Review and Herald for 1962

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September 6. 1962
OFFICIAL
TINEr SEVENTH -DAYs ADVENTIST CHURCH
* The Heresy of Time
Setting
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NTREAT me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go;
and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall
be my people, and thy God my God" (Ruth 1:16).
With these beautiful words Ruth the Moabitess
pledged her loyalty to God. She could have returned with
Orpah to her father's house and probably married a
Moabite. She could have lived the life of other Moabitish
women—and never have been heard of again! But she was
drawn to the God of her widowed mother-in-law, Naomi,
and was willing to give up all in order to serve Him. How
could she stay among the heathen and worship the true
God! Orpah returned to her native land and, doubtless,
to her heathen religion with its false gods, and was never
heard of again.
Ruth's choice meant giving up all, for Naomi was going
home a poor woman, with no husband to support her.
There was nothing left but the land allotted to every
Israelite, and perhaps it would not be hers until the year
of jubilee when all property would return to its original
owner.
"Thy God [will be] my God"! Ruth was thoroughly
converted. She was ready to suffer poverty if need be in
order to be with those who worshiped the true God. She
was willing to go out into the fields and glean, to do menial
labor, that she might be with God's people. And God used
her self-sacrificing, industrious spirit to bring her to the
attention of Boaz, a man of great wealth, a relative of her
husband. She became the wife of this good man. Furthermore, he was in the line of which Christ, the Redeemer of
the world, was later born. God rewarded Ruth's kindness
and sacrifice by making her an ancestor of the Redeemer!
"The Lord recompense thy work, and a full reward be
given thee of the Lord God of Israel, under whose wings
thou art come to trust." These were the words with which
Boaz pronounced his blessing.
God is just as faithful today in blessing His people. So
make Him first! "Thy God [will be] my God." When Ruth
left Moab she didn't ask what the prospects were in Israel.
She did not ask what the chances were of her returning to
Moab, in case she did not get a good job. We need to follow
Ruth's noble example and trust God in the shadows as
well as in the sunshine!
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I'll trust Him though the storm may beat,
In winter cold, and summer's heat.
I'll trust my Saviour through them all,
I know He will not let me fall.
We're pilgrims in a foreign land;
I'll place in His my trembling hand,
And let Him lead me all the way.
I know He'll hear me when I pray.
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By Elma P. Lawrence
No. 42
The Heresy
of Time Setting
By Robert L. Odom
Index Editor, White Publications
Time setting arouses the curiosity and interest of the unstable, but
it is firmly opposed by God-given messages through the Spirit of
Prophecy.
T
HE itch for setting the time,
the precise date, for the fulfillment of promises or predictions
in the Holy Scriptures is contagious
and probably will continue as long as
time lasts. In the stream of mail that
crosses my desk from day to day there
is evidence that this spiritual disease
has been increasing gradually during
the past three years. We may see more
of it during the next two or three
years.
How can we explain this new rash
of time setting? The answer seems to
be this: We live in an age when people
who believe and study the Bible have
become increasingly aware of the fact
that much prophecy concerning the
last days of this world is being fulfilled. Events of tremendous significance have been taking place, events
that presage things of still greater import. It is easy in a time like this for
minds that are inclined to undue excitement and fanciful thinking to become a prey to the folly of time setting.
We lament the fact that some of the
present-day time setters and their followers formerly were members of our
church. But the Seventh-day Adventist
Church always has been and still is
unalterably opposed to time setting.
While we believe sincerely that the
Millerite Adventists, a little more
than a century ago, had a sound basis
for the computation of the beginning
and ending of the prophetic period of
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2300 days of Daniel 8:14, Seventh-day
Adventists have consistently refused
to endorse or approve any time setting
by anybody since that date, and they
have faithfully and repeatedly warned
men against the practice.
What About 1964?
Two or three small independent
groups have made 1964 the target date
for their predictions. They allege that
the 120 years during which Noah's
warning message was given to the antediluvian world (see Gen. 6:3) is a type
of the preaching of the gospel of the
kingdom to all the world in the last
days (Matt. 24:14, 37). By simply adding 120 years to the autumn of 1844,
they proclaim in print, on the radio,
and by any other means possible, that
the end of probation, or some other
important religious happening, will
occur sometime during the autumn of
1964.
As the autumn of 1964 draws nearer,
this speculative itch for time setting
takes on different shapes. One group
of time setters, for example, in a recent issue of their paper published an
article entitled "Why I Believe We
Are in the Final Three and • a Half
Years of Probationary Time." The
writer says: "Note the month in which
the Supreme Court handed down the
ruling on the constitutionality of the
`Blue Laws' in 1961, then add three
and a half years to that and see just
when that period will expire."
Accompanying the magazine that
was sent to me was a broadside bearing
this heading: "The Door of God's
Mercy About to Close!" A diagram,
with 1844 at the beginning of the line
and 1964 at the end, carries this caption: "Noah Warned the People 120
Years—Likewise in This 'Time of the
End,' Warning Will Be 120 Years."
Then follows this notice: "God's final
`count-down' of 42 months has already
begun (Rev. 11:2, 3)." The countdown shows the months of 1961 and
the first ones of 1962 checked off with
those of 1963 and 1964 remaining.
Thus the prophetic time period of
Revelation 11:2, 3 has been tied in
with the 120 years of Genesis 6:3 by
that party of time setters.
"October 22, 1962"
During the past two years mimeographed sheets and letters have been
issuing thick and fast from another
source, which claims to have received
messages directly from the Lord. In
this case it is alleged that the time,
times, and half a time of Daniel 12:7
is a prophetic period of precisely three
and a half literal years, and that it will
end exactly on October 22, 1962.
Three statements from recent documents from that source show how the
computation was made.
One sentence says, "God called me
on April 22, 1959." Another says,
"This three and a half years began
with my calling." Also: "Probation
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will close on October 22, 1962." Then
comes this prediction, "This year will
be the final General Conference.
Everything will be wound up this
year. The 'loud cry' will hit the church
and then the public, in all probability
during a period of about three
months," et cetera.
promise that He [God] has made of
special significance."
Take, for instance, the matter of
the close of probation. That certainly
is something of special significance to
all of us. Nevertheless, several persons
are publishing time-setting pronouncements on that very point. They
say that they are not setting a time
Time Is Not a Test
for the second coming of Jesus, but
Other examples could be cited to that they have light on the date of the
illustrate the fanciful methods used by close of probation. Such persons aptime setters. Early in the history of pear to be ignorant of the fact that we
Seventh-day Adventists the following have been warned in regard to that
warning was published in one of our matter too. We have been told:
best-known books: "Time has not
"God has not revealed to us the time
been a test since 1844, and it will never when this message will close, or when
again be a test."—Early Writings, probation will have an end."—Sep. 75.
lected Messages, book 1, p. 191.
That has been our teaching all
Also: "The opportune time for us
through the years. (See Testimonies, to work is now, just now, while the day
volume 1, page 409; The Great Con- lasts. But there is no command for
troversy, page 457.) Writing in the anyone to search the Scripture in orREVIEW AND HERALD of March 22, der to ascertain, if possible, when pro1892, Ellen G. White said:
bation will close. God has no such
"Again and again have I been message for any mortal lips."—Ibid.,
warned in regard to time-setting. p. 192.
There will never again be a message
Again: "When probation ends, it
for the people of God that will be will come suddenly, unexpectedly—at
based on time."
a time when we are least expecting it."
Also: "Those who presumptuously —The SDA Bible Commentary, Ellen
preach definite time, in so doing G. White Comments, on Rev. 22:10,
gratify the adversary of souls; for they p. 989.
are advancing infidelity rather than
Christianity. They produce Scripture A Former Delusion
and by false interpretation show a
Years ago several persons, one of
chain of argument which apparently them claiming to have visions, proproves their position. But their fail- fessed to have received special light
ures show that they are false prophets, from Heaven for the Lord's people.
that they do not rightly interpret "They claimed to have great light that
the language of inspiration."—Testi- probation would close in October,
monies, vol. 4, p. 307 (1879).
1884."—Selected Messages, book 2,
p. 73. Mrs. White was told to meet this
Beware of Time Setters
heresy, and she did so at the camp
Another solemn warning, issued in meeting in Jackson, Michigan. Of this,
1893, should be heeded by all Seventh- she says:
"I there stated in public that the
day Adventists: "Let all our brethren
and sisters beware of anyone who Lord had been pleased to show me
would set a time for the Lord to fulfill that there would be no definite time in
His word in regard to His coming, or the message given of God since 1844;
in regard to any other promise that He and that I knew that this message,
has made of special significance. 'It is which four or five were engaged in
not for you to know the times or the advocating with great zeal, was
seasons, which the Father hath put in heresy."—Ibid.
That puts time setting in regard to
His own power.' False teachers may
appear to be very zealous for the work the close of probation unmistakably in
of God, and may expend means to the category of heresy.
bring their theories before the world
At another time a certain man beand the church; but as they mingle came carried away with the idea that
error with truth, their message is one he had received new light for the
of deception, and will lead souls into Seventh-day Adventist Church. "The
false paths. They are to be met and time was set [by him] for probation to
opposed, not because they are bad close, and as every prediction failed,
men, but because they are teachers of the young man saw he had been defalsehood and are endeavoring to put ceived, and he confessed his sin and
upon falsehood the stamp of truth." is now an honorable member of the
—Testimonies to Ministers, p. 55.
Battle Creek church."—Ibid., p. 65.
Note particularly that this prohibition and warning against time setting Let Us Heed the Warnings Given
is not limited to the question of when
Not all time setters have had the
the second coming of Christ is to take courage and honesty to confess their
place. It applies also "to any other sin of time setting and to return to the
What does the Bible say?
church. But some believers, deceived
by them and disappointed by the failure of the false predictions, have returned to the fold. Surely Heaven rejoices to see such repentance, for
Christ feels the pain when any soul
strays from the fold and is lost. But
how much better it would be if all
would heed the warnings repeatedly
given us to beware of time setting and
time setters and thus be spared the embarrassment that following such heresy
brings to all concerned.
Commenting on Revelation 10:5-7,
the Lord's messenger wrote in 1900:
"This time, which the angel declares
with a solemn oath, is not the end of
this world's history, neither of probationary time, but of prophetic time,
which should precede the advent of
our Lord. That is, the people will not
have another message upon definite
time. After this period of time, reaching from 1842 to 1844, there can be no
definite tracing of the prophetic time."
—The SDA Bible Commentary, vol.
7, p. 971.
Nevertheless, the time setters, in
their zeal of prophesying things to happen in 1962 and 1964, cite texts from
the Bible and passages from the writings of the Spirit of Prophecy to make
it appear that their teachings have a
sound • basis. Of the last days the
Saviour warned: "Many false prophets
shall rise, and shall deceive many"
(Matt. 24:11).
Surely we are in the last days. To
keep from being deceived and swept
away by the enemy let us all study
carefully the Bible and the Spirit of
Prophecy writings. "It is written" is
the only foundation on which to build
a faith that will endure.
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Spiritism and the Coming Crisis-3
SPIRITUALISM
•
in
BASIC
CONFLICT
with
CHRISTIANITY
STANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANY
By L. E. Froom
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N HIS History of Modern Spiritualism (1945) Spiritualist Ernest
Thompson, in setting forth Spiritualism as the "new science" of psychics, presents it as "a fundamentally
different approach to God, human
destiny, and morality." He frankly
admits that Spiritualism is "contradictory to orthodox beliefs," and says
that, while it is "primarily a religious
movement," it "differs from orthodox
religions because it is basically a
spiritual revelation from within." It
does not, he adds, receive its authority
from "external" revelation; that is, its
credentials are not from the inspired
canon of Scripture.
Thompson then makes the further
claim that Spiritualism "is not a religion, it is religion." This, he continues, is in "direct opposition, to the
attitude of orthodoxy which condemns spirit communications, on
biblical authority, as the work of the
Devil." In the light of these declarations let us note some of the basic conflicts, inevitable because of repudiating the fundamental provisions of the
word of the gospel.
The gravely antievangelical—and,
indeed, anti-Christian—character of
Spiritualism, is revealed in the following statement from the late Sir Arthur
Conan Doyle, one of its prominent
Spiritists make the Transfiguration out to be a great seance.
British protagonists. In 1918 he boldly has been maintained by a hierarchy,
asserted: "One can see no justice in a and to make THE LIFE OF THE
vicarious sacrifice, nor in the God who SPIRIT the all in all in religion, as it
could be placated by such means. was the all in all with the founder of
Above all, many cannot understand Christianity. Jesus taught Salvation
such expressions as the 'redemption comes from WITHIN, not from withfrom sin,' cleansed by the blood of out. There could be no such thing, in
the lamb,' and so forth. . . . Never was the nature of things, as a vicarious
there any evidence of a fall. But if atonement for the sins of the world.
there were no fall, then what became Man can be AT ONE with the Uniof the atonement, of the redemption, versal Spirit only through his own
or original sin, of a large part of spiritual vitality. That alone is Salvation."
Christian mystical philosophy?"
That Spiritualism is alien to the
This is a common declaration on
the part of the most prominent of the very essence of the Protestant prinspiritist fraternity, and a frequent ut- ciples of justification by faith and salterance by its leading writers. The con- vation by grace is likewise attested by
tention is officially sanctioned in prin- Ernest Thompson in this startlingly
ciple in their official Manual and in frank declaration: "Our spiritual
the current National Spiritualist Asso- progress is only the net result of our
ciation Year Book, both of which state own efforts, and that our sins cannot
in the "Interpretation" of the "Decla- be forgiven or remitted by the vicariration of Principles," that "remorse" ous atonement of a Saviour."
for sin "can only be relieved by the
Despite these declarations, scripindividual's own efforts, if not here, tural support for Spiritualism is
then in the hereafter." That, of course, sought in their Year Book and Manis self-salvation.
ual by citing 1 John 4:1; 1 ThessaIn 1908, on the "60th anniversary of lonians 5:19-21; 1 Corinthians 12:1,
Modern Spiritualism," Dr. Hiram 7-10, 28; 14:1-3, 31, 32, 39, and other
Corson, professor emeritus of English texts. More to the point, an attempt is
literature at Cornell University, simi- constantly made to identify Biblical
larly said that Spiritualism "is des- incidents with the phenomena of
tined to transform, if not, perhaps, in spiritism. And their well-known positime, do away with, theology, which tion—that Spiritualism embodies "the
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foundation stones of all ancient
faiths"—is attested by the intermingled quotations from Zoroaster,
Moses, Homer, Plato, Buddha, and
Jesus—the latter being merely one in
an aggregation of illustrious religious
figures through the ages.
Total repudiation of the fundamentals of the Christian faith is provided for in that a Spiritualist may, if
he chooses, "omit the tenets of the
Christian Church," and in the accepted official declaration that there
is no "vicarious atonement," "each
must work out his own salvation."
Each makes his own atonement.
Perverts Basic Facts and Fundamentals of Christianity
Converse E. Nickerson, chosen to
represent Spiritualism at the 19391940 World's Fair in New York City,
says that "all ages" have added "links
to the chain of definite truth that
man's immortality is secure." This, he
says, the "sacred books" of the ages
attest. In this way, he explains, the
Bible is "one" of the "books" that
"emphasizes the oneness of this world
and the next."
Referring to Jesus as "a great spiritual teacher," whose teachings, properly understood, are of "supreme importance to the student of Spiritualism," Nickerson states: "He [Jesus]
identified himself after physical death,
confirming immortality's definite
place in the scheme of man's thoughts
and philosophy."
Nickerson openly asserts that "the
first message concerning the continued existence of the Christian founder
—Jesus—was brought by an exalted
spirit." A "spirit," he contends, "in
shining garments" at the empty tomb
on the "resurrection" morn, "declared
that death had been conquered and
that their beloved teacher still lived."
But the climax of Nickerson's story
comes in connection with the "upper
room," which he converts into a séance
chamber: "The seance room was a
very sacred place to the disciples of
Jesus. Coming through the darkness
and bringing with it its own hallowed
light, the spiritualized body of Mary's
son revealed itself to the wondering
gaze of those who thus received their
first definite knowledge of spirit manifestation."
Other Spiritualists have made the
same contention. It is a standard position.
Then follows the significant admission that "such a seance today can be
found only outside the pale of the
Christian followers of Jesus Christ."
But, aside from the séance, Nickerson
claims "there is no other avenue of
connection between this mortal existence and our spiritual habitation."
(Continued on page 6)
DEAR FELLOW BELIEVERS:
The forty-ninth General Conference session that has just closed in
San Francisco was an outstanding
meeting. A spirit of harmony and
confidence prevailed that seemed to
be a direct answer to the united
prayers of our people around the
world. For many weeks preceding
this gathering, our people had been
praying for just such a meeting. No
discordant note was heard, nor was
there a suggestion of disharmony
throughout the entire session. From
the very beginning through to the
end, this spirit of confidence and
understanding reigned, and it was
beautiful to behold. The Bible
studies and sermons given were
challenging and spiritually uplifting.
The reports from the various fields
of the world revealed the greatest
advance ever along all lines.
It was evident that God had wondrously blessed His work and the
labors of His servants during the
quadrennium. "This is the best General Conference we have ever had,"
enthusiastically remarked one who
had attended many. What he said
seemed to be the unanimous feeling
of the many others who have long
attended such gatherings.
Now, in the light of all this, imagine the surprise of the delegates
when they left the session assembly
one day and out on the streets read
in some of the newspapers that the
meetings were being disrupted by
certain emotionally charged issues
injected into the session. This was
news to the more than 1,300 delegates. One of the reporters even described the meeting as "tempestuous." The facts are that the "tempestuous" question they discussed in
the paper was not even mentioned
in the assembly.
Some newspapers thrive on the
unusual and sensational. Unable to
find such issues in the session, they
sought elsewhere and found something along this line in a relatively
small, self-appointed group that
raised the question of immediate
and complete integration. Certain
papers reported them as "bitterly"
attacking their church leaders and
their church for their deliberateness
in moving in that direction. It is difficult to understand how any loyal
Seventh-day Adventist can publicize
what they did and be responsible for
statements that manifestly were in-
tended to damage and embarrass
their own church. Members are to
love their church, remembering that
Christ loved the church and gave
Himself for it. Employing carnal,
worldly methods can never produce
constructive results in the work of
the Lord.
I am glad to state that it is becoming increasingly evident that this
group did not speak for the great
body of our loyal Regional brethren.
Many of these have indicated their
regret over the unwise course that
the small group in San Francisco
followed. We are happy to make
this observation in defense of our
faithful Regional brethren.
The position of our church on the
question of race and national relationships is clear and forthright. It
is to move forward steadily, quietly,
and without publicity, yet in harmony with the inspired counsel
given us, recognizing that in some
areas more rapid progress can be
made than in others. Some time ago
a special representative committee
was appointed by the General Conference, which meets frequently and
gives guidance and counsel on matters pertaining to this subject. At
each meeting, the progress made is
reviewed. New questions that may
have arisen are studied.
It goes without saying that not
every issue can immediately be
solved; certainly not to the satisfaction of all. We do believe, however,
that the exercise of patience, with
time and good will, can in the end
bring good results and at the same
time preserve the unity and harmony that have long characterized
us as a people. In the wealth of good
counsel given us by inspiration on
this very subject is the following:
"If we move quietly and judiciously, laboring in the way that God
has marked out, both white and colored people will be benefited by our
labors." Testimonies, vol. 9, pp. 214,
215.
This is the course we have followed and purpose to follow in the
future in dealing with this problem
that today troubles the world. In a
spirit of mutual fellowship the delegates have returned to their lands
and fields with new courage and
assurance that God is guiding His
people on to a glorious and final
triumph.
R. R. FIGUHR
President, General Conference
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THE
WAYSIDE
PULPIT
"For many walk, of whom I have told
you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the
cross of Christ" (Phil. 3:18).
Curious items often appear in the press dispatches of the passing days. Like
straws in the wind that reveal the direction of its movement, some of these oddments
of news are suggestive of certain trends in social and political developments. Illustrative of this observation is the recent story of the steeplejacks in Riga, Latvia, who
climbed the towers of the city's great cathedral and sawed off all the crosses. The
bizarre exploit was not so much an act of contempt for the Catholic church as it
was a repudiation of religion in general. In the interest of progress as understood
by the prevailing political ideology, the edifice was to be turned into a planetarium—a
quite logical procedure in view of the world's feverish absorption with the possibility
of space travel.
Although there has been too much misuse of the cross as a symbol of worship,
incidents like the foregoing turn one's meditation to those in Paul's day who found
the cross "a stumblingblock" (1 Cor. 1:23) and an "offence" (Gal. 5:11). The cross
was an impediment to what the Jews thought was progress toward the kingdom of
glory. Like so many today, they wanted power and prosperity without penitence;
salvation without sacrifice. In contrast with such a spirit, how heart-stirring is the
declaration of the great apostle, "But God forbid that I should glory, save in the
cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto
H. M. TIPPETT
the world" (Gal. 6:14).
Spiritualism in Basic
Conflict With Christianity
(Continued from page 5)
As to the general resurrection, Nickerson asserts that "one by one, we
enter into the spirit life which concludes the mortal impersonation."
This, he adds, "means to exclude any
thought of a general resurrection. Such
a resurrection would hold even Peter
asleep in his grave till its crashing
dawn. Jesus taught the individual resurrection of the soul from the mortal
body."
So, according to Nickerson, the resurrection occurs individually, at
death. It is on such a basis that the
New Testament becomes a convenient
"working textbook for the Spiritualist." The device is obvious.
John's apocalyptic description of
the new heaven and new earth (Rev.
21; 22), is, Nickerson holds, simply
"the spirit world with all its wonderful counterpart of this earth experience." "Death will work the change"
and provide the opportunity for us to
"continue our celestial pilgrimage." It
is death, he avers, that brings the new
heaven and the new earth, and it
comes to us individually. It is not by
divine interposition, but through innate immortality, according to Spiritualism.
Nevertheless, further attempt is
made to obtain Biblical support for
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Spiritualism by frequent appeal to
Paul's chapter on "spiritual gifts" (1
Cor. 12), with its "diversities of gifts"
and "operations," which include
"healing," "miracles," "prophecy,"
and "tongues." These are subtly set
forth as all fulfilled in, and only in,
spiritism's modern operations. Such
are some of the specious arguments invoked in a twisted attempt to secure
a certain Bible support, completely
ignoring the true and historical intent
and fulfillment of Holy Writ.
A Summer Vision
By Thais Cole
The shaded pool reflects
the willow tree,
The meadow sings with
birds in melody.
A lonely traintrack
crossing idle miles
Lies gleaming in the sun,
while nature smiles.
In lovely waste the vivid
wildflowers bloom,
Oblivious of their
approaching doom.
The ordinary thoughts
of life depart;
Our Lord's creation
captivates the heart.
The scope of claimed Spiritualist
phenomena is listed in the general
"Definitions" in its Manual, adopted
by the National Spiritualist Association of Churches in 1914. Definition 5
reads:
"The Phenomena of Spiritualism
consists of Prophecy, Clairvoyance,
Clairaudience, Gift of Tongues, Laying on of Hands, Healing, Visions,
Trance, Apports, Levitation, Raps,
Automatic and Independent Writings
and Paintings, Voice, Materialization,
Photography, Psychometry and any
other manifestation proving the continuity of life as demonstrated through
the Physical and Spiritual senses and
faculties of man." (Italics supplied.)
"Christian Faith" Platform
Abandoned
The departure-from-the-faith—the
Bible faith—aspect of Spiritualism is
all-inclusive. In support we quote four
questions and their amazingly candid
(and incriminating) answers from
B. F. Austin's The A.B.C. of Spiritualism (1920), issued by the National
Spiritualist Association of Churches.
Note them most carefully. They offer
irrefutable proof of total departure.
Spiritualism's unequivocal repudiation of any Bible basis is declared in
answer No. 11:
"11. Is not Spiritualism based upon
the Bible?
"No. The Bible so far as it is inspired and true is based upon Mediumship and therefore, both Christianity (the simple and beautiful teachings of Jesus—real primitive Christianity) and Spiritualism rest on the
same basis.
"Spiritualism does not depend for
its credentials and proofs upon any
former revelation."
Next, holding that Jesus is divine
only as one believes "in the divinity of
all men," Spiritualists expressly deny
the Trinity and the coequality of
Christ with the Father. Thus Austin
answers the question—
"17. Does Spiritualism recognize
Jesus as one person of the Trinity,
co-equal with the Father, and divine
in a sense in which divinity is unattainable by other men?
"No. Spiritualism accepts him as
one of many Saviour Christs, who at
different times have come into the
world to lighten its darkness and show
by precept and example the way of
life to men. It recognizes him as a
world Saviour but not as 'the only
name' given under heaven by which
men can be saved." (Italics supplied.)
Again, denying any "special atoning
value" in Christ's death, Austin
answers:
"19. Does not Spiritualism recognize
special value and efficacy in the death
of Jesus in saving men?
"No. Spiritualism sees in the death
of Jesus an illustration of the martyr
spirit, of that unselfish and heroic devotion to humanity which ever characterized the life of Jesus, but no special atoning value in his sufferings and
death. The world has had uncounted
illustrations of men who have died for
the truth. All such deaths have a
moral value and influence but not in
a sense of a ransom price for the souls
of others, as taught by the so-called
orthodox churches."
Austin presumptuously characterizes Jesus as a "great . . . Medium,"
which equates with Mediator, practicing the fundamental principles of
Spiritualism:
"21. From the standpoint of Spiritualism how is the character and work
of Jesus to be interpreted?
"Jesus was a great Mediator, or
Medium, who recognized all the fundamental principles of Spiritualism
and practiced them. The existence of
a Supreme Power; the Spiritual nature
of man; man's continued life after
death; the open door between the two
worlds; the efficacy of prayer; the
power of healing; the gifts of clairvoyance and clairaudience; and the practice of communion with angels and
spirits, are all to be found in the
teachings and examples of Jesus." . . .
(Italics supplied.)
"Jesus himself communed with
angels and spirits and took his favorite
disciples to a séance on the Mount,
where Moses and Elias appeared and
communed with them."
The ultimate in the daringly distorted claims of Spiritualism's relation
to Christianity is stated in these words
by Austin:
"How—it may be asked—could
Christianity be opposed to Spiritualism when the Christian Religion was
really born in a Seance? The real beginning of Christianity, its motive
power, its great impetus, came—not
from the birth or death of Jesus—but
from Pentecost, the greatest Séance in
history."
Austin actually implies that the
functions of the Holy Spirit have their
fulfillment in "Spiritualism as a World
Teacher, Inspirer and Comforter of
humanity." This is confirmed by the
"official organ of the International
Spiritualist Federation," Yours Fraternally (No. 37, Spring, 1959, p. 15),
published in London, which similarly
declares:
"This is Spiritualism as a religion,
the Paraclete, the Consoler that our
Father promised to send mankind."
These are, of course; the very terms
applied by Christ to the work of the
Holy Spirit, the third person of the
Godhead whom Christ sent to guide
the church into all truth.
(To be continued)
CONDUCTED BY PROMISE JOY SHERMAN
DANGEROUS STRANGER
By Dalibor W. Kralovec *
[We reprint here, by special permission, the main
portion of an article from Safety Education, a journal
published by the National Safety Council. We commend it to all parents and to the teachers in all our
schools. Our readers will keep in mind that the article
was not written by an Adventist and thus possibly
presents a few points a little differently from what
we would.—EmTous.j
T
HERE is a strong likelihood
that in the time it takes you to
peruse the morning paper,
some unsuspecting child somewhere
in the United States will be molested
or assaulted by a kidnaper or sex offender.
The exact extent of the problem of
the "dangerous stranger" is unknown,
but we do know that it is serious and
fairly prevalent. It can occur in any
type of community, and it is a particularly acute problem in the large
metropolitan areas. Big population
centers often become a mecca for people with sex problems, perhaps because they readily lose their identity
*Dr. Kralovec is Director of the Division of
Safety Education, Philadelphia, Pa., Public Schools.
in the crowd and are not easily recognized.
Many people picture the dangerous
stranger as the violent, criminal type.
Usually, this offender, according to
Inspector Joseph Max, head of the
Juvenile Aid Division of the Philadelphia Police Department, looks perfectly ordinary—just like anybody
else. He may come from the higher
strata of society as well as from the
less privileged levels; the dangerous
stranger may be young or old, male or
female. He may exhibit many of the
characteristics of the alcoholic—timidity, shyness, lack of confidence. (Recent prison studies reveal that timidity
and fear of exposure are predominant
characteristics of the sex pervert.) He
usually has a poor image of himself
and is generally reluctant to express
desire for adult members of the opposite sex. Therefore, he turns to the
unsuspecting children who become his
prey.
In view of the generally timid nature of the sex offender, it is imperative that children be instructed to repel any improper advance at the very
first indication. The sex criminal seldom pursues an unwilling, resistant,
or disinterested subject.
While many agencies should be involved in a full-scale attack on this
problem, schools must play a vital
role. J. Edgar Hoover, Director of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation, puts
it bluntly when he reasons, ". . . because schools are charged with the
care of millions of children throughout a great part of the year, each educational system should establish and
rce
. . stringent protective measenforce
ures .. dangerous stranger is an area
of safety education which has received
little general attention. Many school
communities have done little about
the problem of the sex pervert. Numerous factors—the delicate and hushhush nature of the subject for one
—have contributed to this lack of
action. Often, the problem is given
little recognition until some tragic
incident makes the headlines, pointing up this potential hazard to the
safety and welfare of children.
Of course, teachers and parents
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Children at play are a special target of the "dangerous stranger."
want children to be congenial, surrounding grounds. If such persons
friendly, and helpful. But at the same cannot readily provide a logical extime children must be warned, in- planation for their presence, the police
structed—counseled to avoid actions should be notified immediately. The
and situations that play into the de- identity and a description of all sussigns of the offender. Appropriate picious and dangerous persons should
teaching must be provided for chil- be obtained.
Schools, as well as parents and
dren without engendering a sense of
insecurity or unduly alarming them. youth agencies, should take steps to
Children should be alerted but not make sure that adult supervision is
frightened. Teachers and parents provided in school and recreational
must present the facts in a planned, areas.
Probably the most important fundacalm, and matter-of-fact manner without mentioning all of the possibilities mental rules to which children should
adhere and for which adequate inof harm.
According to J. Edgar Hoover, struction must be provided include:
schools must observe the following Travel in groups or pairs and walk
basic administrative procedures to along heavily-traveled streets, avoiding isolated areas if possible. Refuse
protect children:
Whenever possible, before releas- automobile rides from strangers and
ing a child to anyone except his par- refuse to accompany strangers anyents during the regular school day, a where on foot.
teacher or administrative official
Pupils also should be warned to
should telephone one of the child's use city-approved play areas where
parents or guardians for approval.
recreational activities are supervised
When a parent telephones a request by responsible adults and police prothat a child be released early from tection is readily available. They
school, the identity of the caller should be told to report immediately
should be confirmed before the child anyone who molests or annoys them,
is permitted to leave. If the parent and to cry loudly for help if a stranger
is calling from his home, the school attempts forcibly to detain them.
can verify his request by a return tele- Children should never leave home
phone call. If the telephone call is without telling their parents where
not being made from the child's resi- they will be and who will accompany
dence, the caller should be asked in- them.
timate questions about the child: his
Teen-agers have special problems
date of birth, the courses he is study- related to the dangerous stranger
ing, etc.
which are associated with their age
Faculties of schools should be on group. While instruction to teenthe alert for suspicious persons who agers should include all of the points
loiter in school buildings and on the mentioned for younger children, the
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FBI has worked up a special list of
ten "Teen-Age Tips" to help young
people steer clear of danger:
If any stranger, or even a slight
acquaintance, makes improper advances, tell your parents immediately.
Young people are too often kindhearted about such things; they dislike the idea of getting an offender
into "trouble." Just remember that if
you don't report him he'll probably
get into worse trouble later on, to
say nothing of the harm he may cause.
If you know of any pornographic
pictures or literature being passed
around, notify your parents immediately. Obscene reading matter is a
favorite habit of the degenerate. If
the authorities can run down the
source and trace the material, they
may be able to rid the community of
danger before it starts.
Know your date! Don't go out on
"blind dates" unless another couple is
along, and even then be cautious. If
someone phones and says he's a friend
of Jack Jones, tell him you'd be glad
to have Jack Jones introduce him.
Stay out of "lovers' lanes." It is
natural to want to be alone with your
date, but experience shows that "lovers' lanes" are favorite haunts of sex
criminals.
Don't wander away alone from the
crowd at picnics and outings. Stay
within calling distance. Sex criminals
are easily attracted to any group of
young people, and given an opportunity they can strike with frightening
speed.
Don't ask for trouble; dress sensibly.
Provocative clothing may attract the
attention of a potential sex criminal.
Be civil to strangers who ask directions, but never go part way with
them. The "directions" trick is a
favorite among sex criminals. They
count on the natural helpfulness of
young people.
Be careful about accepting work
from a stranger. This is another insidious dodge. Make sure that the
person is a respectable businessman.
Don't go about the house halfdressed. This may seem harmless, but
it's an invitation to "Peeping Toms"
who may later become something
more dangerous.
Never hitchhike! And never, never
give a hitchhiker a lift!
Techniques of mass communication
which can disseminate information on
the subject include: discussion meetings at school, church, or club; distribution of pamphlets, flyers, and
posters; displays on bulletin boards;
films and pictures; community surveys and alerts; newspaper, radio, and
television coverage; and trained speakers such as school administrators, psychiatrists, and specially qualified
police and agency personnel.
A complete change of nature is involved
when one experiences
74 ?leo Vora
By B. M. Garton
ESUS answered and said unto
him [Nicodemus], Verily, verily,
I say unto thee, Except a man be
born again, he cannot see the
kingdom of God" (John 3:3).
It is generally conceded that a spiritual change must take place in a
man's life if he desires to be saved.
What does it mean to be born again?
God created Adam and Eve with a
pure, holy nature. When they sinned,
their nature became carnal. Of this
carnal nature the apostle Paul says:
"For to be carnally minded is death,
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but to be spiritually minded is life
and peace. Because the carnal mind
is enmity against God: for it is not
subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be" (Rom. 8:6, 7).
From this it is clear that all who
join God's kingdom must part with
the carnal nature, which is unalterably opposed to God and His divine
law. We must part with the carnal
nature with which we were born, and
receive a new nature.
The apostle John describes the carnal nature thus: "Love not the world,
As Christ rose from the grave, we too have the privilege of rising to walk in newness of life.
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neither the things that are in the
world. If any man love the world, the
love of the Father is not in him. For
all that is in the world, the lust of the
flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the
pride of life, is not of the Father, but
is of the world" (1 John 2:15, 16).
The carnal nature is lustful and must
be exchanged for a new nature that is
free from lust. This new nature, accepted into the heart, is the new birth
that Jesus told Nicodemus he must
have in order to enter heaven.
You may ask, "How shall I give up
my carnal nature and receive the divine nature?" In 2 Peter 1:4 we read:
"Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises:
that by these ye might be partakers of
the divine nature, having escaped the
corruption that is in the world
through lust." Through the Word we
partake of the divine nature.
In Galatians 2:20 Paul tells us how
to get rid of the carnal nature. He
says, "I am crucified with Christ:
nevertheless I live; yet not I, but
Christ liveth in me." Here Paul tells
us that his carnal nature was crucified
when Christ was crucified. Then
Christ came into his heart. Thus Paul
was converted, for Christ was dwelling
in him.
Now, if the carnal nature is crucified with Christ, what action of faith
shall we take? Paul tells us in Romans
6:11, "Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin,
but alive unto God through Jesus
Christ our Lord." We accept by faith
that Christ crucified our carnal nature. Now, the Holy Spirit quickens
us so that we are alive unto God
through Jesus Christ. Verse 6 says
that "our old man" was crucified with
Him. The "old man" is the carnal nature.
In Colossians 3:3 Paul says, "Ye are
dead, and your life is hid with Christ
in God." "Therefore if any man be
in Christ, he is a new creature [creation]: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new" (2
Cor. 5:17). In the Christian the carnal nature has been crucified.
In Romans 8:1, we read, "There is
therefore now no condemnation to
them which are in Christ Jesus, who
walk not after the flesh, but after the
Spirit." Being in Christ Jesus means
crucifixion of the carnal nature and
the impartation of the divine nature.
The second verse tells us how this is
brought about: "The law [power]
of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus
hath made me free from the law
[power] of sin and death." The
mighty power that quickened Christ's
body into an immortal body, delivers
the soul from the law, or power, of
the carnal nature that causes sin and
death.
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Jesus Christ was crucified and rose
again physically. The sinner is crucified and rises again spiritually. Paul
calls this power "the power of his
[Christ's] resurrection." He wants us
to know "what is the exceeding greatness of His [God's] power to us-ward
who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, which he
wrought in Christ, when he raised
him from the dead, and set him at
his own right hand in the heavenly
places" (Eph. 1:19, 20). "That I may
know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable
unto his death; if by any means I
might attain unto the resurrection of
the dead" (Phil. 3:10, 11).
If the power that raised Christ from
the dead, physically, raises me from
the dead, spiritually, Paul says the
same power will raise me from physical death when Jesus comes. The soul
that accepts by faith the crucifixion
of his carnal nature, and the impartation of the divine nature, loses the desire to sin.
All sin originates in the carnal nature. Having accepted the mind of
Christ (Philippians 2:5) and the divine nature (2 Peter 1:4), the Christian is free from condemnation (Romans 8:1), and his soul is filled with
joy and peace. "God is clothed with
power; He is able to take those who
are dead in trespasses and sins, and
by the operation of the Spirit which
raised Jesus from the dead, transform
the human character, bringing back
to the soul the lost image of God.
Those who believe in Jesus Christ
are changed from being rebels against
the law of God into obedient servants
and subjects of His kingdom. They
are born again, regenerated, sanctified through the truth."—ELLEN G.
WHITE, Sons and Daughters of God,
p. 112. (Italics supplied.)
"The prince of this world cometh,"
said Jesus "and hath nothing in me"
(John 14:30). "There was in Him
nothing that responded to Satan's
sophistry. He did not consent to sin.
Not even by a thought did He yield
to temptation. So it may be with us.
Christ's humanity was united with divinity; He was fitted for the conflict
by the indwelling of the Holy Spirit.
And He came to make us partakers of
the divine nature. So long as we are
united to Him by faith, sin has no
more dominion over us. God reaches
for the hand of faith in us to direct it
to lay fast hold upon the divinity of
Christ, that we may attain to perfection of character."—The Desire of
Ages, p. 123. (Italics supplied.)
"The tempter's agency is not to be
accounted an excuse for one wrong
act. Satan is jubilant when he hears
the professed followers of Christ mak10
ing excuses for their deformity of
character. It is these excuses that lead
to sin. There is no excuse for sinning.
A holy temper, a Christlike life, is
accessible to every repenting, believing child of God."—Ibid., p. 311.
(Italics supplied.)
"When the soul surrenders itself to
Christ, a new power takes possession
of the new heart. A change is wrought
which man can never accomplish for
himself. It is a supernatural work,
bringing a supernatural element into
human nature. The soul that is
yielded to Christ becomes His own
fortress, which He holds in a revolted
world, and He intends that no authority shall be known in it but His
own. A soul thus kept in possession
by the heavenly agencies is impreg-
nable to the assaults of Satan."—
Ibid., p. 324.
"We cannot discern the character
of God, or accept Christ by faith, unless we consent to the bringing into
captivity of every thought to the
obedience of Christ. To all who do
this the Holy Spirit is given without
measure."—Ibid., p. 181.
"Here is the patience of the saints:
here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus"
(Rev. 14:12). The capsheaf of Christian experience is found in 2 Corinthians 5:14: "The love of Christ constraineth us." Being crucified with
Christ, we shall be under the constant
control of the transforming love of
Jesus Christ in thought, word, and
act.
portrait of a conqueror
By Bernard E. Seton
CERTAIN young man wants
to be a great painter. What
does he do? He studies the
canvases of Raphael, Rubens, Rembrandt, and other master artists.
Across the road is a talented young
woman who is determined to be a
musician. She spends much of her
time at the feet of the "three B's"—
Bach, Beethoven, Brahms—listening
to their works, studying their scores,
practicing their music.
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On the next street the writer of tomorrow steeps himself in the pages of
Bacon, Bunyan, and if he is wise, the
Bible.
Is there a Christian who has not
been fired with the desire to be Christlike? Have we not all, at one time or
another, yearned after holiness? How
can these ambitions be realized?
One partial answer to this earnest
question is this: We must study the
masters! We who aspire to be great
By beholding Christ we are changed into His likeness.
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"I have much faith in your prayer circle, as requests that I have sent in for
a member of my family have been answered."—Mrs. P., of Oklahoma.
"Several months ago I requested prayers for my daughter and her husband.
She has become a better Adventist, and he was baptized about a month ago."—
Mrs. H., of Iowa.
"Twice I have written to you about my problems, and in both instances
everything worked out fine within a short time. I do thank you for your prayers,
and I thank God every day for His answers to the prayers of His children."—
Mrs. S., of Kansas.
This column is dedicated to the encouragement of prayer for others at the sunset hour each Friday evening.
Because of the large number of requests received and the complexities of the problems presented, it is impossible for us to answer each letter personally, but all requests will be acknowledged and will be kept on file in
our office. Portions of letters, especially those that tell of answers to prayer, will be published as space permits.
Christians need to consider the lives
of master Christians, even while keeping our eyes on the perfect life of the
Master Himself. New Testament history provides plenty of material. We
need only cast our eyes over its many
character sketches to find one that
will move us to emulation. The only
question is—Which shall we choose?
Where shall we find greater humanity, deeper feeling, higher attainment than in the career of Paul? He
lived in a ruthless, idolatrous age.
Rome, with its iron arms, embraced
most of the then-known world, and its
embrace was cruel. The poor eked out
a miserable existence; the rich reveled
in luxury that rested on the lacerated
backs of slaves; human life was sickeningly cheap. The freedoms we so
fondly cherish were undreamed of.
That anyone could be a Christian
under such circumstances was nothing
less than a miracle. That Paul should
propagate Christianity with outstanding success in such an age called for
a cumulation of miracles whose occurrence leave us amazed. He must
have possessed a powerful secret and
have exercised a prodigious technique to have gained his spiritual
heights amid such dissolute depths.
What was his secret? What was his
technique?
One Answer
One answer to such searching questions is found in his letter to the Galatians. The apostle has been defending
his interpretation of the gospel against
those who would have obliged all
Christians to conform to the requirements of Jewish legalism. He has reviewed his own call to the ministry
and his commission to preach Christ
to the Gentiles. He has shown how this
religious innovation took effect outside the closed circle of Judaism, but
he maintains that this is in accord
with the true genius of the gospel.
The religion of Jesus Christ, he reasons, frees all men, both Jew and Gentile, from the futility of attempting to
gain salvation by the observance of
law, "for by the works of the law shall
no flesh be justified."
In the midst of this rather technical
discussion with the Galatian Christians, Paul clinches his argument by
an impassioned appeal to his own religious experience:
"I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ
liveth in me: and the life which I
now live in the flesh I live by the faith
of the Son of God, who loved me, and
gave himself for me" (Gal. 2:20).
Here is no abstract reasoning, but
a vibrant statement of what had actually happened in his own life. He
says, in effect, "I know what I am talking about, for I have tried to find salvation by observance .of law, and have
miserably failed. But there is another
way of life which satisfyingly solves
every spiritual problem. I can personally testify to its efficacy, for I am
living by its rule at this very moment."
He then, in a few simple but significant words, gives the secret of his victorious Christian career.
"I have been crucified," he says, referring to an experience that had
taken place some years before, well
knowing that his readers fully understood the awful finality of death by
crucifixion. He who died on a cross
was truly dead: it was impossible
for life to be left in the pain-racked
body that had hung between heaven
and earth in one of the worst tortures
that diabolical ingenuity has devised.
By becoming a Christian, Saul of Tarsus had put his old life to death; his
old self had ceased to exist. To his
one-time associates he was as good as
dead. Other members of the Sanhedrin were likely to have said: "You
remember that promising young man
Saul? Well, he's become a Christian.
That's the end of him as far as we are
concerned."
And there was no shadow of doubt
about Paul's being a follower of
Christ, for he had chosen to enter into
all of Christ's experiences, even that of
death. Although he did not literally
occupy a cross on Calvary, Paul would
have done so had this been necessary.
He would not have shrunk from its
shame, its pain, or its ignominy. He
would have been willing to share
completely in the Saviour's sufferings.
This willingness made it permissible
for him to declare: "I have been crucified with Christ," as though he had actually died with his Lord on Golgotha.
This represented complete identification with Jesus of Nazareth. It was
impossible for the man who had, in
spirit, joined Christ on the cross to
deny that he was a follower of the
Crucified One. The whole world, were
it friend or foe, could know that Paul
was a Christian.
Yet this Paul who had so thoroughly died was just as thoroughly
alive. That phenomenon demanded
an explanation that the apostle was
able and ready to give. "Christ liveth in me." Paul's body, soul, and
spirit were host to the Master whom
he had met on the Damascus road. He
had no life of his own: his entire existence was in the care of his divine
Guest.
The Change in Paul's Life
How easily could such a concept
have become air-borne on the insubstantial clouds of mysticism! But Paul
was too firm a realist for that to happen with him. He kept his feet on the
ground and applied his new-found formula to the practical business of daily
living. Physically he did not change;
he still lived "in the flesh"; but the
way in which he lived was dramatically different. While an orthodox Jew
he had governed his life by the Torah's requirements and sought to conform to its exacting demands. After
coming face to face with Jesus, however, he abandoned the futile drudgery in exchange for perfect submission to the will of Christ, knowing
that God's Son would only lead him
to do what was acceptable to the great
Lawgiver.
This conversion led him not to ignore his physical life, but to place it
under the control of the indwelling
Christ, until he could say: "The life
which I now live in the flesh I live by
the faith of the Son of God." Since
Christ had already lived a perfect life
in the flesh, Paul was confident that
he could do the same in the body he
had yielded to Him.
But there was more than logic in
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Paul's reasoning. His confidence was
grounded in his realization of the Saviour's feelings toward him. His ascended Lord loved him so much that
He had given Himself for him, for the
ex-Saul of Tarsus. "Who loved me,
and gave himself for me!" This was
for Paul the most precious of all revelations, inexpressibly dear, intensely
personal, giving him a direct claim
on Christ's redemptive services. The
apostle's spiritual insight assured him
that the purpose of the divine selfsacrifice was to empower him to live
a life like Christ's. When he had
grasped that amazing fact, he never let
it go. It became the foundation of his
victorious Christian career.
But what an open secret! No attempt at concealment. No effort to
hug it selfishly out of sight. Gratefully,
confidently, persuasively, he shared it
with all who would take time to read
or listen. Everywhere he went he displayed what Christ had done in him.
Nearly two millenniums later we
can study this portrait of a triumphant
Christian. We can view it from afar;
we can examine it at close range; we
can study it from above or below or
from either side. No matter what the
angle of our vision, we find Christ at
the center of the canvas. Continued
examination inspires us to want its
beauty reproduced in our own lives.
Self is dead. It has been crucified.
Its existence must not be prolonged
by feeding, watering, pampering. Let
it die and be dead, with no hope of
resurrection.
Let self be crucified in public. The
world will then know what to expect.
Relatives, friends, neighbors, co-workers, will realize the impossibility of
continuing companionship on the old
basis and will prepare for a new relationship with a new self.
Be crucified with Christ. Then
there will be no shadow of doubt that
we are His followers. Our identification with Him will be beyond denial.
With self so utterly dead, let the
resurrected Saviour come into the
lifeless frame to animate body, soul,
and spirit with His life-giving energy.
Then shall we once more live, .but it
will be the Sinless One dwelling in us.
The new life in the old body will be
lived by faith. Having learned how
Jesus lived His perfect life in this
world, we believe He will live that
same life in us.
This sustaining faith is fixed not
on our puny selves, but on the Son of
God, who possesses all power in
heaven and in earth. He is able to
make the weakest of us so strong that
we can resist the most alluring of
temptations, overcome our most persistent failings, and eject the wicked
one from our lives. We can do all these
things through the Almighty Son, who
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has personally loved us and given
Himself for us that this triumphant
life may be ours.
There, then, is the masterpiece. We
who aspire to be spiritual artists must
return to study it many, many times,
until its ineffable beauty is engraved
upon the tablets of our hearts and reflected in the piety of our lives. When
that is done, we shall be truly alive.
Memories
of
ELDER URIAll SMITH
By Ernest Lloyd
T WAS in the office of the Review
and Herald in old Battle Creek,
Michigan, that I first met Uriah
Smith, a remarkable man. The year
was 1897. I was among the students
in Battle Creek who greatly admired
Elder Smith for his handsome head,
his fine manners, and his unusual talents as editor, author, and preacher.
I remember seeing men on the streets
of Battle Creek pass Elder Smith, and
then turn to get another view of him.
We felt honored when he spoke to us
in the old college chapel.
Some months passed after I first met
him before learning that Elder Smith
had an artificial leg. His limp was
very slight. He had lost his leg from
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Uriah Smith
an infection when he was about fourteen years old. Then came the clumsy
"cork leg" of the times, which had an
unbendable foot. Possessing an inventive strain in his nature, he decided
to make a pliable foot. He succeeded
in this and had it patented. With the
money obtained from the sale of the
patent, he built his first house in
Battle Creek.
Elder Smith was a little past 20
years of age when he became a Seventh-day Adventist (about 1852) and
joined Elder and Mrs. James White
in our infant publishing work in a
rented house in Rochester, New York.
John Loughborough, about the age
of Uriah Smith, also joined the Rochester group. Elder Smith once told
of their work as beginners in the making of tracts for general distribution
by our people. He said: "The tools
we had to use were a bradawl, a
straight-edge, and a penknife. Brother
John, with the awl, would perforate
the backs for stitching; the sisters
would stitch them; and then I with
the straight-edge and penknife, would
trim the rough edges on the top, front,
and bottom. We blistered our hands
in the operation, and often the tracts
in form were not half so true as the
doctrines they taught." How meager
and crude the facilities of these pioneers, but how faithful and true their
hearts as they carried on perseveringly
for God and His work!
In 1855 came the move to Battle
Creek and the building of the Review
and Herald publishing house in that
little city. In 1863 the denomination
was legally organized as a world movement. Elder John Byington was elected
the first president of the General Conference, and Uriah Smith, now about
32, was chosen secretary. He developed his own system of shorthand for
taking notes in the committee meetings.
About 1874 Elder Smith invented
a unique and superior form of school
desk, sold the patent, and then built
his larger house on University Avenue.
It is still there. When Battle Creek
College opened in 1875 the students
spent their first recess on opening day
examining their new desks, feeling
very grateful to Elder Smith for creating something far superior to the old
style of school desk.
Editorial Talent
The Review and Herald Office, Battle Creek, Michigan, 1868.
Elder Smith did not travel about
the country as much as did most of
our pioneer preachers in our work. cause, the men and women who in Hymnal, in my opinion one of the best
His duties as editor and writer kept their simplicity, sacrifice, and stead- in the book, pictures his fond hope
him rather close to the Review office, fastness laid the foundations of the for the gathering of the faithful in the
where he served our people so well remnant church. Let us emulate their glory land. It closes with these trifor some 50 years. He was naturally deep consecration and dedication to umphant words:
gifted for editorial service, having in- the Lord and His work.
herited the taste for literary work from
Uriah Smith seemed always calm 0 brother, be faithful! eternity's years
his talented mother. He had prepared and well poised, never anxious or exShall tell for thy faithfulness now,
himself as a youth for educational cited. His pen was working to the last. When bright smiles of gladness shall
work, and was about to arrange for When he fell, stricken in front of the
scatter thy tears,
a teaching position when he became old Tabernacle in Battle Creek, in
A coronet gleam on thy brow.
deeply interested in the Advent mes- the early spring of 1903, he was on O brother, be faithful! the promise is
sage, joined the movement, and be- his way to his office with material in
sure,
came, in time, one of our leading his pocket for the REVIEW. And so
That waits for the faithful and tried;
workers.
closed the fruitful career of a noble To reign with the ransomed, immortal
When his editorial work permitted character—faithful to the last! His
and pure,
him to do so, he liked to spend a few hymn, number 173 in our Church
And ever with Jesus abide.
hours in his workshop at the rear of
his house. I remember it. He was a
skilled cabinetmaker, creating useful
items for his home and office, including his fine office desk. This desk may
be seen today near the library entrance
in the Review and Herald building in
Takoma Park, D.C.
The outstanding book authored by
Elder Smith is Thoughts on Daniel
and the Revelation. In my student
days every young man aspiring to a
place in the work of God was enrolled
By Lena B. Jones
in the colporteur service. It was excelFormer Dean of Women, La Sierra College
lent training for us. Our vacation time
was well spent, I assure you. And we
all carried a prospectus of Daniel and
the Revelation (with another book or
HE word etiquette originally
There are three reasons for young
two) to show to people in our terriwas used for a paper ticket is- people, particularly students, to detories. Sister White urged and encoursued for entrance to court cere- velop social graces:
aged our young people to get this monies in France. Only those versed
1. To be popular, to have the feelbook into the hands of men and in social graces were granted tickets. ing of belonging. To be popular you
women everywhere.
need to be courteous, kind, sympaThousands of our church members
thetic, and understanding of others.
and scores of our conference workers
Ellen G. White speaks of the value of
A READING MUST
around the world are in the movement
these traits in Testimonies, volume 9,
- FOR YOUTH
today because of the influence of Uriah
page 189: "If we would humble ourSmith's great book. It is good to reselves before God, and be kind and
call the work and influence of our
courteous and tenderhearted and pitiworthy and faithful pioneers. In Today the word means "conventional ful, there would be one hundred conCounsels to Editors and Writers, page rules for conduct or behavior in po- versions to the truth where now there
145, Sister White tells us that we lite society." Rules of etiquette are is only one." These are strong words,
should retell and republish the ex- based on tradition, and are always showing how much God expects of
periences of our early workers in the alive, growing, and changing.
us in the way of courtesy and kindness.
Social races
FOR TEEN-AGERS
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Also, to be popular you need to wear
a smile. A smile will bring a blessing
to those you meet along your way.
Few people realize its value.
2. To make a good impression upon
teachers as well as students. One may
look good in a picture, but if his manners are uncouth he will not find
ready acceptance among his peers.
Social graces enable one to make the
right kind of impression upon associates and the "boss."
3. To know what to do at the right
time. Good manners are a good insurance policy to happiness. Not knowing how to act gives a person a feeling
of insecurity and an inferiority complex.
A Few Suggestions
Since some of the social graces are
not entirely understood, I will briefly
mention a few. Introductions is one.
Always mention the woman's name
first if a woman and a man are being
introduced. Mention an older person's
name first. Men always rise for introductions. Women rise only when being introduced to an older woman.
Men always shake hands. Women
shake hands only if they wish to do
so. When introducing young friends
to your parent, always use your parent's name first. Make your introductions simple. Don't say, "May I introduce?" rather say, "Betty Ann Roman,
this is John Jones."
Watch for annoying mannerisms.
You may have many that you have
not noticed. Ask your friends to watch
for you. You may be a table-tapper, a
curl-twister, or a throat-clearer. Any
of these mannerisms will strike you
off the correct list. Your conduct, the
way you speak, the way you work, the
way you hold your head, and the expression on your face, all reveal social
grace or the lack of it. Don't be the
young person who shoves to get to the
head of the line. Remember to say
Thank you. Even your date expects
that of you.
One social grace that has almost
been forgotten is that the escort ask
his date what time she is expected to
be home. Parents differ in their curfew time; therefore if you expect to
stand in good graces with the woman
who may become your future motherin-law, be sure to get your date home
at the required time.
In this day of rush and hurry, girls
often are so eager to get out the door
that they forget to let their men companions open it. No man wants to
walk through a door a woman has
opened. This also goes for letting him
push the button for the elevator.
When dining out, all women enter
and leave the table from the right
side of the chair. In arranging couples
at the table, there are two simple
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A. DEVANEY
Be sure to get your date home at the required time.
rules: (1) If only two people are dining, they must sit across from each
other, never huddled together on one
side of the table; (2) if there are two
couples, the girl sits to the right of
her escort.
Remember, people judge you by
the way you eat, the way you talk, and
the way you sit. Sit up straight. No
slouching positions! Don't talk so
loudly that the people next to you
hear your entire conversation. Always
speak softly. It was Max Ehrmann
who said, "I hate loud and aggressive
persons. They are a vexation to the
spirit."
Be tactful. Don't be a Blundering
Bob or Tactless Tillie who blurt out
whatever they think. This is a breach
in social graces.
Develop a sense of humor. Without
it you will often be ill at ease.
Someone has suggested that all social graces can be summed up in one
word—"respect." In the Bible, God
counsels us to show respect to our
parents. Ask yourself, How respectful
have I been to my parents today?
Teachers, too, are to be respected;
and all older people. Character is
shown by your attitude toward those
older than yourself. You may get by
when being disrespectful to these people, but remember, you are forming
a pattern for your life that may become fixed by the time you get a job.
If you show disrespect to your boss,
it will likely cost you your job.
Most important, show respect for
God, particularly when you go to worship in His holy temple. The Bible
shows clearly how important this is.
Young people, as you go through
academy and college you will leave
visible and invisible records. There
are the visible records of your grades
on file in the registrar's office. Even if
they are low, your best friend may
never know your grade-point average.
But the invisible records you are leaving on the campus with teachers and
other students—your familiarity with
the social graces—will produce a lasting impression. You may not be able
to recast nature's work upon your
face; but the smile you wear, the social graces you reveal in your life,
will be noticed far more than bewitching eyelashes or an extra-long
nose.
So start a check sheet on your social
graces. Determine that your invisible
records will score high in refinement
and culture.
One Against the Sea
In a day and age when the trend is for six people to
do the work of one, Francis Chichester is an exception
—he demonstrated his ability to do the work of six!
Entirely alone, he sailed his 13-ton cutter Gipsy Moth
III across the Atlantic Ocean from Plymouth to New
York, in the record time of 33 days and 15 hours. No
wonder the Queen Elizabeth, homeward bound to Southampton, delivered a three-blast salute as the Gipsy
Moth, with its 61-year-old skipper, passed the Statue
of Liberty in New York harbor!
The achievement of Francis Chichester, completed
on July 4 this year, illustrates once again the courageous,
indomitable spirit that God placed within man. Nobody pressured Chichester to try to better his own
record of 401/2 days, established in 1960; he set this goal
for himself. During the trip, according to the yachting
editor of the Manchester Guardian, "The engine overheated, the exhaust burned out, the water pump fractured and poured water three feet deep into Gipsy
Moth's hull." But Chichester mastered all of these difficulties, snatching a few winks of sleep and a few bites
of food only when not confronted by more pressing
problems.
Fellow mortals who become discouraged easily should
take a lesson from this doughty Briton, for unlike him
most people are in a position where they can lean upon
others for counsel and strength. Not so with Chichester.
He was strictly on his own. The rough seas were his to
master. The emergencies were his to face. The problems
of navigation were his to solve. If the menu was less
than satisfying, he had no one to blame but himself.
And all the time seeking to cross the Atlantic in the
shortest time possible!
Chichester has reminded us again that a single person
—even in this age of advanced technology and giant
organizations—can get things done! In ancient times
David slew Goliath single-handedly. Moses led Israel
out of Egypt. Elijah inflicted a crushing defeat on Baal
at Mount Carmel. Is not the God of the ancient worthies
still willing to do exploits through men and women who
are wholly dedicated to His service?
K. H. W.
The Understanding Heart
Some people call it empathy. The American Indians
used to call it walking in another man's moccasins. A
Chinese proverb turns the coin around and looks at it
from the other side: To a bystander the load looks light,
but to the man struggling under it, it's crushing. An understanding heart is a happy combination of considerateness and feeling for other people. It is the touchstone
that doubles the joys and dissolves the sorrows of life.
No man feels more alone than one whose burden is
almost too heavy to bear, yet who knows not how to lay
it down and has no one to help him carry it. When a
person begins to feel that nobody in the wide world understands or cares, he becomes a promising candidate for
schizophrenia or suicide. No torture is more exquisite
than solitary confinement, whether it be physical, or mental and emotional. Conversely, no satisfaction life has to
offer contributes more to a sense of well-being than a
relationship of mutual understanding and personal concern with others of kindred spirit. Understanding hearts
would solve most of the world's problems, and most of
our personal problems as well.
Empathy is a balanced blend of intelligence and emotion. In a state of empathy one person projects his own
thoughts and feelings so completely and effectively into
the thoughts and feelings of another person that they
become truly his own. In this state we learn to anticipate
what other people will appreciate, what they need, and
what will make them happy—and act accordingly.
The story was recently told of a dog named Duke, a
large, rough-playing Doberman pinscher. One day Duke's
owner, Mr. Hooper, was severely injured in an automobile accident that left him completely paralyzed on the
left side. Duke seemed to understand the situation, and
by his persistent efforts and interest in Mr. Hooper, rehabilitated him both physically and emotionally. In time
Mr. Hooper was able to take up the duties of a reasonably
normal life again. But it is doubtful that this miracle
would have happened except for Duke.
How many of the people you and I know may have
sustained invisible injuries of which we may not even
be aware? These injuries have left scars on the heart, the
mind, or the soul. To some degree these sufferers are
paralyzed in their outlook on life, in their moral perceptions, or in their hearts. They need someone who understands and cares enough to realize what is needed, and
then makes it his business to mend the invisible wounds.
Remember the days of gasoline and tire rationing in
World War II? With what infinite care we would drive
in order to protect those tires from injury or unnecessary
wear. Sometimes, driving along a rough, unimproved
road, we could almost feel the punishment the tires were
taking. It seemed that our sensory nerves reached out to
the tread on the front tires and felt every cut or bruise.
Perhaps that could be called automotive empathy.
The Saviour is touched with the feeling of our infirmities. In all of our afflictions He is afflicted. He defined
empathy in action as doing to others as we would have
them do to us if our circumstances were reversed, and
told the story of the good Samaritan to illustrate the
point. Having demonstrated God's great love for us in
His life and then by His death, He said we should love
one another as He has loved us.
If we really appreciate what He has done for us we
will go and do likewise for others. The best place to begin
is at home, at work, and in the neighborhood. More
often than we do, let us practice walking in other people's shoes. Let us be willing to step outside our own
tight little shell of self and learn to be sensitive to the
other person's feelings. Let us try to understand his point
of view. Let us care. Let us have understanding hearts.
Let us live by the golden rule.
Instead of being a burden to the members of our family, to our associates at work, to our fellow church members, or to the leaders of the church, let us help them
with their burdens, for in so doing we shall fulfill the
law of Christ. We shall be mature Christians.
R. F. C.
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Adventist Schools in Northern Europe
By Richard Hammill, Associate Secretary
GC Department of Education
URING March and April it was my
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privilege to join B. B. Beach, secretary of the department of education of the Northern European Division,
in an inspection tour of our Adventist
secondary and higher schools in the
countries of Northern Europe.
In a way, the hub of our educational
work in the Northern European Division
is Newbold College. It is situated about
30 miles west of London, in the general
vicinity of such famous landmarks as
Windsor Castle and Eton College for
boys. V. N. Olsen, of Denmark, is president. Newbold College offers a four-year
ministerial training program in which
students are granted a B.A. degree by
Columbia Union College of Washington,
D.C., with which Newbold is affiliated.
This affiliation is necessary because in
England private colleges are not allowed
to confer degrees.
Because Newbold College at present
serves mainly as a ministerial training
center for the Northern European countries, a strong corps of Bible teachers is
maintained in addition to the general
education courses. Into this ministerial
course come young people from the British Isles, and from our preparatory schools
in Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark,
and Holland.
Recently, Newbold has strengthened
and expanded its secretarial science and
business courses. The brethren of Great
Britain hope that as soon as adequate
facilities can be provided, courses will
be started in other subject areas leading
to B.A. degrees. These would probably
be offered in collaboration with a British
university. The institution of such a
program is necessary in order to serve the
needs of Adventist youth who are called
to lines of service other than the ministry
and who, in order to serve in their chosen
professions, must have educational credentials recognized in the lands in which
they live.
Newbold College does not offer secondary school courses. Each of the union
conferences in the Northern European
countries operates its own preparatory
schools, most of the students of which
are on the secondary school level, although a number of these institutions
also offer a course roughly equivalent to
the first two years of college in the United
States. The preparatory school in England
is Stanborough, which is 50 miles from
Newbold College, on the north side of
London. In its primary school, 118 young
people are enrolled and 214 are in the
secondary division, which offers instruction through the General Certificate of
Education, advanced level. This latter
certificate is equivalent to at least the
first year of college work in America.
The board of trustees of the school is
attempting to gather funds to erect residence halls so that the school will be
able to serve Adventist youth from other
parts of the British Isles more effectively.
Not far away in actual miles, but a long
way in terms of language and national
customs, is our Netherlands Missionary
School near Utrecht, Holland. The usual
name by which the school is commonly
known is "Oud-Zandbergen" (Old Sand
Hill), the name of the ancient estate
near Utrecht that was purchased for the
site of the school. This institution consists of a secondary school with five years
of instruction, plus the first two years
of Newbold's ministerial training program. Dutch young men preparing for
the ministry may thus take the first two
years of their course in their own country
and in their own language. Then they
must transfer to Newbold College, where
the medium of instruction is English, for
the last two years.
Our two Danish local conferences also
operate a secondary school. The institution, Danish Junior College (Vejlefjord
Hojskole), is situated in a lovely rural
area on beautiful Vejle Fjord. The wellkept Danish farm with its rolling hills,
apple orchards, and winding paths among
beach forests overlooking the fjord, provides an enviable setting in which our
youth may study and work. Because of
a large increase in enrollment the board
is expanding present facilities on every
side. H. Muderspach, for many years a
conference president, is giving effective
managerial and spiritual leadership to
the institution. Last year 14 students
were baptized and more than 30 are now
preparing for baptism.
Besides offering the secondary school
curriculum, with 122 students currently
enrolled, Vejlefjord also provides the first
two years of the ministerial training program. The 22 young people enrolled in
this course are preparing to transfer to
Left: Students of our Ekebyholmsskolan, Sweden, school on their way to worship and early morning classes. Right: A class at "OudZandbergen" in the Netherlands.
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North Dakota Ordination
Elmer C. Haag (second right) and Robert E. Janssen (second left) were ordained
as ministers of the gospel on June 30, at the North Dakota camp meeting. Brother
Haas pastors the Bowdon, Bowdon Country, Carrington, and New Home churches.
Brother Janssen pastors the Beach, Bowman, Grassy Butte, and Killdeer churches.
M. E. Loewen (right), General Conference public affairs secretary; R. H. Nightingale (left), president of the Northern Union Conference; and K. D. Johnson,
president of the North Dakota Conference (center) led out in the service.
K. D. JOHNSON, President
North Dakota Conference
Newbold College for two additional years
before entering the work as ministers or
Bible instructors.
We traveled next to our Norwegian
Junior College (Tyrifjord Hyere Skole)
in Norway, 40 miles north of Oslo. It
was built in 1958 on a hillside sloping
down to a beautiful lake. A heavy snowfall greeted us, rendering the mountains
beautiful beyond description. This fine
institution, enrolling 116 students, offers
the secondary school program known as
the realskole, plus the gymnas, which corresponds roughly in some lands to the
last year of secondary school and the first
two years of college. Forty-eight youth of
excellent potential are enrolled in the
latter course. Trygve Aasheim, the principal, baptized 21 of the students last
year, and a larger number are now preparing to become members of the church.
A strong spiritual and educational program is in operation here. The school
facilities, though new, are crowded. A
girls' dormitory is much needed, and the
brethren are attempting to assemble funds
for this project. The teachers are well
prepared for their work, and the students
have made excellent marks in the government examinations.
The next school on our itinerary was
Iceland Mission School (Hlidardalsskoli),
in Iceland, the land of the ancient Nordic
sagas. Although our Adventist membership in Iceland numbers only 430, the
brethren have courageously launched a
secondary school for their children on a
large tract of land about 40 miles from
the capital city of Reykjavik. Inasmuch
as there are not enough Adventist children of this age to justify the operating
expenses of such a school, somewhat more
than 50 per cent of the enrollment conREVIEW AND HERALD, September 6, 1962
sists of young people from non-Adventist
homes. No day students are accepted.
Accordingly, it is possible in the residence halls to bring a Christian influence
to bear upon all pupils. As a result, many
youth are led to dedicate themselves to
God and to His service. The Christian
influence and the excellent results of the
pupils in government examinations have
given the school a high reputation
throughout the small nation. Many prominent citizens enroll their children here.
The small Adventist membership have
contributed sacrificially in order to help
provide the physical facilities, but at
present these are inadequate in size for
a continuing, effective program, in view
of higher educational standards that are
being introduced in Iceland. A girls'
dormitory is desperately needed.
Although Iceland does not suffer quite
so cold a climate as its name and location on the Arctic Circle might suggest,
much of the mountainous hinterland of
Iceland is covered with huge glaciers. The
Gulf Stream of the Atlantic brings to the
coastal areas a climate about like that of
New York, except that the winters are
much longer. The major part of the land
area is covered with lava of fairly recent
origin and is useful only for sheep grazing. Lowland valleys have been farmed
since the country was settled by the vikings from Norway between A.D. 870 and
1000.
Iceland's isolation in the middle of the
Atlantic Ocean has preserved its old
Nordic language and customs with little
change until the present. The system of
personal names is the same as in Bible
times, in that there is no family name.
Each person is known mainly by his own
given name, and for further clarification
by the name of the father. For instance,
if Eric's father has the given name John,
Eric would be known as Eric Johnson.
However, Eric's own son Leif would be
known as Leif Ericsson, and his daughter
Sonja as Sonja Ericsdottir. When Sonja
marries she will not take the name of
her husband, but will always be known
as Sonja Ericsdottir.
At first the practice of calling everyone by his given name confused me.
When students referred to the principal,
Sigurdur Bjarnason, as Sigurdur, I didn't
recognize to whom they were referring,
for I was calling him Brother Bjarnason.
After a few days, however, I came to feel
that their custom is better than ours.
Ekebyholmsskolan (Swedish Junior College) in Sweden was our next stop. This
fine school was established in its present
site in 1932 when our Swedish Union
Conference purchased the old estate of
Ekebyholm. Records show the names of
36 successive owners, many of them nobles
and statesmen, from A.D. 1328 to the
present. In fact, the school vault now contains yearly account books of income from
farm produce and expenses for the estate
from 1760 to 1912. I saw also financial
record books for 1676, 1748, and 1756.
The "castle," or ancient estate house,
which is now used as a girls' dormitory,
was built soon after A.D. 1700 and is still
in good shape. We slept in the guest room,
which has always been known as the
"king's room," inasmuch as it was fitted
up and reserved for distinguished guests
in bygone days.
The institution consists of the four-year
secondary school, enrolling 114 pupils, and
the three-year gymnas or university
entrance school, with 30 students. The
faculty is well trained, and high-grade instruction is being given in the classrooms.
Seventeen young people enrolled in the
school were baptized last year, and about
the same number were soon to be baptized at the time of our visit. Dr. H. Karstrom, for many years principal of our
school in Finland, is giving dedicated and
efficient leadership to this good school,
which is supported in a strong way by the
Swedish Union Conference. I was impressed with the courtesy of the students
at Ekebyholm. One student would stand
at the door of each classroom, holding the
door open until the teacher entered. As
he did so, all stood at attention.
When we arrived in Stockholm, Sweden,
we were met at the train and driven to
Ekebyholm by Stig Sjolander, publishing
department secretary of the Swedish
Union Conference. At the school we met
his younger brother Roland, and sister
Kerstin. Upon inquiry we learned that
their parents, Brother and Sister Arthur
Sjolander, of Osby, Sweden, have sent
nine of their 13 children to our secondary
school. One more will come next year,
leaving two younger ones to come later.
Of the nine children who have thus far
attended, Roland and Kerstin are presently enrolled. Stig Sjolander, as we have
said, is publishing secretary of the Swedish
Union, one son is a pastor in Sweden,
two children work in our publishing house
in Stockholm, one is a missionary's wife
in Africa, one is attending a university
preparing to teach for the denomination,
and another is a nurse at the White Me17
morial Hospital. This devoted Adventist
couple are to be highly commended for
their determined efforts to provide a
Christian education for their children.
This was achieved only by great personal
sacrifice, for Brother Sjolander has been
in great pain and largely incapacitated
since an injury he suffered in 1932. The
service their children are now giving to
God's cause must bring rich satisfaction
and repayment for their long struggle to
educate their children as God has directed
His people to do.
The last two schools we visited were
the Finland Mission School (Toivonlinnan Kristillinen Opisto) and the Polish
Training School. We have no primary
schools in Finland, but the brethren attempt to gather in the Adventist young
people to our own school for the fouryear high school course and the ensuing
three-year gymnasium for those studiousminded youth who can meet the high
scholastic standards of the latter course.
One hundred sixty-three youth were in
attendance at the time of our visit. The
brethren are enlarging the facilities to pro-
vide better laboratories, an adequate library, and accommodations for more
young people.
In Poland we are not allowed to operate
a regular school, inasmuch as the state
reserves to itself the right to educate the
youth. We have permission, however, to
teach Bible classes. Our school maintains
residence halls for approximately 30
young men and ten young women. During the morning hours instruction is given
in Bible, church history, Latin, English,
Russian, and Polish. In the afternoon and
evening the youth go to a government
school for a heavy program of studies.
This continues for four years, at the end
of which the youth receive from the government school a certificate valid for university entrance, should they so choose.
Many of them, however, enter our work
as ministers. For this latter group another
year of training will be added at our
school. Some of our youth are continuing
their preparation in the universities, in
medical and various other lines. Our work
in Poland is growing, and our brethren
there are of good courage.
The Conflict Between Light
and Darkness Rages
in New Guinea
Director
Mount Michael Station, New Guinea
By L. H. Barnard,
Lying 30 rugged miles west of Wabag,
in New Guinea, is Laiagam. Recently a
road was carved out of the mountains so
that it can be reached by Landrover.
About halfway the road crawls over the
rim of an extinct volcano more than
8,000 feet high. Then it drops several hundred feet to the floor of the volcano,
where there is a lake about one square
mile in area. The road then climbs up
again and over the western lip, and winds
down to Laiagam. Periodically, this high
country is devastated by severe frosts,
which kill all garden produce and create
borderline famine conditions.
It may be that this rugged, inhospitable
country breeds stronger-willed men, for
these people are particularly warlike. The
history of our Laiagam church illustrates
this point.
Several years ago some of our valiant
workers penetrated this area, and soon
had an enthusiastic group at Laiagam. A
small church was built. One night an
enemy came and set fire to it, and soon
only a heap of ashes marked its site. Not
to be discouraged, the people rebuilt the
church. All timber had to be dragged or
carried several miles down steep mountain slopes, and kunai grass for thatching
had to be carried for hours over slippery
trails. But slowly a new church rose above
the ashes of the old.
The day came when it was finished,
and with joy all flocked to worship again.
But while they slept the enemy came
again and burned it to the ground.
Wails of despair rent the morning air
as the church members again saw the
fruit of months of hard labor reduced to
a heap of ashes. With grim determination
they applied themselves to the task of rebuilding their church. Again it was completed, and again it was burned to the
ground. Just across the valley a group of
people who professed to be Christians
boasted of their success, but the actual
perpetrator of the crime could not be discovered. Earnest pleas ascended to God
for help against these enemies, who raided
our people several times and endeavored
to drive them off their ground. More than
once clubs and bows and arrows were
used in the bitter struggle, and many were
injured and some killed.
Finally the great God of the "Seven
Day Mission" was derided. This insult
could not be borne passively. With calm
trust in God, our people courageously
flung back the challenge: "Our God is
able to preserve our church against His
enemies, and woe to anyone who challenges His power!"
Now there stands a larger and better
Above: A visitor from the wild Porgua area,
with a typical headdress made of human
hair. These people are still waiting to hear
the gospel. Below: The church at Laiagam
was burned to the ground three times.
church than ever before, a visible sign that
God is able to care for His people. Maybe
the enemies have attempted to burn it
again, but it stands, a witness to the power
of the God of the "Seven Day Mission."
Today, its 148 staunch members worship
in peace, and both tribes sit side by side
in Christian fellowship.
Recently I trudged over to the Kandep,
an area to the south that has just been
brought under control. It is an arduous
two-day walk, through miles upon weary
miles of mud and then over a 9,600-foot
pass that stretches the lungs as one gasps
for air to keep his aching body proceeding wearily over the mountain trail.
We were led most of the way by a
woman evangelist whose husband came
from Kandep. She scales this pass with a
small shovel in her hand to carve out steps
when the track is too steep and slippery.
All this she does voluntarily to bring to
her husband's people the light of the glorious gospel that has emancipated her from
fear and given her hope of a brighter land.
How quickly this gospel would go if all
Adventists had such zeal and vision. Her
husband is preparing for baptism, and a
fine group is eager to learn about God.
We already have six loyal national workers in Kandep, and it was our joy to dedicate a fine church only 15 minutes' walk
from the wild, uncontrolled territory
across the narrow valley.
At another small church up' the mountainside a woman was in mourning. Her
last child in a family of four had just
died and the mother was barely more
than 20 years old. "Please, oh, please," the
people pleaded, "send us help. We die
like animals in the bush because no one
is here to give us medical aid."
What could we do? I did have a trained
orderly who continually patrols a vast,
mountainous area where no other medical aid is available. With penicillin and
Picture Roll he relieves physical distress
and brings spiritual help to the hopeless.
I left him there for a few weeks.
My heart went out to these primitive,
needy people who have sat in darkness
so long. Our valiant band of workers need
our earnest, daily' prayers as they strive
against great odds to bring the glorious
light of the gospel to these remote areas.
It was a pleasure to have Brother Ralph
Murray, a builder from our Sopas Hospital, with me. As we were trudging up the
Kandep Valley on the return trip we were
challenged by a veteran warrior who
pleaded for a teacher for his village. I
could not keep my eyes off the scars on his
chest. There were two on the front of his
upper chest and one on each side, but
none on his back. This man of courage
always faced his enemies. But we had no
worker to leave with him.
Fifteen miles east of Wabag is the village of Raimendeimanda. Here a savage
struggle has been going on for two years
to force our people off their land. Already
five people, including three of our believers, have been killed, and many have
been injured on both sides. In all my years
in New Guinea I have never come across
such intensity in the struggle between
light and darkness.
Shortly, three new areas are to be removed from the uncontrolled zone and
opened for penetration. These are Wagie,
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September 6, 1962
Vesta, Virginia, Seventh-day Adventist Church
Pictured here are the charter members and the pastor of the newly organized
church at Vesta, Virginia, which recently joined the Potomac Conference. Most of
these members earlier belonged to the Shepherd's Rod. Far left is the pastor, Donald
W. E. CARPENTER, Departmental Secretary
Stutler.
Potomac Conference
Porgua, and Kopiago. As soon as these
areas are opened we must enter, or doors
now beckoning us forward will be closed.
For long ages these people have been
sitting in gross darkness waiting, waiting
for the glorious light of the gospel to dispel their gloom and despair. Where the
men and means are going to come from
we know not, but our command is to go
forward.
Beyond the mountains on the horizon,
toward the setting sun, lies West New
Guinea, or West Irian, whose sovereignty
is in bitter dispute. God is moving in a
mighty way opening doors and hearts as
never before, and angels are going before
us, breaking down barriers that previously
took years to remove. Urgency is in the
air.
The humble national workers in the
forefront of the battle are depending upon
you. Though greatly outnumbered and
poorly equipped, their courage is high as
God goes before them. Pray, and give till
it hurts. Soon it will be too late.
An African Medical Safari
By Dr. A. W. Perepelitza, Staff Physician
Kendu Hospital
Kendu Hospital is one of our older,
well-established medical institutions in
East Africa. It is about four miles from
the eastern shore of Lake Victoria and
about 500 miles inland from the east
coast of Africa. The staff consists of two
physicians, three European nurses, and
several African workers. A school of nursing and a school of midwifery are conducted at the hospital.
In recent years methods of increasing
the effectiveness of the hospital's medical
ministry have been sought. As a result a
chain of outlying dispensaries has been
set up in needy, isolated places. Each dispensary is staffed by an African graduate
male nurse. The hospital supplies him
with medicines, supplies, and salary. One
of the doctors visits each dispensary at
least once a month to see problem cases
and to deliver medicines and supplies.
After being in Africa only two months,
I had the unique experience of making
the monthly safari to our dispensaries.
The trip was made in the hospital's Landrover, and I was accompanied by one
African nurse. Unusually heavy rain
plagued us all week and made many of
the roads almost impassable.
Sunday morning we left for our nearest
dispensary at Eronge primary school about
thirty miles from the hospital. The trip
across hills and valleys at the edge of the
Kisii highlands was uneventful. This dispensary is still in temporary quarters consisting of a thatched roof and upright
poles for walls. There is great need here
for a permanent building and a microscope. You can imagine our problem examining patients while 20 or 30 interested
spectators are peeking through holes in
the walls. Most of the patients have malaria, amoebae, or some type of worms.
While we examined and treated about
25 patients, a severe thunderstorm passed
over. We had to move frequently to dodge
the trickles of water that dripped down
on us.
We loaded three patients sick enough
to require hospitalization into the Landrover and began our trip back. This was
my first experience with mud roads, swollen rivers, and four-wheel drive. We
slipped and slid, but managed to keep
out of the deeper ditches, and finally got
back to the hospital safely.
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On Monday morning we left early for
our oldest and best-established dispensary
at Kamagambo Training School near
Kisii. We noted with interest the change
from the semitropical vegetation at the
hospital to the green grass and forest in
the Kisii highlands where it rains every
day and the weather is quite cool.
We delivered the medicines at Kamagambo and then went another 12 miles
south to Ranen Dispensary, where we
saw 25 patients. Ranen Dispensary has a
modern building, good equipment, and
is our only dispensary equipped with running water.
As the usual afternoon Kisii rains began, we returned to Kamagambo where
we saw 60 patients during the late afternoon. Both the nurse and I were shivering as the rain came down and the temperature dropped into the low 60's.
We slept there that night, enjoying the
hospitality of the Cecil Roy family who
crossed the Atlantic with us on our way
to Africa. The next morning we made an
early start for our dispensary at Nyabakaye, only one mile from the Tanganyika
border. This dispensary is in the midst of
the Kuria tribe, a primitive group. The
women wear no clothing above the waist,
and have very tight metal bands around
the arms and legs. They also stretch their
ear lobes until they hang down below the
shoulders.
When we arrived at 10:00 A.M. we
found ten patients already waiting for
us. The dispensary is conducted in a mud
hut with a thatched roof. Again there
was no microscope and not even an examining table. We had the patients lie
on a narrow wooden bench eight inches
wide while they were examined. With the
help of our African pastor as interpreter
we saw 80 patients before a severe rain
prevented more sick people from coming
for help.
We loaded four sick people in the Landrover and started back to the hospital.
One of the patients had a massive tropical
ulcer on her foot and leg, which gave off
an almost unbearable odor.
We fought mud, rain, and fog for
about two and a half hours until it began
to get dark. We came to a river that had
been normal that morning but was now
overflowing its banks and the bridge. We
hired an African to wade across waistdeep, and quickly followed him. The
water flowed up above the car lights,
leaving us in total darkness as we raced
across the bridge. It was only after we
were safely on the opposite bank that we
noticed that our feet were wet and that
water was still present on the floor boards.
About nine-thirty that night we reached
the hospital, after driving through dense
fog about 50 miles. We heard the next day
that the bridge had been swept away during the night.
Next morning we left for our most isolated dispensaries. The road led us up
and down mountains, through valleys, and
finally up another mountain. It became
narrower, and for the last five miles we
had only a cow path to follow. In spite
of the isolated location our Rio Kindo
dispensary is housed in a satisfactory
building and is fairly well equipped.
Again the rain came down while we
were examining some 30 patients. Among
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Fiftieth Anniversary, New York City Hungarian Church
Three of the eight charter members that organized the New York City Hungarian
church were present for the fiftieth anniversary of their organization. The church had
its beginning in 1912 under the leadership of Elders Sivoh and Shilling, with a membership of 12.
More than 140 were present for an all-day series of services in the Hungarian chapel
on the fourth floor of the New York Center. Wesley Amundsen from the General Conference brought the morning message. Hungarian churches from Perth Amboy and
New Brunswick, New Jersey, and from Bridgeport, Connecticut, joined in this day of
rejoicing and gratitude to God. A testimony service in the afternoon was inspiring and
heart warming.
Messages were brought by Joseph Henne, pastor of •the New Jersey churches, by
Clyde Brooks, secretary-treasurer of the Greater New York Conference, and by the
writer.
C. J. Sohlmann has given strong and dedicated leadership to this fine congregation
for several years, and is regularly engaged in evangelism for his people.
The Dorcas Society of the host church served a delightful Hungarian meal in Fellowship Hall of the New York Center.
G. ERIC JONES, President
Greater New York Conference
other cases we had an eight-year-old boy
with tetanus and a young woman who
had been in obstructed labor for 48 hours.
We were to learn later that both patients
died—one on the way to the hospital,
and the other about an hour after arriving there. The three- or four-hour drive
in the rain and mud was too much for
them.
From Rio Kindo we headed south in the
hope of reaching Gesusu before dark.
What is normally an hour and a half
drive took us more than three hours. One
time we found ourselves on the verge of
sliding into a ravine, and were saved only
by having all the passengers jump out and
push in the other direction. Another time
we slid into a ditch too deep for the fourwheel drive to rescue us. After spreading branches, leaves, and rocks in our
path, and then pushing, we were on our
way again.
We arrived at Gesusu just before dark.
The village of Gesusu is about 50 miles
from the town of Kisii, the nearest location of European or Asian people. The
village consists of two rows of shops and
two African hotels. I had the unusual experience of sleeping in one of the hotels.
It had mud walls and floors and a corrugated iron roof. The front section had
three tables with benches, where the customers sat while visiting or eating. The
menu consisted of corn-meal porridge,
cooked meat, eggs, milk, or tea. Of course
I had brought my own food and water,
for it is too easy to get amoebae, typhoid,
or worms from eating the African food. In
the back were two rooms with beds, and
the third room in which I slept had only a
table and a chair. I used my own cot and
sleeping bag. That night I had to move
three times to find a dry place to sleep
because of leaks in the roof.
During the evening I sat and talked
to some of the people there. They were all
cheerful, friendly people, and I noticed
no fighting, smoking, or drinking. The
majority of them proved to be Seventhday Adventists.
As I sat there that night by kerosenelantern light and watched these people,
I wished that the people back home could
share my experience. Are the dispensaries
worth the effort, the hard work, the
dangerous travel? Do missions pay? During an average month our seven dispensaries will take care of at least 3,000 patients who would otherwise receive no
medical care. That is approximately the
number of patients we care for at the
mission hospital each month. This program, therefore, doubles the effectiveness
of our work. Each of our nurses at the
dispensaries prays with the patients and
uses every opportunity to point the people to Christ. Yes, our dispensaries do
pay. They are the front line in our effort
to spread the message to every nation,
kindred, tongue, and people.
REVIEW AND HERALD,
September 6, 1962
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FROM THE EDITOR OF THE REVIEW AND HERALD
As you all know, the REVIEW, after going along for many
years with about fifty thousand circulation, now has ninety
thousand. This is due to two important facts: The greatly
reduced price during the campaign, and the organized plan
of having a telephone committee in each church to telephone
every home, inviting the members to subscribe.
Unique Character of Review
The REVIEW has a unique task, a task that it has had throughout all our history; namely, to unite the hearts of all of our
people in the conviction that God has a last great movement
in the world and that we are a part of it. The articles in the
REVIEW ever seek to make that truth clear, and to teach our
people the standards and ideals they ought to maintain in order
to make ready for the day of God. Right along with that we
seek to keep our people informed on the great world work that
God has given us to do in missions. Only as we keep them informed and enthusiastic about missions will they give strong
and liberal support to the cause.
You do not have time to visit all the church members frequently, but the REVIEW can make its pastoral visits week by
week. How often we receive letters from church members saying that the REVIEW has held them steady in the faith, the
REVIEW has carried them over a hard place and maintained
their loyalty, the REVIEW has given them new conviction of
the need of sacrifice and liberality for God. Testimonies like
these assure us that our members are not going to apostatize.
Other Significant Articles Coming
Let me give you a preview of what we hope to publish in
the coming months. You have all heard about the Vatican
Council that is to open in Rome late this year. There has
been nothing like it since 1870. We will have someone there
to write several articles through the opening weeks of that
great assembly, thus giving our people a firsthand story. Could
you think of anything more timely?
Here are some other important contributions that will be
appearing: A series on spiritism by a writer who has given
special study to this whole matter in recent times. Certain
articles on faith healers. That is a difficult problem for some
of our people. We will seek to show wherein these so-called
faith healers come short of the divine standard. A series on
how to get the most from Bible study. Several articles dealing
with the special problems that face some converts as they
come into the church. And a series on the standards of the
church. The REVIEW seeks to uphold your hands as you seek
to uphold church standards. A series on the subject of marriage.
We believe that this series on marriage, written by someone
uniquely qualified to write, will prove of outstanding value.
Besides these and many more articles we might mention,
we shall have throughout the year contributions by the editorial staff, who from time to time will attend special meetings
and discuss important events. Our goal will be to keep all of
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September 6, 1962
our people informed on the great developments going on in
the world about us that have a bearing on prophecy.
This is a brief picture of the good things that are to come
in the REVIEW. But no matter how good they are, they are
valueless unless they can reach the homes and come under the
eyes of our people. Now if the REVIEW is to come to the homes
of our people, it will be in no small degree because of your
ardor as church leaders. I hope you have already appointed
your special telephone committee. This committee's task is
not a hard one and involves virtually no expense for the
church. But it is an effective plan. That has been proved.
Remember Those Who Have Fallen Away
And while you are making sure that the REVIEW reaches
every Adventist home, remember that this organ of the church
can also help you in your endeavor to win back those who have
fallen away from the church. For example, a sister writes of
her brother who had formerly been a member. One day he
wrote her: "At heart I am still an SDA." Actually, however,
he was attending a Sundaykeeping church. She asked herself:
"How can I increase his desire to be a Seventh-day Adventist
again?" Then she adds: "That was when I felt impressed to
send him the REVIEW AND HERALD." Let her tell of the happy
sequel: "Last fall my brother wrote me that he and his wife
were becoming members of the chUrch and that I need not
send any more REVIEWS for they had subscribed for the paper
themselves." I believe that this experience could be multiplied
manyfold. Why should we not renew the love of the truth
in the hearts of former members by sending them the paper
that revives former memories and loyalties and shows them
the great growth that the movement is enjoying?
Then, too, there are many who have never been members,
who have come to accept our great doctrines through reading,
for years, our missionary literature. Yet they fail to join us.
Perhaps they have only a foggy idea of the movement that
holds these great doctrines. How shall we acquaint them with
the church—its distinctive ways and standards—and what it
really means to be an Adventist? How shall we give them a
picture of the pulsing life of the movement over the whole
earth? In other words, how shall we add, finally, to their
belief in the doctrines, a belief in the living movement that
holds these doctrines? Answer, have them read the REVIEW.
Let me remind you that this concept of the REVIEW is but
a restatement of the action taken at the 1960 Autumn Council.
Better Printing—Better Pictures
I must not close without reminding you of the great printing
improvement we have made in the REVIEW. We are now printing "offset," to borrow a printer's term. Have you noticed. how
much clearer the pictures are, and the type? Offset printing
is the latest and best in printing.
So both in content and printing we promise you for 1963
the best REVIEW ever. We know you will give to the autumn
campaign your loyal, ardent, and efficient support. The circulation is now 90,000. Let's lift it above 100,000. The blanks for
your telephone committee should already be in the hands of
your church missionary secretary. They are the same kind of
blanks that the telephone committees used so effectively in the
last campaign. God bless you in your worthy undertaking.
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MV Activities at Pacific
Union College
By L. R. Callender
ness were evident, and all felt that the
Society activities gave them valuable training and experience as they prepare to take
their places in God's work.
Director of Public Relations
Fifty-six Master Guides were invested
at Pacific Union College on Sabbath,
May 19, as a year of eminently successful
MV activities on the campus drew to a
close. Twenty-eight of these were students
from the college and the others were
from surrounding churches. The Investiture was the high light of a youth rally
sponsored by Charles Seitz, MV secretary
for the Northern California Conference.
During the year the MV executive
committee, with Dean R. L. Britain as
faculty sponsor and Dick Winn as student
leader, planned wholesome projects, activities, and programs designed to meet the
needs of young people. The Master
Guide Class spent one weekend at Pinecrest Youth Camp studying leadership
methods. A soul-winning class was well
attended. The Power Hour, a brief
prayer meeting for students, was held
every day at noon. There were trips to
the Veterans' Home at Yountville, to bring
music and cheer to the men there. The
MV Society assisted the youth efforts
sponsored by the Bible department,
with the distribution of literature and in
other ways. Careful organization, diligent
planning, and much hard work went into
the year's activities.
The MV Society has been a striking
success this year because the youth who
participated felt that it filled a definite
need in their lives. Sincerity and earnest-
Montana Conference
Camp Meeting
By Harold K. Dawson,
Pastor
Montana Conference
Early July was a time of inspiration
and spiritual feasting to the many members and friends of the Montana Conference as they met for their annual camp
meeting at Mount Ellis Academy, near
the Bozeman headquarters. President
George Taylor, and the secretary-treasurer, Irving E. Gray, were in charge of
arrangements.
The theme of the convocation, "Behold He Cometh, Be Ye Also Ready," was
given emphasis by the earnest preaching
of Andrew C. Fearing, associate secretary
of the General Conference Ministerial
Association. C. A. Scriven, president of
the North Pacific Union, with the union
conference staff were on the grounds to
assist in the various activities.
H. M. Tippett represented the Review
and Herald Publishing Association, and
W. M. Adams the Religious Liberty Department of the General Conference.
Much interest was displayed in the development of Sunday laws and other signs
of the urgency of the times, as brought
out in the series of sermons by Elder
Adams.
Evangelist Glenn Coon won the hearts
of all as he turned their thoughts to
Ohio Ordination
Lyle Euler, pastor of the East Liverpool-Steubenville-Salem district (second right),
was ordained to the gospel ministry at the Ohio camp meeting on Sabbath, July 7.
Officiating were W. R. Beach, secretary of the General Conference (right); Neal C.
Wilson, president of the Columbia Union Conference (second left); Donald W.
Hunter, president of the Ohio Conference (left); and J. B. Bogle, secretary-treasurer
of the Ohio Conference.
J. B. BOGLE, Secretary-Treasurer
Ohio Conference
Jesus, the One "altogether lovely." The
simplicity and the practical nature of his
messages left every heart echoing the oftquoted words of Mildred Hill:
"Lord, make me a nail upon the wall,
Fastened securely in its place.
Then from this thing so common and
so small
Hang a bright picture of Thy face."
Workers and laymen alike felt limitless
hope and inspiration in their hearts as
they realized anew what Jesus could do
through each surrendered heart and life.
Dr. C. S. Small, head of the Department of Pathology at Loma Linda University, gave several health lectures on
such subjects as cancer, heart disease,
diet, and general health principles.
Walla Walla College was represented
by Gordon Balharrie, K. A. Aplington,
and R. H. Brown, as well as by several
students and former students who gave
thrilling testimonies of what the college
meant to them.
Of special interest to the ministers was
a seminar conducted each day by Dr.
Balharrie. The discussions were very
helpful in preparing them to meet questions and problems in certain areas of
theology. The last seminar session was
marked by a practical lecture by Dr.
Brown on the latest developments in carbon dating and the age of the world.
Conditions of drought, which have
plagued Montana, are now in the past,
and the entire State has been blessed with
abundant moisture. Laymen and workers joined in pledging themselves to go
forward with new confidence and hope
in spreading the gospel message.
Showers of Blessing at
Minnesota Camp Meeting
By William J. Harris, Associate Secretary
GC Sabbath School Department
Nearly 2,000 of Minnesota's faithful
members were present at the opening
service of the 1962 Minnesota camp meeting in June. Canis H. Lauda, president
of the conference, had arranged for the
entire group of ministers to sing the
beautiful strains of "We're Marching to
Zion." The great congregation joined
them in the chorus. This was the beginning of a great spiritual feast. Representatives from local, union, and General
conferences all played a part in making
it one of the most helpful camp meetings we have enjoyed for a long time.
The Voice of Prophecy and Faith for
Today groups brought inspiration and
new challenge. Elder Fagal told of their
recent Sunday violation court trial, impressing us all with the seriousness of the
times.
D. A. Delafield of the White Publications office, J. R. Nelson of the War
Service Commission, C. E. Moseley, Jr.,
General Conference Field Secretary, and
W. J. Harris of the Sabbath School Department presented topics in series, all
relating to various aspects of the work.
Other speakers, attending for a short
time, were W. E. Murray, vice-president
of the General Conference, R. H. NightREVIEW AND HERALD, September 6, 1962
ingale, president of the Northern Union, and Herald filled key speaking appointA. L. Bietz of the Pacific Union, and G. J. ments. L. C. Scofield, captain of the missionary launch Luminar II, brought
Christo of the Southern Asia Division.
Dr. U. D. Register of the Loma Linda thrilling stories from the Sao Francisco
University staff presented a daily series River region of Brazil.
Iowa, like other Northern or Central
of studies on diet and foods and nutritional values. He pointed out that much States, has in the past struggled to hold its
of the health instruction given this de- older constituents from moving westward
nomination by the Spirit of Prophecy or southward, where balmier breezes
years ago is being confirmed by modern blow, and the warmth engendered by the
Iowa camp meeting may induce many to
science.
Another high light was a mass meeting remain on their farms during the coming
welcoming Mayor Arthur Naftalin of the winter months. Iowa needs its people and
city of Minneapolis. Mayor Naftalin had their resources to help finish the work of
but recently emerged victorious from a witnessing in the old Hawkeye State.
It is said that the name "Iowa" in the
strenuous and severe conflict over Sunday
law legislation. His courageous stand in Indian tribal language means, "This is
vetoing a popular Sunday closing bill the place." To visit Iowa is to be conhad placed him in a• precarious position vinced that it is a fruitful place to live.
politically. As he related his experience The future is bright with promise as
we were able to see how important it is Iowa's growing constituency presses forthat we as a people should be faithfully ward in the biggest evangelistic program
doing our duty to enlighten government in its history.
leaders of the various features of this important religious legislation issue. R. M.
Whitsett, of the religious liberty department of the Northern Union, assured the Public Relations Guide for
mayor of our support for him in his stand.
Elder Lauda and his staff of workers Church Leaders
had arranged a helpful camp meeting
By Howard B. Weeks, Former Secretary
program. The attractive Medicine Lake
GC Bureau of Public Relations
grounds afforded a beautiful setting for
this spiritual feast. The meeting closed
Breakthrough — A Public Relations
with a call to supreme consecration fol- Guidebook for Your Church is the title
lowed by an inspiring baptismal service. of a new book for pastors and church
officers available through the Book and
Bible Houses. Prepared by the General
Conference Bureau of Public Relations,
The Iowa Camp Meeting the volume outlines plans for enlarging
the church's sphere of spiritual influence
By D. A. Delafield, Associate Secretary
in the community.
Suggestions are given for systematic
study of community communications problems, planning church public-relations
programs, improving internal communications of the church, promotion of
evangelistic meetings and other events,
just to mention a few of the subjects
covered.
Also included in the guidebook is a
valuable compilation of Spirit of Prophecy counsels on relationships with nonmembers and with the community in
general.
Much of the book is based on actual
cases of successful public relations action
as reported by union and local conferences, and is thus a practical, realistic
presentation with sound spiritual and
theoretical foundations.
On Sunday afternoon, July 29, Dale
Kongorski presented his prize-winning
oration, "America, You Asked for It," at
the General Conference session in San
Francisco, California. Dale, a sophomore
at Atlantic Union College, took first
prize for the American Temperance
Society oratorical contest at the college
this past school year, and also at the
National ATS oratorical contest in Washington, D.C.
Ellen G. White Estate
The camp meetings I have attended
this summer have been interest filled and
marked with revival spirit. That was true
in Texas, Minnesota, and Iowa. I found
the Iowa meeting, at Oak Park Academy,
Nevada, well attended and the believers
happy in their religious faith. The heavens seemed to smile upon the campers.
One high light of the camp meeting
was the nightly service conducted by Arthur Leach, conference evangelist. As
Brother Leach presented the stirring Advent appeals, people responded enthusiastically. The Leach team is currently
holding meetings at Ottumwa, where between 100 and 200 excellent interests
have developed. The ministers of Iowa
are conscious of their evangelistic responsibilities.
Sabbath, June 16, R. H. Nightingale,
Northern Union president, joined M. D.
Howard, president of the Iowa Conference, in a strong appeal for consecration to God and to the unfinished work.
More than .$20,000 was raised for the
Iowa evangelistic fund, much of it in
currency and checks.
Mrs. Dorothea Van Gundy Jones ably
presented an important series each afternoon under the title "The Gospel in
Cookery." These meetings were well attended by men as well as women. At
11:00 A. M. daily, studies in the Spirit of
Prophecy were presented by D. A. Delafield of the White Estate. J. R. Nelson
and F. R. Millard of the General Conference, and J. M. Jackson of the Review
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OF MEN
a‘i/94- AND EVENTS
OVERSEAS NEWS CORRESPONDENTS: Australasia—R. R. Frame; Far East—A. E. Gibb; Inter-America—
D. H. Baasch; Middle East—Raymond H. Hartwell; Northern Europe—G. D. King; South America—L. H.
Olson; Southern Africa—W. Duncan Eva; Southern Asia—J. F. Ashlock; Southern Europe—W. A. Wild.
NORTH AMERICAN UNIONS: Atlantic—Mrs. Emma Kirk; Canadian—Evelyn M. Bowles; Central—Mrs.
Clara Anderson; Columbia—Don A. Roth; Lake—Mrs. Mildred Wade; Northern—L. H. Netteburg; North
Pacific—Mrs. Ione Morgan; Pacific—Mrs. Margaret Follett; Southern—Cecil Coffey; Southwestern—Cyril Miller.
ATLANTIC UNION
11' Mrs. Eva Prior has accepted a call to
South Lancaster Academy as dean of girls.
She has spent many years in the educational field in both denominational and
public schools. Mrs. Prior was previously
on the staffs of Sheyenne River Academy,
Plainview Academy, and Newbury Park
Academy, and was also employed for a
time by the United States Government.
▪ D. E. Mansell, pastor of the New Bedford, Massachusetts, Portuguese church,
has accepted a call to teach Bible at Lynwood Academy, Lynwood, California.
▪ Fifteen men and women completed
the three-week course for nurse aids and
orderlies recently given at the New England Sanitarium and Hospital, Stoneham,
Massachusetts. The instructors were
Esther Oldham, Mary Camara, and Josephine Oh.
1"'" Literature evangelist credentials have
been given to A. F. Burrill of South Lan-
caster, Massachusetts, and Robert Schmidt
of Amesbury, Massachusetts. Bernard Pelton was voted a literature evangelist license. These men are working in the
Southern New England Conference.
▪ H. Ward Hill, district leader in Hartford, Connecticut, has accepted a call to
be pastor of the Branson Memorial
church in Toronto, Canada. 0. J. Mills,
pastor of the Atlantic Union College
church, will replace him as pastor of the
Hartford church.
CENTRAL UNION
▪ At the Central States Conference camp
meeting, W. W. Fordham was re-elected
president and J. E. Merideth was elected
secretary-treasurer. Elder Merideth comes
to the Central States Conference from the
Southwest Region Conference. All the
other departments will have the same
personnel.
'"'" Dr. E. N. Dick, research professor of
American history at Union College, was
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cording to Harvey A. Rudisaile, administrator.
""- Capt. Joseph T. Powell, former Bible
instructor at the Pine Forge Institute, left
recently for Korea, where he will be assigned to the 121st Evacuation Hospital
near Seoul.
Noted Chemist Supports
Creation View
Henry Eyring, Ph.D. (right), presidentelect of the American Chemical Society,
who recently visited the campuses of
Loma Linda University and La Sierra
College, converses with Dr. William D.
Leech in the latter's laboratory at Loma
Linda University. In an address to the
student assembly on the University campus the distinguished chemist, also professor of chemistry and dean of the Graduate School at the University of Utah, explained that all living things on earth
are composed in the same way, with
amino acids serving as the building
blocks from which the protein molecules
are assembled. An authority in his field,
he spoke out clearly in support of the
creationist view.
"In this world everybody—white or
black, Democrat, Republican, or Communist—is made of an identical chemical substance," said Dr. Eyring. "The
only explanation for this is that the
Lord, however He made the world—and
He really did make it—chose to make everything from exactly the same basic
material. We live in a world of design,
which convinces me that there is a Designer who planned the whole thing, like
a symphony which plays the same theme
over and over again in different ways."
WILLIAM D. LEECH, Ph.D.
Professor of Chemistry
Loma Linda University
Graduate School
recently guest speaker at the centennial
dinner of the Nebraska State Historical
Association held in Beatrice, Nebraska.
This occasion was in honor of the first
homestead located near there, and the
centennial of the Homestead Act.
""' On June 17 a special ground-breaking
service was held near Raytown, Missouri,
for the new Kansas City church school
building. R. E. Brewer, pastor, was the
master of ceremonies.
COLUMBIA UNION
11'
The Hadley Memorial Hospital has
received notification of its renewal of accreditation for another three years, ac-
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Melvin Sample has been elected as
principal of the Spencerville Junior Academy for this coming year. Another new
teacher in this school will be Carol Lee
Schubert.
""- Since its beginning on April 7, the
Silver Spring Pathfinder Club, with a
membership of 40 under the leadership
of Ralph Craig, has carried on an active
program. Besides weekly meetings, the
members have had an afternoon picnic,
including parents; an evening cookout;
visits to Columbia Union College observatory, Rock Creek Nature Center, and the
air show at Andrews Air Force Base.
Their first weekend campout was held at
Cunningham Falls State Park in Maryland, June 8 to 10. They used their new
equipment, such as pup tents and mess
supplies.
The Beltsville Vacation Bible School,
with an average attendance of 130 children during the two-week period, closed
July 20. A closing program was given,
under the direction of Clara Mae Doering,
director of the school.
Thirty-five students of the Delaware
Valley Junior Academy in Almonesson,
New Jersey, were invested at a service
conducted by Mr. McWilliams, principal
of the school. Gordon Rhodes, pastor of
the Woodbury church, gave the charge.
•"- The Columbia Union College radio
station will operate three hours each
evening this fall, and will have a more
extensive program on the Sabbath. The
station recently celebrated its fifth birthday. Listeners and students have donated
nearly $600 recently toward upkeep of
the station.
a' Two hundred fourteen students were
enrolled in summer school classes at
Columbia Union College, an increase of
eight over last year's total.
LAKE UNION
The new library building at Andrews
University is scheduled to be in full
operation by the beginning of Freshman
Week, September 17. There are five spacious reading areas, which will seat more
than 650 students. The Seminary library
will be on the ground floor, and also
the Heritage Room with its collection
of rare books and other interesting items
of denominational value.
'" Siegfried H. Horn, head of the Old
Testament Department of Andrews University, is working with the Oriental Research Archaeological Expedition this
summer, at Shechem. There is a staff of
34 in the camp, including four women.
The discovery of part of a cuneiform
text is listed among the interesting experiences.
ma" W. A. Geary, pastor at the Kokomo,
Indiana, church, reports the baptism of
20 persons in two services, May 19 and
June 23, as the result of his evangelistic
series. There was a good attendance every
evening. Among the features presented
was a series of film lectures, "Your Radio
Doctor," narrated by Dr. Anderson, messages illustrated in black light, and chalk
drawings by Dora Smith. T. E. Unruh,
president of the Indiana Conference, conducted the baptisms.
•`' Ordination services were held the first
Sabbath of camp meeting for five Michigan pastors: David Parkhurst, Iron
Mountain; Arnold Scherencel, Decatur;
Howard Boling, Alma; Robert Habenicht,
Gladwin; and William Edsell, Reed City.
PACIFIC UNION
▪ A new evangelistic team has been
formed in the Southern California Conference, to be known as The Adventist
Hour Evangelistic Team. C. L. Duffield,
former pastor of the Long Beach church,
and Gery P. Friesen, recently from the
Georgia-Cumberland Conference, are the
team members.
▪ Thirty-four degrees were awarded at
the summer session commencement at La
Sierra College on August 11. Fabian Meier,
president of the college, presented the
degrees, and William Landeen, former
president, addressed the graduates on the
topic "The Obligation of Service."
•"" Arlind Eugene Hackett recently arrived in the Southeastern California Conference to assist William Robinson, the
Book and Bible House manager, in taking care of the ever-increasing volume
of business. Mrs. Hackett is teaching the
sixth grade at Loma Linda. Both are
1962 graduates of Atlantic Union College.
R_' Keith Knoche, a student of the Redlands, California, church school, received
first-award acknowledgment by the American Legion Auxiliary in Redlands, in
San Bernardino County, and in the Statewide contest, for his essay entitled "Our
American Heritage."
11' Coming from Dayton, Ohio, to the
Arizona Conference, where she will teach
in the Tempe school, is Ila Simmons. During the summer she filled in for vacationing personnel at the conference office.
1_' Edna Bourbeau recently joined the
Book and Bible House staff of the Northern California Conference.
ASHBY.—Nathaniel Edward Ashby, born March
15, 1907, in Washington, D.C.; died July 14, 1962.
He received his A.B. and M.A. degrees from Howard
University. His postgraduate work was done at the
Seventh-day Adventist Seminary, the University of
Mexico, New York University, and Hunter College,
N.Y. In 1935 he married Lillian Rebecca Burgess.
He was ordained to the ministry in 1955. In 19561957 he served as pastor of the French-speaking
church, Brooklyn, N.Y. He was principal and teacher
of summer school at Oakwood, 1935-1945; principal of
Washington Union Academy, 1946-1947; teacher and
principal of Northeastern Academy, 1951-1960. In
1960 he returned to Oakwood as teacher of languages
and history, and remained there until his death.
Survivors are his wife; step-mother, Lottie W. Stukes;
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aunts, Lena Curtis and Florence Smith; and brothersin-law, A. A. Burgess and M. A. Burgess.
BAKER-Roy Brittain Baker, born Aug. 17, 1874,
near Williams, Calif.; died June 21, 1962, at St.
Helena, Calif.
BIRDWELL.-Curtis A. Birdwell, born March 23,
1904, in San Antonio, Tex.; died in San Antonio,
Tex., March 18, 1962. His wife, Schatze Birdwell,
survives.
BOWES.-Chester Franklin Bowes, born April 13,
1892, at Hartley, Iowa; died June 1, 1962, at
Modesto, Calif. His wife, Ruby, survives.
DOTY.-Francis Lee Doty, born Nov. 18, 1894,
at Harrison, Mich.; died May 6, 1962, at Takoma
Park, Md. He was baptized in 1939, and labored for
a number of years at the Washington Sanitarium and
Hospital. Surviving are his wife, Edna Matz Doty,
of Takoma Park, Md.; two children by a former
marriage, Dorothy Whittaker, of Holt, Mich., and
Arthur Doty, of Mason, Mich.; eight grandchildren;
and a sister, Mrs. Earl Stewart, of Grand Rapids,
Mich.
DUUS.-Herman M. Duus, born June 25, 1881,
at George, Oreg.; died May 31, 1962, at Hermiston,
Oreg. His wife, Audrey, of Irrigon, survives.
BOYD.-Deane Martin Boyd, born Oct. 27, 1892,
at Nebraska City, Nebr; died at Sanitarium, Calif.,
May 30, 1962. He was educated at Campion Academy.
In 1916 he married Rachel Kaltenberger. He began
his 48 years of denominational employment at the
Boulder Sanitarium. For some time he was purchasing
agent there. In 1936 he took the same position at the
St. Helena Sanitarium, and retired in 1957. Surviving
are his wife, Rachel; a daughter, Caroline Faber;
a grandson; two sisters, Marie Yale, of the Paradise
Valley Sanitarium, and Nola Case, of San Bernardino, Calif.; and a brother, John, of Thermopolis,
Wyo.
ESTILL.-Mabel Bennett Estill, born Dec. 30,
1883, in Philadelphia, Penna. She studied at South
Lancaster Academy following her baptism and was
the cook at the Philadelphia Sanitarium for two
years. She graduated from nurse's training in 1908
from the Washington Sanitarium and Hospital. She
worked in Moline, Illinois, and at the St. Helena
Sanitarium and Hospital before taking up employment at the Battle Creek Sanitarium. In 1927 she
returned to Washington, D.C., where she obtained
her B.S. degree at Washington Missionary College
and was operating room supervisor of the Washington Sanitarium and Hospital. In 1934 she went to the
Miami-Battle Creek Sanitarium as a supervisor and
remained until her retirement in 1956.
BREWER-William Roland Brewer, born March
15, 1872, at Adair, Iowa; died at Menard, Tex., Jan.
29, 1962. For many years he served in the colporteur
work. Surviving are a son, Dr. Wallace Brewer, of
Oklahoma City, Okla.; and two daughters, Mary
Ethel Stevens, of Menard, Tex., and Dorothy Morgan of San Antonio, Tex. [Obituary received June 19,
1962.-Ens.]
FLEMING.-Nora B. Francis Fleming, born Nov.
3, 1864, in Licking Co., Ohio; died June 10, 1962,
at Mount Vernon, Ohio. A grandson, J. Robert
Spangler, formerly secretary of the ministerial department of the Far Eastern Division and now associate secretary of the General Conference Ministerial Association, survives.
BROCIUS.-Eunice White Brocius, born May 5,
1886, in Louisiana; died at Modesto, Calif., May 3,
1962.
FORTNER.-Roxie Elizabeth Edwards Fortner,
born Jan. 5, 1878, in Louisiana; died March 26,
1962, at Canyon, Tex.
BROWN.-Anna Brown, born Nov. 3, 1873, at
Bodafors, Sweden; died at Livingston, N.Y., May 30,
1962.
DAVIS.-Elizabeth Davis, born in 1868, in Tennessee; died in Kansas City, Mo., June 16, 1962.
GILBERT.-Elsie M. Gilbert, born Feb. 8, 1874,
in Council Bluffs, Iowa; died July 9, 1962, at Avon
Park, Fla. She graduated from the nurse's course
in Battle Creek, and then obtained a degree in
medicine from the University of Illinois.
DEARBORN.-Grace Pearl Dearborn, born Jan.
22, 1883, in Topeka, Kans.; died May 31, 1962, at
Loma Linda, Calif. Her husband, George B. Dearborn, of Loma Linda, survives.
GRAFF.-Margaret Graff, died in Kansas City,
Mo., June 15, 1962, at the age of 63.
GRANT.-Helen Grant, born Feb. 19, 1882, in
Des Moines, Iowa; died at Modesto, Calif., June
10, 1962.
GRUNDSET.-Henry Grundset, born May 29,
1892, in Clay Co., Minn.; died May 23, 1962. He
attended Maplewood Academy and the Danish-Norwegian Seminary at Hutchinson, Minn. In 1919 he
married Mable Selby and in 1920 they were called
to Denmark, where he taught in a church-operated
school. The following year he taught school in Norway. He labored in Norway until 1926, when he
was made head of the Hutchinson Theological Seminary. In 1928 he became a pastor-evangelist at
Bemidji, Minn. Later he labored in Wisconsin. For
three years he edited our Danish-Norwegian paper,
in Chicago. In 1947 he returned to Wisconsin, and
in 1953 became chaplain of the Bethel Convalescent
Home, where he continued to reside until his death.
Survivors are his wife; seven children, Prof. Edgar 0.
Grundset, of Southern Missionary College, Florence
Loomis, of La Crescenta, Calif., Esther Kerr, of
Berrien Springs Mich., Dr. Harold Grundset, of
Watervliet, Mich., Major Arvid Grundset, of Washington, D.C., Willard L. Grundset, of Columbus,
Ohio, and Doris Schaller, of Berrien Springs, Mich.;
several grandchildren; a sister, Hilda Shulsted, of
Minnesota; and a half-brother, Elder A. Grundset,
of Loma Linda, Calif.
HALL.-Ward E. Hall, born near Monmouth. Ill.;
died June 3, 1962. He was a graduate of Eureka
College, Eureka, Ill., and the University of Illinois.
Before serving as a minister in the Christian Church
he took work at Drake University in Des Moines,
Iowa. He was a civilian chaplain in World War I,
district superintendent for the Illinois Christian Missionary Society, and promotional secretary for Eureka
College. He retired to Albuquerque, N. Mex., in 1946.
He and his wife were baptized in 1948. His widow
survives.
HALLER.-Sadie E. Haller, born June 23, 1882,
in Colorado: died June 15, 1962, at Sonora, Calif.
Her husband, William, survives.
HARLAN.-Sanford Morrelle Harlan, born Oct.
24, 1886, at Petoskey, Mich,; died June 3, 1962,
at Orlando, Fla. At the age of 14 he was employed
at the Review and Herald office in Battle Creek
and was among those who discovered the fire when
the plant burned. In 1906 he transferred to Takoma
Park to continue work in the Review and Herald.
In 1909 he married Harriet Andrews, a granddaughter
of J. N. Andrews. He worked at the Review and
Herald for 55 years, most of the time in the art
THE SABBA
A REPLY TO A. G. HOBBS
By ROY B. THURMON
Mr. Hobbs, a Church of Christ minister, has written a small
book pointing out the "errors" of Seventh-day Adventist teachings in regard to the law and the Sabbath. Many thousands of
this booklet are in current use. Now Elder Thurmon, a former
Church of Christ minister, and a personal acquaintance of Mr.
Hobbs, presents a point-by-point reply. Elder Thurmon is presently pastor of our large church at Southern Missionary College in Tennessee. An earnest and convincing preacher, Pastor
Thurmon has now put in book form a well-written treatise that
will be especially helpful to our evangelists and pastors. And
all of our members will find it very helpful as a little "refresher
course" in this important subject.
Price
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department. For 11 years he was a foreman, and
for 36 years was art editor of the Liberty magazine.
On retirement he moved to Florida, where he spent
nearly four years. Survivors are his wife; four children, Nevins, Russell, Mina, and Charles; nine grandchildren; a brother, Vern Harlan; and a sister, Mrs.
Leslie Casler.
HARLOW.-Selena M. Harlow, born March 23,
1879, in Canada; died in San Bernardino, Calif.,
June 22, 1962.
HEATH.-Phoebe Ann Heath, horn June, 1880;
died in St. Joseph, Mo., Jan. 15, 1962. Her husband,
011in Heath, of Bethany, survives. [Obituary received
June 27, 1962.-Ens.]
HEDRICK.-Rosa Belle Hedrick, born Oct. 5,
1880, in Nebraska; died May 4, 1962.
HEWGLEY.-Lee Hewgley, born Feb. 2, 18852 in
Savoy, Tex.; died Feb. 1, 1962. [Obituary received
August 2, 1962.-Ens.]
HINZ.-Martha L. Hinz, born June 12, 1878, in
Germany; died May 26, 1962.
HOHENSEE.-Amelia Hohensee, born Feb. 20,
1867, in Lotz, Germany; died at Modesto, Calif.,
April 29, 1962.
HOLM.-Edmund E. Holm, born March 13, 1876,
in Cornwall, England; died at Bakersfield, Calif.,
May 31, 1962. His wife, Elizabeth, of Bakersfield,
survives.
JAMES.-Ida Bell James, born Jan. 10, 1867, in
Ohio; died April 21, 1962.
JOHNSON.-Josephine Johnson, born May 13,
1873. in Vestre. Toten, Norway; died June 4, 1962,
at Minot, N. Dak.
KINCH.-Harry Melville Kinch, born Aug. 19,
1885, at Etna, Pa.; died May 7, 1962, at Grants
Pass, Oreg. His wife survives.
LEHTO.--Kustaa Adolph Engelbert Lehto, born
Nov. 4, 1891, at Turku, Finland; died May 29, 1962.
While serving in the U.S. Army in World War I
he found the truth. After the war he attended
Broadview College, where he served as food director
and managed the bakery and store while pursuing
his education. He married Rhoda Anderson, who
survives.
LENO.-Emanuel Leno, born June 12, 1896, at
Suttley, S. Dak.; died near New Leipzig, N. Dak.,
May 15, 1962. His wife survives.
in Guatemala City. When the General Conference
closed this school in 1914, they returned to study
at Keene, Texas. After a year and a half they
were called to Jamaica, where he was secretarytreasurer of the mission. At the end of ten years
he became secretary-treasurer of the Mexican Union.
Twenty years at that post brought him to the age
of retirement, and they settled in California. Surviving is his wife,- a son, Dr. James, of Soledad,
Calif.; four grandchildren; one brother; and two
sisters.
PHIPPS.-Silas C. Phipps, born Dec. 5, 1879, in
Pocopsin Township, Pennsylvania; died May 5, 1962.
His wife, Grace Chambers Phipps, survives.
RASHFORD.-Linton Rashford, born Jan. 1,
1874, in Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies; died at
Riverside, Calif., May 27, 1962. He accepted the
Advent message in 1903, and shortly thereafter
entered the organized work. In 1906 he married
Rhoda Jenner, a schoolteacher. Two years later
he was ordained to the ministry. For four years he
labored in Jamaica, and for the next ten years in
Trinidad, Tobago, Grenada, Barbados, St. Lucia,
St. Vincent, and other islands of the Caribbean.
He also acted as president of the South Caribbean
Conference. In 1922 he was transferred to Central
America, where he labored in Colon, Panama,
Costa Rica, and Nicaragua. That same year he
returned to Jamaica. He also labored in Grand
Cayman and Cayman Brac. In 1938, two years after
his wife's death, he married Daisy Randall, then
matron of the West Indian Training College. Later
they transferred to the Andrews Memorial Hospital.
In 1945 he took up residence in the United States.
Survivors are his wife; four children, Acton, of
New York City, Linda, of Pasadena, Calif., Welton
and Vernie, both of New York; seven grandchildren;
one great-grandchild; a brother; and a sister.
REINHOLD.-Ellen Reinhold, born in Sweden;
died July 8, 1962, at Bakersfield, Calif. She was the
widow of Elder R. R. Reinhold. Two daughters
survive, Elaine Reinhold, and Ruth Steitz.
RICE.-Byron Elburton Rice, born May 15, 1874,
in Missouri; died May 18, 1962. In 1902 he married
Martha E. Nielsen and was baptized the following
year. From 1910 to 1914 he studied at Pacific
Union College. Then he returned to his ranch in
Imperial Valley, where he donated land and helped
establish a church and school at New River. In
1938 he became a lay worker in North Carolina,
where he labored 14 years. His wife survives.
LEWALLEN.-Ellie D. Lewallen, born Sept. 28,
1874, in Texas; died in San Bernardino, Calif., July,
1962. She taught one of our first church schools in
Texas. Surviving are two daughters.
RIES.-Laura May Ries, born March 22, 1888,
in Indiana; died June 4, 1962. After her husband's
death, she made her home with her daughter, Lois
Cowdrick, an employee of the Review and Herald
Publishing Association.
MC CLELLAN.-William J. McClellan, born Sept.
29, 1881, at Richland, N.Y.; died July 15, 1962, at
Riverdale, Md. His wife, Lilla Caster McClellan,
survives.
SELESKE.-Marcella Marie Seleske, born Aug.
11, 1955; died July 10, 1962, at Hinsdale, Ill. Her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Seleske, survive.
MILES.-Martha Vuilleumier Lord Miles, born
April 14, 1873, at Tramelan. Switzerland; died July
24, 1962, at Sanitarium, Calif. Her father, Albert
Vuilleumier, was one of our first believers in Switzerland. In 1895 she married Peter Lord, and to this
union were born three children. Blanche, Muriel,
and Perley. Three years after Mr. Lord's death
she married Elder E. E. Miles, a bookbinder and
publisher in South Lancaster, Mass. Survivors are her
three children, Blanche Sevrens, of Angwin, Calif.,
Muriel Gilbert, of Napa, Calif., and Perley P. Lord,
of South Lancaster, Mass. Of the six children of
Elder Miles, five survive her: Myrtle Cross of South
Lancaster, Mass., Dr. S. Herbert Miles, of Los
Angeles, Calif., Walter Miles, of South Lancaster,
Mass., Gerald Miles of Lancaster, Mass., and Inez
Longway, wife of Ezra Longway, president of the
South China Island Union Mission. Other survivors
are 12 grandchildren, and a brother, Jules Vuilleumier, of Manchester, N.H.
SHARP.-Alice Fishpan Sharp, born June 18,
1894, at Williamsport, Md.; died at Riverdale, Md.,
May 17, 1962. She is survived by her daughter,
Gertrude, wife of Wesley Moore, who is principal
of the Mt. Aetna Academy.
SHERRILL.- Margaret Fulbright Sherrill, born
Aug. 23, 1866. at Mt. Pleasant, Ark.; died at Winnsboro, Tex., May 23, 1962.
SKINNER.-Julia Skinner, born May 31, 1860,
in Germany: died April 11, 1962.
STANWICK.-Iver Stanwick, born April 26, 1873,
at Sjoa, Gudbransdalen, Norway; died March 31,
1962. He served many years as a colporteur. Surviving
are four daughters, Mrs. Lewis Pedersen, of Battle
Ground. Wash., Mrs. Carrol Aimes, of Seattle, Wash..
Mrs. Charles Shearer, of Saskatchewan, B.C., and
Mrs. Jewel Perry, of Phoenix, Ariz.; two stepchildren, Mrs. Alfred Hanson and Dr. Lief Christofferson, both of Glendale, Calif.; 19 grandchildren;
18 great-grandchildren; and a brother, Matt, of
Alberta, Canada.
MIRAMONTEZ.-Waldo B. Miramontez, born
April 24, 1884, in Los Angeles, Calif.; died June 3,
1962, at Modesto, Calif. He graduated at San Fernando Academy and married Ida Sandell. He
served the denomination as a teacher, departmental
secretary, and missionary in Mexico, Guatemala,
and Uruguay. After returning to the homeland, he
was employed at the Pacific Press until retirement
in 1954. Surviving are his wife; a son, Knowlton,
of Sunnyvale, Calif.; a daughter, Mrs. Douglas
Reeves, of North Highlands, Calif.; four grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. J. H.
Hidley, of Ontario, Calif., and a brother, Percy R.,
of Aptos, Calif.
MOORE.-Gladys Belle Moore, born April 24,
1901, at Liberty, Kans.; died May 4, 1962.
NELSON.-Ivan E. Nelson, born Feb. 14, 1894,
in Portland. Oreg.; died March 28, 1962, at Sanitarium, Calif. Survivors are his wife, Ruth; two
sons; a daughter; his father; two brothers, Elder
Axel and Henry; and a sister.
PEARSON.-Martin Pearson, born June 8, 1876,
at Skillings, Sweden; died at Fort Lauderdale, Fla.,
June 13, 1962. His wife, Hilda Hanson Pearson,
survives.
PETTEY.-James Garfield Pettey, born Oct. 10,
1880, at Mooresburg, Tenn.; died May 29, 1962, at
Riverside, Calif. In 1903 he married Alice Bayliss.
He graduated in 1909 from Keene Academy. He and
his wife taught church school in Texas. Then they
were called to take charge of our English school
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STUMPF.-Bessie L. Stumpf, born April 5, 1903,
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TINDAL.-Lillie K. Tindal, born Dec. 23, 1882,
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Ark.
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grandchildren; a sister, Ivy Potts; and two brothers
Harry H. and Raymond G. Walker.
WARE.-Robert A. Ware, died May 13, 1962, at
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3, 1887, at Ashton, S. Dak.; died at Vienna, Va.,
June 8, 1962. She took nurse's training at the College of Medical Evangelists and gave service in this
line. In 1913 she married Clyde Oliver Wolcott; he
and their seven children survive. Six of the children are currently engaged in denominational work.
WOOLVEN.-Harriet Woolven, born Dec. 22,
1865, in Horsham, Sussex County, England; died
June 13, 1962.
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Branch Sabbath Schools
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Conference, we have the following good
news relative to their branch Sabbath
school program:
"I have just returned from the Rio
Grande Valley early this morning. We
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down there and the folks dedicated themselves to this type of work and stayed
after the program to lay plans, by
churches, for definite organizations and to
Selected from Religious News Service.
NEW YORK—For the first time official Roman Catholic observers were
present at a meeting of the policy-making
Central Committee of the World Council of Churches, officials of the U.S. Conference for the World Council announced
here. Father John Sheerin, C.S.P., editor
of the Catholic World, and Father Jerome Hamer, 0.P., of the Dominican
House of Le Saulchoir near Paris, were
named by the Vatican Secretariat for
Promoting Christian Unity to attend the
Central Committee meeting in Paris,
August 7-17.
SOUTH BEND, IND.—Perhaps the
most significant event of contemporary
times has been the movement for Christian unity, Father John J. Cavanaugh,
C.S.C., former president of Notre Dame
University, declared here. Manifestations
of the ecumenical movement may not
be as thrilling as the feats of the astronauts, he said, but they signify a development "which in the perspective of history may be the turning point from a
secular civilization of temporal and natural values to a civilization freely and
intelligently dedicated to the life of the
spirit energized and sustained by the
set the dates to begin. It looks as though
we will have between 25 and 30 new
branch Sabbath schools operating in the
valley within the next few weeks. Isn't
this thrilling! The Lord is truly blessing.
We have many more rallies booked, and I
believe the Lord will lead the people to
respond likewise in other places."
Texas now has more than 150 branch
Sabbath schools in operation. Their goal
for 1962 is 308.
G. R. NASH
Publishing Work Advances
in Vietnam
A recent letter from John Bernet, publishing department secretary of the Southeast Asia Union, brings the following encouraging report:
"Previous to the institute conducted in
Saigon, Vietnam, several months ago, we
had 22 literature evangelists. Now the
May report showed 71 literature evangelists reporting, and they worked a total
of 8,400 hours. I sincerely believe that it
will be possible to have 100 literature
evangelists in Vietnam by the end of this
year. In a few days we will appoint a fulltime publishing department secretary to
look after the work in the Sarawak and
North Borneo missions."
It is most encouraging to know that
despite the serious difficulties in Vietnam
the work of the church is making good
D. A. McAnAms
progress.
Grace and Spirit of Christ." Noting the
distinct change in atmosphere between
Catholics and Protestants "after four centuries of anger and bitterness and cold
aloofness," Father Cavanaugh observed
that Pope John XXIII and other Christian leaders "seem to feel that the vitality and direction of the movement, the
fantastic speed with which it has caught
on, are something higher than human."
BOSTON—They're twisting up in
Boston on Sundays—and it's legal because of a legislative oversight. Not only
is the twist allowed, but the fox trot
and the more sedate waltz may be
danced on Sunday by Massachusetts residents according to a provision in revised
Sunday laws enacted this summer. But
the State legislators didn't plan it this
way. The lawmakers, who recently revised
and generally liberalized the State's ancient blue laws, thought they had struck
out a section in an original revision
measure calling for legalized dancing on
Sundays. The sunday dancing section was
apparently overlooked by legislators as
debate focused on proposed provisions
affecting Sabbatarians (principally Jews
and Seyenth-day Adventists) engaged in
commercial activity.
CASTEL GANDOLFO — Pope John
XXIII received a Shinto high priest from
Japan and members of his family in a
half-hour private audience at the papal
summer residence here. The audience
marked the first time that a Shinto leader
had met with a Roman pontiff.

Review and Herald for 1962

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