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JUNE, 1925 �
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Special Appointments for June 
Medical Missionary Day �
 June 6 
Sabbath School Rally Day �
 June 13 
Interdependence in Church Membership 
IT is through the ministration of the church, the gifts placed 
in the church, that God perfects His saints. 
"He gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, 
evangelists; 'and some, pastors and teachers; for the perfecting 
of the saints, . . . till we all come in the unity of the faith, 
and of the knowledge of the Son of God; unto a perfect man, 
unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ." 
Eph. 4: 11-13. 
In other words, we all need the workings of the gifts placed 
in all the rest of the church, in order to grow up, to "Incas, 
 
are" up, to "the stature of the fulness of Christ." In no 
single church has God placed all His gifts in ono man. They 
are distributed, and very wisely so. And every one must par-
take of that humility of Christ to the extent that he is willing 
to receive of Christ, through whomsoever He may choose to 
work, these varied gifts He has placed in the church. He who 
became the great apostle to the Gentiles had to receive his eye-
sight, his spiritual instruction, through a representative of 
Christ's organized church, even though he had hated and per-
secuted it. Christ sent Ananias to tell Saul what he should do 
to be saved. The needed and necessary help for the saint, in 
his work of perfecting character, may be vested by the Master 
in some pastor or teacher in the church, or He may use some 
yet more humble gift. 
" We, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one 
members one of another." Rom. 12: 5. 
The apostle needs the gift found in the prophet, the prophet 
needs the gift of the pastor, the apostle, the " helps." All are 
bound together, all, need the gifts bestowed upon all, the rest. 
" I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that 
is among you [and this includes every member of the church 
regardless of his calling, his gift], not to think of himself 
more highly than he ought to think, but to- think soberly, ac-
cording as,God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith." 
Rorn.,12: 3. 
"God has made His church on the earth a channel of light, 
and' through it Re communicates His purposes and His will. 
He does not give to one of His servants an experience inde-
pendent of and contrary to the experience of the church -itself. 
Neither does He give one man a knowledge of His will for the 
entire church, while the church — Christ's body—is left in 
darkness. In His providence: He places His servants in close 
connection with His church, in order that they [his servants] 
may have less confidence in themselves, and greater confidence 
in others whom He is leading out to advance His work."—" The 
Acts of the Apostles," p. 163. 
This emphasizes very definitely how balanced is the power 
God has vested in the church, and how necessary it is that every 
worker keep a close contact with the experience, the good judg-
ment, the wisdom of the church, lest he stray into paths of 
self-dependence, and be lost upon the rocks of self-confidence 
and self-exaltation. 
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" There have ever been in the church those who are constantly 
inclined toward individual independence. They seem unable to 
realize that independence of spirit is ,liable to lead the human 
agent to have too much confidence in himself, and to trust in 
his own judgment rather than to respect the counsel and highly 
esteem the judgment of his brethren, especially of those in the 
offices that God has appointed for the leadership of His people. 
God has invested His church with special authority and power, 
which no one can be justified in disregarding and despising; far 
he who does this despises the voice of God. 
" Those who are inclined to regard their individual judgment 
0.8 supreme, are in grave peril. It is Satan's studied effort to 
separate such ones from those who are channels of light, 
through whom God has wrought to build up and extend His 
work in the earth. To neglect or despise those whom God has 
appointed to bear the responsibilities of leadership in connec-
tion with the advancement of the truth, is to reject the means 
that He has ordained for the help, encouragement, and strength 
of His people. For any worker in the Lord's cause to pass 
these by, and to think that his light must come through no 
other channel than directly from God, is to place himself in a 
position where he is liable to, be deceived by the enemy, and 
overthrown. The Lord in His wisdom has arranged that by 
means of the close relationship that should be maintained by 
all believers, Christian shall be united to Christian, and church 
to church. Thus the human instrumentality will be enabled to 
eo-operate with the divine. Every agency will be subordinate 
to the Holy Spirit, and all the believers will be united in an 
organized and well-directed effort to give to the world the glad 
tidings of the grace of God."—Id., pp. 163, 164. 
All parts of the body are needed. The body is not composed 
of one or two members, but many. 
" The eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: 
nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of thee. . 
Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be 
more feeble, are necessary." 1 Cor. 12: 21, 22. 
And all this is written concerning the church. No one, no 
matter to what position in the church he may -be called to 
.serve, in thought or word or deportment can say to some other 
member, "I have no need of thee." "I am able to get on 
without your counsel, advice, or help." This spirit is breathed 
into the heart by another than the Holy Spirit. 
In the body it is found that some of the strong muscles 
overlap, and sometimes even cross one another to make solid 
the body structmm. Bone and joint are held compactly to-
gether by strong cords and sinews, each part thus being made 
dependent upon the others in performing its proper functions. 
"The whole body fitly joined together and compacted by 
that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual 
working in the measure of every part, making increase of the 
body unto the edifying of itself in love." Eph. 4: 16. 
And all this is written to illustrate the wonderful organi-
zation of the church. And how wonderful it is! The members 
need the various officers, the officers need the ministrations of 
one another, as well as the service and help of the members. 
"Edifying itself in love,"— what a beautiful thought and 
truth/ -- the church becomes the channel of light and salvation 
to sinners. 
" Many have an idea that they are responsible • to Christ 
alone for their light, and experience, independent of His recog-
nized followers on earth. Jesus is the friend of sinners, and 
His heart is touched with their woe. He has all power, both 
in heaven and on earth; but He respects the means that He has 
ordained for the enlightenment and salvation of men; He di- 
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reds sinners to the church, which He has made a channel of 
light to the world."—" The Acts of the Apostles," p. 122, 
In unity there is strength. Instead of cultivating independ-
ence in action, we must press together. Such unity is the 
strongest evidence that can be given the world that God indeed 
is leading this movement, this people, through to sure victory. 
"Little differences dwelt upon lead to actions that destroy 
Christian fellowship. Let us not allow the enemy thus to gain 
the advantage over us." Harmony and union existing among 
men of varied dispositions is the strongest witness that can be 
borne that God has sent His Son into the world to save sinners. 
It is our privilege to bear this witness. But in order to do. 
• this, we must place ourselves under Christ's command. Our 
characters must be molded in harmony with His character, 
our wills must be surrendered to His will. Then we shall work 
together without a thought of collision."—" Testimonies," Vol. 
VIII, p. 243. 
T. h. B. 
The Missionary Idea 
IT was Jesus, the Saviour, who volunteered to give to man 
the missionary idea. The Lord came in the cool of the evening 
to call upon Adam and Eve. They hid; but He called them, 
and told them that their new and unsatisfactory environment 
was caused by their acceptance of a false hope. And although 
they had fallen into sin, betrayed the trust God had reposed in 
them, they were not forsaken by God. A new hope, a blessed 
hope, was given them. The seeds of missionism were sown there 
that evening in the garden, and they accepted God's promise 
of redemption, and became missionaries in behalf of their off- 
spring, that they, too, might share in this redemption, and 
be reinstated in the garden of Eden in the earth made new. 
Farther on we again see the blessed hope taking firm hold 
of Abraham, who was faithful in planting the seeds of the 
gospel, that his posterity also might grasp God's promise to 
save a fallen world. He built altars everywhere, that others, 
seeing his good works, might walk in his footsteps. Isaac ex-
tended the missionary spirit by his obedience, as shown on 
Mt. Moriah. 
Melchizedek's instruction and lesson in tithe paying placed 
the missionary work upon a more sure foundation. The giving 
of means for the spread of the gospel is missionary work; and 
with means always ready, those who enter the service of giving 
the gospel may give all their time to the saving of the lost. 
Moses had the missionary spirit when he said to Hobab, his 
brother-in-law, " Come thou with us, and we will do thee good: 
for the Lord hath spoken good concerning Israel." 
When we once get the missionary idea in our hearts, we 
shall desire our neighbors to share in the occupancy of the 
heavenly Canaan; and the desire will grow upon us more and 
more as we near the perfect day. As strength gathers courage, 
we continue to plant the gospel seeds around us. Jesus says 
Ho has prephred a great supper and invited all classes, but 
many make excuses. The compelling power, however, of His• 
servants who have the missionary spirit, with His aid, will 
provide His table with guests. The Lord gives us our desires, 
and we shall come with rejoicing, bringing with us those for 
whom we have labored. 
King Solomon revealed the missionary spirit when he prayed 
thus: �
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" Moreover concerning a stranger, that is not of thy people 
Israel, but cometh out of a far country for Thy name's sake; 
(for they shall hear of Thy great name, and of Thy strong 
hand, and of Thy stretched-out arm;) when he shall come and 
pray toward this house." 
And Isaiah the prophet says: 
"Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth 
the curtains of thine habitations; spare not, lengthen thy 
"ords, and strengthen thy stakes; for thou shalt break forth on 
the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall inherit the 
Gentiles." 
Let us not then, brethren, be like King Hezekiab, showing 
the stranger within our door our riches and worldly goods; but 
let us speak of God's goodness, and let the missionary idea 
bring forth fruit. 
The Lord planted Israel in Palestine so that the world might 
learn of His righteousness while passing through their land to 
the -world's great market places. The Word says they failed in 
great measure. 
Paul says the strangers, or Gentiles, are now grafted into 
the stock of Israel, and are partaking of the root and fatness 
'of the tree. The missionary idea is now reversed. We, the 
grafted in, are taking the gospel to the tree itself, the old 
Israel stock, speaking in compelling tones to Israel's seed. 
We who are in the isolated sections are delivering the gospel 
through the printed page. The World's Crisis Series books are 
easy to sell. These books are doing a good work among the 
poor who are unable to buy larger books. God wants His 
servants to search the lanes and streets of the cities, the high- 
ways and hedges, for lost souls. Jeremiah encourages us with 
this beautiful promise: 
"Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith the Lord, and 
they shall fish them; and after will I send for many hunters, 
and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every 
hill, and out of the holes of the rocks. For Mine eyes are 
upon all their ways: they are not hid from My face." Jer. 
16: 16, 17. 
Blessed be the Lord for giving us part with, Him in such 
service! �
E. C, PiNenox. 
Wolf Lake, Ind. 
A Transfer Church Letter Refused 
Tun following letter of inquiry has been received: 
"A brother is having trouble in his family, not because of 
any violation of the seventh commandment, but because of his 
position he was unable to support his wife on his income, re-
sulting in his becoming involved in debt to his brethren. He 
found a better position in another city, where he is able to 
work out his plan. The church where he belongs issued a 
letter of transfer to the church in the city where he works, 
but this church refuses to accept it because of a letter written 
this church by his wife, in a moment of bitter feelings against 
her husband. Has this church any right to refuse to receive 
this brother into their fellowship, when the church where he 
lived voted him a letter showing him to be a member in good 
and regular standing? " 
Unless there should be reasons for so doing not expressed in 
the above letter, we see no reason why the letter of transfer 
should be refused. The church granting the letter ought to be 
in a position to know the merits of the case better than a dis-
tant church (where we take it the brother is only sojourning 
for a time) can know, especially if their knowledge of the ease 
is based wholly upon one hasty letter written by the brother's 
wife, who, it may be assumed, is not a member of the church. 
Anyway, a little correspondence of the receiving church with 
the officials of the issuing church ought to clear up the question 
satisfactorily. If the brethren to whom this brother is in-
debted are willing to vote him a letter, having confidence in his 
honesty and integrity, knowing of no other cause why they 
should not so vote, it would seem no objections for receiving 
the brother ought to be interposed. 
However, the brother still remains a member of the church 
where he left until received by the church where he now lives. 
He will simply send his tithe and offerings there, instead of 
paying them in to the church treasurer where he is. While it 
is recommended that letters of transfer be issued where inem-
hers remove to a place where there is a church, even though 
their sojourn there be not permanent, yet in the case the letter 
is refused, the former church would necessarily continue to hold 
the membership, keeping in touch with the member by cor-
respondence. 
GOD has endowed some of His servants with special talents, 
and no one is called upon to disparage their excellence. But 
let none use their talents to exalt self. Let them not regard 
themselves as favored above their fellow men, nor exalt them-
selves above other sincere, earnest workers. The Lord looks upon 
the heart. He who is most devoted to God's service is most 
highly esteemed by the heavenly universe. 
Heaven is watching to see how those occupying positions of 
influence fulfil their stewardship. The demands upon them as 
stewards are measured by the extent of their influence. In 
their treatment of their fellow men, they should be as fathers, 
— just, tender, true. They should be Christlike in character, 
uniting with their brethren in the closest bonds of unity and 
fellowship.—" Testimonies for the Chinch," Vol. VII, p. 282. 
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THE GOSPEL IN PRACTICE 
Suggestive Outline for Home Missionary 
Service 
(Sabbath, June 6) 
OPENING SONG: " Saved to Serve," No. 474, " Christ in Song." 
Scripture Reading: Isaiah 58: 1-11. 
Prayer. 
Brief Report of Missionary Work Done in May (Given by the 
church missionary secretary). 
Offering for Home Missionary Work. 
Song: " Seeking the Lost," No. 532, " Christ in Song." �
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Bible Study: " Consecration for Service." 
A Reading: " Home Nursing as an Aid in Effective Home Mis-
sionary Endeavors." 
Symposium: This Moment," "Pipe-line Christians," "Broad-
casting for the Lost." 
A Talk: "A Part of Every Church in the Land." 
One or two brief experiences showing how Medical Missionary 
work has been the means of bringing souls into the 
truth, would add interest to the service. 
Closing Song: " When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder," No. 865, 
Christ in Song." 
Benediction. �
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Note to the Leader 
This service should be planned to arouse interest in medical 
missionary work. This phase of our missionary endeavor has 
been sadly neglected, and we trust that you will lay every plan 
for the strengthening of this important part of our work. If 
you have a medical or home nurses' class already organized, 
bring the members into the service by giving them something 
practical to do, such as demonstrating how to give simple treat-
ments, etc. The Symposium could be given by three young 
people. Be sure to call for experiences on medical missionary 
work, as it always livens up a meeting to have some one relate 
actual results from the use, of the "entering wedge." If you 
do not have in your church a class of home nurses or a group 
of members studying the medical missionary work, you should 
organize one at the close of this meeting, and appoint as leader 
some one who has had experience in this line of work. 
HOME MISSIONARY DEPARTMENT. 
Consecration and Service 
1. What is the Bible meaning of consecration? 1 Chiron. 29: 5, 
last part. (See marginal reading.) 
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NOTE.—To consecrate signifies to "fill the hand," the 
hand being the symbol of service for the body; and 
it being filled, there is no room for anything else to 
be held or carried. Thus the whole life is to be 
given up to God. 
2. What example do we have of the proper order in giving 
ourselves to God for service? 2 Cor. 8: 5. 
NoTE.— First, they gave themselves to God. There is 
a giving of our money or time or other things to God, 
but God is pleased when we first give ourselves to 
Him. Then money, time, talents, or whatever we may 
give in service or otherwise, are accompaniments of 
giving ourselves, but never should be substituted for it. 
After giving themselves, then Paul says, "And unto 
us by the will of God," that is, to the church for what 
service they could render. 
3. Can one be assured that Christ calls kin, to service? John 
17: 18. 
4. What should be the motive in giving ourselves to God for 
service? John 17: 19. 
NOTE.— Christ's motive in sanctifying Himself was for 
perishing humanity. This is the true motive for serv-
ice in God's cause today. 
5. What special interest did Jesus manifest in those for whom 
we labor? John 17: 20. 
Non.— He prayed for those who would believe on Him 
through the work of His sanctified followers. 
Home Nursing as an Aid in Effective Home 
Missionary Endeavor 
THIS little Adventist woman about whom I wish to tell you 
was a real home medical missionary. Not only that, but she 
was prepared to do home missionary work, and that explains 
why I am telling you about her in connection with the subject 
of home nursing. This woman had a new neighbor, and this 
neighbor had a very little daughter, and this very little daughter 
had a very little cold, which developed into a very big cold, 
and ended in a chronic, annoying cough. The mother knew 
nothing about health principles, and less about Adventists, but 
she did know she needed help for that cough. 
Our Adventist neighbor wanted to reach the heart of this 
interesting mother through some point of contact more enduring 
than a formal call, but how this was to be accomplished was a. 
puzzle to her until she heard of the little sick girl. Her first 
offer to help met with a ready response. The mother marveled 
at the ability shown in giving the child a treatment. To her, 
the use of water in disease was a new idea. Not only wag 
water as a remedy, which should be used externally and in- 
ternally by every individual, new to her, but the healing value' 
of fresh air, nourishing food, sunlight, of rest, and a trust in 
divine power, were as little appreciated. Gradually, by the 
daily help of her new-found friend, she became interested to 
know more about these things. 
Fortunately, about this time a home nursing class, taught by 
a graduate nurse, was started in the church where our sister 
attended. She brought this neighbor, who enrolled as a regular 
student in the course. It would have given you fresh courage 
to do home missionary work, could you have observed the in-
terest manifested by this stranger at the second meeting of the 
class, when the subject was the hygiene of the home nurse. 
Fresh air, sunlight, the value of water and soap as a disinfect-
ant, the necessity for precaution in the spread of disease, had 
been covered carefully, when naturally, and apparently as a part 
of the lesson, the class were introduced to the wonderful pre- 
caution used by the children of Israel when traveling to the 
earthly Canaan. Truly, they seemed wonderful when it was 
plainly shown that water, sunlight, and fresh air, were the 
means for disinfection chosen by- God for His people in that 
day. 
The idea of the spread of disease by contact was made very 
real by reading the words of the great Lawgiver: 
"Every bed, whereon he lieth „ . is unclean: and every-
thing, whereon he sitteth, shall be unclean. And whosoever 
toueheth his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in 
water, and be unclean until the even. And he that sitteth on 
anything whereon he sat, . . . shall wash his clothes, and bathe 
himself in water, and be unclean until the even. And he that 
toueheth the flesh of him �
shall wash his clothes, and bathe 
himself in water, and be unclean until the even. . . . And who-
soever toueheth anything that was under him shall be unclean 
until the even: and he that beareth any of those things shall 
wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean 
until the even." Lev. 15: 4-10. 
This and similar texts from the books of Moses, illustrating 
the sanitary laws, were read, and thus our first Bible reading 
was given to a woman who might never have attended a church 
service. The eight natural remedies spoken of in " The Min-
istry of Healing," page 127, were covered. 
-To benefit by these 
health principles, not only must the sanitary laws be applied, 
but Jesus must be made very real if a "trust in divine power" 
is indeed to mean physical and spiritual strength to those who 
wish to keep well in body and spirit. 
Now, dear readers, this is what we mean by becoming home 
missionary workers. You, in turn, after an organized course 
in home nursing, must be a personal teacher, by precept and 
example, of God's spiritual and natural laws to fallen man. 
It is for this very purpose that many classes are being given 
to our people throughout the length and breadth of this land. 
In these classes are many brought in by Adventist neighbors 
and friends, who have but a misconception of the principles and 
teachings of Seventh-day Adventists. Where the instructors of 
these classes have had opportunity to do follow-up teaching in 
the home, the message in its fulness has been beard and ac-
cepted. 
Such was the experience of one instructor in Springfield, 
Mass., where twelve members of the home nursing class who 
knew not the truths for this time when the class began, 
are now keeping the Sabbath. One of these came from a 
Catholic home, and in spite of bitter persecution has remained 
faithful to the people who keep the commandments of God and 
have the faith of Jesus. 
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Statistics of results cannot measure the good accomplished, 
for aro we not told, " Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou 
shalt find it after many days "? Truly this is a reality in this 
home nursing plan. 
A young woman, the wife of an Adventist and herself a 
sweet Christian character, entered a nurses' class. Her children 
had been receiving the care of an indulgent and uninformed 
mother. So eagerly did she absorb and put into practice the 
principles learned, that it was not long until the neighbors 
commented on the changed home. Who knows, if Jesus' com- 
ing does not prevent, but that this mother may some day have 
the assurance that off in some foreign field her boy is physi-
cally able to endure the privations and hardships of mission 
service because she laid " for her children the foundation for 
a healthy, happy life." 
From away off in India the cheering word reaches us of a 
group of English women who are completing this course of in-
struction. Their instructor was a missionary who for fifteen 
years has labored in that field, and during that time has missed 
but two days' work on account of illness. Of this record our 
foreign medical missionary nurse, Eleonora Reid, writes: 
" How thankful I am for health principles. I have tried to 
observe/them (although I've broken them many times), and the 
Lord has surely fulfilled His promises to me. Since I came here 
in 1910, I have been obliged to stop my work for only two days 
on account of fever or any other illness." 
Truly this is a good record, and we can but express ourselves 
in the words of our missionary in India, "You don't wonder I 
feel grateful to God for all His benefits toward me." Such 
conservation of our physical resources at home and abroad 
can but add more men and means to our needy foreign mission 
treasury. Money used formerly to meet the expense for illness, 
can by a knowledge of prevention and the care of the sick, be 
turned into the treasury to save the souls of men and women 
perishing in sin. 
So in our homeland, in India, South America, the Philippines, 
in Central America, this group method of helping our own and 
other people to have a better understanding of the knowledge 
given us by a wise Father, is slowly but surely gaining a foot-
hold. Who can know what the results may be? 
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As a people traveling to the heavenly Canaan, we cannot 
have God's holy law written in the hearts of temples unclean 
inside or out by transgression of God's natural laws. Ignorance 
will be no excuse in the eyes of a righteous Judge, if we have 
neglected the opportunities all about us to know God's laws, 
which we may find written in every nerve and fiber of our 
being. 
Even as the children of Israel developed in obedience to 
their sanitary laws, from a slovenly people, as a result of years 
in slavery, into a cleanly people who were the marvel of sur- 
rounding nations, so today God plans that His chosen people 
shall stand, individually, as families, as churches, and as a 
people, a model to the world in sanitation, and a knowledge 
of God's natural laws as they relate to the care of our own 
bodies, while rendering intelligent care to the sick and weary all 
about us. 
" Many would be willing to work if they were taught how 
to begin. They need to be instructed and encouraged. 
"Every church should be a training school for Christian 
workers. Its members should be taught how . . to care for 
the sick, how to work for the unconverted. There should be 
schools of health, cooking schools, and classes in various lines 
of Christian help work. There should not only be teaching, 
but actual work under experienced instructors. Let the teach-
ers lead the way in working among the people, and others, 
uniting with them, will lean from their example. One example 
is worth more than many precepts." — "The Ministry of Heal-
ing," p. 149. 
Many more of our larger churches could support such in-
structors, who could lead out from such classes into a wider 
community Christian missionary endeavor, and it is to such 
churches we appeal. Such Christian help ivork under " expe-
rienced instructors " will bring unity and love into the church, 
and awaken out of lethargy those who have never been active in 
missionary endeavor. 
The regular course in hoine nursing covers ,twenty lessons, 
and is a practical method to use in beginning such community 
work. This series of twenty .lessons comprises ten lessons on 
theory and ten on practical demonstration. Beginning with a 
brief study of this body which caused the psalmist to exclaim, 
"I am fearfully and wonderfully made," the general subjects of 
hygiene, natural remedies, symptoms, simple treatments, diet 
in health and illness, care in disease, and emergencies, are taken 
up in regular and systematic study. With this study are given 
opportunities for supervised practice, until each student feels 
secure in rendering similar assistance to needy members of the 
family, friends or neighbors. 
A rich blessing has accompanied every endeavor to make 
this instruction of use in home missionary work. Many class 
members have returned to succeeding classes happy with the 
first experience of really helping the sick near their homes. 
Prejudice has been broken down by this practical application 
of true religion. One woman thus visited said, "I vowed at 
oho time never to admit an Adventist past my threshold." She 
died with a bright hope in God through the faithful visits of a 
home nurse who knew how to bathe her emaciated body, make 
her bed, relieve her pain, and pray by her bedside. 
We are not unaware of those wide stretches of country where 
an isolated member here or a. small church group in another 
section, would find it difficult to secure all this instruction under 
a teacher competent to give them wise guidance in the applica-
tion of this knowledge in the care of the sick. 
Por such isolated members a health reading course is being 
planned, which, when completed satisfactorily, will enable the 
holder of the reading certificate in hygiene and health to com-
plete the practical work in home nursing under an instructor 
in ten lessons. 
Such class demonstrations for these reading students could 
be planned at our annual camp-meetings and other similar 
gatherings. Many other opportunities would be available for 
this combined course of hothe study and demonstration, which 
would entitle those who completed both, to be granted the regu-. 
lar Home Nursing Certificate issued from the General Confer-
ence Medical Department. 
Hundreds, however, could still, with a little effort and ex-
penditure, secure the regular home nursing instruction at 
once. God places no premium on ignorance if available re-
sources are at our command to become effective home mission- 
ary workers. 
Often visits to the sick without service to relieve suffering 
works more harm than good. 
" It is misdirected kindness, a false idea of courtesy, that 
leads to much visiting of the sick. Those who are very. ill 
should not have visitors. The excitement connected with re-
ceiving callers wearies the patient at a time when he is in the 
greatest need of quiet, undisturbed rest." --" The Ministry of 
p. M. 
This warning does not apply to those who render effective serv-
ice to the sick.' Our commission from One who knows, makes 
plain our duty. When we visit the hungry, we are told to feed 
them; the thirsty, to give them drink; the stranger, to shelter; 
the naked, to clothe; the 'prisoner, to come to his rescue. So 
surely our commission to visit the sick carries with it a com-
mand to relieve their suffering. 
Are you prepared for such home medical missionary service? 
KATHRYN L. JENSEN. 
This Moment 
Goo asks us to live only this moment. The past is past; He 
will take care of that fully if we commit it to Him. The future 
is future; He will take care of that fully if we commit it to 
Him. The present is all that we have; and He will take-care 
of that fully if we commit it to Him. .In this present moment 
we may have all the victory that God ever offers a human 
being through the sufficient grace of the Lord Jesus Christ. As 
Charles Inwood of England has said: 
"Let me ask you to remember that there is no such thing as 
a once-for-all fulness; it is a continuous appropriation of a 
continuous supply from Jesus Christ Himself. A moment-by-
moment faith in a moment-by-moment Saviour, for a moment-
by-moment cleansing, and a moment-by-moment filling. As I 
trust Him, He fills me; so long as I trust Him, He.fills me; 
the moment I begin to believe= that moment I begin to receive; 
and so 1014 as' r keeP''belithing praise the Lori] I "so king' I keep 
receiving." 
Broadcasting for the Lost 
God has been broadcasting for lost people ever -since Adam 
and EVE) were lest through -sin in the. garden of Edem•- And 
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now men have discovered how to do this by radio. Every night 
through broadcasting station WNYC (and doubtless through 
many other stations) there is broadcast a call for missing 
persons, Probably several millions of listeners-in hear the 
matter-of-fact call of the police captain announcing: 
"Missing since December 15 —Mary Smith— eighteen years 
—130 pounds —brown hair —blue eyes—blue dress, eta., etc.; 
also — ete., etc." 
There is a fascination in listening to this call for the lost, 
and the heart throbs in sympathy as the imagination pictures 
the home folks silently weeping, and waiting, and hoping that 
their missing loved one will be found. How glad any of the 
million listeners would be to discover one of these announced 
lost persons, and return that one safely home again! But this 
is just the privilege that Christians have as they listen to God's 
broadcasting calls for the lost through His Word, and then as 
they mingle with many of those very lost ones day by day in 
their contacts in office and shop and school and church and 
home. 
If a million people hear the radio call in the hope that per-
haps just one may have some news of one missing person, they 
do not consider it a waste of time and energy. Yet a million 
persons spending ten minutes each night is the equivalent of 
almost forty years for one pdrson listening. And we some-
times let ourselves think that we have not time or strength to 
do personal work for Christ! The Lord's answer is, that there 
"joy in heaven over one sinner that repenteth."— The 
Swaday School Tianeso Feb. 2, 1925. 
Pipe-Line Christians 
SALVATION is free. " Whosoever will, let him take the water 
of life freely." But how is the water of life going to reach 
him if he does not know of it? 
Mr. S. LeRoy Smith, of the Pocket Testament League, told 
at a conference of the pure, wholesome spring water, coming 
from far away, that supplies Brooklyn. "But," asked Mr. 
Smith, "what good would that spring water do the great city 
if it were not for the plumbing, the pipe lines, that bring it 
to any one and every one there that needs it?" 
God has chosen to make the message of salvation, the gospel 
itself, dependent upon human beings for its transmission. It 
is free; but it must be carried. And God is looking eagerly 
today for unobstructed pipe lines to carry the water of life to 
those who will die without it. Are we pipe-line Christians? 
A Part of Every Church in the Land 
WE as a people have learned from experience that it pays 
to follow the advice given to us by the servant of the Lord 
through the spirit of prophecy. When we failed to heed it, the 
cause suffered; and when we believed in the counsel given and 
followed it, we have always prospered. The same will be true 
to the end; and if this denomination would have prosperity, it 
must follow on as the voice of God through His chosen, channel 
has pointed the way. 
We have but to think of the experience of ancient Israel, 
note their mistakes and blunderings, and see that all came 
about because they hardened their hearts, and would not heed 
the admonitions given them by the prophets. 
And, dear brethren and sisters, God speaks to us today 
through His servant just as surely as He ever spoke to Israel. 
His voice has not lost its power, neither has God lost interest 
in this movement which Ho is leading to ultimate triumph. 
And in the counsel He gives us, in order that this movement 
which He founded and started may roll onward with irresist-
ible force, is that applying to our medical missionary work. It 
is hard to understand why at times we follow the spirit of 
prophecy so closely, and yet fail to adhere strictly to other 
points regarding the organization, which are of equal impor-
tance. For instance, take this quotation from the "Testi- 
monies,' Vol. VI, page 289: �
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" The medical missionary work should be a part of the work 
of every church in our land." 
If this testimony had been followed, great good would have 
been accomplished, and the truth would be carried on in new 
places. Notice again: "A part of the work of every church." 
Where? "In our land." Is it a part of your church? What 
are you doing to bring this about, church officers? Can we 
afford to go on any longer not heeding this injunction, espe-
cially when we put alongside of it such language as this taken 
from Volume VII, page 62: 
" We have come to a time when every member of the church 
should take hold of medical missionary work." 
Thus we see that it is not only "a part of the work of every 
church in the land," but " every member of the church should 
take hold of medical missionary work." 
. God has greatly blessed our feeble efforts in carrying for-
ward the third angel's message in all lands and climes. 
But if we carefully study over the progress of our work, we 
shall notice that the places where we made the greatest and 
quickest progress have been in those fields where medical mis- 
sionary work was used as the entering wedge. Think for a 
moment how our work has grown among the Inca Indians. 
Other religious bodies have tried to work among them, but 
failed. We came in by using God's plan, and in just a few 
short years we have thousands of baptized Indians and a 
growing work. Recent word states that 1,420 persons were 
baptized in that field during 1924. 
And what is God's plan in mission fields is God's plan for 
the homeland. God uses the same plan to save men everywhere. 
And what more effective way could be used in reaching men's 
hearts than to heal their physical ailments, and thus reach their 
hearts? The servant of the Lord calls the plan the "entering 
wedge," the "right arm," the "gospel practised," the "right 
hand of the gospel," and many other epithets that clearly indi- 
cate it as God's method of reaching hearts. Shall we not 
adopt it as our method today? Is it not high time for every 
church to give careful study and prayer to this phase of the 
work, especially in this time, when God is giving us thousands 
upon thousands of opportunities to heal the sick, and bring 
before the people of this world the knowledge of simple treat-
ments and remedies given to us through the spirit of prophecy? 
Every church should have a class formed to study how to give 
simple treatments, and how to relieve the sufferings of their 
fellow men. If you do not have a capable instructor, form a 
class anyway, and read through our literature on these subjects, 
and then do your best by practical demonstration to get a 
knowledge of these methods. I thoroughly believe that if we 
all adopt this method, God will witness to our efforts, and give 
us many souls for our labor. Here are a few books that may 
prove helpful to study in connection with you• class work: 
1. Home Nursing 
2. The Way to Health 
3. Life and Health 
4. The Ministry of Healing 
5. Lessons for Home Missionary Institutes. (This volume 
contains eight lessons on medical missionary work. Order 
through Home Missionary Department, General Conference. 
Price, $1.) 
6. Home Physician 
And lastly, God thought so much of this method that He 
instructed His Son to follow it out when upon this earth, in 
order to turn men to the Father. If Christ is our example in 
all things, we should endeavor to follow Him, for of Him it is 
said, " He healed the sick and preached the gospel," and " today 
they are not to be separated."—" Testimonies," Vol. IX, p. 171. 
E, F. HAexttAN, 
Asst. See. Gen. Conf. H. 3I. Dept. 
Reaching Influential People 
THE heralding of the message through the circulation of our 
truth-filled magazines has proved to be an effective means of 
carrying the message of salvation to many who probably would 
not be reached by other efforts. The importance of this work 
is emphasized many times in the counsel given to us by God's 
trusted servant. The following are a few extracts bearing upon 
this point: 
"The great and wonderful work of the last gospel message 
is to be carried on now as it has never 'been before. The world 
is to receive the light of truth through an evangelizing ministry 
of the word in our books and periodicals."—" Testimonies," 
Vol. IX, p. 61. 
" Let us now, by the wise use of periodicals and hooks, 
preach the word with determined energy, that the world may 
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understand the message that Christ gave to John on the 'isle 
of Patmos. . . . Our publications should go everywhere."—
Id., p. 6:. 
" There are many who can help in the work of selling our 
periodicals. The Lord calls upon all of us to seek to save 
perishing souls. Satan is at work to deceive the very elect, 
and now is our time to work with vigilance. Our books and 
papers are to be brought before the notice of the people; the 
gospel of present truth is to be given to our cities without 
delay. Shall we not arouse to our duties? "— Id., p. 63. 
It is interesting to note that the Chinese Signs of the Times 
reports the circulation for February of 1924 as 40,987, which 
we understand to be the largest circulation of any religious 
magazine or periodical in China. From Europe the following 
note Comes to us: 
"The March edition of the German Herold der Wahrheit, 
without being a special edition, is more than a 300,000 edition. 
Certainly our true church membe
rs have contributed largely to 
this great success by doing faithful mission work and ordering 
the papers in clubs.' 
We also cite the following experience from Hungary, showing 
how the Lord uses the efforts of our faithful members, and at 
the same time gives them a great blessing: 
"A sister had to undergo an operation, and made a vow that 
if she recovered she would sell one hundred copies of the 
Herald. She did recover, and set to work courageously, and 
she reports 113 papers sold in one week. She writes, My 
happiness is so great that I cannot restrain it. See how merci-
ful the Lord is. If it had not been for my sickness, I should 
not have had such good success. I feel in my heart that Luke 
7: 47 is my experience. Through this good success I know that 
all has been forgiven me.'" 
A novel method employed by one of our home missionary 
leaders in South America, follows: 
" Last December (1922) I called on the general manager of 
the railroad here. After a little talk about El Atalaya, he 
decided to give me fifty subscriptions for the year 1923, and 
gave me the full price of them. This year I naturally wanted 
those subscriptions again, and I went time after time to see 
the man, but he was always busy. Finally he left town, and 
I was compelled to write him about the subscriptions. The days 
following were full of anxiety and prayer. But during meeting 
last Sabbath a messenger from the railroad company came to 
me with a letter; and this year we are to send to the office 
of the company one hundred subscriptions each month, and 
they themselves will do the distributing. Thus we can see 
the hand of the Lord once again, in an attempt for big things." 
J. E. MeWilliam, Quito, Ecuador. 
Recently we heard of a traveling salesman in this country 
who covers a large territory. He is also a Seventh-day Ad-
ventist, and has letters of recommendation from the Southern 
Publishing Association, publishers of the Watchman Magazine, 
and also from others of our church leaders who know him. 
As he visits cities where we have churches, he makes it a point 
to talk to the churches about the circulation of the Watchman 
Magazine. He has been successful in securing large clubs, 
numbering from fifty to one hundred, from the church mem-
bers, to be used in their home missionary work, or sent directly 
through the mails to a list of persons selected by the churches. 
Let us make use of every agency we can for the increase and 
circulation of our truth-filled literature. Surely God's blessing 
will he upon the efforts made in harmony with His promise, 
that His word will not return unto Him void. 
E. P. PETERSON. 
An Opportunity in Disguise 
WHEN another does something that naturally would 
annoy, the Christian can be certain that God is lovingly 
granting him an opportunity to serve. And he can also be 
certain that for him to feel annoyed is sin. A Christian 
layman was recently traveling in a train, on his way to 
help in evangelistic services. There were a number of 
vacant seats in the car that he entered, and having con-
siderable baggage, be took possession of an entire seat. 
He left his seat for a few moments, and upon returning 
found a man comfortably seated next the window in his 
seat. " Why didn't he take one of those vacant seats?" 
he said to himself, with some annoyance. But immediately 
he felt condemned for the thought, and as he sat down 
beside the man he lifted his heart in prayer for forgiveness. 
Then he turned to his companion and entered into con- 
venation with him, and before the journey was over, led 
him to accept Christ as his Saviour. 
The Master knew what was needed, and permitted that 
unsaved man to do an apparently selfish thing. We should 
bear in mind that annoyances of any kind are opportunities 
in disguise whereby the Saviour may reveal His patience 
and love through us to impress and win souls.—Adapted. 
God Wants Service 
IN the third chapter of First Timothy is found instruction to 
deacons and other officers in the church, and it is stated that if 
they minister their office well, with that service or ministration 
they "purchase to themselves a good degree, and great boldness 
in the faith which is in Christ Jesus." Thus we see that Chris-
tian service is the currency of heaven. Men have borrowed 
and counterfeited this genuine currency, and have commer-
cialized it for their own financial gain. Just for example: 
A few years ago we bought gasoline from a man who brought 
it to our doors in a wagon, at 11 cents, or even 8 cents, a gallon. 
Today we pay 20 cents a gallon for the same product, and make 
no complaint, because of the free service rendered by cour-
teous employees in equipping our car with gas, water, and air. 
"Service stations" are now patronized, and no longer do the 
attendants at these stations " grease " your ear, but instead 
they " service " it. 
If such service as these worldly men can render is so effective 
in business matters, what may we hope to accomplish through 
genuine, prayerful service on the part of Christian men and 
women who are rendering service in behalf of the highest of 
all attainments,— the salvation of souls? In fact, loving serv-
ice is God's sole requirement of us, and we have nothing else 
to give; for all the gold and silver, and the cattle upon a 
thousand hills are already His. So even when we give Him 
money, it is not really a gift separate from service, but is sim-
ply a measure of service previously rendered in some way which 
wo now wish to transfer to the cause of God. 
While it is tree that in giving money we are in a way giving 
service, yet money alone will not suffice for our duty to God. 
" Now is our time to labor for the salvation of our fellow men. 
There are some who think that if they give money to the cause 
of Christ, this is all they arc required to do; the precious time 
in which they might do personal service for Him passes unim-
proved. But it is the privilege and duty of all who have health 
and strength to render to God active service. All are to labor 
in winning souls to Christ. Donations of money cannot take 
the place of this."—"Christ's Object Lessons," p. 343. 
The record of our Saviour's life reveals very little about His 
gifts of money. On one occasion we are told of how He pro-
vided tribute money for Himself and Peter, but service whs the 
currency which He employed. He "went about doing good." 
When He came into this world, He chose between riches and 
poverty. Choosing poverty, He relinquished His rightful claim, 
as Creator, to all the wealth of gold and silver which the world 
contained. Jesus undertook His earthly life without financial 
consideration, he accepted it with simply the privilege of serv-
ing; and later, in His manhood, after years of poverty, He 
again, even under the strongest temptation, exchanged all the 
riches and glory of the world for the right and privilege to 
serve. " The principle on which Christ acted is to actuate the 
members of the- church which is His body."—" The Desire of 
Ages," p. 550. 
Prayer 
PRAY definitely. The enemy yields only what he must; he 
yields only what is taken. Pray persistently. 
The enemy 
yields only when he must. But he can't hold back what we 
steadily choose to take in Jesus' great name. Pray simply. 
The simpler and quieter the praying, the steadier it can be; 
and the steadier the praying, the greater its intensity can be, 
and the bolder and better it becomes. Pray in faith. That 
simply means this: Keep your thought on the Lord Jesus. 
There He is at the Father's right. He is Victor. He has the 
keys of both upper and lower worlds. He is irresistible. 
Faith is this—looking at Him, resting in what He is and what 
He has done. Faith is quiet because it is confident; it is 
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confident because of what Jesus is and what He has done. 
And things will change. They are changing while you are 
praying. They are not the same at the close of your half hour 
as they were at its beginning. The spirit current has gone out 
to the point touched in the intent of your prayer. The power 
of the blood of Jesus has been loosened out there anew. 
The power of evil is being restrained now as you are praying. 
Some missionary has been cheered to a new persistence in the 
midst of sore difficulty. That tempted one is having strength 
to resist. That discouraged one has commenced singing again. 
Doors have been opening, hearts have been softening, wills 
hate been bending, purse strings have been loosening, evil hat 
been obliged to slink away defeated from some man's door. 
Our prayer-room is the spirit switchboard like that in the 
electrical powerhouse. You have turned this button and that 
handle, and the unseen current has gone out, and has gone in, 
and is being felt now at the other encl.— S. D. Gordon, in " The 
Quiet Time." 
" Go Ye " 
"Go ye" was the Master's last word. We are all to go; 
we are to go to all. We are to go with all our might. We 
have all of His might at our command as we go. This is not 
only the Master's last command, it is more; it is the constant 
impulse, and becomes the driving purpose of every Jesus-
touched heart. Most of us can't go personally. Duty plainly 
holds us at home. Those who can go personally are the highest 
privileged in service, even when the road is roughest. But we 
can all go, and go most effectively in spirit. Both those who 
stay at home and those who go in person to some one place, 
can go to the rest of the world iu spirit. We go where we will 
in thought. We can go, potentially, where we will in spirit, 
in the name of our Lord Jesus, in the power of the Holy Spirit. 
And what wo do there in purpose, in spirit, by prayer, is 
woven into actual fact and life. 
Prayer is the rail and boat that carries us in spirit wherever 
we will to go. The motive power back of all is "the blood of 
Jesus," with all the depth of meaning in that phrase. The 
conductor or captain who guides and controls is the Holy 
Spirit. The human spirit is the traveler, gripped by a strong 
purpose, who, with heart aflame with tender love, and vision 
made clear by constant study of the Spirit-lit Book, goes 
obediently forth, singing as he goes.— S. D. Gordon, yn "The 
Quiet Time." 
Continuous Evangelism 
EVERY gospel preacher is an evangelist, for the gospel is an 
evangel, and he who preaches it, is of necessity an evangelist. 
To Make the term "evangelist" apply exclusively to men who 
conduct special revival meetings, is to reflect on the faithful-
ness of the settled preachers of the word. 
Then it is the obligation and privilege of all the members of 
the church to tell the gospel story, and thereby become evan-
gelists in fact, if not in form. The disciples, scattered abroad 
from Jerusalem, on account of the persecution that followed 
the death of Stephen, went everywhere preaching the word. 
The normal health of the church is manifested in sustained 
evangelistic activities. In any calling, steady work is to be 
dsired rather than irregular and spasmodic effort. Of the 
church at Jerusalem it is said: " They continued steadfastly in 
the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, 
and in prayers." As a result, " the Lord added to the church 
daily such as should be saved." �
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Continuous evangelism does not mean monotony in spiritual 
effort. As in the kingdom of nature, there are seedtime and 
harvest in the kingdom of grace. The special revival meeting 
is not to be condemned, if it be the crown of the gospel activ-
ities throughout the church year. 
The most serious objection urged against the annual revival 
really belongs to its misuse. Church members discredit the spe-
cial evangelistic meeting by limiting to this brief time all their 
efforts to save sinners. If there is to be a special revival, it 
should bear witness, not to the neglect, but to the faithful-
ness of the whole evangelistic year. 
Sustained soul-saving effort, besides whining sinners, en 
larges the salvation of the saints. The full blessing of final 
salvation is for those who, after being purged from their old 
sins, identify themselves with the redemptive work of their 
Saviour. That is a sadly defective conception of salvation 
which leads men to be satisfied with their own escape from the 
penalty of their sins. 
The greatest hindrance to the success of a world-wide evan-
gelistic campaign is the lethargy of church members. The 
church in its daily life must show its interest in the welfare of 
the unsaved, if its evangelists are to reap the most abundant 
harvest. The contrast between the fervor of the revival and 
the torpidity of the regular services of the church, keeps many 
from the confession of Christ. 
The ratio of aliens to Christian disciples in the community is 
a perpetual challenge to the church to revise its evangelistic 
program. In the parable, when the distinguished persons 'who 
were invited to the feast failed to appear, the lord sent out his 
servants into the highways and hedges to constrain the people 
to come in, that the house might be full. There is something 
wrong with the life of the church that does not draw a goodly 
company of the spiritually needy to its stated assemblies. 
Here is an opening for sustained evangelism which every 
believer should heed. Friends and neighbors and neglected ones 
should be solicited to attend the church services. Let every 
church member tactfully and persuasively invite one person 
each week, and a gratifying increase in church attendance will 
soon be manifested. As servants of the most high God we 
should go out among men, and with the drawing power of love 
compel them to come in.—The Christian Standard. 
Prayer Meeting Resolutions 
1. I PROPOSE to be there regularly and punctually. "For-
sake not the assembling of yourselves together." 
2. I will endeavor to draw others to the meeting. " Come 
thou with us, and we will do thee good." 
3. Before entering the place of prayer, ,I will ask the Sav-
iour's presence. " We would see Jesus." 
4. I will refrain from faultfinding, and will not indulge in 
a critical spirit. " Be kindly affeetioned one to another." 
5. So far as is consistent, I will assist actively in the exer-
cises by testifying to the love of Christ, by exhorting, by re-
citing a passage of Scripture, a hymn, a stanza, or otherwise. 
"Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; 
teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns 
and spiritual songs." 
6. My prayers and remarks shall not be long. "God is in 
heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few." 
7. I will not speak merely to fill a vacancy, but rather offer 
prayer or praise during pauses in the meeting. " That thy 
benefit should not be as it were of necessity, but willingly." 
8. I will cultivate enlargement of faith and desires. "Let 
us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace." 
9. I will endeavor to use all means suited to secure the bless-
ing for which I have prayed. "Faith without works is dead." 
— Selected. 
An Example 
As the year 1924 closed, we were brought face to face with 
the new year and all its problems. The thne came when we 
should each ask ourselves the question, " How many souls Gan 
I lead to the Master during the year?" The Montrose church 
set its goal for one hundred new members during the year. 
We are sure the members in our conference will be glad to 
read the goal the Montrose church set for the year 1925, 
which is as follows: 
1. Field day once a week. 
2. All members read Bible through. 
3. Study "Testimonies" once a week. 
4. One hundred subscriptions per month for one of our 
papers. 
5. One hundred missionary letters a month. 
6. All members observing Morning Watch. 
7. Read one of our books once a week. 
8. Sixty cents a week per member for missions. 
9. One hundred souls saved.—Inter-Mountain Conference 
Items, Central Union Outlook. 
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cZionarp Volunteer 
pepartntent 
Devotional Meeting, June 6 
Senior 
Topic: "Where There's a Will There's a Way." 
1. Scripture Reading: Proverbs 2: 1-9. 
2. Talk: "What Is It Worth to You?" 
3. Talk: "Getting Your Bearings." 
4. Recitation: "Your Job." 
5. Symposium: " Where There's a Will There's a Way." 
6. Responses. , 
Junior 
Topic: "Sticking to It." 
1. Scripture Reading: Proverbs 2: 1-9. 
2. Leader's Talk. 
3. Stories of Perseverance. 
4. Recitation: "Your Job." 
5. Superintendent's Talk: "What Is It Worth?" 
6. Roll Call and Responses. 
Notes to Leaders 
The young folks are back from college. Make them feel at 
home in your society. It may be that they will have very 
helpful suggestions. Let them know that you are counting on 
receiving help from them. 
The summer is beginning. Many a young person comes up 
to its close with little thought of what he is going to accom-
plish through the winter. Now is the time to begin planning 
and saving for school. The purpose of this program for the 
Senior society is to encourage those who may not have been 
attending a Christian school because of lack of funds, to earn 
and save money through the summer with this definite end in 
view. We have solicited a number of short articles from stu-
dents attending our schools who are working their way through 
successfully. This meeting should be largely an informal ex-
perience meeting. Let the idea, " If others can do it, I can," 
take hold of the meeting. Should you have the help of some 
one who has actually made his way through, so much the better. 
If there are members in your society who are not yet fully 
trained for service, make a personal canvass. Perhaps the en-
couragement you may bring will be a turning-point in a life. 
For the Juniors, the purpose of the meeting is somewhat 
different. Most boys and girls are sent to school. This pro-
gram is intended to set before them the value of a Christian 
education. So many think they know all that is necessary when 
the eighth grade is passed, and then limp through life. 
Advertise the meeting well. Use such catch phrases as, 
"What Are You Worth?" with a big question mark; and 
"How Much Can You Accomplish in a Year?" For the 
Juniors? "Do You Know When You're Well Off ?" and similar 
expressions may be suitable. 
Senior Notes 
2. Talk: "What Is It Worth to You?"—The following 
Outline may be used as a basis. Think and gather your own 
material. 
I. It Pays in Position and Influence. 
One hundred fifty persons were chosen from the ranks 
of teachers, business men, statesmen, inventors, as those who 
would live in history because of their great service to man-
kind. Of that number
.i 
 it was found that seventy-five per cent 
were college men. As the list was narrowed down to the truly 
famous men of the modern world, it was found that the pro-
portion of college graduates increased, just as it increases in 
passing from Congressmen to Supreme Court judges. 
II. It Pays in Added Years of Service. 
• The uneducated man meets a dead level at about fifty. His 
best work has been accomplished. He must give way for the 
younger men who can adapt themselves to changing conditions. 
Thousands 'of men are stranded and left unemployed during 
the years when they should be giving the world their best serv-
ice. Gladstone at eighty-eight was able to shake the powers 
of Europe. Tennyson, Bismarck, William P. King, the one-
time president of Cornell College, and many other men of repu-
tation have been very active between the ages of seventy and 
eighty. Although the world may not endure long enough to 
give the young people of today the opportunity of added years, 
the training of mind which made these men so useful in old 
age will strengthen the intellect in youth. 
III. It Saves Time. 
The man with the sharp ax can cut as much wood as two 
with dull tools. 
IV. It Adds Personal Power and Enjoyment. 
No one can appreciate nature without understanding it. In 
the same way, education opens up a new world of enjoyment 
in art, in literature, in music, and in science. Those who are 
not trained to see, miss half of life of which they are wholly 
Unaware. 
V. It Pays. 
An up-to-date business house finds that ninety per cent of 
college men succeed, whereas only ten per cent of those who 
enter business on leaving high school or grammar school suc-
ceed. College men are always given the preference in this as 
well as in many other largo business concerns. The list of 
millionaire business men shows a great preponderance in favor 
of college men. William B. Astor, Henry Roosevelt, A. T. 
Stewart, Judge Gary, Theodore Roosevelt, Chauncey Depew, 
were all college graduates. 
If it pays in dollars and cents, how much more will it pay in 
the realm of spiritual service, for that requires a keener judg-
ment, a nicer training than the amassing of mere gold. 
VI. God Expects It of His Children. 
' Base this part of your talk on "Christ's Object Lessons," 
pagos 333 and 334. Stress such statements as, " Let the youth 
who need an education set to work with a determination to 
obtain it. Do not wait for an opening; make one for your-
selves. Take hold in any small way that presents itself. Prac-
tise economy."—Page 334. 
3. Talk; "Getting Your Bearings."—This should be a three-
minute talk on the value of a purpose in life. Try to draw 
a straight line, and the average person has difficulty. Put a dot 
on the paper, and keeping the eye upon it draw toward it. The 
line thus accomplished will be far straighter than one drawn 
simply for the sake of making a straight line. The person who 
has an objective for walking accomplishes more than the one 
who strolls. Jesus teaches the same lessons in the words, "No 
man having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit 
for the kingdom of God." Luke 9: 62. 
5. Symposium: "Where There's a Will There's a Way."—
Have these experiences of young people told. Make this part 
of the program as informal as possible. 
6. Responses.—Pass out the following and similar questions 
which might occur to your committee, to be answered in the 
meeting: What is true education? What does such an edu-
cation enable a young person to do? What advantage does 
the advanced school graduate have over the grammar school 
graduate in opportunities for service? Is it possible to be well 
educated without the advantage of a college training? How 
does knowledge increase usefulness? 
The following references may be used as thought producers: 
Seek knowledge: 2 Peter 1:5; Prov. 4:5; 15: 14; 23: 23. 
Knowledge of God: John 17: 3; Phil. 3:10; Jer. 9: 24. Knowl-
edge is power: Dan. 1:17; Aets 7: 22; 6: 10. 
Junior Notes 
2. Leader's Talk.— This is your time to bring up anything 
before the society to which the attention of its members should 
be directed. How are the offerings? Are they keeping up to 
the goal? Is this society still active in missionary work? Are 
you avoiding the " summer slump "1 These and similar mat-
ters may be a part of your talk. Then give a brief sketch on 
the purpose of the present program. Study the notes suggested 
for the,talk, "Getting Your Bearings," in the Senior program, 
No boy or girl should ever admit even to himself that any les-
son is too hard for him to master. The Juniors who do things 
while they are Juniors make the men and women that accom-
plish great things. The story is told of Eben Tourjee, who 
became a splendid musician and founded a great school, that 
his father, who was a farmer, told him that a country lad 
never could become a musician. 
" It can't be done," he said. " You might as well try to make 
a whistle out of a pig's tail." 
The boy remembered the words. At butchering time he 
secured a pig's tail, dried it, cleaned it, and hollowed it out. 
Boring holes, he actually made a whistle. Then he took it to 
his father with the words, "Now that I have made a whistle 
out of a pig's tail, possibly I may become a musician." The 
father permitted him to take lessons. 
Boys and girls of grit have surprised many an old person. 
Boys and girls who truly love Jesus can add to their grit a 
faith in Him and a power in prayer that will make possible all 
things which Jesus can bless. I once knew a girl who had 
been sick a great deal. Doctors said that it would be impos-
sible for her to study very much. They advised her to give 
up school. But she prayed and believed in Jesus. Day by day 
He helped her through her lessons. She became a very fine 
teacher in a Christian school. She wouldn't give up, and Jesus 
honored her faith. 
3. Stories of Perseveranee.= Have several Juniors read par-
agraphs selected from the Senior Symposium. 
6. Superintendent's Talk: "What Is It Worth?"—Base 
your talk on the suggestions found in the Senior notes under a 
similar title. 
7. Roll Call and Responses.—Use texts suggested at the 
close of the Senior notes. Perhaps the answering of questions 
would be successful in your society. If so, study those presented 
in the Senior notes•' 
 and ask the members of the program com-
mittee to suggest others. 
Your Job 
IT isn't the size of the job that you've chosen to do; 
It's the way that you do it. 
It isn't the depth. of the line that you've got to go' through; 
It's your grit to go through it. 
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If you wait until jobs less unworthy are coming your way, 
You may wait without doing much good till the end of your 
day; 
'Twill be useless regretting what time you are feeble and gray 
That you didn't go to it. 
It isn't the praise that you get for the battle begun; 
It's the thought you've begun it. 
It isn't the medal you wear for the battle you've won; 
It's the fact that you've won it. 
And it isn't the kind of a job, whatsoever it be, 
For its size and significance only the future can see, 
But the thing that's eternally vital—you take it from me— 
Is just this: that you've done it! 
—Dennis 9. McCarthy. 
Where There's a Will There's a Way 
DURING my eight years of school life away from home, I 
have always spent my summers at home on the farm, doing all 
sorts of work in order to comae to school again the next year. 
I count my education not alone in terms of book knowledge, 
but the coming in contact with so many other young people has 
been an education in itself. I would say to any young person, 
First of all, will to get a Christian education, will to work for 
it, mid Providence will open a way. 
VIOLA DICK, Walla Walla College. 
SEVEN years ago, with one year of academic work completed, 
I mustered enough courage to enter one of our schools on the 
" work-your-way-as-you-go " basis. Then I thought it could be 
done; now I know it can be done. This year finds me a senior 
in college. I have worked for every cent of my way, and have 
had a real good time doing it, too, As I think of the three 
summers spent in the canvassing field, of the many, many pleas-
ant hours spent in the workshop, in the classroom, in the Sab-
bath school, and all the other activities, both spiritual and 
social,—I say, as I think of all this, I cannot but praise my 
Muster for the decision made seven years ago, and for His 
blessing during these seven years. 
0. R. SNIPES, Union College. 
IN August I entered the school and started to work in ear-
nest. A friend of my mother, seeing that I was determined 
to obtain an education in one of our schools, helped me finan-
cially to some extent that winter. I attended that academy for 
four years, and after that first winter I earned my entire way 
in school by working through the school year and in the sum-
mer time, finishing the tenth grade. I came to the Southern 
Junior College, and have been here now for three years, paying 
my expenses by earning scholarships during vacation. I count 
it a great privilege to earn my education as I have had to do. 
LUCILE WHITE, Southern Junior College. 
WITH only a few dollars and my car fare, I left hone in the 
fall of 1923 for Union College, not knowing what I would do 
after I got here to pay expenses. A few days after I arrived, 
I learned that the Union College Press was in need of an office 
girl. I applied, and was given the place " on trial." The work 
was new and strange to me, but, determined to keep the place, 
I labored hard in an endeavor to do everything right. Many 
times I missed meals in order that I might finish my day's 
work, but I kept the job. When I returned from the canvass-
ing field in the fall of 1924, I was given the same place at the 
print shop, and have been working there thus far this year. 
It is a privilege to earn one's way through school, and that 
privilege is extended to all who are desirous of obtaining a 
Christian education." 
HAZEL SOUDERS, Union College. 
MY way through college was most ordinary and uneventful, 
but I reached the desired end. Father and mother are both 
Christians, and have always given me all the help and encour-
agement they could. Having five children, all anxious to finish 
college, they had a great task to keep us in school. How-
ever, this very thing has done much to draw us together as 
a family. Each of us would do all he could to earn money, 
but instead of keeping his earnings separate, he " pooled " them 
in with father's. At the end of the summer we would determine 
how many could go to boarding school. If one could work and 
help the other two, that was done. (Not more than three of 
us were ready to go at one time.) At first, the youngest stayed 
out. When the eldest was through school, be taught school and 
helped the younger ones. Between us no accounts were kept nor 
debts recognized other than the debt of love. In the summer 
I worked at anything I could get from shoveling concrete to 
delivering cookies. If I couldn't get good wages, I worked 
for poor wages, but I always worked. During the school year 
I drove the college truck, swept floors, assisted in the physics 
laboratory, and during my junior and senior years, taught a 
class in history and special grammar. Whenever I had the 
opportunity, I took odd jobs, as shoveling coal, topping beets, 
and working on the campus. My college course has meant more 
to me than I can tell. �
PHILIP S. NELSON, 
Ed. and M. V. See., Western Wash. Conf. 
AFTER working my way through school for the last seven 
years, I ask myself this question, "Has my education been 
worth the labor I have had to put forth to obtain it? " I 
would answer, "Yes." It has been a twofold education to me. 
The experience and useful training I have received in putting 
myself through school has been one of the best parts of my 
education. It has been an education that cannot be gained 
from books. Such experience has taught me to economize both 
time and money. I have learned not to falter because of diffi-
culties, but to trust my heavenly Father more. I have learned 
how to work and share responsibility. 
VEDA LAYTON, Pacific Union College. 
THE first two years, during my ninth and tenth grades, I 
worked half of my way by cutting wood and doing chores on 
the school farm. I was graduated from the tenth grade. At 
this point in my journey I thought of working all my way, and 
by existing circumstances it was necessary to do it in order 
to continue in school. The previous summer I had worked 
around home, but in my second summer's vacation I canvassed 
for a month, then was called to work on a new building at 
the school. When school opened, I started my eleventh grade 
with a full scholarship, and cut wood during the year for extra 
expenses. When the year closed, I had a good credit on my 
statement. �CLEON GREEN, Atlantic Union College. 
CEMENT work during the summer and carpenter repair work 
during the school year is the program which has carried me 
through two years of the B. A. Course, and I hope to make my 
way in the same manner for the next two years. Pushing 
wheelbarrows, shoveling gravel, carrying cement sacks, and 
handling a trowel furnish three months of pleasant diversion 
from the round of school duties. Study and carpenter work 
during the other nine months form a good daily combination 
to give me a better preparation as an English teacher. 
ROLLIN AxTELL, Pacific Union College. 
AFTER finishing the tenth-grade academy at home, the thought 
of going away to complete a College course was a very remote 
idea. In my mind this was a luxury to be enjoyed only by 
those whose parents were somewhat comfortably situated finan-
cially. Others had talked of canvassing. Oh, yes, that might 
work for them, but I knew I could never sell a book, much less 
enough for a scholarship. So the plan decided upon was to 
alternate from year to year, working and going to school. I 
thank God, however, that before the first summer was over I 
caught the vision of the colporteur work, started canvassing, 
and made my first scholarship. �
R013ERT E. COIMIOX, 
Washington Missionary College, 
THE co-operation of the Educational and Publishing Depart-
ments has been to me a great blessing. T have used the schol-
arship plan to earn Thy way through our schools. The last six 
years I have canvassed every summer. By combining my book 
knowledge with this vital field work, I have gained a good 
experience in Christian work. �, J. P. WELSH, 
Emmanuel Missionary College. 
As I look back upon the five summers spent in the colporteur 
work, I rejoice, and I can truly see the wisdom of God revealed 
in the establishment of this great work. Had it not been for 
this work, I should not have been able to return to school every 
year, nor to have a little library and a musical instrument of 
my own. But of greater value than all these are the many 
good spiritual experiences I have had. 
G. J. EMOENIK, Hutchinson Theological Seminary. 
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THERE is just one particular experience which I will relate, 
because I believe it will show how the Lord does guide and 
direct the affairs of life. I was nearing the close of my second 
year at school. Vacation was at hand, and I had been praying 
for the Lord's guidance, because I wanted to be found in the 
place where He wanted me that summer. A few days after 
the close of school I received word regarding an opening for 
an apprentice to learn the trade of typesetting on a linotype. 
I saw here an opportunity to learn a useful occupation, so I 
gladly accepted the offer. I was obliged to work nights, and 
this I continued for two months, when I was forced to quit, 
because my employer got in trouble with the Linotype Union 
for having a nonunion man in his employ. This was quite a 
blow to me, but I did not become discouraged. I went back to 
school, and began work on the farm the next day, and continued 
until the opening of school. I began school with very little 
cash that year, but I felt that the Lord would open the way 
whereby I could continue my education. 
It was about two weeks after school opened that I was re-
quested to connect with our Foreign Publishing House in 
Brookfield, Ill., as linotype opeilhtor for the Swedish depart-
ment. This position I gladly accepted, and as I had had some 
experience in this work, I was given a fairly good wage, which 
enabled me to pay all my school expenses by working half days 
and all day on Sunday. 
ALBERT ANDERSON, Broadview College. 
NOTE.— We are sorry we cannot print more of the splendid 
testimonials which have come to the Department. We appre-
ciate very much the spirit and co-operation of all those who 
contributed, and we are holding the rest of the material for 
use in a future program. 
Devotional Meeting, June 13 
Senior 
Topic: Evidences. 
1. Scripture Reading. 
2. Leader's Two Minutes. 
3. Talk: "The Evidence of Fellowship." 
4. Recitation: "Knowledge." 
5. Talk: " The Evidence of Prophecy." 
6. Talk: "The Evidence of the Teaching." 
7. Response. 
S. Closing Prayer. 
Junior 
Topic: Getting Acquainted With Jesus. 
1. Scripture Reading: Mark 10: 13-16. 
2. Superintendent's Talk: "Letting Jesus In." 
3. Talk: "Getting Acquainted." 
4. Recitation: " The House Inside." 
5. Reading: " Jimmie the Newsboy." 
6. Leader's Two Minutes. 
7. Roll Call. 
8. Close by Repeating Psalms 19: 14. 
Senior Notes 
I. Scripture Reading.—Job 19: 25; 2 Tim 1: 12; 2 Peter 
1: 19; Luke 16: 29-31. The texts here suggested carry with 
them the thought of the program. The fellowship of Christ, 
knowledge of the Bible, and experience in the things of God, 
give a confidence that no doubts or theories of the world can 
overcome. Christ and the Bible are themselves their own best 
evidence. And it is with the prayer that a study of the proofs 
lying within the reach of every Christian may strengthen his 
faith, that this program is prepared. 
2. Leader's Two Minutes.—Link up the purpose of this pro-
gram with the parable of Lazarus and the rich man. Jesus 
there taught that the most convincing evidence that it was 
possible for God to give is already given. If we will not 
believe " Moses and the prophets," we would not believe though 
some one rose from the dead. It is an " evil generation" that 
seeks a sign. Luke 11: 29. Here the demand is made an 
excuse for unbelief. If those who had asked for the sign had 
accepted the testimonies of the prophets, they would have rec-
ognized in the sign of Jonas, as fulfilled in the death of Christ, 
the proof that He was the Son of God. in the last days Satan 
will work miracles. We are told that he will counterfeit an 
angel of light. Such a sign will meet all the requirements of 
those who depend upon a physical sign, such as the natural 
heart craves. But those who are grounded in the signs of the 
Bible and in the surety of communion with God, cannot thus 
be deceived. Satan will deceive the very elect if possible. 
Matt. 24: 24. How much depends, then, upon a thorough ac-
quaintance with the true evidences which God gives each of His 
children. Study John 7: 17. 
3. Talk: "The Evidence of Fellowship."—Use as a basis the 
article presented under that title. How can this friendship be 
formed? How can young Christians make Jesus Christ real? 
The reality of Jesus comes as a result of secret prayer, and a 
personal study of the Bible that is devotional and sympathetic. 
J. R. Mott says: " Christ becomes real to one who persists 
in the cultivation of the habit of reminding one's self of 
His presence; " and, " By associating with those to whom Christ 
is a great reality, He may be made more real to us. We should 
associate not only with living Christians who know Christ at 
first hand, but also those who in other times lived near to Him." 
Read the Junior note, "Getting Acquainted," for farther sug-
gestions. 
5. Talk: "The Evidence of Prophecy."— Peter says that we 
have a "more sure word of prophecy." 2 Peter 1: 19. It is 
more sure than what? Study the sixteenth verse of the same 
chapter, and he tells of being an eyewitness of His majesty. 
Study the eighteenth verse, where he speaks of hearing the 
voice. But far more sure than seeing and hearing is the word 
of prophecy. Jesus says, " Search the Scriptures; ... and they 
are they which testify f Me." John 5: 39. To every honest 
seeker, there is laid a foundation for faith more firm than the 
privilege of earthly companionship with the Master that the 
disciples had. Peter goes on to say that we would do well to 
take heed to that light until "the day dawn, and the day star 
arise in your hearts." A study of the prophecies will usher in 
that reign of confidence which will be as day in the heart. 
With this introduction, choose some line of prophecy to 
study. Take the prophecy of our Saviour, as given in Matthew 
24, and its wonderful fulfilment. No mortal without divine 
foresight could have foretold events so accurately. The de-
struction of Jerusalem, and conditions at the end of the world 
are told more graphically than the most accomplished historian 
living after the events had taken place could have told them. 
In your talk choose only the salient points of this prophecy to 
point out how convincing it is. Or, if you prefer, take some 
other line of prophecy to study, and show how the accuracy of 
the Bible is portrayed by it. For instance, the prophecy of 
the first advent of Christ as given in Daniel 9: 24-27. Such a 
book as "Bible Readings for the Home Circle" or " Bible 
Footlights" will give you valuable help. 
6. Talk: "The Evidence of the Teaching."—The world 
teaches that the way to succeed lies through grasping every 
opportunity for yourself. Take every advantage that you can. 
Rise even at the expense of others, if you cannot rise any other 
way. Christ taught that he who would be greatest must be the 
greatest servant. Matt. 20: 97; John 13: 14-16. The years of 
history prove the truth of the Master's teaching. The men who 
have lived and will live through the ages are those who have 
done the greatest service to mankind. Illustrate with lives like 
those of Wycliffe, Luther (see " The Great Controversy "), 
Lord Shaftesbury, Gladstone, Lincoln, etc. 
The world teaches that man can save himself by a process 
of refining and educating; that man is evolving toward a higher 
plane. The Bible teaches that man was created perfect; that 
through sin he fell, and is completely lost without Christ. One 
teaches creation by evolution, the other by the Word of God, 
and redemption through the blood of Christ. While scientists 
still cling to their theories, the first has been found to be a 
failure. William Emerson Ritter, of the University of Cali-
fornia, says: " If one scans a bit thoughtfully the landscape 
of human life for the last few decades, he can hardly fail to 
see signs that the whole battleground of evolution will have to 
be fought over again, this time not so much between scientists 
and theologians as among scientists themselves." Daily news-
papers prove that men are not saving themselves. Crime is on 
 
the increase, because the fear of God is being withdrawn from 
the earth. Evolution, worldly education, is failing. But the 
life of a Christian redeemed by the blood of Jesus is the most 
unanswerable argument for the power of redemption. The 
teachings of the Bible are on trial before a universe, and the 
way they are being demonstrated is their own best proof. (Fur-
ther material along this lino may be found in Prof. George 
McCready Price's book, "The Phantom of Organic Evolution.") 
Some other teachings of the Bible which are in dispute with 
the world and which will be vindicated before a wondering 
universe, are the character of the law of God, the character of 
sin, the love of God for His created beings, and many others 
which the thoughtful young person can select and present, each 
as its own best evidence of the truth of the Bible and the surety 
of a Christian life. 
7. Response.— This is an opportunity for making the con-
nection between the program and the lives of those who have 
been listening to it. Several might be asked to state what 
seems to them the most convincing evidence given the Chris-
tian. Cannot you have a real experience meeting after a pro-
gram of this kind? Are there not those who would consider it 
a privilege to tell of the surety of the Christian faith in their 
lives? 
Junior Notes 
R. Superintendent's Talk: "Letting Jesus in."— Jesus in-
vites the children to a special acquaintance with Him. He 
longs to have each boy and girl know Him, but He never forces 
His friendship. Illustrate the first step in an acquaintance 
with Him by the thoughts suggested in the article, "The Safe-
Deposit Box." 
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3. Talk: "Getting Acquatted."— How do you get ac-
quainted with a friend? Do you not spend time with him? 
Do you not talk with him? That is the secret of learning to 
know Jesus. When we read His Word, and learn to love it 
by reading it a great deal, some way the words become living, 
just as if Jesus was speaking to our hearts. Illustrate the 
point with the story of the young girl whom the infidel could 
not confuse. It is presented under the title, " How She Knew." 
6. Leader's Two Minutes.— Jimmie was saved because ho 
heard about Jesus. It did not take hint long to get ac-
quainted. Jesus comes right into the heart as soon as it is 
open to Him. Many Juniors, who have chances day after day 
to become acquainted with Him, little value their opportunities. 
How about each one of you? Are we reading and studying to 
know Him better every day? Lead into the roll call by pre-
senting some of these questions for your members to answer. 
What are some of the hindrances to a friendship with Jesus? 
How did I learn to 'love to study the Bible? Have you ever 
had an answer to prayer? The leader should be careful in dis-
tributing such questions that those who are called upon to 
answer them can do so from experience. 
The Safe-Deposit Box 
ROMANS 6: 13: "Yield yourselves unto God." 
Object: A locked tin box, with a smaller locked box within. 
Have any of you ever been inside a safe-deposit vault in a 
trust company or bank, that great fireproof and burglar-proof 
room where all the little safe-deposit boxes are arranged in 
rows one above the other? Some days ago I happened to go into 
one of these, from curiosity, and the keeper told me that 
although each of these many boxes about the walls could be 
opened by one key which he possessed, called the " master-key," 
each of them contained another little box inside of it, for the 
holding of the valuables which could be opened only by the 
key of the person that hired it. 
Now I have brought for your object lesson this morning two 
of these boxes, the outer and the inner. The outer I can open 
with my key, but the inner can be opened only with the key 
of the owner, which I do not have. As I see it, the outer box 
appears to me to represent all that our Father in heaven has 
done to make the way to our hearts easy—all that He has 
done to open the way for our salvation, and to fellowship with 
Him. And the great " master key " that has opened the way 
is God's love. He opened it for us by the death of Jesus; who 
died that we might have our sins forgiven and find our way 
back to God. He opened it for us by giving us all these "means 
of grace," as we call them, the Bible, the church, the Sabbath 
school, Christian parents, and loving teachers. He has opened 
wide the outer box. 
But here is this second inner box. That is your own being. 
You alone have the key that will open that. And the unfor-
tunate part about it is that you can keep it shut even from 
God. There is a little key, called "will" that alone can open 
it. In that inner box, guarded by your will, is your heart. 
Say: 
" Jesus, take this heart of mine, 
Make it pure and wholly Thine." 
But our self-will and unyieldingness can keep that little box 
always locked against God. 
Knowledge 
I KNOW a mighty name 
That keeps my soul from shame, 
For if I breathe that name in prayer 
The bearer of the name is there. 
I know a mighty love, 
Earth-passions far above; 
It drew my soul from sin's foul deep, 
In God's pure presence aye to keep. 
I know the mighty God, 
Lived human, shed His blood, 
Tn make the spoilers of His earth 
New creatures through the second birth. 
I know— rash words are these, 
E'en whispered on one's knees— 
The Master-knower knows His own: 
Jehovah-Jesus on the throne! 
—Emmett Russell. 
PREPARATION is the price of success. 
The House Inside 
I HAVE a house inside of me, 
A house that people never see; 
It has a door through which none pass, 
And windows, but they're not of glass. 
I meet my heavenly Father there; 
For He stoops down to hear my prayer, 
To smooth my brow and cure my-care, 
And make me brave to do and dare. 
Then, after I have been made strong, 
And have things right that were all wrong, 
I come outside, where I'belong, 
To sing a new and happy song. 
You have a house inside of you, 
Where you can fight your battles, too, 
And God will tell you what to do, 
And make your heart both kind and true. 
— S. W. Graffin, Social Sec. Ward Baking Co. 
How She Knew 
SHE sat behind her neatly arranged fruit stand —a girl of 
fourteen—absorbed in reading her Bible. She did, not hear 
the footsteps of a gentleman who was passing by, and was 
startled by his question: 
" What are you reading that interests you so much? " 
She timidly replied, " The Word of God." 
"Who told you that the Bible is the Word of God?" he 
inquired. 
" God Himself told me," she replied, with childlike innocence. 
" God told you! Impossible! How did He tell you? You 
have never seen Him or talked with Him. How, then, could 
He tell you that the Bible is His Word?" 
For a moment the girl seemed confused and was silent. The 
man, who was a skeptic and took delight in undermining the 
faith of people in the Scriptures, felt confident that he had 
confounded the simple-hearted girl. She soon recovered, and 
her ready wit came to her aid. There was a flash in her dark 
eyes as she asked: " Sir, who told you there is a sun yonder 
in the blue sky above us? " 
"Who told me?" said the man, smiling somewhat contemp-
tuously, for he fancied that the girl was trying to hide her 
ignorance under an irrelevant question. " Who told me? No-
body. I don't need to be told. The sun tells this about itself. 
It warms me, and I love its light." 
" Sir," cried the girl with intense earnestness,. as she Stood 
before him with clasped hands, "you have put it right for 
both Bible and sun. That is the way God tells me this is His 
book. I read it, and it warms my heart and gives me light. 
I love its light, and no one but God can give such light and 
warmth through the pages of a book. It must be His. I 
don't want more telling; that's telling enough, sir. As sure 
as the sun is in heaven, so sure is God shining through this 
book." 
The skeptic was abashed. The earnest faith of the young 
fruit seller amazed him.— Selected. 
Jimmie the Newsboy 
Jeep one of the hundreds of newsboys in the great city of 
New York was Jimmie. No one knew who his parents were. 
One day something wonderful happened to Jimmie. A sweet-
faced lady who had for some time been one of his most regular 
customers, invited him to come to a mission Sabbath school in 
his neighborhood. Jimmie was thrilled, and long before the 
time he was at the mission. 
As politely as if he had been one of the rich boys whom he 
had seen going to school in uptown New York, the lady asked 
Jimmie to come in, and found a place for him among the other 
boys of the class. By and by it came time for the boys to recite 
the verses which they had learned, and to read the lesson from 
the books which the sweet-faced lady had given them. When 
it came Jimmie's turn to read, he hung his head, and had to 
confess that he had never been to school once in his life, and 
that he could not read what the book said. Gently patting him 
on the back, the lady told him not to mind, and promised that 
if he would remain at the close of the school, she would teach 
him some verses. 
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Jimmie was glad to stay, just to be near the sweet-faced 
lady. But more than that, he wanted to be able to say some 
of those verses as the other boys did. The lady showed him 
how to hold up his left hand with the fingers extended, and 
touch them with the forefinger of his right hand, and repeat 
the first part of the Shepherd's Psalm, " The Lord is my Shep-
herd," giving each finger a word. Then she told him about 
the Good Shepherd who had come to die for him in order that 
he might have eternal life. Jimmie said the words over and 
over again until he knew them, and went away with a new 
light shining in his face, 
Next Sabbath came, but no Jimmie appeared. After waiting 
a little while, the sweet-faced lady inquired of some of the 
other boys if they had seen Jimmie. It was then that she 
learned that on the previous day, while crossing the street, 
Jimmie had been injured by an automobile, and that he was 
now in the hospital, not expected to live. 
Immediately after Sabbath school was over, the sweat-faced 
lady went to the hospital. As Jimmie saw her coining down 
the long hospital ward, he slipped one hand out from under the 
white sheet, and with fingers extended, and a smile on his face 
be repeated the words that she had taught him about the 
Shepherd. 
"Do you know, lady," he said, "I like the third finger best 
of all." 
"Why?" asked the sweet-faced lady. 
"Because," said Jimmie, "it says my Shepherd' I never 
had anything in my life for my very own. I never even had 
a father or, mother, but you told me that the Shepherd was 
mine, and I am glad." 
Then as the exertion and the talking exhausted what little 
strength he had summoned, Jimmie lay very quiet. 
The next day when the sweet-faced lady came to see Jimmie, 
she found that the brave little boy was at rest. All night long, 
so the nurse told her, though so weak and feverish, Jimmie 
had repeated again and again, " The Lord is my Shepherd." 
When they removed the little body from the hospital cot, they 
found the third finger of Jimmie's left hand firmly clasped by 
the right. In simple faith he had claimed the Lord Jesus 
Christ, the Good Shepherd, as his own.—Mrs., Edward C. 
Whitman. 
The Evidence of Fellowship 
"I KNOW whom I have believed." 2 Thu. 1: 12. Paul knew 
what he believed. At Athens he had laid that before the 
philosophers, and had silenced them with his learning. But 
afterward he felt that he had made a mistake, and when he 
wrote to the Corinthians, he said, "I am determined not to 
know anything among you, save Jesus Christ, and Him cruci-
fied." 1 Cor. 2: 2. He did not tell them what he knew, but 
whom he knew. 
Writing to the Philippians, Paul contrasted these two kinds 
of knowledge, and said, " What things were gain to me, those 
I counted loss for Christ. Yea doubtless, and I count all things 
but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus 
my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and 
do count them but dung, that I may win Christ, and be found 
in Him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the 
law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the right-
eousness which is of God by faith. That I may know Him, 
and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His 
sufferings, being made conformable unto His death." Phil. 
3: 7-10. 
These are emphatic, unqualified statements. Knowing Christ, 
Paul esteems not only above all other knowledge, but above 
riches, power, a good moral life, and everything else he had 
formerly cherished. 
Christianity is not a philosophy, it is a fellowship. The 
foundation of it is acquaintance with, and confidence in, a 
Person. 
Christianity is a relationship, and we can find illustrations 
of it in other relations of life. Broadly speaking, human asso-
ciation is based upon confidence in people rather than in things. 
It is important for a man contemplating a business partnership 
to have confidence in the enterprise; it is still more important 
for him to have faith in his partner. When a young woman 
leaves her parents and heir father's home to share the new and 
untried fortunes of some young man, it is of value that she 
have faith in marriage, but it is infinitely more important that 
she have unshadowed confidence in the man. 
This confidence comes through acquaintance. Young people 
who are attracted to each other esteem personal acquaintance 
highly enough to make a business of acquiring it. In exactly 
the same manner we come to know Christ. In prayer and in 
His Word we have the avenues of approach to Him, and by 
cultivating His acquaintance we come to know Him as we do 
our earthly friends. 
And when we know Him, we find in Him the greatest proof of 
Christianity. Christ Himself is the greatest Christian evidence. 
Brilliant things are written and said about Christianity by men 
who view it from without; in the main it is the brilliance of 
ignorance. Any man who has not known the experience of per-
sonal fellowship with Christ, is no more qualified to discuss 
the evidences of Christianity than is a person who has never 
been in love to talk about marriage. 
The basis of both is personal relationship. And the truth 
about either of these relationships cannot even be dimly guessed 
without venturing in. 
That is why Paul, in citing the highest evidence to which 
it was possible for him to appeal, said, "I know whom I have 
believed." Christ is Himself "the answer to all our ques- 
tionings." �
C. A. Hon. 
Devotional Meeting, June 20 
Senior 
Tope: Men of the Wilderness. 
1. Announcements. 
2. Read in Unison: Psalms 148. 
3. Sentence Prayers. 
4. Talk: " Wilderness Lessons of Elijah." 
5. Talk: "What John Learned in the Desert." 
6. Recitation: "Get Out of Doors." 
7. Symposium: "Other Lessons of the Wilderness." 
8. Response. 
9. Close by repeating Mizpah. 
Junior 
Topic: Cod Is Out of Doors. 
1. Leader's Two Minutes. 
2. Sentence Prayers. 
3. Superintendent's Talk: "Lessons From the Out-of-Doors." 
4. Recitation: "Get Out of Doors." 
5. Talk: "Lessons From the Animals of the Bible." 
6. Symposium: " Saving Our Out-of-Doors." 
7. Roll Call: "The Most Beautiful Thing I Have Seen." 
8. Close by repeating Mizpah. 
Note to Leaders 
The aim of this program is to teach the value of spending 
time alone with God in His out-of-doors. It is an outstanding 
fact that men who accomplished great things for God or in 
service for mankind, have been in the vast majority of eases 
those who have lived the greater part of their lives in the 
country. Something that the wilderness of nature only can 
teach, enters the soul and prepares it for partaking in the 
great struggles of the world. Somehow, under the stars and in 
the shadows of mountains, the vision is cleared, and God talks 
to those who will listen. The influence which the homes of 
these men of destiny had upon their lives, is an object lesson 
in itself. In preparing, be sure that those who are given each 
part has a vision of the purpose of the program as a whole. 
Senior Notes 
4. Talk: "Wilderness Lessons of Elijah."— Base your talk 
upon the accompanying article. Add to this the information 
and inspiration of the story of Elijah as given in "Prophets 
and Kings," pages 110-176. 
5. Talk: "What John Learned in the Desert."— Study the 
early life and training of John as given in "The Desire of 
Ages," pages 100-104. What is it that gave him such strength, 
such faith and humility/ What gave him the courage to meet 
the tide of wickedness with scathing rebuke, if not the voice of 
God speaking to his soul, a voice which he had come to know 
and recognize because he had heard it so often in the solitude( 
of his early home/ Study what Jesus says of him in Matthew 
11: 7-15. 
7. Symposium: "Other Lessons of the Wilderness."—Ask 
several young people to take part in this exorcise. One might 
give the lessons Moses had to learn and unlearn, in the forty 
years of tending sheep in the wilderness, before he was prepared 
for his great life-work. Study "Patriarchs and Prophets," 
pages 246-252. Emphasize such passages as, "In the stern sim 
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plieity of his wilderness life, the results of the ease and luxury 
of Egypt disappeared. Moses became patient, reverent, and 
humble, 'very meek, above all the men which were upon the 
face of the earth,' yet strong in faith in the mighty God of 
Jacob." 
Another might spend a profitable two minutes outlining the 
lessons which God taught the children of Israel in the wilder-
ness. Again "Patriarchs and Prophets" gives many valuable 
comments. 
Still a third may describe some of the scenes in which Christ 
taught the multitudes or to which He invited His disciples, for 
the sake of giving to them a lesson in the things of God. " The 
Desire of Ages," pages 201, 202, 244, 245, also holds inter-
esting and profitable bits of description. Psalms 23; Isaiah 35; 
Revelation 21 and 22; and Isaiah 60 are some of the descrip-
tions of the Bible which promise satisfaction to the believer. 
These may be the basis of another talk. 
At the close of this exercise the leader should tie the various 
parts together so that once again the value of a life in the 
open may become clear to our young people. 
8. Response.—Encourage in this response that which touches 
the lives of your members. A number might be called upon 
to answer the following question, " What Bible scene has been 
an inspiration or a source of encouragement in my lifer The 
sight of a glorious sunset, a lofty mountain, may have brought 
some one in your society lessons of peace, trust, or strength. 
If so, ask those who have had such an experience to tell it. 
The week before, a few questions, such as the one already 
suggested, and, " Did you ever see a majestic sight? Have you 
ever experienced the sensation of awe while gazing on any 
scene'?" and similar ones, may be passed out, with the request 
that each member be ready to contribute something to the in-
formal discussion at the close of the program. 
Junior Notes 
1. Leader's Two Minutes.—We cannot understand all the 
lessons of the Bible to their utmost, unless we are acquainted 
with God through His works. It is with the hope that boys 
and girls may realize the importance of enjoying and saving 
our out-of-doors that this program is prepared. Ask a com-
mittee of Ave to collect photographs of beautiful scenes for this 
meeting. Have each labeled, and during the time devoted to 
the introduction of the purpose of the meeting, pass a few of 
the best around. Ask each who examines these to be ready to 
tell at the close of the meeting which one appealed to him as 
the most beautiful. 
8. Superintendent's Talk: "Lessons From the Out-of-Doors." 
—Keep ever in mind the purpose of giving the boys and girls 
a hearty. respect for the sublime in nature. Study the descrip-
tions a the home of Elijah and John the Baptist as suggested 
in the Senior notes, and use the lives of these men and their 
homes as. illustrations. The same truth largely holds good. 
today. Outstanding men of history today are men with the 
bigness of the country in their souls. Washington, Jefferson, 
Abraham Lincoln, Garfield, Coolidge—all were boys of the 
wilderness. (Stilly and tell the story of one.) 
I was riding through the Rockies. Snow-capped mountains, 
forests of pine, dashing streams and waterfalls, had held my 
eyes every waking moment, and I begrudged the time it took 
to sleep. There were passengers, however, that were actually 
bored by the majestic scenes. There were those who never 
lifted their eyes froth some magazine story. There were others 
who spent the precious moments playing cards. Still others 
did nothing but gossip about petty concerns of the day. If 
you cannot feel the thrill of the scenes of nature, then you 
have something to learn. If you never hear a bird sing and 
find an answer in your heart, you are poor, indeed. If some 
way, superintendent, you can make ,the boys and girls before 
you realize the wealth of happiness, the bigness of heart and 
soul, to be found in the out-of-doors, your talk will have ac-
complished its purpose. 
5. Talk: "Lessons From the Animals of the Bible."— Study 
the references to animals in the Bible. Lessons of the love of 
the shepherd for the sheep, of protection to the weak, and of 
wisdom, are in the verses that tell of them, Proverbs 30: 24-
31; 6: 6; Isaiah 11: 6-9; Psalms 42: 1; 100:3; John 10: 1-18, 
all these and many more texts may be made the basis of this 
talk, 
6. Symnositon: "Saving Our Out-of-Doors."—Give three 
Juniors the following question, and ask each Junior to write a 
paragraph in answering it. �
What, can do to keep our out- 
of-doors beautiful?"' In discussing material for these answers 
with reach Junior, the superintendent might speak of the dirty 
and ugly-looking grounds Of many a picnic place, after a party 
has been there. Measures for preventing forest fires may also 
be suggeited. °Wee upon a time the United States had over 
850,000 'acres of beautiful 'forest. At present there is only 
abdut one' third of it left. Thousands and thousands of acres 
are nothing but areas of blackened stumps. What is our Gov-
ernment doing to keep this country from, becoming treeless/ 
Floods and famine often follow where trees have been, swept 
from the country. What the trees do for the farmermay be 
One suggestion for a part of this exercise. Another may; deal 
with the ieedless extermination of birds and animals.' When 
birds are destroyed, insects multiply. The slaying of animals 
or any .bird just for " fun " is cruel, and brings a punishment 
in increased plant disease and enemies. If the one giving this 
talk can have some pictures of birds and animals to pass 
around, the talk can take the turn of the fun it is to " shoot" 
wild life with a camera. The tearing up of wild flowers by 
the roots has made some of our most beautiful specimens prac-
tically extinct. Many of the most beautiful flowers will never 
be seen by boys and girls of today, because they were need-
lessly picked and destroyed by the careless of an earlier gen-
eration. How can you help to keep our country beautiful for 
those who are coming after? 
7. Roll Call: "The Most Beautiful Thing I Have Seen."—
At the beginning of this program, the leader should ask each 
to be ready to tell of the most beautiful thing that he has seen. 
Professor Spalding tells of a very interesting' meeting in which 
the boys and girls of a camp-ground told of the most beau-
tiful thing they had seen. We offer it here as a suggestion. 
Ho says: 
" One loved the wild rose on the country road; one told of 
the glory of the setting sun over the Western sea. A boy who 
had come from Norway, told of its deep blue fiords, with their 
towering eliffs•' 
 a girl who had been in the mountains described 
the wonder of their views. Some spoke of forests and some 
of clouds, some of soaring eagles and of nests of humming 
birds. One loved the sturdy form of his pony, and several 
spoke endearingly of their boon-companion dogs: 
 On every 
occasion with this subject we received declarations about 'beau-
tiful mothers.' . . . The lesson we taught with this subject is 
that love makes beauty, and wherever it is manifest, we see 
the love of God our Father," 
Such are the possibilities which this program gives to the 
Junior superintendent who himself has a vision of the love of 
God as displayed in His works. 
" Get Out of Doors " 
On out of doors! 'Tis there you'll find 
The better things of heart and mind. 
Get out beneath some stretch of sky, 
And watch the white clouds drifting by; 
And all the petty thoughts will fade 
Before the wonders God has made. 
• 
Get out of doors! The fields are clean; 
The woods will teach you nothing mean. 
And with the majesty of trees, 
And constant industry of bees, 
And all that shapes the Master's plan, 
They'll teach you how to be a man. 
—Edgar A. Guest. 
Wilderness Lessons of Elijah 
it is night in the desert of Arabia. A day's journey out on 
the billowy sea of sand ridges and stony hills lies a living 
man, alone upon the bare earth, under the shelter of a low, 
scrawny tree. The scene is one of utter and melancholy' soli-
tude. If it were day, the distant shore of green fields and 
grazing flocks and human homes could be nowhere seen. And 
the aspect of loneliness and desolation is made more oppres-
sive and painful by the presence of this weary, prostrate man 
in the midst of the arid and lifeless waste. . . . 
And who is this weary and broken-spirited man daring to 
offer in bitterness of soul such a dreadful prayer in the desert? 
It is Elijah. It is the greatest and mightiest of all the proph-
ets of Israel. After Moses, he was the one man who stamped 
the imprint of his own strong character most deeply upon the 
heart and hopes of thwIlebrew nation. . . 
The word " Tishbite," so often applied to his name, gives us 
no information, for nobody knows what it means. Of one thing 
only can we be certain in respect of his origin. He came from 
the wild and mountainous land of Gilead. From the abrupt 
western wall of its pasture grounds the shepherd looked down 
three thousand feet into the twisted and terrible gorges, of the 
Jordan. Eastward it rose in rounded peakt and broken ridges, 
like the frozen billows of a stormy sea. The whole region was 
tossed into such Wild and fantastic forms as to seem as if -it 
had been- the battlefield, of giants, where 
"" hills encountered hills,, 
Hurled to and fro adth jaeulation dire." 
• 
The strongholds of robber chieftains crowned the heights; the 
wandering shepherds pitched their , tents in the valleys. , The 
native inhabitants lived as if • in a hostile .country, and ,the 
herdsmen kept their flocks with spear and bow day and night. 
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They knew nothing of towns or villages, cultivated fields or 
gardens. As they roamed from valley to valley, in search of 
pasturage, the plunderer might swoop down upon them like the 
eagle from the heights, or spring upon them like the couehant 
lion from the jungle. Vigilance was the price of safety, and 
the/strong arm was the only law. The wolf and the hear made 
their dens among the crags; the lion came up to prey upon the 
fold from the swellings of Jordan. 
In one of these wild gorges, where a furious torrent comes 
leaping down the rocky terraces of the highlands; Jacob wres-
tled all night with the mysterious stranger on his return from 
Padanaram. In these haunted and terrible solitudes, the Spirit 
of the Lord came upon Jephthah, and made him the deliverer 
of Israel in the days of the judges. In this wild region of 
exiles and outlaws, David took refuge from the unnatural re-
bellion of his son Absalom. 
Whether Elijah lived as an exile or a native among such a 
people we do not know. But he shared their home and learned 
their habits of living. He had been accustomed to the savage 
and solitary life of herdsmen and mountaineers. He had met 
the roving bands of robbers on their raids, and the beasts of 
prey in their native haunts. He had watched all night upon 
the lonely hilltops, and he had slept where deadly serpents 
made their dens. The fierce sun of the Syrian heavens had 
bronzed his brow, and poured its burning fires into his dark 
eye, till he became a man for kings and warriors to look upon 
and tremble. He bad climbed rocky heights and battled with 
storms, and traversed the -wilderness till his frame was like 
iron. He could walk with a firm step upon the dizzy brink of 
cliffs where the wild goats could not climb. He could run be-
fore the chariots without resting, and lead the way for the 
horsemen on foot until horse and rider were weary of the 
race. He would have been remembered as a Hercules or a Sam-
son in strength, if he had not been the first of the prophets in 
faith and inspiration, �
. 
He could traverse the desert like an Arab, sleep on the bare 
earth where the night found him without a covering, lodge for 
months in the rocky bed of a dry torrent, live as a fugitive 
and an outlaw in the wilderness until the ravens became his 
daily visitors and the wild beasts were more familiar than the 
face of man. 
And yet in the deep loneliness of such a life, Elijah looked 
on himself as standing ever in the presence of the' Lord of 
hosts. Amid all the perils and hardships to which he was ex-
posed, he never forgot his sacred commission as the servant of 
the Most High. Everybody knew him when he made his sud-
den and startling appearances in the desert, on the hilltop, in 
the highway, or by the Great Sea. The awful solemnity of his 
look made men fear that he had come as an avenging angel to 
call their sins to remembrance. But no one could tell whence 
he came, where he hid himslf, or how his life was sustained. 
The inspired instructor and reprover of apostate Israel was 
trained for his mission amid awful solitudes. He was kept 
apart from the gentle charities and tender affections of do-
mestic life. He was wet with the dews of night, girt with the 
terrors of the wilderness, beaten by storms and burnt by the 
sun. He -was made familiar with the sublimities and glories of 
nature, that he might the better assert the power and majesty 
of Jehovah in his works, and thus rebuke the nature worship 
of his time and confound all false gods, . . 
In all times of great public exigency, God raises up men and 
fits them to do His work. Sometimes the age most needs an 
earnest and alarming voice that shall cry day and night in the 
city and the wilderness, "Prepare ye the way of the Lord " 
Sometimes there are wanted men of action, whose silent and 
ceaseless energy is the voice with which they arouse and shake 
the nations. Sometimes there is need of men with the courage 
of heroes and the faith of martyrs to hew down the thrones 
and temples of iniquity with the stroke of battle-axes, and to 
meet the armed forces of wrong on the bloody field. Sometimes 
the world's great want is the embodiment of active benevolence, 
the incarnation of pity and humanity, to carry light into the 
dark homes of sorrow, to speak peace and pardon in the dens 
and dungeons of vice and crime. Whatever the want of any 
age, God is sure to find men to meet its demands. It should 
be our great study to know what work He has for us to do, 
and to do it �
Night,Scenes in the Bible." 
Devotional Meeting, June 27 
Senior 
Topic: Transforming Power in Africa. 
1. Opening Exercises. 
2. Morning Watch Drill. 
3. Talk: " Introducing Christianity to the Native." 
4. Talk: "Breaking Heathen Customs.", 
5. Recitation: "A Call for Help." 
6. Responses: "What Does It Mean to Me?' 
7. Close with prayer for Africa. 
Junior 
Topic: Getting Acquainted With Africa. 
1. Leader's Two Minutes. 
2. Morning Watch Drill. 
3. Talk: "Living in Africa." 
4. Story: " A Sick Boy in Africa," 
5. Recitation: "A Call for Help." 
6. Talk: "A Brave Girl." 
7. Recitation: " A Question." 
8. Roll Call: "Doing Our Best." 
9. Close with prayer for Africa. 
Notes to Leaders 
Once again we have the opportunity to study conditions 
which confront our workers in Africa. Those of us who stay 
at home little realize the problems which our workers have to 
face in teaching those who do not know what family affection 
is or about the love of God. The duty of clean living and of 
daily work which the Christian teaches his converts, does not 
appeal to the natural heart, of the black. This program is pre-
pared with the prayer that the young people who study it may 
understand better the difficulties of those whom we are sending-
to the Dark Continent, and appreciate all the more the value 
of a soul won from the degrading customs of heathenism. God 
still calls young men and women to the difficult tasks of earth. 
One of the articles upon which this program is based is fur-
nished by W. E. Straw, president of the Zambesi Union. The 
Nyasaland Mission, the North Rhodesia Mission, and the 
South Rhodesia Mission fields are all within the bonds of 
this union. Another article comes from one who was born and 
raised in that field. Brother H. M. Sparrow is the son of a 
colonist who gave himself to the spreading of the gospel 
among the natives of his continent in the days when we were 
first entering that difficult field. Just at present he is spend-
ing a year at one of the colleges in the United States. It is 
his first visit to this country. The story of the treatment of 
a sick boy comes from Mrs. Wheeler, who a few years ago was 
.a faithful helper in the Missionary Volunteer office of the 
General Conference. She is now at the Musofu Mission, North-
ern Rhodesia, South Africa. Introduce the writers to your 
society before beginning the program. 
It pays to advertise. Cut out a poster in the shape of that 
continent. Put a large question mark over its face. Then 
write some catchy phrase along with the date and time of the 
young people's meeting. "Come and Find Out" might be 
suitable, written across the bottom of the question mark. 
Senior Notes 
The basis of each talk is presented in the articles. Encourage 
each one taking part to read widely and add to the information 
given. Preparation spells success. 
6. Responses: "What Does It Mean to Me?"— The leader 
should lead out in making the connection between the program 
and the lives of those who have listened to it. The money of 
your society is going to that field. Is each one doing his part? 
Do you ever pray earnestly and definitely for the work and 
workers there'? Is Africa just a hazy country across the 
water, that holds no particular appeal for you? Ask a num-
ber of your members to tell frankly what mission field appeals 
to them most, and why. 
Junior Notes 
3. Talk: "Liming in Africa."—The Junior preparing this talk 
should read any description of an African village to which he 
may have access. His geography will be a help to him. The 
superintendent may encourage him to find material for himself 
by suggesting sources which he knows to be available to him., 
The following paragraphs are inadequate but suggestive. 
Let us look down on an African village. It reminds one of 
a large collection of beehives -- round, sloping roofs of long 
grass covering circular walls. Or if we were in another section 
of the country, a village street would look as if it were lined 
with long sheds. The dwellings of these African people are 
all poor affairs at the best, no floors, no windows nor doors, 
merely a shelter from the rain and the hot rays of the tropical 
sun. 
It is time for a meal. The fire is laid on the clay floor, and 
a big clay pot placed over the blaze. Today the little brown 
mother will cook a mess of greens and some ears of corn. But 
she has only one kettle, and its cover is some wide banana 
leaves. When it comes time to serve, there is no table to set. 
A wooden bowl is found, and the mother blows the dust out of 
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it before she fills it with the greens. For the corn she makes a 
platter out of a green leaf, which of course does very well. 
Natives of Africa know little about knives, forks, and spoons. 
The fingers are their table implements, and all take a turn at 
dipping in. Some are not especially careful either about wash-
ing their hands before they eat. A few natives have wooden 
spoons. As the gospel comes to them, it is wonderful what a 
change it makes in the cleanliness and care of their homes and 
food. 
The men think it quite beneath them to work. They sit 
around and pass judgment on affairs, in short, they are, as a 
rule, the gossips of the town. (See article, " Breaking heathen 
Customs" for further material.) 
8. Boll Call: "Doing Our Best."— The secretary should in-
troduce the talk. Are we keeping up to our goal? One of the 
ways that boys and girls can help is to send their money to 
that field to help open new schools. That bears fruit. A little 
later in the year we shall hear how some native Missionary 
Volunteers were sent out into new villages, and won followers 
for the Master. They would never have had a chance, except 
for the means sent over there from here. And so let each 
Junior remember that every little bit helps. Then the other 
thing that every boy and girl can do is to pray. Earnest 
prayer helps to win out there, miles away from here. Call on 
several to answer questions similar to the following: How 
may I serve in a mission field while yet attending school? Why-
do we study mission fields? What may I do to help spread the 
,gospel in foreign lands? 
A Call for Help 
Arnie and the East are calling, 
Who will to their cry give heed? 
From the slumber of the ages, 
They are waking to their need. 
Never since the first outpouring 
Of the Spirit, have we known 
Such a stirring of the nations; 
Lord, it is Thy work alone. 
'Tis Thy Spirit that is working 
In these long-neglected lands; 
Lord, we have not done Thy bidding, 
Faint our hearts and slack our hands. 
Now we see Thy kingdom coming, 
Nations rising in 'a, day, 
Growing light, and larger freedom, 
Clouds and darkness swept away. 
Doors that have been sealed are open, 
Who will go and enter in, 
Tell the people of a Saviour 
From the ancient might of sin? 
Gifts have they for consecration, 
Patience, meekness, zeal, and power; 
Who will go for Christ to claim them, 
Nov iii this decisive hour/ 
— Selected. 
therewith content; " only they seem to be content with food 
without raiment. 
A boy who had been away from home attending one of our 
schools, after some years decided to return to visit his parents. 
He had been out from under that environment for so long that 
the condition of hie home was shocking to him. He began to 
remonstrate with his father for living under such conditions, 
and asked him why he did not clean up his kraal, fix up his 
huts, put ml sonic clothes, and try to be something. The reply 
was, "If I was supposed to wear clothes, I would have been 
born that way; but inasmuch as I was born without clothes, I 
conclude that that is the way I am supposed to live." 
These people seem to be fully satisfied with their condition. 
But when Christianity gets hold of them, the situation is quite 
different. A short time ago a government official, while pass-
ing through a native reserve, was caught in the rain. He went 
to the chief's kraal and asked for lodging for the night, but he 
found the place so filthy he could not stay. After giving the 
chief a reprimand for liffing under such conditions, he went his 
way, and in a short distance came to the home of one of our 
native teachers. Here he found the home neat and tidy, with 
a special hut for the entertainment of white men. This man 
was greatly pleased with the conditions he found there, and 
commented upon the difference between this place and the one 
he had just left. Since that time he has been a great friend 
of our native teacher, and recommends our work very highly. 
Selfishness is a natural characteristic of the native. His 
thoughts are wholly of himself. In fact, so long as he has 
what he needs, he has little care for others. We saw this illus-
trated on one of our trips into the interior. We had shot some 
deer for our heathen carriers, and gave them to the boys, while 
we sat down to eat our supper. Shortly we heard a great com-
motion and much loud talking. Soon two or three of the boys 
came running to us, and said that the others had run off with 
all the meat. We went over and found them divided into tribes 
and fighting for the meat. They could not come to an agree-
ment, so we were obliged to divide the animals for them. 
Bospitality.— It is true that the native is to a certain extent 
hospitable, but this only to his own tribe. 
Affection is little known in the home, or even in marriage. 
Love is not the actuating element, as a rule, in native mar-
riages. In fact, love has very little to do with an engagement. 
It is rather a bargain between the bridegroom and the father-
in-law. And in most cases, a price is agreed upon and the girl 
taken to her new home without her counsel or consent. Her 
duties are then to cook the food, hoe the fields for her husband, 
and become a regular servant of the place. The children grow-
ing up under this environment are not especially affectionate or 
spiritually inclined. �
W. E. STRAW. 
A Question 
Tut restless millions wait 
The light whose dawning 
Maketh all things new. 
Christ also waits; 
But men are slow and late. 
Have we done what we could/ 
Have I? Have you? 
— Selected. 
Introducing Christianity to the Native 
OUR Seventh-day Adventist young people of America have 
been brought up in Christian homes. Here the principles laid 
down by Christ have at least been accepted, and in many 
homes these principles have been exemplified in the daily life. 
What a privilege for one to be brought up under such environ-
ment! Even where these ideals have not been fully lived out, 
the principles of Christianity—kindness, love, chastity, edu-
cation, cleanliness have been taught and have exerted their 
enlightening and beneficial influence. 
How different the home of the native of dark, benighted Af-
rica! Here we find just a little pole-and-mud hut, with a 
grass roof and perhaps no windows, with almost no furniture 
outside of one or two pots and a mat which may be called a 
bed. There is no outlook. They live simply to eat, sleep, and 
gratify the animal passions. They find no difficulty in living 
up to the admonition, " Having food and raiment, let us be 
Breaking Heathen Customs 
Tan problem of introducing Christianity to a heathen people 
is one that cannot be easily explained, for it is only by the 
power of a living God and through the devoted life of a true 
missionary that this can be done. 
Naturally, one of the first things that impress a heathen man 
or woman are the strange customs of the "white man" and his 
peculiar religion. When they watch us at home or at the 
mission, they compare the results of our religion in our lives 
with what they have and their modes of living. In many in-
stances, I am sorry to say, they prefer to keep to their old 
heathen ways, for in that life the "lust of the flesh" is 
gratified. 
One of the very first things a missionary has to deal with is, 
how he is to get help to do his daily work. Before he can do 
much, he has to make a home, and he must get laborers. In 
many instances this is a greater task than the actual work that 
has to be done. The native in his natural state is averse to 
work. A very common saying is, "He was born tired, and it 
has taken him the rest of his life to get rested up." At home 
he stays in his hut, and about 10 A. 11T. he tomes out to see that 
his sons, or his nephews, if he has no sons, are milking the 
cows and turning them out to pasture. Then in the middle of 
the day he goes from kraal to kraal until he finds where there 
is some good beer, and the rest of the day is spent in drinking 
and discussing some petty offense of the neighborhood, or tell-
ing some romantic story of which he was the hero. 
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The woman is usually found in the field or at home preparing 
the food for the man when he returns at night. It falls to her 
lot to see that the grain is planted and the year's supply of 
food is taken care of. She must take care of the children, get 
wood and water, and gather the crops. She must thatch the 
house, plaster the walls, and see that she takes her turn at 
inviting the husband's company to a beer drink. 
With; all this in mind, the man reasons thus: One wife, one 
bin of grain, one small land, one or two small huts, and per-
haps one or two children. So, two wives would double it; three 
wives would treble it, and so on, until the more wives he has, 
the easier it will be for him and the more popular he will be; 
so this entourages polygamy. It is often heard said among the 
different ones, " Don't go there. What will we have to eat/ 
He has only one wife." 
The missionary comes along and introduces the idea of the 
man's doing some work; of taking out the stumps in his land, 
which are very thick, and using the white man's plow, and haul-
ing some manure on to his old land, sd as to raise larger crops, 
then buying a better grade of stock. This means a change of 
life to a man. He must get out and earn some money now, 
and from his point of view he thinks the white man has come 
to make a slave out of him. 
Pretty soon one of the boys that has worked for the mis-
sionary or the missionary's wife comes home. He shows them 
some new ,method of eating his food and how to prepare it, 
and cleaner ways of keeping the home. The old heathen father 
notices the boy's trousers, or his shirt, or best of all, the boy 
has learned to read a book, which may be the Bible. He tolls 
his father a story or two, and perhaps reads a letter that has 
just come from his elder brother who is away in some distant 
part of the country. The parents are attracted. Very soon 
after this they begin to come to our meetings. The father 
gives up his old custom of not having his wife go to a gather-
ing where men are assembled. He sees girls and women sitting 
up in the front -where he has been accustomed to seeing men, 
with the women behind. Then he bears a woman testify in 
meeting. This is new to him. A -woman is not supposed to 
speak unless she is addressed, and then she must be sitting on 
the ground; so until this time, a woman has never spoken be-
fore at a public meeting in his presence. 
After a while he notices a Christian man walking side by 
side with his wife. This also is a new idea to him. His wife 
always walks behind him, carries a bushel of corn on her head, 
a baby on her back, and a bundle of blankets in her band. 
The baby may be a day old or it may be three years old. He 
notices the Christian man eats beside his wife, a custom which 
could never be carried out in his home. He must eat first, 
alone, and then his family may eat after he has finished. If 
the heathen woman has twin children, they are put to death and 
the woman is isolated. Perhaps he noticed the twin babies at 
church, and saw the mother carrying one and the father the 
other; in his home a man never carries a child. 
It sometimes occurs that a young man who is a Christian 
falls heir to his father's chieftainship. The question has td be 
fought and settled in his own mind. He must either be a Chris- 
tian, or he must give up and go back to heathenism. To be a 
Christian chief means one wife, no beer in his home to offer to 
visitors, no spirit dancing, no worshiping of heathen gods, which 
is expected when the petty chiefs come to pay homage to the 
head chief and bring him a present of ivory or something equiv- 
alent. Often such will pass by a Christian chief and go to an-
other under chief. But he decides to become a Christian in spite 
of everything. One big chief who was a ruler over 15,000 peo- 
ple, accepted the truth, and became a loyal servant of the true 
God. When Chief Majinkela became a Christian, he broke from 
all these heathen customs, and the Lord blessed him, At first 
his people would have nothing to do with him; for in the 
place of evil worship, family worship was introduced, Re gave 
up everything that he felt the Lord could not bless. Little by 
little he won the confidence of his people, until finally the 
whole country is now thrown wide open for the advancement of 
this message. He was willing to do it for Jesus. 
I wonder how much we are willing to give up for the sake 
of this message. This is only one chief that is waiting; there 
arc scores, of, others. What are we going to do? God is open- 
ing the way; we must follow. �
H. M. SPARROW. 
A Brave Girl 
In some parts of our field we have been obliged to instruct 
our young people concerning the wrong there is in connection 
with certain ceremonies the natives perform when a boy or girl 
reaches manhood or womanhood. One girl who had been 
attending school at one of our missions accepted Christianity 
and joined the baptismal class. She was told the wrong con-
nected with these ceremonies. While home on vacation, one of 
these feasts was prepared in her honor, but she refused to take 
part. She told the people that those things were wrong, and 
as she was now a Christian, she could take no part in them. 
They urged her not to neglect these for her own good. But 
she was steadfast. They appealed to her for the good of her 
people. Still she refused. Then they tied her to a post, and 
told her they would keep her there until she yielded. Later 
she broke loose, and ran back to the mission. We were then 
obliged to go to her village to try to satisfy her people, but 
without avail. They informed us that if this girl should neg-
lect these ceremonies, it would not only have a serious effect 
upon her own future, but would mean disaster to them. We 
talked and argued with those old people for three days, while 
they wept and wailed for fear of the disaster that would result 
from the refusal of this girl to take part in this feast. This 
shows what it means for some young people to accept Chris- 
tianity in Africa. �
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W. B. STRAW. 
A Sick Boy in Africa 
Tun native of this part of Northern Rhodesia has an irresist-
ible longing to be at his home when he is sick. 
One evening last April, when I was crowding close to the 
fireplace to keep warm, I was suddenly called away from my 
cheery corner to listen to the unthinkable request of a native 
woman from a near-by village. She had come with the idea 
of carrying her grown-up son, one of our- students who was 
very sick with malaria, to her- home. Since I had just come 
in from the night school, I knew how chilly the air was. I 
knew also that the temperature of her boy had registered 1040 
that very night. Besides burning with fever, he also suffered 
from a stiff neck (a disease that often proves fatal here), 
which made the slightest move very painful. 
I said to her, "Your boy is very sick tonight; lie must not 
be moved." 
"But I will carry him carefully on my back." 
I looked down upon the little old woman, reaching scarcely 
to my shoulder, and perhaps more to myself than to her ex-
claimed, " You surely cannot carry him on your back all the 
way to the village!" 
Her wrinkled face grew more determined, and she affirmed 
stoutly, " I am strong, I tan carry him well! " 
"But how cold the night air isl He is too sick to go out 
now," I ventured. 
"I can put the blanket about him well. The moon gives good 
light so I can see to walk. He is my son, and I want to take 
him home. I can watch over him better there." 
"But we have given him good medicine here, and the boy 
who sleeps in his room will look after his needs tonight," Thus 
I argued. 
It made little impression on her. Finally, I suggested that 
she stay with her boy that night, so got out the one extra 
mission blanket we had in the chest. I went down to the boys' 
compound with her, and proceeded to make arrangements so 
she would be comfortable. But she was not going to stay, she 
informed me. She had come armed with her spear and ax, and 
meant to return that very night. 
At last I said to the anxious mother, " You stay here tonight; 
and if we find your son better in the morning, if he does not 
burn with so mush- fever, we may let two mission boys carry 
him home in the maehilla." So she agreed to stay. �
. 
My waking thoughts were naturally of the sick boy. , Al-
though it was just sunrise when I came to the compound,, I 
learned the mother had already returned to ,the village. The 
sick boy was a. bit better, so we thought it might be possible 
to have him carried in a machilla. But before the boys were 
ready, the mother; had returned from the village with a ,strong 
young man, who, then carried (pick-a-back) this sick boy. And,. 
strange.to say, he lived through it, �MRS. WHEELER. '