Vol. 23 — MARCH 1956 NUMBER 1 PO, QUARTERLY � REVIEW ORGAN OF THE S OUT HERN E U R O PE AN 0 I Vl SION of the General Conference of S 0. A � 434 A Call to Evangelism "Sensing the importance of the hour to which we have coffie,and recognizing the unique opportunities presented for the proclamation oche everlasting gospel, and the tremendous possibilities for evangelism, "Resolved, That we call upon our ministers and lay members in all the world to enter into such relationship to the Lord and 'the obedience of faith' as will prepare the church for the outpouring of the Spirit of God. "We also recommend, 1.That our conference and mission leaders plan a program of evangelism with the object of reaching every individual soul within their territories, using every means possible for bringing the light of this message to the multitudes. "2. That our ministers and writers be urged to restudy the Bible and the counsels of the Spirit of prophecy concerning the presentation of the message in the clear setting of the great fundamentals of the Christian faith emphasizing our Lord's deity, His all-sufficient sacrifice, His resurrection, His heavenly ministry, and His return in glory. * And further, 3. That all conference laborers consider evangelistic work the activity of first importance. 4. That each ministerial worker, in addition to his pastoral work, conduct at least two evangelistic campaigns each year. 5. That the pastor recognize in his congregation a potentially rich field for soul-winning, laboring faithfully for children and youth, and leading them to baptism and church membership ; working for unbelieving husbands, wives and relatives ; and endeavoring to reclaim backsliders. 6. That each pastor strive to make divine services and prayer-meetings evangelistic in their nature, endeavoring in each meeting to bring souls to repentance and conversion." *By the Autumn Council of the General Conference, Oct. 25, 1955. 2 � QUARTERLY REVIEW We Attend a Leper Baptism By Mabel Parsons The brilliant blue sky overhead, the brightly- shining sun, the high, but fluffy white thunderheads belied the dreary afternoon that would fix forever in our minds this Sabbath when eight children, sons and daughters of lepers, and one leper patient, a young man, would be baptized. The lepers were all in their places in their "church" under the tree where they had been called by a church bell made of an old hoe, suspended from a beam with a string and beaten on by a large spike. A crudely-made table served for a pulpit. There were folding chairs for the speaker, the interpreter and the native elder. The congregation sat on backless, low benches. This was a special service. They had already had their Sabbath school and church service in the morning. After song and prayer, Dr. Parsons spoke to them simple words that they could understand: They had a sickness that gave them pain in their bodies and sleepless nights; that disfigured their faces, and took away their fingers and toes. They all agreed that they would be happy to he freed from that disease. They were taking the new miracle medicine, Sulfona, to become healthy again, although the marks would always remain. We all have another disease, sin, and if we were not freed from sin, death would be sure. Their disease could be seen with the eyes, but sin can not be seen. Jesus came to free us from sin and offer pardon. When we confess, abandon, and repent, He gives us the Holy Spirit to live with us. Baptism is the outward sign of the inward change. The fast-gathering thunderheads meeting over- head, and cutting off the rays of the western sun, warned us that a heavy storm was coming. The rushing wind bowing the tree-tops also told us that the storm was near. The first few drops sent the lepers, their families, their school-teacher, their nurse-caretaker, and Pastor Mario Abel to the shelter of the dispensary porch, taking their church furniture along with them. We had taken time to go see the new school- house which was almost finished. The lock was already on the door and windows. Just the window- panes were missing, and the cement floor. The little building was white-washed, and the windows and doors painted green. Their church they them- selves will build, making the adobe bricks with their fingerless hands, mixing the mud with their toeless feet. The rain began to pour down. It sounded even louder on the sheet-iron roof. The water dripped in a constant thread off the roof, and formed small rivulets as it sought its way to the river far below. We asked whether there was a choir that could sing for us. There was. The choir, consisting of the students, now arose, and Moises led them, indicating the respective voices before beginning the hymn. They sang with gusto. They sang harmon- iously. They would put almost any congregation to shame. They sang hymns from the church hymnal. They sang hymns borrowed from the Protestant missions. They sang songs composed from the heart, — their musical language lending itself to song. For almost two hours, while the rain poured down, they sang gospel hymns for us, this choir of boys and girls, sons and daughters of lepers, untainted themselves by the disease, but destined to spend their days inside the leper colony, denied the fellowship with believers unless inside their own intimate "touch-me-not" circle. Our minds turned back to our previous visit to the leper colony, before going home for the first time in 1939. The lepers wanted to do something for us, so they gathered in front of the dispensary steps, and in their cracked, harsh, rasping voices they had sung: "There is Sunshine in My Soul Today." The words, the voices, brought tears to our eyes. How wonderful it will be when all things are made new, and the leprosy of sin will be banished! The storm which, fortunately, was not accom- panied by the usual violent thunder and flashes of lightning, began to slacken. We looked at our watches. The afternoon was hastening on. Soon it would be dark, and we could do no baptizing that day. After consulting the native pastor, the school- teacher, and the ones to be baptized, we decided to walk to the river in the rain. As there was a slight let-up in the storm, we started out bravely. It seemed more than the half mile to the river. We followed an old ox-cart road, sometimes slipping on the ridge, then again sliding into the ruts made by years of travel and seasonal rains. Sometimes we could walk in pairs, sharing an umbrella; some- times in single file. When we finally came to a slushy halt at the pole bridge, the water was running even with the poles, and the puddles on top of the bridge were a reminder that the river had passed over the dirt on top of the poles. QUARTERLY REVIEW � 3 The baptismal "fount" was a wide spot in the muddy river. While we sang a hymn, Pastor Mario Abel walked out into the cold water. The rain kept pouring down. The son of one of our teachers graciously offered an umbrella to Dr. Parsons who was holding Carlitos (Dr. Moretri's little boy) in his arms under his raincoat to protect him from the rain. The choir leader, Moises, stood holding a basin up-side-down over his head to shed the rain. One of the women had on her husband's hat over her head kerchief. Joao with his nose bones eaten away by leprosy, was standing there, review- ing the time when he was baptized, singing in his cracked voice. Munjango, minus three fingers on his left hand, was singing in the rain. Susuana, without shoes to hide her toeless feet, let the wet, green grass graciously cover the outward sign of her disease. Poor, blind Nascimento was not there. The kind Lord had taken him after his baptism the year before. Sawanda, one of the original lepers, also was not there. Augusto, without fingers and toes, sang in spite of his physical handicap, his voice harsh and grating, but his sincerity must have been pleasing to the Lord. The six who had been baptized the year before were there to congratulate their new brethren in the church. The five girl candidates went into the water, one after the other. They stood with bowed heads and closed eyes while the pastor prayed in Umbundo the same baptismal prayer that is prayed the world around. The three boys followed, and last of all the young man, a leper, received the rites of baptism. They stood near by while a prayer was offered that the Lord would shield them from sin, and be a light to their paths from this time forward. The flimsy cotton cloths that their families had brought along for cover and protection from the cold were soon as wet as their baptismal clothes. We could not help thinking of the heated baptismal founts, the baptismal robes, the heated rooms in which the candidates could change their clothes. These would never know such luxuries, but they were just as happy, just as sincere, just as much in need of the Lord's blessing as those much more priviledged. As the rain still poured down, the service was dismissed. Now they would run to their huts, sit around the friendly little fire on the floor until they were either dried out, or, if they were fortunate, would change into dry clothes. At Christmas there will be a communion service for the lepers, and a visit from the white missionary once more. Then these new sons and daughters of the kingdom will be given the right hand of fellowship, and welcomed into the church. May the Lord help us all to sense the awfulness of sin that has been likened to leprosy, and to look forward to the day when disease will be forever banished, and no one will bear its defacing marks. Moslem Mission Work Moves Forward By E. Pellicer The Moslem mission station at Bel Acel, North Africa, is under construction. Soon, God willing, the doors of the classrooms will be opened to receive the children who, far removed from any center, have, until now, been deprived of all school- ing, excepting that which is offered them by itinerant "talebs." (A "taleb" is a teacher of religion.) Our immediate task, as well as our most eager desire, is to create here an atmosphere of confidence, and to provide Arab children with the blessings of a primary education which, gradually, will direct them towards that which is ennobling, uplifting and useful. Besides, we wish to bring the parents evidence of our concern for their well-being-- such concern the world has shown them all too spar- ingly. True, this is only a very small part of our great commission, but it is a means to dispose hearts to listen to the Word of God and the gospel message without prejudice or passion. We have already been "spotted," and many subtle questions — quite peculiar to the oriental soul — are being asked us by persons of influence who are "taking our measurements" and formulating their opinions. We do not wish to camouflage our purpose in founding this mission, but we can learn a precious lesson from a question we were asked by a Moslem at the close of a conversation — a question tinged with both irony and disappointment, not to say distress: "What have you to bring us?" In my innermost soul I had to confess we have not always brought them what we might have -- what we should have. When a Moslem says he is your friend, he "shares his bread" with you. If he lodges you for the night, very often he will give you his only blanket. "What have you to bring us?" Not "What have you to give us?" is their question. Let us bring them a proof of our affection. Is it necessary io quote here certain texts of Scripture that condemn us for shirking our obligations? QUARTERLY REVIEW Girls' school Mostaganem. Left, H. Pichot, president of the North African Union Mission. Right, C. Dudragne: treasurer of the same union. We wish to bring the good news of salvation to these people plunged deeply in darkness, but what a terrible mistake it would be were we to approach them as "orators." We must bring relief to their distress and misery. What are we doing to remedy their condition? We need to learn to read Exodus 6:9 in its true meaning: "And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel; but they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage." Notwithstanding it was words of hope that the servant of the Lord was bringing to those down-trodden slaves in Egypt! Indeed, if we are ever to expect that the Moslems will listen to the gospel message, then we must give them a large place in our heart's affection, and a practical demonstration of our Christianity by bringing them some of our "abundance" if we are not yet prepared to share with them the "necessities" of life. All your donations — blankets, clothing, used shoes, medicine, etc. — will be received gratefully and distributed according to the interests and needs. Would you not like to follow some precious but gratis counsel? For tired, tense, irritated nerves the doctor prescribes a rest cure: a very short cure — ten minutes — during which the patient must relax fully. The result is marvelous! The Great Doctor also has a remedy for our hearts that have grown weary with the bustle of daily living. The cure? A few moments during which ready hands will set apart something from our "abundance" for those in great need. As a child of God, would you not like to follow the prescription of the Divine Physician? 1956! A Year of Promise for the Voice of Hope By A. Karl The shining dawn of the New Year enlightens the blessed path which lies before the triumphant march of the Advent message. Tens of thousands of souls were taken into church fellowship during 1955. The Lord has rewarded the works of faith of His zealous witnesses. It has been the will of God that the Voice of Hope should show to many the narrow way that leads to the eternal home. With gratefulness do we look up to God the Great Leader, and with confidence for the coming months view the whitened harvest-field. The evidences of God's providences, and the possibilities announcing a still richer harvest urge us on to greater achievements. The Lord is calling for many sowers to "break ground" in the unentered fields of earth, and for many willing reapers to gather in the already ripened sheaves. He is calling you that you with all other workers for God's kingdom may have the untold joy of wearing the crown of life jewelled with many brilliant stars. Yes, it is true that many golden sheaves have been reaped with the sickle of the Bible correspond- ence course and the scythe of the radio work. The invisible ether waves are carrying with lightning speed the message of salvation to all the inhabited QUARTERLY REVIEW areas of earth. It resounds from hill to hill, from vale to vale in a mighty reiterant echo as one willingly brings the news to his neighbor. A Catholic bishop has said that if Paul were to return to our world he would become a journalist in order to reach the masses. We believe that he would become a radio-television-Bible correspond- ence evangelist, because through one discourse he could reach more souls than he did in the many decades of his zealous missionary endeavors. A leader in God's cause has said that the Bible correspondence course has the advantage of produc- ing well-instructed church members. Each student is brought to a personal and thorough study of the Holy Scriptures. How this should encourage the faithful workers of the Voice of Hope! Here in this land where orange blossoms perfume the air, we have had many hot battles to fight during the past year. Aside from the Catholic Counter Action, there are in Italy four other Bible correspondence courses, and besides our own weekly radio broadcast there are other broadcasts by Protestant denominations. With the help of God and the recuiting work of our members, there were an additional number of baptisms and more enrollments for the Bible, correspondence course than the previous year. A Catholic church paper has sent out a warning against the Protestant "offensive" on this peninsula. This warning was directed especially against our publishing house and Bible correspondence course. Up to this time more than 6,000 from every walk of life have followed the course, and nearly 1.300 have completed it and received their diplomas. The number of baptisms is over 230. The busiest workers are often par- ticipants in the course. In a town in the hills of southern Italy on the shores of the Tyrrhenian Sea, six persons — mem- bers of a Sabbath school organized as a result of the Bible correspondence course — were baptized. The interest spread to other sections. It was as if a spiritual lighthouse had been erected on these heights to show the way of salvation to many wandering in darkness and superstition. When the archbishop of P- saw this bright light he came along hurriedly to put it out. He held five sermons condemning us, excommunicated the newly-baptized members publicly, and led his hearers to the grave- yard where he had them take a solemn oath on lhe graves of their ancestors that they would ever be true to the Catholic faith. But the harder the archbishop blew upon the light, the more brightly it blazed. Other persons who were present at this "theatrical" became interested in the message, and the members were strengthened in their faith. We see in this exnerience the truth of what the apostle Paul wrote long ago: "For we can do nothing against the truth, hut for the truth" (2 Cor. 13:8). Every'where in the world the Lord has Spirit- filled men and women whom He enables to contribute to the successful finishing of His work. Personally I have been very much encouraged by two instructive experiences: one from the Near East, the other from far-away Mexico. Brother Y. Fargo who was born near Ninevah, was taking enrollments for the Bible correspondence course. He with some others set a goal of 2,000 enrollments. This was no small undertaking amongst the hostile Moslems. On a certain day in Zehla, Lebanon, he was able to enroll 220 persons. During his zealous ,activity he was arrested three times by the police, On another occasion with a brother in Damascus, he was arrested and taken to the police station. The names of all the enrollees were confiscated. Brother Fargo and his companion were thrown into a little cell with thirteen other prisoners. These thirteen smoked so much that our brethren almost suffocated. After four days they were conducted by armed soldiers to the military station. There their heads were shaved and they were beaten. Again they were thrown into the dark cell. Eight days later they were brought to the military station once more. The officer who had beaten them begged their pardon, and said, "You are not dangerous. You are good men. I would like to have a Bible." Our brethren were set free, and Brother Fargo sent the officer a Bible. The other experience is that of four active young church members in Mexico. They spent much time recruiting 200 students in the Bible correspondence course. To do this they covered at their own expense 1,100 kilometers (685 miles). One evening on a mountain-top from where they could look over the whole province of Guanajuato bathed in the purple light of the setting sun, they made a solem vow before the Lord of the universe never to rest until the forty-six localities of this province had had occasion to learn of the wonderful Advent message. Dear reader, whatever you may think of these fellow-workers and their experiences, one thing is certain: their spirit of sacrifice and perseverance should bring us to reflect seriously. The things that are possible often under very difficult circumstances in other countries are all the more possible under more favorable conditions. How will God look upon us, and what will the angel write in the heavenly record if we show less love for our neighbors and work less for their salvation? It is time for us to arouse from our listlessness and to slumber no more until the work is finished. Wonderful experiences await every willing sower and reaper. Our eternal joy will be unspeakable when at the soon return of Jesus we shall sing the triumphant song of the harvest and of the Lamb. 6 � QUARTERLY REVIEW The Hundredfold Rewards By A. L. Ham Vice President, General Conference [Sabbath morning sermon given by A. L. Ham at Division annual committee meeting, Gland, Switzerland. — Editorial note.1 I want to turn to Matthew 19 : 27. "Then answered Peter and said unto Him, Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed Thee; what shall we have therefore?" Notice the setting of this question. If you look back to the previous verses you will see that a rich young man had come to the Master with the question, "What good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?" and Jesus said, "Keep the commandments." "The young man saith unto Him, all these things have I kept from my youth up; what lack I yet?" Jesus said, "Go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me." The record continues, "But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful; for he had great possessions." I suppose that the disciples, coming from poor homes and humble circumstances, thought this rich man could help their cause greatly. He could bring to the church riches, prestige and influence. But he went away sorrowful. This no doubt brought a feeling of discouragement into the hearts of the disciples. They had left all to follow Jesus — left all to follow the One Who said, "Foxes have holes, birds of the air have nests, but the Son of man hath nowhere to lay His head." And so Peter said, "Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed Thee." What were they to expect? Now Jesus did not say they should not ask about the rewards, for He went right on to tell them they would receive rewards. Let us read these words: "And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of His glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. And every one that bath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother. or wife, or children, or lands, for My name's sake, shall receive an hundred- fold, and shall inherit everlasting life" (Matt. 19: 2S, 29). Jesus knew the disciples, at least some of them, had left their homes down by the Lakeshore. They had left their families — father, mother, brothers and sisters and children — all to follow Jesus. Now He said, "You are going to have a hundredfold reward. You are going to have ever- lasting life, and sit upon twelve thrones." But over in Luke there is an expression that I do not want us to forget. In Luke 18 : 30 we read these words: "Who shall not receive manifold more in this present time, and in the world to come life ever- lasting." I think the Master wanted the disciples to discover their hundredfold rewards even in this life. My mind was especially called to the attention of these verses by an experience in China some years ago. A friend of mine had contracted a disease that causes people to look on the dark side of things. He said to me one day, "I am going back to my homeland." I expressed surprise. Then he said, "It isn't worth the candle." I had never heard that expression before, and I wondered what he meant. I knew what he had left when he came to the mission: his home, father and mother, brothers and sisters. I had had the same experience, and some of you before me have had this experience. I shall never forget when we started for the mission field back in 1913 and we said good-bye to my father and mother, brothers and sisters. After that we went to say good-bye to my wife's relatives. I shall not dwell long on those scenes, but they are just as vivid in my mind as the day when they happened, and I knew what my friend was thinking about. He was wondering whether the results were worth all the sacrifices that had to be made. I knew he was beginning to look for the hundred- fold reward.... I thought of the disciples back there. They wanted to sit on His right hand, but they were unaware of the fact that they were to find those hundredfold rewards in sacrifices in following the Master. They were to find them in persecution, privation, suffering. They found them. I want you to think of the experience of Peter and John. They were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer. At the gate Beautiful they saw a man begging to receive alms of the people going into the temple. That poor man was born lame. He had never walked. I suppose he thought he was going to receive something from Peter and John who were going into the temple. Perhaps Peter put his hand into the long, flowing robe that they wore in those countries (as though he were in search of a coin), and pulling it out and lifting it, said, "Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk." And reaching his hand down QUARTERLY REVIEW he took that poor man by the hand and helped him to his feet; and he went away leaping and praising God. Now Peter had something to give to the man. He had Jesus in his heart and could say, "Such as I have give I thee." In that experience Peter found the hundredfold reward. My dear friends, today the world and all its need lies at your feet and mine. Can we say, "Such as I have give I thee. In the name of Jesus rise up to walk in the newness of life?" If so, you and I in such an experience can find the hundredfold reward. Ministering brethren, if you and I could have that Pentecostal experience in the upper room, it would give to you and me a Pentecostal power that would bring conversion to the hearts of men. It gave to Peter a sermon that converted 3,000 souls. And again in that experience he saw the hundredfold reward. I want to pass on to the experience that Paul had. He had been born of a good family, and belonged to a good society. He had been taught by the greatest teachers of his time, and occupied a position on the council. He was evidently greatly respected by the leaders of his day. But on the Damascus road he had a vision. He heard a voice, and Saul of Tarsus became Paul the great mission- ary. He was sent to the representatives of the church for them to tell him what to do, and later on he entered his ministry for Christ. And what a ministry it was! I think of the apostle Paul and of all he gave up, and he said he counted all those things that might seem of value as refuse that he might win Christ. Paul suffered much. He did a great work for God. I think of the apostle Paul as he stood with those chains dangling from his wrists before King Agrippa, reciting experiences of his public ministry; and the king said, "Almost thou norsoadest me to be a Christian." What is Paul's reply? "I would to God that not only thou, but also all that hear me this day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, except these bonds." In his bonds and in his chains he saw the hundred- fold reward. We follow him a little further: walking over the Appian Way on the journey toward Rome, going along chained to the soldier, sorely tempted to become discouraged. Feelings of being forsaken came over him. Suddenly from alongside the road voices were heard, and there were a group of Christians. They rushed in unmindful of his bonds, unmindful of their own danger. They put their arms around Paul. And what effect did it have upon that great warrior of the cross? "Few realize the significance of those words of Luke, that when Paul saw his brethren, 'he thanked God, and took courage.' In the midst of the weeping, sympathizing company of believers, who were not ashamed of his bonds, the apostle praised God aloud. The cloud of sadness that had rested upon his spirit was swept away. His Christian life had been a succession of trials, sufferings, and disappointments, but in that hour he felt abundantly repaid. � With firmer step and joyful heart he continued on his way. He would not complain of the past, nor fear for the future. Bonds and afflictions awaited him, he knew; but he knew also that it had been his to deliver souls from a bondage infinitely more terrible, and he rejoiced in his sufferings for Christ's sake." — Acts of the Apostles, p. 449. The apostle, discouraged, in that experience discovered the promise of the hundredfold reward.... Probably you will understand better why this experience of Paul impresses my mind so forcefully when I tell you my own. It was the last year 'of World War II and I was a prisoner. I well remember how all the prisoners of war were being marched down Queen's Road, the largest street in the city of Hong Kong. There were soldiers with guns and fixed bayonets leading the way, on the sides, and behind. Some of us became weary because of the privations suffered during the siege. It was difficult for us to carry the little baggage we were permitted to have. As we stumbled along not knowing what the future would be; we felt a little like the apostle Paul. Suddenly from the side of the street two young men rushed in to us. They were Christian brethren, ordained ministers. One was my secretary, and he is now the president of the union in China behind the Bamboo Curtain. The other was the assistant treasurer. A few days before he had had to take the books of account, put them on his bicycle and ride away. Well, they rushed in, took our baggage and marched with us to our internment. So like Paul, I thanked God and took courage. Yes, there are the hundredfold rewards! Think of the pioneers of this movement. They did a mighty work. They didn't have regular salaries, good offices, or means of transportation such as we enjoy today. They travelled slowly over dusty roads, or went from place to place on font. They had no certain hours, but worked often rolind the clock. They went out to cut grass with their own hands to get a little money to publish the trilth• but my brethren and sisters, today we see the hundredfold rewards of their sacrifices. You who were present at the General Con- ference session in San Francisco will remember that in the front part of the auditorium, looking toward the right of the platform, was a map of the world. Perhaps at the moment you entered, most of the lights on that map were dark, but presently you saw one light in the northeastern part of (Please turn to page 10) STATISTICAL REPORT OF THE SOUTHERN EUROPEAN DIVISION OF S. D. A. FOR THE QUARTER ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1955 Name of Conference or Mission 0 4 <1.) 0 -gg Z 0. — a i.) � a. a TO' a. � a0 Total Gains Total Losses Ord. Ministers Lic. Ministers Bible Instr. a a 1Z Canvassers Total Laborers `0"- � 9 0 0 cu � Q a � tzpv .cw) � 4:1 ca.; cq Z 1 2 3 4 5 � 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 SOUTHERN � EUROPEAN � DIV. AUSTRIAN UNION CONF. � 4 4 12 — — — 20 Alpine � Conference � 19 1184 13 — � 25 38 6 1 31 38 -- 1184 8 3 2 3 1 -- 6 23 19 1259 838 Danube 21 1499 16 — � 28 44 12 6 26 44 -- 1499 5 3 3 2 1 — 12 26 21 1671 1008 Total � : 40 2683 29 — � 53 82 18 7 57 82 -- 2383 17 6 9 17 2 — 18 69 40 2930 1846 CZECHOSLOVAKIAN U. C. . Total � 1 114 6524 6524 33 3 2 3 19 — 8 68 160 6000 5400 FRANCO-BELGIAN U. C. � 5 1 — 4 — — 10 Belgian � Conference � 14 956 11 — � 14 25 13 3 26 42 -17 939 7 2 1 5 1 5 21 15 1006 657 French � » 65 3035 25 1 � 67 93 15 4 66 85 8 3043 24 16 2 21 5 2 44 114 73 3143_2342 Total � : 79 3991 36 1 � 81 118 28 7 92 127 - 9 3982 36 19 3 30 5 3 49 145 88 4149 2999 HUNGARIAN U. C. � Total � : 257 6827 240 43 � — 283 259 103 — 362 - 79 6748 27 25 — 21 — — — 73 175 7000 6500 RUMANIAN U. C. � Total � : 551 31045 — � — 31045 78 11 — 47 136 500 35000 32000 SWISS U. C. � 1 3 4 French Swiss Conference � 26 1384 15 1 � 18 34 19 11 8 38 -4 1 380 9 3 1 5 2 3 15 38 24 1335 1042 German � Swiss � » 33 1970 19 2 � 20 41 6 13 23 42 -1 1969 10 4 1 10 2 5 22 54 33 1829 1251 Total � : 59 3354 34 3 � 38 75 25 24 31 80 -5 3349 19 7 3 18 4 8 37 96 57 3164 2293 JUGOSLAVIAN U. C. � Total � : 230 8056 — — — 8056 47 11 2 8 23 — 91 300 9000 8500 FRENCH EQ. AFR. U. M. � 2 2 1 12 — — 17 Batouri � Mission � 1 647 79 — 79 36 — 36 43 690 1 1 6 13 11 1 33 22 2054 1459 Bertoua � » 3 361 27 4 31 5 5 26 387 2 1 4 12 9 28 18 1495 869 Kribi �a 3 336 28 3 31 7 — 7 24 360 3 2 5 6 15 31 15 1070 797 Nanga-Eboko » 5 1404 408 — — 408 363 10 — 373 35 1 439 1 6 — 6 22 28 63 45 4038 3531 North Cameroun Mission � 2 302 50 — — 50 8 13 — 21 29 331 1 1 4 12 3 21 26 1087 995 Sangmelima �» 3 479 13 2 — 15 3b 36 - 21 458 3 1 — 4 6 18 — 32 10 724 593 Yaounde � » 5 493 61 1 � -10 72 12 4 8 24 48 541 1 3 2 8 17 2 33 18 1208 1095 Total � : 22 4022 666 10 � 10 686 467 27 8 502 184 4206 14 17 1 43 79 101 3 258 154 11676 9339 INDIAN OCEAN UN. MISSION 4 2 2 9 2 -- 19 Diego-Suarez Mission � 1 16 8 8 — 5 5 3 19 1 — — 2 _ _____ — 1 4 3 196 133 Fianarantsoa � » 10 316 23 2 25 6 — 6 19 335 3 — — 6 — 1 1 11 18 390 280 Majunga �» � , � 9 192 8 2 10 2 2 4 6 198 3 1 8 5 2 19 15 600 405 Maurice �» 13 967 26 — 26 — — 26 993 6 2 11 -- 15 4 38 21 1030 835 Reunion �» 8 329 2 2 — 2 331 — — 4 — — 1 5 8 353 290 Seychelles � >> 1 77 — — — — — 77 1 1 1 3 2 77 53 Tamatave � * 1 93 17 17 — — 17 110 2 4 — 1 2 9 6 300 254 Tananarive � » 25 1034 12 — 12 3 10 13 - 1 1033 6 — — 4 7 5 22 30 2107 1750 Total � : 68 3024 96 -- � 4 100 6 5 17 28 72 3 096 26 6 2 48 — 32 16 130 103 5053 4000 ITALIAN UNION MISSION � 8 3 — 12 4 — — 27 Italian � Mission � 50 2125 41 6 � 38 85 10 6 40 56 29 2154 11 8 3 18 — 55 95 84 2400 1979 Sardinia � Mission � Station � 1 38 2 2 -- — 2 40 — — — 2 — 1 3 2 51 35 Total � : 51 2163 43 6 � 38 87 10 6 40 56 31 2194 19 11 3 32 4 — 56 125 86 2451 2014 NORTH AFRICAN UN. MISSION Algerian-Tunisian Mission � Moroccan � » Total � : PORTUGUESE UNION MISSION 15 4 637 190 19 827 Azores � Mission � 3 117 Cape Verde � » 4 249 Madeira � » 1 129 Portuguese � Conference � 17 1412 St. Thomas Mission � 1 227 Total � : 26 2134 PORTUGUESE AFRICAN U.M. � Bongo � Mission � 23 4630 Cuale � » 1 675 Lucusse � » 1 149 Luz � » 1 720 Munguluni » 5 685 Namba � » 1 803 Nova Lisboa » � 22 1879 Quilengues � » 1 96 European Churches � 2 113 Total � : 57 9750 BULGARIAN MISSION � 39 3197 FRENCH W. AFR. MISSION � 1 10 GREEK MISSION � 5 219 ISRAEL MISSION � 1 34 SPANISH CHURCH � 16 1095 SOUTHERN EUROPEAN DIV. � Austrian � Union Conference 40 2683 Czecnoslovakian � » � » 114 6524 Franco-Belgian � » � * 79 3991 Hungarian � » � » 257 6827 Rumanian �» � » 551 31045 Swiss � * � * 59 3354 Jugoslavian � » � » 230 8056 French Eq. Afr. U. M � 22 4022 Indian Ocean Union Mission 68 3024 Italian �» � » 51 2163 North African � » � ) 19 827 Portuguese � » � » � ... . 26 2134 Portuguese Afr. » � » � 57 9750 Bulgarian � Mission � 39 3197 French W. Afr. �» 1 10 Greek � » 5 219 Israel � » 1 34 Spanish Church � 16 1095 TOTALS 4th QUARTER, 1955 � 1635 88955 TOTALS 4th QUARTER, 1954 � 1537 96330 4 — � 17 � 21- 32 � 4 22 � 58 - 37 � 600 � 8— 5 � 13 — — 9 �9 4 194 � 12 — 22 � 34 32 � 431 � 67 -33 794 � 2 — 2 � 1 � 1 1 118 — — — � t, — — 249 6 � 6 � 6 135 � 2 3 28 � 33 20 � 6 26 1 � 52 -19 1393 � 7 — — 7 �— E — 7 234 17 3 28 48 20 6 27 or � 53 -5 2129 .74 — — A — — — — �...,,, — — 4630 � 1 � 1 �— `',' — 1 676 — 2 2 � — — — — — � — _2 151 720 — 136 136 - 4 681 132 — — 132 — 120 120— — — � — 120 923 — — � — — — 1879 5 — �5 � 5 �5 �96 — — 12 � 12 � 1 � 4 �5 � 7 � 120 � 137 — 135 272 � 1 � 9 136 146 126 9876 — — — -- � — — � — � 3197 � 2 — — 2 � — 2 � 12 � 4— — 4_—_ 1 — �1 3 222 � 9 — — � 9 7 — 1 �81 � 35 � 22 — 25 � 47 � 1 � 4 27 � 32 15 1110 RECAPITULATION 29 — 53 � 82 18 � 7 57 � 82 — 2683 A — — 6524 36 1 81 118 28 7 92 t 127 -9 3982 240 43 — 283 259 103 ; 362 -79 6748 — -- -- — — ,, — — 31045 34 3 38 75 25 24 31 E 80 -5 3349 — — — —ti: — — 8)56 � 666 10 10 686 467 27 � 8 =502 184 4206 96 — � 4 100 � 6 � 5 17 V- � 28 72 3)96 43 6 38 87 10 6 40 ..`fl 56 31 2194 12 — 22 � 34 32 � 4 31 � 67 -33 794 -, 17 3 28 48 20 6 27 � 53 -5 2129 � 137 — 135 272 — � 1 � 9 136 146 126 � 876 � -- �— — — — � — — 3197 � 2 — �2 � — �— 2 12 � 4— — 4 � 1 � 1 3 222 � 9 — �9 7 — 1 �8 1 � 35 22 — 25 � 47 � 1 � 4 27 � 32 15 1110 1347 66 434 1847 873 195 340 136 1544 303 89258 716 36 401 1153 99 57 408 — - 564 589 96919 3 1 1 — — — 5 2 4 — 12 — — 1 19 11 502 � 431 1 2 1 1 — — 4 9 6 199 � 138 6 6 2 14 — —5-33 17 701 � 569 3 2 — 5 1 1— 1 — 1 4 4 147 � 130 1 2 — 2 2 7 6 452 � 274 — 1 � 1 2 380 � 400 8 6 — 2 1 1 11 29 17 1960 � 1524 1 1 — — 2 8 176 � 155 14 10 7 4 1 12 48 37 3115 � 2483 6 — 14 — — 20 8 8 7 — 36 — 59 93 5682 � 4667 3 1 3 — 28 35 54 4982 � 3223 1 I — 10 12 11 864 � 449 3 2 1 4 2 1 2 1 — — 7 — 25 2 14 — 34 14 16 33 11 41 1659 � 1500 1663 � 1490 2195 � 2204 3 7 — — 32 — 42 80 4397 � 2290 1 1 — 1 — 9 — 12 22 891 � 470 6 2 — 10 — — 2 2 5 252 � 240 34 26 39 7 156 2 264 350 22585 � 16533 9 4 10 — — 23 39 2672— 2200 1 1 — 2 4 1 11 � 14 1 3 1 1 2 --— 8 5 221_181 2 — — 2 — — — 4 1 40_ 37 8 9 1 8 2 — 5 33 1815551043 21 1 5 28 — — 55 17 6 9 17 2 18 69 40 2930 � 1846 33 3 2 3 19 8 68 160 6000 � 5400 36 19 3 30 5 3 49 145 88 4149 � 2999 27 25 — 21 — 73 175 7000 � 6500 78 11 — 47 — -- — 136 500 35000 � 32000 19 7 3 18 4 8 37 96 57 3164 � 2293 47 11 2 8 23 — 91 300 9000 � 8500 14 17 1 43 79 101 3 258 154 11676 � 9139 26 6 2 48 — 32 16 130 103 5053 � 4000 19 11 3 32 4 — 56 125 86 2451 � 2014 6 6 2 14 — — 5 33 17 701 � 569 14 10 — 7 4 1 12 48 37 3115 � 2483 34 26 — 39 7 156 2 264 350 22585 � 16533 9 4 — 10 — — — 23 39 2672 � 2200 1 — 1 — — 2 4 1 11 � 14 1 3 1 1 2 — — 8 5 221 � 181 2 — — 2 — — — 4 1 40 � 37 8 9 1 8 2 — 5 33 18 1555_1043 412 175 34 377 151 301 213 1663 2131 117323_ 97951 379 142 36 352 209 293 211 1622 2151 122263 � 107314 10 � QUARTERLY REVIE The Hundredfold Rewards (continued from page 7) America. This was the .first Adventist church. Then other lights began to come on, in the central part of North America, then the western part; and you saw a light at the place where we are today, and lights down there in Africa. Yes, you saw lights all around the world. But you may not remember these facts: The Review and Herald was started in 1850, and our first Sabbath school in 1853. The first church school was opened in the same year. The first tent effort was held in 1854. The tithing principle was adopted in 1859. The name of our church was chosen in 1860. The first General Conference session was held in 1863. Twenty delegates from six conferences represented only 3,500 baptized members. The last General Conference in San Francisco had an attendance of more than 1,100 delegates. In some of our camp-meetings this year there were upwards of 20,000 people. Quite a difference! There were representatives at the last General Conference from 109 countries of the world. We sent our first missionary to Europe 81 years ago in 1874. He came to Switzerland. Today in Europe there are three divisions of the General Conference with a baptized membership of more than 200,000. See what God has done! Do you see the hundredfold rewards of the sacrifices and service in the various parts of your countries? I see them today. And you will find them in the churches of this and all other countries of Europe. Do you know that in all the world we have more than 40,000 regularly employed workers? We sent the first missionary overseas in 1874, and the first missionary to a non-Christian land 61 years ago — to Africa. Now in the Southern African Division alone at the end of last year there were 126,000 baptized believers. I have been out in the Barot- seland Mission and have stood by the stone marker of the first camp. At a short distance is a little cemetery that marks the graves of some of the pioneers who rest from their labors. They saw the hundredfold rewards in their day, but those rewards have been greatly multiplied. Today this church to which you and I belong maintains 2,000 missionaries and has a world membership of more than a million. More than 1.000 Voice of Prophecy radio and television stations send our programs over the air. Our sales in literature today reach more than $ 17.000.000 per year, published in 200 different languages and dialects and circulated in 187 countries in the world. The work of God is established in countries representing 98.5 per cent of the world's population, leaving only 1.5 per cent where we have not yet established this cause. So you see how the work of God is going. Brethren and sisters, the hundred- fold rewards are to be seen everywhere.... I was down in South America on the shores of Lake Titicaca. If you have read of F. A. Stahl, this story will be interesting to you. They were having a meeting. I had an interpreter sitting with ine, and 1 saw the people rise up as one person and stand with bowed heads. Then someone began To talk, and someone else talked, and I saw them vote with their hands. I said to my interpreter, "What is happening?" "Well," he said, "news travels very slowly among the Indian people, and the president has just announced to them the death of Elder Stahl." And so they voted a vote of sympathy to Sister Stahl; and the next vote was the expression of their gratitude for having sent to them such a great apostle as Elder Stahl. Someone said Elder and Mrs. Stahl established eighteen mission stations, and everyone of them had been a success. We went out to the lakeside and saw their old home. Breth- ren, you wouldn't live in that kind of a house. But they were content to live in it because just across the highway was a beautiful church, and around the edge of the lake were little villages where Seventh- day Adventists lived and on Sabbath filled that church. There were evidences of the sacrifices, but, oh, what multiplied evidences of the hundredfold rewards! We might go on multiplying these evidences. I want to give you one more and then I must close. A missionary in India went out to see a native preacher, and as he came nearer he saw him down in the crags quarrying stone for his church. Over on the hillside were a herd of buffalo cows. Every man in India would covet a herd of buffalo cows. As the mission- ary drew near he said to the brother, "Is that your herd of cows?" The brother looked at that herd of cattle almost with longing. Then he turned to his little church with its slowly-rising walls, and said, "This is my herd of cows!" He was putting his all into it, and the missionary knew he was putting money from his own nocket into it. Oh how many times we see these evidences! I ask you, my brother, my sister, has any father, any mother been called upon to make too great a sacrifice to send a son or a daughter to the mission field? Did the pioneers of this cause make too great a sacrifice? Are you getting weary a a 0 a a 7,1 a be a. 0•• a ot4 •-• 0 71 0,4 11 a a be ) a Number added to union membership since last report as a result of lay members' missionary a el 4.1 � • .0 = ...4 44 0 g c.3 ,.. � - K' LL, c•T• 4U ,, work � 91 45 49 Number of churches and companies reporting 40 49 50 � Churches � holding � first � Sabbath � missionary � service � 40 35 50 Churches holding weekly missionary � service � 38 36 47 Churches conducting training classes � 5 8 7 Churches with one or more service companies in operation � 38 44 55 Institutes, rallies, and conventions held � 8 11 Persons reporting missionary work � 975 353 637 F3ible readings and gospel meetings conducted 7561 3431 4232 Missionary contacts � 18519 8765 11348 Pieces missionary literature distributed � 82614 153637 130553 Persons helped � 14192 2498 7500 os O • 86 303 55 79 127 835 27 47 16 23 57 12 321 22 46 16 23 57 12 301 25 46 15 21 57 12 297 25 11 57 15 128 25 34 12 20 57 16 301 1 1 21 1310 1605 827 1702 5815 1095 14319 8312 40393 8002 21735 41835 5083 140584 27905 33106 8032 38737 64174 12852 223438 22349 132765 29324 58462 22648 3575 635927 2517 9089 2835 20645 23698 5160 88134 NO REPORT QUARTERLY, REVIEW � 11 of the calls for funds? I ask you, deep down in your heart do you think you have made yet too great a sacrifice? The wife of one of our workers in China was murdered while her husband was away visiting churches in the field. I was acquainted with her father and mother and I wrote a letter of sympathy to them, and in that letter I told them of the sympathy of the Chinese people. What did this father write back? "If I had another daughter I would give her to China." He didn't feel that the, sacrifices were too great. Brethren and sisters, the work is not yet finished. I have tried to show you the evidences of the hundredfold rewards; but we are told that the work must be finished in a spirit of greater sacrifice than when it was begun. Sometimes I wonder --- I wonder if we are manifesting today the same spirit of sacrifice that the pioneers manifested. Recently a: friend of mine gave me a quotation from Gibbons, speaking of the city of Constantinople in the tenth century. It had reached the pinnacle of its culture ;Ind influence in the world and was on the downward way. Gibbons says of the people of that time that "they held in their lifeless hands the precious riches f their fathers without inheriting their spirit." The thought came to me, could it be said of God's people today — the people of the church. the leaders of the church -- that they hold in their lifeless hands the nrerions rirtiec of their nioneers without inheriting the r sn;rw) When I think of these things. my brethren and sisters. I feel like reciedicr_ting my life to the unfinished task. My heart cries out for that power, for that promised blessing that brings all other blessings in its train, and I know it comes through prayer. Do you, my brethren of the ministry feel as I do today? Do you long for that power? Do you desire to have Christ living within so that you can say to those in need, "Such as I have, give I thee"? If you feel as I do today, I invite you to stand with me — the leaders of the church. I wonder whether the church members here would like to join their leaders — members and leaders standing together in rededication to the great unfinished task. May God bless you and give you courage for the future, and many times the hundred- fold rewards of sacrifice and service. I would like to close with these words: "I have talked about the rewards of sacrifice and service, and the promised rewards are very great. But I would show you a better way: It is not for reward that we labor; It is not for success we toil; Nor for joy, renown, or pleasure, Or to win the victor's spoil. It is the love of Christ that constrains us; This motive leads us on; Love to Him alone sustains us; Let us labor and be strong. If we labor by this constraining love we shall always share the joy in service, and the rewards will not be lacking. Report of the Home Missionary Department of the Southern European Division For the Year 1955 *3 quarters 12 � QUARTERLY REVIEW Report of the Publishing Department of the Southern European Division For the Year 1955 0 0 0 do en
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Cosendai and child, of Switzerland, to French Cameroun (returning). April Mr. and Mrs. A. Matter and two children, of Switzerland, to Belgian Congo (returning). Mr. and Mrs. M. Heeketsweiler and two children, of France, to Madagascar. August Mr. and Mrs. A. Bodenmann, of Switzerland, to French Cameroun. Dr. and Mrs. A. Bergnaii and child, of France, to French Cameroun. September Mr. J, P. Cosendai, of Switzerland, to French Cameroun (returning). Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Laranjeira and child, of Portugal, to Madeira. Mr, and Mrs. Jorge de Mendonca and child, of Portugal, to Azores. November Mr. and Mrs. P. Bernard. of France, to Algeria, North Africa, =IQ ze .4 to so 41 44 .9, o c A A Asia° C.) co • e.),,,00tAAAA � $1 It0%r, O , 'a t- coo Ca at I oo, Co - a r - CI Ca 01 Is al T. 0,1 CO 10 0,1 CO 01 09 0 CO r-1 1-1 0 0 1..1 0 La Ca In 0 Is• Is 0 CO CO .3, 0 00 CO Cq C.• Cq 00 CI N 60 Ot 00 a1 ••••• tn. 104 00 ott, cb .3 0 00 00 N In 00 ro. CO 00 00 0 .3 0 00 •••,3 00 ro. 00 CO 00 .31 Co CO CD 0 Ca Is 6/ 0 Ca 0 0',1 ls .3, Co 0 00 0 0 CO CO CC, � • •• ka ta 0 0 RS CIS Cl.) 'oot 4 4 QUARTERLY REVIEW � 15 in Remembrance On January 9 of this year it was our sad task to accompany one of our Division office secretaries, Erna Ihlenburg, to her place of burial. Unexpect- edly she was torn from our midst. On Thursday evening, December 29th, our sister was apparently in the best of health. At the close of the day's work she left the office with the words, "Goodbye until Sabbath when we shall meet again." The following morning, the Friday before New Year's Day, as she was about to give the last touches to the manuscript of the February number of Adventecho (work she had taken home to do over the holidays) she was stricken with a brain haemorrhage. She immedi- ately became unconscious, and remained in this condition until her death on January 6. Erna Ihlenburg was born in Oderberg i Mark, Germany, on September 24, 1896. She was baptized on the 26th of October 1918, and became a member of the Steglitz church near Berlin. On the 15th of June, 1925, she entered the work of the Seventh-day Adventist denomination as an office secretary of the European Division of the General Conference with headquarters in Berne, Switzerland. When in 1928 the European Division was divided into four divisions, Erna Ihlenburg remained in Berne and took up work in the Southern European Division where she continued to serve until one week before her death. Since the publication of Adventecho, Erna Ihlenburg became known especially through her work as associate editor of this church paper. With great faithfulness and painstaking she devoted her strength and talent to this editorial work up to the last moment of her consciousness. When the manuscript left her hands it was perfect in style and granimatically. A great vacancy which will neither easily nor quickly be filled, has been created in our Division office through her departure. As her fellow-workers we shall always think of Erna Ihlenburg as a Christian who carried out her religion in her daily life. Therefore do we hope to meet her again on the great resurrection morning, if we are as faithful as she was. To her bereaved, aged mother and only brother, whose loss we share, we express our affectionate Christian sympathy. Otto Schuberth. Intervening Hand By C. M. FRENCH There is an Intervening Hand That beckons toward the better land With urgent pleadings, long and kind. It pleads with men to seek and find. That Hand gives light when light is low, Assures us when we see its glow, Makes plain the path we walk apace To view the beauties of the place. That better land where is no night Will be the home of saints in light, Where is no sickness, death, or pain, And there with Christ we'll ever reign. *** SOUTHE,:k1 EUROPEAN QUARTERLY REVIEW Organ of the Southern European Division of Seventh-day Adventists published every quarter Addres, of Editor (to whom all manuscripts should be sent) liOheweg 17, Berne, Switzerland, M. Fridlin � - Editor Editorial Secretary 16 � QUARTERLY REVIEW geere and 'here The Cal to Evangelism which appears on the front page of this issue, was voted unanimously by the Division Committee at its autumn meeting held at Gland, Switzerland. * The Division committee recently placed a call with the General Conference and the South American Division for Miss Alberta Hodde, a missionary nurse, at present on furlough in her homeland the United States. Miss Hodde will serve as head nurse in the, Bongo hospital at Lepi, Angola, and will replace Miss A. Larsen who returned to the United States for health reasons. Miss Hodde was formerly connected with the Rio de Janeiro hospital in Brazil. She will arrive in her new field of labor at the end of her furlough during September 1956. We are sure that Miss Hodde, with her missionary experience, will contribute greatly to the further successs- ful work at the Bongo Mission hospital. * A very encouraging report comes to us from a field in which we are not at liberty to work. A broadcast beamed from outside the borders of this country, has been introduced recently, and reaches many people who have enrolled in the Bible correspondence course and receive the lessons from a foreign country. A worker visits these students regularly. He finds them well prepared in Bible truths, and many of them are already keeping all of God's commandments. He could even baptize two souls. The president of the field writes that in the first ten months of 1955, 126 persons were baptized, which is a record number. * The Italian Publishing house in Flor- ence will be able to purchase its first linotype as the result of a special allowance granted by the Publishing Rehabilitation and Expansion Committee of the General Conference. � As a Division we are very thankful for this financial help, as are also our Italian brethren. * Kurt Scheidegder, secretary-treasurer of the French Equatorial African Union Mission, left Paris with his family by plane on January 17 to return to Yaoun- de, French Cameroun, after having spent some months' furlough mostly in his homeland, Switzerland. On the same plane was Miss Verena Tob;er, a Swiss nurse, who is to take up medical missionary Work in the northern part of the French Cameroun. R. Lienard who is to join the teaching staff at the Nanga-Eboko union training school, left with his family by boat on February 3 for this field. They were accompanied by Miss Jacqueline Vuille- card, an R. N. from France, who will also engage in medical missionary work in Norlh French Cameroun. Elder Charles Cornaz, president of the French Mqroccan Mission, tells us that in spite of many difficulties this field has reached the one and a half million French francs mark in Harvest lngathering. Thirty-seven people were baptized in Morocco during the first ten months of 1955. A new church and evangelistic center should be secured in Caseblenca, the capital. The present hall is too small and damp. This new building would cost 15,000,000 French francs. (1,00Q,000 French francs are equivalent to $2,700.) * The work on the building of the mis- kion hospital � Koza in the northern part of the French Cameroun, is progressing under good conditions. The walls of the new dispensary are complet- ed. Dr. F. W. Brennwald, who is in charge of the hospital, reports that 340 patients were treated one morning at the Koza dispenspry. The construction of the Relizane insti- tution which was launched for work among the Arabs of North Africa, is also progre$sing. The dispensary is not yet ready, but Sick people are being treated In the kitchen of the missionary ,'family's house, or just outside. � The authorities look on this construction work with much interest, showing their approv- al, and encouraging the North African leadership in the work they intend to do. Dr. Roy Parsons who is in charge of the Bongo hospital in Angola writes : " On November 26, 1955, nine people were baptized from the Bongo leper colony. A small school building is being contemplated for leper children on the same spot. There are already temporary quarters with 27 students.— A report of the above-mentioned baptismal ceremony aPpears in this number in an article written by the able pen of Mrs. Mabel Parsons. Baptisms : Elder Eli Fayard, pre- sident of the Diego-Suarez Mission in the northern corner of Madagascar, reports that eight persons were baptized last December in the city of Diego. There have been thirteen baptisms in all for 1955. Inasmuch as the mem- bership of the Diego group was only six at the beginning of last year, its membership has more than doubled in one year. * During the year 1955, 408 baptisms took place in the Nanga- Eboko Mission. This is another evidence that the Lord is abundantly blessing the European missionaries and African workers. Plans are on foot to erect a girls' dormitory at the Nanga-Eboko station. A call has already been placed for a competent lady worker to serve as head of this girls' dormitory. * Elder J. 0. Wilson who for two years has been in charge of the Israel Mission in the Holy Land, has accepted a cal! to the Georgia-Cumberland Conference of the Southern Union in the North Ameri- can Division for district activities. We wish to take this occasion to thank Broth- er Wilson for his faithful service in Palestine, which we appreciate very much, and to wish him much of God's blessing in his future work. Elder Wilson reporis that a baptismal service when nine persons were baptized took place on December 5, in Jerusalem. Le Cerant : Georges HABEREY Imprimerie FIDES Collonges-sous-Saleve (Haute-Savoie)