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HOSE of us who preached the Advent message forty and fifty years
ago really had little idea of the destructions to be seen before the close
of probation. We knew the end of the world was coming, and we talked
about the earth laid waste during the time of the seven last plagues, but
that e would see desolations and ruins such as have come in this past global
war, while the gospel was still to be preached, did riot enter our minds. And
really it has not yet fully entered the minds of any of us even if we have
seen it with our own eyes. It is too terrific to be fully grasped.
We used to talk, as we do now, of tornadoes that ravaged some small,
cities and killed a few hundreds as a sign of the end, yet such calamities
are not even child's play compared with what has happened overseas. In
erlin last September as we gazed on the hundreds of broken bridges, crushed
mansions, and whole city sections of desertlike wastes we asked a brother
why all this had happened. He replied, "To wake up God's people and get
us ready for the latter rain."
That man was right. God has a definite aim in it all. Things in the
world have not got out of hand so far as He is concerned. The Spirit of
God has not yet left this earth. His angels are still in control. The Lord
permits the present terrible distress and confusion for a purpose. Jesus
is still in the sanctuary as our mediator. In the midst of such strife and
perplexity as never was known before in human history, Christ will be
exalted and the gospel will be preached with glorious power. The power
and zeal and sacrifice of the latter rain are to be experienced by the Advent people, not only in the lands of suffering and want, but even in America, the land of plenty.
This last war brought staggering material losses to the Advent Movement. In Europe alone more than 213 churches, 10 publishing houses, and
8 large schools were taken from us or destroyed, most of them destroyed.
In other parts of earth the losses suffered were in some ways even heavier.
Wherever the Lord gives us freedom, all that has been cast down must be
restored. Without these facilities our work will be weak and crippled. What
would our members do here in America if there were no schools to which
they could send their children and youth? What would become of our
mission activities and spiritual welfare if we
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VOL. 124, NO. 30
JULY 24, 1947
InThis Issue
FRONT COVER
Rebuilding God's Work in a Shattered World
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EDITORIAL - Adventist Activities in the North Lands—Worry or Trust?
—God Cares—A Gift That Critics Could Never Explain
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GENERAL ARTICLES
Seven Words From the Cross—Winning the Race—Abiding in Christ—To Live It Is To Give It—The Eden School
Restored—Enthusiasm in Religion—New Testament
Words
THE ADVENTIST HOME CIRCLE
The Home Beautiful—Sowing Time
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Page 15
REPORTS FROM ALL LANDS
Meetings in Spain and Portugal—Why we Should Give
More—Awtun Station in Nigeria Reporting—Dawn of a
New Day in Liberia—Christian Education in the Middle
East and Europe—Big City Evangelism in Panama—General Conference and Overseas Spot News—North American
Spot News—Camp Meeting Schedule—Church Calendar
POETRY
So Near, p. 7—Homekeeper's Hymn, p. 13.
ITEMS OF INTEREST
[The Review subscribes to Religious News Service, the well-known interdenominational news gathering organization. Many of the items below are taken
directly from this service.'
INDIFFERENCE of education to religion was scored by Dr.
Samuel McCrea Cavert, general secretary of the Federal Council of Churches, in an address to the opening assembly of the
North American Interseminary Conference at Oxford, Ohio.
"Our education does not involve a denial of religion," he said,
"but does involve, implicitly, a denial of its importance for
the major activities of life, such as business and industry and
politics." Deploring the growing dominance of "scientific humanism or secularism" throughout the world, Dr. Cavert
warned that "ours is no time for easy-going Christians."
THE Rt. Rev. John William Charles Wand, bishop of London, made the statement at Albany, New York, that the world
is moving toward a spiritual crisis in which "tlie forces of good
and evil are becoming ever more clearly defined." Speaking at
All Saints Episcopal Cathedral, Dr. Wand asserted that the
dividing line is between those who believe in God and those
who do not. "There is no cleavage so deep as that which separates the religious from the nonreligious," he said. "To those
who have no belief in God, a human being is essentially no
different from a fly on a window pane."_
If A KEY question facing the World Council of Churches is
whether the 1948 Amsterdam assembly will make the international body merely a representative agency or an instrument
for the renewal of the church, Dr. W. A. Visser t' Hooft,
general secretary, declared in Geneva. Reporting to the Council staff on his return from the recent Provisional Committee
meetings at Buck Hill Falls, Pennsylvania, Dr. Visser t' Hooft
said the question will be decided by the kind of delegates
which the constituent churches select for the Amsterdam meeting.
¶ PUBLIC educational funds to parochial as well as public and
private schools was approved by the Knights of Columbus in
a resolution adopted at the 48th annual State convention in
Laconia, New Hampshire.
¶ THE General Council of the Presbyterian Church in the
U.S.A., was directed by the 159th General Assembly in Grand
Rapids, Michigan, to establish a Department of Religious
Radio with, if possible, a full-time director. This department
will co-ordinate and enlarge the broadcasting work now being
done by the Committee on Religious Radio and the various
denominational boards. A report presented by the radio committee called for a program of technical radio instruction for
pastors, initiation of a strong radio campaign of evangelism
linked with the denomination's New Life program, and increased use of radio to back up foreign missions work.
¶ A RESOLUTION demanding a ban on the sale of gasoline on
Sunday to prevent its abuse as a holy day was adopted at
Durban, South Africa, by the Federal Council of the Dutch
Reformed Church. It was announced the church is planning
to invite other Protestant churches to join it in staging a
week-end campaign against Sunday sports and general disregard of the Sabbath. In addition, it was stated, the council intends to press the government to abolish airplane services on
Sunday.
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¶ A BAPTISM of eleven believers is reported by S. N. Haskell
as having taken place at West Rindge, New Hampshire, after
which a church organization was effected.
¶ P. STRONG and D. W. Milk write: "We are now holding
meetings at Spencer' Creek and Torch Lake [Michigan]. . . .
There are some here who came out under the labors of,Deacon
Reed in 1844. They look back with joy to that time, but cannot tell why the Lord tarried. They see light on the sanctuary.
We shall continue meetings as long as interest demands."
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A REPORT comes of the recent earthquake in Calcutta,
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-ncle-re-d the--bouse--¶ AFTER exceeding by more than $2,000,000 the $14,000,000 in which Dr. and Mrs. 0. G. Place, Brother and Sister Ellery
goal fixed in its World Mission Crusade, which closed April 30, Robinson, Brother and Sister G. P. Edwards, and Samantha E.
the Northern Baptist Convention meeting in Atlantic City, Whiteis were staying unsafe as a place of residence. Most of
New Jersey, turned from a financial to a spiritual campaigh. these workers have taken shelter in rooms kindly offered by
A two-year program to be known as "The Crusade for Christ a neighbor missionary, Mr. Jewson, until further arrangements
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Tin ought-Evaugelisrn" was--launthedIt will--start- -at -the-level- can be made for them.
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of the denomination's 7,000 churches and extend into the
foreign mission field.
Miss SOPHIE BOOSEMBERG, our only Greek worker in this
country, reports eight new Sabbathkeepers among that nation¶ THE Danish Bible Society circulated 94,770 Bibles and ality in Chicago, Illinois.
Scriptures during 1946, it was announced at the society's
annual meeting in CopenhAgen. German refugees in Denmark ¶ As a result of meetings held at Minneapolis, Minnesota, by
received 35,000 of the total. Bible distribution is hampered by George J. Seltzer, fifty have accepted the truth, thirty-eight
a- widespread paper shottage and a scarcity of printers, it have been baptized, and another class will be ready soon for
this ordinance.
was reported at the meeting.
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REVIEW AND HERALD
EDITORIAL
Adventist Activities in the
North Lands
(Editorial Correspondence)
STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN
JUNE 25, 1947
AST week's letter ended up in the air, with Stockholm's lights twinkling not far below. A few minutes, and we should land. But over the flying field
hung a thin fog. We circled the city for three hours before
it cleared, and landed at 4 A.M. Tuesday, June 17. Never
realized before what trouble a little mist can create. The
captain told us we had flown more than 4,700 English
statute miles. Even with the delays, the journey had
taken only thirty-one hours. It is facts like these that help
one to realize how small our world has grown.
I found I had come to the land of "tack." That is Swedish for thanks. On every side you hear the word, or more
frequently the intensified form, tack, tack. Here the
young girls curtsy and the boys bow when you shake
hands with them. Here men tip their hats when they greet
each other, and often bow as well. Rather impressive to
one who comes from a land that boasts of its greatness,
speed, and efficiency but is a little short on the social
amenities! Here the devout not only thank God at the
beginning of a meal but bow the head in a moment of
thanks after the meal. Gracious and grateful living takes
a little more time, but is time well spent.
Hard by the royal palace in Stockholm is the church
where the Reformation message was first preached in
Sweden. Beside the church stands a monument to Sweden's Luther, Olaus Petri. He it was who denounced
Papal errors and gave the people the gospel, and in their
native tongue. At the foot of the monument are found
these words: "We Swedes belong also to God as well as
any other people, and the speech we have, that God gave
us." Good for Olaus Petri, I said; he has given me the
very words I need to preface my talks to God's people,
not only in Sweden, but in every other land where the
tongue seems strange to me. It is not our tongues that
determine our relationship to God, but our hearts. As
strange sounds strike my ear on every side, and right
within the house of prayer, I am thankful that God is
the great Linguist, and for "the speech we have, that
God gave us," no matter what that speech may be.
School and Sanitarium
An hour's run from Stockholm on an electrified train
brought me to our Swedish school at Ekebyholm. If you
love the long ago, old castles, moats, and expansive estates, you would love Ekebyholm. The main building
was erected in the early seventeenth century as the residence of one of Sweden's titled gentry. In the courtyard
stands a stone dated A.D. 1661, to mark the death of a
member of the early family. To one side is a beautiful
lake that in former centuries almost completely surrounded the rocky islet on which the building stands.
The students are away for the summer, but the school
is not silent. It is now filled with patients, as a summer
sanitarium. In a near-by building, excellent treatment
rooms are found. There are more than sixty patients
there this summer to occupy the less than fifty rooms.
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Some of the teachers and also some students adapt themselves to sanitarium activities for the summer and provide part of the personnel. This combination of school
and sanitarium is found in the different Scandinavian
countries. A good combination, I think, if location and
accommodations are right.
A few hundred yards from the school buildings stands
a substantial church building, formerly a library for the.
estate. Then about a half mile away, down a wooded
lane, is a new and very modern-appearing building, an
old people's home. Here can come aged Adventists to
live out their last days in quietness and at very modest
cost. The leadership in Sweden are justly proud of this
institution.
Off for Finland
Left Stockholm by boat for Finland—the Russians
have priority on the air line to Helsinki. The placid
waters of the inland sea seemed in strange, contrast to the
man-made storms that have raged around the Baltic.
Reached the port of Abo, in southern Finland, to hear
a tongue that seemed even more strange to my ear. I
must still travel by train to Helsinki, where brethren had
promised to meet me. But at the customs in Abo a man
stood looking at me intently. Then I noticed he was holding conspicuously a copy of the world edition of the REVIEW AND HERALD. Here were words I understood. They
seem to belong to the vocabulary of Adventists in every
land. Ragnar Svenson, president of the Swedish Conference in Finland, had come to meet me. Together we visited the Finnish church in Abo, then looked at what was
left of the Swedish church hard by—only some foundation stones and charred remnants of wood. A bomb
struck it.
Meeting in Finland
On to Helsinki in a small train. The journey formerly
took four hours, now it takes seven. The train must go
far out of its way to avoid a Russian-controlled area. Met
at Helsinki by Brother A. Rintala, president of the East
Nordic Union, and by other brethren. It was eight o'clock
in the evening. We hurried across town to the large school
auditorium where the annual conference of the East Finnish Conference was in session. Came upon a company of
more than eight hundred by actual count. Was astonished
by such numbers, but was told that the West Finnish
Conference, soon to meet, would gather together another
impressive number. The three angels surely have cast
their heavenly shadow over the Northland.
And what kind of Adventists are these Finns? You only
have to hear them sing, note their close attention and the
earnestness of their faces, to find the answer. The first
person I talked to was a little Finnish girl' four years
old, a sweet child with the bluest of eyes and the fairest
of hair. I had hardly said a word to her through an interpreter before she pointed to her clothes and, told me
that they were from America. Then holding up a china
doll she added beamingly that it was from America too.
Before that she had owned only a rag doll. I wish all of
you in America could have seen her cherubic smile. I
think it would have been more than sufficient pay for the
total investment in hours and money that you have made
in behalf of destitute lands.
I told this story of the little girl to the workers at the
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conference. They broke out in unison to tell me that their
clothes also were from America. Sunday evening, at the
farewell service, I told the eight hundred people the same
story, and of how I was taking back to America her
radiant smile. They wished immediately to let me know
of the clothes they had received. It seemed that an overwhelming majority were American-clothed. I know these
words sound flat and cold. The language of the heart
needs a different parchment and different lines to make
it warm and impressive. I read that language in the lines
of the faces of those people, and in the warmth of their
handclasps. You would need a stouter heart than mine
if you could read those faces without having to turn
your head to wipe away a tear.
Food Shortage
All the time I was in Finland I was conscious of my
stomach. No, I am not a heavy eater. Two meals a day
easily meet my needs. But I felt hungry—yes, that is really
the right word. Yet my ration card allowed me a little
more of some things than the Finns had. The morning
I left Helsinki I went into the restaurant in the large
and beautiful railway station. It was 7:15. For breakfast
I could have two very stale rolls and hot water with, a
tiny order of cream to pour into it. They said that a little
later in the morning there would be porridge and some
milk available.
I am glad I went to Finland, and that I was' hungry.
Perhaps I should have stayed longer and been more hungry. It is wonderful how real a fact can become when it
moves from your head to your stomach. I had known the
.fact of food shortage before. I knew it in 'a different way
in Helsinki. No word of sympathy is due me. I felt only
for a moment what the Finns endure °steadily. And they
endure it patiently and hopefully. They assured me that
the food situation had improved in the last year. I didn't
have the courage to ask what it had been like. It is wonderful that we could send to needy people the bread
of life to save their souls. It is equally a part of good religion that we should send them bread for empty stomachs and clothes for naked bodies.
Progress in Adversity
But has adversity kept our Finnish brethren from evangelistic activity? Judge from these facts: In 1946 the little
group of workers conducted eleven evangelistic efforts.
This year thirteen are scheduled. Last year Finland was
divided into two Finnish conferences, plus a small Swedish conference, for many Swedes have settled on the south
and west coasts. The two Finnish conferences ended the
year 1947 with a net increase of four hundred members,
a 15 per cent gain in the one year. There is evangelistic
vitality in Finland.
The literature work is likewise prospering. Their
health journal has a circulation of 44,000, and the mis_sionary_paper,_7,70_0_, Figure that on, a per capita basis
with a membership of 3,100, and the results do not suffer
by comparison with figures from anywhere in the world.
• Colporteur sales thus far this year are about 25 per cent
above those of 1946.
Visited the Finnish school located on the shore of the
Baltic near Abo. At best the school can crowd in only 90
students. But 1-50 applied- last year. ft is- Finland's- only-school. A new building is now under construction to relieve, in part, this congestion.
At the Finnish meeting in Helsinki, I met Paul Wickman, secretary of the Radio Commission, who is surveying Europe with a view to enlarged radio work. He will
tell his own encouraging story later' in the REVIEW. Also
met G. E. Nord, who pioneered in some of the Northern
European fields years ago, and who is now attending
meetings in Finland and Scandinavia for the General
Conference. He told me of the days when there were few
believers and no church buildings in Finland. That was
only twenty-four years ago. Now the membership in Helsinki is about seven hundred, and the church building
will not seat half of them. A new building site is being
negotiated for. Helsinki may soon have two large
churches.
Back in Stockholm
I confess that those dear people of Finland so captured
my heart and my imagination that it has been hard for
me to focus my attention again on Sweden and its important, activities. Here in Stockholm is the publishing
house for Sweden. Met with its workers this morning
in worship. Paper shortages trouble them even in this
land of paper mills. Here, also, is the headquarters of
the East Nordic Union. Both publishing house and union
headquarters are located in very respectable offices in a
central part of the city. In the same building is the
church. The membership in Sweden is 3,200. Their
health journal enjoys a circulation of 20,000, and their
missionary paper 7,000, with certain special numbers in
the year running much higher. Those are excellent circulations in terms of the membership.
In a suburb called Stocksund is the office of the newly
created Provisional Northern , European Division, of
which G. A. Lindsay is president. He knows much of the
hardships of the war. He was marooned in these parts, all
during the war,' with his family far off in America. Here
are a few news items he gave me: A school is to be started
in Iceland next summer. The four hundred believers
there have given and raised locally $14,000 toward the
school. The plan is to develop Icelandic leadership. A
school is to be started in Holland next September, for
which the land has already been purchased. The school
in Poland is to be reopened, after having been closed
since 1937, to be conducted as a Bible school to train
workers. A printing plant is to be started this fall in
Cracow, Poland. A large workers' meeting is to be held in
early August for all Scandinavia and Finland. The Holland workers are also invited. The principal topic is evangelism. Says Brother Lindsay: "We are going to make
good progress in the next few years." That is a good note
on which to end this week's letter.
After speaking to the Stockholm church this evening,
I will leave for Oslo, Norway. More news on Scandinavia
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next week.
Worry or Trust?
T
HE root of worry is fear, and the basis of trust is
confidence. There would be no worry if there were
no fear, and there would be mote trust if e e
were more confidence in. God.
We fear because we do not know, God as we should.
For lack of knowledge of the love and goodness of the
Lord we are likely to perish in fear and unbelief. This is
true of many who are gathering to themselves gloom and
-discontent:—The following experiencezela tecLb_y the servant of the Lord is a forceful illustration:
"Many, walking along the path of life, dwell upon their mistakes and failures and disappointments, and their hearts are
filled with grief and discouragement. While I was in Europe, a
sister who had been doing this, and who was in deep distress,
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wrote to me, asking for some word of encouragement. The
night after I had read her letter, I dreamed that I was in a
garden, and one who seemed to be the owner of the garden
was conducting me through its paths. I was gathering the
flowers and enjoying their fragrance, when this sister, who had
been walking by my side, called my attention to some unsightly briers that were impeding her way. There she was,
mourning and grieving. She was not, walking in the pathway,
following the guide, but was walking among the briers and
thorns.
" 'Oh,' she mourned, 'is it not a pity that this beautiful garden is spoiled with thorns?' Then the guide said, 'Let the
thorns alone, for they will only wound you. Gather the roses,
the lilies, and the pinks....' "—Steps to Christ, p. 121.
The Character of God
It is the work of the enemy to deceive Christians into'
believing that God is stern and unapproachable. There
are many who will say in the judgment, as the unfruitful
servant did to the nobleman, feared thee, because thou
art an austere man." Luke 19:21. Worship based on awe
or fright is unacceptable to God. Such motives spring
from human weakness and are the invention of the devil.
"It is the work of Satan to represent the Lord as lacking in
compassion and pity. He misstates the truth in regard to Him.
He fills the imagination with false ideas concerning God; and
instead of dwelling upon the truth in regard to our heavenly
Father, we too often fix our minds upon the misrepresentations
of Satan, and dishonor God by distrusting Him and murmuring against Him. Satan ever seeks to make the religious life
one of gloom. He desires it to appear toilsome and difficult;
and when the Christian presents in his own life this view of
religion, he is, through his unbelief, seconding the falsehood
of Satan."—Ibid., pp. 120, 121.
not long remain in the valley of sorrow. Recovering himself, he rejoiced again in the love and goodness of God."
Often poor health, disappointed plans, or straitened
finances cast a dark cloud over the religious experience.
We are fearful for the future, and lose confidence in
ourselves and others. "Why, 0 Lord, why?" is the language of the careworn heart. As if God were unkind to
us, we question His wisdom and grumble at providences.
Under such circumstances we ask, "Which is better., worry
or trust?" Let us consider. Worry cannot see ahead. It
gets us nowhere. It is blind and unreasonable—the child
of fear. On the other hand, trust is full of hope, and sees
a bright future. It will take us to the Source of Strength,
and to heaven at last. It reasons and endures—the child
of love and confidence.
Such trust must rest upon the knowledge that God may
not remove all pain and discomfort from us, but He
will most assuredly bring the peace of Heaven and the
joy of abiding confidence into our hearts. The promise
to those who trust is clear: "Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on Thee: because he
trusteth in Thee." Isa. 26:3. In the light of this blessed
assurance we should rise above our groundless fears and
worries, living always for the right and trusting God to
show us the way out of our difficulties.
D. A. D.
Heart-to-Heart Talks
God Cares
OES God care? This is the question uppermost -in
the minds of thousands today. And why do they
ask this question? Because of the uncertainty of
In the light of God's many loving providences how can their very existence. Because of the tragic times into
we distrust Him? Oh, how good the Lord is! How kind which we have come. Because of the appalling fear fillto all of us! Of those who are fretful and fearful the serv- ing the hearts of men as they seek with anxious forebod,.
ant of God asks these thoughtful questions:
ings to peer into the unknown future.
We live in a world of suffering. Mental' anguish and
"Have there not been some bright spots in yoUr experience?
Have you not had some precious seasons when your heart physical pain exist on every side. No class is immune.
throbbed with joy in response to the Spirit of God? When Pain and sorrow come upon the rich and the poor alike,
you look back into the chapters of your life-experience, do upon the learned and the illiterate, upon men and
you not find some pleasant pages? Are not God's promises, women of every race and color and social position. At
like the fragrant flowers, growing beside your path on every the present time there are millions in many lands who
hand? Will you not let their beauty and sweetness fill your
are willing to work for a living but who are out of
heart with joy?"—Ibid., pp. 121, 122.
employment. The families of thousands are appealing
for relief from want. With scanty clothing and insuffiWhy We Worry
cient food, with little if any shelter, they are looking
Perhaps sin is the cause of fear and worry. We may forward with deep concern to coming days, and wonderhave brought suffering or distress upon ourselves or our ing what the outcome of it all will be.
loved ones or the church because of our mistakes. Surely,
Thousands are languishing on beds of pain. Month
under such circumstances we have reason to be cast down after month they have been cut off from following the
and disquieted. Perhaps so for a time. Earth has its night regular routine of life. They have been deprived of their
and its day. But we should learn our le*sson and remem- regular income of wage or salary, and the little they have
ber that "weeping may endure for a night, but joy com- laid by in days of health and prosperity has been lesseneth in the morning." Ps. 30:5.
ing, and they wonder how they can get along.
And many of those who are suffering in these ways
"Our heavenly Father is never unmindful of those whom
sorrow has touched. When David went up the Mount Olivet, ask theinselves the question more than once, Does God
`and wept as he went up, and had his head covered,., and he care? Has the Infinite One any interest in our trials and
went barefoot,' the Lord was looking pityingly upon him. afflictions? Does He care if we are hungry and cold, if
David was clothed in sackcloth, and his conscience was scourg-- we are sick and discouraged?
ing him. The outward signs of humiliation testified of his contrition. In tearful, heartbroken utterances, he presented his
case to God, and the Lord did not forsake His servant. Never
was David dearer to the heart of Infinite Love than when, conscience-smitten, he fled for his life from his enemies, who had
been stirred to rebellion by his own son. The Lord says, 'As
many as I love, I rebuke and chasten; be zealous therefore,
and repent.' Christ lifts up the contrite heart, and refines the
mourning soul, until it becomes His abode."—Thoughts From
the Mount of Blessing, pp. 24, 25.
David's sad heart was greatly encouraged by the
tokens of God's providences at work for him, and he did
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Yes, God Cares
To all these inquiries we can say unequivocally, Yes,
God does care. Of Israel of old we are given the definite
assurance that "in all their affliction He was afflicted, and
the angel of His presence saved them: in His love and in.
His pity He redeemed them; and He bare them, and
carried them all the days of old." Isa. 63:9. We serve the
same compassionate, merciful heavenly Father today,
and we are assured by the apostle Peter that we are
to cast all our care upon Him, "for He careth" for us.
.5
The Master once assumed the nature of mankind and
lived upon this earth. In the days of His flesh, the apostle
assures us, He "was in all points tempted like as we are,
yet without sin." He knew what it was to be hungry; He
knew what it was to be weary; He knew pain of body
and of mind; He knew even the power of darkness and
depression, if not of discouragement. See Him in the
Garden of Gethsemane' pleading with the Father, "If it
be possible, let this cup pass from Me"; but pleading
with such divine resignation that He added, "Not as I
will, but as Thou wilt." Behold Him on the cross, crying
out from the darkness that enshrouded Him, "My God,
My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?" Because of this
human experience, this kinship with us in our trials
and difficulties, the apostle admonishes us, "Let us
therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we
may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of
need." Heb. 4:16.
I thank God that we serve not an unfeeling image of
wood or stone; we serve a loving Father, whose heart
throbs with pleasure at the joyful laugh of a little child
and melts in pitying tenderness over the trials and afflictions of His disciples. If we can only realize this blessed
truth, and believe that the Lord is just as near us in
the darkness as in the light, in the hour of pain as in the
hour of pleasure, it will lighten our load of grief, it
will make us brave and strong in the day of test, and
it will give us the spirit of thankfulness even in trial
and affliction; because we shall believe that the loving
Father is working out some needed experience that could
not come otherwise.
Blessed Companionship
The Divine Comforter desires to become our companion in every one of life's experiences. He desires to
come so near to us that we shall feel the assurance of
His presence, and be able to say with the patriarch Job,
— I have heard of Thee by the hearing of the ear: but
now mine eye seeth Thee." Job. 42:5.
So let me say to the sorrowing one, to the one suffering
affliction, to the one who is sick and discouraged, to the
one who is in want, who is cold and hungry: God cares,
and in His own good time He will turn the tide and
work deliverance.
Do you ask, If He cares, why then does He permit the
sorrow, the sickness, the hunger, the distress? I answer,
I cannot tell specifically, but I have such faith in His
character and in His dealings with the • human family
that I know He orders every experience that comes into
the lives of His trusting children for their good. He sees
that the furnace 'of affliction will do for them what could
be accomplished in no other way. He bruises that He may
bind up again; He wounds that He may heal. He causes
earthly friends to withdraw their support that His child
may be driven closer to Him. He sends pain and sickness,
perhaps, that we may sympathize with others who are
similarly afflicted. He takes away our loved ones • ecause
in our trust in them and in our idolization they have
taken the place of God in our affections.
God Is Good and Wise
Lkiamer not ..;why in any particular instance God sends
trial and affliction, but I do know, as I have said, that
God is good and He is wise; He is too good to be unkind
and too wise to err. And if you and I will but commit our
cases into His hands and co-operate with His providences
as they are revealed in life, we shall find that the words
of the apostle Paul will be verified in our experience,
that "all things work together for good to them that
love God." It is for you and me to prove true to the
testing.
6
"To toil, to strive, to labor and to lift,
For love of God and good of fellow man,
Is noble worth.
But patiently to rest and wait awhile,
To find in pain and disappointed 'hope
His guiding hand and way of perfect peace,
To bow in faith to His well-ordered plan
E'en though His plan may cut athwart our own,
Is nobler still."
And so, dear reader, do not repine. Do not grow rebellious over things you cannot help. Strive nobly and
bravely to better your situation, seek God for wisdom to
enable you to do this, seek the counsel of friends to see
if they have anything to suggest, and then patiently trust
.God for all the outcome. He will not forget you or forsake you. He remembered righteous Lot in the destruction of,the cities of the plain, and took him to a place
of safety. He remembered Jeremiah when he was cast into
the loathsome pit, and rescued him from his enemies.
He remembered Daniel when by the unrighteous decree
of the king he was cast into the den of lions, and He
shut the lions' mouths so that they did not hurt him.
And He is the same wonder-working God today,
mighty in power, merciful and loving in spirit, and interested now as fully as ever before in all the experiences
of His loved ones. He may permit the fires of the furnace
to do their work in your life and mine, but He will temper the heat. The dross may be consumed, but the gold of
character will be purified and made more resplendent.
God cares; let us trust Him.
F. M. W.
A Gift That Critics Could Never
Explain
T
HROUGH seventy-one years of service (from 1844
to 1915) the gift of the Spirit of prophecy was working in the Advent Movement by the living agent, as
still it serves in continuous guidance and instruction
through the living messages by the printed pages.
It Came According to Prophecy
In description of the remnant church in the last days
the prophecy foretold the warfare of Satan against the
law of God and against the witness of the Spirit of prophecy:
"And the dragon was wroth with the woman [the church
through the ages], and went to make war with the remnant of
her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have
the testimony of Jesus Christ." Rev. 12:17.
As the revelator used this term "testimony of Jesus,"
the angel explained it to mean the gift of the Spirit of
prophecy. (See Rev. 19:10.) The prophecy indicated that
t is gi t wou appear in t e c urc o ing o e commandments of God in the last days. With the calling out
of such a movement in 1844, the gift appeared. The
prophecy foretold special opposition to the gift; and this
also has been fulfilled.
Opposers cannot account for the gift. In manifold ways
-it has been explained--away.-.
One Critic's Explanation
I was sitting once with a brother, long with us, who
had reached nearly the end of his way with this movement. His arguments with me had put out nearly every
light that shines in the doctrines of the Advent faith.
Now we were going over the Spirit of prophecy.
"But," I said, "look at this latest book from that
REVIEW AND HERALD
gift." (The book Desire of Ages had been out then only
a little time, •from the pen of Mrs. E. G. White, chosen
agent in the exercise of this gift in the Advent Movement.)
The brother who had surprised me by his changed
attitude was ready to answer me. When I urged the marvelous writing in that new book, he replied, "I think if
one of us took Farrar's Life of Christ, and Geikie's Life
of Christ, and several other such well-written books, any
of us could write a pretty good life of Christ."
Then with a look and emphasis that meant the next
suggestion would be unanswerable, my friend said, "I
think Marian D. could do it."
Miss D., as all' old hands know, was at that time a
right-hand companion-helper in Mrs. White's writing
work, as Baruch the scribe was to Jeremiah the prophet.
A Known Impossibility
But the suggestion of my friend was very far fetched, so
I said to him:
"But see here, brother, you know very well how impossible
it would be for Marian D. to do the work of writing that
Sister White has done all her life, having done it for many
years before ever Marian D. began to work for her. Remember, also, Sister White comes before us in meetings and institutes, talking these same things—the same simple eloquence of
language that one finds in Desire of Ages; the same high
exalted level of spiritual appeal. She has come before us in
informal committee work speaking as none other among us
ever spoke. You know that. And now try to imagine Marian
D. coming into a committee and doing that. You know she
could never do it—not to save her life."
It is a fact that anybody knew who lived in contact with
our work in those days. It was too futile for anyone to
make such a suggestion, valuable as the work of that
true helper was. And there were other faithful helpers.
These Office Helpers Necessary
Think of a pile or monument of books by Mrs. White,
higher than a man's head, besides articles in our papers,
and unpublished instruction sent persons and committees and institutional boards for seventy years; and let
So Near
By NORMA B. JENSEN
He's coming soon!
How wonderful to know
We need not look to some fardistant date.
We need .not say,
"When these things come to pass";
We see them now. The hour is,
oh, so late!
What glorious times!
To see the works of God,
And know that prophecy is present truth.
Oh, what a trust
Our Lord to us has given—
To warn the world, tell all,
in age or youth.
Time is so short!
Each day prophetic signs
We, see fulfilled before our very eyes.
"Arise and shine,"
For soon we'll see our Lord
In majesty descending from the skies!
JULY
24, 1947
anyone tell how she could ever have compassed the mechanical labor of, such a work without helpers copying
and filing, and gathering together from her writings old
and new. And Mrs. White, from girlhood days in Maine
" to nearly the last days in her California home, was often
going to and fro in meetings and in contacts with the
movement on three continents.
Yet this critic could suggest that Mrs. White's work
was being done by somebody else! Mrs. White appreciated the invaluable aid of her helpers. She herself once
answered the suggestion opponents have often made in
this matter. She wrote of this very helper that my friend
had named:
"She [Marian D.] takes my articles which are published in
the papers, and pastes them in blank books. She also has a
copy of all the letters I write. In preparing a chapter for a
book, M— remembers that I have written something on
that special point, which may make the matter more forcible,
She begins to search for this, and if when she finds it she sees
that it will make the chapter more clear, she adds it. The
books are not M—'s productions, blit my own, gathered from
all my writings. M— has a large field from which to draw,
and her ability to arrange the matter is of great value to me.
It saves my poring over a mass of matter, which I have no time
to do."—From a neostyle document, issued by Trustees, "Elmshaven," home of Mrs. White. (Quoted here from Spirit of
Prophecy in the Advent Movement, p. 54.)
The Words Always Living and Fresh
One thing, I believe, was apparent to all those who had
to do at any time with \handling these writings for the
press. In working the matter over, the agent of the gift
so often had impressed upon her mind added features
not written out before. In relating views given her, she
seemed never to tell them in exactly the same words.
A new phrase added here and a further telling of it there
made the narrative or the exhortation more complete
with each telling.
One may read Farrar's The Life of Christ if one wants
historical setting and a literary finish savoring of contact
with rabbinical lore and of a burning of the midnight
oil. But if one would come into the Divine Presence,
to be with Jesus as He spoke living words of help and
comfort to the needy and sinful in Judea and Galilee—
if one wants to find Jesus as a Saviour of sinners here
and now—I commend him to such a writing as The Desire of Ages.
Lifting Up the Very Life
In the early days of the sale of the book Desire of Ages
in America, a lady in New England purchased a copy.
For ten years it lay on her shelf unread. Then in a
time of spiritual discouragement she picked it up and
began to read it. Soon from that Massachusetts home
there came a letter addressed to the author:
"As soon as I began to read it, I felt as never before how
real it was. Where before it had seemed like ancient history,
it now seemed as if it were today that it all happened. Peace
came to my troubled soul, and my eyes were opened to God's
mercies as never before. I see in Him a living personal Saviour
who is with me all the time. I have consecrated my life to His
service."
As the scenes of that life on earth were made real to
the author by the Spirit, the story was made very real
for the reader.
No, the critic has never yet learned how writings like
these have been produced. But Advent believers have
caught somewhat of it. And many besides, in many lands,
have found particular blessing in these writings, though
not knowing, perhaps, how the author's pen was guided.
W. A. S.
7
GENERAL ARTICLES
Seven Words From the Cross
By H. M. S. Richards
"He was numbered with the transgressors." Isa. 53:12.
His cross was "in the midst" of thieves. (John 19:18.) So
His cross was placed in the midst of a world lying in
sin, and His words of pardon to the repentant thief have
kindled a light of hope that will shine to the end of time.
3. "Behold thy mother!" was Christ's third saying from
the cross. As the eyes of Jesus wandered over the multitude about Him, they fell upon a figure which arrested
His attention. At the foot of the cross stood His mother,
no doubt supported by the apostle John. "When Jesus
therefore saw His mother, and the disciple standing by,
whom He loved, He saith unto His mother, Woman, behold thy. son! Then saith He to the disciple, Behold thy
mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto
his own home." John 19:26, 27. In this third saying from
the cross, Jesus provided a home for His mother.
Mrs. White has beautifully said:
"John understood Christ's words, and accepted the trust.
He at once took Mary to his home, and from that hour cared
for her tenderly.
"The perfect example of Christ's filial love shines forth with
undimmed luster from the midst of ages. For nearly thirty
years Jesus by His daily toil had helped bear the burdens of
the home. And now, even in His last agony, He remembers
to provide for His sorrowing, widowed mother. The same
spirit will be seen in every disciple of our Lord. Those who
follow Christ will feel that it is a part of their religion to respect and provide for their parents. From the heart where His
love is cherished, father and mother will never fail of receivThere for our loss,
ing thoughtful care and tender sympathy."—The Desire of
For our dross,
Ages, p. 752.
Our sowing,
As Darkness Surrounds Him
High on the cross
To death now
4. We come now to the fourth saying from the cross:
He's going.
"My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?" Darkness came down around the cross. Even inanimate nature
Forgive! He prayed,
seemed to hide its face from the terrible scene of GolEvil arrayed
gotha in sympathy with its dying Author. Suddenly the
O'erthrowing.
sun appeared to be blotted out—and at midday—"there
To hearts afraid,
was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour. And
His deep love
about the ninth hour Jesus cried with aloud voice, sayBestowing.
ing, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God,
God, why hast Thou forsaken me?" Matt. 27:45, 46.
From the pulpit of the cross now comes the second My
Christ quoted these words from the twenty-second
sentence, a sentence of salvation:
psalm, which must have been well known to those around
I
the cross. Jesus once more, a
Answering an Eleventh-Hour Prayer
attention to the fact that He is the Messiah and that the
2. Thou shalt "be with Me in paradise." Luke 23:43. whole scene of His death agreed with the details of the
This promise was in answer to a prayer—a brief eleventh- twenty-second psalm. Here was the final proof; and in the
hour prayer it was, too. How terribly short was the time refusal of the Jews to see it was their final rejection.
In the fourth sentence from, the cross—"My God, My
that the poor condemned thief had to devote to the
biisiriess of eternity!--But-he made use-of-it. His--prayer--was - God-,-- why -haltThou—forsaken__Me2"—is revealed__ the
an act of worship—"Lord, remember me!" It was an mystery of Christ's sacrifice for us. He died in the place
act of supplication--"Lord, remember me"—and what of sinners. What is the answer to this cry of the Saviour,
"Why hast Thou forsaken Me?" It is this: "Because
need does such a prayer not cover?
The record of the dying thief offers no encouragement Thou art bearing the sins of the world." (See John 1:29.)
to anyone to put off repentance, but it does offer encour- God's condemnation fell on the load of imputed guilt,
agement to all who are sincerely desirous of being saved. and our Lord suffered what was to Him the unspeakable
Men could nail Jesus to the cross; but they could not agony of separation from the joy and light of His Father's
prevent the salvation of a soul that came to Him in presence. This is what we deserve, and what He received
simple faith. Christ was crucified between the two thieves; in our place.
REVIEW AND HERALD
8
MAN'S last words are always remembered by those
who love him. And three of the four Gospel writers—Matthew, Luke, and John—record seven sentences that our Lord Jesus Christ spoke on the cross just
before He died. These seven sayings from the cross show
what filled our Saviour's heart when He was dying, and
made His love overflow in words. There was no preacher like Jesus, no pulpit like the cross, no congregation like
that which was and is gathered around it, and no sermon
like those seven sentences which have burned in the
hearts of men ever since they were spoken. We meditate
first on this:
1. "Father, forgive them; for they know not what they
do." Luke 23:34. Christ prayed for His enemies in their
ignorance and guilt. In this prayer, "Father, forgive
them," we see love and only love; and it is love• for the
unlovely. Christ is revealed as the Intercessor, who is
heard of God. No curses on His tormentors, no vengeance
invoked on those who drove the nails, but pity and a
plea for their forgiveness, "for they know not what they
do."
On the dark hill
We did ill,
Not knowing,
His cup to fill
With sorrow
O'erflowing.
"The countless intelligences of other worlds look on in
amazement as Heaven unfolds the vast design of this stupendous mystery of redemption. The atonement was no
mere arrangement, not just a contrivance for the settlement of a difficult question. It was a matter of fact—
a reality—an actual substitution—a real purchase at an
unimaginable expense—it was a real transaction between
the Father and the Son, in which our Saviour gave His
life for men—for you and for me. "The Lord hath laid
on Him the iniquity of us all .. . because He hath poured
out His soul unto death: and He was numbered with
the transgressors; and He bare the sin of many." Isa.
53:6-12.
The Pang of Thirst
5. We listen to the fifth saying from the cross, as found
in John 19:28: "After this, Jesus knowing that all things
were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst."
Not until He knew that "all things were accomplished"
did Jesus give heed to the pangs of thirst, which made
so terrible a part of the crucifixion. He had refused the
stupefying draught that would have dulled His consciousness, but asked for the drink that would for a mo-ment allay the agony of parched lips and throat. The
same lips that had said, "If any man thirst, let him come
unto Me, and drink" (John 7:37), said this. It was a
natural cry of real need, and all Christ's bodily sufferings
may be said to be summed up in this one word thirst—the
only one in which they found utterance. He who was
the very Fountain of living water knew the pang of thirst
that,. everyone who should thirst might come to the living waters and drink, and never thirst again.
6. We come now to the sixth saying from the cross:
"When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, He
said, It is finished." John 19:30.
As Christ's life was totally unlike that of other men, so
was His death. He.clid not live for Himself or to Himself
or as one of many, nor did He die so. He died as He
had lived—wholly for mankind—and all this by the
foreknowledge and plan of God. Therefore that which
He declared to be finished when He was about to die
was the great work for which He came into the world. His work was done—its needed no supplement, no addition. As someone has said, this word finished was our
Saviour's amen shout to the prophecies of the Old Testament. The personal suffering of Christ was finished. The
earthly labor was finished. The human biography was
finished. The official conflict was finished. The victory
had been won. Satan had been defeated. Christ had
triumphed.
"Finished all the types and shadows
Of the ceremonial law;
Finished all that God had promised;
Death and hell no more shall awe;
`It is finished!'
Saints, from hence your comfort draw."
—The Advent Hymnal, No. 59.
His Last Word
7. In Luke 23:46 we read the seventh and last of our
Lord's sayings from the cross: "And when Jesus had
cried with a loud voice, He said, Father, into Thy hands
I commend My spirit: and having said thus, He gave up
the ghost."
Christ died with Scripture upon His lips. He was quoting the words of Psalms 31:5, "Into Thine hand I commit My spirit." He yielded up His spirit. (Matt. 27:50.)
He died voluntarily. These were the last words of our
dying Saviour, as they have been also of thousands of
His followers from that day to this. "Blessed are they,"
wrote a great reformer,, "who die not only for the Lord
as martyrs, not only in the Lord as believers, but likewise
with the Lord, as breathing forth their lives in these
words, 'Into Thy hands I commend My spirit.' "
And so we have listened to these seven words, these
seven sayings of our beloved Lord, spoken by Him upon
the cross. With the last, He bowed His head and died—
"obedient unto death, even the death of the cross." Phil.
2:8.
Let us, therefore, proclaim the story of the cross of
Christ to all the wide, wide world, that all who will may
know its sevenfold blessing to earth's remotest bound.
Winning the Race
By M. L. Rice
NE Bible writer pictures the Christian life as a
race. He tells how to run this race in order to win.
"Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about
with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every
weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, . . .
looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith;
who for the joy that was set before Him endured the
cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right
hand of the throne of God." Heb. 12:1, 2.
All who profess faith in Christ are in this race. It
will be time well spent for us to see if we are running
so as to come out victorious. In this race all may win
who run according to the rules.
The running of this race for eternal life is strenuou,
serious business. It istexacting, and calls for perseverance
and endurance. Only those can win who lay aside everything that hinders their progress. This seems sensible.
No one could expect to win any kind of race loaded
down with heavy weights.
In this race, of which Paul is writing, he admonishes
us to lay aside two things—weights and sins. "Every
weight, and the sin which doth so easily heset us."
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In the Christian life we cannot run this race with any'
hope of winning if we are burdened down with known
sin—not even that "little besetting sin," which is so often
used as an excuse for hasty words or unchristian acts.
Every sin must go if we are to win.
But there" is something besides sin that must be laid
aside. "Lay aside every weight." What is the difference
between weights and sin? Paul seems to class them as
two separate and distinct things. Yes, they are different.
Sin is a violation of God's law, but a weight is something
that may not be sinful, yet it is something that hinders.
It may be some good thing carried to excess. Anything
that would retard us in this race is a weight, and should
be laid aside.
All will agree that good food is essential for good living. No one can live a healthy life or run this race successfully without good food. Food is necessary for good
health. God desires "above all things that thou mayest
prosper and be in health." But when one eats more food
than is necessary, it becomes a weight. It retards one in
his race. Sleep is another essential for good health. To be•
well and healthy, all must have a certain amount of sleep.
another matter to accept Him as a personal Saviour, and
abide in Him from morning until night, day in and day
out, week in and week out, month after month, year
after year.
According to the dictionary, to abide means "to endure," "to continue in a place"; and in Weymouth's translation, John 15:4 reads as follows: "Continue in Me, and
let Me continue in you." Abiding has the meaning of a
permanent state or condition. Day and night, whether
at work or at play or in sleep, it is our blessed privilege
to enjoy this abiding experience with our Lord and Master. The plan is His and the command is His, and to
realize that the experience of abiding in Him includes
each one of us is a thought almost too wonderful to
comprehend.
Think of it—the Creator of the universe, the King of
kings living in us! Yet the Word of God plainly states
"Run with patience." Here is where so many fail. Since that "the mystery [Christ in you] which hath been hid
this is a long race, a race that stretches away to the sunset from ages and from generations, . . . now is made maniof life, it requires endurance. To endure we need pa- fest to His saints." Col. 1:26.
tience. The same writer tells us in another place, "Ye have
A Life of Faith
need of patience." No one can successfully run this race
If we are to enjoy this abiding life in Christ, there must
without patience. John, who in vision saw those who
won the final lap in this great race crowned victorious, be a beginning. How long it will last will depend upon
describes them in these words, "Here is the patience of how enduring our faith in Him is. Jesus has made it
the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of very easy to begin this abiding experience. He invites
us, saying, "Come unto Me, all ye that labour and are
God, and the faith of Jesus." Rev. 14:12.
If we are to win this race, there is another thing that heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke
we must constantly be doing, "Looking unto Jesus.". upon you, and learn of Me; for I am meek and lowly
Those who take their eyes off Jesus will fail. It is only in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls." Matt.
human to look at the brethren about us. But those who 11:28, 29. So to begin the abiding life with Christ, we
win in this race for life must take their eyes off the are to just heed His invitation and come. We do not
brethren and keep them on Jesus. It gives courage and need to fear that we shall not be accepted by Him, for
strength to keep our eyes on Christ. Just as long as Peter He has said, "Him that cometh to Me I will in no wise
kept his eyes on Jesus he could walk on water. Those cast out." John 6:37. Of course, in every step of this
who keep their eyes on Christ today can do the seem- abiding experience faith is needed.
"As you come to Him, believe that He accepts you, beingly impossible.
The formula for winning this race for life is simple. cause He has promised. You can never perish while
Lay aside every sin, lay aside every weight, fix our eyes you do thisnever."—Ministry of Healing, p. 66.
After nearly five years of personal experience, I can
on Jesus, and with patience live day by day so as to
testify of the blessedness of the abiding Christ. At the
please God. No one need fail.
age of fifty-nine I was afflicted with a stroke affecting my
entire left side. Through the Holy Spirit the invitation,
"Come
unto Me," sounded in my ears; also the precious
Abiding in Christ
promise, "Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end
of the world," was heard and received in my heart.
By Harry E. Lysinger
In my weary condition I came, and the abiding Saviour
was known as I had never known Him before.
From the beginning of this blessed experience I have
F ALL the words of Christ found in Scripture, none
are spoken more direct to the individual heart begun the day by coming to Him anew each morning
than His statement in John 15:4: "Abide in Me, before leaving my bed, believing that my consecration is
accepted by the Blessed One who gave the invitation,
and I in you."
It is one thing to believe in Christ as a Saviour of "Come unto Me," and who promised, "Him that cometh
mankind and another matter to be able to say with the to Me, I will in no wise cast out." For nearly five years,
apostle Paul, "I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless each day of this abiding experience with Jesus has beI live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me:' and the life come more precious to me, and I earnestly hope and pray
which I now live in rile flesh I liveby the faith- of-the--that-any-f-ellow-pilgrim-who--may read these lines will
by faith enter into this blessed abiding fellowship with
Son of God, who loved me, and gave Himself for me."
The apostle Paul fully accepted and believed the our most wonderful Saviour.
In speaking of the close union between the Father and
words of Jesus, "Abide in Me, and I in you," and
preached this doctrine to everyone with whom he came Himself, Jesus said, "The Father is in Me, and I 'in
in contact. In Colossians 1:27, 28 is found the apostle's Him." John 10:38. And in the Spirit of prophecy the re-clear—testimony„ "To whom God_ would make known lationship between the Lord Jesus and His children is
what is the riches of this mystery among the Gentiles; likened to the fellowship between the Father and the
which is Christ in you, the hope of glory: whom we .§on. Note carefully the following' statement from Minpreach, warning every man, and teaching every man in istry of Healing, p. 489:
all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in
"The Father's presence encircled Christ, and nothing befell
ChristJesus."
Him but that which infinite love permitted for the blessing
There are many who believe that Christ is the Saviour of the world. Here was His source of comfort, and it is for
of the world, and who will publicly acknowledge Him by us. He who is imbued with the Spirit of Christ 'abides in
standing or raising the hand when an appeal is made by Christ. Whatever comes to him comes from the Saviour, who
the minister on the public platform; but it is entirely surrounds him with His presence. Nothing can touch him exREVIEW AND HERALD
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But spending hours in bed that should be spent in doing
other things makes this great blessing a weight. Instead
of serving to knit "up the ravell'd sleave of care," this
kind of rest actually hinders in this race. Some of these
precious hours had better be spent in the actual running
of the race.
There is a long list of perfectly good and necessary
things that we might discuss at length, such as recreations, study, work, and hobbies. Any of these carried to
excess will slow one down, and if not laid aside, will
cause one to lose in this race that all should win.
The running of this race, however, does not depend
entirely on what we lay aside. There are at least two
other things that we are admonished to do if we would
win.
The Need of Patience
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cept by the Lord's permission. All our sufferings and sorrows,
all our temptations and trials; all our sadness and griefs, all
our persecutions and privations, in short, all things work together for our good. All experiences and circumstances are
God's workmen whereby good is brought to us."
This gem from the pen of the messenger of the Lord
should give hope and cheer to every troubled person. May
we know more of the blessedness of abiding in Christ.
The Eden School Restored
By W. G. Murdoch
P
ROGRESSIVE education is ever seeking to establish
what is called "the model school"—a place where
teachers may study the ideal curriculum and practice
the best methods of instruction. These experiments have
alternated between the traditionally formal school and
the extremely progressive, but as yet men's best efforts
have not achieved the perfect pattern. We observe with
interest these passing theories, but we thank God that in
the beginning He instituted a system of education which
"was to be a model for man throughout all after-time."
The Model School
Before sin entered this world, the schoolroom was the
Garden of Eden; and the teacher was the Lord Himself.
Never since has a school been operated under such ideal,
conditions.
"In His interest for His children, our heavenly Father personally directed their education. Often they were visited by
His messengers, the holy angels, and from them received counsel and instruction. Often as they walked in the garden in the
cool of the day they heard the voice of God, and face to face
held communion with the Eternal."—Education, p. 21.
Through listening to the voice of the pseudo instructor,
man lost these privileges and was expelled from the
Edenic school.
In His love and sympathy, however, the Great Teacher
did not leave His pupils to perish 'in ignorance, but instituted a plan of redemption whereby they could be
restored to their original communion with Him. Christian education enables the student to understand better
the great principles of this plan of salvation. "In the
The Hand of God on the Helm
By LOUIS HALSWICK
To_ the casual observer, many of the happenings in the world may
seem like a "chaos of incidents with no thread, no system, and no line
of connection running through them."
We are told that "there are not many, even among educators and
statesmen, who comprehend the causes that underlie the present state
of society. Those who hold the reins of government are not able to salve
the problem of moral corruption, poverty, pauperism, and increasing
crime. They are struggling in vain to place business operations on a
more secure basis. If men would give more heed to the teaching of God's
word, they would find a solution of the problems that perplex them."—
"Testimonies," vol. 9, p. 13.
Yet all is not chaos. The student of Bible prophecy, his eyes fixed on
the hand of God, looks upon the world happenings in an altogether different light. What to some may seem chaotic and disorderly, puts on an
appearance of system and form when seen through the interpretation
of Bible prophecy.
"In the visions given to Isaiah, to Ezekiel, and to John, we see how
closely Heaven is connected with the events taking place upon the earth,
and how great is the care of God for those who are loyal to Him. The
world is not without a ruler. The program of coming events is in the hands
of the Lord. The Majesty of heaven has the destiny of nations, as well
as the concerns of His church, in His own charge."—"Ibid.," vol. 5, p. 753.
"He who is the King, the Lord of hosts, sitteth between the cherubim,
and amid the strife and tumult of nations He guards His children still.
. When the strongholds of kings shall be overthrown, when the arrows
of wrath shall strike through the hearts of His enemies, His people will
be safe in His hands."—"Thoughts From the Mount of Blessing," p. 176.
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24. 1947
highest sense, the work of education and the work of
redemption are one."—Ibid., p. 30. This life lent to us
is but a preparation for the life to come, and the education begun here will be continued in the higher school
above.
Preparation for Heaven
When traveling from one country to another, it is necessary to secure a passport. No permission is granted to
enter another land until this passport has been obtained.
True higher education is the "passport from the preparatory school of earth to the higher grade, the school
above."—Ibid., p. 19. Not only is this higher education
the passport to heaven, but it is also the title to our
future inheritance. "He who appreciates probationary
time as the preparatory school of life, will use it to secure
to himself a title to the heavenly mansions, a membership
in the higher school."—Counsels to Teachers, p. 21. This
education is the key that opens the portal of the heavenly
city.
All who complete with credit the prescribed courses in
this earthly school will begin their postgraduate work in
the heavenly school. This school offers unlimited scope
for unending study and research.
Christian education not only enlarges the vision and
deepens the understanding in this life but also bestows
"a wealth of learning that is imperishable. Without this
knowledge it is certain that man will lose eternal life;
possessing it, he will be fitted to become a companion of
the saints in light."—Ibid., p. 13.
Any type• of instruction that prepares the student for
this life only, falls far short of the ideal. There is little
profit though one should "gain the whole world" and yet
fail to obtain a passport to life eternal. —
Solomon, the wisest of human teachers, again and
again reminds us that anything which has its final goal
centered under the sun is vanity and vexation of spirit.
True success, then, in education is found in continually
keeping bright our vision of the future life. "The utmost
extent of the fool's vision is the ends of this earth" (Prov.
17:24, original translation), but the eye of him who is in
possession of true wisdom pierces beyond the darkness
of the clouds of earth and beholds the glory and splendor beaming from the Sun of Righteousness.
The School of the Hereafter
What we see dimly by the eye of faith on thiS earth,
we shall behold with clear vision in that better land.
There, the Eden life will be relived. There, will be the
garden and the field, and there, again will be heard the
voice of our Great Teacher. No problems will remain
unsolved. Every subject of the curriculum will be studied
under the expert guidance of the Creator.
"There every power will be developed, every capability increased. The grandest enterprises will be carried forward, the
loftiest aspirations will be reached, the highest ambitions realized. And still there will arise new heights to surmount, new
wonders to admire, new truths to comprehend, fresh objects
to call forth the powers of body and mind and soul."—Education, p. 307.
"All the perplexities of life's experience will then be made
plain. Where to us have appeared only confusion and disappointment, broken purposes and thwarted plans, will be seen
a grand, overruling, victorious purpose, a divine harmony."—
Ibid., p. 305.
Our fondest dreams and grandest hopes here on earth
fall far short, of •the wonders of that glory land.
"There will be music there, and song, such music and song
as, save in the visions of God, no mortal ear has heard or mind
conceived."—Ibid., p. 307.
It surely is worth while for us to bend all our energies
toward having the privilege of such an education, and no
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one need fail in the final test. There is no limit to the
number of successful candidates; places are reserved for
all who "wish to qualify. The invitation is going forth
now to every nation, kindred, tongue, and people: "The
Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth
say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely." Rev.
22:17.
To Live It Is to Give It
By P. E. Berthelsen
I
N EARLIER days of the Second Advent Movement
it became quite common to ask new believers in 'the
message the question: "Are you in the truth?" If an
affirmative reply was forthcoming, other questions generally followed—"How did you come into the truth, and
how long have you been a believer?" Thus there would
at once be established a feeling of confidence, fellowship,
and a community of interest.
While on earth in His humanity, Jesus was a living,
concrete expression of the truth for that time, and it is
so even now. His life perfectly exemplified every commandment in the Decalogue. Of Himself He said, "I am
the way, the truth, and the life." In His ministry He was
a living representative of the law of God. The psalmist
says, "Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness,
and Thy law is the truth." Ps. 119:142.. The psalmist also
wrote prophetically of Him that He delighted to do the
will of God and His law was in Christ's heart. ' (Ps. 40: 7,
8.) Jesus loved that law, and in His life He honored it.
It is but reasonable to conclude that as the law was
cherished by the Lord and engraved in His heart, so may
we look for it to occupy the same place in the lives of
His followers. "The mouth of the righteous speaketh
wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment. The law
of God is in leis heart; none of his steps shall slide." Ps.
37:30, 31. "Hearken unto Me, ye that know righteousness,
the people in whose heart is My law." Isa. 51:7.
Better to Give Than to Receive
We receive this message to give it, not selfishly to withhold it. "It is more blessed to give than to receive."
Acts 2a:35. Like Christ, we are to spend and be spent for
others. "He lived to bless others." In feeding the, five
thousand, Jesus taught the disciples that they were to be
channels of communication between Christ and the people. The believer has nothing of himself to bestow, only
as he receives it from Christ. Every true believer in the
Advent message accepts the responsibility of giving it by
living it.
"The Saviour's commission to -the disciples included all the
believers. It includes all believers in Christ to the end of time.
It is a fatal mistake to suppose that the work of saving souls
the—ordained minister. All--te---whem--the
heavenly inspiration has come, are put intrust with the gospel. All who receive the life of Christ are ordained to work
for the salvation of their fellow-men. . . . Whatever one's calling in life, his first interest should be to win souls for Christ."
"For this work the church was established, and all who take
upon themselves its sacred vows are thereby pledged to be co---workers with-Christ."—Desire of Ages,.-p.-822.
Whatever our legitimate occupation in life may be, in
God's plan our first and most essential duty as Christians
is to represent Christ in our daily lives. If we possess some
advantages over others who are less favored, we are indebted to them to that extent and in the spirit of Christ
are to minister to them.
"The disciples were to begin their work where they were.
. . . So every one of Christ's workers is to begin where he is.
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In our own families may be souls hungry for sympathy, starving for the bread of life. There may be children to be trained
for Christ. . . . Let us do faithfully the work that is nearest.
Then let our efforts be extended as far as God's hand may
lead the way."—Ibid., p. 822.
To be a Christian is to be Christlike. Not by his own
efforts can sinful man attain to this high plane of spiritual living. He may try, but because of the weakness of
the flesh he will fail utterly. Divine help is promised. "My
grace is sufficient for thee: for My strength is made perfect in weakness." 2 Cor. 12:9.
We cannot all be apostles to foreign lands, but we can
be "epistles known and read of all men," right where
we are—in our homes, the neighborhood, the church, and
in our institutions. Truly, to live the truth in the message
is to give it.
NEW TESTAMENT WORDS
Envy
By R. E. Loasby
T
O FEEL displeasure and ill will at the superiority
of another in happiness, success, reputation, or the
possession of anything desirable is envy in the bad
sense. The English New Testament has translated two
unrelated Greek words by the one word envy. One word,
zelos, is used seventeen times, and translated envy, zeal,
indignation, jealousy; the second word, phthonos, found
nine times, is translated envy in each instance. These
two words are sometimes used in conjunction with each
other; yet there are, differences between them that should
not be overlooked.
Phthonos is never used except in the evil sense; examples are Romans 1:29, "full of envy, murder, debate";
Galatians 5:21, "Envyings, murders, drunkenness"; 1
Peter 2:1, "guile, and hypocrisies, and envies." This is
even true of James 4:5, "The spirit that dwelleth in us
lusteth to envy." Here the use is equivalent to the English
jealousy, used in the sense of ill will felt toward another
with whom one has to share a prized object. In this instance it is a divine envy, wholly apart from sin, which
is manifesting a holy hatred of sin. The believer is zealous
that the sin be put out of his heart, in which the Holy
Spirit dwells; the Spirit does not wish to share the believer's heart with sin.
Zelos, the second word, may be used in the evil sense,
but it is often used in the good sense of fine emulation,
splendid imitation, a striving to perfection of the ideal,
an honorable rivalry. A beautiful example of the use
of this word in the good sense is in Colossians 4:13:, "For
I bear him record, that he had a great zeal for you, and
them that are in Laodicea;and them- •
"
C • '
Zelos is here translated "zeal," and used of the attitude
of Epaphras, the founder of the Colossian church, and
perhaps also the churches of Laodicea and Hierapolis.
At least the near neighborhood and consequent frequent
intercourse would suggest these churches were subject to
the same dangers, and that Epaphras was the elder for
the three. In his excellent envy, zeal, to emulate Paul as
a successful worker for his people, he had gone to Rome;
and he would not leave without learning all he could
from the apostle, in order to serve better his congregation
and its two neighbors. In verse 12 Paul designates this
worker as "a servant of Christ"; so this true slave had no
will of his own; he was envious of but one thing in the
full surrender of his will to the Master, namely, to emulate Him.
REVIEW AND HERALD
THE ADVENTIST HOME CIRCLE
Conducted by Promise Kloss Sherman
The Home Beautiful
By Wilma Ross Westphal
T
HERE is no ironclad, infallible rule by which everyone may achieve that much-to-be-desired home atmosphere which is at once inviting, attractive, and
cheerful; for homes are as varied as their individual
owners, and yet one may be equally as attractive as another. Something that is suitable and altogether lovely for
one family may be decidedly unpractical and unsuitable
for another.
Your home should express your own personality, your
tastes, likes and dislikes. It is a grave mistake to buy
your draperies, rugs, and other accessories simply because
your best friend urged you to do so. Of course, it is possible that the advice of your friend coincides with your
own taste and needs, and so may be safely followed. But
it is well to remember that you and your family are the
ones who will have to live with and use the things you
put into your home, but your friends are with you only
occasionally. How many times has the disparaging remark of a friend taken the keen edge of delight off a
purchase you have made!
Some who wish to make their homes more attractive
but who haven't the time or taste needed, would do well
to seek some expert advice.
needs of the family into consideration before even makThere are a few basic principles of decorating which,
'if studied and carried out in your home, will aid you
HOMEKEEPER'S HYMN
—By MARIE HUNTER DAWSON.
This home that is my trust to keep
I would make clean in every part;
But as its keeper I would be
As clean in body, mind, and heart.
Let order in my home prevail
To give a soothing tone of grace,
Yet may my zeal for tidiness
Be held within its proper place.
May each soul find within his room
The restful comfort that he should,
And may I prize the ministry
Of choosing and preparing food.
And let our home a refuge be
Where we confess mistakes we've
made,
And find the courage that we need
To try again, still unafraid.
May God abide within our walls
And each have sanctuary there,
To sense in every busy hour
The soothing atmosphere of prayer.
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24, 1947
materially in achieving a distinctive charm and a wellbalanced co-ordination in the final effect.
A well-balanced color scheme is one of the most important phases of interior decorating. Without it, the
most lavish of furnishings can appear drab and uninteresting. If it is a matter of choice between fine furniture
and a well-planned color scheme, I would unwaveringly
choose the latter; for the subtle combination of the right
'Colors can give the illusion of elegance, be your basic
pieces of furniture ever so humble.
"But how," many ask, "am I to know what a good
color scheme is?" Before I attempt to answer that question, however, let us consider briefly the effect of color
upon the human senses.
Generally speaking, colors are divided into the warm
and cool classes. The warm colors include all tints, tones,
and shades of red, orange, or yellow tending toward red.
Cool colors include the blues and greens, including clear
yellows leaning toward green.
Although it is true that a color scheme is fundamen-,
tally a question of proportion, yet it cannot always be
the same proportion. The size of the rooms vary and no
two colors produce the same effect upon the eye. A small
proportion of red will go much further visually than
the same proportion of green. With equal amounts of
black and white, the black portions look smaller than
the white.
Color Harmony
For- quiet peaceful rooms one should choose a color
predominantly cool; for the more gay, brighter rooms;
keep the dominant color on the warm side. To sum up,
then—if the predominating color is cool,' the secondary,
or subordinate, color should be warm; and if the walls
or floor coverings have a background in a warm color,
then the secondary, or subordinate, color or colors should
be cool. Warm and cool colors used together in the correct proportion tend to enhance each other and produce
color harmony.
Light-colored slip covers and upholstery will make
your furniture seem larger than it is; and conversely,
dark colors minimize the lines of your furniture and tend
to decrease the size.
Light-colored walls create the illusion of space even in
small rooms. White and light shades of cool, retreating
colors are especially good at pushing walls back. And for
an allover uncluttered effect, paint the woodwork the
same as the walls, or if using paper, match the paint to
the background of your paper. This new decorating trend
produces a smooth unbroken appearance and shows off
your furniture or points of interest to a much greater
advantage.
Large rooms can take darker and deeper wall tones,
and, if you must, larger and more intense floral design
in paper. But it is to be remembered that when floral
or figured backgrounds are chosen, the privilege of using
much if any pattern in the draperies, upholstery, or slip
covers is at once forfeited. This is, by and large, the most
common decorating blunder of all: that of assembling
in one room a hodgepodge of figures, patterns, and brilliant colors in wallpapers, rugs, draperies, upholsteries,
and slip covers. The ultimate result of this helter-skelter
buying without a definite color scheme or premeditated
plan is a potpourri of color and unrelated patterns in
fabrics and design that is unnerving and disquieting in
its effect upon the observer.
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In the use of color we can well take a lesson from the
Sowing Time
great Master Artist. It is worthy of note that He uses
By
Viola
Hansen Bowhay
quiet, retreating, or subdued colors as an effective background; the many vivid and brilliant colors He uses
ERRY, oh, Jerry," called Mrs. Wilson, but Jerry did
sparingly against this background for the most pleasing
not answer. Searching in his favorite hide-out, his
display. The flaming reds of a sunset sky last as a rule,
mother found him playing with a new gun. In anonly a few moments; the riot of color in the autumn
to her question, Jerry said the storeman gave it to
sends us glowingly into the sudden drabness of winter. swer
him.
Mrs.
knew something was wrong, so takSpring again decks herself out in splashes of bright color ing Jerry's Wilson
hand she went with him into the house, and
in flower and shrub, and tones our spirits for the more in the seclusion of the living room talked it over. Jerry
somber hues of midsummer.
then told her he had taken the gun when the 'storeman
Decorating your home effectively, then, is not so much was
out. Jerry was given a chance to speak for himself,
a matter of the amount of money expended as it is a and he and his mother decided the gun must be- rematter of taste in the choice of colors, patterns, and good turned, with five cents from his bank to pay for the caps
design. Our homes need not take on the appearance clf
had used.
an overdressed dowager trying to be impressive with heTogether
they cried and prayed about it, and together
too many gaudy colors and furbelows!
they walked to town and returned the gun. It was noon
It is well to remember that too much bric-a-brac, too before
returned home. The morning's work was
many ornaments and figurines, and too much pottery, still to they
be
done,
and a neighbor had had to be called
as well as too many pieces of furniture, give a crowded upon to care for baby
sister in their absence. Was it worth
and cluttered effect and detract definitely from the at- the time and inconvenience?
Ah, yes, a hundred times.
tractiveness of the room. A few such ornaments well There will be other days in which
the house, but
chosen and well placed can add a definite touch of not another day just like this onetoinclean
which
to sow in a
charm to any room, but beware of overdoing. One or young heart seeds of truth and honesty that
will bear
two well-placed articles in a window display will catch fruit in later years.
the eye and hold the attention much more effectively
We are told never to reprove a child in anger. We must
than a whole windowful of merchandise. The general make
sure we are in a frame of mind to think calmly
effect is not so much different in our homes. If one has and clearly,
to realize it is our work, not to upbraid
a goodly supply of such bric-a-brac, it is much better to him, but to let
feel that he is an individual. Give
rotate, and have an occasional 'change than to have him time to sethim
his
course, with the guiding hand of
everything out at once.
,
one he loves.
As the sun warms the earth, preparing the soil, so
Correct Proportion -in Design
must
the warmth of parental love prepare the heart
Where there is design in the background, choose plain for sowing
seeds of truth. If we sow thoughtfully, we shall
colors for the draperies, upholsteries, and slip covers. The indeed reap
good harvest. But if we throw careless,
color scheme may be picked up from the dominant colors angry words aabout,
we shall reap only bitterness and rein the wall paper, but be careful to choose your warm and sentment.
cool colors in proportion to the size of your room. Several
In the hush of the eventide, when the day's work is
colors, in the correct proportion, are much less monoto- done,
the best time for sowing. Psychologists tell us
nous than one or two colors. Lamps and vases and other that theis things
we think about just before retiring make
ornaments may bear out a stronger color note effectively
in an otherwise two-tone color scheme. Or, as a rule,
white or black will combine successfully in most color
schemes, as these technically are not colors at all, and
tend to subdue some colors and emphasize others.
It is much easier to work out a pleasing color scheme,
however, if the walls and floor coverings are of a plain,
retreating, or subdued color. The lovely pastel shades for
the walls form a most attractive background for the many
lavish floral prints and designs in drapery materials. The
color scheme in such a room may successfully be chosen
from the predominating colors in the floral designs of
the draperies.
One should bear in mind that the average room can
take one major color, two minor colors, and one the deepest impression on our minds. The time for sowaccent (as for accessories), without appearing spotty.
ing is a quiet time.
- e
• • •
signrone-is-generally---As4he—farme-r-til
t-f or-planting,safe in choosing two floral fabrics (as in draperies and so we parents must prepare our children's hearts for
one piece of furniture where walls are plain), stripe, sowing. We must guard well that last hour before we
and one plain color for furniture; or two plain pieces, tuck those little ones in bed. What though we do have to
one floral, and one stripe.
forfeit listening to a radio program or let some work
In determining the background color for your room; go undone. It is such a few years we have the privilege
such . things as whether or not the sun strikes it are of of tucking_ those little ones in bed with a prayer and a
utmost importance. Rooms where the sun never shines story, let us not miss a single night.
need the warmth of yellow, yellow-greens, and pinks.
Not that the evening hour should always be a time
Where light is scarce, use the lightest shades, because of correction. On the contrary, it should be the hapthey have the highest light-reflecting qualities.
piest hour of the day, the time when we get to know each
Whether or not you are artistic by nature, you can other, when we are alone with our dear ones.
learn the art of combining colors successfully if you but
In later years, when we reap the harvest, it will be
try with a will to succeed. If uncertain, better stick to a with thankful hearts that we shall look back on those
simple combination, and as you achieve success your happy hours well spent in sowing seeds of good which
confidence will increase accordingly.
"gathereth fruit unto life eternal."
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REPORTS FROM ALL LANDS
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Meetings in Spain and Portugal
By J. J. Aitken
Missionary Volunteer Secretary, Southern European Division
T
HE work of God is going forward with success on
the Iberian Peninsula. This was very evident as the
reports were given at the workers' meeting recently
held in the city of Madrid, Spain, April 17-20, and also
in the union mission session, which was held in the city
of Lisbon, Portugal, April 23-27.
As our workers from all over Spain assembled, one
could feel that the Spirit of God had certainly attended
their efforts in soul winning. In the large cities of Barcelona, Valencia, and Madrid, our workers have met with
marked success in reaping a harvest of souls during this
past year. At the present time we have no more than ten
workers actively engaged in carrying forward the message, but it is encouraging to note that four young workers from our Madrid training school will enter the work
in the next few months.
The civil war in Spain, as well as its effects, dealt a
heavy blow to our work. Our members were dispersed,
and many of them lost their lives. Therefore, this workers' meeting marked a new day in the reorganization of
our Spanish work. In the city of Madrid there has been
a marked increase in our church membership. The hall
which we now have in Madrid will hold only one fourth
to one half of the people'who desire to hear the message.
During the past decade we have not owned one brick in
all Spain. But now we thank God that plans have been
laid and already carried out for the purchase of a chapel
for our brethren and sisters in Madrid.
Our work has been carried on in Madrid through the
efforts of I. Aguilar, who is the, leader of the field at this
time, and also Daniel Sanz, the pastor of the Madrid
church. In the city of Madrid, Brother Aguilar is also
the head of our training school, which is preparing workers to fill the needs of our work in Spain. It was indeed
thrilling to see these students . carrying on the spirit of
the Advent Movement. In fact, each one of them had on
his coat lapel a button with a picture of J. N. Andrews
on it, which they used to set them aside as a special group
at the workers' meeting. The spirit of Brother Andrews,
our first missionary to Europe, is still alive, and these
young people are seeking to prepare themselves for service in the work , which our pioneers sacrificed so much
to establish.
Investigator Becomes Leader in Work
The young people of our church in Valencia, Spain,
have also been active in seeking to win other young people for the truth. In fact, their efforts caused such a stir
in the city that one of the Catholic priests felt that the
Seventh-day Adventist church should be investigated. He
appointed one of the strongest young men of his church
to go to the little Adventist chapel as a spy for him, to
discover the prospects and methods of the work in which
the Adventists were engaged. This young man slipped
into our young people's society meetings and also into
our church services, and listened attentively. He was a
member of the Catholic Action Society, and he felt that
he should do his duty well in learning as much as possible about the activity of the Adventists.
JULY 24, 1947
The more thoroughly he investigated our work, the
more intensely interested he became; and soon he found
he was coming to the meetings of the Seventh-day Adventists not because of any commission which had been
given him but because he felt a new power coming into
his life. He began to attend our young people's meetings
regularly. Some of his friends came to him and said that
the priest would like to have him report back as soon as
possible as to what he had found out about the Adventist church. The young man told his friends he was
sorry, but he had decided not to report back concerning
what he had found. He was going to stay with the Seventh-day Adventists and cast his lot with the church of*
God. Today that young man is the leader of our Missionary Volunteer Society.
Many Open Doors in Portugal
Doors of opportunity are opening wide for the progress
of our work in Portugal. A. D. Gomes, who is the leader
of the Portuguese Union Mission, has carried on a successful program in the winning of souls during the war
years. One thinks back to the time when the work of
God was pioneered in Portugal, and when the first convert, Sister Portugal, was brought into the truth in 1906.
That spirit of Sister Portugal is still evident in our work.
The missionaries whom the Adventist people sent into
Portugal laid the foundation for a work which is today
growing by leaps and bounds.
Our union session, which was held in our large church
in a fine section of the city of Lisbon, was attended by
delegates from the Madeira Islands, the Azores, and all
sections of Portugal. In the Madeira Islands at the present time we have more than eighty-five young people
who are actively engaged in work for God; and in the
Azores Islands we have an equal number who are eager
to fulfill their part in finishing the work.
A concrete example of the great part that the young
people are playing in this field can be found in the following story of our work in Stubal, Portugal. Here we
have a young church which truly today has growing
pains. The membership of the, church was thirty at the
beginning of our union conference session, but as the
result of a baptism which was held on Sabbath in the city
of Lisbon, this church increased its membership to more
than fifty. Naturally, we thank God for this good increase
and the blessings that have attended the efforts of Brother.
and Sister Pires, who are carrying on the work in this
Portuguese city. But that is not all the story. Sister Pires
is an active Missionary Volunteer leader; and, in this
church of fifty-six members, there is a Missionary Volunteer Society which has, in itself, a membership of
seventy-six. This means that there are many young people who are attending the Missionary Volunteer Society
meetings who are now studying the truths of the Advent
message.
Our school in Portalegre has contributed in no small
measure to this movement of youth. E. Ferreira, who is
the leader of our school, is carrying on a strong program
for 'our young people in preparing them for efficient
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evangelistic service in the cause of God. J. N. Branco,
Avvtun Station in Nigeria Reporting
who is a teacher in the school, is also doing a good work
By Ruth M. Hulbert
in the evangelistic preparation of our youth. Both
Brother Branco and Brother Ferreira are men who have
OULD you like to attend our camp meeting?
left important positions in the Catholic Church and have
Then, in imagination, skip the thousands of miles
dedicated their lives to the service of God in the preparaseparating you from Nigeria and come with us.
tion of the lives of Adventist youth.
It is the middle of February, the height of the dry
The future of our work in Spain and Portugal is bright. season. The sun beats down mercilessly, and the parched
The road ahead presents a real challenge. With the ground is thirstily awaiting the rains. As the lorries pass
degree of liberty which our brethren are enjoying in both on the roads, clouds of dust rise into the air. A large
Spain and Portugal today, there is opportunity for a palm-leaf shelter has been built to give some shade.
great harvest of souls, provided our plans for new chapels Underneath are gathered some six hundred Adventist
are realized in the near future. Already our new chapel believers, who have come together for a day of fellowin Porto, Portugal, is bringing great joy to the hearts ship and spiritual refreshing. Camp meeting is the great
of our believers there, as well as being instrumental in event of the year.
attracting a good class of people to the message. It is
It is Friday evening, and as the sun sinks to the horihoped that as soon as we have our new chapel ready in zon and a new Sabbath is born, we unite our voices in
the city of Madrid, a new harvest of souls may be reaped praise and prayer to God, who has kept us through anthere also. The great prayer of our people throughout other year, till once more camp meeting time has come.
both of these lands is that God might somehow, for the
The visiting speakers—William McClements, J. Hyde,
good of the cause in Spain, preserve the religious liberty and W. G. Till—are with us, and we are , pleased to give
which now exists.
them a hearty welcome. Pastor Till is leaving us for service in East Nigeria. The members, one and all, unite in
wishing him Godspeed after his many years of faithful
Why We Should Give More
service
in Yorubaland. A welcome is also extended to
By A. V. Olson
Pastor Hyde, who is coming as our new superintendent.
Vice-President of the General Conference
Pastor McClements is an old friend, and from his lips
we gain inspiration and counsel as he delivers his heartHIS year we are being invited to give more than searching
message.
ever before to the Missions Extension Fund. Some
the most heart-warming item is the camp meetwant to know why this should be done. Many rea- ingPerhaps
roll
call.
As the names of the various churches and
sons could be given, but I shall mention only a few.
Sabbath schools are read, the representatives from each
1. We should give more because the dollar has lost stand
give their greetings to a ll the other believers
much of its former purchasing power. Owing to this in theand
Advent hope. How good it is to welcome new
depreciation in the value of our currency, the mission companies
of believers! This year thirty-six villages refields must be granted more funds this year, in order to sponded. Next
year, by the grace of God, we hope to welprovide the necessary equipment which could have been come many more.
bought with less money in former years. We all are aware
Do Missions Pay?
that food, clothing, and building materials, cost more
Come with us to the school building. As we peep inhere in the homeland than they have formerly. It is the
side the door we find a hundred or more children sitting
same in the mission fields.
2. Many should give more this year because they earn on the floor listening to Bible stories. Can you see the
more. It is only just and right that we should increase our delight written on their faces as they see the Picture Roll
gifts to the Lord when He enlarges our income. It is and hear the familiar story of Abraham and Isaac while
the will of the Lord that we shall give to His needy the story is being built up from cardboard cutouts? Listen
a moment and you will hear them sing True, the words
cause according to the way He has prospered us.
3. We should give more because God's cause is in are different, but there is no doubt about the fact that
greater need than ever before. During the war very they are happy.
little could be done in the way of providing new facilities
"Mo ni alafia, mo
alafia,
for our expanding work. Consequently, we fell behind
Mo,mo mo ni, dajudaju mo ni,
in our mission program. Earnest efforts must therefore
Mo ni alafia."
be made now to make up for lost time. It must also be
It is time to close Sabbath. Dr. S. A. Nagel, from our
borne in mind that in many lands we suffered heavy hospital at Ile-Ife, is with us. He conducts worship and
losses through the ravages of the war. Institutions, tells us something of the plans for the expansion of the
chapels, and mission homes were either destroyed or medical work in this field.
damaged. These must be restored without delay. If not,
Some people may ask, "Do missions pay?" If they were
----the-cattse-of Cod will be re-tar-421@c1,-line s-we are . rk-ahle-cliffe
4. We should give more than ever before in order that between the mission-school boys and those in the vilwe may quickly finish the work and go home. Many of lages, between the teachers and evangelists and those
us are growing homesick. We long for the time when we for whom they work, they would assuredly answer, "Yes,
shall be permitted to leave this old world of sin, suffering, missions do pay, a hundredfold."
and sorrow, to enter our Father's home. From the very
There is a great work to be done, but we know that
,_,_____., depths of our souls we cry, Come quickly, Lord Jesus.
God is mighty. As we go forward into another _year_of
For these, and other reasons that might be mentioned, work, and to next camp-meeting time, we pray that His
the Advent people should give more this year than in blessing will rest on our labors and those of our Misthe past to the Missions Extension Fund and to other sionary Volunteers and workers here, that soon the work
mission funds. Could all who read these lines go from • may be finished and we may all, black and white, red
one mission field to another as I have done, and there and yellow, join in praising our Redeemer in that greatsee the crying need and hear the heart-stirring appeals est of all camp meetings, when the faithful from every
as I have seen and heard, then I am confident that all nation, kindred, tongue, and people will stand on the
would agree with me that by the help and grace of God sea of glass before the great white throne and sing the
we must do more_Than we have ever done before.
song of Moses and the Lamb.
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REVIEW AND HERALD
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Dawn of a New Day in Liberia
By W. E. Read
Field Secretary of the General Conference
T
HE work in Liberia, the only native-controlled country on the west coast of Africa, has faced many perplexing problems since it was started in the year
1927. The constant change in personnel, owing to sickness and other causes, has to some extent retarded its
progress. We had three families in the country, but during the recent war period we were reduced to one family
for a time, and later even this family was obliged to leave
for health reasons. From then until the close of the war
the African workers supervised its interests and activities.
Much earnest, faithful, and self-sacrificing work has
been done through the years by our brethren from Central and Northern Europe, but because of sickness and
the fortunes of war, not one of our foreign workers has
been found in the field since 1942.
A Progressive Republic
Liberia is a negro republic which was founded by the
American Colonization Society in the year 1822; it was
recognized as an independent state in 1847. Its population totals 1,500,000. The capital city, Monrovia, contains
nearly 10,000 souls. While Monrovia is where the government buildings are and where representatives of the principal business houses are to be found, Marshall is the
chief port for the export of rubber, which is the main
commodity raised in the country. Large areas are under
cultivation by the Firestone Rubber Company; in fact,
nearly a quarter of a million acres now produce latex.
We have five mission stations—Monrovia, Konola,
Liiwa, Buchanan, and Palmberg—all of which are under
the supervision of our foreign workers. Some of our
African workers are today sharing in the responsibilities
of the work and are in charge of some of the districts surrounding our main stations.
New Workers in the Field
At the cessation of hostilities much earnest study was
given to the manning of this field, and the mission board
felt that it should call for workers from our colored constituency in the States. This was an excellent move, and
the experience of the past
year or so, since they have
been in the field, has demonstrated the wisdom of the
plan and also of the choice
of the families selected.
It was my privilege, in
company with W. McClements, superintendent of the
West African Union, some
months ago, to spend some
days traveling with these
faithful workers and also
visiting with them in their
homes. It was a real joy to
see their devotion and to
learn of their plans for progressive work for the new
year. We saw them in harness at the various stations
and mingled with them on
committees. The Lord certainly guided in the choice
of these families, and I believe that with the blessing
The President of Liberia With Some
of Our Books Presented to Him by of God they will accomElder G. N. Banks, Superintendent of
plish a large work in buildthe Liberian Mission.
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ing up the cause of present truth in this part of the Master's vineyard.
One of their great needs at the present time is a church
building in Monrovia. Such an edifice would give stability
to the work, prestige to the cause of God, and also make
possible stronger evangelistic efforts, as well as provide a
home for those now finding their way into the truth.
Son of Witch Doctor
A little while ago we heard the story of Boyma. Boyma's
father is an important witch doctor in his native town.
He wanted his son to be a witch doctor also. Therefore,
he undertook to teach him all the secrets of the sorcerer's
art. Young Boyma, however, did not like the idea of
becoming a witch doctor; he wanted to learn the way of
the true God and attend the mission school. Soon his wish
was gratified, and he became a student. Shortly after, he
became seriously ill with pneumonia, a malady which in
this country nearly always proves fatal. Knowing that
human help would be of little value, we sought the Lord
earnestly on his behalf and prayed that God would reveal
to the heathen His mighty power in saving the young
man from the grave. The Lord heard these earnest supplications, and soon Boyma was well again. Some time
later he was baptized. Now he is one of our most active
church members.
At one of our stations not long ago a man who began
attending the Sabbath school made open confession that
he had killed no less than eight persons by black magic,
and he asked us to pray to God for him that he might
be pardoned and saved. The message he had heard that
Sabbath had led him to cry out, as men did on the day
of Pentecost, "What must I do to be saved?" This man
gave his heart to God; joined the baptismal class, and
in due course was baptized.
Pray that God may bless the seed sown in this land,
that it may bring forth an abundant harvest for the kingdom of God.
Rebuilding God's Work in a
Shattered World
(Continued from front page)
had no publishing houses to give us good reading matter?
And what about our churches if less than a third of our
members had no place of worship?
However, these dread institutional losses are not so
serious to the true brotherhood of God's people as is the
strong anti-Christian trend seen everywhere. Mighty
forces are out to uproot all faith. This determined attack
on Christ and His message indicates that soon all gospel
activity will be stopped. What we desire to do or give
for the truth must be done or given speedily. The fact
is that the deadly and subtle errors and falsehoods so
rampant today are not so great a peril to the remnant
church as selfishness and love of the world. The Advent
people are now in the valley of decision. Some are turning definitely toward Heaven and godly living and giving, whereas others are just as decidedly turning to the
world, seeking money, pleasure, and ease. The choice
made in our hearts is clearly revealed by our attitude toward the Advent cause.
Rebuilding Our Work Abroad
In the days of Nehemiah the true Israelites rebuilt the
temple that had been destroyed. They gave their all to
help'. It is the same now. Those who really believe this
message will do their utmost to help rebuild our work
in all lands. •
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Our Missions Extension Fund has been of utmost value
to the work through the years. With the help of money
brought in after the first war, we established publishing houses in Hungary, Yugoslavia, Rumania, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Lithuania, Italy, Bulgaria, Greece, as well
as in many places in Africa, China, and the Far East. Now
most of these places are in ruins and there is a still larger
need, not only for publishing centers, but for all other
mission work.
At the present time one hundred thousand of our members have no Adventist literature, and more than eight
hundred million people have never yet seen any literature on present truth. This need must be, supplied rapidly before all freedom of the press is lost. The Spirit of
prophecy emphasizes the large contribution of our literature in bringing truth to countless millions in the finishing of the work.
We must rebuild our broken-down publishing houses,
and this will require a large investment. Other missionary societies emphasize strongly that prices have gone• so
high overseas that it takes three times as many dollars to
carry on missionary work as it did before the war. Businessmen study the purchasing value of a dollar; we must
not forget this in our mission giving. One evil effect of
inflation is that we are in danger of giving far less than
we ought to give. If we want to be as liberal now as we
were seven years back, we must give twice as many dollars.
We must take courage and press on. With Israel of old
we will say, "The God of heaven, He will prosper us;
therefore we His servants will arise and build." Neh. 2:20.
Christian Education in the
Middle East and Europe
By E. E. Cossentine
Secretary, General Conference Department of Education
I
,
T WAS my privilege in recent months to visit centers
of our work, especially the schools, in the Middle
East Union and in most of Europe. Space will permit only a glimpse of what I saw and heard of existing
conditions and of needs for present efficiency and future
expansion.
Middle East Union
Egypt Mission.—With Neal Wilson, I went into Upper
Egypt to visit our village elementary schools, which are
bringing young people to a knowledge of the Advent
message. Everywhere among these village schools the
students have a great interest to go to our new academy at
Fayoum. This academy should be a real help in closing
the educational gap between the village schools and the
Middle East College, at Beirut.
At Fayoum the brethren have started to build a small
G
• ventually
one hundred and fifty students. Two buildings are being
constructed of cement bricks made on the spot. School
was in session at the time of our visit, and about fifty
boys were there, living in tents and holding classes outdoors on the desert. Eight to ten thousand dollars would
put the school there in usable condition and provide
some accommodation for the faculty. During the last year
or two we have had an excellent increase in membership in Egypt, and we must give these fine young people
the opportunity to get away from the non-Christian
village schools. This investment will bring us large returns in souls won and in young people trained for mission work in that fruitful field.
The work in Egypt is in good condition under the general direction of Brother Wilson. There is an excellent
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spirit among workers and members. Prospects are bright
for our work in old Egypt.
Palestine-Trans-Jordan Mission.—Going on to Palestine, we found that though James Russell had been there
only a short time, he was busy getting things organized.
He had called his teachers in for a meeting, and we had
a good time together. In the new capital city, Amman,
our people have begun to build a. substantial stone school
building, but it is still quite unfinished. In El Hosn we
are operating a school in a rented building while negotiating for some land suitable for cultivation close to the
village, where we hope to establish a school.
Middle East College
Iraq Mission.—Our Middle East College, at Beirut, is.
operating temporarily in rented quarters in the little
village of Beth Mari. There were about one hundred
students in attendance, ranging from ninth grade upward.
Principal F. E. J. Harder and his faculty are trying hard
to hold the morale high and to do good work in spite of
the difficult circumstances and crowded conditions. A
property of about sixty-eight acres has been secured on
the side of the mountain overlooking the city and the
sea of Beirut. On this property two buildings—a boys'
and a girls' dormitory—are in process of erection. These
buildings are of fireproof construction, being faced with
native stone from an adjoining quarry.
In the Middle East Union, as elsewhere, our hope rests
in the schools and in their training of the youth for service. The young people who have already gone out from
the college are doing a wonderful work, and everywhere
the youth are anxious to come to the college. These
young people are of a fine class, earnest and anxious for
a preparation to enter and help finish the Lord's work,
or at least to go into self-supporting work.
The Dar El Salam Hospital, at Baghdad, is getting
organized in a rented building, with a capacity of twenty
to twenty-five beds. At the time of our visit the equipment was just being set up, and mostly clinic patients
were being cared for. The hospital should be open for
inpatients by now. The doctors in charge, J. D. Karmy
and J. I. Saaty, are both natives of Iraq, who were trained
at the College of Medical Evangelists. In addition to the
two American nurses, Joyce and Lucille Henderson, we
have nine girls in training, some of whom are not yet
Adventists, but all are studying to become Adventists.
M. F. Seitz is doing good work in the management of the
hospital.
School at Mosul
At Mosul we have an elementary school of about one
hundred and fifty students, with twelve national teachers.
We had a number of meetings with 'these teachers to discuss problems, and found them of good courage. Ghanim
Fargo is the acting principal, and is doing good work.
Both he and his wife, and in fact most of the teachers,
en ti allied in the coltego—at Beirut. It is not surprising, then, that through their influence, as well as
their training, about twenty-five young people from the
Mosul school are at the college this year. Nearly all the
students at Mosul are non-Adventists, but the school is
really drawing the boys and girls to God. It is schools of
this typein_the Middle and Near_ East-that are bringing
the youth into the church; and if schools are provided
that will carry them on through their full education, the
great majority of them will make good Adventists and
efficient workers for their. own people.
The brethren in Iraq feel a definite need for an intermediate school to bridge the gap from the village elementary schools to the college at Beirut. Under the present situation too many are lost. Fifty acres have been
secured in an excellent location just outside Mosul, and
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negotiations are under way for thirty-five or forty acres
more for such a school project. This will be something
like the academy now being established in Fayoum,
Egypt.
Great Advancement in Few Years
Under the courageous and energetic leadership of E. L.
Branson, the work in the Middle East Union has made
great advancement in the last few years, and we are much
encouraged to see the forward trend in this great field.
It is not an easy field, but the courage and optimism of
the leadership have done much to surmount and break
down the high walls of prejudice and opposition. Elder
Branson and his associates are working hard to build up
the work in every way. Our educational work in the training of the youth is the foundation of our work in the
Middle East especially, where it is so hard to reach the
adults.
The village schools, academy, and college all are doing
their part. It is in efforts along these lines that we shall
see the greatest return for our investment in men and
money. We could open a number more village schools
at once if we had the means to do so, as in many cases
we found the village leaders urging that schools be started
in their respective villages. The rising spirit of nationalism in the Middle East is typical of many parts of the
world. We must give increasing study to the establishment of our work under national leadership, looking forward to a time when they will be able to take it over entirely. What we are to do in the Middle East we shall
have to do in the next few years—after that it will be too
late.
(To be concluded)
tegrated in the various missionary service bands and
taught how to become soul winners. Four classes, with
two hundred enrolled, are now being conducted in the
art of personal evangelism by the giving of Bible studies.
These recruits in the army of Christ are being trained
for soul winning.
Big City Evangelism in Panama
From Our Special Correspondents
By Lylon H. Lindbeck
Secretary Ministerial Association, Inter-American
Division
EVERAL months ago, in the large cosmopolitan city
of Cristobal, Panama, Evangelist R. E. Delafield
began a series of evangelistic services. These were
held in a four-pole tent auditorium with a seating capacity of more than one thousand. The tent was located at
a strategically chosen site in the center of the city. This
auditorium was packed from night to night, and frequently there was a large overflow audience, with hundreds crowding in around the tent to hear the evangelist over the loud-speaker system. Through remote control the sermons were also broadcast six nights weekly
over a large radio station on both long and short wave to
the entire republic, as well as to other Central American
republics.
Elder Delafield was assisted by A. A. Grizzle, a sustentation worker, and two schoolteachers on vacation, Brethren Bryan and Bourne. The two large English churches
of Colon co-operated most heartily in the systematic distribution of literature and handbills, as well as inviting
and bringing their friends from night to night.
The working of the Spirit of God on the hearts of the
listeners was manifest from the beginning. Through the
nightly broadcasts and the earnest appeal. of the preaching of the Word before these large audiences, followed by
earnest calls to surrender, conviction was brought to
many hearts, and the entire city was deeply stirred. At
the close of the sixteen-week effort, 124 were baptized
and united with the church. Among these were two
American servicemen who have now returned to the
States and have entered Union College to prepare for
the ministry.
No sooner had these converts been baptized into
church fellowship than they were organized and inJULY 24, 1947
• S. CHRISTOFFERS, formerly attached to the Hamburg Publish-
S
Radio a Potent Auxiliary
The radio was used as a potent auxiliary force in this
large, successful effort. At the very beginning hundreds
were enrolled in the Voice of Prophecy Bible Correspondence Course. The full potential of radio advertising was
utilized to bring the message to the masses through remote-control broadcasting of the sermons. The large interest created through the Voice of Prophecy program
was thus brought to yield a rich harvest in baptisms.
It is my strong conviction that the day of large successful public efforts is not past in the Inter-American Division. No doubt, the outstanding success of this great public effort will serve to give courage to conference leaders
and our capable public evangelists everywhere to launch
out likewise and attempt greater things for God in the
evangelizing of the great cities and urban centers, so
long neglected in our division field. We thank God for
this brilliant demonstration of the effectiveness of preaching the Word in the old-fashioned tent effort.
General Conference and Ovcr:,cat,
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General Conference
ing House, was traveling home to Germany from the United
States by the Pacific route when the war overtook him in
Japan. He was detained in that country until a few weeks
ago, but has now resumed his journey. However, he is traveling eastward by the United States and the north Atlantic.
Brother Christoffers will spend some three months in this country becoming acquainted with the work of our publishing
houses. He, joins the Hamburg house again as assistant editor.
• RECENT overseas visitors to the General Conference office
were: M. E. Lind, of Uganda, taking some time from his furlough in Northern Europe to attend the Seminary; T. R.
Torkelson and family, of India;
J. Ritchie and wife, also
of India, Elder Ritchie attending the Seminary and Mrs. Ritchie assisting in the General Conference secretarial department; J. I. Hartmann and family, of Peru, en route to California for furlough; Charles Winandy and wife, of Paris; M. T.
Reiber, of the West African Union, joining his family for furlough.
• THE first direct commercial flight from the Pacific Coast to
Japan and Korea was scheduled for July 15. Among the passengers hoping to get off at that time were Mrs. Kenneth L.
Mitchell and Mrs. George Rue, both joining their husbands in
Korea.
• L. L. MOFFITT returned recently to Takoma Park from an
extended tour throughout the South American Division. His
reports to the General Conference family have been most helpful and encouraging.
• THOSE from the General Conference office now visiting in
Eur9pe include: W. B. Ochs, vice-president; M. L. Andreasen,
field secretary; R. A. Anderson, of the Ministerial Association;
Paul Wickman, of the Radio Commission; E. E. Cossentine
of the Educational Department. Interesting reports should be
coming in later regarding the rehabilitation of our work in
these war-ravaged lands.
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NORTH AMERICAN
SPOT NEWS
From Our Special Correspondents
Atlantic Union
• M. A. MALONEY of the New York Italian church reports the
addition of 8 new members by baptism, 3 on April 12 and 5
on June 7.
• A NEW church was organized on June 14 at High Banks, New
York, where C. A. Nelson is the district pastor. The baptism of
6 young people brought the membership of this new organization to 21.
• SEVEN youth choirs joined in the third annual music festi.iTal at the Bethel Brooklyn, New York, church on June 8. The
choirs participating were from the Bethel, Brownsville, Buffalo, City Tabernacle, Ephesus, New Haven, and New Rochelle
churches in the Northeastern Conference.
• ON May 17 E. M. Peterson added 4 new believers to the Corinth, Vermont, company.
• G. R. NASH, of the Southern New England Conference, has
been elected to serve as secretary of the home missionary, Sabbath school, aPnd industrial relations departments of the Atlantic Union Conference.
Canadian Union
• ON June 22, 1947, the first senior college graduates in the
history of Canadian Union College received their bachelor
of theology degrees. Nine completed this course. There were
forty-nine graduates in all. Twenty-one completed the prenursing course.
• THE Seventh-day Adventist church building at Thorsby, Alberta, recently completed under the leadership of C. C. Voth,
was dedicated to the Lord June 22, 1947. E. H. Oswald and
W. H. Anderson led out in the dedicatory service.
• APPROXIMATELY one hundred and twenty-five students from
our various colleges are now busily at work earning scholarships.
• THE first reports have reached the union office from our
French students working for scholarships in the French mission. One young man from Paris, France, sold $174.75 worth of
our good books in his first week, and his companion sold $144
in the same territory.
Central Union
• W. C. LOVELESS, of the Southern California Conference, has
accepted a call from the Colorado Conference to serve as
educational and M.V. secretary of that field to succeed G. D.
Hagstotz, who has been called to the Canadian Union College.
• R. R. NEWMAN, secretary-treasurer of the Wyoming Conference, has been appointed M.V. and educational secretary in
addition to his other duties. Brother Newman succeeds H. R.
Kuehne, who has been transferred to South Dakota.
• C. S. WIEST reports that 29 persons were baptized at Grand
Junction, Colorado, on May 31 and that others will be bap_West late_r—This_baptism_ was largely_ the___result of_a series, of ,
Sunday night meetings and Bible studies in various homes.
• J. E. FRICK has organized a new Sabbath school of 14
members in Douglas, Wyoming. This Sabbath school is being
held on Sabbath afternoon.
Lake Union
• ON Sabbath, May 31, 8 candidates were baptized at Flint,
Michigan, as the result of an effort which began there last
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October. These eight candidates represented the first fruits of
the campaign. Another group will be ready for baptism soon.
• EMMANUEL MISSIONARY COLLEGE had 276 students enrolled
at the opening of summer school. Beginning with September,
1947, the college will give the degree of Bachelor of Science
in Nursing EduCation. A curriculum has been set up making
it possible for graduate nurses to secure this degree in one
school year and a summer after graduation from a school of
nursing.
• THE Illinois camp meeting was held at Broadview Academy,
June 3-8. A good attendance was held throughout the meeting.
The offering for missions taken Sabbath morning during the
Sabbath school amounted to $2,089.83 in cash and $3,808.80 in
pledges.
• A COUNCIL of union educational secretaries of North America was held at Broadview Academy, June 8 and 9. Prof. L. R.
Rasmussen, Dr. J. E. Weaver, and Dr. Keld J. Reynolds from
the General Conference Department of Education were in
charge of the council. June 10-12 the academy principals of
North America joined the educational secretaries to discuss
educational problems and study plans for the advancement of
our school system.
Northern Union
• W. K. CHAPMAN has been chosen by the North Dakota Conference committee to succeed J. F. Knipschild as educational
and Missionary Volunteer secretary of that conference.
• THE report comes 'from the North Dakota Conference that
good progress is being made on the construction of the new
church building for the Bowdon country church. The new
structure has now been enclosed, and it is planned for it to be
completed as soon as possible.
North Pacific Union
• ON June 14 the church at Cove, Oregon, held their first
meeting in the auditorium. Since the first of the year the
church basement was sufficiently completed that all services
have been conducted in one of the Sabbath school rooms. The
brethren from La Grande, Union, and Baker churches came
to Cove for the special services. Following a brief history of
the building by Roy M. Bell, one of the local elders, W. S.
Boynton, district superintendent, gave a talk on the house
of God and a study on baptism, after which 3 persons received this rite.
• THIRTY-FOUR persons have been baptized thus far as a
result of the effort in Boise, Idaho, held by R. J. Winders. One
of those baptized is a great-granddaughter of William Miller.
Associated with Elder Winders have been Rose Budd, Bible
instructor; Kenneth Juld and Lynn Callender, interns.
• THE Builders of Faith radio group in Portland, Oregon, report that during the first five months of 1947, 1,300 enrollees
have been received for the Bible Correspondence Course,
bringing their total enrollment well above 7,000. They have
stidents_k_most of thOtates, also in Alaska and Canada, and
the Philippines. Graduates are being baptized constantly
throughout North America.
Pacific Union
Senior camp for the youth of the Hawaiian Mission
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counselors, and leaders attended. Visiting from the mainland
were J. R. Nelson, M.V. secretary of the Pacific Union Conference, and M. W. Newton of Pacific Union College.
• TWENTY-Two student colporteurs are working for scholarships in the Central California Conference this summer.
• T. L. COPELAND baptized 10 new believers at Hemet, California, recently.
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• CENTRAL CALIFORNIA members who attended the recent
camp meeting at Fresno took home more than $7,000 worth
of literature.
• RECENTLY H. A. Hansen baptized 16 persons as a result of
an effort in Imperial Valley. Associated with Elder Hansen in
winning these to Christ were William Robinson, W. C. Risley,
and Gabriel Arregui.
• LA SIERRA COLLEGE reports an enrollment of 240 students
in the summer school.
• C. C. CANTWELL, principal of the San Diego Union Academy, has accepted the call of the Southeastern California Conference to pastoral-evangelistic work.
• ON the last Sabbath of the Fresno camp meeting, June 21,
three young men were ordained to the ministry—Kenneth
Moore, Stanley Hiten, and Ernest Perry.
Southern Union
a number of years of faithful service in pastoralevangelistic work, B. H. Ewing of the South Central Conference was ordained to the gospel ministry on June 14. Brother
Ewing is now serving as associate publishing department secretary of the conference.
• THE PISGAH INSTITUTE in North Carolina reports the baptism at the close of school of 9 students. In addition, 1 other
had been baptized previously.
• CENTRAL TENNESSEE has a Master Comrade Club, which was
started by the churches of Madison, Bordeaux, and Nashville.
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chapel of the Southern Publishing Association. This club
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pleasure of hearing authorities on nature and conservation
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definitely foster Master Comrade activities among all the
church members. Their most recent project was an M.V. weekend camp at Montgomery Bell Park, May 23 to 25.
• NORMAN G. SIMONS and 0. S. White were ordained to the
ministry at the South Atlantic camp meeting on June 14.
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will close his evangelistic effort in New
• F. W.
Orleans on Sunday evening, July 13. A full report of the
number baptized in this effort will appear just a little later.
It is planned that Elder Detamore will hold his next evangelistic effort in the city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The Baton
Rouge church has recently completed a new church building,
and it is hoped that this contemplated effort will add a goodly
number to the church membership.
• CONSTRUCTION is well along on the industrial arts building
at Southwestern Junior College. For some little time the board
of Southwestern Junior College has given study to the development of educational facilities along the lines of the various
industrial arts. This new building will be greatly appreciated,
and it is hoped that it will enable the college to more adequately fulfill the inspired instruction given concerning the
development of this phase of education.
• THE Tulsa, Oklahoma, church is progressing well with its
new church school building. This work is being pushed to
completion so that the• school facilities will be in readiness
for the opening of school at the first of September.
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NEWS AND NOTES
Progress in the H. B. LUNDQUIST, superintendent toric broadcast as they saw with their own eyes and heard
of the Antillian Union, writes in a with their own ears the Voice of Prophecy originating
Antillian Union recent
letter: "The superintendent in their own midst!
An unprecedented radio opening has come to us in
Hungary. Ladislaus Bajor, our secretary for Religious
Liberty in the Hungarian Union, and also secretary for
the League of Free Churches, will be on a broadcast from
Budapest, Thursday morning, July 31, at 7:30. This is a
providence. Hungary's radio now, as in practically all
European countries, is government controlled. For the
first time Hungary's thirteen million people are being
given a chance to hear Protestant broadcasts. This comes
through a grant to the League of Free Churches, which
is an organization representing 65,000 Baptists, 2,000
Methodists, 8,000 Salvation Army adherents, 1,500 Christian Brethren, and 5,000 Seventh-day Adventists. Once a
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broadcast. Each denomination's speaker will rotate at the
LEAVING
Manila,
Philippine
IsA Visit to
microphone every fifth week.
lands,
by
boat,
I
had
the
privilege
South China
The government gives this fifteen-minute radio period
of spending one full day in Hong
Kong, where I contacted C. H. Davis, superintendent of without charge. This is precedent-shattering for Catholic
the South China Union. We visited the Hong Kong Hungary. Let us pray that in other countries of Europe
church, which was completed about two years before the we may yet see fulfilled the fond hope of free speech and
war. This building was badly damaged by bombs and religious liberty. How quickly the loud cry can be given
looting. Steps are being taken to repair the building as when we match our faith and endeavor with God's Providence and Power.
soon as suitable material can be secured.
HORACE J. SHAW, Ass't. Sec.,
We crossed the bay to Kowloon and visited the South
International Radio Commission.
China -Union training school, which is located about
and teachfifteen miles from the city. When thee was
ers were forced to leave the school it as occupied by the -Recent Mission- ELDER AND MRS. W. A. BERGHERM
Japanese Army. After the Japanese surrendered, the Brit- ary Departures left New York for Buenos Aires,
ish Army moved in. It is now six years since the students
July 3. Brother and Sister Bergand faculty were vacated, and during that time no repairs herm were formerly located in Medellin, Colombia, Elder
whatever have been made. Everything is in bad shape. Bergherm being superintendent of the Colombia-VeneThe British Army is expecting to vacate near the close of zuela Union Mission. He has now been called to serve as
June this year, and our South China officers have made publishing department secretary of the South American
provision to take over and begin the repairing, hoping Division.
to open school next September or October. Because of
Mr. and Mrs. 0. Socol and their baby girl, of Arkanthe increased cost of building material and labor, the sas, left New Orleans for Lima, Peru, July 3, Brother
repairs will cost as much, or more, than the original cost Socol having been called • to connect with the medical
of the buildings. However, we thank the Lord that His work in Lima as X-ray and laboratory technician.
kind providence has kept His hand over the work and
Elder and Mrs. B. L. Hassenpflug' and their two chilthat it will be possible to open school next fall.
dren, of Oregon, left New York July 3, to connect with
The work in the South China Union is making good the Southern African Division, Elder Hassenpflug to
progress, and we believe that better days are ahead. Let serve as evangelist in the city of Johannesburg.
us remember in our prayers the brethren who are leadMr. and Mrs. A. K. Phillips, of Texas, having accepted
ing out in the work there, that the Lord will give them the call to connect with the training school at the Malahealth and strength, and many souls as a result of their mulo Mission, in Africa, left New York for Johannesburg,
work.
W. E. NELSON.
July 3.
Dr. and Mrs. 0. J. Rouhe and their four children left
Ncw—Yorkltrly 10 fot Finland, en iuu
Radio History FROM London, England, direct, the Rouhe, who spent about eight years in the Belgian Congo
of Prophecy, July 13, origi- before coming home in 1944, is returning for further
in the Making Voice
nated its first on-the-spot broadcast. medical missionary service in that field.
This was made possible by H. M. S. Richards' flight to
We learn that R. J. Roy, of Nebraska, left Miami for
Europe in time to fulfill arrangements concluded by the Havana some time in June. The' family will follow a
secretary of the International Radio Commission, Paul. little later. Elder_ Roy_,_ who_ sp_ent_a_ _number _of years_ in
Viciman, for a London broadcast. The two men partici- service in the Inca Union Mission in South America, has
pated in the broadcast, which was aired over the Mutual been called to the presidency of the West Cuba ConferNetwork on its usual Sunday morning prograin. Al- ence. '
though the program had to be recorded a day ahead of
Miss Ruth Munroe, who was evacuated from Siam in
schedule to make sure of presentation in case of break 1942, has accepted the call to return to that field to conin any transoceanic transmission, the speakers on the nect with the medical work in Bangkok. She left San
Voice of Prophecy program were actually broadcasting Francisco on July 3 for Bangkok. Miss Munroe has been
in person for the first time outside North America. How serving until recently in the new hospital in Kingston,
our believers thrilled to the sight and sound of this his- Jamaica.
E. D. DICK.
of the Haiti Mission informs me that at the close of May
tithe receipts in that mission were $5,500 ahead of the
budgeted amount. For a people with an average income
of about $40 a year that is a huge gain. We thank God
for this demonstration of His power in this field. Plans
are afoot for the construction of a $134,000 medical institution in fruitful Puerto Rico. This will be the union's
only medical center. The public has responded well with
about $24,000. We are trying to make a financial plan
for this institution which will make it a reality within a
year. Limitless good can be accomplished by such an institution."