"Christ is waiting with longing desire for the manifestation of Himself in His church. When the character of Christ shall be perfectly reproduced in His people, then He will come to claim them as His own." Christ's Object Lessons, p. 69. Official organ of the Northern Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. L. H. Netteburg Editor Shirley Engel Assistant Editor Concerned Communications Design Report From General Oak Park Press Printer Northern Conference Session Union Conference Publisher Greetings from Vienna: The Published semimonthly. Subscrip- tion price $3.00 a year. fifty-second world congress of Old and new addresses should be Seventh-day Adventists has given when a change of address is requested. Zip code should be included chosen the leader for the next for all addresses. five years. Robert H. Pierson Second class postage paid at Post Office, Nevada, Iowa 50201. with his vast background of church administration was re- Local Conference Directory elected president. Elder Pierson Iowa: Office address: Box 475, West has visited almost all of the 193 Des Moines, Iowa 50265. Telephone: countries in which our work is (515) 255-2197. E. L. Marley, President; Relious L. Walden, Treasurer; Marcus carried on. E. Payne, Secretary. As everyone knows who has Minnesota: Office address: 1100 Ford followed the thrust of Elder Road, at Hwy. 12, Minnetonka, Minne- sota 55343. Telephone: (612) 545-8894. Pierson's leadership during the R. C. Schwartz, President; 0. H. previous ten years, his empha- Rausch, Secretary-Treasurer. sis has been Revival, Reformation, and Evangelism. Wouldn't it North Dakota: Office address: Box be wonderful if this could be the thrust in every church, in every 1491, Jamestown, North Dakota 58401. Telephone: (701) 252-1431. L. J. church member, and leader. If this were done we could quickly Leiske, President; Ruben Beck, Secre- finish the work. tary-Treasurer. The eyes of North America are on the Northern Union. I South Dakota: Office address: Box 520, Pierre, South Dakota 57501. Tele- would like to pass along to each member the challenge for souls phone: (605) 224-8868. G.W. Liscombe, that is the theme of this world congress. Those who have President; Clyde Best, Secretary- Treasurer. attended this congress cannot return to their work without the realization that great things are soon to happen in our midst. Let Northern Union Conference Directory us all pull together to make our soul-winning this year reflect the 400 North Lilac Drive spirit of this congress and its great evangelistic thrust. Minneapolis, Minnesota 55422 Telephone (612) 545-0471 Sincerely, W. 0. Coe President, Religious Liberty L. H. Netteburg Secretary-Treasurer, Auditor, A.S.I. R. A. Diede Associate Auditor W. 0. Coe H. G. Crowson Ministerial Secretary President Leo Herber, M. D. Medical Secretary W. G. Larson Lay Activities, Sabbath School, Communication R. C. Thomas Publishing C. M. Willison Education, Youth Activities, National Service Organization, Temperance W. G. Zima Evangelism Coordinator 2 Star s and Str ipes on S uribachi Y ama It was Friday, February 23, Of course, one of the first 1. They will be a happy 1945, Iwo Jima's D-Day plus 4. things the enemy did when sin people. A costly beachhead had been entered the world was to 2. They will have the best of gained on this last stronghold challenge the standard of God's everything in this life. before Tokyo. Then brave men authority, His flag, as it were. 3. They will live forever. What began to push their way to the But once again, in unmistaka- more could God give? The top of 546-foot Mount Suri- ble tones, He unfolds His flag promise is based on God's word bachi. A piece of pipe was of authority on a mountain - "The mouth of the Lord hath found, and in clear sight of tens summit - Sinai. "Remember the spoken it." Isaiah 58:14. of thousands of American sabbath day to keep it holy." Now, let us identify God's fighting men, a small flag was His voice rolled through the holy day in the New Testament. raised on the summit. Men earth: "The seventh day is the 1. "I was in the Spirit on the shouted, cheered, wept. Ships sabbath of the Lord thy God." Lord's day..." Revelation 1:10. at sea blew horns. A friend told Why? It was a memorial of His God has a definite day. me the story. He saw it happen. creative power. For in six days 2. "The Son of man is Lord Two hours later, this small the Lord made heaven and also of the sabbath." Mark 2:28. flag was replaced by a 56 x 96 earth ...Wherefore, the Lord 3. "God did rest the seventh inch flag from LST 779. As this blessed the sabbath day and day from all His works." flag was being hoisted, a brave hallowed it." Exodus 20:8-11. Hebrews 4:4. The Lord's day, young Marine named Harlon the Sabbath day, and the Block grabbed the end of the "Banzai, Banzai" seventh day are all one. second pole, and with four Nothing so enraged Japanese 4. The Sabbath, the Lord's other Marines and a sailor, Captain Inouye as seeing the day, comes between the day of hoisted the Stars and Stripes. flag fly on Iwo Jima. Nearly the crucifixion and the day of The flag snapped sharply in the 1,000 men charged, shouting, the resurrection - between what breeze. "Banzai, Banzai." But the many call Good Friday and charge failed. Old Glory still A photographer, Joe Rosen- Easter Sunday. Luke 23:52-24:1. flew. thal, had also gained the Remember, God says it is holy. Just so, the enemy made its dangerously exposed summit, It is His flag of authority. No great banzai on God and His and snapped the greatest wonder the enemy is so anxious law at Golgotha. Christ, our picture of all time. to destroy it. But it still proudly Lord, suffered inexpressible waves over His people. horror and anguish. But the God's Flag Unfurled enemy failed and the issue was Iwo Jima Day Long ago, there was another that day forever settled. God's Two weeks after the flag flag unfurled. It represented all flag still flew. God's sign still raising, Harlon Block, Seventh- the government of God. "More- waves over His people even day Adventist marine, and lead over also I gave them my today. "If thou turn away thy man in the memorial was killed sabbaths, to be a sign between foot from the Sabbath, from in action. Harlon was buried me and them..." Ezekiel 20:12. doing thy pleasure on my holy within sight of Valley Grande When God created this world, day..." don't trample the flag Academy, where we had attend- holy and beautiful, He put His of God's authority - "...and ed school together for many sign of authority over it, His shalt honor him...then shalt years. Now, every February 23, holy day. "Thus the heavens thou delight thyself in the Lord; Iwo Jima day, a wreath is and the earth were finished, and and I will cause thee to ride placed on his grave at a special all hosts of them. And on the upon the high places of the memorial ceremony. seventh day God ended his earth, and feed thee with the God has a memorial also. It work which he had made...And heritage of Jacob." Isaiah comes weekly - "the seventh God blessed the seventh day 58:13,14. day is the Sabbath of the Lord and sanctified it..." Genesis Notice three great promises thy God." 2:1-3. to those who keep the Sabbath: Lyndon DeWitt 3 Oak Park Academy and the Costs Christian Education costs money. But doesn't quality always cost a little more? I wish we could announce that the cost to attend Oak Park Academy for the 1975-76 school year will be less than it was last year. Inasmuch as we are living in an inflationary era, we can't do that. We can, however, do the next best thing and state that the tuition and room and board charges are the same as they were this past second semester, about $9.32 per day or $263 per month for ten months. Now, $263 per month is high. Anyway you turn it, you can't avoid Winterset that fact, and to be candid, to meet the basic needs of the school and to help balance the budget, it should be higher. However, the Vacation Oak Park Academy Board in the interest of holding down the Bible School spiraling costs, has pared faculty and curriculum down to a very basic minimum. Hundreds of public and private schools across the land have faced the same hard decisions in one form or another. Oak Park Academy, however, has some built in advantages that can greatly minimize the out-of-pocket costs for most parents. Many schools do not have the industries that serve Oak Park Academy. The Bake 'N Serve Plant has plans to use 40 - 50 students this fall. During the summer they have been shut down for heavy maintenance and modernization purposes. The academy laundry regularly uses 10 -13 students during the winter, and five or six in the summer. The press uses about eight. The broomshop uses about 15 - 20. Oak Park Manor, a privately owned Seventh-day Adventist Nursing Home, can employ 18 - 22. The cafeteria, maintenance department, janitor service, registrar and business offices will need 20 - 30. The average wage from all these sources is approximately $2.00 per hour.