Adventist Review General Organ of the Seventh-day Adventist Church August 27, 1981 Caffeine update Page 3 A cup of cold water Page 6 Preparing the child for school Page 9 How to decide Page 10 Children can overcome their fears associated with starting to attend school. See Natelkka Burrell's article on page 9. THIS WEEK Adventist Review Drinking coffee or caffeine compatible with a causative role parents these next few days and -umMik." beverages was associated with for either coffee consumption or weeks in preparing their children •m• pancreatic cancer—a disease that cigarette smoking, but the fact for what can be a threatening ‘411/ causes more than 20,000 deaths that not many more men contract experience. each year in the United States—in this disease than women seems to As we thought it would, Mary 131st Year of Continuous Publication an article that appeared in the suggest that coffee is to blame, C. Monteith's article "SDA EDITOR March 12, 1981, issue of the rather than cigarettes. Nurses Needed" (July 9 issue) Kenneth H. Wood prestigious New England Journal The evidence keeps piling up continues to draw a large number ASSOCIATE EDITORS ofMedicine. It reports that studies that coffee-drinking and the use of responses, some of which are Leo R. Van Dolson, William G. Johnsson conducted by a group of of other caffeine-containing bev- published in this issue. ASSISTANT EDITORS researchers at Harvard University erages and substances present a Obviously, not all SDA nurses Jocelyn R. Fay, Aileen Andres Sox concluded that there is "a strong real health hazard. Much of this live in circumstances that make it ASSISTANT TO THE EDITOR association between coffee con- evidence is documented in Win- practical for them to serve in an Eugene F. Durand sumption and pancreatic can- ston J. Craig's "Caffeine SDA institution, but there cer- ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY cer." Update." tainly is a need for those who can Corinne Russ The relative risk for consumers Because school time soon will to consider carefully the chal- EDITORIAL SECRETARIES of one to two cups of coffee per be here, long-time Adventist lenge to help make our institu- Chitra Barnabas, Celia Singer day compared with those who educator Natelkka Burrell's arti- tions "witnesses for God." It is ART drink no coffee is 2.1 times; for Director. Byron Steele cle on preparing children to attend easy to criticize those who are Designer, G. W. Busch those who drink three to four cups school for the first time is timely. attempting to do so, but they CONSULTING EDITORS a day it is 2.8 times; and for those Some of the steps in preparing really need our help and prayers Neal C. Wilson, Charles E. Bradford. L. L. who drink five or more cups per children for school attendance more than our criticism. Bock. L. L Butler, Alf Lohne. Enoch Oliveira. G. Ralph Thompson. Max Torkel- day it is 3.2 times. The report need to be addressed long before Art credits: Cover, Kurt sen, Francis W. Wernick mentioned that the low rates of children are ready to begin Reichenbach, courtesy of Colum- SPECIAL CONTRIBUTORS cancer of the pancreas observed school, but many of her sugges- bia Union College; pp. 9, 11, R. R. Figuhr. Robert H. Pierson. George W. among Seventh-day Adventists is tions can be incorporated by Review. Brown. G J. Christ°, W. T. Clark, Bekele Heye, R. J. Kloosterhuis, Edwin Ludescher, Kenneth J. Mittleider, K. S. Parmenter. W. R. L. Scragg, Joao Wolff EDITORS, NORTH AMERICAN LETTERS UNION EDITIONS Columbia, Ernest N. Wendth Southwestern, Richard W. Bendall Letters submitted for publication should doctrine were set forth with scrip- AFRO-MIDEAST EDITION contribute ideas and comments on articles or lesson and Sabbath school sup- Editor, D. Jean Thomas material printed in the ADVENTIST REVIEW. tural proof and in the words of plies. They should be brief, not exceeding 250 INTER-AMERICAN EDITIONS words, and must carry the writer's name, your staff. While I am a firm Unlike the author of the article, Editor, Wanda Sample address, and telephone number (although this believer in the writings of Ellen I do not have two little children, Associate Editors, Simone Doleyres, French ,' number will not be printed). Letters must be Humberto Rasi. Raul Villanueva, Spanish legible, preferably typewritten, and double- White, I hold firmly to the posi- so I do not know how what I spaced. All will be edited to meet space and tion that we should set forth our suggest would help her. How- SOUTH AMERICAN EDITIONS literary requirements, but the author's mean- Editor. R. S. Lessa. Portuguese ing will not be changed. Views expressed in truths with scriptural evidence. ever, since I have started doing Editor. Jose Tabuenca, Spanish the letters do not necessarily represent those BOB THROWER this I feel relaxed and prepared for CORRESPONDENTS, of the editors or of the denomination. Fort Worth, Texas the Sabbath. WORLD DIVISIONS LAURE GREVE Africa-Indian Ocean, J. B. Kio; Afro-Mideast, The recent REVIEW concerning D. Jean Thomas; Australasian, R. M. Kranz; Collegedale, Tennessee Euro-Africa. Heinz Hopi: Far Eastern. M. G. Two Is Company the beliefs of the church is a Townend: Inter-American, Fred Hernandez: splendid and timely issue. It Northern European, H. J. Smit: South Ameri- I strongly agree with "Two Is Retirees can, Arthur S. Valle; Southern Asia, A. M. occurs to me that copies of this Peterson. Trans-Africa, Barbara Mittleider Company" (June 18). I like the issue would be helpful when Re "Retirees Inspire North idea that the need for human CORRESPONDENTS, answering questions concerning Pacific Churches" (July 23). NORTH AMERICA companionship is instilled by our our beliefs. How I wish some worker UNIONS: Atlantic, Geraldine I. Grout. Cana- Creator. Also, there is a need for dian, P. F. Lemon; Columbia, Ernest N FANNIE H. BACON would retire here in Wolflake, Wendth; Lake. Jere Wallack. Mid-America. single persons to have intimate Monroe, Washington Indiana. We are a small church of Halle G. Crowson, North Pacific. Morten relationships where the focal Juberg: Pacific, Shirley Barton: Southern, 38 members near several small George Powell; Southwestern, Richard W point is not sex, but experiencing towns where there are no Bendall an emotional and intellectual Fridays churches. UNIVERSITIES: Andrews, Chris Robinson; bond. As a child I experienced the Time is fast running out. (We Loma Linda, Richard Weismeyer TERESINA HURD same rushed, unhappy feelings on celebrated our centennial in 1978; CIRCULATION Ooltewah, Tennessee Ellen White spoke at the dedica- Manager, Robert S. Smith Friday evenings described by the Associate Manager. E. W. Moore author of "Coping With Friday" tion in 1878.) We long for souls. Field Representative, Ron D. Spear A classic EDNA VAN WAGNER Advertising and Marketing, Edmund M (July 16). Peterson "The German Soldier and the Albion, Indiana Since I've grown up, though, I TO CONTRIBUTORS Russian Bible" (June 25) is a have found ways to make my Unsolicited manuscripts are welcome, but classic. I could identify in a small Fridays more of a spiritual prepa- Query on mailing costs notification as to acceptance or rejection may be expected only if accompanied by a stamped, way with these men as I read and ration. I have found that if I start When I took some REVIEWS to self-addressed envelope reread the article. It revealed so my cleaning on Thursday after- the church recently to put in the An index is published in the last Review of June well the closeness that the mem- noon I have more time on Friday magazine rack, I found a waste- and December The Adventist Review is bers of our Adventist family feel indexed in the Seventh-day Adventist Periodi- to contemplate what the Sabbath basket piled high with magazines. cal Index toward one another. is for and how best to keep God's When I asked about it, I was told DOROTHY DENNIS The Adventist Review (ISSN 0161-1119) is holy day. that with the great increase in published every Thursday. Copyright CO 1981 Austin, Texas With most of my cleaning done postage—nearly $1 a pound to Review and Herald Publishing Association. 6856 Eastern Avenue NW., Takoma Park, Doctrinal issue on Thursday (the vacuuming, mail—people were not sending Washington, D.C. 20012, U.S.A. Second- dusting, and washing), I have the them away. class postage paid at Washington, D.C. Subscriptions: one year, US$21.95. Single Thank you for the Special Issue time on Friday, after lighter I thought of your editorial copy, 70 cents U.S. currency. Prices subject to on Bible Doctrines (July 30). I housework, to prepare my mind saying that no SDA magazines change without notice. read the whole issue and was for happy Sabbath subjects by should be thrown away and won- Vol. 158, No. 35 thrilled to see that the 27 points of relaxing with my Sabbath school Continued on page 11 2 (810) ADVENTIST REVIEW, AUGUST 27, 1981 ment was slower than normal. A study of 277 women in Belgium showed a correlation between the amount of Caffeine u coffee they drank and the amount of birth defects in their children.2 Careful evaluation of the statistics indicated this Data from recent research relationship was not a matter of chance. Caffeine is known is bound to fill the coffee drinker's to be broken down more slowly in pregnant women and in cup to the rim with grim. newborn babies, hence it is more dangerous for them. Caffeine fed to pregnant rats causes changes in several important hormones, and this may also affect develop- ment within the uterus .3.