Southwestern Unio "--vs- n � 3- 33-i 11°getAsct 'iastern .1,'Sc Official Organ of the Southwestern Union Conference of Seventh-t _6_S-7;ventists VoL. XXXIV � KEENE, TEXAS, MARCH 7, 1935 � NUMBER 10 - intrrasr Tim Nadi! OBSTACLES to the advancement of the work of God will appear; but fear not. To the omnipotence of the King of kings, our covenant-keeping God unites the gentleness and care of a tender shepherd. Nothing can stand in His way. His power is absolute, and it is the pledge of the sure fulfilment of His promises to His people. He can remove all obstacles to the advancement of His work. He has means for the removal of every difficulty, that those who serve Him and respect the means He employs may he delivered. His goodness and love are infinite, and His covenant is unalterable. In the darkest days, when appearances seem so forbidding, fear not. Have faith in God. He is working out His will, doing all things well in behalf of His people. The strength of those who love and serve Him will be renewed day by day. His understanding will be placed at their service, that they may not err in the carry- ing out of His purposes. There is to be no despondency in God's service. Our faith is to endure the pressure brought to bear upon it. God is able and willing to bestow upon His serv- ants all the strength they need. He will more than fulfil the highest expectations of those who put their trust in Him. He will give them the wisdom that their varied necessities demand. The church of Christ is God's agency for the proclamation of truth; she is empowered by Him to do a special work; and if she is loyal to God, obedient to His commandments, there will dwell within her the excellence of divine power. If she will honor the Lord God of Israel, there is no power that can stand against her. If she will be true to her allegience, the forces of the enemy will be no more able to overpower her than is the chaff to resist the whirlwind. There is before the church the dawn of a bright, glorious day, if she will put on the robe of Christ's righteousness, withdrawing from allegiance to the world. The members of the church need now to confess their backslidings, and press together. My brethren, allow nothing to come in that will separate you from one another, or from God. Talk not of differences of opinion, but unite in the love of the truth as it is in Jesus. Come before God, and plead the shed blood of the Saviour as a reason why you should receive help in the warfare against evil. You will not plead in vain. As you draw near to God, with heartfelt contrition and in full assur- ance of faith, the enemy who seeks to destroy you will be overcome. Turn to the Lord, ye prisoners of hope. Seek strength from God, the living God. Show an unwavering, humble faith in His power and His willingness to save. From Christ is flowing the living stream of salvation. He is the Fountain of life, the Source of all power. When in faith we take hold of His strength, He will change, wonderfully change, the most hopeless, discouraging outlook. He will do this for the glory of His name. God calls upon His faithful ones, who believe in Him, to talk courage to those who are unbelieving and hopeless. May the Lord help us to help one another, and to prove Him by living faith. � MRS. E. G. WHITE, Testimonies, Vol. 4, pp. 10-12. 2 � SOUTHWESTERN UNION RECORD A Thousand New Members AS OUR committee has been to- gether recently, we have been very se- riously considering what we ought to attempt in the way of new mem- bers for 1935. We are agreed that our ten thousand members ought to be able to bring in one thousand new members. That would be only a ten per cent increase. We recognize that it is possible to go away on beyond this. But we have never gone beyond it thus far. So this year we are really planning to definitely reach this goal of one thou- sand new members. In order to have a thousand net increase, we • will have to get more than a thousand new members, be- cause we always lose some by death, some move away, and a few apostatize. To those who move away, we say "God-speed as you go to other fields." For those who die we only say, "Bles- sed are they that die in the Lord from hence forth." Concerning those who apostatize it gives us sorrow, and at the same time reminds us that in it- self it is a token of approaching events of the coming kingdom. Recently I have attended several colporteur institutes and a few lay preacher's institutes. If the spirit that prevailed at these institutes takes hold of our people throughout the Southwest, I am sure that we will have a net increase of one thousand members in 1935. I have met with some of the bre- thren of the Negro department. They are definitely planning that they shall get their share of this one thousand new members. The Home Missionary secretaries are fairly on fire with determination that they will organ- ize our churches into that type of Mis- sionary work which will itself bring in that one thousand new members. Then think of all the tent meetings and hall meetings that our faithful and fruitful evangelists will hold this spring, summer, fall and winter. I feel sure they plan to bring in that many themselves. The colporteurs never fail to bring in a goodly num- ber. Then our young people, through their leaders, are fully set to see some definite results in soul winning. And we have been told that the Sabbath school should be a soul-winning agency. So with all these agencies working definitely to the point of a large in- crease in membership in 1935, I will be much surprised if we do not go way beyond our goal of one thousand net gain in membership in 1935. What is your answer to a challenge like this? Will your life and endea- vors this year be a definite contribu- tion to a soul-saving program of this type? I believe it will. Send us your soul-winning expe- riences. We will try to reproduce them in the RECORD to encourage others. Let the isolated reach out into the large territory that they have —those fertile fields where no one else is working—and distribute Good IT IS with real regret that I find myself with conviction that it is nec- essary to write an article such as the one I am about to write. But we find in different churches in the South- western Union Conference that some of our people are 'being confused, and in some instances led off, by the apost- asy known as the Shepherd's Rod movement. This movement advocates a doctrine whose author is Mr. V. T. Houteff, and the movement started in California. At the present time it is being fostered in our union by Mr. Houteff and Elder E. T. Wilson, former president of the Texico Con- ference, and a man from California by the name of Deeter. These men pass as Seventh-day Adventists, which they formerly were, but are not now. Their work is designed to break down the confidence of our people in the triumph of the present Seventh-day Adventist church, and in its leader- ship. One of the leading doctrines they advocate is that the harvest takes place before probation, rather than after. Christ's Object Lessons and the Bible makes it very cleai that the harvest is the end of the world, or the end of probationary time. They ad- vocate that the harvest is now on, as well as the slaughter of Ezekiel 9.. It is their theory that the Seventh-day Adventists who do not accept the doc- News like the leaves of autumn. Try to make a few missionary visits every week to homes that have not been entered, and get acquainted. Be helpful; pray for the people. En- courage them to read literature. Loan them books. Invite them to your home for Sabbath school. Give them Bible studies. Do everything you can, realizing that the world is about to - be set on fire, and God has commis- sioned this people to rescue the peri- shing. We are confidently expecting the every man, woman, and child, every department, every church, and every isolated group and individual, will set themselves to fully cooperate in this soul-winning program in the Southwest in 1935. Yours for a one thousand net gain in membership this year. R. L. BENTON. trines of the Shepherd's Rod will be removed by the literal slaughtering weapon of Ezekial 9. And out of the slaughtering process there will be left 144,000 who will believe the Shep- herd's Rod, and who will then go for- word and lead a great multitude to accept the truth. They deny that the leopard-like beast of Revelation 13 is the papacy and advocate that the wound of the papacy was received in 1500, rather than in 1798. Their reason for plac- ing the wound in 1500 is to establish that date for other purposes. Their purpose in establishing the date 1500 is that they have found another prophecy in the fourth chapter of Ezekial that mentions ,a period of time which totals 430 years. Adding 430 years onto 1500 brings them down to 1930, the time when they claim the Seventh-day Adventist church wond- ered after the beast and helped to heal the deadly. wound. They further claim that the Sev- enth-day Adventists, from 1844 to 1929 completed the seven heads of the beast. Then they claim that the seven heads on the beast are the symbols of the daughters of Babylon the Great, the mother of harlots. They avoid call- ing us Babylon purposely, although their reasoning leads to that conclu- sion. They avoid calling us Babylon The Days of Apostasy tradict the plain statements of the Bible and the S'pirit of prophecy, as these men do. Our church officers and church members will be doing this cause a decided favor, and exercising a Christian duty, if they will let these men know that they are not welcome in our churces or in our homes to carry on this nefarious work. Re- member that when we bid men, ad- vocating false doctrines, "God's speed," we become partakers of their evil deeds. Their pretended burden to purify the church by means that contradict the truth, is not the issue for these days, but "The Sabbath question is to be the issue in the great final conflict in which all the world will act a part." Testimonies Vol. 6, p. 352. R. L. BENTON. ARKANSAS-LOUISIANA H. C. Hartwell, President J. S. McMullen, Secretary 1215 Marshall St., Little Rock SOUTHWESTERN UNION RECORD � 3 because there is a whole chapter in the Spirit of prophecy that condemns a man who once took the position that the Seventh-day Adventist church was 13aby1on. Yet they are teaching the same kind of erroneous doctrines that he taught. Their whole purpose . iri trying to deny that the leopard beast of Revelation 13 is the papacy, and to change the time of the wound of the beast from 1798 to 1500, is to create a time period from 1931 to the close of probation, during which time they claim the harvest, which they claim is the loud cry, takes place, and the wheat arid the tares are being separated; and all the Adventists that do not accept the Shepherd's Rod will fall at the hand of the slaughter weapon of Ezekiel 9, and the falling will be literal. They claim to be Seventh-day Adventists, and yet they are encouraging their people to take the tithe that belongs to the Seventh- day Adventist storehouse, and place it elsewhere.. At a meeting held in the Keene church Sabbath afternoon, March 2, even though it was made perfectly plain that only those were invited to come Who were willing to pay respect- ful attention without interruption, two of these men were present, and the author of the Shepherd's Rod in par-, ticular interrupted the meeting a num- ber of times, and even went so far as to publicly deny a statement that was read from his own book. And all the statements that were read front all the books that were used were checked by two men who sat at the table and looked then'i over after the speaker finished. They will try to have our people be- lieve that they have never had a hear- ing, although they had a hearing pro- vided by the Pacific Union Conference, and the report of that healing has been published in a pamphlet by the General Conference committee. The author has been shown that his teach- ings are wrong, and he agreed that when he was shown, he would de- nounce them, which he has not done. We should not be afraid of light. We would do well to walk in the light we already have, and when we do God will doubtless give us more. When He does send us light, He will not send it mixed with error. He will not send it at the hand of a people who con- News Notes Last week-end a church officers' convention for the colored brethren and sisters of New Orleans and sur- rounding towns was held in New Or- leans. Elder Coopwood, secretary of the Negro department, led out in this meeting, and was assisted by Elder Bland, pastor of the New Orleans church. A similar meeting, with a Missionary Volunteer convention in- cluded, is scheduled for Little Rock March 1 to 3. Visitors from Hot S'prings, Pine Bluff, Marianna, Fort Smith, and other near-by points are expected. Elder Coopwood will lead out in this meeting also. Brother and Sister Ralph Cash, having concluded a shaft effort at Malvern, Arkansas, are now located at Harrison, Arkansas, where some meetings will be conducted. The Little Rock church is planning on an aggressive missionary effort this year. They have ordered 4,000 Present Truth to be distributed in a systematic manner by the members. We trust that other churches will catch the spirit and plan some earn- est aggressive work for the Master. Elder Ruf writes in that he had to miss his appointment with the De- Queen church scheduled for Febru- ary 24 and 25, due to illness of his son, who has been sick for two weeks- Last December in St. Louis, Sister Hartwell, wife of our conference pre- . sident, underwent an operation on her feet. Since that time she has been staying with her daughter living in that city. Elder Hartwell is bring- ing her home the last of this week. and her many friends in Little Rock will be glad to have her back with us again. We have our supply of new quarter- lies for the second quarter, and al- though it is a bit early perhaps to re- fer to it, let us suggest to our mis- sionary secretaries that they not wait until the last minute to get their or- ders in. Last quarter some churches who waited until the last minute were late in getting their quarterlies. Church officers, are you fully ac- quainted with the duties and respon- sibilities in connection with your work? If not, since there may be others in your church who need in- struction, let us suggest that you suggest to your church elder that a copy of the Church Manual be pur- chased for the church library. The price is only one dollar in the cloth binding. This book should be in every church library for the benefit of those' officers and members who are unable to purchase a copy for personal use. Every church elder should have a copy of the Lay Preacher's Manual. It tells how to conduct cottage meet- ings, group meetings, and public ef-; forts.. Along with many pointers to success is a series of thirty sermon outlines presented in logical order. Just what you have been needing in your work: The price is 75 cents. Order from your Book and Bible House. District M. V. Rally at Hope IT HAS been a long time since Hope had such a district gathering. A large truck load of young people and a few older ones came from DeQueen. I understood there were 34 from that church, and a number of young people came over from Texarkana to help out. We had close to a hundred peo- ple there on Sabbath, February 23. A number of the topics were as- signed to the young people, and some splendid help was given. The young as well as the old enjoyed the day to- 4 � SOUTHWESTERN UNION RECORD gether. At the close of the morning service, a call for loyalty and faith- fulness to this message was made, and practically all the young people stood as well as the fathers and mo- thers. About ten of the young peo- ple came forward to give their lives to the Master and unite with the church. These will be baptized March 30. It was my privilege to be with the church several days previous to the rally, and we had good meetings every night � A. F. RUF. OKLAHOMA CONFERENCE J. J. Reiswig, President L. R. Alexander, Secretary 217 N. W. 7th, Oklahoma City News Notes Word has been received that C. D. Hein has started an effort at Wood- ward, with a fair attendance. The cold spell has broken into his meetings several times, but it is hoped that since the weather has changed and a new location has been found that the meetings can go on uninterrupted. The members of the Wynne Wood company are very anxious to have their church school continue next year, and are already laying plans both for a church school for next year and also meetings this summer. Elder A. F. Harrison's health re- mains unchanged. He is still very seriously ill. Elder and Sister W. L. Nott stop- ped at the office Thursday on their way back from Thayer, Kansas, to Ardmore. A card from N. V. Willess indicates that his health is improving, and that he had gained seven pounds at the time of the writing. The meetings conducted by Elder Meade MacGuire in the Oklahoma City church, have been very much appre- ciated by the members and also a good attendance of non-Adventists has indicated the interest these people have in the message. The church members of the Tulsa church have raised in cash $225 for their evangelistic effort.. . As soon as $300 in cash is in hand, the effort will begin. A. K. Watkins reports a good inter- est at Tulsa. March 23 Watchman Day THE Watchman Magazine has a definite field in the line of missionary work. It serves especially for the business man who is always on the look-out for something right to the point. The Watchman carries dif- ferent departments, and, therefore, is in a position to answer the inquiries of many different interests. I believe it would be especially helpful if our churches would send the Watchman to the busines men with whom they do their business and upon whom they call each fall for a Harvest Ingather- ing donation. March 23 will offer another such opportunity, as it has been set aside by the General Conference as Watch- man Rally Day. We hope that the missionary officers will especially take notice of this, and a strong presenta- tion will be made to the church at that time and a large number of sub- scriptions secured. Of course the Watchman can also go into private homes, for I am sure that the people who are interested in reading at all, will find the Watchman most interest-. ing reading matter, especially since it gives such good up-to-date informa- tion regarding the events that are transpiring all around us. I hope that we shall see a large in- crease in our subscriptions to the Watchman Magazine on March 23.. TEXAS CONFERENCE G. F. Eichman, President J. 0. Hanson, Secretary 112 St. Louis Ave., Fort Worth Dews Notes - Miss Ella Winn, our conference Bible worker, has recently made a visit to the churches in the Austin district and reports the brethren in that district of good courage. R. E. Louden was recently called to Little Rock on account of the death of his' brother. G. A. Sherwin, our Spanish worker, is at present holding a series of meet- ings in Falfurias, with good atten- dance. G, W. Wells, field secretary of the General Conference, is spending a few deys in the Texas Conference. He is in Waco for a few days. His services are greatly appreciated. Elder Youngberg, our district leader of the valley district, reports that he is enjoying his work very much in his new field of labor, and writes very encouragingly relative to the work in his field. Elder D. U. Hale, pastor of the Corpus Christi church, states that his health is in fine shape and that he is enjoying his work very much. Brother Henry Hassenpflug, trea- surer of the Valley View Church, and Alvin his son paid us a brief visit at the office last Friday. H. W. Kibble, pastor of the San An- tonio colored church, is planning to hold a series of meetings in Lockhart in the near future. W. S. North was recently called to Hutchinson, Kansas, on account of the death of a relative. He has re- turned to the field and is at work again. S. B. Huddleston, pastor of the colored church in Houston, reports additional converts to the church. J. A. Smith, our Spanish teacher in Dallas, writes that the work in the Mission is more encouraging now than it has been in the past. J. A. Tucker returned from his trip to the Pacific coast, and reports that he had a very profitable visit visiting the schools on the coast. The readers of the RECORD in our conference wll be glad to know that Mrs. Crosier, who was formerly with us in the Texas Conference, has been employed by the Southeastern California-Arizona Conference, as the conference Bible worker. Vernon Becker, pastor of the Hous- ton church writes that they had a fine day, last Sabbath.. Brother Van Noty was with them and spoke on the colporteur work, and this coming Sab- bath are going to have a temper-• ante rally. H. B. French has been holding meetings with the El Campo church for several weeks. His services there are greatly appreciated, and we hope that arrangements can be made for him to develop the interest there. Word has just reached the office announcing the death of Elder 0. J. Corwin. An obituary will appear in a later issue of the RECORD. SOUTHWESTERN UNION RECORD Elder Storing writes from Austin that everybody is of good courage and that there are several places in his district where it will be profit- able to hold a tent effort. S. H.. Chambers, the elder of the Houston church, has been holding meetings in Galveston, and reports a good attendance. We are glad for our lay preachers to take such an ac- tive part in the work. January Operating Statement WE ARE sorry to say that our operating statement for the month of January shows a loss of $281. Usually the tithe of January is lighter than it is during the later months of the year, and the expenses are usually heavier than they are the last months of the year, so we attribute the loss to this condition. Also another factor which enters into the statement, con- tributing to the loss, is our church officers' convention, which was held at our office early in January; also the teacher's institute for the entire conference was held in Houston. These two meetings cost us several hundred dollars. We are hoping that our people will be more diligent in the future and that we will not show any more losses during the year. We appreciate the faithful cooperation throughout the entire field, which has made it possi- ble for the conference to make good records, and we wish to thank our people for their cooperation. G. F. EICHMAN. German Effort in Texas WE ARE glad to announce to our people in the conference that, through the aid which the General Conference has given, we are able to conduct a German effort at the present. Elder F. F. Schwindt, General Conference Ger- man evangelist has been sent by the General Conference to the Texas Con- ference to hold this effort. After careful study of the various locations, Elder Schwindt decided that New Braunfels would be a good place. He, with Brother B. L. Hassenpflug, one of our local conference workers, opened an effort about three weeks ago, and every week good reports come from there which encourages us to believe that we will soon have an- other German church in the confer- ence. Let us pray for the work in our field, that many souls might be added to this message during the year 1935. � G. F. EICHMAN. Watchman Day ,SABBATH, March 23, has been set aside by the' General Conference com- mittee as Watchman Day. It is needless for me to explain the importance and value of the Watch- man Magazine to our people, as they are all familiar with this good magazine. We are very anxious that the Texas Conference will have a greater circulation of the Watchman Magazine during 1935 than we have ever had before. We regret to advise that in 1934 we fell short of our goal. It is not only the idea of springing up a goal. The primary object is to circulate the Watchman Magazine to reach many more homes, which will, of course, bring the truth to many more people. The primary object in al our campaigns fostered by the de- nomination is soul-saving. Let us all work together for a successful Watch- man circulation for 1935. G. F. EICHMAN• Spring Week of Prayer FOR some time the denomination has followed the practice of holding a Missionary Volunteer Spring Week of Prayer. The date for this time has been set March 9 to 16. I am just writing this line to call the attention of the officers to this date, and know- ing that there lies a heavy burden upon their hearts for the hundreds of young people in our field, I feel as- sured that every church officer and conference worker will lend his bit to make this Spring Week of Prayer a most successful one. The opportunities of this week bring a distinct challenge to all who bear responsibilities for the youth. Hun- dreds of young people are making decisions this spring which will either take them into the heavenly kingdom or swing them out into the field of experience, the end of which will be the lake of fire. Certainly we cannot afford to let these young people go out into the world. It would mean a double loss—first, loss of the souls of these young people themselves, and second, a loss of their service in the cause of God which they might be had they made the right decision. Elder Watson, our Genei-al Confer- ence president, makes a statement as follows: "Our young people are the right arm of our denominational power. They represent the strength of our church in its aggression upon the evil: We look to them for all that represents energy and aggressiveness in soul-winning. It is because of these facts that we enroll thousands of young people in our schools, and as long as these facts stand, the need to educate and train our youth for the service of the denomination will exist. Surely it must have been because our pioneers sensed the value of the movement of our converted and trained youth that they formed the purpose right in the infancy of this move- merit to train the youth of the church for the service Through all the years, that purpose has remained unchanged. We have passed through war and stress and difficulties of every sort, we have expanded to the ends of the earth, but that purpose has held." I am sure that all our people will appreciate the significance and the importance of this fine statement from our General Conference president, who with the many burdens and respon- sibilities that he carries, has time to think of our young people and the value they are to the cause of God. At our forthcoming conference com- mittee meeting, plans will be laid relative to the Spring Week of Prayer, which will be announced in the churches through the elders and pastors. Personally, I have often been im- pressed with the thought that a great work could be done if the hundreds of young people in the Texas Confe- rence were enrolled for service in the cause of God. The first step to enlist them for the service is to save them from the lures and temptations of this world and gather them into the ark of safety. I trust that every worker in the Texas Conference and every church officer will give his atten- tion to the work of our young people, especially during the Spring Week of Prayer. �G. F. EICHMAN. 6 � SOUTHWESTERN UNION RECORD TEXICO CONFERENCE R. P. Montgomery, President W. C. Day, Secretary 419 Rencher St., Clovis Work for the Youth MARCH 9 to 16 is Missionary Vo- lunteer week. It is a week set aside by the General Conference for meet-. ings for our young people. Surely we should spend as much time as pos- sible during the week to help our young people spiritually. We have no greater responsibility than to care for the spiritual interests of our youth. We are told that over sixty per cent of our young people over fifteen years of age are unconverted. That is a mighty challenge to us to do our utmost to help them. And they can be helped. They are at an age when they can be influenced to give their hearts to Christ. It will be easier for them now to surrender to God than later on in life. So let all our church leaders plan for something definite for this spe- cial week, March 9 to 16. A program has been outlined in the Gazette which will be very helpful to follow. Then you may use any other material you think will be helpful. I hope some- thing will be planned for every church. R. P. MONTGOMERY. News Notes Elder Montgomery spent Sabbath, March 2, with the El Paso church. He also visited Mesquite and consulted with Elder Hampton who is now lo- cated. in Las Cruces, near there. W. H. Hanhardt accompanied by G. R. Fattic is making a tour of our field visiting the schools. Last week they visited Roswell and Hagerman, and from there they went west to visit the churches at Albuquerque, Peralta, and El Paso. F. B. Moore is helping the Spanish colporteurs at this writing. These workers need your prayers, and when you talk with your heavenly father about the work in our field, don't forget to spend a few minutes invok- ing His blessings upon these literature ministers. The little church at Dalhart, with ten members, sent $341.36 tithe for February. Friends, have you ever thought about it this way: that God not only withholds a blessing from you if you do not return to Him His Own, but he adds to you a curse. Why not be faithful in this and receive the blessing of heaven. He has promised it if we will return to Him all our tithe. He is proving His promise to this little company at Dalhart. A young people's convention was held at Plainview Sabbath, February 27. The people from Amarillo, Here- ford, Tulia, and Lubbock met toge- ther at this central location, and had a very enjoyable day of it. There were over two hundred in attendance. Lunch was brought and spread toge- ther as in the old days, and a good feast was had by all, both physically and spiritually. An Interesting Battle Experience THE following is an interesting experience related by Sister White as found in Testimonies, Vol 5, p. 643. "Some had not dealt honestly with their neighbors, and they confessed their sins, and have since made res- titution. During the following week, some of those who had not been deal- ing justly with God, and consequently had been separating themselves from Him, began to restore that which they had withheld. One brother had not paid tithes for two years. He gave his note to the secretary of the con- ference for the tithe withheld and the interest on it, amounting to $571.50. I thank the Lord that he had the courage to do this. Another gave his note for $300. Another man who had backslidden from God so far that but little hope was cherished that he would ever turn his feet into the path of righteousness again, gave his note for $1000. It was proposed that these long withheld tithes and offerings be devoted to the Central European Mis- sion : so with these and the Christ- mas donations, nearly $6000 has come into the treasury from the church to be applied to the missionary cause." "To rob God in tithes and offerings is a violation of the plain injunctions of Jehovah, and works the deepest injury to those who do it; for it de- prives them of the blessing of God, which is promised to those who deal honestly to Him." Testimonies, Vol. 5, p. 644. Are there those who read these lines who should pay back-tithe and thus make things right with God? May the Spirit of the Lord lead you not only to be faithful in tithing from now on, but to bring in the tithe that you have withheld from God and used for your own personal benefit. � R. P. MONTGOMERY. COLPORTEUR REPORT FOR WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 23, 1935 Ark.-La., D. A. McAdams, Sec. Hrs. Value Del. Ruth � Johnson � 45 1.75 1.75 C. � L. � Pope � 39 28.30 � H. A. � Maury � 39 7.20 7.20 J. � E. � McBride � 36 12.50 .75 Lizzie � Longware � 32 12.00 . C. � E. � Anderson � 30 11.25 James � Robertson - � 30 21.25 Lloyd � Small � 27 23.45 .. Mrs. Ida Hynson � 24 51.00 Allene � Vance � 32 2.25 7.50 Audrey Reese � 12 12.00 2.50 Noela � Harris � 7 36.00 2.50 Total � 353 218.95 22.20 Oklahoma, W. L. Kinder, Sec. W. H. Johnson � 37 � 39.50 Mrs. S. G. Payne � 27 � 16.00 18.55 Annie Dingman � • 26 � 38.75 Mrs. J. W. Grout � 24 � 23.00 � 4.00 Castella Tucker � 23 � 51.85 � 1.10 Leroy Tuttle � 15 � 30.00 R. Jack Christy � 6 � . � 23.00 Mrs. Grace Mervin � 1 � 1.00 � 1.00 E. H. Carter � 31 � 11.25 44.50 Mrs. Nancy Logan � 36 � 18.00 � . Total � 226 � 229.39 92.15 Texas, A. E. Van Noty, Sec. Claude Crandon � 34 143.85 26.00 Edgar Jones � 30 14.75 12.50 .L. � B. � Smith � 25 29.00 Glenn Cox � 24 67.00 37.25 Claude � Grandon � 26 78.75 19.00 .1. B. Church � ' � 20 7.75 11.00 Mrs. S. K. Guss 2.05 2.05 Total � 159 314.15 136.80 Texico, F. B. Moore, Sec. Z. J. Ham � Robert � Bartosh � Sam McCullam � Mrs. W. D. Glass 48 50 26 � 10 102.50 5.50 27.95 .75 35.00 2L50 Jose � Espinoza � 20 28.00 .. .... .. Mrs. � I. � D. Linvill � 21 20.50 � Annie Eubank � 24 41.00 .. � ... � .. Ed � Torres � 6 12.00 1.00 H. E. Chavez � 29 21.00 F. J. Perea � 27 14.00 Mrs. � Harrison � 32.00 32.00 Total � 261 304.45 90.25 Grand Total � 999 1166.94 341.40 SOUTHWESTERN UNION CON- FERENCE DIRECTORY 'Keene, Texas President Secretary Departmental Field Missionary Home Missionary Educational & M. Negro R. L. Benton C. L. Bauer Secretaries B. E. Wagner H. F. Brown V. G. R. Fattic M. M. Young SOUTHWESTERN UNION RECORD � . 7 The Great American Desert "THE great American desert," said a thoughtful writer, "is not out in Arizona and New Mexico; it is under the hat of the average American." What is the condition of that part of America which lies under your hat? Is it cultivated land bearing full crops? or is it waste land, desert? The mind garden doesn't grow beautiful of itself without cultivation. If neg- lected it runs to weeds just as any other garden. Last year some three thousand persons of all ages were cultivating their mind gardens under the guidance of the Home Study Institute or one of its branches. You can join this family now, and enter upon a new and very satisfying phase of Christian living. The Institute offers nearly hundred courses covering a wide range of college and high school work. Its courses of study are inter- esting and thorough-going; it prepares for life, and for its work students receive full credit. Our catalogue is now ready and may be had for the asking. HOME STUDY INSTITUTE, Takorna Park, Washington, D. C. College News Notes G. A. Huse, of the Southern Pub- lishing Association, spoke in chapel Thursday. C. L. Bond, of the General Confer- ence Missionary Volunteer Depart- ment, spent Sabbath in Keene. He spoke at vespers Friday evening, and at the eleven o'clock hour Sabbath morning. He was accompanied by his wife. The annual Social Forum was held in the dining room Saturday evening. The officers were as follows: Chief Host, Cecil Kinder; Chief Hostess, Ruth Leffler; Forum Secretary, Fay Kienzle; Sergeant-at-arms, Harold Steinert. The program was as fol- lows: Musical Welcome, Ensemble; Invocation, President Kellogg; Min-, utes, Forum Secretary; Remarks, Chief Host; A Look Around the World, Professor Hall; Vocal Solo, Charles Lane; The Essence of True Culture, Maryetta Cerday; The Elite in College, Branson Chrispens; My Old Southern Home, Quartet; Social Pleasantry, Chief Hostess; Musical Farewell, Ensemble. Mr. Henry Voth of Hitchcock, Okla- homa, visited relatives in Keene this week. Cecil Kinder and Dudley Tomblin- son have moved into the village,, and are taking over the management of Kinzer's store. Horton Counts and Elwood Sher- rard visited Dorothy Sherrard this week-end. Several of the girls who were form- erly working in the shellery are now employed in the planing mill sewing canvas and sanding butter molds. Mrs. Moss, Mrs. Cook, Virginia Nipper, and Mrs. Graschel, all of San Antonio, visited Frances Moss this week-end. Professor Ryden spent Sabbath in Dallas, 'where he spoke at the church on the subject of Christian education. He was accompanied by Harold Hampton and Jerrine Gage, who furn- ished special music. A surprise birthday party for Mel- vin Ehrlich was held Saturday night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Sanders. Those present were Bessie Tolson, Annabelle Evans, Reta Mae Kent, Mary Margaret Wharton, Mar- garet Ary, Rachel Beddoe, Vernon Voth, Dudley Tomblinson, James Polk, Wilbert Schneider, Vernon Pohle, and Miss Anderson. A Religion That Costs IN A multitude of ways life looks extremely difficult these days. The way out of its perplexities and prob- lems seems 'very hard to find. But it may not be amiss to remember that easy ways are not always, per- haps very seldom, satisfactory ways. To say that a thing is difficult is not of necessity to condemn it at all; and to suggest that it is easy is not to pronounce in its favor. Sometimes the things that cost the most are quite the most worth while even at the cost. Of all things that are not free our religion is the preeminent one. All the way through it has cost tremen- dously; and until it has cost us every- thing, it has really not meant any- thing to us, and there is nothing that we can do to make our religion look more unattractive to mankind than to insist that it does not make severe demands of people. Imagine trying to coax such men as Paul and John Knox and John Wesley and David Livingstone to become Christ- ians on the ground that it would make life easy and comfortable and safe' for them! Imagine Jesus telling the young' man that if 'he would follow Him he should wear diamonds! The Christian Guardian. And, again, it may be observed that nine out of ten of our young people, trained in our own schools. serve the Mas'ter, either as employed workers,' or as lay members .of the church, while in the case of those trained in other schools the ratio is reversed-- nine are lost, and one only remains to serve. "Why, then, hazard all when so much is at stake?" Why hazard eternal life when there is a better way? � C. E. KELLOGG. Sunset Calendar For Friday March 15, 1935 New Orleans, Louisiana � 6:08 Little Rock, Arkansas � 6:16 Shreveport, Louisiana � 6:22 Muskogee, Oklahoma � 6:27 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma � 6:36 Galveston, Texas � 6:27 Dallas, Texas � 6:34 San Antonio, Texas � 6:42 El Paso, Texas � 6:13 Santa Fe, New Mexico � 6:17 0outhineztern Union Wort) A WEEKLY JOURNAL Published by the Southwetern Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. Entered October 24, 1902, at the Post office at Keene, Texas as second-class matter under the act of Congress of March 3, 1897. Subscription price, per year ____$ 50 C. L. BAUER � Editor R. L. BENTON � Associate 8 � SOUTHWESTERN UNION RECORD There's a Place for A PREPARATION NECESSARY IN II Timothy 2:15 we find the fol- lowing language: "Study to shew thy- self approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth." The a- postle Paul, speak- ing to his son in the work,- Timothy brings this advice to the young student, in the hope of see- ing Timothy develop into a good strong worker in the cause of God. In order to occupy a position in the great cause of God, it will be necessary for us to study the Word of God so that we will be able to understand it and make it plain to others. WHERE TO STUDY Southwestern Junior College has the slogan "Where students learn to live." Personally, I also look upon it as a school where students learn to love the Lord and His work and where students are being prepared for service in the great cause of God. GRADUATES OF S. W. J. C. SERVE EVERYWHERE As I have travelled in different directions in this coun- try, not only in our own conference, but throughout the United States, attending different meetings, conferences, and conventions, I am very much impressed with the fact that I meet Southwestern Junior College graduates practically everywhere, occupying reasponsible places in the cause of God. They are in the General Confer- ence office, scattered all over the North American Divi- sion, and in practically all foreign fields. We have them in the Southwestern Union Conference, and a num- ber in the Texas Conference. We have three Southwest- tern Junior College graduates in our conference office. We have eight Southwestern Junior College graduates in the employ of the Texas Conference, besides the church school teachers and the colporteurs. These grad- tiates are doing good work, and we are proud to have them in our employ. S. W. J. C. Graduates AFTER COLLEGE WHAT? In my travels through the fields in our conference, and as I have encouraged young people to go to Southwest- ern Junior College, I have often met with the question, "What will they do when they get through school? Will there be a place for them?" The reader will readily see that I take the position that there is a place for the right man, if he will look at the heading of this discus- sion. I have a personal conviction that there is a place for Southwestern Junior College graduates who are prepared for the place.- There is always a place for the right man. A good worker who can deliver the goods usually finds a place; in fact, they are in demand and always have been. There is always an opening for the men who are willing to face hardships, who are not afraid of work, who have learned to live, and who are willing to give their best to the cause of God. MUST STAND THE TEST The conferences are always willing to employ young people who are willing to work hard, who are willing to do what they are asked to do and never feel that they are abused when they are asked to do work that is not altogether to their liking. We need workers who can stand the test, who are willing to face the task, shoulder responsibilities, and carry them without complaint, and will never tire in the cause of God. Southwestern Jun- ior College turns out men and women of this type, and a young person can consider it not only a privilege but an honor to be a student in Southwestern Junior College. The school is headed by a consecrated faculty, made up of men and women who love the cause of God, who have dedicated their lives to the same, and who are capable of teaching our young people, and in whose care we can safely trust our children and young people. A RALLYING CALL When I think of the hundreds of young people in the Texas Conference, as I visit the churches practically con- stantly and see them by the scores, my heart is often made sad because of the fact that tthey are not in South- western Junior College. The school should be filled to its capacity. Texas alone should overcrowd it. I trust the young people of the Texas Conference will begin to look toward Southwestern Junior College, the place "where students learn to live," and learn to love their Master and fit themselves for a place in the cause of God, as there is a place for every Southwestern Junior Col- lege graduate. � G. F. EICHMAN, President, Texas Conference.