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HE year 1947 is the 40th Anni-
versary of the founding of the 
Young People's Department of 
Missionary Volunteers. Memorials, anni-
ver Aries, and birthdays stir us as we 
think of their meaning and influence 
up n the lives of men and women. There 
was a time when there were no Mission-
ary Volunteers as such. There came a 
time, however, when there were influences 
at work changing the character of the 
home, the school, and the church in such 
a way that young people were being pro-
foundly influenced, God, who takes ac-
count of, and keeps His hand upon, the 
forces which influence the lives of His 
children saw that something must be 
done for the young people. Then it was 
that He sent to the church through the 
Spirit of prophecy urgent counsel to or-
ganize the youth of the church. Because 
of those wisely laid plans, it is possible 
for us to present on the 40th Anniversary 
to the Missionary Volunteers of the Sev-
enth-day Adventist denomination their 
first North American Youth's Congress. 
September 3-7 is the date for this first 
continent-wide Youth's Congress and 
San Francisco is the place. With the 
close of World War II, young people 
who served in this war and those who 
kept the fort aro pleating many problems 
of readjustment in their attempt to find 
their place in society as well as in active 
service for Christ. 
With the challenge of an expanded 
missions program ushered upon us dur-
ing these adjustment days, and the com-
mand of Christ to go into all the world 
and preach the gospel to every creature, 
surely this is the time to marshal every 
youth into the greatest army ever assem-
bled under the M. V. banner, to go to 
every corner of the earth and evangelize 
it speedily. The doors of mission fields 
are wide open. Our youth will respond to 
this colossal task that the father of wick-
edness, prejudice, heathenism, and super-
stition might be overcome. Surely, God 
will use this Youth's Congress as the 
mightiest crusade to rouse our youth to 
action, forsake all, and enlist for Christ 
in these days when the curtain is about 
to drop forever. 
Detailed plans for the San Francisco 
Youth's Congress have been sent to M.V. 
officers and church leaders. Any question 
you may have concerning the Congress 
can be answered by your church elder, 
pastor, district leader, or conference Mis-
sionary Volunteer secretary. 
The North American Youth's Congress 
welcomes all Adventist youth. To assure 
wide representation each Missionary Vol-
unteer Society may send one delegate. 
Representatives will be chosen who are 
highly dependable, Christian youth who 
will be responsible for their own good 
conduct. 
It must be emphasized that the first 
responsibility for chaperonage and su-
pervision rests with the parents and the 
church or group of churches whose young 
people may travel together. Special rail-
road ears and busses are being chartered. 
Plans for the Congress program are 
well under way. The best youth speakers 
available are being secured. The finest 
music under the direction of the most 
capable directors will be offered. A 40th 
Anniversary program is being planned to 
commemorate the founding of the Young 
People's Department of Missionary Vol-
unteers. A temperance rally will chal-
lenge our youth to participate in a na-
tion-wide campaign against tobacco and 
liquor. Youth's talent night will inspire 
all who attend. A colorful mission pag-
eant with young people dressed in the 
garb of the lauds which they represent 
will be thrilling indeed. 
The objective of the Youth's Congress 
is "to inspire our youth with the spirit 
of soul-winning evangelism and to help 
inaugurate a challenging program that 
will set the pace for a finished work," 
Encourage your young people to attend 
the first North American Youth's Con-
gress in San Francisco, September 3-7: 
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YOUNG PEOPLE'S DEPARTMENT 
of Missionary Volunteers 
NOTES TO OFFICERS 
Ensure Summer Sparkle in Your 
Senior Society 
T IS during the summer that in- 
creased opportunities come to make 
your Senior society program popular 
and vigorous. Usually college and 
a ademy students return to help swell 
the numbers. There is a student colpor-
tour in your vicinity part of the time. 
The weather is conducive to welfare and 
c mmunity help projects. 
At the same time every officer group 
must be alert and enthusiastic in plan-
ning stimulating activities so as to com-
pete successfully with distracting vaca-
tion days for the interest and support of 
your members. 
Plan a meeting for the outdoors if 
possible. Have two or three such occa-
sions during the summer, and vary the 
procedure somewhat. Have well-directed 
discussions. Arrange nature walks under 
qualified leadership. Enliven your good-
cheer band and brighten some lives each 
Sabbath. Exchange a program with some 
nearby society. Determine that your so-
ciety shall maintain a strong and grow-
ing interest this summer. • 
Readiness for Camp Meeting 
"WHET is so rare as a day in June? 
Then, if ever, come perfect days" and—
the camp meetings. This is a time to 
which scores of young people look for-
ward. No other occasion brings such en-
couraging returns as camp meeting. 
What can Missionary Volunteer So-
ciety officers do to make this annual 
gathering a success for youth? Here ate 
some suggestions: 
1. Urge all the young people in your 
society to attend camp meeting and avail 
themselves of the blessings. 
2. Be ready to assist in organizing 
prayer and service bands, and, if called 
upon, act as a leader in one of these 
bands on the campground. 
3. Give encouragement. There are 
young people who are discouraged and 
who need a great deal of help. 
4. Invite them to attend young peo-
ple's meetings. Talk with them about 
their Christian experience. Pray with 
them and for them. 
5. During the morning devotional 
hour be ready always to give your testi-
mony for the encouragement of other 
young people. 
6. Set a good example by your faith-
ful attendance at all young people's 
meetings. Let your conduct be exemplary 
on the campground. Your young people 
will be watching you. 
Sponsor an M.V. Teen-ager Club 
This Summer 
Summon vacation months present an 
excellent opportunity to serve young peo-
ple of junior age. The Senior society 
could undertake such a project with 
profit. The regular church school sched-
ule of M.V. features is discontinued just 
when these youth have the most time for 
profitable activity. 
How: The M.V. executive committee 
should survey the situation and, if a 
need exists, seek the counsel of the pas-
tor and church board. A church-elected 
Junior M.V. superintendent should rally 
every available Master Comrade and 
Junior Sabbath school teacher for partic-
ipation in the project. 
PURPOSE: 
1. Provide an activity program cen-
tered on the M.V. class plans and Voca-
tional Honor program. 
2. Provide opportunity for fine fellow-
ship. 
3. Arrange hobby classes taught by 
qualified adults. 
4. Plan special excursions and events 
specifically for teen-agers. 
5. Surround these formative youth 
with an understanding and wholesome 
environment for Christian growth. 
May 31 
No specific topic assignment has been 
made for this date. We suggest that you 
plan early to devote the hour to some 
feature which needs special emphasis in 
your society. 
Organize a Mission Band 
This year 1947 is a year in which spe-
cial emphasis is being placed on foreign 
missions. Have you considered forming 
a Foreign Mission Band in your society? 
There is a steady flow of mission re-
cruits passing through Washington and 
going to the ends of the earth by rail, by 
boat, by air, and by auto. To make your 
members foreign-mission conscious or-
ganize a Mission Band. Let us build up a 
strong reserve of potential foreign mis-
sionaries. 
By questionnaire or show of hands dis-
cover what interest there would be in 
such a project. Meet twenty minutes be-
fore the regular M.V. program or at 
some other agreeable time. The M.V. ex-
ecutive committee suggests the leader, 
the society elects him. Occasionally the 
band can present a program to the so-
ciety. Available free are declaration 
blanks on which young people may sig-
nify their desire to be foreign mission-
aries. A foreign-mission news bulletin 
from the General Conference is published 
for distribution to Foreign Mission Band 
members. 
Activities may include correspondence 
with missionaries in the field; discussion 
of specific fields, customs, and methods 
of work; listening to returned mission-
aries tell of personal experiences. Let us 
know of your mission band and send us 
a list of officers. 
When You Face an Audience 
WREN you get up to make a speech, 
stand still. Remember that no audience 
can know you are scared to death unless 
yon yourself divulge that secret, and the 
way you can do that is to make little 
nervous movements. You play with your 
watch chain, or pull at your collar, or 
fuss with your hands. You sway right 
and left, or teeter up on the tips of your 
toes, or slouch first to one side and then 
to the other. The audience immediately 
realizes that you are frightened, and ul-
timately loses confidence in you, So long 
as you stand still—absolutely still—no 
audience can tell whether you are terror-
ized or at ease. 
There is a still more important reason 
for standing still—the effect it has upon 
you, the speaker. You make these mean-
ingless movements because you are nerv-
ous, and psychologists will tell you that 
you set up a vicious circle. Because you 
are nervous, you fidget, and the more you 
fidget, the more nervous you become. As 
a result, unless something is done to 
break up the deadly process, you are 
likely to break down completely. 
This does not mean that you will al-
ways stand absolutely still. Later, when 
you have learned to control stage fright, 
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you will make gestures, but only when 
they help to drive home the point you are 
presenting. Never make a movement that 
does not add force to your thought. A 
meaningless movement draws the atten-
tion of the audience away from your 
speech and centers it upon you, and that 
is always bad, for speaking is communi-
cation. 
When you get up to speak, breathe 
deeply. 
There was a time when deep 
breathing was brought forward as a cure 
for many ills. Many of those extrava-
gant claims have been discounted, but 
authorities agree on one thing—deep 
breathing has a quieting effect. 
You can use it in overcoming stage 
fright. Indeed, it is closely akin to the 
first part of this prescription—"stand 
still." Because you are nervous, you 
tend to take shallow breaths. That means 
that you take many breaths to the min-
ute. When you take deep breaths, you 
take fewer breaths, so that in addition 
to whatever chemical effect there may or 
may not be, you have set up a slow and 
steady rhythm, which makes for calm. 
Third, when you get up to speak, speak 
a little more loudly than usual. 
This 
again helps you in two ways. There is 
first of all the effect upon the audience. 
When you speak loudly, it tends to give 
the audience the impression that you are 
a positive person, ono in whom it can 
have confidence. • Audiences, even more 
than individuals, seem to base a large 
part of their estimate of a speaker upon 
his voice. If he speaks in a thin voice 
that carries only faintly to the back of 
the hall, the audience immediately and 
unconsciously forms the opinion that the 
speaker lacks force. And the idea that 
he lacks ability may result. 
And then there is the effect that your 
speaking in a fuller voice has upon you. 
The man who goes around talking in a 
weak voice may at first be a lion at heart, 
but he will probably degenerate into a 
timid soul. Happily, everyone can in-
crease his courage simply by speaking in 
fuller, firmer tones. 
Any expert in speech can tell you of at 
least one client whose whole personality 
was changed when he discovered this 
fact. If you are timid, learn to yell—
not yell all the time, but learn precisely 
how it feels to yell. Go out into the 
woods where nobody can hear you. It is 
amazing what it will do for a man when 
he discovers that he can, if he needs to, 
bellow as loud as the next fellow. 
Last, when you get up to speak, pitch 
your voice a little lower than usual. 
One reason that speakers break down 
—and most of them do so at the begin-
ning of a speech—is that they hear 
emerging from their lips an unfamiliar 
voice, which seems to squeak. 
Your vocal cords control the pitch of 
your voice. They can be stretched like 
two rubber bands. The tighter they are 
stretched, the more vibrations they pro-
duce and the higher pitched the voice is. 
The more relaxed they are, the fewer vi-
brations they produce and the lower the 
voice is. 
Nervousness tends to tighten all the 
muscles of the body, including those that 
control the vocal cords, The chances are, 
then, that unless you do something about 
it, you will speak in a higher-pitched 
voice than usual, and this will tend to in. 
crease your nervousness. 
To avoid this, just before your first 
sentence, say to yourself, "Now I am go-
ing to speak in a very low tone." You 
won't, of course, but here is what will 
probably happen. Your willingness to 
speak in a low-pitched voice will loosen 
the vocal cords just about as much as 
your nervousness has tightened them. 
The result: you hear yourself addressing 
your audience in what seems to be your 
natural voice. Two or three sentences 
spoken thus, and stage fright is under 
control. 
It is controlled, but not conquered. 
When stage fright is conquered—that is, 
when you never experience it—then you 
had better begin to worry. It probably 
will mean that you have been forced to 
make too many speeches and are going 
stale. For that reason, welcome stage 
fright when it appears. It is generally 
a sign—when you know how to control 
it—that you are going to make a good 
speech. 
And you can control it. Anyone, at 
any time, can stand still; anyone can 
breathe deeply; anyone can speak a lit-
tle louder than usual; and anyone can 
pitch his voice a little lower than is 
usual.—Homna H. NUGENT, condensed 
from Opportunity. 
The Cross Was His Own 
They borrowed a bed to lay His bead 
When Christ the Lord came down; 
They borrowed the ass in the mountain pass 
For Him to ride to town; 
 
But the crown that He wore 
And the Cross that He bore 
Were His own— 
The Cross was His own. 
He borrowed the bread when the crowd He 
fed 
On the grassy mountain side; 
He borrowed the dish of broken HA 
With which He satisfied. 
But the crown that He wore 
And the Cross that He bore 
Were His own— 
The Cross was His own. 
He borrowed the ship in which to sit 
To teach the multitude; 
He borrowed a nest in which to met— 
tle had never a home so rude; 
But the crown that He wore 
And the Cross that He bore 
Were His own— 
The Cross was His own. 
He borrowed a room on His way to the tomb 
The Passover Lamb to eat; 
They borrowed a cave for Him a grave, 
They borrowed a winding sheet. 
But the crown that He wore 
And the Cross that He bore 
Were His own— 
The Cross was His own. 
The thorns on His head were worn in my 
stead; 
For me the Saviour died; 
For guilt of my sin the nails drove in 
When Him they crucified, 
Though the crown that He wore 
And the cross that He bore 
Were His own, 
They were rightly mine. 
—Author Unknown. 
Ut 
"THANKFULNESS is the soil in which 
joy thrives." 
The Lord Is My Refuge 
(From one of our soldier boys im the 
South Pacific area came this testimony of 
courage and trust as he determined to walk 
his daily way with Ms heavenly Friend:) 
The Lord is my refuge 
Whatever betides; 
No fear shall enthrall me, 
For peace He provides. 
His feathers are o'er me, 
His arms do enfold 
To shelter from evil 
To shield from the cold, 
His truth Is a bulwark 
'Gainst evil and harm, 
'Gainst insult or flat'ry, 
'Gainst fear or alarm. 
When death and destruction 
Around me shall He, 
No harm shall befall me 
Though thousands may die. 
His angels are watchful; 
Their vigil they keep 
To ward me from sickness, 
To watch while I sleep ; 
The plagues of the wicked 
I only shall see ; 
With God as my refuge 
My home shall be free. 
The beasts of the forest— 
The lion, the bear, 
The adder—are harmless 
While angels are there; 
Their hands are beneath me 
To keep all my ways 
To guard me from falling, 
To lengthen my days. 
God knows that I love Him. 
He sets me on high, 
And when I'm in danger 
He lists to my cry. 
He's with me in trouble, 
He honors my station, 
Long life He has promised— 
Eternal salvation. 
—Gnomon P. KENDALL. 
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IN the judgment, the use made of 
every talent will be scrutinized. How 
have we employed the capital lent us of 
Heaven? Will the Lord at His coming 
receive His own with usury? Have we 
improved the powers intrusted us, in 
hand and heart and brain, to the glory 
of God and the blessing of the world? 
How have we used our time, our pen, our 
voice, our money, our influence? What 
have we done for Christ, in the person of 
the poor, the afflicted, the orphan, or the 
widow? God has made us the deposi-
taries of His holy Word; what have 'we 
done with the light and truth given us to 
make men wise unto salvation? No value 
is attached to a mere profession of faith 
in Christ; only the love which is shown 
by works is counted genuine. Yet it is 
love alone which in the sight of Heaven 
makes any act of value. Whatever is 
done from love, however small it may ap-
pear in the estimation of men, is accepted 
and rewarded of God.—The Great Con-
troversy, p. 487, 
GENERAL CONFERENCE 
YOUNG PEOPLE'S DEPARTMENT. 
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May 3 
Crusading for Christ 
Through Medical Work 
Order of Service 
SONG: "The Great Physician Now Is 
Near," No. 530 in Church Hymnal. 
PRAYER. 
SECRETARY'S REPORT, 
OFFERING. 
TESTIMONIES STUDY: "Call for Medical 
Missionaries." 
TALK: "The Right Arm Protects the 
Body." 
TALK: "What One Doctor Is Doing." 
STORY: "A Nurse's Faithfulness." 
STORY: "Interested by a Book." 
CLOSING SONG: "Christ for the World," 
No. 452. 
BENEDICTION. 
Notes to Leaders 
This is the second in a series known as 
Crusading for Christ in the Vocations. 
Medical missionaries are to be soul win-
ners as surely as the ministers and Bible 
instructors. It is the purpose of this pro-
gram to show the opportunities open to 
the Christian medical worker for point-
ing souls to heaven. 
If you have a doctor, nurse, pharma-
cist, dietitian, or dentist in your com-
munity who is a sincere Christian, have 
him give a testimony on "My Opportu-
nities for Serving God in the Medical 
Work." The experiences given in this 
program are real events that are taking 
place at this very moment. They are not 
old; they are not imaginary; they are 
things being done by young people. 
If your society has members that have 
not yet chosen their lifework, this pro-
gram can be particularly effective in giv-
ing them a vision of the opportunities to 
work for God in the medical field. 
Call for 
Medical Missionaries 
"EARNEST, devoted young people are 
needed to enter the work of God as 
nurses. As these young men and women 
use conscientiously the knowledge they 
gain, they will increase in capability and 
become better and better qualified to be 
the Lord's helping hand. They may be-
come successful missionaries, pointing 
souls to the Lamb of God, who taketh 
away the sin of the world, and who can 
save both soul and body."—Medical Min-
istry, p. 197. 
'Physicians and nurses are to cherish 
the principles of Christ. In their lives 
His virtues are to be seen. Then, by what 
they do and say, they will draw the sick 
to the Saviour."—Ministry of HeaCity, 
p. 223. 
"In the ministry of healing, the physi-
cian is to be a co-worker with Christ. 
The Saviour ministered to both the soul 
and the body. The gospel which He 
taught was a message of spiritual life 
and of physical restoration. Deliverance 
from sin and the healing of disease were 
linked together. The same ministry is 
committed to the Christian physician. 
He is to unite with Christ in relieving 
both the physical and spiritual needs of 
his fellow men. He is to be to the sick a 
messenger of mercy, bringing to them a 
remedy for the diseased body and for the 
sin-sick soul."--Ibid., p. 111. 
The Right Arm 
Protects the Body 
Nom too many years ago certain agen-
cies in the government of Mexico had 
determined to close the doors of all 
churches except the state church. They 
had already hindered our work in a great 
many ways, and now it seemed as though 
the devil was to succeed in having the 
very doors of our churches closed and 
scaled. 
However, the Lord had impressed the 
hearts of our mission folk in Mexico to 
establish many small clinics for the care 
of the sick, in many instances in connec-
tion with the church itself. 
One of our veteran medical missionary 
workers in old Mexico, a graduate nurse, 
tells the story that on one particular day 
the government closed ono of our most 
prominent churches, and as our folk 
came by they could see the doors were 
shut and the government seal displayed 
so no one could enter. Our good mission-
aries went to the authorities and showed 
them the work we were doing in the re-
lief of the poor and the suffering, 
how the little church clinic was opened 
during the week to assist and help the 
destitute and afflicted. This was some-
thing new to these government men. 
They were quite unable to understand 
why a church would take so much inter-
est in the -unfortunate of their country. 
They asked for time to consider the mat-
ter. In the meantime our brethren were 
praying that God would use the great 
right arm in protecting and saving the 
church. 
The government officials were not long 
in making up their minds, and they re-
ported to their superiors that they did 
not feel they should close the doors of 
the Adventist church, because it was 
open seven days a week—six days a week 
to help the sick and afflicted and one day 
a week to worship God; and they did not 
feel that they should stop that sort of 
program, because it was greatly needed. 
The government orders were rescinded, 
and the seal was taken off that church. 
Also our churches all over the field were 
able to have their meetings, and our 
work went forward as it had never done 
before. 
Truly the Lord's promise is sure and 
positive. The gospel of release from suf-
fering is the gospel in practice. It opens 
doors that otherwise would be closed to 
the great advent message. This story 
surely illustrates how the great right 
arm protected the church and fulfilled 
the promise made in the Testimonies, 
volume 6, page 327: "When the third 
angel's message is received in its fulness, 
health reform will be given its place in 
the councils of the Conference, in the 
work of the church, in the home, at the 
table, and in all the household arrange-
ments. Then the right arm will serve and 
protect the body." 
J. WAYNE MCFARLAND, M.D. 
What One Doctor Is Doing 
IN the summer of 1944 I attended 
camp meeting and decided to sponsor 
sending the Twentieth Century Bible 
Course to this county, which was a dark 
county with only three believers here be-
sides my family. baring the winter of 
1944, about five thousand people received 
this literature around here, and, later, 
subscriptions to Present Truth and Signs 
of the Times were sent to special inter-
ests. Over eight hundred people asked 
for more literature, and over one hun-
dred thirty enrolled in Bible lessons, and 
about thirty-five finished a course of 
these lessons. 
Feeling that more personal work was 
needed to follow up this interest, I made 
financial arrangements with the confer-
ence for a six months' stay in this area 
by an S.D.A. minister and his Bible in-
structor wife. When I came here there 
were three church members, and no Sab-
bath school; now, besides the preacher's 
family and my family, there are eight 
church members and a Sabbath school of 
about thirty members. We hope in one 
or two years to raise a sizable church in 
this place. �
JOHN H. KENDALL, M.D. 
SENIOR MEETINGS 
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A Nurse's Faithfulness 
"MAY I have prayer with you before 
I goo" The speaker was a slender red-
head clad in the blue and white uniform 
of a New England Sanitarium and Hos-
pital nursing student. 
"Er umph, I guess so, if you want to," 
came the grudging answer from the man 
in the bed. 
Mr. Stone was a brother-in-law of the 
church—a good man, a kind and affec-
tionate husband to his Seventh-day Ad-
ventist wife. But he was indifferent to 
religion. He would often slip out when 
his wife's minister or church friends 
came to the house. He would not read 
any of those books she was always offer-
ing him. He would not go to hear that 
wonderful evangelist in town. He would 
not kneel and pray before he retired at 
night. 
But he did see her devout life. He did 
note her good deeds. And when he be-
came ill he insisted on going to the Ad-
ventist sanitarium for treatment. 
He had time to think in bed and time 
to note the courtesy and kindness of the 
nurses who served him. He was especially 
touched by the evening prayers of the 
student nurses who mado his bed and 
rubbed his back and made him comfort-
able for the night. It cracked the shell of 
resentment and prejudice that had kept 
him from even studying his wife's faith. 
One day ho asked his visiting wife to 
bring him "that book you are always try-
ing to get me to read." He meant The 
Great Controversy. Later he had Bible 
studies, and united with the church. 
Since he could not continue store man-
agement for a great grocery chain, he 
sought other employment. He had had 
sea experience, and became a petty offi-
cer on a merchant ship. In this work he 
was able to keep the Sabbath and do 
missionary work among the men of the 
crew. He became active in spreading his 
new-found faith and especially interested 
in placing denominational literature in 
ships' libraries. He distributed many sets 
of the Conflict of the Ages series in this 
way. 
And all this because of the faithful-
ness of a student nurse. 
AMANDA SLOANE. 
Interested by a Book 
Solis, time back a young man came 
into my office and said, "Doctor, last 
year you gave me a little book entitled 
David Dare, that seemed to give me faith 
in the Bible. We were talking in the bar-
racks one day about this great war, and 
the other Pearl Harbor workers who 
lived there with me were wondering if the 
great war was discussed in Bible proph-
ecy; so we got our Bibles out and started 
studying in Revelation. As we read about 
the horses and the beasts, we became so 
confused that we were of a mind to close 
our Bibles and never open them again, 
but then I remembered that you were a 
Bible student. Doctor, is there a book 
published which explains these great 
prophecies'?" I explained that we had 
such a volume, and gave him one of our 
small crisis books. 
The very next day he was in my office 
again and said, "I read that book 
through last night, but it wasn't what I 
wanted. I want a book that will take 
each verse in the Revelation, explain it, 
give me the history that shows the ex-
planation, and refer me to the great rec-
ognized works of history so that I can 
see for myself. Doctor, is there such a 
book as this I" I made arrangements for 
him to get a copy of our book Daniel 
and the Revelation, by Uriah Smith. 
Three and a half weeks later he 
stopped by to Make a report. "This cer-
tainly is -a fine book. I finished all of 
Revelation, and am half through Daniel. 
Oh, I have told my friends at the Navy 
yard, who live in the barracks, about the 
great prophecies, and they have accepted 
every one with the exception of the mark 
of the beast. They don't want to believe 
that one." I asked him what he was go-
ing to do about the mark of the beast. 
"Oh," he replied, "soon things will get 
easier at the Navy yard; we will work 
only five days a week, and then I can 
keep the Sabbath day without much dif-
ficulty. If I were to start now I would 
have a lot of persecution." Then I told 
him of the danger of procrastination, 
that we know not what will come on the 
morrow, that life is so uncertain, and we 
cannot delay giving our hearts to Jesus 
except at infinite peril. Another question 
was brought up which led to my giving 
him the book Thoughts From the Mount 
of Blessing. While reading this book the 
young man was placed under conviction, 
and he hurried into my office to see me, 
saying, "Oh, doctor, I am such a great 
sinner—I am such a wicked man! What 
can I dor' I explained that we ought to 
take it to the Lord in prayer. We got on 
our knees, bowing beside the operating 
table. While I was praying, he cried as 
though his heart would break. Then he 
prayed—uttering the agony of his soul, 
crying for deliverance. He prayed that 
God would take him, weak and sinful as 
he was, and make him clean and pure for 
Christ's sake. The young man arose from 
his knees singing praises to his Saviour. 
He started coming to church, united with 
the Sabbath school, started paying an 
honest tithe, and indicated his desire to 
be united with the remnant church. 
A few weeks passed. One day he came 
into ,my office and said, "Doctor, I am 
not feeling so well today. I think there 
is something seriously the matter with 
me. Would you mind examining me care-
fully'?" The examination showed that he 
required hospitalization. In the hospital 
we took X-ray pictures of his stomach, 
and they revealed a large cancer. While 
we were preparing him for surgery, he 
showed symptoms of the spread of the 
cancer to other parts of the body, and 
we found it necessary to cancel our plans 
for surgery. This young man did not live 
long after this, but he was happy in the 
blessed knowledge of salvation through 
Jesus Christ. The last words I heard 
him say were, "Jesus is so precious to 
me. I am not afraid." 
Later his friends from the Pearl Har-
bor Navy Yard were in to talk with me. 
They explained how their friend had 
been a great gambler, a great man to 
tell racy stories, a man who took the 
name of God in vain, a man who liked to 
drink. "But," they said, "some time be-
fore he died, he came in and said, 'Here 
are all my dice; here's all the gambling 
paraphernalia that I used to have. I 
won't need this any more. I now serve the 
Lord Jesus.'" They told how lie always 
carried his Bible to work, and as he had 
opportunity would open the Bible before 
them and read to them. He told them 
about Jesus and Ilis willingness to par-
don sin, that He was coming back to this 
earth very soon, and they should all get 
ready for His glorious appearing. Some 
of those same young men now have a 
definite interest in this truth. 
"In no other line of the work is the 
truth to shine more brightly than in the 
medical missionary work. Every true med-
ical missionary has a remedy for the 
sin-sick soul as well as for the diseased 
body. By faith in Christ, he is to act as 
an evangelist, a messenger of mercy. As 
he uses the simple remedies which God 
has provided for the cure of physical 
suffering, he is to speak of Christ's 
power to heal the maladies of the soul." 
—Medical Ministry, p. 39. 
DONALD W. HEWITT, M.D. 
I WILL get ready and then perhaps my 
chance will come.—LINCOLN. 
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...May to 
Our Mothers 
ny MRS. GLENN FILLMAN 
Order of Service 
OPENING SONG. 
PRAYER. 
ANNOUNCEMENTS. 
TAKING OF MISSIONARY REPORTS. 
OPFERING. 
LEADER'S INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. 
TALE "Origin of Mother's Day." 
SPECIAL Music: "Mother Machree." 
Pow': "Before It Is Too Late." 
READING: "A Letter." 
STORY: "The Influence of a Mother's 
Prayers," 
PORTRAIT SCENE OP MOTHER. 
PRESENTATION OF FLOWERS. 
"PRAYER FOR MOTHERS." 
SoNG: "Faith of Our Mothers." 
BENEDICTION. 
Notes to Leaders 
This program has been arranged not 
only to pay tribute to our mothers but 
to help the youth sense their responsi-
bility to their mothers. Although the ma-
terial presented is simple, the program 
can be very effective in any society—
large or small—if some definite planning 
is done far enough in advance. 
After the very brief introductory re-
marks-by the leader, the program should 
proceed without further announcement. 
Printed programs are fine if possible. 
Otherwise, the numbers may follow with-
out comment. 
A reserved section in center front for 
all mothers—the guests of honor—should 
be designated with cords, streamers, 
crepe paper, or some other means. When 
it comes time to present the flowers, the 
mothers should be asked to stand as a 
group. They should remain standing 
until after the "Prayer for Mothers." 
It will be necessary to have copies of 
the song "Faith of Our Mothers" to 
hand out to those present. 
Origin of Mother's Day 
"MOTHER'S DAY"! Have you ever won-
dered just how long this day has been 
observed? Or how it came to be? 
Probably it is the one holiday of the 
year most deeply appreciated by the av-
erage person. It is a day filled with ten-
der thoughts of love and gratitude. In 
these busy days when most everyone is 
rushing thoughtlessly through the activ-
ities of life, Mother's Day is needed more 
than ever before. Too often mother is 
neglected and not appreciated as she de-
serves to be. Men and women everywhere 
have come to realize the true meaning of 
this day and take great pleasure in let-
ting mother know their appreciation for 
her loving influence. 
In a little town in Virginia there lived 
a Mrs. Jarvis, who was recognized as the 
living-spirit of the town. When she died 
in 1906, her loss was felt keenly by each 
inhabitant. In arranging a memorial 
service, her daughter, Miss Anna Jarvis 
of Philadelphia, became afire with the 
idea of having a special day each year 
dedicated to all mothers. Her enthusiasm 
spread, until in 1908, Philadelphia cele-
brated May 10 as Mother's Day. This 
lovely practice grew in popularity in one 
State after another until it became so 
widespread that in 1913 Congress made 
the second Sunday in May a national 
holiday "dedicated to the memory of the 
best mother in the world, your mother." 
And so for the last thirty-four years 
sons and daughters have observed this 
day by honoring the memory of the 
mothers who have gone, and by bestow-
ing some special act of love upon those 
mothers who are still with us. 
How very fitting that children and 
men and women should honor mother—
the one who is willing to go through the 
shadows of death to bring her child into 
this world. And then with that same 
self-sacrificing love, guide that child 
through life, doing without, that the 
child may have the opportunities neces-
sary for complete happiness. 
Someone has said, "If I could concen-
trate all the tenderness and sympathy of 
the world into one endearing term, I'd 
call it mother. No other word in the lan-
guage is invested with such charm and 
pathos as this. Grave senators, grim-fea-
tured soldiers, hard-headed businessmen, 
and frivolous worldlings melt under its 
power. The great deeps of the soul are 
broken up at its sound. The very incense 
of heaven clings to it. There is no face 
in all the chamber of memory so vivid to 
the last as the face that hung over us in 
the cradle, and no voice that lingers with 
such sweetness as the voice that sang our 
evening lullaby." 
"Young people, do you appreciate your 
mother? Why not show her every day 
that her love and sacrificing are cher-
ished in your heart? And then, may we 
make this Mother's Day the best ever. 
Before It Is Too Late 
Jr you have a gray-haired mother 
In the old home far away, 
Sit right down and write the letter 
You put off from day to day. 
Don't wait until her weary steps 
Reach heaven's pearly gate, 
But show her that you think of her 
Before it Is too late. 
If you have a tender message 
Or a loving word to say, 
Don't wait till you forget it, 
But whisper it today. 
who knows what bitter memories 
May haunt you if you wait, 
So make your loved one happy 
Before it is too late. 
The tender words unspoken, 
The letters never sent, 
The long-forgotten messages, 
The wealth of love unspent—
For these some hearts are breaking, 
For these some loved ones wait ; 
Show them that you care for them 
Before it is too late. 
—GIGORGE BANCROFT GRIFINTIT. 
(Used by permission of 
Fillmore Brothers Co.) 
A Letter 
DEAREST MOTHER, 
This is Mother's Day. As I sit here 
thinking of you and all that you have 
meant to me, I feel that I must write to 
you and tell you what is on my heart. 
Your life has not been an easy one, 
and I know that you have gone through 
many things that have taken away the 
happiness you so much deserve. And yet, 
in spite of it all, you fought hard to give 
us girls the things that you did not have. 
And what a wonderful job you have 
done I 
You have always meant so very much 
to me. As far back as I can remember, 
the thought of "what would mother 
think" has been a steadying influence in 
my life. Many times I would have fallen 
had it not been for my desire to be what 
you wanted me to be. (The high ideals 
that you had set before me from baby-
hood could not be erased from my mind.) 
Your unselfish love and service for me 
made me determined to come out on top. 
I can never forget how we prayed and 
prayed for a "way out" when it was time 
for me to go to the academy—how just 
two weeks before time for school to open, 
you took a job as an answer to those 
prayers. You were not physically fit for 
such a program, but you did it for me. 
You worked hard those next few years 
and sacrificed a lot. 
Then came college. You had Sis to see 
through the academy then, but you man-
aged somehow to see that I had decent 
clothes to wear—and you sent me some 
money, too. I don't see how you ever 
did it. 
Now that I am married and extremely 
happy with my lovely family, I can ap-
preciate more and more the things you 
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did, for me. Somehow I wish that I could 
repay you for making possible my life 
in God's work. That is impossible. My 
one desire is that I may always be what 
you would have me be, and that I may 
be as good a mother to my boys as you 
have been to me. 
And remember, mother dear—I love 
you more than you'll ever know. 
The Influence of a Mother's 
Prayers 
MORE than thirty years ago, one lovely 
Sunday morning, eight young men, stu-
dents in a law school, were walking along 
the banks of a stream that flows into the 
Potomac River, not far from the city of 
Washington. They were going to a grove 
in a retired place to spend the hours of 
that day in playing cards. Each of them 
had a flask of wine in his pocket. They 
were the sons of praying mothers. As 
they were walking along amusing each 
other with idle jests, the bell of a church 
in a village not two miles off began to 
ring. It sounded in the ears of those 
thoughtless young men as plainly as if it 
were only on the other side of the little 
stream along which they were walking. 
Presently one of their number, whose 
name was George, stopped and said to 
the friend nearest him that he would go 
DO further but would return to the vil-
lage and go to church. His friend called 
out to their companions, who were a lit-
tle ahead of them: "Boys, boys! come 
back here: George is getting religious; 
we must help him. Come on, and let us 
baptize him by immersion in the water." 
In a moment they formed a circle around 
him. They told him that the only way be 
could save himself from having a cold 
bath was by going with them. In a calm, 
quiet, but earnest way, ho said: 
"I know very well that you have power 
enough to put me in the water, and hold 
me there till I am drowned; and, if you 
choose, you can do so, and I will make 
lee resistance; but listen to what I have 
to say, and then do as you think best. 
"You all know that I am two hundred 
miles away from home, but you do not 
know that my mother is a helpless, bed-
ridden invalid. I never remember seeing 
her out of bed. I am her youngest child. 
My father could not afford to pay for my 
schooling; but our teacher is a warm 
friend of my father, and offered to take 
me without any charge. Ile was very anx-
ious for me to come, but mother would 
not consent. The struggle almost cost her 
what little life was left in her. At length, 
after many prayers on the subject, she 
yielded and said I might go. The prepa-
rations for my leaving were soon made. 
My mother never said a word to me on 
the subject till the morning when I was 
about to leave. After I had eaten my 
breakfast, she gent for me and asked me 
if everything was ready. I told her all 
was ready, and I was only waiting for 
the stage. At her request I kneeled be-
side her bed. With her loving hand upon 
my head she prayed for her youngest 
child. Many and many a night I have 
dreamed that whole scene over. It is the 
happiest recollection of my life. I believe, 
till the day of my death, I shall be able 
to repeat every word of that prayer. 
Then she spoke to me thus: 
" 'My precious boy, you do not know, 
you never can know, the agony of a 
mother's heart, in parting, for the last 
time, from her youngest child. When you 
leave home, you will have looked for the 
last time, this side of the grave, on the 
face of her who loves you as no other 
mortal does or can. Your father cannot 
afford the expense of your making visits 
during the two years that your studies 
will occupy. I cannot possibly live as 
long as that. The sand in the hourglass 
of my life has nearly run out. In the far-
off strange place to which you are going 
there will be no loving mother to .give 
counsel in time of trouble. Seek counsel 
and help from God. Every Sunday morn-
ing from ten to eleven o'clock I will 
spend the hour in prayer for you. Wher-
ever you may be during the sacred hour, 
when you hear the church bells ringing, 
let your thoughts come back to this 
chamber, where your dying mother will 
be agonizing in prayer for you. But I 
hear the stage coming. Kiss me—fare-
well!' 
"Boys, I never expect to see my mother 
again on earth. But by God's help I mean 
to meet her in heaven." 
As George stopped speaking, the tears 
were streaming down his cheeks. He 
looked at his companions. Their eyes 
were filled with tears. 
In a moment the ring which they had 
formed about hint was Opened. He passed 
through and went to church. He bad 
stood up for right against great odds. 
They admired him for doing what they 
had not the courage to do. They all fol-
lowed him to the church. On their way 
there, each of them quietly threw away 
his cards and wineflask, 
From that day they all became changed 
men. Six of them died Christians. George 
is an able Christian lawyer in Iowa; and 
his friend, who wrote this account, has 
been for many years an earnest, active 
member of the church. Here were eight 
men converted by the prayers of that 
good Christian woman. And, if we only 
knew all the results of their examples 
and their labors, we should have a good 
illustration of a mother's prayers.—
Bible Models. (Used by permission of 
copyright holder. Not to be reprinted.) 
Song: Faith of Our Mothers 
Farm of our mothers, living faith, 
In cradle song and bed-time prayer, 
In nursery love and fire-side lore, 
Thy presence still pervades the air; 
Faith of our mothers, living faith, 
We will be true to thee till death. 
Faith of our mothers, guiding faith, 
For youthful longing, youthful doubt, 
Flow blurred our vision, blind our Way, 
Thy providential care without; 
Faith of our mothers, guiding faith, 
We will be true to thee till death. 
Faith of our mothers, Christian faith, 
In truth beyond our man-made creeds, 
Still save the home and save the church 
And breathe thy spirit through our deeds ; 
Faith of our mothers, Christian faith, 
We will be true to thee till death. Amen. 
—Author Unknown, 
(Used by permission of David C. 
Cook Publishing Company.) 
Portrait Scene of Mother 
(Have a young girl or woman recite the 
following poem:) 
Mr MONITOR'S LULLABY 
I WONDER if they really know, 
These mothers dear who love us so, 
Just how our childish hearts retain 
The memory of some sweet refrain 
Which they bare often for us sung 
When we were very, very young. 
And how, when cares perplex us most. 
There often comes a tiny ghost 
Of melody from memory's store 
To soothe us as in days of yore. 
Of such a sweet and happy lay 
I'm thinking as I muse today. 
(The reader pauses, and a young so-
prano soloist sings the first stanza and 
refrain of the quaintly tender lullaby, 
called "Slumber Song," Ho. 138 in "Joy-
ful Songs for Boys and Girls." At close 
of refrain the reader continues:) 
I'll ne'er forget the tender face, 
So full of loveliness and grace, 
Which bent above me as she sang 
In accents that with beauty rang; 
Or how my small head soon drooped low, 
Beneath her eyes' remembered glow, 
As mother softer sang, and then 
Left me ill dreamland once again. 
(Soloist sings second stanza and re-
frain of lullaby. At its close the reader 
continues:) 
Long years have passed, but still I hear 
Fier softly tender voice so clear 
When I have need of solace or 
Am longing for those days of yore; 
And I am wond'ring if someday, , 
When I have climbed the heavenward way, 
She'll meet me there and softly greet 
Me with this tender song so sweet. 
(Soloist softly hums the last two 
scores of, refrain.) 
(Used by permission of the Higley 
Press.) 
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(While this recitation is being given, 
have curtains or folding screens drawn 
so that the back of the platform is con-
cealed. Here place a large frame built 
so that a person sitting behind it will ap-
pear as if in a picture. Then seat here a 
sweet-faced elderly lady, with a Bible 
open on her lap. She may be looking off 
into space as if in thought. As soon as 
the above music is concluded, the cur-
tains should be drawn and someone off 
to the side should read:) 
"Strength and honour are her cloth-
ing; and she shall rejoice in time to 
come. She openeth her mouth with wis-
dom; and in her tongue is the law of 
kindness. She looketh well to the ways 
of her household, and eateth not the 
broad of idleness. Her children arise up, 
and call her blessed; her husband also, 
and he praiseth her. Many daughters 
have done virtuously, but thou excellest 
them all. . . . A woman that feareth the 
Lord, she shall be praised." 
Truly, "goodness and mercy shall fol-
low" her all the days of her life, and she 
shall "dwell in the house of the Lord for 
ever." 
(After a moment's pause, the follow-
ing poem should be given by the mother 
in the portrait as if she were talking to 
someone fax away. Or a person out of 
sight might give it if preferred.) 
To MY SON 
Do you know that your soul is of my soul 
such a part, 
That you seem to be fiber and core of my 
heart? 
None other can pain me as you, dear, can do ; 
None other can please or praise me as you. 
Remember, the world will be quick with its 
if shadow or stain ever darken your name, 
"Like mother, like son," is a saying so true, 
The world will judge largely of mother by 
you. 
—MARGARET RuINSTOND GRAPLIN. 
(Used by permission of 
Fillmore Brothers Co.) 
(As soon as the poem is finished, two 
girls, or more if necessary, carrying the 
flowers to be given to the mothers pres-
ent, come forward and stand one on each 
side and close to the frame. As they 
stand there, have someone sing "That 
Wonderful Mother of Mine.") 
PRAYER FOR MOTHERS 
"0 God, we offer Thee praise and ben-
ediction for the sweet ministries of moth-
erhood in human life. We bless Thee for 
our own dear mothers who built up our 
life by theirs; 'who bore us in travail, 
and loved us the more for the pain we 
gave; who nourished us at their breasts, 
and hushed us to sleep in the warm se-
curity of their arms. We thank Thee for 
their tireless love, for their voiceless 
prayers, for the agony with which they 
followed us through our sins and won us 
back, for the Christly power of sacrifice 
and redemption in mother-love. We pray 
thee to forgive us, if in thoughtless self-
ishness we have taken their love as our 
due without giving the tenderness which 
they craved as their sole reward, and if 
the great treasure of a mother's life is 
still spared us, may we do for her feeble-
ness what she did for ours."—WALTER 
ROITSERENDLSOK. (Used by permission 
of Fillmore Brothers Co.) 
tS
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May 17 
The Attraction of the 
Uplifted Christ in 
Southern Asia 
SY EDWARD W. POHLMAN 
Order of Service 
OPENING Sono: "All Hail the Power of 
Jesus' Name!" No. 156 in Church 
Hymnal. 
PRAYER. 
MISSIONARY REPORTS. 
SECRETARY'S REPORT. 
OFFERTORY, 
SCRIPTURE LESSON: John 3:14-17; 12:32. 
DEVOTIONAL STUDY: "Exalt Jesus To- 
day." 
HYMN: "Jesus, the Loving Shepherd," 
No. 572. 
TALK: "A Moslem Boy Sees Jesus." 
TALK: "A Hindu Community Values the 
Spirit of the Master." 
Talc: "A Young Indian Is Drawn to 
Jesus." 
CONCLUDING REMARKS. 
HYMN: "Lift Him Up," No. 520. 
BENEDICTION. 
Exalt Jesus Today 
WHAT did Jesus mean by His promise 
in John 12:32 that He would draw all 
men to Himself if He were lifted up? 
No doubt the lifting up as Moses raised 
the serpent in the wilderness referred to 
His crucifixion, but it can also apply to 
the presentation and exaltation of Jesus 
before men in our own time. We may 
conclude: 
1. That "all men" who have opportu-
nity to see the Master in His love and 
purity will feel a drawing influence to-
ward Him, whether they choose to re- 
spond or not. 
2. That "all. men" includes both those 
who have previously known Jesus and 
those non-Christians who have never 
heard of Him. 
3. That the condition of His drawing 
men is His being lifted up; He will 
draw, but it is the responsibility of 
others to lift Him up. 
It becomes highly important, then, for 
us to learn how we may have a share in 
the lifting up of Jesus before others. 
There are several recognized ways by 
which the Saviour is presented and ex-
alted and brought to men's attention. 
Most important is the work of the Holy 
Spirit, which is commissioned to "testify 
of Me." (John 15:26), so we may be cer-
tain that accompanying the efforts of 
men there will also be present the soften-
ing and guiding impressions of the 
Spirit of God. But to human-beings who 
have tasted of His goodness the Saviour 
extends the privilege of witnessing and 
testifying of Him. His people are said to 
be His witnesses and also the light of 
the world. 
The commonly recognized means 
through which Christ's disciples today 
attempt to lift Him up before men are 
public evangelism, study and prayer 
groups, personal evangelism, the litera-
ture ministry, the ministry of healing, 
schools and other institutions, the activi-
ties and departments of the organized 
church, and through the influence of in-
dividual godly lives. We should hesitate 
to say which of these means is most ef-
fective in lifting up 'the Saviour since all 
play an important part in the spread of 
the gospel, but there are some who feel 
that nothing can excel the effectiveness 
of the influence of the life of the person 
whether young or old, "worker" or lay-
man, if that life be a constant and con-
sistent expression of the love and purity 
of Christ and of the power of the gospel 
over sin. Every young person in whatever 
situation he may be has the high privi-
lege and duty of lifting up the Master 
before men by his words, his acts, and 
the attitudes he holds. Many a person 
has been drawn to Christ by the quietly 
beautiful influence of a devoted disciple. 
While most of our discussion during 
this program will be conearned with the 
attraction which Jesus has for the non-
Christian, let it be clearly recognized 
that our young people of every country 
have the privilege of lifting up Christ 
through their positive influence for right 
in the daily affairs of life and in their 
contacts with others. Thus our light may 
shine so that others will be able to see 
Christ in us and in our works and be led 
to glorify our heavenly Father. (Matt. 
5:16.) 
A Moslem Boy Sees Jesus 
ONE of our high schools in north India 
was located in a section where there were 
both Hindu and Moslem (Mohammedan) 
villages near. One day the principal of 
the school was visited by a wealthy Mos- 
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len landlord from a neighboring village. 
He was a typical easterner with his soft, 
neatly kept beard, his cloth turban care-
fully wound, the politeness and respect 
which are characteristic of the men of 
his respectable status. He requested that 
his fourteen-year-old son be admitted to 
our mission school. He stated that he had 
heard good reports of the methods in 
teaching such subjects as English and 
mathematics, and he felt that his son 
should have the advantages of such 
training. The principal reminded him 
that while his boy would be welcome in 
the school, the father must recognize that 
he would now be placing his son under 
Christian influence. The father replied 
that his boy had been reared as a strict 
Moslem and that he was not afraid 
of any disturbance of his religious views, 
especially since his son was not coming 
into the dormitory but would be attend-
ing as a day scholar while living at home 
in the village. 
The boy began to attend the regular 
classes, and very little was thought re-
garding his presence there until one day 
he remained after his mathematics class 
and informed the Indian teacher of his 
interest in the Christian religion. The 
teacher brought him to the principal's 
office for a quiet discussion and a few 
questions. What had caused him to be 
interested in studying Christianity? Had 
he heard much about the Christian teach-
ings before? Would his father permit 
him to learn of Christianity/ The young 
man replied that he had not previously 
known much about Christians or Christian 
doctrine but that during his few weeks 
at this school he had detected an unmis-
takable atmosphere of kindness, unself-
ishness, honesty, and purity of speech 
which he found strikingly better than 
that to which he was accustomed. He was 
given a copy of the New Testament in 
his own language and shown where he 
might begin reading. A few days later 
he came with a poem beautifully written 
in praise of the love of Jesus, and at his 
own request he was permitted to read 
this before the students as a voluntary 
testimony of his inner response to the 
drawing of the gospel. 
Before long the father learned of his 
son's new interest, and without explana-
tion withdrew him from school. It was 
known to the teachers in our school that 
the boy suffered some bodily affliction, 
was locked in his room, and denied his 
usual food, while at the same time efforts 
were made by tha religious teachers of 
his own community to re-establish his 
faith in Islam and to overcome his in- 
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terest in the Christian gospel. When this 
proved unsuccessful, the young man was 
sent to a Moslem boarding school many 
miles from home, where it was hoped 
that he would forget his inclination to 
Christianity; but the Saviour had been 
lifted up before him through the lives of 
our teachers and students, and the draw- 
ing had become so strong a force that it 
could not now be diminished. A letter 
was received by the school principal from 
the boy, stating that he could not give 
his address and it would be useless for 
anyone to seek him, but that he had ex-
perienced something which he could not 
forget. He requested only that the school 
family remember him in their prayers. 
Nothing more was heard of him for 
several months, until one morning the old 
father came again with a request to the 
school office. He reported that his boy 
had become very ill and probably could 
live but a few days longer at the most. 
His request on behalf of the son was 
that some of our Christian students, his 
previous classmates, be permitted to 
come to his room and sing at his bedside 
some of the Christian songs which he had 
heard them sing during the few weeks he 
was in our school. The request was gladly 
granted, and as our students sang in his 
room, the young man tried to join them. 
In three days he passed away. 
In this ease the uplifting of the attrac-
tive Jesus was done mainly by the In-
dian boys in the everyday activities of 
our school. 
A Hindu Community Values the 
Spirit of the Master 
DURING the war, when transportation 
was difficult and the number of workers 
in the great harvest field of Southern 
Asia was few, it became necessary to 
allow some of our mission stations and 
institutions to reduce their activities or 
even to close temporarily. Two of our 
missionaries were traveling to visit our 
schools and churches in northeast India, 
and they included a visit to a mission 
station where we had previously operated 
a thriving dispensary, since temporarily 
closed. 
After an inspection of the buildings and 
a visit with the little company of mem-
bers who lived at the station, the two 
missionaries boarded a bus to start their 
return journey. Before they had traveled 
far, an Indian gentleman got into the 
bus, and soon a casual conversation was 
opened. The missionaries learned that he 
was an educated and progressive leader 
of the people in that community, and he 
9 
was not long in discovering that they 
had spent a few hours at our mission 
station where the dispensary had for- 
merly been operated. He then began to 
urge them on behalf of his people to see 
that the dispensary was reopened as 
early as possible. The missionaries ex-
pressed some regret that it had been nec-
essary to close the little health unit, but 
assured him that the station had not 
been forgotten by our mission adminis-
trators and that when it became possible 
the dispensary would be reopened. 
"But," he urged, "perhaps you do not 
see the importance of opening the dis-
pensary soon. It had operated for a num-
ber of years, and its service is badly 
needed here." 
"But there are other hospitals and dis-
pensaries in this area, are there not?" 
asked the missionary. 
"Yes, there are," he replied, "but they 
are not Christian institutions." 
Although he was not a Christian, his 
expressions of appreciation for the spirit 
of loving service seen in the little Chris-
tian dispensary were free and sincere. 
"There is something very different in 
what the people of my community here 
have received from that little dispensary, 
and we all feel that we have missed 
something of great value since it was 
closed." �
• 
Many such expressions of the appreci-
ation of Christian service rendered and 
Christian influence exerted are reported 
from different parts of India, Burma, 
and Ceylon. Each testimony of this type 
is an illustration of that lifting up of 
Jesus before men, which results some-
times immediately, sometimes more grad-
ually, in drawing men to Him. Among 
the strong, tall peoples of northwest 
India, among the happy, active peoples 
of northeast India and the hills of As-
sam, among the descendants of the war-
rior kingdoms of western India, among 
the ancient peoples of south India with 
their proud historic traditions, among the 
progressive but war stricken folk of the 
sunny land of Burma, and among the 
awakening cosmopolitan dwellers of the 
isle of Ceylon there are our mission rep-
resentatives operating through school and 
dispensary, through Sabbath school and 
Missionary Volunteer Society, through 
printed and spoken message, and ever 
through the example of the individual 
life to lift up the Saviour, that the cords 
of His love may draw men to Him, 
tV 
"Hays your tools ready and God will 
find you work." 
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A Young Indian Is Drawn to Jesus 
A raw months ago one of our depart-
mental secretaries was on his way to 
visit our schools and churches in the is- 
land of Ceylon. Since Ceylon is separated 
from India politically as well as geo- 
graphically, it is necessary to secure a 
number of special permits to travel from 
India to Ceylon. Our missionary brother 
had arranged for his passport and other 
necessary papers, and after passing 
through the customs inspection and the 
physical examination lie began to breathe 
easier as he took his seat this Friday 
afternoon on the-little steamer which was 
soon to carry passengers over to the is-
land. 
A few minutes before the vessel was to 
leave, a young man in police uniform 
politely requested to be shown the re- 
quired papers and permits. After looking 
them over and consulting with another 
officer, he informed our missionary that 
there was still one required permit lack-
ing. The missionary explained the ur- 
gency of his business and the fact that 
his program for the next few days was 
carefully planned in Ceylon and that 
surely there would now be no interfer-
ence with the carrying out of the itiner-
ary. With all the permits and signatures 
in hand, could it be that even another 
was required? Surely no one could sup-
pose that the missionary was planning to 
do any harm in Ceylon, and why would it 
be necessary to bring any delay or change 
in plans which had been so carefully 
laid? But the young Hindu policeman 
politely and with some apologies in-
formed the missionary that he must do his 
duty, and under the circumstances could 
not permit him to visit Ceylon until this 
added permit had been telegraphically 
received. 
So the missionary was obliged to step 
off the ship and to remain behind while 
he watched his vessel move over toward 
Ceylon and to our people who were wait-
ing there to welcome him. The prospect 
of spending several days in such a sandy 
and deserted little settlement as the one 
in which he now found himself—without 
a single hotel and not a spear of grass 
or a flower to relieve the view—was not 
very heartening. When to this was added 
the realization that the outlined Sabbath 
program for the following day among 
our churches in the city of Colombo and 
the school visits for the days following 
would now all need to be suddenly can-
celled, there was very little to offer cour-
age and cheer. While the missionary was 
arranging at the little railway station 
for permission to sleep each night in a 
railway passenger carriage in the station 
yard, he was greeted again by the Hindu 
police officer who had detained him from 
his ship passage. 
The young man offered to be of any 
possible assistance and then inquired 
further about the nature of the mission-
ary's work. 
"So you are a religious worker? I am 
also interested in religion," he said, "and 
perhaps we shall now have time to visit 
together." 
"Yes, I shall be happy to talk with 
you," returned the missionary. 
It was soon learned that the young 
Hindu was a well-read man and had. 
taken the degree of master of arts in one 
of the leading Indian universities. 
He mentioned that in spite of his own 
good health and that of his family, and 
of the satisfaction that he found in the 
temporal considerations and circum-
stances of life, he was at times so op-
pressed with pessimism that he found 
difficulty in seeing any light at all 
through the clouds. 
"But you are a young man with pleas-
ant prospects for the future," he was re-
minded. 
"That is true," he agreed, "and I can-
not explain the pessimism that bears 
down so strongly upon me at times." 
The conversation was continued dur-
ing several visits through the next day 
or two. The missionary asked his young 
friend whether there was in his religious 
experience anything that would tend to 
encourage the Hindu pessimist. 
"I have not found it," he answered, 
The conversation then turned to the sub-
ject of prayer and communion. The 
young man had a copy of the Bible but 
had not read very much in it; however, 
he agreed to try to dispel his cloud of 
hopelessness by reading the sermon on 
the mount and by prayerful meditation. 
After a few days the necessary permit 
to make the journey to Ceylon was re-
ceived, and the same police officer walked 
along the pier with the missionary, as 
suring him this time that he could really 
go. The young man made this statement 
to his newly found friend: 
"I suppose you consider that these last 
few days while you were waiting here 
have been a waste of your time, and I 
know that your plans for Ceylon were all 
upset. But if you believe that God di-
rects in the affairs of your life, you must 
agree that you were kept here for a real 
purpose, and that purpose was to help 
me." He mentioned the hope that had 
now replaced his pessimism, and prom-
ised to continue to learn more of the life 
and work of Jesus and to practice prayer 
and communion with God. Then he asked 
the missionary for the recommendation 
of a good commentary on the life of 
Jesus. 
"Are you interested in a book that 
would explain the geographical and his-
torical background of Christ's work, or 
would you prefer a book that would em-
phasize more of the spiritual interpreta-
tions and applications of His life and 
teachings?" the missionary inquired. 
Without hesitation the Hindu young 
man replied, "I want the book giving the 
spiritual application." The book The De-
sire of Ages by Mrs. E. G. White -was 
recommended, and he was given the ad-
dress of our book depot. 
This experience will illustrate how, 
oven in circumstances which appear un-
favorable, the Lord may have His plan 
and may use us to exalt the Saviour be-
fore others in ways which we do not 
expect. In India there are many who are 
not Christians by name but who have 
seen enough of the uplifted Christ to 
cause them to be drawn to Him, and who 
freely state the high regard they have 
for His life and His teachings. 
Concluding Remarks 
THE leader of the meeting may -wish 
to emphasize such points as the follow-
ing in bringing the meeting to a close: 
I. The fact that in such difficult lands 
as there are in the Southern Asia Di-
vision the gospel story is being presented 
and is making its appeal. 
2. The millions of still-nnwarned and 
non-Christian peoples of India who pre-
sent to us the opportunity and the chal-
lenge to make of them Christians. - 
3. The importance in these Eastern 
countries of one's personal influence on 
others. 
4. The responsibility that each Mis-
sionary Volunteer has to lift up Christ 
in all that he does or says day by day. 
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May 24 
The Sabbath Was Made for 
Youth 
BY FLORENCE L. ROSCOE 
Order of Service 
SONG: "0 Day of Rest and Gladness," 
No. 463 in Church Hymnal. 
PRAYER. 
SECRETARY'S REPORT. 
OFFERTORY. 
REPORT OF MISSIONARY WORN, 
TALK: "The Sabbath Was Made for 
Youth." 
Svmrosium: "The Sabbath and Its Use." 
SPECIAL Music: "Holy Sabbath Day," 
No. 123 in M.V. Songs or No. 150 in 
Gospel Melodies. 
SYMPOSIUM: "Youth's Sabbath Occupa- 
tions." 
BENEDICTION. 
Notes to Leaders 
It is hoped that this topic will be pre-
sented in such a way that the youth will 
see that the Sabbath can be a delight 
and a joy, not a day of "don't's." You 
may wish to have the various parts here 
presented, given as a symposium, or per-
haps you will think best to have one or 
two main speakers, and give the Spirit 
of prophecy study only as a symposium. 
Further material on the subject may be 
gleaned from the chapter in Education 
entitled "The Sabbath," and the chapter 
in T. G. Bunch's book The Ten Com-
mandments entitled "The Day of Wor-
ship." 
If you do not already have Sunshine 
Bands or other service bands, today will 
be a good time to organize these. If you 
have these bands, make an appeal for 
fresh recruits in one or all of the bands. 
Perhaps you will wish to add another 
topic to include bands for literature dis-
tribution and Bible studies. Nature-study 
groups can well be organized now, too, 
and even a Master Comrade class, 
The Sabbath Was Made for Youth 
KEY TEXT: Mark 2:27, 28. "The sabbath 
was made for man, and not man for the 
sabbath: therefore the Son of man is Lord 
also of the sabbath." 
Jesus said the Sabbath was made for 
man. We can just as correctly read the 
text, "The Sabbath was made for youth." 
And this is the side of the picture and 
its interpretation for youth that we shall 
consider today. In this study let us take 
these verses, and perhaps one or two 
others, and study them by sections, find-
ing what they may contain for us, now, 
today. 
Tim SABBATH WAS MADE FOR YOUTH 
This part of the verse may bring to 
our minds many questions, for we all 
know that one of the commandments ad-
monishes us to "remember the sabbath 
day, to keep it holy," and says also "thou 
shalt not do" certain things. Perhaps we 
sometimes think that the Sabbath is a 
day of "thou shalt nots." 
First of all, our text says the Sabbath 
was made for man. God in His great love 
saw that human beings could not live 
successfully day after day and year after 
year without some time to step aside 
from the rush and burden of labor and 
consider Him, and rest—rest not only the 
body from physical exhaustion but also 
the mind, the heart; yes, the whole being 
needs rest. So for the good of man, and 
for his eternal enjoyment, God made the 
Sabbath. Right at the start He planned 
the program for our lives to include work 
and rest, that we might find the fullness 
of life which Ho designed for the inhab-
itants of this earth. Indeed, God in-
tended the Sabbath to be for man, for 
his betterment and joy. It was made for 
youth to enjoy and cherish. 
"THE Sow OF MAN Is Loan ALSO OF 
THE SABBATH" 
Because the Sabbath was made for 
youth, it must be observed in such a way 
that youth shall derive from it the bless-
ing that the loving Creator planned when 
He made it. And this calls for certain 
rules of conduct with regard to it, an 
understanding of what the Sabbath 
means, and what is true Sabbath observ-
ance. So "the Son of man is Lord also of 
the sabbath" that we may have the 
guidance we need in appropriating to 
our benefit the Sabbath which He made 
for us. 
The Sabbath and Its Use 
(Spirit of Prophecy Study) 
"THERE is nothing in the Sabbath that 
restricts it to any particular class of 
people. It was given for all mankind. It 
is to be employed, not in indolence, but 
in the contemplation of the works of 
God. This men are to do that they may 
know 'that I am the Lord that doth sanc-
tify them.'"—Testimonies to Ministers, 
pp. 136, 137. 
"The Sabbath is God's memorial, point-
ing men to their Creator, who made the 
world and all things that are therein. In 
the everlasting hills, in the lofty trees, 
in every opening bud and blooming 
flower, we may behold the work of- the 
great Master Artist. All speak:to us of 
God and His glory."--Testimonies to 
Ministers, p, 137. 
"I was shown that the law of -God 
would stand fast forever, and exist in 
the new earth to all eternity. . ;The 
Sabbath was instituted in Eden before 
the fall, and was observed by Adam and 
Eve, and all the heavenly host. God rotted 
on the seventh day, and blessed and hal-
lowed it. I saw that the Sabbath never 
will be done away; but that the re-
deemed saints, and all the angelic host, 
will observe it in honor of the great Cre-
ator to all eternity."—Early Writings, 
p. 217. 
"The value of the Sabbath as a means 
of education is beyond estimate. What-
ever of ours God claims from us, He re-
turns again, enriched, transfigured, with 
His own glory. . . . The Sabbath is a 
sign of creative and redeeming power; it 
points to God as the source of life and 
knowledge; it recalls man's primeval 
glory, and thus witnesses to God's pur-
pose to re-create us in His own image," 
—Education, p. 250. 
"On this day more than on any other, 
it is possible for us to live the life of 
Eden. It was God's plan for the members 
of the family to be associated in work 
and study, in worship and recreation, 
the father as priest of his household.... 
But the results of sin �
to a great de- 
gree prevent this association. . . . Over 
the Sabbath He [God] places His merci-
ful hand. In His own day He preserves 
for the family opportunity for commun-
ion with Him, with nature, and with one 
another."—Education, pp. 250, 251. 
"Since the Sabbath is the memorial of 
creative power, it is the day above all 
others when we should acquaint ourselves 
with God through His works. In the 
minds of the children the very thought 
of the Sabbath should be bound up with 
the beauty of natural things.... Happy 
the father and mother who can teach 
their children God's written word with 
illustrations from the open pages of the 
book of nature; who can gather ]under 
the green trees, in the fresh, pure air, to 
study the word and to sing the praise of 
the Father above. By such associations 
parents may bind their children ,to their 
hearts, and thus to God, by ties that can 
never be broken."—Education, p. 251. 
"Let the Sabbath-school lesson be 
learned, not by a hasty glance at the les-
son scripture on Sabbath morning, but 
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by careful study for the next week on 
Sabbath afternoon, with daily review or 
illustration during the week, Thus the 
lesson will become- fixed in the memory, 
a treasure never to be wholly lost"—
Education, pp. 251, 252. 
Youth's Sabbath Occupations 
THESE quotations suggest several ways 
to spend the time on the Sabbath. Of 
course the morning hours, or a good 
share of them, will be spent in Sabbath 
school and church services, and the after-
noon hours are those that are likely to 
become weary. And no one wants to 
spend the whole day in reading or study, 
but with these thoughts we can surely 
find interesting occupations for a short 
Sabbath afternoon. 
(Here quote Isaiah 58:13, 14.) 
"FROM DOING THY PLEASURE ON MY 
HOLY DAY" 
Yes, this sounds more like the com-
mandment and its "thou shalt note?' And 
why was it necessary for the Lord to give 
this word of warning? Just because in 
our poor finite state we are very easily 
led to do our own ways, speak our own 
words, and carry into the Sabbath hours 
those things which should be left as it 
were in the shop while we go into the 
house of the Lord. We find it difficult to 
keep control of our thoughts, our words, 
and even of our hands and our feet, and 
they wander to the workaday activities 
in which we have been engaged for six 
days. Yet, this verse does not mean that 
the hours of the Sabbath cannot be in-
teresting or enjoyable, for Isaiah goes on 
to say— 
"CAtt THE SABBATH A- DELIMIT" 
And our Father passes on to us a hint 
that we should call the Sabbath a delight 
by leaving these worldly thoughts and 
deeds for other days, and "delight . . 
in the Lord." 
This presents the idea that the Sab-
bath need not be dreaded because there 
is nothing we can do; it is not to be a 
day of inactivity or idleness, but instead 
a day of joy and delight in such activity 
as will draw us closer to the loving Fa-
ther who gave it to us. We are to find 
positive living in our Sabbaths, living 
that will rest us for the work of the 
week, that will refresh our minds and 
hearts to carry on the work which must 
be done during the other six days. There 
are so many things which can bring joy 
and delight that we might do well to 
consider a few of them here. 
Do GOOD ON THE SABBATH DAY 
Jesus was accused many times of 
breaking the Sabbath, because He did 
things which the Jews in their narrow 
view of the law considered unlawful for 
the Sabbath. But Jesus answered them, 
"It is lawful to do well on the sabbath 
days." Matt. 12:12. This suggests a few 
things which we can do that are in keep-
ing with the spirit of Sabbath observ-
ance. 
Have you ever seen the joy on the 
faces of those who may be shut away 
front life's normal activities by sickness 
or ill-health when a few young people 
or children go to them with what we 
call "Sunshine Band" activities? Try 
visiting a home for crippled or sick chil-
dren or older people, bringing with you 
a message in song and perhaps a word of 
encouragement from the Bible; then 
speak to them individually with words of 
cheer, and possibly have Youth's Instruc-
tors, Little Friends, or small books to 
leave for them to read. An hour or so 
spent in this way will bring delight to 
any young person, for it is the joy that 
we give others that reflects back to 
brighten our own hearts and lives. 
Or take a plant or bouquet to an ill 
neighbor or friend—or if you have no ill 
neighbors, find someone you do not know 
who is ill and take a little cheer to them. 
There may be members of your church 
who are not able to attend services be-
cause of ill-health. Take a paper or two, 
a willing voice for singing, even though 
you are not a soloist, and the vigor and 
hope of youth, and you will surely find 
a most hearty welcome, and go away 
with true joy in your own heart. 
This is one way to make the Sabbath a 
delight. 
CONSIDER THE LILIES 
When Jesus pointed His hearers to the 
lilies of the field, and referred them to 
the birds, He had special lessons for 
them to learn at the time, But He also 
knew that the consideration of these 
things which the Father had created 
would be as balm to a troubled soul 
through the years that were to follow. 
Let's take a suggestion 'from His ad-
monition and get away from the bustle 
of a city or town and into the ways of 
nature. We read in Acts 16:13, "And on 
the Sabbath we went out of the city by 
a river side." Spend a quiet Sabbath 
afternoon with the trees, flowers, and 
birds. Hear the songs of praise the birds 
are pouring forth, and see the cheer 
given by the living things at your feet. 
We are told that even the blades of grass 
carry a lesson for those of us who will 
take the time to look for it. 
But don't stop with the mere observa-
tion of these things at a distance; take 
a little closer look, and see the beauties 
that may not appear at first glance. Se-
cure a magnifying glass to take with 
you, and discover the secrets around you. 
See how perfectly the plant and its blos-
som are formed, and compare one with 
another, noting that each fills its ap-
pointed place and is made on a special 
order or plan. Linger long enough to 
hear the voice of God in these simple but 
perfect things of nature, saying to each 
of its, "This is the way," and telling us 
of His love and care as shown by His 
care for even each blade of grass, of His 
thought in preparing so many forms of 
plants, birds, and animals, yes, even of 
rocks, for us to enjoy. 
Truly, if we take a little time apart 
from those things which remind us of 
our daily labor, and got away with God 
and His created works, the Sabbath be-
comes a delight, a rest, and a reminder 
of His power to redeem us. We see that 
God's love left us a Sabbath made for 
youth. 
Snow me a man who has benefited the 
world by his wisdom, or his country by 
his patriotism, or his neighborhood by 
his philanthropy, and you show me a man 
who has made the best of every minute. 
—ORISON SWETT MARDEN. 
W W 
I PITY no man because he has to work. 
If he is worth his salt he will work. I 
envy the man who has a work worth do-
ing and does it well.—Tumouont ROOSE-
VELT. 
LIFE is not so short but that there is 
always time enough for courtesy.—
RALPH WALDO EMERSON. 
POLITENESS has been compared to an 
air-cushion, which, although there is ap-
parently nothing in it, eases jolts won-
derfully.—GEORGE L. CAREY. 
W YF 
HE who is false to present ditty breaks 
a thread in the loom, and will find the 
flaw when he may have forgotten its 
Cause.—HENRY WARD 13EECHER. 
W 
GOD never imposes a duty without giv-
ing the time to do it.—JOHN BusEig. 
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As I Go on My Way 
Vol. 34, No. 5 
May 3 
A Square Peg in a Round 
Hole 
BY NANKIN MAY SMITH 
Order of Service 
Some: Nos. 39, 84, 71, 58, 26 in M.V. 
Songs. 
SCRIPTURE LESSON: Read Paul's experi- 
ence as given in 1 Corinthians 9:16- 
23; 10:31-33. 
SENTENCE PRAYERS: By three or four 
Juniors. 
A STUDY ON ADAPTABILITY. 
STORY: "Jimmy at Junior Camp." 
TALK: "Little Corners." 
POEM: "As I Go on My Way." 
CLOSING EXERCISES. 
Note to Superintendents 
In the program today endeavor to help 
the Juniors to see the need of adaptabil-
ity, of learning to "fit in," to be able to 
play with others, to work with others, 
and to fit in cheerfully wherever their 
corner may be. 
A Study on Adaptability 
1. WHAT do we mean by adaptabilityI 
Answer.—Adaptability means the abil-
ity to fit into any place, to get along with 
people, and to make the best use of the 
things we have in life, at the seine time 
upholding right principles. 
2. Where do we need adaptability/ 
Answer.—We need it on the play-
ground, in the schoolroom, at home, and 
any place where we come in contact with 
others. 
3. How can we learn to fit in? 
Amman—We can learn to fit in by 
doing things to please others rather than 
ourselves. 
4. How will the ability to fit in help us 
along in life/ 
Answer.—It will help us— 
a. To get along with people whom oth- 
ers may not like. 
b. To put ourselves in other people's 
places—to have sympathy with them 
in their troubles, and to rejoice with 
them in their joys. 
e. To get along with things that are 
not of our native environment. 
d. To be patient and kind even though 
we do not see what good may come 
from the thing that has happened. 
e. To be the right kind of missionaries 
in the homeland or in a foreign 
land, 
5. What kind of character will this 
help us to develop? 
Answer.—This will help us to develop 
thoughtful, kind, unselfish, helpful, cheer-
ful characters. 
6. If we are square pegs how can we 
ever fit in round holes I 
Answer.—By allowing the little hard 
experiences that come to us "knock the 
corners off" and develop rounded char-
acters. 
Jimmie at Junior Camp 
Tits boys were having great fun at the 
game of treasure hunt during Junior 
camp. I noticed suddenly that Jimmie 
was not taking part in the hunt. I won-
dered why; so I walked up to him and 
said, "Are you ill, Jimmie?" "No," he 
replied. "I don't like this game." I felt 
sorry for him, for everyone else seemed 
happy. 
The next day I watched Jimmie dur-
ing the activities of the camp. He was 
out of joint with everything. He didn't 
like to get up early in the morning and 
take a plunge in the lake. That wasn't so 
strange, for boys sometimes like to sleep 
late in the morning; however, it was un-
usual at the Junior camp, for there ev-
erybody enters into the day's program 
with joy and enthusiasm. 
When it came time for dinner I no-
ticed that Jimmie was in line and seemed 
quite happy, until all were seated at the 
table. Then he pushed back his plate, 
saying, "I don't like potatoes all the 
time," and, "Why can't we have ice 
cream?" and, "I never did like spinach." 
Throughout the day I found my atten-
tion turned to Jimmie. Surely Jimmie 
would enjoy the hike I But no, he didn't 
really enter into any of the camp activi-
ties. I made up my mind that Jimmie 
was a square peg in a round hole; he did 
not fit in. 
MY life shall touch a dozen lives 
Before this day is done— 
Leave countless marks for good or fll 
Ere sets this evening's sun. 
Shall fair or foul its imprint prove, 
On those my life shall hail? 
Shall benison my impress be, 
Or shall a blight prevail? 
When to the last great reckoning 
The lives I meet must go, 
Shall this wee, fleeting touch of mine 
Have added joy or woe? 
Shall Be who looks their records o'er— 
Of name and time and place— 
Say, "Here a blessed influence came," 
Or, "Here is evil's trace"? 
From out each point of contact of 
My life with other lives 
Plows ever that which helps the one 
Who for the summit strives? 
The troubled souls encountered, does 
It sweeten with its touch, 
Or does it more embitter those 
Embittered overmuch? 
Does love through every handclasp flow 
In sympathy s caress? 
Do those that I have greeted know 
A newborn hopefulness? 
Are tolerance and charity 
The keynote of my song, 
As I go plodding onward with 
Earth's eager, anxious throng? 
My life must touch a million lives 
In some way ere I go 
From this dear world of struggle 
To the land I do not know, 
So, this the wish I always wish, 
The prayer I ever pray: 
Let my life help the other lives 
It touches by the way! 
—STRICKLAND GILLMAN. 
Finnigin & Co. Used by per-
mission of the author. 
Little Corners 
GEORGIA WILLIS, who helped in the 
kitchen, was rubbing the knives. Some-
body had been careless and let one get 
rusty, but Georgia rubbed with all her 
might, rubbed, and sang softly a little 
song: 
"In the world is darkness, 
So we must shine, 
You in your small corner, 
And I in mine." 
"Why do you rub at the knives for-
ever 9" asked Mary, Mary was the cook. 
"Because they are in my corner," 
Georgia said brightly. " 'You in your 
small corner,' you know, `and I in mine.' 
I will do the best I can; that is all I 
can do." 
"I would not waste my strength," said 
Mary, "I know that no one will notice." 
"Jesus will," said Georgia, and then 
she sang again, 
"You in you• small corner, 
And I in mine." 
"Cooking the dinner is in my corner, I 
suppose," said Mary to herself. "If that 
child must do what she can, I suppose I 
must. If Jesus knows about knives, it is 
likely that He does about dinners." And 
she took particular pains. 
"Mary, the dinner was very nicely 
cooked today," Miss Emma said. 
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"That is all due to Georgia," said 
Mary, with a pleased face. Then she, told 
about the knives. 
Miss Emma was ironing ruffles; she 
was tired and warm. "Helen will not care 
whether they are fluted or not," she said. 
"I will hurry over them." But after she 
heard about the knives she did her best. 
"How beautifully my dress is done/" 
Helen said. Emma, laughingly, answered, 
"That is owing to Georgia." Then she 
told about the knives. 
"No," said Helen to her friend who 
urged; "I really cannot go this evening. 
I am going to prayer meeting; my 'cor-
ner' is there." 
"Your ccornerll What do you meant" 
Then Helen told about the knives. 
"Well," the friend said, "if you will 
not go with me, perhaps I will go with 
you"; and they went to the prayer meet-
ing. 
"You helped us ever so much with the 
singing this evening," their pastor said 
to them as they were going home. "I was 
afraid you would not be here." 
"It was owing to our Georgia," said 
Helen. "She seemed to think she must do 
what she could, if it were only to clean 
the knives." Then she told him the story. 
"I believe I will go in here again," 
said the minister, stopping before a poor 
little house. "I said yesterday there was 
no use, but I must do what I can." 
In the house a sick man was lying. 
Again and again the minister had called, 
but the invalid would not listen to him. 
Tonight the minister said, "I have come 
to tell you a little story." Then he told 
him about Georgia Willis, about her 
knives and her little corner, and her "do-
ing what she could." The sick man wiped 
the tears from his eyes, and said, "I will 
find my corner, too. I will try to shine 
for Jesus." And the sick man was Geor-
gia's father.—Stories Worth Rereading, 
Abbreviated. 
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IN the darkest days, when appearances 
seem most forbidding, have faith in God. 
He is working out His will, doing all 
things well in behalf of His people. The 
strength of those who love and serve Him 
will be renewed day by day.—Ministry 
of Healing, p. 482. 
91 
Crwesr, poverty, reproach, separation 
from friends, or any suffering, rather 
than to defile the soul with sin. Death be-
fore dishonor or the transgression of 
God's law, should be the motto of every 
Christian.—Testimonies, vol. 5, p. 147. 
May 10 
Our Mothers 
BY MRS. GLENN TILLMAN 
Order of Service 
OPENING SONG. 
PRAYER. 
ANNOUNCEMENTS. 
TAKING OF MISSIONARY REPoRTS. 
OFFERING. 
TALK: "Welcome." 
SCRIPTURE READING: (Refer to Senior 
Program.) 
TALK: "The Origin of Mother's Day." 
(see p. 6.) 
SPECIAL Mum. 
POEM: "When Mother Is Away." 
POEM: "A Boy's Promise." 
PRESENTATION OF TOKENS. 
SYMPOSIUM: 
"Mother's Day Resolu- 
tions." 
SONG BY GROUP. 
BENEDICTION. 
Notes to Superintendents 
The following material has been pre-
pared with the idea in mind of having 
the Juniors invite their mothers to the 
program. The parts should be given out 
far enough in advance so that each will 
be presented well. 
It would be well to have a section re-
served for the mothers. The tokens to be 
given the mothers will have to be chosen 
to fit the individual society. If flowers 
are out of the question, other things are 
available. One suggestion would be small 
felt Mother's Day pennants to be pinned 
on the lapel. These can be ordered from 
David C. Cook Publishing Co, Elgin, Illi-
nois. Order No. 4745-X, Price, 100 for 
$ -95. 
When it comes time to present the 
tokens, each Junior whose mother is 
present takes the token to his own 
mother, If- some Junior's mother is not 
present, let him take the gift home to 
her. 
The special music should be sonic ap• 
propriate number arranged to fit the tal-
ents available. 
Welcome! 
MOTHER'S DAYI How anxious we have 
been for this glad day to come. We have 
looked forward, dear mothers, to showing 
you in some small way how much we 
really love you. The words we'll say and 
the things we'll do are loving messages 
from us to you. We cannot hope to tell 
it all, We'll try real hard to live the rest 
and show you how we feel. 
When Mother Is Away 
THE house Is such a dreary place when 
mother is away; 
There isn't fun in anything, no matter what 
you play. 
The dolls just sit as stupid, and act so still 
and queer— 
They always say such funny things when 
mother's by to hear. 
The little china set looks so lonesome wait-
ing there; 
There's no fun playing party and eating 
only air! 
It isn't like the, lovely things you most 
believe you see 
Upon the plates and saucers, when mother 
comes to tea. 
There's no use doing up your hair and 
dressing up in style, 
You know it's just pretending, and you're 
Betty all the while; 
You never bear a whisper from the chairs 
against the wall ; 
"Dear me, what splendid lady now is com-
ing here to call!" 
The pictures in the picture books are never 
half so line; 
The stories won't come out and talk for 
any pains of mine; 
An hour goes by so slowly, it's almost like 
a day— 
The house is such a lonesome place when 
mother is away. 
—Bums T. Wurnuny. 
(Used by permission of Fillmore 
Brothers Company.) 
A Boy's Promise 
THE school was out, and down the street 
A noisy crowd came thronging; 
The hue of health, a gladness sweet, 
To every face belonging. 
Among them strode a little lad, 
Who listened to another, 
And mildly said, half grave, half sad, 
"I can't—I promised mother." 
A shout went up, a ringing shout 
Of boisterous derision ; 
But not one moment left in doubt 
That manly, brave decision. 
"Go where youplease—do what you will," 
He calmly told the other; 
"But I shall keep my word, boys, still; 
I can't—I promised mother." 
Ah, who can doubt the future course 
Of one who thus had spoken? 
Through manhood's struggle, gain and loss, 
Could faith like this be broken) 
God's blessing on that steadfast will, 
Unyielding to another, 
That bears all jeers and laughter still, 
Because he promised mother! 
—GEORGE COOPER, 
(Used by permission of Fillmore 
Brothers Company) 
Mother's Day Resolutions 
IT's fine to have a special day for 
mothers, and it is fine to tell them what 
they mean to us. But talking really 
doesn't go so far if we don't do some-
thing about it I think the best way to 
honor mother is to show her how much 
we love her by loving deeds each day. 
Fellow Juniors, how about some Mother's 
Day resolutions/ 
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(Have Juniors come onto platform one 
at a time and each give his resolution. 
He should step to one side and remain 
with group until all are finished. The fol-
lowing resolutions are merely &noses-
ice. Let the Juniors suggest their own 
if possible.) 
1. I am going to hurry a little faster 
in the morning so I can dust and 
straighten the living room. 
2. I plan to keep the garden weeded, 
so mother can rest more. 
3. I will watch baby brother so mother 
can finish her work sooner. 
4. My job will be to run more errands 
after school hours. 
5. I'm going to be more careful with 
my clothes so there will be less washing 
to do. 
6. No more tracking in mud for mel 
7. I'll do the evening dishes all alone 
while mother enjoys a rest. 
8. I can sew on the missing buttons. 
9. I'm going to try to see mother's 
point of view before I feel misunder-
stood. 
10. I'll help do the extra work which 
has to be done when I bring the gang 
home. 
(While the group is still standing on 
the platform, have them sing the follow-
ing words to the tune of "Old Hundred." 
Remain in place for Benediction.) 
SONG 
Praise God from whom all blessings flow, 
Praise Him for mother's love we know. 
Praise Him for home and family. 
Our thanks we offer, Lord, to Thee. Amen. 
-Heed by permission of David C. 
Cook Publishing Company. 
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May 17 
Jesus' Influence in India and 
Burma 
BY EDWARD W. POHLMAN 
Order of Service 
SONG: "We've a Story to Tell to the Na- 
tions," No. 80 in .3f.F. Songs. 
PRAYER. 
MISSIONARY REPORTS. 
SECRETARY'S REPORT. 
OFFERTORY. 
SCRIPTURE LESSON: John 3:14-17;12:32. 
SUPERINTENDENT'S TALK: "Exalt Jesus 
Today." (Adapt from p. 8.) 
Soria: "As Much as He Loves You and 
Me," No. 74. 
STORY: "A Moslem Boy Sees Jesus." 
(P. 8.) 
STORY: "Your Hospital Is Different." 
(See the talk: "A Hindu Community 
Values the Spirit of the Master," p. 9.) 
STORY: "A Hindu Police Officer." (See 
the talk: "A Young Indian Is Drawn 
to Jesus," p. 10.) 
SONG: "From Greenland's Icy Moun-
tains," No. 81. 
BENEDICTION. 
' Note to Superintendents 
The subject material for today's topic 
is given in the Senior talks for this date, 
pages 8-10. The older Juniors will be well 
able to tell the stories given in the talks. 
It would be best to help them with the 
preparation of these stories. And always 
we can keep before even our Juniors the 
challenge to prepare themselves to go 
personally to help the people who do not 
know about Jesus to learn of His love 
for them. Even now they can do and 
learn many things which will help them 
later. And today they can give their of-
ferings and pray for the heathen and the 
missionaries who are there. at. W, M. 
May 24 
The Sabbath Was Made for 
Juniors 
BY FLORENCE L. ROSCOE 
Order of Service 
SONG: "Don't Forget the Sabbath," No. 
122 in M.P. Soaps. 
SENTENCE PRAYERS. 
MISSIONARY REPORTS. 
SECRETARY'S REPORT. 
OFFERING. 
LEADER'S INTRODUCTION. 
Soma: "0 Day of Rest and Gladness," 
No. 124. 
SCRIPTURE EXERCISE: "Bible Sabbaths." 
SYMPOSIUM: "Why the Sabbath Was 
Made." 
EXERCISE: "Lessons We Can Learn From 
Nature." 
Sago: "God Cares for Me," No. 137. 
BENEDICTION. 
Notes to Superintendents 
This program should be made so in-
teresting and its suggestions so inviting 
that every Junior will want to remember 
the Sabbath day. If you do not already 
havo a Sunshine Band, why not organize 
one today? Juniors make a successful 
Sunshine Band, with a few adults to 
guide, of course. The Juniors can plan 
and prepare excellent programs if given 
an opportunity. 
Then for some of the Sabbaths when 
your Sunshine Band is not going out, or-
ganize a few nature classes, and even 
though you may not yet know a lot about 
nature yourself, get out with a band of 
Juniors and learn with them the inter-
esting things of nature. Provide positive 
things for your Juniors for Sabbath aft-
ernoon, that they may enjoy the Sabbath 
and keep it holy-a satisfying memory 
for the future. 
For the Spirit of prophecy study "Les-
sons We Can Learn From Nature," give 
out the references to various Juniors well 
in advance, letting them find the lesson 
to be learned from the objects men- 
tioned. If possible, have at least part of 
these objects on hand to show with the 
reading of the quotation from the Spirit 
of prophecy, thus making the application 
direct, and demonstrating to the Juniors 
how nature teaches us if we but study it. 
Leader's Introduction 
WHAT live Junior wants to be held 
down by a lot of "don't's"? Or which one 
of you Juniors likes to sit and read all 
Sabbath afternoon, when you have been 
to Sabbath school and church service in 
the forenoon? We all like to do things, 
not merely sit. The fourth commandment 
starts out in a positive way-"Remem-
ber." We like to remember some things. 
If I say, "Remember the good times we 
had at camp," there is started a chain of 
happy thoughts in the mind of everyone 
who was there. 
Let's look at the fourth commandment 
the same way today, and see what we 
Juniors can do to have happy thoughts 
and deeds to remember for each Sabbath. 
If we have happy memories it will be be-
cause we have spent the day- as Jesus 
wants us to spend it, because we have 
truly kept the Sabbath. We shall look at 
the happy-memory side of the command-
ment instead of the "thou shalt not" side. 
Bible Sabbaths 
1. The First Sabbath. �
Genesis 2:1-3. 
2. Reason for a Sabbath. Mark 2 :27. 
3. Command to keep. �
Exodus 20 :8-11. 
4. Blessing to obedient. Isaiah 56 :4-7. 
5. God's sign of approval 
(sanctification). �
Ezekiel 20:12. 
6. Sabbath to be a de- 
light. �
Isaiah 58:13, 14. 
7. Jesus' way of keeping 
Sabbath. �
Matthew 12:11, 12. 
8. Apostles on the Sab- 
bath. �
Acts 16 :13. 
9. Sabbath in the new �
Isaiah 66 :22 (first 
earth. �
half) and 23. 
Why the Sabbath Was Made 
JESUS and His disciples were passing 
through a cornfield one Sabbath, and as 
they were hungry they picked some grain 
and shelled it to eat. The Pharisees com-
plained to Jesus that His disciples were 
breaking the Sabbath, and in His reply 
He said, "The Sabbath was made for 
man." In our study today we shall read 
this text, this way, "The Sabbath was 
made for Juniors," which is just as true 
as the way it reads in our Bibles. 
In planning for life for everyone, in-
cluding Juniors, our loving heavenly Fa-
ther made the Sabbath especially for us. 
He knew that work is good for us, so 
He told us to work six days, but He 
also knew that we would need more 
than work-that we would need rest 
and relaxation as well. -He knew that 
if we worked too long without a re- 
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minder of Him, we might even forget 
about Him and all the things He has 
done for us. He knew that we would need 
to come apart from school and play and 
work to think and learn of Him. So He 
gave us Sabbaths to remember, in which 
to learn things and do things that would 
help us remember Him and to give us 
joy in remembering. God saw that work 
would keep us separated from the other 
members of our families so much during 
the six working days that He gave us the 
Sabbath as a family day, a time when 
we could all study His Word and His 
works together. 
Yes, the 'Sabbath is a day of rest, but 
it is more than that. We lay aside our 
work and rest from it, but we are not to 
spend the Sabbath in idleness. In God's 
plan for our Sabbath He intended us to 
do things, but not the things we do all 
the rest of the week. In the book The De-
sire of Ages, we are told, "Man is to 
leave the occupations of his daily life, 
and devote those sacred hours to health-
ful rest, to worship, and to holy deeds." 
—Page 207. 
"To Worship." We worship in Sabbath 
school and church services Sabbath morn-
ing. And we can also worship God in 
some of the other activities which we 
shall consider for Sabbath afternoon. 
"To Holy Deeds." At first thought this 
may seem to say that we are to have long 
faces, solemn faces, and think only sol-
emn thoughts. But when we think of 
Jesus' statement that "it is lawful to do 
well on the Sabbath days," we can see 
other things which may also be consid-
ered "holy deeds." I know of three Jun-
iors who have a dear friend who is a 
nurse. This nurse cares for a patient who 
is paralyzed and cannot even scratch her 
nose if she wants to. She is helpless, and 
of course the days are long for her. On 
a recent Sabbath afternoon these three 
Juniors went to visit the patient. With 
them they took sweet voices and a will-
ingness to sing a few hymns, and they 
also recited some pieces they had given 
in a program at church some weeks 
earlier. Sabbath afternoon was not all 
spent here, for that might have tired the 
dear lady who is so ill, and the Juniors 
needed a walk to complete their Sabbath, 
but the day was made brighter for a 
shut-in, and three Juniors have some-
thing pleasant to remember for that Sab-
bath. I am sure their recording angels 
wrote in that book above of their "holy 
deed" for that day. 
A group of Juniors were going to visit 
a home where many invalids lived, some 
of them unable to do much for them-
selves. They had planned a program of 
songs, poems, and readings, all of which 
were by the Juniors themselves. And 
they also had prepared a small gift for 
each patient in the home. After the pro-
gram was given in the auditorium to 
those patients who were able to be taken 
to it, the Juniors took the gifts they had 
brought to the rooms of the patients. 
Surely an angel of cheer went with each 
Junior that afternoon and when they 
left the rooms I am sure that the hearts 
of those unfortunate people were lighter, 
cheered by a knowledge that someone 
had remembered them. Most of that Sab-
bath afternoon was gone before the last 
car of Juniors left for home, happy in 
the memory of a well-spent Sabbath. 
Perhaps you have a friend who is un-
able to be up and about, and who cannot 
enjoy going to church as you do. Why 
not take that person a Little Friend or 
Instructor Sabbath afternoon; and also, 
if you can, a plant or bouquet to brighten 
the room. Sing a few songs, tell your 
friend about the services at church in 
the morning, and leave before you have 
tired your friend. You will leave with a 
good feeling in your heart and bright-
ness in the heart of another. Do you 
know of someone who is shut in? Per-
haps you are not very well acquainted 
with this one. Go to visit this person, 
taking cheer with you. Sing a few songs 
and offer a short prayer that Jesus will 
be near and help the one you are visiting. 
And you have another "holy deed" to be 
written by your accompanying angel. 
"To Healthful Rest." When Jesus said 
"the Son of man is Lord also of the Sab-
bath" He did not intend for us to sit 
all day and read or listen to sermons. 
Of course this will be a part of our Sab-
bath day, but there are still several hours 
of the afternoon, and these hours may 
be restful and refreshing and so may 
prepare us for the week of work that 
soon comes to us. 
Suppose you are a Junior who likes to 
read, and you also like God's other book 
—nature. Have you tried searching the 
Bible for its many references to things 
of nature? If not, take a concordance 
some Sabbath afternoon and see how 
many things of nature you can find listed 
there, then look up the texts and read 
what is said about these things. You may 
find interesting lessons. 
After you have spent some time this 
way, and there is still time for a walk—
for Juniors need some exercise even on 
Sabbath—go out and see how many of 
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these same things you can see, think of 
the lesson you have just read, and you 
will find that the open air and seeing the 
object helps you remember the lesson 
much better. If mother or dad will go 
with you it is so much more fun, and 
better, too, for going over these lessons 
with them will help you to remember 
them longer, and they will also receive a 
blessing. 
Lessons We Can Learn From 
Nature 
Jesus told the people on the mount to 
"consider the lilies," and He also pointed 
them to other objects in nature, calling 
their attention to some lessons He had 
for them. 
We too can learn many, things from 
nature that will be of eternal value to 
us, and that will help us to "call the Sab-
bath a delight." Many of these things-
we can find mentioned in the writings of 
Mrs. E. G. White. We shall listen to a 
few statements that some of our very 
own Juniors have found for us. 
1. Mountain stream (gaining by giving), 
Education, p. 103. 
2. Lily (God's care for us, simplicity of 
natural beauty), Christ's Object Lessons, 
p. 17. 
S. Seed. (trust in God), Christ's Object 
Lessons, P. 32. 
4. Ants (patient industry, perseverance, 
providence for future), Education, p. 117. 
5. Birds (trust), Education, p. 118, 
6. Eagle (beyond the clouds God's light 
is shining), Education, p. 118. 
7. Tree of the plain and gnarled trunk 
(self-reliance, power of early influence), 
Education, p. 119. 
8. Water lily (secret of pure life), Edu-
oation, p. 119. 
9. Rainbow (God's mercy is mingled with 
His judgment), Education, p. 115. 
10. Stars (guidance; message of good 
cheer), Education, p. 115. 
11. Humble flowers complete (in humblest 
lot true excellence may be found), Educes 
Hon, p. 112. 
12. Germination of seed (lesson of resur-
rection), Education, p. 110. 
13. Harvest; seed multiplied (we reap 
what we sow; one single act of life may 
have widespread results), Education, p. 108, 
199. 
These are but' a few suggestions of 
some of the grand lessons we can find in 
nature all about us. Shall we not take 
more time with nature, studying the les-
sons she has to teach us, and finding in 
the things God has created the rest and 
Sabbath blessing which He put there for 
us when He made the Sabbath? There 
are so many interesting things for us to 
do that we can truly say, "The Sabbath 
was made for Juniors." 
"WREN you find it, bard to pray, begin 
to give thanks!' 
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MEDICAL MISSIONARY DAY 
Who Is My Neighbor? 
By THEODORE R. PLAT; M.D. 
Secretary, General Conference Medical 
Department 
T
HE concept of love as a basic 
damental principle of life is strictly 
of Christian origin. It was Christ who 
first gave utterance to the noble princi-
ple, "Love your enemies, do good to them 
which hate you." This new outlook on 
life was enunciated at a time when cap-
tive slaves were thrown to hungry beasts 
in the arena, or were pitted against one 
another for the entertainment of deli-
cately attired ladies of state; at a time 
when the Jews themselves, the chosen 
people, felt no responsibility for the suf-
ferings of even their own people, leaving 
it to a despised Samaritan to show that 
spirit which Christ tried by every means 
to teach to His own people. However, the 
teachings of Christ have in some way im-
printed themselves upon the Christian 
world in such a way as to produce posi-
tive action in love and charity toward 
our suffering neighbors. Let a grim fam-
ine spread itself across a hapless land, 
or a devastating earthquake or flood 
leave thousands homeless and without 
food or shelter, and it is the Red 
Cross, a Christian organization, 
sponsored and supported by Chris-
tians, which hastens to the scene of 
suffering. 
Why should Christians in New 
York, Minneapolis, or Portland be 
so concerned for the starving mil-
lions of the Yangtze River valley, 
the earthquake victims of Japan, 
or the famine sufferers of Bengal, 
when the wealthy of these non-
Christian lands give so little 
thought to the misery about them, 
The answer is found in those golden 
words of the Saviour, "Therefore 
all things whatsoever ye would that 
men should do to you, do ye even 
so to them." 
Some would tell us that this 
idea of responsibility for the sick 
or suffering about us is a product 
of our modern civilization, our 
mo -e advanced understanding of socio-
logical principles. However, we have seen 
that modern sociology, apart from Christ, 
manifests itself in the Dachaus, Buehen-
welds, and other horrors of the godless 
but very modern social plans of a group 
which boasted, "We must away with all 
this Christian foolishness of love, charity, 
and meekness." 
Love in Action 
"By this shall all men know that ye 
are My disciples, if ye have love one to 
Suggestive Program for Sabbath, 
May 3 
OPENING SONG: "Rescue the Perishing," 
No. 622 in Church Hymnal. 
SCRIPTURE READING: Psalms 103:1-14. 
PRAYER. 
APPROPRIATE SPECIAL MUSIC. 
READING: "Who Is My Neighbor," by 
Theodore R. Flaiz, M.D. 
READING: "Christ's Mission Extended to 
Our Day," by J. Wayne McFarland, 
M.D. 
ANNOUNCEMENTS. 
Owens(' Some: "The Great Physician. 
 
Now Is Near," No. 530 in Church 
Hymnal. 
BENEDICTION. 
another." This was true of the primitive 
church; it is true today. It is true of the 
church as a whole; it is true of the in-
dividuals in the church. The influence of 
the church is the cumulative sum of the 
influence of its individual members, Per-
haps no other single factor is so effective 
in opening the heart to the reception of 
this truth as timely love manifested in 
unselfish service to others. Such love is 
itself one manifestation of the gospel. 
God is love. How better can we bring 
this knowledge of God to others than by 
this very happy exhibition of one of the 
outstanding characteristics of the God 
we seek to bring to others. 
A year ago a very cultured Hindu gen-
tleman, a lawyer by profession, stopped 
me as I was about to go in to the Friday 
evening vesper service in one of our mis-
sion hospitals in India. His eighty-three-
year-old mother was in the hospital and 
was expected to pass away at any mo-
ment. She had been brought to the hos-
pital a month previously with a huge 
ulcer from which no one expected her to 
recover. To the surprise of all, the Lord 
had used good nursing and medical care 
to bring her out of danger and well on 
the way to recovery within about ten 
days' time. As a family, religious cere-
mony of some sort was due in their 
home; however, this elderly patient was 
removed from the hospital against the 
advice of the doctors. As expected, she 
had now returned with a renewal of the 
condition but in a worse form, and it was 
apparent that she had but hours to live. 
This gentleman, a son of the patient, 
led me to the mother's room to talk for 
a moment with the other relatives, then 
turned to me and said, "I have learned 
the meaning of a certain expression since 
coming here. I had always supposed be-
fore that the terms Christian spirit, 
Christian love, Christian, charity, were 
merely literary expressions." He went on, 
"Now I know differently. Not even the 
members of my own family have shown 
anything like the kindness and tender-
ness and patience in the care of my 
mother which your Christian nurses have 
shown. The term Chrisfrian spirit takes on 
new meaning to me henceforth." And 
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with the new idea of Christian spirit 
came naturally a new idea of the Christ 
who gave birth to that spirit. We as 
Christians are the custodians of that 
spirit. The world about us has a right to 
look to us in time of need for a practical 
demonstration of what it means. People 
do look to us for just that. 
In time of suffering all Christians are 
depended upon to come forward with 
special help. But Adventists are expected, 
in some special way, to be ready to give 
assistance in cases of illness or need. We 
are glad this is so. 
The story is told of a new family 
which moved into a frontier community 
in Alberta, Canada. They found them-
selves in need of medical care, and sent 
to the nearest neighbor to inquire where 
a doctor could be found. The reply came 
back, "There is no doctor in all these 
parts, but there is an Adventist woman 
down here, and she does 'pretty good' in 
such times." 
I have since learned more about that 
Adventist family and the mother who 
"does pretty good." This particular home 
was a center for all forms of Christian 
help and relief work. What a quiet but 
powerful witness to the truth such a 
home can bet How is it in your church? 
How is it in your home/ Is it truly a cen-
ter for such activities/ Can the poor, the 
sick, the underprivileged, look to it as a 
haven? "By this shall all men know that 
ye are My disciples, if ye have love one 
to another." 
What Our Members Can Do 
As it is more especially the medical 
side of this question that we are study-
ing, let us notice specifically what can be 
done by our church people to fulfill the 
Biblical commands in the matter. "For 
I was an hungred, and ye gave Me 
meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave Me 
drink: I was a stranger, and ye took Me 
in: naked, and ye clothed Me: I was 
sick, and ye visited Me: I was in prison, 
and ye came unto Me." And again, "Pure 
religion and undefiled before God and 
the Father is this, To visit the father-
less and widows in their affliction, and to 
keep ... unspotted from the world." This 
is indeed a high standard, but we have 
no assurance that anything less than this 
will allow us to claim the joys of heaven. 
First, there are at the present time 
still thousands of people in and out of 
the displaced persons' camps of Europe 
who are suffering for the lack of Cloth-
ing. During this past winter we are told 
that thousands, including many children, 
suffered through the cold winter months 
without even shoes. Our people have done 
nobly in the clothing relief campaign, 
also in the plans for sending food over-
seas. Are there not, however, many clos-
ets where hang unneeded garments, gar-
ments which may be worn again a time 
or two, but which could more profitably 
be warming some worthy destitute person 
in another land? Such will be mute testi-
mony against us in that day when it is 
said, "Inasmuch as ye have done it unto 
one of the least of these My brethren, ye 
have done it unto Me." 
Second, visiting the sick, whether to 
render physical aid or merely to bring 
comfort and cheer, is one of the first of 
Christian duties, Every church should be 
alert, first, to the needs of the sick among 
their own number, and second, to the 
needs of those around them. In most 
cases this responsibility is left to a few 
who seem to be more alert to the possi-
bilities. In each church there should be 
a special band giving attention to this 
work, in addition to individual members 
who are doing what they can wherever 
opportunity offers. Hospitals, old peo-
ples' homes, and other institutions where 
sick are confined offer openings for this 
work. Flowers and fruit brought to those 
confined to their beds will bring cheer 
and an improved sense of well-being, just 
from having been remembered in this 
way. 
One elderly woman, a patient, occa-
sionally reminded me if the young people 
failed to call on her Sabbath afternoons. 
She claimed it was the outstanding high 
light of her entire weekly routine. Such 
people are among those commended to us 
by Christ when He said, "Whosoever 
shall give to drink unto one of these lit-
tle ones a cup of cold water only in the 
name of a disciple, verily I say unto 
you, he shall in no wise lose his reward." 
Third, giving first aid and simple 
treatments. During the war our people 
were outstanding in this very commend-
able activity. This is a line in which not 
only doctors but nurses and those who 
had the special course sponsored by the 
Red Cross can carry on a very useful 
work. This may well be engaged in by 
those who could also link such instruction 
with— 
Our fourth subject, health education. 
Possibly as never before, instruction in 
rational diet is needed now. With a world 
suffering from malnutrition, our under-
standing of dietetic principles puts us 
under obligation to those about us. If not 
by public instruction, certainly by use of 
the wealth of health literature available 
to us we can do much to bring a better 
knowledge of proper diet to those less 
favored. Practicing these principles in 
our homes will of itself be beneficial not 
only to our families but to those about 
us. Where possible, the Spirit of proph-
ecy instruction in regard to the conduct-
ing of formal instruction in diet and 
cooking may well be followed. 
Fifth, we are told that we as a people 
should be well out in front in the fight 
against liquor and intemperance. We are 
hardly measuring up to this specification 
at the present time. When speaking to 
me a few years ago, the head of one of 
the large State temperance organizations 
said: "Yon Adventists are in a very ad-
vantageous position to help us, but we 
are disappointed in the amount of work 
being done. Your doctors can speak sci-
entifically and with clear records, but 
very few are helping us. Your ministers 
have nothing to fear from their church 
members, but how few are lecturing for 
us. We wish you Adventist people—
preachers, doctors, laymen—were all 
working for us up to your possibilities." 
Was his indictment justifiable? I do 
not know, but I fear it was too near the 
truth. As laymen we could be joining 
with others in the distribution of tem-
perance literature and in announcing 
temperance meetings. As doctors we 
could be giving our time to lecturing on 
this vital question. Doctors are in de-
mand in temperance lecture work, as 
they can speak with a degree of scientific 
backing. Our ministers, wherever possi-
ble, should make themselves available for 
public temperance propaganda work. 
Ministers of some denominations stand 
with their hands tied because of the flow 
of liquor in their own churches. One such 
minister apologized to me for being un-
able to speak at a temperance meeting 
because of the attitude of a member of 
the church board which controlled his 
salary. 
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We must bear in mind that if we alto-
gether hold our "peace at this time, then 
shall there enlargement and deliverance 
arise." But the blessing will not be ours. 
Adventists should arise and make their 
influence felt powerfully in the interests 
of temperance. 
Our Eternal Destiny Dependent on 
Our Faithfulness 
Brother, sister, if you have felt that 
there is little you can do for those about 
you, remember: "Thy brother, sick in 
spirit, needs thee, as thou thyself haat 
needed a brother's love. Ho needs the ex-
perience of one who has been as weak 
as he, one who can sympathize with him 
and help him. The knowledge of our own 
weakness should help us to help another 
in his bitter need. Never should we pass 
by one suffering soul without seeking to 
impart to him the comfort wherewith we 
are comforted of God. . . 
"As you engage in this work, you have 
companions unseen by human eyes. An-
gels of heaven were beside the Samaritan 
who cared for the wounded stranger. An-
gels from the heavenly courts stand by 
all who do God's service in ministering 
to their fellow-men. And you have the 
co-operation of Christ Himself, He is the 
Restorer, and as you work under His 
supervision, you will see great results. 
"Upon your faithfulness in this work, 
not only the well-being of others but 
your own eternal destiny depends. Christ 
is seeking to uplift all who will be lifted 
to companionship with Himself, that we 
may be one with Him as He is one with 
the Father. He permits us to come in 
contact with suffering and calamity in 
order to call us out of our selfishness; 
He seeks to develop in us the attributes 
of His character,—compassion, tender-
ness, and love. By accepting this work of 
ministry we place ourselves in His school, 
to be fitted for the courts of God. By re-
jecting it, we reject His instruction, and 
choose eternal separation from His pres-
ence. 
"'If thou wilt keep My charge,' the 
Lord declares, �
will give thee places to 
walk among these that stand by,'—even 
among the angels that surround His 
throne. By co-operating with heavenly 
beings in their work on earth, we are 
preparing for their companionship in 
heaven. 'Ministering spirits, sent forth to 
minister for them who shall be heirs of 
salvation,' angels in heaven will welcome 
those who on earth have lived 'not to be 
ministered unto, but to minister.' In this 
blessed companionship we shall learn, to 
our eternal joy, all that is wrapped up in 
the question, 'Who is my neighbor "—
Christ's Object Lessons, pp. 387, 388. 
Notes to Leaders 
PERHAPS you have felt that because 
you have no medically trained members 
in your church an active medical mission-
ary program could not be carried out. 
This, however, is not the case. In the 
following outline of activities you will 
surely find one in which your church can 
participate. The articles written for this 
Sabbath have been written with this 
definitely in mind, for "we have come to 
a time when every member of the church 
should take hold of medical missionary 
work,"—Testimonies, vol. 7, p. 62. 
1. If you have a graduate nurse in 
your church, start a home-nursing class. 
The newer, shorter courses can now be 
given. 
2. Some churches have asked the doc-
tors in their midst to conduct a series 
of health evangelistic talks on prayer 
meeting nights. 
3. A church cooking school has proved 
very successful in many localities. 
4. Should your church have no doctors 
or nurses, then a health program can still 
be conducted. Form a study group to 
meet just prior to prayer meeting, and 
begin a chapter-by-chapter study of 
Ministry of Healing. Obtain a copy of 
Outline Studies of Ministry of Healing 
from your Book and Bible House. 
Follow the book Ministry of Healing 
with Counsels on Health, Counsels on 
Diet and Foods, and Medical Ministry. 
As helps you can use our good health 
journals—Health and Life and Health—
and the book Modern Medical Counselor. 
You can enliven your program and 
stimulate interest in your study groups 
by obtaining health films and films on 
alcohol. 
The main thing is to start something 
even though it be small, and then keep 
ever after it. The reason many churches 
fail to have any active medical mission-
ary program is that the leaders have not 
thought through carefully enough what 
their church can do. Remember all can 
do something. Organize your church for 
action. 
"Combine medical missionary work 
with the proclamation of the third an-
gel's message. Make regular, organized 
efforts to lift the church-members out of 
the dead level in which they have been 
for years. . . . See if the breath of life 
will not then come into our churches."—
Testimonies, vol. 6, p. 267. (Italics 
ours.) 
Christ's Mission Extended to 
Our Day 
BY J. WAYNE MCFARLAND, M.D. 
Associate Secretary, General Conference 
Medical Department 
("HEIST is no longer in this world in 
person, to go through our cities and 
towns and villages, healing the sick; but 
He has commissioned us to carry for-
ward the medical missionary work that 
He began. In this work we are to do our 
very best."—Counsels on Health, p. 393, 
Jesus while on earth gained access th 
His hearers in a very simple and prac-
tical way, He spent much of His time -in 
relieving the sick and suffering. He had 
come to demonstrate God's love, and He 
chose this very tangible way of showing 
His listeners how much Heaven loved 
them. This work of love He intends that 
we should carry on in His stead. We need 
to study our great Example carefully 
and learn His method of approaching 
people, that we might be able to proclaim 
the truth to those about us. 
In Medical Ministry, page 299, we find 
these significant words: 
"The unlearned as well as the educated 
are to comprehend the truths of the third 
angel's message, and they must be taught 
in simplicity. If you would approach the 
people acceptably, humble your hearts 
before God, and learn His ways. 
"We shall gain much instruction for 
our work from a study of Christ's meth-
ods of labor and His manner of meeting 
the people.... It was the simplicity and 
earnestness with which Christ labored 
and spoke that drew so many to Him, 
The Great Teacher laid plans for His 
work. Study these plans." (Italics mine.) 
Christ's methods and His plan led Him 
to take great care of the physical body, 
and then He unfolded to His hearers the 
great truths of heaven. His was a com-
bined ministry. Today we would find our-
selves much more successful by adopting 
this same manner of labor. The same ap-
proach to people will win souls. 
What is it that people are interested 
in today/ Jesus capitalized on the inter-
est of His day, and that was to learn how 
to relieve human suffering. Today fre-
quent surveys have indicated that the 
public is more interested in health than 
in any other single topic. In this connec-
tion it is interesting to note that the Na-
tional Broadcasting Company reported 
that of all types of health news that 
folks were interested in, "radio listeners 
are more interested in food than in any 
other medical topic. [They] want infor- 
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illation about food more frequently than 
about anything else," 
Now is an opportune time for us to 
capitalize on the public's greatest inter- 
The "Right Arm" at Work in the 
Church 
THE present century is perhaps the 
most remarkable in this world's history. 
Scientific achievements have put us in a 
new era. The progress in medicine takes 
a place second to none in these outstand-
ing discoveries. 
With such miracle-working instruments 
in our hands as penicillin and strepto-
mycin, we feel triumphant over many 
death-dealing diseases. Yet science must 
still stand in humility before a divine 
law which says that nature must heal 
herself. Even penicillin does not kill the 
germ; it only cripples it so the white 
blood cells can attack and devour it. 
This means that men and women, you 
and I, may have a part in removing the 
causes of disease and in the healing of 
the sick. 
Adventists were to be specialists in 
disease prevention and health preserva-
tion. "The world is a lazar house filled 
with victims of both physical and mental 
diseases. Everywhere people are perish-
ing for lack of a knowledge of the truths 
committed to us. Let us remember we 
bear a message of healing to a world 
filled with sin-sick souls."—Loma Linda 
Messages, p. 611. "In order to impress 
upon man his obligations to obey the 
law of God, Christ began His work of 
redemption by reforming the physical 
habits of man."—Testimonies, vol. 3, 
p. 486. 
Purposes of the "Right Arm" 
1. Revive the Spiritual Life of Church 
Members 
a. Nothing stimulates a warm Chris-
tian experience so much as the effort to 
work for someone else. 
"Combine the medical missionary 
work with the proclamation of the third 
angers message. Make regular, organized 
effort to lift the churches out of the 
dead level into which they have fallen, 
and have remained for years... 
b. "Encourage all to take a part in 
work for their fellow men, and see if the 
breath of life will not quickly return to 
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est. We have a marvelous message of 
health to be given to the world, and the 
world is ready for it. Let ns be up and 
doing. 
these churches."--Testimonies to Minis 
ters, p. 416. 
2. To Perfect the Health Status of Its 
Members 
Soon we are to be ushered into the 
presence of the Eternal. 
There was a time when saintliness may 
have been associated with a thin, puny 
body, but those who are to be translated 
will, so far as possible "Come behind in 
no gift; waiting for the coming of our 
Lord." 1 Cor. 1:7. 
"To make plain natural law, and urge 
obedience of it, is the work that accom-
panies the third angel's message, to pre-
pare a people for the coming of the 
Lord."—Testimonies, vol. 3, p. 161. 
(Italics mine.) 
3. To Open Doors 
"In every place the sick may be found 
and those who go forth as workers for 
Christ should be true health reformers 
prepared to give those who are sick 
simple treatments that will relieve them, 
and then pray with them. Thus they will 
open the door for the entrance of the 
truth."—MS. 19, 1911. 
The verity of this statement we have 
witnessed times without number. Re-
cently a very prominent woman in Co-
lumbus, after having medical care, was 
given Ministry of Healing, so that she 
might read the chapter on "Mind Cure." 
She read this chapter; also the one on 
flesh foods. She remarked after reading 
May, 1947 
it, "Now I can see why Adventists do 
not eat meat. It sounds very reasonable." 
4. To Prepare the Field 
The medical work softens hearts and 
opens the way for the reception of spir-
itual truths. 
Evangelistic efforts would reap a 
greater harvest of souls if the field had 
been correctly prepared. 
• No farmer goes out in the spring and 
scatters his grain and seed promiscuously 
on an unprepared field. Cultivation of 
the ground is the first step in a bounti-
ful harvest. 
METHOD Or LABOR: 
"The prevailing monotony of the re-
ligious round of service in our churches, 
needs to be disturbed. The leaven of 
activity needs to be introduced, that our 
church-members may work along new 
lines, and devise new methods. . . . 
Christlike activity pursued with persever-
ing zeal will bring large returns."—
Testimonies to Ministers, pp. 204, 205. 
(Italics mine.) 
ROUSE-TO-HOUSE WORE: 
Today there are sixty million persons 
in the United States who never go inside 
a church. If they are ever reached the 
gospel must be carried into their homes. 
"Often the relief of their physical ameds 
is the only avenue by which they can be 
approached."—Medical Ministry, p. 246. 
After healing the physical body, prayer 
can be offered, and then they will give 
heed to the reading of God's words. 
ORGANIZE HOME NURSING CLASSES: 
Solicit the help of the Red Cross to 
lead out in practical demonstrations of 
home nursing methods; then follow with 
lessons in hydrotherapy. Every member 
of the church should know how to apply 
simple fomentations and home remedies. 
These are of utmost value in keeping 
the family well and helping our neigh-
bors. 
Commie Set:toots: 
In every church there is always some 
outstanding sister who is gifted in cook-
ing. Perhaps she is not a public speaker 
and would hesitate to lead out in or-
ganizing cooking schools. But let an-
other sister who can speak be her mouth-
piece. Thus by the pooling of talents in 
the local church very interesting and edu-
cational classes in nutrition may be car-
ried on. Study the material given by 
science and the Spirit of prophecy before 
attempting the organization of a cook-
ing school. 
PROMOTE TILE TEMPERANCE WORK: 
a. "We cannot do a better work than 
to unite, so far as we can do so without 
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compromise, with the W.C.T.U. workers." 
—Ibid., p. 266, 
Temperance must be presented in its 
broader sense, reaching even to the 
mothers' tables. "Intemperance com-
mences at our tables, in the use of un-
healthful 
food."—Testimonies, vol. 8, 
p. 487. 
b. Recently at a banquet held by a 
large temperance society, several ob-
served that we did not drink coffee. After 
we said a few words of explanation as to 
the harmful results of caffein, six women 
sitting near by decided that they, too, 
would be better off without coffee. 
DISTRIBUTE OUR HEALTH LITERATURE: 
Recently we saw the marvelous results 
of what a silent magazine will do in 
life. A patient who was given to alcohol-
ism had demanded morphine injections 
to relieve her distress. After a few visits 
I told her my conscience would not al-
low me to contribute to this habit. I 
Neighborhood Opportunities 
WHAT does the blueprint say in regard 
to winning our neighbors? This is as im-
portant a question as we could ask on 
this or any other subject. "All God's 
biddings are enablings." 
We have been instructed in Testimo-
nies, volume 6, page 296, that "wherever 
a church is established, all the members 
should engage actively in missionary 
work. They should visit every family in 
the neighborhood, and know their spirit-
ual condition." 
We are in the closing days of this mes-
sage, when the Lord will pour out His 
Spirit upon every earnest heart and will 
direct each ono personally how to work 
for souls. 
"God expects personal service from 
every one to whom He has entrusted a 
knowledge of the truth for this time. 
Not all can go as missionaries to foreign 
lands, but all can be home missionaries 
in their families and neighborhoods. 
There are many ways in which church-
members may give the message to those 
around them. One of the most successful 
is by living helpful, unselfish, Christian 
lives. Those who are fighting the battle 
of life at great odds may be refreshed 
and strengthened by little attentions 
which cost nothing. Kindly words simply 
spoken, little attentions simply bestowed, 
talked to her about a "better way." I 
did not see or hear from her for some 
time. 
Upon writing to her and others to 
whom Our Times had been sent, I re-
ceived a reply from her saying, "I had 
wondered who was sending me this won-
derful paper. I have never read anything 
like it. Since you were here I have 
touched neither alcohol nor morphine." 
This woman was one of the higher so-
ciety that waits to be gathered in. 
The harvest truly is ripe, but the 
laborers are few. As Columbus said to 
the men in one of his boats, who were 
perishing for a drink of water, "Dip 
down whore you are." They did not know 
they were out of the briny ocean and had 
entered the Gulf of Mexico, where the 
water is fresh. 
Begin whore you are. Clean up your 
own body temple, then call on the near-
est neighbor. EDNA F. PATTERSON, M.D. 
will sweep away the clouds of temptation 
and doubt that gather over the soul. The 
true heart-expression of Christlike sym-
pathy, given in simplicity, has power to 
open the doors of hearts that need the 
simple, delicate touch of the Spirit of 
Christ."—/bid., vol. 9, p. 30. 
In our work for souls we are working 
with heavenly agencies. "The angel sent 
to Philip could himself have done the, 
work for the Ethiopian, but this is not 
God's way of working. It is His plan 
that men are to work for their fellow-
men."—Acts of the Apostles, p. 109. 
God has a thousand ways of finishing 
the work in our neighborhoods that we 
know nothing about. The Spirit of God 
is working on the hearts of His people. 
The blessed Spirit is impressing hearts 
everywhere. Heavenly angels are doing 
their part faithfully. "Angels of God at-
tend you to the dwelling you visit. This 
work cannot be done by proxy. By visit-
ing the people, talking, praying, sympa-
thizing with them, you will win hearts. 
This is the highest missionary work you 
can do."—Testimonies, vol. 9, p. 41. 
"There are many who are reading the 
Scriptures who cannot understand their 
true import. All over the world men and 
women are looking wistfully to heaven. 
Prayers and tears and inquiries go up 
from souls longing for light, for grace, 
for the Holy Spirit. Many are on the 
verge of the kingdom, waiting only to be 
gathered in."—Acts of the Apostles, p. 
109. 
God's Spirit is impressing our hearts 
to be willing, in this the day of His 
power, to go to our neighbors and friends 
who are seeking for light. In the days of 
the apostles God, through His Spirit, 
gave minute directions that they should 
go to a certain street and number, and 
find a certain person Praying for light. 
So in these days, if we will but co-oper-
ate, God's directing Spirit and the heav-
enly angels will be a great factor in win-
ning our neighbors. 
We are told in Testimonies, volume 9, 
pages 46, 47: "Heavenly angels have 
long been waiting for human agents—
the members of the church—to co-oper-
ate with them in the great work to be 
done. They are waiting for you. So vast 
is the field, so comprehensive the design, 
that every sanctified heart will be 
pressed into service as an instrument of 
divine power." 
God's plans work. One of our faithful 
sisters listened to a stirring sermon urg-
ing every member to work for his neigh-
bors and friends. They were told: "God 
has an individual work for each of you." 
Every member was urged to go home, get 
on his knees, and ask God to show him 
his work, also to ask the Spirit of God 
and the good angels to direct him. 
Loving Jesus and being deeply in ear-
nest, this sister did just as she was told. 
She pleaded with God to show her ex-
actly what He wanted her to do. She 
then felt impressed to take a certain 
issue of the Signs containing an article 
on the love of God to the rich lady in the 
corner house. This sister immediately be-
gan to argue that she had been there 
many times but the butler would neither 
accept the papers she offered nor permit 
her to see the lady of the house. She 
asked God to permit her to do something 
else, but her orders were clear. She took 
the Signs and went to the rich lady's 
home and rang the doorbell, but no one 
answered. She went home disappointed 
and discouraged and again went before 
the Lord to seek a special Sabbath bless-
ing, asking God what He wanted her to 
do. The answer was to take the paper to 
the rich lady in the corner house. 
This sister, being sincere and earnest, 
again went to the house to which she was 
directed, but again no one answered the 
doorbell. Again she went home so dis-
couraged that she began to doubt her 
experience, for Satan was tempting her. 
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Once more she pleaded with God for di-
rections, and again she -was directed to 
take' the paper to the rich lady in the 
corner house. She returned and rang the 
doorbell repeatedly. After some time the 
lady came to the door. Our sister told 
her she was impressed that she would 
enjoy the article in the Signs on the love 
of God. The rich lady thanked her and 
invited her back. 
I met this lady in one of our churches 
and asked her hors she happened to ae-
eept our wonderful message. She pointed 
to the sister who had brought her the 
Signs and said, "God sent her to me." 
And then she told me this story: 
She had been longing and seeking for 
truth and light and for help to see that 
God is a God of love. She thought she 
had tried every religion, even the occult 
religions of the East, but all in vain. So 
she had dismissed all her servants for the 
day and had decided, to take her life by 
means of gas. She bad plugged up the 
keyholes and was trying to get up' her 
nerve and courage to turn on the gas, 
when the doorbell rang, She lost her 
nerve, but wouldn't answer the bell. 
Finally she took new determination and 
was about ready to carry out the plan 
for her own destruction, when the bell 
rang the second time; again she was 
Soul-winning Thrills 
"WILL you come and help us in our 
Sunday school as teachers? We do not 
have members who are qualified to 
teach." The speaker was the Sunday 
school superintendent of a small church 
of another denomination, which had a 
weekly attendance of fifteen or twenty, 
counting the children. Those who were 
requested to teach were Brother Tom 
Weed and Brother and Sister Dillard of 
the Fatherland Street Church of Nash-
ville. 
The earnest appeal by this leader is 
furnishing one of the most singular ex-
periences of layman soul-winning experi-
ences in Kentucky-Tennessee. From a 
humble beginning, with Sister Dillard 
taking over the children's division of the 
Sunday school, and. Brother Dillard and 
Brother Weed each teaching a senior 
class, in a few months as many as sev-
enty-five were in regular attendance, and 
other teachers were brought in from the 
Fatherland Street Church to lead out in 
newly organized classes. 
frustrated. She couldn't seem to gather 
sufficient courage to take her life. 
Finally, at all costs she determined to 
proceed, when the bell rang the third 
time. This time it rang and rang and 
rang. Something told her to answer it. 
She did so, and found our sister with an 
article on the love of God. The Adventist 
sister promised to come again. As the 
lady read the article, she gave her heart 
to God. One day she asked our sister how 
she happened to come that particular 
day and time. Reluctantly our sister told 
her story. This woman realized that God 
had sent our sister to her that day, and 
that the good angels had impressed her 
to answer the door. Aren't you glad our 
sister was willing to be led by God? 
Many are searching for light and 
truth, Many are on the verge of the 
kingdom, waiting to be gathered in. God 
wants us to co-operate with Him in 
neighborhood evangelism. Heavenly an-
gels are waiting for you. Will you co-op-
erate with heavenly intelligences in fin-
ishing God's work in your neighborhood? 
"If we would humble ourselves before 
God, and be kind and courteous and ten-
derhearted and pitiful there would be 
one hundred conversions to the truth 
where now there is only one."—Testi- 
monies, vol. 9, p. 189. �
L. a ESTE% 
The minister of the church accepted 
the assistance of these men, and after a 
time offered Brother Weed the eleven 
o'clock hour each alternate Sunday. 
These consecrated laymen decided that 
this was an opportunity for some real 
missionary work, and after a time they 
began holding prayer meetings in the 
home of one of the members. But they 
did not stop there. They they enrolled 
the church members in the 20th Century 
Bible Course. On Sunday they preached 
the message; in the Wednesday evening 
prayer meeting they showed this same 
message on the screen; and then during 
the week the people studied it out of the 
Bible for themselves in lesson form. 
This type of service continued for 
months, and then the first ill wind came 
when a member of the church told the 
visiting brethren that she would give 
them their choice of two different sites 
of land on which to build a church and 
perhaps a church school. She told them 
that the time was coming when they 
would have to organize a new church be- 
cause of rising feeling in the- church 
The break came unexpectedly! "if 
thanked God I had the deed for the 
property in my possession when we were 
asked not to attend the- church any 
longer," said Tom Weed. The Sunday 
school superintendent stated before the 
church that new teachers had been ap- 
pointed. The secretary got up and said 
before the whole church., "I am leaving 
right now with my children, never to re-
turn to this church," and she went out. 
The- minister preached on hell-fire during-
the eleven o'clock hour, and made caure 
tie statements about people who do not 
teach an eternally burning hell, for our 
brethren had covered the subject the 
Sunday before. 
The break was made! The following, 
Wednesday night nearly seventy-five peo-
ple jammed into the prayer meeting 
home to see and hear the studies. Plans 
were then laid to meet in the home on, 
the following Sunday. The group making 
these plans were not only our brethren 
but the deacon, the clerk, and the secre-
tary of the other church. 
During the week the conference sent 
out fifty folding chairs to this largo 
home, and the Adventists in Nashville 
who were acquainted with the work of 
these laymen prayed most earnestly 
that all would work out to save this proj-
ect for the Lord. During those critical 
days before the Sunday when the people 
were to meet with our brethren and turn 
their backs on their own church, our 
brethren visited the homes of these peo-
ple. They found them in prayer and 
study that God would teach them what 
to do the following Sunday, and family 
after family promised to meet in the big 
house the next Sunday. 
Reader friend, they were there! The 
offering in the other church that Sunday 
was thirty-seven cents, and over at the 
big house it was five dollars. 
That Sunday, after meeting and a tes-
timony service a building committee was 
appointed. The sequel? The deacon works 
at the mill and plans to mill the lumber; . 
another man pointed out fine thither to 
be cut on his land; the hauling—an Ad-
ventist brother has offered to haul the 
logs to the mill free of charge; and as I 
write, the people who meet in the big 
house are felling trees. 
The first project will be to build a 
church school building. Then the church 
will follow. Money will be needed for 
nails, windows, roofing, etc., but these 
brethren know that when the time comes, 
God will provide. 
The faithful old mother of many in 
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that community, who lies on a bed of 
sickness, kept her first Sabbath last 
week. The Sabbath truth has not yet 
been presented in the 20th Century 
Course or in the prayer meeting. We look 
for that large Sunday school to become 
a Sabbath school in the new church 
school building in the near future. 
D. W. O'sasnm, H.M. Sec., 
Kentucky-Tennessee Conference. 
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Witnessing for Jesus 
ONE of our native boys from Malamulo 
-went to one of the large tea plantations 
and asked the owner for a job. lie said 
he had enough tea pickers at the present, 
but the boy said, "Try me. I can pick a 
lot of tea. I'm a Christian and a good 
worker." 
"A Christian!" exclaimed the owner, 
"Begone; I'll have no Christians -working 
for me. They're lazy, always getting oft 
to go to a funeral or a wedding." 
"But, said the boy, "I'm a different 
kind of Christian, I'm a Seventh-day Ad-
ventist Christian." "What's that?" asked 
the owner. "Just try me one day," 
pleaded the boy, "and I'll show you that 
Seventh-day Adventist Christians are 
good workers." 
Problem: Proper Conduct of the 
Church Missionary Services 
"I am writing to ask counsel regard-
ing the church service devoted to a mis-
sionary program once a month. How does 
it work out? Do you recommend the 
plan? I am for it one hundred per cent. 
I believe in sermons, but I think that 
once a month a well-planned and inter-
esting home missionary program would 
stimulate missionary service. I have the 
book Christian Service, and believe it is 
a masterpiece. I have been an Adventist 
thirty years, and have held nearly every 
office in the church; but I have a burden 
to see our people in the church enter into 
a living missionary spirit. I know that 
some of our people all over the country 
are opposed to giving the full time once 
a month to a missionary program, but I 
would like to know if the plan is gener-
ally carried out, and just what impor-
tance is attached to it." 
The owner agreed to try him for a 
week, but the boy said he would work 
only five days, for Sunday had already 
passed and he did no work on Saturday. 
"Ah," said the owner, "I knew you 
couldn't last a week." "I don't work on 
Saturdays," said the young man, "but 
you try me for the five days." 
Early the next morning the boy was at 
work in the tea fields while the others 
were still lounging around having their 
smokes. At noon he paused for only a 
light lunch, and then picked late in the 
evening. Ho rested while the others 
drank and danced. At the end of the five 
days the records showed that he had 
picked three times as much as any of the 
other boys. 
"I'll have to see that Dr. Memel," said 
the owner, "and see what he teaches you 
boys that makes you such good workers." 
The young man eventually became the 
foreman, and he had the permission of 
the owner to teach the other young men 
so they too would become good workers. 
During their times oft the young man 
was busy teaching the truth to the na-
tives. He no longer picked tea but was 
employed to oversee the others. And the 
owner was glad if they became Seventh-
day Adventist Christians. 
J. M. HNATYSHYN. 
Answer: When the missionary pro-
gram is properly arranged, and those 
participating are thoroughly prepared to 
do their part well, the monthly mission-
ary service is not only interesting and 
beneficial, but absolutely essential in 
maintaining a live missionary spirit. The 
secret of the effectiveness of this 
monthly missionary program rests with 
the church missionary officers, not simply 
in assigning parts to the members, but in 
keeping in hand a live fund of experience 
and plans to draw upon as needed. 
The pastor of the church and the dis-
trict superintendent may be depended 
on to give support to the missionary 
service, and this they will do in a variety 
of ways, by suggestion, counsel, admoni-
tion, and taking a leading part in the 
program. But the main responsibility for 
this service rests with the missionary of-
ficers, who should be in touch with cur-
rent missionary experiences or problems 
of the church members and able to make 
the program -convey a true picture of 
what is being done and what needs to be 
done to extend the gospel light in a wider 
radius. The CHURCH OFFICERS' GAZETTE 
contains special material for the help of 
the missionary leader in planning for 
this service each month. 
The same principle applies in the con-
duct of the weekly missionary service 
which follows the close of Sabbath school 
and occupies not more than ten minutes. 
This is a very brief period of time, but 
if properly handled, serves as the golden 
link in the chain of missionary endeavor. 
This is the time to collect reports of 
missionary work, to emphasize current 
plans, and to arouse the missionary 
spirit. 
Your vision of the important place 
held by the missionary services of the 
church is commendable. Hold as steady 
as the needle to the pole, for a live mis-
sionary church will be reflected in the 
missionary services of the church, and 
vice versa. 
Problem: Why do some churches disre-
gard the ten-minute missionary service 
immediately 
following 
the Sabbath 
school? Do you recommend the service? 
If so, why is it not made a part of every 
church program? If you do not consider 
it important, why is it included in the 
church missionary organization? 
Answer: Lot us answer this problem 
by taking the second question first. The 
action of the General Conference taken 
at Autumn Council has recommended 
that immediately following the Sabbath 
school ten minutes be dedicated to the 
taking of the missionary report and the 
announcements of missionary plans. Thits 
we do recommend the service. 
Why isn't it a part of every church 
organization? First, because the church 
board or the minister is not thoroughly 
convinced, perhaps, that it is necessary; 
and second, because with the shifting of 
the Sabbath school members, and the 
children coming upstairs, the confusion 
is so great that it becomes embarrassing, 
This also answers the first question. 
We find, though, that some of the very 
finest of our pastors and church mission-
ary leaders are utilizing the ton-minute 
period actively, and we believe that it • 
has a real place in the well-organized 
church. 
Problem: What missionary work can 
we do? How can we get started? 
Answer: The purpose of the church or- 
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ganization is missionary work. It is not 
good practice to let individual members 
scatter out in individual missionary work 
as they may be moved to do. This is no 
doubt better than nothing, and often-
times this is the only kind of work that 
is done. The missionary committee, which 
is the church board with the missionary 
leader in the chair, should meet and lay 
careful plans for the missionary work of 
the church. This meeting should be called 
by the church elder, either at the begin-
ning of the year or at the opening of 
some seasonal time of the year. Every 
Prisoners Studying the Bible 
ONE of the faithful members of our 
church at the headquarters of the Lake 
Titicaca Mission visited the public 
prison and spoke to the prisoners about 
the Radio Bible Correspondence Course. 
The result was that two hundred en-
rolled. I did not think much of this great 
number of new Bible students from that 
place, did not even bother to file their 
names. But to my surprise here are one 
hundred test papers sent back for correc-
tion from the public jail in Punol This 
is extremely interesting to me, and even 
though they are badly written and they 
smell (most of them are dirty), I take a 
special interest in each one of these les-
sons, for here again I have an opportu-
nity to help these dear people for whom 
my wife and I have had the privilege of 
laboring for several years. Many of these 
poor prisoners, who perhaps have spent 
years in this dirty dungeon where they 
have to cook for themselves and care for 
themselves, have never really heard the 
gospel or read the Bible. Some, perhaps, 
are believers who have gone astray; pos-
sibly some are there without guilt, and 
others for their faith in the message. 
How wonderful that they can be reached 
in this way with the everlasting gospel! 
It is interesting to notice how they end 
their letters. Nearly all write, "Your sad 
student," and some, "Your invisible stu-
dent." Yes, they are invisible to us, as 
are all those in the audience of the Voice 
of Prophecy, and as are all our Bible stu-
dents—these in a special way, invisible 
to the world. But God sees them, and as 
our prayers follow the lessons and the 
letters we send, we are sure that His 
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church should have a careful plan, well 
studied and adapted to the use of the 
church. Work should be provided for 
every member. Not everyone can give 
Bible studies. Not all can do the same 
work; so work must be planned for all, 
old and young. 
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The 'final scenes on the stage are set, 
The TIME and the TASK and the MEN are 
met ; 
The world at Its worst needs the church 
at its best, 
We're called for this hour! Will we stand 
the test/ 
—Amax A. Ezintn. 
Spirit will also comfort and guide these 
"sad" and "invisible" souls. 
One who apparently had known Jesus, 
but had gone astray, wrote extensively 
about how the disciples all left their 
Master after the supper the last evening 
He was with them, and how he also had 
left his Master, but that he now had 
come back. He finished his letter like 
this: "The Lord is my Shepherd; I shall 
not want. He will guide me as long as 
I live, until the end of the world." 
Another, who tells that he is impris-
oned for murder, is studying the lessons, 
and expresses his appreciation and his de-
sire to learn more of the gospel of Christ. 
Certainly the correspondence school plan 
is a marvelous one. It reaches to the ends 
of the world, to the most remote places, 
and to the souls most lost in sin, The 
Lord knows those who are His, and He 
is gathering them in. 
BENT A. LARSEN. 
In Jail 
SISTER EWING, of the Louisville, Ken-
tucky, church was invited by her cousin, 
who is matron of the city jail, to make a 
visit there. While there she played the 
piano, and as the inmates heard our sis-
ter play they invited her to play for them 
during their prayer meeting. After the 
service our sister offered to come the fol-
lowing Wednesday and show pictures. 
Permission was enthusiastically given. 
What a spiritual feast those poor sin-
g& souls experienced as they sang songs 
from the screen, heard -the story of the 
love of Christ and saw it portrayed on 
the screen, and yes—murderess and fed- 
May, 1947 
eral prisoner alike bowed their heads in 
prayer to our heavenly Father. After the 
study when a call was made for testi-
monies, one after another of these girls 
stood and told their experiences. 
One night a girl told the following ex-
perience: "I was brought up in a home 
where the Bible was an unknown quan-
tity—no church, no religious training. 
And I have been wondering about God 
and the plan of salvation. Last night I 
knelt by my bed in the middle of the 
night and asked God to forgive my sins, 
and a sweet peace came over my soul." 
What a testimony from the lips of one 
who had gone to the very depths in sin! 
There has been a remarkable feature 
of these meetings which has come to the 
attention of the inmates as well as our 
lay worker. There is a Bible Headings for 
the Home Circle in the chapel where the 
meetings are being held, and each Wed-
nesday Sister Ewing gives a study on the 
topic chosen by a prisoner during the 
week. For three consecutive weeks the 
film that Sister Ewing brought with her 
corresponded with the special topic de-
sired for the evening study. When the 
attention of the inmates was drawn to 
this coincidence week after week, deep 
conviction took hold of the worshipers, 
and a real earnestness took possession of 
their hearts. 
Many of these prisoners were enrolled 
in the 20th Century Bible Course, and 
after leaving prison they have continued 
to study the course. 
The godly work that Sister Ewing is 
doing in behalf of the Louisville cast-
aways surely is of the highest type. Week 
after week she visits with Christ in 
prison, feeds lost souls the Bread of 
Life, and through the Divine Spirit 
clothes them in the robe of Christ's right- 
eousness. �
D. W. Oirrtht, H.H. Sec., 
Kentucky-Tensessee Conference. 
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"A Hole in the Wall" 
A NEGRO preacher was illustrating his 
faith in God. "Yes," he said, "if God told 
me to jump through a brick wall that 
had no hole in it, I would do it. It is for 
me to do what God tells me, without 
question, and it is for God to make the 
hole in the wall." 
We need more of this kind of faith in 
our everyday experience. We need to 
step out in faith and do the things' that 
God has asked us to do, and leave the 
results in His hands. Following that plan 
will enable us to take the gospel to peo-
ple and places that may seem impossible 
to reach. The results are generally grati- 
Weekly Church Missionary Services 
Note to Leaders: Plan for the regular ten-minute weekly service to follow the 
Sabbath school. This should never be a preaching service. Three minutes should be 
used for getting reports, four minutes for presenting material in the GAZETTE, and the 
remaining three minutes for personal testimonies or experiences. You observe that 
this gives no extra time for singing or sermonettes. This service should not be allowed 
to run longer than TEN MINUTES. 
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Eying. The following letter emphasizes 
this point: 
"My FRIENDS IN CHRIST: 
"This letter is to inform you that I 
am in receipt of your letter, for which I 
want to thank you and give an explana-
tion. 
"I should have written you immedi-
ately on my release, but honestly, what 
with the joy freedom brings, and then 
too the excitement of moving all my per-
sonal belongings from Stillwater, I sim-
ply couldn't have made it any sooner. 
All my belongings as yet have not 
reached me. Until they do, probably 
within the next ten days, I shall refrain 
from answering any lessons due you and 
beg that you not only excuse me but try 
to understand. 
"I want you to remember that. this 
study is not a thing of the past with me. 
I need it and need it badly. In fact, you, 
in a measure, are responsible for my de-
termination to seek higher and more 
noble fields of service for our Lord and 
for His name's sake. I thank God for 
you and such as you. I ask only that you 
be patient, and I will not fail you, nor 
Him. 
"Once again I thank you for your in-
terest. May God richly bless you and 
your work is my prayer. I am— 
"YottaS ix Tim." 
This letter clearly shows that the 
power of God is able to penetrate prison 
walls and touch the hearts of lawbreak-
ers. Through the Bible Correspondence 
Course this man found definite help that 
has led him to Christ. Others in the same 
prison are also taking the course, and 
we are praying that they too may find a 
closer association with God, 
When we first learned that there was 
a group of prisoners taking the Bible 
Correspondence Course we tried to ar-
range to conduct meetings with them, 
but were informed by those in charge of 
the prison that it would be impossible. 
We had faith to believe that God could 
"make a hole in the wall," however, and 
prayed to that end. Later, permission 
was granted to hold a meeting in the 
prison once a month. 
Satan has built many walls to hedge us 
in and keep us from doing missionary 
work, He does not want us to give Bible 
studies or to encourage our friends and 
neighbors to enroll in the Bible Corre-
spondence School. But the work of God 
on earth must be finished, and we must 
exercise more faith in Him and press 
forward together in the greatest soul-
winning campaign we have ever con- 
ducted. Let us do all we can to reach 
those who are in a more terrible prison 
than that made with walls of stone—the 
prison house of sin. Christ has given ns 
May S 
THE RIGHT ARM OF THE MES-
SAGE—ACTIVE OR WITHERED? 
THERE is much that we can do as in-
dividual church members to become med-
ical missionaries. Perhaps you have felt 
that you must have a formal medical ed-
ucation before engaging in thin line of 
work; or you may be one who considers 
that only those who have spent a term of 
service in the foreign field are medical 
missionaries. 
However, the truth is that all of us 
are called to become active in medical 
missionary lines. "In every place the sick 
may be found, and those who go forth as 
workers for Christ should be true health 
reformers, prepared to give those who 
are sick the simple treatments that will 
relieve them, and then pray with them. 
Thus they will open the door for the en-
trance of the truth. The doing of this 
work will be followed by good results. 
Our Sabbath-keeping families should 
keep their minds filled with helpful prin-
ciples of health reform and other lines of 
truth, that they may be a help to their 
neighbors. Be practical missionaries. 
Gather up all the knowledge possible that 
will help to combat disease. This may be 
done by those who are diligent students." 
—Medical Ministry, p. 320. 
The reason that the Lord calls upon 
each of us as individuals to take hold of 
this work is that it so closely carries out 
the plan that Heaven began when Jesus 
first came to visit this sin-cursed world. 
The Lord knows that by closely copying 
the great Master Physician we will re-
ceive new life, new vision, a new ele-
ment. "A new element needs to be 
brought into the work. God's people must 
receive the warning, and 'work for souls 
right where they are; for people do not 
realize their great need and peril. Christ 
sought the people where they were, and 
placed before them the great truths in 
regard to His kingdom. As He went from 
place to place, He blessed and comforted 
the suffering, and healed the sick. This 
is our work. God would have us relieve 
the necessities of the destitute. The rea-
son that the Lord does not manifest His 
power more decidedly is because there is 
so little spirituality among those who 
claim to believe the truth."—Ibid., p. 
319. 
How much we need this new life, this 
new element, that will give us power to 
our orders. We are to go into all the 
world with the gospel. We must follow 
His orders without question, He will re- 
ward our faith. �
W. L. BARCLAY. 
transform the lives of our friends and 
neighbors! Very soon we shall see even 
worse calamities than are now taking 
place about us; soon, much sooner than 
we realize, persecution will be a daily 
occurrence among the remnant. The Lord 
seeks to prepare us for that time. He 
intends His work to go forward until 
probation closes. The words of inspira-
tion point the way and give us the meth-
ods that we should be using now. 
"As religious aggression subverts the 
liberties of our nation, those who would 
stand for freedom of conscience will be 
placed in unfavorable positions. For 
their own sake they should, while they 
have opportunity, become intelligent in 
regard to disease, its causes, prevention, 
and cure. And those who do this will find 
a field of labor anywhere. There will be 
suffering ones, plenty of them, who will 
need help, not only among those of our 
own faith, but largely among those who 
know not the truth. The shortness of 
time demands an energy that has not 
been aroused among those who claim to 
believe the present truth."--/bid., p. 321. 
With this picture before us, what can 
we as individual church members do to 
prepare for action in medical missionary 
lines/ May we suggest that you become 
a member of the home nursing class in 
your church. Should this not be possible, 
then form a health study group. "But 
few can take a course of training in our 
medical institutions. But all can study 
our health literature, and become intelli-
gent on this important subject."—Ibid., 
p. 320, 
Then having studied and learned some 
simple, practical health lessons, become 
a medical missionary in your very own 
neighborhood. Opportunities to minister 
to the sick will be open before you. Place 
our health literature in the homes of 
those near you. In this manner prejudice 
and barrier walls will be broken, and you 
will gain access to homes which other-
wise would be left untouched. 
We must arouse ourselves and as indi-
viduals prepare to do the work Christ 
began on earth, and which He commis-
sioned His disciples to continue. 
"The words spoken to the disciples are 
spoken to us also. None need think that 
the day for working as the apostles 
worked is past. Men and women can 
to-day work as Christ has given them ex-
ample. To all will come opportunities to 
minister to sin-sick souls and to those in 
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need of physical healing. Physical heal-
ing is a science of heavenly birth, bound 
up with the gospel commission,"—/bid., 
pp. 319, 320. 
Let us start today with a new vision 
and fulfill the gospel commission. 
May 10 
THE IMPORTANCE OF "FOLLOW 
UP" IN INGATRERING WORN 
INGATHERINO time is soul-winning time. 
The harvester of souls will find at least 
one interested individual every time he 
goes out if his heart is really tuned to 
look for souls. God has given us the In-
gathering plan to help us bring the truth 
to our neighbors. Generally, if the solici-
tor is alert, two or more interested ones 
may be found on each trip out, whether 
from house to house or among the busi-
ness places. Each solicitor should be pre-
pared, with pencil and paper, to get the 
names and addresses of interested ones. 
With a prayer in our hearts, we must 
hunt and fish for souls. The great pur-
pose of Ingathering is to seek out the 
interested ones among those we solicit. 
They aro out there, waiting to be gath-
ered in. The progressive church looking 
for souls expects each solicitor to bring 
in the names of interested people whom 
he has met, and this interest is carefully 
developed by seeking to bring each one 
into the truth. 
Our first point in following up such in-
terest is to leave the Ingathering maga-
zine, later calling with other literature 
to develop .the interest, perhaps followed 
by a Crisis book from the lending li-
brary. As far as possible, the same per-
son should continue to call upon the per-
sons whom he first visited. 
The solicitor should lead the interested 
one to desire Bible studies in the home. 
Then someone who is prepared to give 
Bible studies should immediately and 
regularly give these studies, ever seeking 
to bring the soul to Christ and the third 
angel's message. 
During an Ingathering campaign a so-
licitor rang a doorbell persistently. 
Finally a lady answered, with a much-
worried look on her face, As the solicitor 
entered the lady said, "I don't see why 
you came at just this time. I am so sick 
of life and in such despair that I was 
just this very moment going in to turn 
on the gas and lie down to die." Our so-
licitor prayed with her and led her to 
Christ. 
The Ingathering season is the great 
soul-gathering time for God's kingdom. 
He sends His angels to go with and help 
us. Even the children can find souls if 
taught how to do so. "The harvest truly 
is great, but . . "I 
War. A. BUTLER. 
May 17 
INGATHERING VICTORY DAY 
DAVID LIVINGSTONE wrote from the 
jungle depths of Africa, "All I can add 
in my loneliness is, May Heaven's rich 
blessing come down upon everyone who 
will help to heal the open sore of the 
world." 
As one body of believers, we have 
united to answer the heart-stirring Mace- 
donian calls and to heal the sin-sick souls 
in benighted lands. With probation fast 
closing, and with the finishing work of 
God dependent upon the continuation of 
our loyalty, pastors, church officers, 
members, and youth were impelled to 
greater service in the Ingathering cru-
sade. 
On this Victory Sabbath let us make a 
memorial of thankfulness to God for His 
guidance and blessing along the 1947 In-
gathering trail. As we reverently kneel 
to thank Him for Ingathering success, 
our hearts exclaim, "To God be the glory, 
great things He hath done." 
To simply say "Thank you for your 
faithfulness, sacrifice, and hard work" is 
most inadequate. How glad we are that 
Christ expresses Ins thankfulness by giv-
ing us joy, peace, and satisfaction in a 
work well done! 
May God bequeath Heaven's richest 
blessings upon each of you for your de-
termined perseverance, untiring service, 
and self-sacrificing spirit revealed again 
in this year's Ingathering campaign. 
J. ERNEST EDWARDS. 
May 24 
TACTFUL SOUL WINNERS 
"THE kingdom of Christ spreads by 
the spontaneous activity of those who 
have already become its subjects. All 
Christian history is only the exhibition 
of this simple fact. The instinctive in-
clination of every newborn Christian is 
to communicate the glad tidings to his 
kinsmen, friends, and neighbors. In no 
respect does Methodism more nearly re-
semble primitive Christianity than in the 
evangelistic temper that characterized its 
first adherents. It was this that gave it 
such expansive vigor, and caused it to 
spread so rapidly over the land. Not min-
isters alone, but also the multitudes of 
the laity, men and women alike, threw 
themselves with the greatest possible zeal 
into the work of gaining fresh converts." 
—Bistion E. E. Ross. 
This was true quite largely of early Ad-
ventism. Every farmer, every mechanic, 
every schoolteacher, became an evangel. 
Many of them would go out to neighbor-
ing schoolhouses, or to the next county, 
and hold a series of meetings. In a few 
weeks a new church was raised up. This 
was the way Andrew did when he found 
Christ; Philip found Natbanael in the 
same way; the Samaritan woman found 
her village; the cleansed demoniac, of 
the eighth chapter of Luke, found ten 
villages. This is the way "the word of 
God increased; and the number of the 
disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; 
and a great company of the priests were 
obedient to the faith." Acts 6:7. Each 
man told his neighbor the joyful story 
of how he had been redeemed from sin 
and filled with hope in the dark world of 
THERE'S a work for Jesus, 
Ready at your hand, 
'ICE a task the Master 
Just for you has planned. 
Haste to do MS bidding, 
Yield Him service true; 
There's a work for Jesus, 
None but you can do. 
—Selected, 
the Roman Empire. In the midst of the 
hopelessness of the decaying pagan reli-
gion about them, these Christians were 
filled with joy, and simply told the story 
one to another. 
This experience was repeated time 
after time down through the history of 
the church. Every time the Spirit of God 
baptized the church with His presence a 
new wave of lay evangelism swept the 
world. Wycliffe's Lollards were lay 
preachers filled with zeal because he 
placed the Bible in their hands again. 
Luther's monks left their monastery, and 
the priests left their charges and went 
up and down the country, scattering 
abroad his publications and telling the 
gospel story again. Wesley's lay preach-
ers in Methodism were new outbursts of 
spontaneous evangelism by people who 
had something to talk about. They had 
experienced the conversion that gave 
them new life. One of the American bish-
ops, MeRendry, says, "Without a thought 
of preaching, I began to tell my ac-
quaintances what the Lord had done for 
me. It had its effect, and lasting impres-
sions were made. Thus I was impercep-
tibly led on until the preachers and the 
people began to urge me to speak more 
publicly." And he became one of Meth-
odism's outstanding preachers of the 
South. 
That is precisely what we need today, 
this spontaneous witnessing for Christ, 
not the forced, the urged, the pushed, 
into witnessing, but that which springs 
naturally from the human heart. 
A leading newspaper columnist was 
asked to state his opinion as to what par-
ticular catastrophe during the last quar-
ter of a century had caused the greatest 
loss to the human race. His reply was: 
not floods, fires, epidemics, earthquakes, 
financial disasters, or even the two 
world wars, with their slaughter of fifty 
millions of men and the wiping out of 
hundreds of billions of dollars' worth of 
property; but he considered that the 
greatest loss to the human race, to the 
march of human progress, centered in 
the decline of the spirit of evangelism on 
the part of the Christian church. "Mil-
lions of good respectable Christians," 
said he, "are negatively good, but of no 
force in the kingdom of God. This is the 
greatest catastrophe of modern times." 
HENRY F. BROWN. 
May 31 
WHO IS MY NEIGHBOR? 
THIS question is ever before us. Each 
individual must determine who his neigh-
bor is. To whom do I owe help? The 
story of the good Samaritan was given 
to answer that very question, and it is 
very clearly answered. Anyone in need, 
anyone who requires my help, is my 
neighbor. "I owe a duty," Paul said. 
Romans 1:14, Moffatt. To whom are we 
in debt? To every soul around us who is 
in physical need, or who needs spiritual 
assistance, comfort, or help. It should be 
our God-given purpose in life to attempt 
to pass On to others all those things we 
possess which they need. 
Ilmsati F. Bnows. 
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Department of Education 
Featuring Home and Parent Education in the 
Home and School Association and the Christian Home Council 
............ 
 
Teaching' the Value and Use 
of Money 
Only a Tenth 
4011a tenth of ripened grain, 
One tenth of tree and vine, 
One tenth of all the yield, 
For ten months' rain and shine. 
One tenth of lowing herds 
That browse on hill and plain, 
One tenth of bleating flocks, 
For ten mouths' plenteous gain. 
'One tenth of all Increase 
'From counting room and mart, 
One tenth that science yields, 
One tenth for every art. 
One tenth of loom and press, 
One tenth of mill and mine, 
One tenth of every art 
Wrought out by gifts of Thine. 
One tenth of glowing words 
That glowing dollars hold, 
One tenth of written thoughts 
That turn to shining gold. 
One tenth! and dost Thou, Lord, 
Ask but this meager toll, 
When all was made by Thee, 
And Thou dost own the whole! 
One tenth! what gracious love 
in all Thy ways We sbe, 
With royal bounty blessing those 
Who pay Thine own to Thee. 
—Author unknown. 
Weighing Values 
VIOLA KING DOERING 
Foe Mother's Day my little girl bought 
me a pretty card, for which she paid a 
quarter. "Why didn't you take the quar-
ter," I said, "and buy me something use-
ful, dear?" She was hurt, and it was a 
dull, stupid thing for me to say. Her 
thoughtfulness was worth more than 
what the twenty-fiye-cent piece would 
have bought of anything materially use-
ful. In helping children to see the value 
of the worth-while things in life, we 
should endeavor to place value where 
value lies without injuring little hearts. 
There will be more dollars to buy useful 
things after the child has grown up. 
One of the members of our Mothers' 
Club said her husband bought her some 
pretty colored plastic clothespins. She 
had plenty of other clothespins at the 
time, but not wishing to hurt his feel-
ings, she accepted his gift in the spirit 
in which it was given. A gift of love can-
not be valued in dollars and cents. 
One has constantly to judge values. 
Will money be better invested in the 
child's comfort and happiness now, or 
saved for a contemplated benefit in the 
future? One of my thrifty. uncles man-
aged by saving, wise planning, and with- 
holding the children's earnings, to amass 
quite a sum which he thought to distrib-
ute to them as they became of age. One 
boy, who had particularly missed some of 
the childish pleasures that he felt he had 
rightfully darned, when asked if he did 
not appreciate the fact that his money 
had been saved until he could invest it 
wisely, told his father, "I would rather 
have had a little of it as I grew up," 
While it is well to learn early in life 
to weigh values and to sacrifice present 
pleasures for the joy of future benefits, 
even this lesson must be tempered with 
reason and consideration for the child's 
present pleasure and benefit. As far as 
possible without extravagance, children 
should be given advantages comparable 
to those of other children in their social 
group. A little money spent for their 
pleasure and convenience now may moan 
more to them than hundreds of dollars in 
adult life. In. fact, a little pleasure or 
advantage given to them now may place 
them on a level with others, in their own 
estimation, in such a way that they will 
be better able to earn the hundreds for 
themselves when they reach adult status. 
In a recent number of Life a Chinese 
boy is pictured lying on the curb, starved 
to death, with his bony hand clutching 
some paper money—money no longer of 
value to him. During the war, in some 
Notes to Leaders 
Im Would be hard to name a more prac-
tical topic for discussion at a Home and 
School Association meeting; and perhaps 
a thoughtful consideration of this very 
topic was never more needed. During the re-
cent war years money has flowed freely for 
many, and even the children and youth 
caught the spirit that thrift was a bit old-
fashioned and quite unnecessary in their 
young lives. Often boys and girls brought 
home larger pay checks than their fathers 
or mothers; but there is serious question 
how much they were benefited thereby. 
The two articles given here point to the 
true values which should be taught. The 
Presentation in both is very plain, and the 
line is clearly drawn between the right and 
the wrong training. Which course are you 
following. 
Often we wish that it were possible to 
do something more definite for our neigh-
bors. Why not announce that this would be 
a good time for members to bring their 
friends and neighbors for this practical 
study? Then be sure the parts on the 
program are well prepared and presented 
in an appealing way. Ask parents to come 
prepared to add their persona/ experiences 
and convictions to the thoughts brought out 
in the articles. Let the whole topic of 
Stewardship for the Lord take on a new 
meaning in every home. 
Illomnsca K. RlasOIL 
countries homes were papered with nearly 
worthless paper bills. Even the most pre-
cious metal is of no value as a medium 
of exchange unless there is something 
worth while for which to exchange it. 
The dollar bill is shrinking; that is, 
for some time its value has been decreas-
ing. Economists would say that the dol-
lar is cheap because one cannot buy 
nearly as much with it as he could ten or 
twenty years ago. In many countries the 
value of the dollar changes overnight. 
So one cannot establish or teach an ab-
solute and unchanging value of money. 
There is grave danger in placing too 
great confidence in any medium of ex-
change. There are persons who still have 
the first nickel they ever earned—and 
there are others whose last nickel is al-
ready gone. To handle money to its best 
advantage, to go to neither of these ex-
tremes, is a principle one can well learn 
and profitably help others to follow. 
There are persons who seem to have 
been born with dollar signs for eyes. 
They buy land in order to raise pigs. 
The more pigs they have, the more land 
they need to grow more corn to feed 
those pigs, to buy more land to grow 
more corn; and so a vicious circle is es-
tablished—the pigs looking for more 
corn and the corn needing more land. 
The owner never seems to get enough of 
either, but is always grasping for more 
money. Now and then one hears of some 
spoiled creature who was "born with a 
silver spoon in his mouth." Such a per-
son is not to be envied; he is most unfor-
tunate. One who receives money through 
no effort of his own faces a real danger, 
and is worse off than the man who is born 
in poverty. Why? Because he does not 
realize or appreciate the toil, the plan-
ning, and the investment back of his 
wealth; nor does he know the value of 
money or how to use it wisely, and it is 
soon gone. There is an old saying, "Three 
generations from poverty to wealth and 
back again to poverty." 
Children should have the thrill of earn-
ing and spending money for themselves. 
They should learn that it is hard to earn, 
but easy to spend; it comes by "twenty-
mule-team" effort and slips away like 
greased lightning. A sister of mine often 
sends my children something nice. To 
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help them appreciate her gift I say, 
"Your aunt had to take a lot of tempera-
tures, walk a lot of halls, and give a lot 
of pills to earn the money for that dress." 
When children earn their own dollar 
by picking berries in the hot sun, they 
turn it over twice before spending it. 
The money their mother earns by teach-
ing school is easier for them to spend 
because they don't realize how much 
drilling on "readin', ritin', and 'rithme-
tic" it took to earn it. 
A child should be made to feel that he 
is an integral part of the family unit, 
and of the larger unit of community 
and school society. As a member of the 
family, he should learn to share in the 
responsibilities of planning and purchas-
ing for the home. Let a child take a five-
dollar bin and go shopping with you. 
You will see him, long before an hour is 
up, stand aghast, as we elders often do, 
wondering where the money went. After 
shopping around a bit, he will learn, as 
we have learned, to tighten the belt, and 
take the next bus home. 
After a few such guided shopping ex-
peditions, the child may take his own 
money and go on his own shopping trip. 
He may make some mistakes, but he will 
eventually learn not to pick up the first 
thing that appeals to his fancy. He will 
begin to consider economic as well as es-
thetic values in making his purchases. 
Many adults have never learned to live 
within their income, and this fault is 
one of the curses of the modern genera-
tion. Children can be taught to curb 
their desires for things which are not 
within their financial grasp, and to sub-
stitute other things that will serve their 
purposes just as well. Many children are 
given expensive toys to play with, to dis-
card or to destroy, when, as a matter of 
fact, equal or greater pleasure can be 
derived from their own inventions. 
Children should be taught the danger 
of buying freely on credit, or heavy in-
stallment buying. A friend once drove by 
my home in a new car of which, he seemed 
very proud. "Is it yours'?" I asked curi-
ously. "Mine and the finance company's," 
he replied. That is all too typical of fam-
ilies today who buy nearly everything on 
such a plan. In a time of prosperity, 
when money comes easily, it is dangerous 
to contract obligations which may extend 
over a period when money is not so easily 
earned. One should be sure of his income 
before contracting heavy weekly or 
monthly obligations. Children will often 
want to invest in something that costs 
every penny of their allowance. It sounds 
easy—"A dollar down and a dollar a 
month." But have they figured how many 
months they will be paying that dollar? 
or how many months they will be earning 
the dollars with which to pay As they 
get a little older, one can help them fig-
ure out the rate of interest they are actu-
ally paying, which is often as much as 
two or three hundred per cent. 
Parents can early help their children 
to analyze their wants and see whether 
they are really essential or worth while. 
A lady of my acquaintanee—a widow 
with five children to feed, clothe, and 
educate—always seemed to have money 
not only for the necessities, but for some 
of the worth-while "luxuries" she wanted 
her children to have. People marveled 
that she could manage so well. A closer 
look into the home life showed that the 
hone was a sort of co-operative organi-
zation, in which every child had his own 
responsibility, and enjoyed it. One of the 
older children was assigned the responsi-
bility of seeing that the cow was fed and 
milked; another planted and tended the 
garden; still another did the housework 
and cooking. This relieved the mother so 
that she could do special work which 
would bring in the extra income they 
needed. I asked her one day how she 
managed to do it, and she replied, "Just 
by getting along without some things 
other people feel they must have." 
It is a wonderful thing to give chil-
dren certain responsibilities, aside from 
their regular duties, for which they are 
paid—either in money, or in special priv-
ileges and pleasures. A child will work 
with a will to do something essential and 
even distasteful that he may spend an 
afternoon at the beach, for instance. 
When we were children we used to 
spend the mornings doing our assigned 
work, with the promise that the after-
noons could be spent in play. We were 
also paid a penny a row for pulling 
weeds out of the corn and seeing that it 
was hoed. We had, of course, our regular 
duties—our part of the co-operative home 
arrangement—for which we were not 
paid. But the money we saved from our 
earnings we were allowed to spend at the 
county fair, which came during the sum-
mer months. Our parents would have 
taken us to the fair and would have 
spent their money for it, so they were 
not out anything in paying us for our 
extra work. But they recognized the 
value to us of earning what we spent. 
The fact that we had worked for our 
money made us think as we spent it. 
As long as we are on this earth, -where 
our daily bread is earned by the sweat 
of our brows, we shall, no doubt, have to 
use money to supply our daily needs. But 
too many of us spoil the life in making 
the living. This making a living should 
not be our all-absorbing goal. There are 
choices to be made as to the way one 
earns his money. As the child grows old 
enough to choose the work he wishes to 
do for others, he will have to make the 
decision whether ho is working just for 
the money or for the satisfaction he 
gains from work worthily done. If serv-
ice and love for others are the motives 
which actuate their lives, their choice 
will be "the better part," as was that of 
Mary, and at the same time the material 
necessities will be supplied. 
Money, as well as time, is a talent, and 
all of us have more or less of it passing 
through our hands. Some have more than 
others, for they have the talent of mak-
ing money. Theirs is a heavier responsi-
bility to their fellow men in its use. The 
tithing system teaches this lesson—the 
one who earns the most, gives most. 
A child should be taught to recognize 
God's ownership of all that he possesses, 
including his talent for earning. He 
needs also to learn to give, and to give 
wisely where the need exists. It is not 
necessary to give to those who are able 
to take care of themselves. Young people 
who are able-bodied and capable of help-
ing themselves are not benefited in the 
long run by being carried along as ob-
jects of charity. The young person going 
to school is not helped by well-meaning 
friends who supply his every need. A 
child should be taught that useful work 
is a part of his education and be urged 
to help himself to -earn as he learns. 
Very early a child may be taught the 
value of his possessions. Before he be-
gins to handle money of his own, he can 
learn to handle carefully his toys and 
clothes, as well as things that belong to 
other people. That same training will 
carry over into his daily living and affect 
his later handling of money itself. As he 
is shown bow to use care in such simple 
duties as washing dishes or sweeping the 
floor, he will be able to realize that a 
penny saved is a penny earned. 
It isn't how much we have but how we 
spend it that counts. It has been said 
that the only way to keep Christmas is 
to give it away; the only way to keep 
money is to spend it wisely—invest it in 
human life. One of these days money will 
lose its value altogether. We ourselves 
must realize—and teach our children—
that it has value only as it is used to ac-
complish things worth while. Spend it 
wisely for them; teach them to spend it 
wisely for themselves and for others. 
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A Lesson in Honesty 
BY EDITH GABRIEL 
"SEE here, Mother!" exclaimed John-
nie joyfully on returning from an errand 
to the grocery. "I have more money than 
I took to the store, and I have the crack-
ers and milk, too." 
"What do you mean, Johnnie?" asked 
Mrs. Davis. "Let me see," she added, as 
she looked into his half-open extended 
hand. 
"Count it, Mother. You'll see I'm 
right." 
"Let us count it together. Milk, fifteen 
cents—crackers, twenty cents. That is 
thirty-five cents. I gave you fifty cents, 
and, you have sixty-five cents left. How 
could it have happened?" 
"Mother, may I have it? It is mine, 
isn't it? Now I shall-have enough to get 
that tire pump for my bicycle. I'm 
lucky!" 
"Wait a minute, Son. Do you really 
think it is yours because the grocer made 
a mistake?" asked Mrs. Davis. 
"Well, if be is stupid enough to make 
such mistakes, it's his fault, isn't it?" 
said Johnnie, rather disconsolate to think 
his mother took a different view. 
"Let us talk this over," she replied 
"Suppose you and another boy are play-
ing a game in which quick and correct 
thinking and action count. Then, if your 
opponent is slow or makes a foolish move, 
it is right for you to benefit by the points 
which he loses, isn't it?" 
"Yes, Mother," said Johnnie hopefully. 
"But," continued Mrs. Davis, "it is 
only in games that one may take ad-
vantage of another's mistakes, and even 
in games there are very strict rules with 
regard to playing fair." 
"Yea, I'll say there are!" agreed John-
nie. 
"In business, if one person takes ad-
vantage of the other—that is, if he 
watches for a chance to make the other 
one lose—he is not being fair. Do you 
understand?" 
"I understand what you say, but I 
don't see why he isn't being fair." 
"We needed some crackers and some 
milk. The manufacturers of the crackers 
are a long way from here, and they sell 
them only in very large quantities; the 
milk comes from a dairy miles away, too. 
Mr. Mills stocks his store with many 
things like these, and he hires men to 
wait on his customers and to keep the 
place neat and clean. He charges a little 
more than he pays for each article, to 
make it possible for him to meet his ex-
penses and support his family. So, al- 
though he is in business first of all.for 
himself, his business is very important to 
us and to other families in the neighbor-
hood, too." 
"Yes—I see. He is really doing us a 
favor, isn't he? For me to keep his money 
when he made a mistake would be like—
like—well, you see Henry Stout asked me 
to change a glass marble for him this 
morning. He wanted live commons for 
his glass. While I was counting I dropped 
a common. He picked it up and gave it 
to me. He didn't try to keep it." 
"You have the right idea," replied his 
mother smiling. 
"I'll take the money back," said John-
nie. 
"And hurry, because dinner is about 
ready," she answered. 
Mr. Mills thanked Johnnie as he would 
have thanked a man under the same cir-
cumstances. Then he said, "You know I 
have too much to do; that is why I make 
mistakes. Say, young fellow, how would 
you like to earn a little money? You 
could work an hour after school—say, 
three days a week. That would help me 
a lot." 
"Mother, I think this is the best stew 
"Thanksgiving Ann" 
Torn grandfathers and grandmothers used 
to enjoy a story of an aged Negro woman 
who always sang about her work. "Thanks-
giving and the Voice of Melody" was her 
favorite, but it was always interrupted. 
"Thanksgiving an'—Come back, chile,yo' 
mustn't go out that gate!" "Thanksgiving 
an—Yes, Miss Grace, I'll fetch it for you 
right away." So that is how she got her 
name. 
The family she loved and worked for 
laughed at her way of giving. She had a 
box in which she put a tenth of her wages, 
and added special thank offerings, and the 
difference when some expense wag less than 
allowed for. The mistress of the household 
said she thought that made giving cold and 
calculating; she liked to give spontaneously, 
from love, all she could when the call came. 
The trouble was that there had always been 
some bill to pay, some treat for the chil-
dren, and when a call came there was go lit-
tle on hand. So one day Thanksgiving Ann 
tried her mistress' plan on the family's eve-
ning meal. She made no preparation ahead 
of time, but gathered up "just what there 
was"—scraps of cold meat and vegetables, 
bread—but it didn't go around. The father 
asked for some choice peaches he had sent 
home especially for dessert; she said apolo-
seticall y that e children had help ed them-
selves, and oneth way and another they were 
all gone. Father and mother talked long at 
the table. Could it be that their apologies 
when they handed in their collection enve-
lopes sounded to God the way their servant's 
did to them? When the father had said to 
her, "When I provide the food and work 
hard to pay for it, and pay you fur prepar-
ing it, it seems hard to find not enough to 
eat," Thanksgiving Ann replied humbly, 
'I'd heard so much about it's being iovinger 
to give spontaneously when the time came. 
I wanted to serve you the most loving way. 
But Pm going back to my 'systematics.' " 
And the family took up "systematics" too. 
—Mary H. Moscey in The Christian Home, 
Copyright, Stone and Pierce. Used by per-
mission. 
you ever made," said Johnnie as he 
passed his plate for a second helping, 
after relating his experience at the store. 
"May I work for Mr. Mills, Mother ?" 
"Yes, why not!" she answered. "I'm 
glad you like the stew."—National Kin-
dergarten Association. 
Money Sense 
MRS. EVERETT DICK 
FRANK sat slouched in the doorway of 
the barn, his chin in his hands and his 
elbows on his knees, staring down at the 
ground in front of him. Shep lay dozing 
in the sunshine near his feet. Presently 
the dog got up, stretched, and with a 
little low whine thrust his head up into 
Frank's face, begging to be noticed. 
With an impatient "Go 'way" Frank el-
bowed him to one side, where he stood 
impatiently waiting, wagging his tail, 
and looking anxiously at his master. 
Something was wrong, but Shep did not 
know what it was. 
There was -a clatter of hoofs, and Cal 
came riding into the barnyard on his 
pony. "Hi, Prank," he called. 
"Hullo," Frank grunted. 
"What's the matter?" 
"Nothin'." 
"Come on, get on Prince and let's go 
down to the creek," Cal suggested. 
"Don't want to." 
Cal jumped down from his pony and 
stood looking at his friend. "What's the 
matter, Frank? Feelin' kinda lonesome 
and blue about sellin' your heifer?" he 
asked. 
"That's bad enough," Frank said; 
"but that's not the worst of it. I guess 
she wasn't mine after all." 
"Not yours! What do you meant" 
"Dad told me when she was a tiny calf 
that if I would take care of her he would 
give her to me. Well, I did. You know 
how I took care of her. She was so sleek 
and fat and gentle. And now that she's 
a cow, Dad told me it was time to sell 
her. I didn't -want to give her up, but 
Dad said we couldn't keep her any 
longer; so I thought I'd sell her and put 
the money in the bank to help pay my 
way to the academy when I get old 
enough to go." Frank stood up and 
kicked out savagely at the straw that lay 
at his feet "I was just a fool, I guess—
a big fool." 
"I don't see why," Cal said. "There's 
nothing foolish about that, that I can 
see." 
"Oh, no/ Well, when Dad came back 
from taking her to market and I asked 
him how much she brought and where my 
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money was, he just laughed and said, 
'Don't get crazy ideas. You don't think 
Pd be dumb enough to trust you with all 
this money, do you? Besides, I just gave 
you the heifer to take care of. The mon-
ey's mine.'" And Frank turned and went 
into the barn so that Cal could not see 
the tears that rolled down Ms cheeks. 
How different was my own childhood. 
As I recall those days I re-experience the 
thrill I felt to hold in my little mittened 
hand the four or five pennies which Mrs. 
Howard's tall banker son left -with her 
each week to give to the little girl who, 
when asked what she was going to do 
with her money, had expressed her inten-
tion of saving it to buy a cowl 
One day my father, who was not an 
Adventist, came in and announced that 
he would have to do something about two 
little runt pigs. "Unless they have special 
care and feeding, they won't live," he 
said. "Do you suppose there are any 
folks around here who would like to have 
two little pigs all their own?" My brother 
and I jumped at the chance. Our very 
own! We filled the washtub with warm 
soapy water. While I held one squealing, 
protesting little pig, Perry scrubbed him. 
Then he held the next one, and I 
scrubbed. We fed them and cared for 
them every day, and they did their part 
by growing into fat young hogs. When 
the day came for them to be sold, Perry 
and I could hardly wait until father came 
home and handed to us the exact amount 
that they had brought—ten dollars and 
twenty eents each! 
Bight into the bank that money went, 
along with the "cow money" which I had 
already saved. Some time later my fa-
ther asked how much interest I vvas get-
ting on my money in the bank. I told him 
I was getting four per cent. "I'm in the 
market to borrow some money," he said. 
"I'd be willing to give four and a half 
per cent with interest compounded semi-
annually. If you are interested, let me 
know." 
At that time I knew nothing about 
compound interest, but I was not con-
tent until I had found out. When I had 
figured to my own satisfaction how much 
I would have after ten years if I loaned 
the money to Father, and how much I 
would have if I left it in the bank, the 
money was withdrawn from the bank 
forthwith and loaned to father. He must 
have smiled at the painless way I learned 
to compute compound interest. 
The years went by, and I was reluc-
tant to withdraw my money, for this was 
a valuable investment. Finally, when I 
had grown to young womanhood, had 
joined the church, and was looking for. 
ward to a Christian education in one of 
our colleges, I decided to go to business 
school preparatory to earning my own 
way through college. The money which 
had borne compound interest all those 
years now paid for my business course. 
Those thrifty days of my childhood, to-
gether with the sympathetic and under-
standing training of my parents, and my 
father's generous recognition of my at-
tempts to learn the value and use of 
money, made it possible for me to realize 
my goal. 
There are many ways in which parents 
may help their children build a sound 
sense of money values that will enable 
them to use money wisely. I think of 
John and Alice. Every month their par-
ents gave them an allowance: a dollar 
each, paid to them at first in coins—nine 
dimes, one nickel, and five pennies. Later 
they were paid with one dollar bills, and 
still later with personal cheeks, which 
they took to the bank, endorsed properly, 
and cashed. In each child's room stood a 
row of little glass jars, each ono bearing 
a label: "Tithe," "Sabbath School," 
"Sabbath School Expense," "Church Of-
ferings," "Savings," "Spending Money." 
One day John saw a little ear that ap-
pealed to him very much. It cost twenty-
nine cents; but when he looked in his 
spending-money jar, all he found was 
-one lone dime. He looked longingly at 
the other jars. The Sabbath school jar 
held twenty cents. "I guess I could just 
borrow that twenty cents," he said. 
"Oh, no, John, you couldn't take that! 
Yon wouldn't have any money for Sab-
bath school if you did," Alice exclaimed. 
"Well, what can I do? I want that ear 
just awful bad! Mother, could you give 
me the money to buy that car?" 
Mother shook her head. "I'm afraid 
not, Son. You have your allowance, and 
you are expected to buy such extras as 
that from your spending money. I'm 
sorry, but I haven't the money for that 
little car, John." 
"But, Mother, all you have to do is 
just write a check, and the bank will give 
it to you. Why can't I write a check, my-
self?" he wanted to know. 
"Do you have any money in the bank, 
John? You see it's like this," mother ex-
plained. "We put money in the bank. 
That is called depositing money, or mak-
ing a deposit. Then when we want some 
of that money, we write a cheek and give 
it to the bank, and they give us back the 
amount we ask for. If we haven't any 
money in the bank we can't ask them to 
let us have what isn't ours. It's like your 
little glass jars. If you have only a dime 
in one, you can't expect to get fifty cents 
out of it, can you? Perhaps you'd like to 
go with me to the bank the next time I 
deposit some money." 
"Yes, I would," John said. "But, oh, 
dear, I want that ear! What can I do 
about it?" 
"Why don't you get a job and earn 
some money?" practical little Alice sug-
gested. "You could mow somebody's 
lawn, couldn't you?" 
"I'll just do that. I'll earn a lot of 
money," John beamed as he grabbed his 
hat and dashed from the house. 
Before the afternoon was over, he 
came in carrying the much-wanted ear, 
and jingling some coins in his pocket be-
sides. "I mowed two lawns," he said. 
"And I got fifty cents! I saved out five 
cents for tithe, Mother, just like you al-
ways tell us. I saved out the tithe first, 
because it belongs to Jesus. Now I have 
sixteen cents left." 
"And what will you do with that?" his 
mother wanted to know. 
"I might as well save it," he said as 
he dropped it into the jar marked "Sav-
ings." 
There were more lawns to be mowed, 
errands to be run, garden produce to be 
sold, odd jobs to be done. Finally the 
day came when John had enough to buy 
a savings bond. Be was a happy boy as 
he went with his daddy to the bank and 
carefully counted out his money. The 
banker smiled his appreciation of a 
thrifty lad, and half in jest said to him: 
"And what are you going to do with this 
bond? Going to save it until you are 
ready to get married, and then buy your 
girl an engagement ring with it?" 
"No, sir," said John; "not that. I'm 
going to save it to go to college on." 
Parents, we may teach our children by 
precept and example not to love money—
for "the love of money is the root of all 
evil"—but to use it wisely, not only for 
their own benefit, but to the glory of 
God. Unless we give our children the op-
portunity to have and to handle money 
of their own, to learn how to use it, to 
save it, to spend it—yes, perhaps even to 
feel the pangs of remorse when they have 
to do without something really desirable 
and worth while because they have spent 
their money unwisely—unless we use our 
prerogative as parents to train up our 
children in the way they should go, we 
cannot expect them, when they reach ma-
turity, to know how to be independent, 
reliable citizens, able to sustain them-
selves and to support liberally God's 
work in the earth. 
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Pene Tavodi II 
AROUT twenty-five years ago a baby 
boy was born to our Fijian worker, Mi-
tiele, and his wife, Fika. "And his name 
shall be?" "Pene Tavodi," came the 
ready answer. 
You will remember the story of the 
other Pene Tavodi whom the baby Pene 
was named after—how he left his own 
Fiji and with Ids wife, Aliti, spent years 
of faithful witnessing in Papua. He gave 
his life in that far-off land when, on his 
way through the bush, a poisonous snake 
bit him, and his useful life was cut off 
just when they needed him most. 
But "he being dead yet speaketh," and 
through the years the little namesake, 
Pene, grew and followed in the footsteps 
of his ideal, for his own father and 
mother spent eleven faithful years as mis-
sionaries in Papua. 
When the war came, Pene entered the 
service of the king, but with the cessa-
tion of war we find him once again, now 
a married student at Fulton, finishing his 
course. In the crowded chapel all feel 
the thrill and the inspiration of the hour 
as the diplomas are presented. Pastor 
A. P. Dyason, the principal, speaks: "It 
is with great pleasure indeed that we pre-
sent this diploma to Pere Tavodi, the 
first young man to have successfully com-
pleted the ministerial course at the Ful-
ton Missionary School." 
Pene has been appointed to work with 
Pastor Jacobson in the opening of new 
mission work in the Sigatoka district. 
Well done, Panel Your elders and your 
young associates will be praying for the 
success of your work in your new field. 
Five months later I would have you 
peep again at Pene at work in the Sign-
toka district, energetically working for 
souls. Every night in the week he goes 
with Pastor Jacobson, preaching in a 
new village each night, returning the 
same night the next week to carry on the 
series. They have a busy program. 
Building his house and kitchen, planting, 
visiting, finding a little time to read his 
English books, assisting every night in 
the meetings in the villages, ranging 
from one to eight miles distant, but all 
on the ear road. Pene is the energetic 
superintendent of our small Sabbath 
school, and also has quite a gift for 
preaching practical sermons. 
Pastor Jacobson and Pone have just 
returned from a trip inland, one hundred 
miles altogether, on horseback. The work 
is going well up river. Twenty-nine have 
been baptized already this year, and it is 
encouraging to see that most of the new 
converts are young men. At Batu-balavu 
practically the whole village have become 
Adventists. These men, who in the past 
have earned their living by prepaying 
Yagona (Fijian grog), are changing 
their occupation and are now keeping cat-
tle and planting potatoes as a means of 
livelihood. One young married man, 
who was a strong Catholic before, is pre-
paring to enter Fulton in the new year 
to train for the ministry. 
And so, as these young men become 
pillars in the church, and the work of the 
Lord is taken upon the shoulders of these 
young workers like Perm, pray that it 
may be as a burning fire in their hearts 
and in your hearts, brethren and sisters, 
to finish the work. 
NORMA I. JACOBSON. 
The Influence of the Signs in 
Poona, India 
Minima the last few months we have 
been mailing out one hundred copies of 
the Signs of the Times to the leading 
people in Poona, as well as to all the 
chief libraries. We have been very much 
encouraged by the reception they have 
had. Many have been the letters express-
ing appreciation of the work. Just a few 
weeks ago I received one letter which 
contained a check for twenty-five rupees 
as an indication of the appreciation of 
one of the readers. He was profuse in 
his praise of the paper. In a second let-
ter he spoke of being ashamed to send 
such a small offering, and has promised 
to send me a more substantial one soon. 
This same individual, a professor of 
college English, and the author of a num-
ber of books, recently sent me a copy of 
a letter he sent to the editor of the Times 
of India for publication on the subject 
of "The Place of Christian Missions in a 
Free India." In this he expressed his 
admiration of the work done by Chris-
tian missions. He gave a rather lengthy 
description of the type of work which 
had appealed to him, It was not difficult 
to recognize that his description had been 
definitely influenced by the work of Sev-
enth-day Adventists in Poona. He is a 
Brahman of a good family in Poona. 
His conclusion was that Christian mis-
sions had earned a distinctive place in a 
free India and could not be disregarded. 
Thus the seed is being son and prej-
udice removed. The leaven of the mes-
sage is working, and we look forward to 
the day when there will be a definite 
breaking away from the old customs and 
superstitions, and the acceptance of the 
message of the advent. 
W. HUME MCITENRY. 
"I Wish That You Were Like 
Them" 
(From the Middle East Training School 
in Beirut, Lebanon, interesting word comes 
from the Bible Instructor and teacher.) 
WE are up here in a small village in 
the mountains almost immune to the out-
side world. A small village in this coun-
try is about like being in the wilderness. 
None of us have radios. Mine is still in 
Jerusalem. We have no papers, and it is 
quite far to Beirut. Maybe once a week 
someone hears news from the outside 
world. We are trying to get recognition 
for the mission, which would mean much 
to us. We have an effort started up in 
Tartans in Syria. There has been no mis-
sion director here since Elder Monnier 
died over a year ago. B. J. Mondies has 
been'asked to carry that work with the 
school until someone comes. Elder Mon-
dies was in Parlous last week end. The 
priests are really angry. One asked a 
man what Elder Mondics was doing 
there, and accused us of being wicked 
people. The man to whom the priest 
spoke is not an Adventist, but he has a 
son here at the college. He gave this an-
swer to the priest: "No, Father, they are 
not wicked. They are good. They are lion-
est. They do not swear or smoke or drink. 
I wish that you were like them." 
You can imagine that this reply was 
not what the priest wanted to hear. Last 
year the two schools, the one in Mosul 
(secondary) and the one here, baptized 
33 students. I know that number might 
seem small, but there are only 800 mem-
bers in our entire union. Nearly all the 
students were from non-Adventist homes. 
They were won through the school. Of 
the 38 girls who are here, 13 are Advent-
ists, but the parents are not. They were 
won through the schools. One of the girls 
told me that everyone who came to the 
college went away an Adventist, and this 
is just about true. �
EDITH DAVIS. 
Adventist Doctor in Greenland 
As far as I know, I am the only Sev-
enth-day Adventist doctor to see service 
in Greenland. This is a huge island more 
than five times the size of the State of 
California, but with a native population 
of less than 20,000. Aside from U.S. 
troops the inhabitants are either Danes, 
Greenlanders, or Eskimos. Danish is the 
chief civilized language used. A ship-
ment of Danish literature is en route to 
me, and I hope it may start a good work 
here. 
SENIOR ASSISTANT SURGEON 
ARTHUR C. MILLER. 
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Camp Meeting in Northern 
Rhodesia 
Visprino camp meetings in Northern 
Rhodesia was my first contact with mis-
sion life. Many things were impressed in 
my mind, but outstanding among them 
all is the fact that the gospel of Jesus 
Christ certainly changes the heart of a 
heathen to the heart of a saint. Many a 
time I looked into the faces of a large 
audience as they sang with feeling and 
power, "There's No Other Name Like 
Jesus," and every time I was convinced 
that heaven came very near to these one-
time heathen people. 
Another memory is the campfires at 
evening after the meetings. All around is 
bush and moonshine. Scattered about, SOO 
or 900 Africans are sitting at their dif-
ferent campfires. They are singing well-
known hymns, every campfire group sing-
ing a different song. Their singing cer-
tainly makes one lonesome for heaven. 
Unfortunately they do not know very 
many songs, and what they do know they 
have to memorize. A songbook manu-
script has been prepared for them, but 
it is not yet in printed form. 
One night at the Naehibuli camp meet-
ing I was deeply impressed. We were 
showing a color film on the life of Christ. 
It was an inspiration to look into so 
many dark faces drinking in the story of 
redemption. When we came to the closing 
events of the Master's life, everything 
was dead quiet—even nature was folded 
in silence, As they looked at Christ nailed 
to the cross they sang spontaneously, 
"When I Survey the Wondrous Cross"; 
and they sing it as only the children of 
nature can sing. Never before did a 
hymn mean so much to me as did that 
one that night at Naehibult 
I had the privilege of visiting one of 
the African tribal chiefs. We talked for 
a long time. His testimony was an in-
spiration to me. He spoke very highly of 
the work of Seventh-day Adventists, and 
concluded, "Give us more schools. Give 
us more pastors." We prayed with him 
and asked God to finish the work among 
his people. 
Sometimes the calls for missions aro 
very heavy, but I was well pleased to see 
what the African people are doing them-
selves. Near Monze the African teacher 
raised enough money from his commu-
nity for the erection of a burned-brick 
school building with a number of class-
rooms. Sabbath school offerings and even 
the camp meeting offerings these people 
give are an indication that they wish to 
do their share. �
P. H. COME& 
Bible Correspondence School 
Wins Souls 
IN the western end of the island re-
cently a baptism was held. One of the 
candidates, a tall elderly gentleman, is 
a cultivator in Hanover Parish. This 
brother lived some distance from any 
Seventh-day Adventist church, but ono 
day through the mail he received an in-
vitation to enroll in the Bible school. 
This invitation was sent by a non-Ad-
ventist friend. The brother enrolled and, 
together with his family, studied the les-
sons faithfully. It was not until near the 
close of the course that he finally came 
in touch with Seventh-day Adventist 
church members. Today he rejoices in the 
message of present truth as a baptized 
church member, and by the time this re-
port is read, his wife and three children 
will also have been baptized and received 
into full fellowship of the church. 
As I was leaving a Week of Prayer 
meeting at the West Indian Training 
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College a few nights ago, a bright young 
man asked me for a ride into Mande-
ville. As we rode along we visited. I dis-
covered that last May a friend of his had 
given him a Bible school enrollment card, 
and he had filled. it out, received the les-
sons, and finished the full thirty lessons 
in less than two months' time. When he 
came to the Sabbath question he inuriedi-
ately went to his employer with a request 
to absent himself from work on the sev-
enth day. The employer told him he 
would have to work on Saturdays, or give 
up his work. The young man resigned 
without hesitancy in order to keep God's 
commandments. He was baptized in De-
cember. 
On the island of Exuma in the Baha-
mas group we are just completing a new 
church building and organizing a new 
church group—the first work on this im-
portant island. A little over a year ago a 
colporteur visited Moss Town and left, 
along with his literature, a large number 
of enrollment cards for the Bible school. 
The interest that developed was so great 
that the mission sent a worker to Exuma 
to help the students make their decisions 
for the message. This new church now 
stands as a witness to the co-operation of 
the colporteur, the minister and the Bible 
school. 
Five Bible schools have been organized 
in the union during the past eighteen 
months, and they are located in Mande-
ville, Jamaica; Nassau, -Bahamas; 
Georgetown, Grand Cayman; Blue Hills, 
Turks and Caicos Islands; and Belize, 
British Honduras. Twenty-five of the 
twenty-eight thousand students enrolled 
in these schools are from the island of 
Jamaica. If we were to take all the lesson 
sheets that have been sent out to the stu-
dents M Jamaica alone and lay them end 
on end across the "waist" of the island, 
the "belt" would reach all the way across 
once and almost back again. More than 
2,000 persons have completed the course 
and received their certificates. Thirteen 
hundred of these have indicated their 
belief in the Sabbath truth. Nearly 
eight hundred have stated that they de-
sire to be baptized as Jesus was baptized. 
Around 100 already have united with the 
church. Less than 400 of those complet-
ing the course are Seventh-day Advent- 
ists. �
ROBERT n. PIERSON. 
WE are happy to report that East Ben-
gal has been able to send two men into 
Mymemsingh—new territory—recently. 
Much yet remaineth, but God's Spirit is 
moving upon the hearts of men and new 
interests are springing up. 
Ms. A. P. TARR. 
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