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VoL. XVIII �
OCTOBER, 1931 �
No. 10 
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Special Appointments for the Month of 
October 
Foreign Missions Rally Day �
 October 17 
Offering for Negro Work �
 October 24 
Elementary Schools Offering �
 October 31 
The Church Board 
IN answer to inquiries as to the personnel constituting the 
church board, an article appeared in the May issue of the 
GAZETTE in which was quoted an action passed at the last 
General Conference. In that recommendation slight changes 
were made in the officers of the church who, by virtue of their 
office, were to be included as members of the church board. 
This change omitted the deaconess or deaconesses. 
At the time of the General Conference Spring Council, held 
in Washington, again the personnel of the church board was 
given consideration, and the following recommendation was 
passed: 
"We recommend, That the church board be made up as fol-
lows: The pastor, the elder or elders, the deacon or deacons, 
deaconess or deaconesses, the treasurer, the clerk, the Sabbath 
school superintendent, the missionary leader, the Missionary 
Volunteer leader, the church missionary secretary, and two or 
three other members who may be chosen by the church at the 
rime of its annual election of officers, where it seems advisable. 
(This is applicable only to North America.)" 
That you may have before you the exact reading of both 
recommendations, it may be stated that the General Confer-
ence session action reads precisely the same as the one quoted 
above by omitting the words "deaconess or deaconesses" and 
the last sentence set off in parentheses. 
It will be observed that by this action the only change 
effected in the recommendation as passed at the time of the 
last General Conference session, restores the deaconess or dea- 
r yreses to a place on the church board by virtue of their 
office, in like manner as the other officers elected by the church 
and named in the recommendation, are made members. It will 
also be observed that no change is made in the provision that 
"two or three other members," besides officers, may be chosen 
to be made members of the church board, if the church so 
desires, "at the time of its annual election of officers." 
It should be carefully noted that this change of restoring 
the deaconess or deaconesses to membership on the church board 
in this recent Spring Council recommendation, applies only to 
the North American Division territory. 
Therefore without mentioning here, for lack of space, the 
reasons presented for the reconsideration of this recommenda-
tion providing for the personnel of the local church board, as 
official actions of the General Conference and the General Con-
ference Committee now stand, the deaconess or deaconesses 
elected to this office at the time church officers are selected, 
by virtue of their office, become members of the church board 
in the North American Division Conference, while in all other 
fields outside North America they do not. 
Faithfulness in the Payment and Disbursement 
of the Tithe 
"THERE should be an abundant supply in the Lord's treasury, 
and there would be if selfish hearts and hands had not with-
held the tithes, or made use of them to support other lines of 
work."—"Testimontes," Vol. IX, p. 249. 
We would all rejoice to see all abundance of funds in the 
treasury. We recognize the need of doing more to warn a 
world. We are told: 
"There should be today in the field one hundred well-qualified 
laborers where now there is but one."—Ibid. 
Why is there a shortage of money for the world—Because 
selfish hearts and hands "withheld the tithes," and because some 
"made use of them to support other lines of work." Two rea-
sons are given why there is not as much money in the treasury 
as there might be: First, because it has been withheld; second, 
because it has not been used altogether in the manner which 
the Lord has directed or intended that it should be used. 
Very definite instruction is given concerning the responsibil-
ity of the individual to bring the sacred tithes and offerings 
into the treasury: 
"He gave him tithes of all." Gen. 14: 20. 
"In process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of 
the fruit of the ground an offering unto the Lord. And Abel, 
he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat 
thereof. And the Lord had respect unto Abel and to his offer-
ing: but unto Cain and to his offering He had not respect." 
Gen. 4: 3-5. 
"Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and 
will keep mo ill this way that I go, and will give me bread to 
eat, and raiment to put on, so that I come again to my father's 
house ill peace; then shall the Lord be my God: and this stone, 
which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all 
that Thou shalt give me 1 will surely give the tenth unto Thee." 
Gen. 28: 20-22. 
David voluntarily gave liberally to the building of the 
temple. And the people had a willing heart to give. Not 
only tithes but liberal offerings gave the Lord a full treasury 
in David's time. 
For the little flock that followed Christ in His early min- 
istry, there was appointed a treasurer. Jesus knew well that 
Judas was misappropriating money. Jesus could have told the 
other disciples of the unfaithfulness on the part of Judas, but 
this He did not do. The trusting eleven and others gave their 
contributions, believing that they were giving to the Lord, and 
so they were. They were not responsible for the misuse made 
by Judas, but Judas himself had to bear this responsibility. 
Jesus stood over against the treasury, and beheld the peo-
ple, rich and poor, casting in their gifts. A widow east in her 
two mites, believing that her gift would be accepted of the 
Lord. It might be possible that her money was not used to 
the best advantage, but the Master accepted her gift, and com-
mended her for her self-sacrificing offering. 
Because some feel that they cannot have confidence in the 
way things are managed, is no excuse for withholding the funds. 
The responsibility rests upon the individual member to bring 
the tithe into the treasury; and when placed there, the respon-
sibility rests with those who are appointed to lead out in the 
work and to distribute the funds. We all would be happy to 
know that when our money is placed in the treasury, it is used 
definitely for the purpose for which it is intended. Neverthe- 
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less, when we have discharged our responsibility, then we must 
leave it to the administrators to distribute; and if we have 
reason to believe that improper use is made of the funds, a 
plain, open statement in the right spirit to the proper ones is 
in order. 
"A very plain, definite message has been given to me for 
our people. I am bidden to tell them that they are making a 
mistake in applying the tithe to various objects which, though 
good in themselves, are not the object to which the Lord has 
said that the tithe should be applied. Those who make this 
use of the tithe are departing from the Lord's arrangement. 
God will judge for these things. . . . A groat mistake is made 
when the tithe is drawn from the object for which it is to be 
used—the support of the ministers.. 
"The tithe is sacred, reserved by God for Himself. It is 
to be brought into His treasury to be used to sustain the gos-
pel laborers in their work. For a long time the Lord has 
been robbed because there are those who do not realize that 
the tithe is God's reserved portion."—"Testimonies," Vol. IX, 
pp. 248, 249. 
Surely in these days, with open doors in every land inviting 
us to accomplish more, there first of all should be the discharg-
ing of our personal responsibility as members of the church 
of Christ in bringing in a full tithe and liberal offerings to the 
treasury. Then those who are charged with the responsibility 
as stewards in the local churches, the local conferences, the 
union conferences, in our institutions, in our divison confer-
ences, and the General Conference, should most earnestly seek 
to guard and to distribute this money in harmony with the 
high principles of Christian stewardship, all exercising the 
greatest care to use the funds for the accomplishment of the 
very most possible. 
Might we not, as believers, exercise more personal economy 
that greater sums may be turned into the treasury? And shall 
we not as administrators give even more careful consideration 
to the spending of the money placed in our hands, that greater 
impetus may be given to the cause, and the happy day be 
ushered in when "this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached 
in all the world for a witness unto all nations"? 
"Unmistakable evidences point to the nearness of the end. 
The way must be prepared for the coming of the Prince of 
Peace. Let not our church members complain because they 
are so often called upon to give. What is it that makes the 
frequent calls a necessity? Is it not the rapid increase of 
missionary enterprises? Shall we, by refusing to give, retard 
the growth of these enterprises? . . . From every church, 
prayers should ascend to God for an increase of devotion and 
liberality. My brethren and sisters, do not plead for retrench-
ment in evangelical work. So long as there are souls to save, 
our interest in the work of soul saving is to know no abating. 
The church cannot abridge her task without denying her Master. 
Not all can go as missionaries to foreign lands, but all can 
give of their means for the carrying forward of foreign mis-
sions. 
"There are new fields to be entered, and we must have your 
help. Shall we ignore the commission given us, and thus forfeit 
the fulfillment of the promise accompanying the commission? 
Shall the people of God become careless and indifferent, and 
refuse to give of their means for the advancement of His work? 
Can they do this without severing their connection with Him? 
They may think thus to economize, but it is a fearful economy 
that places them where they are separated from God."—Id., pp. 
55, 56. 
"Love for lost souls brought Christ to Calvary's cross. Love 
for souls will lead us to self-denial and sacrifice, for the saving 
of that which is lost. And as Christ's followers give back to 
the Lord His own, they are accumulating treasure which will 
be theirs when they hear the words, 'Well done, thou good and 
faithful servant: . . . enter thou into the joy of thy Lord,' 
`who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, 
despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the 
throne of God.' Matt. 25: 21; Hob. 12: 2. The joy of seeing 
souls eternally saved will be the reward of all who follow in 
the steps of the Redeemer."—Id., p. 59. 
JAY J. NETHERY. 
(Republished by request.) 
"I KNOW not the way I am going, 
But well do I know my Guide! 
With a childlike trust I give my hand 
To the living Friend at my side. 
"The only thing that I say to Him 
As He takes it is, 'Hold it fast, 
Stiffer me not to lose my way, 
And bring me home at last'" 
"A GRUDGE doesn't hurt any one but the man who harbors it." 
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METHODS IN PERSONAL WORK 
Suggestive Program for First Sabbath Home 
Missionary Service 
(October 8) 
OPENING SONG: "Seeking the Lost," No. 532 in "Christ in 
Song." 
PRAYER. 
BIBLE STUDY: Examples of the Saviour's Methods: Luke 5: 1-
11; John 4: 5-26; Luke 19: 1-10; Matt. 10: 11-16. (See 
Note for suggestive comment.) 
SONG: "Carry the Joyful Tidings," No. 722 in "Christ in Song." 
THEME OF SERMON OR TALK: "Methods in Personal Work." 
PLANS FOR LOCAL APPLICATION AND DEMONSTRATION OF 
METHODS. 
RECENT INDIVIDUAL EXPERIENCES IN PERSONAL WORK. 
CLOSING SONG: "Are You Christ's Light Bearer?" No. 481 in 
"Christ in Song." �
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BENEDICTION. 
NoTE.—(Principles to be emphasized in Bible Study:) 
1. The Saviour's method of beginning with men's present 
temporal interests as the first step in winning souls, is clearly 
set forth in the narrative of the miraculous draught of fishes 
(Luke 5: 1-11) and of the interview with the woman of 
Samaria. John 4: 5-26. 
2. The divine principle of commending rather than condemn-
ing is revealed in Christ's dealing with Zacchreus (Luke 19: 
1-10),—a man in whom there was evidently little that was 
likable; yet Christ singled him out for the honor of a visit. 
Note the confidence in the man's best side which was implied, 
and the entire absence of any word of criticism by Christ of 
the many things in Zacchteus' life which were open to criticism. 
Note also the triumphant outburst of the man's higher nature 
as the result of this unexpected attention and kind treatment, 
and the Saviour's hearty word of commendation. Christ's in-
structions to His disciples, both to the twelve and to the sev-
enty, bade them enter upon a mission primarily of winning 
men, not condemning or denouncing them. Their first word 
in any house into which they might enter was to be a salutation 
of peace. 
Note to Elders and Missionary Leaders 
The missionary program for Sabbath, October 3, should he 
given careful attention by the missionary committee of the 
church. God has given to every man a work which is appor-
tioned according to the talents bestowed. It may be to give 
a Bible study, to conduct a cottage meeting, to distribute our 
truth-filled literature, to bring relief from pain through a 
simple treatment, or perhaps to pray for the success of the 
work of God at home and abroad. The servant of God tells 
us that "every one who is added to the ranks by conversion 
is to be assigned his post of duty. Every one should be willing 
to bo or to do anything in this warfare."—"Testimonies," Vol. 
VII, p. 80. 
Aggressive plans should be laid by the church to follow up 
the good work accomplished in the Harvest Ingathering effort. 
Thousands of homes have recently been visited, and the imme-
diate cultivation of the seed sown should have due attention. 
Study should be given to the lines of work best adapted to 
the various members. It would be well for the missionary 
leader to call on the persons especially qualified and experienced 
in service along the lines mentioned in this program, to tell 
of their experience and encourage others to assist as needed. 
At the conclusion of the reading of "Methods in Personal 
Work," it might be well to pass out slips of paper, asking 
that the church members specify the particular work they are 
interested in and feel impressed to do. This will be of as-
sistance to tho committee in organizing the church for a definite 
soul-winning program of advance. As soon as convenient, a 
meeting of the missionary committee should be called, for the 
purpose of carefully studying the missionary organization, 
dividing the names of willing workers into groups with com-
petent leaders, and assigning territory for advance work. 
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There cannot be too much emphasis placed on the importance 
of systematic missionary work. The Spirit of prophecy tells 
us that "there is need of systematic labor." Eaeh year thou-
sands of missionary visits have been made, Bible studies given, 
tracts and other literature scattered broadcast, and much other 
missionary- work done; but are we 'satisfied that the results 
have been commensurate with the efforts put forth? We must 
plan our work in such a way that the seed will not only be 
sown with generous hand, but bo watered through well-directed, 
Spirit-filled effort in continuous regularity until the great deci-
sion for or against the truth is made. God expects great things 
from us as leaders, and we should submit to be used by Him 
for the full accomplishment of His purpose. 
Methods in Personal Work 
L. E. CHRISTMAN 
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS have been intrusted with tre-
mendous responsibility in being called into existence for the 
purpose of proclaiming the last phase of the gospel message 
to the world within the short span of one generation. This 
does not mean that the message is to be heard among certain 
people, in specified cities, or in a select group of nations, but 
it does mean that the message is to be proclaimed in every 
nation, among every kindred, tongue, and people. As students 
of Bible prophecy, we see all about us an abundance of con-
vincing evidence that the eleventh hour of earth's history has 
struck. The precious moments of that remaining hour are 
rapidly passing into eternity, and the Master of the vineyard 
will soon return to reward every man according to his work. 
We face a great unfinished task, and it constitutes a mighty 
challenge to both ministry and laity. 
It is a well-known fact that souls are being born into the 
world at a rate which far exceeds the rate of advance made 
by the warning message. That veteran missionary, J. Camp-
bell White, who dedicated nearly forty years of his life to 
the cause of Protestant missions, is authority for the following 
statement: "There aro so many villages in India, averaging 
nearly four hundred persons each, that if Christ had begun 
to visit them when He first began His public ministry, and had 
visited one village each day since that time, it would still take 
Him about fifty years more to visit them all once." 
In presenting these facts, it is not my purpose to express 
doubt or lack of confidence in the ultimate success of the mes-
sage, but rather, in the hope of arousing those who have been 
chosen by God to finish His work, to sense the immensity of 
the task in hand. We are not engaged in an enterprise which 
originated with one man, or a group of men, desirous of found-
ing a movement for personal gain. Our message is not based 
upon the subtle philosophies or cunningly devised fables of 
man. It is established by God Himself. Its foundations were 
laid by the prophets and apostles, strengthened by the instruc-
tion given through the Spirit of prophecy for our admonition 
in a special sense in these closing days of earth's history. Our 
lives are dedicated to a movement which has divine leadership 
and is sure to triumph. 
The following words from the servant of the Lord aro in-
spiring: "We have seen and do testify that the power of the 
Holy Ghost has accompanied the presentation of the truth, 
warning with pen and voice, and giving the messages in their 
order. To deny this work would be to deny the Holy Ghost, 
and would place us in that company who have departed from 
the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits. . . . The Lord God 
of Israel has led out His people, unfolding to them truth of 
heavenly origin. His voice has been heard, and is still heard, 
saying, Go forward from strength to strength, from grace to 
grace, from glory to glory. The work is strengthening and 
broadening, for the Lord God of Israel is the defense of His 
people."—"Life Sketches," p. 450. 
Through periods of darkness and conflict God has never for-
saken His church. All His purposes relative to His church will 
be fulfilled, and His definitely outlined program for the com-
pletion of His work in the earth will be carried out. As we 
review the early days of the advent message, we are profoundly 
impressed by the zeal manifested in the lives of the believers. 
Lacking means and facilities, their lives spoke in trumpet tones. 
A little later, when the printing press was made to serve as 
the handmaid of the movement, the meager supplies of truth-
filled literature were conveyed as a sacred charge to the unen-
lightened, and every page was precious. Carried by consecrated 
hands and introduced by those who spoke as the mouthpiece 
for God, the literature became widely scattered and fruitful 
of results. The missionary zeal which characterized the pioneer 
believers has ever been maintained in fluctuating degree through 
the eighty years of our history; and today the vast facilities 
at our command, and the multiplicity of opportunities on every 
hand, should lead to an earnestness and a faithfulness on the 
part of each and all which have never before been known. We 
are standing on the very borders of our promised inheritance. 
We are on the "enchanted ground," where the deadly miasma 
of lukewarnmese is threatening our utter defeat. But victory 
is assured, if we will arouse and go forth in the name of the 
Master to herald the approach of His coming. 
Let us review present-day methods for the rapid advance 
of God's message throughout the earth. 
Literature 
To Martin Luther, more than to any other man in the Refer-
mat;on of the Middle Ages, was given the vision concerning the 
value and power of the printed page. Luther used the printing 
press extensively for heralding abroad the principles of the 
Reformation. He recognized it as the most powerful agency 
available at that time for kindling the fires of the Reformation 
in the far corners of the world. His own words are these: 
"Printing is the latest and greatest gift by which God enables 
us to advance the needs of the gospel." History records that 
within six weeks after Luther's famous ninety-five theses were 
nailed to the door in Wittenberg, the principles of the Reforma-
tion were printed in the form of tracts and leaflets, which were 
scattered all over Europe, and truth, like wildfire, swept error 
before it. 
Just as Luther and his associates found the printed page an 
invaluable aid in the work of the Reformation, so today it 
would be impossible to overestimate its value and importance 
in the finishing of the task assigned to the remnant church. 
How familiar are the following words, which are found in "Tes-
timonies," Volume VII, page 140: "In a large degree through 
our publishing houses is to be accomplished the work of that 
other angel who comes down from heaven with great power, 
and who lightens the earth with his glory." The printed page 
of present truth is today furnished in 394 languages and dia-
lects, and is being scattered to the farthest corners of the 
earth. The specification for the ultimate in literature dis-
semination is that it is to be scattered "like the leaves of 
autumn." Figuratively speaking, the autumn winds are blow-
ing, and the literature is silently falling in every nook and 
corner. Very soon the entire face of the earth will be covered 
by this autumnal foliage, and thus the way be prepared for our 
Saviour's coming. 
A method of dispensing the literature in a very personal and 
effective manner, may be referred to as the King's Pocket 
League, with which every member of the church, old and 
young, should not only be familiar, but actively participant. 
The League is bound by a simple pledge, which is set forth 
as follows: 
"Believing that Revelation 14 contains God's last message 
for the world, and that the Saviour will soon appear; and 
recognizing my personal responsibility to tell the good news 
to those with whom I come in contact, I hereby promise, as 
a member of the King's Pocket League, to carry with me 
wherever I go, a package of select tracts, and to endeavor to 
distribute at least a tract a day." 
For the furtherance of this tract-a-day plan, the publishing 
houses have co-operated by furnishing a very neat and con-
venient container for an assortment of tracts, which can be 
slipped into the coat pocket or the hand bag, and be always 
available for the constantly recurring opportunities while 
traveling on train, street ear, motoring through the country, 
or in contact with those who call at the door. There is no 
more simple method of personal work than that of the King's 
Pocket League, and it tends directly to the scattering of the 
printed page "like the leaves of autumn." (Full information 
in Home Missionary Series Leaflet, No. 14, obtainable from 
local home missionary secretaries.) 
Another equally effective method in literature distribution 
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is known as "The Home Bible Study League." This plan origi. 
nated.with our missionary workers in the city of Orlando, Fla., 
in the year 1923, under the name "Boman Bible Institute." 
Within the space of two years the plan demonstrated its sue• 
eels in soul winning, and after careful investigation of the 
organization and operation of the plan, the General Conference 
Home Missionary Department adopted it into the official mis-
sionary family, changing the name to "Homo Bible Study 
League." 
This method provides for systematic distribution of litera-
ture, first, through the mails, and second, by personal visita-
tion. Scores of people have been brought to a knowledge of 
present truth through the systematic follow-up program which 
it a part of the plan. The Home Bible Study League not only 
distributes our literature, but keeps in close touch with those 
receiving it until they aro brought to a definite knowledge of 
the truth; and the results have been very gratifying. One 
league member writes: "We know of a large number of people 
who have accepted the truth. Just recently thirty conversions 
have been reported, and a number have been baptized." From 
another member we learn of "twenty-five people awaiting bap-
tism as a result of the personal work in connection with the 
league during the past year and a half." This is one of the 
most effective methods of missionary work in our organization, 
and we would urge that the Home Bible Study League become 
operative in each church. (Full information in Home Mis-
sionary Series Leaflet, No. 15.) 
Welfare Work 
Early in January, 1931, there was organized in the Hunt-
ington (W. Va.) church a branch of the Seventh-day Adventist 
welfare work. As the membership of the Huntington church 
was not large (seventy members), the pastor wisely decided 
not to attempt to start out in this work on a broad scale. 
His initial step was to secure from the charity organisation 
of the city the names of five needy families. Work was begun 
for these five families, and from the very first the Messing of 
God attended the effort, and the work grew in an amazing 
manner. It was not long until the church wee doing a work 
which would have reflected credit on a church five times the 
size of the Huntington church. Three months after the work 
started, the pastor wrote as follows: 
"We are handling the clothing for the entire city, and the 
Red Cross now requests us to handle the clothing for the entire 
county. To date we have given away 10,000 articles of clothing, 
and food amounting to 3150. Department stores and individ-
uals have supplied us with all the clothing needed, and prac-
tically all the money expended has been donated. We have be-
come acquainted with more people in our city during the last 
few weeks than in all the rest of the time we have lived here. 
Our church members are taking a very active part in the work, 
and uppermost in our minds is the supreme objective of win-
ning souls." 
it is quite evident that the wave of financial depression and 
unemployment which has swept over the world is to be recog-
nized by us as a people as one of God's opening doors to the 
hearts of the people, whereby we may discharge our Heaven-
appointed responsibility to feed the hungry, clothe the naked, 
and relieve the suffering and afflicted, and in connection there-
with bring to their minds the message of truth. Due considera-
tion is being given to this line of work by General Conference 
lenders, and full preparation should now be made for meeting 
the great need which will exist in every community throughout 
this fall and coming winter. We arc confident that much 
can be accomplished by our churches when the work is properly 
organized and conducted, and thus we shall be enabled to reach 
many souls who might not otherwise be brought within the 
sound of the message. 
Sabbath School or Sunday School 
Members of our churches in the larger cities can do a good 
work with the children in a needy community by conducting 
an interesting school for Bible lessons, either on Sabbath after-
noon or Sunday afternoon. Usually some vacant storeroom can 
be secured for the purpose, without charge for rent. After 
getting everything in readiness, hand out invitations to the par-
ents, or call on them personally, explaining just what is pro-
posed, and endeavor to secure their co operation in getting 
the children to attend. The lessons in Our Little Friend and 
the Youth's lustruotor are very appropriate, and eau he made 
attractive to the children. As the interest grows, fathers and 
mothers will be attracted to the service, and in due time the 
message of truth adapted to their needs can be presented. 
Scores of these Sabbath schools could be in constant operation 
each week, and the work would be moat enjoyable and profit-
able. 
Bible Studies 
The servant of the Lord tells us very definitely that a part 
of the reformatory movement which is to sweep through the 
ranks of God's people before the close of probation's hour, 
is the study of the word of God in the home, by the fireside. 
Statements with which we are very familiar bring to our at-
tention that "hundreds and thousands were seen visiting fam-
ilies and opening before them the word of God;" "the plan of 
holding Bible readings was a heaven-born idea." Wo are also 
told that "there are many, both men and women, who can en-
gage in this branch of missionary labor," and "by this means 
. the workers are brought into personal contact with people 
of all nations and tongues."—"Oospel Workers," p. In. 
The time is here when this "heaven-born idea" should take 
nooses:ion of every heart, sending forth the church members, 
with Bible in hand, to open up its pages in the proclamation 
of God's truth. Scores of our churches are today training their 
members for this work, and God's Spirit is richly attending 
the men and women who engage-in this branch of missionary 
labor. 
Cottage Meetings 
As the result of earnest effort by the church members in con-
ducting cottage meetings in the neighborhood of their homes, 
the pastor of a city church baptized approximately a hundred 
new believers. Has not the time come for a revival of the old-
time cottage meeting? Church members should oo-operate with 
pastors by opening their homes for cottage meetings. 
Many more methods of personal work might be referred to, 
but surely this present survey is sufficient to enable each mem-
ber of the church of Christ to find some point of contact with 
the great world of need, and help to rescue souls from despair. 
The message of the third angel is to "swell into the loud cry." 
That means there will be a gradual, steady re-enforcement of 
numbers and strength in connection with it. Are you individ-
ually putting your time, your strength, your means, your all, 
into the greatest movement the world has ever known? It is 
the best investment any one can make, for we know the message 
will be brought to a glorious climax through the efforts of an 
efficiently trained membership under consecrated leadership. 
"F.vanselists alone cannot save the world," states Dr. Bitter-
wolf. "They have a part to perform, but it is only a small 
part of the whole. Neither can ministers and missionaries save 
the world, indispensable and noble as their work is. The world 
must be saved by ordinary Christians, who help to save them-
selves by saving others. A simple statement of the gospel of 
Christ, corroborate:I by practice, will serve in the present 
urgent crisis, and there is no time to lone." 
Into the Highways 
R. F. HACKMAN 
IN the Gospel according to Luke there is recorded that won-
derful parable of the great supper, in which there is brought 
to the mind of the reader a scene in the practical events of life, 
couched in Oriental setting, in order to teach the children of 
Christ's kingdom a very essential lesson. 
It is stated that a certain man prepared a great supper, and 
invited many guests. But these invited guests turned down 
the invitation with one excuse after another. Then the master 
sent his servant to another class,—the poor, the maimed, the 
blind, the halt,—and they gladly accepted the invitation and 
appeared at the banquet hall. But when all this class of 
invited guests had arrived, there was still room for others, and 
the generous and patient master sent forth his servant into 
the "highways and hedges," with the command, "Compel them 
to come in, that my house may be fillet" 
We are not left to conjecture as to the meaning of this 
parable. The symbol of the "great supper" represents the 
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blessings so freely offered in the gospel; but the invitation 
to accept these blessings is rejected by many, because they 
are unwilling to make worldly interests subordinate to the great 
provision for receiving Christ and His righteousness. The 
gospel invitation was first sent to the Jewish people, but they 
refused the invitation, and the call was sent to the Gentiles. 
Undoubtedly the last call represents the proclamation of the 
gospel message just before the coming of Christ, and we have 
the definite word that "in the command to go into the high-
ways and hedges, Christ sets forth the work of all whom He 
calls to minister in His name."—"Christ's Object Lessons," 
p. 232. 
While all believers are called "to minister in His name" for 
extending the invitation and compelling people, by the power 
of the Holy Spirit's persuasion, to come to the feast, yet God 
does not require exactly the same form of service from all, 
but all are to work in the channel God provides for the invest-
ment of individual talents. Some Christian people imagine 
that the only way to extend the glad news of the gospel is by 
preaching. This, however, is a mistaken idea, for there are 
just as many different ways of extending the one invitation 
as there are people to be sent forth on the great mission for 
the Master of the house. We read that "thousands can be 
reached in the most simple and humble way." "We are not to 
wait for souls to come to us; we must seek them out where 
they are. When the word has been preached in the pulpit, 
the work has but just begun. There are multitudes who will 
never be reached by the gospel unless it is carried to them."—
"Christ's Object Lessons," pp. 234, 232, 233. 
A Seventh-day Adventist fanner, living in Uruguay, South 
America, carried the Master's invitation wherever he went in 
disposing of his vegetables, and the people who responded to 
the invitation and had united with the Seventh-day Adventist 
church (early in 1931), are shown in the accompanying photo-
graph. From a recent letter, written by one of our workers 
in South America, we quote as follows concerning the personal 
labor of this lay brother: 
"In a border town on the Brazilian side, lives Brother Barrios. 
He is a very humble man, and makes his living by farming. 
His farm supplies him with an abundance of vegetables, which 
he sells to the people. Loading up his horse with vegetables, 
he sallies forth on his journey to town, where he disposes of 
his produce. But that is not all that Brother Barrios takes 
A Layman's Harvest of Souls 
(N. B. The "X" in back row md:cates Brother Barrios, the "X" 
in second row indicates Elder Ascione, who baptized the believers.) 
with him, for he carries a large supply of tracts and our mis-
sionary paper Atalaya. He- places this literature in the hands 
of his customers. As a result of his faithful labor, there is 
now a fine group of believers in the town where he lives, and 
many of them have already been baptized." 
This experience adds emphasis to the fact that great pos-
sibilities are involved hi taking advantage of daily opportu-
nities to live and practice the truth. If every lay member 
would be faithful in scattering the gospel seed, there would 
be thousands of believers added to the church. The Master 
of the house bids us go into the highways and the hedges, and 
extend His invitation to the feast to all classes and conditions 
of humanity. "Were every one of you a living missionary, 
the message for this time would speedily be proclaimed in all 
countries, to every people and nation and tongue. This is 
the work that must be done before Christ shall come in power 
and great glory."—"Testmontes," Vol. VI, p. 438. Why not 
comply with the condition—every one a living missionary—and 
hasten the time when all the guests will be assembled and may 
sit down to the marriage feast. Then will take place the follow-
ing glorious reunion, in which we may all have a part: 
"The redeemed will meet and recognize those whose attention 
they have directed to the uplifted Saviour. What blessed con- 
verse they will have with these souls. �
was a sinner,' it will 
be said, 'without God and without hope in the world; and 
you came to me, and drew my attention to the precious Saviour 
as my only hope. And I believed in Him. I repented of my 
sins, and was made to sit together with His saints in heavenly 
places in Christ Jesus.' Others will say, �
was a heathen in 
heathen lands. You left your friends and comfortable home, 
and came to teach me how to find Jesus, and believe in Him 
as the only true God. I demolished my idols and worshiped 
God, and now I see Him face to face. I am saved, eternally 
saved, ever to behold Him whom I love, I then saw Him only 
with the eye of faith, but now I see Him as He is. I can now 
express my gratitude for His redeeming mercy to Him who 
loved me, and washed me from my sins in His own blood.'" 
—"Gospel Workers," p. 518. 
The Church Missionary Service 
PRAYER �
 2 minutes 
Rut:quips 
 4 minutes 
PRESENTATION OF TOPIC �
 8 minutes 
CLOSING 
 1 minute 
Suggestive Missionary Service Program for Sabbath, 
October 3 
MISSIONARY TOPIC: "Harvest Ingathering Reports." 
Ten: Nehemiah 2: 20. 
SUGGESTIONS: Our annual Harvest Ingathering effort is one 
of the mightiest agencies for providing means to finish the 
work of God in the regions beyond, for breaking down preju-
dice, acquainting the world with the great work involved in the 
third angel's message, sowing seed which opens many avenues 
of approach to souls, and for enriching the spiritual experience 
of those who participate in it. In the course of twenty-three 
years, since the beginning of the Harvest Ingathering work 
in 1908, millions of dollars have passed through the treasury 
of this denomination on into mission fields, as the result of 
the faithful and untiring efforts of our people; and through 
personal contact and follow-up work, many souls are today 
rejoicing in the message. 
This year, due to the times of depression through which 
we are passing, we are making an earnest appeal to our dear 
people to unite fur the most successful effort ever known. 
We are living in unusual times, and God is looking for His 
people to do unusual things In His service. As you go from 
home to home and make your appeal for funds, think of the 
millions in the far corners of the earth, existing in ignorance, 
poverty, and disease, who are waiting for the message which 
will give them a new vision of life, and bring cheer, happiness, 
and comfort to their souls. God will abundantly bless every 
effort put forth in His name, for "the Lord hath made bare 
His holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends 
of the earth shall see the salvation of our God." 
Have you, Brother and Sister Blank, reached your individual 
goal of ten hours in service, finding at least one truly interested 
soul and making permanent contact for definite results, and 
bringing in a fund of at least $10 to form a part of the great 
sum of money needed at this time for the advancing work? 
Are you not only doing your individual part, but are you lend-
ing your influence to encourage every one to take hold of the 
work in a courageous manner/ Now is the time for every 
Christian to say to his brother, Be of good cheer! The experi-
ences which lie before you in the Harvest Ingathering work 
during the coming week will make a wonderful story of God's 
leading providences with which to encourage our hearts in the 
missionary service next Sabbath. Let every one come prepared 
to tell of the week's experiences. 
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Suggestive Missionary Service Program for Sabbath, 
October 10 
MISSIONARY TOPIC: "Harvest Ingathering Reports." 
TEXT: Exodus 11:2. 
SUGGESTIONS: More than three weeks of the official time set 
by the General Conference for the Harvest Ingathering work 
is now in the past. Much has been done; much remains to 
be done. Definite plans should now be put into execution for 
making sure that the entire Harvest Ingathering work is 
brought to completion within the six-week period. 
The following Harvest Ingathering experience is of interest 
and encouragement: 
"In the Harvest Ingathering of two years ago, our solicitors 
came in contact with a man who did not feel able to contribute 
to the work, but who did manifest an interest in spiritual 
things. The promise to send him literature was gladly accepted, 
with the assurance that he would gladly read whatever was 
sent. The name was turned over to the Young People's Mis-
sionary Volunteer Society of the church, and the series of 
Present Truth numbers went forward promptly, accompanied 
by personal letters from time to time. 
"It was not long until this man decided he would try to find 
the address from which the literature had been sent, so he drove 
the long distance to the adjoining city, found the Seventh-day 
Adventist church, and the pastor, with whom a friendly ac-
quaintance was established. Later he returned for another 
visit, and a Bible study of four hours' duration was held, in 
which many questions on different subjects were answered by 
the pastor. A generous supply of literature was given to this 
man to take home with him, and he promised that he would 
return in a short time, and bring his wife with him. Weeks 
lengthened to months before he again appeared, but this time 
it was to say that he had become convinced of the Sabbath 
truth, and had been keeping the Sabbath for a month. He had 
many more questions to ask, and is accepting all points of 
truth as fast as they are revealed." 
Surely it is worth while to follow up tactfully every inter-
ested-ease. 
Suggestive Missionary Service Program for Sabbath, 
October 17 
MISSIONARY TOPIC: "Soul-winning Experiences." 
TEXT: Acts 8: 4. 
SUGGESTIONS: Today another opportunity is presented for 
telling others what God has done for and through His children 
during the past week, We are in the midst of the most impor-
tant Harvest Ingathering effort ever launched by God's people, 
because the world is nearer its final doom, and the need of 
funds for pressing on into the opening doors is very urgent. 
God is watching over His workers as they go forth to do their 
appointed part, and not a day goes by without finding many 
souls who are longing for help in spiritual things. 
There is nothing that brings greater joy, cheer, courage, and 
renewed inspiration to the hearts of brethren and sisters in the 
great army of the Lord than an opportunity to tell of personal 
experiences in the field of battle. There have been victories 
gained over fear, discouragement, obstacles, prejudice; there 
have been remarkable answers to prayer in moving the hearts 
of the people of the world to give of their means to God's work. 
Possibly some true-hearted worker feels that defeat has been 
his experience, rather than glorious victory, and the enemy may 
be casting the dark clouds of discouragement over him. Let 
us bear a word from all, that the courageous may strengthen 
the weak, and we may all leave this service with greater zeal 
and determination for the work of the coming week. 
"Now just a word for Jesus, 
Your dearest Friend so true. 
Come speak a word, and tell us 
What He has done for you." 
Have you placed at least one tract each day the past week? 
Have you made any missionary visits? Have you led out in 
the study of the Bible with some hungering soul? Did you 
spend your proportionate hours in the Harvest Ingathering 
work? What experience came to you in this Ingathering serv-
ice—donations received, the number of openings for follow-up 
work, eases for special prayer, et cetera. 
Suggestive Missionary Service Program for Sabbath, 
October 24 
MISSIONARY TOPIC: "Harvest Ingathering Reports." 
TEXT: Matthew 10: 7, 8. 
StmousrioNs: The time for our annual Harvest Ingathering 
work is fast drawing to a close. Where do we stand in relation 
to our church goal? Many churches are today singing the song 
of victory, which is made possible through the blessing of God 
resting upon the united efforts of all who have so arduously 
toiled since the beginning of the campaign. Whatever remains 
to be done should be accomplished during the coining week, 
and for the complete success of the effort as a whole it is 
urged that there be no failure. "The Lord demands that in 
His servants shall be found a spirit that is . . . quick to dis-
cern the duties to be done, quick to respond to the obligations 
that the Lord lays upon them."—"Testimonies," Vol. IX, p. 12.4. 
We are also told that "industry in a God-appointed duty is an 
important part of true religion... • Prompt and decisive action 
at the right time will gain glorious triumphs, while delay and 
neglect result in failure and dishonor to God."—"Prophets and 
Kings," p. 676. Our duty at this moment is clear. Surely not 
one of our number will allow the Harvest Ingathering banner 
to trail in the dust of defeat because of lack of his personal 
support. Let us all rally as a united body to finish our annual 
Harvest Ingathering. 
Suggestive Missionary Service Program for Sabbath, 
October 31 
MISSIONARY TOPIC: "Home Workers' Books." 
TEXT: Zechariah 8: 16. 
SUGGESTIONS: Now that the Harvest Ingathering work is 
ended, according to the specified date set for the campaign, 
we turn our attention to other phases of missionary endeavor 
which are especially applicable just at this time. During No-
vember and December every home in each community should 
be visited and the attractive set of Home Workers' Books 
introduced. The publishing houses have provided a neat carry-
ing case for these books, which is very convenient. The books 
to which we refer are, (1) A very attractive series of Bedtime 
Stories, which every mother is glad to have for her children; 
(2) that mighty soul winner, "Steps to Christ," in attractive 
binding; (3) "Bible Pictures and Stories," commonly known 
as "The Purple Set," which makes ready friends in every 
home; and (4) an assortment of small books on health. Many 
people have been won to the truth through this line of litera-
ture, and this is missionary endeavor which pays the worker 
a good dividend, as the Book and Bible Houses are prepared 
to allow home workers a liberal discount on all orders. The 
prevailing custom of making holiday gifts makes it an easy 
matter to sell hundreds of these books between now and the 
end of the year; and this is one of the most enjoyable, profit-
able, and fruitful of all the many lines of home missionary 
work. The time to begin is just now. 
Transforming the Prayer Meeting 
AN itinerant Christian worker made it his practice to seek 
out the weekly prayer meeting center in each place visited, and 
to attend the service whenever possible. Concerning one of 
his experiences we read as follows: 
"Going into a prayer meeting early in the evening, he asked 
the leader how many persons had been sought out from the 
highways and byways that evening. On being told that nothing 
of the sort had been done, he asked that all should kneel at 
once in prayer, consecrating themselves to this service and 
petitioning for divine help; and then suggested that all should 
scatter to the street corners and the near-by borders of the 
slums, seeking souls and urging them to come where they could 
be helped. Fifteen minutes later they were to return to the 
prayer meeting room, and then they were to unite in a 'hopeful 
prayer meeting.' The first experiment was an eminent success, 
and its every repetition seemed an improvement on the first. 
More and more of those for whom they had hoped and prayed 
were gathered in on the prayer meeting evening, and the year's 
results of following such a plan were most remarkable." 
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THE MISSIONARY VOLUNTEER SOCIETY 
Officers' Page 
October Topic: Missionary Volunteer Tours 
Missionary Volunteer Tours 
TOURING or traveling into fields as yet unexplored will be 
a broadening experience this month. First to the friend. How 
much we may find there if we but seek. How much may he 
given and gained in the closeness of friendship! Then we 
cannot overlook neighbors. As with our friends, over them 
we exert an influence whether we would or not, What can 
we do for them? What have they that will be of help to us? 
Our journey through life would not be complete without a 
tour through our own particular denomination, becoming thor-
oughly acquainted with it. The logical result of such a tour 
will lead us to lands afar, and what this same message is do-
ing there. Be sure to read all the notes to leaders and super-
intendents carefully. 
It might be very interesting if the society made a device 
to be used in the meeting or in advertising, representing tour-
ing to these various way stations. For example, to the Town 
of Friendship, a trip among our neighbors, etc. This is your 
opportunity to travel! Make the most of it! 
MARJORIE WEST. 
A Suggestion for October 31 Program 
FIVE Sabbaths in October means that, although you may be 
following the GAZETTE programs, you have one week open for 
an entirely original meeting by your own society. We suggest 
that a profitable and timely subject would be "Tithing for 
Christian Youth." By General Conference recommendation, the 
Missionary Volunteer Department has been commissioned espe-
cially to teach the tithing principle to the youth. This is a 
commission to you, Missionary Volunteer officers! It is a chal-
lenge to every Missionary Volunteer to share in studying the 
principles and in practicing the paying of tithe. 
Helps for studying this important subject of tithing: 
The Bible and Concordance. 
"Bible Readings for the Home Circle," pp. 657-659. 
"Standard of Attainment Manual—Bible Doctrines." 
Present Truth, Vol. 7, No. 131. 
Tract, "Tithing a Moral Obligation," by C. H. Watson. 
Bible Truth Series tract No. 41, "Should Christians Pay 
Tithe?" 
Leaflet, "Faithful Stewardship," by J. L. Shaw. 
E. It 
Leadership 
DID you ever see men running a race? The man who keeps 
ahead has no encouragement. All he has is the weary road. 
The fellows behind him, the man away behind, are occupied 
in an effort to catch up with the leader, but the loneliest man 
on the turf is the man who runs ahead or alone. The loneliest 
ship on the Atlantic is the ship that sails fastest. Dr. Samuel 
Ziemer, in "The Price of Leadership." 
Reading Racks 
IT would be well for each society to have one or more read-
big racks in public places, such as the railroad station, bus 
terminals, etc. Through reading racks we may get the truth 
before hundreds whom we could not reach in any other way. 
Church members may be invited to bring to the young people's 
society clean copies of the Signs, Watchman, Life and Health, 
Youth's Instructor, etc., for the young people to use in tract 
racks, �
MINNIE E. DAUPHINES. 
We Are Praying for You 
"ONLY the work accomplished with much prayer, and sanc-
tified by the merit of Christ, will in the end prove to have 
been efficient for good."—"The Desire of Ages," p. 362. 
In our General Conference Missionary Volunteer Department 
prayer band, which meets each Sunday at 11: 30 A. M., we 
are praying for you, Missionary Volunteer workers, around 
the world circle. Frequently different ones are mentioned by 
name. If we know you are conducting special meetings, em-
phasizing some particular phase of work, or facing serious 
problems, we bring your individual need before the throne 
of grace, and ask God's special blessing to attend you. Though 
separated by many miles, thus we become one family circle, 
petitioning one and the same heavenly Father. Surely we 
need His special help in these times, and in unity there is 
strength. Let us join in praying for each other and for the 
young people for whom we labor! "God is able and willing 
to bestow upon His servants all the strength they need, and 
to give them the wisdom that their varied necessities demand. 
He will more than fulfill the highest expectations of those who 
put their trust in Him."—"Gospel Workers," pp. 262, 263. 
Taking the Standard of Attainment Examination 
EXAMINATIONS in Standard of Attainment subjects will be 
given in May and November of each year. The test questions 
for the Senior examinations will be based on the Senior Stand- 
ard of Attainment booklets; those for the Junior on the Junior 
Standard of Attainment Manual. The educational secretary 
of the Missionary Volunteer Society should write to the con- 
ference Missionary Volunteer secretary in April or October 
for as many of Senior and Junior questions on Bible doctrines 
or denominational history as will be needed. The test is to 
be conducted by the church elder or by some one appointed 
by him. 
A Bible may be referred to during examinations, but no 
marginal references, Concordance, or other helps. The ques-
tions must not be opened until the time for the test. Liberal 
time should be allowed for answering the questions, but the 
examination in one subject must be completed at one sitting, 
and in the presence of the examiner, to whom the paper will 
then be given. 
The test need not be taken in both subjects at the same time. 
For instance, the candidate may take the examination in Bible 
doctrines in May and in denominational history in November, 
or later. Although the examinations may be taken as often 
as desired, and this is commendable, no person should draw 
more than one certificate of the same kind. 
The examination papers should bear the name and address 
of the candidate. All writing should be done with ink, if pos-
sible. The ono conducting the examination should send the 
answers to the conference Missionary Volunteer secretary for 
grading; these answers are then sent to the union Missionary 
Volunteer secretary for his approval. To each person receiv-
ing 75 per cent or more in each subject will be issued a Stand-
ard of Attainment Certificate, and all holding such certificates 
are Members of Attainment. 
Special Provision for Students and Church School Pupils.—
Students who have taken Bible doctrines and denominational 
history in our colleges, accredited academies, or other schools 
doing accredited academic work, may receive Certificates of 
Attainment by presenting signed grades to the conference Mis-
sionary Volunteer secretary, provided each grade is 75 per 
cent or more, and is not more than five years old. 
Any one holding a passing grade in seventh-grade Bible doc-
trines may become a Junior Member of Attainment by taking 
the department Junior examination in denominational history, 
providing he receives 75 per cent or more in that subject. 
Provision for Isolated Young People.—Upon request of an 
isolated person, the conference Missionary Volunteer secretary 
will arrange for him to take the Standard of Attainment ex-
aminations.—Adapted from "Missionary Volunteers and Their 
Work," pp. 185-187. 
Helps in Giving Bible Readings 
Tan following method has been suggested to us by several 
who have conducted Bible studies, and we believe it is worth 
passing on: 
On the flyleaf of your Bible write the name of the subject to 
be presented. Beside this place an initial letter which will in-
dicate to you that particular subject. Then jot down the first 
Scripture text to be used, Now, turn to that text, and at the 
bottom of the page write the initial letter together with the 
next text you plan to use. Each succeeding text is so marked, 
until the last one, which is marked "end." 
Using this method, one can give Bible readings without 
spending much time in memorizing texts which would probably 
be forgotten if memorized hurriedly, though by no means would 
we discourage the memorizing of scriptures to be used in the 
study. The Bible reader cannot be too familiar with his sub-
ject. But this method of referring from one text to the next 
is a constant teacher, and after giving the reading five or six 
times, doubtless the references will be fixed in mind. 
"Brief Bible Readings for Busy People," is a set of leaflets 
giving twenty-eight Bible studies on our doctrines. The sub-
jects are so arranged that any one can use them in presenting 
the truth to others. Price, 15 cents a set. Order from your 
Book and Bible House. 
Benediction 
Oils prayers accept, our sins forgive, 
Our youthful zeal renew; 
Shape for us holier lives to live, 
And nobler work to do. 
—Oliver Wendell Holmes. 
The Book and Bible House will receive all your orders for supplies. 
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Subject for October: "Health and Temperance" 
Key Text for October 3: 3 John 2 or Exodus 23:25. 
See "Ministry of Healing," p. 281, par. 3. 
Key Text for October 10: 1 Corinthians 6:19, 20. 
"He who has been redeemed, or bought with a, price, has been 
redeemed in body as -well as spirit, and as Paul admonishes, 
should glorify God in the body. But can one glorify God 
with an imperfect body? Can the man who claims to be re-
deemed, but who continues knowingly to do those things which 
weaken the body and make him sick, glorify God in his body? 
`By a misuse of any of our powers we rob God of the honor 
due Him' `God has formed laws to govern every part of our 
constitutions, and these laws He has placed in our being are 
divine.' "—"Standard of Attainment Manual—Bible Doctrines," 
note 1, p. 71. 
Key Text for October 17: 1 Corinthians 10:31 or 1 Co-
rinthians 9:25. 
See "Ministry of Healing," p. 130, par. 2. 
Key Text for October 24: Galatians 6:7, 8. 
See "Messages to Young People," p. 429, par. 1. 
Key Text for October 31: 1 Corinthians 9:27. 
See "Messages to Young People," p. 423, par. 1. 
Mns. E. BLANCHE 1VIARKHAM. 
*tutor AltO5ionarp Volunteer 
Iliteting0 
To Friendship Gardens 
(Program for Weelc Ending October 3) 
BY LEON L. MURPHY 
NOTES TO LEADERS: As you study this program you wil 
notice that little reference has been made to the examples of 
unselfish friendship as found in the word of God. Aside from 
the friendship of Christ, there are the experiences of Jonathan 
and David, Paul and Timothy, Ruth and Naomi, which are 
illustrations. Stories of missionary heroes may also be used 
to show how, in return for their kindness and friendliness, 
the missionaries are often befriended by the natives and saved 
from harm. 
Most public libraries will have Hugh Black's book "Friend-
ship" and also David Grayson's "Adventures in Friendship." 
"Aunt Maria's Neighbors" (Review and Herald of Feb, 27, 
1930) portrays the results of the spirit of friendliness. 
Other poems: Edgar A. Guest's "The Making of Friends" 
or "Choosing a Friend." 
A Test: Compose a chart for testing friendship, a series of 
questions (on blackboard or paper) regarding our choice of 
friends, basic principles or motives, such as, "Do I act friendly 
because I think it my duty, or because, in the spirit of Christ, 
I want to? Do I choose friends because I think they may 
come in handy some time when I am in need?" eta. Have each 
Volunteer check his own chart. 
See Notes to Junior Superintendents, 
Talk: The Gift of Friendship 
IT is good to know that the secret of having friends does 
not depend on all we possess or hope to possess, but on a 
friendly spirit which each of us may acquire. Nothing in 
this world is of greater value than this friendly spirit. 
"A lady who possesses millions said, 'I have three homes 
and six automobiles and every physical comfort, yet i am 
wretchedly unhappy. It seems as though I would be willing 
to give them all for a friend who really eared for me, just for 
myself—a true friend.' She had lived for self; she had failed 
to show herself friendly." 
"Without a friend thou canst not live well," is an old say-
ing, but ever true. Living would be a lonely task without 
friends. Happy is that one whose tour through life leads 
through the gardens of friendship. True richness of life is 
measured by the number of individuals whom we have come 
to know and understand. 
For us to be proud of our friends we must have the right 
kind. They must be persons whom we do not hesitate to 
introduce to our father and mother, our sisters and brothers. 
Some one has painted the following word picture of a friend: 
"A TRITE FRIEND— 
Never tempts you to violate your conscience. 
Never ridicules your mother's religion. 
Is never blind to your faults. 
Is always anxious to forgive an injury. 
Defends you when you are out of hearing. 
Is more to be desired than gold." 
There are beautiful flowers growing in the garden of friend-
ship, and when we have plucked them they never fade. The 
gift of true friendship is eternal. 
The influence of our friends upon our lives is often far more 
than we may realize. This makes it very important that we 
choose those friends who will help us to live well. True friends 
should inspire us to greater achievements than we would reach 
alone. Recall the experience of Samuel Mills and his college 
boy friends who united as Christians to pray for the mission-
ary spirit to take possession of the Christian churches. The 
results of such friendship led those young men out into the 
great world field of missionary service as volunteers for Christ. 
With the everlasting gospel of the three angels to give to 
all the world in this generation, how can we hope to find our 
place in God's great program without the association of Chris-
tian friends who are likewise striving to be loyal to their 
Master? Surely this is the day of opportunity for youth who 
choose their friends carefully and well. Friends should not 
come between us and our Lord. 
Touring through life may we find friends, and gather from 
the garden of friendship only that which shall beautify, en-
rich, and enlarge our souls, so that we in turn may be a con- 
stant blessing to our fellow men. �
L. L. M. 
Bible Study: "Jesus As a Friend to Man" 
1. WHILE on this earth, how did Jesus prove His love and 
friendship for man? John 15: 13. 
2. As His love was tested in the garden of Gethsemane, how 
completely did Christ forget Himself for others? Matt. 26: 
36-42. 
3. What did Jesus call Judas the night He was betrayed? 
Matt. 26: 49, 50. 
4. How was love shown for His enemies as He hung upon 
the cross? Luke 23: 34. 
5. What does Jesus call His disciples? John 15: 15. 
6. What is the test of our friendship toward Him? John 
15: 14. 
7. How long may we depend upon His love for us? John 
13: 1; Matt. 28: 19, 20. 
S. How completely are we in turn to love Him? Matt. 22: 37. 
L. L. M. 
Talk: "The Responsibility of Being a Friend" 
THERE are three questions of importance which we may ask 
ourselves as we consider the responsibility of being a friend: 
1. Do I hold my friends to their best? 
2. Am I selfish in my friendships? 
3. Is it my first desire to introduce my friends to my best 
Friend, the Christ? 
This first question is one of utmost importance. No one 
wishes to bo a stumblingbloek in the path of success for oth-
ers, and especially not for his friends. When we consider, 
however, the power of influence, we realize something of the 
responsibility of being a friend. The friendly spirit is one 
that is constantly giving of its best to others. To really help 
a friend we must be true and honest. To inspire another to 
great achievements we should have abundant hope and cour-
age and Christian fortitude. Praying for our friends helps 
to hold them to their best, and it also helps us to do our best. 
It builds lasting friendships. 
The second question is necessary because of the natural 
heart. It is very easy to be selfish in our friendships, and 
therefore we need to guard carefully against it. To demand 
too much of our friends is unkind, and often leads to misun-
derstandings. It costs something to be a friend. We must 
expect to give as well as to receive. It is no easy task to 
October 31—Program on Tithing is suggested. See p. 7. 
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live up to the ideals of friendship. It was Jesus who said, 
"Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down 
his life for his friends." There is no room for selfishness. 
"In ancient Athens there was a law that any man who had 
a lighted candle and refused to allow another to light his 
candle at it, should be put to death. A greater law exists 
in our souls, that quenches the happiness of him who fails 
to give." 
The third question we approach reverently. Is it my first 
desire to introduce my friends to Jesus? This is the true 
basis of Christian friendship. It was John the Baptist who 
first had the privilege of introducing his friends to Jesus as 
the Saviour of the world. Remember he said, "Behold the 
Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world." If 
we make the Lord the first and the last in all our contacts 
with others, we shall surely find living to be worth while. It 
is then that the dew of heaven waters the gardens of friend-
ship; and, "There is a river, the streams whereof shall make 
glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the 
Most High." �
L. L. M. 
Call Back 
IF you have gone a little way ahead of me, call back; 
'Twill cheer my heart and help my feet along the stony track; 
And if, perchance, faith's light is dim, because the oil is low, 
Your call will guide my lagging course as wearily I go. 
Call back, and tell me that He went with you into the storm; 
Call back, and say He kept you when the forest's roots were 
torn; 
That when the heavens thundered and the earthquake shook 
the hill, 
Ho bore you up and held you where the very air was still. 
But if you'll say He heard you when your prayer was but 
a cry, 
And if you'll say He saw you through the night's sin-dark-
ened sky, 
If you have gone a little way ahead, 0 friend, call back; 
'Twill cheer my heart and help my feet along the stony track. 
—Author Unknown. 
Christianity—Interpreted Daily 
(Program for Week Ending October 10) 
NOTES TO LEADERS: The one leading out in this meeting 
should have saturated his mind with thoughts from the chap-
ter, "Who Is My Neighbor?" in the book, "Christ's Object 
Lessons." (Study Chapter XV in "Missionary Volunteers and 
Their Work.") We see columns in newspapers and magazines 
interpreting the daily news, and advertisements for essentials 
and nonessentials; but the highest commodity is not often 
commented upon—daily Christian living. There are various 
phases in Christianity; today we shall deal with the one most 
easily recognised by neighbors and friends, which we often 
speak of as Christian help work. I do not mean -necessarily 
the kind of assistance that might fall under the head of 
charity; I moan the Christian's daily help work. Do you 
know that foreign missionaries often fail to succeed in their 
work for the sheer lack of knowing how to be helpful in their 
new homes? This is truly a work in which every one can 
have a part. Some of it may be work that will swell the 
society's report, but let us not forget the things that cannot 
be recorded. Learn to help intelligently; for instance, if you 
help some one to help himself, you have rendered greater serv-
ice than if you merely make it possible to surmount the diffi-
culty of the present moment. Note the "key" above. Keep the 
thought paramount throughout the meeting, that in order for 
home missionary work to be the key to a renewed Christian 
experience, the service rendered must be real heart work. 
Dtscussion and Response: I Will Interpret Christianity By—
Note suggestions for discussion in the Senior Manual, "Mis-
sionary Volunteers and Their Work,' Chapter XV, sections 
168-174. The Master Comrade work also is home missionary 
work of the highest type. See the Junior Handbook, pp. 117-
123. Then lead to a response by using the text, 1 Chronicles 
29: 5, last clause (see margin). 
Poem and Song: "Who Is My Neighbor?" in "Missionary 
Volunteers and Their Work," p. 248. "Saved to Serve," No. 
474 in "Christ in Song." 
The Voice of Scripture 
on Missionary Work 
1. The Ground of Mission-
ary Work. John 3: 16; Mark 
16: 15. 
2. The Need of Missionary 
Work. Ps. 14: 2, 3; Eph, 
2: 12. 
3. The Purpose of Mission-
ary Work. Luke 19: 10; Acts 
26: 18. 
4. The Sin of Standing 
Aloof From Missionary Work. 
2 Kings 7:9; Judges 5:23; 
Matt. 25: 25. 
5. The Motive of Mission-
ary Work. 2 Cor. 5: 14, first 
clause; 2 Cor. 8: 9. 
6. Ways of Helping Mis-
sionary Work. Isa. 6: 8; 2 
001% 1:11; Matt. 9:38. 
7. The Spirit in Which 
Help Should Be Given to 
Missionary Work. Acts 9: 6; 
Col. 3:23; 2 Cor. 9:7; 1 
Chron. 29: 9; Mark 14: 8. 
8. The Reward of a Share 
in Missionary Work. Prov. 
11:25; Job 29: 13; Matt. 
25: 23. 
9. The End of Missionary 
Work. Matt. 24: 14; Rev. 
7:9, 10.—"The Misssonary 
Idea," p. 140. 
A Scripture Lesson: `Narrow-Gauge Religion" 
Read Luke 10 . 25-37. "Ii passed by on the other side." 
Tilts priest was probably on his way to Jericho to perform 
some religious function. Probably he had an appointment to 
preach, and he was in such a hurry to get down there to talk 
about religion, that he did not have time to practice it. His 
religion had no reference to this stricken man on the roadside. 
It was a thing altogether apart from that—a thing of the 
altar and sanctuary and ritual. He had never learned to trans-
late it into terms of practical service. 
The parable of the good Samaritan not only defines the mean-
ing of the word "neighbor;" it teaches also that religion is a 
thing of the common, dusty road, as well as of the altar and 
the sanctuary. 
This lawyer who came to Jesus, tempting him, asked for a 
definition of the word "neighbor." He did not get it. In-
stead he got a picture of the way a neighbor acts. The best 
definition of the word "neighboi" is a neighbor at work. The 
best definition of Christianity is to be found when the teach-
ings of Christ are translated into terms of daily character and 
conduet.—E. V. Cole. 
Illustration: Which Engine Are You? 
In Machinery Hall, during the Centennial Exposition in 
Philadelphia, was the great Corliss engine, the motive power 
that turned eight miles of shafting, to which were attached 
hundreds of machines with workmen producing all sorts of 
things. The mighty engine was so perfectly adjusted in all 
its parts that it was almost noiseless in its operation. On a 
shelf near by was a tiny toy engine, so small that it could 
rest upon a silver quarter. It was running, sending out spurts 
of steam, swinging its piston rod and tiny wheels, with a great 
deal of fuss. They were like two kinds of Christians. Some 
have motion and a little life, but no shafts, no products: simply 
keeping up steam. How different the other kind! Filled with 
the Spirit, shafts of holy sacrifice and service stretch in all 
directions. The heart, pulsating with the mighty motive power 
of love and prayer, will keep many heaven-sent workmen in 
the great workshop of the world, transforming the raw material 
of human lives into the products of grace and glory. Which 
will you be, a Collies engine or a mere toy?—.E. H. Senft. 
"Loving the Lord Jesus, I promise to take an active part in the work of the Young People's 
Missionary Volunteer Society, doing what I can to help others and to finish the work of 
the gospel in all the world." 
Service 
TITERE are ways in which all may do personal serv-
ice for God. Some can write a letter to a far-off 
friend, or send a paper to one who is inquiring for 
truth. Others can give counsel to those who are in 
difficulty. Those who know how to treat the sick 
can help in this line. Others who have the necessary 
qualifications can give Bible readings or conduct Bible 
classes, The very simplest modes of work should be 
devised and set in operation among the churches. If 
the members will unitedly accept such plans, and 
perseveringly carry them out, they will reap a rich 
reward.—"Testimonies," Vol. VI, p, 433. 
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Your Work 
To each man is given a day and his work for that day; 
And once, and no more, he is given to travel this way. 
And woe if he flies from his task, whatever the odds; 
For the task is appointed to him by the grace of our God. 
There is waiting a work where only your hands can avail; 
And so, if you falter, a chord in the music will fail. 
We may laugh to the sky, we may lie for an hour in the sun, 
But we dare not go hence till the labor assigned us is done. 
To each man is given a marble to carve for the wall, 
A stone that is needed to heighten the beauty of all, 
And only his soul has the magic to give it a grace, 
And only his hands have the cunning to put it in place. 
Yes, the task that is given to each one, no other can do: 
So your work is awaiting; it has waited through ages for 
you. 
—Adapted from "The Day and the Work," 
by Edwin Markham. 
Tours in My Own Denomination 
(Prograrra for Week Ending October 17) 
BY G. m MANN 
NOTES TO LEADERS: On our tom• of investigation this week 
we would like to help the young people to find out the rea 
meaning of their own denomination, its origin and growth and 
its beliefs. If you can help them sense the need for this know] 
edge, study bands which are formed will be well attended. 
As help in showing the need for the study of Bible doe 
trines, adapt the dialogue, "The Quiz," p. 14. 
An unusual denominational history presentation may be given 
by selecting some of the prominent characters in the beginnings 
of the advent message, and have one person represent each 
character. This person might tell an incident or the life story 
of the character chosen, just as if he were the pioneer himself. 
(See "The Story of the Advent Message," by Mrs. Matilda E. 
Andross, "Origin and Progress of Seventh-day Adventists," 
by M. E. Olsen, and the "Standard of Attainment Manual—
Denominational History.") 
A short Bible study on the word of God might be given. 
Material for this may be found in the "Standard of Attainment 
Manual—Bible Doctrines." Or the three angels' messages 
might he read or repeated together. 
An Experience: "A Test of Knowledge" 
Of one of your members has had a similar personal experience. 
it' may be related in place of the following 
JOHN ALLEN attended the college at B—. The work was 
all new to him, for his parents had only recently accepted the 
truth, and consequently he had never before been in an Advent-
ist school. However, both he and his parents had been diligent 
students of every phase of the new message. John's education 
had been in a high school thus far. But now a year in a Chris-
tian collegel Could it be possible? Everything was different, 
but he thoroughly enjoyed it. The first Friday evening he 
listened with wonder and growing interest to the talks by the 
teachers and the testimonies given by various students, and 
he could not help contrasting the meeting with Friday evening 
track meets, and such things as he had participated in before 
he was a Christian. 
Very soon, in connection with the Missionary Volunteer So-
ciety, a Standard of Attainment Band was formed. This band 
Have you seen the new charts, "Prophetic 
met each Sabbath afternoon to study Bible doctrines. Other 
bands Were also formed, but John felt'impressed to join this 
particular one, for he reasoned that if he were to do missionary 
work in any line, he would need to be familiar with the truths 
he desired to teach, and be ready always to give "a reason 
of the hope" within him. He was faithful in attendance, with 
references well learned, -and often brought in others that he 
had found. Neither did he forget to pray for help in using 
the knowledge gained, and for opportunities. Opportunities 
came in his daily life to help other students with their lessons. 
John decided to spend vacation time canvassing for one of 
our truth laden books. He felt in no other way could he do 
better missionary work, and at the same time earn money for 
another year at college. With a growing sense of responsibil-
ity and earnestness, he went to a small town to sell books. 
After some days at the work he found but few names on his 
order list, although he had put in long hours and faithful 
work. He was impressed that God had led him in choosing this 
work and would help him to have success. When he met many 
who would not even listen to a canvass, it was then that com-
forting texts came to him, such as, "In the morning sow thy 
seed, and in the evening withhold not thy hand; for thou 
knowest not which shall prosper." With a silent prayer for 
help, he passed on. 
At one house a pleasant-appearing woman met him at the 
door. Seeing him, she decided to do some missionary work. 
She had heard of his work and was greatly prejudiced. How-
ever, she liked John's appearance, and determined to try to 
set him right in his theology. She tried to show him that 
the old law was done away with when Christ came, and that 
we are now "under grace." She felt he was committing sin in 
selling a book which shows the people in bondage to a law she 
believed was abrogated at the cross. John silently prayed for 
wisdom to be able to use the scriptures he had learned during 
the year. Finally she said, "Well, I suppose this has not 
done any good. But I am interested in you, and shall pray 
that the Lord will show you your errors." John raised his 
hat, thanked her for her kindly interest in him and her promise 
to pray for him, but as a parting request he said, "Before you 
pray will you please read Proverbs 28: 9?" and saying good-by, 
he left. She hurried into the house for her Bible before she 
should forget the reference. The text startled her! Could it 
be possible that she was not obeying the commandments? 
Later she called on a neighbor and told her the experience. 
Together they determined to study the Bible more diligently. 
John soon left for another field, but the seed sown that day 
still grows. The neighbor accepted the truth, and through her 
others gained a knowledge of it. �
G. E. M. 
Our Pioneers 
IT was theirs to bear the burdens and the hardships of the way, 
As they blazed the path before us who are following today. 
At the call of God, like Abraham of old, they tarried not; 
A message they must give to earth, whate'er might be their lot. 
They went reserving nothing, while with mingled prayers and 
tears, 
They gave their all in service—they were faithful pioneers. 
We who follow in their footsteps little know what they endured, 
How with poverty they wrestled, how to pain they were inured; 
How they searched the Scriptures daily, how their prayers went 
up as one 
To the throne of the Eternal as they worked and labored on. 
To the last great gospel message, which the helpless sinner 
cheers, 
A "certain sound" was given by our faithful pioneers. 
Had we but the faith and courage, had we but the will to work, 
Which possessed these early messengers, we would not duty 
shirk; 
The glad news of the coming King would sound on land and sea, 
And quickly done, time would give place to blest eternity, 
The bliss of heaven be ushered in,—no sin, no pain, no tears, 
The consummation of the hopes of faithful pioneers. 
Shall we who bear aloft the gospel torch from day to day, 
Not quickly speed the light of life, nor e'er again delay? 
Show forth the love of Him who died and rose that sinful men 
Might live? repeat to all the world, He's coming back again? 
Shall we not haste to do this work delayed so many years, 
And then go home to glory with our faithful pioneers? 
--Mrs. A. N. Loper. 
Symbols of Daniel and the Revelation"?— 
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Missionary Volunteer Tours in Other Lands 
(Program for Week Ending October f4) 
NOTES TO LEADERS AND JUNIOR SUPERINTENDENTS: In addi-
tion to the dialogue given, ask several Missionary Volunteers 
to ascertain the nationalities from which their grandparents 
sprang, and be prepared to tell in the meeting how the Seventh-
day Adventist truth came to that nationality in the homeland. 
(If most all are one nationality, ask some to "adopt" other 
countries.) If the story is brief, it would be interesting for 
each to cite an illustration showing what it cost to accept this 
truth in the days of its beginning in that land. The "Cost 
of Confession in India" given is suggestive. Por helps in trac-
ing the beginnings of Seventh-day Adventism in the various 
lands see "Our Story of Missions," by W. A. Spicer; "Story 
of the Advent Message," by Mrs. Matilda E. Andross; "Origin 
and Progress of Seventh-day Adventists," by M. E. Olsen; 
or the booklet, "Outline of Mission Fields." If your librarian 
has been keeping a clipping file from the _Review and Instructor 
and other sources, set the Missionary Volunteers to work look-
ing up stories from their "native" lands. It is our hope that 
this study will connect the minds of our youth and boys and 
girls with these lands afar in a more definite way than ever 
before. Close with an earnest prayer for missions. 
Dialogue: The Gospel According to the 
Telephone Book 
Characters: 
CENTRAL, MISS NICETOWN (use name of your own city), 
MISS ORIENT (in Oriental costume), TROUBLE CHIEF. 
Suggestions: 
All statistics in this exercise must be Changed to fit the actual 
statistics in the town where the dialogue is to be given. Even 
if there is a classified supplement in the back of your tele-
phone book, be sure to consult a city directory and other city 
official lists, since hospital nurses, dentists, oculists, physicians, 
etc., in free clinics and dispensaries often have no separate 
telephones, and the whole idea of the dialogue is to compare 
accurately the medical status of your town with that of your 
denomination in all its mission stations. This will probably 
be a, startling disclosure. 
It would be ideal if Miss Nicetown could occupy one end of 
a platform and Miss Orient the other end, each with a telephone 
receiver. "Central" is seated behind a table toward the back 
center of the platform, and has the regulation telephone girls' 
apparatus over her head. Have telephone directory at hand. 
Behind her sits the Trouble Chief, busily jotting down facts in 
his notebook. There is no necessity for memorizing the speeches, 
since all may have their parts written on the papers on which 
they are noting their discoveries. Give plenty of time for each 
part so it will appear natural. Telephones may be made of 
flat black cardboard if necessary. Have your national flag 
prominent. 
(Bell rings) 
CENTRAL: Number, please. 
Miss NieEmowN: Hello, please give me Information. 
CENTRAL: This is Information, madam. 
Miss NIOETOWN: Oh, is it? Well, could you tell me how 
many doctors there are in Nieetown? 
CENTRAL: Hold the line a minute, lady, and I'll look it up 
in the classified directory in the back of the telephone book. 
(She reaches for the book, thumbs the pages, counts semi-
audibly: "one—ten—twenty-seven—eighty-nine—one hundred 
nineteen," etc.) Hello, madam, there are — physicians and 
surgeons listed here. 
Miss NICETOWN: (Repeats total.) Thank you! (Writes 
it down.) Could you find out about oculists and opticians? 
CENTRAL: Certainly; hold the wire—there are — opticians. 
Miss NICETOWN: And dentists, please? 
CENTRAL: Sure! But it's a long list, lady; just a minute 
while I count. (Gives number), and then there's the Free 
Dental Dispensary, you know. 
Miss NicEmowN: Yes, I've got that down. And now, how 
about drug stores? 
CENTRAL: (Counting—gives number.) 
Miss NICETOWN: Bow about hospitals? 
CENTRAL: There are — hospitals, madam. 
Miss NICETOWN: Have you any idea how many nurses? 
CENTRAL: Trained nurses, both in and out of hospitals- 
-, lady. 
Miss NicwrowN: Thank you, Information, you have cer- 
tainly been very obliging. (Puts down the telephone.) I 
believe I'll let Nieetown know how well off it is in a medical 
—Each chart on separate card. 
way. (Holds up a large and clearly printed sign, cut out in 
the shape of an enormous pill bottle, with a brown cork. Along 
the length of the bottle appear the statistics givers above.) 
(Bell rings) 
CENTRAL: Number, please. 
Miss ORIENT (who has been sitting with receiver down as if 
trying to call some one, while the previous conversation was 
going on) : Please give me the Trouble Clerk. 
CENTRAL: This is the Trouble Clerk, madam; what seems 
to be wrong? 
Miss ORIENT: Oh, I'm trying to put through a long distance 
call from the Orient, but you get my line crossed with Nice-
town. 
CENTRAL: Excuse it, please! 
Miss ORIENT: Oh, yes, I suppose I'll have to excuse it, for 
I'm always having to excuse you people in America And if 
I'm not excusing you, I'm waiting to hear from you; so now 
I want to complain a little— 
CENTRAL: Certainly, madam. I will report your trouble to 
the Trouble Chief in writing. What seems to be the matter? 
Miss ORIENT: Well, I'm 'phoning for the Seventh-day Ad-
ventist denomination. Tell the Trouble Chief that in Southern 
Asia the population is 335,663,457. These people must be 
evangelized, educated, and doctored. Yet so far the Advent-
ists have sent only 6 doctors, 29 nurses, 16 hospitals and 
dispensaries. For 335,000,000 persons! Imagine! That makes 
one doctor for every 55,940,000 Indians, in a land where 
famine, cholera, and plague are continually raging. I guess 
there are — persons living in Nicetown altogether, are there 
not, but how many doctors have they? 
CENTRAL. — doctors, madam, and that doesn't include 
dentists or oculists. And we have — hospitals for about 
— persons. 
Miss ORIENT: Oh, I can't believe it, and we have only 5 
hospitals and 11 dispensaries for 335,000,000 people! It isn't 
fair! It isn't fair! 
CENTRAL (agreeing with agitated movements of her head) : 
I'm making a note of it, lady. 
Miss ORIENT: Then include Africa, too. It has a population 
of 1,793,908 Europeans and 43,129,159 natives. They have 
only 7 doctors and 22 nurses, and 20 hospitals and dispensaries. 
Suppose Nieetown were set down on top of the equator with 
the temperature around 1100, and no board of health to inspect 
plague centers and only 7 doctors to cure all the tropical 
malaria, all the fevers, all the sleeping sickness of 44,900,000 
persons, what would Nieetown do? 
CENTRAL: Do? Well, if I know Nicetown, it would do 
something! It wouldn't stand for such a risky situation! 
Anything more? (Writing diligently.) 
Miss ORIENT: More? Oh, I should say so! Only S hos-
pitals and dispensaries in China among millions of people 
looking to the Christians for care. Please say that our 15 
doctors and 128 nurses out here are simply swamped with 
patients, overworked to the point of breaking. I could go on 
this same way about Burma and the Philippines; but suppose 
you just sum it all up by reporting that 207 Seventh-day 
Adventist medical missionaries and 44 hospitals and dis-
pensaries are not enough for the millions upon millions of 
persons left to their care. Just add that over here a physician 
is generally all the surgeon we have, all the dentist we have, 
all the oculist and even all the drug store. (She holds up an 
enormous pill bottle sign containing her statistics.) 
CENTRAL (shaking her head, sadly): I'll report it, madam, 
and—God bless you! (Hands her report to the Trouble Chief 
behind her.) 
TROUBLE CHIEF: (Reads the report, stroking his chin 
thoughtfully, frowning with perplexity.) Adventists are ex-
pecting too much of 207 medical missionaries, it's plain to be 
seen! (Rises and goes to the edge of the platform, saying:) 
0 Seventh-day Adventist young people! 0 Seventh-day Ad-
ventist boys and girls! I ask you, Is it fair that we should 
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have so much and that they should have so little? In the 
name of the Great Physician who is touched with every feeling 
of our infirmities, I call on you to read aloud with me the gospel 
according to the telephone book. 
TROUBLE CHIEF (Audience reads the Nicetown sign at which 
he points first, and then the Orient sign. Allowing a significant 
pause to intervene, the Trouble Chief again points, first at the 
Nicetown sign as he says) : "Freely ye have received" (then 
at the Orient sign), "freely give," for the strong ought to 
bear the "infirmities of the weak."—Adapted. 
Little Gleaners 
(Hy three Juniors just before offering is taken. As third one 
finishes, all step to table and lay their offering on the plate.) 
WE are a little gleaning band; 
We cannot bind the sheaves, 
But we can follow those who reap, 
And gather what each leaves. 
We are not strong, but Jesus loves 
The weakest of His fold, 
And in our feeblest efforts proves 
His tenderness untold. 
We are not rich, but we can give, 
As we are passing on, 
A cup of water in His name 
To some poor fainting one. 
We are not wise, but Christ our Lord 
Revealed to babes His will, 
And we are sure, from His dear word, 
He loves the children still. 
We know that with our gathered grain 
Briers and leaves are seen; 
Yet since we tried, He smiles the same, 
And takes our' offering. 
Dear children, still hosannas sing, 
As Christ cloth conquering come, 
Casting your treasures as He brings 
The heathen nations home. 
--John B. Swaney. 
A Prayer for the Missionaries 
(This poem may be sung to the tune of No. 346 
in "Christ in Song.") 
HEAVENLY FATHER, send Thy blessing 
On the mission fields today; 
Guide Thy earnest, faithful workers, 
Toiling for celestial pay. 
May they lean on Jesus' bosom, 
Knowing that He cares for them; 
May they be His faithful servants 
While they tell the truth to men. 
Spread Thy loving arms around them, 
Blessed Shepherd, evermore; 
Guide them safely through the billows 
As they sail from shore to shore. 
Keep them through the coming conflict; 
And, when trials press them sore, 
May they stand like faithful heroes 
Till life's struggles all are o'er, 
Bless the noble workers, Father, 
As they give to Thee their all, 
And obey the Great Commission 
To go where Thou mayest call. 
As they go to every nation, 
With the message from above, 
Keep them from the wiles of Satan, 
Cover with Thine arms of love. 
Loving Saviour, be Thou near them, 
As they battle for the right. 
May Thy Holy Spirit guide them 
As they scatter seeds of light. 
Break the soil of stony hearts, Lord, 
While the seeds of truth are sown, 
That they may bring many sheaves, Lord, 
When Thou comest for Thine own! 
—Artemisia. Lucas, British Guiana. 
Talk: Cost of Confession in India 
THE opposition to Christianity by the Brahmans of India is 
intense. In a certain district is an old-fashioned country town 
held in strength by the Brahmans. No convert has ever come 
from that town, and the town boasts that none ever shall. 
Should a Brahman confess Christ, at once persecution begins, 
and every effort is made to make him recant. Two Brahman 
lads belonging to different parts of this district decided for 
Christ, went through all that is involved in open confession, 
and were baptized. One of the two was sent north for safety; 
his people traced him, followed him, turned up unexpectedly 
at a wayside station in Central India, and forced him back 
to his home in the south. Once there, they took their own 
measures to keep him. The other lad was sent to Madras. 
The Brahmans found out where he was, broke into the house 
at night, overpowered the boy's protectors, and carried him 
off. They, too, did what seemed good to them there, and they 
too succeeded. No one outside could interfere. The caste 
guards its own concerns. 
Talk: How Prayer Secured Help for Uganda's Needs 
In the palace hut of King Mutesa of Uganda, in the heart 
of Africa, were gathered his courtiers and chief men to talk 
once more with Henry M. Stanley, the great explorer, before 
he returned to England. The white man had been four months 
in Uganda. He had told the king many wonderful things, but 
what interested him most was the story of Jesus Christ. On 
this eventful day Mutesa expressed his desire to know more of 
the white man's God. He promised to build a church, and 
begged that other white men might come to teach him and his 
people about the good way. 
"Stanley," he said, "say to the white people, when you write 
to them, that I am like a man sitting in darkness, or horn blind, 
and that all I ask is that I may be taught how to see, and I 
shall continue a Christian while I live." 
This led Stanley to write a letter to the Daily Telegraph, a 
London newspaper, urging that missionaries be sent to Uganda. 
Seven months that letter was on its way. Finally it reached 
London and was printed in the newspaper in November, 1S75. 
In the office of the Church Missionary Society in London 
that newspaper appeal was read by the secretaries. Here was 
a challenge to send men to the Dark Continent that could not 
go unheeded. But they had neither men nor money for the 
dangerous undertaking. They turned the key in their office 
door, locking themselves in, and fell upon their knees in prayer, 
asking God to raise up both the missionaries needed and the 
money to send them. The third day after Stanley's letter 
appeared in the London paper something happened. A letter 
came to the Church Missionary Society which read as follows: 
"DEAR MR. HUTCHINSON: 
"Often have I thought of the people in the interior of Africa 
in the region of Uganda, and I have longed and prayed for 
the time to come when the Lord would open the door so that 
heralds of the gospel might enter the country. , . . If the com-
mittee of the Church Missionary Society are prepared at once 
and with energy to start a mission to Victoria Lake, I shall 
gladly give you £5,000 [about $25,000] with which to begin. 
"I desire to be known in this matter only 
"'An Unprofitable Servant.' 
"(Luke 17: 10.)" 
After the missionary secretaries had read such a letter as 
that, they were sure God was answering prayer. They resolved, 
after further prayer, to get other newspapers to ask for men 
and money for Africa. In a few days another letter came 
bringing in another £5,000, and in a short time $120,000 had 
been given. Here was the money to begin work. 
But this was not the only answer to prayer, for other letters 
came from people who had no money to offer, but who offered 
something better, their lives and services for Africa. Eight 
men in all wrote such letters. One came from a young Scotch-
man, Alexander Mackay, who was a civil engineer. He was 
employed by a machine construction company near Berlin, Ger-
many. He was an earnest Christian, and hoped that he might 
go as a missionary to Madagascar, but the way had not opened. 
One night shortly before Christmas, 1875, he was reading 
Stanley's book, "How I Found Livingstone." As he laid it 
down, he noticed an old copy of the Edinburgh Daily Review 
on his table. His eye caught the name of one of the secre-
taries of the Church Missionary Society. Curiously he picked 
up the paper and read the appeal for Africa. Then and there 
he made up his mind to go, and though it was after midnight, 
he wrote a letter to London offering his services as a mission-
ary to Uganda. 
Four months later, in the offices of the Church Missionary 
Society in London, eight volunteers for Mutesa's kingdom in 
Africa met to say farewell. The prayers of the missionary 
secretaries had been abundantly answered. 
Be sure to order your Standard of Attainment examination questions this month. 
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ifunior Ifflio5ionetrp Volunteer 
ftleeting5 
To the House of a Friend 
(Program for Week Ending October 3) 
BY LEON L. MURPHY 
NOTES TO JUNIOR SUPERINTENDENTS: In your opening re-
marks to the Juniors speak quite definitely about the Friend 
we have in Jesus. We may speak of Him as a Volunteer who 
journeyed to a far country, on a tour of friendship to prove 
that He is a friend to all boys and girls. 
The interesting story of Jonathan and David, or of Ruth 
and Naomi may be arranged as a helpful dialogue. 
Adapt the Bible Study: "Jesus as a Friend to Man," n. 8. 
Several of the men-knoum, hymns indicate Jesus' true friend-
ship. Others show the nobility and the need of the develop-
ment of human friendship, such as, "Here Am I, Send. Me," 
No. 641 in "Christ in Song." 
Since our theme has to do with friends, why not make a 
special endeavor to bring them to meeting? Manifest fine 
courtesy in your greeting and welcome, 
See Notes to Leaders, p. 8, and adapt the two talks in the 
Senior Program. 
Be a Friend 
BE a friend. You don't need money,— 
Just a disposition sunny; 
Just the wish to help another 
Get along some way or other; 
Just a kindly hand extended 
Out to one who's unbefriended; 
Just the will to give or lend, 
This will make you some one's friend. 
Be a friend. You don't need glory. 
Friendship is a simple story. 
Pass by trifling errors blindly, 
Gaze on honest effort kindly, 
Cheer the youth who's bravely trying, 
Pity him who's sadly sighing; 
Just a little labor spend 
On the duties of a friend. 
Be a friend, The pay is bigger 
(Though not written by a figure) 
Than is earned by people clever 
In what's merely self-endeavor. 
You'll have friends instead of neighbors 
For the profits of your labors; 
You'll be richer in the end 
Than a prince, if you're a friend. 
—Edgar A. Guest. 
Talk: A Tour to the House of a Friend 
Ws journey to the house of a friend always with great an-
ticipation. Every boy and girl knows of some home where he 
loves to go because of the friends who live there. In this home 
there is some one who understands us and knows how to en-
courage us to do our best. It seeing easier for us to do our 
best when we know that our friends expect this of us. 
So today we shall imagine that we are making a journey to 
the home of some very dear friend. It may be that we have 
not been there for a long time, and we are very anxious to get 
started. But before we start on our way, let us take one good 
square look at our Junior Pledge, and see if there is not some-
thing that we should do first to help father and mother. And 
of course we want to remember to keep our pledge as we go 
on our journey. We must always remember to be friendly. 
By the grace of God, 
I will be pure and kind and true. 
I will keep the Junior Law. 
I will be a servant of God and a friend to man. 
This pledge should help us to do our very best. First, at 
home, and then all the way through life. 
Having finished our work at home to please father and 
mother, we may now begin our journey to this house of a 
friend. Rut although we are in a hurry, we should not forget to 
help others along the way. If we look, we can find some one 
who needs our help in one way or another. You will remem-
ber the experience of the young man who was standing with 
his friends on a busy street corner one day, when suddenly 
he noticed an old lady timidly waiting for an opportunity to 
cross the street. Without saying one word to the other boys, 
he stepped to her side and said, "I'll help you across if you 
wish to go." Upon returning to the group, they asked him 
to tell if she were his mother, and he nobly replied, "No, but 
she is somebody's mother." 
It is also a real pleasure to be kind to animals and birds. 
It is good to know that far and near Juniors are learning that 
it is much better to be kind to most all living things than it 
is to be cruel. 
And now as we come to the end of our journey, we can greet 
our many friends and have a good time, because we have done 
our best to be friendly. We have a wonderful story to tell 
of things accomplished worth our telling, for we have kept 
our Junior Pledge. 
Life is like this tour to the house of a friend. As we help 
others along the way our own burdens become lighter, and 
the journey's end will bring us to the house of our best Friend, 
who said, "In My Father's house are many mansions." 
L. L. M. 
Helping Our Neighbors 
(Program for Week Ending October 10) 
BY T. ROSE CURTIS 
NOTES TO JUNIOR SUPERINTENDENTS: Impress the Juniors 
with the irnprotance of each doing at least one good turn 
daily. Bake clear ways in which this can be done. 
Suggestive Songs: Nos. 110, 114, 70, 103, in "The Gospel in 
Song." 
Dialogue: Here and Now 
(Characters: Alice, Virginia, Marian, and Chris, sitting on the 
schoolhouse steps at recess, talking about the 4. hi. V. meeting 
held that morning, with Miss Leader, the conference M. V. secre-
tary, visiting. As they talk, Miss Teacher joins them.) 
ALICE: Girls, I was really ashamed to read our missionary 
report this morning, with our conference Missionary Volunteer 
secretary there to know how little we've done. 
VIRGINIA: But how can we help itg There seems no chance 
for us to do missionary work here. 
Camas: There aren't any heathen in this town, and no one 
is so poor as to need clothing or food. 
MARIAN: I wonder if we couldn't have one of those Chris-
tian help bands that Miss Leader spoke about. 
ALICE: I don't see how just having a band is going to make 
missionary work for us to do! Let's ask Miss Teacher; maybe 
she could suggest something. [Miss Teacher comes out and 
joins them, at their request.] 
CIIRIS: 0 Miss Teacher, we want to ask you about a Christian 
help band. Miss Leader said this morning that service we 
do for others, Jesus will count as done for Him. We'd like 
to do something, if we could. 
VIRGINIA: Of course, we all expect some day to be mission-
aries, but we don't know of anything we can do now—anything 
that will count. 
Miss TEACHER: It is sometimes hard to recognize our oppor-
tunities for missionary work, or to realize that the things we 
do are missionary work. We can serve Jesus, you know, "by 
doing each day that goes by, some little good, not in dream-
ing of great things to do by and by." 
ALICE: But how can we do anything? None of us are rich. 
My mother is a widow, and my brother is crippled. 
MARIAN: I go to school every day, and am so busy when I 
get home 1 have no time to help any one. My mother works 
at the hospital, and sister and I have to do most of the work 
at home. 
CHRIS: My little brother, Tom, is such a- rogue; but he's only 
two years old, and wouldn't understand if I tried to do mis-
sionary work for him. He is into mischief all the time, and 
gets a spanking every day of his life, poor little chap. 
VIRGINIA: I'm busy, too; because I have to practice my 
music when I get home from school, and I have to stay after 
school so much to practice songs and things for programs, 
that I don't have time to do anything for any one, it seems. 
MISS TEACHER: My dear girls, I fear you are mistaken in 
thinking that you have no opportunity to work for Jesus. 
Alice, you have little crippled Jimmie. What could be greater 
Reading flacks! Is your society tilling one or more? 
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service than making his life brighter and happier? Marian, 
your mother works in the hospital. A bright, cheerful face 
and happy voice often work wonders in the sick room. You 
could go sometimes with mother to visit the sick folk at the 
hospital. 
MARIAN: Why, Miss Teacher, is that missionary work? 
Mother has often asked me to go with her, but I thought 
I was too busy, and I did not realize it would be working for 
Jesus. 
ALICE: I'll try to do more for Jimmie Boy. He wants a 
lot of attention; but the poor little fellow has to sit in his 
chair all the time, and can never run and play with the other 
boys. I've neglected him lots of times. Thank you, Miss 
Teacher, for showing me my duty—and my opportunity! 
CHRIS: Would it be missionary work, Miss Teacher, to keep 
Teddy out of mischief, so lie wouldn't get so many spankings/ 
I hato to have him punished so much—he's so dear when he's 
good! 
MISS TEACHER: Indeed it would, Chris. Anything we do 
to make others happier and better is true missionary work. 
"Going on God's errands." You've heard that poem, I'm sure, 
that— 
"It isn't the world-praised wonders 
That are best in our Father's sight, 
Nor the wreaths of fading laurel 
That garnish fame's dizzy height; 
But the pitying love and kindness, 
The work of the warm caress, 
The beautiful hope and patience 
And self-forgetfulness; 
The trifle in secret given, 
The prayer in the quiet night, 
And the little unnoticed nothings 
Are good in our Father's sight." 
VIRGINIA: Miss Teacher, I've just thought of something 
maybe I could do—and I'd love to. Go with Marian and 
her mother to the hospital sometime and sing to the patients 
there! And there's dear old Mrs. White down the block. 
She never goes anywhere, and she's asked me so many times 
to come to see her. Pll go and read and sing for her. Why 
didn't I think of it before? 
MARIAN: Girls, Rosemary and Grace will want to do some-
thing, too. We could have a real Christian help band like 
Miss Leader was talking about; and we'd have a better re-
port next time she comes to our school on Wednesday morning! 
MISS TEACHER (looking at her watch) z Why, it's time to ring 
the bell! But I know you'll be happy in looking for and find-
ing ways to "go on God's errands" every day. And the more 
mu do, the more you'll see to do. �
T. R. C. 
Just to Please Jesus 
PAYING a visit to sorrow's abode, 
Helping a burdened one o'er a rough road, 
This is the sweet thought making duty delight, 
Turning the darkness of gloom into light. 
Just to please Jesus. 
Staying at home with the children, perchance, 
Watching the sick one's oft-wandering glance, 
Sweeping and dusting and tidying home, 
Deeds not recorded 'neath Fame's painted dome, 
Just to please Jesus. 
Swinging the hammer if duty demands, 
Plying the needle with quick, willing hands, 
Using the pencil, the pick, or the pen, 
Soroing my Lord and my own fellow men, 
Just to please Jesus. 
Giving a smile or taking a hand, 
Leading lost feet to the fair, better land, 
Doing and thinking, and hearing and seeing, 
Eating and drinking, and working and being, 
Just to please Jesus, 
—Author Unknown. 
Chalk Talk: One Good Turn Daily 
(This may be given by the leader, or by two of the Juniors. one 
doing the talking, the other figuring at the blackboard. Statistics 
given are for Potomac Conference, Columbia Union Conference, and 
North American Division. Each society should, if possible, use 
the figures suited to Its own society, conference, and union.) 
IF every Junior in our society did one good turn or deed 
today, how many good deeds would be done? We have (for 
example) seventeen Juniors in our society. (Write 17 on 
board.) That means seventeen good deeds. There are in 
our (Potomac) conference, twenty-one Junior societies, If 
they average a membership of seventeen, and if each Junior 
in our conference should also do a good deed today, how many 
good deeds would that make? (17 x 21=357.) But that's 
just a beginning! 
In the Columbia Union there are ninety Junior Societies 
(90 x 17=1,530), which equals 1,530 good deeds today—if each 
member does one! And in the North American Division there 
aro 776 Junior Societies (776 x 17=13,192), which makes 13,-
192. good deeds, if each Missionary Volunteer does one. 
Astonishing, isn't it, how much good can be done in a day 
if each boy and girl does just one kind and thoughtful deed? 
Think what it would amount to in one week. (Multiply each 
above total by 7. Call attention to the fact that we have not 
counted the Juniors in other lands.) �
T. R. C. 
Do I Know or Must I Guess? 
(Program for Week Ending October 17) 
BY G. E. MANN 
NOTES TO JUNIOR SUPERINTENDENTS: For further materia 
see the Senior program, Notes to Leaders, p. 10, especially 
the denominational history suggestions. 
POEM: "Our Pioneers," see p. 10. 
Dialogue: "The Quiz" 
PHIL: Hello, John. Let's take a ride up in the mountains 
this afternoon. It is a beautiful day and I am sure we shall 
enjoy it. It is all right to ride and look at scenery on Sabbath 
afternoon, isn't it? 
JoHN: It might be if we didn't have something even more 
important on hand for this afternoon and something fully as 
interesting. 
PHIL: What's that? 
JOHN: Why, you know the Missionary Volunteers are to 
meet and study on the Standard of Attainment. Brother Lane 
makes it so interesting, I enjoy it. Anyway, we should know 
what we believe and why. 
PHIL: Oh, I have heard this truth. all my life and know what 
Seventh-day Adventist4 believe from A to Z. 
Joint: All right. Tell me one distinctive doctrine. 
PHIL: Well, we believe Christ is coming soon, and— 
JOHN: One will do now. Why do you believe He is coming 
soon? 
PHIL: Because the Bible says so. 
JOHN: Where? 
PHIL: Why, why, oh, yes, Matthew 24 is the great chapter. 
JoHN: What are some of the things there? 
PHIL: Why, He tells about signs that will take place before 
His coming. 
JOHN: Yes. What are some of the signs? 
Prim:, Well, there will be wars and famines and pestilences, 
I know. 
JoHN: But there have been wars all along and many famines 
and pestilences. Are they the only signs/ 
PHIL: Say, are you giving me an examination? 
JOHN: Oh, I just wanted to get some pointers. Tell me 
of another distinctive doctrine. 
PIM,: Well, there is the Sabbath. That is in the ten com- 
mandments. - 
JOHN: But I have heard the ten commandments are no 
longer binding and that Christ or His apostles changed the 
Sabbath to Sunday. 
PHIL: Well, they didn't. 
JOHN: How do you know they didn't? 
PHIL: The Bible says they are still binding. 
JoHN: 'Where? 
PHIL: I can't remember where all the texts are, but I have 
heard them read and quoted hundreds of times. I always ask 
dad or mother when I want to find something like that. 
JOHN: Can you give me three texts that show the dead an, 
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sleeping, and not in some unknown place knowing all that is 
going on here on earth/ 
PHIL: I can't tell just where they are, but they are in the 
Bible all right. I could find them if I had a Concordance. 
JOHN: By the way, can you prove by the Bible that there 
must be a prophet in the last church? 
Plat: Why, there is Sister White and— 
deux: But the Bible doesn't mention Sister White. I want 
to prove we must have a. prophet if we are the true church, 
and then I want proof that Sister White is the prophet. 
Pam: Say, let's quit. I asked you to go for a ride and 
here you are giving me a quiz. 
Joan: I just wanted you to- see that the study of the Stand-
ard of Attainment is really necessary, so we can give a reason 
for that hope that we have. Why, just suppose some one was 
interested in the truth and asked you some questions, and you 
had to wait to go home and ask your father or mother for 
texts; or take a Concordance and hunt the texts? What would 
they think of your interest in your own doctrines? 
Pam: I see your point. The moral is, I should attend the 
study on Standard of Attainment this afternoon instead of 
going to the mountains. I shall be there, and hope at my 
next quiz I'll make a better showing. 
Joan: Good for you, Phil. I know you will enjoy it. 
G. E. M. 
Reading: Do I Know or Must I Guess? 
"DADDY, I wish you would tell me just what these verses 
mean." Harold looked up suddenly; then he read Deuteronomy 
6: 7-9. "Does that mean that the parents are to talk about 
the Lord and the Bible all the time to the children?" 
"What does the margin say instead of 'teach'?" queried his 
father. 
"It says 'whet, or sharpen?" 
"How can you 'whet' or 'sharpen' words?" Little Mary was 
interested now. 
Mr. Lynn laid down his paper. The children quickly drew 
footstools near, and eagerly waited for the good talk they 
knew was in store. 
"Do you remember," he began, "hdw many times, when the 
Lord had done some special thing for His children, He told 
them to build an altar or erect some memorial, so when the 
children should ask what those things meant, the parents 
could tell them how the Lord watched over them and cared 
for them at that time? When the teacher draws a picture 
on the board, how much better you remember the talk. So 
these altars and memorials were to sharpen their memories or 
'whet' them. God designed that parents should teach the chil-
dren about Him and what each must do to have eternal life. 
If Adam and Eve had not sinned, all things would have been 
handed down from father to son; but you know that after 
man sinned and memories were not so good, writing and dif-
ferent methods were invented for keeping before the younger 
generation the things that had happened. But God does want 
parents to be the teachers of their children always; always 
they should be ready to teach them of God's goodness and 
mercy. When we invite Jesus into our hearts, we invite Him 
into our home also, and any one coming into our home should 
recognize that Jesus is a guest there. You enjoy taking a 
walk with father and mother on Sabbath. What do we talk 
about as we walk alone?" �
• 
"Oh, I know, daddy!" exclaimed Mary. "We talk about the 
things God has made, and we watch to find things of interest." 
"Yes; so you see that when we walk by the way, we arc 
teaching. I wonder if you know what the eighth verse means." 
"Don't you think it means that our hands are not to do 
•anything that Jesus would not approve of, and that we are 
to keep our eyes from seeing things that He would not have 
us see?" 
"That is a very good explanation. God wants us wholly, not 
just a part of us or a part of the time, but all of the time 
and all of us." 
"I wonder if that's the reason the teachers want us to study 
about Brother and Sister White and Brother Bates and those 
men who preached about Jesus in 1844!" 
"Yes, we should all be familiar with the history of the 
pioneers in the advent movement." 
"Oh," interrupted Mary, "I know another way that we are 
fulfilling these texts. Every week in the Review there are 
stories of how God has answered prayers and the wonderful 
things He has done for people all over the world. When I 
hear you and mother read those, telling of the work in dif-
ferent lands, it just makes me want to grow up and go to 
some of those countries," 
"It does make things real to us to know that the same Mir-
acles that were performed in the days of Jesus are being per-
formed now," said brother. "I am so glad, daddy, that we 
can go to church school and learn that the Bible is really and 
truly so, and that Jesus was a real person and that He really 
helps us every day. We are starting a Junior Standard of 
Attainment class that meet's once a week. At first I thought 
it would be too much, with all our other lessons, but it is so 
interesting, now Pm glad we started it. I want to know just 
what the Bible teaches, so I can tell others about it, and show 
them where to find all the texts." 
"So do I," chimed in Mary. 
"Today," continued Harold, "I was out walking with Joe 
Smith, who lives a few doors from us, you know. Something 
was said about going to church on Sunday, and I asked 
him why people observe Sunday as the Sabbath. He said 
he guessed it was because Christ arose on that day. I asked 
if he had ever read about it in the Bible. He said, no, 
but he had heard the folks talking. Then I asked him if he 
had ever heard that Jesus was coming very soon. He said 
he had heard somebody talking about it, but he had never 
given it any thought, and his father said he didn't think He 
would come for hundreds of years yet. I said, 'Well, what 
does the Bible say about it?' and he said he didn't know, but 
if there was anything in it their preacher would tell them 
about it. 
"Then we got to talking about how beautiful some places 
are on the earth, and I asked him what he thought about the 
new earth. He had never thought much about it. I wanted 
to know where he expected to go when he got through with 
this earth. But he could only guess. lie didn't know what 
he believed or why he believed it; and you know, daddy, I 
just felt so glad that we can know, and don't have to guess!" 
G. E. M. 
Junior Program for Week Ending October 24 
(See pages 11 and 12) 
Song for Juniors 
More of the Message 
(Tune, "Afore About Jesus") 
MORE of the message, Volunteers! 
Casting away your doubts and fears; 
Trusting the Lord to bring them in 
As you go forth a soul to win. 
Gluteus: 
More, more of the message, 
More, more of the message, 
More of the message let us give, 
Showing the sinner how to live, 
More of the message let us give, 
Striving each day our best to live. 
Jesus will give the sure increase; 
Let us not now our labors cease. 
More of the message let us sow, 
As we go journeying here below; 
Showing to others Jesus' love, 
Speaking of home in heaven above. 
Man. ESTES. LA.OWEY. 
"Choice Poems" 
THIS is a book of 162 poems selected with the Missionary 
Volunteer Society meetings especially in mind. You should 
have at least one or two copies in your M. V. Society library.. 
Paper binding. Price, 50 cents. 
See the Mission Program, pages 11, 12. 
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An After Incident 
R. J. Roy, superintendent of the Lake Titicaca Mission, 
after referring to the experience of Missionary A. H. Field 
and family, when their home near the Sandia River was flooded 
and they were compelled to leave, having settled in this district 
where some three hundred Indians wore awaiting instruction 
and baptism, gives this later development: 
"As Brother Field was leaving, the enemies rejoiced, for 
they said that this flood had conic because the 'evangelistas' 
had come to this place. They said that now that they were 
leaving, surely the flood would go down. And it did. So 
our enemies rejoiced and feasted. But that was not the end. 
They began persecuting and threatening our people. They 
forbade them to meet on Sabbath. And one Sabbath as six 
of them were returning home, they were attacked and beaten 
with clubs. One of our brethren was almost killed. Then they 
were taken to jail and loft there for the night. I say 'our 
brethren,' but they are not yet baptized. They are among 
those who aro waiting. 
"But God was watching it all. About two weeks after the 
water had subsided, and our enemies were doing all in their 
power to discourage the interested once, the water began to 
come up again. It kept rising rapidly, day after day, till it 
had risen far above its former height, and had taken away the 
houses and property of the majority of our bitterest enemies. 
You can imagine the reaction. Our brethren who had suf-
fered so much began to reason that surely this is God's pun. 
islunent. And they began to talk it. And the people all 
around began to believe it. And now the interest in our work 
is far greater than ever. He who ruled the waves of dark 
Galilee is watching over His children, and can yet use Hia 
mighty power to save them when He will. We are hoping 
that our director will soon be able to go back to his work. 
Ile will reap an abundant harvest." 
Fruitage Beginning to Appear 
Inn is a letter from Missionary J. D. Replogle, who with 
his family located not long ago at Riobamba, Ecuador, not 
far from Colta, where Missionary Orley Ford and his wife 
labored so many years. He says: 
"It seems that we have entered Ecuador just when the fruits 
of so many years of hard labor are beginning to appear. Colts 
is known far and wide. Practically anybody in the republic 
will know at once what you are talking about if you mention 
Colta or 'Dr.' Ford. And our work is looked upon with favor, 
even among the high officials of the government. Although 
very few Indians seemed to have been reached by the efforts 
put. forth during these years, among the white people, directly 
and indirectly, we aro beginning to reap precious fruits, as 
We results of the work done at Colta. At the present I can 
count twenty-two baptisms this year which can be placed to 
the credit of Colts, and I know of n number of persons who 
are awaiting baptism. Brother G. A. Schwerin also reports 
that in the last few weeks in Guayaquil things have begun to 
move, and that there are indications of a rich harvest of souls 
there in the near future. Our native worker over in the Oro 
Province writes that the only moving picture show in town 
has been ousted, in order to give the hall to him for an effort. 
He says that he is having a full attendance. 
"Riobamba, capital of one of the largest and richest agri-
cultural provinces of the republic, has been chosen as the cen-
ter for our work. This city is one and one-half hours' ride 
by train from Coln. Here we find many friends, and in spite 
of its being a very Catholic city, as are moat of the altitude 
cities of Ecuador, it promises to yield a rich harvest of souls 
as soon as we can get the truth before the people. 
"In regard to the Indian work I might say we hope to be 
able to find an opening among savage Indians of the interior. 
I believe they will more readily respond to the efforts pit forth 
for them. We shall continue to do all we can for the Indians 
in and about Colts." 
At an African Medical Mission 
Titans hundred miles from Blantyre, Nyasaland, into the 
interior of Northern Rhodesia as the mail lorry goes, lies our 
Fort Jameson medical mission. While awaiting the arrival 
of a physician, Missionary E. Jewell and his wife (a nurse) 
aro carrying on. Of their experience he writes: 
"We have been alone now six months. All lines of work 
have grown. The leper colony is increasing, and hospital work 
is exceeding all previous records. Our Sabbath schools have 
a membership of about four hundred. Four years ago there 
was not a Sabbath keeper in this part of Northern Rhodesia. 
Our school is about twice as large as last year. Practically 
every native government clerk in Fort Jameson has sent chil-
dren to our school here. 
"It is only as from day to day we beseech God to send this 
message to this people, and to make some little use of us in 
this effort that anything is accomplished. When we look upon 
the task ahead of us and around us, it drives from our hearts 
all thought of what we have done, can do, or will do, because 
we realize that with human power and agency the thing is im-
possible. 
"Our teachers and native workers until the end of October 
will be doing evangelistic work in the villages. Even the 
women and girls aro joining in. This week-end we are holding 
meetings at a place thirty miles from here, and there is a 
group of native men and women going that distance to sing 
special songs for the occasion. These people are making the 
sixty miles journey, so that nothing will be left undone to 
make our meetings a success. We shall have anywhere from 
250 to 900 people present." 
That Old Assistant Translator Won 
Some may remember that among the first interested ones 
found by Missionary G. F. Jones and his wife in that new 
British mandated territory at the southeast end of New Guinea, 
near Rabaul, he told about a native who assisted years ago 
in the translation of the Scriptures, he and the translator dis-
cussing the seventh-day Sabbath question. This translator ex. 
pressed belief that the seventh day was the true Sabbath. 
Missionary Arthur S. Atkins, now in charge there, writes: 
"You will be interested to know that we had our first bap-
tismal service last Sabbath, December 13, followed by the 
ordinances of the Lord's house. Four of the leading converts 
were baptized, and it brought great rejoicing to our hearts. 
One is from our Matupi mission, one from Rabuana, and two 
from Bani. One of those from Baai was the man who had 
learned of the Sabbath truth some forty years ago, from a 
German missionary [the translator). These now members will 
be a great help to the work here." 
Are Seeing a Great Light 
a C. Boon, superintendent of the Zambesi Union Mission, 
of Central Africa, in speaking of advancement in that part 
of the world's great mission field, says: 
"The work is progressing in our field. Really it has ad-
vanced faster than we are able to keep up with it. During 
the last two years we have baptized 2,223 converts. We have 
a net gain of 2,006. At the present time we have nearly 
5,000 people in the Bible classes. These are preparing for 
baptism. We have some splendid interests in Northeast Rho-
desia, where we have only one European mission. At one place 
we have over 218 in the Bible clauses under a native director. 
The Lord is going before us in these dark corners of the earth, 
and surely the people that have been sitting in darkness are 
seeing a great light." 
Gave Her Savings of a Lifetime 
BESIDES the wonderful work among the Indians of the Lake 
Tition region, Missionary R. J. Roy writes of work being 
undertaken for others in the cities of Arequipa and Mollendo, 
Peru. Here, among some influential families and in a marked 
manner, the Lord has been working in leading out into the light 
some noble young men and women through the study of the 
word, and our literature placed in their bands by a faithful 
colporteur: 
"As our work among the Indians is becoming more self-
reliant, we rejoice that we are able to open new work among 
white people. We have sent one of our best workers to begin 
work in our largest -city, Arequipa, a city of about 90,000 
population. This effort was made possible by a gift of about 
$400 from a dear old sister in Arequipa, who for years has 
been living the truth practically alone. This money was the 
savings of her entire lifetime. She said she wanted to see 
a church in her home city. And already we have found sev-
eral interested people. The prospects are good that soon we 
shall have here our first Adventist church of white people. . 
"A real interest sprang up in the little town of Mande. 
Wo have two faithful workers now as the first fruits of that 
interest. And the future seems to promise much more. In 
another little town, there is a group of five families who have 
been interested by a colporteur, and they are waiting for meet-
ings. The owner of the hotel there offered his hotel free, 
seated and lighted, for these meetings. These interests are 
all among white people. 
"Our greatest lack is for workers and the means to support 
them. But God is opening the way. As we see His power 
manifested, His Spirit leading, our hearts aro cheered. Now 
is the time to put all into this m �
ge. The harvest 
never surer." �
MISSION BOARD.