500 15;600.00 '8,403.61 1555 36,036.00 22,196.88 2055 64.116.00. 46,772478 632 19,713.40 15,337.65 .,.._ 429 13,384.80 9,517.76 4771 148,855.20 102,228.68 .412 � 7,196.39 � .32g � 13,839.12 � .370 � 17,343.22 � .438 � 4,380.75 � .467 � 3867.04 � .427 46.626.52 68.68 per cent. Southwestern Union Record Official Organ of the Southwestern &Mon Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. VOLUME XXVI � KEENE, TEXAS, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1. 1927 � NO 5 SIXTY- CENTS-A-WEEK FUND On this page of the RECORD you will find a statement of the sixty-cents-a- week fund for the year 1926. You will note that the white membership raised 68 68% of their quota and the colored membership 43% or an average of 66.17% for white and colored. While this is much less than we had hoped to raise yet we are pleased to note we have made an increase of 4% over the standing for 1925. We trust that we will make a greater advancement dur- ing the coming year. C. E. SMITH, Treasurer of the S. W. Union Conf. COLORED BELIEVERS, ATTEN- TION! The attention of the constituency of the Southwestern Union Conference is called to the Institutional Relief Cam- paign, which is set for February 5 to 26, 1927. Each member is asked to sell one copy of "Christ's Object Lessons," and turn in the full amount to your OAKWOOD JUNIOR COLLEGE I have just returned from the bien- nual constituency meeting of the Oak- wood Junior College, Huntsville, Ala- bama. The meeting was held in the chapel January 21, 1927. It was a very interesting session. With a great deal of interest and pleasure we noted the progress and advancement of the insti- tution as brought to view in the reports of the president and treasurer. While there I took some time walk- ing about the campus noticing a few of these improvements and the needs of the place. One of the many buildings under process of construction is a new dormi- tory for our girls--a commodious three- story building 32x106 feet, containing :;."*--qt fifty rooms; this includes guest � °O � arlors, preceptress quarters, lean � bath � and other apartments. We are hopit,g that this new dormitory will be ready for our girls at the opening of the next school term. It will take be- tween $75.00 and $100.00 to furnish one room. All the money raised in the In- stitutional Relief Campaign, February 5-26, will be used to furnish this new dormitory. Please do your part. Sell one copy of "Christ's Object Lessons,." and turn in the full amount to your church treasurer or donate personally $2.00. It might be there are those among us who are willing to be responsible for the furnishing of a room. You are wel- come to do so, but let all money be paid to your church treasurer who will hand it over to the conference treasurer, who will in turn hand it over to the manager of the Oakwood Junior College. J. GERSHOM DASENT. DAVIS INDIANS church treasurer or to d �qon- ally $2.00. All the money rafge,..,:e4tP>.--.. ,„ colored believers will be used hi-. 4 provements of the Oakwood Junior College the only school devoted to the training of our colored youth. Let us all rally in this drive and do our part. We are counting on you. J. G. D. STATEMENT OF SIXTY,CENTS-A-WEEK FUND FOR FIFTY-TWO WEEKS ENDING DECEMBER 25, 1926. Am't at $31.20 � Amount Cents per Conference � Mernership Per Member Amount Received iShort Member (White) Arkansas � N. Texas � Oklahoma � S. Texas � Texico � , 6,920.54 � 9,173.46 43.00 per cent (Combined) White � Colored � 109,149.22 � 55;799.98 � .389 66.17 per cent Word just comes that Brethren Cott and Christian with their wives, have started on their Way into the interior of Guiana, to It. Roraima, where they will establish a mission among the Carib Indians of that district. The Lord greatly prospered them in their plans and it is very evident that He is leading them to this, another field, where the banner of truth is to be planted. They are leaving civilization so far behind that they had to take food supplies sufficent for months, and it will require nearly one hundred In- dian 'carriers to get these supplies to Mt. Roraima. We are happy to note that the Post Office officials are co-operating also, in that they hope to establish fort- nightly service to the Mission Station and have already furnshed Wail bags marked "Mt. Roraima S. D. A. Mis- sion." These families need our pray- ers as do also the Indians among whom they will labor, so, let us not forget them and especially just now as they are on their journey, that the (Colored) Arkansas N. 'Texas Oklahoma S. Texas Texico � 52 c3.52.03° 619 16,094.00 4771 148,855.20 61.9 6,920.54 5390 164.949.20 � 72 1,872.00 � 79 2,054.00 � 106 2,756.00 310 8,060.00 � ;10 2,228.68 � 46,626.52 � 6,92.54 � 9,175.46 � 779.87 � 1,092.13 � .208 � .944.65 � 1,109.35 � .230 � '920.87 � 1:835.13 � .167 � '3,495.05 � 4,564.95 � .217 � 780.10 � 571.90 � .289 .215 .412 .215 PAGE TWO � SOUTHWESTERN UNION RECORD Lord may prosper and protect them, and ultimlately make them a great blessing in that district.-1Vf. A. Hol- lister, in Field Gleanings. ARKANSAS CONFERENCE 1215 Marshall St. Little Rock, Ark. President—R. 1'. Montromers Sec's-Treas.—L. J. Black I Arkansan Tract Society: Sec'y-Treu.—L. J. Black ARKANSAS NEWS NOTES Brother G. C. Jenks, of Kensett, called at the office Tuesday morning. Elder Baker and Brother and Sister Anderson are working in Hatten. Elder Montgomery is spending a few days in the office now. Elder Haughey and Brother Young are attending the Bookm en's convention in Nashville this week. Brothes Van Campen stopped for a few minutes the middle of last week. He was on his way to attend the Book- men's Convention at Nashville. We find it necessary to order more Sabbath school banners, as we did not have enough of them to supply the needs this quarter. The remodeling of the office building is well under way at the present writ- ing. The plasterers will begin their work as soon as the rain ceases so they can operate. Brother Twiggs writes that he has found about three places in and near Gentry calling for meetings. He plans to conduct a series as soon as the rains let up so that it will be possible. Elder Pohle and Elder Haughey will hold a meeting in the Little Rock church the last of this week. They are work- ing in the interest of the home mission- ary and young people's work in this state. Fort Smith's thirteenth Sabbath of- fering lacked $1.24 of reaching the goal. When they were notified of this short- age they took up another offering and sent it in, so they are entitled to keep the Banner another quarter. Elder Corwin, who is working at Tex- arkana, writes: "We are holding some cottage meetings here that are very in- teresting. One we hold every Sunday afternoon. This afternoon we had three men and three women, heads of families. I am just giving the Sabbath Question through the prophecies, These Six are regular attendants at every meeting. We have never had any one more inter- ested than all of these are. They are all working to get more to attend the meeting. Some of these have promised to come to church next Sabbath. We have other meetings that are just as interested, for which we are very hope- ful." BIBLE YEAR CERTIFICATES Those recently reporting to us having read the Bible through are: Elder R. P. Montgomery, Sister Emma J. Songer, D. M. Ross, H. M. J. Richards, Mayme Jackson, and Irene McCormick, Breth- ren J. A. Cupp, W. M. Brinegar, and.. W. L. Louden. Charles Beeler finished the Junior Bible year. Elder Montgom- ery has read the Bible through twenty- two times and is now on his twenty- third reading. Miss Songer writes that she has read it through six times since 1917, and Brother Brinegar says this is his fourth time. No doubt there others in the confer- who have finished the Bible year. We shall be glad for you to write in for a certificate if you are due one. Two years are allowed for the reading of the Bible. Those who wish to start either the Junior or Senior Bible year, please notify Elder Haughey and he will be glad to send you a schedule for daily reading. HATTON, ARKANSAS We came to Hatton, January 14th to fill an appointment over Sabbath and Sunday, expecting the next night to begin another meeting in an adjoining neighborhood, but the rains set in and have continued so constantly that it has been impossible for people to attend. Therefore we are spending the time in visiting and holding Bible studies in the the homes of the interested ones all the weather will permitt. We plan to go to De Queen Friday January 28 and remain over Sabbath and Sunday, where a baptismal service will be held. • ISAAC BAKER WORK FOR COLORED PEOPLE IN ARKANSAS January 15 and 16 were glorious days in Little Rock church No. 2. On Sab- bath, the 15th, we received into the church six persons subject to baptism. These will be baptized at our next bap- tismal services, January 29. On the first of January we baptized three and re- ceived one on former baptism. One of this number is a blind young man whose mother was the first one to keep the Sabbath in the West Helena company. Sunday, the 16th, at the evening ser- vices we received another member sub- ject to baptism. When these last seven have been baptized we will have received into the church eleven souls for 1927. Our goal for this year is fifty. The Little Rock church has recently elected a full set of officers for 1927. Wesley Louden was elected and ordained as local elder. We ask of our colored people of Ar- kansas to remember our state meeting in special prayer. Russellville - Febru- ary and March—a special meeting! Sis- ter Caroline Smith is spreading litera- ture among the people there to prepare souls for our coming. Pray for the half million colored peo- ple of Arkansas. � W. S. NORTH DID CHRIST ARISE ON SUNDAY? NO 2 It was shown in the preceeding article that the clause, "In the end of the Sabbath," Matt. 28:1, was used not only to denote the closing hours of the Sabbath but also included a period of time after its close. The next statement is "as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre, " etc. Strong in his Bible Concordance says the word "dawn" means, as used in this scripture, "To begin to grow light, to illuminate, to give light." Webster's Dictionary says "dawn" means "Break of day, grow light," Thus it is plain that after the Sab- bath was past, as it began to grow light the first day morning the Marys came to the tomb and found it empty. This, doubtless, was the same time re- ferred to in Jno. 20:1, of Mary's going there while it was yet dark, and as she stood near the sepulchre Jesus appeared to her and told her not to touch him. Jno. 20:11-17. She then with the other women went to tell the disciples, Jno. 20:2-4, and Luke 24:10-12, and Peter and John ran to the sepulchre and saw the empty tomb, then returned home. While those women were on their way to tell the disciples of what they had seen after Jesus had appeared to Mary at the tomb, Jesus met all of them, Matt.28:7-9; Mark 16:9, and they held him by the feet. The fact that Matthew does not make mention of the women bringing spices, SOUTHWESTERN UNION. RECORD.: � PAGE THREE, and Mark and Luke do, does not prove that each writer was speaking of a different visit any more than the fact Jno.12:15, says Jesus sat on an ass's colt when he went into Jerusalem, while Matt. 21:7, says he sat on both the colt and its mother, prove there were two triumphal entries. The Saviour told his disciples at dif- ferent occasions that he would be crucified and arise the third day, Matt. 16:21; 20:17-19; Mark 8:31; Luke 9:22. If we can learn which was the third day after his trial, suffering, and death then we will know beyond a doubt which day he arose, for he was to arise the third day. So let us go to Luke 24:20, 21, where the two disciples, on the first day of the week were explan- ing to Jesus about the trial and suffer- ing of Christ,said "This is the third day since these things were done." Since he was to arise on the third day, and the first day of the week was the third day, it is plain he arose on the first day of the week. ISAAC BAKER. .............................................................................. 1 NORTH TEXAS CONFERENCE 1 4 � 2911 Live Oak Street f � Dallas, Texas � 4 f President—Elder Roy L. Benton � # # Sec'y-Treas.—C. G. Ortner # North Tex. Book and Bible House f � Sec'y-Treas.—C. G. Ortner 4 NORTH TEXAS NEWS NOTES Every worker sell two Object Lessons and every layman one, and the profits to be turned in for institutional relief. Will you? Remember the Big Week profits count on the sixty-cents-a-week fund. North Texas raised thirty-four cents in 1926. We are going to do better. Brother Ruf is visiting our schools and young people in the Jefferson and New Hope districts. Our young peo- ple's work is continuing to show growth, for which we are grateful. Miss Harris, our departmental office secretary, is detained at home through illness the day these items are writ- ten. We hope soon to see her smiling face in the office again. Brother Norman is starting out several new colport6urs this week. Watch the orders mount up as spring draws near. Vile must have more col- porteurs, too. Does this mean you? Brother Salazar, in charge of our Spanish work, is working steadily to build up a congregation in Dallas. The interest is growing. He expects to go to Phoenix soon to attend the Spanish worker's institute. Elder Wolfe reports continued and increasing interest in the work at Lufkin. The brethren are looking for- ward to a school and place of worship there. Elder Benton plans to visit Elder Wolfe a few days beginning with Sabbath the 5th. Elder Yates plans to begin a series of meetings in Denison about the sec- ond week in February. Brother Ortner is going to assist Brother Yates in this meeting. We hope every office worker may from time to time get somerexper- ience in our evangelistic work. Big Week is coming — North Texas led all the conferences in the three southern unions last year in institution- al relief; now let us lead them all this year in Big Week. Everyone a col- porteur during Big Week. From the president to the plowman. Watch for the signal. Continuous rains throughout the field give bright promise of a good season In the ground for next spring's crops and encourages all to hope for a prosperous year in 1927. Better still is the bright promise of God that if His people will bring all the tithes into the store- house He will rebuke the devourer for their sakes. Does not this include drouth and panic and all things that' devour? Elder Miller, our colored evangelist, began a series of meetings some time ago at Mosier Valley. They were hin- dered by the rainy weather but a good interest was manifested while the meetings lasted. These will likely be continued again soon. Elder Miller has other appointments for the immediate future. The colored work is gaining in strength and interest. The tithe • is showing a good growth. All isolated and churches will please bear in mind that the Institutional Relief program which was to have been held the 5th• of February has been postponed one week on account of •the delay in getting out the special pro- grams which are being printed at Keene. These programs will arrive in time for the 12th and will be of interest to those who are loyal to the plan of relieving our institutions of debt. Is Sabbath Keeping A Question of Moral's? Many people think it is just that, and:so have a perverted conception of God's true Sabbath. Do you have friends or neighbors who wonder about the real significance of the seventh-day Sabbath? Give them a copy of the March Watchman, containing this convincing article. Order yearly subscriptions in lots of four or more, sent to separate addresses, for only $1.05 each. Single yearly subscription, $1.75. Ten or more copies, ten cents each. OKLAHOMA CONFERIINCH I Hos loft °Mamas City, Okla. President—alder W. H. Clark Socey-Treas.—Lowell Sates Oklahoma Book sad Bible Houses Seer-Treas.—B. Z. Bridir•V EAST COOPER CHURCH SCHOOL In spite of the storm it was a pleas- ure to visit the Omega and East Cooper churches in the interest of the church school work. � I spent Sabbath in Omega and am glad to report the pros- pects of a church school there another year. It was a real inspiration to visit the school at East Cooper and find the splendid work that is being done by the church there along real educational lines. I met with the school board Sun- day night for the purpose of checking the school, and we found things in the best of condition both in appearance and in operation. We were able to give them a B rating. I believe with a few improvements, East Cooper can be a grade A school. Miss Esther Kraft, who is the teacher, is doing a good work not only with the students but with all the young people of the church. She has the full confidence of the students and patrons who in turn are supporting their teacher and school. The board is working out plans for a two teacher nineth grade school for an- other year. The students are spiritual- ly minded and doing well in their pray- er bands and Missionary Volunteer work. � K. L. GANT. The Comparison of Religions. The pre- sent popular attitude of believing in the good of all religions, tried out for mil- lenniums on the best testing ground the world has produced, —and the result. Here is food for thought. Share it with your friends and neighbors. Your Book and Bible House can fill your order for ten or more copies at ten cents each. Why not place some subscriptions? Only $1.75 a year. $1.05 each for a club of four or more, sent to separate addresses. 4 • _ - PAGE POUR � SOUTHWESTERN UNION RECORD DUNCAN AND CHOCTAW I hardly ever see anything in the RECORD from a layman, but I am going to write a little as some of our friends might like to know where we are and what we are doing. It was with some hesitancy that we left Duncan after having been there for several years. � The work was first started there, I think, in about 1921 under the leadership of Brother and Sister G. E. Smith who aroused quite an interest there at that time. Brother Smith being a "rig contractor" and general contractor as well furnished employment to quite a number of Ad- ventists. Brother Smith, with some others, tried to have an effort held here at that time, offering to help in a finan- cial way, but the conference for some reason was not able to open the work there at that time. In the words of Luke in Acts 2: 5 there were at that time men from al- most every state and some other nations as well. How devout they were I can- not say, but they were there. When the oil boom died out and Brother Smith left the interest almost died too. There were, however, a few faithful ones left, who kept working and praying and they have had the satisfaction of see- ing the congregation grow from a hand- ful to about fifty each Sabbath. The Lord has been with us in getting a house to worship in. The Methodist people have let us have their nice build- ing to worship in, free of rent. When they changed pastors we did not know how we would fare, but the new one was as nice to us as the old one. We now have a church school with Brother Elbert Gepford as teacher, and have bought a small building in which to hold the school, but they still meet on the Sabbath in the Methodist church. For the last half of 1926 the church goal was $50.00 a quarter and they went "over the top," which is pretty good for a few women and only two men. Pray for the work at Duncan. Brother Seamen advertized in the RECORD for a rentor for his place near Choctaw who would carry on the work there which he and his wife had started. I qualified, (I suppose) at any rate we are here and with the Lord's help we will do our very best. The interest here is very good at present. Brother Sea- man has had a hard pull here, as it is the home of H. W. Rupert, and he has had that error to contend with. They were only organized in May 1926, I think, and their offerings have been over $85.00 for the balance of the year. We have some help from Oklahoma City nearly every Sabbath, as we have our meetings in the afternoon and are only sixteen miles from Oklahoma City. Pray for the work here, and also for us on whom the responsibilities of it rest. S. L. HOLMES. 11.41*••••••••••••••••••••••••••••.••••••••••••••••.....e....eli + � e I SOUTH TEXAS CONFERENCE I 1 �517 South Press St. �i t �San Antonio. Texas �i + President—Elder W. R. E'liott Sec'y-Treas.—J. S. McMullan South Texas Book and Bible Society: 11.•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• A WORD FROM HONDO To a small group of students there is perhaps not a place in the southwest that iI more beneficial to them at the present time than the little church school located sixteen miles south of Hondo, I must say we are working under very difficult circumstances, due to the loss of our school house by fire. We are us- ing our church with its straight seats, which of course makes it very uncom- fortable. Neither have we any library of which to boast. But if you coulG walk in for chapel some morning and listen to our teacher, Brother John Gep- ford, give us one of his uplifting talks, you would say, "No wander those stu- dents are willing to buckle down and get Geometry, History, Bible, etc. The lower grades are taught by Mrs. H. J. Spicer. They are doing all that could be expected of them. Their will- ingness to get the lessons assigned, the quietness that prevails in their room, and even while playing on the school ground, all go to show that never before has this school had such a measure of success. Our motto is, "Let us all work to- gether for the greater success of the Hondo church school." A STUDENT- A Woman's Religion. A penetrating article for woman who live deeply. In this article is portrayed the comfort, joy, and assurance experienced in living the consecrated life. Sound the call for deep- er consecration to our Saviour by dis- tributing this March number. Place some subscriptions, $1.05 each in club of four or more. $1.'76 for one yearly subscrip- tion. Ten copies, ten cents a copy. Your Book and Bible House will supply your needs. The Long Shadow of Babyloti the Great falls across the pathway of na- tional greatness today. Will statesmen follow back with their eyes and learn from the past? Prominent men every- where would study this article. Why not order a club of four or more, $1.05 each, to be sent to separate addresses? One yearly subscription $1.75. Order lots of ten or more at ten cents a copy. Write to your Book and Bible House. •••••••••••........••••••••••••••••••••••••••41 TEXICO CONFERENCE 119 Rencher St. Clovis, New Mexico President—Elder E. T. Wilson Sec'y-Treas.—O. D. Slater Texico Book and Bible House: •.................«........«.............................. TEXICO NEWS ITEMS, A letter just received from Elder C. S. Lonacre, General Secretary of the Religious Liberty Department, informs us that we are facing a critical situation in Washington at the present time. This situation arises because of anoth- er Sunday Bill introduced into the sen- ate, which, if it should become law, would affect the whole union. The number of this bill is, S 4821. It is to be hoped that every believer in the third angel's message, if we are the one hundred per cent. Americans, will, at this time, write a tactful letter to the United States Senator from his dis- trict, petitioning him to oppose this and other proposed Sunday legislation. Dear Brethern, let us not fail in this important matter now, for to do so, may very materially hinder the progress of our work. The El Paso missionary volunteer so- ciety of twenty-one members, nine sen- iors, and twelve juniors, raised for Har- vest Ingathering $162.67, which is $12.67 above their goal of $10.00 for senior and $6.00 for junior. We hope the juniors all over our conference will do that well another year. C. U. TAYLOR AN OPEN LETTER TO THE TEXICO CONFERENCE Dear Fellow-Soldiers:- Please pick up that statement sent you a few days ago and note the encour- aging features of it. See how much bet- ter you did during 1926 as compared with 1925. Is it not cause for rejoicing when we see that, in spite of the large slump in prices of all kinds of farm pro- ducts, a gain was made in every single goal which had to do with finances? t t I I I SOUTHWESTERN UNION RECORD � PAGE FIVE Z' These lines are being written just be- fore leaving for Nashville, where a large representative gathering of workers will meet with bookmen who long ago told us that "There is no crisis with the Lord", and some way I believe Texico folks are adopting this splendid slogan for all their endeavor. The writer antic- ipates a large measure of inspiration which always comes from such meetings as will be held in Nashville from Janu- ary 21 to 28. So please pray for breth- ern Slater, Taylor, Kinder, and myself as we attend this meeting, that God will help us to receive from, and put in- to this convention all that He plans for us; and also that we may bring back to you a good report and a few grapes, that we may all catch a vision of what God is actually doing right here in our own field, even in troublous times. In closing this letter may we remind you again that we have everything to encourage us, and nothing discouraging to say about our past endeavors for the Master, but in the language of the "True Witness", to the churches may I say, "I know thy works and charity, and service, and faith, and thy patience; and thy works; and the last to be more than the first. Notwithstanding I have a few things", of which I wish to speak, and they are summed up in one state- ment viz: "Thou sufferest members of the opponents of Joshua and Caleb to teach in your congregations, and this ought not to be so." E. T. WILSON "WITH THANKSGIVING LET YOUR REQUESTS BE MADE KNOWN" If the above admonition is appropri- ate when making our requests known to God, would it not be well to accom- pany them to His children with ex- pressions of gratitude? • As evidence of the writer's belief in the affirmative answer to the above question, he is. taking this opportunity of expressing his deep appreciation for the splendid cooperation on the part of the believers in the Texico Conference in making the 1926 record what it is; for we want you to know that this was not accomplished by those living in Clovis, nor at any other one place, but by the church as a whole. True it is, some did better than others, but we hope the excellent records made by some, may provoke the rest of us to better endeavors next time. The new year stretches out before us all. The way is untried, save by Him who is the "way, the truth, and the life," and if we keep our eyes upon Him, we shall not lose -our way, nor fail to reach any goal set for us by Him. So in requesting you to join us in each campaign, and special offering again this year, we would point you to the One great Leader, who never failed' nor became discouraged. Would it not be well to begin the first month in the year, and keep a check on how we stand on our individual goals? It appears to me if we were to do this we should not find it so hard to finish our year's work with joy. Again thanking our faithful band of Christian soldiers in Texico for their loyalty during 1926; we take this as an earnest of what we may expect in 1927, and pledge to you our whole-hearted cooperation in service to the cause of the third angel's message this New Year. � E. T. WILSON. ECHOES FROM THE SOUTHERN PUBLISHING ASSOCIATION CONVENTION That the Bookman's convention being held in Nashville at the present time is the greatest meeting of its kind ever conducted is the unanimous conviction of all in attendance. An earnest desire on the part of all classes of workers for soul-winning power was expressed in the testimonies bourne the very first meeting, and the keynote was sounded by Elder J. L. McElhany, Vice-president of the North American division of the General Con- ference, when he pleaded for a clean ministry—one that really believed the message, and lived it out in the individ- ual life. A stirring message by Elder N. Z. Town, General Secretary of the Pub- lishing Department on Sabbath morn- ing from the words of the Master when He said, "This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears," bringing before our minds the marvelous working of God among these engaged in the litera- ture ministry, declaring that we have come to a new day in our work, and surely that prophecy uttered so many years ago concerning this branch of the work is meeting a definite fulfillment before our eyes as we see book work advancing '!with increasing success." And truly it is just one thrilling story from the day that little tear-stained Present Truth took its flight from New England, leaving a stream of light be- hind it, until now it has reached around the world, fulfilling the statement that "largely through the circulation of our publications is this work to be accom- lished. " The all-prevailing sentiment of every person attending this convention is that we have reached a time when we must address ourselves to a definite program of personal evangelism, whether we are a home missionary, field, Book and Bible House, or Young Peoples' Mis- sionary Volunteer secretary, and the personal conviction of the writer is that we have reached the time when every believer in the third angel's message should catch just such a vision of soul- winning endeavor for himself, and it is to be hoped that Texico will come be- hind in no good gift along these lines. E. T. WILSON. CATECHISTICAL INSTRUCTION FOR CHURCH MISSIONARY SECRETARIES No 1 In this, the early part of the year, when new church officers are becoming acquainted with and accustomed to their duties, a bit of counsel to the faithful army of church missionary secretaries throughout our ranks, re- garding the successful carrying forward of their work, will not come amiss. The question and answer method of im- parting information being very effect- ive, that form will be followed in a series of three articles covering this subject. 1. What qualifications are necessary in a successful missionary secretary? Answer: The essential requisites for success in this line of service might be summed up under three headings: 1. A victorious Christian life. 2. Consecration to the work of God and earnest, effective missionary service for its furtherance. 3. Business ability and careful- ness in attending to details. 2. � What relationship does the church missionary secretary sustain to the church? Answer: The church missionary sec- retary is its business agent and sus- tains the same relationship to the church as does the Book and Bible House Secretary to the conference. • 3. What are the duties of the church missionary secretary? Answer: The most important duties devolving on the church missionary sec- retary are: 1. Church business agent. 1. Order all literature used by the church. 2. Keep literature fund. OOK � WORK COLPORTEUR'S WEEKLY REPOIIT OKLAHOMA COLPORTEURS REPORT FOR THREE WEEKS ENDING JAN- UARY 22, 1927. Name Bk Hrs. Ords. Value Helps Total Del. Ewell Walker � PPE` 98 33 123.00 45.25 177.25 58.00 G. W. Calloway � BR .74 50 285.00 .......... ...... � .... ..... j. P. Williams GC ..... 1 7.50 3.25 10.50 3.00 Totals 3 172 84 424.50 48.50 473.00 62.00 Remember the Date of our Institute FERBUARY 7th. PAGE SIX � SOUTHWESTERN UNION RECORD 3. Pay bills to conference Book and Bible House. 2. Pertaining to records. 1. Record church missionary re- ceipts. 2. Collect and report individual reports. 3. Report missionary work done and standing of finances to church and conference Home Missionary Secretary. 4. Keep minutes of First Sab- bath meeting, weekly missionary meet- ings and meetings of the Missionary Committee. 3. Cooperation. 1. With elder, missionary leader and all other church officers. 2. With all church members. This article deals with the work of the church missionary secretary in a general sense. The two which follow will take up in a more detailed way the duties outlined herein. RUTH TYRRELL, Office Secretary, General Conference Home Missionary Department. HOME NURSING CLASSES If we cannot secure a nurse—then what? Over and over again you have read "Every church should be a train- ing school for Christian workers . . . There should be schools of health, cook- ing schools and classes in various lines of Christian help work. There should not only be teaching but actual work under experienced instructors" and you have said "But we have no expe- rienced instructor available in our iso- lated church or community to teach us these things. Especially do we need a nurse to teach, us nursing, care of the sick in the home." If you can not secure such help why not do the next best thing? Take the course of lessons in Home Nursing of- fered by the Fireside Correspondence School. The lessons carefully studied will help you many times in your sick problems in your home and community and lay a foundation on which to build in your future reading along the lines of hygiene and health and home care of the sick. As you progress in your studies you may find a graduate nurse to assist you in learning how to do the simple nurs- ing tasks outlined in the course such as reading a clinical thermometer, making an occupied bed, giving a soap wash, a fever sponge, or a simple treatment. All these and other skills should be the accomplishment of every member of a Seventh-day Adventist church. If you can secure a nurse to teach an organized class write the General Con- ference Medical Department for de- tailed instruction, and if you are sit- uated where no such help is available write the Fireside Correspondence School, Takoma Park, D. C. for a des- cription of the course they offer. The Medical Department is assisting the Fireside School to make available to every one an organized outline of in- struction to those who want the best in this line that can be offered through correspondence. KATHRYN L. JENSEN, R. N. Medical Dept., Nursing Division. IT'S RESULTS THAT COUNT At the close of a recent meeting in the Laguna Street church, San Fran- cisco, the Signs was presented. At the rear of the church a brother spoke up and declared that he believed the dis- tribution of literature to be the most economical method of reaching the world with this message and that he therefore wished to renew and enlarge his club, which was already a very large one. Then up rose a sister and declared that she had been sending the Signs to her brother in Mexico for fifteen years and that just recently he had accepted the truth. Then another brother got up to tell of sending the Signs to a friend of his whom he had not seen for ten years. He did not tell his friend that he was sending the paper. Some months later he vis- ited this man. The conversation was scarcely opened before his friend began to tell of receiving a paper called the Signs and of how he believed it contained the truth. A Bible study followed and the man accepted the message. Still another brother arose to testify. Said he: "I was taking a club of ten Signs and finally got discouraged and dropped them because I didn't see any results. But just a little while after, I discovered that one of the people to whom I had been sending the Signs had joined the church. I'm going to take a club this morning. " Thus the meeting went. When it was ended the church members had subscribed for almost ex- actly 800 Signs for 1927. It's results that count, and those who are using the Signs are most enthusi- astic about continuing their distribution of it. If your club is expiring within the next few weeks, why not renew im- mediately so that there will be no break in your missionary work? Result come to those who continue to use the Signs regularly and systematically. ARE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS BLASPHEMERS? During the past two or three years the various "Bible Institutes" of America have been very zealously dis- tributing tracts and articles declaring that Seventh-day Adventists are blas- phemers. They say we make the devil our saviour because of our teaching on the scape-goat in connection with the sanctuary question. Our people and ministers everywhere are meeting this slander more and more, and it is high time that a comprehen- sive and conclusive treatment of this point is broadcasted to the honest in heart who may be trapped by these SOUTHWESTERN UNION RECORD � PAGE SEVEN !legations. Elder Milton C. Wilcox, one of our reteran Bible expositors, has prepared L final answer to this charge against is. This will appear in the February .5 Signs. You will Want a good extra supply of number. Order ten or more ,hrough your Book and Bible House at mly three cents a copy, single copies, ive cents each. The secretary of your Book and Bible House will gladly care 'or your order. Old as the Hills. History testifies that spiritism is age-old; and its deceptive levices are evident alike in ancient and nodern times. Millions believe it to be L modern supernatural mystery. Do your )art to spread the truth on this subject )37 distributing this number of the Watchman among all classes of people. )rder of your Book and Bible House. Pen copies or more, only ten cents each. ;1.75 for yearly subscription. PARENTS! TAKE NOTICE i(The following very interesting ac- count of a survey of our young peo- le in the Montana Conference is riven with the hope that it may be helpful to _ some who are halting be- ween two opinions as to where to get heir education.) Up to Monday, December 27, the names of 270 children and young peo- ple of Adventist parents including one young person alone in the truth, were turned in as a result of the census campaign being conducted by the Mis- sionary Volunteer Department of Mon- tana. 88 out of the 270 are between the ages of 12 and 25. These 88 are within the age when 90 per cent of the baptized children of S. D. A. par- ents are converted. Will you not give the following sur- vey of these 88 young people your most careful and prayerful consider- ation? It presents a problem which we in Montana MUST solve: Fifty-two Faithful 'Fifty-two young people out of the eighty-eight are noW faithful to the church. Thirty-five of these faithful fifty-two HAVe attended church school at least one year or are attending this year. That leaves seventeen faithful young people who have never attended OUT schools. ONLY two of these seventeen are above twenty years of age. In other words; out of fifty-two young people who are faithful there are 'but two above twenty years of, age who have never attended our own church schools! And these two accepted the truth after they were twenty years of age! Out of all the young people of these eighty-eight who prekviously knew the truth, not a single one stayed in the truth beyond twenty years of age with- out attending, our own schools! What should these facts mean to us as Christians?--That we should work as for life to get our own young peo- ple in our own schools While they are children, and not to leave a stone un- turned to place them in the church schools and our Academy. If we are not successful in placing them in our schools while they are young, there is hardly any chance whatsoever of keeping them in the truth 'beyond twenty years of age. Thirty-six Unfaithful Now let us look at the ramaining thirty-six young people who are not faithful to the church. Why ARE they unfaithful? ;Thirty-one of them never attended our schools 'at all. THREE of them took the ninth and tenth grades at Mt. Ellis Academy, but it was too late. They should have had eight grades in the church school. ONE went to our schools five years, but afterwards at- tended a University and so the truth was undermined by the worldly theories and allurements. The thirty- sixth one attended our schools for nine years, but married out of the truth and so. as in many other similar cases, is unfaithful. Do not these figures prove that sending our young people to the world- ly schools makes them go into the world? 'There is no immunity from it either by age, disposition, talents. home environments, or sex. If We take the risk we must pay the price. Marrying Unbelievers Seventeen of these eighty-eight young people of Seventh-day Adventist parents have already married out of the truth. Fifteen of them have married out of the truth within the last four years at an average age of twenty years and twenty-one days. At this rate, during a cycle of twenty years, seventy-five out of eight- eight would marry out of the truth. Only two of the seventeen were re- ported as "faithful to the church." One mother frankly confessed that her daughter was "trying to be." God has repeatedly warned His people against this worldly inter-mar- riage during a period of thousands of years. "I am the Lord thy God which teacheth thee to profit." Isaiah 48:17. Let us profit by the Many pitfalls Which have caught our Montana young people. , Let us train every young man and every young woman in God's own schools. Then God can sage our young people. REUBEN E. NELSON, in North Pa- cifice Union Gleaner. WHEN SUPPER IS OVER Evenings are the beginnings of a new day. An evening spent in studying a lesson in Bible Doctrines, or learning to speak or write effectively, or mastering some of the principles of Salesmanship, will pass rapidly and pleasantly, and will leave a blessing behind. A well- spent evening leads to refreshing sleep and health and forward-looking thought. You can become a better father or moth- er, a better Sabbath School teacher, a more efficient church elder by taking up some definite line of correspondence study. Our teachers will give you their personal attention and help you to work out the plan that God has for your life. May we not have the pleasure of hear- ing from you and adding your name to our list of students? M. E. OLSEN, Principel Fireside Correspondence School Takoma Park, Washington, D. C. The Collapse of Civilization—and the recovery beyond. Daniel Two and the Fifth Monarchy in a new setting. Peo- ple everywhere are wandering at the outcome of twentieth century civiliza- tion. Will it crumble? John L. Shuler puts forward some atriking facts here. Enlighten the people by circulating the March Watchman widely. Place your order now with your Book and Bible House for ten or more copies at ten cents each, or yearly subscriptions at $1.75. ADYINIIISENENTS Wanted:—.To rent my farm! fur- nished to an Adventist family. If in- terested write to, W. C. CHURCHILL, Udall, Kansas, Route 3. � —5p. For Sale:—My cookie factory and PAGE EIGHT business, with or without my 'home. Near good church and church school, healthful climlate, close market with no 'competing factory near, a good op- portunity for right party. F. G. HINDEN, 1139 Forrester Ave., Albuquereque, New Mexico. —6p. Wanted:—German Adventist lady to creep house for small family. Write to, Route A, Box 100, Gurley, Nebraska. —5p. For Sale:—Fifty acres well improved land one and one half miles South of Gentry, Arkansas, three-fourths mile from ten-grade church school. Good water, peaches, apples plumbs. Straw- berries, blackberries, grapes cheeries etc. A model home. Part cash, bal- ance, good terms. If interested ad- dress H. CLAY GRIFFIN, Route No. 2, Box 17, Gentry, Ark. � —7p. For Rent:—A number one farm from 200 to 240 acres in cultivation. Also a man to work 'by the month on the farni. Experienced men only. Inquire of R. A. 1VIITZELFELT, Far- well, Texas. � 1 Chge Tex outblueotern anion newt° A WEEKLY JOURNAL Published by the Southwestern Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists Entered October 24, 1902, at Keene, Texas, as second-class matter under act of Congress of March 8, 1197. Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage provided for in Sec. 1108, Act of October 8, 1917, authorized July 14 1918. Subscription price, per year �$ .50 C. N. WOODWARD � Editor ASSOCIATE EDITORS M. B. VAN KIRK � C. E. 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Doctrinal and other articles which do not require immediate attention will be published as space permits. All such articles should be carefully edited, and when possible, written with a typewriter and double spaced. SOUTHWESTERN UNION RECORD SOUTHWESTERN JUNIOR COLLEGE * * * * * Are you going to help in the campaign to free it from the burden of debt ? February 5 to 26. Dr. GAEDE'S SANITARIUM, Weatherford, Okla. A medical, surgical and hy- dropathic institution. � Con- sists of two main buildings,— the old and new sanitarium. The old building was erected in 1905; the new brick build- ing was built in 1919, and is modern in every sense of the word, having steam heat, etc. Located in the Southwestern part of Oklahoma in a mild climate. The sanitarium is well equipped with the latest and most approved methods; Hydrotherapy, electro- therapy, massage and surgery for the treatment of practically all human ail- ments. All forms of rheumatism, diseases of the nervous system, liver, intes- tines. Cancer is also successfully treated. A speciality is made of dieting. The properly balanced diet is prescribed. The equipment is as follows: Electric light, Electric blanket baths, Electric tub, Russian, Turkish and vapor baths; dry blanket, wet blanket and cold sheet packs; sitz and foot baths, sprays, douches, showers; Swedish and Turkish shampoos and saltglows. Nurses' Training School is also conducted.