SoUouaiiern Union Record Official Organ of the Southwestern Union Conference oj Seventh-day Adventists. VOLUME XXVI KEENE, TEXAS, TUESDAY, JUNE 7. 1927 NO 23 t ? f S. W. UNION CONFERENCE f j 518-19 Terminal Bldg. j * Oklahoma City, Okla. | ^ President—Elder M. B. Van Kirk | f Sec’y-Treas. & Auditor—C. E. Smith | * i CARRYING THE GOSPEL Shall the gospel of Christ’s second- coming be carried to all the world in this generation by the people who have been raised up for this work? Do .we believe that God is leading when He opens the many doors in which anxious persons of many nations are beckoning, “Come over and help us?” Do our brethren and sisters feel that we have gone ahead too fast? Yet thousands of millions of lost souls have gone into Christless graves even since the begin­ ning of the message. The General Conference report shows that in comparison with last year, we are between fifteen and twenty thou­ sand dollars behind what we had do­ nated last year at this time. The Southwestern Union Conference has kept up its. pace until the last month, and we have now fallen behind. Perhaps it is just a coincidence and will all be made up this month. We hope May will put us back again where we were, at least. Dear brethren, we plead with all of you to become partners of the Lord in carrying this gospel, and to make this partnership count more and more as the days go by. Christ’s second appear­ ing is hastening on. The physical signs spoken of in Matthew twenty- four are very prominent this year. May God’s spirit come into all our hearts and lead us to do our full part. M. B. VAN KIRK. UNION NEWS ITEMS Elder Eichman assisted Elder Clark in dedicating the church at Weather­ ford, Oklahoma. Mr. C. E. Smith returned to the of­ fice the last of the week from auditing the books of the South Texas Confer­ ence and Book and Bible House. Elder M. B. Van Kirk returned to the office Monday after meeting with the Texico Conference committee at Clovis, New Mexico, May 29. Elder G. F. Eichman enjoyed a visit from his parents -over Sabbath and Sunday. His son, Harold, returned to their home with them to spend the summer. Elder A. F. Harrison is holding a colporteurs’ institute in Lubbock, Texas. He reports that there ' are seven or eight in the class who intend to enter the book work. BACCALAUREATE SERMON to the Graduating Class of 1927 at Southwestern Junior College. Elder H. S. Prenier. Stenographically reported by Frances Johnson. I Press On and Reach Out to gain the Heavenward Call which God gave me through Jesus Christ:— St. Paul. The aim of this class, as you see, is a part of Inspiration. Paul, in the Spirit, recorded these words in Philip- pians the third chapter, verses thirteen and fourteen. I shall read from the Twentieth Century New Testament. “For I, brothers, do not regard myself as having yet laid hold of it, but this one thing I do, forgetting what lies behind, and straining every nerve for that which lies in front, I press on and reach out to the goal to gain the prize of that heavenward call, which God gave me through Christ Jesus. ” Here we see Paul’s intense purpose for his life, “Onward, Outward, Hea­ venward.” His aim is yours. Any two in this class, with this same aim, may be lead in diverging paths, the one leading to selfish achievement, the other to self-submersion. In what terms do you interpret this aim, my students? There were two angelic princes in heaven, Michael and Lucifer, who in the beginning had this very aim. They translated these words in contrasting terms of thought and conduct, each sealing his own destiny. Lucifer—the supreme egotist—sought fame and the gratification of his fallen nature. His interpretation was: “I will exalt my throne above the stars of God................I will be like the Most High.” Michael, the pre-human name of Jesus; Michael, which interpreted means “He who is like God”, gave these words in opposite version, for I read in this same chapter: ‘ ‘Though the divine nature was His from the beginning, yet He did not look upon equality with God as above all things to be clung to, but impover­ ished himself. ” He humbled Himself to be a child, a man, a servant, a malefactor on the tree. He went down to go up. He prayed His way through. For that cause I read: “God raised Him to the very highest place, and gave Him the Name which stands above all other names, Jesus Christ the Lord.” These two met again on the Mount of temptation. This time Jesus ap­ pears worn, emaciated, impoverished, after His long time of fasting. “And the Devil led Jesus up, and, •howing him in a single moment all the kingdoms of the earth, said to him (young people, remember this voice will whisper in your ear).: I will give you all this power, and the splendor of them; for it has been given into my hands and I give it to whom I wish. If you, therefore, will do homage before me, it shall all be yours. ’ ’ The response came back with the true ring of fealty: “Get thee behind me, Satan; for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God and Him only shalt thou serve. ’ ’ Just now, and in a little while, thous­ ands of graduates from the schools of this land have unconsciously or predom­ inately in their minds, this same aim you have, with its two interpretations. Many will start to climb the ladder with the idea of getting, and will at­ tain, wealth, position, and the admira­ tion of their fellowmen. They will succeed, as the world counts success. On the other hand, others, with a greater, truer, higher ambition, with the idea of giving, as they look out, will see the world’s need. They will look up to God for that Heavenward PAOB TWO SOUTHWEST»«« UNION RECORD call, which God gives through Christ Jesus, and then launch out into spiritual service. It is granted this morning that you, my young people, belong to this minority. 'Undoubtedly, class, the world offers approbation in every line of endeavor. It holds out to you, temptingly, to allure and to win your soul. Will you yield, or will you follow your Master away from the fascinations of the world, away from the gratification of the earthly nature, away from the beg­ garly things to a life of prayer and spiritual labor? Will you as consecrated youths begin where Christ began, where patriarch and prophet gained their inspiration from God—in secret, earnest, fervent prayer? Will you descend and allow that to overshadow your benign influence to an unfortunate and struggling world, and make your personal progress of minor considera­ tion? Let me turn to the story of the ancients: Onward, to the Egyptians, meant better manufacture and mixture of indelible paints; the art of tempering copper; greater massiveness in archi­ tectural structure, made possible by their perfection of hydraulic machinery. They reached out and harnessed Israel; they enslaved them, to wear them out, and to kill off their male infants, all to save Pharaoh and the nation. They reached up, up, but no higher than Egyptian skies. They, by better embalmed bodies, hoped for a reincar­ nation to higher spheres of life. They built sphinx, pyramids, and obelisks. Up, up they reared, reaching out to greet sun, moon and stars, the Egyp­ tian deities. But mind you, young people, he who sets his goal to reach the skies without Christ goes no higher. The true-blooded Egyptian has en­ tirely disappeared. His sails of purple silk on the Nile and Mediterranean are gone, and his oriental splendors have passed away. But Moses still lives, for his watch­ word was the same as yours. Moses’ bulwark of faith was prayer. He communed with Jesus on Sinai. He was snatched from the hands of Luci­ fer by Jesus in the form of the archan­ gel, Michael. He was finally glorified on the heights of Hermon with Christ his Lord. And this very moment he ministers before the throne of God with that same Lord of glory in the heavens above. While Egypt to­ day, lies in death: “The jackal whines among the fallen stones; The painted tombs no longer guard their dead; The desert winds disport with mum­ my-dust; The gods are fallen and their glory fled. The bats at even flitter forth from holes Wherein aged shreds of human clay are thrust; The silken sails and gilded galley poles Have crumbled, with the builders, — into dust. ’ ’ Onward, to the Babylonians, meant pomp, power, and world supremacy. For temples, towers, hanging gardens, and city building, Babylon still holds supreme place. They reached out, also, into neigh­ boring countries and made vassals, vast populations, among them Judah and Jerusalem. They took these captives and demanded service from them, and commanded their consciences. They reached ,up. They were the first to build the tower of Babel, Birs- Nimrod, and other famed observatories from which their astronomical instru­ ments might sweep the stars. But their boasts were their undoing. It was the great king Nebuchadnezzar who exemplified his spirit of pride in these words recorded in holy writ: “Is not this great Babylon which I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honor of my majesty?” That very hour he was led away, a raving maniac. His noble grandson, Belshazzar, also prided himself on successful achieve­ ment. A great feast marks the occa­ sion. That very night Belshazzar lay dead, and with him ended a world empire. On the other hand, Daniel and his companions, schooled by crises, looked heavenward in prayer and sought the spiritual strength to stand before kings; then off to their stricken people, and as saviours of men, lived the conquering life; then on to promotion, advanced by their God from one empire to anoth­ er. Daniel, today, is a virile Bible char­ acter, and an inspiration to graduates from Christian colleges, while the selfish program of Chaldean empire- builders has failed: “The moon shines cold above the desert sands, The thin winds whimper lone across the waste; The shifting dunes long since have rolled and closed Above dead cities ages-long effaced. The monuments and towers are overthrown, The tablets molder in the sword blade’s rust, And all the glory that the past has known Has crumbled, and with its builders, into dust. ’ ’ The original text that I used was Paul’s words to the Philippians of the city of Philippi, a Greek center in Macedonia. To the Greeks Onward meant the acme in letters, art, drama, and sculp­ ture. Their contributions to these things are recognized today as the models of perfection, and are unsurpass­ ed today. In the physical realm as well as the ■mental, they had no peer. Their’s was the genius of the sensual. But how are ye fallen, from the heights of greatness and acclaim, ye sons of the gods! Look about you, young people, and you will see the pettiness to which an empire and its builders have shrunk. Marshall South, from whom I have already quoted, puts these words into the mouth of Rome: “Behold our progress!—Hear the tramp of Rome: Legion on legion on the stone-paved ways, Clatter of chariots; tread of march­ ing feet; Standards ablaze beneath the morn­ ing rays; Mistress of all the world, from pine to palm; Art and adornment filched from every land; Monarchs in chains behind her char­ iot wheels; States that pay tribute to a conquer­ or’s hand— ‘Behold our progress and enlighten­ ment! % We are the people! We shall surely stand. ’ “But does she? The broken pillars in the Forum lie, And shattered fragments strew the Circus floor. The loathsome beggars cluster in the shade Of walls whose echoes legions wake no more. The brazen bucklers turn no foeman's steel, The short, keen sword no longer makes it thrust; And all the Empire that hailed Cae­ sar lord Has crumbled, with its builders,-into dust.” SOUTHWESTERN UNION RECORD PAGE THREE A socialist rules Rome today by force, and his black-shirted Fascisti, with revolver and stiletto. The tame age-old program of self-aggrandizement and territorial expansion is being fol­ lowed at the expense of liberty-loving people. She is striving upward for a place in the galaxy of stars, with that same spirit that moved Lucifer. All so contrary to the Spirit of the Lord Jesus Christ. For all night long the Master spent in the mountain in pray­ er, seeking victory, spiritual strength, and virtue from His Father. Then, at break of dawn, he came down to meet the multitude of people looking for the Bread of Life, and shared his spiritual powers in healing and teaching with others. So Self-forgetful, He crucifi­ ed self. Remember, young people, that we will run true to form : we will either go down to go up, or go up to go down. Class of 1927, the time to which prophecy has pointed, the time of trouble such as never was since there was a nation, is just before you. So­ ciety has reached that stage where sin is no longer looked on with shame. No generation of gospel workers has look­ ed upon so difficult a social task as the one you face. Prejudice against the rising, teeming foreign population, which is making inroads in commerce and industry, is fast checking the spirit of missions the world over. Men’s hearts are failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming upon the earth. Storm, earlh-quakes, floods, business difficul­ ties on all sides, war in the East, finan­ cial and political upheavals in the West, all are harbingers of the dreadful day ahead. Would you, young people, plunge out into this? Onward and out­ ward in this world-wide cause, to go, if need be, as self-supporting workers, wherever you are most needed, to give out to humanity what you have gained in this Christian college, from these God-fearing teachers? Seniors! I am sure that you have decided ere this to which of the two spirits you will yield; the Spirit of Christ, or the spirit of the mammon- loving world. I take it that you inter­ pret your aim “Onward with Christ”, for 1 see that you have set the Lord Jesus in the heart of your aim. Let Him, indeed, be the center of your soul’s longing, and ever remain fixed in your consciousness, the Lord Jesus, your personal Saviour. Tonight you will lay aside your gowns. You in black, with visions of service in thè class room, in the office, and the pulpit; out into the firing line with prospectus or foreign language grammar to bring the message of Christ to the people in their own lan­ guage. You who are in gray, with holy aspirations toward many more hours of college preparation. You who are juniors will tonight, become sen­ iors, clothed with something heavier than a gown—responsibility. Onward and upward to all of you must mean burden-bearing and hard, rugged climb­ ing. My heart goes out to you as a form­ er teacher and spiritual counsellor. Will you take the spiritual “Comfort wherewith you have been comforted” to the rent minds, to the thousands of bleeding hearts, and to the discouraged, hopeless, godless souls by the millions? The outward is a circle 25,000 miles around containing hundreds of millions hungering for sympathy, kindness, and love. Have you received the infilling since you first matriculated? If not, I beg of you, tarry in Jerusalem. Do not leave this hallowed spot until you have it to take with you. Jesus marked you from your mother’s first prayer. And through the years He has followed you to this sacred hour. He yearns to hear your soul’s cry for the Spirit of God. While out in an island campaign for Harvest Ingathering, I approached the manager of a large sugar plantation and mill. “I have waited a long time, ” he said, “for you people to come. We have a doctor who is so absorbed in politics and money getting that he neg­ lects the poor in our community and the needy and diseased in the plantation huts that nestle in the hills. Can you send us a doctor like your Dr. Blank? We will pay any price to get a man to love the poor.” That is the cry around the world. Service that cannot be “bought with a price” comes straight from the heart. Now in summarizing, graduates of this college, will you ever hold to un­ derstanding? Understanding that the true significance of your class aim does not altogether depend upon your mind’s aspirations, but your soul’s. That the Spirit of Christ in your heart is su­ premely needful, otherwise the length and breadth and height of your goal will fall far short of God’s plan for you. God’s plan for you is so mighty that the world cannot appreciate it. Its sympathy reaches out to the ends of the earth. Moses’ message was a message to the greatest nation on the greatest continent of its time, Africa. It mean*- the salvation at the exodus of God’s people and their deliverance finally to the promised land. It also meant the destruction of the rebellious hosts against God. The message that God gave Daniel was for another great continent, Asia, and for the greatest nation of that continent, Babylon. It meant the bringing out of God’s ex­ iled people from captivity—the cry, “Come out of Babylon, my people,” and the end of Babylonian supremacy at Belshazzar’s feast. God’s message to Paul was a message to Europe, to the mightiest nation of that time, Rome. Paul finished his work in A. D, 68; but A. D. 70, just two years later, marks the dispersion of God’s people; the destruction of Jerusalem; and the beginning of the downward course of Roman civilization to degeneracy; to the fall of that empire. Little do we appreciate the eternal consequences resting upon this class. The responsibility resting upon you means, not the end of Africa, Asia, or Europe, but the end of all our civiliza­ tion. Genius, that power which dazzles mortal eye, Is oft but perseverance in disguise; Persistance of it implies, in spite of countless falls, the power to rise. Twixt failure and success the point’s so fine, Men know not when they cross the line. To take this honey for the bitterest cup: There is no failure save in giving up, No real fall as long as one still tries, For seeming set-backs make the strong man wise; There is no failure save from within; If you’re not beaten there, You’re bound to win.” Will you join Paul in his intensity of holy purpose? “To gain that heaven­ ward call, to win the prize of that high calling in Christ Jesus, I press on per- severingly, with enduring constancy.’’ ‘ ‘I reach out, I strain every nerve for that which lies in front”—we see here the picture in Paul's mind of the Greek runner of his time, ready at the starting line for the race, digging his toes in the sand, and bending forward, almost prostrate, every muscle tensed— “toward the goal heavenward which God gave me through Christ Jesus.” That was the finishing line of the race. The length- Onward, may it be with Jesus all the way. The Outward breadth of vision and service, may it be with the Holy Spirit in absolute PARt FOUR «ÔUTHWKSTERN UNION RECORD control. The height Upward, may it sweep to the very throne of the Father. «• 4 4 f ARKANSAS CONFERENCE j j 1215 Marshall St. 4 Little Rock, Ark. | President—Elder R. P. Montgomery j Sec’y-Treas.—L. J. Black ♦ Arkansas Tract Society: * Sec’y-Treas.—L. J. Black j STATEMENT OF 68«-A-WEBK FUND For four months ending April 30, 1927 Amount Ain't Per Quota Received Short cent Ark 5,637.60 1,937.82 3,654.78 Ark. C. 747.00 268.48 478.52 ARKANSAS NEWS NOTES. Elder Montgomery is holding a series of meetings in the Springdale church. Mrs. J. C. Baldwin has been visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Black, on her way to Mobile, Alabama, where she and her husband are moving. Elder Montgomery will be in Little Rock the last of the week for a very short time. He has been in Springdale about four weeks. Mrs. L. J. Black left several days ago to attend summer school at Keene. She will teach the Little Rock church school again next term. Do not wait until the last minute to order your Sabbath school supplies for the third quarter which begins the first of July. Elder Dasent. from the union con­ ference, paid the office a short visit last week. Sunday night, May 29, he began a tent effort in Fort Smith for the colored people. He is assisted by Elder North and others. Every member of the Little Rock church school received a Junior Read­ ing Course Certificate, because their teacher, Mrs. L. J. Black, was faith­ ful in reading the books to them. This is a splendid record. Sabbath afternoon, May 28, the Young Peoples’ Society of Little Rock took cars to the east side of the city and distributed about 500 copies of “World Outlook” number of Present Truth. The Little Rock church has ordered about 5,000 copies of this paper for use in home missionary work. The Searcy church has been crippled by the serious illness of some of its members. For many months Brother Wakenight lay at death’s door. We are glad to report that he is now able to sit up. Sister Oscar England has had a hard siege of pneumonia, but she, too, is on the way to recovery and hopes soon to be taking an active part in the church work again. Hayward Litchfield is still confined to his bed. Elder Baker, Brother Anderson, and their wives are busy with their Camden tent effort. They report the atten­ dance the first week was injured be­ cause of a show in town. Satan will do all in his power to keep the people of this community from hearing the truth. Brother Young has been assisting two new colporteurs in starting out in their work for the last week. He called at the office for a few hours and went on to Arkadelphia where he will be with two more new workers. We hope to have at least four new names added to our list of workers next week. Mr. L. S. Brown, of Jacksonville, called at the office the first of the week and paid a nice sum of tithe for him­ self and also for his mother, Mrs. W. C. Brown. Mr. Brown has been a pa­ tient at the Baptist Hospital across the street from the conference office His mother has been taking treat­ ments there also. Elder Haughey spent Sabbath, May 28, with the church at Searcy. While there he presented the “World Out­ look” number of Present Truth and the church ordered one thousand copies. The Junior Missionary Volunteer So­ ciety plans to distribute these Sab­ bath, June 11. This number of the Present Truth deals with the present conditions in the world: wars, rumors of wars, floods, earthquakes, and other calamities. The recent floods and storms which have swept our state are causing many to ask, “What do these things mean?” and you could not give them a better answer than to hand them a copy of No. 27, of Present Truth. Sabbath, May 21, was a good day for the Little Rock church. Four mem­ bers were received upon profession of faith, and Elder Haughey baptized six others - Doctor W. C. Green, Mrs. C. S. Brown, who is the doctor’s sister, Miss Goldie Terry, one of the doctor’s nurses, Ida Green, his niece, Juanita Atchley, and James Fulmore. The last three were members of the church school, and to the faithful work of the teacher much of the credit should go. e This was not only a happy day for th church as a whole, but especially for the family of Doctor Green. We are glad to welcome these new members, into church fellowship. ATTENTION! SABBATH SCHOOL OFFICERS AND TEACHERS Next quarter our lessons will be topi­ cal in character, and frequent ref­ erence will be made to the books, ‘ ‘Pa­ triarchs and Prophets” and “The Great Controversy.” In order for you to get all out of the lesson you should, it will be necessary for you to have these books. If you do not already have them, get them of the Arkansas Book and Bible House. Prices are as fol­ lows: Either book, cloth $2.25, limp leather $3.25. I hope the superintendents will en­ courage the teachers to supply them­ selves with these books. Mrs. K. R. HAUGHEY, Sabbath School Secretary. ♦ \ * NORTH TFXASCONFERENCE } | 2800 Live Oak Street 4 | Dallas, Texas | j President—Elder Roy L. Benton j J Sec’y-Treas.—C. G. Ortner j J North Tex. Book and Bible House t | Sec’y-Treas.—C. G. Ortner | 4 I statement of the sixty. CENTS-A-WEEK FUND For four months ending April 30, 1927 Amount Am’t Per Quota Reiceived Short cent N. Texas 12,393.40 4,264.56 8,133.84 N. Tex. C. 711.00 242.94 468.06 NORTH TEXAS NEWS NOTES. Brother A. F. Ruf spent Thursday in Dallas, looking after his office work. Brother C. G. Ortner made a hasty trip to Waco Thursday afternoon. Brother C. M. Norman and Douglas Prenier made a trip to the southern part of our conference, where Brother Norman started Mr. Prenier in the canvassing work. We have just entered upon the last month of the second quarter. Now is the time when Sabbath School officers should be ordering their supplies for the third quarter, especially such things as Memory Verse Cards and Picture Rolls. Brother West Smith, one of our col. SOUTHWESTERN UNION RECORD PAGE FIVE porteurs in East Texas, writes the fol­ lowing: “I was working a saw mill district and was told to go to a certain man who is a preacher. I dreaded him very much, but finally picked up cour­ age and went. I gave him a canvass, then took his order in the best bind­ ing. He said there had been other colporteurs in there, but they had dodged him. I also took five orders from his near neighbors. This is one time it paid to visit a preacher.” The Sabbath School lessons for the third quarter of this year are on what we term doctrinal topics. Reference is made continually to the books, Patri­ archs and Prophets, and Great Contro­ versy between Christ and Satan. If you do not already have these books, now is the time to get them. Send your order to the Book and Bible House. The trade editions are $2.25 each, in the cloth binding, $3.25 in the limp leather binding. THE GIRLS’ LITERARY CLUB. The Girls’ Literary Club of Dallas was organized November 14, 1926. The meetings have been held the first and third Sunday afternoons of each month. To date, we have had fourteen meetings; mailed 1,800 copies of the Present 2ruth; written 150 missionary letters and received twenty-two favor­ able replies. The following are some of the an­ swers received: Doctor of Dallas says, it is a welcome visitor to his office. Mrs. ----.— of Dallas said it has more Bible facts than any paper she has ever read. Mrs. mailed stamps to pay for the papers sent her. Mrs. of Breckenridge says she is able to use excerpts from the Pres­ ent Truth in some of her mission work. Mr. --------, superintendent of a coal mine at Wheeling, West Virginia writes that he reads with interest, each num­ ber of the Present Truth. Mrs.-------- of Dallas, says when the postman brings the paper, she never lays it down till she has finished reading it. The time for the meeting has been changed. In the future, it will meet on the first and third Friday evenings of each month, at 7:45. Mrs. CHAS. MERZBACHER, Jr. YOUNG PEOPLE Did you know — That camp meeting is to be held at Keene this year and that you have less than six weeks to arrange your work so you can attend? That Professor C. A. Russell of the General Conference will be with us this year, and will give most of his time'to the young people’s meetings? That we are counting on every one of our young people to be present at the very first and stay to the end? That if you are not there that you will lose the blessings the Lord has. for His people? That we are trying to arrange our program in a way to be able to give much help to the juniors and that we want all the juniors to come? That with these few lines I am giv­ ing our Missionary Volunteer’s (juniors and seniors) an invitation to come to camp meeting, July 28 to August 7? A. F. RUF. NORTH TEXAS’ CONFERENCE OF SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS Notice is hereby given that there will convene a special session of the North Texas Conference of Seventh- day Adventists in connection with the camp meeting at Keene, Texas, July 28 to August 7. . The first meeting will be called at 9:30 A. M„ July 31, 1927. The purpose of this special session will be to receive reports of the officers, and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the delegates. Each church in the conference is entitled to one delegate for its or- gaization, and one additional delegate for each fifteen members or major portion thereof. Signed, ROY L. BENTON, President, C. G. ORTNER, Secretary. TEXAS CONFERENCE ASSOCIA­ TION OF SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS (Notice is hereby given that the Tex­ as Conference Association of Seventh- day Adventists will meet in special session during the Seventh-day Ad­ ventists’ camp meeting, which is to be held at Keene, Texas, July 28 to Aug­ ust 7, 1927. The first meeting Will convene at 10:15 A. M., Sunday, July 31, 1927. The purpose of this meet­ ing is to receive reports of the officers of the Association, and to transact any other business which may prop­ erly come before the delegates. Tte delegates of the North Texas Confer­ ence are als0 delegates of the Texas Conference Association. 'Signed, ROY L. BENTON, President, C. G. ORTNER, Secretary. i ♦ } OKLAHOMA CONFERENCE f Box 1077 { Oklahoma City, Okla. J President—Elder W. M. Clark j Sec’y-Treas.—Lowell Estes J Oklahoma Book and Bible House: * Sec'y^Treas.—B. E. Bridwell 1 statement of the sixty. CENTS-A-WEEK FUND For four months ending April 30, 1927 Amount Am’t Per Quota Received Short cent Okla. 22,204.80 7,821.31 14,383.49 Okla. C. 918.00 274.38 643.62 OKLAHOMA NEWS NOTES Elder Clark made a trip to Bristow Friday to help Elder Fillman and Broth­ er Fowler arrange for their tent effort which they are to hold in Bristow. Sabbath Elder Clark went over to Weatherford to assist in the dedicating of their church which is now free from debt. ' Brethren Schneider and Voth, from East Cooper, were in the office Tuesday morning and made us a friendly call. We are always glad to have the brethren from the different parts of the conference feel free to drop in when they are in the city. Elder Willess and some of the other brethren have been busy pitching the tent in Capitol Hill where he is to be­ gin his evangelistic effort Tuesday night, June 2. Brother Carl Riffel is also getting out his tent and equipment for the ef­ fort which he expects to hold at Wayne south of Purcell. Miss Letha Taylor has just gotten back from Redfield, South Dakota where she has been preceptress in the Plainview Academy during the last winter. Miss Taylor is taking up Bible work in the Oklahoma Conference. We welcome her back to her old field. Brother Gant and Brother Bridwell were called to Crescent last Sunday to conduct the funeral of Ruth Cover, daughter of Brother and Sister Earl Cover, who died last Saturday night after a year of suffering with spinal trouble. Brother Hooper says that the student colporteurs are starting out with good courage and big records. It is a good year for others to enter the work. pa«> six SOUTHWESTERN UNION RECORD Why not now? If you desire to enter this work write to T. J. Hooper, Box 1077, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Brother Harry Craig is closing his work at Perkins this week being the last church school to close. We have had a splendid year with our church schools this last year and expect sev­ eral new ones another year. If you have not made arrangements for your church school, it will be well to write Brother Gant about your needs. Brother William Day has returned since teaching in the southern part of the state to take the place of Miss Lehmann in the Book and Bible House while she takes an extended vacation visiting her relatives in Texas. Brother J. L. Eckert and family, of Cushing, was in the office Tuesday to counsel concerning the purchase of a building to be used for a church and church school for the new company or­ ganized in that town. Elder Clark has since gone over to investigate the pro­ perty. We sincerely hope that Cush­ ing will be able to have a church school this coming year. Brother John Gepford and his sister, Lennie, dropped into the office the other day enroute to College View where they expect to spend the sum­ mer. Miss Gepford expects to be prin­ cipal of the Enid two-teacher school next year and John is to be principal of the Tulsa school. HOOKER ENGLISH CHURCH I was pleased to go out with ten of our young people in the Big Week cam­ paign for two days selling our small books. We went to -Guyman, Forgan and Beaver City. As the times are hard here we sold only $26 00 worth of books, but we are thankful for that, as well as the many experiences the young people met. They were all cheerful and enjoyed the work for the Lord. On Wednesday evening at the prayer meeting we all listened to the experi­ ences of the young folks. Such ex­ periences give courage to the church. There were others who went out and sold more books, but I am not able to give the exact amount. The Lord is blessing the sale of literature in this community. Brother G. W. Calloway, as a canvasser in this county sold over $1,500 worth of books which we hope will bring many souls to the truth. Prof. K. L. Gant and Elder E. A. Pohle came to Hooker to assist in the closing of the church school year. They COLPORTEUR’S WEEKLY REPORT ARKANSAS COLPORTEURS’ REPORT FOR WEEK ENDING MAY 28, 1927 Name Bk Hrs. Ords. Value [Helps Total Del. C. H. Chenault ...,...BR100 14 79.00 18.75 97.75 16.50 J. B. Hawkins .......DR 58 26 152.50 74.75 227.25 66.00 E. A. Huelsenbeck .... 41 6 21.00 3.75 24.75 2.75 Gordon Miller ...:...,BR (34 5 2r(.50 11100 38.50 4*75 Ella Boyce .............RJ 34 10 51.00 7.25 56.50 2.25 Killis Boyce ...........RJ 33 11 32.00 7.25 39.25 3.75 Donald Burgard ....RJ 27 6 25.00 1.25 26.25 1.00 Workers 7 327 78 388.00 122.25 510.25 07.00 NORTH TEXASCOLPORTEURS’REPORT FORWEEKENDING MAY 21 Name Bk Hrs. Ords. Value Helps Total Del. W. M. Smith ........OD 53 40 122.50 16.00 138.50 7.50 J. D. Wilburn ........OD 45 8 41.00 18.75 59.75 W- T. Tucker .....BML 44 ........... 35.00 3,5.00 6.50 C. M. Norman ....BR 42 201.75 1201.75 C. L. Grandon ........BR 35 27 156.50 ........ 156.50 W. M'. Smith ........OD 35 ■24 94.50 10.25 104.75 74.50 R. E. Wjhitaker .......OD 31 13 4550 12.50 58.00 72.00 R. F. Culpepper ....RJ 25 36 114.00 ,25 114.25 ........ Workers 8 314 151 {775.75 92.75 868.50 158.50 NORTH TEXASCOLPORTEURS!1REPORT FORW[EEKENDING MAY 28 Name BkHrs. Ords. Value Helps Total Del- C. L. Grandon ........BR 60 42 253.00 3.25 ’,256.25 Philip Faudi ..........RJ 50 32 116.00 8.00 124.00 R. Cloningerl ,.......BR 41 17 lyO 1.50 3150 105100 R. F. Culpepper ....RJ 40 44 141.00 .75 141.75 ........ Martin Pettey ........BR 40 19 110.50 1.50 112.00 1.50 W'. M. Smith .......OD 43 46 157.50 16.60 174.10 5.25 R. E. Whitaker .......JOD 38 13 45.50 9.50 55.00 43.50 C. MJ. Norman ........BR 20 12 71.50 2.75 74.25 P. H. Faudi RJ 20 ,25 83.00 1.00 84.00 Workers SOUTH TEXAS Name 9 352 ■ 250 COLPORTEURS’ Bk Hrs. Ords. 1079.50 46.85 REPORT FOR WEEK Value Helps 1126.35 50.25 ENDING MAY 28 Total Del. Wj. H. Atherly R. M. Flores W, J, Prindle .... HTOJ OD ....OD 21 48 12 ' 13 22 1 56.50 78.50 3.50 9.25 2.50 1.50 65.75 81.00 5.00 3.00 3.50 8.25 Workers 3 81 36 138.50 13.25 151.75 14.75 GRAND TOTAL: Workers 27 1074 505 2381.75 261.85 2656.85 310.50 SOUTHWESTERN UNION RECORD PAOE SEVEN were here May 11-14, and we all enjoyed the good meetings. They met with the board and Mrs. D. B. Payne was hired for another school year. Thursday night, May 19, Mrs. Payne rendered a very interesting school pro­ gram in the German church. Quite a good many were present to hear the program. We are certainly thankful for the good interest our young people have taken in our first church school, and we are looking for a still better school next year. Brother and Sister Bailey, from south of the river, are planning to send three or four children to our school next year. We are look­ ing for some more new scholars. Our wheat crop was a failure last year, but we are still of good courage, hoping for a good crop this year. Some of the young people are planning to raise money to pay their own way. Why not some more do likewise? J. P. GAEDE. ♦ • SOUTH TEXAS CONFERENCE } 317 South Presa St. j San Antonio, Texas j President—Elder W. R. Elliott 4 Sec’y-Treas.—J. S. McMullan | South Texas Book and Bible I Society: * Sec'y-Trea3.—J. S. McMullan | ♦ ♦ statement of the sixty- CENTS-A-WEEK FUND For four months ending April 30, 1927 Amount Am’t Per Quota Received Short cent S. Tex. 8,683.20 2,658.38 6,024.82 S. Tex. C. 2,628.00 1,097.69 1,530.31 } TEXICO CONFERENCE j 419 Rencher St j Clovis, New Mexico | President—Elder E. T. Wilson ! Sec’y-Treas.—O. D. Slater Texlco Book and Bible House: f Sec'y-Treas.—O. D. Slater. ♦ statement of the sixty. CENTS-A-WEEK FUND For four months ending April 30, 1927 Amount Am’t Per Quota Received Short cent Texico 5,281.20 2,713.99 2,567.21 Texico C. 612.00 . 270.36 341.64 NOTICE! Notice is hereby given that the Texico Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists will be called to convene at, Am'arillo. Texas, at the S. D. A. camp ground at 10:00 A. M. August1 5, 1927, for the purpose of transacting such business as may come before the Association. Delegates to the conference are also delegates to the Association. E. T. Wilson, President, O. D. Slater, Secretary. MEETING OF THE TEXICO CON­ FERENCE OF SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS Notice is rereby given that there will be a special session of the Texico Conference called, to be held in con­ nection with the camp meeting in Amarillo, Texas, August 4A4„ 1927. The first meeting will be held at 9:00 A. M) August 5. Each church in the conference is entitled to one delegate for its organization and one additional delegate for each fifteen members or mhjor poir'tion thereof,. Reports of officers will be read and such other business transacted as may come be­ fore the delegates. E. T. Wilson, President, O. D. Slater, Secretary. TEXICO NEWS ITEMS. A letter from Elder F. E. Wilson, over at Albuquerque, states that one of the brethren has donated a lot for a church building for the Spanish speak­ ing people, in a splendid location on one of the prominent streets. Word comes that the Lubbock school closed last week with a nice little pro­ gram, rendering ‘ ‘Queen Esther. ’ ’ They report a splendid attendance dur­ ing the term and some real good work accomplished. The Lubbock church is growing rapidly and we hope another year will find a much stronger school and church. Brother Taylor just received a letter from one of the new believers down at Mesilla Park stating that another young man had begun keeping the Sab­ bath, and a little live interest in the prospect of another meeting in the near future. A tabernacle is being constructed at Lubbock this week in which to hold a special meeting beginning Sunday night June 5. Elder Wilson will be the principal speaker at this meeting, being assisted by Elder LeGrone and Brother Hershel Martin. We solicit your prayers in behalf of this meeting. It is none too early to begin laying plans to attend the camp meeting to be held at Fair Park, Amarillo, Texas, August 4-14. We hope to see you there. We are glad to tell our readers of the Record that advancement has been made in our Spanish church. We are anxious for our faithful breth­ ren and sisters to know that we great­ ly appreciate their noble service of “Big Week.” Their spiritual and financial pulse was increased by raising money through the sale of our small books. One of our boys delivered six­ ty of our small books in one day, and another brother delivered thirty books in one day, so they are now trying to do their part. We organized in our Spanish church a financial band and one of the ways to raise money, is through the sale of our small books. A FURTHER WORD ABOUT CAMP MEETING Our conference committee met last Sunday, and voted to follow the same plan of last year with reference to zon­ ing the conference, and also the popular plan followed in the dining department, for we found it helped many of our people to attend camp meeting who otherwise would not have been able to come. We are glad to do anything which will help those who have so few privi­ leges of hearing the message, and it is to be hoped that everyone who can pos­ sibly do so will plan to come to Ama­ rillo for the annual feast this year. Be­ gin to pray and plan at once for August 4 will soon come and you will want to be ready, and we want to see you there. Jesus, and other representatives from heaven will be looking for you, and our dear brethren from Washington and Oklahoma City, besides your brethren in the Texico Conference will all be anxious to greet you the very first day of the meeting. Any information concerning details can be had by writing Brother O. D. Slater at the office, who will be glad to furnish you with same. E. T. WILSON. CAMP MEETING The final arrangements have been made for the Texico camp meeting and it will be held at the Fair Grounds in Amarillo, Texas August 4-14, so let us PAGE EIGHT SOUTHWESTERN UNION RECORD decide this question like Moses decided a similiar question when Pharaoh tried to keep him from going to an holy con­ vocation. You will recall the conversation which ensued day after day, and the propositions put up by the king of Egypt, all of which were for the pur­ pose of thwarting the plan of God for his people. You will also recall how emphatic God’s servant was when the final decision was made, for he replied to the king in the following language. “A*d Moses said, vrS will go with our young and with our old, with our sons and with our daughters, with our flocks and with our herds will we go; for we must hold a feast unto the Lord. ’ ’ Yes, dear brethren, we must hold this feast unto the Lord, for no one can tell what a single day may bring forth, but one thing we may be sure of and that is Satan will suggest leaving some of the stuff at home, and that the chil­ dren, or some of the old folks ought to stay at home and look after the things, but the writer believes we have come to the time when we should take the family and go to camp meeting, and trust to the Lord to help us arrange our business affairs so this will be possible. We had a splendid camp meeting at Clovis last year, but we ought to have a better one this year at Amarillo, for another twelve month period has passed into eternity, and do you know more things happened the first quarter of 1927, as a direct fulfillment of the prophecies, than happened the whole of 1926, and all thinking men acknowledge that 1926 was a record-breaker for un­ usual happenings on land and sea, so let us plan to take our wives, our chil­ dren, and if we are so fortunate as to have our parents with us, take them also to this feast of the Lord. E. T. WILSON. NEW COURSES FOR SUMMER STUDY Our courses in General History, Bible Doctrines, and New Testament History, recently revised so as to cover these subjects in just thirty-six recitation papers each, are more interesting than ever, and particularly adapted for gain­ ing summer credits. English Litera­ ture, American History, and College Rhetoric are also popular vacation studies, and there are nearly seventy more to choose from, all to be found in our new 1927-28 catalogue, which is yours for the asking. Spare minutes devoted to summer study keep the mind active, and bring graduation day nearer. Let us help you solve your problems. FIRESIDE CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOL, Takoma Park, Washington, D. C. “What shall it profit a man if he gain the whole world and lose his own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?” NOTICE Next winter there will be an oppor­ tunity for some mature young woman, who is qualified, to take charge of our school laundry. In times past young women who have held this position have worked their entire way through school. I would be glad to get in cor­ respondence with mature young wo­ men, who are planning to be in South­ western Junior College next year, in order that definite arrangements may be made with them for this work. Kindly address P. L. THOMPSON, Keene, Texas. ADVERTISEMENTS NOTICE Notice is hereby given that there will be called a special session of the con­ ference of Arkansas, to be held in con­ nection with the camp meeting at Mal­ vern, Arkansas, July 14-24. The first meeting will be at 9:00 A. M. July 15, 1927. Each church in the conference is entitled to one delegate for its or­ ganization and one additional dele­ gate for each fifteen members or major portion thereof. Reports of officers will be read and such other business transacted as may come before the delegates. R. P. MONTGOMERY, President, L. J. BLACK, Secretary. NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the Ark­ ansas Conference Association of Sev­ enth-day Adventists will be called to convene at Malvern at the Seventh-day Adventist camp 9:30 A. M. July 18 1927. This is for the purpose of trans­ acting such business as may come be­ fore the Association. Delegates to the Conference are delegates of the Asso elation. R. P. MONTGOMERY, President, L. J. BLACK, Secretary. NOTICE! Notice is hereby given that a regu­ lar conference session of the South Texas Conference will be held in con­ nection with the annual campmeeting at Roosevelt Palrk, San Antonio, Tex­ as, July 21-31, 1927. This is not a ses­ sion for the election of officers, but for rendering of reports and the trans­ action of any other 'business that may properly come before the delegates. Each church- is entitled to one dele­ gate for the organization and one ad­ ditional delegate for each fifteen mem­ bers or the major portion thereof. The first meeting will be called at 9:15 A. M., Friday, July 22, 1927. F. R. ELLIOTT, President, J. S. McMULLEN, Secretary, FOR SALE:—My place at Keene, six blocks of college, twenty-seven acres, seven room house, barn, orchard, city water. Price $2,000. Also ten and three-quarters acres, three room house, ' running water, $500. I. A. 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