Vol. 23 — JUNE 1956 
NUMBER 2 
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REVIEW 
ORGAN OF THE 
SOUTHERN EUROPEAN DIVISION of the General Conference of S. 0. A. 
Making Disciples �
By M. V. Campbell 
President, Southern European Division 
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4. 
The nearness of our Lord's return gives 
emphasis to the fact that the one important duty of 
the church is to win converts who will he ready 
for the kingdom which is soon to come. 
Frequently we hear our task referred to as that 
of "warning the world." That, however, is not the 
mission which Jesus assigned us. He said, "Go 
therefore and make disciples of all nations baptizing 
them in the name of the Father and of the Son and 
the Holy Ghost, teaching them to observe all that T 
have commanded von" (Matt. 28 : 10, 20, B. S. V.). 
Far from merely warning all nations, Jesus has 
commanded us to make disciples of all nations. We 
are not only to preach, but we must make converts 
and baptize them and teach them to observe the 
commandments of Jesus. The important aspect of 
our work is not the number of sermons we preach. 
nor the number of persons we contact. It is evident 
that Jesus is chiefly interested in the disciples result-
ing from our sermons and our contacts. Warning 
a man of Christ's soon coming is not of great impor-
tance, but making that man a convert to Christ is 
all-important. 
Our marching order is : Go and make disciples. 
The men who personally heard Jesus give this 
commission were mightily stirred by it. �
They 
earnestly tried to put it, into execution. They made 
converts for Christ by the thousands. Hardly an 
instance is reported of a sermon preached without 
the record of converts being won. Few, if any. of 
these apostles had ever been outside the boundaries 
of their little land, but they took seriously the com-
mand of their Leader to go and to make disciples 
of all nations. They went to the nations and strong 
churches were raised up. 
Before the death of the last, of the original 
apostles, the church was a pm\ erful influence, with 
disciples by the hundreds of thousands in the various 
nations of the world. These first century evangelists, 
however, worked under handicaps which we have 
never experienced. They had no printed literature, 
no radio, no television, nor any of the present 
means of quickly reaching the masses. Their 
journeys were long and tedious, without trains, 
steamships or airplanes. Yet they made disciples. 
Their converts, in turn, won other disciples and 
the church of God grew quickly. 
The apostles _were dedicated men, having no 
thought, no ambition, no purpose in life except to 
win souls for the kingdom. Whenever they found 
that pastoral work for the church members took 
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the time which should be devoted to evangelism, 
they appointed laymen �
 elders and deacons — 
to do this work while they continued to make 
disciples. 
The apostles were Spirit-filled men, possessing 
the power NI hich the Spirit alone can give. They 
used this pow er in proclaiming the gospel. They 
expected converts and they worked on the hearts 
of men and women until they surrendered to Jesus. 
They also were enthusiastic men. This accounts 
for more than people generally realize. Even God 
and the Holy Spirit seem to be able to work best 
through men possessing this characteristic. Men 
of influence are usually men of enthusiasm. Rightly 
directed, it is of inestimable value. There is some-
thing alive in enthusiasm. It reaches out into the 
hearts of others. 
The time has come for us, in these last days, 
to concentrate our attention and our forces on the 
one objective of winning souls for the kingdom. 
For too long a time our ministers have given their 
mayor attention to pastoral work, to caring for 
converts already won. It is time now to follow 
the commission of our Master and to make disciples. 
As we give ourselves to this task we can count on 
the presence and support of Jesus, for He said. 
"And lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end 
of the world." 
The apostles had no success in their day which 
will be denied us if we dedicate our lives to the 
task as they dedicated theirs and if we pay the 
price they paid. True, the Holy Ghost worked 
through them miraculously, but they lived only in 
the time of the former rain, while we are able to 
experience the latter rain which is poured out 
more abundantly. The power of the Spirit which 
was so fully manifested in the leaders of the early 
church is not beyond our reach today. 
God is now pouring out His Spirit 'upon all 
flesh, preparing the people and making them ready 
for the message which we bring. He is also pouring 
His Spirit upon the ministry, giving them the 
power to make disciples. He gave His ministers of 
the first century no advantages, no resources which 
are witheld from His ministers of the last century. 
Can we truthfully say that there is even one 
village in all of our territory where every soul who 
could possibly be w on has been won ? Yet there 
are hundreds of thousands of towns and villages 
and many large cities which have scarcely been 
entered with the message. What an immense task 
lies ahead of us ! Shall we leave it for some other 
generation of Adventists to finish ? or will we 
accomplish the w ork which God has assigned us ? 
Our churches should not consume the major 
part of our time in mere pastoral care. There are 
souls to be won and we as ministers should 
give our time, our attention and our enthusiasm, 
in the power of the Holy Spirit, to winning them. 
The time demands it. It is our Saviour's commission 
to us. It is our task and our privilege. 
From Jail to Jesus 
By E. V. Hermanson 
We found him in jail, in Luanda, Angola. 
His jail-mates were rough, uncultured men and 
Joe was very much discouraged. He had been 
reared in a Christian home, but an indiscreet action 
while in service had placed him in this unfortunate 
situation. His parents were unaware of his imprison-
ment, and in his letters to them in faraway Portugal 
he was careful not to divulge that which would 
cause heartache and sorrow. 
But four years in prison for a misstep is a long 
time, and Joe was not only discouraged, but had 
become completely indifferent to everything around 
him, including hope for his own freedom. His 
conclusion that there was no God left him bitter, 
resentful and uncommunicative. 
We visited him faithfully every week, often 
having only a few minutes alone. Gifts of fruit, 
small books, magazines and tracts became a regular 
part of the program. Then we gave him a Bible, 
lent him Patriarchs and Prophets, Great Controversfi 
and several other books. Rv remembering him in a 
special way at Christmas time, we tried to remind 
him of God's gift to mankind. 
hope slowly filled Joe's heart. He began to look 
forward to our visits, and instead of bitterness and 
discouragement, we detected the first faint signs of 
courage and eagerness. Seldom were we allowed 
to be alone for a heart-to-heart talk, but God's Spirit 
was working, the Bible and the books were preach-
ing daily sermons and he was slowly but surely 
finding a new way. 
Joe's interest continued and increased until one 
Sunday afternoon as we were leaving, he confided 
his desire to pay tithe on his meager income.. A few 
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weeks later he decided to keep the Sabbath and 
began to study ways and .means to effectuate this. 
His work was to make out the long, tedious, weekly 
reports, which had to be turned in every Sunday 
morning. But the officials had noticed the gradual 
change in this boy's attitude, so when he approached 
them concerning Sabbath observance, they were 
willing to make any plausible concession provided 
the reports were in on time. This required that the 
work be done from sun-down Saturday night until 
the following morning, and Joe was allowed to prove 
it could he done. God answered our many petitions 
in his behalf, honoring his sincerity and faithfulness. 
The test was made. The reports were turned in on 
time. The officials were happy. and Sabbath observ-
ance was granted. 
Joe was anxious to attend Sabbath school and 
church service and expressed this desire to his 
superiors. They granted special permission to attend 
regulary provided he could get a corporal to accom--
pany him. Never once did he fail to persuade one 
of these men to attend the services, and they were 
always the first to arrive. 
By now it was nearly two years since the first 
ray of hope found entrance to the dark dungeon of 
Joe's heart. He was already sharing his faith with 
other prisoners, some of whom listened in rapt 
attention. Joe was eager, radiant. He asked for 
baptism, and at last the day came for his public 
testimony. His words will long be remembered in 
the Luanda church by every person present, for 
there was not a dry eye in the audience. His bap-
tism was truly the beginning of a new life. 
A year later Joe obtained his freedom and 
almost immediate employment with Sabbath priv-
ileges. Today he is an active member of the Luanda 
church, happy to testify that he was led front jail 
to Jesus. 
The Tamatave Cyclone 
By H. Drouault 
(Our hearts were greatly saddened when recently we 
received the news that two heavy cyclones had swept over 
the territory around Tamatave, the main harbor on the east 
coast of Madagascar Island in the Indian Ocean. 
Two years ago we opened a new mission station about 
eighteen miles southwest of Tamatave, and a certain number 
of buildings had already been erected. 
The losses on this new station, due to the flood caused by 
the heavy rains which accompanied these two cyclones are 
very great, for almost everything has been destroyed. Not 
only was the mission property damaged, but the temporary 
quarters of our church and school in Tamatave were also 
swept away, as well as two of our out-stations in this district. 
Our faithful missionaries, Elder H. Drouault and his wife, 
as well as their children, showed heroic courage during this 
disaster. The following report from the pen of Elder Drouault 
points out once again the dangers our missionaries must so 
often face. We thank God that no human life at our mission 
station was lost during this tragic event, which is another 
evidence that the 'protec'ing hand of the t ord is over His 
children everywhere. 
This mission station must now be rebuilt, and we are 
glad to announce that the General Conference Committee 
has already considered the situeion favorably and granted 
us much-appreciated financial help towards rehabilitation. 
May we never forget in our daily prayers our hard-working, 
fai'hful missionaries, their native 
helpers, and our 
church 
members in the countries where they are constantly surround-
ed by great dangers. — The Editor.) 
very year there is a period of great atmospher-
ic disturbances Jill Madagascar, which lasts for 
three months hetwen the vernal equinox and the 
autumn australs (south winds). This period is 
commonly called the "cyclone season." On the east 
coast of the island it is a time of heavy rains, 
follow ed immediately by muggy weather which 
continues until the end of the monsoons ; that is, 
until the month of September. During this "spring-
time" violent winds called "'fail-end cyclones" 
rage. Trees are uprooted and a few native huts 
demolished. Such, in general, are the datnagos 
caused. lint it does happen that real cyclones lay 
waste whole areas and raze some of the towns. 
The cyclones of the past three years have not 
been very disastrous. At the beginning of lfrirt one 
or two "tail-end cyclones" swept over the island. 
causing no serious damage. But this year the toll 
has been very great. The 20th of January a cyclone 
struck north of Tamatave. It left behind it damages 
to our mission buildings of more than 200,000 
colonial francs ($ 1,140). Our schools at Fasandiana 
and Tamatave were totally destroyed. A wee!: 
later, the 5th of February, a second cyclone devas-
tated the entire province. This time the wind was 
not so violent, but diluvial rains fell. Here is the 
story of the catastrophe as we lived through it on 
our mission station at Tamatave. 
Friday the 3rd and Sabbath the 4th of February 
were particularly rainy, but for the season this was 
nothing uncommon and no cause for alarm. How- 
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ever, on Sunday morning it was evident that a cy-
clone was brewing. The rain fell horizontally, and 
was extraordinarily heavy even for Tamatave. 
One of our first concerns was to take care of 
the mission launch and the three iron pirogues we 
were using for construction, which were anchored 
in our river port. This was a very difficult under-
taking because of the fast-rising river and the 
extremely swift current. The rain fell so heavily 
that the pirogues filled with water as soon as we 
could hail them out. It took several hours before we 
could get our boats under control and tie them up 
solidly to the trees on the river bank. For greater 
security we moored the vedette boat to a tree, six 
feet higher than her deck level. 
As we returned to the school we noticed that 
the brook which flows by the foot of the hill, was 
running up-stream towards its source. The valley 
separating the school and our house, was already 
flooded. Orders were given to evacuate the houses 
which we had just built for the workers who are 
constructing new buildings. Two hours were neces-
sary for this moving which was made extremely 
difficult by the torrential rain and the rapid rising 
of the water on the pathway. When everybody was 
safely housed, we returned to look after the boats. 
Held by the anchor chain, the launch seemed to 
be drawn under the waves by a gigantic hand. If her 
prow were submerged, in a few minutes she would 
fill with water and sink. 
The river had risen more than 16 feet since 
we had tied up the boats. Brother Joel-Seth dived 
three times to try to unfasten the chain that held 
the launch. But the current was too strong, and 
the courageous rescurer could barely escape drown-
ing by clinging to the branches of the trees. 
Finally someone brought a back saw, and in a few 
moments the liberated boat bounded to the surface. 
Just then the chain that held one of the pirogues 
snapped beneath the excessive rush of the waters. 
She spun round and sank. 
The afternoon was drawing to its close, but 
the rain kept on. We now had to use hastily-
constructed rafts to go from place to place on the 
mission campus. The water was rising more 
slowly, but unrelentingly it covered, one by one, 
the steps leading to our door. Night had scarcely 
fallen when students and workers, quite exhausted, 
left us to get a little well-earned sleep. When it 
came to us, hour after hour we watched the rising 
water. At ten o'clock it was still rising. Behind 
our small dwelling which had now become. an 
island, the chicken houses were flooded. We at 
once undertook to rescue the poultry, — some 
450 "Sussex." This was no easy task, for we had 
to wade in water above our waist. Finally most of 
the chickens were rescued. It was now midnight. 
If the water rose less than one-half inch more it 
would be inside our house. 
It was impossible for us to discern what was 
happening over at the school. How high had the 
river risen ? The natives, when leaving, had taken 
the rafts with them. All the buildings where these 
people had taken shelter were isolated on a thin 
strip of land, and the rising waters could sweep 
them away at any moment. No sign of life was to 
he seen over at the school. We must warn the 
sleepers at any cost. But how ? Finally our eldest 
son, Danny, volunteered to go over to them aboard 
his play-boat — the prow of an old pirogue which 
he had tinkered up with some tin cans. The little 
"bark" was entirely too frail. One had to crouch 
down inside with outstretched arms not to lose one's 
balance. Danny was the only one capable of keeping 
his balance even for a few minutes without the 
boat capsizing. It was a very risky expedition, .but 
there was no choice. Accompanied, by our most 
fervent prayers our son 'moved off into the night, 
rowing with his hands to reduce the risk of 
"shipwreck" to the minimum. Soon he was beyond 
the rays of our electric torch. Two hundred and 
twenty yards still separated him from land. The 
minutes that followed seemed endless to us. At last 
a light was seen in the distance, and we could guess 
that the one carrying it was running as fast as his 
legs could carry him. Danny had reached the other 
side safely. The alarm had been given. In each 
building the sleepers were awakened. They hastily 
gathered up what belongings they could and fled, 
for the river was rolling up its monstrous waters 
just a few steps from the buildings. Animation 
quickened as the light-bearer ran from hut to hut. 
Finally he arrives at the last hut, that of the herd-
sman. The brave lad was sleeping soundly, although 
the water had already flooded the room. He had 
to leave in a hurry, wading in water up to his 
waist. A few seconds later the hut was lifted -up 
by the mighty river and, with all it contained, 
disappeared in the night. 
Sixty-three persons had gathered in our house, 
and were in comparative safety. It was unthinkable 
to go to the two villages at the other end of the 
mission property which housed the workers. T.ater 
we learned that several of these poor people had 
spent the entire night in the drenching rain, cling-
ing to the tree-tops. Miraculously, the water ceased 
rising before it crossed our threshold. 
The last hours of night crept slowly by. A gray. 
sullen dawn broke. Aboard the pirogue that had 
been transported from the river to the valley during 
the night, we set out to inspect the mission station. 
In not quite an hour we noticed that the current had 
become much more rapid. A natural dam farther 
up stream must have given way. We turned around 
as quickly as possible. Arriving home we found 
everybody wading about in nearly two feet of 
muddy water which was continuously rising, 
inundating the furniture, filling drawers, submerg. 
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ing the lower shelves of the bookcases The hours 
that followed were spent in battling with the rising 
waters, trying to place everything that had not 
already been flooded beyond their reach. At the 
very moment when it became too difficult to move 
about inside, and we thought we would be forced to 
seek refuge on the nearest hill, the water ceased 
rising. On Monday afternoon it began to subside. The 
greatest danger was over. 
On Tuesday afternoon the water was low enough 
so we could reach the main highway without a boat. 
A neighbor called to see us. For two days he, his 
wife and their eight children had had nothing to 
eat but a few bananas. Could we give them a little 
rice ? Alas, our own provision had been soaked. 
However, we gave them a few handfuls of pasty, 
already-fermented grains. 
As pleas for rice came pouring in from all sides 
it became evident that we must procure a new stock 
in the shortest time possible. The road was unfit 
for traffic. All the bridges had been washed out. 
Whole hillsides had given way, causing landslides 
which made it impossible to travel on the highway. 
One of our pirogues had been swept away 
with the tree to which it was tied up, but we still 
had the one that had been transported from the 
river to the valley. We must try to go down stream 
to Tamatave to bring back some provisions ; so 
on Wednesday morning I left with a few of the 
natives. The river was still twenty-four feet 
higher than usually, and in some places its waters 
rolled over a breadth of a mile and a quarter. The 
swift current carried us downstream at dizzy speed, 
which increased moment by moment as we 
approached the sea. Soon we lost all control of 
the boat. Swept on by the spinning whirlpools, we 
sped on, most of the time the boat across stream. 
It would have been impossible to reach shore. A 
number of times we were dashed against small 
islands or clusters of trees. The violent waves made 
us seek shelter beneath the low branches. Some-
times the boat was practically lifted out of the 
water, ready to capsize. Rut each time, at the last 
moment, she fell heavily, with a thud, into the 
river and righted herself. After we had passed the 
Mahatsara bridge, the men succeeded to cling to 
some submerged branches and row us ashore, 
just a few seconds before it would have been too 
late. 
The days that followed were not without their 
difficulties. However, on Friday, the 10th of 
February, we started up river with a ton of rice on 
board. In spite of the fact that we had equipped 
the pirogue with a 12 H. P. motor, the boat could 
scarcely get up greater speed than that of the 
current at the mouth of the river. This return 
voyage at night, on a mighty, swollen river strewn 
with enormous floating trees and clusters of giant 
bamboo, beneath the pouring rain, was an extremely 
hazardous and distressful experience — one that 
will never be effaced from our memory. 
After nine hours we reached what was left of 
our port. Sunday morning, as we were making ready 
to transport some rice to a far-away out-station, 
the motor of the pirogue stopped suddenly after 
having run two or three minutes. If this had hap-
pened the night we were returning upstream from 
Tamatave, we would have met with certain death. 
It had seemed to us that night that we were so 
alone amidst the raging waters and the darkness, 
on a river so different from its usual aspect that 
we never knew just where we were. And yet an 
angel must have stood on the prow of the boat so 
that the motor which Might. have stalled so easily 
continued to hum. 
When the storm abated the mission station was 
a sight of indescribable desolation. The ground 
was strewn with trees and debris of all kinds. Half 
of the buildings had either been destroyed or swept 
away. Everything was covered with mud and slim. 
The stripped plantations looked like burnt ground, 
as though fire instead of water had destroyed them. 
Our lovely launch that we had tried to save had 
all its superstructure smashed in by the repeated 
shocks against the trees on the hill. 
We estimate that the damages up to the present 
are about two million colonial francs ($11,400.-). 
But day by day the list grows longer. As new fields 
become dry we discover that certain tools, appar-
ently intact, can be used no longer. 
Never has such a catastrophe been known on 
the east coast or Madagascar. In devastation it 
far exceeds the memorable cyclone of March 3, 
1927. 
In this article we have mentioned only the 
damages on our mission station, but we must not 
forget that the entire province has been ravaged ; 
that whole villages have been swept away by the 
angry waters. The losses reach billions. At present, 
more than a month after the disaster, all roads 
are still closed. The food problem is very acute for 
many inland towns. 
"Times have changed," the natives say. One 
of them came to me with this very serious question : 
Did I not think that a flood would again cover the 
earth ? 
Yes, these startling events, which are continu-
ously following one another in the world today, 
tell us clearly, "Make haste. The work is not yet 
finished, and yet Jesus can not delay His return 
much longer." 
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1680964 
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69 
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2937 —1791 
3 
19 
8 
68 
160 
6000 
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15 
1015 
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6 
1 
44 
112 
73 
3155_2349 
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6 
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142 
88 
4170 
3008 
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73 
175 
7000 
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136 
500 
35000 
32000 
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15 
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1341 
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1829_1251 
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6 
7 
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92 
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3170224-7 
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300 
9000 
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4 
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23 
13 
12 
— 
28 
22 
2054 
1459 
16 
9 
28 
18 
1495 
869 
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7 
21 
— 
32 
15 
1070 
797 
28 
28 
— 
59 
45 
4038 
3531 
16 
3 
— 
21 
26 
1087 
995 
— 
3 
12 
— 
19 
10 
724 
593 
— 
13 
17 
2 
36 
18 
1208 
1095 
14 
96 106 
2 
246 
154 
11676 
9339 
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4 
8 
192 
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4 
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1 
8 
18 
390 
280 
8 
5 
2 
19 
18 
623 
405 
11 
— 
13 
4 
35 
13 
1005 
835 
5 
— 
1 
6 
8 
375 
290 
1 
1 
4 
1 
95 
53 
3 
— 
1 
2 
8 
7 
300 
254 
9 
— 
7 
5 
27 
31 
2132 
1750 
46 
— 
30 
16 
121 
104 
5112 
4000 
12 
— 
23 
26 
4 
— 
45 
97 
98 
2627 
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3 
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46 
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2590 
STATISTICAL REPORT OF THE SOUTHERN EUROPEAN DIVISION OF S. D. A. FOR THE QUARTER ENDING MARCH 31, 1956 
Name of Conference 
or Mission 
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0 a 
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fa., 
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Total 
Gains 
 
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Total Losses 
 
Ord. Ministers 
 
Lie. Ministers 
 
Bible Instr. 
 
Canvassers 
 
Total Laborers 
 
0 
a a 
ta 
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ear 
'et 
2 
SOUTHERN EUROPEAN DIV. 
AUSTRIAN UNION CONF. �
 
Alpine Conference 
�
19 
Danube �
» �
21 
Total : �
40 
CZECHOSLOVAKIAN U. C. . . . . 
Total : �
114 
FRANCO-BELGIAN U C. �
 
Belgian Conference 
�
14 
French �
» �
65 
�
Total : �
79 
HUNGARIAN U. C. �
 
Total : �
257 
RUMANIAN U. C. �
 
Total : �
551 
SWISS U. C. �
 
French Swiss Conference �
26 
German Swiss �
» �
33 
�
Total : �
59 
JUGOSLAVIAN U. C. � 
�
Total : �
230 
FRENCH EQ. AFR. U. M. �
 
Batouri �
Mission 
�
1 
Bertoua �
» �
3 
Kribi �» �
3 
Nanga-Eboko » �
5 
North Cameroun Mission �
2 
Sangmelima �» �
2 
Yaounde �
» �
6 
�
Total : �
22 
INDIAN OCEAN UN. MISSION 
Diego-Suarez Mission 
�
1 
Fianarantso a �
» �
10 
Majunga �» �
9 
Maurice �» �
13 
Reunion �» �
8 
Seychelles �
» �
1 
Tarnatave �
» �
1 
Tananarive �
» �
25 
Total : �
68 
ITALIAN UNION MISSION . . . �
 
Italian Mission 
�
51 
Sardinia Mission Station �
1 
Total : �
52 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 �
8 �
9 
10 
11 �
12 
13 �
14 
15 
16 
17 
4 
— 
4 
1184 
27 
1 
15 
43 �
13 �
7 
19 — �
39 
4 �
1183 
8 
3 
2 
1499 
15 
1 
11 
27 �
9 �
11 
11 — �
31 
-4 �
1495 
5 
3 
3 
2683 
42 
2 
26 
70 �
22 �
18 
30 
— �
70 
— �
2683 
17 
6 
9 
6524 
— 
— 
— — — — 
652 4 
33 
3 
2 
6 
— — 
939 
— — 
23 
23 �
5 �
3 
16 — �
24 
-1 �
938 
6 
3 
1 
3043 
33 
2 
93 128 �
8 �
11 131 — 150 
- 22 �
302 1 
24 
17 
2 
3982 
33 
2 116 151 �
13 �
14 147 — 174 
- 23 �
395 9 
36 
20 
3 
6748 
— — 
— 
— — — 
— — — 
— �
674 8 
27 
25 — 
31045 
— 31045 
78 
11 — 
1 
1380 
12 
1 
4 
17 �
2 �
9 
7 — �
18 
-1 �
1379 
10 
3 
1 
1969 
9 — 
16 
25 �
11_13 
10 — �
34 
- 9_ 1960 
10 
4 
1 
3349 
21 
1 
20 
42 �
13 �
22 
17 — �
52 
- 10 — 333 9 
20 
7 
3 
8056 
— �
805 6 
47 
11 
2 
2 
2 
1 
690 
10 
— 
10 — �
3 
— 
3 
7 �
69 7 
1 
2 
387 
— 
— 
387 
2 
1 
360 
6 
— 
6 
6 �
366 
3 
1 
1439 
8 
— 
8 — 
— 
8 �
1447 
1 
2 
331 
— 
— — — 
— 
— 
— �
331 
1 
1 
458 
— 
— 
— 20 �
1 
98 
119 - 119 �
339 
3 
1 
541 
15 
98 113 �
3 �
2 
— 
5 
108 �
649 
1 
3 
4206 
39 
98 137 23-6 
98 
127 
10 �
421 6 
14 
13 
1 
3 
— 
2 
19 
19 
1 
-- 
335 
— — 
— 
— �
335 
2 
198 
— 
— — — 
— 
— 
— �
198 
3 
1 
993 
16 
1 
17 �
7 �
4 
3 
14 
3 �
996 
5 
2 
331 
6 
2 
8— �
2 
4 
6 
2 �
333 
77 
— �
77 
1 
1 
110 -- 
— 
— �
110 
2 
1033 
13 
13 — 
13 �
1046 
6 
— 
3096 
35 
1 
2 
38 �
7 �
6 
7 — �
20 
18 �
311 4 
23 
4 
2 
8 
3 — 
2154 
9 
8 
54 
71 �
4 �
4 
53 — �
61 
10 �
216 1 
11 
8 
3 
40 
— — 
— 
— — — 
4 — �
4 
- 4 �
36 
— 
— 
2194 
9 
8 
54 
71 �
4 �
4 
57 — �
65 
6 �
220 0 
19 
11 
3 
NORTH AFRICAN UN. MISSION 
Algerian-Tunisian Mission �
 
Moroccan 
15 
4 
600 
194 
4 
1 
11 
2 
15 �
3 
3— 
2 
9 �
-- 
2— 
12 
4 
3 
-1 
603 
193 
3 
4 
1 
— 
4 
2 
1 
1 
1 
12 
1 
— 
1 
4 
5 
21 
9 
11 
6 
555 
203 
391 
164 
Total �
: 
19 
794 
5 
13 
18 
3 
2 
11 — 
16 
2 
796 
8 
6 
2 
14 
5 
35 
17 
758 
555 
PORTUGUESE UNION MISSION 
Azores �
Mission �
 
3 
118 
— 
2 
2 
1 
1 
2 
— 
118 
3 
1 
1 
2 
1 
-- 
1 
5 
4 
4 
148 
127 
Cape Verde �
» 
4 
249 
4 
2 
6 — 
3 
2 
5 
1 
250 
1 
2 
2 
2 
— 
7 
6 
522 
301 
Madeira 
1 
135 
5 
1 
— 
6— 
1 
2 
3 
3 
138 
1 
1 
2 
180 
163 
Portuguese �
Conference �
 
St. Thomas Mission �
 
17 
1 
1393 
234 
19 
2 
3 
1 
14 
— 
36 �
1 
3— 
10 1 
16 
27 
1 
9 
2 
1402 
236 
8 
1 
6 
2 
1 
1 
1 
11 
— 
29 
2 
17 
8 
1881 
369 
1262 
384 
Total �
: 
26 
2129 
30 
5 
18 
53 
2 16 
20 
38 
15 
2144 
14 
10 -- 
7 
4 
1 
12 
48 
37 
3100 
2237 
PORTUGUESE AFRICAN U,M. �
 
Bongo �
Mission �
 
Cuale �
» 
23 
1 
4630 
676 
4630 
67i 
8 
2 
9 
9 
2 
-- 
47 
28 
73 
32 
93 
54 
5682 
4982 
4667 
3223 
Lucusse �
» 
1 
151 
151 
2 
1 
1 
— 
13 
17 
11 
884 
399 
Luz 
1 
720 
729 
3 
4 
1 
— 
34 
42 
33 
1669 
1572 
Munguluni » 
5 
681 
No Report 
(181 
2 
1 
1 
8 
14 
26 
11 
1653 
1450 
Namba �
» 
1 
923 
923 
1 
2 
-- 
— 
15 
18 
41 
2185 
2214 
Nova Lisboa » �
 
22 
1879 
1879 
2 
8 
— 
— 
32 
42 
80 
4387 
2280 
Quilengues �
» �
 
European Churches �
 
1 
2 
96 
120 
91 
12) 
1 
6 
— 
4 
1 
9 
— 
— 
12 
— 
14 
19 
22 
5 
891 
252 
430 
240 
Total �
: 
57 
9876 
— — 
— 
9876 
27 
29 
24 
8 195 
283 
350 
22585 
16475 
BULGARIAN MISSION �
 
39 
3197 
— — 
— 
— — — 
— — 
— 
319 7 
9 
4 
10 
— 
— 
23 
39 
2672 
2200 
FRENCH W. AFR. MISSION 
1 
12 
— — 
— 
1 2 
1 — 
1 
— 
— 
2 
4 
1 
 11— 
12 
GREEK MISSION �
 
5 
222 
1 
— 
1 
- 1 
22 1 
1 
3 
1 
1 
2 
— 
8 
5 
242 
188 
ISRAEL MISSION �
 
1 
35 
— 
— 
— 
35 
2 
— — 
2 
— 
— 
— 
4 
1 
40 
37 
SPANISH CHURCH �
 
16 
1110 
— — 
— 
— — — 
— — 
— 
— 
1110 
8 
9 
1 
8 
2 
— 
5 
33 
18 
1555 
4 043 
RECAPITULATION 
SOUTHERN EUROPEAN DIV. . . 
22 
1 
5 
29 
— 
— 
— 
57 
Austrian �
Union Conference 
40 
2683 
42 
2 
26 
70 22 18 
30 
70 
— 
2663 
17 
6 
9 
16 
2 
— 
19 
69 
40 
2937 
1791 
Czecnoslovakian �
» �
» 
114 
6524 
— 
— 
— 
— 
— 
652 1 
33 
3 
2 
3 
19 
— 
8 
68 
160 
6000 
5400 
Franco-Belgian �
D 
79 
3982 
33 
2 116 151 13 14 147 
174 
-23 
3959 
36 
20 
3 
28 
6 
1 
48 
142 
88 
4170 
3008 
Hungarian �
7, �
s 
257 
6748 
— 
— 
— — 
— 
— 
— 
6748 
27 
25 — 
21 — — 
73 
175 
7000 
6500 
Rumanian �
» �
s 
551 31045 
— 
— 
— — 
— 
— 
— 31045 
78 
11 
47 
— 
— 
136 
500 
35000 , 32000 
Swiss �
» �
» 
59 
3349 
21 
1 
20 
42 13 22 
17 
52 
-10 
3339 
20 
7 
3 
16 
6 
7 
33 
92 
58 
3170 
2247 
Jugoslavian �
» �
» 
230 
8056 
— — 
— 
— — 
— 
— 
— 
805 6 
47 
11 
2 
8 
23 
— 
91 
300 
9000 
8500 
French Eq. Afr. U. M. �
 
22 
4206 
39 
98 137 23 
6 
98 
127 
10 
421 5 
14 
13 
1 
14 
96 106 
2 
246 
154 
11676 
9339 
Indian Ocean Union Mission 
68 
3096 
35 
1 
2 
38 
7 
6 
7 — 
20 
18 
311 1 
23 
4 
2 
46 
— 
30 
16 
121 
104 
5112 
4000 
Italian �» �
» 
52 
2194 
9 
8 
54 
71 
4 
4 
57 
65 
6 
220`1 
19 
11 
3 
40 
4 
46 
123 
100 
2690 
2590 
North African �
» �
s 
19 
794 
5 
13 
18 
3 
2 
11 
16 
2 
796 
8 
6 
2 
14 
-- 
5 
35 
17 
758 
555 
Portuguese �
» �
» 
26 
2129 
30, 5 
18 
53 
2 16 
20 
38 
15 
2141 
14 
10 
7 
4 
1 
12 
48 
37 
3100 
2237 
Portuguese Aft. » �
» 
57 
9876 
— 
— 
— 
— 
9876 
27 
29 
24 
8 195 
— 
283 
350 
22585 
16475 
Bulgarian �
Mission 
39 
3197 
— 
319 7 
9 
4 
10 
— 
— 
— 
23 
39 
2672 
2200 
French W. Afr. �» 
1 
12 
— 
— 
12 
1 
1 
— 
2 
4 
1 
11 
12 
Greek �
» 
5 
222 
— 
1 
1 
-1 
221 
1 
3 
1 
1 
2 
— 
8 
5 
242 
188 
Israel �
» 
1 
35 
— 
— 
35 
2 
-- 
2 
— 
— 
4 
1 
40 
37 
Spanish Church �
 
16 
1110 
— 
— 
— 
— 
111 0 
8 
9 
1 
8 
2 
— 
5 
33 
18 
1555 
1043 
TOTALS 1st QUARTER, 1956 
1636 89258 214 19 347 580 87 89 387 
563 
17 89275 406 173 34 335 172 340 196 1656 2147 117718 
98122 
TOTALS 1st QUARTER, 1955 
1533 96919 474 31 138 643 86 65 155 
306 
337 
972 6 395 140 38 356 204 291 222 1646 2149 122212 106223 
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"Before They Call I Will Answer" 
To the glory of God and for the encouragement 
of my brethren I should like to relate an experience 
I had during the 1955 Ingathering campaign. I 
am happy to testify to the truthfulness of our 
heavenly Father's promises, among others that. of 
Isa. 65 : 24 : "And it shall come to pass, that before 
they call, I will answer ; and while they are yet 
speaking, I will hear." 
For a certain afternoon's work I had chosen 
two small villages in which to collect for missions. 
Before leaving home I knelt and asked God to 
use me that afternoon as His instrument to bring 
blessing to someone, and to show me very plainly 
where I should work. Rising from my knees I 
took my bicycle and started off towards the two 
villages I had in mind for my goal. 
When I reached the first village a compelling 
inner voice urged me to continue on my way. 
When I reached the second village the same clear 
voice spoke again, and seemed to point me to a 
village above a forest farther up. I immediately 
obeyed the voice, and set out in this direction. Great 
joy filled my heart as I began to go from. home to 
home. I had good success. God gave me access to 
the hearts of the villagers. 
Towards evening, as I was about to end my 
day's work, I knocked at the door of a two-family 
house. No one seemed to be at home on the ground 
floor, so I went up to the first floor. There a dear, 
white-haired little mother answered, and listened 
interestedly to my appeal for missions. Meanwhile 
her daughter-in-law came up from downstairs so 
I could show both of the women the mission paper 
at the same time. The younger woman invited me 
to go downstairs to her place. I told her I would 
just as soon as I had taken leave of her mother-in-
law. This elderly woman looked at me so earnestly 
and questioningly I felt compelled to speak a special 
word of comfort and encouragement to her : that 
there is nothing better than to place our trust in 
God's promises ; that Jesus is coming soon to take 
us to that better land where there will be no more 
suffering, tears, nor sin, and where we shall forget 
everything that blighted our pathway here below. I 
noticed that the woman's heart was deeply moved 
when I reached' out my hand to say goodbye. She 
opened the door for me to leave and said as she 
glanced towards another room, "I have a sister." 
My first thought was, Oh, she has a sick, bedridden 
sister. Perhaps I can speak a few words of comfort 
to her. So I accepted the indirect invitation, and 
accompanied by the dear little old mother stepped 
into the room. A tall, slender woman arose from 
the window-seat. After greetings were exchanged 
I explained the purpose of my visit, and repeated 
what I had just told her sister. I especially stressed 
what a joy it is to know that the promises concern-
ing the soon return of Jesus are about to be ful-
filled. While I was talking, this woman never 
once took her eyes off me, and said as I concluded. 
"Yes, but it is not easy to come to Jesus." I replied 
that' I was happy she took such things to heart., 
but assured her that He invites all — weary and 
heavy-laden — to come to Him for refreshing and 
rest. For this reason I could but rejoice in the hope 
of His soon return. 
"Do you believe that as whole-heartedly as you 
have just expressed it ?" asked the woman. I was 
thankful to God that I could truly answer, "Yes." 
Suddenly she gave me a searching glance and said 
abruptly, "To which church do you belong 
anyway ?" I replied, "I am a member of the 
Seventh-day Adventist church." "The Sabbat-
isten ?" (Sabbatarians). I smiled and said that we 
were sometimes so-called because wishing to obey 
• all of God's commandments we also keep the 
Sabbath holy. Now her face beamed. With one hand 
she grasped my hand firmly and with the other 
gripped my arm, and quite overcome cried, "Is that 
posssible ! Then you are my brother ! For two 
months I have been here with my sister on a holiday. 
Soon I am returning to South America where I make 
my home with my daughtey and son-in-law. Yester-
day I received a letter from a sister in the church in 
Santiago, Chile, in which she said that surely here 
in Switzerland I had met many of our brethren and 
sisters ; that there must be many Adventists here 
also. Today I 'was so sad for I had not met one ; 
and it is not half an hour ago that I poured out my 
soul to God, praying earnestly that he would bring 
me into contact with some sister or brother in the 
faith. And • here you stand ! I can scarcely believe 
it !" Of course I too was very much touched, and 
the dear little mother's face was wet with tears of 
joy. 
Then the Adventist sister told me how when 
she was only a young girl she had emigrated with 
her parents to South America ; how she was then 
a staunch Lutheran, but in later years, long after 
her marriage, she had heard and accepted the mes-
sage. Her husband could not decide to share her 
faith, and because of this she had suffred ,greatly. 
"But," she concluded, "I am so happy for the won-
derful way God has lead me until this very hour." 
She encouraged me also to remain faithful until, 
the end. 
QUARTERLY REVIEW 
Of course I had to tell my experience too ; how 
it came about that on that afternoon I had called 
at their home. How could I refrain from telling her 
of God's marvelous leading that had brought us 
together — a meeting so much like that of Philip 
and the eunich. 
After praying with them, and with the promise 
to send a Sabbath School Ouarterly, I took my leave 
and finished visiting the other homes in the village. 
The Lord richly blessed me ; and as I pedalled 
down through the beautiful forest to the valley 
below I could not keep from singing songs of praise 
and thanksgiving to God. 
Rut my story is not yet ended. On the following 
Thursday as I arrived home for lunch, my wife and 
eldest daughter greeted me with, "Can you guess 
who has written to you ?" To my negative reply 
they handed me a letter. It was from Sister L - whom 
I had met while Ingathering. It was a letter express- 
ing her sincere thanks and sending greetings to all 
our brethren and sisters in Switzerland. It also 
informed me that she. would be returning to Santiago, 
Chile in a very few days. "I am inclosing," she 
concluded, "a little donation for missions." And what 
was it ? To our great astonishment it was a bank-
note for one hundred Swiss francs. 
After such an experience can it be said that 
God's day of miracles is past ? I can testify to the 
contrary.• He is performing miracles every day, and 
always greater ones. Only we have become so 
"modern" in our way of thinking that soon we shall 
not he able to discern His miracles. 
In closing there comes to my mind that beau-
tiful hymn which seems to have been written espe-
cially for Adventists : "I love to tell the story of 
Jesus and His love. .. . It did so much for me." 
W. Aeberli. 
Reported by Our Union Presidents 
SWISS UNION CONFERENCE — President 1 1. Aitken 
(The following paragraphs are taken from the reports of the union 
presidents at the Division annual committee meeting held at Gland, 
Switzerland, November 30 — December 5, 1955. We are glad to share 
these interesting experiences with our readers. — Editorial note.) 
The work in Switzerland might seem easy, 
for there is very little apparent poverty. However. 
the poverty in the hearts of the people is great. 
The high percentage of suicides in Switzerland 
confirms this fact. 
Since 1804, when the Advent message was 
preached for the first time in Switzerland at Trame-
Ian by Brother Czechoswski, evangelistic work has 
been carried on untiringly. This year we are glad 
to report that up to the present date there have 
been 108 baptisms and 123 church admissions when 
we count those received by vote. Two new churches 
have been organized : one in 'Vevey, the other in 
Lausanne. 
This year we undertook an evangelistic effort 
in the most Catholic center of Switzerland --
Lucerne. An exceptionally large audience gathered 
for the first meeting. It was soon apparent that 
one-third of the crowd were Catholic youth who, 
accompanied by three priests, had come to make 
trouble, and to show their disapproval of the 
lectures. Just as soon as the evangelist, Brother 
A. Schmid. came onto the platform, whistles were 
blown and there was a very noisy moving about 
of chairs. The disturbance was very annoying, and 
all the more sobecause the police were not prepared 
to handle such a situation. The persons in the 
audience who had come to, listen to our brother's 
message, took upon themselves to bring about order. 
The situation might have become very serious had 
not the speaker begun to sing the hymn Nearer itfli 
Cod to Thee. In this way quiet was restored, and the 
lecture ended under good conditions. For the 
following lecture each person, as he entered, was 
asked by the police to give his name, address, and 
a promise not to cause disorder. This was particu-
larly helpful in obtaining addresses. So when it 
seemed we would have to face defeat, the Lord 
permitted us — as a result of this effort --- to baptize 
22 persons, —a larger number than in any other 
town in Switzerland. The number of baptisms for 
the entire German-Swiss Conference was '60. 
The colporteur sales show an increase of ten 
per cent above those of last year, and this in both 
French and German Switzerland. Fifteen colpor-
teurs are working in French Switzerland and 20 in 
German Switzerland. Their sales were S Fr 
280,000. ($06,820). 
A new enterprise has been launched by our 
Swiss churches in favor of the destitute of the 
country. One of our sisters living in a mountainous 
region went to the communal authorities to ask for 
the address of a poor family to whom she could 
bring relief. The person who was responsible for 
distributing these addresses was very much surprised 
that a member of a "sect" would wish to help her. 
neighbors, and said ; "This is the first time I have 
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QUARTERLY REVIEW 
heard of Seventh-day Adventists or of any sect 
desirous of doing some good. Generally it is just the 
contrary that takes place." 
The Y. P. M. V. societies organized 200 camps 
this year. In addition to our own youth these were 
attended by 75 non-Adventists. Because of this 
camp influence we have been able to contact 51) 
families. 
FRANCO-RELGIAN UNION CONFERENCE — President, F. Lavonchy 
We have about 4,000 members in the Franco-
Belgian Union — 3,000 in France and 1,000 in 
Belgium. The task is being shared by nearly 60 
evangelist-pastors. This number may seem exagger-
ated compared to the membership, but it is not too 
high when we consider that the population in our 
union reaches 50,000,000. 
Fortunately we have various means to make 
known the message : the Voice of Hope, the colpor-
teur work, and the evangelistic work proper. In 
spite of this our difficulties are great, which 'is true 
of most Catholic countries ; and it may well be said-
that every soul won in the Franco-Belgian Union is 
a miracle of God's grace and power. 
The grouping of the, four French conferences 
into one favors greater unity and more concentrated 
effort. Our 17 district leaders are men of experience, 
conscience of their important responsibilities, as 
are also our four colporteur leaders. Today it is 
possible to consecrate more time and workers to 
evangelism. Marseille is a typical example. Last 
year there were four workers in this city, but only 
one was doing direct evangelistic work. Now three 
brethren are giving all their time to this activity. 
Every week they hold five or six public lectures, 
which permits them to contact 850 persons. 
In Paris our means are limited when we take 
into consideration the distances and the importance 
of this city. Our budget for public lectures is only 
3,000 and this includes hall rent and all of our 
publicity : announcements, posters, handbills, et 
cetera. 
5,000 invitations were sent to M. Tieche's radio 
audience to attend the series of lectures being 
held in the French capital. The first two lectures 
were given by Brother Tieche himself on education 
and those that followed by Brother Decaris on 
Biblical subjects. At each one of them every avail-
able seat was taken and 150 persons were obliged 
to stand. After the lecture proper the audience was 
invited to remain to ask questions that interested 
them. Four hundred persons — three-fourths of 
those present — remained and listened attentively 
to H. Meyer's answers to Biblical questions. 
Our colporteurs are meeting with success, 
but we know that it is God's power that is working 
upon the hearts of men. A literature evangelist was 
working in a certain village at the beginning of 
this year. He would talk gladly to his prospects 
about Jesus and the end of the world. Someone 
counselled him to go and see a gentleman who had 
the same convictions as ;he. Our brother consented 
readily, and in this way began a series of visits at 
the end of which this man, an engineer, gave up 
his good position, and with his wife went to Col-
longes seminary. 
Another brother was canvassing a priest. The 
priest said. "Go and find the director of the Catholic 
agricultural school. I believe your books would 
interest him." So the colporteur went. The direc-
tor bought copies of all our books. He has read and 
studied them. During a recent visit he told our 
brother colporteur, "I am convinced of the Sabbath 
truth and tithing, 1 would like to he baptized." 
Our members are also witnessing faithfully for 
the truth. The secretary of our Paris church works 
at _the town hall in a communist arrondissement 
(a subdivision of the city of Paris). Naturally she 
asked to be free on Sabbath. After having thought 
the matter over, and wondering what he should do, 
the mayor decided to close the town hall on Sabbath 
in order not to be obliged to dismiss his secretary, 
so pleased he was with her services. 
NORTH AFRICAN UNION MISSION �
H. Pichot, President 
The report which is presented to you this even-
ing comes from a country torn with difficulties of 
all kinds. Well might we compare the present 
situation in North Africa to that of the children of 
Israel during the reign of Asa : "And in those 
times there was no peace (French version, safety) 
to him that went out, nor to him that came in" 
(2• Chron. 15 : 5). The Spirit of prophecy makes 
mention of such troublous times in similar phrase 
°logy : "We have no time to lose. The end is near. 
The passage from place to place to spread the truth 
will soon be hedged with dangers on the right hand 
and on the left. Everything will be placed to obstruct 
the way of the Lord's messengers, so that. 
 the,y 
QUARTERLY REizIEW �
11 
will not be able to do that which it is possible for 
them to do now." �
 Testimonies for the Church, 
Vol. 6, p. 22, 
The brethren in North Africa have reached 
those perilous times, and not only in places where 
there are tanks, but almost everywhere. Now we 
must work during the daytime, and be home before 
nightfall. It is la guerre froide ("frozen warefare"). 
Doctors hesitate, even in urgent cases, to leave 
home, and they 'ask to be taken to the patient and 
to be brought back home again. Thousands, yes 
hundreds of thousands of people never go to sleep 
a night unless they have one or two guns by their 
pillow. The population is alarmed. Houses and 
lands are being sold or abandoned. 
It is in this atmosphere that the brethren and 
sisters in North Africa must live, and our evange-
lists and colporteurs carry on their work. 
Fortunately they do not have the same fear as 
others, for God watches over His children. People 
of the world are wondering what these things can 
mean. God's children know what they mean -- 
preparation for Armageddon �
the East against 
the West. 
The North African field counts around 850 mem-
bers. Twenty evangelical workers are preaching 
the message, urged on by the blessed hope that the 
end will soon come, To these may be added a dozen 
literature evangelists, whose task also has become 
most difficult. 
This year (1955) in spite of difficulties 
perhaps because of them — North Africa will have 
the best year in baptisms in its. history. Very prob-
ably w e shall reach one hundred baptisms by the 
close of the year. This is very encouraging for the 
workers, and is an assurance that one can carry on 
for God even in the midst of the greatest dangers. 
J. Colmar, at Constantind where we have 
a building and hall which were dedicated recently. 
is holding public lectures with a capacity audience 
in spite of the fact that everyone must he back home 
before nightfall. .At Bane where Brother Garsia a 
new evangelist is working, the hall has become too 
small for the people who would like to gather. 
The medical work in North Africa now seems 
to be firmly established. The Vie et Sante insti-
tution near Algiers has been "endowed" with a new 
nurse, Magali Cloux. For a number of years Vie 
et Sante was rather an old people's home than a 
medical institution. Since the arrival of a trained 
nurse it has become a clinic. 
The dispensary in Tunis seems to be taking 
on new life also. Sister Bataille, formerly Sister 
Rovira, cares for the sick and at the same time 
carries on as Bible instructor. Her husband is a 
valiant colporteur. Brother Gennuso, the nurse who 
formerly was so very successful in taking care of 
Arabs in Tunis, has been transferred to Mostaganem. 
Beginning with January he will open a dispensary 
and care for the Moslems. A good' work is being 
done also in southern Algeria, at Rochambeau, by 
Sister Pellicer. 
At Mostaganem there is a small school. It is is 
girls' workshop which was opened by Brother Rey-
nand. The idea originated with Brother Figuhr. The 
children in this little school are taught to sing our 
hymns and to pray. Through this means their par-
ents can be reached. 
Plans have been laid to construct a larger school 
at Bel Acel in the neighborhood of Relizane, Oran. 
The director. Brother Pellicer, is already on the 
ground. He is well prepared for this work as he. 
speaks both French and Arabic fluently. He will 
have an assistant. We are planning to open two 
classes next January (1956). Medicines will be 
distributed. Every day sick people are coming to, be 
treated �
men, but especially women, and many 
children. This medical work at Bel Acel is under 
way already. The extreme poverty of those people 
is appalling. The Moslems who live in the mountains 
must often walk nine or ten miles to reach the 
nearest dispensary. They come covered with sores 
which very often are uncurable. Their utter desti-
tution is pitiful indeed. They are in need of every-
thing. 
The Moslems are tired of their Islam, and of 
our Christianity which has no pity for the poor. 
"For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth 
for the manifestation of the sons of God" (Romans 
18 : 19). Islam is waiting for "the manifestation of 
the sons of God" and that as quickly as possible. 
May the Lord help us to show the way of salvation 
to the millions of Moslems in North Africa. and 
may they join the flock whose only Master is the 
Good Shepherd. 
(To be continued) 
SOUTHERN EUROPEAN 
QUARTERLY REVIEW 
Organ of the Southern European Division 
of Seventh-day Adventists published every quarter 
Address of Editor (to whowl all manuscripts should be sent) 
116heweg 17, Berne, Switzerland. 
M. Fridlin 
 Editor 
Editorial Secretary 
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QUARTERLY REVIEW 
gstere and 
4Eltere 
We are very pleased to have some 
General Conference representatives in 
our Division for a few weeks' visit. 
Dr. J. C. Thompson, associate secretary 
of the Re �Liberty Department, 
arrived` at the beginning of April. tie, 
with 
Dr. J. Nussbaum, 
will visit 
influential persons in different parts 
of Southern Europe in the interests of 
religious liberty. Dr. Thompson will 
also accompany Elder M. V. Campbell 
on his trip to Greece and Israel during 
the month of May. 
Since April 30 th E. R. �
Weide. 
secretary of the General Conference 
Radio Department has been with us. 
This is Brother Walde's first official visit 
to Southern Europe. He and M. Fridlin 
will visit the different countries on the 
continent where we have radio and 
Bible correspondence school work. They 
will also attend some annual and district 
meetings. 
Professor E. E. Cossentine. secretary 
of the General Conference Department 
of Education, is inspecting the schools 
in the Southern European Division 
mission fields. He is accompanied by 
Dr. 0. Schuberth. Their tour of inspec 
tion, which will last for two and a 
half monifis, began in the French 
Cameroun. From there they will go t...) 
Angola and the islands of the Indian 
Ocean. 
We are always thankful for the help 
the General Conference gives us in 
sending experienced brethren and good 
counsellors to our field. 
A. Meyer, our ministerial associatier• 
secretary, spent about seven weeks in 
the French Cameroun, contacting the 
mission static)n and attending workers' 
meetings. Elder Meyer reports that 
good meetings have been he'd every-
where. 
* 
After h eying finished a first term 
of service in our medical institution at 
the Koza Mission, 
North Cameroun, 
Miss Huguette Tierce has returned to 
France for her furlough. At present 
she is taking a course in, surgical nurs-
ing at the Lausanne hospital. She hopes 
to return to the Koza hospital at +he 
end of her furlough. 
We are deeply grieved to 
report the death of J. P. Frei 
on his seventieth birthday, Mar:h 
14, in Lugano where Elder Frei 
retired from active service some 
years ago after having been in 
charge of the work in the Tessin, 
Italian Switzerland. For long years 
Elder Frei seved in different 
places in Southern Europe, and 
until the day of his death expended 
his strength in the Lord's cause. 
Although he had retired, he con-
tinued to give his co-operation to 
the Lugano church, and was also 
in charge of the Italian Bible cor-
respondence school for Switzer-
land. Eider Frei fell asleep in 
the blessed hope that we shall 
meet him again on the great day of 
the Lord's return'. To his bereaved 
wife and children we express our 
deepest Christian sympathy. 
On invitation of the Infer-American 
Division, M. Tiehce, educational and 
radio secretary of the Franco-Belgian 
Union, and who is also in charge of 
the educational broadcasts of the 
Voice of Hope over the French nation-
al network, will spend three months this 
summer in the French-speaking fields 
of Inter-America. During his visit impor-
tant public meetings will be organized 
on the islands of Martinique. Guade-
loupe and Haiti. 
* 
R. Bergstrom, who was in charge of 
our mission work in the Northern 
Cameroun for 26 years, recently re-
turned to Sweden for a furlough. We 
wish this faithful pioneer a happy period 
of rest in his homeland. 
* 
After spending their furlough in 
North Africa and Belgium, 
Mr. and 
Mrs. E. Vervoort 
returned to the 
Seychelles Islands the early part of 
April. Elder Vervoort is the leader of 
the field. We wish this faithful mission-
ary family God's richest blessing and 
a full measure of success as they return 
to this most isolated mission field in 
the Southern European Division. 
A very neat chapel, with a seating 
capacity of about 150, located in the 
residential section of the picturesque 
city of Thun, Switzerland, was opened 
fc'. church services and public evange-
lism on Sabbath, April 21. Pastor M. 
V. Campbell, our Di'ision president, 
delivered the morning sermon. The 
official opening took place, in the 
afternoon, with city authorities and 
representatives of the local press present. 
About 250 people attended this 
interesting meeting, 
H. F. Schuberth, a former president 
of the Central European Division, and 
retired in Thun, was especially happy 
to see the completion of this fine chapel. 
Now 88 years old, but still in very 
good physical, mental and spiritual 
health, Elder Schuberth addressed the 
audience, reminding them that 50 
years ago, when he was president cf 
the German-Swiss Conference, he organ-
ized the Thun church. Pastor H. Willi 
is now in charge of the church and 
work in Thun. 
We are sorry to announce that J. 
Belloy who served for almost two terms 
in the Indian Ocean Union Mission in 
different capacities, has had to be 
granted permanent return to Europe 
for health reasons. Mrs. Belloy's health 
has been declining for a number of 
years, and in spite of every effort made 
to recover in the mission field, there 
was no improvement. She had to return 
to Europe in February of this year, 
and Brother Belloy, who fell seriously 
ill on Reunion Island, had to return by 
Air France plane on April 19. We 
take this occasion to thank the Bellov 
family for their good service in the 
mission field, 
and 
to wish them a 
speedy recovery in their homeland. 
A. M. Potlin who worked for a 
number of years as an evangelist in 
the Israel Mission, has been appointed 
acting president of this mission in 
replacement of J. O. Wilson who has 
returned permanently to the United 
States. We hope that the work in Israel 
will grow rapidly under Elder Potlin's 
leadership.