INSTRUCTOR Juanita Tyson-Flyn authors a gripping double-length story— The Rugged Land MAY 20, 1958 Bible Lesson for May 31 WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS 48,ff c,,k_6( Mother of the Bride and letters to the editor On April 2, 1957, we reprinted an article from Family Circle REACTIONS Last week we mentioned magazine under the title that heads this editorial. The run-in title on that this column is being opened to letters the reprint read: "Our family avoided 'keeping up with the Joneses' from those who want to write their reac- when a daughter was to be married. Result: A wedding rich in true tions to materials they read in this maga- values—with no strain on finances or dispositions." zine. We do have a space limitation, and We hope that if you are one among the happy couples who will be of course your comments, whether pro or setting up a new home come June or some other summer month, you con, must be circumspect. Anonymous will reread this article. Only about fifty copies of the issue are still communications will not be published. Ad- available from the publishers, but a request with a twenty-five-cent dress your letters and cards to Grace Notes enclosure will bring you a copy while they last.* Editor, THE YOUTH'S INSTRUCTOR, Takoma The marriage ceremony is but the beginning of the home. How Park, Washington 12, D.C. important it is that it be planned and carried out in harmony with the Christian ideals that are to characterize that home. LETTERS Margaret D. Clarke's "Looking In this age of ostentation and pride, it is encouraging to see a young for a Happy Marriage?" in the February couple start married life with that taste and simplicity and true beauty 11 issue brought some comment. From representative of those who believe that our homes here are but a fore- Michigan, Patricia Klett wrote: "I really taste of the homes in the earth renewed. enjoyed M. D. Clarke's 'Looking for a It is a sorry commentary on our profession when church members Happy Marriage?' I feel that since the Y1 who claim to believe that Jesus is coming soon, spend hundreds, a thou- is a magazine designed for the youth, more sand, or more, dollars, in a wedding service that tries to imitate the helpful articles like this are very beneficial. uncaring world. Since the young people of today are going The mission of Seventh-day Adventists is that of reformers, not to be the future leaders of the church, conformers. Our study should be to test every expenditure against the more than ever they need advice and guid- magnitude of our task in the world. "All we possess is the Lord's, and ance in selecting a lifetime companion. we are accountable to Him for the use we make of it. In the use of So many are foolishly seeking close friend- every penny, it will be seen whether we love God supremely and our ships out of the church. I especially like neighbor as ourselves." experiences of people. Their mistakes We hold that young couples entering marriage should have a cere- made plain will help us." mony that will show the world what we believe. That ceremony can be lovely, in good taste, and memorable, with the ideal in mind to impress MILLION Next week brings an invita- those who attend that it was arranged by Bible Christians. But "when tion from the pen of Theodore Lucas to those who profess to be reformers, those in humble life, ape the customs support the million-dollar offering that and fashions of the worldly wealthy, it is a reproach to our faith." climaxes in Cleveland next June. Elder Let your wedding be a credit to the Seventh-day Adventist faith and Lucas is secretary of the General Confer- to the angels we hope will be abiding guests in your new home. ence Missionary Volunteer Department. He writes about "A Million Dollars of Love." BILLION May 27 will also supply a story on "A Billion Tons of Buried Treasure." The treasure is in South America, and Christ's Object Lessons, p. 351. 2 Testimonies, vol. 4, p. 515. comprises one of the great discoveries of • Order from Periodical Department, Review and Herald Publishing Association, Takoma Park, Washington 12, D.C. the twentieth century. PLUS Add these plus features to your diet from next week's Yourfes INSTRUC- THE YOUTH'S INs-raucroR is a nonfiction weekly designed to meet the spiritual, social, TOR: two questions, "What Is Engage- physical, and mental interests of Christian youth in their teens and twenties. It adheres to the ment?" by Dr. Harold Shryock; "What fundamental concepts of Sacred Scripture. These concepts it holds essential in man's true Is Your Price?" by Vinston E. Adams. relationship to his heavenly Father, to his Saviour, Jesus Christ, and to his fellow men. Begin- ning with volume one, number one, in August of 1852, this paragraph appeared under the name of publisher James White: "It's object is, to teach the young the commandments of God COVER The photo, supplied by British and the faith of Jesus, and thereby help them to a correct understanding of the Holy Scrip- Information Services, shows part of a tures." Whether 1852 or 1958, our objectives continue to be the same. statuary group near the famous Big Ben. See "Souvenir of London," page 5. THE YOUTH'S INSTRUCTOR Vol. 106, No. 20 May 20, 1958 Editor WALTER T. CRANDALL Published by the Seventh-day Adventists. Printed every Tuesday by the Review and Herald Publishing Assn., at Takoma Park, Washington 12, D.C., U.S.A. Entered as second-class matter August 14, 1903, at the post office at Washington, D.C., Assistant Editor FRITZ GUY under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. Copyright, 1958, Review and Herald Publishing Assn., Washington 12, D.C. Art Editor T. K. 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For a bewil- If only we hadn't agreed to present record of accident-free driving. Very dered instant I couldn't im- the MV program in a nearby society that good, I had congratulated myself. Now I UU agine. afternoon. If only the owner hadn't have "fallen." I know how easily it can We had been sitting in the decided not to go. If only I hadn't agreed happen, and I feel a bond of sympathy car by the side of a road waiting for the to drive the car. If only the soloist had with the multitude of people into whose other automobile in our group to return. found the song. If only I hadn't decided class I have dropped. I can no longer Minutes had gone by. A car had driven to let the other car return for one last look down and criticize their accidents toward us on the side road and I had search. If only that other car hadn't come with superiority. The sympathy I appre- edged out of the way. But what I hadn't along and forced me to move over. If ciated most came from those who like- noticed was how close we were to the only I had thought to check my prox- wise had had an accident. first of a row of low posts. imity to that row of posts. And it would Maybe I should consider more than More time had elapsed. We had have helped ever so slightly if only they just automobile accidents—"accidents" waited anxiously. We were far behind had found the song! with sin perhaps. Until I have faced the our schedule for departure. But all those "if only's" didn't change same temptation, undergone the same "Here they come!" someone had the appearance of the car. The dent was experience, I cannot understand. Maybe shouted as the car whizzed toward us still there. And the long scratches. I should not feel so smug in my "stand- and past. Anxious to be after it, my foot The boys attempted sympathy. "Well, ing." Perhaps I should only exercise had pressed the accelerator. And that was he has insurance." greater caution. Certain it is that I must when it happened. "You have to break your record some- not criticize. To do that is to lean at such A quick survey revealed a dented time." an angle that the gravity of sin will right fender and a long ugly line where "It happens to all of us." force me into a fall.