Adventist Review General Organ of the Seventh-day Adventist Church August 21, 1980

How to be good and angry Page 3 The question of salt Page 5 A people who will triumph Page 8 Inside Washington Page 18

Not all anger is sinful. There is righteous anger. How can we tell the difference? See article on page 3. THIS WEEK Adventist Review

The picture on our cover, in The Desire of Ages vividly . , He bids the bargaining "Sat illustrating Arnold Kurtz's article describes the scene: company depart from the pre- "How to Be Good and Angry" "As Jesus came into the tem- cincts of the temple. With a zeal (p. 3), depicts the first time Jesus ple, He took in the whole scene. and severity He has never before 130th Year of Continuous Publication cleansed the Temple. The record He saw the unfair transactions. manifested, He overthrows the EDITOR in John 2:15 says, "And when He saw the distress of the poor, tables of the money-changers. Kenneth H. Wood he had made a scourge of small who thought that without shed- . . . In His hand that simple ASSOCIATE EDITOR cords, he drove them all out of ding of blood there would be no scourge seems terrible as a flam- Leo R. Van Dolson the temple, and the sheep, and forgiveness for their sins. He saw ing sword."—Ibid., p. 158. ASSISTANT EDITORS the oxen; and poured out the the outer court of His temple Orysia Bushrod was traveling Jocelyn R. Fay, Aileen Andres Sox changers' money, and overthrew converted into a place of unholy to Klagenfurt, Austria, during ASSISTANT TO THE EDITOR Eugene F. Durand the tables." traffic. The sacred enclosure had wartime. On the train she met ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY The Seventh-day Adventist become one vast exchange."— someone whose influence even- Corinne Russ tually led her to join the Sev- Bible Commentary on John 2:15 Page 157. EDITORIAL SECRETARIES says that the cord or whip Jesus "With searching glance, enth-day Adventist Church. Chitra Barnabas, Celia Singer used was plaited of rushes. Christ takes in the scene before Read how a woman with a ART "Jesus did not actually strike the Him as He stands upon the steps breaking heart helped Orysia find Director, Byron Steele people. The whip was symbolic of the temple court. . . . As He the truth in "Journey to Klagen- Designer, G. W. Busch of His authority, and a flourish in beholds the scene, indignation, furt" (p. 15). CONSULTING EDITORS Neal C. Wilson, Charles E. Bradford, L. L. the air would suffice to make His authority, and power are ex- Art and photo credits: Bock, L. L. Butler, Alf Lohne, Enoch Oli- intention clear. No whip is men- pressed in His countenance."— Cover, Skip Baker; pp. 5-7, Ed veira, G. Ralph Thompson, Max Torkelsen, Francis W. Wernick tioned in connection with the Ibid. Greene; pp. 13, 15, Harold SPECIAL CONTRIBUTORS second cleansing." "Slowly descending the steps, Munson; all other photos, cour- R. R. Figuhr, Robert H. Pierson, George W. The chapter "In His Temple" and raising the scourge of cords tesy of the respective authors. Brown, G. J. Christo, W. T. Clark, Bekele Heye, R. J. Kloosterhuis, Edwin Ludescher, Kenneth J. Mittleider, K. S Parmenter, W. R. L. 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Valle; point that has often been brought the American Bible Society and WIL CLARKE Southern Asia, A. M. Peterson; Trans- Africa, P J Salhany up in our church paper—the the United Bible Societies. This South Lancaster, CORRESPONDENTS, dwindling percentage of our of- includes even such widely used Massachusetts NORTH AMERICA ferings that go to overseas work UNIONS: Atlantic, Geraldine I. Grout; Ca- nadian, A. N. How; Central, Clara Ander- versus the increasing amount son; Columbia, Ernest N. Wendth; Lake, Jere spent for local needs. The author Wallack; North Pacific, Morten Juberg; hinted at something I would like Northern, Halle Crowson; Pacific, Shirley Travel agent compliments Adventists Burton; Southern, Oscar Heinrich; South- to emphasize: the fact that much western, Richard W. 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9Nr GOOD AND ANGRY of to be angry when we should be is just as sinful as being angry when we should not be.

By ARNOLD KURT

"The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation." Old Testament prophets knew how and when to be Thoreau's observation seems especially pertinent today, angry. Feel the holy heat of Elijah's anger as he chal- when around the world there seems to be a sense of lenged Ahab's idolatry; or the holy wrath of Isaiah's futility in the face of political and economic uncertainty. judgment, "Woe to those who join house to house, who Nestled in a list of practical counsels in the Bible are add field to field, until there is no more room" (Isa. 5:8, two seemingly contradictory imperatives—a positive R.S.V.). Anger is in the nostrils of Amos as he thunders, one, "Be . . . angry," and a negative, "Sin not" (Eph. "Hear this, you who trample upon the needy . . ." 4:26). There is sound scholarship in favor of the view (Amos 8:4-6, R.S.V.). that the imperative, "Be . . . angry," commands a Jesus was angry too—angry at hypocrisy and legalism habitual displeasure with evil. Of course, we are told also that ran roughshod over mercy. He drove the money- to put away anger (verse 31), and "put off . . . anger" changers from the Temple. His anger was the wrath of (Col. 3:8). Jesus warned that "every one who is angry God. Our God is a God of anger, "for the wrath of God with his brother shall be liable to judgment" (Matt. 5:22, is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and R.S.V.). But these admonitions do not destroy the sense unrighteousness of men, who hinder the truth in unright- of the imperative found in Ephesians 4, for anger also is eousness" (Rom. 1:18, A.S.V.). attributed to God and to Christ, and They do not sin. The The message to Christians is clear. There is a need for identical term is used in the Greek of Ephesians 4:26 and the recovery of holy anger. Our weakness is our silence; Matthew 5:22 to refer both to a Godlike anger, which is our powerlessness is our neutrality. There is a need for virtuous, and to anger mingled with violence, which is the tiger in life, and when the tiger becomes a tabby cat, sinful. something important is lost. Paul leans across the cen- In her comments on the Sermon on the Mount, Ellen turies to shake us out of our complacency—"Be . . . White makes this distinction: "There is an indignation angry"! that is justifiable, even in the followers of Christ. When they see that God is dishonored, and His service brought Must be angry in God's way into disrepute, when they see the innocent oppressed, a But we must be sure that ours is the righteous anger of righteous indignation stirs the soul. Such anger, born of God. It is easy to be angry in the wrong way and at the sensitive morals, is not a sin. But those who at any wrong things. George Matheson, the Scottish hymn- supposed provocation feel at liberty to indulge anger or writer and preacher, once said, "There are times when I resentment are opening the heart to Satan."—The Desire do well to be angry, but I have mistaken the times." If of Ages, p. 310. (Italics supplied.) we are to be good and angry we must be angry in God's The command to "be . . . angry" may be viewed, way and at the things about which God Himself is then, as a summons to righteous indignation. It is a call indignant. to be good—and angry! And it is needed today if Chris- What are the characteristics of righteous indignation? tians are to stand against the deteriorating stream of our What is good anger? culture. One of our paralyzing weaknesses is our inabil- Good anger is unselfish—it is inspired and animated ity to be angry about the -right things. by unselfish considerations. The common garden variety of anger is rooted in selfishness. It shows itself as Arnold Kurtz is professor of church leadership and personal pique arising out of damage to our pocketbooks, administration at Andrews University, Berrien Springs, prestige, ego, or self-esteem. Michigan. Our indignation that our expensive automobile tires ADVENTIST REVIEW, AUGUST 21. 1980 (1035) 3 are being torn to shreds by potholes while our elected tion. The wrath of God against sin led Him to take politicians seem indifferent to the problem is under- decisive action to rescue sinners. Jesus Christ, while standable, but probably not righteous. angry at the wrongs done to people, at the same time A fundamental mark of holy anger is that it boils over, went about doing good, correcting these wrongs. not at the wrongs done to self, but at the wrongs done to Today's angry people express themselves in protest others. Look at Jesus. There is not one instance in which rallies and demonstrations, waving placards, shouting He spoke in anger because He was personally mis- slogans, but they have no proposals to correct the wrongs treated—not even in connection with the indignities He they protest. They "do not see the vital point, that 'tis the suffered at His trial or crucifixion. But at the sight of eighth most deadly sin to wail, 'The world is out of wrongs done to others—when widows were robbed, joint,' and not attempt to put it in."—Hubert Simpson, parents or children abused or neglected—His anger was Put Forth by the Moon. aroused and expressed: "It were better for him that a During the early part of this century, the college millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into student Clifford Beers experienced a severe emotional the sea, than that he should offend one of these little breakdown. He was appalled at the conditions that he ones"(Luke 17:2). Whereas the anger of Jesus was found in the mental institution where he was hospital- motivated by the violation of justice, the purpose of His ized, and the primitive treatment that the patients en- opponent's anger was to destroy and to kill. dured. He recorded carefully the injustices and indigni- The biographer of Frederick W. Robertson, famous ties. After recovery he assisted in the founding of several preacher of the nineteenth century, says of him that "the mental-health organizations. His angry protests and ap- indignation with which he heard of a base act was so peals before State legislatures across the country resulted intense that it rendered him sleepless." He was seen in vastly improved treatment for a new generation of walking down the street in Brighton once with a face emotionally ill patients. terrific as the furies, grinding his teeth in rage. He had Righteous anger not only protests but also proposes; just heard of a man plotting the ruin of a fine girl whom raises not only its voice to object but its hand to remedy. he knew. "With those who were weak, crushed with remorse, fallen, his compassion, long-suffering and ten- Must be under control derness were as beautiful as they were unfailing. But Good anger is controlled anger. Anger is a driving falsehood, hypocrisy, the sin of the strong against the force. It causes adrenalin to flow into the bloodstream to weak, stirred him to the very depths of his being."— prepare us for fight or flight. If it is to be constructive it Stopford A. Brooke, Life and Letters of Frederick W. must be like the explosions in the engines of our auto- Robertson, p. 106. Good anger, the kind that is not mobiles. These little measured explosions, under the sinful, is unselfish. It is not motivated by personal control of purpose, enable us to arrive at our destina- reasons or motives. tions. If, in the interest of saving time and effort, we Good anger is focused and directed not at people, but decided to light all the gasoline in the tank at once we at things that hurt people. It is directed against wrong would never reach our earthly destination! deeds, things, institutions, and situations—not against After Paul advises us to "be . . . angry," he adds the wrongdoer, but his wrong; not against the sinner, but quickly that we should do this in such a way that we "sin his sin. not." This admonition can be followed if we do not let Is this possible? C. S. Lewis reminds us that we do "the sun go down" on our anger (Eph. 4:26). That is, this all the time with one person—self: "However much the expression of anger should not be delayed, stored up I might dislike my own cowardice or conceit or greed, I for a future outburst, or nursed as a grudge. Anger must went on loving myself. There had never been the slight- not be maintained beyond appropriate boundaries. est difficulty about it. In fact the very reason why I hated James adds another guideline: "Be quick to hear, slow the things was that I loved the man. Just because I loved to speak, slow to anger" (James 1:19, R.S.V.). Just as myself, I was sorry to find that I was the sort of man who delayed and stored-up anger is sin, so is hasty, thought- did these things. "—Mere Christianity, pp. 92, 93. less anger. Anger, properly directed and controlled, can Perhaps in this way it also is easier to understand be good. It also can be dangerous. Improperly directed expressions regarding "the wrath of God." God's anger and uncontrolled, it provides an opening for Satan (Eph. is a sign that He cares. If He did not care about us He 4:27). would not be angry about what we do. I wonder about This powerful emotion presents us with a great chal- parents who never get angry at the conduct of their lenge. We are not godly if in the presence of wrong we children. Someone has pointed out that the more a man have no feelings that can be called anger. But if our anger loves his son, the more he will hate the liar, the bully, is righteous, it must be neither too quick nor too slow. and the cheat in that son. Sentimentality, not love, is This is not easy, and we may not always use anger calm about these things; love is pained by anything that properly. When we err we must be quick to confess to threatens or diminishes the worth or potential of a per- God and to the person against whom we have sinned. But son. we err also when we attempt to skirt the problem by Good anger results in creative and constructive ac- never getting angry at anything. ❑ 4 (1036) ADVENTIST REVIEW, AUGUST 21, 1980 The question of salt The original diet given in Eden was low in sodium content.

By PHILIP S. CHEN

The excessive use of salt by the American people has been of increasing concern to food scientists in recent years. In its report entitled "Dietary Goals for the United States," the United States Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs made a number of recommendations, one of which is to reduce salt consumption by 50 to 80 percent. Not long ago, in an interview with Worthington Foods; Dr. Aaron Altschul, a leading authority on foods and nutrition at Georgetown University School of Medi- cine, said that Americans "are among the highest in meat irritate and inflame the delicate coating of the stomach. consumption in the world; we are among the highest in . . . Food should be prepared in as simple a manner as sucrose consumption; we are among the highest in satu- possible, free from condiments and spices, and even rated fatty acid consumption; and I would venture that from an undue amount of salt. "5 we are among the highest in salt consumption." 1 "We bear positive testimony against tobacco, spiri- The widely read magazine Nutrition Today advocates tuous liquors, snuff, tea, coffee, flesh meats, butter, the reduced consumption of salt. "The acceleration of spices, rich cakes, mince pies, a large amount of salt, coronary heart disease in the presence of hypertension is and all exciting substances used as articles of food." 6 well recognized, but the causal relationship in man These warnings were given between the years 1875 between salt intake and hypertension has not been es- and 1905, long before food scientists discovered the tablished. Information available to date from experi- undesirability of excessive salt in the diet. mental and animal data suggests that it is prudent to Sodium is the culprit avoid excessive salt in the diet." 2 In the light of information such as this, we recognize The chemical name of common table salt is sodium the transcendent wisdom conveyed through Ellen White chloride, and it is primarily the sodium, not the chloride, in condemning the excessive use of salt while recogniz- that affects our health. That is why virtually all com- ing the necessity of using a minimum amount to ensure a pounds containing sodium are equally harmful, and a margin of safety.3 low-salt diet is called low-sodium diet and a salt-free diet "Do not eat largely of salt, avoid the use of pickles is called sodium-free diet. and spiced foods, eat an abundance of fruit," she stated.4 According to Dr. Lewis K. Dahl, the minimum so- "Dishes are highly seasoned with salt and pepper, dium requirements of the normal adult are quite small, creating an almost intolerable thirst. . . . They would probably about 200 milligrams per day (500 milligrams as sodium chloride).' However, the average salt intake The late Philip S. Chen was formerly professor of by a normal American adult, according to figures re- chemistry at Atlantic Union College, South Lancaster, leased by the National Research Council, is between 7 Massachusetts. and 15 grams. This is equivalent to between 2.8 and 6

ADVENTIST REVIEW, AUGUST 21, 1980 (1037) 5 grams of sodium, which is 14 to 30 times the amount which only makes it totally unfit for the human stomach. required by the body. Saleratus in any form should not be introduced into the When we realize that the excessive intake of salt by stomach, for the effect is fearful." 8 normal individuals is related to many disease conditions "Yellow, saleratus biscuits and heavy, clammy bread (such as hypertension, coronary heart disease, and liver are breaking down the digestive organs of tens of thou- and kidney diseases) we can appreciate what Ellen White sands." 9 wrote concerning the use of soda and baking powder, "Hot biscuit raised with soda or baking powder should remembering that soda is sodium bicarbonate and that all never appear upon our tables. Such compounds are unfit types of baking powder contain this chemical as the chief to enter the stomach. 9, 10 ingredient. Some of Ellen White's statements follow: "The use of soda or baking powder in breadmaking is "Bread and biscuit are yellow with saleratus [old harmful and unnecessary. Soda causes inflammation of name for sodium bicarbonate]. This resort to saleratus the stomach and often poisons the entire system.9911 was to save a little care; in consequence of forgetfulness, These statements were also made long before scientists the bread is often allowed to sour before baking, and to discovered that it is not sodium chloride per se, but rather remedy the evil a large portion of saleratus is added, the sodium in the sodium chloride, that was the trouble- maker, and that other substances containing sodium, such as sodium bicarbonate, were equally harmful. Because the writings of Ellen White and the Bible were inspired by the same Author, they should agree. Let Sodium Content of Foods" us examine some Bible passages that deal with subjects closely related to the sodium content of foods. (mg. sodium/100 gm. food) Original diet low in sodium Cereals Fruits Nuts Barley 3 Apples 1 Almonds 4 According to Genesis 1:29, the original diet that God Cornmeal I Bananas I Brazil nuts 1 ordained for Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden was a Oatmeal 2 Grapefruit 1 Filberts 2 Rice, white 23 Oranges 1 Peanuts 5 vegetarian diet, which consisted of "herb bearing seed" Rye 5 Peaches I Pecans Trace (grains or cereals) and "fruit of a tree yielding seed" Wheat, whole 14 Pears 2 Walnuts 2 (fruits and nuts). Average 8.0 Average 1.2 Average 2.3 While cereals, fruits, and nuts composed the human family's original diet, after Adam and Eve sinned, their Vegetables Animal Foods Beets 60 Beef 65 diet was modified by the inclusion of a fourth class of Broccoli 15 Chicken 50 food, vegetables. This is recorded in Genesis 3:17, 18: Cabbage 20 Eggs, whole 126 Carrots 47 Milk, cow's 50 "And unto Adam he [God] said, Because thou hast Lettuce 9 Pork 70 hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of Spinach 75 Salmon 45 the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt Average 37.7 Average 67.7 not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the

6 (1038) ADVENTIST REVIEW, AUGUST 21, 1980 herb of the field." In modern terminology, herbs of the association scientists now believe exists between high field are called vegetables. sodium intake and disease. Now let us compare the sodium content of these four classes of plant foods with that of the animal foods and REFERENCES see what lesson we can learn from so doing. Tomorrow's Foods for Today's Homemaker, vol. 27, No. 2. 2 Nutrition Today, May/June, 1974, p. 27. In the table on page 6 it can be seen that the three 3 Counsels on Diet and Foods, p. 354. classes of food God ordained for human use are lowest in The Ministry of Healing, p. 305. Italics supplied. 5 Review and Herald, Nov. 6, 1883. Italics supplied. sodium content, the vegetables that were added to the 6 Testimonies, vol. 3, p. 21. Italics supplied. Journal of American Dietetics Association, vol. 34, p. 500. diet as a result of sin are higher in sodium, and the animal 8 Testimonies, vol. 2, p. 537. 9 Counsels on Diet and Foods, p. 343. foods, which God did not intend for human consump- to Review and Herald, May 8, 1883. tion, are highest in sodium content. Such a fact should 11 The Ministry of Healing, p. 300. 12 Handbook of the Nutritional Contents of Foods, U.S. Department of Agriculture not be considered insignificant in the light of the close (Dover: 1975).

FOR THE YOUNGER SET Shelly and Lynn stopped "Poor baby rabbit," right in the road. But Marty, Lynn sniffed. the dog, began barking and "Why did the snake eat jumping at the snake. him?" Shelly asked. "Marty! Marty, stay!" "There's a lot of grass Mother commanded. She around here he could have was afraid he would get too eaten instead." The snake with close to the snake and be "Well, girls," Mother bitten. answered, "ever since Marty sat down obe- Adam and Eve sinned in the big lump diently. the Garden of Eden, a lot of "It's a rattlesnake, all sad things have come about. By DOLLY A. WILFLEY snakes," warned Mother as right," Dad cried. "It is Snakes eat small animals everyone got out of the car. poisonous!" He picked up a now instead of grass. Flow- "Let's go for a hike this "Don't go near any big big rock. In a few minutes ers die when they're picked, afternoon," Dad suggested. rocks where one might be the ugly snake was dead. and leaves fall off the trees "Oh, yes, let's do," hiding." "Look at that snake!" in autumn. Death is the re- agreed 7-year-old Shelly After they had walked Mother exclaimed. sult of sin." and 4-year-old Lynn. awhile Dad jumped up on a "There's a big lump in his "Then if nobody sinned So Mother, Dad, Shelly, log beside the road and stomach! I wonder what it anymore, nothing would and Lynn climbed into the started to walk down it. But is?" have to die," Shelly rea- car. Marty, their collie dog, a strange noise stopped him. "Well, let's find out," soned. scrambled into the front It was a rattling noise that Dad suggested. "I'll cut "That's right," Dad with Mother and turned seemed to be coming from him open with my pocket- agreed. "In heaven nothing around to poke his long nose underneath the log he was knife." will die, because there will out the window. standing on. Dad carefully cut through be no sin." Dad drove way up into "Watch out!" shouted the rattlesnake's tough skin. "Let's go to heaven," the mountains and parked Dad as he jumped onto the The lump was a little baby said Lynn. the car under a shady tree. ground. "That sounds like a rabbit. The snake had eaten "Yes," the rest agreed. "Keep your eyes open for rattlesnake." him in one big gulp. And Marty wagged his tail.

ADVENTIST REVIEW, AUGUST 21, 1980 (1039) 7 Church of destiny-6 that began in heaven millenniums ago. And God's peo- ple, by standing loyally for Him, in the face of the fiercest opposition, the threat of death, and well-nigh A people who universal apostasy, demonstrate the justice of God in taking them from this earth to fill out the decimated population of heaven.1 The rebellion in heaven involved not merely jealousy will triumph toward the Son of God on the part of Lucifer; it involved the question of authority and law.2 It would be expected, The people of God fill the then, that though the scene of conflict was transferred to unique role of revealing God's this world, the issues over which the rebellion took place and the basic goals of the rebellion would remain the character through verbal witness same. Thus Satan would seek sympathizers and follow- and personal experience. ers ,3 he would endeavor to get people to repudiate God's authority, he would do battle with the forces of right, he would set up a rival government and a counterfeit mark By THE EDITOR in opposition to God's sign of loyalty. The most obvious of Satan's efforts to attack God's The third angel's message in the trilogy of messages law is described in Daniel 7, noted earlier in this series. whose proclamation to the entire world is part of the Working through the little-horn power of the fourth unique mission and role of the Seventh-day Adventist beast, Satan endeavored to "change times and laws" Church calls for a clear choice between worship of God (verse 25). History testifies that this power, the papal and worship of "the beast and his image" (Rev. 14:9). phase of Rome, deleted the second commandment of the Like the first message, it is proclaimed "with a loud Decalogue, which forbids idol worship, removed from voice," indicating its importance and the necessity of its the fourth commandment the phraseology that designates being heard by all. And, like the second angel's mes- the Sabbath as the seventh day of the week, and divided sage, which "accompanied" rather than "succeeded" the tenth commandment into two parts to maintain the the first, the third message "accompanies" the two number 10. ("them," autois) that are already being proclaimed. Inasmuch as the Sabbath commandment of the Dec- In the first message the command is issued, "Worship alogue is the seal of the law, it might be expected that a him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the rival day of worship would be selected by the archrebel fountains" (verse 7). Apparently, however (and this is as the mark of his authority. This, Satan has done. clear from Revelation 13:12, 15), another power is Having modified the contents of the fourth command- demanding worship. (The Greek word from which ment to read, "Remember that thou keep holy the "worship" is translated is the same in both passages.) sabbath day" (and renumbered it as the third), he sub- And since the true God is the One who commands stituted the first day of the week for the seventh. The worship in the first message, the rival power mentioned literature of the Roman Church points to this change as in the third message must be Satan, the dragon, men- the mark of its power to establish or change even divine tioned in Revelation 12:9 and 13:2. We have, then, laws.4 Satan through his agents threatening with death those Thus the third angel's message warns against accept- who refuse to acknowledge his power, and God ing this mark either in the forehead or in the hand (Rev. threatening with punishment in the lake of fire and 14:9).5 These figures of speech apparently indicate that brimstone all who worship the beast and his image and one may accept intellectually the claims of the beast or he receive the mark of his name (chap. 14:10, 11). may conform not out of conviction but as a practical The choice is between loyalty to God and defection matter. In either case the authority of the beast is ac- against His government, the same basic choice faced by knowledged. Boycott will be used in an effort to force all the angels in pre-earth-history times when Lucifer launched a subversive campaign in heaven to obtain 1 The SDA Bible Commentary, Ellen G. White Comments, vol. 1, p. 1082. followers for himself in revolting against the government "The solemn events which are now taking place belong to a series of events in the of heaven. In the war that ensued, "Michael and his chain of history, the first link of which is connected with Eden."—Ibid., vol. 7, p. 985. 2 "Opposition to the law of God had its beginning in the courts of heaven, with angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought Lucifer, the covering cherub."—Ibid., p. 972. See also The Great Controversy, p. 582. 2 "Cast out of heaven, Satan set up his kingdom in this world, and ever since, he has and his angels, and prevailed not; neither was their place been untiringly,striving to seduce human beings from their allegiance to God."—Ellen G. found any more in heaven. And the great dragon was cast White Comments, The SDA Bible Commentary, vol. 7, p. 973. "On the earth he planted the standard of rebellion, and round it his sympathizers rallied."—Ibid. out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which "It is for the interest of all to understand what the mark of the beast is, and how they may escape the dread threatenings of God. Why are men not interested to know what deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, constitutes the mark of the beast and his image? It is in direct contrast with the mark of God. [Ex. 31:12-17 quoted.] The Sabbath question will be the issue in the great conflict in and his angels ,were cast out with him" (chap. 12:7-9). which all the world will act a part. [Rev. 13:4-8, 10 quoted.] . . . John was called to Thus in the end-time the stand that God's people make behold a people distinct from those who worship the beast and his image by keeping the first day of the week. The observance of this day is the mark of the beast."—Ibid., p. 979. for Him is, in essence, the final act in the cosmic drama The Great Controversy, pp. 604, 605. 8 (1040) ADVENTIST REVIEW, AUGUST 21, 1980 earth's inhabitants to accept the mark (chap. 13:17). The willingness of Babylon to accept teachings not Clearly, the issue is not merely one of days, it is one of rooted in God's Word will open the door to accept not lords. It is one of authority. It is one of obedience. It is merely a counterfeit day of worship but communication one of identifying either with the true God or with His with, and control by, evil spirits. The Bible teaches that enemy; of identifying with Christ or with His great the dead are unconscious, that they are asleep (Eccl. 9:5, adversary, Satan. 6 6; Job 14:21; Ps. 146:4; John 11:11-14; 1 Cor. 15:51; 1 The presentation of the three angels' messages of Thess. 4:13-17). Babylon teaches the immortality of the Revelation 14, particularly as it makes clear the meaning soul, and that the dead are conscious, the righteous being of the seal of God and the mark of the beast, will polarize in heaven and the wicked in hell. This belief opens the the world into two camps.? The two sides are represented door to the acceptance of spirit manifestations and as "they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus" (verse 12),8 or the remnant church (chap. 6 "To receive this mark [the mark of the beast] means to come to the same decision as 12:17), and Babylon (chaps. 14:8, 16:19; 17:1-5). The the beast has done, and to advocate the same ideas, in direct opposition to the Word of God."—The SDA Bible Commentary, Ellen G. White Comments, vol. 7, p. 979. remnant will include those who take God's Word as 7 "Two parties are developed, those who 'worship the beast and his image,' and receive his mark, and those who receive 'the seal of the living God,' who have the authority and reject all influences that impinge on the Father's name written in their foreheads.'''—Ibid., p. 980. "There are only two parties Lordship of Christ in their lives. They stand steadfast for in our world, those who are loyal to God, and those who stand under the banner of the prince of darkness."—Ibid., p. 982. "Two great opposing powers are revealed in the last God's law and scorn all commands that require disobe- great battle. On one side stands the Creator of heaven and earth. All on His side bear His signet. They are obedient to His commands. On the other side stands the prince of dience to that law. Babylon will include all who accept darkness, with those who have chosen apostasy and rebellion."—Ibid., pp. 982, 983. 8 "You inquire what the faith of Jesus is. I have seen that the brethren and sisters have human authority above the authority of God; it includes not understood the faith of Jesus in its true light. They have taught that it is healing the those who accept religious tradition in preference to sick, et cetera. It is not healing the sick, merely, but it is all the teachings of Jesus in the New Testament. 'The commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.' I saw that it was the doctrine as set forth in Scripture. whole New Testament which relates to Jesus."—Ellen G. White letter 4, 1857.

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This chart helps underscore one point that has been emphasized throughout this series of six articles: All the major time prophecies of the Bible make clear that we are living in the last days; earthly nations have virtually run their course; soon God will set up His everlasting kingdom. ADVENTIST REVIEW, AUGUST 21, 1980 (1041) 9 creates a bond with those of all religions, pagan and manifested in a dramatic way at Pentecost, when the Christian, who believe in counterfeit miracles. Thus in fledgling church undertook its divine mission to reach the the final conflict the way will be open for evil spirits to entire world with the gospe1,13 so God's power will be carry out the purposes of Satan by establishing apparent manifested in equal or greater measure as the church authenticity through miracles.9 (That evil spirits per- completes its witness. The two manifestations are set forming miracles will be involved in the final crisis is forth in Scripture under the symbols of the early and apparent from Revelation 13:12-14 and 16:13, 14.) latter rain (see Hosea 6:3; Joel 2:23, 28-32; Acts 2:16- The situation will be bewildering, for while Satan, 21).14 through spiritism, will ostensibly be seeking the good of The outpouring of the Holy Spirit is provided not the people, he will, in actuality, be attempting to destroy merely to give power to the third angel's message; it is to them. He will be inciting the world to war, to strife and do a special work for the character of God's people. The bloodshed. He will be working with the natural elements figure of the early rain represents not merely the experi- to produce widespread disasters. He will be producing ence at Pentecost, when the church was given its original sickness and disease, pestilence and famine. (That these evangelistic impetus; it also represents the initial experi- conditions will prevail in the end-time is apparent from ence of each individual when the Spirit is bestowed to Matthew 24:3-7.) make the gospel seed germinate in the heart. The desperate conditions of the world will provide Nor does the latter rain refer merely to the power that Satan the pretext he wants for persecuting those who will attend the preaching of the three angels' messages at resist his authority as represented by the beast and his the end, as described in Revelation 18; it also refers to image. He will declare that the only way order and the spiritual experience of each Christian as he receives tranquillity can be restored is to anihilate those who the Spirit to complete the process of character develop- refuse to conform to majority views in religious matters. ment. By the gift of the Spirit at the beginning of one's He will point to Sabbathkeepers as being a divisive force Christian experience God germinates the seed of the in the world and an offense to the true God. Communi- Word in the heart, and by the gift of the Spirit at the cations through spiritism will declare that Sabbath- conclusion of the growth process, in the end-time, God keepers are in error. ripens the character and prepares it for the harvest. In The technique to be employed by Satan will be similar both experiences human beings must cooperate, but God to that which he used in heaven and which he has used bestows the Spirit and thus ultimately determines when successfully throughout the history of the world; namely, the harvest shall take place.15 while professing to improve conditions and create a more The early and latter rains, as experienced by God's stable government, secretly he does everything possible people who face the ultimate challenge from Satan to produce conditions of anarchy. Thus, paradoxically, through the beast and his image, are designed to produce while he endeavors to destroy those who uphold the honor of God's law, he inspires his followers to accuse them as lawbreakers, as people who are disloyal to God, 9 "The sick will be healed, and many undeniable wonders will be performed. And as and hence are bringing divine judgments upon the the spirits will profess faith in the Bible, and manifest respect for the institutions of the church, their work will be accepted as a manifestation of divine power. . . Through world .1° spiritualism, Satan appears as a benefactor of the race, healing the diseases of the people, In an effort to regain the favor of God, civil authorities and professing to present a new and more exalted system of religious faith. "—The Great Controversy, pp. 588, 589. throughout the world will enact and enforce laws de- 10 "Those who honor the Bible Sabbath will be denounced as enemies of law and order, as breaking down the moral restraints of society, causing anarchy and corruption, manding Sunday observance. The pressure against those and calling down the judgments of God upon the earth. Their conscientious scruples will be pronounced obstinacy, stubbornness, and contempt of authority. They will be accused who resist this law by keeping the seventh-day Sabbath of disaffection toward the government. Ministers who deny the obligation of the divine will be increased until the death penalty will be invoked law will present from the pulpit the duty of yielding obedience to the civil authorities as ordained of God. In legislative halls and courts of justice, commandment keepers will be (Rev. 13:15).11 misrepresented and condemned. A false coloring will be given to their words; the worst construction will be put upon their motives."—Ibid., p. 592. At the same time, the remnant will not relate passively 11 "Fearful is the issue to which the world is to be brought. The powers of earth, to the efforts of the civil and ecclesiastical authorities. uniting to war against the commandments of God, will decree that 'all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond,' shall conform to the customs of the church by They will set forth clearly and universally the vital issues observance of the false sabbath. All who refuse compliance will be visited with civil penalties, and it will finally be declared that they are deserving of death."—Ibid., p. 604. involved in the controversy. They will proclaim the third 12 "With the issue thus clearly brought before him, whoever shall trample upon God's law to obey a human enactment receives the mark of the beast; he accepts the sign of angel's message with unusual power, warning the popu- allegiance to the power which he chooses to obey instead of God. "—Ibid. lace against complying with the law requiring Sunday 19 "What was the result of the outpouring of the Spirit on the Day of Pentecost? The glad tidings of a risen Saviour were carried to the uttermost parts of the inhabited world. observance (see Rev. 14:9-11). Moreover, they will . The ambition of the believers was to reveal the likeness of Christ's character and to labor for the enlargement of His kingdom."—The Acts of the Apostles, p. 48. issue an urgent invitation to every person throughout the 14 "In the time of the end, when God's work in the earth is closing, the earnest efforts world to come out of Babylon, which has reached a peak put forth by consecrated believers under the guidance of the Holy Spirit are to be accompanied by special tokens of divine favor."—Ibid., p. 54. of apostasy (chap. 18:1-5). They will declare that to "The outpouring of the Spirit in the days of the apostles was 'the former rain,' and glorious was the result. But the latter rain will be more abundant."—Testimonies, vol. 8, remain in Babylon and to yield to the Sunday law is to p. 21. See also The Great Controversy, pp. 611, 612. 1.9 "The ripening of the grain represents the completion of the work of God's grace in receive the mark of the beast and become liable for the the soul. By the power of the Holy Spirit the moral image of God is to be perfected in the plagues that God will visit on Babylon.12 character. We are to be wholly transformed into the likepess of Christ. The latter rain, ripening earth's harvest, represents the spiritual grace that prepares the church for the The power of God in unusual measure will accompany coming of the Son of man." "The growth and perfection of the seed rests not with the husbandman. God alone can ripen the harvest. But man's cooperation is required."— the proclamation of this message. As God's power was Testimonies to Ministers, pp. 506, 508. 10 (1042) ADVENTIST REVIEW, AUGUST 21, 1980 a special kind of people, a people who will reveal a on earth in the context of the everlasting gospel—the quality of life that will show that they are fit to be third angel's message (three angels' messages) of Reve- translated and to associate with sinless beings in lation 14. This church is the only church presenting this heaven.16 They are to be so settled in the principles of message. God's kingdom that God can point to them without 3. The Seventh-day Adventist Church is to bear embarrassment and say, "Here is the patience of the witness not merely by word but by life to the nature of saints; here are they that keep the commandments of the character of God. It is to "reflect the image of Jesus God, and the faith of Jesus" (Rev. 14:12).17 God can say fully" so that the world will have a visual representation to Satan and his emissaries, "Tempt them as thoroughly of God's character, hence will be inexcusable for rebell- as you like; they will not yield. They have the faith of ing against Him and joining the forces of apostasy. Its Jesus—a faith that enables human beings, no matter what proclamation by word and life of the kind of God that their physical inheritance, to be victorious over evil. God is will be the clearest and most complete in the They reflect the likeness of Jesus fully. They show that I history of the world. did not require too much when I asked human beings to 4. The Seventh-day Adventist Church is to set forth obey My law. In character they show what I am like. "Christ, and him crucified" as the center of all truth and They are safe to save." as Lord of the life. It is to show that Christ is the world's only hope, the only source of salvation and righteous- Goal of the gospel ness. The goal of the gospel always has been to produce 5. The Seventh-day Adventist Church is to make people who are "perfect." In the Sermon on the Mount, clear the eternal nature and importance of the ten-com- Jesus said: "Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father mandment law as a revelation of the character of God, which is in heaven is perfect" (Matt. 5:48). In context the foundation of His government, and the standard by this command indicates that Christ was urging His fol- which human beings are to live. lowers to live by the principle of love in contrast to the 6. The Seventh-day Adventist Church is to proclaim principle of selfishness. The former is the principle of the significance of the Sabbath of the fourth command- God's kingdom; the latter, of Satan's. ment as "the seal of God," the sign of sanctification, the Human beings cannot be "perfect" in possessing the attributes that belong exclusively to deity, but they can be perfect in their sphere by letting the principle of love 16 "The truth is to elevate, to cleanse, to purify, to sanctify, to fit us for translation, prepare us for the company of holy angels, sinless beings in the kingdom of God."— control all aspects of life. Lucifer disrupted the harmony Ellen G. White letter 11, 1861. 17 "Just as soon as the people of God are sealed in their foreheads—it is not any seal or of heaven by placing self at the center of his life, and mark that can be seen, but a settling into the truth, both intellectually and spiritually, so those who take the place of Lucifer and his fallen hosts they cannot be moved—just as soon as God's people are sealed and prepared for the shaking, it will come."—The SDA Bible Commentary, Ellen G. White Comments, vol. must demonstrate in the crucible of tribulation that self 4, p. 1161. 18 This concept is supported by many statements in the writings of Ellen G. White. For has been dethroned entirely and forever. example: "As the members of the body of Christ approach the period of their last conflict, It would seem, therefore, that the people of God who `the time of Jacob's trouble,' they will grow up into Christ, and will partake largely of His Spirit. As the third message swells to a loud cry, and as great power and glory attend the live in the end-time, the people who meet the full, savage closing work, the faithful people of God will partake of that glory. It is the latter rain which revives and strengthens them to pass through the time of trouble. Their faces will force of Satan's attacks, the people who throughout shine with the glory of that light which attends the third angel."—Ibid., vol. 7, p. 984. "None need fail of attaining, in his sphere, to perfection of Christian character. By the eternity will "follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth," sacrifice of Christ, provision has been made for the believer to receive all things that will reach a level of Christian maturity, a level of pertain to life and godliness :God calls upon us to reach the standard of perfection and places before us the example of Christ's character. In His humanity, perfected by a life of character development, a "perfection" hitherto never constant resistance to evil, the Saviour showed that through cooperation with Divinity, human beings may in this life attain to perfection of character."—The Acts of the achieved by a significant number of God's people.18 Apostles, p. 531. "Those only who through faith in Christ obey all of God's commandments will reach The events that follow, terminating human history, the condition of sinlessness in which Adam lived before his transgression. They testify to are, though dramatic and essential, in a sense anticli- their love of Christ by obeying all His precepts."—The SDA Bible Commentary, Ellen G. White Comments, vol. 6, p. 1118. mactic. None of them could take place if the saints had "The plan of redemption contemplates our complete recovery from the power of Satan. Christ always separates the contrite soul from sin. He came to destroy the works of the not stood the test. Without the revelation of God's devil, and He has made provision that the Holy Spirit shall be imparted to every repentant character through the remnant, Christ would not come, soul, to keep him from sinning."—The Desire of Ages, p. 311. "Now, while our great High Priest is making the atonement for us, we should seek to the resurrection could not take place, the saints could not become perfect in Christ. Not even by a thought could our Saviour be brought to yield to the power of temptation. Satan finds in human hearts some point where he can gain a be translated, Satan and his followers could not be placed foothold; some sinful desire is cherished, by means of which his temptations assert their power. But Christ declared of Himself: 'The prince of this world cometh, and hath in the prison house of this destroyed earth for the mil- nothing in me.' John 14:30. Satan could find nothing in the Son of God that would enable lennium. him to gain the victory. He had kept His Father's commandments, and there was no sin in Him that Satan could use to his advantage. This is the condition in which those must be The unique role of the Seventh-day Adventist Church found who shall stand in the time of trouble."—The Great Controversy, p. 623. "We can overcome. Yes; fully, entirely. Jesus died to make a way of escape for us, may be summarized as follows: that we might overcome every evil temper, every sin, and every temptation, and sit down at last with Him."—Testimonies, vol. 1, p. 144. 1. The Seventh-day Adventist Church is on the "Are we seeking for His fullness, ever pressing toward the mark set before us—the world scene, at God's call, at exactly the right time in perfection of His character? When the Lord's people reach this mark, they will be sealed in their foreheads. Filled with the Spirit, they will be complete in Christ, and the recording history to fulfill the specifications of prophecy, particu- angel will declare, 'It is finished.' "—The SDA Bible Commentary, Ellen G. White Comments, vol. 6, p. 1118. larly the prophecies of Daniel and Revelation. "We are to look to the man Christ Jesus, who is complete in the perfection of righteousness and holiness. . . . He is the pattern man. His experience is the measure of 2. The Seventh-day Adventist Church is commis- the experience that we are to gain. His character is our model. .. . As we look to Him and sioned to preach a special message to every human being think of Him, He will be formed within, the hope of glory."—Ibid., vol. 7, p. 970. ADVENTIST REVIEW, AUGUST 21, 1980 (1043) 11 mark of righteousness by faith, and the mark of loyalty to be followed by the return of Christ and the end of human God. history. 7. The Seventh-day Adventist Church is to warn 10. The Seventh-day Adventist Church stands in the against the "mark of the beast," the counterfeit day of same relation to the second advent of Christ as John the worship, and Babylon, the symbol of apostasy and Baptist stood in relation to the first advent; it is to rebellion against God and His authority. announce Christ's soon coming and call for drastic re- 8. The Seventh-day Adventist Church is to identify forms in life style so that all who accept the message may so completely with God, righteousness, and His law that be prepared to enter the kingdom. it will be subjected to the most savage attempt to annihi- It is both exciting and sobering to realize that all the late it that has ever been directed against the people of great time prophecies of the Bible have been fulfilled. All God in the history of the world. But it will remain terminated during a period of about 50 years, from A.D. steadfast, thus vindicating God as being just in not asking 1798 to 1844. Today we live in the solemn time of the the impossible of human beings. judgment, the time during which the three angels' mes- 9. The Seventh-day Adventist Church is to call at- sages are going to every creature under heaven. It is time tention to the pre-Advent judgment now going on in for Christ to come! That the Seventh-day Adventist heaven. This message concerning the judgment creates a Church has been raised up by God to carry these mes- climate of solemnity unparalleled in the history of the sages is clear from a study of both prophecy and history. world. It directs attention to the site of judgment—the Will the church fulfill its glorious destiny? Will it focus sanctuary in heaven. It calls attention to the standard of its total energies on the task of proclaiming to every judgment, God's law. It focuses attention on Jesus living creature God's final message of mercy? Will it Christ, the great High Priest and Advocate. It creates a reveal that the gospel can enable human beings to reflect sense of urgency for repentance, inasmuch as the termi- the image of Jesus fully? By God's grace, it will! ❑ nation of judgment marks the end of human probation, to Concluded

FOR THIS GENERATION By MIRIAM WOOD me something I never for- such insight into the human got: 'Jeri,' he said, 'if you condition, that I wish we'd know how to work, there paste it on our desks or on will always be a place for the wall by the mirror or you.' wherever, because it brings "I have found this to be out truths that we must true. Very few of the jobs come to grips with, sooner Solutions for I've held have measured up or later. to what I felt was my idea of "No matter how hard I "flawed people"-2 success, but if I was able to work or how well I set up do that job well (and there my goals, the grass is bound This time I'd like to quote find ourselves powerful, were some I didn't do well) to look greener in someone from a letter that showed an wealthy, knowledgeable, or I usually found that it led to else's pasture. I have to re- unusual depth of under- expert. When we meet with other open doors. Knowing alize that I can't always standing and compassion. problems, stumbling this helps to keep the bore- succeed in everything and "It seems that far too blocks, and detours we as- dom out of boring jobs. that I may not even reach many of us are immobilized sume that we are worthless "I also have found that the same degree of success by depression, boredom, and weren't created to be setting goals that are realis- as others in my own area. and a feeling that we are anyone particularly special. tic yet ongoing helps me To do my best should bring worthless. We have a hard Then comes depression. fight the 'I'm worthless' its own satisfaction and give time finding our place in the "Of course, if we were to blues. Many of us set goals me a warm feeling of worth. sun. I believe that this is ask people who are consid- that include only a certain If I can allow myself to be partially a product of our ered successful we would part of our life, without myself, complete with de- modern civilization. We are find that they had arrived giving the remaining years fects and admirable traits, I under tremendous stresses where they are through a much thought. We want to will understand that what- to be achievers, to be the series of hard knocks, dis- graduate from school, get a ever job each day brings is `best.' Our society is ex- couragements, and boring job, get married, and have my place in the sun for that tremely competitive. From jobs. In fact, they probably children, but have no idea day. Enjoying warmth and birth we are compared with would feel that they hadn't where we will go from riding through the shadows others and often are made to found their final place in the there. If at last we achieve will ensure that tomorrow's, feel that if we aren't the sun either. what seems to be the ulti- next week's, or next year's smartest, fastest, and best- "Working day by day at mate goal, we are disap- place in the sun will be looking, and don't come in seemingly insignificant pointed and feel that we waiting for me to enjoy." first in everything, then we jobs, taking advantage of have used up our options. For all "flawed people," have no worth. Combine every opportunity that While I may have to change then, the situation is not this with the warped and ar- comes along to show that a long-range plan or goal, hopeless. It never will be, tificial world we see each day we can overcome difficul- having one helps me to put since you are just as pre- on television, where success ties, is the stuff success is up with the boring little jobs cious in God's sight as the comes easily and instantan- made of. I was 14 years old that I may have to do each most talented, the ap- eously, and we begin to feel and had just been hired for day." parently most successful, that if we were really meant my first job, doing janitor And now, this final para- and best adjusted person of to be successful we would work, when my father told graph shows such maturity, your acquaintance.

12 (1044) ADVENTIST REVIEW, AUGUST 21, 1980 FAMILY LIVING Preoccupying the soil If parents do not preoccupy the fertile minds of their children, Satan will be given a chance to sow his tares.

By HELEN KELLY

My son Benny and I pull the brown recliner chair a little closer to the fireplace when worship time comes on near-zero winter evenings. With two of us sharing one chair, the fit is a little snug, but it keeps us warmer. Benny enjoyed the Sabbath school lessons on Creation that appeared a few years ago. But in addition we studied younger, relished the account of Belshazzar and the the life of Christ. Consequently, we had two Bible stories handwriting on the wall. This story was served up more each night—one from the Sabbath school paper and one than once with our lunch. from volume 9 of The Bible Story. We were impressed Enthusiasm is contagious. The ageless stories depict- with how well the account of the closing events in ing the natural consequences of sin, the efficacy of divine Christ's life complemented the Sabbath school lessons. grace, and the inevitable triumph of good over evil—all For as we read about the creation of the world, we also set in the framework of God's love—should thrill every read about the Creator kneeling to wash His disciples' one of us. Children have a sense of justice. They are glad feet. And when we studied about the promise made to to know that in the end good will conquer evil. Adam and Eve after they sinned, we discussed its ful- Is it possible, though, that many of our boys and girls fillment when the promised Seed died on the cross. are missing out on what the Bible, as well as other One evening after we had read the story "Most Sacred wholesome literature, has to offer? Instead, are they Day," about Jesus being in the tomb, Benny begged, feeding on the fleshpots of Egypt—worthless radio and "Read the next one." He knew that the next chapter, television programs or reading materials? "Most Awful Night," told of the glorious resurrection. Many years ago Ellen White wrote: "I am troubled to "Tomorrow night," I promised, noting that the see, in Christian families, periodicals and newspapers clock's hands were rapidly moving toward his bedtime containing continued stories that leave no impress of hour. "That will give you something special to look good upon the mind. I have watched those whose taste forward to." for fiction has been thus cultivated. . . . The nobler When "tomorrow night" came, he scooted back in the faculties, those adapted to higher pursuits, have been chair, making room for me. "Goody!" he exclaimed as I degraded to the contemplation of trivial or worse than opened the book. His anticipation was clearly visible. He trivial subjects, until their possessor has become satisfied knew what was coming: the predawn darkness, the with such topics, and scarcely has power to reach any- sleepy soldiers, the sudden earthquake, the lightning-bolt thing higher. "—Messages to Young People, p. 279. angel, the rolled-back stone, the risen Lord. Such drama, Shall we let the manna of the Word become tasteless to and all of it true! our children because their minds have been feeding on Why shouldn't he—why shouldn't we—be excited unwholesome material? about the resurrection? For without it, we would be "of "The best way to prevent the growth of evil is to all men most miserable" (1 Cor. 15:19). preoccupy the soil. The greatest care and watchfulness is Benny's eagerness to hear this story brought back needed in cultivating the mind and sowing therein the memories of our two teen-agers, who, when they were precious seeds of Bible truth."—Ibid., p. 282. We parents must take time to preoccupy the fertile Helen Kelly is a homemaker living in Ridgetop, Ten- minds of our children before Satan has a chance to sow nessee. his tares. ❑

ADVENTIST REVIEW, AUGUST 21, 1980 (1045) 13 FROM THE EDITORS love, without base thoughts and undue attention, and devote his God-given powers to spreading the truth, in seeking to save souls, what a bright, steady light would shine forth to the world!"— This Day With God, p. 207. She adds: "Let all who profess to be Christians open the door of their hearts to His Spirit and to His grace; then the peace of Christ will so rule in their hearts and be A Christlike life revealed in their characters that there will be no discord, no strife, no emulation, no biting and devouring one is accessible another, no seeking for the supremacy. The great and In an editorial published earlier this year ("What Is earnest effort will be to live the life of Christ. We are to New About the New Commandment?" March 20, 1980) represent His spirit of mercy and give no occasion for we established the fact that both the Bible and the Spirit anyone to follow our example in doing evil. of Prophecy tell us that we can follow Christ's example "Jesus was courteous, benevolent. He was obedient to physically, mentally, socially, and spiritually. all of His Father's commandments, implicitly and with- No Adventist who accepts Ellen White as an inspired out questioning convenience or any selfish interest. It is witness can deny her plain, unequivocal position that it is enough to us to know that God has spoken; and when we possible for us to live as Jesus lived. For instance, the know His will as revealed in His Word, we are to recurring theme that runs as a golden thread through The obey . "—Ibid. Desire of Ages is that, through the same divine help that Because God does not ask us to do that which is was available to Him, it becomes possible for us to live a impossible, He has made it possible for us to live as Christlike life. Christ lived. The temptation is to pass such statements We do not have space to include every reference to this off as idealistic but impractical. But if we take God at His thought in The Desire of Ages, but the following will Word we will lift our sights to the thrilling heights that serve to establish the point: "He [Christ] exercised in His He challenges us to scale, realizing that Christ has own behalf no power that is not freely offered to us. As already prepared the way for us to reach what we never man, He met temptation, and overcame in the strength could on our own. A Christlike life can be ours. Heaven given Him from God. . . . His life testifies that it is has pledged itself to make it possible. Instead of hanging possible for us also to obey the law of God."—Page 24. back in disbelief, let us with grateful hearts accept God's "There was in Him nothing that responded to Satan's challenge and promise and begin by His grace and power sophistry. He did not consent to sin. Not even by a to live up to the potential that is ours in Christ. thought did He yield to temptation. So it may be with L. R. V. us."—Page 123. "There is no excuse for sinning. A holy temper, a Christlike life, is accessible to every repenting, believing child of God. . . . As the Son of man INSPIRED GEMS was perfect in His life, so His followers are to be perfect in their life."—Page 311. "As Christ lived the law in humanity, so we may do if we will take hold of the Strong for strength."—Page 668. "All who consecrate soul, body, and spirit to God will be constantly receiving Favorite Bible texts a new endowment of physical and mental power. . . . and Spirit of Prophecy quotations selected by local conference Christ gives them the breath of His own spirit, the life of presidents of His own life. . . . Through co-operation with Christ they North America. are complete in Him, and in their human weakness they are enabled to do the deeds of Omnipotence. "—Page 827. With promises such as these we cannot afford to let bad-news bearers convince us that the good news that we can live as Jesus lived presents us with an impossible Robert D. Rider demand. The good news is that we can follow Christ's Oklahoma Conference example. • "Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with ex- Why is following Christ's example of such great ceeding joy, to the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and importance? Because our mission is to give the world a majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever" (Jude 24, 25). living representation of our Lord and to demonstrate that • "Our heavenly Father has a thousand ways to provide for us of people everywhere can live His kind of life too. which we know nothing. Those who accept the one principle of This challenge and possibility caused Ellen White to making the service of God supreme, will find perplexities vanish and a plain path before their feet. "—The Ministry of Healing, p. call attention to the fact that "if everyone who claims to 481. be a child of God would cherish the spirit of kindness and 14 (1046) ADVENTIST REVIEW, AUGUST 21, 1980 NEWSFRONT

Orysia agreed. The church group added another dimen- sion to her stay in Klagenfurt. Journey to Klagenfurt The quiet time spent in wor- By SHELLY JENNINGS ship and Bible study was a calming end to her week's LITCHFIELD work at the hospital. As a European she found the small group's unpretentious gather- War had changed every- ing in a sparsely furnished thing. The train station's at- room over a shop quite a mosphere was leaden—trav- contrast to the ornate cathe- elers moved deliberately, yet drals and rich harmony of the tensely. What fears and anx- traditional religions. ieties were churning in the That small Seventh-day minds behind the expression- Adventist group kept drawing less faces? Goodbyes and Orysia. The simple services, greetings showed a restrain- the humble, almost austere, ing gravity. atmosphere, the teachings of Orysia, coming from her the Bible, the faith in Christ native Czechoslovakia, expressed, drew her. changed trains in Berlin and Orysia's work in Austria boarded for Klagenfurt, Aus- came to an end, and she tria. She nodded to the young moved to England. Here she woman seated opposite as she settled, specializing in the took her seat in the compart- field of radiotherapy. She ment. The train's slow, married and had a son and a rhythmic jostle soothed the daughter. It never occurred to hurry and tightness in her her that the little group of travel-weary muscles. Seventh-day Adventists was "What is your destina- that." The young woman's were unwilling to fight. I was anything more than a local tion?" Orysia asked. features tensed, yet bright- notified of the trial and rushed Christian group in Klagen- "Klagenfurt," the young ened. "I came to see my to Berlin, arriving at six furt. She had been enriched woman responded. fiance, stationed there with o'clock this morning." Her by the experience of wor- "That's where I'm go- the German Army." voice choked. "He was shot shiping with them; her beliefs ing," Orysia said. "It must have been good to at 4:00 A.M." in Jesus as her Saviour had A few more miles of the see him. I hope he is well," Orysia felt stunned. A hot gelled in an inner faith. slow, rhythmic jostling and Orysia said. anger mixed with deep sym- silence. Others, while travel- The young woman felt a pathy welled up inside her, Holy Spirit didn't push ing by train, might read rapport growing with this but she remained quiet. She Years passed. Orysia be- newspapers or sleep, but the young Czech and opened up saw no bitterness on the came head radiotherapist at young woman opposite to her. "My fiancé was young woman's face, only an the Royal South Hants Hos- seemed interested in neither. drafted into the German exhausted blankness. The pital in Southampton. With- She gazed out the window at Army. He wouldn't carry a slow, rhythmic jostling of the out realizing it, she lived only the gray-green landscape gun and refused to fight. We train now seemed a mockery four miles from the South- ticking by. are Seventh-day Adventists to the standstill there must ampton Seventh-day Advent- "Is Klagenfurt your and we believe Christ's fol- have been in this woman's ist chuich. But the Holy Spirit home?" Orysia asked, hop- lowers should have nothing to life. wasn't pushing—He knew ing a distance-shortening do with the taking of life." "I'm so sorry," Orysia just how much time and what conversation might develop. stammered, searching for conditions Orysia's faith The girl blinked, as though Made an example words. "This wretched needed to come to full fruit. trying to clear her mind, and Orysia didn't know what a war—" In 1977 David Curry ar- looked up at Orysia. "Yes, I Seventh-day Adventist was, The train came to a stop. rived in Southampton to con- was born and raised in Kla- but didn't ask, not wanting to The noise and life of the duct a series of programs en- genfurt. What takes you interrupt. She leaned forward country station broke the titled "Amazing Discoveries there?" and nodded. heavy atmosphere. Orysia in Bible Lands." Orysia, "I am to work as a radi- "At first he was put on opened the compartment along with Jane Edwards and ographer at the hospital. I kitchen duty, constantly. He window as they nodded to Olive Banks, two hospital know I will enjoy my stay in wrote of how tired he was of new passengers. colleagues, had a special in- Austria. What brought you to peeling mountains of pota- "Do you have a family in terest in Bible lands and ar- Berlin? Were you visiting toes." Here a smile crossed Klagenfurt?" Orysia asked, cheology. The three agreed to relatives?" her plain, sweet face. "The wanting to know more about attend the lectures in the "I guess you could say situation grew worse. Men this gentle young woman. Civic Center. They enjoyed were needed at the line of Conversation filled the rest the Bible-based programs, the Shelly Jennings Litchfield is action. Pressure was put on of the trip—families, beliefs, unpretentious style, and the an American who enjoys him. He told them his reli- future plans. friendliness of those helping youth work and giving Bible gious beliefs, but the authori- "Would you like to come at the programs. When Pastor studies with her minister hus- ties wouldn't make any ex- worship with our little church Curry told his profession—a band in Southampton, Eng- ceptions. His case would be group?" the young woman Seventh-day Adventist minis- land. an example to others who ventured. ter—and told of the church's ADVENTIST REVIEW, AUGUST 21, 1980 (1047) 15 NEWSFRONT Continued

flown to Vatuvonu to demol- ish the remains and erect a new classroom block in time for the next school year. This was not an easy task, for ma- terials had to be purchased in Suva and shipped to Vatu- vonu, a rather out-of-the-way place. However, the carpen- ters, the mission president, and many members from sur- rounding areas forfeited spending their Christmas with families and loved ones and completed the building for the school year. Toward the end of March, Cyclone Tia blew its way through Vanua Levu, and once again Vatuvonu sus- tained considerable damage. A coconut palm fell across After an earthquake damaged the classrooms at Vatuvonu School in Fiji, new classrooms (foreground) were built. the new library, and a large section of roofing iron and rafters had to be replaced. work and Bible teachings, it FIJI the school, but the main Also, a number of staff was a homecoming for Ory- classroom block suffered se- houses were badly damaged. sia. Adventist aid vere damage. The island of Qamia lay in As they left the Civic This concrete-block build- the path of Cyclone Tia. After Center that night, Orysia ex- is varied ing, consisting of four one mighty blow, a church claimed to her friends, "I Late 1979 and early 1980 classrooms, library, and of- and minister's house disap- know them! They're Sev- brought an earthquake and fices, was badly cracked, and peared. enth-day Adventists!" And cyclones to Fiji, where Ad- in places the walls could be Then, only a week or so out came the story of the ventists have been kept busy pushed over by hand. Health later, Good Friday for Fiji young woman she had met on recovering from these disas- authorities were forced to turned out to be a day of dis- the train to Klagenfurt. ters. In the darkness of a condemn it, along with two aster. Cyclone Wally cut a Orysia, Jane, and Olive moonless night late in No- staff houses. Also, the swathe through the Fiji began attending the South- vember, 1979, Vatovonu school's wharf was exten- group, bringing with it tor- ampton church. They found a Junior Secondary School, on sively damaged. The earth- rential rain and leaving a path more modern setting than in Vanua Levu, shook from a quake brought school to a of destruction. Thirty-three wartime Klagenfurt, but the severe earthquake, with a close for the year. inches of rain fell in only same emphasis on simplicity, reading of 7.5 on the Richter Within a short time the three days. the Bible, and warm friend- scale. No lives were lost at three mission carpenters were The area around Suva and ship was in evidence there in a special way. Orysia found the Saviour there too. I was privileged to be at Orysia's baptism in Decem- ber, 1978. Jane and Olive also were baptized, and though I had known these women only two months, my eyes brimmed over as I saw living, joyous proof that God is ever seeking and loving to draw those who will come to Him.

* * * * * Postscript: After she moved to England, Orysia lost touch with the woman she met on the train. She would love to hear from her or any of the group in Kla- genfurt.Write: Orysia Bushrod, c/o Southampton SDA church, 157 Shirley Road, Southampton, Eng- land. Earthquake damage to Vatuvonu School's classrooms and two staff houses brought school to a close for a year.

16 (1048) ADVENTIST REVIEW, AUGUST 21, 1980 the surrounding coastline thrilled to see what God is areas toward Nadi suffered doing for them. So far 80 severe flooding. Inland, along persons have been baptized, the Navua River, entire vil- and it is hoped that by the lages were washed away and time the meetings close, more the occupants were left noth- than 100 will have been bap- ing but what they were wear- gospel tized. ing. Numerous landslides Lucas M. Diaz, the con- buried whole families. ceordirig to Chris ference's assistant to the On Easter Sunday the Ad- president for Spanish minis- ventist welfare director, Epeli Grandmother. vAlb -w'as taking care .itt tries, is holding mini-youth Soro, and his team of Dorcas 'wanted to go to the Community Services meeting at , congresses to prepare the women went into action to try her church in Brandon. Florida. The group is so young people to work and to bring help and comfort to active and exciting that Grandmother did not want preach for the Lord. those who suffered. They sent miss a single meeting. LUCAS M. DIAZ 75 bags of clothing inland So Grandmother took Chris with her. Off they went Assistant to the President immediately, although they for a full day at the church. A health-screening for Spanish Ministries themselves were not allowed program was in progress, with many people coming into the areas because of the and going. Other people came to tell of their material mud and other dangers. The needs, and this is where Grandmother liked to help. next Wednesday, Pastor Soro She could fill their needs and also witness to each one and his band of helpers set out of the love and concern that Jesus has for them. Books in Review by punt (flat-bottomed boat) Chris watched with wonder as the people came and• up the Navua River. On ar- went. There was one mother who came with her little rival at one village, one of the New Creationism boy who was about 3 years of age—just about Chris's Harold W. Clark helpers stepped out of the size. They badly needed clothes. The Community punt onto what he thought Southern Publishing Association Services women took in their plight with kindness and Nashville, Tennessee. was reasonably dry ground, interest. They found suitable clothes for the mother only to find himself in mud up 1980, 128 pages. and quite a few things for the little boy, but no pants. Price $6.95 to his hips. They looked through every closet, every drawer, and Floating debris, turbulent every cupboard, but they still could find no pants for The author, emeritus professor waters, mud, and landslides the little fellow. And he really needed them. of biology at Pacific Union Col- provided formidable obsta- The women, in their search for clothing, had not lege, not only has observed the cles, but the workers pressed been paying any attention to Chris. However, he had development of creation science ahead to give hope and com- been paying attention to what was going on around during most of this century but fort where needed. him, and he.had a solution. When he had made up his also has made a major contribu- To dale, 125 bags of cloth- mind what needed to be done, he pulled off his own tion to this development. He is ing have arrived at the Fiji pants and handed them to the little boy, and said, widely known and respected Mission compound from "Here's some pants!" through the impact of his teach- SAWS in Australia. The wel- Brandon Community Services workers realized ing and prolific writing. fare department has outfitted that they had just seen real love and concern in action. New Creationism provides a 5,000 people with clothing No one will forget the lesson learned the day a little brief, simplified, nontechnical and distributed 2,100 eating child said. "Here's some pants!" introduction to current views utensils, and workers con- BLANCHE STEINER, among conservative Biblically tinue to be of help to those in as told to S. L. DOMBROSKY oriented creationists. The first 11 need. CHRISTINE TWIST Lay Activities Director pages of text present valuable Missionary Wife Florida Conference insights into the historical back- ground of modern evolutionistic viewpoints. The following 99 CALIFORNIA pages cover topics in geology, paleontology (fossils), molecular Spanish members biology, genetics, anthropology, and radioisotope dating. The are evangelists final four pages of text present a During the first quarter of ities director of the Inter- people attended three nights a recapitulation and affirmation of the year, Spanish-speaking American Division, and Luis week. When the series confidence in the Genesis record. members in the Southeastern Campos, former director of closed, 125 persons had been The lack of references California Conference were Spanish ministries for the Pa- baptized and dozens remained throughout the text will be dis- responsible for the baptism of cific Union, inspired the enrolled in Bible classes. The concerting to a reader who 176 persons, more than 20 members. church has had to hold two wishes to investigate more fully percent of all those baptized After the lay congress, worship services to accom- the topics that are introduced. An in the conference. Donald Cameron, conference modate the newly baptized appendix lists 13 books recom- Members of the Spanish evangelist, Daniel Fernandez, members and visitors. mended for additional reading. churches in the conference church pastor, and Eusebio Recently Evangelist Cam- These books will provide a launched their aggressive Silva, associate pastor, began eron began a series of meet- broader acquaintance with the evangelistic program in Janu- an evangelistic crusade at the ings at the San Diego Spanish creationist literature, but do not ary. At a lay congress at Pine Santa Ana Spanish church. church, where Francisco adequately represent the extent Springs Ranch during the Meetings were held in the Lopez, Jr., senior pastor, Er- or quality of creationist literature weekend of January 25-27, Orangewood Academy audi- nesto Hernandez, associate now available. Sergio Moctezuma, lay activ- torium, where more than 500 pastor, and the members are R. H. BROWN

ADVENTIST REVIEW, AUGUST 21, 1980 (1049) 17 NEWSFRONT Continued

Inside Washington By VICTOR COOPER

• Communicating "the Word": A recent visitor to General Conference headquarters was Dean Gitter, of the Genesis Project and The New Media Bible. Mr. Gitter represents an interdenominational group based in New York, which is using film, filmstrips, and audio and video cassettes in an attempt to transfer Scripture to the visual media. So far, 33 films covering the book of Genesis and the Gospel of Luke have been produced, together with lesson outlines, and discussions and review questions for five levels—primary, junior, senior, col- lege/adult, and family. During a three-hour presentation by Mr. Gitter, a selection of films was shown to interested General Conference personnel. The films are being used in Christian schools by Christian educators, and by Sunday and Sabbath school personnel. They have value for small-group Bible studies, summer camps, retreats, Vacation Bible Twelve young people participated in Portugal's Temperance Relay race. Schools, and prison ministries, and are useful wherever the Word of God can be communicated. PORTUGAL sponsoring organizations • Satellite use studied: George Conklin, director of the were distributed among the Center for Media Studies of the Pacific School of Religion, Race begins population. It was specifi- Berkeley, California, is doing research for the Communication cally stated that the Portu- Commission of the National Council of Churches in the youth congress guese Adventist youth and the U.S.A. The purpose of his study is to identify those Protestant Twelve Portuguese Ad- International Temperance denominations and agencies that would be potential joint users ventist young people recently Association wanted to dem- of a satellite channel and the kinds of services they would ran the longest relay race in onstrate, through the physical require. Meeting with General Conference personnel on July Portugal. Organized in three vigor of their members, that 28, Mr. Conklin showed pictures illustrating the current satel- teams for four runners, they they enjoy better health by lite situation; answered questions posed by the group; and covered the distance of 306 abstaining from cigarettes, discussed the church's current and anticipated involvement kilometers (about 190 miles) drugs, and alcoholic bever- with distribution of TV and radio programming, data process- between Lisbon and Faro, ages. Their Christian ideals ing, curriculum resources, continuing education, telecon- southern Portugal, in appox- also were emphasized. By- ferencing, and electronic mail. Church leaders who are en- imately 23 hours. The na- standers were invited to join deavoring to relate to satellites heard that, while it took tional radio, television, and the fight against tobacco, al- Gutenberg five years to set the Bible in type, today the entire newspapers offered their sup- cohol, and drugs. text can be transmitted in 30 seconds. port, and through them the The race marked the be- • NSO prepares new material: With the reinstatement of name of the Adventist Church ginning of a youth congress in registration for military service in the U.S.A. Charles Martin, became widely known. Faro. As Joaquim Dias Grilo, of the Adventist National Service Organization, reports that Called the Temperance Portuguese Conference the General Conference Youth Department is preparing a new Relay, the event was organ- youth, education, and tem- packet to help draft-age youth determine their personal stand ized jointly by the Portuguese perance director and coordi- on the question of military service. Elder Martin says that Conference youth and tem- nator of the whole program, those wishing to receive this information should contact their perance departments, under stated in a message to the in- local conference youth director. the sponsorship of the maga- habitants of Faro, since the zine Saude E Lar ("Health World Health Organization • Welcome kit: The General Conference Ladies' Auxiliary is and Home"). The nonstop has devoted the year 1980 to preparing a welcome kit containing useful local information race started in Lisbon on oppose the use of tobacco (the for employees new to the Washington area. About 20 new March 25, at 4:00 P.M., and slogan is "Smoking or families have arrived as a result of actions taken at the General ended the following day in health: the choice is yours"), Conference session in Dallas, Texas. Faro about 3:00 P.M. Runners the Portuguese Adventist • GC sponsors summer courses: More than 30 students participated for half an hour youth had decided to make attended each of two Andrews University summer courses at a time. Each team, after this worldwide campaign the sponsored by the General Conference departments of Com- taking part in the race for two theme of their congress. As a munication and Temperance. The four-week, four-credit hours, rested for four hours. "testimony" of what they courses were Perspectives in Communication and Temperance Before entering Faro, all 12 believed, a parchment with an Evangelism. athletes joined the race and appropriate message was pre- completed it together, sented to local authorities. • New appointment: General Conference vice-president A Five-Day Plan to Stop Francis W. Wernick has been named chairman of the Loma cheered by thousands of spectators. A well-organized Smoking was organized dur- Linda Medical Center Board. The Center is to be organized as ing the congress. A series of a separate corporation. team (food, transportation, public relations) provided the public meetings on mental • They've moved: The editorial staffs of the Adventist Re- necessary support and shared and physical health according view, Message, and Guide have been rehoused in 15 new the merit of the final success. to the Bible was begun soon third-floor offices built onto the Review and Herald building in The young people and their after the Five-Day program Takoma Park, Washington, D.C. The rooms formerly occu- sponsors had many objectives and continued through the pied by these staffs are to be refurbished for use by the editors in mind. Half an hour before month of April. of Life & Health and Insight and the book editors. The Review the runners entered a town, PIETRO COPIZ and Herald library facilities also have been expanded. handbills that identified the Review Correspondent 18 (1050) ADVENTIST REVIEW, AUGUST 21, 1980

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THOSE HAPPY GOLDEN YEARS

A call to the ministry in the twenties, thirties, and forties meant a working relationship with tent flaps, sawdust, and all the mundane aspects of canvas evangelism. Here is an opportunity to go behind the scenes and share in the joy and sorrow, in the achievement and disappointment and the excitement, of the public "effort." Many colorful anecdotes highlight the record of this significant era of Seventh-day Adventist history.

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(ZVONO), the religious nesia, the Philippines, and the Honduras Mission. The Afro-Mideast schools in Yugoslavia that Taiwan. same day it was inaugurated, prepare young people for the • 3,000 persons gathered there Largely as the result of for the first Festival of Mis- • One of the largest classes ministry enrolled more than recommendations made by to complete the two-year 1,250 students in 1980. Nine Orville Iversen after his four- sionary Mailmen. Adjoining rooms provide space for the teacher-training course at Ka- hundred students attend week survey of the recording magambo High School and Roman Catholic schools, 101 and transmitting facilities of church school, and plans call Teachers' College in Kenya attend Orthodox Catholic Mountain View College's for the eventual construction graduated March 28-30. schools, 50 attend Protestant radio station DXCR, plans of a church on the same site. Some of these 80 graduates, schools, and 205 attend Sev- have been made for the ren- • Three Seventh-day Ad- 50 young men and 30 young enth-day Adventist schools. ovation and expansion of that ventist Community Services women, will fill vacancies in • At the invitation of the facility as funds become centers have been opened in the Adventist school system, Swedish Union Conference, available. the Netherlands Antilles Mis- while the majority will teach Jovan Slankamenac, Yugo- • A Guam Mission Academy sion in a three-month period. in government schools. slav Union president, visited The last was inaugurated on Malmo, Sweden, March 22, student, Tommy Flores, won • Godson Elieneza, president a typing contest sponsored by May 18 in Curacao. This is of the North-East Tanzania to organize a church for Yu- the only Community Services goslavians working there. the Western Pacific Business Field, tells of the dedication College in Guam. His prize center in that zone, and it is of three churches in his field: • Four governmental stations was a $1,000 scholarship already busy with health and the Ndugu church, with a in Sweden broadcast the from the college. cooking seminars. membership of 194; the Giti Voice of Hope in Yugoslav- church, with 222 members; ian once a week. The broad- • Thirteen Adventists were and the Mbulu Mbulu church, casts are prepared in the Ad- among the 800 survivors of a North American which seats 130. ventist radio studio in Zagreb, ship collision in the Philip- taped, and shipped to Swe- pines, between Mindoro and • Work on restoring Ishaka Tablas islands. About 100 Canadian Union Hospital in Uganda, badly den, where the reception and response is very good. persons were reported dead • Eight persons baptized at damaged during a previous and more than 200 missing government's administration, Thirty-five Bible teachers the College Park church, • when a passenger ship on its Oshawa, Ontario, on June 21 is still in progress. Delino from seminaries in ten coun- way from Manila to Bacolod Molino, a nurse from the were the first fruits of a pilot tries of the Euro-Africa Divi- City collided with an oil Life Style program conducted Philippines, will be joining sion attended a convention at tanker. Reuben and Magdalena by Gary Strunk, Ontario the French Adventist Semi- Conference health director. A Guerrero, who recently ar- nary in July. The program rived at the hospital. was prepared by Pietro Five-Day Plan to Stop Smok- Copiz, division education di- Inter-American ing and health lectures led • In his address as guest into a weekly group Bible speaker at the dedication of rector, and Jean Zurcher, secretary. Ariel Roth, from • Jaime Castrejon, president study that covered Bible doc- the Nyaribari church, Andrew trines and church standards. Omanga, Kenya cabinet min- the Geoscience Research In- of Montemorelos University ister, emphasized that the stitute, Loma Linda, Califor- in Mexico, was the recipient • Five young people re- church was a major factor in nia, was a guest speaker. of the 1980 Alumnus of the cently baptized into the bringing about the spirit of Year Award from Andrews Ukrainian church in Edmon- unity to all people. University. ton, Alberta, are studying the Bible with some of their • A weather station has been Far Eastern • A new church of 85 mem- bers recently was organized friends. installed at Wollega Advent- • Seven new members were ist 'Academy, western Ethio- • The chaplaincy department in Zone 12 of Guatemala City. This simple structure added to the Truro, Nova pia, where students may re- of Mindanao Sanitarium and Scotia, church and one to the ceive instruction on how to Hospital, led by Pastor and was made possible by gifts from the new members and Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, read weather instruments. Mrs. M. T. Sigue and as- church after a baptism in the sisted by five Mountain View donations from friends. Elden Cruz is the pastor. Dartmouth church by the dis- College student health educa- trict pastor, 0. B. Aaserude. Euro-Africa tors, launched a health-edu- • K. S. Wiggins, professor at cation program late last year. Caribbean Union College and • Six people have been bap- Since January, 1980, 588 Caribbean Union evangelist, tized into the recently organ- • Conscience and Liberty, persons have heard health held a seminar on family en- ized Brockville, Ontario, the magazine of the division lectures, 377 persons have richment, May 23-27, in church. religious liberty department, received certificates for fin- Paramaribo, Surinam. More • Two crusades conducted surpassed the 20,000-copy ishing a 40-hour health than 200 persons attended mark in its latest edition. A by R. Sparenberg, pastor of course, 83 persons are regu- each evening. Dr. Wiggins the Downsview, Ontario, total of 10,300 copies were larly receiving Bible studies, plans to return to Surinam in ordered in French and 10,500 church, resulted in the addi- and 124 persons have been September for a workshop on tion of 20 new members in in German. Church members baptized. child training. give most of the magazines to less than a year. The crusades politicians, diplomats, and • Graduation exercises for • A new evangelistic center, were conducted with the sup- community officials. the Seventh-day Adventist situated on a hill overlooking port of Destiny, Canada's Theological Seminary (Far the bay, was recently inau- newest Seventh-day Advent- • The Adventist Church pre- East) were held May 8 in the gurated in Tegucigalpa, Hon- ist religious telecast, pro- pares 16.4 percent of Yugo- Finster Chapel of the semi- duras. Although the building duced by Adventist Radio slavia's future clergymen. nary building. The 12 gradu- is not yet completed, it is al- Television Services of According to a recent survey ates were from India, Indo- ready serving a great need in Toronto, Ontario. 20 (1052) ADVENTIST REVIEW, AUGUST 21, 1980 • Four persons were baptized reach people living in 10,000 College of Osteopathic Sur- Columbia Union in the Hinsdale, Illinois, homes in the area. Each Sab- gery. The retreat was coor- • More than 360 persons church by Larry Milliken and bath school senior and youth dinated by H. F. Roll, health took advantage of a health- Richard Habenicht in April. class has been assigned a pri- director of the Southern mary territory in the Eagle- Union; Robert Wolfer, D.O., screening clinic given re- • A page-and-a-half-long ar- cently by the Sligo church. Star area near the church, and of Holly Hill, Florida; and his ticle with six photos in the a secondary territory in the daughter, Geneth, D.O. Prin- The program was one of Kokomo (Indiana) Tribune nearly 50 clinics held in the Boise area, which is consid- cipal speaker for the nonmed- recently told the story of Your ered the "outreach area." ical meetings was C. D. Washington, D.C., area as World of Good Health, a part of a national health- The combined areas encom- Brooks, General Conference series of lectures and demon- pass approximately five field secretary and speaker of screening program. Volun- strations offered by several teers from the church, aided square miles per class. the Breath of Life television women from the Kokomo Reaching each family in both program. by 18 nursing students from church. Nine recipes pre- Columbia Union College, assigned areas is the goal sented at the six-day series church members have set for • On June 14 some 35 mem- staffed the 13 testing stations. were printed with the article. bers, friends, and guests 1980. gathered for the organization • John Earnhardt, Amazing • Seven persons have been Facts evangelist, baptized 14 of the Newton, Mississippi, baptized so far as the result of Pacific Union company. Twelve members persons in Federalsburg, an evangelistic crusade held Maryland, as a result of his signed the register to form the by Dan Schiffbauer and Bur- • Twenty-four Indian young company, which is led by E. crusade, which ended May ton Wright in the Joliet, Illi- people were baptized in May 17. E. Messinger. J. Marvin nois, senior high school audi- at the Indian school in Hol- Whitney, who has just moved • A learning center has been torium. One young man was brook, Arizona. The baptism into the district, will be pas- built and a computer pur- walking four miles each way followed a series of meetings toring the group. chased for the math and to attend the meetings until a held by Ron Canaday, pastor former member heard about it of the school. Both students • The Carolina Conference science departments of Spring recently purchased a mobile Valley Academy, Center- and offered him a ride. The and staff participated in pre- former member and the paring for and holding the blood - pressure - screening ville, Ohio. The equipment /Community Services vehi- will acquaint students with young man were baptized to- meetings, which were a gether. "planting" time for the com- cle. The unit can be called modern business practices as into service in the event of a they learn "BASIC I," a munity and a "harvest" time for the school. disaster to carry clothing and computer language. North Pacific Union supplies. • The patrons of the Valley • Glendale Adventist Medi- • Delegates to a special con- cal Center in California, a View church school, Farmers stituency meeting of the Valley, Pennsylvania, met on member of Adventist Health Southwestern Union Montana Conference held at System—West, has announced Sunday, May 18, for a free- the close of camp meeting from-debt program during plans to merge with the 152- • Boyd Olson, director of voted to keep Mount Ellis bed Glendale Community education in the Southwestern which the mortgage note was Academy open. Delegates burned. Hospital. The two medical Union, and his wife, Eliza- approved a motion to provide facilities have been affiliated beth, who is a secretary in the • Seven Pathfinders from the school a yearly subsidy of under the same management education department, are re- Mifflintown, Pennsylvania, $80,000 to be funded by in- since 1978, but have operated tiring and moving to a newly raised $115 in a bikeathon to dividual churches. In addi- with separate boards of direc- purchased home in Walla send underprivileged children tion, a campaign is under way tors and have conducted their Walla, Washington. Dr. to Laurel Lake Camp. to pay off the current debt at operations financially inde- Olson has made a great con- the school. • On July 1, Betty Fairchild, pendent of each other. tribution to education during of the Erie, Pennsylvania, • Helen Haystad recently his years of service in the Southwest. church, began teaching as a presented a $100,000 check Southern Union student missionary at the to Walla Walla College pres- • The Oklahoma Conference Haad Yai English Language ident N. C. Sorensen. The • A new obstetrics wing has elected a new treasurer, Deryl School in Songkhla, Thai- gift, which was made on be- been added to Wildwood, Knutson, on July 25 at a spe- land. half of her family in memory Georgia, Sanitarium and cial session of the conference of her late husband, Hospital. Dedicated May 11, executive committee. Mr. Lawrence Haystad, will be the five-bed facility includes Knutson has been the as- Lake Union used for the construction of labor and delivery rooms and sistant treasurer of the South- • Lakeview, Michigan, the new Walla Walla College a nursery. western Union. church members used antique Alumni Center. Mr. Haystad, • Approximately 150 per- • The Southwest Region grading equipment to break who died September 24, con- sons attended the twelfth an- Conference and the Christian ground for their new church structed numerous Adventist nual professional retreat of Record Braille Foundation on Sunday, June 1. hospitals, in addition to most the National Association of worked together at Lone Star of Loma Linda University. • Seventh-day Adventist Os- Camp in Texas to hold an The Alpena, Michigan, • Members of the Eagle, teopathic Physicians June 11- adult blind camp for the sec- church, built in 1968 to seat Idaho, church are involved in 15. This year's meeting was ond year in succession. Dur- 360 people, was dedicated on missionary outreach through held at Amelia Island, Flor- ing their stay at camp, three June 28. eight Sabbath school classes. ida, near Jacksonville. It is campers conquered the • Pinedale, Michigan, mem- Missionary work includes lit- estimated that there are about smoking habit and one bers held the first service in erature distribution, surveys, 300 Adventist osteopathic camper made a decision to be their new church, which seats Bible studies, visitation, and physicians, most of whom are baptized upon his return 300 people, on May 31. other soul-winning efforts to graduates of the Kansas City home. ADVENTIST REVIEW, AUGUST 21, 1980 (1053) 21 BULLETIN BOARD

formerly chaplain and assistant harkana Mandi, Sheikhupura of Sonora, California, to serve as To New Posts professor of religion on the La District, Pakistan, Dorothy teacher, Seventh-day Adventist Sierra Campus of Loma Linda Hazel (Cooper) Spenst, and one Language Institutes, Seoul, Worker transfers within union conferences University. daughter left Chicago, June 18, Korea, left Los Angeles, June are not listed here. Such transfers ordinarily are included in News Notes. Oscar Santa Cruz, manager, 1980. 16, 1980. Adventist Book Center, Central Roberto Valenzuela, to serve Margaret Catherine Perez American Union; formerly man- as head, purchasing department, (PUC), of San Francisco, Cali- NORTH AMERICAN ager of the Adventist Book Montemorelos University, Mon- fornia, to serve as teacher, Phu- DIVISION Center, Southern California temorelos, Mexico, Martha ket Mission Hospital, Phuket, Ben Anderson, director, per- Conference. Elva P. de Valenzuela, and Thailand, left Los Angeles, June sonal evangelism, Washington Richard Warner, pastor, three children, of Riverside, Cal- 16, 1980. Conference; formerly with the Gladstone Park church, Oregon ifornia, left Calexico, California, Michael Scott Peterson Georgia-Cumberland Confer- Conference; formerly pastor, June 27, 1980. (UC), of Berthoud, Colorado, to ence. Campion Academy church, serve as teacher, Seventh-day James Ball, pastor, Sitka Colorado Conference. Student Missionaries Adventist Language Institutes, church in the Alaska Mission; Ron M. Wisbey, president, Becky Gale Martella (PUC), Seoul, Korea, left Los Angeles, formerly with the Ohio Confer- Potomac Conference; formerly of Simi Valley, California, to June 16, 1980. ence. president of the Montana Con- serve as teacher, Seventh-day Alne Jean Roda (CUC), of Herman Bauman, Ministerial ference. Adventist Language Institutes, Tappahannock, Virginia, to secretary, Oregon Conference; Regular Missionary Seoul, Korea, left Los Angeles, serve as teacher, Seventh-day formerly with the theology de- Adventist English Language Service June 16, 1980. partment, Atlantic Union Col- Greg Duane Mathews Schools, Osaka, Japan, left Los Leif Erik Nordahl Hansen lege. (PUC), of Gridley, California, to Angeles, June 16, 1980. '64), returning to serve Clare E. Bishop, director of (Ind. U. serve as teacher, Seventh-day William Terrence Roth as publishing director, Zaire trust services, Voice of Proph- Adventist Language Institutes, (PUC), of Yountville, Califor- Union, Ndola, Zambia, ecy, Newbury Park, California; Donna Seoul, Korea, left Los Angeles, nia, to serve as teacher's aide, Sue (Mobley) Hansen (SMC formerly director of Mid-Amer- June 16, 1980. English Conversation Schools, ica stewardship and trust serv- '65), and two children left New Tambra Rene McArthur Jakarta, Indonesia, left Los An- ices. York City, June 10, 1980. (UC), of Lincoln, Nebraska, to geles, June 16, 1980. Vernon L. Bretsch, secre- Robert Ernest Lemon (CUC serve as mathematics and science Robert William Russell tary, Montana Conference; for- '72), returning to serve as treas- teacher, Lower Gwelo Secon- (LLU), of Apple Valley, Cali- merly public relations director of urer, Zaire Union, Ndola, Zam- dary School, Gwelo, Zimbabwe fornia, to serve as teacher, Sev- the Voice of Prophecy. bia, Sherry Lynn (Wiebold) (Rhodesia), left New York City, enth-day Adventist English Lan- James Eldred, pastor, Hazel Lemon (WWC '66), and two June 16, 1980. guage Schools, Osaka, Japan, Dell and Ridge Dell churches in children left Washington, D.C., Albert William Merritt left Los Angeles, June 16, 1980. the Oregon Conference; formerly June 25, 1980. (WWC), of Bend, Oregon, to Violet Vera Spenst (WWC), with the Minnesota Conference. Robert Lee McChesney (U. serve as teacher, English Con- of Prince George, British Co- Steve Gallimore, pastor of the of N. Colo. '80), returning to versation Schools, Jakarta, Java, lumbia, Canada, to serve as Norfolk church in the Columbia serve as history teacher, Solusi Indonesia, left Los Angeles, teacher, Ekamai Adventist Eng- Union Conference; formerly a College, Bulawayo, Rhodesia, June 16, 1980. lish School, Bangkok, Thailand, pastor in the Carolina Confer- Marja-Leena (Raunio) Glen Wesley Milam (CUC), left Los Angeles, June 16, 1980. ence. McChesney (Wash. St. U. '69), of Burtonsville, Maryland, to Joyce Lynette Straight A. Vern Hyland, associate and two children left New York serve as commercial artist, In- (SMC), of Worthington, Ohio, pastor, Mount Tabor church, City, June 23, 1980. donesia Publishing House, Ban- to serve as teacher, Japan Union Portland, Oregon Conference; Heather Belle McReynolds, dung, Java, Indonesia, left Los Mission, Yokohama Asahi, formerly with the Sri Lanka returning to serve as nurse, Mal- Angeles, June 16, 1980. Japan, left Los Angeles, June 16. Union in the Southern Asia Di- amulo Hospital, Makwasa, Ma- Debra Sue (Beatty) Julie Ann Wheeler (UC), of vision. lawi, left Los Angeles, June 29, Morauske (PUC), of Ceres, Cal- Boulder, Colorado, to serve Ted Jones, pastor, Sharon 1980. ifornia, to serve as teacher, as teacher, Seventh-day Advent- church in the Oregon Confer- Kenneth Wayne Pierson Seventh-day Adventist Language ist English Language Schools, ence; formerly with the Northern (LLU '71), returning to serve as Institutes, Seoul, Korea, left Los Osaka, Japan, left Los Angeles, California Conference. dentist, Seventh-day Adventist Angeles, June 16, 1980. June 16, 1980. Don Kellogg, pastor, Damas- Health Center, Blantyre, Ma- Kalvin William Morauske Gilbert Williams (OC), of cus-Olney district church in the lawi, Gloria Ann (Tym) Pier- (PUC), of Modesto, California, Napoleonville, Louisiana, to Columbia Union Conference; son (LLU '69), and two children to serve as teacher, Korean serve as teacher, English Con- formerly a pastor in Paoli, In- left New York City, June 2, Union Mission, Seoul, Korea, versation Schools, Jakarta, In- diana. 1980. left Los Angeles, June 16, 1980. donesia, left Los Angeles, June Arnt E. Krogstad, manager- Robert Lee Rowe (AU '55), Lynda Akiko Morita (PUC), 16, 1980. treasurer of It Is Written telecast, returning to serve as Bible of Glendale, California, to serve Millicent Lynette Wilson Thousand Oaks, California; for- teacher, Spicer Memorial Col- as English-Bible teacher, Sev- (UC), of Pleasant Hill, Missouri, merly vice-president of finance at lege, Poona, India, Lois Beryl enth-day Adventist English Lan- to serve as secretary, San-iku Loma Linda Foods, Riverside, (Votaw) Rowe (CUC '62), and guage Schools, Osaka, Japan, Foods (Japan Food Factory), California. two children left Washington, left Los Angeles, June 16, 1980. Chiba-ken, Japan, left Los An- Ladd McGowan, associate D.C., June 29, 1980. Two older Caryn Renee Myers (PUC), geles, June 16, 1980. pastor, Tabernacle church in the children left New York City, of Sacramento, California, to David Michael Winters Oregon Conference; formerly June 30, 1980. serve as teacher, Seventh-day (UC), of Garden City, Kansas, to with the Iowa Conference. Arthur Martin Spenst (AU Adventist English Language serve as English-Bible teacher, David D. Osborne, pastor, '67), returning to serve as Schools, Osaka, Japan, left San English Conversation Schools, Atlantic Union College church, teacher-pastor, Pakistan Advent- Francisco, June 16, 1980. Jakarta, Java, Indonesia, left Los South Lancaster, Massachusetts; ist Seminary and College, Chu- William Albert Olson (PUC), Angeles, June 16, 1980. 22 (1054) ADVENTIST REVIEW, AUGUST 21, 1980 Richard Wayne Wysong Norman Avery Brethouwer Annette Tsugie Nitta (PUC Corona, Calif. She served the denomina- (WWC), of Battle Ground, (LLU '33) (Special Service), to '80) (Special Service), to serve tion as a Bible worker, educator, and as a Washington, to serve as teacher, missionary for 25 years in Mexico. Sur- serve as physician, Guam Sev- as teacher, Seventh-day Advent- vivors include her daughter, Minoneta Seventh-day Adventist English enth-day Adventist Clinic, ist English Language Schools, Dinius; two brothers, Oscar and Harry Language Schools, Osaka, Agana, Guam, and Ethel Kotz Osaka, Japan, of Angwin, Cali- Reinmuth; four sisters, Clara Wester- Japan, left Los Angeles, June 16, (Carr) Brethouwer, of Mon- fornia, left Los Angeles, June meyer, Minnie Mohr, Hulda Schelling, and Esther Reinmuth; and three grand- 1980. trose, Colorado, left Los An- 13, 1980. children. Volunteer Service geles, May 6, 1980. Janet Lynn Rau (CUC '80) KEISER, Clayton V.—b. Sept. 7, Herbert Perry Brock (Spe- (Special Service), to serve as 1894, Prattville, Mich.; d. May 4, 1980, Judy May (Olson) Aitken Inverness, Fla. He served as a minister and cial Service), of Long Beach, teacher, Seventh-day Adventist (PUC '65) (Special Service), of academy teacher in Georgia, Tennessee, California, to serve as nurse, English Language Schools, Berrien Springs, Michigan, to Michigan, Wisconsin, and Indiana. Sur- Cambodia/Thailand Relief Team Osaka, Japan, of Takoma Park, vivors include his wife, Helen; three serve as nurse, Cambodia/Thai- 6B, Bangkok Adventist Hospi- Maryland, left Los Angeles, daughters, Voy Bassler, Viola Calkins, land Relief Team 6B, Bangkok and Neva Davis; one son, Orris S.; one tal, Bangkok, Thailand, left June 16, 1980. Adventist Hospital, Bangkok, sister, Etta Woodman; one brother, Oakland, California, June 3, Rocco Vincent Sarli (Special Claude Keiser; ten grandchildren; and four Thailand, left Oakland, Califor- 1980. Service), to serve as teacher, great-grandchildren. nia, June 7, 1980. Kim Christiansen (Special English Conversation Schools, TINDALL, Ethel—b. Oct. 22, 1898, David Arthur Bradburn in Missouri; d. June 24, 1980, Wildwood, Service), to serve as builder, Jakarta, Indonesia, of Weimar, Ga. While engaged in literature ministry in (Special Service), to serve as University College of Eastern California, left Los Angeles, southern California she met and married teacher, Seventh-day Adventist Africa, Eldoret, Kenya, and June 16, 1980. John H. N. Tindall, veteran medical mis- English Language Schools, Jayne Amore (Olson) Chris- sionary evangelist, in the late 1930's. She Gordon Shumate, Jr. (Spe- served with him in pastoral ministry in Osaka, Japan, of Weimar, Cali- tiansen, of San Clemente, Cali- cial Service), to serve as instruc- southern California until his retirement. fornia, left Los Angeles, June fornia, left San Francisco, June tor, teaching seminars, West In- Thereafter they actively promoted medical 16, 1980. 3, 1980. donesia Union Mission, Jakarta, missionary work, particularly in the Loma Linda area and in the South. Survivors Lloyd Harry Cotter (Special Indonesia, Linda Shumate, and include two sisters, Effie Fagan and Lura Service), of Grand Terrace, sister, Sharon Shumate, of Wallace; and a brother, Ed Bace. California, to serve as physician, Redding, California, left San Cambodia/Thailand Relief Team Francisco, June 10, 1980. Tune in fin' 6B, Bangkok Adventist Hospi- Ronald Wolcott Spalding tal, Bangkok, Thailand, left (LLU '35) (Special Service), to Ordinations VIEWPOINT Oakland, California, June 6, serve as physician, Taiwan Ad- 1980. ventist College, Yu Chih, Nan- The following persons were • five minutes of editorial Naomi Arlene Criss (Special tou County, Taiwan, and Helen ordained in the Southeastern comment by the editors of Service), to serve as nurse, Louise Spalding, of Ooltewah, California Conference this the REVIEW. The program is Cambodia/Thailand Relief Team Tennessee, left San Francisco, spring: Damond A. Blanken- broadcast weekly as follows: 7 No. 7, Bangkok Adventist Hos- June 17, 1980. ship, Jack S. Duerkson, Rigo- pital, Bangkok, Thailand, of San Dorothy Joan Watkins WAUS (Andrews University) berto R. Fernandez, Richard Beinardino, California, left (Calif. St. U.) (Special Service), 90.9 Mhz FM Saturday, 8:30 M. Hodnett, Charles A. „, A.M. Oakland, California, June 16, to serve as nurse, Cambo- McLarty, and Dan Wells. -:.1(11U (Loma Linda University). 1980. dia/Thailand Relief Team No. 7, ▪ 89.7 Mhz FM Saturday, 4:30 Erie Hawthorne (SOS), to Bangkok Adventist Hospital, Clyde H. Best, Illinois Con- P.M. serve as teacher, Seventh-day Bangkok, Thailand, of La ference trust services director, on C D1 (Patifi6-1411*-1 Adventist Language Institutes, Verne, California, left Los An- June 6, at the Illinois Conference lege) camp meeting in Lafox. 89.9 Mhz.EM- itliniay,:ii:titY Seoul, Korea, of Riverview, geles, June 17, 1980. A.M. Florida, left Los Angeles, June Hugo Gambetta, pastor, •WSMC (South al* 16, 1980. Hollywood, California, Spanish College) Oregon Kenneth Hunter (U. church, on May 31, in Hol- 90.7 Mhz Ff1it$4 of Calif.-Davis '75) (Special Deaths lywood. A.M. Service), to serve as physician, Abel Lopez, pastor, La .KGTS (Walla. Walla. College Puente, California, Spanish Cambodia/Thailand Relief Team BROWN, Zetta Baldwin Cochrane— 91.3 Mhz FM Sattrday,6.:15 church, on May 31, in Hol- P.M. No. 7, Bangkok Adventist Hos- b. Oct. 28, 1895, McPherson County, Kans.; d. June 17, 1980, Watsonville, lywood, California. ,;,*/OAR (St. IiihWs; pital, Bangkok, Thailand, and Calif. She was the wife of the late Bert W. Ralph Orduno, Spanish foundland): , Nancy Helen (Keuper) Hunter, Brown, pastor, evangelist, and conference 1230 Kc AM Friday, 5:55 of Sacramento, California, left administrator. Survivors include one evangelist, Southern California Oakland, California, June 16, daughter; two sons; 15 grandchildren; and Conference, on May 31, in Hol- WGTS (Coturribia Union Col-, 1980. 11 great-grandchildren. lywood, California. Desiree Elizabeth Legg (LLU CLARK, Benoni C.—b. July 12, Donald Philpott, pastor, 91.9 Mhz FM'Saittrda)62:31,1. 1893, Chadron, Nebr.: d. June 2, 1980, Elgin-Palatine, Illinois, on June 'P.M. '80) (Special Service), to serve Healdsburg, Calif. He served the denomi- iCSVC (So tithwetern as teacher, English Conversation nation in the following capacities: as an 6, at the Illinois Conference ventist College) ,:'" Schools, Jakarta, Java, Indone- evangelist in Alberta, Canada; as an edu- camp meeting in Lafox. cator and administrator in China; as Bible 88'.3 Mhz FM Saturday, sia, of Riverside, California, left teacher at Pacific Union College Prepara- Humberto Rasi, editor in 10:00, "A.M. . 5:00, P.M. Los Angeles, June 16, 1980. tory School; as a Bible teacher at SDA chief of international publica- WDNX (Harbert Hills Acad Jean Louise Newbold (LLU Union Academy; as pastor of the Santa tions at the Pacific Press, was H. '74) (Special Service), to serve Maria church in California; as principal of ordained on May 14 in Mountain 89:'1 Mhz FM Saturday, 6:15: Armona Union Academy in California; P.M. as nurse, Cambodia/Thailand and as pastor of the Coalinga church in View, California. WOCG , (Oakwood College) Relief Team No. 7, Bangkok California. Survivors include his wife, Timothy Rosenboom, pastor, Adventist Hospital, Bangkok, Phyllis May; four sons, Willard H., Centralia, Mount Vernon, and , 90.1 Mhz FM Saturday, 5:30 Harold F., Winston T., and Richard I.; „- Thailand, of Loma Linda, Cali- and 11 grandchildren. Noble, Illinois, churches, on fornia, left Oakland, California, DINIUS, Frieda L. R.—b. Oct. 10, June 6, at the Illinois Conference June 16, 1980. 1890, St. Louis, Mo.; d. June 18, 1980, camp meeting in Lafox. ADVENTIST REVIEW, AUGUST 21, 1980 (1055) 23 THE BACK PAGE

vilion, and by the close of the the General Conference Min- New church series 400 non-Adventists had Sabbath school isterial Association. in Costa Rica purchased the complete Con- membership In most instances the voice flict of the Ages set. on the cassette is that of the A new church of 600 newly One hundred especially passes 4 million author of the message. For baptized members has been trained church members and For the first time, the world the children's messages, the organized in San Jose, Costa 60 ministerial students helped Sabbath school report records author and reader is W. A. Rica, as a result of the Ken- with the visitation. More than more than 4 million Sabbath Townend. His presentation, neth Cox Prophecy Crusade 2,500 persons accepted Christ school members-4,002,842 geared particularly to those of in that city. as their personal Saviour dur- to be exact—in 42,368 Sab- primary and junior age, will A calendar that outlined a ing this series. Now that the bath schools. It took 99 years be welcomed by pastors, program of Bible reading Cox team has left San Jose, (1852-1951) to reach the first teachers, parents, and others correlated with the Conflict of Tevni Grajales, three pastoral million members, another 13 interested in children's pro- the Ages Series was offered associates, and one Bible in- years (1951-1964) to reach grams. as an award to those having structor are continuing meet- the second million, another The eight messages for perfect attendance at the ings in the same place five nine years (1964-1973) to adults on the general theme meetings. Spirit of Prophecy nights a week for another six reach the third, and seven The Outpouring of the Holy books were on display in the weeks. years to reach the fourth mil- Spirit in the Latter Rain are lobby of the evangelistic pa- GEORGE W. BROWN lion. We confidently expect to available on two cassettes for surpass 5 million members $4.50. The six children's before the next General Con- messages are on a single cas- ference session. sette for $2.50. If Sabbath school classes Tapes may be obtained by each set a class goal for souls, mailing money with your then work and pray to attain order to ASPIRE Tape of the that goal, we will see church Month Club, 6840 Eastern growth such as we have never Avenue NW., Washington, seen before. D.C. 20012. H. F. RAMPTON r If you're moving, please let us know six weeks before changing your address. Print your new address below, clip out this entire corner, For the record including the label, and send it to us. If you have a question about your subscription, please New positions in South- clip this form to your letter. ern Asia: Roy F. Williams, Mail to: Review and Herald Publishing Asso- General Conference associate ciation, 6856 Eastern Avenue NW., Washing- ton, D.C. 20212. secretary, reports a number of To subscribe, check the appropriate boxes staff changes in the Southern below, print your name and address clearly, and mail this form with your payment to your Asia Division. Vedamuthu Adventist Book Center. Prices subject to Benjamin, division auditor; change without notice. K. G. George, treasurer, New subscription Renew my present subscription Central India Union; W. H. ❑ One year (US$21.95) Mattison, president, South Single copy 65 cents India Union; K. P. Philip, Visiting member in Surinam raises manager of the National A

Home and Health Service; R. tt church's entire Ingathering goal D. Riches, president, North- •z. ach l alum d) The Paramaribo South church in Surinam has reached dou- ern Union; R. S. Shinge, ab el ble its Ingathering goal because of a visitor, Mrs. Helder- president, Central India eal h ere Boetzer (right), who alone raised more than the goal for the Union; J. Willmott, division d as uri or entire church. assistant secretary. (l When Mrs. Helder-Boetzer, of Curacao, visited her native Died: Esther P. Varney, on pri Surinam recently she found the Paramaribo South church in a July 10 in Loma Linda, Cali- nt ol

busy program. While the men were working on the new church fornia. Her husband, F. d

building, the women were doing the Ingathering. Curtis Varney, worked in add "There is no reason why I can't work for the Lord wherever South America from 1916 to res I am," she decided, and on her way to the market each 1929. s: morning she Ingathered. In the afternoons between four o'clock and seven o'clock she Ingathered in shops, restaurants, and on busy sidewalks. "Even little children like to give what they can, and I enjoy Week of Prayer passing out the friendship issue of The Sentinel," she says. Charles Williams, president and lay activities director of the messages on tape Surinam Mission, says, "We are thankful for the enthusiasm For the first time the Week the members in Surinam have shown for the Ingathering of Prayer messages for chil- campaign this year and for what has been accomplished thus dren, as well as adults, are far." JOHN A. LUPPENS available on cassette tapes Communication Director through the ASPIRE Tape of Surinam Mission the Month Club sponsored by

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