>,) »> CHURCH PAPER OF THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS <<fc«cc< EW N G GALLOWAY This Remarkable Photograph of Mount Rainier in Southwest Washington Makes You Look Twice to Find Out Which Is the Mountain Itself and Which Is the Reflection VOL. 124, NO. 5 JANUARY 30, 1947 ¶ A WIRELESS from Geneva, Switzerland, says lack of full freedom for Protestant churches in the Russian zone of In This Issue Germany still causes anxiety, but there are "certain hopeful EDITORIAL - - - - - - - Page 3 signs," according to Dr. W. A. Visser t' Hoof t, general Why We Cannot Join the Federal Council of Churches secretary of the World Council of Churches, who recently —"The Wages of Unrighteousness"—The Sunday visited Germany to confer with church leaders there. As Schools and Sunday Observance in 1946—World an illustration, Dr. Visser t' Hoof t cited one town where Trends people were required to work on their farms on Sundays GENERAL ARTICLES - - Page 7 and were thus prevented from attending church services. The Crisis in Christian Education—The Great Illu- The minister approached the local commandant and pointed sion—My Choice—Requirements for Stewards—Follow out that the Ten Commandments require Christians to Holiness observe the Sabbath. The officer countered by asking what these commandments were, and when recited to him, he THE ADVENTIST HOME CIRCLE Page 13 replied, "This is indeed outstanding, and should be "The Home and Christian Living" preached everywhere." "From that day on, no more work REPORTS FROM ALL LANDS Page 15 was demanded on Sundays," Dr. Visser t' Hoof t said. Voice of Prophecy in Africa—Off for Service in the ¶ THE U.S. Supreme. Court has ruled on two cases involving Far East—High Chinese Official Visits Our Head- the right of objectors to refuse military service because of quarters—Presswork Abroad—Census of Religious their religious or humanitarian convictions. The court, in Bodies: 1946—North American Spot News one case, set aside the conviction of two members of OBITUARIES - - Page 20 Jehovah's Witnesses who had been accused of draft dodging and had been sentenced to prison for failure to serve in the armed forces. The court said the men ought to have ITEMS OF INTEREST been allowed to attack their classifications when they were on trial in the lower courts. At the same session the court refused to hear another conscientious objector's appeal from [The REVIEW subscribes to Religious News Service, the well-known inter- denominational news gathering organization. Many of the items below are a ruling that "religion" must grow out of the concept of taken directly from this service.] God. This case involved Herman Berman, of Los Angeles, if WOMEN show a greater interest than men in personal who was sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison for religion and in the life and affairs of the church, according refusing to enter the Army. He said in his plea to the to the Rev. George F. O'Pray, rector of St. Clement's Episco- court that he is a socialist and is opposed to all war. His pal church, who asked his congregation 89 questions in an stand, however, is based on his belief in the brotherhood effort to "evaluate the moral and spiritual life" of his of man and not on religious faith, derived from the concept parish. Mr. O'Pray sent questionnaires to 360 members and of God. Berman claimed that his objection to military received 227 replies, most of them from women. Asked if service ought to be respected, and that the right of they believed in Bible miracles, 154 members said yes and conscience should not be limited to adherence to formal 36 no. Mr. O'Pray said a definite need of Bible reading was religious beliefs. However, the Supreme Court refused to indicated in answers to the question: "How often do you hear the appeal. read the Bible?" Sixteen members said every day, 33 frequently, 57 sometimes, 66 rarely, and 33 not at all. "Do you really try to live a Christian life yourself?" Answering 75-50-25 YEARS AGO this, 199 said yes and nine no. Most frequent causes of failure to achieve this goal were listed as not enough will 1872 power, temper, or anger, "getting discouraged at my own ¶ IN an editorial note concerning the Battle Creek church, weakness," and temptation "which leads to wrongdoing." Uriah Smith states: "The revival work in this place is still Reporting that only three members out of 196 said they progressing with so far very favorable results. Meetings have have family prayers, he said this showed "religious life in been held since conference nearly every evening. Most the home has broken down." of the real work, however, is done outside of the meetings. ¶ THE Church of England faces "a great financial crisis" It is being clearly demonstrated that the most effectual way due to threatened loss of income when Britain's railroads for a church to rise is to go to work themselves. The work are nationalized and the church must accept "what appears seems to be taking deeper and deeper hold upon the hearts to be inadequate compensation," for its holdings, according of those engaged in it, with a prospect for permanent to Dr. Cyril Forester Garbett, Archbishop of York. Writing results." in the York diocesan bulletin, Dr. Garbett said this loss and 1897 other financial reverses must be offset by increased church THE REVIEW of January 26 records the death of Dan R. attendance and by "gifts made more regularly and related Palmer, of Jackson, Michigan, at the age of eighty years. to the changed- value of moner?- -1-le also proposed a read- This pioneer believerkv.as an 1844 Adventist, atta_after. the justment of church organization to provide for mergers of time passed, he waited patiently, believing that the disap- parishes which could be supervised "from a common pointment would be explained in due time. He received center." the light of the third angel's message when Joseph Bates brought it to Michigan in 1852. When the Review office ¶ THE ill and shut-in members of Christ Presbyterian moved from Rochester, New York, to Bartle Creek, Michi- church in Bayonne, New Jersey, can participate in Sunday gan, his name was first on a committee of three to superin- morning worship services without evenleaving their sick- tend the erection of the office building and- the establish- beds or wheel chairs. The church, which already boasts a ment of the publishing work in that place. church-time nursery service for mothers and a Sunday taxi service for the immobile, has added a new service, the home 1922 delivery of recordings of the Sunday worship. Every Sunday 4[[ A CHURCH has been organized at Delicias, Cuba, eight morning William Hummel, a parishioner, records the service persons signing the church covenant as charter members. on his machine, and the pastor, the Rev. Robert M. Moore, ¶ R. S. GREAVES reports a small company of believers in delivers them personally to the homes of the sick members Saloniki, Greece. They hold their Sabbath meetings in the of his flock. Even nonmembers are taking advantage of the shade of trees in a foreign cemetery, where they are free service. from interruption. 2 REVIEW AND HERALD Fr.tti P, D. EDITORIAL Fruderi,:k L•c, 1. I. U A Notable Protestant Meeting—Part 5 was worshiping Him who made the heaven and the earth. Further study revealed that the Sabbath had Why We Cannot Join the been obscured and almost lost through long centuries Federal Council of Churches of apostasy, and that the apostate power of the Papacy boldly declared that it had authority to change God's Part I law, pointing to Sundaykeeping as a mark of that authority. ST week we discussed the reasons why religious Without expanding further on the distinctive doc- leaders seek a union of all Protestants. We trinal convictions of Adventists, we may sum up by A frankly stated that there was great weight to saying that this Advent Movement was born of a three- many of these reasons and that we could agree with the fold conviction: that the literal and personal advent of major premise underlying that reasoning, for example, our Lord, as the climax of earth's history, is near at that there should be one fold, and that the gravity of hand; that God's ancient Sabbath should be exalted the times demand united action. In view of this the as the sign of allegiance to our Creator and Redeemer; question naturally arises, Then why don't Adventists and that God foretold and ordained that a last pro- seek to join the Federal Council, which is at least a par- phetic movement should arise in the world to exalt tial expression of the endeavor for union? And why these and other forgotten truths to prepare men for don't we throw all our crusading ardor on the side of the great day of the Lord. the World Council of Churches, which seeks to bind together the non-Catholic Christian world? Doctrines Debar United Action Let us say, first, that we decline to join, not because of any pharisaical love of being exclusive, or from any Who will say that these were frivolous reasons for belief that we in the Adventist faith are necessarily the birth of a movement? or that they touch on only any more holy, any more beloved of God, than are the incidentals of religion? Who will argue that a the sincere members of other communions who call body of men going forth under the conviction that upon the name of our Lord.