THE ADVENT

SABBATH

REVIEW AND HERALD

GENERAL CHURCH PAPER OF THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS
DEDICATED TO THE PROCLAMATION OF THE EVERLASTING GOSPEL

He Leadeth Me
IN pastures green? Not always;

Sometimes He who knoweth best

In kindness leadeth me
In weary ways where heavy shadows be,
Out of the sunshine warm and bright,
Out of the sunshine into darkest night,
I oft would faint with terror and affright.

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Only for this I know He holds my hand,

So, whether in the green or desert land
I trust although I may not understand.
And by still waters? No not always so,
Ofttimes the heavy tempests round me blow
And o'er my soul the waves and billows go.

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But when the storm beats loudest,

And I cry aloud for help,
The Master standeth by,
And whispers to my soul, "Lo, it is I.
Above the tempest wild I hear Him say,
Beyond this darkness lies the perfect day,
In every path of thine I lead the way.

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So, where He leadeth I can safely go,

And in the blest hereafter I shall know
Why in His wisdom He hath led me so.
Helen Barrett Montgomery.

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HEART-to-HEART

TALKS by the Editor

Our-Personal Relationship to Christ
HIS is a very personal relationship, one primarily that concerns us and the Lord alone.
It is a relationship into which no other individual in the world can enter. It is a relationship which concerns the motives and impulses of
the heart as well as the outward actions. It pertains to our thoughts as well as to our words.
Others can judge us only by what we say and do.
God judges us by the motives which prompt those
words and actions, and in making an appraisal of
our own condition before heaven, we must measure ourselves by the wellsprings of our experience,
by the motives and purposes and thoughts from
which all our outward relationships spring.
Well may we ask ourselves the questions : Do
we live our lives for our own selfish interests or
for the good of others? Do we forget ourselves
in the good we seek to do to our fellow men, in
our efforts to advance the cause of God? Many
have done this through the years. They have become martyrs for Christ. They have been willing
to sacrifice every selfish interestposition, home,
friends, health, even life itself. And this is the
consecration which Christ requires of all His children. He declares, "He that loveth father or
mother more than Me is not worthy of Me." He
that loveth wife or children more than Me is not
worthy to become My disciple.
It is such unselfish love as this that prompted
Him to leave the courts of glory and come to this
world to give His life for lost mankind. His glory
with the Father, His joy and association with the
holy angels, appeared to Him undesirable as long
as man was left to his fate because of sin.
"Have this mind in you, which was also in Christ
Jesus: who, existing in the form of God, counted not
the being on an equality with God a thing to be
grasped, but emptied Himself, taking the form of a
servant, being made in the likeness of men." Phil.
2:5-7, A.R.V.
When one possesses this spirit of consecration,
it will bring joy into his Christian experience.
We are asked sometimes by professed Christians, Would you rob us of every joy in life, in
denying to us the pleasures of the theater, the
ballroom, the worldly party of pleasure? How
limited is their comprehension of Christian service ! In this world we are willing to sacrifice
every personal pleasure for those we love. Look
at the devoted mother, as she cares for an afflicted
child. She robs herself of sleep to comfort him
and alleviate his pain. She denies herself needed
food and clothing in order that he may be fed and
clothed, and she does it not unwillingly, but gladly,
because she loves him.
And when we come to love Christ with this
same spirit, our highest pleasure in life will be to
know and to do His will. And the joy of commun-

ion with Him, as we seek the altar of prayer, as we

talk with Him in the 'night season, brings to us
greater pleasure than any association, that this
world can afford.
Test of Improvement
I used to wonder, at the beginning of every
year, whether I had made real progress in Christian living for the twelve months that were past.
I used to review my resolutions to see to what
extent I had carried them out. I have learned a
shorter and more certain gauge of my experience.
Do I find more pleasure in communion with Christ
today than I did a year ago? Do I love Him more
today than I did last week? Do I find greater
satisfaction in prayer? Do I enjoy the study of
His word and hear in it God speaking to my soul ?
These are simple tests, but they are far-reaching
in their scope.
In this intimate relationship with Christ, we
will seek deliverance from every sin. It is for us
to cry mightily to God to give us victory. We must
seek cleansing from every moral defilement. We
must pray for victory over envy and jealousy.
To love God with all our hearts and our neighbor
as ourselvesthis is Christianity. The spirit of
Christ cherished in our hearts will cast down
imaginations and every high thing that exalteth
itself against God, and will bring every thought
into subjection to Christ. And this relationship
will never bring to us any sense of Pharisaical
righteousness. The nearer we come to Christ
the Lord, the more unworthy we will appear in
our own estimation. The more closely we approach the Light of life, the more clearly we shall
see the spots and the blemishes in our own spiritual attire. And yet it is the privilege of every
Christian to have the consciousness, as did Enoch
of old, that his ways please God. It is the privilege of every disciple of the Lord Jesus to possess
the consciousness in his own heart that God is
his Father and that he is a member of the divine
family. "The Spirit itself beareth witness with
our spirit, that we are the children of God." Rom.
8:16.
And it is only as we have this consciousness,
this witness, that we' are God's children, that we
can approach the throne of grace through the
merits of the Lord Jesus, and lay hold by faith of
God's promises in our behalf. Others may judge
us wrongly. In their ignorance they may attribute to us wrong motives and purposes. But
we have the evidence in our own hearts that God
accepts us as His children, that His blood covers
our sins, and that His grace enables us to walk
in His ways. This is the blessed heritage of the
child of God, and into this heritage it is our precious privilege to enter.
The Challenge
The various relationships of life come to us as
an earnest challenge. The home relationship, we
have said, is a challenge to our Christianity to
prove true to Christ at times when the world is
shut out and we are left to act according to our
own natural inclinations. The challenge of so(Continued on page 12)
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WHAT OUR EYES BEHOLD

An Era of Providence and Prophecy
By R. F. COTTRELL
"Blessed are your eyes, for they see : and your ears,
for they hear. For verily I say unto you, That many
prophets and righteous men have desired to see those
things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to
hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard
them." Matt. 13 :16, 17.
HESE words refer to the greatest occasion
of rejoicing that ever came to our world. For
almost four thousand years prophets of God
had been anticipating and heralding the coming
Redeemer ; and, when at length He arrived as a
babe in Bethlehem, His wondrous visit to this
world was welcomed and celebrated with special
music from the angel choir. Also such devout
individuals as Zacharias, Mary, the shepherds,
Simeon, and Anna, the prophetess, hailed his birth
with expressions of ecstasy and praise.
Since our Lord's first advent, nineteen centuries
have come and gone, and we now stand upon the
threshold of another momentous event that thrills
the heart of every sincere Christianthe second
coming of Christ in power and glory.
"The Lord Himself, not Gabriel nor seraphim,
Shall marshal all the mighty ransomed throng;

The Lord Himself shall come to bring His people,

And bear us back to realms of light and song.
"The Lord Himself, so precious to believers,

With voice of Archangel, and trumpet loud,

Will surely come, and do us this great honor,
To bear us home in His bright chariot cloud."
All through the Christian Era consecrated men
and women have eagerly yearned for the return of
Jesus as the crowning event of redemption, and
expectant hearts on all continents have earnestly
prayed in the language of the beloved John, "Even
so, come, Lord Jesus." Truly, we feel highly
honored to belong to this noble line which constitutes the true apostolic succession.
A Day of Wonders
In the light of modern science and invention,
some of the questions propounded to Job stand
forth with exceptional significance. Said the
Lord to the patriarch, "Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here
we are?" Job 38 :35. Millenniums passed before
man could give an affirmative answer. Finally
with the dawn of the nineteenth century, Daniel's
prophecy concerning the increase of knowledge
and multitudes running to and fro (Dan. 12 :4) ,
began to meet its marvelous fulfillment. New
light shone upon the pages of Holy Writ, and
prophecies long sealed from human vision were
clearly understood and vigorously proclaimed.
God also inspired the heart of man to delve into
the secrets of nature, to invent, to discover, and
in every line of endeavor to blaze a new trail.
Look upon the results! Behold the wonders of
this machine age, of modern medicine, transportation, and communication ! As if in response to
the prophetic word, all these unite in a chorus of
testimony, "Here we are." In the words of
Kipling :
"Speak the word, and think the thought,
Quick 'tis as with lightning caught,
Over, under, lands or seas
To the far antipodes."
Not so long ago as I visited with a chief of
police in one of our cities, he picked up his telephone receiver, asked for the police patrol, and
said, "Calling car No. 20, No. 20." The reply
came, immediate and clear, "Corner Sante Fe and
Anaheim." He had used the lightning to locate
members of his traffic squad. Similarly man sent
impulses over the ether waves to Little America
in the Antarctic, and from Admiral Byrd and his

All Through the Christian Era Men and Women Have Studied the
Scriptures, Longing and Praying for the Second Advent. How
Blessed Are We in These Closing Days of Earth's History to See on
Every Hand the Tokens of Christ's Return, and to Know That in
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men came the quick response, "Here we are."

Radio has been termed the "miracle feature of
the twentieth century ;" yet there are things far
more marvelous than this.
Twenty-five centuries ago God sent the previously mentioned radiogram concerning the increase of travel and knowledge that would mark
the "time of the end." "Yes," comes the reply,
"today we travel by train, steamship, motorboat,
auto, and airplane," while scientists and inventors
respond, "Here we are, and here is the vast array
of the miracles we have produced in this new,
modern age."
Strife and Commotion
Nineteen centuries ago a message was dispatched through the apostle James that in the
last days the rich would heap together their
treasures. James 5:1-7. Listen as they answer,
"Here we are, and here are the vast pyramids of
wealth that we have amassed." Another part of
this prophecy declares : "Your gold and silver is
cankered." And why? Because it is hoarded. Billions are deposited in underground vaults ; and
other large sums have turned to "frozen assets."
When the depression of 1930 struck the world,
true to this prophetic utterance, there ascended
from the rich a distressing "howl ;" but, friends,
they have not begun to weep and wail as they will
in days to come when they cast their gold and
silver to the "moles and to the bats," and call to
the "mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us
from the face of Him that sitteth on the throne."
Isa. 2 :20 ; Rev. 6 :16.
The same prophet foretold the intense struggle
between capital and labor that is now featured
upon the front pages of our newspapers. The
long-pent-up voices of the laborers cry out, "Here
we are, and we are marshaling our forces for a
titanic struggle." As these things occur, God
sends to the church this cheering message : "Be
patient, then, brothers, till the arrival of the Lord.
. . Strengthen your hearts, for the arrival of the
Lord is at hand." James 5:7, 8, Moffatt's trans.
John beheld in vision that just prior to the
second coming of Christ, while the seventh
trumpet pealed forth its final warning, "the nations were angry." Ask them today, and there
is but one answer for them to make : "We are
angry; and are very angry." And as we read the
messages of the great Book, we are assured that
they will continue to become more and more angry
until Armageddon bursts upon us in all its fury.
The apostle Paul sent another communication
to the people of the twentieth century which states
that the "last days" would be characterized by
'brutal crime and lawlessness. 2 Tim. 3:1-5.
What about the wolves of society? "Here they
are" in our own United States, a black army of
crime 5,000,000 strong. Only four per cent of
them are behind prison bars, while a large majority walk our streets, ride in good automobiles, and
live in respectable homes.

"Without Natural Affection"

Pointing to this age, the prophecy also brings
an indictment against modern society in the
words, "unthankful, unholy, without natural affection." The socialites of our day make the
cynical response, "We have shattered the sacred
ideals of home life. One marriage in every four
ends in divorce or separation, while in some of our
States and cities the number of divorces exceeds
the number of marriages." Yes, the home breakers of today are forced to confess, "Here we are,
and conditions are just as lamentable as they were
in the days of Noah and Lot."
Another specific characteristic of these times as
enumerated by the apostle is juvenile delinquency.
When the family altar is broken down and the
normal home life destroyed, it naturally follows
that the children will be "disobedient to parents."
To this charge our lawless youth reply, "Here we
are; one third of the vicious criminals in many of
our penal institutions are young people who
should be in high school or college; and 700,000
of our American mothers mourn because their
boys and girls under twenty-one years of age are
in prison, or have already paid the supreme
penalty in the electric chair." Ih this connection
we note the advice of J. Edgar Hoover, director
of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, who bids
parents give more attention to the high chair, so
that our civil officers may have less use for the
electric chair.
The enumeration continues, "lovers of pleasures
more than lovers of God." "Here we are," comes
the echo from amusement-loving multitudes.
"Last year in such soul-destroying pleasures as
gambling, racing, moviegoing, liquor drinking,
and tobacco using, we Americans spent more than
$25,000,000,000. Yes, twenty million of us attend
the theater every day."
And what about the accusation, "having a form
of godliness, but denying the power thereof" ?
There are still some who keep up the forms of
religion; but ask a majority of these and they will
confess : "We Modernists no longer believe in the
literal inspiration of the Bible, in creation, in redemption through the blood of Christ, or in His
second personal appearing." True to the prophecy recorded in 2 Peter 3 :2-5, we live in an era of
atheism. Spokesmen for Soviet Russia declare
that "religion is the opiate of the people ;" and a
large proportion of the educators and professors
in our colleges and universities have lost faith in
the Bible, and in the God of the Bible.
A New Nation Born
In the thirteenth chapter of Revelation is another remarkable prophecy that points to America
as "the land of promise" and the "cradle of liberty." This forecast was penned fourteen centuries before Christopher Columbus sailed the Atlantic, and it pictures the peaceful rise of the
United States to become "the land of the free and
the home of the brave." At the appointed time

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this youthful nation arose, and was established
upon the two great moral ideascivil equality and
religious liberty.
The world marveled to behold this country come
forth from vacancy, and in the language of a
leading newspaper of Europe, "No standing army
was raised, no national debt was sunk, no great
exertion was made, but there they are." Today
more than 130,000,000 happy Americans are
themselves witnesses to the fulfillment of this
prophecy.
The seer of Patmos also announced, in the
fourteenth chapter of Revelation, that just prior
to Christ's second coming there would be a mighty
evangelistic movement, a proclamation of the
everlasting gospel to every nation, kindred,
tongue, and people, calling upon all men everywhere "to fear God," obey His commandments, and
be ready in heart and life to meet a soon-coming
Saviour. This heaven-born message, utilizing all
modern agencies for travel and communication,
now speeds on its way by land and sea and air.
Radio plays its part in the divine program ; and
here are lines from what has been termed "the
first gospel radio poem :"
"The speeding message far transcends
The bounds and limits man assigns;
We use Thy lightning for our ends
Afar; we follow Thy designs.

"0 may the wave lengths of our souls

Be tuned and measured to Thine own,
And keyed to pitch no foe controls;
Preserve our contact with Thy throne."
Alice M. Shepard.

The Day Is at Hand

Behold the response to John's prophetic forecast. As we speak these words, men and women
of more than 400 countries and island fields,
speaking some 850 languages and dialects, joyously testify : "Here we are, the people of the
Book, the people of the message, the people of
prophecy. We have renounced the world with
its fables and follies; we are asking Christ to
purify our hearts, and clothe us with the robe of
His righteousness, that we may be prepared for
the happy home going so soon to be realized." We
delight to speak of that glorious event.
"The Lord is soon to come, and we must be
prepared to meet Him in peace. . . . Oh, how
glorious it will be to see Him, and be welcomed as
His redeemed ones ! Long have we waited; but
our hope is not to grow dim. If we can but see the
King in His beauty, we shall be forever blessed.
I feel as if I must cry aloud, 'Homeward bound !' "
"Testimonies," Vol. VIII, p. 253.
In a world of chaos and confusion this is the
cheering message of assurance. This is an era
of providence and prophecy. Soon the reign of sin
and death will close, and we shall. see Him in whom
all our hopes center.
Yes, "Blessed are your eyes, for they see: and
your ears, for they hear." Let us earnestly,pray
that God will, grant to us eyes to see, ears to hear,
and hearts to understand the tremendous impok
of passing events. Then let the outpouring of
the Holy Spirit descend upon His waiting church.
Coming, yes, He's coming!
Let all the ransomed sing;
The hills are bright with holy light;
All hail the coming King!

The SanctuaryNo. 4

A More Perfect Ministry

By JAMES EARL SHULTZ
E have already found that the earthly
sanctuary was built after the pattern of
the heavenly. (Ex. 25:40.) In identifying God's place of abode, the psalmist declared :
"He hath looked down from the height of His
sanctuary; from heaven did the Lord behold the
earth." Ps. 102:19. Of the Levitical priesthood
the Lord had said : "Who serve unto the example
and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the
tabernacle: for, See, saith He, that thou make all
things according to the pattern showed to thee in
the mount." Heb. 8:5. How could they "serve
unto the example and shadow"? Moses followed
the example when he constructed the tabernacle
which was a "shadow." There could be no shadow
unless there was an object to cast that shadow.
The fact that the apostle says that there was a
shadow is proof that there must have been a
substance. That substance is "the sanctuary"
and "the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched,
and not man." Heb. 8 :2.

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The earthly was "a figure for the time then

present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices." Heb. 9 :9. Its entire construction was
according to "the patterns of things in the
heavens." Heb. 9:23. Moses made and reared
up "the tabernacle according to the fashion"
which was showed him in the mount. Ex. 26:30.
Speaking of that tabernacle, the first Christian
martyr, Stephen, said : "Our fathers had the
tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as He had
appointed, speaking unto Moses, that he should
make it according to the fashion that he had
seen" (Acts 7 :44) ; and the apostle Paul adds :
"Which are the figures of the true." Heb. 9 :24.
The heavenly was "a greater and more perfect
tabernacle, not made with hands." Verse 11.
Therefore the tabernacle built by Moses was but a
"figure," an "example," a "shadow," of that "temple of God . . . in heaven" mentioned in Revelation
11:19.
As in the earthly tabernacle there were two
apartments, we may conclude that in the temple
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in heaven there are two apartments. In the first

apartment in the temple in heaven, the tabernacle
of the testimony (Rev. 15:5), the apostle John
saw "seven lamps of fire" (Rev. 4:5), corresponding to the golden candlestick, which in the earthly
tabernacle appeared on the left side of the first
apartment. He saw also the "golden altar" (Rev.
8:3) with its four horns (Rev. 9:13), which was
evidently before the veil. In addition he saw the
"golden censer" (Rev. 8:3-5) in the hands of an
angel. And there was given unto the angel "much
incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of
all saints upon the golden altar which was before
the throne." Rev. 8 :3.
As in the earthly tabernacle the cloud of incense enriched the halting, inarticulate prayers of
the worshiper, so in the heavenly sanctuary much
incense offered with the prayers of struggling,
buffeted, distraught saints caused them to ascend
before God in the perfection of holiness, for "the
Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know
not what we should pray for as we ought : but the
Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with
groanings which cannot be uttered." Rom. 8:26.
And as in the earthly sanctuary at the time of
the morning and the evening oblations the prayers
of the penitents arose with a cloud of delightful
incense, so in the heavenly sanctuary the four
living creatures and the four and twenty elders,
in addition to possessing harps of praise, are
represented as having "golden vials full of incense [margin], which are the prayers of saints."
Rev. 5 :8. The implication is that these prayers
are by them tenderly cherished until, with the intercession of the. Spirit, they ascend in all their
attractiveness to Him who heareth prayer.
You may have observed that the table of shewbread was not seen in the heavenly sanctuary.
Because Christ was typified by "the bread of the
presence" and He, the "living bread which came
down from heaven" (John 6:51), was daily their
minister, attending unto their needs, the antitypical bread being present, there was no longer need
of the type. The prophet was permitted to look
beyond the inner veil into the second apartment,
or holiest of all. Because the judgment was in
progress, and hence the second apartment was
open, he beheld "the ark of His testament" (Rev.
11 :18, 19), the sacred chest in which reposed the
law of God, by which all men are judged.
A New Priesthood

Under the example and shadow of heavenly

things (Heb. 8:5), Moses was enjoined to consecrate the sons of Levi, setting them apart to the
work of the priesthood; but under the service "of
the true tabernacle" (Heb. 8:2) there arose another priest. (Heb. 7:11, 15.) Hebrews 5:10
says that He is the "called of God a high priest
after the order of Melchizedek," and Hebrews
6 :20 tells us that He is "made a high priest f orever after the order of Melchizedek." "It is evident that our Lord sprang out of Judah; of which
tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood." Heb. 7:14. "If He were on earth, He
should not be a priest, seeing that there are priests
that offer gifts according to the law." Heb. 8:4.
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Concerning Him, Hebrews 7 :25, 26 says : "He is

able also to save them to the uttermost that come
unto God by Him, seeing He ever liveth to make
intercession for them. For such a high priest
became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the
heavens." The expression, "separate from sinners," suggests that He "did no sin, neither was
guile found in His mouth." 1 Peter 2:22.
Concerning this high priest, we read : "So also
Christ glorified not Himself to be made a high
priest ; but He that said unto Him, Thou art My
Son, today have I begotten Thee. As He saith also
in another place, Thou art a priest forever after
the order of Melchizedek. Who in the days of His
flesh, when He had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto Him
that was able to save Him from death, and was
heard in that He feared; though He were a Son,
yet learned He obedience by the things which He
suffered; and being made perfect, He became the
Author of eternal salvation unto all them that
obey Him." Heb. 5 :5-9.
It was because of this that the apostle Paul
could say with assurance : "We have not a high
priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of
our infirmities ; but was in all points tempted like
as we are, yet without sin." Heb. 4:15. No wonder the apostle could add with assurance: "Let us
therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace,
that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help
in every time of need." Verse 16.
"For Christ is not entered into the holy places
made with hands, which are the figures of the
true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the
presence of God for us : nor yet that He should
offer Himself often, as the high priest entereth
into the holy place every year with blood of
others; for then must He often have suffered since
the foundation of the world : but now once in the
end of the world hath He appeared to put away
sin by the sacrifice of Himself." Heb. 9 :24-26.
With confidence could the apostle add : "We are
sanctified through the offering of the body of
Jesus Christ once for all." Heb. 10:10.

A Perfect High Priest

The veil was rent asunder when Christ died on

the cross (Matt. 27 :51), because a more perfect
way had been revealed. The Antitype of all the
sacrificial offerings had appeared. He had been
presented without spot and blameless. As the
sacrificial offering for the priest and the entire
nation was carried without the gate to be destroyed (Lev. 16:27) after its blood had been
offered, so Christ offered His blood when He was
crowned with a coronet of thorns in old Jerusalem; but He suffered death without the gate. We
read : "We have an altar, whereof they have no
right to eat which serve the tabernacle. For the
bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into
the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are
burned without the camp. Wherefore Jesus also,
that He might sanctify the people with His own
blood, suffered without the gate. Let us go forth
therefore unto Him without the camp, bearing
His reproach." Heb. 13 :10-13.
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The Levitical priesthood had ended ; that dis
pensation of types and ceremonies had closed.
That work was completed ; that priesthood had
fulfilled its course. It was time for a new order,
and Christ came in response to our need. "For
every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and
sacrifices : wherefore it is of necessity that this
man have somewhat also to offer." Heb. 8:3.
"For every high priest taken from among men is
ordained for men in things pertaining to God, that
he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins."
Heb. 5:1. "How much more shall the blood of
Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered
Himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God ?"
Heb. 9 :14. "For Christ is not entered into the
holy,places made with hands, which are the figures
of the true ; but into heaven itself, now to appear
in the presence of God for us." Verse 24.
Since Christ was not of the Levitical priesthood, it naturally follows that His service as priest
could not begin until the service in the earthly
tabernacle and temple had ended, for "the way
into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest,
while as the first tabernacle was yet standing."
Heb. 9 :8. It could not begin as long as the Le-

The Beauty of the Sabbath

BY LOUISE C. KLEUSER

beauty in Thy Sabbath, Lord,

When men Thy word obey,
There's glory on the hills around
Where lovely flow'rets play;
The quiet woods lift leafy arms,
The brooks leap forth in praise.
To Him who made the pleasant earth,
My heart its song will raise!
THERE'S

There's beauty in Thy Sabbath, Lord,

When parents heed Thy law,
And make Thy day a pure delight,
Impressed with holy awe ;
There's counsel kind and earnest prayer
To lead the carefree youth
To love Thy hallowed day of rest,
And take their stand for truth!
There's beauty in Thy Sabbath, Lord,
When lisping babes will sing,
When teachers love Thy holy name,
When children off'rings bring.
When in the tender days of youth
Their hearts and hands they yield,
Thy Spirit then will point the way
To far-off mission field.
There's beauty in Thy Sabbath, Lord,
E'en in the vale of tears ;
Sweet hope to see through tomb so dark
The rest through Eden's years!
There's beauty, 0, there's beauty, Lord,
When in the transformed soul,
Creation's power is seen and felt
Thy Sabbath makes men whole !
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vitical priesthood remained. (Heb. 7:11-14.) Since,

the earthly service began in the first apartment it
naturally follows that the heavenly service would,
also begin in the first apartment. A study of the
fourth chapter of Revelation reveals the glory of
the throne of God. The fifth verse indicates that
that glory was revealed in the first apartment of
the temple, for "out of the throne proceeded
lightnings and thunderings and voices : and there
were seven lamps of fire burning before the
throne, which are the seven Spirits of God." Rev.
4 :5.
A Lamb Before the Throne of God
As the apostle John viewed the throne, there
appeared not alone the glory of the Omnipotent
One, but also that of "a Lamb as it had been slain,
having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the
seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth."
Rev. 5:6. And as we have already observed, he
also beheld the altar of incense before which one
ministered having a golden censer and much incense which he offered with the prayers of saints.
(Rev. 8:3.)
As a prerequisite to the canceling of sins under
the typical service, they must be acknowledged.
Lev. 4 :24-26 ; Ps. 32:5. The same is true under
the new priesthood, for "if we confess our sins,
He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and
to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." 1 John
1 :9. The purpose of all the service in both sanctuaries has been to purge from sin. Under the
heavenly sanctuary service our "spiritual sacrifices" become "acceptable to God by Jesus Christ."
1 Peter 2:5. The "Lamb as it had been slain,"
represented to John in vision, was none other
than "the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of
David." Rev. 5:5. He it was who appeared in
majesty before the ancient prophet, Daniel, who
beheld Him as "one like the Son of man" who
"came with the clouds of heaven, and came to
the Ancient of days [the Father], and they
brought Him near before Him." Dan. 7:13. To
Him there eventually will be given "dominion,
and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations,
and languages, should serve Him : His dominion is
an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass
away, and His kingdom that which shall not be
destroyed." Dan. 7:14. But before He should
enjoy this triumph, He must suffer as a lamb,
slain from the foundation of the world, when in
Him would be fulfilled the prophecy : "All flesh
shall know that I the Lord am thy Saviour and
thy Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob." Isa.
49 :26.
When His sacrifice was complete, He became
our Saviour and our Redeemer. "Wherefore He
saith, when He ascended up on high, He led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men." Eph.
4:8. With this company of redeemed ones, the
record of whose redemption is found in Matthew
27:52, 53, Christ began the realization of the:
answer to His prayer, "Father, I will that they
also, whom Thou hast given Me, be with Me where
I am ; that they may behold My glory, which Thou
hast given Me : for Thou lovest Me before the
foundation of the world." John 17:24..
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GREATER EVANGELISM

now. Truth is more precious than all besides. Notwithstanding the agencies combined against the truth,
a large number take their stand upon the Lord's
side." "The Great Controversy," pp. 611, 612.

Organize for a Larger Work

Concerning the experiences of the early church

under the blessing of the "early rain," the messenger of God declares :

By W. H. BRANSON

EARS,ago, those to whom was committed the

task of giving the advent message to the
world were urged to organize for a,' great
work.

"Time is short, and our forces must be organized to

do a larger work. Laborers are needed who comprehend the greatness of the work, and who will engage in
it, not for the wages they receive, but from a realization of the nearness of the end. The time demands
greater efficiency and deeper consecration. 0, I am
so full of this subject that I cry to God, 'Raise up and
send forth messengers filled with a sense of their
responsibility, messenger,s in whose hearts self-idolatry, which lies at the foundation of all sin, has been
crucified.' ""Testimonies," Vol. IX, p. 27.

The picture given us in the Scriptures of the

closing scenes of this great message is indeed inspiring. A great work is to be done. John the
revelator symbolizes that work of the message by
an angel coming down from heaven, "having great
power," and declares that "the earth was lightened with his glory." Regarding this, the messenger of the Lord has said :
"The angel who unites in the proclamation of the
third angel's message, is to lighten the whole earth
with his glory. A work of world-wide extent and unwonted power is here foretold. The advent movement
of 1840-44 was a glorious manifestation of the power
of God; the first angel's message was carried to every
missionary station in the world, and in some countries
there was the greatest religious interest which had
been witnessed, in any land since the Reformation of
the sixteenth century; but these are to be exceeded by
the mighty movement under the last warning of the
third angel.
"The work will be similar to that of the day of
Pentecost. . . . The great work of the gospel is not
to close with less manifestation of the power of God
than marked its opening. The prophecies which were
fulfilled in the outpouring of the former rain at the
opening of the gospel, are again to be fulfilled in the
latter rain at its close. Here are 'the times of refreshing' to which the apostle Peter looked forward
when he said, 'Repent ye therefore, and be converted,
that your sins may be blotted out when the times of
refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;
and He shall send Jesus.'
"Servants of God, with their faces lighted up and
shining with holy consecration, will hasten from place
to place to proclaim the message from heaven. By
thousands of voices, all over the earth, the warning
will be given. Miracles will be wrought, the sick will
be healed, and signs and wonders will follow the believers. Satan also works with lying wonders, even
bringing down fire from heaven in the sight of men.
Thus the inhabitants of the earth will be brought to
take their stand.
"The message will be carried not so much by argument as by the deep conviction of the Spirit of God.
The arguments have been presented. The seed has
been sown, and now it will spring up and bear fruit.
The publications distributed by missionary workers
have exerted their influence, yet many whose minds
were impressed have been prevented from fully comprehending the truth or from yielding obedience. Now
the rays of light penetrate everywhere, the truth is
seen in its clearness, and the honest children of God
sever the bands which have held them. Family connections, church relations, are powerless to stay them

"These scenes are to be repeated, and with greater

power." "Christ's Object Lessons," p. 121.

And again :

"They claimed the endowment of power that Christ

had promised. Then it was that the Holy Spirit was
poured out, and thousands were converted in a day.
So it may be now. . . . The outpouring of the Spirit
in the days of the apostles was the 'former rain,' and
glorious was the result, but the latter rain will be more
abundant.""Testimonies," Vol. VIII, p. 21.
"God has a church on earth who are lifting up the
downtrodden law, and presenting to the world the
Lamb of God that taketh away the sins of the world.
The church is the depositary of the wealth of the
riches of the grace of Christ, and through the church
eventually will be made manifest the final and full display of the love of God to the world that is to be
lightened with its glory.""Testimonies to Ministers,"
p. 50.

Now and then we hear someone saying, "The

work is rapidly closing up. It has already closed
up in some countries." We have, however, no
sympathy with this view of the situation. It is
true that in many parts of the world today we
cannot work freely, but this is not necessarily
an indication that the work is finished in these
countries. Rather, shall we not believe that,
through the very world crisis of this present hour,
God is preparing the way for that "larger work"
that is to be donethat "final and full display" of
the grace and love of God to the world.
We do not believe that we have yet witnessed
the full development of this great message of
truth in its onward flight to the nations. The
swelling of Jordan must still be ahead of us.
True, we have seen great advancement in the past.
We delight in our record of growth. We rejoice
that today we are in almost every country of
earth and that the message is being given in more
than eight hundred tongues.
But can we truthfully say that the earth has
been lightened with its glory? Have we seen
greater manifestations than the disciples saw
under the early rain when "thousands were converted in a day"? Have we yet witnessed the final
and full display of God's love and grace among
the nations? We think not. We believe, however,
that these experiences are just ahead of us. It is
time just now for us quickly to organize all our
forces for a larger work. We have been told that
it would be in a time of terrible crisis, under the
most discouraging, forbidding circumstances,
that the church would have to arise and finish her
task. That time is now. As darkness covers the
earth, and gross darkness the people, the glory of
God is to be shed forth upon the church and His
truth is to shine forth into the world as a mighty
floodlight, that all men everywhere may clearly see
the contrast between good and evil and may be
led to take a definite stand on the one side or the
other.
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EDITORIAL
The Authority of the Church

HE church has not been left to drift aimlessly

without a captain or a chart to guide it. Christ
intended that there should be order and discipline in the church, and before He left the world
He delegated certain authority to it. The members of the church were to speak with a united
voice. No one individual was to set up his judgment above that of others.
To the disciples, who were to be the nucleus of
this newly founded church, Christ said : "I will
give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven :
and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be
bound in heaven : and whatsoever thou shalt loose
on earth shall be loosed in heaven." Matt. 16:19.
On another occasion Christ went into greater
detail regarding the church and the discipline that
must be administered in order to keep the church
pure. Matt. 18 :15-20.

The Apostolic Church

In a study of the Acts of the Apostles, one can
see an organized church gradually emerging.
First, there was the gathering in of large numbers
of believers who were baptized into the church.
These met in the temple and in the homes of some
of the members for prayer and worship, and for
hearing the word of God. Acts 2 :41, 46, 47; 4:4,
23, 31; 5 :14. As the church grew in numbers,
there was need for someone besides the apostles
to care for the needs of the members. Seven men
were then chosen to act as deacons. Acts 6.
Later, Barnabas was sent forth by the church in
Jerusalem to care for the interests that had developed in Antioch through the scattering abroad
of the Jerusalem believers. Acts 11 :22, 23. It
was while here that Barnabas, who had first introduced Paul to the leaders at Jerusalem after
his conversion, sought out Paul in his home at
Tarsus and called him to the work. Acts 11 :25,
26. Later, Paul and Barnabas were separated
and ordained in a formal way for the gospel ministry, and were sent forth to carry the gospel to
distant parts. Acts 13 :2, 3.
While on this first missionary journey, Paul and
Barnabas raised up one church after another.
They did not leave them to drift alone, but confirmed them in the faith, exhorted them to be
steadfast, and ordained officers to help administer
the church. Acts 14:22, 23. At the close of their
itinerary they returned to Antioch, whence they
were sent out, and, gathering the church together,
rendered a report of the work which they had
done. Acts 14:27.
One more experience gives us a well-nigh complete picture of the organized church and how it
functioned in that day. A question of importance
to the whole church had to be settled. Not even
Paul and Barnabas took it upon themselves to settle the question, though it more directly concerned

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their work than the work of any others. The

matter was first discussed in the district church at
Antioch, and when they recognized that it was a
larger question than they should settle, "they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain
other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the
apostles and elders about this question." Acts
15 :2.

First Church Council

When they came to Jerusalem, "they were received of the church, and of the apostles and
elders, and they declared all things that God had
done with them." Verse 4. Following this general report of the situation to the whole church,
we catch a glimpse of the council of the leading
officers of the church regarding this question.
Verse 6. Peter evidently was not the first one to
speak, for he did not arise until after "there had
been much disputing," and even then he did not
get up to make a pronouncement, but merely contributed his testimony to the discussion. Verse 7.'
Finally, Paul and Barnabas made a statement.
Verse 12. Then James, who evidently was chairman of the council, summed up the situation in a
few words and suggested a solution to the problem
which was accepted by the "whole church."
Verses 13, 19, 20, 22.
Next we find that the resolution passed by the
council was sent in the name of "the apostles and
elders and brethren" (verse 23) , who were "assembled with one accord." Verse 25. A special
delegation besides Paul and Barnabas, representing the council, was sent to Antioch, verse 27, and
they delivered the resolution to the church there
in a formal way. Verse 30.
Here we have a model for the settling of all important questions that have to do with the doctrines or ,standards of the church. No one man,
no matter how much he may be led of the Lord, is
in a position to settle matters of this kind himself. God has given to the church, and not to individual members or ministers of the church, authority to direct the work of God in the earth.

Instruction From the Lord

Concerning the authority of the ,church, the
Lord has given us much, instruction through the
Spirit of prophecy. Of this we read :
"God has invested His church with special authority
and power which no one can be justified in disregarding and despising; for in so doing'he despises the voice
of God. It is not safe for you to trust to impressions
and feelings.""Testimonies," Vol. III, pp. 4/7, 418.
" 'But,' say you, 'should I follow the judgment of the
brethren independent of my own feelings?' I answer,.
The church is God's delegated authority upon earth."
Id., Vol. V, p. 107.
"The world's Redeemer has invested great power
with His church. He states the rules to be applied
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explicit directions as to the course to be pursued, He
says, 'Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall
bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatsoever [in church discipline] ye shall loose on earth shall
be loosed in heaven.' Thus even the heavenly authority
ratifies the discipline of the church in regard to its
members, when the Bible rule has been followed.
"The word of God does not give license for one man
to set up his judgment in opposition to the judgment
of the church, neither is he allowed to urge his opinions
against the opinions of the church. If there were no
church discipline and government, the church would
go to fragments; it could not hold together as a body."
Id., Vol. III, p. .428.

Let us beware of those who would undermine

the authority and the unity of the church. Since

the days when the mighty angel in heaven rebelled

against the government of God, there have been
those who have issued a challenge to authority and
who have sought to disrupt that which has not
been according to their liking. This situation will
continue until the work of the church is done.
And as in the disturbance in heaven there were
those who sympathized with the rebellious one,
so it will be today. So let us beware lest we be
found on the side of those who may be fighting
against God and the church, which, according to
prophecy, God has called to do the final work of
reformation in the earth. Only as we press together can we fulfill God's purpose for us. F. L.

Our Health MessageNo. 14

Adventist Healing Methods and Modern Science

Part II

O feature of our distinctive health teachings has been stressed more in the writings
of the Spirit of prophecy than that of the
relation of the mind to the body in the matter
of health. This is perhaps best stated in the following from "Ministry of Healing:"
"The relation that exists between the mind and the
body is very intimate. When one is affected, the other
sympathizes. The condition of the mind affects the
health to a far greater degree than many realize.
Many of the diseases from which men suffer are the
result of mental depression. Grief, anxiety, discontent, remorse, guilt, distrust, all tend to break down
the life forces, and to invite decay and death.
"Disease is sometimes produced, and is often greatly
aggravated, by the imagination. Many are lifelong invalids who might be well if they only thought so.
Many imagine that every slight exposure will cause
illness, and the evil effect is produced because it 'is
expected. Many die from disease, the cause of which
is wholly imaginary.
"Courage, hope, faith, sympathy, love, promote
health and prolong life. A contented mind, a cheerful
spirit, is health to the body and strength to the soul.
`A merry [rejoicing] heart doeth good like a medicine.'
"In the treatment of the sick, the effect of mental
influence should not be overlooked. Rightly used, this
influence affords one of the most effective agencies for
combating disease."Page 241.
Again, we read in the book "Education" this

further inspired statement concerning the relation of mind to body:

"The influence of the mind on the body, as well as
of the body on the mind, should be emphasized. The
electric power of the brain, promoted by mental activity, vitalizes the whole system, and is thus an invaluable aid in resisting disease. This should be
made plain. The power of the will and the importance
of self-control, both in the preservation and in the
recovery of health, the depressing and even ruinous
effect of anger, discontent, selfishness, or impurity,
and, on the other hand, the marvelous life-giving
power to be founkl in cheerfulness, unselfishness,
gratitude, should also be shown."Page 197.

Views Set Forth in 1864

The essence of the foregoing statements is
found in Mrs. White's works as far back as 1864,
when she wrote : "There is a class of invalids who
have no real located disease. But as they believe
they are dangerously diseased, they are in reality
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invalids. The mind is diseased, and many die who

might recover of disease, which exists alone in the
imagination. . . . The power of the will is a mighty
soother of the nerves, and can resist much disease,
simply by not yielding to ailments, and settling
down into a state of inactivity. Those who have
but little force, and natural energy, need to constantly guard themselves, lest their minds become
diseased, and they give up to supposed disease,
when none really exists.""Spiritual Gifts," Vol.
IV, pp. 145, 146.
It was natural that we as a people who believe
that man is one wholenot a soul imprisoned in
the shell of a body, as popular theology taught
should also believe that there is a close relationship between body, mind, and spirit in health
and disease. We would logically expect one to
react upon the other, because they are parts of one
whole and are all required in order to make that
pulsating, thinking _ entity called man. God
breathed into man's nostrils the breath of life, and
thus man became a living soul.

A New Therapy in Medicine

But this idea of a close relationship, though
emphasized for many years in the writings of
Mrs. White, and featured in our sanitariums, has
only recently begun to take a prominent place in
modern medicine. In the last few years doctors
have begun to speak of mental therapy for the
cure of the sick, even as a little while before that
they began to speak of physical therapy as a healing procedure. As recently as 1923 a small group
of doctors and clergymen, of the New York Academy of Medicine and the Federal Council of
Churches, met to explore the relation of religion to
medicine in the healing of the sick. The meeting
proved so fruitful that further discussions were
had, and in 1927 there was created a joint committee on Religion and Health, representing the
Academy-of Medicine and the Federal Council.
This joint committee carried on its study and
investigation for several years, bringing out at
times various reports, and holding as its most
basic rule in exploring this field, "the essential
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APRIL 10, 1941

oneness of a human individual.""History of the
Committee on Religion and Medicine," p. 6. The
committee also gave "careful consideration . . .
to a project for helping to establish a rest home to
be maintained by church groups under supervision of physicians, to which people who were
tired in body, mind, and spirit, could go for the
physical re-creation, mental re-education and
spiritual regeneration needed to prevent a serious nervous breakdown."Id., p. 7. Sounds
strangely like a plan for an Adventist sanitarium !
The report explains that "this project had the
heartiest approval of the joint committee, and it
was with great regret that lack of funds necessitated putting off its fulfillment."/bid.
This unique committee brought its work to a
close in 1936, having either directly produced, or
definitely sponsored, an impressive list of carefully prepared reports on the relation of religion
to medicine, the relation of the emotions to bodily
health, and accounts of "religious healing" in
various countries. The immediate outgrowth of
this was the appointment of a permanent committee by the New York Academy of Medicine on
Emotions and Health, and the creation of a Committee on Religion and Health, by the Federal
Council of Churches. Regarding the latter, the
Federal Council Bulletin said: "The creation of
the committee is the outgrowth of an increasing
recognition of the contribution which vital religious faith makes to the maintenance of bodily
and mental health."November, 1937.
About two years later the Federal Council's
committee held a meeting at which certain prominent physicians spoke. Dr. G. Canby Robinson of
Johns Hopkins declared that "we must never
forget that we are dealing with mind and spirit
as well as body."Id., December, 1939. Dr. Earl
D. Bond, of the University of Pennsylvania, said :
"There is no integration which compares with
that which comes from religious faith or a religious goal; for this unifies and focuses all the
elements of the divided self."Ibid.
One of the very practical developments of this
committee work by the Federal Council has been
the fostering of special courses for theological
students in the broad field of mental health in relation to religion. Included in these courses is
actual case study in hospitals.
The Doctor and Religion
In an address delivered at the dedication of the
Syracuse University College of Medicine building
in 1937, Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur, president of
Stanford University, declared : "The doctor of the
future cannot play his part unless he understands
all phases of the life of the human being. . . .
The understanding of personality is as vital as the
knowledge of the various systems of the human
body and of the ailments to which they are subject. . . . Individually and in the mass we lack
anchorage. This has given us a sense of insecurity, increased our difficulties in the domain
of the mind, and helped to fill our psychiatric institutions."Science, March 4, 1938.
Another address delivered at this dedicatory
service was by Dr. Henry A. Christian of Harvard
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Medical School. He thus described ,a doctor's

needs : "He will need the support of a true religion. A simple faith in God and His ways
should emanate from all true physicians. If he
believes not, this will not be possible. The believing physician often can bring into perfection
a cure not otherwise attainable. There is no place
in the profession of medicine for the agnostic, the
atheist. Man needs a religion, and particularly
when he is sick. Religion is not a matter of form,
but of simple faith. With it physician and patient
meet the trials of life and ill-health with chin up
and a winning smile."Ibid.
"The Christian Movement for Health"
Under this title, E. Stanley Jones, widely
known minister and missionary, writes briefly in
the Christian Advocate concerning an important
meeting held on December 30, 1940:
"Can the scientific movement for health and the
Christian movement for health (averring that wrong
attitudes induce diseases, not only in a functional
sense, but in a structural sense as well) be brought
together? If so, what definite steps can be taken?
"Should the two movements jointly undertake a
demonstration center, a center where the best in both
movements would be applied in a harmonious blend?
"These were questions faced by some twenty persons
who came together, December 30 [1940], at Clifton
Springs, New York. They were medical men, psychiatrists, clergymen, and laymen.
"The morning period was devoted to discussion of
the first question, and after a thorough canvassing of
the whole matter it was unanimously decided that the
two movements must come together, for the situation
demands it. Concerning the second question, it was
decided that Clifton Springs Sanitarium provides an
ideal situation for just such an experiment. Its background and history, its present spirit, its physical
plant and location, fit in admirably with just such a
purpose. Here it seemed possible to bring together
the best in medicine and in religion and have them
function in a vital Christian atmosphere and spirit.
"The distinctive outlook and purpose would be that
the institution would not deal with the person piecemeal, handing the body over to the doctor,the mind to
the psychiatrist, and the soul to the minister; but in a
group teamwork would deal with the total personality,
treating the whole man and his environment in order
to produce a healthy, harmonious, effective person.
The finest in medicine and the finest in religion would
converge; we would have something unique and something very necessary in these times."January 23,
1941.
We might continue at length with quotations
from eminent men stressing the relation of mind
and body, and the relation of both to religion.
This sense of relationship has been acquired in
quite recent years. In the last decade there has
come from the press a great array of works dealing with this broad subject. A relatively new
branch of medicine, psychiatry, provides the
scientific, medical setting in which mental therapy
is applied to the sick.
But for almost eighty years, as a part of their
distinctive and expanding program of healthful
living, Seventh-day Adventists have been stressing the importance of mental hygiene and mental
therapy, even though those terms were unknown
in the medical world when we began our work.
Modern science today confirms our teaching on
this as on the other features of our health message.
F. D. N.
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A Prophetic Delineation Fulfilled

HEN canon of Westminster, London,

Christopher Wadsworth preached a sermon in the Abbey on, "Is the Pope of
Rome the Man of Sin ?"
One cannot imagine a sermon in Westminster
Abbey on such a subject today. The fashion is
changed. No voice like Christopher Wadsworth's
is lifted up in any conspicuous place in the Church
of England. In the days of 1851 he stood in that
pulpit and took as a text, 2 Thessalonians 2 :3-8.
Commenting on the phrase, "So that he as God
sitteth in the temple of God," he said :
"For many hundred years to this day the
Roman pontiffs have literally fulfilled the prophecy of St. Paul. When Cornelius, the centurion,
fell down at Peter's feet, and worshiped him, St.
Peter forbade him, saying, 'Stand up ; I myself
also am a man.' But the self-called successors of
St. Peter 'sit in the temple of God as gods.' For
many centuries each of them at his inauguration
has taken his seat in God's church, upon God's
altar, and so sitting has been adored by men falling down before him and kissing his feet."
The preacher appealed to the people to look at
the delineation of the prophecy and confess that
inspiration only could have foretold this development.
"Its fulfillment is one of the most striking
proofs of the truth of Christianity. No one whose
eyes were not illuminated by light from heaven
could have foreseen what St. Paul has predicted
in this chapter. And in the accomplishment of
his prediction we see an irrefragable proof that
the apostle was inspired by the Holy Ghost, and
that the doctrine preached by him is not the word
of man, but of God.
"Therefore, let us be sure that the remaining
portion of this prophecy will one day be fulfilled
also. Sooner or later the Lord shall consume that
wicked one with the breath of His mouth, and
shall destroy him with the brightness of His coming."
Thus expositors of Bible prophecy were bold
in those days to emphasize the second coming of
Christ as the one hope in the battle against error.
W. A. S.

Our Personal Relationship to Christ

(Continued from page 2)
ciety is perhaps a greater challenge, because it
comes with greater temptation, and the challenge
is this: for us to prove true to Christ and to His
cause wherever we may be. If living apart from
others; we must prove true in our solitude and
loneliness; but if we are surrounded by a multitude, associating with those who know not God,
then the challenge is even greater for us to prove
true under such circumstances.
Unfortunately, there are many men and women
today, some members of our own church, old as
well as young, who seem unable to stand alone
in their Christian integrity. They assimilate that
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with which they come in contact. If they are

under godly influence, their lives are examples of
the right. If, however, they are under untoward
circumstances, they yield to temptation.
Reuben was Jacob's first-born son. He should
have been his strong staff, upon which his father
could have leaned in his old age. He should have
been an example in truth and godliness to his
younger brothers and sisters. But he lacked the
quality of stability. In the admonitions which
Jacob gave to his sons as he was about to pass
away, he declared of Reuben :
"Reuben, thou art my first-born, my might, and
the beginning of my strength, the excellency of
dignity, and the excellency of power : unstable as
water, thou shalt not excel." Gen. 49 :3, 4.
One quality of water is particularly marked.
It takes on the form and shape of everything with
which it comes in contact. This was the character
of Reuben. He followed his own evil inclinations.
He accepted the suggestions of the enemy of all
righteousness instead of the promptings of the
Spirit of God. He brought disgrace to his father's
household.
The challenge of the unwarned millions in the
world today, the challenge of giving this message
to those who know it not, the challenge of taking
up the burdens which those who have grown gray
in service are laying down, the challenge to prove
true to Christ and His work in this evil generation,
is the challenge that comes to the young men and
young women of this church today. Will they
accept this holy trust? Will they square their
shoulders to bear the burdens? Will they resolutely set their faces as flint toward Zion, resolved that under God they will be true to the
advent message, tliat they will stay by it in the
hour of persecution, stay by it until the work is
finished and Christ comes to gather His children home?
Mrs. E. G. White, in the Youth's Iustructor of
July 10, 1902, expresses this challenge in these
words :
"As the faithful, toilworn standard-bearers are
offering up their lives for the truth's sake, who among
the youth will come forward to take their place? Will
our young men accept the holy trust at the hand of
their fathers? Are they now preparing to fill the
vacancies made by the death of the faithful? Will
they heed God's call to service?"
We feel confident that the youth of this denomination will meet this challenge. We have seen
many of them in the crucible, in the testing
process at home and in foreign fields, and they
are proving loyal to Christ and to His cause. And
we believe that this spirit will possess a great
multitude of our youth until the work is accomplished and the Master will come to say to them,
"Well done."
In this service is the great and chief pleasure
of the Christian. How greatly it surpasses the
pleasures the world has to give only he who has
experienced it can ever know. It is the "love, joy,
peace" imparted by Christ's indwelling Spirit to
His faithful, consecrated children. May God
grant that we who read these words may share
this blessed experience.
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IN MISSION LANDS
Dedication of Montevideo Church
By E. D. DICK
ABBATH, December 14, was a high day for
our believers in Uruguay, for it was then
that their beautiful new church building in
Montevideo, the capital city, was dedicated. This
new building, which is in a quiet, though prominent, part of the city, is well situated, and is
accessible to the important bus and streetcar, lines
of the city.
Not only is the church well located, but it has
been carefully planned to meet the varied demands
of a church in this center. The well-lighted auditorium has a seating capacity of approximately
four hundred, and is dignified and appropriately
furnished. Just to the rear of the platform are
sliding doors which, when opened, allow the beautiful stained-glass window just behind the baptismal font to be seen. In the basement are
large rooms for the children's Sabbath school
and young people's meetings, besides a culinary
department to care for workers who are called
in for workers' meetings. In the enlarged tower
in the front of the building are living quarters
for a worker, and on the third floor are the conference office and the Book and Bible House
depository. An elevator serves these two floors.
The entire building, including the lot, represents
an investment of approximately $22,500, the cost
of the lot being just over $4,000. Those who have
been responsible for the planning and construction of this church are to be highly complimented
on the completion of such an appropriate and
spacious building at such a moderate figure.

The completion and dedication of the church

was the climax of years of earnest effort on the
part of our people in Uruguay. The work in
Uruguay dates back to 1895, when Pastor Jean
Vuilleumier came to Uruguay from Switzerland,
as one of the pioneer missionaries. After two
years of labor a group of twenty believers was
raised up. Later associated with the work were
the Hammerlys, Sisters Kerr and Brockman, F. L.
Perry, J. T. Thompson, A. R. Sherman, C. E.
Krieghoff, N. Soto, and C. S. Weber. It was under
the leadership of Brethren Soto and Weber that
the desire to have a suitable place of worship took
shape and the raising of funds began. All entered into the plan with enthusiasm, one member
donating her coat, another giving her savings
which she had laid aside for repairing her teeth.
It was this spirit of sacrifice which brought forth
this beautiful church.
In 1934, Pastor P. M. Brouchy took up the work
in Montevideo. At that time the church membership stood at 112. As they promoted the churchbuilding plans they also carried on active evangelism, so that with the completion of the church
the membership stood at 270. With the enlarged
membership it was necessary to enlarge and revise the church plans. The spirit of the membership was revealed in that with the plans for an
enlarged church one of the members gave 5,500
Uruguayan pesos, a truly substantial gift. Solicitation of funds was not confined to the membership of Montevideo, but members from interior
churches likewise gave to establish a representative church in the capital city. Besides this substantial gifts were provided by the General Conference, the South American Division, the Austral
Union, and the Argentine publishing house. A
part of the Harvest Ingathering funds for the
union was also dedicated to this church building.
The Dorcas Society of the church and groups of
other sisters and girls, and even children, worked
in behalf of the church fund, some making garments, others selling our magazines ; all seemingly
were delighted to have a part. The occasion of
the dedication was therefore a high day for our
members, particularly in Uruguay. Appropriate
services were held. In the morning a service of
dedication was conducted. This was attended
largely by our people, and all took part in a personal reconsecration. It was a good meeting.
In the afternoon an inaugural service was conducted, which was attended largely by the public.
The church was crowded. Practically the entire
seating accommodation was taken by non-Ad-

New Seventh-day Adventist Church in Montevideo, Uruguay, South

America

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ventists. Our own people stood around the outside and down the aisles. Many prominent people
of the city attended, including the British ambassador to Uruguay. A special program was
prepared, and appropriate music was rendered by
two choirs. The entire service was broadcast.

We rejoice with our people in Uruguay in their

raising such an appropriate church home in their
capital city, and believe that this will be a steppingstone to a larger work in this "Gem State"
of the South American continent. May the work
continue to advance in this center.

Faithful Unto Death

By J. M. STEEVES

MOHAMMEDAN landowner placed his

son in one of our schools, little thinking
that the Christian influence of the institution would ever affect him. Many months went
by, with no visible signs in the young man's attitude which would indicate any sympathy for
Christianity, except that he was courteous, and
was very cooperative in adhering to the regulations of the school. Christian men of the institution made it a point to work for him, and many
an earnest prayer was offered that God would
use the influence of missionary workers and the
drawing power of His Spirit to bring this youth
to a right decision.
One morning during the chapel service this
young man stood up in the rear of the assembly
hall and made known his desire to say a word.
He then came forward. After considerable silence, with breaking voice and with tears in his
eyes, he told his fellow students that the influence
of this Christian school had not been in vain, and
that he had decided not to wait a moment longer to
take his stand for Christ. After the service was
over, a deeply impressed group of students passed
to their classes. He had referred to the fact in
his testimony that tribulation would be his, and
all acquainted with the situation knew that he
spoke the truth only too correctly.
The annual feast of Id was to be celebrated on
the following Friday. This is always a high day
in the experience of the faithful followers of the
"Prophet," and a day when religious fervor runs
very high. A month of fasting is to be broken on
that day, which is heralded by the appearance of
the new moon. With great acclaim and feasting
and rejoicing, millions of Mohammedans celebrate
this festive occasion.
On this memorable Friday, this orthodox father
said to his son, "Come, my boy, today is a day

twice blessed, for not only is it the holy Friday,

but this year the day happens to coincide with the
day of the new moon, and the fast is to be broken.
We shall, therefore, go to the mosque for a special
season of prayer."
The newly converted boy tried in a cautious
manner to suggest that he was not in a position to
attend prayers that day; but his father's inquisitive nature very rapidly ferreted out the reason
why he did not intend to participate in this most
holy ordinance. After cajolement and persuasion
brought forth no desirable results, the fury of the
father broke forth, and with cursings and threatenings he took the boy into the house and promised to beat him nigh unto death if he would not
forget his foolish Christian ideas.
When the boy refused, the threat was carried
out, and he was unmercifully beaten. For days
thereafter he was locked in a dark room, with very
little upon which to subsist, and only by the words
of friends were we finally notified of the plight of
this young man. We had been told that he was
ill and had been sent to relatives to recuperate.
But each time we were given such a reply, we were
quite well aware of the truth. In an effort to
break his decision he was sent to a different
province, but the young man's faith held firm. No
amount of investigation on our part revealed anything of his whereabouts.
About a year later, one day a young doctor of
my acquaintance came into my office. He said,
"Sir, can you spare an hour or two to come with
me to the hospital ? A young man whom I have
been treating for the last few weeks has today for
a few brief moments regained consciousness after
days of delirium. During his sane moments he
continually begs me to go and find you and to have
you come to see him." And when he told me his
name, I recognized at once to whom he referred.
Making my way rapidly to the hospital, I found
the young man in an emaciated condition, suffering terribly from a loathsome disease which had
come upon him partially as a result of his illtreatment. How happy I was to hear from his
lips again the determination which he held firmly
in his heart to remain faithful even unto the last.
For a time it seemed that he would be the conqueror over the ailment which had stricken him
down, but at last he was called upon to lay down
his lifebut he was faithful unto death.

Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Rentfro and Daughters, Who on March 18

Sailed From Miami for Cuba, Where Mr. Rentfro Will Act as Secretary-Treasurer of the Newly Organized East Cuba Conference, With
Headquarters at Camaguey. Since 1936 Mr. Rentfro Has Been Connected With the General Conference Office Staff, in Takoma Park,
D. C., as Accountant. Previously He Served in Mission Work in
South America

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BY THE FAMILY FIRESIDE

Let's Plant a GardenNo. 4

When April's Sun Smiles

By FLOYD BRALLIAR

N the middle and southern parts of our country

it is now time to plant another group of seeds,
I and in all but the extreme north it will be time
to plant these seeds within three or four weeks.
We cannot plant all our vegetables at the same
time, and there is a definite order in which they
should be planted if we expect to be successful
gardeners. Should we plant beans, for instance,
before the time to plant onion seed, or even when
we plant onions, we would be wasting both our
seed and our labor. The beans would not come
up. Instead, because of the cold
damp soil, they
would rot.
Just so, when
we are planting
seeds of truth in
the hearts of our
neighbors, there
are some truths
that should be
planted first, because they will
grow even in
ground that has
not been warmed
by the Spirit of God. And as we must wait until
the sun has warmed the soil before we plant our
corn, beans, and tomatoes, so we must wait until
the heart of the learner has been refreshed and
warned by such truths as the love of God and the
plan of salvation before we present truths which
are unpopular and to accept which requires a sacrifice. In fact, health principles and the truths
just mentioned are the lettuce and radishes of
the spiritual garden.
Beans of all kinds, and especially string beans
of the bush varieties, should be planted so that
they will come up just after the frost-free date
for your community. In recent years much work
has been done in improving both green-podded
and yellow-podded, or wax, string beans. Having
grown practically all varieties of these that have
been on the market for the last forty years, I do
not hesitate to say that the new varieties put on
the market in the last eight or ten years are a
decided improvement in every way; so plant these
new varieties.
Plant string beans one or two in a hill six or
eight inches apart in the row, in rows thirty
inches apart. Do not cover them more than an
inch deep, lest they "pull their heads off" trying
to come up. This is especially important if the
ground is stiff and inclined to bake.
Plant bush Lima beans at this time, also, and
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in the same way. We recommend Baby Fordhood

and McCrea's bush Limas as the two best varieties
to grow, except in those regions in which the
large Limas are known to do well. These two
varieties grow and make a crop anywhere and
cannot be excelled for quality.
We are well aware that many people plant
beans at least twice as thick in the rows as we
suggest, but we doubt that they get either as large
a crop or as good quality by doing so.
We can now plant corn, summer squash, cucumbers, okra, melons, and, in fact, almost any of
our other vegetables. We want to say a word
in favor of okra. It is one of the most popular
of all vegetables in the South, if not the most
popular, but for some reason it is almost unknown
in much of the North. Yet it is one of the most
productive and wholesome of vegetables. The
plant grows five or six feet tall and branches out
about the same distance. It produces flowers as
large and as beautiful as hollyhocks. These are
followed by tender pods, which should be picked
and eaten when they are not more than two and
a half to four inches long. Like celery, okra has
a flavor all its own, and many people do not
especially like it when they first taste it, but most
people soon learn to be very fond of it. It is a
very nutritious and wholesome vegetable, and
bears until killed by frost.
Some vegetables, such as tomatoes, eggplants,
and sweet peppers, are too delicate to sow in the
open before all danger of frost is over; yet they
mature slowly, and we usually want them before
they would mature if sown in the garden after
the weather is warm. So we usually sow these
seeds in a box set in a warm sunny window, in a
hotbed, or in a cold frame, and set the plants in
the open ground after all danger of frost is past.
Eggplant and pepper seeds germinate slowly.
It may take three weeks or more for these seeds
to come up. Also, the young plants grow very
slowly. These seeds should therefore be sown at
least sixty days before the time to set them out.
For this reason we recommend that gardeners
who plan to have only a few of these plants in
their gardens buy them when they are ready to
set them out from someone who makes a business
of growing them.
Where we can do so, it usually pays to sow our
tomato seeds very thinly in good, loose, rich soil,
and transplant the plants into pots as soon as they
are large enough. A heavy yield of tomatoes is
dependent in part on keeping the plants growing
right along from the time the seeds germinate
until the fruit is ripe. This is not hard to do, and
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t"V

Heritage of the Pioneers

This is a true story of pioneer days. In 1852, when Clara Clark
was only about a year old, she, with her twin brother, Clarence,
and older brothers and sisters, had been brought across the plains
in a covered-wagon caravan. Settled in the Oregon Country, the
family went through many hardships incident to pioneer life. After
finishing the district school, Clara taught for several years, and
then was married to George, who had also crossed the plains in
1852 in a caravan headed for California. They took a homestead
on Vancouver Lake, a few miles from Vancouver, Washington.
Four children were born into the family. On one of his annual
visits to his twin sister, Clarence Clark told of meetings in the
Eureka schoolhouse, close to Clara's childhood home in Brush
Prairie, which had been held by two men who taught that the
seventh day is the Sabbath. Clarence had become convinced that
they were right.

N the week that he was at Vancouver Lake,

Clarence Clark did not fully convince his sister
I and his brother-in-law that the seventh day is
the Sabbath, but he did start a train of thought
which set Clara and George to studying the Bible
as they had never studied it before. And when he
returned to Brush Prairie, he arranged for the
men who had been holding meetings in the Eureka
schoolhouse to come down and spend a few days
on the Lake.
That was how it came about that the young
minister, Elder C. L. Boyd, and his helper, Volney
Lucas, visited the hospitable little home early the
next spring. Father George was busy with his
planting, and Mother Clara's duties kept her
hurrying about from crack of dawn until the last
sleepy child had sought repose on the straw ticks
in the bedroom upstairs.
But there were the evenings. During the short
time the visitors were there, they not only explained the reasons for seventh-day Sabbath observance, but also interpreted the latter part of
the name, Seventh-day Adventists, by which they
called themselves. They opened up the whole
great subject of Bible prophecy's pointing to the
soon coming of Christ to this earth again to set
up His everlasting kingdom. Then there were
other doctrinal pointstithing, the sanctuary,
temperanceoh, there was so much to cover. The
candles burned late each night in the little house
while the preachers were there.
And when they went away, they left a deep
interest, a thirst for a still greater knowledge of
the word of God which could find appeasement
only in continued diligent study during the days
that followed. 'Mother Clara propped the Bible
up on the kitchen table and caught a verse now
and then as she went about her housework. She
realized that she had never before really tapped
this great reservoir of wisdom and blessing and
comfort. Her father, even with his knowledge of
Scripture, attained during long years as a Baptist
exhorter, had not brought out the truths which
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tures. Those thousand Bible verses she had

learned when she was a girl were now filled with
new and precious meaning to her.
Each evening the chores were hurried through,
and then husband and wife sat down beside the
living-room table to study the Bible together.
Even the children were interested, and would sit
quietly by the fireplace, listening to father and
mother discuss subjects which, though beyond
their comprehension, still intrigued them.
The books of Daniel and the Revelation were
the favorite study, and George and Clara literally
wore out the pages in their old, stiff-covered Bible
which contained these prophetic passages.
Early summer brought another visit from
Clarence.
"Which day do you think is the Sabbath now,
Clara ?" he greeted his sister.
"We've about decided that the Adventists are
right, Clarence." Clara's usually twinkling eyes
were sober. "It does seem strange how different
everything in the Bible looks from the way it
looked a few months ago. The whole thing has
worried us a great deal since we have been studying, and I'm afraid if we are ever going to have
any peace of mind we'll have to accept the Adventist religion, though it is very different from
what we have always believed."
"The Bible says, you know, 'Great peace have
they which love Thy law : and nothing shall offend them.' I guess that means the whole law,
Claraeven the seventh-day Sabbath. I'll admit
that I've had no peace day or night since I first
heard this Sabbath truth. Real comfort of mind
will never come, I believe, until we accept it, and
when we do accept it, then we can claim the 'great
peace' which the Lord has promised."
Often in the weeks that followed Clara thought
of the "great peace" which Clarence had mentioned. She was thinking about it, standing one
afternoon on the front porch, looking out over
the lake, its blue water reflecting the soft, billowy
clouds overhead. Why could not her heart feel
the same peace which pervaded the quiet scene?
Clara turned at a step behind her to meet the
eyes of her husband.
"Clarie"he always pronounced her name that
way"I haven't seemed to have any peace of
mind since those Adventists were here studying
with us. They have me pretty well convinced that
their doctrines are straight. And now I don't
know of anything to do' but try to live the way
they say is right. You know what they told us
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about our bodies being the temples of God ?"
Clara nodded. She had thought of that, too.
"I haven't drunk any liquor since they were
here. Someway, I haven't wanted to. But tobacco" He paused and gazed for a long minute
out over the lake. "I've chewed tobacco ever since
I was ten years old. That's forty-five years now.
Many's the time I've slept through the night with
a chew of tobacco in my mouth. Whenever I even
think about giving it up, I become weak. It seems
to me that I could stop eating easier than I could
stop chewing tobacco. But I know that I just
must get the victory over it. Do you suppose,
Clarie, that you and the children can put up with
me while I stop using tobacco? I don't know
how long it will take, or how I'll act, but by the
help of God I'm going to quit."
Clara put her hand on her husband's arm, and
looked up into his face. "George, we will do anything. We will put up with anything. We will
help you in every way we can. And God will help
you, too."
For three long weeks Father George was more
like a dead man much of the time than a living
being. He would sit for hours in a sort of stupor,
or wander around, hardly knowing where he
went. At times he would brighten up and seem to
take hold of himself. Then the terrible craving
for the filthy weed would come back. The children, running around the yard and into the barn,
would sometimes see him at the far end of the
hay shed, on his knees, and they would hear his
pleading voice, raised in prayer, beseeching God
to give him strength to overcome the tobacco
habit. He fought the battle like the brave soldier
that he was, and came out victorious. He was to
live for twenty-five years after this, but never was
the noxious weed to pass his lips again, even
though some of his old friends and associates tried
again and again to induce him to indulgejust
once more.
Friday, the third of September, of the year 1886
was a busy day at the home on the lake. There
was cleaning, baking, cooking. Mother Clara
marshaled her band of children to the task of
preparing for a very special event. Tomorrow,
September 4, was to be a birthdaythe first
birthday of the new life of the family as Seventhday Adventists.
As the sunset hour neared, Father George and
Mother Clara, with the four children, scrubbed
and combed and dressed in clean clothes, gathered
on the front porch to watch the evening usher in
their first Sabbath day.
Silence for a while, except for the subdued hum
of the crickets in the woods near by, and the soft
twitter of the birds' evensong. Silence and peace.
Peacethat was it, Mother Clara thought as she
gazed around the circle of the familypeace
which passeth all understanding. And as the sun
dipped behind the western horizon, she quoted
softly, "Great peace have they which love Thy
law : and nothing shall offend them."
(To be continued)
THE nature of the seed sown determines the
nature of the crop grown.A. P. Ferrell.
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When April's Sun Smiles

(Continued from page 15)
yet as they are usually handled their growth is
checked when they are transplanted. And once
this has been done no aftercare will enable them
to bear so many tomatoes or fruit of as fine quality
as they would otherwise have produced.
To transplant properly, cut out a ball of earth
around the roots of each tomato plant, being careful not to shake this dirt off or mash it enough to
injure the roots. Do not set the plants in the
garden until the ground is warm and the weather
is settled.
The seeds we sowed a month agoor perhaps
we sowed them only two or three weeks ago
should now be up or coming up, and they need our
most tender care. Weeds are almost sure to have
come up too, and they must be destroyed while
they are still small. Also, the tender young plants
need to have the soil loosened up, so that air will
be admitted to their roots.
All this requires the most careful attention we
shall ever learn to give our garden. While careful cultivation will be needed all summer, the
plants will soon be large enough and well enough
established so that they will not be easily uprooted. We might plant our garden in good, clean
soil, but if we never did anything else, we would
get only an occasional onion or a radish. But
how few they would be, and of what inferior
quality when compared with what we would have
had from the same seed sowing had we done
proper cultivating.
Here again we have a parallel with the garden
of the heart. Just as we must do careful handwork when the seeds we have planted are coming
up and until the seedlings become established, so
those who sow the gospel seed must not look for a
crop if all they do is sow from the pulpit or by
means of the Bible study. Frequent and continued personal cultivation is necessary.

Organize for a Larger Work

(Continued from page 8)
"Thus the message of the third angel will be proclaimed. As the time comes for it to be given with
greatest power, the Lord will work through humble instruments, leading the minds of those who consecrate
themselves to His service. The laborers will be qualified rather by the unction of His Spirit than by the
training of literary institutions. Men of faith and
prayer will be constrained to go forth with holy zeal,
declaring the words which God gives them. The sins
of Babylon will be laid open. The fearful results of enforcing the observances of the church by civil authority, the inroads of Spiritualism, the stealthy but
rapid progress of the papal power,all will be unmasked. By these solemn warnings the people will
be stirred. Thousands upon thousands will listen who
have never heard words like these.""The Great Controversy," p. 606.
Shall we not immediately organize, in every
field, for this greater work, and shall we not urge
every member of our churches to spring into action in a last mighty effort to reach the lost and
dying with this message of truth?
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IN TIME OF WAR
God Answers Prayer
N registration day, just after
the United States entered the
last World War, I was attending the San Luis Valley Academy, at Jaroso, Colorado. My home
was in Woods County, Oklahoma.
At the Enid camp meeting I had
met a man from Jaroso who was
endeavoring to get students to go
out there to school, and he interested me in going. At that same
camp meeting I had also met a
schoolteacher, who later became my
wife.
As I was registered in Colorado,
I had to go when Colorado was sending its quota. When I left Alva,
Oklahoma, bound for Camp Travis,
there was only one other prospective soldier in our group. Two
weeks after we arrived at camp he
was sent to France. The ship he
was on went down at sea.
I did some earnest praying about
going into the Army. I wrote a
letter to President Wilson about my
conscientious objections, and received a reply from the Secretary
of War, telling me to report for
duty when I was called, and provision would be made for all conscientious objectors at the camp. I
took this letter with me when I
went to camp and showed it to the
sergeant who was classifying the
recruits.
He read it, and said, "Hold on
here. This man goes down to Company 60." So I was sent down to
a company in the depot brigade,
where there were a number of other
boys who were also classified as
conscientious objectors.
I had been praying all along that
the Lord would be with me and
help me over the hard places, and
He certainly did. About half of
the boys in our detachment refused
to do any work of any kind whatsoever in the Army. When I was
called up, they asked me what I was
willing to do, and I told them that
I was willing to do almost anything
I could, but that I did not want to
bear arms or work on the Sabbath.
This seemed to please them very
much, and they gave me orderly
work and Sabbaths off. I did not
have any trouble getting a pass to
go to San Antonio to Sabbath
school.
My first sergeant was very cordial to me, and so was my company
commander. The first sergeant told
me that his mother used to be a
Seventh-day Adventist, and that his
brother was a Seventh-day Adventist minister,
We could not stay in the depot
brigade indefinitely, as we had to be
transferred to some branch of the
service to make room for more new
recruits. They gave me my choice
of three branches: the quartermas-

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ter corps, the engineers' corps, and

the medical corps. I chose the medical corps, and I was transferred to
the base hospital.
At the base hospital we had only
one afternoon a week off. I was
able to get Sabbath afternoons off,
and then I exchanged work with
one of the boys who was on the
night shift. I worked for him until midnight Sunday nights, and he
worked in my place on Sabbath
forenoons. This gave me the whole
Sabbath day off, which made it possible for me to attend Sabbath services, and I certainly enjoyed this.
It seemed like a little bit of heaven
to me, as I had been an isolated Adventist practically all my life, the
fourteen months in Camp Travis
and the nine months I attended the
academy at Jaroso being the exceptions.
Some of the boys at the hospital
had a little trouble getting off on
Sabbaths. I saw a memorandum on
the bulletin board that stated that
they were entitled to Sabbaths off ;
so I made a penciled copy of it.
Going over to the officers' ward,
where I had access to a typewriter, I made several copies of the
memorandum and distributed them
among the Adventist boys there,
and the charm worked.
I could feel the hand of God with
me when I was in the Army, and I
certainly enjoyed my experience.
The Lord is able to deliver us
whether we are in the Army or anywhere else, if we only trust Him
and keep all His commandments.
I know that the time is near when
we are going to need the protecting
power of God more than ever beLOUIE A. GLEYCE.
fore.

Reward of Diligence
ENLISTED in the United States
Navy in the winter of 1917 at
Nashville, Tennessee, and was
sent to Norfolk, Virginia, for training. About the first thing I did was
to try to establish the fact that I
was a Seventh-day Adventist and
would like to have Sabbath privileges.
The first few days were so full of
changes that it was hard to anticipate my next stop. Therefore,
I found myself constantly wondering what to do about arranging my
Sabbaths. Finally I was transferred to permanent quarters on
Friday. I could not find my officer
in charge, so began to prepare for
Sabbath.
Sabbath morning we had the
usual morning inspection and were
released, but we were immediately
called back and told to get ready for
work. I tried to get released
quietly, but was ordered to either

go to work or go back into the barracks. And I was told that if I

went back, I would be punished.
I went back into the barracks and
stayed until sundown. After that I
found the officer and told him I was
ready to make up for the privilege
I had had, or would accept the punishment he had threatened. He
was surprised and wanted to know
why I was volunteering to make up
work, suggesting that if I was willing to work, I should have gone out
during the day. That gave me the
opportunity to explain that I had
joined the Navy to work and serve
the best I could, and that I really
meant to work all I could except on
Sabbath, and even then there were
certain things, such as keeping myself and my quarters clean, that I
intended to do. I made it clear
that a principle was involved and
not simply personal dislike for
work.
The officer became a little more
friendly and talked about how he
had no use for religion, and disliked
to admit that religion and military
operations could be associated, but
said he would have to carry out his
threat of punishment, since it had
been made in public. I agreed that
it would be necessary to maintain
discipline, and by agreeing with
him further surprised him.
He asked when I would be on
duty next according to the schedule
kept on the blackboard in the barracks. I told him that it would be
"watch" duty from 12 to 4 A.M., and
volunteered to take the whole night,
to relieve the fellows who had
worked during the day.
He told me then to mind my own
business, and that he would assign
the punishment without my help.
(This all took place in his office at
the front of the barracks.) He
rose, telling me to remain there,
went into the barracks, erased my
name from the bulletin board, and
then called me in, at the same time
calling for attention of the men.
This officer made quite a speech
on obedience, and told the men that
since I had done my best to make
right my refusal to work, he was
going to make my punishment
light. He then wrote my name on
the board to take duty from 12 to
1 A.M., and filled in the other three
hours with the name of another
man.
He then called me back to the office and told me that anyone who
had principles like that need not
be told what to do to be useful
in an organization like the Navy.
He made it plain that I would be
watched, but he need not have told
me, for I was very happy to have
Sabbaths recognized and the records made accordingly.
Afterward when I was transferred, my record was recognized,
and I was given my Sabbaths without argument.
I found that by being diligent in
my work, I gained many privileges
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WORLD-WIDE FIELD
We solicit and welcome reports for this Department from our workers throughout the
world field. But our space is limited; so please be brief, concise in what you write.

As the Lord Is Pouring Out His Spirit "Upon

All Flesh"

OME time ago I clipped some

paragraphs from a report in
the Far Eastern Outlook, in
order to show by example how the
Lord is working in many remote
places. We must not miss the lesson of these experiences. More
than forty years ago, I think it was,
our pioneer ship missionary in
Hong Kong (China), Abram La
Rue, sent papers to a Mr. Gibbon,
who was living in the far Palau
Islands (spelled Pelew on our old
maps). Mr. Gibbon became a believer, and some time after his
death his son, William Gibbon, accepted the message and rekindled
the light shining in his home place.
The World War settlement brought
that island group under Japanese
mandate. Some years ago our
Japan Union Mission sent Evangelist Bautista to work in that field.
His reports have shown how true
it is that "the isles shall wait for
His law." Interests spring up as
we enter remote regions. Look at
a few examples of what is going on
all the time beyond our general
knowledge:
In a place called Kaisar the island
people are generally either Catholic
or Protestant. But Evangelist
Bautista's report tells us:
"One influential chief who has
not joined either group was approached by a man of the village
one day. 'We here in Kaisar are
either Catholics or Protestants,'
the man told the chief. 'How about
you, to which side do you belong?'
" 'I don't belong to either one of
them,' came his reply, 'but I belong
to the side of William'meaning
Brother Gibbon.
"When this conversation was reported to us, Brother Gibbon went
to see him, and sure enough, he is

serious about what he said. He has

given up chewing the betel nut, and
wants to unite with us. That certainly was good news for us, for
when one has given up the chewing
habit, the prospects are good for
his becoming one of us. One of our
unbaptized believers happened to
call at his house while in that village not very long ago, and the wife
of the chief said, 'My husband is
now one of you; he does not touch
pork any more.' "
Now, instead of finding but a few
families willing to listen, the workers, on going to that region, are
scarcely able to call on all the interested ones.
In another part, our Brother Gibbon made a visit to see a relative.
This report says:
"While he was there a certain
man said, addressing his thirteenyear-old daughter, 'Well, Sayrong,
William is here; you can tell him
now all that you want to say to
him.'
" 'What is it that she wants ?'.
inquired Brother Gibbon.
" 'Well, she says she wants to become a Seventh-day Adventist,' answered the father.
"The little girl came to Korror
with her parents some time ago,
and she learned about us. And
every time we go and visit our people in that village, she sees us pass
by their house. One day while all
the members of the family were
engaged in conversation, Sayrong
said, 'I want to become a Seventhday Adventist.' She has never
heard us preach; so it was a wonder
to her parents that 'she manifests
an interest in our message. They
told her to be one with them in the
Catholic fold, but she declared that
if she is not allowed to join the
Seventh-day Adventist Church,
she does not
care to affiliate
herself with any
other religion.

Evangelistic C o mpany Who Conducted

the Asheville,
North Carolina, Effort During t h e
Past Summer. Left
to
right : Archer
Livengood, Mrs.
Archer Livengood,
Mrs. R. E. Griffin,
Mrs. E. R. Sulk,
Evangelist R. E.
GT i ffi n, Mrs. 0.
Olson, Mrs. M.
Lucas, and B. F.
Kneeland

AND SABBATH HERALD

The parents are strong Catholics,

and were it not for the interest
shown by the little girl, we would
not be able to study with them as
we are now doing."
Not only in islands immediately
round about, but in those farther
afield, are upspringings of interest
to hear the gospel message.
"The king of Kayangal, the
northernmost island of this group,
came to us with an urgent invitation. He said, 'Why don't you come
and visit us in Kayangal? My people and I are neither Catholics nor
Protestants.' Later in our conversation he said that they keep the
same day that we keep. When Saturday comes, so he said, in his
island they all stop working. This
is indeed a good opportunity for us,
but we are sorry to say we cannot
answer this call at present, as the
government tells us we cannot visit
that island."
Thus one of the island kings joins
chiefs in calling for this advent
message that transforms the life.
In another place called Anlimang,
two men were baptized. Their
wives were addicted to the chewing
of the betel nut, and did not seem
hopeful prospects. The report says:
"But the leaven of truth was doing its work in their hearts. When
we went to bed one night and were
about half-asleep, Brother Gibbon
woke me up and said, 'Brother Bautista, the women have come with
some others, and they want us to
preach to them more about the message.' So we got up and had a
study with the group until late in
the night. On our next visit, about
a month later, the husbands brought
us the news that their wives have
given up chewing already. We were
very glad to see them smile with
their teeth as white as could be.
These are among those whom we
plan to baptize soon."
No wonder Evangelist Bautista
says : "The light of truth is breaking through in these isles."
In many regions of which we seldom hear, just such a work is going
on. The pouring out of the Spirit
is turning truth-loving hearts to
search for the way of salvation.
Since these reports were printed in
the Far Eastern Outlook, the lay
brother, William Gibbon, has died.
W. A. SPICER.

Asheville Effort
URING the summer of 1940
the writer, assisted by B. F.
Kneeland, district leader ; A.
J. Clark, pastor ; Mrs. M. Lucas,
Bible worker; Archer Livengood,
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APRIL 10, 1 9 4 T

North. American Division Gleanings

Atlantic Union
J. D. Smith recently opened evangelistic meetings in Leominster,
Massachusetts.
There has been a recent exchange
of workers between the Northern
and the Southern New England
fields. Floyd Smith and his wife
are now connected with the Southern New England Conference,
while Benjamin Hartman and his
wife have taken their place in
Northern New England.
John Mitchell, who for several
years has been pastor of the Boston
church, is being called to East
Pennsylvania to take the pastorate
of the West Philadelphia and West
Chester churches. Theodore Carcich is taking his place in Boston.
The Atlantic Union College press
now employs 31 students, a larger
working force than at any other
time in its history. Soon after
Christmas, the college press installed a new Miehle vertical press,
which runs up to 5,000 sheets in an
hour. More recently they have purchased a new Model 8 linotype, with
extra faces of type, making possible
a wider range of work.

Central Union
A Sabbath school of 27 members
was organized at the close of the
recent effort at Alma, Nebraska.
There is no Adventist church in
that town, but an abandoned Baptist church building has been
cleaned and redecorated and is
being used for their meetings.
Seven precious converts have already been baptized,
Cooperative effort is finally making possible the dream of the members of the Wilsonville church, in
Nebraskaa new church building.
By the help of the faithful Dorcas
Society, the money has been raised,
and the men of the church are now
erecting the building.
On Sabbath afternoon, February
22, a baptismal service was held at
Powell, Wyoming, at which time 3
persons were buried in the watery
grave.
A new church building is planned
for Powell, Wyoming, and work on
it is to begin as soon as possible.
William H. Ludwig began a
series of meetings on March 2 in
the Odd Fellows Hall, in Torrington, Wyoming.
The effort which C. H. Miller has
been holding in the York Street
church, Denver, Colorado, has already resulled in the baptism of 9
new believers.

Columbia Union
A six-acre tract of land upon
which to erect a Seventh-day Adventist church has been donated by
a non-Adventist at Burtonsville,
Maryland.

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The Baltimore, No. 1, church has

undertaken an aggressive literature campaign, to find openings for
Bible studies in the homes of the
people of their city.
Twelve baptisms were the result
of the effort which Merle Mills conducted recently in Napoleon, Ohio.

Lake Union
A junior choir was organized in
the Milwaukee, Wisconsin, church
early in the year, with a membership of 25. This has now been increased to 37. The choir has a
double purposethe rendering of
special musical selections and the
training of voices for the senior
church choir. It is planned that
this junior choir shall take the
place of the senior choir in the
church service once a month.
E. L. Green, treasurer of the
Illinois Conference, has been holding some very helpful church
officers' finance councils in the
churches of the conference. Instruction is given at these gatherings on the handling of church
finance. Church elders, treasurers,
and clerks are particularly invited
to these councils, and any other interested church officers; also members who care to be present are
welcomed.

North Pacific Union

Sabbath, April 5, the Orofino,
Idaho, church, which has recently
been completed, was dedicated.
Following the effort at St. Helens,
Oregon, 26 persons have been baptized, and there is a Bible class still
in progress, a number of the members of which, it is believed, will
soon be following their Lord into
the watery grave.
R. S. Michel baptized 9 persons
recently at Twin Falls, Idaho.
Sixteen new rooms are being
added to the girls' dormitory at
Gem State Academy, in Caldwell,
Idaho.
The North Pacific Union has
asked T. M. Cole to give his full
time to the work of Union Conference Army camp pastor. He is now
located at Tacoma, Washington,
near the large Army camps in the
State of Washington, and it is believed that he will fill a real need in
looking after the interests of our
boys who are serving their year of
training in these Army camps.
On Sabbath, March 15, 6 candidates were baptized at the Sunnyside church, in Portland ; 9 at
Meadow Glade ; and 3 at Cottage
Grove, all in Oregon.

Northern Union
The third floor of the main building at Sheyenne River Academy, in
North Dakota, is being remodeled

to provide 3 rooms to be used by the

music department. One of these
rooms is to be a large studio, and
the other 2 are smaller practice
rooms.

Pacific Union
The church at Pacific Grove, California, is putting forth every effort
to welcome into their midst the
Adventist young men who are in
training at the Army camps on the
Monterey peninsula. The seating _
capacity of the church has been enlarged. An alert, friendly church
hostess greets the visitors at the
door, and the church members are
inviting the men to share the hospitality of their homes. Also a
special church service is held in
the afternoon for any of the men in
medical work in the Army camps
who are not able to complete their
duties in caring for the sick in
time for the morning services.
As the first fruits of evangelistic
services at Gridley and Marysville,
California, six persons were recently baptized.
The Fruitvale and Hayward
churches, in Northern California,
have united in a program to provide a new church building. They
have purchased a well-located lot,
and it is planned this summer to
erect a two-room church school on
the property.

Southern Union
Myron Harvey, formerly connected with the Florida Book and
Bible House, is now assistant in the
Carolina Book and Bible House.
Doris Meridith, of the Atlanta.
No. 2 church, Georgia, deserves
honorable mention. She set a goal
for herself of reading the Bible
through in as short a time as possible, and succeeded in completing
it in one month.
On March 8 the members of the
West Palm Beach church met in
their church home with a special
feeling of thankfulness that they
had completely paid for the remodeling which has recently been
done on their church, which cost
about $1,200. The renovation of
the building included an addition
of sixteen feet to the main auditorium, a modern front built onto
the church, the entire building
painted inside and out, grass and
shrubbery in the front, and fluorescent lights and Venetian blinds installed.

Southwestern Union
A church building is being
erected in Portales, New Mexico.
The colored church at Hot
Springs, Arkansas, are joyful in
having completed payment on the
church building which they have
been buying.
The members of the Mt. Pleasant,
Arkansas, church are building a
new church. The members themselves are doing most of the construction work.
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Asheville Effort
(Continued from page 19)
singing evangelist; Mrs. Oscar
Olson, pianist; Miss Gertrude
Nichols, stenographer; and Mrs. E.
R. Fulk, Bible worker, conducted
an evangelistic effort in the city of
Asheville, North Carolina.
The Sunday night and Sunday
afternoon services were held in the
new city auditorium, shown in the
accompanying picture with the campaign workers, and the week-night
programs were conducted in the
Masonic Temple. Assistance was
given by the church members, and
a health program was featured once
a week by the doctors and the
nurses of the Mountain and Pisgah
Sanitariums, under the directing of
Mrs. 0. S. Linberg, R. N.
It proved to be a rainy summer,
with two severe mountain floods.
But we thank the Lord for the fiftytwo who have been baptized or received on profession of faith, and
for another class that is being now
prepared for baptism.
The Asheville church membership is now the largest in the Carolina Conference, and the tithe increase for the first two months of
1941 was $342.58. The increase in
Sabbath school offerings for the
same period amounted to $46.76.
When I consulted the city manager about securing the city auditorium for these services, he said,
"I will be frank with you, Mr. Griffin, I am personally interested in
the program of your people. I just
yesterday brought my wife home
from having treatments at the
Mountain Sanitarium."
R. E. GRIFFIN.

Our Best in 1941

HE accompanying picture shows
the honored band of Potomac
Conference colporteurs who
dedicated their time and talent to
work for the Master and to give of
their best in soul-winning service
in 1941. It represents those who

attended the gospel sales school at

the Capital-Memorial church, in
Washington, D. C., January 26 to
February 6. The members of this
sales class have been the means of
winning many souls for Christ's
soon-coming kingdom. - Their prudent counsel will continue to help
the sick; their sympathetic hearts,
their smiles, their cheer, their helping hand, will continue to be felt as
they wend their way from home to
home with the precious pages of..
truth.
They themselves will be`
thrice blessed for having improved
their minds, and their own faltering steps will be strengthened by
the knowledge that the Lord ,is with
them.
The colporteur spirit was manifested through the session by most
able instructors and efficient leaders from the institutions and departments concerned.
At one of the meetings, the following experience was told by a
recent recruit to the colporteur
ministry, Mrs. Martin Heibert, of
Fredericksburg, Virginia:
"A few months ago I was at the
point of desperation, after struggling along for weeks under the
difficulties of colporteur work, in
addition to my duties at my little
farm home ten miles from my territory. Our car had simply refused
to carry us another mile. There
were no funds in sight for another.
Seeing that the important literature work would have to stop unless
some means of transportation could
be provided, we prayed earnestly to
God for a car.
"What seemed to be a chance
incident led finally to the answer to
my prayer. With timidity, I called
at a beautiful home. There seemed
to be nothing outstanding in the
interview. The elderly woman
readily bought the single copies of
Life and Health, Signs of the
Times, and Watchman Magazine,
and asked me to place my name and
address on the cover of one, in case
she needed others. Then she
wished me Godspeed as I went on
my way, feeling that the day was
almost wasted, for I had little to
show for my efforts.

"A few weeks later I was impressed to go to this home again.

The face that greeted me was
beaming. 'Well, you have answered
my call,' the woman said.
" 'Your call?' I questioned.
" 'Yes. I was praying for you to
come back. I have lost your address, and want to subscribe for
those good magazines. I did not
know where to find you.'
"Surprised, I inquired, 'Which
magazine did you wish to subscribe
for ?'
" 'Oh, all three of them,' was the
prompt reply.
"I wrote up the subscriptions, and
then added, 'And would you like
these three current issues?'
" 'I'll be glad to have them,' she
replied, handing me a dollar extra
as a thank offering.
"Then Miss Brent, our associate
field secretary, who accompanied
me, directed the woman's attention
to that good book, 'Bible Readings
for the Home Circle,' which she
enthusiastically ordered in the best
binding, as she commented, 'I have
been praying to be shown the right
way.' At the door she earnestly
said, 'Thank you so much for calling. This has been a blessed meeting. May all good come to you.'
"When I delivered the book,
`Bible Readings,' a few days later,
she inquired about tithing. I
pointed out this study in her new
book, and also left her the Harvest
Ingathering leaflet. 'I believe you
will be interested in looking this
over,' I told her, 'and I shall be
glad to call again to see what your
impression is.'
"At the specified time I was on
hand for my Harvest Ingathering
offering. This was not until after
I had engaged in much earnest
prayer. She was delighted to see
me, and left the room at once to
write her check for $10 for missions. Handing this to me rather
casually, she sat down close beside
me, and with a serious air said a
few words that thrilled my heart.
`I have decided to give the Lord His
tithe and His day.'
"I left her that day more happy
than I had ever been, but still bur-

Literature Ministry Leaders and Colporteurs in Attendance at the Potomac Conference Gospel Sales School, Conducted in the CapitalMemorial Church, Washington, D. C.

AND SABBATH HERALD

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APRIL 10, 1941

dened with financial perplexity. efficient service in carrying us from
One night I tossed in my bed. How place to place in God's work. And I
was I to get the car? How was I think I hear the Master saying the
to carry on the work? With a very words of my kind benefactor,
heavy heart I fell asleep. The next `You have answered My call.' "
day I found myself strangely
Does not this good experience
guided to my new friend. 'I was challenge you, dear reader, to offer
looking for you,' she said. 'I have yourself willingly in ' soul-saving
been thinking of you. Last night ministry, regardless of circumafter I had retired you came into stances? For soon we shall be
my mind. I rose and laid out a hearing those solemn words, "The
book for you. Here it is.' And she
harvest is past, the summer is
handed me, 'Trusting God for Five _ended, and" many "are not saved."
Million Dollars,' by George Muller.
F. E. THUMWOOD.
So with this encouragement I continued to pray daily.
"At another time she told me, 'I
have finished reading the book you
(Continued from page 18)
brought me. I have taken notes on
the deeper points, and now I feel
that
were just as unusual as the
impressed to give this book to you
for someone else. This is too good fact that diligence in military serva book to lie idle on my shelf. You ice is unusual.
Work was very pleasant when it
are a nucleus for distributing these
good things, and I want you to get was so much appreciated, and a
it out to someone who needs it.' year or so after my enlistment I
She accepted a copy of 'The Great was told that it would be very deControversy' in place of 'Bible sirable to have a large proportion
of the Navy Seventh-day AdventReadings.'
"With a feeling of intense inter- ists, for then they would not need
est regarding what the Lord was so many officers spending their
going to do with this book, I whole time looking after details.
I believe that the prayers ofawaited developments. One day I
was informed that someone was fered on that Sabbath, while I was
searching for me all over town. waiting to know what would hapThis person wanted a book at once. pen, were heard, and that the
It was a woman who had bought a prayer that I could serve in an acbook for herself. Her mother was ceptable manner was also heard.
It seems that men are very much
so much interested in it that it was
the only thing she wanted for the same wherever you find them,
Christmas. She was a wealthy even officers in a military organizawoman, and could afford whatever tion. I believe they respect a sinshe wished. This copy of 'Bible cere, consistent effort to serve even
Readings' in full leather was the if they do not agree with a specific
only thing I had on hand; so I felt method. I also believe that God is
pleased when we do our best and
that this was the place for it.
"Soon after this a letter came to trust Him. Then His promises to
me which brought an answer to my help us will be fulfilled.
E. F. JEYS.
prayer for a car. It contained a
check and a brief note signed by my
generous friend. The note read:
`Here is a check from God's helping
fund. It is for your car. No repayment will be accepted. This is a
AM a Seventh-day Adventist,
gift from God.'
first, because I believe the three
"So with this money in hand, and
messages of Revelation 14:6-12
in addition the profit on the $25 and the last warning messages of
worth of books sold to her, we now God to a distraught world. Secprayed for the Lord to guide in the ondly, because God has in His
selection of the right car. Now we mercy raised up the advent people
have a neat little coupe which does to carry this message to a dying
world. Thirdly, because I desire to
contribute my best efforts to that
end.
I accepted the third angel's mesShe Was Doing the
sage more than fifty years ago at
WORK OF A SERVANT
Watertown, New York, after hearing it presented by J. H. Swift,
UT
she
wanted
to
be
a
Bible
worker.
B
assisted by Mrs. Swift, a Bible
and so she enrolled with us for our
course in Elementary Homiletics and
worker, Miss Louise Rigby, and F.
Lay Evangelism, and began to study
M. Wilcox, editor of this paper, a
evenings. Somewhat later she began
our course in Bible Doctrines. She was
young man just beginning to preach
diligent and prayerful and active in
the message.
church work. Result: Within the short
space of eleven months she was on the
At the first camp meeting I atconference pay roll as a Bible worker.
tended, which was held at Utica,
At the present time there is a crying
need of more Bible workers who are
New York, Ellen G. White carried
efficient and consecrated. Write for
much of the burden of preaching,
particulars concerning our courses of
and surely God gave her messages
training for this work.
that were timely. The blessings I
HOME STUDY INSTITUTE
received at this meeting have been
Takoma Park, Washington, D.C.
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the inspiration of those books that

have come from her facile pen,
made so by the power of God.
Among those which I have read,
the "Testimonies" stand out as vital
in their varied field, correcting
wrong and giving words of warning
and help to any who are willing to
be led by the Spirit of God. The
nature of the messages and the
supernatural conditions incident
to their being given leave no doubt
in my mind as to their God-given
character.
If we as a people did not keep the
commandments of God and have the
testimony of Jesus, which is the
Spirit of prophecy, I should not
think that we were God's remnant
people. A remnant of cloth has
two striking characteristics. It is
the last piece of the bolt, and it is
also a small piece. The recent Fall
Council here at St. Paul was very
instructive and inspiring to me. We
heard directly from the far-flung
missions throughout the world.
The inspiring message of N. P.
Neilsen from South America was
charactertistic of the good reports
given. I enjoy the messages of our
conference presidents, of the editorial staff of the REVIEW, and of
special contributors.
This, our church paper that carries the message through the world,
should be in every home, and should
be read by all Adventists. I repeat
what has been said by many, that
there would be much less apostasy
if all kept up with the message and
its progress through reading the
A. E. TUTTLE.
REVIEW.
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OF SPECIAL INTEREST
Redeem the Time
HE year 1941 will probably be a
crucial year in the history of the
world. A conservative, unofficial
estimate of the cost of the present
world conflicts during 1941 is one
hundred billion dollars. However,
incomparably more serious than the
cost in dollars is the legacy of bitterness, hatred, revenge, reversion
to paganism, and disregard for all
things religious.
The European crisis is not only
international; it is a conflict not
only between nations, but also between groups within nations on
grounds of class distinctions and
a politico-economic ideology. It
threatens the Christian church, and
because of this situation there has
come to the people of God a greater
responsibility than they have ever
faced before. The unity of the advent movement must be maintained
at all costs, and through it all the
work of God must be pressed onward to completion. Surely we need
to stay our faith upon God, for may
we not believe that the events which
are unfolding before us are "the
beginning of sorrows"?
Soon the time may come when we
shall be compelled to withdraw our
missionaries permanently from certain countries and leave the responsibility of the work of God in the
hands of the national or native ministry. Already we have withdrawn
the foreign corps of workers from
certain fields and from parts of
other fields. This withdrawal we
hope will be only temporary. We
are led to believe that we are very
near the end of all things, and that
the events which are occurring
throughout the world are permitted
by God to prepare us for a mighty
advance in the finishing of His
work on earth. The all-absorbing
question that comes to this people
just now is: How can we increase
and strengthen the native ministry
in all our mission fields? We believe that one of the most effective
ways is by the establishment of
strong educational centers. In
countries where we have training
schools, we have an efficient ministry growing into strength.
This year's Big Week, April
12-19, is an opportunity to help in
the advancement of a number of
training schools. The beneficiaries
of this year's budget include many
new projects. Every one of them is
most important for mission extension, and the larger number are for
training workers. We need a larger
national or native ministryyoung
men trained to work for their own
peoples.
Literature has been provided as
a means of raising funds. We are
suggesting that all our members in
North America join our conference
and institutional workers in con-

tributing one day's income to missions. Then, too, there may be those
who will join with others in their
church and give an amount sufficient to complete one of these
projects.
We have come to difficult times.
"The work which we are now doing
ought to have been done years ago.
Our plans must enlarge, our operations must be extended. What is
needed now is a church whose individual members shall be awake
and active to do all that it is possible for them to accomplish. We
are not left alone in this work. We
are laborers together with God, in
partnership with divine resources.
The Lord has agencies that He will
put in operation in answer to the
importunate prayer of faith. . . .
The truth which we profess offers
the highest encouragement to the
most devoted self-denial and persevering effort that mortal energies
can bestow. We should have the
courage of heroes, and the faith of
martyrs.""Historical Sketches,"
p. 294.
Let us hasten to redeem the time,
and as a people accomplish that
which "ought to have been done
years ago."
W. H. WILLIAMS.

The Sabbath Test

Experience of a church member in the
South Bantu Mission, South Africa, as told
to G. S. Stevenson of that mission.

Y mother and I regularly attended meetings which were

held in a hall near our home.
We were much impressed by the
unfolding of the Scriptures and the
presentation of the Sabbath question. I had never before been in
contact with Seventh-day Adventists, and was really startled to think
that the Lord expected me to keep
the seventh-day Sabbath, even at
the cost of my livelihood, for I was
working in one of the largest firms
in the town and was earning a very
good salary. My mother became an
Adventist as a result of those meetings, but I held back for a very long
time, not having the courage to approach the heads of the firm to ask
for Sabbaths off, knowing full well
that the secretary through whom
the application had to pass was
very much prejudiced against Adventists.
Some time later another series of
meetings was held, which I attended, and I determined that before the series was over I would
take my stand, even at the cost of
my position. I decided to make my
application at a certain time, and,
strange to say, just at the very time
the management dictated a letter
through me to the secretary mentioned, to the effect that his work
was to be changed, and that in his
new capacity he would have no

control whatever over the staff. It

was like a dream to me. My application had now to pass through
the hands of the man appointed in
his place. This man was in no way
prejudiced against any denomination.
My application was favorably
considered, and I was allowed the
privilege of having every Sabbath
off, with no conditions whatsoever.
But the strangest part of it all was
that a few months afterward the
previous secretary was reinstated
in his old position. Of course he
could then do nothing regarding
my case, since the privilege had
been sanctioned by the management
and was presented in writing.

Recent Word From

Southern Europe
ESTERDAY Brother Charpiot,
our division publishing department secretary, brought to my
desk the January sales report from
the Rumanian Union Conference.
With a radiant face and a triumphant voice, Brother Charpiot declared that as far as our records go,
this is by far the largest monthly
sales report that has ever come to
us from Rumania. And this despite the fact that some months ago
the Rumanian Union lost, through
territorial adjustments, one third
of its membership, including a proportionate number of workers, colporteurs, etc.
Last year our colporteur force in
this large and important union was
well-nigh annihilated when all the
colporteur leaders and nearly all the
colporteurs were called into the
army. With admirable courage and
determination, the brethren have
worked to build up a new force.
God has blessed their persistent
efforts. Some of the former men
have returned, and new ones have
been enlisted, so that today there is
a good army of book evangelists
again at work carrying the printed
page from home to home.
The afore-mentioned report reveals that the blessing of God is attending the labors of these colporteurs, and it indicates that there
is a hunger and thirst in the hearts
of many for the word of God.
In France, Belgium, and North
Africa, where the colporteur work
was completely paralyzed last year
as a result of the war, the lines are
being reformed, and there are evidences of new life and activity. For
reasons that we shall not attempt
to enumerate here, it has been no
simple or easy task to bring our
colporteur work in these fields back
to life. But, thank God, it is being
done, and soon we hope to see it
prosper as never before.
We solicit the prayers of our people in behalf of the colporteur work
in all the lands of the Southern
European Division.
A. V. OLSON.