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We hear the sound of soul-winning activity from all North America, as fifty-one
conferences at the old base go into action for 1945. David Voth, president of the Southern California Conference, tells of the aims of the believers there:
S fruitage of the combined efforts of conference and institutional workers and lay
members, 690 persons were received into
our churches by baptism and 58 on profession
of faith during 1944. We are thankful for this,
harvest of souls, but with the help of our heavenly allies we look for greater results during
1945. We plan to harness all our forces in a
great soul-winning effort to make 1945 a banner year for the cause of God.
Our Missionary Volunteers have as one of
their goals for 1945 the enrollment of 25,000
names and addresses for the Voice of Prophecy
Bible Correspondence Course, and our colporteurs will endeavor to gather in 10,000 names
and addresses for the same purpose.
Articles on the message written by R. F. Cottrell appear every Saturday in three leading
daily newspapers of Los Angeles, with a combined circulation of 900,000. [See page 23 of
this issue.]
In connection with our Ingathering campaign many thousands of tracts will be distributed with an imprint on the last page inviting
people to enroll in the Voice of Prophecy
Bible Correspondence Course.
The laymen throughout the churches in
Southern California are enthusiastically entering into the plan of visiting every home in our
field in 1945, carrying the message "to every
man's door." Church after church is organizing for this aggressive campaign. Large maps
are being prepared for the churches and in
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turn small maps for the church members, showing the mission field assigned to each. The
message is "swelling into the loud cry." Our
people are thrilled with the thought that we
are entering the last phases of a work to be
finished on the earth.
In addition to the Voice of Prophecy program which is heard every Sunday, we have
six local broadcasts, one of these being in the
Spanish language and reaching thousands and
thousands of Spanish-speaking people in our
territory.
Evangelistic efforts will be conducted in the
Biltmore Theater, Los Angeles, with three
meetings every Sunday, in Long Beach,
Huntington Park, Pasadena, and other cities.
Some of our pastor-evangelists are making their
Sabbath morning services evangelistic and are
inviting the public to these meetings. In some
of these churches as many as sixty people not
of our faith have attended our regular service.
We believe that where churches are located in
cities, this is a good method of carrying on an
evangelistic program in addition to Sunday
night meetings and meetings during the week.
With the co-operation of our workers and
churches we hope to reach every home in
the Southern California Conference territory
in one way or another with the message during
this present year. We pray that God will give
us a rich harvest of precious sheaves.
DAVID VOTH,
President of the Southern
California Conference.
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• EDITORIAL •
Divine Healing
(Concluded)
T
HE apostle James amplifies more
fully and in detail the instructions
given by the Lord in the gospel
commission recorded by Mark. He
outlines the procedure we should follow when afflicted members of the
church come for healing.
"Is any sick among you? let him
call for the elders of the church ; and
let them pray over him, anointing him
with oil in the name of the Lord: and
the prayer of faith shall save the sick,
and the Lord shall raise him up; and if
he have committed sins, they shall be
forgiven him. Confess your faults one
to another, and pray one for another,
that ye may be healed. The effectual
fervent prayer of a righteous man
availeth much." James 5:14-16.
As a general rule the initiative for
a service of this kind should come
from the one affli.cted. He should not
be urged into this. There should
come into his own soul a desire for
divine healing. And in accordance
with this expressed conviction on his
part the elders of the church should
respond to his request. It would seem
advisable for the sick one to call for
local elders or ministers with whom
he is acquainted and who know him.
These brethren can more understandingly and sympathetically enter into
the prayer service.
Self- Examination
In preparation for the service, if he
has not already done so, the afflicted
one should carefully examine his own
heart to see whether there is anything
in his life that will prevent the operation of the healing power of God in
his behalf. Is he obeying God in all
things the best he knows? Has he
been cherishing feelings of envy,
jealousy, animosity against the brethren? Has he indulged a spirit of
unkind criticism? Has he taken unjust advantage in business dealings?
Has he robbed God by withholding a
tithe of his income? .Is he a Christian
in his home? Has he disregarded in
eating and drinking the principles of
healthful living? Does he have the
assurance in his own heart of sins
forgiven and of divine acceptance?
These are solemn and serious questions to which he should give careful
heed before calling upon others to pray
for his restoration. If he has failed in
these respects he should be prompt to
make every wrong right so that he
stands free before God and his fellow
- men. He should highly resolve that
if God will raise him up and lengthen
his probation, he will take Christ as
his example, and by His grace and the
enabling power of •the Holy Spirit,
walk faithfully in His Master's, footsteps. This necessary preparation, so
far as is consistent, should be impressed upon the heart of the suppliant
by those who are to take part in the,
ministry of divine healing. With
these conditions fulfilled, then there
may be carried out with faith and assurance the instruction given by the
apostle.
Christ says, "They shall lay hands
on the sick, and they shall recover."
It is very appropriate that the one
who applies the anointing oil should
indicate to his brethren when they
should join him in the laying on of
hands.
The Elder's Spiritual Fitness
It is with a great sense of His own
unworthiness that every minister of
Christ must take part in this service.
He should search his own heart to see
that no dimming veil of sin is obscuring a clear vision of God bud His
holiness. No minister of Christ knows
at what unexpected hour he may be
called to the bedside of the sick and
suffering, standing between the living
and the dead to minister as Christ's
representative. How necessary that
he should have in his own heart constantly the consciousness of divine acceptance. But he is to recognize that
the power is not of himself but of
God, and that the Lord in His wonderful mercy and goodness works through
fallible men for the accomplishment
and carrying out of His great purposes.
The experience of Elias is cited in
this connection. "Elias was a man
subject to like passions as we are, and
he prayed earnestly that it might
not rain : and it rained not on the
earth by the space of three years and
six months. And he prayed again,
and the heaven gave rain, and the
earth brought forth her fruit." James
5:17, 18. This should be an encouragement to every sincere minister of
Christ who takes part in services of
this character.
Subject to God's Will
The prayers offered on this occasion
should always be made subject to the
will of God. And this spirit 'of submission should fill the heart of the
suppliant. No man living knows what
lies in the future. We know not what
a single day may bring forth. It is
best always in health or sickness to
submit our cases fully into the hands
of the divine Architect, who is endeavoring to build our Christian character.
He knows what we would do if, when
sick, we were restored to health,
whether we would live to honor and
glorify Him, or whether, forgetting
His great goodness, we would drift
away from His service. The Lord,
through the apostle John, pronounces
the blessing upon some who die in
hope just before the coming of the
Lord. "Blessed are the dead which
die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea,
saith the Spirit, that, they may rest
from their labors; and their works do
follow them." Rev. 14 :13.
The influence of the child of God
does not cease with his life in this
world. That influence goes on. It
lives after he passes away. That influence will continue to gather fruit
for Christ, and in letting these believ-,
ers rest for a little time, Christ saves
them from passing through the trials
of the last days. And so we say again
that the spirit of submission to the
Divine One should fill the hearts of
God's children always. This was the
spirit possessed by our divine Master
in His Gethsemane experience. He
prayed, "0 My Father, if it be possible,
let this cup pass from Me." Then,
fearful that in His great agony He had
pressed His petition too earnestly, He
added, "Nevertheless not as I will, but
as Thou wilt." Matt. 26:39.
The Unsubmissive Kind
Hezekiah was unable to make this
submission when the. Lord sent him
word through His prophet that he
should set his house in order, because
his life was about to end. He wept
bitterly and reminded the Lord of the
faithful service he had endeavored to
render, and pleaded for a continuation
of his days. God heard his prayer
and added fifteen years to his life.
(2 Kings 20:6.), But during those
fifteen years 'a son, Manasseh, was
born to Hezekiah, and, succeeding his
father upon the throne, he became one
of the most wicked kings that ever
ruled the people of God. It would have
been better if Hezekiah had yielded to
the Lord's decree.
There come to Mind instances in our
own personal knowledge of fathers
and mothers who absolutely demanded
of the Lord a fulfillment of His promise in raising up their loved ones. The
Lord gave them their way, but their
children, in growing up, departed from
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Him and brought -discredit upon their
parents and upon the work of God.
Better would it have been had their
loved ones gone to their rest, to come
forth to restored life in the resurrection morning.
In responding to prayer for the sick,
sometimes the Lord raises up the afflicted ones instantly, and sometimes
the work of restoration is gradual.
This gradual process is a test of the
faith, but it is nonetheless a manifestation of the workings of divine
power.
When God, in His own wise providence, does not deem it best for the
sick to be healed, is this an indication
of a lack of faith on the part of the
afflicted one or on the part of those
who took part in the service? By no
means. The apostle Paul, with his
power of healing, says, "Trophimus
have I left at Miletum sick." For some
reason the Lord did not see fit to raise
up Trophimus at that time—if He
ever raised him up. If the prayer of
faith would heal every afflicted saint
of God, then none would ever die.
Use of Remedial Agencies
When prayer is offered for the sick,
should the afflicted cease his own efforts for the recovery of health ? If he
has been employing natural therapeutics in the treatment of disease, should
curative measures be entirely laid
aside? In my judgment they should
not be. It is entirely proper for the
afflicted one to continue the use of
every natural God-given remedy for
the recovery of health, and in so doing
he can ask the blessing of Heaven upon
his efforts.
In this connection we may well quote
the following statement from Mrs.
E. G. White :
"Those who seek healing by prayer
should not neglect to make use of the
remedial agencies within their reach.
It is not a denial of faith to use such
remedies as God has provided to alleviate pain and to aid nature in her
work of restoration. It is no denial
of faith to co-operate with God, and
to place themselves in the condition
most favorable to recovery. God has
put it in our power to obtain a knowledge of the laws of life. This knowledge has been placed within our reach
for use. We should employ every facility for the restoration of health,
taking every advantage possible, working in harmony with natural laws.
When we have prayed for the recovery
of the sick, we can work with all the
more energy, thanking God that we
have the privilege of co-operating
with Him, and asking His blessing on
the means which He Himself has provided."
Co-operating With God
"Many have expected that God
would keep them from sickness merely
because they have asked Him to do so.
But God did not regard their prayers,
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because their faith was not made
perfect by works. God will not work a
miracle to keep those from sickness
Who have no care for themselves, but
are continually violating the laws of
health, and make no efforts to prevent
disease. When we do all we can on our
part to have health, then may we expect that the blessed results will follow,
and we can ask God in faith to bless
our efforts for the preservation of
health. He will then answer our
prayer, if His name can be glorified
thereby. But let all understand that
they have a work to do. God will not
work in a miraculous manner to preserve the health of persons who by
their careless inattention to the laws
of health are taking a sure course to
make themselves sick."—Counsels on
Health, p. 59.
"If, after so much light has been
given, God's people will cherish wrong
habits, indulging self and refusing to
reform, they will suffer the sure consequences of transgression. If they
are determined to gratify perverted
appetite at any cost, God will not
miraculously save them from the consequences of their indulgence. They
`shall lie down in sorrow.' Isa. 50:11.
"Those who choose to be presumptuous, saying, 'The Lord has healed
me, and I need not restrict my diet;
I can eat and drink as I please,' will
erelong need, in body and soul, the
restoring power of God. Because the
Lord has graciously healed you, you
must not think you can link yourselves
up with the self-indulgent practices of
the world. Do as Christ commanded
after His work of healing,—`go, and
sin no more.' John 8:11. Appetite
must not be your god."—Ibid, pp. 138,
139.
Why is it that we do not see more of
the manifestations of God's healing
power at the present time? Devoted
and consecrated men and women, even
valued and efficient workers, are
brought down to death's door. Why
does God not answer prayer for their
restoration? I have asked myself this
question many times, as I know others
have. As I have endeavored to reason
it out I have thought this: Suppose we
experienced today the outpouring of
the latter rain and saw the same manifestations of power as were witnessed
in the apostolic church. It would turn
the eyes of the world upon the remnant
church. Are we prepared to stand that
scrutiny? Is the church in that spiritual condition that under this close
scrutiny of unbelievers they would see
that it honored and glorified God? Or,
sad to say, would they see many in the
church like unto themselves? Would
they witness in our lives unholy ambition, worldliness, strife for supremacy? It is only as the church becomes purified by the grace that is in
Christ Jesus and transformed into His
divine image that we shall see the
scenes of Pentecost repeated.
We are told in the Spirit of prophecy
that the whole church will never be
revived. There will exist, even among
God's professed children, two classes
represented by the wheat and the
tares. But there will be those who are
earnestly pressing on to know the
Lord.
In Great Controversy, page 464, we
read, "Before the final visitation of
God's judgments upon the earth, there
will be, among the people of the Lord,
such a revival of primitive godliness as
has not been witnessed since apostolic
times. The Spirit and power of God
will be poured out upon His children."
And when that primitive godliness exists in the remnant church, then shall
we witness mighty scenes and miracles
wrought by the power of God. I quote
again from Great Controversy:
"The great work of the gospel is not
to close with less manifestation of the
power of God than marked its opening.
The prophecies which were fulfilled in
the outpouring of the former rain at
the opening of the gospel, are again
to be fulfilled in the latter rain at its
close. . . .
"Servants of God, with their faces
lighted up and shining with holy consecration, will hasten from place to
place to proclaim the message from
heaven. By thousands of voices, all
over the earth, the warning will be
given. Miracles will be wrought, the
sick will be healed, and signs and wonders will follow the believers. Satan
also works with lying wonders, even
bringing down fire from heaven in the
sight of men. Thus the inhabitants
of the earth will be brought to take
their stand."—Pages 611, 612.
May there be given us that spirit of
consecration that we shall be prepared
to enter into that blessed experience.
F. M. W.
My Prayer
BY VIOLA GELFORD
LORD, grant that I may rightly use
The chances given me
To influence some that they will choose
To serve and follow Thee.
For all the folks I daily see
Throughout my working day,
The many souls who know not Thee,
Lord God, for these I pray.
May I by some kind word or deed
Recall a soul that strays;
What joy for me if I could lead
One to new trust and praise.
Lord, give me confidence and tact;
May I be wise in Thee;
And show me when to speak or act,
To witness faithfully.
How many things, both large and
small,
Help souls to conquer sin ;
I would help some to break the wall
And let Thy Spirit in.
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Do We Still Believe?—Part 6
Our God, a God of Purity and Holiness
AST week we considered God's infinite love and solicitude, a love so
great that God stands ready ever
to pour out all the treasures of heaven'
to ensure the salvation of those who
put their trust in Him. This is a true
picture of the God of the Bible, and in
this kind of God we shall believe if
we really believe in the God of the
prophets, the apostles, and the martyrs. But we shall not confine our
thinking and belief to this -area of
God's infinite nature.
The devil ever stands waiting to distort even the most sublime truths and
to make that distortion the means of
our damnation. He has led some to
believe that God is so merciful, so
tenderhearted, that He would never
really destroy anyone. In fact, such
persons become so vigorous in their
view that they look with pity and contempt upon us who would preach the
doctrine of the days of judgment and
retribution. How sincere they are in
their views we must leave God to decide. But that they are wholly mistaken in that view can easily be proved.
This brings us to a consideration of
the last, but certainly not the least,
important of the distinguishing qualities of the true God.
7. The God of the Bible is the God of
absolute purity and holiness. Satan
long ago blotted out of the minds of
most of mankind this sublime truth
and led them to picture God as possessed of the same base, passions as
they. The gods of the pagans were
gross creatures, vile beings oftentimes. When a knowledge of the true
God was blotted out, the gods that men
made were but a projection of their
own sinful conceptions of living. Paul
gives us a brief sketch of the descent
of man into the cesspit of grossest
licentiousness. Read the first chapter
of his epistle to the Romans and see
what happens to men when they no
longer retain God in their memory,
and particularly when they blot out
of their minds the fact- that God is
absolute purity and holiness.
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Tempted to Condone Sins
Now we are certain that none within
the church could be so definitely affected by the devil's attempt -to blur
out the truths of God's holiness that
they would walk very far down the
path described by Paul. No, our danger is not of that bald kind. It is more
subtle, and hence far more dangerous. We are constantly tempted to
condone our waywardness, our sins of
omission and commission. It is so
easy for us to find excuses for our
iniquities, to argue ourselves into
thinking that really we are not very
bad. And one of the ways whereby we
seek to prove to ourselves that we are
rather respectable Christians is by
arguing that we are no worse than
those around us in the church. Amazing reasoning, indeed. We doubt not
that many of the Israelites of old reasoned in exactly the same way. But
that did not prevent the judgments- of
God from sweeping them from the face
of the earth because of their unrepentant hearts.
Any attitude of mind which, even in
the smallest degree, causes us to look
upon sin as other than hateful and
hideous, is an attitude of mind that
blurs the great truth of the absolute
purity and holiness of the God we
profess to worship. God can find salvation for the worst kind of sinner, if
he truly loathes his sin and seeks deliverance. But nowhere in the vast
reaches of God's universe is there to
be found help for the man who takes
an indulgent attitude toward his sins,
even if they are small sins. When we
condone our failings instead of condemning them in our hearts, we neutralize all the saving grace that God
has provided for the deliverance of
fallen men.
And right there is the crux of the
whole problem and the essence of the
devil's temptation. What authorization do' we find in the Book of God for
minimizing our sins, or for arguing
that any sin, no matter how small, is'
not of a deadly nature and will not ultimately keep us from heaven if we do
not secure repentance and deliverance
from it?
_Need New Vision of. cod's _Purity
All of us need a new and a more
vivid realization that the God whom
we serve is a God of such unqualified
purity and holiness that any stain of
sin, anything evil, is intensely abhorrent to Him. The man who fixes his
gaze upon the dazzling white light of
God's purity will cease trying to find
excuses for what he formerly preferred
to describe as very small defects and
blemishes in his character.
We are not here concerned with the
fact, and a fact it is, that God takes
note of where this man was born, or
with the equally scriptural fact that
it will be more tolerable for some in
the day of judgment than for others in
that some have been guilty of greater
sins than others. We may dispose of
these facts with the simple statement
that it is for God and not for us to determine the extenuating circumstances. It is for the Judge of all the
Easy to Find Excuses
earth to weigh in their rightful proAnd how easy it is for us to condone portions the factors involved in .the
our mistakes. How easy it is to excuse checkered lives of all. But it is for us
our sins. What eloquent advocates we who are guilty before the bar of God
can become in defense of our frailties! to plead only our guilt and not to preIf only we could turn such eloquence sent any kind of argument in extenuinto legal channels we would all be ation of our guilt. We have no right
famous as criminal lawyers. However, to do so. The Scriptures give us no
most of us who are eloquent in excus- right. Instead they make unmistaking our own mistakes seem to be ably clear that we are responsible for
strangely dumb when it comes to ex- our deeds because of the free will that
cusing the mistakes of others. The is given to us.
excuses are familiar: We have been
To many it seems strange to believe
overworked, or our nerves are bad, or that our God who loves so deeply
perhaps father or mother before us should also hate deeply. But the
had a quick temper, for example. Why record is clear that He loves righteousnot blame them and save ourselves ?
ness and hates iniquity. His hatred is
These and innumerable other ex- a divine hatred growing out of abT
cuses, which we need not here rehearse horrence for that which is the enemy
to the embarrassment of all of us, of all righteousness, of all true happicome trooping into our minds and ness and joy and peace. His love for
often onto our lips the moment we man causes Him to hate evil, which
become conscious of having done 'some has brought us into such dire 'straits.
deed' or said some word that is amiss. The only reason God finally destroys
The net result of all such excusing and, evildoers is not that He hates man but
such condoning of our sins is a min- that He hates evil.
imizing of the sins themselves. We
If men are determined to hold to
cannot argue ourselves out of the fact evil, then they must be consumed in
of our sin, and so we are tempted to their iniquities, for God is determined
argue ourselves out of the idea that that evil shall be eradicated from the
the sin was of any great substance. universe.
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Need Divine Magnifying Glass
Instead of our trying to find excuses
for all our little sins and some that
may not be little, our burden of heart
ought always to be that God will help
us to see the enormity even of little
sins, that He will help us to view sin
through the divine magnifying glass,
which shows it up in all its hideousness. We must use a high-powered
microscope to see certain very small
creatures, but these microscopic creatures are often the cause of epidemics,
plagues, and death. Their size is no
measure of their deadliness. So it is
with our sins. We cannrt measure
their evil possibilities by their size.
We need the divine magnifying glass
of the absolute purity and holiness of
God to help us see the real deadliness
of the little sins coursing through the
blood stream of our lives, and which
may be infecting our spiritual nature
at a hundred different points. Our
daily prayer to God should be to cleanse
us from little sins. Most of us will
never be guilty of great crimes. We
may well repeat the inspired prayer :
"Let the words of my mouth, and the
meditation of my heart, be acceptable
in Thy sight, 0 Lord, my strength, and
my Redeemer." Ps. 10114. F. D. N.
A Conviction That Lived in a Wanderer's' Heart
FEW years ago I learned of a
message by the Spirit of prophecy that kept lifelong watch in
the heart of a brother who had wandered away.
Thomas C—, from the Pacific
Coast, came to the old Battle Creek
College in 1880 or 1881. He and I
were special friends, I would say,
though he was several years older
than I. It was in those times that a
new president was engaged for the
college, a man newly come to us, with
a training in one of the big denominations. He . did not fully •understand
our message or our aims. Trouble
developed and the college was closed
for a year. Then my friend Tom returned to the Pacific Coast. I heard
nothing of him for over fifty years,
save that I learned he had left us.
Then a few years ago I received a
letter from a nurse, a friend of Tom's,
saying that he was in a hospital, without prospect of recovery. He wanted
to hear from me. He was trying to
get hold of the old faith that he had
forsaken. I wrote, of course, as an
old schoolmate and a brother in the
faith. His correspondent replied that
he had received my letter and appreciated it, and that he had fully given
his heart to God before his death.
I wondered much what had influenced this turning to the old friends
and the old faith after so many years
of wandering. A little while ago I
found out one influence that had evidently kept pulling at his heart all that
time. I met another schoolmate who
had lived for years on the Pacific
Coast. She.knew Tom in the old college days. I spoke of my wonder at
his turning toward the message after
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all those years.
"Then you never heard," my friend
said, "of Elder J. A. Burden's meeting
with him a few years ago, when he was
setting his heart to turn back to the
truth."
She then told me of his words to the
late Elder Burden, which I will quote
in substance as retold to me:
"You know," said Thomas C
,
"when I was a youth I attended Battle
Creek College. While I was there, the
troubles came that closed the school
for a year. There were hearings held
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by the school board. Students were
called in to bear witness.. I was never
called to those hearings. But one evening as I passed along the hall by the
room where the board was in session,
I stopped by the door and listened for
a few minutes. Another student
joined me, and we talked together
about the issues involved. When the
school year closed, I returned to California.
"Soon after reaching home I chanced
to meet Mrs. E. G. White, then living
in Healdsburg. She talked with me
about the school difficulties. She then
told me that in vision she had seen me
and another student standing by the
door at the hearing. She told me the
very conversation we had there at the
door, the opinions we had expressed.
She was in California and we were in
Battle Creek, but she could hardly
have told it so exactly if she had been
standing with us at the door."
It was an experience that evidently
sent a conviction into the young man's
heart, that had followed him all
through a wandering life. He knew,
of course, that only the Spirit of the
living God could operate through a
human agent in such a way. It meant
that the Lord did have a care for him.
That lifelong conviction that God was
in this work and message must have
brought the wanderer back at last.
Readers familiar with the instruction in Volume V of Testimonies for
the Church relating to those old college difficulties, will recall such expressions as these in a message to
the Battle Creek church (dated June
20, 1882) :
"While visiting Healdsburg, last
winter, I was much in prayer, and burdened with anxiety and grief. . . . An
angel of God was by my side, and I
seemed to be in Battle Creek. I was in
your counsels; I heard words uttered,
I saw and heard things that, if God
willed, I wish could be forever blotted
from my memory. . . . I was once more
in Battle Creek. I was in many
houses, and heard your words around
your tables. The particulars, I have
no liberty now to relate."—Page 68.
Some members in the church, not
understanding the issues, had let personal sympathy draw them to side with
brethren who were going wrong. That
attitude was no help to those taking
the wrong course. But as issues were
opened up nearly all these local members took their stand solidly for the
cause of right.
Believers who thus saw the hand of
God leading by the Spirit of prophecy
and other gifts, year after year all
along the way, knew well enough that
the Lord Jesus Himself was the captain and leader in the advent movement, sending special messages of help
and warning and encouragement by
gift placed in the church.
W. A. E.
Prayers of the Others
OU must have noticed in this
paper some weeks ago the words
of that young soldier in the'
islands to whom the voice came in the
night, as he slept, crying out, "Move
yobr head!" He moved instantly as
the piece of shrapnel struck the bed
exactly where his head had been.
"0 Mother," he said on his furlough
home, and his eyes filled with tears,
"I knew right then that my life had
been saved because of your prayers
and the prayers of the other church
members."
The story showed it must have been
a little church. But it is a blessed
church to belong to where its young
people know that other members
pray for them, too. Of course mother
would, and others of the family. But
there are churches all over the world
where young people just know that
all the members love them and rejoice
in their good experiences and growth,
and grieve over any hard experience
or any discouragement that comes.
Every child of the church is a charge
upon every heart in that group. They
all belong to us all. That is a good
kind of church to belong to, w. A. S.
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THERE can be no abiding peace while
Christ is absent from His own purchased possessions and the place of
His throne and empire.—SAMUEL.
FORSEY.
Liberty in Times of Emergency
W
E seem to be living in an era
of successive emergencies,
each one growing larger and
more acute than the preceding one.
World War I precipitated the greatest
political crisis in modern history until
that time. Then followed the moral
decline of the twenties, the economic
collapse of the thirties, and now again
the political crisis of the forties.
Indeed, we may expect both a great
moral letdown and a • grave economic
crisis following the present war.
When' we consider the widespread destruction of national wealth wrought
by the war, the vast debts piled up by
the warring nations, the disruption of
trade and industry, the transfer of
millions of men from army to civilian
life, it is clear that the' world will face
the most stupendous task in human
history when the battle fronts become
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quiet.
We now live under what is called a
war emergency. The big question today is, How shall the world be rebuilt
unless the emergency powers granted
to the Chief Executive under the conditions of war are extended to peacetime? Some are arguing that this will
be necessary and that only by a centralization of power and control can
the world be brought to that state in
which life is secure and peace assured.
Gnncentration of Power
tinder war conditions citizens are
ready to sacrifice some of their liberties in order to help meet the emergency. Some, however, see in the economic situation in the world a threat
equally as great and acute as the war,
and draw the conclusion that the whole
life of man must be planned and put
under some centralized control. Thus
they say the emergency state should
be extended into the distant future,
even though this does involve the curtailment of personal freedom.
An example of a peacetime emergency act is found in the National Industrial Recovery Act, which was
passed by Congress in 1933, in which
it was stated that "a national emergency productive of widespread unemployment and disorganization of
industry, which burdens commerce,
affects the public welfare, and undermines the standards of living of the
American people is hereby declared to
exist." Under this act Congress authorized control over intrastate and
interstate commerce and delegated
special powers to the President
An article in Current History, January, 1945, discussing the subject "The
Presidency in Crisis," referring to the
increased powers of the Executive under a wartime emergency, declares
that "the residue of such emergency
power . . . remains after the emergency is past to increase the authority
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of the Chief Executive" and that "the
concentration of power in emergency
and war may seriously imperil representative government and democracy."
The writer states that while the vast
authority which the President receives
in times of war presumably ceases
when the war is over, "the sort of
emergency power that the President
exercised during the economic emergency from 1933 to 1939 and during
the international emergency before we
entered the war is much more pertinent. --This—is the power -that- will
probably be called on again to meet
the postwar crisis."
ernment by executive directive. He
states the facts as follows : "From
March 14, 1936, to June 29, 1944, the
Register [a Government periodical]
printed a grand total of 76,541 directives, grants, orders, permissions, and
prohibitions. To print them required
62,202 pages and 93,000,000 words.
That is approximately as many words
as were spoken.in that time by our 531
constitutionally designated lawmakers
on the floors of both houses of Congress." Mr. High states further that
"
-since 1933, two-hundred new Federal
-bureaus, boards, commissions, and ad- ministrations have been added to the
government."
Sacrificing Liberty for Security
Speaking of some of the detailed
Numerous writers today are point- directives that have been handed down,
ing out the fact that free people seldom Mr. High says : "There is more here
have their liberties violently taken than the restrictions which in time of
from them, but that the people them- -war people expect and gladly agree to.
selves under some hope of greater se- These proliferating measures are the
curity willingly yield them and con- modus operandi of a bureaucracy
tinue to do so until they find it is too which was on its way long before the
late to recover them.
-war and, when the war came, had only
Friedrich A. Hayek in his book The to increase the speed of its expansion."
Road to Serfdom, from which we have
it is generally admitted that the
quoted before, says, "The supreme world will face critical times in the
tragedy is still not seen that in Ger- days ahead. Something must be done
many it was largely people of good ;about the perils that beset humanity
will, men who were admired and held not alone in the political world but in
up as models in the democratic coun- the economic world as well. How far
tries, who prepared the way ,for, if can men go in the building of a world
they did not actually create, the forces free from want and fear while recogwhich now stand for everything they nizing the need above all of freedom
detest."—Page 3.
of thought, and initiative? This is the
Speaking of the United States and great question of the hour. The
England, the writer states that "stu- danger lies in the fact that some would
dents of the currents of ideas can have us turn far to-the left or far to
hardly fail to see that there is more the right instead of traveling along
than a superficial similarity between, on a sane and steady course up the
the trend of thought in Germany dur- middle of the road, doing the best we
ing and. after the last war and the can for humanity and seeking to corpresent current of ideas in the democ- rect wrongs when they appear, while
racies. There exists now in these cherishing above all the freedom of the
countries certainly the same determi- spirit. Any seeking of material adnation that the organization of the vantage to the detriment of man's
nation which has been achieved for spiritual welfare will be a distinct and
purposes of defense shall be retained disastrous loss.
for the purposes of creation. There is
Change of Heart Necessary
the same contempt for nineteenthCentralization of power in the hands
century liberalism, the same spurious
`realism' and even cynicism, the same of a government executive and the
fatalistic acceptance of 'inevitable group with which he immediately surrounds himself is not necessarily the
trends.' "—Ibid., p. 2.
Current History in the article quoted answer to human need today. Many
above states, "A study of the history admit that individuals, in running
of dictatorship reve4ls that many of their own affairs, have often abused
them were grounded in emergency and their freedoms, but can we be sure that
in the inadequacy of democratic insti- when individuals are put in charge of
the lives of millions they will not abuse
tutions to meet emergency."
the trust that is placed in them?
Emergency Government
Whatever way we turn we have to deal
Stanley High, in The Saturday Eve- with individuals. And whatever type
ning Post of September 30, 1944, de- of government may be set up, the inscribes the kind of government we get dividual is the key. We put our trust
under emergency measures. It is a in either the many or the few.
government that can act swiftly, for it
The core of our problem is to be
needs only the time to prepare an ex- found in the integrity of individuals.
ecutive order and publish it.
As many are declaring, the crisis
Mr. High reviews the growth of gov(Continued on page 23)
THE ADVENT REVIEW
GENERAL ARTICLES 1<
Christ Our Righteousness—Part I
The Natural Heart
By I. H. EVANS
HEN speaking
of the heart,
the Bible usually refers to the emotions, the life, the will,
of man as a living, sentient being. Thus when
the Scripture says,"The
heart is deceitful above
all things, and desperately wicked: who can
know it ?" (Jer. 17:9)
it means the nature of
man, including his will,
his thinking, his pur• poses. Man is not partly
good and partly sinful.
He is either good or
evil according to the
condition of his heart
• in God's sight. "Ye
shall know them by
their fruits. Do men
gather grapes of
thorns, or figs of
thistles? Even so
• every good tree bringeth forth good fruit;
but a corrupt tree
bringeth forth evil
fruit." Matt. 7:16, 17.
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fruit. As a result the
curse of God fell upon
them and their posterity. This disobedience
brought a change of
heart, of purpose and
will. Man became a
sinner and lost his desire to love and obey
God. His innocence departed, and thenceforth
he had a sinful, fallen
nature and was inclined
to evil. He had tasted
sin and grew to love it.
The psalmist describes
man in the beginning in
this graphic language:
"What is man, that
Thou art mindful of
him? and the son of
man, that Thou visitest
him? For Thou hast
made him a little lower
than the angels, and
hast crowned him with
glory and honor. Thou
madest him to have dominion over the works
of Thy hands; Thou
hast put all things under his feet: all sheep
Man Was Made Upright
and oxen, yea, and the
beasts of the field;
When God created
the fowl of the air,
man He made him
and the fish of the sea,
faultless, perfect, upGRAMSTORFF BROS.
CARL BLOCK. ARTIST
and whatsoever passeth
right, one who knew no
Christ Is Our Righteousness. He Bids Poor Faltering Mankind Come to Him
for Rest and Healing and Spiritual Uplift
through the paths of
evil. There was no
Nowhere in the Scriptures do we the seas." Ps. 8:4-8. These words come
moral or physical imperfection in him.
He was made in the image of God, find that God ever gave another de- from the pen of David, who knew God's
capable of living obedient to God in all scription of the creation of man that plan and His original purpose better
moral conduct. In the very first chap- contradicts the record in Genesis. He than many. Had man retained his loymade the earth for the home of man alty and continued in a state of obediter of the Bible we read :
"God said, Let us make man in our and made man adapted to the earth. ence, God would have carried out His
image, after our likeness : and let them While God made man upright and original purpose, and a righteous
have dominion over the fish of the sea, faultless, and gave to him great capa- people would have filled the earth.
and over the fowl of the air, and over bility, He did not make him immortal
The Way of the Natural Man
the cattle, and over all the earth, arid nor did He promise him immortality
over everything that creepeth upon the save on the condition of continued obeBecause man disobeyed his Maker
earth. So God created man in His own dience. He placed Adam and Eve in and ate of the forbidden fruit, he was
image, in the image of God created He Eden, which He had prepared as their driven out of Eden and could not of
him; male and female created He them. home, and told them, "Of every tree himself regain his innocency. ThenceAnd God blessed them, and God said of the garden thou mayest freely eat: forth the natural heart increased in its
unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, but of the tree of the knowledge of knowledge of evil. Satan became man's
and replenish the earth, and subdue it : good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: master and more and more inclined
and have dominion over the fish of the for in the day that thou eatest thereof Adam's posterity toward disobedience
sea, and over the fowl of the air, and thou shalt surely die." Gen. 2:16, 17. and rebellion. Concerning the tenth
over every living thing that moveth Their life and happiness were depen- generation of Adam's descendants we
upon the earth.... And God saw every- dent upon their obedience.
are told : "God saw that the wickedness
Adam and Eve disobeyed God's of man was great in the earth, and that
thing that He had made, and, behold,
command and ate the frobidden every imagination of the thoughts of
it was very good." Gen. 1:26-31.
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his heart was only evil continually.
And it repented the Lord that He had
made man on the earth, and it 'grieved
Him at His heart. And the Lord said,
I will destroy man whom I have
created from the face of the earth;
both man, and beast, and the creeping
thing, and the fowls of the air; for it
repenteth Me that I have made them."
Gen. 6:5-7. In due time the Flood
covered the earth and fulfilled His
declaration, destroying man save only
Noah and his family.
After the Flood, as before, the natural heart of man was in rebellion
against God. ft is stiff
the"same
condition, loving sin and fleshly indulgences rather than righteousness
and obedience to the Lord. This rebellion is world wide. Wherever man
dwells we find sin and disobedience.
The very nature of man seems rebellious against his Maker. His thoughts
are corrupt and his desires are fleshly.
To him the law of God expressed in
the Decalogue seems arbitrary, and he
refuses to obey. Like the antediluvians, so today man is steeped in
wickedness.
The natural heart is the heart of
man after the fall, unchanged by the
grace of God. It actuates what man
chooses to do when unrestrained by
the Holy Spirit. This is living according to the flesh. Paul mentioned
a category of sins of the flesh prevalent in every age : "Now the works
of the flesh are manifest, which are
these: Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations,
wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envyings, murders, drunkenness, revelings,
and such like: of the which I tell you
before, as I have also told you in time
past, that they which do such things
shall not inherit the kingdom of God."
Gal. 5:19-21. These things belong to
the natural heart. They are works of
the flesh, and men who indulge in them
are carnal and live after the flesh.
He That Offends in One Point
Every natural heart may not indulge
in each of the above enumerated works
of the flesh. But one commandment
broken makes the transgressor guilty
of breaking all the law. Any one of
these carnal works of the flesh, if indulged in, leads to depravity and bars
the gate to eternal life in the kingdoth
of glory. Speaking of those who shall
not enter the New Jerusalem, John
said: "The fearful, and unbelieving,
and the abominable, and murderers,
and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and
idolaters, and all liars, shall have their
part in the lake which burneth with
fire and brimstone: which is the second death." Rev. 21:8.
Those who live in willful disobedience to the law of God cannot please
Him. Good deeds on the part of the
sinner cannot atone for his sins. The
adulterer or murderer cannot hope for biters, haters of God, despiteful,
heaven without the grace of God. proud, boasters, inventors of evil
There is something lacking in his things, disobedient to parents, without
heart, which only the Holy Spirit can understanding, covenant' breakers,
change. God must forgive, or the without natural affection, implacable,
soul is ruined by its own sinning. The unmerciful: who knowing the judgnatural heart may think that it has ment of God, that they which commit
many good qualities of which it ap- such things are worthy of death, not
proves; but one sin indulged, one only do the same, but have pleasure in
wrong continued unconfessed, Will them that do them." Rom. 1:20-32.
keep'inan from heaven.
Only Christ Can Change It
The natural heart cannot be exempt
from the penalty of sin save through
It stand's to reason that a heart polthe atonement of Christ. Nor can the luted with sin cannot change its own
natural heart change itself from dis- nature. It is vile and unfit for the
obedience-to obedience:- for tlae-earnal toeiety ofheaven: -Without divine help
mind cannot obey the Lord. "Because -no mortal can hope:for the reward that
the carnal mind is-enmityagainst God : the, Lord has prepared for the refor it is not subject to the law of God, deemed. The prophet Jeremiah said,
neither indeed can be. So then they "Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or
that are in the flesh cannot please the, leopard his spots? then may ye
God." Rom. 8:7, 8.
also do good, that are accustomed to
All on earth have sinned except do' evil?' Jer. 13:23. Knowing this,
Christ Jesus, the Son of God. He is we understand that sinners cannot do
the only being born of woman who `right 'without help from above.
was without sin. Paul said, "As it is
Not every carnal heart may be conwritten, There is none righteous,, no,,
not one." "For all have sinned, and scious 'of enmity againtt the law of
come short of the glory of God." Rom. God, nor realize that he hates God and
3:10, 23. Long before the days of His law. Some have gone further in
Paul, this same thought was expressed sin than others. But the Scriptures
thi.th : "The fool hath said in his teach that only the pure in heart shall
heart, There is no God. They are cor- see God. The sinner cannot make himrupt, they have done abominable self righteous. He is unclean and vile
works, there is none that doeth good. in God's sight till he is washed in the
The Lord looked down from heaven blood of Christ. "We are all as an unupon the children of men, to see if clean thing, and all our righteousthere were any that did understand, nesses are as filthy rags." Isa. 64:6.
"Ye must be born again," said the
and seek God. They are all gone aside,
they are all together become filthy: Great Teacher. The heart must be
there is none that doeth good, no, not in harmony with the will of God. It
must delight in His law and seek to
one." Ps. 14:1-3.
obey it. It must love God, for how
could one dwell in the presence of the
A- Picture of the Natural Man
holy, just God, when he is so in love
There is no better setting forth of with the natural fruits of the flesh
the works of the flesh and society liv- that they satisfy his highest desires?
ing without God than is given by Paul The natural heart must be born again
in his epistle to the Romans : "The and made into a new heart before it
invisible things of Him from the can have a reasonable hope for eternal
creation of the world are clearly seen, life.
being understood by the things that
are made, even His eternal power and "0 ye who would enter that glorious
rest
Godhead; so that they are without exAnd sing with the ransomed the song
cuse: because that, when they knew
of the blest,
God; they glorified Him not as God,
The life everlasting if you would
neither were thankful; but became
obtain,
vain in their imaginations, and their
Ye must be born again."
foolish heart was darkened. Professing themselves to be wise, they became
fools, and changed the glory of the uncorruptible God, into an image made
like to corruptible man, and to birds,
A Good Answer
and four-footed beasts, and creeping
A NEW HEBRIDES chieftain sat peacethings. Wherefore God also gave them
up to uncleanness through the lusts of fully reading the Bible, when he was
their own hearts, to dishonor their interrupted by a French trader.
own bodies between themselves: who "Bah," he said, in French: "why are
changed the truth of God into a lie, you reading the Bible? I suppose the
and worshiped and served the creature missionaries have got hold of you, you
more than the Creator, who is blessed poor fool. Throw it away! The Bible
forever. Amen. . . . Being filled with never did anybody any good, in my
all unrighteousness, fornication, opinion." "Let me tell you," said the
wickedness, covetousness, malicious- chieftain calmly, "that if it wasn't for
ness;' full of envy, murder, debate, this Bible, you'd be in my kettle there
deceit, malignity; whisperers, back- by now!"—UNKNOWN.
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The Life and Teachings of the Church—Part 10
The Focal Point of the Church's Witness
By HARRY W. LOWE
HE purpose of the incarnation is
stated in the words, "The Son of
man is come to seek and to save
that which was lost." Luke 19 :10.
These words also indicate the sole
reason for the existence of Christ's
church on earth. As long as there is
anything or anyone on earth tainted
by sin and not beyond hope of redemption, there will be a Christian church
doing God's work of salvation.
"Ye shall receive power : . .. ye shall
be witnesses" (Acts 1:8), said the
Lord to the church He left behind on
earth. Whenever the church has
God's power, she witnesses for Him.
We are in the church not merely to
enjoy its services, not merely to feel
happy because of the consolation
which religion brings to us; we
are here to advance God's cause by
saving men and women.
In Ephesians 4:11 evangelists are
listed with apostles, prophets, pastors,
teachers, but they were not a distinct
order of church official. The presbyters, deacons, and apostles were all to
exercise evangelistic functions. (1 Cor.
1:17; Acts 8:25.) Timothy was exhorted to "do the work of an evangelist" (2 Tim. 4:5), and Deacon Philip
is called an evangelist (Acts 8:5;
21:8).
Speaking of the whole -church, Mrs.
E. G. White has said, "The evangelization of the world is the work God has
given to those who go forth in His
name." In the same place it is said
that we are called to work for God by
preaching, not to those who know the
truth, but to those who have never
heard it. This was well understood
by that great group of soul winners
in England in Spurgeon's day. One
of them, Henry Carter, was a master
chimney sweep who specialized in saving "rogues, thieves, and vagabonds,"
and printed invitations to his meetings often bore the words, "No person
of good character admitted." We may
smile at the technique, but the principle of constantly seeking the unredeemed is God's own.
Christendom is strewn with the
wreckage of churches that foundered
because they ceased to be evangelistic
—because they lost the love of working
for the conversion of needy sinners.
The Jewish church lost sight of this
objective, and perished in a sea of intellectualism. Other churches later
disappeared .because doctrinal controversy replaced a burning evangelism.
The great institutional churches of
our own time have developed an imposing ritualism or a smug sanctimoniousness or a misplaced emphasis,
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such as a social gospel, or an intellectual bias—and as a consequence the
church troubles very little about the
"Be Not Afraid"
"I Will Not Fail Thee"
BY T. BUCHMAN
I WOULD be brave; and why not so?
My Father knows the way I go
And He holds my feeble, trembling
hand,
Saying, "Child, I know, I understand.
"Yes, I know thee and I understand.;
I never will let go thine hand."
Then, Lord, why, why should I be
afraid,
Since Thou wilt keep, as Thou hast
said?
Oh, help, I would be braver yet;
Thou hast promised never to forget
One trusting soul who rests his all on
Thee.
Lord, I believe Thou wilt not now fail
me.
Oh, perfect peace since, Lord, I take
Thy word,
Stayed upon Thee, Thou gracious loving Lord.
The storm may beat, the raging tempest blow,
Thou wilt sustain me, Lord; Thou
hast told .me so.
Thou hast ever been a blessed refuge
sure;
Lord, I would trust Thee ever, more
and more.
I ask just this: Now let me ever be
A light to other souls who know not
Thee.
There are broken hearts, dear Lord,
so sad and lone;
Give me some word of healing, gracious One,
Some word of comfort, bringing
strength and power
To help them in the dark and trying
hour.
Then, blessed Lord, I shall not live in
vain
If I may only magnify Thy holy name;
If I may speak some word and comfort bring,
Then my own poor heart shall sing
and sing.
lost. That way lies death, both for
the church and for the world.
The advent church began as an evangelistic, fire-filled, propagandist body.
If ever this movement ceased to be
primarily and wholly concerned with
conversions, it would perish, and God
would work through other channels.
Even in bygone times, when the
second-advent hope was a far-distant
one, God, through the prophets, repeatedly expressed His yearning for
the salvation of sinners. Such passages as Ezekiel 36:25-38 express the
Lord's chief desire regarding a sinstained people. The plaintive cry of
these lost souls whom God longs to
save is expressed in these words: "I
looked, . . . and beheld, but there was
no man that would know me: refuge
failed me; no man cared for my soul."
Ps. 142 :4. The value of the individual
soul is stated thus: "Gold and earthly
treasure can bear no comparison to the
salvation of even one poor soul."—
Testimonies, Vol. I, p. 513. "In comparison with the worth of one soul, the
whole world sinks into insignificance.'
—Ibid., Vol. V, p. 614.
It is a delusion which has often beguiled the church, that special education and priestly training are prerequisites for soul winning. The only
qualification is the love of God in our
own hearts. Given that, we can at
once commence to seek and save the
lost. From that point education and
training of the right kind, and within
certain limits, enlarge our fruitfulness. Of all the church, laity and ministry, it has been written : "For the
conversion of one soul we should tax
our resources to the utmost."—Ibid.,
Vol. VI, p. 22.
The believer must be "moved by an
inexpressible desire to win souls to
Christ."—Ibid., Vol. VII, p. 10.
Adventists believe in the imminent
end of the world by the crisis of the
second advent. This is an additional
reason for the necessity of an intense
and urgent spirit of evangelism in our
midst. In no previous generation was
there such urgent need.
For this there should be the most
earnest, unremitting prayer. For this
we must sacrifice personal comfort and
ambitions. For this our churches
should aim, as far as possible, to dispense with the services of workers
whose time belongs to the unsaved on
every side of us.
Lack of interest in soul winning is
a sure sign of departing spiritual life.
Like the Saviour in another connection, the church must say of true evangelism, "To this end was I born."
9
Condescension
By P. E. BERTHELSEN
N the realm of trees the birch has
been endowed with features of
beauty, nobility, and majesty. Some
years ago we had two birch trees, one
on either side of a walk that led up to
our little bungalow home. It was interesting to watch them as year by
year they grew taller, eventually towering above the home. The main
stocks of the trees, with their whitishgray bark, stood_ tall and_ erect, pointing heavenward. The branches, with
their beautiful, green silky foliage,
were bending low, looking earthward.
In the course of time a protracted
drought brought the existence of these
trees to an end, but the lessons they
taught still linger. While heaven
clothed them with glory and beauty,
the limbs, laden with their covering
of lovely foliage, bending low, were
ever virtually saying: "We belong to
the earth that has given us birth;
humbly we serve it. We provide shelter and shade for man and the feathered creation." Thus the thought of
greatness and glory in humble service
was reflected in the trees.
In spite of the inroads of sin, the
handwriting of God's love still remains
in the material world. "There is
nothing, save the selfish heart of man,
that lives unto itself. No bird that
cleaves the air, no animal that moves
upon the ground, but ministers to
some other life. There is no leaf of
the forest, or lowly blade of grass, but
has its ministry. Every tree and
shrub and leaf pours forth that element of life, without which neither
man nor animal could live; and man
and animal in turn minister to the
life of tree and shrub and leaf."—The
Desire of Ages, pp. 20, 21.
"Thou hast also given me the shield
of Thy salvation; and Thy right hand
hath holden me up, and Thy gentleness
["condescension," margin] hath made
me great." Ps. 18:35, A.R.V. The
Danish Bible has the same rendering.
The infinite love and tender compassion of God were revealed in His Son
when He consented to come down to
this sin-cursed earth to live with, suffer and die for, lost humanity. He
thought it not "a thing to be grasped"
to be on an equality with God, but
"emptied Himself, taking the form of
a servant."
"Through all the lowly experiences
of life He consented to pass, walking
among the children of man, not as a
king, to demand homage, but as one
whose mission it was to serve others.
'There was in His manner no taint of
'bigotry, no cold austerity. The world's
Redeemer had a greater than angelic
'nature, yet united with His divine
anajesty were meekness and humility
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that attracted all to Himself. Jesus
emptied Himself, and in all that He
did, self did not appear."—Mount of
Blessing, pp. 29, 30.
What condescension ! The word
"condescend" means to come down to
equal terms with inferiors; pride, selfishness, and aloofness are absent.
"Let this mind be in you, which
was also in Christ Jesus." Phil. 2:5.
"Human nature is ever struggling for
expression, . . . bLit
wHoTearlbs of
Christ is emptied of self, of pride, of
love of supremacy, and there is silence
in the soul. Self is yielded to the disposal of the Holy Spirit. Then we are
He Keeps the Key
Is there some problem in your life to
solve,
Some passage seeming full of mystery ?
God knows, who brings the hidden
things to light.
He keeps the key.
Is there some door closed by the
Father's hand
Which widely opened you had hoped
to see?
Trust God and wait—for when He
shuts the door
He keeps the key.
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Is there some earnest prayer unanswered yet,
Or answered not as you had thought
'twould be?
God will make clear His purpose by
and by.
He keeps the key.
Have patience with your God, your
patient God,
All-wise, all-knowing, no long tarrier He,
And of the door of all thy future life
He keeps the key.
Unfailing comfort, sweet and blessed
rest,
To know of every door He keeps the
key;
That He at last when just He sees 'tis
best,
Will give it thee.
-ANONYMOUS.
not anxious to have the highest place.
We have no ambition to crowd and elbow ourselves into notice; but we feel
that our highest place is at the feet
of our Saviour."—Ibid., p. 30. John
the Baptist reached this place in his
earthly mission when he said, "He
must increase, but I must decrease."
John "dwelt in an atmosphere uncontaminated with selfishness and ambition, and far above °the miasma of
jealousy. . . -. Looking in faith-to-the
Redeemer, John had risen to the height
of self-abnegation. He sought not to
attract men to himself, but to lift
their thoughts higher and still higher,
until they should rest upon the Lamb
of God."—The Desire of Ages, pp.
179, 180.
Jesus shunned all outward display.
"He possessed a dignity and individuality wholly distinct from earthly
pride and assumption; He did not
strive for worldly greatness, and in
even the lowliest position He was content."—Ibid., p. 88.
"If we possess the humility of our
Master, we shall rise above the slights,
the rebuffs, the annoyances to which
we are daily exposed, and they will
cease to cast a gloom over the spirit."
—Ibid., p. 301.
The life and ministry of Jesus were
essentially altruistic. He came "to
preach the gospel to the poor, . . . to
heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised." He was
the good Samaritan. He devoted more
time to healing the sick than to preaching. "Before honor is humility." In
the estimation of Heaven true humility constitutes true greatness. God
will honor those who reveal the spirit
of the Master and do self-forgetful,
humble service for Him. God sometimes selects the humblest instrument
to do the greatest work for Him, for
His power is revealed through the
weakness of men.
Vast opportunities for doing lowly,
unselfish work in the spirit of the Master lie before our young men now in
the service of their country. Our doctors and nurses share the same privilege. The great need of the world today is educated Christian men and
women in whose humble lives the
spirit of Christ is revealed. They
stand on vantage ground. They are
indebted to a suffering world because
of the training they have received. In
humble service for the needy they will
see the essence of true greatness.
Their self-forgetful lives will live on
in the memory of others and their
names be written high on the honor
roll of heaven.
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HERE has been a growing tendency of late years among the
Jews in this country to slacken
their interest in Sabbath observance.
This has brought sorrow to many of
the Jewish leaders. Various efforts
have been put forth to encourage the
children of Abraham again to return
to the keeping of God's holy day.
Some time ago the writer received a
letter from one of the outstanding
American rabbis, stating that he had
been asked to write a book on Sabbath
observance. , This Jewish leader solicited information as to the Seventh-day
Adventists' attitude in regard to their
Sabbathkeeping. This prominent
teacher said he felt that his book would
be incomplete without the knowledge
of how certain Gentile people regard
the seventh-day Sabbath.
In the latter part of 1944, The Jewish Publication Society of America,
with headquarters in Philadelphia,
issued a volume entitled Sabbath, the
Day of Delight, by Abraham E. Millgram. After discussing various
classes of Christians who keep Sunday, then mentioning Seventh Day
Baptists and their observance of the
Sabbath, the rabbi writes of Seventhday Adventists as follows:
"More important and more vigorous
is the younger sect known as the Seventh-day Adventists. They came into
existence about one hundred years ago
rules that will cover every case and all
when many Christians, on the basis of
esoteric calculations, expected the re- conditions, we warn against the tenturn of Jesus in 1844. When that year dency to let down the bars and admit,
passed without the advent of Jesus, or retain as members, any who are unone group, later known as the Seventh- willing to take a decided stand for the
day Adventists, established itself as a Sabbath of the Lord. Our members
distinct Christian fundamentalist sect. should not enter into entangling
They adhered to the belief that the business alliances or perform on the
coming of Jesus is imminent arid Sabbath government or community
everyone should prepare himself for services which compromise sacred
principles. The seventh day is the
His advent. One of the methods of
Sabbath of the Lord. In it we are not
this preparation is the acceptance of
the true Sabbath as the day of rest and to do that which is forbidden by the
worship.
Lord.
" 'How can anyone think that he is
"The adherents of this doctrine have
been very zealous for their cause. observing the Sabbath as He would
They claim they have contributed to have it observed when he is working on
their church per capita, 'ten times as that day? How can a Seventh-day
much as the Protestant average in Adventist attend school on that day?
America.' [Ed. note.—It is others or prepare lessons? or write examinawho publish these comparisons.] Their tions? or attend public exhibitions or
zealousness is matched by their un- games? How can he listen to secular
compromising stand on Sabbath ob- radio programs or dramas, or go to
servance. An official statement re- social gatherings or picnics, or habit-.
cently issued by the Autumn Council ually neglect divine services? How
of the General Assembly contains, can he engage in or plan busines's venamong many items, the following prin- tures, read secular literature, do odd
ciples regarding Sabbath observance: jobs around the house, go shopping,
" 'We counsel the ministry to even spend an undue amount of time in
greater carefulness in admitting to physical rest, go pleasure riding for
membership in the church of God such selfish purposes, or do any of the many
as hold positions where it seems to things forbidden both by God and by
them necessary to work on the Sabbath .the enlightened conscience of the
day, even though such work be mini- Christian? The answer . . . must be
mized and made as light as possible. that true Christians can do none of
While it is not possible to lay down these things.' "—Pages 369, 370.
"Ask Ye of the Lord Rain"
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SK ye of the Lord rain in the
time of the latter rain." Zech.
10:1. This 'text is the key to
the present tremendous situation, the
answer to every question. Are we
weak? Here is power. Is the way
dark? Here is light, divine illumination, heavenly wisdom. Are we fearful and afraid? Here is courage and
victory, infinite and eternal.
Fifty days after the poor trembling fisherman denied his Lord with
falsehood and cursing—seven weeks
and one day after Simon Peter was
a weak, blasphemous coward—on the
day of Pentecost he was bold as an
angel of God and was the victorious
agent in the conversion of three thousand people. What was the marvelous power that had wrought this
mighty, creative transformation? The
Holy Spirit, in the former rain, Pentecost.
"The outpouring of the Spirit in
apostolic days was the 'former rain,'
AND SABBATH HERALD
and glorious was the result. But the
`latter rain' will be more abundant.
. . . The inexhaustible supplies of
heaven are at their command. Christ
gives them the breath of His own
spirit, the life of His own life. . . . In
their human weakness they are enabled to do the deeds of omnipotence." "Let them in faith ask for
the blessing, and it will come."—The
Desire of Ages, p. 827.
It is our glorious privilege, our
duty, to "ask." Our Father in heaven
is more willing to give the Holy Spirit
to them that ask Him than fathers
are to give good gifts to their children. "Ask ye of the Lord rain in
the time of the latter rain." We are
in "the time of the latter rain."
" 'At the commencement of the time
of trouble, . . . we went forth and
proclaimed the Sabbath more fully.'
. . . 'The commencement of the time
of trouble' here mentioned, does not
refer to the time when the plagues
shall begin to be poured out, but to
a short period just before they are
poured out, while Christ is in the
sanctuary. At that time, while the
work of salvation is closing, trouble
will be coming on the earth, and the
nations will be angry, yet held in
check so as not to prevent the work
of the third angel. At that time the
`latter rain,' or refreshing from the
presence of the Lord, will come, to
give power to the loud voice of the
third angel, and prepare the saints to
stand in the period when the seven
last plagues shall be poured out."—
Early Writings, pp. 85, 86.
Without doubt we are now in "the
time of the latter rain," for the nations are "angry," and terrible trouble is "coming on the earth" just before the close of probation and the
loosing of the plagues.
What, then, is our duty, or our
privilege? It is to ask for "rain in
the time of the latter rain." So the
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Lord shall give them showers of 'rain,
"to everyone grass in the field."
The method of obtaining this greatest heavenly gift is glorious in its
simplicity. "Ask, and it shall be given
you; seek, and ye shall find; knock,
and it shall be opened unto you. For
everyone that asketh receiveth; and
he that seeketh findeth; and to him
that knocketh it shall be opened." God has given this people ever be finished. Shall we not unitedly pray—
Luke 11:9, 10.
Will not every one of the Lord's yes, fast and pray—that the Lord will
people who read this article ask the pour out His Spirit upon all our
Lord to send His people the latter brethren who are carrying heavy rerain in a second and a greater pente- sponsibilities, and all our missioncost ? And. He shall send "showers of aries, and all our brethren and sisters
rain." In that way, and in no other in the ranks, that the great eternal
way, can the stupendous work which harvest may be finished.
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Rescue the Perishing
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By EDWARD A. TRUMPER
HE morning-was warm and bright
on the blue Caribbean. We were
all a bit bored and lethargic from
the nothing-ever-happens aspect of
our voyage. Then from the bridge
came a call that brought us into a state
of intense interest. A rescue at sea!
We had read of such.things, but now
we were really stopping, on our journey to our mission lands, to be eyewitnesses of the saving of the perishing from the ever-tossing waves of
the sea.
A small ship was in distress. As we
neared her, she proved to be the Vasco
da Gama, flying the French flag, out
from Martinique. She was without
power and at the mercy of the waves.
As we drew alongside we noticed that
she was followed by numerous fish.
One of our group saw an octopus, and
there were also sharks.
Under- the direction of our ship's
captain the little French ship was
brought to our side, secured, and a
rope ladder placed over the side of our
ship to enable the crew and passengers
to come aboard. How they tried! But
they were unable to make it. Our seamen had to go down and secure each
one round the waist with a rope ; then,
with the strength of the seamen on our
deck, added to what little they had left
of their own, they were able to climb
to our deck.
It was quite a story they told us.
The little Vasco da Gama had put out
of one port in Martinique to take a
half-day's journey "around to another
port of the same island. She was
manned by her seventy-year-old captain, and one crewman. She carried
ten passengers who were going to
visit relatives over Christmas. A cylinder in the gasoline-powered engine
had cracked, and the ship was left
without power. When we sighted
them they had been adrift on the
waters for fifteen days!
They had food only when they
caught fish, and water only when they
caught it in tin cans from the rain
squalls. The captain and one of the
passengers had drunk sea water five
days before we picked them up. The
captain had died; the other man who
had taken sea water was desperately
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ill and had to be taken to our ship's
infirmary at once.
How they craved food and water !
Our doctor, however, rationed both
food and water rigorously, administering it with the greatest of care until
they should be able to take more.
These eleven survivors, with the
simplest of provisions and shelter,
were the most grateful people I have
ever seen. They cried from the sheer
joy of being safely aboard. For fifteen days they had been drifting,
thinking they were off Martinique,
when in reality they had drifted some
six hundred miles. Two and one-half
days later, we saw them safely back on
Martinique.
But what a lesson we had. They
said, "After our ship's captain died,
we depended fully upon the Great Captain above, and He brought your ship
to us, and we are saved."- They said,
over and over, "God has been very good
to us."
It has been greatly impressed upon
us that we four missionary families—
the Criders, going to Iran; the Mondicses, going to Lebanon ; the Webbers,
going to Uruguay; and my little family, going to the Zambesi Union—are
going out as officers on the bridge to
watch for shipwrecked lives, to guide
them into the great port of safety.
How we hope that we shall always be
so fully under the direction of the
Great Captain that He can lead us
to where we are needed most.
The plight of these folks impressed
us—adrift on the sea, thinking they
were still near the home port, and
drifting hundreds of miles without
knowing it; followed by enemies of the
deep, ready to pounce upon them;
tempted to indulge for the relief of
the moment in an ever-at-hand provision for the quenching of their thirst
—sea water—that only increased their
peril; too weak, when rescue came, to
climb aboard on their own power.
How like the plight of those who do
not know Jesus. They are drifting on
the sea of life, imagining they are
close to the port, but really drifting
farther and farther away; surrounded
by vicious enemies; tempted into the
ways of evil for relief for their tortured lives ; seeking help desperately,
yet needing someone to assist them
over the rail when help comes. How
necessary was that help ! How the sinner needs Jesus! How we, as our
ship's doctor did for these, must tenderly nurse the needy ones into the
fullness of the strength of the message!
The need of the unrescued haunts
me. The gratitude of these rescued
thrills me. The great need of the
world awes me. Our weakness in
meeting these great needs brings tears
to my eyes and makes me say in my
soul, "Great Captain, make me diligent
on the bridge." May this be the prayer
of each one of our people! .
Rescue thd perishing, brother! Rescue the perishing, sister! Make the
real sacrifice now. The great reward
awaits those laboring under Jesus'
banner. Gratitude of the saved would
be enough, but His "Well done, thou
good and faithful servant" will be joy
inexpressible.
Rescue the perishing—now.
Off Martinique.
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grace or blessing is truly ours till we
are aware that God has blessed someone else with it through us.—PHIL-
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grass, dried up, with its life-giving
properties destroyed, tossed about by
the wind, and quickly consumed when
By F. W. STRAY
touched by the fires of adversity.
AM . .. the beginning and the end•
Brethren, God was with those early
ing," said the Lord in Revelation leaders who selected the name which
1 1:8. "In the beginning God
in simple words our faith in
created." "Not so," declares the mod- expresses
Christ in the beginning and Christ
ernist, for in all his evolutionary coming in the ending.
guesswork, by a system of subtraction
"I am Alpha and Omega, the begin0 he reduces life in its beginning to the
ning and the ending, saith the Lord."
tiniest mite imaginable. In such a
the ending is nearer than when
process the majesty and power of God weAnd
first believed. Those pioneer laHimself is reduced accordingly.
borers, who under God selected our
The seventh day was set apart in faith's name, held in their hearts the
• the beginning as a Sabbath of rest for aim that "this gospel of the kingdom
man. Is it not more than coincidence shall be preached in all the world" bethat just when the theory of evolution
the end.
was being launched there should be fore
They would have made the echoes
a revival and restoration of the Sab- ring with their hallelujahs could they
bath? And was it not significant that have seen in this war-mad world Sev• the Sabbathkeeping people should be enth-day Adventists bending their
led to select "Seventh-day" as part of backs to raise the mighty sum of
their name and thus indicate their $5,000,000 in reconstruction of work
faith in the creation record, which has already well advanced when the fierce
been bypassed or definitely rejected by tornado of modern war struck the
• many so-called Christians?
It requires self-sacrificing devotion world.
Nova Scotia.
to be numbered with the "Seventhday" folks. Entrance cannot be obtained by saying, "Yes, I believe the
Deliverance—A Colpor* Genesis record and think the theory of
teur Experience
evolution all wrong." No, that is not
enough; faith in the record calls for
By W. H. ATHERLY
action. We say Mr. or Mrs. Jones
WO Potomac colporteurs, Ernest
"has taken his (or her) stand." We
Reedy and Ted Henderson, went
know what that means—real sacrifice
to a mining section to canvass.
• in many, many ways, sometimes resulting in actual and continuing perse- They rented a room in one of the homes
in the territory where they planned
cution.
In considering the matter of Sab- to work. After they had been there
bathkeeping, the one seeking light is for several weeks, a miracle happened.
• pointed to Christ as the active associ- One morning they felt impressed to
ate with the Father in creation, for load all their belongings into their
"without Him was not anything made automobile when they left to go canthat was made." It is more than co- vassing for the day. They wondered
incidence that both Genesis and the all day why they had taken their luggage and all their books out of the
• Gospel of John open with the same ex- room, as they had intended to return
pression, "In the beginning." The
next word in Genesis is "God." In the to the home that night. During the
Gospel, "was the Word, and the Word day they felt impressed to find another
. . was God." Then follows the ex- room for that night, which they did.
About four o'clock the following
planation of the personalized Word
• who was God, and we find it was God morning the son in the home that they
had left got up to make the fire. While
the Son.
Therefore, the denominational name he was making the fire he heard a loud
"Seventh-day" represents faith in the noise coming from the steep cliff becreative and redemptive power of the hind the house. A large boulder
10 One who declares, "I am ... the begin- weighing many tons had broken loose
from the mountainside and came rollning and the ending."
Then, coupled with this declaration ing down. The boy ran through the
of faith in the sacred record of the be- house screaming and aroused the famginning, we have the name "Advent- ily. Since they all slept downstairs
ist," which designates and defines they were able to escape just as the
• faith in the ending, as promised in the boulder struck. The house immediBook of God. Again, there is head-on ately caught fire and burned to the
collision with the evolution theory, ground. The colporteurs had been
which rules out catastrophic ending sleeping in a back room upstairs, and
along ,with personal God creation. that room was struck first by the boul• When the name was chosen, evolution der, which crashed right through the
had not, like a sharp scythe, mowed bed. Had they been sleeping there
down the faith of churchmen in the that night they could not possibly have
Inspired Record. But now we behold got out before the boulder struck.
The Lord surely spared the lives of
"the faith which was once delivered
• unto the saints" lying in the fields of these two colporteurs, and God's prommodern religion like unharvested ises of care were fulfilled.
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God's Measurement of
Your Strength
SMALL boy was complaining
to his mother about the load
she was expecting him to carry.
He seemed to feel very much imposed
upon.
"But that is a compliment on your
size and strength," she said. "Know
what a big boy you are and how capable you are. If you were only a little
fellow I would give you a small load.
But because you are such a strong lad
I have given you a load to match."
Something in the tone of her vice
as well as the words she spoke, sankdeep into the boy's mind. Without
another word he shouldered the load
%nd made off with it, and it seemed an
altogether, different burden when he
thought of it as his mother's compli,
ment.
The apostle Paul had something of
the same idea in mind when he said,
in writing to the Corinthians, "God is
faithful, who will not suffer you to bp,
tempted above that ye are able," This
means that any man cap measure
God's confidence in him by the paces,
sure of the temptations that befall
him.—RoY L. SMITH in The Christian,
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Which Shall It Be?
BY MARGARET LOCKS
DOWN from My home—My beautiful
home
In the blue ethereal skies—
I eagerly look far, far below
Where My earthly planet lies,
I look in the cities and little towns,
Where those who have believed
Are wandering far from My tendercare,
By the love of gold deceived.
I think of the love I have bestowed ;I think of Gethsemane.
I think of Calvary's cruel hours,
But My people think not of Me;
They say they do—and their faith is,
strong
And deep as when first they knelt
At the foot of My cross and told Me
all
The sorrow for sin they felt.
Their lips may fashion those lying
words,
But their hearts are estranged from
Me.
If their god of gold is more to them,
I must leave them alone, I see.
But oh, in the storm about to break,
Where will those poor souls be?
They have taken the thorns that
pierced My brow
And are driving them into My sad
heart now.
The golden streets or the golden coin—
Which, My ghild, shall it be?
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IN MISSION LANDS ammiL
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Travel in Wartime
To
the Middle East Via Central Africa
By A. G. ZYTKOSKEE
T last we are here in Iran, the
land of ancient Persia. To us
it seems_ as if we have finally
found the long-lost and long-sought:
for treasure.
We shall never forget the thoughts
that passed through our minds as we
slowly left the docks of Philadelphia
and severed our American ties. It
was then that we really began to realize what it means to be missionaries.
It was quite natural that we thought
of leaving loved ones behind and the
possibility of not seeing them on this
earth again. We thought of yearly
family reunions from which we must
be absent. Then there was the forsaking of American comforts we were
used to. But quickly flashing into our
minds, outweighing these seeming
sacrifices, were the privileges of being
called to such a cause. We prayed that
God would make us worthy of this
high calling.
The trip to Lisbon, Portugal, was
uneventful. Our two weeks there
were mostly taken up by procedures
for further passage to Angola. We
met with our believers and workers in
Lisbon, and found them enthusiastic
and happy to learn of the progress of
our work all over the world.
When our ship reached the mouth of
the Congo River, on the West African
coast,-the liner made arrangements to
dispatch ninety missionaries, including one of our own group, Miss
Crocker. We had become well acquainted with these missionaries.
Singing, praying, and counseling together morning and night had made
us feel as if we were one body. Some
of them had attended our Sabbath.
schoolthat we held on the bdat. We
in turn enjoyed their services. Dr.
Flaiz remarked that he had never.seen
a missionary group of like or unlike
faiths with such a keen spirit of
friendship and Christian fellowship.
It was not long until the steamer
docked again at Lobito Bay. Here Dr.
and Mrs. Flaiz and my wife and I disembarked. Elder and Mrs. E. A. Moon
continued on down to Cape Town.
In Lobito we found ourselves out of
money. We expected to cash our traveler's checks, but no bank would respond to our pleadings. Things looked
rather serious. We had room and food
but as yet no money to pay the bill.
We could not even buy tickets to get
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out of the situation. One day in the had a very pleasant visit with Elder I
town we providentially discovered Branson, who was at that time waitMax Webster, of our Angola Mission. ing for a boat to take him to America.
Higgins — It-was necessary for us to change
He had accohipariled-W.
and his family to Lobito to help them trains in Lydia on the way from Cairo
board the ship for India. Being the to Jerusalem. Just as we had comtreasurer of the Angola Union, Elder pleted our transfer of baggage and
Webster naturally solved our prob- were in the process of trying to "shoo"
lems. God manifested His care and the coolies off, we heard a familiar
protection many times like that laugh behind us and turned around to
throughout our trip.
see Elders Neal Wilson and Alger
Dr. and Mrs. Flaiz left my wife Johns. Needless to say, it greatly re- I
and me in Lobito and proceeded across freshed us to see these old friends.
Africa to Durban on the east coast,. They quickly transferred us to a taxi
where they tvere to secure passage for and hurried us off to Jerusalem, where
India. We accompanied Brother Web- we met their wives.
ster inland to the Bongo Mission,
During our short stay in Jerusalem,
where we spent a very happy week. assisted by the kind hospitality of 111
It was a pleasure to become acquainted Elder and Mrs. H. G. Rutherford, we
with the efficient medical program Dr. were able to see the high points of inR. B. Parsons is carrying on in that terest in that vicinity. It was inspirmission. It is uplifting needy souls ing to go to Bethlehem, where Jesus
spiritually and physically.
was born, and Sabbath afternoon we •
One of the most impressive scenes climbed the Mount of Olives and saw
of the whole trip was this Bongo Mis- the Garden of Gethsemane. We paused
sion. The mission is set on a hill and and thought of the sacredness of that
is surrounded by little Christian vil- spot. It was there that Jesus aclages in the valleys below. The Chris- cepted the cup that provided justifica- I
tian natives have chosen such names tion for fallen humanity. Reaching
for their villages as Jericho, Canaan, the summit of the mountain and lookand Jerusalem. Friday evening as the ing out over the temple area of Jerulast rays of the sun were fading away, salem, we remembered that it was
ushering in another Sabbath day, we there Jesus wept. A great city had
were thrilled by the sound of familiar rejected its Saviour. At sundown we
hymns filling the mountain air. True, knelt on the same rocky mountainside
we could not understand the words, and prayed for strength from above.
but from the surrounding valleys to It was in the recesses of that mounthe little mission on the hill ascended tain that Jesus had spent many nights
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in beautiful harmony tunes we knew. in prayer.
Surely these African believers are
Another Sabbath afternoon was
waiting with blessed assurance for a spent in visiting the Garden Tomb.
soon-coming Saviour.
At sundown we climbed to Golgotha
As we continued our journey toward and there had evening worship. We,
Elisabethville, in the Congo, we began were reminded most forcibly of our
to realize that we were in the heart Master, hanging on the cruel cross,
of Africa. Our eyes and ears were drinking the cup that assured justificonstantly alert for strange sights or cation of all who would accept. Our
sounds. In answer to our inquiry as short visit in the Holy Land was a
to which route we were to take, we priceless experience.
received a wire at Elisabethville from
Brother Mackett and his family ar- --I
E. L. Branson, of our Middle East Un- rived in Jerusalem, and after a very
ion, advising us to head for Cairo, pleasant visit with them we left for
Egypt.
the college at Beyrouth. It was a great
Our conveyances from Elisabeth- inspiration to see enthusiastic and
ville were of an interesting variety. sincere young people preparing for
Proceeding by train, bus, dugout, and service. I believe it is largely through
river boat, we arrived in Stanleyville. the educating of the talented young
There we secured passage by plane people of these Middle East countries
for Cairo, arriving in two days.
that the great work of spreading the
It was a wonderful feeling to finally gospel will be accomplished. Let us
be in the Arabic field. In Cairo we pray that God will strengthen the
THE ADVENT, REVIEW
MARCH 15, 1945
hands of the faculty of the college. Bible. She kindly assented. "Do you bandages before the class. The cloth
May it be a monument here in the know," she said to us, "that impressed for the bandages was purchased by
Middle East that will turn many to me very favorably. I prefer Advent- the admittance fee of twenty cents dethe knowledge of the Lord.
ist workers wherever and whenever I manded of each student. These bandIt was not easy for us to leave the can find them. They are always faith- ages were returned after the close of
college, but the time had come when ful." That episode happened a year the course to become the property of
we must make our entrance into the or so previously, but she had never the Red Cross. Miss Herzig and her
land of our appointment. Crossing forgotten it.
assistant gave a most excellent trainthe great desert by bus to Baghdad
She made arrangements with Dr. ing by demonstrating one bandage at
and from there by plane, we at last Buteau, vice-president of the Red a time and then checking each indilanded in Teheran.
Cross in Haiti, to give us the theoret- vidual member of the class as he put
It is a land of beautiful roses, of ical part of the class instruction. Dr. the same bandage on his partner.
quiet, secluded gardens, veiled and Buteau is the professor of anatomy in After the beginning of school we held
timid women, and the proud Persian the medical school, and he spared noth- the class at the college.
of long ago. But the time has come ing to give to the class the foundation
October 26 was the day for the pracwhen the timid will listen and the necessary for a very thorough Red tical examination, and it was indeed
Holy Spirit is opening the avenues Cross first-aid course. The classes a most interesting time. Everyone
into this long-closed land. We need were held in the Red Cross building. was practicing bandaging from head
your prayers and your offerings in The College Vertieres transported its to foot. Five groups of two were
abundance to help us take advantage benches there to accommodate all the taken at one time, each person being
of the opportunity God is giving us. students, and the classes began Au- given three bandages to apply on his
Truly the harvest is ripening. I trust gust 17. Over ninety young people partner. No conversation was althat the latter rain, which is soon to from both churches of Port-au-Prince lowed between the two. After three
refresh these countries, will find our registered for the class. Nearly all hours and a half all had had an opforces united to gather in the sheaves. of them remained with the class until portunity to demonstrate their ability.
the opening of school in October, when
October 31 was the date • for the
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many ,of those who were taking sum- theoretical examination. Many hesimer school work or were visiting in tated to take the oral examination, beOne of the Activities of the
capital had to return to their posts cause the course had been very extenof duty before the end of the course. sive. But as each group of three came
Our College in Haiti
Next time, we plan to begin in July, away from the doctor's examining taBy R. H. HOWLETT, Principal
and then we can finish before the ble, real smiles broke over their faces.
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Forty-three of the students passed
[In sending on this article by the principal opening of school.
of our training school in Haiti, West Indies
The classes were held each Tuesday both the practical and theoretical parts
(the French title is College Vertieres), W. E. and Thursday evening from five-thirty of the course. That was nearly all of
Murray, formerly president of the Antillian to six-thirty, but most of the time those who were able to keep on with
anion Conference, wrote: "One of the activities Professor Howlett has had going in the they continued until 7 P.M. The young the class until the end.
school is this Bed Cross first aid class. It has people were very faithful. Dr. Buteau
The Red Cross certificates are now
been a good stroke, for in this way we have, gave a most intensive course in anat- being prepared and Mrs. Magloire is
united our efforts with those of the govern- omy, beginning with the skeleton, then planning a little program to present
ment in preparing young people for national
emergency, and I believe this training has the muscles, circulatory system, re- the students with their well-earned
been of great value to the young people."— spiratory system, and followed by honors. We feel that the time spent
EDITORS. I
first-aid procedure in all types of ac- was worth while. It has placed us in
cidents.
a favorable light with others. The
N carrying out our plans for the
Near
the
end
of
September
arrangeprogressive classes in Red Cross ments were made with Miss Herzig, young people have been asked to present a program for the opening of the
Iwork, we decided at the beginning
American nurse connected with the Red Cross Week during the month of
of August, 1944, that it would be well an
Haiti School of Nursing, together December. We feel that this is one
worth our while if we could obtain the with
her assistant, Miss Peloux, to of the ways that we can let our light
help of the Haitian Chapter of the In- give the
practical part of the course. shine before men, that they may learn
ternational Red Cross to help us out She began
by preparing the triangular to know more of our heavenly Father.
in the obtaining of our Red Cross certificates. Accordingly we approached
I Mrs. Clement Magloire, the president
of the Haitian Chapter, and told her
of our desires. We found her to be a
very charming person and thoroughly
devoted to her work of doing all in her
power to help the Haitian young people. Although a Catholic herself, she
praised us very highly for the initiative we were showing in wanting to
inaugurate a summer course for our
students during the vacation, at a time
when students usually do not take full
advantage of their opportunities.
This woman told us of a very interesting side light which shows how
the little things in our everyday lives
I may later on affect those with whom
we come in contact. Mrs. Magloire,
needing someone to repair her sewing
machine, called in one of our Adventist brothers. After finishing his work
This Is an Outdoor Church School Group in Haiti. The Equipment Is Simple and
he asked Mrs. Magloire if she would
the Methods Too, But a Great Deal Is Accomplished for These Faithful Children
permit him to read a chapter from the
Who Come Each Day
AND SABBATH HERALD
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THE
FAMILY FIRESIDE ami <
Conducted by Nora Machlan Buckman
Teaching Children the Beauty of Appreciation
By HELEN GREGG GREEN
The day I made
out the paper, a
belated apologetic thank-you
note arrived.
The other gift
was delivered
months ago. I
asked the assistant buyer of a
,1IB world . Lwould be : a . happier gift department to help me with the
place if inore children were selection, as I wanted something lovely
taught to be appreciative----to and individual. The buyer, knowing
be really appreciative and to express the stock, found a pair of lamps that
it. It is worth while for boys and should cause the heart of any bride to
girls to learn now to be sincerely sing. But if there was any singing,
grateful for any special thoughtful- the bride did not let us in on the secret
Other incidents portraying this
neSS rendered "them and .to be-enthusiastic when mentioning it, in some painful lack of expressed appreciation
cases referring to it on several occa- flock to my memory thick and fast. A
friend of mine and her husband insions.
I am particularly in the mood to vited some suburban friends to enjoy
write this article. In two instances the comfort and charm of their city
recently I went to great Ipains to select house while they spent a vacation in
unusually attractive wedding. gifts. In Florida. Later they confided to me
the first case I :finally 'visited the post- that not even a tiny bread-and-butter
master and asked 'tor papers to trace note have they received since their
the present, being .441-Ite =sure so long a friends' departure.
Then there was the church conventime would not have '-:Yapped had the
brocaded evening hag he-en received. tion, when we were all requested to
EWING GALLOWAY
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open our homes to out-of-toWn delegates. My father asked the committee
specifically for the privilege of enter-,
taining two young ministers whose
—churches he had attended in cities
where he, as a lawyer, was trying some
cases. It was customary to charge the
delegates a minimum price and to give
no meals. We said, "You are to be our
personal guests and also to have breakfast with us every day you are here."
Wishing to please my father, who
was so happy to have them with us, I
moved from my large, pleasant bedroom for the duration of their stay.
Our colored cook was at her home, ill,
at the time, but she made an effort to
come a distance of several miles every
morning to prepare a particularly delicious breakfast. We even drove to
the country each day to buy fine cantaloupes, and we asked a tearoom, that
was famous for its sweet rolls, to furnish them for our breakfasts as long
as these gentlemen were with us.
At no time did either of our guests
think to surprise us with a box, of
candy or make any other gracious gesture of appreciation; nor did either of
them write, afterward, even a line to
say our hospitality was appreciated.
And both men were college graduates.
Parents should make sure that boys
and girls will not grow into the type
of men and women who take every gift,
every gracious offer of hospitality and
kindness, for granted. Almost as soon
as a child begins to talk he should be
taught to say thank you for any gift,
regardless of its size or value. But
that in itself is not enough; he must
be made to enjoy being appreciative.
I have a little friend, Jimmy, aged
six, whose mother has taught him to
telephone everyone who remembers
him. He takes great delight in doing
this, and the habit will strengthen
with the years.
A mother should not get into the
way of thinking her thanks are,enough.
Most often it is the mother's fault
when her child depends upon her to do
the honors.
I received a commencement invita•tion from a young cousin graduating
as an honor student from Swarthmore,
and so I asked a young man of excellent taste to select a handsome tie. The
mother of cousin William thanked me
for the tie ! At another time I had a
similar experience with William's
elder brother.
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Now, that mother is'- one of the
smartest women I have ever known.
She has brought up her boys admir▪ ably in almost every respect. But
there is- one gracious lesson she has
overlooked—she forgot to teach her
children appreciation and the charm of
the small amenities of life.
So again may I suggest that you
▪
teach your boy, and your girl the gra-.
ciousness=yes, and the enjoyment to
both giver and recipient—of -expressed
appreciation ?—N ational Kindergarten
Association.
Little Deeds of Kindness
By JULIA C. MESSAMORE
ONY, if you don't stop crying,
I'm going to spank. Go out and
play with Doris."
"Don' wan-to," blubbered three• year-old Tony.
Young Mrs. Sayborn was about at
the end of her wits when her friend
Mrs. Cass came, carrying a box. Doris,
the four-year-old, came running in.
She and Tony eyed the box. Aunt
• Laura, as the, children called her, always brought something.
"I'm glad to see you, Laura; the
children have been so trying today.
I seem never to get my work done."
"Relax, Annie. Set your mind on
•
something beautiful. You were at
Lake Tahoe two years ago
"Yes, and such a miserable time I
had; I nearly froze the first night."
"But you had the sky and sunshine
• next day, the blue water, quiet, peace.
Didn't you get something out of that?"
Before Annie could answer there
was a hubbub, and Tony began yelling, "Give me, give me, mine, mine!"
Doris was running away and Tony was
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snatching after her. Their mother
said wearily, "You see how it is."
"Children need interest. They always start something when mothers
are talking." Aunt Laura was taking
the string from the package. Doris,
spying it, came to stand by her side.
Tony followed. Aunt Laura kept on
talking.
"I have here a little experiment for
the children. It's modeling clay.
Doris, could you run out in the yard
and get me a feather or two?"
Out she ran, returning with a
feather.
"Maybe it will do; I can split it."
Deftly Aunt Laura rolled a little ball
of clay, shaping it into a rooster. She
folded a tiny piece of yellow paper for
his beak, cut a red sawtooth card for
his comb, and punched two black dots
for his eyes with a pencil. She split
the long feather and curled it. This
made a fine tail. "Now, I will have
to have two more feathers for his
wings."
Doris and Tony ran next door, where
their neighbor had hens, bringing back
a handful of feathers. While they
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were gone Laura broke - two-- dead
matchsticks for his feet and legs.
With the feather -wings added, he
made a fine rooster,
—"Oh; oh!" beamed Tony. "Mine?"
Doris was laughing. "I think that
is cute."
Mother had relaxed, watching. All
her cares had vanished; she was a little girl again watching her father
mold a hOrse.
"I'm so glad you came, Laura. It
has been such a help. Ican see that
the children just needed something to
do to change their minds."
"I'm glad too. I'll leave the box
with you. Teach them how to make
things—play with theni a little until
they learn. I can get another box."
"0 Aunt Laura, can we have it?"
Doris was jumping up and down.
"Thank you very much."
"You and Tony can learn to make
rabbits, cats and dogs, bears, and
other things."
The little box of clay did more than
make the children happy that one time.
It helped restore Annie's faith. It
interested father, too, and he spent
more time with his children.
IT takes a lifetime to build up a good
reputation; it may be lost in a moment.
—EURIPEDES.
111111110111
- Friends
ONE of life's choicest blessings is
friend5hip. It is unfortunate when
this relationship is strained. Things
often happen that have a tendency to
make us doubtful of those who have
been the loudest in their protestations
of affection for Us.' Let us put these
doubts: behind us as something
, ';unworthY of us: RocliefoucaUld' declared: "It is more shameful ;to be
distrustful of our friends than to be
deceived by them." He was quite right.
Few who call themSelves friends will
deceive us. Our suffering at their
hands will not be great. On the other
hand, our loss will be irreparable if we
allow suspicion to reign in our hearts.
It will make us unjust to our fellow
men. It will curse our lives. There
will be no more quiet times and holy
places for us. Better be simple minded
and let people take advantage of you
than to have a doubting mind and to
believe nobody worthy of confidence.
Many times we have been deceived by
people, but we have had 'a good time
serving them. We do not plan to be
skeptical about the next man who calls
on us simply because the last man who
called was a rascal.—Watchman-Examiner.
LIFE'S PATTERNS
BUDDIES
T happened the other evening. I was at Union Station with a friend whose husband was
coming in on the train. We had waited for
some little time but had not yet seen his familiar blue-gray hat in the long line of people
who constantly passed us. Along came a sailor
who walked with his head down, apparently not
expecting to see anyone he knew, but from the
side lines another sailor stepped up to him and
slapped him on the shoulder. You should have
seen them. They were as excited as any two
people could be.
"Oh, Buddy! My buddy," one of them shouted,
and with arms .around each other's necks they
hurried happily off down the length of the corridor. Such a spontaneous show of warmhearted
affection brought smiles, tears, and exclamations
from not a few bystanders. I watched them until they disappeared in the crowd. One could
imagine that they had been at sea together, perhaps had weathered gales and fought battles side
by side. From this companionship something had
grown up between them that nothing could efface.
I
Little Julia was so proud of her big brother.
How she longed for even a glance. But at the
station mother and father seemed to occupy his
attention, and only when the train actually came
to a stop and he prepared to hop on did he take
time to give her a quick peck on a sticky cheek.
Out there on the islands he spent quite a bit
of time in a foxhole. He kept seeing that hungry little face peering at him, asking for just a
little of his love. Well, he'd make it up to her
if he ever got home.
His opportunity did come, and once more he
was greeting his family. This time little sister
came in for her, share of attention by a big hug
in spite of the ever-present candy which she
managed to have liberally smeared over her face.
It was she who rode next to brother in the car
all the way home. During his short stay he
hardly let her out of his sight, and by the time
he had to return he and Julia were real buddies.
How she had thrived on his attentions. In fact,
the day he left she ran and hid because she
hated, so much to see him go.
Tad was often called "mother's little helper,"
which was true as far as ability and the tender
age of four-going-on-five would permit. But
often his ideas of helpfulness were not the same
as grownups'—especially so the day he painted
the car. He had done a masterly job on one, side
of it and was himself covered with blue paint
when his uncle came around the corner to claim
his new paintbrush and can. The uncle drew a
long breath and whistled. All he could think to
say was, "Now, I wonder who painted that car!"
"Would you spank him if you knew?"
"No, I guess I'd just help him clean things up."
"All right. Then, I did it."
'In telling the story Angelo Patri says that
there was more than paint between them after
that. An experience shared had made them real
buddies.
It is sort of soul-warming to hear of buddies
in a time of war and hatred, isn't it?
N. B.
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The Voice of Prophecy
Closes Another Year
0
N December 31, 1944, the
broadcasting group of the
Voice of Prophecy presented
their 157th national broadcast to
America, closing_ the third year of
coast-to-coast gospel broadcasting.
Christ, the world's redeemer, Christ,
our mediator, Christ, the coming king,
has been the central theme of every
song and sermon as the message has
flashed over the countryside, bringing
new hope and assurance to souls in
need.
The growth in the number of stations releasing the Voice of Prophecy
has been impressive. At the close of
1942, 217 stations were used; at the
close of 1943, 286; and on December
31, 1944, 363. It is amazing to think
that approximately 38,000 broadcasts
by the individual stations carrying the
Voice of Prophecy have been released
during the years 1942-45.
The mail addressed to Box 55, Los
Angeles, California, has grown in volume as the work has expanded. In the
three successive years, 1942-44, the
number of pieces of mail received and
handled at the Glendale office has been
223,828; 311,174; 396,087 respectiVely. These letters come from every
part of North America and from many
foreign countries. They come laden
with gifts, with expressions of appreciation, with questions of theology or
personal living, and with the Bible
lessons. Many of them tell of precious
experiences in the study of the truth
and of new decisions to accept the Saviour and obey His will. One large
mail in the first week of February tive list—a remarkable record -for a
brought 2,671 pieces to the office.
work of this type. The enrollment of
Several months ago it was an- men in the service has now passed
nounced that there could now be no 4,000, half of whom are in foreign
mention of funds in connection with lands but still manage to continue
the broadcast. So innocent an expres- with their lessons, mailing them back
sion as "sustaining members" had to from time to time. As the work has I
be eliminated. Some believed that progressed decisions have been reached
there was danger that this limitation and thousands of baptisms have remight — come as a deathblow-To the stilted. While the report Of these bap:
work. But as the months have passed, tisms is hardly complete, we are happy
the response of the public has not less- to know that more than 3,000 enrollees
ened; there has actually been some in the Bible courses have been bapincrease. God has marvelously blessed tized, and over 2,000 more are keeping
the Voice of Prophecy, providing the Sabbath. Many enrolled in the
funds to sustain the program and to courses are right now in the lessons on
care for the growing needs. Aside the distinctive truths of this people.
from the gifts mailed to the Voice of Let us all pray that many more deci- U
Prophecy office, the offering taken in sions will be made to follow the Lord
all the churches in October has been a all the way in obeying His will.
The world seems to grow smaller in
wonderful source of support, for it
amounted in 1944 to over $55,000. Yet the light of the possibilities of the
with the increases that have come in radio. Through this, as well as other I
the gifts from listeners we are far means, will it not be possible to say
from the goal of self-support; and it soon with the early church 'historian,
is still necessary for the conferences "The word of the Lord was published
and other organizations to make sub- throughout all the region"? Luke
W. P. BRADLEY,
stantial appropriations to keep the 13:49.
Secretary, North American
Voice of Prophecy on the air.
Radio Commission.
The Voice of Prophecy program has
won the respect and interest of listeners everywhere, and many station
Progress in the Caribmanagers speak of their appreciation
of the fact that they can offer a probean Union Conference
gram of this type. One station manager said recently, "There seems to be
E are glad to send our greetsomething unusual about that Voice
ings from the islands of the
of Prophecy program. It seems to get
sea to the readers of our
under my skin. I guess that is be- church paper around the circle of the
cause it is so different from the rest." earth. We are certainly grateful to
Total enrollments in the Bible school God for the abundant blessings He has
have grown to 315,941, of which 73,- bestowed upon us during the year that
826 are junior enrollees. About a has just closed. There have been so
third of the above total are in the ac- many evidences of divine favor that
w
Voice of Prophecy Broadcasting Group and Production Leaders—Standing, Left to Right : Ben Glanzer, Robert Seamount, Wayne Hooper, Ray
Turner, H. H. Hicks, George Greer, L. V. Grunke, H. M. J. Richards, Al Avila. Sitting : D. A. Delafield, H. M. S. Richards
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MARCH 15, 1945
we feel to exclaim with one of old,
"The Lord hath done great things for
us ; whereof we are glad."
Twenty-six Church Projects
In planning our work at the beginning of 1943, we found there were
twenty-six church-building projects in
various parts of the field in an unfinished condition. Some of these were
started eight or ten years ago, but had
never been completed. Plans were laid
to finish these before starting new
ones. Arrangements were made accordingly, so that the church, the conference, and the union would unite on
a certain basis for providing funds
for this purpose. Inasmuch as this
was the first time that anything of
this character had been attempted, we
naturally wondered what the reaction
of our believers would be. However,
we are glad to report that at the end
of the year, every one of the churches
had sent in the necessary funds. So
we are glad to report victory in this
achievement.
had the one thousand mark been
reached. We thank God that last year
there were 1,163 baptized into the
threefold message. We pray that they
may be kept faithful to the end.
During the early part of 1944 two
conference sessions were held, one in
the South Caribbean field and the other
in Guiana. One matter of importance
which was given careful study at these
meetings was the change from conference to mission status. This was
unanimously voted by all the delegates
present. This will be a great blessing
to the fields, especially as we face the
perplexities of the future. We expect
to hold a conference session in the Leeward Islands field in the month of
March.
Several ordinations took place at
these meetings. Luther Jones and L.
D. Brathwaite were ordained at the
South Caribbean meeting and W. W.
Weithers and Victor McEachrane at
the Guiana meeting. A. A. Ward and
F. A. Sebro are to be ordained at the
Leeward Islands meeting.
Equipping the College
For the French Fields
Our training college was in need of
equipment. We were in need of new
beds, mattresses, and furnishings for
the dormitories, new stoves for the
kitchen, and so many other items
which make for simple comfort in the
home life of the college. We estimated
our needs at $10,000 and we started
out to raise this within our own borders. Individuals were asked to furnish a room, churches were requested
to do likewise; and opportunity was
given our believers to subscribe for
this purpose. On December 31 we were
happily surprised to find the sum of
$10,400 in hand; so again we sing,
"Praise God, from whom all blessings
flow."
We were made happy to see the response as the scholarship plan for our
students at the college was introduced.
Last year ten went out into the field;
nine had success in their undertaking,
each having a full scholarship. This
year we have about twenty-four out in
the field, and we are hoping to get at
least eighteen scholarships.
Our book sales boomed during 1944.
In 1943 our total deliveries were just
over $59,000; for 1944, over $85,000.
We are grateful that the books and
magazines are finding their way into
the homes of the people.
Our Ingathering work has shown remarkable results. Three years ago we
raised $8,600; two years ago, just over
$12,000; one year ago, $19,000; last
year, over $23,000.
The Lord has richly blessed our
work in the French West Indies; great
victories have been won for the truth
in these island fields. We have received permission to begin our colporteur work, and the colporteurs are
now busy distributing our literature.
We hope to enter French Guiana
early this year. This is a new field,
and while the population is relatively
small, there are in that area, as there
are in other places, souls for whom
Christ died and to whom the message
of the soon coming of Jesus must be
given. R. T. Colthurst takes charge
of the work in that field and we bespeak the prayers of our people for
him as he enters that land.
We are of good courage and are
pressing forward in the work, believing that the year 1945, under God, will
be the best year in the history of the
work in this part of the West Indies.
W. E. READ.
Port-of-Spain, Trinidad.
Record Baptisms
But the thing which has brought
greatest courage to our hearts is the
number of baptisms during the centennial year of the advent movement.
The records show eight hundred in
some years, nine hundred in other
years, but never before in one year
AND SABBATH HERALD
Man of the Navy Organizes a Sabbath School
Y courtesy of Adolph Johnson,
formerly an Oregon Conference
worker (now retired), we quote
from a letter written to him by one of
Our Oregon young men in the remote
Marianas Islands of the South Pacific.
Henry Metzker, a pharmacist of the
Navy, writes:
"I am on an island with palm trees,
tropical fruits, and more rain than in
Oregon. First of all, I have organized
a Sabbath school here, where there
never has been one before. A native
told me he heard of Seventh-day Adventists twenty years ago. Now he
and all his family of fifteen are keeping the Sabbath. People began to re-
B
ally obey the truth on the third Sabbath after I began studies with them.
"It is a trifle hard to be Sabbath
school superintendent, teacher, and
also give the study for the church
service. Our offerings for the last
three Sabbaths amounted to over
thirty dollars. I only wish some minister could come out here.
"I have taken orders for two Bible
Readings and hope to get many more.
Regulations restricting contacts of
service forces and natives are getting
more strict, but our captain tells me
he will arrange for me to continue
Sabbath school and church services."
The Dedication of. Two
Churches in Ohio
T was a joyous occasion on Sabbath,
February 10, to have two churches
in our district dedicated free of
debt and to have as our special guests
C. S. Longacre and W. M. Robbins.
During the past two years our
Zanesville church at Larzalere and Indiana avenues has been completely remodeled and redecorated. The auditorium has been more than doubled in
size, and new pews have been installed
throughout. The Ohio Conference appropriated $500 to help in this project,
which the church greatly appreciates.
Our people are justly proud of their
church in Zanesville, and we rejoice
with them in dedicating this building
anew to the proclamation of the third
angel's message in this city.
Our meeting house in Dresden, Ohio,
has been in the possession of our people for many years. However, it has
been encumbered with heavy indebtedness. This debt was liquidated several
months ago, and' a program of improvement was begun. Our local people gave liberally, and our brethren
and sisters from the Zanesville and
Newark churches joined them, to help
in the work of renovating and redecorating. The conference assisted us by
appropriating $100, which was greatly
appreciated by the members of the
Dresden church. Today the little
church is free of debt, newly decorated,
and dedicated to the service of God.
We were greatly favored in having
Elder Longacre present to deliver the
dedicatory sermons on both these occasions and to have our conference
president, Elder Robbins, here to present these buildings to God for His
service.
These occasions were made possible
largely by the devotion and sacrifice
of our dear people and the planning
and foresight of G. Lester Stauffer
and J. M. Hoffman, who preceded us
in the work in this district.
We trust that as God takes up His
dwelling anew in these buildings and
within the hearts of our people in this
area, the gospel will advance with a
new rapidity.
F. C. WEBSTER, JR.
I
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MARCH 15, 1945
Review Pages Reach
China's Outposts
T
:
HE war in the Pacific stopped all
books and magazines coming
through to us here in China. It
Chas been a real loss to be deprived of
Abe REVIEW. We have lost touch with
(our world-wide work. Great changes
thaye been taking place, but we have
;known little of their effect upon the
lionl's work.
Recently we received some REVIEW
mos, sent out from our division headquarters. What a pleasure it was to
X il Alm! We appreciated as never
before t:Jzig encouragement and inspiration Out emy).es through -reading—the
REVIEW,
Believing that, the Lord speaks to
the church through the men He calls
to the leadership of His people, we
read with special interest the president's address to the conference leaders gathered in council. Although far
removed from that meeting, yet our
hearts responded to the appeal.
Again we had the privilege of reading those good editorials, warning the
church of dangers and calling us perpanally to a closer walk with our
Master.
Many of us are deprived of personal
contact with brethren bearing the burdens of leading at the home base, but
we meet these men in the REVIEW, and
their observations of the present and
sketches of the past deepen our convicOon that indeed the hand of God is in
this advent movement.
M. C. WARREN.
Northwest China.
The Ten Commandments
saying what is self-apparent. The
grace of God is only truly seen when
man, through his knowledge of God's
law, becomes conscious of sin and beholds the Christ lifted up as his Saviour."
Having read this good doctrine, we
cannot (refrain from asking the following questions. As Baptists look
upon this law what do they see?
What knowlolge of God's will do they
find revealed therein? Does not each
commandment point out some requirement of God and condemn as a sinner
the one who may break even one of
the commandments? If a Baptist
should find himself condemned as a
sinner because he breaks the third,
fifth, sixth, or seventh commandinent,
and hence has need for the forgiving
and saving grace of Christ, how
should he feel when he faces that very
specific fourth commandment and
finds that he does not obey its injunctions? Should he not feel equally condemned and sense the need of the
Saviour's forgiveness on that point,
too, and the help to keep him from
breaking that commandment as well
as the others? The Saviour's grace
is not merely for forgiveness of past
sins, but it is given to help men live
in harmony with all God's commandments.
With Paul we repeat, "What shall
we say then? Shall we continue in
sin [breaking the fourth as well as
the other commandments], that grace
F. L.
may abound? God forbid."
In Appreciation
AVING occasion to write us a
note, Miss Hattie Andre, one of
our pioneer missionaries in the
South Seas and once a teacher on Pitcairn Island, says of our paper: "To
me the REVIEW is as dear as a member of my own family. I can hardly
wait for its weekly arrival."
H
The editor of the Watchman-Examiner, leading Baptist church journal,
received a letter from a Baptist minister, who asked, "Are we Christian
preachers supposed to preach the Ten
"I NEVER want to be without the
Commandments?" The editor answered the question in the February REVIEW. It has been such a blessing
1 issue of the paper by printing the and help to me, and I have sent a
full unabridged Ten Commandments number of the poems and some clipon the front cover of the paper and pings to my son, who has been overwriting an editorial on the subject, seas, and they, have been such a help
"The Preaching of the Law." From and comfort to him; so I have been
this we quote:
doubly glad for it this past year."
DORA E. NEWLAND.
"Preaching grace lopsidedly means
that we do not preach grace at all.
Grace can only be understood in the
vision of holiness and the awfulness Five Small Books Change
of sin. But sin is never awful where
Drunkard's Life
there is no law. . . . The moral state
GEORGETOWN,
British Guiof affairs in the Christian church at •
ana, man who was under the
the present time requires preachers
influence of liquor met one of
who will expound fearlessly the law of
God, so that Christians themselves our colporteurs and unhesitatingly
shall begin to have convictions about bought five of our small books from
sin. . . . No, we are not hinting that him. When he came to himself he
a man is saved by his works. We are realized he had made the mistake of
not saying that it is the duty of a his life, being a Catholic from birth.
Christian to seek to fulfill the right- He decided, however, that he would
eousness of the law. We are simply read the books and then put them on
A
show in order to sell them. The Spirit
of the Lord moved upon the heart of
this man, and he became so interested
that he attended our lectures and is
now rejoicing in a full and free salvation.
D. P. REID.
Michigan
FTER losing seven churches and
914 colored members to the
new Lake Region Conference,
the Michigan Conference began the
year with 11,302 members. Five hundred thirty-eight new members were
added during 1944, fifty on profession
of faith and 488 by baptism. The net
gain was 302.
The sales of the Book and Bible
House amounted to $196,472.95, which
represents a gain of $29,849.77 over
1943. The colporteur deliveries totaled
$188,148.74, the gain being $53,096.19.
The pace set during the first months
of the new year predicts a still greater
gain for 1945, in spite of the loss of
the many colored colporteurs to the
new conference.
The tithe from the 149 Michigan
churches was $848,643.74, which was
$96,432.23 more than in 1943, or a per
capita of $70.15. The mission offerings were $278,164.52, representing a
gain of $41,321.48 and a per-week-permember average of forty-three and
four-tenths cents. Through the Sabbath schools $174,742.08 was given,
and $70,826.26 was received through
Ingathering. The Michigan Conference expects to reach the fifty-cent-aweek goal during 1945.
During the last year or two more
than fifty church and school buildings
have been either completed, remodeled,
repaired, or redecorated at an estimated cost of $75,000. Twenty or
more incomplete projects will be finished during the present year at an
approximate cost of $40,000. More
than $60,000 has been raised toward
twenty future new building projects,
in anticipation of the time when priorities can be obtained. In some cases
the property has been purchased and
paid for and building plans have been
completed., It is hoped that at least
$200,000 will be added to these various
building funds during the present
year. More than $23,000 was spent on
the physical plants of our academies
during the past year, and plans are
being perfected to continue this program until every building has been
enlarged and modernized or replaced
by new structures. At one of our academies every building must be replaced.
Master architectural plans have been
made for long-range building programs which, when completed, will
make these institutions a credit to the
cause of Christian education.
The prospects for increasing advancement in the Michigan Conference during the present year are encouraging.
T. G. BUNCH,
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PRESENT TRUTH
No. 53
•
"I WILL •
COME AGAIN"
The second coming
of Christ has been the hope of all ages.
Patriarchs and prophets, Jesus and the
apostles, all point to that event as marking the beginning of eternal happiness
for mankind. Coming in power and
great glory, His kingdom will replace
forever the hatred, strife, bloodshed,
famine, and pestilence under which
the human race is struggling. Then
the wicked will be punished for their
deeds and the righteous rewarded according to their works. Never was
there greater reason to hope for the
speedy return of our Saviour, and
never has the promise of His coming
been a more welcome message.
ROBERT ELDRIDGE. ARTIST
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THE ADVENT REVIEW
An Early Seventh-day
Adventist Home
By A. T. ROBINSON
Doorbells
BY ADLAI A. ESTEB
[NOTE.—This appeal by verse was written
as a part of Southern. California's program
of an every-house service in its gospel effort
for 1945. See front page.]
ILLIAM FARNSWORTH
"CARRY the Word of God to every
was the first man among Adman's
door."—Testimonies, Vol. V, p.
ventists to keep the Sabbath
If the fourth commandment. I can 388.
peak of his family, as I knew mem"Pure religion and undefiled before
)ers of it for more than seventy God and the Father is this, To visit."
Tears. I married his eldest daughter James 1 :27.
n 1876.
Keep the doorbells ringingIn a large family, mostly boys, all
0 banish all your fears!
)f them in good health and spirits,
Keep
the doorbells ringing;
me would expect to see much fun and
It's music in God's ears.
frolic. But nothing loud or boisterms was ever allowed in the home, and
"Our Saviour went from house to
NI Sabbaths all was quiet, outside as house."—Gospel Workers, p. 188.
well as inside.
Keep the doorbells ringing;
On Friday at the New Hampshire
This is the gospel way.
arm all the chores were done earlier
Keep the doorbells ringing ;
han usual, and all were gathered
This is God's work today.
round the family altar at sunset for
service of Scripture reading, song,
"Visit every family in the neighbornd prayer. The little old organ hood."—Testimonies, Vol. VI, p. 296.
served to make the season more intersting.
Keep the doorbells ringing;
-I can well remember being present
Let's reach each human soul.
Keep the doorbells ringing ;
on an evening as the Sabbath drew to
Make this your highest goal.
an end. The Sabbath closing song
and prayer came. Then I remember
"House-to-house laborers are.
three or four of the little boys and
girls standing in an old-fashioned needed."—Christian Service, p. 114.
empty woodbox, watching while all
Keep the doorbells ringing
made sure the sun had fully gone
And watch God's business
down. When told that the Sabbath
thrive.
was past, out would go the whole
Keep the doorbells ringing
troop, to run and shout for the next
In nineteen forty-five.
alf hour.
I I hope that in Seventh-day Adventist homes the two ends of the holy
' Sabbath are as safely guarded in these
days.
, With William Farnsworth the payment of honest debts was almost as
ROY F. COTTRELL
sacred an obligation as was keeping
THE WORLD'S INDESTRUCTIBLE BOOK
the Sabbath. From the days of young
manhood he lived on a farm of about
o
one hundred acres, mostly pasture and
and dos., ....ducand
, poetry,
woodland, from which he provided a
sanitation—ell E
the
home and plenty of food for his large ,..44 coo
--1
family of children, as well as a
Sample of the weekly Bible Lessons Which
good common-school education. He
Are Being Run in the Newspapers as a
Part of Southern California's Evangelistic
never had a bank account, but by sellProgram
ing a few head of cattle, sheep, turkeys, geese, potatoes, and other things
grown on the few acres of tillable
Liberty in Times of
land, he was seldom without a little
Emergency
money in his pocket. He died free
from debt and left something for the
(Continued from page 6)
support of his family. William Farnsworth lived to the advanced age of which we face today is not a political
eighty-two years, and I preached his one, or even an economic one, but a
funeral sermon.
moral one. This thought is emphaAfter our twelve years spent in sized in the widely quoted book CondiSouth Africa and Australia the godly tions of Peace, 1942, by Edward Halwidow of William Farnsworth lived lett Carr. It is not a change in form
in my home until her death at the age of government that is most important
of eighty-seven years.
but a change in the hearts of the indiI think this is a beautiful family viduals that make up a state and oprecord, the record of the first Sev- erate it.
enth-day Adventist family and home.
Let us beware of the threats to our
liberties in this day of successive
I love to tell of it.
W
(h
litsVfirtpaper
PULPIT
Among all the books of the world, the Sib!. Mande unique and supreme.
It is composed of sixty x books, each with a definite messa ge and antly
complete in itself. Them were written gt various times throughout a period f fifteen
fifteen
centuries by approximately forty penmen. Among these writers were men of every
in Egret, iaBabylon, in Jerusalem; mm, el the fimmh
rank
men in captivity, and en*, at the zenith of human greatness.
Them outhort, repsesenting five great elm izogone, wrote history, prophesy
arts, of
f
,.lasting
nasal lows, civil lows, and rules of hygiene and
emergencies. We have witnessed in
this and other countries how far reaching the curbs on individual liberty
may become in either a time of war
or an economic' emergency. We have
been grateful to note the respect which
those in the highest positions, particularly in the United States and Great
Britain, have shown for the consciencious scruples of men in regard to religious matters. We do not know how
long such an attitude generally will
prevail. However, we do know from
prophecy that the time will come when
the consciences of a certain minority
will- not be respected, and it should
cause us deep concern when we see so
many trends toward the centralization
of power and the curbing of human
freedom.
F. L.
You are disappointed. Do you remember, if you lost heart about your
work, that none of it is lost ; that the
good of every good deed remains, and
breeds, and works on forever; and all
that fails and is lost is the outside
shell of the thing, which, perhaps,
might have been better done, but,
better or worse, has nothing to do
with the real spiritual good which you
have done to men's hearts, and for
which God will surely reward you
in His own way and time.—CHARLES
KINGSLEY.
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"To every man his work." "Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in
the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye
know that yOur labor is not• in vain in
the: Lord." 1 Cor. 15 :58.
THERE is a joyful note sounded in
letters that"have begun to come in
froni rescued and released missionaries of ours in the Philippines. -The
secretaries of-the-General COriferenee
hope to have a rather full report to
give out next week, and we shall plan
also to give some excerpts from letters which we have seen, written by
workers to friends via air mail.
MARKED "Stockholm (by wireless),"
the following dispatch, by which we
see that our brethren in occupied Denmark are going forward actively with
their evangelistic work, was printed
in the Protestant Voice:
"When the Seventh-day Adventists
held a council meeting in Copenhagen
recently, the Gestapo surrounded the
thronged Ebenezer church, arrested
the president, and the entire council,
even held them in custody for three
days. It wasn't, however, another attack on religious liberty. They mistook the Adventists for Denmark's
Freedom Council. All Copenhagen
laughed, except the invaders."
One of our readers, Mrs. A. Sorensen, of Massachusetts, sends us a similar report, which she translates from
Den Danske Pioneer, of Omaha. The
news has traveled far from that busy
Ebenezer church.
personal inspiration that your life has
ever been."
Pastor Watson's friends and associates in service in other lands' will
most heartily join in this declaration.
IN a personal letter to the General
Conference treasurer a busy brother
writes: "I am wondering how much
we exceeded the million mark on February 3. We were given a thrill in
our- little church: of nine iirembers that
day. We were given a goal of $100
based, on a menthership of fifteen.
Then the plate came in with $209,
gleaned from the dry acres of eastern
Colorado. It inspires even an old man
to ride the tractor a few hours longer
each day."
AT the Foreign Missions Conference Of North America, of all Protes-.
tant societies, at Toronto, Canada, one
leader, speaking of the refuge men
and women find in God in these trying
days, cited the case of "the Norwegian
resisters, who, forbidden to sing 'A
Mighty Fortress Is Our God,' still say,
`I walk to the beat of it with every
step I take.' "
of the railway, which is at McMurra;
Alberta, on up to Lake Fond du La,
There they will have a barge built bi
enough to pitch a tent on, and whic
will be propelled by a reversible oui
board motor. They will go on doW
the Mackenzie River north to the .Ar(
tic Ocean, canvassing as they g
Tliey Plan': to take about $2,000 wort
of `books 'With theM to start with, plu
their food',Supply. They are both of
trappers from up in that country an,
are 'experienced in barge water trave.
They will also have a 'small cano
along,"
Colportelirs travel- in --alt sorts o
cOnVeyanceS, but this is the first tim,
we' have learned of colporteurs using
barges as does the Army. These col
pOrteurS -surely are intrepid warrior,
of the cross and are ready to face the
dangers of arduous travel to carr
the message to frontier places.
E. E. FRANKLIN.
How Do They Do It?
RECENTLY a well-known minister
made the following statement to on(
of our laymen :
"I find my lawyers reading you:
Liberty and my influential member(
reading and enjoying The Watchman.
How do you Seventh-day Adventist:
do it?"
He was not averse to their reading
News of Million-Dollar the literature—in fact, he uses Th6
Desire of Ages, Patriarchs and Prophets, The Great Controversy, Signs al
Offering Reached
the Times, and The Watchman in the
preparation of his widely quoted serthe Philippines
mons.
THE General Conference treasurer
It might be interesting to note that
passes to us a letter from Pfc. Lynn C. in almost every place where the mesJohnson, of the General Hospital staff senger of God mentions working for
in the Philippines, showing how our the influential, she at, the same time
soldier brethren there heard of the suggests that we ought also to be
million-dollar call and joined in it. He working for ministers.
Pastor Watson Retires says: "Enclosed find money order for
R. E. CRAWFORD,
$63 from the first organized [soldier]
Circulation Manager of
in Australia
Sabbath school in the Philippines.
The Watchman
WE learn from Australia that C. H. This is for the rehabilitation drive for
BECAUSE the radio is so wonderfu]
Watson, well known to multitudes of our missions in war-torn lands. Last
our people in North America and Sabbath there were twenty-six at our an agency of Providence in spreading
Europe, has found it wise to retire meeting, and we are always blessed the news, we are interested in storie(
such' wonderful fellowship with of its unusual performances. A Wash.
from official work on account of ill- with
men
of like faith." That call of Feb- ington Evening Star correspondent
health. He served in the General Conference for four years as general vice- ruary 3 was heard -to the ends of the Bryson Rash, tells of a message needing to be sent one night from the
president and later as president from earth.
island of Leyte (Philippines) to a
1930 to 1936. In accepting his resigship
anchored only two hundred yard(
nation from official work the AustralBookmen to the Arctic off the
coast. The ship radio could reasian delegation in annual session put
THIS interesting item comes in from ceive only by code, and the radio men
on record a brotherly declaration, one
R. G. Campbell, the new union pub- ashore had only a voice transmitter.
paragraph of which reads:
"On the eve of your retirement as lishing department secretary in Can- Then an engineer thought of a plan.
our division president, we desire to ada. "We have just finished an inter- By voice he sent the message to San
express to you our personal gratitude, esting colporteur institute at Calgary Francisco. That station relayed it tc
Sydney (Australia). Sydney sent il
together with that of the whole church in the province of Alberta.
"We chose two colporteurs, experi- on to New Guinea. There a nava:
organization we represent, for the
splendid example of self-sacrifice, the enced men, and are planning to send station sent it by code to the ship lying
devotion to the cause of duty that you them above the Arctic Circle. They two hundred yards offshore from the
have always shown, the humbleness of will start out at the Yellow-Knife men on Leyte. And the men on shore
spirit evidenced in all your dealings Mines and work all the mines, oil had their answer back in about five
with your associates in any adminis- wells, Indian reservations, trappers, minutes via the New Guinea-Sydney
trative office held by you, and for the and Eskimos all the way from the end San Francino-Leyte route.