The Inter-American Division 
essenger 
God Has Wonderfully Prepared the Way 
By CLYDE 
"In these days of travel, the opportunities for 
coming in contact with men and women of all classes 
and of many nationalities, are much greater than in 
the days of Israel. The thoroughfares of travel have 
multiplied a thousand-fold. God has wonderfully pre-
pared the way. The agency of the printing press, 
with its manifold facilities, is at our command. Bibles 
and publications in many languages, setting forth 
the truth for this time, are at our hand, and can be 
swiftly carried to every part of the world." 
The above words, from the pen of Ellen G. 
White, appeared in the Review and Herald of Jan-
uary 25, 1906. What wguld Sister White say if she 
were living today and could see the changes in com-
munications, in travel, in, the preparation and distri-
bution of literature, that have come about in the 
fifty-one years since she wrote those words? Remem-
ber that it was in the ,year 1906 that she spoke 
of "these days of travel" and the "thoroughfares of 
travel (that) have multiplied a thousand-fold". How 
much stronger would be 'her testimony today! Would 
she not exclaim with even greater emphasis, "God 
has wonderfully prepared the way!" 
The year 1958 is a year of evangelism in Inter-
America. In every union, field we see evidences of 
this. God's people are using these marvelous oppor-
tunities that He has placed at their disposal. God 
has indeed prepared the way, and His people are 
marching forward. 
In Panama, in Jamaica, in the Dominican Re-
public and in Puerto Rico, in Mexico, in Trinidad, 
and in hundreds of other places, our evangelists are 
holding or soon will be' engaged in public evange-
listic efforts. Their tents dre pitched at the crossroads 
of travel. Their halls are located in the population 
centers of our large cities. These faithful evangelists, 
with their many associates, are finding that God has 
indeed prepared the way for them. Thousands of per-
sons will hear the gospel_message from their lips. 
The voice of youth is being heard in Inter-Amer-
ica more and more in 1958. The watchword of Ad-
ventist youth in Inter-America is "Outpost Evangel-
ism". And who can better work for the youth than 
the young people themselves? They speak the lan-
guage of youth.. They are interested in the things 
0. FRANZ 
that interest their fellow youth. And through the 
Voice of Youth program they too have found that 
God has prepared the way for them to engage, ac-
tively, enthusiastically, in evangelism in this year of 
evangelism. From all parts of the Division we hear 
reports of what these consecrated young people are 
doing for God. 
What an important part of our evangelistic program 
is the work of our consecrated and faithful lay-evan-
gelists! During the day they work as carpenters or 
masons or cobblers or clerks, as doctors or nurses or 
teachers. But when evening comes they become evan-
gelists, the faithful lay-preachers of Inter-America. 
And as they search the highways and the byways 
for those who will listen to the word of truth they 
also find that God has wonderfully prepared the 
way for them! 
Nor shall we forget the literature evangelists with 
their goal of 1,000 colporteurs and their million-
dollar delivery goal for 1958. As they knock at 
thousands of doors during this year they find that 
God has prepared the way for them too! They are 
Fearless. They enter doors that are closed to other 
evangelists. And the books and magazines that they 
leave in the homes and offices do win souls! 
There are still many other ways in which God's 
faithful church members can help evangelize Inter-
America during this year of evangelism. There is 
the Sabbath school department with its rich oppor-
tunities for soul-saving work. There is the welfare 
department which helps bring relief to those who 
suffer. The public relations department of the church 
needs willing workers to tell the world what we 
are doing. In fact, every department of the church 
is an open door to service. And every one of them 
is a way that God has prepared for you and for me. 
As you have read these lines have you asked 
yourself the question, Where do I fit into this picture? 
Have you found a place, prepared for you by God, 
where you can labor effectively during this year of 
evangelism? If you have not yet answered the call 
personally, will you not ask God to show you His 
way for you, where you can best work for Him and 
.nelp finish His work? 
VOL. XXX-V �
MARCH 1958 �
NO. '3 
IN TNT INTER-AMERICAN DIVISION 
MODERN HEROES 
On reviewing the list of humble 
laymen serving faithfully the cause 
of God with all their might, we find 
the name of Juan Campos whom 
we present to the great family of 
Adventists as one of the champion 
Juan Campos of Bucaramanga, Colombia 
laymen in the Colombia-Venezuela 
. Union with the sincere wish that 
his story may be an inspiration 
to awaken in many others an ardent 
missionary zeal. 
Juan Campos is a barber by pro-
fession, but his clients never find 
him in his shop on Friday, Sabbath 
or Sunday. Those are ,the days he 
uses to visit interested groups out 
in the country. Many hours of lost 
sleep, many hard roads traveled, 
endless nights without shelter, mo-
ments of indescribable anguish be-
fore threatening mobs"--all this and 
much more is found in the mission-
ary record of Juan Campos. He is 
not an extraordinary person; he is 
like all the other church members. 
But he has given himself entirely 
to God to be used by Him and God 
has used him in an extraordinary 
way. From the reports received we 
can say that for.the last quarter of 
1956 he brought 26 persons to be 
baptized in the church, during the 
first quarter of 1957 there were 35 
and for the second quarter he had 
won 45. 
We thank God for this army of 
missionary laymen that He has 
awakened in all our churches. It is 
they who will finish the preaching 
of the gospel message. With singu-
lar courage they face every kind 
of hardship and establish the work 
of God in isolated places, difficult 
of access, but places that must be 
reached in the program of evan-
gelization. Our appreciation goes to 
Brother Campos and also to all the 
other modern heroes in the ranks 
of the Lord. �—Luis Florez 
"CHRIST IS COMING" 
With these words as their motto 
the laymen in the Dominican Mis-
sion are holding many evangelistic 
meetings in public. 
During the month of September 
we had revival meetings in differ-
ent districts in our territory. At 
this time we organized the churches 
for the big campaign. �
In four 
weeks 400 active laymen were 
trained and organized in 106 
groups scattered over this mission. 
These brave soldiers of Christ set 
a goal of 120 souls to be won. 
This evangelistic campaign lasts 
nine weeks, from the 14th of Oc-
tober to the 16th of December. The 
400 laymen organized in six 
groups will present the heavenly 
message with enthusiasm to the 
public. Twice a week their voices 
will be heard in the 106 groups 
on the same day, at the same hour, 
on the same subject, which means 
that 1,600 sermons will be heard 
in two months. Surely there is joy 
in heaven on seeing this great 
event for the light of the gospel 
will shine twice a week in 106 
places. 
Enthusiasm reigns everywhere. 
God is blessing the willingness of 
our laymen and as a proof of this 
we have the beautiful experiences 
that the leader in one of the larg-
est churches sends us: 
"A sister who had never spoken 
in public outside the church was 
given the opportunity one even-
ing and, inspired by the Holy Spirit, 
gave a wonderful study. She is so 
happy now and full of courage 
for she had never before had an 
experience like it in her life of 
service for-those seeking the bread 
of life. 
"Another lady, after hearing the 
study concerning the soon coming 
of Jesus, stated that for her it was 
impossible to believe such a doc-
trine and that she would not be 
persuaded. After the second study 
she was the first to exclaim in a 
voice of 'sincere conviction, 'It is 
the truth; now I believe that Christ 
'
is corning." �
—Max Grunzeug 
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World Evangelism and Mission Advance Offering - - May 3,1958. 
1958 is a year of evangelism in Inter-America. One of the very vital ways in which you may 
support this great evangelistic program is through the special offering for World Evangelism and Mis-
sions Advance that will be received on Sabbath, May 3. Goals have been set for the Division, for 
each union, mission, conference, and church in Inter-America. We urge each member to give sacrifici-
ally. 
Church pastors, elders, and treasurers will please note that the usual offering for Disaster and 
Famine Relief, which was scheduled to have been received May 10, 1958, will not be received this 
year. 
Let us concentrate on the World Evangelism and Missions Advance Offering, which is to be re-
ceived on May 3, in an effort to make this the largest special offering ever received in Inter-America. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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MESSENGER 
7722,340aerA, 
TO THE CHURCH 
STRENGTHENING THE INNER MAN 
By LOUIS K. 
As the crisis sharpens and the 
evils that threaten to thwart our 
work become more formidable, one 
possibility remains — the divine 
possibility of a large-scale recon-
version on the part of the people 
of God in answer to His call for 
this sobering hour. 
Some great questions are now 
facing us: Are we yet stirred 
enough by the meaning of the 
world-shattering events around us 
to be ready for the great changes 
now taking place that will involve 
all our past routines and upset all 
our easy complacent habits? Can 
we sufficiently recover faith to re-
store the primitive principles of 
godliness and holiness that were 
posessed by the church in apos-
tolic times? Are we as individuals 
and as a church ready to turn some 
sharp corners and make straight 
for the kingdom of heaven? 
Our greatest problem today is 
to develop and strengthen the in-
ner side of our Christian lives, to 
bring before men a more real, sub-
stantial type of Christiahity, one 
that will better manifest the power 
of God in this present evil world. 
How clearly the messenger of 
the Lord brought out God's coun-
sel for the church and its minis-
try in this hour when she wrote: 
"We must now by the Holy Spirit's 
power proclaim t h e great truths 
for these last days. It will not be 
long before everyone will have 
heard the warning and made his 
decision. Then shall the and come." 
—Testimonies, vol. 6, �
24. 
This is ifT hour of our visitation, 
and we must, now have the gift 
of the Holy Spirit in latter-rain full-
ness, that our lives and ministry 
may find new -spiritual power in 
order to scale for God the highest 
peaks of final achievement. We 
must not now allow'ahy'considera-
tions pointed out by those who 
know not the truth 'to command 
our first attention. God has clearly 
marked out the pathway for His 
church to follow, and until we 
MARCH 1458 
DICKSON 
give His voice first importance in 
all our service and planning, we 
will fall far short of His purposes. 
Our chief emphasis must be on 
the fact that God is calling for men 
and women of commanding faith, 
unsullied holiness, marked spirit-
ual vigor, and consuming zeal and 
sacrifice. �
Such individuals have 
adorned the history of the church 
inr„ all ages. They must now be 
greatly multiplied, for a mighty 
task is yet before us that none but 
these can accomplish, and the time 
is very short. 
Time for Great Decisions 
Nothing is clearer than that we 
are standing, each one of us, at 
the parting of the ways. We must 
make some great decisions. We 
are about to take a course that 
will lead us upward into a truer 
spiritual life of service, or one that 
will lead downward into perma-
nent defeat. This crisis is wholly un-
precedented in the history of this 
movement. At present the only 
thing that is lacking in the perfect 
fulfillment of God's great plan is 
the part that relates to the inner 
life of every child of God. 
The devil is trying to force us 
into a program of false activity 
that substitutes rush for commun-
ion and busyness for piety and de-
votion. Mere acceleration may be 
killing and devastating. Activity 
alone without commensurate spir-
ituality is out of place and deadly 
in effect in the believer's life. To 
merely drum up enthusiasm and 
rush is using strange fire on the 
altar. We cannot substitute per-
spiration for power and expect suc-
cess and God's presence. 
'The only reason for our lack or 
power with God is to be found in 
ourselves. If the inner life of many 
who profess the truth were pre-
sented before them, they would 
not -claim to be 
�
They 
are not growing in grace. A hur-
ried prayer is offered now and 
then, but there is no real commun- 
ion with God." —Testimonies, vol. 
6, p. 24. 
God's people must now make it 
clear that the church can still pro-
vide an inspiring faith with which 
to meet every present emergency. 
Adventism is now called to demon-
strate that it is heir to all the spir-
itual treasurers of apostolic Chris-
tianity and is the keeper of the 
eternal flame that all the greatest 
and holiest have passed on from 
days gone by. 
Let us oil the creaking wheels 
of our church machinery with a 
new spirit so that they begin to 
turn faster in terms of real spirit-
ual effectiveness to meet the gi-
gantic opportunities of this won-
derful hour. "The Lord shall arise 
upon thee, and his glory shall be 
seen upon thee.," 
We must now gird for this new 
day of opportunity and difficulty. 
Let us ever hear the voice of God, 
"Thou art come to the kingdom for 
such a timer as this." Multitudes 
wait for our coming as those that 
watch for the morning. 
Shall we not go into our secret 
chambers and there with open 
hearts be purified by His presence 
in preparation for the mighty in-
filling of His matchless power? 
There seems to be so much done 
in the name of Christ that leaves 
the spiritual, sensitive parts of man 
untouched. In our working out of 
ways and means of doing God's 
work, we need to beware lest with 
every new facility our inventive 
minds turn out, we pay heavily by 
the loss of spiritual power. 
We can easily dream that we 
will see God's cause miraculously 
changed by new methods, new 
materials, or policy adjustments, 
but at the same time be blind to 
the necessity of a parallel change 
-in the inner spiritual life. The more 
we- burn incense at the altars of 
our own devisings, the more inef-
fectual will be our ministry. So 
let us permit God to strengthen the 
inner man so that we may fulfill 
the purpose He has for His people 
iii these last days. 
—Review and Herald 
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"I AM GLORIFIED IN THEM" 
By W. B. OCHS 
"And all mine are thine, ana 
-thine are mine; and I am glorified 
in them" (John 17:10). 
In the seventeenth chapter of the 
Gospel of John, Christ's high-
priestly prayer is recorded. In this 
prayer He reveals the great burden 
of His heart. He also makes known 
His deep interest in His people, 
which is expressed in the words, 
"I pray for them" (verse 9). There 
is nothing so dear to His heart as 
His people, for "the Lord's portion 
is his people" (Deut. 32:9). No won-
der David said, "Blessed is the na-
tion whose God is the Lord; and 
the people whom he hath chosen 
for his own inheritance" (Ps. 33: 
12). 
Two key words in the chapter 
are "unity" and "glorified." These 
two words are inseparable. The 
more we are united, the more we 
glorify Christ in our lives. 
According to Webster's New 
World Dictionary, glorify means "to 
make glorious; give glory to; to ex-
alt and honor in worship; . . . to 
make, or make seem, better, larger, 
finer, or more beautiful than is ac-
tually the case." 
Because of His love for His peo-
ple and His unbounded faith in 
them, Christ desires through them 
to reveal His glory to the world. 
This has always been God's plan 
from the very beginning, for we 
read: "God designed that man, the 
crowning work of His creation, 
should express His ,thought and 
reveal His glory." —Testimonies, 
vol. 8, p. 264. Again, we are told: 
"God's glory, His character, His 
merciful kindness and: tender love 
. . was to be revealed to all man-
kind." —Prophets and Kings, p. 313. 
Furthermore, we are reminded that 
"it is the purpose of God to glorify 
Himself and His people before 
the world. He expects those who 
bear the name of Christ to represent 
Him in thought, word, and deed. 
Their thoughts are to ,be pure and 
their words noble and uplifting, 
drawing those around,them nearer 
the Saviour. The religion of Christ is 
to be interwoven with all they do 
and say. Their every business is to 
be fragrant with the presence of 
God." —Testimonies, vol. 9, p. 21. 
The Christian is admonished in 
the Word of G o d to do many 
4 
things — to love, to give, to be pa-
tient, to rejoice, to walk soberly, to 
be kind, to believe, to watch, to 
pray, to be strong, to be of good 
:ourage, et cetera. But we are to 
do something far greater than any-
thing mentioned. We are to do that 
which is but the end result of all 
that has been suggested — to glo-
rify Christ in our lives. 
We are to glorify Christ — not 
a man, or a group of men, or selr. 
The more we glorify self the less 
we shall glorify Christ. He can in-
crease in us only as self decreases. 
When a man goes down in his own 
estimation, then and only then he 
goes up in God's. No sweeter or 
more significant words were ever 
spoken to the church than these: 
"I am glorified in them." How is 
this accomplished? The answer is 
found in the Word of God. 
What a privilege and honor to 
glorify the Son of God in the lives 
-we live. The new birth is an expe-
rience of the hear-t- it means-"Christ 
in you, the hope of glory." Joseph 
Alleine said, "Conversion is a deep 
work — a heart work. It goes 
throughout the man, throughout 
the mind, throughout the mem-
bers, throughout the entire life." 
Speaking further of conversion, he 
said: "Conversion is no repairing of 
the old building; but it takes down 
and erects a new structure. The sin-
cere Christian is quite a new fabric, 
from the foundation to the top 
stone all new." —Quoted in The 
New Dictionary of Thoughts, p. 102. 
When Christ is enthroned within 
the heart, then His glory will ra-
diate from the life. Paul was able 
to say: "I am crucified with Christ: 
nevertheless I live; yet not I, but 
Christ liveth in me" (Gal. 2:20). 
The old man of sin never has glo-
rified, and never will glorify, the 
Lord. The old man is corrupt, de-
filed, unclean, filthy. Christ does not 
dwell in a den of thieves, nor does 
He associate with gangsters. He is 
not found among gamblers; neither 
does He dwell in a proud heart or 
one that glories in self. He says, 
"I dwell in the high and holy..plece, 
with him also that is of a contrite 
and humble spirit" (Isa. 57:15). 
God has three dwelling places—
the sanctuary in heaven, His church 
on earth, and the humble heart. 
It was Colton who said, "Of all 
marvelous things, perhaps there is 
nothing the angels behold with 
such supreme astonishment as a 
proud man." Let us remember that 
Christ longs to dwell in our hearts 
by His Spirit. He wants us to give 
Him first place in our lives, that 
we might reveal His glory to the 
world. 
We do well to heed the words 
of Paul, who said: "Know ye not 
that your body is the temple of 
the Holy Ghost which is in you, 
which ye have of God, and ye are 
not your own? For ye are bought 
with a price: therefore glorify God 
in your body, and in your spirit, 
which are God's" (I Cor. 6:19,20). 
These words emphasize in another 
way the importance of the new 
birth. 
When we think what it cost the 
Son of God to purchase us we can 
better understand why He wants 
us to glorify Him in our lives. He 
paid for our sins, and this makes 
us His property, and to this pur-
chased possession He says, "Glorify 
Me." This can be accomplished 
when we yield our all to Him and 
when we say, "Not my will, but 
thine, be done." 
Our bodies are but dust, but they 
can bring praise and honor to Him 
that formed them. Although they 
are dull and tuneless in themselves, 
God has so ordained that they 
can become glorious harps in His 
hands, on which the music of 
heaven can be played. 
We glorify Him through the 
avenue of praise. The psalmist 
says, "Whoso offereth praise glo-
rifieth me" (Ps. 50:23). We are also 
to glorify Him through the avenue 
of influence. Jesus made this clear 
when He said, "Let your light so 
shine before men, that they may 
see your good works, and glorify 
your Father which is in heaven" 
(Matt. 5:16). 
Another avenue through which 
we may glorify the Lord is the 
avenue of service. Christ told His 
disciples: "Herein is my Father 
glorified, that ye bear much fruit" 
(John 15:8). Again we are told: 
"Ye have not chosen me, but I have 
chosen you, and ordained you, that 
ye should go, and bring forth fruit, 
and that your fruit should remain" 
(John 15:16). We do well to re-
member that the glorifying of the 
Lord consists not only in the bear- 
MESSENGER 
STANDARDS 
By R. R. FIGUHR 
ing of fruit but in the fact that the 
fruit remains. How sad it is that 
so many who are brought into the 
church lose their way and drift 
back into the world and are lost 
to the message. 
Another avenue through which 
we glorify the Lord is the avenue 
of obedience. he life of Jesus re-
vealed a perfect obedience. To glo-
rify Him we must follow His ex-
ample. He cannot be glorified in 
and through a disobedient life. 
Obedience must be the ground-
work of all our religious actions. 
We also glorify the Lord through 
the avenue of loyalty. We must 
be loyal to God, loyal to His truth, 
loyal to the church to which we 
belong, loyal to the leadership of 
the church, and loyal to one an-
other as members of God's family. 
When the Lord appears in glory 
He will have a church that has 
been sanctified a n d cleansed 
through His blood, which was shed 
on Calvary's cross. Of this church 
we read: "That he might present 
it to himself a glorious church, not 
having spot, or wrinkle, cr any 
such thing; but that it should be 
holy and without blemish" (Eph. 5: 
27). 
God is counting on us. Through 
Peter He says: ' �
are ,a chosen 
generation, a royal priesthood, an 
holy nation, a peculiar people; 
that ye should shew forth the 
praises of Him who hath called you 
out of darkness into His marvelous 
light" (I Peter 2:9). 
At the close of His ministry Jesus 
was able to say, "I have glorified 
thee on the earth." At the close of 
our work on earth He wants us to 
be able to say, "We have glorified 
thee on the earth." In that glad day 
the prophet says that the church 
will "be a crown of glory in the 
hand of the Lord, and a, royal dia-
dem in the hand of thy God" (Ise. 
62:3). How wonderful it is to know 
that Jesus will "come to be glo-
rified in his saints, and to be ad-
mired in all them that believe" 
(It Thess. 1:10). 
If we hope to glorify Him at His 
coming, we must glorify Him in 
our lives before He appears. Let 
us individually determine to live 
from day to day so that we shall 
be among those of whom Christ 
says. "I am glorified in them:. 
 
—Review and Herald 
Who are best qualified to up-
hold the standards of the church? 
More than zeal, fervor, familiarity 
with the church's teachings, are 
necessary. Neither are dogmatic 
assertions, stern rebukes, and tense 
discussions the means best talc:;-
lated to bring the wandering ones 
into line. An incident is recalled 
involving a zealous and fervent in-
dividual and her endeavor to up-
hold the standards. It happened to 
be in the matter of dress. A young 
girl just entering her teens came 
to an evening meeting with her 
little friends. A watchful deacon-
ess, member of a small group 
pledged to uphold the standards 
of the church in the matter of 
dress, stood at the entrance of the 
church critically surveying each one 
who entered. She was there to see 
that all who came in were properly 
attired. 
When this sister espied the ijttia 
girl she told her in vigorous lan-
guage before the entire group of 
:ompanions that she was shame-
fully dressed and could not enter 
the church. The startled, confused 
girl went home crying. The result 
— a deeply wounded mother, a 
church divided, some siding with 
the girl and her family, others with 
the zealous deaconess. It was not 
a pretty picture. Was the little 
girl improperly dressed for church? 
Probably she was. Should she have 
been properly attired to enter the 
house of God? Yes, most certainly. 
The church has standards of dress, 
and they must be respected. But 
how is this to be most successfully 
accomplished? 
Listen to the apostle Paul on up-
holding standards. "Brethren, if a 
man be overtaken in a fault, ye 
which are spiritual, restore such an 
one in the spirit of meekness." Here 
is the standard for upholding 
church standards. Working in har-
mony with it, little girls will never 
be hurt and sent home humiliated. 
Worried and wounded mothers will 
not be led to say that they never 
want to set foot in the church again. 
As surely as there is a standard of 
conduct, so surely is there a stan-
dard for reproving those who fall 
short of what is expected of them 
as church members. 
A teen-age boy who got into 
trouble and brought a degree of 
disgrace and ill repute upon the 
church, felt as he met our people 
that they all were condemning 
him by their looks. Of course, it 
was his own accusing conscience. 
But it left him with a sense not only 
of waywardness but also of lonel:-
ness. Fortunately, he came to Sab-
bath school the next Sabbath, prob-
ably the good result of one of 
those long-established practices of 
attending Sabbath school. While 
waiting for the school to start, he 
sat apart by himself, looking down 
at the floor. 
The good church elder came in 
and saw him. Fortunately, the elder 
was a spiritual and meek man. He 
went over to where the boy was 
and sat down by his side. He did 
not say a word. He couldn't. He 
began weeping. There he sat by 
the side of the lad who had been 
wayward, with tears rolling down 
his cheeks. There was no discus-
sion, no word of reproof, no ac-
cusation — only tears. Soon the 
boy joined in weeping. They sat 
side by side, with tears running 
down their cheeks until it was time 
for the Sabbath school to begin, 
with no word passing between 
them. Yes, the Sabbath school be-
gan a little late that Sabbath, for 
the superinendent, the secretary, 
and most of the other members 
were melted to tears also. 
Do you ask the results? It is 
hardly necessary to say that the 
boy was completely won back. He 
recognized the standards of the 
church as right. He loved the church 
anew, its officers and its members. 
Henceforth he respected more than 
ever that fo'r which the church 
stood. The parents too were grate-
ful and pledged themselves to re-
newed faithfblness and loyalty to 
the church that loved their boy. 
The standards of the church must 
be upheld, but they must be up-
held by those' who are spiritual and 
who can do so in a spirit of meek-
ness. We need less surgery and 
much more sympathetic nursing. 
—Review and Herald 
MARCH 1958 �
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adotent4st 
RIGHT: Inter-American youth leader, D. H. 
Baasch, presents the King's Heralds, the Voice 
of Prophecy Quartet. Elder D. J. Thomann is 
standing by ready to translate into English 
or Spanish. 
LEFT: Colorful costumes are worn by a 
group of MV's from Mexico. 
LOWER LEFT: The Cuban flag is carried 
down the aisle of the auditorium at the Blan-
quita Theater followed by the Havana Union 
Choir. 
LOWER RIGHT: Miss Duke Gomez, winner 
of the Temperance Oratorical Contest, presents 
her scholarship award as a gift to Raymond 
Lucile, a French-speaking delegate from 
French Guiana who had not been able to take 
part in the Spanish-English contest but who 
longed to train for the ministry that he 
might be the first national worker in his 
country. 
MESSENGER 
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By RETHA H. ELDRIDGE 
Fifty-two fifteen-minute radio 
programs, prepared and tape re-
corded in five weeks, was the task 
accomplished in Tokyo's last sum-
mer by Milton Lee, of Formosa. 
Back of such herculean labor was 
urgent necessity. 
When Voice of Prophecy broad-
casting began in Formosa last year, 
Elder Lee was a natural choice for 
the program's speaker. Born and 
reared in China, his language is 
fluent and his audience appeal ex-
tensive. Nevertheless, radio work 
requires more than one's appear-
ance before the microphone, and 
the lack of adequate stjdio facil-
ities was an ever-existing problem. 
It was impossible to make tapes 
of professional quality by setting 
up a portable machine in the mis-
sion office in Formosa and there 
record after work hours, even 
though the building was perfectly 
quiet. That is why, when the Voice 
of Prophecy in Japan completed a 
small recording studio, Brother Lee 
grasped the offer to come to Tokyo 
and here record his broadcasts. 
These new programs he calls the 
Christ Series, for the theme is 
Christ. Christ-centered studies are 
given on salvation, the second 
coming, and many other doctrines. 
His radio broadcasts in China's na-
tional language (Mandarin) have 
much the same format as that of 
the Voice of Prophecy in America. 
They open in a burst of song with 
the King's Heralds singing the well-
known theme song in Chinese, and 
close with an "Amen" (the latter 
recorded by the quartet used for 
our Japanese program; but since 
"Amen" seems to be pronounced 
the same in both languages, there 
is no problem). 
In August, Brother Lee began his 
program preparation with the help 
of a Chinese secretary. This woman 
would take his dictated talk and 
prepare the manuscript from which 
he would then read when record-
ing. This plan continued for twen-
ty-nine programs, but as he could 
see time slipping away too rapidly, 
eventually he eliminated the sec-
retary, talking into the mike directly 
from English notes. 
It was my privilege to see the 
forty-sixth program recorded. 
watched in open-mouthed amaze-
ment as Hideo Kinoshita, our Ja-
panese radio engineer, deftly used 
music recorded in America, an-
nouncements put on tape in For-
mosa, the talk being given live 
right then in the studio, channel-
ing it all onto one tape, thus mak-
ing that specific program, next 
year's No. 46. It seemed to me 
like a taste of Pentecost. More than 
that, when Brother Lee, who 
speaks no Japanese, and Brother 
Kinoshita, who knows no Chinese, 
Ialked together, they used English. 
But even in spite of all differences, 
everything went along smoothly. 
Now those tapes are in Formosa, 
awaiting broadcast to an island-
wide audience and beyond. 
'--Review and Herald 
A FAITHFUL LAY PEACHER IN= INDIA 
This story was told to me by 
one of our faithful lay preachers, 
Rahmat Masih, as we walked to-
gether on a Sabbath afternoon. 
The story I wish to relate began 
with a question by Rahmat as we 
plodded along on our walk to-
gether. "Sahib, why does God al-
low those who try to walk the nar-
row way to be dragged into court 
maliciously?" 
This was a surprising question, 
so I asked in reply, "What court 
have you been dragged into and 
by whom?" 
"Well," was the reply, "awhile 
back I was asked to arrange for 
the marriage of the son bf a friend 
of mine to the daughter of a man 
by the name of Mr. Dharma. The 
marriage did not turn out well, so 
when the girl returned home to 
her father he became very angry 
with me. Now as a result this man 
has put false charges against me 
three times in the court The Lord 
has helped me in each case so 
MARCH 195S 
By W. H. 
that I was acquitted, but of course 
I have gone through a great deal 
of trouble. I have had to spend 
long hours uselessly in the court, 
which took a great deal of time 
from my work. Now, why should 
God allow me to be so troubled?" 
The Holy Spirit prompted me 
with an answer that I could see 
brought comfort to my friend. 
"Sometimes," I said, "God brings 
His faithful children before the 
public in this way so that others 
may hear of their integrity and be 
drawn to them and to their faith, 
as in the case of Daniel." 
"I understand! I understand!" ex-
claimed Rahmat. 
"What happened to this trouble-
maker after this?" I inquired. 
"Ohl" he said, "That is what I 
started to tell you when I asked 
you the first question. A few days 
ago I was going to the railway 
MATTISON 
station with my horse and donkey, 
laden with leather. My two help-
ers were well' ahead of me on this 
very same road we are traveling 
now. We were going to ship our 
goods. I saw. Mr. Dharma coming 
across the fields toward my men 
with a lathi [a long bamboo stick 
usually with a metal knob on the 
end, about seven feet long, used 
in the Puniab,for fighting]. Seeing 
that he was.- bent on trouble, I 
called to him not to harm my 
young men but to come to me. 
"As he approached he began to 
curse me violently. �
I offered a 
prayer to God. When he came 
close enough to be addressed I 
put my hands together (in an act 
of humility and salutation) and said 
to him, 'Friend, just make your re-
quest, and you will be heard. All 
ask is that you be reasonable.' 
(Continued on page 12) 
LIVING BANKS 
By ARNOLD V. 
An Irish adage says, "A child 
is a bank where you can deposit 
your most precious treasures." 
For years after Mr. and Mrs. 
Enoch had established their home, 
they waited in vain for a child. 
Finally, when Mr. Enoch was sixty-
five years old, little Methuselah 
was born. How happy Father and 
Mother were! 
"After the birth of his first son, 
Enoch reached a higher experience; 
he was drawn into a closer relation-
ship with God. He realized more 
fully his own obligations and re-
sponsibility as a son of God." —Pa-
triarchs and Prophets, p. 84. 
As Enoch practiced Christian 
habits each day and developed a 
Christian character, he deposited 
and perpetuated this same char. 
acter in the life of his son Methu-
selah. During the 969-year-long life 
of Methuselah, which continued 
until the year of the Flood, every-
one who saw him could see what 
his father, Enoch, had put into 
Methuselah's life by walking with 
God. 
As parents, our habits and our 
characters will likewise be depos-
ited and perpetuated in our chil-
dren. That holds true for every one 
of us. What a responsibility, but 
also what a glorious opportunity, 
is ours for the salvation of our little 
ones! 
As we are drawn closer to God, 
family worship will become a reg-
ular feature in our daily program. 
It will not be put aside for other ac-
tivities and interruptions. We will 
explain our habit of family wor-
ship, even to visitors. We will not 
hurry and finish our family devo-
tions in a flurry before receiving 
them, or hastily forget our wor-
ship, because company is coming. 
If we do, the younger members 
in our home will notice our atti-
tude or handling of family wor-
ship, and their little- souls will un-
consciously absorb our outlook and 
practice. Instead of foregoing wor-
ship because we have company, 
we ought to invite visitors to come 
WALLENKAMPF 
and worship with us. Surely they 
know we are Christians, and it 
would seem strange to them if we 
never worshiped. Or is it possible 
that you and I are like Hezekiah, 
who forgot his God when the Baby-
lonian emissaries arrived and only 
showed them his riches and splen-
dor? 
Our family worship should not be 
a lazy, unprepared service. When 
dinner-time comes, do we just go 
into the kitchen and find a few 
raw potatoes, a raw egg, and some 
unfried gluten? Do we then take 
that raw egg, crack it, and pour it 
into a small saucer, eating it with 
alternate bites of raw potato and 
raw gluten? No. Most of us would 
not be able to persuade our stom-
achs to accept such fare. 
But this is exactly how many of 
us serve our spiritual food to our 
families. No wonder our boys and 
girls do not enjoy it. Besides, even 
grownups are barely able to keep 
spiritually alive on it, while many 
discontinue eating such unpalatable 
spiritual food entirely, and die 
spiritually. 
As men and women and fathers 
and mothers to whom God has 
given good sense, we should not 
try to eat spiritual food like that. 
Nor should we try to serve such 
a revolting spiritual menu to our 
children. You know how we mash 
and strain physical food for our 
babies, even getting it just right 
in temperature before we serve it. 
We will be kind in word, as well 
as in the tone of the voice, even 
when we are tired. We cannot be 
fretful and peevish at home and 
expect to save our boys and girls. 
The expression of the eyes and 
the voice and our moods are of 
equal importance with the family 
worship. Even well-prepared wor-
ships will do no good if we are 
unkind and fretful. We only make, 
our religion appear hypocritical to 
our boys and girls; we will remind 
them of the Pharisees of old. 
�
 A boy's concept of God 
is molded by his home environ- 
ment. If a boy has a stern, angry 
tether, he will think of God as be- 
stern and angry. If the parents, 
c.-) the other hand, are kind, the 
children will conceive of God as 
kind and loving. 
As we draw close to God there 
will be unity in our homes. If there 
is no unity between father and 
mother, a child's outlook on life 
will be ruined. Any punishment 
to be administered, father and 
mother must agree upon, and there 
is still need for the old hickory 
stick �
 When we punish, we 
should be sure that we are not in 
a rage. If we punish our children 
while we are angry, it is worse 
than nothing. Unfortunately, many 
people never punish their children 
in any other mood. Hence, no good 
results from the punishment ad- 
ministered � 
As parents we should be cour-
teous in our homes. . . . Someone 
has said, "Some Christians have 
been washed but not ironed." As 
Seventh-day Adventists we are 
surely grateful that Jesus can re-
move the spots on our characters. 
But Jesus also desires to remove 
the roughness and the wrinkles 
that mar us �
 
And parents should be cheerful. 
How children love cheerful and 
happy people! And as they live 
with happy, cheerful people, small 
children also learn to be cheerful 
and happy. 
If we are kind, if we come 
close one to another, and live 
in unity and harmony and peace, if 
we are courteous, if we are cheer-
ful, if we worship God in spirit 
and truth, our children will acquire 
these same traits of character. 
Whatever we have — money, 
bonds, or valuables — we may de-
posit in a bank. We cannot de-
posit, however, what we have not. 
May God help us as parents daily 
to remember that "a child is a bank 
where you can deposit your most 
precious treasures," and that "what 
the parents are, that, to a great 
extent, the children will be." —The 
Ministry of Healing, p. 371. 
—Review and Herald 
8 �
MESSENGER 
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Taught More Than Just 
The Letters 
Among Adventists the quotation 
from the Spirit of Prophecy is well 
known which says, "True educa-
tion .....the harmonious devel-
opment of the physical, the men-
tal, and the spiritual powers." —Ed-
ucation, page 13. As I travel 
through the Dominican Mission I 
hear the same thing but in dif-
ferent words — and those who say 
it are not Adventists. 
On reaching Isabela some non-
Adventist parents came to beg me 
not to take away the teacher be-
cause she teaches "more than just 
the letters." 
In Miches, while visiting the par-
ents of the students, many told 
me, "If you Adventists want to 
have a new school, come to me 
and I'll give you money, cement, 
nails or whatever you need, be-
cause your schools are , different 
from the rest, and although we 
have to pay we are willing to keep 
on paying." 
In a well-known town in Cabao 
I was called to help in the open-
ing of a new school. I. expected 
to find a small school, but what 
was my surprise to find 49 stu-
dents ready to attend the classes 
from the first grade through the 
eighth, and the best is that only 
three of them are not children from 
Adventist homes — although I am 
sure that by this time there are 
more than three non-Adventists at-
tending, for because of being for-
bidden to attend the "Protestant 
school" many came to know about 
it and have gone to the teacher 
saying, "We want to put our chil-
dren in this school in spite of the 
orders we have received." 
Truly the Lord is do1ng great 
things through our teachers. At the 
end of the first month of classes 
we have 603 enrolled and attend- 
ing classes regularly. Three new 
schools have been added to the 
15 we already had. This fills us 
with joy for we know that these 
youthful lives are protected in the 
forts of Zion. �
—Domingo Mena 
MARCH 1958 
A President Signs A Pledge 
On the front page of the best 
newspaper in Guatemala, "El Impar-
cial," recently appeared this surpris-
ing announcement entitled, "Acting 
President Signs Pledge not To Drink 
Liquor on Official Occasions": 
"Yesterday afternoon the presi-
dent of the republic, Colonel Guil-
lermo Flores Avendano, signed an 
agreement with the International 
Temperance Association which 
pledges that during his brief pe-
riod in office no liquors will be 
served at official receptions and so-
cial occasions. 
"The president received the rep-
resentative of the Temperance As-
sociation, Mr. Efrain Murillo, in his 
office and signed the pledge in 
accordance with the present eco-
nomical policy of the administration 
. . . .Through the president's sec-
retary the other official offices will 
The president of Cua-
temala and Pastor 
Efrain Murillo. 
be informed that as far as possible 
they are to conform to the 'dry 
law' in all their official socials —
which will be very surprising to 
government officials in the midst 
of Christmas festivities." 
Pastor Murillo writes that "This 
act of the president was publicized 
over television throughout the 
country and has been very well ac-
cepted by the Guatemalan people. 
The broadcasting stations have also 
made favorable comments regard-
ing the attitude of the president." 
—B. W. 
Help Wanted 
When Martin Luther set out on 
the work which shook the world, 
his friend Myconius expressed good 
wishes. "But," he said, "I can best 
help where I am. I will remain and 
pray while you toil." 
Myconius prayed day by day, 
but as he prayed he began to feel 
uncomfortable. One night he had 
a dream in which he saw the Sav-
iour who showed him His hands 
and feet. He saw the fountain in 
which he had been cleansed from 
sin. Then, looking earnestly into 
his eyes the Saviour said, "Follow 
Me." The Lord took him to a lofty 
mountain and pointed eastward. 
Looking in that direction Myconius 
saw a plain stretching away to the 
horizon. It was dotted with white 
sheep — thousands and thousands 
of them. One man was trying to 
shepherd them all. The man was 
Luther. The Saviour pointed west-
ward. Myconius saw a great field 
of standing corn. One reaper was. 
trying to harvest it all. The lonely 
laborer was spent and exhausted. 
Myconius recognized in the soli-
tary reaper his old friend Luther. 
"It is not enough," said Mycon-
ius when he awakened, "that I 
should pray. The sheep must be 
shepherded; the fields must be 
reaped. Here am I; send me." He 
went out and shared his old friend's 
labors. 
(Continued on page 12) 
9 
"ki•Of441•Ct THE UNIONS 
antieeiate 
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The Voice of Hope 
Our radio program is truly a lov-
ing voice and even our opponents 
recognize and admire the sweet 
voice of the Saviour through the 
Voice of Hope. We have a fine num-
ber of students enrolled in the 
Bible correspondence course in the 
Dominican Mission and many let-
ters coming in that express grati-
tude and joy. 
From San Cristobal we received 
a telegram saying, "I would greatly, 
 
appreciate your sending me the 
lessons for the regular course:" 
. This week a friend of our pro-
gram visited us and gave us a do-
nation of 20 dollars as a voluntary 
offering. 
A young man writes: "The les-
sons for the Youth Course have 
made me understand that the Bible 
is THE book, wonderful and in-
spired by God. I recently acquired 
one and it has made me realize:, 
as I open its pages, that truly in 
it is found all the greatness and 
love of our Heavenly Father for us. 
In the correspondence lessons I 
have learned things about the Holy 
Book that otherwise I would never 
have understood." 
So the Voice of Hope unites its 
powerful influence with the other 
departments i n its struggle t o 
spread the glorious message of the 
third angel. �
—Max Grunzeug 
extettat ante/dean 
A $1,250 Dollar Order 
For The CENTINELA 
After making two, visits to the 
presidential palace in El Salvador 
we emerged as if bathed in per-
fume for not only may 'we dream 
of the immense possibilities that 
the department of publications of-
fers, but also carry out the plans 
and obtain the results. 
Certainly an: order and delivery 
of 5,000 copies of the Centinela 
magazine is a record as far as mag-
azine sales made by one person 
is concerned. That is the order I 
was able to take on the 18th of 
December from his excellency, 
Colonel Jose Maria Lemus, presi-
dent of El Salvador. 
I believe it was an excellent 
form of missionary activity on the 
part of the president and of his 
private secretary, Cristobal Iglesias, 
to make a personal -gift to our mag-
azine at Christmas time to the 
most outstanding men among the 
government officials. 
I also believe there are no limits 
to what may be done to circulate 
our Centinela magazine and I am 
convinced that if our leaders would 
organize the latent forces among 
our laymen we would sell thou-
sands of copies of El Centinela. 
—Jorge Escandon 
Important Meetings In 
Central America 
The annual union committee 
meetings -for the Central American 
Union territory were held in San 
Jose, Costes Rica, during the first 
week of DeCember. Representatives 
from all the local fields were pres-
ent at these important committee 
meetings. The two union institu-
tions; the Central American voca-
tional College and the Nicaragua 
Clinic were also represented. L. K. 
Dickson, vice-president of the Gen-
eral Conference, conducted s the 
morning devotional services, bring-
ing messages of great inspiration 
and spiritual value to the assem-
bled workers. J. C. Culpepper and 
Clyde 0. Franz were present to rep= 
resent the Division. 
A spirit of unity- and complete 
harmony characterized 'these meet-
ings. A report of progress was 
brought to the. committee by Elder 
Fernon- Retzer, newly , appointed 
president of the 'Union. The finan-
cial report,,rendered by'l W. Whit-
ney, treasurer ',of, the 'Union, 'indi-
cated, , growth end-also That:the fin-
ancessof the:uniOifhave been very 
carefully rOnaged '; during the 
period tinder survey.' The depart-
mental Secretariei;Elderi 'Escandon, 
Henriquez, �
nd ',Prehler,-." reported 
reniarkable prbgress in, their re-
spective deOartnneittS. 7 
Following these corn nri ittee meet- 
ings the �
-officers, accoMpaii- 
' :ACE s s E kG,It * 
The building bought by -the Havana ,Cubtt churches 'for a INelfare Center. Mrs. Alberta Jacobs, 
E.Arcas Federation president, is on the Steps with Elder and Mrs. Tulio and Elder C. R. Chavez. 
10 
led by Elders Dickson and Franz, 
attended the Panama Conference 
biennial session in Panama City, 
and regional meetings in Cristobal 
and Concepcion, Panama., In each 
of these meetings a real spirit of 
enthusiasm and dedication to the 
finishing of the work in• Panama 
was much in evidence. Many times 
the expression was heard, "A new 
day has dawned in Panama!" 
Under the direction of the officers 
of the conference, R. R.;Drachen-
berg and G. D. Williams, a pro-
gram of strong evangelism has 
been initiated in Panama. At the 
beginning of the year 1957 the 
conference set a baptismal goal of 
250. It was reported at the regional 
meeting in Concepcion that the con-
ference had already baptized 449 
to that date and the hope was ex-
pressed that the 1957 goal might 
be doubled before the year closed. 
In connection with the regional 
meeting in Cristobal, Oscar Santa 
Cruz was ordained to the gospel 
ministry. �—Clyde 0. Franz 
ecteambia Venezuela 
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Along Caribbean Shores 
I recently made a long trio 
through the large Atlantic Mission 
of Colombia. During 41 days of 
continuous traveling 46t sermons 
and lectures were given. Eighty-
two agents for the Bible correspon-
dence school remain to take a spe-
cial interest in those enrolled in the 
courses. 
Among the many visits made to 
the churches a few are i outstand-
ing. . . Along the Gulf of Uraba 
we used the beach for a highway. 
Late in the afternoon we reached 
Samaria where we had meetings 
morning and evening for three 
days. It was a real inspiration to 
see the brethren and the visitors 
who had come in from great dis-
tances defying the winter weather 
and the flooded rivers. The church 
members there have souls won to 
the kingdom as their trophies. Con-
stantly they are answering calls 
where there is some interest many 
leagues away where they go to or-
ganize new Sabbath schools. The 
Bible correspondence courses are 
the baptismal classes that prepare 
the believers and make them into 
fervent missionaries. �
Never can 
we forget that night when it be- 
gan to rain after the close of the 
-meeting and rained until 
two 
o'clock in the morning. The stream 
that we had to cross was so swollen 
that we were obliged to wait an-
other two hours before we could 
make our way to the inn. the 
return from Samaria was most dif-
ficult, not only because of the great 
rivers but also because of the enor-
mous swamps. Our alpargatas (can-
vas shoes) were worn out and our 
feet skinned and bleeding, but our 
hearts were overflowing with joy 
as we saw the missionary zeal on 
the part of our brethren. 
Traveling by launch along a wa-
terway to the beautiful Zarate La-
goon, the hum of the motor awak-
ened the enormous alligators from 
their siesta and they quickly went 
under water with a noisy splash. 
Suddenly a flock of herons and 
other water birds, some white, 
others pink, gray or blue adorned 
the sky, casting their refllection on 
the quiet waters that flow to the 
meadows where fine cattle are at 
pasture. The Sabbath we spent in 
Zarate was one of continuous 
memories for we had not been 
with these friends for 21 years. The 
town has less than a thousand in-
habitants. Our church rises majes-
tically on the highest piece of 
ground in the village. It is the only 
concrete building. Except for the 
homes of a few Adventist families 
it is the only building that has elec-
tricity and fluorescent lighting and 
is well furnished. �
Late Sabbath 
afternoon the MV society held a 
meeting by the shore of the lake. 
As we looked at the sunset we 
semed to be beside the lake of 
Gennesaret listening as Jesus un-
fdlded the great plan of salvation. 
In the evening we had a social for 
the young people where their 
wholesome and captivating laugh-
ter rang out as they played games 
right in the street. 
In the prosperous city of Val-
ledupar, our chapel, like a mute 
witness, is closed because of ex-
isting laws. A few yards away is 
the minister's home and under the 
shade of spreading mango trees, 
brightly lighted, hymns of praise 
were raised in gratitude to the 
Lord of lords who delights in the 
adoration of His children who have 
no fear of human orders. 
In San Jose de Oriente, the 
church also is cleied with 'a double 
seal across the door according to 
a man-made decree. But that does 
not stop them from meeting to-
gether. A few minutes' walk into 
the country �
some avocado 
trees where the tnLtrmur of the 
singing brook gives a constant ac-
companiment, the believers, neatly 
dressed and happy, show their 
happiness in belonging to the cho-
sen people. 
Everywhere we visited there re-
mained a spark burning brightly 
among the ministers and laymen 
for greater evangelism through the 
Bible correspondence courses in the 
promising Atlantic Mission of Col-
ombia along the shores of the 
Caribbean. �
—Tirso Escandon 
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The Gospel Reaches 
A Family Village 
Elder Antonio Torres, formerly 
the pastor of the San Luis Potosi 
district in Mexico, writes of a beau-
tiful mountain village called Po-
trero de Pinedas where the inhab-
itants are all related and have the 
same family name — Pineda. Lor-
enzo Pineda, the judge and magis-
trate, learned about t h e Bible 
truths in an interesting way. "In 
1940 I had a discussion that lasted 
about six hours," he writes, "in 
which a man, whose name! do not 
even remember, argued with me 
about my religlon. I didn't like to 
have him tell me that I and my peo-
ple were wrong. I remembered 
that someone on my ranch in the 
country had a Bible, and the next 
year I went tore the owner of the 
book and asked to see it. When 
he showed it to me I assured him 
the book was mostly lies, but as 
I talked about it with others I was 
filled with a desire to borrow the 
book and study it for myself in-
stead of just taking what others 
told me. So for seven years I 
studied the Bible. 
"One Sabbath afternoon in July, 
1948 I went to visit my brother 
Eusebio, and as we were talking 
about the great Bible truths, he said, 
'I have a letter that I just received 
telling about studying the Bible in 
a correspondence school called the 
(Continued on page 12) 
MARCH 1958 �
11 
ditiflakneisiCan 24ediefrA. 
* As this issue of the Messenger 
goes to press the Division officers 
and departmental secretaries are 
visiting various parts of Inter-Amer-
ica. 
Elders Arthur Roth and L. L. Reile 
are in the Mexican Union giving 
help and counsel there. 
The MV secretary, Elder D. H. 
Baasch, accompanied by Elder E. 
L. Minchin, associate secretary of 
Young People's Missionary Volun-
teer Department of the General 
Conference, is holding youth meet-
ings in the seven unions that make 
up the Inter-American Division. 
Elder Henry J. Westphal is con-
ducting a series of evangelistic 
meetings in Ciudad Trujillo in the 
Dominican Republic. 
The treasurers, Brethren Bohner 
and Caldwell, are busy auditing in 
the various union offices. 
Publishing Secretary J. C. Cul-
pepper is attending colporteur in-
stitutes in Trinidad and the French 
West Indies. 
Elder V. E. Berry, accompanied 
by E. E. Cossentine, educational sec-
retary of the General Conference, 
is conducting surveys in the col-
leges of the Division. 
Elder C. 0. Franz is attending 
the board meetings at the Bella 
Vista Hospital in Puerto Rico. 
The Gospel Reaches A Family 
Village 
(Continued from page 11) 
Radiomundial.' I borrowed the let-
ter and wrote to the school en-
quiring what it would cost me to 
take the 26 lessons. I enrolled in 
the free course called 'The Voice 
of Hope' and found it to be a 
torch of truth amid the darkness. 
For four years I continued to study. 
"In 1952 a friend told me that 
he was acquainted with some Ad-
ventists in Cerritos. I had longed 
to become acquainted with some 
believers for four years, so I in-
vited them to come to our village 
and study with our people. At this. 
time I was having much difficulty 
with opposition and persecution 
from my friends, but as they stud-
ied with the brethren from Cerritos, 
they were convinced and accepted 
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the truths. Now most of us are 
preparing for baptism." 
When Elder Torres knew of this 
interest he went to visit .in Potrero 
de Pineda and held meetings there-
baptizing 21 persons before leav-
ing, while others continued to pre-
pare for a later baptism. Lorenzo Pi-
neda became a lay worker and has 
raised up a group of believers in 
Guaje de los 'Garcia. In Potrero de 
Pineda the believers have built a 
neat school building and now have 
a church school with 60 children 
attending. �
—B. W. 
Readers of the Messenger will rejoice with 
our brethren of Port Antonio, Jamaica, over 
the completion of their church home. �
The 
lovely church building shown in the picture was 
dedicated for the worship of God on Sun-
day, December 8, 1957. Elder C. L. Torrey, 
treasurer of the General Conference, preached 
the dedicatory sermon. B. A. Woodburn is 
pastor of the district in which the church is 
located. Port Antonio is one of more than 
one hundred and twenty Seventh-day Ad-
ventist churches in the East Jamaica Con-
fdrence. 
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Help Wanted 
(Continued from page 9) 
God does not intend that the 
harvest of the world shall be 
reaped by a great reformer or by 
conference workers. He calls you 
as His disciples to "come work to-
day in My vineyard." Our Master 
is in a hurry to finish His work. 
He is waiting for you. Grasp the 
opportunity for aggressive Chris-
tian service. The best days of soul 
winning are before us. Respond to 
God's "Help Wanted" by saying 
"Yes!". 
—J. Ernest Edwards 
A Faithful Lay Preacher 
(Continued from page 7) 
"At this he became still more an-
gry and raised the stick to strike 
me on the head. As the stick de-
scended I raised my hands for pro-
tection and the heavy stick mira-
culously came within the grasp of 
both my hands. I wrenched it from 
my opponent's grasp and flung it 
away. Then again I put my hands 
together and pleaded, 'Dharma, 
please speak sensibly, and what-
ever you say will be accepted.' 
With this Dharma began to curse 
himself in a worse fashion than he 
had cursed me. 
"In answer to my prayer and 
by God's power, Dharma was now 
completely undone. To my surprise 
he began to shake from head to 
foot, muttering apologies hardly 
understandable. He quickly begged 
my leave and departed. From that 
day to this there has been no trou-
ble with him. 
"I went on my way rejoicing in 
the promises of God to give a man 
a new heart, because all through 
this ordeal God had helped me to 
keep my tongue and my temper 
from breaking. �
From this expe- 
rience I have come to know more 
fully what the greatness of the 
power of Jesus' salvation and love 
is." 
It was a beautiful, but simple 
story of God's power working in 
a common man's life. 
—Review and Herald 
MESSENGER