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Vol. 56 �
Second Quarter, 1967 
THE THIRTEENTH SABBATH OFFERING OVERFLOW THIS QUARTER 
WILL GO TO THE NORTHERN EUROPEAN DIVISION TO FURNISH: 
1. A new classroom building for our junior college in Sweden. 
2. A young men's dormitory for the Adventist College in Ethiopia. 
3. A mission headquarters and 
evangelistic center for Togo, 
West Africa. 
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Forward with the gospel 
despite all obstacles. 
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SOME INTERESTING FACTS 
Sweden— 
Sweden covers an area of 173,439 square miles. It is a little larger than the state 
of California. About 8 million people live in Sweden. 
The northern part of Sweden lies within the Arctic Circle, in "The Land of 
the Midnight Sun." The northern area is mountainous, while the fertile plains lie 
in the extreme south. Sweden has an average temperature of 27° F., in winter and 
62° F., in summer. 
Swedes have a reputation for being intelligent, industrious, resourceful, and 
friendly. They keep their countryside and cities neat and clean. Most Swedes have 
comfortable homes and a high standard of living. Sweden is noted for its good food. 
About two out of every five persons in Sweden work in manufacturing, and 
about one out of every four earns his living from farming. The Swedes farm effi-
ciently. 
Almost everyone in Sweden can read and write. Education is free and children 
must attend school through the ninth grade. 
Sweden has a king. The king appoints the prime minister, with the approval 
of parliament. Every citizen over the age of 21 may vote in the Swedish national 
elections. 
(Facts and figures from The World Book Encyclopedia, vol. 16.) 
Ethiopia— 
Ethiopia is an empire on the Red Sea in Northeastern Africa. It is one of the 
world's oldest Christian countries. The country covers an area a little smaller than 
the combined areas of Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico. Most Ethiopians are 
farmers. Their small villages lie on the barren, windswept plains and rugged moun-
tain slopes of Ethiopia's two large plateaus. Ethiopia's plateaus have an even mild 
climate. Temperatures rarely rise above 95° F., or fall below 33° F. 
The people of Ethiopia belong to many different language groups. Most of 
these groups descended from the ancient Hamites. The name Ethiopia comes from 
Greek and means sunburned faces. The thatched huts of Ethiopia farmers huddle 
in small villages on the plateaus. The people in the country's few large cities live 
in modern houses or huts with white mud walls and sheet-metal roofs. The Ethi-
opian men wear tight white trousers and shirts, covered by a long colored robe that 
looks like a sheet. The women wear loose white dresses that fall to their ankles. 
Ethiopia's fertile soil is its most important natural resource. 
Ethiopia's transportation system has advanced from mules to airplanes since 
the early 1900s. However, railroad construction was almost completely neglected. 
The country's most important railroad is the 486-mile line between Addis Ababa and 
French Somaliland. A government-owned airline was started in 1946. Trucks and 
buses travel over the 4,000 miles of public roads. Camels, donkeys and mules are 
used in the remote areas. Telephone lines connect the larger cities. 
Because of a shortage of teachers and classrooms, about 90 out of every 100 
persons in Ethiopia cannot read or write. However, since 1941, the government 
has been trying to improve the educational system. 
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Addis Ababa is the capital of Ethiopia. It is the country's largest city, with 
a population of 400,000. The emperor is the hereditary head of state. He has su-
preme power in Ethiopia, but a cabinet and parliament assist him. At the end of 
World War II, Haile Selassie began a program of social, political, and economic 
reform. He made slavery punishable by death, and began to modernize the country. 
(Facts and figures from The World Book Encyclopedia, vol. 5.) 
Togo— 
Togo and Togoland, on the western coast of Africa, were a former German 
colony which became trust territories of France and Britain respectively. They 
lay between the Gold Coast (now Ghana) on the west and Dahomey on the east. 
The UN General Assembly voted in 1958 to grant independence to Togo in 1960, 
and adopted the name Republic of Togo. 
In 1956, the citizens of British Togoland voted to end the trusteeship status. 
It joined the Gold Coast to form the new nation of Ghana in 1957. 
The Republic of Togo covers about 22,000 square miles, consisting of a thin 
strip of land that reaches 330 miles inland but has only 40 miles of Atlantic shore. 
From a coastal plain, where walled compounds shape villages, the land rises along 
a spine of hills to a northern plateau dotted by adobe huts with conical thatched 
roofs. Three railroads connect docks at Lome with copra, cotton, and cacao pro-
ducing regions. Twenty percent of the nation's budget goes for education. 
The average yearly temperature is 82° F., with a daily low of 76° F., year 
around on the coast; somewhat higher inland. About 40 to 60 inches of rain falls 
annually in most of the area. Subsistence farming dominates. The religion of the 
people is mainly animist. About 25 percent are Christian. The capital city of Lome 
has a population of 65,000. 
(Facts and figures from The World Book Encyclopedia, vol. 17; and National Geo-
graphic Atlas of the World, 1963.) 
SABBATH, APRIL 1 
Challenges of an Expanding 
Work 
ERWIN E. ROENFELT 
After devoting many years to evangelism 
in Australia, Elder Roenfelt was then called 
to local conference leadership. Following 
that he served first as secretary and then 
as vice-president of the Australasian Divi-
sion. Thereafter he was appointed head of 
the Australasian Missionary College. In 1946 
he was called to the General Conference 
where for the next 16 years he was one of 
the associate secretaries. In 1962 he was ap-
pointed to the presidency of the Northern 
European Division, in which capacity he 
served until 1966. 
The Northern European Division is a 
large and most challenging section of the 
world field. In it dwell more than 200 
million people in lands that stretch from 
the Arctic Circle to Equatorial Africa. 
This multitude of people is a hetero-
geneous group, conforming to varied na-
tional customs, speaking a large number 
of languages and dialects, and influenced 
and motivated by a wide range of edu-
cational and cultural standards. The 
proclamation of God's message to this 
great mass of humanity is a colossal 
task, made possible through the prom-
ised power, without measure, of the Holy 
Spirit. 
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It is a source of satisfaction to be 
able to report progress in every line of 
endeavor in this vast field. Increasing 
numbers of people are receiving phys-
ical and spiritual help at our sanitariums, 
hospitals and clinics; all of our schools, 
of every grade, are bursting at the seams, 
as it were, as a result of continually in-
creasing enrollments; our printing 
presses are pouring forth increasing 
streams of literature; and large numbers 
of men and women are being won to 
God through the preaching of our evan-
gelists and the personal witness of our 
Sabbath School members. 
A growing and developing work, how-
ever, brings with it certain problems 
that demand special attention. Our in-
stitutions need to be enlarged and the 
personnel connected with them increased. 
Well-trained and well-equipped educa-
tors, doctors, nurses, evangelists and Bi-
ble workers are increasingly in demand. 
How thankful we are that, as a result 
of the self-sacrifice and the liberality 
of our Sabbath School members the 
world around, many of the financial 
needs of our work have been met 
through the years. It is with confidence 
that we look to our Sabbath Schools 
once more for a splendid and liberal 
Thirteenth Sabbath Offering overflow 
this quarter to assist with three projects: 
1. A New Classroom Building for Our 
Junior College in Sweden. This school 
has grown and developed through the 
years to provide for the Christian edu-
cation of the continually increasing num-
ber of young people who have sought 
entry through its portals. The time has 
now come, however, when it is impos-
sible to continue with the facilities that 
exist. A new classroom building with the 
equipment that the rising and changing 
Swedish standards of education demand, 
is greatly and urgently needed. 
2. A Young Men's Dormitory for the 
Adventist College in Ethiopia. This 
school, too, has developed through the 
years. As a matter of fact, when one 
recalls the comparatively short period 
of its existence, one is amazed at that 
which has been done here. This is an in-
stitution of which we can be, and are, 
justly proud. Graduates from this col-
lege can today be found in every area 
of the field in which our work is being 
conducted, and there they are engaged 
in the various phases of our work. 
This school still has many needs that 
should be filled. The outstanding and 
most urgent one is a dormitory for the 
young men, some of whom are still ac-
commodated in small round huts con-
structed of light timbers and straw with 
no windows for light and ventilation. 
Only a small wooden door provides an 
entrance into each hut. A dormitory is 
needed that will provide the young men 
with the living conditions that they 
should have and which will enable them 
to go out into the field qualified to raise 
the home standards of the people for 
whom they will work. 
3. Mission Headquarters and Evange-
listic Center for Togo. Togo was until 
recently one of the few unentered coun-
tries of the Northern European Divi-
sion. Elder H. Kempf, with his family, 
entered Togo as a pioneer missionary 
in 1964. The Lord went before him and 
already his ministry in that land has 
been fruitful. Souls have been won to 
the Lord and have been baptized. Liter-
ature evangelists have been recruited 
from among the new converts and are 
out selling our literature. Several modest 
schools have been established. The pros- 
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pects for the development of our work 
in this new field are bright and challeng-
ing. Naturally, the needs of the work 
are great. The immediate need is the 
erection of a mission headquarters build-
ing and an evangelistic center in Lome 
(16'm5.), the capital of the country. 
To our Sabbath School members 
around the world we expectantly look 
for help in connection with these three 
worthy projects, and in anticipation 
for that which they will do on the thir-
teenth Sabbath of this quarter, we say 
a fervent "Thank You!" 
SABBATH, APRIL 8 
A Great Bond of Unity 
B. B. BEACH 
Elder B. B. Beach is a second generation 
missionary with a cosmopolitan background, 
having spent more than three-fourths of his 
life outside of his home country. He has 
labored in such countries as the United 
States, France, Italy, the Ivory Coast, and 
Britain. Since 1960 he has been the Sabbath 
School and education secretary of the 
Northern European Division. 
Not long ago Elder B. B. Beach was 
in Rome. There, within the precincts of 
Vatican City he met a well-known Prot-
estant theologian and widely-read au-
thor. He told Brother Beach about a 
pet scheme he is promoting and which 
he believes will contribute to greater 
Protestant-Catholic unity. He is propos-
ing that on a given day all around the 
world an offering be taken in all Protes-
tant churches for Catholic churches and 
in every Roman Catholic church for 
Protestant philanthropic projects. He 
feels that this plan would bring Cath-
olics and Protestants closer together. 
However, Elder Beach could not keep 
from telling this good professor about 
our own great 55-year-old world-wide 
Thirteenth Sabbath Offering overflow. 
What an unbreakable bond of unity 
girding Seventh-day Adventists together 
around the circle of the globe! 
Inter-continental missionary outreach 
is the genius of the Advent movement. 
It is the distinguishing mark of the 
church of the remnant. For four score 
years Sabbath School offerings have been 
going out to the ends of the earth, as 
the spirit of an inspiring world brother-
hood has led Sabbath School members 
to respond with increasing financial self 
denying concern toward the urgent needs 
in specific, but usually distant, spots and 
posts of the field, which "is the world." 
During the fourth quarter of 1964 we 
presented three pressing cases of need in 
the Northern European Division. The 
anticipated answer of our believers was 
a wholehearted response—providing this 
division with the godsend of one hundred 
thousand dollars for three projects in 
West Africa: (1) A new dormitory for 
the Adventist College of West Africa, 
(2) New facilities for the Massanga Lep-
rosarium in Sierra Leone, (3) A girls' 
dormitory for the Ede Grammar School 
(Academy) in West Africa. The gener-
ous overflow on the thirteenth Sabbath 
made possible the meeting of all three 
of these obligations. 
Come with me for a flying visit to the 
Adventist College of West Africa lo-
cated half way between the two teeming 
cities of Lagos and Ibadan (E-ba'dan). 
This new senior college has been literally 
carved out of the African bush. On an 
inspection trip to the college several 
years ago, in answer to the question, 
"What is needed most in this school?" 
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the students unhesitatingly answered, 
"Young lady students !" This might seem 
facetious, but it was all too true that 
there were no young women enrolled. 
Where were the future workers to find 
educated Christian wives? 
This need has been met through your 
generosity. A fine group of young ladies 
now study at our Adventist College of 
West Africa and live in the lovely new 
dormitory. They say—and the students 
living in the "other dormitory" join them 
—"Thank you, thank you." 
Great changes have taken place at the 
Massanga (ma-sdn'ga) Leprosarium since 
we took over this institution from the 
government early in 1965. A young Loma 
Linda graduate has now taken over the 
leadership from Britain's John Hyde, 
the pioneer medical director. Several 
houses have been built, and administra-
tion, patient and operating theater blocks 
have been completed. Many other im-
provements and adaptations have been 
made. Hope, like a glorious sunrise, is 
gradually permeating the gloomy lives 
of Sierra Leone's one hundred thousand 
lepers. 
Our West Nigerian constituency has 
been more than gratified by the addition 
of the new girls' dormitory at Ede. 
Enoch Dare, the principal, says that 
"life has altogether been more interest-
ing on the school campus." Previously 
only boys could attend the school. To the 
visitors it was a pleasing sight to see 
the first group of 30 proud girls walking 
to class in their navy blue American twill 
cotton pinafores over pink-striped 
blouses. It is now possible for anxious 
Adventist girls in West Nigeria to be 
trained for God's service in our own 
school. 
We are deeply grateful for the spon- 
taneous generosity of old and young—
everywhere. Your offerings and sacrifices 
have reached their destination and are 
already at work bearing rich dividends. 
Lepers in Sierra Leone thank you for 
physical and spiritual redemption. Stu-
dents at the Adventist College of West 
Africa and our Ede Academy are pre-
paring to join the stalwart ranks of 
God's last triumphant legion. But the 
thrilling epic of missionary advance is 
never fulfilled. New countries must be 
entered, new armies of young people 
must be trained to march out to the 
ends of the earth. This is a great time 
to be alive, a golden time to give, and a 
short time to finish the work. 
SABBATH, APRIL 15 
Converted From Snake Worship 
DAVID ANYANWU IZIMA 
David Anyanwu Izima (e-zee'ma) was 
born in Owo, East Nigeria. He attended 
the Adventist College of West Africa, Ni-
geria, Newbold College, and Andrews Uni-
versity, U.S.A. He started working as a 
literature evangelist in 1938. Following his 
completion of a teacher's training course, 
he taught school and later served as head-
master and educational secretary in the 
East Nigerian Mission. In 1963 he became 
instructor and dean of men in the Adventist 
College of West Africa. 
Such questions as the following may 
arise in the minds of church members: 
Is it still worth while to give to mis-
sions? Is not the door for mission work 
fast closing in Africa? Are conversions 
in the mission field really genuine? 
The story of William from Edda 
(ed'da) in East Nigeria may be reas-
surance that the same Holy Spirit is 
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working everywhere and that we can • 
not limit God by our human limitations. 
The primitive religion of the people 
of Edda is snake worship. It is not un-
common to see even large snakes such 
as the python and the black cobra in 
the streets and the homes. At one time 
one of our workers had to pay a heavy 
fine for colliding with one of these crea-
tures. The worker was very happy to get 
away from the crowd that had sur-
rounded him for ill-treating their god. 
Two Christian denominations entered 
this area several years ago. And so it 
happened that William, a young boy of 
five years of age, became converted to 
Catholicism as a result of attending a 
Catholic school. 
One day when William was in his 
brother's house he was introduced to a 
visitor who became interested in him. 
The visitor invited William to study the 
Bible by correspondence and eventually 
succeeded in enrolling him in the Voice 
of Prophecy Correspondence School. In 
order to avoid much talking, William 
gave the visitor his full name and his 
brother's address. 
When the first lesson was sent, Wil-
liam's brother redirected it to him, for 
William was now teaching in a Catholic 
school. At first, William was very reluc-
tant to read the lessons. He glanced 
through them, however, and then put 
them away for fear that the priest would 
be greatly displeased if he saw the les-
sons in his possession. After a while, he 
borrowed a Bible from his friend and be-
gan studying the lessons at night when 
no one was around him. When he was 
transferred to another school, his head-
master saw the lessons and warned Wil-
liam to discontinue them. But William 
had become very much interested in his 
correspondence school, and so he con-
tinued studying the lessons secretly. 
Very soon the matter was in the hands 
of the parish priest who seized the Bible 
and gave William a heavy penance. The 
penance was for William to uproot three 
big tropical palm trees. William felt the 
punishment was too severe for him to 
bear, and so he refused to do the pen-
ance. The refusal was followed by ter-
mination of his appointment. He visited 
the Voice of Prophecy office. There he 
met Dr. and Mrs. McDuffy, Seventh-day 
Adventist missionaries. With their aid 
William is now training for the ministry 
at the Adventist College of West Africa. 
Many are hungry for the truth in Af-
rica and are waiting for someone to bring 
them God's message. Young men with 
purpose and determination to take the 
message to their people are to be found 
everywhere. Your liberal offering this 
thirteenth Sabbath will help to train 
them for the service of the Lord. 
SABBATH, APRIL 22 
A Faithful Girl Expelled From 
Home 
J. K. AMOAH 
Pastor Amoah entered evangelistic work 
in 1932. After training in the Bekwai Sem-
inary, he served as a Bible teacher, house 
master and pastor for twenty years in the 
same institution. He was ordained to the 
gospel ministry in 1948 and was appointed 
president of the Ghana Mission in 1965. 
Pastor Amoah is a Ghanaian (gah-na'an). 
Akeremade (5.-ker-a-my'de) is a town 
124 miles from Kumasi (ka-mals1), the 
headquarters of the Ghana Mission. It 
was in this town, the capital of the Dwan 
tribe, where young Afua was born and 
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brought up in the heathen way. Several 
years ago the gospel message was brought 
by the Seventh-day Adventists to this 
town, and little Afua embraced the mes-
sage of the soon-coming Saviour. She 
became a Sabbath School member. But 
as she began preparing for baptism, per-
secution arose from her own father. 
From Akyeremade to Kwami Danso 
(kwi'me clan'so), where the church was 
built, is about seven miles, and Afua 
traveled there every Sabbath morning 
for worship and to take part in various 
church activities. 
The father was quite cruel and tried 
to force her to stop following Jesus and 
believing in her new-found faith. But 
despite intimidation and threats, Afua 
continued her church attendance. 
A fetish priest was contacted by the 
father to blind Afua by his enchant-
ments, but he failed completely. Later, 
a hunter pledged to the father that while 
Afua was traveling to church on Sab-
bath, he would do her harm on the way. 
As the girl faithfully went on her way 
to church, singing the most familiar 
song she had just learned, " 'Tis So 
Sweet to Trust in Jesus," she heard the 
click of a gun. But the angels of God 
protected her. 
When the father found that nothing 
could stop his daughter's Christian ef-
forts, young Afua was expelled from 
her home. This was reported to the 
elder of the church and his family. 
Through the benevolence of the church 
at Agona, Afua was fed and clothed for 
one year. Finally, her parents realized 
that Afua was a sincere Christian, and 
today most of her people are Seventh-
day Adventists. 
The faith and steadfastness of Afua 
has resulted in many conversions, and 
today the Dwami Danso church has a 
good membership and a fine school. 
Afua is one of the charter members of 
this strong church. 
Yes, many young Africans like this 
girl suffer persecution and ill will for 
Christ's sake. There are many people 
like Afua waiting to hear the gospel mes-
sage preached to them. May all Sabbath 
School members give liberally so that 
there will be adequate funds to build 
churches and mission stations in order 
to hasten the coming of our Lord and 
to save many lives still in darkness. 
May God richly bless every Sabbath 
School member as they give to this 
worthy cause. 
SABBATH, APRIL 29 
In the Homeland of the 
Voodoo Cult 
HENRI KEMPF 
Henri Kempf was born in Alsace, a 
country which suffered much from the wars 
between France and Germany. It was in 
this same country that little Albert Schweit-
zer's grandmother raised him nearly a cen-
tury ago. After studies in our Collonges 
and Darmstadt seminaries, Elder Kempf 
entered the work in 1954 in his home coun-
try. In 1958 Pastor Kempf was called to 
West Africa where he led our work in the 
Ivory Coast for six years. Since 1964 he has 
been the Seventh-day Adventist pioneer 
missionary in Togo. He now serves as pres-
ident of the Togo-Dahomey (da-ho'mi) 
mission. 
To open a new mission is a very ex-
citing experience, but a hard task. After 
having worked in the Ivory Coast for 
six years, in 1964 Elder Kempf was 
called to open an unentered territory 
—Togo and Dahomey—two small Re- 
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publics situated between Nigeria and 
Ghana. They both have an area of about 
61,300 square miles and the total popu-
lation is about 3.6 million people. In 
these two countries animism has prob-
ably its greatest extension of any of the 
West African countries, if not of all 
Africa. It is from here that, with the 
slaves, the voodoo cult was transmitted 
to Brazil and the West Indies. 
In many places in the bush area this 
cult is present. At the entrance door to 
some houses in the towns and in the 
villages you will see statues of mud 
which they believe contain protecting 
spirits. Sacrifices are made to these spir-
its. Some of the sacrifices are very ex-
pensive, being one of the reasons for the 
poverty of many of the devotees. It is 
estimated that these sacrifices can cost 
from 25 to 50 per cent of a man's in-
come. 
Sorcery and the voodoo cult have not 
been completely driven out by modern 
civilization. On the contrary, many sor-
cerers and fetish priests have managed 
to adapt themselves amazingly well to 
modern life. The fetish priest is some-
times consulted when looking for em-
ployment or a better position, and even 
marriage. The hold of sorcery and witch-
craft is so strong that even some Chris-
tians return to it. But under the influence 
of Christian missions and the encourage-
ment of government officials progress is 
being made. 
One of our recently converted mem-
bers had tried for 20 years to get mar-
ried. Finally, after he joined the church, 
he succeeded in finding a wife. He 
greatly desired a baby son. After several 
months his hopes were still not realized. 
He prayed God to grant him his deepest 
desire but, alas, no sign came in answer 
to his prayers. His family and his friends 
pressed him to turn to the voodoo. His 
desire to have an heir was so strong 
that he sent his wife to her village to 
make sacrifices at the grave of an an-
cestor. 
His brethren in the faith warned him 
earnestly against this practice, but un-
fortunately his desire to become a fa-
ther was stronger than the desire to have 
everlasting life. Our brother continued 
in his wrong way, shaved his own and 
his wife's head, and made her wear jujus 
(amulets) for protection. Our little Togo 
church had then to take a heart-breaking 
decision—to dismiss one of its first mem-
bers. 
His brothers and others tried revenge. 
Elder Kempf relates that several times 
they discovered juju material put in 
front of their door in order to kill him 
and his family. But as Balaam said, 
"There is no enchantment against . . . 
Israel" (Num. 23:23) ; we missionaries 
and true Christians are not afraid of 
it. In spite of all, some have started to 
obey the teachings of the Bible and have 
been liberated from animism's chains 
and are ready to join God's people. We 
now have four brave literature evange-
lists who are preparing the people of 
their capital city for an evangelistic cam-
paign. 
In the city of Lome (16-ma') there is 
no public hall. A place of worship and 
a meeting place in which to conduct our 
evangelistic campaign is greatly needed. 
Your offering this coming thirteenth 
Sabbath will help make an evangelistic 
center for Lome a reality in the capital 
city of Togo. Their plea is "We need 
your help most earnestly." May God 
bless you. 
Remember to be liberal today with the Lord. 
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SABBATH, MAY 6 
Medical Missionary Witnessing 
in West Africa 
S. L. DES HAY, M.D. 
Dr. S. L. DeShay, the medical director 
of the Ahoada (a-hoy'da) County Hospi-
tal in East Nigeria since 1962, is also the 
associate medical secretary of the West Af-
rican Union Mission. He graduated from 
the SDA Theological Seminary in 1957, and 
is a graduate of Loma Linda University 
School of Medicine. His undergraduate work 
was done at Union College, Lincoln, Ne-
braska. Dr. S. L. DeShay was born in Co-
lumbus, Ohio. 
What is it like to be a medical mis-
sionary in West Africa? Dr. DeShay 
says, "It seems to me there are three 
key wards that go far in answering this 
question: work, need, satisfaction." 
Nestled in the Niger River Delta of 
East Nigeria in a country atmosphere, 
abundant with flowers, palm trees and 
foliage, is situated the Ahoada Hospi-
tal. Many trees dot the landscape: pa-
paya, orange, banana, lemon, avocado, 
coconut, and of course there are pine-
apple. 
For several years there was little or 
no medical care in this area. The hospital 
fulfills a great need. Every one of the 
30 beds is filled today, the porches and 
benches also. The new 20-bed, modern 
maternity unit is nearing completion. 
Moreover, a church that faith has built 
(for there was no money available), will 
soon be dedicated. 
Mission hospitals often leave much to 
be desired, generally because of inade-
quate funds. This one is no exception. 
At present the patients are fed by rela-
tives who enter three times daily bring-
ing food of various descriptions to their 
sick. With a growing interest in the 
health of the general population, one 
sighs many times over this problem, so 
far from ideal. Oh for a little more 
space, or a college-trained laboratory 
technician, or even a physical therapist! 
Yet it seems problems, which at first 
appear insurmountable here, melt be-
cause God is near. 
You may wonder what sicknesses are 
met. Let us take a walk around the ward 
for a moment and have a look at a few 
patients today. We stop here at bed 
number six. The man on this bed had 
hernias. He was plagued by an unusual 
number. He has had surgery and is doing 
well. 
Then there is bed number 13. He is 
only a lad, probably not more than 16 
years of age. His problem—narcotic ad-
diction. What of his parents? you ask. 
Well, you see, he has no mother, no 
father, no brother, no sister. He is just 
wandering about alone. No one cares for 
him. The Dorcas ladies of the church 
discovered him. They are taking care 
of his hospitalization. They brought 
him here to learn of Jesus' love. How 
wonderful it is to know Jesus! 
A woman is calling us now. She is on 
bed 23. It seems she is trying to walk 
about today. She had a rare illness-
469 roundworms were removed by sur-
gery. Would you say she looks relieved! 
Can you see the man on bed 40? He 
had a wound on his leg which was un-
treated. Later he developed tetanus. It 
is rather common here. Fortunately, 
most survive if treated. 
And here in cots one to six are six 
motherless infants. Life paints a picture 
too often sad. The mothers of these in-
fants died in delivery or in the bush. 
The husbands, being unable or unwilling 
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to care for them, have brought the ba-
bies to the hospital for help. Some have 
been here for some time and know no 
other home. What a challenge lies be-
fore us! 
Dr. DeShay says, "There is no place 
I would rather be than where God needs 
me. What a work! What a need! What a 
satisfaction!" 
Yes, medical missionary witnessing 
touches life itself. It opens doors and 
hearts, without controversy. 
"The poor always ye have with you." 
"It is more blessed to give than to re-
ceive," said the Master. Our liberal of-
fering this thirteenth Sabbath will be 
greatly appreciated. 
SABBATH, MAY 13 
Ethiopian Adventist College—In 
a Growing Field for 
Evangelism 
NORMAN TEW 
Mr. Tew comes from England where he 
received his education at Newbold College. 
He and his wife, who is a nurse, have been 
serving in Ethiopia for twelve years. Mr. 
Tew served as mission president of the Eri-
trea-Tigre (E-re' tri-a te'gra) Mission be-
fore he was called to the Ethiopian Ad-
ventist College as the business manager. At 
present he is also the head of the business 
department of the college. 
It is still less than 20 years since the 
forerunner of the Ethiopian Adventist 
College was taken over by the mission 
in the South Ethiopia area. At that time 
there were no Seventh-day Adventists 
in Southern Ethiopia at all, and the 
growth of the church in this large field 
has been closely linked with the growth 
of the school. The first person in South-
ern Ethiopia to be baptized still attends 
church at the College church. 
The original primary school has now 
grown into a junior college and the mis-
sion work has grown accordingly. Today 
we are operating two additional mission 
stations, each having a clinic run by a 
graduate nurse, a six-grade school, and 
a home for the ordained Ethiopian evan-
gelist who supervises the work in the 
area served by the station. The Arussi 
(a-rol'se) province around the school 
is now only one of four or five large dis-
tricts in which we have very active evan-
gelistic work. The church membership 
in South Ethiopia has grown rapidly dur-
ing the past ten years, and is now about 
4,000. 
How has this come about? There is 
no single cause. Students have witnessed, 
and our blind Pastor Tekle Haimanot 
(tek'le hi-ma-not'), who has been with 
the school from its start, has baptized 
from 20 to 50 of the local people each 
year. Students who have come from 
farther away have returned to their 
homes as lay evangelists and as teach-
ers in self-supporting "basic" schools, 
teaching the elements of reading, writing, 
arithmetic, and Christianity. The school 
has been a fountain of living truth to 
which others come from distances to 
drink for shorter or longer periods be-
fore returning to share what they have 
received with their neighbors and rela-
tives. The Spirit of God has moved 
throughout the area and in all sorts of 
"mysterious ways" to work His won-
ders for these people scattered over the 
hills and valleys of South Ethiopia. 
In fact, the work has spread so fast 
that the mission has been very hard 
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pressed to keep up with it. In some areas 
baptisms regularly number over 100 
candidates at a time, and with active 
laymen growth leads to still greater 
growth. More people hearing about the 
message has meant more calls for evan-
gelists to instruct them further; more 
people baptized has meant more calls 
for teachers and primary schools. At ev-
ery mission committee meeting, and at 
many other times as well, we receive 
calls and we have to say, "We have no 
money to hire more workers." And then 
we say to ourselves, "And even if we 
had the money, whom could we send?" 
At times we have had to send out those 
who have just learned the news of the 
three angels' messages for themselves, 
and under the power of God's Spirit they 
have done a great work, but we need 
more and better trained workers. The 
college serves all of Ethiopia, and all 
of those leaving the school ready to work 
for the Lord have countless places wait-
ing for them. 
With the growth of the church, tithes 
and offerings are growing too. But most 
of the church members are subsistence 
farmers, growing very little beyond what 
they need to eat themselves. 
Today we would make a double ap-
peal: First, the request for a big Thir-
teenth Sabbath Offering overflow to help 
the college to train more urgently needed 
workers for God's cause and, second, for 
a good offering this week, and every 
week, to help in South Ethiopia and all 
over the world, as the work of evan-
gelism enlarges and the message goes 
to every kindred, tongue and people. 
Keep a file of your senior and chil-
dren's Missions Quarterlies. 
SABBATH, MAY 20 
From Insignificance to 
Importance 
BEKELE HEYE 
Bekele Heye (be'ke-reha'ye) was one of 
the first students to graduate from the 
Ethiopian Adventist College. After attend-
ing the elementary and secondary school at 
Kuyera (koo-ye'ra), he was a teacher for 
many years at different schools. For four 
years he attended Newbold College in Eng-
land and received his B.A. degree in The-
ology. At present he is dean of boys and 
also teaches Bible, English and Amharic at 
the Ethiopian Adventist College. 
The area on which the Ethiopian Ad-
ventist College is located is called Kuy-
era. This word Kuyera means, in the 
local Arussi (5.-roo' se) dialect, "frail," 
"very easily shattered," "having little 
of the important ingredient." We do not 
know why or when this place was given 
this name. However, we know that it 
had a very humble beginning. There was 
only a deep gorge with rushing water, 
thick elephant grass in which dwelt sev-
eral species of wild animals, and spread-
ing sycamore trees at this place some 
twenty-five years ago. 
Mr. David Hall, the former private 
counselor to the Emperor, was the one 
who founded Kuyera. Upon the request 
of His Imperial Majesty, Emperor Haile 
Selassie I, Mr. Hall established an insti-
tution for boys orphaned during the 
Italian occupation. An extensive area of 
farmland was given to the institution by 
the Government for the training of the 
orphans in the field of agriculture. The 
boys were not satisfied with this kind 
of training. They demanded a school 
which would offer academic subjects. 
It was at this time that God led the 
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right man to the right man and the right 
place. The late Pastor V. C. Toppenberg, 
pioneer missionary to Ethiopia, had just 
returned to the field after an absence 
of about 21 years. Uninformed about the 
situation, Pastor Toppenberg went to see 
Mr. Hall to ask for a place where he 
could establish a mission station in 
Southern Ethiopia. This was an oppor-
tune time, of course. Mr. Hall presented 
the request to His Imperial Majesty and 
the entire estate, with all its equipment 
was given to the mission. 
When Mr. and Mrs. Toppenberg took 
over this place there were machine shops, 
a stone barn with cattle, two or three 
barracks and a group of huts on the 
estate. Mr. Heye had the privilege of 
being one of the first pupils at this 
school. Classes were held in those dark 
barracks with earth floors. There were 
long, backless benches to sit on, and it 
was difficult to write anything. The round 
huts served as dormitories. There was 
no kitchen. Food was prepared in a place 
with four poles and a corrugated iron 
roof overhead. There was no dining 
room. 
In a few years those blessed hands of 
Pastor Toppenberg had brought a com-
plete change to the campus. The first 
school building with four large class-
rooms and an office was erected. A sim-
ple kitchen and a dining room were 
built. Desks were made. Small kerosene 
lamps were replaced by electric light. 
 
One improvement followed another, and 
the little elementary school grew into a 
training center for teachers. 
The people in the community had an 
aversion to the school because they 
thought it would deprive them of their 
herdsmen. This feeling gradually died 
out, however, and the people began 
sending their children to the school. 
In 1959 about 48 of the students from 
the community left the school to work 
as teachers for their own people with-
out expecting any financial aid from the 
mission. In their first year of operation 
they built 20 basic schools with an en-
rollment of 1,716 students. These basic 
schools have become the gates through 
which an increasing number of people 
are entering the kingdom of God. The 
schools are still operating and volun-
teers go out from Kuyera on a yearly 
basis to serve as teachers. 
Kuyera has grown in every phase ex-
cept one: The round huts used as dor-
mitories during the difficult early days 
are still standing, not only marring the 
beauty of our campus externally, but 
also serving as scaremongers to the new 
students who seek to join our school, 
because they are still used as boys' dor-
mitories. 
"Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her 
hands unto God." (Psalm 68:31, last 
part). Yes, the students from the heart 
of the Rift Valley are stretching out 
their hands to God, to bless them with 
a new boys' dormitory, through the 
world-wide Sabbath School. 
SABBATH, MAY 27 
Gospel Harvest Time in 
Ethiopia 
C. D. WATSON 
Pastor C. D. Watson was born of mis-
sionary parents in East Africa, and was ed-
ucated at Newbold College, England. There-
after he served for a number of years in 
evangelistic and departmental work in the 
British Union, and then from 1958 to 1965 
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as a departmental secretary in the Northern 
European Division. In December 1965 he 
responded to a call to the presidency of 
the Ethiopian Union Mission. 
Ethiopia, known from Old Testament 
times, became a great power during the 
early centuries of the Christian era and 
has preserved its independence to this 
day. The Ethiopian eunuch of Acts was 
one of the first emissaries of the cross. 
Although the results of his preaching 
have not been recorded, Christianity be-
came the religion of Ethiopia in 330 
A.D., which makes Ethiopia one of the 
oldest Christian countries in the world. 
Until very recent years, Ethiopia has 
been isolated from the rest of the world. 
Fearing subjugation by foreign powers, 
she resisted intrusion within her borders, 
and as a result she has developed a cul-
ture quite distinct from that of her 
northern neighbors of the Middle East 
and the African countries to the south 
and west. 
The last two or three decades have 
brought great changes to the land of 
the Queen of Sheba. Although the roads 
are not jammed with vehicles, nor the 
atmosphere of the cities smog laden, yet 
the camels are now largely confined to 
the lowland desert areas. Modern forms 
of transport are rapidly making all dis-
tricts accessible. 
For the Seventh-day Adventist Church 
this is the harvest time in Ethiopia. For 
many years faithful missionaries have 
been sowing the seed. It took 40 years 
of service in Ethiopia before our mem-
bership reached the 400 mark. Now the 
church is baptizing nearly 2,000 souls 
each year. 
A few years ago one of the evangel- 
ical Christian churches in Ethiopia was 
conducting workers' meetings in which 
national evangelists were being in-
structed. Periods of instruction were de-
voted to meeting the spurious sects 
appearing in Ethiopia. One session was al-
lotted to Seventh-day Adventism. As 
most of the workers had not come across 
the teachings of the Seventh-day Ad-
ventist Church, the overseas missionary 
felt obliged to give them some details 
of the faith and beliefs of Seventh-day 
Adventists in an attempt to prepare 
the evangelists to combat evangelism and 
so prevent further loss of members to 
that church. As the meeting progressed, 
he found that he was really making a 
rod for his own back for he was unable 
to give satisfactory answers to some of 
the questions which the national evan-
gelists presented about texts which 
seemed to support the doctrine of the 
true Sabbath, the state of the dead, et 
cetera. The leaders of the conference 
scolded the national workers present, 
telling them that they had become 
tainted with the Seventh-day Adventist 
heresy even though many of them had 
had no previous knowledge of our teach-
ings. After hurried consultation among 
the leaders, it was decided to end the 
meeting at this point, and no more dis-
cussions were held. 
Some of the young men who had been 
present for the gathering decided that 
they would find out more about the Sev-
enth-day Adventist Church. Two evan-
gelists made their way to the Kuyera 
(ka-ye'ra) Training College to inquire 
personally from Seventh-day Advent-
ists about their belief and practice. 
While these two young men were actu-
ally in the home of Pastor Tekle Hai- 
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manot (tek' le hi-me-not'), the blind 
leader of the College church, two more 
of the same group arrived. Two of the 
number, Jacob and Desta, remained at 
the college as students, and Samacha 
(sa-ma' cha) and Fikarie (fee' ka-re) re-
turned to their respective districts to be-
gin working as evangelists for the Sev-
enth-day Adventist Church. After a 
period of instruction, Jacob and Desta 
followed them. 
When this incident occurred, we had 
no Seventh-day Adventists in the south-
ern part of Ethiopia. Now we have be-
tween four and five thousand members. 
Our work has expanded so quickly 
and our membership increased so rap-
idly that our training college is totally 
inadequate to cope with the demand for 
training our youth to prepare for service. 
This quarter, Sabbath School members 
will be able to invest their offerings in 
a project which is bringing large and 
rapid returns. 
"There is a tide in the affairs of men, 
which, taken at the flood, leads on to for-
tune." Such an opportunity presents it-
self to us today. 
SABBATH, JUNE 3 
Kidnapped 
0. BJERKAN 
Pastor Bjerkan (be-yet-Ian) is from 
Norway and has more than twenty years' 
experience within the educational work in 
various countries. He received his educa-
tion from the University of Oslo and from 
Andrews University, and has been serving 
as the principal of the Ethiopian Adventist 
College since 1963. 
From Brother Bjerkan's office window 
he can see the long stretches of yellow- 
brown grassland, interrupted by clusters 
of trees here and there, and disappearing 
at the foot of the big mountains on the 
other side of the great Rift Valley. Dur-
ing the dry season the dust is whirled up 
by the big flocks of animals being taken 
to the watering-places. But this day it 
seemed to him that there was quite a bit 
more dust and turmoil than usual on one 
of the paths out in the distant field. A 
short time later one of the students 
came running up to his office shouting 
breathlessly, "They have taken them, 
They have taken them!" After some 
questioning, the story was out. 
About 20 men from a far-away vil-
lage had been hiding down at the river 
while two others enticed two girls down 
to the river saying that their mothers 
wanted to see them. (These girls hailed 
from the same village, and were pupils 
in the elementary section of our school). 
It was later discovered that these girls 
had run away from home because they 
wanted a Christian education instead of 
being given away to a man who probably 
had many wives already, as the custom 
is in that part of the country. But now 
they had been caught by trickery and 
taken back to their village by force. Im-
mediately the matter was taken to the 
local police and help was secured. They 
pursued the kidnappers as fast as they 
could but were not able to find them. 
And to make a long and tragic story 
short, we never did get the girls back 
again as students. They were given away 
in marriage to a husband they hardly 
knew and did not love. This was the 
end of their Christian education. 
To be married off for ten cows, per-
haps at 12 years of age, and without 
ever seeing one's husband are experi- 
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ences which reassure us that a Christian 
school, like the Ethiopian Adventist 
College, has a real mission among these 
tribes, and that it also is a "city of ref-
uge" for many young people who want 
to get away from old customs and se-
cure an education that will help to save 
not only themselves but also their fellow 
men. 
The whole of Africa is a continent of 
great contrasts, and this is particularly 
true of Ethiopia. In the cities are found 
big, modern buildings and people highly 
educated, while out in the country there 
is much poverty and people in great 
need. Many of the applications for en-
rollment received at the beginning of 
each school year are from young people 
who want to come because they have no 
one to support them and no one to care 
for them. But the capacity of the 
school is very limited and we cannot 
consider all the requests. 
During the past two years we have 
had the joy of seeing 190 students and 
people from the community baptized at 
the college. This year there are about 160 
students in the baptismal classes, which 
are conducted in three different lan-
guages in order to reach the students 
from the different tribes. 
As the school is filled to capacity, we 
have to turn away students because we 
do not have a budget large enough to 
take more in as free students, and even 
those who can afford to pay cannot all 
get in. By hundreds and thousands they 
are knockinv at the door for a Christian 
education. What can we do? In a time 
of expansion and opportunity, Ethiopia 
appeals as in olden days: "Come over 
and help us. Help us to finish the work 
in this most ancient country in Africa. 
Help open the doors for many, many 
more young people to be trained for the 
Lord's service and saved for His king-
dom." 
SABBATH, JUNE 10 
Expansion of Adventist Educa- 
tion in Sweden 
ODD JORDAL 
Elder Odd Jordal (yor'dal) comes from 
Norway. He is the son of a successful Nor-
wegian evangelist. After studying at our 
Theological Seminary in Washington, D. C., 
he returned to his native land and engaged 
in pastoral, evangelistic and departmental 
work. From 1959 to 1962 he was the home 
missionary and ministerial association sec-
retary of the Northern European Division. 
Then he served for three years as president 
of the Ethiopian Union Mission. Since De-
cember 1965 he has been the president of 
the Swedish Union. 
Some of you may feel a little puzzled 
over the fact that part of the Thirteenth 
Sabbath Offering overflow this time goes 
to educational work in Sweden. Usually 
one does not think of Sweden as a mis-
sion land, and when we include the fact 
that Sweden's standard of living is 
among the highest in the world, that 
the compulsory nine years of attendance 
required by the public school system is 
backed with some of the finest and most 
modern school buildings in the world, 
and that it is all free to the people who 
live in Sweden, then you may feel jus-
tified in asking the question, "Why 
Sweden this time?" 
Dear Sabbath School friends: May I 
let you in on a little secret today? We 
are not asking you to help the educa-
tional system in Sweden. We are only 
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asking you to give so that our members 
in that country can maintain an Ad-
ventist school for their children. The 
government, with all its prosperity, does 
not sacrifice a cent for Adventist edu-
cation, and our limited membership of 
only 3,400 in the whole nation finds it 
extremely difficult to provide the capital 
necessary for the expansion and mod-
ernization of the present school plant. 
High educational standards and require-
ments in the government force us to pro-
vide buildings and facilities far beyond 
what our local denominational re-
sources can afford. We have to conform 
to these standards in order to be per-
mitted to operate. And right now we 
have reached a very critical point in our 
educational work in Sweden, and we 
trust that your generous gift will help 
us through. 
Sweden is just now changing her whole 
educational program. Our school at Eke-
byholm (eke-be-holm) in Sweden has, 
up to very recently, been open to stu-
dents who had completed their basic 
compulsory education (junior college) 
and taken them as far as university en-
trance. The result of this, however has 
been that many of our young people, un-
der the influence of the teachings in the 
upper division of the compulsory public 
school, have planned their future train-
ing outside the influence of our church, 
and thereby lost their vision for the 
Lord's work. To remedy this, the school 
board has taken action to rearrange the 
school program so that the upper divi-
sion grades of the compulsory education 
also can be taken at our own school at 
Ekebyholm. 
This, however, is a difficult and ex-
pensive program, as the government 
standards and requirements for this par-
ticular section are extremely high. This 
will include considerable expansion of 
teaching facilities as well as an increase 
in technical staff. 
Secularization has progressed far in 
Sweden, and through so-called modern 
approaches to life, students in public 
schools are constantly exposed to teach-
ings and philosophies of morals and 
ethics which are detrimental to their 
faith in God and to their belief in His 
Word. Unless we can build up a 
strong school with adequate facilities 
where our young people, under the in-
fluence of Christian teachers, can grasp 
the idea of the Seventh-day Adventist 
faith and their task in proclaiming it, we 
shall lose out and the Lord's work in 
this part of the world will dwindle. 
With its prosperity, technology, and 
high level of general education, Sweden 
could become a strong home base for 
the advancement of the Lord's work in 
the world. We are humble enough to 
realize that with our present member-
ship strength in Sweden we are unable 
to produce the necessary capital invest-
ments to carry through this program, 
but with your help we will. Our plan 
calls for the erection of a new classroom 
building and a boys' dormitory. Sweden 
has raised part of the funds needed. 
They are now eagerly looking forward 
to the results of this quarter's offering 
overflow. Thank you for your generosity. 
Please give these mission ap-
peals slowly and clearly. Much of 
their value depends on the man-
ner in which they are presented. 
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SABBATH, JUNE 17 
The College in the Old Mansion 
H. ICARSTRoM 
Dr. H. KarstrOm is at present the princi-
pal of the Swedish Junior College. From 
1946 to 1960 he was the principal of the 
Finland Junior College. Prior to his denomi-
national service he was for 25 years chief 
research scientist at the Institute of Bio-
chemistry in Helsinki, and for many years 
also a special lecturer at the Universities 
of Helsinki and Turku (terloo) in Fin-
land. 
Mrs. E. G. White attended in June 
of 1886 a conference in the city of Ore-
bro ((To-re-bre:0 in central Sweden and 
on that occasion directions regarding our 
work in Sweden were given. Mrs. White 
recommended our responsible brethren 
to arrange for a training course for 
preachers and colporteurs and also for 
the establishment of a school. 
A property comprising a number of 
buildings was purchased in 1898, and in 
October of that same year the school 
opened its doors for the first students. 
The property we had bought was an old 
farm, beautifully located in the forested 
hills 50 miles north of Orebro. The name 
of this place was Nyhyttan (nyu-hu-
tan'). And thus our first Adventist 
school in Sweden was called Nyhyttan 
Mission School. The first principal was a 
Danish brother by the name of Jesper-
sen. Twenty-one students enrolled for 
the first school year. 
Nyhyttan Mission School served as a 
center of our educational work in 
Sweden from 1898 to 1932, when it was 
transferred to a stately old mansion in 
Roslagen, 40 miles north of Stockholm, 
or halfway between the capital and the 
old university city of Upsala (up's:VW. 
It had been felt for a number of years 
that the property at Nyhyttan was rather 
limited in its possibilities for an expand-
ing school, and the brethren took action 
to take over the old Ekebyholm (eke-
be-holm') mansion which, due to the de-
pression of the thirties, was up for sale 
at a very reasonable figure. 
Ekebyholm mansion, which included 
a main building, two separate wings, and 
a large farm installation, was built in 
1630. The property covers a thousand 
acres of productive woodland and about 
300 acres of cultivated farmland. 
The old buildings have undergone 
considerable repairs and alterations. 
Kitchen, dining hall, classrooms, and dor-
mitory space have all been provided 
within the 300-year-old walls of the 
mansion. And many young people have, 
during the years, found their way into 
the organized work through our Ekeby-
holm school. 
But time has moved on and the growth 
of the school has outlived the frame 
set by the thick walls of the old mansion. 
From a strictly mission school or train-
ing center for workers, the school has 
developed into an accredited high school 
or academy, and the need for more class-
room space has pressed its way through. 
Plans for a new administration building 
were engendered under the chairmanship 
of Pastor C. Gidlund, who for a number 
of years served as principal of the school. 
And in 1949 the new, up-to-date ad-
ministration building and assembly hall 
was dedicated. At that time many felt 
that the need for classroom space at the 
school was well covered for the future. 
However, things developed differently. 
Ekebyholm school moved along and 
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added the junior college years to its cur-
riculum. It has received government rec-
ognition as a "gymnasium," after which 
the student is permitted to take a state-
controlled examination which is pre-
requisite to entering a university. An 
ever-increasing number of young people 
have applied for admission to our school, 
but today the school administration is 
not in a position to accept all who want 
an Adventist education in Sweden, due 
to lack of space. A change in the edu-
cational system in Sweden is also forc-
ing the school administration to plan 
for considerable expansion and modern-
ization within the school. We have to add 
a number of special classrooms, and we 
must build a dormitory for the boys. A 
good share of the money needed for this 
expansion is already in hand, but some 
is still lacking. 
Our brethren in Sweden were all happy 
when they learned that their school was 
on the list to benefit from a Thirteenth 
Sabbath Offering overflow. And they 
hope and pray that what you give along 
with Sabbath School members through-
out the world this quarter will enable 
them to realize the building project at 
Ekebyholm in Sweden. Thank you for 
your generous gift. 
SABBATH, JUNE 24 
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This Is the Place 
J. P. SUNDQUIST 
After graduating from Newbold College 
in 1939, Pastor Sundquist was engaged in 
evangelism and youth work in Sweden, his 
homeland. In 1947 he was called to Africa, 
where he served first in the Congo and later 
as departmental secretary of the Trans-
Africa Division. From 1959 to 1965 he was 
president of the Swedish Union, and in Jan-
uary 1966 joined the Northern European 
Division as young people's and public rela-
tions secretary. 
The search was on. For months they 
had been looking for a site for the new 
mission school for Swedish youth, but 
they had found nothing that would suit 
their purpose. Then, by one of Sweden's 
92,000 lakes, they discovered lovely 
Ekebyholm (eke-be-holm.), centrally lo-
cated, with buildings adequate for a 
start, extensive farmland, roaming for-
ests and a mansion with a noble history. 
It all offered possibilities for develop-
ment according to the divine blueprint—
a worthy place. "It was as if a voice had 
said to us: 'THIS IS THE PLACE,'" 
recalls one of those who had taken part 
in the quest. The indication was clear, 
the place purchased, and subsequent 
years have proved that the voice was 
truly the voice of God. 
"This is the place," it stated. The 
place where Seventh-day Adventist youth 
can obtain that education which will fit 
them for two worlds. True, Sweden offers 
excellent opportunities in public schools 
on all levels. The buildings are modern, 
the equipment unsurpassed, the enroll-
ment large, the teachers many and well 
qualified. Yet those schools are not good 
enough. "The fear of the Lord is the 
beginning of wisdom," but the modernist 
teaching of an ungodly age is crowding 
out the concept of God. The question of 
the prophet of old lays bare the futility 
of it all. "Lo, they have rejected the 
word of the Lord; and what wisdom is 
in them?" For a church with the mes-
sage to "Fear God, and give glory to 
Him" the schools of the world are not 
the places to which the people of God 
Remember to be liberal today with the Lord. 
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wish to entrust their most precious pos-
session. 
"This is the place," the voice has indi-
cated to students of long ago and of 
more recent years, "to make your life's 
greatest decision." Nothing greater can 
happen to a young person than to dis-
cover what God has done, and is doing, 
for him through Christ Jesus. The author 
of this article states that he was one of 
those students at Ekebyholm who, under 
the guidance of devoted teachers and 
through the irresistible influence of sanc-
tified lives, saw the love, the plan and 
ultimate purpose of God with regard to 
himself and others. In effect, that self-
same voice urged him down on his knees: 
"This is the place for your personal 
surrender." And so it became. There is 
no place more memorable than the one 
where you met your crucified Lord. 
Hundreds through the years can point to 
a week of prayer, a prayer band, or just 
a private encounter with the Master as 
their place of committal. Ekebyholm has 
thus for many become the place of an 
entirely new vision. In Sabbath evening 
testimony meetings they have been heard 
declaring that—"This is the place where 
God's call has come to me." Ask them 
today—devoted witnesses for God, 
whether you find them in the cities or 
villages of their homeland, or the hos-
pitals or schools in the jungles of some 
far-away mission field—and they will 
point to the school by Lake Synningen 
(sin'ing-en) as their place of a God-
given vision. 
The author met one of them, a little 
nurse in a hospital in Central Africa. 
Far away from her loved ones, experi-
encing pangs of loneliness many a time, 
she attended to the revolting sores of 
suffering lepers. Men and women with 
no ordinary sicknesses taxed her strength 
to the utmost, but she tended to them 
cheerfully. They talked of the call of 
God and how He moves in to alter the 
course of a life to give it purpose, depth 
and blessing. And then she pointed to a 
school far back in her home country, 
to Ekebyholm, where the burden was 
laid on her to be a missionary for God. 
Those who are connected with the 
work of the school repeat "This is the 
place." 
We trust that our fellow believers, 
wherever they are, will join our students 
and staff members at Ekebyholm (our 
Swedish Junior College) in the prayer 
that this school might be speedily built 
up with the objective of a better and 
more thorough preparation of our Swed-
ish young men and women for a place in 
God's service. 
THIRTEENTH SABBATH 
June 24 
Suggestive Program 
9:15- 9:29 Song service—Inspirational. 
9:29- 9:30 Program participants enter. 
9:30- 9:34 Opening song. 
9:34- 9:36 Prayer—brief, remember the 
mission fields to benefit from 
the offering overflow. 
9:36- 9:59 Special thirteenth Sabbath 
missions program — usually 
not more than two of the 
children's divisions partici-
pate. 
9:59-10:37 Class period. (Five point pro-
gram—record, offering, etc.; 
tie-in to previous week's les-
son-8 minutes. Lesson study, 
30 minutes.) 
10:37-10:40 Closing exercises — close 
promptly on time. 
Note.—Arrange all details of your program 
early—at least two weeks in advance. For 
additional program material see Children's 
Missions Quarterly. 
Make this story live! Do not read it; tell it effectively. 
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The More I Look at Jesus 
STANLEY COMBRIDGE 
The more I look at Jesus the more I know 
He gives, 
Because He's always giving I think that's 
why He lives; 
And all things that are living you'll find 
they also give, 
So really 'tis by giving that you and I now 
live. 
The apple tree gives apples, and my ! they're 
really grand, 
And many seaside places give lovely golden 
sand; 
The sun gives warmth and splendor—they 
say it makes me grow,— 
The clouds give rain in summer, in winter 
—softest snow. 
Our parents give us clothing and food to 
make us strong 
And lots of things beside these as gifts to 
us belong; 
God gave to us the Sabbath, a day in which 
to rest, 
When we can give to Jesus a portion of our 
best. 
God never tires of giving, of this of course 
you know— 
In fact His stream of giving does always 
overflow ; 
0 yes, that just reminds me; it's now your 
turn to give, 
The "overflow" this Sabbath will help some 
more to live. 
Giving to Build 
ELSIE E. PRATT 
The Lord bath need of workers 
To spread His name abroad, 
And youth may catch the vision 
In schools where God is Lord. 
Our Juniors in Sweden 
Need classrooms new. Shall we 
Give of our best, and help them make 
Their dreams reality? 
Another voice is calling 
From Ethiopia. 
They need a dormitory 
For boys from far and near. 
Let us not disappoint them 
For we are truly blest, 
Yes, we will give most willingly 
And grant them their request. 
New work is now beginning 
In Afric's Togoland. 
And they need new headquarters. 
Let's open wide our hand 
And help to build in Lome 
A monument so fine, 
That rays of light now shed abroad, 
For God may ever shine. 
So Little Time Is Left 
STANLEY COMBRIDGE 
So little time is left ere set of sun 
When darkness comes in which 'tis hard 
to work, 
To labor while it's light we will not shirk 
For much throughout the world must yet 
be done. — 
The burdens borne by those who fight 
abroad 
And shared by those who tarry by the 
stuff 
So often prove, alas, far from enough 
But for the blessing of our gracious Lord. 
To God belongs the silver and the gold 
Yet given to mankind by Him on trust 
To share and not to selfishly withhold, 
Lest they be cankered by the moth and 
rust. 
Shall we a sacrificial off'ring make 
To strengthen and to lengthen stake and 
cord, 
That other souls of truth might yet par-
take 
And thus, with us, be children of one 
Lord? 
Missions Calling 
MARJORIE H. COOPER 
Ethiopian teachers calling ! 
Sweden's College calling too ! 
More classrooms are their urgent need, 
And a dormitory new. 
The pioneers in Togoland, 
Where the truth is dawning bright, 
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Call for a central mission home, 
An Adventist beacon light. 
Then let us labor, pray and give, 
Uniting our Christian aid, 
To build a living monument, 
On foundations they have laid. 
Yes, let there rise a lighthouse great, 
In near mission fields and far, 
Where multitudes in darkness grope 
For a guiding shining star. 
Lend a Hand 
MARJORIE H. COOPER 
The gospel seed, a faithful few 
Have scatter'd far and near. 
It lives again in huraule hearts, 
And multiplies each year. 
E'en now the harvest field is ripe, 
More reapers do they need, 
To gather in the golden grain, 
And scatter still more seed. 
Then let us labor while 'tis day, 
A helping hand to lend, 
And pray the Lord of Harvest, 
More reapers now to send. 
Earth's final harvest draweth near, 
The days are short and few; 
Rich joy awaiteth every one, 
Sower and reaper too ! 
A Boy: 
Only a little boy am I, 
But when I grow a man, 
A missionary I would be, 
This is my earnest plan. 
Dear Jesus, I would grow like You, 
Obedient, good and kind, 
To daily do a thoughtful deed, 
With an unselfish mind. 
A Girl: 
A happy little girl am I, 
For Jesus loves me so, 
Because He loves me, I love Him, 
And like Him I would grow. 
Dear Jesus, take my gift today, 
Tho' tiny it may be, 
And let it tell of Jesus' love, 
To another child like me. 
— Marjorie H. Cooper 
My Dollar! 
ESTHER HIRST 
To be recited by child holding up a dollar 
for first verse; car, top, and baseball bat 
for second verse. 
My dad gave me a dollar, and 
He said it's all for me— 
To spend in any way I choose 
For anything I see! 
A car, a top, a baseball bat 
Would fill my heart with pride— 
There were too many things I'd like 
'Twas so hard to decide! 
It took a lot of planning, then 
That week in Sabbath School 
A lesson on unselfishness 
Made plain the Golden Rule! 
I learned about a native boy 
Who lived beyond the sea—
I knew that if he learned of God 
It would depend on me. 
What joy could come into his heart 
If Jesus were his Friend— 
Although I could not go myself 
My dollar I could send! 
'Twas then that I decided not 
To buy a brand-new toy— 
I gave my dollar to the Lord 
To save some little boy ! 
The Thirteenth Sabbath 
Offering Overflow 
For the Third Quarter, 1967 
Will Go to 
The Southern Asia Division 
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Miiiion �
btu _ape Recording 
Through tape recordings the Sabbath School 
seeks to bring much of the spirit and atmosphere 
of mission work vividly before our members in the 
homeland. Mission tapes are recorded out on the 
firing line of mission service. 
Each quarter a special tape is prepared cover-
ing items of interest from the field receiving the 
offering overflow. Stories of faithfulness, of sacri-
fice, actual experiences illustrating God's blessing 
to faithful workers or members are recorded. 
Each tape is a seven and one-half minute pres- 
entation. It is purposely kept short so as to fit into 
your Sabbath morning's program. 
Encourage your members toward mission giv-
ing by enabling them to listen to mission thrills. 
The tapes may be purchased singly for any one 
quarter at $2 each, or a yearly subscription basis 
at $7.50 for the four tapes. Order from your Book 
and Bible House. 
Issued quarterly by the Seventh-day Adventist Sabbath School Department 
Washington, D. C. 
[Printed in U.S.A.] 
CLASSROOM BUILDING 
Swedish Junior College 
NORTHERN EUROPEAN 
et,en. 
DIVISION 
British Union Conference 
56,491,000 
115 
10,502 
10,089 
Ethiopian Union Mission 
23,000,000 
47 
9,191 
10,505 
Finland Union Conference 
4,400,000 
48 
5.275 
5,196 
Greenland Mission 
37,368 
1 
9 
9 
Iceland Conference 
194,000 
8 
454 
518 
Netherlands Union Conference 
11.000,000 
45 
3,151 
2.632 
Polish Union Conference 
31,000,000 
68 
3,810 
5,200 
Swedish Union Conference 
7,976,976 
68 
3,724 
3,474 
West African Union 
81,157,268 
257 
34,566 
89,527 
West Nordic Union 
8315,610 
135 
9,283 
8,449 
TOTALS 
223,572,224 
792 
79,965 135,599 
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HEADQUARTERS 
at LOME , capital of TOGO 
BOYS' DORMITORY 
Ethiopian Adventist College 
Addis Abab%