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Foreign Literature
Special Week, February 23 to March 2
DURING the last Fall Council the
following resolution was pasced by the
General Conference regarding the
Foreign Translation Fund and For-
eign Literature Fund offerings:
“In order to promote more strongly
~ the Foreign Literature Fund offering
and the Foreign Translation Fund
offering which are listed in the cal
‘endar of special offerings, and
campaigns for 1935, to occur on Feb-
ruary 9 to March 2, respectively
“We recommend, ‘1. That the For-
eign Literature Fund offering and the
Foreign Translation offering be com-
bined in one offering to be taken in
the churches on March 2, 1935.
2. That the combined offering he
a part of the Forty-cent-a-week fund.”
We feel that this offering repre-
sents a great need and we are ap-
_pealing to our brethren and churches
everywhere to make this a liberal of-
fering so that the literature work
among the foreigners in America may
grow and precious souls be gathered
into the Kingdom of Christ.
The week of February 23 to March
2 has been set aside as Foreign Liter-
ature Week. During the Fall Council
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the following resolutions were passed
regarding the foreign literature work:
“Knowing that our truth-filled liter-
ature will oecupy an important place
in the finishing of God's work and
that through the ageney of the printed
page in a large way the message i8
going to people of many languages:
and having been told by the Spirit
of - prophecy that ‘Many of these
foreigners are here in the providence
of God, that they may have oppor-
tunity to hear of the truth for this
time,” and that ‘Those in respons-
ibility must plan wisely to proclaim
the third angel’s message to hund-
“dreds and thousands of foreigners in
the cities of America,’
“Resolved, That in view of the im-
minence of Christ's second coming, we
undertake as never before to arouse
our people to realize the vast pos-
sibilities through circulation of for-
eign periodicals and other literature.
We recommend, 1. That the home
missionary secretary of the union and
local conferences take the same active
interest in promoting the circulation
of our foreign periodicals as they do
English papers, especially during
Foreign Periodical Week and Home
Foreirn Day by getting the churches
to take subscriptions and clubs of the
foreign papers for missionary pur-
poses.
2. That the conferences and
misgionary Secretaries plan for
encourage colporteurs to go inte
eign settlements in country and
districts with our foreign books.
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That home foreign mission bands
be organized in our churches and that
these bands work for the different
nationalities in their home commun-
ities,
4. That a systematic distribution
of foreign Present Truth and other
foreign literature be planned for the
churches in each conference.”
Considering the seriousness of the
times and the possibility of winning
souls for Christ, we earnestly solicit
the cooperation of our Ameri ican and
foreign churches and believers to do
strong work in promoting this. great
soul-saving effort.
Louis HALSWICK, Assoc. Sec.
Bureau of Home Missions.
The Temple of God—No. 3
CONCERNING the building of the
body temple the Seripture says, “The
Lord God formed man of the dust of
the ground.” Gen. 2: As the chem-
ist analyzes the Hesues of the body
he comes to realize how scientifically
accurate this statement is. The same
elements that enter into the composi-
tion of blood and bane and brain are
found in the soil.
But it is not possible for man to ap-
propriate these elements directly from
the soil. Tron filings from the dust
or pure
cannot be used. The Creator has ar-
ranged that through the vegetable
kingdom earth's elements shall be
made available for man’s use. In the
laboratory of the plant a marvelous
transformation of these elements
takes place which the greatest scient-
ist in the world cannot duplicate.
As in the beginning man was made
from the dust, so now day hy day
the body is built up by food from the
soil. The Creator has given us the
privilege of cooperating with Him in
building this body temple and keep-
ing it in the best condition possible,
that we may do service for Him.
As the contractor studies the vari-
ous kinds of building material that he
may know what to select for different
parts of a building, so we should make
a careful study of foods that we may
be able to chhose a balanced diet,
furnishing all the elements of life,
It iz our purpose in this series of ar-
ticles to present facts which will in-
terest our readers in this important
carbon from the coal mine
subject and lead them to a deeper
study. Our health journals, Life and
Health and Health, are full of pree-
ious information which every family
should have. And, best of all, there
is the book Ministry of Healing, con-
cerning which we have the inspired
endorsement, “This book contains the
wisdom of the great Physician.” .
Testimonies, Vol. 9, p. 71. y
Foods are divided into several great
classes. - First, we have fuel foods
which are burned in the body, yield-
ing heat and energy. Second, the
building foods, for growth and repair
of body tissue. Third, body regulat-
ors. Every day we should have some
foods from each of these elasses.
The fuel foods include sugars,
starches, and fats. All of these furn-
ish heat and energy for work.
The simple fruit sugars found in
fresh fruits, also in dried fruits,
especially - dates, raisins, figs and
prunes, are much better than the arti-
ficial white sugar manufactured from
the juice of the cane or beet. A solu-
tion of cane sugar five per cent or
stronger is irritating to the mucous
membrane which lines the stomach.
This shows the danger in the free
uze of concentrated sweets, especially
candy. Far too many of our Seventh-
day Adventist children are spending
their pennies and nickels for candy
bars, ice cream and other sweets.
These are especially harmful when
eaten between meals.
It is well for mothers as they plan
meals for the family to keep in mind