HERALD GENERAL CHURCH PAPER OF E THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS

Some of the eighty-five happy lepers recently discharged, with European medical staff in front.

View of Hansenide Colony, Mount Hagen, New Guinea, where hundreds of lepers have received treatment.

Hope for the Hopeless in Central New Guinea

By L. H. BARNARD, M.D. Superintendent, New Guinea Highlands Leper Hospital

HIS week marks the fourth anniversary of the thousand feet. On the other side the mighty bulwark establishment of a Hansenide colony in central of the Bismarck Range, soaring to fifteen thousand feet, T New Guinea. Hansenide is the modern name for put solid cores inside the feathery clouds. Peeps through a leper colony. In retrospect, my mind goes back to our the clouds revealed unending mountains and valleys, humble start, and as I survey what has been accom- with unnamed rivers, all swathed in blue, where live plished here, I cannot refrain from exclaiming, "What teeming thousands of natives, mostly untouched, even hath God wrought!" unseen, by Europeans as yet. My head reeled with the Although we have applied ourselves to the task of mighty challenge of these large, unexplored areas where building and operating a hospital for hundreds of the Christ is unknown and heathen barbarity rules su- unfortunate sufferers of this dread disease, the opposi- preme—one of the last unchallenged strongholds of the tion to our work has been almost overwhelming at times. prince of darkness. The day we packed our tools and living essentials We got through safely, and our plane touched down aboard a little plane, 1,200 lbs. weight in all, and then and rolled to a stop on a grass strip at Mount Hagen, clambered aboard, will live long in my memory. I was a government station opened among the natives in 1935, accompanied by my wife and three-year-old daughter. five thousand feet high in the New Guinea hinterland. Slowly gaining height from the humid coast, our plane We set off down the dirt road by foot, then off into headed inland, but the elements had conspired to force the bush along a mud track shared by the natives and our retreat. Going forward, I talked to the pilot, who the pigs. Finally, the eleventh river in the eight miles was seeking an opening through the soft, billowy clouds. was crossed, and we set foot on the ground previously "In that cloud," he said, "is a mountain eight thousand selected by our medical secretary, H. W. Nolan. Then, feet high." I noticed our altimeter recorded only six in a clearing we saw three (Continued on page 17) VOL. 130, NO. 36 SEPTEMBER 3, 1953 Vol. 130, No. 36 September 3, 1953 Contents The Religious World

FRONT PAGE Hope for the Hopeless in Central New Guinea [These news items are taken from Religious News Service. We do not neces- sarily concur in statements made in these items. We publish them simply to give our readers a picture of current religious developments.] GENERAL ARTICLES Page 3 The Shape of Things to Come—"Declaring the End From ► Senate Asks U.S. Push World Disarmament the Beginning"—The Well-balanced Person—The Grace of God—Harnessing Your Imagination—Sing for the Love Religious groups scored a victory in Washington, D.C., when of God—He Loved Us So—Our Health Message Today— the Senate, shortly before adjournment, adopted a resolution Savors,of Life Unto Life calling on the United States to take the leadership in securing world disarmament. Forty-nine members of the House had Page 11 joined Representatives Leslie Arends (R.-Ill.) and Brook Hays EDITORIALS (D.-Ark.) in sponsoring a similar measure, but the House Is This the Christian Hope?—The Medicine for the Foreign Affairs Committee decided against bringing it to the Sickness of Modern Man—Others Have Said—Do You In- floor during the adjournment rush. They felt that if it passed dulge in Criticism? • with only brief debate, it would not have the full effect desired of notifying the world that the United States Congress sup- NEWS FROM THE WORLD FIELD - - - Page 14 ports such a program. Representative Hays said the measure will be on the House calendar early in the session which meets Opening Our Work in Khartoum, Sudan—Ingathering next January. Contacts in Brazil—God's Children—Workers' Meeting in South Africa—Health Evangelism in the London Effort— New Tamil Bible Correspondence School in India— 1 California Teachers Study Spiritual Values in Schools Itinerating in Africa, 2—Welfare Work Wins Friends in Syracuse, New York—Seminary Extension School in Thirty California public school teachers and officials are France—Evangelism Keynote at Texas Camp Meeting— studying the place of moral and spiritual values in the public Relief Aid for Korea Appreciated—West Lebanon, New schools at a five-week research project being conducted by the Hampshire, Camp Meeting—The Review for Former College of the Pacific, in Stockton, California. Dr. Alfred W. Adventists—Brief Current News—Camp Meeting Sched- Painter, director of religious activities at the college, is heading ule, 1953—Church Calendar for 1953 the workshop study. He said the seminar was organized be- cause "there has been little professional assistance to teachers POETRY in the development of moral and spiritual understanding in elementary and high school student life." The meaning of On Wings of Prayer, p. 3; Angel Watchers, p. '5; The these values, and ways of emphasizing them in the classroom, Children With Me, p. 9 are the principal topics of the project's daily schedule of lectures, conferences, research, and demonstrations, Dr. Painter said.

ah.a Evi E -anzer W HERALD 1 Protestant Theologian Asks Church-State Cooperation The idea of complete separation of church and state "is com- FRANCIS D. NICHOL, Editor pletely inadequate," Dr. Frederick Whittaker, president of FREDERICK LEE, Associate Editor W. H. BRANSON, Consulting Editor Bangor (Maine) Theological Seminary, told the 37th Isle of D. A. DELAFCELD, Associate Editor J. L. MCELHANY, Contributing Editor Shoals Congregational Christian Conference in Portsmouth, PROMISE KLOSS SHERMAN, Editorial Secretary New Hampshire. "I am convinced that the new Christendom SPECIAL CONTRIBUTORS demands the cooperation of Church and State in the realm C. H. WATSON, D. E. REBOK, C. L. TORREY, L. K. DICKSON, R. R. FIGUHR, W. B. Om's, A. V. OLSON, H. L. RUDY, E. D. DICK, PRESIDENTS OF ALL of education," he said. The theologian also suggested that DIVISIONS church members offer themselves as public servants in high BRIEF CURRENT NEWS CORRESPONDENTS and low places as a means of "bringing the State into GENERAL CONFERENCE: MISS THELMA WELLMAN; OVERSEAS: AUSTRALASIA: E. J. partnership with the Church for the cooperative task assigned JOHANSON; MIDDLE EAST: A. R. MAZAT; FAR EASTERN: C. P. SORENSEN; NORTHERN EUROPE: E. B. RUDGE; INTER-AMERICA: A. H. ROTH; SOUTH to them by God. Christians should become active members of AMERICA: L. H. OLSON; SOUTHERN AFRICA: F. G. CLIFFORD; SOUTHERN ASIA: some political party, so that the influence of the Church may J. F. ASHLOCK; SOUTHERN EUROPE: MARIUS FRIDLIN be felt at the grassroots where candidates and policies are NORTH AMERICAN UNIONS: ATLANTIC: MISS LAURA M. DROWN; CANADIAN: MRS. EVELYN M. BOWLES; CENTRAL: MRS. CLARA ANDERSON; COLUMBIA: WARREN chosen." ADAMS; LAKE: MRS. MILDRED WADE; NORTHERN: L. 1-1.. NETTEBURG; NORTH PACIFIC: MRS. IONE MORGAN; PACIFIC: MISS OPAL STONE; SOUTHERN: MISS CLARA CRAWFORD; SOUTHWESTERN: H. C. KEPHART CIRCULATION MANAGER R. J. CHRISTIAN 1 Stones From Sacred Edifices to Adorn Airport Chapel

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By ERNEST LLOYD

Long centuries ago a man on the Isle look to some vague organization, some, papers. Bureaus and departments direct of Patmos wrote out the visions that God nebulous concourse of humanity, to pay what we shall hear over the radio, what gave him, and in those visions he saw the their bills and tell them what to do. That we shall read in our school texts, what shape of things to come, including the is not self-government. . . . If we permit we shall wear and eat, and soon what we one-world idea, and much more. Let us someone to come to support us, we can- shall do and say. They think for us and not prevent someone coming to govern notice two of the things that the apostle us. . . . If we cannot govern ourselves, if plan for us." John saw in his visions and that are de- we cannot observe the law, nothing re- All the world knows of the great politi- veloping before us. mains but to have someone else govern cal leagues that are banding themselves First, the apostle John saw a world us, to have the law enforced against us, together with the purpose of making the federation near the end of time. Second, and to step down from the honorable, nations of earth of "one mind." States- he saw the conscription of body and mind abiding place of freedom, to the ignomini- men are telling us that the only hope of in the federation state. Let us observe ous abode of servitude." the world is in federation. But we cannot how these things are beginning to show The Consolidation of All Life blame them. Not believing the prophecies themselves. of the Bible, what can they do to save the The general trend of human activity In recent years we have heard much nations they represent? They will depend is now toward the consolidation of our about mass religion, the mass mind, and upon the world federation plan, and in moral, social, religious, industrial, educa- mass fear. In his striking speech, Septem- doing so will fulfill the prophecy of the tional, and political life, to the end that ber 6, 1951, at Cleveland, Ohio, General apostle John. But when at last "these have the whole structure of human activity can Douglas MacArthur spoke of certain one mind, and shall give their power and be easily brought under the control of trends today, and mentioned "mass strength unto the beast" (Rev. 17:13), one great corporate mind! The economic thought control," a very significant ex- then the great mass man takes the stage world is preparing for the reign of this pression. Every student of the prophetic and revels in his brief and bloody glory. chapters of the Bible understands the "one mind." portent of these expressions. And here is Men do not have the freedom of action Shadows in the Religious World another, even more portentous than the they once had. No matter who he is— manufacturer, banker, retailer, or farmer The religious world is preparing too. others—"the mass man." This creature The sinister shadows are falling upon the is defined thus: "Millions of human —he is "falling progressively under the shadow of political administration." This spiritual life of the people. Great religious beings with one mind, for the benefit of federations are being built up, whose one universal state." road leads to the regimentation of the in- dividual citizen. As the state takes over, purpose is to unify, merge, consolidate, In one of his published sermons Dr. into the one-mind idea. A scientific world Louis Bauman, of Los Angeles, said: the individual loses his identity. The state becomes all, the individual nothing. comes to its assistance. Men must fall in "The thing that is really at stake in line with the scientific-religio progress the world today is not boundaries and And the shadow of the coming mass man falls over the realm of education. of the age, or they will be branded with political systems only, but the freedom the stigma of bigotry and intolerance. of the human mind. . . . Necessity will Dr. Harold Rugg, in his book The Great produce an intellectual colossus—a dic- Technology, argues that "a new public Already the same spirit is gaining control tator of thought. The world is fast ripen- mind must be created by creating tens of of the powerful religious organizations, ing for the coming of just that—someone millions of new individual minds, and and someday the great mass man will say, who will think for those who lack the welding them together in a new social "Worship this way, or die!" power and will to think and decide for mind." We are told that "less than a Remember that the apostle John saw themselves." score of men determine what the millions one mighty church power (Rev. 13:1, 2). In one of his last speeches as President, of readers shall see or not see in the news- "Who is like unto the beast? who is able Herbert Hoover said, "You cannot extend to make war with him?" (verse 4). The the mastery of government over the daily blinded, unregenerate millions of earth life of a people without somewhere mak- will wonder "after the beast" and follow ing it master of people's souls and his dictates. "These have one mind, and thoughts." On Wings of Prayer shall give their power unto the beast." When Calvin Coolidge was President They are swallowed up by a world organi- he predicted in a Memorial Day address, By WILLARD DESSAIN zation. May 30, 1925, the possibility of the early The saints of God look up to Him "Millions of human beings with one rise and reign of some great one to whom As on their pilgrim pathway dim mind, for the benefit of one universal would be sacrificed the precious heritage They toil to leave the world behind, state"—man's proudest accomplishment. of liberty. He said: Serene in heart and calm of mind. Babylon the great!—then world ruin, but "The individual citizen, instead of And in their hand the staff of prayer deliverance, thank God, for His people, working out his own salvation, and secur- Is held as on and on they go, as the apostle John clearly presents it in ing his own freedom, by establishing his For life is burdened down with care, the last chapters of Revelation. The own economic and moral independence, And faith is victory they know. world's Redeemer will then return to by his own industry and his own self- earth to deliver His prepared people. mastery, tends to throw himself on some I too must seek the place of prayer, They also will have "one mind," but it vague influence which he denominates Where God awaits, my griefs to share, `society' and to hold that in some way For He is tender, true, and kind; will be the mind of Christ. And into His responsible for the sufficiency of his sup- And perfect rest in Him I find! kingdom of everlasting peace and right- port and the morality of his actions. . . . On wings of prayer my spirit soars eousness He will gather the faithful of "The local political units likewise look Above the sordid things of earth; all generations, those who have loved to the states, and the states look to the There I find Him my soul adores, and lived the principles of truth and nation, and nations are beginning to And there I see His matchless worth. holiness.

SEPTEMBER 3, 1953 3 The Bible on Trial-6 the facts are, to mention only a few of these prophecies, that His ancestry, the place of His birth, the manner of His "Declaring the End From the Beginning" conception, the dangers of His earliest years, the place of His exile in babyhood, By W. L. Emmerson the course of His ministry, the manner and price of His eventual betrayal, and the circumstances of His trial, death, and resurrection were minutely foretold' Although the incomparable teachings holy books. "Let them bring them forth, and fulfilled to the very last detail. So of the Bible, the universality of its appeal, and shew us what shall happen," says the accurately was all fulfilled that Paul, in and the timelessness of its message are Author of the Bible again to the wor- common with the other disciples, was able powerful evidences that it is of super- shipers of false gods, whether ancient to confront the Jews with the unanswer- natural origin, that which more than or modern: "let them shew the former able challenge, "This Jesus, whom I anything else confounds its enemies is things, what they be, that we may con- preach unto you, is Christ" (Acts 17:3). Bible prophecy. sider them, and know the latter end of Can it possibly be imagined that any The critics may argue that the teachings them; or declare us things for to come. series of writers, spread over many cen- of the Bible could be the fruit of human Shew the things that are to come here- turies, could out of their own finite minds thought and that the character of Jesus after, that we may know that ye are have built up so detailed a description could have been invented, but they are gods" (Isa. 41:22, 23). The historian of a person to be born in a distant age, utterly unable to explain away the pre- Milner remarks: and that the description could be ful- knowledge of the Scriptures as the prod- "Here we are not called upon to weigh filled with such amazing accuracy? It uct of the human mind. abstruse conceptions and settle metaphys- certainly cannot. The Messianic proph- Man can recall the past through the ical difficulties: only to exercise our ecies of the Old Testament witness to the medium of memory, and by written rec- reason on plain problems of fact; and fact that a divine mind declared through compare events with prophecies. ords he can experience the present chosen messengers long beforehand the through the senses, but he is incapable He continues, therefore: predetermined details and course of the of penetrating the veil enshrouding the "The belief of Christians is not so ir- incarnation of the Son of God. future. rational as infidels are apt to suppose. True, scientists may anticipate the dis- Whilst these are towering with uncertain Prophecies of Ancient Empires covery of new elements, but this is not sight on the heights of metaphysical spec- Then there are the innumerable proph- prophecy. It is simply a logical develop- ulation, to confirm themselves in infi- ecies in the Old Testament as to the fate ment of some known law of chemistry delity, those are humbly creeping on the of the ancient nations with which Israel or physics. Astronomers may predict the terra firma of prophetic matter of fact, came in contact, and in each case the which lies even with the powers of the return of a comet or the discovery of precise details of their future delineated a new planet, but again, they are merely human mind and was given by Jehovah Himself as the fairest and most satisfying by the prophets were fulfilled with an deducing from known phenomena. In proof of His revelation. Let infidels an- exactitude that completely eliminates the the realm of history clever observers may swer, if they can, those proofs: let them possibilities of human calculation or fore- make shrewd guesses as to the outcome detect their fallacies and expose their sight. of events now taking place, but they weaknesses. Till this is done Christians Of Egypt, prophecy declared that at have no certain knowledge, and beyond have a right to act on what has once the height of its glory, it would become the immediate future they can merely been demonstrated." "a base kingdom. It shall be the basest speculate. Presidential elections in recent of the kingdoms; neither shall it exalt Subject of Prophecy Avoided years are but one simple instance of the itself any more above the nations: for I fallibility of the self-styled prophets! Modernists usually avoid the subject of will diminish them, that they shall no If, therefore, certain individuals mani- Bible prophecy in their attacks on the more rule over the nations" (Eze. 29: fest the power of accurately forecasting divine origin of the Scriptures, and if 14, 15). happenings in the distant future in no called upon to offer an explanation of Note, Egypt was not to disappear from way deducible from present conditions, the phenomenon, they either suggest that among the nations, but it was to be and often antagonistic to them, they must the prophecies were written after the diminished to a place of inferiority obviously be animated by some power events took place or attempt to minimize among them. And so it is today, nearly greater than human. This supernatural their importance on the pretext that three millenniums after the prophecy power must emanate from a Being who prediction was a negligible part of the was uttered. During this long period is omniscient, to whom the future is prophet's mission. Egypt has been successively subjugated as clear as the past. Such a Being must But both these arguments are trans- by Persians, Greeks, Romans, Arabs, also necessarily be omnipotent, bringing parently false, for, in the first place, there Turks, French, and British; and though all things to pass according to His fore- are a vast number of prophecies that today it is independent again, it is not knowledge and foreordination. And He were demonstrably written before the strong enough even to achieve a place must be eternal, "one day" being with events to which they allude, and in the of leadership among the backward Arab Him "as a thousand years, and a thou- second, the proportion of predictive nations of the Middle East. sand years as one day" (2 Peter 3:8). prophecy in the Scriptures shows that it The prophecies of Scripture are the occupies a most important place in divine Babylon in Ruins most powerful evidence of the origin of revelation. In contrast to Egypt, Babylon, "the these utterances purporting to be divine Take, for example, the prophecies of glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the revelation. the first advent of Christ, of which there Chaldees' excellency," was to be over- "I am God," says the Author of the are some three hundred in the Old thrown as utterly "as when God over- Bible, "and there is none like me, de- Testament. Now, there is no question threw Sodom and Gomorrah. It shall claring the end from the beginning, and here of the prophecies being after the never be inhabited, neither shall it be from ancient times the things that are event, for even the most extreme critic dwelt in from generation to generation: not yet done" (Isa. 46:9, 10). has to admit that all the books of the neither shall the .Arabian pitch tent Conversely, prophecy serves to expose Old Testament were written before the there; neither shall the shepherds make the pretensions of false gods and spurious first century of the Christian Era. Yet their fold there. But wild beasts of the 4 REVIEW AND HERALD desert shall lie there; and their houses shore opposite an Arab village on the all down the centuries as a witness to shall be full of doleful creatures. . . The mainland. Moored among the rocks, God's judgments (compare Deut. 4:27; wild beasts of the islands shall cry in when I visited the site, were some little 28:64-66; with Num. 23:9). The accuracy their desolate houses, and dragons in fishing boats, and upon one of them a of the fulfillment of these remarkable' their pleasant palaces" (Isa. 13:19-22). fisherman was actually in the act of specifications is evident in the fact that Jeremiah added that its walls would spreading his nets to dry! Jews are in all lands, and at the same be "utterly broken" (Jer. 51:58), that Again the question is asked, How could time they continue to be a distinctive it would be "desolate for ever" (verse any human forecaster so accurately pre- race today. 26), becoming "heaps, a dwellingplace dict the fate of two nearby cities on the It is because the Jew cannot be as- for dragons, an astonishment, and an Palestine coast? similated by the nations that he has been subject to pogrom after pogrom hissing, without an inhabitant" (verse The Jews in Prophecy and History 37). through the centuries, culminating in the The story is told that Frederick the fearful massacres under the Nazi regime One has only to visit the ruins of the Great once questioned one of his pastors before and during World War II. one-time golden city to recognize how saying, "Tell me in two words the chief Yes, the Jew is a witness to the divine absolutely accurately these prophecies argument for Christianity." The pastor origin of prophecy. have been fulfilled. All that remains of quickly replied, "The Jews, your Maj- Finally, there are the great panoramic Babylon today are great mounds in the esty." The Jews are equally a proof of prophecies of the course of history that desert. True to the prophecy, the super- the divine origin of Bible prophecy. began to flow from the pens of the stitious Arabs avoid the circle of de- prophets when it became evident that struction, and the poor soil and lack of In the prophetic warnings uttered by the people originally chosen by God as vegetation drive the shepherd and his Moses in the ears of the children of His instrument of grace had failed Him. flocks away. The site is a desolate waste Israel before they entered the Promised inhabited by wild beasts, whose cries Land, it was declared that should they Prophecies of World History Fulfilled are the only sounds that disturb the deep fail their God, they would be scattered There is not space here to begin to silence. among the nations, and yet would pre- serve their distinctness in all places and compare the wonderful prophecies of Testimony of Nineveh Daniel and the Revelation, of Paul and Nineveh, the capital of Assyria, was Peter and James, of Jesus, the Master also to become "a desolation, and dry Prophet Himself, with their equally won- like a wilderness." But though the shep- derful fulfillments from the time of the herds would shun the site of ancient Babylonian captivity and on through the Babylon, "flocks" would "lie down in the Christian Era to our own time. midst" of Nineveh (Zeph. 2:14). And Suffice it to say that nations have risen when I visited Nineveh some years ago and fallen just as Daniel explained in what should I see but, true to the proph- interpreting the great image' dream of ecy, a flock of sheep feeding contentedly Nebuchadnezzar and his own later visions upon the herbage clothing the scattered of world empire. The story of the nations mounds! in the Christian Era and the parallel his- tory of the true church and the great Now, how could any finite mind have apostasy have been exactly as John and known that though Egypt would endure, other prophets foretold. And in the but with greatly diminished status, Baby- events of our day there is to be seen lon and Assyria would cease to be na- the certain fulfillment of innumerable tions; and that though the site of one prophecies of the latter days. Mesopotamian capital would be utterly Could human speculation have so' desolate, the other would at least serve clearly foretold the course of two thou- as a grazing ground for the flocks of sand years of human history? For an- later generations! Surely only divine fore- swer one has only to ask how accurate knowledge could have made such a cer- were the self-appointed prophets of the tain forecast. ANGEL WATCHERS nineteenth-century when they prophesied "Tale of Two Cities" of an age of peace? By Nathaniel Krum Tyre and Sidon are two ancient cities It should be pointed out too that as- whose contrasting fates can be read in "For He shall give His angels charge" sociated with these prophecies spanning prophecy and checked in history. To keep thee in His way, the centuries are many precise time pe- Through treacherous and stormy night riods, like the seventy weeks of years Tyre was to become "like the top of And perils of the day. from the end of the Babylonian captivity a rock." It would be "a place to spread to the appearance of the Messiah, and nets upon"; it would "be built no more: "For He shall give His angels charge"— the 1260 prophetic days, or literal years, for I the Lord have spoken it" (Eze. 26: And down the vaulted skies of papal dominance during the Dark 14). A retinue of guardian hosts In swiftest concert flies. Ages of the Christian Era. These proph- Sidon Not Utterly Destroyed ecies provide a test of prophecy that "For He shall give His angels charge"— could not fail to expose it if it were of Sidon, on the other hand, though not No foe thy heart need fear, human origin, for the forecasting of pro- far away, would not be utterly destroyed. No evil paths deflect thy feet phetic times spanning millenniums could It would be deluged with blood and With angel watchers near. not, by any stretch of the imagination, ravaged, but it would never be utterly be credited to the human mind. wasted (Eze. 28:21-23). Then thank the Lord for angel guards The fact is that no naturalistic explana- To test the prophecy, follow the coast His love supplies today! tion of prophecy can be found. It testi- road down from Beirut in Syria, and "For He shall give His angels charge" To keep us in His way. fies, without a shadow of a doubt, that you will come first to Sidon, a city of ten it came not "by the will of man: but thousand inhabitants, and then to the holy men of God spake as they were bare ruins of Tyre, lying out from the moved by the Holy Ghost" (2 Peter 1:21). SEPTEMBER 3, 1953 5 They are fearful of all social contacts. This is most unfortunate. No life can succeed apart from others. Apart from others, no one can be a real person. Peo- ple are what they are by virtue of their The Well-balanced Person relationship to other people. Success or failure in life depends upon By Arthur L. Bietz our ability to fuse ourselves meaningfully with others. Getting along with others is of supreme importance. There is no way Question tant, but one cannot read the Bible and of learning social skills apart from as- sociation with people. Emotionally and I like to be alone. My greatest delight worship all the time. If Bible study and mentally disturbed persons fail in their is in reading. I am told by my parents church attendance are the only interest, ability to share their lives with others. that I should spend more time in social then many other basic Christian aspects One of the chief indications of the valid- activities and in making friends. Do you of life will be neglected, and life will ity of Christian experience is fellowship think this is all-important? become warped and unnatural. The balanced person is able to enter- with God and with our fellow human Answer tain a new idea. He is interested in read- beings. The balanced person is also able to The successful life is always the well- ing, study, and enlightening discussion balanced life. Whenever one good thing of the basic issues of life. Many use most entertain himself. Unless we learn to get begins to absorb all of our energy, we of their energy to avoid new ideas. They on with ourselves, we will have little to offer to others. Those who are miserable are in danger. are afraid of thinking. Because it would It is a compliment to you that you are demand a new organization of their life, inside can offer little of value to other able to find happiness by yourself. No one they fight against all new insights. If lives. Many seem to think that they are anyone disagrees with them, they go into miserable because of others. This, how- is likely to find true enjoyment unless he ever, is not true. We see in others a re- likes his own company. Too many today an emotional collapse. Closed minds are dead minds. flection of our own happiness or unhap- have lost all capacity for living with Entertaining another person is another piness. What we see in others may be themselves. This is shown by the tendency evidence of a balanced life. There are much more a picture of ourselves than toward constant activity and running those who are ill at ease with others. of them. from one place to another. Many people have houses into which they could put homes, but they lack the ability to find happiness within themselves and those Great Doctrines of ,Our Faith-9 who are close to them. In your ability to enjoy being alone, you have an asset if you will rightly apply it. The Grace of God Your enjoyment of reading is also a By Harry W. Lowe good thing. The great ideas of the past come to us largely through books. Read- ing is the mark of intelligence, and it It is inadequate to say that "grace is passage, that these lost men were saved by shows that you find enjoyment in the unmerited favor." It savors of the idea grace, through faith (Eph. 2:1-8). realm of ideas. If a person does not find current in Old Testament days that when What saves us poor sinners is not a happiness in the pursuit of books and one tyrant conquered another he spared, knowledge of doctrine but the redeem- reading, he shuts himself off from one condescendingly and ostentatiously, when ing grace that enables us to convert ab- of the greatest avenues of true enjoy- he might have killed. Grace in its New stract doctrine into winsome, victorious ment. Testament sense is infinitely more than daily life. That is what made Charles However, you should be aware of a that. Wesley write what every redeemed sinner tendency that exists among many persons "Grace is an attribute of God exercised sings: who read. Often reading becomes an toward undeserving human beings."— "0 for a thousand tongues, to sing escape type of activity. A person may Ministry of Healing, p. 161. An attribute My great Redeemer's praise! wish to read to avoid more unpleasant of God can be neither defined nor fully The glories of my God and King, types of work that need to be accom- understood. In its larger aspects grace The triumphs of His grace!" plished. I know of a young woman who includes every activity of God to save Grace is God's hand extended to mis- feels a terrific urge to read when it is the race. This has led some great stu- erable sinners. Faith is the sinner's hand time to do the dishes. This reading might dents to say that, outside the names of stretched up to clasp the offered hand of well be classed as a producer of unhap- the Godhead, "grace" is the greatest word God. When grace and faith unite, God piness, because no one can find happi- in the English Bible. It is inconceivable gives the sinner strength to obey and ness in one thing if it is actually only that a God who is almighty should con- conquer. Then "duty becomes a delight, an escape from some unpleasant task that descend to do so much for sinners who and sacrifice a pleasure."—Steps to Christ, needs to be accomplished. are so despicable, which thought led some p. 63. Grace is sovereign but not irresist- There is a time for everything, and the unknown author to say: ible in the sense that men are saved or mature Christian will strike a balance be- "That thou should'st be the God lost against their own wills. tween various legitimate needs. There are Thou art, "Everything depends on the right ac- physical needs that must be emphasized, And love a wretch like me, tion of the will. The power of choice God but the one who is interested only in the Is darkness to my intellect— has given to men; it is theirs to exercise. physical aspects of life is not likely to But sunshine to my heart." You can not change your heart . . . ; find success. It is right that we should This indefinable grace must be experi- but you can choose to serve Him. You take care of the needs of the mind, but enced as the saving, sustaining, satisfying can give Him your will; He will then the one who allows mental pursuits to power of God in the everyday life. Paul work in you to will and to do according occupy all his time is headed toward very twice says that men "were dead in tres- to His good pleasure."—Ibid., p. 52. real trouble. Religious needs are impor- passes and sins," and twice in the same Salvation is "all of grace," because God 6 REVIEW AND HERALD could have declined to bother with this Above all people, we should rejoice in hours a day he works, the opportunities troublesome speck of a world. He did redeeming grace. It should be our dom- for advancement, the usual salary, and not, however, arbitrarily obliterate sinful inant characteristic, that by grace we live the availability of positions for account- men, nor did He compel them to obey above sin and rejoice in the truth. ants. He should become acquainted with Him. He gave free choice and free grace When the burdens of life seem unbear- at least one accountant, and observe what to help those who chose good rather than able, when suffering and disappointment satisfactions he obtains from his work. evil. Because of this free will, there is and frustration are overwhelming, when He should then call on his imagination laid upon man an added responsibility. temptation sears like a burning torch, to furnish the many details that will en- We may find our own pleasures and go then there comes to the weary soul the able him to fill out a fairly accurate men- our own ways, but eventually "God will assurance, "My grace is sufficient for thee" tal picture of how it would seem to be bring thee into judgment" (Eccl. 11:9). (2 Cor. 12:9). an accountant. On examining this imag- inary picture he should ask, "How do I like it?" He should do the same with respect to Harnessing Your Imagination the teaching of mathematics. He should picture himself in a classroom with the boys and girls as his students. He should By Harold Shryock, M.D. recognize that some of the students will be mischievous, whereas some will be co- operative. Some will be interested in The ability to exercise imagination is transfers this mental picture to a sketch mathematics; some will be indifferent. He one of the most fascinating phases of men- or to a dress pattern and, eventually, to should be sure to include the giving of tal activity. When you say, "Suppose I the cloth from which the dress is made. examinations and the grading of papers. were a millionaire"; or, "Suppose I were But had there not been first a mental He should anticipate the complaints that a queen," you are, thereby, taking leave picture of the new dress (imagination), are certain to come when he finds it from reality and introducing a line of there could have been no new design. necessary to give low grades. He should thought that temporarily makes you the A composer of music hears a new mel- even include a picture of some disgrun- master of every situation. When you in- ody in his imagination before he deter- tled parent who comes to criticize his dulge your imagination there need be mines which keys to strike in producing teaching or his handling of a son or a no disappointments. The imagination can his new composition. In fact, in any kind daughter. be altered to suit any circumstance. Imag- of creative work, imagination must pre- Of course, he should picture the ad- ination can take you on exploring expedi- cede the actual accomplishment. vantages of being a teacher as well as the tions. It can provide greater luxuries than The artist must be able to "see" a pic- disadvantages. He should take full notice any fortune. It can bring you greater po- ture before he can put it on canvas. The of the rewards and satisfactions that come litical power than has yet been known finished picture is no surprise to him. from knowing that he has had an impor- to mankind. It can bring you untold He has simply used his brush and paints tant part in the training of human be- pleasures, thrills, excitement! to record what he has pictured in his ings. In his imagination he can even look But you ask, "What is this imagina- mind. forward to the time when years have tion that permits me to direct my passed and some of his former pupils have thoughts along any line of my own choos- Differences of Two Artists grown into adulthood and have assumed ing?" I have known two artists. Each was important places in life. The imagination is just a part of every- capable of making good pictures. One Then he should ask himself the frank day thinking, and involves the use of the had an unusual imagination; the other question, "How do I like myself in the same parts of the brain that other think- possessed just ordinary creative ability. role of a teacher of mathematics?" ing involves. But imagination does not The artist with the good imagination On the strength of the pictures his represent actual experience. It consists could develop ideas before he ever began imagination provides, as accountant and of a blend of ideas. It provides combina- to place paint on the canvas or to make as teacher of mathematics, the young man tions of thought that are in perfect har- lines on the drawing board. But the artist should be able to decide quite wisely mony with your preference of the mo- whose imagination was limited had to which of the two lines is best for him. ment, even though this be fantastic. restrict his work to copying what some- We would make fewer mistakes if we Imagination is a very convenient thing. one else had already done or to what he took the time and spent the effort to use It responds to your whims and provides could see with his own eyes. He could not our imagination more effectively in the whatever you desire. No one individual put into a drawing the human feeling making of major decisions. Many times, has a monopoly on imagination. Each one and emotion that the other artist was able if we projected ourselves far enough into of us can take recourse to his imagina- to incorporate. the future, by using our imagination, we tion whenever he chooses. The powers of Another important use of the imagina- would avoid those mistakes that cause imagination can be harnessed and used tion is in making decisions. Consider the later regrets. We would even avoid the to great advantage, or they can be al- young person who comes to the time in mistakes that interfere with proper char- lowed such free rein that the individual his experience when he must choose his acter development and endanger our eter- becomes a virtual slave. lifework. Suppose a young man is not nal welfare. When used correctly, the power of sure whether he would rather be an ac- But just as with all good things, so with imagination is a great asset. For instance, countant or a teacher of mathematics. He imagination—there are extremes to be the architect, as he plans a new build- asks, "How can I make such a wise de- avoided. Imagination can be harnessed to ing, must have an active imagination. cision that I will remain satisfied with help us in many ways in our development Even before he makes a blueprint he the choice I have made?" of personality and character. It can also must see in his mind's eye how the fin- This young man should obtain all the be allowed to run at loose ends, and thus ished building will appear, else all he information he can about accounting and become a definite handicap. could do would be to copy former plans. about the teaching of mathematics. He Imagination is interesting. The com- The dress designer must have an active should make inquiry about the period of binations of thought that the imagination imagination. When she designs a new training necessary to proficiency in ac- provides are sometimes so fascinating that dress she must first use her imagination counting, the amount of responsibility an it is fun just to sit and daydream. But it to picture the new garment. She then accountant must assume, the number of is in connection with the habit of day- SEPTEMBER 3, 1953 7

dreaming that the possible excesses in the ing than in facing life's realities. When place that you derive greater satisfaction use of the imagination come about. you get to the place that you take special from the use of your imagination than But you say, "What is wrong with day- delight in daydreaming and allow time from doing things to improve yourself, dreaming? It helps make life enjoyable." in your day's program for building air you lose the incentive for making progress There is nothing fundamentally wrong castles, then you are in danger of losing and for learning how to meet life's major with an occasional recourse to the imag- interest in real living. It is possible for problems. You are in danger of reasoning, ination. The difficulty comes when you daydreaming to take the place of actual "Why should I work hard to make im- begin to find more pleasure in daydream- accomplishment. When you get to the provement when I can obtain easy satis- faction by sitting down alone and saying, `Suppose '?" "What is the remedy," you ask, "when a person has allowed the habit of day- dreaming to rob him of his zest for real living?" The remedy consists not so much A Story for the Children of a determination to discontinue day- dreaming as in the reorganization of one's BY ARTHUR W. SPALDING way of life so that he keeps so busy doing real things that there is no time left for building air castles. A person who is Wake-up Stories-20 tempted to spend too much time enjoy- ing the fictions of his imagination should Sing for the Love of God cultivate contacts with people, and should make plans that force him to keep busy "It's going to rain! It's going to rain!" stead of being a long swinging pouch. Only doing practical things. One by one and two by two the children who the Baltimore oriole seems not afraid to Imagination is a very personal thing. came into Miss Marian's room chanted the swing out from the tree. He—or she—usually You are the only human being who really refrain, not cheerfully, as you might expect, selects an elm, ties some strings or fibers to knows the thoughts you think. You are but dolefully. For the skies were hidden in hang down, and then weaves the grasses and the only one who knows what follows thick clouds, and in imagination the children other material in and all around them. But when you say, "I wish it were " There could hear the rain pouring down already. it is the sober-colored mother bird that does are no limitations on the dreams you But what of that? Don't we need rain? Won't all or most of the nest making, though her the ready earth and the plants and the bright mate sometimes brings her material to dream or the air castles you build except flowers welcome it? put in." those that you may choose for yourself. Ah, but this was a Friday, last day of the "Why does he sing so?" asked Annie. "My You can dream what you please. No one next-to-the-last week of school; and in the bird, you'd think he'd burst his throat, he but you will know what it is. Thus it is last hour of that last morning they were to sings so hard." that imagination springs from your very go out on their happy hike, to find more Miss Marian put the question to the chil- soul. The thoughts you think when you wonders of the wild. But if it rained or dren. "Why do you think the birds sing so indulge in fantasy constitute a truer in- threatened to rain they'd stay indoors. happily in the spring? Some of them are dex of your real character than any of Then Annie came bursting in, having run better singers than others, but there are the words you say, for words are intended hundreds and hundreds of kinds of birds that part of the way, both to beat the rain and for others to hear, but fantasy is yours to get to school on time. Something had de- sing and sing, in nesting time." layed her on the way. "They sing because they're happy," said alone. "0 Miss Marian," she panted, "I saw the Eleanor. The Lord Searches the Heart most beautiful bird I ever saw in all my life. "They sing to wake us up," said Jimmy. And it was building the most beautiful nest "They sing because God waked them up, If your daydreams are wholesome and I ever saw. And it was singing the most and told them to sing because spring is here," pure, then it must be that your charac- beautiful song I ever heard." said Phyllis. ter is the same. But if your secret thoughts "Tell us, Annie, tell us! What was it?" And Chris finished the tale: "They sing are the kind that you would not want "I don't know, but it was all gold and because they've built their nests, and laid anyone else to know—the kind that make their eggs, and their little ones are growing black. And it and another bird—I guess its you almost ashamed—then you have work mate—were hanging their nest from a limb in the eggs, and are going to hatch soon." of a tall, old elm tree. The other bird did "In this resurrection time of the year," to do in bringing your character to the most of the building. It wove in long strings said Miss Marian, "all the earth is joyful. degree of perfection that is necessary for and grasses. And the bright bird did the The sun shines, the rain falls, the springs successful Christian living. The Scriptures singing." rise in the wooded hills and run down in indicate that the Lord judges us, partly, "Who knows what Annie's bird is?" asked brooks to water the land and fill the rivers. by the use we make of our imagination. Miss Marian. The flowers come forth, the trees bring out David, when speaking to his son Solomon, "Oriole," drawled Sam languidly. "Saw 'em their leaves. All this is made by the love of indicated this: "And thou, Solomon my two weeks ago." God. And for the love of God the earth son, know thou the God of thy father, Annie looked at him indignantly. "You wakes up and sings. and serve him with a perfect heart and didn't hear him sing, Sam Long," she said, "Next week," said Miss Marian, "I'd like with a willing mind: for the Lord search- "or you wouldn't sit there so ut-ter-ly, com- to have some of you tell some Bible stories pletely we-e-ea-ry! Oriole, oriole," she said instead of my telling them—stories of men eth all hearts, and understandeth all the softly to herself. "Now I know you, bird who have been awakened to eternal life, imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek with the hanging nest." either by being translated or by being resur- him, he will be found of thee; but if thou And Miss Marian seemed to echo her rected from the dead. Three stories. And I'll forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever" thought. She said: "The Baltimore oriole is let you choose the storytellers." (1 Chron. 28:9). also called the hangbird, and the hangnest, They had all had practice during the year Furthermore, the Scriptures promise di- and sometimes the firebird, and the golden in telling stories; for while Miss Marian was vine help to the person who finds that robin. There are other orioles, especially, the chief and capital storyteller, she believed his powers of imagination are being mis- in our part of the country, the orchard in training her boys and girls in giving as used: "Casting down imaginations, and oriole, which is not quite so bright. And his well as receiving. Now it was up to them to nest—or rather the nest of his mate, the say who should be the storytellers of the every high thing that exalteth itself mother—doesn't look like the Baltimore's. last week. They talked and argued a little, against the knowledge of God, and bring- It is hung from twigs or branches too; but but at last the three they chose were Eleanor, ing into captivity every thought to the it is shallow, and tight up against them, in- Sam, and Annie. obedience of Christ" (2 Cor. 10:5). 8 REVIEW AND HERALD Oh! the awe, the gratitude, the shat- He Loved Us So tering relief as we see this prayer an- swered before our eyes! The rigid limbs By Lesley G. Hall relax, the eyes close in sleep, the moans are quieted. You are resting in healing slumber. Our God is a merciful God; He has not forgotten you, nor us. His How your yellow curls bobbed about We stand at the foot of your bed, healing hand is as warm, as tender, today the house, lighting every corner as you your father and I, helpless before your as it was two thousand years ago, when pulled your Teddy bear and your doll suffering. We have no words, only the His Son healed the incurable, raised tears raining down upon our clasped Johnny (all your dolls were named the dead, and gave all the glory to His hands. We see that beautiful young body Johnny) through the rooms in your little Father. of yours racked with pain, and we can red wagon! How you loved the quiet do nothing—those blue eyes clouded and hour at twilight when we rocked and His Son! His only Son! unseeing, the golden hair roughened and told stories and sang, "There were ninety We look at you, son, asleep. For the harsh, the fair skin blotched and marred. and nine" and "Into a tent where a first time in our lives we begin to see a We are one with Adam and Eve, gaz- gypsy boy lay." Can we ever forget your glimmering of what it means that "God ing in stunned horror at the body of little voice saying, "Now I tell you a so loved the world, that he gave his only their sweet son Abel; we are part of story, Mother. Once upon a time there begotten Son." Abraham, when his heart turned over was a little boy named Sama-weel. An' Would we let you go on suffering in incredulous despair as he heard the a Lord call Sama-weel, an' he say, " 'Peak, for all the children in our village? Could voice of God saying, "Take now thy Lord, Thy servant hearef." we bear it, even to save lives? son, thine only son Isaac." We are David "0 Lord, speak now to us! This is our But our Father so loved us that He in his heartbroken cry, "0 my son Ab- son, our precious son. Heal him, save not only let His Son leave Him lonely salom, my son, my son Absalom! would him for us! But if not, if we must lose in the empty courts of heaven to dwell God I had died for thee!" him, at least ease his pain, let him go among men but watched that Son be- Is this our first-born, this tall man, soon, give him rest, we implore Thee. come weak, weary, hungry, homeless. The broken and agonized? Is this the red- We cannot bear it, to see him suffer thus. Father saw Him reviled, persecuted, ma- cheeked baby whose blue eyes danced We will give anything, anything—only ligned, abused; and He so loved us that as he sang his little songs to his adoring help him. Nothing is too much; our own He allowed it. He saw that beautiful court—"Jesus loves me, this I know"; lives, any relative, any friend—only not child of His own—His only child—in "Away in a manger, no crib for a bed"? this boy. We cannot watch him suffer." such mental anguish that He sweat drops of blood. He saw Him beaten, scourged, sharp thorns pressed into His brow until the blood ran down; saw Him faint beneath a great '74 ekairea Wet %71714 cross of heavy wood; saw iron spikes driven By HELEN COOPER through those hands that had held His In the hope that I have of His coming, With its splendor and brilliant display, hand as they walked When heaven will be filled with His together through the glory heavenly fields of as- On the saints' resurrection day, p h od e 1; heard that There's one sweet moment of gladness loved voice—oh, far I long for most eagerly— worse for that great To stand with all of my children Father heart than all Before Him who gave them to me. the rest—call despair- ingly, "My God, my The burdens that came with their train- ing, God, why hast thou for- The long hours of teaching, will be saken me?" and He an- All just a glorious privilege swered not. His Son In the light of eternity. must die alone. For us The heavens will blaze with His bright. —to save us! ness He so loved us. He When I say, 'I have waited for Thee. could have stopped it I want to present now the children Thou graciously gave unto me.' all with a word. He could have snatched Oh, often I let my mind picture His Beloved away to His coming to earth once again-- heaven, and left this To stand with the ransomed before Him wicked world to perish And shout the Amen and Amen, as it so richly deserved. The myriads of angels, and Jesus He could have cried, In all of His beauty to see— "It is too much. I can- And the prayer of my heart is always not see My Son suffer, For the children given to me. I cannot bear it." But He so loved us! We could not watch T. K. MARTIN, ARTIST you in your pain, dear son. But God loved us SEPTEMBER 3, 1953 9

—high as the heavens are above the earth How can we thank Him! how can we garding the harmful effects of the exces- —He loved us that much more. Our love praise Him! "Our Father"—now we be- sive use of salt in the diet have been for you is as nothing compared to His. gin to see what these two words mean. vindicated. Medical men are prescribing "Behold, what manner of love the "Dear Lord, fill our hearts so full of salt-free diets for certain cases of high Father hath bestowed upon us" (1 John love for Thee that it will spill out to blood pressure, heart disease, and edema, 3:1). "Herein is love . . that he loved us, all suffering mankind everywhere. Help because of the detrimental effect of the and sent his Son" (1 John 4:10). "I us to show this sad world Thy love. sodium in the salt. have loved thee with an everlasting love" As Thou hast loved us, help us to love. For many years there was not much (Jer. 31:3). Amen." published scientific material on the harm- ful effects of tobacco, but at present there is a wealth of such evidence in medical literature. This year an eminent chest Our Health Message Today surgeon during his lecture course made the statement that although medical men could not give sufficient scientific data to By Elizabeth J. Hiscox, M.D. prove that smoking causes cancer of the lung, yet they were so sufficiently con- vinced that he and several of the other Medical science is advancing rapidly that scientists have found that calories con- doctors in his office had quit smoking. these days, and most medical texts are sumed in the evening followed by sleep These men who are not Seventh-day Ad- out of date by the time they are pub- are mostly deposited as fat in the body. ventist physicians became afraid to con- lished. But Seventh-day Adventists have But food calories taken in the morning tinue using tobacco, for they were daily been given a wealth of health knowledge are used soon by the body in its energy removing lungs or portions of lungs from in the writings of the Spirit of prophecy requirements. The point was made that victims of cancer of the lung who had that does not go out of date, and in fact children and working people should eat been heavy smokers. has been in advance of much that is now a good breakfast, and those who need to One could go on in this manner bring- accepted as medical fact. reduce weight should eat very little at ing up point after point, but certainly we In the days when enforced bed rest was night. Does this bring to your mind cer- do not need more evidence of the in- a popular method of treating many kinds tain statements in Ministry of Healing spiration of our health message. Let us of illness as well as postoperative cases, I regarding the harmful effects of eating live up to the health principles given us, used to wonder about the statements in late or heavy suppers before going to bed? and teach them to others, for they are up Ministry of Healing that said, "Inactivity Statements in the Spirit of prophecy re- to date in every respect. is a fruitful cause of disease"; "Invalids should not be encouraged in inactivity"; "Inactivity is the greatest curse that could come upon most invalids." Now the full not be scolded into the kingdom, nor the force of these statements is recognized in complacent religionist won with cold, windy current medical practice. The surgeon Minute controversy. A blast of religious argument gets his patient up as soon as possible without the warmth of love only makes the Meditations hearer draw more closely about him the after surgery. To prevent the formation By Harry M. Tippett mantle of his prejudices. But even as the of clots in the veins of the lower extremi- springtime sun thaws the frosted window- ties, which may travel as emboli (clots) pane and relegates to the closet the garments to the lungs and heart, the patient is en- of winter, so the healing, wooing Spirit of couraged to move his feet and legs con- Savors of Life Unto Life the Sun of Righteousness will penetrate the tinually. If he is not able to shift his po- coldest heart and strip it of its biased ob- sition, the nurse turns him frequently, "He which converteth the sinner from the sessions. and he is encouraged to clear the lungs error of his way, shall save a soul from death, How wonderful the Master was in dealing by coughing and deep breathing after and shall hide a multitude of sins" (James with the proud and opinionated churchmen of His day. His mission was not the break- surgery. Many cases are allowed to sit 5:20). ing of heads but the binding up of broken up the evening of the day of surgery and One of our modern critics appraising the hearts. His program was not one of con- to walk the next day. work of a writer in the last century said that demnation but of salvation. His method was A number of references in Counsels on his bitter arguments were compelling but not one of debate and contention but of Diet and Food urge that grease be kept not winsome. "He did not understand that gentle persuasion. His deep concern was not the sun and not the wind conquers the to prove His Messiahship but to comfort out of our food. In a recent surgical phys- cloaked traveler." iology class some interesting statements the afflicted and those who mourn, and to This apt figure is worthy of examination heal their wounds, both of the body and of were made by the lecturer: "The liver is in its application to methods in soul win- concerned with fat metabolism. Neutral the spirit. "He that hath seen me hath seen ning. By the time the average person has the Father," Jesus said. And everyone who fat and cholesterol esters tend to accumu- reached maturity he has acquired a thick saw God's love in the Saviour's ministry re- late in the liver. Any infection in the body cloak of prejudices. His social and religious joiced in accepting the garment of praise He tends to interfere with liver function, environment provide him with the material, offered for the spirit of heaviness. and increase fat in the liver. The more and consciously or not he chooses his own In our witnessing to those who know not fat there is in the liver, the more likely pattern. He, is wrapped in a garment of the way of life, the love of Christ that has it is to become damaged." In cases of opinion woven chiefly from his emotional shined in our own hearts must first be made cirrhosis (hardening) of the liver, part judgments. Brought up in the sectarian be- manifest. There are those who have great liefs of his parents, he adheres to the church light but little love. The divine order for of the modern treatment is to give sub- of their choice. Or again, reared in a harsh stances that are lipolytic in action, that is, winning the unconverted is set forth in the home atmosphere with no religious training, epistle of James: "The wisdom that is from tend to dissolve the fat from the liver and he is calloused or bitter toward the appeals above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, thus aid the reparative process. By the of the gospel. and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and diminishing of the patient's fat intake in. It is disturbing to observe that the cloak good fruits, without partiality, and without the diet, the tension in vessels of the por- of religious complacency is just as hard to hypocrisy." James 3:17. Argument hardens ,tal system can be diminished. penetrate and sometimes harder than the and harshness repels, but gentleness and A recent Reader's Digest article stated armor of avowed infidelity. The infidel can- genuine goodness win. 110 REVIEW AND HERALD

EDITORIALS

This writer goes on to say that "there is nothing Is This the Christian Hope? new about such a view of the afterlife." We agree with Since the World Council of Churches decided to make him. In its essence this idea of continuing life's strug- "The Christian Hope" the theme of its 1954 assembly gles with evil in the hereafter is believed today by those at Evanston, Illinois, the literature of the Christian who trust in the false hope of a second probation after world has been filled with discussions of the subject. death. These magazine articles and the numerous books written Dr. Hordern states, "It is reasonable in that it fits represent many different views, and one who reads gains the Christian view of the nature of God and the facts the impression that the churches of Protestantism have of earthly life." But he seems to be quite uncertain of little or no agreement on this matter. Yet the ques- himself, for he declares, "It would seem a most fruit- tion is of vital importance in this age of disillusion- ful area for further research in a time when Christians ment. People today are in search of hope. are trying to speak a word of hope to all men." One of the various viewpoints expressed is that of Dr. Hordern believes that "whatever is left undone Dr. William Hordern, a theologian of Swarthmore Col- in history must be completed beyond history," and that lege and a graduate of Union Theological Seminary "we are fighting the first battles in a war that will con- in New York. Writing in The Christian Century of tinue into eternity. . . . So interpreted, the Christian July 8, 1953, under the title "Hope: Here and Here- hope for the hereafter is not a temptation to neglect after," he affirms his belief that "The Christian Hope" the battle here, but an invitation to see it as the begin- is both "otherworldly" and "this-worldly." Concerning ning of a struggle that will continue beyond history to the Christian's hope in the second coming of Christ final victory." and the next life, he refers to the book of Revelation and observes that "the Apocalypse is a symbolic rep- Will Our Struggles Be Perpetuated? resentation of the legitimate faith that history has a Those who have believed and studied and taught meaning and is moving, under God, toward a goal in the doctrine of the second coming of Christ know that which man shall achieve his noblest aims and hopes." such views as those held by Dr. Hordern and numerous Regarding the Christian's hope, as it relates to this other Protestant Bible scholars are not consistent with world, he notes that this hope has two sides. "First, the Christian hope. They are based on wishful think- there is the hope springing from the fact that even in ing, and constitute a disappointing attempt at rational- the midst of destruction and evil there are resources izing this dynamic doctrine of the Second Advent which, of spiritual power which enable the Christian to over- rightly understood, offers final and complete emancipa- come the world even as he remains in it." And second, tion from all the problems of sin. If the second coming "the hope that under the impact of Jesus Christ earthly of Christ is the fulfillment of the blessed hope, then why society may be made more just." would God permit our human conflicts over "racial prejudices," our "class-consciousness," and the struggle Is the Christian Hope an Opiate? between good and evil to continue after Christ comes? It is Dr. Hordern's analysis of the Christian hope as If "after death men will continue to grow out of sin it pertains to the next life that attracted our attention. into harmony with God," of what value is the hope This scholar attacks what he calls "a purely static view of Christ's coming? Certainly such a climactic event of the afterlife." By that he evidently means the popular will put down evil and dispense with suffering, or it concept that life in the hereafter is a sort of static ex- will utterly fail of fulfilling man's hopes. perience (with the saints floating about in the ozone Protestant theologians who wrestle with the doctrines on fleecy, fleeting clouds). Adventists can join with him of eschatology or the great judgment themes are caught in denouncing that view. But he also speaks of that in the grip of an insidious error, and by this error to universal longing in the heart of man for peace and which they cling they interpret the Word of God. We rest from life's labors as "an opiate," "unworthy of refer to the belief in the idea of the inevitable progress man at his best," and when we read that, we are greatly of man, which has been frequently renounced in recent distressed, for we believe that this longing for heaven years but which persists like its twin error, evolution, and home is essentially a part of the Christian hope. to grip the restless minds of modernist Bible scholars. Dr. Hordern states frankly that "we have often looked All progress, it is held, must be according to the scien- beyond this life with its vicissitudes and dreamed of the tific laws of uniformity. Whatever happens in the future calm and peace of heaven. We long for the day when life must be determined by the events of the past life. striving and effort will end. Such a view, however, is Believing this, popular theologians find that it is con- truly an opiate. It is unworthy of man at his best." venient to reason that in the afterlife the struggles of All of this raises the question, What is Dr. Hordern's this present life will continue. view of life in the hereafter? We quote: It is also natural that they should frown upon the "Jesus' parable of Dives and Lazarus indicates that history belief that "we have only to wait patiently for the glori- will throw up impassable barriers between men even in the ous morn when all our problems will be past and gone." afterlife. Man will still retain his racial prejudices, his limited perspectives, his class-consciousness. The battle in heaven, por- Dr. Hordern asks the question, "How can this be? Chris- trayed in art and poetry, symbolizes, not the battle between the tians as we see them are not perfect. They are not fit good angels and the evil ones, but a battle that cuts through the for the Kingdom of God. Why should we suppose that center of each person. After death men will continue to grow one second on the other side of death they will be made out of sin into harmony with God." perfect?" SEPTEMBER 3, 1953 11 We ask, If in this life man fails to prepare for the extent they are logically prevented from presenting God kingdom of God, what benefit would a second probation as an omnipotent, personal being who created man and be to him? When Christ comes, there will be no need who promulgated a universal code that all should obey of further preparation for eternity, since those who love and that all must meet in a final judgment day. To the Him and keep His commandments will be ready for extent that churchmen have proclaimed the possibility heaven. "When he shall appear, we shall be like him," of man's development to perfection through good en- said John; "for we shall see him as he is. And every man vironment and cultural aids, to that extent they have that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he surrendered the Biblical truth that the blood of Christ is pure" (1 John 3:2, 3). It is the hope of seeing the is the one and only means for transforming his evil pure Christ and being with Him, in His sweet presence, nature and setting man on the path to perfection. that purifies the church. This is the blessed hope, the Christian hope. Paul says, "That he might present it The Second Advent Movement to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, It is against the background of these facts that we or any such thing; but that it should be holy and with- would again direct the reader's attention to the Advent out blemish" (Eph. 5:27). Movement. This movement was born in the 1840's, when But we see no hope at all for the world in the doc- the intoxicating idea of an approaching earthly heaven trine of Dr. Hordern—only the doleful prospect of per- was beginning to turn men's heads, but before Darwin's petuating the struggles and conflicts of this veil of tears views had appeared to provide an apparent scientific into an indefinite expanse of future years. D. A. D. proof for it in terms of evolution. We believe that God foretold the Advent Movement in prophecy, raising it up to preach a distinctive message to the world in the The Antidote for Apostasy-4 last days of time. The very first preaching of the move- ment focused on the text: "Fear God and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and wor- The Medicine for the Sickness ship him that made heaven, and earth" (Rev. 14:7). of Modern Man This was followed almost immediately by a great focusing on the fourth precept' of the Decalogue, the com- In a series of editorials last month we set forth reasons mand to remember the Sabbath day as a holy memorial why the Second Advent is the only hope for modern man of the personal God who made heaven and earth. This who is caught in a mounting tide of fear, the fear of very emphasis on a command of the Decalogue led our world explosion and dissolution. In the present series pioneers onward to stress the prime importance of the we have been considering the reason why those church- Ten Commandments as the absolute and eternal moral men who have recently begun to preach the Second Ad- standard for man. All the while we proclaimed the vent have done so in a vague and sketchy manner that Second Advent, emphasizing the truth that God will can bring little hope to their hearers. The reason is that judge all men at that final day, and according to the their acceptance of false ideas of science, such as evolu- standards of His holy law. But above all, we focused from tion, removes God from His throne as the one very the very first on that truth so central to the salvation of personally interested in our lives. men from an evil world, that the blood of Jesus Christ We have presented evidence to show that the Second can cleanse men from sin. We present Christ actually min- Advent truth, so meaningful as a way out of the tragedy istering as the great high priest in the heavenly sanctuary. of this world, is tied to another great truth, and indeed No one thought that a movement featuring these owes its force and vitality to that truth; namely, the teachings could ever rightly lay claim to providing a creation of this earth as set forth in Genesis. But the message uniquely needed by the world in its last judg- creation described by Moses owes its meaning to the ment-bound hours. In truth, no one believed that the most central of all truths, that a very great God, who world was moving toward a climactic conclusion that is not servant but master of natural laws, is ruler of would sever the righteous from the wicked and consume heaven and earth. And from that truth flows the con- all evil forever. Very particularly, few considered our clusion not only that there is meaning and purpose to distinctive preaching on the Sabbath as important. It our lives but that there is a great divine code, the ex- seemed but a barren discussion of days, Saturday versus pression of God's will, to govern our lives. Else how Sunday. But the worth of ideas or doctrines is not to be could we know how to order our steps according to the measured by the kind of reception given them at the divine purpose? And all this carries us on to the further outset. On the contrary, if a religious message proves conclusion that the great God, who created us and finally to have a startling appropriateness and force planned our lives for us, will hold us to account for our undiscerned by men at the outset, that in itself serves deeds in a great judgment day. to provide unexpected evidence that the message is from How evident, then, that if the sickness of modern man God. is to be healed, there must be given to him a strong, soul-shaking medicine compounded of two eternal ver- Century Provides Contrast ities: The "Lord God omnipotent reigneth," and He And now a hundred years have passed by with their doeth all things "according to the good pleasure of his amazing changes in religious thought as already de- will." This needs to be followed by the equally potent scribed. Today in earth's dark valleys men wander medicine, compounded also of two great verities: "Fear blindly in the fogs of secularism, but on the mountaintop God, and keep his commandments," and "he hath ap- stands a singular company of men and women who are pointed a day, in which he will judge the world." intensely supernaturalistic. They actually believe—in- Finally, there must be administered to him the miracle credible as it seems to virtually all others—that God per- medicine of the spiritual world, the blood of Jesus Christ sonally created this earth as recorded by Moses, and that completely destroys the virus of sin and makes him that soon He will personally appear in majesty in the whole once more. heavens to judge the living and the dead according to But the churches in general are not prepared to ad- His holy law. minister these medicines, except in a form too diluted We probably do not realize how unique and how to prove efficacious. To the extent that churchmen have intense is our supernaturalism in an age of secularized accepted the scientific conception of the world, to that religion. A hundred years ago we could not claim that 12 REVIEW AND HERALD distinction, for all religious people believed as fully as If there were no Advent Movement thus preaching did we concerning the personal relationship of God to today, the times would demand that such a movement our world. Why is it that the hundred years have caused be raised up. But the movement is here, and we are a this prime truth to fade from the minds of most religious part of it. May God give us vision and fervor to measure people but to remain bright in ours? The answer is up to our opportunity and our solemn responsibility. ready: God gave to us the Sabbath truth that anchors F. D. N. us forever to the creation record. And at the very heart of creation is found the first truth of revealed religion, that God is ruler of heaven and earth. With our minds Do You Indulge in Criticism? fixed on that great truth we could not succumb to the bewitching theories that have led most men to rob God Critics may be listed under two general classifications. of His personality and reduce Him to a mere cosmic The first group consists of those who criticize themselves. force. These earnestly endeavor to discover their own faults We keep the Sabbath, not because we wish to he dif- and shortcomings. They are encouraged to do this by ferent from other men, but because we wish to honor the such scriptures as the following: "Let us search and try Majesty of heaven. We keep the Sabbath as our witness our ways, and turn again to the Lord" (Lam. 3:40). to the world that we have no part in the modern apostasy "Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove and that we have a sublime conception of our God. your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Time is running out. On this one fact all agree today. Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?" (2 Cor. But men in general face it either with fear or stolid resig- 13:5). "But let every man prove his own work, and then nation or with the hesitant preaching of a vague kind of shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in Second Advent. We believe, in humility, but with a another" (Gal. 6:4). solemn sense of our divine commission, that this is the If one does a thorough work of self-criticism, he usually day for which the Advent Movement was raised up. We finds enough to occupy his attention fully. The deeper cry out, as do others, that time is short, but we add im- he probes the secrets of his own heart, the more humble mediately and in thunderous tones: "The Lord God he feels and the less inclined he is to search for the faults omnipotent reigneth." He has not abdicated; He has of others. He knows the truth of these words: not given to wise but wicked men the task of bringing "A noble, all-round character is not inherited. It does not earth's history to a close. The times are in His hands. come to us by accident. A noble character is earned by individ- ual effort through the merits and grace of Christ. God gives We look back to earth's beginnings, and see God our the talents, the powers of the mind; we form the character. Creator present at the birth of our world. We look up- It is formed by hard, stern battles with self. Conflict after con- ward, and see God our Saviour ministering in the heav- flict must be waged against hereditary tendencies. We shall enly sanctuary for repentant sinners. We look forward have to criticize ourselves closely, and allow not one unfa- through the prophetic telescope, and see God our De- vorable trait to remain uncorrected."—Christ's Object Lessons, liverer as King of kings and Lord of lords returning p. 331. soon to create a new heavens and a new earth wherein The second group of critics consists of those who dwelleth righteousness. This is the essence of our belief, spend time and effort hunting for the faults and weak- and this is the essence of our message to the multitudes of nesses of others, and telling about these shortcomings the world who have forgotten God, and in forgetting whenever and wherever they find or can make an op- Him have become filled with fear. portunity for doing so. Some of them even try to be im- partial by beginning with the leaders of our work and going right down through union and local conferences, our institutions and churches. "To accuse and criticize those whom God is using, is to accuse and criticize the Lord, who has sent them."—Testi- Others Have Said monies to Ministers, p. 466. "We think with horror of the cannibal who feasts on the still warm and trembling flesh of his victim; but are the results of even this practice more terrible than are the agony and He who has learned to disagree without being disagreeable has ruin caused by misrepresenting motive, blackening reputation, discovered the most valuable secret of a diplomat.—Supervision. dissecting character?"—Education, p. 235. Laws are not masters, but servants, and he rules them who obeys The Scriptures refer to those who do these things as them.—Arkansas Baptist. backbiters, whisperers, those who sow discord among brethren, tongues sharpened like a serpent, with adders' A wise and good friend once said to me: "If you want to live poison under their lips. "Speak not evil one of another, happily and effectively, you've got to be a participant, not a spec- brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and tator."—American Magazine. judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth Failure: The line of least persistence.—The Country Drummer. the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge" (James 4:11). "Lord, who shall The collected pleasures of everyday life fade quickly unless there abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill? is at the heart of them the gladness of having done something that He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, has made someone happier.—Community Tidings. and speaketh the truth in his heart. He that backbiteth A little love during periods of distress is worth more than great not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, adoration during periods of happiness.—Selected. nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour" (Ps. It takes two to make a peace but only one to start a war.—Jay 15:1-3). Franklin. A little reflection must make it very clear to everyone that there is one thing that the Lord cannot do, and We see things not as they are, but as we are.—Sunshine Magazine. that is to permit a critic to enter heaven, otherwise the President Eisenhower recently pointed out that the following peace and harmony of heaven would be jeopardized. could be bought for the cost of one heavy bomber: modern brick Complete victory over this evil propensity must be schools for 30 cities, electric power plants for 2 cities, 2 fully accomplished by every one of us. Such victory is obtain- equipped hospitals, 50 miles of concrete highway. Bakers Review. able through Our Lord and Saviour. J. L. M. SEPTEMBER 3, 1953 13 News From the World Field

made us more humble and willing to fol- Opening Our Work in Khartoum, Sudan low. Inasmuch as -there were a number in By Neal C. Wilson, President Khartoum who had been taking the Voice Nile Union Mission of Prophecy lessons, we wanted to have a public meeting to which we could in- vite these dear people and get acquainted At midnight on January 12, 1953, I earnest season of prayer together, and with them personally. Our newly acquired boarded -an airplane in Cairo and trav- asked the Lord to bless us again as we building was being completely redec- eled south to Khartoum, where I was to spoke with the owner of this building orated, and therefore we could not meet meet Hilmy Barbawy and Brother and the next day. He was a wealthy business- in our own place. We made several at- Sister Ferris Bishai and their baby son. man, and his time was limited. As we ap- tempts to secure other meeting halls where This couple were to pioneer our work proached his office he met us at the door we could hold a public meeting on Sun- in the Sudan. They had preceded me by on his way out to meet an appointment. day night, but none of these avenues several days, having traveled by train Realizing that we had come again to talk seemed to open up. We had resigned and river boat. This they did in order to over the matter of renting his building, ourselves into feeling that perhaps we take along their belongings, something he was not at all anxious to take any should not hold a meeting on Sunday they could not have done had they trav- time with us. However, we began to tell night. However, God had arranged dif- eled by plane. him about our worldwide work and the ferently! When I arrived we immediately be- very specific message that we have for Early Sunday morning I was informed gan to search for a desirable place to the nations today, and this seemed to grip that a gentleman was in the lobby of establish our work. We wanted a present- his attention. He invited us into his of- the hotel wanting to see me. I discovered able building, with a nice yard, close to fice, where we spent more than two hours that he was a godly man about eighty- good communications, and in the center explaining our message and our work to three years old, and that he was a master of a good residential area. We did not him. carpenter working with the Sudan Gov- know at the time we began looking for ernment. He told me that he had built such a place how scarce such places are A Contract in Our Pockets a little church many years ago, but that in Khartoum. At the end of the first We walked out of his office with a con- he had never found those whom he day we were almost disheartened, feel- tract in our pocket and with a sincere thought were honestly and truly present- ing that we would not be able to find a prayer of thanks in our hearts, for the ing God's truth to the world. For this center that would measure up to the dig- Lord had worked in our behalf, and this reason this church had not been used— nity of our message. Just then the un- prosperous businessman had made the but for one exception. Each day at five usual happened. Someone told us about building available to us at a reasonable o'clock he went alone to this little church a building that had been vacated a few figure, which was about half of what he and spent an hour in quiet meditation days prior by a certain club. could have secured from anyone else. and prayer. For twenty years he had been Early the next morning we went to Once more we were assured that the waiting and praying for God to send see this place, and found out that it Lord was leading the way, and this fact someone with a message for these tre- met our requirements perfectly. And we were overjoyed when we found that the rent was very reasonable. We did not know at that time that there is no law in the Sudan to protect a tenant when he rents a place. The landlord may de- mand any sum of money from him at any time, and if one does not pay the sum requested, the only alternative is to leave. And that is how this particular building came to be vacant. The owner had requested 300 or 400 per cent more rent than the renters had been paying. In fact, he already had several companies and people who were ready to take the building at any figure that he would state. When we approached him with the suggestion that we would be glad to pay a similar amount to what the rent had been at the beginning or even a few pounds more, he simply smiled and kindly asked us not to waste our time. However, we could not help feeling impressed that God had made this place vacant to meet Ferris B. Bishai (right) with wife and baby boy (center), new workers in Khartoum, Sudan, and Hilmy our need. That evening we had a very Barbawy, Nile Union home missionary and publishing secretary. 14 REVIEW AND HERALD mendous times in which we are living. one of the business- I told the elderly man that the message men used when he that Seventh-day Adventists have is the heard about the same as that of John the Baptist, the Bible school. H e voice of one crying in the wilderness of said, "Yes, I want to these modern days, "Prepare ye the way enroll. I have heard of the Lord." He hastened to assure me that this course that this was the very message that he makes the Bible wanted to be given in his little church. clear, and I want He thereupon offered to let the workers something that ex- here use this church whenever they plains the Bible." wished. We had a very encouraging meet- It was with great sat- ing that evening, and once again we isfaction that he en- realized that God is moving upon the rolled, and urged us hearts of men and women in every part to send the lessons as of the earth in order to hasten the com- soon as possible, be- pletion of the work and the coming of cause he had been our Saviour. waiting for such help We know that this new work in the Su- for a long time. dan will find a place in your daily peti- The words of tions to the Lord. We need to open up Jesus help us to un- other countries in the Middle East also. derstand more and We believe the time has come when we more how large and must not delay. Pray that the Lord of wonderful is the part the harvest may provide laborers and the Ingathering plays open the doors in such places as Libia, in the great evange- Jo-chan (and little Bo-chan) singing their love for Jesus at Imai branch home of Simon the Cyrenian, who carried lizing program of Sabbath school. the cross of Jesus; and Aden, gateway of God. "Let your light the Red Sea at the tip of the Arabian so shine before men, that they may see peninsula, where there are millions of your good works, and glorify your Father God's Children souls who need to hear a message of love which is in heaven" (Matt. 5:16). I re- By Raymond S. Moore and deliverance. member a bank manager who, after my first visit, tore the Ingathering paper into This is the story of Jo-chan. (Chan is a hundred pieces and threw it into the a term of endearment.) Jo-chan could be Ingathering Contacts wastebasket before my eyes. I bade him any little girl in Japan. There are about in Brazil a courteous good-by and remembered him twenty million of them. Most of them live in my prayers. The following year I vis- in thatched-roof huts with straw-mat floors. By Santiago Schmidt, Secretary ited him again. After listening to the They have almost no heat in freezing Home Missionary Department presentation very attentively, with an ex- winters—except for a small charcoal pot, South American Division pression of repentance on his face, he when they can afford the charcoal. They went to his safe and brought his donation eat mostly fish and rice. For variety they While I was visiting in a Brazilian city —a gift so large that nobody else in that have different kinds of fish and other sea recently, a most interesting experience little city surpassed it. foods. Sometimes, in search of a change, took place. From the window of my hotel In one city there is a group of eight ac- they eat their fish pickled, or dried, or raw, room I saw a multitude of people in tive lay workers who have used amplifiers or fried. But it is still fish. The rice? Well, solemn procession walking down the street with good results. They have also organ- they usually just eat plain rice. If they following some relics borne on the shoul- ized six branch Sabbath schools and are can afford it, they wrap it up in seaweed ders of several men, It was the culmi- doing a fine work in the church. Although or a thin dough fried in deep fat. For a nating event of Catholic Holy Week. In this city is in the famine zone, our dear delicacy they may have special seaweed the large group I saw many of the most brethren united in a special effort to do with their rice and sliced octupus (devil- influential businessmen, who only the more for the children. They built a large fish). week before had given their donations room for the children's meetings on the Jo-chan may go with her mother to the for the Ingathering work. Sabbath. The entire church is clean and public bath on cold nights. There she This occurred in the capital city of a well ventilated, with furniture painted will first wash carefully, then soak in the Brazilian state. In the interior, as in dozens in attractive colors. hot water to get very warm. After that she of other states, there has been a severe will chase home and to sleep—on her drought. In large areas there is no water quilts, laid over the straw-mat floor. and not a single remaining green leaf. The next day Jo-chan will rise to help Famine and epidemics have brought death Lake Titicaca Church Schools mother with baby brother. At a very early to many. Multitudes are abandoning their Our people everywhere will be interested age she learns to carry him about on her homes to run away from death. in a fact contained in a letter from L. H. back much of the day. In this terrible crisis the people are Olson, the secretary of the South American These are God's children. Sometimes turning to God. They have opened their Division. He reports that on the Peruvian they find Him. And, when they do, noth- hearts and their purses. Ingathering dona- side of Lake Titicaca there are 112 church ing can keep them from His arms. At tions have doubled or even tripled. One schools, most of these very close to the shores Japan Missionary College we have some of the most prominent men offered us an of the lake, and on the Bolivian end of Lake Jo-chans who have taken beatings because excellent site in the city where we could Titicaca there are 107 church schools. This they went to the arms of Jesus. Some have erect a church and school building. God gives us a faint idea of the Seventh-day Adventist occupation of that part of the been thrown from their homes and dis- is working in behalf of His children. world field. May God bless these church inherited. But disinherited from what? It We have been impressed by the readi- schools and all of their teachers and students mattered little to them for they knew ness of people to enroll in the Bible is the prayer of every sincere heart in the that they were children of God. Remem- school. I shall never forget the expression Advent Movement. D. E. REBOK. ber these children in your prayers. .SEPTEMBER 3, 1953 15 As a most fitting climax to this most in divine power,—these are the true rem- Workers' Meeting in inspirational and spiritual workers' meet- edies."—Ministry of Healing, p. 127. South Africa ing, all present reconsecrated their whole- It was wonderful to see the Lord's bless- hearted allegiance to the Lord by partak- ing in helping to restore the health of By R. S. Watts, President ing of the sacred ordinances. those who attended the meetings as they Southern African Division I am confident this workers' meeting began to breathe deeply, drink more wa- ushers in a new day for our work in ter, take systematic exercise, and learn On June 26-30, 1953, there was held Southern Africa. A new sense of oneness how to take a cold-mitten friction, even if at the Sedaven High School, near Johan- in Christ now will transcend all tend- it was a bit damp and cool in London nesburg, a South African Union (Euro- encies to racial differences and nationalis- during the month of January. pean) workers' meeting. This meeting tic feelings. This spiritual crusade will One of the special features that seemed was extraordinary! It was different! Dur- result in a reactivated, revived church, to be very much appreciated by the ing the four days the workers and their which will unitedly go forward in a audience was the demonstrations in nu- wives were together, the carefully pre- mighty advance movement for God in trition and food preparation given by pared daily program provided time for Southern Africa. Mrs. John Shone. only Bible study, testimony, and prayer. Special mention must go to our health There were no departmental promotions, food company, Granose Foods, at Wat- no special high-pressure gospel literature Health Evangelism in ford, England, which provided means, sales, no visual aids, either stills or movies, material, transportation, and help in ar- to distract attention. The workers were the London Effort ranging the platform three nights a week there for business—the earnest business of for the cooking demonstrations. how to recapture the genuine spirit of By Wayne McFarland, M.D. primitive godliness in order fully to meet As the meetings progressed, the testing the churches' spiritual needs for this Something unusual occurred in the truths, as given by Elder Vandeman, were mighty hour. London effort. Of that there can be no well received. Likewise, the testing truths All the meetings were characterized by doubt. As I look back on the weeks re- in healthful living were wholeheartedly a deep longing for better Christian liv- cently spent in the great metropolis of accepted. I have never seen anything ing and witnessing. A humble spirit of England I am humbly led to thank the quite like it. People didn't stop coming confession was evident. Tears mingled Lord for what was accomplished. to the meetings when they learned that with personal testimonies: Differences Bringing a message of hope to the marked changes were called for in their were made right. Toward the end of the people of that great city was not an easy lives. The reason for this, I believe, is meetings, a true note of victory and task. But with faith that the Lord would something worthy of note. When we pre- praise lifted all nearer heaven. reward a combined medical-ministerial sent our message in all its fullness, it L. K. Dickson, general vice-president of program, the workers moved forward. attracts and holds the interest of the peo- the General Conference, was one of the After much prayer and study, it was felt ple. Especially does the Lord intend that guest speakers. In his earnest but prac- best to have the health lectures as early in the great cities doctors and ministers tical series of studies on fellowship with as possible in the evangelistic series. shall unite in reaching the listeners. The city of London is so large it was Christ, he presented a stirring invitation Following Spirit of Prophecy Plan for all to reach upward to the highest felt that the best way to carry forward tablelands of Christian experience. L. L. the effort was to start week-night meetings Notice how pointed the Spirit of proph- Moffitt, secretary of the Sabbath School in various sections of the metropolis. It ecy is on this fact: "The Lord has or- Department of the General Conference, was during the week-night meetings that dained that Christian physicians and who also is visiting Southern Africa, the health message was given. Each eve- nurses shall labor in connection with stressed the theme that Christ must now ning a health talk preceded the spiritual those who preach the Word."—MRs. E. be lifted up in our lives, in the church, lesson given by G. E. Vandeman. The G. WHITE in Review and Herald, Sept. and in our public ministry. general theme of the health lectures was 10, 1908. All who attended the meetings sensed the prevention of illness. "The influences that are associated with anew the great need of an inward grace For four and a half months the people health reform will commend it to the that transforms character. The heart- listened as I talked on God's remedies for judgment of all who want light, and they warming personal testimonies gave proof man as outlined in this quotation: "Pure will advance step by step to receive the of a deep yearning to enter fully into air, sunlight, abstemiousness, rest, exer- special truths for this time."—Testi- a revival of true godliness. cise, proper diet, the use of water, trust monies, vol. 6, p. 379.

European workers of South Africa in attendance at workers' institute held recently near Johannesburg. 16 REVIEW AND HERALD The certainty of these statements was vividly recalled again and again as I saw what happened among the listeners. They accepted the message step by step, and before long many were asking how to join our church. From the outset they were told we were Seventh-day Advent- ists, but the majority had no idea what a Seventh-day Adventist was. All they knew was that at last they had found something that satisfied the desire of their souls. Never have I seen such a response or such a wonderful understanding of why we preach a message of health for the body as well as the soul as was seen among the hundreds of people attending these meetings. I am sure that you will remember to pray for Elder Vandeman and all the faithful workers with him. Why not bow your head right now and offer to God Voice of Prophecy Tamil branch school, Bangalore, South India. Behind desk, S. Thomas; side of desk, a petition to bless our new brethren and C. Moses; instructor desk, T. P. Masillamonie, instructor. sisters who have joined us in the march toward Zion, and to bless those who are buildings erected to begin admitting pa- to walk here, struggling for several days still in the valley of decision? tients who had repeatedly pleaded to be till they arrive exhausted but happy. allowed to stay. Our first request for ad- It is a most satisfying experience to mission was from a murderer who was not step into a worship service and hear the Hope for the Hopeless in ashamed of the fact that he had killed patients sing or pray. Our hearts were Central New Guinea his father during a quarrel. Two nurses touched during the Week of Prayer by arrived to assist me with the medical one young lad who prayed that God (Continued from page 1) work, and also a sawmiller to begin would protect the nurses from this disease work on the permanent hospital. as they lovingly and untiringly work huts erected by the natives, constructed of We started to build our bamboo church among these people. Surely this shows the kunai grass and poles. It was low and on the old devil-worship ground, where movings of the Spirit upon hearts that dark inside but protected from the moun- our former house had been burnt. While have so long been controlled and dark- tain breezes. working on it a native was mortally ened by the evil one. wounded by a falling timber that with Providences While Building devilish accuracy had pierced his skull. I gathered together a group of almost A frenzied mob followed me to the house, New Tamil Bible Cor- naked local natives. Their bodies were gesticulating wildly with spears. One man respondence School smeared with pig grease, and they never repeatedly climbed the steps and forced washed. They cleared the ground, planted open our insecure door, demanding im- in India gardens, erected a store, clinic, and wards mediate compensation. Again we were By A. E. Rawson from poles and grass. Morning and eve- miraculously preserved, and the crowd ning worships unfolded the story of the melted away. Remember that when you On March 26, 1953, the Tamil branch cross to these sin-hardened, mercenary pray for missionaries in foreign lands of the Voice of Prophecy Bible Corre- heathen. Our efforts were opposed by your prayers do not ascend in vain. spondence School was launched in Banga- the enemies of truth. Two months after All these experiences are now but a lore, South India. There are thirty million our arrival we awoke one night to find memory. The malice of Satan has all been Tamil-speaking people from whom we our tinderlike hut ablaze, and we, with proof of his fear of the upraised cross, may secure enrollees. S. Thomas is the five visiting brethren, barely escaped. and his rule of terror is rapidly passing. director of the Tamil branch school. Although our personal losses were great, The waves of evil, so long unchecked, On the day the school was opened there we thanked God for a merciful deliver- are now being overwhelmed by the tide were ten thousand names handed in to ance from an awful death. A better of God's love. be enrolled! These had been gathered temporary home was constructed, but previously by our colporteurs. Fourth Anniversary of Work before it was completed a freak cyclone Typical of the interest in this course is tore through the grounds, uprooting large Now, on our fourth anniversary, we the Hindu gentleman who, on the open- trees and twisting bamboos like blades have a well-organized institution operat- ing day, pleaded to be provided with two of grass. Again we were spared after a ing for the sufferers of this fearful disease. hundred enrollment cards. He said: "I fearful hour. Practically all of the hospital is in opera- am a student of the English Voice of While I would be supervising work tion in permanent buildings. We have Prophecy Bible Correspondence School. I in the center of the station, some of the admitted 558 patients—Hansenides, or can never repay the school for what it has laborers who had been clearing bush lepers--for treatment, and discharged 268 done for me. Please give me two hundred at the end of the station would come cases no longer having active signs of the cards, so I can enroll my Tamilian rela- running to me crying, "Master, time me disease. A new day of hope has dawned tives and friends, for I want them to learn cuttim bush, kanaka he come fightim for the Hansenides of this area, and our about Christianity, so that it can do for me," so off I would dart to settle the reputation has spread over high moun- them what it has done for me." mischief, only to be greeted by somber- tains to hidden valleys. With new hope Please pray that the stream of light faced tribesmen with spears and arrows, in their eyes, many, with feet partly de- reaching out to this whole division who resented our coming. stroyed and bones protruding, have scaled through the new Tamil course will win In a few months we had sufficient misty passes over nine thousand feet high many precious souls to Christ. SEPTEMBER 3, 1953 17 ren drove in from many miles around, Itinerating in Africa--2 and we had a blessed time together study- ing God's Word and praying unitedly in By Louis K. Dickson, Vice-President behalf of the work in that promising field. General Conference From Eldoret I continued my journey to Nairobi, the capital of Kenya Colony. Here I met C. T. Bannister, the secretary- Just prior to leaving Kampala I was fully situated missions, and it was most treasurer and auditor of the East African given the privilege by the prime minister gratifying to see how God is prospering Union Mission, at the headquarters of- of Uganda to pay a visit to the tomb of the faithful labors of our missionaries. fice, and had the privilege of meeting the kings and to take pictures within On the grounds of Gendia Mission is with the union staff members who were these sacred precincts near the city. The the Advent Press, managed by D. K. not out on appointments. I found a great enclosure in which the tomb stands Short. This printing plant, though small, happy group of workers and a well-kept is considered of such great importance is printing the message in four or five and representative office and group of mis- that another prime minister has been ap- languages, and is supplying the colpor- sionary homes situated in a beautiful part pointed over this domain. My credentials teurs in East Africa with a good line of of this very interesting city. had first to be presented to him before subscription books, which are having• a I was also glad to greet Pastor R. J. I was permitted to enter, although I had most encouraging sale among the native Wieland, president of the Uganda Mis- a permit from the prime minister in the people. The prospects for the sale of sion Field, and Mrs. Wieland, whom I capital. literature throughout this field is very was to join at the Ukamba camp meeting. Being successful in receiving the per- bright, and undoubtedly will have a major This meeting was held about forty-five mission necessary, I proceeded, under the part in gathering in the large harvest of miles from the city at the foot of the guidance of M. E. Lind, who speaks the souls who are waiting for the light of the mountains, and a most interesting meet- native language fluently. After removing gospel. I was most pleased with the well- ing it was, not large, but a very earnest our shoes we were ushered into the tomb ordered work being carried on by this group with whom to study the Bible. Here itself. There before us in this thatched important plant. another baptism was held, and on Sab- edifice of huge proportions were the cov- Visit to Kendu Hospital bath afternoon I took part in the first ered caskets of the last three kings of communion service I had ever attended Uganda. The first one to die was honored I enjoyed a pleasant visit with Dr. with native people. It was a privilege to so highly that four hundred of his subjects M. W. Fowler and his family at Kendu have a part with these souls in this sacred were slain at his burial. Hospital. Here the doctor is working at service commemorating the sacrificial How thankful we were as we wended great disadvantage, but accomplishing a death of our Lord. My heart was touched our way back to the city that Uganda now wonderful work for God in ministering to as I witnessed this most unusual scene. I has the opportunity to receive the light both the souls and the bodies of the feel certain that Heaven bent low to wit- of the gospel that can change the outlook needy people of Kenya Colony and other ness these simple believers in Christ par- of these people. territory. The doctor carries on dispensary taking of the emblems of His broken body My next appointment took me to work daily besides performing operations and spilled blood, which was shed for Kisumu, in the Kenya Colony, the heart and looking after his bed patients. The them as it was for all of us. I prayed that of the Kisii people, where K. G. Webster, shortage of trained nurses is a great God would preserve them blameless until president of the Kisii Mission, met me handicap, and there is much need here the great day of His coming. and took me to his home, where I was for another doctor who can relieve Dr. After this camp meeting R. S. Watts, entertained most hospitably. ,I was de- Fowler of some of the work. the president of the Southern African lighted to visit their school, where a fine It was most interesting and a real Division, joined me as I was being taken group of young men and women are be- pleasure for me to meet Pastor and Mrs. to Suji Mission by F. G. Reid, president ing trained for God. Mrs. Webster is the V. E. Robinson who are in charge of our of the Tanganyika Mission Field. principal of the school. Here I also met school at Kamagambo, where six hun- the secretary-treasurer of the mission, dred young people are being efficiently Morris Cuthbert, and his wife, who have trained for God's work. They are a fine- recently been called to this station. I looking group, and as I faced them in Welfare Work in found them very happy in their work. their chapel exercises I could visualize Syracuse, New York A well-ordered camp meeting had been the great harvest of souls that they will arranged by these brethren for the Kisii one day gather in. By Clifford R. Anderson, M.D. believers. It was my privilege to enter into This is a training school in which we the program of services and Bible studies, can take great pride, for it is a repre- Nothing breaks down prejudice and which were climaxed by a baptism of sentative example of what a mission edu- wins so many friends for the cause of God sixty-five candidates. On the Sabbath cational institution should be. Its loca- as helping people in time of need. It is there were about three thousand present, tion is superb, and its possibilities are practical religion that proves the sincerity and in response to the call that was made very great. A good industrial program of the faith we hold. for souls to take their stand for Christ, is in progress, which goes far in preparing Many of our conferences have opened about fifty responded. It was a beautiful the native young people for life and mis- welfare centers, which are proving of sight to see these people right out of sionary service. great value to the church today. We dark heathenism step forward to clasp On the bright and beautiful morning should be doing this type of work every- the hand of their Lord and follow in His of July 13 I was taken by Brother and where, all over the world. Not long ago footsteps as I made an invitation. Sister Morris Cuthbert, secretary-treas- the minister of a large Methodist church During my stay at this mission station urer of the Kisii Mission, to my next ap- told his parishioners to give liberally to I was taken by Pastor Webster to visit pointment in Eldoret, Kenya Colony. the Adventists, because the Adventist wel- a number of our other missions in that Here I met a small but very earnest com- fare center in that city was helping the section. Among these were the Gendia pany of European brethren and sisters poor, including some of the members of Mission, with F. H. Muderspach in in the beautiful farm home of Henry their own congregation! charge, and the Ranen Mission, with Kruger, one of our Afrikander brethren One of our newest welfare units was E. G. Pearson in charge. The work is whom God has prospered in this very recently opened in Syracuse, New York. developing well in both of these beauti- fertile part of Kenya. Others of our breth- Years ago several valuable properties were 18 REVIEW AND HERALD Seminary Extension School in France By Otto Schuberth When the policy was adopted of con- ducting Theological Seminary extension courses in various parts of the world, the Southern European Division began to look forward to having such a course. At the last Autumn Council contact was made with the Seminary with a view to having an extension school at our French seminary in Collonges-sous-Saleve during the summer of 1953, and we were happy when word was received from the Gen- eral Conference office that our request Group attending the Southern European Seminary Extension School, June 17 to July 25, 1953, at Collonges- had been granted. sous-Saleve, France. Immediately steps were taken to make the course a success. Workers from the secured in one of the fine residential The writer quotes extensively from an various parts of the large division were areas of that city. One of these now houses editorial in These Times, clearly stating invited to avail themselves of the oppor- the conference office and the Book and the Adventist position on the doctrine of tunity. One important prerequisite was Bible House. Another spacious building the Second Advent and the significance that the individual understand either Eng- has been remodeled to serve as a church. of the threat of atomic war bringing doom lish or French sufficiently to be able to A church school is carried on in an ad- to the world. follow the classwork, which was to be jacent building. He then follows this with a descrip- given in English and translated into Behind the church stands a substantial tion of a vivid dramatization by ten French. A great interest was aroused, and two-story building, which once served as young churchwomen, each taking up her when the school opened on June 17 sixty- a coach house. This has now been trans- cross, and of the beautiful musical back- five participants were on the list, from formed into a welfare center. Special ground provided in the service. He lists France, Belgium, Portugal, Spain, Italy, rooms have been arranged for Dorcas the names of those taking part, and adds Austria, Switzerland, Yugoslavia, and workers and for the storage of supplies an interesting comment on the closing of North Africa. and clothing. The city officials have shown the meeting and the "clearer spiritual R. E. Loasby was the director of the considerable interest in this new project, vision" of Adventists. course and also taught a class in exegesis and sent special representatives to the There is no question but that the writer of the Gospels. S. H. Horn taught Old official opening, as did also the American was most favorably impressed with his Testament backgrounds. R. A. Anderson Red Cross and the Civil Defense organi- visit. After a further description of the gave a course in methods of evangelism. zations. The Atlantic Union Conference. Sabbath school and also the church Besides the official Seminary curriculum, was represented by L. E. Esteb; the New school, he closes his fine article with these A. Vaucher, veteran Bible teacher in our York Conference, by V. A. La Grone and paragraphs: division, taught a class in the problem R. G. Burchfield; and the medical work, of immortality. by the writer. Welfare Important Everyone seemed to enjoy the work very An indication of the city-wide interest "Welfare has a big place in Seventh-day much. Some may have had to study just stirred up by this welfare unit may be Adventist enterprise. Elder Skadsheim a little harder than they were accustomed gleaned from the extensive newspaper took me around the spacious stables of the to doing, but they were happy and con- comments and pictures featuring the work old Gray mansion, in the process of being tented, realizing the great privilege that of Adventists in general. The religious made over for the storage and packing of was theirs in improving their capacity for editor of the Syracuse Post-Standard clothing and other supplies. service. wrote a three-column article describing "And in case anybody should think my IATe are very grateful to the Seminary story of Adventist thought is something the people he met and the remarkable and to the General Conference for having `out of this world,' it is well to remember way in which they supported the church. how often their Pacific and Oriental mis- organized this course for us. The following portions are quoted from sions came into the story of the world his article: war. Wherever GI's went, Adventist mis- sions gave them just the sort of welcome Evangelism Keynote at "Seventh-day Adventists Contribute they wanted. $1,000 Week to Church Maintenance "Two young fellows were given a send- Texas Camp Meeting "Churchgoing took me Saturday into off to the army yesterday. It was under- By Cecil Coffey, Assistant Director one of the byways of the religious life of stood that their service will be non-com- General Conference Bureau of Press batant. Elder Skadsheim thanked God our city. No one could believe, unless it Relations were a fact, that a little group of 200 to they live in a country where such a 300 hardworking people would contribute choice of service is possible." Evangelism, public and personal, was more than $1,000 a week to the main- What a privilege it is to have this the keynote of this year's camp meeting tenance of a church devoted to mission- "clearer spiritual vision" in these un- program in the Texas Conference. Ably ary enterprise. But that is what Seventh- certain times—a vision that clothes the assisted by a staff of energetic and conse- day Adventists, meeting at the northeast destitute, feeds the hungry, and carries crated conference workers, N. R. Dower, corner of James and Oak sts., are doing. the bread of life to every people under the president, organized the daily sessions "The first thing you note on meeting heaven. It is this vision that sends forth into soul-saving devotional, instructional, members of the congregation is that they have the indefinable quality of `git.' They the flower of our youth amid bombs and and workshop periods. All evening meet- know what they want; they know what bullets, armed with nothing but the ings were devoted to evangelistic messages God wants of them; and they are out to Sword of the Spirit. May God keep us for members and the general public. do it." all true to our trust. Principal speakers from the General SEPTEMBER 3, 1953 19 Conference were D. E. Rebok, R. M. church is going forward, perhaps stronger number of the students from the college Whitsett, E. R. Walde, and D. A. than ever before, because there is a assisted in the afternoon program. McAdams. E. L. Sorensen, missionary on strong feeling throughout the church that T. R. Gardner, secretary-treasurer of furlough from India, told the story of now is the time to finish the work of the the Atlantic Union Conference, and rep- mission work in that great field. Advent message in Korea. Our Korean resentatives from the New England San- Speakers at the evening evangelistic church has not used all that has been itarium were also present at these meet- services were H. T. Anderson, J. R. sent for church members. Our churches ings. Spangler, R. L. Odom, and R. M. Whit- have divided with their neighbors re- The Sabbath school offering for the sett. Many souls accepted Christ for the gardless of their religious faith. We hope Sabbath was 3151.14, and $232.91 was first time, and hundreds stood in recon- to be able to continue this good work in given in cash and pledges for evangelism. secration to His service. the future. And we want to thank our The workers and members of the con- L. C. Evans, president of the Southwest- churches in America for their help. ference are of good courage. ern Union Conference, and his associates To carry on this relief work, the After the meeting at West Lebanon gave valuable counsel to the workers and Korean Union Mission has set up what it was my privilege to meet with some members. is called the Central Relief Committee, churches in every district of the con- Total offerings received during the with the union home missionary depart- ference. Although these meetings were in camp meeting amounted to approximately ment secretary as chairman of this com- the evenings during the week, and the $17,000. In addition, some $8,000 worth mittee. All departments of the work are members are scattered over large areas, of books were sold. represented on this committee, and it ap- they were well attended. I believe that Three young men, Marvin Montgom- portions the relief goods and funds and God is going to accomplish a great work ery, James Gray, and Howard Voss, were directs the over-all plan of all the relief in this conference where the message be- ordained to the gospel ministry. work. gan. God's work is going forward in an en- Unless intended for the direct use of couraging way in the big State of Texas. some individual missionary, it is requested that all relief packages be sent to Korean The Review for Union Mission of S.D.A., P.O. Box 43, Relief Aid for Korea Seoul, Korea. Although personal mail for Former Adventists our missionaries may be sent APO, any- By R. J. Christian Appreciated thing intended for the use of Koreans By C. W. Lee should be sent through international post. The following experience has just come President, Korean Union Freight packages should also be sent to to my desk from the State of Michigan. I Korean Union Mission of S.D.A. rather want to share it with you. Perhaps an in- Since the fall of 1951 four large ship- than to individuals. cident like this will bring real courage to ments of relief clothing, two large ship- you or to your local church. ments of fruit and other supplies, a ship- "Last evening I had an experience that ment of rice, hundreds of CARE packages, West Lebanon, New thrilled me so much that I would like to and numerous other packages have been Hampshire, Camp share it with you. Somehow, before leav- sent to help us here in Korea. No doubt ing for the prayer meeting at I had you would like to know how these sup- Meeting •a strong conviction that I ought to men- plies have been used. By N. F. Brewer tion the REVIEW again. At the close of the The first shipments of clothing were meeting 1 did this. I read a few statements largely used by our own believers. After Members of the western section of the from the Spirit of prophecy on the im- we had obtained some measure of relief Northern New England Conference met portance of THE REVIEW AND HERALD, and for our own believers, we then began to at West Lebanon, New Hampshire, in the considered together the value the REVIEW think of others. One third of the last high school auditorium, July 17 and 18, has for us as Seventh-day Adventists. shipment has been dedicated to help for their annual camp meeting. It was my those outside of our own church. One "Up to that time only four subscrip- privilege to meet with the workers and tions had been turned in. Now the Spirit third of the food supplies sent has been members at that meeting and witness set apart to help the children and youth of God was manifested in a special way as the consecration of the people at the Sab- He touched the hearts of those assembled. of our Adventist homes who are attending bath morning service. our schools, to make it possible for them All present who had not yet subscribed to have more and better nourishment with Our people of Northern New England did so, with the exception of a sister B, a less expense to their parents. The food is are also keenly interested in our foreign woman who receives the REVIEW from being issued in small quantities to ex- mission work. A number have gone out a friend. Then the folks thought of other tend over a year. Upon a recent visit to from that conference to mission stations members who would be unable to sub- one of our churches that meets in a pri- throughout the world. scribe for one reason or another, and vate home in a certain village, we learned A. R. Swanson was ordained to the also of some nonmembers who would be that they had shared their goods with gospel ministry Sabbath afternoon. L. E. profited by having the REVIEW. Right everybody in the village. Formerly the Lenheim, president of the Atlantic Union then and there these subscriptions were unbelievers in this village had been very Conference, gave the ordination sermon raised. hostile, but now they have become and charge. R. W. Moore, president of "It thrilled me to see the wonderful friendly, and many of them come out to the Northern New England Conference, response of these good people. They them- the meetings on Sabbath. No doubt simi- welcomed Elder Swanson to the ranks selves received a great blessing, and a lar stories could be told from numerous of the gospel ministry, and the writer spirit of joy and happiness pervaded the places. offered the ordination prayer. Our prayers meeting. But above all, I am thankful The Korean Seventh-day Adventists go with Elder Swanson as he presses for- that, as far as I know, all our members are very grateful for the relief goods ward in his soul-saving work. and some other interested folks will have that have been sent to them during the L. M. Stump, president of Atlantic the blessing of the REVIEW coming to their past two years and more. Union College, spoke Sabbath afternoon homes from week to week in 1953." In spite of the war that is going on and on Christian education, and urged the Friend, perhaps there is something you all the confusion caused by the war either young people to plan to continue their should do in the sending of the "good directly or indirectly, the work of the education at Atlantic Union College. A old REVIEW" to some former Adventist. 20 REVIEW AND HERALD The Plan o Salvation with S

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SEPTEMBER 3, 1953 21 • has been conducting evangelistic services Sunday and Wednesday evenings. The rfullip 10 baptized brought to 42 the number of baptisms for the year to that date. Brief Current News • The new church at Sonora, California, was dedicated June 6. As a climax, there was a baptism of seven, and three united with the church on profession of faith. These were the first fruits of a series of meetings conducted by E. J. Folkenberg Canadian Union new members into the Shiloh church in and C. C. Groomer. Another five have Chicago on June 28. R. F. Warnick, of since been baptized. • J. I. Crawford, educational and Mis- Indianapolis, Indiana, baptized 16 candi- sionary Volunteer secretary of the Alberta dates June 30, and another 9, July 4. J. W. Southern Union Conference, has accepted a call to connect Allison, Jr., baptized 11 persons for the with Canadian Union College as Bible • W. 0. Coe, pastor of the Meridian Detroit Hartford Avenue church in church in the Alabama-Mississippi Con- teacher, and will take up his duties there Michigan and 2 for Inkster, Michigan. during the coming school year. M. E. ference, has accepted the call of the con- Erickson, who has served in the British • Sabbath, July 25, 14 charter members ference to become home missionary and Columbia Conference for the past few signed up when the Elk Rapids, Michi- Sabbath school secretary. years, has been invited to take over Elder gan, church was organized. G. E. Hutches, • R. L. Chism, of the Alabama-Missis- Crawford's work in the Alberta Confer- president of the Michigan Conference, sippi Conference, baptized five new mem- ence. assisted Keith Morey, the district pastor, bers in the Gulfport church on June 13. in these services. • E. E. Duncan with his helpers, Brother • The Carolina Conference reports 36 and Sister J. Corban, will begin a series • Warren Johns, press relations secre- baptized in July, making a total of 169 of meetings in New Westminster, British tary of the Michigan Conference, reports for the year. The Georgia-Cumberland Columbia, about the middle of Septem- a record of 4,000-column inches of news- Conference reports 22 for the month. ber. The New Westminster church is very paper publicity during the last three enthusiastic over these plans. months, which is far more than any • The Georgia-Cumberland Conference previous record of insertions. is happy to welcome to its district person- Central Union nel Brother and Sister Kenneth Harding • On Sabbath, July 18, P. W. Lamb and and their two boys. Brother Harding is • H. L. Haas, former secretary-treasurer George Elstrom baptized 20 candidates a recent graduate of Southern Missionary of the Wyoming Conference, has assumed in Midland, Michigan. These were the College and is a ministerial intern assist- the duties of secretary-treasurer of the fruits of recent efforts that have been ing R. W. Numbers in the Chattanooga Kansas Conference, when H. F. Roll an- held in the area. district. swered the call to serve as treasurer in the Nebraska Conference. North Pacific Union • 0. R. Henderson, of the Kentucky- Tennessee Conference, baptized three on • July 5 was the date of the ground • There was a good attendance on the opening night of the series of evangelistic July 18. Two will become members of breaking for the new intermediate school the conference church. in Wichita, Kansas. meetings being held by Homer Morrison in Malta, Montana. The services, which Southwestern Union • Douglas K. Brown, assistant professor opened July 26, are being held three of chemistry at Union College, is study- nights a week. • R. H. Wood, formerly home mission- ing at the Nebraska University to com- ary and Sabbath school secretary in the plete his doctorate degree. He is one of • Gem State Academy in Idaho has se- Alabama-Mississippi Conference, has the 6 Nebraskans among 12 University cured two new deans who have recently moved with his family to Baton Rouge, of Nebraska students receiving fellow- taken up residence on the campus. Miss Louisiana, and is now the leader for that ships in the department of chemistry and Janice Butzbach will be the dean of district of the State, filling the vacancy chemical engineering for the 1953-54 girls, and Irwin Kurtz the dean of boys. caused by the transfer of E. D. Nelson to school year. • Dr. and Mrs. Eden Smith and their the Illinois Conference. family have returned home on a per- • Stanley Harris and his associate work- Columbia Union manent basis from India, and are con- ers opened the long-planned Little Rock • The South Boston, Virginia, church templating locating somewhere in the (Arkansas) effort the evening of August members were happy with the prospect Upper Columbia Conference. 2 in the City Auditorium. Some 1,400 that the month of August would find their Northern Union were in attendance at the opening meet- new church building completed and free ing. of debt. The pastor, Richard Harris, re- • T. Paul Misenko has accepted a call ports that this attractive house of worship to go to Duluth, Minnesota, from the has been built for a little less than $12,- Van Dyke church in Detroit. Camp Meeting Schedule, 1953 400. • A number of workers and laymen from Atlantic Union • The Vacation Bible School in Toledo, Des Moines and Nevada donated a day's Greater New York Ohio, averaged 80 students a day, nearly labor on July 26 to assist those at Ames, Eagle Lake Park Aug. 28-Sept. 6 half of them non-Adventists. The idea Iowa, in the construction of a parsonage was an experiment in neighborhood evan- there. • gelism, and the results far exceeded the • Camp meeting for the Russian be- expectations. lievers in North Dakota was held at Church Calendar for 1953 • A health and welfare center was re- Butte, July 30 to August 2, with an at- cently opened in Covington, Virginia. tendance of about 400 members. Sept. 5 Neighborhood Evangelism The cooperation and sacrifice of the Sept. 12 Missions Extension Offering • Baptisms in Iowa during July were Sept. 26 Sabbath School Rally Day members made this new project possible, reported by: E. W. 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SEPTEMBER 3, 1953 23 Items of Special Interest

Medical Launches in This number would constitute the mem- Recent Missionary Departures bership of a conference of 24 churches, South America each with a membership of 100! And Dr. and Mrs. J. B. Oliver and their There are seven medical launches in such a conference would be larger than children, Donald, Robert, and Margaret use in the South American Division. 16 of the present conferences or missions Louise, returning from furlough to the Those operating 5 of these medical in the North American Division! Giffard Mission Hospital in Nuzvid, launches report that 15 churches have G. M. MATHEWS, Associate Secretary, India, sailed from Seattle, August 12, on been organized as a result of their work Department of Education. the S.S. Roebiah. with 1,010 people baptized and members Elder and Mrs. J. R. Siebenlist and of those churches. They have also organ- their daughters, Linda Rae and Carol ized 56 companies with 668 members. Central European Division Mae, left New York: August 13, on the This is an evidence of the effectiveness Voice of Prophecy School S.S. Robin Sherwood, returning to Africa of the mission launch in missionary work after furlough. Elder Siebenlist is princi- along the Amazon. Let us pray for the M. Busch, radio secretary of the Central pal of the Solusi Training School at workers and believers in that great area. European Division, sends encouraging Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia. D. E. REBOK. word regarding the response to the Bible Correspondence school. In the past six months 3,527 have sent in applications. Our Students in Japan Death of Robert Hare They correspond with 819 students, 154 have finished the course, and 41 former Show High Standing • Word has been received from Australia students are ready for baptism. He states Good news is coming to our office from that Robert Hare passed peacefully to further, "I plan to start another course our schools overseas. Raymond S. Moore, his rest at Wahroonga, on the morning for advanced students, for I believe this president of Japan Missionary College, of August 20, at the age of ninety-three is a good help to lead people still deeper has written us about the schoolwork in years and eight months. Brother Hare as into the knowledge of our message." Japan, which is meeting with great suc- a young man was preparing for service E. R. WALDE, Secretary, cess and approval on the part of the in the gospel ministry, when under the Radio Department. government. labors of S. N. Haskell he accepted the "You will be interested in knowing that message in New Zealand in 1886. During our most recent reports from Tamagawa the more than sixty years of his active Missions Extension Offering University [a leading university in Japan ministry in the cause, his life and service —September 12, 1953 that our students must attend in order has been an inspiration and blessing to to get credits for teaching] are that our countless young ministers and workers. The total requests for appropriations students had been given all A's in the Through his sermons, articles, and poems, as submitted by the respective world teaching of arithmetic, educational soci- which over the years have appeared in divisions for 1953 amounted to an excess ology, physical education, and certain our church papers, he became endeared of $20,000,000. Funds available to meet other courses. In all the courses that all to our believers around the circle of the these urgent needs were several million the students have taken for the past year, world field. Our General Conference dollars short. The overseas divisions have they have had only a sprinkling of B's Committee passed an action paying relisted some of their requests that could from this elite university; and out of the tribute to the memory of a mighty prince not be met by the appropriations granted entire group in all subjects only one C. in Israel who has laid down his armor at the last Autumn Council. This is unheard of in this country where and extending sympathy to Sister Hare A little folder has been issued by the a B is considered a very fine grade. Each and members of the family. An obituary General Conference and is being sent one of our students has worked on an will appear in the REVIEW in due course. out to all of our churches. Copies of this average of twenty hours a week in the The last poem he wrote, which reached will be placed in the hands of our mem- fields, shops, et cetera, and therefore have the editorial office only a week before he bers, so that the requests can be studied not had normal study periods. They are died, will appear on the cover of the before the Missions Extension Offering compelled under existing circumstances September 17 issue. is taken on September 12. to take a load equivalent to more than We feel confident that our people will eighteen college hours. Yet, as promised respond liberally to this offering, thereby in Education, page 46, God has clearly Good Gains in Elementary making it possible to provide for addi- given them the extra wisdom that they and Intermediate Schools tional buildings and equipment in need, and our college is becoming famous various parts of the world field, and in in Japan for its scholarship records." The closing report for our elementary this way help to finish the work. The President Moore also states that nine and intermediate schools in North opportunities and needs in our mission church schools have been opened in America for the 1952-53 school year has fields were never greater than at the Japan. One leading educational officer just been tabulated. It reveals a sub- present time. was so impressed by the quality of work stantial gain in this phase of our work: We are sincerely hoping that this offer- done in one of these church schools that 1,011 schools manned by 1,818 teachers ing will amount to at least one dollar he is planning to send his child there this with an enrollment of 35,848. per member. May God richly bless our coming school year. This good report It reveals that during the past school brethren and sisters as they consider the encourages us greatly. year 2,396 pupils in these schools were needs in the mission fields beyond. E. E. COSSENTINE, Secretary, baptized and joined this great movement. C. L. TORREY. Department of Education.