Next :session will be hetd WitlltheSeventb Day .DClLlJl;l,51d

, Church' at Adams Center. N.Y.. August 23-28. :, President-Corliss F:. Randolph, M·aplewood,N. •

Vii!e':;hesidenf-,,-,,-WalterL. Greene, Andover.· No Y. , Recording Secretary-Paul C. Saunders. Alfred,' N. Y. : Correspo,nding Secretary-Courtland V. Davis,' ~la~n-

field., ,N. J. . Treasurer of General Conference-James H. Coo~

Milton, Wis.. . , Treasurer _ of Onward. Movement-Harold R. Crand.all.

118 Main Street, Westerly. R. I. " , 'Trustees of the General Conference for Three Years-­

, Asa F' Randolph, Plainfield. N. J.; Charles H. Stanton. Westerly. R. I.;, George B. Utter, Westerly, R. I.

... COM'M~SSIOlf OF THE GENERAL CONFERENCE

: Terms expiring :in i9i2~orge' B.' Utter. ~e~terlY. 'R. I. ; Asa F' Randolph, Plainfield, N. J.; W dham, M. Simpson, Battle .. Creek. Mich.. ' ; ·Term.s expiring -in 1933-,WUlai"d D. Burdick.' Rock­ville, 'R. I.; J. Frederick Whitford, Bolivar. N. Y.; Moses H. Van Horn. Salem. W. Va. , ; : Ter1U-s expiring in 1934-Corliss F. Randolph. Maple­wood. N. J. ; A. Lovelle Burdick, Milton. Wis. ; Ralph H. Coon. Boulder. Colo. '

N. J. ..;, ' or bequests any denom1national purpose are

invited, and will, be gladly administered and safeguarded for the best interests of the beneficiaries with the wishes of the donors.'

The Memorial Board acts "as the DenomiIiatiori.· _

Write tl;1e Secretary 'or Treasurer for inf()rmation as to ways in which the Board can I;»e 'of service. ' •. ' .

SEVENTH - DAY BAPTIST HISTORICAL SOCIETY,' .

. (INCORPORATED1 · '1916) President-Corliss F. Randolph, Maplewood, N. J. Recording S ecreta.r.~Asa F' Randolph, Plainfield, N. J. Treasttrer--Mrs. William M~' Stillman. Plainfield,' N. J •. A dvisory Committee-William L. Burdick, Chair~n.

Ashaway, R. I.

SABBATH SCHOOL, BOARD President-D. Nelson Inglis. Milton. Wis.

AMERICAN SABBATH TRACT SOCIETY Secretary-A. Lovelle Burdick. Janesville. Wis. . BOARD _ OF DIRECTORS Treasurer-Louis A. Babcock} M;ilton, Wis. "

. Director of Religious Educatwn-Erlo E. Sutton,' Mil-Pre.Adent-Corliss F. Randolph, Mat:>!ewood. N. J. ton Junction, Wis. . ' Recording Secretary-Winfred R. Harris. Plainfield. Stated meetings are held on the third First Day of the

'N. ' J. . week in the months of September, December and March • . Assistant Recording Secretary-Asa F' Randolph, Plmn- .and on the first First Day of the week in the m..onth of

,field, N. J. ", . . June in the Whitford Memorial Hall, of Milton College, Corresponding Secretary-Herbert C. Van Horn, Plain- Milton, Wis.

. ·field, N. J. " ----------------------. . Treasurer-Mrs.' William M. Sti11m~n, Seventh Day

Baptist BuIlding, Plairifield, N ~. J. Regular meeting o£ the Board, at Plainfield, N. J.. the

second Fi)"st Day of' each month, at 2 p. m.

THE SEVENTH DAY 'BAPTIST MISSIONARY SOCIETY

President--Clayto~ A. Burdick, Westerly, R. I. Recording Secretary-George B. Utter. Westerly. R. I. Corresponding Secretary-William L. Burdick. Asha-

way, R. I. Treasurer-Samuel H. Davis, Westerly, R. I. The regular 'meetings of 'the Board of Managers are

held the -third Sunday in January, April. July. and October, at 2. p. m.

SEVENTH DAY BAPTIST EDUCATION SOCIETY

Preside1tt-, Edgar D. Van Horn, Alfred Station, N. Y. Recording Secretary and Treasurer-Earl P. Saunders,

Alfred. N. Y. . , Corresponding Secretary-Walter L. Greene, Andover.

N. Y. " , The regular meetings of the Board are held on the s'econd Sunday of January. April, July and October.

WOMAN"S EXECUTIVE BOARD OF THE GENERAL CONFERENCE . "

President--Mrs. George B. Shaw,.'. Salem, W. Va. CorrespondingSec1"etary-Miss Lotta M. Bond, Lost

Creek, W. Va. _ ~ '. l

, ' Recor.ding Secretary-Mrs. Oris. O. Stutler" Salem, ,W. Va. ' , .

Treas1trer-Mrs. Okey W. Davis. Salem, W. Va. . Editor Woman's Page, SABBATH RECORDER-Mrs. Eldred : H. Batson, Durbin, W. Va.

YOUNG PEOPLE~S EXECUTIVE BOARD President-Miss Marj orie Burdick, Kalamazoo, Mich. Recording Secretary-Miss Virginia Willis. Battle Creek,

Mich. ' .., " C orresp!,nding S ecretary-¥rs.~",Ruby C. Babcock. Battle

Creek. MIch. " ,.. '. Treasurer-Elvan H. Clarke, 229 N. Washington Ave.,

Battle Creek, Mich. Trustee of International Society-William M. Simp­

son, 619 N. Ave., R. R. 3, Battle Creek, Mich. Editor of Young People's Department of SABBATH

RECORDER-Clifford A. Beebe, N ady Ark. ~'''- ...... Junior Sftperintendents-Mrs.Nettie Crandall, Mrs.~···

William M. -Simpson, Mrs.H. L. Polan. Mrs. Eva Miller. Intermediate Superintendents-Rev. William M •. Simp­

son, Richard Burdick. Miss Virginia Willis, Miss Alice Virginia Jeffrey, Rev. John F. Randolph.

Senior Superintendents-L. Emile' Babcock, A. Russell . Maxson. Ellis Johanson, Miss Sara Davis. MissFloy Clarke, Miss Geraldine Maxson.

ASSOCIATIONAL SECRET~ES Eastern-N ew England: Miss Elizabeth Crandall. Ash-

away. R. 1. " : " New Jersey-New York: Miss Wilna Bond, Plainfield, N. J. "

Central-Mrs. Iris Sholtz Maltby. Oneida, N. Y. ; Western-Miss Elizabeth Ormsby, AlfredSta •• N.' Y. Northwestern-:-Mrs. Elsie V", Sweetland, Hemingford,

Neb. :,". ,Miss " , Miss .£'1 .. ,., ....

Miss ~~~~r~~~~d Miss ...... O;:;'vu .. 1l :e,",,,ISelnte'r., ... ~ .. a.uJu.

VOL. 112, No.3 :PLA'I~FIELD~ ,N. J., JANUARY 18,· 1932 '. ,

UDON'T BE' DISCOURAGED;' , '

The wet propa:ganda will undermine the the common. people' of America econom'i~ foundations . of prohibition if . we do not cally in a place· superior to that in at~y' other watch out. The. most, discouraging feature country.' of the whole situation, perhap~, is that we 5; Efficiency of industrybecau$e of re-"vvent to sleep too near. Where we got in." liable, sober working Inen and women. Too many felt, wl1en' the Eighteenth, . 6. Comparative comfQrtandsafety upon Amendment, was ratifie<I i by the l~st state the public--higmvay, -crowded with automo­necessary to its' being written into the Con- bile traffic, due to _ sober drivers, stitution, that ,the final victory had been 7. Better chances for youth in the won. It was but the signal for Uwets" 'schools, shown by the. increase in the really to begin the fight. That they have high ,schools 'from two million in 1920, to not hesitated to use all the old illegal aJ,)d over five million in'1930. . noisome tactics and methods of the liquor 1 ·• d - e t Other worth while- achievements will oc-JUStness IS more an more, appar n .

cur t~ the' r~der~ '" How any friend of _sobriety and decency The oth)':er .,day- Dr. James K. Shields,

who knew the old saloon days' ~n so easily forget and become ':persuaded that there is speaking ~eiqre one of" 0U: churches,' ~e-as tTIuch- drinking being done today as in ported sonteQf. the conversation he had Wlth the days prior to 'the amendment is diffi- Mr. Edison -about a year ago. ,"I cannot,' cult to conceive. for the' life of me," said Edison, "under­

stand why ~ anyone should Want to repeal or Talk of traffic ja,ms! What would it be destroy·'prqhibition.· I simply cannot com-

were great beer. trucks, piled high and wide, prehend. it. Prohibition, means more to as in days of yore, added to .the ,traffic at America. than all' the wars we have ever' hundreds of crossings in the city streets! fought., .... Don't 1:;»e discouraged. These

But this is not an argt!.met;1t. We may gteaf things dot:t't happen suddenly. They, well encourage ourselves with what has been take a long -time, but' they' do happen be-done. far though it be trom the ideal or the ,cause they· are eternally right." . possible. Here are some' of the achieve..;. For ~ore than sixty years men visioned ments: prohibition, struggled, suffe!ed, died fo~ it.

1. The apen saloon is gone with its en- For two generations education Qn. the. ques.­couragement ,to gambling and degraded' tion was promoted and carried through 'be­politics, its debaucheryandiprostitution.· fore ,the Eighteenth Amendment became a

2. Elinlipation of the line of' wives and reality.' It wili doubtless require as long a mothersh~fote industrial gates, waiting for time before it is as completely effective· as it a chance at the.ir:· legitimate providers' p~y' . 'should be. It· may be. remembered, that' rolls before att~cp.ed -by the liquo:r' dealer. murder, outlawed fOr rcenturies, is far- from'

3. Elimination'·': ~f;~liq,-,or ad~ert~sing, ap-: effective as we wish." . ,..., . pealing to the lowest "and/basest . emotions. Meanwhile it rests: upon 'eve~y l~w toving A just conception of. what thepuhlic:. is. and law abiding c~tizen,- ~vety lover :of so'"' spared may b~ had-,by cortteIIlplation of ad:.. .. briety and decency, .every hater of corrupt vertising foisted upon it by' the Tobacc() politics, to be loyal to-his ,country in main.:. Trust ,'... , .. ' .' . 'taining ,thetfitegrity . of, the COi1stitution~

4. increa&ed" ~a~~~.'wh.i~hhave .pl~ced . "Don't , be· discouraged'." " . ' t '

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If I COQld S~. '~Open ' the.;yo1;tlJg '. m~J's ... reflected. bot&in his 'services in the<:cau;e~6f ' eyes"::was ,the· pray~r o~';Elisha" in the;;titne' tiat'idti~l'.q~f~~&e.:atinhg, thej:"w~r~:':ihd. it~i~l1is of a distresslng,s·ituation· many, centuries ..•..... devotion totheuplitiilding of;the-~i:re of/the ago .. And the yoqtp, by the prophet's side community, and. the country in . times of saw God's horsem~n filling 'the rnQuntain- peace ..

· si,?e- and was encouraged. . Many a man has "One of his most conspicuQUScoflt1:"l.bu-gtven 'up a struggle because his . eyesw:ere tions to the public welfare was through closed to the many elements of encourage~ his humanitarian activities. His, 'wartn­me:"!t, could he only have seen. hearted hu~an ~ympathies for all mankind

Spiritually. it may be, eyes are not·· see- resulted in munificent 19ifts for the' 00-ing. What \vot11d" we see, were we not vancement of public health, education, hous-

· blind? Perhap<; we'can hardly know. What ing, and the 'wide reach of social ameliora­do you' want to see? N ow this is a differ- tion. He was a distinguished patron of the ent question, isn't it? arts. The foundation', which he created for

Helen Keller' -. who has not seen nor the well being of mankind constitutes a heard, since she 'was six months old-has monument to his vision, sympathy, and gen-had, her minq opened in no less than a way erosity." , . . miraculous . and agaitlst odds' such . as few. To many of us, he . is only a natue, while have ever overcome, . and has learned to talk. the institution· which . his business ability Much of her time is spent on the platform built· up--Sears, Roebuck, and Company­before large audiences~ She says that if is alm-ost a household tradition, and its' an­,she were to. be given sight, the' ,first things nual sales organ one of the most consulted she would want to see would be a child and books of the time. . . a' dog. One does not wonder at that. who h f 1 h d h· f f The ,city of Chicago may be made notor-

as ~ t t e comra ~S tp 0 aurry friend ious by a "S ... carface" Al Cap' one, bu.t it is crowdIng close upon him, much_ less one . whp loves and -appreciates a child. Who made- famous by such men as Julius Rosen-wo~ld not long to see the darling form, the wald, merchant and philanthropist. From snnle, the shy way, the winsomeness of a a mailorder house in 1895, known as R. W. three year. old, had he never been permitted Sears-so small that,~~-$35J){)()' additional such a blessing? Is not such a wish akin to seemed a godsend-Mr .. Rosenwald, who the deeply spiritual? Jesus took the little put into it this amount, built up the business mild in his arms-' --against protests of his to the proportions obtaini~g today ".-.- the disciples-and declared' "of such is the valuation of its stocks on the 1929 market kingdom of' heaven." being quoted at about $1,000,000,000.-

"If I could see"-would I want to see It is ·not so mnch what such a man is able that which is perfectly pure? "Blessed "to make,'~ however, that interests the pub­are the pure in he~rt, for they shall see lie as what .he does with it. ,As early as ?od." '. Would one want to see a perfected .. 1916, Mr. Rosenwald founded an em­.hfe conformed to the will ., of God and _ ployee's savings and pr~fit sharing pension · bro~g~~ .into the ~ealization of its highest fund, enabling employees of the ~orpoiation possIbIlItIes by havmg seen him "as he is"? to secure an income upori which. to retire,

or' for the protection. of thefr. families~The . "Open my eyes that I may see . Glimpses 6£ truth thou hast for me. figures in savings, ,investments, and' pay-

Open my eyes, illumine me, -ments. of- benefits '. in 'this foundation are in..:. Savior divine." teresting, running as they doirt theaggre-

gate to more· than fifty millions. Approxi':; Mr.' Rosenwald,' In' a stateme.nt Jast week,. mately $60,000,000 was, given by him for Pbila-~thro)H~t President Hoover said various researches: and philanthropies. He ,the .. death . of Julius .Roseriwald had de_was keenly interested in the welfare of the

:prived ChiCago and, the nation' of "an out-- Jews but not in the Zionist Movement. , . standingcitizen."iThe· statement added: During the war he served the nation as,-"a "His. business .. abili~yfound ex.pression in dollar 'a y~ar man" :'and rendered valuable ,commercia! achievements, of great.ti:1agni!. servi<:e '. ih ; the. ·department <' of purcha~irtg . )tude 'and/Importance~ . His'patriotisn:r was .,' supplIes. In, ,1917, he awarded' cpntracts

....

~aE~"~S~BB:A;-:PPi,!i::R:E~(}It:l->~~ ,.-; ~." for $40~OOO,OOO;"wc5:rtlt of.~a:r,ti1~'~li~~.'.;,S~th~'t~~;' .~~ .~o~pl~t,?ly·that:whi¢1:t;:Seve~th~p~y .1,3~P7- <'

of the RECORDER~rea<lers no,q.oub!"hiked"ttsts organI~ed"thls, ~armc;of..~th.e~r .S(!IV1<;~ . many a "long~.' long. road a-~n,~in.g"i,in tod;O;.·, ~->;c..'" ... '" .... ,/ _'/ '.' .. ,,,:~ some of them .. '-Thenmn: was. not . only , of .. Ought·~~1~:119t .tob~ .. an· Cl<li:le(jlpc~ntrye . large caliber in busin~ss,'but~ isrepor.tedas for theraIS1.~g,thls, y~r; a f.1!ll ?n~ '~t:':ll,<iFef1. a' kindly man and syl11path¢t1c. . ,perc.ent. oft~e buqgetf' We., m~s~ npt~~~l,

His life has anaPPealtoyouth-- in its In thlS~ If we would be loyal to our.Chnst, struggle towar4 suc~ess.· 'J.iis .·first money the Head of the Churcll~ was earned pumping a .chutcp orga.n at five . cents an 'hour .. He was born in . Springfield, Ill. near' the home "of Ahraham Lincoln,· wh~ was then President 0-£ the. United States.

"Letters to Young ; . Mote than thirty years Pr,eachers" ago -Dr.·A. H.~wis_ prepared a series of ULetters to Young Preachers" and published them, in ,the SAB~ BATH RECORDER." of· whicn .hewas then· edi.;.

Our Tracts Not -ihfrequently' word comes, tor. They were written at' the requesfo~ ,.' ~ "We are out of this 'tract." It is a' fine young minister who at -the time was en~ thing that our tr~cts are. in denla~d and are gaged' in missionary work between .. t?~ fin­being moved from storage. ,It IS a good ishing' of his' college course ~d takIng. up

. d seminary trainin~ Doctor Lewis pr~pared sign. There ar:e se'!era! ~tems o~ our or er them having. in mind,' especialfy, men w, ho . blanks, stock of whIch lS exh~usted. SOIPe ' of them perhaps ought to be reprinted; were not alreadY. trained in classroom and some ,replaced by others .. of more ~recent dat~ by lecture for the p~rsuit ~f, the.mini~ry.

f h h· h Later the letters were. pubhshed In a neat. and of fresher 'preseittationo trut'l> w IC book, which has beert 'blessed in the hands we wish to promote~ of ,many. of out' younger' "nen.' The series

A small edition of a reprint from RE~compares not itrifaV'orably with many ~ore' CORDER' type, held for the purpose, is being pretentious'.coursesfof lectures'on preaching. made of Rev. Lester G. Osborn's ~'My It was 4e~igned to helP. t4~: man orwo~ Holy Day," and will appear in a four page man in the pew, 'also, to a 'better under­leaflet form. We hope. our readers. will standing of the' preacher's ~ork a.nd to order this. iorpersonal reading and to hand awaken 'in him a larger ., enjoyment of to others. It appeared in the R~CORDER of preaching. '.The, author' ,held' that· listeners November 2, 1931. without~>any just conception of what a ser-

In the present issue is another: admirable .mon ought to be' were unprepared to ap- . paper from Brother Osborn's hands - preciate it. " "For this ,reason, ~nd for many "Spiritual Sabbathism." This would. prnke others, ,the people in the 'pew ought to be a valuable contribution to, our literature iffamil1ar with- the fund~ntalprinciples put' out in tract form. . which 'entet:- into sermons - making~nd

The large· edition of "Seventh Day Bap-'preaching,"he declares:in "the introduction~ tists as DistingUished ' From . Seventh Day . Appearing in the RECORDER, these studies. Adventists," by Rev. Wrn. L. Burdick, is found, -a large place in the hearts .of the peo~ greatly depleted~ ,"It 'is' much in demand' pIe thrpughoutthe denQmination... '. everywhere and.should be r~published .. The . The fQrty-five letters and a ,postscript: are. tract, "Not,Under,La.wbut Under Grace,'" put into ten cliaptersof the Qook with such is exhatil;te~ ... and something .to . take jts titles.·as "Nature of the Ministerial Office,'~, place, is needed. 'We can get good mate:dal . "General Preparation of the Ministry" {two in this line.' " . ,chapters), "Pro~rtiesof Sermons,'·' "Class-Unfortunai~iy<the ... bo.::trd .• :has. 'it$',~,hal1ds ification 'of Sermons' 'According to,. Strllc­

tied at the' present' ' time;.. .. In • <:ti~ing., its,ttire/7,~'Clas$ification of _Sermons A~cord­budget 'for the.·.curJ::ent .ye~~., Q.nly·$~$()'-'~~~.; "ingJQ ·.Mannet:_o£ . Delivery," ,"S.pecial.Sug~ appropriated - f91:. the-p~bli~tjf.)ll::an<l ~,' di~trl- . 'g~st.iQns· '.. Concernipg .•.. , 'the' " Prep"clratiop. (,of bution· ef. tra~t~, .at1(;l:~hree.;.Jiftlis'"6f:,this.i is Sermons/' "~jsc.ellaneous Suggestions,"

.. "... . f th '~EirtaI, Su. gg"·e. sf.lb."n ... S .. "; ., . ' .. :. '" ". '. . already ,use(L,Failu!"e,.on>Jt1:t~'Pant/!() ,./ :, e.. . .. denotrIinatio~ ~oc~t.lb~rci~~,ijp.~.fullY::·~;,tYit.he: .. 'Thisy~ltl~91e· .. · .. QpOk. was copyr~g-h~(;!~ ,be-".' budget makes ;It, "JllP<)sslble.fQf theboard t 9. 'fore~oti1eofout_presentyou:nget"mlIiiste~~ f

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were born, and before' or. while others' of them were in, the grades. ,. Some .... of' '. us older men, for whose,' sake and because of whose need the Hletters~' were written, . re­call the help and inspiration they furnished.'

The book,. containing tw~' hundred thirty pages; is well bound in cloth ... It is still of value, and priced. at fifty cents the CQPY~ 'W ~ have a limited' number. of copies on our shelves. Any Seventh Day-Baptist. minis­ter who does not have this book and' wishes to possess it may'secure one' free, provided his application is accompanied. by twelve

. cents .to cover -wrapping and postage. Young . men s~udying for t~e ministry or looking to­ward the ministry ~ as their -calling may -have the book .on the same .terms. Anyone else desiring a copy, may have one free by se­curing one new paid subscription to' the SABBATH RECORDER. This offer cannot be continued a,fter:.' the present limited edition is exhausted.

A"Meth~ of Have you, some Sabbath Tract Distribution . tracts that you earnestly, wish were . in somebody's han<l:s ,who woyfci make .good use of them? ThIS often may be true. Perhaps we. have. handed tracts to our friends and acqu~intances as far ,as· i~ wise. Indiscriminate' passing of them. is not . advisable~ Material which' has helped us is at hand. What shall we' do with these tracts?' .

Here is a way ... In following this plan one. will be doing real missionary' work and helping unemployment .. Wrap up' your package of tracts and mail~toMr. M. G. Marsh; Wichita Falls, Tex., General D.eIiv­ery.· Write fiim a note' advising him of what. you are doing and inclose one cent. for each tract to be -distltibuted.. Mr.- Marsh will gladly do the t:'est. E very tract will be handed by him' personally and with a helpful word of testimony ·to an individual, no two to the same person· unless requested.

Mr .. Marsh isamernber of one pf our strong churches, . and is . distributing . some 'tracts in 'the above manner for ,the Distri­bution Committee of the Tract :Bo~rd, and regulady reports, his activitIes. . It . is . con­ceivable that scores of our people could ~'send ten or a hundred tracts in this way and thus . promote· knowledge' of Zthe Sabbath' and.- en­courage' a Christian worker., ' .

SP.RlTUAL ,'SABBATHISM." . BY REV. 'LESTER' G. 'OSBORN '

Introduction. Man is ,at the top of creation.· The whole

worl~ was prepared for him. It was,not until God. had spoken everything. else into . being that he "ti-eated'~ man psychologically "in his own image" (Genesis' 1:, 27~) , ~'formed" his body by combining carefully selected elements in certain proportions (Genesis 2: 7), "breathe.d into his nostrils the breath of life," and placed him on earth to "subdue it.". The earth with all its re­sources was made for man's use.

How wonderfully man has "subdued"" the earth! He has prepared food and shelter, not only comfortable but luxurious. From the earth and from forests he has taken fuel to keep himself warm. From mines ,he' has taken the metals with which he has made tools and implements, machinery,' autom<:)-' biles, great sky-scrapers, and the network of railroads which covers our country. From holes in the ground he has taken gas and oil. From plants and trees "he has taken building materials, food, and ,medi~­'cine. He has' harnessed the streams and commands the wizard electricity which is generated thereby.· - fIe talks around ~ the earth' without wires.'Re travels not· only on sea and land, . but alsotbrough the air and under the water. God placed the raw materials here to hand. Man·· has· taken these resources, developed\ them, and used t~em to supply. his physical needs and de­SIres.

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The Physical Purpose of the Sabbath.

. HSubduing the earth" means work, and work brings fatigue. . Fatigued bodies must recuperate. God knew this, and in. provid­ing for the physical needs of man he set -aside one day in the week for this recupera-tion-f or repairs in the tissues and, nerve cells. The'Sabbath is a time for the chemi':' cal effect of fatigue to wear off, for the muscles to. come back to notmal, for low- ' eredvitality to be raised, for the 'mind to be cleared.. .

. We find the. sall!e prineipleworking~ out­SIde. of orga!llC hfe. A.telegraph wire.,

,'~hen used 'for a long . period, ,be~Q.mes sltig~ . ~glsh,andthe' operator must switch, to 'an:...· other line to, ,allow it to :'~rest/'R.ai1road rolling 'stock Iwhich IS used ~continoottSly' .. ,

. wears outmfi'chsooner'thari'thatwlllc:n 'l'S . ifs.';·Weao ii1oitake' time to'commune,with . "laid over" Q~~siOi1ally~ -;.: ',-' ." .• '. : Qufheavenly Father. We :.slight the ieli~

"TJ:ie divil1e'rnythrnOf"a- hea:1thy.life"is giousiilstruction of-our ·children~· . six days' 'work '~nd : one"day ofre~t.: ···.Man .. Spiritual and moral 'decline always'. fol­is so' constrttctea~· ,Any, lother '. 'pro{iortion low Sabbath desecration. 'Look at the his:­lowers efficieticY.'Th~:person~wh6 ~riegleCts . tory of: theJews~ .·This was the greatest

,to' take one day'·, of-rest> each' week lessens reason ,for their downfall. ' Go to any . Sab";' his ~'output~" '; ana shorte~s 'his·life~· •. ' Other - bathless c9nimuriity· apd . ,you· will. find low. things being equal, ih:e,man who. works six 'moral conditions.- We- believe that one of days per week 'accompl~shes more year in the' greatest reasons for the spiritual de­and year out, and during ; 'a: lifetiitle" than cline in the world' 'today is the fact that we the one who works seven." Doctor Messler area.nalmost"Sabbath..;.less," people .. I

i has computed- that' a1man working i seven uTheSabbath was : made for . man"-for_ days per week ',shortens a fifty.;.seven-Ye3;r his physical and spiritual welfare.- The di;,;. Ii fe to fi:{ty' years, 'and-' an "eighty~year life- vine rhythm of a 'healthy Jile demands in to seventy. He also' tells of' an incident that addition to ~ix days of. W9rk one day of rest happened on a certain pile-driving contract. for the bOdy, and of exercise for the spirit. that was being rushed to completion., One Not that:....we· ~hould ·give no att¢ntion to the gang asked for one day each. week off~ The spirit on the six days, but that we should superintendent.said that such a thing was us~ the one day in a special way for this impossible, for the contract time waS· neady purpose .. up, and the job had to 1>e completed.·_ 1;'he . God'sHoly Day. foreman and the gang. insisted that they could drive' more p~'es working six days What we have said so far . would . apply to. than any other gang working -seven., The anyone of the seven days of the week. But superintendent finally agreed to give it a there is a deeper meaning to the Sabbath trial, and in. a cert~in length. of time that than th~s. ,It is God's holy day, with a gang drove one hundred and fourteen special significance. It is the true "Lord'~ more piles than any other gang on the job. Day." t'Tlje seventh' day is the sabbath of The Sabbath is necessary ·to healthy'physi- the Lord thhy God"h' (~xIod?Sh20~ 1110):' ~O(I,. cal Ii f e througl:J t, e prop et sala, ca s It my

. " ,holy . day'~ and "the holy of the Lord" The Spiritual Purpo~e 0-1 the Sabbath. (Isaiah '58: 13). 'iJesus said of himself,

United to ;th~se' bodies of ours are spirits. "The': Son of . man is Lord also of the sab­We are spiritual beings as well as physical. bath" (Mark 2: 27). The true "Lordts God provided -wQnder~ully for our physical D3rY~' is the seventh day,' the Sabbath, of needs: ' He also provided _ for our spiritual - creation, of', the Bible, of. Jesus, Paul, and needs. The Sabbath' is . mOre than'il' rest,' the early. church. from bOdily labor. It is also a time -for the "God made, the· S~bbath~ We read in conside:ration of the· -greatness· of the ~re- Genesis 2: 2, 3, that after he had created ator, for meditation on the holy Father-=Iove. the . world he "blessed" t.he seventh. day. of God, for coming, into closer' fellowship This means that he exalted and honored i~ with the author of our being, for studying -:-gave it· the stamp of ~is approval-put his will for us ... It is a time for gathering 'upon it a special", benediction .. This bless~ togeth~17- (or . wots~!P, and for' special work ' ing is his presence. It was: the presence of ' in the 'a'dvancement of his kingdom· in . the the Lord that made the' ground around the hearts of men. ~,' .' . burning bush hqly; that - made the taber~

One day -of Te.st in seven is necessary for nacle holy. ; It. is his preSen~ that makes healthy physical·life. It is· Just as'· neces- the'· Sabbath' holy .. We ;read' in Proverbs saryfor soundness of moral and'religious., t~at "the'-blessing 'of the, L.ord, it maketh character .. Thesoul'is liioreim.I.>Ortant;than rich" (10+ 22}. The seventh 'day 'is.a day material interests. We' are living in 'a, fev- of. richness because of the~presence ofth~ erish'age,and:in the "six days~rush,'we ne- -Lord in it.' It 'isa_~aydis~inct frotnthe glectthe- things Qf:the spirit> We feed our' others, with:.a: bleSSIng 'whIch cantiot· be bodies more',()rles~rregularly,whe~h(;!I;,~hey transferred to ,any'other d:J.Y~ /;~his same, need it·· or 'not, but·forget 'tofee<i'otlT,spir-passage···'tells',us.that God·'-."sancttfied'" the.

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seventh day.·'The root ,. of the', v.erb·"to first day, put. 'rather that it was "in the eng . ' ,sanctify" . mea~s /'holy'~" It .i'svariously. of the sabbath'~ (l'4atthew, ~8: 1). Look-­tratlslated~ _"to, set- apart,,, . "tc). ~onsecrate," ing'for the origin of this tradition. we turn "to dedicate'," to .-3. . special purpose., The tothesun-worshipingcults'which had' a Sabbath idea can ,no mote bettansferred to . great influence on early Christianity. We another, day than can a' chur:ch he used for wonder if,perhaps, there is not some con-

. a. garage. . , nection between. the thought. 'of the rising . The Sabbath is a, weekly testimony to sun a.nd the rising of the Sun of Righteous­

God. It not only fills.' man's physical and ness~ the Lord Jesus, the "'Light of 'the spiritual needs,but it commemoratesCrea- world. We do not hold this position, not tion-.. -it 'is Creation's birthday .. ,As such it having inv~tigatedthoroughly, and, yet we is a witness to God's creative' power. ·In-' cannot help but wonder. We do know that deed, it is a testimony to the very existence the world today is ob~erying the day whicQ of God. Every Sabbath that we observe is was dedicated by those cults to· the worship

-a rebuke to atheism, and a witness. tQ the of the sun, and that Christendom observes covenant God, tor'it is a sign between him Christmas on December 25th, which is in and his people. : The seventh day is God's Mithraism the birthday of the sun, whereas holy day, made so by him at the creation. it is almost certain that Jesus was born in It .was made" for map.-fQr his physical and the spring.

. spiritual. welfare. But it is God~ s day. But the most significant thing which we M an~ s Substitute. can find is the fact of the strong antagon-

When we lOOk around, however, we find ism of the Christians toward the Jews and comparatively few who are observing God's' everything Jewish. This 'is partly due to

'holy day. ' We. look, into the: New Testa- the natural reaction against the treatment ment !n' vain for any record of a change. which they received at the hands of the We find the phrase, '~first day of the week," J~ws. But a later event crystallized it, and just eight times; and then without any sug- led to the abandonment of many things of gestion of sacredness. We find just two outstanding Jewish cnaracter. In the his­specific first days· mentioned. ' What we do tory of the early days we find that a patri­find is that the New Testament Church ob- otic Jew named Ba:r...cOchba led an insur­serv~d' the seventli day, J the Sabbath of rection against the Romans under Emperor creation.' Hadrian, -yvhich last~d for' tl:tree years.

The' first reference to worship on the first When the Insurrection was fiqally put down, day of the week in the writings of the early Hadrian instituted one of the' most severe church occurs about A. D. 135 to 140. Even persecutions of the./Jews ever known. Since ,then it is not. a USabbath" but a 'festival day. he did not know that there 'was any differ-. , In other and 'later writings we find that they ence bet~een Jews and Christians, he in-observed the Sabbath also. Sunday gradu- eluded the latter in the persecution. It was ally assumed the character of· the one dis- at this time, and fo'r this reason, that the tinctly Christian festival and was legalized great apologists - Aristides, Quadratus, . by Consta~tine A. D. 321, not as a ,Sabbath, Justin, and others-wrote to show 'the Ro-

,but as Hthe venerable d~y of the sun." It' mans that Christians were not Jews. It is cC!lIed variously "first day," "eighth day," was during this persecution that the, Chris­"day' after that' of Saturn,"." Sunday,'" but tians began to· discard many of the Jewish· never "Sabbath." . " customs which they had held on to for

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outstanding thing about Judaism change; we find that, very early the o!>serv- was the Sabbath .. So true was' this that ance. of the first d~ywas, based on a tradi- the common phrase used of one who ac­tion,that Christ ros'e from the dead on"that cepted this religion was that . lie had "sab­'day. Lookin.g,i.tito;the'New~Testament we . batized!' . The Christians sought: to escape ·find no" co~and for· observing ·tgedayof persecution as Jews ~y' being different·· from th~ resurrection,aljd no;prec:(!<i.ent.f<;>T it.in the' Jews. Along with .other Jewish CttS­the Apostolic-Church .. We ,find' further .that . toms' .. and ceremonies they gave up the'Sab- .

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already. wid~ly observed ..... by ":t~e·pa~a.p_;god~le~uf:~,- .. 'Yhile Gods holy, ~ay" l~'bel~g world~ and wliich:n~d 'thefurlher~dv~1.!~~~; . 'tr~tlJ:pled~~n~~l~> Joq~:,:,','~,h~",res~lt., IS ,tfuit ' . of hei~g protecte~~'bythe' R~all.~9'\r¢tP~!~'.,$plr!~lfll,and~,moral:ll~e,c~re·,decbrung,. an~ .. This IS not conJectur:e~:We:have"defi,nlte ;dechnlng.~fapldly.. .. ' ,'. . ...... '. ....: . testimony of itihth~ writings' o£:Victor~· ··:D(fYQtf'aslfth~~'-:3:u.se?':~1'!e~'of th~.:gr~t:", inus, ~ .. D. 290. He gives' asthe rea~onfo~ ~streas~ns forth.ls"condl~.on',1.s- that Amer-:­worshIpIng. on' the. first day· of, ~he ... ·week.. le,a' 1$ .abl1o~~ Sabbath1~s ... o~~d ~ the.;:r:~a.:son . "Lest we' should appear to observe any Sab- for thIS l~ck 0,£ a?abb~tl1. con.sc.enc~ ·15 the bath with the Jews." , , attempt 'to tra.nsfel"'t~a"?a.Y WIthout sacred-

• • • . I • " ness, the sacredness 'put It:1tO another day by Keepzn.g the Spzrzt by Keepzng the Letter. the Creator.' . .

A . special da:r~was set apart ~ the Sab-' We can. never. have spiritual Sabbath'ism ?ath, a dar whIch has the presenc~ of GOO by trying to apply the ,prjnciples~ of the Sa~ In a pe<;uhar 'way, the d~yof' which Jesus bath to a man-substituted day. It can only called himself Lot;d .. Thls was the seventh be attained by honoring the day' which God day.. Man has ~ubstttuted anothe: da~, e:c- appoint~d _' the true Lord's day - the' pectlng to obta~n the same bl~sslng In' tts seventh. observance. It IS the sam~ as though ~om~- 1425-"W. 'Fourth Street,' one should -set before us seven glasses, SIX L Ale alit of them filled with water and the seventh . os . nge. es~ •

THAT'MYSTERIOU$ U'PKEEP with orange juice, and we would expect to taste the delicious flavor of oranges -in any except' number seven .. ' No, we must choose. The American Road' Builders' Associa­the day which has the blessing. ti~n has been' compiling ct,stsof operating

It is true that Jesus did interpret the Sao- the automobile. The· only satisfact~ry bath spiritually. He .found i~ burden~d standard is the cost per 'mile, which few down, with a great mass, of mInor details owners; ever take the trouble to ,figure out.·· added by the rabbis.' . But-,his teaching as It varie~ mjJch with the size {)f the car an~ to the manner of observance did not do the nattjre ~f the road. Figures range from away with the seventh day. He interprebMf 5.1 cents a 1 mile for operating a light, four­the commandment, HThou shalt not. kill," cylind~r~r on we!r· paved . r~~ds to' .. 11 spiritually, too, showing that hatred in the cents a mde for a heavy SIX \ on unlm-heart broke the commandment. But by so prov,~d 'roads.. Big "eights/' no~, in~luded­doing he did not make it right to commit in this inqq:iry, WOUld cost stilt more. . the act of murder. He taught men how to . The average on all sorts of roads is 6.02 observe the -Sabbath-the 'seventh day-so cents a mile for light fours, 7.2 cents for as to receive a blessingin,"so doing. It is heavy fours, 7.38 for light sixes and 9.45 ,not .to be a day of stagnation, but of good. cents for heavy sixes. , works. We are not to''be bound by man- .' Items of' expense figured in are gasoline, made restrictions, but we are to be "about oil, tires and tubes, n;taintenance, deprecia­our Father's business." It is out: work ~that tion, license, garage, interest on investment, is, prohibited, not' God"s .. We must keep the and in$urance. . IThe 1}iggest item is mai9-­spirit of 'the. Sabbath by keeping' the letter tetiance, which averages t72cents a t11!ile. of the' seventh, because that'day is distinc- Next comes depreciation, . which ~probably tive. It has something' which the others do' half the car owners never think of as a part_ not have ';~ God's' sanction and his blessing, of operating expetise~It . w?uld interc;!St· ~whichis his presence~ - them to know that every nnle they run, C onclusion~ ; " their car is ,~worth 1.39 cents less: , 'But "it is

One .of the: most 'alarming' things in the' . just as,well that peopie don"! thinkofthe~~ world today is the. ra,pi.d. gr·owth o.f th.e lac.· k . things .. If' they reckoned the cost of"every

mile most of· them would never .rb~y cars~ of a Sabbathconseience. "On Sunday peo- .' And' once they begin toowri .and enjoythei.r pie -are .pleasure bent. . ChtJ,rches .are~ven .. at . d f t f having services' 'earlier.-so tbqt -those who cars, they get a gerter 1 ea-O cos·· 0 up..;.· attend may '" \lave. Jqore -ti~e for' 't~eirown . keep and keep on paying '. it. ' . . .. amusemenf.-Sunday is devot¢d to:the pagan .. -' EiJitorial~' Westerly Sun.

BEV. 'WILLIAM La Bmu>IC~ 'UJu.:W:.A.Y; 'a I. , Contrlbutin.&' Editor . .

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MISSIONS AND· THE~CHRISTIAN J'UNISTRY ,

In'the mind of God, the ~Christian min-' i~try is an indispensable fact6r in' the 'evan­gelization of ~t~e world. The members of the ministry, so far as they have beett'ca11ed o.ut by God,' are the spiritual, descendants of the prophets in the Jewish. Church and

,of the apostles in the Apostolic Church.

"SolJr~e of'PQwer, ':. the .~oly:::,Sp;iri~.:~ '~;r;~f!" ' great~st· keenn~~s o~ l~t¢l1e~" ,th~",Wl~.~t, knowledg~s. tl:1e profoundest i.qdmn~nt,. :and the:~~ompletest 'suBmjssion to and reliance upon God, ~re. iniper~tive.'. ' ' .: ' . ,

AlI phases.: of~ the work ot ~e .. Christian Church, have suffered because there was . not the '~ttention, given to, the ,'b~lding, .up. :0£ a strong, efficient' ministry;,tMt #tere ,sJ:tould have been -, --.churches' have, become sIckly,. homes have degenerated, 'and education has been 'neglected;-' but it ~ometimes appea~~

,that the greatest loss haS. come :to what l~ termed missionary'. and evangelis,tic ".v.To,rk. One of the greatest neec\s of Seventh Day Baptists today is to strengthen and· build up their ministry. '

What these, great characters. were throu~h CAN PROTESTANTISl\1 ENDURE? the ages the Christian ministry has been tn In the November" number of' the Federal the progress of Clu:ist's kingdom on earth. C ounc.il Bulletin .appeared an article" under So far as the human mind can dis~rn, the the a15ovecaption' by' Ltlther A.' Weigle, Jewish Church' would have utterly ~ai~ed. dean of the Yale Divinity School and- chair~ without the prophets, atid, the Chrl.S!lan man of the Administrative Committee of Church could ~ever have been estabhsned the Federal Council. This article -is of un­without its ministry. . , usual value to all those interested:in mis-

Probably there never was a time in the sions and the extension of Christ's' king­history of the Jehovah religion when the dom, for upon Protestants more. ~~n, .all ministry was more important - than now. others combined rests the responSibilIty of The Church needs to' take more account of the world's evangeltza:tioll.; -the ministry and the ministry needs to take . The article was. evidently_ promp~ed by ~ its work more seriollsly. , criticism of Protestantism which implied

. There is n~t only a call for more min- that it is a sickly compromise between C3.t!1-isters but there is' ·a demand for a better olicrsm and' humanism. Doctor. W eigle~s­quality. It is sometimes said that the im- direct 'comment regarding this ,criticism provehlent 'of the ministry depends upon the. was, ",That. is- about as'" sen~ibJe' as to say ministry· itself. This is true. - But it is that a bodily; temperature of ninety-eight equally true that the building up of an effi- and .four-fifths degrees is a sickly· compr~ cient and spiritual ministry is the" work: of ,mise between a chill and a fever." the Church. The denomination that neg- After stating the issues involved" bet":,een lects this matter must falter, stumble, 'and Catholicism, humanism, and ProtestantIsm,

- - perish. What sb-ould"be done by the. Church ,Dean Weigle set~, fotth some "reasons < why to·build up the ministry is determmed. by' Protestantism can and will endure." Below the circumstances of the period ; Qut in all are given some oL his timely stat~ti1.eiIts;, . ages the Church should make it one of its . "'Protestantism is ,aemoCr~cy· in ,religion. chief 'topics of prayer, thought,. and en- . That>does not mean'iliat God is .elected '-,by d~ayorJ:and strive ,dilige:Dt1y to lead out the popular vote, o~ his kingdom liable t~fic14~' best manhood "of' its day. revolution.. It does not 'mean that. all ,men' " The ministry is worse than :nothing, it are equally. qUalified to un4~rst~lid 'at.l:d: de:"

is a mockery , unless called.' by the Master; clare his will., , It does mean tPat,Protes.­but when~ called, there is much that' the men talltiSJ,ll recognizes tile' right' of ,~verY ", ma.~' must do' byway of, prep~ration, and to' keep to-, sta!ld . on 1iis~wn jeet.Dc:!f9t:e,.:Q0,9!Gi,.;#? " .. themselves fit. Every effo~ shou~d' be made obey his own ,consdeJ].Ce"artc:l.t9·"d~t~rtWl;le" , to remain physicalIY,,'·strong,lI1entallyaiett his own' beliefs, in tne ,ligl1t~6£;,·Wh.a~;.'JJ:~ .. , ' andresource~ul, and in touch with 'the grea:t' deems to be the· will of God~·It:'ci.ipr;t!t~:::~~ ,

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depravity than the current psychological dogma of universal though mild insanity., There was a way of' escape from tot~ de­pravitY1- but this alleged irrationality seems to be incurable. . , ~'No, -the goal .of Prote~tantism is not!

impossible. It is high, but not too high. "It is difficult, but worth what it costs."

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, MR. AND MRS., HARGIS SAIL FOR JAlVLGCA

Some time past it was announced that· Pastor and Mrs. G. D. Hargis of Riverside,

'Calif., had offered themselves for mission­aries in Jamaica and that the Missionary Board had elected them to that position. For more than four months plans for their go­ing to that island to take up mission work ha"Vebeen going steadily. forward and are ~o'vcompleted. According to present ar-

, ra.ngements they will sail from Los Ange­les, January 30. From Los Angeles to the Canal the journey will be made by one of the Dollar Steamship Company's ships and from' the Canal to Jamaica. their passage will be by the United, Fruit Company's steamer. Letters can. be addressed to them at their present home, 4415 Lemon Street, Riverside, California, or they can be ad­dressed S. S. President Hoover, Dollar St~mship Line, Los Angeles, Califo~nia.

GEORGE SORENSEN George Sorensen was born in Sookrog,

Denmark, August 16, 1893, a son of Mrs. Maren Sorensen now of Narum, Denmark,

. and flthe late Soren Sorensen. After finish­ing -high ~chool he studied languages in Switzerland and England so that he spoke fluently five languages. At the age of nine­teen he' entered the nurses' ,course in the Skodsbor-g' Sailitarium, from which he was graduated two· years later. He· had a grad­uate diploma from' the University of Cop­enhagen, Denmark. In November, 1914"he ~~ to :America.

. He was married- to LouiseAtta Bailey in July, 1917. SJ::!ortly after, that he was invi~ed .to take a positiOh in a government J;IQspita1inQuani~ Porto Rico. He was ~led.:·back· to enter .. training camp in Springfield, Mass., ,November 5, 1918.' . H~ ,

'-:Wa§.;;Jl0norably'discharged November 12 of' tJt~jSame year.'

;':,He was graduated from the. theological course at Atlantic' Union College,' of South Lancaster, ~Mass., and obtained: his B.A. degree ,in Berrien Springs Coll~ge,:Mich., two years later. He taught ,Fl{en~h. and ,Spanish in the Allen MilitarySchoot',' New ... ton, . Mass., and \ater became pri~cipal of the high school. at Dalhart, Tex. He . held a permanent life certificate to teach ill the' public schools of Texis. At . Durango, Col., he was a teacher in, the high school and also served as the athletic coach.·, He was an excellent coach" being ,especially good in basketball. While in Colorado he took special courses in the Univ~rsity of Colorado. He was much loved by' his ~tu-

. dents, and might have gone far in the teach­ing profession, but he gave up this work be­cause of his religious views. - He felt that he could not coach athletics and conscieti....: tiously keep the Sabbath day, as most big games, whether basketball, baseball, or foot­ball, are heJd on that day.

At that time he was a member of the Seventh Day Adventist denomination, but becoming acquainted with Rev. Luther Wing of the Berlin Church he learned of our people and later' joined Jhe Seventh Day Baptist ChurcJ.:1 at Berlin, N. 'X. He was a regular attendant at that church, driv­ing sixty miles each Sabbath,.day from his home in South Shaftsbury, .Vt.

In the spring of 1930, he received a -ea.JI from the Seventh Day Baptist Church ot Verona and" on May first' took up his work as ,pastor. He was interested in the vari-

,ous organizations of the church and was ready to lend a helping hand wherever' op­portunity offered. During the recent re­pair, work on the church he, was a faithful helper everyday that the work ~s in prog­ress. 0 He will be greatly missed by a host. of friends as wen as by the members of the church. As, a fellow minister· says; "The longer I medidate about George's~ death, the greater our loss appears."

He was killed December 15, 1931, when his automobile was struck by a train ashe ,wasorossing the tracks near his home.' The fact that it ~as a blind crossing may· be the explanation of the accident. Funeral serv­ices were held in the ,Verona' Seventh Day

'&1ptist chu~ch, December 18. '. They in­'cluded ·,.a reading ofSccipture sel~ction$. by Rev. ,Erwin L. Tucker, pastorofSt~Petet's

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Lutheran Church and friend of Mr.,';Sofeh- Yet'there is more in the death' ~of 'our sen; prayer by ,Rev. T.. J.,Van. Horn:of 'De 'brot<liei,·than',the- shoe:k of 'an' accident:, /';So Ruyter; a brief account ot. Pastor Soren-' many elementscornbine ,to,make'.'it;'ttnusu~ sen.'s work in the. commuhity by Rev. ' J. C. ~,,~llly tragic. When'onethinksof "the:'happy' Retchert; a sermon'by Rev.Loya~ F: Hut... :Christm~s shqppingt!ip~' ,so':'$uddei11y ley of Ad~ms, Center; ,and the SIngIng ~f' c~anged from hope' and JOY and glad expec<:" two selections by the pastors of the Ceil;.. tapcy to ~ sorrow and ,tears, and '~em~mbers tr~l Associ~~ion -: "Rememb~r Me, ,9, the .children whose~titicipatiO*:1so(!'~aJ?PY' Mighty One, and The Bea~ttful Land. '\~ ChrIstmas cheer have . been plunged- into

He. leaves his .wife, who. i~ i~ the R?ml despair at. the ~now-ledgeqf a father 'dead . HospItal recovering from 1nJurles'recelve~1'1 and a mother lYIng at death's door one feels in the a~cident; his mother in Denmark! ;i~, tltatwords are inadequate to .expre~s such threechtldren, George, Jr~,. aged tw.el've,< sorr0w.~And the .wider circle of· the family Madelyn, aged ten, and EdWIn, aged eIght;', and frIends who 'arescattered near and far two brothers, ,Bronson S. of Lodi, Calif., over the earth will also be caught in this and Kresten, i.n Denmark; and three sisters, circling wave of grief. Mrs. Freda Hartwell of . South ~ncaster, Then, one thinks of this church. ~ss Mass., Mrs. Ingeborg . ~Jartarson In Den- than two"'years ago .. Brother Sorensen came mark, and Mrs. Anna Batley of 'Pownal, Vt. here under circumstances that were not al-

The funeral was attended .by ov~r ~our iogethereasy. for, him' or for the church. hundred persons,'who fi-!le,d the aU?ltorlum Yet in. this short time he had proved 'IY~ of the church, a~d amphfiers were Instatled worth In .a<!ozen ways .. How cOD:1pletely to carry t~e servIce ,to nearly a hundred as- he was wlnnmg .. the confidence and . love of sembled In the. basement. ¥a?-1Y ~flowers the church .and. comm,upity let those .. s3.-Y were sent by fnends an~ organlzat1o~s <?f., who lmew hIm best!. It 15 very hard to lose the chu(ch and. communIty. The florIst In such men as George . Sorensen. Rome who fur~l1shed the flowers tumedover Again! one' carinot for et -the' denomina­all money: receIved ~or them, for the benefit tion in dstin!tating this los~., We needmin-' of the Wlfe and chtldren. Interment took 'isters 'We 1 have n n t. : . T 1 place at the Verona Mills cemetery. su'ch' 'a' p\ro' nu" 'Sl' 0 e 0 .s.l!atre. ~t' ose . .. '. , ng young mlms er crea es a .

P. S. B. vacancy. tbat cannot be .. filled. Foraur DEATH IN GOD'S SIGHT brother' had individual characteristics which'

BY REV. LOYAL F. HURLEY woul<J: hav~ proved valuable . indeed f9'our people. The fact that he was a new man a910ng us and 'so not widely known does not lessep. by ove iota the loss we have ,sus-

(Substance of the sermon preached at the funeral of . . Pastor George -5"orensen) .'

"Precious in the sight of the Lord. is ~the death of his saints." Psalm-116: 15. . There are three ways to look at the tragic

loss that has befallen' us.' For there are al­ways three viewpOints from which to con­sider· death.

tained. .

But 01!r brother' had" ~ gr~ater loyalty than that which he ,gave to thiS' church· Or de­nomination. It was ,his loyalty tothe king­dom' of . God. And iIi the work" of ·that kingdom on thi~ eart~ there~urely,been

1. Those Remaining. thrust a·handlcap 'lnthe'deathofi"our Nearly, always,' we think of death from brother. For God works through men. His

the sta.t;tdl$int< of ,those who are left, and it ki~gdom advances~· through the· service of is usually a hard experience from this vjew- 'mencoh~ec'ratedtoGOd's 'work ... ' And we point. For :we. are lonely and sad at the who have had: the .privilegeiof ~orking'With~ passing. of our ,<;Ie~! ones .. -. George.Sorensen'l~,th~fiel~'?fevangelisfil,

But ~n ~n espectal sense, It IS doubly: hard w~o h!lve· sung: 'Y1th~lm,J:~:)ln~dihpr*yer to part WIth George' Sore~sen .. ACCIdents -With hlm;'shareCl1nperSOitalwork with·:him .. are··· always .a shock. They. come upon tis ~oand'JIear?:him Pt~clt"W'e;lm?w:t~ha:t:he,'had suddenly and find us unprepared, for theIr the maklng ofa strong:evangebstlb;·',him. ' .. stern surprise.' 'And they leave 'us asking Tlie fOJ0cesf of .rigJiteou'Sness ) are 'the poorer , . the question'/{~~:y?"wi~h nothing but an . for,his.passirtg. .'.,' ", ' . echo foT' theansW'et ~ .When 'we reme~ber those 'who . r~iti~~;~ ,

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this experience is a hard one. No .. wm­some words. Qr pretty. phra:s~s . can 18$sen the loss or soften .. -:- the·· sorrow and grief ca~ed. by the' death of this father and friend, this pastor and. servant of Christ~ '.

2~ The Deceased:. , . Sometimes we look at death from the

viewpoit:lt ,of the one who' has . gone. If . the departed was old, or lonely, or invalid, we ~ay, HIt is better 'so." Occasionally we hear about some death and we say, "How beautiful !" When my great-grandmother lay, dying she roused at the last and we heard her say, ~~I see· Jesus." My uncle, Rev. J. T. Davis, leaned over the bed and asked, "Mother, are you dreaming?" And the answer came clear and strong, "No, J ohll, I am not dreaming. I see Jesus, and. he is calling for me." That was the end, but I _never think of it as sad' or horrible. I t was beautiful! -

How about George Sorensen? He was in early manhood's, vigor. lam sure he would not have chosen death. He was looking forward to a great life work. He had . an eager mind. He read much, and marked the gripping facts of what he read. He . wanted to be able to use it. And he loved to discuss big themes, and hear them discussed. For' he was not only a ready talker, but also a wonderful ·listener. His was an eager mind.

_And he was loyal to the truth as he saw it~ He changed denominations,' not for money or position, but for conviction. And he was rapidly and joyously ·adjusting him­self to that change .. With a growing mind and heart, life for hiin was full of gladness. He .. would not have chosen 'death.

Yet,' . if' it is not· how long we live, . but . how well, that counts; if it is not how much we haye done, so much ~s what we are, that matters; then we may well believe that, if George could' speak from that. other world to us, he might saY:t "Death is part of life's full experience~ My death was sudden and sh?Cking t~ you, but I had no lingering pain; that IS ,better than slow ag()ny. And the lile to which I have 'come is' .better . than the -old. • Whether we live: or die-we are' the Lord's, and I am in GOd's hands. While you still see through a glass,darkly" I now

. see f.~ce to face; you still know in pait, but I know fully, even as I am fully known. So be content. I am better off than~ you!"

'3. God. "

.We • rarely think of death ~romGod's' viewpoint. 'And, of cour-se,~otif 'minds 'are . not· big enough -to know,'· just· "how " God

. thinks. But .the:re is acomforting'sugges-· tion in the Psalms which says, .&']?reciol1s .' in the sight of the Lord is the death of his s3.ints.~" Instinctively we ask, " ~'How. can that- ,be ?"

. Well, it gives God a' chance to 'become truly all in all to his child. Of course,' we ' think we depend on God, but while we are in health and strength we depend, so' mucl1 on . ourselves. When we are sick .in' bed we

. have to depend on ,the h~lp of the doctor and nurse and family, for 'we can't #elp QUF­selves much.' But in death no doctor can help us, no friend can help us~ and we can­not help ourselves. The experience is new and strange and awe inspiring. And we are utterly alone-unless God is with us. That is his opportunity to become all in all. And how glad GOd must be to do just that in the hour of our extremity. "When thou pass­est through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not over­flow thee." It is only the man who .trusts God who can say , "Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for. thou art with me."

Then God must rejoice. in the joy of his children--else he would not have created so many fine sources of pleasure an,d happi­ness and joy. . I But Jesus told us that the ot~er worl? is one 6f blessedness and peace. And he saId that those who were accounted worthy to inhabit it would be invited to Uenter into ithe joy of thy Lord.". But it must make God happy to see his children enter into the peace of perfect holiness and enter 'the joy of perfect love. '!"Precious in the' sight of the Lord is the death . of his saints."

Again, God must rejoice 1n the presence of, his children. I know that what . I am trying· .to . say is all very human and anthro­pomorphic and inadequate. But human words and concepts are all we. have. . Our

. blessed Master, who knew more about, God than any other whoever lived, told us that God· is.a .Father~ Any father can.iihagine how happy, he wouidbe-tohav~:hisson­co:me home .from college'. with the ,tra~niijg and equipment· and . dispositioD., that :<wQuld" fit himtQ share'the father's' business~:"Well,

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God sends.-us .. to; :SChOdl Jlere';'in .lhts:;:w()tld~, '. As~~persQIlal. 'w()t,-ker ~he'Was,;~eady . a~d for afeW'~~Ye.~rs,~~ncl,;.then!b~,~lls,lt~'l)6lD~~. '. ~ger~.t9; .~et f()rththe claims of the go~pel, How happY2'th(!::'Ifc{tJj~tniu$l',b~;a~;;,:q~~ .by a.n,d ,this he did with great·earne~tness. '·and one; h~.calls-t~stQJive·with.'him ,forev:~r t·, force .. ' '. .. ... .< .. : . ...•. . ..... .

Brother <¥~rg~,:yo~;ar~. 'gone! " When 'He w~sa thoughtful an~ ear.nest seekeJ:' we think· o~'~yourdeathfrorJil our view- . afte~t~th, and while . avoiding controversy point, our; hearts· are '~ery~~d. H~sband, in matt~r$ .. pertaining to the Christian faith, father" . friend, pastor;' brQther-; we mlSS· you was willing to. state .. his position and· .. 'the . so ! OUF loss is great,' and our' grief is reason fof the faith that -was in him. grievous and' deep. . '.' . . . . In· acc~pting . the. Sabbath, and later Join- c.

But when we remember your. own strong 'ing the Sbventh . Day. Baptist ~enomi~tion, .. faith,we are more content. We seem to -he foUowednot the way of least resistance

hear you repeat to us the words of .the but sought rather. a satisfactory expression poet: of his faith, accounting. that . as ' .. greater

riches than any gain that 'th~ world might Twilight and evening bell, And after that the dark I

And may there be no sadness of farewell, When I embark ;

For tho' from out our bourne of Time wand Place

The flood may bear me far,

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REV. H. L. POLAN, REV. L. F .. HpRLEY, REV. T.' J. VAN HORN, REV.. P. S. BURDICK.

I hope to see my Pilot face to face ADDRESS BY REV. J. C. REICHERT

'Vhen I have crossed the' bar. Asa community we were just beginning Our hearts assure us that all is well with to appreciate the many-sidednessof Pastor you, and we, strive to be submissive and Sorensen. . He came to us. a brilliantly content. gifted man, a born' teacher. He-waswhole-

But when w:e look at your passing. ,from - heartedly interested in the religibus educa­• the viewpoint of our loving heavenly tion .' progr~ of. this community, and ,<le-

'. Father, our hearts are full of great faith voted· hirPsel~; not· to t!'te 'passing part .of it, . and hope, and soothed·with quiet peace. but· to die permanent In It.. lIe was not a Through him who, is ··the Resurrection and denominationalist, but a followet of Jesus, the Life we also hope to share with you arid the'w.orld view of the Hebrew prophets the joy -of the Father's House. appeal~d to him .more than 'did that of the'

A TRIBUTE TO PASTOR GEORGE SORENSEN Gfeeks or the Goths. Like. his ·Master. Jesus o! Nazareth, .he prefer:red the ~e-

BY TilE PASTORS OF THE CENTRAL bt:'ew)deals of religious' . education.~ . The. ASS~pIATION ;Daily' V ~cationBible school, held this past

We, the pastors of the ·Central Associa- summer, was a decided succesS'--more .chil­tion, wish to express-our sense of loss in' the dreD than °ever attended it .. passing from this life of our· friend and .. He stood for the purity and health of the brother, . George Sorensen" and are only children of thi~ cominunity~' . ·He knew their_ co~soled by the belief' that our loss is his difficulties - the confusion . that· assailed gaIn. them and' the shadows"~hat lay .Q:n-their

1t was, ourpleas.ur~ to.work with.him this minds.' He tried to': picture, Jesus to~em past. fall. in eva~gelistic.meetings for· t~ as the otie living,flami~g.Miracle of our weeks ·~t.,~~onardsville,and ,a year ago for lives.. . . . three. Weeks. at Brookfield. ~., By .. this" experi- ., He. worked intelligently.' for. pro.hihition, ' ence we came. to know what it 'means for' not as a 'reformer, . with the rashne~s.iand a group of tn¢n to. give of themselves to .oneinlpatience20fa reforrtter,' J::>utas ~a student· another and for.tbe:,cause:. of "'Christ, .by of. government, asast~de'nt of humanne~d . praying' and working to win·men for the. and nature. -~Hec()qld::nQtcba~e this great' kingdom. . . " . ,;.' . . advance in ·socia. llplift or).:nere law. .... "

George, as we had learned to call him,' .. Hewas .interested in two other ,progncllllS was retiring, a good listener; and -yet a -the .pr«;>gram· of .. mercy ... an(i.t1:J.e .. p:l,'"0gratp ready speaker. iO.OU17 ;,discus~ions when there . of .theneW bi.rth. His' comtnuniiy:enibraced was occasion for him to'.express himself. 'two-c~nti~s-' -Orieid~ and.Madisoncoun~

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ties~ He .looked up the unemployed· in Rome, N.· Y., to as~ertain their n~eds.'On 'an appeal, his congregation brought him ,~00d, clothing~ alldn:oney whi~h he distrib­uted among the, working men pressed by the hard conditions of tOday. He sought the sick and aged, going as far as Canastota, in Oneida County. He would list them,. es-, pecially . the aged, and come to me with the· requ~,st, "Let's pray for th~." We did; we placed their cases· before the Lord of love and life. In him burned the zeal of a . true evangelist. He' had suffered in his youth and young manhood days; he had· gone down and struck bottom. In a· mar"; velous moment he looked up and glimpsed the Christ of the' Church's faith. This was his ever living hope--the divine experience of Jes~s-'and he wanted others to share it.

This community was stunned when the report of his death reached our homes. At the state school, the boys, who knew him well, crowded around me and pressed their sad questions. ' Some cried, some declined· to eat, and some as"sured me that they would pray for him. Many teachers retired that

. night, seeking sleep in vai~; many sobbed all night long, dwelling on the sudden death. The mind of the whole community turned and returned to the scene of the tragedy,

. to the hospital cot where Mrs. Sorensen lay, and to the Seventh Day' Baptist parsonage where the children waited the home-coming 'of their;,llarents. '

Our hearts ache and we are saddened be­yond tel1ing~ but we are nQt without hope."" Those of us whose faith 'is attuned to God and his golden Beyond, know that all is well and that we shall see him again face to face. In our hearts is a song, a song of redemp-,tion., We know we have lost a fine, up­. standing Christian, made such by the grace of G~d. , The sympathy of this community is deep

and genuine. We shall not neglect 't11e mother' or the children; our doors ",are open to tpenl, and Pastor .Sorensen is now for-

, ever enshrined il1 our memories.

DEPRESSlNG? "It is a· gloomy ·m~ri!ent in history. Not

. for many years, ',notiinthe life time of most men who read this ,:Paper, has there been so 'inuch grave and, deep apprehension;. never "has' the future seemed·· so incalculable as ,at

this time. In our own country < there is uni;;. versal' conlmercial prostration' and, pani<:, and thousands of opt poorest feHow~citizens are tu~ned 'out against the approaching win-

. ter . WIthout employment, and without the . 'prospect of it.

"In France the political caldron seethes and bubbles with uncertainty; Russia 'hangs as usual, like a cloud, dark and silent on the horizon of Europe; while all,the energies, ·resources, and influences of the British Em-pire are sorely tried, alld are' yet to be tried more sorely, in coping wjth the vast and deadly Indian insurrection, and with its 'dis­turbed relations in China.·

"It is a solemn monleQt, and no man can feel :an indifference in the issue of events.

"Of our own troubles no man can see the end~ T~ey are, f?rtunately, as yet mainly con1ffierclal; and I f we are only to lose m?ney, and by painful poverty to be taught wlsdonl-the Wisdom of honor, of faith" of sympathy, and of charity - no man need seriousl~ to des~air.'. And yet the very haste, to be nch, which IS the occasion of this

. widespreact calamity, 'has also tended to de­stroy the motal forces with which· we are to resist and subdue the calanlity."

This is reprinted by one of our contem­poraries f rom Harper's, Wee klv of October 1857, more than ~even.ty-four years ago: Sounds modern. Since It was written there ha~.e been many periods of substantial pros­penty .. We belIeve there are better days ahead-. better days for all.

CORRESPONDENCE Mr. L. H. North. . Busines~ Ma1Ulger. My DEAR SiR: .

Please find enclosed check - $2.50 - to pay my SABBATH RECORDER subscription for 1932: I sho~ld not know how to get a1o~g wlth~ut· thIS excellent paper. My f~ther had It alway.s from !ts first publica­tIon, as long as he hved. Since then I have continued it. He not only paid for' it-· -he read it. I have, also read it from cover to c~ver, !l0'! for many years. I sincerely WIsh thiS excellent paper might be taken arid readb:>: . every Seven~h Day Baptist 'family. Best WIshes for a prosperous new· year for the -SABBATHRE~ORDER and "Force."

Very sincerely,

Ri1-'erside~ Calif. '

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,..--~.--.---------........ ..--.-..-..--. • . AN<,INr-EREsTiNG', 'RE~PORT .

W()Mtt\l~,~"s~dBk· A ~~EN~!:I!~:~t~ttt~.:::~~u-.. ~.:' . . . .. WOMAN'S BOARDS OF FOREIGN

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MRS •. ALBERT~DAYI$ ;,BATSON . Con~rlb~tl,n~,Edt,~C)r ~, . .

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A CALL TO PRAYER GOES OUT TO ALL LANDS

U Hold Fast in Prayer." . HAsk"-for a life of deeper spirituality

that there may come a world-wide Pente-cost. ".

HSeekn-:for a life of world-service as church members "that the world may be-lieve."· .

uSeek"-for a life of'· co-operation and unity among churches that the work of the kingdom may go' forward.

.... Knock"-that the w-orld's door mav be opened-the gospel spread - the kingdonl· established. . ,

Again comes the day when all the world unites in a program and service of prayer. That day, this new year, is February 12.' That is the day of union services in; every community ,all over the world. That is the day set apart for the call of a world) sis-· terhood to a world prayer. Perhaps as never before this is' a time when the world needs something of this sort .. It is the feel­ing of the Woman's Board that. every orga,!lization will want to join in such a service.

Material has been prepared for the occa­sion whereby· programs of like nature all over the world can' be presented. I twill necessitate immediate' communication with the Woman's Board if this material can be in the hands of the·' various societies in proper time. Follo~ing is a list of the va­rious pamphlets, ~tc;.,that are prepared for distribu~iQitk to those who ask ·for ··them·and the federation requests .that all· local orders be madethrQug~ the. board: .....

Program, "H:old ~Fast· in Prayer"-2 cents each, , $2 per 100. . :. '., . .

Suggestions to·· Leaders-free with order for programs. ..

Call to· Prayer-free. .. . . Call to Prayer for Young People-free. Poster-·l0 cents. each. . ' . Seals-25 cents per 100; $1.75 per' 1,000. Service of- Consecration, "Looking Unto Jesus"

-10 cents each.' .

M]SSIONS . OF·' . NORTH AMER1CA~ HELD IN .

NEW ··YORK THIS FALL

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. Ever since I have been thil1~ing more · actively about mission work, due, perhaps, to .~h~ sudden plunge into ·federation ,mat­ter-s, It has seemed to me wrong to make such a distinc~ion ·~s we do between home

... and' f~reign missions. I' was particularly­glad theref?te to ~ear: ~~rly at this 'meeting the . term ,world ruls~lons" used. Since tb~n I. have seen ~ the same phrase, and have ~earc:t !t several tImes. Can we women help In gIving a br?ader interpretation to both home and foreIgn work by a more general use of the phrase "world missions" which by its very wording indicates a f~IIbwship of all peoples in all places? . ~T~t work in these two departments of ml~sl0l!a~yendeavor is often very closely alhed IS rho)Vn, by the fact that at the re­cent exefu~ire nleeting a joint sessio~ of· the Exequb~e. Board of Foreign Missions a!ld t~e CounCil of Women for Home 'Mis­~s10n~. w~s. held the first. ~orning for the consld~ratlon . of . matters of equal interest to boto organlzattons.F our committees are ~owWorking jointly, wit!?'equal representa­tl,?n from each. organization (often also

· WIth a " fifth-' the. Council of Federated Church .Women)-· ~orld. Day of Prayer, Internattonal . Relattons, . Conference ' and

• Schools of Mission~, and Race Relations. . The interests of the Worid' bay of Prayer h~'{e· extended far and wide. To quote from Mrs. Hough, chairman of the cbmmittee: "This· committee carries the re­sp()~s~bili~y of 'o~e' of the. most .dlrilling p!oJects In· the hIstory of Christian mis­sIons. #. The Day of Prayer is 'observed' in for!y countries, arid in' every state of the U ruted . States. Nearly twenty:-five· hun';;' , .

· dred mlmeographed' copies 'of· the ~~CaU" andpragram were s~nt to the" foreign field .~ and to· the boards. In June~ These were all accompanied ~by a: story of; the observ':" . ance ; of.th~ . day, ~hich' if is· ,hoped ·.'fillbe tra.nsl~tedlntor;v~~J,o.us, languages~. and' .,ap- . pear In . many penodlcaIs/", From' the ! inin~

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80 lites of the executive- meeting: ",Attention, was called to the fact- that' the observance will fall on' Lincoln~s ,Birthday in 1932,_ but because this, ,holiday is ;nationaland not world wide, it had been felt the, day for the observance should not be changed/' This is a project which; can be and should be observed in every community, and special" attention brought to all our societies. At one 'qf the tederation meetings I, met Miss Helen Tupper~ from India, who has pre­pared the program' for 1932, "Hold Fast in Prayer."

The Committee on - International Rela­tions is- interested in stupend~us fundertak-­ings. Through circulation of printed mat..: ter 'and participation in national confer­ences, they are in 'every way attempting to hasten the time of establishment of peace among all nations through a -more perfect understanding among-their peoples. They urge the circulation' of a disarmament peti­tion (sigried), and particularly' stress our representation, by the best equipped women possible, at the Conference on' Cause and Cure of War to be held in Washington, D. C., J anua.'ry 16-22, 1932, appointment to be matle early, so the delegates can, prepare

,.themselves by study previous to attendance. They. also ,urge the observance of, Race Relations Sunday, the second Sunday In February. "

A, great opportunity is open for approved and advanced study of missions through the conference and schools of missions; Chau­tauqua, Northfield, Winona Lake, and Lctke Geneva are well known. We ate perhaps not so familiar with the schools held in the Southduritig the latter part of January and first of February in Miami~ Tampa, Clear­water, Orlando, and St. Petersburg. The books used later in' the year- at other COIil.­

ferences are "off the press" in time -for ~e winter study in' the SO!1th. Can we make

, more, use of these--mis~ion, study groups scattered all pver our land, and ,learn more

'a!)out modern thought in regard to nussion study and' mission work?,

In .rco-operation ,~·with, the C--ouncil of Women for Home, Missi4?ns it was vqted, if funds can -be .procured, to particlp;tie with the Nation3.l,Council of Women in 'an exhibit at. the World~s Fair, ,in 'Chicag9,' June 1 to November 1, 1933" showing the

progress "oforgallized' wOlnen' , in' the' last one huqdr~d,years., " "",:", , ','I:' '._ t'

Furtne'i·ed,:by~the,,;federatiori " sepal-ately is ,the work of the Industrial Missions Pro: ducts"Foreign~ Students Committee,. .Chris~ tian Literature,and other committees.

The, Industrial 'Missions Products ,Com­mittee is, quietly but verye1fe~1:iv~ly worlf~ irig in' adviSing with missionaries·' on' 'the field in' establishing industrial. missions ,and in finding a market for their, :products.

One of the most interesting and mos~ vital field,s of activity is with foreign stu­dents in this country. "Among the - thou­sands who are now in this country studying at the, universities and colleges,there are, by all, the laws of chance, a number ~ho will some day' direct the destinies of, tlieir home land." How important that they get the right impression of Christian life, in this country, that they know th~ ~ hospitality and friendliness of an American home, of the right type!> one in w~ich there are high ideals and standards. Great, care" wisdom, and tact are necesSary in this committee as they endeavor to promote friendly visitation with the students. This is ~bly done under the direction of the chairman~ Mrs. Leslie Swain, of Providence. The last year has brought an added.tesp'Onsibility to this committee as they have attempted, with a committee from,the Foreign Missions Con­ference, to help care for the ,emergency needs of foreign students. Many students' have been temporarily' assisted through some particularly· difficult financial ,situa­tion, which enabled them to continu~ their work. Some boards };lave contributed to this emergency fund. When you know that only $2,000 was secured up to Octobe~ first, last, you may know that large sums ,were not. granted the students, nor were" all ,stu­dents ,reached who needed assistance.. ' ' :

Other important"work is being adva1l,ced by the Christian, Literature Committee.l:~e.. sittiation ./ was cleaiIy " portl"ayed, J>y,-;Mrs .. -F. 1. Johnson, former presid~nt;of~hefed­eration~ who had just returned. f(om a.trip to the Orient, where' she made special, ~tudy along the line ,of Christianlit¢rature,' "and, the fellowship of 'Christian womenQf, the world. '

Mrs. ,JohJ:lson talked with leaders' and. with, the people' in China~, Japan, :I<orea" Siam, In~ia, and' the Philippines-, Already

. . . . ..... ", ..", -'~ .... ~.,.: .. " :'.:~.-/:' .. ::. --.> ...... :~.:':: .. -111uch has been. dOlle~': Il1onecity~in China the Chtistian'/ Litef~t\lreC6mmitt.e~",was· movinginto~;a -new :·buHding~, ,',She;is\ con .. " fidentthat', nationals of meansco~ld' be, found winiiig~t~ ~finance .. a'_:~ig program,of Christian' literature, in their lands. China needs a cheap" :newspaper'forhighschool student group~,- picture' paper,·magazines......­all with a Christian ~lant. The young peo­ple want something that will help them solve their life problems. For instance, this question: If a Japanese marry a Buddhist wife, what will be the result to their chit:.. dren? In Korea one from _ a very influ­entiai family said, HThe' greatest need of Korea today is literature of tbe right kind." They need nlost a' very inexpensive home magazine for women and children, also one for student groups. J apanhas the' same neea as China .. A womal1 in Manila said she would go fifty~fiftyin giying or raising nloney for a children's magazine. In gen­eral, there should be less "de luxe,'" and quantities more of very inexpensive papers

, and magazines. Her report showed such great opportunity'" f.or servjce. It showed ' many problems to be the same __ as conf~ont us and our young" people, and' though widely separated ,in dist~nce' and in back­ground, we really are one inspirit and, in need.

Mrs. Johnson also' told of her meeting with Doctor Kagawa, and of her great ad­miration for his ability and bealiti~ul Chris­tian spirit. 'She, is having some part in co-operation with ,him in the, Kingdom of God Movement. She feets~ we'have '''a good deal to learn from. tbeEast/~

From the' East, ' ,from the W e~t, from South,and, 'Nortll, all ,peoples have some­thing t<> impart arid something' to learn in the fullest service of world ~issi()ns.'

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.. BESSIE T., 'HUBBARD, ,Federatio1J,' Representative.

"\-,: 2 J:;;,. .. ~_"'___ _. • "'. • .. '

STATEMENT';ONWARD ',MOV£MENT TREASt1RER~' DECEMBER; 1931

. ",: "~eceip.ts July 1, '

. "Aibion .~ ... «~",. ~;~ ..• ~ .• ~.~ •. , .. ~ .. , ...... . A;li red,Fii"S~;; • ' ............ ' •..•. $ Alf:red" Second • ~ . • . • . . • . .• '

-:Sp~cial ,~ .......... : ...... .

Andover . . .. .! ................. . Attalla' - , ' Battle Greek ............•.. Berlin~ ~ ...... '. ~ ............ . Boulder ............ It ....... - •••

,Brookfield, First .... ~ ..... . Brookfield, Second ... ~ .•.. '. Carlton . . ... ~ ................ . ChiCagO Denver . . .................. . DeRuyter ................. . Dodge Center _ ... , ......... . Edinburg . . ....•.......... Farina . . ..••.............. FoUke • e. e' ................ e. e

Friendship v -~. • •••••••••••••••

Genesee, First ............ . 'Gentry , . Hammond'. . .............. . Hartsville -Hebron, First .........•..... Hebron, S«ond Hopkinton, First ... '.' ....... $

Special • • •.. ~ .....•..... C:hristian Endeavor society,

~pecial ;. ... ~ . . . . . . . . . . .

I Hopkinton, I Seqond ..•.....• Independem:e ,. . ........... . Little Prairie ••...•........ Los Angeles Lost· 'Creek . . .r .. .. .. • • • • • .'~' • • • • •

Marlbor:o . / ............ ." .. . Middle,,ysland .•.•..•••• : •.• Milton . . .................... $

. Sp~cial·. .. ............... -:

327.97 90.50

7.00

97.50

19.25

24.20

,35.00

3.35 l00~OO

2.00'

34.50 79.16

6.00

119.66 2.00

51.00

45.62

321.95 40.00 '

361.95 Milton Junction .. 10 •••••••••

New Auburn .•.....•.. '.... 12.50 New Yark City ...••.•.• ~ •. $ 20.85 ,Special .. . . • . . . . . . . • . . • .25.50 • ----

"North L.oup ...•... , ........... ~ ... ' Nortonville • . .................. . Pawcatuck. .. ~ .. ~ ... ' ••. ' •.. $

Christian Endeavor, society, special '. ~' ........... : ... ~ .... : .. _ .. ,. .. ,.

Junior Christian Endeavor society" special ..•......

46.35 ' 12.00

350.00

7.00

2.00

.,. Dec •• 1931, p'

Dec 31 . Iscataway.' .............. .

Adams Center .......... ~. '. ~ .. $ 1931

• • 1931 Plainfield.. ....• , ......• , ••• $ ',187.53

Women's Society., ,sp~cial.. 100.00

... ,.81

10.00, ,730~82

232.75 15.00,

10.S~75 55.00 15.00 85.90 52.50 35.00

42.00 113.00 64.58' 13.70

400.00 7.00

55.00 138.56

62.00

56.81

344.16 17.10

151.71 4.70

45.00 131.48 . 48.19

1,122.95 298.52

42.50

383.97 28.00

2.00

2,164.00' 116.10

Sabbath school, ~ .......... . Special ",.,. ~ _.'_ ...... _ ..• '...-.' - .•

25~00 ' ,,50.00 '

18.66 , P ort\TiIle .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

287.53, 1,599.69 16.10

93~~ $" ,,301.86 R.lcl1burg:. , ,,' $ " ' ........... -..... . 38.00

82 Ladies' Aid society ....... 50.00 "Ladies' Aid ·society, special. 5.00

93.00 Ritchie . . ................. . Riverside '. ................ 100.00 Roanoke . . ............... . Rockville . . ............. ; . $ 10.45

Speci~l . .................. 1.00 'Christian Endeavor society,

special .. . ........... ~ . 2.00 Sabbath school, .special ... 10.00

-at 23.45 Salem . . ................. . Salemville . . ....... ~ ...... . Scio Scott . . ................... . Shiloh . . .................. $ 81.37

Mite society ............... 32.00

113.37 Stonefort Syracuse. . .............. . Verona . . ...•............. Walworth \ ... : ... ~ ........... $ 13.00 , Helping Han'd society,

special . ............... 13.00

26.00 · Washington . . ............ .

Waterford Christian Endeavor -society, special .... '. . . . . . . 3.00

Wellsville .' ~ -.............. . Welton Ladies' Benevolent

society .' ................. SO.OO West Edmeston. . ........ . White Cloud ........ ~ . , ... . Daytona'. . ................ . First and Second Erookfield

and West Edmeston, joint collec~ion .......... .

Western Association ...... . Southwestern . Association ..

· Southeastern Association .... Minneapolis. Sabbath 'Keepers

· . Woman' sBoard .......... . Buckeye Intermediate Chris-

tian Endeavor. society ... . Exela'iid Sabbath Keepers .. . Rocky, Mountain Summer

'. " .. camp .............. e_ •••••••

Conference collections ...... _ Interest ...: ................. . Individuals

Mrs. Clara E. Wiard -..... $ 25.00 Mrs. R. Tirzah Cook ..... 10.00

105.00 . 25.00

395.00 1.00

52.00 696.46 35.47

44.50

321.87

5.00 20.00

26.()O 50.00

82.05 30.00

66.99 1.00

38.74 12.00

16.12 64.50 36.00 49.54 15.00

100.00

2.00 3.00 '

16.78 435.53

2.06

35.00 . 359.50

$12,216.51 Receipts for six months: , Budget. : ................ $11,514.49

Special . ................. 684.02 -Debts . -.................... 18.00

Total .~ .................... ~ .... $12~216.51

• Disbursements

Missionary SO~t(ty .. ' ...... ~ .. $964.70 Special • ................... 130.33

----~.,-- .' $1,095.03 Tract Society ................ $30L18

Special . ..................... 45.58 .

Sabbath School Board ....... . Young People's Board ....... . Woman's Board ............... $ 25.52

Special . ................... 18.00

Minister.ial Relief ............. $204.16 Special . . ~ .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.41

Education Society ............. $ 76.56- . Special . ................... 100.00

Historical Society ............. . Scholarships and Fellowships . General Conference .......... . Lone Sabbath Keepers ....... .

346.76 194.04 91.96

43.52

229.57

]76.56 25.52 61.16

250:14 5.06

$2,519.32

HAROLD'R. CRANDALL, Treasurer.

118 Main Street, Westerly, R. I.,

January 1, 1932.

RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT The following resolutions were adopted

by the Seventh Day Baptist Church of Los Angeles, Calif.:

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INASMUCH as it has pleased our heavenly Father to take from his earthly . labors our beloved pastor, George W. Hills; and· '<

. WHE~~AS we shall greatly miss his spi'r­ttual sermons and fatherly advice,; be it .

Resolved, That we as a church' family' ex­press 'our <;leep, sorrow and our sympathy to the bereaved. family, in ~~e loss of aJoving husband, a kind -and conSIderate father, and a loving grandfather. Be .it :further· .

Resolved, That we as a church shall strive as best we may to emulate the good' , example he has set ~fore us, knowing if . we do~ we shall not miss the mark. - . He has fought the good fight, fi~ished the course, and kept. the faith. ,Henceforth there is laid- up forhinl a'·crown of right­eousness.

_ InA R. DAVIS ..

~ LAURA JEFFREY, COOPER .. .. JAMES R.· J.EF~RE~.

"Life ·.wo;Uld be a pbor thing'~i.f ,noohe eveJ;attempted whatw~s' difficult, . even im~ possible. n '

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. ..... REV. ··CLIFFORDA.~:BEEBE , Con·trtbuttng'Edltor

'.i- N.A.DY~ . ARK.

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. Lost in the night do.th tbeheat~en yet languish, Longing for morning the. darkness' to 'vanquish, Plaintively heaving a cry full ,of . anguish,

Oh, will not the dayc.oine· soon?' . .

Sorrowing broth~r, }h" darl~n~s. yet d'vellit?-g,. Da wned hath the day of a radIance excelhng, Death's dreaded darkness' forever dispelling.

Lo! Christ is coming-soon! ' ,.r .

Light o'er the land' of the heathen 'is beaming, Rivers of life through its. deserts 'are streaming, Millions yet sigh for a Savior redeeming.

Oh, come and save us soon.

Must he be vainly awaiting the morrow ? Shall we who have it no light let him borrow? Giving no heed to his, burden 'of sorrow?

Oh, will you help us soon! -Finnish Folk Song.

.: H.:..... "." .'. ,;. ..t,.., '." -: e says:alsq, ... ¥e;~~re the'(salt::oftheearth~~'; .. ' .. salt,. is a ,presel1vative,;'atld-3tbat js;what'; the .Church . should . be~to,: keepmeri.<saved~, '.

If that is the.<luty'>of, the' Church, . what is ;your duty,1 and·W4a.~,·isJDine;_.-a.s .. ,members of . the Church ?'Isit. not the; same?

1 heard the statertientmade this. summer tha~ "the Churl~h<is~oing:'>!()' 'hell throug.h SOCial betterment and .:moraI.refotm." . It IS a hard. saying;' but'i{ the' Church' is giving attention to these ,things- to th~ neglect of ~ its supr,~me ,motive 'of, sa:ving;'~'sotlls, it is true. .' Those things' are . 'by-products .of . Christianity. . .'. . .' .' . .

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. SOME QUESTIONS AND SUGGESTIONS .

This ·meeting . should .by:.itll trieans' be .a missibnary __ meetihg~n()t ;' "hoIIle'~ or "for:-eign" missions, but world missions. .

Is the' 'fundamental mission 'of .·ISeventh Day. Baptists, . different . from that of Qther Christians ? If so, how? . It . not, . explain why not. . .

. How far can we '-co-operate 'with people' of other faiths in' spreading 'the gospel mes-sage? ~,

HowcaJi ypung ,people, especially, be of ~ OUR. CH.URCH'S SERviCE FOR. CHRIST service fo~. qrist ? . . '. . ChrlstllUlEntleavor T.ple1or SBbba. Da,... Perhapsj th~.poem given at the top of this

~_uB1'7;30. 'l.DmI page can be. of . value· . in creating a mission-DAlLY READINGS ary atmo~ph~re in the· meeting.'

Sunday-Evangelistic service (1 Thess. 1: 1-10) The l~t~r' from our lI)issionaiy;" Eugene Monday-Teaching service (1 Tim; 4: 9-16) D ~... 47 J . . 1 Tuesday-S~rvice for the young(J obn 21: 15-' aVIS, i~pp~ar1ng on page, .. '.' . anuftry, .'. 1

17) . . RECORDER, 'could. be of very. definite value Wednesday-. Benevolent. service ·tA~ts·.9:;: 3.6-43) in this cmeeting.. ··C. A. B. Thursday-Developing worship (E:ph.3: 13;..21) Friday-Making Christlike lives (Rom.' 8: 2&31) QUIET HOUR- THOUGHTS Sabbath Day-Topic: Qur' 'CJiur~h'sservice .for .. BY' LYL. E C" 'RA' ND-AL'L'

'Christ. (Matt. 28 : 18-20;, Acts~3: 1-3~' . Be-ginning Christian' Endeavor Week) . A very good,questionwh~~~ 'w:e can.co~-,

Young· . people, we have here . a lesson sider at this. ti.me is,. "H9Wo' • (!3..~ ::~y; church. which gets right down to 'rock~bottom, to serve thec()mniUll-~tr,jtl:w:J:iicbjfis:'lq~t.ed?" the f1.lndamental···. 'question;, "What is. ,'the In a cOllversation,Whieh'I:]iatf .. wltli· One Church,'s ,.purpose· in the . world ?": <!f 'our .mini~t~rs·Qrice, he.scH~~(:tI1e:,Pfils7"

If weare going:to tollow Jesus' purpose tor sh~uld have a b1,1:t:'"it1g.,:.4.~~i,re:fQt::.~()u.ls in founq~hg:>.his.Church~ we can find it in won to 'Christ. ~s ·itnQt)~quaJly.:tr\letb3.t the words- of our t~xt, . "The Great Commis- the church as 'a whole should . have a bum­sion"; . also in· the . fir$t< chapter of· Acts, ing desire for' s0111s,and:">each ;-member' wl:tere he sayS to" the' disciples, "Y e'shall sho~dd .. feela r.esponsibility in this"ma#~r?_ receive power. -,~: ~ ,:" a~d yeshall be wit~· . Are 'you ' not concerhed;a;ooutthesoul'wel-', nesses3? .' _ . fare of yoprneignb6rsana;':Jriends?'DO-

The- Church's, only purposeisto··shirie as. you . have .t~ent·.on .. y.OU:f; ·h~rt{and:do.<You a light.· t().'·"leaa-"rt1en:;,fr6mthe(dar~i1.egsinto'pray· .for.,:tl;1em? -PeJ:h~ps:,y()tt;feel:'that;:you

~~~:trj!~5~;l;:J~'~::r~W;~:~:~r~rr:.=~~~~Q\t~~W~~K~~~~~~~;~l~~ world" ; it' is our business -to snine·f6r him. .sonal. worker .. :: ···.·EveJ:"Ychu(ch:>'metriber ·;cl;tn ..

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be a~ personal' wo~ker, and thi~ is' one of" the '. best ways inwhiclt theclturch can serve the cOIDmunity. fje(~n.i:;relt:ei.1Vetl[}frDll··i' "l~ev~ t

"'Taint what we have, But what. we give; 'Tajntwhere we ~re,' But how ,we live, 'Taint what we do, But how we do it-That makes this life Wortli going through it."

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CHRISTlAN,'ENDEAVOR WEEK , . Sabbath, J anuaty 30, is the beginning of

Christian Endeavor week. The' theme for this year is "Greater Things Than :These" ; and that theme should. be' emphasized in all the meetings. Today-'s' topic, HOur Church's . Service," should be dealt, with in a way to lead the church. into better service for the Master; the tQpic· for Christian Endeavor day, "How Our Society Meets Young Peo­ple's Needs," furnishes an excellent oppor­tunity to discover and discuss those needs,

-and try to find better ways of meeting them. The . Christian EndeavOr Warld for De­

cember 31~ 1931, contains full and helpful suggestions for a complete program for Ch,ristian Endeavor week. Every society should read these helps, and try to aqapt . them in so far as possible, to. their own use.

We shall try to have further helps in this departme~t next week. c. A •. B.

YOUNG PEOPLEJ:S BOARDMEJTING The regular meeting of the Young Peo­

ple's Board was. called to order by the presi­dent at the Seventh ,Day Baptist church, at seven thirty· p'clock~

L.· E.Bahcock read. from Rev. Wm. Simpson's -uDenominational Studies" of the developmeqt . of young people's' work' from the earliest efforts to the present Christian .En<ieavor. ofganization. The devotional service c19sed with prayer. . ~e minutes'. of the previous ineeting were read.

The. ,fpllowing report was' presented by the corresponding secretary:

,Number. of letters written, 15.

Warren .. Keith . " ,. " ..

. ", .~. ~unv <'C.'Jli,BroCK:'"·"; ,,;' Corresponding Secretary.'

There was. discussi~n 'of Junior depart­ment work with Mrs .. Nettie Crandall.

~ara Da:vis read an' article on~"~Worship" which she IJad prepared for the- "Newsbits." The publication of this paper-as well as the carrying on of the departmentafwork in general has been found difficult· with such

. meager information as ·.has' 'been received from'· youngp,eople and .. societies. More reports would be very welcome.

The possibilities of field work' were dis­cussed with Miss Burdick.

Members present: L. E. Babcock,~ Mar­jorie' J. Burdick, Sara Davis, Dr. B., F. Johanson, E. H. Clarke, Mrs. Ruby Bab­cock, Mrs .. Nettie Crandall, ¥irginia. Willis.

. Visitor, Miss Maude Ober. The meeting closed with prayer.

Respectfully . submitted, .

VIRGINIA WILLIS, .R. eC_Qrding Secretary.

Battle Cr(!ek, Mien:,' December 5, .1931.

INTERMED.4.TE TOPIC \ For Sa ••• t.· Da'Y, J __ ry' 00, l~

OUR DENOMINATION.

What has our denominati~n done for· us? What dOes our denomination ask us, to

d ? \ o. Of what value are- denonlinations?

DAILY. READINGS

SundaY-Att~ndingchurch (Heb. ,10:.24, 25) Monday-Being a worker (1 Cor. '15 : . 58) Tuesday~iving to benevolences (1 Cor. 16:

1-4)' ~ . ' '. . Wednesday-. Supporting missions: (Phit· 4: 10.;. - 19)" .' < • '.'

T~ursdaY~R~spect .f?rl~aderstijp (&e1>~ 13: 17) FrId:I~Seeking .. splrt4!al· ,things ,(Luke. lq:· 38-

Sabbath D~y-Topic: Playing fair with eur de.:. nomination '(Matt. 7: 7-12; 1 Tim~' 6: 11:-16.

. . Beginning ,Christian, Endeavor,. Wee~) .. !"; , , ~.. . , ~. . . : - - . -,'" . :". " '. -' . . Fourteen· cards ,were . sent to~. the publishing'

.hou,ses of . other denominations requesting p,rice lists. and samQles of 'their literature. '

The signatures of' those taking' the· pledge of Wor1~, Fellowship Among· Seventh Day Baptist

My . soul lea..ns toward 'bim~; '~"stretches',,_()ut its anns,.,:and·. -walts, '~xpectant~:·'-"';' Geor.ge '. MacDonald. . ..... '

MRS.

A VISIT TO A . HOME' 'IN THE LAND WHERE ... . JESUS LIVED'

MATTHEW,S,: 14, 15 . Junior Chrllrtlaia Endeavor Tople t:o. Sabbath

nay • .J_-rT ~,~J, 1882 .

BY' MRS. 'NETTIECRANDALL

R. D. 1, .' Bridgeton; N. I.,'

December 29, 1931.

DEAR MARIAN:

. .llice

".::- " ,.-

It surely-has bee.l1 quite . a time since I 'have heard from·you·and I 'was very much pleased .. to haveanoth~r letter from-you. I hope you?U not':wait"so long: next ti,me.

I'm afraid youwillhaye'to tell me your . 'h' ." f Ii·' . d"h . at Aunt J\{abel's last name~for' I talked" with

Did you ever .. ' av~' a: .nen,.w ose VISI s severatMabeIsat Conference, . and I do not you look~d fo(Watd t()- With m~ch p~easure? know which, one she, is. Do ,yoU think, I.'m Once, many· years' ago, . there' hved in Shu-

h d lit I f N a ,wee bit stupid? . nem, 'a city sout . an ,a . t e e~st 0 u aza-. Christ., ,rna .. s .. and Thanksg'ivin.g' are. wond,' er-reth, a-woman whom people called a 'great woman." . One day. a man ¢allle to t~eto~ ful days aren't they? They are d3:Ys of lov-and taught the peop1.(! .. about ]es,us .. '. ThiS ing, giVing, and" of., ,thanks to God, the "great woman", invitecl ""~m' hpme with her . greatest giver of all. " She and her ,husband liked the str~ger so' 1 must make my. answer to your good much that they asked that he alwa,s stop· letter short, for 1 have an 'interes~ing story and eat with them when he was passtng that for you this week. .~ way. This he did . and.' they' beCame very Sincerely yours, good frjends. ,. . . ' " MIZPAH' S. GREENE.

N ow this woman of Shunem was a yery . rich woman and had' everything she DEAR MRS~ GREEN~: wanted. While most homes . of that coun- . This is ,therfirst time I have written to the try had li~t1e 0(' no furniture, 'het home was SABBA'TH/ 'R.icORD~'· .. I am' ·in the 'fifth well furnished.' .One day 'she said to her .' grade in s,chOOI. My teacher's ·~ame. is husband, "I, th.nk this, man is a great man ' MissV!oletHQrne. I likehet very much. of God. He . comes this way often. Let I .' am,.>t~n years old and go to . the' Ri~e us build him a little rpom. on the wall, and G~op~. Sc;.li~1., . , " ,...., ,.-fur~ish ifwith;a.good-~~d;: ~f,~le, a. stool, .·My' . sister has written: to: the SABBATH and a ciuldlestick, and~~verythtng 'to make RECORDER. ·-.tf'you .. ~l90k ,good· enough you hini comfortable .. And' we will keep it for may find ,het' l~er. Her nam,e is Naomi. . h· ,; . .. ',' '. We:, have one big Qlt and' two Ji.ttle'()nes.

IS room.', , ' T . J" G· You will want to. read' the ,story of this . heir names are . P~t, . immy,·and .• 1!tger.

room "arid'of ,the' friendShip'between·these They like' to play.. ' . . people'.in~2Kings~' the 'fourth· 'cllaptel", ~e- . I will 'elose. : ginning',~.ith the. fout:th verse' a~d' reading to the thib:'y..:¢ightn :verse.". '.

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. oua:,.LEtiER' EXCHANGE.~ -, '"" .' ."!;~.'. . . . ,

DEAR MRS. GiE~i~l:E;":: .. " .. ' ... ... I h~ve .. iiot·~ritt~n~t~you.for. a~.long time '

so I thought: tba6!I:,would,:write ... ,,· ' ' ...•.. ". ;' . My.";Au~t':M~bel\ ~d::~,tpat~~he.,~aw"you

at Conference'. ,t\lis ·sumtn¢r~.·an<l. ·.~S tal~-i ng- tg y-01:t. :' :: ' ' . . , ,. "c

I h~~.d,lots ,off~'ri':~t' Ch:r.i$tIIlas;~d re~ ~. . ~'. '~,

YQurs truly,' . MELBA LING.

New Auburn, . Wis., .. December 31, 1931 .

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DEAR MELBA: . .

Wek:onl'e'toour' band, of RECORDER chil­dren:; '. I . iam'alwaY~·<l~light~(:t. to . ijave" new: recruits, and more delight~d, still Wh~~.t1i¢y

.. wrIte; ,often.".' ',': ....•. , """'" ..... '~; rY ou', h~ve.,a ~Jl~)ltt1~ '~.fiml.1Y· i tl1jt.i~~

. I(isfun·.to . watch.ki1:~~ll~, :pl~yi;pg' to~~~ti~1:, .. '.

and they . like to' have' chumsx almostas"m~eh' . as children do. Our cat thinks he is',still;a

kitten, and 'since':he, has no cat 'c~uin he chums, with' every member of the family. Sometimes he plays pretty rough. , .

I surely didn't ,have to look far to find Naomi's letter. I must get that in now."

Very truly yours, I...., MIZPAH S. GREENE. '

DEAR MRS. GREENE: This is the first time I have W'ritteJ.1. to

the SABBATH. RECORDER. ' I am ele.ven years old. . 1 am.in the sixth grad~at school. .

-I go to Sabbath school nearly every *eek. My mother's. sister, Clara Loofboro, is our teacher. There are 'two girls and four boys: in out class. Dec~mber' the nineteenth, we had our Christmas program down. to the church~ After that, they.gave out candy and peanuts. We got a lot of candy and peanuts this' year. " ,

I .have two . br~thers -and two . sisters. Melba is ten,' Lavern is ,nine; Jeanette is· seven, and Erwin 'five.

We have our annual church dinner next Sunday, January 3, up at my Grandpa and Grandma Loofboro's. .

Ii any·of the \uniors want to write tp me my address is,

. NAOMI LING, Neul,Au'burn, Wis., R. R. 3,

. Care of Philip Ling. . DEAR NAOMI :

·yc;u~~ti(i Melba must have wonderful times . 'together, for you are 'almost. like -twins~ '-' I apt so glad ,you have ,'Iloth 'w,ritten and h9pe r'l "have many . more letters from

. you. ~, . ··While yo~ have one, Ihave~' two church

dinners to attend every year. Don't you think I am ,fortunate? On Sunday,Jan~­_ary 3, we had the dinner and al:\nualbusi-ness ,me~ting ,Rere ··at Andover, and today

,we ha,ve been to Independence for the 'sam(" purpOse. ' , . _ ,

f} hope some of ~he juniots wilL write to . you. I think it is' ,fine· for RECORDER chil-dren 'to wiite' to each other. .

, ,Yours sincerely, :MI~PAH S. GREENE.

, ~': "·':Whe":"n·:·:·;c"" .... d,,;;;·";"·""'·~·,;::n;~I"'I~1.c:

~::Were ,~:~bqu~ . tune .. and s~yen. ·.;Y~F~, ,aIel.' thex :,had ·to ) Fielp ,heiCl ;'cattle; ~ out, ~bn ";;, 'the:, wild p~ri~. ;

.. .. Far;tners ,··in ,thos~ -days. did· not~ have, .nice large pastures fortheii cattle~ and 'not many' of themh~d. any fences aroun.d their' farms .. Several "neighbors. 'would' tU,rii" iheii :'cattle all together ~ery~"niort1ihg~' an<i .their boys wOl;lld drive' them out on the pr~irie;·. and herd them all day. . They had to d~ this to keep them, from, str~ying,clear away, or fr-o~ g~tti~g into the grajn ,field$ .. , '

There were '. my two brothers :.ilnd'J ohn, Will; and· Nat Crawford, and John and Jim Gary, 'and sometimes. sever;;a.l 'others~ ."SQ· there ; was quite a crowd' you see. : All of them were just about the same age~ ,They each took a 'lunch for dinner' and' stayed from early morning until night. Every one was poor in those days and these li~tle b9'Ys did not always. have very much to eat. Sometimes the whole· bunch had 'nothing ~ut ,bread and molasses.' But they were busy little fellows, and .watched their cat­tle:with sharp eyes. Tiley ran and ,played too :when the cattle' were quiet, an~:l had lots @f fun.'" They were too' busy. to " Wish for something' better. In the early spring' the herd was started as sQQn~ as the prairie ·grass' would be big enougn:~ for' the cattle'to nipit~

Oftentimes the' boys' shoes" would be worn out a~d they had to go bart:f~~, ~Il:-lr~Q~ty mqrnIngs. Oh, how cold those, little .fe¢t· . did get, but not one ,of them ·comphiined .. They' r~bbed their feet together. andjttri1ped up arid down' or . ran races., ,Th~if' thei:r ' fee~ were': still' ~old ;they ':woti14' ~akesol11e of the cattle get up and 'then, ~hey would stand on the warin. spots whe're'the cattle had lain. .

,and '·crawl . \ Qtl,;tJtl¢lr: .••. !l@:l!.~~·.~':;~l<:liF~ttie-¢~~/])t1t it made' a, C! hl .... lt-, ... 1"'/:\.,:t'ni1"';A~hE~rg;.'t~j:iy~uy-~M';;;'i

aile' -day' '. 't"tI'-~n hous.e .. \'My brQther.··. . · .. ":a .l}e;aq.; as he started to:~'crawlin; wh;:1t . ,sup­pose he saw?, There;,al~ coi1~,' ,.itt: the middle of thetr·house, was a great,,·blg, old·

. rattlesnake~ making a terrible' b~zzing with his tail. 'They· were_ very, much, scared, but. little frontier boys can do many thtngs. So they fitlallx got 'him .killefI withQuf ~ny of them bei~g bitten., . And. you', set; thiS ~as another tIme when God took care of little children., " . .

They~ still used their' ~Qu~'1! 'until later i!1' the season when-some bad,.' Dtg . boys tore It

. down and, threw . the sods . al~ over' the­prairIe. Then. they had to stay. o~t in all kinds of weather once more.

Now this prairie is all, covered with fine farms, while railways and ,paved roads go crisscross. allover it. The 'little boys 'lived to be old men and now God, has called all of them, away. . . _

I'd like to see some of you small people at Conference next fall. . Your' friend,

MRS. ELLEN' W. ,SOCWELL.·RAMSEY.

'R:a1~·~att4()n~;;·as this~" , .. ' . sf"\P~k 'subJ"ect: ,. 1:"'''"'1""' '. J .

;'A. . ..,. "w;hiclj,;".as·: I,hope',to,:prf:)vetp . , .. you, is,.~Y:~rY::pt~(;~ic~l:,ion~;~.';< ':~«. ",".' , .

"In .1914 in ,rtAis.. 'CQllPtry: 'We c~ere ~hreat:..' enedwith ,a :pa.hic~ . Eur-opean·. '11a;ti~ns .soon ~

, afterwards:" . began 'to spend' 'their time in destroying. one ,~·ariother. .'They",we(e . look­,ing to Us for their ,food~upply· ~d~ar in­struments. The period of 1914-17 artdtqe/ :fewyears that, fQllowe<l"it "was '~fproQucing ·era. More corn .. was::rais,ed·.to.:the'·acre than ever before~ , "We became:a'lopsided people ~n our fever for production., The' mart: who 'was ,able to make steel by tOJ:).s;whereit had only been --made in· hundrt!dW'~ight·· .before was a 'genius. with. the, people.' . The turn: ing point. came when European nations be-, , egan to produce what they consumed.. . ~ people had learned how . to produce, but they had forgotten how to live." , . .. ,"I am' here first of all to plead for the col..;. Jege of liberal' arts. " In the .. hig4, schoo~s of the country' we have, instituted. manual arts ,and commercial courses. We find it di f­ncult to teb a !boy that he ought to go .. to a ~ollege 'of liberal arts upon graduation 'from ,high school. 'He wants to'cknow why he should .. nQt gp to ,tt. techni(;~d,: s.cho.ot ,It, is my position. that he' should not gg becatlse he has ~n()~ yet' learned the' fundamentals for such things."

"The' business. man has little for s~lace t~day. : Tqe,.tna.ti who is tt:ained',-in the field of arts and . sciences,' 'has, :learned· sorrie-

'thing about. the pr6cesses of 'li£e~' I I.' a youngman" ·;does ,:not get.' a1?-ythirig b~t '.' ~he asspciation of· college, ~eri, h¢ p~ been well paid for.the·tim~ spent. in th~:'~nstitutioii,.· .. If

'. a man has a:' cQll~ge':, ~ducatiori,arid :}iis', busi­.. ness .. fails, . he '. ~fill.· nas .. something " . upon 'which 'to base his ,future." .' . . '

. 'For more than a year the' clock' in the ·.old . statehouse at. Hartford,. CoritL~'· kept· t·ime ",itha, vari~tion:ofless than>ten 'seco!lds' a

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.·OUlfPUL'PIT ~ .. ' '. '"'-,. '

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THE FWT"OP"TABERNAeLES BY REV. S. 'So POWELL

Pastor of the church a.t Hammond. ~a.

SERl\fONFOR SABBATH., JANUARY 30, 1932 Text-Zechariah 14: 16.

ORDER OF SERVICE

HYMN

LoBD'S PRAYER ,

RESPONSIVE READING

HYMN

SCRIn'URE READING .

PRAYER

HYMN

OFFERING

SERMON .'

HYMN

CLOSING PRAYD

~'And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came .against Jerusalem. shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, and to keep the feast of taber­nacles." Zechariah 14: 16.

,r "Again' I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, 0 virgin 'of Israe1,'~ Jeremiah 31: 4. Such. is the' language of prophecy with referetJ.ce to the restoration of the chosen. people . from all. lands whither the Lord, their ~od, had driven them. ~ goOdly por-' tion of the prQph~ical Scriptures definitely asserts that there is to be a restoration and' that all· of the nations of theearth'will be most . favorably affected by ~ it.. Thus did both Micah and Isaiah prophesy: uAnd it shall c~e to pass ,in the last days~ that the mountam of, ,the Lord's house shall be es­tablished in the top of the ~tains,and shall be'exalted 'above·· the: .hills; an~r. all·na ... tions shall flow unto·it __ .. ~foroutof Zion

. sbaJl~-:go f(;lrth the ··law,. and: the word of the T ..... d' L.a '. J~_":l' JlJ I -_"L 2 2 3 LUr .. I'com, 1::.l~enJ. ·satcuJ.'.:',.' ;

M1.can :4: . i; '2,ati~i' Jsaiah ::::tgaiti,:,~~uA4ta;'~it' shall come to-pass, . thaf·ft'hm/one.rl~w,';rn(joti to' anOtber~,atld.·from one <sa.bbattt;·:':tti-. ::an­oth~r,.shaUanfles~ come ;~o'w;orship15~fore . mets~uth the Lord:'" 66·:·23~ .:c'y " "'.'

·M?ses,. the great .. legisl~tor-for, nis~~~. pl~, !n t~e t~enty-elglith,' twenty~ninth,. and ~hlrtleth ch~pters of lI?euteroriotny/ speak­Ing prop~etlcally for hiS people, .. 'lays· down a definite P(ograril . in ~}leir.' behalf;· '. which

,was to exte~d. through all .of. their.:.future ~es. Lpoklngback over this' divine and

. Inspired program, ~e can' see' 'how it Itas b~en fulfilled to the letter .. God," by. his mig !tty power, has wrought all of these Scripture fulfillments in the past 'with ref;' erence to. them" as we see On' the pages of Josep~us and under our own ··.personal' 'ob­servation as well. When Frederick" tne Great,' of Prussia; put to :a Celebrat~d 'visi­tor the question by what means he"could prove the truth of divine' inspiration, the latter .... retu..med answer, uThe Jews; you,r Majesty/' . 'j

Whe~ we consider the present -estate J of the J eWlsh people througbout the world, be they .~~sors of wealth or poorer' Jews and hVlng In the ghettos of great cities' can w.e for a moment be~~ev~_that they.hav~ ar­~lved at t~e finale <?f the splendid program In world hIstory 'whIch h3$ been marked out for. them' by divine appointment? .~cKing Agnppa, believest thou the prophets?"" said St. Paul. }'I know that thou' believest'." U~d<:r the guidance of this divine leader­shIp It seems reasonable to believe that the '. same .mig~t which has wrought forcthem of yore, etther for good or for in will re ... establish them in their' own land 'never to ~e. removed again, making them' to be. re-' bgtous leaders for all mankind. Christ· will then be their K~ng. and our King, as' we see

.' not yet all nations placed under his foot-stooL . .

When that time shall come, we seefr-Olll the words.of our text that'(iientileSfromall .of t~J:\atJons of t~ earth, s4all' ~. up, pre­s~mably to Jeru~lem, our world cerite:r~and· wtll.k~p the Fea$l of Ta~macles;,' 'We see. als() from . Isaiah that all nations ··shall keeptbe Sabbath. ' .' '

'Fabemacles' was the thi'rd .of . the:·. three gT~tnational festivals o~ .'. t1.le . .J~\lVf~}fpe(j;..· pIe .. ", It was celebrated,altttle:late:r \tHan'the~ middle of our' October ,andd~r~*eg-.its; it~rrie' .

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on the, courts~:and in , '" ' .. , '.

eight days. '. Ml()(l«~rn /;J~~w$t;:rmLkE~":,·:;:tlSe{"(J~t these words'. in, '. . .' prayers,··.·. dwell­ing in their .. ·· . ,booths.': "'May, it be thy will, 0 Lord..mY:iGodatld.(iod. of: my. fath-

. ers, to let thydivit)e','presence abide among us. Spread pver, us, the' tabernacle' of thy peace in recogniti9n of the . precept of the' Tabernacle which we~'are ·.now ' •. fulfilling. Oh su!:'round, us' "With the .. ptirt=;and holy, radiance. of thy 'gloty~that, is spread ,over our heads as· the. :~le 'over the ,nest he stirreth up; and . thence bid the stream' of 1 if e flow . in upon 'thy 'servant. And seeing that I have goneforthfrQm my.hQuse abroad, and am speeding the -way of thy commandments, may it . be ,accounted unto me as though I had wandered far in ·thy cause." Oh wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. Keep me in life. . Vouchsafe unto me the abun­dance of thy blessings." . Make .. rne . worthy to d well trustingly in the (:overt of thy wings."

A Jewish writer explains!' "'Tabernacles commemorates, our deliverance from ,bond­age and the fact that while' crossing the . wilderness our forefathers lived in tents~ They }Vande red forty years in the desert be-f ore reaching their own land. They had to endure every hardship before they acquired. a land ,of their own. Tabernacles teaches us that if we would reach some goal we nlust have patience and not lose· courage. Th~e who were impatient .jn- t1;le desert in­evitably died there, and only those who were full of courage .and . hope survived all hardships and lived ·to havea· home .of their own." These who survived' were . Moses, Caleb, and Joshua ; while a new' gener:ation, avoiding' the 'mistakes ·of their fathers arid, buoyant with fresh_ hope, entered jnto their' i nheritan'c.e. '''. " _. . 0

it,. ~ 'i ... ,. ,

Tabern~cl~s had another significanc~, be- ' sides that it was a memorial of the wilder­ness wapdetings. "."1\pother 'n~rne :for it was, the Feast of . HarVest .... or" the ,Ingathering. The, sentiment of our;AmeriCan:;rltanksgiv~· ing qay. did not or.igiri~~~·w:ith.us~·It·Was brought· to,qur., sltpr~~":,by :Jli¢ spirit.,of.the- , Pilg-rill! .f..athers··,who ·planted it-in'Plymouth Colony.. '.T~·u~ir ,J)wn,~.spiri~s:: ,were li1ost., cleep~ , ly imbued witH the influe~ce :ofthe S9r.iP-·

.. J 's' 9 ." , .. ,. " '

, ·:.need:-.and:-the:jbies~edness, of . '·is·,verY;,:prornin~nt:in God's

. .',' , .

····.'.Fhanksgiying was:, a 'teaching also ·of PenteqQst, :.'fifty days' after . PaSsover, .. the festival of' the first ... fruits.· . ··It .... marked'· the ripening ofthe,fi~tgrain~"~ihn~iniJ)ands would gather '.- froiif marty pl~ces <()f r:el.1dez- . vous, loaded with the clioicestotftuits upon the baCKS o£oxen~, ~l;lich 'wereap()rtl¢dwith olive branches and· . fiJlets,' of, "·gQlq_ : . accom­panied . with the . music 'of: ,;'fbite.'players. When . these . rejQicing,festi,,~·· bands' . drew near to J erusalem,~ the ileaditllr men of the city came out to meet '. thettl,'with . hearty welcome.. The; streets: of . the. city were filled With people ; even the ':k;ing .carried a basket fuU':'Qf. fruit. upon his sboul~er,. anq the people ·streamed 'liked a" mighty··· river to the temple, where the sacred melodies of King David's Psalms mingled .w~th the sweet tones of harps and· viols, 'which en- . tered into the hearts of all.

A very brilliant light and joy were sought after as necessary' accompaniments of Tab­ernacles ill Jerusalem. In the time~' of our

· Savior· the~e "ad been added to the feast the ceremopy ~f the' drawing ,of water from the Pool df -Siloam. . At a certain stage a

,priest would .. bring up a pitcher of .. water from the pool, which would be poured upon-

· the s~c~·~fice upon' the gre~t altar." 'Then would be sung the wor4s from Isaiah· the Prophet: "With joy 'shall ye draw water· . from' the wells of salvation." .'.

· ,:Our Sav~or was . in . attendance upon this feast. HestQOd a~d~ried:.:.~'If ,~ny 'man thirst, let' him, come unto me and drink.

. He· that beli,eveth' on. me, ,as ,the scripture hath said,. out of him shall flow ri:ver~. of living water." . It was the same message ' with which he had quenched the thirst of the Samaritan woman.

N-ot' only do we chave· a legitim~te hunger ~h<l thirst for. necessary ,things . of earth. But for all of the thirst of our souls,. for

· the highest,;and the best things· in life, seek­ing him. first. andahvays., he"will· sati$fy us . and. give, to us .in completeness· an abun­dance of tl1atwhich the.world4:CUlD.ot give.' J ~sus js:()ur ,li.ft:,~ .«?w. ,hop~. . ,He, is the : ,true and qtily~Jigh~ forall;wankipd'~ .~lind:is 'every child .0£ e~rth,:.,-whp.;has"i1ot' yet within . his. sou,l seep':' the light " ofChi-~st. . .

.. 90 . . t'~E:~SAl13B.tA~~/r{~€()~PER _ . AM~RICAN . SABBATH . TR.A.CT~SOCIETY

Treasurer's Receipts for" October. 1931

" GENERAL FUND Contributions-. Onward Movement .' ' ••••••••. ~ . $ 133.21

. Income from' invested funds: .' AnnUity Gifts ••.....••.•.••..•.•••• '. $231.00 . H~etta V. P.Babcoek Bequest ..... .31.01 . LOIS Babcock Bequest .•••••••••••••• , .• 94 . George ' Bonham Bequest ................ 3.00 ,Sarah Elizabeth Brand Bequest ••...• .32 . Eugene KBurdick Gift ••••• ~ . . . • • • • 30.00 ,Harriet' Burdick Gift . '. • • • • • • . • • • • • • • 3.00 Joshua Clark Bequest ••••••••••••••• 9.00 Relief A. Clark Bequest ••••••••••. ~ • 24.00 Joshua l\L· .Clarke .•••.•.••.•••.•••••• 4.50 Alfred ColHns . Bequest •.•..••.••••.• 9.05 Emergene Cottrell Gift ................ 2.25 D. R.· Crandall . Gift ••.••••••••••••.• 1.50() S. Ade}ineCrumb Fund ••.•.....•... 28.71 Oliver Davis Bequest "~.............. 149.69 Orson C. Green Bequest •••.....•.••• 3.00.

. Rosannah Green. Bequest ...•.....••• .75 RusSell w~ Green Bequest •.•...••.•.. 450 Selinda I. Green. Bequest ....•.•..... 3:00 Amanda B. Greene. Bequest .•..••••.• 32.53' ~drew J. Greene ,Bequest ..•.••••.• 6.00

. Olive A. Greene Bequest •••••••..... 26.36 pOda T. Greene Bequest ••• '. • • • • . . . 36.00 G Ilen L. Greemnan Bequest ........•• 6.00

eorge GreenI1lan Bequest .•......•.• 21.00 George ~. Greenxnan Bequest ..•..••. 15.00

. Orlando Holcomb Bequest ............ 30 0()0 ~1iza James Bequest ••..••.• -. . .••••• 8:10 'ucy ·M. Knapp Bequest .•.........• 6.00

B. P. Langworthy, Second Bequest •• 1.50 Life Memberships ..... . . . . . • • • . . • . . . 21.45 Susan Loofboro Gift ......•...•••••• 6.00 EJ!Za Lr Maxson Bequest ....•..•...• 1.50 Elizabeth' U. Maxson Request •.•....• 1.50 ~~h Branch, Nebraska, Church Fund 3.00 J la A. Ormsby Bequest .•.......••• 10.52 Cyrenus P. Orplsby Bequest .••.••... 2.55 Paul Palmiter' Gift .•.•.•..••••..••.. 6 00 M~a B. Phillips Bequest .••.•••••• 28:50

,OltveHall Pierce Bequest ••••••••••• 5.25 Electra- A. Potter Bequest .....•.••• . 94.80 t;.letta G. Rogers Bequest .•..•.••••• 66.00

ISS S. E. Saunders Gift ;........... 4.50() John G. Spicer Gift .. ~ . • . . . . • . • • • • . • 3.00 M .. julia Stillman Bequest •...••••.•• 24.05 7

Julius M.Todd Bequest·............. 3.06 T~omas. Francis TrenorBequest ...... .50 VWilla Ridge. 111., Ghurch· Fund .. ~ • • . • 3.57

illi C Whit{ B M am. ord equest.. . . . • • • • 15.00 ary ~. York Bequest ••••....•...•.• 1.58

Seventh Day Baptist Memorial Fund-: $1.029~98

Eugenia L. Babcock Bequest ....••• 50.00 George H. Babcock Bequest • • • . • 85.50 ' Delos C. Burdick Beqtie~t .•....•• .75.00 E. K. and F.B. Bequest •••••••••• 40.00

~eceipts from publications: ---- 1,280.48

cCSabbath R d'; $ 7 0 "~Hel - ecor er . . . . . • . . . . . • . • • • . 3.1 . pmg Hand" .••.••...••..•.. .-'.. 182.30

. Out.side pUblications ...•...•..•..•• • 5.95 Ju~or Graded Helps .•..••....•.••.• 12.85 ~termc;dia~e. GracledHelps. ..•..•.••• .60

'. . enomtnational· Calendars . • • • . •• • • • • 6.25 T t d' . rae epoSl~ory ••••• ~ •••••••••• ". • • • .31

COt;ltribution to Special Sabbath Promotion Work Seventh .. Day Baptist Missionary Society--one:­

half traveling expens~: of' corresponding' sec-retary to Southwest ., ................... "' ••...•

281.36 41.67

56.25 ------: $1,792.97

, . DENOMI.N ATION AL BUILDING FUND ContriDUtion~individuals : .'-,~,." ' •••••• $ '10.00 . '.' .: Onward: Movemerit .••••..• ~ .' 10.00 Gift of Ella M.' Ames, DeRuiter, N. Y... 200.00 I~~Jll~interest . on note;~ Silas G-~ Bur-·

dick._ , .. estate e __ •• e". ~ ................. -'. • 21.00' 241.QO

,

. MAlNTENANCE.FUND ..... ' '

Rent from publishing_ house ••••. " ••••••• $125.00 ~ Income from De~om,inational BuUaing

Endowment: .:. . Sarah -A. ,B. 'Gillings Gift ••• " ••. ".. ••• . 1.50 . Frank H. Smith Gift •••.••••••••••• 30.00 . FrankHn Fitz Randolph Gift ••••••••• 3.07

159.57

Total ............................ ~ •• ~ •• 0 ..... ~$~:ti..93. ~;4

Treasurer's ReCeipts fqr November. 1931

GENERAL FUND Contributions-Onward Movement •••••••••••• $ 112.77 Income from invested funds:

Annuitv Gifts , ....••....••..•••••.... $162.68 Alice E. Annas Bequest .............. 7.50 Reuben D.' Ayres Brequest ••.. ,....... 7.50 Henrietta-V. P. Babcock Bequest •••• .42 Lois Babcock Bequest •••.. -. . . • • • . • . 1.50 Mary P. Bentley Gift ••..•••• ~ • . • • . • 4 •. 50. Berlin. Wis.. Parsonag-e Fund ._....... 6.,.5 Mary Ro!!,ers Berry Bequest· •.•..••.• 15.00 Addie S. Witter BilHns Bequest ••..•. 7.14 Sarah Elizabeth Brand Bequest ..••.• 1.11 Eugene K. Burdick Gift •••.••••..•.• 105.00 Harriet Burdick Gift .....•..•.•....• 6.00 Martha Irish Burdick Bequest ...... '. 15.00 Marv A. Burdick Boouest ..•.....•.• 1.80 -Sarah C. L. B'Urdick .Bequest •..•.... 3.00 Hannah Cimjano Bequest •.•.....•••• 161.58 Nettie J. Coon BeQuest .•..••.. ~ • •• .• 1.50 Amy K. Crandall Gift .•.........•.•• 3;00 Eliza M. Crandall Bequest ••.•.•••.• 30.11 Elizabeth R. Davis BeQuest ••.....•.. 6.74

. Amanda C. Dunham, Bequest •.....•• 3.00 Nancy M. Frank Bequest •.••.••••.. 12.12 George Green,man' BeQuest ........... 62.50 GeorgeS. Greenman Bequest •.....•• 270.00 Greenmanvt"lle. Conn.,' Church Fund .. 4~50' '. Amanda P. Hamilton Bequest ••.••.•• 12.00 Celia Hiscox BeQuest ..... ~ . • . • • . . • • 17.07 Frank J. Hubbard Gift ..........•••.• 15.00 Angenette Kellogg Bequest........... 4.33 Adelia C. Kenyon Beque~ . v • • • • • • •• 63.'()6. Clark F. Lang-worthy Bequest •..•.•. 2.0()0 Life Memberships .....••.......••••. 4.20 Susan Loofboro Gift................ 3.00 North Branch. Neb., Church Fund.... .75 Julia A. Ormsby Bequest ...•.....••• 30.00 Electra A. Potter Bequest .•....•.... 65 .. 81 Maria L. Potter Bequest ..........••. 15.00-Deborah A.Randall Bequest.......... 48.18 Arletta G.- Rogers Bequest ...•......• 12.26 Georg-e H. Rogers Bequest .....•• ~.. .30.00 Charles Saunders Boouest ....•..••••• ' 1.50 E. Sophia.. Saunders Bequest.......... 3.00 .Mary Saunders Beouest •.••••••. -.... .60 Sarah A. Saunders Bequest ••••••••.• .60 Sarah A. Saunders Gift ..••••••••••.• 24.86 Sarah E. Saunders Bequest •••••••••• 3.()0 Second Westerly .ChurchFund -....... 9.68 AlzinaC. Shaw Bequest ..••••....... .75 Fannie R. Shaw B'equest ••.•.... ~ . . . 30.44 John G. Spicer Gift ..•..•...•... ; ••• ' 12.00 Martha . G. Stillman Bequest ....• ·....• 3.00 Mary S. Stt"llman ,Bequest .....••.... ,. .7.50 Sarah E. V. Stt"llman Boouest .'....... 15.00 Mary K; B. Sunderland Bequest ~.... . . 3.00 I. D. Titsworth Bequest ...•......... 15.00 Thomas Fran~s Trenor Bequest •...•• 22.56 . A. Judson Wells Bequest .•.••••..••• 1.50 .

. M¥y- J.Willaid'B·equest .•.•••• ~ ...• ~. . 7.5Q Philomela T. Woodward G1ft........ 3.00 I. H. York Bequest.................. 3.00

• • j "1,390.00 Receipts from publications: .

"«Sabbath Recorder" •....••••••••••• $108.56 ,cHelpilig Hand'" . . . • • .. • • . . . • • • • . • • •• 166.38 Outside publications . ••...••••.••••••. . 1.95' Junior (;.rad~d· Helps ......•••.•.••••• ,4.20. Intermediate. Graded Helps .•••..••• .4.05 . Tract depositorY •.•••••••.• ~ ••• ~ • . • .15.95

Contribution to Special Sabl»ath Promotion W~k; --~..;;.....;,.,..-

!f~~;;~~~B'A~ll!'R~'li~='~~~;:rj,Ydf' . centrell'New ,York a' fnore.;brilUanf Jariu.ciry

MAINT~NANCE FcUND " i

'116.00 . foitrth:mbrning;.t:haii~hi.~~:~,th¢:ey~.·,l#iisb .. have, been' blirided ,by ·its lirightness~:.:<peRuyter li~son :thi$1l10rning, serettelY,'!thder ~its: u~­ual blank<itQfSllo\iV,andJliepeppleof .~J:llS

Rent from publishing house ••..•. ~ .•.•. $125.00 Income from- Denominational Building

Endowment: Mary S. Harkness Gift •..•.• ~ •.•• ~ ••

15.00 i40.00 mountairi ,village are . pursuing' their usual , , .

• • • • • • • • • • . • • • • • • . • • . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • $2,161.53 Total

,Treasurer's Receipts for J>ecember, 1931

. GENERAL FUND

Contributions-Onward Movement •••....•... $ Income from invested funds:

Annuity Gifts •••.••••••••••••••••••• $ 3.57 Richard C. Bond Bequest ........•... 3.00, Susan E. Burdi~k Bequest ............ 22.17 Eliza M. Crandall Bequest •.......•.. 4.51 George Greenman Bequest .-.......... 6.50 Elizabeth L. North Bequest •......•• 3.00 Gertrude E. Richardson Gift •......•. 7.25

346.76

seren~way. '.' ' .. " . .

Receipts from pubJications:-

During .its 'Chri$tmas season it 'seems ~o have been doing hbnoJ' to the~life,and work­of Edison by' a 'm9re 'than ordin~ry d~splay of brilliant . lights of variegated hues In the homes and"'a19ngthestre~ts~ ,'The occu­pants of· the Seventh· J:?ay> Baptist. pars?ri­age have· special· :reason .. _ for .ren;u:~mben~g thisChtistmas·. time.··· - They' wet:e the :VIC­

rims of ~.crever conspiracy devised by their . 50.00 friends of the community ando£,· the church.

"Sabbath Recorder" •......•......... $233.01 "Helping Hand" .•••.... ~ . . . . . . . . . . . 32.90 Outside publications ••..••••..•....•• _ 7043 Junior Graded Helps ................ 3.00 Calendars .....• • . . . . . . . . • • . . . . . . . . . . .25 Tract depository ••..•. :............. .25

- 276.84 Loan' from the Plainfield Trust Compal\y...... 1,000.00 Contribution to Special Sabbath PrOnioti~n Work . 41.67

$1,715.27

DENOMINATIONAC BUILDING FUND

A radio (HAtwater, Kene_') __ --had' been in­stalled in the· church~beauti£ul1y decorated for Christmas. This was done at, the inno­cent suggestion of the pastor and his wife to add to the ~iriterest of the Christmas' pro­gram. After beautifulexercise~ _appropri-ate to the QCcasion·;i. young < • lady of the.

Contributions ................................. chur:eh steijpe?J to the' platfo,rm . and in graceful wprd$' presented' the radiO to' the

88.63 pastor's fa~ilyl We had been quite strenu-ously advocating the"'- id,ea ~f using t~e money ~ that we \y.ould otherWIse expendm making {pre$ents, to one anQther, . for tJ:te needy and ;suffering people that· ,wer~. ' .In special dIstress in this time of .depression. We . now know the, class to whl~h we be-

MAINTENANCE FUNP Rent from publishing house .....•••.......... 125.00

Total •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• e.a ••• $1.928.90

THANKS TO PASTOR WARREN As chairman' of the COmp1it~ee -ott Relig- IOIJg-·, But· ,whatever ,may be our statio!! we

ious, Life of the Generjll 'Conference I want. humbly __ acknowledge . this tQ~en of kindly to take this opportunity to, th~1:1k Rev. regaid. fto~,ouT DeRuyter frIends. We are Hurley S. Warren on behalf ,of. the com:- .a1ready deriving .muc~ pleasure ;,andprofit mitte~ for his splendid .. series of articles on fr()m this,beautif~l ~nd. useful' gtft. Stewardship which have appeared. in recent '. We' are . glad, Jo report mos~ ~rnest.. sup­issues, of the - SABBATH RECORDER.. These port of the ~htirch andaenomlnat .. onalwo~k articles were solicited by -'t~e .committ~~,. and by this . DeRuyter ,group. . ... ~he .. :. scattered they have-.1l\easured. up to its. highexpec-· condition of our members ·OJ,1t.ffi' t4e snowy tations as:;;ih$ghtful ,presentations ;of vari- hills about us makes the·Visitation·cam.paign ous phases of t~e subject oI Christian Stew- suggested byour-ConfeJ,:enc;~ C;ot:rlll1i.t:teeti.()t· ardship. We <.. trt{st i. all .. readers.,of the quite practicable .... ~How~:ve~, : ~here ~~ a. ht7 RECORDER, have' 13~d".Jhem .... If you,1:tave tIe company'!hQn:tatJ.1tau.j. thf;! c9tt~ge, not, l()ok,up you~-$;A~i;JAtl~H.,RE<;O!¥>ERS,f()i:" . prayer meeting,an:d:,~~ere.;is ·.~praytng the last few .w~eks~nd ... rea<!these:,pelpful-gTOUP of young ;peqpl¢of;a 'S~b9~th:~cp-ool

'el . Th . h' 11 b: . a' - b' . class' that we ark lQQking"tQ> fothappy , r~;o. artl es. . ey mIg ,t,<w:e'e ;tna,ea. aSls . s· .u··lts ... T-he ,chtin:;hes' .. o. f .. the.vl.·l.lag' e.' .. are. :t1n,. it-. for a ~eries (){:.talks ',on ·the, )sldJjoct of· . . Stewardship,. or of . group' st!1,dies,:..in·, that .' .~ing iIi 'the':;\7veek ·Of·Er:l.yei,.,~nd~;w:e'.:ne~ ," field.: '., your prayers'. 'Rememt;er us.. •.. ':.: '

~.J\C.BqND.. ' T.J~VAN. HOJ,iN.,,·

92 , , !fHS,';'sABB3A.~a/~E~0kDER , DENOMINAl"ONAL ',' ··Hf)OK~I:!P'-':;" , "A'vetse,,~'Dangets iti 'R(!s61titipn~,'~,'w:~.~ ,"

, ',', '4LFRED.' N. Y.' read: by" 'Mrs; 'Earl·D.;'.Bl.irmcK,:·~'a:';p'oem , ' , " ",. '" "

Professo': Burto:n'B.,Crandall was in ,"TheUnseeti 'Tate~t,'" by ··Mrs.O'Walter Washington ',last w~ek, _attending, a' meeting Saretzki,; ,and the poe~s, "The ' New, ,Leaf" of the American"EconomicAssOciation. and UStaridirig at the Portal,'"'by Mrs. Wal-

Rev. W,. L. Burdick ()f Asbaway,R: 1., ter D. Kenyon. , , '..',' .,,' .. ,: : was in Alfred the last of the week, a guest _ ,At ·the close of, th~ meeting, the hostess of his daughter, Mrs.P. C.' Saunders, ana se!"v,ed -refreshments. The,' next 'meeting family. He came at thi~ time to close a wtll be held Thursday afte~oon, J~nuary deat for the lease of his, farm near Hebron ZIt at the home of Mrs. Earl D. Burdick. - , Pa., for gas purposes. ' , ", ,-Westerly Sun.

ALFRED STATION" N. Y.

There was a good attendance, at the an­nual church dinner, Sunday. , At the busi­ness ,meeting in the afternoon, Pastor Van Horn gave a very interesting report' of the church. The treasurer reported about $2,600 raised during the year 1931, and all '

,bills paid to date'. The following officers, were elected:

Moderator, .Lynn ',Langworthy; treasurer. Irving Palmiter; clerk,Fred Pierce; chor­ister, F. M. Palmer; assistant chorister, Pastor VanHorn; ,organist, Betty Van Horn; assistant organist, Eug€ne Van Horn .. The two trustees were H. N. Allen and Ernest Brague; ushers, Schuyler Whit­ford, Art~ur Ormsby, Harry Austin, Leo Shaw, MIlton Emerson, and Leon Lewis. Mrs. Harry Austin is the dinner committee for next year; Fred Palmiter, chairman Qf the soliciting committee; Mrs. Harriet Van Horn supervisor of the .surruner school.

-Sun. ASHAWAY, R. I.

At a welt attended meeting of the Asha­way-Potter Hill W.C. T. U. held with l\frs. John'S. Cole, Jr., Thursday afternoon, ' the ,World ,Day of Prayer was' observ~. ~~The Call to· Pray~r" in the Union Signal was read by Mrs! CarrQll L. Hill, followed by., devotions led by, the - president, Mrs. Walter D., Kenyon. . ' ..

Each one responded to the roll call with a ,~erse of~cripture. After the regular bUSIness. ;meeti~ Mrs. Walter Saretzki gave . a very }nterestlng, report, on the afternoon ana evening meeting of the, Allied Forces which was held in,' WesterIyMonday.A general discussion followed. - ,

.An interesting, :p-rogramfollowed, Mrs. 'Carroll L.Hill giving ,a review of the, ar':

. ticl«:,. "Now.; t!Ie Children Have Shoes," .by­WhitIng Withams, in the. Christian Herald.

BROOK;:FIELD~. N. Y.

Pastor Polan ·and family, called on Mrs., Sorensen, who is in the ' infirmary at Rome, last Tuesday, and' found' her 'to be' almost helpless, and will be ,for some, titne, be­cause of ,a broken vertebra' and' other' in­juries. She is glad to see her friends, how­ever .-C ourier.

BATTLE CREEK, MICH.

On Friday evening, December '4;' the In­termediate Christian 'Endea.vor society. in­Vited the adult prayer meeting,' the' Y. _P. S. ,C. E.. and the Junior division, to be their ~ests at the presentation of some' li~ing pIctures. Several, Bfble stories were pre­sented in pantomime while the, Bible story was read.-News Bits.:' '

DERUYTER, N. Y.

Mr.' and Mrs. William R. Gates cele­brate~ th~ir fiftieth Wedding anniversary " at thetr, Llncklaen hO,me the evening of De­cemher 28.

Seventy-five of their relatives and close friends helped'to make the occasion 'one to be ' long" and pleasantly remembered. A short program was rendered as follows:

Violin soIo-"Silver Threads' Among the Gold," I9a, Mowers~, , Reading~- Longfellow's, "T~e Hanging

of the Crane," Doris C,oon.' , , ,', Duet-' "Blest. Be~ the· Tie,'" Mrs.' T. J.

Van. Horn, Mrs. George Gates. . Time!y remarksapdprayer" Rev. T.' J.

Van Horn.'. . ", Presentation o'{ /gold ~f.rom children. and

grandchildrenJ ,Geriet± 'Burrows. " 'Trtitnpet solo--;-"TheEnd of aPe~'fect

Day, "Genett ' Burrows. ' , , Mr. and. Mr:s.,'Gates ,were thereciptents ~f a nice sum of gold; .besides~<;)ngrattlla-:­hons" both by cards and letters, :fI(jwers,~'ana several,' smaller gifts, showin~' the~ov::e ,'and

"

···:~,,~~~~~t0r~rii~~i:~~/~~ believe~,we:Will, :'b<1ve '~. ,larget';atteiidance~, " ' , ",OUt SQci~ty.:, is,i pla~:ltupg'a:ptayeJ.7' rh~~ting contest,a,~pnize,"t(i ! be 'given : f~r:.~the"l):1ost inter:esting "m~dng . in, a ·giveri>. length , of

'., ' , ,,'., time{ We hope- to create ,interest in our , LEONARDSVILLE" N. Y. society atldto lift if.fromthe "rut" , of

On Sunday,night,a.:~l:t9ir:._<:onip9$ed ,.of "scissors'.meetings/" thai'is, where meetings singers from the 'localcntirche$, assi~ted,l>Y~· ~rec()nducted py ~cuttirig out,the. subjects Rev. and M,ts. H.· L .. Polan of . BroQk6'e1d, from-; " the . Christian Endea.vor ,W arid and repeated: the' Christmas'., 'Cantata; " 'fChlmes distributing them to be' read for discussion. of the Holy Night," to an~appreciativeau- 'fliis is, -fat: . from satisf,actory.' . dience at the' West· Edmeston" Baptist· " -, -News Bits. Church.-Brookfield Courier:

NILE, N. Y.,

The annual dinner and business meeting of the Seventh Day Baptist Church was held today with eighteen 'in attendance. The officers were re-elected : Moderator, ' Paul Baker; clerk, Mrs.' Arthur Babcock; -treas­urer~' Mabel Jordan ; chorister~ Frank Voorhees.; and organist, Mrs. Clifford De­pew.-Alfred Sun.

DES MOINES" IOWA

Friends of Rev. Riley'G. Davis will be, glad to "know of his recovery fi-om an at­tack of an old trouble, of many years' stand­ing. The recent suffering has' been' severe and recovery gradual, but Brother Davis writes, "The Lord has 'been gracious, and has spared my life, for which I want to thank him in all sincerity."

While Mr. Dav'isis not in a pastorate, his interest in -the Christian service arid in the denominational work ,is,' still keen .. He dis­tributes, 'many tracts and has' helpful', con­versation with many' with whom he meets in business transactions. 'In, the use of tracts, concerning' which· he writes,' he says, "I do, not think it -wise 'to, scatter' them broadcast. 'as' a ·merch~nt would- his cheap adverrisetl1e~ts ;' but' there· are, many . homes in Des :~roines wher-e > such literature -will be ,read' withi~terest; '~nd no doubt 'beap­preciated,' by tbose~ "who, receive' them/"The , letter brought:' stc.ttnP~".t()cOYf(rp9stage 'on tracts sent" a~· well as:lJopea~d. che¢r in' -the work-'-' allofwlii~h:·:is"' '~uchapprecia!edby the Tract Board.-"'-,ED.ITPR; ,

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. D,ENVER,:"COLO. ,

If: has beeridecided' to eombirie,' prayer . nleeting 'a~d· Cliristiait~,' Endeavor, ·workihg .

. , L~T!tE GENESEE, N ... Y. ,

The Christwas season has bro\1g~t to Lit­tle Genesee~ a number' of pleasant features; a .brief . resume of which .wewould like to pass <;lIt to~RE~{)RI)ER readers., .

, The, Christian .... Endeavor "soci,ety held its annual candle-light, service,:Friday ,night" the· week,before:Christm.as,. in place of the regular church 'pray:er' 'tTie~ting. ,The ,sing­ing of, old -Christmas <:'carols by candle-light, after a brief history of the songs was given by several~of ~the epdeavor:ets" special· in-

,strumental! an~ vocal selections" and two '. short talkst H\fhat ifChrist,had not come," by Mark R. Sanford, and HThe Meaning of Christ;mas.," by Fastor Davisj made an inspiring ':', i.ntroductioil- to . the Christmas season. /, Wednesday night, under. the direc­tion of the Sabbath s¢hool, an ~ntertainment was held. in which practically all the' chil- . dr:en pf the community took ,part, even those who s~ldom, if ever, attend the Bible school. bf course this brought :the 'parents, too, ~o that'the church was well filled' with those eager to hear and see,' for 'one of the big -features' was a huge 'Christmas tree 'bril-liantlyillumined. , , '

,Sabbath day, another large andappreci­ative audience' came for the morning wor­ship. ",' After the ,children's., sermon (a true Christmas story) by the pastor; ..the, junior boys 'and, girls came' to' the front and ' sang, ,;"I.:...uther-!s ,Cradle Hymn~'" '·,Inplaceof the regular,:--mornmg ,sermon,: the church . choir, of nineteen voices"reridered: the Christmas . cantata,', ,nThe- Manger.' of, Bethlehem," by L ' e ',' , ( , , , an . .., , '. , ",., " " ,The anl:1,ual col11lhullity. dinJ.}er he1~ .N ew , ,Year's: day,~s, a'~ho'nl(!~pli1ingoccasion for ", . many. In"spite' '0'£ .the" storm' a~a"slippery roads; over two: hundred were· present .. 'I'he '

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dinner was fonowed by -the annual church meeting at the church.

-Correspondent. The Allegany County Board of Super­

visors recently elected Mr. Thomas B. Bur­dick as chairman for a period of two years.

- -Alfred Sun.

- WESTERLY, R. I.

The People's MIssion, the Pawcatuck Seventh Day Baptist Church, Milton Col­lege, Salem College, and Alfred University are beneficiaries under the will of the late former Senator Albert H. Langworthy, which was read and admitted to probate yesterday by Judge Edward M. Burke at the regular session of the Westerly Probate Court.

The Seventh Day Baptist Church was be­queathed shares of stock in the \, Wilkes­Barre Lace Manufacturing Company of Wilkes-Barre, Pa., and bequests of $1,000 each went to People's Mission, Milton Col­lege of Milton, Wis., Salem College of Sa­lem, W. Va., and Alfred University of Al-fred, N. Y. ,

Governor Case sent to the Senate today the appointment of Judge Samuel H. Davis of Westerly to the Third District Court.

Phebe Greene Ward Chapter was enter­tained by Mrs. Samuel H. Davis, honorary state regent, at her home on Granite street last evening. About thirty members were pr:"~nt. Guests of the chapter were Mrs. W}lham L.' Manchester. national vice-presi­dent general of Bristol Chapter, and l\frs. John T. Gardiner, regent of Esak Hopkins Chapter, Providence.-Sun.

\VALWORTH., WIS.

The annual church meeting of the Wal­worth Seventh Day Baptist Church was held last Sunday afternoon. While the fi­nances of the church were somewhat in ar'­rears, the reports of the various depart­ments showed 'a good degree of work done and a healthy condition of the church in its various activities. About fifty were present for the annual dinner served at noon. .

.. The following' officers were elected: President of the church society-Dr. W. W.

Coon; vice-president-Deacon W. R. Bonham; church clerk-Miss Minnie Godfrey· treasurer of church society-H. I. Coon; trnste~ for three years - J. A. Bonham; chorister - Mrs. Clyde Coon; organist-Mrs. W. W. Coon. .

-Times.

WEST EDMESTON, N. Y.

An event of importance that occurred New Year's eve was the golden wedding anniversary party given in honor of Mr. and lVlrs. 'Brayton Larrabee by their chil­dren and families and their brothers and sisters at their home. It was a very en­j oyable occasion and was keenly enjoyed by all present.-Brookfoeld Courier. _

NORTH LOUP., NEB.

The Seventh Day Baptist choir gave their Ch~istmas program to a large and· apprecia­tive audience in the Methodist church Sun­day evening.' The solo work of Russell Hill was very highly complinlented bv Scotia friends.

The intermediates recently elected the following officers:

President, Merle Fuller;· vice-president, Richard Babcock; secretary, Audree Wil­Iiams; treasurer, Marguerite Babcock; cor­responding secretary, Virginia Moulton; pianist. Katherine Greene ; chorister, Ken-neth Fisher.-Loyalist. .

SALEM., W. VA.

More than one hundred twenty alumI;i and guests attended the third annual holi­day get-together, in the dining room of the administration building last ·Tuesday night, December 29. L Rev. O. P. Bishop. head of the depart~ ments of buildings and finance, spoke at . the college Wednesday morning in the presen­tation of the 1932 college program. He will complete his appeals before local or­ganizations this week. The annual house to house canvass will be started by him on Monday, January 11.

Rev. Ralph Coon, pastor of the Seventh Day, Baptist churches in Denver and Boul­der, Colo., conducted the devotionals at the college chapel session Monday morning. He

. was on his return trip to' Denver after hav­ing attended the recent meeting of the Seventh Day Baptist Commission in Plain­field, N. J.

While on their recent tour in the West . ., Dr. S. O. Bond and Rev. O. P. Bishop, head of the department of buildings and finance, spoke in the churches of which Rev. Mr. Coon is pastor. They told of their visit at his home Monday. ,Mr. Coon continued to his home late Monday night after spend­ing the day here.-Herald.

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CASH FOR THE· NEXT WAR It's not the last war but the. next that's

consuming the taxpayer's money. Look 3:t these figures. France, last year, paid us $44,000,000 on war debts and interest and spent ten times that amount, $432.,000,000 on her army and navy; Italy squandered one-fourth of her national budget for arms and spent only six-tenths of one. per cent on war debt; Great Britain's army and navy cost fourteen per cent of her budget and the war debt slightly more than four per cent. In this year, with unemployed, tax in­creases, and business stringency, the United States set aside sixteen per cent of its four hillion dollar budget to keep fit for the next

. war. Small wonder that statesmen and in­dustrialists are beginning to see eye to eye on the matter, of disarmament.-Christian Herald.

EDUCATION COMMI1"IEE,/£',RESOLUTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN ASSOCIATION

Your Committee on Education would re­port as follows:

1. The Committee recognizes the 'need for the Christian college and the place it· fills in the general plan of education for our young people, and we would urge that when it is possible for our young people to get the courses they desire that they attend our own colIeges.

2. We feel that our homes. churches, and colleges should stand together in the train­ing of our young people. None of. these three institutions can delegate all' the bur­dens of education to either. or both of. the others. The home, church, and school must each bear its own share.

3. Feeling the need of greater financial and moral support, we urge that there be the closest co-operation between the home, church, and school, and that individuals and church~s,giv.e our colleges their hearty finan-cial and tbOdll support.' .

4. 'The committee- commends the work of Christian religious education now being' done among ourp-eople,· and urges that our colleges offer recognized leadership train­ing courses, especially the more practical courses, that our young people may be bet..: ter trained for work in Christian Endeavor, Bible school, Vacation school,' and the church. -

5.· \tVe commend the splendid work done

. by our colleges in the, past and. w~ would apPeal, to all· colleges' of the denomination and· especially to Milton College, as it is so vitally connect~d with the spiritual welfare of this association, to uphold, the high moral, social, and religious standards which are in. keeping with the purpose for which our col­leges were founded, and for which they have been largely maintained./ To this end we urge that the greatest care be used in select­ing -men arid women of strong Christian ch~racter as teachers, and'that so far as pos­sible Seventh Day Baptists be employed.

6. We commend the effort that is being 'made to find, positions for Seventh Day Baptist teachers in S~venth Day Baptist communities.

7. We recommend that copies of these resolutions be sent to each of our colleges.

Respectfully submitted, ERLO E. SUTTON,

JOHN FITZ RANDOLPH ..

DOROTHY MAXSON .

DEATHS I , ., . -------- ... -------.------------~

LANGWORTHY. - Fred Clarke Langworthy, the oldest 'S0n of R. Sherman Langworthy and Eveline. Rogers Langworthy, was born July 1, 1870, at the old Langworthy hom,e­stead, three miles nort~ of Brookfield.

After attending the Brookfield Academy he :'took up t~e pr,inter's trade with Stillman al'!d Spooner in 1891. This trade he followed also l In

. New Hampshire, New Jersey, and Ri.chfield Springs until 1894, when he took up farmIng ..

Ori August 11, 1897, he was marned to EdWIna ,Clarke of Brookfield. To them were born five children: Angie Merletta, born May 27. 1898, who passed aw'~y April 6, 1908; ~lthea ~lizabeth, born November 3, 1900; FrederIck ChrIstopher, born October 22,' 1903; Frances Genevieve. born July 28, : ' 1911; Robert Sherman, born Febru-ary 5, 1918. ~ ,

From November, 1919, to May, 1925, he oper­ated the West Edmeston electric light plant and saw mill, coming back to Prospect Hill Farm at that time. .

He is survived by his wife and four children: . Althea (Mrs. Wendell Morrows) of Brookfield. Christopher of Adams Center, and Frances and' Robert who are at home; five sisters and one orother: Mrs. George Rogers 'of Leonardsville, . Clayton Langworthy of Adams Center, Mrs. Lorin Case of Cazenovia, Mrs. Lina Brooks and Mrs. Devillo Frair of. Brookfield" 'and Mrs. Orlo Perry of Jordan.

His death, which was accident~l, occurred De-

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THE SABBATH RECORDER cember 20, 1931, when a tree which he was felling in the woods caught and crushed him. The funeral was held at the home near Brook­field on December 23. It was conducted by Pastors Polan of Brookfield and Burdick of West Edmeston. Pastor and Mrs. Polan also sang. , He was baptised and joined the Second Brook­

field Seventh" Day Baptist Church June 8. 1895, during the pastorate of Rev. Clayton A. Burdick. He later transferred his membership to the West Edmeston Seventh Day Baptist Church, where he held it at the time of his death. His frank and generous nature had 'won him many friends, who will mourh his untimely passing. He was loyal to the church, and a faithful servant of God, his 'heavenly Father. P. s. B.

SoRENSEN. - George, son of Soren and Maren Sorensen, was born in Sookrog, Denmark, August 16, 1893, and was killed near his home in Verona, N. Y., December 15. 1931, when his automobile was struck by a train. (See full obituary elsewhere)

P. S. B.

Sabbath School Lesson V.--.January 38, 1932

JESUS FEEDS THE MULTlTUDE.-J ohn 6: 1-71. Golden Text: "Jesus said unto them, I am the

bread of life: he that cometh to me shall not hunger, and he that believeth on me shall never thirst." John 6: 35.

DAILY READINGS January 24-Je~us Feeds the Multitude. John

6: 1-4 .. January 25-The Bread from Heaven. John

6: 22-40. January 26-The Living Bread. John 6: 41-51. January 27-Life-Giving Bread. John 6: 52-59.

, January 28--Choosing the Bread of Life. John 6: 60-71.

January 29-Every Need Supplied. Revelation 7: 13-17.

January 30-Jehovah Our Provider. Psalm 34; 1-11.

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VOL. 112 JANUARY 25, 1932 U SECRET OF AVAILING PRAYER n

Lord teach us to pray, as thou didst teach disciples long ago. U Grant ~t we may learn so well 'the secrets of availing prayer that we, ~

~ like theIIl, may feel thy presence constantly and know thy power.

Teach us in praying, gracious Lord, to J)ut thy kingdom first, and to seek thy will before our own, 'trusting thee to meet our needs.

Reign, ~ 0 Christ, within our hearts, and by thy pure I?resence keep them clean. Make our lips the channels of thy grace and truth. May we speak no word that will hurt another, but ever remember that thou hast called us to be thy witnesses.

Teach us thy wondrous secret of finding life by losing it in loving service.

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