stry i960 AN EASTERN university there is a tomb of a man and wife who were both professors of astronomy in that university, and the inscription on their tomb is this: "We have loved the stars too dearly to be fearful of the night." What a story that tells of their life together, about the major interest of their life, and about their attitude toward the mysteries that are not yet revealed. If we change just one word in it, it could be the inscription for many a Christian life: "We have loved God too dearly to be fearful of the night."

"Every step of faith and obedience brings the soul into closer connection with the Light of the world, in whom ©there is no darkness at all.© The bright beams of the Sun of Righteousness shine upon the servants of God, and they are to reflect His rays. As the stars tell us that there is a great light in heaven with whose glory they are made bright, so Christians are to make it manifest that there is a God on the throne of the universe whose character is worthy of praise and imitation. The graces of His Spirit, the purity and holiness of His character, will be manifest in His witnesses." The Great Controversy, p. 476.

5gSg Official Journal of the Ministerial Association of Seventh-day Adventlsts

VOLUME XXXIII JUNE, 1960 No. 6

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Circulation Manager Our Cover WALTER SCHUBERT E. EARL CLEVELAND, Assistant At times in major mountaineering men reach a point from which they cannot return. They must climb upward or crash Overseas Contributors and die. There is something about the Christian life that de mands continuance in the upward way, and it is expressed GEORGE BURNSIDE Australia under various similes. A man cannot plow straight in the fur ERWIN BERNER Central Europe row of life if he looks back. Paul insisted that we must press J. R. SPANGLER Far East onward incessantly if we would win the prize (Phil. 3:14). We H. J. WESTPHAL Inter-America must press the battle to the gates, we must wrestle and resist WAYNE E. OLSON Middle East and endure to the end. This is not inconsistent with the doc ODD JORDAL Northern Europe trine of faith and trust in God, for His grace is to enable the ENOCH OLIVEIRA South America saints in their onward march, or their upward climb: S. G. MAXWELL Southern Africa A Swiss guide©s epitaph "he died climbing" inspired J. F. ASHLOCK Southern Asia Amy Carmichael©s "The Last Defile": G. CUPERTINO Southern Europe "Make us Thy mountaineers; We would not linger on the lower slope, Fill us afresh xvith hope, O God of Hope, That undefeated we may climb the hill Editorial Office: 6840 Eastern Avenue, NW. As seeing Him who is invisible. Washington, D.C. Printed and published monthly for the Min "Let us die climbing. When this little while isterial Association of Seventh-day Adventists Lies far behind us, and the last defile by the Review and Herald Publishing Associa Is all alight, and in that light we see tion, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. $4.00 a year; 40c a copy. Add 25c for yearly subscrip Our Leader and our Lord, what will it be?" tions to countries requiring extra postage. Second-class postage paid at Washington, D.C. Cover Picture: A. Devaney JUNE,1960 The Law* in Adventist Theology and Christian Experience EDWARD HEPPENSTALL Professoi of Systematic Theology, Andrews University

N<|O BIBLICAL truth is more under the law©s jurisdiction." "For as many as important than that which are of the works of the law are under the curse" deals with the relationship of the (Gal. 3:10). The meaning here is that one is law and the gospel, and it is im subject to the curse, with no escape from it. perative that we know the full Paul says in Romans 7:14: "But I am carnal, revelation of God on this sub sold under sin," that is, in slavery to, under the ject. Walter R. Martin, in his dominion and power of. disagreement with the Adventist Biblical Meanings of the Phrase "Under Law" position, is unequivocal. These two positions are diametrically opposed to each other. Only "Under law," as used in the New Testament, one of these can be true. does not always have the same meaning. There In his book The Truth About Seventh-day are two principal uses of the term. Adventism we read: "We admire the desire of The first is in Galatians 3:23-25: "But before our Adventist brethren to obey the command faith came, we were kept under the law, shut ments of God; but we ask, what commandments? up unto the faith which should afterwards be If they answer ©The Decalogue,© we reject their revealed. . . . But after that faith is come, we are effort to bring us under bondage, for we ©are not no longer under a schoolmaster." "Under law" under the law, but under grace.© " Page 201. in Galatians can be understood only in light of And again on page 203: "The concept of Law the context. Several points should be kept in in Seventh-day Adventism, then, leads them to mind: the un-Biblical and at times legalistic position 1. There is a time element involved, where that although they are ©under grace,© by failing one is said to be "no longer under law." This to ©keep the commandments© they are in danger point of time is the coming of Christ in history: of coming ©under law© again." "Till the seed should come" (Gal. 3:19); "before This emphatic opposition to the idea that the faith [the gospel in Christ] came" (verse 23); the Ten Commandments have any further claims verb is in the aorist tense, indicating single upon the believer demands a clear answer. action at a point in time; "after that faith is He believes that if the Christian is under obliga come" (verse 25); "under tutors and governors tion to keep these commandments, he is there until the time appointed of the father. . . . But fore "under law." And since "under law" is the when the fulness of the time was come, God mark of one who has not yet appropriated and sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made experienced the grace of Christ, then such pro under the law" (chap. 4:2-4). fessing Christians are living contrary to the From these scriptures a change in relation to Word of God, and "under bondage," guilty of law with the coming of Christ is definitely indi Pharisaism or legalism. He assumes that such cated. One cannot dismiss the time factor by scriptures as Romans 6:14; 7:1, 4; Galatians 3: saying that this applies merely to one©s personal 23-25 support his prior position on the law. experience. The use of the word faith in these A careful understanding of the words, terms, verses is preceded by the definite article in the and arguments used in these passages is essential Greek, meaning "the faith." It cannot, therefore, to any proper interpretation. In the Greek the refer to the quality of faith in human experi word for "under" is hupo (UJTO). It carries with ence, but "the faith" or the gospel as fully re it the meaning of "in subjection to, subject to vealed with the coming of Christ. the dominion of, under the power or control of, 2. The scope of the term "under law" in this passage has particular reference to the jurisdic * The word law (Heb. torah) includes all of God©s re tion of law in the Jewish economy. When the vealed will, not merely the Ten Commandments. The expres sion "the law and the prophets©3 (Matt, 7:12) indicates a Scripture says Christ was "made under the law" twofold division of the Old Testament Scriptures. A more (Gal. 4:4), it means that He was born under common division amons; the Jews was threefold: the Law, the Prophets, and the Psalms (Luke 24:44). the Jewish system. In 1 Corinthians 9:20, 21 THE MINISTRY Paul says that in order to become all things to ments, statutes, objective requirements, set over all men, both Jews and Gentiles, he is willing against him. Law was not the ultimate revela to work under the system or jurisdiction of tion of God to sinful man, but it pointed to that either one: "And unto the Jews I became as a ultimate revelation in Christ. Without this com Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that ing of Christ the law would have no meaning are under the law, as under the law, that I might and no saving message from God. This period gain them that are under the law." Paul will until the coming of Christ is thus spoken of as obey every reasonable regulation of the Jewish being "under tutors and governors until the system in order to win them. He did this when time appointed of the father" (Gal. 4:2). This he returned to Jerusalem for the last time. In was a period of restricted knowledge of God, of endeavoring to satisfy the demands of some of truth, of the work of the Holy Spirit, and of the Jewish brethren he sponsored believers who God©s answer to the sin problem. had taken a Nazirite vow and went into the "And the times of this ignorance God winked Temple with them, which was a factor in his at; but now commandeth all men every where to arrest and imprisonment. In doing this he repent: because he hath appointed a day, in the placed himself "under law [i.e., under jurisdic which he will judge the world in righteousness tion]." Paul could not possibly mean "under by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof legaiism," or under bondage spiritually, for this he hath given assurance unto all men, in that would be a denial of his very gospel. he hath raised him from the dead" (Acts 17: In working for the Gentiles he says: "To 30, 31). them that are without law, as without law." Paul The restricted or limited knowledge of God©s does not mean that he will now live as they redemptive work and solution to the sin prob live, in terms of lawlessness; but he is willing to lem is contrasted with the new covenant in live under their system and jurisdiction in order Christ: "For this is the covenant that I will make to win them. Missionaries do this when they with the house of Israel after those days, saith must live in new countries and under another the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, type of culture and way of life. and write them in their hearts: and I will be to 3. Just what does "under law" as used in this them a God, and they shall be to me a people: passage actually mean? In Galatians 3:24 Paul and they shall not teach every man his neigh writes: "Wherefore the law was our school bour, and every man his brother, saying, Know master to bring us unto Christ." "To bring us" the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least is not in the Greek, but the preposition "eis" to the greatest" (Heb. 8:10, 11). (elg), meaning "with a view to." The passage "And this is life eternal, that they might should read then: "The law was our school know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, master with a view to the coming of Christ." The whom thou hast sent" (John 17:3). entire law, including both moral and ceremonial The distinction between Old and New Testa aspects, revealed by God, existed with a view to ment is not one of disagreement or opposition, the coming of Christ at that supreme moment but one of progressive revelation towards the in history. The law was intended by God to keep fullness of time witnessed by all the law and the before the minds of Israel and men everywhere prophets, when the Son of God would become that the real meaning and purpose of the law incarnate in the flesh, and the Redeemer of lay in the full and final revelation when Christ mankind. would come to this world. 4. What was God©s purpose of "under law" Up until then the law acted as a schoolmaster in this jurisdictional sense? Principally twofold: or tutor. With the coming of Christ they no First, to give sin the character of transgression longer needed the law for this historical func (Gal. 3:19). The Greek word parabasis, as dis- tion. Thus, before the cross they were "shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be re vealed" (Gal. 3:23). Prior to the entrance of sin Adam had direct In this issue we print the first of a series access to God, face to face communion. With the of articles discussing certain doctrinal dif ferences between those of Seventh-day entrance of sin this personal access was changed. Adventists and those presented in the re Sin separated him from direct contact with God. cent book "The Truth About Seventh-day From that day until the cross, God no longer Adventism," by Walter R. Martin. Other confronted man as before. Instead of the actual articles will appear in subsequent issues. visible presence, God revealed His will in terms EDITORS of law. Man now stands under a jurisdiction of law, a revelation of God©s will in command- JUNE,1960 tinct from hamartia, makes sin to be transgres law to point forward to some future time when sion against the revealed and known will of sins will be expiated, when the redemption God, against a codified law; therefore, all sin price will be paid. No, it has been done. is against God, against His personal will, and This historical achievement of Christ is the not against some human standard. This the center of the hopes of all men. To this the Jew psalmist understood when he said. "Against ish system with its revelation of law pointed. thee, thee only, have I sinned" (Ps. 51:4). In their thinking the Jews separated Christ from the law. They put a "veil" over their minds so that they could not see Christ (2 Cor. 3:14-18). Consequently, they made the law an end in Jesus cannot be our Savior unless He is first itself. Their history is one long record of legal- our Lord.—Hugh C. Burr. ism. The Jews were given a codified law, but this did not make them legalists. They lived under the jurisdiction of law, but this did not Second, the law not only gave sin the charac in itself make them pharisaical. Their failure to ter of rebellion against a personal God but keep Christ in view led to the perversion of law. showed that forgiveness comes alone from God, The law as God gave it was no perversion, nor and taught men the need for a Saviour, to look was it legalistic. The law was the paternal reve for a Redeemer in point of time. Until the cross lation of God©s will to be magnified to the full the race of men was legally under condemna with the coming of Christ. tion; from a judicial point of view all were Walter Martin fails completely to distinguish lost until the debt of sin was paid at Calvary. between the proper and improper function of The sacrificial system pointed forward to that the law. This has led him into devious paths and moment. The sacrifices were not the answer to a wholly false interpretation. the sin problem. They expiated no sin. They The second use of "under law" lays particular "can never take away sins" (Heb. 10:11). It is stress upon the experimental aspect of it. In apparent at once that in any court of justice the Romans 6 and 7 Paul shows that the Christian death of an animal could never pay for the does not live either under the dominion of sin killing of man, or expiate that sin. God never or under the dominion of law. intended that the blood of animals could either In Romans 6 the Christian is freed from the pay the price of sin or redeem man. dominion of sin: "Let not sin therefore reign. Hence, when God gave the law with a view . . . For sin shall not have dominion over you: to foreshadowing Christ, He had in mind this for ye are not under the law, but under grace historical moment when the debt of sin would (verses 12-14). The law reveals how real is the be paid (Col. 2:14, 15) and the redemption of dominion of sin. "The strength of sin is the lost man actually accomplished. The moral law law" (1 Cor. 15:56). The only way of escape is made escape impossible apart from the initiative and act of God at the cross; the moral law made sin appear for what it was, placing the whole It is only the fear of God that can deliver us race "under sin" (Gal. 3:22). The ceremonial from the fear of man.—Witherspoon. features of the torah, or the law, were in reality the gospel in the Old Testament, and complemented the moral law, in that without by death. "How shall we, that are dead to sin, it the case of man would have appeared com live any longer therein?" (Rom. 6:2). "He that pletely hopeless. is dead is freed from sin" (verse 7). A life Thus the law made the coming of Christ as "under grace" frees the believer from sin©s do the deliverer absolutely essential. It is this com minion. ing that is Paul©s concern in Galatians 3. The In Romans 7 we find that the believer must cross is the redemption of all men; sinners are also obtain freedom from the dominion of law. no longer "under the curse." They are a re "The law hath dominion over a man as long as deemed race legally (Gal. 3:13; aorist). Thus he liveth" (verse 1). The dominion of law is the the law acted as a tutor with the comino- of same as "under law." t5 Christ in view. It is this function that ceases at In reading this chapter through, the condemn the cross. Law no longer acts as a tutor with ing power of the law over the "flesh," that is, Christ in view in terms of time. Christ has come. the carnal nature, is apparent. Paul sees no pos Christ has borne our sins. Christ has redeemed sibility apart from Christ of escape from this us. This is no longer a possibility, a hope to be controlling, condemning power of the law. Paul realized. It is an actuality. We do not need the recognizes the divine function of law in making THE MINISTRY sin "exceeding sinful" (verse 13), and confesses ments is obvious, since he quotes from the that the "law is spiritual" (verse 14). Paul cries tenth commandment in verse 7; that com out for deliverance from this dominion. Deliver mandment which exposes the seat of sin within ance comes as he exclaims: "I thank God him. through Jesus Christ our Lord." "There is there There is not the slightest hint of any change fore now no condemnation to them which are in the law, in its operation, and its claim upon in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but the individual. But that there is a change some after the Spirit" (chaps. 7:25; 8:1). How did where no one can doubt; that change is in the Paul escape from the dominion of law, that is, believer. The believer dies with Christ and rises from "under law"? He had to die to the sinful to live with Christ. Certainly there is a change nature. "Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are in the believer©s relation to the law. What is this become dead to the law by the body of Christ; change? Does he now disregard the law? Does he that ye should be married to another, even to now dispense with it? Does he make the law him who is raised from the dead" (chap. 7:4). void? Does Paul support Martin©s contention The part that dies to law, however, or to the that the law of God is no longer binding upon dominion of law, is not the inner or new man, the believer? No! Where hitherto he had found but "the flesh," described in Romans 7:1-3 as himself with "enmity against the law of God," the first husband or the "old man" of sin. Death under its power and condemnation, he now finds of the first "husband" is the only way to escape himself in harmony with it. And in this new from the dominion of sin and the dominion of life in Christ he exclaims: "I delight in the law law. This carnal nature will not and cannot of God after the inward man." conform to the law of God. "The carnal mind is Paul is very emphatic in maintaining the in enmity against God: for it is not subject to the tegrity of the law of God. Every time there is law of God, neither indeed can be" (chap. 8:7). the slightest possibility that his hearers might The law condemns that nature which refuses conclude there is any change in the law he to be subject to it. It has no other choice. cries out, "God forbid." "Do we then make void But there is another part of Paul, the new the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we es man in Christ, which does not feel this way at tablish the law" (Rom. 3:31; 7:7; Gal. 3:21). all about the law of God. On the contrary, Paul Paul©s concern regarding the law of God says: "I delight in the law of God after the in makes him cry out not against the law, but ward man" (Rom. 7:22). This is the new man against that part of himself that is not subject in Christ, the Christian. This new man is in to the law of God the old sinful nature harmony with the law of God because he is born (Rom. 7:24). Unfortunately, we find Martin of God. crying out against the law of God. The differ Thus it is clear that the carnal nature of ence is decisive. To fail to understand the sim man has no other choice but to come under ple difference between "law" as the revela the dominion of both sin and the law; that as tion of God©s will and "under law" as man©s long as this carnal nature is permitted expres life situation in the flesh when brought under sion in the life, this will be its experience in re its dominion, is tragic. It seems incredible that lation to the law of God. The Christian must a man who claims to be a serious student of learn to "mortify the deeds of the body" (Rom. the Bible should be guilty of such gross misin 8:13). He must choose one of two things: The terpretation. But the worst tragedy is that many dominion of law or the dominion of Christ. As who will read his book will probably believe it. a Christian, Paul recognizes the seriousness of this choice when he sums up the nature of the The Believer©s Relation to the Law of God conflict and the possibility of living "under law" Paul makes very clear in 1 Corinthians 9:20, or "under grace." "So then with the mind I 21 just what the believer©s relation to the law is. myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh He says: "Being not without law to God, but the law of sin" (chap. 7:25). That Paul has in under the law to Christ." The phrase "under mind the Law including the Ten Command the law" in this passage is an unfortunate trans-

THE BIBLE FINDS ME

C. In the Bible there is more that finds me than I have experienced in all other books put together; the words of the Bible find me at greater depths of my being; and what ever finds me brings with it an irresistible evidence of its having proceeded from the Holy Spirit.—Samuel Taylor Coleridge. JUNE, 1960 lation. In the Greek, Paul uses not hupo but is to give the Christian a passion for righteous ennomos, which means "in law" to Christ. ness, a passion for obedience to God©s revealed It is at this point that Christians should dis will both in the Old and the New Testament, tinguish between law in the Christian life and not out of the pressure of law, but out of this the "under law" experience. Rashly to conclude new relationship to Christ (Rom. 7:6). that to escape from "under law" is to be free from "law" is to fail to comprehend the very The Relationship of Love and Law basis of the apostle©s argument. Adventists firmly The most tragic and pitiful effort of Martin to assert that the Christian must be free from do away with the Decalogue, however, is his sep "under law," for he is no longer under its do aration of love and law. minion, its power of condemnation and judg On page 203 of his book, he writes: "The ment. He stands with Paul "in law" to Christ. great foundational moral law of the universe is What Paul is saying here is that as far as the therefore declared to be unchanging love. This is vastly different from the national or Mosaic law given only to Israel. That law was designed If idleness does not produce vice or ma to be fulfilled, even though it was based upon levolence, it commonly produces melancholy. the eternal principles of the moral character of Sydney Smith. God. And when its fulfillment did take place and the character of God was imputed to the believer and imparted to his life by the power Life is a quarry, out of which we are to mold of the indwelling Spirit, the entire Mosaic sys and chisel and complete a character. Goethe. tem passed away; but the eternal principle, its foundation, remained, and is operative today as the law of love, the supreme ©commandment© Christian©s relationship to God©s law is con and the only ©law© under which the Christian is cerned, it is entirely dependent upon his rela to live." tionship to Christ. If his relationship to Christ He goes to great lengths to stress the position is not right, then his relationship to the law is of some who draw a sharp line of distinction be also wrong. Without Christ, without becoming tween the moral law and the law of Moses. But united or married to Christ, he must come his confusion of law and love is a far more "under" the dominion of the law. But when serious deviation from the Scriptures. united with Christ, the relationship is no longer On page 200 he quotes Luke 10:25-28, with one of the dominion of law, but "in law." This Christ©s answer to the lawyer©s inquiry regarding places the law in its rightful place. the way to eternal life as the law of love. Note Christ came to "magnify the law, and make the statement: "Clearly, the Lord Jesus did not it honourable" (Isa. 42:21). He magnifies it; He subscribe to the Seventh-day Adventist view that is not a substitution for it. To construe that one ©commandment-keeping means keeping all of having been saved from "under law" no longer the Ten Commandments,© none of which He needs the law of God, is to take a position en mentions in this passage. Christ did not say, tirely contrary to the Word of God. For Paul ©Keep the Ten Commandments, especially the declares: "He is not without law, but in law fourth one, and thou shall live.© He said, in ef to Christ." To be "in law" to Christ means to fect, ©Obey the law of love upon which all the have a heart and mind and will that are no law and the prophets rest, and thou shall live.© " longer at variance with the divine will as re But why does this writer not include Christ©s vealed in all the Scriptures, including the Deca answer to an identical question in Mark 10:17- logue. It is just this enmity against the Deca 22 by the rich young ruler? Here Christ quotes logue that is changed. This "in law" to Christ from the Ten Commandments, and says exactly is identical with Paul©s affirmation in Romans what Walter Martin claims He did not say. Why 7:22, "I delight in the law of God after the in did not Jesus give the same answer here that He ward man." Paul says that we are "married" to gave to the lawyer? Did Jesus have two sets of Christ, the second "husband" (verse 4), not to commandments or just one? The very obvious be free from the law, but free from its dominion. and simple truth is thai Jesus knew of no sepa Paul knows only one way of coming into har ration between law and love. Any reference to mony with the law of God that is by coming the revealed law of God, whether in the frame into union with Christ. Then "the righteousness work of the Ten Commandments or of ihe iwo of the law" is "fulfilled in us, who walk not greal principles of love, proceeds from ihe com after the flesh, but after the Spirit" (chap. 8:4). plete unity that Christ insists upon in Matihew What the "in law" relationship to Christ does 22:36-40: "Master, which is the great command- THE MINISTRY merit in the law? Jesus said unto him, Thou shall love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, MINISTRY INDEX IN PREPARATION and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. Work is in preparation on a comprehensive sub This is the first and great commandment. And ject index of The Ministry, going back to 1928, the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy when this workers© journal was first published. The neighbour as thyself. On these two command tune involved is considerable. If some of our readers ments hang all the law and the prophets." The have prepared a subject index for any of the years, term "law" here refers to the Pentateuch, which we would like to correspond with them, as it may save us some time. Address Editorial Office, The includes the Decalogue. Jesus says that "the law" Ministry, Takoma Park, Washington 12, B.C. and the two great principles belong together. To take any other position is to be at complete variance with that of our Lord. Furthermore, on page 193 we find the author love. Moses knew nothing of any fictitious sepa declaring that in the fulfillment by Christ of ration between love and law that Martin sets the law, the Lord Jesus Christ "instituted the forth. For any man to be in disagreement with universal principle of divine love as the fulfill Christ, with Moses, and with Paul is tragic ment of every aspect and function of the law." indeed. But how could anyone make "the law" as em Jesus in His Sermon on the Mount knew of bodied in the Pentateuch or the Old Testament no separation between love and law. His spirit belong to the period before Christ, and the uni ual interpretation of the Ten Commandments versal principle of divine love to the New Testa is the eternal position of God. Christ sets forth ment period? In Luke 10:25-28 the same lawyer the true spiritual meaning as contrasted with the is indicated as the one giving the answer to his externalism of the Jews. What Christ is seek own question. It was the lawyer himself who ing to change are the people to whom He repeated the two great principles of love in originally gave the commandments. Christ is reply to Christ©s searching question. How did he saying that only in the framework and under know them so well? Because they were part of the experience of love to God and man do the the one law given to Moses and to the Jews from Ten Commandments have any power or vitality. the very beginning. Listen to Moses as he quotes A careful reading of the Bible reveals that the law in Deuteronomy 6:4, 5, the Shema or there are numerous written expressions of the creed to be repeated every Sabbath day: "Hear, will of God. The Sermon on the Mount is one O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord. And of them. The New Testament is just as spe thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine cific on this point as the Old Testament. It heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy seems that Martin wants just one law, "the law might. And these words, which I command thee of love." He wants nothing in the form of a this day, shall be in thine heart: and thou shalt written code such as given to Moses. Then why teach them diligently unto thy children, and stop with the Ten Commandments? From the shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine point of view of obedience, the two great com mandments are no easier to keep than are the ten. To change the law, to insist on the elim The rung of a ladder was never meant to rest ination of a codified law given to Moses, does upon, but only to hold a man's foot long not help whatsoever. Is it just the Decalogue enough to enable him to put the other some that creates a problem for the experience of the what higher.—Thomas Huxley. believer? The Decalogue, including the law of Moses, cannot be cut out of the Bible and set aside by itself while the commandments of love house, and when thou walkest by the way, and remain in force. Either all must go or all must when thou liest down, and when thou risest up." remain. No clearer instruction on the "supreme com Love is first a gift, the gift of God, not a law. mandment" is found anywhere in the whole In Jesus Christ we learn that in the gift of His Bible. This "supreme commandment" of love Son we are loved supremely by God/It is this was the governing principle, the foundational love that creates oneness, the unity of all law. It principle, of the Mosaic law as it is of the entire is love that sets forth God©s will whether ex Bible. pressed in the Ten Commandments, the Sermon In the previous chapter, Deuteronomy 5, on the Mount, or any of the other revelations of Moses had just repeated to the people again God©s will. Each is a revelation of God©s great the ten commandments of the Decalogue. He heart of love. What we all need to see is that follows this up with the great commandment on the laws of God are not arbitrary. God requires JUNE,1960 of us obedience to all His commandments, not because He wants to exercise authority as the NOTICE Supreme Being in the universe but because God A Seminary student would like to obtain one copy Himself is like that: every commandment of of The Ministry for October, 1942. Anyone who has God is the expression of love for His creatures. a copy to spare, please notify The Ministry. God does not change. It is in the experience of oneness with God that all of God©s requirements have meaning and power for His creatures. The law of God is a revealed law; it is not We do not eliminate or abrogate the law in produced by man. It is not the product of hu order to become free men, to escape bondage. It man findings and human struggles toward the is the center of our devotion that counts, the light. The Decalogue is not a product of its day, lordship of Christ, not the dominion of law. nor is the Sermon on the Mount a product of "If ye love me, keep my commandments" (John the local culture of Christ©s time. The law of 14:15). God wherever and whenever it is found in the To live by love means that a man is saved, not Bible is never a set of mores belonging to the by the right creed in either the Old Testament moral order which that particular society de or the New, not by the right law, but saved veloped or changed, either by time or by cir when his heart is right, when he has come into cumstances. God©s law is the law of His king the love relationship with God. This is the test dom. of all true religion. The law of God as well as the gospel tests all What Christ, Moses, and Paul are saying is human laws, and all human manipulations of that obedience to the law of God cannot be His laws, and all human systems of salvation. commanded upon the old sinful nature and get God©s will is the judgment of all other laws. an obedient response. No conscious choice of There is nothing relative about God©s law. This any law from God, even the two great command is true of the entire revelation of God in His ments, can be imposed from without. This Word. comes alone from being a new man in Christ, The moment a man seeks to submit his life the beloved of the Lord, the bride of Christ. to the truth of the Bible, to do the will of God, he finds that obedience to God cannot possibly The Law of God or the Standards of Men be done within the framework of human pres The conflict today is between the law of God sure, human systems, human interpretations, and the laws of men. There are systems of and abstract law. It can be done only in a love morality in the world today, also in other re relationship to Christ, with a deep sense that ligions and other cultures, which grow out of all sin is against God. This loving obedience is their own cultures and are a form of self-discov the opposite of all pressure of society, human ery. The same is true with the religious stand laws, and governments. In the joyful restoration ards set up by men. They are not the laws of to acceptance and fellowship with God the be God, because they come not by revelation in His liever comes into the glad liberty of God©s chil infallible Word but wholly from the creations dren and grateful obedience to God©s revealed of man©s own thinking and the perversities of will in His Word. man©s mind and heart. These systems may ap Such a standard of righteousness cannot pos pear to have much that is desirable. They may sibly be changed. It cannot be thought of as come so close to the genuine revelation from varying with the times. The standard of God©s God that it is hard to distinguish between them law demands it be seen, understood, and ac except by the Holy Scriptures. They aim at the cepted in the framework of God©s love revealed development of man. They propose to make in Christ. The law of God can be obeyed only man religious. Plato and Aristotle had their sys within the framework of a radical Christ-cen tems; so did Immanuel Kant and almost all the tered way of life. The great tragedy of the philosophers. But they simply produced a hu Christian church and of our time lies in two manistic morality and religion with claims to a extremes. The first is the result of the self- way of salvation apart from that of the Bible. centeredness of man. Man is born loving him-

PROMOTING HIS GLORY C. I will place no value on anything I have or may possess, except in its relation to the kingdom of Christ. If anything I have will advance the interest of that kingdom, it shall be given up or kept, as by keeping or giving it I shall most promote the glory of Him to whom I owe all my hopes, both of time and eternity. May grace be given me to adhere to this.—David Livingstone. 10 THE MINISTRY self alone. He makes the moral law of God an the word of God of none effect through your end in itself rather than an expression of a new tradition, which ye have delivered" (Mark 7:7, relationship to God. In doing this he becomes 9-13). guilty of legalism. This has been the besetting In pointing to the Decalogue nothing could sin and failure of the Jews throughout their his be clearer than Christ©s condemnation of the tory. This is the rational treatment of God©s law man who interprets even one of the command as applied to the natural man. The other ex ments so as to make His law of none effect. treme is that which swings the pendulum and Seventh-day Adventists stand firm at this believes that the Decalogue no longer has any point. We reject both extremes. We refuse em claim upon the Christian. The word of our Lord phatically to reduce the law of God either to is right to the point: some vague feeling in the heart, or to something "Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teach outside of one©s personal relationship to God. ing for doctrines the commandments of men.. .. Seventh-day Adventists believe that man has no Full well ye reject the commandment of God, inherent worth by any system of morality. Our that ye may keep your own tradition. For Moses salvation is solely within the realm of God©s said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, sovereign grace. As believers in salvation by Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die grace alone, what life expression are we to give the death: but ye say, If a man shall say to his to the concept of being alive unto God? Is it father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a not the expression of saying with Paul: "I de gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by light in the law of God after the inward man," me; he shall be free. And ye suffer him no more and with Christ: "I delight to do thy will, O my to do ought for his father or his mother; making God: yea, thy law is within my heart"?

EDITORIAL

The Sacredness and High Calling of the Ministry

OWARD the end of a wonderful min proud of the fact, that my three sons did Tisterial institute a handsome young not repeat my mistake. If I could live my minister said to me: "The instruction re life over again with the experience I now ceived during this week has rekindled in have, I would not enter denominational me the old conviction of the honor of being work.© " an ambassador for Christ. I have now deter This young minister continued: "I was mined to stay in the ministry permanently. constantly on the verge of handing in my I have been a district leader for three years, resignation, but now I am determined to be but I was never quite sure whether it was a soldier of Christ until the work is finished. the right thing for me to do. Before I went The question is settled now once for all." to college I was positive that I was called by "The greatest work, the noblest effort, in the Holy Spirit to the work of the ministry, which men can engage, is to point sinners but in my senior year the Bible teacher dis to the Lamb of God." Gospel Workers, p. couraged me and tried to persuade me to 18. Therefore, loyalty to Christ©s work and prepare for a lucrative profession, a career to His chosen ministry ought to be the outside our organized work. This teacher main attribute of every minister in the dif said: ©I have regretted many times that I ferent branches of denominational work. It ever entered denominational work, espe is a great satisfaction that practically all cially in the ministry. I am thankful, and our ministers and Bible professors are loyal JUNE, 1960 11 Christians who esteem it a great honor that noble lifework, and bringing people to a the brethren "laid their hands upon them," knowledge of the truth, and therefore they dedicating them to the greatest and noblest decided to surrender their lives and poten work of soul winning. Although the salary tial ministerial abilities to the service of may be small and the world does not honor their Master also. nor recognize them, in the sight of Heaven It must be acknowledged that not all they are the greatest. They also will en ministers© sons are called to the ministry by courage our gifted young men and women God, because Heaven may have bestowecl who are good speakers and have a basic ap upon them other gifts enabling them to be preciation and love for people, and who come medical doctors, teachers, farmers, ac are convinced they are called by the Lord, countants, et cetera. But these, too, can to prepare for the all-important task of testify to the love of Christ in their respec soul winning. tive professions or work. It is true that professors in the Bible de He who thinks lightly of or speaks against partment and other qualified men will the ministry challenges the Lord©s wisdom sometimes have to advise young men not to in saving the world by the "foolishness of enter the ministry when it is apparent they preaching" the gospel of salvation. Let us do not have the qualities necessary to make honor our God-given ministry in our pri successful soul winners. But it is grieving vate lives, around the family altar, and in to the Holy Spirit when a humble, talented the church, so that our calling may be young man who has been blessed by God exalted before the world, and a great har with all the necessary qualifications to vest of souls may be gathered in. make a powerful soul winner is persuaded WALTER SCHUBERT to use his gifts in studying for a more re munerative profession. "Let every Chris tian educator . . . encourage and assist the Letters to the Editor youth under his care in gaining a prepara tion to join the ranks." Education, p. 271, (Continued from page IS] It is a source of joy that our educators in could be done prior to their retirement that would academies and colleges are inspiring our be all the better. There is a rapidly growing re young students to prepare to respond to tired minister list a great potential reservoir of soul-winning ability which is not being used. overseas mission calls which require a spirit Truly, the soldier of the cross must remain in of sacrifice and adventure for the Lord. the warfare for the kingdom of God. While some Young people of that type are the hope of change of occupation is imperative for health rea the church. sons, the gospel worker canot take off the armor It is gratifying to see all over the world of service without facing the day when he will have scores of ministers© and missionaries© chil to give an account of his stewardship at the judg dren following in the steps of their devoted ment bar of Christ. His responsibilities will taper off as infirmities and lessening strength must be Christian parents and preaching the gospel considered; but then his brethren will lighten the of grace. This indicates that these children load and cheer him on. were so convinced of the value of their par While eventually each worker will end his life©s ents© mission that they decided to follow in career as a church member, he will be happiest their steps. while remaining close to his fellow believers. Never A few months ago in Turin, Italy, I wit should he become the responsibility of his non- Adventist relatives. Those who can spend their nessed a sight that made an indelible im sunset years in the midst of believing kinfolk are pression upon my mind. Elder G. Cuper- most fortunate; but life does not provide the same tino, secretary of the Ministerial Associa privileges for all. Therefore the church is privileged tion of the Southern European Division, to place its loving and sheltering arms around and his wife were surrounded by their three these valiants of the cross. sons, all of them ministers in the Italian Ministers who retire now with forty years of de Mission. How happy those parents were! nominational service and with Social Security status, The entire family in the work! Those par receive a total payment that is adequate for normal needs. The retired man should be happy to do ents did not regret being messengers of what he can for God as a labor of love. As one Christ. Surely in their childhood those who is on the retired list, I can testify that I am three young men must have witnessed the happier now in continuing to preach and assist wonderful work their parents were doing at workers© meetings and evangelistic campaigns, in helping the needy, caring for the sick as a labor of love, than when I was on the regular and shut-ins, encouraging the youth to a list. JOHN L. SHULER 12 THE MINISTRY Union or Unity EDWARD E. WHITE Educational and Religious Liberty Secretary, Australasian Division

I HE Seventh-day Adventist cess a united church would presumably * Church holds some doc have on the millions who do not profess trines which distinguish it Christianity. markedly from other denomi As well as general talks, which were open nations and which tend to a to the public, there were two other main form of exclusiveness that is features of the conference, namely Bible foreign to a people with study and commissions on specific topics. worldwide interests. There All the studies, commissions, and general are many sincere Christians in other com discussions were conducted in a friendly, munions, and it is in the best interest of the brotherly spirit and the doctrinal differ church that we mingle with them whenever ences that divide so many communions possible, without, of course, compromising were hardly mentioned until the very last our faith. Accordingly, when after initial day. contacts a suggestion came to send an ob The Bible study consisted of six studies server to a National Conference of on the First Epistle of Peter, each followed Churches organized by the Australian by group study and discussion on the same Council for the World Council of theme, wherein groups of about twelve or Churches, the division committee decided more studied silently for half an hour and to send one. As a people we have preached then shared their thoughts for the next a great deal about the union of churches hour. A study booklet with suggested ques and the religious revival preceding the sec tions for discussion had. been circulated to ond advent of our Lord, so here was an op all delegates and observers a few weeks be portunity to see history made and possibly fore the conference opened. prophecy fulfilled! The five commissions had as their special The conference met in Melbourne from themes February 2 to 11 and was followed by a 1. The Authority of the Word of God. church union consultation on the 12th. The members of this group formed into There were more than 400 delegates repre subgroups, studied the reason for, and the senting 16 denominations participating, scope of, the authority of the Scriptures. and 3 denominations observing. The pre Their final report to a full session of the dominating group, approximately one conference was unanimously accepted, but third of the total, were from the Church of it contained many phrases that were capa England, one fifth were Methodist, another ble of double interpretation, and it would fifth Presbyterian; Congregational and be far from the truth to say that all be Church of Christ each had about 5 per cent lieved the Scriptures to be divinely inspired of the total. The main purpose of the con and that they were the sole rule of faith ference was to give the various church bod and practice. In the discussions it was evi ies with their differing faiths opportunity dent that the Bible, as interpreted by the to confer on such matters as would affect a church concerned, was the authority, thus possible unity, in view of the greater suc- giving added point to the statement in The Great Controversy, page 596: WhJle Seventh-day Adventists are not members of various "Though the Reformation gave the Scriptures to ecumenical bodies, we do attend as observers, believing that it is our duty to keep informed as to the latest religious move all, yet the self-same principle which was main ments, and to join in any witness for Christ that does not tained by Rome prevents multitudes in Protestant compromise our special beliefs. It is also sometimes possible to speak in opposition to trends that we do not like. churches from searching the Bible for themselves. Dr. E. E. White recently wrote this report for us of a They are taught to accept its teachings as inter meeting of the Australian Council for the World Council of Churches. Our Australasian Division has a home base in our preted by the church; and there are thousands who three unions in Australia, and a mission field in the three dare receive nothing, however plainly revealed in unions of the South Sea Islands. Our brethren therefore have to keep abreast of any plans that may affect their work of Scripture, that is contrary to their creed, or the es witnessing to the whole of the territory under their care. tablished teaching of their church." JUNE, 1960 13 2. The Evangelistic Task of the Austral of industrial workers. Their whole program ian Churches. Here, concern was expressed of life has been bettered by trade unions with the lack of contact and of appeal to and now is virtually controlled by them. thousands of "unchurched" Australians, Recommendations were made that Chris and of the formal, almost superstitious be tians should actively participate in these ac liefs of many nominal church members tivities, maintaining their status as Chris with regard to baptism and marriage. Fur tians, and should infiltrate Christian princi ther, the responsibility of Australian Chris ples, so to speak, in the industrial com tians to the peoples of Asia, Africa, and the munity. The new idea of having industrial Pacific Islands was stressed, particularly in chaplains and the possibility of Christians© view of the rising tide of nationalism. Em engaging in the various social service oc phasis was laid on lay evangelism as is now cupations, was discussed. being urged by our own church, and the Our own opinion on these matters is that problems of many different churches in a it is highly dangerous for the church to be new housing area and of different missions come involved with the instruments of to overseas territories were briefly men state. We can agree that wherever a man tioned. may find himself in his lawful occupation, 3. Ethical Problems of Economic Aid. he should manifest true Christian princi This section found itself involved some- ples and manifest a witness that will attract his industrial associates to seek to know more of his hidden power. A man who trims himself to suit everybody 5. The Life of the Local Congregation. will soon whittle himself away. The report from this commission pointed out the need for the lay ministry to assist the ordained ministry in every activity of the local church, and to enlarge the vision what in politics, for two of its recommenda of the church to comprehend more than a tions were addressed to the Federal Gov meeting place on Sunday and a few social ernment, directing its attention to the activities. It was suggested that efforts be needy nations on Australia©s doorstep and made to unify the churches by exchanging the contrast to our own national wealth pulpits; by "guest" services, where one con and food surplus. One other suggestion was gregation carries on its usual order of serv of particular interest to Adventists in that ice but invites another denomination to be we made personal approaches to the Min its guests for that particular service; by ister for Territories recently on the same united evangelistic campaigns, youth clubs, topic, namely the abandonment of the pro and so on. The difficulty of interfellowship hibition of Pacific Islanders© entering was shown in that differences of faith and Papua and New Guinea. Seventh-day Ad belief would be insignificant if congrega ventists employ many Solomon Islanders in tions could unite in worship together read the Territory of Papua and a temporary ily. The fact that different denominations solution had been suggested in our inter exist shows that these differences do matter. view that would help our mission work for It must be stated again that there was a the time being. In the commission, em general air of Christian fellowship through phasis was also placed on the necessity of out, and differences of opinion were stated individuals© supporting aid programs, al in a very amicable atmosphere. All the dele though a little difference was noted when gates and observers were housed in five resi methods were discussed. Some favored an dential colleges of the University of Mel official interchurch central fund to be ad bourne, so that at mealtimes and between ministered from this central source, others meetings there was opportunity to mingle favored local projects with direct contact freely. with the local community assisted. The extra day of church union consulta Throughout, the main concern seemed to tion brought two obstacles to church un be with the inhabitants of Asian countries. ion to the fore. They were the admission of 4. The Church in a Changing Industrial members of other churches to the sacra Community. The important fact recognized ment of the communion and the recogni in this group was that since the Industrial tion of the ministry of the non-Anglican Revolution of the last century, the church communions who had not been consecrated has become less and less a factor in the lives to this work by a bishop. These questions 14 THE MINISTRY were left unresolved, but the general feel ing was that in due course the Spirit of God LETTERS TO THE EDITOR would guide in these matters. If union of churches was at that stage impracticable, at least unity of aim and purpose and a recog We have been wisely counseled that the min nition that the church was the body of istry is a lifelong calling. (Gospel Workers, p. 94.) Christ would serve as a strong connecting The apostle Paul counsels the Christian to continue link. to please God, who has chosen him to be a soldier. In summarizing we would say that some (2 Tim. 2:1-5.) Paul places much emphasis on the ood was accomplished. Gatherings of this Christian©s consecration, and especially that of the gospel minister. find prevent members of different faiths To what extent would this hold true in the light from erecting a high barricade between of our present sustentation plans and our Govern themselves and others and from sniping at ment©s provision for the aging? Granted that some them, and they enable all to understand are more vigorous at seventy than others are at better what the other man believes and sixty, mentally as well as physically, is it possible why. Unity, and, indeed, union of churches for boards to set a definite ruling for each worker is not in itself an evil, provided that a uni who retires? Hardly, because of the varying circum fied creed is not an adulterated statement stances. Committees and boards that must deal with this problem are placed under great responsi of ambiguous meaning. The Spirit of bility, and the question arises as to whether com Prophecy points out that the danger lies in parisons with workers retiring in the same age what a united church will do when it en bracket can always enter into the decisions. forces its desires by using the machinery of Although the denomination©s growing sustenta the state. tion responsibility is not a new plan, the Govern The wide diversity of belief in the Protestant ment©s arrangement to supplement the worker©s churches is regarded by many as decisive proof that pension is more recent. For this reason the gospel no effort to secure a forced uniformity can ever be worker should carry some responsibility before God made. But there has been for years, in churches of as to how he will spend his last years of usefulness the Protestant faith, a strong and growing senti to the cause. Each minister and worker will eventu ment in favor of a union based upon common ally have to render an account of his stewardship. points of doctrine. To secure such a union, the dis Workers who have spent many years in the cussion of subjects upon which all were not agreed Master©s service and have been accustomed to however important they might be from a Bible counseling with their supervising brethren, may standpoint must necessarily be waived. The need the unhurried, impartial advice of their breth Great Controversy, p. 444. ren. The retirement experience is an epoch in a When the leading churches of the United States, worker©s lifetime suggesting many adjustments in uniting upon such points of doctrine as are held by which understanding brethren directing the work them in common, shall influence the state to en at large can play a helpful part. The matter is of force their decrees and to sustain their institutions, sufficient importance to merit careful study before then Protestant America will have formed an image the time actually comes. These senior men and of the Roman hierarchy, and the infliction of civil women must never become "unknown soldiers," penalties upon dissenters will inevitably result. for they have served loyally and faithfully and often Ibid., p. 445. have borne the heavier burdens when the prosperity our cause now enjoys was unknown in our ranks. The particular issue will be on compul Our retired workers are greatly loved by God©s sory Sunday observance, which will bring people and still carry a great influence which the enlightenment concerning the obligation of cause cannot afford to lose. Our brethren in author the true Sabbath. Then those who still obey ity are aware of this and desire to be conscientious a precept based upon tradition will set up in their counsel, as well as in financial arrange an image to the beast and will worship ments affecting retiring workers. the beast and his image. (Rev. 13:11-17; When a worker reaches retirement age he should expect to make room for younger workers. While 14:9-12.) those in leadership must guard against abrupt ar It cannot be said that such a prophecy rangements that might necessitate breaks in well- was fulfilled by the recent Conference of entrenched plans and projects plans that have Churches, but, bearing in mind that the taken years to inaugurate, and at heavy expense to last movements will be rapid ones, the dis the denomination retirement should be well an cerning observer can detect trends that are ticipated and carefully planned. Would it not be well if consideration could be but another sign of the imminent return of given to utilizing the services of the retired min our Lord and Saviour and the preparation, isters in the finishing of the work? and if this or otherwise, of the inhabitants of the world to receive Him. (Continued on page 12) JUNE,196fl 15 Stewardship in Its Larger Aspects

Accountability to God

L. E. FROOM Former Editor oi THE MINISTRY MAGAZINE

THE crime of the ages is the base prostitution criticized by some who clamor for the "gospel." i of money. Covetousness is one of man©s But if the money question is not included in fiercest foes. More suffering has come to the the gospel, then Jesus spent a large portion of human race through the curse of gold than per His time preaching and teaching something be haps through any other source. It has inspired sides the gospel, and a large portion of the New the most dastardly and villainous deeds in the Testament deals with a theme foreign to the history of the world. Empires have been gospel. Applied Christianity demands the dis wrecked, nations ruined, continents have been cussion of the money question. It is often the plunged into the most bloody and devastating acid test of all our profession. wars, families and individuals have engaged in We might suppose the greatest spiritual the bitterest feuds and quarrels, not because of Teacher of the ages would confine Himself to penury and pinching poverty but because of a discourses on faith, hope, and love. It comes as wrongful, wicked abuse of money. Covetous- a distinct surprise to many to learn how much ness, "the sin we are afraid to mention," is one Jesus had to say on the right or wrong use of of the most deadening and damning sins men property or money. It was the theme of the ma tioned in the Bible. One of the Ten Command jority of His addresses and parables. One verse ments deals with it exclusively; and this marks in every six in Matthew, Mark, and Luke are on it as one of the fiercest foes of a man©s life. money, we are told, as are also sixteen of the The sin of covetousness will not go unpun twenty-nine major parables. ished. Divine displeasure was visited upon Achan because he coveted and grasped the What Jesus Thought and Said About Money wedge of gold and the Babylonish garment. It It is immaterial what men think, but it is of fell upon Gehazi, who ran after Naaman and, greatest consequence to know what Jesus with lying words, received two talents of silver thought and said about money. Just scan and two changes of raiment, and the leprosy of swiftly the mountain peaks of His teaching. Naaman came upon him. Death smote Ananias Begin with the world©s greatest sermon, in Mat and Sapphira, who kept back part of the price. thew 6:19-34. Catch the phrases, "Lay not up That©s the sin I am talking about. There are for yourselves treasures upon earth," "No man thousands who are withholding and using God©s can serve two masters," "Take no thought . . . money systematically and habitually. The what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink," "Seek eighth commandment does not say, "Thou shall ye first the kingdom . . . ; and all these things not steal except from the Lord." Ah, we must shall be added." In Matthew 19:16-22 we find each stand before the judgment seat of Christ the interview with the rich young ruler. Note for our gettings and our givings, our accumula the words: "Sell that thou hast," "give to the tions and our expenditures, our motives and poor," "come and follow me." our methods. These are all to be brought under The trouble was that the young man did not the searching scrutiny of Him whose eyes are regard himself as steward, but as owner. Had "as a flame of fire." he had the true vision, it would not have been May I interject a word here about the rela hard to part with the Lord©s money. God put tion of spirituality to money? I realize that to Abraham to the test, but would not let him many the money question is a delicate theme. carry it out. Christ put the young ruler to the That gross and filthy metal that we call money, test, and he failed. If he had started to carry it that we pretend to despise in seasons of spir out, Jesus doubtless would have stopped him. itual exaltation, is to be eschewed. Our spiritual He did not want his money; He wanted to save sensibilities are so delicate that we are prone his soul. "How hardly shall they that have to soar above so sordid a subject. When a riches enter into the kingdom of God!" (Mark preacher speaks on money, he is bound to be 10:23). 16 THE MINISTRY When Jesus had finished talking to the young "fragrant money." Incense, with its rising col ruler, Peter asked, "What shall we have?" and umn of aromatic smoke, has ever been a symbol Jesus assured him of an hundredfold of ma of devotion. "And the Lord smelled a sweet terial necessities, and eternal life. (Matt. 19: savour." 27-29.) Then in Matthew 20 is the parable of True, the essential point is not the tithe, but the householder; in Matthew 21, the vineyard the tither; not the gift, but the giver: not the and the unfaithful husbandmen; and in Mat money, but the man; not the possessions, but thew 22, the Pharisees seek to entangle Him on the possessor. Profession is not enough. Reality taxes and tithes. He replies, "Render therefore must go with the profession. Consecration needs unto Caesar the things which are Caesar©s; and to be carefully watched to see whether it be unto God the things that are God©s." Thus reality or sham. And the tithe is the most tangi Christ recognizes the right of the state to tax ble, personal, practical, proportionate, and pow the citizen. The connection is clear and logical erful way of acknowledging the ownership of that He refers to tithing in the same sentence, God and the stewardship of man devised since when touching our relationship to God. the creation of the world. In Matthew 23 Jesus pronounces the woe on the literalist tithers who so grossly violate the Spirituality Not Communism, at Pentecost whole spirit of tithing. In Matthew 25 is the This was not communism or socialism, not a parable of the talents. The Master repeats the leveling up or down. The core of communism principle again and again, that God has placed is "ourselves"; the heart of stewardship is "oth these talents in trust, and we are responsible to ers." They are as far apart as the poles, as dis Him. In Mark 12 Jesus sat over against the similar as day and night. Socialism is a false and treasury and drew the lesson of the widow and phantom philosophy of life. Here is the bitter the two mites. Giving money a part of our ness of it it dwells in a Utopia of half-truths. religious life watched over by Christ! What a It proclaims noble ideals of equality, fraternity, thought! Then in Luke 12:15 is this: "Beware and justice without God. But in actual experi of covetousness: for a man©s life consisteth not ence it falls before the relentless fact that men in the abundance of the things which he pos- are selfish, suspicious, covetous and with no sesseth." And next in chapter 12 is the parable power of self-regeneration. But stewardship ac of the rich fool, and the question, "Then whose knowledges God as sovereign owner of prop shall those things be?" erty and means. It affirms possession under In Luke 16 is found the parable of the un Him to be the challenge to faithful administra just steward. That is the climactic key. Steward! tion. While claiming no rights of ownership, and God©s ownership! How can we make such we cannot honestly perform the duty of trustee a survey without being profoundly impressed ship by transferring administration to the col that concerning this monetary question there is lective body of society. The individual himself, not only peril but abundant guidance and and no other, is responsible to God. help? Stewardship was gloriously real in the time In order to escape the snares of gold we need of the early rain. Under the latter rain steward the potent protection of God©s grace through ship is destined again to come to its appointed the security of this stewardship-relationship place. When the Holy Spirit came down at with God. Especially is this true in these last Pentecost to dwell in men, He assumed the days of rampant covetousness. References on charge and control of their whole lives. There stewardship shine through the Bible from Gene was to be nothing that was not under His in sis to Revelation, strung like a veritable milky spiration and leading. So it follows of necessity way across its pages 1,565 of them. So I have that the disciples© possessions and property, and no apology to offer for thus leading your minds their expenditures of money, were subjected to for a little time into this financial phase of His rule. Their income and expenditure were the question of stewardship. controlled by the Holy Spirit, and governed by Rightly understood and practiced, tithing is this principle. It would not be a full and ade an act of worship as essential as prayer and quate salvation that did not provide deliver praise. Worship is the giving of self to God. ance from the malign power of money. Money is in a sense a part of self, representing The lesson of Pentecost is the assurance that brain and brawn. "What shall I render unto when the Holy Spirit comes in His fullness the Lord?" asks the psalmist. Praise, adoration, into the heart, earthly possessions lose first worship, heart, life and money is the answer. place, and money is valued only as a means of Such an acknowledgment is no less an act o£ proving our love to God and doing service to worship. The Chinese Christians call the tithes our fellow men. God and I are partners and co JUNE, 1960 ll workers. Words are abundant, cheap, easy. But Man a Steward, Not a Trustee as we exercise faith by resting on the Sabbath, Trusteeship as a term in this connection is the rebellious world©s busiest day, and as we too cold and formal. At best it is only sugges pay our tithe into the Lord©s treasury in the tive. A trustee administers the estate of a dead same spirit, we are likewise exercising the same or absentee testator. His service is controlled by faith. We cannot serve God and money, but we legal checks and requirements. Jesus uses the can serve God with our money. The complaint Oriental term "steward," not only a trustee as to the tremendous need of more money for and a servant, but a friend. A steward is the God©s work today is simply an evidence of the interpreter of the mind of his living, loving limited measure in which the power of the Lord. And one of the steward©s privileges is to Holy Spirit is known among us. share what he helps produce. This appellation Possession Not Ownership connoted the whole Christian attitude toward property, income, wages, and wealth. Let us now turn back from the strictly money "Steward" is from the Greek oihonomos, phase to a review of the mighty principles that from which we derive the word "economist." form the foundation stones of stewardship. Stewardship is not an office of servility, but a Think once more of God©s ownership. The confidential relation of trust. A steward is re world is the Lord©s, because He formed it. sponsible for administering the interests of his Without His perpetual upholding it would chief partner in his absence. He is not a mere crash to chaos. God has proprietary rights, servant. It is our joyous privilege to rise from therefore, in all the things of man. It is true the plane of legal servantship to friendship. that man possesses; but possession is not owner Abraham, who rendered tithes, was "called the ship. Tithing indicates whether we acknowl Friend of God," whereas a servant "knoweth edge that we are only trustees or pose as not what his lord doeth." owners. As to the propriety of God©s claim to the Vital energy in whatever form physical, tithe, an analogy from secular life may be per mental, moral, or spiritual is a trust from mitted. We are familiar with, and give assent God. Apart from Him we can do nothing. We to, the ethics of human obligations. It is a rule cannot produce or earn anything without the of honor among all men to render payment of Creator©s continual cooperation. Every person sufficient value for the use of money or property coming into the world is a debtor to God and owned by another. Such is the basic law of our dependent upon His benefactions. We are liv economic system. The State levies taxes, the ing on God©s time, doing business on God©s lender exacts interest, the landlord collects capital, furnished on condition that He is to re rent. These are all paid in acknowledgment ceive one tenth, He being the preferred of another©s ownership, and are reminders of Creditor, and His part coming first. Hence tith our obligation and the limitation of our rights ing is an acknowledgment of God©s ownership and authority. These are all recognized as legiti on God©s own terms. This perpetual proviso is mate. fundamentally right and will be binding as But above government, society, corporate long as man endures. Such is the true Christian bodies, or individuals, stands God. And God©s philosophy of money or property. If I become ownership, implying man©s stewardship, car delinquent I violate my trust and become an ries with it solemn responsibility and accounta embezzler, a defaulter, forfeiting my right of bility. And to Him there is positive, personal, copartnership with God. Woe betide the one periodic, primary duty that we acknowledge who violates such a trust! first in the payment of tithe. God does not need Such an acknowledgment of the sovereign our tithes. All ten tenths He can take as He dominion of God becomes a tremendous spir pleases. But the practice of the principle is itual compulsion, and life, the operation of a needed by man. God wants not our money but principle and a privilege marking its enlarge our affection, our confidence, and our trust in ment, for I consciously take God into partner our divine, loving Partner. ship in the whole of life. It is a continual con fession of my limitation and dependence, and Tithe Established for Man©s Benefit His loving care is continually before me. Thus God never establishes any arbitrary law or tithing becomes, as it should be, basically an af institution spiritual, moral, mental, or physi fair of the heart, whereas stewardship makes of cal that is not for the benefit of man. The life a sacred calling. I am God©s man and He is tithe is no exception. It is not for God©s benefit, my God, which is the true new covenant rela but for our own. If it had not been for our char tionship. acter development, God would not have or- 18 THE MINISTRY dained it. As we know, "the Sabbath was made is the crucial point of stewardship. To the for man, and not man for the Sabbath" (Mark man who fails here it means failure in 2:27). Likewise, the tithe was made for man, and everything. not man for the tithe. God©s laws come into Think for a moment of "money getting." being with the things to which they apply. Man was made with an acquisitive faculty. They are the result of the relationship created. Wherever civilization is established, the coining Stewardship was operative the instant Adam of money is one of the first steps in the ad was created a "living soul" by his Maker. So it vance from barbarism to civilization. And the was not rooted in expressed legal enactment. higher the civilization and the more widely in If there had been no third party Adam would dustrial it is, the more money becomes a neces still have been answerable to God. It will bear sity and the more widely it is circulated. The repeating that all God©s laws are for the spir itual and temporal happiness and well-being of His creatures. Every "thou shah" has back of it A warm, blundering man does more for the a basic need for doing just what is commanded. world than a frigid wise man. Cecil. God©s laws do not create duties, they define them. Thus every moral law was a necessity be fore its enactment. Such is the eternal founda uncivilized manage to get along by bartering. tion of stewardship. But in civilized lands there is an ever-conscious Now just a few words in conclusion about necessity for money. And the tendency is to the application of the principle of stewardship. make "money getting" the universal occupa It applies to the nine tenths as well as to the tion. With multitudes it becomes the prime one tenth. The paying of the tithe does not object for which they live. give us license to use the rest as we see fit. It Ours is pre-eminently a money-getting age, involves our getting, holding, and spending ac more so than in any previous period. There are cording to the will of God. Furnishing the greater money perils than at any previous time. governing motive both in getting and in giving, Let us watch lest it become the ruling passion stewardship touches every use of money. This of the life, for through the love of money man is where stewardship is so much deeper than becomes sordid, selfish, grasping, and indiffer tithing, as it is usually understood, for it covers ent toward God. But the recognition of stew the whole life. It requires the fullest consecra ardship lifts life to an altogether different level. tion in rendering to God His own, doing in ev "Opportunity with ability makes duty." It in ery part of life what Christ would have us do, volves honesty and justice in all dealings with recognizing His ownership and lordship at all our fellow men. There is no worthy steward times. This is applied righteousness and a ship that does not include a man©s relation to demonstration of faith. all other men. Where this is operative, no dis honest dollars will be brought into God©s store Principle of Stewardship Includes More Than house. Money Moreover, recognition of the fact that God is The principle that personal consecration over all will forestall bitterness and strife be comes before purse consecration, self-consecra tween employers and employees. It will give a tion before wealth consecration, is thus ex decided character to all business transactions. pressed in the words of Scripture, "They . . . Life will not be divided into secular and sacred. first gave their own selves to the Lord" (2 Cor. Our business will be as sacred as we regard a 8:5). The giving of money is no substitute for prayer meeting, and will be conducted in the giving ourselves. Reserved seats in the king fear of God. dom are not on sale for cash. Peter said to Again, ours is a wealth-accumulating age. Simon Magus, "Thy money perish with thee, There is a strangely paralyzing power about because thou hast thought that the gift of God money. The tendency is to hoard and lock up may be purchased with money." Let us beware from the service of God His gold and silver and of the doctrine of Simon Magus. A liberal offer to devote it to the aggrandizement of self. ing of service or money illy covers a faulty and Another force then becomes master of the soul. inadequate consecration. On the other hand, if The more men have the more they want, and we profess to give ourselves and then withhold extravagance follows in the wake of wealth, our means we are dangerously near to being for the increase of riches multiplies our wants. followers of Ananias and Sapphira, who kept There is, of course, a wide difference between back part of the price. Everything is a sacred our wants and our needs. Things regarded as trust to be held or used as God indicates. Here luxuries when the salary is meager, become JUNE, 1960 19 seeming necessities when the income is in never to use money to gratify it. Let us fill the creased. life with the larger thoughts of the spiritual Money is the great creator of wants, chiefly power of money. Our whole life may thus be artificial. Without money we are in actual want. strengthened by the way we deal with money. With money we are in artificial want. We as So, when the principles of stewardship are stewards need to watch in this age of wild ex given mastery in the life, the soul is illumi penditure. Inexcusable extravagance robbing nated, the purpose is fixed, social pleasures are God of His money, fostering selfishness and pruned of unwholesome features, the business pride, and ministering to the lower instincts life is conducted under the sway of the golden and appetites of our natures is one of the sins rule, and sotd winning becomes the passion. of the time. Such are the bountiful blessings of God©s provi sions in a life of faith and faithfulness. Economy Result of Stewardship for God Truly it is a solemn thing to be a steward. Stewardship leads to economy, which is Stewards are required to keep and to render ac vastly different from stinginess. "Time is counts. Every bookkeeper faces the coming of money"; but money, unlike time, can be saved, the auditor. It is serious business to have and whereas both can be spent, wisely or unwisely. to handle the silver and the gold of the Creator There is equal disaster in covetous greed and of all things, the Judge of all the earth. If it is prodigal waste. Stewards are representatives as a crime for a cashier to embezzle the funds de well as servants. They will so live as to mani posited with him; if it is a crime for an executor fest the spirit of their Master. Their lives will of an estate to appropriate funds he holds as a be marked by freedom from ostentatious show. trust for another; if it is an injustice for an em One tenth for God will never sanctify nine ployer to hold back the wages of a fellow man, tenths used in self-indulgence. Money is the su what about willful guilt of embezzlement as a preme means the world has for gratifying its steward of God? The terrible possibilities desires. But we are not to be "of the world." should solemnize our trust. But happy the We are to show in our disposal of money that words, which may be ours, "Well done, thou we are guided by an unworldly principle. We good and faithful servant." are to walk as they that have "crucified the flesh Such are some of the principles of man©s with the affections and lusts" (Gal. 5:24). stewardship and God©s ownership. Wondrous One of the most effective ways of manifest relationship and partnership, and training ing and maintaining crucifixion of the flesh is school for character.

The Virus of "Net Worshiping"* H. E. RICE Associate Secretary, Medical Department, General Conference Our age is known for certain new dis CERTAIN disease I wish to explore eases, and medicine has made such prog A and review with you results from the ress that it is reported today that there are infectious bite of the virus of net worship cures available for which as yet no diseases ing. The disease appears to be unaffected have been found. However, this particular by race, by climate, by diet, or by hot or virus is as old as the race. It is not a new dis cold, but rather to be endemic to every order unique to this generation. Our par land. It is most prevalent in the second and ticular cause and organization is least re third and fourth generations of great move sistant to its infection, however, for the very ments or causes. The story of the outbreak reason that it is most prevalent in the sec that gave this virus its name is such a simple ond and third and fourth generations of story that at first glance it does not even ap churches and causes. pear to be the case history of a disease, but rather the story of some simple man who The early attack that named this virus is went fishing long, long ago, and who was recorded as a case history in the book of thankful for a good catch. Habakkuk 1:15, 16. The story is so simple. No infection appears evident at cursory ex * A chapel talk given in the General Conference office. amination, but to the more alert observer 20 THE MINISTRY it is there. A man cast a net into the sea, emotionally moved by the festivities of the and forthwith drew out a draft of fish, and winners in life, or by the tears of life©s los then the virus struck. The net became holy. ers. This reporter, returning, told me he The catch became secondary. This demon was scared, not so much by what he had strates the usual course of this disease, seen, as by the implications of what he had though it has several types of manifesta seen. He does not frighten easily. He had tions. Usually, the means becomes the end. attended a great gathering of communistic The method becomes the goal. The in youth. These uncounted thousands had as fected then burns incense to the methods sembled in a great outdoor arena at a com which in themselves appear as sacred des munistic youth festival. The bands played tinations. In this slow and subtle way great and the flags waved. and glorious crusades stealthily and imper The speaker mounted the rostrum and ceptibly become but careers. Those who began to speak to that vast throng of young sally forth to change the world must have men and young women. He began a chant a net, for worlds cannot be changed bare- first almost in a whisper, and then slowly handedly. intoned louder and louder. This chant was Nets Are Necessary but Not Holy taken up by the multitude and at length they were shouting this chant in unison: Nets are right and necessary but not "We are changing the world! We are holy. Machinery and organizations are changing the world!! We are changing the needful to gather human energy from many world!!!" divergent sources and bend and channel it It was the implication of a generation of to a common goal, lest otherwise it all be youth dedicated to changing the world that dissipated and expended in useless counter frightened my friend, and well it might balancing of other energies. No man can frighten us. They were not debating nets, carry out the great commission to take this or resolutions, or ways or means, or meth gospel to every corner of the world all by ods, but rather unitedly they were keeping himself and all alone. Thus, we devise a their purpose before their eyes. Forsooth, church, and pool our single efforts to a they have changed the world and they are common goal. Thus we develop confer changing it today. ences and institutions; and we appoint dea cons, elect officers, designate committees, Net Never to Become Holy in Itself pass resolutions, and fabricate our net. Have you ever heard of a quotation that A good net it is indeed, and with it we go begins, "With such an army of workers as forth to change the world. Let us beware our youth, rightly trained . . ."? The Com lest we become virus smitten and make the munists have stolen our task. It is our task machinery our goal, and lest our dedication to change the world! Let us ever keep our be to the perpetuation of the organization minds focused on this grand objective and rather than to the saving of a world. Let us always burn our incense to our unchang beware lest a vision become a job, lest a ing purposes and our constant goal. The cause become a career, lest a purpose meta net, the method, the machinery, must never morphose from salvation to sustentation. be lightly changed nor irresponsibly Our job is to change the world, and all of amended, but on the other hand, it must our machinery and institutions and policies never become holy in itself, nor be taken are but tools to accomplish this grand end, too seriously, nor its perpetuation become and not ends within themselves. our goal. God does not even need our ways and means. He only gives us a part that we Hardened Reporter Becomes Frightened may walk more closely with Him. Recently a friend of mine, who chances We are a church. The vaulted arch, the to be a hardened newspaper reporter, took hanging chandeliers, the soft light filtered a trip behind the iron curtain in Europe. I through stained-glass windows, has a recognize I am confessing to having dubi strange effect upon the mind. It leads us to ous friends, for newspaper reporters tend to believe that the God who throws the stars become a trifle callous as they look at suc across the sky, who rolls the endless waves cesses and failures, tragedy and fame, piety against the shore, who scents the dainty and crime, virtue and vice, all with the flower, who guides the birds in flight, is same fishy, unemotional, analytical, and now, by some strange limitation of His somewhat cynical eyes. They are seldom power, dependent on the framing of our JU\E,1960 21 feeble words for the accomplishment of The Catch Is Still the Prize His purposes. It is so easy, Lord, to take this net We write our resolutions and debate each I cast, then haul to shore, by tides beset, phrase, assured in our simplicity that God And think my net is holy, and forget needs our devisings! God does not need The catch is still the prize. our plans or resolutions! We need rather, by piety of lives, by largeness and compas Let me, like that old servant long ago sion of our hearts, by simplicity of faith, to Whose eyes were closed and so he did not know fit our lives into those greater plans and The hills with holy angels overflow, resolutions of our God. Be made to realize So let us come and go, full mindful of the God©s work is holy, not a blind career. importance of our task to change the world, Ah, let me hear Thy voice speak to my ear, not so much by holding in our hands our "Put off thy shoes, the ground is holy here." lettered resolutions, but rather holding by So I am made aware our hand the hand of the Omnipotent, and holding in our hearts the greater resolution There are no jobs to fill within Thy fold, to live our lives in close communion with No money-changing sacrifices sold, our God, expressing His vast love, in serv But stories of Thy love that must be told. ice to mankind. This is my humble prayer. Zeal, but Not According to Knowledge* EDWIN R. THIELE Professor of Religion and Philosophy, Emmanuel Missionary College

much greater degree than we are willing lAUL in his letter to the to admit, our lack of power in the work of Romans (10:2) speaks of God is often directly due to our lack of his countrymen as possessing knowledge. a zeal that was not according to knowledge. Such zeal is not Zeal not according to knowledge may in confined to the enemies of volve a man in many needless difficulties God but is often witnessed and perplexities, may cause him to think among those who are endeav unkindly and unjustly of God, and may oring to carry on the work of the Lord. The cause him to bear an untrue witness of the result is never good. Zeal not according to Lord. Such was the case with Job when he knowledge may be a thing of danger as well declared, "The Lord gave, and the Lord as weakness. It prompts a man to move, but hath taken away" (Job 1:21), not realizing often in the wrong direction. It results in that it was Satan and not God who had tearing down rather than building up, and taken away his children and his goods. It frequently causes a man to do the work of was Job©s lack of knowledge of the workings the enemy rather than of God. Paul was of both God and Satan that caused him to zealous but wrong at a time when it would complain that the arrows of the Almighty have been a virtue for him to be less zeal were within him (chap. 6:4), that the Lord ous but right. had broken him with a tempest and had Zeal not according to knowledge may multiplied his wounds without cause nullify the effectiveness of a man©s service (chap. 9:17), and that He "destroyeth the for God, for his judgment does not exceed perfect and the wicked" (verse 22). It was his knowledge. It may result in personal lack of knowledge that caused Job to be embarrassment, as was the case with "full of confusion," believing that the Ahimaaz, the son of Zadok, who in his zeal Lord hunted him as a fierce lion and also outran Cushi but was asked by David to showed Himself marvelous to him (chap. step aside because he had no tidings. To a 10:15, 16). We must admire the fidelity and integ * This study was given to the workers of the Lake Union Conference at its tenth quadrennial session held at Detroit, rity of Job although we cannot admire his Michigan, March 9-12, 1959. knowledge when he declared that he would

22 THE MINISTRY trust the Lord even "though he slay me" and intellectualism between an anti-Bib (chap. 13:15). And we can only pity him lical scholasticism and an anti-intellectual in his ignorance when in his pain and bit Biblicalism. This is tragic, for there is no terness he cried, "He teareth me in his basic conflict between faith in God and His wrath . . . : he gnasheth upon me with his Word, and the highest intelligence. There teeth. . . . God hath delivered me to the un is no need of making a choice between godly, and turned me over into the hands piety and knowledge. Both are Christian, of the wicked" (chap. 16:9, 11). and both are eminently Godlike. It was Job©s lack of knowledge, causing What is needed in this age of increase of him to justify himself rather than God, knowledge is a Christlike union between which kindled the wrath of the Lord©s holiness and learning, between a search for spokesman Elihu (chap. 32:2) and drew godliness and an earnest search for truth, from him the blunt rebuke that, "Job hath between a respect for character and integ spoken without knowledge, and his words rity as well as for scientific realities. were without wisdom. . . . Therefore doth What is needed more than ever before is Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth such a high regard for truth and such an words without knowledge" (chaps. 34:35; eager passion for knowledge that men will 35:16). be willing to pay the price, whatever it may When "the Lord answered Job out of the involve in the expenditure of effort, time, whirlwind" it was with the piercing ques or money, that will secure the essential, un tion: "Who is this that darkeneth counsel answerable evidence needed in our mod by words without knowledge?" (chap. 38: ern age to make truth secure against the at 1, 2). It was then that the Lord set before tacks of the most learned skeptics. Job the fierce dealings of leviathan, the It is unfortunate that so often we have seven-headed monster which to the an allowed ourselves to act as if we regard zeal cients was a symbol of Satan and was "king to be a substitute for knowledge, as if over all the children of pride" (Job 41:34). prayer can replace earnest inquiry and re Then at length the eyes of Job were search, or as if pulpit eloquence can take opened and he saw what he had not seen the place of right or reason. before that it was Satan and not God who Let it be remembered that a diligent, had brought to him all his woes, and that at honest, persistent inquiry for, and insist length drew the belated admission: "Who ence upon, truth constitutes one of the is he that hideth counsel without knowl most proper and urgent activities of the edge? therefore have I uttered that I un true child of God. There exists no neces derstood not; things too wonderful for me, sity for drawing a line between saints and which I knew not. ... Wherefore I abhor scholars, between holy men of God and myself, and repent in dust and ashes" competent, informed, intelligent leaders. (chap. 42:3, 6). Of what did Job repent? It Daniel, trained for three years in the learn was his zeal without knowledge, drawing ing and tongue of the Chaldeans, was as from him his bitter complaints and his mis much a saint as were the untutored fisher leading testimony concerning the nature men of a later age. Moses, who was learned and works of God. in all the wisdom of Egypt, was no less a In discussing this question today it is not man of God than if he had been clothed in our purpose to dampen the ardor or a leather girdle or had subsisted on a diet quench the zeal of any spokesman for God, of locusts and wild honey. Paul, who sat at but to increase the effectiveness of our wit the feet of Gamaliel, was as true and effec ness by helping to make sure that our zeal tive a follower of Christ as were the unlet is accompanied by knowledge. tered Peter and John. Modern Christianity, unfortunately, is God never places a premium upon right largely divided into two camps one that eousness at the expense of reason, nor does places its emphasis upon blind faith in He ask men to underestimate intelligence preference to a serious pursuit of knowl in order to secure a proper respect for integ edge, and the other, that regards the tradi rity. We are never asked to substitute a tional faith of our fathers as an outmoded shallow and hollow piety for brains, or a relic which is to be replaced by a modern, zeal without knowledge for a rigorous en scientific, materialistic but basically godless deavor at investigation and verification of technology. Many believe that it is neces all facets of truth. sary to make a choice between Biblicalism (Continued on page 39} JUNE, 1960 23 The Story of Accreditation at CME

Part I: Obtaining the Charter (C Rating)

MARGARET ROSSITER WHITE Historical Records Librarian, Vernier Radcliffe Memorial Library, Loma Linda, California

For convenience we shall divide this narra HEN the College of Medical Evangelists tive into three parts: C (1909), B (1917), and Wwas incorporated in 1909, there was a pro A (1922). But the story is not as simple as A, vision in the charter which gave "power to B, and C. The full story compiled from avail grant such literary, scientific, and professional able board minutes, documents, and corre honors and degrees as are usually granted by spondence I©ecently unearthed would be a very literary, scientific, medical, and dental or phar long one. In its larger sense the story of ac maceutical colleges, and particularly the honors creditation involves the whole of CME and is and degrees of Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of interwoven with many other factors: objectives, Science, Doctor of Medicine, Doctor of Surgery, standards, fund raising, building, personalities, and Doctor of Dental Surgery, and in testimony public relations, and denominational history. thereof to give suitable diplomas under the It is obvious, then, that the matter of selection corporate seal." Soon after the incorporation is difficult. the college was inspected by representatives from the Council on Medical Education and Some of the events described here have been given a C rating to operate as a medical college. told and retold, but as the years pass there is an From 1911 to 1917 =the college operated under a increasing number of people who are unfamil C rating. In 1917 the rating was raised to B, iar with the names who made history at CME, and in 1922 the much-coveted A rating was at and whose dedication, foresight, and industry tained. may well be an inspiration to us who follow. There is much of interest and inspiration in Medical School Urgently Needed by the story of how these ratings were gained. In Denomination each instance there were certain problems, pres sures, and providences which made them in At the beginning of 1908 the Loma Linda evitable and significant steps forward. Each of "College of Evangelists" was offering courses in these years 1909, 1917, and 1922 marks a three fields: Evangelistic Medical "designed to hard-earned victory for the college and the qualify workers with all the ability of physi denomination. cians to labor, not as physicians but as medical missionary evangelists"; Nursing; and Gospel Margaret Rossiter White gives this information of interest Work. Elder John Burden and others at Loma regarding the Vernier Radcliffe Memorial Library and her work and research there: "The library was named after Dr. Linda were beginning to feel the necessity of Jean Vernier-Radcliffe, a graduate of the old AMMG at Battle Creek, who came to Loma Linda to teach in the early providing courses that would qualify physicians days, and later, with her husband, gave a large donation to for legal practice, or at least to continue their be used in building a library for the Loma Linda Division of CME. course in State medical schools. In a letter to "Through the efforts of Mrs. Norman Matthews and Mrs. Elsa Lonergan and others, the section housing the Historical Mrs. White, dated February 18, 1908, Elder Records in the new library was established in 1954. I joined Burden wrote: the library staff in 1956, and during the first year spent the major portion of my time indexing the unpublished letters of You will notice from our plan that we have in Mrs. E. G. White which have come to us through the files of Elders Burden and D. E. Robinson, Doctors Kress, Magan, mind to develop the medical school here sufficiently and Mary McReynolds. We a_lso have many interesting docu to qualify physicians to practice under the recogni ments pertaining to our medical work and the establishment of the College of Medical Evangelists, and a tremendous tion of the State. As yet we have few students who volume of correspondence from the files of the administrators. are taking the medical course direct. "The correspondence files of Elder Burden and Doctors Wells Ruble, Percy T. Magan, and Newton Evans are the Now here was optimism! Optimism bordering chief source of the material for these articles. It has been a gigantic task to go through the routine letters of admissions on presumption, according to all human reason and interoffice details and find the key letters which shed light on the problems and policies of forty and fifty years ago, and ing! There was practically nothing by way of there are still thousands of pages to scan, but these are the facilities, buildings, budget, or conference sup best documentary evidence to what was said and done back there." port. The teaching staff consisted of three sani-

24 THE MINISTRY tarium physicians (Doctors Julia White, J. R. Up until this time (1908) the physicians of Leadsworth, and Cora Abbott) in addition to the denomination had received their training Dr. George Abbott, who was president, Elder either in State schools or at the American Medi Burden as Bible instructor, George McCready cal Missionary College, operating at Battle Price as librarian and science instructor, and a Creek (basic sciences and some clinical instruc few others listed as "practical instructors." But tion), and at Chicago, one hundred and twenty they were very serious about starting a medical miles away (clinical sciences). The AMMC, college! The chief basis for proceeding toward founded by the Seventh-day Adventist Medical this goal was the instruction Mrs. White had Missionary and Benevolent Association in 1895, given that at Loma Linda medical workers were stated in its first bulletin that it had been "or to be trained with the "qualifications of physi ganized and planned with special reference to cians." the work of the medical missionary." But now it The need for a denominationally operated was no longer connected with the denomina medical college was, of course, urgent. A tre tion, although many of its faculty and students mendous interest in medical work as a most ef were Seventh-day Adventists. Much counsel had fective means of promoting the gospel in all come from Mrs. White, warning both teachers parts of the world had been snowballing in the and students against going to Battle Creek be thinking of Seventh-day Adventists since 1863, cause of the change in objectives and loyalty to when Ellen G. White had penned the first of the principles upon which it had been founded. her impelling messages regarding healthful liv Hundreds of young people interested in ob ing. The number of sanitariums (79 in 1908) taining a medical education were confused as was rapidly increasing, and there were pressing to what course to follow and where to go. At calls from mission fields for medical workers. the first hint that there might be a medical col There was such a demand for physicians that it lege at Loma Linda they started writing in was becoming difficult for the officers of the from all parts of the world to learn if it were Medical Department of the General Conference really true that they could obtain a medical to devote their time to its general interests.1 education there.

View of Loma Linda Sanitarium as it appeared when Mrs. White first saw it in 1905. JUNE, 1960 25 After carefully considering the light that has been sent to us, ... all were unanimous in their decision that it must be the Lord©s plan that a medical missionary school should be carried for ward here.2 At this meeting Prof. W. W. Prescott sug gested that plans for the future of the college should be laid before the General Conference at its next council, which was to be in Washing ton, D.C., in April. Elder Burden was invited to attend the coun cil but was unable to go. However, before it convened he wrote many long letters to leaders who were to have a voice there, such as Dr. Ruble, medical secretary of the General Con ference, and Dr. G. H. Heald, editor of Life and Health. He called their attention to the urgency of the situation in view of the fact that it would soon be time to plan for the second year for those who had already entered upon Sunday, April 15, 1906 "... the beautiful building and grounds of the Loma Linda Sanitarium were their medical course. . . . dedicated to the service of God. ... I was pres Another strong argument referred to recent ent at the meeting . . . and spoke . . . for nearly legislation in California. Heretofore California half-an-hour."—Ellen G. White, Review and Her had been one of the most difficult States for ald, June 21, 1906. medical practitioners who seek to gain recogni tion. In 1907, the legislature, acceding to the In 1907 Elder Burden had pointedly asked pressure of the osteopaths, required only that Mrs. White, "Is this school that you have spoken all students entering medical colleges should o£ simply to qualify nurses, or is it to embrace have a high school preparation and should pass also the qualifications for physicians?" Mrs. State Board examinations in ten fundamental White had given the answer, "Physicians are studies. This, following shortly after the open to recieve their education here." Medical ing of the college, Elder Burden considered a Ministry, p. 76. "divine providence." Already there were eight students at Loma It cannot be denied that at first the idea of a Linda who had completed one year of medical medical college was hard to sell to many of the training, who were pinning their hopes on the influential leaders. Elder Burden summed it uncertain possibility of being able to continue up very correctly years later when he mentioned their work. Obviously, a decision had to be that one of the factors that held back the devel made. "We have to face the issue," wrote Elder opment of the medical college was doubt that Burden to Dr. W. A. Ruble, medical secretary we have "ability as a people to conduct a of the General Conference, "or else turn down creditable school." some of the plainest messages from the servant The greatest question mark was on the point of the Lord we have ever received." of finance. Loma Linda had already acquired a Plans and Problems in 1908 debt, and to add to this seemed injudicious to many who were particularly concerned with the In early February, 1908, an educational coun financial support. Elder Burden, in his convic cil was held at Loma Linda to consider the fu tion that now was the time to go ahead with a ture of the medical school. This was composed medical school, apparently minimized the fi of the faculties of Loma Linda and San Fer nancial load it would entail. His first sum nando and the executive committee of the mary of basic needs was: Buildings and proper Southern California Conference. Shortly after laboratory facilities, $10,000-$15,000; clinic in ward Elder Burden wrote Mrs. White of the San Bernardino; small hospital in Loma Linda. meeting: He recognized that this did not take into con There was perfect agreement among all present sideration housing for students or additional in the conclusions reached and the plans laid. It salaries for the teaching staff. would have done you good, Sister White, to see the spirit of unity and the desire of all that the work at Some of the brethren saw that a much greater Loma Linda should be made just what the Lord de expenditure would be necessary if they were to signed it to be. "conduct a creditable medical school." But to 26 THE MINISTRY Mrs. White, Elder Burden©s proposed expendi all those who had so carefully planned and tures seemed large. After receiving a letter from hoped. According to the reports of actions and Elder Burden explaining some of the plans and events as given in the Review and Herald of needs, she wrote: "I dare not advise you in such April and May, 1908, the matter of a medical large plans as you propose. You need to make school was not even considered, and there was the Lord your wisdom in these matters. I do not no mention of Loma Linda. One line in the feel that you should plan for such large outlay story of Loma Linda from the notebook of of means without you have some certainty that Elder Burden tells us: "The matter of broaden you can meet your obligations." Ellen G. ing the scope of the school at Loma Linda was White letter 82, 1908. Quoted in The Story of largely held in abeyance until the matter could Our Health Message, p. 377. be carefully considered by the. General Confer ence." Summary of Viewpoints Regarding Medical Course Question Sidetracked at 1909 General Conference Elder W. C. White was intensely interested in the medical school from its beginning. He The next General Conference was still more was invited to the council at Washington but than a year in the future. In the meantime was unable to go because of a very heavy pro much study was given to the problem. In gram of work at Elmshaven. However, in early March, 1909, the executive committee of the April preceding the council he made a hasty Southern California Conference and the board trip to southern California to survey the opin of trustees of the Loma Linda Sanitarium met ions of his brethren in regard to the medical and prepared a "memorial to be presented to school. After returning home he wrote to Dr. the brethren in council." This memorial out Ruble and others and summarized the view lined the steps that had been taken so far to points held by different ones into four cate meet the Spirit of Prophecy counsel regarding gories: an educational center at Loma Linda and a 1. That the Loma Linda school modify its pres school for the training of gospel medical mis ent plans, giving up most of its special work and sionary evangelists. It also included a request operate simply as an ordinary sanitarium nurses that the Loma Linda college be recognized and training school. included in the sisterhood of denominational 2. That the Loma Linda school be developed colleges. along the lines of the recommendations in the reso The 37th session of the General Conference, lutions adopted at the October convention held in Loma Linda. (Practical work without degrees.) held in Washington, May 13 to June 6, 1909, 3. That in addition to the above, a legal corpora came and went, and the subject of a medical tion be formed under the California act which college was still "in abeyance." At the close of would permit graduates of the school to practice the third meeting of the Medical Missionary their special lines in California. Department, Dr. Ruble said that the impor- 4. To work toward the end o£ someday estab (Continued on page 37} lishing a regular medical college. The merits of these different plans Elder All the Medical Workers in Southern California in 1900. White considered in a long circular letter sent out to the brethren from Elmshaven. Of the first viewpoint he said, "I had supposed that we had left that proposition way behind." Of the second one, "These recommendations, I am told, were fully endorsed at the Pacific Union Conference." (These resolutions may be read in Pacific Union Recorder, Nov. 14, 1907, pp. 2-4.) He stated that Elder Burden and his as sociates seemed to think that plan No. 3 would be "a more correct working out of the pattern." As for himself, he thought that "we would prob ably work for a few years on plan No. 2, and then develop plan No. 4." Elder Burden wrote a long letter to the council in which he con sidered at length these four plans and sent a copy of his letter to Mrs. White. The council was a great disappointment to JUNE,1960 RESEARCH-Theology, History, Science |

How Do We Know? (Concluded)

F. E. J. HARDER Associate Professor of Education, Andrews University, Michigan Campus

OTWITHSTANDING the priceless tionable. Their memories may be tricky. N worth of knowledge, the stupendous ad The imperfections of language may render vances that have been made in accumulat their account incomprehensible or decep ing it, and the seemingly unlimited pos tive. Important, vast, and fruitful as this sibilities for future learning, there are cer source of knowledge is, it must almost in tain limitations on its acquisition. These variably be critically discounted and used limitations are inherent, both in the defec with a caution bordering on suspicion. tive nature of the sources of knowledge and Philosophers used to hold that in pure in the inadequacies of the human mind. reason man has a source of knowledge free Experience is really a very meager source from the limitations of experience and tes of knowledge. No history can be learned timony. In the mind he is unfettered by the this way, for linear time moves only one limitations of time and space and inde way and does not allow us to relive the past. pendent of the inaccuracies of human tes We can know by experience only those timony. However, the philosophers have things that happen to us personally. Be amply demonstrated that human reason is cause our lives are so short, our bodies so neither pure nor free. A philosophy can be frail, and the sphere of our activities so more truthful than the assumptions on small, if we never learned anything except which it is based, and these assumptions by experience, we would know very little, grow out of the limited and faulty experi indeed. ence of the philosopher. The testimony by which others report Furthermore, reason can be a source of their experiences opens a much broader knowledge beyond our experience only if area of knowledge. This gives us access to the natural processes beyond our experi the cumulative experience of the human ence are uniform with those within our ex race. It constitutes a race memory. This is perience. During the nineteenth century a source indispensable to the development the concept of invariable uniformity in na of any civilization. Without it every genera ture was the sacred foundation of all the tion would, like the lower animals, begin sciences. Anyone rash enough to question with no more available knowledge than its truth thereby branded himself an igno that to which its ancestors had access thou ramus. Then, early in the twentieth century sands of years ago. doubts concerning its validity began to ap All that we have learned from our own pear and spread through the various and preceding generations is knowledge of sciences. But the physicists continued to this category. This includes most of what cling firmly to the concept of absolute uni we know. However, it is a highly defective formity until a few years ago when Dr. source. Witnesses are seldom fully reliable. Heisenberg, one of the most respected Their observations may be faulty. Their in among them, discovered that within the terpretations may be false. Their prejudices atom, electrons do not always behave with may be glaring. Their honesty may be ques- uniformity. 28 THE MINISTRY Natural Processes Not Necessarily Uniform more of a house boy and was interested in The possibilities of knowledge are fur the part that the people occupied. He ther restricted by the shortcomings of the stepped into an elevator and looked it over human mind. Basic to our thinking and to very carefully from the inside. The young our living are the problems of time and est was interested in construction. He asked space. However, we can comprehend these to see the foundations and structure of the only relatively, never absolutely. elevator. He was taken to the subbasement, For example: If time is real, it either had where he could look up the elevator shaft. a beginning or it existed eternally. Our When they returned home their mother logic tells us that one of these propositions listened eagerly as her now sophisticated must be true. There is no other possibility. sons described the wonders of the city, cli Yet our minds cannot conceive of either maxing their narrative with the descrip one being true! We cannot picture time as tion of an elevator. The oldest said, "An never beginning. If there was never a first elevator is a big engine." The second dis hour, how could there be a second, a third, puted this. "Oh, no!" he said. "An elevator and so forth? On the other hand, we cannot is a small room." The youngest disagreed admit that time had a beginning. The in with both of his brothers, saying, "It©s not stant we say that once there was a first hour, like that at all! An elevator is a dark, nar our minds demand to know what there was row hallway of varying length standing on before that first hour! end!" So, much of our knowledge is just as We have a similar problem in consider fragmentary and contradictory as that. ing space. Either space is limitless or comes Besides our having incomplete and con to an end somewhere. No other logical pos tradictory knowledge, our interpretations sibility exists. If we try to conceive of space of it are often completely false, because we as continuing without end, we find in a see and explain life as centered in man. Ex few moments that this is impossible for us. perience proves this to be unsatisfactory. Not only in questions of time and space Our universe gives indications of another but also in all other areas of thought, we depth of reality that is unseen. Our own can cope only with that which is relative life demands for its ultimate fulfillment a to the finite and temporal. When con reality outside and beyond ourselves. fronted by an absolute or an ultimate, our Even if our sources of knowledge were minds are at a loss. Whenever we approach not incomplete, contradictory, and false, problems of infinity or eternity our intel they still would not fulfill the demands of lects can produce only meaningless gib our beings. At their best they tell us what berish. was, what is, and under certain conditions, what may become. But there is that within Knowledge Often Fragmentary and us which is not satisfied by mere existen Contradictory tial knowledge. It demands evaluation. It At best our knowledge is always incom seeks a comparison of that which was with plete. Our sources and our minds can deal that which should have been. It questions only with the finite, the partial, the circum that which is in its pursuit of that which scribed. Because of this, much of the knowl ought to be. It looks beyond that which edge we do gain is contradictory. may become in its quest for that which ul Three country yokels were preparing for timately shall be. When our sources of their first trip to the city. Their mother, knowledge assure us concerning a set of whose arthritis made walking upstairs pain facts that these things are true, we still want ful, had heard that in the city there was a to know, "Are they good?" marvelous contraption that made stairways unnecessary. She repeatedly insisted that Fourth Dimension of Knowledge the boys be sure to examine an elevator This is another dimension of knowledge very carefully, so that they could give her a that confronts us at the extremity of our good description of it when they returned. mental processes. Our three sources of In one of the skyscrapers the boys decided knowledge cannot penetrate it. We have no to make their inspection. The oldest, who access to it unless by some means it reveals was mechanically inclined, asked to see itself to us. Christianity declares that this what makes an elevator work. He was taken is possible! The Christian religion identi to the top of the building and shown the fies this other dimension outside and be motors, gears, and pulleys. The second was yond ourselves as God. We live with a JUNE, 1960 29 sense of obligation. We feel that we are be "From God, the fountain of wisdom, pro ing judged from beyond ourselves. Chris ceeds all the knowledge that is of value to tianity calls this universal human experi man, all that the intellect can grasp or re ence conscience, and interprets it as a rela tain." Counsels to Parents and Teachers, tionship in which God makes demands and p. 360. "He [God] is the originator of ev judgments upon man. ery ray of light that .has pierced the dark In addition, it is maintained that God ness of the world." ELLEN G. WHITE in has spoken from beyond concerning Him The Review and Herald, Nov. 10, 1891. self in the events recorded in the Bible, par Thus, revelation offers more than knowl ticularly in the life of Jesus Christ. In this edge. It imparts wisdom. It bestows insight. revelation of the divine character and will In recognizing this place of pre-eminence is to be found the knowledge which sup for revelation in its epistemology, the Ad- plements our inadequate knowledge. It ventist school becomes not merely a link supplies the basis for a synthesis of our con between man and his past, but a bridge be tradictory knowledge. It provides a norma tween man and God! This we were told tive criterion for the identification of false more than a half century ago by one who knowledge gained through experience, tes was herself a medium of revelation: "What timony, and reason. For these almost in ever line of investigation we pursue, with a credible claims the Christian offers no sincere purpose to arrive at truth, we are proof. He recognizes that they can be ac brought in touch with the unseen, mighty cepted only by taking the leap of faith. Intelligence that is working in and through Without this they are foolish utterances. all." Education, p. 14. But to him who accepts such a concept in Only through receiving by faith the self- faith it proves more adequate to the prob revelation of God, can the inadequacies, lems of life yes, to the perplexities of the contradictions, the falsifications, of the twentieth century than any alterna other knowledge be resolved. Only by a tive philosophy ever offered mankind! complete commitment to the God thus self- Christian Education Includes All Dimensions revealed can the basic conflicts of human experience be solved. The Christian school introduces its stu Throughout our lives we will be con dents to all three of the human sources of scious of tensions between what is and what knowledge and seeks to develop a facility should be, between what we are and what in their use. It endeavors to inculcate the we ought to be, between what we feel we youth with an urge to roll back the fron must do and the limitations on what we tiers of human knowledge. It encourages can do, between the demands of our in the most intense and critical employment dividuality and the requirements of soci of every instrument to enlarge the bounds ety. The solution to these can be found which circumscribe our information. These only in a knowledge of the character and methods, activities, and objectives the will of the self-revealing God. This knowl Christian school holds in common with all edge is absolute and ultimate. It is the rev other institutions of learning. elation of the Infinite and the Eternal. In addition, it seeks to bring each stu Surely, every addition to revealed knowl dent into contact with that other, deeper edge is an addition to human power. Re dimension of knowledge through which vealed knowledge is, indeed, power. There only an understanding of our being, our is no revealed knowledge that is not power. existence, and the things that concern us I would rather excel others in revealed most deeply can be acquired. The Chris knowledge than in any power. Truly, the tian school holds that divine revelation is only jewel that will not decay is revealed not merely another source of knowledge knowledge. It is revealed knowledge that but that it offers a unique kind of knowl Solomon termed wisdom. And Wisdom, edge which makes all other knowledge speaking through the revelatory experience meaningful. It reveals the Infinite in which of this wisest of all kings, declared: our finite has its roots. It reveals the Eternal Take my instruction instead of silver, on which our temporal is based. It reveals And knowledge rather than choice gold; the perfect by which our imperfection is For wisdom is better than jewels, judged. It reveals God as the source of all And all that you may desire cannot knowledge, irrespective of how, when, compare with her. where, or by whom it may be discovered. (Prov. 8:10, 11, R.S.V.) 30 THE MINISTRY PASTOR - Shepherding the Flock

Orphan Children ARCHA O. DART Assistant Secretary, Home and Parent Education

HERE is Sister Greenwood?" I asked while were bitterly disappointed when they found Wrisking one of our smaller churches one that they were too late. Leroy and Judy are day. "She is usually very faithful in her church out of our hands now, but what can we do to attendance, and I missed her this morning." prevent a similar tragedy occurring again in "Oh, haven©t you heard?" replied the pastor one of our churches? soberly. "She died this week. We had her fu Do we as a church have a moral obligation neral Thursday." resting upon us to see that the orphans of Instantly I thought about her two little chil church members are placed in Adventist homes? dren, Leroy, age eight, and Judy, age six. "And "Let Christians open their hearts and homes to who is looking after her children now that they these helpless ones. The work that God has are left orphans?" I inquired. committed to them as an individual duty should "The same neighbor who took them to her not be turned over to some benevolent institu home when Sister Greenwood first got sick," re tion or left to the chances of the world©s char plied the pastor. "I do wish they could be in a ity." The Ministry of Healing, p. 203. "Many Seventh-day Adventist home, but I do not know a father, when called upon to part from his a single family in our small church who is in a loved ones, has died resting in faith upon God©s position to take these children. What have you promise to care for them [his children]." to suggest?" Ibid., p. 202. "God calls upon us to supply to "Why don©t you put a little notice in the un these children, so far as we can, the want of a ion paper stating the fact that these two chil father©s care." Ibid., p. 203. dren are in need of a home?" I suggested. While orphans are drifting into institutions The notice was prepared all right, but by the and into non-Adventist homes, there are many time it appeared in the union paper and the childless couples among us who are longing for letters of inquiry began coming in concerning children. Some of these people have had their these children, their uncle had come and taken names on adoption waiting lists for months them to his home. Upon learning of his sister©s and even years waiting, hoping, praying. death and realizing that he was next of kin to Now when we have homes needing children these children, he had borrowed money as and children needing homes, all we lack is a quickly as he could and had journeyed hun plan and a little organization. dreds of miles to get them. He would have been The conference committee could appoint perfectly willing to let some Seventh-day Ad someone such as the educational superintend ventist family have them, but inasmuch as the ent, who is in charge of the Home and School pastor had nothing definite to offer at that time, Associations in the conference, or someone who he took his niece and nephew back home with is interested in children to be director of the him. So far as I know that is the last contact Child Placement Bureau. Couples desiring to we as Adventists have had with those children. adopt children could register their names with The neighbor did receive a letter from the un him. He could acquaint himself with these cou cle after he arrived home thanking her for her ples, see what kind of homes they had to offer, kindness to the children, but no one from the and learn which couples prefer older children church has heard from them since. and which desire infants. True, the younger the After the children had gone, letters of inquiry child the easier it is to mold and shape his char began coming in to the pastor. Some couples acter, but children are left orphans at every age. were eager for them. One couple especially Homes are needed for the ten-, twelve-, and JUNE, 1960 31 fourteen-year-olds as well as for the younger Many a child would be saved to the church ones. With this kind of arrangement in case of and saved in the kingdom of God if each con emergency, when a© child is made an orphan ference had a Child Placement Bureau and sev suddenly, the pastor could notify the confer eral boarding homes to care for the children ence director, who in turn could get in touch who need our care. with the couple best prepared to adopt this par Our hearts are stirred with righteous indigna ticular child. As a rule a child does best when tion when we learn that 400,000 children under he is placed in a home that is similar to his own. twelve years of age are left on their own with In some conferences a receiving home might out supervision every day while mother works. be advisable. This would have the advantage of But what are we doing about it? Are we investi always being open and ready to receive a child gating to see whether some of these children be at any time, day or night. It would also give a long to our members? If so, why are they with couple the opportunity of observing a child be out supervision? Can it be that in this land of fore making any decisions, and for the place plenty this number of parents are forced by ment bureau to determine whether the couple actual necessity to neglect their children? Or were capable of adopting a child. have the dignity of homemaking and the charm There is another class of orphans who need of motherhood become so blurred in the smog our assistance very much. They are the children of material wealth that mother would rather be of widows and widowers who are not up for a robot in an office than queen of her home? adoption but who do need a temporary home Our church members should know that home- a boarding home for children. Many an Ad- making is an art and motherhood the greatest ventist parent has been forced to leave his child of careers. with nonbelieving relatives, or board him wher "A child left to himself bringeth his mother ever he could, for lack of a Seventh-day Advent- to shame" (Prov. 29:15). Fathers and mothers ist boarding home for children. must be led to realize that parenthood cannot The ideal would be a home on a farm where be treated lightly. This responsibility cannot be the children could have plenty of space to play accepted or rejected on the whim of the parent. and to enjoy God©s wonder book of nature. "Next to God, the mother©s power for good is They would be delighted to watch the horses, the strongest known on earth. . . . Her influ the cows, the sheep, and the goats. They would ence will reach on through time into eternity." love to play with the puppies and the kittens, The Adventist Home, p. 240. More important to feed the chickens, the turkeys, and the ducks. than earning money, more necessary than seek They would also thrill with the idea of having a ing advanced degrees, more urgent than oc little garden of their own that they could plant cupying a high position in the church, is train and cultivate and eat the fruit therefrom. Each ing the child for God. "Parents should allow child could be given certain chores to perform nothing to come between them and the obliga suitable to his age and ability. Of course, the tion they owe to their children." Ibid., p. 264. home should be close enough to a church "You owe your first duty to your children." school to permit those who are old enough to Ibid., p. 267. "Mothers who sigh for a mission attend. ary field have one at hand in their own home The lives of many a childless couple would circle." Ibid., p. 245. "The Lord has not called be made happier and greatly enriched if they you to neglect your home and your husband would buy a little land and open a small board and children. He never works in this way; and ing home for children. This would be mission He never will." Ibid., p. 246. ary work of the highest order. The sale of their In his public sermons and in his pastoral surplus produce berries, fresh vegetables, eggs, counseling the minister should exalt the work of or milk together with the board money, would the mother and emphasize the necessity of the enable them to be self-supporting missionaries mother©s being with her child during his forma in every sense of the word. tive years. All should be led to understand that There are so many children today in need "the Christian mother has her God-appointed of just such a place as this. work, which she will not neglect if she is closely Many of these children could be rescued connected with God." Ibid., p. 234. But what through the work of orphan asylums. Such institu if she is not "closely connected with God" or tions, to be most effective, should be modeled as of necessity must work and is neglecting her closely as possible after the plan of a Christian child? Should the church neglect him also? home. Instead of large establishments, bringing Should we pass "by on the other side" while great numbers together, let there be small institu he attends a worldly kindergarten or is cared tions in different places. Ibid., p. 205. for by non-Christian people? 32 THE MINISTRY A Seventh-day Adventist Child Day-Care Cen Center is one of the most economical methods ter can be a real haven of refuge to these little we have for evangelism. ones. Properly conducted by competent, God The center endeavors to teach the child fearing persons, the center can be a real home 1. To have correct attitudes. where the child receives love and security. It 2. To play and work with others agreeably. can be the answer to many a widow©s prayer. 3. To be courteous and kind. Forced by necessity to earn the living and yet 4. To be reverent and respectful. determined not to break up her home, the 5. To develop a taste for good music. mother can leave her children in good hands at 6. To benefit by character-building stories. 7. To enjoy wholesome food at the proper time. the center while she works, and still have them 8. To develop the habit of regularity. with her the rest of the time when she is at 9. To love to obey promptly and cheerfully. home. 10. To regard life as sacred. A Child Day-Care Center is a real asset to any 11. To care for the body as the temple of God. church. Not only is it a necessity for certain 12. To have a wholesome outlook on life. families of the church, it is a blessing to the 13. To develop a cheerful, happy disposition. community. As an evangelistic agency it is 14. To know God as the One who loves little chil unique. The seed of truth can be sown in the dren, cares for little children, has a place for little children here, and has a home for little children in little child©s mind at a time when impressions heaven. are the most lasting. "Too much importance 15. To love God, who gave us lovely homes with cannot be placed on the early training of chil mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, interesting pets, dren." Child Guidance, p. 193. Then, too, the delicious foods, sweet-singing birds, beautiful flow families of these children are often attracted to ers, and the greatest gift of all Himself. the gospel from what the children learn at the 16. To be God©s child. center. Many a parent or relative has found his The church that cares for the orphans of the way into the church through the center. Being believers and of the community will have a rich entirely self-supporting, the Child Day-Care award.

MUSIC IN WORSHIP

Mediocrity in Sacred Music H. B. HANNUM Piofessor of Music, La Sierra College

IGHER than the highest human thought colleges there are many musicians who have H can reach is God©s ideal for His children. the highest standards and who are inspiring Godliness godlikeness is the goal to be our young people to reach the highest attain reached. Before the student there is opened a ment in musical skill for the honor of God, path of continual progress." Education, p. 18. who should be worshiped with the best music Perfection, high ideals, high standards, the that has been written. best in everything such are the hopes we have But how often he hears from workers and as a people. No minister is satisfied to preach a laymen alike: Don©t give us music over our poor sermon. He is always striving to improve heads! We don©t want the music of Bach and his work, if he is a conscientious worker. We Brahms! We are common people and we want are sure all our workers are earnestly aiming common music. Why don©t you give us some for top achievement. thing that we like, something that we can un The musician is trying to excel and perfect derstand? We want music that is popular with his abilities to the glory of God. He is studying the masses of the people. We like this luscious, to show himself a good workman, and to pre soulful, popular religious music we hear over sent to God the finest music available. In our the radio and the television. JUNE, 1960 33 It is an amazing experience to college musi majority of people may like this kind of reli cians to be told to lower their standards, to give gious music. But there are many highly trained the people what they want. For this is exactly musicians, musicians trained in the best tradi what must be done when the wishes of the tions of religious music, who emphatically de masses are taken as a guide. In matters of nounce this music as being unworthy of use. music taste it has never been safe to follow the The writer does not believe it is a sin to use leading of popular majorities. The musical this music. He is not an extremist. If our people taste of the majority of the public is not high in get enjoyment from this music and wish to either secular or religious music. It is the high enjoy it in their homes, that is a matter of per privilege of the school and the church to hold sonal taste. But he does object strongly to hav up a higher standard than that represented by ing this standard of music held up as the choice majority opinion. of the church, representing the standards of The musicians chosen to teach in our colleges our denomination. This does not represent have made a special study of the field of music, seeking the best, reaching for the highest stand and some have specialized in the music of the ard in our music. It is mediocrity in music. As church. They know that the masterpieces of a church we should not be satisfied with this. Bach, such as his beautiful motets, chorales, If our musicians were given encouragement The St. Matthew Passion, and the great choral they could do much to raise the standards in works of Handel, Mendelssohn, Brahms, and all our churches. others, represent the highest achievement of The spiritual standards would also be raised, man in creating music. Truly many of these for the finest hymns and religious music are far works seem inspired. These musicians also superior in spiritual values as well as artistic know that there are many superior hymn tunes, values. The church would not suffer a spiritual many of which appear in our Church Hymnal. decline by accepting a higher standard in reli These musicians also know that some of our gious music. workers and laymen are not in sympathy with When one learns the great religious choruses these high ideals. of the masters, such as "How Lovely Is Thy People without sufficient musical background Dwelling Place," by Brahms, he experiences set up their own taste as a criterion for the something that makes him dislike the unworthy church. We should learn to recognize the au and trivial music so often used. The same is thority of those who have made sacred music a true of great hymn^. When one has learned special study, and not set up our own taste as a twenty or thirty of the best hymns ever written standard. Just because we like something does he no longer takes the same interest in the weak not make that thing good. We recognize this and insipid hymns frequently sung. principle in other things. It is just as valid in The impact of the mediocre and even "secu the field of taste in music. lar" religious music on television and radio It is difficult sometimes to realize that great upon our churches is frightening to serious Sev popularity is not necessarily an index of great enth-day Adventist musicians. It is most serious worth. Many an inferior song has become popu to our musicians to realize that this inroad of lar with the masses. The history of religious secularism and mediocrity is being accom music shows that the people have often sung plished in the name of spirituality and sin and loved music of little value. In our own cerity of purpose. People whose spiritual pur denomination some of the music from Christ pose cannot be questioned often fall under the in Song, which was greatly beloved at one time, influence of this inferior music. They are guilty has proved to be unworthy and inferior music. not of sin but of bad taste. This does not mean that those who love this It is time to seek the help of thoroughly music are inferior or lacking in spiritual experi trained musicians to lead us away from such ence. It simply means that there is better music errors in bad taste so that the church can pre available to the church, music of greater power sent to the world a message associated with the and beauty. best in religious music. This is not an impos We may like a certain style of organ playing sible goal. represented by such men as Paul Carson and The church would do well to give this matter Lorin Whitney. We may like a certain style of serious study, for there is an increasing number crooning religious songs. We may like the lush of young people in the church who are longing and sensuous orchestral settings of some religious to be fed by a better class of music than is some music. In these days there is a lot of this type of times used. In music as in all other things we thing being sold for religious music, and it may should be eager to learn and to use the very have a strong sentimental appeal to us, and the best. 34 THE MINISTRY SHEPHERDESS - Her Vital Partnership

Solitude and the Golden Staff DOROTHY LOCKWOOD AITKEN

URRY, Aunt Anne," Merrilee called from "Now, it is true the conference does not ex H the front door. "We©ll be late." pect the wife to get a Shepherdess degree or No answer came from Aunt Anne©s bedroom, diploma. She does not have to study or practice so Merrilee quietly walked down the hall, in order to fill the shoes of a minister©s wife. pushed the half-open door a bit wider, then But a girl who is sincerely interested in the stopped. Aunt Anne knelt by the cedar chest Lord©s work and in helping her husband as in front of the window. he shepherds the flock will leave no stone un "I©m sorry, Aunt Anne, I didn©t know," Mer turned to know the things she should know to rilee apologized as Aunt Anne rose from her be of the greatest help to him. And if I may say knees and put on her hat. it, it is to every young man©s advantage to "That©s all right, Merrilee. I always have to choose that sort of girl for his shepherdess. have a few minutes of solitude before I go out "A nurse is a distinct asset to a minister. to give a talk like this. There are so many There are so many ways in which she can help young hearts to impress and so many eager faces those around her. She is a special help if they turned to me, it quite takes my breath away un go to a mission field. She can give health less I prepare for it first." lectures at meetings; she can give treatments to Merrilee©s heart almost burst with pride as ill persons around her. Being a nurse is one the president of the ministerial auxiliary intro very good qualification. But we aren©t all duced Aunt Anne: "We are so happy to have nurses. with us one who has been a minister©s wife and a missionary for nearly thirty-five years. We "A secretary is a wonderful help. She can know she can tell us many valuable things that type her husband©s sermons, write his letters, will help us when we go out into the Lord©s keep his files. I©ve often wished I was a secre work." tary. But we aren©t all secretaries. Aunt Anne rose. "Music plays a big part in the life of the "I©m so glad to see such a fine group of parish, and if the minister©s wife can sing and women who are aspiring to the greatest voca play and lead the choir, the meetings of the tion any girl can choose. Some of you are secre church as well as the public meetings are en taries. Some are nurses. Quite a number of you hanced. But not all of us are talented in this are musicians. All have worked and studied way. and practiced to get your diplomas. It has not "I think we do not all need to have all of been easy. these things, though they help a lot. The main "A young girl said to me one day, ©There©s thing we need is a consecrated life and a burn one thing about being a minister©s wife you ing desire for souls. Even the most talented don©t have to study or practice or get a diploma minister©s wife one who can nurse, type, make just find a young minister.© music will not be a true shepherdess unless "Well, girls, she was never more wrong. True, she is consecrated. Too often the nurse-shep because she is married to a minister she is a herdess is turned from her main purpose (that minister©s wife. But if the minister is the shep of aiding her husband) by offers of high wages herd of the flock, don©t you think the minister©s in a hospital. ©Tis true, that is also humani wife should be the shepherdess? tarian work, it is noble work, and often it is necessary in an emergency for her to help fi This is the third in a series of talks to young ministers© wives by Dorothy Lockwood Aitken. nancially. But too many take up steady work, JUNE, 1960 35 neglecting their duties as true shepherdesses gives you strength and poise. Do you have an because they are lured away by good wages. unpleasant visit to make? Must you bring hope "The same is true of secretaries and other and comfort to someone when you feel there©s professional women. One said to me once, ©I none to give? Stop a moment before going out. just can©t give up my career for his. Why should Spend a few moments in quiet solitude with I? I don©t want to spend all my time at home, your Maker. You©ll be surprised how light- and we surely need the money!© That©s true. hearted you will feel as you go about solving Most ministers could do with more money. But that weighty matter." a true shepherdess does not simply stay at home. Alone with God She is busy. Her day is full of activity in the Blest the hours I spend church and community visiting interested peo In divinest fellowship ple with her husband, calling on the sick and With my Lord, my Friend. shut-ins, giving Bible studies and helping the Heaven seems to open wide poor. And girls, if you do not want to give up By His blessed side, your career for his, you had better not marry a And my soul is satisfied When I©m alone with God. minister. Really you aren©t giving up your career anyway, you are just concentrating on Several days later, as Aunt Anne and Mer- his bringing yours into use when necessary. rilee were finishing the dishes, Merrilee asked, Decide, my dear young ladies, to consecrate "You look tired, Aunt Anne. What have you your lives to soul winning. That is the work to been doing all afternoon?" which your husbands have been called the "Oh, I had a disagreeable afternoon, Mer highest calling or profession a man can have. rilee. I had two calls to make, and both were "All of you are married or engaged to young unpleasant. I had just finished one and was on men who are still studying. Study with your my way to the other when I met you downtown men. Know some of the things being discussed this afternoon." in class. Encourage them to discuss these things "You looked rather upset about something." with you. Go with them in their field evange "Well, I was," Aunt Anne sighed. "Two lism. Don©t always have something detaining ladies in the church aren©t on speaking terms you on the nights your husband has to go out with each other, and both of them are to to preach or to help in efforts. By being with blame. They both talk too much. If women him you not only give him moral support but could just learn to control their tongues, so you also learn many useful things yourself. many misunderstandings and heartaches could "But, girls, I want to speak to you now for a be avoided. That©s one thing that is very im few moments about something far more im portant for a minister©s wife, Merrilee. Never portant than interest and enthusiasm. You may pass on a choice bit of gossip from one to give all your time and talents to helping your another. If you hear something about someone, husband. To outsiders you may seem to be the whether it is true or untrue keep it to your most wonderful shepherdess it may seem to self. It is hard to do, but unless you want trou come natural to you to mix with people and to ble and more trouble for your husband, it is know how to assist your husband. But that is the only thing to do. It took me a long time to not enough. learn that, and I©ve been in some very embar "I said that the Shepherdess must be conse rassing circumstances, but I think I©ve about crated. Up to now we have spoken only about learned that after all these years." being consecrated to your husband©s work. But "And I©m supposed to know it already?" Mer being consecrated to God is more important. rilee laughed. Give yourself to God every day. The first "No, you too will have to learn by experi thing on awakening lay your life, your plans, ence. Sometimes we do not realize what we are and ambitions in His hands. Take time for soli doing until it is too late. Or we put confidence tude. Life is such a hustle and bustle. There is in someone who betrays that confidence. It©s never enough time for everything. There is so best to keep still to begin with." Aunt Anne much to be done for the Lord we hardly know added more soap to the dishwater. where to start. If you put off this hour of soli "One of the finest and most cultured women tude until you can work it into your schedule, I know really is wonderful when it comes to you will never get it in. that. She listens patiently and sympathetically "Keep a tryst with the Master every morning. to everything one says to her, but she never of Make it early, before the family awakens and fers her opinions nor passes on some bit of in the cares of the day start piling up. You will formation that would delight the one who is find it buoys you up over many obstacles and conversing with her, although sometimes I have 36 THE MINISTRY known that she knew a lot more about what was "A church quarrel is all right for your hus going on than the person who was supposedly band to worry about because it is his duty, but enlightening her. She always tries to bring unless your husband asks you to get mixed up out some good point in the person who is being in it, stay out of it. You can do your husband criticized. And she invariably ends up with, harm by mixing into things that are not your ©We must pray for her that she will change her business. Let him run the church. You will ways, and I©m sure she will.© Always the one have enough to do to take care of your home bearing the gossip, which she supposed would and do the visiting and missionary work that is be most welcome, changes the subject, and she your part." seldom tries to pass on her gossip to my friend "Don©t worry. I don©t like fights. I©ll stay out again. She knows that it will do no good and of them, I promise." that it will stop right there. And to gossipers "And remember not to talk about them to that is no fun. other church members. The shepherdess© golden "As a minister©s wife you will hear many staff is silence, you know." things which may shock you and which would "The golden staff of silence. That sounds make juicy morsels to pass on to others, but poetic, Auntie. When I get to talking too much you must not. Things you find out through I©ll try to remember that." your husband©s conversation or correspondence Marc appeared in the doorway. "It takes you must be kept to yourself no matter how very two a long time to do a few dishes. You should much you want to tell someone. And don©t for have let me help you!" get that many times the friends you trust and As the two figures walked across the campus, tell things to may turn against you someday, Aunt Anne stood watching them in the gather and they will then tell all. It is just safer to ing twilight. "Isn©t it wonderful to be young and keep things to yourself." full of ideas and plans for the future? But there "Yes, I agree it is." Merrilee folded the dish are some things I wouldn©t want to live over towel and put it away. "Did your two friends again, and one of them is this afternoon." She make up, Aunt Anne? I mean the ones you turned away from the window and sat down in talked to today?" her big armchair. "Trying to reconcile those "No, they didn©t, Merrilee. That is the sad two stubborn women was harder than a day©s part. They will not speak to each other, though work. And not nearly so profitable." She laid both come to church and sit on opposite sides her head back and closed her eyes. of the church from each other. I guess they think that is the way they will do in heaven too. Of course, when I asked one what she The Story of Accreditation at CME would do if the other were in heaven, she in formed me that she had no worry about the (Continued from page 27) other one©s getting there!" tant point in the mind of the committee in as Merrilee laughed heartily. Aunt Anne smiled signing the topic for the day, "Preparation for as she dried her hands. "They do not realize Medical Missionary Work," had not been fully how ridiculous they both are acting. And I touched. Shall we qualify in legally recognized couldn©t do a thing with either of them." schools, or is it possible and advantageous to "My, you must have had a terrible job! 1 make preparation in special missionary schools hope none of our members ever do such things." such as Loma Linda? he asked. A few remarks "Oh, they will, Merrilee, and you can©t take by Dr. J. R. Leadsworth followed. Otherwise, sides. You have to be neutral and sweet to both in the nineteen meetings of the department, of them. Of course, it makes each of them jeal Loma Linda was not mentioned. ous when they see you talking or shaking hands On June 1, Mrs. White gave a sermon titled with the other, but you have to be nice to each "Plea for Medical Missionary Evangelism," and of them and not too friendly with either one." read a paper on "The Loma Linda College of "But that must be hard, especially if you Evangelists." It was in this setting that she know one is in the right." made the oft-quoted statements: "Make it "Yes, it is. Sometimes one is in the right and [Loma Linda] especially strong in the educa the other in the wrong, but usually the one in tion of nurses and physicians"; and "Loma the right is so proud of her righteousness that Linda is to be not only a sanitarium, but an she will not speak to the other, and she is just educational center." 3 as bad as the one in the wrong." The next day at the general session a resolu "Oh," sighed Merrilee, "it is really compli tion was brought in to the effect that "those cated, isn©t it?" qualifying for medical practice secure such JUNE, 1960 37 preliminary and medical education as is ac "Go forward as you have done in the past," cepted in this country and abroad." * This was she answered. "Follow the instruction you have interpreted fay some as nothing less than asking been given in the past regarding a medical Seventh-day Adventist young people who de school." sired a medical education to attend schools of (To be continued] the world. Others denied the implication. A REFERENCES discussion followed, and the resolution was 1 General Conference Bulletin, 37th session, May 14, 1909, passed. p. 9, "The President©s Address," by A. G. Daniells. 2 "A Divine Providence" (unpublished manuscript, chap. "Well," said Elder Burden to Mrs. White at 15), p. 4, "Plans for a Medical College, " by John A. Bur den. the close of the session, "the conference is clos 3 General Conference Bulletin, 37th session, June 4, 1909, ing now, and no action has been taken to en p. 308, "The Loma Linda College of Evangelists," by Ellen G. White. courage us to go ahead with advanced medical 4 General Conference Bulletin, 37th session, June 3, 1909, pp. 292-295, "Conference Proceedings" (35th meeting, June training. What shall we do now?" 2, 5:30 A.M.).

BIBLE INSTRUCTOR

Camp Meeting Bible Work LOUISE C. KLEUSER

AMP meeting is a season of refreshing for stage of their Christian experience. In fact, it is C the minister and Bible instructor as well as the ministerial family of their home church and for the laity. But the camp meeting, more than the church Bible instructor who can best guide any other occasion, requires the spiritual serv them to truly profit by their first camp meet ices of our workers. Much of their time, how ing. ever, is taken up with duties of a less ministerial The Bible instructor©s routine program dur nature. Too often the lodging and feeding of ing camp meeting may absorb her time and our believers crowd out the true spiritual min strength without the responsibility of shepherd istries so many need and have come to camp ing new believers; but this must be done by meeting to receive. Without this spiritual min someone, and they are more responsive to her istry both workers and believers may return efforts than to those of laymen. This will keep home disappointed because this need has not the Bible instructor busy. At times her atten been met. When we count this loss to the lay tion may have to be divided by more than one men, the camp meeting may in the lives of responsibility. It is then that her feelings must some lose its true appeal. After all, the Lord be well under control; cheerfulness, calmness of ministers to them through our ministry. manner, and courteous service will be called It is during the camp meeting that workers for every hour of the day. "Serving tables" will live very close to the people. We would not be interspersed with ministerial duties, but merely convey the idea of the location of their these added responsibilities are not without lodging; it is far more the closeness of a spir special blessings to the worker. So the variety of itual fellowship. Each camp meeting draws her camp meeting program, while hardly of a many new believers, and to these hungry souls vacation nature, does supply by-products of the camp meeting objectives and blessings must faithful service recognized by the Master, and be interpreted by our ministerial workers. The the peace of an enriched Christian experience. Bible instructor helps to initiate those new in the faith to the program as well as to the Receiving a Personal Refreshing sources of spiritual blessing. While all meet The greatest objective of the camp meeting ings have been planned for our members, some is perhaps that of helping our believers to re meetings are indispensable to them at this turn to their homes with renewed confidence in 38 THE MINISTRY the message. Next, we aim to give the flock an is that we should be alert to give the greatest ef enlarged vision of assisting the home church in ficiency to God©s work, and the Bible instructor the task of evangelism for this hour of history. is one of the team who leads in making the Most of our gatherings accomplish well this camp meeting all God expects it to be. purpose. But while the workers center their at tention on helping the laymen, they must al Zeal, but Not According to Knowledge ways be conscious of their own need of grace and reviving. No pressure of work should cause (Continued from page 23} them to neglect themselves. There is great need On the other hand, it should also be of a continuous infilling of the Spirit if we are made clear that knowledge can never sub to minister to the flock acceptably. stitute for holiness, nor reason for right The Bible instructor also needs the spiritual eousness. The one must never be critical of uplift of the early morning devotional meeting. the other. Both are necessary, both are She should lend the influence of her personal Christian, and both are intrinsic attributes example to the Sabbath school and those of God. And both must coexist in the life of planned meetings that bring a definite response the man who would be re-created in the or witness from the membership. Here we meet full image of God. The true Christian will struggling members who come to camp meeting be an informed and intelligent Christian, to learn from the leaders and from their fellow and the most effective witness for Heaven Christians. As we move among the constituency, will be the man who can give the most ef encouraging the disheartened, strengthening fective testimony to the certainty and value the weakening hands, and lifting the eyes of of truth. worldlings upward, it will mean much to each He who will come closest to God must person we serve. not only possess faith, but he must add to In the apostles© day Lydia of Thyatira found his faith virtue, and to his virtue knowl time to attend Paul©s prayer band by the river edge. The one who climbs highest on the side. One wonders if there she made contacts ladder of godliness will be the one who that soon necessitated the organizing of a advances farthest in the realms of clear, church that first met in her home. To the alert sound Christian thinking as well as Chris Bible instructor the annual camp meeting will tian living. provide added opportunities for Bible and per True Christian leaders will be men of sonal work. We, with many others, deplore the competence as well as compassion, of en trend that ties down our skilled Bible instruc lightenment as well as reverence, of pro tors to routine tasks, which in themselves are ficiency as well as piety. The freedom to very important to our people but which could know is as much a right and as much a be accomplished by laymen who are not as busy duty as the freedom to believe. with the essential spiritual responsibilities of God is as much a God of knowledge as a the flock. Lay sisters would be willing to assist God of love, of power as of mercy, and the us if we would take the time to teach them. secret of His power lies in the supremacy of Here we wish to cautiously venture a sugges His knowledge. Love without knowledge is tion: While the Martha type of Bible instructor blind and weak. Without knowledge God is much needed at camp meeting, the Lydia and would never be in a position to play His Priscilla type teaching and establishing new omnipotent role as Ruler of the universe. believers in the gospel message must not de It is His omniscience that is the secret of cline in our ranks. Perhaps in the organizing His omnipotence. He can do all things be and managing of worker personnel in the fu cause He knows all things, and He does all ture this problem might receive a little closer things well because of His wisdom as well study. Today we are not as hard pressed for as His love. helpers to manage lodges and cafeterias as in The knowledge of God is thorough, cor the earlier days of our work, and while we are rect, intimate, and infallible. The perfect studying to make our camp meetings profitable knowledge of God constitutes the first and and spiritual seasons for all who attend, we greatest challenge to man to be diligent in would be happy to see the services of the Bible his pursuit of knowledge. The better we instructor used more effectively. Until our con know God the better we can be His wit ference leadership opens the way for this, how nesses. The better we know the Word of ever, our Bible instructors will work with the God the better can we preach that word. management to make the camp meeting an en The more we know of the love of God the joyable feast for all who attend. The point here better we can preach and live that love. JUNE,1960 39 And the better we know the message for greater knowledge that they may accom these times, the better will we be able to plish a greater work. The increasing mag proclaim that message and finish God©s nitude of our problems and the growing work. intensities and perplexities of our times Every unsolved problem of our age is a constitute a challenge to the acquirement challenge to greater knowledge. Every un of greater knowledge. Only as we realize finished task constitutes a challenge to a this and only as we give ourselves dili more diligent seeking of knowledge. The gently to the acquirement of knowledge many amazing accomplishments by men of will we be in a position to effectively carry the world should constitute a powerful out our great commission and complete the stimulus to men of the Word to acquire task before us.

BOOKS - For Your Library

The Temple of Jerusalem, Andre Parrot, Philo known one of the twelve apostles personally, or sophical Library, New York, 1955, 112 pages, $2.75. from about A.D. 39 to A.D. 155. The author is curator in chief of the French Na Here is a swift-moving historical narrative with tional Museums, professor at ficole du Louvre, Paris, deft pictures of the chief characters of three gen and director of the Mari Archaeological Expedition. erations. Here are traditions and legends from A scholar in his field, he also authored Discovering which the well-read and much-traveled author Buried Worlds, The Flood and Noah©s Ark, The picks what secular history seems to suggest as the Tower of Babel, Nineveh and the Old Testament, truth. This is a period on which the New Testa and Golgotha and the Church of the Holy Sepul ment is silent and of which we know next to noth chre. ing the travels of the apostles (apart from Acts), The building program as portrayed in this book the astonishing spread of Christianity, the conflict throws much light on the glorious era when Solo with Roman imperialism, the persecutions, the mon built the first Temple at Jerusalem. Chapters graphic end of Jewish nationhood in A.D. 70, the 2 and 3 deal with the temple of Ezekiel, its altar, deaths of the first Christian leaders, the cynicism of the spring of living water, the ministry of Haggai a dying world, the sweetness of noble souls in an and Zechariah, the profanation by Antiochus Epiph- ignoble age. All this is brought together, the pub anes, and the capture of Jerusalem by Pompey, lishers claim, for the first time. furnishing interesting detail in the light o£ modern "Here are the Roman emperors strutting on their archeology. Chapter 4 describes Herod©s Temple, imperial stage Caligula, the slavering lunatic; supplying the background for many of Jesus© teach megalomaniac Nero with his calculating mistress, ings and miracles. The destruction of Jerusalem in Poppaea; Vespasian, the rough, homespun soldier; 70 A.D. is vividly portrayed, with many new points Domitian the paranoiac; Trajan, who conquered for the reader©s study. wherever his sword flashed; restless, quizzical The last section of the book, under the title "The Hadrian." Haram Esh-Sherif," carries the reader through the You will not readily leave this story of the heroes Byzantine Era, the coming of Omar, the Crusades and heroines who, unknown to history, eagerly and the return of the Moslems, closing with stimu passed on the torch of truth from Peter and Paul lating information on the present conditions in the while the personal influence of Jesus of Nazareth Holy Land. A revealing bibliography adds value was still a vibrant, galvanizing memory. Even when to this work, as well as many maps and illustrations. picking a delicate course through folklore, legend, The author©s solid spiritual tone and Biblical em pseudohistorical documents and exaggerations the phasis recommend his book. Ministers, teachers, author highlights many an arresting thought that and Bible instructors will find it a source of good will provide valuable background for preaching information. material and for devotional thinking. LOUISE C. K.LEUSER H. W. LOWE Basic Evangelism, Dr. C. E. Autrey, Director of It Began on the Cross, Guy Schofield, Hawthorne Evangelism for the Southern Baptist Convention, Books, Inc., New York, $5.00. Zondervan Publishing House, Grand Rapids, A former editor of the London Evening News, Michigan, 1959, 183 pages, $2.95. Mr. Schofield has done an expert job in painting a This fine book should awaken a deep interest in picture of events between the end of the book of the ranks of all administrators, evangelists, pastors, Acts and the death of the last man to have and teachers of applied theology. 40 THE MINISTRY Dr. Autrey is a successful Baptist evangelist in his and well documented. Subjects discussed: Tradi own right, and before being called to his present tion; the Mass; Images; Relics; Indulgences; the position, he was professor of evangelism at the Pope; the Glitter and the Gleam; Rome, Hearth Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. and Heartbeat; and Prelude to Darkness. The reading of the book makes one aware that Having carefully read the entire book, we recom the author is a lover of lost souls, and a profound mend it to our workers, not merely for its informa Christian. The book not only gives valuable instruc tion but as a helpful missionary tool to assist others tion in the science of soul winning but also inspires in investigating Catholicism in the light of Bible to a better Christian life. Above all, it urges a re truth. The author knows the Scriptures and the vival in evangelism in these solemn times of the prophecies relating to this system of religion and world©s history. practice. The book is different and will hold the In this textbook of basic evangelism the author interest of the reader. Our ministers and evange discusses in a logical and mature pattern the follow lists will here find some excellent source material ing subjects: Biblical Background, Visitation in to meet the more recent problem of Catholicism in Evangelism, Conservation of Results, Pastoral Evan the study of Bible prophecy. LOUISE C. KLEUSER gelism, Theological Basis of Evangelism, Dynamics of Evangelism, Evangelistic Invitation, The Evange Meet Martin Luther, Ruth Gordon Short, Zonder- listic Church, Rural Evangelism, Preparation and van Publishing House, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Performance in Revival, and Evangelism Beyond 1959, 194 pages, $2.95. the Doors of the Church. Born in New York City, Mrs. Short lived there In my opinion this book is the finest of its class after her marriage to Dr. James Short, specialist in in recent years. Every Adventist minister will find internal medicine, until the close of World War II, some new approaches or ideas in his endeavors to when the Shorts moved to California. The family is win souls for Christ. It merits a careful study by all well known to Adventists; their two sons and two who are praying, "Thy kingdom come." daughters, with their families, are dedicated to min WALTER SCHUBERT isterial, medical, and educational work. Mrs. Short Through Sunlight and Shadow, Evelyn Bauer, Her has two hobbies: good music and good books. Since ald Press, Scottdale, Pennsylvania, 1959, 221 she is well known to the reviewer, we cheerfully add pages, $2.95. that she is also an ingenious mother and a devoted This is a simple narrative of the experiences two member of our church. More recently Dr. and Mrs. young people encountered during the first years of Short accepted a call to our medical work in Korea. their mission service in India. Nothing is glamor Daughter Beatrice and her husband are in min ized. Evelyn Bauer describes simply the hardships, isterial work in Cambodia. difficulties, and disappointments, as well as the Meet Martin Luther, Mrs. Short©s third book on pleasures and satisfactions, found in service for the Reformation, is novel in its message, and wher others. Their failures and successes in trying to ever possible she lets Luther speak for himself. In a learn a new language and adjust to a new country fast-moving, readable style the author presents and its people are faithfully described. graphic word pictures of this great Protestant Just when the young couple feel they have leader whose real character has never been truly reached the place where they can begin to work for revealed. It is with pleasure that THE MINISTRY the people of central India in earnest, Mrs. Bauer announces the publication of this valuable book. is stricken with polio. Her realistic description of College and church librarians, kindly take notice. her experience in trying to hold onto life and her LOUISE C. KLEUSER faith in God are graphically portrayed in this story. The Holy Spirit, His Person and Work, Edward The book is informative and may be read with Henry Bickersteth, Kregel Publications, Grand profit, especially by those who may be considering Rapids, Michigan, 1959, 192 pages, $2.95. mission service in India. J. INA WHITE This is the companion volume to an earlier book The Other Side of Rome, John B. Wilder, Zonder- by the author, entitled The Trinity. It is a com van Publishing House, Grand Rapids, Michigan, plete study of the personality, the Godhead, and the 1959, 159 pages,* $2.50. divine work of the Holy Spirit. Perhaps a single The author, a Baptist minister in Texas, right extract from a chapter dealing with the sealing of fully claims to have seen the "other side" of Rome. the Spirit will show the freshness of treatment that Being well acquainted with Rome©s doctrines, he makes this subject live in the minds of its readers. writes strongly, yet without vindictiveness. He does "The allusion to the seal as a pledge of purchase not stoop to destructive criticism, but fearlessly would be particularly intelligible to the Ephesians, points out the error in a system of religion so bas for Ephesus was a maritime city, and an extensive ically opposed to the Scriptures. And just why? trade in timber was carried on there by shipmasters Speaking for himself he states: "Parents and pastors of the neighboring ports. The method of purchase need a book of facts to show their people what was this; the merchant, after selecting his timber, Catholicism has been, what it is, and what it hopes stamped it with his own signet, which was an to become." There is a crying need for such a book acknowledged sign of ownership. He often did not in our land, where complacency and tolerance are carry off his possessions at the time; it was left in not always virtues. The book is penetrating and the harbor with other floats of timber; but it was direct, but not bitter, and it is not rabid. It is fair chosen, bought and stamped; and in due time the JUNE, 1960 41 merchant sent a trusty agent with a signet, who, theology at Chicago Lutheran Seminary, has at- finding the timber which bore a corresponding temped in his book Design for Preaching to pull impress, claimed and brought it away for the mas away from the traditional formulas of sermon prep ter©s use. Thus, The Holy Spirit impresses on the aration and to suggest a fresh, functional approach. soul now the image of Jesus Christ; and this is the It seems his purpose is to encourage a man to sure pledge of the everlasting inheritance." think large thoughts and then skillfully to develop This book has been recommended for personal those great ideas for pulpit presentation. and class study and as the basis for prayer meeting Some twenty years ago a young minister asked revivals. A glance at the table of contents, with an Dr. Davis, "What do you do to your thought when outline for each chapter, reveals inspirational and you preach?" Both the inquirer and Dr. Davis had instructional points of emphasis. The chapters cover: been taught the processes of homiletics in their The Witness of Scripture; The Distinct Personality respective theological seminaries, yet at the time o£ the Holy Spirit; The Eternal Godhead of the neither man could give a satisfactory answer to Holy Spirit; The Holy Spirit Anointing the Son of that intriguing question. Then more recently a Man; The Spirit the Author of the Holy Scripture; famous clergyman, who had already won distinc The Holy Spirit Striving With the World; The tion as a preacher, inquired in a letter, "What Holy Spirit Quickening the Soul to Life; The Holy method do you propose to your students as they Spirit Sanctifying the Believer; The Issue of the go about the task of preparing their sermons? Holy Spirit©s Work. The author©s messages have Specifically, how does the text come alive from a profoundly influenced the minister and his ministry. basic statement of truth about God to the living Here is inspiration, enrichment, and enlightenment existential person-to-person relationship?" on an important phase of the Godhead. The author endeavors to answer these two similar LOUISE C. KLFUSER questions. Basically his reply is that a sermon be Design jor Preaching, H. Grady Davis, Muhlenberg gins from a central generative idea, then grows. Press, Philadelphia, 1958, 307 pages, $4.75. All other sections of the sermon are merely parts of the original idea. Stimulating illustrations come A man may possess vast theological knowledge, from inside the sermon and are not pinned on rich spiritual concepts, and a personal relationship simply for interest. Of course, we recognize that with God, and yet come short of his high calling this concept of a seed thought growing into a ma as a minister if his avenues of communication are ture beautiful plant is not new, but Dr. Davis has vague, stilted, unattractive. given the idea new development in the field of Dr. Henry Grady Davis, professor of functional homiletics. His book deals primarily with sermon design, a description of what take place in the proc ess of preaching actual sermons. He analyzes many hundreds of sermons of all NOW... 3 SIZES grades from the worst to the best by men of all persuasions. Although it would seem he has been Unbreakable , . . noise-free . . . lightweight . . . boilproof com influenced by those who are not theologically con munion glasses . . . $1.25 Doz. servative, nonetheless the book provides valuable sample of each size illustrative material from these men of varied back grounds. 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*[ Lack of chapels for worship services at Federal observed during Lent by churches across the coun prisons was deplored by Senator Warren G. Magnu- try, and similar appeals within denominations; the son in Washington, D.C. He said that he will seek annual "Share-Our-Surplus" drive conducted at addition of $70,000 to the annual Department of Thanksgiving time; commodity collections of CROP; Justice appropriation act to build a chapel at Mc- and special fund appeals by the agency and the Neil Island Penitentiary in his own State, and that churches to meet emergency situations overseas. he hopes this will "engender a drive for chapels to be built at other federal prisons at the earliest pos ^[ Additional funds for earthquake victims in Are- sible moment." Senator Magnuson said a "sad state quipa, Peru, were voted by the Disaster Relief of affairs" was disclosed by Deputy Director Frank Committee of the Seventh-day Adventists at the denomination©s world headquarters here (Wash Loveland of the Bureau of Prisons when he in quired into facilities for worship services at U.S. ington, D.C.). C. W. Bozarth, committee chairman, prisons. Mr. Loveland told him that "none of our said that $3,000, added to another |2,000 from the church©s headquarters in South America, will be prison institutions have chapel buildings. At nine used to continue operation of an emergency field of the 32 institutions we have been able to set aside kitchen in the stricken city. The quake left 63 and adapt space to chapel accommodation. The dead and more than 200 injured. In response to a other federal penal or correctional institutions must request for aid from South Viet Natn the committee use the auditorium or a portion of the dining hall also voted to send 50 bales of relief materials to that for religious services." country. "On the other side of the ledger," Mr. *[ Bishop Hanns Lilje, head of the Evangelical Bozarth noted, "West Germany has sent word that Lutheran Church of Hanover, Germany, says that it no longer requires assistance." Christian theologians face "a huge unfinished task." ^[ A Dutch father has given his newborn son the The modern world, he said, "seems to have lost names of all twelve of Christ©s apostles, the Dutch entirely its capacity to understand Christian cate Radio reported. It said a registry office clerk argued gories of thought and faith." While man has with the father, saying the boy would have lots of reached great heights in science, his religious life trouble filling forms when he grew up, but the man has not developed "beyond the horizon of an im insisted on all 12 names. mature youngster of 15," the German churchman said. Worse than modern man©s religious imma f\ A new indulgence aimed at strengthening the turity, he declared, is the fact that "the Christian mutual love and devotion of Roman Catholic mar church seems to have lost to the same degree the ried couples has been announced by the Sacred capacity to speak about its beliefs in a manner Penitentiary, one of the tribunals of the Roman which should convey the impression of something Curia, the Vatican radio reported. It said the Peni real and alive. The language of the theologians tentiary has issued a decree saying that if a Catholic seems to have become so artificial, so self-centered couple "kiss the wife©s wedding ring with piety, and so remote from real life that one can only either together, or individually, and recite the in dream of the times when theology took the lead in vocation, ©O Lord, grant us that, loving You, we the universities and was the most formative influ may love each other and may live according to Your ence in the intellectual life of Western nations." sacred law.© . . . they will receive a partial indulg ence of 300 days." The Penitentiary said that a «I American Protestant and Eastern Orthodox "similar prayer" also will suffice to gain the in churches shipped more than 356,300,000 pounds of dulgence. An indulgence, according to Catholic relief supplies for distribution to hungry, homeless, teaching, is the remission of the temporal punish destitute, and underprivileged people overseas last ment due for sins which have already been forgiven. year through Church World Service, an agency of Plenary indulgences remit all of the punishment, the National Council of Churches. The total, val and partial indulgences forgive part of it. The ued at $25,778,359, represented about 10 million church grants indulgences in virtue of Christ©s as pounds more than in 1958. The CWS material-aid surance to St. Peter and his successors, the popes: program is made possible, Dr. Wilson pointed out, "Whatsoever thou shall loose on earth, shall be through contributions in response to such major loosed in heaven." The Vatican radio said the new annual appeals as the "One Great Hour of Sharing," decree aims at strengthening conjugal love and

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The only group which CATALOG—FREE exhibited a trend toward increasing religious at tendance with age for both men and women are the Thousands of "Hard to Find" Theological books and sets now Jews, Mr. Orbach said. in stock. Free catalog. Libraries purchased. Kregel©s Book store, Dept. M, Grand Rapids 6, Michigan. f[ Members of United Church Women of North Carolina, at their annual meeting, pledged to fight MUSIC vigorously against the display and sale of obscene literature and recommended "the removal from Musical Cowbells, Classes, Sleighbells, Chorded Clusters, Mys tery Theremin, reedless, keyless, pipeless, stringless, played office of any official who refuses to do his duty" in without being touched. Arnold Westphal, Valparaiso, Indiana. enforcing State laws against such matter. The women adopted a resolution which expressed alarm over "the national problem of our newsstands being fidelity, especially at the present time when the flooded with obscene literature." Commending news natural and divine rights of marriage are frequently dealers "who have voluntarily removed this evil violated. from their stores," they promised to arouse other citizens about the problem, and to patronize "only If During 1959 the Methodist Church spent a record those places of business that abide by the law." 128,804,000 for mission work in the U.S. and over seas. This was an increase of .$1,720,000 over the *[ Special medals are being distributed by banking previous year. It is of interest to note that according firms in West Germany and West Berlin to com to the Watchman-Examiner, February 11, 1960, memorate the 37th International Eucharistic Con 54 per cent of this total was spent for work in 44 gress that will be held here (Munich, Germany, countries overseas and 34 per cent for work in the July 31-August 7, 1960). On one side the medals, United States and Puerto Rico. 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JUNE,1960 47 PULPIT - Pointers for Preachers

CARELESS SO.ME questions posed by laymen for Him! At all times, in all places, before all men, COUNSEL can be answered with clear-cut, He had one purpose to let men know that He was scriptural evidence. Others are re God©s witness. Can the minister be anything less solved with quotations from the Spirit of Prophecy. than that, on duty or off? Some questions are not directly answered in either. When a financial crisis in 1896 was causing some However, the church members expect guidance of our leaders to engage in political talk, Ellen G. from their minister. In this delicate area, conserva White said: "Would we know how we may best tive counsel (minus the pharisaical spirit) is the please the Saviour? It is not in engaging in political safest. Laxity in small things has often proved de speeches, either in or out of the puipit. It is in con structive of larger moral values. It is a man©s priv sidering with fear and trembling every word we ut ilege to have liberal opinions, but it is not the ter." Testimonies to Ministers, p. 331. That is minister©s prerogative to open doors that are better not kill-joy counsel. It is a call to remember our closed, or to point to exits not previously discovered high calling in Christ Jesus wherever we are and by the inquirer. Succeeding pastors will forever be whatever we do. H. w. L. plagued with slack pronouncements, for will not the saints say, "Elder said that it is all right to do it"? E. E. c. THE ADVANCING MORE and more programs YEARS for the care of the aged "FOR THIS CAUSE A PREACHER was. asked to are in evidence, not only CAME I" conduct the funeral of a in government but also in private church circles. certain person related to Recently two experts in this field addressed an some Adventists of good standing. Now, a funeral is important meeting of the Church of the Brethren a sad and somewhat difficult occasion, and some of Homes Conference in Columbus, Ohio, on this im us find conversation difficult because of the solem portant subject. Miss Donahue, one of the fore nity of the event. Quite often the wise preacher, most experts on the aging, told 65 trustees and ad after initial condolences and comments on family ministrators from 13 institutions that care for the events, says rather less than on other occasions. aged and the aging requires, first of all, homes, real Silence that is not allowed to become embarrassing homes, and not just substitutes. "Happiness is not is often more eloquent than loquacity. built by brick and mortar, but in large part by This man, however, had things to talk about, human relatedness," she said. Ward arrangements and he talked. He had just bought a new car, one of former days are not successful in any large meas of the latest, and he waxed enthusiastic about it ure in the care of the aged. Institutions that foster on the way to the cemetery, on the way back, individuality, privacy, and natural opportunities and in the home with the bereaved relatives and for companionship among residents are what is friends when the sad day©s work was done, so much really needed. so that the family wrote a letter to headquarters Another expert pointed out that older people, be about preachers who ought to be car salesmen sides wishing to retain what he called "independ instead! ence and economy," want to "remain in the stream It is a great shame when a man of the gospel of life." Continuing, he said that elderly people in leaves the impression that he is chiefly concerned creasingly have capacities for independence and about something else. Men with sideline interests self-sufficiency. will sometimes argue that the church does not con Long ago we were told by the servant of the trol them twenty-four hours of the day. That may Lord: "The aged also need the helpful influences be true, but it is also true that a minister, whatever of the family. In the home of brethren and sisters extracurricular activities he may enjoy, is a min in Christ can most nearly be made up to them the ister all the time, on duty and off duty. He can loss of their own home. If encouraged to share in not escape the inexorable responsibilities of his the interests and occupations of the household, it office. will help them to feel that their usefulness is not at "To this end was I born, and for this cause an end." Ministry of Healing, p. 204. For long came I into the world, that I should bear witness years we did not do as much as might have been unto the truth" (John 18:37). How personally con expected for our aging members, but it is gratifying venient it would have been for Jesus to have fore to notice that in recent years more and more homes sworn His kingship and thus escape the fearful re for the aged have been established in different parts sponsibility of representing even before the Ro of the world. man proconsul the truth of God. But that was not (Continued on page 46) 48 THE MINISTRY