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VOL XIII 
MAY, 1926 �
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Special Appointments for the Month of 
May 
Home Missionary Day �
 May 1 
Foreign Missions Rally Day �
 May 15 
General Conference Begins �
 May 27 
Educational Offering �
 May 29 
Debt 
" OWE no man anything, but to love one another: for he that 
loveth another hath fulfilled the law." Rom. 13: 8. My burden 
is to contribute something further concerning debt, or no debt, 
rather than to elucidate here the principle of love. Suffice it to 
say, however, that the debt created by love can never be paid. 
For the more exuberant the divine principle existing in the 
individual, the greater the obligation incurred. 
From the book entitled, " The Acid Test," page 62, we quote 
the following as a good statement of the principles to be fol-
lowed in spending: 
" Principles to Guide in Spending 
"1. Never spend what you have not got. 
" 2. Never buy what you do not need. 
" 3. The best is the cheapest if really needed. 
"4. Do not seek to get something for nothing, or more than 
fair value," 
We thought these suggestions were worth passing on. If we 
never buy what we do not need, and that not, until we have the 
wherewith to pay for the same, we will never owe any man 
anything. 
A Fitting Symbol �
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The servant of the Lord, Mrs. E. G. White, has counseled us: 
" The very highest kind of education that could be given, is to 
shun the incurring of debt as you would shun disease."—
"Testimunvies," Vol. VI, p. $11. Then on page 217 the kind 
of disease referred to is mentioned: " We should shun debt as 
we would shun the leprosy." I presume it 'would be in accord 
with medical science to say that leprosy is the most loathsome 
of all diseases to which the human family is heir, a disease 
for which there is no cure, so far as man is able to contribute; 
hence, a fitting symbol of sin. It is this horrible and horrifying 
disease which is used by the prophet of God as a symbol of debt. 
It was Mr. Spurgeon who said; "Poverty is hard, but debt 
is horrible. A man might as well have a smoky house and a 
scolding wife, which are said to be the two worst evils of our 
life." To this &diver adds: "Debt is to a man what the 
serpent is to the bird: its eyes fascinate, its breath poisons, 
its coil crushes sinew and bone, its jaw is the pitiless grave." 
This question of debt seems not to have a redeeming virtue, 
no matter from what angle it is viewed. Consequently it should 
be outlawed by every one, especially by those who have turned 
their feet into the path of righteousness. And what is true of 
an individual is true of a multiplicity of individuals; such as 
compose churches, conferences, and boards of managers. God, 
who is abundant in resources, and who " knoweth our frame," 
and who has promised "to supply all" our needs, and who has 
counseled us to seek "first the kingdom of God, and His right- 
eousness; and all these things [the temporal necessities of life] 
shall be added" unto us, is able to conduct His cause every-
where and under all circumstances upon the "cash policy,' 
upon the " pay, as you go" system. 
The Man Who Had No Bills 
As a further illustration of this principle and a comment on 
the scripture introducing this article, we cite the experience and 
position of George Muller, the great man of faith, whose name 
is immortalized by his work of housing, maintaining, and train-
ing the hundreds of orphans, for which no debt was ever in-
curred. We quote his words from the book, "The Life of 
Trust: " 
" We had not enough to pay our weekly rent; but the Lord 
graciously sent us again today fourteen shillings and six pence. 
I would just observe that we never contract debts, which we 
believe to be unscriptural according to Romans 13: 8; and 
therefore we have no bills 'with our tailor, shoemaker, grocer, 
butcher, baker, etc.; but all we buy we pay for in ready money. 
The Lord helping us, we would rather suffer privation than 
contract debts. Thus we always know how much we have, and 
how much we have a right to give away. I am well aware that 
many trials come upon the children of God, on account of not 
acting according to Romans 13: 8." 
A Man Who Could Wait 
The principle which governed his personal affairs directed 
his work for others, as expressed by him when urged to build 
faster than his resources would warrant. He daid: 
"My heart longed to build two more houses to the honor of 
the Lord for the benefit of poor children, bereaved of both 
parents by death. I had brought before the Lord many thou-
sands of prayers during the past five years; there were many 
hundreds of orphans waiting for admission, and their number 
daily increasing, for during the past year alone . . . 611 were 
applied for to be admitted; but I could not contract debt; I 
would not sign contracts which I had no money in hand to meet. 
Should it be said: But your work is so manifestly the Lord's 
work, it is surely according to His mind that destitute children 
who have lost both parents should be cared for, so that you need 
not be afraid to build, though you have not yet all the money 
in hand, for God will surely help you; ' my reply is this: Just 
because
, 
 it is the Lord's work, and manifestly His, therefore I 
can wait, patiently wait His time. When His time is come, 
He will give to the last shilling all I need; but if I commence 
before His time, which I should -do were I to "begin that for 
which I have not the means, it would be like saying: God has 
not money enough to pay for His own work; ' and instead of 
acting in faith, I should act presumptuously. I therefore did 
this: As I had ample means to contract for No. 4, for separate 
tenders were given in for the two houses, I accepted it, and a 
written agreement was made between the contractor and my-
self, that on January 1, 1867, or at any time previously, I may 
accept his tender for No. 5 also, but I shall not be bound to do 
so. If it shall, therefore, please the Lord, by the first of Jan-
uary, 1867, to give me about £7,000 more than I have now in 
hand, the contract for No. 5 will be signed; but I cannot go 
into debt." 
We are convinced the course pursued by Muller is the proper 
Plhn for financing the cause of God. And-had it always been 
followed, we would have been saved much trouble, sorrow, and 
tribulation, and verily we would be as near a completed work 
as we are today. May we heed the counsel of the living voice 
which said, "Shun debt as we-would shun the leprosy." 
CHARLES THOMPSON. 
EDITOR 
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The Same Message 
THERE are many questions that come to the minds of those 
who have once been in fellowship with Seventh-day Adventists, 
but who, for different reasons, have severed their relations with 
the organization, and in their efforts to justify themselves in 
the steps they have taken, dwell upon these questions. They do 
not realize that they have placed themselves in a different atti-
tude to their former brethren from that which they maintained 
when in unison/with them, or when they, as worldlings, knew 
nothing of the views' held by this body. 
One question frequently asked is: "If I have made a mistake, 
will you show me from the Bible where it is?" This sounds 
very plausible at first thought, and when the person has been 
uninstructed, it is the thing to do. But when the person de- 
parting from the faith has been instructed, and asks for the 
purpose of raising an argument, the Lord has cautioned His 
people to-avoid-such use -of His word. The Bible texts which 
first caused that person to accept this faith in past days, would 
not have the force if read again. The Lord has given this 
counsel: 
" If the evidence already given is rejected, all other evidence 
will be useless until there is seen the converting power of God 
upon minds. If the convincing impressions of the Holy Spirit 
made in the past will not be accepted as trustworthy evidence, 
nothing that can be presented hereafter will reach them."—
Mrs. E. G. White, in Review and Herald, Aug. 9, 1906. 
Another says that Seventh-day Adventists have presented no 
new truths for many years, but have repeated the same scrip-
tures over and over again. This supposed fact is to them suffi-
cient evidence that the Seventh-day Adventists have fallen into 
darkness, and are rejected of God. These charges are made by 
some who claim unbounded faith in the " Testimonies " of Mrs. 
E. G. White. But these same " Testimonies " bear solemn 
cautions in regard to views that some would advance as " added" 
light Again I read: 
" The message must in no ease be changed from what it has 
been. �
. . The only hope for any ons'is to hold fast the evi-
dences, that have confirmed the truth in righteousness. Let these 
be proclaimed over and over again, until the close of this earth's 
'history."—Mrs. E. G. White, in Review and Herald, Aug. 9, 
1906. 
" We aro to hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast 
unto the end." " We are not to stop at the first experience, but 
while we bear the same message to the poeple, this message is 
to be strengthened and enlarged." "Not a word is changed 
or denied. That which the Holy Spirit testified to as truth after 
the passing of the time, in our great disappointment, is the 
solid foundation of truth."—" Special Testimonies," Series B, 
No. 7, pp. 38, 41, 57, 58. 
In the face of these and many like testimonies, the charge 
that Seventh-day Adventists have not for years advanced any 
new -truths, instead of being a condemnation, is a commendation, 
showing that they have been true to the commission the Lord 
has given. It was to be a complete message. 
"The message must in no case be changed from what it has 
been." It is to be "proclaimed over and over again, until the 
close of this earth's history." "Not a word is changed or de-
nied." Bearing "the same message." "Strengthened and en-
larged," but ever the same. " That which the Holy Spirit testi-
fied to as truth after the passing of the time [1844], . . . is 
the solid foundation of truth." 
Then, brethren and sisters of the Seventh-day Adventist 
faith, do not fear, the charges that, some would make to confuse. 
Telling the story today that was told fifty years ago, and telling 
it " over and over " ever since, has brought more people into 
the truth in 1924 than in any year of the past. And thank the 
Lord that when they accept this message, they have that which 
ds complete and needs no additions. �
CLARENCE SANTEE. 
WHEN obstacles and trials seem 
Like prison walls to be, 
I do the little I! can, do, 
And leave the rest to- Thee." 
But onward, upward, till the goal you win." 
In Case of Refusal of a Sabbath School Officer 
to Serve 
" IN ease a person who has been elected as Sabbath school 
superintendent fails to fulfil the duties of his office by not being 
present for three Sabbaths or more, or refuses to serve; and 
should the assistant resign (the local church elder having no 
jurisdiction oven the Sabbath school), 
" 1, What procedure must be taken to re-elect officers to fill 
these unexpired terms? 
" 2. Should these be chosen from the floor of the Sabbath 
school, or be chosen by the church nominating committee/ 
"3. What procedure must be taken to declare the office of 
the delinquent superintendent vacant? 
"4. How should, the resignation of the resigning assistant 
superintendent be acted upon to be accepted? " 
Answer.— It would be proper for the Sabbath school secre-
tary, on the first Sabbath of the new year, in case both the 
superintendent and the assistant elect are absent, to call the 
eehool to order and proceed with choosing one to act as super-
intendent for that day. 
As soon thereafter as it is known that the superintendent elect 
will not fulfil the duties of superintendent, the same applying 
also to the assistant, the elder of the church should, if possible, 
obtain their resignations in writing. He should then call a 
meeting of the church board, and present to it these resigna-
tions, either orally or in written form. It would then be proper 
for the church board either to request the nominating committee 
to continue its work by giving further consideration in nomi-
nating other names for superintendent and assistant (although 
in very fact a nominating committee is supposed to be through 
with its work and discharged when its report is rendered and 
the church ,has acted upon the report).; or the church board 
itself may nominate two names for these offices. Whichever 
way nominated, the names should then be brought by the church 
elder to the church (not the Sabbath school), the situation ex-
plained, and the names chosen presented for the church to vote 
upon at its first meeting. 
The responsibility would rest with the church elder in such 
cases as the one pointed out in the foregoing questions, to 
ascertain whether the offices of superintendent and assistant 
are vacant, which is self-evident when these officers refuse to 
servo. 
Usually the chairman of a nominating committee would not 
render a report until it is known, by personal interview by either 
himself or some member of the committee, that each and every 
person whose name is submitted will accept the office to which 
he is called, and consequently be prepared to serve. - 
Forgiveness 
In we knew the weight of sorrow 
That is hidden in the heart, 
When one humbly asks forgiveness, 
We would never say, Depart; 
While an angel moves the waters, 
Where the heavenly teardrops start. 
No, it was not the mind of Jesus 
E'en to turn the least away, 
But He ever taught forgiveness 
As He- ever taught to pray; 
Lord, forgive us our trespasses, 
E'en as we forgive alway. 
If you should resentment cherish 
And- an exacting course pursue, 
E'en so will your heavenly Father 
Be exacting unto you; 
If ye from the heart forgive not 
Every one his brother too. 
Take the word of Jesus with you, 
In your heart keep open door, 
Quick apply the balm of Gilead, 
Go in peace and sin no more; 
While we look unto the Master; 
And His matchless grace adore. 
"FAIL not for sorrow, falter not for sin; �
G. S. HONEYWELL. 
Sarasota, Fla. 
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THE LITERATURE MINISTRY 
Suggestive Program for Home Missionary 
Service 
(Sabbath, May 1) 
OPENING Sotto: "Love Divine," No. 345 in "Christ in Song." 
Prayer. 
(Missionary report blanks should be passed out and placed in 
the basket when the offering is taken.) 
Special Music, or " The Call for Reapers," No. 547 in " Christ 
in Song." 
Bible Reading: "Acceptable Service." Conducted by the pastor 
or elder. 
Brief Address, or "Great Results From Small Means." 
Reading: ," Our Missionary Literature." 
Note: A well-rendered recitation of " The Eleventh Hour" will 
add impressiveness to the service. 
Offering of Big Week gifts and gathering of Big Week profits 
from literature sales should be taken at this point in the 
service. 
Closing Song: " I Have Promised," No. 319 in " Christ in Song." 
Benediction. 
Note to Pastors, Elders, and Missionary Leaders 
The service on the first Sabbath in May is a very important 
one. It marks the climax of the Big Week campaign, and there 
should be a generous offering for our. Missions Extension Fund. 
Not only so, but the service should also result in definite plans 
for systematic missionary work during the summer months. 
Careftfi planning will be required if the missionary program of 
the church is to be kept in action during the hot months. But 
why should any church relax in its soul-winning work for a 
single week? Satan never takes a vacation, but he does take 
advantage of people who take a vacation from Christian service. 
See that some one becomes the magazine salesman for your 
community. Encourage tract distribution. Continue in the 
good work of selling small books so well done during Big Week. 
Keep the correspondence band at work according to the Home 
Bible Study League plan. There are unlimited opportunities 
for literature ministry. Let us use an of them. 
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GENERAL CONFERENCE HOME MISSIONARY DEPARTMENT. 
' Acceptable Service 
E. F. PETERSON 
KOW are believers to manifest confidence in the .truth? 
Answer.—" Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, 
unmovable." 1 Cor. 15: 58. �
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2. How are Christians to, relate themselves to the work? 
.Ans.—" Always abounding in the work of the Lord."— Ibid. 
• .3. What is, the promise made to the faithful worker? 
Ans.—" Forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not in vain 
in the Lord."— Ibid. 
Non.— The admonitions of this scripture, are addressed to 
all believers.. First, they are. admonished to be " steadfast " 
and " unmovable " in their own spiritual life,. to know Christ 
as a:living Saviour, who delivers from the guilt 'and power of 
sin. 'Secondly, they are admonished to "always abound in the 
work of the. Lord,"1---- a call to continuous service. Thirdly, 
there is the blessed assurance that their "-labor is not in vain 
in the Lord." Surely this is a most encouraging assurance. 
A. Shall we -delay our, efforts until everything seems favor- 
able? �
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-,Ans.--`.He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he 
that' regardeth the clouds shall not reap."' Each 11 4: 
5. When should we 'sow the -gospel 'seed? �
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Ana." In the morning Sow thy seed, and •in the evening 
withhold not thine hand." Ecel. 11: 6. 
• 6. What assurance have, we that good 'results will come from 
our endeavors? �
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Ans.---Isaiah 55: 10, 11. 
r-7. With what earnestness should the believer search for souls? 
Ans.— Psalms 126: 5, 6. �• ; • 
- NOTE.— The mere -mechanical performance Of 'missionary acts 
will not do- the work that needs to- be 'clone. �
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• -"Only the, work aicornplished with -much prayer,• and Boleti-
fied-by ,the' merit or Christ, will in the 'end prove to have been 
efficient for good."----" The Desire of Ages," p. 
8. How did the Lord demonstrate His intense interest in 
humanity/ 
Ans.—Psalms 69: 9; Isaiah 59: 17. 
NOTE.—It is evident that travail of soul accompanying mis-
sionary effort by the church will cause souls to be born into the 
kingdom of God. The noted evangelist Chas . G. Finney said: 
very little stress on prayer. They have preached, and talked, 
" Some have zealously used truth to convert men, and laid 
and distributed tracts with great zeal, and then wondered that 
they had so little success. And the reason was, they forgot to 
use the other branch of the means, effectual prayer. They over-
looked the fact that truth by itself will never produce the effect 
without the Spirit of God. Sometimes it happens that those 
most engaged in employing truth are not the most engaged in 
prayer. Others err on the other side. Not that they lay too 
much stress on prayer, but they overlook the fact that prayer 
might be offered forever, by itself, and nothing would be done, 
because sinners' are not converted by direct contact with the 
Holy Ghost, but by the truth employed as a means. To expect 
the conversion of sinners by prayer alone, without the employ-
ment of truth, is to tempt God."— Fianey's "Lectures on Re-
villas and Religion," pp. 46, 47. 
Great Results From Small Means 
John 6: 1-14 
ERNEST LLOYD 
THE people were stirred and excitement ran high. A won-
derful Teacher had appeared. And they thronged about Him, 
forgetting to provide their necessary food. The day was far 
spent, and many of them were hungry. But how could they be 
fed? There was no market near, and the satisfying of the hun-
ger of a multitude under such circumstances was no easy task. 
In the emergency Andrew suggested that there was a boy in the 
crowd who had five loaves and two fishes. And with this small 
Asset for a beginning they met their liabilities. Let us see how 
they did it. 
1,, They used what they had. And so must we, if we feed the 
people. Great abilities are not always necessary. There was no 
large, supply of food on hand, and yet there was sufficient when 
properly used. "Fidelity to the trust , committed is all that 
is required of us." Too often the lad with his tiny resources 
is lost sight of amid the multitude, And yet he had in his hands 
something that was needed by all. How often we despise the 
day of small things, and how foolish we are in doing so! God 
looks on none as insignificant. The boy with the little basket, 
lost in the great crowd, held a strategic position. He was the 
only one at that time who had what they needed — bread. 
0. It was brought to Jesus. It matters not how limited our 
abilities, if they are only consecrated to God. Somebody will 
be fed. A lad with five loaves and two fishes would have been 
nothing apart from Jesus among such a multitude. But a lad 
with five, loaves and two fishes and Jesus was a full supply. 
In the olden time Theresa, when twitted for beginning to build 
a church with only a penny on hand, replied in substance as 
follows: "A. penny and Theresa would be nothing, but a penny 
and God is-sufficient" So it has ever been. " Success does not 
depend upon bigness of capital on our part, but the bringing to 
Jesus of whatever we possess, whether it be little or much." 
Again and again the world has been startled by the achieve-
ments of some humble instrument. The record of the church 
abounds with incidents of this kind. The lad with his basket 
appears frequently on the scene. People gape and wonder. But 
the, Book of books continues to say:," God bath chosen the weak 
things of the world to confound the things that are mighty." 
If you have only a lad's portion, bring it to Jesus; 
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btessed,.it. And that is the secret. They brought it 
and He blessed it. There is all the difference between blessed 
and unblessed talent. How many there are who possess splendid 
gifts, and yet they do so little fox others! Their influence does 
not really, bless.. Why, is it? They do not bring their talents 
to Christ for His wonderful benediction. They are not devoted 
to Him. .Their talent *unblessed because unconsecrated. It 
matters not how many loaves and fishes we possess, they are 
never going to ,be properly, used unless brought to Jesus. In 
every, unblessed talent there is a menace. 
.4., The hungry are fed, ," Give ye them to eat," The, little 
supply has, been blessed, ?and now the disciples are bidden to 
PaSS it to the multitude., They -are the, human conductors of 
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heaven's blessing. And so are we. " God feeds folks through 
other folks." " Give ye them to eat," is a command that 
many who stand with full hands do, not seem to have heard. 
On every side stand the hungry, and clOse by are those who 
could supply that hunger. If the world's hunger is ever to be 
allayed, it must be done through those who have received from 
God and then gladly passed the blessing on to others. It is the 
ministry of human hands moved by Christlike compassion that 
is needed today. 
5. .4 great lesson is taught. The supply either multiplied 'in 
the hands of Jesus as He broke it, or in theirs as they passed 
it on. And so it is today. There is a marvelous increase as 
the blessing is passed to others. Herein is a profound spiritual 
truth quite unseen by many. It does not matter how much 
bread is given us, if we do not pass it on, our own supply is 
diminished. Spiritual supplies increase as they are shared with 
the needy. " There is that withholdeth" and yet " it teacloth to 
poverty," but "the liberal soul shall be made fat." It is a 
principle based on heaven's law of increase. Ten thousand of 
the Lord's faithful stewards could- rise and proclaim that the 
more they give the more they prosper. The stingy soul not 
only starves others, but starves himself. 
The hungry multitude are about us today. Jesus is moved 
with compassion to help them, but it must be through His fol-
lowers, His disciples.. We- dare not, say,. " Rend them: away." 
It is our business, our chief business, to feed them, and we 
cannot get rid of the responsibility. When His people plead 
poverty as an excuse for inaction, the Master says, " What have 
you? " And when His people point to their little supply, He 
says, "Bring it to Me." If His people will do that, He will' 
multiply it and make it sufficient. With His blessing upon it 
there will be no lack. The important thing is that we place 
what we have in His hands. 
Our Missionary Literature 
WHAT a wonderful change has come since that first issue of 
Present Truth was prayerfully dedicated to the giving of the 
third angel's message to the world! Now our literature is 
printed in 120 languages, such mysterious tongues as that of 
the Dunsuns of Borneo and the Mongolian dialects having re-
cently been put into print to carry the glad tidings of a soon-
coming Saviour. Just one copy of all the publications that we 
now print would cost $1,301.68; and since our publishing work 
began, we have actually circulated $60,000,000 worth of litera-
ture. Truly it is a wonderful story of how the message is still 
being carried into all parts of the world through the printed, 
page. 
Everybody can "teach every man his neighbor " by the use 
of literature. First of all there are the tracts. Anybody can 
give a tract, or inclose it in a letter that is going to a friend 
or a business connection. Dedicate a pocket to tracts, and 
scatter them "as you go." Especially remember your foreign 
friends by securing a supply of tracts in their language. 
Then in our periodicals we have a wealth of truth-filled liter-
ature to give away or sell. There is Present Truth, Signs of 
the Times, Watchman, Life and Health, Liberty, and many 
others as we follow the path of light around the world. In 
every church there should be careful planning as to how to' use 
these " silent preachers." Some brother or sister in every city 
of any size may do a wonderful work by selling our beautiful 
magazines. The message 'is also spoken in the language of your 
foreign neighbors in the papers printed at Brookfield. Use the 
foreign Present Truth in your missionary work. 
Then there are many small books and pamphlets covering a 
great variety of topics to interest your neighbor. Millions of 
these small books have been used, and millions more will be 
used. People cheerfully pay the small price we ask for these 
Crisis Series and Home Workers' Books: And what a blessed 
privilege it is to place the message these books contain in the 
homes of the people! 
And then there are the larger books. What a stirring story 
will be unfolded in the kingdom when the Lord reveals the in-
fluence these wonderful volumes have exerted in the world! And 
what a wonderful story is being written every clay by the faith-
ful men and women who are going from door to door with'these 
truth-filled books! God is calling thousands of church membeis 
to 'become workers in this great "literature ministry." Perhaps 
He is calling some who are in this service today, to enter the 
ranks of that royal and loyal brotherhood and sisterhood of 
colporteurs who are as verily giving their lives in God's service 
as are our missionaries in heathen lands. 
Thank God for our publishing houses and the literature they 
are printing. Let us make a larger use of this literature as we 
endeavor to do our part in hastening the, finishing of the work. 
GENERAL CONFERENCE HOME MISSIONARY DEPARTMENT. 
The Eleventh Hour 
" Aeon's the eleventh hour he went out, and found others 
standing. �
. . He saith unto them, Go ye also -into the vine- 
yard." Matt. 20: 6, 7. 
Belated soul! grieving to think life's day 
Hath been misspent — lo! one redeeming hour, 
Rise to thy Master's work. Away!' away! 
Draw from His blessed parable thy power. , 
Many may scoff at thee, and may complain 
That with dayworkers thou shouldst hold thy place.. 
Little they know this Calvary of pain, 
Through which late souls accept the Master's grace. 
0 that my feet had hosted with the morn 
To enter at the pleasant vineYard gate! 
My idle day can never be reborn, 
Nor can I cease to mourn that I am late." 
O tardy soul of the eleventh hour, 
Hark not to voices that would hinder thee! 
Sin, doubt, despair, and man may make thee cower, 
But rise and work,— one hour thy day may be! 
Yea, thy eleventh hour may more fulfil 
Than the whole day of many that have wrought. 
Haste! one immortal hour is left thee still, 
That one hour's work the Husbandman hath sought. 
— Cha,idotte Fiske Bates. 
Reporting 
Ova denomination has an efficient and complete reporting 
system which enables workers everywhere to keep in touch 
with missionary efforts at home and abroad. 
Reporting shows what, places need strengthening, and from 
what sources re-enforeements may be expected. 
Without a system of reporting, the work of the General Con-
ference would not he thorough, systematic, or harmonious; 
neither could the work in the union conferences, the local con-
ferences, nor the local churches. 
Were it not for the reports that come from the foreign fields, 
the mission board would not know where to send new mission-
aries. It would not know which field needs the doctor, the 
nurse, the minister; in fact, it would not know how to supply 
the needs of the mission fields. 
The Bible is largely a compilation of individual reports. 
Genesis is a report of creation and of God's dealings with the 
patriarchs. Many of the other- Old Testament books are in-
dividual reports of what men and women who served God at-
tempted and accomplished. The New Testament abounds in 
individual reports. The Gospels are chiefly reports of what 
Jesus did. The book of Acts is Luke's written report of the 
missionary work done by the apostles. 
Two quotations will be sufficient to show that the " Testi-
monies " recommend reporting: 
"Let church members, during the week, act their part faith-
fully, and on, the Sabbath relate their experience. The meeting 
will then be as meat in due season, bringing to all present new 
life and fresh vigor-"-- Voltz/me VII, p. 19. 
" Train the young to do what is appointed them, and from 
week to week let them bring their reports to the missionary 
meeting. . . . If such reports were brought in by consecrated 
workers, the missionary meetings would not be dull and tedious. 
They would be full of interest, and there would be no lack in 
attendance."— Volume VI, p. 436. 
Each church member should report. Wide-awake secretaries 
will never rest until all the church members are reporting regu-
larly the work they are doing, and a faithful record is being 
kept of their reports. Have we done what we could? Rave II 
Have you/ —Mrs. D. F. WeatlieWy, in Northern Union Reaper. 
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Making an Impression 
DID you ever notice how one man will say a thing and it 
will not make the slightest impression, and another man will 
say almost the same thing and every one will remember and 
repeat it? There is a yardmaster in a big freight center in 
Pennsylvania who is remarkable for the immediate obedience 
that is given to every one of his orders. He never speaks loud, 
nor yells, and he is never known to swear, but the surliest 
" rough-neck " in the yard jumps when he gives the word. He 
has handled riots, wrecks, and crowded traffic all his working 
life, and never yet seemed angry or hurried. Men always 
obeyed him from the time when he was nothing but a young 
brakeman himself. 
Possidly you have noticed -Sae same thing in public speakers. 
One man will have a fine voice and a carefully prepared ad-
dress, and every one will want to go to sleep five minutes after 
he has begun. Another man, with none of the art of the 
elocutionist and with the simplest message imaginable, will 
electrify every person in the audience. We call it personal 
magnetism. We don't know just what it is, but it gives one 
the feeling that the person that has it is alive and means what 
he says. It seems to be a combination of will-power, sympathy, 
and earnestness; but that 's not all of it. 
Jesus was pre-eminently a magnetic man. No person ever 
heard Him with indifference. They either loved or hated Him. 
The secret of this personal magnetism is "with them that fear 
MM." Stephen, in the early days of the Christian church, 
learned this secret, and how effective he was in His service. 
"He was appointed to a position that looked quite small. He 
was to help administer the temporal affairs of a semi-pauper 
church. But he made these temporal affairs to administer to 
highest spiritual ends. He gave out bread in such a fashion 
as to make men hunger for the Bread of Life. And when he 
passed out a bit of money to the needy, he did not .forget to 
tell them where they could buy wine and milk without money 
-and without price. He worked with all his might in his 
small sphere, and God honored him and made him a mighty 
preacher. 
"Jerusalem was P proud and wicked city," in the days of 
Stephen. "It was full of cultured and religious aristocrats. 
Those aristocrats would have given a world to have been able 
to ignore Stephen. Nothing would have suited them better 
than to have been able to treat him with cool and complete 
contempt. But they could not ignore him. They might as well 
have tried to ignore a burning building when the wind was 
high. They might as well have tried to ignore a cyclone. There 
was hardly a man in Jerusalem stupid enough and sleepy 
enough not to know that Stephen was in town on a business 
trip for his King. 
"Mark you, I do not say that everybody welcomed Stephen's 
message. I do not say that everybody who heard him repented, 
and became a follower of Jesus Christ. Many did. Many 
even among the, priests yielded to his impassioned appeals. 
Many hearts were softened, But this was not true of all. Some 
were made only the more bitter. Some had all the serpents 
within their souls awakened into activity. Some were led to 
hate him with a hatred that only his life blood could satisfy. 
But this I say, they could not remain stupidly and stolidly 
"Oh, for a church that the world cannot treat with indiffer-
ence. Oh, for a band of saints that it is absolutely impossible 
to ignore. Oh, for a ministry that will divide audiences and 
communities and cities and continents into those who are either 
out and out for Christ or out and out against Him. Oh, for 
a Christianity virile enough to compel the active opposition, the 
open antagonism of the forces of evil that refuse to be won. 
The church of Jesus Christ can stand any amount of opposi- 
tion. �
The gates of hell shall not prevail against it.' But 
the direst of all dire calamities is for it to become so effete, 
so powerless, so dead, that it is not worth fighting."—Selected. 
"Pm you ever think that the little acts of kindness and 
thoughtfulness day by day ,are really better than one immense 
act of goodness once a year? " 
A Cripple's Charge 
SEVENTEEN years ago a Korean found a tract which had been 
thrown into the mud. He could not read it, but carded it with 
him. When he reached his home village, he presented it to 
Kim %wan Tack Mr. Kim eagerly devoured its contents, and 
then proclaimed its message to the people about him. Later 
a colporteur sold him books. From these he memorized large 
portions, and was constrained to keep the commandments of God. 
Mr. Kim is a cripple. In order to get about, he must move 
in almost a crawling position. It is most pitiful to see him. 
Yet he has a bright mind, and the village folk esteem him 
highly. He is the leader in their little church. 
When I saw him at his village home, back in the mountain 
recesses of Korea, he told me how God had blessed him in 
bringing a whole family to the truth during the past year. 
He wished it were possible for him to do active service for his 
Lord, I asked if he had a message for our people. He thought 
a moment. Then he said, "A heavy charge rests upon those 
who know this wonderful truth. To all who are able-bodied I 
would say, Run with the message, warn the people of the. soon-
coming Saviour." 
Often since have I thought of the charge of which our crip-
pled brother, Mr. Kim, would remind us. May we truly run 
with the message, warning the people of the great coming event. 
J. J. STRATH.; 
Home Missionary Secretary Far Eastern Division. 
There Must Be No Pretense 
" INTRODUCING myself at the door of the first home, the lady 
invited me in, and when I produced from my bag several small 
English books and the Signs, she exclaimed, Oh, you are a 
Seventh-day Adventist 1 I am so glad to meet a missionary of 
that denomination. My sister in India has just joined your 
church.' Then followed an interesting conversation. At house 
No. 2 the lady said., ' Oh, Seventh-day Adventists! Then you 
know the — family. They are Seventh-day Adventists, and 
very dear friends of mine.' A long conversation followed. 
At house No. 3 the lady said, Seventh-day Adventists, who are 
they? I have never heard of them.' I had heard something at 
house No. 2, and said, You are an Australian, are you not?' 
And as soon as she found that I was from the same little corner 
of the globe as she, she became very friendly, and kept me 
several hours, talking about home, and telling her who Seventh-
day Adventists are. At house No. 4 the gentleman 'said, 'Oh, 
yes, I know the Seventh-day Adventists. They are good people.' 
Then followed a discussion on evolution and the Bible and the 
papacy and the Sunday question. At each home several books 
were sold, and the good Signs have been going to those homes 
every week since. Seventh-day Adventists are more widely 
known than we sometimes think. Let us all see to it that they 
are continually becoming better known."— H. A. Skinner. 
The above is indicative of the general feeling throughout the 
country of the work of Seventh-day Adventists. People were 
never so favorable to our work as they are now, but BOOR the 
tables will turn. We should take advantage of this little time 
of peace by giving the message a wide circulation. 
" There must be no pretense in the lives of those who have 
so sacred and solemn a message as we have been called to bear. 
The world is watching Seventh-day Adventists, because it knows 
something of their profession of faith/and of their high stand-
ard, and when it sees those who do not live up to their pro-
fession, it points at them with scorn."—" Testimonies," Vol. 
IX, p. 23. 
HOME MISSIONARY DEPARTMENT. 
Missionary Lesson 
Seven Things, to Ponder 
1. CHRIST'S example. Phil. 2: 7, 8; Luke 19: 10; 2 Cor. 8: 9. 
2. Our Lord's command. Mark 16: 15; Ads 1:8; Luke 
14: 16, 17, 21, 23; John 20: 21. 
3. The Saviour's claim upon us. Luke 6: 46; 1 Cor. 6: 19, 20; 
2 Cor. 5: 15. 
4. Man's lost condition. ROm. 1: 18-23; 2: 12; Eph. 2: 12. 
5. Man's only hope. Acts 4: 12; John 14: 6; 1 John 5: 12. 
6. Our ability to help 
a. By prayer. Matt. 9: 37, 38. 
b. By giving. Acts 4: 34; 20: 35. 
c. By sending. Rom. 10: 15; Acts 13: 3. 
d. By going. ha. 6: 8. 
7. Our responsibility. Matt. 25: 19; Luke 19: 15; 2 John 8. 
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THE CHURCH: OFFICERS') GAZETTE 
The Weekly Prayer and Missionary Meeting 
Mays 
Torte: 0 What Is Our Love?" 
TEXT: Revelation 2: 4, 5. 
SEED THOUGHTS: (1) "He that loveth not knoweth not God." 
1 John 4: 8. To love Christ is to serve with Him in ministry 
to others. " When the love of Christ is enshrined in the heart, 
like sweet fragrance it cannot be hidden. Its holy influence will 
he felt by all with whom we come in contact."—"Steps to 
Christ," p. St (2) Spiritual apathy is a dangerous symptom. 
The servant who buried his talent was at last cast out. (3) 
The "first love" may be regained. (See " Testimonies," Vol. 
IX, p. 46, par. 2. Read also " Mount of Blessing," pp. 119-128.) 
May 12 
TOPIC: "Responsibility of Discipleship." 
TEXT: John 17: 18-21. 
SEED THOUGHTS: (1) As God sent Christ, so Christ sends every 
disciple. (2) " The Son of man came not to be ministered unto, 
but to minister." (Read for helpful suggestions, " Christ's 
Object Lessons," pp. 190-192; " Steps to Christ," pp. 81-88.) 
May 19 
TOPIC: "Evidence of Discipleship." 
TEXT: John 15:14. 
SEED THOUGHTS: (1) "If ye do." Here is the secret of suc-
cessful service. Either we obey or we to not. Negligence of 
God's, requirements means spiritual failure. (2) "He only 
serves who acts up to the highest standard of obedience." (3) 
" Good works do not purchase the love of God, but they reveal 
that we possess it." (For other very helpful suggestions read 
" Christ's Object Lessons," pp. 282, 283; "'The Desire of Ages," 
pp., 640, 641.) 
May 26 
TOPIC: "The Test of Discipleship." 
TEXT: John 15: 8. 
SEED THOUGHTS: (1) The vine planted by Christ will be fruit-
ful: " All who would be sons and daughters of God must prove 
themselves coworkers with God and Christ and the heavenly 
angels. This is the test for every soul." (2) " Christ hungers 
to receive from His vineyard the fruit of holiness and unselfish-
ness. He looks for the principles of love and goodness." (3) 
"In due season we shall reap, if we faint not." (Read for 
additional helpful suggestions, " The Desire of Ages," pp. 
662-680; " Christ's Object Lessons," pp. 284-306.) 
Conversions at the Midweek Prayer Service 
Wiry should we not expect conversions in the midweek service? 
We must believe that an ideal church will all the time have a 
number of susceptible individuals in different stages of spirit-
ual.development who can be easily induced to attend the prayer 
meeting and confess Christ there. And, we know that as many 
shrink from public confession in a large gathering, we could 
make this midweek meeting a &tee where it would be delightful 
to confess the Lord Jesus. Thus evangelism, would stimulate 
activity regarding the prayer meeting.—"Practical Ideas in 
Evangelism." 
What Is the -Purpose? 
ARE you thirsty? I sometimes wish we had in all our churches 
a meeting for hungry and thirsty Christians. I would put a 
man at the door so as not to let anybody else in. Let him ask 
every one, "Are you hungry? Are you thirsty?" They would 
not know what he meant, most of them. Lots of people go to 
prayer meeting because it is customary. They go year after 
year, go for nothing and get nothing. It seems to me that if 
we could have a meeting in all our churches of two, three, four, 
or five Christians, all really in earnest in asking for the gift of 
the Holy Spirit, they would get it. But I tell you, you have 
got to stoop to get that, God is not going to, give it to those 
who are careless and indifferent. But if you and I really want 
it,— want it above anything elsec then, I believe God will give 
it. "Blessed are they which do hunger, and thirst after right-
eousness: for they shall be filled." I like that "shall be." 
My blether, are you filled? Put the question right to yourself. 
—Dwight L. Moody, quoted tin Australasian Record, May 7, 
19$S. 
Working for God 
"How is it that ye sought Me? wist ye not that I must be 
about My Father's business? " Luke 2:49. 
The fundamental business of Jesus was not in the carpenter 
shop, although that was an honorable trade. The work for 
which He had come into the world was not primarily that of 
making houses, yokes, tables, and chairs. This was the work 
of Joseph, and it was worthy and useful work. Jesus was there 
in that little shop until He was about thirty. He carried for-
ward the work faithfully, but carpentering was not His funds-
mental business. God had given Him some work to do, and 
He was some day going to take it up in earnest! 
Now, all of us ale like Jesus—at least in one way. We have 
a business by which for a time we are engaged. It may be 
carpentering, or selling, or working in some of the professions. 
This is the way we earn our daily bread, our living. But what--
ever our business may be, each of us has a fundamental business, 
the business of serving God. 
What is this fundamental business? I think we can put the 
fundamental business of Jesus into two words: Helping folks! 
The great thing about this fundamental business is that' our 
work in it goes on forever. Look at' Jesus! The carpentry 
work He did is lost and gone! But the help He has given and 
is still giving to folks will go on forever! 
So with us—our fundamental business is to do what Jesus 
did — to help folks! That is the "Father's business" of which 
Jesus spoke. The end and purpose of our living is helpful 
service for the largest number. The business which deserves 
our best attention is that which ministers most to the souls of 
other people.—Rev. Vincent G. Burns. 
Bringing Christ to Mind 
A QUAINT old man used to carry a little book, which he took 
very often from his pocket, and which he called his " biography." 
It had only three leaves, and there was not a word written on 
any of them; yet he said the book told the whole story of his 
life. The first leaf was black—that was his sin; that was his 
condition by nature. The second was red —that was the blood 
of Christ. The third was white —that was himself washed in 
Christ's blood and made whiter than snow. His -book told the 
whole story of every redeemed life. Between the black of our 
sins and the white of. redemption must always come the red 
blood of Christ.—Selected. 
The Power House of the Kingdom 
THE "upper room" is the power house of the kingdom of 
God. Wherever in the world one may find things being done 
for Christ, if one traces back the lines of power, they will be 
found to start from some "upper room." The power is not 
in man, "not in an organization, not in a great aggregate of 
influence and condition's." It 'comes from the "upper room," 
in which/ the people are called to- tarry "far ben" with God 
many days.— Sunday School Times. 
THE+ CHURCH' CilinCERS7' GAZETTE 
Select a list of namee, in your neighborhood,,preferably 
through your -church Missionary'se
c
retary,' to-avoid"duplieation. 
Then select one tract, NUS,NN `E ?ropheey, the Bible's Acid Test," 
or the entire ten " VicterY5? leaflets; "Did a Good God Make 
a Bad World? " or some other such tract, and inclose it with 
the following letter: 
DEAR FRIEND:' 
 
Tins good word of interest hi their magazine, comes from 
Our Brother Dean, special representative of the Oriental Watch-
man, India: 
" The Watchman campaign, through the goodness- of God, is 
still making gratifying headway. The last three months my 
sales have been more than 3,000 rupees. A, few days ago I had 
the pleasure of receiving an invitation from the viceroy's staff 
to visit them; I am looking forWard to this occasion, and trust 
the Lord will-bless. The governor's staff, with the exception 'of 
one gentleman, all subscribed for the three-year period; in fact, 
very few subscriptions are taken nowadays for a less period." 
A message of courage- and success comes from Brother Blue, 
superintendent of the Northwest India Union: �
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" We have just had a very -successful Big Week here in this 
union, and I want to tell you of the sale of the Home Missionary 
Calendars. Last year we ordered 250, and they didn't last long, 
so we made bold to order 2,000 this year for this union alone. 
. . The calendars came late, for some reason; but they were 
all gone in about two weeks. Our calendar was the best we 
have seen here in India. Some of our Indian workers have sold 
as many as 100 each, so that makes a good record for them. 
. . �
Then, too, I think these calendars are a very good way 
of doing missionary work. They will do more good than some 
literature, for the people will have the calendar before them 
every day, and will be reminded of the Sabbath day as well as 
the other features." 
Our ideal of 100 per cent of church members doing missionary 
work and reporting, has been reached in the Philippine Union 
Mission. Brother Weidemann. says: 
" You will be pleased to note that we have at last reached the 
goal of 100 per cent reporting members a quarter. We have 
done a little better than this the last quarter, nearly 106 per 
cent of the membership having reported." 
Let this example of faithfulness in reporting encourage your 
Members to do better. 
Writing on Christmas eve, Brother Joseph, of Africa, says: 
" You will be glad tb know that our recent Big Week was a 
great success. Final reports have not yet reached us, but nearly 
all the fields have gone over their goals," 
While Present Truth carries a comprehensive, convicting 
special message to the rank and file of the common people, its 
contents, dignity, and general appearance appeal to all classes, 
as is revealed in the following letter to Brother Reavis from the 
editorial staff of the Los Angeles Examiner: 
"We are so pleased with the truths contained in the Present 
Truth that we want to send it on to others who are yearning 
to know more of the Scriptures. Also, in my next letter I shall 
order several of the, little books which you advertise. My 
Present Truth copies are all up at my home today, so I am 
unable to obtain- the list. 
"Inclosed is $1.50 in stamps to cover the following six sub-
scriptions: . . . Kindly let me know if the list headed Revised 
Series,' is the one that is supplied in the 1926 subscriptions for 
Present Truth. If not, I would 'also like to have that series 
complete. You can send it on to me if you desire; inclosing the 
bill, and I will send check; or else you can advise me, and I 
will send cheek with the order. 
'5 Wishing you every success, and greatly appreciating the 
excellent work you are doing, I am 
" Sincerely yours." . 
Tracts in Your Correspondence 
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS have always made a large use of 
tracts, But tracts are not being used as freely as in years gone 
by, notwithstanding the fact that our publishing houses are 
providing the, finest series of tracts we have_ ever had,, Try the 
following method: 
The accompanying tract is sent you with the compliments of 
the Seventh-day Adventigt- Church (give address of church). 
Believing the truths it contains to be of vital interest and 
importance to every one, and that you are entitled to a knowl-
edge of them, I respectfully --ask that you will give the subject 
careful and impartial consideration. 
To aid you further in making the truths of the Bible your 
very own, a series of these little tracts are available,. and will be 
mailed to you if You will but 'send me your request. This will 
not obligate you in any way, and you may also feel free to ask 
any questions you desire to have ,answered. 
Wishing you God's blessing' as you study the Bible fot your-
self, I remain, in the Saviour's name, 
Respectfully yours, 
A few tracts on practical subjects are always useful for 
correspondence work, or even in your personal or business cor-
respondence. 'Make better use of tracts in year correspondence. 
J. A. STEVENS. 
Broadcast the Truth With Literature 
WONDERFUL things are accomplished by the use of tracts. 
Ministers who carefully select the messages that can be had in 
printed form today and mail them to their members and dis-
tribute them among the congregation by the medium of a 
literature table, are doing a great work. 
This kind of seed sowing has been going on for years by 
propaganda organizations. Only recently papers were left about 
in this community carrying hatred and atheism everywhere. 
Printed poison is what it really is. During the same week some 
one left some printed tracts at our church on " How to Be a 
Christian!' These were passages of Scripture without comment. 
Recently a gentleman at the church door, after services, handed 
us a little booklet entitled, " Liberty," by Charles E. Jefferson. 
It is a splendid tract on prohibition, That man is doing much 
good by giving them away. 
Some churches have a literature table. They place a bundle 
of books on it with a bowl, beside it. The people are asked to 
take a book and leave at least a dime in the bowl. The books 
cost $2.50, the people left $4, Secure printed pamphlets of all 
sorts that are good and helpful, and keep the table well filled. 
Most of the printed things are free, and they get taken away 
and read. 
Ministers can get, such material from their denominational 
headquarters, and they can have things, of their own printed. 
It is possible sometimes to get other people to pay for having 
them printed. Printer's ink is a wonderful method of spreading 
the truth. 
Some years ago the Christian Science Church did most of this. 
Then the various sectarian movements did it. Atheistic so-
cieties are doing it with a will. Why not try to counteract this 
influence with something wholesome?— The Expositor. 
Trust 
A NEST of robbing, that is all, 
Aswaying in the breeze; 
But sweet the lesson that they bring 
To one beneath the trees. 
How trustingly they snuggle down 
Within their nest so warm, 
And go- to sleep without a fear, 
In sunshine- and in atorm I 
When they awake, they open wide 
Their little mouths for food, 
Expecting fully that- they'll soon 
Be filled with something good. 
And they're not disappointed, though 
They are so weak and small; 
Por there is One who hears their cry, 
And satisfies them all. 
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THE CHURCH OFFICERS' GAZETTE 
aiosionarp Volunteer 
Oepartntent 
Devotional Meeting for May 1 
Senior and Junior 
Topic: "Deliverances in South America." 
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Notes to Leaders 
Here is a fine supply of material which Prof. C. P. Crager has 
collected from the missionaries in the field. Most of it should 
be given as talks. In arranging a Junior program from such 
material, the superintendent should read it all carefully, and 
select the incidents which are best suited to the interest of the 
boys and girls. I would suggest that the article, " God's Provi-
dential Care," be used as the basis of the superintendent's 
talk, showing how it takes courage to break through to victory. 
Keep in mind the purpose of the program,— that of showing 
how God protects those laboring for Him. 
Music.— Select a number of missionary hymns along with a 
few such as No. 507, "Christ in Song," which shows the safety 
of abiding with Him, no matter how the tempests rage. 
Standard of Attainment Drills.— The Seniors- should be ready 
to drill on Lesson XV, " Christ's Ministry," page 27 of the 
Standard of Attainment Manual, and the Juniors should study 
the section on " The Gift of Prophecy," page 10 of their Manual. 
These drills should be brief, and only the important texts em-
phasized. 
Band Reports.— Although the program deals with foreign 
missions a report of what the young people are doing in their 
community should not be overlooked. What has been done in 
the way of sendbig out papers and writing letters? Perhaps a 
letter that has been received can be read as an encouragemnt, 
and the time of the correspondence band meeting emphasized. 
To College Leaders 
Here is another opportunity for your foreign mission band 
to take charge of the meeting. 
God's Providential Care 
THE missionary for God in those sections of the field where 
the ire of the enemy is especially manifested in persecution, far 
from being discouraged and disheartened by the persecution, is 
brought to see more clearly the hand of God in caring for His 
own through the deliverances that come in the hour of distress. 
It is a very striking fact that severe persecution is almost 
without exception an evidence that a harvest of souls is soon to 
follow. One example of this kind is' found in connection with 
the beginning of the work among the Qniehua Indians. 
As we were to open our first station at Laro, our missionary, 
Pedro Kalbermatter, met great persecution. Some will remem-
ber having read of some of his very first experiences, and of 
the Indians who were killed in the attacks made. The enemy 
was determined to drive Brother Kalbermatter, from the field. 
Under the leadership of the unfriendly priests, different Span-
iards continually brought charges against our brother, which, 
though false, caused him no little inconvenience in being called 
before the justice to answer for the charge, and thus detracting 
from his work. It seemed to the committee that we would have 
to make a change, moving Brother Kalbermatter to some other 
point, hoping that this might alleviate the situation, and per-
haps bring greater- progress. .But our -brother, pleaded earnestly 
that he might be left at his mission, assuring us that he believed 
God was going to give him a victory in spite of the adverse 
conditions. Because of his earnest pleading, the committee left 
him for another year. And a year later, as our brother related 
his experiences with tears of joy, it was evident that God had 
wrought victory. 
In that section there are no hospitals or doctors, nor any one 
to care for the sick, and God permitted sickness to come to the 
homes of these Spanish persecutors. They had only one place 
to turn in their distress, and that was to the persecuted mission-
ary nurse. Brother Kalbermatter thanked God for the privilege 
of going into the homes of his enemies, and ministering to their 
sick, and God blessed his ministry. The sick recovered, and the 
news of a man who was teaching a strange doctrine, but who 
loved folks and cared for them, spread through the land. The 
work began. The Indians flocked to us to learn the teachings 
of this missionary, and by the close of the year a great harvest 
of souls was gathered; and it was right at this point, where the 
enemy had tried so hard to drive us out, that in one single 
meeting a baptism of more than 600 believers was held, the 
largest baptism ever held by this people. 
On another occasion, in connection with the opening of our 
work,—the first Indian mission station in Bolivia,—God's 
providence was signally manifested in the experience of Brother 
Reid Shepard and his wife. At the very beginning persecution 
was strong, but as the mission was progressing nicely, and we 
had a large number of believers, the enemy, still determined to 
destroy the work, planned an attack that was to take plate at 
12 o'clock midnight during one of their high religious feasts. 
It seemed on this occasion that unless God interposed in a 
miraculous way, the mission would be destroyed, the believers 
scattered, and the missionaries killed. The story is a long one, 
but very interesting. 
Word of the planned attack reached the ears of a colonel of 
the Bolivian army, who was a friend of the mission, and he 
immediately telegraphed to the president of the republic and 
the highest minister of the government. They replied, giving 
him authorization to go to the protection of the mission and the 
missionary, but he was without soldiers, and so the providential 
hand of God so overruled that one of the leading generals of 
the Bolivian army, going overland to a distant city, was led to 
pass by the home of our friend the colonel. The general was 
accompanied by a bodyguard of twelve calvarymen and a lieu-
tenant, all well armed. As our friend, the colonel, greeted him, 
he showed the messages from the president and minister, and 
then explained his dilemma in that he had no soldiers, and the 
general immediately ordered him to send the lieutenant and the 
twelve soldiers of his bodyguard. They were sent, and arrived 
at the mission station just four hours before the attacking party 
came. When they came, seeing armed soldiers, they withdrew, 
and God's cause gained a mighty victory, and the lives of God's 
servants were protected. �
C. P. CRAGER. 
A Great Deliverance 
Tax Taimantinsuya Society, a society with the purpose of 
inciting the Indian to overcome the white man, and who also 
greatly oppose our mission work, wont forward carrying many 
villages with them in their deceptions, and finally, in the sum-
mer of 1923, believing themselves sufficiently strong, they de-
cided to put an end to the white Peruvians and the evangelist 
pastor and mission, which they considered a hindrance to the 
furtherance of their cause and the final establishment of the 
old Inca Empire again. 
And so, on the 8th of December came the attacks on the vil-
lage of Huancane. The white people protected themselves as 
best they could, and were able to ward off the attacks of the 
angry mobs. News reaehed me at the mission the next morning 
that the Indians had revolted, and we did not know what to do, 
as it seemed they planned on attacking the mission that night, 
the 7th of December. I gathered the Indians together, and 
told them we would pray and trust God. That night we put 
watches in different places, and two hundred of them slept with 
us in the church, where we kept several lights burning. Lights 
were also kept burning in the different Indian dwellings, so 
that if the enemy started down the hill to surround the mission, 
they would see the lights and know we were on watch. - 
About ten o'clock that night we began to hear cornets and 
drums and yells from one mountain to another. Getting up and 
looking out, we saw the surrounding hills black with Indians. 
They were in the light of the moon, and we could distinguish 
their forms as they moved about from place to place, seemingly 
forming in groups for the attack on the mission. 
We continued our watch, and after what seemed several hours 
of suspense, wondering what to do, we kneeled and prayed to 
God for protection. When we looked out again, we saw the 
Indians dispersing hurriedly, and believing that God had an-
swered our prayer for protection that night, we went to bed 
trusting Him. 
The next day the subprefect (the chief police officer) sent 
us ten policemen to protect us in case of an attack, as I had 
notified him of our plight and the anticipated attack of the 
Indians. 
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The Tahuantinsuya Indians who had retired the night before, 
had their committee meeting, and decided they needed more 
men in order to make their victory sure, so they notified other 
districts on the other 'side of the river, and more forces came 
to help them. Again, the night of the 8th, we could hear and 
see the Indians as the night before. This time they started down 
the hill, believing their victory was won. The believing Indian 
women began to cry, and the men were filled with consternation. 
My own heart beat hard and fast. I looked to God and breathed 
a prayer. I told the brethren to stay close by and trust in God. 
The policemen made ready for the emergency, but with fear. 
They planned to escape to the lake in balsas (canoes) in ease 
of danger, I stood alone, but I believed God would lead, and 
so I kept on encouraging all of them and trusting God for 
victory. 
When the enemy were a little less than half way down, they 
again suddenly turned back and hurriedly disappeared over the 
hill to return no more. The policemen could not understand why 
they did not come on, and the believing Indians wondered and 
were amazed, but did not say a word. I knew God had pro- 
tected us in the hour of danger, but I wondered also what made 
them turn back those two times. Soldiers from Puno came to 
Huancane, fierce battles ensued, and at least one thousand 
Indians were killed, the exact number not being known. When 
defeated and persecuted by the whites, many came to us, and 
afterward became Christians, and are now faithful members. 
This is the story they told me: 
We were in that mob that twice tried to destroy the mission 
and kill you, planning on cooking our breakfast with the lumber , 
of the house and pillaging everything in sight. We were de- 
, eeived by our chiefs, for they tried to make us believe this 
possible. The first night we came we were about a thousand 
strong, and when we were ready to come down on the mission, 
we suddenly saw soldiers with rifles stationed all around the 
mission, and down in the village other groups. Fear took hold 
of us, and we returned. 
" We had a committee meeting, and decided to send for more 
men on the other side of the river. They came, a thousand more. 
We were jubilant. Now we will take the mission and kill the 
devil pastor. We formed in groups of fifty and one hundred 
each, and started down the hill. When less than half way down, 
out watchmen on the hilltops said a steamer was coming very 
well lighted. We stopped and looked, and sure enough, we saw 
coming from the direction of Puno a lake steamer. It made 
several turns in circles as if hunting for the port of Piata, 
finally sailed in, and to our amazement, hundreds of soldiers, 
well armed and with amMunition, disembarked in Piata and 
began marching toward the mission. We were filled with fear, 
and hurriedly returned, wondering how we could succeed in 
ransacking Piata (the mission station). 
" We decided to send for every man on the other side of the 
river to help, making known to thein our jeopardy. The forces 
came, but got only as far as the river. That same night hard 
rains swelled the river, and it was over its banks. The balsas 
were all yanked from their moorings, and those coming to help 
us could not get across. While all this was happening, soldiers 
appeared the next morning coming from Julinen, and the forces 
who had come to help us disappeared. From this on, the river 
continued to falli and we were left without help, and feared to 
try again to attack because of the soldiers we,knew must have 
been stationed around the mission." 
Outside of the ten policemen that we had received as help 
after the first attack, we saw nothing, nor did we have any 
other help that was open to our eyes. Surely, God 'answered 
our prayers, and angels of God, in the form of soldiers, pro-
tected us and God's boat filled with angels came to our aid. 
— -We-praise His-name. He never loses a battle. 
G. A. SCHWERIN. 
In the Midst of Enemies 
Osx time my wife and I were on a tour of the schools, and 
after having visited several in Vilque, we were on our way' to 
the school in Altos Caeador. Night came, and we hurried on, 
arriving a little after dark at the house of a brother who lived 
some two leagues from the school of Altos. We decided to re-
main here overnight, as they cordially invited us. They seemed 
to know of our coming, and had already prepared °nape 
(Indian soup) and a bed of sheep hides. 
All went well that night, and we had good soup and a good 
sleep, after having prayefi with the brother and explained to 
him many scriptures and answered his many questions. 
Around five o'clock a brother who lived a block away came. 
with his head all bleeding, and said that some time before some 
Indians, with the mayordomo of a near-by fine,a (farm), had 
come asking for the pastor, saying they had come to kill him, 
having orders from their patron to do so. The brother refused 
to tell him, and in consequence was beaten on the head with the 
butt of the rifle. The two horses we were riding were in plain 
sight of this brother's house, but they did not see them. During 
the night it snowed, and some Indians passed on horseback, 
leaving their tracks. The mayordomo, thinking these were our 
tracks, went on hunting for us, never seeing our horses that were 
in plain sight, eating grass on the hillside where the snow had 
been swept away by the wind. 
We dressed the brother's wounds, and gathering the family 
together, had prayer, thanking God for His deliverance. We 
could not help but admire this brother's courage when he was 
willing to receive a beating and risk his life in our behalf. 
Truly, there are noble characters among these Indians, and we 
thank God and ask Him to help us win them. 
G. A. &Ewan 
Another Experience 
Air the beginning of the present year I had the privilege of 
holding a series of public meetings in a little village in the 
interior of the province of Corrientes. It was planned that 
three of us work together in this place. Two of the students 
from our school were to unite with me. They were to come 
by boat up the river Parana, and I went to meet them at the 
port where they were supposed to land. For reasons which, to 
this day, have never been satisfactorily explained, these breth-
ren were not able to arrive on time. 
As I was waiting for them, I began talking with the people, 
and while there was not a soul in the place that I knew, I 
began to visit from house to house, thinking to thus improve 
my time while I was waiting for the next boat, on which I 
thought surely the brethren would arrive. Most of the people 
received me kindly and listened with interest. 
On one of my visits I went to the home of a gentleman who 
was chief of one of the municipal offices. This man, from the 
first, showed himself very favorable. I told him how it hap-
pened that I was in the village, and that I would like to bold 
a few meetings there for the public while I was waiting. I told 
him that I had with me a little stereopticon. He was very much 
interested, and offered me his home in which to hold some 
meetings. I invited the public that very night. Under a large 
arbor in his front yard, adorned with beautiful flowers, and by 
the clear light of a full moon, the third angel's :message was 
preached in this place for the first time. The attendance grew 
from night to night to such an extent that I was eoniineed it 
was the hand of God that had detained me in this place against 
my own wishes. 
I waited an entire month for the brethren who were to come, 
and thank God, when He changes our plans, it is because He 
has something better for us and His cause. At first I presented 
general subjects that did not raise any opposition; then I went 
on presenting the stronger points of our message, and to my 
surprise, the people, instead of abandoning the meeting, eon: 
tinned to come with greater interest than ever. I visited the-
people in their homes, and noted that the, word of God was 
taking root in their hearts. I soon saw - that several were-
deciding in favor of the truth. Up to this time, all had been 
friendly, but as soon as the first converts began to give public 
testimony of their faith, the people divided into two groups, 
those in favor and those against. 'The priests began to incite 
the people, and we soon found ourselves, as in the-time of Paul, 
in the midst of a great tumult. Thirteen persons were baptized, 
and they immediately became the objects of every kind of 
threat, and were molested by both neighbors and relatives. 
One night a group of men armed with revolvers and knives came 
to the meeting with the purpose of doing us harm, but thanks 
be to God, He did not permit it. One of the persons who at-
tended told me that there were several who had planned to beat 
me before the Meeting should close, and that his father was one 
of the number. Later on, that same man became interested in 
the truth, and has the Bible in his home now, although it is 
contrary to the will of his father. 
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One day- while we were walking along the road just outside 
thayillage, goinaperson turned a wild cow loose behind us, and 
beingrinfuriatedoSo came for us. H the hand of God had not 
intervened,- we, Would not be here to tell this experience to our 
youog:people„, The animal came up behind us,' running at full 
speed; She. first knocked Brother Wederkempfer down, for he. 
was welking,a;few paces, hehind me, next to the fence. I knew " 
nd&iug about, it until I heard the cow throw him , down. I 
turned around and saw the, furious animal at a very short 
distance.., While running to safety, I slipped and fell my whole 
length . in, the middle of ,the,rood, thus being at the complete 
mercy of the animal, Mit happily, when she was right where 
she-could attack one with her sharp horns, she fell down beside 
mei,,and.-Aemed ;unable to move until ,I had gotten up and 
climbed to We other, side of the fence. 
impossible, to; tell all,, that these, superstitious and 
fanatical 'People tried to .do to us. They circulated the 
report that we MOM,. supernatural beings; that He people 
who•came.toeur meetings became enchanted, and could not 
leave the place. They also said that after the meeting, we 
transformed ourselves into dogs, and ran about frightening the 
people. Many claimed to have seen us do this, stating it as a 
definite fact. Many of the people who came for the first time, 
watched uS ryy carefully, expecting thus to be-able to discover 
the tail and' horns'which they had been told we had. 
;Hut in-the midst of this ignorance and fanaticism, there are 
piedidus souls that long-to know the truth, and once they ac-
eePt it, rerhain that and loyal. At the present time we have 
two'Sab'bath schools in this place. Some of the better families 
have accepted the truth. Two of the young people are already 
in our school, and we hope, before the close of the year; to 
baptize several others. �
PEDRO %DUCHY. 
Devotional Meeting for May 8 
Topic: "Honoring Mother." 
Senior and Junior 
Blackboard Quotatietn: 
"Love droops, youth fades, the leaves of friendship fall; 
A mother's-secret hope outlives them all." 
Oliver Wendell Holmes. 
1. Standard of Attainment Drills. 
2. Band Reports. 
3. Recitation: " Thank God for Mother." 
4. Song and prayer. 
5. Talk: " Mother." 
6. Reading: " MOther's Hands." . 
- 7. Talk: "'What Rested- Mother." 
8. Talk:- " Rising to the Occasion with Mother." 
9. Story:, " Self-Made." 
10. Responses.' 
11. Closing Song: "Home, Sweet Home." 
.12. Benediction on " Our Mothers." 
Note, to ,Leaders 
Mother's Day has come to be an important day in the line-up 
of, days whickonr. nation devotes to honoring those to whom 
honor is due., The whitecarnation in Honor of the mother who 
lies left her .childre‘and they pink in honor of the living, is 
'recognized as the emblem of tribute. • To Missionary Volunteers 
thaworld over,Mothret's Day Should he looked forward to with 
delight, as -an oppdrtunity to express the gratitude and love 
which are in, each heart.,Make this a special program 'of` song 
and tribute:- Decorate te Church:with flowers, white 'arid pale' 
pink predominating.'Send' out special invitations; to thelinoth-
eirer'and preeent‘eaCh 'with a flower as she comes in. It is ,espe-
CiallY appropriate to have 'both the older young people and the 
Juniors join. in: such, d,progratn. The young mothers as well 
as the middle-aged. and ,grandmothers should receive equal 
tribute. �
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The best way to advertise such a meeting is to write personal 
invitations to the mothers of .the church. At least two weeks 
before,. call for volunteers and ask the Juniors to join. Perhaps 
the church school teacher may be persuaded to allow the Juniors 
to copy invitations as a Writing 'exercise. Make the invitation 
cordial. '" Thaw M4YrnEs:- We are planning- a Mother's Day 
program ,to be given-Sabbath afternoon, May 8 jor whatever 
time'majt be-planned by the society], and we should be happy 
indeed if you nouldfindit convenient to join us then. Cordially 
yours,- THE% MISSIONARY VOLUNTE4H." Some such statement 
on a card Or eimplawriting paper would.be appropriate. If you 
have the proper help, it would add further to the attractiveness 
of the invitation mould you print the following stanza on it: 
For all the far outreaching 
Of homes where mothers pray, 
For all their blessed teaching, 
We bring God thanks today," 
Then, the Sabbath before the program, delegate several 
Juniors to give out the invitations as the mothers pass from 
the church. 
Music.—The music is so dependent upon the sources avail-
able that little has been suggested. However, plan, at /east 
three special numbers to be added to the program. The songs, 
" Mother Machree," " Little Mother o' Miner and the hymn, 
"Mother, When I think of Thee," are ordinarily available. See 
that your society organist has some soft, sweet music to play 
before the meeting while the mothers are coming in, and also 
during the collection. 
Standard of Attainment Drill.— Do not have this break into 
the regular program. On the other hand, the mothers will enjoy 
knowing a little of what is being accomplished at the regular 
meetings, and so plan your drills before the regular opening 
exercises. Ask the one conducting them to explain to the 
mothers the plan of training each member until he is able to 
answer intelligently for his faith, then proceed with the drill. 
Perhaps the Junior leader may conduct the Junior drill. Thor-
ough preparation, will make this very entertaining to all the 
visitors. For the Juniors the seetion, " The Kingdoms of This 
World and the Kingdom of God," page 10 of the Junior Man-
ual, should be studied. For the Seniors, Lesson XVI, " Christ's 
Ministry," on page 28 of the Senior Manual, is the lesson for 
the day. 
Band Reports.— What is true about the Standard of Attain-
ment is also true concerning the work of the society. Plan to 
have a brief but inspiring report of some of the work which the 
society is doing from week to week. 
Material for Program.—We are furnishing the following 
poem and talks to be used as the program committee sees At 
No. 3 is a tribute. Ask one of your members to make the spirit 
of it his own, and add to it as he would pay tribute to his own 
mother. It would give this more point if the one giving this 
recitation was addressing it to his- own mother. No. 8, "Rising 
to the Occasion With Mother," should be given by one of the 
Senior Missionary Volunteers, and addressed especially to the 
Juniors. In planning the program, see that the Juniors have 
an equal part to give. 
Responses.— Why not try the plan of asking several mothers 
to respond? Ask one to tell, " The Best Time My Son Ever 
Gave Me." Another, " The Gift That I Appreciated Most From 
My Daughter," etc. 
To College Leaders 
In preparing a Mother's Day progriun for a college society, 
we would emphasize the importance of drawing upon the 'talent 
available. Of late, we have appreciated greatly the tributes 
which we have noticed in school papers from time to time. Give 
the meeting a practical turn in encouraging letter writing home. 
Mother 
ORVILLE DUNN 
" MOTHER," what a wealth of memories cluster about this 
expressive word of ours. There is no word that expresses the 
love, service, and sacrifice so fully as does this one. It at once 
calls to mind the cooling. touch on a fevered brow, the soothing 
kiss to a bruised face, or the helping hand in many a childish 
task. 
Whose love is it that never fails you? Whose heart is it that 
never ceases to pray for you? Whose faith is it that never 
dims when thinking- of you? Our hearts all answer, " 'Tis , 
Mother." 
How much we owe to mother! Her loving care has aided us 
in our path from the cradle 'to manhood or womanhood. She 
it was who encouraged us to take our first wavering steps. 
It has been her constant love and encouragement that has 
spurred us on to meet the problems of life. Her love never 
falters, even though she sees us pressing forward beyond her 
immediate reach. Her mother love enables her to bear in silence 
the keen and poignant pain that tugs at her heart strings as 
her boys and girls leave home to achieve their success in the 
world. 
Mother love has meant much to men of earth. Think of 
Washington, of Lincoln, of Garfield. We cannot think of them 
without pausing to thank God for the mothers who trained them. 
What a blessing the life of John Wesley has been to men. Yet 
our record would be incomplete if we failed to mention his 
mother's influence on his life. When he asked her how to know 
the right or Wrong of any question, -she made this answer,, 
" Whatever weakens your reason, whatever impairs your tender- 
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mess' of conscience; wipttever.obseures your, sense of God, what-
ever increases the strength and authority of your body over 
your mind, that thing to you is wrong, however innocent it 
may be in itself." 
Let us not forget our mothers, but under God resolve that we 
will prove ourselves worthy sons anddaughters. It is our privi-
lege to live out the ideals of manhood and womanhood in a life 
of service. As we live for others, we live for our mothers. 
Mother's Hands 
MOTHER'S hands were seldom still; they always seemed to 
be doing little tasks of love to ease my path for me. Sewing, 
baking, mending clothes, and putting things away! Mother's 
bands were busy hands, but they found time to stray tenderly 
across my hair, to rest above my hands, saying, with their 
gentle touch, " Mother understands! " 
Small they were and rather plump; they spoke of faith and 
prayer. If there was a time of need, her hands were always 
there, doing pleasant work, or sad, but always without stint, 
answering the spoken want, or the unspoken hint. 
When I was a little child, they brushed my fears aside. They 
were swift to comfort 'me when I could scarcely hide broken 
faiths and heartbreaks from the watching world. They were 
like a bit of mother's soul—the 
 dearest part of her! 
I have seen them waving when I went away from home; 
half across the world they've called when I have dared'to roam. 
I have hid my face in them when dreams have gone astray; I 
have known their sunshine when the skies above were gray! 
Mother's hands! . �
. Their memory is very close this hour, 
as I wear, to honor them, a single snow-white flower.— The 
Christian Herald. 
What Rested Mother 
IT was such a busy, busy morning! Every one seemed to 
want mother for everything at once, and she was trying to look 
after a lot of things and talk to two or three people at the same 
time. Then the telephone rang, and she had to answer it. As 
she stood-there talking, the little boy came softly in. It was 
time for him to go to school, but he whispered smilingly, 
" I want to kiss you before I go." 
Mother turned for the good-by kiss, and the lady who was 
taking down a report of a meeting at the other end 'of the line 
did not know that anything was happening. But something had 
happened, for mother turned back feeling rested and happy, 
and with the worried wrinkle gone from her forehead. How 
easy to work when she had such a loving helper! ' And the whole 
day was easier—for just a little boy's good-by kiss.—L. P. 
McAvoy. 
Thank God for Mother 
G., A. SWANSON 
ACROSS the years now spent and gone, 
With friendly scenes beguiling, 
The fairest face I've looked upon 
I see serenely smiling; 
Its fadeless beauty ever gleams 
Above all earthly splendor, 
And memory sweeps in endless dreams 
Its features kind and tender. 
I am a child at mother's knee, 
Her gentle voice is calling, 
I hear its soft, sweet melody 
In tender accents falling; 
While through the midst of hopes and fears 
Her faith is still abiding, 
And 'spite the distance of the years 
Her hand my hand is guiding. 
No earthly wealth, but rich in prayer 
And faith beyond time's measure, 
Her womanly grace beyond compare, 
Her love, an endless treasure, 
To me she came a gift divine, 
Like her there's not another 
And I mu rich, her faith is mine; 
Thank God [for such a mother! 
El Reno, Okla. 
Rising to the Occasion With Mother 
f I WONDER if( you know you are going to be judged almost 
above everything else'by the way you treat your mother: It is 
so easy to be thoughtless when one is young and eager and in 
a hurry. 
Not because you need it, but because it 'is such a wonderful 
story, and true, -1 am going to tell you about a young man who 
came up from Tennessee' to attend a great Northern' university. 
In the four years he spent there he became the most popular 
man in his class. 
He worked his way through, but he took so many honors, and 
consequently was president of his class 'so 'often that no one 
thought very much of hero he worked in the.summer to pay his 
tuition. The word spread around that his mother was coming 
to visit 'him, and of course the whole college community was 
interested because, for so prominent a man, very little was 
known of his home and people. 
So a great number of people. ent to call on his mother as 
soon as she arrived, some out of curiosity, mid some because 
they were so genuinely fond of him. ' They found a little old 
woman from the mountains with a shawl around her shoulders. 
And was he ashamed of her/ Not' a bit, or at least no one 
ever knew it if he was. 'He took her all over the university, 
and his eyes shone as he introduced'her as his mother. When 
she left, more people admired him than ever before, and you 
can sense how they would, can't you? 
I told you this story only because I like it so much, but it 
will surely show how thoughtfulness in little things may count 
wheirYou are with your mother. 
Now I suppose you would like ,to know some of the things 
you might do to be entirely correct in all of them instead of 
awkward and clumsy. Well, one good general rule is to give 
her the preference in-every possible way, and act as if she were 
a guest of great importance. 
For instance, isn't it a nice attention to push your mother's 
chair in at the table for her? and to see that 'she gets served 
before you, and not to start eating until she does/ 
And in introductions, always to introduce every one to her; 
for instance,' you should say: "Mother, may I present Harold 
Jones? " 
Do you carry packages for her and answer the telephone for 
her? There! I don't need to enumerate any further;' for I 
know your own thoughts can run on ahead of mine in all these 
things. 
But there is one more thing I would like to put in. Do you 
always present all the friends who come to your house to your 
mother? If you don't, it looks as if you were ashamed either 
of them or of-her, and you don't want to give such an impression 
either way, of course! 
And it is, always your mother who should issue invitations 
for everything at your house even in asking your friends to 
stay to dinner. 
What a dreadful thing! I have saved the worst for the- last) 
and that is the wrong way to go about things, isn't it/ But we 
will go over it in a hurry because I know it can't apply to any 
of you, only it may make you see even more how important 
doing the opposite way' is. 
I once knew a girl who had a new winter coat every year, 
and loads and loads of dresses and hats,t while her mother wore 
her east-off onee, and said she was happy to see her daughter 
have such pretty things, since both of them couldn't. 
And how every one talked and talked about this girl's selfish-
ness, and really laughed-at it, Of course, you will say it was 
natural for them to -Imigh at her because' she was horrid, but 
it may make you think, too, how nice it is to show a real 
preference for your -mother. 
Do you give her presents other times besides 'her birthday, 
out of your own allowance/ And do you: make these presents 
little things that she will want, that the can have all for her-
self, and not something,, for the house, to benefit everybody? 
That is the real point!—Every Girl's Magazine. 
No program is given for' May 29. 
It is your, day. 
Plan for it early. 
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Self-Made 
A WEALTHY business man several years ago made a short 
visit to his native town, a thriving little place, and while there, 
was asked to address a Sunday school on the general subject 
of success in life. 
"But I don't know that I have anything to say, except that 
industry and honesty win the race," he answered. 
" Your very example would be inspiring, if you would tell 
the story of your life," said the superintendent. " Are you 
not a self-made man?" 
"I don't know about that." 
" Why, I've heard all about your early struggles! You went 
into Mr. Wheeler's office when you were only ten —" 
"So I did! So I did! But my mother got me the place, 
and while I was there she did all my washing and mending, 
saw that I had something, to eat, and when I became discour-
aged, told me to cheer up and to remember tears were for 
babies." 
" While you were there, you studied by yourself —" 
" Oh, no, bless you, not not by myself t Mother heard my 
lessons every night, and made me spell long words while she 
beat up cakes for breakfast. I remember one night I got so 
discouraged I dashed my writing book, ugly with pothooks and 
trammels, into the fire, and mother burned her hand pulling 
it out." 
" Well, it was certainly true, wasn't it, that asnoon as you 
had saved a little money, you invested in fruit, and began to 
peddle it out on. the evening train?" 
The rich man's eyes twinkled, and then grew moist over the 
fun and pathos of some old recollection. 
" Yes," he said slowly, " and I should like to tell you a story 
connected with that time. The second lot of apples I bought for 
peddling -were specked and wormy. I had been cheated by the 
man of whom I bought them, and I could not afford the loss. 
The night after I discovered they were unfit to eat, I crept 
down into the cellar, and filled my basket as usual, for the 
next day's business. 
" They look very well on the outside,' I thought, and per-
haps none of the people who buy them will ever come this way 
again. I'll sell them, and just as soon as they're, gone I'll get 
some sound ones.' Mother was singing about the kitchen as I 
came up the cellar stairs. I hoped to get out of the house with-
out discussing the subject of unsound fruit, but in the twinkling 
of an eye she had seen the basket. 
" Ned,' said -she, in her clear voice, what are you going 
to do with those specked apples?' 
"' Se-sell them,' stammered I, ashamed in advance. 
" Then you'll be a cheat, and I shall be ashamed to call you 
my son,' she said, promptly. Oh, to think you could dream of 
such a thing as that! ' Then she cried and cried, and —I've 
never been tempted to cheat since. No, sir, I haven't anything 
to say in public about my early struggles. But I wish you'd 
remind- your boys and girls every week that their mothers are 
probably doing far more for them than they do themselves." 
Long live the mothers! — Youth's Companion. 
He Who -Serves 
HE has not served who gathers gold, 
Nor has he served whose life is told 
In selfish battles he has won 
Or deeds of skill that he has done; , 
But he has served who now and then, 
Has helped along his fellow men. 
The world needs many men today, - 
Red-blooded men{ along life's way, 
With cheerful smiles and helping hands, 
And with the faith that understands 
The beauty of the simple deed 
Which serves another's hour of need. 
Teach me to do the best I can 
To help and cheer my fellow man; 
Teach me to lose my selfish need, 
And glory in the larger' deed 
Which smooths the road and lights the day 
For all who Chance to come my way. 
— Selected. 
Devotional Meeting for May 15 - 
Senior 
Topic: "Ministering to the Suffering." 
1. Song Service and Opening Exercises. 
2. Scripture Reading: Matthew 25: 34-40. 
3. Standard of Attainment Drill. • 
4. Leader's Talk. 
5. Testimony Study: "A Call to Service." 
6. Talk: "A Woman Who Ministered." 
7. Reading: "He Who Serves." 
8. Talk: "Opportunities." 
9. Responses. 
10. Closing Song and Prayer. 
Junior 
Topic: " Going on God's Errands." 
1. Song Service and Opening Exercises. 
2. Repeat together Matthew 25: 40. 
3. Standard of Attainment Drill. 
4. Leader's Talk. 
5. Talk: "Helping My Neighbor." 
6. Recitation: He Who Serves." 
7. Story: "A Girl Who Saved Others." 
8. Superintendent's Talk and Response. 
9. Closing Song and Prayer. 
Notes to Leaders 
This program is another of those which are planned with the 
work of the bands in mind. Again the Christian help band 
work is to be emphasized, this time the medical phase of it 
p'redominating. Every year seems to bring greater opportunity 
of service for the- sick about us, and the General Conference 
Medical Department is doing much in training the church mem-
bers to meet the emergencies by holding home nursing classes. 
How many Missionary Volunteers are trained home nurses? 
Are there those who can give treatments, and have given them 
when occasion demanded? If so, ask these as well as the leader 
of the Christian help band to meet with your program committee 
as you plan to make this program an incentive for further 
preparation and efficiency in relieving the suffering. Got in 
touch with the union conference medical secretary or nurse, 
and find out what is being done along this line by other church 
members. He will doubtless have charts to lend and suggestions 
which will make the importance of the work more clear. 
To College, Leaders 
Ask the teacher of the hydrotherapy class as well as the leader 
of the Christian help band to join you as you prepare for this 
program. The purpose to be kept in mind is to show the stu-
dents the possibilities for soul-winning wrapped up in the ability 
to minister to those who are sick. Reports of what has already 
been accomplished by the young ,people should also hold a 
prominent place in your program. 
Senior Notes 
Standard of Attainment Drill.—" Christ awl the Law," page 
30 of the Standard of Attainment Manual, is the lesson for 
the day. Emphasize the importance of being able to prove a 
point by turning promptly to a text. Ask some member to 
prove that Christ magnified the law. Ask another to be ready 
to explain the texts which are so frequently used by those who 
wish to prove that the law does not need to be kept, as, for 
instance, Galatians 2: 19. 
Leader's Talk.—The purpose of this is to give the keynote 
of the program. Point to Jesus, the great example, and show 
how at least two thirds of His time was spent in relieving 
suffering. Use as a basis the first two chapters of " The Min-
istry of Healing." The statement, " During His ministry, Jesus 
devoted, more time to healing the sick than to preaching" 
(page 19), shows how He regarded the needs of the suffering. 
We cannot hope to win people to the truth while they are cold 
or hungry or suffering. The first way to chow Christian love 
is to supply the needs. The point may be further illustrated 
by the following incident: 
"A chaplain in our Army during the war was passing over 
the field when he saw a soldier who had been wounded, lying 
upon the ground. He'happened to have his Bible under his arm, 
and he stooped down and said to the man: 
" Would you like me to read you something that is in the 
Bible?' 
" The wounded man said, I am so thirsty, I would rather 
have a drink of water' 
" The chaplain hurried off, and quickly brought the water. 
" Could you lift my head and put something under it?' 
"The chaplain removed his light overcoat, rolled it up, and 
tenderly lifting the head, put it as a pillow for the tired head 
to rest on. 
" Now,' said the man, if I only had something over me. 
I am so cold.' 
" There was only one thing the chaplain could do, and that 
Was to take off his coat and cover the man. As he did so, the 
wounded man looked up in his, face and said: If there is any-
thing in that book that makes a man do for another what you 
have done for me, let me hear it.'" 
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Testimony Study: "A Call to Service."—The following quo-
tations have been selected from sources which are available to 
all, and so they are merely suggested. We are indebted to L. A. 
Hansen, of ,the Medical Department, for them (we give the first 
and last -words of the quotation): 
1. A work for all. 
a The work which the disciples did, . . . lighten the woes of 
suffering humanity."—" The Ministry of Healing," p. 104. 
2. Lengthening the chain. 
"Jesus did not consider . . . path He trod."—Id., p. 105. 
3. In His steps. 
"Many feel that it would . . �
in need of consolation."— 
Id., pp. 105, 106. 
"We are to feed the hungry, . . . hopeless," 
Id., p. 106. 
4. The one way to reach souls. 
"Christ's method alone . . . Follow Me.' "—Id., p. 148. 
5. Kindling faith. 
"Many have no faith . . . Word is opened."—Id, p. 145. 
6. The youth, God's helping band. 
" The Lord has appointed the youth to be His helping hand. 
If in every church they would consecrate themselves to Him, 
if they would practise self-denial in the home, relieving their 
careworn mother, the mother could find time to make neighborly 
visits, and when opportunity offered, they could themselves give 
assistance by doing little errands of mercy and love. Books 
and papers treating on the subject of health and temperance 
could be placed in many homes. The circulation of this litera-
ture is an important matter; for thus precious knowledge can 
be imparted in regard to the treatment of, disease,— knowledge 
that would be a great blessing to those who cannot afford to 
pay for a physician's visits."---" Counsels on Health," p. 428. 
Talk: "Opportunities,"— Ask the leader of the Christian help 
band to give a report of work done by the members, and make 
suggestions for further work. Perhaps arrangements can be 
made to, give instruction in simple treatments. 
Response.— This is an opportunity for all who are interested 
in this kind of work to make it known. Plan for definite re-
sults. No enthusiasm should be allowed to die. Ask those who 
have reported " Treatments given " to be ready to tell how the 
homes of neighbors have been entered and help given. If such 
ministering has opened the way to tell the " truth " or has in 
any way broken down prejudice, toll of that, too. 
Junior Notes 
Standard of Attainment Drill.— The study for the day is on 
the 2300 days. Have a chart drawn on the blackboard. Then 
study carefully the verses that mark the beginning and close of 
the period. On an understanding of this, period depends an 
understanding of the call which has made Adventists what they 
are, it is, this that reveals to us the fact that even now the 
investigative judgment is going on. After the study, call on 
several Juniors to draw the chart from memory. 
Leader's Talk.—See the notes for Senior Leader's Talk. 
Talk: "Helping My Neighbor."—Tell the story of the good 
Samaritan. Luke 10: 30-35. Illustrate by this incident: 
" One winter day the evening train, which was the only train 
that stopped, brought to a, certain Western town a man who 
looked like a foreigner. He asked for 'the best hotel' Now 
the town had only a very small boarding house. The men at 
the corner joked the stranger a good deal as they told him to 
walk right across the road and enter their very best `hotel.' 
" The next day- word -spread around town that the stranger 
was sick and needed care. The ranchmen promptly took charge, 
and every one took his turn in looking after the sick man. It 
was a long pull, for the newcomer was very Rh but no one failed 
when his turn came.„ When, at last, the patient began to ,get 
better, he did not seem like a stranger, for they felt that he 
belonged to them. But the man was surprised when he came 
to himself and found a man whom he did not know trying to 
feed him some broth. Who are You?' he asked. ' One of your 
neighbors,' the ranchman said. Well, how did we get to be 
neighbors?' the sick man went on, Oh/ said the ranchman, 
you needed neighbors, and. we took you on.' 
" When the visitor became well, he went away, but soon came 
hack and built a small hospital to show how grateful he was. 
He always said that his best friends were the men who adopted 
him for a neighbor when he was sick and a stranger." 
Did these men have the spirit.of Christ in their hearts when 
they ministered to the sick stranger? 
Superintendent's Talk, and Response—.Emphasize the value 
of being ready to serve others. If the meeting is not on Sab-
bath, have a first-aid drill, and review the principles that Junior 
Companions are supposed to know. (See Junior Manual; pages 
136-146.) A bandage drill or the tying, of a toUrniquet would 
be an interesting exercise. AA isome,Junior to bring her doll 
to serve as patient./ Give a demonstration of fomentations, 
using small woolen 'cloths instead of regular fomentation cloths, 
and the doll for the patient., If the ,meeting is on Sabbath, 
emphasize the importance of learning how to do things so as 
to be ready when the opportunity presents itself. Study the 
instruction that has been given us (see article for Senior Talk 
No. 5), and show the children why every Christian should know 
how to care for the sick. For the response, ask the boys and 
girls to make suggestions as to how they can be of Use when 
there is sickness in the home, or have experiences related. 
A Woman Who Ministered 
Beets in Hampden, Maine, April 4, 1802, Dorothea Lynde Dix 
knew such suffering as a child' that never to the end of life 
would she refer to her first twelve years. "I never knew child-
hood," was the only reply she would ever make to questions. 
Certainly she knew no home, for her father was a wanderer 
who dragged his wife and child from place to place. They 
stitched together and sold the tracts he wrote, and so earned 
a scanty, uncertain living. At twelve years of age Dorothea 
went to her father's mother, in Boston. 
Here she studied night and day to fit herself to be independ-
ent. So well did she succeed that at fourteen she began to 
teach, a work that she followed, with a few intervals of study 
and travel, for twenty-five years. 
By that time her father and mother had died, and the two 
-young brothers whom Miss Dix had reared and educated, were 
started in life for themselves. The grandmother who had given 
the child a home had died also, leaving all her worldly posses-
sions to Dorothea. 
She was a woman of thirty-nine, "tall and of dignified car-
riage, head finely 'shaped and set, with an abundance of soft, 
wavy brown hair. I thought her the most beautiful woman I 
had ever seen." So said one of her pupils. She had fulfilled 
all gamily obligations and was financially independent. What 
should she do? 
Chance answered the question. "Eternal God. the chance did 
guide." Coming out of church one morning, she overheard two 
men talking of the inhuman treatment of the prisoners, sane 
and insane, in the jail at East Cambridge, Mass. A day or two 
later Miss Dix was asked to teach a Sunday school class made 
up of women in this jail. She was ready to accept the task, 
but to those who asked her she put the question, "How can I 
teach love and good will toward all men to the half-starved and 
freezing? " 
She was told to prove these statements. With determined 
energy she investigated for herself the jail conditions. She 
found the overcrowded place filthy; she saw the innocent, guilty, 
and insane herded together without any heat in a room where 
the temperature was below zero. Men like Dr. Samuel Howe 
and Charles Sunnier helped her carry the matter to the courts, 
and so clean this Augean stable. 
Womanlike, Miss Dix wondered if this jail were the exception, 
or if there were others like it. Without any authority from the 
State she visited all its prisons and almshouses. Then she com-
piled a report to the legislature, a report confined to a statement 
of the conditions of the insane; for to these helpless sufferers 
her sympathy had gone out most strongly. "I proceed, gentle-
men," she wrote, " to call your attention to the state of the 
insane confined within this Commonwealth in cages, closets, 
stalls, cellars, pens; chained, naked, beaten with rods, lashed 
into obedience." 
She cited illustrative cases, such as that of one patient con-
fined in total darkness, a chain from the iron collar about his 
neck to a staple in the wall preventing his moving about. The 
keeper boasted of this collar, saying the man liked it. 
"How do You know he likes it!" flashed Miss Dix. 
" Why, he's quit trying to run away! " was the astounding 
reply. 
Another poor man had lived for years in a stone cell, eight 
feet square, with no light, no air, no heat. Case after, ease of 
heartbreaking suffering Miss Dix told' of, and the State was 
shocked into remedying the evils. For the hospital at Worcester 
alone $200,000 was appropriated. 
From Massachusetts Miss Dix went to Rhode Island. Con-
ditions there Were equally frightful. , Again Miss Dix made a 
report, and again the State was shamed into bettering condi-
tions. Then on she went to other States. 
After State insane asylums were established here, Miss Dix 
visited State after State in the South. Much of her traveling 
had' to be done in a carriage, over wretched roads, 'so rough 
that Miss Dix always carried with her in preparation for an 
emergency, "a hammer, wrench, nails, screws, coil of rope, and 
straps of stout leather." No' danger daunted her, and difficulties 
only whetted her spirit. She used to say, " The tonic I need 
is the tonic of opposition. That always set me on my feet." 
Her work carried her to nearly ever State east of the Rocky 
Mountains, to Canada, and to many of the countries in Europo. 
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Then came the Civil War. At once Miss Dix volunteered her 
'services.,,, Immediately she was appointed superintendent of 
women nurses, and in this capacity 'she served throughout the 
war, Not one day's rest did she take; very often when meal-
time came she had to be reminded to eat. From her own re-
sources she rented two large houses to store the supplies sent 
her, and to use as resthomes for the nurses. Also at her own 
expense she bought a detachment of ambulances to supplement 
the Government service; she employed two secretaries, and she 
traveled hundreds of miles from one battlefield to another. 
The war ended, but not Miss Dix's work. For eighteen months 
longer she carried on correspondence in behalf of the men who 
had come under her care; for the disabled and sick she procured 
pensions; to the families of those who had died she sent their 
dying messages. 
At the age of sixty-five she again took up her work for the 
insane. During the next fifteen years she founded or enlarged 
thirty-two hospitals in her own country, and influenced the 
erection of two in Japan. 
" She'had built homes for the homeless, but she had provided 
none for herself." At eighty years of age she accepted an 
urgent invitation to go to live at the asylum at Trenton, N. J., 
the first one which had been built as the direct outcome of her , 
• work. Here she lived until July 17, 1887. Her worn-out body 
lies in Mount Auburn in company with a host of other illus-
trious dead. " Thus was laid to rest the most useful woman 
America haii yet produced."—" Great-hearted Women," by Mabel 
:Ansley Murphy. �
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Clara Barton, a Girl Who Saved Others 
Nom so was she named when she came into the world- on 
Christmas Day, 1821. The inmates of the old Massachusetts 
-farmhouse named the tiny baby Clarissa Harlowe, and so well 
Aid she live up to the name that she started to school at three, 
able to -spell Words 'of as many syllables • as she- numbered 
her years. , 
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But she was shy, so shy that she could answer' no,question in 
school.. Only on a horse did she forget herself. Her big brother, 
David, who was her hero, taught her to ride by telling her, 
" Just Seel the horse a part of yourself, the big half of you for 
the time being." Many a mad gallop together they bad, up and 
deft -the rocky pastures. So, by riding half-tamed colts Clara 
received , the training „that enabled her later„ in life, to, ride 
strange horses on All-night roes to safety. 
When she Nan only eleven years old, David fell from a barn 
roof, and for two years was an invalid. Clara was his devoted 
nurse. With him she ,left the wild, free outdoor life they both 
loved, and lived within the four walls of the sick-room. Not 
one half-day was she absent, and the doctors, as well as the 
neighbors, said, " Clara's a born nurse." 
But she grew ever shyer and more sensitive. Her family were 
puzzled to know how to help her until a wise 'friend, suggested 
that she be given some work _for others outside of her home. 
'So, as Clara, at fifteen was„gak,a600,,fit,MA of ieryplzpals,.jn;]ter, 
studies, she took a,country school. ,-The first day was an ordeal. 
She herself said, " It ;was one of the, most awful moments of 
'my life when I first faced the room full of children. But by 
'the end of the day I had proved that I could teach." �
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, So for sixteen years she taught. Finally, she learned that 
Bordentown, N. J., had no school; that the children had' been 
too lawless to be controlled. �
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"Let me try for three months. I'll teach for'-nothing," 
Miss Barton pleaded. 
She Began with six street urchins in au old tumble-down 
At-the-end-of
building. 
�
the,sebstol year; with, am, assistanti:she 
moved six hundred children-into; a 'fine mews schoolhouse, the 
'first public school in the State. 
After a time her voice gave out, so she went to work in the 
Patent office in Washington. Here she was when the Civil- War 
begun ,,,The Massachusetts men who, hurriedly answered Lin-. 
;m11118'00 for volunteers were. attacked in Baltimore, on.April 
19;--as they were hurrying to the front. r Their train finally 
reached Washington with', many ',wounded .on board:. Clara 
Marton with !many other women met the train and, dressed the 
men's wounds. Here she found-bet real: life-work. 
;From- that day tooth° -end of- Bey difarneven-aaarffichad she 
4bae to be self:conscious. ;For;weeksonbd, ,met the. I'otorriree 
transports, filled with wounded soldiers, as they docked at 
Washington. Only too often had the men lain so long uncared 
for that her ministrations were of no avail. So she determined 
to go to the front and give to the men immediately after they 
were wounded what is now known as "first aid." 
But days passed into weeks, and still those in authority 
turned a deaf ear to her plea. At last, however, Assistant 
Quartermaster-General Rucker gave her a pass, and from that 
day until the war closed, Clara Barton was an angel of mercy 
on the firing line. On sixteen battlefields she worked. Through 
the siege of Charleston and the Wilderness campaign she serted, 
and into the Richmond hospitals she went with the men, Yet, 
loyal as she was to her own " boys," no Confederate who needed 
her care was ever passed by. 
At Antietam she took the cornmeal packed about bottles and 
from it she made hot gruel. At Fredericksburg the wounded 
suffered greatly from the cold. Clara Barton had them all 
brought to one place and great fires started. Still the men 
shivered. An old chimney stood near. " Tear it down, heat 
the bricks, and place them about the boys," Clara Barton 
commanded. 
At last the war ended, but sixty thousand men were "miss-
ing! " President Lincoln asked Miss Barton to help to locate 
these men and to answer the letters of their anxious parents. 
For four years she worked, and in that time she laid out the 
National Cemetery at Andersonville, Ga., and identified nearly 
thirteen thousand graves. And to the homes that would know 
their sons no more she sent definite word of thirty thousand men. 
But although the war was over, Clara Barton found other 
fields of service. She served over on the battlefields of Europe. 
Here she, learned about that great organization, " The Red 
Cross," under whose badge workers can minister to the suffering 
whether on an enemy's ground or not. It was Clara Barton 
that influenced the United States to join with the other nations 
in making the Red Cross help to save life in our country. 
She worked hard, and wherever there was suffering, there Clara 
Barton was sure to go. When she was eighty years of age she 
went to Galveston's aid, and President McKinley sent her to 
help in distributing food to the starving Cubans.' 
She lived to be eighty-seven years old, happy and honored 
by-all nations. Something she said should be treasured by each 
boy and girl, for it is the secret of a useful life; it is: "I have 
no mission. I have- never had a mission. But, I always had 
more work than I could do lying, around my feet. I try hard 
to get it out of the way so as to go on and do the next duty." 
Adapted from the Story of Clara Barton fa," Great-hearted 
Women," by Mabel Ansley Murphy. 
Devotional Meeting for May 22 
gonior. 
 
Topic: " God 's Witnesses." 
'IL Opening Exercises. 
" r 2. Standard of Attainment Drill. 
' S. Sand Report. 
4.' Repeat Psalms 19. 
5. Song: " Hymns and Tunes," No.' 80. 
6: Recitation: "Nature's Lessons." 
" 7. Talk: ''God's Witnesses." 
8. Recitation: "An Outdoor Man's Prayer." 
9: For Answer. ' 
10. Song " The Spacious Firmament." , 
1I2Close with Silent Prayer. -' 
Junior 
Topic: "God's Book." �' 
"); Standard 'of Attainment Drill.: 
:2. And Reports. 
:8. �
Pealms tagother. " 
4. Song:. "God Madd Them ""(Ne. 426, "Christ in Song"). 
"fi. Leader's Talk: " The Mighty Arefutbs." 
S. Rbeitatietr: "Nature's Lessons."' �
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',7. Talk or Reading: "'Do You Read Both Bookst " ' 
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Symposium " Sonia Questions:" �
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, b. itocitotiop: "An, 'Outdoor Man's Prayer." 
19. Close by repeating Mitireh. 
Notes to Leaders 
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Cad's love."—" The Desire of Ages," p. 19. Through His words 
and works we are awakened to the greatness of this love. True, 
nature too shows the results of centuries of sin; and yet if we 
read it might, it will become a lesson book from which we may 
draw the great truths of salvation, even as Jesus did. To give 
a little glimpse of the way nature reveals God's love and His 
plan of redemption, this program is planned. 
For Tour poster' 
 cut out some striking picture of nature. 
With the beautiful scenes of mountain, lake, and sea so often 
found on the front of magazine covers or in advertisements, a 
good- selection is possible. Underneath the picture print the 
words.: "What do you see in it?" Then give the time and date 
of the meeting. 
To College Leaders 
Ask your science teacher to furnish a number of paragraphs, 
or perhaps better call them parables, from students of his classes. 
Each parable should tell the story of some phase of redemption 
-or in some way reveal God's love through the facts of nature. 
Each different class of science may have its own peculiar con-
tribution to offer. 
Senior Notes 
Do not forget the song service. Nos. 341, 426, 428, 197, are 
all appropriate. The first three may not be very familiar, but 
why not use the song service to learn some new songs? 
Standard of Attainment Drill.—If you are keeping up to 
schedule, you should be ready to study Lesson XVIII, " The 
Law in the Heart." Love to God and love to man fulfil the law. 
To know God is to love Him. Only by having Christ in the 
heart and trusting in His obedience can we hope to fulfil the law. 
Band Report.— Ask the leader of your prayer and personal 
workers' band to make a report. How many bands have you? 
What is their membership, and how often do they meet? Do 
not forget to glee an opportunity for others to join, especially 
if there are young people in the society who do not belong. 
Song.— Encourage the use of the hymnal, "Hymns and 
Tunes,' whenever possible. Many of the young people of today 
are forgetting some of the old songs that inspired our pioneers. 
The one,No. 80, here suggested is right to the point. 
Beall rtion: "An Outdoor Man's Prayer."— You will find this 
on the inside of the back cover of your 1926 Morning Watch 
- Calendar. 
For Answer.—Pass out the following topics for comment. 
God's Care for Little Things," "God's Provision for Man's 
Comfort," " Wonders of the Insect World," " Marvels of 
for, 
Close with that grand old hymn, No. 329, "Christ in Song."' 
junior Notes 
Standard of Attainment Drill.— Review the 2300-day chart. 
See if some one will not volunteer to put it on the blackboard 
from memory. The lesson for today is really a continuation 
of the previous study, " The Heavenly Sanctuary." Emphasize 
paragraph 4, for it is that point that touches the life of each 
boy and girl. 
Leader's Talk: "The Mighty Arcturus."—The purpose of 
your remarks is to show God's might, and yet how He cares 
for the smallest creature. Study the first paragraph given 
under the " Symposium " of the Senior Lessons, and then read 
Job 38: 32, Then connect this with what Jesus said, "Are not 
two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not 
fall on the ground without your Father." Show how God's 
love is thus revealed, and then point out that we do not spend 
enough time learning the lessons which the heavenly Father 
tries to teach us through the book of nature. 
Symposium: "Some Questions."—Pass out these questions, 
and ask those receiving them to write out their answers: 
What lesson is taught by storms? 
What can we learn from trees? 
Name some teaching of a flower. 
What do we learn when we " go to the ant "? 
'Beavers can give us a lesson —in what? 
In what way do rocks remind us of God's love? 
Recitation: "An Outdoor Man's Prayer." (See Senior Notes.) 
God's Witnesses 
"Goo left not Himself without witness." Acts 14: 17. 
If man, God's masterpiece, fails, to witness for his Maker, 
then his Creator will still have the witness that is continually 
being borne by all creation about Him. This mighty host of 
witnesses, some in silence and, some with , joyful sound, all 
declare that God is good, -" in that Ile did good, and gave us 
rain from heaven,, and fruitful, seasons, filling our ,hearts with 
food and gladness." Aets 14: 17, 
A considerable portion of the Scriptures is devoted to a de-
scription of God's created' works. • Many of the spiritual truths 
of God's Word are linked with the objects of nature about us, 
so. that these spiritual lessons may frequently be breught to 
mind. The following are a few of the many objects mentioned 
in the OM testament which are linked with spiritual truths: 
1. Sum.—" The Lord God M a sun." Ps. 84: 11. As the light 
of the sun fills the earth, dispensing joy and blessing, so the 
light of God's truth fills the hearts of men, giving them hope 
and gladness. 
Z. The Constellations of Heaven.—" Seek Him that maketh 
the seven stars [Pleiades] and Orion." Amos 5: 8. The sight 
of these two constellations remind us of our need of seeking God. 
" Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the 
bands of Orion?" Job 38: 31. Besides reminding us of our 
need of seeking God, they tell us of His boundless influence and 
power. Job 38: 32. 
S. Arcturus and Mazzaroth (the Zodiac).— The poiver that 
guides Arcturus (a bright star in the constellation Booths) and 
his sons, and brings forth the Zodiac in its season, will guide us, 
and cause our lives to bring forth fruit in due season. 
4. Rock.—" He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness 
in Him." Ps. 92: 15. The enduring and unchanging rock rep-
resents the enduring love of God and His unchanging character, 
5. Fountain.—" With Thee is the fountain of life: in Thy 
light shall we see light." Ps. 36: 9. The freely flowing foun-
tain whose waters minister life and blessings to plants, animals, 
and man, remind us of the "fountain of living waters" from 
which we may drink and quench our thirsty souls. 
6. Spring of olTater.—" Thou shalt be like a watered garden, 
and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not." Isa. 58: 11. 
Those who minister to the sick and the destitute, are compared 
to a flourishing garden and a never-failing spring. 
7. Trees," That they might be called trees of righteousness, 
the planting of the. Lord, that He might be glorified." Isa. 
61: 3. The noble, majestic trees growing toward heaven repre-
sent the noble Christian lives that are becoming more and more 
heavenly in character. 
In the New Testament, as well as in the Old, divine spiritual 
truths are linked with the things of nature. This was Christ's 
favorite method of teaching, as indicated by His parables. (See 
Junior article.) 
Jesus not only taught the people, but He left teachers behind 
Him to repeat the lessons He had given. The wheat, the tares, 
the leaven, the lily, the sparrow, the raven, the, hen, the gook, 
the mustard seed, the pearl, are it few of nature's witnesses that 
repeat His wonderful lessons of truth, and these lessons, they 
are repeating today. Let us briefly consider, two of the most 
common of these witnesses, and the messages they proclaim.. 
Jesus had nearly finished His ministry in behalf of His own 
people. "And when He was come near, He beheld the pity,..and 
wept over it." "Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that, killest the 
prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often 
would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen 
gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not! " 
At that time this common domestic fowl, this quiet, but busy, 
unpretentious, demure mother who faithfully guards and pro-
tects her brood from all harm and danger, was ordained to 
bear witness throughout the centuries to the unutterable and 
undying love of Him who "came unto His own,. and His own 
received Him not." 
On the night of Christ's betrayal, boastful Peter declared 
that he would never deny his Lord.. "Jesus said unto him, 
Verily I say unto thee, That this night, before-the cock crow, 
thou shalt deny Me thrice." Three times on that eventful night 
Peter denied that he was a follower of Christ, and the third 
time, "he began to curse and to swear, saying, I know not the 
man. And immediately the cock crew. And Peter remembered 
the word of Jesus, which said unto him, before the cock crow, 
thou shalt deny Me thrice. And he went out, and wept bitterly." 
From that hour, on down through the -centuries, this herald 
of the early morning, before men begin their labors, has been 
warning the Peters of ancient and modern times et their don-
stant danger of proving untrue, to the-love so truly, expressed 
by the Master. The boastful, ponipousyselfeufficieut spirit of 
man is strikingly Manifested in the attitude-and, demeanor 'of 
the witness while sounding the warning. 
Wonderful witnesses are these two, members of the lovter 
family of the animate world whose 'itinerary is the, world, and 
whose ministry is undivided. The industry, thoughtful care, 
and demureness of the one, the indifference, self-sufkiency, and 
cock-sureness of the other, indicate With * At wisdom and skill 
Jests selected these, witnesses ef His love, iced ithe danger of 
man's proving untrue to that love. Arn• you listening to 
these witnesSes, and a thousand others who 'declare .with one 
accord that "God is love"? ' �
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THE' CHURCH OFFICERS' GAZETTE 
" The listening ear can hear and understand the communica-
tions of God through the things of nature. The green fields, the 
lofty trees, the buds and flowers, the passing cloud, the falling 
rain, the babbling brook, the glories of the heavens, speak to 
our hearts, and invite us to become acquainted with Him who 
made them all."—"Steps to Christ," p. 89. 
Of the witness of nature as well as the witness of man, it may 
be truly said: " Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about 
with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, 
and the sin which cloth so easily beset us, and let us run with 
patience the race that is set before us." Heb. 12: 1. 
M. E. CADY. 
Nature's Lessons 
As we look upon the fields of green 
In the quiet month of May, 
And behold how trees and bushes 
Have exchanged their robes of gray 
For a dress of-brighter color, 
Which proves life in every limb, 
This should constantly remind us . 
Of the debt we owed to Him. 
So this cheering proclamation 
To our lives, so filled with care, 
• Should new hope and courage bring us, 
Send us to the Lord in prayer, 
Asking that to us be given 
Also hearts of grateful praise 
For the freedom love has brought us, 
Keeping us from devious ways. 
—Maggie G. Richardson. 
Do You Read Both Books? 
Goo has written two books. One is the book of revelation 
commonly called the Bible, and the other is the book of creation 
spoken ,of as science or nature., 
Are, you reading both of these wonderful books, written by 
God Himself I am sure that many of you, and I hope all of 
you, are reading and studying the Bible every day. It is your 
textbook in learning your Sabbath school lesson, and I trust 
that you'are also.among those who are reading the Bible through 
each year• It is a good planvalso, to commit to memory many 
of its verses, and even whole chapters, taking some of the shorter 
psalms .first. Afterward you can commit to memory longer 
chapters; and then some of the smaller books of the Bible. 
My father.used, often to repeat a psalm or some chapter of the 
Bible at family worship, without opening the Bible or having 
it in his hands. We children thought it was wonderful for him 
to do that, but we were more surprised when he told us that he 
could repeat the whole book of Revelation without opening his 
Bible, also the book of Romans. 
Of course, as children we were interested to learn how he 
committed so much of the Bible to memory, and he told us that 
he learned many of these verses and chapters when he was a 
boy from ten to fifteen years of age. He said that he often 
took his Bible with hint to school, and would spend a part of 
the noon hour, and sometimes the whole of the recess (when the 
weather was stormy), reading it and committing it to memory. 
He loved to read the Bible, and would read it after going 
'to bed. In those days they did not have electric lights, not 
even gasoline or kerosene lamps, but used tallow candles. In 
order' that he Might read without danger, while lying in bed, 
'he took one half of 'a large turnip and hollowed it out like' a 
bowl. In the bottom he cut out a little round socket just large 
enough to hold the round candle, which would prevent it from 
falling over, 
'This-rather crude turnip candlestick he fastened tightly to 
his chest by means of two strings, Iong enough to pass around 
his body back over the chest where he tied a double bowknot 
to prevent its slipping off. We asked a lot of questions about 
this curious candlestick and how it worked; one I now remember 
was this: "Didn't the bedclothes catch fire when you turned 
over in your sleep?" He replied, "I didn't turn over in my 
sleep. I was so interested that I kept wide awake." 
Another thing he said which interested me very much was 
this: " Those verses and chapters I learned when I was a boy 
I have never forgotten. Those that I learned after becoming 
a man I forgot more easily, and do not seem to remember them 
as I do those which I learned when I was a boy. Learn all you 
can while you are children, for that you will never forget." 
The other book, the book of nature, is sometimes called the 
book of creation. God wrote this book (of creation) before 
He wrote the book of revelation (the Bible). I hope you are, 
reading this wonderful book of nature, of which the Bible has 
so much to say. The more you know of the Bible, the more you 
will be able to understand and appreciate the book of nature. 
In order that we might not forget this Saviour, and that His 
lovely character might be better understood and appreciated, 
the Bible speaks of constant reminders in nature of what Christ 
is, and of what He will be to those who accept Him as their 
Saviour. 
Here are a few of the witnesses in nature that continually 
remind us of the character of Christ and what He is to those 
who love and obey Him: 
.1. The Sun.—Christ is called the "Sun of Righteousness." 
When we look at the sun, we are reminded of Christ. What 
the sun is to the world, Christ is to us. What could we do 
without the sun? Without it we would have no heat, no light, 
no beautifully colored flowers and birds, no food, and we 
would die. Without the Sun of Righteousness we would have 
no love and joy in our hearts, no beautiful characters would 
be formed, and we would perish forever. 
f. Bread. Christis the "bread of life." When we eat 
bread to keep our bodies alive physically, this should remind 
us of the need of eating the "broad which came down from 
heaven," which will give us spiritual life. The Word of God 
is also called` bread, and when we eat (read and study) it, we 
are partaking of spiritual food. 
S. Water.— Christ is the "fountain of living waters," and 
as we quench our thirst, we are reminded of the water of life 
"which if a man drink," says Jesus, "he will never thirst again, 
but the water that I shall give him will be in him a well of water 
springing up into everlasting life." This was the lesson taught 
to the Samaritan woman at the well. 
4. Lamb,—Christ is the "Lamb of God." When we see the 
gentle, innocent, harmless lamb, we are reminded of the gentle-
ness, goodness, and love of Christ. 
5. Lion.— While the gentle lamb represents the gentleness of 
Christ, the lion represents His power and strength; for He is 
spoken of as the " Lion of the tribe of Judah." 
6, The Lily.—In the plant world, as well as the animal, we 
have also reminders of Christ; He is the "lily of the valley." 
The beautiful white lily represents the beautiful, spotless char-
acter of Christ. Jesus says, " Consider the lily," and that we 
" shall grow as the lily." 
7. The Rose.—Christ is also called the "rose of Sharon." 
These two beautiful, fragrant flowers remind us of the beauty 
and fragrance of the life that Jesus lived during His childhood 
and youth, and that our young lives are to be beautiful and 
fragrant like His. As I have looked at the lily in the pond, 
and the lily and rose in the field, I have often wondered how 
God could produce such beautiful, fragrant blossoms qn plants 
whose roots reach down into the cold, dark mud and soil. But 
He does it, and that helps me to believe that He can make my 
life beautiful and fragrant, even though I live in a cold, dark 
world of sin. 
The Bible we cannot always have with us, but the book of 
nature is always with us, and open ready for us to read at any 
time. Let us keep our eyes open to read the messages of love 
that God has written for us in earth and sea and sky, as well 
as those He has written for us in His Word. 
Christ when a boy studied both books. Of Him we read: 
"Beside the written word, Jesus studied the book of nature, 
finding delight in the beautiful things of His own creation."—
"Special Testimonies on Education," p. 64. 
His hours of greatest happiness were found alone with nature 
and with God. Whenever it was His privilege, He turned aside 
from the scene of His labor, to go into the fields, to meditate 
in the green valleys, to hold communion with God on the moun- 
tain side or amid the trees of the' forest. �
M. E. CADY.