VoLUME XXVII MARCH, 1954 NUMBER 3 ,- I "SEVEN DEADLY SINS" I I of Ministers hat would you say are the "seven deadly sins" of ministers? Dr. Georgia Harkness, professor of applied theology at the Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley, California, has her own list. She calls them "occupational hazards." At the fifth annual ministers' convo­ cation at the University of Southern California she described them · as: " ( 1) spiritual pride; ( 2) feverish overactivity; ( 3) underactivity; ( 4) eagerness for praise; ( 5) accepting material standards of success; ··.· · ( 6) bad night of the soul; ( 7) double-mindedness, in which one wishes to please God but also wants to ~lease himself." Ministers are frequently the object of analysis. They have got used to it. Nevertheless, th~:;ir ,profession is so sensitive and idealistic that they can never afford to be wholly indifferent to criticism. Perhaps no profession undergoes greater self-criticism than does the ministry of the gospel. This is just as it should be. Dr. Harkness takes a crack at ministerial careerism when she says that ministers wish for promotion like anyone else, and often let this desire unconsciously set their standards. "A minister's pride often leads to restless activity without sufficient prayer or trust in God," she said. "He reacts by losing working efficiency and falls into spiritual frustration. For all these seven sins, God has a corrective if one is humble, earnest in self-examination, prayerful, and trustful." Apart from criticism, we believe that the standard of the ministry ranks as high as any other professional group. But every minister, if he is to follow the pattern of the apostle Paul, will have to say frankly with him, "Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect. I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus."-The Watchman-Examiner. Page 2 THE MINISTRY In This Issue UR lead article this month is from the O inspiring pen, now stilled, of A. W. Spalding. Please turn to page 4. Official Organ of the MINISTERIAL AssociATioN oF SEvENTH-DAY Anv"ENTISTS On page 15 a thought-provoking article ap· Editor: pears, bringing inspiration from the great evan­ ROY ALLAN ANDERSON gelist of a past generation, Finney. S. Kaplan's important series on Zionism Associate Editors: A. WILLIAM H. BRANSON, Lours K. DrcKsoN, continues in this issue on page 19. LoursE C. KLEUSRR, GEORGE E. VANDEMAN In the Research section on page 22 we pre­ RoBERT M. WHlTSETT sent a "Report on the Eleventh Chapter of Office Editor; Advertising and Circulation Manager: Daniel," prepared by the group commissioned BEN GLANZER to make this important study. All of our readers will find this profitable. The article in Shepherdess, page 28, joins the second feature article on page 6 in presenting the missionary's point of view. VOLUME XXVII NUMBER• 3 Overseas ordinations for 1953 are listed, be­ AT A GLANCE ginning on page 41. FEATURES ·-------·-----·-------------------------------------------·----- 4 Cover-Seattle Green Lake Church, Washington The Bishopric of Judas-Qualities Indispensable to a Missionary THE Seattle Green Lake church was EDITORIAL ----·---------------··----------- -··----·------ -·---- ______ 7 dedicated December 31, 1949. Its "Having Great Power'' chaste beauty and simple dignity combine to rightly represent the NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS------------------------ 9 greatest cause on earth in the larg­ PULPIT -----------·-------- -------------------------------------------------- 11 est city of the North Pacific Union. How to Deal With Heresies (Part III)-Exegetical It is strikingly situated on the east Studies in Ephesians (Part II) shore of lovely Green Lake in the PASTOR ---------------------------------------------·----------------------- 15 heart of North Seattle. Lord, Send a Revival !-Suggested Group Guidance Two laymen physicians, A. H. Techniques (Part II) Grauman, M.D., and E. F. Ching, M.D., together EVANGELISM _-----------------··- _____ --·--------·----------------- 19 with the former pastor, W. I. Unterseher, assumed Shall We Revise Our Views on Zionism? (Part II) heavy responsibilities in the erection of the build­ RESEARCH --------------------------------------------------------------- 22 ing. These two laymen were chairman respectively of the committees on building and finance. Report on the Eleventh Chapter of Daniel The city of Seattle's first church was downtown at SHEPHERDESS ------------·---·--------------------------·------------- 28 Second and Thomas streets. From this parent church The Indispensable Ingredients others developed. The first Green Lake church MUSIC --------·--------··---------------·-----------------------·-------------- 30 building was in the Green Lake district at North Excellent Male Quartet Arrangements Seventy-second and Fifth streets, with a small mem­ BIBLE INSTRUCTOR ----·------------------------------·-------- 32 bership. In 1923 the membership rose to ninety-five Training Bible Instructors following a series of public meetings by Taylor G. Bunch. Another building was purchased at Forty­ HEALTH EVANGELISM -------------------------------------- 34 seventh Street and Interlake Avenue, which for Alcoholism-A Self-inflicted Disease twenty-two years was known as the North Seattle FORUM --------------------------·----·-----------·--------------·-----·--·---- 37 church. In 1930 the membership stood at 140. By This Question of Clean and Unclean Meats 1945, the last year of E. N. Sargeant's pastorate, the NEWS . -----------------------------·--·-------------------------------------- 40 membership had grown to 269, and the old building was sold. Later a beautiful lake shore lot at 6350 1953 OVERSEAS ORDINATIONS ---------------·------ 41 East Green Lake Way was purchased, upon which POINTERS ------------------- --·---·------------ ________________________ 48 the new brick structure, seating 550 persons, was erected at a cost in excess of $150,000. Within two years the congregation of three hundred members, Printed and published monthly for the Ministerial Association of Seventh-day Adventists by the Review and Herald Publish­ with denominational assistance, had fully paid for ing Association, Washington, D.C., U.S.A., $2.50 a year; its lovely church home. H. W. Lowe, C. A. Scriven, 25 cents a copy. Add 35 cents for yearly subscriptions to countries requiring extra postage. Entered as second-class mat­ Don H. Spillman, W. I. Unterseher, and L. R. Alex­ ter December 19, 1927, at the post office at Washington, ander assisted in its dedication. D.C., under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. Growth has continued during the four years of the present pastorate, so that the membership has risen to nearly four hundred. J. J. ROBERTSON, Pastor. MARCH, 1954 Page 3 The Bishopric of Judas ARTHUR W. SPALDING [Here is another characteristically thought-pro­ with deference, so as not to dry up the voking message from the pen of Professor Spalding. stream of gold; but there were ways of cir­ We have appreciated his messages in THE MINISTRY cumventing their schemes. As for Judas, he from time to time, and we were all saddened by the was the diplomat, the statesman, the poli­ news of his death last December. We know that the tician. He knew the way the cause should influence of his godly life and the inspiration of his many writings will continue to bear fruit.-EDIToks.] take; and he knew how to ride the crest of the wave of popularity. He would arrive! O AIM so high; to fall so Ambition to be the chief was rife among low! Judas Iscariot, like the twelve. There was rivalry; there were T Lucifer, aspired to set his cliques; there was intrigue. The lesser at­ throne above the stars of God. tached themselves to the apparently greater; Money was one of his idols, if•any could not be chief, at least he might but the god of his heart was be the right-hand man of the chief. Judas pride and selfish ambition. often arranged provocative situations, drew In the beginning he ad­ out interests, interposed questions and sub­ mired Jesus. He marveled at His power to tle answers. He sat at the steering oar, while heal the sick, to cast out devils, to raise the he let the other row. dead. He was attracted to the Man of N aza­ reth, who, coming from so humble and dis­ Basic Law of Christ's Kingdom reputable an environment, manifested such Suddenly James and John made a sur­ genius and originality and authority. His prise move. They were undeniably the ma­ teachings. were fresh and invigorating; and jority in the triumvirate whom Jesus most ] udas, sensing something of his own lack, often took into conference and confidence. was drawn to Jesus as an iron filing is drawn With their mother they went to the Master to a magnet. and boldly asked for the two highest places Judas joined the church. Soon he held in the kingdom. They were gently refused, office. His fellow disciples paid him defer­ but the episode set off a tremendous explo­ ence; for was not Judas a scribe, a learned sion. Judas, for once taken aback, led the man, shrewd, capable, discerning? His van­ chorus of condemnation; but all the ten ity fed by their respect, he set his native "were moved with indignation against the cunning to work to attain to undisputed two brethren." headship of the company. Skilled in dialec­ Then Jesus called them all together and tics, he taught the Bible class, weaving in laid down the basic law of the kingdom: many a misinterpretation and sophistry that "Whosoever will be great among you, shall he had learned from his rabbinical teachers be your minister: and whosoever of you and that he honestly believed. will be the chiefest, shall be servant of all" The opposite teachings of Tesus offended (Mark 10:43, 44). him: since the prophecies pfainly foretold Judas did not believe that. It was con­ the glory of the Messiah, who should sit on trary to all common sense, all experience of the throne of His father David, why did man. Whoever would be great must strive Jesus again and again declare that He was to be great. He must scheme and contrive fated to die? Why should He counsel hu­ and maneuver, and when necessary and ex­ mility and self-denial and menial service? pedient use brute force, to get to the top.