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Sexual Misconduct by definition, occurring and the poten- Polls and God's Counsels I was extremely impressed with tial for misconduct is in place. Legal A number of polls have been taken to "Taking a Stand Against Sexual and moral ethics are at stake. If the determine what church members think Misconduct" (Jan. 27). For so long we counselor confides personal things to is wrong with the church and what have sought healthy boundaries for our a member, even if done with honest changes they would like to see made in sexual expressions and behaviors; how- motives to create empathy, a serious it. It is time—past time—to have a dif- ever, because of our human brokenness, breach of ethics ensues. Bonding be- ferent kind of in-depth study. This one we have all made unhealthy mistakes. tween member and counselor can de- won't involve expensive professional Thank you for your good work and velop, and even if physical contact is pollsters. All that will be needed is to your compassionate approach to a very not made, the relationship ceases to be dust off our Bibles and the counsels complicated subject that holds a great constructive and both families (coun- given to us by God's special messenger many feelings. selor's and counselee's) can be seri- to the remnant church. This study will But I have a concern regarding the ously affected. be to learn what God thinks is wrong makeup of the Sexual Ethics What makes this type of misconduct with the church and the changes He Commission. This five-member so dangerous is that it is difficult to would like to see made in its members. smaller group consists of people identify or acknowledge by either party Such a study may well reveal that it chosen based on their official posi- in the absence of direct physical con- is our world-loving hearts that need tion in the union and division— tact. However, it nearly always pre- changing. Increasingly we have wanted rightly so. At the present time these cedes physical misconduct, and if the an accommodating faith, a crossless re- positions are generally occupied by latter does not actually occur, the emo- ligion, a faith that puts us at ease with a majority of males. The concern I tional damage can still result in broken the world, that assures us we can have have centers on the imbalance of relationships. I suggest that the commit- "all this and heaven, too." The tragedy gender representation on the sug- tee would do well to consider a section of Adventism today is that it has in- gested SEC. To have a committee on this aspect of misconduct and on the creasingly accommodated itself to the consisting of four males and one fe- supervisor's ethical responsibility for changes that members want rather than male can be construed by a hurting vigilance and preventive action. to the spiritual transformation that God victim or perpetrator as continued Name Withheld wants. Ruth Jaeger Buntain sexual harassment. St. Helena, California It is vitally important that a person Merchants of Death feel a sense of safety as he/she pro- I greatly appreciate "Exporters of His Mighty Acts cesses this kind of struggle within the Death" (Dec. 16). It is high time for us I enjoyed "1844-1994" (Jan. 6). context of our church. Only as we the to recognize alcohol and tobacco inter- Musing on it and the upcoming vignettes church are able to accept and validate ests for what they are—legalized drug of life in 1844, I decided to see what the their pain can they feel free to seek dealers, merchants of death and de- encyclopedia had to say about the year God's grace and power to become struction. itself. One of the most important items whole again. Seventh-day Adventists were privi- concerns Samuel Morse, American in- Juanita Mayer Bartel, Chaplain leged to possess inspired information ventor of the electric telegraph. His first Shawnee Mission Medical Center on the effects of tobacco long before message in Morse Code, sent on his Shawnee Mission, Kansas most others recognized it as an ex- Washington-Baltimore line on May 24, tremely harmful substance. Even 1844, was brief and to the point. It read: I applaud the publishing of the sexual though we do not smoke or chew it, "What hath God wrought!" misconduct guidelines in the January 27 many of us have been personally As we look back at the growth of our issue. While it is very comprehensive, I touched by the agonizing death of a denomination, we can truly say with believe it leaves out an important type loved one who chose not to heed the Samuel Morse, "What hath God of misconduct that may be more perva- warning to abstain. wrought"; for He has wrought mightily. sive than any other. I applaud the leadership of our Edna May Olsen Often sexual misconduct is nar- church for seeking to take an activist Army Post Office rowly defined and not perceived as stance in opposition to the substance such unless something physical hap- that kills more people than all other Letters should not exceed 250 words and pens. But anytime a church employee drugs combined. What a magnificent should carry the writer's name, address, and crosses over the professional line with role for the "caring church"! telephone number. All will be edited to meet a member, misconduct is present. If a Paul B. Scott space and literary requirements, but the au- thor's meaning will not be changed. Views ex- member confides personal conflicts Public Relations Consultant pressed in the letters do not necessarily with a pastor, a counseling process is, WCTU of Southern California represent those of the editors or denomination.

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2 Letters COVER STORY 6 Newsbreak 8 New Life Emerging Some define the term reformation negatively, while others de- 17 Children's Corner fine it positively. What can it mean to us when God defines 19 World Report it? by Brian Jones

23 Reflections LIFESTYLE 10 Couples Without Kids 10 Childless by choice? EDITORIALS Some say that "if you're really good Christians, you'll have children." But what if you don't? by M. Lucille Pace 4 Come On, Smile! HERITAGE SITES 5 The Final Days— Abominations 12 Battle Creek, Michigan: First Adventist Headquarters If you're heading to Michigan this summer, visit this city of NEXT WEEK "firsts." Here's where much of the work began and many of the pioneers lived and died. by Paul A. Gordon "Heart Cries From Earliteens" There are HERITAGE lots of things 14 The first Adventist kids want to 14 The Sabbath Comes to Washington "Seventh-day know. Hundreds have Which Adventist preacher first accepted, preached, and ob- Adventist" written to Guide mag- served the seventh-day Sabbath? The first of two parts. sermon azine asking questions by Joe L. Wheeler about relationships with peers, God, and parents. What should we say to them?

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Come On, Smile!

hat's right, smile! Do it this week- And why shouldn't they be? What thing. His love and forgiveness draws Tend during Sabbath school and could give greater joy than being a forth from us love and gratitude. And church—and I'll bet you'll shock some- Christian? The gospel is the best news when that occurs, the outward expres- body! ever—that God loves us, works on our sion of happiness is not far behind. Some people are just not used to see- hearts to bring us to sorrow and repen- Think of the joyous responses to ing happy people in worship—the hall- tance, cleanses and saves us, and works Jesus by the healed demoniac, the blind ways, yes, and the entranceways and through us to do His will. man given sight, the woman healed by parking lots, yes, but not during wor- Without doubt we should be the happi- touching Jesus' garment, and others ship. est people on Sabbath mornings, for we like them. If I didn't know better, I'd think that are going to church to express our love to A time for such individual expression we had outlawed smiling (and happi- God, and we are doing it on the special exists in our churches—even in our ness) during worship. I mean, take a day that He has set aside just for that! smaller ones, where it could be easy to look at the deacons walking up to the facilitate. I wish this would change. front to collect our tithes and offerings. Didn't anyone tell them How about starting with one change— They sometimes march straight ahead allowing time before the pastoral prayer with sober faces, almost keeping in for sharing requests and thanks? step, and dressed to a tee. Didn't any- that it's OK to smile, to An incident at my local church years one tell them that it's OK to smile, to ago highlights this need. A successful appear happy? young businessman was being pro- And who said that dour faces in appear happy? moted in his job, but it required him Sabbath school classes were in vogue? and his family to move, which he didn't Or that sad faces on those listening to want to do. He appealed again and the sermon were required of every good again to his employers, all to no avail. Adventist? Or that singing without joy Shouldn't our local church leaders Then just before Sabbath his employers was in line with our Adventist heritage? then purposefully and prayerfully study said he could stay. Wow, he was happy! Come on, we smile in the hallways our congregational worship event so He came to Sabbath school and and outside; why not inside during our that joyfulness in the Lord is not church praising God for not having to services? Once we enter the sanctuary squelched but expressed? I think so. move. And where do you think he told we seem to feel that it's so holy that we Many leaders have, which is evident by the good news? You guessed it! Out in dare not smile or appear genuinely joy- the Christ-centered joyfulness and fel- the halls between services, because nei- ful. lowship that sparkles forth during wor- ther Sabbath school nor worship had a Maybe it's the formality of the wor- ship in some churches. place for such open, individual expres- ship service, or a boring speaker, or the I'm not suggesting worship leaders sions of joy. accustomed spectator role for members, create just a facade of joyfulness. I like What a tragedy, for that is what wor- or even the reserved setting of the room balloons, but not for worship. I like ship is all about—expressing our joy itself—pews with everyone facing for- music, but neither Christian rock music and thankfulness to God. ward. Whatever the cause, joyfulness nor loud music is appropriate. They fall Happily, the story doesn't end there. often appears absent from so many of into the vast land of gimmicks for me. Like other churches I know of, the our church worship times together. I am suggesting that if we want to young adult group responded by start- I'm not suggesting that the pastor tell encourage genuine joyfulness and hap- ing a weekly prayer time just before the jokes to enliven the audience or get us piness during our congregational wor- lesson study to share prayer requests to laugh (that already is done with a bit ship of God, then we must help people and time for people to tell things that of poor taste in some churches). But my sense God's fullness, His loveliness, happened during the week that they are wish is that our Sabbath school and cor- His loving-kindness to us. thankful for! porate worship times be full of joy and Our response to God, then, is not a delight in being a Christian. magic potion or facade; it is the real MYRON WIDMER

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EDITORIAL The Final Days Abominations

"Behold, this was the guilt of . . . know from Scripture that we've all pense of the other. Let's remember that Sodom: she and her daughters been messed up from birth—in one way behind all the politics are real people, had arrogance. . . . They . . . committed or another. An enemy has done it to us. suffering excruciating pain. abominations before Me. Therefore I For some of us, it's our temper. For removed them" (Eze. 16:49, 50, NASB). some, greed. For some, a weakness for Situation Worsening harmful substances. Still others feel a The sexual revolution over the past he story is familiar. Two celestial native urge to gamble and squander. 25 years has been simply astonishing. Tvisitors arrive in Sodom toward Then there are the apparently hereditary Things once kept in the closet are now evening. They take up lodging in the maladies of kleptomania, pedophilia, out in the open, paraded arrogantly "in home of Lot. Someone spots them. The nymphomania, satyriasis, and so forth. our face." Nor is this by accident. Every word spreads. By bedtime a mob—all God does not hold such weaknesses evidence points to a carefully orches- male—gathers outside the patriarch's against us. trated campaign to promote such behav- door. "Where are the men who came to It does not become us, however, to ior before the public—to give it you tonight?" they shout. "Bring them use any of these drives as license for our normalcy, visibility, and acceptance. out to us so that we can have sex with actions. Nor, in the name of human Politicians of every persuasion have them" (verse 5, NIV). rights, to flaunt such actions as deserv- signed on to it. The liberal press in That was Sodom on its final night. ing to be recognized, protected, or ac- many countries is committed to full and They had reached the critical mass. And cepted by society. Civilized human largely uncritical coverage of it. And it the sky above their heads was red with existence involves a never-ending effort is fast becoming normal fare for public judgment. to counteract our innate predisposition to television entertainment in prime time. certain behaviors that could put our own This coming June, 1 millon advocates Confusion well-being and that of others in peril. of this lifestyle will converge on New We have come to a time of deep and York City in "an international celebra- widespread confusion over the activity Two Things in Tension tion of pride and protest." "It's going to that brought down Sodom and Let me be quite clear. Given the pres- be something bigger than [the United Gomorrah. In the name of justice and ent state of society, we will inevitably States] has ever seen before," one orga- tolerance, prominent Christian leaders come into contact with people (both in- nizer said.' and churches are now pushing for the side and outside the church) who have This is not funny. We're facing a cri- normalization of homophilia. Even in been affected by this lifestyle. sis of gargantuan proportions. We are some Adventist churches today parents Wounded, confused, frightened, hurting, up against the worst nightmare of the sit nervous and apprehensive about they must hear from us not a single sexual revolution in our time. In such what the preacher might say on this word of criticism or censure. There bold utterances we hear echoes of the question from the desk. Vague hints of must be no reproach, no holier-than- perverse clamor outside the patriarch's approval of what Scripture has so vig- thou attitude. Only understanding, door that fateful night in Sodom. orously condemned (see Rom. 1:21-27; Christian tenderness, and support. Have we reached the critical mass? 1 Cor. 6:9-11) are not unheard-of On the other hand, we should vigor- No one can know. But in the words of among us. Hermeneutical revisionism ously warn against a lifestyle fraught Paul: "These things happened to them has crept in. Passages of Scripture with with risk and deadly peril. We cannot as a warning, . . . [and] they were writ- no ambiguity whatsoever have been afford to stammer or equivocate on this ten down for our instruction, upon subjected to contrived and fanciful in- issue. The stakes are too high. The con- whom the end of the ages has come" (1 terpretations designed to conform to the sequences are too serious. The crucial Cor. 10:11, RSV). political correctness of our times. question facing Adventist thought lead- ' For my previous editorials on this theme, see the Going beyond this, some attempt to ers is whether we have the courage and Adventist Review for February 17 and March 10, 1994. justify homophile behavior on the basis the common sense to keep these two Heard over Maryland Public Television in February of congenital predisposition. I feel no approaches in tension. We cannot in 1994. great burden to debate that issue. We good conscience pursue one at the ex- ROY ADAMS

ADVENTIST REVIEW, MARCH 24, 1994 293 5 NEWSBREAK The Future Is Here!

ADVENTIST tit an you remember the the live events, and the special services are all free. COMMUNICATION Ufirst time you used a Printed materials associated with a resource would entail N E T W O R K telephone? "Ask them if some expense, but the signal is free, provided as a service you could please speak to of the North American Division. Billy, punkin," my mother would whisper to me. I could On March 6 a Vacation Bible School training seminar was dial the numbers myself. I knew how to speak "tele- broadcast across the North American Division. To those who phone"! Soon the ringing in the heavy black handset mag- had the equipment, it was free. It introduced the new ically became a "Hello." I began to communicate just like EarthMaker Mysteries VBS material. the big people—a major breakthrough in my technological expertise. Net '95 Coming Today telephoning is routine. We mindlessly bounce wire- In early 1995 Net '95, a continent-wide evangelistic series less messages off distant satellites and catch them. Our words featuring Mark Finley, will be available for any equipped and images cross nations, continents, oceans. We take multi- downlinked, worldwide news broadcasting for granted. If something happens, Cable News Network will report it live, on the scene, right? Major Changes for OnLine Edition Our homes are linked to just about anywhere in the world With the introduction of regular ACN programming on through our phones, televisions, or computers. We have April 6, OnLine Edition will undergo major changes, translated technological breakthroughs into everyday life at reports Adventist Review editor William G. Johnsson. an amazing pace. Technology can now link not only homes OnLine Edition will provide the lead segment on the and businesses, but churches—even our Adventist congrega- monthly ACN releases. This segment will conform to tions—via satellite. what viewers have come to expect from OnLine—doc- Imagine a monthly one-hour church news report that could trinal or inspirational material, first- reach virtually every Adventist in North America simulta- OnLine hand reports from the world church, neously. Imagine witnessing General Conference sessions, and other features that one finds in the Adventist-Laymen's Services and Industries conventions, and Adventist Review. North American Division prayer conventions live. The ACN programming each month Envision live training events for church leaders during will include several segments other which they can ask questions of the instructor 3,000 miles than OnLine Edition. Because of these away. Envision the many small rural Adventist schools that FIRST LIGHT IN CAMBODIA changes, OnLine Edition will cease to could benefit from downlinked classes. Imagine an evangelis- exist as a separate 60-minute video tic outreach that touches every mission field across the entire magazine released by tape each quar- North American continent at the same time. ter. The final video, Old-Time Religion (vol. 4, No. 1), will be mailed out to subscribers in March. Dreams Become Reality Adventist Communication Network is encouraging These aren't dreams—these are realities! The new congregations to purchase a downlink so that members Adventist Communication Network (ACN) is using cutting- may be able to receive the satellite programs, as well as edge technology to meet the needs of Adventist congrega- live events. However, for congregations that wish to have tions across North America. It is now possible to provide videotaped programs, ACN will select 60 minutes from each congregation with the very best denominational its programming each quarter and distribute by videotape. resources for spiritual growth, congregational revitalization, These tapes will be on a subscriber basis. evangelism, nurture, outreach, and training. "I feel very good about OnLine Edition," says Any congregation or group of congregations that has a Johnsson. "It was a forerunner. Although it entailed a lot satellite dish and downlink equipment can access the sig- of work, it met a need. From the beginning we realized nals and present the programming. If you'd like to learn that OnLine would eventually be phased out or merged more about the hardware and the surprisingly affordable with other plans. I am glad that the Adventist Review packages available, just call (800) ACN-1119. played a major role in helping open up video programs Once you are equipped and downlinked, the training, for Adventists."

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congregations to participate. spiritual growth, and evange- able to focus more attention On March 28 Finley and NAD president Alfred C. lism are about to multiply. on the church's direct evan- McClure will speak to division pastors via satellite to gelistic ministry. outline the goals and objectives of the meeting. The 90- WORLD CHURCH minute orientation session will be held from noon to 1:30 FOR YOUR INTEREST p.m. (EST) on Galaxy 7, channel 16. Information on how A Gift Fit for a Queen. your congregation can share the benefits of this soul-win- When Queen Elizabeth of AIDS Lecture Series Con- ning resource will be reaching your church pastor soon. England visited the Cayman venes in May. Pastors, In April, congregations will receive the first regular Islands, the island govern- health-care professionals, and monthly packages from ACN, says Monte Sahlin, assis- ment commissioned an those interested in responding tant to the NAD president for ministries. On the first Adventist to prepare a gift to the AIDS crisis are invited Wednesday of each month, this bundle of reports focusing for Her Majesty. to the Swallen Lectureship on the world mission of the church, NAD outreach, and Eddie Scott, a member of Series at Andrews University Adventist Development and Relief Agency work will go the Creek Seventh-day Ad- in Berrien Springs, Michigan, out at 7:30 p.m., repeated in Eastern, Central, Mountain, ventist Church, sculptured May 20-23. and Pacific time zones. two turtles from caymanite, At the lectureship the The schedule allows churches to use the features for mid- a special rock found only in General Conference AIDS week services. In addition to the one-hour package, 40 spe- the island chain. The gift Committee will sponsor a cial events, outreach programs, and training seminars are was presented to the queen networking meeting for all planned for the next 18 months. and her husband, Prince Adventists who currently A listing of upcoming events on the satellite network will Philip, the duke of are involved in ministering be printed in the Adventist Review. Additional information Edinburgh, during a session to persons with AIDS. For can be obtained by calling the phone number that will be of parliament, says Jeff K. more information on the included. Thompson, president of the lecture, contact Rudi Maier Cayman Islands Mission. at (616) 471-5405 or fax Access Is Not Limited (616) 471-6202. For infor- You can access these events even if your congregation or NORTH AMERICA mation on the networking conference office does not have a downlink. The test broad- meeting, call DeWitt casts in the summer and fall of 1993 were released on the Columbia Union President Williams at (301) 680-6732. public access channel of cable TV in some communities. Accepts New Position. Ron This experiment leads ACN leaders to believe that in many M. Wisbey, Columbia Union Adventists Abroad. The communities specific events can be brought into homes in president, announced on Islamic Study Centre at which small groups meet. March 3 that he was leaving Newbold College in Eng- Of course, you can rent a meeting room and downlink his post to become the union's land is seeking names and equipment at many hotels and restaurants, or rent a mobile first liaison for health-care addresses of Adventists, or downlink package from a local satellite store. However, if administration. relatives of church mem- your congregation does this more than once or twice a year, In this post Wisbey will bers, working in Arabic the price it pays will be the same as the cost of buying a dish. continue some of the work countries. ASI members such as 3ABN, Good News Network, and he did as union president. The names submitted will some of the growing number of Adventist-owned low-power He will focus his attention receive materials from the television stations have expressed an interest in rebroadcast- on the union's health-care center that will nurture their ing some ACN events. A quarterly videocassette with institutions. With the addi- faith. Send the names to Jack selected items will be available through the mail and for tion of the new post, the Mahon, 2 Wiggett Grove, rental or sale at Adventist Book Centers. incoming president (not cho- Binfield, Bracknell, RG12 If you already have a downlink and want to get on the sen at presstime) will be 5DY, England. list to get regular alerts in the mail or by fax, contact ACN, 12501 Old Columbia Pike, Silver Spring, MD 20904; fax CHURCH CALENDAR (301) 680-6464. Include the equipment you have, a mail- ing address and/or a fax number, as well as the name of a Mar. 26 Sabbath School Community Relations Day contact person. Apr. 2 Missionary Magazine Emphasis ACN's potential for benefiting congregations directly is Apr. 9 Andrews University Offering sobering. The opportunities for sharing common problems Apr. 16 Literature Evangelist Free and solutions is now available. The resources for learning, Literature Offering

ADVENTIST REVIEW, MARCH 24, 1994 (295) 7 COVER STORY and friendship with Jesus, both Simon the Zealot and Matthew the tax collector saw their lives transformed. Simon did not lose his zeal. But under the sanctify- ing touch of the Master, it lost its lacer- ating edge, replaced by a keen tenderness for souls. For his part, Matthew lost none of his careful, indus- New Life trious spirit. But a new, animated glow came into his life. No longer a func- tionary in a corrupt government, Matthew became a follower of the King Emerging of heaven and a fruitful soul winner. His utter captivation by Christ and his me- thodical powers of observation are strik- How change comes to the church ingly revealed in his Gospel. All the disciples except Judas (who chose to retain his defects of character) experienced change. It came about through repentance and the reviving BY BRIAN JONES grace of the Holy Spirit. We should note that repentance, re- vival, and reformation did not come easily to these disciples. Slow to recog- eformation! moderate compliance with the standards nize their own personal faults, they For some Adventists the of the church. were lightning quick to detect those of term suggests a stimulating Radicalism, on the other hand, pro- others. But then there was the cross, clarion call to higher spiritual vokes intense reaction. Often abrupt, followed by 40 days of additional R hasty, and unbalanced, it usually fails to (though intermittent) instruction from ground. For others it implies austerity, abrasiveness, legalism. How do you see produce true reform, however. Radicals their risen Lord, followed by pre- it? may have sincere motives, but many Pentecostal soul searching and prayer. It seems to me that reformation after have a warped concept of Christ. Their Only then did they come into sanctified God's order must surely be something militancy, repelling both the apathetic harmony (Acts 1:1-14). Repentant positive. God "has made everything and people of sound judgment, attracts under the conviction of God's Spirit, re- beautiful in its time" (Eccl. 3:11, NIV). the combative and excitable, whose vived under the refreshing of the Spirit, And when He works a re-formation, the good intentions are as yet untempered and reformed by the inworking of the results are appealing and reasonable to by the mellowing grace of the Spirit. In Spirit, they became new people in char- spiritual minds. Although God's work is the context of Adventism, radicals are in acter and conduct. Christ filled their vi- supernatural, it's not unnatural. a Laodicean frenzy. Concentrating as sion. They preached the gospel with Revolutionary it may be, but not revolt- they do on the shortcomings of others, new power. "We cannot but speak the ing. Reformation after God's order is they fail to see that they themselves are things which we have seen and heard," nothing less than new life emerging. It "wretched, and miserable, and poor, and they said (Acts 4:20). Multitudes ac- points to change—positive change. And blind, and naked" (Rev. 3:17). cepted the message. how it comes about should be of utmost And their message was pure and sim- importance to us. Hope for All ple: "That which was from the begin- Although each class is tempted to ning, which we have heard, which we Are You an Obstacle? think the other hopelessly lost, Christ have seen with our eyes, which we have There are two great deterrents to holds out hope to both (see John 7:37, looked upon, and our hands have han- godly reformation: apathy and radical- 38; Rev. 3:20, 21). Simon the Zealot, an dled, of the Word of life; . . . declare we ism. Apathy resists change and sees fa- "uncompromising hater of the authority unto you, that ye also may have fellow- naticism in almost any reform, no matter of Rome,"' was a radical. Levi- ship with us: and truly our fellowship is how necessary or good. Secure in their Matthew, working for Rome as a tax with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Laodicean drowse, the apathetic are too collector, undoubtedly fell into the ranks Christ" (1 John 1:1-3). Mistreatment self-absorbed to care much about their of the apathetic. Not only was his job te- and the threat of martyrdom could do own spiritual needs or those of others. dious; it was also full of degrading com- nothing to dampen their love for Christ Nondisturbers of the status quo, they promise. and humanity (Acts 5:17-41). Christ had cause no alarm so long as they remain in However, through their connection died and risen again to save all people. 8 (296) ADVENTIST REVIEW, MARCH 24,1994 They mustproclaimit,atwhatevercost more thanahallowedmemory.Itwas to themselves.TothemCalvarywas ADVENTIST REVIEW, MARCH24,1994 ence asprofoundarepentance,pro- living powerthatabolishedallfear, malice, allselfishness. substitute, nodryimitationofthis found arevival,asprofound reformation. Wemustacceptno engaging orapparentlysuccessful first-century experience,however that substitutemightbe.Weneed "There mustbeareformation.The Spirit poureddownuponusinco- the unmodifiedpowerofHoly order toproclaimChrist'sever- pious streamsfromheavenin lasting righteousnesstotheworld. furrows inourproudhearts,and tear upthesodofourunsanctified plowshare oftruthmustplowdeep Jesus maybeplantedinour hearts."' Whenthishappens,our natures, thattheSpiritandloveof lives willbeanimatedwithholy purpose, healthyzeal,anduncom- They'll SeetheChange ous, orpriggish.Truereligionoffersa our appearance,behavior,speech— promising purity. But itwillnotmakeuslegalistic,censori- joy andpeacethatpeopleareamazedto seek infashion,self-indulgence,riches, see—the veryjoyandpeacetheyvainly indeed, everyaspectofourlives. see inus,undergirdedbyrepentanceand entertainment, aggressivesports,andthe futilities ofthislife.Manyworld-weary hearts willbeinspiredbythechangethey revival. Butnotifourreformsmakeus exclusive, ill-natured,orunkind. with repentanceandrevival,needscare- ful, intensivestudyamongus.TheBible and thewritingsofEllenWhitearere- plete withinstructioninthisvein. zeal notaccordingtoknowledge have Admittedly, manyearnestsouls witha run topainfulextremesintheir advo- cacy ofreform.Andinreaction manyof subject, preferring toremainlukewarm. us haveshunnedallconsideration ofthe not bebrought intodisrepute.Wedare As Adventistsweneedtoexperi- This changeofheartwillaffect The subjectofreformation,combined But thesubject oftruereformshould 3

God. Weneednotcreateafalsedi- closer walkwithJesusalwaysinspiresus chotomy betweenthesetwoconcerns. to amoredisciplined,self-denyingway the needfordeepercommunionwith not downplayeitherpracticalreformsor of life(seeLuke9:23).Butourjoy,in- day" (Prov.4:18;seealsoPs.16:11). stead ofdiminishingintheprocess,in- creases "moreandmoreuntotheperfect temperance oflifetoclearawayallin- tude andpractice.Weneedpurity us tobreakfreefromeveryharmfulatti- opment. Butreformationdoesnotstop ternal hindrancestoourspiritualdevel- selfish, narrowmotives. demptive goal,unblemishedentirelyby "The timehascomefora with theeliminationofnegatives.It stated itbetterthanEllenG.White: reaches forthtoaverypositiveandre- formation begins,thespirit ofprayer formation ish fromthechurchspirit ofdiscord will actuateeverybelieverand willban- and strife.Thosewhohavenot beenliv- close toone another. Onemember ing inChristian fellowshipwilldraw working inright lineswillleadother True reformationunequivocallycalls No oneinrecentgenerationshas to takeplace.Whenthisre- thorough re- A intercession fortherevelationof because allwillbeinharmonywiththe ing believerfromwillbebro- Holy Spirit.Therewillbenoconfusion, mind oftheSpirit.Thebarriersseparat- members tounitewithhiminmaking ken down,andGod'sservantswill dividuals andasaworldchurch? Marvelous willbetheresults.Christ's but incompanywiththosewhomChrist with joyandsinging,notsavedalone, kingdom willcome,andweenterit has broughttoHimself—inpartthrough changed bygrace—intoHisimage! "Every truereformhasitsplaceintheworkofthird (Rom. 8:29;Col.3:10;2Cor.3:18). exodus willhavebeenre-formed— us. Andallwhojoininthistriumphal angel's message.Especiallydoesthetemperancereform demand ourattentionandsupport" ' Testimonies, ' TheDesireofAges, Sons andDaughtersofGod, In thisconnectionconsiderthefollowingstatement: Ibid., speak thesamethings...Allwill pray understandinglytheprayer done inearth,asitisheaven.'" "a greatreformatorymovement that ChristtaughtHisservants: among God'speople."Shesaw people praisingGod,thesickbeing and thousands.visitingfamilies healed andothermiraclesbeing of God.Heartswereconvictedby performed. ShesawGod'speople in deepintercession,and"hundreds and openingbeforethemtheWord spirit ofgenuineconversionwas `Thy kingdomcome.Thywillbe manifest. .Greatblessingswere the powerofHolySpirit,anda received bythetrueandhumble seemed tobeareformationsuchas thanksgiving andpraise,there people ofGod.Iheardvoices we witnessedin1844." to yearnfor.Shallwenotprayer- fully presstowardthisgoalasin- In avisionEllenWhiteoncesaw vol. 9,p.126. This isthekindofreformation vol. 8,p.251. of theBraxtonchurch in WestVirginia. Brian Jonesispastor p. 296. p. 49. (Temperance, p. 234). (297) 4

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E. R. DEGGINGER/H STRONG ROBERTS LIFESTYLE explain his impotence. Play it safe; don't put yourself or others into such a position! If your own life is enriched by chil- dren, your motives for urging childbear- ing on others are likely good ones. But try to think how it might feel to be on the receiving end of such comments. You would never say to a casual ac- Couples quaintance, "It's time you get ambitious and find a better-paying job." But some- times without thinking we say, "It's time you get busy and start a family." Having a child is a couple's decision, Without Kids and those outside the marriage have no way of knowing if the time is right. Before you ask them why, read this article. 2. Avoid making assumptions or pass- ing judgment. Some assume that a couple who have no children do not like children. While this may sometimes be true, in most BY M. LUCILLE PACE cases it is not. Sometime ago I read a letter written by a childless couple to an advice columnist. At a large family gathering the subject of hen are you going to start that by a better understanding of child- legal guardianship for their nieces and a family?" If you're less families we will be enabled to in- nephews had come up. Various family young, several years clude these couples more fully in our members were discussed as possible Wmarried, and childless, fellowship. guardians should the need arise. The you may have heard the question all too childless couple were hurt that they were often. I have. To myself I say, "Start a 1. Be courteous. Refrain from asking not even considered. Everyone assumed family? We became a family on our questions. that they disliked children and would be wedding day." To the questioner I at- Questions such as "Why don't you unsuitable caretakers. tempt a smile and a lighthearted answer. have children?" can raise painful issues. Many couples are not childless by It's not just friends who crusade for The lack of children may be a point choice. Although Pastor and Mrs. parenthood. Some Christian women's of unresolved conflict or hurt between a Browning* yearned for children, their magazines hint that "Christian wife" husband and wife. Comments may esca- home remained heartbreakingly empty equals "mother." The emphasis of many late this conflict or deepen the pain. after many years. When they overheard religious broadcasts is that "if you're re- In other situations the reason a couple church members gossiping that they ally good Christians, you'll have chil- does not have children may be of a sen- were selfish for not having children, it dren." (What does that make you if you sitive, personal nature. If so, your ques- compounded their pain. don't have children?) tion puts the childless couple in an Commendably, the Seventh-day awkward position. They are faced with Unselfish Reasons Adventist Church has encouraged an in- three options, each undesirable: Even couples who have chosen not creasing sensitivity to the singles and a. Saying "It's none of your busi- to conceive often make the decision one-parent families among us. Despite ness." for unselfish reasons. June Walters* this recognition of nontraditional house- b. Giving an evasive or untruthful an- maintained such smiling cheerfulness holds, little has been said about child- swer. that few of her acquaintances realized less couples in our churches. Perhaps c. Divulging the truth that they would that she suffered almost constant pain many see childlessness as a temporary prefer to keep private. from an inherited form of arthritis. state and therefore not something that The truth, if revealed, could put you, Would it be fair to accuse June and her merits particular consideration. the questioner, in an awkward position husband of being selfish for not having The truth is that for thousands of cou- as well. Imagine the questioned one children? In actuality they chose to re- ples, childlessness is permanent. Being breaking into tears and sobbing out the main childless so they would not risk in that category myself, I offer the fol- story of her own abused childhood. passing a crippling disease on to an- lowing insights and suggestions. I hope Imagine the questioned one trying to other generation.

10 (298) ADVENTIST REVIEW, MARCH 24, 1994 Other couples feel they simply don't more free time than parents, some do. leaders our church ever had. have the financial, physical, spiritual, or They may welcome the opportunity to In another instance, one person after emotional resources to be good parents. make new friends by using their talents another was asked to help in children's Whether or not you agree with their as- in new ways. In these activities they Sabbath school but did not or could sessment, you can respect them for bas- may gain a sense of being needed that not accept. After our nominating com- ing this decision on the needs of their they have previously lacked when de- mittee had given up hope, Dan potential offspring and not solely on fined simply as "nonparents." Roberts,* a childless man whom no their own desires. For example, even though a person one had even thought to ask, volun- has no children, that doesn't mean he teered. Each week he brought hands- 3. Involve childless couples in the work or she wouldn't like to help in Sabbath on objects to make a story come alive and life of the church. school divisions or Pathfinders. Janice for the kindergartners. As we begin to understand couples Wright*, a childless wife, spent seven without kids better, let's look for ways years as a Sabbath school leader in my 4. Accept childless couples as a family to involve them appropriately in church congregation. I still hear people say unit and include them socially. life. While not all childless couples have that she was one of the best primary Many of these couples would like to participate in social occasions with other families. Not being parents does not re- duce their ability to enjoy a dinner invi- tation, a Sabbath afternoon outing, or an evening of games and refreshments. Some parents may fear that those who are not used to living with children will be uneasy around their kids' less-than- perfect behavior. The best way to find out is to give it a try. Some couples have spent time with nieces, nephews, younger siblings, or cousins, and expect some happy chaos. Soon after my husband and I moved to a new area, a family of four invited us home for Sabbath dinner. Their children didn't have perfect table manners, and their crowded house was not spotless. But Earl and Jeannie Hampton* had a warm friendliness and lively conversation that made us feel comfortable. We learned that our two families had many ideas, standards, and interests in common. Over the months that followed, we shared Friday night sundown worships, Saturday night popcorn and apples, and autumn Sundays canning fruit. We took weekend camping trips and cross-coun- try ski outings together. How thankful I've been that Earl and Jeannie extended their hospitality to us, a couple with no kids. The friendship has enriched the lives of all six of us. If we can put aside curiosity and criti- cism and relate to one another with courtesy and respect, I believe the church will become a place of warm and accepting fellowship. '.

*All names in this article have been changed.

M. Lucille Pace is a pseudonym.

ADVENTIST REVIEW, MARCH 24, 1994 (299) 11 Heritage Sites to Visit This Summer 3

If you are making travel plans tants, and one patient. It soon for this summer, why not plan to became known around the visit some Adventist historical world. In 1874 the first college sites and relive the era of our operated by Adventists was church's pioneers? To assist you, built. The student body ranged we are running a seven-part se- in age from 7 to 45. ries on some of the more signifi- The Kellogg family also lived cant sites. We hope you will find in Battle Creek. At the age of 12, these helpful.—Editors. John Harvey Kellogg set the type for Ellen White's early pioneer Seventh-day Adventists works on health. After obtaining settled in Battle Creek, a medical education, he became Michigan, in 1855 and began the the leader of the medical work Adventists' first permanent print- of the church. It grew rapidly ing office. In the beginning the under his gifted leadership, with printing of Adventist materials had First Adventist Headquarters many prominent patients coming been done wherever James and for help through the years (in- Ellen White were living. By PAUL A. GORDON cluding Henry Ford and Thomas The Whites lived in Rochester, Edison). It was in Battle Creek New York, between 1852 and 1855, but known as systematic benevolence. The de- that cereal foods initiated by the Kellogg they moved to Battle Creek, where a nomination was organized and named here brothers changed the eating habits of building and press could be built to serve in 1860. The next year Michigan became America and the world. the publishing needs of the rapidly grow- the first local conference, and in 1863 the In 1901 the church underwent major re- ing group of believers. It soon became the General Conference was organized here organization in response to appeals from largest and best-equipped printing estab- with seven local conferences. Twenty del- Ellen White. This helped to further open lishment in Michigan. egates made this decision. the way for worldwide expansion of the Battle Creek soon became a city of From 1855 to 1903 Battle Creek was church. At this time union conferences "firsts" for Adventists. Here they erected the headquarters of the world church. In were started and there was a resulting de- their first house of worship in 1855. The 1866 the Western Health Reform Institute centralization of authority and leadership. first tithing system was started here, opened here, with two doctors, two assis- Because the world headquarters of the

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O N 0 Numbers below correspond to map numbered locations and may indicate the location of Emmett several historical sites. 1. Present Tabernacle, Dime Tabernacle, third church, West End Bank and McCamly Park (opposite). 2. Site of David Hewitt home, north side of Van Buren near Cass. 3. Site of Elder Joseph B. Frisbie home (on corner). First church was on the north end of this lot (facing Cass). Second church was on the west—where Mount Zion AME Church now stands. 4. Old baptismal site—Kalamazoo River at the foot of Cass Street. 5. Old Battle Creek Academy (Battle Creek Industrial Academy). 6. Battle Creek Academy and Haskell Home Cemetery. 7. Site of first Haskell home, west side of Hubbard at Bernardo Place. 8. Site of Dr. John Harvey Kellogg estate. 9. Elder James and Ellen G. White home—Deacon John and "Betsey" White home (opposite). 10.Elder John N. and Mary Loughborough home. 11.Franklin E. and Harriet Belden home. 12.The Uriah Smith and Goodloe H. Bell homes were on N. University. 13. The Health and Heritage Museum. 169 W. Emmett. 14. Site of James White Memorial Home, opposite 169 W. Emmett. 15.Site of the Sanitarium Fieldstone Building. 16.Battle Creek Adventist Hospital and 1903 Fire Station No. 2. LOWER 17. Site of Battle Creek College, where U.S. Army Reserve Center is now. MILL dS Gekhill Dr. 18.Federal Center, formerly the 1903 Sanitarium with the tower addition of 1928, built POND I-94 CEMETERY on the site of the 1878 Sanitarium and the 1866 Western Health Reform Institute. M-66 CD 19. Site of Review and Herald Publishing Plant (1855-1902). 20. Site of the old West Building—housed General Conference headquarters and Review and Herald offices, etc., until 1903. ..0 21. Oak Hill Cemetery, 255 South Avenue. 22. Relocated home of W. K. Kellogg; W. K. Kellogg Foundation across the river. \l/ 23. Site of first SDA evangelistic tent meeting.

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as,eek:Oey looked \kW< $1 o Wee "coe Wskdoide, osoly Sotdes old!, E.\\ eo 0e t400 C2.3-6 This federal building, easily recognizable towers, was by it its prominent twin church was located here, many of the lead- Kellogg Today it serves asa busya center sanitarium for war supplies. built by Dr. J. ers moved to the area. Almost all their significant meetings. Ellen White often H. homes are gone, but a visit to Oak Hill spoke to large crowds there. Cemetery will bring reminders every- When James and Ellen White first with its prominent twin towers. This was where of their presence many years ago. moved to Battle Creek in 1855, they rented originally a sanitarium built by Dr. John As you enter the cemetery and turn left, a small home for $1.50 a week. On August Harvey Kellogg after the first one burned you will come upon the plot where James 4, 1856, they bought a 1.25-acre lot for down in 1902. Today it serves as a center and Ellen White are buried, along with $230 and were assisted by the brethren in for war supplies. their four sons and other family members. Battle Creek in building a house for $500. Through the years, Ellen White wrote The words "Father" and "Mother" are en- Two lean-tos were added almost immedi- many counsels to the church and its leaders graved on the markers. ately. It was the first home they had ever in Battle Creek. Her counsels were often Going further into the cemetery, you owned. Still standing, it is located at 63-65 pointed and specific. One major concern will find the grave of the first General Wood Street and is open to visitors. was that so much should not be centered in Conference president, John Byington. This Wood Street home is where Ellen Battle Creek. Her repeated counsel was to There too Uriah Smith, editor of the White wrote out her first Great get the message to the world, and not con- Review and Herald for most of 50 years, Controversy in the summer and fall of gregate all of our work in that city. With is buried. You will also find the grave of 1858. An extended two-hour vision had the move of church headquarters to Leonard Horace Stewart, the postmaster been given to her at a funeral service con- Washington, D.C., in 1903, after two dis- by whom Joseph Bates was directed to ducted by her husband in Lovett's Grove, astrous fires the previous year (the publish- "the most honest man in town." That man, Ohio. On their journey back to Battle ing house and the sanitarium), her counsel David Hewitt, the first convert there to Creek she suffered a stroke in Jackson, was finally followed. Adventism, is buried close by. Near his Michigan, that threatened her life. Upon If you were to visit Battle Creek today, plot you'll find the grave of Sojourner her return to Battle Creek, however, she you would be able to take a Sabbath after- Truth, the outstanding African-American began to write, finishing the account in noon tour operated by the Battle Creek temperance activist who worked to free time for printing that same year. She was Tabernacle. If you visit during the day, you slaves. Also here are the graves of later shown in vision that the stroke was can call at the church and get material to Goodloe Harper Bell, an early educator; an attempt on the part of Satan to take her take a self-guided tour. George Amadon, who worked in various life so she could not write out what she capacities for the Review and Herald of- had seen. Today you find this controversy Next week: Washington, New Hampshire. fice for 50 years; and J. H. and W. K. account as part of the book Early Kellogg. Writings. Complete information on Adventist historical sites The 4,000-seat Dime Tabernacle, built Across the street from the White home in New York and New England appears in the publica- tion In the Footsteps of the Pioneers, available for in 1878 under the direction of James (434 Champion) is that of Deacon John $4.50 from the E. G. White Estate, 12501 Old White, burned in 1922, but you will find White, the father of James White. And Columbia Pike, Silver Spring, MD 20904-6600. the present tabernacle on the very spot just up the street you will find where the original stood. That building J. N. Loughborough's home. Paul A. Gordon is director of the Ellen was a historic meeting place for many Just down the street from the tabernacle G. White Estate, General Conference, General Conference sessions and other you will see the huge federal building, Silver Spring, Maryland.

ADVENTIST REVIEW, MARCH 24, 1994 (301) 13 HERITAGE only 29. But he had been preaching since the age of 16, in spite of a slight impediment that plagued him all his life.2 Two years before, he had first heard William Miller speak, and that experi- ence would represent the watershed be- The Sabbath tween the genteel life of Concord and the austerity his choices would guaran- tee throughout the rest of his long life. He had no way of knowing as he Comes to looked at the newly plastered ceiling and walls that a century and a half later his little church would become a pre- cious possession of a worldwide reli- Washington gion, one whose name he had yet to hear. First of two parts Nor could he have possibly known that the Lord would use him in ways undreamed-of. For he was not a wan- dering "happy warrior" like Joseph The story of a fateful day Bates, no charismatic wunderkind like James White, no biblical scholar like John Nevins Andrews, no erudite editor BY JOE L WHEELER like Uriah Smith. What he was was a quiet, caring man, a team player, a con- ciliator, an organizer, one who could be counted on to stay by his post until the ll my life I had heard of it; It is only a few steps to the little plat- proverbial cows came home. He was a now in minutes I would fi- form, from which one can see wooden humble man who recognized his own nally see it. At long last I pews, wooden floor, wooden pulpit, limitations, yet when he felt he was Aturn that final corner and my wooden balcony, and wooden pump right he could be a lion—even against dream merges with reality. organ. And on the wall is an old "dear brothers" like James White. And I am grateful I am alone so no one prophetic chart. when he recognized his own mis- else will note my tears. At last I dare to approach the little takes—as he would more than once How forlorn is my great-great-great- pulpit and grasp its sides. At long last I with fiery Brother James—he would grandfather's church.' But come to think just let the thoughts flood in upon me. I apologize publicly on the back page of of it, it is a miracle that this precious little try to imagine Frederick Wheeler stand- the Review. He was never one for half chapel still exists. The place where it all ing here instead of me. A young man of measures. began—Washington, New Hampshire. only 33, not the solemn bearded old pa- Joining in with other Advent preach- Before I go in, I first make a pilgrim- triarch of denominational history books; ers, unanointed as well as anointed, he age to the mossy graveyard just next a Methodist Episcopal circuit rider who would steadily hold the course during door. These weather-beaten tombstones voluntarily forsook one heritage to make those heady days of '42, '43, and '44, are a litany of Adventist history. possible another. His ancestors had been through both disappointments. What it At last I unlock the church door and sea captains for centuries, first in was like, one of his granddaughters re- step inside. It is what I imagined it to be England and then among the earliest set- lated: during the long watches of the night. tlers of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. "At planting time, in the spring of Simple, uncluttered, sparse; without His wife, Lydia, was a proctor of 1844, when some regarded it a denial of lighting, cooling, restrooms—virtually Concord, Massachusetts (a proud family faith to put in any crops, Frederick unchanged from what it was in those even then, before going into business Wheeler's wife, without success, had far-off days when John Tyler was the with the Gamble family). urged him to plant the garden. His time tenth president of the United States. In In those far-off days the ministry was was occupied in pastoral work. One day, fact, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson one of the highest callings in America, when he returned home, he was sur- (the second and third presidents) had carrying with it the stature of such gi- prised that she and their 10-year-old son been in the grave but 16 years when de- ants as Jonathan Edwards and Cotton had harnessed the old gray horse, bor- vout Advent believers raised these four and Increase Mather. Wheeler had been rowed a plow, and were hard at work. walls, sometime in 1842. ordained only four years before, when "Yes," added the granddaughter, 14 (302) ADVENTIST REVIEW, MARCH 24, 1994 "yes, he sent them into the house and "They wept, were used up, and won- plowed it himself."' "You had better set that dered why, but did not feel resentful nor For March 21 would come and go— stop praying and studying the Bible, but and still no sign of Christ and His host studied it more than ever. Father had put of angels. Far, far worse, so would Communion table back everything he had into the cause, and October 22, leaving in its wake thou- when the time passed found himself sands of Millerite laughingstocks. with less than a dollar, less than a peck Taunts, ridicule, and searing laughter re- and put the cloth over it of potatoes, not a whole suit of clothes, verberated across America. October 23 but his shoes full of holes, with a wife would be the single most terrible day and four children, of whom I was the el- that generation would be called upon to until you keep all the com- dest. He did have a horse and wagon endure. It was as if the sun had ceased that he had used to go around in to to give its light and midnight darkness preach in different places. Soon after, had descended as a pall. mandments of God." Father met a neighbor by the name of George G. Wheeler, Frederick's old- Baldwin, who greeted him with 'You est son, celebrated his 100th birthday on didn't go up as you expected. You're October 17, 1934. Shortly before, he still here.' " was interviewed by C. E. Eldridge and "Do you remember about any meet- But the Lord is not bound by either Bessie J. Rice (a granddaughter of ing on the day they expected Christ to time or human act. Several months be- Frederick Wheeler): come?" they asked. fore the first disappointment, on a bit- "Do you remember the disappoint- "Yes," he replied. "It terly cold Communion Sunday, ment at the passing of the time in was at this large farm- the next act in God's drama 1844?" they asked. house, and the place was about to be played out. "I remember it very well," he replied. was full, and many In the Washington church "My father believed without a shadow of more were out in the were approximately 40 a doubt that the world would come to an yard." members, most of them end. We were living in the town of When asked if they believers in the soon-com- Hillsboro, which adjoins the town of had "ascension robes," ing Second Advent. Washington, New Hampshire. Father sold he said, "I never saw In the pews this mornin his farm part for cash and any." was a visitor, the took a mortgage for the bal- "How did they ance. I was then not quite take their disap- 10. I remember hearing pointment?" they Father and Mother talking then asked. about discounting the mortgage for cash. Father put the entire proceeds from the farm into the cause, and our family and several others all moved into the large farmhouse of Washington Barnes (whose wife was my mother's sister) that summer, where we all lived together, waiting for the end. I remember how we slept in the attic, and how we children would peek around the blankets they had nailed to the rafters to make partitions be- tween the different families."

ADVENTIST REVIEW, MARCH 24, 1994 (303) 15 widow Rachel Oakes, visiting her what it would cost him and his family mon that would make possible the rem- daughter the schoolteacher, Rachel should he do more than merely admit that nant church. Delight Oakes, three years later to marry the widow Oakes was right, in theory. He My mind lives again the scene. I see Cyrus Farnsworth. The good widow had already driven a Millerite wedge be- the little congregation sensing that this would herself marry again, this time to tween himself, Lydia, and their respec- is to be a day like no other, and there is Nathan T. Preston. tive establishment families. Now, should hardly a whisper as they listen to their The widow Oakes listened intently as he change his day of worship as well, he solemn young pastor as he perhaps tells Elder Wheeler urged his parishioners to would jeopardize his livelihood, too. of the challenge given him by the observe all the commandments. A But for the Lord's servant Frederick, widow Oakes, and the weeks of intense staunch and irrepressible Seventh Day once he had thoroughly studied the evi- biblical study that followed. Baptist, she almost interrupted the dence there could be no question as to At the end his voice breaks a little as speaker. his decision. So with a heavy heart he Frederick Wheeler announces that from Generally speaking, women of that shared the alternatives with Lydia, his that day forward, he and his family will day remained demurely quiet in meet- worship on the biblical Sabbath, the ings. But the widow Oakes, considering On a cold March seventh day, and he invites each of his her thoughts and convictions second to church family to join them. no one's, a short time later that day ac- And perhaps a radiant widow Oakes costed the young minister. Scorning pre- Sunday he preached is present also. By this time she has ac- liminaries, she leaped into the heart of cepted the Second Advent truth, and she the matter: tries to hold back the tears. "You remember, Elder Wheeler, that the first As for Frederick Wheeler, little does you said everyone who confesses Christ he know, on that wintry March morning, should obey all the commandments of that he has just intertwined the two God?" "Seventh-day Adventist" strands that will give Seventh-day "Yes." Adventists their name and mission, that "I came near getting up in the meet- he has just preached the first "Seventh- ing right then, and saying something." sermon. day Adventist" sermon, that he has just "I thought so," he smiled. "What did become the first "Seventh-day Advent- you have in mind to say?" ist" minister.' "I wanted to tell you that you had bet- He will be an old man before he will ter set that Communion table back and bride of 12 years. Lydia, however, knew realize all this. put the cloth over it"—she held his at- well the mettle of the man she had cast tention with her clear-eyed gaze— her lot with; she knew that for him there Continued next issue. "until you keep all the commandments could be no turning back, for his in- ' Shortly after my visit, many people working together of God." tegrity was as solid as the granite of the were able to restore the church. Astonished, and not a little grateful New Hampshire mountains. P. Z. Kinne, pioneer and president of New York that this outspoken woman had waited Conference, signed a handwritten statement about early But by all human reasoning there memories, written sometime between 1919 and 1932. until then for her bombshell, he asked were grounds aplenty to wait. Why Quoted in W. A. Spicer, "Our First Minister," for specifics, probably quailing a little Review and Herald, Feb. 15, 1940. now? The Lord was coming in only ' From a typed interview by Bessie J. Rice, Feb. 19, as he wondered what she had in mind. weeks—wasn't it enough of a cross to 1935. Recognizing both his earnestness and be ridiculed for being a Millerite? Later Many years after, Arthur W. Spalding (author of Captains of the Host and Footprints of the Pioneers), on integrity, she challenged him to study on, if—perish the thought!—they were the basis of years of research, declared: "I incline to the Scripture and prove to her and the con- proved wrong in their reckonings and belief that first Frederick Wheeler, then William Farnsworth, then Cyrus, and others, accepted the gregation that Sunday was the true the Lord failed to come, then he might Sabbath" (Arthur W. Spalding to Kate Wheeler Larnos, Feb. 21, 1949). However, others maintain that William Sabbath rather than Saturday. She prob- consider changing his day of worship. Farnsworth was the first. ably left with him copies of every piece But none of these inner arguments of Seventh Day Baptist Sabbath litera- had any more effect on his decision than ture she had. a flock of sparrows attempting to topple She had chosen better than she knew. the Great Stone Face in the mountains Never one for halfhearted measures, he to the north. set about to learn for himself. To his And so it came to pass. Before "the Joe L. Wheeler, great- dismay, he could find no biblical proof passing of the time," on a Sunday in great-great-grandson that the fourth commandment had ever mid-March of 1844, only a week or so of Frederick Wheeler, been changed. before the first date for the Lord's re- is chairperson, Depart- He had always been a sober man—he turn, that the resolute young pastor ment of English, Co- was even more so by the time he was stood up to preach the single most im- lumbia Union College, through. He was under no illusions as to portant service of his lifetime, the ser- Takoma Park, Maryland. 16 (304) ADVENTIST REVIEW, MARCH 24. 1994 DOTIDOUQQI Of LIFE'S Gibeon's Plan QECIPE6 BY ALYCE PICKETT

en God led Israel into Canaan, Canaan, because they worshiped idols. WiHe helped them win their battles. "We're from a very far country," the Soon all the Canaanites were talking Gibeonites told him. "Just look at this about this mighty people. "Their God is bread. It was fresh when we left home. very powerful," they said. "He helps Look at our shoes and clothes. See how them win." worn they are? We've come to you in Now the army was less than 50 miles peace because we want to know more away from Gibeon, and the people there about your great God," they declared. were very worried. "They'll be here to Joshua and the leaders always asked kill us soon, and there's nothing we can God's advice before making any deci- do," one said. "We can't possibly win." sions, but this time they trusted them- Another suggested, "If we can't win, selves. They felt sure these men were Josephine let's make a treaty with telling the truth, so they Cunnington them so they won't signed a treaty with Edwards fight us." After talking them. They promised it over, the leaders de- not to make war with cided that would be the them. This lifetime collection is a best thing to do, the The Gibeonites hur- refreshing mosaic of wisdom, only thing they could ried home to tell their do. people the good news. encouragement, and "But maybe they "They promised not to insightful humor, adorned won't make a treaty with fight us; our worries are us; maybe they want all the land around over. Hooray!" The rest of the day was a with her favorite recipes and here for themselves," someone suggested. time of rejoicing for the happy people. charming illustrations from "That's right," others agreed. "We'd Three days later Joshua learned that better pretend to live far away some- the men lived about 25 miles from their her own hand. where." And that's what they did. They camp. He and the leaders were very • *— found worn sacks and mended wine- angry. "They lied to us; we should kill skins. They put dry, moldy bread into them!" But they had promised to let the "We cannot remember reading the sacks and put on ragged clothes and Gibeonites live, so they couldn't harm a more refreshing collection of old shoes. Then they practiced what them. wit, wisdom and inspiration they would say to Joshua. Finally they Joshua sent for the Gibeonites. "Why than this book..." were ready to go. did you lie to us? You do not live far "Now, remember to say that we have away, and you will be punished for George and Nellie Vandeman It Is Written traveled for a long time because we live lying. You will be our servants as long far, far away," the leader reminded the as you live. You will cut wood and * *— men. carry water for us." Spiral bound • 208 pages Three days later they reached the The Gibeonites were glad to be ser- camp of Israel. "We're so tired," they vants. That was much better than being US$12.95 told Joshua. "We've come a long way. killed in battle. Contact your local ABC We heard about your powerful God, and Joshua and the Israelites learned a we want to make a treaty with you." lesson from the experience. They 800-765-6955 "Who are you?" Joshua asked. learned to ask God what to do before S

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IN PHILIPPINES College Alumni Build Church Forty years after its founding, MVC alumni return and give to the "School of Light."

he fortieth anniversary of the begin- Great Progress fruit-bearing avocados, and the acres of ning of Mountain View College Today the college, which began at the mango trees. Even more impressive, (MVC) in the southern Philippines was present site in 1953 in nipa huts and however, than the improved physical held December 23-25, 1993, in the new wood-framed buildings with about 100 surroundings were the students, who ex- 3,000-seat college church built by con- students, now has solid cement struc- hibited a strong sense of purpose, and tributions from alumni. It is aptly called tures, comfortable housing, plenty of the highly qualified faculty, dedicated to Alumni church. food, and 1,900 students. the task of molding young lives for Hundreds of alumni came from The 2,500 acres of adjoining land Jesus. around the world. They're now lay continue to produce lavish crops of rice, The college program continues to re- leaders, pastors, teachers, businesspeo- ple, accountants, treasurers, doctors, nurses, college presidents, academy principals, mission and conference presidents, and division secretaries. Many of those who could not attend added their generous gifts to pay for the completion of the church and its fur- nishings, which were made on the cam- pus of Mountain View College. The theme for the occasion was "Forty Years of Radiant Service— MVC Shines On Till Jesus Comes." During the past 40 years, the faculty and students have worked to establish more than 100 churches in ever-widen- ing circles around the college. The Northern Mindanao Conference presi- dent summed up the spirit of the stu- dents and alumni when he said, "We're Alumni of Mountain View College in the Philippines donated money to build a 3,000-seat church. all working together for one purpose, to hasten the coming of Jesus." corn, sugarcane, and soybeans. One ceive generous praise from educators, Thirty of the pioneers told stories of hundred eighty acres are planted in rub- private and public school inspectors, hardship, scarcity of food, poor sanita- ber trees that are already proving prof- and visiting dignitaries from many parts tion, and almost nonexistent roads to a itable. Cattle and work animals graze on of the world. rapt audience on Christmas evening. the steep slopes; all possible arable land Dr. D. M. Hechanova, Jr., a pioneer, Tribute was paid several times over the is now under cultivation. captured the spirit of Mountain View weekend to the pioneer educators, some The store, the shop, the bakery, the College in the lines of the first stanza of no longer living, who first envisioned food factory, the printing shop, the ma- the school song, which he wrote many the potential for the "School of Light" chine repair shop, and the cottage in- years ago: and sacrificed so much for their dreams. dustry all operate successfully on "A beacon light to all the youth, campus. With ardent hearts that seek for Those who returned after a long ab- truth, Todd C. Murdoch (former president, sence were delighted to see the new MVC stands supreme and grand, Mountain View College, 1955-1963), buildings, the carefully kept lawns, the Destined to shine throughout the Loma Linda, California. beautiful flowers, the tall pine trees, the land."

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• INDIA yond the traditional Wise Men- sion was charged, as community resi- Collegians Bring shepherds-stable scenes to include the dents—from the deputy inspector general betrothal of Mary and Joseph, and a of Pune to leading Indian industrialists to "Joy to the World" treacherous palace scene designed to street orphans straight off the Bombay show the insecurity of the evil Herod train—gathered each night under twin- Christmas pageant attracts (he kills his favorite wife and son). kling Christmas-lit trees, around the community leaders and To the left of the main stage, the vine- softly colored bubbling fountain, to take covered first- and second-story porti- in the glory of the birth of Christ. residents. coes of the building give perfect settings After listening to the English and for the Temple scene and Herod's Hindustani choirs perform classic Imagine yourself in Herod's Jerusalem. palace, with the inn and stable set at the Christmas pieces on respective nights, the The days are mild. Warm breezes sift right of the building. Overlooking the crowd joined in the singing of carols led through the draping fronds of the palm main stage, where we find Joseph and by members of each choir, reading the trees. Travelers from all over the em- Mary's various places of residence, the words from a screen at the front. pire enter its gates to take refuge from veranda roof hosts both the modern Following each evening's perfor- chilly nights. They stay in the dark and family worship and Gabriel's glorious mance, some of the invited guests dusty inns of the city. Herod's soldiers descent from the heavens. joined the cast for a late-night supper in guard the gates, not because of a terri- Under the clear star-filled night sky, the college cafeteria. ble fear of intrusion, but to bring King the shepherds watch their flocks from a After enjoying the meal, one offi- Herod instant notice of any unusual vis- fire in the front driveway, while the cial's wife thanked the cast, saying, itors. Wise Men enter from the west (a change "While getting ready to come tonight I Now come back to 1994. This bibli- from the original for aesthetic purposes) was dreading the thought of another ap- cal picture of Jerusalem can now only following a shining star. pointment—my husband has so many. be imagined by Holy Land tourists as India is one of the best places in the But I've been so blessed. Your program they view the ruins on the hillsides of a world to put on such a play. Saris, du- filled me with a peace that I haven't felt war-torn modern city. pathas,* and wool blankets—all readily all week. Thank you for bringing But if you travel the globe several available in any village market—serve Christmas to me." thousand miles to the southeast, you'll as props and costumes for a variety of Joy to the World is the first of two an- find a place that eerily resembles the biblical settings and characters, from nual pageants designed by SMC stu- Holy City—Spicer Memorial College palaces to stables, from kings to shep- dents and staff to bring the message of (SMC), in Pune, India. herds. Christ's peace to Pune. Pageant direc- The stuccoed, clay-shingled build- The SMC production crew effectively tors are preparing for the second annual ings recall former times. A rickety illustrated the drama with special effects Easter Passion play, Christ Is Risen, to wooden cart pulled by a bullock passes and live animals: Gabriel shrouded in a be put on next month. by the front gate. The palmetto-dotted cloud of smoke and light, spoke with ra- front lawn provides a perfect setting for diance from the rooftop; Mary gingerly *A long, narrow scarf normally worn over the shoulders. a re-creation of the most significant rode a very stub- event in the empire of Caesar born donkey; the Augustus—the birth of the infant Jesus. shepherds carried Seminary Dining Hall Completed bleating baby Drama of the Ages goats; and the Wise On September 22, 1993, During the week of December 14-18, Men, draped impe- opening ceremonies were more than 100 SMC students, faculty, rially in glittering held for a new dining hall at Bangladesh Adventist and staff presented the drama of the purple and blue Seminary and College. The ages in an outdoor six-stage Christmas saris, made their new building will be used as majestic journey on a kitchen, dining areas for pageant entitled Joy to the World. men and women, and a large The story, narrated by a modern fam- three tall camels. recreational center. ily having evening worship, went be- This was the sec- Pictured in front of Thayer ond time SMC has Hall are Louis Thayer (left), the volunteer designer, and By Angie Holdsworth, director of col- hosted a Christmas Stephen Guptill (right), the lege advancement, Spicer Memorial pageant on this institution's president. College, Pune, India. scale. No admis-

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Tim Alan Schroeder (PUC), of Camino, California, Kathmandu, Nepal. To New Posts to serve as youth worker, Tauransa SDA Church, Patricia Ann Thomas (OC), of Wrens, Georgia, to Manukau, New Zealand, left San Francisco September 8. serve as English/Bible teacher, Korea SDA Language Adventist Youth Services Cynthia Lynn Schulz, of Benton Harbor, Michigan, Institutes, Seoul, Korea, left Dallas September 9. Jennifer Lynn Newman (UC), of Eureka, to serve as English/Bible teacher, Korea SDA Language Jennifer Leight Toomey (SC), of Chesapeake, California, to serve as ADRA worker, Central Amazon Institutes, Seoul, Korea, left Los Angeles August 11. Virginia, to serve as elementary teacher, Chuuk SDA Mission, Manaus, Brazil, left May 14. Malcolm Drew Shabo (WWC), of Bloomfield Hills, School, Weno, Chuuk, left Los Angeles August 4. Kristen L. Nickell (UC), of North Platte, Nebraska, Michigan, to serve as ADRA worker, ADRA-Nepal, Cristobal E. Torres (WWC), of Medellin, Colombia, to serve as ADRA worker, Central Amazon Mission, Kathmandu, Nepal. to serve as operator/technician, AWR-Germany, Manaus, Brazil, left Lincoln, Nebraska, May 13. Yvette Angelica Simon (OC), of San Francisco, to Darmstadt 13, Federal Republic of Germany, left Los Glenn Royce Nicola (PUC), of Yucaipa, California, serve as English/Bible teacher, Korea SDA Language Angeles September 9. to serve as elementary teacher, Yap SDA Elementary Institutes, Seoul, Korea, left Los Angeles August II. Tommie Christine Treichler (Frostburg State School, Colonia, Yap, Caroline Islands, left Los Angeles David Matthew Beaman Smith (AU), of University), of Lanham, Maryland, to serve as elementary August 4. Fredericksburg, Virginia, to serve as math teacher, Ebeye teacher, Ebeye SDA High School, Ebeye, Marshall Michelle Ovcin (PUC), of Paradise, California, to SDA High School, Ebeye, Marshall Islands, left Los Islands, left Los Angeles August 4. serve as elementary teacher, Chuuk SDA School, Weno, Angeles August 4. Stephen Alan Turk (WWC), of Greeneville, Chuuk, left San Francisco August 4. Jana Lynne Sochor (LSU), of Phelan, California, to Tennessee, to serve as ADRA worker, ADRA-Nepal, Travis Alexander Patterson (SC), of Woodruff, serve as science lab assistant, Stanborough School, Kathmandu, Nepal. South Carolina, to serve as Bible/history teacher, Watford, England, left Los Angeles September 1. Marcus Theodore Voth (PUC), of Angwin, Marshall Islands Mission Academy, Majuro, Marshall Gregory Scott Sprenlde (Crafton Hills College), of California, to serve as elementary teacher, Koror SDA Islands, left Los Angeles August 4. Cherry Valley, California, to serve as English/Bible Elementary School, Koror, Palau, left San Francisco Juliann Marie Peacock (Red Deer College), of Red teacher, Marshall Islands Mission Academy, Majuro, August 4. Deer, Alberta, Canada, to serve as ADRA well-drilling Marshall Islands, left Los Angeles August 4. Matthew Douglas Welebir (PUC), of Redlands, project worker, Thailand Mission of SDAs, Bangkok, Rhoda Elizabeth Steffen (AU), of Kalamazoo, California, to serve as elementary teacher, Marshall Thailand. Michigan, to serve as teacher/health worker, Adventist Islands Mission Academy, Majuro, Marshall Islands, left Jennifer F. Perry (PUC), of San Jose, California, to Frontier Missions, Burkina Faso, West Africa, left Los Angeles August 4. serve as elementary teacher, Chuuk SDA School, Weno, Chicago September 1. Jamison Graham Whidden (AU), of Berrien Chuuk, left San Francisco August 4. Rikki M. Stenbakken (UC), of Columbia, Maryland, Springs, Michigan, to serve as English teacher, Deborah Lynn Peturson (WWC), of Salmon Arm, to serve as ADRA worker, Central Amazon Mission, Montemorelos University, Montemorelos, Mexico, left British Columbia, Canada, to serve as ADRA worker, Manaus, Brazil, left May 14. McAllen, Texas, September 21. ADRA-Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal. Janell Tonja Stringham, of Jackson, Michigan, to Diane Arden White (AUC), of Dixfield, Maine, to Timothy Richard Pierce, of Banning, California, to serve as English conversation teacher, Bangkok Chinese serve as English teacher, Polish Spiritual Seminary, Maja, serve as elementary teacher, Marshall Islands Mission SDA Church, Bangkok, Thailand, left Los Angeles Poland, left Boston August 25. Academy, Majuro, Marshall Islands, left Los Angeles August 16. Michael Lynn White (WWC), of Conner, Montana, August 4. Katherine Szamko (CaUC), of Ponoka, Alberta, to serve as ADRA worker, ADRA-Nepal, Kathmandu, Enoch Ruben Plates (WWC), of Eugene, Oregon, to Canada, to serve as ADRA well-drilling project worker, Nepal. serve as elementary teacher, Namu SDA Elementary Thailand Mission of SDAs, Bangkok, Thailand. Kimberly Anne Wilson (SC), of Vienna, Virginia, to School, Ebeye, Marshall Islands, left Los Angeles Jeremy John Taylor (UC), of Portland, Tennessee, serve as secondary teacher/librarian, Marshall Islands August 4. to serve as ADRA worker, Central Amazon Mission, Mission Academy, Majuro, Marshall Islands, left Los Brian N. Platt (WWC), of Wenatchee, Washington, Manaus, Brazil, left Miami May 14. Angeles August 4. to serve as ADRA worker, ADRA-Nepal, Kathmandu, Lisa Marie Taylor (UC), of Portland, Tennessee, to Julie Anne Winkle (WWC), of Frederick, Maryland, Nepal. serve as ADRA worker, Central Amazon Mission, to serve as worker, Voice of Prophecy-Brazil, Rio de Martine Yva Polycarpe (SC), of Fort Lauderdale, Manaus, Brazil, left Miami May 14. Janeiro, Brazil, left Washington State June 28. Florida, to serve as news director, Guam Radio KSDA- William W. Thayne (WWC), of Sequim, Esther Joyalee Wolcott (PUC), of Monument FM, Agana Heights, Guam. Washington, to serve as ADRA worker, ADRA-Nepal, Valley, Utah, to serve as music teacher, Linda Vista Glendon Potschka (WWC), of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, to serve as ADRA worker, ADRA-Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal. Laura Diane Pratt (WWC), of Salem, Oregon, to serve as ADRA worker, ADRA-Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal. Bible study Peter Allen Ramseier (AU), of Berrien Springs, Michigan, to serve as builder, Guam-Micronesia Order The Mission, Agana Heights, Guam, left Houston, Texas, Study Bible August 18. just got eas er! Linley Jae Rasmussen (Red Deer College), of Red Deer, Alberta, Canada, to serve as ADRA well-drilling ► now and project worker, Thailand Mission of SDAs, Bangkok, A new version of The Study Bible. All the study Thailand. make your Shelly Jeanine Rauch (SC), of Longwood, Florida. references to the Spirit of Prophecy right on to serve as elementary teacher, Chuuk SDA School, Weno, Chuuk, left Los Angeles, California August 4. the page where you need them. Plus, a 155 page Bible study Jon Vernon Rittenbach (WWC), of Walla Walla, concordance to assist you in your study and Washington, to serve as teacher, Pohnpei Adventist High more School, Kolonia, Pohnpei, left Los Angeles August 4. a 47 page word index to the key words in the Christina L. Romero, of Clovis, New Mexico, to meaningful. serve as nurse's aide, Roundelwood Health Centre, Spirit of Prophecy quotations. The Study Bible Crieff, Scotland, left Lubbock, Texas, September 8. is filled with references that are particularly Womack Harold Rucker IV (Weimar), of Apopka, Florida, to serve as physical education teacher, Ecuador relevant to your devotional life. Just $89.95 Adventist Academy, Pichincha, Ecuador, left Miami (405) 454-6267 August 8. Jay Roderick Salagubang (LSU), of Glendale, Academy Enterprises, Inc. California, to serve as program assistant/announcer, AWR-Asia, Agat, Guam, left Los Angeles July 26. 6100 Academy Lane VISA Master Charge Matthew J• Satterlee (UC), of Fulton, Missouri, to Harrah, OK 73045 serve as ADRA worker, Central Amazon Mission, Manaus, Brazil, left May 14.

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Academy, Chiapas, Mexico, left San Francisco August Mission, Manaus, Brazil, left Miami May 30. 17. Aimee Noelle Wright (SC), of Candler, North Kenneth Boon Woon Khoo (LSU), of Carolina, to serve as elementary teacher, Koror SDA Loma Linda, California, to serve as Prayer Req Elementary School, Koror, Palau, left Los Angeles English/Bible teacher, Japan SDA English August 4. Schools, Yokohama, Japan, left Los Bonny Hodgins (CaUC), of College Heights, Angeles August 9. Every Tuesday at 8:00 a.m. the Adventist Alberta, Canada, to serve as ADRA well-drilling project John Paul Kilmer (WWC), of staff meets together to pray for the worker, Thailand Mission of SDAs, Bangkok, Thailand. Spangle, Washington, to serve as teacher, Review Ronnie L. Hold (SC), of Collegedale, Tennessee, to Maxwell Adventist Academy, Nairobi, corporate and personal needs and concerns in serve as English/Bible teacher, Korea SDA Language Kenya, left San Francisco August 25. Institutes, Seoul, Korea, left Chattanooga August 8. Eugene Pete Kim (SC), of Ooltewah, the church. If you have a personal request Paul Dennis Hopkins (SC), of Chatsworth, Georgia, Tennessee, to serve as public relations di- you wish us to pray for, please send it to to serve as English/Bible teacher, Korea SDA Language rector, Guam Radio KSDA-FM, Agana Adventist Review, 12501 Institutes, Seoul, Korea, left Los Angeles August 29. Heights, Guam, left San Francisco August Prayer Requests, Charnee Houser (WWC), of Keno, Oregon, to serve 29. Old Columbia Pike, Silver Spring, MD as teacher, Hungarian Union Conference, Budapest, Jung Yun Kim (LLU), of Campbell, Hungary, left Portland, Oregon, August 31. California, to serve as nurse, Mwami 20904-6600, U.S.A. Hannah Beth Johnson (SC), of Collegedale, Adventist Hospital, Chipata, Zambia, left Tennessee, to serve as elementary teacher, Pohnpei New York August 10. 41111 Adventist High School, Kolonia, Pohnpei, left Los Susan Kim (AU), of Westmont, "Therefore confess your sins one to an- Angeles August 4. Illinois, to serve as English/Bible teacher, other, and pray for one another, so that ye Leanne L Johnson (CUC), of Lanham, Maryland, to Japan SDA English Schools, Yokohama, serve as secondary teacher, Republic of Congo Mission Japan, left Los Angeles August 11. may be healed. The prayer of the righteous is Station, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, left Yvonne Rochelle Kimbrough, of San powerful and effective" (James 5:16, NRSV) Washington, D.C., September 20. Bernardino, California, to serve as elemen- Jennifer Ellen Jones, of Fair Oaks, California, to tary teacher, Marshall Islands Mission serve as English/Bible teacher, Korea SDA Language Academy, Majuro, Marshall Islands, left Institutes, Seoul, Korea, left Los Angeles August 11. Los Angeles August 4. Timothy Dominic Joy (SC), of Old Town, Maine, to Donald Kuskie (CaUC), of College serve as secondary teacher, Israel Field, Jerusalem, Heights, Alberta, Canada, to serve as well-drilling project School, Ebeye, Marshall Islands, left Los Angeles Israel, left Boston July 14. worker, Southeast Asia Union Mission, Singapore. August 4. Geoffrey Edwin Jutzy (WWC), of Meridian, Idaho, Kevin Clark Kuzma (LSU), of Cleveland, Amy Lucinda Linderman (SC), of Collegedale, to serve as ADRA worker, ADRA-Nepal, Kathmandu, Tennessee, to serve as elementary teacher, Marshall Tennessee, to serve as secondary teacher, Chuuk SDA Nepal. Islands Mission Academy, Majuro, Marshall Islands, left School, Weno, Chuuk, left Los Angeles August 4. Monica Puulanl Kalua (PUC), of Angwin, Los Angeles August 4. Catherine E. Long (UC), of Lincoln, Nebraska, to California, to serve as elementary teacher, Kosrae SDA Kimberly Ann Larsen (SC), of Laurel, Maryland, to serve as ADRA worker, Central Amazon Mission, Elementary School, Tofol, Kosrae, Caroline Islands, left serve as English/Bible teacher, Korea SDA Language Manaus, Brazil, left Lincoln, Nebraska, May 14. San Francisco July 23. Institutes, Seoul, Korea, left Los Angeles August 2. Sereivudh Ly (CaUC), of College Heights, David Todd Kasischke (PUC), of Redlands, Steve Carl Laubach (SC), of Vicksburg, Mississippi, Alberta, Canada, to serve as ADRA well-drilling proj- California, to serve as elementary teacher, Marshall to serve as elementary teacher, Ailinglapalap Elementary ect worker, Thailand Mission of SDAs, Bangkok, Islands Mission Academy, Majuro, Marshall Islands, left School, Majuro, Marshall Islands, left Los Angeles Thailand. Los Angeles August 4. August 4. Jodi Rachelle Madden (UC), of Nevada, Iowa, to Kimbra Leigh Kaylor (UC), of Mountain Grove, Angela C. Lawrence (UC), of Cashton, Wisconsin, serve as ADRA worker, Central Amazon Mission, Missouri, to serve as ADRA worker, Central Amazon to serve as elementary teacher, Ebeye SDA High Manaus, Brazil, left May 17. Simon Madrigal (SC), of Richmond Hill, New York, to serve as worker, Voice of Prophecy-Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Julian Martin Manrique (LSU), of Loma Linda, YES, Send me the weekly California, to serve as second-grade teacher, Marshall Islands Mission Academy, Majuro, Marshall Islands, left Los Angeles August 4. Adventist Review. Stanton Martin (UC), of La Salle, Colorado, to serve as ADRA worker, Central Amazon Mission, Manaus, ❑ Please send six months of the Adventist Review, 20 issues, Brazil, left May 14. for US$18.97. Includes surface postage worldwide. Laurel Rae McClelland (UC), of Lincoln, Nebraska, ❑ Send one year 40 issues, of the Review for US$36.97.* to serve as ADRA worker, Central Amazon Mission, Manaus, Brazil. *Twelve additional monthly issues come compliments of Kami Annette Meert (PUC), of Citrus Heights, most local conferences, unions, and the North American California, to serve as elementary teacher, Yap SDA Division. To receive the monthly issues in the U.S.A., Elementary School, Colonia, Yap, Caroline Islands, left please add US$12 (US$22.20 outside the U.S.A.). San Francisco August 2. Adam David Wayne Mohns (SC), of Coutice, Name Ontario, Canada, to serve as maintenance/construction worker, Marshall Islands Mission Academy, Majuro, Address Marshall Islands, left Los Angeles August 4. City Timothy Eugene Morrison (SC), of White House, Tennessee, to serve as English/Bible teacher, Korea SDA State, Zip Language Institutes, Seoul, Korea, left Los Angeles August 2. Please enclose check or money order and Cassandra C. Nesmith (UC), of Lincoln, Nebraska, mail to your local ABC or: Subscriber Services, to serve as ADRA worker, Central Amazon Mission, Manaus, Brazil, left May 13. P.O. Box 1119, Hagerstown, MD 21741. Jenelle Raelene Neustel (WWC), of Yakima, Washington, to serve as English teacher, Bangkok Credit card orders: 1.800-7654955 Chinese SDA Church, Bangkok, Thailand, left Honolulu 244-01-0 August 17. IIINIMEMINMMEINIMMUNIMMMUNIMMEIMINII

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The Bride of Christ

he bus stops but briefly at this little Iowa bugs, no cows lay down to chew their cud, no Ttown, where the cramped waiting room is horses stood on the lee side of the barns. usually empty. Sometimes I am the only one in The words alone, deserted, empty, ran it. through my mind. As the soft clicking of the On this fall day three nuns also waited. The rosary continued I looked down at my own tall, angular one, gathering her things to board, empty hands. said, "I hope I get a seat to myself so I can pray." Her face seemed severe and plain under A Promise for Me? her wimple, except when she smiled. Wasn't there a promise for me somewhere? She sat alone in the uncrowded bus in the I opened my Bible and thumbed through it. seat just ahead of me. It was one of those mean The nun, "For thy Maker is thine husband; the Lord of fall days, under low-hanging gray clouds, hosts is his name."' "I will even betroth thee when the wind goes on and on in its whining unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know complaint. untroubled the Lord."' Monstrous corn pickers rode the fields, and Turning to the love story in the Song of the trees (except down by the river, where their Solomon, I read on. "My beloved is mine, and colors flared up like bonfires) were sere and and pensive, I am his."' I felt God's love wash over me, and brown. The people we saw through the win- I knew a love as "strong as death," a love that dow—men hurrying from barn to house or the "many waters cannot quench."4 I too was a few walking the sidewalks of small towns— bent over her bride of Christ. looked cold and clutched at thin jackets. Christ invites all of us into an intimacy with The motion of the bus began to lull me into Him where we become one. We don't need a that traveler's stupor, but I would not be lulled. rosary. ring or a rosary, but we do need to acknowl- I thought about the nun, graceful in her angu- edge that Christ is ours and we are His and larity, beautiful in her plainness. All I could there is no other. see was the back of her head, but I imagined She seemed to I read on in the book of John. "Let not your how her face would be, untroubled and pen- heart be troubled . . ." "In my Father's house . sive, bent over her rosary praying. . . " "Peace I leave with you . . ."5 As I Above the murmur of the other passengers, have an intimacy glanced at the wimpled head in front of me above the muted roar of the engine and the still bowed in prayer, fingers caressing the squealing protest of the brakes at stops along rosary, a new peace replaced my envy, and the the way, I heard something else—the soft with Christ that I bus rolled on through the flat, cheerless land- clicking of the rosary in her hands. In some scape of a day out of sorts with the world. way I found myself envying her. had never known. ' Isa. 54:5. Longing for Intimacy Hosea 2:20. I envied her prayers flowing like water over ' S. of Sol. 2:16. ' S. of Sol. 8:6, 7. stones, her serenity. Like me, she had no hus- John 14:1, 2, 27. band. But the ring on her finger declared her to be the bride of Christ. I envied the intimacy she must have with Him. As the miles slid by I rode sullen and green- Rosalie Mellor writes from eyed under the dour skies. Tall white farm- Grand Rapids, Minnesota. houses drew back, austere and forlorn. Under brave coats of red paint, great empty barns sagged, devitalized by disuse. The barnyards were unoccupied—no chickens scratched for BY ROSALIE MELLOR

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