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The Youth's Instructor, July 24, 1962 For no one is living problem-free. And for those who tip the bottle it becomes increasingly troublous and futile.

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COULD hardly believe it! I had Take Connie and Bill for instance. passed that intersection many Tall, lithe, and good-looking, Bill to the I times before and my eyes had al- was the last person you'd expect to ways been drawn unwittingly toward end up an alcoholic. Raised in a the gaudy signboard proclaiming the Seventh-day Adventist home, he had wares of the liquor establishment been the favorite brother in a fam- occupying the most prominent cor- ily of eight. He married a pretty ner. schoolmate, vivacious little Connie, Many times I had noticed their and managed to secure and hold a sea" subtly clever advertising. Today my position as driver on the city bus indignation rose to a new pitch as I lines in their Midwestern town. read the bold letters calculated to But then •came the pressure of catch the eye of even the most un- three children to be fed and clothed. interested passer-by. And then came Charlie, the friendly "Down to the sea—in sips" it next-door neighbor, who began declared in letters a foot high. Be- dropping in frequently with his social low were the prices of pints, half bottle. pints, and fifths! Bill went to work one morning The play upon words was inten- with too much of a hangover and tional, of course, and the distorted had his first accident. The boss was Biblical reference was now serving understanding—but firm. Satan's purpose. "Better lay off that stuff, Bill. It As I drove onward I began to re- can't happen again, you know!" call Psalm 107, which has comforted Bill had vowed there wouldn't be many an ocean traveler and his fam- any next time. He couldn't afford to ily. "They that go down to the sea lose his job now with Connie expect- in ships, that do business in great ing again, Bill, Jr., needing surgery, waters; these see the works of the and the girls begging for a piano so Lord and his wonders in the deep." they could take lessons. He'd just Beautiful phrases, giving all glory have to tell Charlie that he was "on to our God. Verse after verse came the wagon." to mind. "He maketh the storm a But Charlie wasn't easily discour- calm." Surely the stormy lives of aged. "You're kidding!" he sneered. the people who drop their hard- "Gonna be a good boy now, huh?" earned coins into the liquor dealer's How accurately the liquor dealer's till are lacking calm. signboard described Bill's descent "So he bringeth them unto their into a "sea" of difficulty, and he desired haven." I thought of how went all the way by "sips." Sips with far away the alcoholics I had known his so-called friends when he joined were from their "desired haven." them for an evening. Sips from his

The Youth's Instructor, July 24, 1962 3 own bottles of cheap wine, which he told. What else would have brought kept hidden from Connie and the her into this place with matted hair children. the and soiled clothing? What else could That "sea" seldom gives up a vic- have caused her sour breath, reek- Youth's tim. Weakness—failure—discour- ing with the odor of cheap wine? i strk_JC-t-c) r agement—round and round went "Down to the sea—in sips." And the cycle. I tried to help as I watched the sips had turned her at about and prayed for Bill and his family. thirty or thirty-five years of age into But several years later he was still a confused, blubbering wreck! THE YOUTH'S INSTRUCTOR is a non- "at sea." He had been in and out We treated her kindly, sitting fiction weekly designed to meet the spir- itual, social, physical, and mental inter- of jail so many times we lost count. near her and soothing her when the ests of Christian youth in their teens and Gaunt and sickly, he slumped sobs became uncontrollable. twenties. It adheres to the fundamental concepts of Sacred Scripture. These con- cepts it holds essential in man's true re- lationship to his heavenly Father, to his Saviour, Jesus Christ, and to his fellow men. Small Boy A continually changing world is re- flected in its pages as it has expanded by ENOLA CHAMBERLIN from 1852 to 1962. Then it was essen- tially a medium for providing youth Sabbath school lessons. Now it also I do not know his name, supplies many added services meaning- Nor where he lives; ful to twentieth-century Christians. If he does his lessons well or not; If he leaves his clothes upon the floor • Or hangs them up. And yet he is so much a twin to me Editor WALTER T. CRANDALL That I can feel his heart Assistant Editor ALICE MAE SLICK In painful beat with mine. Art Editor T. K. MARTIN SHARE Editor MILDRED LEE JOHNSON I found him, head bowed, Editorial Secretaries Sobbing great sobs, SUZANNE JOHNSON Great angry, heartbroken sobs, LEONA B. MINCHIN Over his little dog Editorial Consultants A careless driver had killed. RAYMOND F. COTTRELL RICHARD HAMMILL, THEODORE LUCAS E. LENNARD MINCHIN, GERALD R. NASH Circulation Manager R. G. CAMPBELL through relief lines or haunted em- I didn't hear much of the sermon that night. I kept thinking of Solo- • ployment offices to pick up half a day's work. The pay always went for mon's conclusions: "Who hath woe? more wine, and the sips carried him who hath sorrow? who hath conten- Published by the Seventh-day Advent- deeper into despondency and far- tions? who hath babbling? who hath ists. Printed every Tuesday by the Re- view and Herald Publishing Association, ther out to sea. wounds without cause? who hath at Takoma Park, Washington 12, D.C., The last time I talked with Connie redness of eyes? They that tarry long U.S.A. Second-class postage paid at she told me he had been committed at the wine." Washington, D.C. Copyright, 1962, Re- view and Herald Publishing Association, to the mental ward of the county I took her home after the meet- Washington 12, D.C. hospital. The next step? Only God ing. She was in no condition to be Subscription rates to U.S. and U.S. possessions: one year, $6.50; two years, can tell. on the streets alone. $11.50; three years, $15.75; six months, Then there was Jane. One eve- Was it just by chance that she $3.40; in clubs of three or more, one ning she stumbled up the steps of gave an address in the slums? I year, each $5.25; six months, $2.75. All rates slightly higher in Canada. All the auditorium where evangelistic would have been very much sur- other countries: one year, $7.30; six meetings were in progress. Night prised had she lived in a place better months, $3.80; in clubs of three or after night the crowds had pressed than the broken-down shack to more, one year, each $6.05; six months, $3.15. into the building to hear the mes- which she directed me. The post office will not forward sec- sages, but this was the first drinker I left her there, clutching her ond-class matter, even though you leave who had wandered in. shabby old purse, still crying, still a forwarding address. A month before you move, notify THE YOUTH'S IN- Staggering down the center aisle, wiping her eyes with the dirty rag. I STRUCTOR of both your old and new she hunched into a seat and began can see her yet address. If the post office is unable to make delivery, your subscription will sobbing wildly, wiping her bleary, If those tempted to take that first be suspended until a correct address is unseeing eyes with a dirty piece of taste of an alcoholic beverage could supplied. cloth. only see her! Solomon was right. It took much persuasion and some And I might add, a besotted mind, a skillful maneuvering to move her filthy home in the slums, and the to a seat in a rear section where we urge of an overpowering habit nat- Photo credits: Cover, Russell Rottmann; pp. 6-8, Richard L. Tompkins; pp. 9, 10, courtesy of could get her out easily if she caused urally follow. Don A. Roth; pp. 12, 13, courtesy of the Penn- a disturbance. The liquor billboard was correct sylvania Travel Development Bureau. "I'm an alcoholic," she moaned —the way into a "sea" of distress VOLMUE 110, NUMBER 30 JULY 24, 1962 over and over. No one needed to be is always down by "sips." 4 The Youth's Instructor, July 24, 1962 COLUMBIA UNION cou.VGIF we hold these truths LH:MAI"( Y rAK 0 MA PARK 12, MD Diamond Anniversary and letters to the editor for Africa Artist The desert artist pictured on On July 28, 1887, the first Seventh-day Adventist missionaries to this week's cover was taken by Russell Africa landed in Cape Town. They began a mission to the Dark Conti- Rottmann, and entered in the 1960 nent, first to the white population and later to the native peoples, that • Photo Mart. It was taken in the summer has captured the imagination and the loyalties of Advent youth ever of 1960 at Joshua Tree, California. since. Shown painting is Clyde Ferguson. Even as we state that church work has made tremendous strides on that continent, we cannot forget the magnitude of the task still un- GC Camp As a convenience to those finished. Last summer I visited the Southern African Division. Among attending the General Conference meet- the overwhelming impressions gained were these two: the expanding numbers of people whom the gospel must reach; the diminishing force I ings in San Francisco July 26 to August 1, the Northern California Conference of European workers needed to maintain and extend the work now MV department is conducting a sum- operated by our church. Early on my tour I reached the conclusion that we needed three mer training camp for boys and girls times the labor force and four times the budget to meet the challenge between the ages of nine and sixteen. our missionaries face in this division alone. Details are available from Northern Time is running out for unimpeded mission work around the world. California Conference, Pinecrest Youth At the very time that our mission programs have had in some instances Camp, Box 149, Oakland, California. to retrench, other mission organizations have made a giant thrust to The telephone is KEllogg 4-1710. Elder augment their equipment and staffs. One such organization last spring C. H. Seitz is camp director. sent in two plane loads of missionaries at one time for its program in three areas of Africa. Each plane carried 90 missionaries, a total of 180. Roads Summer months are oppor- And these were not the first sent in, nor will they be the last. tune times to discover "Where That We hold this truth: If young Seventh-day Adventists, properly trained and qualified, would indicate their willingness to enter mission Road Goes." Maybe Mrs. Creighton's service, the funds would be found to send and support them wher- center spread will whet your appetite to ever the need has called them. The fragments of God's resources are do likewise. greater than the sum of our own, and He longs to display His power for a speedy conclusion to the Great Commission. Connecticut "So many lessons are The Saviour wants us to become His channel of communication taught through pictures. The eyes are between Him and the people. When commanded to feed the multitude, the most important avenue to the soul. Andrew looked at the five barley loaves and the two little fishes. "What Are these Adventist youth on this pic- are they among so many?" he exclaimed.' We look at our church ranks ture? [April 17 cover.] If so, where is and we say, "What are we among so many—the three billion humans the difference between these girls and in the world?" But the teaching of the miracle is that our part is to organize and distribute—it is God's part to multiply. girls who make no profession of Christ? "Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the Lord of Their dresses are just as short as the hosts."' "It is a great mistake to trust in human wisdom or numbers world's dresses. How do we show we in the work of God. Successful work for Christ depends not so much belong to Christ?" NAME WITHHELD. on numbers or talent as upon pureness of purpose, the true simplicity of earnest, dependent faith."' Minnesota "I am interested in start- When we become willing to use what we have, not for self but for ing a ham radio system. If you have any others, then we believe God's arm will be laid bare and the task will information concerning how to become be accomplished. Let us pray that it may soon be so. a qualified operator, I would appreciate your sending it to me." RAY BLUE, • Hutchinson.

• If one of our operators could supply 1 John 6:9. 2 Zech. 4:6. 3 The Desire of Ages, p. 370. the information, addressed to the YOUTH'S INSTRUCTOR, we'll forward it. Otherwise, watch for the combined Jan- uary 1 and 8 issue, 1963. • Idaho "I read 'Out of Zebulun' in the editor's column (May 1) today. My C011illig next week heart throbbed with excitement and gratitude for this article. Three cheers!" • "COURAGE"—Just as the children of Israel gathered manna a day ELLEN DAVENPORT, Caldwell. at a time, so must the Christian obtain courage. By Pearle Peden. Ashamed "The fearful and unbeliev- ing, who are punished with the second • "ON ADOPTING A CHILD"—We think Dr. Shryock's thoughts death, are of that class who are ashamed on adoption are excellent. Don't miss them. of Christ in this world."-2T 630. The Youth's Instructor, July 24, 1962 5 S THE turboprop airliner of Ma- layan Airways circled above the seacoast and slowly de- scended on a straight course into the Djakarta airport, I had my first view of Indonesia's main island, Java. A magnificent view it was. The sky was a light blue, wisps of clouds seemed to form a veil over the island, and the sea sparkled in various shades of blue and green, depending on the depth. On land I could see the dense dark green of the island dotted with bright red squares. These squares evenly set along narrow brown lines seemed to divide the dense green into a small blocked pattern. by RICHARD L. TOMPKINS The plane seemed to drop away from the covering veil and become a part of the picture below. It skirted the squares (now tile roofs on small houses) and the lines (now mud roads traveled by millions who live in this city). This was Java, my home for the next three building well decorated and clean, I to have opportunity for observation months. received instructions for going through and I was to help with the work in the The humid air steamed my face as I customs. I had come here and was go- institution I chose to visit, the Ad- stepped from the air-conditioned plane ing on to Bandung through the cour- ventist hospital in Bandung. onto the ramp. Several small faces tesy of Smith Kline and French Labora- About fifteen or twenty minutes after looked up as I descended the stairs and tories. The purpose of the trip was to I arrived at the terminal all had been attempts to help with my luggage were evaluate for myself, and I hope for arranged, and I followed an overall- made. My lack of local currency, how- others, some of the problems involved clad barefooted man who took my bag- ever, dictated that I carry my own gear. in the practice of medicine outside gage away. When he stopped and Inside the terminal, a modern new the United States. During my stay I was looked to me for instructions, I realized

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After some time a small woman ap- peared with a plate of corn and man- 11 goes. She poured a glass of water and temaN•ri-166-- motioned me to eat. I did, and then - waited again. Finally, after six hours, Pastor Clinton Shankel arrived to wel- come me. I had known Pastor Shankel in college and his appearance was a great relief to me, an inexperienced traveler. We made arrangements for a trip the next morning to Bandung, where I was to stay, and I retired for the remainder of the night. The following day, Pastor Shankel and I drove 130 miles, through rice fields and tea plantations, to the beauti- ful mountain valley where Bandung is • situated. Surrounded by rice terraces rising stair-step fashion up mountainsides, Bandung is the vacationland of Indo- nesia. Its cool, resort-type climate was enjoyed for many years by Dutch colo- nialists, but now one million Indo- nesians wrest a meager existence in these magnificent surroundings. Some of the cloud-shrouded volcanic peaks reach an altitude of 7,000 feet. Here in an elevated residential dis- that no one knew the time of my arrival. Finally, after twenty minutes of stop- trict overlooking the valley are two The man seemed to sense my dilemma, and-go driving on busy streets and Dutch-style houses with red-tile roofs although he didn't understand my lan- down small dirt roads, we came to a and a sign in front that reads, "Rumah guage. He took me to a telephone small frame house with a sign reading, Sakit Advent ["Bandung Mission Hos- where I could call the two numbers I "Rumah Instansi SDA," the Adventist pitall." The buildings are not impres- had brought with me. With the help of headquarters at Djakarta. After much sive, but they are among the most im- a local airlines agent, the calls were pounding and calling, the driver was portant in the community. placed, but no one answered. able to stir someone to open the door, Thirteen years ago the Seventh-day After several minutes of incoherent and a small Indonesian woman in bare Adventist mission in Indonesia de- discussion I was able to hire a taxi— feet waved me inside, bags and all. I cided to establish medical facilities in a strange vehicle with four slick tires followed her to the rear of the house these two houses. One living room be- and a circle of red and white checks and into a room containing three beds. came the business office; several bed- around its midsection. I could at least She left and returned shortly with a rooms were used for a clinic; the kitchen and servants' quarters were p try the one address where I might find sheet, which she placed on one of the Seventh-day Adventist workers. beds, and looking at me, she patted the turned into an operating and delivery "Djalan Sawo dua puluh tujuh," I bed as if to say, "That is for you." She room. said to the driver in not-so-under- turned and left, closing the door be- A few smaller structures were con- standable Indonesian. As we left the hind her. Was I in the right place? I structed in the yard to provide a airport I had my first real look at this didn't know; I could only wait and kitchen and dining area for patients country that had appeared so magnifi- see. and employees. The remaining space • cent and green from above. The beauty It was only five o'clock in the after- was filled with approximately one hun- was somewhat marred, by dark, poorly noon. I wasn't sleepy; I was, however, dred beds. A short time later the school constructed houses and unpaved roads. hungry, and I wanted very much to see of nursing was founded and a qualified Vehicles of all sizes from bicycles to someone who could help me get to the missionary nurse took charge of instruc- trucks formed tremendous traffic jams hospital, my destination. The tropical tion. Now Indonesian-trained nurses at street crossings. Farther on we sun quickly dropped and mosquitoes conduct the school of nursing, which graduates fifteen to twenty competent • turned to pass the infamous Djakarta became a hazard. Hours passed. Several canal, filled waist deep with stagnant people walked throUgh the house, but students each year. water and used as dishpan, bathtub, again my English brought no response. Two American-trained physicians op- and toilet by the majority of Djakarta They only smiled and continued on erate the hospital, Dr. N. R. Thrasher, inhabitants. their way. American Board Radiologist, and Dr. The youth's Instructor, July 24, 1962 7 Ronald. Hann. Excluding the doctors, however, the entire hospital staff is com- posed of hard-working, capable Indo- nesians. Approximately 25,000 outpatients are seen annually and the daily hospi- tal census rarely indicates an empty bed. Diagnoses include a wide range of tropical and preventable diseases as well as metabolic, nutritional, and can- cerous problems. Surgical procedures include general, urologic, chest, and orthopedic surgery. A large number of obstetrical patients are cared for in clinic, but most of them are delivered by midwives. This program allows the doctors more time with other patients. At times during my stay I spent four or five hours a day doing minor pro- cedures that turned up in the outpa- tient clinic: applying casts to fractures, The Indonesian nurses were essential to Dr. Tompkins' program. He found them very capable. extracting teeth, removing skin cysts, performing tonsillectomies, and taking biopsies of tumors. During these opera- tions I became more appreciative of the Indonesian nurses, whose tech- niques and skills rival those of Ameri- cans. Their presence on daily patient rounds was essential for me, and it was with their help that I learned Indone- sian with some proficiency. Each one of them spoke beautiful English. On occasion I saw patients in the outpatient clinic for four hours in the morning and two hours in the after- noon. The total ranged from eighty to one hundred patients daily and in- cluded large numbers of persons with preventable dysenteries, fevers, and vomiting, results of unsanitary living. The doctor's office was usually filled —with three or four patients at a time —and the examining rooms admitted a steady stream of people. From a table outside the office two nurses adminis- tered the medicine ordered by the doc- Many of the Indonesian diseases are preventable, often the results of unsanitary living. tors. Shortly after my arrival at the hospi- tal I was called one day to see a five- year-old girl with a high fever and stif- fened muscles. She was unable to open or close her mouth. We noted she had cut her foot slightly a few days earlier. This little girl had tetanus, and in a few hours would surely have died. We didn't have adequate antitoxin in the pharmacy, but we used what was avail- able. In two days the fever came down and the girl began to use her muscles again. As she started to talk, I at- tempted to teach her to say Hello and Good morning, but in her own inimita- ble Indonesian way she would always drawl, "Salamat pagi ["Good morn- To page 19 There was a steady flow of people, and the doctor's office held three or four patients at once. 8 The Youth's Instructor, July 24, 1962 Bert Rhoads (left front) and Mary Rowland (behind Bert) were mem- bers of Professor Fobes's algebra class. Photograph taken about 1890.

PART THREE

ERT RHOADS was ten years old when the family moved to State Center, Iowa, from their farm two miles away. Mrs. Rhoads had found that making a living for herself and the three small children who were still with her had become too hiaffaceri difficult on the farm without the help of her two older sons who had gone away to work in O'Brien County in by DON A. ROTH northwest Iowa. Mrs. Rhoads did everything she could to keep the family supplied with absolute necessities. She washed, cooked, ironed, and took care of sick Although his early days in school had been people in the community in order to eke out a bare existence. plagued with poverty, misdemeanors, and occasionally Bert, Arthur, and Blanch attended school in the winter and did odd jobs a poor teacher, young Bert learned how unlimited in the summer. As they grew older they were opportunities for the true teacher. were more and more able to help their mother. But a heavy weight hung incessantly around their necks—the mortgaged farm. Their only regular income was a it was here that Bert received new in- mentals but also some important les- small rental fee they collected monthly spiration to become a teacher. sons in courtesy. from tenants on the farm. All of this By this time he was in high school. As Bert came to school the very first went to pay the mortgage. It was only His teacher was a former neighbor, morning, he cautiously approached the after years of hard work that the mort- Prof. C. 0. Holly. He had known him desk occupied by his new high school gage was finally cleared away. as a man, but not as a teacher. The teacher. The lad came closer and when In order to have everyone together professor was a tall, dignified person, Professor Holly saw him coming he once again, the Rhoads family moved in rather stern and severe in his disci- arose and extended his hand. Bert was 1885 to Sutherland, Iowa, where the pline, but just in his administration. struck with this unusual courtesy, for two older boys had been working. The The children who went to his school previously no teacher had ever done younger boys returned to school and were bound not only to learn the funda- that to him. The Youth's Instructor, July 24, 1962 9 enough to pinch back the bigness of his 0 0 feet. Bert objected, but in time con- u_rup...r...a ceded to the wisdom of his older brother. After each session of the first day of Q:1110 cirt ra 01(1,13ti the teachers' institute, Bert would pull OVYWY. (W IQ NTI off the ill-fitting shoes and rub out the Otwv,Soe\.\\\\edet. painful creases where the tight shoes had compressed his feet into long wads. ••./ .• 0 I .7 His fellow delegates at the institute • /kJ /1/ . //, / ke/frfii,,/ wondered where he went and what he 7”,,,,/ ,/,';”, 44/".,..//;/, ar did at the close of each session and dur- aw ///,/ //rm.. /Hri",./ tAa///6 /04,/ei, 4. 4,w-A w / a/r4 ing the recess periods. 9, / /":://;,,,/,41; c/ (7- ,„ , The next day a matronly school superintendent got up to give a lecture

".• to the group. /./•„ ra / "I come to you with a great grief that .'•••:•.Pv•• •: •••,/i.••• ;:.••••*;..9 is wearing the life out of me," she be- gan. The students looked at one another ,/ ( • /y'( /./ •••• • in wonderment. 7: *P. • 1,••••••••••••••0 RECORD DP- NORMAL INSTIWEC RIR IBS "It is a grief that I must carry con- ••••••• . ; /•,•••••.••• stantly. At this instant it is causing me ,,,,, • ...W.', .••/••••••••••••••/..• k untold agony." By this time the class became greatly 0 concerned. They thought she must be ill and they might have to carry her Even with his teaching certificate Bert could not convince the director that he was a teacher. from the room. "I am breaking in a pair of new shoes and they are cruelly, relentlessly mur- Bert's hands were full of books. but his primary interests were in his dering my feet!" Caught by surprise but wanting to re- studies and helping his mother on the Bert liked that teacher immediately. turn the courtesy, he dropped his books, farm. If she could joke about the same pain- hat, and lunch, and extended his left After completing his studies at the ful experience that was torturing him, hand. He remembered too late that he high school, Bert attended his first she was all right. should have extended his right hand, teachers' institute at Prigmar, Iowa, At the close of the institute Bert re- and by that time he was thoroughly about fifteen miles northwest of Suther- ceived a third-grade certificate. But confused. The amused teacher quickly land. In order to teach, one had to at- that did not mean he had a school. He put him at ease and made him feel tend the institute and then qualify for was merely "qualified to teach in that everything was all right. a certificate. O'Brien County, Iowa." Bert remembers being rebuked only Bert did not know how much he had The next day he went job hunting. once by his favorite high school teacher. to learn. But he wanted to understand The first school director looked at him Once in a while, when chores were something more than farming. To him in amazement and said, "What, you a heavy in the morning, he arrived late farming was a life of drudgery and hard teacher? I wouldn't have thought it of for school. One morning he made a work with little returns. He liked peo- you." Bert snatched his certificate out great deal of noise as he came into the ple and wanted to have an opportunity of his pocket, but even this precious room. After he was seated Professor to train boys and girls. slip of paper could not convince the Holly said in a low voice, "Bert, can't In fitting out for this important event director. you come in a little more quietly ?" in his young life, Bert carefully selected When he could not find work as a Because of his driving ambition to be his clothing. His brother, Ment, insisted teacher Bert got a job as a section hand a teacher, he studied hard in high that he wear a certain style of shoe with on the Chicago and Northwestern Rail- school. At home he had little time be- a long, pointed toe, small and narrow To page 20 cause of the many farm duties for which he was responsible. Often he studied late at night and early in the morning in order to complete his les- sons. TAPER While a student at Sutherland High School, Bert met Mary Rowland, a by PETER E. LONG pretty, bright-eyed, vivacious girl who was five years younger than he. Creeping westward toward my window, The first thing that attracted her to Morning steals across the lawn; Bert was the fact that he daily walked While a rosebud lights a dewdrop five miles each way to school. This On the finger tips of dawn. young man, she thought, has real ambi- tion. He was immediately drawn to Mary, 10 The Youth's Instructor, July 24, 1962

°' A thousand species of fish live in °' After a year of negotiation between ► Tribesmen of Netherlands New the waters of Africa's Congo River. NGS the U.S. Public Health Service and the Guinea saw their first wheel when Polish Health and Social Welfare Min- World War II planes landed near their I° There are now 226 languages in istry, Poland and the United States re- thatched villages. NGS which the entire Bible has been pub- cently agreed to collaborate on 10 spe- °' Eight out of every 10 high school lished. A whole Testament has been cific medical research projects. Most of sophomores in the United States take published in 281 languages, and a com- the research will be done in Poland by a course in biology, and half of those plete Gospel, or other book, has been Polish scientists; American equipment never take another science course. UCAL published in 674 languages. ABS and techniques will be supplied, and °' Emotional problems ranked third American scientists from the National °" About $50 million is spent annually among university students, a 10-year Institutes of Health will make periodic at the concert music box office. In 1960 study at the University of Wisconsin visits. The studies will include func- some $100 million was spent for the disclosed. Respiratory ills, skin erup- tional organization of the brain, pre- purchase of recorded concert music, and tions, psychiatric problems, and gastro- natal malformation, muscular dystro- more than' $300 million for the purchase intestinal upsets were termed the big phy, and test-tube growth of cancerous of high-fidelity electronic components. four among the most common diag- body tissue. Thus Americans spent $450 million for noses in the young adult student popu- Bulletin for the Atomic Scientists music, whereas they spent only $291 lation. AMA million on spectator sports. Arsenal 1°' The haunting notes of taps that are °' Since rocket noises can set off vibra- played by the American military were °• An arrowhead symbol has been tions violent enough to threaten the self- composed by Daniel Butterfield, New declared the official emblem of the destruction of a spaceship, aerospace York businessman and Civil War bri- National Park Service. The insignia engineers have built a giant siren for gade commander, for his own men. The shows in vignette a giant sequoia tree, pre-flight tests of space equipment for poignant tune soon spread throughout a snow-covered mountain, a lake, and the Government. The siren, in the the Army, but it did not appear in of- a bison. These symbolize the scenic Rocky Mountains near Denver, is the ficial regulations until 1891. NGS beauty and historical heritage of the world's most powerful. It produces a country, with the arrowhead represent- sound level of 172 decibels, more than 0' About 90 per cent of the nation's ing the history; the tall tree, growing a million times the level that causes ear practicing physicians have taken a post- life in the wilderness; the lake, water graduate or continuing medical educa- pain. NCS resources; the snow-capped mountains, tion course at some time, and almost open space and the majesty of nature; °' To strengthen the nation's wildlife half took a course during 1961. Of the and the bison, the' conservation of wild- physicians queried in a survey, 62 per resources program, two new national life. NWF wildlife refuges have been established. cent planned to take a course in 1962, The two are Anahuac National Wild- compared with 46 per cent who took "' Haiku are traditional Japanese poems life Refuge in the Galveston Bay area work last year. AMA that compress observation, emotion, and of Texas, and the Delevan National philosophy into just 17 syllables. Lim- Wildlife Refuge in Colusa County, ► The largest single stockholder in a ited to three lines of five, seven, and California, both waterfowl areas. Ana- multimillion-dollar Italian real-estate five syllables, a haiku has no rhyme or huac consists of 9,907 acres and will be firm is said to be the Vatican. In Wash- meter. These poems are enormously of particular value to canvasback ducks ington, D.C., the firm is reportedly fi- popular in Japan. About 50 monthly and the lesser Canada, blue, and snow nancing a $50 million luxury apart- magazines are devoted to haiku, and geese. Delevan contains 5,664 acres and ment in an area being redeveloped into at least a million of the poems are pub- will provide wintering for Pacific Fly- a high-class residential section. Arsenal lished annually. Poets draw upon tradi- way's waterfowl. NWF I° Average speed of the wind increases tional themes, most of them dealing with nature. Each with height above ground. In general, haiku contains one Under intense pressure eggs can be season word that relates the poem to a ► the velocity at 33 feet is about twice that cooked in ice water and graphite can specific time. NGS be turned into diamond. These and at 11/2 feet. The speed at 100 feet is 1.2 other strange happenings were reported times that at 33 feet. Friction at the °' Study of the flight and behavior of in the field of high pressure chemistry earth's surface reduces wind speeds near insects is helping the space scientist. recently. At ordinary room temperature the ground. NGS Certain insects have been found to have and under 10,000 atmospheres pressure, a gyroscope used for flight control. It egg white was cooked in three minutes, involves small appendages that flap up egg yolk and steak in 10 minutes, and and down in an arc, unlike conven- potatoes and carrots in 60 minutes. The tional gyros, which rotate. Such a device finished products were cold, completely for application to flight control instru- sterilized, and tasty. At pressures above mentation has been built by one organi- 100,000 atmospheres, where most ele- zation. Further, by analyzing the re- ments and compounds turn into metals, sponse of a beetle to moving light a new form of high-speed chemical re- patterns and putting the results in action may occur. In such a reaction mathematical form, it has been learned a compound may be changed totally and that the beetle seems to use his eyes in instantly into another compound in a, simple way to determine his speed. one hundredth to one thousandth of a A design for an optical aircraft ground second after going through an inter- speed indicator has been made using mediate metallic stage. UCAL Key to sourcc abbreviations published January 2, 1962. this principle. Chrysler The Youth's Instructor, July 24, 1962 11 by NORENE LYON CREIGHTON

E WERE DRIVING along a smooth, curv- Wing highway in central Pennsylvania when I suddenly cried excitedly, "Oh, look!" and pointed to a side road that went over a little rustic bridge and wound around another curve and was lost to view behind a row of white pines. As I pressed my nose to the glass, looking back to catch a last glimpse of it, I said to my husband who was driving, "I wonder where that little road goes! It looks so invit- ing and mysterious, disappearing like that around a bend." wont& He laughed and said that we would have to take time to explore it sometime, since it was in our "terri- tory." He did not know how often I would find "little roads" in the months to come. wh We were newcomers to Pennsylvania. My husband had accepted a call to pastor a district in the central part of the State, and as we drove to the different churches that were in his charge, we were entranced with the beautiful scenery that delighted our eyes that road wherever we looked. Brushing aside thoughts of the mounting gasoline costs, we reveled in the miles of lovely scenery that lay between the churches and the various members. We were eager to get acquainted with this beautiful go mountainous country to which we had moved. The mountains of Pennsylvania are unlike most of those that we had encountered in our trips West or our trips to Kentucky and other Southern regions. Pennsylvania's mountains lie in long ridges, which extend for miles without a break—with long fertile valleys lying between. The natural gaps or openings in these ridges allow for roads and highways to pass from valley to valley. Sometimes these roads from one valley to the next afford some spectacular scenery, even though the mountains are not high. The valleys, depending on their size, are networked with lesser highways and back roads, which give access to the valley farms. There is no call quite like the call of an Having saturated ourselves with the views along the main highways, and becoming fairly well ac- untrod way. Breath-taking beauty often quainted with all the main roads that we had to use awaits one on humble country roads. in meeting our appointments, it became our habit to map out new routes of reaching places, which would afford us new opportunities to explore. We found that the regular maps did not show in detail all the routes available, these being more con- cerned with showing motorists the shortest and best routes between cities instead of pointing out where the roads went over the highest passes, or along the swiftest streams, or through the most spectacular scenery. On the maps we noted large areas marked as 12 ri

A State forests, with never a hint of the As we rounded the bend called Devil's the icy roads that would make travel maze of "pumpkin-vine" trails that Elbow, halfway up Seven Mountains, I dangerous. By then the long miles be- crisscross through acres of deer-popu- spied a road coming in from the left, tween churches did not seem so invit- lated meadows and woods. and before I realized it, "I wonder ing, and we did not look for new areas We had moved to Pennsylvania in where that road goes" escaped my lips. to explore. the first part of October—when autumn My husband, with a quick look in the As the snows became more frequent was at its dazzling best. Our first after- rear-view mirror, made a hasty left and heavy, the mountains gradually noon church lay sixty miles over the turn, and we had our first introduction changed their personalities again. mountain and across two large valleys. to the Pennsylvania State forest lands. Their stark outlines were relieved and Such a Sabbath afternoon drive we had The route we had chosen was black- softened by the snow. The orderly rows never taken before. The area was ablaze topped, and it wove in and around that had previously broken the skyline, with vivid reds, yellows, and greens. through areas of lacy ferns, huge rho- like so many long loaves of bread, now In the distance they gave off a purplish dodendrons, and the smaller mountain appeared to be huge powdered ele- haze. But as we neared them we could laurel. The canopy of tall trees filtered phants walking trunk to tail, with black discern the individual trees, beckoning the golden sunlight on the glowing tree bristles along their backs. to us with flowing arms of russet, maize, leaves. The deep snow and treacherous ice and brown, inviting us to return the We hated to see autumn fade, and could not long squelch the lure of the next day with our camera. felt sad as we watched the hillsides road, however, and early one bright, As we neared the top of the second lose their bright glory and change to sunny morning, immediately after a hill on our way, we pulled over to the winter's brown. We felt that we had heavy snowfall, we tracked down side for a view of the valley below. The seen the most lovely time of year, and snow scenes with our cameras. Coming fields and farms were laid out in neat were already beginning to long for around a bend in the highway, we both squares, with little clumps of colorful spring when the trees would again be suddenly exclaimed, "Oh, look at that trees looking like huge bouquets in clothed in color. But we found that win- —I wonder where that road goes!" the fence corners. The whole scene gave ter in Pennsylvania could be lovely too. Branching off from the highway was a the appearance of a beautifully colored It was with some consternation that lovely lane bordered on both sides with picture done in needlepoint. we noted snow in the high country on tall evergreen trees. Their snow-laden The next day we returned with cam- our travels, although it had not yet branches swept low over the ground, era and color film to record the beauty. come to the valleys. We were dreading and their tips seemed to pierce the

41 "even so must the Son of man be lifted 28 Put c in front of this and in French it is " (John 3:14) heaven 42 "and they . . . drank of it" (Mark 14:23) 30 The Last Supper was the Paschal . . 43 "If I then, . . . Lord and Master, have 31 Recently extinct bird of New Zealand washed . . . feet" (John 13:14) 32 "Take, eat; this is my . . . " (Matt. 26:26) 46 South America 33 "And he took the . . . " (Matt. 26:27) 47 "until the kingdom . . . God shall come" 34 "And as they were . . . " (Matt. 26:26) (Luke 22:18) 38 "and gave . . . , and gave it to them, 49 "Whither I go, thou canst not follow saying" (Matt. 26:27) . . . now" (John 13:36) 40 "For this is my ... of the new testament" THE LAST SUPPER 50 "Then arose Peter, and . . . unto the sep- (Matt. 26:28) ulchre" (Luke 24:12) 41 " ... of the Chaldees" (Gen. 11:28) Horizontal 51 Compass point 44 Leave out 53 Man's name 45 Son of Bani (Ezra 10:34) 1 "which is . . . for many" (Matt. 26:28) 56 " . . . thee behind me, Satan" (Matt. 46 South America 4 "I will not drink henceforth of this . . . 16:23) 48 "They reel to and . . . , and stagger" of the vine" (Matt. 26:29) 57 Second person singular of do (Ps. 107:27) 8 King of Bashan (Joshua 13:12) 58 "for the remission of . . . " (Matt. 26:28) 50 Brazilian coin 10 "And I will . . . the Father, and he shall A saying of Christ is 14, 15, 16, 29, 47, and 52 Eye (Scot.) give you another Comforter" (John 14:16) 49 combined 54 Against 12 "catch them in their net, and gather them 55 Linnaean Society in their . . . " (Hab. 1:15) Vertical 14 "Take . . . , and divide it among your- selves" (Luke 22:17) 1 "if it were not . . . , I would have told 15 "ye . . . shew the Lord's death till he you" (John 14:2) come" (1 Cor. 11:26) 2 Ephesians 16 "ye believe . . . God, believe also in me" 3 " ... ye all of it" (Matt. 26:27) (John 14:1) 4 Exclamation expressing disapproval (var.) 17 Exclamation 5 A kind of Japanese salad 18 Pineapple 6 A Benjamite (1 Chron. 7:12) 20 "and blessed it, and . . . it" (Matt. 26:26) 7 South American animal resembling the 21 "Ye shall . . . me" (John 13:33) weasel 23 Yea 9 "and ... it to the disciples" (Matt. 26:26) 24 Rodent 11 A good king of Judah (2 Chron. 14:2) 25 The sesame (Hind.) 13 "which strain at a . . . , and swallow a 27 "Let not your heart . . . troubled" (John camel" (Matt. 23:24) 14:1) 14 "Verily I say unto you, They have . . . 28 "when I drink . . . new with you in my reward" (Matt. 6:2) Father's kingdom" (Matt. 26:29) 15 "until that . . . " (Matt. 26:29) 29 "and bring all things to your 17 Oven (var.) (John 14:26) 19 North America 35 Diphthong 20 "Jesus took . . . " (Matt. 26:26) 36 Small yellow bird 22 A son of Aaron (Ex. 6:23) 37 Last (L.) 26 "Where wilt thou that . . . prepare for 39 Son of Nathan, descendant of Judah (1 thee to eat the passover?" (Matt 26:17) CI WAX CO. Chron. 2:36) 27 Bromine Key on page 19 14 The Youth's Instructor, July 24, 1962 deep blue of a sky dotted with white and many, many white-flowering trees. clouds. They marched up each side of the Redbuds, or mountain pinks as they the passage like giant Christmas trees YOUTH'S are called here, complement the pic- ermine draped for a holiday. INSTRUCTOR ture. We had heard that there were We drove slowly in the exact center many flowering dogwoods up in the of the white expanse between the ave- mountains, so we set out to find them. nue of trees, for no other vehicle had FREE LANCE Driving through the lush farmland of ventured here before us. After traveling the Kishoquilous Valley, called Big Val- about four miles we came to a fork in Pen League ley for short, we noted that every yard the road—actually a triangle—so that a was heralding the arrival of spring with car might make a circle and go in any daffodils and tulips and creeping phlox.

of three directions. We both inwardly Opportunities for: We drove up the side of a long moun- heaved a sigh of relief at this solution tain to our favorite lookout on top of to our half-acknowledged predicament 1. Climactic short-short the ridge between Ferguson and Big of turning around. 2. Inspirational short Valley. From there could be seen We made the turn, parked the car 3. Character sketch ridge after ridge marching into the pur- 4. Vignette heading back, and then got out to take ple horizon. Between the ridges lay the some pictures. The snow was deep and brown and green stripes of the farmed crusty, and we caught glimpses of valleys. With our binoculars we could snow patterns scintillating in the see our house, which was fifteen miles patches of sunlight that shafted through away by car but only about six miles as REQUEST A BROCHURE: the trees. the crow flies. The long climb up this One of the loveliest pictures we re- the Youth's Instructor mountain rewarded us with the discovery corded that day was of a creek. Its Takoma Park of many dogwood trees, though we did banks were roundly padded with snow, Washington 12, D.C. not' recognize them at first. The flow- bulging here and there with grotesque ers were not yet open, and it took us a rocks masquerading fluffy down cover- DEADLINE: September 4, 1962 while to discover that the small green lets. The water—swift-running as are all "cups" we were noticing on those slen- mountain streams—was not frozen, and der trees were dogwood buds. We were it gleamed darkly as it purled along, meet another car. At last we came to an too early and would have to return an- carrying little sailboats of brown leaves open place where parking was possible, other day if we wanted pictures. piled high with their cargo of snow. A and were greeted with a spectacular About two weeks later, as we were large log, toppled by some accident of view of the panorama below. A small rounding a bend, we screeched to a nature, was lying gracefully in just the sign informed us that this was "Penn's halt before a whole clump of white dog- right position to complete a pleasing View." A daring pine tree clutched a wood trees in full bloom. What had picture. huge rock for support at the very edge caught our eye as we aproached them During a snowstorm in February we of the cliff, framing the scene below for was the background of tall, pale-green were startled to hear a song sparrow the camera. trees against the mountains and the burst into full song just outside our A river, accompanied by a single rail- redbuds peeking through the dogwood, window. Concealing ourselves behind a road track, meandered along the valley, truly a lovely picture done in pastels. curtain, we searched for the brave little hidden in places by small hills and The whole was laced together with a fellow and finally discovered him sit- emerging again to be topped by a rus- picturesque post-and-rider fence. ting in the very top of a small bare tree tic bridge. Such a remarkable view, and We had thought that nothing could be that was on a level with our second- so few people to enjoy it. We were the more beautiful than autumn in the floor apartment window. We felt that only ones there, though we could dis- mountains, but we found that spring his song was the promise of an early cern from the candy and gum wrappers can be the loveliest of all—for it holds spring, and we were not disappointed. lying around that we were by no means so much promise of things to come. We March brought warm days and swell- the first to discover the place. The dreamed of looking for deer in the ing buds, swollen streams, and wander- road leading to this section of the forest grassy meadows of the deep forest, of lust to us! Searching the maps for clues was so narrow and difficult to travel picnic lunches eaten beside a cool to new areas to be explored, we found that it probably discouraged many mountain reservoir, or searching for one of the loveliest views we had yet people from visiting it. birds in the misty stillness of an early seen. We were traveling in the Poe As we sat on a large boulder and let summer morning. We eagerly consulted Paddy section of the State forest, and our eyes travel the miles across the val- the maps. after following a narrow, rocky road ley to the horizon, my husband re- Deep in the heart of the forest, as the for miles through dense forest, we at marked, "It sort of makes you think of adolescence of spring began to wane last came to a point where it met an- the reward we will receive for traveling and grow into the maturity of summer, other road. There was no sign to tell the straight and narrow way. This road nature was preparing the stage for one us which way to turn, or what we would was anything but straight, though it of her most glorious displays. The fra- find when we got there. We finally certainly was narrow! The view is re- grant, pale-pink wild honeysuckle, made a selection, and turned onto an ward enough for the tire bruises and which had been very scarce, was about even narrower, rockier road than be- difficulties of getting here." gone, but in its place burst forth hun- fore, which led steeply up a grade. As Spring reaches its peak in the moun- dreds of thousands of mountain laurel. we wound around the curves and looked tains about the last of April, we found. Their stiff, dark-green leaves con- down over precipices three or four hun- The hillsides burst forth with new glam- trasted beautifully with the multiblos- dred feet deep, we hoped we would not our, sporting new, pale-green leaves somed flowers, which ranged in color The Youth's Instructor, July 24, 1962 15 from deep pink to pure white. The walked along, selecting the largest ones the way back, while refilling the little low-growing bushes were so lush in from each bush. The alarmed cry of sand bucket with blueberries to take some places, and the flowers so profuse, our ten-month-old baby warned us home with us, we confined our picking as to give the impression that the for- that we were getting too far away from to the edge of the road and were care- est was standing knee-deep in fluffy the car, so we worked our way back to ful where we put down foot and hand. pink wool. him, and then filled his little sand bucket Summer was waning. The flurry of As June faded into July and the with the luscious fruit, so we could con- "corn boils" and other outdoor picnics mountain laurel began to disappear, tinue to enjoy them as we drove. to be enjoyed before cold weather set we waited in suspense for the grand When apologizing for our blue- in had begun. But we were not sad to finale of nature's summer program. We stained hands to the woman we were have the summer leave us. We knew had been watching the rhododendron visiting, she exclaimed, "You mean you that right around nature's corner would bushes for some time, admiring their picked them yourself ? That country is be another season as alluring as the dark-green, multileaf foliage, which is infested with rattlesnakes and copper- last—and right around the next bend like mountain laurel, only so much heads. We never get out of the car when in the road would be the gateway to larger. These plants are almost like we have to go through there!" We another road leading to camera fun trees, standing ten to fifteen or more thanked her for her warning, and on and adventure. feet high. In the exact center of each cluster of long-pointed leaves was a small, round, rough hump resembling a small artichoke and which kept swell- GOLDEN RULE-REVISED ing larger with each passing day. Then one day we saw a bud fully opened. by GORDON M. HYDE Each flower was composed of many small ones, forming a large ball. The first week the blossoming was sporadic, HE COMMUNICATIONS profes- thus: "In your association with oth- but soon the forest was filled with love- sor had been riding us hard all ers, put yourself in their place. Enter liness. summer. With three ministers in into their feelings, their difficulties, As an accompaniment to the rhodo- This seminar group, he could not their disappointments, their joys, and dendron blooms, the wild berry vines resist opportunities to insinuate their sorrows. Identify yourself with sent their white sprays skyward—giving weakness in the undergirdings of the them, and then do to them as, were promise of a luscious taste reward in a Christian faith. you to exchange places with them, few weeks. We found these bright-red "Take the golden rule," he you would wish them to deal with berries waiting for us one day, shim- scoffed one morning. "It's com- you." (Italics supplied.) mering in their morning dress of dew. pletely antiquated. Sociology's con- I underlined the paragraph and It was almost sacrilegious to eat such cepts have gone far beyond it." He took it to class the next day, laying beauty—but they were delicious! paused, watching for reactions. The it before the instructor as he entered. The home of the rhododendron is circle of graduates around the table As he read he caught its intent also the home of the white-tailed deer, produced no flicker of reaction. He quickly. "Humph!" he grumped. which because of plenty of lush under- decided to call in his evidence. "The person that wrote that had growth for both cover and food, does "The golden rule says to do to oth- studied sociology." There was no not venture often near the trails of ers as you would have others do to time to tell him that the author of man. A person is fortunate indeed to you. That's all wrong! That places the that paragraph had many other catch a glimpse of one gazing momen- wishes of the doer as the determi- "modern" concepts far in advance tarily in curiosity, or hightailing it nant of the wishes of the receiver. It of present-day research or her own (now I know what that expression ought to say that you are to do to contemporaries. But a more vital means!) through the deep woods. On others as they would like you to do point presses for expression. one occasion, as we were cautiously to them. Their wishes, not yours, As Adventist youth we profess al- picking our way through the woods at should be the basis of good sociologi- legiance to the golden rule, claim it a spot where we might be likely to cal action." as the motivation for our words, our spot some deer, we were chagrined to The "prof" had made a good actions. But have we seen its true in- see a band of five or six does walking point, but not a devastating one. tent—that we should consider what sedately within ten feet of our parked Implicit in Christ's words is the cor- we should do for others from their car, where the cameras were left on the ollary for which our instructor was viewpoint, and not our own? In the front seat. contending. The essence of His mis- jostle and bustle of modern living, in One day late in July as we were tak- sion involved a vicarious life—in our "kidding" and "ribbing," in our ing a "short cut" through the forest on which one enters into and takes the slighting and snubbing, in our pick- our way to do some visiting in another place of another. This is empathy of ing and choosing, have we stopped valley, we began noticing some low, the highest order—even unto death, to evaluate the effects upon the re- dark-green foliage close to the ground. the death of the cross. So the issue ceiver? It seemed that the whole floor of the was never joined in that morning When we can say to another, "He woods was carpeted with it. We session and the discussion turned that touches you, touches the apple emerged from the car for a closer look into other channels. of my eye," when we are that sensi- and were happily surprised to discover Within a day, however, I noticed tive to all that affects another per- that the bushes were profusely covered in the week's Sabbath school lesson son, then we shall be entering into with blueberries. a quotation from Thoughts From the the true application of the golden We ate handful after handful as we Mount of Blessing, page 134. It read rule—revised. 16 The Youth's Instructor, July 24, 1962 examine He who does not weave the strands of tragedy thyself

into the fabric of his life will always be insecure.

• Maintaining polsE In Face of TRAG FDY

by ARTHUR L. BIETZ

TATISTICS show that more statements. I learned early in my min- of death causes most people untold than 125 million dollars is istry that people sometimes have trage- fears and anxieties. Most of us run away spent annually in the United dies that cannot be explained away; from it and never look back. It scares us States for tranquilizers to quiet they are not imagined. We wonder how too much. But I would say this: We human nerves. This is symptomatic of it is possible for them to carry on un- shall never be truly satisfied in this the fact that people have troubles that der the stress of their situation. world unless we are willing to part they seek to cure as best they know. I am going to say something that may with it. Right now at least 30 million people sound strange, yet it is true for all of The other day I was listening to a in our country are suffering from seri- us: He who does not weave the strands talk on civil defense by a retired ad- ous physical or emotional handicaps. of tragedy into the fabric of his life will miral. He was giving detailed instruc- Hospitals are filled to overflowing, and always be insecure. Until we have faced tion to families on what to do in case of there is not enough personnel available our share of tragedy, we have not truly atomic attack. I was struck with all the to care for those who suffer. faced up to life. shuddering and gasping of the audi- I remember the story of a well-edu- The art of taking it on the chin might ence. One woman remarked, "It's too cated and pious German after the fall well be revitalized, to live again as it awful even to think about." of Hitler in World War II. Here are was in the days of the Spartans. Those Her attitude is typical of that evinced his own words: men and women knew what it meant by many. People always are afraid of "My son was killed in action; my to experience trouble but still to walk the unknown. And death, of all things, daughter is missing; I have lost my on. They could take physical as well as is the most unknown; so we fear it wife; my home is gone; the clothes on mental setbacks with a spirit of courage desperately. Yet, I say that in order to my back are my total possessions, and and bravery that is rare today. Most of overcome this fear we must look it those have been given to me. I cannot us either whimper and give up or we squarely in the face, thinking it through. pray any more; I can't think any more; turn bitter against life. Yet, the first step God has cared for us in the past; He I don't want to think any more—neither in achieving poise is to be determined will guide you and me to the end, backward nor forward. After all I have to take our sorrows on the chin. "though I walk through the valley of experienced, it is no longer possible for The next step in acquiring an un- the shadow of death." me to think." shakable poise is to do something that I have always counseled those in- Through the years of my counseling few people dare do, and that is to face volved in tragedy to face the possibil- experience I have heard many similar death squarely in the face. The thought ity of death and to arrange even their The Youth's Instructor, July 24, 1962 17 business affairs for the greatest good death from an ice-pan. . . . Running with money, intelligence, or will in case of death. I believe it behooves through my head all the time, quite un- power. a Christian to die with dignity. bidden, were the words of the old hymn: God bids us to "consider the lilies I always have admired the attitude " 'My God, my Father, while I stray how they grow."' They do not grow by of a certain man who said, "I am no Far from my home on life's dark way, their own power but by accepting the longer afraid of anything. Over a pe- Oh, teach me from my heart to say food God has furnished to let them riod of months I have considered every Thy will be done.' " grow. Nor can we by some power terrible circumstance that might hap- Dr. Grenfell was miraculously saved within ourselves grow strong enough to pen to me. I have stayed with each be steeled against hardships, to keep long enough in honest confession, from going to pieces. We are just as thought, and prayer to be able to say dependent on Christ for poise as is the that I was no longer afraid of it." branch upon the tree for fruitfulness. Then he went on to describe these Nocturne Apart from Him we are indeed trem- ills—broken health, invalidism for him- bling and weak. by FRANCES OETTEL self, death of a loved one, gruesome From a practical standpoint this afflictions. To each he would say, "You Sabbath at midnight, means rising every morning and before could not really conquer me. I am not Waking, I heard doing anything else consecrating our- afraid of you." This is a wise attitude. The repertoire selves to God, asking Him to abide with As Christians we must be able to face Of a mocking bird. us and to use us in His service. Then life's deepest sorrows without trem- Cascading song God, our dearest Friend, will be our bling. Fell fiery sweet strength and our power. I know a Another part of acquiring poise is to On the side of truth woman who receives much comfort take the long-range view of life. This In the still, dark street. from this motto, typed on a little card helps immeasurably. When we know Encore upon encore, hanging in her room where she can see for a certainty that our life here is a A jubilee, it the first thing when she rises and the mere speck of dust, a wisp of fog some- Till dawn illumined last thing when she goes to bed: "A The coral tree. where between the limits of infinity, life in Christ is a life of restfulness." what does it matter how much we suf- When a hammer falls on glass, the fer? With an eternity of bliss lying glass is shattered into a million frag- ahead of us, shall we murmur because ments; but a hammer on forged steel we suffer pain for a while ? If we could by a group of courageous natives who bounces off without making a dent. but be inflamed with the idea that death braved the ice with their little boats. The closer we draw to Christ, the more is but the blinking of an eye before But he had taken the long-range view. we resemble such steel. heaven's splendor, we would never He knew that beyond death was life All of us need to experience hardship fear it. eternal for the faithful. in order to know whether we are useful. Consider the experience of Sir Wil- Then, too, acquiring poise means The worthiness of an airplane is not fred T. Grenfell, noted missionary to steeling yourself. Even small mishaps seen while it sits in the hangar; rather, Labrador. He was called to perform or disappointments, if taken in a spirit it is seen when it cruises through the an emergency operation on a Labrador of strength, will help you to be strong clouds and comes in contact with wind, native who lived sixty miles away. He when greater trouble shakes you. Train rain, sleet, and lightning. As it is tossed harnessed his dogs to his sleds and off yourself to remain tall and still when about by the elements, it is tested for they went over close-packed ice, helped you feel like going to pieces. When I hardiness. Likewise, we too are tested along by prevailing winds. When the mentioned this to a young girl who was when we are under stress. If we are wild winds shifted, the ice began to experiencing difficulties in her mar- weak, we shall break; but if we are crack and break. riage, she asked, "But how is this done? strong, we shall take hardships gallantly, Dr. Grenfell managed to cut his It's so easy to advise someone to be allowing each disaster to make of us dogs loose, but found himself caught strong; but how can you be strong when stronger men and women. on a precarious island of ice sur- you're weak ?" Last, in order to acquire poise, it will rounded by deep water. He passed a day The answer, of course, is that God's help immeasurably if you use trouble and night in the bitterest cold, drifting presence gives us strength. And how and transmute it into glory. This may farther and farther toward the doom of do you feel God's constant presence? seem like an impossible order; but it the open ocean. Yet the account of his To this there is no spectacular short cut. can be done. thoughts reveals at once how secure was It is only as you lead a consistent I have recently received much inspi- his soul. devotional life by reading God's Word, ration from Dr. Roy Cornell, of Lyn- "I can honestly say that from first to by studying the life of Christ, and by wood, California. A few years ago he last not a single sensation of fear en- communicating with God in prayer was struck with paralytic bulbar polio tered my mind, even when I was strug- that your mind becomes receptive to while giving mission service in Ben- gling on the slab ice. Somehow it did divine influence, which gives you the ghazi, Lybia. As a physician it appeared not seem unnatural; the idea was very stability you need to meet the pressures that his career was doomed forever. But strong in my mind that I should soon of life. the news came to me just the other day reach the solution of mysteries that I While a person can find God at the that, though permanently bedridden, had been preaching about for so many moment of impending danger—like the this man is of excellent courage. His years. Our external life has always been soldier who finds Him in a foxhole— faith in God as the giver of good has with me a matter of faith so untrou- still day by day serenity through tribu- not wavered. He has recently completed bled that it seemed so almost natural lation is the result of a growing friend- a course in electrocardiography and is to be leaving through this portal of ship with God. It cannot be purchased now reading electrocardiograms. 18 The Youth's Instructor, July 24, 1962 Here is a man who took God at His tragedy to break him or to embitter ing interest daily. Those reached are as word and kept faith in Him as his sus- him. Rather, he transmuted tragedy a mere grain of sand among the 60 tainer. Whenever he was tempted to into victory. Ellen G. White's words million people on the island. The work feel sorry for himself and to rebel are full of wisdom: "Your hope is not is still small; there is much to be done, against his seemingly unfair situation, in yourself; it is in Christ. Your weak- but too few to help. he remembered the hardships Christ ness is united to His strength, your ig- At present a new hospital is nearing went through, and he clung all the norance to His wisdom, your frailty to completion. A fine brick structure on a more to Him. He found that as soon as His enduring might. So you are not to small hill overlooking the city, this hos- he spent time thinking about himself look to yourself, not to let the mind pital will provide better care for more and his illness he was drawing away dwell upon self, but look to Christ. Indonesians in the coming years. But from Christ, his only source of true Let the mind dwell upon His love, the dedicated people working alone in strength. upon the beauty, the perfection, of His Bandung wonder how much they can Satan's most subtle device is to keep character."' offer. man's mind on his sorrows, frailties, Dr. Cornell's story is multiplied into They are unable to pay the large and imperfections, thus separating him the thousands by other persons who sums needed to supply this hospital. from his source of strength. Dr. Cor- daily rise above their afflictions. Some And the equipment now being used is nell refused to be misled by Satan's become acknowledged, publicized he- old, in bad repair, and in most cases cunning. He kept his communication roes; others are heroes of whom we needing replacement. While in Ban- line with Christ intact and gained vic- never hear. Each in his way adds a dung I calculated that approximately tory over defeat. Despite his physical streak of courage to life and proves as $300,000 would be necessary just for tragedy, he knew that Christ was inter- did Paul that God "giveth us the victory adequate supplies to open the hospi- ceding for him just as He did for His through our Lord Jesus Christ." tal. From whom will come the help disciples years ago. needed to equip this new institution ? Dr. Cornell is an outstanding exam- 1 Luke 12:27. Indonesia is a land of opportunity. 2 Steps to Christ, p. 70. ple of a person who did not allow 3 I Cor. 15:57. Even the Moslem mind is looking for something new. The wish for knowl- edge, for advancement, and for change is a reality that cannot be denied. Be- LAND OF CHALLENGE liefs and ideals are changing quickly, and those who present sound ideas bent From page 8 on material and intellectual progress are heard with the utmost interest. ing"1, doctor," and she never failed to above all, the help of more fortunate Three months after skimming the flash a happy smile with her greeting. peoples around the world. They plead red-tile roofs of Djakarta I was again The parents were so happy over for something better, but support is dif- air borne. This time I flew away from their child's recovery that they bought ficult to obtain. Through the generos- the beautiful green island. As I looked her a brilliant red blouse and a yellow ity of devoted people like those at down on the serpentine seacoast I skirt to celebrate her discharge from Rumah Sakit Advent, a few Indone- thought of the possibilities that exist the hospital. One of the most cherished sians experience moments of happiness, there. Will it continue to be the place memories I have is of seeing this small as did the parents of the small girl with where millions live in darkness, or will child dressed in her bright new clothes, tetanus when she was returned to them the receptive minds of the inhabitants smiling and waving her good-by as she well and strong. be taught better methods and their left for home. While traveling through this sun- hearts have the opportunity to learn the One Sabbath afternoon I was called drenched land and talking with local ways of Christ? to take care of a minor emergency at citizens I heard many of the ideas and the hospital. While I was seeing the ideals these people have for the fu- patient a young mother arrived carry- ture. They talked of the diverse possi- ing a tiny bundle wrapped tightly in bilities that exist for improving educa- key wit sharpeners a blanket. She stated her two-month-old tion, sanitation, and above all the baby had contracted dysentery several health of the nation. Many realize the days earlier and she wanted him exam- need, but without some aid in organi- SI-IED A 1- 12UIT ,O G ined and treated. zation and direction, they are unable 0%41) 1Z.AY 7ADRAGA The nurse took the child into an ex- to carry out fruitful plans. They look r,T H I SY D Or/ I N%V amining room, but when I checked the to those with more experience for help. baby it was obvious that he had been Most of the people receiving care at 01-1MNANAVABIZAKE dead for some time. With the aid of the the Adventist hospital are Moslems, SE E KrAAY r.A RA TV, nurse I tried to explain this tragedy to who have a deep feeling for their re- T I L 74‘.17 PAV,B E v AN I T the mother, but how is such an explana- ligion. Through the tender care of ,REMEMBRANCE% tion possible? Upon hearing the news, Christian doctors and nurses, however, EVAA E v 0 0 ULT L T the mother screamed and fainted, later they often exhibit keen interest in Ar,Z A B A DV/U PM11 sobbing her heart out for her child. Christianity and a more healthful life T 74A L LEY 0 UTZS A Sadness is a daily experience at Ru- devoid of demoralizing superstitions. mah Sakit Advent, as it is all over In- During my stay at the hospital there I %/R %O40 F iAMEAR A N donesia. Thousands die every day was a large baptismal class of forty NEE7 ,ORV I LLEVAK throughout this country because they Moslems studying to become Seventh- GET)Do6TrAS I NS lack means, education, facilities, and day Adventists, and more were exhibit- 011A2OCCk The Youth's Instructor, July 24, 1962 19 THE INDIVIDUALIST ness of the teacher to go to the par- ents and crack the eggs of trouble be- From page 10 fore they are hatched. He learned that it was helpful to him to make intelli- road. He did well on the job and The next year he taught in an- gent and tactful visits to the homes of within several months he was asked to other school, in Hogland, south of Suth- the students when he changed his meth- become a foreman. erland. Soon after school began a ods. "What will that involve ?" the young complaint was made that he was not One day he was visiting in the home worker asked his railroad boss. teaching an all-important language of a friend, a retired school superin- "Oh, that means you will have charge class and that some books he encour- tendent. When asked what he did when of several men, and on Saturday you aged the students to read were unre- he knew his children were being taught will make up the schedule for the fol- lated to the schoolwork. He knew that by inefficient teachers, the schoolman lowing week in consultation with other the books he assigned for reading were replied, "My wife and I invite such foremen." in no way objectionable and were ac- teachers to our home frequently and It was at this point that Bert had to tually related to the broader aspects of are as kind to them as we can be. In- turn down his first promotion because the subjects involved. He debated as to stead of sizing them up by criticism, we he would not work on the Sabbath. his procedure in the matter. Should he try to find something good about them. Anyway, he thought, the job was tem- go to the parents and explain or The results are excellent." porary. What he really wanted was to should he let them come to him ? Bert learned that tactful parents are become a schoolteacher. The next day the question was an- always a big help to a successful school. In the summer of 1890 Bert started swered for him. For the first and only The next term found Bert in still an- early to seek a school. He was hired by time in his fifty-year teaching career, the other school, Kundel, west of Suther- the first school director he approached, director of the local school system came land, not far from the main tracks of not because of his looks and qualifica- to his school and stayed all day. He the Northwestern Railroad. tions, but because of a quirk of circum- came with the children in the morn- It was the largest school yet for Bert stances. ing, sat quietly in the back of the room and he soon found unruly and quarrel- The director explained, "Last year all day, and left when the children were some students. One day the county dismissed. there were at least twenty teachers who superintendent of schools visited the applied for my school. Some of these The director had come to see for him- classroom. While she was there Bert teachers applied for several schools and self if the new teacher was neglecting punished three youngsters for fighting. at the last moment chose the school language classes and if the books he When the superintendent left she they preferred. So I made up my mind was using were objectionable. He was said, "Mr. Rhoads, I think you are that this time I would hire the first a genial fellow who easily could have doing things just right here at the teacher who applied. The school is been won to any program, but Bert school. Keep up the good work." yours!" made no attempt to influence him in Since he needed some self-confidence On Monday morning, September 4, any way during the day. 1890, Bert Rhoads stood in front of his The director said nothing to him, in the program he was trying to put into first class—six bashful boys and girls. but later that week he made a report operation, those few words did him a He had everything carefully planned to the county superintendent of schools, world of good. for the day. He had spent hours mak- Ella Sackerson. Later she came to visit The youthful teacher learned an- ing up the schedule, preparing his class Bert's school and indicated support for other lesson at the Kundel school— notes, and learning in advance the the program being followed. In his how to utilize students in keeping names of his new students. methods of teaching Bert eventually re- classroom and playground order. But within minutes after the nine ceived the support of everyone, includ- George Fish and James Ewaldt were o'clock opening bell, he realized that ing the parents. two of the more serious-minded stu- nothing was going right for him. Be- In that second year at school he dents. He soon became attached to fore the three o'clock dismissal he had learned a lesson as a result of his first them because of their friendly ways. every student in tears. They were un- experience with parents. It is the busi- They too wanted a more orderly school. able to do the tasks assigned and he was After establishing a close relationship unable to talk on their level. It was a with them, Bert asked the boys to be dejected new schoolteacher who left the assistant teachers while he was out of the room or away from the playground. schoolroom that day. the long procession But the next day he was back in the The appointment proved successful as George and James extended their in- classroom again, this time determined by JANE MERCHANT fluence in keeping rowdyism to a mini- that things would go better. They did mum. go better the second day, and the third, Once more the lordly sun trails Even though his main ambition was and when the week ended he felt much Its heavy train of heat brighter. to become a successful teacher, three Across each farm's green carpet years in the classroom for Bert Rhoads Slowly he learned how to adjust him- And down each dusty street. self to the level of the student in both did not take care of pent-up enthusiasm Oh, may attendant breezes for adventure. He suddenly had the thinking and performance. He learned Guide the train's weight away a great deal that first year, but always urge to do something different. But he From all the ill too weary questioned whether he was "qualified" always kept his mind set on the teach- to teach, as the certificate read. He To bear it day by day. ing profession as a career for life. hardly felt that he earned his wages— This is the third installment of a ten-part serial. Part $27 a month. four will appear next week. 20 The Youth's Instructor, July 24, 1962 Questions: 5. Can you see any relationship be- tween Miriam as a prophetess in the Exodus movement and Ellen G. White Sabb h School in the Advent Movement? af0,1 6. What was the song of the chorus as led by Miriam? When will this song Prepared for publication by the General Conference Sabbath School Department be sung again?

7. How would you answer the argu- ment of some people that it is all right to dance because the Bible sanctions it? Youth 3—Miriam's Besetting Sin Scriptures: Num. 12:1-12; 20:1; Prov. V—Miriam, Sister of Two Great Men 14:30; 27:4; Rom. 1:29.32; Gal. 5: 19-21.

Notes: (August 4) "Yielding to the spirit of dissatisfaction, Miriam found cause of complaint in events that God had especially overruled. The mar- riage of Moses had been displeasing to her. MEMORY GEM: "0 give thanks unto ing of God's plan for him, and for Israel as well. That he should choose a woman of another the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy Archeologists believe that the "Pharaoh's nation, instead of taking a wife from among endureth for ever. Let the redeemed of daughter" mentioned here later became Queen the Hebrews, was an offense to her family and the Lord say so, whom he hath redeemed Hatshepsut, the most remarkable woman ever national pride. Zipporah was treated with ill- from the hand of the enemy" (Ps. 107:1, to sit on the throne of Egypt, the patron and disguised contempt. protector of the strange 'ale bundle she "Though called a `Cushite woman,' (Num. 2). found floating in a tiny boat on the river. 12:1, R.V.), the wife of Moses was a Midian- OUTSIDE READING: Patriarchs and ite, and thus a descendant of Abraham. In Prophets, personal appearance she differed from the He- pp. 243, 288, 382-385; The Questions: brews in being of a somewhat darker com- SDA Bible Commentary, on Scripture plexion. Though not an Israelite, Zipporah references. 1. What kind of people were Amram was a worshiper of the true God."—Patrsarchs and Jochebed? and Prophets, p. 383. Introduction "In the appointment of the seventy elders, Miriam and Aaron had not been consulted, and their jealousy was excited against Moses. In the fertile section of Goshen, Ja- 2. Is there any significance to the fact At the time of Jethro's visit, while the Israel- that Amram and Jochebed were both of ites were on the way to Sinai, the ready ac- cob's descendants prospered and multi- the tribe of Levi? ceptance by Moses of the counsel of his plied, while the Egyptians became at father-in-law had aroused in Aaron and Miriam a fear that his influence with the great leader once jealous and despotic. The friendly exceeded theirs. In the organization of the Hyksos, or Shepherd Kings, as they 3. Was it an accident that Moses council of elders they felt that their position turned out to be "a goodly child"? and authority had been ignored. . . have come to be known in history, had "Smarting under the supposed neglect been driven out, and a new dynasty that shown to herself and Aaron, she regarded the "knew not Joseph" subjected the Is- wife of Moses as the cause, concluding that 4. How about Miriam? Was she too "a her influence had prevented him from taking raelites to slavery with extreme cruelty. goodly child"? them into his counsels as formerly."—Ibid., pp. Under these forbidding circumstances, 382-384. "God had chosen Moses, and had put His Amram and Jochebed, of the tribe of 2—Poet, Musician, Prophetess Spirit upon him; and Miriam and Aaron, by Levi, were blessed with three children their murmurings, were guilty of disloyalty, Scriptures: Micah 6:4; Ex. 15:20, 21. not only to their appointed leader, but to God —Miriam, Aaron, and Moses. Himself. The seditious whisperers were sum- Notes: moned to the tabernacle, and brought face to 1—The Silent Watcher at the face with Moses."—ibid., pp. 384, 385. River "Miriam the prophetess. Miriam is the first "The cloud disappeared from the tabernacle woman whom the Bible honors with this title. in token of God's displeasure, and Miriam was . . . Miriam is not called a prophetess here smitten. She 'became leprous, white as snow.' Scripture: Ex. 2:1-9. primarily because the words she sang were in- Aaron was spared, but he was severely rebuked spired, but rather in recognition of her role in in Miriam's punishment. Now, their pride Notes: the Exodus, second only to the part taken by humbled in the dust, Aaron confessed their Moses and Aaron. . . . Her task may have sin, and entreated that his sister might not be "The mother succeeded in concealing the been to communicate to the people messages left to perish by that loathsome and deadly child for three months. Then, finding that she by which the hope of deliverance was kept scourge."—Ibid., p. 385. could no longer keep him safely, she pre- alive during the dark years of oppression. Following Miriam's grievous sin, she lived pared a little ark of rushes, making it water- She may have taught, admonished, and re- thirty-eight years, and died at a probable age tight by means of slime and pitch; and laying proved the people. Here at the Red Sea, how- of some 132 years. This occurred about four the babe therein, she placed it among the ever, she appears as an inspired and talented month's before Aaron's death and eleven months flags at the river's brink. She dared not remain singer and musician. . . . before Moses died. At the death of each of to guard it, lest the child's life and her own "With dances. The use of dances in reli- the two brothers there was an official period of should be forfeited; but his sister, Miriam, gious ceremonies, so contrary to Western ideas mourning, but none is recorded for Miriam. lingered near, apparently indifferent, but anx- of decorum, has ever been acceptable to the Could it be that this was omitted because iously watching to see what would become of Oriental mind and sentiment. . . . The danc- the sin of envy had marred this otherwise her little brother."—Patriarchs and Prophets, p. ing of Bible times was an outward expression beautiful and dedicated life? 243. of holy joy, entered into in the same spirit as There is some measure of encouragement Aaron was three years old when Moses was songs of praise or prayers of thanksgiving. It here for us, but let us be sure not to overdo born, and Miriam must have been several was distinctly an act of worship, and God ac- it. The encouragement lies in the fact that years older. cepted it as such (cf. John 6:37). Modern this great woman, chosen of the Lord, a Here is a demonstration of how a will of social dancing bears no resemblance whatever prophetess, sister of two great men, was also steel can work. This operation required that to the religious dancing of Bible times, for in human, as are we. She made the same mistake both Jochebed and Miriam turn their emo- it there was no mingling of men and women, we would have made, in all likelihood, under tions all the way off and their brain all the and the only objective of the participants was the same circumstances. But the point is that way on; not an easy thing to do, as you must the expression of love, devotion, and thanks- it was just as wrong for her to indulge sin as it admit. With mother and sister now operating giving to God. Ancient dancing was an in- is for us to do the same thing. We all need under the direct intervention of God, the life tegral part of worship ritual."—The SDA Bible the same Saviour. We are all hopelessly lost of the helpless babe awaits the further unfold- Commentary, on Ex. 15:20. without Him. The Youth's Instructor, July 24, 1962 21 Questions: What Is in This Lesson for Me? God's forgiveness and never indulged 8. What right or reason did Miriam Notice how in the life of a great again. and Aaron have to speak against Moses personality one sin tends to obscure all Sin is always deadly, like cancer, and the Ethiopian woman? the numerous qualities of greatness and only worse. Cancer kills for now; sin 9. What instrumentalities does the a lifelong record of accomplishment. kills forever. Lord use with prophets? Sin is never "just a little thing," to At this point the following verses will be glossed over and excused. It is to 10. What higher method did the Lord help particularly: 2 Cor. 10:3-5; Phil. use with Moses? be put away in the fathomless ocean of 2:5; 4:8.

11. What is "the life of the flesh"?

12. Who is able to stand before envy?

13. What is another word for envy? NEXT WEEK, August 11, 1962—Lesson title: "Rahab and Deborah." Outside reading: Patriarchs and Prophets, pp. 483, 491-493; 14. With what other sins does envy Prophets and rank? Kings, p. 369; Christ's Object Lessons, p. 301; The SDA Bible Com- mentary, on Scripture references. Memory gem: Judges 5:2, 3. 15. What is a just punishment for envy?

ing."—EDERSHEIM, Bible History, vol. 2, p. 164. Half of Miriam's criticism was true. True ❑ False ❑ Feminine jealousy and ambition were Earliteen the weaknesses of her otherwise command- ing character. True ❑ False ❑ FOR CLASS DISCUSSION It was envy that first caused discord in heaven, and its indulgence has wrought V—Miriam, the Prophetess untold evil among men. Is the above statement true or false? Why?

(August 4) 4. Rebuke and Penalty READ: Numbers 12:9-12; Proverbs 14:30; Romans 1:29-32; Galatians 5:19-21. "God had chosen Moses, and had put TEXT TO REMEMBER: "0 give thanks unto umph, as an inspired and talented director His Spirit upon him; and Miriam and the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy en- of music. "Miriam, with her chorus of Aaron, by their murmurings, were guilty dureth for ever. Let the redeemed of the women, sang in response to the male of disloyalty, not only to their appointed Lord say so, whom he hath redeemed from chorus, probably at the termination of leader, but to God Himself. The seditious the hand of the enemy" (Psalm 107:1, 2). each stanza of the song (after vs. 5, 10, whisperers were summoned to the taber- 18). The words of Miriam's refrain, 'Sing nacle, and brought face to face with Aim: To show how dreadful is the sin ye to the Lord,' etc., were also the opening of envy. Moses. . . . words of Moses' song of victory (v. "The cloud disappeared from the taber- It has been said that "envy has under The SDA Bible Commentary, on Ex. 15:21. its banner hatred, calumny, treachery, nacle in token of God's displeasure, and with the meagerness of famine, the venom Name the three who were given high Miriam was smitten. She 'became leprous, of pestilence, and the rage of war." honor and leadership in the liberation of white as snow.' Aaron was spared, but he Israel from bondage. was severely rebuked in Miriam's punish- ment. Now, their pride humbled in the 1. The Watcher on the Riverbank dust, Aaron confessed their sin, and en- READ: Exodus 2:1-9. Whom does the Bible mention as the treated that his sister might not be left first prophetess and noted leader among to perish by that loathsome and deadly Aaron was three years old when Moses women? (Ex. 15:20.) scourge."—Patriarchs and Prophets, pp. was born, and Miriam was older. Some 384, 385. authorities think she was about twelve years old. FOR CLASS DISCUSSION The cloud departed from the taber- "She [Moses' mother] dared not remain All through the ages, has God used nacle in token of God's displeasure. to guard it, lest the child's life and her women as well as men in the work of the True ❑ False ❑ own should be forfeited; but his sister, prophet and as leaders of His people? Miriam never lost the spirit of inde- Miriam, lingered near, apparently indiffer- pendence and superiority which she had ent, but anxiously watching to see what 3. Miriam's Criticism because of her being older than Aaron and Moses. True ❑ False ❑ would become of her little brother."— READ: Numbers 12:1-3. Patriarchs and Prophets, p. 243. The punishment fell on Miriam because "The faith and resourcefulness of a lov- "When Zipporah rejoined her husband she was the chief offender. True ❑ ing mother and the tact and skill of a in the wilderness, she saw that his burdens False ❑ prudent sister were crowned with success. were wearing away his strength, and she The nation was happy that Miriam had Not only was Moses' life saved but he was, made known her fears to Jethro, who sug- been punished. True ❑ False ❑ as well, returned to his own cradle and to gested measures for his relief. Here was Moses refused to pray for Miriam. the bosom of his own mother."—The SDA the chief reason for Miriam's antipathy True ❑ False ❑ Bible Commentary, on Ex. 2:8. to Zipporah. Smarting under the supposed neglect shown to herself and Aaron, she FOR CLASS DISCUSSION Mark by numbers the names listed be- regarded the wife of Moses as the cause, low placing 1 by the oldest, et cetera. concluding that her influence had pre- Was being isolated from camp for seven days a humiliating experience for a Aaron , Miriam , Moses . vented him from taking them into his counsels as formerly. Had Aaron stood up woman like Miriam? Did the envy in her To which tribe in Israel did Miriam be- firmly for the right, he might have checked heart disappear with the leprosy? long? the evil; but instead of showing Miriam the sinfulness of her conduct, he sympa- 5. Her Restoration FOR CLASS DISCUSSION thized with her, listened to her words of READ: Numbers 12:13-15; 20:1. How did Miriam display tact and wis- complaint, and thus came to share her It is evident that Miriam had been the dom in speaking to Pharaoh's daughter? jealousy."—Patriarchs and Prophets, p. principal offender in the outcry against 384. Moses. According to the Mosaic code a per- 2. Poet, Musician, Prophetess "For the first time we here encounter son suffering from leprosy, or recovering that pride of Israel after the flesh and from that malady, must go into isolation. READ: Micah 6:4; Exodus 15:20, 21. contempt for all other nations, which has Even so, Miriam, a victim not only of When Israel was safe from Pharaoh's appeared throughout their after history, physical leprosy but also of the leprosy army, after the crossing of the Red Sea, and in proportion as they have misunder- of sin (envy), must be placed in quaran- Miriam appears, in this moment of tri- stood the spiritual meaning of their call- tine. "Not until she was banished from the

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encampment did the symbol of God's favor 6. The Character of Miriam religious development and a woman led again rest upon the tabernacle."—Patri- in its recognition."—Eurrx DERN, AU of archs and Prophets, p. 385. READ: Exodus 2:4, 7-9; 16:20, 21. the Women of the Bible, p. 57. After Miriam's grievous sin she lived "Like her brothers Aaron and Moses, thirty-eight years, and died at the probable "Miriam is the first woman in the Bible Miriam. did not reach the Promised Land p age of some 132 years. This occurred about whose interest was national and whose but died in the wilderness; however, her four months before Aaron's death and mission was patriotic. When she led the cry of exultation, 'Sing unto the Lord,' eleven months before Moses died. After the women of Israel in that oldest of all na- which had signified freedom for the new- death of the two brothers there were offi- tional anthems, 'Sing unto the Lord,' four born Israel, could not die."—/bid., p. 61. cial periods of mourning, but none is re- centuries of bondage in Egypt had been In which period of her life do you think corded for Miriam. Could it be that this lifted. It was a turning point in Israel's Miriam did the best? was omitted because the sin of envy had marred the otherwise beautiful and dedi- cated life?

6 Does punishment show that God hates the sinner? How can one gain the victory over envy and Jealousy? IT IS NOT TOO EARLY TO BEGIN PLANNING FOR A LIBERAL OFFERING ON THIRTEENTH SABBATH. YOUR FELLOW BELIEVERS FOR CLASS DISCUSSION IN GERMANY ARE COUNTING ON YOU. Does forgiveness save us from all the results of sin?

married life physically fit. Life takes its toll soon enough! (3) Age. Avoid mar- riage in the teens. Emotional maturity is not reached until later, and the odds against early marriages are too many. Avoid disparity in age. Marked differ- ences in age between man and wife may eventually contribute toward un- happiness. (4) Intellectual and social Question Is it possible to become so respectively, of "Choosing the Life equality. Try to find a partner whose intent on eradicating our personal faults Partner," and "Factors That Make for intellectual potential matches your own that we fail to look around us to help Success or Failure." as nearly as possible. This level of simi- others in the way of salvation? "It is from the marriage hour that larity in things of the mind applies to many men and women date their suc- educational and cultural background. Counsel The obvious answer is Yes. cess or failure in this life, and their The more a bride and bridegroom share Isn't this exactly what Jesus is telling hopes of the future life. . . . Marriage of this near-same background, the fewer us in the golden rule, in the "law of is something that will influence and af- the chances for differences in taste and love," et cetera, which may be sum- fect your life both in this world and in outlook in the years ahead. (5) Purpose marized as "Do as you would be done the world to come. A sincere Christian in life. Are you sure you both have a by"? Indeed, isn't this the import of will not advance his plans in this direc- clear-cut understanding of the direction the Ten Commandments? Love your tion without the knowledge that God you will give your life together? How neighbor as yourself. Jesus was the un- approves his course."—Page 43. •serious are your plans for service for wearied servant of man's necessity. "If men and women are in the habit God and humanity? A happy marriage of praying twice a day before they con- cannot build on the frivolity of one while the other holds lofty ideals for Question Can you suggest to me a template marriage, they should pray service. (6) Economic status. list of what you consider the most im- four times a day when such a step is Though portant things that an Adventist couple anticipated."—Page 71. this may not always be considered, cou- ples whose families have had large dif- should consider before entering into "Satan is constantly busy to hurry in- ferences in income during their forma- marriage? experienced youth into a marriage al- tive years, have been exposed, as a re- liance. ... In consequence of hasty mar- sult, to dissimilarities in their training, riages, even among the professed people Counsel Yours is one of the most which may be too great a bridge in of God, there are separations, divorces, sensible questions any young person can after years. Better marry within your and great confusion in the church."— think to ask in contemplating marriage. own family income bracket. I do believe that your question and that Page 80. of the rich young ruler of Mark 10:17- I want to give you key thoughts to 22 constitute the two greatest questions consider as you plan for marriage. "Be The services of THE YOUTH'S INSTRUCTOR Counsel Clinic are provided for those for whom in life, for both have to do with the di- ye not unequally yoked together." This this magazine is published, young people in their teens and twenties. Any reader, however, is wel- rection life takes on this earth and with text may apply to several aspects of liv- come to submit a question to the Counsel Clinic. the final destination of that life in the ing that should be considered before The answer will represent the considered judg- ment of the counselor, but is not to be taken as hereafter. marriage. (1) Religion. Be of the same either an official chords pronouncement or, neces- sarily, the opinion of the editors. Every question There are three statements I want you faith, members of the same church will be acknowledged. Problems and answers of general interest will be selected for publication, to ponder from a book that I would rec- body. Your religious experience should and will appear without identification of either ommend as required reading for any- as nearly as possible be of the same questioner or counselor. (1) Submit only one question at a time. (2) one thinking of marriage, The Advent- depth of devotion and dedication. (A Confine your question to one hundred words or less. (3) Enclose a self-addressed and stamped en- ist Home, by Ellen G. White. The fol- nominal Christian is not a good risk!) velope for the reply. (4) Send your question to: Do not overlook the health THE YOUTH'S INSTRUCTOR, Counsel Clinic, Re- lowing statements are from sections III (2) Health. view and Herald Publishing Association, Takoma and IV, which are under the headings, record, handicaps, et cetera. Start your Park, Washington 12, D.C.

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