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VOL. XXXIV 
KEENE, TEXAS, FEBI ....v1( 6, 1935 
NUMBER 6 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Our Mission Offerings are Growing 
Southwestern 
IN 1932 the Southwest gave $67,700 
for missions. In 1933 we gave $69, 
334. And the year just closed, 1934, 
we gave 79,308.08. This includes 
Sabbath school offering, foreign mis-
sion offering, Harvest Ingathering, 
and everything that goes into the 
regular Forty-cent-a-week fund. We 
now have approximately ten thousand 
members in the Southwest. This 
means that we averaged almost eight 
dollars apiece for the year 1934. 
While that is ten thousand dollars 
more than we turned in in 1933, yet, 
brethren, when you stop to think of 
it, how much is that per week? That 
is an average of fifteen cents per week 
per member. The General Conference 
goal is forty cents per week per mem-
ber. 
Doubtless in the past we have been 
somewhat discouraged because we 
have been so far beneath the goal. 
But now the General Conference has 
passed an action urging that in places 
where it seems impossible to reach the 
forty-cent-a-week goal, that we en-
courage our conferences, churches, 
and members to raise an amount equal 
to a twenty-five per cent increase 
above 1934. I have figured that out, 
and it would mean $99,135.10. 
I believe, brethren, that if we set 
our hearts to it that we can go over 
$100,000 for 1935, which is a few 
hundred over the twenty-five per cent 
increase. One hundred thousand dol-
lars for ten thousand members would 
be ten dollars a member. Of course, 
we have some members who probably 
will not be able to raise ten dollars. 
But we have large numbers who will 
be able to raise ten dollars, and many 
who will raise double that, and still 
large numbers who will doubtless 
multiply it by ten, and some by twenty 
or twenty-five. This can be easily 
accomplished if every one of us earn-
estly seeks the Lord to find out what 
our responsibility would be, the a-
mount we should raise during the 
year. If it is ten dollars, let us de- 
Now, why should not every member 
attempt at least that, and many, 
many of our members attempt many 
times more? The individual Sabbath 
school goal is an average of twenty 
cents. Then comes our investment 
fund, Big Week, Week of Sacrifice, 
our canipmeeting pledges, and last 
but not least, the Ingathering. 
Brethren, if we will study this mat-
ter as individuals and families and 
churches and conferences, the South-
western Union will go so far beyond 
$100,000 in 1935 that $100,000 will 
not need to be remembered any longer. 
Our union committee met a few 
days ago, and set a goal of $94,200, 
which has been properly distributed 
among the conferences, and each con-
ference will in turn re-distribute this 
among the churches, and then the 
churches will undoubtedly set goals 
and lay plans to very definitely reach 
their goal and go away beyond. 
The reason we have not gone beyond 
is because we have not heretofore 
definitely pointed at some goal that 
is within reach. We have thought of 
some goals that have seemingly been 
away beyond our reach. Now, if we 
will make this goal this year, which is 
wholly within the realm of possibility, 
then another year we can take a step 
farther, and eventually we will be up 
with those conferences that actually 
raise forty cents a week for missions. 
I am sure it is a matter of vision, 
definite planning, and leadership. As 
we get near the end, we must remem-
ber that God has promised to make 
his people willing. Along with that 
willingness, He wants us to use in-
telligence, consecration, and exercise 
faith. If we will make His finances 
first instead of ours, He will greatly 
help ours. He has told us that if we 
would bring the tithe and offerings to 
the storehouse that He would do cer-
tain things for us. Let us prove Him 
now and see if He will not open the 
windows of heaven and send us the 
blessing that he has promised. 
Let us all definitely set ourselves 
, to do our utmost, so far as individ-
ually we are concerned, to reach the 
goal for the Southwest in 1935. Let's 
try to make $100,000 for missions. 
R. L. BENTON. 
"The Foreign Literature Offering 
to be taken March 2 is to help meet 
the expense of printing the gospel for 
these last days in the many foreign 
languages represented by foreign-. 
speaking people in the United States 
and Canada." 
cide that means that we shall raise 
about eighty-five cents a month. This 
would mean around twenty-one cents 
a week, or three cents a day. You will 
say this is too small an amount to 
talk about. Well, it is small. Yet, 
if every member actually did it, we 
would raise $100,000 in 1935. 
The Layman 
Leave it to the ministers, and -soon 
the church will die, 
Leave it to the women-folk,—the 
young will pass it by. 
For the church is all that lifts us 
from the coarse and selfish mob, 
And the church that is to prosper 
needs the layman on the job. 
It's the church's special function to 
uphold the finer things, 
To teach that way of living from 
which all that's noble springs; 
But the minister can't do it, single- 
handed and alone, 
For the laymen of the country are 
the church's cornerstone. 
When you see a church that's empty, 
though its doors are open wide, 
It is not the church that's dying,— 
it's the laymen who have died; 
For it's not by song or sermon that 
the church's work is done, 
It's the laymen of the country who 
for God must carry on. 
EDGAR A. GUEST. 
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SOUTHWESTERN UNION RECORD 
Foreign Literature 
Special Week, February 23 to March 2 
DURING the last Fall Council the 
following resolution was passed by the 
General conference regarding the 
Foreign Translation Fund and For-
eign Literature Fund offerings: 
"In order to promote more strongly 
the Foreign Literature Fund offering 
and the Foreign Translation Fund 
offering which are listed in the cal-
endar of special days, offerings, and 
campaigns for 1935, to occur on Feb-
ruary 9 to March 2, respectively 
"We recommend, 1. That the For-
eign Literature Fund offering and the 
Foreign Translation offering be com-
bined in one offering to be taken in 
the churches on March 2, 1935. 
2. That the combined offering be 
a part of the Forty-cent-a-week fund." 
We feel that this offering repre-
sents a great need and we are ap-
pealing to our brethren and churches 
everywhere to make this a liberal of-
fering so that the literature work 
among the foreigners in America may 
grow and precious souls be gathered 
into the Kingdom of Christ. 
The week of February 23 to March 
2 has been set aside as Foreign Liter-
ature Week. During the Fall Council 
the following resolutions were passed 
regarding the foreign literature work: 
"Knowing that our truth-filled liter-
ature will occupy an important place 
in the finishing of God's work and 
that through the agency of the printed 
page in a large way the message is 
going to people of many languages: 
and having been told by the Spirit 
of prophecy that 'Many of these 
foreigners are here in the providence 
of God, that they may have oppor-
tunity to hear of the truth for this 
time,' and that 'Those in respons-
ibility must plan wisely to proclaim 
the third angel's message to hund-
dreds and thousands of foreigners in 
the cities of America,' 
"Resolved, That in view of the im-
minence of Christ's second coming, we 
undertake as never before to arouse 
our people to realize the vast pos-
sibilities through circulation of for-
eign periodicals and other literature. 
We recommend, 1. That the home 
missionary secretary of the union and 
local conferences take the same active 
interest in promoting the circulation 
of our foreign periodicals as they do 
English papers, especially during 
Foreign Periodical Week and Home 
Foreign Day by getting the churches 
to take subscriptions and clubs of the 
foreign papers for missionary pur-. 
poses. 
2. That the conferences and field 
missionary secretaries plan for and 
encourage colporteurs to go into for-
eign settlements in country and city 
districts with our foreign books. 
CONCERNING the building of the 
body temple the Scripture says, "The 
Lord God formed man of the dust of 
the ground." Gen. 2:7. As the chem-
ist analyzes the tissues of the body 
he comes to realize how scientifically 
accurate this statement is. The same 
elements that enter into the composi-
tion of blood and bone and brain are 
found in the soil. 
But it is not possible for man to ap-
propriate these elements directly from 
the soil. Iron filings from the dust 
or pure carbon from the coal mine 
cannot be used. The Creator has ar-
ranged that through the vegetable 
kingdom earth's elements shall be 
made available for man's use. In the 
laboratory of the plant a marvelous 
transformation of these elements 
takes place which the greatest scient-
ist in the world cannot duplicate. 
As in the beginning man was made 
from the dust, so now day by day 
the body is built up by food from the 
soil. The Creator has given us the 
privilege of cooperating with Him in 
building this body temple and keep-
ing it in the best condition possible, 
that we may do service for Him. 
As the contractor studies the vari-
ous kinds of building material that he 
may know what to select for different 
parts of a building, so we should make 
a careful study of foods that we may 
be able to chbose a balanced diet, 
furnishing all the elements of life. 
It is our purpose in this series of ar-
ticles to present facts which will in-
terest our readers in this important 
3. That home foreign mission bands 
be organized in our churches and that 
these bands work for the different 
nationalities in their home commun-
ities. 
4. That a systematic distribution 
of , foreign Present Truth and other 
foreign literature be planned for the 
churches in each conference." 
Considering the seriousness of the 
times and the possibility of winning 
souls for Christ, we earnestly solicit 
the cooperation of our American and 
foreign churches and believers to do 
strong work in promoting this great 
soul-saving effort. 
Louis HALSWICK, Assoc. Sec., 
Bureau of Home Missions. 
subject and lead them to a deeper 
study. Our health journals, Life and 
Health and Health, are full of prec-
ious information which every family 
should have. And, best of all, there 
is the book Ministry of Healing, con-
cerning which we have the inspired 
endorsement, "This book contains the 
wisdom of the great Physician." 
Testimonies, Vol. 9, p. 71. 
Foods are divided into several great 
classes. First, we have fuel foods 
which are burned in the body, yield-
ing heat and energy. Second, the 
building foods, for growth and repair 
of body tissue. Third, body regulat-
ors. Every day we should have some 
foods from each of these classes. 
The fuel foods include sugars, 
starches, and fats. All of these furn-
ish heat and energy for work. 
The simple fruit sugars found in 
fresh fruits, also in dried fruits, 
especially dates, raisins, figs and 
prunes, are much better than the arti-
ficial white sugar manufactured from 
the juice of the cane or beet. A solu-
tion of cane sugar five per cent or 
stronger is irritating to the mucous 
membrane which lines the stomach. 
This shows the danger in the free 
use of concentrated sweets, especially 
candy. Far too many of our Seventh-
day Adventist children are spending 
their pennies and nickels for candy 
bars, ice cream and other sweets. 
These are especially harmful when 
eaten between meals. 
It is well for mothers as they plan 
meals for the family to keep in mind 
The Temple of God—No. 3 
SOUTHWESTERN UNION RECORD �
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the following instruction, "Far too 
much sugar is ordinarily used in 
foods. Cakes, sweet puddings, past-
ries, jellies, jams, are active causes 
of indigestion. Especially harmful 
are the custards and puddings in 
which milk, eggs and sugar are the 
chief ingredients. The free use of 
milk and sugar taken together should 
be avoided. Ministry of Healing p. 
302. 
"Eat more fruit in its natural state. 
Let us teach the people to eat freely 
of the fresh grapes, apples, peaches, 
pears, berries, and all other kinds of 
fruit that can be obtained. Let these 
be prepared for winter use by can-
ning, using glass, as far as possible, 
instead of tin." Testimonies, Vol. 8, 
p. 134. 
In our next article we shall answer 
the question, Is starch harmful to the 
body or is it a necessary part of the 
diet? �
W. D. FRAZEE. 
A Colporteur Revival 
CAN anyone doubt, as he contem-
plates the dearth of evangelists 
throughout the field, that the apostle 
Paul had prominently in his mind the 
ministry of the printed page when 
he said, "He will finish the work and 
cut it short in righteousness"? Is it 
not reasonable to suppose, too, in view 
of the overwhelming burdens men 
are bearing in this hour, that Christ, 
who knows the end from the begin-
ning had in His mind this important 
work of publishing the truth every-
where when he said, "Come unto me 
all ye that labor and are heavy laden, 
and I will give you rest," and followed 
it by the announcement, "Go ye into 
all the world and preach the gospel 
to every creature"? Is it presuming 
too much also to believe that the 
prophet John caught a vision of the 
printed heralds of the gospel flying 
everywhere when he pictured the 
church speeding forth as an angel 
carrying . the "everlasting gospel to 
every nation, kindred, tongue, and 
people"? 
Is it not itnminently important, 
therefore, that we as a people give 
the publishing work its rightful place 
in our interests and prayers and pro-
motion, so that our most talented 
laymen who are successful in other 
lines of salesmanship will feel im- 
pelled even at a sacrifice to lend their 
talents to the Lord in the colporteur 
ministry? 
The soul-winning possibilities of 
the colporteur ministry surpass, in 
my estimation, any field of activity 
in our work. Our faithful colporteurs 
are meeting lost souls privately under 
the most promising conditions for ef-
fective personal service. May God 
greatly increase this most effective 
means of soul-winning in our midst 
for the speedy finishing of the work. 
Louis K. DICKSON, President, 
Florida Conference. 
Total Ingathering 
OUR churches throughout North 
America have brought in a total of 
$639, 389.76, which is a gain of $128, 
266 over 1933. How pleasant is the 
sensation of having done our part. 
Everyone of us who took part in the 
Ingathering can feel that some of the 
souls won through the use of this 
$639,000 will be won through our ex-
ertion, that we had a part in bring-
ing $128,000 more into God's treasury 
for the extension of this message. 
HENRY F. BROWN. 
The Vision is Catching 
WE ARE told by the Spirit of 
prophecy, "When divine power is 
combined with human effort, the work 
will spread like fire in stubble. God 
will employ agencies whose origin 
men will be unable to discern." Mrs. 
E. G. White, in Review and Herald, 
December 15, 1885. 
We are beginning to see in just a 
small way how this is to be done. The 
fifteen laymen gathered at Clovis in 
the second lay preacher's institute 
held in the Southwestern Union re-
cently, set a goal of 113 souls for 
1935. Brother C. D. Colburn, who is 
already a veteran in this type of 
work, set his goal for twenty-five 
telling us that he had twelve ready 
for baptism. 
We are beginning to see fulfillment 
of the following statement: "If men 
in humble life were encouraged to do 
all the good they could do, if restrain-
ing hands were not laid on them to 
repress their zeal, there would be a 
hundred workers for Christ where 
there is now one." Desire of Ages, 
p. 251. �
HENRY F. BROWN. 
COLPORTE1JR REPORT FOR 
WEEK ENDING JANUARY 26, 1934 
Ark.-La., D. A. McAdams, Sec... 
Ruth Johnson �
 
Mrs. M. A. Gillon 
C. L. Pope 
Iona Skinner �
 
Allene Vance �
 
Birdie McCluster �
 
Hrs. 
41 
....40 
 �
34 
32 
31 
21 
Value 
3.25 
17.20 
19.00 
9.25 
27.50 
42.00 
Del. 
13.20 
.. 
2.50 
Mrs. L. D. Campbell ..21 
11.40 
.65 
Tabitha Brunson �
15 
21.00 
2.50 
James Robertson �
 
13 
22.10 
Lloyd Small �
 
12 
14.70 
Mrs. J. E. McBride .... �
7 
5.50 
5,50 
Audrey Reese �
 
5 
15.00 
... 
Emily Wright �
 
12 
13.65 
.25 
Gretchen Williams ....11 
12.10 
7.75 
Noela Harris �
 
3 
3.00 
2.50 
J. H. Williams �
 
3 
1.50 
C. E. Anderson �
 
2 
2.75 
I. A. Christian �
 
9.00 
5.00 
E. L. Pinkney �
 
8.00 
J. E. McBride �
 
4 
11:50 
Total �
 
�
 �
307 
261.40 
47.85 
Oklahoma, W. L. Kinder, Sec. 
E. H. Carter �
 
53 
34.00 
.75 
J. P. Hale �
 
38 
8.70 
.20 
E. B. �
Hausdorf �
 
24 
35.00 
..... 
W. H. Johnson �
 
23 
.Leroy Tuttle �
 
20 
16.25 
3.25 
Mrs. S. G. Payne �
19 
18.75 
.50 
R. Jack Christy �
 
16 
20.50 
....... 
Ed Randall �
 
9 
15.50 
.50 
Annie Dingman �
 
8 
22.00 �
 
Mrs. Roy Gettel 
Mrs. �
W. Grout 
J. 
7 
7.60 
7.60 
Total �
 
 �
45 
262 
22.50 
15.00 
200.80 
27.80 
Texas, A. E. Van Noty, Sec. 
T. R. Longware �
 
G. M. Cox �
 
G. M. Jorgenson �
 
J. B. Church �
 
Edgar Jones �
 
Maria Longoria �
 
M. M. Ashley �
 
Mrs. S. K. Guss �
 
A. E. Van Noty �
 
Mrs. W. E. ' Hancock 
Mrs. John Eisenhower 
Total �
, �
 
24 
21 
20 
17 
16 
8 
7 
. 
113 
12.50 
48.25 
4.70 
13.00 
14.50 
.60 
15.00 
14:55. 
10.00 
3.50 
136.60 
29.25 
4.70 
1.25 
12.25 
2.10 
14.55 
10.00 
3.,.)0 
77.60 
Texico, F. B. Moore, Sec. 
Robert Bartosh �
 37 �
36.00 �
 
Ed Torres �
 8 
6.00 
2.50 
J. F. Perea �
 34 
17.50 
17.50 
Sam McCullam �
 31 
15.25 
1.00 
Annie Eubank �
 31 
39.50 
Mrs. W. D. Glass �
 20 
4.75 
Z. J. Ham �
 40 
49.50 �
 
Mathias Vargas �
 34 
28.00 �
 
Mrs. W. H. Talley 
18.00 
18.00 
Total �
 235 
214.50 
39.00 
Grand Total �
 917 
813.30 192.25 
Sabbath, February 23, has been set 
apart for the promotion of temper-
ance. This will be treated in an 
article next week.-Ed. 
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SOUTHWESTERN UNION RECORD 
To Our Dorcas Leaders 
DOUBTLESS many of the Dorcas 
leaders are a bit new and hesitant, 
due to lack of experience, and some 
would like to know just how to carry 
on their work. Permit us to call at-
tention to Home Missionary Series 
Leaflet, No. 10, which can be secured 
by writing your conference Home 
Missionary secretary, who will also 
place your name on the "Dorcas Let-
ter" list so that you may receive from 
the General Conference a letter from 
time to time telling just how to make 
your society more efficient. 
Empty Tract Racks 
WHILE waiting for a train in a 
depot of one of our large cities I not-
iced a nice, new Seventh-'day Advent-
ist tract rack completely empty. I 
opened my brief case, took out a few 
copies of Good News, and placed them 
in this rack. I hated to see such a 
fine piece of furniture not doing any 
business for the King. In my travels 
over the Southwest during the past 
five years, I have noticed many of our 
tract racks empty. 
I think we should have many more 
tract racks than we have in public 
places, but I think we should keep 
them full of our literature. Dear 
reader, how is the tract rack in your 
city? Does someone call two or three 
times a week to see if more tracts and 
papers are needed? Let's have more 
tract racks, but let us be sure to keep 
them filled with the little silent 
preachers that they may accomplish 
their purpose in giving the last mes-
sage of mercy to those who know it 
not. �
B. E. WAGNER. 
Another Record Broken 
THE printing order of 110,000 
Life and Health for January is a 
record. This is probably the largest 
order ever given for a monthly edi-
tion of one of our magazines. And 
from all appearances the number will 
be too small to satisfy the demands 
for this paper. The average circula-
tion for the past six months has been 
almost 75,000 per month. Over 31,000 
subscribers are receiving it monthly, 
Many of our missionary workers are 
discovering that the Life and Health 
makes an excellent magazine to sell, 
thus bringing them financial returns, 
and getting them acquainted with a 
good class of people. Why should not 
each church have a club of twenty-
five, or fifty, or a hundred, to sell in 
their neighborhood? And why should 
not every Seventh-day Adventist sub-
scribe for the Life and Health, be-
cause the blessing of health reform 
is not for the outside only, but for 
our own members. 
The Life and Health costs one dol-
lar a year as a subscription, but to 
an agent who takes ten or more it 
comes at five cents a copy and is sold 
for ten cents a copy. Order yours 
from your Book and Bible House. 
HENRY F. BROWN. 
Those New Waldenses 
SOME weeks ago there appeared 
in the RECORD a statement that the 
archbishop of Palermo, Italy, warned 
the city against "the new Waldenses," 
who came with their papers and books. 
Of course, he referred to Seventh-
day Adventists. Now if we are in 
truth the New Waldenses, how should 
we comport ourselves? Let us read 
a statement from Reinerius, the papal 
inquisitor, who reported against the 
Waldenses in the thirteenth century 
that "he who has been a disciple for 
seven days looks out someone whom 
he may teach in his turn, so that 
there is a continual increase." 
HENRY F. BROWN. 
(Obituaries 
WOFFORD—Mrs. Johnnie Wofford, nee 
Dement, was born in Texas in June, 1896, 
and died at the Brackenridge Hospital, 
Jan. 25, 1935, after a brief illness of ten 
days. She united with the Seventh-day 
Adventist church in 1915 through the 
labors of J. B. Hampton. At her request 
she was rebaptized in 1933 by E. G. 
Crosier. Interment was at the Adventist 
cemetery at Elgin. ELLIS W. STORING. 
HINES—Alice McKinney Hines was 
born at Clifton, Texas, and died at San 
Antonio, Texas, December 26, 1934 at 
about the age of 43 years. 
She was converted at an early age, and 
was connected with the Methodist church. 
Last summer at a tent effort conducted 
by the writer, Sister Hines heard and ac-
cepted the three angel's messages of Rev-
elation 14, and was baptized and became 
a faithful member of the Ephesus Seventh-
day Adventist church. 
She is survived by her mother, sister, 
and brother. Words of comfort were 
spoken by the writer. She was laid to rest 
in East View Cemetery. 
H. W. Kum..E. 
ARKANSAS-LOUISIANA 
H C. Hartwell, President 
J. S. McMullen. Secretary 
1215 Marshall St., Little Rock 
News Notes 
The new bulletin Arkana Acceller-
ator is of value to the Missionary 
Volunteer officers and should be read 
very carefully. 
The little school at Tryon City has 
not opened the second semester for 
lack of finances. 
Hiwasse has recently written for in-
formation concerning a church school 
for the coming year. Fort Smith is 
also quite definitely planning on start-
ing their school again. 
A. F. Ruf visited Fayetteville last 
week in the interest of the educa-
tional work. 
Home and School Association 
THIS is an auxiliary of the church 
for the purpose of binding the church 
and the school closer together. In 
this association, the teacher and par-
ents meet to discuss the problems 
that are of interest to both. Many 
misunderstandings can be solved in 
an organization of this kind. 
This association fastens the school 
spirit in the church, and its goal 
should be "every Seventh-day Advent-
ist boy and girl in church school." 
It aids in the purchasing of equip-
ment for the school by devising ways 
and means by which equipment may 
be bought. The Home and School 
leader is elected by the church at the 
beginning of the year like any other 
church officer. Suggestive programs 
are outlined in the Home and School 
magazine. 
If you do not have an organization 
like this in your church why not try 
it this year? Where they function 
properly they are of great value to 
both church and school. 
A. F. RUF. 
Teacher's Institute 
IT WAS a real treat to have all of 
our teachers, white and colored, 
gather in for a few days of counsel 
and study. C. A. Russell and G. R. 
Fattic gave very substantial help. 
C. Hartwell and C. E. Kellogg also 
(Continued on page 7) 
Color Drawing by Blendon Campbell 
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will study and get ready and maybe my chance will come." 
 
 
ABRAHAM LINCOLN 
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SOUTHWESTERN UNION RECORD 
MinfirMWSZARMMLVMOMMOMMOMMOMMikg* 
YOUR PLACE 
Your Need 
"I will study and get ready, and maybe my chance will come." 
That was Lincoln's decision. He persistently acted upon that 
basis. It is generally considered that he made good. But that 
Lincoln philosophy was founded in part upon chance—"maybe 
my chance will come." 
Declared the Son of God to every child of His Father: "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." THERE IS A PLACE FOR YOU. 
And in this, our day, the servant of the Lord specifically ad-
vises our youth: "Not more surely is the place prepared for us 
in the heavenly mansions than is the special place designated on 
earth where we are to work for God." THERE'S A PLACE 
FOR YOU. 
WHAT WE NEED IS— 
An enlarged faith built upon 
A broadened vision of the work of God with 
A training for efficient service where He calls and 
A determination that knows no defeat. 
Southwestern Junior will help you to help yourself in measur-
ing up to that place which He shall designate as your place in 
this world. 
Southwestern Junior College, 
Where Students Learn to Live. 
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40WiiMMEMMENAMIMAMMMOMMiftni4MM ftd, 
SOUTHWESTERN UNION RECORD �
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(Continued from page 4) 
attended part of the meetings. We 
appreciated the counsel and help that 
came from these brethren. Mrs. 
Little, Normal director at Southwest-
ern Junior College, was unable to 
come on account of illness. 
The topics prepared by the teachers 
gave evidence of serious thought and 
study to problems that confront our 
teachers. The teachers were free to 
take part in the discussion which 
added greatly to the success of the 
institute. From those who had at-
tended such institutes before and also 
public school institutes, came the ex-
pression that this was the best and 
most profitable institute they ever 
attended. The teachers went back 
with renewed courage and determina-
tion to do more for the soul's salva-
tion of our boys and girls than ever 
before. �
A. F. RUF. 
Colporteur Institute 
At Shreveport 
THE spirit of the Lord was with 
us in a very special and definite way 
at our institute which was recently 
conducted in Shreveport, Louisiana. 
There were about fifteen consecrated 
men and women in attendance, and a 
good spirit of enthusiasm w* mani-
fested throughout the meetings. Each 
worker attending set a goal in hours 
per week, and also went forth deter-
mined to win at least one soul to the 
truth during 1935, and to recruit one 
colporteur within the next three 
months. Pray that these goals may 
be attained. 
Elder E. E. Franklin, from Wash-
ington, gave some very helpful in-
struction, as did also Elder Wagner, 
Elder Hartwell, and Brother Huse. 
I appreciate very much the help which 
these brethren gave us. 
Another institute will be conducted 
in Little Rock, March 7 to 16. Several 
have already stated that they plan 
to attend this institute. I am very 
anxious to see every one come who 
plans to enter the colporteur ministry. 
Remember the date is March 7 to 16. 
Write to the undersigned at the con-
ference office and make arrangements 
to attend these meetings. God needs 
you; will you not respond? 
D. A. MCADAMS. 
Lawrence-Paul Wedding 
ARTHUR Paul and Floye Lawr-
ence both of Fort Smith, were recent-
ly united in marriage at the home of 
Mr. and Mrs. Otis Menton. Both of 
these young people are members of 
the Fort Smith church, and are a real 
asset to our church there. They will 
make their home in Fort Smith. The 
writer officiated at the ceremony. 
A. F. RUF. 
OKLAHOMA CONFERENCE 
J. J. Reiswig, President 
L. R. Alexander, Secretor,' 
217 N. W. 7th, Oklahoma City 
News Notes 
Mr. Verne Kelsey, who is holding 
meetings at Sand Springs, is prepar-
ing a group for baptism. He also 
has a good interest out in the country. 
J. J. Reiswig attended the union 
conference committee meeting held at 
Fort Worth, January 28. On his re-
turn he stopped at Muskogee, to con-
sult with Elder Meade MacGuire. 
Elder MacGuire is spending two weeks 
with this church at the present time. 
His studies are very much appreciated 
by those attending. 
On Wednesday, January 23, Elder 
Reiswig visited Ardmore, and con-
sulted with Elder Nott about the work 
there. There is a good spirit among 
the members there. They are def-
initely planning for greater mission-• 
ary activities this year. 
We are happy to learn through 
Sister Mattie Price that the Carmen 
company has purchased a building 
which they expect to convert into a 
church. C. D. Hein is with them at 
the present time and is holding some 
meetings. Elder Hein has also been 
visiting at Covington. 
We are happy to have Professor 
Fattic with us in our conference a-
gain. He and Sister Reiswig are 
visiting the Ketchum, Tulsa, Okla-
homa City, Enid, and Addington 
schools. 
We are sorry to report that Elder 
Harrison's condition remains un-
changed. 
Elder Dart spent Sabbath, Jan-
uary 19, with the El Reno Company. 
Notice of Meeting for 
Members of District No. 11 
I AM sure that our brethren and 
sisters living in the southwestern 
section of the conference will be happy 
to learn that Elder Meade MacGuire 
is to spend from March 10 to 17 at 
Elk city. We are hoping that the 
isolated members can come in and 
enjoy this visit with us. No doubt, 
there will 'be others from the confer-
ence there. 
This will be a general meeting from 
District No. 11. Those who have 
heard Elder MacGuire in times past 
will need no further invitation, for 
they know that the Lord has good 
things in store for us; but those who 
have never heard him, I hope that you 
will make an effort and be there 
through the whole time. Bring your 
lunches along, and come and enjoy 
the blessings of the Lord with your 
brethren. �J. J. REISWIG. 
Foreign Literature 
and Translation Offering 
WE WISH to call the attention of 
our church elders to the special offer-
ing for the Foreign Literature and 
Foreign Trapslation Fund, which is 
to be taken by all our churches March 
2. Surely we owe the thousands of 
foreigners that have come to our 
shores this message. 
The servant of the Lord tells us 
"Those in responsibility must now 
plan wisely to proclaim the third 
angel's message to the hundreds and 
thousands of foreigners in the cities 
in America. . . . Many of these for-
eigners are here in the providence of 
God, that they may have opportunity 
to hear the truth for this time, and 
receive a preparation that will fit 
them to return to their own lands as 
bearers of precious light shining 
direct from the throne of God." Testi-
monies Vol. 8, p. 35. 
"In the cities of America there are 
peaple of almost every language. 
These need the light that God has 
given to his church. Testimonies, Vol. 
8, p. 36. 
Let us give a liberal offering on 
March 2. It will count on the Forty-
cent-a-week fund. 
J. J. REISWIG. 
TEXAS CONFERENCE 
G. F. Eichman, President 
J. 0. Hanson, Secretary 
112 St. Louis Ave., Fort Worth 
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SOUTHWESTERN UNION RECORD 
Literature Wanted 
SISTER Lydia Blehm of Peek, 
Oklahoma, desires clean literature for 
distribution. She would like to have 
Health, Life and Health, Present 
Truth, Signs of the Times, and the 
Watchman. These can be used by 
her to very good advantage. 
If any of our members have any 
of these papers and are not using 
them, will you please mail them to 
her, postage prepaid. Sister Blehm 
is trying very hard to stir up an in-
terest in her vicinity, and literature 
of this kind will prove a great bless- 
ing to her. �J. J. REISWIG. 
No Peddlers 
"I SAW a sign on the gate which 
said, 'Agents and peddlers, stay a-
way.' But that didn't refer to me, 
you know, so I went ahead. Found a 
man about 65 years old sitting in his 
chair, little able to move about be-
cause of paralysis in one leg. He has 
been a Spiritualist for fifty years and 
a medium for the past fifteen. He 
is at present a pastor of the local 
Spiritualist church. The man showed 
me his credentials and told me of his 
experiences with the spirits, saying 
they came to him at all times, day and 
night, and that it made him very 
happy to talk with them. I canvassed 
him for the large 'book, praying very 
earnestly that the Lord would per-
suade the poor deceived spirit-ridden 
man to buy. He was deeply inter-
ested, but held off on the price. I 
took his order for the Busy Man's 
Library set instead and received 
twenty-five cents down payment. In 
spite of his deceived condition he is 
a friendly, likable old gentleman, and 
I pray the Lord that the truth shall 
reach his heart and set him free. 
"The Lord made up for the rain 
and mud Friday by giving me more 
orders than I have received on any 
day during the past week. Am find-
ing interested people who are 'stand-
ing on the verge of the kingdom, wait-
ing to be gathered in.' Met one 
woman who, with her two married 
daughters, wants to study the Sab-
bath question sometime. 
"Friday I prayed with a young man 
who was in bed with pneumonia. Both 
he and his mother were deeply ap-
preciative of this attention, and she 
told me she thought it was nice for 
people to come to the homes of others 
and 'show such interest in them. 
What a privilege we colporteurs have 
to minister to the people! Although 
our sales have not been large, Brother 
Hale and I are enjoying our work. 
We are making maps and keeping 
records of interested people; those 
in need of special literature, such as 
are interested in various Adventist 
doctrines; others who have no Bibles; 
people who are dissatisfied with their 
church connections or with their re-. 
ligious experience; those wanting 
Bible studies, etc. It is surprising 
how much information such as this 
can be picked up without solicitation." 
So writes one of our colporteurs, 
R. Jack Christy, who attended the 
institute just closed, and decided to 
remain in Oklahoma City to canvass. 
We need four more colporteurs for 
Tulsa, one for McAlister, one for 
Chickasha, one for Ardmore and a 
number more for our medium sized 
towns, then a large number next 
spring to attend the institute the 
latter part of May, who will enter 
the extensive farm regions of Okla-
homa. 
Wonderful opportunities await you. 
Write the undersigned. 
W. L. KINDER. 
Care and Responsibility 
HOW do you face cares that are 
placed upon you in the church? How 
do you accept the responsibility that 
is intrusted to you? These are very 
pertinent questions and they are prim-
arily addressed to church officers, and 
secondarily to all church members. 
God has called you to be a child of 
His. His plan for you is that you 
shall accept responsibility in His 
cause. He wants to lay certain cares 
upon you but cannot because you are 
so nerveless, that is some of you. It 
is grievous to see so many church of-
ficers and church members who come 
and go like a door on its hinges and 
appear as though the church were just 
a sort of a filling station, instead of 
a service station as well. The fol-
lowing quotation interested me and it 
may help some one, so I pass it on. 
"Jesus did not shirk care and re-
sponsibility, as do many who profess 
to be His followers. It is because they 
seek to evade this discipline that so 
many are weak and inefficient. They 
may possess precious and amiable 
traits, but they are nerveless and al-
most useless when difficulties are to 
be met or obstacles surmounted. The 
positiveness and energy, the solidity 
and strength of character manifested 
in Christ, are to be developed in us, 
through the same discipline that He 
endured." 
"He expected much, therefore He 
attempted much." 
Desire of Ages 
pp. 72, 73. �
WESLEY AMUNDSEN. 
1935 Signs of the Times 
Campaign in Texas 
WE BELIEVE in the Signs of the 
Times and recognize it as a winner of 
souls. Because of our experience in 
the past, and recognizing that many 
souls have been won to the message 
by reading the Signs of the Times, 
we are putting forth a strong effort 
this year to place it in as many 
homes as possible. 
At a recent meeting of the confer-
ence cotimittee, careful study was 
given to this campaign, and in view 
of the fact that there are 141 counties 
without a Seventh-day Adventist 
church in the Texas Conference and 
95 counties without a single Advent-
ist member, we feel that we must put 
. forth a strong effort to win some of 
these people who have not yet heard 
the message. All the district leaders 
in our conference will labor in the 
interest of the Signs of the Times 
campaign during the time set aside 
for that purpose, February 3 to 17. 
We trust that our churches will take 
a club of the Signs and will secure 
promising names from some of these 
unentered county seats and endeavor 
to begin a good work in these un-
entered counties. We need not go to 
a foreign field to do missionary work. 
Every individual can do it in the home 
field as long as there is so much work 
in the home field that is undone. Let 
us hope, work, and pray for the most 
successful Signs campaign. 
G. F. EICHMAN. 
TEXICO CONFERENCE 
R. P. Montgomery, President 
W. C. Day, Secretary 
419 Rencher St., Clovis 
SOUTHWESTERN UNION RECORD �
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News Notes 
Elder R. L. Benton stopped in Fort 
Worth a few hours between trains 
on his way to Loma Linda, where he 
will attend the constituency meeting 
of the Medical College, February 3. 
Elder and Mrs. G. R. Carter are 
taking their vacation at the present 
and are visiting Mrs. Carter's parents 
in Georgia. 
C. L. Bauer stopped a few minutes 
in town the other day on his way to 
Little Rock, where he was attending 
the auditing board of the Arkansas-
Louisiana Conference. 
Brethren Van Noty and Eichman 
made a trip to Keene one day last 
week in the interest of the colporteur 
work. They both briefly spoke to the 
students in chapel at their regular 
chapel exercise. 
We hope our people will bear in 
mind that if there is a slight delay 
in their orders the next few days, 
that the Book and Bible House secre-
tary is attending the Bookmen's Con-
vention in Nashville, Tennessee. 
R. E. Louden spent a few hours at 
the office in counsel with Brother Van 
Noty with reference to the field mis-
sionary department of our conference. 
He is also attending the B000kmen's 
Convention in Nashville'. From there 
he will go to Huntsville to visit the 
school in the interest of the colport-
eur work in Texas. 
Those attending the church officers' 
meeting in Fort Worth will be glad 
to know that Brother E. L. Bowers of 
250 Walton Avenue, San Antonio, 
Texas, was successful in getting a 
good picture. They can be had in two 
sizes; one size three and one-fourth 
by three and one-fourth at 15 cents 
each or 2 for 25 cents; the other size 
is ten by twelve inches, at 50 cents 
each. They are very nice pictures, 
and Brother Bowers is in a position 
to fill your orders. 
Elder E. M. Gates writes from 
Beaumont that he is having a good 
r class of people attending his regular 
Sunday night meetings. Several are 
deeply interested, and he looks for a 
goodly number to take their stand for 
the truth. 
Brother J. 0. Hanson, our treasurer, 
returned to the office Friday morning 
from Mountian View, California, 
where he attended the Pacific Press 
Publishing Association constituency 
meeting. 
Professor J. A. Tucker spent a few 
days in the lower Rio Grande valley 
in the interest of the Missionary Vol-
unteer and the school work. He at-
tended, a union Missionary Volunteer 
meeting on Sabbath in Raymondville. 
Our people will be glad to know 
that Doctors Reed, Westphal, De 
Witt, and Kootsey are planning to 
start a sanitarium in the lower Rio 
Grande valley. We hope that we will 
be able to give some more detailed in-
formation relative to this question in 
a later issue of the RECORD. We are 
certainly happy over the proposition 
of having a sanitarium in our confer-
ence. 
Brother S. C. Ortner, teacher in 
Laredo and the elder of the Laredo 
church, writes very encouragingly 
from there regarding the work. 
V. W. Becker writes that the work 
is moving along nicely in the Houston 
church and that everybody is of good 
courage. 
S. H. Chambers, the elder of the 
Houston church, is at the present 
looking after our work in Galveston 
and writes that his Sunday night 
meetings are well attended and he has 
a number who he thinks will take 
their stand for the truth soon. 
Let us remember the Signs of the 
Times campaign, February 3 to 17. 
We hope that many of our people will 
take advantage of the rates of our 
missionary periodical and thus do 
missionary work throughout the year. 
Elder B. E. Wagner occupied the 
pulpit in the Fort Worth church Sab-
bath, February 2. We are always 
glad to have the brethren from the 
union give us help in the conference. 
Salmon 
THE SALMON church is still on 
the list of activity, even though we 
are but few in number. We have a 
beautiful reading rack located in Pal-
estine. One of our members there is 
doing quite active work among the 
colored people. 
Our Junior and Senior M. V. Soci-
eties are busy also. We want to do 
house-to-house work again this sum-
mer. Almost every member is taking 
the Bible year. We are also working 
on Friends and Companions. 
We plan to build our new church 
and add two new school rooms. We 
have part of our money on hand. 
Since the last school term we have 
added a new bookcase, and some 
books. Just a few more weeks and 
we will have a nice teacher's desk 
placed in our school; then we're ready 
for our school desks. We will ar-
range places for three or four fam-
ilies who have children they would 
like to put in school. People who are 
truly Christians and willing to help 
bear the burdens of the school are the 
kind of people we want. Our school 
expenses are up to date thus far. 
Twelve new members have been 
added to our church by baptism in 
the past year and a half. Pray for 
the work here. 
MRS. S. D. GREENHILL. 
Our Need 
IF THERE is one need felt above 
another by the members of the church 
of Christ today, it is power in prayer 
—desire for prayer—time to be de-
voted to prayer. What a power the 
church could be if the admonitions 
were heeded; "Small companies should 
be organized and come together for 
special prayer," "be instant in 
prayer" and "pray without ceasing." 
Never did the cause of God suffer 
so much for real examples of the 
possibilities of prayer than in this 
age. To pray is the greatest thing 
we can do. We must learn anew the 
work of prayer, enter anew the school 
of prayer. 
We are workers together with 
Christ. Working with Christ and for 
Christ for the salvation of souls will 
stimulate a desire for prayer in the 
varied relationships of Christian life. 
More prayer, more agonizing, more 
soul-anguish must be seen among 
ministers and laymen if we ever ex-
pect a revival of true religion in our 
land and an exodus of ambassadors 
for Christ in all the world. 
I am fully persuaded that God has 
given us the trumpet call to the 
church of Christ to arise and pray. 
W. H. HANHARDT. 
SOUTHWESTERN UNION CON- 
FERENCE DIRECTORY 
Keene, Texas 
President �
R. L. Benton 
Secretary �
C. L. Bauer 
Departmental Secretaries 
Field Missionary B. E. Wagner 
Home Missionary �
H. F. Brown 
Educational & M. V. G. R. Fattic 
Negro �
M. M. Young 
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Entered October 24, 1902, at the Post 
office at Keene, Texas as second-class 
matter under the act of Congress of 
March 3, 1897. 
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Sunset Calendar 
For Friday, February 15, 1935 
New Orleans, Louisiana �
 5:49 
Little Rock, Arkansas � 5:52 
Shreveport, Louisiana � 6:00 
Muskogee, Oklahoma � 6:02 
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma �
 6:11 
Galveston, Texas �
 6:08 
Dallas, Texas �
 6:12 
San Antonio, Texas � 6:23 
El Paso, Texas �
 5:51 
Santa Fe, New Mexico �
 5:45 
College News Notes 
Professor J. A. Tucker spoke in 
chapel Tuesday on the value of the 
Missionary Volunteer Society in the 
education and training of our young 
people, and urged that every student 
be a member. 
Charles Lane has joined the West 
Hall group. 
Wednesday in chapel Elder Eich-
man, Brother Van Noty and Elder 
Wagner spoke in the interest of the 
colporteur work. 
Charles Beeler was called to Jef-
ferson Sabbath on account of the 
death of his grandmother. 
The program at young people's 
meeting Sabbath was on the subject 
of the home. After a talk on "The 
Ideal Home," by Sue Nell Botts, the 
students entered into a round-table 
discussion of "What my Home Has 
Meant to Me," and "What Can I Do 
to Improve My Home?" A reading, 
"The Four Magic Words," by Mrs. 
C. W. Dortch concluded the program. 
Velma Tucker has moved into the 
village into the home of Elder and 
Mrs. B. E. Wagner. 
A student recital was given in the 
chapel Saturday night. 
Geraldine Rust spent Thursday 
night visiting friends in Keene. 
New Seminar officers for the re-
mainder of the year are as follows: 
Leader, Emmett Owens; Assistant 
Leader, Cecil Chastain; Secretary, 
Mildred Yanickey; Assistant Secre-
tary, Beth Johnson; Chorister, Hilda 
Fern Remley; Assistant Chorister, 
Gladys Miracle; Pianist, Evelyn Wei-
shaar ; Assistant Pianist, Frances 
Frakes. 
Branson Chrispens has been elected 
elder of the Cleburne church for the 
coming year and was ordained to 
that office last Sabbath. 
The students enjoyed a social hour 
in the North Hall assembly room be-
fore the program Saturday night. 
Were you ever embarrassed be-
cause you did not know how to intro-
duce someone? At Culture Club 
Wednesday night Ruth Leffler gave a 
talk on the proper method of making 
introductions. This was followed by 
several demonstrations. 
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Colporteur Institutes 
Texas, Ft. Worth Feb. 28-Mar. 10 
A. E .Van Noty Field Secretary 
112 St. Louis Ave.,Fort Worth, Tex• 
Ark.-La., Little Rock �
Mar. 7-16 
D. A. McAdams Field Secretary 
1215 Marshall St., Little Rock, Ark. 
Pharmacist Wanted 
THE White Memorial Pharmacy 
is in need of an Assistant Registered 
Pharmacist. Applicant must be a 
Seventh-day Adventist and registered 
in the State of California. Address 
applications to Office of the Medical 
Superintendent, White Memorial Hos-
pital, 312 N. Boyle Avenue, Los 
Angeles, California. 
RALPH THOMPSON, 
Medical Superintendent. 
Junior and Primary 
Lesson Pamphlets 
BECAUSE of the fact that there 
are quite a number of Sabbath schools 
that for some time have not provided 
lessons for the children, the late Aut-
umn Council authorized the Sabbath 
School Department to arrange for the 
publication of Junior and Primary 
Quarterlies for the benefit of those 
who are without lessons. We all 
recognize the great spiritual and 
educational value of the Youth's In-
structor and Our Little Friend in 
building up the character and Chris-
tian life of our youth and children, 
and it is earnestly hoped that no 
steps shall be taken to discontinue any 
subscriptions to these papers, for the 
little Quarterlies are in no sense an 
adequate substitute for the papers, 
and are only provided to meet the 
present emergency. It is nothing 
short of a tragedy to deprive a young 
person or a child of these papers, and 
offer as a substitute only the Sabbath 
school lessons in pamphlet form. 
• The Junior Lesson Quarterly is 
published by the Review and Herald, 
Takoma Park, D. C., beginning with 
the second quarter of 1935. 
The Primary Lesson Quarterly is 
published by the Pacific Press, Moun-
tain View, California. The price of 
each Quarterly is five cents. 
SABBATH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.