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emphasizes this Christian duty. sympathy and mercy are the precepts of the Decalogue. Idols
"Many who profess His name natural evidences of pure religion. claim the heart and affections, and
have lost sight of the fact that "If we neglect the cases of the God is not honoured and does not
Christians are to represent Christ. needy and the unfortunate that reign supreme." Page 49.
Unless there is practical self- are brought under our notice, no As these sobering words from
sacrifice for the good of others, in matter who they may be, we have God's servant sink into our hearts,
the family circle, in the neighbour- no assurance of eternal life; for we shall we not humble ourselves
hood, in the church, and where- do not answer the claims that God before God, acknowledging our sin,
ever we may be, then whatever our has upon us. We are not compas- and arise to do the work of the
profession we are not Christians." sionate and pitiful to humanity, pure religion of Jesus Christ? This
Page 42. because they may not be kith or is the real work of Dorcas.
Dorcas was doing the practical kin to us. . . . Those who do not "If we would humble ourselves
Christian welfare work in her open their hearts to the, wants and . . and be kind . . . there would
home town. She demonstrated her sufferings of humanity will• not be one hundred conversions to the
faith by her works. Are we doing open their hearts to the claims of truth where there is now one."—
the same today? These acts of God as stated in the first four Testimonies, Vol. 9, page 189.
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Greater co-operation is needed in all our churches.
their stand for the Lord. We "The people must lift where the minister lifts, thus )r6(
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request the readers to remember us A seconding his efforts and helping him bear his burdens."— ):(
in their prayers. ):( Christian Service, p. 67. . #
"The minister in the desk announces the theory of the X(
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FRUIT-BEARING X( power."—Testimonies, Vol. 8, p. 16.
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(Continued from p. 5.)
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made to the other disciples, and
also to you and to me as individ-
uals today, if we wish to bear fruit. would have to cut away so that the fertilizer to enrich the soil, thus
We must be willing to submit to we may be fruitful. We must al- giving impetus to growth and an
the pruning of the Father. He has low Him to do the pruning. We incentive to fruit-bearing. The Fa-
grafted us into the fruit-bearing should not cling to those things He ther can use this phase of His work
vine—Christ, the Lord. He expects sees should be cut away if we to enrich the vine and make it
more than foliage from us. The would bear more fruit. more fruitful. If we compare the
branch receives strength from the In applying this figure of the General Conference to the main
vine to bear both leaves and fruit. vine to a larger sphere—our great stalk or trunk of the vine, the di-
The vine-dresser will not deplore organization, which has the Sab- visions would be major branches
the leaves, provided that among bath school, home missionary, from which the unions spring. The
them he finds fruit. He expects the publishing, educational, temper- local fields branch out from the
fruits of the Spirit—love, joy, ance, radio and Bible school—all unions and extend on to still
peace, long-suffering, etc. As He of these are cared for, nourished, smaller limbs—the churches; the
looks among the foliage of our and dressed by the vine-dresser twigs would be the individuals.
talents and activities He may find Himself. I like to think of our But whether we speak of the
certain characteristics which He treasury department as providing organization in its administrative
10 SOUTHERN ASIA TIDINGS
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T emperance Twitters
ONE WINS SIXTEEN
The day Paul Bhardwaj reached Pathankot was the first day of the free
issue of liquor as a part of the military ration "to maintain the tempera-
ture of the body in cold climate." They told him that if he did not take
liquor he would lose his ears, or nose, or fingers due to the extreme cold. BEFORE SUNSET
Everybody seemed serious about it. Paul hesitated and ultimately refused
to accept the good counsel.
On enquiry, he found out that there was a provision of cocoa, sugar G. F. McADAms
and milk for those who did not take liquor. He was the first to give his
name for cocoa. Most of the boys had never even heard about cocoa. Oh, come, and let us worship God
Paul told them that cocoa would help to produce heat in the body and
at the same time was harmless, whereas the evil effects of liquor were With all our heart and might,
notorious. And lay aside those worldly chores
The first man to join Paul was an old Mohammedan of 50; then a We planned at morning light.
Roman Catholic. Thus a cocoa group was formed. One by one others
joined and at last there were sixteen taking cocoa and leaving off the
drinking of liquor. It was a real victory for Paul as he had won over
Kneel down beside the old arm-
one-fourth of his colleagues to total abstinence. chair,
He stayed two winters in that cold Himalayan climate. Paul concludes Where Mother used to pray.
his experience with these words: "With confidence I can say that I never
took a piece of meat, or smoked a cigarette, or took a drop of liquor. Give thanks to God, our only hope,
I kept myself on simple food and drink. Iwne my Lord was coming For blessings sent each day.
soon and I had learned not to defile my body, the temple of the Holy
Spirit. I still have two ears and a nose on my face, and all ten fingers Remember Christ on Calvary's
on my hands. I maintained fine health because I worked practically on
the ideals of Seventh-day Adventist teachings."
cross;
Paul's experience proves-true the promise of the Lord that "By our The only son God gave.
example and personal effort we may be the means of saving many souls With outstretched arms He shed
from the degradation of intemperance, crime, and death."—Testimonies,
Vol. 3, p. 489. His blood
—S. James, Division Temperance secretary. To save us from the grave.
0 Take time to sing, take time to
pray;
capacity or in its departmental tor. The members plead for a pas- Let worldly matters wait.
capacity, it should all add up to tor, for they feel they are without 'Tis those who look for Christ to
the one great objective of fruit- honour unless they have one, no come
bearing. Our united efforts are matter how small in number they Will go through heaven's gate.
showing results for statistics indi- may be. So we do our best to sup-
cate a harvest of fruit by our con- ply the demand because we feel Remember those close to your
stant growth each year. But very that a pastor is needed to hold the heart
often the question occurs to me of church together. But really, breth- Who never kneel to pray.
whether we are truly producing a ren, if we face facts, many of our Reach out a hand, they need your
rich harvest or whether we are pro- churches are not growing as they prayers
ducing many leaves. Each one ought to. On the surface it may Before the end of day.
represents some very definite seem that we are making great God hears the prayers of earnest
branch of the Lord's work. I would progress because our membership hearts;
not ask you the question of how at the end of 1956 was a thousand He always sees and knows.
many souls you have directly more than for the previous year. Oh, share your faith with those
brought to the Lord during the That is very gdod, but we must close by;
past year, or how many you have face facts. The working force The sun is getting low.
been instrumental in saving, for throughout the division is about
that might be embarrassing. But 1,100 regular workers, counting The scattered seed you sow today
nevertheless, it is a good question part-time workers and colporteurs. May find some earth and, grow.
to ask ourselves, to see whether So you see, all of our gains add up 'Twill be when God has called us
in our own individual lives we are home,
to just a little less than one each.
bearing fruit or not. And only then, we'll know.
Does this mean we have too
When you take an inventory of many workers? By no means! It And as you meet some precious
the activities in your union or in means we have too little fruit. soul
your institution, how much of the Now let us look away from the On Eden's sacred ground,
efforts being put forth is really individual worker for a moment, He'll say, " 'Twas you who led me
adding to the harvest? You may and even skip over the unions, be- in
say that every church needs a pas- (Continued on p. 11.) Before the sun went down."
SOUTHERN ASIA TIDINGS II
THE WIDENING CIRCLE will need to be enlarged to care
for the precious fruit.
eatendat (Continued from p. 7.) The Lord, to a degree, holds us
as leaders responsible to see that
Special Dap and How true it is that no man liveth every branch does bear fruit. We
unto himself ! The influence of must not try to shift the responsi-
agesingo wrongdoing is not confined to the
doer.
bility onto the Lord and say that
the Father is the vine-dresser. I do
1958 Even when we die, our influence
does not cease. The mark we leave
not believe that the Father wants
to cut away branches, but He does
in this world lives on in the lives want those branches to bear fruit.
of others. It would be difficult to
May 17 Spirit of Prophecy Day (Continued on p. 12.)
June 7 Dorcas Welfare and find more beautiful words to de-
Evangelism & Dorcas Offering scribe the influence of a good life
June 21 Christian Health Day
July 5 Medical Missionary Day, H.M. than those found on page 429 of
Offering the book Testimonies to Ministers. DORCAS IN THE NORTHWEST
July 12 Mid-Summer Offering "When a man dies, his influence
July 19-26 MV Week of Prayer
August 2 Home Missionary Day and does not die with him; but it lives (Continued from p. 4.)
Offering on, reproducing itself. The influ-
August 16 Sabbath School Rally Day ence of a man who was good and ladies of the church do not yet
August 23 Bible Society Offering
September 6 Home Missionary Day pure and holy, lives on after his have a vision of the numerous
and Offering death, like the glow of the descend- simple ways in which we may work
September 20 Tithe Covenant Day ing sun, casting its glories athwart for others. Mrs. White has written,
October 4 Home Missionary Day
and Offering the heavens, lighting up the moun- "The law of self-serving becomes
October 4-11 "Review and Herald" tain peaks long after the sun has the law of self-destruction." May
Campaign we not allow self-serving to become
October 18 Colporteur Rally Day sunk behind the hill. So will the
October 25 Temperance Day and Offering works of the pure and the holy the law of our lives, but may we
November 1 Lay Witnessing Day, and the good reflect their light serve our fellow believers and
H.M. Offering
November 8 Voice of Prophecy when they no longer live to speak neighbours who are in need of
Evangelism Day and Offering and act themselves. Their works, physical and spiritual help.
November 22-29 Week of Prayer their words, their example, will for-
and Sacrifice
November 29 Week of Sacrifice Offering ever live."
December 6 Home Missionary Day
and Offering
Like everyone else, you have an ipoutpern Rota Tibino
influence. What kind is it? •=11•1101••••••••••••••
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Intoreitatip Mussoorie from May 31 to June
7, 1958. We feel this Council will
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