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THE DENOMINATIONAL BU..1LDING

Ethel L. Titsworth

203 Park A venue Plainfield~ N. J.

Vol. 1" No. 1&

THE GOLDEN FALL

There ia a touch of red in the foliage.. There is a dash of brown on the crua.

ADd the momnain. stand out clearly. Peak aDd vaIky and pass

There are patches of &,old m the m.ead01lr& • There are claatera of blue by the road.

As if the &ky aDd the srmbeama Had set for tb.e Sowera their mode..

There ia a tiD.&1e of frost in the b~ That .weep down from the distant nonh,

FurT"01Irinc the lake into wb.i~. That break on the beach in froth.

The lone snmmu- daya are ended. ADd wintu creeps OD apace.

But we forcet the chill of ita coming In autumn·. beaUty and p-ace..

Ohl cnmt that wbea I am a.cin&. ADd the eo.d of my li.Ie dra.....u. Dear.

I ~oo may be as lovely and cracious Ius ill the «oldtn faU of the year.

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SEVENTH DAY BAPTIST DIRECTORY THE SEVENTU DAY BAPTIST GENERAL

CONFERENCE: Next Session'-will h~ held with the Sev~nth Dav Raptist

Church at :Milton. \Visconsin, August 20-25, 1929. President-Claude L. Hill, Farina. Ill. Vict!-flresidents-Miss Ethel Rogers, Xew Market.

X. 1.; Hurley S. \-Varren. Xile, X. Y.; Lester G. OsborY{, Verona, N. Y.; Clifford A. Beebe, Berea, W. Ya.: Ellis R. Le\Yis, Gentry. Ark.; James R. Jt.:ffrey, Los Angeles, Calif. .

Recotding Secretary-Paul C. Saunders. Alf~d, N. Y. Corresponding Secretar)~\Villard D. Burdick, Plain

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

Milton, Wis. Treasurer of Onward M O'l.·emelll-Harold R. Crandall,

11 Elliot Ave., Yonkers, N. Y. Ge1leral Secretary of Onward Mov~Wi11ard D.

BurdiCk, PI~itUield, N, J, COMMISSTON OF THR G1!:N1!:RAL CONFEaJtMClt

Tenn.r espirifJg ill 1929--Frank Hill, Ashaway, R, J.; Herbert L. Polan, North Loup, Neb.; Loyal F. Hurley, Adams Center, N. Y.

Term.r espirillg in 193O--Mos~ H. Van Horn, Salem. W. Va.; Curtis F. Randolph. Alfred, N. Y.; Edgar D. Van Horn, Alfred Station. N. Y. .'.

Terms expiring itl 1931-0aude L. lItll, Fanna. Ill.; George M. Ellis, Milton, Wis.; Edward E. Wbitford, ~ew York, N. Y.

AMERICAN SABBATH TRACT SOCIETY BOARD OF DIR1!:CTORS

President-Corliss F. Randolph, Maplewood, N. J. Recordi.ng Secretary-Arthur L. Titsworth, Plainfield,

N. J. . Assistant Recordi.ng Secretary-Au F' Randolph, Platn

field. N. J. . Acting C-orresponding Secretar)~_-\hva J. C. Bond.

Plainfield, N. J. Assistant Correspottding Secretar)~~Iiss Bernice A.

Brewer, Plainfield, N. J. Tnasurer-Miss Ethel L. Titsworth, 203 Park Avenue,

Plainfield, N. J. Regular meeting of the Board, at Plai nfield, N. J., the

second First Day of each month, at 2 p. In.

THE SEVENTH DAY BAPTIST MISSIONARY SOCIETY

President-Clayton A. Burdick, Westerly, R. I. Recording Secretary--George.~. Utter, West~rly, R. I.

. Correspottding Secretary-Wilham L. Burdick, A.ha-way, R. 1. R 1

Treasurer-Samuel H. Davis, Westerly. . . The regular meetings of the Hoard of Managers are

held the third Wednesdays in January, April. July and October.

SEVENTH,DAY BAPTIST EDUCATION SOCIETY

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

Alfred. N. Y. A f ...I Corresponding Secretary-Mrs. Dora K.. Deg~. I re~

N'T~~ regular meetings of tbe Board are held on the second Sunday of January, April, July and October.

WOMAN'S EXECUTIVE BOARD OF THE . GENERAL CONFERENCE

President-Mrs. Allen B. West, Milton Junction, ~iL Corresponding Secretary-Mrs. Edwin Shaw, Mllto~

W~~cordillg Secretary-Mrs. Jam~ L. Skaggs, Milton,

W~;'easurer-Mrs. Alfred E. Whitford. Milton. Wis. Editor Woman's Page, SABBATH REC.ORDER-Mrs.. George

E. Crosley, Milton,. Wis. ASSOCIATIONAL SECR1!:TARTES

Eastern-Mrs. Willard D. Burdick, ~1ainfie1d, N. J. Sovtheastern-Mrs. }'1. Wardner DavIS, Salemt _ W. Va. Central-Mrs. Jay S. Brown, Brookfield, N. Y. Western-Mrs. Walter L_ Greene, Andover, N. Y. Sovth.western-Mrs. R. J. Mills.)., Hammond, La. • Northwestern-Miss Phoebe S. '--Oon, W~w0!th. WI!!. Pacific Coast-Mrs. Charles D. Coon, RiverSide, Cahf.

THE SEVENTH DAY BAPTIST MEMORIAL FUND

Pruid..,......-.William M. Sh'.man, Plainfield.. N, J. S~crnary-William C. Hubbard, Plainfield" N. J. Tr~Q.S1I.rr:r-A~ r Randolph, 240 West Front Strert.,

Plainfield, N. ]. Gifts or ~ue5ts for any d~~mination.al purpoae are

invited and WllJ be gladly aduuntnnted and aafquardc-d for th~ best· interes~ of the beneficiaries in accordancc with the 'Wish" of the donorlS.

The Memorial Board ac1.8 as the Fina.ocial A~t of the Denomination.

Write the Secreta"' OT Treasurer for information u to waya in which the Board can be of eu • ice..

SEVENTH DAY BAPTIST HISTORICAL SOCIETY

(I RCO.POaATED. 1916) Pr~sid~"I-CorIis.a F. Randolph, Maplewood.. N. J. R ~t:ordj"R S rrrnor, As. F" Randolph.. P'lain6e1d.!". T. Trrflsurn--Yiss Etbd L. Titsworth. Pb.rnfidd. ~. .1. Adr-isory Comnai,,,. __ William 1- 8urdiclc.. Cb.ainna.a..

Ashaway, R. I.

SABBATH SCHOOL BOARD PrrsidnsJ-D. Nelaoa I~lia. Milton., WI.&. S~crnary Dr. A. Lovel~ Burdiclt.. Ja.oesYiI1e, WtL Tr~a_n""n--Louit. A. Babeoclt, Milton. Wi&. Director of R,liri<Hu EdlU"Cllio-_Erlo It. Suttae.. wo·

ton Junction, WiL Stated meetings are held on the third Y't.rIIt 0.,. of u..

week in I he month. of Septembc-T. December and Ma.rdt.J and on the firR First nay nf the week i.o the mont!! 0"1 June in the WhitfOTd Memorial Hall, of WihoD Col~ Milton, WIS.

YOUNG PEOPLEPS EXECUTIVE BOARD Pr~side.l-Benjantin F. JohalUOl1,. Battle Credit. W.clIa.. R~cor.Ji"1 SUTnory--Mra.. !.!.arjoTie W. M~ Ban1c

Creek, Mich. Corrupo"tfi,,~ S~crna1")'--MrlS. France. F. Ba.bc~

510 \Vest ~I.icbigan '-\"'1: .• Rattle Cr~~k. Yicb. Treosurer--Khaa H. Clil~ 229 N. Wa.&blD~ Aore_.

Battl~ Creek., M icb. Tru.stu of 1",""a.licnLo.l Sonny-Benja.min F. ]ob.&a..oG.

Battle Creek, Mich. Editor 01 yO .... .f' P"ol'l~'~ n""(Jrt~ of SAaUT.

RECOIlDEIl-:\frs. Ruby Coon Babcock. R. 5. nlllll~ C ... c:-rk. ~Iich.

JUI'lWr S"pmlll-.d~Mra.. EI~be1..h K. Austin., ~l Beach St.. Westerly. R. T

lntrrmrdi.att: Surrrinl~ndrnl-John F. RAndolpb. :\fil· ton Junction, \\'is.

A.S3-UCJATIO"AL 51Ca.E'TA.IU Fost"_Mra. Rlaacbe Burdick. AaU~y. R. 1. Cr'.tra/-:\frs. Frances D. Shohz. Oncicb Coutle. ~. Y. We sf t"'f"ft-M i.s.a £1 iz.abet.h On:n&by. AI fred ~ta... N. Y. .Yortlzwrs1er,.-:\liS5 Elsie \'an Horn. ~Orlh Loup. ~('b.

:\lis .. Yi\'ian Hill, Fannll. Ill. f{oyaJ Crouch. Centerline, Micb..

SOlltht"astrr_'f:q GrHa R.ln"'olpb. Nt"W Milton. \Y.V .. So .. tllwe.rlCTn-:\Ir'l. Albc-ru S. Godfrey. Tcx.:arun..1,

Tex. Pacilic--Glea.soa Curtia. Rivc:raide, Ca.lif_

EXECUTIVE COMMITrEE OF LONE SABBATH KEEPERS' AUXILIARY

Mrs. Ruby Coon Babc-ock. Battl~ Creek. Mich .. General Secretary; Mns. Alice Fifi~ld. Battle Credc.. Miell..; H~ 7'l_ Jordan. Battle Cref'k. :\tich..; Ruq,eJJ 'Max..oa. Rattle Crc:ek. :\Iich.; :\fr.;. .\nReline AbDc)' .\J1en. F.dinbur.·. Tex.; ~Irs. George H. Trainer. Salem. \\'. \·lI.; :\!I" Lois R. Fay. PrinCClOn. M.u.a.

SEVENTH DAY BAPTIST VOCATIONAL COMP-tITTEE

Geor~e R. n""s, (·hair",an. ~filton. \\·i~.; Rich:ar.1 ( nrC'w~r, Riverside. (3)if.; Edwin S. :\1ll.XfoOn. ~""':lCll' X. Y.; C"~rge \\". Davis. Los :\a~IC:1O.. ulif.; D. ~cl~. , Inglis. ~Iilton. \Vis.; Augu<;t E. Johans.e-n, Chic .. go, 1:1. Gael \'. Simpson. Battle Cr-eclc. Mich.; John II. AUSl:·,

\\' c!'tcrh·. R. 1.; "'in fred Harri .... Plainfield. ~. J.; M (> •.•

H. '"an· Horn, Salem. W. Va.: Horace L. Hulett. Roll,· .• ·. x. Y.; \ViIliam Coalwell. Hammond. L.a.; Ros.a \':. Palmborg, Liubo. Ku. China; H. Louie Mignott .. Kin!:" ton, Jamaica.

The Sabbath Recorder \'OL. 105, No. 18 PUINFI£LD, N. ]., O'CT08£R 29. 1928 \\'HOL£ No. 4.365

Our F Gl },~r aAd OIU God. Ils.ou £' .. .oa,v s1 al/ 01U'

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b (T sol ,It y diU, C". w:oit Is . dill rr ...... ' vi liS art'. oll.rr 011. by IA)' S"u-;.l rfti"rAbrrs u. ~. 0/ IN bod)· of Chris-I. J/o,' fArTt' b" IIUJ s...-Au.. .. fA.oJ bod y. bw I /Iu-{ I' W' '0 ('OTt' ! 0' Otllt' CIIJ.oII1J ... ,. I. ) " sus-' ~ l'IU' . A rf!U'JII.

Tb.i. I. for :\ t (~neral Con f c-r'C11C'C quite 3

Th. BOT. group of ~pl{" gut to c-aUint! me the "old boy." I did not care if dlC"\" did; and SOfllC' W'd)" I h;n'c come to hope tl~t younger boys nlight wdconl{" a Iittl{" nlC"s.sage direct to them f ronl all old "lx)\o" ~'ho has beerl over the road and SoD is abl~ to s.C"C'

things in the light of real eXpc"rie-neT'. I oft~n \\~ish I could s.ee aU our boys and

~·oung men toge-the-r and be able to tell things I ha\"e I~.amc.-d during the cxperi£"rKC'S 0 f a long Ii f e. I know how some a i you are f e-c Ii ng. You It.a \"C' not hC"l"'ded the yoice of conse-ie-neT', as ye--t. whirh tells VUl}

that you are on the wrong road. and ihat you ought to takc a st;and for the bC"-st things in life. instead of Ii"~ing in w-ays which in your heart of he-arts you fC"C'1 to be wrong. <.. ',mscie-nce ne,\'C'r g1\'('oS a nlan re-.aJ pt'3C-C so iong as he refusc-s to obey its calls. Instinctively you fc-el that li\-ing for this world only. and ignoring the claims of the ~piritua) life. is not right. And \""C't \"Uu find it difflcult to yield the point wd begin to. li\·c for tbe higher and truer things.

It may be that you ha\"e thought that you could not prosper in the busine-ss world and he a Cnristia.n at the same lirn.c. So vou have set your heart upon nlak-ing n10';n'. This is a gleat mistake.. "

Let m~ tell you something \\·hich you nlay have overloo~-ed. Right f~lings toward God--a conscience void 0 f offense toward God and man-is the one essential

thing to pc-..aC't" and t rut" prostx"rit)· in Ihis Ii f (". Thc-re ~ s an obrious CORnC'"C1';on bc--tween true plC1)' and tCUlporaJ suC'Ces~. If CT{" ,,~oddly prospe-rity "~rth a guih~' ("ons.cie-1lC'C' is mos.t uns;a!l is. i 3d 0 ry' . Tlrrc is nothing like the- true riChe-50 of 4 C!'lristlikecharac1C'r to gl\-e \-OU real 5oo0u1 rc-~t.

TIlis rc-st cunc to me- .-hen I ,;ddc-.d thepoint and g-;l\.C' m\' nC'..a.rt to (;'.::.d_ Froon t iut c.b Y t he outlook for h f C' .""3.~ c'OmplC"h:'l~' rhanged. The diS0C07ltl"'llt of 3 troubled con. s.c-ieflC'C' g:1 \-e pbC'C to 3 C"onh~··.ntnlC":flt -cd real 'StOU} rC"s-t such :l..S I had DC"'·C"!" kncra-n. I soon ~f1 to rc-.ahz-C' "-lut Paul tt)c-znt whC'n he .-rott:" 10 the \'onnj! nU.ll Timothy: ··(~jtdhnC's..s is pr'Oht2hle U1110 all things.. h;n-ing pronliSoC' of thC' IdC' that 1)0'" !is.. and of that "'hicit is 10 (,lOrH':."." To lhl" ~e )"Oung :11.411 he "-ro~e-: CC( 7C-dbnC'"s.5- lJnth contC-J1tl1)c-nt is grC".at ~ln.-·

Boys. ] GUl dunk of nothi~ tiut I could do i or '-ou bc-ttN' dun tu ~o .. · ,·ou t1-1t" . .

hc'nchts of til(" Clu"'"1s;ti;rn rdi~on tin the hie that now is. Codhne5.s of It ie and chaT3:Ctc-r is the 'Tn- bN;.t rn:-nnm'lC"11dallon ,-on can . . ha\""C whc-n 5iC"( kin~ an ~l dOO-f !or !oiICT\--

iC"t" in bus.inC's.s. X a ~YoOun~ man c.;m b.l.-r a rc-:uhc-r wa~' to ('"'st.ahh~.h him~c-H iu thert'"'~,~l and c-on.6dC"l1«- of an J!"oo<l rnC"":l fha.n to c'Ord1.aih· a~ and {:lithi un~· pJ3.C'l2C'C tile pT'C'"C'C'"p.ts of the <.1triS.'1.LdLl'l n:--llglOt1...

IndC't"d. rc-h,e-lcm :is 1h~ mos;t dficicnt ('")("'_ rnC'"f1t in g'i\;n~ sJ13f:tC" !o cha.ra.C1rT. Xothir...g 1:Ui:C"s. s;uc-h 5U"ong hold 0 f (h~ hC".a.rt. X ot hinI! el1tc-rs s.o i uU~· into th{" d~.st nloti\TS of C"'OndUC1. and nothlf'4! tu.s a men:' POWC'"f' i ul intluC"OC"'C in sJu.pio..r: :,~our ("~se and fixing ~"our dt"Sfiny. \\ l'l3!r-\",(,,"T ("l~ it doc-s for '''OlJ. it Vi-iU %X"\"("'f !n'~s;.t ,~ou WIth f C'"'C"hle and un\1i~oT1h,' truts of C'ha~'t"T.

Tn.ll" C-hri5han prinriplC"s .,n 1lC"'lTT ~C".3j you into 3 Ii Ie of w-:astc- and prodi~'f.ity. TIle nlis.spntt S.abh;uh. the- drink hdhlt. 'I~ fast wa,.-s of span in~ Iii l" oi 1("11 c:U up a man's fon'une aJld lQ'rC' him in Iht' ,-ale of po,~.rt'y; but tru~ Ch.ri~'1 ian h'\-in~, a 11 f cof pra ~~("r and 0 f de-\u6on to the C'huf'C'h JIJ.l"-:'rr did.

546 THE SABBATH RECORDER

Evil habits and sinful indulgences have brought discord and misery into many a home. These things have Inade the family circle wretched, brought distress upon wiie and chi1dren in all too many C2.c;;e.,; hut true Christian habits have never causeu such ruin.

1iany a young man has undermined his health by dissipation, and after yeC!rs of suffering has gone down to an untinlely grave, but never has true Christian living shortened a man's days,

There can be· no ground for hesitancy on this· subject. If the way of the transgressor is hard-and we know it is-if the gal! of bitterness, is connected with the bonds of iniquity; if the curse of the Lord rests upon the house of the wicked, then we can not expect transgressors ()f God's law to permanently flourish if God be forgotten and the way of life is forsaken.

Take strong hold of religion then. Keep her, she is thy life. No earthly friend can do so ll1uch for your everlasting good. It is her business to nlake you happier as well as holier.

Give me sickness; give tne loss of friends, poverty--anything in the long catalog of human ills rather than n13ke conscience my tormentor.

Regarding SOD1e Strong Several wee k s Protestsr-My Own ago a loya 1 f riencl Understanding of It of the RECORDER

wrote a strong protest against an expression used incidentally-almost parenthetically--in connection with a thought about the extreme hUl11,.ilitv of Christ. The ohjectionable < words ~ere: "Christ was the greatest modernist of all times."

Three or four lTIonths later a still :;tronger protest came from one whose heart was sorely distressed over the matter, expressing great anxiety and pleading with me in these words: "Please, do carefully consider the conditions and use your pen for GDd, Son, and Holy Spirit."

Such a plea could hardly be ignored, and yet some risk must attend an attempt to give a satisfactory explanation of just what the good brother did mean--<:>r what I t hi-nk he .meant.

By the way, this reminds me of my caution given in a recent editorial, to the effect that writers on both sides of such

questions should take extra pains about the manner of their expres~ions, so as not to unnecessarily rlisturb and unsettle another's faith. Sometimes there may be an expr~sion which is not necessary for the argument and might he left out without weakenin~ the case, hut it is seized upon and emphasized in a way to make a great deal of trouble.

Please do not forget that often times the readers are quite as much to blame for misunderstandings as are the writers. Our friends in reading an article should be careful not to read 100 HU4ch into sonle mer~ explanatory phrase and so to over emphasize that, without regard to its context.

N ow let nle turn to the question I am so eanlestly entreated to answer.

I. In keeping with what I said on page 707, in RECORDER of June 4, let nle repeat: I think that writer meant that Jesus was the greatest moderni~t of his li'l7l<' rather than of all time. His time wa..<; nearly two thousand years ago. Those who taught new things in that day would be regarded as modernists by sticklers for rules and beliefs of other times. \Vhen Jesus taught that sonle things they insisted upon as fundalIle!ltal. were done away and that sonle prophecies were already fulfilled. they could not see his nleaning. l--Ie was too ·'modenl" for them more than nineteen hundred years ago.

Indeed, Christ presented a positive new standard of life, practically setting aside much of the legalism of the Old Testament days and setting 'up the new standard of love. This was a new thing to the Pharisees, and they revolted. lie gave "up to date" new nleanings to some of their theories. l-Ie upheld the law of God. and was true to the Old Testament. and yet in some sense he was its first critic.

When J eSllS gave them the parable of the Good Samaritan, he taught what was to them a nc-w gospel, or a new explanation of the old. I t was opposed to the ways of priests and Levites .. and squarely against their ideas of the Samaritans.

Again, Christ's parable of the Pharisee and the Puhlican. the one in the temple and the other afar off, praying, was altogether too modern for that day, and they hated Jesus for such "new things."

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The young man ,,' ho was uno! r ar from the ki ngdom" was anot her c:a.se.

Then Jesus taught a new gospeJ about rhe kingdom, They expected such a kingdom as that of Solomon. but Christ said "The kingdom of God is within ,'oU." Th~ idea of a Sl'irit140/ kingdorll as- (aug-ill by Christ ~"aS altogether too n~w for the le.ading men in religion ninctC'f:"fl hundred ~"ars ago.

At one time Christ even corr'C'clcd ~fos.~c;,. See ~{atth~w 19: 7-9; also ~fark 10: 2-6.

( ) f cou rsc all t hC'sc teach i n~s w(""re 100

modern for their day _ Christ brought in the turning point in hi~tory. 1-hC' old ~-as. d yi ng and the ., new" wa.s g"C"tt i ng a i not -

hold. Tinle and again they said. "\\' hat new doctrine is this?''' J C:S~1S repliN.L "A new commandment I gl'""C tullo YOu:' and .. Ye have heard that it was sald h" thMll of old time:' $0 and so, "but I 5.3'- ~nto ,"ou" -and his sayings y,'C'r-c too ;llndc--nl' fur thC'1'll in their tjnl(~.

~ow. in closing let nl(" ~y that I think the friend who uSC'(1 the ~~pr~~i(l'n objected to. rtJl1st have t>e'(""fl th!nkin~ (If ~unK" stich things; and possihly. s-e'~C'raJ s.a~;n1!s in Christ's Sennon un the !'.t ount rlli~ht al~) have been in his nlind. ll!"re are s.orne of the-I'n:

Z7 A od the)" "'~t'IC' :all .;;uruu-ni. m somuch th.:.a I the')" quC':Stmn('(j among Ihcnudw-5.. s.oa:nng. \\"jut thing is this? wh;u DC'\ ... doctriO£' i.~ this? for "llh duthority comnundC'th hc ~'t"fl the undc-.;ut !o.p~r ih. and the---.' do obc-\· him.. :M:ark 1 - n J. _ .

J..4 A new comrn.:t.ndmcnt I ~6\""t." unto '·ou. Tha. ye JO\""t." onc anolhC'"r; as I h;u~ 'o,,-c-d \~o~. thai ve .10;.0 10\'c onC' ;u)othC'r. Jolm 13: 34.' .

21 Yc h.n- he.;u-d th:at it \a.-;U ~id b\. them of (lId timr. Thou s.h"h not kill: and WhO~[~"Tr ~a.IJ kill shall be in d:m.gt."r oft hc j ud.gmrnt :

22 But I sa,' unto \"ott, in.:.at wh~"" 1~ an~ry with his "brother ~'ithoul :a c.au!!ioc' sJull he in dangeT of the judgment:

Ii Y c h;;n~ hC'.ard dut it \Ir.l."S S:.&id tn- thc-m 0 i old tip)c, Thou shah not commit ~uhd,":

18 But I say unto you. Th:u \Il'ho~ look. ('til on a woman to lust a hC'T hc-r lath cntnmiu~ ;;uiuhcT)" with bCT .Jrt.";wiy in his hC'"~c

33 Aga.in. ""C ha \'c hc;;ard frun it luth bcTn !.d id b~- thM1l of old liruc. Thou ~h not forsVt--c.:.&.r tin. s-elf. but shall pc-rform unto th~ Lord thme ~lh~:

J..4 But I $3.)" unto rou.. SWC'.:&.r not :u :all: ncithC""T by hea ~"C'.fl; for i I U God's (hronc:

35 N or by thc C""M1h; f or it is his f oolstool : ncithCT by Jc-ru.salc:rn; for it is the city 01 the gr~t King.

(3 Ye ha vc h('"~rd lh;t.l it hza th bc-c-n ~;d. Thou shal t love thy nd,ghbour. and bat~ thine coC'.1't1Y:

'" Ba! I Q~' un!lo :-'ou.. Love ,r(lPW" ctJeiiliCIJ.. bk:u. thnn l:iQl C't%f-~ ~·CJU. do ~ to tbr.m thzJ ~h: )'QU. i:&nd pna:-' fOOT 'fhnn .1Ucb dc"pitrfuU" u!o< ,-ou ~d pc-r"n:-uh:" :--OU

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£cli:t:oriaJ Noe... I hope' our n:2.ders did not (n+n-look the lin 1(" not~ las! 'Ilr'lX"'lc re-.garding th~ denominational building plans which ha '-e 1X"nl adot.tcd and wn)c:h an- to ~ carn(",(j OUI j us.! a" s.oc.-n a.s thr balance nec-essa I)' t 0 cnnlpl~c:' the Dul kiin-J! is pi~.d. S~ las.t R£CO'iUlER. ~ 534. botlom oi!eCond cnlurnn. 1hC"'.M" li~ ~-~ OR:UU-e-d frunl tllr C"ditoriah try. nl1s:uke- .. la.st ~.

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Our inspiring Conference, the beautiful Riverside church, and our multiplying numbers in southern California, impel me to write concerning our first beginnings on that field, in which I had the pleasure of a humble part.

While pastor at Nortonville, Kan., I was sent by the lvlissionary Board On a thl·ee months' nlission to southern California. In 1891, January 18, I think, I left home. After an over-night call on a Colorado family my first sermon was on the train on which I traveled, from "Mary hath chosen that good part," which was 'well received, and even enjoyed, by an elderly Catholic couple.

1\1:y first call in California was at Azusa (Irwindale?). on Mrs. G. T. Brown (Mary Clark?), a former Brookfield airl' Here I staved a week or more preaching in a schoolhouse nightly. Sister Brown was at the late Conference one day carried in a rocking chair. I~eaving Azusa we called on a Mr. Maxson in Elmonte: Dr. A. C. Rogers, and Doctor Potter~ ·wife. ~nd daughters in Los Ang-eles; Mrs. Burdick and daughter, Mrs. Stewart in Downey; and then to Santa Ana and Tustin, where we stopped with the families of L. C. Thomas and E. S. Beebe. We held nleetings in both of these places, and from here took a run up Bear Valley into the hills above Escondido, where we found Sila~ F_ Randolph, with whom we stayed and preached fiye times in schoolho~ses. Then we went back to Tustin. and· more meetings were held, after which we called a general meeting for Los Angeles, to be held in the Central Bapti:t church at Third and Hill Streets. ThIS was held on Wednesday, about March 10 to 12, I think. My sermon was on "The Waiting Church," Acts 2. There and then we organized the first Seventh Day Baptist Chllrch on the Pacific coast, more than two hundred twenty years after our first organization on the Atlantic in Rhode Island. And as there were seven members from Tustin, we called. it the Tustin Seventh Day Baptist Chqn;h. I

had supposed that this church had merged into the present Los Angeles Church, but learned at Conference that the members joined in the Colony Heights Church. and later 'with that church merged into the present Riverside Church. So you see, I am duly mindful of the honor that is mine in ha ving such a part in helping lay the corner stone, so to speak, of this nlagnificent church.

Leaving Lns Angeles 'we next stopped at Fresno, calling on Byron Maxson, and preached while here in the Seventh Day Adventist church, and later in San Francisco in a church of the same faith. Then "\ve sped eashvard, calling in Ogden. Utah, on a brother Gowen. fronl North Loup. Neb., who introduced us to a Mormon bishop with whom it "'i\'as arranged for me to occupy his pulpit Easter Sunday night. Sabbath day we met in an upper roonl where we spoke twice. and a very spiritual meeting was enjoyed. Sunday I took a run to Salt J -ake City where I attended in the great tabernacle the funeral service for President Daniel \Vells. and heard their gre:tt organ and choir of three hundred. Eight thousand were present. Returning. I met at the depot myoId friend, \V. H. Ingham, now of Fort \-\fayne, Ind., ~vho had seen notice in the Ogden papers that I was to preach and he was on his way up to hear mc. \Ve had an audience of three hundred, a big choir, and tV"'entyfour elders, deacons, and bishops on the rostrum. I spoke. on the Sabbath question and they faidy ate it up, and took all the tracts "'i\·e· had after the service. Fronl here J went to American Forks. calling on Del. Champlain and family for social and religious talk, then to Boulder. Colorado, where we preached a week and organized a Sabbath school that later became 'a Seventh Day Baptist Church. Home again, then. Gone three months. Preached in every state traversed except New Mexico--four times on trains, probably thirty sermons in all. I organized one church, one Sabbath school, secured exemption for our people from California Sunda:y laws and received some good contributions for the society. So far as I know, there are only two left from this, our first ch\lrch, Sister Brown, V'o'ho now

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has membership with the Los Angeles Church and Brother Beebe at Ri\+erside. \\'hen in Lo~ Angeles. I "-ent to Santa Ana and Tustin to !'-e-e if I could find the hig boom hotel in \""hich I stopped ,,,,·ith the Beebes (on free rent). but no trace of it could be found. It had been wrecked a fe\\· year-; ago. There '''''as no t1.;.e for it a t that poin t. But t he cit ies had gTo\\'n in beauty and n umbers_ L.o", Angeles then had a populatlon of fift)" thou sa nd: nov.' it n unl bers t wen t ",-fi "'e tinles that nUlnber. or one and a ql~arter millions.

But 'we \\·il1 turn fronl the past. so fascinating to the old. a.nd look to the f tIt ure. and wish for our ca use in Cal if(Jrn ia. t ha t it nlay flourish as the green hay tree. and ~row like the state in 'which they owell. If c;o. they \\'ill go by leap5 and bounds. ;\nd another thirty-eight ~·ears will ~ee h,.,o churche.;. nlultiplied hy twenty-five, of fifty churches in California. So nlaY it he_

!\ f y cl () sin g tho 11 g h tis for t hat s pi ri t (l f 11 nit y 0 f \\. h i chI s po k eat the hegi n _ ning-. And if there he sonle difference in doctrines. let liS be one in spirit; and a ... one prc-acher wished he fnight not hr--..ar for fi fty years the words .. f undanlentaJist" and "ll1odernist." can we not use other words for OUr differencC'5. such as literal. fig-urati\·e. plenary inspiration, orthodox. Tll\" orthodox\· and your orthodox\' anci ex'alt the sup·n."nle virtues as love.' sacrifice. service. obedien("c. faith, consecration?

ToteJ..~a, K an.,

SeptEmber 30. 19.28.

RE\'. At}Gl.·ST E. )OHASSES

1. :\ny criticism of a movement which sec-s

in it either an unnlixed good or an unmixed e,~il exposes the fact that the critic has permitted his enthusiasm. for or against as the case nlaY be, to run a'way with his more impartial and sober judgnlent. The quite evident inability or un\\·iJlingness of many critics of nlodernism to discover anything of worth or truth in the movement

should arot.tse suspicions as tn the ac-curacy of their estimate of that mcn"etDt'DL. _ \\ben the c~ are made too swcrplng. lli"hen the p;C1ur~ is painted tno black. there ~ _ S!TOIlg grounds for suspecting chat a pre J udloaJ r'3!he-r than a truly critical attitude exists. \\·e ~ urged ·10 ju~ modernism by its fruits. Th~ ~ ~ mformed quit-e f rankly that all of it:s fruits are e,;1. Th~ is ~othing of good in the mo'~ement. .~ le.ast there is nothing which ~ to be worth mentioning. far less.. ~"Orth contmendation. It is my f~ling that such a position is not only too sweeping to ~ t:ue . but t 00 s~--eeping to e,~ ~ CODnnong.

I am COf1\~inc-e-d that the~ ~ &·other fruits"' of nlode-TTlism. good fruits.- to which attention has not been caUed. I am CDn

\~jnc-cd that :l rC'Cognition of th~ other fruits will lc-..ad to a much faiNT and mo~ accurate e:stin'lal~ of tnode-rni..~ and oi its contrihutions to the Christian hfe ;mel

thought of our da;.' than is giv-en bv a criticisrll which describes its fruits ~ wbolly roUe-n. I am frank to ~n~ diffoencrs of opinion aJnOJlf! modernist:s_ 1'lmt is an ine,-itabJe and by no tne.ans undesirable prod_ uct of the v-~ry aUltvde of moder nism it <;.(" If. 1 ~lize also lhat mooerniqn. ho'lVe\-C-r dc,'~loped and ~~ed~ wbdh~r in it~ nloric-rah:' Qr ~renle fo~" is bv DO

nlc-..ans prr f crt. It does not d.a.im to pos..~'i a nlOnopoh' on tTUth or ri~t. I sluU Dot attempt to deiCribe mooerni$[ll as an UD

nlixed g~d or fWlda.mentalism as an uunlixed e\~iJ - I f I "'+e~ to do 500. I would be dt"$-c-n;ng of the criticism w-hich I ha~ just utlere-d.

()ne olhe-r point should be mentioned in !his cunnC"C11nn_ It is prompted bv no c:k-~ire to question the m.ot-j,~es or si~m~. of those ","';th ·whom J diff~r_ It d~ ha~ to do '-ef)" di~fy. ho~"'"O". with ODe 3sped of the tactics USle'd h\- our ftmdamcutalist bret hren in their, 3.~ments for fundamentalism and against -modernism. tacrics which are used. I rqleat. with unquest"io~ honesty and sincerity_ For want of a ~ttrr name. I shall designate it the pracric-e of creating f:aJse dilemmas. It is the pracriC'e of ba la nang two aJt-una.ti,,~ against e;ach other. one a1t~rn.ari'~e be.i~ be1d bv the f~nda.ment~ists who insist that the ~ sJt~ alt-emallv~., n~'~ a desirable on~ is aU


that remairt3 for those who do not choose to accept the fundamentalist viewpoint.

Weare told that the real issue is between fundamentalism on the one hand, ~nd irreEujon on the other. Weare told that the choice is between "the faith once delivered," and destructive criticism or unbelief. We are informed that one must choose between "the rock of convictions," (fundamentalist convictions, that is) and "the shi ftin~ sanrls of opInIon." We are told that W~ Innst believe :11 salvation as taught by fu.,damentalists. including the doctrine of substitutionary atonement, or we can neither believe in nor experif"nce true salvation. 'AT e are told that we must accept the Bible with the presuppositions and conv;ctions of fundamentalists, else the Bible can no longer be a source of spiritual power, and we can hold no valid or constructive beliefs regarding it. \Ve are told that we must adopt the redemptive program of fundamentalism. or accept as the only other alternative a barren social gospel which has been stripped of all concern for the individual and of all the religious qualities which distinguish it from a purely humanistic ethical culture. Weare told that we tIntst believe in sin as the fundamentalist believes in it, and accept the fundamentalist's version of the historical origin of sin and evil, else we can not believe in the "exceeding sin f ulness of sin," or ever grow very serious about its ravaging and damning effects in human liv~s. We are urged to choose between the certaIn and positive convictions of fundanlentaiism, and the wavering and negative uncertainties of modernism. Weare told that we must accept the message of fundamentalism, or else have 1W message for a sinsick world.

Thus we are constantly beseiged with the necessity of choice between two, only two, 3.1ternatives. It is my conviction that this dilemma is false, that other alternatives do exist. Both a sense of fairness and a desire for accuracy lead me to protest, as I know scores of others have protested silently, against this constant creation of false dilemmas, this insistence that we must either choose fundamentalism or be content with a very undesirable second choice.

My chief motive in undertaking to write a series of articles dealing directly with points of view opposed to that of fund a-

mentalisnl is the conviction that there are "other fruits" of nlodernism. fnlits which have not been given fair consideration. aYhl because I feel that there are other alternatives than those so commonly stated. ~10st of all. I am prompted by the hope that those individuals. especially among our younger people. who find that they can no longer honestly accept the tenets of fundamentalism. will he confinned in their hope and helief that they Inay still caJl themselve<; Christian. in n-anle ~lJ1d in fact. and nla)' still experience the abiding- realities of religious faith and life.

There are two or three attitudes regardIng the whole subject under discussion which I feel nlight profitahly he dealt with in this prelinlinary article.

There are those who seenl to feel that if the hlame for nloc\ernislll or for the "controversy" can he placed UpOIl Snl1le 111-

dividual. OJ' group of individuals. or institution. the real iS~l1es are soh·ed. ~1 uch discussion 0 f the Sll h j ect really dec:encra tes into a ganle of "passing the huck" to use a slangy though descriptive phrase. ~l()(iern ists hlanle f Uncia111ental ists; f Undall1entalists lay the hlanle at the door of l11o<iernisn1. and neither party is satisfied. Then: are those who feel satisfied if they can attribute the "herdical" doctrines of nlo<iernism to ·'science. falsely so-called." or to the college prof es"ors. or to the theological seminaries. or to the Cennan theologians (I can not understand S0111e recent references to Gennan theologians in any other light than that of an appeal to whatever anti-Cernlan prej.udice has survived the \\-TorId \Yar). or perh;-tps e\'en to the devil himself. Even if we could place the hlanle to the conlplete satisfaction of all parties concf"rned-,"vhich in i tsel f would he no nlean accoml'lishnlent-we should not he one- iota the better erluipped to nlect the real issues, nlJr Olle step nearer the truth. as a result. I)iscllssion of the:;e issues mllst be more than a study in 01-igins if it is to lean us anywhere. Appeal to the heredity of an idea is a Inost unsatisfactory nlethod of dealing with the ·problenls. to say the very least.

In the second place. there are many perfectly good people. sincere and pronounced in their own convictions, and not at all deserving of the epithets "straddlers," upeac~-

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:tt-any-pnce Chri<;tians:' ,\,.·ho feel that it is highly ina(h~isable to adopt the name of either fundarl1entalist or nlodernist (partly hecause they resent the it11plications of the false dilernnla which I previously 11l~-ntioned), and who reg-ret it when uthers. C"S

l)CciaJly nllfll<;ters. oConlrllit thenlsrJves in ~lIch a W;"lY as to irn'ol\"e outright alJegian~ to one faction or the other.

They ie·eJ that there is a certain f utilit\" in it all. l'hey ft-el that an indi\-idllal .. ~. nlarching- unde:r thc banner of cither fur;c{;-tnlcntalisnl or nlocienlisnl. nlay the-reb" a (ford the cont ro\"ersial s}larpsh'ootcrs 0;1 the opposite side a hetter taq.,.7t.'"t at which to aim. hut that he does not therchv a.<;.sure hifTls.e1f :hat he will have an\" !Ilorc' of Inlth or ri~ht on !lis side. l'h~y fC"e1 that 110

~pe('ial \-irtue attaches. to ~n\" theo)op-ic-aJ • I--.

lahel. that tnlth is no resp("der of ta.!!5. and Ihat it has repres.entatives on hoth sides of the controvers)·. Indeed there is flllJch to wa rrant slJch an aU it u<ie.

()n the othcr han{1. I feel that tnJth has nothing to fear frorn lal)("J... If wcarin;,: a Iat)("1 add<; nothin~ to the t nlth or right (Jf one's position. neither doc's it detract theref ronl. If wc would not. for t he ~ke of popularity. run aftcr a ta¥!'. ·wc OllRht not. for the f car of l11is.lInder~tandin~, to nUl away fronl one - .

\\'hen there arc those who have but two tags and an irresistible irn(luls.e to pin onc of thelll on each indi\·idual. in pulpit and pew. it is pretty hard to avoid being tagged.

. -\nd if a frank and hone~t recognition of ''''hatever is snund in the nlodernist position or open dis.a~reenlcnt \,.-ith wh.ate\~r (Inc finds unaccepta hie in f undarllentaJisnl involves a tag. I see no reason wh\· one should spend his efforts trying to nln- away .f ronl it. Far nlore to he feared than a tag IS tht" guspicion of evasion or indifference.

And after all. the question which should concen1 each one of us. is not. "liow are 'we classified?" The real issue which confronts everyone of llS is whether we are willinR honestly to recognize the linlitations of ou'r (Jwn position. our own fallibilit\·. and the positive elements of the positio;1 held bv our dissenting brother. -

l'his brings flle to nly third and final point. \Vhile I shall f ra'nkly disagree. with the position taken by f undanlentaJism in many respects; while I shall en dea'\"O r. to

the best of my limjt~ abilit-v. 10 <kf~ what~\·~ aspects of mod~misin I fed ~ \4Iid. and d~f("nd them bec.au~ I feel them to be true. not beca.use t~· bear the label of mod~rnism: .~hi)e I ;m; con~!iDc-ed that the issue-s in this contro\"e-rsv should and nlu~t be deatt -with. aff~tirlg as th~· ntaJ~y do, r~ot rrrrdy our tht'Ories and s~latn~e notIons. but affecting our .-hole cunception of the nlis-sion and mt"thod of the C.~hurch in a practical W'a\+, still I f~J that all this can bt- done in a ~pirit of Christian kindlint"'S.s and fairness. ~fod~rnist:s and f undanle'ntalists alike should a] ,,"ays and jealously guard against the tMldeno· to s.e-e all of the good in one-os ow-n ~lf'JOn and nothing of good in the opposing \·i~ .. ThC"~ nlust IX" a willingne5.s (0 re-cngrtize the nght of one's brother to disSo("'flt and still ~tain unchalleng-ed hi5 claims to the narne (. ~hrist ian and to e-ourtc-ous rC"Spt'd. Tht'ore ~ould bc an earnest ('One-ern for the preservation of C.nristia.n lo,·C'. hbertyo and hruthcrline-ss. v. ... ithout .-hie-h all e-ls~ is \'din foolishne-s.s. In this I am sure that tHe repr~SoC:'11bti\"c:s of both side-50. ho\\·n·er ze..a.)ous th~y may be, \\;11 re2di)y agr~.

It is in this spirit that I undenake to discuss -.onle aspects of the other side of the quC"Stion of "the fnllls of nlodcnlism'"

UCHT ENOUGH

1 C.afl not !'.("(" the' I\.~n;; ntlo!h~'s ~"alk .-\~ my b,ntern I fi.a~h .hrad .

I i I look I SC"C but th(" ghosts .rut sulk In pac-c-s of haunting drc.ad.

Rut J C"ln "=tIL: in the- \.-Irdc of Iq~ht Th:.! bbu'e-s my '" ay th-ough the- he.art of the

night_

I ~:"'l not ~~e' the' e-nd of the way Tr .. :u wlOds and climbs and ialis-.

Not ("ven the ponion set for to-ci.,-:S-or what next hour bdalh " .

But \"ith face 10 the br("Czc .lnd with slC'dd~' tread

I can walk in the- road as. it opens ahe-ad.

I can not fathom the """3Y5o of God. The' wh)' and hows of "life

Oilen with quc.-stionin~ hc.-art I plod Through the land of toil· and. strife.

Bu: I can chooS-e the best todav And the best wil! lead in the F;ther's


SEVENTH DAY BAPTIST ONWARD MOVEMENT

At the close of the Con ference year, June 30, our boards found themselves either in debt, or facing debts in the near future.

WILLARD D. BURDICK. General Secretary 926 Kenyon Avenue. PlaInfield. N. J.

OUR BULLETIN BOARD November is the month selected by the

General Conference for the every-member canvass for the Onward Movement budget.

Points to emphasize about the annual canvass:

Inform the people about our financial needs.

Select choice persons to make the canvass.

Make an every-member canvass in one day, if possible.

Report the results of the canvass to the general secretary.

CORRECTION .-In the Onward Movement Number of the SABBATH RECORDER~ October 8, page 455, second column, the two tables of figures should be reversed, the first table belonging under estinwted resowrces~ and the second, under amounts expended' as will be readily seen by the context.

"Two unusual services were Sabbath day, September 22, for the study and discussion of the work and plans of our various boards. Each service was about two hours long. Dinner was served in the pasement between services. . This duplicated in a small way the conference of ministers and delegates that met Secretary W. D. Burdick at Milton, September 10, 11, 12."-From the September-October UThe Pastor's Assistant/~ Milton Junction~ Wis.

A FINANCIAL CRISIS As we enter into November, the month

that is designated by the Commission and the General Conference as the time for our churches to make the every-member canvass for the Onward Movement budget, every Seventh Day Baptist should consider and realize the alarming financial position in which we find ourselves.

The Sabbath School Board had drawn on the balance that had accumulated during the years in which they were without a director of religious education, so that in September Professor Inglis, the president of the board, said, "I f the budget of the board is not realized, it will be necessary to discontinue the services of the director of religious education in the space of two years."

The treasurer of the Sabbath Tract Society said at Conference, "Do you know that the General Fund barely carne out with even a zero balance? $1,813.94 looks like a goodly figure, but it is really a zero balance, because we had to have on hand July first an amount sufficient for the quarterly salaries, for the income on the Annuity Gifts, for a reserve to cover the printing of tracts authorized last year, and for the amount provided for in the hudget of last year for the canvass for the denominational building, which was postponed until this fall. The obligations· the $1,813.94 jl4s1

" crrvt.-rs. The General Con ference was nearly

$1,750 in debt, and the 1'.1 issionary Society perhaps $2,OOO--and this has increased, amounting to $6,851.62 on October first.

The situation today is more alarming because the receipts of the Onward Movement treasurer for the first three months of this year are less than for the same period last year, being $2.709.65 this year, and $2,877.35 last year-$167.70 less this year.

\Vhat does this mean? A prominent member of one of our

boards said to me the other day, "\Ve are headed for the rocks." It lcx:>ks so, does it not? But it need not be-i f we turn our course in the November canvass and speed up in the opposite direction from the rocks.

People are not advising in the group conferences that we give up the work of any of our boards, or that we reduce their budgets and their work.

But you must face the fact that if our people do not sufficiently realize the importance of our work and the immedia~e need for increased support of it, there Wlll have to be radical retrenchment next year in the work of our boards. This will hin-

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cler, most of all. the }.f issionary Soc-iety in its work on the home and f oreiin fields: for $25,CXX> of the Onward I\lovement budget of $53,500 goes for the work of the I\lissionary Society.

It is charged that we are planning to ,.dr~1J,c" on the China field; others clainl that we ~re not magni f ying the hOffu' firld \ .. ~ork as It demands: others agree \vith the vIews of the one who wrote in one of the group conferences, "\Ve should not cut down on f orn"gll missions budget. bul should make payments for support of ho"".<· missions ccn''''1C7JSI4Tole to those for jorcig7J u.'ork."

I am certain that our boards do not w1sh to retrench: they w-ish to adt'a7J,cc. The Sabbatt~ ?chool Bo~d desires to build up th~ re.hgl~us educatIonal program of the denonl1 nallon; the 1\1 issionary Society. to support the work already sbrted at home and ahro3J: the Sabbath Tract Socierv, to ~treng1h~n each department of its wo~k .. -In fact each board does '101 w"ish to take a ba<k--it'ard. st~p. Bu.t il rests ,("ith the tcoric ,('Ir.ctlzcr sl IS ad't'a7Jce or rctrC1J,ch. \\"hieh shall it be? Register your wishes i~ the .\' en'cmber Ct17rL'OSS.

CENTRAL ASSOCIATION GROUP CONFERENCE

The group con f erence for the Central :\ssociation was held at De Ruvter October . ' second and third. As our churches are ru-ral churches and it 'was silo-filling time the attendance \,.-as not as large as it might have been, but the average attennance at the sessions was about twenty.

I n six two-hour (plus) sessions Brotrer Burdick g-ave us a very comprehensiye surv('y o~ the program of the denonlination, which is the sum of the progra.ms of the different boards. The aim of all our work was ~efi!1ed in one of the discussion periods :1S wInnIng people to Christ first, and then to the Sabbath. This grew out of the fact that the ~1 issionary Board was organized before the Tract Society.

One can not help but regret that it tak.-e~ such a large part of our budget to "keep the machinery oiled." and that we can not carry on the work that we should because the

money is not forthcoming. \Ve are having to say ""no" to so many fields that are really needy. wh~ .are beggin.g for the gospel and for superYIS10n of the religious worlc

A.5 ~"e listened to the interesting facts of our ~l1~tory-and it is a history of ~~hich we should all be exceedingly proud-we could not help thinking. uHow will people fe-el about the history that we are ~ng now? A re we malO ng as good a history a~ did our rorefathers ?, I f we do D~t keep up. the ~~ork and enlarge it. the-re will t.e no hIstory to write

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I ihink that all present felt that the gleatest need was a new consecration in both pastors an~ J>t:Ople. and that the hope of our denomlnatlon realh- lies in the hands of the ~ymen. ~ilo nl~~t be deeply COrLc;e

crated and doing all in their power for Chriq ~nd the Sabbath. .-\nd we shoulel not fnrget that "personal con.secration nleans 'purse-and-all' consecration."

PrQl~hly the most important thing discussed IS the proposed simplified calendar_ That is. it is of most importance to us denonrin:ttionally. For if the simplified calendar is put into effect. our Sabbath wiIl ~(). ~ 0 one in business or .ch()()) will be a~le to obserye e,ery recurring seventh day_ t ndoubtedly. if this system of recl-oning is adopted. our denomination is doomed. \Ve. ~s Seventh Day Baptists. should wake uo to the danger. and bend all our efforts to (t('feating anything which ~;1I do away with the weekly cyde of seven da)'"S, which has I~("e:-n in existence since the beginning of t:nle. and by which God has shown us which is the sacred day and enabled us to keen it.

.It is inlpossibte to pass on all the ~ thIngs that were said, or all the suggestions that were made. I have simply picked out a .fpw outstanding ones_ lluch might be saId about the importance 0 f training our children in the Christian religion from earliest childhood; about the need for a deeper spiritual life: about personal evangelism; about the missionary opportunities ,-)pen to us: about the need of a working k-nowledge of the Bible; and about a hundred and one other things_ But that is why the special issue of the RECORDER was put out on October eighth_ Read it c.areful!y and prayer f ull y-then act!

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~554 THE SABBATH RECORDER

MISSIONS

REV. WILLIAM L. BURDICK. ASHAWAY. R. I, Contributing Editor

LEitER FROM ROSA W. PALMBORGJ M.D.

DEAR HOME FRIENDS:

I remember that the last time I wrote you, it was about the dedication of our new church. The church has been much used in various ways since that time. The usual Daily Vacation Bible School, conducted this year by three of the older boys from our Shanghai School, was held in it for 3-

month. One of the teachers in the Boys' School was superintendent of this and another school held in the Methodist church and those in our church, or conducted by our church, in Shanghai. The Automobile Road Company gave passes to all the teachers for the time being. so I think each one went home to Shanghai once a week. They lived in the hospital while here.

I "vas away for most of a month, going with the Davis and Thorngate families on a boat trip when they went up to the hills, or mountains rather, and as soon as I returned, going to the Seventh Day Adventist Shanghai Sanitarium to have my tonsils removed and have some treatments, as I have suffered a good deal with severe pain in my right arm since a slight accident I had while huilding the house. I did not seem much benefited, but for the last two or three days I can see quite an improvement and hope in time it will entirely recover. Its being my right arm has handicapped me a good deal in preparing work for my industrial girls, but I have had one of them do most of the cutting, etc., for me. I hope she may gradually learn to

'manage it, so if I have to be away she could carry it on.

Eling and her baby have been spending the summer with me, or at least - in the house, and she was a1::He to oversee a little work while I was gone. As I had to give the girls so much holiday while building, I hoped to let them work all through the sununer, as they sit in the church in prefer-

ence to the work rooms these hot days (though all are com fortable) . I think they must enjoy it much more than in their hot. shut-in homes, hecause the church room is certainly the coolest place anywhere around, when the windows are all open.

We enjoy the church very nluch for our meetings, and alnlost always sonle of the neighbors and other friends conle in to a service when they hear the hell ring. That bell has quite a sentinlental interest to nle, for it is the one that was in the first chapt'l in the walled city of Shanghai. when the Carpenters and \ '" anlners wcre here. It served later in the Girls' School while the church services were held thcrc before the Shanghai church building was erected. So I love it. and the sound of it. and hope it will be instrumental in calling sonle one or many who will yield themselves to Christ.

Last Friday evening a nunlher of women and children came in, the latter too small to he interested. They kept playing and talking and running in and out. I went and sat back of them and whispered to thenl to be quiet. So instead of talking thcy went to whispering hack to nle in very audible whispers. which was nl0re distracting than their talking.

Chinese children never !'ee a foreigncr pass in the street without calling out "foreign" or "foreign devil" or if thcy know you well, perhaps calling your nanlC. As I have heen g-oing hack and forth so much for many nlonths, I decided that I would take special pains to answer those who called me hy name, with the Chinese salutation of "Dee-dee," nleaning "little brother." or "\Vay-way," "little sister, and simply ignoring those who called anything disrespect f ul. The "little brothers" and "little sisters" were so pleased to be called that. that they would announce to all interested that I had called them sllch a name, and gradually the children noticed that it was only when they spoke to nle respectfully that they got such an answer. so now when I pass along the street I arn kept busy answering them, and get their happy looks in return.

l\lissionaries are often accused of telling hnly the pleasant or encouraging things about their work, so I will prove that we do not always deserve such an accusation. by telling you something very sad. We had

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a church nH:-nlhcr, a hoatnlan, who seldonl came to service. could not read. and really understood the nleaning of Christianity \'er~' superficially. lie got into a quarrei with the fannly to whose daughter his son (about thirteen years old) was hetrothed. They made threats of breaking the betrothal. which evidently caused '\'fT\' hot words, and at last thc nl0thcr of t};e g-irl slapped our chu rch nlenlher in t hc face. publicly. } Ie prosecuted her and insisted that. we-thc church-should help hinl by s.en<hng a rcpresentatiye to the court to

insist that shc he punished. \"e all of us. individually and collectivcly. talked to hinl. cxplaining that sllch '\\--as - not Jesus' W"3.'\,:.

and urg-ing hirn to forgive and let the Illa t tcr drop. But he could not see it that \ .. "ay. and heing weig-he-d dow-n hy his disg-racc and disappointnlent and wine, alXlut midnight of thc Sahhath last week, he jumped into the carla} and was drov.-ncd. ()ur Liuho canal is a ,"cry big one. with a trenlendous tidc. Beforc his lxxJ" \lidS

found. his wife insi ... ted tlk,t the f.6r1-should hc brought over and rnarricd to hcr son. or she would have thc hody. when found, carric-d to their hotne for thenl to dispose of. That would hc a terrible calarnity for this world and pcrhaps thc ncxt. s(~ the girl was hrought and (narried to that little boy! The bOody floated hack next day and ,,';s huried with heathen Ctlstofns. -I certainly f c-e I so rry for t ha t Ii ttl e Ki rJ, f () r I a In a f rai; 1 hcr Ii fe will hc nladc a hurden to lwr. and altenlpts at suicide '\la-ill prohahlv he nlade hy her. Such is unregenerate (-t,inese Ii f e ! It seenls that to hc slapped in thc face by a '\\-~().man is the fllost di~h7J.lCeful and de'fi~ing thing that can happen to a nkln. Slappmg the face, in China, and prohably in al1 heather. countries, is the ac-nle of insult. anyway. I suppose that is why ~ brist especiaJly nlentioned it. and ilis attitude ~oward it has changed the inlportance of it 111 Christian lands.

Doctor Thonlgate has been most bus,' all sununer with a cro,\la""-ed hospital and ";luch outside work. I anl so glad he has kept wcll, probably due to !\Irs. \Vest's good care. He is planning to go to the mountains for about two weeks and come do\VTl \vith his family. so I will be a doctor in active service again while he is gone. I am

~lost glad to ha'~e him go for a little vacatIon.

But this letter is long enough. \\~ith little said. so I ",·ill close.

Sincerei\" \"ours. Ros~ f>J\LY SORGo

L ill},O . K.I. Chi na . A "gust 21. 1928.

i.E I I ER FROM W1LLIAM A.. BF..ItR Y (PubJlllht"'d by r...-qu .... s( of Bral hf"r B~rry)

Ro·. 11 '. 1_. Hurdi~J.·, l>. n., As"a~nl'·. R_ I.

!\I Y DEAR R E\·. DR. B t "RIB C K :

I hope this nuy find you well. as it lea~~e5 me not very bright" I was '~en' sick -in the nlon tho f :\ pri 1. I had t a Ix-- taken f ronl nl)" honle to lht" hospital. v.~hfTe I remained for t\\~ent~·-two days. pa~;ng t\\~enty-fi,-e cents per day. \'"hen I was discharge-ri frunl the hospitdl, I found that the effe'('"t sti)) renlaine·d on nle. but I thank our he-a venly Father that he is so merc-i f ul to ... rne that I anl able to do his work still.

Sir. it is a '\-er)" long time since I ha,·e "Titten you. 1 (!o so now to expT"e$S my ttunks to the board for the \-aJuable choic-e they r.lake in sending down here Rt:"'\'. R. R" Thonlgate to carryon the v.~ork of the nlinistry. I find that he is an able man f or the office he fills" I)ear doctor. in spit-e of all the f oe-s. th~ work is stc:adih' inc-reasi ng alJ around in this colon\". and this ('Urnes a hOll t hy his gn(xl action 'and ki nd f ("('"} ing to'la-ards his hrethre-n. his flock here. I adnlire his t~achitl.f.!. hi~ efforts. and e\-en'thing he doe-s: and if tht:"re is an,· one who v.~iJ1 not say good of him that - one is a traitor.

The Re"erc-nd ge-nt)crnan paid t".'O \,st'l..S to Huis't Dieren \ta~ith Ole. in the last one his wife and daughter joined him. His first '\;sit. "-hen I took him there. "''"3.$ in company with Brother Crack".~ll. At this time a conc-ert was gil-en in the afternoon and about one hundred 'We're in atlen<iance. That night Brother Thorngate p~ChM a wonderful ~rmon to a congregation num~ring about one hundred t"·enty-fi\~. Brother Thorngatr' s second ,-isit to Huis °t

Dieren was on the seventeenth of :.\ugust and at this time he preached to an audience


of one hundred forty. In this sermon he showed the difference between Seventh Day Baptists and Seventh Dp.y Adventists, and the message he delivered was well received by the hearers. Already his visits to Huis't Dieren have strengthened me in this field of labor. Sir, I hope his life will be long spared in this field that the work rna y steadily advance under his direction. Yes, Brother Thorngate is the person for this field, and by his presence with us in this colony the work, before very long, will take a proper stand.

I have the honor to be yours in the service of the Lord,

WILLIAM A. BERRY.

Maria Joha.nna~ Wakenaam~ • British Guiana, S. A.J

August 23, 1928.

MEETING OF THE MISSIONARY BOARDMINUTES

The regular meeting of the Board 0 f Managers of the Seventh Day Baptist Missionary Society was held in the Pawcatuck Seventh Day Baptist church at Westerly, R. 1., Wednesday, October 17, 1928.

The members present were: Rev. C. A. Burdick, Rev. William L. Burdick, S. H, Davis, Ira B. Crandall, Robert L. Coon, Rev. Paul S. Burdick, Charles E. Gardner, Rev. A. ]. C. Bond, Frank Hill, Charles H. Stanton, Mrs. Clayton A. Burdick, Dr. Anne L. Waite, James A. Saunders, Carroll L. Hill, Albert S. Babcock, Rev. Willard D. Burdick, Rev. William ]\1. Simpson, WaIter D.Kenyon, John H. Austin, Mrs. Elisabeth K. Austin.

The visitors present were: Mrs. John S. C. Kenyon, Mrs. William M. Simpson, Mrs. Blanche Burdick, Mrs. Willard D. Burdick, Mrs. John H. Austin, Mrs. Ruth R. Nash, Mrs. William P. Langworthy. Mrs. Dell Burdick, Mrs. Ira B. Crandall, James G. Waite, Rev. Claude Hill, president of the 1929 General Conference.

The meeting was called to order by the president at 9.30 a. m. Rev. A. J. C. Bond led in prayer.

The correspon9ing secretary's report was read, voted received, and recorded. It follows:

REPORT OF CORRESPONDING SECRETARY

Since the report made at the last board meding. I have, as corresponding secretary. at1ended the General Conference at Riverside, Cali f., visited our congregations in Boulder and Denver, Colo .. attended the Southwestern Association, held at Hammond La, assisted in presenting the recent Conferen~e to our churches in Ashaway and Rockville, R. 1., spent one Sabbath with the church in Brookfield, N. Y., corrected the list of life members, supervised the printing of the annual report, endeavored to furnish material for the Missions Department of the SABBATH RECORDER ev~ry week, carried on the correspondence. and performed the other duties of the secretarial office.

Respect fully submitted. \VILLJAM L. BURDICK.

AS/Ul'lL'(lV, R. I., Octob·cr 17, 1928.

The report of the treasurer was read, voted adopted, and placed on record. It follows:

TREASURER'S QUARTERLY REPORT

S. H. Davis July I·October I, 1928

In account with Th~ ~ .... enth Day Bapti5t Mi5sionary Society

Cash Recei ved On hand July 1, 1928 ........................ $2 ..... 42.26 For-

General Fund ........................... . China field ........... . . . . .. . ............ . J amaica fi~ld ........................... . Special for Jamaica ...................... . Specials ................................ . Java .................................... . Debt Fund ............................. .

From-Income Permanent Funds ................ . Memorial Board ......................... . Interest checking accuunt ................ .

1,233.28 10.00 20.00 60.00 69.02

1.00 105.00

1,500.00 470.18

13.92

$27.924.66

Disbursements To--

Corresponding secretary and general mlS' sionaries ............................. .

Churches and pastors ................... . China field ............................. . South American field ..................... . Georgetown Chapel Fund ................ . Jamaica ................................ . Special for Jamaica ...................... . Specials ................................ . Holland ................................ . TreasurM"'S ~xpenses .................... .

$983.51 2,109.14 2,361.87

652.48 .. 03 ... 6 593.51

60.00 432.12 312. SO

84.00

Total disbursements ................... $ 7,992.59 Balance on hand Octobc- I, 1928........ 19,932.07

Special Funds 1. Boys' School Fund

$27,924.66

Amount on hand October 1. !928 .......... $10,651.16 2. Girls' School Fund

Amount on hand October I, 1928......... 10,632.53 3. Georgetown Chapel Fund

Amount on hand July I, 1928 ....... $176.43 Paid installment and intere-st on

mortgage ..................... ,.. 403.46

Overpayment ...................... $227.03 ----

Total amount of special fun<h October 1. 1928 $.21,283.69 Balance on hand October 1, 1928 ....•.•..••. 19,932.01


Net mdebleda.c:aa to spec:i.aJ 'uods Odobc:r 1 192:8 ................. . ................ .', 1. J S 1 .6.2

Oth c:r indeb-l'.dnc:u . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. S 500.00

T ot:al indeb-lcdnt"S. . . . . . . . . .............. I 6.~8 S 16.l E... &: O. E.

S. H. ~ris.. T~.

Frank H ill, as chairman of the America.n Tropics Comnlittee. reported that no nlee1-ing of the conlmit1ee had been held, but that the plans and specifications for the new. church at Kingston ha'·e been recently re-cel verl.

\Vork in China was next considered, and letters were read from Eugene Da"is an,j J. \~'. Crofoot. The rest of the morning session w-as given over to discussion of this work.

This ses.sion adjourned, to nleet at 1.2.30, with prayer by the president.

The a fternoon session opened at 12.45. with prayer by Deacon 01.arJes E. Gardner.

Voted that the board re-que:st Rev. J. \\'. Crofoot to attend the January meeting of the lx>ard and to arrange for his return to <.. -hina as soon there.a feer as his obligations tu the Battle Creek Church can be fu:fi lied.

\. uted that the Crofoot's car be nle-eting.

nlatter concerning !\l r. referred to the January

The letter of Eugene Da,~is and the recornmendations from the Seventh Day Baptist 11ission at Shanghai are being cons.idered with deepest interest by the lxlard. Therefure, it ""-as ,'oted that further discussiun of thes.e "latters be referred to the January nleeting.

Voted tt1.at the pre-sident appOlTlt the standing conlnlittees for the year.

The appropriations for 1929 adopted as follows: China-

{. \.... Crofoot ................... S I.WO 00 I. Eu~ l.>.::aris................ 1,600 00

H. Eugc-ne DilI'n ... chlJ<h~'. allow. :anc-c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800 (ItO

Gr'Oqre Thornpl~ . . . . . . . . . . .. 1. (;O()O. 00 (;'('Q:f" ge Thornp I co. C hlldr1Nl ' a a Uo ...

Arlee' . . . . . . . . . . • • • . . . . . . . . .. .

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400 00 800.00 SOO 0-0 SOO.()O SOO.OO 400.00 90'000 SOO.OO

1.SOO.00

were

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Royal R.. Tborn.p l~. . . . . . . . . . . . . ., 1 .SOD. 00

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\'uted that the hoard ~i'\-e S20J tCIVi--ards the support of the pastor of the- Brookfidti Chu r-ch. i i n(""("'()e·d hy saJd chur-ch. pro,-ide·d that it be satisfac10ry to thC".fl1 to allow th~ . pastor to do nlis.sionary v.-ork a..,ide troln his ~1.11ar pastoral v.-ork.

\. ot l"'d t ha t an ~ t ra S 1 00 he paid towarli the deficit in the v.~ork of the c-yangclisllr n tal e q lIa It c-t for l his past SUrnU)('"L

\·otC"Ci that the follov.;n~ n:-poT1 and n'c, nnlnlt""n<iations of the COn1.nllu("C' on !\I ini:--terial E.duCdtion Fund be adup1C'd:

Your Cornmiurt:' on M inis:tcr-w F....duc::u ion Fund v.'Ouid n:-c:nrnrncnd that an a.ppropriat"ion benurlr in b~r of l...c"slt."'T G. 05.born to !~ 4t.tl'lDUn!

of $100. and flu! :an appropri:u-ion of $..lOO. OT so muc-h thc-rC'Of as m:ay bt- nC'C'dcl. be- mad(" in bV-OT

of Dr. G~ I. C~<hU. to ;ajd them in pursu.i.ng studit'"s.. tlu.t thn' ou,· be- hc-U'C"T hnnl fOT thf:'"ir rc-spt"'c-t i,~(" fldd.s ~ i 1~T.

\\. JLLtA lI! L B t -itIltl<"'A.

SAWt-r..t. B. DAns. Co~rr.

,"oted lhat the loBov.-ing j("pon of thejoint conlnlittc-c to cunsidc-r tht' n12Itc-T of publishing ~nnons for the uSC' of pastoT-1('"5.s churches and othc-rs be adopt~: To flu- A ~a..t Sobba.:Ja T rac1 S~tT a.d

S rtV'JIIJJ Day BOJttU1 At Lui.oaar:r S o~". : y our cnmmi~ appoint:ed In consider- thr

matter of pubtithing Ri Ii -7>m for the ~ of pu-

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torless churches and others" would report as follows:

vVe recommend: First, that a sermon and a program of Sabbath

morning worship be printed each week in the SABBATH RECORDER.

Second, that the Board of Trustees of the American Sabbath Tract Society appoint a committee to have in hand the securing of sermons and preparing the order of services.

WILLARD D. BURDICK,

AHVA J. C. BOXD.

C01mnittee of the Tract Society.

CLA YTO~ A. BURDICK. WILLIA!'.I L. BURDICK.

Committee of the Afissi01wry Socief}'. June 20, 1928.

Voted that a vote of thanks be extended to M. Herbert Kenyon of Ashaway, -R. 1.. for the typewriter which he purchased for the use of the corresponding secretary.

Fitting rell1arks were made by Rey. Claude Hill, Rev. A. J. C. Bond, and 1\1 rs. Willard D. Burdick.

The minutes were read and approved. The meeting adjourned at 4.20. with

prayer by Rev. \Villiam 1\;1. Sinlpson.

RECORDING SECRETARY.

LETTER FROM REV. H. EUGENE DAVIS

DEAR SECRETARY BURDICK AND THE SEV

ENTH DAY' BAPTIST 1\;hSSIONARY BOAFD: Upon my return to Shanghai September

1. I uiscovered that I had with me in my baggage a copy of the recommendation:-; from the mission in China, upon which 1 cOtl1d not place my hand while with you at Conference, supposing it to have been forgotten. I enclose a copy of the same for the use of the board in its deliberations on the China situation.

FurthermolI'e, I promised Doctor Burdick and Mr. Hill on the morning after Conference when we were consulting t('g{-"ther, that I would write out a statement of what I said at Riverside regarding oar -future in China, or as nearly as that needs to be written.

1. Do Seventh Day Baptists expect to continue Christian educational work In China? If this is answered negatively, then there is no need to discuss new buildings. I f nothing is done about buildings, the Boys' School will almost automatically cease to exist. Our school is aot self-sup-

porting now, as it has been in the past, and without different buildings we feel it will be almost an impossible task to make it self-supporting again. We opened school Monday. September 10, with twenty-two boys. There were many inquiries from our fornler students as to whether we could pronlise new buildings, saying that if we could do so they would return to us, but if not they would go elsewhere, which they have done, as we were in no position to promise them anything. There will be a few more coming in, possibly thirty altogether for this term.

I f it is decided that Seventh Day Baptists are to have a continued part in this great land in dispelling illiteracy, and building Christian character through schools, then we must face the question of buildings.

The Girls' School is also falling off sonlewhat in numbers of students. a.nd those buildings are in very had condit ion. Roofs leak. and because of the rotted wood in the structure, can not he made not to leak. I asked the Chinese contractor the other day how much it would cost to put the buildings in good condition, and he replied, c'Y ou don't want to spend several thousand dollars on those old buildings," and I agreed with him. \Vithin two years those old buildings should come down and be rebuilt. Our hope had been that it could be finished within two years. hut the delay in 1\'1 r. Crofooes return adds also to the uncertainty in this matter. So much for the buildings.

2. As I see it, there are three stages in missionary endeavor. (a) In the beginning. the nlissionary must of necessity be the one who decides and plans everything in connection with the missionary work. following. of course, the policy of the home hoard. The greatest desire of the home base and the missionary is to build a Christian community in the place where the effort is put forth. (b) The second stage is where there must be absolute co-operation between the Christian community and the people sent from th~ home base. \Ve feel that the Seventh Day Baptist Christian community is strong enough to be taken into our confidence. and should have a large part in planning and deciding about the Christian activities to be undertaken by your missionaries. If we can not have the support of our Christian constituency in

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China, it will be difficult for the mis.sionary to carryon. \Ve can not expect enthusiastic support f rom tho~ who h:l'\~e no ,<oice in planning and deciding plans and policy. Some way must be found. and that right soon, where the Chine-se Olristians C"3n he thrust into places of responsibility. Sonle of us feel that the tinlc has conle for a hoard of control to be "lade up \'~ry la~d~' of Chine-se. that the-s.e should he in all our deliberations. and that this 1~'lrd should deternline the plans and policy of the work of Seventh Day Baptist.s in C-hina. Property could he safeguarded h)' loanin~ or renting such at a ,\'ery low fiJ!1.lT"e to thi~ tx).ard. with the stipulation thal the prnpN1\" should be used only for the purpnse for " .. ·hich it w-as given.

\,"c are facc to face with this situation today - a Cnristian C'Onstitu~ncy which really has no tegal standing 'wilh tht" mission. ,· .. hile \,,·e in turn are rc:sponsihlC"--QIIJ~' to the board at home.

(c) The third sta~ \\·ill he when tilt.Christian c-onununity h .. "1.5 hc"conle st ron!! ("nough and sufficiC'fltly v.*dl-t rai nt"d 1 n leadership 50 that its mentt~rs of the-nl' s.cl \"es can carry f or\Vdrd th~ \I!t'ork startNi hy the houle hase. dc-ve loped in C'O--ol~ration with those sent frarn horne with Ihe native leaders. and finally undertakC'n hy the Chinese the-nls-elves. l'h3t (la\" has nol

yet come, and \,·,11 not conle for nlan\" \Ta r.-. yet. But of course 'We arc prayi;l~' and working for it-for that c-nd Wht"11 tht" church in China \\rill not n("'("'d us. whC-!1

these men and wonlen or their suC'cc-"'s.ors will understand Christ and his wurk as wdl as or betl~r than we: and happy we will be when that day shall conlC. but n-(" ",-ust $I (Uui by HOt('.'

Now just another word ahout Pf"OJx-rt~·. I fear I was rnisunderstood at COniert"11C'C" in UTY position on the suhjC'ct of nlis.~i()n property. The nlOney which built our prc--s("nt buildings and Soe"fH each one of us to China y."dS gi,"~en to G-od to be u5<"d in l 'hina. The trusteeship was pbC'ed in the hands of the Alissionary Society. and I contend that it should rest there until such time as there is a ~~nth Day Baptist constituency in GUrla to whonl the denonlination in Anlcric-a can transfC"'r the (nlst("'C'ship. It should fle"cr be gi,·en to indi'\~iduaI Chinese. or e'\--eJl Cl1inese churdlc:5, but

C'e'rtUnJy w'e all hope for the ti~ when l nines.t" pr-ople can ~e trust-ee:s of the property in China.

I rna ~. be "'~ . bu t I C'e'rtainly do not w-j ",h to ra i SoC I he hope'S 0 f I hl" pe-ople he-~ if (h("'~' Gin n('"\-ef" 100")k fO~'ard to C"Olt1in;.: to plac-r-s of leadc-r5>.hip or trust in the ca u <;.(" I) i l11 ri sf as rc-pn:"':Soientc:"d b~' yourJlli~sionariC".s~. And CT'nainly "'''C' can not (" x pt."Ct '\ -c-r)" ("n r h llsia..c;;.t ic co-Gpc"T"at ion iDa Illnn.''"nlt''1lt which is forc-ign and 10 ",.-bieb the L-hin(""~ nll1~t alwcl\-s 10(~k forward as I~in~ f()f"~ign, I rai~i the' question at Cun ierC'"Jl(,t". and I Ihink it should be i3tt'"d h~' Oll r J )(",("lplt" and I he- !t.1 i s.sion.ary Socic1)'.

l'ht"re \\TH' O\-(,"f" ~'\-~nt ,. missionari~ on lhe- F..m,..rcs_~ of AS'Ja. rc-iunti~ to tbcirwork. tht" rllajunt~'· of thC'm to China. 4-\.S I had oppon tUB!~·. 1 t.alkC"d ,,·jlh t hNl1 ahem! lui ~si{ln.ar~· and l11is.~lo'!1 prohlelus. I found that lht" rnajont~· of Ihntl "'-C-IT in substulu;-J accord ",·ith what I ha~-e In~ to ~t f on h i fl (h i So lc-u C-f".

.-\ .. 10 wditjn~ until l111na i~ In a ~'~C'"'ttlC'd condition:· Ollt" nu~· onj~, comm~nt. as J c-ndc-a,-o .... ("(i 10 pO"lnt out al ConfC'rcn~~ thr poliC")' is Dnt in k~·pin~ c-ithC'"'T "'-lth the n"'.n

ltJn··~ hi~t(ln' oi rht" march hy faith in (-h;na. Of" .-lih tilt" propnt"11(" call of Christ hinl."'-o("if, who prcmli~('·d on):,- hl5- O'Wn ~sC"fl ('(" W n h u... t () ~ ht" t"11d,

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RECOMMENDAnONS TO THE SEV£IITB DAY BAPTISTS AT BOllE FRO. I'BE

SEVEHTB DAY BA.PTlST "5510" AT SHA.NCHAJ.. M.A Y. ItlZl

I Th(."'~t:' T"('COnUllc:ndatlons 1IlTn! rC:'!Cri."t""d b~· Iht" Co-rrc-spondin~ ~ .. ()C1obe2'" 8. 1 q 28. and ("'Ons.1d~ al l~h b~' the board. (ktobc-r 17 --S£.CltET All".)

I. \"C T'Cquest that J. \\". Cruioo'f lJl" rcturnnJ 10 <..ltina a.s. ~ ah-er 'Anu.aJ"\" I. 1929. a.~ possihle. -.

\"r rc-.ahn- 10 A gre-.al d~ how desir:tbie it nuy $C"C"lU thaI h~ stay with the B~de C rcck Church as long as ~ ~ p&SS-


ing through the difficulties of building, because we also feel very greatly the need of his services here, as it is imperative that we begin building operations ourselves in the very near future.

2. \Ve recommend-(a) That building operations for the Boys' School at Da Zang be begun early in the fall of 1928.

(b) That one-half of the $20,000, gold, now in the hands of the Missionary Board for mission buildings in China, be used to erect a plant of four units. each unit to cost not more than $5.000, Mex.

(c) That the first unit consist in the preparation of the grounds, building the wall or fence, water and heating plants, sewerage. etc.

( d) That the second unit consist of buildings for auditorium and class rooms.

(e) That the third unit consist of dining room, kitchen, and dormitories.

(f) That the fourth unit consist of houses for the teachers.

3. We recommend that the money already raised by the Chinese for the Boys' School be used for the equipment of these buildings.

-4. We recommend- (a) That as soon as school closes in 1929, operations be begun toward the construction of the Girls' School buildings on the land now occupied by the Boys' School plant.

(b) That the present buildings-both the boys' and girls'-be razed to the ground and whatever material is good in them be used for the new buildings of the Girls' School.

(c) That these buildings be planned in such a way that when the time seems ready for the removal of the Girls' School to Da Zang, they may easily be made suitable for a Community Church Center.

(d) That for the erection of the buildings of the Girls' School the other hal f of the $20,000, gold, now in the hands of the Missionary Board for mission school buildings in China, be used, and that if possible the cost thereof be limited to that amount.

( e) That the money already raised by the Chinese for the Girls' School be used for the equipment of these buildings.

5. We recommend that when the time seem.s expedient to move the Girls' School to Da Zang that such a portion of the east

part of the mission property here in Shanghai be sold in order that the plant at Da Zang may be enlarged sufficiently to accommodate the Girls' School.

6. We ask the continued loyal support of our people at home for the work here in China.

OUR THEOLOGICAL SCHOOL DEAN ARTHUR E. MAIN

There are eleven students. Seven havc the ministry in view; two being ~'fethodists. One is the wi f e of a minister; one a college professor; and two are upper c1assmen in college.

The instructors are Dean Arthur E. 1\1ain. Professor \\' alter L. Greene, Professor Edgar D. \Tan florn. and Assistant Professor Neal D. 1\1 ills. Rev. H. L. Somers. non-resident lecturer on the H istory, Doctrine, and Polity of Presbyterians. Rev. D. L. Martin. non-resident lechlrer on the History, Doctrine, and Polity of Baptists.

The Jessie B. Whitford house has been conveniently and nicely fitted up for four of the students who seem very happy in boarding themselves. 'fhe lower floor of the house was furnished through the efforts of the Evangelical Society and the co-operation of many generalIS friends.

Sixty-seven people went up to the hous.e one night to see how comfortable things were; all seemed well pleased.

Alfred, N. Y.

Life has always been Inore or les:-; strenuous for civilized man and it is beCOIning nHlre so as society increases in complexity. :rvfan has trelllcndous untapped resources for the enlergencies of high pressure living. But under all ordinary conditions we can not be iron men if we ·would. I f we desire to keep ourselves in perfect trim we must need:-; regularly provide for complete relaxation in a change of interests. That man can do his best work who -regularly forgets his work. That man is wise who provides a place in his life for interests 'whose chief value is that they renew human strength, build energy, tone up the nerves and act as a tonic to the soul.


WOMAN'S WORK

.MRS GEORGE g CROSLET. WILTON_ WlS Coniribu1inc FAltor-

IN AUTUMN \\" h-:J. \1,.6110 ng in thc- ~ pring . ~:all ~ . S e-v.' gTC"Cn upon thc- poplv u("(". And smile-s \II'ith hope' ;u tlt" goc"~ b-~Is sc-n"anl of his D~tin)·.

\\" ho. v..1 k mg in t he' ~ ununrr f}(:·i(h. S("'('"S :all tht" gold of h;uV'e- .. '·, .dd ... And l~bor-s he-rc- unC,;UinJ: I) h cl.lmr.a.dc- of hi~ Dr~tll1)-_

But who C.olJl So("'(" thc- hc-:aUh" Ltdc-In noble- v.-ork!> th~t (;,..oct l~;;ath m.~dc And kc-t"ll f.~ith hrili:ht in hl~ !>oour .. nr-Is ma5tC'r of his Ot--stiny.

.'1 aT)' .HaJltrr1oPS ;.11 flu Snr n .. :I, .. ,,/;. 1 (~"'(-'''f.' ------------_.- - -

It took our train a littll' rnure than (w(",,1'1-tv-four hours to nJn ac-ross Kan~a... \\'(.' wl're slower than 5-Onl(" othe'r train .. t~cdll""(",. in addition to the nl"'Ct"'ssary sto~ for filii .. ! 3.nd water and an occa... .. ional hre-athin~ "-pc-II for the en~ine. We' stoppe·d at wh .. "lt our con

ductor calle·d "filling ~tations for the 1'.""1 ...... -

eng-er ... " At these ··fiJ)iT1~ ... t:ltion~" "(" we're served with ddiciotJs nleals-. ahhn\u:~ll the t inll' at each stop w-as very ... hort and not enough hdp W'as furnish("·d to .... CTY("'

cveryone quickly. Even thou~h We' rnade

t hesc f n."'CJ uent stops. ,\·e s("'(""nlNi to rn.akchetter tinle than did the nlanv allton}()~)ilrs that we pas.s-e·d late in thl' aitl'nloon. apparently stalJe-d in the rllud of the dirt roads. On ordinary trips I prefl'r autonlObiles. hut at this tinle I was thankful tn Ix.on a car that rnovNI ri~ht alon~ without reference to wealher. pa.. .. t or pr{""~nt.

At I>odge Cit)' '\'e were nlllch int("'rr ... t('""<i in two large sundials. huilt side by s.idC' on the station grounds-one shoVt;ng ("'(""nlral tirne and one nlountain tln1(,,: it Wd.$ at this point that our day ga.ined an hour. Thrc;.C' sundials are hOn1e-nlade and rni~ht he copied very easily by one who t1.&'1.S a littlC' rne-chanie-al tVt~i5t to his nlind. Th~~· arC' larJ;!c senlic-ircles with the dianlc-ter as thC' hase about twenty fC't"t long. thc- wholc- outlined on the ground with whitt'" stonC'"S. E.aeh style, or shaft that C3$ts the shadow. is of wood painted ,vhite, and of coursoc of

the propn- length and corf'N1h' motm!-rd s.o (ha ( ( he ~udO'\Ii' cast b,' the:.- ~n will (d 1 I hC' t in'K" corr~ J~' . as sho .. -n by the Ronun "lUlmUS iashi<m("l(j on tbe~ound {rom otnN" W'hj!~ stone. l!.-as intC"~~fin~ (0 ~ how diffe-n'nd~' tnt:" two 10 'flJ! s.ha it ~ "',"(,",rC' k'1 ~ thal IhC" ~_ of t hC' sun \Ii-oruid (dB (he I inx- rcofTT'C!i ~- acrordi n~ f 0 will C h hnx- the ohsc-n'"C":T .. -ishn:! to i nUnw _ \\'c 50('1 O(lr ",-a!chcs back an botu. and i dr rtul Wt" ~ould M1)~. dOing thai at h(1nlC' 5oI(l'fllrtlnl("'"S ",·h("on the hours. 3.1""C' p:a..ss.

n1~ Ino qlu("kl~'

TWC'!lt\' \~.ars iu~ also ~ nun,' UD

provC"nl'Mlt.. 1n 5<OulhC'"..astC'"TTl Colo~do.

llKt<.oC' 11111 If'(n-(''11lM1t S that pn:-SC"ntC'id tbt'nl... C'h-r!l> n)('~t dC'2Ti" to our n~(""s.. 3.!0 'W'C' hUT-. . n~i pa.~t. SoCT-,nC"d 10 ha'\~c ~ brrougbt ahout h~' irTi~hon }i(""rC'. 1-00. thC" craps <,,("'('"IHcd ~o.-d. and (hC' country' sC'CO:ra prosJ:Ji<C7r-<Jus-v.-hnhc-T or not this prospa-it~· was d UC' I (J I hC' pob %leal f13"~' in polliTT W'C" .. ~ unahlr to dt""CidC' arld at thaz t'lme no on~ W:L<; rC"2(h (0 1t:"1l us.

\: ( l>t Ion c I.C' ion:." 'Vi'"C' <TosSoE.""d t hC' Colorado h nC' i nl () !' C"\Ii" !\! C' x;co OIl] T c-onductor canlC'

thrHu~h :and told us (luI 'W'"C ... ~ abDul 10

1' .. ""1 ...... the nJdC" ... t huu .... C' in fhat ~t'lon_ a nnch hou"-C caHr·d (hC' h\\'(1totoo Housc'" liewrn I 0'1 I () "'a," f ha t ... (lld man \\. ooton

IHllh 1.1C' "-a~on road and flU3ntainc-d it as a toll rqad fUT ~.nlC' '\T.ars. and the- hou.~ wa ... a rnad hous;C' in thC' old da,-s of tbep()n~' C'xpr·C"~s. (H course- C--,\T~~t:' wantrd t () ~C"C" the- (11 d hou SoC'. and ~ th~-hl al first that v."C' did not S~ it. lxx:au~ all ~ could ~C' was a fa;rly lar~ s.q~ hoUSiC" of ard i r13 ry a pp(:-.aran~--3 hou5oC" that would not ha \ ~C' a tt ra et cd not i ("'(" ba ck hon')!". lx-c:a uSC" it I ( .. 'k ... It k C' n ~ n '" ot hC"1" ~t1a re houSt"'$ _ Fin-. . a] 1\. Vt-e rc-nlc-ntf1lf"f'C"oti that houS("s in that conntn' do no<t h:n-(" 10 llC' old in 'T..ar!o to t)(" t hC' n I< h: .. ·q hut! ~(""s ~tand i ~ _ \ \ ben ~ rC'1uC"nlbc"re-d th..""1t" WC' fume-cl our ('")"t!"s .again to thC' }1II1~: ahoul IhMll WC' irna.gined WC'

\~~c-rC' ahlC' to catch thC' tu.z.C' of unnum~red \'"(""a rs.

J usl as niJ!hr 'WidS do5'ing down on u~. wr c r~5.("'( i t hC' <'On t i nt"'nlai d i '\;dC' through R~I(m (pronoullQC"d ··Ratoon"·) TunneL ()ur

I ra i n CUrl ~ i sf (:"(.1 0 i (h i T1"("('"n C'CIaChes and four C"n~6nC'"S.. t\li'O (0 pull and t-wo 10 push.. ~d apart 0 f the di Sb.n c-e 'W"C' ran so S)owl~' t lta I \r.-c considc-n:-d tht! ad'\aD~ ttul

"''"QuId result if -a'"e Vi' c:n~ to gel off and


help, but finally we were over the divide and the running was easier, so we felt that we might safely resign ourselves to sleep. During the night we passed through many places where we should have been glad to stop. At some future day we hope to pass that way again with more time at our disposal. Las Vegas, Lamy, and Albuquerque were among the places of which we had hoped to catch fleeting glimpses, and just a little to one side is the old city of Santa Fe.

In the morning we rose for breakfast at Gallup, on the western border of New Mexico. As we stepped from the train, I seemed to feel that we were in a different country than \ve had been riding through the day before. I do not claim any originality for this feeling--others probably have felt the same-neither can I tell why I felt that way. The town did not look so different from other towns through which we had come; maybe it was psychological, caused by the fact that Gallup is the statioTl where we should have left the railroad if we had taken time for a visit to the Navajo Indian Reservation, located a few miles north. All that morning W'e saw places where we wanted to stop, and read signs that beckoned us. One such sign read "Six miles to the Petrified Forest," and another pointed north to the Hopi Indian Reservation, but it was Friday and we wanted to reach Grand Canyon, where we had planned to spend the Sabbath, so we had to shut our eyes to all the alluring signs that beckoned. It 'we had been driving, we probably should have decided that we could stop somewhere else and go on to the Canyon the first of the following week, but we were going to be late for the opening of Conference as it was, so we kept on our way. During this day's ride we caught sight of many Indians at various points. At one time, as we sat looking out at the landscape flying past, we saw at some distance away, two Indians galloping across the desert; at least we judged they were Indians for they were wrapped in blankets and we saw their feathered headdress trailing along over their shoulders as they raced away toward two tiny, flat-topped cabins in the distance. As we looked we saw smoke coming from one of the houses, and I wondered if the horsemen had not heard the call common to

all men-the call of hunger--and so were hurrying home to get food. But I couldn't account for all the fashion show. I have seen Indians many times but never with feathered headdress unless on dress parade, and it seemed strange to see two out on the desert, apparently far away from any chance to make a show. unless some one in these houses was to be impressed. I speculated upon it quite a bit, but found no solution. Maybe they considered that they were making a show before the people on the train, some distance away. Early in the afternOQn we reached Flagstaff, where we had a few minutes' stop and an opportunity to get a photograph of the San Francisco Peaks. \Ve had been watching for them for some time before they carne in sight, and we had just caught our first glimpse of them when our friend, the Catholic priest. the missionary among the Pima Indians, caITle down the aisle to tell us that we might see the peaks if we looked in a certain direction. He sat with us for sonle time and told us many interesting things about the country we were entering. He had taken a party of Pima Indian boys in his Ford to the canyon some months before, and his stories were full of human interest. Finally he said he must go back to his section; he had to spend a certain period of time each day in devotions, and as he had only about half finished his period for that day he must go on with his work. It seemed that he was writing something that would count on his time to be spent in this way, , . and he must go back and wnte some more. We supposed it was some religious work that he was writing or perhaps copying. at any rate it was to count on the time he was required to spend in devotions. So he left us and we watched for occasional views of the peaks. They went ahead of our train most of the time until we reached Flagstaff, where we seemed to overtake them, and they stood still as long as we remained in Flagstaff. At Williams. about an hour beyond Flagstaff, we left the train to take a train for Grand Canyon, after bidding good-by to the good friends with whom we had been associated for four days, and whonl we probably should not recogni7e if we saw them again after six weeks harl gone by, so soon do we forget the friendships of a day or two, or three or four.

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YOUNG PEOPlES WORK

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STEWARDSHIP catrla'Cl.. E.a"~""CIo'" Tes-Sr ~_ s. ... ta.tat D.7.

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Sunda)'-A rc .. ~i .. --al of rdigaoo (Hag. 1: 1·15) Monday- Plenty in the church (Z Cor. 8: 9·15) TuC"Sday-Abundanc-e [or charity (Acts 4: 31·37) \\" C"dnC'Sd.ay-More hdpc-rs (1 Cor. 1 : 11) Thursday-Intcrc-st in missions (Act.s 13: I·J) Friday-More failhfulnr--s,s (I Cor ... : 1-13 1 Sabbath Day-Topic : \\~t the pr4Ctlc£' of

slnr.·ardship ~"'Ould mean to the world (1 Pc-t. 4: 7·11)

A THOUGHT FOR THE QCIET Hot·R

LYLE CRANDALL

Ste'wardship means the investrne-nt of Ii f e in God's service. The in,·e:stmf>nt of life rneans the giving of nloney. tale-Ilts, and ahilities of every kind to Christian s.c-ryic-e.

I f ~'ery Christian were a real steward in every sense of the \l.tooord, what ~·ould this mean to the world? It would mean e\~I)·thing. The world would ha\~e the g-rc-atest revi .... al of religion it has e\'er know·n. and souls would be saved. There would be a ~reat outpouring of God·s spirit. and the ,""OrId needs this more than anything else. \\"e need a good old-fashioned revi\-aJ of religion. where souls are co-n\·ic-ted and saved. Do we have it in our churches to<lay?

I f every church nlem~r could realize that he is a steward of his monev, and a certain portion of it belongs to God, the work vf the church would go forward with rapid strides. Then there would be pJent)1 of money in the church. enabling it to carry on more extensive missionary work. and thus a greater interest in missions would be created.

Let us make a more practical application of this lesson. '"'hat v.rould it mean to our denomination j f every member consecrated one-tenth of his income to the Lord? There would be plenty in our churches. an abundance for charity. a greater interest in our missions, and more faithfulness among our

monbers. Ld us pray that ~.,.~ ~~th llay Baptist will C'OrlSeCrale his life. his mon~y. and his talents to the Lord.

REV. JOU N F. ilANDOLPH

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DAn. ,. U..ADI xes

Sunda~'-StMli-..rd.s.bjp gro,\ln c:harx1£'T (:MarL 25: '?J)

Monda,.-Sl~ds bdp the pextr (P5.. 41: 1) T uesd.:l,. - S 1.c-w-4rds give thC·lm.sch'"C$ (! CoT. 8: 5) \\'~y-Slc-u-;ards build God"s bous.e (Hag.

J: 1-15) Tbursd~,·-S .. r-la-anis oifc-f' lheir SC".rricc (lsa.. 1:

8) Fr;da,·-Stc-.-v-ds arc Laithful (1 Tim.. 6: 17·21) S~lh I~,.-T op;c : \\~t thC" prac1-2CX" of

stc-u-:ardship laTould tnE:2n to lhr ."Drtii (is:&.. 42: 1--4)

SOM £IIi i SG TO DO

Esrim.alC' what ponion of ~-our tilnC' or lal-or anti it", fruits is for s.c-li. and ~-hat

part for (~. I>i.s.cus.s it with others.

'\·HAT IS A ST~·ARD.~

Tht' 'lSttaJ nlt"'a.ning is that of a man3.ge-T

or O\'~rSoC"C"r of another's proJX""rty. The renter of a laTg(" f arm toda~' is in a similar (")OSItion. H~ hi~s men and Wi'OriLc;. the land of anothc-r. the landlord. .-\11 the returns f rom his labors are not his o,,-n, The landtoni's intere-sts must be C"Onsidc-red through sen·ic-e. pnxiuc1S. or rnon~·. He must ~de-r an aC"COunt of his st~~"ards.hip and pa~' his r~nt.

\\'hMl Wi~(" stop to think. all that U~f! ba,'1!, e-\~e'n our li\-~. C"OtllC' from GoOd. \V~ ~

the nlaIlag~rs of a portion of his propert)·_ All the- rc-turns from our work ~ not our o\\·n. The la.ndloni"s interests must be considered. through sen;ce.. products. o·r money_ \Ve ought to rende-r an 3cc-ount of Ollr ste~"ardshjp and pay our rent.

\\. HAT rs MOSEY!

~{ost accounts are paid nowadays with mone-y. But money is onty a conveni~t means 0 f exchanging ~rvia"S.. I f I work for my neighbor a day. and he works for me a day. we can exchange services without mon~. Or jf I exchange chickenS that I have raised for a coop that my neigh-


bor made, we have exchanged services without money" Or if I wish to change with a man who lives in California and raises oranges, we can not do it that way. I can not conveniently ship chickens to hinl to get his oranges. I work in vVisconsin and receive money representing so much work. I exchange that money for oranges. The man in California exchanges that money for chickens raised near by. We have exchanged services by means 0 f money.

HOW PAY RENT TO GOD

We may give to God his portion of our services in different ways. At home we may give him of our service through the work of the church. But if I want to pay my rent to God through service in South America or China and can not go mysel f, I can work here in office, shop, or field and exchange my service here for that of some missionary there, through the medium of money, and part of my 1ahor here becomes work for God in a distant land. The same method is convenient in our own land and in our home church, so stewardship usually brings to mind the question of money.

Think of the work that could be done at home and abroad if every Christian practiced stewardship toward God. We are sadly in need of workers in mission fields, but we need far more consecrated stewards.

GET ACQUAIN·TED Robert Radford,

41 Stanley Bldgs., Pan eras Road,

London, N. W. 1, England.

DEAR FRIEND:

Pastor Randolph received your letter and the intermediates are going to answer it.

In our Sabbath school class we have about fourteen young folks-three boys and eleven girls. Our teacher, Mrs. L. C. Shaw, and her husband were in Europe on a trip this summer. It was not possible for them to be at your church on Sabbath day, but they saw it and delivered a greeting from our church. We have contests in our Sabbath school class, dividing our class into two equal sides. We give a certain number

of points for reading the Bible verses, studying the lesson, and being present. At the end of a period of three or four months the side which has the least points gives the other side a party.

La...c;t Sunday evening Mrs. Shaw gave us a party at her home. She imitated on a small scale her trip over on the hoat. \Ve had our passports. and in them we had to put our picture and description. She served refreshments in English style.

In Sabhath school we use the Helpi1Jg Hand, which is published in Plainfield. N. J. In today's lesson we are studying "Paul writes to his f rienc1s in Corinth." 1 Corinthians 1 : 10-13; 3: 5-11 ; and 3: 21-23.

I hope we may hear from YOll again soon. Respect fully.

E L:\lI ~ A 11 C \ V ILL I AM. k[ il ton, J V is. ,

Scptnnber 15. 1928.

ADDRESSES

Sara Davis. 161 Champion Street, Battle Creek, 11 ich.

Eln1ina 11c\\"i11ian1. 1\lilton Junction. \Vis.

Geraldine Thorngate. 149 Cburch Street. Albert Town. Georgetown. British Guiana, s. A.

Duane Hurley, 1985 Park Avenue, Riverside. Cali f.

Addresses given on this page from time to tinle are for intermediates to write to. They are only suggestive, however. Letters to other intennediates. if sent to the superintendent for publication on this page. wil1 count on the contest. (See RECORDER, Septenlher 17, page 380.)

THE nus TEES' MEETING [Dr. B. F. Johanson, president of the

Young People's Board. is also our trustee of the International Society of Christian Endeavor. He could not attend the meeting this year and Rev. William 1\1. Simpson was asked to attend as his proxy. The following interesting items are taken fronl his report to Doctor] ohanson.-R. c. B.]

I t is a pleasure to report concerning my trip to Boston as your proxy at the meeting of the Trustees of the International Society of Christian Endeavor" I want to thank you for the opportunity to meet those con-


secrated men, and be associated with them. although there \vas scarcely anything that I could contribute to the meeting.

Friday morning I looked about in the Christian Endeavor building for the first tinle. The one thing that impressed me was the manner in which the very spirit of Christian Endeavor is built right into that building. A fter the trustees' meeting ~1 r. Shartle took a group of us f ronl basement to the roof. and showe-d us the rnany things of interest in the building. and from the top of the building pointed out many interesting places in the city of Boston and surrounding places.

In the trustees' nle-eting I w-as glad to recognize several whom I had se-en at conventions and rallies-Poling. Anderson, Cates, Foulkes. \Vells, Sherwood, and last of all. r..1 rs. Francis E. Clark. who came a little late and chose a seat on my Jeft. ()f

course, I felt that I had a very great opportunity-to sit by 1\lother Clark in a trustees' meeting. 1\1 r. Sherwood had been in our horne at Alfred Station, and had conducted rallies at several near-by places.

The points that I noticed in Secretary Gates' report are items with which you are doubtless familiar: ( I) The change of nanle to .. I nterna tional Society . . ." (2) The favor which the "Crusade with Christ" campaign has nlet among the different denonlinations. the International Council of Religious Education, etc. (3) The literature, cuts, etc .. which the society has for use of other publishers. (-+) The Claristiall F.1.d ('m'or II' arid is now owned by the I ntenlational Society. (5) The International Society counts itself a "service station"' ready to give aid to young people in several ways: particularly now in other topic helps beside~ those in the ChristialJ E"dea~oo,.. If' orld, in vocational guidance, and in personal advice in special problenls. (6) The co-operation of the International Society with the International Council of Religious Education, the Y. 11. C. A., the Y. \\". C. A., the Boy Scouts, etc,. to preyent overlapping of programs and make the religious 11 fe of youth a unit.

Several others brought typed copies of their reports, and I am mailing these to you: Financial StateJllents of ShartJe and Hamilton; C It.ri.sti4.n Endeavor Warid fi.n-

anciaJ account: the Craigie 1!.Iemorial Fund: the Report of the Publishing Depa.r1nlent; and Program and Goals of the Pennsyl'\"-ania Christian Endea,\·or l....i nion ,

C. C. HaIniiton called special at1ention tot he In t ernationaJ Society's tra ,'"d bu reau. Kodak club. and library"

St.anley \"andersall spoke for the Otri5-t ian \T ocations Department under five heads: (I) Colleges and Serrtinaries.. (2) Library on \"ocat-ional Guidance, (3) Public Co~ ferenc-es at Con'\+entions an~ l.."Tnions. (4) Personal Conferences. and (5) Loife-\\'ork Recruits.

The nlenlOriaJ window for Doctor Oa rk in the \\'illiston church at Portland. l\ie-, is to be t he property 0 f the International Societ~·. ~f rs. Clark is ha'\;ng a better picture of Doctor Clark painted to take the place of the one 'which hangs in the assemhly room in the Christian Endeavor build-. lng.

A her the fornul business reports W'ere g-i\"en. J\frs. Clark ,,~ called for. but spoke only brieRy. It was about the groups in nlan ,. lands 50 dear t a her heart. where she and 'Doctor Clark ha,·e held c-on'-entlons,

President Poling·s report came last. and was more a devotional sen;ce than a business r-eport. I can not report on iL I renlenlber he enlphasized the value of the tra'\"el bureau. out of his experience of hringing his 0~11 young people horne from Europe on a recent trip under circumsbnces that brought sadness to a father's heart. I)octor P~ling also paid a high tribute of love and re-spect to !\{ rs. Clark. telling her how "we '\-ery much nC'ed you with your special k-nowledge of those endea'\"orers in foreign lands."

GOD CA..I...lS Us, SHALL WE CALL TO BJM? (Pap(."r pr(."psr~ for the yoone p~ple·. hour at

the Southwe-.atern AAaoc-i&tlon by Mre.. AngeUne All~n)

"C.all unto nle and I will ans'wer thee. and shew thee great and might)" things. which thou kllowest not.·· Jeremiah 33: 3,

God is not far from eyery one of us. He kno\\~s about our prosperity and about our ad versi ty " Even our very thtI:J.ghts are knOllWLl to him. "W"ben W'e are glad and \lathen we are sad, he knows all about it.


The Lord remembered Jeremiah in prIson. Zedekiah, king of Judah, had shut him up because he did not like the words which Jeremiah spoke. I t was not very pleasant to be told that Jerusalem should be taken by the king of Babylon, and that Zedekiah himself should be taken captive. Jeremiah 22: 2-5.

People in all times and in all countries have objected to hearing about troubles and misfortunes which might befall them. People in these days do not want to hear about the penalty of sin. They desire to be told that they are all right. \ Ve would gladly do this if we dared, but God does not call his sons and daughters into his service to feed the people taffy, but to warn of the dangers of wrong doing; to preach of righteousness and judgment to come; to tell of God's love and saving grace to the sincerely penitent. As the surgeons in the hospital sometimes must use the kni fe to get rid of corruption, that healing and health may come, so the prophet of God sometimes must say things which are not pleasant for the human ear to hear, lest the people perish for lack of knowledge.

The world is seeking ease and pleasure. Paul prophesied, nearly two thousand years ago: "The time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fahles." 2 Tinlothy 4: 3, 4.

The word of the Lord came unto J eremiah in the court of the prison, telling hinl to buy a certain field in Anathoth, of his cousin, Hanamell. He purchased the land, and got the writing which proved it to be his-as we say in these days, the deed,and placed it in an earthern vessel, as the Lord directed, where it was to remain many days. "For thus saith the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel: Houses and fields and vineyards shall be possessed again in this land."

Then Jeremiah prayed the prayer as given in the thirty-second chapter, seventeenth to twenty-fifth verses. And God answered, verses 26 to 44.

Because of Israel's sins and backslidings she had to suffer. Many lives were lost and

her country made desolate. Oh, how mULh suffering we bring upon ourselves by sin! But the Lord gave Israel another chance. "The word of the Lord came unto Jeremiah the second time while he was yet shut up in the court of the prison. giving the message of the thirty-third chapter, secend, to ninth verses.

Great prosperity, joy. and gladness were pronlised, verses 15, 16. "The Lord our Righteousness is his name." \Ve have no righteousness ourselves. No hunlan being can be perfect as God is perfect. but if we accept Christ as our Savior, his righteousness shall avail for us.

How many. nlany tinles down through the ages has God spoken to his children in prison, and revealed things to them which they never would have known if they had had their liberty, and been actively engaged in the world's tasks! Paul heard God's voice, and wrote wonderful things which will last forever. John. while banished on the Isle of PatI1l0S, wrote the wonderful hook of Revelation. John Bunyan in Bedford Prison wrote the Pilgrim's Progress. which has helped thoUScc'l!Hls on in the Christian life.

Today God calls to you and to nle: "Call unto me and I will answer thee and shew thee great and hidden things which thou knowest not "-great and nlighty things. He is waiting to reveal great truths to us, and to guide us in using thenl to help other lives.

Though our faith .may he weak. and we may be almost discouraged because of our own failures or the sins of those ahout lb.

yet he says. "Call upon me and I will answer thee." Our God never fails. His promises are yea and amen. He will bring about what he says. I f we do not get an answer to our prayers, or if we fail to get a blessing, it is our own fault. There is something wrong in our hearts.

If we call upon God to give us wisdom and to help us understand the Scriptures he will do so. We shalt behold wonderful things which we know not. I f we ask him. "Lord, what wilt thou have me to do?" He will make our work known to us.

I f there is one here in the prison-house of sin, of doubt, of fear, in darkness-away from God-won't you call upon him

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now? That is Ollr hea\"f~nly Father's plan. that we should call upon him. Then he will answer.. "-

.. Ask, and it shall he giyen you: seek. and ye shall find; knock. and it shall he opened unto you. For cvcry onc that asketh receivelh; and he that seeketh findeth: and to hin1 that knocketh it shall be opened." Luke 11: 9. 10.

"They that call upon the nalllC of thc Lord silall be savcd."

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sounrwESTERN ASSOCIA noN H a". 1110 1U/, La. , A II !I'lst 16- 1 9

]l·A!'OITA CRASOALL

\\-edncsday noon the "l-IanlnloIHlites" were dc1ight~ed on the arrival of the first car load, those f ronl Little Prairie. who were COIning for the association. ()ne hy one thc cars drovc in. SOUle conling ironl Fouke. sonlC froln (;entry, son1C arri\-inga fter dark. and others not until Thursday nlooling. \\'e missed the delegation fronl Edinhurg and \\;shed they nlight have heen \\~i thus.

Thursdav nlorning- the thirty-ninth annual sessi~n w-as called to order hy ~, 00<1-erator Ellis R. l..e\\~is. \\·e enjoyed havinR the 1\1 ilton College Quartet, which rendered special nunlhers throughout the entire session. with us again. Following the wdconle hy Rev. L. n. Seager of the Han1-mond Church. Rev. John F. Randolph. of !\Iilton Junction. del~gate froln the l'orthwestern .~_<;socia t ion. ga ye the reSIXlrlSe. Thc key note address WaS given by Rev. R. J, Sev~rancc of the Fouke Church.

'rhursdav afternoon follow'ing thc hu.;;iness. Past(;r C. C. \·an l-Iorn of the Little Prairie Church ga\'e thc sennon.

At the evening nl<.~ting the Littlc Prairie ()uartf*t rendered a special sel~tion. Pasi';>r Van Hprn has been very faithful in developing the musical' talent of his little hand. Rev. Hurley \Varren. delegate f~nl the Eastern, Central. and \\"estern assoCIations delivered the sennon of the evening. , - . Rev. L. D. Seager conducted a yery 1111-

pressive testimony meeting. Friday nlon1ing. after the business meet

ing. the Milton College Quartet gave another of those good selections. Secretary \V. L. Burdick and Jolm F. Randolph

spoke of the work of the .... \meric:a.n Sabbath Tract Society. The sermon of the morning was by Re,'. L D. Seager. .

The aftenloon meeting was the woman s hour. which was carefully planned and led by ~1 rs. L. I). Seager. The program was n;ade up of papers ~arranged by the women of the societies. and of special mu-c;ical numbers. Following this part of the program. Rev. J. F. Randolph ga,'e a talk on Conf«ence. speaking nlostl~' of the young people's work. Secretary \\·n1. L. Burdick spoke of the work in China as discussed at Conference.

()n the e\'(~'nil1!! of the Sahbath~ a good crowd gathered for vesper ~n;~ The scrnlOIl was by Rev. John F. Randolph_

Sahbath nlOnling the s.eats ,,-'-ere filled by a congregation ~r to hear the message which Secretary \\'iIllarn L. Burdick had in stare for them. He spoke on "·The Purpose of C.'lristian Ahssions:"

Follo\\·ing the church ser.;c-e. the Sahhath school convened. 1\1 rs. Po~~I1 of the Hanlmond Church had chaT'J!e.

Sabbath afte-rnoon the young people bad charge of the nlt"etinR. l\farion Van Horn ,,-as ]ea(~er. E..ach s.oc-iet y had ~me part on the progTaJll. either a Pa~r Dr a musi~ nUJllber. Secretarv \\. ilhaJll L. Burdick gd\'e a very inter~s.tin~ talk on "Young Peop!e of (hher Countrie~_··

(tn the e'.ening a her the Sahhalh. following the prayer and prais.e SCT'~C:' u-~ enjo\'("'(i a special nunlber hy the !\{lnlsters Quartet. coJnposed of RC"·. John F. Randolph. Re\,. L. D_ Seager. RC""o E. R. Lewis. and Pa.'tor C. C. Van Horn. The sennon was h\· Rev. HurlC')' \\·a.rren.

i·-ollo\\·ing tile sen;c-e. thc young people. ac-coJllpanied by e:s.corts. enjoyed a deligbtf ul SOC"iai hour at the ri .. -er. with a marshrnaJlo\\" roast. Sunda~orning Secretary Burdick gave

a very il~pre..<;;sj .. ·e talk on "':!\f iss)o~··-both haute and forcign. It seenled as tf we realized nlore than c'-er the great n~ of men for the ministry. \\llat are ~~ Seventh I)ay Baptists going to do about it?

At t~-o-thjrty Sunday afternoon an OT

dination sen~icc "'3.5 caIJed to order by Rev. L. D. S~r. chainnan. for 1M ~ of ordainiul! t""O deaconesses. Mrs. F. ~f . CarnpbeiI and AI!"'S. S. S. P~wdl. f or ~ Hammond Church. F oDowmg the t£:sb-


mony of the candidates and the vote of the council,s> Wardner Randolph of Fouke read the Scripture and offered prayer. The ordination sermon was delivered by Ellis R. Lewis. Consecrating prayer was offered by Secretary W. L. Burdick. The charge to the candidates by Rev. John F. Randolph was followed by the charge to the church by Rev. Hurley Warren. Right hand of fellowship and welcome were extended by Rev. R. J. Severance.

As Sunday night was the time set by the Ministerial Association of the Hammond churches to hold the union meeting in our house of worship, a large crowd gathered at eight o'clock for the last of our series of meetings. A chorus, "Garden of God," was sung by the young people of the various Seventh Day Baptist churches of the Southwestern Association. Secretary Burdick delivered a very insp1rIng sermon. "The Temple of Character" was his topic.

The thirty-ninth annual Southwestern Association adjourned to meet again with the Gentry Church at the call of the exeClltive committee.

We feel that we had some very good meetings and that everyone was inspired. and strengthened by the good that came from them.

ON OUR SHELVES Young People, how recently have you held

a study class? Wasn't it worth while? How about another one?

I remember one, of which I was a member, which met once a week, in the evening. Each member contributed something, at the suggestion of the committee which was in charge, and all had a good time together while a simple supper was ... progress. After this the leader took charge, and for an hour or so, the study class held the interest. We began early and closed early, so that people who were in school could study from eight o'clock on.

Another plan that might be used, is to have Christian Endeavor at a suitable hour Sabbath afternoon so that it may be followed by a study class which closes at sundown. From this you might go directly into a social, serving, instead of customary

refreshments. a light supper, followed by an evening of fun. The social would not necessarily be a weekly occurrence, but the study class should be held every week.

Or, hold your class Sunday evening, if this is more convenient. Pick your method to suit the conditions, but let's not neglect this fine way of keeping the crowd in touch with each other, and learning things which are valuable.

But you must have something to study. How about using our own "l\'Ianual for Bible Study" by Rev. \ \' alter Greene? It is designed especially for this type of work.

Each study has four sections: material for study. lesson for the class. teaching hints, and supplemental topics for discussion. There are forty-seven studies, and the book is divided into five parts. They are: The Bihle and Bible History, Bible Characters, The Teachings of Jesus. Fundamental Christian Doctrines, and The Local Church and Denominational H iston'.

At the rate of one study a week, the course could be con1pleted in about a year, hut the assignments could be doubled.

This book could also be used for Sabbath school classes. and would n1ake a very interesting year's work.

The price is fifty cents, for over one hundred pages of splendid in,structive material. \Ve , .... ill he glad to send you one on approval.

BER!'iICE A. BREWER.

S 1 0 ! Va./ {" hu ng A'( . r"lf( r , Pl,(l.inficld~ 1\'. 1.

MY PRAYER

o God, I ask for just enough of life That I may smile, have wholesome joy all day In everything I do, see by the way As I go on my pathway; and though rife May be the searrh for gold, and strift" Confront the world; 0 give me power to say These are not mine.

I do not want too much #of life, my share Will be enough if I shall find 1vfy body and my soul in harmony With all the world, with love, mankind: That I may be inspired in things I see Along the way, to no great goodness blind.

-H mry T. P,..a~d.

CHILDREN'S PAGE !t!R.B. WALTER 1... GREENE. A....1IJDOVER.. N. T_

Contrlbutlnc Editor

THE PANSY A L J CE A:S:S E'1"TE LAR Ii: I S

\\·hich is the lo,-c-licst Ro .. ,.cr that gro\lis: Aster or lily or pure while ros.c? Srtapciragon yellow or hollyhock rC"d. S wC'Ct pc-a climbing ab(n~e my hc-.ad;' Oh. thc-\· arc bc-autiful. c-ach in its wa\·. Dearly "10,'C"d fric-nds of a summc-r·s da~·.

F:.ach in the heart of me holds a pl;;&C"t". But dc-arC'St of all. v,,·ith ilS ch~r:r id.C"t". I s the pan.5y thaI grows in a WC""(". round t~. Purple or yellow or d~p. drc-p rC"d. Ho~e like the suns.c-l or slln'r~' \Ii hite. Blue as the sL}" and as shinin,g bri~ht

Crinkled and sh;ukd or bLotched or plain. \\. armed b,· the sunshine- and \Ii;}.shc-d b\· Ihe- ram Each in t};C' summC'f·time- brings to mC" Happicst thouli:hts dnd a \liish to he He-ad" to share- \liith the- passin~ thron$t -Cour~ge and hope and a bit of c;.on~

.-J .rJuttLIo)". R. I

A. TEST OF MEIIOIll' DEAR eU ILDRES :

.. \ stan· is told that sOlne literary mC'n . -were gathered in an English taveorn. C}ne of thenl renlarke-<i that a waitC'r tht"re had a remarkable n1enlory, and could rc-peat anyI hing he had he-ani- once. The Jneon dC"Cidc"d to test his ahility. so theoy Jnade up a paragraph of nonseonsc. which is aht ... ays hardC'r to ren1eJnber than sense. This is what they told hin1:

:\ ~ir1 ..... ·ent out into the g-ardc-n to cut a cahba.ge ka f to rnake an apple-pie ....... hc'11 a she-bear ("llJning up the H:l3d popped his head Jr1: .. \\'hat, no soap?" \\"hC'n:--.at the hrirl very inlprude-ntly nl.arrie-d the ~r. and at the wedding the hohlillit""s and joblillies and garulillit""s. and the gre-.at Grand Panjandrunl himsd f. u~ith the little round hutton at the top. a.ll playe-cJ Cdtch-as-catchcan until the gunpowder all ran out of tht" heels of the boots!

The v.-aiter pronlptly rc-pe-ated this with no mistakes. Can you do as wcll?

From YOUT friend. hlARY A. STILLWAS.

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OUR. LE1TEIl EXQIAHGt

DF..AR ~f as. GR£ElI"£:

I t has been o'\~tt a Y'ear siner I .Tot~ to you. I am seven vdrs old now and ha ~ bc-en going to sch~l t~ weeks. I lik~ arithmetic be-st and h:n"'e rec~v~ a bund~ every time so far. The schoolhouse is j llSt acros.s f rom the churc-h so I cnm~ honle for lunch.. AI \' brother Kent likes to conle to meet D:le.. ' Af.a)u he can go to school next ,'"ear with me. Kent is going to ha\~e a binhda,' next Friday and Mama is going to nuke him a cake ~"ith 6,\"e pt-etty candles. lie doesn't like our little puppy "Chum" bc-Cdl1S(' "Chum·' likr-..s to play and bite his legs.

Tht" niC't"St of all is m~' baby brotht""T. Pa uJ Brice. lk watches Kent and me play. and laughs a.1 us and says "'da-da-da..~· just a.s loud as he can.

\ \. t" had lots of fun this summer when n1 y A un t :M alc-la and Li nde Gle:a.son '\;'sitai us. Thc-y li ,,"e in C.a1i f ornia and that is w hC'"rt"' 1 \1i"an I ( 0 I i '\~(" .

I like to li'\+e hc-T"e in the country because we h,a,'"t' :. big ~-ard to play in and go on nl·C'e walks to Stony ~

S i nC'C'"rd y )"OUT small friend. {,.DilEN GLEN N Os.BOJ1N.

r iTO'Ul. .\'. }' '.

S rp,{"W!Sbrr- 22. 1 Q..?8.

I)F..AR LDREN:

Jt.1 \. ~ but I was glad to ~t your '\¥C-T)'

good' le1tt""T. It has been quite a nurtlbt""I of \1i""C"C' ks si flee I ha \-e heard f rom an,~ 0 f tixchildren and I was beginning to ':onder Ii ,+ou had all forsak.-nt~. Of c-ourse some ~f OUT It.-ind grown-up friends h:nre bern sending splt'ndid stories. Idttrs and poems u'hich we ha'\~ all nljoyed .• but ~ want to he-ar f rom ,~ children. loo. \\7 e gs ownups an- ", .. iliing ~o do OUT part~ but ~ are glad. LDrnl. that you Sbnd re3dy to do '"ours. I do hope the other children will take to heart the linJe loc:ture J am giving t hMll •• O\'""e"f" your shoulders. ... · Ask mother w hal I mean b,· this saying.

Elt""rulor. too.· .-as \~ much pleased wlth "our lene-r. Sht! often tAlk-50 abDut baby 'Paul and wishes she could gd bold of himShe has a ,\Try nice piaymalr this yar; a linJe nint" ,~r old nlec%... 'Cine Crouch. f rom Bal~ Gina) Zooe: ba.s ~ to

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spend a year with us, and the two little girls have fine times together. Jeane is going to write a story for the Children's Page soon. She and Eleanor are out to Independence this afternoon helping Mr. Greene and Claire gather apples. Don't you wish you could help, too?

Sincerely your friend, - MIZPAH S. GREENE.

THE MAN WHO SWAllOWED HIMSELF REV. AHVA J, C. BOND

(Sermon to the boys and girls, Plainfield, N. J., September 15, 1928)

Text: The lips of a fool 'will Slt·allo7.v up himself.-Ecclesiastes 10: 12.

Did you ever hear it said of a certain person that he was all mouth? I have heard that expression used in two different ways, and with two different meanings. \Vhetl one has a very large mouth sometimes we say, "He is all mouth." When such a person laughs he may be told that his moutll is so big that you can't see his face. All this, of course, n1ay be in fun. To have a big mouth in that sense is nothing to be ashamed of at all.

Then sometimes one talks so mnch that people say of him, "He is all mouth." That may not be so bad either. I f one talks too much he may be annoying and tiresome, but he may not be bad,

You may not have known that the Bible speaks of a man who can swallow himself. That would be quite a clever trick I should think, for one to begin at his toes and swallow himself until there would be nothing left but his mouth. But the Bible doesn't speak of him as being clever, The Bible calls him a fool. I wonder just what kind of a man the Bible was describing? I think I can guess, can't you?

We all know boys and girls 'who brag. They are always telling what wonderful things they can do, and how well they can do everything. You have seen the boy who, to hear him tell it, can jump higher or run faster or throw farther than anv .. other boy. And you have seen the girl who has more dresses at home, and prettier dresses than any other girl. They are always bragging. I heard once of a boy who was telling a neighbor boy that they had lightning rods on their house. This other boy was a great bragger, and did not want

to be outdone, so he replied, "That's nothing, we have a nlortgage on our house:' People say of stich boys and girls, "They're all talk." Their mouths have swallowed them up, and people think of ·them as aJI mouth.

"The lips of a fool will swallow up hirllself."

I am very sorry that there are boys and girls who say unkind things alh)ut others. Nobody likes such people, and nobody trusts thenl. I f they talk to you about others, you know they will talk about you to others. You do not want thenl for your friends. You don't want to walk with then1 to school, for they will he telling son1cthing about sonleone else. Then if they can get you to say son1ething unkind about the one they are talking about, they will run and tell that other hoy or girl what you said. They may have sonle very attractive ways, hut their Ipouths have swallowed thenl up, \-ou lose sight of everything else, and can see nothing but their unkind nlOuths.

"The lips of a fool will swallow up hin1-sel f."

I am afraid also that we all know SOllle boys and girls who tell things that are not true. ~y tell stories, and no one likes a story tener. A liar's mouth Inay look straight enough, but he n1l1st be all twisted inside, for what he sa.)'s con1es out all crooked.

I have taken nly text f ron1 the tenth chapter of Ecclesiastes, and the twel fth verse, hut I have given you only half the verse. "The lips of a f nol will swallow up himsel f." But the verse says son1ething about a wise n1aIl, and that nlakes pleasanter reading.

"The words of a wise man's mouth are . " graCIOUS.

I am sure all my Plainficld boys and girls want to grow up to be wise men and women, whose mouths speak graciou:i words. Then you should be careful how you speak, and what you say. Be modest. Do not brag ahout what you can do. Learn to do things \yell. and _ people will find it out without your telling thenl. Then the~' will think all the more of you. Speak kindly of others, and always tell the truth.

uThe 7.l..JOrds of a u,z"se 11W:'" S f1wu.lh OTt'

gracious; but the lips of a fool u,.~l1 S'C£tCJilo-w up hi'1nSelf."

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OUR PULPIT . L.ord. and to the' hou~ of ttl... C,od of J :ie-oh: and h~ \t.~ln l-e:3ch us of his ways.. and Vi'l: mU ",-aJk in his JUths: fOT ~ bw shall go fonh of Zion. and th~ \It-ord of l~ Inrd fronl Jc-rusalnn:"

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TilE l..o!u)'s l'RAYE.lt.

HESPOSSI\·F. RE.\DJSC -P~,hllS 113 and 1 17.

lIY'\,~--Hail to thc hri~htne ... 't of Z!on'So glad fllorninJ,!.

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and ~1 icah, chapter four. I'RAYER.

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}{Y!lls-Th(""-..e thil1~"" .... h .. "lll h("~ a loftier race.

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.. But in the last days it shall COftl(" (0

P.lS-S. that the (11ountain of the hOll!'-e of theI _ord shall be cstablished in the top of the rllountains, and it shall be cxalted al)(n~c rhc hills; and people shall How wHo it. And rnany nations !'-hall CoolC" and sa~·. Corne. .and let us ~o up to the nlountai:n of lht:"

I ( has. SoC"C"fllc-d ! 0 me thd t cyc-ry ~ church in all the ",·odd s.hould u.kc scxnt'

action in fC'"C'O~ition of lIi-h:u look pia.cc n.o·(,,(",fltiy in Pans. 1 fu\"C' nol.C"C"d that ~ C U llf,! rq;.ll ion So I f1 E.nJ;!l.and tu \"'C rnt"'l logdha

f or a ~pc"ClaJ ~n-tC'e of lhank~';QI;! tn

,; ~w 0 i l he ~~; 7lJ! 0 i 'Aiul we call dlC "dlu!!~ PC'2CC' 1~C1.

\, . (" r(" f ~r t (l t h(" JU.~ Sd.J!'"C"~ lIi~h ich "'.(" n-.ad thi ... rnnnHn~. Is-aiah. tht:" ~d du.pt~. :1. ll( ~ t h(" f <,u n h ch;t ~l ('"j 0 f !\~ lc.:Ut. lx-c.au..~

it ..... C"C"nb ~ u rnt:" ( ha! '\liT ha '\'c curnt" i nfu A

i ul 11 I hllnll of !hNo.(" Sc-riptu~ 11'3 a ...-ay that ha.. nn'~r l~ f n:lt:" bc-f On:' in tht' bi~un' of th(' <.. lH'-i~H:Ul (1uu<."h. Tht"S(' prophd!o p;('11!f"C"'(~ J eruS:iJC"f11 as ~ln Ing C'~t:ro.. Ii hcl up ;d.n,·c (he rnoullt::U!l.s.. it'! which ""'&S sit· uatNI the lMllplC' of the' God of aU nation,,-_

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Jerusalem is to be the seat of justice for aU mankind, to which all can come and learn the law of God and receive his judgments.

Isaiah and Micah are not the only reformers who have been content at the end of life to have advanced by an inch a few people, when in the beginning they had expected immediately to lift the whole earth. Those who have advanced the interests of mankind, who have been instrumental in bringing about progress in the human race, have been men who have dreamed of doing the impossible. Isaiah had this beautiful idealistic vision, but immediately, in that same chapter, following this wonderfully inspiring picture we learn that he looked down into the city of Jerusalem as it really was in his day and predicted continued war in the immediate future.

Micah may have had some further insight, because we find the prophecy of Micah contains not only this passage but that other verse which I read in the following chapter, for I continued two verses into the fifth chapter.

"But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, which art little to be among the thousands of Judah, out of thee shall one come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth are from of old, from everlasting." - Throughout the Christian centuries this Scripture has been interpreted as referring to the coming of Jesus. In the coming 0 f the Prince of Peace the prophecies of Isaiah and of Micah concerning world peace were fulfilled potentially, in spite of the fact that war still stalks the earth, and threatens civilization itself.

One wonders if we are in this wonderf ul age, in this period of expansion in every direction, in this generation accused of being materialistic, and by many evidences proving true to that estimate-one wonders if we are, after all, witnessing in our day the fulfillment of this prophecy concernIng peace.

Unobserved and quiet influences have been going on in this movement. Some of us have known about some of the steps which have been taken within the last year or two looking toward some understanding among the nations. M. Briand of France first made his proposition to the Americart people and nQt to the American gOV?Tnment

-his proposal being that the two nations make a compact never to go to war with each other.

The Christian churches brought to bear through the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America the influences of organized Christianity for the purpose of encouraging our Secretary of State to take favorable action concerning this proposal. It was a small meeting, but an interesting one, which about a year and a hal f ago took steps in N ew York City toward encouraging our government to take favorable action with reference to the outlawry of ,var in conjunction with all other nations. not confining it to France. A few nlen visited Secretary Kellogg a year ago to give him the encouragement and the hacking of the Protestant churches of America through the Federal CounciL It was my privilege to be in the meeting in New York. and to be one of those to present this matter to the Secretary of State in \Vashington. It was a wonderful experience. I will not say that it is the influence of the representatives of the churches alone that has brought about the signing of this compact. However representatives of the churches not only visited ~lr. Kellogg, but called upon President Coolidge, and we were given assurances that this bilateral propos.cIJ by 1\1 r. Briand as between France and the United States, expanded by Secretary Kellogg to include all nations. would recei ve the support of the administration.

And now Secretary Kellogg together with representatives of fourteen other nations of the world has signed this pact outlawing war, and they have invited all other nations to do likewise. Some of these have signed since, and others have expressed their desire to do so. I n order that you may know what has taken place I am going to read the three articles of this agreement.

ARTICLE I

The High Contracting Parties solemnly declare in the names of their respective peoples that they condemn recourse to war for the solution of international controversies. and renounce it as an instrument of national policy in their relations with one another.

ARTICLE II

The High Contracting Parties agree that the settlement or solution of all disputes or conRicts of whatever nature or of whatever origin they may be, which may arise among them, shall never ~ sou~t excq>t by pacific; ~S.

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AJrTlCL£ nl The present tre-aty shall be ~lihcd b,- the High

Contracting Part;c-s n:&m«i in the- pre-zunbk in acconhncc \Ii·ilh the-ir respc-c1i'~e cnru;1 illl! iorut.l rcquirnncnt5. and ~aJl t:aJ.u:o d¥C-CI .s bC"'ha'"C"'("fl them as ~n as all the-ir ~T-raJ instrUfnC"nts of rOllific.alion shall tuvC' bc-cn dC"flOS-itrd at \\-.~hulJ:· Ion.

I f there SC"eTllS to be s.on'K" anlhi~lity in the first article of the tre-at) .. there c-a;1 be no douht as to the m(",:tnin~ of the- ~nd. E\"er~" C'itiz~n of :\merica ~hould hc LUl1iliar with it. and e-ve-rv s.chool 1.0'- and J!id ~hO'uld learn it bv h~rt. . .

I have indicatc-d a .. th~ Ihl'"'flle- th! ... f1')('lrning-. ":\n Affinnativ~ Attitude- Tnw'3rd J>~ac('." and for the first tirne in thc hi .. lor,· of Anlerica or of the world. n1anv nation~. including ollr 0\\-11. have actu.alh-' takC"'n an affinnative attitude tO~d.rd pc-ac~. and h .. "I\"e

ruled war out as a national polic~-_

'The-re is nO' douht but that tht""rc will he a great dt-'al of dis,Clls,sion of this trc-at~·. e~pe'cially in the l"nitc"d ~tat~s Senate. hcfore which the evnlpaC't rllust ("Ollle for ratifiC'ation. The attitude- take-n by Se-Cf'Ctary Kellogg ~nCOl1ra~C"s us to hope- for favorable action in thc Sen.ate. } Ie has a .. ke-·d that it he not fn.a<ie a foothall of p~"lrt~· politics. thus checking unv.drrantNi clailllS of m~nlhers of his O\\~n party. lie- is nuking good his intentions to kcep international questions out of party politics h~· rcrle-\\~in~ without the slightC"'st ch.c~J1ge the Hr~-an tr~aties as the-y c_-xpire-. thus J!"lnng duehonor to that great apostle of pc.-:aC"C" of the opposite party.

1\1 r. Kellogg. hinlsci f a f onllC'r Se-natnr. rnay be ahle to get quick and favorable act ion. since he knows how to prvcC"'C'<i v. .. it h that hod)". lie has consulted not onl~i v."jlh Chairnlall Borah of the foreign relations curnnliuec. but also \\~ith the rankinR mCfllher of the other political party on the COfll

fniUee. So this question now Sl""C"111S to havc l)C"'Cfl Ii f ted above part ies in Anlcrica_

Now the quc:stion is. what shall havc llC'Cn gained when the conlpaC1 has ~n ratified? ~ 0 one can tell its f ar-rt"'aching inlportauC'C" exact ly. I am sure. Nat ions who arc delC"rrn.ine(l to fight. find sonle \Ji'"ay. and will. I sUPJX>Soe; and yet the ad'\'"'aJlt4l,g1: \Ji·ill be '\""CT).

RTeat when these nations ha,\,c outla,,"C'd \\dr.

The one who has spoken against "'ar in the past. and who has ad,\"ocatro settling intcrnational disputes by some other method, has

t~ rnU~ 3 pacifisf. ",;111 th~ impiicaticm I hal he \I'"'aS 3 traitor to his cnun1n·. \\7ben \ld r has bt-c-Jl oulh \\"T'd thtn! will- ~ much to be- done ~-~. but from the matnent of tn.: rat ific:u ion of thiis compact if --iII be the rnihtaris,t flu! ".;n be In opposiz-ion to our J,:(I'-C"rnnlM1t:U polite)'. floes it lD('";3,D that wn.arc 10 s.cra.p inunC'diat~h' our arnn' and our n.a \'~' ? ~ 0 mor~ t tu,;1. and just "as faT as. it is tnJe of 3n~' othN c-ouot-ry+ signing. got it Vi-ill rnC2n that lhOSiC' who do ad,"'ocat~ J.:-a ce- and \I'ho dC'1loun~ _-:u-. and \ll-bo 0?J .l',,-(" a b fl;!C l"la ... ~-. c:a n not be- S'll~tu,.ed as l.n n~ (h ~1(1 ~ -;11 t () I h("' ~o'\-C"'rnrn(''Tn_

I ~raJ1t '-on lh:lt flus ;tC1;on n~a\· be faf' aht"".""l.d of Ih("' "-C"nliruc-nt 0f onr cou~tn-. hut fhi .. iact o!11~- inrhc:atc-s to m~' mind the fT'

"'pl.n ... !hll!l~· now upon thr- (hri~tia.n Church. ~urne- o{ us n("(""<1 ttn c-han~ OUT thou£bt \ll;th ~Tl(i to 'nt("'rna~i01ul T"t""i:!!'ions. \\.~ nc-ed I () h("' N'i neal t"""d up tot lUI poi nt no... tak""("'fl hy nUT Ilc-partJllC"'f1! of Statc. and it will nt"'r'd a ~("2t dt"'31 of ("',duc.at;on to bring us ail 'Up (0 that p(~nt.

l-h:H "\\-ar l .. thC' ~r("'.atC"'~! ("Onc-di,~{" sin of rn.;Ul k j ad·· GUl not he- de-'n iC""d , J trust that all of lIS ,"~ill f oUo",' ~i nIh- this nla.n~ous n)()'-M1ltC"'llt and that \Ii"'e- u;J] study it in the spl rit and va it h I he- hope- rc·yC"'.al~ in the g! ell

pn:'l'phC"'t <;,_ I..c-l us bbnr to rna.kc- tru~ in rC"'a}jt~- ·hat which \Ii"d.~ iulfillC"'d pot-eotially in Ihe- c-nfnin~ of '('"~us. Christ. l\f:a," the Chris-. . . Ilan';,. df Anlt""nc:a i'K"'C"X'ttlx- tlu;Sl-likc in thor a It i 1 ud c t ()""'3 rd aJl nt ht""r pt'"'OpoiC"'s. and rna ~. :\ rllcri ca. ll,3 ... in~ con"e- again into a posi6on of ~rc-at infiuc-nC'C' ;UllOIlJ! the- nations ef th~ \Ji~(lrld. he- ahlc to rnake J!ood on this 1!"rc'21 q H C"'S t jon t"llC"Cd t1 ~e- 50 he- has. t h~ support 0 f thet -hri ... tians. of .'\rnc-nca. 1ft bristians C4J1

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!\Iay it be s.o_ (~hdp us in .. \mmca t-o do our share" tow"ard nmking this C"OI1lfJ3rt c ff ('"'Ct i '"c I h r'Ou~hout t hc 'WOdd tn" culriv.a t -, ~ . in~ (o\l"'3ni all n1.ankind the s.pirit of thc l'r! nC"C" 0 f P C"'a C"C" •

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His grandsire, at his side, will make reply: "A sad, sad tale it is: there was a time When fathers sped their stalwart sons to kill On fields of battle, spurring them to die, I f need be, that some other sons in grime And gore might fall. A nation's mighty will, Its wealth and life, were spent that there might be Above one flag .emblazoned, 'Victory!' 'Twas long ag~you doubt my word, I see, But that's the tale my grandsire told to me."

-Thomas Curtis Clark.

AMERICAN SABBATH TRACT SOCIETY Treasurer's Receipts for July, 1928

General Fund Contributions:

Woman's Executive Huard ................. $ 500.00 Income from invested funds:

Mrs. H. Gillette Kenyon Gift ..... $ Seventh Day Baptist Metnorial Fund:

1.00

American Sabbath Tract Society Charity L. Burdick Bequest ... . Delos C. Burdick Bequest ..... . Delos C. Burdick farm ........ . Eugenia L. Babcock Bequest .. . E. K. and F. Burdick Fund ... . Geor~e R. Ba""cock Bequest ... . Harnet Burdick Bequest ...... . Mary E. Rich Fund ........... . Penelope R. Rarhert Bequest .. . Sarah P. POUer Bequest. ...... . Southampton Seventh Day Bap-

tist Parsonage Fund ........ .

Receipts from publications: "Recorder" ..................... $ "Helping Hand" ............... . "Junior Graded Lessons" ........ . "Intermediate Graded Lessons" ... . Outside publications ........... . Tract depository ............... . Calendars ..................... .

21.46 9.92

202.53 12.23

132.06 183.53

1,151.93 1.49

30.12 2861 27.40

1.73

176.52 193.04

18.45 9.55 5 . .3tO 7.25

.45

1,804.01

410.56 Contributions to special Sa""bath Promotion work:

W. M. Stillman, Plainfield, N. J............ 41.67 Refund account traveling expenses, young peo·

pIe's work ............................... 16.89

$ 2,773.13 Denominational Building Fund

Contributions ............................. . 397.00 ~faintenance Fund

Rent from publishing house ................ . 125.00

Total .................................... $ 3,295.13 Treasurer's Receipts for August. 1928

General Fund Contributions:

Onward Movement (July and August) ..... $' 99.69 Collections:

One-third collections, General Conference... 67.29 Recdpts from publications:

"Recorder" ..... , . " ........... $ 88.tl9 "Helping Hand" ................ 43.35 "Junior Graded Lessons"......... 1.35 Outside publications .............. .35 Tract depository ................ 12.50

146.24 Interest on daily bank balances.............. 11.00 Contributions to special SabJ.,ath Promotion work:

W. M. Stillman, Plainfield, N. J........... 41.67

$365.89 Denominational Building Fund

Contrihutions ..................... $ 16.00 Income:

Interest on. daily bank balances... 22.00 Interest on loan to publishing house

account cutting machine........ 11.25 Payment account loan to publishing

house, for cutting machine........ 300.00 349,2~

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Mainten.a~ Fund Rent from pu hlillhing hOu!J.c ......... $ 125.00 Into-est on daily bank balan~..... 3.96

lZS.96

Total .... _ .............................. $ 8-4-4.10 TreuurCll"'. Rccc:ipo (01" September, 192:8

~ncraJ Fund Contributions:

Onward MOVCfTlent ....................... $ Collections:

One-third COUectiOlU, Northwcstcrn Auoc:i· ation ................................. .

Income from invest~ funds: Lois Babcock B~ueat ............ $ Sarah Elizabeth Brand B~u"t .. . Martha I rish Burdick B~uC:St ... . S. Addine Crumh Fund ........ . Rosannah G r~n Rc-q uest ........ . Eliza James B~u~t ............ . Electra A. Potl~ R~U""5t ....... . George H. Ro~~ B .... ·qu~t ...... . Thomas FranCIS Trnlor ~IU(""5t .. Villa Ridge, Ill., Churc.h Fund ....

R~ceipt.5 from puhlications: "R.ecord=" ..................... $ .. Hdping Bano" ............... . Tract depository ............... . Outsidc publications ............ . .. Tunior Grad~ I.A$sons" ....... . "Int=m~iatc Graded ~5Qru" .. .

.J I

.Z4 2."5 4.78

.12 I.J5 ... 9

5.00 .08 .59

~J.l9 72.98 J 6.95

.95 16.:?"0

2.S5

Contrihuti('n~ to 5 lX"cia 1 Sahh.ath Prom~ion work:

12.5J

1 S . .&1

JSl.l2

\\". ~f. Stillman. I'lainflclrl. :-0. J........... .&167 Loan hom Dc.-nominational Building Fund.... J ,500 00

$ 2.065 3.& Dcnomin.oational BuildinR Fund

Contributions ..................... $ IO~.SO In,orne:

Interest, Plainfield S~lVing~ Blink.. Z.07

~rl1intt'"rulncc Fund Rent from puhlishing hous-c ................. . 125.00

Total ................................... $ 2.2"9".91

ACCIDENTAL DEATIIS INCR.E.A.S£ There were 95.500 deaths by accident

in this country in 1927, the National Safety Council estinlatt:'s. -rhis is an increase of four per cent over 1926. Of this nunlber nnh' one-fourth occurred in industrv; one-fifth "\vere the result of auto a-cci.dents. A uto deaths in 1927 shov..'ed an increase of 10 per cent over 1926. \Vhile the death rate for all acCIdents has decr-eased since 1911 bv over SC\'en per cent all the decrease occurrert prior to 1921; since then the death rate from acciden ts has increased steadil y.

According to the Council the railroad..; Inane a fine record la!'t vear. Only 91 . -passengers wen' killed, or nne for each 9,lOO,()(X) carried. This proportion is onesixth as large as tha~ of 20 years ago. Grade and railway crossing accidents, howe\'er, are increasing. In 1927 there were 2,371 fatalities at crossings, conlpared ~vjth 1,969 a decade ago.

..-The PalIJfnuier.

THE SABI!A 1"8 RECORDER S73

SABBATH SCHOOL HOSEA, W. ROOD. MYLT'ON. WlS.

CODt.rJbuUDS Editor

TRANsmON FItOII OIlI.DHOOD TO yount

I am taking something upon this subject from a littlc book, entitled TIl./!' R('iigiotl-S f:ducaJ;on of Adol('scnlls. In it Afargaret Slattery is quoted as describing a scene in a school where she had be-en teaching. Thtre is nluch in it ~~dl worth altention:

"She was a beautiful. wcll-<le'\~dopc-d girl of thirteen. Her bright. t"agC"r fac-c. with its changing expression. was a fascinat"ion at all times. It s.enned unusually C-.arnC"s;t

and serious that partiC'Ula.r nlorning as she stood ~~tiflg the opportunity to speak tn nle. She had a.sked to wait unt il the othc-rs had gone, and hc-r rnannc-r as s..hc hc:s.itatcd even then to speak nlade n1(.' ask, . Are you in trouble. Edith?'

.. 'Xo, not exactly troublC"-1 don't I..110W

whether ~"e ought to ask you. but all of us girls think-well. WC' \1it~i5h we could h:n+e a rnirror in the locker-room_ Couldn't w-e? It's dread f ul to go into school '\\·ithout knowing how your hair looks, or anything.'

"'I couldn't help laughing. Her manner w-as SO tragic that the mirror ~med tht' rnost important thing in the educational s~·st CU1 just then. I said I Yw~uld see what could be done about it, and felt sure that what 'all the girls' -wanted could be supplied. She thanked me heartily. and ""hen she entered her own room. nodded hc-r hc:ad in answer to inquiring glances f rom the other girls.

... -\5 I made note of the reque-st. I re-membered the Edith of a year or nlOre ago -Edith, 'whose mother found her a gy-e.3t trial; she didn't care how she looked! It was true. She wore her hat hanging down over her black braids. held on by the elastic hand aroWld her neck; she lost her ribbons continually. and never seemed to miss them. She was a good scholar. wide-awak~ alert. ahvays ready for the next thing. She loved to recite. and volunteered in formation generously. In games she was the leadu. and

on the playground ~ aI.ays tm3.nimous choitt for the C'Oveled "it" of tb~ ga.mr.. S~ was DeVf!r in th~ least sci f -a:mscious. and. as htt mother had said. how sb~ koked n~~r see:tned 10 occur to hrr.

.... -\nd now. she C2D.lr asking for a mirror! I-I"" hair ribbons are always PCSUIt. and h~r hat securcly fastened by hal-pins of ham~ed brass. Silt" spends it gODd deal of time in school "arnmging' htt bail'. Some1imes sJX"lling suff-ers. SOtTld:imes aIg?bra.. ~fore sbnding to recitr ~ ~fun y arrang"t"5 btt bdl. C ontra.ry~ tn ber pre,,;ous cu.st0l11.. she ra.rdy ,,~olunleers. although ha scholarshi p is "'~~ry good. I f unable to gl""'e the- corrn:1 anS15'l:""T. or when obhg-r"d to fa C'C' t he school. she blusht"5 painf lllh·. ()nc- d:n' rtt'rnth' when the cbss was- rc:ading . As- You L.i~ lt~· slx- sal with a dreamy look upon her swed f ~ far. far aw-ay frulll the e-jgbt-g-radc class classrOOfll ~ could not find hrr plan- when cille-d upon to rcld. and ahhough c-oniu.sed and ashamed lost it again in 6" .. c minu~.··

Tht' nlOtht'1" of Phillips Brooks out of ht"'f" 0"11 dt"C? ~xpt"rit":r1~ ..... rote about ht"'r boy:

··TIrrc- is an age .. ~hen it is not ",~d1 to f 0110"· Of" question your boy too cloSOC""j~· _ t:p tot hat t inlC \"'OU tnd. \1 care f ulh· instruct and dinx-t hiol-;-UU a.~ his best' i rie-nd: be is nevt'r happy unless thc story of thr dar has bc-e-n told: \-ou must bear abc>ut his f rtcnds.. his sch~l. _-\'1I t hat int~:s him nlust be your inl'C"~. Sudde·~tI~· thes;e cunfidences C'e'.3.SC: (he affectionate sun ~ resen~, silnlt: he ~ tht" iDlima.t~ f ricncbhi p 0 f oth("'r bds.; ht" g-<x:s out ~ be is a \-c-~ to Idling- •. h~ hc is going OT bow long he will lx- gone: he CO~ and goes sile-ntly to his room...

•.• -\.Jl t his is a st4.f1ling ~ to thenlotht"T. but it is al!'OO her opponunity to praC1tC'C' wisdom by lo~.-mg and praying for and absolutcly trusting he-r son. The faithf ul instruC1ion and careful training during his earh- \~.ars the son can not f orgel: that is impOsgble. Th~f~, trust not only ,"our he:n"e-nlv Father, but \'Our son. The . . . period of which I speak appe.ars to me 10

be the one in which- the boy dies and the man is born; his individuality rises up beror~ hinl and he is d3Z.ed. almost o~whelmed. by his first consc:iOtLCiOtles.s of him~l f . I have always beJi~ved that it was then that tM Creator was speaking with my

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sons, and that it was good for them to be left alone with him, while I, their mother, stood trembling, praying, and waiting, knowing that when the man was developed from the boy, I should have my sons again, and there would be a deeper sympathy than ever between us."

How much it should mean to every teacher and parent to be able to understand as nearly as practicable the nlysterious growth of body and soul in the early teens, and to be wise in the sympathetic training of such growth. It is indeed a holy relation.

Sabbath School Lesson VI-NoveDlber 10, 1928

PEACE AND GooD WILL AMONG MEN

Romans 12: 1-21

Golden Text: "Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with -good." Romans 12: 21.

DAILY READINGS

November ~neness In Christ. Romans 12: 1-8.

November 5--Christian Brotherliness. 12: 9-21.

Romans

November 6-Isaac the Peacemaker. Genesis 26: 23-33.

November 7-An Example of Forgiveness. Genesis 45: 1-11.

November 8--Reconciliation Behveen Brothers. Matthew 5: 21-26.

November 9-Universal Peace. Micah 4: 1-8. November 1000The Mind of the 1-faster. Philip

pians. 2: 5-11. (For Lesson Notes, see Helping H a"d)

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