Document 6519293

Youth Evangelism Special
VOLUME 58
POONA, INDIA, JUNE 15, 1963
The following goals should be
set as the Week of Prayer comes
into focus:
WHAT IS
1. Our youth should be encouraged to use this opportunity
to share their faith and to lead
unconverted young people to a
decision for Christ.
MV WEEK
2. Those who are discouraged
and who are faltering before the
throne of grace should be brought
to a new dedication.
3. The youth of the church
who are strong spiritually should
never consider themselves too
mature in their Christian experience to neglet a revival in their
own hearts. MV Week should
bring them into a closer spiritual
union with their Saviour.
HE MISSIONARY Volunteer Week of Prayer is the
most productive period
for the conversion of our youth
to Christ. Years ago the fathers
of our faith saw the perils of
Seventh-day Adventist young
people and set this time when the
whole church can work for their
salvation.
The Young People's Department of the General Conference
has taken great care to provide a
series of studies for MV Week
which may culminate in a call to
consecration.
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NUMBER 12
4. The whole church should be
aroused to the great need of the
young people among them.
Special plans should be made to
train them for service in the cause
of Christ.
Some mistake the Missionary
Volunteer Week of Prayer to be
a matter of seven days only. In
this they are entirely mistaken. A
Week of Prayer will amount to
little unless there are plans to
follow it up. Provision should be
made for the organization of a
baptismal class. Working bands
should be organized so that each
OF PRAYER
Theodore Lucas
MV Secretary, General Conference
youth can be enlisted in some
Share Your Faith activity. There
should be a renewed impetus in
the interest of the Morning Watch
and the Bible Year. Above all,
there should be held up constantly
before the young people of the
church the challenging fact that
God has a plan for each life.
We are living in the closing
hours of the great Day of Atonement when the hearts of youth
must be broken with repentance.
The impressions made and the experiences which come during the
MV Week of Prayer should be
long remembered, not only by
our young people but by all the
members of the church.
"To pray in Christ's name means much. It means that we are to
accept His character, manifest His spirit, and work His works."—
"The Desire of Ages," p. 668.
SOUTHERN ASIA TIDINGS
"Of Such is the Kingdom, of Heaven"
G. J. Christo
Division MV Secretary
THE LORD HAS SET
His church in the world to be a
light—a light that will draw all
men to Him who is the source
of light. How well the church succeeds in her appointed task will
be demonstrated by her influence
upon those who live closest to the
church. If the church is not drawing the children of its own members to herself, then she is failing
in her responsibility.
How futile indeed would be
our efforts if we spent time, energy
and funds in searching the highways and byways for souls if the
children of the church slipped
through our fingers! Many a
church is lacking in stability because of the absence of younger
members. It is very common to
observe on Sabbath morning how
many of our congregations are
made up entirely of older folk.
We thank God for our older
members who have proved loyal
and faithful to the church, but no
church builds on a strong foundation when special efforts are not
made to win the youth. The
church of tomorrow will depend
on what we do for the children
of the church today.
Often we are tempted to underestimate the value of the baptism
of a youth, but such a baptism increases the potential for soulwinning in the church several
times. A person who is old enough
to be baptized is old enough to
win souls and can prove to be a
very fruitful soul-winner. Ministers
often neglect the younger members of their church thinking that
their needs are cared for by the
Sabbath school and the MV
society. If only they could realize
how they are esteemed by the
youth, they would spend more
time with them.
-The majesty of heaven condescended to answer the questions
and simplified His important
lessons to meet their childish
understanding. He planted in
their young expanding minds the
seeds of truth that would spring
up and produce a plentiful harvest
in their riper years."—``Testimonies," page 141. What a
privilege, indeed, for us as ministers of God to have a part in
planting the seeds of truth in
young hearts! We may not see
any outward signs of a transforming life immediately, but we can
always have the hope that some
day the words we have helped
sow will reap a bountiful harvest.
To emphasize this important
and fruitful source of evangelism
the Missionary Volunteer Department promotes an annual MV
month of evangelism. Statistics
show that the greatest number of
children of Adventist parents are
baptized at the age of 12. The
MV month of evangelism has
proved a real blessing to the
WITH SUCH AN ARMY . . .
A. J. Johanson
President, South India Union
-WITH SUCH AN ARMY
of workers as our youth, rightly
trained, might furnish, how soon
the message of a crucified, risen,
and soon-coming Saviour might
be carried to the whole world.
How soon might the end come—
the end of suffering and sorrow
and sin."—"Education," p. 271.
A minister in one of the
Western cities came across a large
group of people listening attentively to an agnostic who proudly
boasted, "There is no God, there
never was a God. I dare anyone
to stand on this box and prove
that there is a God.- The speaker shouted at the
church in Southern Asia. Las
year 15,288 attended the specia
week of prayer which resulted it
over two thousand accepting
Christ for the first time. One thou•
sand seven hundred sixty-four
young people joined baptisrna,
classes and 85 were baptized. We
believe achievements in 1963 wil
be even more inspiring. Let u:
plan an aggressive campaign tc
reach every boy and girl and
every youth in our church and
draw them to Christ.
"As the Holy Spirit move:
upon the hearts of the children,
co-operate with His work. Teach
them that the Saviour is calling
them, that nothing can afford
Him greater joy than for them tc
give themselves to Him in the
bloom• and freshness of their
years.
"The Christian worker may be
Christ's agent in drawing these
faulty and erring ones to the Saviour. By wisdom and tact He may
bind them to His heart, He may
give courage and• hope, and
through the grace of Christ see
them transformed in character, so
that of them it may be said, 'of
such is the kingdom of heaven.' "
—"Ministry of Healing," page
44.
people, "God hasn't a friend
among you !A bold voice shouted back,
"YES, HE HAS!" A young boy
pushed his way through from the
centre of the crowd and stood face
to face with the agnostic. The boy
stood up straight and said: "This
man here says that there is no
God. He tells an untruth! I know
there IS a God! He says that God
hasn't a friend in this crowd. He
tells an untruth! I am a friend of
God! He says no one can prove
that there is a God. Again he tells
an untruth, and I can prove it.
God is in here right now," he said
as he put his hand on his heart.
"He lives, he lives in me. I hear
His voice saying to me right now,
'Don't let that man put such lies
over on this crowd.' In a moment the leadership had
passed from the agnostic to the
boy of faith. Someone in the
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SOUTHERN ASIA TIDINGS
crowd began to sing the familiar
hymn, "Nearer My God to Thee,"
and, the minister said, "It swelled
from lip to lip, until a mighty
chorus rolled up in great volume
and broke in a benediction upon
every heart."
Only "with SUCH an army,"
of brave, clean-living, spirited
youth can the work of God be
carried to a successful conclusion
and bring an end •to suffering and
sin. But to have such an army
demands sacrifice by parents,
teachers, workers and church
members. It will demand hours
of toil and nights of prayer. Have
you, have I, spent a whole night
in prayer for the soul and spiritual
progress of some young man or
woman who is not a relation? We
feel the burden for our own
children in the flesh, but is the
burden heavy for our neighbours'
children? Have we tended the
soul of the stranger's child as
tenderly as we care for the roses
that grow in our gardens? Many
young men and women have been
lost and the army poorly equipped
as a result of the lukewarm religion and lukewarm love and interest of their elders.
Robert W. Rogers says that
"pearls and diamonds, emeralds
and rubies have to be sought and
found. They are not lying about
as pebbles. Great men were once
boys and must be searched for
and found. David must be discovered, and it is Samuel's crown
of honour that it was he who did
it. He found the boy and gave
him his chance, and second only
in honour to the great man is the
man who discovers the great man
who is yet untried and unheralded, and sets him on the way to
greatness."
Winston Churchill remarked
once that "this is a time when the
voice of youth will be welcomed
in the world," and we know that
"never before was there so much
at stake; never were there results
so mighty depending upon a
generation as upon those now
coming upon the stage of action."
—"Counsels to Teachers," p.
537.
The influence of one generation upon the next is deep and
far-reaching in consequences, and
as General Foch once said, "A
battle is won the day before."
TODAY is the day before the
time of trouble which Daniel saw
in vision, the sight of which caused
him to faint. TODAY is the time
of character building for our army
of youth. "Those who are older
must educate the youth by precept
and example, to discharge the
claims that society and their
Maker have upon them. Upon
these youth must be laid grave
responsibilities. The question is,
Are they capable of governing
themselves, and standing forth in
the purity of their God-given
manhood, abhorring everything
that savours of wickedness?"—
"Counsels to Teachers," p. 536.
Here we have self-control,
purity, and abhorrence of evil, or
everything that savours of wickedness, as the insignia of our army
of youth. With these characteristics they can represent Christ
A CHANGED LIFE
"When Jesus speaks of the new heart,
He means the mind, the life, the whole
being. To have a change of heart is to
withdraw the affections from the world,
and fasten them upon Christ. To have a
new heart is to have a new mind, new
purposes, new motives. What is the sign
of a new heart?—A changed life. There
is a daily, hourly dying to selfishness
and pride."
honestly, without them they will
not be equipped to face their
grave responsibilities and handle
them with wisdom or success. The
stamina, purity, and nobility of
the army of workers today will
be the example for the army of
youth of tomorrow. Therefore,
the weighty question for each
member of God's church to ask
himself or herself is, "Will our
young people be fit soldiers for
God's army of youth if they
follow my example?"
When Shackleton wanted two
volunteers to join an expedition
to the South Pole fifty thousand
young men applied for the job.
Young people are stirred by adventure and look for the real hero
in men and in their elders. It is
our responsibility to live the life
of truth and light, and they will
not fail to follow, and create
an army of power for God's work.
PREPARING THE CHURCH
FOR THE MV WEEK OF
PRAYER
M. D. Moses
President, Western India Union
THERE IS NO MORE
fruitful field in all the world than
the young people in our own
churches. It is proved by statistics
that the age of decision is gradually pushed to the younger age
levels each year. The church is
responsible for her young people
and children.
We hear much about holding
the youth of the church to remain
faithful to this truth. We need to
remember that we cannot hold
what we have never had. We shall
never be able to hold our young
people for Christ until we have
first won them to Christ. We cannot win the young people until we
go after them.
We need constantly to labour
for the conversion of our youth.
We should give particular attention to those seasons especially set
apart for the winning of our young
people. The possibilities of the
annual missionary volunteer week
of prayer in the month of July
cannot be minimized. A number
of young people who are brought
to a decision for Christ through
the Week of Prayer during the last
few years illustrate vividly what
can be done when the forces of
the church unitedly organize to
minister to the youth.
According to the church calendar prepared by our division, July
20-27 is set apart as MV Week
of Prayer. What preparation is
your church doing for the success
of this very important week? No
programme succeeds unless it is
well planned in advance. There
are some fundamentals that
should be kept in mind as the
church prepares for this week;
1. The church should make the
young people realize that
they are a part of the church
just as much as children are
part of a family.
2. Prepare a list of all the
young people and the children of your church and
other interested youth.
3. Make arrangements to con-
SOUTHERN ASIA TIDINGS
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tact all the young people of
your church prior to week
of prayer, specially those
who are backslidden.
4. Prepare a special interesting,
programme for the young
people one or two weeks
before the MV Week of
Prayer commences and announce the interesting features of the MV Week of
Prayer. Use the sermon
material prepared by the
MV Department for the
Sabbaths preceding the
Week of Prayer.
5. Assign some parts in the
programme for young people during the Week of
Prayer.
6. Organize prayer bands and
appoint their leaders choosing from the young people.
7. Appoint the speaker for the
week in advance and let
the church pray fOr the
young people and the
speaker. Have a special day
of prayer in the church for
the young people the day
before the Week of Prayer
starts.
If we follow these simple principles in the preparation of this
week we shall see a great revival
among the youth of the church in
Southern Asia during the coming
MV Week.
TOO LITTLE
Said a precious little laddie
To his father one day,
"May I give myself to Jesus,
Let Him wash my sins away?"
"Oh, my son, but you're too little;
Wait until you older grow.
Bigger folk, 'tis true, do need Him,
But little folk are safe, you know."
Said the father to his laddie
As the storm was coming on,
"Are the sheep all safely sheltered,
Safe within the fold, my son?"
"All the big ones are, my father,
But the lambs, I let thaw go,
For I didn't think it mattered,
Little ones are safe you know."
Oh, my brother! oh, my-sister!
Have you, too, made that mistake?
Little hearts that now are yielding
May be hardened then—too late.
Ere the evil days come nigh them,
"Let the children come to Me,
And forbid them not," said Jesus,
"For such shall My kingdom be."
—Author Unknown
LIFE'S BIG MOMENTS
his heart to cherish a wicked
thought against Mordecai was a
day of no consequence in that
0. W. Lange
great man's thinking, neither were
the days that followed worthy to
President, Northwestern India Union
be mentioned in his diary. Yet
.they were very important in preBIRTHDAYS SEEM paring for that big day, when
wonderfully important. The day under false pretenses, Haman,
school opens, graduation day and secured the King's signet ring and
one's wedding day are important commanded the destruction of
days in the experience of every God's people.
child and youth. These are all outWhat are the BIG moments of
standing moments of time. The
your life? The most important
day one chooses his life's work,
moments are the moments- of
the day he chooses his life's comchoice, the moments when decipanion, and the day he yields
sions for good or ill are made.
himself to the Lord Jesus his
Small decisions turn the tide of a
Saviour are extremely important
life. They are momentous.
days.
High up in the mountains a
There are days of victory—times
tiny trickle of water is flowing. A
when one feels strong and confismall pebble lies in this stream.
dent, when the future looks exSome particles of water striking
tremely bright. Again there' are
this pebble swerve east, other
other days when despair, sorrow,
particles swerve west. The impact
chagrin, even fear and terror, fill
is slight, the change in direction
the heart and discouragement
at the instant of contact can
seem to overwhelm one. These are
scarcely be observed but the final
the days we remember; other
result in the destination of the
days seem dim and of no_ condrops of water are oceans apart
sequence. The most of life time
seems to pass away without any
Small, seemingly inconsequenspecial purpose.
tial, thoughts cherished in the
I have been reading about a heart; little acts that go unnoticed
very important man.-He stood in have a profound effect upon the
great favour with the king. There great moments in life.
was a time when it seemed to him
As the reaction of the particle
that his success was assured, his of water when it strikes that small
future secure. All the people on pebble far up in the mountain
the street through which he passed determines its goal, so the rebowed in obeisance before him. sponse you make when you come
He felt very proud and happy. to the Rock of Ages determines
Until one day he saw one small your future. There are two reman who did not worship him. actions possible from this contact.
At first he gave little thought to One will result in your being
the small man's action because he broken upon the Rock which is
had daily access to the presence an experience of true conversion,
of the king and the king showered leading to eternal life; the other
him with many favours. However, will result in your being crushed
as the day went by his peace was by the Rock in the final destrucmore and more disturbed by the tion of all the wicked when the
little man's refusal to worship day of probation and mercy for
him. Finally all the pleasure of sinners ends.
his proud life was gone and he
"Young men and women are inlived only to destroy the one who vited to give God the strength of
refused him reverence. He laid a their youth, that through the exerplot to gain his purpose. It was cise of their powers, through keen
clever and well laid but it brought thought and vigorous action, they
his own destruction. Haman was may bring glory to Him and
slain on the very gallows he had salvation to their fellow men.”erected for Mordecai.
-Messages to Young People,"
The day when Haman allowed
p. 20.
SOUTHERN ASIA TIDINGS
WHY PRAY?
W. P. Ster2
President; Northeast Indict ilitiuin
"Al- E.R HIS WORK WAS
finished for the day, He ( Jesus)
went forth, evening after evening,
away from the confusion of the
city, and His -form was bowed in
some retired grove in supplication
to His Father. . . . He frequently
continued His petitions through
the entire night. He is our example. If we could remember this,
and imitate Him, we would be
much stronger in God.
"If the Saviour of men, with
His divine strength-, felt the need
of prayer, how much should
feeble, sinful mortals feel the
necessity of prayer,—fervent,
constant prayer !" —"Testimonies," vol. 2, p. 202.
Yes, that is the answer. Here
we live in a world 2000 years
further in sin than when our Saviour lived on earth. Here we are
with a six-thousand-year-old
habit of sin to be broken. This
would indeed be a discouraging
situation, were it not for the
privilege of prayer. It has been
said that prayer is not an easy
'way of getting what we want, but
the only way of becoming what
God wants us to be. Prayer is the
only way out of the situation we
are in. Could we but realize the
futility of every other means.
"There is need of fasting,
humiliation, and prayer over our
decaying zeal and languishing
spirituality. The love of many is
waxing cold.—"Ibid." vol. 4,
p. 536. The only solution to the
condition of the church and of
the individual is more prayer.
Martin Luther himself gives the
formula for the power that made
him the great Reformer of the
'church of his day. He said,
"Prayer is the most important
thing in my life. If I should neglect
prayer for a single day, I should
lose a great deal of the fire of
faith." Prayer strengthens faith,
and faith gives power to the life.
It has been well spoken that you
cannot stumble if you are on
your knees. He stands best who
kneels roost. The church today
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message-leavened, and Christcentered preacher.
The speaker should know his
young
people. No one should
We are living in a time when,
speak
at
this week of prayer who
according to Scripture, men's
hearts are failing with fear. Even does not understand and know
a Christian may well tremble at the problems of modern youth.
what is taking place on every Young people today are facing
hand. But if you kneel on your more enticing allurements, more
knees, they cannot knock. Fervent persistent temptations, more
prayer will steady any life. Stead- scepticism, more of the pull for
fastness is a great need of the day. popularity and more of Satan's
fiery darts than ever in the history
"The prayer of faith is the great of the world. The purposeof this
strength of the Christian, and will week of prayer is to fortify our
assuredly prevail against Satan. youth against all these worldly
This is why he insinuates that we allurements. Unless the speaker
have no need of prayer. The understands these temptations,
name of Jesus, our Advocate, he and can identify himself with the
detests; and when we earnestly young people he will be a failure.
come to Him for help, Satan's host
Young people have many probis alarmed. It serves his purpose lems and questions today and are
well if we neglect the exercise of looking for guidance. A crossprayer, for then his lying wonders section of such problems are
are more readily received."— given below as I found them in
"Testimonies," vol. 1, p. 296.
one institution in Southern Asia.
So, "Watch ye, stand fast in
"What does the Bible say about
the faith, quit you like men, be personality?" "Can we, like
strong.- 1 Cor. 16:13.
Jesus, be an example to the
world? How?" "I have been committing one sin many times, I promised God I would do it no more,
THE MV WEEK OF PRAYER but I am breaking my promise.
Is this the unpardonable sin?"
SPEAKER
"How can I know if God has
called me to be a preacher ?"
E. C. Beck
"How am I to know my life corn- •
panion?" "What ia wrong in
President, Ceylon Union
wearing jewelry?" "Is it wrong
HUNDREDS OF SPEAKERS for a Seventh-day Adventist girl
will be called upon to lead out in to be friendly with a non-Adthe MV Week of Prayer in July. ventist?" "What's wrong in being
Every one of them will need to fashion conscious?" "Why is
rise to the challenge of these days dancing wrong?" These are but
of frustration, uncertainty, and a few of the problems our young
insecurity for the young people people are facing, and unless the
of Southern Asia. The speakers speaker of this week of prayer is
will differ in educational back able to help the youth to be
ground and natural ability. Some victorious the purpose of Week
may be trained preachers, some of Prayer will be in vain.
The week of prayer is not a
church elders, some MV Leaders
and some may be laymen called time for the speaker to dispense
into service for this week. What- a lot of knowledge but a time to
ever the training or natural en- speak to the young heart. To offer
dowments, the success of the week a solution to the problems of our
of prayer depends upon the youth is a challenging task. Like
Harry Emerson Fosdick once said,
speaker.
Let this man be a man of God "He who really helps folks to
first. He needs to snend many understand their own lives and
hours alone with God and come see their way through their spiritforth from the audience chamber ual problems is performing one of
with God a Spirit-filled man. Like the most important functions in
Paul, he must be a Spirit-filled, the modern world,"
needs men and women who know
how to stand and do stand firmly
without stumbling.
STATISTICAL REPORT OF THE SOUTHERN ASIA DIVISION OF
NAME OF UNION AND
LOCAL SECTIONS
Members Added Members Dropped
During Year
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BURMA UNION:
Central & Upper Burma
Section
Irrawaddy Delta Section Tenasserim Section
Union & Institutions
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Totals -
T.F.
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LI t -45
1- 816
2 4 5
1,058
3 3 9 - 620
- 2 22 13 - 595
422
26,556.14
14,777.51
13,363.00
86,366.76
12,771.05
6,448.45
5,181.61
30,115.87
2,460.00 32.54 15.65 3.61
1,059.15 13.97 6.09 1.83
876.00
26.20 21.55 8.36 0.04
1,271.35
- 13,177.63 204.66 71.36 34.23
2,147.35 16,722.98 48.37 18.70 6.47
15
5
2,916
141,063.41
54,516.98
6
55
675
59,148.43
36,971.69
221 14 43 12 8 91 2 2,058
93 5 44 365 4 41 2 1,383
30 - 324 7 4
7
7
393
- - - - - - -
41,012.18
42,535.75
9,218.83
-
34,574.42
57,713.94
9,380.70
2,991.87
358.20
2,471.87
82.02
-
569.08
1,760.55
801.25
-
19.92 16.80 0.45
30.75 41.73 3.06
23.45 23.86 2.25
- - -
344'• 19 411 384 16 139
97,766.76 104,660.93
2,912.09
3,130.88
25.49 27.29 1.57
340.39
132.24
913.02
-
38.78 68.85 6.67
22.26 45.89 0.80
41.02 53.64 1.06
- - -
4
25
20 23
CEYLON UNION:
Totals -
NORTHEAST
UNION:
Assam Section
- 32 1,893
- 28 1,653
East India Section
64
Himalayan & Andaman -„, 8
- Union & Institutions
68
3,610
1
_
- 9
- 15
- -
40
664
871
-
10
53
89
-
25
1,575
152
- 18
22
- 5
23
5
274.99 15,635.18
87.62 54.77 23.57
11
3,834
- 1 - - - - - 4 1 3 - 4 14 1 - 2
- - -- - -
51
709
947
-
1,978.12
15,782.25
38,851.73
1,383.90
3,511.3432,536.93
436.69
50,797.44
91.74
6,867.92
-
2
1,707
57,996.00
93,713.63
528.43
1,385.65
33.97 54.89 1.12
905
1,794
277
67 - 1 15 - 30 3
165 - 2 38 5 40 208
4 - 22 9 2 4 1
925
1,670
287
14,365.40 24,203.11
17,823.01 39,338.07
20,870.77 113,899.67
278.82
1,097.31
-
704.89
639.56
-
15.53 26.16 1.06
10.67 23.55 1.04
72.72 396.86 -
45
2,976
236
74 212
2,882
53,059.18 177,440 85
1,376.13
1,344.45
18.41 61.56 0.94
SOUTH INDIA UNION:
7
- Kannada Section
Noith Andhra Section - 50
4
North Kerala Section
16
North Tamil Section
13
South Andhra Section
42
South Kerala Section
35
South Tamil Section
Union & Institutions
- -
742
3,505
540
1,109
966
3,420
2,390
-
6
231
532
6
821
1 106 77 298 - 87 - - - -
9
11
9
--
14
--
-
791
3,711
623
1,189
1,043
3,701
2,473
-
24,558.65
40,795.90
5,361.98
39,185.07
15,271.36
18,655.91
29,544.17
-
2,187.33 2,052.86
1,391.88 10,518.87
687.24
260.58
1,260.26 3,436.53
985.42
352.81
2,046.31 1,316.12
1,234.80 1,750.00
4,100.00
-
31.05 26.56 5.36
10.99 7.51 3.21
8.60 16.11 1.52
32.95 22.32 3.95
14.64 13.59 1.28
5.04 3.45 0.91
11.95 9.01 1.21
- - -
934
3
13
36 29
26
- 13,531
173,373.04
148,055.57 13,893.24 19,687.77
12.81 10.94 2.48
- 511
14 - 1,256
11,299.55
79,554.85
12,305.90
101,477.85
23.26
426.47
487.44 11,085.53
22.11 24.08 0,88
63.34 80.79 9.21
14
90,854.40 113,783.75
510.76 11,512.00
51.41 64.39 6.80
20 23 15 5 2,916 141,063.41 54,516.98 2,147.35 16,722.98
23 5 6 55
675
59,148.43 36,971.69
274.99 15,635.18
384 16 139 11 3,834
97,766.76 104,660.93 2,912 09 3,130.88
18 2 3 2 1,707
57,996.00 93,713.63
528.43 1,385.65
62 7 74 212 2,882
53,059.18 177,440.85 1,376.13 1,344.45
36 29 26 - 13,531 173,373.04 148,055.57 13,893.24 19,687.77
128 10 14 - 1,767
90,854.40 113,783.75
510.76 11,512.00
- (SECTION II TITHE) 428,684.00
48.37 18.70 6.47
87.62 54.77 23.57
25.49 27.29 1.57
33.97 54.89 1.12
18.41 61.56. 0.94
12.81 10,94 2.48
51.41"64.39 6.80
'- -
NORTHWESTERN
INDIA UNION:
Central India Section
North India Section
Upper Ganges Section
Union & Institutions
Totals PAKISTAN UNION:
East Pakistan Section
Punjab Section
Union & Institutions
Totals -
Totals - 167 12,672
WESTERN INDIA UNION:
North Maharashtra Section
Unorganized Section
Totals
Burma Union
Ceylon Union
_
Northeast Union
Northwestern India Union Pakistan Union
South India Union
Western India Union
Division & Div. Institutions ....
GRAND TOTALS
-
5
- 25
18
62
2
7
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- 22
9
17
488
1,240
34
60
4
4
2 16
87 112
26
1,728
94
8
99 128 10
43
13
68
25
45
167
26
-
'2,628
688
3,610
1,575
2,976
12,672
1,728
-
322
54
344
152
236
934
94
-
4
19
3
8
-
387 25,877 2,136
25
22
411
5
25
13
99
-
1
9
3
4
- 1,767
34 600 671 92 277 285 27,312 1,101,945.22
21,008.66
•27,896.24
10,037.51
26,536.78
14,181.91
12,769.85
22,298.43
13,326.19
729,143.40' 21,642.99 69,418.91
40.34
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11,112.03 17 96,000.00 1,300 6 241 45,000.00 7,200.00 11
650
5,597.90 17 78,000.00 1,700 12 454 25,000.00 16,800.00 19 1,009
4,523.86 9 70,000.00 1,200 13 555 100,003.00 11,180.00 12
717
26,132.62 2 45,000.00
450 1
89 100,000.00 4,800.00 2
106
47,366.41 45 283,000.00 4,650 32 1,339 270,000.00 39,980.00 44 2,482 837.28
4 1 3
2 2 8 1 6
17 4 6
13,189.03 10 440,000.00 1,100
230 223.73
10 2 3 - - -
610
269
299
6 - 1
10 3 2
3 - 1
8 - 4
3
80 50,000.00 21,046.95
5
9,248.21 13 70,000.00 1,500 24 574 29,000.00 32,000.00 18
13,834.65 16 120,000.00 2,500 16 522 60,000.00 40,000.00 17
4,873.43 1
1,000.00
250 4
66 1,000.00 1,700.00 6
- - - -
-
27,956.29 30 191,000.00 4,250 44 1,162 90,000.00 73,700.00 41 1,178 785.08
913.14 -5,234.05 10 164,000.00 1,150 9 542 80,000.00 18,588.0019,701.37 9 67,000.00
930 7 650 47,000.00 7,057.47 - - -
-
-
25,848.56 19 231,000.00 2,080 16' 1,192 127,000.00 23,645.47 20-
546
80.00
8,691.28 - 10 403
8,155.92 18 65,100.00 1,50) 6 123 16.900.00
12,850.06 2 40,000.00
250 2
35 15,000.00
196
250
40
-
42,260.61 7,000.00 6,461.71 -
29,697.26 20 105,100.00 1,750 18 561 31,900.00 55,722.32 19
7,411.98 \ 3 42,000.00
375 '14,969.47 25 158,000.09 4,460 1,531.76 2 35,000.00
300 9,399.02 11 182,911.00
889 3,410.19 5 201,358.00
600 5,287.74 33 641,704.00 4,600 6,406.61 30 177,500.00 3,000
48,416.77 1.09 1,438,473.00 14,215 29
3,420.44 5 48,000.00
656 32,034.46 10 401,400.00 1,960 -
- 2,000.00
700.00 - 30,080.00 3,800.00 300.00 - 110.00 - 35,000.00 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
7,140.00 - 19,900.00 3,000.00 - 30,000.00 3,740.00
-
536 816.31
- - - - -
823 121,280.00 21,490.00 146 2,967
- 10,000.00 17,500.00 - 182,000.00 112,000.00 -
35,454.90 15 449,400.00 2,610 5 317 192,000.00 129,500.00 34
-
-
536.32
-
861 389.09
-
-
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- - 7 - - 8 - 15 - 2
6 1 - 9 - 11 - - 8 - - 13 - 15 - - - 5 - - 48 - 18 6 76 11
- - 26 1 - 78 - 59 6 78 2
5 - - 20 - - 5 13
- - 4 - - 32 - - 1 10
- -- 6 - - 19 - 20 4 4
- - 1 - - 7 - 3 - 3
- - 2 - - 44 - - - 28
27 3 8 - - - 13 - - 102 - 23 5 45 2:
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4
9 - 13 1 5
7 3 - - 1 - 4 - - 16 - 21 5 5
7 - 7 - - - 18 - 12
22 3 7 - 1 -
8 - - 45 - 34 6 23
14
5 2 1 - - - 5 - - 11 - 24 - 7 .!
3 - 1 - - - 1 3 - 9 - 7 - 22
8 1 7 - - - 8 - - 30 - 3 2 161 21'4
16 3 9 - - - 14 3 - 50 - 34 2 190 3',
5
10 1 2 - - 5
7
6 1 3 - - 10 3 1 - - --. 9
11
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9 2 - 25 - - 1 16
2
9 - - 1 7
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- 22 260
6
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65 - - - 45 1:.'
63 7 24 - - - 39 4 - 157 - - 11 139
3
6 - 6 - - -
44
1 - - 11 - - - 12
8 - - 51 --
6 4 36 11
9 - 6 - - - .9 - - 62 -
6 4 48 14
TION
47,366.41 45 283,000.00 4,650 32 1,339 270,000.00 39,980.00 44 2,482 837.28
13,189.03 10 440,000.00 1,100 3
80 50,000.00 21,046.95 5
230 223.73
27,956.29 30 191,000.00 4,250 44 1,162 90,000.00 73,700.00 41 1,178 785 09
25,848.56 19 231,000.00 2,080 16 1,192 127,000.00 25,645.47 20
546
80.00
29,697.26 20 105,100.00 1,750 18 561 31,900.00 55,722.32 19
536 J116.31
48,416.77 109 1,438,473.00 14,215 29 823 121.280.00 21,490.00 146 2,967 536.32
35,454.90 15 449,400.00. 2,610 5 317 192,000.00 129,500.00 34
861 389.09
- - - - - '-
17 4 6 - - - 26 1
78 - 59 6 78 2',
10 2 3 -- - 5 - - 20 - - 5 13
27 3 8
- - 13 102 - 23 5 45 22
22 3 7 - 1 - 8 - - 45 - 34 6 23 19
16 3 9 - 14 3 - 50 - 34 2 19) 32
44
63 7 24 - - - 39 4 - 157
- 11 139
9 - 6 9 - - 62 - 6 4 48 14
20 1 20 2
4 - - 61 - - - 89 15
127,929.22 248 3,137,973.00 30,655 147 5,474 882,180.00 350,457.65 309 8,800 3,491.06
184 23 83 2 1 - 118 8 - 575 - 156 39 625 1,81
SOUTHERN ASIA TIDINGS
8
THE CHURCH AND THE
MISSIONARY VOLUNTEER
MONTH OF EVANGELISM
C. H. Hamel
President, Pakistan Union
Jesus as their Saviour. As they
receive Him they will be given
power to battle against the powers of evil and become sons of
God. Some have been carried far
down the stream. They must be
rescued immediately or they will
be lost. The MV month of evangelism may be used as an all-out
rescue operation for the young
people of the church.
Special meetings should be
held in each church. These should
be especially prepared to appeal
to the young people to make
their decisions for Christ. Those
who have drifted away should be
appealed to return. All should be
visited in their homes. Special
prayer .lists of the unconverted
should be made. Let the whole
church pray for the conversion of
each. Where possible encourage
the youth to work for the youth.
Satan is using every _means to
lead them away from the fold of
Safety. Let us use every means at
our disposal to bring them into
and hold them in the church. God
will work with us.
"God has appointed the church
as a watchman, to have a jealous
care over the youth and children,
and as a sentinel to see the approach of the enemy and give
warning of danger. But the church
does not realize the situation. She
is sleeping On guard. In this tune
of peril fathers and mothers must
arouse and work as for life, or
many of the youth will be forever lost."—"Counsels to Teachers," p. 165.
In some areas the church is
losing over half of its young people. Truly the church is sleeping
on guard. It is time to arouse, for
it is a life and death matter. God
has opened the way for our young
people but it is up to the older
members of the church to show
them the way. Our first responsibility is to our children. They belong to God but have been entrusted to our care to train for
His Kingdom. Are we sleeping
on guard? Let us make the 1963
MV week of evangelism the most
important campaign of the year.
Certainly it ought to be. The salvation of our children may depend on it. What joy there will be
if not a single one is found missing on that glad day when the
Chief Shepherd returns and asks,
"Where is the flock that was
given thee, thy beautiful flock?"
Let us follow the admonition
given to apostle Peter: "Feed My
Iambs."
"GOD LOVES THE YOUTH.
He sees in them great possibilities
for good, if they will realize their
need of Christ, and build on the
sure foundation. He also knows
their trials. He knows that they
will have to battle against the
powers of darkness that strive to
gain control of the human mind;
and He has opened a way by
which young men and young
women may become partakers of
the divine nature.”--Messages
to Young People," p. 1 63.
Each year the MV month of
evangelism provides the church a
wonderful opportunity to gather
the young people and help them
build on the sure foundation. This
is a work that the whole church
should be interested in. God loves
the youth we are told. We too
should love them because they are
our own children. "We are living
in an unfortunate age for children. A heavy current is setting
downward to perdition, and more
than childhood's experience and
strength is needed to press against
the current, and not be borne
p. 337.
down by
Special efforts must be made by
the older experienced members
of the church to help - our youth
break away from worldly attachments. As we read in the first
S. James,
quotation, God knows that our
young people will have to battle
Division Temperance Secretary
against the powers of darkness,
BROTHER P. K. PETERSON, of lung cancer, and he was a
It takes more than human
strength to do this. How thankful Northeast India Union temper- great smoker. He was such a
we should be that God has ance secretary, and I have just valuable man that his employers
opened a way by which young completed a tour of the North- paid his way to England and
men and young women may be- east India Union in the interests America for medical aid and met
come partakers of the divine na- of our temperance work. We want all the expenses incurred, but he
to share with the readers of the could not get help. And he died
ture. We read in the Gospel of
TIDINGS
out experiences.
a victim of lung cancer."
John, "But as many as received
The
first
meeting
was
held
in
Just before taking train to
him, to them gave he power to
become sons of God, even to our Calcutta Church. At the close Tatanagar we met Shri Prafulla
them that believe on his name." of the meeting- one VOP student Chandra Sen, the Chief Minister
walked up to us with this report: of West Bengal. He started off
John 1:12.
Decisions can be and must be "Sir, smoking does cause lung with these words: -So you are
made for Christ in order to save cancer. I know that. My brother, coming from Karmatar. Well, I
our youth. Our young people must who was on the editorial staff of visited that place some twenty
be given opportunities to receive a leading newspaper here, died years ago, and I do riot think our
A Temperance Trip Through the
Northeast
tothslitki\' ASIA TIDINGS
Five-year plans have touched that
place." The Chief Minister was
very much interested in and
pleased with our programme. He
assured us of his full support in
`anything' we want to do in West
Bengal to wean the people from
drink and smoke habits. All he
wanted was a two-week notice of
our plans. West Bengal is still a
wet state, and there was no sign
of her becoming dry in, the near
future. If we would step in and
carry on a strong educational programme she might decide to become dry.
In Tatanagar, the Steel City of
Bharat, we conducted four meetings: in the club of South Indians,
in the Lions Club, in a cinema,
and in a Women's College. The
meeting in the Lions Club was
particularly well attended, and it
put us into touch with some of
the leading citizens of Tatanagar.
Two "lions" openly declared
their intentions to quit smoking.
Practically all "lions" enrolled in
our Health course. In our travels
interesting people tell us some interesting stories. One such is what
Mr. S. K. Raja, the president of
the Lions Club, told us. A bishop
was once offered a drink. He refused it and gave the following
three reasons for his refusal:
First, that he was the president of
a temperance club; second, that
he was about to go to preach; the
third, that he just had one!
The next halt was Patna,
where we found Pastor Cooper
unpacking to move in, and
Brother Topno packing up to
move out. We were to have a
public meeting in Patna, but
owing to the visit of an official,
the brethren could not arrange it.
But we had a very profitable
thirty-minute visit with the Honourable Governor of Bihar, Shri
Arianthasayanam Ayyangar, a
former speaker of the Lok Sabha.
The honourable Governor ended up the interview with the
words: "Gentlemen, go out like
Maharajahs and do any good
thing you can to the people. Who
can stop you in that? Please see
the Vice-Chancellor and he will
arrange for meetings for our college students."
The following morning we saw
the Vice- Chancellor of the Patna
University; Dr. George Jacob, at
his residence. If our programme
is religion-free, he said he would
have no objection to our conducting temperance meetings in all the
ten colleges under his jurisdiction
or take in all ten colleges in one
or two meetings. Pastor D. K.
Down, our Northeast India Union
evangelist, had shown our temperance films in many colleges of
Patna, and thus it was somewhat
easy for us to go ahead with our
programme.
• Nepal! That country never
figured in my thinking or planning. I used to imagine it as a far
off, unreachable country. No, it is
not! It is just one hour flight from
Patna. On one bright morning we
had a very profitable interview
with Dr. Tulsi Giri, the Chairman
of the Administrative Committee
in Nepal. He is a non-drinker
and non-smoker and very intelligent about his people's needs
and problems. We explained to
him our mission. He was impressed with it. He said that
Nepal should have temperance organizations working for the good
of the people. He suggested that
we could come in September (a
month after rains and before Winter) and hold temperance meetings, film shows and so on.
9
youngsters there to decide for a
poison-free life.
We rounded up our itinerary
with another meeting in Calcutta,
this time in the fine auditorium of
the Ram Krishna Mission's Institute of Culture. Many were enrolled in the Health course. We
left in their library a copy of
"Your Friends—the Adventists."
What is our temperance movement? It is one of the "good
works" (Titus 2:14) of the
church of God. Its main purpose
is to educate, educate, and educate all people—great and small
--with regard to the evils of
drinking and smoking and thus
give mankind an opportunity to
choose a sober life.
Doors are open—wide open—
for great temperance service. Can
we enter in and serve? That's
what challenges me. How about
you and your church?
Raymond Memorial High
School, Falakata, was our next
place. That's a growing and a
beautiful institution. We had two
meetings with the students. We
hope the messages of our sermons
and our pictures had helped the
Pastor S. James and associates at one of the temperance rallies held in Calcutta.
Top: Pleading to divorce Lady Nicotine.
SOUTHERN ASIA TIDINGS
10
Around the "Island of ?Coconuts"
V. P. Muthiah
Division Sabbath School Secretary
FOR A LONG TIME
I was wishing to visit the beautiful
Island of Ceylon. Friends had
told me all about the beauty of
this island of palm trees and tea
estates. It was my recent happy
privilege to visit this country for
the first time.
The very day of my arrival in
Colombo I was connected with
lay evangelism. We went out distributing handbills for the Sunday night meetings, that are regularly conducted by Pastor E. C.
Beck, the President of the Ceylon
Union. These meetings are held
at Maruthua church about 1 1
miles from the city of Colombo.
The attendance is very encouraging. A number of good families
are interested in the message and
have joined the Bible study class.
We feel confident that the end
results of these good meetings will
turn into many baptisms.
We had a fine Sabbath School
Council at the Bethel church in
Colombo. Pastor C. H. Goertzen,
the church pastor, Brother R. S.
Fernando, the union Sabbath
School Secretary, Pastor E. C.
Beck, the union Home Missionary
Secretary, and Brother Bastian
Pillai, a lay member, assisted in
the programme. Members of the
Bethel English and Tamil churches
and the members of the Negogoda church (Shilo church) were
present for the council. Importance of child evangelism, branch
Sabbath school evangelism, mission offerings, reports, qualification of Sabbath school teachers,
duties and responsibilities of Sabbath school officers and many
other phases of Sabbath school
work were duly emphasized at the
council. The Union Home Missionary Secretary Pastor E. C.
Beck conducted a special period
on "Gideon Band." A detailed report of the "Gideon Band" will
appear in the July 15 issue of the
Tidings.
From Colombo, Brother R. S.
Fernando and I left for Kandy.
We have an active church in the
heart of this city, where we held
a fine Sabbath school institute.
Many of the Sabbath school leaders, officers, teachers and other
members attended the council*.
We had a good representation
from our Lakpahana Training
School, Mailyapitya. Pastor
Pinghe is in charge of our work in
Kandy. He took us around and
showed us the new site for the
hospital. The new site that was recently purchased is on the bank of
a colourful lake on the shores of
which is the famous Buddhist
tooth temple. We took time visiting our believers in their homes,
with the fact in mind that one visit
to a home of a believer and a
prayer with his family are worth
10 sermons preached from the
pulpit.
From Kandy we went to Diganwalla, a village church. On the
way we visited our veteran colporteur Brother De Silva and his
family. Brother Silva accompanied us to Diganwalla, where we
spent the week-end and had communion service with our believers
there. Brother and Sister Marambe who were once non-Christians
are today in charge of our work
at this place. On the way to their
place we met a blind couple. In
spite of their physical blindness
they both found the Light and
today are faithful Adventists.
They have a beautiful child with
sparkling eyes! These two blind
believers STUDY their Sabbath
school lessons regularly and are
faithful in lay work by which they
have already won two souls for
the Lord. This was not 'blind
leading the blind' but two blind
believers who have found the
Master are leading other blind
people to life eternal where there
will be neither blind nor dumb.
Pastor and Mrs. F. R. Scott are
at Batticaloa about 300 miles
away from Colombo. I took the
opportunity of visiting our new
church there. Pastor Scott has
been conducting regular evangelistic meetings at this place. Prominent citizens comprising of
some professors, doctors, advocates, retired judges, men of other
different walks of life are attending these meetings. The work is
among the elite of the city. At the
same time the suburbs of the city
are also cared for. The day I visited this city I was asked to deliver
a lecture in the public meeting.
Already Brother Scott had sent
out handbills announcing the
speaker of the hour. We had the
hall full and every one who attended the meetings enjoyed it.
Brother N. Jacob and family have
come from Divilyapatya to be
connected with the work here. We
wish these brethren God's richest
blessings as they labour for the
Master.
Ceylon is a land of palm trees
and tea gardens. But when one
goes to this island he can see
many other beautiful things along
with the natural beauty, such as
the souls ready for the harvest.
Everything possible to hasten this
harvest of souls is being done in
Ceylon under the able and active
leadership of Elder E. C. Beck
and Brother J. F. Sipkins and their
chore of workers. Our laymen are
giving their all out support to the
work. I was greatly impressed
with the fine co-operation our
laymen are rendering to the cause
of God. Men like Brother Gomer,
Brother Moser,' Brother Bastian
Pillai, the N. T. N. David brothers, Brother Jabez, Brother Gnanakkan, Brother Sighamony and
scores of others are men with zeal
and enthusiasm for the work.
There is a great work to be
done in Ceylon and the field is
white for the harvest but they
face the same problem as it is
everywhere in the world: shortage
of workers. Lakhapahana Training School is the primary source
of workers and the school is fully
aware of the challenge. Let us remember the work of Ceylon in
our prayers.
11
SOUTHERN ASIA TIDINGS
FOR THE FIRST TIME—
A COMPLETE MANUAL of Seventhday Adventist public relations theory
and practice for the church.
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A Must for
Its 26 chapters will constitute a
BASIC REFERENCE for both .pastoral
and lay church leadership on a wide
range of subjects—Building membership
support—studying the community—improving pastoral-community relations—
vitalizing the church visitors programme
—presenting public exhibits—using the
press, radio, and television—and making
better photographs.
Every Church
Every Pastor &
Every One
Who Wishes to
Several chapters deal directly with
evangelistic promotion, advertising techniques, and sources of advertising materials.
FOR YOUR CHURCH
Breakthrough
Another chapter gives pointers on
avoiding and correcting unfavourable
public relations developments.
Actual cases are used throughout the
book, making it a down-to-earth presentation, as well as stressing the theoretical principles that support the practices
of public relations.
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Included is a compilation of Spirit of
Prophecy counsels bearing on the public
witness of the church and its members.
An extended bibliography offers an
annotated list of books, periodicals, and
pamphlets for further reading in any
field of special interest.
BY HOWARD B. WEEKS
A GUIDEBOOK IN PUBLIC RELATIONS for evangelists, pastors, church
elders and officers.
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Packed with practical HOW-TO-DO-IT
and HOW OTHERS DID IT counseL 320
pages. Well illustrated by both pictures
and case histories.
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GENERAL CONFERENCE OF SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS
International Headquarters
6840 Eastern Avenue, N.W., Washington 12, D.C.
Dear Fellow Ministers and Workers,
We feel so keenly about this that we have all decided to add
our signatures to this appeal.
We are referring to one of the finest tools the Seventh-day Adventist minister and others can use to help ensure the success of their
work. This is the brand new book on communication, BREAKTHROUGH, by Howard B. Weeks.
Perhaps apart from inviting you to purchase this valuable book
we need do no more than suggest that any worker failing to add
BREAKTHROUGH to his repertoire of working tools, deprives himself of an instrument he can ill afford to do without. Written specifically for the Seventh-day Adventist evangelist and local pastor, it
is chock-full of ideas that work, whether for advertising, media contacts, or just plain good community relations. So, if you have not
already acquired a copy of BREAKTHROUGH, be sure to treat
yourself to a copy soon.
Sincerely,
General Conference Public Relations Officers.
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SOUTHERN ASIA TIDINGS
Book of the Year Is Here!
1964—A SPECIAL YEAR FOR MISSIONARY
VOLUNTEERS
Beyond Tomorrow
By R. F. Cottrell
THE BIGGEST EVENTS
for the Seventh-day Adventist church in Southern Asia are the
Youth Congresses planned for 1964. Twelve years have been
a long time to wait! In 1952 the first Southern Asia Division
Youth Congress was conducted and what an inspiration it was!
Youth Congresses have been planned again for March and April
next year.
Because, of travel difficulties and exchange restrictions it
has been thought wise to hold a Congress in each of the four
major countries comprising this division, so that more of the
youth may enjoy fellowship with other Christian youth and gain
an inspiration.
Elder Theodore E. Lucas, the General Conference Missionary Volunteer secretary has arranged his busy programme
to enable him to be with us during all of the Congresses. It is
estimated that over 2,000 regular delegates will be in attendance
at these Youth Sessions.
In 1952 there were 122 Missionary Volunteer societies
with a membership of a little over 3,000. By the time these
Congresses are held it is expected that we shall have 350 Missionary Volunteer societies with a membership of over 11,000.
The Lord has blessed the work of the Young Peoples Department and I am sure that the inspiration received during the last
Youth Congress contributed partly to these increases.
These Youth Congresses are being planned especially for
those between the ages of 16 and 30 and also for older ones
who are directly engaged in Youth Evangelism and activities.
The Planning Committee has suggested that those who will have
completed their Master Guide requirements by the time of the
Youth Congress will have preference in being chosen as
delegates.
Besides the Youth Congress, plans are being made for
Seventh-day Adventist youth to make their biggest impact for
soul winning than has ever been felt in the history of this church
in Southern Asia. 1964 is a leap year. By the grace of God
Southern Asia's Missionary Volunteers are going to take a
tremendous leap forward in soul winning projects.
Get in touch with your Union Missionary Volunteer secretary for particulars as to how you may attend one of these
Congresses.
An instantly readable and
thoughtfully refreshing presentation of the inspiring prophecies of
Daniel and the Revelation.
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400 pages of beautiful
clear-type reading
•
23 stimulating chapters covering all major topics
•
14 illuminating pictures in
full colour to graphically
illustrate these prophecies
Price: Rs. 5
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SOUTHERN ASIA DIVISION
of the General Conference
of Seventh-day Adventists
EDITOR
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
"Prayer is the breath of the soul. It is
the secret of spiritual power. No other
means of grace can be substituted and
the health of the soul be preserved.
Prayer brings the heart into immediate
contact with the Well-spring of life, and
strengthens the sinew and muscle of the
religious experience. Neglect the exercise
of prayer, or engage in prayer spasmodically, now and then, as seems convenient, and you lose your hold on God.
,,:wear
itual fataiiti
the religious experience lacks healthily
vigour."
B. GUILD
R. S. LOWRY
C. R. BONNEY
J. F. Asmoca.
MRS. C.
DIVISION DIRECTORY
President
Secretary
Treasurer
Asst. Treasurer
Auditor
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S. LOWRY
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