND T. DOSS ciples, which included refraining from the Bible—the baptism, the Sabbath, the National Medical Cadet Corps Camp smoking as well as from drinking, I did health principles, and the rest—and I not enjoy his services. When he came to know if I shall be a Christian I shall be June 30—July 14 the climax of his meetings, the Sabbath, an Adventist. During the past week I Grand Ledge, Michigan that was too much for me. I liked my have tried to live my life as I did before trade, in which I had a very fine special meeting you, but I cannot find peace; so Write to your training, but it would not work with the here I am, and I will give myself, praying Union Missionary Volunteer Secretary Seventh-day Adventist health principles. that the Lord will receive me as I am." for particulars TODAY For years my business had been butchering Then we prayed together. We prayed that and sausage making. I said to Mr. Engen, God would give me power to overcome "If it will be necessary for me to leave my every vice. I shall never forget the peace trade in order to be a Seventh-day Advent- that came to my heart. Here again GOd fifteen minutes it would blow up. Every ist, then the price is too high." Also at worked a miracle, because since that day worker therefore was to leave immedi- that time I had a chance to get my own I have not had the slightest desire to ately. After fifteen minutes the bombs ex- store and factory, and make ten to fifteen smoke. Many times before I had tried to ploded and smoke and fire were seen. A thousand dollars a year. So I said good-by quit because of a desire to excel in discus few minutes later it was learned that to these new religious ideas altogether, and throwing, broad jumping, and running several workers had been killed. But why? went hunting for a week. one-hundred-meter dashes—but always They had all been informed what was to But I could not travel away from the without success. happen, but some did not believe that it Lord. I got no rest, for the Holy Spirit I am so happy that God gave me power would be possible for the men from the was working on my heart. Every time I to overcome and to be His follower, be- underground to get the bombs through the took a cigarette I thought of the sin I was cause time is indeed short, and nobody guard and into the factory, so they re- committing. The tobacco did not taste knows when it will be too late to repent. mained at their work. In fifteen minutes so good as before, either, and everything A factory that produced war material for it was too late for them to heed the warn- went wrong. While the Spirit worked the occupying forces was to be sabotaged, ing. more and more upon my heart I thought, and after several dangerous attempts the We are all warned, probably more than "Can I ever be happy again after having bombs were placed. Then a member from once. May none respond too late. If we met this man and heard these things he the underground phoned this factory, and cannot be a big light in our Master's work, preaches from the Bible?" informed the superintendent that in perhaps we can be a little light that can light a big one. The world needs Chris- tian youth, because it is young people who have the best success in warning young Check Your I.Q. people of the world. I know it, for I my- self have been one of them. I respected By FREDRIK W. EDWARDY Gunnar Engen because he was young and How well do you remember facts and figures that because he came to me and told me that you read in newspapers, books, and magazines? See how many of the following you recognize. A score Jesus had not come to this world only to of six right answers is excellent, five is fine, and help the old people to die, but that He four is passing. had come to help young people live and 1. The longest airplane runway in the world is now being built at Muroc Dry Lake to make clear to them that God always in California. How long will it be? gives those who obey His commands more a. 11 miles b. 22 miles than He takes. c. 33 miles As I continue in my educational pro- Animals of the Bible 2. Earthquake waves often circle the globe. gram, determined to become a medical By GOLDIE CAVINESS After a huge tremor recently how many times missionary, I hope that I may develop the did the shock girdle the earth? same love in my heart that one of my I. What unusual list of animals served to a. Four times b. Six times friends had. Before he was executed by the carry the "mail" from the king's palace? c. Eight times enemies of his country at sunrise on June 2. To what swift animals were the horses 3. The longest name in the Bible, Maher- 23, 1944, he wrote in his last letter to his of the Chaldeans compared? shalalhashbaz, is found in which book? parents: "My last wish is that when there What two animal figures did Jeroboam 3. a. Isaiah b. Lamentations is peace again in the world, you will take make in gold? c. Ezekiel 4. What wild animals had David slain be- an enemy orphan child to your home in- fore his encounter with the giant? 4. Nearly everyone knows that there are 66 stead of me, for such is God's will." Only books in the Bible, but do you know how with such a love and a perfect unselfish- 5. The blood of what animal was used to many chapters there are? (Guess!) dip Joseph's coat? ness will we .be able to do great things for a. 589 b. 989 6. With what animal was Elisha plowing c. 1,189 our Lord. when Elijah called him? 7. What animals did Abel raise? 5. What is considered the standard width 8. On what animal was Rebekah riding of newspaper columns? when she saw her future husband for the a. One and a half inches b. Two inches MV Youth in Action first time? c. Two and a half inches 9. List some of the animals belonging to 6. About how many quarts of milk can a From page 10 Job. prize cow give? 10. What animals of his father's did Saul a. 16 quarts b. 26 quarts the songs illustrated by pictures on the hunt? c. 46 quarts flannelgraph board. They learned the new 11. What animal was provided in place of songs quickly, and seemed to enjoy them According to the latest estimates, about offering Isaac? 7. very much. 12. How many horses did Solomon have for how many stars can be counted in the entire his chariots? heavens with the naked eye? That afternoon we presented our pro- c. 4,000 13. On what animal was Absalom riding a. 1,000 b. 2,000 gram. It was greatly appreciated. Our when he got hanged in the tree? Keys on page 23 young people in some of these isolated, JUNE 23, 1953 21 far-off churches often find Sabbath after- are going out to share their faith with The Challenge of North Africa noons very lonely. As we left that evening, others, that His coming may be hastened. they told us that the program had been We ask you all to pray for us that we may From page 8 an inspiration to them. do our part to carry the torch of truth. The next week we arranged with W. E. Arabic books that had been shipped in Olson, who has started the work in North from the Middle East. Lebanon, to give the program in the Miniature Camp Meeting How wonderful it is to see God opening Kafarhazeer church. This village is about doors for His people when they move three hours' drive from Beirut. When By Ed Jerman forward with faith! Pastor Olson first went to that section of The medical work, the right arm of the Approximately 350 men, women, and Lebanon five years ago we had no work message, is a means of touching many children who love nature and the out-of- there. But with faithfulness, persistence, hearts with new hope. This is the way doors attended the miniature camp meet- and hard work he has raised up a church we must reach the Arab world. The Mis- ing held Sabbath, May 2, sponsored by of about thirty-five baptized members, sionary Volunteers of Europe with their the Married Students' Club of Walla and many interested people attend our rolling dispensary in North Africa will Walla College. meetings regularly. indeed find a new way of sharing their The campsite was a meadow in the The Sabbath we were scheduled to go faith. The challenge of North Africa is Kooskooskie valley. Sabbath school was dawned rainy and cold. In fact it was tremendous. We must accept it, and with held for the adult, primary, and junior one of the coldest days of the winter. God's power finish the work where the divisions. Mrs. Garlon Wallace took Nevertheless at 7:00 A.M. we boarded the Master points the way. charge of the adult meeting. Others who bus. On meeting us Pastor Olson said, "I took part in the Sabbath school were was wondering whether you would come Eddie Norton, who gave the review, and in such weather, but I am glad you are Dean Meier, who gave the lesson study. here." Missionary Volunteers are not dis- SABBATH Delbert Lewis led the song service, while couraged by rain or cold when they are Mrs. Frank Salt accompanied with her out to share their faith. accordion. One of the high lights of the SCHOOL Because members walk to church from Sabbath school was the special number by nearby villages, many of them were unable Warren Stewart, who sang "Trees." to come that rainy Sabbath. However, we Mrs. Edward Cross, with other mothers, went on with our program. conducted the primary division. The Senior Youth Lesson That afternoon we gave the same pro- junior division was entertained by Dr. gram in Tripoli. Pastor Olson has rented Ernest Booth, who gave a nature study. I—Sacrificial Blood in the Story of a house there where he holds meetings The group hiked up to the wood-hewn the Redemption two or three nights a week. Because the church overlooking a stream for the audience would be mostly non-Adventists, church service. All were impressed by the (July 4) we had to change our program a bit. Also scene, which further made one realize we did our best in using the correct classi- MEMORY VERSE: John 3:16. the wonderful presence of God. LESSON HELPS: The Desire of Ages, pp. cal Arabic language. We hope and pray 19-26 ; Patriarchs and Prophets, chaps. 5, 13, 24. that the program we gave that afternoon The sermon of the day was given by has helped some soul to decide to shine Prof. Eugene Winter, who very plainly Daily Study Assignment for Christ. expressed the wrongs being done to Ad- 1. Survey the entire lesson. vent youth by an incomplete home and 2. Ques. 1-3 and notes. Most of the villages in Lebanon have 3. Ques. 4-6 and note. not yet heard the message of Christ's soon church recreation program. To quote one 4. Ques. 7-9 ; read The Desire of Ages, pp. part of his sermon: "Many children regard 19-26. coming. Our young people in this division 5. Ques. 10-12 and note. their homes as cows regard the barn—a 6. Read from Patriarchs and Prophets assign- place to eat and sleep." ment. 7. Review entire lesson. Special music was given by the AD quartet. The remainder of the day was Revelation of the Mystery spent in fellowship with one another and 1. How far back does the plan of salvation Believe It or Not extend? Rev. 13:8; Rom. 16:25. communion with the Lord. NOTE.—The Revised Version of Romans but on the Baltimore Pike Before returning home an MV pro- 16:25 reads, "The mystery which hath been kept in silence through times eternal." "From between Washington and gram with the theme of creation week the beginning, God and Christ knew of the Baltimore there once was a was presented.—The Collegian. apostasy of Satan, and of the fall of man through the deceptive power of the apostate. billboard advertising a very God did not ordain that sin should exist, but popular brand of beer. Be- He foresaw its existence, and made provision to meet the terrible emergency. So great was yond the billboard was a His love for the world, that He covenanted to well-known cemetery. On the Travel for God at S.M.C. give His only begotten Son, 'that whosoever billboard were these words: believeth in Him should not perish, but have By H. B. Lundquist everlasting life.' "—The Desire of Ages, p. 22. "Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, 2. What was the first indication to man that drink the beer that you can The musical organizations of Southern God had provided a plan of salvation? Gen. 3:15. trust!" A clergyman lodged a NOTE.—"Adam did not fully understand what Missionary College, Collegedale, Tennes- he had done or the results of his disobedience. protest with the brewery that see, have been touring the Southern God had told him that sin meant death. . . . had erected the sign. He felt Union. Visits to Highland and Forest But Adam had never seen death, and he did not comprehend what it involved. It was to it was sacrilegious. The sign Lake academies, Madison and Oakwood impress upon his mind the nature of sin that was taken down. But never colleges, and the Riverside Sanitarium God clothed Adam and Eve in the skins of was there a truer ad. The animals that had been sacrificed. Adam, looking were part of the itinerary. They provided at death for the first time, must have been pro- man who drinks frequently special music at youth rallies and church foundly impressed with the sinfulness of sin. winds up in the cemetery. . . . Death suddenly takes on a new and deeper services as well. meaning for Adam. He begins to understand W. A. SCHARFFENBERG. During the 1952-53 school year several that unless the Lamb dies for him, he will be of the faculty members conducted Weeks dead, like the animal lying at his feet, without future, without hope, without God. Ever after, of Prayer in large churches and some of the skin in which he was clothed reminded him our academies. of his sin, but also, and more, of salvation from 22 THE ZlQcdi INSTRUCTOR sin."-M. L. ANDREASEN, The Sanctuary Serv- whosoever believeth in him should not perish, NoTE.-"It had been difficult even for the ice (1937), pp. 17, i8. but have everlasting life." John 3:16. angels to grasp the mystery of redemption,- to comprehend that the Commander of heaven, The Patriarchs Understood the Atonement Guiding Thought the Son of God, must die for guilty man. When the command was given to Abraham to offer up • 3. Why was Abel's offering acceptable to God God made the earth to be a happy and beauti- his son, the interest of all heavenly beings was and Cain's was not? Gen. 4:3-5; Heb. 11:4. ful place for Adam and Eve and their family. enlisted. With intense earnestness they watched NOTE.-"Abel grasped the great principles of But Satan tempted, Adam and Eve yielded to each step in the fulfillment of this command. redemption. He saw himself a sinner, and he his temptation, and God's beautiful plan was When to Isaac's question, 'Where is the lamb saw sin, and its penalty death, standing be- spoiled. The earth came under the rule of Satan, for a burnt-offering?' Abraham made answer, tween his soul and communion with God. He the prince of darkness, but not forever. God had 'God will provide Himself a lamb' ; and when brought the slain victim, the sacrificed life, an emergency plan. Immediately after Adam the father's hand was stayed as he was about thus acknowledging the claims of the law that and Eve realized the awful results of their to slay his son, and the ram which God had had been transgressed. Through the shed blood disobedience to God and their giving in to provided was offered in the place of Isaac,- he looked to the future sacrifice, Christ dying Satan, God told them that although there would then light was shed upon the mystery of re- be a long and deadly struggle between Satan • on the cross of Calvary ; and trusting in the demption, and even the angels understood more atonement that was there to be made, he had and the children of Adam and Eve, finally One clearly the wonderful provision that God had the witness that he was righteous, and his offer- would come who would deal a deadly blow to made for man's salvation."-Ibid., p. 155. ing accepted."-Patriarchs and Prophets, p. Satan, and right and happiness would finally 7 2 . triumph. So Adam and Eve became acquainted ASSIGNMENT 5 with the way of salvation. Although they saw 4. What act of Noah's shows that he under- suffering and death, they knew this was only How the "Connecting Link" Between Man and stood the significance of shed blood in the plan of redemption? How did the Lord respond to his the serpent bruising the heel, and that soon One God Was Taught offering? Gen. 8:20-22. was to come who was to bruise the serpent's head. In the lives of patriarchs occurred many 8. What scene was opened to Jacob's view in a 5. Through what experience was Abraham incidents that served as object lessons to show dream one night on his way to his uncle's home made to understand the atoning sacrifice of Jesus? after fleeing from the wrath of his brother Esau? Gen. 22:2-13; Heb. 11:17-19. that Christ through His suffering would cause Gen. 28:10-12. Satan to be defeated. NOTE.-"Abraham understood this [that NOTE.-"In this vision the plan of redemption was presented to Jacob, not fully, but in such through sacrifices and the ministration of blood ASSIGNMENT 1 God had provided a way of escape] when the parts as were essential to him at that time. The ram caught in the thicket was accepted in the Read the lesson texts and the guiding thought. mystic ladder revealed to him in his dream was place of his son. He had doubtless not fully the same to which Christ referred in His con- grasped the significance of his own answer when ASSIGNMENT 2 versation with Nathanael. Said He, 'Ye shall Isaac inquired of him, 'Where is the lamb for see heaven open, and the angels of God ascend- a burnt offering ?' Gen. 22 :7. To this Abraham God's Plan for Saving Us From Satan's Power ing and descending upon the Son of Man.' . . . had answered: 'My son, God will provide Him- The ladder represents Jesus, the appointed • I. When Adam and Eve listened to Satan and medium of communication. Had He not with selfa lamb.' . . . In the ram caught in the believed and obeyed him instead of their Creator, thicket. which died instead of his son, Abraham they placed themselves under his rule and in his His own merits bridged the gulf that sin had saw Christ. He rejoiced and was glad."-The destroying power. But God had a plan by which made, the ministering angels could have held no Sanctuary Service, p. 22. the earth would be won back from the destroyer. communion with fallen man."-Ibid., p. 184. In what words did He make known this plan to 9. By what act did Jacob acknowledge next 6. What were the terms of the covenant as re- Adam and Eve? Gen. 3:15. affirmed to Abraham as a result of the experience morning that he understood the way of God for on Mount Moriah? Who, then, are rightly classed NOTE. "This sentence, uttered in the hear- man's salvation? Verses 18, 19. as the children of Abraham? Gen. 22:16-18; Gal. ing of our first parents, was to them a promise. 3:6-9. 29. While it foretold war between man and Satan, ASSIGNMENT 6 it declared that the power of the great adversary The Blood a Saving Token to Israel would finally be broken. . . . Though they must How the "Sufferings of Christ" Were Taught 7. Under what circumstances did God institute suffer from the power of their mighty foe, they 10. What trial did Joseph's brothers bring upon the Passover festival among the Israelites? What could look forward to final victory."-Patri- their young brother? Gen. 37:23-28. part did the blood play in this experience? Ex. archs and Prophets, pp. 65, 66. 11. What further suffering came to Joseph in the 12:1-13. 2. What sacrifice did God's great love and pity land unto which he was taken as a slave? Gen. 8. Why was it necessary for the Israelites to for those He had created lead Him to make? John 39:20. follow the specific instructions as to the applica- 3:16. 12. How did these undeserved trials work to- tion of the blood? Verses 21-23. 3. Was the Son of God as willing to be given gether for the good of his brothers and his father? 9. How fully did the children of Israel obey as God was to give Him? Titus 2:13, 14. How did Joseph's love for his brothers who had the instructions? How was their obedience re- ill-treated him teach of Christ's love for undeserv- NOTE.-"The Godhead was stirred with pity ing mankind? Gen. 45:7. warded? Verses 28-37. for the race, and the Father, the Son, and the 10. For how long and where were the children Holy Spirit gave Themselves to the working NOTE.-"Joseph, through his bondage in of Israel to observe the Passover? What were out of the plan of redemption. In order fully Egypt, became a saviour to his father's family ; they to tell their children? Verses 24-27. to carry out this plan, it was decided that yet this fact did not lessen the guilt of his NOTE.-"The Passover was to be both com- Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, should brothers. So the crucifixion of Christ by His memorative and typical, not only pointing back give Himself an offering for sin. What line enemies made Him the redeemer of mankind, to the deliverance from Egypt, but forward to can measure the depth of this love ?"-Counsels the saviour of the fallen race, and ruler over the whole world; but the crime of His mur- the greater deliverance which Christ was to on Health, pp. 222, 223. accomplish in freeing His people from the derers was just as heinous as though God's providential hand had not controlled events for bondage of sin. The sacrificial lamb represents ASSIGNMENT 3 'the Lamb of God,' in whom is our only hope His own glory and the good of man."-Ibid., of salvation. Says the apostle, 'Christ our How the "Shedding of Blood" Was Taught p. 239. passover is sacrificed for us.' It was not enough 4. To show that the way of salvation was a ASSIGNMENT 7 that the paschal lamb be slain ; its blood must way of suffering, God prepared a system of offer- be sprinkled upon the door-posts ; so the merits ings for sin. A spotless and innocent lamb or other What symbols or incidents in the days of the of Christ's blood must be applied to the soul. animal had to be killed, its blood shed, and its patriarchs illustrate the following truths in the We must believe, not only that He died for the body burnt on an altar, to reveal to the sinner the plan of salvation ? world, but that He died for us individually. We awful price that must be paid for sin. What is the r. Through Jesus communication between first record we have in the Bible of offerings being must appropriate to ourselves the virtue of the made, and how was the struggle between obedi- earth and heaven has been re-established. atoning sacrifice."-Patriarchs and Prophets, ence and disobedience, faith and disbelief, shown 2. Christ had to put up with ill-treatment P. 277. in these two offerings? Gen. 4:3-5. from those who should have loved and shielded 11. What call did Hezekiah, through the king, Him, in order to carry out the plan of salvation. 5. Of what was Abel's offering a witness? Heb. 3. send to the wayward Israelites? What blessing 11:4. Our heavenly Father had to make a heart- did they receive when they returned to God? breaking sacrifice in order to carry out the 2 Chron. 30:1-5, 13-16, 26, 27. NOTE.-"Abel grasped the great principles of plan of salvation. redemption. He saw himself a sinner, and he 4. The carrying out of the plan necessitates 12. How do the sacrifices under the first testa- saw sin, and its penalty death, standing between ment bring a promise of eternal salvation under the shedding of blood. the new? Heb. 9:15. his soul and communion with God. He brought the slain victim, the sacrificed life, thus ac- knowledging the claims of the law that had been transgressed. Through the shed blood he looked to the future sacrifice, Christ dying on the cross of Calvary ; and trusting in the atonement Skyrfrzieved - YOUTH LESSON that was there to be made, he had the witness that he was righteous, and his offering ac- cepted."-Patriarchs and Prophets, p. 72. ANIMALS OF THE BIBLE 1. Esther 8:10. 2. Hab. 1:8. 3. 1 Kings 12:28. I-How the Patriarchs Learned ASSIGNMENT 4 4. 1 Sam. 17:34. 5. Gen. 37:31. 6. 1 Kings 19:19. 7. Gen. 4:2. 8. Gen. 24:64. 9. Job 1:3. 10. 1 Sam. of Christ How the "Only Begotten Son" Was Taught 9:3. 11. Gen. 22:13. 12. 1 Kings 4:26. 13. 2 Sam. 6. What strange command did God give the 18:9. (July 4) patriarch Abraham when his son Isaac was lust reaching manhood? Gen. 22:1, 2. CHECK YOUR LESSON TEXTS : Genesis 3 :15 ; 4:3-5; 22 :1, 7. As Abraham was about to carry out the com- 1. 22 miles. 2. 8 times. 3. Isa. 8:1. 4. 1,189 2, 10-12 ; 28 :10-12, 18, 19 ; 45:7. mand, what dramatic interruption took place? 5. Two inches. 6. A purebred Holstein recently MEMORY VERSE: "For God so loved the What did this incident teach Abraham and Isaac? averaged 46 quarts a day during a 365-day test! world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that Verses 10-12. 7. 4,000. JUNE 23, 1953 23 la. DON'T be surprised if someday soon when M. EXTENSIVE experimental work is now be- you call a business firm or even a friend's ing conducted to determine whether automo- home, you hear a voice on the other end of biles of the future will have aluminum radi- the telephone line say "I'm not at home now, ators. but you may leave a message as soon as you hear the signal." What you are really hearing I.' LIECHTENSTEIN, the tiny European inde- is a recorded voice operating through a new pendency with a population of 15,000, has phone-answering instrument that has been a police force of only nine members—eight invented. As soon as you have recovered from men and one dog. the shock, you may speak for as much as 28 seconds to leave your • message, and the BLONDS have more individual hairs than machine will record it. When the owner of either brunettes or redheads. The average the telephone returns, he can play back your count is 140,000 for blonds, 120,000 for message and any others that may have come. brunettes, and 90,000 for redheads. A healthy head of hair can grow a total of 6 feet a day. • A YOUNG woman in Philadelphia, plan- It usually grows faster during the daytime. ning to be married soon, will not be given DRuG addicts in Washington, D.C., are away to her bridegroom by her father but accounting for about $15,000 a day in thefts, rather by a surgeon. It was he who success- including shoplifting. So strong is the urge fully completed a difficult operation—trans- to have "dope" that they soon begin to as- planting to her a thyroid gland from a 3- sociate with the criminal element and enter week-old baby boy who had died. Since the into criminal activities. The money thus transplanting operation the woman has not secured is spent for more narcotics. needed the four daily injections of calcium and thyroid extract as well as other drugs THE first comet to be discovered in 1953 FINLAND has an unusually high literacy she had required since her own thyroid was was found by Antonin Mrkos of the Astro- rate. Only one out of every 100 persons there removed 10 years ago. physical Observatory at Skalnate Pleso, cannot read or write. Czechoslovakia. It is his fourth comet dis- Mi. THE crime trend in the United States is covery. This new comet, named after its definitely upward, according to statistics re- 16. IF it were not for the development of discoverer, is of the ninth magnitude, too vealed by the Federal Bureau of Investiga- new alloys capable of resisting high tempera- faint to be seen with the naked eye. It is tion. Negligent manslaughter had the small- tures, the jet airplane would not be practical found in the constellation Pegasus, . the est increase of 2.5 per cent in 1952 over 1951. from an engineering standpoint. winged horse. The greatest increase was 11.8 per cent in the category of aggravated assaults. Between FOR 77 years Nils P. Jonsson and his wife THERE is an Arctic phenomenon called these two extremes lie the crimes of murder, lived happily together in a small village in "white out," which is a sort of frozen fog or rape, robbery, burglary, larceny, and auto Sweden. Recently this long marriage ended cloud of ice crystals suspended in the air, theft. The average increase of crime was 8.2 with the death of Mr. Jonsson at the age of according to Science News Letter. Because per cent. 102. His widow, Bothilda, is 103. Neither this can so thoroughly inhibit Army or had ever been outside of their home village. II° IT cost Lewis Bullock, of Kalamazoo, defense maneuvers, the United States Army Corps of Engineers has developed a detec- THE widespread efforts to eradicate the Michigan, $1,450 to square himself with the law recently when he paid his fines for 29 tion instrument that will reveal a man by Japanese beetle in the United States seem his body heat alone at a distance of 100 feet. doomed to failure. Avery S. Hoyt, chief of traffic summonses collected over a four-year period. The magistrate told the 42-year-old An enemy walking into a military installation the United States Bureau of Entomology and during a "white out" could not possibly be conductor of the American Male Chorus, Plant Quarantine, has recently declared that detected visibly, but this instrument would "The trouble with you show folks is that the beetle will spread wherever it wants to spot him with little difficulty. ,go. It is true that control measures have held you always seem to be looking for special privileges." back the march of the Japanese beetle, but THE "wettest spot on earth" is Cher- Mr. Hoyt believes that now it is up to the rapunji, India, according to T. B. Phillips, a American farmer to learn to live with the ▪ THE first prize winner in an essay contest, "Tell the Truth About Alcohol," was 12- Welsh Presbyterian missionary there. During pest. year-old Edward Lazar. It wasn't until after the 10-month rainy season rain comes down in drops the size of baseballs, he has re- ALL during this summer America's Mid- the contest that the sponsors, the Woman's ported, and these are blown around with westerners will be celebrating the 150th anni- Christian Temperance Union, discovered that rifle velocity by the fierce wind. The 1,500 versary of the Louisiana Purchase. It was Edward's father runs a liquor store. inhabitants of the village have learned to while Thomas Jefferson was in the White encase themselves in huge waterproof baskets House, in 1803, that the United States pur- ▪ EVERY year the average person in the of bamboo and woven grass that are sus- chased nearly a million square miles from United States reads 79 pounds of books, pended backward from the head like Napoleon Bonaparte for total payments of magazines, and newspapers, according to the Junior Journal. elongated sou'westers. Last year Cherrapunji $27,367,622. Even at the unbelievably low had 437.43 inches of rainfall, and on July 11, price of four cents an acre, the purchase was THERE are 80 tribes of natives in Kenya roundly criticized by many Easterners who ▪ the heaviest day, it rained 32.4 inches in 24 colony in Africa, according to the New York hours. The record high was reported in 1861 felt that the new territory was too far away Times. —905 inches. from the established centers, and that it cost too much. The Louisiana Purchase en- compassed a vast sweep of mountains and prairies, forests and rangeland, extending from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico. From it, reports the New York Times, were carved How many food baskets for needy families, how many new hymnals for all or parts of the States of Louisiana, Arkan- the church, how much good could come from $1,450, the amount a sas, Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota, North musician recently paid out for traffic summonses? Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, How many Missionary Volunteer rallies, how many literature bombs, how many Oklahoma, Colorado, Wyoming, and Mon- youth-for-youth gospel meetings, would be possible if we had $15,000, the amount tana. These States now total 24 million in people in one large city steal every day to satisfy their craving for drugs? population, and their farmlands alone are How much is wasted! How soon Christ would come if men would crucify their worth $32 billion. This historic purchase lusts, and turn their talents into channels of soulsaving! "Money is of no more value virtually doubled the size of the infant nation than sand," writes Mrs. E. G. White, "only as it is put to use in providing for the and sealed the United States' pre-eminence necessities of life, in blessing others, and advancing the cause of Christ." in North America. DON YOST.