WEEK OF PRAYER NUMBER 
Vol. 35 No. 19 
Sydney, Monday, May 11, 1931 
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Readings for the Week of Prayer 
To Be Read in All the Churches, May 23 to 30, 1931 
(Reading for Sabbath, May 23) 
The Finishing of the Work 
BY C. H. WATSON 
ALL through the Scriptures, the finishing of the work 
of God is held before the Lord's people. The 
very first prophecy that ever fell from human lips (so 
far as we have record) concerns itself with the thought 
of a finished work. " Enoch also, the seventh from 
Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord 
cometh with ten thousands of His saints, to execute 
judgment upon all." Jude 14, 15. The last words of 
the Book are a prayer for the Lord's work to be finished 
quickly. The prophecies of the Bible require that a 
special finishing work shall be done, and that a specially 
called people shall be intrusted with this finishing work. 
They mark clearly the peculiar characteristics of this 
specially called people, and indicate definitely the time 
when this finishing work should begin. They 
specifically outline the message that this people must 
bear, they define the field in which the message must be 
preached, and state the peoples, nations, kindreds, and 
tongues who are to hear it. They go even further, and 
point out the power by which the work, against every-
thing that can be made to oppose, shall be finished in 
grand and glorious triumph at the coming of Christ. 
The work at its finish is to bring to an absolute end 
the cruel reign of sin, an& to usher in the unending reign 
of righteousness and truth. 
Seventh-day Adventists have always claimed that 
this finishing work is the special work that they have 
been given to do. As a people they have been called 
into being at the very time that the prophecy required 
them to appear. They are attempting a task identical 
in all its features with that required to close up the 
Lord's work in the earth. They are preaching the 
closing message. That message is developing in them 
characteristics that are distinctively its own. They are 
rapidly occupying the whole field for the message. And 
they are giving it no uncertain sound among many of 
the peoples, nations, kindreds, and tongues of the whole 
earth. 
Never has a more important work been given to 
man. Never has a work demanded deeper earnestness, 
more entire consecration, and truer devotion. Never 
has any other phase of the work that God has com-
mitted to man called for more trusting faith and un-
wavering dependence upon divine power. Had we to 
depend only on ourselves for success in this stupendous 
undertaking, our despair would be utter ; but it is the 
Lord who is to finish the work, " for He will finish the 
work, and cut it short in righteousness : because a short 
work will the Lord make upon the earth." Rom. 9 : 28. 
That He will finish it through us is the glory of His pur-
pose, but its accomplishment and success are dependent 
upon His Spirit. �
Not by might, nor by power, but by 
My Spirit, saith the Lord." Zech. 4 : 6. 
God Has Provided Resources for Finishing the Work 
" God does not ask us to do in our own. strength the 
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work before us. He has provided divine assistance for 
all the emergencies to which our human resources are 
unequal. He gives the Holy Spirit to help in every 
strait, to strengthen our hope and assurance, to illumin-
ate our minds and purify our hearts."—" Testimonies," 
Vol. 8, p. 19. 
Herein indeed is our hope and assurance. God has 
provided divine assistance, and it is in the power of that 
divine assistance that the work is to close. It is the 
Holy Spirit that is given to help in every strait. But 
let not the character of the help that the Holy Spirit is 
to give escape our minds. He is to strengthen our hope 
and our assurance. He is to illuminate our minds, and 
He is to purify our hearts. In the closing work God 
plans for a strong, hopeful, enlightened, and purified 
people through whom to operate ; and for this He has 
promised the gift of the Holy Spirit. Continuing in the 
words of the servantof God to us : 
" Christ has made provision that His church shall be 
a transformed body, illumined with the light of heaven, 
possessing the glory of Immanuel. It is His purpose 
that every Christian shall be surrounded with a spiritual 
atmosphere of light and peace. There is no limit to the 
usefulness of the one who, putting self aside, makes 
room for the working of the Holy Spirit upon his heart, 
and lives a life wholly consecrated to God."—Ibid. 
" To us today, as verily as to the first disciples, the 
promise of the Spirit belongs. God will today endow 
men and women with power from above, as He en-
dowed those who on the day of Pentecost heard the 
word of salvation. At this very hour His Spirit and 
His grace are for all who need them and will take Him 
at His word. . . . Then it was that the Holy Spirit was 
poured out, and thousands were converted in a day. 
" So it may be now. Let Christians put away all 
dissension, and give themselves to God for the saving of 
the lost. Let them ask in faith for the promised bless-
ing, and it will come. The outpouring of the Spirit in 
the days of the apostles was the former rain,' and 
glorious was the result. But the latter rain will be more 
abundant. What is the promise to those living in these 
last days ?—` Turn you to the stronghold, ye prisoners 
of hope ; even today do I declare that I will render 
double unto thee.' �
Ask ye of the Lord rain in the 
time of the latter rain ; so the Lord shall make bright 
clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one 
grass in the field.' Zech. 9 : 12 ; 10 : 1. 
" Christ declared that the divine influence of the 
Spirit was to be with His followers unto the end. But 
the promise is not appreciated as it should be; and 
therefore its fulfilment is not seen as it might be. The 
promise of the Spirit is a matter little thought of ; and 
the result is only what might be expected,—spiritual 
drought, spiritual darkness, spiritual declension and 
death. Minor matters occupy the attention, and the 
divine power which is necessary for the growth and 
prosperity of the church, and which would bring all 
other blessings in its train, is lacking, though offered in 
its infinite plenitude."—" Testimonies," Vol. 8, pp. 
20, 21. 
As we connect with Christ for the finishing of His 
work in the earth, we join with a power that no array 
of human wisdom or strength can overthrow. " Fear 
thou not ; for I am with thee," He declares : " be not 
dismayed ; for I am thy God : I will strengthen thee ; 
yea, I will help thee ; yea, I will uphold thee with the 
right, hand of My righteousness." " I the Lord thy God 
will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not ; I 
will help thee." Isa. 41 : 10, 13. 
In Quietness and in Confidence 
" Transgression has almost reached its limit. Con-
fusion fills the world, and a great terror is soon to come 
upon human beings. The end is very near. We who 
know the truth should be preparing for what is soon to 
break upon the world as an overwhelming surprise. . . . 
The Lord Jesus is calling for self-denying workers to fol-
low in His footsteps, to walk and work for Him, to lift 
the cross, and to follow where He leads the way."—
" Testimonies," Vol. 8, p. 28. 
The Lord has declared : " I will sow her unto Me in 
the earth ; and I will have mercy upon her that had not 
obtained mercy ; and I will say to them Which were not 
My people, Thou art My people ; and they shall say, 
Thou art my God." Hosea 2 : 23. 
Thus the Lord has outlined His purpose through the 
proclamation of His truth. But to nothing that has 
ever happened in the past has this statement of 
Jehovah's purpose been more applicable than to the work 
that we are doing in His name. By it thousands who 
were not God's people are being brought to Him and are 
being made His people. But there is urgent need in 
every place of a more complete control by the Spirit of 
every man and woman in the church, and of every 
worker in the service. What has been done can quickly 
be multiplied a hundredfold through a more completely 
Spirit-filled, Spirit-controlled, and Spirit-empowered 
people. 
Tenderly God Regards Those Who Have Not Heard 
That we may be prepared for the things that are 
soon coming upon the earth and thus be able to fulfill 
our part in God's purpose of making " a short work " on 
earth, let us carefully review some of the wonderful 
counsels sent us by the Lord through His faithful mes-
senger : 
More and more, as the days go by, it is becoming 
apparent that God's judgments are in the world. In 
fire and flood and earthquake, He is warning the in-
habitants of this earth of His near approach. The time 
is nearing when the great crisis in the history of the 
world will have come, when every movement in the 
government of God will be watched with intense interest 
and inexpressible apprehension. In quick succession 
the judgments of God will follow one another,—fire and 
flood and earthquake, with war and bloodshed. 
" 0 that the people might know the time of their 
visitation ! There are many who have not- yet heard 
the testing truth for this time. There are many with 
whom the Spirit of God is striving. The time of God's 
destructive judgments is the time of mercy for those 
who have had no opportunity to learn what is truth. 
Tenderly will the 'Lord look upon them. His heart of 
mercy is touched ; His hand is still stretched out to 
save, while the door is closed to those who would not 
enter. 
" The mercy of God is shown in His long forbear-
ance. He is holding back His judgments, waiting for 
the message of warning to be sounded to all. 0 if our 
people would feel as they should the responsibility rest-
ing upon them to give the last message of mercy to the 
world, what a wonderful work would be done ! "—" Tes-
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" At this time—a time of overwhelming iniquity—a 
new life, coming from the Source of all life, is to take 
possession of those who have the love of God in their 
hearts, and they are to go forth to proclaim with power 
the message of a crucified and risen Saviour. They are 
to put forth earnest, untiring efforts to save souls. . . . 
Intense earnestness should now take possession of us. 
Our slumbering energies should be aroused to untiring 
effort. Consecrated workers should go forth into the 
field clearing the King's highway, and gaining victories 
in new places."—Id., p. 44. 
" God desires to refresh His people by the gift of the 
Holy Spirit, baptising them anew in His love. There is 
no need for a dearth of the Spirit in the church. . . . 
The earth is to be lightened with the glory of God. A 
holy influence is to go forth to the world from those who 
are sanctified through the truth. The earth is to be en-
circled with an atmosphere of, grace. The Holy Spirit 
is to work on human hearts, taking the things of God, 
and showing them to men."--Id., p. 40. 
Guidance of the Holy Spirit 
Men endowed with the Holy Spirit's power, in the 
tender spirit of humility and with God's deep love for 
souls burning in their hearts, are to go forth in all parts 
of the earth to gather in precious souls waiting to hear 
this last saving gospel message. 
" God cannot forbear much longer. Already His 
judgments are beginning to fall on some places, and 
soon His signal displeasure will be felt in other places. 
" There will be a series of events revealing that God 
is master of the situation. The truth will be proclaimed 
in clear, unmistakable language. As a people we must 
prepare the way of the Lord under the overruling guid-
ance of the Holy Spirit. The gospel is to be given in its 
purity. The stream of living water is to deepen and 
widen in its course. . . . Through most wonderful work-
ings of divine providence, mountains of difficulty will be 
removed, and cast into the sea. The message that 
means so much to the dwellers upon the earth, will be 
heard and understood. Men will know what is truth. 
Onward and still onward the work will advance, until 
the whole earth shall have been warned ; and then shall 
the end come."—Id., Vol. 9, p. 96. 
" We are waiting and watching for the grand and 
awful scene which will close up this earth's history. But 
we are not simply to be waiting ; we are to be vigilantly 
working with reference to this solemn event. �
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living church of God will be waiting, watching, and 
working. None are to stand in a neutral position. All 
are to represent Christ in active, earnest effort to save 
perishing souls."—" Testimonies to Ministers," p. 163. 
" We need more of the working of the Infinite, and 
far less trust in human agencies. We are to prepare a 
people to stand in the day of God's preparation, we are 
to call men's attention to the cross of Calvary, to make 
clear the reason why Christ made His great sacrifice. 
We are to show men that it is possible for them to come 
back to their allegiance to God and to their obedience to 
His commandments. When the sinner looks upon 
Christ as the propitiation for his sins, let men step aside. 
Let them declare to the sinner that Christ is the pro-
pitiation for our sins : and not for ours only, but also 
for the sins of the whole world.' Encourage him to 
seek wisdom from God ; for through earnest prayer he 
will learn the way of the Lord more perfectly than if 
instructed by some human counsellor. He will see that 
it was the transgression of the law that caused the 
death of the Son of the infinite God, and he will hate 
the sins that wounded Jesus. As he looks upon Christ 
as a compassionate, tender High Priest, his heart will be 
preserved in contrition." �
Id., p. 220. 
Latter Rain Brings Final Harvest 
We must never forget that it is the dispensing of the 
latter rain from out of God's open windows of heaven 
that is to finish the work in all the earth. 
" Ask ye of the Lord rain in the time of the latter 
rain ; so the Lord shall make bright clouds, and give 
them showers of rain.' . . . The latter rain, falling near 
the close of the season, ripens the grain, and prepares it 
for the sickle. . . . As the dew and the rain are given 
first to cause the seed to germinate, and then to ripen 
the harvest, so the Holy Spirit is given to carry forward, 
from one stage to another, the process of spiritual 
growth. . . . The latter rain, ripening earth's harvest, 
represents the spiritual grace that prepares the church 
for the coming of the Son of man."—Id., p. 506. 
"Let us, with contrite hearts, pray most earnestly 
that now, in the time of the latter rain, the showers of 
grace may fall upon us. At every meeting we attend 
our prayers should ascend that at this very time, God 
will impart warmth and moisture to our souls. As we 
seek God for the Holy Spirit, it will work in us meekness, 
humbleness of mind, a conscious dependence upon God 
for the perfecting latter rain. If we pray for the bless-
ing in faith, we shall receive it as God has promised." 
" Do not rest satisfied that in the ordinary course of the 
season, rain will fall. Ask for it." " The lamps of the 
soul must be trimmed. They must be supplied with the 
oil of grace. Every precaution must be taken to prevent 
spiritual declension, lest the great day of the Lord over-
take us as a thief in the night."—Id., pp. 509, 508, 510. 
" My brethren, bind up with the Lord God of hosts. 
Let Him be your fear, and let Him be your dread. The 
time has come for His work to be enlarged. Troublous 
times are before us, but if we stand together in Christian 
fellowship, none striving for supremacy, God will work 
mightily for us. 
" Let us be hopeful and courageous. Despondency 
in God's service is sinful and unreasonable. He knows 
our every necessity. He has all power. He can bestow 
upon His servants the measure of efficiency that their 
need demands. His infinite love and compassion never 
weary. With the majesty of omnipotence He unites the 
gentleness and care of a tender shepherd. �
We need 
have no fear that He will not fulfil His promises. 
He is eternal truth. Never will He change the covenant 
that He has made with those that love Him. His 
promises to His church stand fast forever. He will 
make her an eternal excellence, a joy of many genera-
tions."—" Testimonies," Vol. 8, pp. 38, 39. 
" The Lord thy God, He is God, the faithful God, 
which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that 
love Him and keep His commandments to a thousand 
generations." Deut. 7 : 9. 
Dear brethren and sisters, in this prayer season let 
us look up for the promised blessing, and pray with 
affliction of soul for the outpouring of the latter rain. 
Cast not away your confidence, but let your souls be 
encouraged by the thought that the Lord is coming soon. 
" We are homeward bound. . . . Soon the garments 
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of heaviness will be changed for the wedding garment. 
Soon we shall witness the coronation of our King. . . . 
It will not be long till we shall see Him in whom our 
hopes of eternal life are centred. . . . Look up, look up, 
and let your faith continually increase. Let this faith 
guide you along the narrow path that leads through the 
gates of the city of God into the great beyond, the 
wide, unbounded future of glory that is for the redeemed. 
Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the 
Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the 
precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, 
until he receive the early and latter rain. Be ye also 
patient ; stablish your hearts : for the coming of the 
Lord draweth nigh.' "—Id., Vol. 9, pp. 287, 288. 
(Reading for Sunday, May 24) 
The Work of the Great Healer 
BY H. W. MILLER, M.D. 
WHEN Christ saw the multitudes gathered about 
Him, " He was moved with compassion on them, 
because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as 
sheep having no shepherd. Then saith He unto His 
disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the la-
bourers are few." Matt. 9 : 36, 37. 
After sin and disease have reigned, over the human 
family six millenniums, there is outstanding evidence of 
lowered resistance to disease and of physical decadence 
beyond that of any preceding generation. There may be 
heard among earth's millions of every land the moanings 
of pain resulting from diseases of every character. We 
know that most of this suffering and distress is the re-
sult of ignorance and disregard of the laws of health and 
hygiene, as well as the inheritance of weak, sickly bodies. 
At no time has mankind been more enslaved by vice 
and degrading habits that rob them of health and starve 
their souls of comfort, than now. The ailments formerly 
attacking manhood and womanhood, have now reached 
back even into early childhood, so that diseases formerly 
held to be those of old age are recording an alarming 
mortality among the youth at that time of life when the 
vital resistance should register the highest. Such 
diseases as cancer, Bright's disease, diabetes, and heart 
disease are not uncommon today during the first two and 
three decades of life. 
With the increase of disease, there is a lessening of 
human resistance. The recurrence of severe epidemics, 
as spinal meningitis, influenza, sleeping sickness, etc., is 
becoming frequent. Surely if there ever was a time 
when a message of hope and mercy with healing in it 
was needed, it is now. The following words from the 
" Testimonies," Volume 1, page 304, picture the situa-
tion today : " The present enfeebled condition of the 
human family was presented before me. Every genera-
tion has been growing weaker, and disease of every form 
afflicts the race. Thousands of poor mortals with de-
formed, sickly bodies, shattered nerves, and gloomy 
minds, are dragging out a miserable existence. Satan's 
power upon the human family increases. If the Lord 
should not soon come and destroy his power, the earth 
would erelong be depopulated." 
With such a picture of mankind before us, should 
not the church today, as Christ's representative, be 
moved with compassion to warn, care for, and instruct 
in better living these weak, sickly, helpless, ignorant, 
and degraded souls who are crying for relief ? 
The Gifts of Healing 
Among the spiritual gifts in the church will be found 
the gifts of healing. " The manifestation of the Spirit 
is given to every man to profit withal. For to one is 
given by the Spirit the word of wisdom ; to another the 
word of knowledge by the same Spirit; to another faith 
by the same Spirit ; to another the gifts of healing by 
the same Spirit ; . . . but all these worketh that one 
and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally 
as He will.", 1 Cor. 12 : 7-11. 
As in the early church, so in the church today, the 
work of healing should form a prominent part of the 
active gospel service. Every church should consider 
among its activities the care of the sick, for God will 
bless their prayers and their labours. It is this work, 
with its results to the church, that is pictured to us in 
the fifty-eighth chapter of Isaiah. 
Christ, when commissioning the disciples to go into 
all the world and preach the gospel, said : " These signs 
shall follow them that believe : In My name shall they 
cast out devils ; they shall speak with new tongues ; 
they shall take up serpents ; and if they drink any 
deadly thing, it shall not hurt them ; they shall lay 
hands on the sick, and they shall recover." Mark 16 : 
17, 18. 
The poor in this world so often think that healing is 
within the grasp only of those who have material 
wealth. Instead, it is a gift from God, and it is a gift to 
be found in the church of Christ. All the blessings of 
heaven, including healing, come from our blessed Master. 
Every one who goes forth under divine leadership should 
bear in mind that the sick are restored by the power of 
the living God, that it is He who is to be thanked and 
glorified when the sick recover. 
There has always been the danger that the gifts of 
God intended as blessings to benefit all the people, will 
be taken advantage of for personal benefit. Simon was 
a shrewd man, and recognised the power and advantages 
bestowed in the gift of the Holy Spirit to heal the sick. 
He saw a fortune ahead for him could he have bestowed 
upon him this power attending the work of Philip and 
the apostles. But Peter reprimanded him, saying, Thy 
money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that 
the gift of God may be purchased with money." 
All about us are sick and needy people, affording op-
portunities to the church to serve. Every one is of 
equal value in our Master's sight. Were He upon earth 
today, we should find Him going about everywhere as a 
messenger of mercy and helpfulness, giving freely of His 
time and strength, possibly seeking out the most desti-
tute and helpless. Shall we not hold ourselves ready, as 
His representatives, to do a like work today, even 
though it may be performed in a somewhat different 
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Great impetus and blessing have come to our mis-
sionary cause as we have established dispensaries, hos-
pitals, and sanitariums in mission lands, where the sick 
may learn the true methods of healing. But where 
today we have one such institution we should have ten, 
and we should have many more workers engaged in 
health lines in these fields. 
Christ the Great Physician 
" Christ has given us an example. He taught from 
the Scriptures the gospel truths, and He also healed the 
afflicted ones who came to Him for relief. He was the 
greatest physician the world ever knew, and yet He com-
bined with His healing work the imparting of soul-
saving truth."—" Counsels on Health," p. 544. 
Christ worked in simplicity. And it is this simple 
way in which Be conducted all His work that inspires 
the church with hope of accom-
plishment today. We are living 
in an ultra-scientific age, and it 
is easy to think of the healing 
art as dependent solely upon the 
ability and skill of highly technical 
men. However, this is God's 
work. It is fully within the grasp 
of the members of His church to 
do the work committed to them, 
for He is the fountain of knowl-
edge and wisdom. We are told 
by the Lord's servant : 
" The Lord desires every 
worker to do his best. Those 
who have not had special train-
ing in one of our medical institu-
tions may think that they can 
do very little ; but, my dear fel-
low workers, remember that in 
the parable of the talents, Christ 
did not represent all the servants as receiving the same 
number. To one servant was given five talents ; to 
another, two ; and to still another, one. If you have 
but one talent, use it wisely, increasing it by putting 
it out to the exchangers. Some cannot do as much 
as others, but every one is to do all he can to roll 
back the wave of disease and distress that. is sweeping 
over our world. Come up to the help of the Lord, to 
the help of the Lord against the mighty powers of 
darkness. God desires every one of His children to 
have intelligence and knowledge, so that with unmis-
takable clearness and power His glory shall be re-
vealed in our world. . . . Christ has empowered His 
church to do the same work that He did during His 
ministry. Today He is the same compassionate physi-
cian that He was while on this earth. We should let 
the afflicted understand that in Him there is healing 
balm for every disease, restoring power for every 
infirmity."—Id., p. 529. 
Health Dependent on Obedience to Physical Laws 
As in the spiritual life, so in the physical, Christ re-
gards those that reverence His law. It is through 
obedience to physical laws, and an intelligent knowledge 
of their operation, that the well keep their health and 
the diseased learn the way to health. Christ promised 
Israel that if they would be obedient to His laws and 
statutes, He would preserve them from the diseases of 
the Egyptians, adding, " I am the Lord that healeth 
thee." Ex. 15 : 26. It is thus that we may expect the 
transformation of our bodies today, in order to give the 
necessary preparation for translation. 
" Many have expected that God would keep them 
from sickness merely because they have asked Him to 
do so. But God did not regard their prayers, because 
their faith was not made perfect by works. God will 
not work a miracle to keep those from sickness wh, 
have no care for themselves, but are continually violat-
ing the laws of health, and make no efforts to prevent 
disease. When we do all we can on our part to have 
health, then may we expect that the blessed results will 
follow, and we can ask God in faith to bless our efforts 
for the preservation of health. He will then answer 
our prayer, if His name can be glorified thereby. But 
let all understand that they have a work to do. God 
Native Teachers in the New Hebrides 
will not work in a miraculous manner to preserve the 
health of persons who by their careless inattention to 
the laws of health are taking a sure course to make 
themselves sick."—" Counsels on Health," p. 59. 
To Seventh-day Adventists has been committed the 
most complete health programme given any people. 
Message after message has been sent them by the serv-
ant of God. Through this instruction great blessing and 
prosperity have come to our people, and through them in 
turn great help to the world, as is attested by the growth 
of our health institutions, and the appreciation and 
esteem shown by the peoples of all lands. Think what 
would have been lost had we not had this wonderful 
health message. We thank God for it, and its benefits 
to us individually. Thousands of lives have been pro-
longed for years, and increased in usefulness through the 
health reform message. Hundreds of young people have 
received a training, finding their way into this work, 
who otherwise would have been lost to this cause. 
Great resources have come to our cause through the 
agencies of our health work, and many have been 
brought to a saving knowledge of the truth as a result of 
learning about Seventh-day Adventists through the health 
work., 
Yet a great work remains to be done by this people 
ere the message closes. There is need on the part of 
many for a personal preparation for Christ's coming. 
Many have become lax in regard to their methods of 
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living. They have given little heed to some very es-
sential health principles. There lies before us as a people 
large opportunity to place the church on vantage ground. 
The little beginnings made in health work in foreign 
lands are attracting the attention of government officials 
to this movement, and they have shown great interest in 
aiding our health work. In China, India, the Philip-
pines, and America also, we have evidences of what our 
health work will do in making friends. The buildings 
erected for the care of the sick, wholly provided from 
funds without, attest their interest. As God moves 
upon the hearts of men and women thus to aid in this 
work, it would seem that the people intrusted with this 
solemn message of reform should give loyal support to 
the principles which called this work into existence. 
The great and important consideration for each one 
now is to make sure of that spiritual and physical fitness 
the Lord desires, and which it is our privilege to have 
in harmony with the precious promises to the remnant 
church. Concerning the children of Israel it is stated 
that as they passed out of Egypt " there was not one 
feeble person among their tribes." Ps. 105 :37. 
A People Preparing to Meet the Lord 
The apostle Paul, in his epistle to the Thessalonians, 
says, " The very God of peace sanctify you wholly ; and 
I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be pre-
served blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus 
Christ. Faithful is He that calleth you, who also will 
do it." 1 Thess. 5: 23, 24. And John, in describing 
those redeemed from among the last generation at 
Christ's coming, says of them, " In their mouth was 
found no guile : for they are without fault before the 
throne of God." Rev. 14 : 5. These scriptures represent 
to us a people who have come up to a perfect standard. 
A work has been wrought in them by which they are, in 
body as well as in soul, sanctified wholly. Not only is 
the message to be preached to all the world, until every 
creature living has heard, but a completed work of sal-
vation will take place in the lives of all who are called to 
be subjects for translation. Are we day by day, week by 
week, and year by year, making growth in attaining the 
standards set for the redeemed ? 
We are fast approaching the end, and it would seem 
well for us again to be reminded of these warning words 
penned by the servant of God : 
We are preparing to meet Him who, escorted by a 
retinue of holy angels, is to appear in the clouds of 
heaven to give the faithful and the just the finishing 
touch of immortality. When He comes, He is not to 
cleanse us of our sins, to remove from us the defects in 
our characters, or to cure us of the infirmities of our 
tempers and dispositions. If wrought for us at all, this 
work will all be accomplished before that time. When 
the Lord comes, those who are holy will be holy still. 
Those who have preserved their bodies and spirits in 
holiness, in sanctification and honour, will then receive 
the finishing touch of immortality. But those who are 
unjust, unsanctified, and filthy, will remain so forever. 
No work will then be done for them to remove their de-
fects, and give them holy characters. The Refiner does 
not then sit to pursue His refining process, and remove 
their sins and their corruption. This is all to be done 
in these hours of probation. It is now that this work is 
to be accomplished for us."—" Testimonies," Vol. 2, 
p. 355. 
At the very time that God has given to His people 
great light on how to live to promote health and avoid 
disease, and when the better understanding of nature's 
laws has been augmented through scientific research, all 
of which is intended to aid in more healthful practices, 
the enemy is kindling the appetite and cravings of this 
world for creature comforts and exciting pleasures, in-
tended for the degradation and destruction of the race. 
At such a time we turn to these encouraging and com-
forting words : 
" The grace of God that bringeth salvation bath ap-
peared to all men, teaching us that, denying ungodliness 
and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, 
and godly, in this present world ; looking for that blessed 
hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and 
our Saviour Jesus Christ ; who gave Himself for us, that. 
He might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto 
Himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works. These 
things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. 
Let no man despise thee." Titus 2 : 11-15. 
(Reading for Monday, May 25) 
The Gathering of a People for the Lord 
BY M. E. KERN 
ISAW as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire : and 
them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and 
over his image, and over his mark, and over the number 
of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps 
of God. And they sing the song of Moses the servant of 
God, and the song of the Lamb." Rev. 15 : 2, 3. 
The long, dark night of sin is almost ended, and we 
see " the gleams of the golden morning," the beginning 
of a new day, when sin shall be no more. Soon this 
glorious company of victors in the last great conflict will 
stand on that transparent sea, singing the song of 
triumph. 
Witnesses in Every Age 
Ever since the entrance of sin there has been pro- 
claimed by faithful ones the glorious gospel of the 
blessed God, the gospel of forgiveness and transforma-
tion. The conflict between the forces of good and evil all 
down through the ages has been exceedingly intense, and 
soon we shall witness the closing scenes and the final 
triumph of Him whose right it is to reign in the lives of 
men. 
In all the great crises of this conflict the lines be-
tween truth and error have been distinctly draWn, and 
the people of God have been called upon to take their 
stand. " Come out from among them, and be ye separate," 
has ever been the call of God to those who would listen. 
And in every crisis in the age-long conflict there has 
been a glorious company of witnesses for truth and 
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So will it be in these last days. �
As Noah separated 
himself from the antediluvian world and proclaimed 
God's message for that time ; as Abraham left his home 
to stand as a witness against an idolatrous world ; as 
Elijah and Elisha in the days of apostasy gathered about 
them those who refused to worship Baal ; as John the 
Baptist prepared a company for the appearance of the 
Messiah ; as " God visited the Gentiles " (in the apostolic 
age) " to take out of them a people for His name ; " as 
there came out of medieval darkness in the days of 
Martin Luther and his co-reformers, a noble company to 
herald the doctrine of salvation by grace, so today in 
response to the Advent message there is being gathered 
out of all the kindreds of earth a people for the Lord. 
Even though there was spiritual deadness in Judea 
when Jesus was born, and the priests and rulers knew 
not the time of their visitation, there were a faithful few 
who were living in expectancy of the coming Messiah. 
It is said of the prophetess Anna that she spake of the 
child Jesus " to all them that looked for redemption in 
Jerusalem." Luke 2 : 38. And so " unto them that 
look for Him shall He appear the second time without 
sin unto salvation." Heb. 9 : 28. And these faithful 
ones will cry out, " Lo, this is our God ; . . . we have 
waited for Him, we will be glad and rejoice in His salva-
tion." Isa. 25 : 9. 
The Advent Message to All the World 
This message, begun in obscurity and ridiculed by a 
scoffing world, is marching on in triumph to the ends of 
the earth. As Pastor Spicer said in his opening address 
at our last- General Conference, " As we spread forth 
from nation to nation, we see the same message bringing 
the same fruitage among every people. We all speak 
the same language of the third angel's message in our 
hearts, however variously our tongues may utter the 
sounds. . . . It is one people �
the people of prophecy, 
they that keep the commandments of God, and the 
faith of Jesus,'—springing up by thousands wherever the 
message of the judgment hour is preached. Of many 
nations, thank God, adding new tribes and tongues every 
year, we are one folk, all lost sons of Adam's race, re-
joicing in the brotherhood of the same blessed hope." 
And this forty-second session of our World Confer-
ence was a concrete demonstration of the fact that there 
is being gathered from all nations a people for the Lord, 
who " keep the commandments of God " and who look 
for " the glorious appearing of the great God and our 
Saviour Jesus Christ." Titus 2 : 13. 
In order to enable the delegates to the General Con-
ference to visualise the world-wide character of this 
Advent Movement, there came to the platform one day 
the native delegates and missionaries from various lands, 
and repeated to us John 3 : 16 in sixty-three tongues. 
How our hearts did thrill as we listened to that precious 
message of God's love spoken to us in so many tongues ! 
And yet those sixty-three languages represent barely one-
sixth of those in which this Advent message is being pro-
claimed. Our statistical secretary told us that at the 
close of 1929 the work of this movement was being 
carried forward in 394 languages, 142 of which had been 
added during the last four years. This meant that since 
we last met in General Conference our missionaries have 
begun preaching the message in one new language during 
every period of eleven days. It is the Lord's doing, and 
it is marvellous in our eyes. 
Fruit from Every Land 
And wherever the message is preached souls are con-
verted. Beyond the arctic circle, in the Land of the 
Midnight Sun, souls have been gathered for the second-
coming harvest. We have a church in Hammerfest, the 
northernmost city in the world. On the Straits of 
Magellan, one of the southernmost points of habitation, 
near where Allen Gardiner laid down his life for the 
cause of Christ, there is a company of Sabbath-keepers 
waiting for the second coming of Jesus. From China, 
" the land of Sinim," they are coming, as foretold in the 
prophecy. In our Far Eastern Division nearly twenty-
five thousand have gathered around the standard of this 
message, and in China a score of faithful Chinese Ad-
ventists have suffered death rather than deny their Lord. 
India, so securely bound by caste and superstition, is 
responding to the gathering call of this last-day message, 
for over twelve hundred, we are told, joined the move-
ment by baptism during the quadrennial term. 
Darkest Africa, too, is being lightened by this closing 
gospel message. �
The year 1929 witnessed a great in- 
gathering of souls in Africa. In the southern half of 
this great continent, the territory of the African Division, 
nearly thirty-two hundred were baptised that year, and 
in the four-year term fruitage has been gathered equal to 
the results during the previous thirty-five years. Truly 
Ethiopia is stretching out her hands unto God, dear 
friends, and the Spirit is being poured out as on the day 
of Pentecost. 
And so we might go on and picture again the wonder-
ful panorama of progress which was opened before us 
day by day at this largest gathering in the history of the 
Advent Movement. We might speak of Inter-America 
with nearly seven thousand baptisms during the quad-
rennial term ; of progress in South America in converts 
and the development of workers ; of triumphs in 
Rumania, Poland, and other countries of Northern, Cen-
tral, and Southern Europe ; of blessings on the lonely 
workers on the borders of Tibet, where a thousand a 
month visit our dispensary and a noted lama from inner 
Tibet is a hospital patient ; and of fruitage on the upper 
Zambesi River in Africa, thirty days' travel from civilisa-
tion. These facts remind us that in spite of all difficulties 
the message is going to the world, and that a people is 
being prepared for the great day of God. 
On Dec. 31, 1929, the membership of our churches 
throughout the world lacked only 445 of being three 
hundred thousand, and the gains in membership during 
the last thirteen years have been more than during the 
preceding seventy-two years. The reports that have 
come to the General Conference office up to the time of 
this writing (for the first quarter of 1930 and a few for 
the second quarter) are very encouraging indeed. 
Central Europe reports an increase of 1,247 for 
the half year ; Southern Asia reports the baptism of 102 
during the first three months ; Inter-America, 277 bap- 
tisms for the same period. �
Southern Europe has made 
a good beginning, and the Far East has baptised over 
350 during the first quarter. 
Stories of Victory 
Aside from the handicaps of unhealthful climates, 
insanitary conditions, and lack of the conveniences of 
life in many places, some of our missionaries are face to 
face with such difficulties as political revolutions, banditry, 
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ous opposition. �
But in spite of all this our hearts are 
cheered and the missionaries are encouraged by the evi-
dence of the mighty working of the Holy Spirit. 
Pastor W. E. Read, Secretary of the Northern 
European Division, writes that not long ago the brethren 
of the Agona Mission on the Gold Coast in West Africa 
were very much encouraged by an experience, " A 
young man and his wife from the Ivory Coast, a French 
colony adjoining the Gold Coast, came to visit our mis-
sion station. They told an interesting story. Months 
before they had been troubled over the Sabbath question, 
and they began talking to their friends about it. One 
day a man who happened to be passing through their 
village told them that he knew of some people who kept 
the Sabbath. He did not know where they could be 
found ; he merely said that they were in the Gold Coast 
somewhere. 
" It was not long before this young man and his 
wife, in their eager search for the truth, 
living east of La Paz at a lower altitude. We had no 
work in the Yungas district at that lime, but before me 
today lies a report of the second baptism among these 
people. Practically the entire town came to see the 
baptism of eighty candidates. Largely through the work 
of a consecrated doctor this whole country is open to the 
message. 
The same spirit is at work in far-away Madagascar, 
where years ago a queen as bitter in her persecutions as 
Jezebel tried to destroy the Word of God. Interests are 
now springing up all over the island, and the people are 
coming in groups to ask us to send them missionaries. 
It is the same story everywhere, with variations. 
God is in this Advent Movement, and the work will soon 
be finished. In the Philippine Islands two of our native 
ministers went to a certain village to hold a tent meeting. 
Through the intrigue of the priests they were twice pre-
vented from securing a lot on which to pitch the tent. 
started out on a journey in the hope that 
they might find the Sabbath-keepers. They 
went from place to place, and finally- were 
directed to our station at Agona. �
They 
stayed for several months, and supported 
themselves by working in a near-by village. 
They had regular studies with our workers, 
and soon gladly embraced the new-found 
light, were baptised, and returned to their 
country, where they are holding aloft the 
banner of truth among their people." This 
incident may be the beginning of a large 
work on the Ivory Coast, for in such ways 
does the Lord direct in the advancement of 
His work. 
A rather interesting incident from the 
island of Haiti is illustrative of the influence 
of our message in saving men. The missionary writes : 
" In the southern part of our field a strong young 
man became terribly addicted to alcohol. Each time he 
became drunk he would beat his friends, and soon be-
came a real terror to the neighbourhood. Finally his 
neighbours decided to kill him, and he fled for his life. 
When he came into a near-by town, he told an influen-
tial Catholic lady that he was going to leave Haiti and 
go to Cuba. When asked why, he said that it 
was impossible for him to leave alcohol alone, and that 
he was a miserable creature. This lady told the young 
man that he did not need to go to Cuba to be cured of 
that vice. �
Go to the Adventists,' she said, and tell 
them your difficulty. They can help you.' He followed 
her instruction, and stayed with our worker several days. 
Then he decided to go home and try to live up to his 
new decision. Soon the desire for alcohol returned, and 
seeing that he could not resist it in his own strength, he 
ran to the home of our worker for help. Finally he was 
able to overcome the temptation, and is now a living ex-
ample of God's transforming power where he lives." 
Thank God ! sin-burdened men and women can " go 
to the Adventists " and find help, because God is the 
leader of this movement. May we as a people be always 
worthy of such a reputation. 
In the market place of La Paz, Bolivia, six years ago 
three or four Indians with different costumes were 
pointed out to me as members of the Yungas tribe, 
The New Village Built at Baiap, Ambrym, New Hebrides 
Their third effort was successful, and today we have a 
church of thirty members in that place. 
Now comes the news of progress in Palestine, so long 
cursed by Mohammedan fanaticism, the superstitious 
conflicts of Christian sects, and civil strifes. �
Twelve 
converts to the Advent message have recently been bap-
tised in the Sea of Galilee, perhaps the first baptism for 
many years in that little lake, on the shores and bosom 
of which Jesus wrought so many miracles. 
In one of the countries of Southern Europe in the 
midst of a general meeting one Sabbath the priests and 
officials came and took the conference workers to the 
courthouse, where they were detained all day while the 
lay brethren carried on the meeting. At the close of the 
day the workers were ordered out of town. In that 
very town a few months later one hundred new converts 
were ready for baptism. 
The lay members all around the world co-operate 
with the ministry in this gathering of a people for the 
Lord. At one meeting in Ukrainia (formerly a part of 
Russia) a report was given of forty-eight baptised as a 
result of the Harvest Ingathering work. One brother 
who could neither read nor write, faithfully distributed 
twenty-four copies of the paper in his village. �
Having 
one paper left, he walked fifteen miles to another village 
to dispose of that. He sold it for a half dozen eggs, and 
that one paper was the means of bringing five people 
into the truth. 
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News of progress in Africa reached the president of 
the African Division at London en route home from the 
General Conference. Among other things was the word 
that in the first six months of the year the total 
number of adherents to this movement has doubled in 
Northern Rhodesia, and that a chief who rules thirty 
thousand people is preparing for baptism, 
When I was at our central station in Ruanda, Cen-
tral Africa, in July, 1929, they had been having four or 
five hundred in attendance, but because of the special 
meeting at that time we had six or seven hundred present. 
Now we hear that, less than one year later, in spite of 
the fact that the new missionary does not know their 
language and the loss of another missionary by sickness, 
the attendance had grown to over twelve hundred. It 
seems like the beginning of the latter rain. May God's 
people be faithful in this time when the showers of His 
blessing are ready to break upon us. 
The most remarkable baptism I ever witnessed was 
at our Rusangu Mission in Northern Rhodesia in 1929. 
When this mission was established a few years ago, the 
people were practically naked and engaged in some very 
loathsome practices. For one thing the lower front 
teeth of all their children were knocked out. They were 
a cattle raising people, and had the superstitious notion 
that to have their teeth like those of the cattle would 
bring them success. It was a general meeting for the 
territory contiguous to the mission, and there were two 
thousand people present. They were clothed and all the 
children had their teeth. After a rigid examination of 
candidates,r331 were baptised into full'church fellowship. 
It was a wonderful scene. Only the candidates, deacons, 
and deaconesses were allowed on one side of the little 
stream, while the spectators observed from the other 
side, as three white and two native ministers baptised 
(five at a time) the candidates. And now I learn 
that that district has been divided into two missions, and 
that 310 were baptised last year. 
At Home With the Lord 
But time forbids a further rehearsal of things that 
God is doing in heathen, Mohammedan, and Christian 
lands, to gather out a people for His name in these last 
hours of earth's history. Brethren and sisters, the work 
will soon be finished. Will you and I triumph with it, 
and stand on the sea of glass among the redeemed ? 
What a glorious meeting that will be ! What a privi-
lege to be there ! 
" And the years of eternity, as they roll, will bring 
richer and still more glorious revelations of God and of 
Christ. As knowledge is progressive, so will love, rever-
ence, and happiness increase. The more men learn of 
God, the greater will be their admiration of His character. 
As Jesus opens before them the riches of redemption, and 
the amazing achievements in the great controversy with 
Satan, the hearts of the ransomed thrill with more 
fervent devotion, and with more rapturous joy they 
sweep the harps of gold ; and ten thousand times ten 
thousand and thousands of thousands of voices unite to 
swell the mighty chorus of praise."—" The Great Con-
troversy," p. 678. 
(Reading for Tuesday, May 26) 
The Challenge of the Hour to Our Young People 
BY H. T. ELLIOTT 
THE challenge of the hour to our young people is first 
of all a challenge to personal consecration. Deep 
religious experience is needed to meet the conditions of 
our time. In some respects we are facing a new world 
situation, which makes severe demands upon the re-
sources of the soul. Temptations assail the heart with 
relentless energy. �
Increasing intensity is apparent in 
every phase of life. A steady and well-grounded faith is 
required of every individual to cope successfully with 
life's problems, and gain a Christian triumph. 
In many ways, this is youth's day. The badge of 
youth admits them to almost every line of the world's 
activity. Young men and women scarcely out of their 
teens are holding important positions in the industries, 
in the professions, in commerce. Heavy responsibilities 
are laid upon young shoulders in business and science. 
The place of youth in religious affairs is not so 
clearly recognised. The rising generation seems inclined 
to accept rather easily an attitude of indifference toward 
religion, and many attempt to shape their careers with-
out serious attention to matters of faith. Ours is a time 
that requires careful, balanced thinking. It is a time 
that demands a demonstration of religion in personal 
living,—a demonstration that will serve as an evidence 
of the vital power of Christ to a world which has very 
largely lost its primitive faith and confidence in practical 
Christianity. 
In the Scripture prophecies of conditions in the last 
days there are two movements concerning young people 
predicted. One is given by Paul : "This know also, that 
in the last days perilous times shall come. For men 
shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, 
proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, 
unholy, without natural affection, trucebreakers, false 
accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are 
good, traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures 
more than lovers of God ; having a form of godliness, 
but denying the power thereof : from such turn away." 
2 Tim. 3 : 1-5. A careful study of these verses reveals 
the fact that many of the expressions here used apply 
with peculiar force to the conditions obtaining among 
worldly young people of the present age. Notice such 
words as " proud," " disobedient to parents," " unthank-
ful," " unholy," " without natural affection," " despisers 
of those that are good," " heady," " lovers of pleasures 
more than lovers of God." 
Here we have a picture of an intense struggle 
between the rising generation and the parent generation. 
To the ordinary reader of the newspapers and magazines 
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present-day conditions are aware of the fact that during 
the past few years the relationship between the older 
generation and the younger generation has been under 
serious strain. There has been a distrust of the rising 
generation as to morals and religious experience. The 
older generation has believed the youth of today wild 
and irresponsible. They have been unwilling to intrust 
to them their religious faith lest it should be handled 
roughly or trampled underfoot. On the other hand, 
youth has responded that they are no worse than their 
parents or grandparents. They believe themselves only 
to be more frank and open in their approach to questions 
of life and morals. 
Turning the Hearts of Parents to Children 
Another movement concerning children and youth 
predicted in the Scriptures is portrayed by Malachi. 
This latter movement is exactly opposite in character 
from the first mentioned. " Behold, I will send you 
Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and 
dreadful day of the Lord : and he shall turn the heart 
of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the 
children to their fathers." 
One of the outstanding signs of the last days is a 
trend among the people of God for the parents and 
children to be drawn together. In spite of all the differ-
ence and struggle that may take place between youth 
and age in the world about, still here stands the word of 
a holy prophet pointing to the true way for God's 
church. It should be characteristic of the people who 
are carrying the final message of mercy to a perishing 
world, that its parents and children are drawn toward 
each other in faith and love. Whenever young people 
and adults will join together in an undertaking (no mat-
ter what it may be), they are both benefited by the 
united action and fellowship. Youth has its part in 
fulfilling this prophecy, and it serves as a challenge to 
them as well as to their elders. 
Youth is not alone responsible for its lack of appre-
ciation of faith and devotion. Parents have also failed 
in their training. Following the days of the Wesleyan 
and Whitfield revivals it was a matter of family practice 
to teach religion through conversation and family wor-
ship. In more recent times, however, parents have to 
a large extent neglected the teaching of religion in the 
home. A home void of the habits of devotion and with-
out the manifest evidence of God's Spirit leaves the 
child's heart empty and hungry. Small wonder that he 
seeks to satisfy his longings in the alluring and attrac-
tive pleasures by which his life is surrounded. 
Sacred Responsibilities 
There are certain defects of youth. For example, 
youth is impatient and hasty. It wants the fruit of its 
desires without giving time for the ordinary processes of 
growth and development. It wants what it wants, and 
wants it right away ! Youth is also unwilling to accept 
the common sense that has been handed down through 
the generations, without first making its own tests and 
experiments to prove their use and merit. The conven-
tions of life and the habits of civilisation have all been 
put to open test, and many of them have been changed 
by the rising generation. Those who are inclined to 
distrust youth point to these things as reasons why 
the young are unprepared for responsibility. 
However, if the life is fully consecrated, these very 
defects may become qualities of leadership. For 
eixample, the matter of impatience, of urgency in reach-
ing the end, is a quality of leadership. Under God it 
brings forth men like Luther and Wesley, who were 
unwilling to wait for the slow processes of development. 
Their hearts were intensely aflame, and they desired to 
bring to pass a new and better order. 
Where would we be in the history of religion if there 
had not been men like John Huss who were not afraid 
of the untried track ? Here was a man who almost 
single-handed and alone raised his voice against the 
traditions of a thousand years and more. He challenged 
the leadership of his day in spiritual affairs. Standing 
before his monument in the old square in Prague, one 
cannot fail to be impressed with the rugged character 
and sincerity of the man. His statue, carved in dark 
gray granite, clothed in a shepherd's dress, his face 
uplifted looking across the square towards the old 
Charles Bridge, gives the impression of staunch fidelity to 
God. On the base of the monument are certain inscrip-
tions, one of which interpreted into English reads : 
" The people who believe in God cannot be downtrod-
den." He gave his life for his faith, but his spirit lives 
on, and throbs in the hearts of God's true followers. 
Such a challenging faith in God must appeal to our 
own young people today. Such a faith grows out of an 
appreciation and acceptance of the life and power of 
Jesus Christ. And the sacrifice of His life follows in a 
practical way the spirit and example of Christ. " For-
asmuch then as Christ bath suffered for us in the flesh, 
arm yourselves likewise with the same mind : for he 
that bath suffered in the flesh bath ceased from sin ; 
that he no longer should live the rest of his time in the 
flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God. For 
the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought 
the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lascivious-
ness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and 
abominable idolatries : wherein they think it strange 
that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, 
speaking evil of you. . . . But the end of all things is 
at hand : be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer." 
1 Peter 4: 1-7. 
The consecration required of this generation is not 
an easy middle-class consecration. It is a consecration 
that measures with the meaning of the cross. The 
easy path of self-indulgence does not lead to a temple 
of firm faith ; and fear of self-denial leads one to flee 
before a conflict. Paul gloried in the cross of Christ. 
Through submission to the self-sacrificing spirit of his 
Saviour, Paul had found peace and joy, and the cross 
was his power for victory over the world. Jesus also 
made it plain that no partial consecration was suffi-
cient, for He said that unless a man be willing to for-
sake " all that he bath " and " bear his cross," he could 
not be a disciple, 
Special Temptations for Our Youth 
There are many temptations before the young peo-
ple ; among them perhaps three have special appeal to 
Seventh-day Adventist youth. One is doubt—not 
usually doubt of the fundamental beliefs of the message. 
The doubt which attacks Seventh-day Adventist youth 
is of a hard, practical kind, occasioned by handicaps in 
the business world. The observance of the Sabbath is a 
severe test to many, and it brings a conflict between 
ambition and principle. The desire to follow a career 
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in the world that will bring fame or money, often raises 
personal problems of relationship to God. The youth is 
tempted to think that he can lay his religion aside for a 
time and resume it later ; or perhaps he thinks it is too 
much to expect that one should sacrifice his personal 
ambitions in order to answer the call of God to his 
heart. 
Another temptation arises from our friendships. 
" God's Word places great stress upon the influence of 
association, even on men and women. How much 
greater is its power on the developing' mind and char-
acter of children and youth ! The company they keep, 
the principles they adopt, the habits they form, will 
decide the question of their usefulness here, and of their 
future destiny."—" Counsels to Teachers," p. 220. 
An 
old saying has it, " More people are ruined by their 
friends than by their enemies." That sounds repulsive 
at first, but if carefully studied, one can easily see that 
it is very largely from our associations that our desires 
and purposes grow. The suggestions of our friends are 
often followed without careful study of their significance 
or results. And sometimes friendships are formed 
which in their final influence tend to draw away from 
allegiance to Christ. This is true of our general friend 
ships, and in a particular sense does it apply to those 
associations which lead on into courtship. We cannot 
too carefully guard the future by an earnest and con-
scientious study of the influence of our friends upon our 
lives. 
A third temptation of Seventh-day Adventist youth 
is common to many, and that is, the following of 
pleasure. Sin has been made easy and desirable. It 
attracts on every hand, and to the unwary many of the 
carefully woven nets of Satan appear innocent. The old 
ideas of thrift, economy, and purpose have been largely 
supplanted by love of ease, comfort, and pleasure ; and 
these latter are not conducive to rugged, stalwart Chris-
tian experience. 
In all our temptations we must recognise the 
challenge to our personal faith and experience with God. 
To yield step by step to the everyday temptations of life, 
means to yield later in every great crisis of our experi-
ence. The steadfast soul prepares for the future by un-
flinchingly facing derision or mockery, and standing for 
principle in every circumstance. In our heart of hearts 
we know that real piety does not tamper with sin. An 
uncompromising attitude toward evil characterises the 
true Christian. Again, a true test of Christian living is 
set before us in the words, " Death before dishonour or 
the transgression of God's law, should be the motto of 
every Christian."—" Testimonies," Vol. 5, p. 147. 
The Call of God to Service 
The challenge of the hour to the youth is not only 
to personal righteousness, but it is also a clarion call to 
service and devotion for the advancement of the gospel. 
The influence of a consecrated young life, when exerted 
upon other youth, is of great power. Work among 
those of their own age, therefore, has in it great possi-
bilities for good in winning other youth to the Saviour. 
What a challenge to Christian service are the thou-
sands of young people of the world about us ! How 
much might be accomplished if every Seventh-day Ad-
ventist youth would set forth in a crusade to win other 
youth for Christ ! Accompanied by godly living, such a 
crusade would be irresistible. The word of God spoken 
by sanctified young people would have an attractive, 
life-giving power. The vision of a youth for youth 
movement is inspiring to contemplate. How thrilling it 
will be in realisation when the young people of the 
church arise together to bring the message of saving 
faith to their fellow youth. 
The needy cry from foreign fields cannot fail to reach 
the youthful ears. �
There 
have been coming to us 
from time to time reports of 
encouraging progress in dif-
ferent fields. Our heart s 
have thrilled at what has 
been done. Still there are 
many needs unsupplied, and 
the conditions in some parts 
of the world field surely must 
make an earnest appeal to 
young people. The number 
of workers in Spain and 
Portugal is the same as ten 
years ago. Vast areas in 
Africa are still unentered. 
There are large provinces in China which have scarcely 
been touched. In the Southern Asia Division there is 
only one Seventh-day Adventist to every 113,361 of the 
population. These and other needs that might be men-
tioned cannot long remain unanswered. 
The servant of the Lord has clearly indicated the 
fact that young people are to render a special service in 
the advancement of the message. " With such an army 
of workers as our youth, rightly trained, might furnish, 
how soon the message of a crucified, risen, and soon-
coming Saviour might be carried to the whole world ! 
How soon might the end come ! "—" Counsels to 
Teachers," p. 55.5. 
For the youth, it is not merely a matter of support-
ing the cause with money. In a peculiar sense the 
Saviour must have been speaking to them when He 
said, " Go ye into all the world." Youth is young, un-
encumbered, and free to go. 
Years ago, when some of our first missionaries to 
China were called, the church was not able to plan for 
them as it does for missionaries at present. These 
young men were advised, first of all, to solicit the money 
for their transportation to the field, and then they each 
secured a guarantee of one year's wage from conferences in 
the homeland. They went out to a far-away land and 
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to a people of strange customs, and with their wives they 
entered valiantly into service for Christ with only one 
year's support in view. Stories of such experiences in 
the early days of our missionary progress could be 
multiplied. When their lives had been yielded to the 
Lord, they were ready to ask, " Lord, what wilt Thou 
have me to do ? " and to follow where He led the way. 
Our challenge is one to sacrifice and rugged heroism. 
At the time of the recent General Conference, we 
found ourselves reminded of the spirit of the early 
pioneers. It was a spirit that was not daunted by lack 
of money or difficulties. In the early days a few be-
lievers under the leadership of such workers as Pastor 
and Mrs. James White and Pastor Bates, announced 
that they expected to carry this message to the 
entire world. They had no money, but they had a spirit 
that was rich in faith in the promises of God. Like the 
apostles of old, they had turned aside from ordinary 
pursuits. With their hearts transformed by the love of 
God and the fellowship of Jesus Christ, they were sus-
tained in a missionary experience that has not been 
surpassed in modern times. They were submissive to 
the cross, and gloried in any suffering which meant an 
advance for the cause of their Master. They were 
moved by the constraining love of Christ. Their eyes 
had been turned away from achievement in this life, and 
in deep devotion and earnest contemplation of the life 
and example of the Saviour, they moved forward to 
follow Him. " They looked unto Him, and were 
radiant." Ps. 34 : 5, A.R.V. 
Such is the heritage of Seventh-day Adventist youth 
in faith and example. Young people have always had a 
large part in the advancement of this message. And it 
is confidently expected that they will nobly meet the 
challenge of the hour for them in helping to finish the 
work of the gospel in all the world. 
(Reading for Wednesday, May 27) 
We Have an Altar 
BY J. L. SHAW 
THE altar of the Old Testament, built of earth or 
stone or metal, was the appointed meeting place of 
God with man. Upon it the sacrifice was laid and con-
sumed. Here about the altar events of far-reaching im-
portance transpired as man's faith obeyed God's com-
mand. Here at times God manifested His pleasure by 
fire from heaven consuming the offering. 
The statement of Paul that " we have an altar," 
made to believers this side of the cross, would indicate 
that the altar service is still in force, that we even now 
actually do have an altar. Just how that can be may 
raise questions. If we have an altar, what is that 
altar ? And what is the order and purpose of its 
ceremony ? 
As a background, let us in answer to these questions 
understand that the book of Hebrews, addressed par-
ticularly to Hebrew Christians under criticism and per-
secution by their brethren in the flesh, is a book of 
comparisons, purposing to show the advantages of re-
ligious services in the present Christian dispensation. 
In brief let us refer for a moment to some of these com-
parisons : 
Provisions for Man's Salvation Before and Since 
Calvary Compared 
In the first two verses of the book of Hebrews we 
have set forth the advantages of God's manner of com-
munication in these last days as compared with Old 
Testament times : " God, who at sundry times and in 
divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by 
the prophets, bath in these last days spoken unto us 
by His Son." Speaking through His Son Jesus is com-
pared to speaking through prophets. In chapter three, 
Moses' house is compared to Christ's house; " Christ as 
a Son over His own house ; whose house are we." 
Verse 6. In chapter four, the personnel of the two 
priesthoods are compared: " We have not an high priest 
which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirm-
ities ; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet 
without sin." Verse 15. No temptation can come to 
us that Jesus Christ, our high priest, cannot understand 
and appreciate. He knows the pangs of it all. He 
" was in all points tempted like as we are." 
In chapter eight, reference is made to the faultiness 
of the old covenant, and the advantages of the new, 
wherein He puts His laws in our minds and writes 
them in our hearts. Comparing the two tabernacles in 
Hebrews 9 : 24, he says, " Christ is not entered into the 
holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the 
true ; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the pres-
ence of God for us," The superiority of Christ's sacri-
fice as compared with that of bulls and goats, is set 
forth in Hebrews 10 : 4. �
(See also Heb. 9 : 12-14.) 
" He taketh away the first, that He may establish the 
second. By the which will we are sanctified through 
the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all." 
Heb. 10 : 9, 10. 
And now in the line of comparisons, we come to our 
text. " We have an altar, whereof they have no right 
to eat which serve the tabernacle." Heb. 13 : 10. As 
the previous comparisons have each been set forth as 
superior to the Old Testament ritual, we assume that 
the altar now is superior to the altar then. To realise 
the advantage, we first must know what our altar is 
and the place and purpose of its ceremony. 
Altar Service 
Let us in our study of this question go back to that 
first altar built outside the gates of Paradise, and under-
stand its meaning and purpose. The holy pair in the 
enjoyment of all the beauty and pleasure of their Eden 
home spoke face to face with the Creator. They basked 
in the effulgence of God's love and approval. Then 
through sin a change came. Not content with what 
God had given them, and not heeding His instruction 
and counsel, they reached forth and partook of the for-
bidden fruit, and were driven out of their beautiful Eden 
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of the seeds of death, and were banished from the im-
mediate presence of God. In sorrow they repented of 
their sin. Then it was, outside the gate, beholding the 
angel with flaming sword that turned every way to 
keep the way of the tree of life, we are told, Adam 
built his first altar and made his first sacrifice. In this 
act he not only acknowledged himself a sinner, but en-
dorsed by faith God's plan for his redemption and re-
storation to his Edenic home. 
Now what did that first altar with its sacrifice 
typify ? There can be little question as to what that 
offering represented. It prefigured the gift and death of 
Christ as an atonement for man's sin. As Adam ex-
plained this to his posterity, he kindled faith in their 
hearts and in his own in the restitution of all things 
through Jesus Christ our Saviour. Every altar built 
and offering thereafter made was a symbol of Christ. 
Then who is our altar? Ah, it is Christ. It can be 
no other. Other altars were but types and shadows. 
The faith of saints in ages past has been realised. The 
real offering was made when Christ hung upon the 
cross. And so our altar is not inanimate, made of earth 
or stone or metal, but is a living and eternal altar, the 
only begotten Son of God. Hence Paul, in speaking of 
this altar, says: " Whereof they have no right to eat 
which serve the tabernacle," because of the unbelief of 
those who worshiped there, in Him of whom their altars 
and sacrifices at best were only a type. 
The altar was never complete without the sacrifice. 
No handiwork could ever make it so. The two must go 
together, yet in Christ they are one. He is not only 
the altar, He is also the sacrifice. " Christ is all, and 
in all." He Himself is the best gift of heaven to man. 
Sacrifice the Test of Our Love 
The altar has always been a place of giving, an insti-
tution to incite man to liberality. When Noah came 
out of the ark, his first recorded act was to build an altar ; 
and " of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl," he 
" offered burnt offerings." He might have argued that 
he would wait until the animal world was replenished. 
But no, this first act of faith was to give of the best 
that he had, both as a thank offering and as a means of 
expressing his faith in God's great gift to man. 
This freewill offering pleased God, as do such evi-
dences of love and devotion always please Him. Beside 
that altar Noah erected, God made a promise to man-
kind that in four succeeding millenniums has never failed. 
" The Lord smelled a sweet savour ; and the Lord said 
in His heart, I will not again curse the ground any 
more for man's sake. . . . While the earth remaineth, 
seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer 
and winter, and day and night shall not cease." Gen. 
8 : 21, 22. 
God tries man by asking him to give the best that 
he has. When God called Abraham, He asked him to 
leave his friends, his home, his vines and date palms, 
to go out into a land he knew not whither. God hon-
oured him because of his sacrifice, and told him that 
in blessing He would bless him and make his seed as 
the stars of heaven for number. 
After waiting twenty-five years for the promised 
son through whom he should be blessed as the father of 
many nations, and when this son was nearing manhood, 
Abraham was commanded, " Take now thy son, thine 
only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the 
land of Moriah ; and offer him there for a burnt offering 
upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of." 
Gen. 22 : 2. 
God asked Abraham to place no greater gift upon the 
altar than He had made in the gift of His only begotten 
Son, Jesus the Christ. And when his faith reached the 
supreme moment and his hand was raised to take the 
life of his own son, his faith had reached the sublime 
climax—he had given all that he could. He could 
give no more. Then it was that God provided a substi-
tute. 
It is by giving and placing our best gifts on the altar 
that true love is made manifest. " Hereby perceive we 
the love of God, because He laid down His life for us : 
and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren." 
1 John 3:16. Receiving gifts from God is not neces-
sarily an evidence of our love for God. It was Christ's 
giving and man's giving that provided the way of return. 
We may accept all the privileges of life, and yet fail to 
manifest any love for God. It is in giving back to Him 
that the genuineness of our love for Him can be per-
ceived. 
And God is not satisfied with less than we can give. 
He wants the best that we. have. He is not satisfied 
that we continually give Him our sins, the evil of our 
lives. He wants more ; He wants these bodies. " I 
beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, 
that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, accept-
able unto God, which is your reasonable service." Rom. 
12 : 1. He wishes us to bring to Christ, our living altar, 
a living sacrifice, our living bodies, these lives, our mem-
bers, our faculties, our talents, the strength of our m an-
hood and womanhood. He wants no sacrifice less than 
consecrated living flesh and blood. And that means our 
money, our property, our investments, the product of 
our lives. "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all 
thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy 
might." Dent. 6: 5. 
Altar service is the means whereby we are led to 
perceive the love of God. It was the altar service of 
Christ that made manifest His love. " Hereby perceive 
we the love of God, because He laid down His life for 
us." It was by their altar service that Adam and Noah 
and Abraham expressed their faith and love toward God, 
and it is the means whereby we make manifest the 
same. 
Sacrificial Offerings—What Are They ? 
Two wealthy Christians, a lawyer and a merchant, 
joined a party which was making a tour around the 
world. Before they started, their minister earnestly 
requested them to observe any interesting thing which 
they might see, and bring back a report to him. One 
day in Africa they saw in a field by the roadside a boy 
pulling a plough while an old man held the handles and 
directed it. The lawyer was amused and took a sn ap-
shot of the scene. 
" That's a very curious picture ! I suppose they are 
very poor," the lawyer remarked to the guide of the 
party. 
" Yes," was the quiet reply. " When the church 
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but they had no money ; so they sold their only ox, and 
gave the money to the church. This spring they are 
doing the work of the ox themselves." 
The lawyer and the merchant were silent for some 
moments, then one remarked, " That must have been a 
real sacrifice." 
" They did not call it that," said the guide. " They 
thought it was fortunate that they had an ox to sell." 
The lawyer and business man had not much to say. 
But when they reached home, the lawyer took that 
picture to his minister and told him the story. 
"I want to double my pledge to the church," he 
Students in Attendance at Indian School, 
Samabula, near Suva 
said. " I have never known what sacrifice for the 
church meant till a converted heathen taught me." 
How many of us know what it is' to sacrifice to ad-
vance the cause of God ? " The great day of the Lord 
is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly." Shall we not 
on this our annual Week of Prayer occasion, make a 
real sacrificial offering ? 
Love that expresses itself in giving is the very es-
sence of the gospel. Giving to God, and giving to man, 
is back of every commandment in the decalogue. Giv-
ing as an expression of love is a fundamental doctrine of 
Seventh-day Adventism, and it is that upon which rests 
the possibility of carrying the gospel to all the world. 
Laying Down Our Lives for the Brethren 
We are warned against a religion that seeks to ex-
press itself in a different way than did Christ. His was 
by the gift of His life. That is no true love which seeks 
to satisfy itself by words, instead of deeds ; by tongue, 
instead of in deed and in truth. "My little children, let 
us not love in word, neither in tongue ; but in deed and 
in truth." 1 John 3 : 18. Word and tongue service 
are entirely inadequate. 
We are to lay down our lives for the brethren. 
Who are our brethren for whom we are to lay down our 
lives ? Are they not those upon the earth for whom 
Christ laid down His life? In Christ every man of the 
human race is our brother. He " bath made of one 
blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of 
the earth." Every man in every land, rich or poor, 
high or low, regardless of colour, race, or nationality, is 
our brother, and it is for these we are to lay down our 
lives. 
One of our missionaries was sent to a trying and 
difficult field. At first the people would have nothing 
to do with him : they would not invite him into their 
homes, they would not give him food, they would not 
give straw for his mule. They looked upon him as a 
dangerous enemy, and their hearts were steeled against 
him. They did not perceive the love that was in his 
heart for them. 
But one day he found a sick man whom the doctors 
had given up to die. His disease seemed incurable. He 
prayed to God earnestly that He would show him 
what to do for this man. His prayer was heard. As 
he nursed and cared for him, the sick man was healed. 
Then it was that the people's hearts were touched, and 
they perceived his love for them. Then they opened 
their doors to him, and as he preached the word and 
cared for the sick, many listened and hundreds accepted 
the truth. 
If all our dear brethren and sisters could get this 
broader setting of their obligation to Christ and to their 
fellow men, and recognise that the giving of their lives 
and substance is the evidence of their love, it would 
measure a marked advance of the message in every 
land. They would not narrow their horizon merely to 
the meeting of certain church goals, but see that larger, 
all-embracing goal, the presenting of their bodies and 
all they possess a living sacrifice. 
There may be a tendency on the part of some to 
look at the many calls for means in a narrow way, with-
out seeing them in the true light. Many calls for the 
work in many lines when we have no definite plan or 
system of giving, may lead us to think we are more 
generous than we really are. Dr. J. H. Jowett, from 
his experience in Christian churches, has said : 
" I have noticed that some people assume they are 
generous, but it is simply because they have no system 
in their giving and no record of their gifts. You will 
-find when you get into your churches, that some people 
confuse the number of appeals they have heard with the 
number of times they have given." 
We believe it is God's will that this Week of Prayer 
should bring a new experience to all of God's people, an 
experience that will enlarge our vision and help us to 
realise the blessing of giving to the cause of God at this 
time when the whole world is opening to the gospel and 
the message is going as it has never gone before. As 
our bowels of compassion open to our brethren in every 
land in need of the Word of life, they' will see that we 
are actuated by the limitless love of Christ. " Whoso 
bath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, 
and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him 
how dwelleth the love of God in him ? " 1 John 3 :17' 
Right in this hour of financial perplexity in the 
world, when business affairs are full of perplexity, God 
calls for a larger faith and more abundant sacrifice, to 
hold our missionaries at their post with the assurance 
that the windows of heaven will be opened to those who 
claim His promises. God has a thousand ways to help 
us in our business affairs as we show our love and 
loyalty to Him by giving the best that we have to ad-
vance His cause. "Now unto Him that is able to do 
exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, 
according to the power that worketh in us, unto Him be 
glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, 
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(Reading for Thursday, May 28) 
Providences in the Pacific 
BY A. G. STEWART 
IN the far-reaching vision given to Isaiah, the ancient 
prophet, the Spirit of the Lord has very vividly 
brought before His church the great ingathering by the 
gospel of the Gentiles from the old countries of earth 
and from the islands of the sea." Read Isaiah 
11 : 10, 11. 
When we read from these verses that " the Lord shall 
set His hand again the second time to recover the rem-
nant of His people," and that " He shall set up an en-
sign for the nations," we can readily see that He is 
visualising before our eyes this very work,—the 
heralding of this everlasting gospel message, with its 
advent hope and Sabbath reform truth so prominently 
displayed on the banner we bear before the world. It 
would seem as if the eyes of the ancient seer were 
focused on this time, and that he saw the work 
actually being done by this particular body of people. 
Among those " islands of the sea " where the gospel 
has already been established, and heathenism in its 
barbaric form has been abolished, God has " set His 
hand again the second time to recover the remnant of 
His people." His ensign has been actually set up ; and 
here, there, and yonder are neat little churches and 
meeting houses with nicely dressed and clean-living 
groups of believers meeting from Sabbath to Sabbath, 
faithfully honouring God and witnessing for Him, 
cherishing in their hearts the same blessed hope that 
we do of a soon coming Saviour. 
Our Farthest Outpost in the Pacific 
Think for a moment of Pitcairn Island, that little dot 
on the great expansive Pacific, where ocean liners pass-
ing to and from England, Europe, America, New Zea-
land, and Australia " heave to " to land mail and parcels 
and to take on some island fruit or other produce, and 
there find a community of Sabbath-keepers from whose 
hands they receive papers and tracts containing present 
truth. Then as the ship begins to steam away, and the 
little boats filled with those islanders " pull off " from 
the sides of the great liner, the Pitcairn people com-
mence to sing the good old Advent hymns. Many eyes 
on board are moistened as they contemplate the happy 
life and simple faith of the dwellers on that distant isle. 
As the poet expresses it, 
"Let the distant isles be glad, 
Let them hail the Saviour's birth, 
And the news of pardon free, 
Till the knowledge of the truth 
Shall extend to all the earth, 
As the waters o'er the sea." 
Then as the steamer reaches Sydney and we receive 
a letter from the church elder on Pitcairn, we read the 
following paragraph : 
" Last evening we were in missionary meeting, hear-
ing of the terrible calamities by sea and land, and of the 
fearful crimes prevailing in the world. Surely we can-
not stand the strain much longer, conditions showing so 
plainly that the end of all things earthly is near. We 
are doing good work in the distribution of papers and 
books on board ships. There were over 500 given away 
only recently on the last passenger ship." 
Shall we who have so many more opportunities of 
working and witnessing than they, be less faithful in 
letting our light shine ? 
The Society and Cook Islands 
Coming along down to the Society and Cook Islands, 
where that great apostle to the South Seas, John Wil-
liams, did such a wonderful work nearly one hundred 
years ago, and where such miracles of grace were 
wrought among degraded humanity, we find a possibly 
greater victory being won in those islands today where 
European vices are making such havoc and wreck among 
the natives. Drunkenness, debauchery, licentiousness, 
mixed with church formality, prove worse foes than the 
old evils of barbaric times. Still the message wins 
hearts, and today on some fourteen islands in those two 
groups about 500 Sabbath-keepers worship in more than 
twenty orderly conducted Sabbath schools. Led by our 
faithful European and native leaders, these believers 
join with us in this annual Week of Prayer and faith-
fully bring their gifts to the altar to help send the mes-
sage to other needy fields. 
Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga 
Then were we able tonight to listen-in by radio, by 
" tuning in " to the various mission stations in Fiji, 
Samoa, and Tonga, we would be constrained to linger 
and listen with profound admiration to the grand chorus 
of melodious voices about 1,500 strong, divided into about 
sixty churches and companies, who would be following 
these readings with us, though translated into their own 
tongues. They would also engage with us in prayer for 
the prosperity of the clean church in all the world. Isa. 
42 : 12. 
Each year this chorus of voices is increasing in num-
ber, and other islands are being entered by the message. 
How clearly the ancient seer described it when he wrote, 
The isles shall wait for His law." Isa 42 : 4. 
Let us reflect also for a moment on the maturing 
spiritual experience of these island believers, who have 
for a number of years been identified with God's rem-
nant church. Just visualise for a moment those two 
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Fijian chiefs who attended the last General Conference 
and visited many of the large cities of the United States, 
with their princely bearing, their dignified mien, their 
earnest words, and consistent lives. Thousands of peo-
ple who heard their messages marvelled at the maturity 
of their Christian experience, so wonderfully expressed 
in life and beautiful similes and effective illustrations. 
They are representatives of thousands whom God is pre-
paring to gather with the great unnumbered throng who 
shall one day stand " before the throne, and before the 
Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their 
hands." 
The New Hebrides 
We swing across a few more hundred miles west-
ward, and for a few moments follow the leading provi-
dences of God in the New Hebrides, that field of which 
one authority on mission work in the South Sea Islands 
has said : " There is perhaps no place in the Pacific 
where there has been, on the one hand, less seeming 
success, and, on the other hand, greater sacrifice of life 
than in these islands. Not only were the white evange-
lists slain and eaten, but scores of brown servants of 
Christ laid down their lives for Him." 
In speaking of the natives, this same writer has said : 
" They were, of course, cannibals, and no sense of 
shame seemed to soften this disgusting habit. They 
were almost constantly engaged in tribal warfare, and 
the most extreme barbarity characterised their conflicts. 
. . . Of domestic life there was none. Women were 
bought and sold like pigs, and were accounted the 
personal property of the male. If a man chose to treat 
his wife or wives with consideration, well ; if he chose 
to kill and eat her, equally well. . . . Arts were of the 
feeblest sort, The worst constructed houses in the Pa-
cific were in the New Hebrides—just frail huts, with a 
single hole for entrance."—" The Call of the Pacific," 
pp. 142, 143. 
In spite, however, of this terrible degradation and de-
spair, God's power has been manifested , His provi-
dences have been seen in the opening up and establish-
ing of our work among these very needy people. 
Though undertaken at great risk and not without the 
loss of life, the work on West Malekula has now been 
well established, and " the people which sat in darkness 
saw great light ; and to them which sat in the region 
and shadow of death light is sprung up." 
One of the most fruitful parts of our island mission 
field today is the island of Ambrym, where we not only 
have a large number of earnest believers, but from where 
we have drawn most of our native workers for that field. 
The opening of the work on that island constitutes 
one of the most remarkable providences of God in all 
our South Sea enterprise, but the story cannot be told 
here. Could you visit that island today and see the 
hundreds of devout, clean worshippers, their orderly 
villages and happy community life, and then compare it 
with what it was only a few years ago, you would be 
led to exclaim, " This is the Lord's doing ; it is marvel-
lous in our eyes." Ps. 118 : 23. 
The Solomon Islands 
We must, however, travel still farther west to reach 
our most fruitful mission field. 
It was in the early part of the year 1914, just before 
the commencement of the Great War, that our veteran 
missionaries, Pastor and Mrs. G. F. Jones, with their 
little mission ship, the Advent Herald, aboard the 
steamer and their two-roomed portable house in the 
hold, sailed from Australia for the Solomon Islands, 
to carry the light of truth to those darkened souls. 
When writing of their arrival, their brief mes-
sage indicates how they went out depending upon 
God to direct the course of their little vessel. They 
said: " Our mission ketch, the Advent Herald, is still 
aboard the steamer, but in another day or so we shall 
be making it our home and be able to sail where the Lord 
directs. . . . Before entering the group we prayed much 
about our reception, and tie Lord has abundantly 
answered our prayers and the prayers of our brethren 
at home." 
" TO SAIL WHERE THE LORD DIRECTS " 
seems to have been their guiding star ; and what wonder-
ful providences have been reported from that fruitful 
field during the past sixteen years of missionary effort ! 
Away to the far north to the large island of Bougainville, 
and down to the south-east to Guadalcanar and the is-
land of Malaita, this message has spread over most of 
the inhabited islands of this romantic group. Head-
hunters and savages, devil-worshippers and demon-pos-
sessed men and women, alike have been won. Soul and 
body destroying vices of the deepest dye have been 
abandoned, and men, women, youth, and children have 
been snatched from the power of the enemy. The 
individual life has been transformed, the family life has 
been established, the communal life has been made pos-
sible, and the entire conditions have been changed. 
Skull houses are deserted, the old temples have fallen 
into ruins, new dwellings are built, and clean, sanitary 
villages erected. Over 3,000 believers now worship and 
study in the seventy-six Sabbath schools regularly con-
ducted in many languages throughout that field today. 
A fleet of boats is now engaged by our missionaries in 
that field, in endeavouring to answer the many calls 
coming to them for the " Juapa Bane," or " Seventh 
Day," Mission. As we are writing, another vessel is 
just being completed in Sydney, and will be sent out to 
be used'by our workers in sailing around the island of 
Malaita, the most dangerous and most populous island 
in the group. Surely the Gentiles are coming to the 
light in harmony with the words of the prophecy. Read 
Isaiah 60: 1-4. 
Papua 
Before we speak of our newest and largest mission 
field, we will do well to take a few moments to visit 
with our missionaries in dark Papua. While our mis-
sion work has been carried on there for many years, the 
work of evangelising the natives of Papua is only begun. 
Papua, like the New Hebrides, is a field that has proved 
to be the " altar of sacrifice " for many faithful workers. 
It was here that James Chalmers, or " Great Heart" as he 
was frequently called, lost his life at the point of the 
poisoned spear and by the cruel club, but his noble ex-
ample and courageous spirit live on to inspire and en-
courage those who follow his worthy footsteps. 
Mortality among missionaries from the dread ma-
laria, blackwater fever, and other causes, has been 
heavy. Twenty-three years ago our first party of mis-
sionaries sailed for that field. 'With them was our first 
Fijian worker to go abroad to labour. After ten years 
Benny laid down his life, but his dying appeal to those 
Koiari youth touched hearts, and today his memory is 
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still cherished. His worthy example has been followed 
by at least six others of our best Fijian workers, who 
with their wives have cheerfully left their own con-
genial islands to help save a -dying race in far-away 
Papua. 
The heroic work done by our European workers in 
establishing a mission station away in the mountain 
ranges of Efogi must ever stand as a monument to mis-
sionary zeal and achievement, and a very definite denial 
to the unfounded charge often made that we only follow 
in the wake of other missionary societies. �
In two 
strategic places on that long coast line our missionaries 
are now established, and are daily ministering to the 
spiritual and physical needs of hundreds of these needy 
people. Let us during this Week of Prayer earnestly 
plead with God to greatly bless our noble band of mis-
sionaries around the whole field and make their ministry 
most fruitful. 
Territory of New Guinea 
And now we must briefly bring before you in this 
survey of God's providences in the Pacific, an already 
whitened harvest field of great possibilities. Two years 
ago we were led in a providential way to a very fine site 
for the location of our work in the Rabaul district, in 
the Mandated Territory of New Guinea. Within a few 
weeks after commencing, Brother and Sister Jones could 
report natives keeping the Sabbath and discarding 
wrong habits and evil practices. Calls began to come 
from natives in other parts to have the " Sabbath Mis-
sion " taken to their villages. Today we have about 140 
members in their three Sabbath schools, and a few 
have already been baptised. Two churches have been 
dedicated, and medical and school work established. 
More recently stability has been given the work by the 
arrival of the mission vessel Veilomani in charge of 
Brother McLaren, and its early cruises among the islands 
of that vast group have proved almost romantic. Space 
and time forbid a lengthy description, no matter how 
interesting. Away up near the equator they visited 
some of the smaller islands, and the following brief 
account of their landing on one called Nusi, will give 
us some idea of the dire needs of the people and the 
dangers encountered in first making contact with them : 
We anchored on the lee side of the island and 
lowered the lifeboat, and two Fijians, two Solomon 
Island boys, and myself headed for the shore. Very 
soon we were on the beach, where we promptly sat down 
on the dazzling white sand and held up our hands to 
show that we were unarmed. About twenty natives 
came toward us armed with spears. We commenced 
singing, Anywhere with Jesus I can safely go.' I 
pulled off my shirt to show that I was not concealing 
any weapon and invited them to come closer. The boys 
were in loin cloths only, and I was now in shorts and 
singlet with canvas shoes. Soon we were surrounded, 
but we prayed and smiled and pointed heavenward and 
kept on repeating, Jesus,' Jesus,' Jesus.' The Mas-
ter said, I, if I be lifted up, . . . will draw all men 
unto Me.' This action seemed to quiet the savages 
somewhat, though they still called out loudly and 
brandished spears continually, not one of which was 
thrown at us, though we remained on the island for over 
two hours. We continued to make peace overtures, 
singing hymns and praying as Paul said, without 
ceasing.' Later we stood up and walked along the 
beach to find the village. This we did successfully, but 
found that it was well barricaded, a 
single track being left past a large tree in 
which some natives were waiting with 
weapons to drop down on their supposed 
enemy. Here again we sat down and 
sang, and were at last able to touch some 
of the men. Soon we had fraternised 
sufficiently to have them round us, so 
much so that they bit and licked the boys' 
arms, and felt also my arms and legs and 
touched my head and face. Now they 
gave us food and drink, and we felt we 
had conquered and subdued them. 
" The island of Nusi is unique in many 
ways. I feel confident that we can tame 
these people and teach them the gospel, 
and should we visit them again—which we 
must do, they will be quieter and pos-
sibly give us a warm welcome to their island." 
Thousands of natives in these islands are waiting for 
us to carry to them the message which has wrought 
such remarkable reformation in many other places. 
" The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers 
are few ; pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that 
He will send forth labourers into His harvest." Matt. 
9 : 37, 38. 
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The Call of the Hour 
We are not only to pray the Lord of the harvest 
to send forth the labourers, but also to help answer our 
own prayers by bringing to the Lord's altar during this 
Week of Prayer, an offering to be used in sending forth 
more labourers into the harvest field. Shall we not 
earnestly pray this year that God will increase our love, 
our liberality, and devotion, and thus enable us to bring 
still larger gifts to His altar ? " Freely," He says, " ye 
have received, freely give." 
Let us, as we meditate upon these remarkable provi-
dences in the Pacific, see the open doors still unentered, 
and while we pray the Lord of the harvest to send 
forth labourers into His harvest, let us each reconse-
crate our lives to Him and dedicate our means to help 
answer the many calls coming to us for help. Scores of 
islands are still unentered, and many thousands of 
needy people are looking for light. 
Our aim for the Australasian Union Conference 
this year is £3,000. The aims for the various conferences 
are set out on the last page of this paper. If we will 
each plan to do a little better than we did last 
year, our aim will be reached. Shall we not each try 
to exceed last year's effort ? May God richly bless you 
all, and use the means for the finishing of His work. 
(Reading for Friday, May 29) 
Evangelism...Its Need in Every Member 
BY W. G. TURNER 
MATTHEW 28 : 18-20. " And Jesus came and spake 
unto them, saying, All power is given unto Me in 
heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach all 
nations, baptising them in the name of the Father, and 
of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost : teaching them to 
observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you : 
and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the 
world. Amen." 
This commission given by Christ to His church is 
unfortunately attached too frequently to the thought 
of foreign service to the exclusion of all else, when it is 
intended to apply with equal force to church members 
for work in homelands. Our land is part of the world 
just as much as is Africa, or China, or Fiji. Where we 
are is our territory for the time being. Again, far too 
many folk suppose that to go into all the world and 
preach the gospel to every creature, is an appeal that is 
really only meant for men wholly set aside as duly 
appointed ministers or missionaries, when in reality the 
Lord Jesus intended that His entire church on earth in 
their particular generation, should, as one body of breth-
ren and sisters in Christ Jesus, take their place in His 
plan and go to the task filled with His presence and His 
power. The evidence in support of this statement is 
recorded in the Acts of the Apostles. 
Following the commission of Matthew 28 : 18-20, we 
read in Acts 8 : 1-4, " And at that time there was a 
great persecution against the church which was at 
Jerusalem ; and they were all scattered abroad through-
out the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the 
apostles. And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, 
and made great lamentation over him. As for Saul, he 
made havoc of the church, entering into every house, and 
hailing men and women committed them to prison. 
Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every-
where preaching the Word." 
The apostles remained at Jerusalem, while the church 
members were scattered abroad ; and while scattered 
abroad they " went everywhere preaching the Word." 
Remarkable fruitage came as the result of this, and in 
many centres churches sprang up, testifying that the 
work of the scattered members was greatly blessed of 
God. 
Moreover, this plan ordained by Christ and accepted 
by His people, and found to be productive when operated, 
was to be a continuous one. This is revealed in the com-
mission, " Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end 
of the world." While it is true that we are in the clos-
ing days, it is also true that the end of the world has 
not yet come ; so we are still in working time. 
The direction, furthermore, is a very personal and 
individual matter. Christ said, " Go YE." It is sur-
prising to find the number of church members who will 
say, when called to play their part in Christ's plan, 
that they cannot go themselves, but they " will be happy 
to send another." The Lord does not ask of us that we 
send another." His command is, " Go YE." It is 
clear, then, that He intends that His commission to preach 
the gospel shall apply not only " even unto the end of 
the world," but also directly to every individual church 
member in the particular portion of territory in which 
he is living. 
Evangelism means, " preaching or proclaiming the 
good news of salvation." Each and every Christian can 
do this, whether it be in the home, in the church, in the 
business circle, in friendly social intercourse, or in some 
heathen land ; and, moreover, every Christian should do 
it. 
" Christ accepts, 0 so gladly ! every human agency 
that is surrendered to Him. He brings the human into 
union with the divine, that He may communicate to the 
world the mysteries of incarnate love."—" Testimonies 
for the Church," Vol. 9, p. 30. 
" The church is God's appointed agency for the sal-
vation of men. It was organised for service, and its 
mission is to carry the gospel to the world. . . . Every 
one in whose heart Christ abides, every one who will 
show forth His love to the world, is a worker together 
with God for the blessing of humanity. As he receives 
from the Saviour grace to impart to others, from his 
whole being flows forth the tide of spiritual life."—" The 
Acts of the Apostles," pp. 9-13. 
" God has called His church in this day, as He called 
ancient Israel, to stand as a light in the earth. . . , 
Like the holy oracles committed to ancient Israel, these 
are a sacred trust to be communicated to the world. . . , 
But very few of those who have received the light are 
doing the work intrusted to their hands. . . . There is 
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a terrible amount of guilt for which the church is respons-
ible. Why are not those who have the light putting 
forth earnest efforts to give that light to others ? They 
see that the end is near. They see multitudes daily 
transgressing God's law ; and they know that these souls 
cannot be saved in transgression. Yet they have more 
interest in their trades, their farms, their houses, their 
merchandise, their dress, their tables, than in the souls 
of men and women whom they must meet face to face in 
the Judgment. The people who claim to obey the truth 
are asleep. . . . At the very time when they should be 
strong in God, having a daily, living experience, they 
are feeble, hesitating, relying upon the preachers for sup-
port, when they should be ministering to others with 
mind and soul and voice and pen and time and money." 
—" Testimonies," Vol. 5, pp. 455-457. 
The nominal churches are today rapidly drifting to 
that place where a paid ministry is accepted as the sole 
agency for the progressive development of Christian ac-
tivity in each church's territory, with the result that the 
cause with which the minister and the people are con-
nected suffers spiritually, numerically, and financially. 
Addressing a large congregation of Baptists some 
time ago, Dr. A. A. Strong said : " My greatest concern is 
lest we should cease to be a witnessing church. Not 
sermons but individual voices of private members of the 
church are to evangelise the world. When the Romans 
shortened their swords they lengthened their territories. 
Wherever we have had this hand-to-hand work our in-
crease has been great. When we cease to believe that 
men are lost, cease in private to urge them to come to 
Christ, the glory will depart from us. The church that 
ceases to be evangelistic will soon cease to be evangelical, 
and the church that ceases to be evangelical will soon 
cease to exist." 
As Seventh-day Adventists, we, of all people, should 
be burdened to tell others the good news ; for we �
 
know that the hour is late and that the end is 
near. Possessing the knowledge that is ours, we 
stand positively without excuse if we do not play 
our part to seek in some way to save the lost. 
" Eternity stretches before us. The curtain is 
about to be lifted. We who occupy this solemn, 
responsible position, what are we doing, what are 
we thinking about, that we cling to our selfish love 
of ease, while souls are perishing around us ? 
Have our hearts become utterly callous ? "—Vol. 
5, p. 464. 
" Transgression has almost reached its limit. 
Confusion fills the world, and a great terror is soon 
to come upon human beings. The end is very 
near. We who know the truth should be pre-
paring for what is soon to break upon the world 
as an overwhelming surprise."—Vol. 8, p. 28. 
In these momentous days, when the hearts of 
men are failing them for fear, and when perplexity 
abounds, we find greater opportunities for presenting 
spiritual truths than ever we did when prosperity sur-
rounded the world in which we live. 
Business men of our church membership tell us that 
never have they found others so willing to listen to 
spiritual themes as now. 
Governments seem powerless to understand the 
problems and their solution ; and with anxious hearts 
men peer into what to them appears to be a future of 
darkness and hopelessness. 
The Word of God has a message of light and of hope. 
Let our light shine in the present dark hour, and some-
how God will use it to lead some lost soul to the path of 
peace and of righteousness. 
In the commission of Christ to His church, a definite 
programme is outlined for His people to follow. This 
programme is, " Go ye into all the world and teach all 
nations." Linked with the programme, is power with 
which to work it. The power is, " All power is given 
unto Me, . . . and, lo, I am with you aiway." So 
many today have a programme, but no power ; and they 
make no progress. Others have power, and no pro-
gramme ; so notwithstanding the display, their work 
lacks direction and fruitage. But to the Christian, there 
is a programme that possesses power, and power that 
will work the programme. 
Let none attempt any other programme than the 
one laid down, nor attempt to use any other power than 
that provided by God. The nominal churches of today 
have lost sight of God's programme, and therefore pos-
sess no power ; while others, claiming power, do not ac-
cept the programme, and therefore make no progress in 
evangelism. 
To the Christian, the possession of the power means 
the possession of a life; and the life is the life of Christ. 
It is not simply a creed, a church, an association of men 
and women,—it is a life. We receive it not by anything 
we can do, or because of anything that we possess ; it is 
a gift from God, and this life " is in His Son." To re-
ceive it, we " must be born again," from above, not of 
flesh and of blood, but of God. (John 1 : 13.) By this 
birth we become "new creatures in Christ Jesus," and 
are made partakers of the divine nature. 
" As a flower of the field has its root in the soil ; as 
it must receive air, dew, showers, and sunshine, so must 
we receive from God that which ministers to the life of 
the soul. It is only through becoming partakers of His 
nature [His life] that we receive power to obey His 
commandments."—Vol. 7, p. 194. 
The possession of this life is positively essential for 
success in carrying out Christ's programme; and, more-
over, it is essential if we are to ultimately receive eternal 
life. For we read in 1 John 5 : 11, 12, " And this is the 
record, that God bath given to us eternal life, and this 
life is in His Son. He that bath the Son bath life ; and 
he that hath not the Son of God hath not life." 
The life we receive is His life, and " He is the same 
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yesterday, today, and forever." While on earth did He 
work the programme He enunciated ? Listen to His 
statement, in Luke 19 : 10. " For the Son of man is 
come to seek and to save that which was lost." Watch 
Him all through the period of His service, and at all 
times we find Him putting into practice what He 
preached. He loved men, and His love compelled Him 
to seek to save them. If His life, charged with His 
love, is in us, we, too, " willing and doing of His good 
pleasure," will not be satisfied to rest in inactivity, but 
with the burden of the commission of Christ resting 
upon us and the power of His life filling us, we shall go 
out in loving ministry for the salvation of the lost. 
We long for a finished work. We pray for the Lord 
to come and take us home. But we read in Volume 9 
of the " Testimonies," page 117, these striking words : 
" The work of God in this earth can never be finished 
until the men and women comprising our church mem-
bership rally to the work, and unite their efforts with 
those of ministers and church officers." 
God wants men today to use for Him. His plan is 
to use men in whose hearts Christ can reign and live. 
God can use a man better than anything else. Men are 
God's method. The church is so largely looking for 
better methods ; the Lord is looking for better men. It 
is not machinery, not novel methods, not new ideas that 
are required ; but men that God demands,—men in 
whom the Spirit, imparting the life of Christ, shall live. 
A storm had visited a certain area, and one farmer 
had lost a splendid crop of grain. Others about him had 
been reaped before the storm came. The man stood at 
the fence, after the storm had passed, looking at his 
ruined harvest, his face a picture of sadness and dejec- 
tion. A stranger coming along the road came to the 
fence and stood in silence for a moment beside the 
farmer. Then he said, " It is a pretty sad sight, isn't 
it ? " The owner said, " You would think it was sad if it 
was your field." " Why didn't you harvest it before the 
storm came ? " asked the stranger. " Because I couldn't 
get any harvesters," was his sad reply, as he turned on 
his heel and retarned to the house. 
Is it possible that the Lord, looking upon the world, 
which is the field," seeing it ripe unto harvest, can find 
" no harvesters " ? The storm is about to break, the 
harvest home is soon to sound. Are we gathering in the 
sheaves ? If not, how shall we expect to join in the 
glad cry of jubilee ? 
" He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious 
seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing 
his sheaves with him." Ps. 126: 6. 
The matter is a serious one, it is a pressing one• 
Let us consider it earnestly, prayerfully, determinedly, 
and let us tonight pray together the Lord of the har-
vest to send forth labourers into His harvest, remem-
bering that " if every soldier of Christ bad done his duty, 
if every watchman on the walls of Zion had given the 
trumpet- a certain sound, the world might ere this have 
heard the message of. warning. But the work is years 
behind. While men have slept, Satan has stolen a 
march upon us."—Vol. 9, p. 29. 
Shall we not tonight hear anew the commission of 
Christ, accept it as applying to each of us individually, and 
in the power of His life go out and by Him finish the 
work ? May the Lord help us each to express Him in 
activity rather than to suppress Him through its lack. 
(Reading for Sabbath, May 30) 
The Holy Spirit in the Life and Experience 
of the Believer 
BY I. H. EVANS 
TEXT : ".So too the Spirit assists us in our weakness." 
Rom 8 : 26, Mofatt's translation. 
Thus Paul wrote to the church in Rome, calling their 
attention to the divine help provided for them in their 
weakness. The Holy Spirit is a gift from God, and He 
has a very definite and real part to act in promoting and 
completing the work of salvation in the hearts of all who 
accept the redemption provided by the life and death of 
Jesus Christ. 
The Holy Spirit is not a substitute for that life and 
that death, nor does He make atonement for sin. He 
comes to man as a revealer of sin, and as a mighty 
helper against the attacks of the enemy. He recalls to 
the mind of the Christian the promises of the Word, and 
works for his deliverance in the hour of temptation. 
He comes, too, as the Comforter, ever representing the 
love of God and the ministry of Christ. It is His great 
office, as the text declares, to assist us in our weakness. 
Heaven has given all it has to deliver man from the 
bondage of sin. In the beginning, God created man 
upright, and placed him in surroundings of heavenly 
beauty and peace. Nothing was lacking for his com- 
fort and joy. When man failed to heed the warnings 
against sin, and transgressed the divine command by 
partaking of the forbidden fruit, the plan of salvation 
was revealed to him in God's great mercy, and he was 
assured that forgiveness and redemption would be pro-
vided for all who would accept the gift, turn from sin, 
and believe on the Son of God. 
During succeeding ages God made known His will to 
rebellious and wicked men through prophets whom He 
chose to speak and write His messages of warning and 
appeal, of invitation to repentance from sin, and assur-
ances of love and help. Even the angels of heaven are 
made ministering spirits to minister to those who shall 
be the heirs of salvation. 
And when at last we come into our inheritance, God 
will make the redeemed His heirs, and joint heirs with 
Jesus Christ, crowning them as kings and priests to 
reign with Him throughout eternity ! What more could 
God bestow upon man ? Such love is something we are 
incapable of appreciating in our fallen state. 
Often we have a mistaken idea concerning the Holy 
Spirit. Many think of Him only as the Comforter, 
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coming to them in the hour of victory, and rejoicing 
with them over the defeat of the enemy. They think of 
Christ in the wilderness, sorely tempted and alone, 
wrestling with the powers of evil ; they see their Master 
meeting the enemy unaided, unhelped, fighting the bat-
tle with Satan to a victorious conclusion ; they see Him 
triumphant, and the Comforter coming to minister to 
Him when the enemy has departed. Thus they con-
clude that the Christian must battle alone, unaided, 
unhelped, till he, too, gains the victory over every evil 
desire, and that not until then may he expect the Holy 
Spirit to come to him as a Comforter. 
To all such our text presents the Holy Spirit in the 
aspect of a helper : " So too the Spirit assists us in our 
weakness " [" helps us in our infirmities "1. We under-
stand that our weaknesses are those points in our char-
acters wherein we fail God. In Galatians 6 a familiar 
list of sins is enumerated, and many more could have 
been named by the apostle ; but we know them as well 
as he did. Every Christian knows wherein he fails to 
measure up to the fullness of the stature of God in 
Christ Jesus. These failures, these oft-repeated short- 
comings, are the very points wherein we need help. 
They constitute our weakness. And here is the promise, 
" The Spirit assists us in our weakness." 
"And every virtue we possess, 
And every victory won, 
And every thought of holiness, 
Are His alone." 
A Present Help in Time of Need 
Another thought we should cherish as precious is 
that the Holy Spirit is a present help in time of need. 
If we had to get word to heaven for help when tempted, 
and God had to send some one to our aid, we should be 
in a helpless condition. Sin usually takes place almost 
instantaneously. It is true that temptations and the 
leading up to the act of sin may be the outgrowth of 
years ; but when the final act takes place, it is accom-
plished suddenly. The pulling of the trigger, the thrust 
of the blade, the shutting of the hand, the speaking of a 
word, even the nod of a head, and the tragedy of sin is a 
completed act. If ever one needs help, it is when he is 
in the heat of thought or anger or desire that leads to 
sin. The prayer is unfinished or unuttered; the desire 
for help lapses ; the flaming passion of rage or lust burns 
to a white heat. If help can rescue the soul standing on 
the verge of sin's precipice, ready to leap, it must come 
now, instantly. 
At such a time heaven seems far away. The 
tempted soul cannot pray, for reason is unseated, and 
passion and desire hold sway. " Let me alone " is the 
cry. But lo there dwells within that tempted body 
the third person of the Godhead Cries the apostle, 
" Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that 
the Spirit of God dwelleth in you ? " Quick as thought 
comes the very help the tempted soul needs. The Holy 
Spirit that dwells within gives the command, " Thou 
shalt not." That voice is the voice of God echoing from 
Sinai through the Holy Spirit to the soul in its hour of 
trial. 
Solemn indeed is the thought that within the Chris-
tian believer dwells the third person of the Godhead ! 
When you were baptised, you were baptised into the 
name of the Holy Spirit as well as the name of the 
Father and the Son. The administrator declared, " I 
now baptise you in the name of the Father, and of 
the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.' " Matt. 28 : 19. It is 
therefore your privilege to have Him take up His abode 
within you, and dwell in your heart as your helper. 
When this is done, the Holy Spirit foresees for you, and 
many a time prevents your doing what you intend to 
do. Some one appears suddenly on the scene, and you 
dare not do what you had planned. Unforeseen things 
occur, the unexpected happens, and you are held from 
your purpose, hindered from performing what your car-
nal heart contrived. An unseen power has control ; 
you are led in the ways of righteousness in spite of 
your own evil desires. What is this unseen power that 
controls and checks and hinders ? It is the Holy Spirit. 
This divine presence in us is a constant helper in our 
trials and temptations. He is God with us and in us. 
He dwells in us richly. He knows our utmost need, 
and works in us both to will and to do the good pleasure 
of our heavenly Father. The poor heathen has no such 
helper. He prays to gods made by the hand of man. 
He prays to nature in her different manifestations, such 
as storms and earthquakes ; he prays to beasts and rep-
tiles ; he bows before his dead in prayer for blessings 
that they cannot give. But the Christian prays to a 
God whose representative is near, who dwells within, 
and who is far more anxious to aid than the Christian is 
willing to receive help. 
The Spirit lives within me, 
Sweet Comforter of mine ; 
He is my constant helper, 
A mighty power divine. 
He is my guide, reprover, 
A present help indeed, 
Supplying hope and courage, 
And meeting every need. 
" Ye Must Be Born Again " 
We often speak of our " Christian experience." 
What is comprehended in this expression ? Christian 
experience is recognising the Holy Spirit dwelling 
within, and being able to commune with that Spirit. It 
is possible for a new convert to receive baptism by 
water, but never become conscious of the Holy Spirit 
dwelling within his own heart and speaking to his own 
soul. He becomes a lawful Christian as far as man in 
his own strength can obey God ; but he never receives 
the help that God has made available for his spiritual 
needs. He is as restless within the church, after a time, 
as he was before he was baptised. He scores few vic-
tories, and often comes to regard his Christian experi-
ence as unreal. His failure lies in the fact that he 
failed to avail himself of the power of the Spirit. Many 
are weak because they do not accept this divine Helper. 
To such the third person of the Godhead is vague and 
unreal, and they struggle on because they do not under-
stand the Holy Spirit's presence, and do not know how 
to communicate with Him. Their Christian experience 
is unsatisfactory, and too often, finding no help during 
temptation, they drift back to the world. 
A young man of unusual ability was brought up in a 
Christian home. When a lad only twelve years of age 
he wished to be baptised, but his mother objected, giving 
as a reason that it would be better for him to wait till 
he understood more fully what baptism means. Time 
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under the best of influences, he was urged to receive 
baptism. He told his instructors that he realised that 
he was not converted, but he was assured that he would 
find what he desired after baptism ; if he would go for-
ward with his known duty, the experience he recognised 
as lacking would come later. Really desiring to do right, 
he was baptised, and later entered the ministry. 
In a few months the time came when those for 
whom he had laboured must be baptised. Then there 
came to him the thought that they must be converted be-
fore baptism. He had never been satisfied with his own 
experience ; and as he earnestly tried to show his converts 
that they must be baptised, there came to him a vivid 
consciousness that he could not teach the spiritual birth, 
since he had never been born again himself. �
He medi- 
tated on the matter, and came to the decision that he 
could not continue as a minister, since he did not have 
what he knew to be the right of every Christian. 
Nothing can be more sad than for one to receive 
baptism by water, and not receive the baptism of the 
Holy Spirit. One cannot be what he ought to be, unless 
he attains this experience. It is the divine privilege 
of every man to be born anew into the kingdom of God 
—to become a new creation wrought by the Holy Spirit. 
Have you experienced this new creation ? 
The Spirit Restrains From Sin 
There is little superiority of one man over another 
by nature. The heathen have intellectuality equal to 
that of the Christian. The ancient Greeks have stood 
as models for all succeeding ages in literature, in art, in 
oratory. The greatest epics of the ages were written by 
men who never knew Christ. Philosophy as taught by 
the ancients guided the world of reason for two thousand 
years. Socrates was a model of virtue as he understood 
virtue, though he had no knowledge of Christianity. 
But when you come to real Christlikeness, nothing but 
the new birth and the Holy Spirit can make men the 
new creation of God. 
You may ask, What will the Holy Spirit do for me 
if He dwells in my heart ? He will keep you from 
sinning. Joseph was a young man full of vitality and 
youthful vigour. Born in a tent, leading a nomadic life 
among the rugged hills of Palestine, defending his 
father's flocks against the attacks of robbers and wild 
beasts, he grew to manhood filled with all the impulses 
of men reared to attack and to defend. In Egypt, 
though a slave, by his fidelity and native ability, he won 
his way above the Egyptians. He was a stranger in a 
strange land. �
No mail routes nor newspapers in 
those days would report his conduct to his people. He 
was master in the house over which he ruled. Yet 
when that beautiful Egyptian woman tempted him to 
sin, his answer was, " How can I do this great wicked-
ness, and sin against God ? " It was the Holy Spirit 
who held him in check, and gave him victory. 
A Sabbath school secretary had seven dollars of funds 
in his room. The Fourth of July came, and the neigh-
bour boys were going to the village to celebrate. John 
had no money of his own, and his people were poor and 
had none to spare. The morning of the Fourth came, 
and with it the thought, " I could take a dollar of the 
Sabbath school funds, and restore it in time, and no one 
would ever know." Then the thought flashed into his 
mind, " God would know. You will never be the man 
you could be if you cannot be trusted." When the boys 
came and called for John to go, he refused, but went to 
the field and worked all day, a happy lad for his victory. 
Later he grew to be a man of affairs and responsibility, 
but he, ever retained his honesty. Who helped that lad ? 
--The Holy Spirit. 
Profession of the truth is no assurance of a Christian 
experience. The life alone is a true index of Christian-
ity. One may be zealous in argument, and contend for 
the faith till all opponents are disarmed, and yet all the 
evils of the carnal heart may be in full command. Only 
the indwelling of the Holy Spirit can beget the fruits of 
the Spirit. 
Love and Comfort Imparted 
The very first fruit of the Spirit is love. This does 
not mean that we should love only our flatterers and 
admirers ; it means that we must love all men and hate 
none. We are even commanded to love our enemies, 
and by returning to them good for evil, to heap coals of 
fire upon their heads. 
The Spirit comes to the Christian as the Comforter. 
When in loss and sorrow beyond the help of man, the 
Holy Spirit brings comfort in ways that flood the soul 
with peace. He comes when misfortune sweeps away 
all earthly things ; He stands beside the bed of the sick 
and dying, when hope in earthly help gives way, and the 
living cry, " 0 Master, help us in this dark hour ! " and 
He speaks resignation and sweet peace to the soul. He 
comes when the dead lie before us, and we know that 
in only a few hours what to us is more precious than 
anything else on earth will be borne from our view and 
hidden from our earthly sight, and points to the resur-
rection morning as near at hand. When overwhelming 
waves of sorrow because of sin beat upon the Christian, 
and some loved one has gone the way of the trans-
gressor,—in such heart-breaking Gethsemanes the Holy 
Spirit speaks to the soul. He comes as a friend, and in a 
mysterious way brings to us what we could not receive 
from mortal man. 
But the greatest comfort that the Christian can ever 
receive comes to him when, under the stress of tempta-
tion or the uprisings of the desires of the flesh, some sin 
has been committed which brings in its wake disgrace, 
shame, and humiliation. In such an hour man dares not 
look to his fellow man for comfort ; he feels himself an 
outcast as far as the church and its sympathies are con-
cerned ; he has nowhere to go, no earthly friend in 
whom he can confide. Heaven seems brass above, and 
earth holds no hope, or cheer, or promise of mercy. At 
such a time the stricken soul cries out in despair, I am 
lost !- I am lost ! " Then somehow the Holy Spirit 
touches the heart, light breaks in, hope springs up anew, 
faith is revived, and the struggling, despairing soul re-
solves to try again. Who has stayed with the helpless 
one during all these hours of struggle and fear and fail-
ure and despair ?—The Holy Spirit. He has never left 
the tempted one, nor cast him off. The living embodi-
ment of love and sympathy, He stands by the tried and 
tempted child of God, trying to win him back to repent-
ance and renewed faith. 
God's Way a Good Way 
-Truly God has given to His children all that even He 
can give. We are the recipients of His mercy and 
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favour. What we gain in grace and victory and accom-
plishment are all gifts from His bountiful hand. We 
have access to His throne, and the Holy Spirit Himself 
prays for us with groanings that cannot be uttered. All 
the plan of God for the redemption and salvation of us, 
His wayward children, is beautiful and wonderful be-
yond our finite comprehension. 
God's way is a good way: no other way so kind. 
0 you in sin -and sorrow, to all His mercy blind, 
Take now the gift He offers, lift up your eyes and see ! 
He'll give you peace unmeasured, forgiveness full and free. 
That is God's way, His wonderful way, 
That is His beautiful, glorious way. 
God's way is a good way : oh, come and walk therein ! 
A robe of praise He'll give for garments stained with sin ; 
The oil of joy for mourning, for ashes beauty rare, 
And all heaven's richest treasures with you He'll freely share. 
That is God's way, His wonderful way, 
That is His beautiful, wonderful way. 
God's way is a good way : He takes our service small, 
And touches it with power, accepts and blesses all; 
Then in His great compassion, so gracious, so divine, 
He makes the souls we bring Him, stars in our crowns to shine. 
That is God's way, His wonderful way, 
That is His beautiful, wonderful way. 
Today closes our Week of Prayer for 1931. All 
that has been wrought in the heart of each of us has 
been the work of the Holy Spirit. Whatever we give at 
this time to carry forward God's work on earth, if it is 
given in sacrifice and out of love for the Master, is the 
work of the Spirit of God on the heart. There ought 
to be a large offering on this closing day of the best 
week for God's people of all the year. 
Let us all on this occasion take a new start toward 
the kingdom, and double our consecration. 
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Introductory Note 
[The lessons for the children during 
the Week of Prayer have been prepared 
with the general subjects considered by 
the writers of the regular series of 
readings in mind, but adapted to the 
comprehension of the children. Christ 
in His work upon earth did not over-
look the children. " He took the chil-
dren in His arms, He laid His hands 
upon them, and gave them the blessing 
for which they [the mothers] came." 
And in working for the children now, we 
have this further word: "In working 
for the conversion of our children, we 
should not look for violent emotion as 
the essential evidence of conviction of 
sin. Nor is it necessary to know the 
exact time when they are converted. 
We should teach them to bring their 
sins to Jesus, asking His forgiveness, 
and believing that He pardons and re-
ceives them as He received the children 
when He was personally on earth.'—
" The Desire of Ages," pp. 512, 513. 
Let each church plan definitely for 
help for the children. Experienced 
workers should be selected and notified 
sufficiently early so that preparations 
may be made for the meetings during 
the Week of Prayer.] 
(Lesson 1) 
A Wonderful Promise 
INTRODUCTORY NOTE. FOR THE TEACH-
ERS : The Holy Spirit is the channel 
through which God's love and power can 
reach our hearts. Little wonder that we 
are told that it brings all other blessings 
in its train. The promise of the Holy 
Spirit includes the children, for we are 
told that " the Spirit loves to address the 
children."—" Counsels to Teachers," p. 172. 
Also we are told that " the Holy Spirit 
moves upon the hearts of the chil-
dren."—" The Desire of Ages," p. 517. As 
you endeavour to make real to the chil-
dren the meaning of this wonderful prom-
ise, "angels will be by your side." 
LESSON APPROACH : What a simple 
thing we do when we want a drink of 
clear, sparkling water. We step to the 
tap, turn it, and the water gushes out. 
Simple, isn't it ? We do not always see the 
place from which the water comes. But 
the water conies just the same when we 
turn the tap. God's love supply is just as 
simple as our water supply. We cannot 
see God, neither can we see the channel, 
the Holy Spirit, through which God's love 
flows to our hearts, but prayer turns the 
tap, and so many blessings begin to flow. 
How important is the channel, the Holy 
Spirit ! We all want to know more about 
the Holy Spiri and what it will do for 
every boy and girl. 
Lesson Outline 
I. The Promise of the Holy Spirit. John 
z6: 7. — Jesus was having His good-
bye talk with His disciples. They were 
so sorrowful. "0 Jesus, we can't let you 
go. You must stay with us. We need 
you so much." But Jesus said, " I cannot 
stay. My work is finished. I must go to 
My Father. But I have a wonderful 
plan." And in His softest voice He tells 
them that even though He must go 
away, He can still be near them; He can 
watch over them; He can help them; He 
can even speak to them. For there may 
be a channel between heaven and each 
heart. It is the channel of the Holy 
Spirit. 
What a comfort this was to those sorrow-
ing disciples! So in promising the Holy 
Spirit, Jesus speaks of Him as the Com-
forter. This promise was spoken to the 
disciples, but it. is for you and me today 
just as much as if it were dated, " May, 
1931." 
II. The Holy Spirit Will Do Many Things 
for Us. 
i. The Holy Spirit makes us sorry for 
our sins. John i6 :8. 
A Week of Prayer meeting was being 
held in one of our church schools. One 
by one the boys and girls arose and with 
tears in their eyes said, " I have done 
wrong. I am sorry." It was a wonder-
ful meeting. The Holy Spirit was there. 
Without the Holy Spirit we cannot be 
the least sorry for any of our sins. 
Jesus alone can make us sorry for sin, 
and His sorrow because of sin must reach 
our hearts through the channel of the 
Holy Spirit. 
2. Only the Holy Spirit can keep us 
from sinning. Rom 15 :13. 
It takes great power to start or stop a 
big train. The power comes to the train 
over the wires from the power house. 
Only the power that comes from the 
great power house of heaven can help us 
to stop sinning and to start a new life. 
This power can come to us only through 
the channel of the Holy Spirit. 
3. The Holy Spirit will tell us which 
way we ought to go. John 16 : 13. 
A person sometimes in going through 
a thick woods ties a cord to the first tree 
and holds on to it as he goes deep into 
the woods and then uses it to guide him-
self out of the woods again so he will not 
lose his way. How many times we are 
in danger of losing the right way. The 
Holy Spirit is like a cord. It cannot be 
seen, but it is God's way of telling us 
which way is the right way, and guiding 
our lives. 
III. The Holy Spirit Will Be Given to 
Us if We Ask for Him. Luke 11 : 
mother or father ever refuse you a drink 
when yoz were thirsty, or food when you 
were hungry? The Bible tells us our 
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us His Holy Spirit than father or mother 
can be to give their children good gifts. 
IV. The Holy Spirit Is Easily Grieved. 
Eph. 4 : 3o (first part).—The smallest sin 
will grieve the Holy Spirit, because sin 
is so terrible. 
Story 
A pet dove was resting upon the wrist 
of a little boy and feeding from his hand. 
In a teasing spirit the little boy suddenly 
closed his hand. The dove flew away 
surprised and somewhat offended. After 
a little while the boy opened his hand 
again, and the little dove came timidly 
back, resting upon his wrist and feeding 
from his hand again. The boy closed his 
hand playfully a second time. Away 
flew the little dove still more surprised 
and offended. A third time the boy 
opened his hand and invited the little 
dove back. The little dove came back, 
but not so quickly this time. So timidly 
it lighted upon the boy's wrist and began 
feeding again. A third time the boy 
closed his hand. Away flew the little 
dove grieved to its heart. It was gone 
forever. The little boy opened his hand 
again, but the grieved little dove never 
came back. 
How serious is every little sin that 
grieves the Holy Spirit. Angels turn 
away their faces and weep. 
APPEAL: It is God's plan to use boys 
and girls to give the last message to the 
world when the older ones can no longer 
give it. He longs to send His Holy Spirit 
into our hearts today. Without the Holy 
Spirit the boys and girls cannot do this 
great work for God. Let us pray today 
for the Holy Spirit. The promise is that 
the Holy Spirit will touch the hearts of 
boys and girls in the last days. May it 
touch your heart today. 
(Lesson 2) 
A Wonderful Saviour 
INTRODUCTORY NOTE FOR THE TEACH-
ERs : The following promises are most 
assuring : " Jesus is drawing the chil-
dren."--" The Desire of Ages," p. 517. 
" The Christian worker may be Christ's 
agent in drawing these children to the 
Saviour."—Ibid. 
LESSON APPROACH : Place before the 
boys and girls that heart-appealing pic-
ture of " Jesus Blessing the Children." 
Discover with them the many things in 
this picture that show His deep love for 
the children gathered about His knee. 
Notice His kind eyes, His face looking 
down into the faces of the children, His 
hand resting so tenderly upon the head 
of that little child, His other hand hold-
ing another little child close to His heart. 
See the little hand carrying the flowers 
for Jesus. She knows that Jesus will be 
pleased with her gift. Let us sing the 
song that tells the story of this wonderful 
picture : " I think when I read that sweet 
story of old." 
Lesson Outline 
I. God Gave. John 3 :1-6.—The story of 
this great love which we see in this pic-
ture began in heaven. A council meet-
ing is being held in heaven. God is 
present. Jesus is present. The angels 
are there. God tells the sad story of sin. 
The people of this world must all die be-
cause of sin. They must die unless 
Jesus will die in their place. Jesus said, 
" I will die gladly that man may live." 
The angels said, "Can it be that God will 
give His only Son to die for man? " 
God said, " I will give My only Son Jesus 
to die for man." Then God planned that 
all who believe on Jesus need not die. 
The angels began to sing. It was a won-
derful meeting, and this was a wonderful 
plan. It was the plan of our salvation. 
II. Jesus Came. Gal. 4: 4 (first part).—
When the time came for Jesus to leave 
His beautiful heavenly home and come to 
this dark, sad world, He was ready to 
come. He was leaving a beautiful man-
sion to live in a hut. He was leaving a 
home free from sickness and pain for a 
world full of suffering and death. Think 
of the poorest and most miserable home 
you ever saw. How would you like to 
exchange your good home for such a 
home as that? But Jesus did more than 
that for us when He left His beautiful 
home in heaven for a home on this earth. 
And think of it, He was willing to come. 
He was glad to come—this wonderful 
Saviour! 
III. Jesus Died. Rom. 5 8.—And this 
is the way He died : He died praying for 
those who had placed the crown of thorns 
upon His head, praying for those who 
had driven the cruel nails into His hands, 
praying for those who stood at the foot 
of the cross sneering and scoffing at His 
name. 
He listened to hear the voice of Peter, 
of James, of John, rising above the din 
and the tumult, saying, " I love you Jesus," 
but not a voice did He hear speaking for 
Him. 
The Jews said, "He saved others; let 
Him save Himself." Jesus could have 
saved Himself, but if He had He could 
not have saved you and me. He kept His 
place upon the cross, and there He died. 
Story 
A large apartment house in the poorest 
part of the city was on fire. In the 
highest story of this burning house was a 
father and his three boys. There was no 
way of escape. The father went to the 
window. He saw that by stretching him-
self out he could reach the window of the 
apartment in the same story in the house 
just next to this burning building. Im-
mediately he called the three boys to 
climb quickly over the bridge he made of 
h.s body. The last little boy had just 
climbed over his father's body and had 
reached the opposite house in safety when 
the father's strength failed and he fell to 
the pavement below. He had given his 
life to bridge his boys over the gulf be-
tween life and death. Jesus gave His 
life to bridge the gulf between heaven 
and earth that you and I might climb 
home to God. 
IV. Jesus Pleads. Heb. 7:25.—Now He 
is in heaven, and there He is pleading for 
your life and for mine. Again and again 
He shows the prints of the cruel nails in 
His hands, saying, " My blood covers the 
sins of My people," and He mentions all 
who believe in His blood by name. Be-
cause Jesus is doing this, many, many 
names are being written in the Lamb's 
book of life. 
APPEAL: Let its sing very softly the 
chorus of, " What a Wonderful Saviour." 
The most wonderful of all is that He is 
your Jesus. He would have died to save 
you alone. He wants you to believe in 
Him today as the Jesus who loves you so 
tenderly and so truly, and who is today 
pleading for your life in the courts of 
heaven. 
(Lesson 3) 
Telling Others Jesus Saves 
INTRODUCTORY NOTE FOR THE TEACH-
ERS: " Christ will make them [the chil-
dren] little missionaries."—"Counsels to 
Teachers," p. 169 " The Lord will give 
an experience to these children in mis-
sionary lines."—Id, p. 17o. Let us keep 
these promises in mind as we seek to in-
stil in the hearts of the boys and girls the 
great missionary idea. 
LESSON APPROACH: Review with the 
children the story told in the four stanzas 
of the song, " Tell It Again." Draw 
from them the details of the picture of 
the poor little sick boy in that dark 
gypsy tent ; of the missionary who came 
and whispered in his ear the story of 
Jesus; of the joy that came into his sad 
little heart ; and of his dying wish, " Tell 
it again." Let us not forget the dying 
words of this little gypsy boy. Let, us 
think of them often, and pray that we 
may learn how to tell others each day 
that Jesus saves. 
Lesson Outline 
I. Before I Can Tell Others That Jesus 
Saves, I Must Know That He Saves Me. 
Heb. 7: 25 (first part).—How may I know 
that Jesus saves me ? Is it enough to be-
lieve that if I accept Jesus as my Saviour 
I shall escape in the final destruction of 
this earth and shall enjoy everlasting life 
in the earth made new ? I must believe 
this with all my heart. I must also know 
that before I can be saved in the earth 
made new, I must be saved each day from 
my sins. Being saved is a daily matter. 
How may I know that I am saved each 
day from my sins ? It is so simple. Am 
I overcoming the sin of telling lies ? 
When tempted to tell a little lie, do I say, 
"No, I cannot tell a lie. I will tell the 
truth about the matter" ? If I am able 
to do this, then I know that I am being 
saved from the sin of lying. Being saved 
each day from my sins is a wonderful 
thing. 
And am I saved from my sins each day 
by just saying, " I will not do this sinful 
thing; I will do the thing that is right" ? 
I may say this earnestly and with all my 
heart, and I should ; but if that is all there 
is to do, I shall keep on sinning each day. 
My words are so helpless and weak, but 
when linked with the powerful words of 
Jesus, such as He spoke when He created 
the world in the beginning, I am saved 
from my sins. " 0 Jesus, speak the word 
each day, and save me from my sins." 
II. The Best Way to Tell Others Is To Live 
It.—There are doubtless boys here who 
hope some day to become preachers, and 
preach the story of Jesus and His power to 
save us from our sins each day. It is a 
wonderful thing to be a preacher. 
I am 
so glad that we may all be preachers. Do 
you know that we don't have to stand up 
on the rostrum behind a pulpit in order to 
preach ? Some of the greatest sermons 
that are preached are preached in the 
everyday life of the Christian. There are 
many people who will not listen to the 
sermons that are preached in church, but 
they will listen to the sermons a true 
Christian's life preaches. " There must 
be something in the gospel that Jesus 
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saves from sin," says the unbeliever, " for 
here is a boy just like other boys in some 
ways, and yet he is different. He doesn't 
lie, though I know he is tempted to lie. 
He doesn't steal, though I know he is 
tempted to steal. If that is what Jesus 
Christ will do for a boy, then I must be-
lieve in Jesus Christ." 0 for boys and 
girls who will tell in their lives the story 
th-t Jesus does save from sin ! 
III. Other Ways of Telling Others That 
Jesus Saves.—But there are so many, 
many people who have never heard that 
Jesus saves. �
Little wonder that the 
dying gypsy boy said, "Tell it again, tell 
it again." The precious story must be 
told again and again, in big ways and in 
little ways, in every way that we can 
think of. How many ways of telling 
others can we mention? Let's list them 
upon the board. 
I Giving away papers that tell the 
story. (Are we as careful as we should 
be to make use of these papers which tell 
others that Jesus saves? Remember one 
paper may be the means of saving a soul.) 
2. Bringing some one to Sabbath school 
each Sabbath. A few flowers, a little jar 
of fruit, or an interesting storybook, with 
a kind smile and a little kind word, cost 
us so little time and effort, and yet may 
be the means of opening the door of the 
heart to the story we so much want to 
tell. (List other suggestions upon the 
board as the children name them.) 
IV. Children Are to Tell Others That 
Jesus Saves.—Now I have something very 
sacred to tell you. It is very sacred be-
cause it is the word of God's messenger 
concerning boys and girls living now. It 
is this : 
" When heavenly intelligences see that 
men are no longer permitted to present 
the truth, the Spirit of God will come 
upon the children, and they will do a 
work in the proclamation of the truth 
which the older workers cannot do, be-
cause their way will be hedged up."—
" Counsels to Teachers," p. 176. 
What a sacred work for the children to 
do ! It is in the home and the Sabbath 
school and the church school largely that 
you will receive the training to tell others 
of Jesus' saving power in this wonderful 
way. How thankful every boy and girl 
should be for these opportunities. 
APPEAL : Let us settle it today in this 
little meeting that we will join that great 
army of boys and girls who are going 
to tell others each day in big ways and 
little ways Jesus does truly save. 
(Lesson 4) 
Telling Others Jesus Heals 
INTRODUCTORY NOTE FOR THE 
TEACHERS : The world about us is sick, 
and sadly in need of the Jesus who heals. 
Another sacred privilege comes to us,--
this time of instilling in the hearts of the 
children the great medical missionary idea. 
LESSON APPROACH: Show the children 
the picture on page 112 of " Ministry of 
Healing." Notice with them the serious 
illness of the patient. How puzzled the 
doctor looks ! He doesn't seem to know 
what to do next. Must he give up ? Is 
there no hope for the patient ? Ah ! 
standing behind the puzzled doctor is 
another Physician. It is the Jesus who 
heals. The patient need not die. There 
is hope. There are many about us who 
are ill, just as ill as the patient in this 
picture. We must learn how to tell them 
of the Jesus who heals. 
Lesson Outline 
I. I Must Know That Jesus Heals Me 
Before I Can Tell Others of His Healing 
Power.—Before I can tell others of the 
Jesus who heals, I must make sure that 
He has healed me. But you say, " I am 
not ill. I do not need healing." This may 
be true. We may not be as ill as the 
patient in the picture, but we are all in 
need of healing just the same. 
We 
are all sin sick. We must be healed of 
our sins. Also many of us have wrong 
habits of living, like eating between 
meals, that will some day bring disease 
upon us and make us very ill. Such 
habits must be broken. So we need to 
call the Great Physician whom we see in 
the picture, standing behind the puzzled 
doctor. When we call Him, He is never 
too busy to come to us at once. This is 
the prescription as He writes it out for us: 
�
The Physician �
The Patient 
�
Is willing and is �Must be willing 
�
able to heal you. �
and must believe. 
"Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; 
who healeth all thy diseases." Ps. 103 : 3. 
(Signed) THE GREAT PHYSICIAN. 
Let us carry out His prescription and 
be healed today. 
II. I Must Know How Jesus Heals . 
I. First I should like to know how He 
heals me of my sins. It is simple and 
very wonderful. He speaks the word just 
as He spoke when He created the heavens 
and the earth. He spoke and the 
heavens came. He speaks today, and my 
sins are forgiven. Ps. 33:8, 9. 
2. Now I should like to know how 
He helps me to break my bad habits ; I 
must break such habits as, 
Eating between meals: Eating too fast : 
Eating too much : Staying up too late at 
night : Drinking too little. 
We must remember in the first place 
that habits are formed by doing things 
that we want to do. Because we want 
to do certain things, we do them again 
and again until they become habits. 
Habits, you know, are just like strong 
bands that wrap themselves about our 
lives. " Want to," is a big part of break-
ing a habit as well as forming it. All I 
can do and must do is to want to break 
the wrong habit. Jesus speaks the word 
that breaks " their bands in sunder." 
Ps. 107 :14. 
3. What a wonderful thing to be well 
and strong ! What a terrible thing sick-
ness is1 Now how does Jesus help me to 
keep my body strong and well ? He has 
some wonderful medicines in His medi-
cine case. They are : 
a. Sunlight : b. Fresh air : c. Good 
drinking water : d. Sleep : e. Fresh fruits : 
f. Fresh vegetables : g. Milk : h. Hard 
work 
We may learn all about these medicines 
in the book called " Ministry of Healing." 
This book tells us that if we use all these 
medicines of the Great Healer freely 
every day, we shall be rosy and strong 
and well. 
III. I Must Show His Healing Power in 
My Life.—There are many, many people 
who are sick, but the saddest of all is that 
they do not know the Jesus who heals. 
That is why so many are dying every 
day and every hour. We must tell them 
of Him. We must tell them quickly. 
APPEAL: There is•nothing so-wonder-
ful as a boy or girl who is well and 
strong and sparkling with health. Let us 
make sure today that we do our part and 
make it possible for Jesus, the Great 
Healer, to do His part in keeping us well 
and strong. 
(Lesson 5) 
Boys and Girls, Now Is the Time 
INTRODUCTORY NOTE FOR THE 
TEACHERS : " Never was any previous 
generation called to meet issues so mo-
mentous."—" Education," p. 225. 
With 
this instruction from the Lord before us, 
we can sense more deeply the importance 
of the topic for today's study with the 
children. 
LESSON APPROACH : Listen to the tick-
ing of my watch. One by one the mo-
ments are going. How quietly they slip 
away ! Each tick of the watch is bring-
ing us nearer and nearer that greatest 
of all events. What is it? Yes, the 
coming of Jesus, the end of the world. 
The coming of Jesus is very near ! 
Little wondr r that God is saying, " Boys 
and girls, now is the time." 
I. How May We Know That Now Is the 
Time?—How do we know that the hand 
of the great clock of time is now point-
ing to the eleventh hour ? We do not 
have to guess, for we have been told just 
what would happen at this last hour be-
fore Jesus comes. The prophets have 
told us again and again, for many of them 
were shown a picture of our time. They 
saw the motor cars and other wonderful 
things that we now have ; they saw the 
floods, the earthquakes, and the terrible 
battlefields ; they saw it all just as plainly 
as if they were looking at it all through a 
great telescope. Then they saw a picture 
of the end of the world, and the coming 
of Jesus. Jesus saw the same picture, 
and He tells us about it in Matthew 24. 
Matthew 24 : 31-35 tells us of the next 
great thing that will happen after all 
these signs and wonders have been seen 
Surely, boys and girls, Jesus saw the time 
in which we live—now, 1931, is the time—
and tells His coming is near. 
II. Now Is the Time to Get Ready. 2 Cor. 
6 : 2.—Surely if this is the eleventh hour 
before the end of the world, we must 
make sure that we get ready to meet 
Jesus. The Bible says, "Now is the day 
of salvation." Today I may hear the 
gentle knocking at my heart's door. Who 
is knocking at my heart ? (Softly) Jesus 
is knocking. As He knocks He speaks, 
and the Holy Spirit whispers it softly, 
"Love Me, little boy." "Love Me, little 
girl." Or, " Son, daughter, give Me thine 
heart." How may I know that through 
His Holy Spirit Jesus is knocking and 
whispering to my heart ? Do I really 
want to be good ? Do I truly want 
always to speak the truth ? Do I wish I 
were a better boy, or a better girl ? Then 
I know that He is still knocking and whis-
pering to my heart. Without the help of 
the Holy Spirit I could never even want 
to be good. 
I can see in your faces today that you 
want to be ready to meet Jesus when He 
comes, so I know that He is knocking and 
whispering to your hearts today. Will 
He be knocking tomorrow ? It is a seri-
ous thing to wait until another time if I 
hear His whisperings today. This is one 
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it today, boys and girls, and get ready by 
saying " Yes " to Jesus. Say, " Yes, Jesus, 
you may have my heart," " Yes, Jesus, 
I love Thee." 
III. Now Is the Time to Be Ready.—
Getting ready is one thing. Being ready 
is another. I take the first step and 
get ready , by saying " Yes " to Jesus. 
" Yes, Jesus, you may have my heart." 
I take the next step and keep ready by : 
T. Breathing moment by moment the 
prayer, " Jesus, help me." Have a little 
prayer appointment with Jesus every day. 
2. Feeding upon the bread of life. 
Spend some time each day alone quietly 
reading your little Bible. 
IV. Boys and Girls, Now Is Your Time. 
—In closing our study today we must tell 
you why it is so important for boys and. 
girls to get ready and keep ready each day. 
This is what we are told will happen 
soon. Our churches will be closed. The 
ministers will not be allowed to preach. 
Their voices will be silent, but your 
voices will be heard. It will be your 
time to preach. The Holy Spirit will 
come upon the boys and girls trained in 
Christian homes, and their voices will 
be heard preaching the truth and calling 
the world to repentance. This will surely 
happen. So do not forget it, boys and 
girls. Think of it every day. Think of 
it as you work over your tasks at school. 
It will make a difference in the kind of 
work you do. It will make a difference 
in your behaviour at home. It will make 
you a different boy, a different girl, just 
to remember that soon you may do this 
great work for God. 
APPEAL : Many will settle it today 
that they are going to get ready, and be 
ready, for the coming of Jesus. Will you ? 
(Lesson 6) 
Following in the Path of Jesus 
INTRODUCTORY NOTE FOR THE 
TEACHERS : " I lead the way in the path 
of self-denial. I require nothing of you, 
My followers, but that of which I, your 
Lord, give you an example in My own 
life."---" Testimonies," Vol. 3, p. 388. If 
our boys and girls are to be prepared to 
meet the financial obligations required of 
every believer in the financing of this 
great movement, now is the time to instil 
in their young hearts the true spirit of 
self-denial. 
LESSON APPROACH: No doubt we 
have often thought that we should like to 
cross the ocean and visit the country 
where Jesus lived while on earth. We 
should love to step on the ground where 
He stepped, to follow those paths where 
He walked, so many, many times through 
Judea and Samaria and Galilee. This 
would indeed be a wonderful thing to do, 
but He tells us of a much better plan. 
Jesus says, "Follow in the path of self-
denial and of giving to others, and you 
will be following in My footsteps." 
Lesson Outline 
I. Jesus, the Greatest Giver.—We travel 
the pathway of self-denial when we for-
get self and think of others. Jesus trav-
elled the path of self-denial every day. 
He knew no other path. The path of 
self-denial first of all led Him from 
heaven to our earth. It led Him some-
times over pathways that were stony, 
sometimes over pathways that were dusty 
and hot, sometimes over pathways that 
were cold and oh, so dark. But He fol- 
lowed on and on over this pathway in 
which He must forget self and think of 
others. And what led Him on and on 
and on ? It was the thought of how 
much He was giving to others. Jesus 
was the greatest giver the world ever 
knew because He had the most to give ; 
and He had the most to give because He 
travelled the pathway of self-denial. 
II. The Meaning of Giving.—" Lay up 
for yourselves treasures in heaven." 
Matt. 6 :320. 
So if we travel in the pathway of self-
denial as Jesus did, our watchword will 
be not self, but "Others!' "But what a 
hard, hard way," you say, " to be giving, 
giving, giving, and receiving nothing." 
Ah ! that's just where the mistake is 
made. It is impossible to give to Jesus 
and to receive nothing. Suppose you give 
ten pence and I give you £10. Do you 
think you have given me very much ? 
Have you really given me anything to 
speak of ? No, because I have given you 
so much more in return for the little you 
gave to me. That is just the way it is 
when we give to Jesus. By giving to His 
work, or to those who are in need, we 
give our little, whatever that may be, and 
He gives us so many blessings in return 
that it seems as if we had given nothing 
to Him. How can we who have received 
so much ever refuse to give to Jesus by 
giving to His work ? 
But we do not always know how much 
we receive in return when we give to 
Jesus. He gives us what we really need, 
and then do you know what He does 
with the rest? He puts it to our account 
in the great bank of heaven. When we 
go to heaven, we can draw on this bank 
account. The more we give to Jesus 
here on this earth, the greater will be 
our bank acclunt in heaven. So this is 
the meaning of giving, of laying up for 
yourselves treasures in heaven. Read 
Matt. 6 : 20. 
III. What May I Give to Jesus? Prov. 
3 : 9, Io.—What may I give to Jesus when 
all that I have is His already ? We find 
our answer in Proverbs 3 : 9 : " Honour 
the Lord with thy substance, and with 
the first fruits of all thine increase." 
This is another way of saying, " Give of 
your first and your best to Jesus." This is 
what is meant when we are told to bring 
our tithe to the Lord; this is to be a first 
fruit of all our increase. 
i. Give Him the best of your life. The 
best of one's life is his childhood and 
youth. When we give our hearts to 
Jesus in childhood, we are:giving to Him 
the very best of our lives. Jesus looks 
upon this as a most precious gift. 
2. Give Him of your substance. Now 
honour the Lord with your substance. 
Give Him your pennies, your sixpences, 
your shillings. If you have a job and earn 
ten pence, how much of it is God's ? 
Yes, one penny belongs to God. It is not 
yours. It is tithe money. Of the nine 
pence that are left how much of that is 
yours ? Yes, it is all yours ; but Jesus 
asks for a gift. In addition to your tithe 
money He wants some gift money from 
all that you have, that His needy children 
may have help. 
IV. How May I Give to Jesus?—"Let 
him deny himself, and take up his cross, 
and follow Me." Matt. i6 : 24. The only 
way to make sure of walking in the path 
that Jesus walked in, and of giving to 
Him what He is asking for each day, is 
to say "No" to self. This is what Mat-
thew 16 : 24 means by denying self. We 
must learn to say " No " to self every day : 
i. When tempted to spend my money 
for lollies. �
Let's make sure the lolly 
shop does not get our gift money that 
should go to Jesus. Let us make sure 
that it finds its way into mission offerings. 
2. When tempted to spend my money 
for toys and other needless things. 
3. When tempted to spend my money 
for clothes I do not need. 
4. When tempted to spend all my time 
in play and in doing things for myself. 
How many little things could I do to help 
mother if I did not spend all my time in 
play ? 
APPEAL : At the General Conference 
a wonderful sight was seen on the last Sab-
bath of the meeting. Basket after bas-
ket full of offerings were brought up by 
the people to the ministers on the ros-
trum. Thousands and thousands of pounds 
were given because many of God's people 
have learned to walk in the path of self-
denial. Let us begin today to follow in 
this path of self-denial. Let us open our 
account with the bank of heaven by get-
ting a notebook and keeping in it a strict 
account of every penny that we receive, 
and the amount that belongs to God in 
tithes and gifts. (Give the children some 
little plan for, the keeping of such an ac-
count in a notebook.) 
(Lesson 7) 
Around the World with Our 
Missionaries 
INTRODUCTORY NOTE FOR T H E 
TEACHERS: In considering our great 
missionary idea two things are outstand-
ing. One is that this programme includes 
the world. The other is that our mis-
sionaries have gone and are going all 
around the world. The essentials of this 
programme must be emphasised in the 
heart experience of our children if they 
are to find their place in God's work. 
LESSON APPROACH: Who are these 
young people going out on this big boat ? 
Why, they are missionaries. Some are 
going to the islands. Some are going to 
India. Some are going to Chin i. What ! 
These young people leaving their home 
and going to these dark far-away lands? 
How does this happen ? They have heard 
the call for help from the black people and 
from the brown people and from many 
others who have not heard the story of 
Jesus. So they must go. They cannot 
say " No " to these cries for help. 
Lesson Outline 
I. The Message. This Gospel of the 
Kingdom Shall Be Preached. Matt. 24:14. 
—What is this gospel of the kingdom ? 
It is the good news that Jesus is coming 
again. He says, " Behold, I come quickly." 
Could there be any better news to tell all 
the people ? How much trouble and sor-
row there is in this world! How much 
sickness and suffering! What a joy to 
be able to tell them the news that the 
Jesus who heals, the Jesus who saves, is 
coming soon. 
If. To All the World. " Go Ye into All 
the World." Mark 16 :15 —Has every 
one in your neighbourhood heard the 
good news ? Has every one in your town 
heard it ? This message of the kingdom 
is to go not only to your neighbourhood 
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hood and town and all over the world. 
How many, many missionaries are 
needed! 
III The Missionaries.—Nearly every 
week some great steamship goes out carry-
ing its brave missionaries to some part of 
all the world. In one year as many as three 
hundred missionaries said good-bye to 
friends, and sailed far away over the 
great ocean to carry the good news. 
Listen to this story of one brave mission-
ary : 
" One time when my husband was visit-
ing a school and was talking to the chil-
dren about the need of missionaries, one 
boy came up to him and said, ' When I 
get through school, I want to go to a 
hard place in the mission field.' When 
saying good-bye the next day, he said 
again, `Don't forget that I want to go to 
the hardest place in the mission field.' 
My husband said, `Good, I'll put your 
name in my notebook, and tell the For-
eign Mission Board about you.' A few 
years later my husband visited Africa, 
and whom do you think he found in the 
hardest place right out in the heart of 
that great dark country ? It was this 
same brave boy who had asked for the 
hardest place in the mission field." 
This is the kind of missionaries God is 
calling to carry the good news. Many 
more are needed. He may be calling 
some of you. (Here tell an appealing 
or encouraging story from the mission 
field.) 
APPEAL : Boys and girls, can you hear 
the cry for help from this great multitude 
all over the world who have not yet 
heard the gospel ? When tempted to 
spend your money for sweets, stop and 
think of the thousands in the islands who 
are still in darkness. When tempted to 
spend your money for soft drinks, stop 
and think of China with its millions still 
unwarned. When tempted to spend your 
money for peanuts, stop and think of 
Africa with its millions crying for help. 
When tempted to spend your money for 
anything you do not need, stop and think 
of a world that is standing with out-
stretched hands pleading for help. 
(Lesson 8) 
Closing Consecration Service 
INTRODUCTORY NOTE FOR THE 
TEACHERS: It would be well to close 
your series of meetings with the children 
in a little consecration service. Endeav-
our to lead them to a very definite de-
cision for God. We have earnestly tried 
in each lesson to instil principles funda-
mental to our faith and to Christian liv-
ing. In our humanity we have gone as 
far as we can go during this Week of 
Prayer. Let us now look to God for His 
special blessing upon our efforts in behalf 
of the children. Let us endeavour to 
throw open the door as wide as we can to 
the deep working of the Holy Spirit upon 
the hearts of the boys and girls. The fol-
lowing is only suggestive of a procedure 
that might be followed in this last little 
consecration service : 
INTRODUCTORY TALK TO THE CHIL-
DREN: We have now come to the last 
meeting of our Week of Prayer. We 
believe that Jesus, through the Holy 
Spirit, has been knocking at the door of 
your heart each day. At the close of 
each study you have been asked to take 
your stand for God in some special way. 
It always does us good to take our stand 
for God. Today let us sum it all up. 
Are we going to listen to the tender whis-
perings of the Holy Spirit, and tell Jesus 
that He may have our hearts to love Him, 
He may have our lips to speak for Him, 
He may have our hands to work for Him, 
He may have all that we have,—our time, 
our strength, our money ? 
Every boy and girl and father and 
mother who expects to be ready to meet 
Jesus when He comes, is taking such a 
stand as this, and is meaning it as never 
before. A great army of boys and girls 
will be taking their stand today for God 
in this way. I know you want to join 
them in this stand. 
Angels from heaven are looking on to 
see who in this little meeting here will 
stand up for Jesus. Jesus is listening to 
hear all we have to say. How He longs 
to hear us say, "I love Jesus, because He 
is my Saviour." 
Open Consecration Service with a Prayer 
and Song.—It is a very solemn thing to 
speak for Jesus. Let us bow our heads 
and ask Him to help us to speak for Him 
today, and to speak truly from our hearts. 
Rom. I0: IO. The boys and girls who 
believe with all their hearts today 
that Jesus is their Saviour, may stand, and 
join me in singing the chorus of " What a 
Wonderful Saviour." (Have class remain 
standing at close of song.) 
It is a wonderful thing to sing such a 
song and to mean it. Angels are here 
with their notebooks to write down the 
names of all who sang this song from the 
heart. 
Now the angels are going to write 
down in their books what we say. All 
those who want to tell Jesus that they 
love Him better today than they ever 
have before, may remain standing. (Then 
as they speak of their love for Jesus, let 
them sit down.) Others may sit down. 
Remember it is difficult for some chil-
dren to express their real feelings at a 
time like this. On the other hand there 
are some who speak unhesitatingly, but 
fail to sense the real meaning of what 
they are saying. As a means of encourag-
ing the backward ones and of helping the 
more forward type to be sincere in their 
utterance, intersperse your little testi-
mony meeting with such statements as the 
following: 
Special Helps to Encourage Sincerity 
" I believe you mean every word of 
what you are saving, John." 
" That was a short testimony, but it was 
a good one. It came right from Mary's 
heart." 
" What music such words are to the 
ears of Jesus!'He is listening to every 
word we are saying." 
" Indeed, I shall not forget to pray for 
you, Irene. I shall be happy to put your 
name on my prayer list, and ask our heav-
enly Father to bless you every day." 
" I believe you have had a real victory, 
Harry. I like the ring of your testi-
mony." 
As the children express their love for 
and belief in Jesus as their own personal 
Saviour, frequently sing between their 
little testimonies the chorus of " What a 
Wonderful Saviour," making it impressive 
with your earnestness. 
A Last Appeal 
There are some who have not yet said 
their little word for Jesus, and it is nearly 
time to close our service. Every one who 
is here must have a part in the great 
blessing that comes from taking a stand 
for Jesus in a meeting like this. Let us 
sing again " What a Wonderful Saviour," 
and those who have not spoken, but who 
want to have a part in this good meeting, 
may tell Jesus of their love for Him by 
just rising to their feet. 
We're glad to see you on your feet. It 
meant a real victory for each one of you, 
we are sure. 
CLOSING PRAYER: Let us close our 
little consecration service with an earnest 
season of prayer that Jesus will help us to 
show in our lives that we meant every 
word we spoke in this consecration ser-
vice. We have spoken of our love for 
Jesus with our lips, now we must live our 
love for Him in our lives every day. 
Reverently kneel with the children and 
join them in a brief season of silent 
prayer. Let them be free to pray indi-
vidually as long as time will permit. 
Conclude the prayer service with some 
such prayer as : 
" Dear Father in heaven, do hear the 
prayers of these earnest boys and girls. 
Help them to prove' to each other, to 
prove in the home life to father and 
mother, to prove to the world about them, 
and to prove to all heaven that they did 
mean every word they uttered. And may 
it be seen, dear Father, that the Week of 
Prayer that has just closed has awakened 
us all to a truer, stronger life for Thee." 
SUGGESTIONS TO CHURCH 
OFFICERS AND LEADERS 
WHILE conference labourers may as-
sist churches during at least some portion 
of the Week of Prayer, the burden of re-
sponsibility in planning for the meetings 
will rest upon local leaders. Good read-
ers should be selected, and definitely noti-
fied beforehand of the at rvice each one 
is expected to take, thus giving oppor-
tunity for careful preparation. Sugges-
tions are made that by t resenting the 
reading connectedly the congregation 
obtains greater benefit than for the one 
giving it to intersperse its presentation 
with comments. No reading need con-
sume more than twenty minutes, thus 
leaving ample time for pryer and testi-
mony. When a minister is present, it is 
best that he present the reading for the 
day. 
As together we mingle our prayers, our 
testimonies, our songs of praise, in one 
great family of Advent believers during 
this Week of Prayer, may our hearts be 
drawn into closer fellowship with Christ 
and one another. 
Very appropriate outline studies have 
been prepared to assist those conducting 
meetings for the children. Church lead-
ers should give early attention to the 
selection of leaders for the children's 
meetings, that opportunity may be given 
them for thorough preparation. If meet-
ings cannot be arranged, these lessons 
may be taught in the homes. 
A supply of Annual Offering envelopes 
is being sent to every church. These 
should be given out on the first Sabbath 
of the Week of Prayer, and the offering 
made on the last Sabbath, May 30. En-
courage all, including the children to 
make the offering this year the best that 
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Day of Fasting and Prayer 
IN the days of Esther, and in a period 
of grave crisis facing the people of God, 
they felt called upon to afflict their souls 
and to fast before the Lord, in the hope 
that for them deliverance would be 
wrought. 
The story is a familiar one. As re-
corded in the book of Esther, God mar-
vellously worked for His people by bring-
ing discomfiture upon their enemies and 
salvation to the Jews. 
The same God still lives for and loves 
His own. We today face a crisis, and 
there is demanded of all a searching of 
heart that God may again reveal His 
power. 
The Week of Prayer is a call to each 
one to enter into a fuller and deeper ex-
perience with God. We believe that the 
times call for earnestness and fasting be-
fore Him, for perplexity again faces men 
and women. 
With this before us, the Executive 
Committee of the Union Conference 
would invite all our people who are able 
so to do, to observe Sabbath, May 23, as 
a day of fasting and prayer. The first 
Sabbath, devoted to an earnest examina-
tion of self, to fasting and to pleading 
with God, will do much to make the en-
tire season one of definite blessing and help. 
Let those who engage in this exercise 
make the opportunity one of no formal 
abstention from food, but a definite setting 
aside of the day for sincere heart-search-
ing, and for a crying out for spiritual re-
freshing. Let us lay before the Lord our 
own individual needs, and then remember 
the needs of His work to the end that in 
spite of perplexity and difficulty, greater 
advance and prosperity may be witnessed 
in the work of God. 
The conditions demand prayer ; and 
prayer, when sincerely offered from a 
cleansed heart, means power in service. 
Prayer means the opening of doors in 
heathen lands, and raises up workers to 
enter those doors. It means a new con-
ception in responsibility toward others, 
and gives a new vision of others' needs. 
Let us make this week a week of prayer, 
so charged with the life-power of Christ 
that it will be but the opening week of a 
new life of prayer for Him. 
"Prayer moves the arm of Omnipo- 
tence. He who marshalls the stars in 
order in the heavens, whose word con-
trols the waves of the great deep,—the 
same infinite Creator will work in behalf 
of His people if they call upon Him in 
faith. He will restrain the forces of 
darkness, until the warning is given to the 
world, and all who heed it are pre-
pared for the conflict."—" Testimonies," 
Vol. 5, p. 453. �W. G. TURNER. 
" Be Ye Also Ready " 
" In Such an Hour as Ye Think. Not 
the Son of Man Cometh " 
WE have fallen upon evil days. In 
every part of the world we see the forces 
of iniquity combining for the last great 
conflict. The signs of Christ's coming, as 
given in the Sacred Word, are rapidly 
meeting their fulfilment. We know not 
what a day may bring forth. We often 
wonder, as we turn to the morning paper, 
what has happened during the night,—
what fair region of the earth has been 
brought to desolation through flood or 
earthquake or fire; what new pestilence 
has broken forth, taking its toll of human 
life ; what outbreak of hostilities has oc-
curred between nations. We are faced 
usually with a recital of terrible disasters 
or horrible crimes. And these are not 
always featured in glaring headlines, be-
cause they are becoming so frequent that 
they are little thought of, and oftentimes 
some terrible casualty occupies but a small, 
unimportant space in the paper. 
In the very commonness of these condi-
tions lies our danger. Conditions in the 
world which we should recognise as startl-
ing signs of the end of all things, have 
grown so commonplace that we are in 
danger of not thinking of them in their 
connection with prophecy. 
" Take heed to yourselves, lest at any 
time your hearts be overcharged with sur-
feiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this 
life, and so that day come upon you un-
awares. For as a snare shall it come on 
all them that dwell on the face of the whole 
earth. Watch ye therefore, and pray 
always, that ye may be accounted worthy 
to escape all these things that shall come 
to pass, and to stand before the Son of 
man." Luke 21:34-36. 
Will we be admonished? Will we pre-
pare our hearts for the eventualities of 
the future ? Will we put our lives in readi-
ness to welcome the Lord ? The inspired 
penman declares that this is the day of 
danger. It is the day in which the devil 
will lull us, if possible, into the sleep of 
carnal security, the day in which we shall 
hug to our hearts the delusive hope that 
all is well. But unless we arouse from 
our slumber and watch unto prayer, and 
work as we pray for the salvation of others, 
we shall find that the day of the Lord will 
come upon us and find us unprepared, and 
we shall cry in bitter anguish, "The har-
vest is passed, the summer is ended, and 
we are not saved." 
Again we say, we know not what the 
future has in store for, us. We know not 
how soon the significant events taking 
place in the world may culminate in the 
end of all things. "Therefore be ye also 
ready ; for in such an hour as ye think not 
the Son of man cometh." 
F. M. WILCOX, 
Editor Review and Herald. 
Important 
Our Week of Prayer Offerings 
WHILE the Annual Week of Prayer is 
a convocation for the deepening of the 
spiritual experience of the whole church 
family, including the youth and the chil-
dren, and very special care has been taken 
in the preparation of spiritual instruction 
in the various readings, it is nevertheless 
a time when we are to lift up our eyes on 
the already whitened harvest fields, and 
through the medium of the Annual Offer-
ing usually presented on the last Sabbath, 
bring to the Lord a real sacrificial offering 
for the support and extension of His work 
in the regions beyond. 
Surely with such a message of hope as 
we have to present, and with such unusual 
opportunities as we have through widely 
opened doors on every hand, we will want 
to do more than we ordinarily do in the 
way of lengthening our cords and strength-
ening our stakes. 
Just as we go to press there comes most 
encouraging word from Papua, telling us 
of an unusual interest in one section of 
that field where the natives are actually-
coming to us by the hundreds, wanting 
instruction in our schools. Adults and 
youth alike are begging admittance far 
beyond our scope to receive them, and our 
missionaries there are sorely cramped for 
facilities to carry on their work.,- And this 
is also true of conditions in many places. 
Dear brethren, let us make the offering 
this year an unusual one. It may mean 
more sacrifice, but this work was com-
menced in sacrifice and it will be finished 
the more speedily by sacrifice. "It should 
not be a lamented fact that there are in-
creasing calls to give. God in His provi-
dence is calling His people out from their 
limited sphere of action to enter upon 
greater enterprises."—" Testimonies for the 
Church," Vol. 9, P. 254. 
Our total aim for the Union Conference 
this year is £3,000, divided as follow s „ 
among the conferences : 
North N.S.W. 
£400 
South N.S.W. 
500 
North N.Z. 
450 
South N.Z. 
170 
Q. (Nth. & Sth.) 
200 
South Australia 
120 
Tasmania 
70 
Victoria 
500 
West Australia 
too 
Missions 
400 
£3,000 
By action of the Union Conference 
session held last year, this amount was 
estimated and plans laid accordingly for 
its expenditure. Our missionaries are 
awaiting their various appropriations. 
We have confidence that God will enable 
His people to contribute this amount, and 
possibly more, with which to carry on and 
extend His work in the mission fields. 
Then we must each plan to do our very 
best to help our conference reach its aim. 
Let us each earnestly ask the Lord 
"What wilt Thou have me to do ? " Let 
us place our treasures in a safe place, for 
nothing in this world is safe. Let us 
make heaven our bank, and find our inter-
est later in souls saved in His kingdom. 
ftemember our Master's words, "For 
where your treasure is, there will your 
heart be also." Matt. 6 : 21. 
A. G. STEWART.