Southwestern Union Record for 1965 - Vol. 64
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Southwestern Union Record for 1965 - Vol. 64
9 )UTHWESTERN UNION CONFERENCE OF SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS * "ISRAELITE" * CONFERENCE NEWS * LITERATURE EVANGELISM March 3, 1965 "And the man asked him, saying: `What seekest thou?' And he said: `I seek my brethren.' " Genesis 37: 15-16. "No one could tell me where 'my soul might be; I searched for God, and He eluded me; I sought my brother out, and found all three." —Ernest Crosby. Jesus admonished the early disciples to "Go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel . . . as ye go, preach, saying the kingdom of heaven is at hand." Matthew 10:5, 6. Paul said that salvation through the gospel of Christ was to go "to the Jew first . . . " Romans 1:16. In our day, when the message of the Third Angel is drawing to a close, a greater work is to be done for the Jews than we have ever done before. For "When this gospel shall be presented in the fullness to the Jews, many will accept Christ as the Messiah." Acts of the Apostles, p. 381. Do you know that it was a Jew who introduced two of his own Jewish disciples to Jesus as the Lamb of God? It was John the Baptist, of whom John the Evangelist wrote: " . . . Wesley Amundsen He Is Your Brother: Help Him WESLEY AMUNDSEN, Secretary, North American Missions Committee. the next day . . . John stood, and two of his disciples; and looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God! And the two disciples . . . followed Jesus." John 1:35-37. Do you know that it was a secret Jewish disciple who came to Jesus by night for an interview? Yes, it was Nicodemus, John 3. Do you know that it was another secret Jewish disciple who offered his own tomb in which Jesus might be buried after his Crucifixion? Yes, is was Joseph of Arimathea. Do you know that most of the members of the early apostolic church were Jews who had accepted Jesus as the Messiah, and all the church leaders were Judean-Christians. Do you know that there are approximately 12,000,000 Jews in the world? Do you know that about 6,000,000 of these people live in North America, scattered in over more than 9,000 cities and towns? Do you know that almost all of them are still in darkness, with no knowledge of their longed-for Messiah, and without hope? Do you know that Seventh-day Adventists have a great responsibility to these people of the Book? Do you know that Seventh-day Adventists operate a Bible correspondence school operating under the name The Israelite Heritage Institute and that 23,000 persons enrolled in this course during the year 1964? Do you know that a quarterly magazine called Israelite is published by the Pacific Press Publishing Association especially for Jewish readers? Elder R. L. Odom is the editor. The present subscription list is about 5,000, which includes some overseas subscribers, really not very many among the millions of ethnic Jews in America. WHAT SHALL WE DO? Plan now to help place the Israelite magazine in the hands of as many persons of Jewish origin in North America as possible. THIS IS HOW TO DO IT! Sabbath, March 20, 1965, has been designated as Israelite promotion day, and a brief program has been prepared for presentation at the church missionary period. (See March GO magazine for the material for this program). Make a list of the names of persons of Jewish origin in your community, especially leading people, to whom you would like to have this magazine sent for a year or more. The subscription price is $1.00 per year. Subscriptions are to be placed in the hands of the church missionary secretary, or sent to your book and Bible house. Should you desire to help send the Israelite to Jews in North America but have no names to submit, you may place your money for the subscriptions in a tithe envelope and mark it "FOR ISRAELITE;" we shall provide the names from our lists. We urge you to help us double the subscription list of Israelite this year so that we may send it to at least 10,000 Jewish people. Do it for God and for His "lost sheep of the house of Israel." Christ died for the Jews as well as for the Gentiles. "We must get away from our smallness and make larger plans. There must be a wider reaching forth to work for those who are nigh and those who are afar off. . . . Let there be special efforts for the enlightenment of the Jews." — Ellen G. White Manuscript 87, 1907. (Italics supplied). Vol. 64 March 3, 1965 No. 9 Postal Address: P. 0. Box 377, Keene, Texas. Postmasters and subscribers: Please send all changes of address to: THE RECORD, P.O. Box 377, Keene, Texas. EDITOR H. W. Klaser Assistant Editor_________Pauline Hubbard Official organ of the Southwestern Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. Published by the College Press, Keene, Texas. Communications or copy not originating in a local conference of the Southwestern Union should be addressed to the Southwestern Union Conference of Seventhday Adventists, P.O. Box 400, Richardson, Texas. ALL COPY, SUBSCRIPTIONS, ADVERTISEMENTS AND CORRESPONDENCE from church members in the Southwestern Union should be addressed to the LOCAL CONFERENCE OFFICE. Published weekly (fifty issues a year, omitting weeks of June 1 and December 25) by the College Press, Keene, Texas, for the Southwestern Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. Price, two dollars a year. Entered as second-class matter October 24, 1902, at the Post Office, Keene, Texas, under Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. CONFERENCE DIRECTORY SOUTHWESTERN UNION CONFERENCE 600 South Central Expressway, (P.O. Box 400), RICHARDSON, TEXAS President L. C. Evans Secretary-Treasurer H. W. Maser Auditor B L. Cook Education R. A. Nesmith W. E. Speyer H. H. E. S H.M., S.S., and Radio-TV______A. R. Mazat H. W. Klaser Pub. Rela., ASI Publishing Secretary____J. T. Welch Y.P.M.V., Religious Liberty, Temperance _E. Frank Sherrill LOCAL CONFERENCE DI RECTORY ARKANSAS-LOUISIANA-0. D. Wright, President; P. I. Nosworthy, Secretarytreasurer; (P. 0. Box 5548) 333 Southfield Rd., Shreveport, La. OKLAHOMA — W. A. Dessain, President; W. B. Robinson, Secretary-treasurer; (P. 0. Box 528) 525 N. W. 13th St., Oklahoma City, Okla. SOUTHWEST REGION — .. L. Roberts, President; L. D. Henderson, Secretarytreasurer; (P. 0. Box 6289) 1900 S. Boulevard, Dallas, Tex. TEXAS — B. E. Leach, President; C. W. Skantz, Secretary-treasurer; 2838 Hemphill Street, Fort Worth, Tex. TEXICO — G. H. Rustad, President; H. W. Pritchard, Secretary-treasurer; (P. 0. Box 1399) 1522 Van Buren St., Amarillo, Tex. Those desiring should make wills, trust agreements, and annuities in favor of the legal association rather than the conference. Write your conference secretary-treasurer for further information. 2 "Listen" Magazine "Temperance is the good right arm of our message." What is the meaning of this challenging statement from the pen of inspiration? It indicates that positive self-control is the only true strength in the life of the Christian, the family, and the church. But such a "character is not the result of accident; it is not due to special favors or endowments of Providence. A noble character is the result of self-discipline, of the subjection of the lower to the higher nature. . . ." How does one develop self-control, this noble character? "Something better is the watchword of education, the law of all true living. Whatever Christ asks us to renounce, He offers in its stead something better. . . ." Listen has taken a bold step forward in presenting "something better" thirty times each year. Listen News Service (twice monthly) is to be introduced in Seventh - day Adventist churches across the nation on February 27. It is hard-hitting, yet positive and constructive in its emphasis. It is designed to bring special help to every Adventist home. It is also designed to attract loved ones and friends to experimental "better living." The cost of this thrilling new coverage of "better living" is $2.50 a year. This includes 6 issues of Listen magazine and 24 issues of Listen News Service. Read your complimentary copy of the News Service and join Listen in its positive exercise to strengthen "the good right arm of our message." ELMAN J. FOLKENBERG, Director, Temperance Department. Columbia Union Answers Project Thousands of church members in the 446 churches in the Columbia Union distributed one million Faith for Today leaflets on Sabbath, October 17, 1964, inviting folk contacted to enroll in the Bible correspondence course. The Bible course enrollment leaflet highlights some of the key problems of today, including crime and juvenile delinquency plus the troubled international situation. Then it points to the Bible as containing the solution to every human problem, inviting the reader to enroll in the Faith for Today Bible Correspondence course. Neal Wilson C. C. Weis The union-wide projects included some of the largest cities in the metropolitan areas of the United States. Each leaflet included a brief local log, listing TV stations on which Faith for Today could be viewed. Organizing the project was Elder C. C. Weis, Home Missionary Secretary of the Columbia Union. The project originated in the Chesapeake Conference where Elders Cyril Miller and Bill May are planning for more aggressive evangelism. From there it was picked up by the union leadership and enlarged to include hundreds of churches and thousands of church members throughout the Columbia Union territory, which includes the states of Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia. Church members have reacted enthusiasically to the project. One commented : "I wish we could have more of this home-to-home visitation. It brings a blessings to me, and I am confident it helps those who are contacted." Still another stated that he had come across some excellent interests just by visiting from door to door. The idea for a giant literature distribution project has been taken up by other unions also. The Atlantic Union is presently planning on a mass distribution day when 500,000 Faith for Today Bible Course enrollment leaflets will be given out in its territory. Surely this is a day of remarkable opportunity when the promise is good that God's word will not come back to Him void. GORDON F. DALRYMPLE, Editor of Publications, Faith for Today. "Rich Revelations of Jesus" Author: Daniel R. Guild "The mature Christian is at peace with God, with himself, and with the world about him. . . . Trouble and turmoil may surround us, yet we enTHE RECORD joy a calmness and peace of mind of which the world knows nothing. This inward peace is reflected in a cheerful countenance, an unruffled temper, and a vigorous, glowing experience that stimulates all with whom we come in contact." Bible Commentary, note on Isaiah 26:3. Is this your experience? Or do you feel a lack of something vital? "In a unique way Revelation, the last book in the Bible, reveals Christ to hungry human hearts." So says Daniel R. Guild, author of Rich Revelations of Jesus, a new volume just released by Southern Publishing Association — a volume designed to meet a man's practical needs in the twentieth century. Daniel R. Guild, a graduate of our seminary, is a minister with experience both in the home field and overseas. Presently he serves in the Far East. Through His prophets of old God has instructed us that a blessing awaits those who hear and keep the words of the Revelation. Through His modern-day prophet He has instructed us that "the last book of the New Testament is full of truth that we need to understand." MILDRED E. MEYER, Editorial Assistant, Southern Publishing Association. Items to Inspire 0 Campmeeting dates—Baton Rouge June 3-5; Gentry — June 9-12. 0 Union-wide Laymen's Congress — Keene, Texas — June 15-19. 0 4,000 copies of the special October, 1964, issue of Life and Health, dealing with smoking, were placed in high schools of Rapides Parish in Louisiana, with the approval of the Parish Superintendent of Education. 0 Pray daily for the many evangelistic revival meetings and FiveDay Stop Smoking Clinics being conducted throughout the conference. 0 Imagine being able to secure Ministry of Healing under the title Life At Its Best, missionary book for 1965, for only $1.00! 0 Graduation weekend at Ozark Academy is May 21-23. 0 Summer Camp — June 27 July 4 at Bistineau State Park. Fie Len;n9red aM.On • Cairo The above map depicts the proposed itinerary for the 1965 Union College summer tour. This three-continent trip is a real bargain for $1545. Six hours of college credit in history, religion, and geograpy may be acquired if desired. The tour is open to anyone physically able to make the trip. For further information, write: Dr. R. K. Nelson, Union College, Lincoln, Nebraska. March 3, 1965, Volume 64, No. 9 Left to right: Mayor George Bowden, Frank 0. Hunter (owner of the building), and J. L. Neil, pastor of the Alexandria district. Open House at Alexandria Health and Welfare Center Four years ago this month an Alexandria, Louisiana, businessman, Mr. Frank 0. Hunter, became so impressed with Seventh-day Adventist Health and Welfare work that he donated a downtown building to the Alexandria church for a Health and Welfare Center. On Tuesday, February 2, a very lovely Open House ceremony marked the fourth anniversary of this splendid gift. The donors, Mr. and Mrs. Frank 0. Hunter, were present along with many guests from the city. During the course of the open house, nine members of the Alexandria-Pineville ministerial association visited at the center. Mayor W. George Bowden of Alexandria, guest speaker for the occasion, spoke of the blessings the Health and Welfare Center had brought to the city and encouraged a greater expansion of services on the part of Seventh-day Adventists. The center is now equipped to offer a variety of services to the general public, one of which will soon be introduced in the form of the "Five-day Plan" to stop smoking. Other services will be courses in health and nutrition and medical self-help. Emergency help in the form of clothing and food has been dispensed from the center since its opening four years ago. The vision and conviction on the part of Pastor J. L. Neil, of the specific place health and welfare services must occupy in the program of Seventh-day Adventists, has played a great part in the existence and prog3 ress of the center. Elder J. 0. Wilson, associate pastor of the Alexandria district, acted as master of ceremonies for the open house occasion and those present and participating from the local conference were elders Wright, Nosworthy, Carubba and Elder. W. H. ELDER, JR., Secretary, Home Missionary Department. MV Society Organized in Arkansas-Louisiana Sabbath afternoon, January 23, the MV Society of the newly-organized Clinton Company had their first meeting. A special feature of the program on the "Word of God" was the appearance of two youth in costume representing David and Ruth. Emphasis was on Bible reading for the year of 1965. This first meeting was well attended by both old and young, and some who had come the greatest distance said it was well worth the trip to see and hear the youth in action. The next meeting was an informal gathering at the home of the MV leader, June Willoughby. Valentines with Bible verses inside were made and were passed around in the senior citizens' home on Sabbath afternoon, February 13. W. D. WELCH, Secretary, MV Department, Arkansas-Lousiana Conference. Medical Center, Gentry, Arkansas. High Day In Gentry On November 16, 1964, the new medical center in Gentry, Arkansas, opened its doors. Dr. Donald Weaver, his wife Jeanette, and their two sons moved to our community. Capt, Robert Weaver and his wife Marlene, with their two children, will join forces with Donald's family next summer and then our clinic, built to house two doctors, will be staffed. The Gentry community raised the funds to construct the beautiful new clinic, with the arrangement in the contract that our doctors will be able to take the option and purchase the building in two years. The Lord is already blessing Dr. Weaver with an excellent practice. We know this program will be a tremendous asset to our work in this R. G. WERTZ. area. MV Rally OZARK ACADEMY FEBRUARY 26, 27 FEATURING: E. Frank Sherrill, SW Union Youth Leader Don Aalborg, Oklahoma Youth Leader Wally Welch, Arkansas-Louisiana Youth Leader Singspiration: Sabbath, 2:30 p.m. Come and enjoy beautiful music and thrilling experiences. Attention, Ministers ARKANSAS-LOUISIANA Dorcas Federation Meetings Sunday, February 28 — 10:00 a•m. Northwest Federation Ozark Academy Church, Gentry Arkansas. Monday, March 1 — 10:00 a.m. Central Federation Gardner Street at Avery, Hot Springs, Arkansas Tuesday, March 2 — 10:00 a.m. West Central Federation Shreveport Junior Academy, Shreveport, Louisiana Wednesday, March 3 — 10:00 a.m. Southern Federation 2291 Government Street, Baton Rouge, Louisiana Personnel: C. E. Guenther of the General Conference Home Missionary Department; G. M. Schram, Southwestern Union Home Missionary Department; W. H. Elder, Jr., Arkansas-Louisiana Home Missionary Department; and Mrs. K. L. Paap, Conference Federation President of the Arkansas-Louisiana Conference. WELFARE INSTITUTE MEETINGS Thursday, March 4 — 7:30 p.m. Hammond, Louisiana Hammond SDA Church, Park and Orange Streets Friday, March 5 — 7:30 p.m. New Orleans, Louisiana New Orleans #1 SDA Church, 3500 St. Charles Street. 4 Many of you expressed an interest in obtaining some of the volumes which Elder H. M. S. Richards recommended at the time of our Union Workers' Meeting. We now have a supply of these books, and are ready to fill your orders. They are listed here for your convenience in ordering. $5.00 Crises of the Christ by C. Campbell Morgan Life In the Son $4.95 by Robert L. Shank Screwtape Letters $3.50 by C. S. Lewis In and Around the Book of Daniel $4.95 by Charles Boutflower $3.50 Commentary on Romans by Luther $5.00 New Translations by Calvin $3.75 Meaning of Relativity by Albert Einstein Principle of Relativity $1.75 by Albert Einstein Special and General Theory $2.75 by Albert Einstein THE RECORD Profitable Bible Study $2.75 by Wilbur C. Smith Treasury of Books for Bible $2.25 Study by W. A. Wilde Company Wrestlers With God $2.95 by Clarence MacArthey Surprise by Joy .40 by C. S. Lewis Send your order now to the Oklahoma Book and Bible House, P. 0. Box 528, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73101. Please allow 15 cents for the first book and 5 cents for each additional book to cover the cost of mailing. Tax as applicable. Visitation Day — March 6 We thank God for Home Visitation Days. They have brought real inspiration to hundreds of families. Many have enrolled in the Bible Correspondence course as a result. Surely the Lord had a hand in bringing about the plan to visit the homes of the people on a specific day. What the results will be of these many, many visits, we shall not be able to determine until we get into the kingdom. Who can deny that this plan is but another step toward making it possible for us to bring souls into the message? Our next scheduled Home Visitation Day will be Sabbath, March 6. We had planned to use the streamlined tract on the second coming of Christ, entitled This May Stop You. We just received word today from the publishing house that, because of a few changes that will be made in the tract, it will not be off the press until another couple of months. Here is a piece of literature that I wish could be placed in every home in Oklahoma in 1965. This gigantic task could be accomplished by following a very definite, systematic plan. We should begin our visitation within close proximity to our own church; then the next visitation should begin where we left off on March 6. By following this plan, we should be able to cover every home by the close of the year. It is utterly impossible to cover all the homes at one time, so it is most important that our churches be so organized that there will not be any duplication in succeeding Home Visitations. Could not many more of our churches plan for Home Visitation once a week, or at least once a month? This plan would bring new life to many churches. Make sure that your March 3, 1965, Volume 64, No. 9 New sanctuary at Bartlesville, Oklahoma. Bartlesville Goes Forward The accompanying picture will give an idea of the fine sanctuary that the Bartlesville congregation has erected this fall and winter. The padded pews and ornate interior speak for the quality of the building, and the love and affection that the members are showering on their church home. Not quite finished as yet, the congregation there is already looking forward to an early dedication, free of all debts and encumbrances. Nearby, and on the grounds, a building which will be the beginnings of a church school, is being planned for. The Bartlesville membership stands at 78. Having a church school is not a new thing for them, as they have had one off and on while located in their former church site. The new church is located on the southeast edge of town, on the highway that runs to Nowata, ten miles away. church has a good supply of This May Stop You. One pastor has already ordered 7,000 of these tracts; he is thinking strongly of getting another 25,000. Make sure that your church has good ammunition to pass out, not only on March 6, but on succeeding Sabbaths throughout the year. W. G. LARSON, Director, Laymen's Activities, Elder Clarence Southard, district leader, has worked and planned untiringly to make the present monument to the Seventh-day Adventist truth possible. Strong evangelistic work is being planned in the near future. The hope is to greatly build up the work in the wonderful and prosperous city there. W. A. DESSAIN, President. 0611 oft Victoria Revival The one-week revival in Victoria, conducted by Pastor L. E. Tucker, conference revivalist, and Pastor Dick White, district leader, resulted in seven decisions to unite with the church. Two of these — Mrs. Jean Dierlam and Mrs. Joyce Mayfield — were baptized at the closing service on Sabbath, January 23. The others are preparing for the next baptismal service. Pastor White is continuing meetings in Victoria with a special Bible marking program called, "My Bible Says." In April he will launch a six-weeks' Air-a-torium Crusade in Wharton. A weekly visitation and literature witnessing ministry by the El Campo church members has been preparing the way for these meetings in Wharton for many months. 5 H. W. Christensen H. W. Christensen We regret to announce the death of Elder Herbert W. Christensen on Sabbath, January 16, 1965, in Denton, Texas. Elder Christensen was born June 21, 1894, in Mahtowa, Minnesota, As a young man he colporteured to earn his way through Maplewood Academy, where he was graduated in 1916. Following one year as a teacher, he entered the ministry in the Minnesota Conference, where he was ordained in 1922 by C. S. Longacre. Later he attended Union College. He married Alta Hilliard whose parents had been pioneer missionaries in the South Pacific Islands. Elder Christensen became the Home Missionary Secretary of the Minnesota Conference; then he accepted an invitation to do pastoral-evangelistic work in Iowa. In 1928 he entered foreign mission service as superintendent of the South India Union Mission. Also he served as president of the Western India Union Mission, covering a total of eleven years of foreign mission service. While traveling in a bullock cart to a village appointment in Western India, he sustained a spinal injury from which he suffered for many years. Returning to the United States, he served as pastor-evangelist in the Wisconsin Conference, then as civilian chaplain at Camp Barkeley, Texas, during the war. For eight years he was pastor of the First Church in Dallas and made a strong contribution to the growth of the work in that area. From Galveston, Texas, he accepted a call to East Pennsylvania. Following a brief retirement in California, in 1960 he responded to 6 part-time pastorate of the Denton, Texas, church. It was at his home in Denton that he suffered a sudden heart attack which took his life on Sabbath, January 16, ending 48 years of active ministry. Survivors are his wife of Denton; four sons: Norman W., of Dallas; Dr. Merton A., of Newark, Delaware; Victor Roland, of Takoma Park, Maryland; Elwyn L., of Glendale, California; seven grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Olga Eyberg, of Duluth, Minnesota; four brothers: Nels, of Elberta, Alabama; Dr. Ott, of Spring City, Tennessee; Dr. John of Collegedale, Tennessee; and Emil, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. We extend sincere sympathies to Sister Christensen and four sons, and other relatives in their time of sorrow. Corpus Christi Crusade A seven-fold "amen" echoed through the courts of heaven and the Corpus Christi church on Sabbath, February 13, as the two-week Crusade for Christ conducted by Pastor L. E. Tucker, conference revivalist, reached its climax with the baptism of seven precious souls by Elder Rodney Dale, church pastor, and the decision of six others to unite with the church at the next baptismal service. The earnest prayers of Mrs. Terry Ricks, Mrs. Joe Burns and Mrs. Everett Hopkins broke into overflowing praise as they witnessed the baptisms of their husbands. Brother and Sister Raymond Menges, who faithfully brought Mrs. Martha Aguilar to the fifteen meetings, were bubbling over STOP LOOK LISTEN Texas Spring Dorcas Federation Meetings Gulf Coast Federation — Sunday, March 7 — Houston Pecan Park Church (1405 Floral) Valley Federation — Monday, March 8, — Weslaco Church (1000 Bridge Street) Alamo Federation — Tuesday, March 9 — Austin Church (301 Anderson Lane) Northeastern Federation — Wednesday, March 10 — Jefferson Church (41/2 miles on FM 7238) Northern Federation — Thursday, March 11 — Waco Church (801 New Highway 6) GUEST SPEAKER: C. E. Guenther, General Conference Home Missionary Secretary. Bring a Carload All Meetings — 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. R. A. Bata, Texas Home Missionary Secretary. 8-2t TEXAS SABBATH SCHOOL WORKSHOPS 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. (Except Dallas Workshop — 1:00 - 4:00 p.m.) Weslaco Church — 100 Bridge Street, Sabbath, March 6 Dallas Oak Cliff Church — 229 Hollywood, Sunday, March 7 Galveston Church — 1628 Avenue M1/2, Sunday, March 7 San Antonio South Church — 2526 Goliad Road, Sunday, March 14 Jefferson Church — 41/2 miles on FM 7238, Sunday, March 14 WHO? WHAT? All area Sabbath School division leaders and teachers urged to attend. Exchange of ideas, patterns, etc. Bring an idea with you. Bring a Sack Lunch! R. A. Bata, Texas Sabbath School Secretary. 8-2t THE RECORD with joy as they witnessed her baptism. The parents of Barbara Vanderboss and the mothers of Charles Lyberger, Jr., and Kathy Taylor presented with joy their eleven-year-olds for baptism. Church members testified of a deepened spiritual experience and a rekindling of the first love during the Crusade. A number of non-attending members returned to the fold with renewed determination to be faithful to the end. MV Youth Rallies ELGIN SABBATH, FEBRUARY 27 Sabbath School Church Service Youth Rally Social 9:30 a.m. 11:00 a.m. 4:30 p.m. 7:00 p.m. Special Guest: W. E. Burns BEAUMONT SABBATH, MARCH 5-6 Friday evening, March 5 7:30 p.m. MV Sabbath, March 6 Sabbath School 9:30 a.m. 11:00 a.m. Church Youth Rally 3:30 p.m. Special Guests: E. Frank Sherrill W. E. Burns WELCOME 1 gPREAD THE WORD 1 BY RADIO '010E OF PROPHECY Enroll 100,000 More Bible Students Evangelism Advance in North America Mena KENA 1450 9:30 AM Monticello KHBM 1430 7:30 AM Siloam Springs, Wed., Fri., Sat. KUOA 1290 19:30 AM LOUISIANA Alexandria KSYL 970 9:30 AM Lake Charles K.PLC 1470 9:30 AM Monroe KMLB 1440 9:30 AM KMLB-FM 104.1 9:30 AM New Orleans WNOE 1060 10:30 AM Shreveport KCIJ 980 9:30 AM NEW MEXICO Albuquerque KGGM 610 6:45 PM Sun.-Sat. Artesia KSVP 990 5:05 PM KLMX 1450 5:30 PM Clayton KICA 980 8:30 AM Clovis Farmington KENN 1390 10:00 AM KWEW 1480 8:00 AM Hobbs Las Cruces KGRT 570 9:30 AM KLEA 630 8:30 AM Lovington Tucumcari KTNM 1400 9:30 AM KTNM 1400 10:00 AM Mon. -Sat. OKLAHOMA KADA 1230 3:00 PM Ada KVSO 1240 8:30 AM Ardmore KGWA 960 6:30 AM Enid, Mon.-Sat. KGYN 1220 8:30 AM Guymon KGLC 910 9:30 AM Miami KTOK 100 8:30 AM Oklahoma City KRMG 740 9:30 AM Tulsa TEXAS KVLF 1240 9:30 AM Alpine KRAY 1360 9:00 AM Amarillo Beaumont (See Port Arthur) KBYG 1400 9:30 AM Big Spring KCTA 1030 9:30 AM Corpus Christi KLIF 1190 8:30 AM Dallas KLIF-FM 98.7 8:30 AM Denison (See Sherman KRRV) KULP 1390 8:00 AM El Campo KHEY 690 9:30 AM El Paso 10:30 AM Fort Sam Houston KBGH Houston KILT 610 8:30 AM KOST-FM 100.3 8:30 AM KVOZ 1490 9:30 AM Laredo KLUE 1280 9:30 AM Longwiew KCBD 1590 9:30 AM Lubbock KBUS 1590 8:00 AM Mexia KJBC 1150 12:15 PM Midland KSFE 860 9:35 AM Nacogdoches KNET 1450 5:00 PM Palestine KPDN 1340 10:00 AM Pampa KIUN 1400 9:30 AM Pecos KEYE 1400 10:00 AM Perrytown KPAC 1250 9:00 AM Port Arthur KTLU 1580 9:15 AM Rusk KWFR 1260 10:00 AM San Angelo San Antonio KBAT 680 9:05 AM KRRV 910 10:00 AM Sherman-Denison Texarkana KCMC 740 9:30 AM Victoria KVIC 1340 9:00 AM KWTX 1230 9:00 AM Waco Wichita Falls KWFT 620 7:30 PM OBITUARIES MERCER, Airman Third Class Theodore Leon, son of Garold and Ethel Conley Mercer, was born at Providence, Rhode Island, on November 11, 1944, and passed away at Pensacola, Florida, on February 3, 1965, as the result of a car accident, at the age of 20 years, 2 months, and 22 days. He leaves to mourn his passing, his father and mother of Gepp, Arkansas; two sisters: Mrs. Gail McSpadden and Miss Bonita of the home; his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Ida Conley of Forum, Arkanses, and one niece and one nephew besides a host of relatives and friends. "Teddy," as he was affectionately called, was a member of the Mammoth Spring SDA Church and he loved to use his VOP Radio Log Sundays unless otherwise noted. Subject to change. Consult your local paper. Issued February 1, 1965. ARKANSAS KTFA 1340 9:30 AM Batesville KTHS 1480 8:00 AM Berryville KTCS 1410 10:00 AM Fort Smith KHOZ 900 9:30 AM Harrison KFFA 1360 9:00 AM Helena KBHS 590 10:00 AM Hot Springs KBTM 1230 10:30 AM Jonesboro KBTM-FM 101.9 10:30 AM Little Rock KARK 920 9:30 AM KARK-FM 103.7 9:30 AM March 3, 1965, Volume 64, No. 9 "Question 7" Student Association Benefit Southwestern Union College 8:00 p.m. Evans Hall March 6 $1.00 Adult Admission .50 Children 12 and under Children under 3 free lovely voice in leading the music, or in providing special music. His loss is keenly felt by all who knew him. Words of comfort were given by the writer, assisted Ly Elder Estey and Pastor Rowden. Teddy was laid to rest to await the voice of the Lifegiver in the Oxford Cemetery. —E. A. Lemon. LAMBERT, Mrs. Minnie, faithful member of the Bonnerdale Seventh-day Adventist Church, was born in Attala, Alabama, on December 18, 1878, and died January 15, at Bonnerdale, Arkansas. She leaves two sons: Verner of Indiana, Haskell of Bonnerdale; and six daughters: Mrs. Pannel, Florence Ewing Zettie Winfred Reppo, Pat Lambert, all of Bonnerdale; and Retha Ewing of all Hot Springs, as well as one sister, Bessie McCoy of California. Also left are 20 grandchildren, 27 great-grandchildren, and 3 great-great-grandchildren. Grandma Lembert joined the Bonnerdale church in 1906 as a charter member and was active until a few weeks before her death. Her faithfulness and charity were attested to by the overflow crowd which thronged the church as well as outside for the services conducted by the pastor. Burial was in the church cemetery where our dear Sister Minnie awaits the call of Jesus the Lifegiver at His second coming. George Green, Pastor. BUSINESS NOTICES Send all advertisements to your local conference office for approval. Rate: Fifty words or less, one insertion, $3.00. Each additional word, including names and addresses, 5c per word. Payment must accompany copy. FOR SALE: Twenty-four bed sanitarium, Imperial Valley, California. Well established, filled, good income. Terms. Seventh-day Adventist church and church school. Charles Martin, 1404 4th Street, 9-1t. S.W., Ardmore, Oklahoma. HEALTH FOODS, ALL BRANDS. Wholesale and retail. Worthington, Battle, Creek, Loma Linda, Madison, Lange, Sunnydale, Cedar Lake, and others. Freight paid on orders $40.00 or over. Write for price list and order blank. National Health Food Distributors, Keene, Texas. 9-7t alt. FOR RENT, farm home, 40 acres in field, 40 in pasture, 4-room house, concrete storm cellar, barn, chicken and brooder house, wash house and windmill. 12 miles northeast of Brownwood, Texas. Velma Joyner, Route 2, Blanket, Texas. REGISTERED NURSES NEEDED. Good working conditions in modern hospital. Good salary, prevailing wages. Contact Charles Martin, Administrator, Ardmore Seventh-day Adventist Hospital, Ardmore, Oklahoma. ?-3t. E Mar. 5 Mar. 12 6:46 6:40 Abilene, Texas 6:51 6.46 Amarillo, Texas 6:40 6:37 Brownsville, Texas 6:33 6:27 Dallas, Texas 6:12 El Paso, Texas 6:07 6:35 Fort Worth, Texas 6:26 Galveston, Texas _6:16 6:24 Gentry, Arkansas Keene, Texas 6:35 6:29 6:14 6 .08 Little Rock, Arkansas 6:26 Muskogee, Oklahoma 6:06 6:02 New Orleans, Louisiana 6:35 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma ...._6:29 6:41 6:36 San Antonio, Texas 6:09 Santa Fe, New Mexico 6:21 Shreveport, Louisiana _6:22 6:29 Tulsa, Oklahoma 7 Statistical Secretary General Conference of SDA Takoma Park Wash DC REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY, 1965 J. T. Welch, Union Publishing Secretary in the Southwestern Union ARKANSAS-LOUISIANA W. B. Moore, publishing secretary Total Accum. Hours Deliv. Deliv. L. E. Pittman District C. Bolden Mrs. Edward Creel W. F. Davis Addie L. Dyer John Henderson Curtis Hendricks C. W. Long Ruth Nosworthy 33 10 100 74 40 211 122 40 69.47 88.50 69.47 88.50 195.27 88.50 1524.93 281.00 172.00 195.27 88.50 1524.93 281.00 172.00 District Total 630 2419.67 2419.67 165 James Blount 16 Lucille Carrico 78 R. A. Colgrove 32 Mrs. Blanche Cox 73 E. H. Hays 123 A. J. Hilton Mrs. V. 0. Schneider 50 6 Mrs. Roy Ulmer 4 O. H. Weaver 154 Alvin A. Wilson 1652.95 177.00 370.75 92.50 959.50 167.00 809.95 88.50 95.00 1022.75 1652.95 177.00 370.75 92.50 959.50 167.00 809.95 88.50 95.00 1022.76 701 5435.90 5435.90 Dan McIntosh District District Total Denton James District 6 A. H. Blount 155 J. Wayne Blount 53 Mrs. Utahn Dupont 31 F. Gaspard Newton Meeks Misc. Fred Robertson District Total GRAND TOTAL 62 160 467 1798 177.50 177.50 918.65 918.65 471.21 471.21 425.50 425.50 286.75 286.75 93.32 93.32 957.70 957.70 3330.63 3330.63 11186.20 11186.20 OKLAHOMA Ronnie Appenzeller, publishing secretary Accum. Total Deliv. Hours Deliv. Oklahoma City No. 1 Nita Rae Brown Andrew Burton Emil D. Ehrlich J. J. Johnson Mrs. Willie Kerbs S. B. Scaggs Lee Thomas Charles Vaughn Opal Vaughn District Total 4 15 65 72 5 16 201 55 57 490 Tulsa District No. 2 40.57 29.25 376.55 114.75 15.75 90.50 1550.50 60.00 285.25 2563.12 40.57 29.25 376.55 114.75 15.75 90.50 1550.50 60.00 285.25 856.45 255.50 T. R. Greenwood James B. Thomas District Total 134 113 247 856.45 255.50 1111.95 GRAND TOTAL 737 3675.07 2563.12 1111.95 3675.07 SOUTHWEST REGION A. S. Francis, publishing secretary Total Accum. Deliv. Hours Deliv. Rudolph Cush Mrs. J. Judson Ed Jackson Alfred Lyn Ernest Rodney Odea D. Sigh Jack Stell Julian Sylvester Mrs. Marie Tate Mr. and Mrs. Wedgeworth Total 42 130 130 229 56 126 126 102 29 200.00 135.10 874.20 138.66 950.90 428.50 546.21 77.90 200.00 135.10 874.20 138.66 950.90 428.50 546.21 77.90 62 1032 194.50 3545.97 194.50 3545.97 TEXAS LaMar Allred, publishing secretary Total Accum. Hours Deliv. Deliv. Southern District, S. J. Harrell (Houston) Charles Cates James erell R. J. Fortner 8 136 1127.00 1127.00 137 529.65 529.65 143 Mrs. M. L. Tidwell Mrs. Doris Tolson Seng Chai Wu 25 133 97 168.50 682.25 1067.25 District Total! 591 5322.00 168.50 682.25 1067.25 5322.00 Northern District, Lewis Norwood (Fort Worth) Mrs. Grady Benson 123 1571.45 1571.45 103.25 103.25 J. M. Booth 501.25 501.25 Mrs. M. Canterbury ,84 725.00 725.00 157 J. D. Davis Michael Kebbas Richard McKinney Jack Weland District Total GRAND TOTAL Leading Man Leading Woman James Blount Mrs. Edith Cain TEXICO J. F. Hamel, publishing secretary Deliveries $1,652.95 Deliveries $1913.25 Deliv. Per Hr. $11.73 Deliv. Per Hr. $10.01 John F. Heald Mrs. M. Heddings Mrs. F. Morris R. E. Sellman District Total 139 119 161 155 990 582.20 595.00 937.10 523.75 582.20 595.00 937.10 523.75 4294.70 4294.70 Southern District, Dale Hoover (ValleySan Antonio) 165 1168.75 1168.75 W. M. Beach J. M. Booth 0. L. Brown Mrs. Hugh Cupps Don Gillham Samuel Hope Mrs. G. Stewart District Total 15 126 100 138 50 180 220.50 220.50 327.25 327.25 756.95 756.95 750.70 750.70 229.00 229.00 1310.25 1310.25 774 4763.40 4763.40 Northern District, Don Young (Dallas) James Beecher Mrs. Edith Cain 173 163 1490.75 1490.75 1913.75 1913.75 138 1292.40 1292.40 513.00 513.00 167 401.25 401.25 95 764 5107.60 6107.60 3119 19487.70 19487.70 Total Hours Deliv. John Hamel District 7 Mrs. Irene Brown 122 Jay M. Franklin Accum. Deliv. 13 Mrs. Stella Muse James 0. McMurray 1 187 Clyde Rasor 173 W. A. Stark Mrs. Clara Summers 109 195.25 59.00 93.50 767.90 1576.00 1152.00 195.25 59.00 93.50 767.90 1576.00 1152.00 612 3843.70 3843.70 177.00 442.25 167.00 711.00 83.50 177.00 442.25 167.00 711.00 83.50 District Total Wilford Anglin District 6 Wilford Anglin Mrs. 0. Ankarstran 131 3 Dan Collins 138 Mrs. F. Firestone 3 Ernie Mitchell 8 Mrs. H. S. Qualls District Total GRAND TOTAL UN ION TOTALS 289 1580.75 1580.75 5424.45 901 5424.45 7585 43319.39 43319.39 To Draft-age Young Men Associate Director, National Service Organization. CLARK SMITH, While none of us are able to foretell the future, we do well to take a good look at current happenings that give indications of future trends. Every family that has a young man in the draft age, or soon to be of draft age, is interested in the trends of the draft. Statements were made during the recent political campaign that the draft should be abolished. No doubt this will be worked out eventually. It has taken approximately 500,000 new recruits each year to maintain the current total of 2,700,000 persons in the Armed Forces of the United States. From June 1963 to June 1964 an average of 12,000 each month were drafted and 24,000 each month enlisted. The total came to 430,000 which is short of the 500,000 needed. Since June, 1964, the average number of drafted men has been about 6,000 each month. At the same time the number voluntarily enlisting has dropped. There are various observers who see in these statistics a good possibility of much larger draft calls soon in order to maintain the total needed for the Armed Forces. These factors merely remind us that it is necessary for each young Seventh-day Adventist man to properly prepare himself for possible military service as he approaches draft age. If it is at all possible, parents should see to it that their young men get Seventh-day Adventist Medical Cadet Corps training. This is offered in most of our academies and each summer. The training for this most observers feel that the process will require several years. In the meantime, what of trends in the near future? THE RECORD