Featuring - THE VOICE OF PROPHECY SOUTHERN TIDINGS is published Volume 62, No. 18 Oct., 1968 semi-monthly at the College Press, Collegedale, Tennessee. Entered as second-class matter July 26, 1929, SOUTHERN at the Post Office at Collegedale, Tennessee 37315, under the Act of THTDMTGO March 3, 1879. Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage provided for in Section 10, Act of October 3, 1917, authorized on OFFICIAL ORGAN OF 7HE SOUTHERN UNION July 25, 1929. Subscription rate— CONFERENCE OF SEVENTH•DAY ADVENTISTS two dollars per year. INSIDE In this issue of the SOUTHERN TIDINGS is SPECIAL featured the Voice of Prophecy radio pro- The Voice of Prophecy gram, a heaven-born, time-honored, soul- winning agency. Actually, it has become an Dateline Data institution of the Seventh-day Adventist Servicemen's Information Church. Not only do these broadcasts reach 21 Coming Events millions within the Southern Union ter- ritory, but through the Voice of Prophecy 22 Telex News the Adventist message is beamed to the entire 24 Pictorial Stories world in several languages. Every day we hear thrilling stories of how hearts are being 29 Obituaries changed and renewed in Christ Jesus as the CONFERENCES result of tuning in to these programs. 8 Alabama-Mississippi: "A New Light We urge our churches and people in the Upon a Hill" Southland to take full advantage of this soul- winning medium. Many interests are 10 Florida: "Two Special Camps' developed continually. These should be 12 South Atlantic: "Arise and Be sought out, visited and invited to Sabbath Baptized" services. Good radio time is still available 14 Carolina: "Reaching Christ by in many of our communities and cities. Telephone" This ought to be purchased and used for sending out the message of the Voice of 16 Kentucky-Tennessee: "Memphis on Prophecy. Multitudes need to be reached the Move" with a message of hope for these last days. 18 Georgia-Cumberland: "The Latest at This is a well-proven way to do it. Georgia Cumberland Acad- emy" 20 South Central: "A Missionary Work of the Highest Order" President, Southern Union Conference OUR COVER was provided through the courtesy of the Voice of Prophecy and was specially de- SOUTHERN UNION CONFERENCE publisher veloped for use with the special article prepared by H. M. S. Richards, director and speaker for OSCAR L. HEINRICH editor the Voice of Prophecy radio broadcast. NOBLE VINING design and production Local conference contributing editors — KATHERINE MAXFIELD layout artist Alabama-Mississippi T. H. Bledsoe WILLIAM SUE layout and special art DEANIE BIETZ circulation manager Carolina H. V. Leggett 1,01,111111' Florida H. I. Carubba ,,1,111.1W1 Georgia-Cumberland A. C. McClure Southern Union Conference, 3078 Memorial Drive P. 0. Box 849, Decatur, Georgia 30012 Kentucky-Tennessee E. E. Duncan H. H. SCHMIDT president South Atlantic F. L. Jones J. H. WHITEHEAD secretary-treasurer South Central L. A. Paschal Postmaster: All notices should be sent to SOUTHERN TIDINGS, P. 0. Box 849, Decatur, Georgia 30012. By H. M. S. RicHARDs, Director and Speaker A man living in Iowa who has driven heavy trucks some 800,000 miles wrote The Voice of Prophecy: "Almost all my life I have wandered from pillar to post, unstable in everything I've ever done. "I have always known there is a God, but I never knew how much I needed Him, until one night on Hoosier Pass in Colorado, on Highway 9, between Fairplay and Frisco. I was returning to a small town on Highway 40 called Fraser. I had just started driving a truck for this company and wanted to do my best and make a good showing. I had not slept for about a day and a half. "When I got to Fairplay, it had just started to sprinkle, and I thought I could rest for a while. When I woke up it had been snowing, and the sprinkle was now sleet. But, foolishly, I went ahead. Just as I started off, I lost control on the first curve, and turned around one and one-half times in a place too small to do this, I thought. "I remembered I had been thinking how nice things were going to be now, with my good job and everything going so well. Death is some- thing we all expect, but as I looked into that canyon, which in the darkness looked like a bottomless pit, I remembered asking, 'Oh, God, not now, please!' I know He heard me, and my short prayer was answered right then. When the truck had come to a complete stop, the trailer was partly hanging over the edge of that bottomless pit. "When I got home, my wife told me she was starting the lessons, `The Bible Speaks,' and that she and Mr. Edmond Richards and our Today's broadcast for all age As H. M. S. Richards prepares radio sermons and answers tiund.r,ea's' of letters, the King's Heralds, Del Detker, and Brad Braley perform 'the musical portions of the broadcast; and the Crusade Team or- ganizes future campaign plans. Two young people discuss. with Elder Richards the new and exciting plans for a broadcast for yeuth Dynamic adVanaes in this radio ministry depend upon your generous Offering on Voice'of Prophecy October 12. DATELINE DATA WASHINGTON, D. C. •- - - •The Adventist churches in the United States have earmarked $102,000 to keep in touch with their boys in military service. Charles D. Martin, associate secretary of the National Service Organization, reports that there are 9,000 Adventist men in the service, 600 of whom are in Vietnam. More than 2,000 Adventists have served in Vietnam since the beginning of the war, and, to date, 46 have given their lives. ATLANTA, GEORGIA - - - The September Reader's Digest contains a reprint from Outdoor World, new national nature magazine being published by Preston Publications, Inc. of Atlanta, Georgia. Title of the article is "The Eel--Nature's Extraordinary Changeling." It was written by the well-known nature writer, Jean George. The article, illustrated in full color, appears in its original form in the September-October Outdoor World. BERRIEN SPRINGS, MICHIGAN - - - The Quadrennial Council on Higher Education, held August 20-27 at Andrews University, made history. With 1,042 Adventist educators registered for the event, the council proved to be the largest in the history of the denomination. Resolutions from nearly 50 different educational sections were presented at the final session of the council. Many of these pointed out the need for a more tightly knit program of education. Theme of the council was "Relevant Teaching for Revolutionary Times." WASHINGTON, D. C. - - - Since 1962 the Post Office Department has followed the practice of issuing special Christmas stamps. It has departed from the American policy of separation of church and state and has entered into the field of religious propaganda. The 1968 stamp is designed with Gabriel, the patron saint of the Roman Catholic Church. GLENDALE, CALIFORNIA - - - On Sunday, October 6, the Walt Disney Productions in the Wonderful World of Color series will carry the new production, "Pacifically Peeking." The production includes the name of Seventh-day Adventist in connection with a sequence on Pitcairn Island. It has a newly-created character, Moby Duck, who tells facts about the Pacific, one being Pitcairn Island. In the script a medium shot of our Seventh-day Adventist Church on the island is shown and the sound of the ringing bell is heard. Moby Duck, in his particular brogue, says: "Here be the call to church On this day - no school and no work. Pitcairners, you know, are Seventh-day Adventists, Who never use tobacco or alcohol." Local time for viewing "Pacifically Peeking" should be checked with the NBC-TV channel. PROJECT WH ITECOAT Specialist Fifth Class William K. Atkins of Fayetteville, North Carolina, received the Army Commendation Medal in a special ceremony September 4 at the Fayetteville Seventh-day Adventist Church. He received this honor for his work as a laboratory technician with the Army Medical Unit, Fort Detrick, Parents With Draft Maryland. The citation stated that he "worked many extra hours with laboratory specimens of a highly contagious nature." Age Young Men The award was presented by Chaplain C. E. Bracebridge of the National Service Organization and Pastor J. P. Priest of the local church. Since 1950 our country has SP5 Atkins is one of over 1,200 men who have participated been engaged in wars that have in Project Whitecoat. This is a well-known volunteer program taken many lives—Korea, Formosa which S.D.A. 1-A-O draftees enter. Twice a year a selection and now Vietnam. This nation has team from Fort Detrick and Washington, D.C. go to Fort Sam seen fit to continue the draft in to interview and choose the number to keep the strength of order to meet these crises. This 175. Much of their work is in the area of chemical-biological means that any boy who was born warfare. Many of the discoveries have changed techniques and in 1950 is now old enough to be treatments of the wounded and, hence, saved thousands of lives. drafted into the service of his SP5 William K. Atkins and the thousands of others who country. put their lives on the line battling deadly diseases are to be As Seventh-day Adventists, we commended. It is through such acts of courage that we can ask for privileges and courtesies look forward with confidence to the future of our country. when our young men enter the service, and these have been C. E. BRACEBRIDGE, Civilian Chaplain, Southern Union Conference graciously granted.