VOL. XVI 
PACIFIC OCEAN 
ATLANTIC 
OCEAN 
SOUTH AMERICA 
No. 6 
BALBOA, CANAL ZONE, MARCH 15, 1939 
The Great Second Advent Movement 
an Unfinished Work 
j. L. eXcElhany ?resident Qeneral Conference 
N 1845 we find a small group of Sabbath-
keeping Adventists uniting their efforts to carry out 
what to them was a divine commission. Their re-
sources consisted chiefly of a deep and abiding faith 
in the fulfillment of the prophecies of God's word. 
This fulfillment called for the rise of a movement 
having for its purpose the preaching of the message 
of the coming of Christ and the observance of the 
Sabbath of the fourth commandment. This message 
was based on the great prophecy of Revelation 
14:6-12. 
By 1863 this movement had so increased in 
strength and in determination of purpose, as well as 
in numbers, that the representatives of the organized 
churches and the local conferences were led to or-
kanize a general church body known as the General 
Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. 
Out of that small and humble beginning has 
grown the advent movement that today encircles 
the earth. What we see today is not cause for boast-
ing or pride of achievement, but is something that 
should lead us to deep thankfulness to God. 
Has the time now come when we can relax our 
efforts and take our ease? Indeed, as we lift up 
our eyes and look out on the world field, despite 
all that has been accomplished, it appears as if we 
stand today, at the very beginning of our world 
task. What has thus far been accomplished is 
like a thin skirmish line thrown out against the ranks 
of the enemy. In all the fields of earth there is great 
demand for the consolidation and extension of our 
efforts. We must move forward and occupy new po-
sitions, and work new territories. 
When work is opened in a new field, believers 
begin to spring up and to multiply. The interest 
spreads, and soon there are insistent calls for more 
help. In practically every field on earth this is the 
situation at the present time. Instead of facing a 
finished work today, we but stand on the thresh-
old of greater needs and opportunities than we have 
ever faced before in the history of this cause. The 
call now is not to retreat or to relax our efforts or to 
lay down the weapons of our warfare. As the battle 
lines become more extended and the warfare waxes 
more difficult, the call sounds to advance. Our or-
ders are to move steadily forward, ever forward. 
As we survey the past, let us but pause to render 
grateful praise to our great Leader for His help, and 
then turn with renewed vigor to press the battle to 
a final victory. Let us look to North, Central, and 
Southern Africa, with their scores of millions of peo-
ple who have yet to hear the sound of this message, 
then to India, to the Orient, to Western Asia, and 
to Europe,—to all the fields of earth as places call-
ing for greater and still greater effort. 
The greatest history of this movement is not 
of the past, but it must be written of the future. 
With a new and deeper consecration, with a fuller 
surrender, with our believers trained and organized, 
let us hear the call to finish the work, and advance 
in unbroken ranks. In every home base, as well as 
in mission lands, there are great religions where un-
paralleled opportunities for preaching the message 
await us. It is surely in the order of God's provi-
dence that our home missionary forces are placing 
such stress on lay evangelism. Every believer must 
be a missionary. The highest concern of the church 
today must be the marshaling of all our forces and 
resources for the finishing of God's work in the 
earth. The call to finish the work is sounding still 
louder in our ears than ever before. 
—Review and Herald. 
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INTER-AMERICAN DIVISION MESSENGER 
Church Officers in the Inter-American 
Division: 
Greetings! Some of you have been 
an officer in the church in some capacity 
for years; some of you are serving your 
first officership this year: therefore, 
some of you have had much experience, 
and some of you have had little ex-
perience. Many of you came from other 
churches, and some of you doubtless 
came from no church. Therefore, in your 
responsibility as church officers, we 
know you long for help and counsel that 
you may do your work of leadership in 
the Remnant Church in a way that will 
be pleasing to God. You are the men 
and women who stand as leaders in the 
very forefront of the battle for Christ 
in these last days. You are the ones 
that lead the advance of the cause into 
new cities and towns and villages, into 
new neighborhoods and into new minds 
and hearts. Your work is a solemnly 
important one, and we know you long 
to do it as it should be done, in the 
very best possible way. 
The church work of the Seventh-day 
Adventist denomination is carried on 
differently from the church work of any 
other denomination in the world, for all 
our church members, are expected to be 
active, earnest, zealous, missionaires in 
their our neighborhoods in the city, 
town, or village where they live. One 
lone man out of whom the Saviour had 
cast the evil spirits, was sent to his own 
house to tell what Jesus had done for 
him, and the record is that he accom-
plished the commission and also warned 
ten cities besides. Luke 8:38, 39; Mark 
5:18-20. 
Each lay member of each Seventh-
day Adventist church should have a 
congregation over which he presides, not 
a congregation of Seventh - day Ad-
ventists but a congregation of those who 
do not know the truth. Each Seventh-
day Adventist should select in his neigh-
borhood a number of people who know 
not this truth, and count them as his 
congregation to win to Christ. This 
will make of each Seventh-day Advent-
ist a wcrker, a minister, a leader. It is 
the business of church officers to direct 
these activities of the members of the 
church. So each church officer occupies 
a solemnly important position, for he in 
turn is leader and director of a force of 
active workers. Your position, dear offi-
cer, may be as Sabbath School Super-
intendent, or Home Missionary Leader, 
Missionary Volunteer Leader, Home 
Commission Leader, Church Elder, Dea-
con or Deaconness, Church Clerk, or 
Treasurer; but whatever position you 
hold, it is your responsibility to in-
fluence those with whose names you 
have to do and with whose work you 
have to do and with whose study you 
have to do. You are to influence them 
to the greatest missionary endeavor of 
which they are at all capable. 
Besides all this, the conduct of our 
regular church services is very impor-
tant. We do not employ the formal rit-
ualism of certain other denominations, 
but nevertheless we conduct our church 
services in a quiet, solemn, dignified and 
orderly manner. Order is certainly a 
law of heaven. Order and unity of ac-
tion in the church, the conference, the 
entire world work of God, becomes a 
tower of strength when it is properly di-
rected. 
To instruct church officers so that 
their work may be done in a good and 
proper manner, there has been published 
by the direction of the General Con-
ference committee a small booklet en-
titled "MANUAL FOR CHURCH 
OFFICERS." In this "Manual" is 
found direction for proper procedure 
on the part of all church officers and 
leaders. As a great help to unity of pur-
pose and action, missionary endeavor, 
and proper procedure in our church ser-
vices, we earnestly recommend it to 
each officer. We recommend that he 
secure through his Book and Bible 
House a copy of this very important 
"Manual". We earnestly pray that each 
church officer will secure a copy of this 
"Manual" even though it may require 
heavy individual sacrifice to do so. We 
know that even though the price is 
small, some will need to sacrifice to 
secure it. 
We are very anxious that every offi-
cer shall immediately secure this "Ma-
nual", because with the present chaotic 
state of world conditions among nations 
and between nations, we know not how 
soon persecution may fall upon this peo-
ple and thus separate our church offi-
cers from ministerial or any other kind 
of personal denominational leadership. 
Then our church officers must stand 
alone as leaders, and if each officer of 
every church in the Inter-American Di-
vision possesses this "Manual" and care-
fully follows its directions, each church 
department of the church will continue 
to carry on in the same faithful way as 
before, and persecution will not stop or 
hinder our work. There is a section in 
the book for each department leader. 
This is a vitally important matter, 
and it is vitally important that imme-
diate attention be focused upon it. It is 
vitally important that each church offi-
cer who can possibly do so, immediate-
ly secure one of these books. It is pub-
lished in Spanish and English. 
Yours for a continued and united 
work in the Third Angel's Message, 
THE IMPORTANCE OF CHRISTIAN 
EDUCATION 
"Nothing is of greater importance 
than the education of our children and 
young people. The church should arouse, 
and manifest a deep interest in this 
work."--"Counsels to Teachers," p. 
165. 
"By some education is placed next to 
religion, but true education is religion." 
—Id., p. 108. 
"The church is asleep, and does not 
realize the magnitude of the matter of 
educating the children to have the bless-
ings and privileges of an education at 
our schools."—Id., pp. 43, 44. 
"There can be no more important 
work than the education of our youth.", 
—"Fundamentals of Christian. Educa3 
lion," p. 89. 
These few brief extracts from the 
Spirit of prophecy express in varied 
ways the supreme importance of Chris-
tian education. 
It is a truism, yet often overlooked, 
that a man is what his education has 
made him. It is a plain case of not 
gathering figs of thistles. 
Two families of children grow up 
side by side in the same church, the 
same general environment. In one fami-
ly each child spends a number of years 
at our school, graduates and enters de-
nominational work or becomes a strong 
pillar in a local church. 
The parents in the other home are 
more interested in money making. They 
are not willing to sacrifice. The children 
never see our school. They eventually 
marry, and settle down to spiritual leth-
argy. Some marry out of the truth. 
But why complete the picture. Is this 
RESPONSIBILITY OF CHURCH OFFICERS 
By G. A. Roberts 
INTER-AMERICAN DIVISION MESSENGER �
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a hypothetical case? No, it is an actual 
experience of personal knowledge and it 
represents many such experiences. 
Those churches that maintain a well-
patronized church school will hold from 
fifty to seventy-five per cent more of 
their young people. 
Christian education is not a bother-
some adjunct to the church. It is one 
of its chief pillars and it helps to stem 
the back door exodus that is a most dis-
tressing feature in many churches. 
"To many who place their children 
in our schools, strong temptations will 
come, because they desire them to 
secure what the world regards as the 
most essential education. Those who re-
gard as essential the knowledge to be 
gained along the line of wordly educa-
tion are making a great mistake... To 
those who feel that their children must 
have what the world calls the essential 
education, I would say, bring your chil-
dren to the simplicity of the Word of 
God and they will be safe. Those who 
seek the education that the world es-
teems so highly are gradually led far-
ther and farther from the principles of 
truth until they become educated world-
lings." — "Fundamentals of Christian 
Education," pp. 535, 536. 
These words present a picture that is 
altogether too common. It is a tragical 
picture because often the victim of the 
tragedy feels a great superiority of edu-
cation. 
Repeatedly we are bidden as teachers 
to prepare our students for the great 
storm that is coming upon the earth. 
Surely the time is not far distant when 
the ability to stand firm will be about 
the only thing that matters. Everything 
else will be less than nothing. Now as 
never before we need to evaluate things 
at their true worth and choose those 
things that really matter. 
The work of God calls for a con-
tinuous supply of consecrated young 
people. Our own eternal future demands 
that we as young people be placed under 
the most favorable environment for the 
development of our spiritual life. 
—G. E. Shankel, in Southern African 
Division Outlook. 
Such splendid reports have been coming 
to the Cristobal Branch office of the Paci- 
fic Press Publishing Association regarding 
the good work being done by student 
colporteurs this year, that I can refrain 
no longer from passing along at least a 
few of the more outstanding experien-
ces. 
The first reports reached us from Ven-
ezuela. Five lady colporteurs, four of 
whom had never previously had ex-
perience in the colporteur work, took 
100 orders for "El Consejero Medico" 
in one week's time. Most of these 
ders were with deposits, and nearly half 
the books were ordered in the best bind-
ing. 
Another report indicates that Colom-
bia is good territory. In fact, any field 
in Inter-America is good territory — 
splendid territory for the Lord's work. 
Brother Manuel Galeano tells of having 
worked fourteen hours together with two 
other young men and together they had 
26 orders in the best binding. Two young 
ladies took 50 orders for "El Con-
sejero Medico" in just a few days with 
80.00 pesos advance payments. Brother 
Arismendi worked 21 hours and took 31 
orders with down payments on them all. 
Brother Tirso Escandon went out can-
vassing the first week after school closed 
and took orders valued at 212.30 pesos. 
The following week his brother Jorge 
joined him and working together the 
next week they took orders valued at 
518.40 pesos. Brother Jorge Escandon 
working with Brother Lopez, another 
student colporteur, took 300.00 Pesos 
worth of orders in three days. Two 
other young lady student colporteurs 
Judith and Olga took 15 orders in ker-
atol binding in two days. 
Brother Steeves, who is working with 
student colporteurs in the Panama Con-
ference reports real fine success, also. 
The first day while working the same 
block in which he has taken up tem-
porary living quarters, 8 orders were 
taken, and the following day 10 orders-
more, making 18 orders in two days and 
a large proportion of them in the kera-
tol binding and with good deposits on 
nearly all orders. Young ladies work-
ing with magazines sold $25.00 worth 
in one day in the city of Colon. 
I can think of no other way in which 
students can do a greater work for the 
Master than to carry the printed page 
to those who long for something better. 
Think of the avenues open in this line 
of service! Consider the results from 
faithful efforts by young men and wo-
men who love the Lord and work with 
a two-fold purpose in view! Surely God 
will bless the seed sown and make it 
spring forth abundantly. 
We ought to have many more young 
men and women earning their scholar-
ships. Where are they? The literature 
way is a successful way. Encourage the 
young people and even children attend-
ing the primary grades to earn their 
school funds through the sale of maga-
zines and books. IT CAN BE DONE. 
SOME ARE DOING IT. Shall we 
not encourage more to take up this 
blessed work? 
"As the will of man co-operates with 
the will of God, it becomes omnipotent." 
—C. 0. L. 333. 
Salvation is not only the taking out 
of old faculties, but the coming in of 
new forces. 
REPORT OF STUDENT COLPORTEURS 
By D. A. Cone 
THOSE "EL CENTINELAS" 
"E I Centinelas" will surely do their part, 
L asting impressions they'll make on every heart. 
 
 
 
C ertainly and surely they'll yield a rich return. 
E arnestly each paper strives needy souls to turn 
N earer heavens' pathway. It's pages never stay 
T o speak to drifting hearts needing help along the way. 
I ncrease its distribution, let many others share 
N ews of free salvation, which all the pages bear. 
E arth's remotest household, the "Centinela" needs. 
L abor long and faithfully; sow its precious seeds. 
A ngels will harvest reap and pronounce "Well done". 
S OULS will promptly answer, whom "Centinelas" won. 
 
"No one can think seriously and so-
berly without enriching his mind and 
also his soul."—M. A. Monday. 
 
When right is on one side and riches 
on the other you cannot raise the one 
without lowering the other.—Proverbs. 
D. A. Coxg. 
 
 
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INTER-AMERICAN DIVISION MESSENGER 
"Come and hear, all ye that fear God, 
and I will declare what He hath done 
for my soul." Ps. 66:16. 
The text presents in a clear and 
forcible way the thought of personal 
witnessing. There is a holy boldness, a 
fearlessness, an eagerness, expressed in 
the first three words of the text, "Come 
and hear." Evidently a desire to attract 
and direct the attention of all is ex-
pressed, for the psalmist says, "Come 
and hear, all ye that fear God." There 
is an abounding joy, an enthusiastic 
earnestness, in the desire that all should 
hear and understand. He says, Come, 
all and hear. I will declare what God 
hath done for my soul. It is the testi-
mony of a personal experience. It is a 
public, open declaration of a heart his-
tory. 
The text does not present the thought 
that the testimony was to be a theo-
logical discourse. It was not an ex-
pounding of some point of doctrine. It 
was not the making known of some 
theory of truth. The words of the 
psalmist in this text clearly indicate that 
he was witnessing to his own personal 
experience in the saving, cleansing, keep-
ing power of God in his own life. 
There is no service that one can 
render for God or for the advancement 
of His kingdom, no service that is more 
fruitful for good, more mighty its in-
fluences, than that of personal witness-
ing. There is nothing that will touch 
the deep-toned chords in other lives 
more surely and strongly, causing them 
to vibrate, than the personal experience 
of one who has been saved and trans-
formed, by grace. 
Testimony of John 
This thought of personal witnessing 
is beautifully and strikingly set forth in 
the first verse of the first chapter of 
the first epistle of John. The apostle de-
clares, "That which was from the be-
ginning, which we have heard, which we 
have seen with our eyes, which we have 
looked upon, and our hands have han-
dled, of the Word of life,— that which 
we have seen and heard, declare we 
unto you." The witnessing of the a-
postles was mighty under God through 
the baptism of the Holy Ghost, be-
cause they were testifying to the things 
which they had heard, which they had 
seen with their own eyes, which they 
had looked upon which they had han-
dled. They were witnessing to their own 
personal experience which had been 
wrought out in their hearts and lives 
and through which they had passed in 
all their associations with the Saviour 
of men. 
The apostle Peter, in Acts the tenth 
chapter and the thirty-eighth and thirty-
ninth verses, emphasizes the same 
thought of personal witnessing. He de-
clares: "God anointed Jesus of Naza-
reth with the Holy Ghost and with 
power: who went about doing good, and 
healing all that were oppressed of the 
devil; for God was with Him. And we 
are witnesses of all things which He did 
both in the land of the Jews and in 
Jerusalem." They were witnesses and 
gave their testimony boldly, mightily, 
concerning the Christ of God, the power 
of His ministry, the love and compas-
sion of His work for humanity, His 
miraculous healings, and the deliver-
ances of many from evil spirits. They 
were witnesses to it all, for they had a 
part in it all. 
Concerning His crucifixion, death, and 
resurrection on the third day, Peter de-
clared .that the resurrected Lord 
showed Himself openly, "not to all the 
people, but unto witnesses chosen be-
fore of God, even to us, who did eat 
and drink with Him after He rose 
from the dead." They were "chosen 
before of God" to be witnesses. So it 
is with every one of the blood-bought 
children of God. They have been 
chosen before of God, chosen in Christ 
Jesus, called to be saints, that they 
might be witnesses, to testify, to de-
clare to lost men what God has done 
for their souls. 
It was because of their intimate, 
personal, vital relationship with the Lord 
Jesus, that the apostles were able to 
witness boldly, convincingly, and might-
ily, as they did at Pentecost and ever 
after as long as they lived. It is said of 
them, "With great power gave the a-
postles witness of the resurrection of 
the Lord Jesus; and great grace was 
upon them all." Acts 4:33. They wit-
nessed or testified to mighty, unimpeach-
able facts. But those facts concerning 
Christ, His teachings, His miracles, the 
things which He suffered and His glo-
rious resurrection, had become personal 
experiences. They testified to the things 
which they knew and through which 
they had passed. 
This thought of witnessing, or of per-
sonal testimony, is emphasized in the 
words of the apostle Peter, which are 
recorded in Acts 10: 42, "He (Chirst) 
commanded us to preach unto the peo-
ple, and to testify." The emphasis seems 
to be laid on the thought that all preach-
ing should be a personal testimony. We 
will not enter into a discussion of the 
definitions of preaching or testifying. 
We only wish to emphasize this thought 
in passing, that it is much easier some-
times to preach than it is to testify. 
Personal Experience 
There can be no true testimony of 
the things of God, rendered apart from 
or without a personal, living, heart ex-
perience in the things testified to. This 
thought is emphasized by the apostle 
Paul in Acts 20:24. He expresses the 
great wish that he might finish his 
course and the ministry which he had 
received of the Lord Jesus with joy, 
"to testify the gospel of the grace of 
God." It is evident that the apostle 
Paul was ever conscious of the thought 
that his life—his words, his teachings, 
his writings, all that he did in the name 
of and for the Lord Jesus—was a per-
sonal witnessing, a personal testimony 
of the "gospel of the grace of God." 
Truly, to His redeemed saints, God 
has committed an infinite trust. He has 
made us the depository of His grace, 
the custodians, the stewards, of His 
gospel. Peter tells us in his first epistle, 
fourth chapter, tenth verse, that we are 
to be "good stewards of the manifold 
grace of God." This thought of steward-
ship, is emphasized in the words of the 
apostle Paul in the fourth chapter and 
first verse of First Corinthians, in which 
he declares that we are "the ministers 
of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries 
of God." Stewards, those who are 
charged with a great trust, those to 
whom God has committed the wonders 
and the power of the gospel of the 
Lord Jesus. We are stewards of His 
mysteries. 
There are several scriptures that re-
fer to the things of God and the gospel 
of the Lord Jesus as mysteries. In 
Mark, chapter four and verse eleven, 
the Saviour declared, "Unto you it is 
given to know the mystery of the king-
dom of God." 
This, then, is our trust, our steward-
ship. Unto us it is given "to know the 
mystery of the kingdom of God," that 
PERSONAL WITNESSING 
By 0. Montgomery 
INTER-AMERICAN DIVISION MESSENGER �
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lost souls everywhere may, by our wit-
nessing, be saved from sin. These are 
the things which we are to testify. 
Rotherdam's rendering of 1 Corin-
thians 4:1 is, "Stewards of sacred se-
crets of God." And Weymouth's ren-
dering is, "Stewards of God's secret 
truths." What a sacred trust! What a 
high and holy privilege! "Ye are My 
witnesses, saith the Lord," "to testify 
the gospel of the grace of God." 
"Come and hear, all ye that fear 
God, and I will declare what He hath 
done for my soul." 
—Review and Herald. 
TWO GOLDEN DAYS 
There are two days of the week upon 
which and about which I never worry. 
Two care-free days, kept sacredly free 
from fear and aprehension. 
One of these days is yesterday. Yes-
terday, with all its cares and frets, 
with all its pains and aches, all its 
faults, its mistakes and blunders, has 
passed forever beyond the reach of re-
call. I cannot undo an act that I 
wrought; Lcannot unsay a word that I 
said on yesterday. All that it holds of 
my life, of wrongs, regret, and sorrow, 
is in the hands of the Mighty Love, that 
can bring honey out of the rock and 
sweet waters out of the bitterest desert 
—the Love that can make the wrong 
things right, that can turn weeping into 
laughter, that can give beauty for ashes, 
the garment of praise for the spirit of 
heaviness, joy of the morning for the 
woe of the night. 
Save for the beautiful memories, 
sweet and tender, that linger like per-
fume of roses in the heart of the day 
that is gone, I have nothing to do with 
yesterday. It was mine; it is God's. 
And the other day I do not worry 
about is tomorrow. Tomorrow with all 
its possible adversities, its burdens, its 
perils, its large promise and poor per-
formance, its failures and mistakes, is 
as far beyond the reach of my mastery 
as its dead sister, yesterday. It is a day 
of God's. Its sun will rise in roseate 
splendor, or behind a mask of weeping 
clouds. But it will rise. Until then, the 
same love and patience that hold yes-
terday and hold tomorrow, shine with 
tender promise into the heart of today. 
I have no possession in that unborn day 
of grace. All else is in the safe-keeping of 
the Infinite Love that holds for me the 
treasure of yesterday. The Love that is 
higher than the stars, wider than the 
"THANK YOU" 
So often we mothers emphasize the 
words, "thank you," in training of our 
little ones. Whenever we do anything 
for them, we are sure to remind them to 
say, "Thank you." But do we forget to 
thank them when they do nice things 
for us? 
Perhaps it doesn't seem important; 
mothers may think that babies don't 
notice. Say, listen! Haven't you done 
things of which you have felt very 
proud? How anxious you were for some 
one to see or hear about it and notice 
for himself what you felt so sure he'd 
consider well done. But when your work 
was passed unnoticed and you finally 
had to call attention to it—and even 
then nothing important was said—can 
LEAD ME, SAVIOUR 
Dear Saviour, lead me, lest I stray, 
The path seems dark and drear; 
I know I cannot lose the way 
If Thou art always near. 
I need Thy presence every hour, 
To guide my steps aright; 
0 let me feel Thy Spirit's power, 
And help me by Thy might. 
When, darkness seems to shroud my way, 
-The path I cannot see, 
Grant, Lord, Thy Spirit every day, 
And help me trust in Thee. 
When Satan's darts at me are hurled, 
I want to seek Thy face, 
And live unspotted from the world, 
Upholden by Thy grace. 
I long to walk that narrow road 
Which leads to heaven above; 
I dare not try to bear my load 
Without Thy help and love. 
0 keep me close, Lord, to Thy side; 
May I Thy beauty see, 
And ever in Thy love abide; 
So lead me, Lord, to Thee. 
—Selected 
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skies, deeper than the seas. Tomorrow 
—it is God's day. It will be mine. 
There is left for myself, then but one 
day of the week—today. Any man can 
fight the battles of today. Any woman 
can carry the burdens of just one day. 
Any man can resist the temptations of 
today. 0, friend, it is only when to the 
burdens and cares of today, carefully 
measured out to us by the Infinite Wis-
dom and Might who gives with them 
the promise, "As thy days, so shall 
thy strength be," we wilfully add the 
burdens of those two awful eternities, 
yesterday and tomorrow, — such bur-
dens as only the mighty God can sus-
tain,—that we break down. It isn't the 
experience of today that drives men 
(Continued on page 6, col. 3) 
you remember how you felt? Can you 
recall your disappointment? Your joy 
died. 
Well, just remember that a child's 
heart is much more tender than your 
own. In his little heart he wants to help 
you. If you let him, encourage him, 
thank him, praise him, he will continue 
to enjoy helping you. 
He runs for this little thing, picks up 
that little thing for you when he is 
small. If you forget to be as polite to 
him as you are trying to teach him to 
be to others, he will soon stop trying to 
help you. Praise is all the pay he asks, 
and to him that is worth more than gold. 
Mothers so often wonder why their 
children are so eager to help while 
they are small, and hate to help when 
they are large enough to do things 
really worth while. I believe it is our own 
fault, because it takes only a few dis-
appointing frowns from us to kill that 
joy of helping in their little hearts. 
Every One Makes Mistakes 
If a child makes a mistake, remem-
ber he was only trying to help. If you 
scold him for trying, or say that he is 
"more bother than he is worth," or 
make him feel that he is in your way, 
how can you expect him to enjoy your 
company or want to help you? If he 
scatters dirt or bits of wood over the 
floor while getting in the wood, thank 
him, anyway. Praise him! Tell him he 
is helping. Make him feel that he is 
appreciated. He will soon learn to do it 
better. What is a little dirt now to the 
loss of your child's trust and confidence? 
What if he does break a cup or a glass 
while trying to do the dishes! Better 
lose a whole set of dishes while he is 
little and keep his confidence, than to 
crush him and turn him from you. Re-
member, he is trying to help you. Say, 
"Thank you." Be patient, mothers! Be 
patient. If the children make you five 
times more work now while they are 
little, don't scold and fuss. Don't ever 
make them feel that you do not enjoy 
their presence or their help. 
When baby tries to help you, 
Then what do you say? 
Do you frown and scold, 
And push the dear away? 
Or do you tell him, "Thank you; 
That's mother's helper boy," 
Remembering his little heart 
Is easily filled with joy? 
You never fail to teach him 
To thank you for what you do; 
But remember that he likes 
To hear that thank word, too. 
—Selected 
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INTER-AMERICAN DIVISION MESSENGER 
COLPORTEUR GOALS AND AIM FOR 1939 
At the 1938 Inter-American Division 
Council held in Balboa, December 11-
20, the following resolution was passed: 
"Whereas, The speedy proclamation 
of the advent message to all the world 
depends to a large extent on the circula-
tion of our truth-filled literature, and 
recognizing the fact that we have over 
52,000,000 judgment-bound souls resid-
ing within the Inter-American Division 
territory, 
"We. Recommend, That the Inter-
American Division set a goal for 1939 
of 500 regular colporteur evangelists; 
and 
"Whereas, This can be reached only 
by the whole body of Adventist be-
lievers giving their fullest support and 
cooperation to a plan which shall make 
possible a greatly increased colporteur 
army, 
"We Further Recommend, a. That 
an earnest endeavor be put forth to en-
list the cooperation of conference and 
mission workers, pastors, colporteurs 
and church leaders in securing recruits 
for the colporteur ranks. 
"b. That each church have as its goal 
one colporteur for every thirty mem-
bers or major fraction thereof. 
"c. That our conference and mission 
directors see that the plan of reading 
a portion of the `Colporteur Evangelist' 
each Sabbath in the churches be faith-
fully carried out. 
"d. That our colporteurs be encour-
aged to continue their efforts during 
the year to win another colporteur. 
"e. That the faculties of our schools 
hold continually before their students 
the importance of the literature minis-
try, and plan definitely to organize a 
Colporteur Band for the purpose of 
recruiting and training as many students 
as possible for this work. 
"f. That in selecting recruits for the 
colporteur ministry, care be taken to 
maintain the high standard for this 
work by the Spirit of prophecy." 
Let us note particularly the goal of 
"one colporteur for every thirty mem-
bers or major fraction thereof." This, 
in all of our churches and companies, 
is the church goal or aim for the year 
1939. Our goal of full-time colporteurs 
by the end of 1939 for the Division as 
a whole is 500. We recognize that the 
local church goal of "one colporteur 
for each thirty members or major frac-
tion thereof," if fully realized, will pro- 
duce from the churches at least 1,000 
colporteurs, because we have over 32,-
000 members in the Division. 
But in order to reach and maintain 
our Divisoin goal of 500 full-time, reg-
ular colporteurs, it will be necessary 
that we find at least 1,000 who will 
enter the work. This is so because there 
is a regular natural loss from the col-
porteur ranks by death, sickness, and 
removal from the field, in the very 
same way that this loss occurs in all 
other lines of the work. But in addition 
to this, there is an added and large loss 
from the colporteur ranks to other 
lines of our work, a loss that the other 
lines of our work themselves do not 
have. This is so because the colporteur 
work is one of the very best means of 
training for the ministry, for leadership, 
and for other lines; and to these lines 
of work many of our best colporteurs 
are called. Then there are some who 
faithfully put in part time, but who can-
not give full time to the colporteur work 
the year round. So it is necessary, as 
stated above, in order that we reach 
and maintain our full Division goal of 
500 full time regular colporteurs, that 
we secure from each of our churches 
and companies at least "one colporteur 
for each thirty members or major frac-
tion thereof." 
We make this explanation because 
we very much desire that each church 
and company, without the failure of 
even one, shall immediately undertake 
to find among each thirty members one 
man or woman or young person who 
will give his full time in the regular way 
to the sale of our books or magazines, 
or to selling of and taking orders for 
both the books and magazines. We read 
in the Spirit of prophecy: "The reli-
gious round of service in our churches 
needs to be broken up; the leaven of 
activity needs to be introduced." We 
are in that time when we need to rise 
and make a rush for the Kingdom, and 
the rush we are to make for the King-
dom is be a rush into the closing work 
for perishing souls. 
The way will soon be hedged up so 
that the living missionary cannot work, 
and the only influence we will be able 
to exert in any field then will be the in-
fluence, of the silent preacher (our books 
and papers that we now distribute). 
It is because of this that we most 
earnestly urge upon each church and 
company the purpose of the resolution 
above. We call upon mission superin-
tendents, all conference workers, all 
church officers, and particularly do we 
call upon the field secretaries and upon 
all colporteurs now engaged in the 
work, to bend every energy to seeking 
out and encouraging into the 'work 
every person that should take up this 
important service for God. More will 
be said about this by superintendents 
and field leaders later. 
—G. A. ROBERTS 
TWO GOLDEN DAYS 
(Continued from page 5) 
mad. It is the remorse for something 
that happened yesterday, the dread of 
what tomorrow may disclose. 
These are God's days. Leave them 
with Him. 
Therefore, I think, and I do, and I 
journey but one day at a time. That is 
the easy day. That is the man's day. 
Nay, rather, that is our day — God's 
and mine. And while faithfully and duti-
fully I run, my course, and work my ap-
pointed task on that day of ours, God 
the Almighty and the All-loving takes 
care of yesterday and tomorrow. 
—R. J. BURDETTE 
"You can never forget the people who 
forget themselves." 
* * * 
THE EXTRAS 
It is doing the little "extras," 
The things we're not asked to do— 
The favors that help one's brother 
To trust in God and you; 
It's doing, I say, the "extras," 
The things not looked for, you know, 
That will bring us our King's kind 
notice 
A "well done" as on you go. 
—Selected. 
DIVISION DIRECTORY 
G. A. ROBERTS �
- �- �
President and 
Ministerial Assn. Sec'y 
W. C. RALEY - �
• �
- .Secretary-Treasurer 
E. R. SANDERS - - 
Assistant Sec'y-Treasurer 
W, A. BERGHERM 
• �
- 
Field Miss. Sec'y 
W. L. ADAMS - - - Educational, Missionary 
Volunteer, and Home Commission Secretary 
R. R. BREITIGAM - Home Missionary and Sab- 
bath School Secretary 
INTER-AMERICAN DIVISION MESSENGER 
W. C. Raley, Editor 
G. A. Roberts, Assistant Editor 
Published semi-monthly as the Official Organ 
of the Inter - American Divison Conference of 
Seventh-day Adventists, Box 2006, Balboa, C. Z. 
Price 50 cents a year. 
Entered at Cristobal, Canal Zone as second-class 
matter under the Act of Congress of March 
3, 1879. 
Printed at Cristobal, C. Z.. Isthmus of Panama 
VOL. XVI MARCH 15, 1939 No. 6 
INTER-AMERICAN DIVISION MESSENGER �
7 
TEN-MINUTE MISSIONARY 
SERVICES 
March 25, 1939 
Clubs of Magazines 
Many churches have done most effective work 
in extending the truth and winning souls 
through the plan of taking a club of "EL 
CENTINELA" monthly to sell or distribute in 
the neighborhood or city. How is it done? Or-
der a club of perhaps 100, or 75, 50, 25, or 
even 10 in the smallest churches. Pay for these 
papers each month according to the club price 
for ten or more in your country. Next, seek out 
young people and others who have a burden to 
extend the message. Study how to sell the maga-
zines. Ask the conference or mission to send you 
instructions on how to sell our magazines and 
they will be glad to send this to you. Study 
this carefully and prayerfully. Then pray more, 
Finally, go out with the magazines, praying as 
you go, and God will help you find souls—one 
here, another there, who will buy the maga-
zines. If each church will take up this work, 
many thousands more of magazines will be dis-
tributed and many souls will rejoice throughout 
eternity in the salvation thus brought them. 
Besides this, many individuals who are able 
take a club of "CENTINELAS" to send their 
relatives who are unsaved, or to give to friends 
or interested people. Let us all do all that the 
Lord enables us to do. More "CENTINELAS," 
more souls. 
April 1, 1939 
Medical Work Offers the Key to 
Difficult Situations 
Text: "God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with 
the Holy Ghost and with, power; who went 
about doing good, and healing all that were op-
pressed of the devil; for God was with Him." 
Acts 10:38. 
Medical missionary work is inseparably bound 
up with the gospel. Healing the body and soul 
must always go hand in hand. Christ spent 
more time in healing the sick than in preaching, 
as the Spirit of prophecy tells, and He desires 
that we do all we can to alleviate the conditions 
of distress that are seen on all sides. 
Many transgress the laws of health and pay 
heavy penalties, some willingly, others ignorant-
ly; and we should ever be ready to restore to 
health and also to make known prevention mea-
sures which will help to avoid suffering and will 
save life. 
Jesus said, "I was sick and ye visited me." 
Both in the home field and over seas, many 
persons who were enemies to Christ have been 
won by kindness and medical ministry when in 
distress. A few years back, a number of Sev-
enth-day Advenists living in a certain part of 
the United States were arrested by prejudiced 
neighbors, for working on Sunday. When re-
ported to the sheriff, they were surprised to be 
told by him that he would have nothing to do 
with such a matter. It seems that shortly be-
fore, these Adventist people helped the sheriff's 
family in a time of sickness, and had even 
cultivated his corn field until he was able to 
care for it. Now in the time of crisis, the 
sheriff was ready to stand by his friends. He 
told the accusers to go home and attend to their 
own business, as he knew that the Adventists 
were real neighbors and worthy citizens. 
DEATH OF MRS. D. N. PERALTA 
Just as copy for this edition is ready 
to go to the press, word comes of the 
sudden death of Mrs. D. N. Peralta, 
of Cali, Colombia. Brother and Sister 
Peralta have been working in the Paci-
fic Colombia Mission, Brother Peralta 
sorving as secretary-treasurer. 
Sister Peralta was a most valuable 
worker. She was a splendid teacher and 
an efficient nurse, and was always a 
great. help in every church where she 
has been. We cannot understand some 
of thes?, things and the providence of 
God, but we must submit our ways to 
Him. 
A more detailed report will appear in 
an early issue of the MESSENGER. 
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INTER-AMERICAN DIVISION MESSENGER 
MEXICAN UNION MISSION 
Music in the Service 
Several years ago, the Advent mes-
sage was taken in the printed page to 
a town in the state of Veracruz. Julio 
Ramon, a carpenter, felt a deep interest 
in this message and showed great ear-
nestness in taking his newly-found truth 
to his neighbors. 
He made special efforts to acquaint 
his friends with the Bible, placing a 
large number of copies of the Word of 
God in Veracruz. As a result of his 
faithful work, a Sabbath school was or-
ganized. A year later, Brother Julio Ra-
mon, his wife and two sons, and a -num-
ber of others, were baptized. It was a 
day of joy when these people gave 
themselves to the Lord. 
Besides his carpentry trade, Brother 
Ramon learned the art of music, and 
became especially interested in seeing 
others play musical instruments for the 
glory of God. He is teaching our young 
men how to play, and the congregation 
has the pleasure of listening to their 
songs in the different meetings. 
Brother Ramon believes that many 
are first interested in the message by 
listening to sacred music, and that 
through music, God speaks to us. He is 
dedicating his musical ability to the 
service of God. 
The accompanying photograph shows 
Brother Ramon with some of those he 
is teaching to play sacred hymns. 
MAX Fuss, 
Superintendent, Tehuantepec Mission 
Don't keep any company in your 
heart that you have to apologize to your-
self for. , 
A Newly Organized Sabbath School 
We thank our heavenly Father for 
the notable progress made in our small 
town, about 22 kms. from Chetumuh, 
in the very short time we have had the 
privilege of receiving the Lord's word. 
Recently, the family of one man of 
our small group arrived here. They had 
received the gospel truth in the city. 
When the Sabbath came, they began 
their usual worship, and when they sang 
some hymns, neighbors began to gather 
around. As a result, thirteen families 
now meet in that place. We have a 
prayer house especially dedicated to our 
services. We have 38 members, 12 of 
whom are already baptized. 
Let us all pray that the Lord will 
send his light to the hearts of all the 
members of our congregations, inspir-
ing them to work for the cause of God. 
Secretary of Laguna Guerrero Q. Roo., 
Tehuantepec Mission. 
THESE OBEYED 
E. R. Warland, principal of the Ka-
magambo Training School, while on his 
visit among outschools, secured the fol-
lowing testimony of a native Sabbath 
school and Missionary Volunteer Se-
cretary, just appointed: 
"I have proved from experience that 
the Lord fulfills His promise to bless 
those who are faithful in paying tithes 
and offerings. I have tried to be very 
careful myself in this matter, and I find 
the Lord has blessed my gardens. 
"In 1926 my crop was thirty-six 
baskets of grain. I returned a faithful 
tithe and gave an offering to Jesus. In 
1927 my crop was sixty-seven baskets, 
an increase of thirty-one baskets. Again 
I gave the Lord His own; and in 1928 
He blessed me even more than before, 
for I had eighty-five baskets. �
This 
present year, 1929, the Giver of all good 
things has blessed my gardens more 
than in any previous year. I have just 
harvested 153 baskets. This is an in-
crease form thirty-six to 153 baskets 
in three years. 
"Yes, brethren, give the Lord His 
own, and add a good offering. You will 
gain by it, and be happier too." 
A young man of eighteen writes: 
"Faithfulness in this matter of tithing 
leaves one with a clear conscience to 
go about his work with greater vigor 
and earnestness, increasing his earning 
capacity. I have received a raise in 
wages in less than six months, and am 
drawing an equivalent of full scale 
wage in my trade. I have also found 
that my pledge to give to missions each 
Sabbath is a great help. It acts as a 
balance wheel to vacillating generosity." 
(Send in your personal tithe ex-
periences). 
Some men believe that God cannot 
make anything unless they run the 
machine. 
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[g would pay a faithful tithe, and 
El devote to the Lord the first-fruits 
El • of their increase, there would be 
El • a full supply of funds for His 
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g • respected or obeyed, and this has 
g brought a pressure of want." 
• "Testimonies," Vol 6, page 385. 
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