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IN THE SPRING of 1948 the
world learned the exciting
news that some 2,000-year-old
Bible scrolls had been discovered in the wilderness of
Judea, manuscripts which, for
the first time in modern history, provided us with samples
of the Bible of Christ's time.
Twenty-five years have passed
since that great event, and it
is appropriate to look back
briefly over these two and a
Continued on page 8
Editor's
Viewpoint
Watergate
The Senate Watergate hearings, shown on television and
reported in the print media, have for many weeks attracted
national and international attention. With mixed horror and
fascination the world has followed the somewhat monotonous scenario—witnesses testifying concerning their part in
espionage, break-ins, pay-offs, or attempted cover-ups. Admissions of perjury have been common.
Few aspects of the hearings are of spiritual significance,
but the admitted willingness of the participants to do wrong
for good motives and to violate their consciences to be considered "team players," struck us as having relevance to
people in all walks of life—in the church, the community,
the family, the business.
Before offering a few comments, let us note several revealing quotations.
The June 4 Newsweek story on the hearings reported that
participants in the Watergate scandal confessed that "they
hardly made a move that wasn't inspired by thoughts of
service to their friends, their country or their President."
"[John] Caulfield said that his motives throughout were
his friendship for [James] McCord and his belief 'that I was
doing something for the President of the U.S.'" "Caulfield
confirmed that he had served for weeks as a go-between for
McCord and the White House—motivated at first only by his
'personal concern' for his friend McCord." McCord depicted
himself as "a longtime CIA 'team player' who never questioned the orders of 'high-level officials.'" Alfred C. Baldwin III "maintained that because he was working for the
White House and the former Attorney General, 'I would not
question to do what I was asked to do.' "
Time magazine (June 4) quoted some of the witnesses as
follows:
Mc CORD: "I had been working in an environment where,
if there was ever any question of the legality of a matter or
an activity, it would always be sent to high legal officials for
a decision on the matter, where, if they sanctioned it, that
was sufficient. . . . Left alone, I would not have undertaken
the Watergate operation."
The Washington Post (June 8) reported the following exchange between Senator Baker and Herbert L. Porter, a
35-year-old former marketing executive who had been part
of the committee to re-elect the President.
BAKER: "Did you ever have any qualms about what you
were doing, about the propriety of hiring these people for
the dirty tricks or whatever it was? ..."
PORTER: ". . I think the thought crossed my mind, Senator.... On the other hand, in all fairness, I was not the one
to stand up in a meeting and say that this should be stopped
... I kind of drifted along."
BAKER: "At any time, did you ever think of saying, 'I do not
think this is quite right, this is not quite the way it ought to
be?' Did you ever think of that?" ...
PORTER: "Yes, I did."
BAKER: "What did you do about it?"
PORTER: "I did not do anything."
BAKER: "Why didn't you? . . What caused you to abdicate
your own conscience and disapproval—if you did disapprove—of the 'dirty tricks' operations?"
PORTER: "Well, Senator Baker, my loyalty to this man,
Richard Nixon ..."
Throughout the hearings one fact has stood out: Men compromised their consciences because they wanted to be loyal
to their friends, because they thought they were doing a
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favor for someone high in authority, or because they wanted
to be considered "team players." In a group situation no one
had the courage to stand up and say, "This is wrong!" Being
"a good fellow" was placed above honesty in the scale of
values. Individual responsibility was abdicated. One man
(Bernard L. Barker) made it clear that he was not paid to
think. "I was there to follow orders."
We are appalled at the lack of character and integrity revealed by the Watergate witnesses. If the picture presented
by these men is an accurate reflection of morality in America, then the situation is dark indeed. If people do not live
by any fixed set of principles, if they will lie, commit burglary, or conceal wrongdoing out of a false sense of loyalty
to friends or highly placed authorities, the national fabric of
character is virtually in shreds. Perhaps we are not far from
the time described by Ellen G. White: "Political corruption
is destroying love of justice and regard for truth; and even
in free America, rulers and legislators, in order to secure
public favor, will yield to the popular demand for a law enforcing Sunday observance."—The Great Controversy, p. 592.
Churches Have a Responsibility
Whether they recognize it or not, the Protestant churches
have contributed heavily to the current moral flabbiness.
Determined to avoid the clear force of the fourth commandment, they have preached that God's law was nailed to the
cross, that grace releases one from obedience to the law,
that the general principle of love—not a specific divine
command—is to determine conduct in a given situation, that
sin must not be defined as transgression of God's law. No
one foresaw, of course, that the result of this procedure
would be rejection not merely of one commandment but of
all.
Now, what should a Christian do when asked (by anyone—
friend, foe, or superior) to do something that he believes is
wrong? First, he should remember that he is standing in the
royal line of spiritual giants such as Joseph, Daniel, the
three Hebrews on the plains of Dura, Stephen, and the apostle Paul—men who would rather die than sin! Then he
should stand up and be counted. He should take the position
so ably stated by Peter: "We must obey God rather than
men" (Acts 5:29, N.E.B.). The Christian has a keen sense of
loyalty to his fellows, but his first loyalty is to God. He
wants to please his peers, but he knows that ultimately it is
a great disservice to his friends to violate his conscience or
disobey God's law. He makes all decisions with two considerations uppermost: (1) loyalty to God and (2) fidelity to
principle.
Years ago Ellen White wrote: "The greatest want of the
world is the want of men—men who will not be bought or
sold, men who in their inmost souls are true and honest,
men who do not fear to call sin by its right name, men whose
conscience is as true to duty as the needle to the pole, men
who will stand for the right though the heavens fall."—Education, p. 57.
In the climate of Watergate this statement seems to explode like thunder. Perhaps never before in history has the
world so badly needed people who will live by principle,
people who will put loyalty to God above every other consideration, people who will refuse to sin no matter what the
personal cost, people who will "stand for the right though
the heavens fall." To help meet the need is the challenge
that confronts each Adventist.
K. H. W.
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This Week
Probably one thing that concerns
seventh-day Sabbathkeepers more
than persons of other persuasions is
the possibility of calendar change—
either past or future. Often those giving Bible studies are faced with the
question: How do you know that the
seventh day today is the same seventh
day that was designated the Sabbath
in the Ten Commandments? And in
answering that question, a knowledgeable teacher draws from history and
refers to the Julian calendar, Gregorian calendar, and other systems.
VOL. 150 NO. 29
R. L. Odom, who has given the
general subject of calendation and
Sabbath on a round world a great deal
of study, begins a two-part series this
week (page 4).
A letter from Elder Odom includes
some information on two matters that
readers may find interesting. He says,
"Somebody may ask why the International Organization for the Standardization refers to itself as ISO instead of 10S. I suspect that the brief
form represents the name of the
organization in a language other than
English. In fact ... I get the impression
that it is an English translation of a
document originally in French."
"During the French Revolution
when France used a ten-day week instead of the seven-day week in its new
system of calendation French-speaking people in the rest of the world
reproduced it with a parallel column
showing the days of the seven-day
cycle in the Gregorian calendation.
Benjamin Franklin, who was famous as
a publisher in Philadelphia, printed
calendars and almanacs in several
languages. He published one in French
as described above."
Elder Odom gives special credit to
two retired Polish ministers who
helped him with the translations of
Polish and Russian for his work in this
series—Edmund Klute, who still works
as editor of the Polish Sabbath school
quarterly, and Marian Hintz.
Next week we will give more information about Elder Odom personally.
For the record, we call attention to
an error that appeared in Editor's
Viewpoint, June 21. The year 538 B.C.
was given as the starting point for the
2300-year prophecy. As every Adventist—including the REVIEW editors—
knows, it should have been 457 B.C.
Photo and Art Credits: Cover, John C. Trever; p. 6,
Peter Rennington; p. 10, J. Byron Logan; pp. 14, 15,
Joseph Hansen and Charles Martin; pp. 16-19,
courtesy of the respective authors.
Letters
Tools More Available
I read with great interest "An Exciting
New Price Structure" [June 141, I'm sure that
our people everywhere are thrilled with anticipation over opportunities that are now
possible for spreading the last warning message to the world. The books are the tools we
so much need to complete the work. Thanks
to the publishing houses for making this
possible.
CHARLES C. GALLIMORE
Wytheville, Virginia
News Briefs From the Religious World
MOSQUE PLANNED IN ROME
ROME—Premier Giulio Andreotti has
announced that a Moslem mosque will be
built in Rome to accommodate the Moslem
population in the Italian capital. The announcement followed a series of talks between Italian government officials and King
Faisal of Saudi Arabia. Observers see the
proposal as part of a "package deal" of
agreements made by the Italian government
to ensure close economic cooperation with
the oil-rich Arab kingdom.
PRESBYTERIANS TOLD CHANGES NEEDED
TO RETURN YOUTH TO CHURCH
EDINBURGH—Changes in worship style
and the inner structure of church buildings,
designed to win back the "lost generation,"
were urged here by the Moderator of the
General Assembly of the national Church of
Scotland (Presbyterian), the Rt. Rev. George
T. H. Reid. A change in attitudes and thinking is essential, he said, as he stressed the
need to end the Church's inclination to look
backward instead of forward.
"Not until the Church has drastically
changed its style of worship and communication, not until fuller participation is
invited, will there be much hope of reclaiming what is virtually a lost generation,"
he said.
Dr. Reid said one of the first barriers to
go should be the "clergy line" that promotes
the lie of the double standard, spiritually
and morally, with the laity taking it for
granted that the clergy should be men of
God but that such a calling is not addressed
to them.
CREATION AND EVOLUTION
GIVEN EQUAL TIME
NASHVILLE—A new law requiring biology books in Tennessee schools to give the
Biblical accounts of Creation equal space
with evolution has been enacted. Under the
law, approved by the senate and house of
representatives, all biology books used in
public schools, beginning in 1975, must
teach evolution only as one theory of Creation. Equal space must be given to alternative views, including Genesis. Supporters
of the law see it as a replacement for the
so-called "monkey law" under which John T.
Scopes was tried in Dayton, Tennessee, a
half century ago. That law was abrogated
in 1967.
ASSEMBLIES OF GOD TO EMPHASIZE
PRAYER MEETINGS DURING KEY 73
SPRINGFIELD, Mo.—Assemblies of God
churches are focusing on prayer meetings
as a major emphasis of Key 73. The "Noon
Prayer Call" phase of the continent-wide
evangelistic effort has been observed daily
at the headquarters of the million-member
denomination here.
NURSE RETURNS TO
WHERE FATHER WAS BEHEADED
Too Busy to Be Lonely
Eight years ago, after teaching a year
longer than planned, this writer "retired"!
What an expression! The book San Francisco at Your Feet had long appealed, for
the city held many possible attractions. To
date, after eight years, only one excursion
has been realized!
To any person suffering from loneliness
Continued on page 12
MINNEAPOLIS—A Minneapolis nurse has
gone back to Honduras to serve at a clinic
about 50 miles from the jungles of nearby
Nicaragua where she hid out as a child
after her father was beheaded by bandits.
Ruth E. Bregenzer, freshman nursing instructor at St. Mary's Junior College here,
will serve at a Moravian mission clinic at
Ahuas, Honduras, helping to train a native
nurse and visiting at other clinics along a
river.
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19, 1973
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an attempt
to make
MONDAY
the first day
of the week
By ROBERT L. ODOM
THE INTERNATIONAL Organization for Standardization, which refers
to itself as ISO, circulated among its
national member bodies in January of
1970 its recommendation concerning
the "numbering of weeks." That document was drawn up by the organization's Co-ordinating Committee on the
Standardization of the Writing of
Dates (DATCO), the secretariat of
which is in Geneva, Switzerland.
The recommendation, called R 2015,
was approved, subject to a few editorial changes, by twenty-six member
bodies—those in Austria, Belgium,
Canada, Ceylon, Czechoslovakia,
Robert L. Odom, now retired, has been a
missionary, evangelist, researcher, and
author. He is presently editor of The
Israelite.
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France, Germany, Greece, Hungary,
India, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy,
Democratic People's Republic of
Korea (North), Netherlands, Poland,
Republic of Korea (South), Republic
of South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland,
Thailand, United Arab Republic,
United Kingdom, United States of
America, and Yugoslavia.
Three member bodies—those in
Japan, Norway, and Portugal—rejected it.
In January of 1971 ISO officially accepted and published R 2015. The
problem which it seeks to solve is thus
stated in the introductory paragraph:
"Since methods of numbering the week
of the year vary from country to country, it is very important to use a uniform numbering of weeks for international trade and the industrial planning of international companies."
The solution is set forth in the next
paragraph, as follows: "Uniform numbering of weeks necessitates a unique
designation of the day on which a
week begins. For commercial, i.e.
accounting, planning and similar purposes for which a week number might
be used, Monday has been found the
most appropriate as the first day of the
week."
The document defines the term
"week" as "a time period of seven
days," and adds: "For the purpose of
week numbering, the first day of a
week shall be Monday."
We put in italics certain portions of
the statements quoted above in order
to call the reader's attention particularly to the sinister significance of
R 2015 for Jews, Christians, and Moslems—three great religious groups
that comprise a large part of the
world's population.
Thus far we have found no evidence
that ISO is a religious organization, or
that it is sponsored or backed by any
ecclesiastical body. There is no indication yet that the United Nations or
any civil government has officially endorsed or adopted the proposal set
forth in ISO's R 2015.
If the civil governments of the world
should adopt and impose upon their
subjects the use of a seven-day week
having Monday as its first day, as proposed by ISO in R 2015, the three religious groups mentioned above would
be confronted by questions of conscience calling for right decisions on
their part.
The New Numbering
The enumeration of the days of the
week proposed by ISO in R 2015 is this:
(1) Monday, (2) Tuesday, (3) Wednesday, (4) Thursday, (5) Friday, (6) Saturday, (7) Sunday.
What effect would the adoption of
this calendar have on religious groups?
At first very little. There would still
be the day called Sunday upon which
Sundaykeepers would go to church.
Seventh-day Adventists and Jews
would still worship on the day called
Saturday, and Moslems would still regard as holy the day called Friday.
The difficulty would arise from the
discrepancy with the Bible as to the
numbering of the days of the week. In
the Bible the day now called Saturday is designated the seventh day of
the week, and the day called Sunday,
the first day of the week. In proclaiming the Sabbath, Seventh-day Adventists would have the additional difficulty
of pointing out that the numbering
of the days of the week in the new
calendar is not the Biblical numbering. It would appear to the casual
Bible reader that by observing Sunday he is observing the seventh day of
the week, for that, apparently, is what
his new calendar is telling him.
The proposal set forth in ISO's
R 2015 is thus a challenge to Seventhday Adventists, one which they must
meet courageously, vigorously, intelligently, and in a Christian spirit. It is
an opportunity to tell men the truth
about the seventh-day Sabbath and
its sister institution, the seven-day
week. Both are of divine origin, appointment, and obligation. We must
not sit idly by and wait until the state
adopts the proposal of R 2015 before
we speak out. But if it should become
established either by law as the official calendation of the state, or by
free choice of the majority of the peo-
ple in general, we can print calendars
of the right kind for ourselves and
others who prefer them. The General
Conference Department of Public Affairs will keep us informed on this
matter, and instruct us concerning
plans for effectively meeting the issues.
The ISO has not stated in R 2015
why the present enumeration of the
seven days of the week—that is, (1)
Sunday, (2) Monday, (3) Tuesday, (4)
Wednesday, (5) Thursday, (6) Friday,
and (7) Saturday—in our currently
used calendars cannot be as easily
and advantageously used as the one
which they propose "for commercial,
i.e. accounting, planning and similar purposes" in "international trade
and the industrial planning of international companies." We urge that
the leaders of ISO give this serious,
careful thought.
The only reason given by ISO in
R 2015 for proposing that the world
adopt a calendar week of seven days
having Monday as the first day is that
"methods of numbering the week of
the year vary from country to country." This argument has some semblance of validity, and it warrants our
respectful consideration. We will discuss this in our next article.
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Concluded next week
When You're Young
By MIRIAM WOOD
Southwestern Union
College
EVERYTHING in Texas is bigger than
broad,
life-size—the
seemingly
limitless expanse of sky, the slightly
rolling countryside that stretches out
and out and out, and even the
thunderstorms, the awesome proportions of which I had never before
encountered!
But that's not really what I want to
tell you about. I want to report on the
bigger-than-life-size progress on the
campus of Southwestern Union College, our newest senior college in the
North American Division. Until
recently—when I went there for a
graduation weekend—I had never
visited the school, so I had nothing in
the past with which to compare the
present, but I talked with many people
who have observed change after
change, and they assured me that the
progress is nothing short of phenomenal. From a small junior college
only a few years ago, Southwestern
Union College has now blossomed
into a full-fledged senior college
offering quality education.
Most significant to me, though, is
the fact that this school is offering
quality SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST
education. With competent leadership, strong faculty, and unlimited
funds, any school can offer quality
education. But to offer distinctive,
church-oriented quality education
requires conscious effort and dedication to this concept on the part of the
leadership and all who must implement the program. (And they DON'T
have unlimited funds!) In my opinion,
unless denominational schools DO
adopt and implement the vital
philosophy of distinctive education,
what would be the point of their existence?
The new pioneer memorial entrance at one end of the campus
serves notice that SWUC is a Seventh-
day Adventist institution. Executed in
mosaic by a student artist, this large
and impressive piece of art depicts
Hiram Edson, James White (carrying
his carpetbag of literature), Ellen
White (having her first vision), Joseph
Bates, and John Nevins Andrews. Just
how the artist managed to create such
lifelike facial expressions I cannot
imagine, since mosaic is not as
malleable a medium as, for instance,
oil paint. But there they are, and at
night with lights brightly illuminating
them, the figures seem almost alive.
Not only will this gate remind
students of the origins of this church,
the immense sacrifice and dedication
in which it was founded, but as nonAdventists come onto the campus, it
will awaken, I am sure, a desire to
know just who these people were
and what they did.
Carrying out the theme of denominational focus is a very large
aluminum sculpture of the three
angels, created by the chairman of the
art department and mounted on the
wall of one of the buildings. At the
base of the angels is an elevated
plaque on which the three angels'
messages are inscribed. As students
and others see this, they are bound to
receive important vibrations, albeit not
always consciously.
Not only does Southwestern Union
College emphasize its links with the
beginnings of Seventh-day Adventism
but it also sees the value of preserving
historic old buildings on campus. One
particularly attractive and atmospheric and historic building, which
houses the music department, the
boardroom, and other facilities, has
been reconstructed, painted a soft
adobe brown, and has on its wide
porch an old buggy that must have
seen much use in the "h and b days."
A covered wagon ("prairie schooner")
stands on one piece of green shady
lawn, reminding the students and
visitors of the long wagon trains that
passed through Texas in the 1800's.
Since Americans have so little history
at best I, for one, find it simply
appalling that we always seem determined to tear down every existing
building that can possibly provide a
link with the past and substitute a
concrete, aluminum, and glass horror,
sterile and characterless. (I don't
mean to imply that we don't need new
buildings, but certainly we don't need
to obliterate ALL the past. And some
old buildings have tremendous
meaning to alumni.)
There's much more to tell about
Southwestern Union College—the
gracious dining room, which provides
education in good mannet's and social
ease as well as delicious food. In fact,
the dining room (one can hardly call
such a lovely spot a "cafeteria") is so
beautiful that community groups and
clubs from areas at great distances
ask to use the facilities for their
banquets. And many Sunday worshipers from nearby towns make it a
custom to eat their Sunday dinner
there! What a marvelous opportunity
this provides for a silent witness to
healthful cooking and general Adventist philosophies.
I have hardly begun, but I must
stop. I would like to discuss the
boundless optimism of the leadership
in both the college and the union, the
obvious dedication to the church on
the part of the students, as so clearly
evinced in their dress and deportment, the large number of students
who graduated from the theology
department, the high employment
rate of the senior class, the fact that
not once did I hear anyone moan
about problems, though I'm not so
naive as to think they don't exist. I'd
also like to describe the splendid new
campus lighting system, which reminded me of the text "Ye are the
light of the world." At night the
campus is a veritable fairyland.
if you've gotten the impression that
I really like what I saw at Southwestern
Union College, you're right.
R&H, JULY 19, 1973
5
What Does
the Return of Christ
Mean to You:
By R. L. KLINGBEIL
THE CRUCIAL QUESTION is, Do
we consider Jesus' return a matter of
vital importance? Do we permit anticipation of it to shape all our thoughts
and actions? Or has Heaven's delay,
whatever the reason, made us careless
and indifferent?
We know Christ is coming soon. Yet,
with all our knowledge of the nearness of His coming, based on the eviR. L. Klingbeil of Loma Linda, Cali-
fornia, is a public health educator.
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dence of our senses, many experience
a lesser sense of urgency than the
early Christians. It almost seems that
the attitude of eager waiting has diminished in inverse proportion to the
chronological nearness of the event.
Men have labeled Jesus' return a "faroff divine event." Unmistakably, the
entire creation moves toward that
event. But what a tragedy it is when
hope grows dim and faith unsettled!
Believers in the Advent need to reaffirm their faith and confidence, not
only in the general concept of Jesus'
return to our earth, but in the chronological nearness of what will be earth's
most cataclysmic experience.
Those to whom it was written, "Cast
not away therefore your confidence.
. . . For yet a little while, and he that
shall come will come, and will not
tarry" (Heb. 10:35-37), expected Christ
to return soon. They stood in danger of
being impatient. I can imagine some
of them saying, "If Jesus does not come
today, He shall certainly come tomorrow." Their faith seemed to have pivoted on immediate results. They
needed encouragement.
We may apply these words to ourselves in the twentieth century. Many
believers stand in danger of discarding their former confidence. Under
the spell of worldly comforts, activity
for God has dwindled to a trickle. The
result—Jesus' return is further delayed. Charging God with the results
of our neglect, we feel justified in reducing our activity still further. We
reason that there still remains much
probationary time. Under such circumstances confidence cannot easily
survive. Confidence of the type that
survives discomfort and disappointment is not gained through a mere observing of signs. To be sure, signs
form a framework. "When ye shall see
these things come to pass, know that
it is nigh, even at the doors." But
knowledge leads to confidence only
when it involves the heart.
What does the return of Jesus mean
to you? No doubt, your answer to this
question will largely determine both
the degree of your confidence and the
nature of your activity for God. It has
become customary to speak of the
Second Advent as the end. This, of
course, is Biblical. The "end" is frequently mentioned in God's Word. It
is the end of grace, of the reign of sin
with its incomprehensible suffering
and horror. But it is also a beginning—
the beginning of a new heaven and a
new earth, the beginning of a settled
universe, resting everlastingly secure
in God's love and justice.
Too often we emphasize the end
when we should emphasize the begin-
ning. If the end is great, the beginning
will be greater. That which ends is only
temporal. What begins is eternal.
The second coming of Jesus means
many things. It is a homecoming,
heart stirring beyond description.
"What a gathering of the faithful that
will be!" During his long and often
fear-inspiring journey the pilgrim's
compass needle unfailingly pointed to
the home of the soul. Now his heart is
completely satisfied.
Jesus' return is also a reunion. It
was conceived in the heart of God.
"Now I am no more in the world, but
these are in the world, and I come to
thee" (John 17:11). Father, I will that
they also, whom thou hast given me,
be with me where I am" (verse 24). "I
go to prepare a place for you. And if I
go and prepare a place for you, I will
come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be
also" (chap. 14:2, 3). These are the
words of a loving God to His undeserving children. Ever since the tragic
events in Eden, God has felt the sorrow
of separation.
Hosea gives a poignant insight into
the heart of God. Our Redeemer cries
out, "How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee, Israel?"
(Hosea 11:8). "I will ransom them from
the power of the grave; I will redeem
them from death" (chap. 13:14). This is
the purpose of the Second Coming.
Peace Through the Cross
Recent amazing scientific discoveries have permitted man to view our
planet from space. It appears fearfully isolated. Revelation, of course,
has provided us with a vastly different
picture. During those original happy
days, the Creator walked here and
communed with innocent man. Then
came the heartbreak of separation.
Sin caused it. God withdrew Himself.
But not for long. He announced the
infinitely gracious plan of salvation.
True, for centuries thereafter, our
earth remained quarantined. However, definite steps were taken to end
the chilling isolation, not of the planet,
but of the creatures on its surface.
"When the fulness of the time was
come, God sent forth his Son" (Gal.
4:4). The God who dwells in eternity,
who directs the affairs of worlds
throughout infinity, adopted human
nature. God became flesh to share our
limitations and our temptations. Then
He made the supreme sacrifice. He
yielded His life. Thanks be to God!
Jesus made peace through the blood
of His cross, by Him to reconcile all
things unto Himself. Because of this
unfathomable act, the entire family in
heaven and earth is reunited.
Our earth is a small island in space.
It hurtles through immensity as it has
since its beginning. It will always con-
tinue to do so. But a tremendous
change will soon take place on its surface. Because the Son of God visited it
some 20 centuries ago, this planet will
be revisited! Because spiritual ties
have been re-established in and
through Christ, He will restore this
planet to its original position. God will
do more. Humble and isolated in
space, as it appears to us, He will make
our earth His dwelling place (Rev.
21:2).
The return of Jesus in indescribable
majesty to our planet is a fitting event
to inaugurate the reinstatement of
our earth. Early believers thrilled at
the prospect. Believers in this late
twentieth century thrill at the immediate prospect. "The Lord is not slack
concerning his promise, as some men
count slackness; but is longsuffering
to us-ward, not willing that any should
perish, but that all should come to repentance" (2 Peter 3:9).
In the midst of mounting confusion,
violence, and fear, Advent believers
may have confidence. "For yet a little
while, and he that shall come will
come, and will not tarry" (Heb. 10:37).
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RESPONSE FROM READERS
Contemporary Dance Music
A WRITER IN THE November 30,
1972, Review referred to a letter that
condemned one of our Adventist
radio stations for playing music that
was considered dance music 25 years
ago (March 16, 1972). The author
proceeded to draw a favorable
comparison between dance music of
25 years ago with the minuet music of
such well-known composers as Haydn
and Mozart.
While the music of such composers
as Ravel and Schubert is not objectionable, we would like to make an
earnest appeal to this writer and all
others who feel that contemporary
dance music is acceptable for Christians today. As members of God's
remnant church, let us take time to
re-examine our reasons for being a
part of this great movement.
Certainly we all agree that the
Seventh-day Adventist Church is
something more than a lodge for
men and/or a club for women. God
has placed us in the world to proclaim Heaven's last warning message
to a dying world. Nothing in connection with this message, directly or
indirectly, should cause people in
the world to be lulled into a false
sense of security. If and when this
happens, our own members will be
encouraged to remain in deep slumber.
Therefore, the Adventist Church,
along with Adventist radio stations and
Adventist institutions, should join
hands and work together toward the
ultimate goal of the church—to warn
the world. Unless this is done, we will
be working against ourselves and
forsaking our divine commission.
Perhaps Adventist radio stations
may be classified as secondary
evangelistic agencies of the church.
But are there any real dangers in
broadcasting contemporary dance
music? Let us explore the potential
hazards.
To illustrate. Let us look at this
type of music from the viewpoint of a
worldly person. Let us assume he has
become interested in the Advent
message. As he studies deeper into
the message he decides to leave the
night club, the theater, and the dance
hall.
Then one day he discovers that
there is an Adventist radio station
beaming programs in his area. He
decides to listen. But as he tunes in
he hears music that sounds strangely
familiar. In fact, he recalls first hearing
this music during the years when he
attended the night club, the theater,
and the dance hall. Immediately
doubts enter his mind as to whether
the Bible lessons he has been studying
are really being sponsored by God's
true church. He has been taught that
Adventists have "come out of Babylon." He has been taught that Adventists have "come out of the world,"
as well as its entertainment.
As he listens to the music he finds
that his human attitudes and passions
are being aroused very similarly to
the way they did when he attended
the night club, the theater, and the
dance hall. As he continues to listen
he is somewhat surprised to find himself recalling some of the sentimental
lyrics that once accompanied this
dance music. Frustration clutches at
his heart, because he has been taught
that sentimentalism is one of the
"greatest evils" of our times. (See
Testimonies, vol. 3, p. 152).
This person finally becomes so
frustrated because of the conflict
between what the Adventist Church
teaches and what the Adventist radio
station is broadcasting that he discontinues any further study of the
church's beliefs.
Although this is not an actual case
history, it is something that could
happen.
In view of the grave potential
dangers to prospective members as
well as to all baptized members, shall
we not begin to make drastic changes
in our music programming and
broadcasting as well as in the type of
music to which we listen?
RICHARD K. LEAR
Cleburne, Tex.
R&H, JULY 19, 1973
7
Twenty-five Years of Biblical Archeology
Continued from cover
half decades to see what has been
accomplished in the field of Biblical
archeology.
The Dead Sea scrolls. In the spring
of 1948 I was a student of Prof. W. F.
Albright, the late famous Biblical
archeologist of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. He was
the first person in America to receive
photographs of the Dead Sea scrolls,
which had been sent to him by Dr.
John Trevor, who, in turn, was the first
Western scholar who saw the scrolls
in Jerusalem. Soon after Dr. Albright
had received the photographs and
studied them he informed the students
in his class about this discovery and
requested us to keep it a secret until
the official announcement would be
made.
Here is what I wrote in my diary at
that time: "It was a great surprise
when Dr. Albright told us that a few
days ago some parchment scrolls had
been discovered in the Syrian monastery of St. Mark in Jerusalem. One
of them is in such a poor condition that
it seems impossible to unroll it. Another scroll, however, is well preserved—a complete manuscript of
Isaiah copied near the beginning of
the second century B.C. It is thus a
thousand years older than the earliest
Hebrew Bible manuscript hitherto
known, and its finding is the greatest
discovery of all times in the field of
Biblical archeology....
"We students saw photographs of
Siegfried H. Horn is professor of archeology and history of antiquity at
Andrews University. He also is dean of
the Theological Seminary,
these manuscripts and were greatly
excited. The spelling differs from that
found in the Masoretic Bible, but otherwise the text agrees remarkably well
with the known Hebrew Bible text, although it seems occasionally to support readings found in the Septuagint.
It will be interesting to see in how far
the results of the textual criticism of
the past will be supported or revised
by this new find. It is wonderful that
finally, after a long period of waiting,
Biblical scholars possess pre-Christian
Hebrew Bible manuscripts for which
they have longed more than for anything else. The age of great discoveries
does not seem to have passed."
What I wrote some 25 years ago in
the first excitement of this great discovery was no exaggeration. The finding of the Dead Sea scrolls is still considered the greatest discovery of all
times in the field of Biblical archeology. And the find briefly described
above was only the first of many more
that followed in quick succession. In
the vicinity of the cave near the northwestern shore of the Dead Sea where
the first scrolls were found, ten more
caves furnished Biblical and other
Hebrew manuscripts in succeeding
years. Other, but equally important,
manuscript finds were made in caves
farther to the south. Also the ruins of
the community center at Qumran have
been excavated, where the people who
had produced the scrolls coming from
11 caves had lived in Christ's time.
These excavations have presented us
with valuable information about the
life-style of the inhabitants of this
center, members of the Jewish sect of
Essenes, of which little was known be-
By NICHOLAS LLOYD. INGRAHAM
Jehovah GOd is Lord of whirling wheels,
Ezekiel's paetrope the proof supplies;,
And now the factory and road reveals
A track of evidence before our eyes.
The:God of wisdom made our planet spin,
Then wisely gave us symbols to explain.
The serpent and.the entity of sin
And Jesus with redemption in His train.
Can mortals comprehend a God of wheeli?
Yet in and out He curves and wisdom rules
And can and will, as passing time reveals,
Itinerate the mission of His tools.
Enough to know Jehovah spins the wheels;
And thoUgh our understanding now'is dim,
Researching love, a curve of truth reveals
That rebellious man may orbit back to Him.
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fore their literature was discovered.
However, the greatest value of the
discovery of the Dead Sea scrolls for
the student of the Bible is the light
that these documents have shed on
the Old Testament text. Prior to this
great find the earliest known Hebrew
Bible manuscript was one produced
in the ninth century A.D., although
some earlier copies of Greek translations had survived. It was for many
people a disquieting thought that our
available Old Testament text was apparently based on manuscripts that
many believed had suffered extensive
corruption during the hundreds of
years of manual scribal transmission.
While the believer in God's providential care maintained his faith in the
reliability and authority of the Bible,
and was convinced that God had held
His hand protectively over His Word,
scoffers claimed without fear of being
contradicted by facts that the Old
Testament text had experienced serious corruptions from the hand of
scribes and copyists. Because of this
critical attitude toward the existing
Bible text, many commentators tried to
improve it by correcting and emending the text, to such an extent that in
many instances little of the original
Hebrew text remained recognizable.
Extreme Attitude Changed
This extreme attitude has changed
since the discovery of the Dead Sea
scrolls. These scrolls contain samples
of every Old Testament book except
one—the book of Esther. To the great
surprise of many scholars these manuscripts display a text that is virtually
identical with that with which we had
been familiar since childhood. Words
are often spelled differently, synonyms
are used occasionally, small grammatical variances are found here and
there, but the meaning of hardly any
Biblical passage is affected by these
differences. This sentiment has been
expressed by many scholars who have
worked on the scrolls.
Prof. W. F. Albright said in this respect: "It cannot be insisted too
strongly that the Isaiah scroll proves
the great antiquity of the text of the
Masoretic book, warning us against the
light-hearted emendation in which we
used to indulge."—Bulletin of the
American Schools of Oriental Research,
no. 118 (April 1950), p. 6.
Prof. Frank M. Cross, who has been
engaged for more than 20 years in the
study, editing, and publishing of the
scrolls, has said: "Not only in Isaiah
but in other prophetic books, indeed
in the entire Old Testament, we must
now assume that the Old Testament
text was stabilized early and that late
recensional activities were only of
slight effect. This conclusion, of
course, powerfully supports textual
scholars of conservative persuasion."
—Christian Century, August 10, 1955,
p. 920.
The finding of the Dead Sea scrolls,
the greatest discovery of modern
times, should not obscure the fact that
many other important finds have been
made during the past 25 years. These
finds have greatly aided us in our understanding of Biblical passages and
have solved certain problems, though
it should be stated in all fairness that
not all theological or historical problems have as yet been solved.
Alphabetic writing in Moses' time. In
the Archeological Museum in Damascus is displayed a little clay tablet containing 30 cuneiform characters that
occupies a prominent and central
place among the treasures of that
museum. A floodlight illuminates the
tablet, attracting the attention of visitors to it. So important does the Syrian
Government regard the tablet that it
has issued a postage stamp in its
honor. It was discovered in November,
1949, during the excavations of Ugarit,
which lies on the north Syrian coast.
The tablet contains a list of all characters of the alphabetic script that was
in use at Ugarit during the fourteenth
and thirteenth centuries B.c. To the
great surprise of scholars the characters on this tablet (with the exception
of one) were written in the same sequence as that of the Hebrew alphabet.
This discovery proves that the people
of Ugarit used an alphabetic script
and apparently memorized their alphabet in the same sequence as the
Hebrews throughout their history, a
sequence that is the basis of our own
alphabet.
Early Alphabetic Scripts
It is only a little more than 50 years
ago that some scholars denied that
Moses could have written the Pentateuch or any part of it in Hebrew, since
as they alleged, no alphabetic script
existed in his time. These views no
longer prevail. Thanks to discoveries
made in the Sinai Penninsula and
throughout Palestine, we now have
many texts dating back to at least the
sixteenth century s.c., written in an
alphabetic script. In addition, there
are the many texts written in the
Ugaritic alphabetic script of the fourteenth and thirteenth centuries. No
one familiar with these facts can any
longer claim that there was no alphabetic script available to Moses to produce the Pentateuch in alphabetical
Hebrew. If scribes in Ugarit memorized the characters of their alphabet
in the same sequence as we know it today, the conclusion can be made that
alphabetic writing was widely practiced in early times.
The date of Jerusalem's surrender.
In the spring of 1956 while I was teach-
ing in Manila, Philippine Islands, the
newspapers published a report that a
cuneiform tablet had been found in
the British Museum that contained the
exact date of the surrender of Jerusalem by King Jehoiachin of Judah—
expressed in our calendar, March 16,
597 B.c. Reading this news, I was skeptical, because in more than a century
of Near Eastern archeology no text
had ever been discovered that provided an exact date—day, month, and
year—of an event recorded in the
Bible.
But the report proved to be accurate.
Working at that time in the British
Museum in London, Donald Wiseman
had come across some cuneiform tablets that were part of an ancient
Babylonian chronicle. They had been
acquired by the museum many years
earlier, but had remained unread
among the treasures of that great collection until Professor Wiseman rediscovered them and recognized their
value.
Important Date Settled
The tablets contained a year-by-year
account of the political and military
events of the first 13 years of King
Nebuchadnezzar's reign. Some of
these events had not been known before. Besides presenting the exact date
of his father's death, and the date of
his own accession to the throne, these
texts also contained the date of Jerusalem's surrender by the young Jewish
king Jehoiachin and his replacement
by Zedekiah, the last king of Judah—
Adar II in Nebuchadnezzar's seventh
year of reign, which, expressed in our
calendar, is the equivalent of March
16, 597 s.c.
For the first time a Biblical event
was both corroborated by a secular
ancient document and securely dated
—not only to the year or month but
even to the very day. This discovery
cSummer Evening
After Rain
By MERLE PRICE
Cool green music of growing things,
Golden song of birds that soar
Over the silk of the evening air,
Rise and shimmer, waver and pour.
Rain just over and sun just down,
New moon up like an arrogant boat.
Green and golden the song goes up
Sung by the earth's communal throat.
Gathering the ecstatic music in,
Curved to the lift of the listening ear,
I pause to mark this fabulous hour.
This is the peak of the growing year.
settled a question about which Biblical historians had been uncertain for
a long time: Did Jehoiachin's captivity
begin in 598 or 597 s.c.?
In fact, it even silenced once and for
all those critics who had questioned
the historicity of the Biblical records
concerning the Babylonian captivity
of the Jews. Some scholars had voiced
doubts about the accuracy of the scriptural information in this respect, since
the Babylonian records were absolutely silent about Nebuchadnezzar's
campaigns against Judah and Jerusalem. Now, however, we know that this
silence was due to the fact that the
pertinent documents had not yet been
found. This experience demonstrated
clearly that the Bible's accuracy
should not be questioned simply because supporting historical evidence
may be lacking.
Other discoveries. The discoveries
mentioned in this brief article are
only a few samples of many that have
been made during the last quarter of a
century. Excavations carried out in
numerous places in Palestine and
other Bible lands have illuminated
many events recorded in the Bible and
verified others. Here are a few examples: At Shechem the ruins of a Baal
temple destroyed by King Abimelech
have provided an approximate historical date for the reign of this king in
the Judges period. Aramaic papyri
from the Nile island of Elephantine
have furnished us with evidence for
the existence of a distinct Jewish calendar, and have thus confirmed the
view that the date for Ezra's return
under Artaxerxes I was 457, and not
458 B.c. Broken pieces of pottery with
notes written on them from that same
island have attested that the Jews living there in the time of Ezra and Nehemiah kept the Sabbath, the earliest
extra-Biblical evidence for Sabbath
observance. Excavations in Jerusalem
have clarified problems of topography
of that famous city, such as the course
of the walls in Old Testament times,
or answered the question whether the
Church of the Holy Sepulchre is standing on a site that was inside or outside the city walls in Christ's time.
This catalog of important finds is
partial and incomplete, but it shows
that exciting discoveries have been
made in recent years. Many fill in gaps
in our knowledge of Bible history,
some shed light on obscure passages
and illuminate them so that they become clear, while others confirm and
support Bible truths. Taken singly,
many of the discoveries may make only
a small contribution to our understanding of the Bible, but in their accumulative strength they speak with
a powerful voice on behalf of the veracity and authenticity of the Word of
God.
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R&H, JULY 19, 1973
9
OPERATION
REACHOUT
How many times
have you gone to church
so completely engrossed
in your thoughts
or problems that you
saw no one around you?
By MAXINE T. RASSMUSSEN
IN THE PAST few years, I have been
almost to the point of accusing my parents of bestowing some gypsy blood
upon me as a legacy, so many have
been the moves that I have made. As I
have packed the china, sorted the
clothes, and refolded the linens, I
could almost see a red-bandannaed
head of black hair and a pair of twinkling dark eyes peering out from beneath the tousled crop as one of my
ancestors beckoned to me to follow
the will o' the wisp.
Aside from the excitement of a new
venture, there has always lurked in
the background the sorrow and regret
Maxine T. Rassmussen is a medical
stenographer at the Battle Creek Sanitarium.
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of leaving longtime and dear friends,
plus the apprehension that all may not
work out well and that new friends
will be hard to find.
One of the first things I have looked
for, after finding a house to contain my
cherished possessions, has been a new
church home, for this is such an important part of my living. Numerous
have been the times when I have hesitantly entered the doors of a new
church for the first time, wondering
what kind of reception might be awaiting me. And too numerous have been
the times when I have sat alone, ignored by brethren and sisters in the
faith who are apparently deeply engrossed in their own thoughts.
I used to believe what I had heard
oft repeated, that "the small church is
the friendly church." I have discovered
that this is not true. Building size has
nothing to do with friendliness. People
make up churches, and it is the people
who are either cold or warm, distant
or friendly. And friendly, warm, considerate people who are genuinely
concerned with the happiness and
well-being of the "stranger in their
midst" can be found in the larger
churches as readily as in the small
ones.
How many times have you gone to
church so completely engrossed in
your thoughts or problems that you
saw no one around you? There you
sat, wearing a furrowed brow and an
air of "the untouchable" that would
frighten any stranger who even dared
to think of speaking to you!
Or did you perhaps hurry breathlessly that morning, having gotten out
of bed late, and run into all kinds of
problems? By the time you got to
church you were in such a bad mood
that you didn't care about anyone else.
You would have stayed home, but
felt obligated to show up at least. So
you came, but not one soul, including
your own, benefited much by your
presence.
Did you ever think of how ludicrous
it is to work and sacrifice to the utmost
to gain new converts, then after they
become members, give them such a
cold reception as they come in the
front door that they eventually decide
to walk right out the back door and not
return?
Every Christian has his serious and
discouraging problems as he walks the
narrow path. Satan tries hard to use
one of his best tools—discouragement
—on all of us. But if we reach out to
bolster some fellow member's courage
by offering our sincere friendship, our
own courage is built up. Perhaps as we
engage in such an Operation Reachout, our extended hands will one day
reach the hand of a soul going down
for the third time in the sea of despondence.
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From the Editors
Repudiating Constitutional Principles-4
Economic Crisis and
Government Controls
We have discussed in previous editorials the sad future
facing the United States as outlined in Revelation 13 and in
specific predictions from the writings of Ellen White. No
country, possibly in the history of this world, has offered so
much freedom and opportunity to its citizens. As Abraham
Lincoln said, the United States is mankind's "last, best hope
of earth" (Annual Message to Congress, Dec. 1, 1862). Therefore, it is distressing to note the ominous trends already
developing that suggest that a difficult period for the United
States is just ahead.
Some very knowledgeable people are suggesting that
there is a well-conceived plan, promoted by determined and
influential men, to reduce the power and scope of the
Congress and the Judiciary while strengthening the powers
of the Executive. They see, for example, in the Executive
Orders of the last decade, a developing pattern whereby the
living habits of every person in the United States will be
directly controlled whenever the President should declare a
national emergency. Naturally there are two ways to look at
such executive contingencies as reposed in the Office of
Emergency Preparedness. In times of national emergency
there had better be contingency plans to care for the potential havoc, or the citizens of this country would have the
right to indict their leaders for malfeasance and possible
treason. The question is not whether there are such contingency plans, but how they would be used by future leaders in times of great crisis.
One way to explain how the day will come when the
United States repudiates its constitutional principles that
provide for the inalienable rights of its citizens is to look at
a few other countries in this century that freely lost, in open
elections, their highly prized freedoms.
The sharpest illustration is the tragedy that befell
Germany in 1933. A constitutional government, functioning
at the will of the people through their elected representatives, gave to a decisive, charismatic leader the ultimate
power to govern Germany. In truth, the impact and full
dimension of what was conceded to Hitler was not apparent
to anyone in 1933. But his program was in his mind from the
start and can now be clearly studied by all who realize that
the Hitler syndrome can happen anywhere.
Create Emergencies
The simple strategy by which any country can be manipulated and finally controlled by a super-strong executive is
to create or to capitalize on "emergencies" that will require
immediate, decisive responses. Factions within the country
can foment the specter of terror and breakdown of law and
order. Certain elements in the public media can concentrate
on several isolated incidents and create the illusion that the
potential havoc is everywhere.
Coupled with the fear created by dissident factions that
threaten the disruption of orderly living, especially in the
cities, will be the fear that the economy is caught up in a
whirlwind. The fear of losing savings through inflation, the
fear of losing familiar jobs, the fear of not being able to
cope with rising prices—all combine in rallying even the
most docile citizen into appealing to government for drastic
and immediate solutions.
One of the elemental facts of economy is that whoever
controls the money supply of a nation controls the future.
The issuing of currency and credit regulates economic
growth. Withdrawing credit or making it difficult to obtain,
for example, dampens expansion and buying power. When
buying power shrinks, the market for products dwindles;
workers are no longer needed, and the awful cycle of unemployment, curtailment of credit and buying power, the
slowdown of production (even of necessary commodities),
and panic begins its dreadful sweep across the land,
beginning in the cities.
When food, shelter, and future security become a major
problem, it is a stark reality that even greatly divided
citizens on most other basic issues, such as religion, abortion, and sex education, will close ranks behind a leader
who will promise strong and immediate action to halt the
economic toboggan ride before it is irreversible. All congressional representatives who support this decisive leader
will be easily elected.
But in exchange for the decisive solutions promised by
this strong leader, citizens of a free country will necessarily
give up their former freedoms, such as the freedom to work
where they please and when they please. The welfare of the
country and the majority will supersede the welfare of the
private citizen. That concession will be easy for most
people to make.
The point we are making is that the final crisis that forces
the citizens of the United States to elect representatives
who will "repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a
Protestant and republican government" (Testimonies, vol. 5,
p. 451) will not be on the surface religious, but most probably
economic. The religious implications will be imbedded in
the response that the central government will feel necessary
to call for from all its citizens.
H. E. D.
To be continued
Close the Credibility Gap
At a time when the credibility gap is widening, when men
wonder whom they can trust or what public official they can
believe, it is heartening to hear at least from one source
a frank admission of a mistake.
That source is Evangelist Billy Graham. His mistake? In
a hasty, spontaneous remark to newsmen in South Africa,
where recently he held integrated meetings, he had recommended a drastic form of punishment for rapists.
Explaining what had happened, Mr. Graham said that
while he was in Africa the newspapers reported an attack
on a 12-year-old girl by seven men. According to a psychiatrist, the child would probably suffer lifelong personality
damage.
The next day at a press conference newsmen questioned
him about his reaction to the sordid incident. It was at this
point that he made his "unfortunate remark," one that he
said he immediately regretted and intended to correct, but
was sidetracked by a discussion of the important issue of
racial segregation.
Back home in North Carolina, the chastized Billy Graham
explained to newsmen: "Listen, I don't mind getting criticized when I deserve it, and this was one of those times. It
was one of those times I stuck my foot in my mouth."
When asked whether the news media had misquoted him,
Mr. Graham said, "No, they quoted me correctly; it was that
I was just wrong."
How quickly the tragic Watergate situation that has cast a
pall over America could be cleared if those involved would
follow Billy Graham's example!
The Bible says, "He that covereth his sins shall not
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prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall
have mercy" (Prov. 28:13).
Are men afraid that by acknowledging their mistakes they
will lose public respect? How much public respect did Billy
Graham lose by his frank admission of wrong? None! In fact,
respect for him rose in the minds of those who heard his
confession.
Cover-Up Makes Matters Worse
Suppose he had not confessed his error or had prevaricated or denied that he ever made the statement. There
would be puzzlement, suspicion, disappointment. There
would be those who would insist that he was unfit for the
ministry. No questions such as these exist today. Mr. Graham
cleared up the matter by following the Biblical formula of
acknowledging wrong when wrong has been committed.
Billy Graham's unfortunate remark can hardly be labeled
a moral wrong. In ancient Israel the death penalty was
inflicted for certain forms of rape. A fundamental aspect of
the ancient law was the principle that the punishment
should fit the crime. But the principle of confession applies
equally when serious moral sin has been committed.
Letters
Continued from page 3
because of belonging to the "unmarried
group" or who may not now have a family,
may I sincerely add my urging to come down
off the shelf and get busy. There just aren't
enough hours in any one day for doing all
the things desired—hospital volunteer work,
church activities, visiting shut-ins, et cetera.
Too active to find time to be lonely!
Someday I may even get to the second
excursion of that city by the Bay!
JESSIE BRAGAN HAMILTON
Sunnyvale, California
Water for Growth
Thank you for the truly refreshing article,
"Little and Thirsty" [May 24].
I have found that a water container with a
spout within easy reach of my children has
proved beneficial—they may take freely and
offer to others.
An experience that benefited my children's water and character education is a
garden. The soil where we live will not
support shallow-rooted plants without irrigation in dry weather. Their experience
with watering a garden has shown them the
importance of water for growth of all kinds.
WALTER ZILL
Delray Beach, Florida
Spiritual Injection
When I read the article "It Was No Happenstance" [May 10] I thought, why only in
the REVIEW?
This article is so great, so timely, it should
be printed in larger type and given away
to every SDA who may not have read the
REVIEW. We Adventists are too much on the
defense. I think we should act more like
David when he met the giant Goliath. There
are Goliaths today boldly challenging the
God of heaven in books, magazines, and
newspapers. Very seldom do we hear a
strong Adventist voice in the open field
contending stoutly and effectively for the
truth. Adventists have a giant arsenal of
truth that nobody else has. Yet, we hear
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A man cannot wipe out the guilt of moral wrong by concealment. The stain of his transgression will remain. In the
sight of God he stands condemned. The only cure is repentance, confession, restitution if involved, and a forsaking of
his evil course.
The Bible shows that there is only one true way out of a
web of wrong that a man may have woven for himself, even
out of one compounded with attempts at concealment and
downright denials. It takes courage to follow the Bible prescription.
The Bible enjoins, "Let the wicked forsake his way, and
the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto
the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God,
for he will abundantly pardon (Isa. 55:7).
With pardon comes reinstatement, restoration of confidence, regaining of self-respect, public respect, and above
all, peace with God.
The wise man said, "Surely there is not a righteous man
on earth who does good and never sins" (Eccl. 7:20, R.S.V.).
We all make embarrassing mistakes. But when we do, let us
come boldly forward, as did Billy Graham, and freely confess.
D. F. N.
often that we are living in modern times,
that Adventists have to adjust, that the
whole intellectual world must not be wrong
and only we Adventists right, et cetera.
This article was a special injection in my
spiritual body and I think others felt the
same way.
KURT HAAS
Sacramento, California
Need of the Heart
I feel impelled to comment on "The
Alabaster Box" [June 7]. I have grown
weary of being told that my distaste for
Latin requiems and masses is due to my
feeble intellect or lack of adequate technique required for the understanding of
the works. Could it not be rather that the
need of my heart is "to hear the simple
songs of praise sung in a natural tone"
(Evangelism, p. 510)?
I am in full accord with the desire to
combat the pernicious music of the modern
age; however, Palestrina is not necessarily
the antidote for pop music. Jesus Christ is.
Our duty is the building of character and
ARE
only when this work is neglected do we
"demand magnificent church edifices,
splendid adornings, and imposing ceremonials" (Christ's Object Lessons, p. 298).
Should we not rather "let it be the hidden
man of the heart, in that which is not
corruptible, even the ornament of a meek
and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God
of great price" (1 Peter 3:4).
DALE S. FORRESTER
Lincoln, Nebraska
Happy to Respond
"'God Will Refill Your Hand' " [May 24]
was very moving. Reading about the condition of our school in Africa brought tears to
our eyes.
On May 26 we took of our small income for
the great cause you mention. Although I am
beyond my three score and ten, we are more
than happy to respond. We do not own so
much as a burial plot, but we do look for "a
city whose builder and maker is God."
MRS. MAYMIE CHASTAIN
Dayton, Washington
WE READY? By ADLAI ALBERT ESTEB
"Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the
Son of man cometh" (Matthew 24:44).
Are we ready for the coming of our precious Prince of Peace?
Has He caused our inner conflicts and our "civil wars" to cease?
Have we made our preparation? Can we really welcome Him?
Does our "flaming faith" lack luster? Is our vision growing dim?
Has the "blessed hope" grown brighter? Do we look with longing eyes
To behold the King of kings descend in glory from the skies?
Do our eager feet run swifter to proclaim the cheering news?
Or can conscience feel we've done our part just sitting in the pews?
Do our burning hearts beat faster as we meditate and pray?
Are we ready for Christ's coming? Are we ready for that day?
Since our destiny depends on this—it's life's most vital thing—
Are we sure that we are ready, ready for our coming King?
If we've made our preparation won't our glad hearts be in tune?
And we'll hear His sweet voice whisper, "Patience, child, I'm coming SOON!"
Homemakers' Exchange
My wife and I are both church members, but
recently she has been acting as if she doesn't
believe in the doctrines and practices of the church.
She told several of our friends that I pushed her
into becoming an Adventist. I need some practical
solutions.
10. The best thing for you to do is to sit down
with your wife and have a heart-to-heart
talk. Tell her that you want to know how she
feels about God, the church, religion, you,
and your marriage. Encourage her to talk.
The main thing you need to do is to find
out the whys and wherefores of the problem.
Try to understand her feelings. Do not
condemn or criticize her.
Then after she has talked and you have
listened, ask her to pray with you. Tell the
Lord that you love her; talk to the Lord with
understanding about her feelings; ask the
Lord to help you both to be drawn closer to
Him and to each other.
SALLY CALVERT
Dunlap, Tennessee
► A wife's first duty is to her husband and
children. Time and health do not permit
much outside responsibility without "wearing out the saints." I strongly suspect she is
weary of the "shoulds" and "oughts." Allow
her to make the first move in offering her
services in church activities. Do not in any
way indicate disappointment when she
refuses. Assure her of your love and understanding. Defend her one hundred per cent
from those who would invade her privacy,
and back her refusals. Never criticize a
seeming lack of eagerness to perform. Probably she has come to feel she has no refuge
—even her husband thinks her lukewarm
because she has run out of eagerness to become involved.
If you honestly examine your attitude,
quite likely you have put more pressure on
her than anyone else has—the pressure of
attitude. This kind of pressure creates a
slow burn, and is not directed toward the
doctrines of the church but toward the busyness. How easily a willing horse becomes a
stubborn mule as a result of trying to do
everything that is expected. Possibly she
has blurred doctrines and practices in her
mind, so both seem responsible for the
misery she suffers under pressure to perform.
We do not own our mates, and must never
accept for them nor suggest to anyone what
they would or should do in a given situation.
To commit their services is the same as
stealing their time. Needless guilt feelings
nag the conscience and burden the soul,
giving rise to a needed defense, which sometimes manifests itself in desperate measures.
Your wife needs your support now more
than ever.
JEAN HAMM
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
0. I'm sure if you have been praying about
this matter the Holy Spirit has already been
speaking to you and made you aware of
several solutions. But if praying about it
hasn't been one of the avenues you have
taken, then you had better begin. Only Christ
can solve this problem.
You should ask yourself whether you have
helped the devil to ensnare her, Have you
been doing all you can to make your home a
happy and loving Adventist Christian home?
SHIRLEY MC COTTRY
Dayton, Ohio
► He didn't push her into becoming an Adventist. She followed for various reasons
that were valid and good at that time.
Now she feels she is discouraged for various reasons. This could be just a passing
phase. Few wives apostatize; it is usually
the man who does.
The husband should give her the attention she may be craving from both him and
from the church members.
CLINT SEIBERT
Vernonia, Oregon
O. There undoubtedly will be many correct
practical solutions, but the easiest thing for
The Birthday Bike
By PATSY MURDOCH
JASON HAD BEEN wanting a new
bike for months. He had outgrown a
small one that had been given him.
"Maybe we can get you one for your
birthday," Mother would say whenever he asked for a bike.
A week before his birthday Jason
was out playing with the neighbor
boys. Mother glanced out the window
just as Jason circled the nearby intersection on someone's bike!
She dashed to the door. "Jason, do
not ride in the street!"
"O.K., Mother," said Jason, "may
I go and play with Brad?"
"Yes," Mother agreed.
Later the telephone rang. It was
Brad's mother.
"Hello," she said. "Isn't this a lovely
day?"
"It surely is," said Mother.
"Guess what! Jason almost got hit
by a car out in front of our place just
now."
"What happened?" Mother asked,
her voice shaky.
"Well," Brad's mother explained,
"Jason was riding Brad's bike. He
rode down our driveway and into the
street just as a young man was driving by very fast."
"Oh, dear!" said Mother. "Just five
minutes ago I told him not to ride
in the street."
you to do would be to "heap coals of fire"
upon her head, "and the Lord shall reward
thee" (Prov. 25:22). If you bring up accusations to her it may only cause hard feelings
and drive her further from God. Treat her
just as lovingly and kindly as you know how.
Take your problems to God in prayer and
lean all the more on Him.
I'm sure that something will work out, because God knows what is best for us. Surely
in time the Holy Spirit will impress on her
mind what is right and will bring her back.
ANNA C. SW INGLE
Lincoln, Nebraska
NEXT QUESTION
Our two children, third- and fourth-graders, went to church school for the first time
this past year. They claimed that the other
children were unkind to them. Now that summer is here they are begging us not to make
them go back to church school. I know that
church school really is the best place for them,
but I'm at a loss to know how to make them
like it.
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"The young driver skidded clear
over to the curb to miss him," Brad's
mother continued. "They were both
all right, but pale and scared."
"I'll be right over," said Mother.
Mother was so relieved that Jason
was not hurt that she did not punish
him. But she had an idea.
That evening, she told Daddy about
her idea, and the next day they went
shopping for a new bike.
And, oh! wasn't Jason thrilled when
he came home from school and saw
the new bike standing in the living
room.
"May I ride it now, Mother?"
"Jason, please come here," said
Mother. "I want to talk to you." Jason
sat down beside Mother. "We got the
bike a few days before your birthday
for a reason, dear," she went on.
"You disobeyed yesterday when you
rode Brad's bike out into the street,
and you almost got hit. Daddy and I
decided that you can only look at
your new bike. You cannot ride it, or
anything else on wheels, until after
your birthday."
It was very hard for Jason not to be
able to ride his new bike for almost
a week. Mother would not even let
him touch it! But it did help Jason to
remember that Mother meant what
she said.
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Trek in
An country
By C. D. MARTIN
IT WAS GETTING dark as Pilot Bernie
Willis pointed out the little clump of buildings directly ahead of us. This was Selawik,
our first stop above the Arctic Circle, in a
trip to visit student missionaries in Alaska.
As our plane neared the village, Bernie
moved the skis into position, skillfully
brought the Cessna into place, and came
in for a smooth landing on the frozen airstrip.
As we stepped out of the plane and tied it
down for the night, we became aware of the
-15` temperature. Soon the whir of a snowmobile announced the arrival of Wendell
Downs, our student missionary in Selawik.
Climbing onto the sled behind the snowmobile, we took off for Wendell's home to meet
his wife, Linda, and their 18-month-old son,
C. D. Martin is an associate director of the
GC Youth Department.
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Warren. These were the first of the student
missionaries we would visit. We would see
three of the four new chapels and missionary houses built by the Alaska Mission in
remote villages.
My trip began the Friday before. Joseph
Hansen, president of the Alaska Mission,
arranged a full schedule, so following a busy
weekend in Anchorage, Bernie Willis,
village program director, and I traveled
north, arriving late Sunday evening in the
remote village of Selawik. As we flew over
the frozen landscape, I began to realize the
great challenge of this field. Bernie pointed
out that there are 178 villages in Alaska,
with Adventist work in only seven. In four
of these villages, two of them above the
Arctic Circle, the work is carried on by
student missionaries. I was startled as
Bernie said he was able to list 50 villages
where he could go in any time and begin
Bible studies if he had the time and the
help. "The people are ready," he said.
Much of Monday was spent visiting the
homes in Selawik inviting the villagers to
the evening service. That night our chapel
was crowded. Wendell led the singing,
Linda played the piano.
Visit to Shungnak
But soon we had to leave Selawik. Our
next stop was 80 miles northeast to visit
Marvin and Beth Gottschall in the isolated
village of Shungnak, where they have
worked for 18 months. Beth, a registered
nurse, was on duty at the village clinic when
we arrived. It is through contacts like this
and by visiting all of the twenty families in
the village each week that Beth and Marvin
have gained the confidence of the people.
They have eight Bible studies in progress;
about 25 persons attend services in the
chapel each Sabbath.
During our visit in Shungnak I discovered
another secret of our student missionaries'
success. We were moving along a wooded
path just outside the village when we met
an old Eskimo woman trudging along with
an ax over her shoulder, Quickly Marvin
stopped and said, "You just wait out there
with your wood; I'll come back with my
snowmobile and carry it to your house." The
grateful expression on her face made me
know why our young missionaries are
appreciated and why doors are being
opened for Bible studies.
From Shungnak, Bernie and I flew back
Top row, from left: Jeanette
Willis with one of the ten Eskimo Husky sled dogs. Bernie
Willis stands on box to check
out the Cessna before flight to
Shungnak, Alaska. New Seventh-day Adventists at Savoonga church are result of the
Student Missionary program.
No room left in Gambell church
except on mommy's lap. Bottom row, from left: Bernie
Willis hauls water on a sled
towed by snowmobile to their
home in Gambell. Wendell and
Linda Downs with their 18month-old son Warren take a
snowmobile ride in Selawik.
across the Arctic Circle to Nome, and from
there out over the Bering Sea to the western
tip of St. Lawrence Island. We landed at
Gambell, just 40 miles from the Siberian
coast. It is an isolated spot, but Bernie and
Jeanette Willis, who direct our Alaska
student missionary program, call it home.
My three-day stay at Gambell gave me a
new appreciation of student missionaries.
The constant stream of villagers—young
and old—into the Willis home demonstrated
the confidence the Eskimos have. in Bernie
and Jeanette. Both are college graduates,
yet they have learned to identify with the
people. The way Bernie and Jeanette live—
their life-style includes a dog team, one of
the few remaining—has made them well
known in the area. (Recently the Alaska
magazine featured Bernie's article, with
pictures, of a dog-sled trip taken by Bernie
and Jeanette.)
Commitment and Life-style
This total commitment and life-style have
their place in the growing work of Seventhday Adventists in the villages of Alaska.
Bernie and Jeanette have been in Gambell
three years. During this time ten persons
have been baptized; today between 25 and
30 persons attend Sabbath services in the
chapel.
That Sabbath in Gambell we needed a
deacon's help. Unfortunately, the chapel
heater had motor trouble, which can be a
real problem in Alaska. A deacon started
the borrowed space heater early, so by ten
o'clock the chapel and two children's rooms
were quite comfortable.
Just before the church service began the
space heater was fired up again. I was
scheduled to take the eleven o'clock sermon,
but recognized that I was no match for the
roar of the forced-air heater. When it was
turned off, the chapel was a comfortable
temperature. I began to preach. The freezing temperature outside began to creep in.
In spite of heavy parkas, wool sweaters, and
sealskin mukluks, the congregation began to
squirm from the cold. There was little
temptation for the sermon to be too long that
day. However, the friendly warmth of the
church members offset the problem with the
cold.
Sunday, Bernie and I took the 60-mile
trip to Savoonga, where student missionaries Bill and Kathy Edwards have been
working for eight months. No planes were
available; the only transportation was by
snowmobile and sled. It was a cold threeand-a-half hours as we moved over the
frozen island and up through the mountain
pass above the village. The below-zero
weather was made colder by the gusty wind.
As in other places, I found an isolated
village with little contact with the outside.
Again, most of the villagers know little if
anything about television and telephones.
There are no highways or automobiles. The
only transportation is by snow machines, a
few dog teams, and, of course, boats. There
is no running water. Water must all be
carried—in some villages as far as five
miles. The country is rugged and open, yet
the people are warm and friendly.
In such a setting I saw Bill and Kathy
carrying on their work in Savoonga. I
enjoyed watching Kathy as she helped the
eager little Eskimo children in the Headstart program. Bill and Kathy have found
the villagers appreciative of their part in
such community service. While I was there
they were busy with some of the six Bible
studies that are now active.
Plane to Be Purchased
Do these Alaskan villagers really appreciate the work of our student missionaries?
One day while visiting in the home of Kathy
Noongwook, one of the three Adventists in
Savoonga, she said, "Bill and Kathy will
have to leave Savoonga soon and go back to
school. We're sorry to see them go. Won't
you please send others as nice as they are?"
These are encouraging days for our village
work in Alaska. These student missionaries
from Walla Walla College have made a real
contribution.
Elder Hansen reports that the mission
committee recently voted to purchase a
twin-engine plane for the village work. Much
of the funds necessary are being provided
by J. L. Tucker and The Quiet Hour radio
program. With this plane, it should be
possible to enter more of the 178 villages of
Alaska. Bernie Willis can then base the
plane in Gambell and give extra attention
to his work there, as well as provide better
supervision for his large parish.
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News front
Health Department Advisory
Focuses on "Whole Man"
By MARVIN H. REEDER
IN THE FUTURE the major thrust of the
Department of Health will be a practical
attempt to meet the needs of the "whole
man" inside and outside the church. The
North American Division Department of
Health Advisory Committee focused on this
theme at their recent meeting in Toronto,
Canada.
In the opening session J. Wayne McFarland, M.D., associate secretary of the GC
Department of Health, and J. R. Spangler,
associate secretary of the GC Ministerial
Association, presented "Medico-Ministerial
Evangelism," which paves the way for a
closer blending of the church's medical and
spiritual ministries in the immediate future.
They outlined plans for workshops and
institutes for selected ministers and health
workers in North America as a means of
developing health evangelism teams. The
concept has been field tested by Dr. McFarland and Elder Spangler in North
America and overseas.
Other major programs were outlined for
the committee. J. A. Scharffenberg, M.D., of
the School of Health, Loma Linda University, told of successes in a public health
preventive medicine plan named Heartbeat.
To initiate Heartbeat in a new area, the
doctor first visits leading community and
medical officials to explain the program.
Arrangements are made for advertising and
a temporary clinic is set up in a large shopping mall. The community leaders are invited to the clinic for a free checkup.
Instructor Training Schools from Maryland
to California and from Canada to Florida,"
she said. Union and local conference leaders are encouraged to plan courses in their
respective areas soon for training teams
to work with the MISSION '74 and '75 evangelistic groups.
A fourth program studied by the advisory
committee will help meet a long-standing
need within the church. Adventist parents of
handicapped children face the difficult
choice of either sending their child to a
Christian school, where he receives spiritual
instruction without specialized help, or
placing him in a public school without
spiritual instruction but with specialized
training for the handicapped.
Following a presentation by Norma K.
Bork, president of the Association of
Seventh-day Adventist Speech and Hearing
Pathologists, the committee voted to implement a survey to determine the number
of handicapped within the church and the
Ralph F. Waddell, secretary of the General
Conference Department of Health, welcomes the delegates to the departmental
advisory held at Branson Hospital, Toronto.
need for specialized training programs.
Based upon the needs, a request will be
lodged with the North American Division
Board of Higher Education to set up a
curriculum in one Seventh-day Adventist
college or university to provide specialized
training for teachers who will be working
with the handicapped.
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Heartbeat: Preventive Medicine
As the public begins to respond to the
advertisements the program is under way.
Tests include blood pressure, blood sample,
and checks for cholesterol and triglycerides.
The patients are notified of the results and
are urged to come back for a program suited
to their particular need. Cooking classes, the
Five-Day Plan to Stop Smoking, exercise
programs, and other helps are provided.
There is no diagnosis, nor does the doctor
treat the patients; the entire program is
one of preventive medicine.
Another program was presented by Ella
May Stoneburner, associate secretary of the
GC Department of Health. The plan, which
has been given impetus by the shortage of
meat, envisions training courses across the
United States and Canada to prepare laymen to hold cooking schools for the public.
A 30-hour 12-lesson course is field tested and
ready for use.
"Scores of Home Nutrition instructors
are busy right now holding Home Nutrition
Marvin H. Reeder is an associate secretary of
the GC Department of Communication.
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LIBRARY BINDERY MANAGERS MEET AT LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
Library bindery managers and assistants from academy and college campuses
throughout the United States and Canada met at Union College, Lincoln, Nebraska, May 1 to 3, to reorganize the United Library Binderies International. This
organization has been formed to establish quality control standards for its
members that they might operate more effectively in a competitive market.
Consideration was given to advertising in library journals to help increase sales.
The exchange of ideas and techniques in binding methods was invaluable.
The reports of each bindery indicated that sales for 1972 approached $2.5
million, with student wages amounting to $500,000. The financial support these
industries give to their respective schools contributes in a substantial way to
Adventist education.
ALFRED V. MOULDER
Bindery Manager
Shenandoah Valley Academy
INDIA
Division President Visits
Kerala, Lays Cornerstones
During a recent ten-day itinerary in the
Kerala Section, Southern Asia Division
president R. S. Lowry visited 30 churches,
companies, and institutions. The trip also
included two weekend district fellowships
at Kittapuzha and Adventpuram.
The district fellowship meetings were an
inspiration. In Kittapuzha about 1,000 persons attended, and in Adventpuram the
crowd exceeded 1,300. President Lowry remarked, "I have never seen a more inspiring
group of Adventists. Everyone seems eager
for the appearing of our Lord."
constructed over the road leading to the
school. Several hundred people jammed
the streets and blocked the traffic during
the reception for Dr. Lowry.
After welcome speeches, a motorcade and
parade took place, covering the two-mile
distance to the Adikalam school. Members
from more than twelve churches in the
neighborhood, along with uniformed Pathfinders from the school, marched the entire
distance. At the school Principal Jesudas
Bhaggien had arranged refreshments and
a program by the students.
At each of the major meetings Pastor
Watts and the writer also presented messages of revival and dedication to the unfinished task. At the last gathering Dr.
Lowry charged all present to greater action
for the Lord in the remainder of 1973.
M. A. JAMES
President, Kerala Section
NEBRASKA
Magazine in Sound
Helps Blind People
A new missionary magazine has been published by the Seventh-day Adventist Church
since January, 1972. The magazine, Encounter, is a monthly talking magazine published on records for blind and visually
handicapped people. It is produced by the
Christian Record Braille Foundation, with
C. G. Cross as editor.
This new project has been financed by
special, sacrificial gifts made by people interested in seeing the project become a
reality. Acceptance by blind readers around
the world has been encouraging. Hundreds
of Bible questions have come from blind
readers, reaffirming the need for such a
publication.
NEW YORK CHURCH DEDICATED, FEATURES ORIGINAL SCULPTURE
A church replete with denominational history was dedicated May 26,
1973. The structure is the extensive
Rochester Bay Knoll church complex
in Rochester, New York.
The weekend services began Fri-
R. S. Lowry, right, takes the cornerstone
for the new boys' hostel at Kottarakara
High School from Principal P. C. Mathew.
Dr. Lowry laid five other cornerstones.
The growth for the Kerala Section was
matched by the eagerness of the people to
attend the meetings. In 1962 membership
was just under 4,000. Today it stands at 12,
500—a growth of more than 300 per cent!
According to D. R. Watts, union president,
this may be one of the fastest growing sections in the world. Elder Watts said that
there is no good reason why the membership, under God's providence, should not increase to 100,000 in the next few years.
During the trip through Kerala, Dr. Lowry
laid no less than six cornerstones where new
buildings are being constructed. One of
these was at the church to be built at the
Ottapalam SDA Hospital. Another, that of
the newly built boys' hostel at Kottarakara
High School.
In Kottayam a luncheon was given in
honor of our party by the municipal chairman of the city. Prominent leaders made a
strong appeal for Adventists to begin an
English-medium day school and a hospital.
One of the outstanding features of the
tour was the reception at Vellarada Junction, two miles from the school at Adikalam.
At the convergence of three roads a pandal
had been erected and a fifteen-foot gateway
day night, May 25, with a consecration service featuring former pastor
H. E. Walsh, now of Miami, Florida,
during whose admi nistration the
building program was begun and
completed. Sabbath morning at the
Sabbath school service a historical
skit in pantomime featured such
prominent personages as James and
Ellen White, Joseph Bates, J. N. Loughborough, and J. N. Andrews.
The church dedicatory service was
conducted Sabbath afternoon. Neal
Wilson, vice-president of the General
Conference for the North American
Division, emphasized that a church is
people, not temporal materials.
Laid out in a U design, the A-shaped
edifice includes a 550-seat sanctuary,
a memorial parlor and reception
center, Sabbath school classrooms
for all age groups, a gymnasium-auditorium, food-service center, lay
activities and missionary supplies
center, choir room, pastor's study,
mothers' room, health food store,
Community Services center, and
other facilities.
A unique feature of the chapel is a
sculpture entitled the "Rochester
Flame," designed by sculptor Alan
Collins of Andrews University.
Right: Inside Rochester church.
Below: Eleanor Wright pins a corsage
on Ruth Seaman, only charter member
still in the Rochester church.
Rochester is well known in the historical chronicles of early Seventh-day
Adventist history. Here the Review
and Herald was published from 1852 to
1855, The Youth's Instructor in 1852.
Here Ellen White received many visions, and supernatural healings ocH. A. UHL
curred.
Department of Communication
New York Conference
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This Seventh-day Adventist institution
provides many other sectarian services, all
financed by the Christian Record offering
taken in our churches. The Student is the
senior Sabbath school lessons produced
every month on records and in braille.
Many of the books in the free lending library
are Ellen G. White's writings and other
doctrinal books from Adventist publishing
houses.
Eight Bible correspondence courses are
available in braille, large print, and on
phonograph records and tape. All applications from blind people sent through Faith
for Today and Voice of Prophecy are handled by the foundation's Bible school.
Each year the month of May is Christian
Record month. In the United States and
Canada an offering is taken every other
year for this ministry for the blind. This year
no offering was taken.
The urgency and need for expansion of the
work for blind people has been recognized
by Adventist church leaders. At the Annual
Council held in Mexico City in 1972 a yearly
offering was approved, starting with 1974.
_REVIEW readers who know of blind persons who should be receiving the services
offered by the Christian Record Braille
Foundation but who are not getting them,
would help if they would send in the names.
Another way they may help the foundation is to tell others about this humanitarian
work of the church. Any reader not aware of
all the services available from the foundation who would like to receive a free newsletter, may request it from: Sectarian Services, Christian Record Braille Foundation,
Box 6097, Lincoln, Nebraska 68506.
ROBERT L. SHELDON
Public Relations Director
Christian Record Braille Foundation
One of the 27 Pathfinder clubs present at the large Cape Town Pathfinder Fair had a unit
named Leo. The Pathfinders wanted their photograph taken with Leo Ranzolin. The Cape
Town Fair was one of three held in the Trans-Africa Division during Elder Ranzolin's recent visit.
AFRICA
Youth Leaders Safari, Hold
MV Councils, Rallies, Fairs
Recently over a period of 67 days two
youth directors—Leo Ranzolin of the General Conference and Desmond B. Hills of
the Trans-Africa Division—traveled together
in six countries of Africa. Their mission was
to consolidate MV and JMV Pathfinder work
among the 114,053 young people and juniors
in the Trans-Africa Division.
During their visit they met all of the 50
union, conference, and field youth directors
of the Trans-Africa Division in five regional
MV councils. At numerous youth rallies, Pathfinder fairs, and Weeks of Prayer more than
others were baptized whom youth had
helped to win during the period of July,
1970, to December, 1972.
An African safari on the trail of David
Livingstone has always been an exciting
experience. Although missionaries and
visitors stand in awe at their first glimpse of
big game, towering mountains, mineral
wealth, plunging waterfalls, and evidences
of forgotten generations, our keenest interest was in Africa's greatest hope: its
young people.
DESMOND B. HILLS
Public Relations Department
Trans-Africa Division
15,000 young people participated. Some other
high lights of this eventful MV safari included:
LIBERTY WINS AWARD FROM
ACP FOR DESIGN, CONTENT
Lillian Block, editor of the worldwide Religious News Service, and
Liberty editor Roland R. Hegstad take
a look at the award of excellence received by Liberty at the recent Associated Church Press annual convention in Bloomington, Minnesota.
The ACP cited Liberty as follows:
"Magazine content is highly readable,
interesting to a wide spectrum of
readers, yet exploring and advancing
its viewpoints surely and positively. It
is clearly the leader among category
entries in design and typography."
M. CAROL HETZELL
Associate Secretary
GC Communication Department
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• The release of 5,000 copies of a new
Trans-Africa Division MV Handbook
and three other MV manuals.
• Three Pathfinder fairs, including the
first for the African people and the
largest in the history of the division. At
these fairs it was revealed that JMV
Pathfinder work in the Trans-Africa
Division has increased during the past
two years from 30 clubs with 2,000
members to more than 200 clubs and
almost 10,000 members.
• A multiracial youth ralley in South
Africa, with 1,000 in attendance; 4,000
attended another youth rally held in the
Athlone Stadium, Cape Town, for the
Good Hope Conference members.
• Weeks of Prayer conducted by the youth
leaders at Gitwe College, Helderberg
College, and Bethel College. MV Rallies
held at Kivoga College, Lower Gwelo
Training College, Anderson School,
and Solusi College.
• At MV councils it was reported that
33,313 youth were baptized and 23,627
NORTHEASTERN MINISTERS
GIVE TO HALFWAY HOUSE
W. W. Fordham, General Conference inner-city director, presents
$100 from Northeastern Conference
ministers to Dante Harris and Gaye
Newton, di rectors of the Willow
Grove, Pennsylvania, Halfway House.
The Halfway House has been effective in helping drug addicts, and the
donation will be used to expand its
program. The cash presentation was
made during the inner-city seminar
sponsored by the conference.
WILLIAM ALLEYNE
Communication Secretary
Northeastern Conference
"What If There Were
No Voice of Prophecy?"
By DANIEL R. GUILD
LAST NIGHT I brought home the current issue of the Voice of Prophecy News.
The monthly letter posed these questions: "What would the world be like
without the Voice of Prophecy? What if
there were no Voice of Prophecy?"
To me these questions are packed with
meaning, for 32 years ago I was a 17-yearold without Christ. I had not been to
church for several years.
Then one night while tuning the radio,
I "chanced" to pick up the voices of the
King's Heralds proclaiming, "Lift up the
trumpet, and loud let it ring, Jesus is
coming again!"
As I continued to listen, Elder Richards
spoke on the second chapter of Daniel.
Never before had I heard this remarkable prophecy explained. "Jesus is coming soon," I said to myself. "If all this is
true, what am I doing with no aim in life?
I must go and tell it to the world!"
That very week I arranged for Bible
studies and baptism and made known my
desire and purpose to become a minister, to proclaim the good news about
Jesus and His near return. So to me the
question, "What if there were no Voice
of Prophecy?" has a vital import.
The VOP in Malaya
What would the Malaya Mission be like
if there were no Voice of Prophecy?
When Henry Peterson, aided by H. M. S.
Richards and I. E. Gillis (then manager
of the Voice of Prophecy), began the
Voice of Prophecy in that area about 25
years ago, he did not know that the first
Voice of Prophecy convert would today
be the president of the Malaya Mission
and that many other Voice of Prophecy
converts would become ministers and
teachers in Southeast Asia.
Pastor T. K. Chong, the first Voice of
Prophecy convert from the Singapore
school and president of the Malaya Mission, says: "During the six years I was
pastor of the Penang church, 108 people
were baptized. Of these, 100 were VOP
students. In Singapore, 101 were baptized, and out of this number 85 were
VOP students. In these last days of
earth's history," Pastor Chong concludes,
"the VOP is surely one of God's most
important methods of bringing the gospel
to those who long to know the way."
If Christina de Pillai had never been
attracted by Voice of Prophecy public
meetings in Singapore, she might never
have returned to her own country, India,
to spread the three angels' messages and
to establish a church in the home of her
mother and father, a retired Lutheran
minister. T. J. S. Fredarich, another
Lutheran pastor, might never have
heard the message and become a Seventh-day Adventist evangelist. Pastor
Daniel R. Guild is manager of the Voice of
Prophecy.
Fredarich is now winning from 200 to
300 people to Christ a year in South India.
"What if there were no Voice of Prophecy?" A letter like the one we received
this week could not have been written.
"DEAR BROTHER RICHARDS: I listen to
your broadcast on Sunday evenings regularly. . . . I am in the State Penitentiary,
have been here since June 9, 1972, for
obtaining drugs under false pretenses. I
became hooked on a drug after two back
operations. The doctor left me on this
drug for approximately four months,
and I began getting it dishonestly after
he released me. Naturally I got caught.
"But I thank the Lord every day that
I've been here. I am still hooked, but now
it's with the Lord in my heart. I have
never felt so free and alive as I have
since being locked up. The main point is
that the Lord knew I was searching, and
this was the only place that I would stand
still long enough for Him to talk to me
and be able to work in me."
This prisoner asks for Bible lessons
for a group of his fellow prisoners who
wish to study the Bible course. He also
asks that the lessons be sent to his wife
and children so that they too can know
the message that he has found.
What if there were no Voice of Prophecy radio broadcast for this prisoner to
listen to? What if there were no Bible
course in which his fellow inmates and
his family could enroll? Would this letter
have been written?
The Voice of Prophecy is still "a voice
crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the
way of the Lord."
Is that voice still needed today? The
best answer I can give is to ask the question, "What if there were no Voice of
Prophecy?" After asking this question in
the Voice of Prophecy News, Elders
H. M. S. Richards, Sr., and H. M. S. Richards, Jr., conclude: "Yes, we have asked,
`What if there were no Voice of Prophecy?' We have thought about the matter
seriously. We have asked ourselves
time and again, 'Are we doing all we can
for God's work while we can do it?'
"Soon there will be no more Voice of
Prophecy, perhaps sooner than we believe possible. Currents are already running that could restrict the Voice of
Prophecy or even force it from the airways. Then there would no longer be a
Voice of Prophecy.
"That may be the way the end of the
program will come—without any warning,
with no advance notice. The question that
haunts us right now is, 'Will we have
done all that we should when the end of
the Voice of Prophecy comes?' . . .
"The hour is late; you are aware of this,
dear friend. There is no longer reason to
think about next month, or next year as
far as the giving of God's last warning
message to a dying old world is concerned. What is done must be done now;
tomorrow the doors may be forever
closed. . . .
"Let's give of ourselves and of our
means . . . so that when the Voice of
Prophecy is silenced it will have done
all it could for God!"
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GOVERNOR OF SAN ANDRES SEES SCHOOL INAUGURATION
Governor Felix Palacio S., accompanied by his wife, was present for the recent
dedication ceremonies at Colegio Modelo Adventista in San Andres, Colombian
Islands. Other participants in the program included mission president R. T. Rankin, who welcomed the audience and gave the college history; B. L. Archbold,
president of the Inter-American Division, who delivered the address; and Wilton
Archbold, a minister from Washington State, who offered the dedicatory
R. T. RANKIN
prayer.
President
Colombian Islands Mission
R&H, JULY 19, 1973
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North American
Atlantic Union
► The Vanguards, Atlantic Union
College witnessing team, are having a
rewarding and active summer, according to Alban Millard, the group's
sponsor. The nine-member group has
been averaging six concerts a week in
churches throughout New England
and have covered more than 6,000
miles. Music is only one method of witnessing for the Vanguards. They spend
their afternoons helping their host
church with different types of work.
They may help the Dorcas Society,
visit the sick, or do yard work.
► At the Northern New England triennial
session, held April 22, Carl P. Anderson,
president of the conference, reported that
there were three churches dedicated during
the triennium—Camden, Maine; South
Newbury, Vermont; and Calais, Maine.
There were three new church buildings
constructed during the same period—Rutland, Vermont; Waterville, Maine; and
Manchester, New Hampshire.
► The Adult Degree Program at Atlantic Union College has increased in
enrollment from the original five who
began with the program in July, 1972,
to 13. Two of the original five students
graduated with this spring's senior
class. The ADP was set up to aid people 25 years of age or older who had
not been able to attend college after
graduating from high school, and
those who have attended college but
were unable to complete their studies
because of responsibilities at home,
work schedules, or other reasons. Four
areas of learning are offered—humanities, natural sciences, social sciences, and religion.
EMMA KIRK, Correspondent
Canadian Union
► The Toronto West church in Toronto, Ontario, was dedicated May 26. Featured
speaker was C. D. Henri, newly elected vicepresident of the General Conference. The
church, with a membership of 5'75, was recently renovated at a cost of $20,000. The
junior and senior choirs of the church, as
well as the Southampton choir of Bermuda,
sang. The dedicatory prayer was given by
Philip Moores, and the Act of Dedication
was directed by S. E. White, president and
secretary-treasurer, respectively, of the Ontario Conference, C. S. Greene is the pastor
of the church.
► Guest speakers June 8, 9, and 10 for the
graduation services of Kingsway College in
Oshawa, Ontario were; commencement,
Michael Stevenson, associate youth director
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of the General Conference; baccalaureate,
Lowell Bock, associate secretary of the General Conference and formerly president of
the Ontario Conference; consecration service, Arthur Hands, pastor in the Alberta
Conference and father of one of the graduates.
► The new College Park Elementary School
in Oshawa, Ontario, was officially opened
recently with remarks by James H. Potticary,
mayor of Oshawa, and an address by P. W.
Manuel, educational secretary of the
Canadian Union. The six-classroom school
is valued at $300,000, and has a floor space
of 19,000 square feet.
► Television Station CFTK, Terrace,
British Columbia, televised at no cost
a nutrition class conducted by the Adventist church. The program was
broadcast direct so that the audience
could follow the class as it was taught.
THEDA KIJESTER, Correspondent
Central Union
► Recently the company of Branch,
Missouri, was organized into a church
with 23 charter members. Glenn Ferris
pastors this group as part of the Nevada-Branch-Jerico Springs district.
Local elders are Joseph Clegg and
Paul E. Limerick.
► On May 14 ground was broken for
the relocation of the Denver Central
church. Completion of the building is
set for March, 1974.
CLARA ANDERSON, Correspondent
Columbia Union
► Groundbreaking services were conducted
recently for a new addition to Hadley Acres
School, cosponsored by the Damascus and
Rockville, Maryland, churches. The new
addition will consist of three classrooms
and is to be completed by fall,
► John Vasko is the new pastor of the Radford, Virginia, district. He succeeds John
Johansen, who transferred to the Charlottesville, Virginia, district.
► Dedication services were held recently
for the Berean church, Uniontown, Pennsylvania. Cree Sandefur, president of the
Columbia Union, was guest speaker. Other
guests included Harold Cleveland, James
Washington, and Samuel Thomas, of the
Allegheny West Conference; Pastor Leon
Cox of Pittsburgh; Mayor Fike and Police
Chief Zawelensky, also of Pittsburgh.
► Dedication services have been held for
the Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, church. Leading in the dedication services was Cree
Sandefur, president, Columbia Union Conference. Others participating included
Donald G. Reynolds, president, and John F,
Wilkens, secretary-treasurer, Pennsylvania
Conference, and former pastors, Donald D,
Stephan and Bruce Gernet.
► Members of the Macedonia congregation,
Chester, Pennsylvania, marked dedication
services with a burning of the mortgage.
Guest speakers from the Allegheny East
Conference included Edward Dorsey, president, and 1VI. C. Van Putten. W. L. Cheatham,
the church pastor, led the congregation in
the Act of Dedication.
CHARLES BEELER, Correspondent
Lake Union
► Joe and Earl Fraser, members of
the St. Charles, Michigan, church, are
drainage contractors who pledged the
Lord 1 per cent of their 1972 sales for
Investment. As a result they turned in
a recordbreaking $10,000 offering. The
total Investment offering given by
church members came to $11,522.
► More than 120 people attended
Wisconsin's third annual Get-Acquainted Sunday at Wisconsin Academy. Purpose of the program is to acquaint new members with the different
aspects of the church. One new member said, "This has done much more to
help me know I've found the right
church than any other single thing
I've experienced."
► Dottie Durham, wife of an Adventist
physician in La Porte, Indiana, has
been given the La Porte Herald-Argus
Woman of Achievement medallion for
1972. The award was presented by Mrs.
Otis R. Bowen, wife of the governor.
Mrs. Durham has been active in community organizations for several
years.
► Of the 35 non-Adventists who attended the Five-Day Plan in Chikaming, Michigan, 15 quit smoking by
the close of the program, and ten were
down to one cigarette per day.
► Wilma Decker, Community Services
leader in Stewardson, Illinois, has
been asked by her community to head
up a women's civil defense program.
Already she has led out in a massfeeding demonstration held in the
Shelbyville area, which Federal and
State representatives attended along
with State civil service leaders.
► The Milwaukee Central church in
Wisconsin designated the first week
in April as Community Relations
Week and attempted to project to the
community a positive image of Seventh-day Adventists and their work.
Newspaper and television coverage
were given to several activities, which
included an open house of the Community Services center, a demonstration of vegetarian cookery, and a
cleanup project by Milwaukee Junior
Academy students.
GORDON ENGEN, Correspondent
Northern Union
► Wendell Anderson, governor of the
State of Minnesota, recently landed
his helicopter at the Maplewood Academy campus in Hutchinson for a visit.
After a tour of the school Governor
Anderson gave a talk at the academy
church and then opened the meeting
for questions.
► Custer, South Dakota, boasts a Community Services center, the only one
in the Black Hills community. Under
the leadership of Mrs. R. Bartelson
and Mrs. Ruth Howe, the center is
well known.
► When a tornado ripped through a
mobile home park near Lakeville,
Minnesota, a five-year-old boy was
killed and nine persons were injured.
Fifteen mobile homes were destroyed.
B. J. Furst, Minnesota Conference
Community Services director, and Mrs.
Ray Kelley, area Federation president, immediately went to the scene
of the disaster and spent six hours
talking to people and distributing
sheets, pillowcases, clothing, and
other items.
L. H. NETTEBURG, Correspondent
North Pacific Union
► Special services recently marked
the dedication of the Seventh-day Adventist church at La Grande, Oregon.
At a later ceremony ground was broken for a new school building.
► Walla Walla College graduated 250
students, including seven husbandwife teams, two pairs of brothers, two
sisters, and one brother-sister combination, during the June commencement exercises.
► Thirty-nine ministerial interns are
now serving in the North Pacific Union Conference. Most of these are
graduates of the seminary at Andrews
University.
► Preliminary work on constructing
the new Portland Adventist Hospital is
well under way. The new hospital will
be located on a 40-acre site adjacent
to Portland Union Academy.
CECIL COFFEY, Correspondent
Pacific Union
► Dr. and Mrs. Leonard Ramey of the Van
Nuys church, Southern California, are in
Saigon for a two-month relief tour of duty
assisting in the mission's takeover of the
Army hospital.
► El Centro and Riverside Kansas Avenue
churches, both in Southeastern California,
have been dedicated. They are pastored by
Bowman Deal and Horace Barker.
► Ground has been broken for a new
church at Lakeside, 20 miles east of San
Diego. John Shewmake is pastor.
► Thunderbird Academy, Arizona, is now
Thunderbird Adventist Academy, appropriately getting a new name with its new
million-dollar plant.
► Hermon Vanderberg has moved from
Sun Village in Southern California to pastor the Highland Square church in Las
Vegas.
► Three new elementary schools are
planned for Arizona's fall opening—at East
Mesa, Kingman, and Lake Havasu City.
SHIRLEY BURTON, Correspondent
Southern Union
► Six Andrews University Seminary
students assisted Don D. Doleman and
local pastor Russel L. Johnson in conducting an evangelism field school,
June 9 to 30, in the Knoxville, Tennessee, church.
► The Georgia-Cumberland Mobile
Medical-Dental Clinic administered
160 free blood-pressure tests to resi-
dents of Rhea County, Tennessee, at
the Dayton strawberry festival in May.
Thirty-three people were found to
need further medical attention, and
they were referred by the team to
local physicians.
► Pastors, teachers, laymen, departmental secretaries and youth united
to repair rain and high-water damage
at Indian Creek Youth Camp in the
Kentucky-Tennessee Conference.
Some left Covington, Kentucky, at
4:00 A.M. Others donated vacation time.
All worked day and night so that the
camp could open June 24.
► Wilfred Van Gorp, Highland Academy student, has added another radio
station to those already broadcasting
his 15-minute program "Focus."
WHEL, 1570 New Albany, Indiana, now
airs the program Sunday mornings at
nine. The station serves the metropolitan Louisville, Kentucky, area.
► The board of Harris Pine Mills has
voted to establish a branch plant
manufacturing redwood outdoor furniture near Mount Pisgah Academy.
► The Alabama-Mississippi Conference reports 167 baptisms through May
toward its objective of 400 baptisms
during 1973.
OSCAR L. HEINRICH, Correspondent
Southwestern Union
► Franklin Moore, former treasurer
of Sandia View Academy, has been invited to become principal of the academy. He replaces Herman Guy, who
has accepted a call to serve as principal of Chisholm Trail Academy,
Keene, Texas.
► One-hundred and seventeen persons attended a Five-day Plan to Stop
Smoking recently in Amarillo, Texas,
with 80 per cent kicking the smoking
habit. The program was held in St.
Anthony's Hospital by H. A. Morel, local Adventist pastor.
► The Texico Sabbath school department recently voted to double their
Sabbath school offerings as a result of
the dollar devaluation.
► Harold Friesen, Texico Conference
evangelist, reports 31 baptisms during
his Hope for Today Crusade in Plainview, Texas, and Portales, New Mexico.
► Elder and Mrs. L. L. McKinley have
just moved from California to Plainview, Arkansas, where they will assist
in some of the churches in the area.
They join the approximately 40 sustentee families who live in Arkansas
and Louisiana. Elder McKinley is a
former president of the Texas Conference.
► The Mesquite, Texas, church had
their first meeting—and dedication—
in their new church June 24. The
church is a memorial to William C.
Bemish, a recent convert who contributed more than $250,000 to the
church, according to Dale Hoover,
pastor.
J. N. MORGAN, Correspondent
Andrews University
► Sakae Kubo, professor of New Testament
in the School of Graduate Studies, has published a new edition of his book A Reader's
Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament.
Originally published in 1967, the book is one
of the Andrews University Monographs Series (Vol. IV). Words occurring less than 50
times are listed in the order in which they
occur in the text of the New Testament by
chapter and verse.
► The eighth annual Teacher-of-the-Year
Award at Andrews University was given
this year by the Student Association to
Elaine Giddings, chairman of the communication department. Dr. Giddings joined the
AU faculty in 1956. The communication
department, established that year, has expanded under her direction to the place
where it now enrolls 30 to 40 majors in various areas of communication, including general communication, mass media, broadcasting and film, and speech pathology and
audiology.
► A "Complete Word Concordance for the
book Education" has been finished by Clifton Keller, math and science instructor at
the AU laboratory school. The publication
indexes every word used in Education with
a page and paragraph reference, and was
created to aid researchers who wish to
make sure they have seen every reference
for a particular word in this inspired textbook.
► Women have been elected to four of the
five major offices, including the presidency,
of the AU Student Association. Judy Myers
is the first woman president in the 51-year
existence of the S.A. Other officers for the
coming school year include Tom Andrews,
vice-president; Sonja Nottelson, Andrews
Christian Youth Action chairman; Elaine
Baum, educational standards chairman;
and Melody Harrell, social recreation chairOPAL YOUNG, Correspondent
man.
Loma Linda University
► Fifty-three nursing educators from
20 States and the District of Columbia
met at Loma Linda University for a
ten-day continuing education course
on curriculum innovation.
► Some of the world's top neurosurgeons attended a two-day international symposium at Loma Linda
University Medical Center. Title of the
symposium was "Microneurosurgical
Anastomoses for Cerebral Ischemia."
In addition to neurosurgeons from the
United States, physicians from seven
countries in Europe and the Orient
participated.
► More than 600 were graduated from
Loma Linda University on Sunday,
June 10. It was the largest graduation
in Loma Linda University history.
Graduating students during the 19721973 academic year, by school, include:
School of Allied Health Professions,
130; School of Nursing, 86; School of
Medicine, 97; Graduate School, 64;
School of Dentistry, 116; School of
Health, 95; School of Education, 48;
and College of Arts and Sciences, 260.
JERRE IVERSEN, Correspondent
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Pat M. and Linda L. Batto of Collegedale,
Tennessee, to serve as radio programmer,
Mountain View College, Malaybalay, Philippines, left Los Angeles, California, May 22,
1973.
Janice Marie Patrick of Chattanooga,
Tennessee, to be English teacher, ColombiaVenezuela Union College, Medellin, Colombia, left Miami, Florida, May 23, 1973.
Student Missionaries
Sandi Lee Chazotte of Loma Linda, California (LLU), to be a nurse in Maluti Hospital, Lesotho, left Los Angeles, June 7, 1973.
Roger Drew of Highland, Maryland (CUC),
to serve on the Friendship Plan '73 in West
Nordic Union Conference, Oslo, Norway,
left Washington, D.C., May 29, 1973.
Beverly Jane Fiedler of Denver, Colorado
(UC), to be a nurse in the Saigon Adventist
Hospital, Saigon, Vietnam, left San Francisco, California, June 10, 1973.
Lynette Joyce Flemmer of Denver, Colorado (UC), to be a nurse at Saigon Adventist
Hospital, Saigon, Vietnam, left San Francisco, June 10, 1973.
Sheryl Marie James of College Place,
Washington (WWC), to be a nurse at Kanye
Hospital, Botswana, Africa, left New York,
June 5, 1973.
Fred Raymond Kubrock of Berrien Springs,
Michigan (AU), to do construction at Ecuador Academy, Santo Domingo de los Colorados, Ecuador, left Miami, Florida, June 7,
1973.
Wade Franklin Ricks of Collegedale,
Tennessee (SMC), to be lab technician,
Mwami Hospital, Chipata, Zambia, left New
York, May 30, 1973.
Dale Allen and Lynn Beth Rosette of
Lincoln, Nebraska (UC), to serve as pastor
and Voice of Prophecy secretary in TogoDahomey Mission, Lome, Togo, West Africa,
left Chicago, Illinois, June 7, 1973.
Karen Joanne Schwartz of Lincoln, Nebraska (UC), to be teacher at Japan Missionary College, Tokyo, Japan, left Los Angeles,
May 31, 1973.
Linda Louise Sharpe of Berrien Springs,
Michigan (AU), to be a teacher, Pakistan
Adventist Seminary and College, Chuharkana Mandi, Pakistan, left New York, June 5,
1973.
Emma Louise Shively of College Place
Washington (WWC), to be teacher at Japan
Missionary College, Tokyo, Japan, left San
Francisco, June 8, 1973.
Literature Requests
[When name and address only are given, send
general missionary supplies.]
Africa
Ghana Conference, P.O. Box 480, Kumasi, Ghana,
West Africa.
Pastor Emmanuel Abbey, SDA Teacher Training
College, P.O. Box 30, Agona, Ashanti, Ghana, West
Africa: Review.
William Zulu Rono, Kapsabet High School, P.O.
Box 10, Kapsabet, Kenya, East Africa.
J. U. Okwandu, MV secretary, SDA Church of East
Central Nigeria, P.M.B. 1115, Aba, Nigeria, West
Africa: These Times, Message, Signs, Review.
North Ghana Mission, P.O. Box 74, Tamale, Ghana,
West Africa.
F. 0. Adugbo, SDA Church, P.O. Box 171, Warri,
Mid-Western State, Nigeria, West Africa: magazines, Bibles, pamphlets, Spirit of Prophecy books.
I. Nwsobia, East Central SDA Mission, P.M.B.
1115, Aba, Nigeria, West Africa: magazines and
books for youth and children; also health material.
Mrs. J. Sequeira, P.O. Box 145, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Sabbath school, ministerial, and children's
supplies, including pictures.
S. N. Chioma, departmental secretary, SDA
Church of Sierra Leone, Box 26, Bo, Sierra Leone,
West Africa: Signs, These Times, Guide, Insight, Bibles, Christmas cards, felt aids, books, and tracts.
Australia
Eileen Bazley, Box 124, Monto, Queensland, Australia 4830: Guide, Primary Treasure, Little Friend,
Signs, Life and Health, Listen, Liberty, Voice of
Prophecy monthly books.
Burma
G. Thang Khan Dal, Anlang Church, c/o Tiddim
Mission, North Chin Hills, Upper Burma: Signs,
memory verse cards.
H. Khuma, SDA Mission, Lashio, Burma.
Indonesia
Dulla Siringoringo, SMP Neg. III, Medan, Sumut,
Indonesia: Spirit of Prophecy books.
Nicaragua
Sullivan Parrilla, Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua,
Central America via New Orleans: Review, Signs,
Guide, Insight, Little Friend, Life and Health, cards
and tracts in both English and Spanish, readers for
grades 1-8, academy Bible textbooks.
North America
DISCONTINUE: Mary B. Saulsbury, Nicholas
Kaufmann, Isabel Wood, Henry R. Wallace.
James L. Allen, Rt. 2, Box 264, Kingstree, S.C.
29556: Quarterlies, books, periodicals, and other
literature. All items can be of any age.
Pauline Goddard, Rt. 1, Box 353, Linden, N.C.
28356: Friendship issues only of Review, Spanish
tracts and small books, especially Steps to Christ,
Marked Bible, David Dare.
Idamae Melendy, Review and Herald, Washington, D.C. 20012: Bibles and New Testaments.
George Swanson, '710-53d Ave., N., Minneapolis,
Minn. 55430: Signs, These Times, Listen, Life and
Health, Smoke Signals, Guide, Little Friend, books,
but no Reviews.
Philippines
Lolito A. Perez, Southern Luzon Mission, Legaspi
City G-103, P.I.: Chapel records, greeting cards,
books, magazines.
Eufrocina L. Ciencia, Seventh-day Adventist Multigrade School, Southern Nueva Vizcaya District,
Almaguer, Bambang, Nueva Vizcaya, P.I. A-704:
Bibles, songbooks, Little Friend, Primary Treasure,
children's books, memory verse cards, These Times,
Signs, Liberty, Life and Health, Review, records, denominational books.
Palma Corah, c/o Castro Tailoring, Aniban St.,
Bacoor, Cavite, P.I.: child evangelism devices, cutouts, periodicals, Little Friend, cards, pictures,
songbooks, Bibles, Signs.
Estrella Alquino, Alex Men's Wear, Bancalan,
Davao del Sur, Mindanao, P.I.
Romulo B. Albaciete, 163 Rizal St., Ormoc City,
P.I.: Bibles, books, songbooks, Life and Health, Listen, These Times, Liberty, Insight, Guide, Little Friend,
Review, Signs, Listen, Planet in Rebellion.
President, West Visayan Mission, Box 241, Iloilo
City K-421, P.I.
Generoso C. Llamera, San Isidro, Kitcharao,
Agusan del Norte L-109, P.I.: Ellen G. White books,
Bibles, songbooks, Sabbath school supplies, missionary magazines.
Oseas 14. Gucilatar, South-Central Luzon Mission,
San Rafael, San Pablo City E-126, P.I.: denominational books, health books, Signs, Life and Health,
Liberty, Listen, These Times.
Brigido T. Esteban, educational secretary, Northern Luzon Mission, Artacho, Sison, Pangasinan, P.I.
C-341: primary readers and reading course books
for 26 church schools of the mission.
Isagani V. Sta. Ana, Southern Luzon Mission,
Legaspi City, P.I.: Spirit of Prophecy books, encyclopedia, From Sabbath to Sunday, Bibles, Signs,
Guide, Little Friend, Primary Treasure, memory
verse cards, Life and Health, used Christmas cards,
songbooks, tracts, library books, magazines.
Daniel D. Somoso, Western Mindanao Mission,
Box 13, Ozamiz City, P.I.: Smoke Signals, Listen,
Message, MV Kit, Life and Health, Guide, Signs,
prophetic charts, Chapel records.
Pastor Santiago Antiporda, Mabini, Alicia, Isabela, P.I.
E. S. Layson, Mahaba Mountain Mission School,
c/o Northeastern Mindanao Mission, Butuan City,
P.I.: These Times, Still Waters, Message, books, storybooks, visual aids, flannelgraphs.
Silvano P. Penales, Katipunan, Zamboanga del
Norte, P.I., c/o Pastor B. C. Calshat: Bibles, Listen,
Review, Signs, Liberty, These Times, songbooks,
prophetic charts, Why I Became a Seventh-day Adventist, tracts, Spirit of Prophecy books, Quarterlies.
Onofre R. Beltran, Jr., Southern Mindanao Academy, Managa, Digos, Davao del Sur, P.I.: doctrinal
charts, papers, books.
Coining
August 4
Dark County Evangelism
August 4
Church Lay Activities Offering
Oakwood College Offering
August II
September 1
Lay Preacher's Day
September I
Church Lay Activities Offering
Missions Extension Offering
September 8
Review and Herald and Insight
September 8-October 6
Campaign
September 22
Bible Emphasis Day
September 29
JMV Pathfinders
Thirteenth Sabbath Offering
(Australasian Division)
September 29
Church Lay Activities Offering
October 6
October 6-12
Health Emphasis Week
October 13
Voice of Prophecy
Sabbath School Visitors' Day
October 20
Community Relations Day
October 20
October 27
Temperance Offering
November 3
Church Lay Activities Offering
November 3-10
Week of Prayer
Annual Week of Sacrifice Offering
November 10
Ingathering Crusade Launching Day
November 17
November 17-January 5, 1974)
(Campaign dates:
December 1
Ingathering Crusade
Church Lay Activities Offering
December I
Stewardship Day
December 15
Thirteenth Sabbath Offering
December 22
(Trans-Africa Division)
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VIEWPOINT...
A brief editorial comment by the editors of
the REVIEW. The program is broadcast
weekly as follows:
KLLU (Loma Linda University)
89.7 MHz FM Saturday, 12:30 p.m.
KANG (Pacific Union College)
89.9 MHz FM Friday, 9:30 p.m.
WSMC (Southern Missionary College)
90.7 MHz FM Friday, 10:10 p.m.
KGTS (Walla Walla College)
91.3 MHz FM Saturday, 6:00 p.m.
VOAR (St. John's, Newfoundland)
1230 Kc AM Friday, 6:15 p.m.
Health Personnel
Needs
NORTH AMERICA
1 Carpenter
5 Nurses, OR
2 Clerk-typists
1 Nurse,
3 Dietary, general
psychiatric, M.S.
1 Food serv.
5 Nurse superv.
superv.
OR, OB, CCU
1 Food serv. dir.,
1 Physical ther.,
assistant
certified asst.
6 Housekeepers
1 Radiologic tech.,
1- Housekpr., exec.
chief
3 Key punch oper. 1 Receptionist,
2 Nurses, CCU
Spanish-English
1 Nurse, OR head 1 Switchboard
oper.
1 Nurse, asst. head
18 Nurses, LPN
1 Women's dean,
1 Nurse, med.-surg. dormitory
Write Carl Sundin, Placement-Recruitment,
General Conference of SDA, 6840 Eastern
Avenue NW., Washington, D.C. 20012.
Because of immigration requirements, this notice
applies only to permanent residents of the United
States and Canada.
R&H, JULY 19, 1973
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Baptism in Marshall Islands
Another mile point has been reached in pioneering the Marshall Islands: on Sabbath, June 23, five
persons were baptized. This was the largest baptism
in the Marshalls, and it brings the membership to
thirty. This baptism is largely the result of the new
education program.
Elliot, one of the new members, was first introduced to Adventists through a Voice of Prophecy
Bible course in 1964. He moved to Fiji without completing the lessons.
He met Adventists again in a warehouse where
our mission made many purchases. In 1971 he approached me with a request to help his daughter
enter Palau Mission Academy. In the spring of that
school year she was baptized, and before she returned to school, Bible studies that led to his baptism were begun.
P. SIDNEY
The need for the new addition became critical
when construction of the Metro transit system
throughout the District of Columbia resulted in
the purchase and demolition of a part of the Review warehouse and when the use of rented facilities for storage was no longer available nor
K. W. TILGHMAN
economical.
VOPEA Holds 18 Crusades
In 18 crusades by evangelists and associates of
the Voice of Prophecy Evangelistic Association, a
total of 759 persons were baptized during the first
six months of 1973.
The Voice of Prophecy Evangelistic Association
serves as the third arm of the Voice of Prophecy
ministry: radio broadcasts plant the seed of gospel
truth; Bible correspondence schools cultivate it;
and the VOPEA brings the seed to harvest.
In an action just taken by the Voice of Prophecy
board, evangelist Bill Hoffman was appointed
managing director of the Voice of Prophecy Evangelistic Association.
HERBERT FORD
Ellen White Books Featured in SAD
Vietnam Holds Youth Training Camp
With the cooled-down war situation, it was recently possible for the Vietnam Mission to hold its
first mission-wide youth-leadership training camp.
The Vietnam Government provided free use of its
facilities in Chi-Ling, Vong Tau, south of Saigon,
complete with ten trucks, jeeps, gasoline, and drivers, to transport the campers and their equipment
JANE ALLEN
to and from the camp.
AWR Participates in Swedish Contest
Radio Sweden recently promoted and organized
a special golden jubilee contest for short-wave
listeners. Adventist World Radio took part in the
contest and now congratulates the winner, Peter
Pompe, of Belgium. The object of the contest was
for short-wave listeners to hear as many DX news
programs as possible and report on the contents of
the programs heard. Seventeen radio stations
joined in the competition and there were a total of
117 items reportable. Mr. Pompe reported hearing
all 17 stations and 99 of the items. ALLEN STEELE
Review and Herald Plant Addition
Construction will soon be completed on a threestory, 57,000-square-foot addition to the Review
and Herald Publishing Association facilities in
Washington, D.C. The additional space, located on
Willow Avenue at the rear of the present building, will provide storage areas for materials and
publications on the first and third floors.
The second floor of the new section will house
the book and periodical binderies. It is expected
that the combination of the two departments will
result in a more efficient operation.
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Elbio Pereyra, field secretary of the South American Division and also Spirit of Prophecy Emphasis
leader, wrote in a recent letter that at a division
meeting in Montevideo, Uruguay, the division
committee voted to choose specific Spirit of Prophecy Books of the Year to be printed and sold to
church members. Other Books of the Year are to be
circulated as popular editions, or given away to
non-Adventists.
Currently Adventists in South America are reading The Adventist Home; The Story of Redemption
is being used in the field among non-Adventists. In
1974 Child Guidance will be featured for Adventists,
and The Desire of Ages will be given away. Choices
were made also for 1975-1976: Christian Service and
Counsels on Diet and Foods for the Adventists, and
Patriarchs and Prophets and Happiness Homemade
for the public. Naturally there will be some overlapping in the use made of these books.
Study guides to these books are also being prepared.
D. A. DELAFIELD
People in the News
Jack Jester, Oregon Conference treasurer,
drowned while swimming in the surf on the Oregon
coast July 4. D. E. Venden, 74, died, St. Helena,
California, June 30. He was a veteran evangelist and
church administrator, having served the denomination for more than 44 years. He was president of the
Nebraska and Central California conferences. Just
prior to his retirement in 1967 he was active in
evangelism in the Northern California Conference.
After retirement he served as pastor in Singapore.
Walter S. Mead, 92, died, Berkeley Springs, West
Virginia, June 1, missionary to India. William Edgar
Baxter, 91, died, Madison, Tennessee, May 21,
missionary in the Inter-American Division.