NEW UNION ADMINISTRATION BUILDING OPENED by Pastor J

NEW UNION ADMINISTRATION BUILDING OPENED By Pastor J. A. McMillan President, British Union Conference

ON Wednesday morning, May 24th, promptly at to the good work done by the Stanboroughs and 11 a.m., the Mayor of Watford, Alderman E. H. the Maternity Department. A copy of The Desire Harrowell, arrived at the gates of our new adminis- of Ages was presented to the Mayor by Colin tration offices. A large group of representatives had Wilson, secretary-treasurer of the Union, and Miss assembled from the Northern European Division, Janet Hyde presented a bouquet to the Mayoress. the British Union Committee and staff, the Voice The writer then outlined the reasons for building a of Prophecy staff, and the South and North England a new suite of administrative offices. It is just thirty- Conferences. nine years ago that the old "B.U.C." was erected. The Mayor opened the front doors and then un- At that time the total membership of the Union veiled a bronze plaque in the foyer. In his speech he was 3,622, and the departments of the Union were spoke with appreciation of Adventist influence in cared for by two secretaries. the community of Watford, referring specifically The business of British Advent Missions, the

41 44v The Mayor of Watford leaves the new Union administration building after the opening ceremony.

to press for more and more accommodation. All these factors made it imperative that the Union staff should move out. As a result of selling a field on the fringes of Stanborough Park, funds became available to cope with the demands of all these growing interests, and so the erection of a new building became possible. Following this account of development and expansion during the past years, a short Scripture lesson was read by Pastor G. D. King, secretary of the Northern European Division, and a prayer of dedication was offered by Pastor A. F. Tarr, president of the Northern European Division. It is most encouraging to record that since 1922 when the former B.U.C. was opened, the membership of the Union has almost trebled. In the sixty years &Om 1889-1949 the annual net growth of the membership was 108.2. From 1950 to 1959 the net annual growth has been 242.8—over twice as many as in the earlier years. Then again, in the unlocks the door of the first sixty years from the opening of our first church building in Ulceby in 1889, forty-five churches were legal body of the church, was at that time carried built. But in the eleven years since 1950, we have by the secretary-treasurer of the Union, and the built more than fifty churches. The Lord has pros- number of offices required was correspondingly few. pered His cause and His people during this past As the work developed, more departments were decade, and we are confident that His protecting care added, and it became necessary to divide the respon- will still overshadow us in the coming days. We sibilities among more men. In 1947 the British believe that the school will expand the boarding Union invited the writer to start the Voice of facilities now that they enjoy the full use of the old Prophecy, and at that time voted to relinquish the college building, which has now reverted to the Union board room, so that a recording studio could educational objectives for which it was orginally be established. For several years the Voice of Pro- built. phecy Bible School and the Home Missionary The Voice of Prophecy will now take over the Departments were carried together,- with the larger old Union office block, where their recording studio number of the Bible School staff operating in the had already been established. upper part of the Stanborough School. The Home For many years we have heard the cry first made Missionary Department and the Voice of Prophecy by the sons of the prophets to Elisha, "Behold now, were divided in 1950, Pastor C. R. Bonney being the place where we dwell with thee is too strait elected to care for the Voice of Prophecy and for us." 2 Kings 6:1. There is now room for Pastor E. R. Warland taking the Home Missionary efficient service to be given, room for expansion, and Sabbath School Departments. The- Home and room for the Spirit of God to direct us forward Missionary and Missionary Volunteer Departments to new frontiers of endeavour. were also housed in the school premises. In the few short weeks since the old fences in As the Stanborough School developed, and the front' of the new building were taken down, the boarding section was introduced, the school began people passing by are becoming increasingly con-

Exterior view of the new building in its beautiful setting on Stanborough Park.

BRITISH ADVENT MESSENGER scions of the existence of a church organization on Stanborough Park. In all parts of the Union we must face the challenge of a new day, a time of tension and fear, when the church must make a more decided impact upon the thinking of the people. God calls upon us to "arise, be glad, your light is dawning, the Eternal's splendour rises upon you. Though darkness covers all the earth, and a black cloud shrouds the nations, yet the Eternal shines out upon you, His splendour on you gleams, till nations gather to your light and kings to your bright beams." Isa. 60:1-3, Moffatt.

In the foyer the Mayor unveils a commemorative plaque and (left below) congratulates the Adventist church ,on its service to the community.

Committee in session voted an expression of deep appreciation to all who had contributed to this out- standing achievment. To all local agents, collectors, and organizers, our most hearty thanks—May the Lord's blessing attend all who gave so generously to His cause; may every member who helped, feel a sense of satisfaction in a task accomplished, and may God's blessing go with the funds as they are distributed to sustain His work in the regions beyond our shores. Souls will be in the kingdom as a result of this year's endeavour.

LOCAL SESSIONS BEGINNING with the North England Conference, and finishing with the South session, the two conferences and the three missions will be holding their biennial meetings throughout the month of UNION NOTES July. Members should plan to attend these important gatherings. Election of officers, departmental secretaries, and executive committees will take place; STANBOROUGH SCHOOL inspirational messages will be delivered. The meetings depend upon YOU for real success. We hope Now that the whole of the former college build- to meet you, there. We are praying that the Lord ing at Stanborough Park has reverted to its original educational use, it is planned that the Stanborough School should bring an increasing number of our young people within the British Union up to G.C.E. level and thus prepare them to enter Newbold. There is urgent need for young people to train for the ministry and Bible work. The gateway to this exalted service is by means of the Ministerial and Bible Instructor Courses offered by Newbold College. The qualifying entrance to Newbold is G.C.E. Ordinary Level in five subjects. Our Union school is well equipped to supply this need for all young people who have aspirations to one or other of the ministerial phases of service.

INGATHERING THE Ingathering Campaign of 1961 is over. The figures are most encouraging, and already, although the final totals are not available, the amount is Pastor McMillan recounts a story of progress and ex- well ahead of last year's final figure. The Union pansion in the British Union. JUNE 9, 1961. 3 of which is populated by people of the Moham: i-nedan faith. The district leader is an able and well- trained national named Dessie Kassahun. Getting around and visiting in this widespread field is much of a problem, and Brother Dessie and his co-workers spend much of their time on mule-back along the lonely mountain trails. It was in Brother Dessie Kassahun's district that enemies of our people made a furious attack upon the Adventist village of Dehana, some months ago. The huts were burned and our people driven away, while all their cattle and movables were carried off as spoil. Much suffering and hardship was imposed upon our people because, of this situation, but we are happy to report that our denomination has been able to extend a helping hand, inasmuch as money from the Famine and Disaster Relief Fund has been Miss Janet Hyde presents a bouquet to the Mayoress. made available to them. Pastor Hugo Palm from The Mayor is holding a copy of "The Desire of Ages" Sweden, home missionary secretary of the Ethiopian which he has just accepted. Union, made a strenuous trip of six weeks on mule- back, to this remote area to locate our people and bring them help. There were twenty-one families, will meet with His people and revive us all with numbering 121 people altogether, who were driven refreshing showers of the latter rain. This is our away. The Ethiopian government has also been greatest and most urgent need at this time. helpful in relieving the effects of the disaster. J. A. MCMILLAN. The desert city of Asaita, capital of the Danakils, is also located within the north-eastern district. The city itself is a cluster of flat-roofed stone and mud houses with a population of a few hundred souls: It is situated not far from the northern bank of the Awash river which rises in the interior moun- BY JEEP AND MULE-BACK tains and flows into the desert, where it forms a series of lakes and swamps before evaporating. No road leads into Asaita and no other mission is IN ETHIOPIA working for these picturesque people. We have just Part II opened a clinic here and Brother Solomon Wolde Andreas and his wife, Lydia, who is a trained nurse, are now well settled in their desert home. By PASTOR 0. JORDAL The local ruler, Sultan Ali Mira, expressed his gratitude for our medical work when we paid him ERITREA, was under Italian rule for ninety years a visit in his residence. In accordance with Danakil and much still remains from the Italian period. customs, he served us with smoked milk as a token Asmara, the capital of the province, is more of his friendship. The Sultan also placed one of European in its appearance than any other city in his soldiers at our disposal as 'a guide on our Ethiopia. As a matter of fact, it is the only journey into the nearby districts. Herds of cattle, Ethiopian city that gives a European impression. sheep, and camels, numbering in the thousands, The country around Asmara is dry and bare, grazed on the green fringes between the river and and one wonders how people are able to scratch the desert. I had the pleasure of making this a living out of this barren waste. This is also particular trip together with Pastor A. F. Tarr, our "shifta" country. The "shiftas" were originally Division president, Pastor A. Varmer, president of guerilla-fighters in the Eritrean resistance move- the Ethiopian Union, and Dr. A. P. Bokovoy, ment during the Italian occupation, but employment medical director of our Dessie hospital. News about difficulties and other problems drove a number of the doctor's visit to the clinic spread like wildfire them into the profession of highway robbery. The through the village, and Dr. Bokovoy found him- government is doing its best to tackle the situation, self employed till late that evening. but so far has been unsuccessful. It is • not safe to Facilities did not permit any major operation do any travelling during the dark hours in Eritrea, being 'performed at the clinic, but it was, never- and this, of course, affects the work of our mis- theless, interesting to watch the clever hands of sionaries. Our mission compound is located a few the doctor at work. I remember, particularly, a miles north of Asmara. We have a beautiful church middle-aged man with his abdomen terribly swollen and a big school with an enrolment of between as a result of malaria in its final stages. Dr. 250-300 students. Pastor R. M. A. Smart from Bokovoy made an incision into his abdomen, in- England- is the mission superintendent, and Brother serted a duct, and relieved him of three gallons of Willow Palm, from Sweden; heads the school. fluid. Dessie is the headquarters of the North-East The Danakil desert is exceedingly rich in wild Mission or district which covers a huge area, much life, and numerous ostriches, gazelles, and wild BRITISH ADVENT MESSENGER

asses-ran frightened in front of the car as we drove the people. Many of our members have a good at high speed over the flat desert sands. Unforget- background knowledge in our faith, and were able table also were the early hours at dawn when we to take part in theological discussions with great penetrated into the dense jungle along the river maturity. We alsh had the pleasure of seeing some to have a closer look at this piece of ,unspoiled thirty persons baptized on this occasion. African nature. Bands of monkeys rampaged Our tour to Debre Tabor coincided with the among the trees, and as we pressed deeper into the Coptic Timkat festival. Crowds of Ethiopians thorny brush we ran across several families of wild gathered together on the fields below the mission pigs or boars. The male is a dangerous monster station to see the Coptic priests dancing in front of with great big tusks sticking out of its jaws. Many the "Ark of Covenant," which is the central point natives are mauled by these beasts every year. of their worship. They also have an annual baptism. Laka Tana is the largest body of water in The priests take their position at the local water Ethiopia. It is the source of the Blue Nile and hole and sprinkle water over the crowds. The shines like a white pearl amid the brownish land- parishioners swarm around in a desperate attempt scape when one views it while flying over by plane. to get close enough to 'be hit by a few drops. Debre Tabor mission is located at an elevation of 9,000 feet, some fifty miles north-east of Lake Tana. It 'was in Gauvda, a nearby village where we This was one of the first places where we started now have built a new stone church, that our people work in Ethiopia. Today we have many good mem- were subjected to much persecution some fifteen bers who are second-generation Adventists. The years ago. Their huts were burned, their belongings Debre Tabor station has a fine setting in a growth and cattle stolen, and two of our members were of tall and majestic eucalyptus trees. It was the killed. One of them was the father of our present Norwegian missionary, G. Gudmundsen, who was mission leader, Tebedge Guddaye. Our people have the first to plant these fast-growing Australian trees always been under pressure of the ruling Coptic in this part of Ethiopia. class,' and fear of a repetition of the 1946 pillaging The leadership of this north-western district is continually haunts our members. The recent uproar in the able hands of Pastor Tebedge Guddaye, a in Addis Ababa caused much concern in the Adven- son of the very people among whom he labours. tist villages. Our members feared that irresponsible Our hospital dates back to the early beginning of groups of Ethiopians would use the opportunity our mission and during the past fourteen years, when the Central government was weak to persecute Dr. Kr. Hogganvik, from Norway, has had his daily the mission and revenge their hatred for the Adven- work within the hospital walls. Else Schantz Chris- tists. Because of this threat many of our members tensen, from Denmark, has also given good service had to stay at home in their villages and could not to this institution. She is at the present time on attend the camp meeting. furlough in Denmark, but will return this autumn. After the 1946 riot in Gauvda, the government The school in Debre Tabor accommodates about stepped in and granted our people a piece of un- 170 students. Brother and Sister Rudolf Andersen settled land down on the malaria-infested plains from Denmark have just taken over here after toward Lake Tana. A- number of our members Brother E. E. Saarinen from Finland, who is now moved down and founded a new all-Adventist back in his home field. village which they called "Addis Ager," meaning It was camp-meeting time when I visited Debre "near earth." The population of this village today, Tabor and many members had come in from far- is about 700, two-thirds of whom are children. We away places. We also arranged for a training in- have a primitive church building and recently a stitute for our evangelists and lay workers, and new school has been put up. At the present time, this arrangement was very much appreciated by no fewer than 280 students are receiving their basic

Part of the Taffari Makonnen Hospital at Dessie.

JUNE 9, 1961 '5 Friends of our mission met us with rifles a couple of hours before we arived at Addis Ager. They wanted to give us a safe welcome. We rang the bell as soon as we got there and the people came from their huts. In half an hour's time the church was packed with between 200 and 300 members and friends. They sat on the dirt floor or on logs. The women sat on one side with their sucking babies at their breasts, and the menfolk on the other side. Many of them carried guns, so it was evident that the tension was great. The heat was oppresive and the smell of the native perfume (rancid butter) almost unbearable. The time was short and we had not a minute to One of the many rough spots on the trail! waste if we should have any chance of reaching home before midnight. We could, however, not resist the kind invitation from one of the brethren education in our Addis Ager school. The teaching to come over to his home for dinner. It was A real staff is made up entirely of Ethiopians. experience to share the meal with these kind people. The thought of visiting Addis Ager intrigued me, We ate with our fingers from a common plate, and I succeeded in making an arrangement with as Ethiopians mostly do. Pastor Varmer whereby he would take over the Much could be written about the return journey, responsibility for our Sunday programme at the and I managed to cover it all without the assistance camp meeting while I was away. It is thirty-five of my mount. It was dark and late when we turned miles, or a long day's mule-trip from Debre Tabor in through the campus gate at the mission station ' to Addis Ager. To make a return trip in one day in Debre Tabor, and it was a group of tired men was, according to the local people, .an impossibility, with a good number of blisters on their feet who but I nevertheless insisted on giving it a try. We went to bed that night. started at four o'clock in the morning on our mules. There were four of us altogether. Besides myself, We flew out of Debre Tabor next morning. This there was our mission leader, Brother Tebedge town has no ordinary road connection, but Dr. Guddaye, and two other Ethiopians. It was still dark Hogganvik has led the village people in clearing a when we rode out from the station and continued grass field which makes it possible for aircraft to on in the light of our torches. The trail was rough land. We flew back' over Lake Tana and along the and dusty with heavy climbs over mountains and Blue Nile. On the way the pilot brought the plane hills. I shall never forget that morning under the low through the gorge so that we could see the most stars on our way to Addis Ager. Animals stared spectacular of the waterfalls in Ethiopia. at us with burning eyes as they came within range Ginibie station is the centre of our work in the of our flashlights and the neighing of the mules West Ethiopian District. It is headed by Pastor E. echoed between the mountain sides as we pressed Bjaanes from Norway. Gimbie is a large station and them ahead over the rough boulders in the darkness. the many buildings of the various institutions almost Brother Tebedge was a good story-teller and he form a village on their own. Our central Gimbie gave me the background of the blood feud which school has close on 300 students. Miss Dorothy our enemies still considered a live issue. The un- Hearne, from England, has done a fine job in certain conditions caused by the recent palace building up the educational programme. With the revolution could give our enemies a chance to in- exception of Brother Arne Bjaanes, son of the dulge in a repetition of the 1946 riots, and of this mission superintendent, all of the teachers are possibility Brother Tebedge was terribly afraid. nationals. That was also the reason why the two guides who Our hospital in Gimbie is located on the same followed us as an escort were armed. campus. It has eighty beds and serves a wide area The day dawned about six in the morning and in western Ethiopia. The work of Dr. M. G. we could see the African landscape unfolding in Andersen from California is much appreciated. The the increasing light as the sun gained altitude. I fine Christian attitude of this-'missionary family is felt sorry for my poor mule and decided to give a real asset to the institution. We have two over- her a rest by walking beside her; which I continued seas graduate nurses at the hospital—Sister Mirette all of the way to Addis Ager and back again. The Kammerer, from Austria, and Miss Lovina Bucken- Ethiopians probably believed' I had gone crazy in dahl from the United States. Sister Buckendahl is the heat since I refused to take full advantage of in charge of our training course for• dressers which an animal. is run in close co-operation with the hospital. It was a hard, but interesting trip. We passed Everybody who has been to Gimbie remembers native traders driving trains of pack-donkeys over the Gimbie road, which is not a road, but an eighty- the rocks on their way to market, and they all mile-long trail running through the hill country bowed gently and responded to our greeting when between Lakempti and Gimbie. The builders of this we pronounced it in the Amharic language. trail were the jeeps, the landrovers, and trucks that BRITISH ADVENT MESSENGER pushed into the bush with their cargo and left their tracks behind. The trail is only passable in the dry Season but since we were toward the end of that season at the- time, the rivers, were low and we managed to get through without, any serious delay. It is between Gimbie and the Sudan border in the far west, that much new work has sprung up, but to reach the many isolated groups here is no easy task. To many of the places there is not even a trail to follow. There were five of us who made this trip late in February. Besides myself, there was the director of the Gimbie mission, Pastor Bjaanes, and his twenty-year-old son, Arne; the secretary- treasurer of the Ethiopian union, Pastor F. Opsahl; and the dietitian of our Addis Ababa hospital, Miss Randi Brekke. All of us happened to be Norwegians. Lodging facilities are completely lacking in this part of the country, so we had to sleep under the stars for many nights on this trip. We arranged our camp- beds in a circle on the ground and placed Sister Randi's bed in the middle to secure for her maximum protection against the wild animals that might sneak around in the dark. Pastor Tarr holds two ostrich eggs which he found. At Itho on the Baro river, close to the Sudan border, we even spent the night in a prison. This territory was forbidden ground and our papers did kind. The products are then later taken to the not justify our being there. We were, therefore, market and converted into cash. arrested and taken into custody. None of us will We have much opposition to our work, and not ever forget the night we spent behind the bamboo infrequently a member from our church serves a walls of the local house of detention and the trip to prison term because of his faith. In many of these Gambela the following day under the guard of districts it really costs something to accept the the border police. Gospel of Jesus. What the Gospel does for them, The Adventist churches are close together in however, is of far greater value than any price the Gulliso district and we took the opportunity of anybody can pay. On the way back to Gimbie, visiting a number of them. we also passed the ruins of a Seventh-Day Adventist These people have no watches or clocks, as a rule, church. It was put up not long ago, but the enemy but they will head for the church whenever they came and converted it into a heap of rubble. I have hear their church bell ringing. (Old empty oxygen been told this is not the only place where such a cylinders or pieces or iron serve as church bells.) thing has happened. Brother Nehptalem Lencha, one of our eight ordained Ethiopian workers, has These people are very poor and money is not too given valuable service to this field. He understands plentiful. They are, however, faithful in paying the way in which the native's mind works far their tithes and offerings, which they often give in better than the overseas missionary, and God has used him as a mighty tool in bringing sinners to Jesus. At last the time came for me to leave the Ethiopian field. The big steel and aluminium bird of the Ethiopian Airlines lifted me high over the mountains and valleys which I had traversed during my two months' stay. Through the window of my plane, however, I could look down upon the Ethiopian soil where the yellow-thatched roofs of the native huts gleamed like jewels through the haze: under each one of these roofs there are human hearts beating. There are people living and dying, ignorant of the great work of salvation Jesus performed on Calvary more than nineteen hundred years ago. What a challenge to our missionaries this great field of Ethiopia is! What a challenge to our young people in planning their future, and what a challenge to our members back home, who possess the Dr. G. M. Andersen treats a young patient at the resources so necessary to operate and advance our Gimbie Clinic. mission programme! JUNE 9, 1961 7 LED BY THE By T. He

messages especially adapted to the needs of the church today. Our danger is the same as Israel's—poor memory. If we remember the way the Lord has led and preserved us in the past century, we have nothing to fear. But the nearer we come to the end, the greater will be the temptation to forget how God has kept us through the ministry of His messenger to the remnant church. Our attention is diverted easily from the things that have meant most to us. "As the end draws near, and the work of giving the last warning message to the world extends, it becomes more important for those who accept present truth to have a clear understanding of the nature and influence of the Testimonies, which God in His providence has linked with the work of the third angel's message from its very rise."— Testimonies for the Church, Vol. 5, page 654. Let-us now review how God has led the Advent movement out from the world and made us a separate people, and how He has preserved us from influences that could easily have destroyed us. In this review we will see examples of what Gad intends to be two of the basic functions of His prophets: (1) Leading, and (2) Preserving. Ellen G. White in her later years. PRESERVED THROUGH DANGERS FROM OUTSIDE "By a prophet the Lord 'brought Israel out of Ever since the Millerite disappointment of October Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved." Hos. 22, 1844, God's remnant people have faced a 12:13. The Lord led ancient Israel by His strong multitude of dangers. These have appeared both hand, and consecrated human hands were also at inside and outside the movement and have called work under His direction. BY a prophet God brought for God's continuous protection and defence through His people out of the land of captivity. Prophets His appointed messenger. The cross-currents of guided them through the dangers of their wilderness thinking that have swept all parts of the earth wanderings, and in the conquest of Canaan. God during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries have led His people "like a flock by the hand of Moses made it essential that God should give special and Aaron." Psa. 77:20. For forty years He kept direction to a people growing up to do a special the travellers from want, from evil, from their work under these circumstances. enemies, through the leadership of His servant Moses. 1. Preserving Sound Theology To maintain clear-cut views of Bible teaching, NO CHANGE IN LEADERSHIP God's people need constant protection against the Centuries have passed, but God's method of lead- inroads of all kinds of critical thinking and ing and preserving His people has not changed. In theologies that attempt to tear God' from His modern times He has led His people out of their position as Creator and Redeemer. Erroneous and captivity in the world. He has led them in a world- heretical views have been avoided because the Spirit wide growth and preserved them from a multitude of Prophecy writings have guided us to a right of dangers, deceptions, and evils. He has done this understanding of the Bible on such subjects as in His usual way—through His prophets and the Sabbath, the condition of man in death, the through dedicated church leaders who recognize sanctuary, and the second advent. God gave in- the Lipid's messages in the prophetic utterances. sights that help us to see what many others do not Ancient prophets speak through the Scriptures, and see in Bible passages. Guidance by the Spirit of God's modern prophet, Ellen G. White, speaks in Prophecy writings has built stronger and stronger

8 BRITISH ADVENT MESSENGER the Seventh-Day Adventist Church. Clearly defined guidelines lay out the paths in study and practice that are 'safe and in harmony with God's will. This well-lighted way is a protection against Satan's attempts to gain control of men's minds. The SAND OF GOD cautions and directions given half a century or more ago are still as valid and as safe to follow as they were when first pronounced. Jettison 4. Preserving Belief in Creation Today the evolutionist's thinking predominates in biblical foundations for our faith. This guidance has, every area of science and much of life. The position in itself, been a protection against wrong teachings. of the individual who believes in creation as it is' The Spirit of Prophecy was instrumental in help- described in Genesis one and two is not considered ing to lay the foundations of our faith back in the intellectually respectable. But none of the host of early Bible Conferences of 1848. Light came from variations of evolutionary theory have been in- heaven that helped us to understand the Bible truth troduced into the science or the theology of Seventh- in regard to Christ and His work as Saviour and Day Adventists. Why? Because the Spirit of Pro- Priest. In the years that have followed', such counsels phecy emphasis has kept our eyes fixed continually as the following have kept us from deceptive, on the seventh-day Sabbath as a memorial of fanciful views of Scripture: creation and as a sign of God's redeeming power. The Spirit of Prophecy writings helped also to "We need to search the Scriptures daily, that we preserve our faith in the literal biblical account of may know the way of the Lord, and that we be the Noachian deluge. not deceived by religious fallacies. The world is full of false theories and seductive spiritualistic 5. Preserving Memory of Need for Saviour ideas, which tend to destroy clear spiritual per- A Seventh-Day Adventist believes in creation and ception, and to lead away from truth and holiness. the Sabbath as taught in Genesis. He believes the Especially at this time do we need to heed the story of man's creation and fall is a literal account warning, 'Let no man deceive you with vain of the experiences of the parents of the human race. words.' Eph. 5:6. Ellen G. White's vivid portrayals of the events of creation, and the fall keep the minds of Seventh-Day "We must be careful lest we misinterpret the Adventists focused on the reality of the biblical Scriptures. The plain teachings of the Word of record of the fall and man's great need of a personal God are not to be so spiritualized that the reality Saviour. The books, The Desire of Ages, Christ's is lost sight of. Do not overstrain the meaning of Object Lessons, and Steps to Christ emphasize this sentences in the Bible in an effort to bring forth strongly. something odd in order to please the fancy. Take the Scriptures as they read."—Selected Messages, 6. Preserving from Political Entanglements Book 1, page 170. Through the instruction given we have been 2. Preserving the Schools guarded against political entanglements which in due time would have rnilithted against the develop- As a result of the Spirit of Prophecy writings on ment of the church and the progress of its work education, our schools have received a mould that throughout the earth. (See Gospel Workers, pages has preserved them from being conformed entirely 391-396.) We cannot ignore political developments. to the schools of the world. A large majority of the We pray for government leaders. Under certain schools once affiliated with various Protestant circumstances we have a direct responsibility to cast denominations long ago ceased to recognize de- our vote in favour of right principles and opposing nominational affiliation or to maintain denomina- wrong ones. Still, the instruction given through the tional viewpoints and standards in their teaching. Spirit of Prophecy has kept us from becoming The preserving influence of the Spirit of Prophecy political meddlers and has emphasized our true place has kept Seventh-Day Adventist schools within as God's people in these closing days of time. the fold and under the guiding direction of the spiritual leaders of the church and dedicated PRESERVED FROM MANY INTERNAL teachers. DANGERS 3. Preserving Balance in Study of the Mind God's preserving influence has kept the church When the book, The Ministry of Healing, from internal disruption as well as from outside appeared in 1905, the chapter on "Mind Cure" attracted wide attention. The wise counsel here set forth has even greater significance today. Had we not been protected by the Spirit of Prophecy writ- SPIRIT OF PROPHECY DAY ings, the sciences of the mind which have grown Sabbath, June 17th to unprecedented heights of popularity might easily have misled educational and medical workers of JUNE 9, 1961 9 dangers. Since Sabbath-keeping Adventists began circulation of these inspired volumes in overseas their work, a number of fanatical movements have fields—both English speaking and where the books arisen to trouble the church. Generally these have must be translated into other languages. involved only a few individuals, but sometimes the The stimulus given by such an effort as is being influence of these few has been more widespread. put forth during this year cannot come to an end During the years in which Ellen G. White was con- with next December 31st. The people who begin to veying God's messages to the church, God frequently read Spirit of Prophecy volumes will want to led her to point out the error in fanatical move- continue. ments. As often as possible those who had erred The Prophetic Guidance Correspondence Course were brought into full harmony with the church will soon have been in circulation for a year. again. However, in some instances, individuals in- Thousands have enrolled and are enjoying the day volved were ultimately lost from church fellowship. by day studies of the background of the rise of the When such manifestations appear again, our help Advent movement and the influence of the gift of and foundation for dealing with them will be the prophecy upon its development. same as it was for dealing with the fanaticism in We cannot say exactly what steps are next in the past—the instruction given through the Spirit the fulfilment of the great prophecies which in- of Prophecy. dicate that the end is very near. Events of the last year or so make it possible for Seventh-Day Adven- MORE TESTS COMING tists to see more clearly than ever before how some Bible predictions, explained more fully in the Spirit The little group that ultimately grew into the of Prophecy writings, can be fulfilled—soon. Seventh-Day Adventist Church stepped out by faith We have never had so much reason for believing after the great disappointment of October 22, 1844. that the end of all things is at hand. If you have Since then, God has repeatedly demonstrated His not re-read the closing chapters of Great Controversy presence with His people in such unmistakable ways recently, do so now. You will be struck with the that we have fully as firm a basis for believing He impression that we are at this very moment living is leading His church today as the children of Israel under circumstances that make it easy to visualize had for believing in His leadership. How prepared, the fulfilment of the remainder of the prophecies. or unprepared, we are to face the tests of the future The Spirit of Prophecy writings are intended to will depend to a great extent upon our understand- send us back to the Scriptures for a more thorough ing of the way that God has directed and preserved study and a more complete understanding of what the remnant church in the past century or more, and God has revealed to us about these times. They are our confidence that He will continue to lead and intended to give us a more complete insight into keep as He has led in the past. our own part in these closing incidents. God has Most of us who are now members of the church led and preserved His people thus far. Today He have had comparatively little test of our faith in is leading and preserving His church, and He will having to make decisions about false teachings or continue to preserve it. He has led us out of Babylon fanatical movements within the church. Generally and will lead us soon into the heavenly Canaan speaking we have not yet been called upon to make with a multitude of others for whom we have the kinds of decisions which in the near future will laboured. make some stronger in the faith and cause others God has led us and He is preserving us for a to depart from it. purpose. His purpose is that through our lives He If Satan cannot mislead you with false doctrine, might give the whole world a full and final demon- he may try to drive you into an over-emphasis on stration of what the Gospel of Jesus Christ can something that in itself is important, but which accomplish in human lives. All men cannot and should not be stressed out of proportion to its real all men will not read. But through His church significance. If this does not succeed he may try to God is going to reveal His glory and His love to cause you to be careless regarding spiritual matters, the whole wide world. He is going to take advan- or he may create in your mind dissatisfaction with tage of the demonstration His church can give to the leadership of the church. By any -one of these cause human minds, everywhere to understand the means he can ultimately lead to questions about the blessing of being a follower of the true God. movement and rejection of the Spirit of Prophecy For this purpose God has brought His modern and finally of the Bible itself. people out of the Egypt of the world, and for this purpose He is preserving us. EMPHASIS ON SPIRIT OF PROPHECY STUDY The 1960 Autumn Council of the General Con-, ference Committee designated the year 1961 as "THE gift of prophecy has guided, counselled, Spirit of Prophecy year among Seventh-Day Adven- warned, and inspired. The secret of our efficient tists. During this year a large emphasis will be organization and the extension of our work around placed upon the study of the Spirit of Prophecy the world, as well as our clear position on great books in connection with the Scriptures. Announce- fundamental principles, can all be traced to this ments have already been circulated indicating divinely inspired counsel. . . . I deeply appreciate reduced prices on the Spirit of Prophecy books this gift." R. R. FIGUHR. so that their circulation might be widely increased this year. Plans are also under way to increase the 10 BRITISH ADVENT MESSENGER A PROPHET IN THE REMNANT CHURCH

By F. A. Mote

NEAR the close of World War I, my family decided to join the Seventh-Day Adventist Church. Those were exciting days, and we all felt our need of Bible study. In a few months my name would be called in the draft, and I would have to leave home and loved ones to prepare for the battlefield. A number of close friends, who were slightly older, had gone to the front lines and had been killed. Was I prepared for what seemed to be my lot? The day of our baptism was one that we shall never forget. Mother, father, brother, sister, and I were buried with our Lord in the water of an abandoned gravel pit near Frankfort, Indiana, where we were attending camp meeting. That was a happy day for me! What a wonderful experience it is to soon. He saw no place for such a representation. find Christ as Lord and Saviour and to begin the Actually the vision represented the work of the new life with Him! three angels of Revelation fourteen. He made no After my family was baptized we discovered to effort to relate this vision which might have allayed our surprise that the Seventh-Day Adventist Church the heartbreak of the disappointed believers. had a prophet. That was a strange and bewildering Shortly before October 22, 1844, God visited discovery. Bible studies were given to make clear Hazen Foss of Maine with three visions. Mr. Foss that the "remnant" church was to keep the com- firmly believed the Lord would come on October mandments of God and to have the testimony of 22nd of that year. He was a man of fine appearance, Jesus which is the Spirit of Prophecy. These truths of pleasing address, and well educated. The Lord were read to us from Revelation 12:17 and Revela- came near to this favoured man and revealed to tion 19:10. him the journey of the Advent people to the city One of the first books which we purchased was of God with many of its accompanying dangers. Early Writings. As I sit here writing, this choice He saw also the trials and persecution that would little volume is before me. I notice the date I follow if he was faithful in relating what had been •received the book written on the fly-leaf, December shown him. Like Mr. Foy, he saw the three steps 25, 1918. Eventually we all received the light, and on which the people of God were to stand as they how grateful we have been that we did not steel neared the holy city. But he was a firm believer our hearts against it. in the Lord's coming "in a few more days" as the I want to pass along to you a few of the points people then sang. The part of the vision relating to that helped me to decide that Mrs. White was the three steps was to him unexplainable, and he indeed God's true messenger. Surely God inspired shrank from the task assigned to him and refused His servant, Mrs. Ellen G. White, to write this to relate the story. and all of the fifty-three volumes which were given The vision was repeated the second time, and he through her to the remnant church. was told that if he still refused to relate what had Even before the time of the great disappointment been shown to him, the burden would be taken in 1844 God sought to bring light and guidance to from him and given to one of the weakest of God's the Adventist believers. In 1842 He spoke in a children who would faithfully 'communicate God's prophetic dream to William Foy of Boston, Mas- message. Again he refused. A third vision was sachusetts, opening up to his mind the travels of given, and he was told that he was released and that God's people to the holy city. Two such views the burden was to be laid upon one of the "weakest were given to him. He was at one time a free-will of the weak" who would do the Lord's bidding. Baptist, but he Was preparing for the Episcopal This stirred him to action, and he resolved to tell ministry. Large audiences gathered to hear him the vision to others but, alas, when he stood before speak and relate the story of what he had seen of the assembled audience he could say nothing. The the heavenly land and the earth made new. Not vision once so clear had fled, and his mind was a long before the disappointment of 1844 God gave blank. He stood before the large audience of people this man another vision in which he saw three steps as dumb as a statue, and finally said in the deepest or platforms, the third extending all the way to agony, "I cannot remember a word of the vision." the kingdom of God. This vision he could not He wrung his hands in anguish saying, "God has understand as he was expecting Jesus to come very fulfilled His word. He has taken the vision from JUNE 9, 19E1 me." And in great distress of mind he moaned, and who had but a short time in which to live, "I am a lost man." From that time he lost his hope was indeed one of the "weakest of the weak." Yet, in Christ and went into a .state of despair. He never God laid upon her the burden to serve as His attended a religious meeting again and lost all messenger. This vision was the first of approximately personal interest in religion. He died in 1893. 2,000 that followed during the next seventy years. A few month after the disappointment God called She became God's messenger to the remnant people the third person to serve as His messenger. This of God. call came during a season of worship when five Many years after her first vision, Mrs. White women were praying earnestly for light. It happened wrote: "My Saviour declared me to be His messen in Portland, Maine; in the home of a Mrs. Haines. ger. Your work, He instructed me, is to bear My In the group of women was Ellen G. Harmon Word. Strange things will arise, and in your youth (later Ellen G. White), a girl of seventeen. She I set you apart to bear the message to the erring was of frail health, having been injured by an ones, to carry the Word before unbelievers, and accident when she was only nine years old. The with pen and voice, to reprove from the Word disappointment had been a severe tax on her physical actions that are not right. Exhort from the Word. strength, and some thought that Miss Harmon could I will make My Word open to you. It shall not live only a short time. It was while praying for be as a strange language. In the true eloquence of light regarding the disappointment that she was simplicity, with voice and pen, the messages that taken off in vision for the first time. In this vision I have given shall be heard from one who has never much of what God had revealed to Foy and to Foss learned in the schools, but My Spirit and My power passed before her mind's eye. It was a wonderful shall be with you." comfort to her and to the faithful ones to whom she It was no easy struggle for Ellen Harmon to related the vision, bringing a sense of the presence accept this call. For some time she prayed that the of God in their bitter experience. So we can see burden might be laid upon -someone more capable that this young woman, who was so weak physically, than herself. Still came the command from her

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heavenly Father, "Make known to others what I holds forth a lovely promise, "We all entered the have revealed to you." Finally, after earnest prayer cloud together, and were seven days ascending to and the divine assurance that she would be sustained the sea of glass, when Jesus brought the crowns, through her labours, she accepted the call of God. and with His own right hand placed them on our Then her work began in earnest. At Poland, heads. He gave us harps of gold and palms of Maine, she passed on to those who, were present in victory. Here on the sea of glass the 144,006 stood the home of her sister the sobering story of her in a perfect square. Some of them had very bright first vision in Portland, Maine. Hazen Foss was crowns, others not so bright. Some crowns appeared present in an adjoining room listening. He recog- heavy with stars, while others had but few. All nized the vision as similar to the one that God had were perfectly satisfied with their crowns." given him. He urged the young woman to be "faith- Read it all for it is wonderful, and don't forget, ful in bearing the burden and in relating the testi- you and I are to be in that great company, if we monies that the Lord should give her." He told her "hold fast" till He comes. that she would wear the crown of life he might Not long after I joined the church I became a have worn. To others he said, "That is the in- literature evangelist. Another book written by Sister strument on whom the Lord has laid His burden." White brought daily comfort and guidance to me From the day when Ellen unconditionally sur- for three and a half years during which time I rendered to her Master's will, until her death, July worked as a colporteur. That little treasure chest 16, 1915, the messenger of God, chosen and commis- of inspiration is now known as Colporteur Ministry. sioned by God, never drew back. How often when things when bad with me in my If you haven't read-the account of her first vision; work, I would go to God and my Bible and turn to Early Writings, page thirteen. Read this Colporteur Ministry to study, meditate, and pray. thrilling experience, for it will help you to under- In those days God came near to me. And those were stand better the road we are to travel as we march days which have moulded and fashioned my life onward and upward to the kingdom. Page sixteen for service at home and in many mission fields.

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The Ministry of Literature

Pastor J. W. Nixon instructing students of Newbold College in Gospel Salesmanship.

Newbold Students Lay Foundation see I'm cutting stone?" he replied, "and its pretty tough work." Stone of "New Cathedral" A second man was asked the same question: "Me? THE building of a cathedral was in full swing I'm earning £2 a day. It's hard work but it does when a gentleman visited the site. He walked over keep a roof over my head and gives me three meals to some workmen who were cutting stones and a day," asked the first man what he was doing. "Can't you "What are you doing?" he again inquired of a

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Apply: Business Worle, Weston-super-Mare. 24, 1960, at Chase Farm Hospital, Manager, New Gallery Centre, 123 Enfield. Brother Ellis was in his eighty- Regent Street, London, W.1. sixth year, and was a charter member of the Edmonton church, having been DANISH student (girl) would like to baptized on July. 30, 1909. He was contact English family with whom she Acknowledgments thus closely associated with the Advent might stay for two months (July and message for over fifty years, during August), working in house in exchange THE treasurer of the South Enlangd which time he saw the work in this for board. Also interested month ex- Conference acknowledges with thanks district grow from a handful of believers change plan. Replies to: Miss Rondi the receipt of the Lord's tithe, £6. to a church of over eighty members. Schou, Shfiaup, Fyn, Denmark. 2s. 6d., anonymous, £1. 10s., anony- Brother Ellis himself was a faithful mous, and £7 anonymous. witness to the truth, and was in- STANBOROUGH SCHOOL urgently require THE treasurer of the North England strumental in helping several others the services of the following personnel: Conference acknowledges with thanks to a knowledge of the message he loved a young person (male or female) with the receipt of the Lord's tithe, £1. 3s., so well. For a number of years he held two or three years' general office ex- from H., and £8, via Pastor Warland. offices in the church, including that of perience; a general handyman as anonymous, from Newcastle. elder. Although others later took up assistant caretaker, who is able to carry the burdens he relinquished through out day to day maintenance, etc. Apply THE treasurer, of the North England advancing years, yet until a week be- in writing to: N. H. 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Not'm 13el't Edmonton church on December 30th, Holiday Accommodation June 16th 9.19 9.32 10.00 9.32 10.02 and our dear brother was laid to rest June 23rd 9.21 9.34 10.03 9.34 10.04 in the Enfield Highway Cemetery, there It is understood that advertisers of to await the call of thereat Life- holiday accommodation in this journal giver. B. W. BALL. BRITISH ADVENT MESSENGER are prepared to make bookings which Vol. 66. No. 12. June 9, 1961 will not involve travel on Sabbath Published fortnightly on Fridays for the Advertisements (Saturday). British Union Conference of Seventh- BOURNEMOUTH HOLIDAYS. Sooner or Day Adventists by the Stanborough WANT= URGENTLY, adaptable person later you will be recommended to stay Press Ltd., Watford, Herts. with love of old people, to assist at at Bon Sante. Modern Vegetarian Guest Copy for next issue—June 12th the "Woodlands" Rest Home. Apply: House. Children welcomed. 100 yards EDITOR: W. L. EMMERSOK The Matron, 13 Inverleith Place, cliffs. 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