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Top: The church in Nuku was extended and decorated for camp meeting. Work in this area was begun by laymen, and the first baptism was conducted in 1971. Bottom: R. Donaldson, Maprik District director, speaks to three Nuku men who saw an angel walking along a road near their village. The story begins on page 17. Camp Meeting, Papua New Guinea Sty Editor's Viewpoint

such as Psalms 34:7 and 91:11—"The angel of the Lord en- Angel Ministry campeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them"; "He shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep The Saviour of the world was on His knees in Gethsemane. thee in all thy ways." Dark was the night. Darker yet seemed the future. Gloom and And is it conceivable that Jesus grew up without Mary's horror seemed to pervade the very atmosphere. In agony recounting every exciting facet of the story of how Daniel was Jesus wrestled with temptation. With sinister skill Satan en- delivered by an angel when he was cast by King Darius into a deavored to persuade God's Son to abandon His aim to pro- den of lions? vide salvation for the human race. What torment Jesus suffered! "0 my Father," he pleaded, The Witness of Experience "if it be possible, let this cup pass from me" (Matt. 26:39). But Jesus had more than the witness of Scripture to the But as He had always depended on His Father and submitted reality of angels and their ministry to human beings; He had to His Father's will, so now He qualified His desperate plea the witness of His own experience. After 40 days and 40 by adding, "Nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt." nights without food in the wilderness of temptation, exhausted Pale from weakness, chilled by the night dew, and terrified by His conflict with the adversary, "angels came and minis- by God's wrath against sin, Jesus prayed on. Surely there tered unto him" (Matt. 4:11). At Nazareth when the people was some way to save the human race without Himself being rose up in anger and endeavored to kill Him by pushing Him destroyed. Sweat like great drops of blood dripped onto the over a cliff, angels rescued Him (see Luke 4:28-30; cf. The ground from His tormented body. "0 my Father, if this cup Desire of Ages, p. 240). "The heavenly messengers who had may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be been by His side in the synagogue were with Him in the midst done" (verse 42). Three times He prayed to be delivered, if of that maddened throng. They shut Him in from His enemies, love could find some other way. and conducted Him to a place of safety."—The Desire of "Three times has humanity shrunk from the last, crowning Ages, p. 240. sacrifice. But now the history of the human race comes up be- Today we have not merely the Old Testament stories of fore the world's Redeemer. He sees that the transgressors of angel ministry, and the Old Testament promises, but the New the law, if left to themselves, must perish. He sees the help- Testament stories and promises, including the record and lessness of man. He sees the power of sin. The woes and example of Christ's perfect life. How real, then, should be the lamentations of a doomed world rise before Him. He beholds presence of angels to us! its impending fate, and His decision is made. He will save Angels perform many kinds of ministry. Guardianship and man at any cost to Himself."— The Desire of Ages, pp. 690- protection is one type. "In all ages, angels have been near to 693. Christ's followers. . . . From what dangers, seen and unseen, Now, drained by the conflict, crushed by the sins of the we have been preserved through the interposition of the an- world, without sympathy or support even from His own dis- gels, we shall never know, until in the light of eternity we see ciples, He fell dying to the ground. the providences of God."—Ibid. But was He forsaken by His Father? No. Was He forsaken Guardianship, of course, involves more than mere physical by the heavenly hosts? No. Throughout the conflict His protection. Physical perils, though real, are not the greatest Father had suffered with Him, and would continue to suffer. threat to the Christian. Spiritual dangers are far more to be Throughout the conflict, angels from the courts of glory had feared. How reassuring, then, is the promise: "His angels are longed to bring Him relief, to rescue Him. They were refused appointed to watch over us, and if we put ourselves under that privilege, but now a mighty angel appeared. Tenderly he their guardianship, then in every time of danger they will be ministered to the divine Sufferer. He spoke words of courage. at our right hand. When unconsciously we are in danger of And he imparted strength sufficient for the terrible physical exerting a wrong influence, the angels will be by our side, ordeal through which Christ must pass. prompting us to a better course, choosing our words for us, The angel who ministered to Christ was no stranger. Nor did and influencing our actions."—Christ's Object Lessons, pp. it seem unusual to Jesus that an angel should come to minister 341, 342. What wonderful help the Christian has in his attempt to Him in His hour of need. Throughout His earthly life He to reflect accurately the life of his Master! had often received aid from heavenly visitants. He was keenly No Christian has ever been called upon to endure the kind aware of their presence and of their interest in Him. of trial that Jesus experienced in Gethsemane. But whatever What enabled Jesus to have this confidence not only in the may be their trials, Christians may know that angels are just existence of angels but in their willingness and ability to min- as eager to minister to them as they were to encourage and ister to Him? First, He knew the Scriptures. Undoubtedly strengthen the Saviour. And in the final crisis, when Satan He knew well the story of how an angel met Hagar as she fled makes his last attempt to destroy the faithful, "by means of from Abram's household into the burning desert, how he the angels there will be constant communication between saved her life, encouraged her, and counseled her (see Gen. heaven and earth" (Testimonies, vol. 9, p. 16). 16:6-14). Undoubtedly He knew well the story of how an angel Today we may be called upon to face our Gethsemane. If appeared to Gideon, calling him to lead Israel and instilling in so, let us do so with courage. If we are living the life of faith, him the courage needed for the assignment (see Judges Jesus will send help just when we need it, as His Father did 6:11-24). for Him in the Garden nearly two millenniums ago. Doubtless Jesus was thoroughly familiar with scriptures K. H. W.

2 (686) R&H, JUNE 26, 1975 This Week

Russell J. Thomsen, M.D., enth Day Baptists: Their Legacy "From Magdala to Minneapolis tary school in this country, and "A Feast Forever" (p. 4), prac- to Adventists), and articles in to Madras" (p. 8), another in the worked for the Home Study tices obstetrics and gynecology Seventh-day Adventist periodi- Women in the Bible series, Institute in India, Southern Asia at Silas B. Hays Army Hospital, cals. focuses on Mary Magdalene, a Division, and the Trans-Africa Fort Ord, California. A graduate In "A Feast Forever" Dr. classic example of how Christ Division. She compiled the book of Walla Walla College in 1964, Thomsen discusses the sym- can lift the lowliest sinner from By His Side and has authored he finished medical school at bolic significance of both the despair to hope and great joy. articles for several Adventist Loma Linda University in 1968. Feast of Passover and the Dollis M. Pierson, author of magazines. Besides his medical practice, Lord's Supper. "The Lord's the article, is the wife of General Art and Photo Credits: Pages 4, Dr. Thomsen is a prolific author Supper presages the moment Conference president Robert 13, H. Armstrong Roberts; p. of technical medical articles, as when the redeemed of all ages H. Pierson. A graduate of 9, Review picture; all other well as religious books (Latter- will be gathered to the victory Southern Missionary College, photos, courtesy of the respec- day Saints and the Sabbath, Sev- feast in heaven." Mrs. Pierson has taught elemen- tive authors. Letters

[Letters submitted for publication in this get from it compared with what way of life we visit probably Using the Spirit of Prophecy column cannot be acknowledged or returned. All must carry the writer's name we get from our REVIEW? 15-20 churches a year, and it is as a guide, such a program might and address. Short letters (less than 250 BETH TOWNSEND a rare occasion when someone well put us in the front of ad- words) will be given preference. All will be edited to meet space and literary require- Wadena, Minnesota invites us for dinner, unless we vancing educational techniques ments. The views presented do not neces- happen to go to a church that instead of being prodded from sarily represent those of the editors or of RE- the denomination.] The cover on the May 1 has fellowship dinners for the behind by State regulations. VIEW is simply beautiful! I have visitors. ROBERT M. LITTLE admired and enjoyed many of the Let me mention also another Berrien Springs, Michigan Tongues Movement covers, but this one is the best— point. Up until the 1950's some May I commend you for glean- so far. And the message should be of our brightest memories were Appreciated in Britain an encouragement to all REVIEW the times when conference leading pertinent opinions (Editorial, I wish to express my apprecia- readers. ers and pastors, even conference May I) from the religious world tion of the REVIEW as it comes to Thank you, also, for introduc- presidents, would grace our regarding the "tongues move- us in Britain. What a source of ing Ruth Anderson to us. humble home and table. But now ment" and its fruit as manifested inspiration and encouragement it I can't help wondering how they seem to be too busy. Are to one Nazarene pastor. As is to receive news of the world many postal employees read and they busier than God intended? Seventh-day Adventists we must field, also doctrinal articles, and pondered the message on this FRANCIS E. JOHNSON, SR. search our own hearts, for we the comments on current events. cover. They surely didn't or Prentice, Wisconsin make a profession of being a Please let us have more articles couldn't miss seeing it. I'm going special people with a special like the cover article on the Janu- to frame my cover. gift of prophecy. What would Vegetarianism Featured ary 30 issue "Righteousness by IRMGARD S. HOOPER be an unbiased appraisal for us Faith." It was a shining gem and Heald s burg , California A staff writer of the Stars and on the same five points: Stripes, who had read in a maga- as you say requires rereading 1. "Smiles and handshakes— How inspiring to see the beauti- zine that Seventh-day Adventists several times. I keep several old but a superiority complex." are vegetarians, contacted us at copies of the REVIEW in the car, 2. "Habits of worldliness re- ful front cover of the May 1 issue of the REVIEW. I want to frame our seminary to get additional in- and read them in traffic jams, so main." formation. that now the longer the wait, the 3. "Believe they know it all." that inspiring message and put it in my kitchen so everyone can I thought perhaps the readers more profitable it becomes. 4. "Affect the unity of the of the REVIEW would be inter- P. D. ELLIOTT body by pulling the limbs apart." read it. MRS. PAUL BEST ested to know that a full-page Eltham, London, England 5. "Critical church hoppers." article appeared in the magazine's Your editorial made me feel Canfield, Ohio February issue. This U.S. Army Relishing God's Food smug at first, until I applied the paper is sent to U.S. soldiers in tests to myself, and then I Almost Forgotten Virtue The article "God's Call for most of Europe and North Africa. prayed that we all might pro- I was interested in the "Speak- Separation" (March 20) brings to ceed from Isaiah's experience ing Out" column, "Treasure MARGARETHE T. UNDRITZ mind something that has bothered from "Woe is me" to seeing the Each Visitor" (Jan. 16). Marienhohe, West Germany me for some time. We take pride glory of God (rather than the From my observation, Ad- in being separate from the world faults of others). ventist hospitality is almost a Early School Attendance in many ways. Why, then, in the MERRILL ENRIGHT forgotten virtue. I have been Thank you so much for print- matter of vegetarian foods, do we Loma Linda, California an Adventist for 54 years. Years ing the minutes of the Elmshaven spend money and time trying to ago there was a great deal of 1904 school-board meeting. It an- remake the excellent food God association and fellowship. At swers so many questions that have has given us into something that Needlework Cover that time I traveled the country carried over the years. It will no looks, tastes, and smells like The cover of the May 1 RE- as a salesman, and seldom a doubt be the subject of many flesh? If we are to come forth from VIEW stopped me from going to Sabbath went by in which some- letters and articles in the future. the grave with the "same appe- the Back Page first. I was happy one did not invite me to share I believe the high point of the tites and passions, the same likes to read about the Andersons in his hospitality. whole matter is the fact that the and dislikes, . . . cherished when "This Week." In one church where I was mothers are to teach their pre- living" are we not going to be Some have complained about local elder for 11 years, we al- school children, not just feed disappointed with the food then the price of the REVIEW. Since I ways got together one evening a them, wash them, and put them provided at the feast unless we seldom buy a daily paper, I was month for an early supper and a to bed. learn to relish the food provided surprised to pay 50 cents for the social time or program. I suggest that the church for us now as given to us by our Sunday paper a couple of weeks The past six years my wife would do well to begin summer Creator? ago. Fifty times 50 cents is and I have been trailer living and classes for mothers of 4-year- JOHN E. AYER twenty-five dollars! What do we follow the weather. In our new olds to teach them what to do. Le Sueur, Minnesota

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By RUSSEL J. THOMSEN

TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN through Moses, gave the instruc- not seem like a long time. But it YEARS is a long time to be in slavery. tions for the Passover ritual. The Pass- was in that short time that an obscure But that is how long it had been— over, a yearly celebration, was to Galilean, born into this world through planting crops, herding cattle, and build- be observed by future generations Mary of Nazareth, became the ing monuments, which would of the sons of Israel. And each year single greatest force in the parade of stand for millenniums. meanings of its symbols were to be ex- human history. And now it was almost over. Israel's plained to the children, so that all "When the fulness of the time was long night of Egyptian bondage was generations would know the greatness come, God sent forth his Son," Paul about to end. God would act. of God's deliverance. reminded Christians of the miracle Despite devastating and terrible And so, some 1,500 years before of the Incarnation (Gal. 4:4). Jesus was plagues upon his country, Pharaoh Christ came to earth, the first Passover reared in the religion of His Jewish refused the order of God to let His peo- was celebrated. The destroying angel parents. Yet to Him came the under- ple go. Now was to come the final struck down the first-born of Egypt standing of His real identity and scourge. God's deliverance was to be of while God's people moved into the wil- mission. He was the Son of God. He such magnitude that it was not to be for- derness on their long journey to the was to be the Saviour not only of the gotten. It was at this point that God, Promised Land. Jew but also of the Gentile—the And in heaven the Son of God looked entire human race. Russel J. Thomsen, M.D., practices on with the realization that centuries It must have been with extreme obstetrics and gynecology at Silas B. later He would celebrate the Passover interest that as a youth Jesus observed Hays Army Hospital, Fort Ord, with 12 chosen men. the yearly Passover with His parents. California. Thirty-three and one-half years does It was when He was 12 years of age that He first went to Jerusalem during the Passover. There He saw the Temple, the priests, the selling of the lambs, the raucous crowds. Then it was that He began fully to understand that He was the Passover Lamb. He would someday be sacrificed for the sins of the world. Jesus was baptized when he was about 30 years old. He chose 12 men to be His co-workers. He taught the multi- tudes. He healed the sick, sometimes leaving whole villages cleansed of ill- ness. He spoke of His mission and predicted His own death, burial, and resurrection. As the spring of A.D. 31 came, Christ's path led inexorably toward death on the cross. Hated by the religious leaders, hailed by some of the people as the deliverer from Roman rule, and feared by the Romans as a potential king, Jesus made His final entry into Jerusalem on the Sunday of crucifixion week amid the noisy adu- lations of the Passover crowd. Jesus elected to spend Thursday night of Passion Week with His 12 disciples in a secluded upper room. There He would eat with them and tell them of the things that were to come upon them. Jesus—sinless and man's Saviour-

4 (688) R&H, JUNE 26, 1975 The Passover feast and the Lord's Supper both look backward, as well as forward, pointing to significant events in the plan of salvation.

met that evening with 12 sinners. going out into his night errand of The Lord's Supper is to bring to Embroiled in an argument over who eternal darkness. John was there, mind not only Christ's great sacrifice on would be greatest in any possible whose mother had pressed that her son Calvary's cross but also His second earthly kingdom, the 12 were openly hold the highest place next to the coming. hostile and even showed evidence of Master in Christ's kingdom. Her The Lord's Supper is in reality a hating one another. Jesus' betrayer, ambition did not pass unnoticed. foretaste of heaven. Jesus promised: already having bartered away Jesus' With this motley group, Jesus insti- "I will not drink henceforth of this life, sat closely to the left of Jesus. tuted His supper of remembrance. fruit of the vine, until that day when I How would Jesus break through to Forever it was to remind us of His drink it new with you in my Father's these men? What act could humble death and His resurrection. It was a kingdom" (Matt. 26:29). them, win them, show them of His prelude of death that spoke the message The Lord's Supper presages the great message of love and self-sacrific- of impending victory. moment when the redeemed of all ing service? Twenty centuries is a long time. ages will be gathered to the victory feast Jesus Washed Their Feet But that space separates today and the in heaven, where the Passover Lamb-- cross of Calvary. The Lord's Supper the Son of God—will once again stand Silently, Jesus arose from the supper has continued as a symbol in Christian among His own, serve them, and table and took a basin and filled it with worship. But significantly, Christians receive their joyous song: "Blessing, water. Quietness settled over that are to realize that the Lord's Supper and honour, and glory, and power, little group as the King of all ages knelt is not the last supper. Paul said it be unto him that sitteth upon the down and began washing the feet of well: "Ye do shew the Lord's death throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and His disciples. In the role of a common till he come" (1 Cor. 11:26). ever" (Rev. 5:13). servant Jesus introduced to those men an act of humility. This act, commonly performed at regular social gatherings by a servant-slave, gave proof that Jesus had come, not to be served, but to serve. Having finished washing the disciples' A Green Bough feet, Jesus joined them at the supper table. Scripture gives a concise By R. J. HASTINGS statement of what took place: "The Lord Jesus the same night in Man-made music can hardly measure up to the beauty of a singing bird which he was betrayed took bread: on a June morning. Birds sing their sweetest in wooded areas, away from And when he had given thanks, he the noise and traffic of city life. In fact, who has ever heard a bird singing brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my where there are no trees? body, which is broken for you: this Which reminds me of a favorite quotation: "If I keep a green bough in my heart, a singing bird will come." do in remembrance of me. After This quotation is more than pretty words. It speaks to the very heart of the same manner also he took the cup, everyday life, because joy attracts joy, and hope appeals to hope. when he had supped, saying, This cup I mean by this that just as songbirds are attracted to the dense foliage of is the new testament in my blood: trees, so the brighter joys of life have a way of gravitating toward people this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in with "green boughs" in their hearts. remembrance of me. For as often as ye By a "green bough" I mean an expectancy, 'a hope, a desire. Just as a eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye bird's song would be drowned out in city traffic, so the music of friendship do shew the Lord's death till he come" and love can be silenced by human hearts that are cold and sterile and (1 Cor. 11:23-26). calloused. They all ate of the symbols of If no singing bird alights on my doorstep, the problem may rest not in the bird, but with me. It is possible that I have made no room in my heart Christ's body and blood. Peter was for singing birds, even if they wanted to come! Emily Dickinson put it this there, assured of his own fidelity to way: Christ. Within hours he would attempt Hope is the thing with feathers to kill a man in cold blood and then That perches in the soul. forsake Christ. Doubting Thomas was Ordinarily, life gives us what we make room for. Seldom are we surprised there, lost in dark shadows of questions by joy. We look for it, or else we do not find it. We wait for it, or else it for which he had no answers. Judas never comes. We expect it, or else it never materializes. drank the wine and ate the bread before

R&H, JUNE 26, 1975 (689) 5 life, and celebrate their common heritage as brothers and sisters of Christ. It is in the small group that the unity of spirit, Raising the sympathy, and "love of the brethren," spoken of in 1 Peter 1:22, are most readily attained and the prayer of Christ for His disciples, "that they all may be one" (John 17:21), finds fulfill- Fellowship Quotient ment. There is a time to talk to God intimately as to a friend, and a time to strum guitars and break bread with the believers, but there is also a time to fall on our knees and worship Him who There is a famine raging in the world, created us. When one has a relationship with Christ and fellowship with a group of His children, then one is ready to a famine of love. appreciate joining with the whole community of faith to worship in awe, reverence, and praise. This can take place in a One answer may be relational group of any size. The important thing is that attention not be distracted to ourselves or others, but that the mind be directed Bible-study groups to build to the contemplation of the matchless character of God. What actually happens when we come together on Sabbath morning? The congregation is all too often short on relation- a sense of community and fellowship. ship and there has been little fellowship. Is it any wonder, then, that we often fail to find worship meaningful? By trying to pack all our corporate religious experience into one "worship" format we succeed neither in fellowship nor in worship. The spiritual life of our church has become unbalanced. Too much of it consists of sitting in rows on Sabbath morning with hundreds of other spectators watching what is going on up front. We cannot expect from formal worship that which it By JOHN K. TESTER1V1AN was never designed to supply. It cannot make up for a lack of relationship and fellowship, yet there has been no regular institutional niche for fellowship in most churches since the CHRIST SAID THAT THE DISTINGUISHING mark of passing of the old-fashioned prayer and testimony meeting. His followers is that they "have love one to another" (John Dormitory and workers' prayer bands are perhaps the closest. 13:35). How could a person walking into one of our services Unfortunately, many feel that they have discharged their total discern that these are the people that love one another? The obligations to corporate religious experience when they have visitor might receive a handshake and bulletin at the door and sat in their pew every Sabbath and listened to the service. a friendly greeting or two. But couldn't he find this level of We Need One Another fellowship just as easily at the local Rotary Club or lodge meeting? We have learned that we need God, but do we not also need To love one another it is essential that we know and trust one another, one another's prayers, encouragement, and love? one another. Members of a large Sabbath morning congrega- James counseled us to "confess your faults one to another, tion know one another only superficially, if indeed they recog- and pray one for another, that ye may be healed" (James nize one another at all. Even our small churches are full of 5:16). Do we not instead put on our best front in church, de- lonely people who come to church with masks firmly in place, priving ourselves of the benefit that we could be to one an- exchange pleasantries about the weather with the official other? Maybe we are afraid that if people knew our faults they greeter at the door, slip into a back pew in time to sing "What would reject us. Is it not reasonable to trust that those who a Fellowship!" murmur a comment about the nice sermon on have experienced the unconditional love of Christ will in turn love to an acquaintance on the way out, and remain complete love us, even when they know us as we really are? "There- strangers to one another as far as their real needs and feelings fore, . . . let every one speak the truth with his neighbor, for are concerned. we are members one of another" (Eph. 4:25, R.S.V.). The Holy Spirit was poured out on the disciples when they The Sabbath morning worship service is too large and for- were "of one accord." It is not likely that we will reach "one mal, and the congregation does not have enough continuity accord" as isolated islands. How can we increase the level of from week to week for fellowship. The church, the small love and fellowship in the church? group, is the appropriate environment for learning to over- The spiritual life has three aspects: relationship, fellowship, come our isolation and selfishness, to dare, with Christ's help, and worship. to take down the walls that separate us from other people so Relationship refers to one's personal experience with Christ. that we may discern their needs and love them. The group It must be nurtured in meditation, personal Bible study, nature supplies a nonjudgmental environment in which it is possible study, and private prayer. Without a relationship to Christ the to admit weaknesses and make behavior changes, receiving other aspects of Christian experience are meaningless. the full support and prayers of the group to live up to com- Fellowship develops in the context of the church, a small mitments made. group of believers who have learned to love and trust one an- Many religious people are now afraid of the small-group other, because they meet together regularly to share experi- concept because it has been taken to extremes by some seg- ences, pray for and encourage one another in the Christian ments of our society. Is it not a favorite device of the devil to pervert something that is basically good so that it gets a John K. Testerman, Ph.D., is assistant professor of biology at bad name? Then the people of God can be fooled into reject- Loma Linda University, La Sierra Campus, Riverside, Cali- ing the good, as well as the bad, to their great loss. fornia. There is a famine ravaging the world, a famine of love.

6 (690) R&H, JUNE 26, 1975 People are isolated and lonely, alienated from other people may be highly productive of spiritual growth and in building and themselves, from nature and from God. The popularity a sense of community and fellowship that is otherwise diffi- of various types of "encounter" groups is a symptom of the cult to obtain in a large church. hunger of human hearts. What a pity that the famine has ex- Properly trained leaders are needed, otherwise spiritual- tended so far into "Israel" that many are turning to "Egypt" growth groups can turn into theological debating societies or to buy corn, attempting to find in these secular groups the social clubs. The church runs training workshops for Sabbath warmth and acceptance that they are often unable to find in school teachers and youth leaders; why not train leaders who the church. can go back into their churches and start Bible study and The breakdown in interpersonal relations that afflicts us can prayer groups that have as their goal uplifting the practical be healed by fellowship. To fill this vacuum in our experience Christianity of the members? In churches with such a pro- "relational Bible study" groups can be formed. In these the gram, I believe both witnessing and worship will be revitalized members can learn to study the Bible together in such a way as well, as they will be part of a balanced program of fellow- as to apply it directly to our personal needs. In an atmosphere ship. Most important, we will be on the way to attaining the of openness, mutual sharing, and affirmation in the faith, they "oneness" of spirit necessary for us to pass through the clos- can be drawn closer to one another and to God. These groups ing events of earth's history. ❑

called up, memories of God's great goodness and of the favor and tenderness of earthly friends. Blessings forgotten, mer- Harmony, How? cies abused, kindnesses slighted, are called to mind. . . . De- fects of character, neglect of duties, ingratitude to God, coldness toward our brethren, are called to remembrance. Sin is The ordinance of foot seen in the light in which God views it. Our thoughts are not thoughts of self-complacency, but of severe self-censure and washing is designed to humiliation. . . . Evil thinking and evilspeaking are put away. Sins are confessed, they are forgiven. The subduing grace of Christ comes into the soul, and the love of Christ draws hearts clear up misunderstandings. together in a blessed unity."—The Desire of Ages, pp. 650, 651. How is it with us? Do we harbor resentment against someone in the church? Do we repeat slanders passed on by some- By J. L. SAUNDERS one without ascertaining whether there is any basis of truth in them? There are those professing to be Christians who sympathize with wrongdoers and spread disaffection toward I WILL CALL THEM Sam and Ed. They had had many the one who may have faithfully pointed out the wrong. Oth- business dealings with each other. Now they had accepted the ers take up the false report and foster suspicious attitudes to- message of the third angel and were attending a service at ward the reprover. which for the first time they would celebrate the ordinances. "Those who work in the fear of God to rid the church of The hearts of both were deeply touched. Ed's heart par- hindrances and to correct grievous wrongs, that the people ticularly smote him with remorse. He knew that he must make of God may see the necessity of abhorring sin and may pros- things right with Sam. Some of Sam's deals with Ed had been per in purity, and that the name of God may be glorified, will decidedly to Sam's advantage; Ed had smarted under a sense ever meet with resisting influences from the unconsecrated." of injustice. He had taken mean revenge. Drawing Sam aside, —Testimonies, vol. 3, pp. 270, 271. he reminded Sam of some of the things that had irked him in When a vote is taken to accept a member from another their dealings with each other: "Do you remember that I did church and anyone present has questions in his heart as a re- some plowing for you that year? I carried a sack of weed seed sult of reports unfavorable to the would-be member, is it not from under the separator and scattered it freely in the furrows, the duty of the one who harbors the doubt to declare it to the and you had a lot of weeds in your next crop. And once your elders and the pastor of the church so that investigation may cattle got out of the pasture into your ripening grain field and be made and the accused have an opportunity to have justice trampled more than they ate. I did that." Both men were hum- done? Instead of this, some members spread the rumor. The bled; they wept together; and they were reconciled. Then Bible declares, "Thou shalt not go up and down as a tale- they washed each other's feet. Harmony was established. It bearer among thy people" (Lev. 19:16). "The door of the took the spirit of humility and the compulsion of conscience mind should be closed against 'They say' or 'I have heard.' to accomplish it. Why should we not, instead of allowing jealousy or evil-sur- "The ordinance preceding the Lord's Supper is to clear mising to come into our hearts, go to our brethren, and, after away . . . misunderstandings, to bring man out of his selfish- frankly but kindly setting before them the things we have ness, down from his stilts of self-exaltation, to the humility of heard detrimental to their character and influence, pray with heart that will lead him to serve his brother. The holy Watcher and for them?"—The SDA Bible Commentary, Ellen G. from heaven is present at this season to make it one of soul White Comments, on Prov. 26:20-22, p. 1163. searching, of conviction of sin, and of the blessed assurance How much smoother would relationships be if all followed of sins forgiven. . . . As the Saviour's humiliation for us is re- the counsel of Peter, "Love as brethren, be pitiful, be cour- membered, thought links with thought; a chain of memories is teous" (1 Peter 3:8). A blessing will surely follow. 0

R&H, JUNE 26, 1975 (691) 7 One in the Series mind and body. She makes her way Women in the Bible back to Magdala, only to fall again under the control of the evil one who torments her unmercifully. But she was not deserted. "Seven times she . . heard His rebuke of From Magdala to the demons that controlled her heart and mind. She . . . heard His strong cries to the Father in her behalf." —Ibid., p. 568. We, perhaps, might Minneapolis to Madras have ceased our efforts after so many attempts with such little result. But Christ never wearies Those who are captive in sin can take hope of working for the lost! Once again He rebuked the demon and Mary was free at last. The long in the story of Mary Magdalene. battle was over. With her mind under the control of the Holy Spirit she fully experienced His healing balm. In Christ's strength she was an overcomer. Her sins were forgiven. She was made clean. The By DOLLIS M. PIERSON old Mary was gone forever. A new life in Christ Jesus was before her. A WARM TEARDROP splashed did not wish to embarrass a devout Luke records what happened to on His foot. Soon Jesus' feet were Christian woman. Mary after being cleansed of the bathed with tears. Swiftly Mary Luke gives us an insight into demons. "And certain women, unwound her long hair from its Mary's story that we do not get which had been healed of evil spirits coil and with the soft, silky tresses from the other Gospel writers. At and infirmities, Mary called Magda- she wiped away the tears. Bending his feast Simon reacted with self- lene, out of whom went seven over, she kissed His feet tenderly righteous horror at Mary's act. devils, [went and] ministered unto and then looked up into His face "He spake within himself, saying, him [Christ] of their substance" through tear-bright eyes that re- This man [Christ], if he were a (Luke 8:2, 3). "With the Second vealed a heart overflowing with prophet, would have known who Galilean Tour the scope of Christ's adoration and gratitude. Jesus, and what manner of woman this is ministry expanded rapidly, and the who knows every heart, saw re- that toucheth him: for she is a group of men now accompanying flected in the tears her motive in sinner" (Luke 7:39). Yet, it was Him had greatly increased. . . performing this act of love. While through Simon that Mary had This inevitably involved consider- others had cast her aside with con- sinned. "Simon had led into sin the able expense and labor, by the tempt, Jesus' great heart of love woman he now despised. She had way of providing food, keeping the had gone out to her in complete been deeply wronged by him."— clothing clean and in repair. . . understanding. The Desire of Ages, p. 566. In order These . . . circumstances created an The scene took place at a feast to avoid embarrassment to her opportunity for the womenfolk given by Simon of Bethany to family, Mary may have left Bethany who came to believe in Christ to honor Jesus for having healed him to live with relatives or friends in assist Him in His work."—The of leprosy. Mary, who also lived in Magdala, a village between Ca- SDA Bible Commentary, on Luke Bethany, chose the occasion to pernaum and Tiberias on the west- 8:2. honor Christ as well. ern shores of the Sea of Galilee. Ministry in the Out-of-doors Who Was This Woman? If this is true, we can well understand the traumatic experience Synagogues were now closed to Who was this woman? What do she had. Women in Judea at that Christ. His ministry must be car- we know of her background? What time had but one future to look ried on in open fields, beside the was her relationship to Christ? forward to—marriage and child lake, and along the dusty highways. What caused her profound grati- bearing. If indeed the sin into As the women traveled with Him tude? Matthew and Mark wrote which Simon had led Mary was we can imagine them working in of the woman who anointed Jesus' adultery, this future was no longer their own camp or in the home of feet at Simon's feast, but they did open to her. Feeling unwanted, she some believer. Baskets of fresh not mention her name. Luke wrote may have felt life had nothing left bread were baked; large pots of of a similar incident. He described to offer her. Thoughts of despair food were prepared; at village her as a great sinner but did not dis- and guilt may have brought on such markets fresh fruit was purchased close her identity. John, who wrote a depression that her sanity left daily. All of these provisions were about the incident decades later, her. We know only what the Scrip- loaded upon a donkey and were perhaps long after her death, names tures say of her—she was possessed taken to Christ and His disciples the woman for us. She was Mary, of devils. who were laboring nearby. The the sister of Lazarus and Martha. In imagination we can see her ministry of these women was a Perhaps the Synoptic writers did wandering aimlessly by the Sea of great blessing to the tired, hungry not mention her name because Mary Galilee, her hair disheveled, her men. was still alive at the time their clothes torn, a forlorn, hopeless After this tour Mary may have Gospels were written, and they figure. She sees Jesus approaching. returned to live with her brother Somehow her confused mind senses and sister in Bethany. Lazarus Dollis M. Pierson is the wife of that help is near. Her agonizing and Martha, grateful for the Robert H. Pierson, president of the cries reach His ears. He pauses and wonderful change in their sister, General Conference. rebukes the demon that controls her Mary, no doubt opened their home

8 (692) R&H, JUNE 26, 1975 to Jesus and His disciples. Here, at roots of a plant grown high on the enough for all to hear. "Let her every opportunity, Mary sat at slopes of the Himalayan Moun- alone; why trouble ye her? she His feet drinking in the precious tains." hath wrought a good work on me. truths that fell from Christ's lips. "Yes, I know," she replied . . . She hath done what she could: Then tragedy again struck that firmly, "but that is what I want. she is come aforehand to anoint my home. Lazarus became ill and Nothing is too good for the One to body for the burying." Jesus thus died. As His crowning miracle whom I wish to give it." Had He honored a faithful spiritual daughter Jesus raised him from the sleep of not brought her back from a living so that all present might see and death. This act of divinity revealed death? Had He not raised her hear. Furthermore, "Wheresoever to all in Jerusalem that He was brother from the grave? this gospel shall be preached whom He claimed to be—the Mes- With her precious alabaster box throughout the whole world, this siah, indeed the Son of God. clutched tightly she hastened to also that she hath done shall be Again let us picture the scene. Simon's home where the Pharisee spoken of for a memorial to her." One day soon after Lazarus was was honoring Christ with a feast. Six days later Mary Magdalene restored to life, the road through This was her opportunity to express stood with the other women at Bethany was crowded with pilgrims her love and gratitude to Him who Calvary. All through the long agon- making their way to celebrate the had done so much for her. Pa- izing hours of the crucifixion they Passover feast. Curious strangers tiently she waited and listened as waited. Weeping, she followed stopped by Bethany to greet Laza- the supper progressed. Then pulling Christ's body to the tomb and then rus and to see for themselves the her veil closely around her head, hurried home to prepare spices to man whom the young Galilean she quietly moved to Jesus' side. anoint Him after the sacred hours prophet had restored to life. Among When no one was watching she of the Sabbath had passed. the thronging pilgrims Mary heard broke the white box of precious brief snatches of conflicting con- ointment and poured it over His Mary Visits the Tomb versation. Some whispered, "They head. Kneeling she anointed His will kill the young Galilean if He feet. Overwhelmed with conflicting Before sunrise Sunday morning Mary made her way to the tomb. comes to Jerusalem." Others de- emotions she wept silently. She clared, "We will make Him King!" kissed His feet. Her veil was cast No one else was there. As she Mary remembered those sad aside. For the moment she forgot all approached she discovered the stone had been rolled away. The words Jesus had quoted from the others who were in the room and prophet Isaiah: "He was wounded dried His feet with her long hair. "It tomb was empty! Hurrying to for our transgressions. . . . He is was commonly thought a disgrace Simon Peter and John she cried, brought as a lamb to the slaughter. for a women to let down her hair in "They have taken away the Lord." . . . He was cut off out of the land public."—SDA Bible Commentary, The men rushed to the Garden. It of the living." Frequently Christ vol. 5, p. 762. But to kiss or em- was indeed as Mary had said. Jesus had sought to impress upon His brace another's feet was an en- was not there. Sadly they returned followers that the Messiah must die tirely appropriate and respectable home. But Mary lingered beside at Jerusalem. Mary believed demonstration of high regard. the tomb weeping. If the authorities Christ's words—but it was all so The fragrant odor of perfume did not want Him to be given a very confusing. filled the room. All turned to see place of burial in this Garden Making her way to an apothecary, what was happening. Their glance she would take His body to an- Mary proceeded to carry out a took in the broken alabaster box, other tomb—that empty tomb in secret plan she had long sacrificed Mary's tears, and her long hair their own garden where Lazarus to make possible. falling loosely over her shoulders. had lain. Oh, if she could only find "May I see your best spikenard— She heard the rebuke of the disci- someone who could help her find in a white alabaster box?" she may ples, saw the scorn in Simon's eyes. her beloved Master's body! have asked timidly. She well knew he resented her "Woman, why weepest thou?" A The shop owner glanced at the presence. She was about to slip voice startled her. humble appearance of his customer. away before Martha could see and "Mary!" the voice spoke again. "Spikenard is very expensive," disapprove. Surely it can't be. Yes, it was—her he explained. "It is taken from the Jesus raised His voice loud beloved Master. Her flood of tears so blinded her eyes she had not recognized Him. "Rabboni," she burst out joy- fully and fell at His feet. Here the inspired story of Mary Magdalene reaches its climax. No further mention is made of her in the Bible. But the fragrance of the broken alabaster box continues to spread from Magdala to Minneapo- lis, from Melbourne to Madras, from Mombassa to Madrid, from Montevideo to Manila. It sheds its blessed influence wherever the gospel is preached. As a result, untold thousands are inspired to give not only their treasures but their lives in loving service to Christ. Those whose lives are captive in sin see in Mary's story that salvation and forgiveness are for everyone who leaves sin and accepts Christ. ❑

R&H, JUNE 26, 1975 (693) 9 A multitude say it, and another multitude think it: "I'm just as good as those who go to church." And, in all fairness, they may be one hundred per cent right. We have to agree The Church that in almost every community there are good-living people who never set foot in the church. Indeed, they may be living just as uprightly as some who belong to the church. What about that? Will that save the just-as-good man? No, Is Not Heaven it won't, and here's why. No man in the church or out of it is saved by his good living. Let me illustrate: Here are two men, neighbors. One is a converted, born- The church is not heaven, againxhurch member. His neighbor has not had this experience, and he never attends church. Yet, he lives equally as but it is about as close good a life as the church member. He is a good citizen, pa- triotic, liberal—always helping the needy. Now answer me as we'll get to heaven in this life. this: When God comes looking for men to be members of His eternal kingdom, which of these two men will get the nod? Remember, there is no difference in the way they live—that's a tossup. Here's the answer: The church member will be received, the nonchurch member will be left. This is the reason: No man is saved by his good works, by his right living—no matter how exemplary he may be. Please put this down as No. 1 in your thinking. Jesus Christ is the Saviour, not good works, not right living, essential as these certainly are. Of course the church is not heaven, but it is the place where God will look for His saints when He comes. Not many will be taken from the saloon, the tavern, the poolroom, the place of prostitution, the gambling casino, the dance hall, the theater, the honky tonk. If God is not able to fill His kingdom from the church, tell me, from where will He fill it? Of Divine Appointment By DALLAS YOUNGS Put this down as correct in your thinking: Some things in this world are established of God, and some things by Satan. NO, THE CHURCH IS NOT HEAVEN. It never has I'll let you determine what the devil sets up, but God estab- been. But it is an assist on the way to heaven. It is a helping lishes the church. "And the Lord added to the church daily hand, a light in this dark world. It is an illumination, an efful- such as should be saved" (Acts 2:47). You see here plainly, gence, a flare, a gleam of better things. It points the way to the church is the Lord's doing. It is the Lord who adds the Paradise. candidates for heaven to the church membership. Why is it that so many people shy away from the church? And that is not all. It is the place where God meets with His Why are the places of pleasure full to overflowing and the people. "For where two or three are gathered together in my churches empty, or nearly so? Why is it that some people name, there am I in the midst of them" (Matt. 18:20). can't be dragged to church with wild horses? How is it that I do not say that Christ would not go into a tavern or a so many never darken the doors of the church except for wed- dance hall to save some conscience-smitten soul, but these dings and funerals? are not His dwelling places. But the church is a different This is what some of them say: "Too many hypocrites." thing. There He meets in the appointed times of worship, in Well, I am sure there are some, but I haven't found many in the prayer meetings. When God's people assemble together, 40 years of churchgoing. In truth, I would not know where to the promise is that God will be in the midst of them. find one in the church at this moment. But there are some, no How can you make the church work for you? Belong to it. doubt of that. Jesus Himself was associated with one—Judas The airplane, the automobile won't take you anywhere unless by name. And Jesus was never able to do much for him. Hyp- you get in them. But when you do, then you are on the move. ocrites are hard to help. Likewise, the church is unable to do anything for you in help- But hypocrites are everywhere: In your community, where ing you to heaven unless you get in it. In case of accident, you work. Perhaps your grocer, and certainly the processors you don't collect from the insurance company unless you be- of some of the foods you buy, the clothing you wear. Yes, long. Private clubs won't admit you without membership. even the farmer has been known to water the milk. Hypo- Church membership is at least public testimony that you crites! I challenge you to escape them. Of course, that does are on Christ's side. Did not Jesus say: "He that is not with not stop you from going to the grocery, the hardware, and me is against me" (Matt. 12:30)? Jesus identified Himself with the clothing store. sinners when He left heaven, took human form, and lived as a This thing of "hypocrites in the church" is a line of the man among men. He further interested Himself in our desper- devil, if there ever was one. And he makes it work, too. Only ate sin condition when He made the sacrifice He did for us. heaven will reveal how many have been defrauded of eternity Now, Jesus wants men and women who will stand like a by this trick of the enemy. rock on His side, against the world and the devil. The church will further serve you when you attend it. The Dallas Youngs is a retired editor, author, and pastor living in church can do little for you unless you attend regularly. Jesus Takoma Park, Maryland. attended. "And he came to Nazareth, where he had been

10 (694) R&H, JUNE 26, 1975 brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read" (Luke For theYounger Set 4:16). Notice: It was His custom, His habit, His manner of life. Notice, too: He "stood up for to read." That is, He took part in the services. He was active in church. Your membership is hardly worth mentioning unless you do as Jesus did—attend and participate. Johnny's Treasures Think of this: Should I go to church because others do, to be seen of my neighbors, to show off my clothes? No, defi- that his Sabbath school By MARYE TRIM nitely not. The right reason for going to church is to meet with teacher had given him, and on each one was a Bible and worship God. This is the place where God meets with and JOHNNY SAT on the memory verse. blesses His people. This is where the saints receive spiritual divan in the lounge room. Johnny especially liked strength for coming days. Remember, God will meet with He looked about the room. the gold ribbon that Mommy even two or three. "What's that?" he asked his had taped to the wall. It said mother. in shiny printing, "I said The dining room is the place to satiate your physical hunger, His mother looked to my memory verse today." but the church, your spiritual hunger. Suppose as a housewife where Johnny's finger Johnny smiled at Panda. you worked long to prepare your best meal for your husband. pointed. She laughed. "I'm glad I've got treasures Then he refused to eat it. How would you feel? That's the "That? That's the piano of too." course, Pumpkin!" way the Lord feels. He makes the long trip from heaven to After his nap Johnny told Johnny shook his head. his mother about his very your church to meet with you, to give you spiritual nourish- "I mean what is that on the own treasures. "Airport, ment, and you won't eat. You won't even attend. Hear what piano." vintage car, Panda, Sabbath Jesus said: "That's another easy school cards—all very spe- "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear one," smiled his mother. "I cial!" spy with my little eye, some- Mother said, "It's nice to my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will thing beginning with L." have some treasures of our sup with him, and he with me" (Rev. 3:20). Johnny shook his head own. But do you know we The church is not heaven, but it is about as close to it as again and explained. "I can have treasures inside you'll get in this life. It will help you get where you want to know it's a lamp. But I want us?" to know about the lamp. go. It will profit and benefit you. It will champion your cause. Johnny looked puzzled. What are those people on it? "Uh?" And more: You'll be in the right place with the right people And those shiny stones?" "Yes," said Mother. when Christ comes. ❑ So his mother sat down "Every time we learn a on the divan beside him. Bible promise and store it "That is a lamp we bought in our memory we are hid- in India. It is made of brass ing away a treasure. We and those are Indian people really are!" on it. The shiny stones set Johnny laughed. "That into the base are jewels." means I've got more treas- Some Stay at Home "Jewels!" gasped Johnny. ures." And he looked at the "But aren't jewels treas- gold ribbon that said, "I Some stay at home because it's cold, ures?" said my memory verse to- "Well," his mother went day." And some because it's hot. on, "those jewels are really "Give me one of your And some because they're getting old, common ones and not at all treasures," said Mommy. And some because they're not. valuable. But the lamp is So Johnny gave her one of Some stay home to entertain, precious, and a treasure to his Bible treasures. " 'The And some to cook the dinners, us. It reminds us of when Lord is my shepherd; I shall And some because they're good enough, we lived in India, and of all not want.' " Then he said, And some because they're sinners. our good friends there." "That means I'm something Some stay at home because their clothes "Thank you," said beginning with L." He Are looking old and shabby, Johnny. "Now I know about laughed again. "So I should And some because their special type that lamp. Is it time now for say `Baa-baa!' " us to eat something begin- Now his mother laughed. of piety is flabby. ning with L?" He laughed "Thank you for your treas- —Source Unknown at his game. ure. It's one of my favorite After lunch Johnny lay Bible texts too. But I don't on his bed to take a nap. think you are a lamb—not Some Go to Church He looked about his cozy always, anyway. Sometimes bedroom. He saw his airport you are a monkey!" Some go to church to take a walk; on top of the closet, and his "I can give you another blue vintage car and big treasure," offered Johnny. Some go to church to laugh and talk; Panda bear on the dressing Some go there to meet a friend; "I like this one. It makes me table. "I've got treasures think of something on the Some go there their time to spend; too, and you are one of piano!" Then he repeated, Some go there to meet each other; them," he told Panda. " 'Thy word is a lamp unto Some go there a fault to cover; Then Johnny looked at my feet, and a light unto my Some go there for speculation; some picture cards on his path.' " Some go there for observation; bookcase. There was one Now Johnny and his Some go there to doze and nod; cut out in the shape of a tree. mother smiled at each other. The wise go there to worship God. There was another like a fish- With Jesus in their happy —Source Unknown bowl with little fish in it, home, with their treasures and another was like a bag of and each other, they were money. These were pictures happy.

R&H, JUNE 26, 1975 (695) 11 enough responsibility for one man." The sentry adjusts his sword belt, shrugs his shoulders and moves on. On Refreshment Suddenly there is a knocking at the gate that opens onto the narrow stone steps that lead up to the sunny world above and to freedom and life. A cheerful, familiar face peers through When choosing the occupation the grate. "Good morning, sir! I have come to see Brother Paul." The hearty voice electrifies the whole dungeon. "May I come in?" of "refresher," one makes "By all means, Onesiphorus!" The guard quickly reaches for the key to open the gate. "He's had a bad night, but I a wise choice. This was also Jesus' know you will do him good. You always do." The prisoner sits forward eagerly at the sound of the business. voice, straining his tired old eyes to catch the first possible glimpse of his visitor. In a moment the two friends are in a warm embrace. They are a striking pair—the old man awaiting his execution in the dark prison and the younger man turning aside from his busy round of responsibilities to bring good cheer down into the house of death. The guard withdraws to leave the men alone. A Noted Change Later, when Onesiphorus is gone, the sentry looks into the cell again. Now even the lamp seems to be burning brighter. Paul is pacing up and down the stone pavement, as far as the By DOROTHY MINCHIN COMM length of his short chains will allow. There is an elasticity in his step, he holds his head high, and he hums a little tune to AN ARMED SOLDIER PACES BACK AND FORTH himself. "I see that you two had a good visit." The guard before a cell in the State prison. The dank, earthy air of the smiles down on Paul. The very atmosphere of the place is underground chamber oppresses him, making him long for infectious. the hour when the changing of the guard will release him "Ah, yes! Excellent." Paul flings his arms out in a vig- once again to the warmth of the clear Mediterranean sky and orous gesture. "I feel much better. He refreshes me!" to the sociable bustle of city life above. A lamp casts long What did Onesiphorus say to Paul? We don't know. Per- shadows on the gloomy dungeon and falls on the bent figure haps they talked about the weather and the autumn crops on of a man on the far side of the cell. The sentry pauses, hands the sunny hills overlooking the blue bays. Or of the future behind his back, and gazes at his prisoner. The old gentle- of the growing young church. Or of their personal experi- man doesn't seem too well today, he thinks. This is unusual, ences in Christ. No doubt they prayed together. Whatever for the zealous little preacher had often sung lively songs the nature of their conversation, it brought the apostle new during the long nights and admonished his fellow prisoners courage and fresh hope. to be of good cheer. And this was not just one visit. It is a picture of the kind of As I reconstruct the scene, the prisoner leans languidly thing Onesiphorus was constantly doing. Paul tells us, "He against the cold wall, stares listlessly at the mold-stained oft refreshed me" (2 Tim. 1:16). Onesiphorus had rendered stones of the low ceiling, and idly fingers his grizzled gray Paul this same cheering ministry over in the heat of the beard. His chains lie in an inert heap by the floor bolts, as if battle at Ephesus, perhaps including the time of the affair of there were scarcely any further need for their restraining Demetrius the silversmith (verse 18). When Paul went as a force. The man is under the death sentence, and he must be prisoner to Rome, Onesiphorus was not ashamed of Paul's thinking long thoughts. The guard has watched many prisoners chains and imprisonment (verse 16). He had not only stood by await execution, but he found something fascinating about him but had followed him to the great imperial city where he this one. His keen, sensitive face, vigorous speech, and high searched diligently and eagerly until he found his friend spirits bespoke remarkable intelligence and strength of (verse 17). character. He showed himself a man people have to notice. He seemed oblivious to the social stigma and even to the But this morning he droops like a vine torn up by its roots, personal danger involved in pursuing an association with an crushed, and left by the wayside in one of the Roman vine- important political prisoner. And who can say how much the yards. apostle's usefulness was increased by the kindly services The guard cannot withhold a kindly interest in the elderly of this unknown man? No wonder Paul prayed, "May the prisoner. After all, winter is coming, and the old man doesn't Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus" (R.S.V.). even have a cloak. Still, it's no one's fault but his own. He Refreshers themselves must, at one time or another, be re- and other such incendiary Christians will just have to rely freshed. Paul knew. He had himself rendered this restorative on their enthusiasm to keep themselves warm. They seem ministry to many. Ironically, years before, he had prayed to have plenty of that. "It would be nice to be able to do that God would bring him "with joy" to the believers in something for the poor old fellow though," muses the guard. Rome so that they might "be refreshed" (Rom. 15:32). Now "But of course I can't do anything. I am here to see that he stood in desperate need of the same help himself. And food and water are brought to the prison at the proper times that is where Onesiphorus came in again. Paul was a man of each day and that no one escapes—nothing more. That's gigantic faith. If he needed refreshment, how much more likely it is that ordinary people like us will stand in need of Dorothy Minchin Comm, Ph.D., teaches English at Philip- it also. pine Union College. What Onesiphorus did for Paul, he must have done for

12 (696) R&H, JUNE 26, 1975 others—constantly refreshing people. He must have worked When the swaggering young Elihu came on the scene, he at it persistently until it became a habit of life. We have no summed up the purposes of the "comforters" neatly when he idea how he earned his living, for his name appears only once announced, "I am full of matter. . . . I will speak, that I may in Paul's letters. He may have been a small shopkeeper or a be refreshed" (Job 32:18-20). That is precisely the point. man of some means. He may have been a craftsman or a mi- Those who succeed in the happy ministry of refreshment nor itinerant preacher. If he had been a spectacular success never seek their own relief. The pleasant, heartening satis- in his vocation, we might have heard more of him. Indeed, faction they will experience is simply the natural by-product we may be reasonably sure that he was not a powerful of serving a fellow man. orator, a great scholar, an influential civic leader, or a notable Second, I think Onesiphorus let Paul know that he appreci- poet. But this was no handicap to him, for his main business ated him. The thousand and one little words and acts of appre- in life was refreshing people, and he was very good at that. ciation and consideration are the lubricant of life, but we In choosing this occupation, Onesiphorus made a wise often allow the machinery of living to groan and creak on choice. This was also Jesus' business. "Come unto me, all ye with all the bearings dry. I do not speak of the great tributes that labour and are heavy-laden, and I will give you rest" we are wont to make in farewell speeches and memorial (Matt. 11:28). Bodily refreshment is certainly not unrelated services, nor of the gifts and festive treats we plan for anni- to the health of the spirit. By and large, however, most of versaries, Christmas, and Mother's Day. Rather, it is the us do not lack for the former. Daily we are offered a stagger- small, happy surprises of the every day. The other day, after ing array of material refreshments—everything from the a particularly trying week, we attended a buffet supper and "pause that refreshes" and country-fresh dairy products to sundown worship with our fellow missionaries on our com- deodorant bath soap and breath mints. What we and the pound. In the midst of the artistic display of food on the table millions do languish for is the refreshment of soul and spirit. was a big, cool fruit salad, dressed with swirls of frothy Certainly there is no service of which the world stands in white sauce. I recognized it as one of my neighbor's culinary greater need. Yes, Onesiphorus made a wise choice. And masterpieces. Then she was at my elbow. "I made it espe- he picked a vocation open to everyone. Like him, most of cially for you because I know you've had kind of a hard us are not highly distinguished in our fields of endeavor, but week." Her smile was relaxed and easy. "I remembered how we can all learn to succeed in the business of refreshing peo- well you liked it the last time we were together." And I was ple. refreshed before I tasted the dish. Even a dog can be more articulate than many people in Unfavorable Environment May Be Productive showing his devotion and gratitude. When our Pomeranians Some, of course, feel that their limited circumstances cur- greet us with yelps of barely contained joy, black eyes ablaze tail their opportunities. But an unfavorable environment may with earnestness and plumy tails fanning the air, they need be a most fertile field for labor. We don't have to be on the no words to tell us that they find living in our house incom- front lines of mission service or in a post of vast responsibil- parably satisfying and an altogether joyful experience. Which ity to be able to function. Enoch lived in most difficult times. brings me to the third point. Genesis 5 is a long, prosaic record of the age—someone I am sure Onesiphorus went about his work of refreshment lived so many years, begat someone else, and died. Then with a spirit of energetic spontaneity. Otherwise, Paul could suddenly out of this dreary genealogy emerges Enoch, a man not have rejoiced in his companionship. Instead, the apostle so refreshing that God took him to Himself. And Enoch would have felt under some vague obligation about returning "was not found" (Heb. 11:5); that is, people missed him a favor. Although our responsibility for duty to God and man when he was gone. His absence made the day a little darker is indeed an awesome one, we too often rob ourselves and one because while he lived among them he was refreshing. So another of the zestful joys constantly available in the most many pass through the world like Enoch's contemporaries. common duties of daily life. The picture of a somber Chris- There is a row of cradles here and a row of coffins there. tian doggedly going about his tasks of doing good—of reliev- People take the few tottering steps required to pass from one ing fatigue and depression in others—is a highly incongruous to the other, leaving behind only the comment: "The num- one. Unhappily, it is not uncommon. ber of his days was , and he died." But it is never so Opportunities for All with refreshing people. They invariably leave a mark in the hearts of those remaining behind. The circle of their influ- A host of other opportunities is open to us for mutual re- ence may be broad or narrow, according to the talents and freshment. Although relatively few of us are talented per- opportunities God gave. But whether our lives touch those formers in the fine arts, everyone with the will to learn can of five people, 500, or 5,000, the principle remains the same. share in the pleasures of appreciation. Even the demented Just how did Onesiphorus go about refreshing Paul? I can King Saul was temporarily "refreshed" through the power of think of at least three ways. First of all he went to see him. music (1 Sam. 16:23). Any such creative experience becomes It was just a simple visit. It did not call for great genius refreshing. But if anyone should feel unequal to even these and education, although it did in this instance require courage. mild demands of the arts, he can find refreshment for himself Not every visit, of course, is necessarily refreshing. Quite and those around him in the simple task of doing a job well. the contrary. The friends of Job came to comfort him as he Then God gave us the Sabbath for renewal of the soul. sat in utter wretchedness on the refuse heap outside of the After the work of Creation, He rested on that day "and was city. Consumed with a loathsome disease and having suffered refreshed" (Ex. 31:17). He recommends the same measure almost every material and emotional loss a man can sustain, to us. Finally, Christ offered Himself as the supreme source Job unquestionably needed refreshment. Unlike Onesiphorus, of refreshment: "If any one thirst, let him come to me and however, these visitors knew none of the ground rules for drink. He who believes in me . . . 'Out of his heart shall flow refreshing people. Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar argued, rea- rivers of living water' " (John 7:37, R.S.V.). soned, advised, and accused Job into total frustration and When we choose the beautiful vocation of Onesiphorus, despair. What he needed was a little sympathy and kindly perpetual spiritual summer abides with us and our fellow understanding; even Christ craved this much in Gethsemane. travelers all the way to the kingdom. ❑

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ization in the administration of a worldwide work convenes The General Conference to express the collective thinking and planning of the church. The final authority of this body is accepted by all subordinate Session in Europe organizations and interests in the various sections of the world. In a word, the General Conference quadrennial session For the first time in its history, the Seventh-day Adventist synthesizes and implements church organization on a world Church this year is conducting a General Conference session scale."—The Seventh-day Adventist Encyclopedia, p. 439. outside of North America. The session meets July 9-19, in Basically, then, the General Conference session convenes Vienna, Austria. to conduct business for the church. It is not like a camp meet- Although headquartered in Washington, D.C., the Seventh- ing, whose primary purpose is to provide a spiritual feast for day Adventist Church considers itself a world church. In those who attend. At the same time devotional meetings are fact, it has many more members outside of North America planned and time is spent in prayer and rededication. But than in North America. The proportion is approximately four those who expect the entire session to be of a devotional to one. nature will be disappointed. Europe is an appropriate choice for the site of the first It is interesting that early in the history of the church there session outside North America, for Europe is the first conti- were those who misconstrued the session's purpose. Visitors nent to which the work of Seventh-day Adventists spread were disappointed when they discovered that much of the from its American base. time was devoted to business. They expected the meetings to The man responsible for establishing the first companies of be largely devotional. believers in Europe was Michael Czechowski. This converted Describing the early discontent, James White wrote in the Catholic priest, a Pole by birth, joined the SDA Church in REVIEW (July 14, 1868), "This is not a good time for a general Ohio in 1857. Burdened to carry the SDA message to Europe, gathering of our brethren and sisters to enjoy a spiritual feast. he approached the leaders of the SDA Church to send him to Not understanding this, many have come to our annual con- Italy. But the young church, with only some 3,500 members, ferences, spent a week's time, and gone home disappointed. was unprepared for so daring a venture. Disappointed, the They had no special interest in the business sessions, thought ex-priest persuaded another Adventist organization to send they occupied too much time, and concluded that their breth- him. Arriving in Italy in 1864, he preached SDA doctrines, ren were becoming formal and backslidden." establishing a company of believers in Tone Pellice, in a Wal- It was this situation that led the church to hold camp meet- densian valley in Piedmont, northern Italy. From there he ings. The General Conference session in May, 1868, adopted went to Switzerland, where he established several companies the following: of believers. "Resolved, That this Conference recommend to our people In 1869 the Swiss SDA's sent James H. Erzberger to the to hold a general campmeeting annually at the time of the ses- General Conference session held in Battle Creek in May of sions of our business associations. that year. He arrived too late for the session, but he remained "Resolved, That the Gen. Conf. Committee be authorized, in the United States 15 months, learning English and receiving at their discretion, to carry this plan into execution."—Review further instruction. In 1870 he returned to Europe having first and Herald, May 26, 1868. been ordained. The first Seventh-day Adventist camp meeting was held at Thus four years before John N. Andrews sailed for Europe, Wright, Michigan, September 1-7, 1868, the same year the Seventh-day Adventists already had an ordained minister General Conference session passed its camp-meeting resolu- working there, and ten years before Missionary Andrews' tion. That same year camp meetings were held also in Illinois departure a European-born evangel was proclaiming the Sev- and Iowa. Within the next few years the camp-meeting idea enth-day Adventist message there. spread to other conferences. Once the work got started in Europe, it spread with amazing Camp meetings were not unfamiliar to the early Seventh-day rapidity. By the turn of the century it was well established in Adventists, for the Millerites had conducted camp meetings most of the major countries. from 1842 to 1844. Camp meetings seem to have originated We feel it is fitting, therefore, that the church will hold its among the Presbyterians in Kentucky in the early 1800's. fifty-second General Conference session on this historic con- Besides being spiritual feasts for the members of the tinent. James Erzberger missed the 1869 session the European church, the early camp meetings were also evangelistic meet- brethren sent him to attend, but this year it will be the privi- ings aimed at visitors. Because of this latter feature, weekend lege of many European brethren to attend a session because attendances often ran several thousand, the very first camp of the decision to hold the fifty-second session in Europe. meeting drawing as many as 2,000. The Session's Basic Purpose So long as the distinction between a General Conference session and a camp meeting is understood, we believe that no For those who have never attended a General Conference one privileged to attend the fifty-second session of the General session before, perhaps a word of explanation is in order. Conference in Vienna this year will be disappointed. The busi- Some people have a mistaken notion as to what a General ness of the church must be conducted. This must be under- Conference session is. It is basically a business meeting of the stood. But this still allows time, not only on the Sabbaths of church at which are present delegates representing the world- the session but during the week, for deeply spiritual feasts. wide SDA Church. "This is the time when the highest organ- D. F. N.

14 (698) R&H, JUNE 26, 1975 Family Living

MY BODY WAS TIRED BUT my mind raced on and on, framed by canyon walls, snow-capped peaks, and graceful making sleep far away as I lay in the downy softness of my subalpine trees. I had crossed snow fields and flower fields sleeping bag. The day had been full of precious sights and and rocky slides. How surprised I was when I almost stepped sounds, and I needed time now to store them away in my on a ptarmigan! If it weren't for an occasional blink of the eye, memory-bank. Most vivid in my mind was the sight of the no one could keep track of birds so well camouflaged as they. graceful alpine firs, their spirelike tips pointing heavenward. How excited I was at the sight of rosy finches, birds I hadn't To a tree-starved lowlander, this sight alone proved to be most seen for years. The miles were covered all too soon, and restful and enjoyable. camp was set up near a lush meadow. Now I heard the soothing rush of a streamlet just a few Determined to absorb a full measure of Sabbath blessing, I steps from where I lay, and the companion whispering of an rose early in the morning, as the first rays of golden sunshine evening breeze in the treetops. How good God is to give me warmed the hilltops. Early for me was only routine for the all this, I thought, and what have I done to deserve it? I had to creatures of this parkland. I was hearing robins, finches, smile a bit as I remembered the two marmot pups wrestling juncos, and the squawk of a Clark's nutcracker, all busy with in the meadow, rolling and scuffling till the dirt flew. As I their morning chores. Then I was startled by the whistle of a looked over the camp, now sleeping silhouetted in the moon- marmot. All the sensations that I loved best were here, and I glow, I was glad to be here. made a pledge that my attitude today would be one of inner On Friday, I had hiked with the others to this lovely spot, peace, a day when God would control my every thought and action. Nothing that I would say or do would be allowed to Thais K. Baer is a homemaker living in Walla Walla, Wash- spoil it. This was to be my cathedral today, and I was satis- ington, and is interested in the technical and inspirational fied to sit and just study the architecture. aspects of nature. By this time other members of the group were rousing, and God Gave Me a Personal Sabbath By THAIS K. BAER

R&H, JUNE 26, 1975 (699) 15 breakfast became a most desirable thought to me. While eat- could see. Pulling my parka up around my ears, I sat with my ing my cup of oatmeal, thick with chunks of fruit, I thought back to a warm rock and scanned the mountainsides, with some with a chuckle how I really liked foods here in the outdoors slight hope of seeing a mountain goat. I was fascinated by the that were most repugnant at home! How strange that even way the clouds boiled up and then suddenly disintegrated as they appetites take a turn for the better when surrounded by lovely met opposing winds. Suddenly, one of the girls pointed to a things. jagged outcrop, sure she had seen something. A look with binoc- A leisurely meal was over and the clean-up tasks completed, ulars confirmed the fact. There was a mother goat and her baby so I strolled up the hillside to join the others who had begun wandering along a rocky ledge, nibbling the sparse vegetation, a song service. I went slowly, as the sound of singing blended and as I watched, they lay down to rest on a big, flat rock. in so well with the surroundings that I had to have time to It was my first goat, and what a thrill! enjoy it. The singing went on for almost an hour, with a most A Sense of God's Presence amazing range of musical style. There would be a kindergarten song, followed by a stately hymn, then a rousing chorus or I sat there quite a while, my eyes roaming over and over two, a spiritual, and medleys. Finally it was suggested there again the vast maze of snowy peaks, dark-green valleys, should be a Sabbath school service, and the superintendent blue-dotted meadows, and shimmering, rocky cliffs. I felt arose, stood on a log, and announced the order of service. God's presence there beneath that rock. Worry and problems There was prayer by several, an opening song, and a nature of my life seemed far away and so much less important than story. The children went with their leader for study of the before. I was beginning to think I really could face things that primary lesson. The adults opened their Bibles and reached in I had been sure were going to crush me. I was nearer to God, pockets for folded pages of lesson quarterlies. The morning both in altitude and in attitude, here on this windy ridge. It hours sped by, and with refreshed minds and spirits the mem- was the Sabbath that did it, I decided, a preview of the glori- bers expressed personal thoughts, fears, and sought solutions. ous heaven. The Sabbath, the distinguishing mark of those I felt a new surge of hope that I was indeed walking with the who acknowledge God's sovereignty. Would I be willing to King, and I was glad to tell Him my needs and express grati- suffer persecution because of my feelings right now? With tude for His mercies. determination I would honor Him who made this day for me and gave me such re-creation and redirection to my life. What other god can do so much? Worry and problems of my life As I started back down off the ridge my heart was light, my feet felt like flying, I ran light-footed down through the scree seemed far away and so much less and loose rock, glad to be alive. In that heavenly parkland everyone can do this, I thought, even those who had been crippled or blind or sick. How I longed for that! How I would important than before. I was like to share these moments! As I neared the campsite I heard singing. The sun was beginning to think I really could getting low and the shadows long. Soon the day would be over, and the cool of night would settle over the earth. I didn't face things that I had been sure were want to miss the closing minutes. I joined in singing the traditional evening hymns, offered in praise countless times and going to crush me. in countless places at the close of a Sabbath day. They held special significance after such a perfect day, a perfect end- ing. The sun was setting, the alpenglow filled the canyon with After the formal service was over I wandered up the op- soft, pink light. How many people there are who go into posite canyonside, there to stretch out on the heather and ecstasy over a beautiful sunset painting, ready to worship the watch the hummingbirds darting here and there to sip nectar man who painted it, but fail to take the trouble to look out from each bright blossom of lupine and paintbrush. I wished their windows at pictures painted by the Master Artist. I were a natural poet, so I could capture a bit of this scene in As I lay there in my bed, completely full, completely satis- words. But I must be satisfied with mind-pictures. The beau- fied, the moon rose with a misty light, keeping watch over all tiful things of God portray the true nature of Himself, a loving, the creatures of the night. I really wasn't sleepy, so I silently understanding Father. How right that Christ should have used crept from my bag, set up my camera for timed exposure, and parables in His teaching. Even a simple person could under- photographed the moon, the treetops, and somber mountain- stand them, and the intellectual found them stimulating. As sides beyond. Not wishing to disturb anyone, I dutifully pre- I looked down at the hillside dotted with glacier lilies I found pared to retire again, when I noticed a tiny white-footed the parable of the lily most intriguing. mouse sitting by the corner of my tent, washing its face with Presently I noticed people were going back to camp, and its dainty paws. How much the humans miss by going to sleep! remembering I had agreed to do cooking chores, I reluctantly How wonderful it was of God to make creatures who can see rose from my place. Sabbath dinner in the mountains is always well at night; how interesting that phase must be. something special, not just the dry crackers, nuts, and fruit of Everyone can experience this special kind of Sabbath. It is other days. There is always a good meal, easy and quick, but not limited to mountaineers. A simple drive to a quiet spot, a different enough to delight everyone. short walk up a lovely canyon road, or an overnight stay at a With the food put away and dishes washed, someone sug- secluded lakeside will bring the same joys. The beauties of gested a walk to a pass above camp. This sounded good to nature make reverence automatic. As one looks upon earth me, so I grabbed my flower book and went along. Up through and sky, and reflects how God created it all in six days and the rocks of an avalanche chute, across a spongy meadow filled rested the seventh, the proof of His wisdom can be seen. The with wind-sculptured trees, up and out into a brisk wind, and assembly of persons to talk of Him, the interchange of finally the ridge. There beyond were the distant ranges, half a thoughts and ideas of truth found in His Word, will not be dozen shades of green and gray, stretching away as far as I tedious, but a living joy. I recommend it to you. ❑

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COVER STORY or two visits a year from stop chewing betel nut, clean Sepik Mission headquarters. up the village, stop traditional I traveled with Colin Unobo, dances and devil worship, lay activities and Sabbath worship on the Sabbath, stop Camp Meeting, Papua school director of the Sepik polygamy, and prepare for Mission, who also serves as life eternal. New Guinea Style district director for the When Tamasombo told his Schouten and Western Is- people about the angel, some By C. A. TOWNEND lands district. of them thought he was mad. We left the Kaseli at Wewak They took him to the patrol and traveled by Toyota Land office, and he was put in jail for CAMP MEETINGS are a get to the mouth of the snake- Cruiser up the Sepik High- three months for disrupting very strong tradition in Papua like Sepik River and then on to way to Maprik. Here Bob the people. But in 1967, when New Guinea. These meetings the Schouten Islands. Most Donaldson, Maprik District di- Jerome came with his Better are usually held at district of these islands are volcanic rector, joined Frank Dyson, Life Picture Roll, Tamasombo level so that more people can and have no beaches, just a Sepik Mission president, Pas- realized that the angel had come, bringing with them rocky coastline. tor Colin, and me for the trip told him about these things sufficient food for the three or The Kaseli picked up two into Nuku. We took the two four years previously. He four days. Some walk, some loads of delegates, bound for Land Cruisers so that "one joined the "class ready" and come by canoe, and where a weekend of fellowship and could pull the other out of was baptized in 1971. there are roads some come worship in the Blup Blup trouble if we happen to get I shall never forget the by PMV (passenger motor ve- church. rain." Although the road was hearty Amens and the vibrant hicle). Koil Island is the only coral rough and we were in four- singing of the 600 believers I've just returned from six island in the Schouten group. wheel-drive at times, we were who attended every meeting of camp meetings, three of them Its white sand, coral reefs, and not troubled by wet roads. the Nuku camp meeting. in the Sepik Mission and three coconut-lined beaches fulfilled The work in the Nuku area I returned home to Lae from in the Central Papuan Mis- one's mental image of a typical was begun by laymen, and the Sepik Mission on October sion. I've shaken hands with tropical isle. This time the their first baptism was held in 1 and left again on October 9, almost 3,500 of God's people, Kaseli brought a load of dele- 1971. On September 29 we for Kupiano in the Central Dis- watched them give more than gates from nearby Wokeo Is- saw another 64 people bap- trict. The first camp meeting $2,000 in camp-meeting mis- land. The Koil church was ex- tized. This brought the Nuku was at Korela, where the peo- sion offerings, and rejoiced as tended temporarily to make membership to more than 250. ple came from the densely I witnessed the baptism of 258 sure that everyone could populated Marshall Lagoon new believers. worship under the shade. Message From an Angel area. I joined the Kaseli, our The three angels' messages It was a real joy to meet How the Papuan people love mission boat, September 16, were first preached in the Tamasombo, the Nuku coun- to sing! In every meeting there downriver from Ambunti. It Schouten Islands more than cilor who in 1963 met an angel were two or three special took us two and a half days to 20 years ago. We have a loyal on the road near his home vil- songs. On Sabbath 1,500 peo- group of people whose cour- lage. The angel told Ta- ple attended the meetings. C. A. Townend is lay activities age remains strong even masombo and his four friends At eight o'clock Sabbath director of the Papua New though their remoteness that they should change their morning, high tide, we all Guinea Union Mission. means that they get only one way of life, destroy their pigs, gathered down by the wharf for a baptism. What a colorful sight! People were standing on the bank, the wharf , and in a dozen or more canoes completely surrounding the bap- tismal area. Then Pastors Lui, Gapi, Taumai, and Alova led 91 into the water to be baptized. It was the largest baptism I had seen in Papua New Guinea. Camp meetings, Papuan style, are very different. First we listened to some thrilling stories as the local missionaries and laymen told of their evangelistic exploits. Then Lui Ofi, Central Papuan Mis- sion president, called for the church leaders to come forward and bring their church's camp offering. In Papua the churches prepare their mission offering for several months beforehand and then bring in the money at camp time. The totals were written on the blackboard. Then the Many campers at Papuan camp meetings, like these people at Domara, "tent" in their ocean-going canoes. members came forward to put

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their cash offering in the for their work. Now the lay- By the beginning of 1974 Center in Ohio, April 25 to "sheet." The congregation men are holding regular Bible sufficient funds had been 27, to examine the role of the sang the doxology in Motu studies with this family. Seven raised to start making definite Adventist hospital in a chang- when they saw that the grand of the 20 people who were bap- plans. D. Butt, architect of ing society. Winton Beaven, total was $1,370.19. As far as tized at Apaeva had been won Lusaka, Zambia, was hired, dean of Kettering College of I know, it was the largest by laymen. and plans were drawn up and Medical Arts, provided a camp offering ever given by As we look back on these approved. In December, conceptual backdrop for the one group in Papua New camp meetings, we sense a 1974, J. Fink, science teacher, conference with an analysis Guinea. growing maturity in the was voted to be head of the of contemporary health-care churches, a developing committee responsible for the needs and expectations. Laymen's Training Bears Fruit strength of local leadership, church building project. Chaplains, physicians, and Domara is a small island and a deepening evidence of Actual work began at the hospital administrators fo- just a few hundred yards off the consecration of God's peo- church site at the beginning cused their attention on the the coast, where 600 people ple in Papua New Guinea and of the new year. Some of the challenge confronting the had gathered for camp. Back their determination to finish staff members and students church in its system of hos- in March, Peter Roenfeldt, the task. are giving many hours of pitals. It was pointed out that district director from Port their time to work at the site, the church's healing ministry Moresby, and Isaac Morimai, hauling sand and gravel, level- provides the only continuing contact that consistently lay activities director of the ZAMBIA ing land, mixing cement, and Central Papuan Mission, had making bricks. With all the reaches all classes of people. held a training class for lay- Ground Is Broken students, 28 teachers and their The seminar, which was co- men. It was a real thrill to see families, and numerous local sponsored by the General some of the first fruits of their for Rusangu Church friends, the church is being Conference Department of labors baptized in the sea. A dream—the dream of a built to seat 1,000 worshipers. Health, established useful Other candidates came from church—is being fulfilled at April 2, 1975, was a signifi- and frank dialog between the two primary schools in Rusangu Secondary School in cant day in the fulfillment of church leaders and institu- the Domara District. Monze, Zambia. With just the dream. Many friends and tional administrators. General Three hours by ocean-going under 650 students Rusangu officials gathered at Rusangu Conference President Rob- canoe, and we came to Apa- is the largest Seventh-day Ad- for the official groundbreak- ert H. Pierson stressed the eva, the village where the peo- ventist boarding secondary ing ceremony. unity that must link the vari- ple of the Abau District had school in the world, and it has HERBERT PENNEY-FLYNN ous activities and missions gathered. As we left the canoe no church. Worship services Public Relations Director of the church. "There must we seemed to be shaking are held in the dining hall. Rusangu Secondary School be no wall between us," he hands all the way up the hill to In 1968 a small amount of said. the church. Although these money was collected for a Marlowe Schaffner, presi- people live beyond the reach church building fund. In 1969 OHIO dent of Kettering Medical of roads, and hence have few several school staff members Center, submitted a state- market outlets for their pro- began raising money by col- Administrators Attend ment of philosophy for Sev- duce, they brought a total of lecting contributions and sell- enth-day Adventist hospitals. $207.83 for the camp mission ing donated used clothing. Hospital Seminar The statement, designed to offering. In 1971 the proposed build- Hospital administrators stimulate the development of We heard the story of a ing site was partially cleared, from the North American similar documents by other group of Dorcas women who and decorative trees were Division met with officers of hospitals, concludes with the visited a nearby plantation to planted by M. Cuthbert, then the General Conference and declaration that an Adventist help the people. They also secretary-treasurer of South personnel from the General hospital "is a place where the visited the Australian man- Zambia Field. The dream was Conference Department of pervasive nature of authentic ager, who gave them $5.00 beginning to be fulfilled. Health at Kettering Medical Christianity is seen and sensed by all who enter its doors. Within its doors the broad spectrum of human needs is perceived, understood, and treated with Christlike patience and cre- ativity. In the truest sense, the Christian hospital is a place of redemption as well as a house of healing." The seminar was closed with an appeal by Willis J. Hackett, General Confer- ence vice-president, who serves as chairman of a coun- cil representing the church's health institutions. He called for renewed efforts to make the church's hospitals more effective in representing the church's world mission. OLIVER JACQUES Public Relations Director Ground was broken April 2 for a church that will seat 1,000 worshipers at Rusangu Secondary School. Kettering Medical Center

18 (702) R&H, JUNE 26, 1975 visual evangelism. Another films of the Pacific Union Audio-Visual Personnel series of TV spots that has Film Rental Library. This been widely accepted on a makes available to Adventist See Possibilities Unlimited public service basis has pro- churches, on a rental basis, moted the Five-Day Plan to the largest collection of de- By J. ORVILLE IVERSEN Stop Smoking. nominationally approved films available from one Duplication Service source. AT THE FOREFRONT of rector. His special concern A key service offered by the Adventism's efforts to utilize will be coordinating evan- AVS offices is tape duplica- For the Future the latest audio-visual tools gelistic, lay minister, and tion, packaging and labeling Video cassettes are the to proclaim the message and teaching aids for schools and of cassettes, cartridges, and stars on the communication mission of the church is the In- churches, through all forms tapes in large quantities. AVS, horizon. With video viewers, ternational Audio-Visual and audio-visual formats. for example, processes the messages can be taped and Service (AVS). Developed in Radio-TV Programs ministers' Tape of the Month played back for cable, closed- 1966 by the General Confer- sermon series. Mass copying circuit, or individualized tele- ence, it is designed to help The preparation of pro- equipment can reproduce five vision viewing. In a few years expand the denomination's grams for radio and TV (ex- 45-minute cassettes in three when a patient, anxious about evangelistic outreach through clusive of those produced by minutes, or 300 90-minute his health, comes to the office the extension of audio-visuals Faith for Today, It Is Written, tapes a day. This is done on a of a Christian physician, a cas- for use by the church. The Voice of Prophecy, and regular basis for the General sette monitor unit in the wait- broad function of AVS is that Breath of Life), has formed a Conference Ministerial Asso- ing room could be made of research, consultation, significant part of AVS's ciation. available for his use with pic- coordination, and production. evangelistic thrust to mass Duplication service for films ture/sound cassettes on sub- In 1972 Audio-Visual Serv- media audiences. Among and slides provided by AVS jects related to his needs. ice moved its offices from these are annual 15-minute is helping the Ministerial Asso- Another teaching aid with Washington, D.C., to Thou- radio specials at Christmas, ciation to make available to a flavor of the seventies is sand Oaks, California, where Easter, and the Fourth of laymen and pastors two new multi-media presentations. it became a component of the July. Tag lines identify each slide programs provided with Soon AVS will be making Adventist Radio, TV, and program as "a community scripts on Biblical archeology available on super slides some Film Center. In this setting service of the Seventh-day and the Holy Land. of the denomination's finest the largest concentration of Adventist Church." These Many have found the cas- pictures, cataloged by topics audio-visual facilities and tapes are produced in cooper- sette system a boon to Scrip- and put into a master kit for sources of talent are most ation with the church's De- ture study. The Sabbath presentation by evangelists. readily available to the church. partment of Communication. school lessons for the quar- The advent of the communi- The latest to be added to the The general public has often ter are available on cassettes cation revolution opens a growing staff is Paul M. been conditioned favorably and may be purchased at the potential for the church to Weichert, formerly of the to receive Ingathering callers, local Adventist Book Centers. reach the minds of the masses periodical department of the through TV and radio spot an- with its unique message. Ways Review and Herald Publishing nouncements describing the Film Services are being opened around the Association, who recently church's world service minis- The Audio-Visual Service is world to communicate through became AVS's associate di- try. Last year such were actively engaged in producing exciting, new, and effective aired on approximately $100,- promotional and educational audio-visual concepts and J. Orville Iversen is Interna- 000 worth of free air time in films for various departments bold developments in films tional Audio-Visual Service North America in a most ef- of the church. One of the most for public and television au- Director. fective program of audio- recent of these is It's a Great diences. The possibilities for Family, produced for the Lay hastening the second coming Activities Department to of Christ are unlimited. instill a revival of one-to-one Bible study. Another film produced for the Department INDONESIA of Health is a documentary on weight control called Me- Kalimantan Reports linda. Mission Advances Film Bank With the aid of a U.S. A centralized bank of film Agency for International De- originals and slides on a vast velopment grant, a live-and- array of subjects that are of learn demonstration village is interest to the church has been being established by the Kali- developed by Audio-Visual mantan Mission in Indonesian Service. Last April the audio- Borneo. visual inventory of the Review Under the direction of and Herald Publishing Asso- Victor Aaen, public health ciation was moved to Thou- worker, young families will sand Oaks. This includes Bible live in the demonstration vil- study filmstrips and topical lage for six months, learning slide series for use by evan- various work trades, princi- ). Orville Iversen, International Audio-Visual Service director, gelists and laymen. The most ples of healthful living, and hands a print of It's a Great Family, a new witnessing film, to recent addition to this store of Bible work. At the end of six V. W. Schoen, of the General Conference Lay Activities Department. audio-visuals is some 400 months they will return to their

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who has been in the Far East only seven months longer than Aaen, serves as minister, Churches Are Dedicated and pilot of the mission plane, a Cessna 185. Both men are 28 years old. Although their work is relatively new, much progress already is seen. With the help of four student missionaries during last Christmas vacation, the first jungle airstrip was opened in Ongko Asa, thus making it possible to reach that village from mission headquarters in only one hour, as compared to four days by land. A radio communication net- work, similar to one in the Sarawak Mission, is being established so the mission The Kalimantan Mission plans to office can be in contact with operate a launch to reach many the village pastors every day. people on the Mahakam River. Funds are being sought for trail bikes for the pastors to speed their transportation home villages as lay health from church to church. They representatives, working with often walk three to four hours the teaching staff of the between churches for Sabbath demonstration village to initi- services. ate better living practices in Mr. Aaen announces that TUBARAO, BRAZIL the jungle villages. future plans call for literature The Tubarao church was inaugurated on November 22, The demonstration village launches to travel the great 1974, as a part of the rebuilding of that city in Santa Catarina is only one of several new Mahakam River highway. projects getting started in the The launches would also be State. The church was partially destroyed by a flood in south- Kalimantan Mission with the used for a medical clinic, a ern Brazil the past year. help of two young missionary health education program, and families. Mr. Aaen, who ar- evangelistic outlets. rived in Indonesia only last JANE ALLEN September, is involved in Editorial Assistant public health work; Bill Tol, Far Eastern Division

CEBU CITY, PHILIPPINES The remodeled church in Cebu City, Philippines, was re- dedicated on January 4. Leading out in the dedication service were L. E. Montana, Central Philippine Union Mission president, who delivered the dedicatory sermon, and Felmo P. Penola, Central Visayan Mission president, who conducted a dedication ceremony for the newly elected church officers. The original Cebu City church, built in 1922, was damaged by the last Pacific war. Shortly after the end of World War II the church was reconstructed through the facilities of the Rehabilitation Fund of the War Damage Commission of the Allied Powers in the Pacific. Today, the Cebu City church has Student missionaries from the Djakarta English Language School in about 675 members, one tenth of whom are workers at the Indonesia helped build the Ongko Asa jungle airstrip, the first one adjacent Miller Sanitarium and Hospital. to be used by the Kalimantan Mission. More are under construction. FELMO P. PENOLA

20 (704) R&H, JUNE 26, 1975 She explained that her fa- able to do more for Cyprus 17-Year-Old Girl ther, who is not a church mem- when A. H. Brandt, Afro- ber, refused to let her buy any Mideast Division lay activi- books or materials to help her ties director; Leon Thomas- Wins Four Prisoners in her work. She speaks to the sian, East Mediterranean By GEORGE W. BROWN prisoners straight from her Field treasurer; and Borge heart, filled with the love of Schantz, East Mediterranean Christ, and that love reaches Field president, visited the SMALL IN SIZE, but with Another of the four was a sin-darkened hearts. island. a large supply of courage, 17- political prisoner to be de- It was found that in spite of year-old Evangelista Martes ported from the country. He the great proportion of refu- went to the guardhouse of too longed to be baptized. As CYPRUS gees to general population, La Fortaleza Prison, in the the weeks passed, he and every camp was well organ- northern part of the Domini- Evangelista prayed fervently Church Gives Gas ized and clean. The aid al- can Republic, and asked to see that the way for his baptism Heaters to Refugees ready given through other the captain of the prison. Even would be opened. Their agencies was well dis- the captain's stern manner prayers were answered when The Seventh-day Adventist tributed. However, inter- did not frighten her. he was released from prison. Church, established on the views with camp leaders and "Why do you want to visit He was baptized on January island of Cyprus since 1912, refugees revealed that in the these prisoners?" he asked 26. along with national and inter- damp cold Mediterranean her. "Don't you realize that Two other prisoners are national relief organizations, winter quite a few tents were they are thieves and hardened ready for baptism as soon as a has come to)the aid of some without heaters. Therefore, it criminals who have respect for way can be found. Evangelista 200,000 Greek Cypriot refu- was decided that the best way no one?" continues her visits and Bible gees living in refugee camps to help would be to buy auto- "But Christ died for them, studies. in the southern part of the matic gas heaters and dis- too," answered Evangelista, As she was being inter- island since last July. tribute them to some families "and it was a thief who was viewed at a recent youth Immediately after hostili- with children in two of the the only one to acknowledge Leadercraft Course held at ties, Dean McDaniel, in camps and also in one unfin- Christ as He was dying on the youth camp in the North Nicosia, gave out 40 beds and ished house where nine fam- the cross." Dominican Mission, she was mattresses to needy people ilies stayed. Reluctantly the captain gave asked what topics she presents and allowed refugee families Altogether, 80 gas heaters permission for Evangelista to to the prisoners. to live on the mission prem- were distributed to the Stay- have Bible studies with the "I talk to them in simple ises. ros Strovolou (Cross) Camp, prisoners. language about the love of With funds from SAWS, the Adoulotoi (Anti-slavery) At first she had to get per- Christ, the home, clean and the Afro-Mideast Division, Camp, and the families in the mission from the captain each healthful living, and tell them the Middle East Union, and unfinished house. The recipi- week when she came, but as stories from the Bible," she the East Mediterranean ents were told that the heater he noted the good effect of her answered. Field, the church was later was their own property, a visits on the prisoners who attended the studies, he said she was free to come any time she wished. The guards asked how such a small person could have the courage to come all alone to such a forbidding place. She told them that she was not alone, but had the protection of heavenly beings. Four men became especially interested in the studies, and soon one had an intense desire to be baptized. Evangelista asked permission to take him to church, accompanied by a guard, to be baptized. But the captain's answer was, "I wouldn't let that man out of here even with a hundred guards. He is a notorious thief and has been in prison many times . " But only a few months later this man was released from his sentence early for good conduct. He was baptized, and today he is a successful literature evangelist.

George W. Brown is Inter- American Division youth director. Borge Schantz, East Mediterranean Field president, gives a gas heater to a refugee in a Cyprus camp.

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gift from Seventh-day Ad- group has presented a very ventists. difficult front to the evangel- Dateline Washington By F. C. WEBSTER Bedtime Stories and Steps istic thrust of the Advent to Christ in the Greek lan- message. Yet God's purpose guage were distributed by the that "they too must come" PREPARATION FOR VIENNA CONFERENCE. During the elder of the Nicosia church, was the deep conviction that spring and early summer, activities at the church's head- Mr. Nicola. prompted Mr. Budhoo to un- quarters have been heavily weighted toward preparing for On Cyprus there are today dertake lay evangelism in the 52d session of the General Conference. The Church only five church members. 1957. Manual Committee has had a heavy schedule of meetings Other members have emi- Since many East Indians appraising suggestions for additions and alterations of the grated to the United States, are interested in health, tem- Church Manual and preparing copy for presentation to the England, and Greece. perance and health programs Church BORGE SCHANTZ are effective ways to reach session. According to church regulations the into their hearts and lives. Manual can only be revised at the time of the General Con- Indian lay workers assisting ference session. During early May materials destined for Vienna, Austria, TRINIDAD him in his crusades have proved of great worth in for use cluing the forthcoming General Conference session Evangelist Works communicating with these accumulated on the shipping dock of ESDA. The supplies With East Indians people, and a thorough knowl- have now been shipped by ocean freight to Trieste, Italy, edge of the Hindu religion and from where they will travel overland to Vienna, so that they In 17 years of evangelism scriptures has given him the will be in readiness when the delegates arrive at the (mostly self-supporting), Ja- necessary cultural and his- cob H. Budhoo, South Carib- torical background to guide Stadthalle in early July to put in motion the 52d session of bean Conference evangelist, them to the truth. Home visi- the General Conference. has been responsible for the tation and regular evening RETIREMENTS. As terms of service of those elected at the baptism of nearly 2,000 per- Bible classes are other secrets 51st session of the General Conference in 1970 draw to a sons, of whom about 70 per of his success. close, several who have spent many summers in the Lord's cent are East Indians. He Mr. Budhoo is the only credits this success to the Holy evangelist for the East Indian vineyard have requested retirement under provisions of the Spirit's leading in the methods people of Trinidad—one church's sustentation fund. One such staff member, in he used. evangelist for half a million filling out his form requesting retirement, suggested that For the past eight decades, people. There is a great need though he was requesting retirement as a minister of the the work of the Seventh-day for consecrated workers of gospel he felt that as long as God provided him with ade- Adventist Church in Trinidad this ethnic group, workers quate physical stamina he should continue sharing with has made no significant im- with academic and spiritual others the wonderful hope of our Lord's return. He sug- pact upon the East Indian sec- qualifications, who are willing gested that an appropriate statement for his personal card tor of the population, which to obtain the needed prepara- would be, "Have Trailer Will Travel—Have Bible Will now comprises approximately tion and devise new methods 51 per cent of the total. for reaching this important Preach." Steeped in the Oriental cul- segment of Trinidad's pop- MRS. PETTIS HONORED. A group of invited guests from ture of India, this large ethnic ulation. the General Conference and the Review and Herald attended the swearing-in reception on Capitol Hill on May 6, 1975, for Representative Shirley Pettis, of the 33d District of California. The Desire of Ages Used Shirley Pettis, wife of the late Representative Jerry Pettis, filed to fill out the term of her husband who was killed in for Bermuda Evangelism an aviation accident last February. Mrs. Pettis won over 12 candidates by a 60 per cent majority in her southern Cali- Copies of The Desire of Ages, by Ellen G. White, were fornia district. Mrs. Pettis, the former Shirley McCumber, is placed in the guest rooms of the Southampton Princess, a the only Seventh-day Adventist in the United States Con- hotel on the island of Bermuda, as an evangelism project gress. sponsored by the youth of that island. Arden C. Mote, pas- YOUTH AND MISSION SERVICE. Mrs. Zella Holbert, of the tor of the Warwick church in Hamilton, reports that a visitor staff of Columbia Union College, and 18 young people from from Pennsylvania read the well-known book while on vaca- that institution attended the Mission Appointees Commit- tion with his wife. "It was particularly memorable and rest- tee late last spring to observe the procedures of the comL ful," he wrote to the young people. He commented on the mittee in assigning mission appointees to overseas posts. All renewing message he found in The Desire of Ages and regular mission appointees, student missionaries, retired asked to buy a copy of the book. workers in overseas service, and special appointees are "Incidentally," he questioned, "is there a biography avail- processed through this important committee, which meets able of its author, Ellen G. White, who produced such a weekly to provide personnel for the expanding church great labor of love and who obviously has received herself a program. touch of divinity?" This recognition of the author's inspiration doubtless re- YOUTH ADVISORY MEETS. The North American Youth Ad- flects the feelings of many others who never write but visory was held in Washington, April 9-13. This brought to- whose hearts are inclining toward the Saviour as the result gether North America's union conference youth leaders and of this helpful kind of hotel evangelism. others who are specifically interested in developing and D. A. DELAFIELD carrying forward the church's endeavors in behalf of its Associate Secretary, Ellen G. White Estate youth.

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lar languages. A new organi- baptized in Saint Walburg, rolled 2,206 persons in Bible Trans-Africa zation is to be set up to care Saskatchewan, as a result of a correspondence courses, for the evangelistic awaken- series of 24 meetings by Bob gave 851 Bible studies, and • Fifty Africans attended a ing, and departmental men in Hossack, conference evangel- were instrumental in the recent one-week Pathfinder the Trans-Africa Division ist. Regular Sabbath services baptism of 19 persons. craft school in Bulawayo, have been asked to work with are being held there now, with • Blackstrap Chalet, a year- Rhodesia. Those in attend- their union counterparts in the attendance at times exceed- round center at the Manitoba- ance included pastors, Path- Kasai. New buildings are to ing 40. Saskatchewan Conference finder leaders, and laymen be erected, and the present • Henry Bartsch, pastor of campsite, is under construc- interested in junior-youth ministerial and lay preachers' the Yellowknife church, and tion. Located on 73 acres of leadership. A Pathfinder staff course is to be strengthened. his wife have established a land on Blackstrap Lake, one training course was conducted small retail outlet for unrefined and a half miles from Black- in conjunction with the craft cereal grains and meat substi- strap Mountain, this chalet school. North American tutes in this capital city of the will have 60 motel-type rooms, • Robert H. Pierson, Gen- Northwest Territories. dining facilities for 330 peo- eral Conference president, Canadian Union ple, a gymnasium-auditorium and M. E. Kemmerer, General • Sabbath school offerings to seat 400, a swimming pool, a Conference treasurer, visited • Where formerly there were for the Canadian Union Con- whirlpool, and a sauna. The Zaire in April to re-evaluate only three Adventists, a new ference from January through project is expected to cost what has become known as company has been formed in April of 1975 show an increase $535,000, of which $135,000 the Kasai project. Plans for- Nelson, British Columbia, of $28,070 over the same is being allocated by govern- mulated at a special committee where 17 persons were bap- period of 1974, or a per capita ment Winter Works. Projected include the publishing of a tized as a result of a branch increase of .044. date of completion is May, monthly evangelistic paper Sabbath school and evangel- • During the first four months 1976. istic meetings. and the production of books of 1975, literature evangelists • Fifty-seven persons have and pamphlets in the vernacu- • Seventeen persons were of the Canadian Union en- joined the church as a result of an evangelistic crusade in Edmonton, Alberta, by Lawton Lowe, Canadian Union Conference evangelist, assisted by Elmer Koronko.

Lake Union • On April 12, Wisconsin members gathered to witness the burning of the $200,000 mortgage of the Milwaukee church school. Members of the Waukesha, Milwaukee Central, and Milwaukee Northwest churches began building the half-million-dollar school in 1969. Since then the three churches have each retired a proportional share of the debt. • An invaluable collection of photographs and letters concerning Adventist person- alities and pioneers has been presented to the Battle Creek Tabernacle by Mrs. Mary Nicola Hauck, of California, daughter of its collector, the late Leroy T. Nicola. • By working closely together, Hinsdale Sanitarium PASTORS ARE ORDAINED IN PAKISTAN and Hospital and the Hinsdale An ordination service was held in con- L. B. Reynolds, General Conference asso- Adventist church in Illinois nection with the spring camp meeting at ciate Sabbath school director. After the have proved that the merging Chuharkana Mandi on the Pakistan Advent- ordination prayer by George P. Babcock, of the health message with ist Seminary campus on March 29. The Pakistan Adventist Seminary president, the the church's other doctrines newly ordained ministers with their wives charge was given by W. F. Storz, Southern can produce a powerful appeal are, from left, Lal Din, lqbal Zahid, and Asia Division Sabbath school director. The to the public. The Full-Life Afzal G. Dass. All are area leaders and have newly ordained men were welcomed to the Seminar was a ten-week proj- been engaged in pastoral work in districts gospel ministry by A. M. Akbar, Pakistan ect involving 21 public meet- in the Punjab. Union president. GEORGE C. JOHNSON ings. Attendance ranged from The ordination sermon was delivered by Secretary, Pakistan Union 200 to 525. Follow-up study

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groups and classes will be Sabbath at the Hoodview Myrna Fisher, of Bristow, continuing now that the sem- church near Portland, Oregon, Southern Union Oklahoma, who had been inar is over. was Senator Mark Hatfield. working as a student nurse The senator spoke on the topic • The Kingstree, South Caro- for the past year at the Saigon • A new company of Advent- "The Christian Home and Its lina, congregation, number- Adventist Hospital. ists, the Detroit Korean coming about ten, has distributed pany, has been formed under Influence in the Community." • Alumni returned to "Christian families," he said, 50,492 pieces of literature the guidance of the Detroit during a 12-month period. Sandia View Academy, near Metropolitan church. Leader "need to be contagious units, Albuquerque, New Mexico, moving out beyond the family Bible course enrollments of the Korean group is Gook- total 352. A copy of Those over the weekend of May 3 hee Lee, of Ann Arbor, Mich- home into the community and to attend special services and into the nation, sharing, lov- That Mourn is sent to mem- igan. bers of the community who to see campus improvements. ing, and ministering to the are bereaved. Herbert Weise, Ross Lauterbach, Adventist • A new church is under needs of all people." Book Center manager in the construction in Glenwood, pastor, has a weekly radio • The Walla Walla College program, and the Voice of Arizona Conference, was Michigan, which, when com- guest speaker. pleted, will seat 275 persons. senior class this year totals Prophecy and His Way radio 363 members, 277 of whom programs both are broadcast • At a union meeting of the graduated in June. The others locally. Andrews University Bloomingdale and Gobles, will graduate during August Michigan, churches in Feb- commencement exercises. • Southern Missionary Col- • Nine alumni of Andrews ruary it was voted to unite the lege awarded 328 degrees, University were honored at two congregations. Tempo- • After 31 years of teaching, diplomas, or certificates on Homecoming, May 4: Hall of rarily, all services will be held Mr. and Mrs. Al Bringle, May 4. The department with Fame—Jairo T. Araujo, Bible at Gobles Junior Academy. though retired, continue at the largest number of grad- teacher, Brazil College, Sao Funds are being gathered to their work on a volunteer uates was the nursing depart- Paulo, Brazil; C. D. Henri, build a new church on the 25- basis. They fill important ment, with 138. General Conference vice- acre plot owned in connection functions at Emerald Junior • Ground was broken April president; Siegfried H. Horn, with the school building. Academy in the Oregon 20 for the new Dyersburg, dean of the SDA Theological Conference. Tennessee, church. The 132- Seminary; Myrl 0. Manley, • The baptism of 20 persons seat facility is expected to be president of Union College, Sabbath afternoon, April 12, Lincoln, Nebraska. Northern Union completed in late September, was the climax of the recent at a cost of $118,000. Alumna and Alumnus of the five-week Focus on Life meet- Year—Arlene I. Friestad, ings held in the new Madison, • The Hurdsfield, North • The State senator for the dean of women, Andrews Uni- Wisconsin, church. Dakota, church has been re- area and the mayor of the city versity; Lenard D. Jaecks, organized and reactivated as were present for open house senior pastor, Takoma Park, a result of a series of evangel- ceremonies, May 4, for the North Pacific Union Maryland, church. istic meetings conducted in new McMinnville, Tennessee, Honor Citations—Alfreda junior academy building. The • A strong program of public that small town by Lyndon Costerisan, teacher, Little DeWitt, conference evangel- $65,000 structure is located Creek School, Knoxville, evangelism in the Washington on a five-acre site. Conference has resulted in 732 ist. A total of 37, 22 of whom Tennessee; Dyre Dyresen, di- baptisms in less than one year. were added to the church by • The Durham, North Caro- rector of admissions and rec- baptism, were organized un- lina, congregation occupied ords, Andrews University; • It isn't often that an entire der the leadership of the dis- its new church building April Warren E. Hartman, vice- congregation says farewell trict pastor, David Schwartz. 5. The 8,400-square-foot fa- president of scientific affairs to its church. But when a cility will seat 275 in the main for Worthington Food's Di- church is torn down, as hap- • Literature evangelists banded together recently for auditorium. vision of Miles Laboratories, pened to the Adventist church Worthington, Ohio. in Sweet Home, Oregon, one of the best Big Weeks there comes a day when the they have had in a long time. Southwestern Union • Twenty-eight student mis- congregation has to move. Sales totaled $32,000. R. G. sionaries will leave Andrews The Sweet Home congrega- Thomas, union publishing di- • The mobile medical- University at the close of the tion marked its final occu- rector, led the way with more dental van of the South- spring term for 15 different pancy by holding a series of than $3,000 for the week. western Union Conference countries. Graduates under evangelistic meetings that • Thirty-four persons have served 37,134 people during General Conference appoint- resulted in more than a dozen been baptized as a result of 1974, with 15 different health ment to foreign countries num- decisions for Christ. the Dale Brusett-Steve Joan- services. The largest share ber 11, and graduates return- nou evangelistic campaign in of activity involved dental ing to former bases of service • A Loma Linda University care. number 20. All three groups medical team, in cooperation Bismarck, North Dakota. • An estimated 300 persons participated in the traditional with the Ashland, Oregon, • The Wayne Coulter-Eddie lamplighter service held Fri- church, recently conducted attended the annual family Knight evangelistic team campout held April 28 to 30 day evening, May 2, during various studies and clinics closed a campaign in Brainerd, Homecoming Weekend. in the Ashland area. in Oklahoma. Special guest for Minnesota, with 22 being the weekend was U. D. Regis- • In the recent Insight short • J. D. Bolejack, pastor of added to the church by bap- ter, chairman of the School story contests closing March the Milton-Freewater district tism. of Nutrition at Loma Linda 15, an AU student took top in the Upper Columbia Con- • Tom Whitsett, pastor of University, who spoke on diet honors. Rita Waterman, a ference, has been named to the Sioux Falls, South Da- and health, showing the close freshman, won the grand prize head a newly created ministry kota, district, has organized relationship between salva- of $500 for her story entitled of lay evangelism for the Spo- the church to establish an tion and diet. Another special "Corey." The third prize of kane area. inner-city Community Serv- feature of the campout was $200 went to another Andrews • Guest preacher on a recent ices center in Sioux Falls. the mission report given by student, Debbie Burlingame.

24 (708) R&H, JUNE 26, 1975 nice to know he's playing Christian games? And we have more for him at the Review and Herald . Order now from your Adventist Book Center. Bulletin Board

ADVENTIST VOLUNTEER College of Medical Evangelists. From Health Personnel SERVICE CORPS, SUSTENTA- 1919 to 1936 he was medical director of Paradise Valley Sanitarium Review Needs TION OVERSEAS SERVICE, and Hospital. From 1936 to 1950 he RELIEF/SPECIAL SERVICE was medical director and chief of -.4• =Ilk_ .41% surgery at Loma Linda Sanitarium NORTH AMERICA Bruce W. Branson (LLU '49) "Z--- 1MM and Hospital. In 1915 he married (R/SS), to serve as relief physi- Wilma E. Proctor, who died in 1964. Cert. serv. tech. Nurses, LPN %VI cian/surgeon, Saigon Adventist In 1970 he married Helen Hall, who Cooks Nurses, med.-surg. survives. Other survivors are his Advent Review & Sabbath Herald Dietary, gen. Nurses, OR Hospital, Vietnam, of Loma stepchildren, Mr. and Mrs. Donald 125th Year of Continuous Publication Dietitians Nurse, psych. Linda, California, left Los An- Hall, and Dr. and Mrs. Lamont Casey; Echophono tech. Nurses, staff grandchildren; and great-grandchil- EDITOR geles, April 9, 1975. Food-prod. superv.Nurses, superv. dren.d Kenneth H. Wood Inhal. thers. Nurs.-serv., Giglia Anne Parker (LLU) ASSOCIATE EDITORS Lab. tech. asst. dir. (R/SS), medical student elective Helen Gaede Newman- Herbert E. Douglass, Don F. Neufeld Med. technols. Occup. thers. time service at Bangkok Advent- b. Feb. 24, 1890, Hillsboro, Kans.; d. ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY Nurse's aides Orderlies March 10, 1975, Loma Linda, Calif. Corinne Russ Nurses, CCU PBX opers. ist Hospital, Thailand, of Loma She assisted her husband, Elder Nurses, head Phys. thers. Linda, California, left Los An- R. R. Newman, in educational and EDITORIAL ASSISTANT conference work, serving as teacher, Jocelyn Fay Nurses, asst. head Secretary geles, April 13, 1975. Nurses, ICU Stationary engrs. nurse, and choir director. Survivors EDITORIAL SECRETARIES James Delbert Simpson, Jr. include her husband, Dr. E. C. Eh- Aileen Andres, Pat Hill, Idamae Melendy Write or call Health Personnel Place- (LLU '70) (R/SS), to serve as re- lers; daughter, Lolita Thompson; two ART ment Service, General Conference of lief physician/surgeon, Saigon grandchildren; a brother; and two DIRECTOR, Elfred Lee SDA, 6840 Eastern Avenue NW., Adventist Hospital, Vietnam, of sisters. DESIGNER, G. W. Busch Washington, D.C. 20012. Telephone: Running Springs, California, left MINNER, Olive White-b. Nov. 12, CONSULTING EDITORS (202) 723-0800, Ext. 349. 1894, Geneva, Kans.; d. April 10, Robert H. Pierson, W. R. Beach, Los Angeles, April 9, 1975. 1975, Loma Linda, Calif. In 1917 W. Duncan Eva, W. J. Hackett, C. D. Because of immigration requirements, this she Henri. M. S. Nigri, Neal C. Wilson notice applies only to permanent residents of NATIONALS RETURNING married Lorenzo D. Minner, and they the United States and Canada. went that year to Peru as mission- SPECIAL CONTRIBUTORS Julio C. Martinez, to serve as aries. They also served in Bolivia, C. 0. Franz, K. H. Emmerson. R. R. Chile, Costa Rica, and Panama. She Figuhr, Frederick Lee, R. R. Frame, P. H. pastor/evangelist, North Domini- Eldridge, B. L. Archbold, Alf Lohne, E. W. can Mission, Santiago, Republica was a nurse. Survivors include her Pedersen, R. A. Wilcox, R. S. Lowry, three children, Lorenzo, Jr., Daisy M. L. Mills, C. L. Powers To New Posts Dominicana; Gloria (Mercado) Duffle, and Esther Berthelsen. Martinez and child, left United EDITORS, SPANISH EDITIONS Worker transfers within union conferences LESSARD, Dorita Thomann-b. NORTH AMERICA, Fernando Chaij are not listed here. Such transfers, when States, March 19, 1975. Valparaiso, Chile; d. April 27, 1975, SOUTH AMERICA, Gaston Clouzet brought to our attention, may be found in in an automobile accident in Kenya. INTER-AMERICA, June Taylor News Notes. She was head of teacher training at CORRESPONDENTS, WORLD DIVISIONS Kamagambo Secondary and Teach- AFRO-MIDEAST, R. W. Taylor; AUS- Ray Cornforth, Bible teacher, ers' Training College, Kenya. She TRALASIAN, Robert H. Parr, M. G. Georgia-Cumberland Academy, Deaths served the church for more than 40 Townend; EURO-AFRICA, E. E. White, E. Koehler; FAR EASTERN, D. A. Roth, from same position, Campion years. Survivors are her stepmother, Jane Allen; INTER-AMERICAN, L. Marcel Academy, Loveland, Colorado. ANDERSON, Lawrence R.-b. Rose Thomann; sons, Donald and Abel; NORTHERN EUROPE-WEST Sept. 20, 1879, Jutland, Denmark; d. George; and brothers, Arthur and AFRICA, Paul Sundquist; SOUTH Gary Davis, teacher, Southern April 17, 1975, Riverside, Calif. He Donald Thomann. AMERICAN, H. J. Peverini; SOUTHERN California Conference, from ASIA, A. J. Johanson; TRANS-AFRICA, graduated from Union College in TEFFT, Mattie Bell-b. Sept. 9, Desmond B. Hills same position, Missouri Confer- 1904, and that year he became a 1885, Wakefield, R. I.; d. Jan. 25, church school teacher. He served in 1975, Loma Linda, Calif. She gradu- CORRESPONDENTS, NORTH AMERICA ence. educational and ministerial fields in UNIONS: ATLANTIC, Emma Kirk; Richard L. McDowell, staff, ated from South Lancaster Academy CANADIAN, Theda Kuester; CENTRAL, Nebraska, Wyoming, Ohio, Western in 1907 and later from the Rhode Clara Anderson; COLUMBIA, Charles R. New England Memorial Hospital, Canada, Minnesota, and California. Island State Normal School. She Beeler; LAKE, Gordon Engen; NORTH Stoneham, Massachusetts, from In 1912 he married Olive Pangborn. taught for 20 years in the Atlantic PACIFIC, Cecil Coffey; NORTHERN, Chico, California. He earned his Master's degree at the Union Conference and for one year L. H. Netteburg; PACIFIC, Shirley Burton; University of Nebraska and was or- at Southern Missionary College. Her SOUTHERN, Oscar L. Heinrich; SOUTH- Robert Wasmer, teacher, Mile dained in 1919. Survivors include his WESTERN, J. N. Morgan; brother, Arthur Tefft, survives. UNIVERSITIES: ANDREWS, Opal Young; High Academy, Denver, Colo- wife; two children, Pauline Merkler LOMA LINDA, Richard Weismeyer and Gordon; six grandchildren; and rado, from same position, Bass a brother, Henry. Memorial Academy, Lumberton, BAIR, Bina-b. Dec. 5, 1895, Penn- Coming CIRCULATION Mississippi. sylvania; d. Forest City, Fla., March MANAGER, Edmund M. Peterson Harvey A. Yawn, literature 31, 1975. She served for 28 years at FIELD REPRESENTATIVE, Joel Hass evangelist, Colorado Conference, Florida Hospital. A stepsister, Elma June Rohr, survives. 28 Thirteenth Sabbath Offering SUBSCRIPTIONS from same position, Arkansas- (Euro-Africa Division) United States, $12.95. For each subscrip- BALKINS, Florence Ann Riechel- tion ordered in the United States to go to Louisiana Conference. July other countries, add $2.50 postage. Address b. Jan. 30, 1898, Red Lake Falls, Minn.; d. March 14, 1975, Palm 5 Church Lay Activities Offering all correspondence concerning subscrip- FROM HOME BASE 12 Adventure in Faith Offering tions to the Manager, Periodical Depart- Springs, Calif. She graduated from ment, Review and Herald Publishing TO FRONT LINE Union College in 1920 and taught August Association, 6856 Eastern Avenue NW., one year in Oshawa, Canada. Then 2 Dark County Evangelism Washington, D.C. 20012, U.S.A. Lloyd Hubert Logan (AU '71), she took nurse's training at the 2 Church Lay Activities Offering to serve as LA/SS/MV Secretary, White Memorial Hospital and at the 9 Oakwood College Offering Monthly editions in English and Spanish 30 Christian Record Braille Founda- and a quarterly edition in Braille are avail- Bolivia Mission, La Paz, Bo- Florida Sanitarium and Hospital. In tion Offering able. For information write to the 1922 she married Dr. Almon James livia; Lorinda Lee (Summers) September Manager, Periodical Department. Balkins. She and her husband served Logan (CUC '68), and two chil- in medical missionary work in Ken- 6 Lay Preachers' Day dren, of Wooster, Ohio, left tucky, Florida, Washington, D.C., 6 Church Lay Activities Offering 13 Missions Extension Offering TO CONTRIBUTORS Washington, D.C., April 17, and California. Survivors include her 13 to Review and Herald Periodicals Send news stories and pictures, articles. 1975. husband; son, Almon James, Jr.; Oct. II Campaign and letters to the editor. Unsolicited three grandchildren; two brothers, 20 Bible Emphasis Day manuscripts are welcome, but will be ac- Charles Gregory Reaves (SMC Lowell and Lislia; and three sisters, 27 JMV Pathfinders cepted without remuneration and will be Ruth Nicola, Alice Sheldon, and 27 Thirteenth Sabbath Offering returned only if accompanied by a stamped, '74), to serve as studio techni- Gladys Tucker. (Inter-American Division) self-addressed envelope. cian, Brazil Voice of Prophecy, October BUTTERFIELD, Alton DeForest-b. Review Rio de Janeiro; Mabel Fay (Loig- An index is published in the last Sept. 21, 1887, Valley City, N. Dak.; 4-11 Health Emphasis Week of June and December. The Review is non) Reaves (SMC), of Ooltewah, 4 Church Lay Activities Offering indexed also in the Seventh-day Adventist d. March 20, 1975, Colton, Calif. In 11 Voice of Prophecy Offering Periodical Index. Tennessee, left Miami, Florida, 1913 he graduated from Union Col- 18 Sabbath School Community Guest April 17, 1975. lege, and in 1917 graduated from the Day

26 (710) R&H, JUNE 26, 1975 Index-January to June,1975

This index includes general articles, short feature articles, What Is the "Gospel of the Kingdom"? (E). Feb 6: 15 Nielsen, Joree M. Widow of Zarephath. Jan 9: 6 editorials, and the various columns; abbreviations for which Edwards, Josephine Cunnington. God Sits Enthroned. Nigri, M. S. How Far and How Near? Feb 20: 8 appear below. News reports and children's stories are not Apr 3: 6 Olney, Stephen B. Secret of Success in Soul Winning. included. The index has four sections: Authors, Titles, Sub- Edwards, Ottis C. "Love, God's Healing Agent for Sin." Jun 12: 6 jects, and Poetry. Jun 19: 10 Oswald, Helen K. Home at Last. May 1: 6 In general in the first issue of each month appear—Espe- Esteb, Adlai Albert. Highways to Heaven. Mar 27: 9 Pascoe, W. L. General Conference Transportation Office. cially for Women; in the second issue—Heart to Heart, Seeing Heart. Feb 20: 14 Jan 16: 9 Dateline Washington, Especially for Men, Let's Talk About Your Influence. Feb 6: 10 Peckham, Mary Lou. Faith—in Difficult Times. Jun 19: 6 Health, and Young Adult; in the third issue—Homemakers' Eva, W. Duncan. Christianity and Human Dignity. Jun Peterson, Duane R. Delusion. Jun 19: 10 Exchange. 19: 4 Pettibone, Dennis. Messenger Party. Jan 23: 8 Farag, Wadie. Far-reaching Influence of the First Three Pierson, Dollis M. From Magdala to Minneapolis to Madras. List of Abbreviations Years (FL). Jan 9: 11 Jun 26: 8 Florez, Luis. Remembering a First in Colombia. Jan 16: 13 Pierson, Robert H. Any Signs of Renewal? (HE). Mar E Editorial Ford, Desmond. His Glory Is Love. Jan 16: 6 EM Especially for Men 13: 2 Frazee, W. D. "Then Shall the Sanctuary Be Cleansed." Are You a Twelve O'clock Fidgeter? (HE). Feb 13: 2 EW Especially for Women Mar 6: 4 Family Living Call to Adventure. Jan 16: 8 FL George, Phyllis. Personality (FL). Jan 23: 12 Follow On to Know the Lord. Jan 30: 4 GE Guest Editorial Gordon, Paul A. Counsel on Early School Attendance. Apr H Let's Talk About Health God's Call for Separation. Mar 20: 6 24: 6 Have You Counted Your Blessings Lately? (MM). Jun HH Heart to Heart Graybill, Ron. Foot Washing Becomes an Established Prac- RC Report to the Church 12: 2 tice. May 29: 6 Jesus Saves His People From Their Sins. May 15: 4 RR Response From Readers Foot Washing in Early Adventism. May 22: 4 SO Speaking Out Let's Study God's Word (HH). Apr 10: 2 Hackett. W. J. Church's Terrible Ordeal. Jan 23: 4 Messages From Jesus (HH). May 8: 4 WY When You're Young God Made Mind. May 29: 5 YA Young Adult Schools, Churches, Souls, and You (HH). Jan 9: 2 Hafner, Margaret S. It Is Possible to Change (FL). Jun Randolph, Lois Christian. Refined Stealing (FL). Jun 12: 10 5: 16 Ratzlaff, Ruby. Lord Is My Teacher (FL). Mar 13: 10 Taught to Do Evil (FL). May 22: 14 Read, W. E. After This the Judgment. Apr 17: 4 Halversen, Warren. When Everything Else Fails—Read the Robinson, Jo Mae. That Precious "Remember." Jan 9: 1 Authors Directions. Mar 20: 12 Rouhe, Olavi. Jesus Christ—My Lord and My God. May Hamm, Minon A. Career Assurance—a Systems Approach 15: 1 Allen, Erma Bowes. Busy Here and There (FL). Feb 13: 12 (YA). Jan 9: 13 Running, Leona Glidden. She Saved a Nation. Mar 13: 6 Allen, Jane. Bible Converts Warlike Filipino Tribe. Jun Handysides, D. J. Involvement. May 29: 8 Saunders, J. L. Harmony, How? Jun 26: 7 5: 18 Hannum, James C. SDA Broadcasting. Jan 2: 8 Saunders, Patricia. How I Found Freedom From Fear (FL). Bacchiocchi, Samuele. My Witness in a Jesuit University. Hansen, Virginia. Begone With Worry. Apr 10: 13 Jan 30: 13 Feb 20: 4 Hardinge, Leslie. Needle Hidden in a Haystack. May 8: 21 Schoen, V. W. Should the Left Hand Know? Feb 27: 11 Sabbath Rest as Peace and Tranquillity. Apr 3: 9 Hardinge, Miriam. Dorcas—of the Skillful Fingers. Jun Scragg, Walter R. L. Any Good Vibes Lately? (EM). Mar Sabbath Rest: Its Meaning for the Christian Today. Mar 5: 6 13: 11 27: 4 Hastings, Robert J. Better Off. Jun 12: 13 Bright Red Apple and the Mocking Demon (EM). May Baer, Thais K. God Gave Me a Personal Sabbath (FL). Goose Chase. May 29: 7 8: 19 Jun 26: 15 Green Bough. Jun 26: 5 490 Club (EM). Jan 9: 12 Baldwin, John T. Because Everyone Shouted. Mar 27: 14 Smashed Fingers. Apr 3: 12 Of Beards and Rings (EM). Feb 13: 12 Bates, Floyd E. I Love a Parade. Jun 5: 12 Henriksen, J. D. Christ and Rehabilitation. Mar 6: 7 Old-Hat Mathematician (EM). Apr 10: 16 Battistone, Joseph J. Religion in the Home (FL). Feb 27: 14 Hetzell, M. Carol. Mary, Mother of Christ. Apr 17: 11 Rhymes and Reality (EM). Jun 12: 11 Beach, Walter Raymond. In Defense of Stable Motion. Holbrook, Betty. Aloneness (EW). Apr 3: 15 Smith, Glenn E. Apostle's Rule for Giving. Jun 5: 4 Ian 16: 4 Freedom From Guilt (EW). Jun 5: 17 Spangler, J. R. Laodicean Church. Jan 2: 11 Beckett, June Allen. "Line's Bizzy!" (FL). Feb 6: 17 Looking . . ? (EW). Jan 2: 18 Stafford, Mary Virginia. Dark Is Nice and Soft (FL). Jan Betz, Charles H. Hold Fast That Thou Hast. May 8: 13 More Is Better (EW). Mar 6: 18 2: 17 Systematic Benevolence in Historical Context. May I: 8 Reality of an Unreal World (EW). Feb 6: 18 Stoia, Rose. Food Fads Fool. Mar 6: 13 Dietz, R. R. Preserving the SDA Home. Feb 6: 12 That's Mother (EW). May 1: 17 Strong, June. New Kind of Women's Lib (FL). Apr 10: 15 Bork, Paul F. From Baghdad to Haran. Feb 20: II Iversen, Jerre K. Christianity Bridges Gap Between Cali- Testerman, John K. Raising the Fellowship Quotient. Jun From Haran to Canaan and Egypt. Feb 27: 8 fornia Towns. Jan 16: 18 26: 6 From Ur to Baghdad. Feb 13: 6 Jabbour, Antoine, Is Christian Education Overpriced? Yes Thomsen, Russel J. Feast Forever. Jun 26: 4 In the Promised Land. Mar 6: 11 (RR). May 8: 15 Thuesen, Einar. When an Angel Stopped Runaway Horses. Ur of the Chaldees. Feb 6: 4 Jewett, Richard. Sermon for All Ears. Mar 20: 4 Jan 30: 14 Bradford, C. E. Victory Can Be Ours. Apr 17: 1 Johns, Varner J. Message of Malachi. May 29: 9 Torkelson, Laura. Vital Ingredient of Success (FL). Mar Bradley, W. P. 71-Year-Old School Board Minutes (GE). Postexilic Prophets Speak to the Remnant. May 15: 6 27: 12 Apr 24: 2 Robe of Righteousness. May 22: 8 Ts'ao, James K. "When Thou Art Converted." Jan 2: 4 Burrell, Natelkka E. God's Greatest Philanthropist. May Johnsson, W. G. Prodigal Brothers. Feb 20: 1 Turner, Catherine. Open Letter of Thanks. May 29: 1 1: 4 Jorgensen, Alfred S. What I Understand by Righteousness Turner, W. G. What Shall I Do With Jesus? Jun 5: 8 Campbell, Alma L. Sodom and Tomorrow (FL). Mar 6: 17 by Faith. Jan 23: 7 Tyson, Robert A. Character Sunshine on Wildwood's Campbell, Paul Omar. Child of the Rod (FL). Feb 13: 11 Kohler, Clarence N. Think Right to Feel Right. Apr 24: 14 Mountains. Feb 6: 19 Cassingham, Terry. Worship-Response to Divine Initiative. Water, One of Heaven's Best Gifts. Jan 16: 1I Utt, Richard H. No Room at Rushmore. May 8: 5 Apr 3: 4 Kory, Walter. Musing on Metamorphosis. Jan 23: 6 Waddell, Ralph F. Allergy (H). Apr 10: 7 Chaij, Fernando. Essence of Conversion (E). Feb 20: 13 Krum, Nathaniel. King's Sudden Conviction. Jan 23: 10 Anxiety Getting You Down? (H). Mar 20: 9 Master Key of Salvation (E). Apr 3: 12 Kuzma, Kay J. Church and Child Care. May 1: 12 Dietary Fiber (H). Jun 19: 7 Our Worst Enemy (E). May 15: 13 Family Child Care. May 15: 8 Kidney Stones (H). May 8: 9 Reformation and Legalism (E). Jun 5: 14 If I Can Do It, You Can. May 22: 10 Therapy Pitfalls (H). Jan 9: 8 Chilson, Adriel 13. I'm No Sissy. Feb 6: 16 Loma Linda Children's Center. May 8: 10 Work Therapy (H). Feb 13: 8 Clouzet, Gaston. Dawn of True Liberty (E). Mar 20: 14 Lee, Helen M. Make Angels Happy This New Year. Jan Wade, Loron T. "Faultless Before the Presence of His How to Attain Revival and Reformation (E). Feb 13: 10 2: 14 Glory." Mar 6: 9 Let Us Always Uplift Jesus (E). Apr 10: 14 Lee, Rosalie Haffner. Is Christian Education Overpriced? Getting Ready for Heaven. Feb 13: 4 Praise the Lord! (E). May 8: 17 No. (RR). May 8: 15 His Name's Honor and Glory. May 22: 6 Tempted Like As We Are. Jun 19: 11 Liebelt, B. J. Taking God at His Word. Mar 6: 10 Is Perfection Possible? Feb 20: 6 Coffin, Harold G. Evidence From Ancient Man. Apr 24: 4 Lloyd, Ernest. Ten Commandments. Mar 27: 8 Wagoner, Omer L. Easy Road to Better Health. Jan 9: 4 Fossil Record Attests Creation. Apr 17: 8 Your 1975 Serendipity. Jun 5: 11 Wahlman, Judy. Treasure Each Visitor (SO), Jan 16: 15 Invertebrates. May I: 10 Locke, Margaret. I Kissed Her. Jan 2: 12 Wallenkampf, A. V. He Lives! Mar 27: 1 Mystery of Life. Apr 10: 4 Lowe, Lawton G. Hard to Believe! Feb 6: 10 Weaver, Ralph. Forsaken? May 22: 15 Natural Selection Re-examined. May 8: 7 Lund, Helen L. Plateau of Self-respect. Mar 20: 10 Welklin, Art. We Need Daniels Today. Apr 10: 18 Coffman, Carl. God's Law Is More Than a Code. Mar 13: 4 Manzano, 13. R. Facing 1975 With Confidence. Jan 2: 7 Wensell, Niels. Christian Education Begins at Home (FL). Collins, James A. Fugitive Witness. Jun 19: 8 Marsh, 011ie A. How We Adjusted to Retirement (FL). May 1: 16 Comm, Dorothy Minchin. On Refreshment. Jun 26: 12 Apr 3: 14 Wescott, Sue. Practice Economy in Your Home (FL). Apr Cooper, Rhona M. Ready for the Burden. Feb 27: 4 Mathews, George M. "Behold, What Manner of Love." 24: 19 Cunningham, Louis F. Time Will Come. Feb 6: 6 Jun 12: 4 Westphal, Barbara. That Broken Stone—a Footnote to His- Dakar, Sidney. Outward Splendor Without Internal Purity. McCall, Clark B. Hospital—a Modern Parable. May 29: 11 tory. May 22: 13 Feb. 27: 6 Is Your Faith Your Own? (YA). Mar 13: 13 Westphal, Wilma Ross. Mother and the Amber Salt Jar Damazo, J. S. To Know God's Will. Jan 30: 11 McCully, W. S. Discipline of Trials. Feb 6: 8 (FL). May 8: 18 Delafield, D. A. Black and the White Dolls. Mar 13: 8 McMillan, J. A. Is the Sanctuary Truth Relevant Today? Wheeler, Gerald. How to Enjoy Heaven (YA). Apr 10: 17 Donaldson, Dick. How to Avoid the Sabbath Trap (YA). Jun 5: 10 White, Ellen G. Letter to Frank (YA). May 8: 20 Feb 13: 13 Merrell, Jesse H. No Chance Now. Jun 12: 8 Righteousness by Faith. Jan 30: 1 Douglass, Herbert E. Church Is God's Idea, Not Man's (E). Minesinger, Janet. "Next Year" (FL). May 29: 14 Wilson, Neal C. Adventure in Faith. Apr 10112 May 29: 12 Montgomery, Sharon. Alone! (YA). Jun 12: 12 Encouraging Membership Gain. May 8: 14 Faith Condemns Sin in the Flesh (E). Apr 3: 13 Neufeld, Don F. Age of the Holy Spirit (E). Jan 9: 9; Jan Wood, Kenneth H. Angel Ministry (E). Jun 26: 2 Faith Is More Than Belief (E). Mar 6: 15 23: 11 Avoid "Linguistic Sexisms" (E). Jan 30: 2 Faith, the Key to the "last Generation" (E). Apr 17: 13 Bible Questions Answered. Jan 2: 6; Feb 6: 7; Mar 6: 6; Building Faith in a Faithless World. Apr 10: 9 Faith—the Opposite of Rebellion (E). Mar 20: 13 Apr 3: 7; May 1: 7; Jun 5: 7 Christ Alone Satisfies (E). Feb 27: 2 Hope Makes the Difference (E). May I: 15 Blowing the Trumpets in '75 (E). Jan 2: 15 Counterfeits (E). Feb 6: 2 How the Church Becomes Convincing (E). May 15: 12 Faith That Prevails (E). Apr 10: 14 "Courage in the Lord"! (E). Mar 6: 2 How to Cut Health Care by 40 Per Cent (E). Jan 16: 16 General Conference Session in Europe (E). Jun 26: 14 Essence of Christlikeness (E). Jan 16: 2 Human Relations in 1975 (E). Jan 2: 16 Jesus on Perfection (E). Feb 13: 9; Feb 27: 12; Mar 13: 9 Fruit of "Tongues" (E). May 1: 2 Not Seventh-day Adventists (E). Apr 24: 18 Of What Nature Is the Resurrection Body? (E). May 8: 16 F.Y.I. (E). Jun 5: 2 Organizational Concepts Overshadow Fellowship (E). Spiritual Bodies (E). May 22: 12 "He Is Risen" (E). Mar 27: 2 Jun 19: 11 Warmth From the Coldness of Others (E). Mar 27: 11 Hold High the Torch. Mar 13: 1 Personal Faith, the Door and Window of the Church (E). What Is the Spirit? (E). Jun 12: 9 "Live As He Lived" (E). May 15: 2 Jun 5: 14 When Sickness Strikes (E). Apr 24: 17 Looking Toward Vienna (E). May 22: 2; May 29: 2 Salvation's Gift Is Not Free (E). Feb 20: 13 Nickell, Robert. Save Our Young People by Proper Training P.S. on John N. Andrews (E). Mar 20: 2 Team Spirit or Individual Achievement (E). Jan 30: 14 for Life (SO). May 1: 14 Really New Year? (E). Jan 2: 2

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Satan's Policy (E). Feb 20: 2 Church's Terrible Ordeal. W. J. Hackett. Jan 23: 4 How to Cut Health Care by 40 Per Cent (E). Herbert E. School Textbook Controversy (E). Jan 23: 2 Counsel on Early School Attendance. Paul A. Gordon. Apr Douglass. Jan 16: 16 Thoughts on a Bible Story (E). Jun 19: 2 24: 6 How to Enjoy Heaven (YA). Gerald Wheeler. Apr 10: 17 Time for Reform (E). Apr 17: 2 Counterfeits (E). Kenneth H. Wood. Feb 6: 2 How We Adjusted to Retirement (FL). 011ie A. Marsh. Time to "Afflict" the Soul (E). Apr 3: 2 "Courage in the Lord"! (E). Kenneth H. Wood. Mar 6: 2 Apr 3: 14 Wood, Miriam. Amazing Philosophy (WY). Feb 20: 9 Creation: The Evidence From Science. Harold G. Coffin. Human Relations in 1975 (E). Herbert E. Douglass. Jan Books in My Life (WY). May 15: 11 Apr 10: 4; Apr 17: 8; Apr 24: 4; May 1: 10; May 8: 7 2: 16 Divided Loyalties (WY). May 1: 9 Dark Is Nice and Soft (FL). Mary Virginia Stafford. Jan I Kissed Her. Margaret Locke. Jan 2: 12 How It Is in Omaura (WY). Jun 5: 9 2: 17. I Love a Parade. Floyd E. Bates. Jun 5: 12 Nero's Fiddle (WY). Mar 6: 8 Dawn of True Liberty (E). Gaston Clouzet. Mar 20: 14 If I Can Do It, You Can. Kay Kuzma. May 22: 10 One Little Candle (WY). Jan 30: 10 Delusion. Duane R. Peterson. Jun 19: 10 I'm No Sissy. Adriel D. Chilson. Feb 6: 16 Questions and Answers (WY). Feb 6: 14; Apr 17: 7 Denominational Finance. Jan 16: 9 In Defense of Stable Motion. Walter Raymond Beach. Teakettle People (WY). Jan 16: 7 Dietary Fiber (H). Ralph F. Waddell. Jun 19: 7 Jan 16: 4 Your Church and Your Marriage (WY). Mar 20: 14; Apr Discipline of Trials. W. S. McCully. Feb 6: 8 In the Footsteps of Abraham. Paul F. Bork. Feb 6: 4; Feb 3: 10 Divided Loyalties (WY). Miriam Wood. May 1: 9 13:6; Feb 20: 11; Feb 27: 8; Mar 6: 11 Youngs, Dallas. Accomplishments of the Shaking. Mar Dorcas—of the Skillful Fingers. Miriam Hardinge. Jun 5: 6 In the Promised Land. Paul F. Bork. Mar 6: II 20: 8 Easy Road to Better Health, Omer L. Wagoner. Jan 9: 4 Invertebrates. Harold G. Coffin. May 1: 10 Church Is Not Heaven. Jun 26: 10 Encouraging Membership Gain. Neal C. Wilson. May 8: 14 Involvement. D. J. Handysides. May 29: 8 Those Who Are Shaken. Mar 27: 9 Essence of Christlikeness (E). Kenneth H. Wood. Jan 16: 2 Is Christian Education Overpriced? No. (RR). Rosalie Yuen, Vada Kum. Greatest Gift. Apr 24: 16 Essence of Conversion (E). Fernando Chaij. Feb 20: 13 Haffner Lee. May 8: 15 Evidence From Ancient Man. Harold G. Coffin. Apr 24: 4 Is Christian Education Overpriced? Yes. (RR). Antoine Facing 1975 With Confidence. D. R. Manzano, Jan 2: 7 Jabbour. May 8: 15 Faith Condemns Sin in the Flesh (E). Herbert E. Douglass. Is Perfection Possible? Loron T. Wade. Feb 20: 6 Poetry Apr 3: 13 Is the Sanctuary Truth Relevant Today? J. A. McMillan. Faith—in Difficult Times. Mary Lou Peckham. Jun 19: 6 Jun 5: 10 Andres, Aileen. Special Delivery. Feb 13; 1 Faith Is More Than Belief (E). Herbert E. Douglass. Mar Is Your Faith Your Own? (YA). Clark B. McCall. Mar Walk of Life. Mar 13: 13 6: 15 13: 13 Bishai, Elizabeth. Mother. May 8; 6 Faith That Prevails (E). Don F. Neufeld. Apr 10: 14 It Is Possible to Change (FL). Margaret S. Hafner. Jun Burke, Ann Elise. Teacher's Prayer. Jun 12: 6 Faith, the Key to the "Last Generation" (E). Herbert E. 5: 16 Cole, Thais. Shortest Road. Jun 19: 8 Douglass. Apr 17: 13 Jesus Christ—My Lord and My God. Olavi Rouhe. Dahl, Rockne Wayne. Rain of Time. Feb 6: 15 Faith—the Opposite of Rebellion (E). Herbert E. Douglass. May 15: 1 Doering, Harold 0. Evening. May 22: 7 Mar 20: 13 Ford, M. J. Snow Psalm. Jan 23: 11 Family Child Care. Kay Kuzma. May 15: 8 Garvin, Elsie. Fellowship. Apr 17: 13 Far-reaching Influence of the First Three Years (FL). Wadie Melendy, Idamae. Country. Mar 6: 15 Farag. Jan 9: 11 Nelson, Velda. Morning. May 22: 7 "Faultless Before the Presence of His Glory." Loron T. Pettibone, Caro/. Mother Talks to God. Jan 23: 6 Wade. Mar 6: 9 Roberts, Herman. Hope. May 8: 8 Feast Forever. Russel J. Thomsen. Jun 26: 4 Love—No Strings Shewmake, Carrot Johnson. Love—No Strings. Jun 26: 28 Thomann, Elizabeth Snyder. One Day Soon. Jun 5: 12 Fellowship of Prayer. Jan 23: 17; Feb 27: 15; Mar 27: 6; By CARROL JOHNSON Apr 24: 10; May 22: 9 Trim, Marye. Thread of Gold. Apr 10: 13 SHEWMAKE Vess, Virginia. Consider the Tulips. Mar 6: 1 Finishing the Gospel Commission. Herbert E. Douglass. Ward, Jean. New Beginnings. Apr 10: 1 Feb 6: 15; Feb 20: 13; Mar 6: 15; Mar 20: 13; Apr 3: 13; Zachary, Lois. Spring Will Come. Jan 16: 1 Apr 17: 13 How can I show my children First Chinese SDA Church in Australia Is Dedicated. May 22: 1 That my love for them Follow On to Know the Lord. Robert H. Pierson. Jan 30: 4 Isn't dependent on their being Food Fads Fool. Rose Stoia. Mar 6: 13 Titles Foot Washing Becomes an Established Practice. Ron Gray- clean, bill. May 29: 6 Accomplishments of the Shaking. Dallas Youngs. Mar 20: 8 Foot Washing in Early Adventism. Ron Graybill. May 22: 4; neat, Advent Hope Reaches the Kasai. Joyce Griffith. Feb 27: 16 May 29: 6 or good; Adventure in Faith. Neal C. Wilson. Apr 10: 12 Forsaken? Ralph Weaver. May 22: 15 After This the Judgment. W. E. Read. Apr 17: 4 Fossil Record Attests Creation. Harold G. Coffin. Apr 17: 8 That I love them Age of the Holy Spirit (E). Don F. Neufeld. Jan 9: 9; Jan 490 Club (EM). Walter R. L. Scragg. Jan 9: 12 dirty, 23: 11 From Baghdad to Haran. Paul F. Bork. Feb 20: 11 Allergy (H). Ralph F. Waddell. Apr 10: 7 Freedom From Guilt (EW). Betty Holbrook. Jun 5: 17 awkward, Alone! (YA). Sharon Montgomery. Jun 12: 12 From Haran to Canaan and Egypt. Paul F. Bork. Feb 27: 8 Aloneness (EW). Betty Holbrook. Apr 3: 15 and bad; Amazing Philosophy (WY). Miriam Wood. Feb 20: 9 From Magdala to Minneapolis to Madras. Dollis M. Pierson. Angel Ministry (E). Kenneth H. Wood. Jun 26: 2 Jun 26: 8 That my love isn't based Anxiety Getting You Down? (H). Ralph F. Waddell. Mar Fruit of "Tongues" (E). Kenneth H. Wood. May I: 2 20: 9 From Ur to Baghdad. Paul F. Bork. Feb 13: 6 On what they're like Any Good Vibes Lately? (EM). Walter R. L. Scragg. Mar Fugitive Witness. James A. Collins. Jun 19: 8 Or even on their need? /3: 11 F.Y.I. (E). Kenneth H. Wood. Jun 5: 2 Any Signs of Renewal? (HH). Robert H. Pierson. Mar 13: 2 General Conference Session in Europe (E). Don F. Neufeld, I love them because Apostle's Rule for Giving. Glenn E. Smith. Jun 5: 4 Jun 26: 14 Are You a Twelve O'clock Fidgeter? (MM). Robert H. Pier- General Conference Transportation Office. W. L. Pascoe. They are a part of me. son. Feb 13: 2 Jan 16: 9 Avoid "Linguistic Sexisms" (E). Kenneth H. Wood. Jan Getting Ready for Heaven, Loron T. Wade. Feb 13: 4; Feb 30: 2 20: 6; Mar 6: 9 How can I show my children Because Everyone Shouted. John T. Baldwin. Mar 27: 14 God Gave Me a Personal Sabbath (FL). Thais K. Baer. Jun Begone With Worry. Virginia Hansen. Apr 10: 13 26: 15 this? "Behold, What Manner of Love." George M. Mathews. God Made Mind. Willis J. Hackett. May 29: 5 By loving the world's unlovely, Jun 12: 4 God Sits Enthroned. Josephine Cunnington Edwards. Better Off. R. J. Hastings. Jun 12: 13 Apr 3: 6 The stiff unbending ones Bible Converts Warlike Filipino Tribe. Jane Allen. Jun 5: 18 God's Call for Separation. Robert H. Pierson. Mar 20: 6 Bible Questions Answered. Don F. Neufeld. Jan 2: 6; Feb God's Greatest Philanthropist. Natelkka E. Burrell. May 1: 4 Who want none of my love; 6: 7; Mar 6: 6; Apr 3: 7; May 1: 7; Jun 5: 7 God's Law Is More Than a Code. Carl Coffman, Mar 13: 4 The clinging, whining ones, Black and the White Dolls. D. A. Delafield. Mar 13: 8 Goose Chase. Robert J. Hastings. May 29: 7 Blowing the Trumpets in '75 (E). Don F. Neufeld. Jan 2: 15 Greatest Gift. Vada Kum Yuen. Apr 24: 16 Who want more love Books in My Life (WY). Miriam Wood. May 15: 11 Green Bough. Robert J. Hastings. Jun 26: 5 Bright Red Apple and the Mocking Demon (EM). Wal- Hard to Believe! Lawton G. Lowe, Feb 6: 10 Than I can give; ter R. L. Scragg. May 8: 19 Harmony, How? J. L. Saunders, Jun 26: 7 the mentally retarded, Building Faith in a Faithless World. Kenneth H. Wood. Have You Counted Your Blessings Lately? (HH). Robert H. Apr 10: 9 Pierson. Jun 12: 2 the tedious old, Busy Here and There (FL). Erma Bowes Allen. Feb 13: 12 "He Is Risen"! (E). Kenneth H. Wood. Mar 27: 2 Call to Adventure. Robert H. Pierson. Jan 16: 8 He Lives! A. V. Wallenkampf. Mar 27: 1 the spoiled young, Career Assurance—a Systems Approach (YA). Minon A. Highways to Heaven, Adlai Albert Esteb. Mar 27: 9 Only by loving these Hamm. Jan 9: 13 His Glory Is Love. Desmond Ford. Jan 16: 6 Character Sunshine on Wildwood's Mountains. Robert A. His Name's Honor and Glory. Loron T. Wade, May 22: 6 And making them a part of me Tyson. Feb 6: 19 Hold Fast That Thou Hast. Charles H. Betz. May 8: 13 Child Management (FL). Margaret S. Hafner. May 22: 14; Hold High the Torch. Kenneth H. Wood, Mar 13: 1 Can my children truly know Jun 5: 16 Home at Last, Helen K. Oswald. May 1: 6 That no matter what road Child of the Rod (FL). Paul Omar Campbell. Feb 13: 11 Hope Makes the Difference (E). Herbert E. Douglass. May Christ Alone Satisfies (E). Kenneth H. Wood. Feb 27: 2 1: 15 They choose in life, Christ and Rehabilitation. J. D. Henriksen. Mar 6: 7 Hospital—a Modern Parable. Clark B. McCall. May 29: 11 Christian Education Begins at Home (FL). Niels Wensell. How Far and How Near? M. S. Nigri. Feb 20: 8 No matter if they fall hard May 1: 16 How I Found Freedom From Fear (FL). Patricia Saunders. And have no place to Christianity and Human Dignity. W. Duncan Eva. Jun 19: 4 Jan 30: 13 Christianity Bridges Gap Between California Towns. How It Is in Omaura (WY). Miriam Wood. Jun 5: 9 Wash, Jerre K. Iversen. Jan 16: 18 How the Church Becomes Convincing (E). Herbert E. Doug- Church and Child Care. Kay J. Kuzma. May 1: 12; May 8: lass. May 15: 12; May 29: 12; Jun 5: 14; Jun 19: 11 They can come home and find 10; May 15: 8; May 22: 10 How to Attain Revival and Reformation (E). Gaston Clou- Church Is God's Idea, Not Man's (E). Herbert E. Douglass. zet. Feb 13: 10 Love. May 29: 12 How to Avoid the Sabbath Trap (YA). Dick Donaldson. Feb Church Is Not Heaven. Dallas Youngs. Jun 26: 10 13: 13

28 (712) R&H, JUNE 26, 1975 Jesus on Perfection (E). Don F. Neufeld. Feb 13: 9; Seeing Heart. Adlai Albert Esteb. Feb 20: 14 Child care: benefits to those concerned. Family Child Care. Feb 27: 12; Mar 13: 9 Sermon for All Ears. Richard Jewett. Mar 20: 4 Kay Kuzma. May 15: 8 Jesus Saves His People From Their Sins. Robert H. Seventh-day Adventist Broadcasting. James C. Hannum. centers for Adventist working mothers with children. Pierson. May 15: 4 Jan 2: 8 Church and Child Care. Kay Kuzma. May 1: 12 Kidney Stones (H). Ralph F. Waddell. May 8: 9 71-Year-Old School Board Minutes (GE). W. P. Bradley. Children: can be oriented to enjoy darkness. Dark Is Nice King's Sudden Conviction. Nathaniel Krum. Jan Apr 24: 2 and Soft (FL). Mary Virginia Stafford. Jan 2: 17 23: 10 Shaking. Dallas Youngs. Mar 20: 8; Max 27: 9 first three years set the pattern for life; research cor- Laodicean Church. J. R. Spangler. Jan 2: 11 She Saved a Nation. Leona Glidden Running. Mar 13: 6 roborates E. G. White's statements. Far-reaching In- Let's Study God's Word (HH). Robert H. Pierson. Should the Left Hand Know? V. W. Schoen. Feb 27: 11 fluence of the First Three Years (FL). Wadie Farag. Apr 10: 2 Smashed Fingers. Robert Hastings. Apr 3: 12 Jan 9: 11 Letter to Frank (YA). Ellen G. White. May 8: 20 Sodom and Tomorrow (FL). Alma L. Campbell. Mar 6: 17 Chinese church: first in Australia. First Chinese SDA Let Us Always Uplift Jesus (E). Gaston Clouzet. Apr Spiritual Bodies (E). Don F. Neufeld. May 22: 12 Church in Australia Is Dedicated. May 22: 1 Systematic Benevolence in Historical Context. Charles H. Christ: decision must be made for or against Him. What 10: 14 G. Turner. Jun 5: 8 "Line's Bizzy!" (FL). June Allen Beckett. Feb 6: 17 Betz. May 1: 8; May 8: 13 Shall I Do With Jesus? W. "Live As He Lived" (E). Kenneth H. Wood. May 15: 2 Taking God at His Word. B. J. Liebelt. Mar 6: 10 humanity of, made basis of appeal to a nephew. Letter to Loma Linda Children's Center. Kay Kuzma. May 8: 10 Taught to Do Evil (FL). Margaret S. Hafner. May 22: 14 Frank (YA). Ellen G. White. May 8: 20 Looking . . ? (EW). Betty Holbrook. Jan 2: 18 Teakettle People (WY). Miriam Wood. Jan 16: 7 Lordship of, central to SDA message. Jesus Christ—My Looking Toward Vienna (E). Kenneth H. Wood. May 22: 2; Team Spirit or Individual Achievement (E). Herbert E. Lord and My God. Olavi Rouhe. May 15: 1 Douglass. Jan 30: 14 personality and disposition not affected by circumstances. May 29: 2 "Live as He Lived" (E). Kenneth H. Wood. May 15: 2 Lord Is My Teacher (FL). Ruby Ratzlaff. Mar 13: 10 Tempted Like As We Are (E). Gaston Clouzet. Jun 19: 11 "Love, God's Healing Agent for Sin." Ottis C. Edwards. Ten Commandments. Ernest Lloyd. Mar 27: 8 Christian character: busyness prevents friendship with God and family. "Line's Bizzy!" (FL). June Allen Beckett. Jun 19: 10 That Broken Stone—a Footnote to History. Barbara West- Feb 6: 17 Make Angels Happy This New Year. Helen M. Lee. Jan phal. May 22: 13 That Precious "Remember." Jo Mae Robinson. Jan 9: 1 concern for social kindnesses. Human Relations in 1975 2: 14 (E). Herbert E. Douglass. Jan 2: 16 Mary, Mother of Christ. M. Carol Hetzell. Apr 17: 11 That's Mother (EW). Betty Holbrook. May 1: 17 "Then Shall the Sanctuary Be Cleansed." W. D. Frazee. discipline needed in order to develop. Taught to Do Evil Master Key of Salvation (E). Fernando Chaij. Apr 3: 12 (FL). Margaret S. Hafner. May 22: 14 Message of Malachi. Varner J. Johns. May 29: 9 Mar 6: 4 Therapy Pitfalls (H). Ralph F. Waddell. Jan 9: 8 learn God's will from experience. Lord Is My Teacher Messages From Jesus (HH). Robert H. Pierson. May 8: 4 (FL). Ruby Ratzlaff. Mar 13: 10 Messenger Party. Dennis Pettibone. Jan 23: 8 Think Right to Feel Right. Clarence N. Kohler. Apr 24: 14 Those Who Are Shaken. Dallas Youngs. Mar 27: 9 start accepting and living it rather than comparing and More Is Better (EW). Betty Holbrook. Mar 6: 18 contrasting it with the former life. Old-Hat Mathema- Mother and the Amber Salt Jar (FL). Wilma Ross Westphal. Thoughts on a Bible Story (E). Kenneth H. Wood. Jun 19: 2 for Reform (E). Kenneth H. Wood. Apr 17: 2 tician (EM). Walter R. L. Scragg. Apr 10: 16 May 8: 18 Time Musing on Metamorphosis. Walter Kory. Jan 23: 6 Time to "Afflict" the Soul (E). Kenneth 14. Wood. Apr 3: 2 Christlikeness: Christ supplies the necessary power for. My Witness in a Jesuit University. Samuele Bacchiocchi. Time Will Come. Louis F. Cunningham. Feb 6: 6 Victory Can Be Ours. C. E. Bradford. Apr 17: 1 To Know God's Will. J. S. Damazo. Jan 30: 11 Feb 20: 4 Jesus waits for an overcoming people. Follow On to Treasure Each Visitor (SO). Judy Wahlman. Jan 16: 15 Know the Lord. Robert H. Pierson. Jan 30: 4 Mystery of Life. Harold G. Coffin. Apr 10: 4 Try It—You'll Like It! (RR). Apr 17; 12 Natural Selection Re-examined. Harold G. Coffin. May 8: 7 should choose Christ daily to obtain grace for overcom- Ur of the Chaldees. Paul F. Bork. Feb 6: 4 ing sin. Master Key of Salvation (E). Fernando Chaij. Needle Hidden in a Haystack. Leslie Hardinge. May 8: 21 Victorious Living. Adlai Albert Esteb. Feb 6: 10; Feb 20: Nero's Fiddle (WY). Miriam Wood. Mar 6: 8 Apr 3: 12 14; Mar 27: 9 Church, attendance at: helps one prepare for heaven. Church New Kind of Women's Lib (FL). June Strong. Apr 10: 15 Victory Can Be Ours. C. E. Bradford. Apr 17: I "Next Year" (FL). Janet Minesinger. May 29: 14 Is Not Heaven. Dallas Youngs. Jun 26: 10 Vital Ingredient of Success (FL). Laura Torkelson. Mar finance: operation of GC transportation office. General No Chance Now. Jesse H. Merrell. Jun 12: 8 27: 12 Conference Transportation Office. W. L. Pascoe. Jan No Room at Rushmore. Richard H. Utt. May 8: 5 Warmth From the Coldness of Others (E). Don F. Neufeld. Not Seventh-day Adventists (E). Herbert E. Douglass. Apr 16: 9 Mar 27: 11 should be a fellowship of faith, hope, and love. Church 24: 18 Water, One of Heaven's Best Gifts. Clarence N. Kohler. Of Beards and Rings (EM). Walter R. L. Scragg. Feb 13: 12 Is God's Idea; Not Man's (E). Herbert E. Douglass. Jan 16: 11 May 29: 12 Of What Nature Is the Resurrection Body? (E). Don P. We Need Daniels Today. Art Welklin. Apr 10: 18 tragic misunderstanding when Christians see themselves Neufeld. May 8: 16 What I Understand by Righteousness by Faith. Alfred S. Old-Hat Mathematician (EM). Walter R. L. Scragg. Apr more as an organization than a fellowship. Organiza- Jorgensen. Jan 23: 7 tional Concepts Overshadow Fellowship (E). Herbert E. 10: 16 What Is the "Gospel of the Kingdom"? (E). Herbert E. On Refreshment. Dorothy Minchin Comm. Jun 26: 12 Douglass. Jun 19: 11 Douglass. Feb 6: 15 Church of God (Seventh Day): bizarre celebration of Easter One Little Candle (WY). Miriam Wood. Jan 30: 10 What Is the Spirit? (E). Don F. Neufeld. Jun 12: 9 Open Letter of Thanks. Catherine Turner. May 29: 1 by Church of God (Seventh Day). Not Seventh-day What Shall I Do With Jesus? W. G. Turner. Jun 5: 8 Adventists (E). Herbert E. Douglass. Apr 24: 18 Organizational Concepts Overshadow Fellowship (E). Her- When an Angel Stopped Runaway Horses. Einar Thuesen. bert E. Douglass. Jun 19: 11 Colombia: beginning of church work during hard times. Re- Jan 30: 14 membering a First in Colombia. Luis Florez Q. Jan 16: 13 Our Worst Enemy (E). Fernando Chaij. May 15: 13 When Everything Else Fails—Read the Directions. Warren Outward Splendor Without Internal Purity. Sidney Dakar. Commitment, to Jesus: by a heathen boy and an elderly Halversen. Mar 20: 12 God Sits Enthroned. Josephine Cunnington Ed- Feb 27: 6 When Sickness Strikes (E). Don F. Neufeld. Apr 24: 17 nurse. Personal Faith, the Door and Window of the Church (E). "When Thou Art Converted." James K. Ts'ao. Jan 2: 4 wards. Apr 3: 6 Herbert E. Douglass. Jun 5: 14 Communion service: foretaste of heaven. Feast Forever. Widow of Zarephath. Joree M. Nielsen. Jan 9: 6 Russel J. Thomsen. Jun 26: 4 Personality (FL). Phyllis George. Jan 23: 12 Women in the Bible. Jan 9: 6; Feb 27: 4; Mar 13: 6; Apr 17: Plateau of Self-respect. Helen L. Lund. Mar 20: 10 Confidence: comes only from God. Facing 1975 With Con- 11; May 1: 4; Jun 26: 8 fidence. D. R. Manzano. Jan 2: 7 Postexilic Prophets Speak to the Remnant. Varner J. Johns. Work Therapy (H). Ralph F. Waddell. Feb 13: 8 May 15: 6; May 22: 8; May 29: 9 Counterfeits: must recognize by comparing with the Bible. Worship--Response to Divine Initiative. Terry Cassingham. Counterfeits (E). Kenneth H. Wood. Feb 6: 2 P.S. on John N. Andrews (E). Kenneth H. Wood. Mar Apr 3: 4 20: 2 Your Church and Your Marriage (WY). Miriam Wood. Mar Courage: especially in hard times. "Courage in the Lord"! Practice Economy in Your Home (FL). Sue Wescott. Apr 20: 14; Apr 3: 10 (E). Kenneth H. Wood. Mar 6: 2 24: 19 Your Influence. Adlai Albert Esteb. Feb 6: 10 Creationism: attested by fossil record. Fossil Record At- Praise the Lord! (E). Gaston Clouzet. May 8: 17 Your 1975 Serendipity. Ernest Lloyd. Jun 5: 11 tests Creation. Harold G. Coffin. Apr 17: 8 Preserving the SDA Home. R. R. Bietz. Feb 6: 12 man unable to create life; impossible for life to have oc- Prodigal Brothers. W. G. Johnsson. Feb 20: 1 curred on its own. Mystery of Life. Harold G. Coffin. Apr 10: 4 Questions and Answers (WY). Miriam Wood. Feb 6: 14; Customs: futility of trying to change. Of Beards and Rings Apr 17: 7 (EM). Walter R. L. Scragg. Feb 13: 12 Raising the Fellowship Quotient. John K. Testerman. Jun Subject Decisions: ways God reveals His will. To Know God's 26: 6 Will. J. S. Damazo. Jan 30: 11 Ready for the Burden. Rhona M. Cooper. Feb 27: 4 Adventure in Faith: evangelism in connection with the 1975 Decisiveness: action required after making plans. Teakettle Reality of an Unreal World (EW). Betty Holbrook. Feb General Conference session. Call to Adventure. Rob- People (WY). Miriam Wood. Jan 16: 7 6: 18 ert H. Pierson. Jan 16: 8 Really New Year? (E). Kenneth H. Wood. Jan 2: 2 Discipline: explanation needed of how problems arise and Andrews, John N.: complete commitment to God. P.S. on can be avoided. It Is Possible to Change (FL). Margaret Refined Stealing (FL). Lois Christian Randolph. Jun 12: 10 John N. Andrews (E). Kenneth H. Wood. Mar 20: 2 Reformation and Legalism (E). Fernando Chaij. Jun 5: 14 Angels: their help promised to believers. Angel Ministry Hafner. Jun 5: 16 Religion in the Home (FL). Joseph J. Battistone. Feb 27: 14 Divorce: youth should endeavor to be loyal to both par- (E). Kenneth H. Wood. Jun 26: 2 ents. Divided Loyalties (WY). Miriam Wood. May 1: 9 Remembering a First in Colombia. Luis Florez. Jan 16: 13 ways people can please. Make Angels Happy This New Response From Readers. Apr 17: 12 Doctrines: Satan attacks our peculiar. Time Will Come. Year. Helen M. Lee. Jan 2: 14 Louis F. Cunningham. Feb 6: 6 Resurrection Body (E). Don F. Neufeld. May 8: 16; May Anxiety: selfishness basic cause of. Anxiety Getting You 22: 12; Jun 12: 9 Dorcas: set an example of using her skill for God and hu- Down? (H). Ralph F. Waddell. Mar 20: 9 manity. Dorcas—of the Skillful Fingers. Miriam Har- Rhymes and Reality (EM). Walter R. L. Scragg. Jun 12: 11 Archeology: cities of antiquity reveal their treasures. Ur of dinge. Jun 5: 6 Righteousness by Faith. Ellen G. White. Jan 30: 1 the Chaldees. Paul F. Bork. Feb 6: 4 Economy: ideas for practicing, in the home. Practice Robe of Righteousness. Varner J. Johns. May 22: 8 present-day conditions similar to ancient. From Ur to Economy in Your Home (FL). Sue Wescott. Apr 24: 19 Baghdad. Paul F. Bork. Feb 13: 6; Feb 27: 8; Mar 6: 11 Sabbath Rest as Peace and Tranquillity. Samuele Bacchioc- Education, Christian: children should receive, from their chi. Apr 3: 9 Bible: post-exilic prophets relevant today. Post-exilic Proph- ets Speak to the Remnant. Varner J. Johns. May 15: 6 parents. Christian Education Begins at Home (FL). Sabbath Rest: Its Meaning for the Christian Today. Samuele Niels Wensell. May I: 16; If I Can Do It, You Can. Bacchiocchi. Mar 27: 4; Apr 3: 9 prophets emphasize character transformation. Robe of Righteousness. Varner J. Johns. May 22: 8 Kay Kuzma. May 22: 10 Salvation's Gift Is Not Free (E). Herbert E. Douglass. Feb children taught practical values as well as spiritual in 20: 13 Bible study: inductive method described. Jesus on Per- fection (E). Don F. Neufeld. Feb 13: 9 day-care centers. Loma Linda Children's Center. Kay Sanitarium Church School Board Minutes. Apr 24: 6 Kuzma. May 8: 10 Save Our Young People by Proper Training for Life (SO). methods of studying. Let's Study God's Word (HH). Robert Nickell. May 1: 14 Robert H. Pierson. Apr 10: 2 circumstances exist where children younger than 8 should School Textbook Controversy (E). Kenneth H. Wood. Jan Books, influence of: good books bolster one's sense of be in school. Counsel on Early School Attendance. 23: 2 right. Books in My Life (WY). Miriam Wood. May 15: 11 Paul A. Gordon. Apr 24: 6 Satan's Policy (E). Kenneth H. Wood. Feb 20: 2; Feb 27: 2 Broken Stone Mission: F. A. Stahl's. That Broken Stone—a cost increasing faster than consumer price index. Is Chris- Schools, Churches, Souls, and You (HH). Robert H. Pier- Footnote to History. Barbara Westphal. May 22: 13 tian Education Overpriced? Yes (RR). Antoine Jab- son. Jan 9: 2 Careers: God works for those who trust. Career Assurance bour. May 8: 15 Secret of Success in Soul Winning. Stephen B. Olney. Jun —a Systems Approach (YA). Minon A. Hamm. Jan evaluation of recently found board minutes. 71-Year-Old 12: 6 9: 13 School Board Minutes (GE). W. P. Bradley. Apr 24: 2

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not too costly in view of results. Try It—You'll Like It Key to the "Last Generation" (E). Herbert E. Doug- should take time to guide children. Busy Here and There (RR). Anonymous. Apr 17: 12. Is Christian Education lass. Apr 17: 13 (FL). Erma Bowes Allen. Feb 13: 12 Overpriced? No (RR). Rosalie Haffner Lee. May 8: 15 accepts God's Lordship and authority. Faith—the Op- through Christ, can be unified. Preserving the SDA Home. secular: tension between schools and parents regarding posite of Rebellion (E). Herbert E. Douglass. Mar R. R. Bietz. Feb 6: 12 teaching materials. School Textbook Controversy (E). 20: 13 ways to have togetherness. Sodom and Tomorrow (FL). Kenneth H. Wood. Jan 23: 2 built on complete surrender to God and dependence upon Alma L. Campbell. Mar 6: 17 Elderly: treat with affection and kindness. I Kissed Her. Him. Building Faith in a Faithless World. Kenneth H. Fashion: absorption with, forgetting vital human needs. Margaret Locke. Jan 2: 12 Wood. Apr 10: 9 Nero's Fiddle (WY). Miriam Wood. Mar 6: 8 Esther: saviour of her people. She Saved a Nation. Leona can have, by studying the Bible and acquiring discernment Fathers: gratitude should be expressed to. No Chance Now. Glidden Running. Mar 13: 6 to distinguish between the true and the counterfeit. Jesse H. Merrell. Jun 12: 8 Evangelism: begins with church members who are con- Faith That Prevails (E). Don F. Neufeld. Apr 10: 14 meeting God's standard for. Rhymes and Reality (EM). vincing witnesses to Christ's saving power. Personal each person to know his reasons for. Is Your Faith Your Walter R. L. Scragg. Jun 12: II Faith, the Door and Window of the Church (E). Her- Own? (YA). Clark B. McCall. Mar 13: 13 Fear, freedom from: found in choosing God. How I found bert E. Douglass. Jun 5: 14 enabled the widow to share. Widow of Zarephath. Jo- Freedom From Fear (FL). Patricia Saunders. Jan 30: 13 Christ must be a living reality for those who engage in. ree M. Nielsen. Jan 9: 6 Feelings: often are misleading. Any Good Vibes Lately? Secret of Success in Soul Winning. Stephen B. Olney. God's promises are sure. Hard to Believe! Lawton G. (EM). Walter R. L. Scragg. Mar 13: II Jun 12: 6 Lowe. Feb 6: 10 Footwashing: early practice of among Adventists. Foot church is convincing if members are truly different from that proper response to God's love which makes possible Washing in Early Adventism. Ron Graybill. May 22: 4 worldlings. How the Church Becomes Convincing (E). victory over all sin. Faith Condemns Sin in the Flesh fanatical practices of, by some groups. Foot Washing Be- Herbert E. Douglass. May 15: 12 (E). Herbert E. Douglass. Apr 3: 13 comes an Established Practice. Ron Graybill. May 29: 6 Evolution: evolutionists do not consider all facts before Family: disciplining of children necessary, but should be ordinance of, helps. Harmony, How? J. L. Saunders. making claims. Evidence From Ancient Man. Harold G. done in love. Child of the Rod (FL). Paul Omar Camp- Jun 26: 7 Coffin. Apr 24: 4 bell. Feb 13: 11 Forgiveness: attitude taken toward the person who has no change demonstrated from one major kind to another. mothers can compass more than housework. "Next wronged another, whether the wrongdoer accepts it or Natural Selection Re-examined. Harold G. Coffin. Year" (FL). Janet Minesinger. May 29: 14 not. 490 Club (EM). Walter R. L. Scram Jan 9: 12 May 8: 7 quantity as well as quality of time important. More Is General Conference session, 1975: purpose and goals of. theory of, not sustained by similarities in diverse animals. Better (EW). Betty Holbrook. Mar 6: 18 Looking Toward Vienna (E). General Conference Invertebrates. Harold G. Coffin. May 1: 10 religion provides context for spiritual growth. Religion Session in Europe (E). May 22: 2; May 29: 2; Jun 26: 14 Faith: accepting God's help to live victoriously. Faith, the in the Home (FL). Joseph J. Battistone. Feb 27: 14 Gospel commission: Christians need total involvement in

PIONEER SINGERS EMPHASIZE ADVENTIST HERITAGE Today's emphasis on Adventist heritage is being presented White, who was a good singer, is impersonated in his in a program by the Pioneer Singers in a number of major characteristic approach to the congregation. churches of the Southeastern California Conference. The The reception of this program is evidence that Adventists singers, in period costume, recapture the atmosphere of the generally are deeply appreciative of their origin and their mid-nineteenth century, when many of these songs were mission. The group's director and narrator, Roy Brandstater, written and sung with joyful enthusiasm. Joseph Bates once a retired minister, says, "The heritage of the past is the seed said, on hearing the singing at a large Adventist camp meeting, that brings forth the harvest of the future. We have a unique "To hear these people sing these new Advent songs sounds and inspiring heritage that belongs to no other segment of as if they are shouting for joy." the Christian church. We must keep it alive or lose our Ten last-century songs, written when hopes for Christ's identity. Lose our identity and we lose our evangel. Lose return were running high, are presented in many parts, each our evangel and we lose our divine commission, the only soloist preaching a sermon in his particular stanza. James reason for our existence as a church."

30 (714) R&I-1, JUNE 26, 1975 order to fulfill. Involvement. D. J. Handysides. May Marriage: God and church essential to successful. Your required to complete the gospel commission. Adventure in 29: 8 Church and Your Marriage (WY). Miriam Wood. Mar Faith. Neal C. Wilson. Apr 10: 12 God's kingdom of grace must be experienced in this life. 20: 14; Apr 3: 10 Sin, overcoming: See also Christlikeness What Is the "Gospel of the Kingdom"? (E). Herbert E. having Christ as a partner, too, can be successful. Reality purpose of the plan of salvation. Jesus Saves His People Douglass. Feb 6: 15 of an Unreal World (EW). Betty Holbrook. Feb 6: 18 From Their Sins. Robert H. Pierson. May 15: 4 offered by some Adventists who have not experienced it. Mary: a review of her unique role as the mother of Jesus. Sanctuary: cleansing of, involves not only cleansing of the Hospital—a Modern Parable. Clark B. McCall. May Mary, Mother of Christ. M. Carol Hetzell. Apr 17: 11 record of sin, but also cleansing of a person's heart. 29: 11 Mary Magdalene: an example of the power of God. From "Then Shall the Sanctuary Be Cleansed." W. D. Fra- proclamation by word and life of the power of God. Magdala to Minneapolis to Madras. Dollis M. Pierson. zee, Mar 6: 4 Herbert E. Douglass. Feb 6: 15; Feb 20: 13; Mar 6: 15 Jun 26: 8 heavenly: reveals God's plan for disposing of sin. Is the Group study: essential to have fellowship with other Chris- Messenger party: history of. Messenger Party. Dennis Petti- Sanctuary Truth Relevant Today? J. A. McMillan. Jun tians. Raising the Fellowship Quotient. John K. Tes- bone. Jan 23: 8 5: 10 terman. Jun 26: 6 Mind: capable of voluntary love and service to God. God Second Advent: imaginary description of heaven's victory Guilt: constructive and negative aspects. Freedom From Made Mind. Willis J. Hackett. May 29: 5 parade. I Love a Parade. Floyd E. Bates. Jun 5: 12 Guilt (EW). Betty Holbrook. Jun 5: 17 Miracles: God expects man to do all possible in connection Self: unsubdued, eventually causes one's destruction. Our Habakkuk, book of: lesson taught of having faith in God with. Thoughts on a Bible Story (E). Kenneth H. Worst Enemy (E). Fernando Chaij. May 15: 13 despite adverse conditions. Faith—in Difficult Times. Wood. Jun 19: 2 Self-respect: avoid pride and self-depreciation. Plateau of Mary Lou Peckham. Jun 19: 6 Mother: has ability to cope with life's problems. No Room Self-respect. Helen L. Lund. Mar 20: 10 Health: affected for good by the psychological attitude of at Rushmore. Richard H. Utt. May 8: 5 Sermon on the Mount: religious significance of all acts of kindness toward others. Easy Road to Better Health. labors untiringly for her children. That's Mother (EW). life. Sermon for All Ears. Richard Jewett. Mar 20: 4 Omer L. Wagoner. Jan 9: 4 Betty Holbrook. May 1: 17 Sermons: should be able to enjoy long, without nervous- allergies, things that cause. Allergy (H). Ralph F. Waddel. reminiscences of a Christian mother. Mother and the Am- ness. Are You a Twelve O'clock Fidgeter? (HH). Rob- Apr 10: 7 ber Salt Jar (FL). Wilma Ross Westphal. May 8: 18 ert H. Pierson. Feb 13: 2 dangers in many therapy methods, including acupuncture New Guinea: primitive conditions do not discourage true Seventh-day Adventists: growth of membership in South and chelation. Therapy Pitfalls (H). Ralph F. Waddell. missionaries. How It Is in Omaura (WY). Miriam and Inter-America. Praise the Lord! (E). Gaston Clou- Jan 9: 8 Wood. Jun 5: 9 zet. May 8: 17 dietary fiber indispensable. Dietary Fiber (H). Ralph F. New year's: current celebration of, corresponds to Feast of maintain distinctiveness of present truth. Hold High the Waddell. Jun 19: 7 Trumpets. Blowing the Trumpets in '75 (E). Don F. Torch. Kenneth H. Wood. Mar 13: 1 habits help Adventists to have superior health. How to Neufeld. Jan 2: 15 Shaking: causes of, result of. Church's Terrible Ordeal. Cut Health Care by 40 Per Cent (E). Herbert E. Doug- Oaesiphorus: remembered for encouraging Paul. On Re- W. J. Hackett. Jan 23: 4 lass. Jan 16: 16 freshment. Dorothy Minchin Comm. Jun 26: 12 shows who are on the Lord's side and who are not. Ac- importance of water. Water, One of Heaven's Best Gifts. Perfection: Bible interpretation of. Jesus on Perfection-2 complishments of the Shaking. Dallas Youngs. Mar 20: Clarence N. Kohler. Jan 16: 11 (E). Don F. Neufeld. Feb 27: 12. "Faultless Before the 8. Those Who Are Shaken. Dallas Youngs. Mar 27: 9 kidney stones. Kidney Stones (H). Ralph F. Waddell. Presence of His Glory." Loron T. Wade. Mar 6: 9 Shunammitess: humbly accepted burden of sorrow. Ready May 8: 9 when people refrain from sinning. Jesus on Perfection-3 for the Burden. Rhona M. Cooper. Feb 27: 4 obedience to natural law a prerequisite of. God's Call for (E). Don F. Neufeld. Mar 13: 9 Sickness: not decreed by God, but caused by Satan. When Separation. Robert H. Pierson. Mar 20: 6 Personality, change of: can judge by present fruits pro- Sickness Strikes (E). Don F. Neufeld. Apr 24: 17 physical, mental, and spiritual, basically come from sur- duced. Musing on Metamorphosis. Walter Kory. Jan Solitude: should prepare one for happiness and construc- render to God and obedience and thankfulness. Think 23: 6 tive fellowship with others. Aloneness (EW). Betty Right to Feel Right. Clarence N. Kohler. Apr 24: 14 Christ helps those to be unique who choose Him. Per- Holbrook. Apr 3: 15 safeguards to correct nutritional information. Food Fads sonality (FL). Phyllis George. Jan 23: 12 Stealing: borrowing without repaying, neglecting accounts, Fool. Rose Stoia. Mar 6: 13 improve, by being in touch with God. Looking . . . ? etc. constitutes. Refined Stealing (FL). Lois Christian work essential to. Work Therapy (H). Ralph F. Waddell. (EW). Betty Holbrook. Jan 2: 18 Randolph. Jun 12: 10 Feb 13: 8 Peter: his denial of Christ had at least six causes. "When Stewardship: motive in giving, measures gift's value. God's Heaven: prepare now to enjoy, by improving capabilities. Thou Art Converted." James K. Ts'ao. Jan 2: 4 Greatest Philanthropist. Natelkka E. Burrell. May 1: 4 How to Enjoy Heaven (YA). Gerald Wheeler. Apr Progress: not merely change. In Defense of Stable Motion. Paul said to give as God had prospered. Apostle's Rule 10: 17 Walter Raymond Beach. Jan 16: 4 for Giving. Glenn E. Smith. Jun 5: 4 realistic hope of the Christian. Home at Last. Helen K. Racism: both black and white are lovely. Black and the sacrificial, needed to build schools, churches, and for Oswald. May 1: 6 White Dolls. D. A. Delafield. Mar 13: 8 evangelism. Schools, Churches, Souls, and You (HH). Robert H. Pierson. Jan 9: 2 Holy Spirit: empowers the church when it complies with the Radio, SDA: effects of recent government regulations. SDA conditions. When Everything Else Fails—Read the Broadcasting. James C. Hannum. Jan 2: 8 Success: depends on a sense of self-worth or esteem. Vital Directions. Warren Halversen. Mar 20: 12 Reformation: begins with wholehearted commitment to Ingredient of Success (FL). Laura Torkelson. Mar impartation of, enlarged at Pentecost. Age of the Holy obedience. Reformation and Legalism (E). Fernando 27: 12 Spirit (E). Don F. Neufeld. Jan 9: 9 Chaij. Jun 5: 14 Temptations: being misunderstood one of the most difficult. supernatural gifts of, in Christian dispensation. Age of the church must experience before the latter rain. Time for Tempted Like As We Are (E). Gaston Clouzet. Jun Holy Spirit-2 (E). Don F. Neufeld. Jan 23: 11 Reform (E). Kenneth H. Wood. Apr 17: 2 19: 11 Hope: should be kept. Green Bough. Robert J. Hastings. Rehabilitation: need for physical, mental, and spiritual. indulged, becomes sin. Bright Red Apple and the Mocking Jun 26: 5 Christ and Rehabilitation. J. D. Henriksen. Mar 6: 7 Demon (EM). Walter R. L. Scragg. May 8: 19 Inflation: rising costs affect Adventist literature. F.Y.I. Resurrection: assured for all the righteous because Christ Ten Commandments: a revelation of God's character. God's (E). Kenneth H. Wood. Jun 5: 2 was resurrected. "He Is Risen"! (E). Kenneth H. Law Is More Than a Code. Carl Coffman. Mar 13: 4 Influence: angels assist in one's exerting a right, if he is sub- Wood. Mar 27: 2 Thankfulness: appreciation for love, acceptance, and en- mitted to God. Your Influence. Adlai Albert Esteb. Feb character equated with spirit by Ellen White. What Is the couragement of church members. Open Letter of 6: 10 Spirit? (E). Don F. Neufeld. Jun 12: 9 Thanks. Catherine Turner. May 29: 1 importance of even small deeds. One Little Candle (WY). Christ's: because of it, the Christian church is a vital God's countless blessings call for. Have You Counted Miriam Wood. Jan 30: 10 force. He Lives! A. V. Wallenkampf. Mar 27: 1 Your Blessings Lately? (HH). Robert H. Pierson. Jun Jesus: See Christ similarities and differences between pre- and post-resur- 12: 2 Jonah: present-day conditions similar to his time call for rection bodies. Spiritual Bodies (E). Don F. Neufeld. Theology: liberal trends Adventists need to understand in Christian witness. Fugitive Witness. James A. Collins. May 22: 12 order to avoid. Warmth From the Coldness of Others Jun 19: 8 the source of Christian hope. Hope Makes the Difference (E). Don F. Neufeld. Mar 27: 11 Judgment: three aspects of final judgment. After This the (E). Herbert E. Douglass. May 1: 15 Tithe: blessing follows compliance with God's command. Judgment. W. E. Read. Apr 17: 4 the person restored, but not the same body. Of What Na- King's Sudden Conviction. Nathaniel Krum. Jan 23: 10 Judgment, investigative: establishes that God has been just ture Is the Resurrection Body? (E), Don F. Neufeld. covetousness starved by liberality. Hold Fast That Thou in dealings with each individual. His Name's Honor and May 8: 16 Hast. Charles H. Betz. May 8: 13 Glory. Loron T. Wade. May 22: 6 Retirement: how to have a rewarding. How We Adjusted to history of tithing concept in Adventist Church. Systematic in progress now; all should be cleansing characters. Time Retirement (FL). 011ie A. Marsh. Apr 3: 14 Benevolence in Historical Context. Charles H. Betz. to "Afflict" the Soul (E). Kenneth H. Wood. Apr 3: 2 Revelation, book of: imperative that the church study it. May 1: 8 Laodicean condition: applying the remedy is man's choice. Tongues: relationship of recipient's character with his re- Laodicean Church. J. R. Spangler. Jan 2: 1/ Messages From Jesus (HH). Robert H. Pierson. May 8: 4 ligious profession. Fruit of "Tongues" (E). Kenneth H. need to reflect Jesus' image fully. A Really New Year (E). Wood. May 1: 2 Kenneth H. Wood. Jan 2: 2 Revival: evidence that God is working in His church. Any Signs of Renewal? (HH). Robert H. Pierson. Mar 13: 2 Trials: God brings to perfect character. Discipline of Trials. worldly pleasure when chosen in preference to Christ con- W. S. McCully. Feb 6: 8 stitutes. Christ Alone Satisfies (E). Kenneth H. Wood. necessary ingredients. How to Attain Revival and Refor- mation (E). Gaston Clouzet. Feb 13: 10 Unions, labor: unscriptural because coercion is main princi- Feb 27: 2 ple. Christianity and Human Dignity. W. Duncan Eva. Lay activities: reporting necessary to show what the church Righteousness by faith: a balanced presentation. Righteous- ness by Faith. Ellen G. White. Jan 30: 1 Jun 19: 4 accomplishes. Should the Left Hand Know? V. W. Unity: group spirit more constructive than super-star God's way of making man victorious over sin. Getting Schoen. Feb 27: 11 spirit. Team Spirit or Individual Achievement (E). Ready for Heaven. Loron T. Wade. Feb 13: 4 Liberty, true: found only in Christ. Dawn of True Liberty Herbert E. Douglass. Jan 30: 14 (E). Gaston Clouzet. Mar 20: 14 received and appropriated by faith. What I Understand Loneliness: can draw one nearer to God. Alone! (YA). by Righteousness by Faith. Alfred S. Jorgensen. Jan Ur: ruins indicate former glory of. Ur of the Chaldees. Sharon Montgomery. Jun 12: 12 23: 7 Paul F. Bork. Feb 6: 4 Love: God sent Christ to demonstrate His character to Sabbath: physical as well as spiritual refreshing on. God Victorious Living: See Christlikeness men. His Glory Is Love. Desmond Ford. Jan 16: 6 Gave Me a Personal Sabbath (FL). Thais K. Baer. Visitors: plan carefully to be cordial to. Treasure Each God's: best revealed through Christ's sacrifice. "Behold, Jun 26: 15 Visitor (SO). Judy Wahlman. Jan 16: 15 What Manner of Love." George M. Mathews. Jun 12: 4 recognizes the Lord who delivers from physical and Women's lib: should be from selfishness, indifference, lack man drawn and redeemed by God's. "Love, God's Heal- mental bondage. Sabbath Rest: Its Meaning for the of imagination. New Kind of Women's Lib (FL). June ing Agent for Sin." Ottis C. Edwards. Jun 19: 10 Christian Today. Samuele Bacchiocchi. Mar 27: 4 Strong. Apr 10: 15 synonymous with "God" and "life." Greatest Gift. Vada rest means a state of peace and tranquillity. Sabbath Words: should not denigrate women. Avoid "Linguistic Kum Yuen. Apr 24: 16 Rest as Peace and Tranquillity. Samuele Bacchiocchi. Sexisms" (E). Kenneth H. Wood. Jan 30: 2 thoughtfulness of others, especially during an emergency. Apr 3: 9 Worry: unnecessary because of God's promised help. Be- Essence of Christlikeness (E). Kenneth H. Wood. time for communion with the Creator. That Precious gone With Worry. Virginia Hansen. Apr 10: 13 Jan 16: 2 "Remember." Jo Mae Robinson. Jan 9: 1 Worship: genuine, a preparation for heaven. Worship— uplift Jesus by showing the kind of love He showed by time to share with God. How to Avoid the Sabbath Trap Response to Divine Initiative. Terry Cassingham. His death on Calvary. Let Us Always Uplift Jesus (E). (YA). Dick Donaldson. Feb 13: 13 Apr 3: 4 Gaston Clouzet. Apr 10: 14 Sacrifice: needed to advance God's work now. Outward Youth: need training for carrying the gospel commission. Malachi, book of: God's love and redeeming grace revealed Splendor Without Internal Purity. Sidney Dakar. Feb Save Our Young People by Proper Training for Life in. Message of Malachi. Varner J. Johns. May 29: 9 27: 6 (SO). Robert Nickell. May 1: 14

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SDA's Participate Prophecy, provided the mu- flow of $286,567 to benefit In Brief sical features throughout the projects in the Northern Eu- in Health Conference meetings. rope-West Africa Division. Anniversary: During a Everett Tetz, of the Pacific M. E. Kemmerer, General weekend celebration at the Delegates from 50 nations campus May 2 to 5, Japan assembled at the Waldorf Union Conference Home Conference undertreasurer, Health Education Service, and comments, "We feel that this Missionary College com- Astoria Hotel in New York memorated 50 years of edu- City, June 2 to 5, for the Third his wife, Shirley, took a work- is an exceptional offering ing vacation and helped with when we consider the eco- cating young men and women World Conference on Smok- for the work of God. The col- ing and Health. Seventh-day the crusade in Manila. The nomic trend, which was al- Tetzes solicited and brought ready very serious in North lege began in 1926 as a boys' Adventists were well repre- school at Sodegaura (for- sented at this meeting, and along 2,000 Bibles from the America and in other parts of United States, which were the world as we came to the merly Naraha). It was neces- presented the paper "Role of sary to close the school during Church Groups in Smoking used for Bible-marking pur- last quarter of the year." poses. Sixty Filipino workers R. CURTIS BARGER World War II, but in 1947 and Health." students were once again ad- A resolution adopted by joined the crusade for this evangelistic thrust. mitted, and a girls' school in the 300 delegates read as fol- Tokyo was joined with the lows: "That we recognize the During this Manila crusade Argentina Retreat double sessions were held at boys' school, forming a co- value of religious organiza- A spiritual retreat was held educational institution. tions in motivating and chang- 5:00 P.M. and 7:30 P.M. during the last ten nights of the 29- recently at Los Quebrachos New area: The president of ing the life-style of individ- camp, Cordoba, Argentina, the Lesotho Field, D. M. uals. That we urge all religious night series. Inasmuch as Elder Detamore has retired, it for those who had won at Malotle, reports that the groups to study how they can least five new church mem- church recently entered an bring the message of the is probable that this Manila evangelistic crusade is the bers to Christ in 1974. Attend- isolated mountain area of health hazards of smoking to ing from the Austral Union Lesotho. More than 160 per- their members and to the com- largest ever held by a retired minister. This refreshing news (Argentina, Paraguay, and sons in this area have decided munity in which they reside." Uruguay) were 45 lay mem- to keep the Sabbath and to be J. WAYNE MCFARLAND from the Manila Evangelistic Center says something about bers who together had led 610 baptized. The interest began active retirement and working persons to baptism. Juan when a layman lent a book to vacations. Barboza, 60, had the most, 23. a worker in one of the mines Manila Evangelism DUANE S. JOHNSON (Another 58 church members in South Africa. Fordyce W. Detamore, vet- who had won more than five r eran evangelist, led a Voice of new members were unable to Prophecy crusade in the Ma- NEWAD Receives attend the meetings.) At the last meeting the LODE 0.80 nila Evangelistic Center in 2d Largest Offering i0E the Philippines from April 16 group set the following goals ss for 1975: to consecrate 560 to May 17. During the open- A Thirteenth Sabbath Of- tzy?~ nom ing night 1,173 students gradu- fering amounting to $1,146,- hours a week to missionary work, to give 396 Bible studies .0 ated from the Voice of Proph- 268 was given by Sabbath C]3 "rt „ ecy school. Already 325 school members around the a week, to win 551 new mem- persons have been baptized, world at the close of the bers during the year. and total baptisms from this fourth quarter, 1974. This sec- H. J. PEVERINI crusade are expected to ex- ond-largest Thirteenth Sab- Sao '5``. !,.<9.1,11 ceed 500. Del Delker and Cal- bath Offering ever received Z3P day. f Publishing Sales c7,• vin Taylor, of the Voice of resulted in an offering over- • Rise by $14 Million S'N Q °C The Seventh-day Adventist Church's 50 publishing houses, which print literature in 177 languages, report that their sales during 1974 amounted to $74,355,569. This is a gain of $14,507,527 over sales for 1973 and represents sales to church members, as well as nonchurch members. This is the biggest sales report in the history of the church. It is also the first time since the publishing work was organized that there have been more than 10,000 book- men going from door to door distributing gospel literature. As a result of this missionary endeavor, 15,001 persons were baptized into the church Participants in the Manila Voice of Prophecy crusade were Elder and last year who were first con- Mrs. Everett Tetz; C. A. Galang, North Philippine Union Mission Min- tacted by a literature evangel- isterial secretary; Fordyce Detamore; Del Delker; and Calvin Taylor. ist. D. A. McADAms

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