Volume 52
WARIMITRTON, VICTORIA, MARCH 15, 1948
The SUPPLIANT and the
INVITED CHRIST
This gracious invitation was originally addressed to the Laodicean
church, but has since made a timeless and universal appeal.
H
E who stands with calm
pity and yearning tenderness at the door is
the risen and exalted Lord;
the door is the closed human
heart overgrown by vines of
habit and obstructed by
accumulated rubbish; the
knockings of the Saviour's
hand are all the experiences
which prompt us to open and
let Him in.
and will sup with him, and he
with Me." The Saviour who
stood outside the door is now
seated within at the festal
board with the occupant,
whose face is illumined by a
new-found joy. The room is
filled with a radiant brightness by reason of the Saviour's
presence. Such is the picture of the invited Christ.
It is a striking reversal
of the ordinary relation between Christ and man that
He should stand as a suppliant at the door of the
human heart. Just as He
who is Lord of all washed
the feet of His disciples so
He who is risen and exalted
knocks and asks admission.
He had said: "Knock, and
it shall be opened unto you,"
but now He says: "Behold,
I stand at the door, and
knock." The King of kings
comes to your heart and mine
and asks us to let Him in.
The Gospels teir of yet
another such reversal. In the
parable of the ten virgins
there is again a knocking at
the door. Those who were
not ready at the Bridegroom's
coming were shut out and
their knocking disregarded.
Inseparably associated with
the words is Holman Hunt's
masterpiece, "The Light of
the World." In that picture
we see the Saviour in the chill
of night's darkness with an
expression of patient pleading and wounded love upon
His face. One hand rests
upon the fast-closed door,
which looks so uninviting,
while the other holds a lantern, with the hope that a
ray of light will find its way
through a chink in the door
to tell the soul within that
He is waiting. Such is the
picture of the suppliant
Christ: "Behold, I stand at
the door, and knock."
A companion picture is
suggested by the words that
follow: "I will come in to him,
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Now the situation is that wherever there So He transforms our humble provision
is a closed heart there is the knocking into a sumptuous feast.
At a lantern lecture in London some
Christ. At the palace portal and the
Cottage door, at the heart-door of the child years ago, the Light of the World was
and of his grandparents,' He is there just thrown upon the screen. A boy about
five years of age, after gazing intently at
the same.
He knocks and speaks in many ways. the picture for a while, asked his father
Most frequently He knocks by blessings in a voice heard clearly by all around, "Why
bestowed. It is the goodness of God that don't they let Him in?" The father, who
leads to repentance. The blessings re- was rather embarrassed, replied that he
ceived are the hand of the Saviour upon did not know. After a while, the boy was
the door of the heart. It is in keeping heard to say, "Father, I know why they
with the love of God that He knocks more don't let Him in. They must be living in
frequently by increasing our blessings than the back of the house, where they can't
by taking them away or by sorrow. But hear Him."
For "any man," and that means everyoften our sorrows are just His hand upon
the door. If we could see behind our joys body, the excluded and suppliant Christ
and sorrows the will of Christ to save and may be made the invited and indwelling
keep, many of our problems would be Christ.
solved. We sometimes think, with Samuel,
"Have you any room fol. Jesus,
that the voice of God is the voice of Eli.
He who bore your load of sin,
The singing of a hymn, the reading of
As He knocks and asks admission?
God's Word, the accusation of conscience,
Sinner, will you let Him in?
or the longing for better things are often
the knocking of the Saviour's hand. Some,
"Room for Jesus, King of glory!
like the Philippian gaoler, hear the knockHasten now His Word obey.
ing in the thunder of the earthquake,
Swing your heart's door widely open,
others, like Lydia, hear it in the still small
Bid Him enter while you may."
voice, but in one form or another, it is
—"Australian Christian World,"
there for all to hear.
February 13, 1948.
That the Saviour should come to us as
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a suppliant tells of the greatness of His
love. Love is the only power which could
have brought Him to us in such a way. Blessed Are the Even-Tempered
The love by which He gave Himself on
ROY L. SMITH
Calvary, has made possible such continual
He
was
the
clerk
behind the counter at
giving of Himself.
a large hotel, and the irritations that oc"Love so amazing, so divine,
curred in the course of eight hours of duty
Demands my soul, my life, my all."
were sufficient to tax any man's patience to
the limit, but in spite of all the unreasonII
ableness of fussy guests, he managed to
In Holman Hunt's picture there is no maintain an unruffled calm and to smile
handle on the outside of the door. The without interruption. Some of us who
door can be opened only from within. If watched him marvelled at his ease of
the door is to be opened at all, it must manner and superb self-control.
be opened by us. And what is frequently
Late in the afternoon a florid guest
forgotten is that doing nothing is a matter rushed up, with the brusque inquiry: "Can
of shutting Him out.
you cash a cheque on an out-of-town
We are sometimes troubled because life bank?" There was a quick inspection of
is not all we feel it might be. The soul the slip of paper, and without a word the
is dark and gloomy, pleasure and all else clerk took from the cash drawer the
we crave for fail to satisfy. Unrest and money necessary. "Any exchange?" the
dissatisfaction are sometimes the result of guest asked, poised for a hurried departure.
"No," replied the clerk, and the guest was
the closed heart and the excluded Christ.
These words are stronger in their appeal off.
Turning to the next man in line the
than anything that can be said about
them: "Behold, I stand at the door, and clerk remarked: "We used to charge exknock." He who knocks is not only the change on cheques like that,, but it caused
despised and rejected of men! He is also so many arguments, and cost us so much
the King of kings. The hand of the sup- time and temper, that we stopped. It isn't
pliant is the hand of a king! The "any worth any man's money to lose his time
man" who may hear His voice is everyone. and temper arguing over sixpence."
In that single remark we discovered the
The figurative words, "I will come in unto secret of his serene efficiency. He did not
him," are a statement of the great fact of waste his energy in profitless argument and
Christian experience—that of the indwell- expensive temper!
ing of the Saviour in the individual soul.
Yet it is at this very point that many
persons exhaust themselves. They go
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through every day fighting for every trifling
When He enters our heart, it is as our right, and arguing every petty point, and at
guest: "I will sup with him." Though evening time they return to their homes
we may be able to provide but poor and utterly spent. They have won some arguscanty fare, He will share it gladly, if we ments and defended some rights; but in
offer it sincerely and gratefully and with the process they have lost their contenta consciousness of our need of Him.
ment of soul.
But He afterwards becomes qur host.
Most of us exercise a reasonable care
We read not only "I will sup with him," but in spending our money. At least we make
also: "and he with Me." He deals with an effort to see that we get our money's
us as He did with those two disciples on the worth. But all too few of us make sure
road to Emmaus, when He accepted their that we get our energy's worth.
invitation to sup with them, for He asWe "fight for a principle" so long that
sumed the position of host and was made it destroys all our peace of mind, and many
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for. We "stand our ground" when our
position is not worth defending.
It was this habit which Jesus had in
mind, doubtless, when He said, "Blessed
are the meek: for they shall inherit the
earth." And the French translate the same
paSsage by saying: "Blessed are the debonair," meaning "the even-tempered."
A good measurement of our spiritual
efficiency is the size of the thing which
causes us to lose our temper. If burnt
toast, late mail, delayed telephone calls,
traffic jams, unintentional slights, and all
such trifles, are allowed to upset our minds,
then there is no hope for any happiness,
for life is saturated with such irritations.
There'is no evading them.
"I thought the matter over," said a smiling customer, "and decided I hadn't been
inconvenienced sufficiently to pay me in
getting angry. I figured it would cost me
more to lose my head than it would to
pocket the loss."
"Yes, I heard him say it, and I didn't
believe it. 'But if I had tried to argue the
matter with him I am pretty sure that I
would have become so stirred up that I
wouldn't have got over it for two hours
afterward, and that was too big a price
to pay for any satisfaction I would have
gained by calling him down." So said another person who had achieved spiritual
mastery.
"How did you keep out of this mess?"
we asked a woman who was an officer in
the society that, at the moment, was rent
by a terrible contention. By some magic
she had been able to go on her way unscathed altogether outside the quarrel.
"Well," she replied, "I heard them say
all the mean things, and I saw them do
all the contemptible things, but when they
tried to drag me into it, I smiled and said
`Uh-huh,' and they never really knew what
I was thinking." She kept her mouth shut
and her mind open.
In these days of storm and stress the
tension of life often gets severe. It is
so easy to squander valuable spiritual
energy, and then in the great crises to find
ourselves in want. Those who look with a
certain good-natured disdain on the minor
distractions will find themselves better
prepared for the major tests.
"Don't you know what we're up against
today?" shouted a man at his wife when
something disturbed him early in the
morning of the day he expected his most
critical testing. "Yes," the calm woman
replied, "I know exactly what we are up
against, and I don't propose to lose my
head when I am going to need it most."
* * *
A Father's Awakening
"Whom the Lord loveth He correcteth;
even as a father the son in whom he
delighteth." Prov. 3: 12.
"One night after my fifteen-year-old boy
had
a been sent home for insubordination to
college authority for the second time, I
slept but little. The next morning after
breakfast I cut a good switch and rehearsed to my boy his course of disobedience. I told him to take off his coat.
He replied, 'I won't do it.' I looked him
in the face and said, 'My boy, I am your
father; you are my son. I promised God
on my knees last night that I would control
you, and I will whip you here this morning, or you and I will die in this woodland. Take off your coat, sir.' He saw in
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my eye for the first. time in his life the
spirit of authority. He drew off his coat
in a moment, and I gave him a sound
thrashing, at the conclusion of which I
said, `Now kneel down with me:' We knelt
together, and I told God of my own neglect
and of my boy's sinful conduct, and promised God in the hearing of my boy to be
faithful to my duty the remainder of my
life, and prayed God's blessing on my wayward child. When we arose, he put his
arms around my neck and his head on my
bosom. We wept together for a long time.
Then he looked up and said, 'Father,
I will never give you any more trouble.'
And from that day to this I have never
had a care about him. He has been the
most obedient son a father ever had. He
is married now, an official in the church,
and no truer, nobler Christian man walks
the earth than my precious son."—"Christian Life."
Melody of Heaven
RUBY JAMES
God had created a new and beautiful
world; and as it came forth from the Creator's hand, perfect in every phase, "the
morning stars sang together, and all the
sons of God shouted for joy." Thus the
history of the world opened with songs
from the angelic choir and music from the
courts of glory.
Again, on the hills of Bethlehem at the
Saviour's birth the angelic chorus echoed
over the hills of Bethlehem, speaking peace
and goodwill to all mankind. Sweetly the
melody rings down the ages and re-echoes
in our hearts today.
We may not, like the shepherds, see the
angelic hosts or hear the singing; but by
faith we look into the future and see the
heavenly city with its pearly gates ajar,
and sweetly the music of heaven beckons
us on. The voice of Holy Writ sounds in
our ears saying: "The ransomed of the
Lord shall return, and come to Zion with
songs and everlasting joy upon their
heads."
We are the ransomed of the Lord, and
by His grace we shall be there. Daily we
must keep close to the Master Musician.
He will transform the discordant notes in
our lives into perfect harmony. Soon, ah,
very soon, we shall throng through those
pearly portals and stand on the sea of
glass, having the harps of God and singing
the song of Moses and the Lamb. Just
as this world's history opened so will the
history of our eternal existence begin with
the voice of melody and with songs of
praise, not only from seraphim and cherubim but also from the ransomed of the
Lord. Let us therefore arise and rejoice,
for yonder lies the city of our God.
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OUR POSTURE
Says Elizabeth Ferguson von Hesse:—
"At Chautauqua I heard a prominent
physician lecture. He was a member of
the staff of Mayo Brothers. In the course
of the lecture he made the statement that
over eighty per cent of all disease originates
in bad posture. This is worth considering,
is it not?
"An eminent physician who was the
principal speaker at a meeting of the
American Medical Association in Boston
said, 'Ninety per cent of the people have
bad posture; it is the cause of many ailments.'"
Sit Met Banda
I Will Rebuke the Devourer
to making weeds grow. They seem to
spring tip overnight. The neighbours were
"very sorry," they told the deacon, but
they simply could not take care of his
weeds.
The good man felt a bit anxious; but
his faith was strong. He was ill, and his
wife was not fully recovered from her
illness. God knew and understood. He
would not let them starve. Perhaps there
were more rich blessings in store for them;
so again he reminded God of His promise.
A few days later the neighbours in. quired whom he had hired to weed his
fields.
"No one," he answered, "I have had no
opportunity to see anyone to hire."
"But they are all weeded—the first fields
in Lui to be finished!"
"I know nothing about it," replied the
deacon. "Please ask the `kuta' [court] to
find out who has done it, that I may thank
and pay them."
Days of investigation followed, but no
one knew anything about the weeding.
All they knew was that it was done! So
curious were some neighbours that they
went to the fields to investigate for themselves. What do you suppose they found?
You would never guess, so I shall tell you.
The white ants had eaten all' the weeds,
but had not touched a stalk of mealies or
Kaffir corn!
What a testimony to the power of God
that was! Who says that miracles do not
happen in our day? They do, for God is
the same "yesterday, and today, and for
ever."
* * *
NELLIE BURMAN GABBER
In the "Youth's Instructor"
Deacon Skwebele was frankly worried.
It was harvest time, and all his family
were ill. What was going to happen to
them? Would they starve? No; God had
promised to care for those who pay their
honest tithe. Surely He would care for
them. But how?
Days passed, and still the deacon's grain
was unharvested. He worried not a little
about it, for it meant food—or famine—
for his family during the long months of
November, December, and January. All
Barotseland suffers then, even with a fair
harvest to draw upon. Suddenly very bad
news reached his ears. The birds had
come—by the thousands! They always
came near the end of the harvest to clean
out what had been left.
How earnestly the deacon prayed as he
lay on the mud floor of his hut! He reminded the Lord of His promise to open
"the windows of heaven," and again, to
"rebuke the devourer." He claimed that
promise, and God heard him.
The birds did not go near Deacon
Skwebele's fields. They ate from the fields
all around, but not one ate his mealies or
Kaffir corn.
It caused great talk among the villagers.
Why had the birds not ruined the unharvested fields of the deacon? The whole
family was ill; there was not even anyone
to put up the reeds with papers tied to the
ends to frighten the birds away, nor any
small boys to beat drums to keep the
birds out of the field. The neighbours
God's Word Shall Not Return
could not understand it, so they went
straight to the one who knew. They asked
Unto Him Void
Skwebele.
VICTOR C. ALADEN
"It is because I pay tithe," he answered
softly, for the answer to his prayer was
"For as the rain cometh down, and the
so direct and so unusual that he felt in the snow from heaven, and returneth not
very presence of God, "which means that • thither, but watereth the earth, and
I return to Him the tenth of all that I maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may
gain. He has promised to care for .me if. give seed to the sower, and bread to the
I do that; and you have seen that He has eater: so shall My word be that goeth forth
kept His promise."
out of My mouth: it shall not return unto
The silence which followed showed that Me void, but it shall accomplish that which
Skwebele's words had made a deep im- I please, and it shall prosper in the- thing
pression upon the minds of the listeners. whereto I sent it." Isa. 55: 10, 11.
Finally someone spoke: "We will reap your
This text contains the promise of God's
corn, deacon. God has saved it for you, so constant watchful care over the word of
we will reap it." And that is what they truth that is carried on to the remotest
did. The neighbours not only harvested it, bounds of the earth.
but even shelled the grain.
The writer with another worker has seen
But still the deacon was ill. It seemed the actual fulfilment of this promise of
that no care or medicine could bring him God while out Ingathering on the island
or his family back to, health. Could it be of Hawaii this year. We were canvassing
that God had an even greater miracle in in one of the most isolated places of the
store for him? Was he to witness further island one day as we were led by a man
who has been interested to study the Bible
before the heathen?
The months passed; time for the plant- through the contact of another worker who
ing arrived. The women in Africa always had met him during Ingathering time two •
do the planting, but Skwebele's wife was years previous.
We met a man who had been keeping
still too weak to plant. The women of the
village had been greatly impressed by the the Sabbath as best he knew how for
miracle of the harvest, so they planted the eighteen years. We inquired as to how he
fields for her. But when the weeding time happened to know or to find out the truth
came, they could not find the time to weed of the seventh-day Sabbath. He told us
their own gardens and the deacon's also. that many years ago he bought an Ilocano
Barotse rains have a magic when it comes translation of the book "Heralds of the
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Morning," and later he secured a copy of
"The Great Controversy" in the same dialect. With the aid of these two books
he studied the Word of God faithfully, and
from these two books he was led to know
the Sabbath truth as it is found in the
Bible. His keeping of the Sabbath is by
no means perfect, but he did his best with
the meagre knowledge he had.
Though his neighbours are literally miles
away from him and very much isolated, he
did not keep to himself the precious truth
that he had found. As another isolated
friend of his visits him he had opportunity
to tell his comrade the truth that he found
in the Word of God. So an interest was
created in the heart of his friend, who had
led us to the place of this lone Sabbathkeeper.
At the first contact with these two
interested men we invited them to attend
the Sabbath services at our Hilo church.
They promised to come the following Sabbath as we had met them on Thursday
noon. Though they live about thirty-seven
miles away from Hilo, and with the tube
showing through a hole in one of the
tyres of their car, and with a shifting gear
out of order, they came down to Hilo to
attend Sabbath services. When we commented as to how brave they were to have
come down with a car in such a condition,
they only smiled and said: "We came down
by faith, and we are going home by faith."
We made arrangements to study the
Word of God further with these men so
they may be more fully instructed in the
faith. One of them has a family of nine
children ranging from two to twenty-one
years old. Five of the older children are
now enrolled in the Voice of Prophecy
Junior Lessons.
Pray that these precious souls may soon
be gathered in to be ready for the kingdom
of God.
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The Power of the Message in
Northern Rhodesia
A. W. AUSTEN
I have been greatly encouraged to hear
some experiences from time to time of
the work and progress along the Luapula
River in North-east Rhodesia. An interest
was certainly aroused along the river by
the evangelistic efforts conducted by Pastors Robinson and Christensen with the
African staff in 1943.
I have just received a letter from Pastor
Muyeba, the African director of the Kalungwishi District, and the pastor who is
acting in the capacity of general field
secretary in North-east Rhodesia. °
Pastor Muyeba is enthusiastic about the
Voice of Prophecy work, and the following
is an extract from his letter about a
Voice of Prophecy interest along the
Luapula:—
"I have just arrived from the Luapula
Mission District. I went there to hold the
Lord's supper. There were many people
who came for the meeting. The work
at Luapula is growing.
"There is a man, his name is John —.
This man was a Sunday-keeper and was
working in Bwana Blank's dispensary as
an orderly. He happened to find our paper
called 'Voice of Prophecy.' He was much
interested with it. So he became the
student of the Voice of Prophecy. After he
had started knowing about the Sabbath and
the soon-coming of Jesus he became a
Sabbath-keeper, but his two bwanas
[masters] were very angry with him.
"One day he was called to the mission;
thirty-eight deacons were called, too, to
help the man because he was going to be
foolish. They, said it, among themselves.
"When John was called they tried to stop
him from keeping the Sabbath and told
him many things that the Sabbath is a
day that was kept by the Jews, but John
brought them to the church history. He
told them when the Sabbath was changed.
One bwana asked him that, "Who changed
the Sabbath?" John said, "Pope." Bwana
answered, "You are foolish."
"The other bwana asked John how he
could find God on papers which came
from the Cape. John said that the Word
of God had been written on the paper in
the Bible. The deacons agreed with John
although they were his enemies.
"At last he was told not to tell any of
their church members about the Sabbath,
but he answered them like Paul and John
of old, 'I must obey God rather than man.'
"He is bringing some of his friends to the
meetings. His people and even his wife,
also his mother-in-law they do not like
him because he was taken out from his
work.
"He is planning to come here to Chimpempe to attend Standard IV. I am sure
the Lord is helping this work of the Voice
of Prophecy."
and he yielded himself to the Lord Jesus.
I had the privilege of baptizing him.
day that Hindu temple is deserted and the
god is thrown out, and this old priest is
one of the leaders and the elder of the
church. I have baptized many families in
that village who have come from raw
heathenism.
Thank God, there is a power in the blood
of the Lamb.
Brethren and sisters, although much
advancement has been made by the government of India and the various organizations to solve the illiteracy problem in
India, we have yet 85 per cent of the men
and 9'7 per cent of the women who are
illiterate. , We must open more schools in
the villages, where 85 per cent of the population of India lives. In India, where the
cause of God is marching onward, we cannot go on any longer without a senior college of our own.
It is said that there are 2,300 caste distinctions in India. Whether "touchables"
or "untouchables," high or low, all are
Christ's property, and need to be saved.
The highly educated classes in India, if
they are to be reached with the gospel of
Jesus Christ, can be reached only in these
ways: literature evangelism, radio evangelism, intensive public evangelism; and medical evangelism.
About six months ago I had the pleasure
and joy of witnessing the baptism of a
lawyer. I have a recent letter from him.
Mission headquarters
()face at Honiara,
Guadalcanal, B.S.I.P.
The chapel can be
seen in background.
Pastor A. G. Stewart
in foreground. The
photo was taken by
Pastor R. E. Hare
last year.
The Gospel Wins in India
SOLOMON THOMAS
Not long ago I had the pleasure of baptizing an old Hindu man, a leader and
a priest in his community. Although a
Hindu, he was a very conscientious man,
living up to the light that he had received, and faithful in performing the
sacred rites of his religion, in visiting the
different temples and sacred rivers, in
almsgiving, and in mortifying self. All
these he was practising, for many years in
order to get peace of heart. But he couldn't
get it. Then one day one of our lay
preachers visited this man's village and
told him that grand old story of the gospel.
This old man's heart was touched. Our
lay, brother kept on studying the Bible with
him, days and weeks and, months, and
thank God, at last the gospel of Jesus
Christ prevailed in this old priest's heart,
He is. an educated man, belonging to one
of the high castes of India. He says:—
"Providence led into my house a colporteur of the S.D.A. Mission with his
tracts, which gradually interested and
captivated me. Through this source I commenced reading the Scriptures very closely
and was side by side reading various connected books of which one is 'Daniel and
Revelation,' and it was an eye-opener to
me.
"I clearly saw the inextricable bondage,
worse than the Egyptian bondage, that I
was in. I was so happy to receive my
baptism. My powers and feelings were
overladen during the function in an irresistibly uncontrollable manner, and I was
visibly moved to tears."
Yes, this old man, a lawyer of much experience, as he came out of that watery
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aftetaui tR.e eagetetwea
@After Work
FAIRELIE THORNTON
* "They went every one to his own house. Jesus
went to the mount of Olives." John 7: 55; 8: 1.
"He went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer." Luke 6: 12.
When the Master's toil was ended,
And eve's shadows had begun,
Did He seek for recreation
At the setting of the sun?
Yea, He sought it, and He found it,
But not mid the giddy throng:
In the still and quiet mountain
There He learnt to suffer long.
There He prayed with mighty groaning
For the dying world around;
There He learnt His secret lessons,
And His Father's smile He found.
Many a night He never slumbered,
Many a night He spent in prayer,
Armed Him for His mighty conflict,
Did for all His work prepare.
And His servants still must follow
In the steps His feet have trod;
They can" only learn their lessons
As they commune with their God.
They, too, need their Father's
teachings
If His work they would fulfil;
Ere they can go forth to conquer,
They must learn to know His will.
'Tis the secret, silent pleading
Which doth bring the plenteous
shower;
Things else worthless and else
powerless
Thus are things of mighty power.
Fuel without fire is useless;
Thus is labour without prayer;
Naught is gained without the asking,
Therefore thus for work prepare.
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Laymen's Bible Course
IC. J. WOOLLER
At our Stanmore church on Sabbath
afternoon, December 13, 1947, certificates
were presented to upwards of forty of our
lay members who had successfully completed the 20th Century Bible Course, and
to two younger members who had finished
the Radio Junior Bible Course.
Meeting in special classes week by week
for instruction, these brethren and sisters
applied themselves arduously to the task
of mastering the studies in preparation for
soul-winning service. Many interesting
discoveries in truth were made, one church
elder of long standing confessing that previously he had not understood that there
could be a difference in time between the
fourth - commandment Sabbath and a
ceremonial sabbath. Thus it was that the
tools of truth were sharpened for service
in the Lord's vineyard.
Besides an intellectual fitness for Christian service, this course has also been the
means of a spiritual reviving in the ex- perience of those members as expresSed
by their written testimony. Some in the
class were themselves new in the message,
having been recently baptized, or awaiting
this ordinance, and being possessed of an
earnest desire to tell others of the joy
that comes through acceptance of Jesus
and His truth. Success has crowned the
efforts of some of these lay members as
they have led others to embrace the third
angel's message, while a large number of
enrolments have been secured by them
from people persuaded to take the course
by correspondence. Those class members
are to be highly commended for their faithfulness and diligence in study and service.
May the dear Lord richly bless the
efforts of our lay people to the extension
of His kingdom in the hearts of men and
women.
S.D.A. Welfare Society,
Adelaide
GLADYS E. HART
On November 26, 1947, the ladies of
Adelaide and suburban churches met together for the purpose of forming a Dorcas
society, and adopted the above name. Since
then meetings have been held fortnightly,
and what a busy-bee it is! One group will
be seen undoing parcels of clothing sent
in for Europe, and sorting them out. Another group is busy mending whatever is
necessary, while still another is stacking
sound garments into heaps for despatch.
And what are these folk doing in this other
corner? What are those dirty-looking
linen strips in dozens of yards? That is
waste from tyres, and when soaked and
boiled become very useful pieces. The
narrow ones are rolled into bandages for
use on mission stations, and the wider ones
are made into garments. Some of our
sisters are working at home and have sent
in a goodly pile of very nice clothes made
from these linen strips. It is really amazing what can be accomplished from small
pieces when there are willing hands.
Our leader, Sister Josephs, outlined the
many avenues of service open to us, such
as visiting bereaved folk and minding the
children, calling at hospitals with literature
and having a chat or prayer wherever possible, reading to the aged, etc. So, ladies,
if you have not yet been along, roll up and
lend a hand. Up to date, February,. 925
garments have been packed.
Crosslands, N.S.W:, Sabbath
School Convention
A. E. WATTS, Sabbath School Secretary
With a view to enabling our Sabbath
school officers and teachers to get together
to discuss Sabbath school problems, to gain
a larger vision of the scope and possibilities of the Sabbath school work, and
study means and methods of increasing
their efficiency, a convention was held at
Crosslands Youth Camp on anniversary
week-end, January 23-26.
This was the only long week-end available; but its proximity to the main holiday season of the year prevented many
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from attending. There may have been
others who, as one brother who did attend
said, felt that there would be nothing to
be gained by attending such a gathering.
He, however, "fought that feeling and
came," and in the last meeting rose to his
feet and in a very positive way expressed
his appreciation for the blessings and help
received.
Since the convention several have phoned
or written their appreciation. The following extract from one letter is indicative of
the tenor of these comments:—
"May I express my appreciation of the
three days at Crosslands for the first Sabbath School Convention? For those who
were responsible for the spiritual food I
am deeply grateful. I have gained a new
vision of a teacher's responsibility in regard
to the members of one's class, and for
the Sabbath school as a whole, and I have
reconsecrated my heart and life anew to
the work.
"What a wonderful time I had! The
meetings were all too short, and I do
appreciate the time given by each one: the
sweet fellowship, not one discordant note
during the whole period. To me truly a
three-day taste of heaven. It was with
deep regret I came back, but in my heart
is a deeper love for my Saviour, an earnest
desire to do His work and win souls for
His kingdom."
,Amongst the contributing factors to this
happy gathering were (1) The earnest
desire on the part of all present to en4oy
a closer walk with the Master, and to fit
themselves ,for more effective service for
Him. (2) The delightful site of the camp
for which we must thank first of all our
heavenly Father for creating such a delightful spot and bringing it within our
reach, and also the leaders of the M.V.
Department for their zeal and enterprise
in developing it. (3) The breaks in our
programme for recreation in this delightful out of doors which took away the
sense of fatigue which often accompanies
such a series of meetings.
In the opening meeting on Friday evening our conference president, Pastor
Branster, after directing our attention to
the message of one of the wall charts, "We
must build bigger, brighter, better Sabbath
schools," spoke on the foundation and objective of the Sabbath school. The foundation is the consecrated life built up
by prayer and study, and the objective is
the winning of souls and the preparing of
a people to rifeet the coming Saviour.
The theme of the 6.30 am. devotional
meeting on Sabbath morning was the
motto and pledge of the Convention:—
The Sabbath school
GLOW
and
MUST GROW and
and
GO
I WILL HELP TO MAKE IT SO
The symbol of a fire was used to show
that a spark applied to the right material
makes a glow. The glow produces growth,
and growth makes the going—sparks flying
off and starting other fires. If a flame for
God is lit in our hearts by the Holy Spirit,
an increase in the effectiveness and number of our Sabbath schools must follow.
Pastor A. H. Piper in the Sabbath morning service took for his text Jer. 23: 5, 6,
and showed how the Lord becomes our
righteousness. He went on to demonstrate
the effect of this righteousness in the life,
and presented the possibilities in the Sabbath school for leading others to Christ.
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The,talks of Mrs. A. W. Peterson, wife of
our Union Conference M.V. secretary, were
rich in illustration and stories of the
pioneers of our work in America. These
were much appreciated as they presented
to us the great heritage that is ours, and
fired us with zeal to utilize the Sabbath
school as one of the most effective agencies
in completing our God-given task of preparing the world for the coming of Jesus.
Pastor T. C. Lawson, Union Conference
Sabbath school secretary, very comprehensively dealt with the work of the
teacher, and gave practical demonstrations
of the methods of effectively preparing and
presenting a lesson. These met with a
warm response from those present.
The teachers of junior classes especially
enjoyed the session taken by Brother
Rosenhain, normal director at the Australasian Missionary College. His lecture
covered the avenues by which lessons are
conveyed to the child mind, suitable activities for the children, and material that
can be used in this section of the Sabbath
school.
Rain on Sabbath afternoon prevented us
spending some time out of doors, but
Brother A. ,Smart in his interesting way
showed how illustrations from nature can
form part of the Sabbath activities in our
worship of the Creator.
Throughout the convention ample opportunity was given for discussion, and
this was fully utilized.
At the last session on Monday morning
all affirmed their decision by God's grace
to help to make the Sabbath school glow,
grow, and go. We trust that our people
everywhere will join us in the endeavour to
lift every phase of our Sabbath school
work during 1948.
The Gospel Wins in India
the open portions of the house itself, its
porches and windows, were enclosed in
expanded metal. From adjacent properties
other soldiers with guns in position kept
vigilant watch.
Throughout the day Thakin Nu had
attended and addressed gatherings, some
being attended by many thousands of
people. He must have been very tired,
therefore, when accompanied by a strong
military escort he arrived at his home
late in the afternoon to meet us. But he
did not for a moment let that tiredness become evident. Dismissing the officers who
entered with him, he talked with us most
interestedly on every matter we cared to
present. We found him as informal and
friendly as any man could possibly be.
Our memorial being first read, we discussed many aspects of our doctrine and
practice, emphasizing more especially—in
view of his Buddhist religion—our principles on religious liberty, and our transcending duty to God. He assured us of his
appreciation of our stand and of his desire
to do all that he could to respect our views.
He was delighted over our plan to start a
hospital in Rangoon (toward which the
Thirteenth Sabbath overflow, December 27,
is going), and begged us, in laying these
plans, to do something to save the children.
Two hundred and fifty out of every thousand babies born in Burma die at birth, he.
said. And could we not do something to
help? Time and again he repeated these
figures, and pled that in our programme we
keep them in mind. Dr. Johannes promised
to do all that he could to help.
On Burma's attitude toward the Westerner and toward Christian missions,
following her independence, Thakin Nu
was confident that relationships would
improve rather than deteriorate. The
Christian missionary would no longer be
regarded as the tool of an "imperialistic"
power, but would now be accepted on his
own merits. He felt that this change would
be automatic, but if it were not so, it would
be Government's policy to educate the
people in that direction.
While waiting for Thakin Nu to arrive,
we hard one of his children upstairs singing in English the nursery rhyme: "Baa,
Baa, black sheep, have you any wool?"
And now sitting by his side on the sofa,
where he had asked me to sit, I spoke of
his children and of the song I had heard,
and of their knowledge of English. He
seemed pleased at our mention of this, and
proceeded to tell us more about them, the
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grave, had tears running down his cheeks.
He said:—
"I was moved to tears at the realization
of the kindness of the Lord to have so
chosen me to His fold. My good brother in
Christ, I feel so happy and proud that I
am the child of God and made free by His
unassailable truths."
Thank God, the lawyer at last found
truths which are unassailable.
Friends, we need medical missionaries.
We should also take steps, toward the
training of natives as doctors, nurses, and
colporteurs. We need more missionaries
to do evangelistic work, and if necessary
a few administrators. Indian workers are
today _carrying heavy responsibilities. I
am glad to tell you that the work has
made good progress. If the time should
come when because of any emergency our
missionaries find it necessary to leave
India, I believe the work would still be carried on by native workers efficiently and
uninterruptedly. Work while it is day; the
night cometh when no man can work.
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With Burma's Prime Minister
A. F. TARR
It was on Burma's "Liberation Day," November 7, that a group of Seventh-day
Adventists paid a visit to Thakin Nu,
Burma's new prime minister. In the delegation were: J. 0. Wilson, acting superintendent of the Burma Union, Saya Pein
Gyi, secretary-treasurer; Dr. J. Johannes,
medical secretary; and the writer from the
Division.
The prime minister had, in fulfilment
of a vow, just spent nine days in a selected
spot, in prayer. He spoke of that season
as his "Sabbath," when during our conversation our own Sabbath was considered.
It was while returning to Rangoon from
this prayer season, the day before our
interview, that an attempt had been made
to assassinate him, a British soldier in his
escort being killed and an officer wounded.
Thakin Nu's home, like those of his
ministers, was heavily barricaded. Barbed
wire entanglements surrounded the
grounds, while sand-bag fortifications protected the soldiers who with rifles and
Sten guns guarded the entrance. Inside
the grounds bands of soldiers moved, while
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education he was giving them, and the
school they attended. It was evident that
he was much attached to his family. We
told'him of some books we had, "Bedtime
Stories," which we thought his children
would enjoy. He was most happy at our
thoughtfulness and desired that we send
him a set. This we readily promised to do,
and if we read aright his affection for his
family, he himself will, in the evenings,
be found reading these books to his children.
It was long after sunset before we bade
Thakin Nu good-bye, but we felt that there
were few better places in which we could
begin Sabbath that evening than in the
home of the Prime Minister of Burma,
talking over with him our message and
work.
Thakin Nu thanked us repeatedly for
our visit, and seemed particularly grateful
for the sentiments expressed in the opening paragraph of our Memorial which
read:—
"On this memorable occasion when the
people of Burma take their place as a free
and independent nation among the nations
of the world, we the Seventh-day Adventist
denomination offer to you personally, and
through you to the members of your Government, this expression of our loyalty and
hearty support. We do this the more
earnestly because of the many problems
which we know will confront you in the
unsettled times to which Burma, in common with other nations of the world, has
come. As you face these problems and as
you bear the burdens pertaining4 to your
office, we assure you of our daily prayers
and of our sincere endeavours to contribute
what lies in our power toward the prosperity and peace of this nation and its
Government."
We left Thakin Nu's home, believing that
the blessing of God had attended us in
this further interview with a great national
leader.
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The Lord Finds Men
L. ASTLEFORD
In bonnie old Scotland three poor boys
played, worked, and grew up to young manhood together. Later they separated and
travelled to different parts of the world
and soon lost track of one another's
whereabouts.
One went to Canada, heard the advent,
message and cheerfully accepted it, and
has been a faithful member of our church
ever since. Another of the boys came to
Australia and found employment with a
Seventh-day Adventist farmer, who taught
him the third angel's message. And then
he returned to old Scotland, where he is
faithfully witnessing for the Master.
The third man enlisted as a soldier in
the British army, and was sent to India.
He was a good soldier, and was soon advanced to the rank of an officer. Then came
furlough time, and he returned to old
Edinburgh. •
Soon he noticed that a certain nursemaid always passed close by where he
was staying. He observed that there was
something different about this girl and that
she was not like the other girls. So he
asked her for a walk; but she said, "No."
And he inquired, "Why?" to which she replied, "You smoke." That was his last
smoke. And the next day he asked for a
walk again, and again she refused saying,
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"You frequent hotels." He replied that
he would never go into another. Then she
told him that she did not fancy soldiers,
and he left the army and went to Glasgow
and got work on a tram-car.
Not long afterward he met the girl M
one of the main streets of that old city, and
said to her, "Well, will you walk with me
now?" And again she said, "No." "Why?"
he asked, and she answered, "You do not
keep the Sabbath." He contended that he
did keep the Sabbath, but she soon showed
him that he kept Sunday and that Sunday
is not the Sabbath. She gave him some
tracts and a number of our books. The
man read them, accepted the message,
married the Scotch lassie, and went into
the colporteur work. That girl was a real
missionary.
In 1932 the man from Canada went home
for a visit. Imagine his joy and surprise
to find that his two friends of boyhood days
were there, too, and that they were Sabbath-keepers also.
On the bleak, barren shore of the coast
of Labrador a fisherman stepped into the
boat of a fellow fisherman from Newfoundland. There he saw a strange-looking paper called "The Present Truth"
lying on the floor of the boat; so he
picked it up and began to read it. One
article in particular arrested his attention.
He read the words, "Why do you go to
church on Sunday when your Bible says
that the seventh day is the Sabbath of the
Lord thy God?" He asked his partner for
the little paper, read it carefully, and
looked up all the Scripture references in it.
Then when the season's catch of fish was
made, he took the paper home with him to
Newfoundland, and together he and his
wife read and studied "The Present Truth."
And as a result they both accepted the
advent message and are rejoicing in the
hope of a soon-coming Saviour.
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A Model School in Cuba
H. B. LUNDQUIST
Some time ago a very interesting incident occurred in connection with the educational work being carried on by the West
Cuba Conference. The teacher, Ramon
Salcedo, a graduate of our Santa Clara
institution, was conducting an elementary
rural school. He was not only a teacher
but also a missionary, for he gave Bible
studies in a number of places in the neighbourhood. He organized the church for
missionary endeavour and had eight lay
workers going out every week into definitely assigned territory, carrying forward
a programme of missionary work. He was
also holding weekly meetings of instruction
with these lay workers, mapping out the
work for the future week, and receiving
reports of work done.
In his little church school he had enrolled thirty-six students, about one-third
being from families not, of our faith. The
influence of the school was being felt in
these homes, and a number of the parents
were already attending the church services.
Up until this time not much attention
was paid to the school, as far as the government was concerned, since it was a rural
school, with no other schools near by. But
the influence of the school was having its
effect. From some unfriendly source an
unfavourable report was lodged with the
department of instruction of the province
of Pinar del Rio, where the school was
located. Consequently, orders were given
an inspector to close the school which had
been accused by these adversaries of teaching immorality and disloyalty to the government.
The inspector, being an intelligent man,
thought it a wise thing to make a personal
inspection before taking action, and so decided on visiting this centre of sedition,
as he imagined. The teacher was pleased
to have such a distinguished visitor and,
upon his arrival, invited him to observe
the activities of the school, which he was
glad to do all the forenoon. He heard the
students recite their lessons, including the
Bible lessons. The order in the classroom
fascinated him. This was different from
what he had seen in the public rural
schools. He asked Brother Salcedo whether
he held school in the afternoon also, and
when told that he did, decided to attend
the afternoon session, too. He went home
for dinner with the teacher,' and in the
afternoon the younger pupils came for
their lessons. When the inspector asked
whether that was all, the teacher informed
him that there would be a class at night
for adults who did not have the privilege
of getting an education when they were
children,
At this point the inspector told the
teacher whb he was, and what he had
come for. "But," he said, "I have found
something altogether different from what
I expected. We have no schools that will
equal yours. You have the best rural school
I have ever inspected. Instead of closing
your school, I am giving you permission to
keep up this good work, and am asking
your permission to bring my rural teachers
to spend a whole day here to observe the
way you operate your school."
Permission, of course, was granted, and
the teachers came. They were delighted,
and one of the teachers asked Brother
Salcedo whether he might bring his entire
school to attend his some day.
The , fame of the little school is still
going out. Children are receiving a preparation for life, and souls are being won
for Christ as a result of the work done
there. This year another school is to be
opened not far from the site of the one
just mentioned, and still other groups
are asking for schools. Now our problem is
to find teachers to fill these growing demands. The president of the conference
who told me this said, "Our teachers do
not have state certificates, but, I ask you,
do they need it, when the state brings its
teachers to learn from our teachers how to
operate a school?"
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UNTIL THE DAY BREAK
"Sleep on, beloved, sleep and take thy rest,
Thy head is laid upon thy Saviour's breast;
We loved thee well, but Jesus loves thee
best—
Good night.
"Calm is thy slumber as an infant's sleep,
But thou shalt wake no more to toil and
weep.
Thine is a perfect rest, secure and deep—
Good night.
"Until made beautiful by love divine,
Thou in the image of thy Lord shall shine,
And He shall bring that golden crown of
thine—
Good night."
GARDINER.—On January 28, while attending the Victorian camp-meeting, Lucy
Olive Gardiner passed quietly away in her
sleep at the age of forty-eight years. While
working in the Caulfield Military Hospital
in about the year 1926 she was attracted by
Pastor L. Were and his associates pitching
a tent, and that contact resulted in her
acceptance of the message. She was for
a time on the staff of the Warburton Sanitarium, and later of the S.H.F. factory in
Warburton. She also spent some time in
the colporteur work. Failing health in her
latter years obliged her to live quietly in
the home of Sister Ure, in whom she
found a faithful and never-failing friend
and attendant. She found pleasure in the
association of God's people, and was
patient in suffering, and always true to
the light of the message. Her remains were
laid in the family tomb at Footscray,
Pastor H. S. Streeter and the writer officiating.
G. G. Stewart.
CROSSLEY.—Sister Charlotte (Lottie)
Crossley fell asleep in Jesus on the morning of February 20 in the Cessnock Public
Hospital, N.S.W. Our dear sister had been
a sufferer from a rare disease for about
three years. Every effort had been put
forth by a devoted husband for her recovery, and failing that, for her comfort
while she lived. Before her illness she was
an active worker in the local church,
especially helpful among the young people,
all of whom will now greatly miss her.
She leaves to mourn a husband and one
son, a mother, and brothers and
sisters, and many friends, both in the
church and out. We believe she held a firm
faith in the Lord Jesus until the very last.
The large attendance at the funeral on
Sabbath afternoon revealed the respect
in which she was held. Services at the
home and the graveside were conducted
G. L. Sterling.
by the writer.
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BREVITIES
The Appeal for Missions campaign has
started off with much enthusiasm, and the
early reports are very encouraging. One
large - conference has reported having
reached its aim within the first two weeks.
The Wahroonga church had an excellent
report for the first Sabbath of £633 collected, with but little money in hand on
the opening date. The Warburton church
attained its goal of £450 in one week, and
now has more than £500 with more territory to be solicited.
We regret to report that upon the delivery of the new ship "Malalangi" in the
Rabaul harbour early in January, and just'
before Captain Reece had planned to return to Australia by air, he fell into an
open hatch in the saloon of the vessel
and severely injured his knee. Two weeks
later he was flown to Sydney and is now in
the Sydney Sanitarium and Hospital receiving treatment. Captain Reece has been
navigating the mission vessels to the islands. We regret this unfortunate accident
and the inconvenience and suffering entailed, and hope the captain will make a
good recovery.
With deep sorrow we have learned of
the fatal accident that overtook Brother
Earle Bade of Palmerston North, New
Zealand, , and prospective graduate from
the normal course of the Australasian Missionary College. Having completed some
colporteur work in Victoria, he was returning to the college by motor-cycle and sidecar. His body, lying beneath the machine,
was found on Februa.ry 28 over an embankment on the Pacific Highway, four miles
beyond the Hawkesbury bridge. Quite a
gloom was cast over the college and community by this tragic death of a sincere
Christian young man. To his sorrowing
family we extend our deepest sympathies.
From One Dorcas Leader to
Another
Mrs. R. Robinson, energetic leader of
both the senior and the junior Dorcas
groups of the Warburton church, received
this reply from the Dorcas leader in Vienna,
Austria, in response to a parcel containing
baby clothes:"Thank you very much for the package
we received with the beautiful little clothes
for babies. We enjoy it very much and it
helps us a lot, because we are not able
to buy anything. Therefore we appreciate
every little piece of material which we in
our Dorcas group use to make clothes, dolls,
and other playthings for poor children of
refugees.
"Last Christmas we had a great joy;
we provided for. 250 children of refugees
clothes, playthings, and a collation. Every
member in our church collected week after
week one tablespoonful of flour and another
tablespoonful of sugar. By and by we were
able to offer a collation for so many children.
"Our church thanks the Lcrd for making
wonderful experiences like the children of
Israel made in the wilderness. He supplies
us with food and clothes, that we can say
with David: 'The Lord is my shepherd: I
shall not want.' Psalm 23 is our experience
in this bad time. Never before have we
prayed so seriously, 'Give us this day our
daily bread,' as we do today. 'We are
troubled on every side, yet not distressed;
we are perplexed, but not in despair.'
"Although many of our members lost
their homes they are not in bitterness.
With the Psalmist they say: 'Nevertheless
I am continually with Thee: Thou hast
holden me by my right hand. Thou shalt
guide me with Thy counsel, and afterward
receive me to glory. Whom have I in
heaven but Thee? and there is none upon
earth that I desire beside Thee.'
"May God bless you abundantly."
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Witnessing for Christ
G. HAINES, in the "Southern African
Division Outlook."
Two Seventh-day Adventists in His
Majesty's Dockyard, keeping Sabbath and
bearing witness to artisans, chargemen,
inspectors, foremen, yes, even the commodore and admiral! Impossible! Yes, to
those who know the Silent Service, impossible, but to God all, things are possible.
Four and a half years ago I first bore
witness to the third angel's message, and
as it was such a peculiar message, the
fellows would gather round to hear these
strange truths, and the reason given to
the authorities for refusing to work on
Saturdays. They all learned that there
were no Biblical arguments against these
truths; they were truth absolute. From
questioning they turned to ridicule and
"leg pulling," but I just continued to give
a "Thus saith the Lord."
Among the "leg-pullers" was a soul whom
God knew was honest, and later I noticed
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3SR - 5.00 p.m.
3CV - 5.30 p.m.
3MA - 6.30 p.m.
3HA - 3.30 p.m.
QUEENSLAND
4BH - 9.30 a.m.
4GR - 10.00 a.m.
4SB - 9.00 a.m.
4BU - 5.30 p.m.
4ZR - 6.00 p.m.
4T0 - 9.30 p.m.
4CA - 9.30 p.m.
TASMANIA
7HT - 5.30 p.m.
7EX - 10.15 a.m.
7AD - 6.30 p.m.
7BU - 6.30 p.m.
SOUTH AUST.
5DN/RM
- 1.00 p.m.
WEST AUST.
6AM/PM
- 6.00 p.m.
6PR/TZ
- 6.00 p.m.
ZJV
FIJI
- 9.30 p.m.
that this young man was asking questions
in earnestness. I explained all he wanted
to know; lent him my "Conflict of the
Ages Series," one at a time, then "Daniel
and Revelation" until, lo and behold, he
was standing with me in defence of the
truth, and having his leg "pulled" and giving reasons for the hope that was within
him.
Today I lie on ,a, bed of illness, while he,
a baptized Seventh-day Adventist, stands
alone in that great institution, bearing his
testimony and witnessing to the saving
power of the Master. All those years, first
I, and now he, has kept the Sabbath
without permission, continually having to
witness for the Sabbath commandment to
the highest authority, the admiral. They
admit we are right, but say that such
individuals cannot be tolerated . . . it
will not be for much longer.
We have, since I commenced, preached
the message to hundreds, who might never
hear it in any other way, to their everlasting benefit or condemnation. How
precious to me is this star in my crown,
and who among the others might not yet
take his stand, ere it is too late? "My
word shall not return unto Me void," saith
the Lord, therefore "sow beside all waters."
* * *
Waiting for Somebody to Take
an Interest in Her Soul
M. V. TUCKER
•
Personal missionary work presents the
grandest opportunities to contact individuals who actually are starving for the
bread of life. Spiritual hunger can be as
acute and distressing as physical hunger.
In this world of sin and spiritual darkness
souls are "hungering and thirsting" for a
knowledge of God.
Colporteur Rose G. Gustin, a literature
worker in the Oregon Conference (U.S.A.),
recently found an individual who had
waited a long time for someone to bring
to her a message of hope. 'Sister Gustin
writes:"I called on a lady and received an order
for 'Desire of Ages,' Great Controversy,'
`Bible Pictures and Stories,' Modern Medical Counsellor,' and a subscription for
`Health.' My lady customer said, 'For a
long time I have been waiting for somebody
to take an interest in my soul.' "
How grateful that lady must have been
to receive such a timely visit from one of
our missionaries! She expressed her appreciation in the amount of literature she
purchased from Sister Gustin. Surely God
will water the seeds of truth sown by our
colporteurs and may there be a rich harvest
of souls saved in the kingdom of heaven!
BIBLE REASONS WHY YOU
SHOULD BE A S.D.A.
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