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(Registered at the G.P.O., Melbourne, for transmission by post as a periodical.) Pot SIGNS OF THE TIMES A family magazine dedicated to promoting evangelical Christianity, upholding Jesus Christ as man's only Saviour and soon-returning King, and presenting the Bible as the inspired Word of God and our only rule of faith.

VOLUME 84, NUMBER 10 : : OCTOBER, 1969

HOMELY HOMILIES EDITOR - - - Robert H. Parr ON REPENTANCE CONTRIBUTING EDITOR - - - Arthur S. Mcawell OFFICE EDITOR David L. Stokes We are sometimes inclined to think that although God is really aware of our quality of wrongdoing, CIRCULATION MANAGER Allan Maherly He doesn't always discern the quality of our repen- LAYOUT Howard G. Davis tance. We might even think of Him as saying, "But are you really sorry? I'm not too sure." We think that in some way we must first try to prove to Him that we are feeling very badly about the EDITORIALS mistakes before we can find any peace. Celebration for a Splashdown 2 Children have often to depend on our forgiveness. 3 One day my small daughter had made yet another Tarnished Haloes Long?" 4 careless mistake. "You're sorry you did that again, "How Long, 0 Government, How aren't you?" I suggested. She wondered at my lack of understanding and ARTICLES insight. As if there need be any question! Education and Reformation Dr. C. D. Standish 6 "Of course I'm sorry I did that!" she said in a Avondale College Dr. Noel Clapham 8 tone of slight rebuke. Then she added by way of We Chose Avondale Students' Symposium 13 explanation, "I wouldn't be so bad as to do that The "Almighty" Dollar—and God Martin G. Baronian 16 and NOT be sorry I did it!" Radio Telescope Dr. Lionel H. Turner 21 She depended on me to see the situation in every Escape from Desire Eleanor Barrett 22 dimension. She expected me to be aware not only " . . . Provided It Be Forward!" Robert H. Parr 28 of the mistake but of the corresponding sorrow for it. She thought of my response as taking into account REGULAR FEATURES both aspects. A Place to Remember Roy C. Naden 5 No less with God. We do not have the peace of Seven Facts 19 forgiveness through the multitude of our regrets Our Changing World 20 or works of repentance, but by the multitude of His Accent on Youth Desmond B. Hills 24 lovingkindnesses and the provision of His steadfast Gordon D. Box 25 love. Surely the One who has first given so much Question Box 27 in order that we might be saved would be very quick Lines that Linger Dr. Desmond Ford 30 to discern the sorrow for sin in our minds, that He Bible Questions Answered Myrtle O'Hara 32 might restore to us the joy of His salvation. As Steam Dead Ahead the psalmist says: "Thou hast kept count of my tos- sings; put Thou my tears in Thy bottle! Are they OUR COVER PICTURE not in Thy book? . . . This I know, that God is for A scene of part of the campus of Avondale College showing me . . . in God I trust without a fear." Psalm portion of the administrative and library block to the right. 56:8-11, R.S.V. CONNIE J. FRENCH. Pkc+o: E. G. McDowell.

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appear and he celebrates by getting "grandly, gloriously Celebration for a Splashdown drunk." It all seems a little incongruous and pathetic. As we go to press, we notice that another moonshot is SADLY---though some will say prudishly—we note an being planned. November will see another party of as- event which followed the successful return to earth of tronauts cleaving the skies in their quest to tread the astronauts Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins. Time (1/8/ rocky, dusty terraces of the lunar terrain. Back home 69) was on hand to report it in detail and is e reproduce wives will pray, mothers will agonize, people everywhere a few sentences: will offer their prayers for the safety of the intrepid men "They were joyful. They were uninhibited. They who man the module and who will soft-land upon the were grandly, gloriously drunk. They were puffing ci- unfriendly surface of the satellite. gars, hugging girls, waving miniature American flags, and But when it is all over and done and the men are back, pushing each other—fully clothed—into pools. The kiss- let the liquor flow. Let us all get "grandly and gloriously ing never stopped. The noise level was astronomical. . . . drunk" and throw one another into swimming pools in The revelry at splashdown time was fittingly feverish." our inebriated elation. Thus the NASA communities of Houston, Huntsville No, we do not begrudge celebration for a triumphant and Cocoa Beach celebrated the completion of a success- conclusion to a mammoth undertaking; we are well aware ful mission. And we say we note it sadly. Not, we be- of the tension that must have been eased that night; some believe, that we are prudish or narrow or jaundiced. But celebrations (for instance those which the astronauts' because we remember that many of these same people wives attended) were reported to have been carried out were offering prayers but a short time before for the safety with dignity and decorum. What a pity all the celebra- and success of the mission. tions were not tempered with the same qualities! Then, when it was all over, the One to whom the So we suggest—can anyone hear us?—the next time prayers had been so earnestly offered was forgotten, it the Deity is invoked and His protection craved by a nation seems, and wild carousal was the order of the day. And on its knees that some thanks at least be reserved for Him. night. They were "grandly, gloriously drunk." And We regret that it is the God of heaven who is called upon God, who had answered their prayers and who knows when disaster is at man's elbow but that it is the god of the children of men, could not but reflect that this has wine who is feted when the possibility of disaster is ever been man's pattern. Get man in a howling tempest remote. and he will beseech the Almighty with such fervour as would melt the heart of a statue. But let calm water Rote41 H. Petivl

ABOVE: A model of Britain's latest pa ssenger train due in service by 1974. By employing a new suspension system it will be capable of speeds up to 150 m.p.h. without increasing passenger discomfort. OPPOSITE PAGE: (top) A new reading machine displayed at the London International Inventions and New Products Exhibition. It turns the pages of books and magazines automatically. Designed for paraplegics and victims of poliomyelitis. (bottom) After twenty-nine bites, the latest of which turned his hand quite black before the ambulance arrived, this snake lover, Pieber of Vienna, still handles his fifty vipers and adders with seemingly reckless abandon. The one in the picture is over six feet and is his favourite.

Page Two October 1, 1969 SIGNS OF THE TIMES Tarnished Haloes SHOCKWAVES are still pulsating round the world as a result of Pope Paul's decision to drop the names of about 200 "saints" from the official liturgical calendar of the Catholic Church. Many are asking why he chose this particular time to add to the troubles of the church in this way; surely there were enough problems already, what with birth control and the spirit of revolt in the schools and among the clergy. As a matter of fact this action was one of the most courageous the present Pope has performed. It grew out of a genuine desire to up-date the church and make it more ecumenical. One of the decisions of Vatican II (1962-65) , was to refer the whole matter of liturgical reform to a special committee, with instructions to do a thorough job. It did. The members looked critically at all the 2,500 names on the calendar of "saints" and came to the conclusion that at least forty-seven never existed. Another 150 had so little to qualify them as "saints" that it was recom- mended that they be dropped from the official list, with the proviso that people could still consider them "saints" if they wanted to. Among those removed from the calendar by reason of historical qualification were some of the most revered in Catholic homes. Jordan Bonfante listed some of them in Life magazine: "St. Christopher, the patron saint of voyagers, who was supposed to have carried Christ across a river on his shoulders. "St. Barbara, the patroness of firemen and artillerymen because, after her own father killed her, he was struck down by lightning. "St. Lucy, in whose name it has always been said, `May Santa Lucia protect your eyes.' "St. Susanna, who chose death rather than the dishon- our of marrying the pagan son-in-law of Roman Emperor Diocletian. "St. Catherine of Alexandria, a patroness of philoso- phers and French girls, who was almost martyred on a spiked wheel and thus gave her name to the firework `Catherine Wheel.' "St. Ursula, patroness of learning, a distinction not necessarily connected with her legendary background as one of 11,000 virgins slaughtered by the Huns at Cologna." Others demoted to the "optional" list were the following: "St. Valentine, linked with sweethearts and love because his feast day coincided with the start of the birds' mating season. "St. Nicholas, alias Santa Claus, who is also patron saint of pawnbrokers, sailors and thieves. "St. George, who slew the dragon and became patron of England and the Boy Scouts. "St. Vitus, of the dance, to whom epileptics have always prayed for intercession.

SIGNS OF THE TIMES October 1, 1969 "St. Patrick, the one and only converter of the Irish, we cannot stress too often. Since it is quite some time who always loved a parade." since we rode this particular hobby-horse, we make no To make the official list less European and more univer- apologies for airing it once again. sal the names of a number of modern martyrs were added, The subject is road accidents and alcohol. such as Peter Chanel, killed by the natives of Futuna Is- Forty per cent of drivers involved in accidents have land in the New Hebrides, the Nagasaki martyrs of Japan, blood-alcohol levels above the legal limit, according to and three Jesuits who were tomahawked by Indians in Melbourne University's Fourth Summer School of Al- Quebec in the 1640s. cohol Studies. FIFTY PER CENT of drivers in Vic- It is greatly to the credit of the committee that, know- toria involved in fatal crashes had levels higher than 0.1 ing full well the uproar its action would cause, it never- per cent. (The Age, January 31, 1969.) theless went ahead and tarnished the halos of such famous "saints" as Christopher, Valentine, Nicholas, More interesting still is the fact that with single vehicle George, Vitus, and Patrick. fatal accidents, 80 per cent had blood-alcohol levels above It should have gone one step further and declared 0.1 per cent. "There was irrefutable evidence," it was that none of these individuals—or any others for that reported, "that above a blood-alcohol level of 0.05 per matter—are worthy to receive the adoration or prayers cent, judgment and skill were impaired." It can be said of the church. with confidence that half of the fatal road accidents can Of course, it is perfectly proper to remember the con- be attributed largely to the influence of alcohol. tribution made to the cause of God by faithful pioneers Some experts will argue with this. One will claim and devoted martyrs. Every denomination has such a list. driver education is at fault; another will say that car And it is good to refresh our minds from time to time safety is to blame; and yet another will blame the condi- concerning the service which these members, long de- tions of the roads. The State Government, of course, will ceased, once rendered. But that is as far as we should go. blame the Federal Government for lack of funds to im- The Bible makes plain that all the good people who prove roads, and so the argument goes. From the govern- served the church of Christ well in centuries past are dead ment it goes back to the police department, which started and will remain so until the glorious resurrection when the argument by blaming alcohol. "By the 1970s," writes He returns for His own. (1 Thessalonians 4:16, 17.) Ken Hooper in The Age (12/12/68) , "1,000 people [in Consequently there is no point in praying to them, for Victoria, alone] will die annually in road accidents and they cannot hear what we say, and what is more, they the vested, vicious circle will still be arguing." are totally unable to respond in any way. ONE THOUSAND people will die each year in the Only Christ lives on from age to age, "from everlasting State of Victoria. Nearly three per day, twenty per to everlasting." Sitting on "the right hand of the Ma- week. The blame for these can be placed largely upon jesty on high" (Hebrews 1:3), He watches over His drinking drivers. How long do the rest of us have to people—you and me and everyone who believes in Him. drive on the roads with the risk of being victims of a We need no intermediary to present our needs to Him. drinking-driver fatality? People protest against the He invites us to come "boldly" and directly to Him. See seemingly senseless killing in Vietnam and Biafra; they Hebrews 4:16. condemn cigarette smoking for its tendency to promote He loves each one of us deeply, more than we can fatal diseases; why doesn't the whole nation scream about understand. And no tawdry little medal hung around our the hundreds injured and the scores killed each week necks, no shabby little statue on the dashboard of our in our part of the world because people drive after drink- cars, could ever bring us nearer to His heart than we are ing? at this moment. If half the deformed babies born were attributable in Atagto- 5. MA.visveli even a small way to the consumption of aspirin by the expectant mother, such tablets would only be available by prescription. If even one person died each week from drinking a certain kind of soft drink, you would never How Long, 0 Government, be able to buy a bottle. But thousands can die each year because people drink and drive and the whole nation, in- How Long! cluding both government and people, are totally apathe- tic. Why? Is it because there are too many political EVERYONE has at least one subject, the slightest and financial interests involved? mention of which "gets them going." We wouldn't be normal, perhaps, if there wasn't something about which All of us are responsible for this wholesale slaughter each of us has strong convictions. It needs only one per- of human life until we are just and honest enough to cry loudly enough to make the government do enough to pro- son to push the correct button and we eagerly express driver. with colourful emphasis those things that we feel must be tect the rights of the safe said. HOW LONG, 0 GOVERNMENT, HOW LONG? There is one topic that arouses this magazine's fervour and eloquence that in the interests of social protection pewa L. 5/o4e4 Page Four October 1, 1969 SIGNS OF THE TIMES

A PLACE TO

By Roy C. Naden

Nations! There were young men and CHRISTIAN COLLEGES—and Others women from Lebanon, Syria, Egypt, the Sudan, India, Pakistan, Ceylon, Iran, Iraq, Algeria, Libya, Tunisia, England, "YOU CAN PICK THEM a mile off can receive a somewhat fallacious im- Scotland, and America. And all were by their beards, beads, and beatle hair- pression of the world's great centres living in perfect harmony, enjoying tre- dos. They're just a bunch of hippies. of learning. mendous fun and fellowship. Surely They're not interested in study. In only a Christian college could achieve fact, they even want to decide their I don't mean to give the impression that the universities right now are not such unanimity! own curriculum! Their chief interests struggling with social and educational are sex, sport, and smoking marijuana." Almost every day we hear repeated issues which were not even mentioned the words of our Lord: "That they Armed with this information gleaned a decade ago. Tremendous upheavals from current magazines, my camera, might be one." Our generation has be- are in progress. But the actions and come infatuated with the elusive ob- and a handful of lenses ready for any attitudes of the photographed and pub- emergency, I set off for California's jective of unity. Its attainment has Berkeley University ready to record it licized minorities do not reflect the become a life and death struggle. How- thinking of multitudes of clean, decent, ever, in Adventist colleges the world "like it is"! fun-loving kids. And what is more, It was the lunch hour, but thirty around, a genuine unity—irrespective there are some colleges where revolt is of background, culture, skin colour, or minutes went by before I saw a single unknown. bearded, crazy-costumed student! It language—has been achieved. This phe- was all rather discouraging. Or was My mind goes to the city of Beirut in nomenon is not restricted to Lebanon. it? Not really. It simply confirmed a Lebanon. Half-way up the mountain, I saw it in Fiji at the Fulton Missionary hunch. There is conflict on virtually overlooking the bustling city with its College, where students from virtually every campus. But it is a vocal min- beautiful backdrop of blue Mediterran- every South Pacific island work and ority, the radicals, that are successfully ean water, is situated the Seventh-day worship together. I saw it in England, capturing public attention. Their un- Adventist Middle East College. One at Newbold College, where young people conventional actions make good copy week-end recently it was my privilege from all the countries of Northern Eu- for the papers. These garish demon- to speak to the students of this college. rope come to train for gospel service. I strators make good pictures for the The group was multi-racial in the ex- have seen it often at Avondale College pictorial department. As a result, one treme. It was literally a little United in Australia, where many nations are continuously represented. When writing to a group of European " . . . thirty minutes went by before I saw a single bearded, crazy-costumed student." Christians, the great revivalist Paul once said: "I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God." Romans 1:16. God's power is oblivious to the boundaries that commonly separate the people of the world. It is undeterred by economic, social, or racial differences. It takes young people, transforms them, and gives them a happiness, a graciousness, a purpose, and a reliability that genuinely is the hope of the world. Of the 3,500,000,000 inhabitants of our planet today, half are under twenty- five years of age. This is a young person's age. The "now" generation has been analysed and psycho-analysed, used and abused, helped and harassed, but into their hands is quickly passing the responsibility of the present and the future. Christian colleges are one of the last bastions against materialism, atheism, and amorality. These are the places where our youth should be. This is in their own interest, the church's interest, and the interest of the world at large.

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of the prophets. These were schools where were studied the law of Moses, poetry, sacred music and religious DR. C. STANDISH, M.A. (Hons.), history. The pupils supported themselves by working M.Ed., Ph.D. in the fields and forests. For centuries the schools of THE GREEKS believed that knowledge was equated the prophets were the only bastion against the wide- with virtue—that to know was to do. Strange though spreading apostasy. this concept might seem, it persisted strongly into the With the restoration of Jerusalem and the return of nineteenth century when it was confidently predicted the Jews to Judah, a new educational system arose de- that all the social ills of poverty, corruption, crime and dicated to the training of the children for God and as war would be eliminated by universal education. We a protection against idolatry. Synagogue schools and have witnessed the complete collapse of this philosophy. rabbinical schools predominated. Such was the empha- Education, fully conceived, is not limited to formal sis of God's people upon education that it has been schooling but involves the whole experience of man— stated that "of all the ancient peoples of the Western earthly and eternal. It is both life and preparation for World, the Jews were the most literate—they were the life. There has therefore always been an inseparable only people of antiquity to attempt to teach everyone to link between the extension of the frontiers of God's read."5 church and education—not an education imprisoned by Neither was Jewish education confined to intellectual the philosophy of man but an education vitalized by development: "The duty of every father was to teach his the eternal verities of God. Every great religious move- son a trade."6 For a time, the truth of God was expoun- ment has reawakened and redirected the educational ded with great care, but later the influence of the vision of man. Greek culture led to emphasis upon scholarship, philo- It was always God's plan that man should expand sophy and religious form rather than personal consecra- his knowledge, understanding and wisdom. Though tion. man was created perfect, his understanding was to de- It was into this world that the Son of God was born velop continuously. This was the opportunity to —the great Teacher of humanity. The message of learn, not the unstable theories and hypotheses of to- salvation and hope that Christ brought to the world day, but the immutables of God. God, Himself, was was characterized by the direct, simple methods of the man's first teacher.' Master Teacher. His teaching was in marked contrast In the fall of man is witnessed the introduction of to the abstruse philosophies of the rabbis, Pharisees and pseudo-education, the intermingling of truth with error.2 Sadducees. Subsequently, the world has witnessed the pre- Yet there are many evidences of the great impact sence of both the true and the false. Very often the that the teachings of Christ had upon His hearers. As two have merged, to the inevitable weakening of the a lad of twelve He astonished the rabbis with His under- work of the church. standing and answers.' During His ministry, Christ's The First Schools teaching impressed and amazed His hearers. The great Originally, God entrusted the education of the child- Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews and member of the ren to their parents'—particularly the father, the Sanhedrin, could declare, "Rabbi, we know that Thou patriarch of the family. And still today in a special art a teacher come from God."8 As Christ taught in sense, the responsibilities in education are those of the the synagogues, many of the listeners marvelled at His parents.4 In ancient times the father was the teacher, knowledge9 and "wondered at the gracious words which priest and legislator, and had he fulfilled faithfully his proceeded out of His mouth."'° Even when officers mission, the great truth of God would have been wit- were sent to take Him prisoner they returned without nessed to the world of antiquity. But when apostasy Christ, declaring, "Never man spake like this Man.''" and idolatry became widespread throughout Israel, God As Jesus completed His earthly ministry He chal- established, through his prophet Samuel, the schools lenged His followers to "teach all nations."12 Thus a

Page Six October 1, 1969 SIGNS OF THE TIMES Soon arose the first Christian schools. Some suggest that it is possible that these arose during apostolic times.13 Certainly in the years immediately following the apostles many of these arose and, while their organization was informal and their method of instruction varied, they were responsible for teaching Christian be- liefs to many who were preparing for baptism. However, just as the Greek influence had penetrated the rabbinical schools of the pre-Christian Jews, so, too, was it to erode the purity of the Christian church. Soon catechetical, monastic and cathedral schools were established, many of which had been influenced, not only by the Greeks, but also by the pagan religions of the Romans and Persians. These schools, rather than being the fortresses of truth, became centres for the dis- semination of corrupted faith. It is true that many of the leaders in the Western Roman church such as Ter- tullian (155-222), Jerome (340-420), and Augustine of Hippo (354-430) spoke out strongly against this trend, but paganism continued to make progress within the dogma of the Christian church. R. C. D. During this period of growing apostasy, the strongest resistance to the growth of Christian declension was rANDISH found in the schools of the British Isles. Almost as soon as Christianity was taken across the channel, either in apostolic or immediate post-apostolic times, schools were attached to the churches established. "The schools were annexed to, or rather were part of the foundation of the churches."14 It was during this period that two great centres of Celtic learning were established. The first was established by Columbanus (521-97) on the Island of Iona off the west coast of Scotland. Here was an education based upon the study of the Word of God and supported by the agricultural work of those who attended. A little later Oswald (605-41), King of North- umbria, a former pupil at Iona, founded the second great Celtic school at Lindisfarne. Both these schools stood strongly for centuries against the encroachment of apostate Christianity. Though, as a result of the Council of Whitby in 664, much of England accepted new band of teachers arose, taught and trained by the papal authority, the Celtic church, particularly in Scot- Son of God, fired by a world-wide mission and a fervent land, remained apart for five more centuries. From belief in the gospel of salvation they were preaching. the time of Columbanus until the thirteenth century, Within a few short decades the teachings of Christ Celtic education was said to be remarkable for its vi- were proclaimed to the major known regions of the gour and culture, making it perhaps the most outstand- earth and for the first time in history the message of ing of all of Europe.15 truth penetrated, with striking success, the heathen cul- On the Continent, the primitive apostolic faith was tures of the world. maintained over many centuries by the people of the New Concepts in Education Piedmont valleys. The Waldensians, as they later Christianity expressed new concepts in education. became known, resisted the great apostasy that swept Long had the education of the mind dominated the edu- most of Christendom, clinging to the Bible as their only cational theories of man. But Christianity gave new source of belief. Great and bloody was the persecution zest to the notions of a balanced education—one in that they experienced from the established church. As- which the education of the mind was but part of the sailed by such bitter opposition, the training and edu- total education of man, where both the spiritual and cation of their children was very precious to the Wal- physical experiences of man were also given proper densians. "From earliest childhood the youth were education. (Concluded on page 26)

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HEN MARTIN LUTHER nailed his ninety-five theses to the door of the Castle Church in Witten- berg in 1517, he was particularly intent on convincing opinions within the university of that north German town. The message of his propositions was so tuned to the temper of his times that it spread with quite unbelievable rapidity beyond the university walls into the German countryside. The printed page spread Luther's message initially; but it was the University of Wittenberg, where Luther's views were readily accepted, that consolidated the Ger- man Reformation. Former parish priests from throughout Germany, re-educated in the university, became the backbone of the Lutheran ministry. Good men, many of whom had formerly been abysmally ignorant of the fundamentals of Christian learning, grasped the opportunity for religious knowledge, and accepted their new roles with renewed confidence and spiritual in- sights. The University of Wittenberg leavened the whole lump of German society in the early sixteenth century. The theological school hard by St. Peter's Church in the city of Geneva made itself even more widely felt. This school sent its trainees, such as John Knox, to Scotland, to the Netherlands, Southern Germany, and Poland. The French Huguenots were taught by men trained at Geneva. All that seems very remote from our modern age, even though we still feel its effects. Yet at the present time the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Australia is operating an institution specifically designed to train young people to make their mark on modern society. This is Avondale College, situated thirty miles south- east of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, one of a chain of Adventist colleges internationally distri- buted. For close on three-quarters of a century now, Avondale, as it is affectionately known, has been crea- ting, from young people of faith and vision, successive generations of ministers, teachers, missionaries and others intent on carrying the Christian evangel throughout the world. Most Avondale graduates, however, are today following their spiritual calling—preaching, teaching, and performing deeds of mercy—in Austra- lia, New Zealand, New Guinea and the islands of the south Pacific. Adventists have developed a parochial school system of increasing size and complexity, but none of its many schools in this area has exerted an influence quite as widespread and powerful as that of Avondale.

IN THE BEGINNING The founders of Avondale enjoyed quite a frontier experience. Seventh-day Adventist preachers arrived for the first time in Australia from the United States in 1885. Seven years later, when the Adventist Church SIGNS OF THE TIMES October 1, 1969 Page Nine membership had grown to hardly more than a few hundred, a school was opened in Melbourne just off St. Kilda Road as a first step in developing an Adventist educational system. It was particularly concerned with providing an Adventist ministry. At this point Ellen White, who exercised a powerful spiritual influence within the Advent movement, took up residence in Aus- tralia. She persuaded the local leaders that a city environment was not suitable for the fulfilment of ideals of Christian development in young people. There were, in summary, too many bright lights in the cities. As a direct result of Ellen White's recommendations, a five-man selection committee raked the eastern coast- lands of Australia in search of a property within the means of a small struggling church organization, yet suitable for a school with rural industries. Using boats on Dora Creek, a short coastal stream, they inspected a property three miles or so from the recently opened Sydney-Newcastle railway. This was an extensive wedge of land, some of it river flats, set between two creeks, near the logging and staging settlement of Cooranbong. The committee considered the property a distinct possibility for the proposed venture, especially since the price was very reasonable. There were, however, unfavourable opinions of it. An official of the New South Wales agricultural department warned the committee that in his view the property was quite unsuitable for an enterprise which looked in part to agricultural pursuits to sustain it. Local and more colourful comment varied, it is said, from the quip that Jack Rabbit crossing the estate would need to carry his lunch on his back, to the cryptic remark that the land would not feed a bandicoot. The C4VONDALE COLLEGE has always promoted education as members of the committee wavered before this barrage harmonious development of the mental, moral, physical, spirit. of disparaging comment but Ellen White held a convic- and social aspects of development. The pictures on these pa, tion that the land possessed unrecognized potential and show how some of these concepts are inculcated into the should be purchased. This advice prevailed. of the students in their day-to-day activities. The Adventist Church has never regretted that step. As the gum trees and scrub were removed from rising land suitable for building, there was revealed a panora- mic view of surrounding hills. The land, intelligently managed, has belied its critics, providing high quality improved pasture for the college stud dairy herd, citrus orchards, and gardens. The river flats in dry times have been the envy of farmers for miles around. NOT JUST A FARM The Adventist leaders were intent on building an educational institution rather than merely establishing, a farm, but the school's rural industries were of importance because part of the educative process in this country setting was to consist of a system by which every student would work at least some hours a week in part satisfaction of his fees. Some poor but deter- mined and industrious students were to show that it was possible to earn the whole of one's fees in this way by accepting employment at the college during the summer vacations. As was expected, the system proved beneficial not only economically but also as an educative technique. Toil in field or workshop was found com- plementary to the student's scholastic life, making for strength and stability of character. There is no inclina- tion among contemporary Avondale students with their experience of life's responsibilities and genuine satisfac- tions, for "pot" smoking or glue sniffing. Page Ten October 1, 1969 SIGNS OF THE TIMES SIGNS OF THE TIMES October 1, 1969 Page Eleven The fact that Avondale students work on the college New Zealand universities. The degree is awarded by estate as farmers, engineers, builders, plumbers, join- means of affiliation with Pacific Union College, Califor- ers, and office workers, substantially caring for all the nia, a fully accredited Adventist under-graduate school domestic services of the institution, is such a matter of north of San Francisco. This degree, organized Ameri- remark to visitors that they are sometimes inclined to can fashion into twenty courses, demands the best that regard this way of life as the principal rather than a capable students can offer: there is provided a thorough subsidiary ingredient of Avondale education. grounding in Biblical studies, with such courses as The central feature of all Adventist education is, in Major and Minor Prophets, New Testament Epistles, fact, to be found in the conviction that the Holy Scrip- and two courses in New Testament Greek. Theoretical tures are the "lively oracles of God," and that the search and practical theology are represented by courses such for knowledge and wisdom must lead to an acknow- as Biblical Theology and Homiletics. A segment of the ledgment of God as the loving Father and Creator of degree is given over to secular studies designed to make all things and belief in Jesus of Nazareth as the Re- the young minister aware of life and literature about deemer. To the faculty of Avondale the most impor- him : English, two courses in Modern History and a tant responsibility is to be found in the spiritual growth Fine or Applied Art. of the individual student. Every student is expected to take one theological course each year. Worship ser- SCIENCE DEGREES vices are held in the dormitories morning and evening. Secondary teachers may choose the physical and Every week on the seventh day "according to the biological sciences or a combination of humane studies. commandment," all but the most necessary secular If science is chosen, the four years of training must tasks are abandoned and the Sabbath given over to include the intermediate and final examinations for the preaching, religious discussion, devotional reading, ap- Bachelor of Science with the University of London. propriate music, missionary activity or walking in the The humanities degree, like the degree in theology, is surrounding countryside. Every student is encouraged granted in affiliation with Pacific Union College. Eng- to develop his own devotional life. lish, history, geography, French, German, economics, commerce, art and music are available to the prospective NOT JUST CONTEMPLATION secondary teachers. It is not the intention, however, that students should At the non-degree level there is a three-year primary withdraw into lives of mere contemplation. There is teaching programme, inspected, interestingly enough, a belief among Adventist educators that the only worth- by the Victorian Educational Department, and courses while life is one which is outgoing, like that of the for secondary manual arts teachers. For office workers Master, who declared : "My meat is to do the will of there is an intensive one-year course in typing, short- Him that sent Me, and to finish His work." The stu- hand and business principles. There are courses in dents are taught that the good life is to be found in the dressmaking, home economics and the building trades. tradition of Wilberforce, Shaftesbury and Albert Sch- In its country setting, Avondale has to provide its own weitzer by whom wealth and position in society was cultural and social life. It seeks to give its students an judged of much lesser worth than activities contributing opportunity to sing, play, paint or carve, to make to the happiness and welfare of others. friendships of lasting worth with members of both sexes, Wittenberg and Geneva were particularly theological and maybe to deepen a friendship into a partnership for schools. Avondale functions more broadly. Seventh- life. day Adventists believe with Luther that there is, in a Of the various cultural organizations the Avondale certain sense, a priesthood of all the believers, and they Symphonic Choir, not unfamiliar to radio listeners and believe with the Apostle Paul that as the various organs television viewers, is a constant pleasure to the Avondale of the human body perform their varied and comple- College family. Not to become too inbred, Avondale mentary functions, so the various members of the imports selected artists in an attempt to sustain a high church apply themselves to a variety of activities, ac- quality of entertainment. Ample facilities are provided cording to their abilities, for the welfare of the church for casual physical recreation. body as a whole. This, Adventists believe, should be The Avondale College community has an interna- provided for in the Christian school. tional flavour. At present it has students from Scan- Avondale is therefore a multilateral institution offer- dinavia, Poland, Germany, Great Britain, the United ing for its size a wide spectrum of courses at a variety States, Ethiopia, Pakistan, Hong Kong, Malaysia and of academic levels for those who would be Christian the Pacific Islands. Most of its teachers are former ministers, teachers (both secondary and primary), graduates of Avondale itself but many in the course of stenographers, accountants or tradesmen. Many of following their line of specialization have pursued these are eventually employed directly by the church doctoral studies, not only in Australian universities but organization; others become Christian laymen. also in those of Great Britain and America. Over the years Avondale has been compelled by the Avondale represents an attempt to find for young demands of a better-educated society to force up its people the best in spiritual, mental, physical and social scholastic standards, to provide a more professionally life. It is not a perfect school, but it is one with a trained ministry and body of teachers, and to produce clearly defined goal and a sense of corporate striving, in Christian business men able to cope with the greater the strength of the Master, after all that is highest and complexity of the modern business world. best. That is why each year about five hundred and For example, Avondale today offers a four-year de- fifty young people, many of whom could obtain higher gree programme in theology with matriculation require- education more cheaply on scholarships elsewhere, ments equivalent to those demanded by Australian and choose Avondale. lott Page Twelve October 1, 1969 SIGNS OF THE TIMES STUDENTS' SYMPOSIUM

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beginning of Bible studies with them. TERESA KOZIOL After three months, Teresa was elated when Jenny and her mother were bap- BORN IN A COUNTRY where non- tized. conformist attitudes are regarded as A diligent and astute business man, anti-republican, Teresa Koziol encoun- Teresa's father had carefully saved and tered her first opposition in her early so he and his family proudly crossed the years of primary school. threshold of a beautiful new home. In Poland, there are six days of school However, increased taxation was de- or work, but because she was a Seventh- manded—more than her father's an- day Adventist, Teresa, was absent from nual income. Until this tax was paid, school each Saturday. So each Sat- the family could not plan to emigrate. urday evening, she hurried from For three years they applied for pass- house to house, greeting each stern ports, until one day an ultimatum ar- face with a request for the les- rived. If they could not arrange for sons learned in school that day. But their passports within three months, hissed taunts of "Jew!" and "Heretic!" they would be unable to emigrate. So floated after Teresa in the cool sunset the house was sold to pay the exorbi- hours of the evening. tant tax. Finally, the eagerly sought-for infor- However, time was almost gone. There mation was grudgingly given. By Mon- was but one hour on the last Friday day morning, that missed schoolwork afternoon before Poland's doors to free- had been conscientiously written out dom would be closed for ever. Between and learned. the Koziol family and a new future lay If patience and kindness had been a journey of fifty miles to another city. learned in primary school. faithfulness At the emigration offices, they found was to be severely tested in secondary that the official who should have signed school. Taunts and tirades were fol- their passports had already left. But decisive years, the Koziol family was lowed by more serious threats of expul- God is omnipotent; the official's assis- at last emigrating to Australia. sion, and three times Teresa was ex- tants were able to sign their papers in- Now, after four years in Australia, pelled because of her "idiotic religion." stead. Just an hour had passed; and Teresa is studying accountancy at Avon- During those nine years when Teresa in the guest rooms they gratefully dale College, and enjoys the fellowship had learned to trust God implicitly, peo- knelt, passports clutched in their hands. of its Christian students. Because she ple had been watching. One day, a Tears of joyful relief moistened Teresa's knows that God has led her in the past, school friend, Jenny, came to Teresa father's eyes. Through those days of she is willing to find and follow His plan and asked if she and her mother could turmoil and insecurity, a powerful Un- for her in the future. visit the Koziol family. This was the seen Hand had guided. After those in- LYN WEBB.

HARRY BEATY IT IS ALMOST two years since Harry Beaty left his home in Florida, U.S.A., to come to Australia. The desire to travel led Harry to Ontario, Canada, where he concluded high school and commenced the theology course at Kingsway College. In 1967, Harry continued his theology studies at Southern Missionary College in Tennessee. Still desiring to travel, and yet continue his course, Harry enrolled at Avondale College in 1968. This year, after five years of boarding-college life in three different countries, Harry graduates from the theological course. He plans to use his many interests in working for the Master as a missionary pilot. It was as a teenager in Florida that Harry first experienced the flying "bug." His interest in flying soon allied itself with his desire to become a minister. Now, after four years of flying, he has gained considerable experience. Last year, Harry was fortunate to able to spend his vacation working in New Guinea. Although his prime objective was to earn enough finance for his college fees, he did manage some time to fly. Here he discovered the thrill and danger of flying in the New Guinea Highlands. He also saw the desperate need of the Terri- tory's primitive people, isolated, uneducated, unclothed, but reaching for something better. The future lies before Harry. His desire is to help these people of New Guinea, or wherever the call is heard, to understand a better way of life. Using his background as a pilot and a minister, Harry has dedicated his life to the alleviation of the physical and spiritual needs of under-privileged peoples; and to point them to Him who is the "way and the life." LYN BARTLETT SIGNS OF THE TIMES October 1, 1969 Page Thirteen BARRIE BLAKEWAY THE WORLD lay at his feet. Success startled at first, but convinced of the was assured. For Barrie Blakeway, life necessity of food control, Barrie made was good. As secretary-accountant of the move. several companies with nation-wide sub- The interest aroused by the 5-Day sidiaries, security was guaranteed. With Plan and the change of diet in turn promotion not merely a possibility but engendered interest in the Bible. Thus a certainty, what circumstances would Barrie began to listen to the Bible stu- cause a man so situated to turn his dies given to his wife. The problem of back on all this and enrol at Avondale alcohol was met and conquered. Bar- College? rie, impressed with his need of Christ, gave his life in commital, praying, The answer began when a man called "Lord, if You need me, show me Your on Barrie's wife in the course of his plan or leave me alone." work and during the visit offered Bible God had a plan, and in answer to studies. She accepted, and studies com- that prayer Barrie came to Avondale menced. Barrie was not interested in to study for the gospel ministry. All these until one day the woman conduct- was not easy, but when God determines ing the studies asked him if he would and man is willing, nothing can delay. like to give up smoking. Now this was Early this year the Blakeway fam- something that Barrie desperately wan- ily drove to Avondale to begin a new ted, and soon arrangements were male life. As Barrie put it, "Avondale is a that he, too, may be able to answer for him to attend a 5-Day Plan to stop college where the Lord is making of smoking. The next step was a sugges- `Yes!' to the question, 'Do you know us a purer metal than that with which my Lord?"' tion that the Blakeway family should He started; equipping us for a life of change to a vegetarian diet. A little effective service for our fellow man, RUSSELL WOOLLEY.

ANTHEA NICHOLLS SCIENCE . . . strange new god of the twentieth century? Or revelation of the character of the Creator, a skill to be cultivated and harnessed for a really worth- while cause? It depends how you study it. That is one reason Anthea is happy that she came to Avondale. Anthea was educated at a state high school in Victoria. When fifth form came, she had no difficulty in choosing science in preference to the humanities. University was alluring, too; but apparently God had different ideas. During a visit to Victoria by Pastor Hefren, an Avondale College lecturer, the science courses offered at Avondale College were suggested. She had an excuse. "I'll only be able to go to university if I obtain a scholarship." "You can use your scholarship at Avondale." And that started the long chain of investigations that ended in Anthea's taking the London Bachelor of Science course at Avondale. There are no regrets. Somehow science has taken a different role—important, but falling into perspective behind a larger goal. In the future Anthea would like to study dietetics. "It seems logical to me that the best nutriments for man should be found in the natural foods and conditions with which God has surrounded him," she says. Meanwhile she is enjoying college life . . . the fun of delving into God's creation, the benefits of small classes, friendly teachers, and happy contact with young people from many different climes, but above all, the satisfaction of seeing allusive theories about Christianity solidify into realities.

After two years in New Guinea, she JUNE BARTON returned to Australia to attend Avon- dale College—just for the experience. While at college, she met Pastor Rosen- TWO YEARS AGO, June Barton was dahl, who had established a mission a young Aboriginal nursing sister work- school for Aborigines at Mirriwinni ing as a missionary in New Guinea. To- Gardens, New South Wales. June visited day she is studying at Avondale College the school and became convinced that to be a teacher. she must prepare herself to teach Abori- Why would a fully qualified sister who ginal children. "If we can't bring this was doing valuable work in New Guinea generation to Christ," she said, "we shall come back to Australia to study? be another generation behind. . . . June is convinced that the Lord has "I came to college with no aim, but been interested in her throughout her now I have an aim—to become more life. She knows that God has a work dedicated so that I can show my people for her to do among her own people. that there is a living Christ who loves As a young girl, June lived in Mt. Isa. them and cares about them." Here a dedicated friend introduced her June hopes that through her efforts to the Saviour and encouraged her to and God's power, people will be able undertake a nursing course leading to to look into the faces of Aboriginal peo- missionary service. It was the influence ple and say, "These people are different, and faith of this woman that inspired not because of government training, but June to continue her education. "I could because they are Christians—educated have let myself down," June said, "but by God." I could not let her down." SHERYL SMITH. Page Fourteen JUDY KING MANY STUDENTS have had to sacrifice to come to Avondale. One of these is Judy King, who comes from the Apple Isle, Tasmania. Judy first heard about Avondale College from a Seventh-day Adventist school friend in Hobart. It was with her girl friend that Judy first attended a Seventh- day Adventist church. Judy studied hard for her matriculation, but still had time for her favourite pastime, riding her Arab horse. At heart she was a real country girl. This year her school friend decided to enrol at Avondale College. Judy learned much about the college and became especially in terested when she learned it was located in a rural environment. She had received two scholarships as a result of a fine matriculation pass— one was a Commonwealth University Scholarship and the other a Commonwealth Advanced Education Scholarship for a Teachers' Training College. Although her parents strongly urged her to accept one of these scholarships, Judy decided to put them aside to enrol at Avondale. Now she had to raise the necessary fees. Sadly she sold her most treasured possessions, her horse and saddle. Later, gifts from rela- tives helped to ease her burden. Although she has had to sacrifice to come to Avondale, Judy is very thankful that God has opened the way for her to study here. VIVIENNE HILL.

WALLACE LIGGETT MAN, lost in the dilemma of existence, Yet it was not until manhood that seeks for an eternal destiny; to a man he made the ultimate decision to come called of God that destiny is to a ser- to Avondale College to begin a degree vice inspired by a greater vision of a course in education and make good his world in need, a world separated from "desire to make life a definite service God. to God in a direct way." From New Zealand and a place in Now in his third year of study, Wal- the clothing business, God called a lace's desire to teach in Seventh-day man—Wallace Liggett—to train for a Adventist schools is beginning to bear life of service in the education of His fruit as he involves himself in the acti- people and their children. vities of the college, organizing branch In the environment of a Seventh-day Sabbath schools, teaching the accordion Adventist home the spark of service for to willing learners, and still finding time God was kindled. Wallace developed to sing with the Avondale Symphonic a love for music and, at the beginning Choir. of his teenage years, began to study What is it that uproots a man from and master the piano accordion until he his home and familiar surroundings attained international recognition, be- and calls him to prepare for service? coming a regular recorder with the Aus- The answer is simply, "Christ in the tralian Broadcasting Commission and hearts of His servants to become the the New Zealand Broadcasting Corpora- hope of men." tion. SANDOR GAZSIK. BETH NICHOLLS pation for a girl—competitive shearing, WHATEVER HAPPENS to childhood where she created a stir by becoming ambitions? When Beth Nicholls com- the Australian lady champion, shearing pleted her primary school education a sheep in four minutes. Quite a lively with Blackfriar's Correspondence School lass! But she still found time for yet and commenced her secondary school- another activity — teaching Sunday ing, she was quite convinced that se- school and studying Bible lessons. condary teaching was the career for her. Shortly after this, the family moved But somehow, at fourteen, she left to Gosford, where Beth again worked school to become a jillaroo at "Success on a farm while she studied shorthand Stud"—after all, it would seem that and typing at Gosford Technical Col- there is little to choose between looking lege. It was at this time that she be- after sheep and teaching high school! came a Seventh-day Adventist. After Outdoor life had been bred into Beth, visiting Avondale College, and talking since her father was a mechanic on a with members of the faculty, she made sheep and cattle station at Moree. Thus her decision to study to be a Bible In- grooming show sheep and bulls and structor. spending the greater part of each day Beth knows that God has led and is on horseback became second nature to leading in her life, for she has "found her. by experience that whatever God calls a The life of a jillaroo is never dull. person to do, He also provides the means From this time on began a wonderful for that person to do it. Surely we round of activities that included show can say with Paul 'I can do all things riding in the Sydney Royal Easter through Christ which strengtheneth Show, pony club instructing, go-cart me."' Philippians 4:13. racing and still another unusual occu- ALVEEN THORESEN. SIGNS OF THE TIMES October 1, 1969 Page Fifteen The "Al

OR where your treasure is, there will your their expenditure is highly prized, and the more so, heart be also." Thus spoke Christ in ref- the more our resources of body and mind are stretched erence to wealth and its investment. And in its pursuit. Moreover, money confers upon its owner nothing more profound or penetrating has the intoxicating sensation of power and prestige—power ever been uttered on the subject. Not to command the goods and services of others, prestige Vespasian's "It does not stink," as he held a coin to his that comes of being able to enjoy "the good things of son's nose; not Washington Irving's "the almighty dol- life" (as they are known), "to do oneself proud." lar"; not Virgil's "the accursed greed of gold"; nor Shy- The "almighty dollar" aptly sums up in two words lock's "0 my ducats . . . 0 my Christian ducats!" While the excitement, self-exaltation, the sway and sovereignty all these expressions, more or less feelingly, favour or felt and exercised by those whom we, with unconscious deplore money in some way, Christ's calm dictum puts irony, consider are "successful"—unconscious irony, it in right perspective, where it properly belongs. because it seems that one of Christ's foremost aims is Money properly belongs to the service of man, as to break the spell and hold which property and wealth something meant to benefit him. Yet because money exercise over the mind, blinding it to the true purpose has so frequently had the opposite effect and mastered of existence. and even ruined man, our Saviour frequently warned "That a rich man shall hardly enter into the king- His audiences against its all-too-often captivating and dom of God" (Matthew 19:23) and "It is easier for fatal influence. a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a The parables of the unjust steward (Luke 16:1-8), rich man to enter into the kingdom of God" (Verse the unforgiving servant (Matthew 18:23-35), the 24) are pronouncements that scarcely encourage the foolish husbandman (Luke 12:16-21), the rich man idea that Christ's and the world's idea of success are and Lazarus (Luke 16:19-31), the labourers in the even remotely the same. vineyard (Matthew 20:1-16); and Christ's personal encounters with the disgruntled brother (Luke 12:13, The question then imposes itself: Was Christ op- 14) and the rich young man (Mark 10:17-22), to posed to wealth or its possession or, to put it another say nothing of the untimely ends of Gehazi (2 Kings way, Is to be rich necessarily a sin? 5:27), Ananias and Sapphira (Acts 5:1-10), Achan There is nothing in Scripture to suggest that He was (Joshua 7:24, 25) and Judas (Matthew 27:5), show opposed to wealth or that it is a sin. The commonly how concerned God and His Son are that we should misquoted: "Money is the root of all evil" when the text not fall victims to greed—and yet how easily we may! actually reads, "The love of money is the root of all And this is not altogether surprising, for to make evil," helps to explain the confusion of thought sur- money honestly costs time, energy, thought, discipline rounding money and its morality. God hates cupidity, and training. Naturally, therefore, the reward for not cash.

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The rich man is abhorrent in His sight, not for him- "If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unright- self, but for the foolish or corrupt use to which he puts eous mammon, who will commit to you the true riches?" his wealth and influence. And God abhors such be- The disciples were to learn the lesson that to live is to haviour, not from any mere sense of moral disgust (as give—live, that is, in the true sense of the word. we might) , but because He knows how too often it They must communicate what Jesus had given them, ends in disaster, in the loss of eternal life, the greatest not only such material means as they might possess but, of all tragedies in the eyes of Heaven. more importantly, something of that grace which comes The husbandman of Luke 12, obsessed with the idea of association with Him—the knowledge of grace's of adding barn to barn, is the storied example of a rich purpose and grace's power. man's folly; Solomon's multiple adulteries, an actual Translated into terms of dollars and cents this means instance of a rich man's vice. "Sordid gain," once an that Christians must not only be just but generous with expression much beloved of a certain class of novelists their money, the very thing Christ's other listeners, the and those who read them, possibly rather conceals a Pharisees on that occasion, were not. For if money feeling of envy at another's good fortune than springs speaks all languages, it must necessarily speak, one from any real sense of righteous indignation. But "fil- way or another, the language of the heart. thy lucre" is a Biblical term. Its origin and context vouch for its sincerity; and Paul, who wrote it, was To combat this fatal weakness of man, his disposition not condemning pecuniary gain as such but the spirit to be neither just nor generous with his money, God has in which it is so often acquired. surrounded him with safeguards and inducements, checks and counterpoises. Known as tithes and offer- This distinction is further underlined in Christ's ings, these provide an instance of that ingenious and teaching of the unjust steward, a parable as fresh and precise psychological engineering which marks richly relevant today as when first spoken. Given both all the to instruct His disciples and rebuke the Pharisees, it is divine dealings with His creatures. Calculated to ap- in no way meant to commend the steward for the sharp peal to man's sense of gratitude and fair play, these practice that marked his dealing, but rather for the payments serve not only to tap the springs of the human sagacity and foresight he displayed in seeking to secure heart but to keep the pumps primed and working when his future. Why is it—but for better reasons, of course once the flow has begun. —that God's people, His stewards, are not as provident God's reasoning is this: Man must be shown his in- and pressing in securing theirs, is the implied question. herent meanness, and then helped to correct it; in Then, carrying His argument a step further, Jesus short, he must be saved from himself. Free from all enjoins His hearers to "make friends of the mammon such physical constraint as necessarily belongs, for in- of righteousness," clinching all by asking rhetorically, stance, to the Inland Revenue Department, or Taxation SIGNS OF THE TIMES October 1, 1969 Page Seventeen Department, call it what you will, these dues are yet Lord's, and the fullness thereof; the world, and they enforced upon the honest heart by the even yet more that dwell therein." Psalm 24: 1. "For every beast of tremendous pressure of moral suasion—the urgings of the forest is Mine. . . . If I were hungry, I would not conscience and pleas of grace. But apart from such tell thee." Psalm 50:10, 12. "But thou shalt remem- compulsions, it is left open to every person to pay or ber the Lord thy God: for it is He that giveth thee power not. In plain language, one can cheat if one chooses to get wealth." Deuteronomy 8 : 18. It is on such to. grounds that God bases His claim to our prior payment And the distressing, not to mention depressing, fact not only of our money but of our love. Thus it would is that the majority of Christians do choose to cheat. seem that from the basest of motives (calculated self- Every week-end millions of church-goers in congregation interest) and from the best (disinterested gratitude), pray to the Lord, praise His name in song, bow in pro- we should meet our tithe. We have everything to gain fessed subjection to His will, and then, alas, withhold and nothing to lose by such faithfulness. the millions of dollars in tithes—the 10 per cent of For tithe is entrusted to us—for better or worse. Not one's increase or net income which is His both by for a moment or degree is it ours; we are not called prescriptive and authoritative right. upon to use our discretion about its outlay, as we are Earmarked, according to the gospel, tithe is for the with the remaining nine-tenths. It is the Lord's—the purpose of maintaining the ministry and the spreading Lord's exclusively and inalienably, His and His only, of the gospel. One would have imagined that what was and to be put to no other use than that for which it is not theirs by any right but that of entrusted possession, intended: to be returned to Him through His church. would have been lovingly and faithfully surrendered by To employ it for any other purpose is a flagrant breach of trust, a trust which is meant to try us, that holds the Christians to their Lord to Whom it properly belongs. mirror up to our hearts and reveals them to us for But, as we have seen, one would be wrong. In other what they are—steadfast or shifty, shallow or sincere. words, if there were debtors' prisons for defaulting The fact that God pronounces a blessing upon the Christians, next Saturday and Sunday would see the faithful renderer of this due, and a curse on the defaul- churches more than half deserted; the absent would be ter—the one as boundless as the other is deep—shows serving a gaol sentence. what weight He attaches to this matter. For tithe is a Moreover, it is a safe surmise that most Christians tax—not upon our money, but upon our love. And it today, faced with the alternative of being only able to is for our love that God hungers. In a word, tithe is pay either God or their grocer, would satisfy the latter hugely tell-tale. first. Yet God is the greatest Grocer of them all, the Tithes enable us to manifest our sense of loving Universal Provider par excellence. "The earth is the duty; offerings our sense of free delight. The discipline

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HOSTS, IF I WILL NOT OPEN 1. God Is Our Creator and Owner. YOU THE WINDOWS OF HEA- "In the beginning God created." Genesis 1:1. VEN, AND POUR YOU OUT A "The earth is the Lord's." Psalm 24:1. BLESSING, THAT THERE SHALL 2. We Belong to God. NOT BE ROOM ENOUGH TO Since He created us. Psalm 100:3. Since He redeemed us. 1 Corinthians 6:19, 20. RECEIVE IT." Our possessions, too, belong to God. Haggai 2:8. —Malachi 3: 10. 3. We Should Put God First in All Our Activities. "Seek ye first the kingdom of God." Matthew 6:33. "Labour not for the meat which perisheth." John 6:27. It brings peace and security to the mind. Isaia 26:3, 4. 4. Tithing Is a Test of Our Trust in God. "Put away anxious thoughts about food and thin . . . and clothes. . . . Will He not . . . clothe you? imposed by the first makes the liberty conferred by the How little faith you have!" Matthew 6:25-30. second easier to exercise rightly. (That is possibly why "Put Me to the test, says the Lord of hosts, if r tithes are mentioned first, to be paid first.) We love to will not open the windows of heaven for you an pour down for you an overflowing blessing." Mala- give as Christ loves to give—from habit and from ho- chi 3:10, R.S.V. mage to Him to Whom we are in happy thrall. "Bring "Delight thyself also in the Lord; and He shal an offering, and come into His courts" (Psalm 96:8), give thee the desires of thine heart." Psalm 37:4 suggests sunshine and an open heart. A stingy Chris- 5. Tithing Is God's Plan for the Support of Hi tian is, in the very nature of things, a freak, an im- Church. possibility, a contradiction in terms. The tithes supported the priests. Numbers 18:24. It may be objected that salvation is not a matter of "Bring ye all the tithes . . . that there may, b money. And essentially it is not. Heaven is a matter meat in Mine house." Malachi 3:10. of the soul, of the exercise of the great imponderables Paul endorsed this principle for the "judgment, mercy and faith" in relation to it. Christ church. 1 Corinthians 9:13, 14. reproved the Pharisees for making too much of their "10 Christ admonished the people of His time per cent" (Matthew 23:23); for mistaking price for tithe. Matthew 22:21; 23:23. value and seeing in the tithe a kind of down-payment 6. Tithing Is to Remind Us Constantly that God for admission into the kingdom of God. Gives Us All We Have. It is significant, however, that one verse in every "For it. is He that giveth thee power to get wealth." six of the first three Gospels is concerned with money Deuteronomy 8:18. or property. So their disposal, in the eyes of God, is "Every good gift and ever above." James 1:17. important, so important that Christians as His stewards will be held responsible for every penny and possession 7. Tithing Brings Blessings. that has passed through their hands—whether they have "I will . . . pour you out a blessing." Malachi 3:10. squandered or misused them or turned them to good "I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes.' account. Whether, in short, they have revealed through Verse 11. the means entrusted to them by their Maker, a concern "All nations shall call you blessed." Verse 12. "We give Thee but Thine own, for judgment, mercy and faith. The dollar, it is true, Whate'er the gift may be; may prove a token of damnation, but no less equally All that we have is Thine alone, "the outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual A trust, 0 Lord, from Thee." —W. W. grace." Unquestionably, the way we spend our money is the way we spend our hearts.

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INSTANT CREDIT GOING DOWN Will-it-ever-happen-h ere-w e- According to the U.S. Depart- hope-not. In Tokyo, vending mach- ment of Agriculture, Americans, in ines are installed which are the ans- 1968, smoked 1.3 thousand mil- wer to the unthrifty shopper's lion fewer cigarettes than in the prayer. They provide two 10,000 previous year—the first reduction yen notes (approximately $40) in the domestic consumption of ciga- THE FANTASTIC EXPLOSION when a special credit card is inser- rettes since 1964. Estimated doted. When the cash comes out, the mestic consumption of cigarettes in A recent pamphlet on population credit card is retained and the owner 1968 was still a staggering 562.5 states that the increase of the world's gets the card back if the loan is re- thousand million, but the decline is population between 1650 and 1950 paid in ninety days. Interest rates heartening. averaged only 0.5 per cent per year. are 51 per cent per month. Should From 1900 to 1930, however, it was 0.9 per cent, and by 1961 the a forged card be inserted, the mach- "NOBLEMAN OF ine flashes an "Invalid" sign. world's population was rising at the JERUSALEM" "fantastic rate" of 2 per cent per AND STILL GOING STRONG Dr. William F. Allbright, one of annum. The United Nations esti- Recent statistics show that there the world's leading archaeologists mates that the world's population are 428 centenarians living in Bul- and Old Testament scholars, re- will double itself in the next thirty- garian towns and villages. Of these, cently became the first non-Jew to five years, reaching between six- and 268 are women and 160 are men. be named "Nobleman of Jerusalem." seven-thousand million by A.D. Bulgaria ranks first in Europe in Persons over seventy who have 2000. the number of centenarians in pro- contributed greatly to the city may portion to her population. qualify for the honour. Dr. All- bright, the son of a Methodist mis- THE SHRINKING HEART THE CHANGING MIND IN A sionary to Chile, was director of the Western man is growing taller CHANGING WORLD American School of Oriental Re- and taller, but some medical men According to a study at North- search in Jerusalem from 1921 to are not sure that it is good. The western University, U.S.A., men 1936. The scholar and researcher problem is that the heart is not change their minds more often than was responsible for the development growing in proportion to the increas- women do. (We invite no cor- of many methods now widely used ing height, and therefore has to work respondence on this issue.) in the study of archaeology relevant harder. Studies have shown that to the Old Testament period in the rats allowed to eat at will grew BURIED TREASURE much faster and larger, but had life Two important finds have re- Middle East, and was one of the first spans 20 to 40 per cent shorter than cently excited the archaeological to identify the importance of the rats fed a restricted diet. world. One is believed to be the Dead Sea Scrolls found in the late first inscription in the Philistine 1940s. At the award presentation, language, dating from the twelfth Professor Nachman Avigad, head of THE THINKING ARM century B.C. Many scholars had the Hebrew University department An above-elbow artificial arm is doubted the existence of a written of archaeology, said, "If today the being developed that an amputee language among the Philistines. historical accuracy is beyond ques- can think into action. The arm em- The second find was made near tion, it is due in no small measure ploys natural electric signals from the Dead Sea. In the centre of a to the work of Professor Allbright." long-unused muscles in the ampu- village—tentatively identified as Ir tee's stump. With it, an amputee Hammelah, the Salt City of Joshua JUNKIES DIE YOUNG can lift ten pounds, and hold about 15:62—a building was uncovered Narcotics-related diseases cause fifty pounds. In one trial, a fifty- which apparently served as a kitchen more deaths among New Yorkers in five-year-old man was able to operate and dining room for the Essenes, a the fifteen-to-thirty age group than the arm with signals from stump quasi-monastic group at the time of murder, suicide or accidents. Narco- muscles that had lain unused for Christ. Coins found there date tics deaths totalled 450 in the first twenty-six years. It took him only from the reigns of Herod the Great, six months of 1968, compared with one fifteen-minute training period Archelaus, and Agrippa I. 670 for the whole of 1967. to restore control over those muscles.

Page Twenty October 1, 1969 SIGNS OF THE TIMES The great curved dish confronts the moonless sky. The listening plain, immense in emptiness, Can hear the moving air breathe earth's soft sigh, RADIO Hear frogs, bat wings, returning homestead cars; But, deaf to earthly sounds, the 'scope looks up, Where filmy clouds are cast to net the stars. TELESCOPE

The great ear leans intent to catch the speech Of suns beyond the orbit of our own; By Beyond the Milky Way; beyond the reach Lionel H. Turner Of magic lens and film. There some strange dawn Greets speeding nebulae. There Mass and Force And Space within the womb of Time are born.

Tonight is still. Tune Thou mine ear for me To catch some whisper from Eternity.

o if . . what was left now was a state of confusion, like a turbulent sea."

ESCAPE FROM DESIRE

THE DESCENT WAS SUDDEN. One minute you stepped from a sunlit pavement, the next you were at the bottom of the stairs that led into the very bowels By Eleanor Barrett of the earth. At the end was a doorway. Beyond it lay the realm of the world of the escapist, where freedom of expression was displayed. When you entered the doorway you came into a large room that was grossly overcrowded; the patrons were But her thoughts had now begun to cloud her inmost called legion, for they were many. Tables and chairs feelings. What is she doing here? She had never meant lined the sides of every wall; everyone appeared to be it to be this way? Now—this melancholy feeling that sitting drinking something. The ceiling was low, and was not remorse, because it was void of conscience. Just the solitary light bulb was perpetually clouded with an emptiness that was a reaction to the pleasure of a a mist of smoke. A stale stench of cooking came from self-expressed life with no restraint. The words of the the nearby kitchen, congealing with the odour of per- philosopher Soren Kierkegaard could best describe her spiration, alcohol and tobacco. feelings: "I have just returned from a party of which I was the life and soul; wit poured from my lips, everyone Most of the clientele were young or dressed to look laughed and admired me, but I left—and the dash young. A large number of the females wore short hair should be as long as the earth's orbit—and wanted to and trousers; the males wore long hair and trousers. shoot myself." The beards were usually the deciding factor as to which sex was which. Slowly, aimlessly, amidst the haze of smoke that breathes from her lips, her thoughts drift back—back Then came an obvious portrayal of a harlot with to a tree-lined street on the outskirts of suburbia, where brittle, red-dyed hair. Behind a masked face, two eyes ,the only sound that rends the air is the occasional whirr glared forth from blackened circles, as she briefly lifted of a lawn mower as it trims the spacious lawns of the the corners of her mouth to a half smile and beckoned middle-class homes. all newcomers. Seemingly she felt quite at ease in plying her trade, as here was a haven for the escapist from She reflects on children at play in the nearby parks, the moral cloak of society. elderly folk strolling in the late afternoon. The three young men who formed a musical instru- And then the church! Ah, yes, the church! Silently ment group could assert all their nervous energies to the it stands in the little overgrown allotment. The life at full, having the assistance of a good shot of pep drugs. home had always centred around the church. This had been the start of it all. It had all started from the In an extreme corner of the room a young girl sat church. The church, its shepherds, and the flock. This alone. A lone, pathetic mess in the surrounding garbage had been what she had desired to escape from, mostly. can. Once she had been a regular patron here, and for Desire, for that was her name—to escape from what she a while had felt secure in this new world she had stepped hated. Or was it love for what she desired? To throw into. Laughs and thrills had been the order of the day. off a set of rules that she was inevitably bound to, and Page Twenty-two October 1. 1969 SIGNS OF THE TIMES to summarize the effect these rules had on those who were wisest man that ever lived suffered from the same dis- bound to them. ease. He was enslaved in a bondage far worse than death, over which he had no power himself to release. Desire had sought escape from a routine life in su- The result was that he hated life. "So I hated life, be- burbia. But in doing so had found only another mach- cause what is done under the sun was grievous to me; ine-like existence. The realization has now come to her for all is vanity and a striving after wind." Ecclesiastes that she has to serve some centre; she cannot remain in 2:17, R.S.V. He then searched with his mind to cheer isolation, and therefore she has become the slave of her his body. "I searched with my mind how to cheer my own passions. body with wine—my mind still guiding me with wisdom Of course, she could retrace her steps, and those asso- —and how to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was ciated with her early life would welcome her back over- good for the sons of men to do under heaven during the whelmingly. Yet her mind had guided her to the fact few days of their life." Ecclesiastes 2:3, R.S.V. that it had been "them" who had driven her from this Later Solomon acknowledged that great laughter often life. ends in a sigh, and then makes men mad. He didn't But what about Him? She held no spite against Him. have the psychiatrist's couch to lie on, and have some- In fact, whenever she thought about Him she felt good one tell him all his troubles stemmed from an unhappy and despised her present situation. childhood. No, he came to himself. He became sane Rising from her sordid surroundings, she walks again, sane enough to realize that peace from within through the door. Slowly ascending the stairs, she re- can only come from doing God's will. This is how he traces her steps back to the dingy apartment house that summed up the situation: "The end of the matter; so lately had seemed nothing more than a prison. Turn- all has been heard. Fear God, and keep His com- mandments; for this is the whole duty of man." Ec- ing the key in the door she enters the room; somehow it clesiastes 12: 13, R.S.V. This is the only desire that looks more drab than ever—not like the time she had first taken up her abode there, the time when this new can bring happiness. world she had entered seemed to thrill with the excitement of the unknown. It is now that she knows that "the one who is always bent on having thrills, eventually ceases to have them." What was left now was a state of confusion, like "GOOD NEW! a turbulent sea, resulting from the will's having its own NOW AVAILABLE ,, ...... - way. This will has now begun to hate itself, and its HEALTH" only thought is to escape from itself. The bitter feeling is of remorse is upon her. She has reached the end of the worth a . road. All that is left now is—death, the ultimate goal -- • m4 N to, of the escapist. fortune • • • Tan -. 1 But He is there to prompt her. Can she find help but for only $1.80 a 120 page 1969-1970 from Him? 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Address in the church at first, but nothing could be worse than to NAME be in the Far Country among the swine, and feel dis- contented. Address GOSPEL FILM MINISTRY LTD Melbourne 3000: 211 Latrobe St. Sydney 2000: 181 Clarence St. Desire has come to her senses—her sanity has re- Brisbane 4000: 337 Queen St. Adelaide 5000: 8 Twin St. turned. But her problem is not a new one. Contem- Perth 6000: Cl- 15 Woodrow Ave., porary man still has the same diseases as of old. The Mt. Yokine. SIGNS OF THE TIMES October 1, 1969 Page Twenty-three Himself says, concerning our relationship to Him, "Be still and know that I am God." Next to learning to live with ourselves, we need to learn to live for others. No person who has ever lived entirely for himself is remembered. The names of the great men and women of the past and present are linked with unselfish service for others. We all find real happiness and joy when we go places to help other people. What we need to do is to ask for a new set of values and interests so that we get enjoyment out of the things that need doing rather than seeking to fill in the time. During World War II, a chaplain was making the rounds 04" of an Army hospital and met a young soldier who had lost both his hands. The chaplain talked with the young man and during the conversation asked him this question: "Would you like to have me write to your parents and tell them that you lost your hands?" "No," said the brave young soldier. "don't tell them I lost my hands. Tell them I gave my hands." You and I need this spirit of service for others. Perhaps one of the most striking twentieth century examples of unselfish service for others is seen in the life of Dr. Albert Schweitzer. Before he was thirty years of age he had acquired fame as a scholar, musician and philosopher. YOUTH He not only collected several doctorates, but also the Nobel Peace Prize. He was a prolific writer, a humanitarian, a theologian and a doctor. After reading an account of the African natives and their DESMOND B. HILLS miserable plight, Dr. Schweitzer abandoned fame and secu- Talks About Life That Is Worth Living rity to spend his life as a doctor among them. He shared their hardships and sufferings. Albert Schweitzer is just one example of a long line of men and women who have lost themselves in service for others. In so doing they have found tremendous satisfaction, and the good that they have done and the happiness "WHAT CAN WE DO ?" they have spread is immeasurable. As a matter of fact, I will go as far as to say that if all men and women could find "WHERE CAN WE GO ?" personal security and happiness and then share it with others, that would bring to an end man's disastrous "in- "Always we hear the plaintive cry of the teenagers: 'What humanity to man," and therefore an end to war. If we can we do? Where can we go?' were all "loving and lovable Christians" this world would be "I can make some suggestions. Go home! Hang storm free from its most dangerous problems. Whatever our windows, paint the woodwork. Rake the leaves. Mow the creeds and political dogmas, it is imperative that we find lawn. Shovel the walk. Wash the car. Learn to cook. the way to live, and then the way to share the abundant life Scrub some floors. Repair the sink. Build a boat. Get a with others. job. No doubt there are many reading these lines today who "Help the minister, the Red Cross, the Salvation Army_ say, "That's the kind of life I want to live, but I've tried Visit the sick. Assist the poor. Study your lessons. And and it doesn't work. I'm just not that kind of person. My when you are through—and not too tired—read a book. personality is all mixed up." Let me assure you that there "Your parents do not owe you entertainment. are thousands of people round about you who have found "Your village does not owe you recreational facilities. personal happiness and they are successfully sharing their "The world does not owe you a living. blessings with others. Just as the astronauts have con- "You owe the world something.... quered outer space, so these people have conquered inner "In plain, simple words: Grow up; quit being a crybaby; space. Their names are varied, but such people are to be get out of your dream world; develop a backbone not a found in every nation, and they have lived in every genera- wishbone; and start acting like a man or a woman. tion. Although their names are different, they can all be "I'm a parent. I'm tired of nursing, protecting, helping, described by one overall name—Christian. appealing, begging, excusing, tolerating, denying myself The experiences of men and nations reveal that it is needed comforts for your every whim and fancy, just be- the Christian who has the power to have a completely satis- cause your selfish ego instead of common sense dominates fying and abundant life. Inasmuch as the word Christian your personality, and thinking, and requests." has a very wide meaning today, it is essential to point out The above protest was written by a parent and was ap- that not all who profess to be religious, not all who go tO parently first published in the "Christian Science Monitor." church, are Christians. It struck such a responsive cord in the hearts of readers According to the Bible, a Christian is one who has had a that it has been quoted in many magazines and newspapers. personal encounter with the Lord Jesus Christ and has While the message of this excerpt is addressed to teenagers, denied self and lives day by day by the power of the risen the basic principles are good advice for everybody. Christ. The "born again" Christian, the "new creature in If we dare to be absolutely honest with ourselves, we will Christ Jesus," has conquered the natural desires and has re-. admit that when we are unsettled and when we complain ordered his life according to God's plan and purposes. The about boredom, the difficulty is with us. We do seem to like most wonderful news is that all men and women have the artificial amusements and entertainment and we whine when opportunity of experiencing this change. "Therefore if any we don't get them. man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed One of the real achievements of life for young people is away: behold, all things are become new." 2 Corinthians to learn to live with ourselves. Sure, it is great, it is bene- 5:17. ficial to be with the crowd, but we must also be happy with our own company. One reason for this is that the greatest decisions of life will more than likely be made when we are alone. Our decision concerning our future work and life CO-OPERATION CORNER companion and, above all, our decision for the Lord Jesus Christ will all be finally sealed when we are by ourselves. Our thanks accompany acknowledgement of the following amounts, True, there are many other influences that affect these three which have been credited as directed: vital decisions of life, but it is true that the quiet moments Mr. C. W. McRae Foreign Missions $2.00 of personal contemplation carry the most weight. God Anon. QId. Tithe $500.00 Page Twenty-four October 1, 1969 SIGNS OF THE TIMES. SERIOUS SIN. Suppose a man com- mits a terrible sin. He is now in the position of not knowing whether to pray or not. This sin is evil, flagrant. and planned. What is his position? What can he do? • His position is serious, but not hope- less. He can confess the sin to God, ask forgiveness, then believe that God is true to His word and has forgiven the sin. "If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." 1 John 1:9. No matter how bad or flagrant the sin, it is forgiven; to disbe- lieve this is to call God a liar. Some- times we need to remember that God can forgive us even if we cannot forgive ourselves. So far as a man saying he is too sinful or wicked to come to God in prayer—well, that's like saying a man is too sick to call in the doctor. Young People's Questions VESTIGIAL REMAINS. Recently I Answered was reading an elementary zoology textbook in which I was surprised to read by GORDON BOX and I don't know whether it is right the following: "Fully ninety vestigial or wrong. Will you please give me your features are present in the human body. opinion on this matter? In man the appendix is a slender vestige • A line must be drawn between Chris- about 24-in. long that serves no useful "Looking at the remaining examples, tian standards and the standards of function. Other conspicuous examples it is easy to see how this list may be Christians. It is very unwise to form are: I. Muscles to move the ear. 2. Nic- further reduced. It is now generally an opinion concerning whether some- titating membrane in eyes. 3. Hair on argued that the appendix is not a ves- thing is right or wrong simply because body. 4. Pointed canine, and third mo- tigial remain but a specialized organ. others do it or don't do it, as the case lar. 5. Mammae on male. 6. Vermiform " The significance of the vermiform may be. It would also be unwise for appendix. 7. Segmental muscles on ab- appendix is still obscure, but in view you to do something or refrain from do- domen. 8. Caudal vertebrae. 9. Pyra- of its rich blood supply, it is almost cer- ing it simply because I or anyone else midalis muscle." tainly correct to regard it as a special- said so. What you must do is consider ized and not a degenerate organ.' (W. the whole situation and then make the It also says, "From a standpoint of le Gros Clark in 'Early Forerunners of special creation these are difficult to decision yours. Your decision will then Man' (1934) page 205.) (Le Gross Clark become a conviction based on sound explain; from that of evolution they are was, until recently, Professor of Ana- obviously features in process of disap- reasons. You will know WHY you do tomy at Oxford University and a re- what you do. There should be sound pearing from living organisms that were cognized authority on the evolution of functional and necessary for their an- reasons for everything we do if we claim man.) Recent research suggests that to be creatures governed more by rea- cestors." the appendix may have an essential If someone approaches me at school son than instinct. So ask yourself: function in the development of immun- 1. Do you wish to act in accordance about this, I'm not sure what I would ity mechanisms. The caudal vertebrae say to support creation. Can you help? with the counsel of the Bible? or coccyx are important in supporting 2. Do the films you feed your mind on • What this textbook infers is that the pelvic diaphragm, which prevents at the drive-in measure up to the stan- because there is no known use for the prolapse of the pelvic viscera. The ten- dard of Philippians 4:8—"Fix your items listed, no use exists. This isn't dinous intersections in the rectus ab- minds on the things which are holy, a very humble attitude to adopt, as we domini muscle are in fact not remnants right, pure, beautiful and good" (Phil- shall see. In fact, if you want a good of the segmental abdominal muscles but lips Translation) or Psalm 101:3: "I laugh, some really old scientific text- rather structures peculiar to man, pro- will set no wicked thing before my books or medical books make very in- bably important to the function of this eyes." See also Isaiah 33:14, 15. teresting reading. muscle." 3. As a Christian, would you be pre- Now as a layman I find it pretty hard All this simply emphasizes the fact pared to invite Christ to attend the film to swallow the idea that hair on the that even in 1969 there are far more with you—if this were possible? body or muscles to move the ear are things man doesn't know than he does 4. know. The sooner men learn this, the Could you be engaged in some bet- of no use or have no purpose. In any ter form of recreation? A Christian case, I wrote to a brilliant young scien- sooner they will cease making such er- majors in "the best." tist of my acquaintance and here in rors as affirming that adrenal glands are of no use in the body, as was at- Your answers to these questions will part is his enlightening reply. Some help you to see where you want to go. medical terms may prove a problem, but tested in the last century. I have a feeling that the Creator (who doesn't If you do not wish to follow Christ, you the overall message is too clear to mis- needn't bother even asking the ques- understand. Here, in part, is his reply: exist in the view of many) must be a little amused at the ridiculous acade- tions, but from your letter it is clear "Some useful points can be made mic pomposity assumed by so many. that you really do want to do the right about vestigial organs. As you have Oh, for the wisdom to distinguish thing. pointed out, with most vestigial organs theories from empirical facts! One more point to remember: Our it is not true that they have no useful P.S. Dr. James Jauncy's book "Science brain is a delicate mechanism (or com- function but rather that they have no Returns to God" (Zondervan) pages puter if you like), which records every- known useful function. In the last 65, 66, has some helpful comments on thing fed into it. The subconscious century Wedesheim compiled a list of the subject of vestigial remains. stores away material all through the 180 vestigial organs, including the pitui- years, and often influences us against tary and adrenal glands, now known to DRIVE-IN? Would you please advise our will and without our knowledge. In be essential to life. As knowledge has me as to whether going to a drive-in is fact, it is the most priceless gift we advanced, the number of vestigial or- right. I am bewildered as to which way have. Even though we know very little gans has diminished to many less than to turn. I have been told that to be a about the brain, surely we will want to the ninety still cited in popular text- Christian I shouldn't go, but I have seen exercise extreme caution in caring for it. books. other Christians there at different times Some films feed—others poison. SIGNS OF THE TIMES October 1, 1969 Page Twenty-five

EDUCATION AND REFORMATION all were greatly influenced. Further, the Puritans (Concluded from page 7) took Calvinistic principles with them to the New instructed in the Scriptures and taught to sacredly re- World, and great institutions such as Harvard were gard the claims of the law of God. Copies of the Bible originally founded upon the principles of Protestantism. were rare; therefore its precious words were committed In many ways the Scottish educational system under to memory. Many were able to repeat large portions of the dynamic leadership of Calvin's disciple, John Knox both the Old and the New Testament. . . . They were (1502-72), achieved the highest standard of educa- educated from childhood to endure hardness, to submit tion. Knox devised-A-pattern of education that allowed for education at al110/91s from primary through to uni- to control and yet to think for themselves. It was this education which enabled many of the vers0 level provid1nfOpportunity for all children to young men of the valley to carry out their missionary hav&.at least some education. In comparison, the edu- work at great risk to themselves. cation in England of the day was very confined. Only the outlawed non-conformist schools, often operating Education and Reformation secretly, could compare in standard and quality. When the Reformation of the sixteenth and seven- A Sacred Trust teenth centuries recaptured the spirit of Bible-centred The last of the great Protestant reformers to stimu- Christianity, there were whole new implications for late educational revival was John Comenius (1592- education. Luther had emphasized the "priesthood of 1670). Comenius was the last of the bishops of the all believers"; he had stressed that salvation was a per- Moravian Brethren, a devout Protestant group located sonal matter, that neither priest nor prelate had right mainly in Czechoslovakia and later in the United States. of authority over the personal convictions of-; the in- The influence of Comenius, though not great in his own dividual. day, became the basis of the great child-centred move- Yet if all were to be individually responsible for their ments\ of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries led salvation, and personal faith was to be derived from a by Pestalozzi, Froebel, and Herbart, which revolution- study of the Word, then all .inuqlearn tn read. Thus ized the education of children-especially education of the principle of universal' education, which perhaps younger children. only the Jews in past history' had achieved, became a The .training and education of children has always dynamic concern of the Reformation. Further, new im- been a 'most sacred trust committed to God's people. petus was given to the study of the vernacular which had ofit is not \surprising, then, that every great revival has suffered because of the previous emphasis upon the Lstimulated the progress of education and has sought to classics. Thus Protestant education tended to broaden ,."'(/ re-establish education within the fuller context of re- the curriculum, uplift the vernacular and push toward demption. In a world influenced largely by secular universal education. It is understandable that "Luther trend, it is essential that the Christian gives primary did not concern himself about the education of the place in education to the values of eternal consequence. clergy only; it was his desire that knowledge should not There is a need to buttress the three Rs with the fourth be confined to the church; he proposed extending it to R-religion. Not merely as an addition to the curri- the laity who hitherto had been deprived of it."17 culu.rn but as a principle pervading the curriculum and Luther desired freedom for education; a freedom the methods of teaching. It is to this end that Avon- "indifferent, like the gospel, to distinctions of sex or dale College has been established. It offers an educa- social class."19 Thus education was of a twofold put- tion in the tradition of those educational systems of the pose-to allow for the enlightenment of the common past which have sought first the kingdom of heaven. Its people as well as the elite, and to propagate throughout graduates . have honoured the college's objectives by Christendom the knowledge necessary for a profound witnessing the gospel to every continent of the earth. study of the Holy Scriptures."19 ** However, because of his heavy responsibilities in pro- REFERENCES: 14. Curtis S.J., "History of Edu- I. Genesis 1:27-30; 2:16, 17. cation in Great Britain," Uni- claiming his message of liberty, Luther was unable to 2. Genesis 3:1-7. versity Tutorial Press Ltd., devote his full efforts to the implementation of hig\edu- 3. Deuteronomy 6:6-8. 1963, page 3. cational aims. To a large extent this was the taskt.of 4. Ephesians 6:4. 15. Cole P.R., op. cit., page 113. 5. Atkinson C., Maleska E.T., 16. White E.G., "The Great Con- Luther's close friend and confidant, Melanchthon. How- "The Story of Education," troversy," Pacific Press Pub- ever, the greatest impetus to education arose out of the Bentam Books Inc., 1962, lishing Co., 1893, pages 66, page 14. 67. Swiss Reformation led by John Calvin. Early in his 6. Atkinson C., Maleska E.T., 17. D'Aubigne J. H., "History of work Calvin realized that "the Word of God is indeed op. cit., page 17. the Reformation of the Six- the foundation of all learning."20 Therefore much 7. Luke 2:46, 47. teenth Century," Robert Car- 8. John 3:2. ter and Brothers, 1881, page effort was expended in establishing schools and col- 9. Matthew 1'3:55; Mark 6:2, 3. 376. leges. The influences of Calvin were witnessed, not 10. Luke 4:22. 18. Boyd W., "The History of I I. John 7:46. Western Education," Adam only in the schools of Switzerland, but in all other re- 12. Matthew 28:19. and Charles Black, 1947, gions where Calvinistic influence was felt. The Hugue- 13. Cole P.R., "A History of page 189. nots of France, the Protestants of Holland, the non- Educational Thought," Ox- 19. D'Aubigne J. H., op. cit., ford University Press, 1937, page 375. conformists of England, the Presbyterians of Scotland, page 19. 20. Boyd W., op. cit., page 198. Page Twenty-six October 1, 1969 SIGNS OF THE TIMES PSALM 77:19 lines LORD, I would have Thy presence all the way, Both day and night; Not only in the sunshine of the day When all seems bright, that But when the evening shadows gather round And fear assails, When danger lurks ahead and foes abound, When courage fails linger And faith is well-nigh lost. Lord, from above Hold Thou my hand! I need the strength and comfort of Thy love, Thy blest command, To bring my restless will beneath Thy sway, That I may rest THE GIFT OF SOUND And know the journey ends in perfect day. The peaceful sound of the clippers, Most truly blest Are they who prove Thy love and wait for Thee, As the gardener tidies his bed; Until the night The sound of the birds as they twitter Has passed with all its fear and mystery; Then glorious light In the branches overhead; Will break, as when of old Thy voice was heard The sound of the pigeons' coo Upon the sea, As they try their mates to woo; And stormy wind and wave obeyed Thy word So instantly. The kookaburra laughing away— Till then be Thou my Guide, my Strength, my Stay! Life is so joyful he seems to say; I lean on Thee And trust Thy faithful love, although Thy way The peaceful sound of the sea Be in the sea. As the waves lap over the sands, —Anonymous (Allan N. Wilson.) Bringing back thoughts to me, Of friends in distant lands. Sound is God's blessing When eyes grow dim, And when burdens are pressing Just lean on Him. god's grinditi, coked —A. Parris (E. F. Westman). I wonder why I flinch and cry When the treasure I thought best Is torn from my breast? Is it for me to say how I feel When God puts me to His grinding wheel? He must use His tool to make of me a jewel, And He knows just how hard to press. A little more—a little less.

—T. R. Swan (Mary Badcock).

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SIGNS OF THE TIMES October 1. 1969 Page Twenty-seven provided it be FORWARD!" Xa4ett Patt

I HAVE JUST STUMBLED upon the most delicious If ever a generation has forgotten that great truth, story. It is too good to keep, so I am rushing into it is this one. Crazily, humanity seems to believe that print with it in the hope that you will love it as much if it is going forward, that is all it needs. The destina- as I do. Of course, every story-teller has this as the tion doesn't mean a thing; the fact that it is charging basis of his being, I suppose. If he didn't feel this down hill in a blind panic hardly causes comment. way about his stories, he wouldn't bother retailing them. And the most important thing of all, that the headlong Unless your raconteur feels that a story is just too much hurtling may well be devil-inspired, doesn't seem to to keep to himself, he is no kind of raconteur at all. rate so much as a cursory mention. But now for the story, credited, as I have it, to Dr. Jim Now why I should think of Alexander Carson Packer of Oxford. Thwaite when I think of that story may not be as ob- He tells of seeing a wayside pulpit (and you know vious to you as it is to me, since I have cunningly twisted that this is a notice-board with a brief, pithy message his name around so that even you wouldn't recognize on it outside a church) which carried the cogent sen- his real identity. However, you may not even have tence: known him. For that reason I shall briefly recount his "Anywhere—provided it be forward!"—David Liv- story—though it is hardly one of the jolly kind that ingstone. will bring you a laugh and brighten your day. Underneath (as Dr. Packer reports it) someone had Alexander Carson Thwaite (and please do not for- added in neat hand script, get the middle appellation) is a man of more-than- "And so say all of us!"—The Gadarene Swine. ordinary ability with a commensurate serving of am- Splendid comment! Marvellous insight! Delicious bition to match. That so-called divine discontent for riposte! And don't you just love the point that it neatly ever surges within his manly breast and propels him to turns to your attention! dizzier and yet dizzier heights. Page Twenty-eight October 1. 1969 SIGNS OF THE TIMES A.C.T. was born of poor but honest parents, as the better not get in his way. And this was so whether he saying goes. Indeed, he was a "son of the manse" played sport, entered a competition or sat for an exam- and he was endowed with a couple of parents of whom ination. He just had to win, and that was all there anyone would be justly proud. His father was a minis- was to it. He wasn't a bad loser, as far as anyone ter of the old tradition, honest, earnest, godly, God- knew, simply because he never seemed to lose. Un- fearing, simple of faith and a man who wore himself fortunately, however, he was a smug and self-satisfied out in the service of God and man. His mother em- winner, and that kind of an attitude never boosts one bodied all the Christian graces as befits the wife of a very much in the eyes of those who tag along in the man of God, and her cheerfulness, charity and charm rear. were bywords in the parishes in which she and her hus- It was with very few tears on the part of his con- band laboured. temporaries that A.C.T. eventually quit his home town If they had one fault—and it was a pardonable one and moved into the city to pursue his university stu- —it was their pride in their son. They loved that lad, dies. On a scholarship, of course. The town sages the late-comer into their home, in the same selfless way predicted, generally, two things about Alexander. One that most parents love their children, only more so. was that he would make a startling success of what- Though they doted, they were not indulgent; and ever he wanted to be; and the other was that he though they lavished their love, they also applied their wouldn't care whose toes (or faces) he trod on to get sanctions as occasion demanded. They disciplined as where he wanted to go. discipline was necessary; they punished when punish- For once, the prognostications of the wiseacres were ment was called for; they were not permissive, lax or quite, as we say, on the beam. Alexander Carson blind to the faults of their offspring. In fact, as the Thwaite rose in his chosen profession with an almost Rev. Mr. Thwaite and his lady were dedicated servants meteoric speed and brilliance. But behind him he left of the Most High, so also were they conscientious par- a trail of disgruntlement, heartache and, yes, we may ents. as well say it, human devastation. However, as every parent well knows, sometimes His parents were proud of his achievements—at there occurs some inexplicable incubus in the inner first. But nowadays his widowed mother hardly men- recesses of the human frame (or mind) which defies, tions him at all. He is her son and she loves her son apparently, the laws of genetics. And as young Alex- (twice divorced by women who walked out on him; ander Carson Thwaite grew in stature and years, cer- they were not unfaithful; they just couldn't stand it tain of these traits became appallingly evident. Whereas any more) but she prefers you not to ask too many his parents were humble and willing to serve wherever questions. Besides, this son of the manse, the off- the need was, A.C.T. was possessed of a drive which spring of two of the godliest and most humble people had to be seen to be believed. Vaulting ambition in the world, is an avowed atheist, a jeering critic of (Shakespeare's phrase) was soon obvious within the religion and of his father's God. make-up of the lad and this, combined with an insat- iable drive inherent in his nature, marked him out as His motto in life could well have been that which a potential dynamo, a born leader, a natural head-and- Dr. Packer brought to our notice earlier: "Anywhere shoulders-above-the-rest type of lad. —provided it be forward!" But as he surged forward, Alexander Carson Thwaite has been propelled by selfish These characteristics, as you might suspect if you and only selfish motives; consistently he has displayed know anyone like this, did not bring him to the top of a fiendishly impervious attitude to the feelings of his the popularity polls which, though never actually taken fellows as he has climbed over them to reach yet an- among one's friends and acquaintances, always seem other goal: and sometimes (if the stories I hear are to have their results tacitly available to all. Alexander true) his rush forward is also downward, too—like the Carson Thwaite was not very popular. More than that; celebrated rush of the Gadarene swine. he was decidedly unpopular—from early childhood. Do not think for a moment that I come here to Do not imagine that his parents were blissfully un- criticize the great Livingstone's dictum, succinctly ex- aware of this; they were, as I have observed, not blind pressed and a wonderful legend by which to live, if to the lad's short-comings, and the thing pained them your perspectives are right. But I just want to under- beyond description. If a small playmate came to while line the truth of that addendum to the message on the away an hour with Alexander Carson, he inevitably wayside pulpit. I merely want to remark that, unless went away, at best, disgruntled, or, at worst, in tears you also "set your mark upon a high calling" and are and shouting bitter recriminations. Nor did the condi- motivated by a power which is the direct antithesis of tion improve as A.C.T. grew into early teenage, youth that which moved the Gadarene swine in their head- and young manhood. Oh, do not make any mistake: long rush, you, too, could be missing the mark; you, Alexander Carson could be as charming as the next too, could be going forward and downward. one—and more so. But when he wanted something, As has, God help him, my old acquaintance Alex- he wanted it with all the fervour of a fanatic and you'd ander Carson Thvvaite. SIGNS OF THE TIMES October 1, 1969 Page Twenty-nine has lost its value through the immense The Claims of Geology advances of paleobiology in the twentieth century. . . . The true situation Do Seventh-day Adventists deny the is that those fossils have not been found claims of geology to the effect that the which were expected. Just where new lower strata of rocks were deposited be- branches are supposed to fork off from fore the higher and that they contain the main stem it has been impossible chiefly marine fossils while the higher to find the connecting types."—N. Heri- forms of life are restricted to the upper bert-Nilsson, "Synthetische Artbildung," strata? A•W page 1188. No. Here is a clear statement by the "In spite of the immense amount of late editor of the official Seventh-day the paleontologic material and the exis- Adventist Church journal, F.D. Nichol: tence of long series of intact stratigra- "Many of us may agree that the order phic sequences with perfect records for of the strata as given in geology text- the lower categories, transitions between books is essentially correct, and yet the higher categories are missing."— hold our creationist position. And this Richard Goldschmidt: "Evolution, as despite the fact that the lower strata Viewed by One Geneticist," "American contain predominantly marine fossils, Scientist," Vol. 40, Jan. 1952, page 98. while higher strata contain fossil remains of much higher forms of life, including man."—"Review and Herald," Jan. 7, 1965, page 7. The Story of the Flood The same writer, however, continues Can we be sure that the Genesis story by asserting that Seventh-day Adven- of the Flood has not been taken from tists do not agree that the deposition of the Babylonian Gilgamesh Epic? Are the different strata took many millions there not several agreements between of years. the two records? A.W. The view that the Genesis account of Weakness in Fossil the Flood was copied from the Baby- lonian was the outgrowth of the critical Argument view which alleged Genesis was written centuries after Moses. According to the creationist, what is The agreements between the two re- the greatest weakness in the fossil argu- cords are undeniable. They include the ment for evolution? A.W. following: Not only creationists, but evolutionists 1. The Flood a punishment for sin. themselves assert that the main lack 2. A command to build a ship and in the fossil argument is the inadequate preserve life. evidence for transitional forms. 3. The use of bitumen to make the Over a century ago Charles Darwin ship water-tight. wrote as follows: 4. The grounding of the ship upon a "The distinctness of specific forms, Readers' Questions answered by mountain. and their not being blended together Desmond Ford, M A Ph.D 5. The offering of sacrifice. by innumerable transitional links, is a The contrasts are likewise undeniable. very obvious difficulty. The Bible account is simpler, purer and "The number of intermediate varie- toward better adaptation, but become superior. The Babylonian tale centres ties, which have formerly existed on the rarer and finally disappear, while quite around crude polytheistic quarrelling, earth [must] be truly enormous. Why different forms crop up again. What with references to a multitude of then is not every geological formation unfolds itself, in ever-increasing rich- scheming gods who are declared to and every stratum full of such inter- ness of form, is the great classes and "cower like dogs" and "crowd like flies." mediate links? Geology assuredly does kinds of living beings which exist abori- The gross polytheism and confusion of not reveal any such finely graduated ginally and exist still, without transi- peripheral and sometimes central mat- organic chain; and this, perhaps, is tion types, in the grouping of today." erial in the Babylonian account indi- the most obvious and gravest objection —Oswald Spengler, "The Decline of the cates a long period of oral transmission. which can be urged against my theory. West," Vol. 11, page 32. It shows what all the Genesis stories The explanation lies, as I believe, in "Entire lack of any intermediates be- would have been had not a higher power the extreme imperfection of the geolo- tween the major groups of animals— than man intervened. Inspired Scrip- gical record."—"The Origin of Species," as for instance between the backboned ture gives us the original history while chapter 9. animals or vertebrates, the echinoderms, all other accounts are corruptions. A hundred years of further research the molluscs and the arthropods." has not improved the situation. The "If we are willing to accept the facts, transitional forms are still "missing." we must believe that there never were The Importance of Note the following quotations from emi- such intermediates, or, in other words, nent men in educational and scientific that these major groups have from the fields. very first borne the same relation to Daniel 8:14 "There is no more conclusive refuta- each other that they have today."— tion of Darwinianism than that fur- Austin H. Clark, "The New Evolution," What grounds have Seventh-day Ad- nished by palaeontology. Simple pro- page 189. ventists for asserting that Daniel 8:14 bability indicates that fossil hoards can "The earliest and most primitive is a particularly important verse for only be test samples. Each sample, known members of every order already twentieth century Christians to under- then, would represent a different stage have the basic ordinal characters, and stand? Y.N. of evolution, and there ought to be in no case is an approximately continu- A true understanding of Daniel 8:14 merely 'transitional' types, no definition ous sequence from one order to another is important for all Christians in the and no species. Instead of this we find known."—G. G. Simpson, "Tempo and latter days. perfectly stable and unaltered forms Mode in Evolution," page 106. 1. Daniel 8:14 is a unique verse—it persevering through long ages, forms "If a postulated ancestral type is not appears as the climax of all the sym- that have not developed themselves on found, it is simply stated that it has bolical presentations in the visions of the fitness principle, but appear sud- not so far been found. Darwin himself Daniel. Beyond this verse all is ex- denly and at once in their definitive often used this argument and in his planation throughout the rest of chap- shape; that do not thereafter evolve time it was perhaps justifiable. But. it ter 8, chapter 9 and chapters 10-12. With Page Thirty October 1, 1969 SIGNS OF THE TIMES Daniel 8:14, the succession of symbols 8. Daniel 8:14 concerns the sanctuary, It is clear from Daniel 11:40 and Daniel reaches its peak. Thus this verse is which topic has more space devoted to 12:1-3 that the time of the end is in- the high point of the book symbolically, it in Scripture than perhaps any other. deed the last crisis concerning the peo- and an explanation of it is vital if we Most of two Old Testament books, Exo- ple of God which will culminate in their are to understand the message of the dus and Leviticus, and one New Testa- deliverance from trial and mortality by book. ment book, Hebrews, is devoted to its the power of God. 2. Christ Himself urged that Chris- exposition. One writer has outlined its These are some of the reasons that tians in the latter days study the Book prominence in Scripture as follows: indicate the importance for all Chris- of Daniel. Matthew 24:15. "The sanctuary truth runs all through tians to understand the significance of 3. Christ had particularly in mind the Bible. In the Book of Genesis, we Daniel 8:14. this passage from Daniel 8, as well as find the sanctuary principle projected— later passages from the book that are a simple service with one altar, one Evidence for Creation based upon it. When He spoke of the sacrifice, and one priest. abomination of desolation and used such "In Exodus, Leviticus, Deuteronomy Where is the main evidence for Gene- key words as "holy place" and "under- and Numbers, the sanctuary is erected sis 1-3 to be found? stand," He was drawing upon the motifs and the services are elaborated. There Apart from Christ's own validation in this eighth chapter of Daniel. See is now a house for the altar. as worded in such passages as Matthew particularly verses 13, 16, 17, 19, 27. "In Kings, the sanctuary is enlarged, 19:4 the best evidence is to be found in The first of these verses refers to "the and the glorious temple of Solomon is the questioner's own heart. Each of transgression of desolation" in harmony built. In Chronicles, the sanctuary is us must ask: "How is it that man alone with Daniel's later enlargements on this destroyed, the captivity of the Jews is on earth, obviously intended to be lea- verse; and the subsequent verses in- recorded and the sanctuary service is der, lord, etc., seems but cursed with clude the thought of "understand." See broken. In Ezra, Nehemiah and the a higher nature in order that he might verse 14 for the reference to "the holy minor prophets, the sanctuary is res- know greater sorrows? How comes it place," or sanctuary, mentioned in Mat- tored and rebuilt. that man, above the beasts in capacity, thew 24:15. "In Psalms, the sanctuary provision yet sinks below them in anguish? How 4. This verse includes a reference to is beautifully unfolded, and embellished are the contrarities and discordances the longest chronological period in the as Christ's glory is revealed. In Eze- of man's nature to be explained?" Pas- Bible ever stated in days. Only in three kiel, both the earthly and the heavenly cal long ago referred to every human places in Bible history is a time period sanctuaries are desecrated and defiled being as having within himself an angel beyond a year ever stated in days. As by man and Satan. and a devil. Oswald Allis has declared in his book The Genesis account of man made in "Prophecy and the Church," page 29, "In Daniel, the sanctuary is counter- the divine likeness, but then plummet- the phraseology here is "decidedly fig- feited, the Babylonian and papal sanc- ing to sorrow and death through dis- urative and enigmatic." It is designed to tuaries are developed, and the earthly obedience, alone can satisfy the arrest attention because of its impor- sanctuary is set aside and destroyed. In thoughtful enquirer. Men may deny tance. the four Gospels, we have recorded the the Genesis record, laugh at its story work of Christ in the anti-typical court 5. The Hebrew verb in this verse is of the Fall, but the infinite void in the (the earth). The service is changed from heart and the other results of Adam's unique, occurring in this form only once the typical to the anti-typical, or from in Holy Writ. It is the niphal form of disobedience, evil, sorrow, pain and the earthly to the heavenly sanctuary. death cannot be mocked away. sadaq, and its sole appearance in Daniel The anti-typical lamb phase and the 8:14 may be intended to arrest our at- priesthood are developed. In Acts, we tention. have the dedication of the heavenly 6. This verse underlies the eschatology sanctuary and the anointing of the Why People Doubt Genesis of the New Testament. Note these com- High Priest. parisons: "In Hebrews, we have the earthly and Why is it that even people who be- Daniel 8:13—the transgression of de- the heavenly sanctuaries, the sacrifices lieve the Bible disagree in their inter- solation treading underfoot the and the priests, compared and differen- pretation of Genesis one? A.W. sanctuary. tiated. In the Epistles, the sanctuary The reasons are manifold. Primary Matthew 24:15—the abomination of is applied, and a third sanctuary, the among them is the apparent collision desolation standing in the holy body temple, is brought to light. In in fact between revelation and science. place. Revelation, Christ is ministering in the But another important cause is the fact 2 Thessalonians 2:4—the man of sin heavenly sanctuary. The divisions of that several of the prominent words in sitting in the temple of God. the book give records of Christ's work the vocabulary of the creation record Revelation 11:2—the Gentiles tread- in the first and second apartments. Here have more than one meaning. Here are ing underfoot the holy city. the sanctuary reality is enacted and some examples: Thus the theme of Daniel 8:14—the consummated." Heavens: usually refers to what can treading down of the "holy place" or The Book of Daniel itself repeatedly be seen by man as he looks upwards, sanctuary by a wicked power over a alludes to the sanctuary in both its that is, both the atmospheric and the long period, reoccurs throughout the historical and prophetic chapters, and starry heavens. But sometimes in New Testament sketches of the future. in such a way as to indicate that the Scripture this word is used for that 7. This particular prophecy of Daniel sanctuary constitutes a significant key central place in the universe where God 8:14 was given by Christ Himself. The to the interpretation of the book. manifests His presence. two beings that are first manifested in Earth: Usually this word applies to Daniel 8 are spoken of again in Daniel 9. It is historical fact that the the surface of the globe, and the dry 10, and in Daniel 12. In each case they church of God in recent centuries, as surface only. But in passages like Job are seen by a river, in each case the represented by scholars of many de- 26:7, "He . . . hangeth the earth upon theme being discussed is the same, nominations, has given special atten- nothing," earth seems to signify the namely the onslaught against the Israel tion to the study of this verse. The whole planet. of God leading to God's final inter- climax of this study was reached in the Day: Used sometimes for the light vention and vindication of His people middle of the nineteenth century when, part of the twenty-four hour period, and His sanctuary. The speaker of for example, 600 ministers in the Church used other times for the whole day, and verse 14 is Michael, revealed more fully of England in Great Britain alone on occasionally is used in the sense of an in chapter 10. It is clear from other the basis of this passage in Daniel and indefinite time. Genesis 2:4 speaks of passages of Holy Writ, particularly Re- "the day that the Lord God made the similar passages, declared that the com- earth and the heavens" and the context velation 1 which quotes from Daniel 10, ing of the Lord was near. that this being is Christ Himself. The implies that this "day" was the whole prophecy of the 2,300 days was not left 10. It is distinctly asserted in Daniel period of creation. to ordinary channels but is described 8:17 that this vision has reference to Firmament: Used both for the atmos- as coming from Christ, the Eternal "the time of the end" or, as Moffat pheric heavens and for the starry hea- Word. translates it, "the crisis at the close." vens. SIGNS OF THE TIMES October 1. 1969 Page Thirty-one "'There's nothing I'd rather do for you,' his father answered. 'But there are seven others to educate besides you, George. I could not afford to spend as great an amount of money on each child, and it would be unfair if I favoured you more than the others.' George gave a big sigh. 'I know how it is, Dad. I'll do what you think best, but perhaps some day something will happen that will help me to be a doctor.' "George," continued Daddy, "was the eldest of the eight children in his family. His grandfather and two of his uncles were doctors, and from the time he could remember he had always wanted to be like them. But he became a farmer instead. It was while farming that he performed his first surgical operation—on himself. While alone in a paddock one day he fell on a charred tree stump and a large burnt stake pierced his arm and then broke off. George Steam Dead Ahead was in so much pain that he took his sheath knife and cut his arm open and after a long struggle he got the stake out and bound his handkerchief around the wound A STORY FOR THE CHILDREN BY "Oh, I couldn't do that," Barry said with a shudder. MYRTLE O'HARA "George felt that he was born to be a doctor," Daddy said, "and he believed that God would in some way enable BARRY CAME RUNNING into the house and shouted for him to become one. his mother. She could tell by the tone of his voice that he "Some time later, when he was breaking in a wild horse was excited. She came into the kitchen wondering what he it threw him high into the air and he came down on his had to say this time. Barry's head was always full of ideas back on a big rock that injured his spine. His parents and —not always sensible ones, either. "Mum," he said, "Mau- family were in England and he was living on a farm in New rice is learning to play the piano. May I take lessons, too? Zealand. After some days of suffering great pain George We could learn to play duets together and it would be fun." was taken to hospital, where it was found that the tubercu- "What next?" Mother said. "What about the violin that losis from which he had suffered when he was younger, had you were so keen to learn? When did you do your last prac- settled in his spine. His body was encased in a plaster cast tice? Weeks ago." which was not removed for six months. Then it was re- "Oh, a piano is easier to play than a violin," Barry said. placed by splints from his armpits to his feet." "I'm sure I'd stick to the piano." "It must have been awful for him," Barry said. "I don't "Well, wait till Daddy comes home and we'll talk it over know how he stood it." then." "I guess it was hard to bear," Daddy said, "but George was Barry was really quite a bright boy, but he would not stick a brave boy. For four long, weary years he lay in bed on to anything. He was for ever starting something and not the hospital veranda. He didn't become discouraged and finishing it. For a while he was full of enthusiasm, but his longing to become a doctor became stronger than ever. soon the novelty wore off and he lost interest. He wanted He later said: 'I promised God that if He would give me something new, something different to take his attention. back my health and strength, if it were His will, I would So he never made a success of anything. When Daddy was spend the rest of my life helping others. It seemed to me told of the new idea, all he said was: "I'll think about it." that to be able to help sick people and ease their suffering The week-end came. "How would you like to go for a would be the finest and most rewarding way to spend my trip on the 'Islander' today, Barry?" his father asked. "I life.' think a trip out to the island would do us good; blow some "During those four years George did a lot of reading," of the cobwebs away, you know." Once it was decided, Barry Daddy said as he gathered up the remnants of the lunch. was all for it. Mother said she would rather stay at home "He studied book-keeping and accountancy, and anatomy and catch up on some sewing. and physiology, which he felt would start him on the way The trip was rather rough. The seas were choppy. Waves to being a doctor. He read the newspapers and kept himself seemed to be coming and going in all directions. The wind informed of world events. He wrote letters on various mat- blew from one direction and suddenly changed to another. ters to the papers, and when he read about an essay compe- Every now and then an extra big wave hit the vessel as tition he spent three months gathering material for his though it would wreck it. But the ship surged steadily for- subject and wrote an essay that ran to 114 pages of typed ward towards the island, and after a couple of hours berthed foolscap. He won the competition and received $50 for his at the wharf. effort. As they ate their lunch in a sheltered spot, Daddy said to "At the end of four years a jacket was made to support and Barry: "Why didn't the wind and the waves turn the ship off stiffen his spine and he learned to walk again. George then its course, Barry?" wrote to an aunt telling her of his desire to be a doctor, and "Because the captain knew where he was going and kept she promised to give him some assistance till he finished steering the ship on its course, Dad." his studies. In order to gain entrance to the university he "Right, Son. I have been thinking that you and I should did eighteen months' study during the next four months. be like the captain. We should know where we are going Every vacation he worked at anything he could get to earn and steer for that place in spite of everything that would money. After six years he graduated. Part of the time he hinder us. We should not allow anything to turn us from spent in bed because the pain in his back returned, but with our course. the help of other students he managed to keep up with his "Did you notice the waves, Barry? They started off in studies." great style to go somewhere, but were without a fixed pur- "He deserved to get through," Barry said. "I'm sure I pose and so they got nowhere. Unfortunately, there are couldn't have done that." many people like that and they never accomplish much in "You can be just as wonderful, Son. George had to battle their lifetime. But there are others who are like the ship. against ill-health, but you are blessed with good health. They go through every obstacle and reach their goal. Re- You are old enough now to become captain of your life and cently, I read a book about a man who did that. Would steer it purposefully. Make up your mind what you want you like me to tell you his story?" to do, Barry, and don't be put off course by the waves that "Yes, please, Dad," Barry said, taking a big mouthful of will buffet you in the sea of life." the delicious pie that Mother had packed in the lunch bas- Daddy looked at Barry and his eyes twinkled. "What about ket. the piano lessons, Son! Do you want to play the piano badly "It concerns a boy called George," Father said. 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