GENERAL CHURCH PAPER OF THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS

Vol. 109

Takoma Park, Washington, D. C., March 17, 1932
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IT BRINGS NO LOSS,
BUT JOYS SO GREAT
EACH SAINT AWAIT
THAT WORLDLY GAIN
IS FALSE AND VAIN.
FEEBLE FLESH IS AS GRASS. ONE MORE DAY'S RISEN SUN
MIGHT SEE YOUR SPEEDY RACE OF THIS LIFE FULLY RUN.
WHAT PUNGENT GRIEF IF YOU FOR WORLD'S CHEAP RENOWN,
REFUSE NOW THIS CROSS, AND LOSE THE PRECIOUS CROWN.
SO GLORY IN THIS CROSS, AND IN ITS WONDROUS POWER.
COURAGE TO BEAR IS ALWAYS GIVEN IN EACH LONE HOUR,
FOR THE LORD WHO PROMISES, HIS PROMISE WILL FULFILL,
IF YOU BUT LEAN UPON HIM, AND LEARN TO DO HIS WILL.
YOUR SAVIOUR. BORE
THIS CROSS BEFORE,
AND CROWN OF GOLD
AND WEALTH UNTOLD
WAIT FOR EACH ONE
WHOSE RACE IS RUN,
IF BRAVE AND BOLD
THE CROSS HE HOLD.
LOOK UP TO HEAVEN,
EACH ONE IS GIVEN
STRENGTH HE NEEDS
FOR SOARING DEEDS.
SOON HE WILL COME
TO TAKE EACH HOME,
APART FROM WRONGS,
TO SING THE SONGS
OF LIFE AND PEACE
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0 PRAISE THE LORD.
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Revelation 13:13
Has the prophecy of Revelation 13:
13 been fulfilled? If so, when?

Some have suggested that Franklin's bringing down of electricity from
the clouds many years ago might have
been a fulfillment of this prophecy.
But with that suggestion we cannot
agree. Franklin's experiment was a
notable achievement for his day, but
certainly not a great wonder performed for the purpose of deceiving
any one.
To understand Revelation 13: 13 it
should be compared with Elijah's experience on Mt. Carmel, recorded in
1 Kings 18, which see. There, bringing down fire was a test of the true.
God. It would seem that Satan will
yet counterfeit that miracle in his
endeavor to secure the destruction of
God's commandment-keeping people.
Evidently the bringing down of fire,
as predicted in Revelation 13: 13, is
one of the "signs and lying wonders"
spoken of in 2 Thessalonians 2 : 9, one
of the "strong delusions" of verse 11,
which God permits for the purpose of
revealing to all the character and real
choice of those who prefer their own
ways to the path in which God would
have them walk.

Amos 8:9
Please explain Amos 8: 9. Does it
mean the close of probation where it
says the sun is to go down at noon?

It is thought by some that Amos 8:
9 is a prophecy of the dark day of
May 19, 1780. The twin expressions,
"cause the sun to go down at noon"
and "darken the earth in a clear day,"
run true to the Hebrew custom of restating a proposition in other words,
for emphasis in prose and also for
rhetorical beauty in poetry.

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How will the "beast" obtain control
of those who refuse to worship the
beast or his image, and to receive his
mark in their hand or forehead?

We do not understand that this text
should be limited to those who shall
yet be called upon to suffer for re-

fusing to worship the beast and his
image, but that it includes also those
who in past ages have been faithful
to God, even to the death. When the
image shall be in full flower, when, as
expressed in Revelation 13 : 3, "all the
world" shall wonder after the beast,
there will be no safety anywhere on
earth, for the enemies of the beast
will then be regarded as the enemies
of mankind, and the man who kills
any of them or who delivers them up
to the authorities, may think, as expressed in John 16: 2, "that he doeth
God service."
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If there is any good that the law does
not enjoin, any evil that it does not
forbid, then it is not a perfect law;
but Psalms 19 : 7 declares that "the
law of the Lard is perfect."
Further light is thrown upon the
great breadth of the law by Matthew
5: 17-22 and 27-32. In the first of
these scriptures it is shown that hatred
is a violation, of the sixth commandment, "Thou shalt not kill." In like
manner, as magnified by Christ, verses
27-32 forbid not only the immoral
act, but the impure thought as well.

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The Law and Sin
Paul says that he "had not known
sin, but by the law." Rom. 7: 7. And
John says that "sin is the transgression of the law." 1 John 3: 4. God
says that to keep His commandments
and to fear Him is the whole duty of
man. Eccl. 12: 13. Will you please
explain fully how the ten commandments cover all sin? For instance:
"I am purposed that my mouth shall
not transgress." Ps. 17: 3. Which of
the commandments cover that resolve
in every respect? I should like to
have each commandment explained.
How does all sin come under the ten
commandments?
We are told in Psalms 119: 96 that
God's "commandment is exceeding
broad." In 1 John 3: 4 we read that
"whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law : for sin is the
transgression of the law." This being
true, that law which is "exceeding
broad" embraces all moral obligation
and forbids all that is morally wrong.
On one occasion our Lord was
asked, "Which is the great commandment in the law ?" And Jesus answered, "Thou shalt love the Lord thy
God with all thy heart, and with all
thy soul, and with all thy mind. This
is the first and great commandment.
And the second is like unto it, Thou
shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
On these two commandments hang all
the law and the prophets." Matt. 22:
36-40.
It necessarily follows that anything
that is contrary to the will of God,
anything that has in it any element
of selfishness, that falls short of loving others as we love ourselves, is sin.

Rebaptism
Why should any one be rebaptized,
since from the beginning it was not
so?

Some are rebaptized because they
feel that when they were previously
baptized they had not been converted.
Some realize that either consciously
or unconsciously they wandered far
from God, so that they lost practically all connection with Him; and to
these it seems, that they should make
a new start, just as though they had
never been baptized. In all such
cases, rebaptism seems to be proper,
and is usually the wish of the candidate. But when there has been open
apostasy and conscious separation
from God, baptism may properly be
insisted upon las essential to church
membership.

Having Other Gods
Please explain what is meant by the
words of the first commandment,
"Thou shalt have no other gods before Me."

By this commandment "man is forbidden to give to any other person,
object, or desire first place in his affections or his service." Whatever
we cherish that tends to lessen our love
for the Creator or to interfere with
the service duo Him, becomes to us
another god. Thus appetite, passion,
love of ease, self-esteem, anything that
tends to separate us from Him who
made us, may be to us an object of
worship instead of the God who made
heaven and earth.

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The Recent Autumn Council Actions
Why This Extended Discussion?
The Editor Replies to a Layman
February 28, 1932.
DEAR BROTHER ---:
We have read your letter of recent
date -16th interest, and appreciate the
kind spirit in which it is written. We
are always glad to hear from the readers of the REVIEW regarding their
reaction to matter that goes out in the
paper.
You inquire why the REVIEW has
placed so much emphasis of late upon
the subject of Christian unity, and
whether there are conditions in the
field warranting this discussion. You
say you find some asking, "What is
this discussion all about ? Is there a
division in the denomination ? Is
some one rebelling, that we see the
REVIEW writing so much about unity ?"
Referring to the question of the readjustment of certain conference
boundaries; you say : "It has seemed
that a studied campaign has been
carried on to put this proposition
over." "It is too bad that the good
old REVIEW is being used for campaign purposes."
In the form of an open letter, for
the benefit of other inquirers, we will
attempt at this time to reply to the
general question which you have
raised. The REVIEW during the last
few weeks has entered upon no new
program or policy. While the paper
is not technically the official organ of
the General Conference, it is the general church paper of the denomination,
and through all the years has promoted General Conference plans and
policies. It has always been the custom of our General Conference officers
to speak to our people through its
pages as to plans which were adopted
and for which they were seeking to
secure co-operation. The editor of
the REVIEW has always seconded this
program. We do not know of a single
General Conference or Autumn Council through all the years of the past

but that the REVIEW undertook in the
weeks following to encourage our
brethren and sisters in the general
acceptance of plans which were
adopted. And this was true in the
experience of all our predecessors, as
we have observed in looking over past
numbers of the REVIEW from time to
time through the years.
As a single example of the practice
of the present editorial staff, we wish
to cite you to the evangelistic campaign adopted in the Autumn Council of 1930. We went so far as to open
a special department in the REVIEW
devoted to this, and have done our
best to encourage our people to enter
upon this enlarged field of activity.
Relation of the "Review" to the
Organization

We have done the same as relates
to the plans adopted at the recent
Autumn Council. We have in hand
several articles which will appear
soon, explaining the actions of the
Autumn Council relative to our
school situation. It seems to us that
it is not alone the privilege of the
REVIEW to do this, but its bounden
duty as well. It is not the personal
organ of any man, but the church
organ ; and as such it can have no
other objective than to give its support to every plan which will advance
the, interests of the organization it
represents.
The actions of the Autumn Council
relating to tenure of office and territorial changes of conferences, pertain
to the world field, and not to any
particular locality. The articles which
the REVIEW has published relative to
these questions have dealt with general principles covering the world
field. These Autumn Council actions
were unusual and world wide in their
application. For this reason they
needed special emphasis and elucidation in our church paper.

This has been done in the articles
written by Elders Watson, Shaw,
Evans, and Montgomery, officers of
the General Conference, also in the
symposium of twenty-four articles
written by the union and local conference presidents. It has been done
also in the editorials dealing with the
question of Christian unity.
And may we say that from only a
few, and that too from a restricted
area, have objections come to any of
the articles that have been published
in the REVIEW. That is a rather remarkable commentary, in our judgment, upon the situation. On the
other hand, we have received from the
general field very warm commendation of the discussion in dealing with
the recent Autumn Council actions.
Your letter conveys the impression
that the brethren generally in your
union questioned the wisdom of the
discussion. Letters recently received
from two leading workers in your conference strike quite a different note.
For your benefit we give these quotations. One writes as follows :
"After reading your article in the REVIEW in which you quote from a letter
from a union conference president with
whom I believe I am acquainted, I feel
that I must tell you of my appreciation
for what you expressed. I heartily agree
with every word of it, and think it most
timely. I believe the Lord greatly helped
you in the writing of that article. I
have been conscious of the fact that from
certain quarters you have been subject
to criticism for what you have written regarding the General Conference actions.
And I am more than pleased, knowing
that you have received some of these
criticisms, that you have been led to stand
courageously for some of the right principles of organization which are involved."
The other, also a worker, writes as
follows:
"We wish to express our approval and
appreciation of the clearness with which
the REVIEW is dealing with our duty in
the attitude which should be taken toward
the late Council recommendations. It

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would fail in its mission if it did not
clearly advise and warn. It was a powerful agent years ago in warning the people
against the resistance of D. M. Canright
and others to General Conference leadership. If it held its peace, as some are
suggesting,' it would fail in its mission.
Men who have long been in office seem
to feel that they have a personal claim
on the fields over which their brethren
have placed them for entirely different
purposes. For them to resist counsel or
to remain neutral in times like these, are
danger signs of open rebellion. Our
prayers are for you and the blessed
cause."
We have quoted from only two letters. Others have come from conference workers, elders, and lay brethren.
Your letter suggests that the articles in the REVIEW have stirred up
agitation in your particular field regarding the question. Doubtless they
have contributed to the discussion, in
that they have presented the positive
side of the situation. On the other
hand, the agitation was on in the
general field before any articles appeared in the REVIEW. And in some
sections it was largely a one-sided agitation,—against the recommendation
of the Autumn Council. In some local
conferences within a limited area
workers opposed to this action threw
their influence against the carrying
out of the recommendation, not alone
in their private contacts, but in their
pulpit utterances as well.
A Deplorable Form of Opposition
But this was not the most deplorable feature of the opposition. Before any article appeared in the REVIEW, there were being sent forth
into the field letters or documents of
various sorts, the effect of which was
to create doubt, distrust, and confusion. In the judgment of their recipients, these letters and documents
which are in circulation, call seriously
in question the honesty and integrity
of the General Conference Committee.
While they may not do this directly,
they do do it in a suggestive way.
Testimonies that were given to correct local conditions, strongly rebuking the exercise of kingly authority,
testimonies rebuking local conferences
for rushing measures hastily through
without proper consideration, are
taken by these documents, and applied, in the impression they convey,
to the General Conference, as though
these testimonies were primarily given
to the general organization. This is
done without reference to their historical setting or to conditions which
called them out at the time they were
given. The General Conference Committee is charged with being actuated
by personal and selfish considerations
in the measures adopted at the recent
Autumn Council. The readjustment
of conference territories, it is claimed,

is a reorganization opening the way
for the entrance into the church of the
omega of error against which we were
warned years ago.
Of course the utter fallacy of these
charges could be easily shown, but we
cannot take space to discuss them in
this connection. We might say in a
word, it takes a long stretch of the
imagination to see how some action
taken by an Autumn Council, by between two and three hundred leading
workers of the denomination, could
constitute the exercise of kingly
power. It is equally difficult to see
how the uniting of four union conferences with sister unions could
prove a menace in centralization. Indeed, the writings of the Spirit of
prophecy say much more about the
danger of centralization in the local
conference than in the General Conference.
Conference workers, church elders,
and lay brethren have written us
about these anonymous documents,
which have been sent out without signature, and mailed from various centers, for the purpose, it would appear,
of disguising their true origin. Their
circulation has not been confined to
a limited area, but has extended to
the general field. Quotations from
two letters will reveal the impressions
which they create in the minds of our
brethren. A worker in the Middle
West writes as follows:
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"This morning I received a four-page
document,—two pages is a quotation from
a tract on reorganization published by
the General Conference Committee in
May, 1906. The other two pages are
direct quotations from the Testimonies.
This document was mailed in --, and
no name was given as to who the
sender is. It is my opinion that the material was sent out to poison minds against
the reorganization plan that was adopted
at the Fall Council in Omaha. I have
read all the quotations, and I believe them.
I also believe in the recommendations
passed at the Council, and do not believe
that you violated any statement in the
Testimonies. I think the new plan of
organization is in harmony with these
quotations. I do not know what the object is in sending out this material. No
doubt, it is sent out all over the world.
I just want to give you this assurance,
that as far as our field is concerned, we
are heartily in favor of the Fall Council
actions."
From another conference worker
farther west comes this word :
"I am inclosing herewith four pages of
quotations and a few statements that are
not quotations. These were received in
a plain envelope postmarked at --,
--. There is no signature nor identifying name or references that would
indicate who is sending this material into
our field. At a time when we are trying
conscientiously to conserve means by reducing the number of men in administrative work, so that more will be left free
to do evangelistic work, it is a bit disturb-

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ing to have such statements as the one
appearing at the bottom of the first page,
circulated in our field."
No Personal Controversy With Brethren

We have no personal controversy
with the brethren who have done this
unfortunate work. If we knew who
they were, we would have gone to
them personally in an endeavor to
lead them to change their methods—
to be frank and open and aboveboard
in the opposition they felt they must
give to General Conference recommendations. We do not judge their motives ; God only can do this. But,
be their motives the highest and best,
the course they have taken has sowed
the seeds of doubt, suspicion, and criticism. With this fruit of even zealous
and well-meaning effort, we are in
duty bound to deal for the sake of
those who are unfortunately being
affected thereby.
Would you, our dear brother, take
the position, in view of this secret,
undermining propaganda that is gaing on, that our general church paper
has no duty to deal with the principles
of organization and the relation which
our churches should sustain to actions
of the General Conference ? It seems
to us that the REVIEW would be utterly recreant to its solemn and sacred
trust as a watchman on the walls of
Zion, if it did not set forth, for the
benefit of its readers, many of whom
have received these documents, the
true principles of organization which
should operate in the guidance of this
movement.
Surely there is need. of a call to
Christian unity.

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The Paramount Question

It is no longer a question merely of
uniting certain conferences. We recognize that there might be two sides
to this question. We know that some
brethren of noble spirit, of loyalty,
and of consecration, do not see light
in this proposition, but their dissent
has been an honorable one. They
would look with contempt upon the
employment of undermining methods
in voicing their opposition.
The question we face in this discussion is the program being carried
on to undermine confidence in General
Conference leadership. When men
do this, they strike a vital blow at the
organization itself, and that opposition becomes of paramount consequence over and above the question of
the union of conferences. The proposed union of conferences is made
an excuse for the campaign against
the General Conference. This campaign is a direct challenge to gospel
order, to true organization, to church
authority.
In the world of political warfare
all men honor the man who fights in

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the open. In defeat his enemies honor
his valor, even if they do not believe
his cause worthy. In two recent political Presidential campaigns, at the
last moment before the election, whispering campaigns were inaugurated
against two of the political candidates. Their motives, nationality, religion, and other personal considerations were made the issue. Charges
which these whisperers would not
have dared face in a civil court or before a public audience were passed
from mouth to mouth or written in
anonymous letters, marked "Personal" and "Confidential." Needless
to say, these methods received the just
condemnation of all men, even of the
political enemies of the men under
fire.
Whispering Campaigns in the Church

What shall we say when whispering
campaigns are carried on in the
church of Christ It is this kind of
propaganda with which the REVIEW
is dealing. In the face of such methods, do you believe the editor should
remain silent, and exclude from the
REVIEW all discussion of pending
questions for fear of the charge of
being a party to a "studied campaign" ?
And the question involves more
than the editor of the REVIEW and
those who may express their convictions in its columns; it involves every
reader of the REVIEW, every Seventhday Adventist. Will they give their
influence and support to a policy
which separates and divides, creating
suspicion and criticism, which undermines the foundations of our work,
or will they prove true to the general
body ? It is a question of loyalty or
disloyalty to the work of God. We
know that the rank and file will prove
true.
Can you conceive, dear brother,
of anything more disastrous to this
work than for a' campaign to be
started in the field against the general
leadership of the denomination?
What would be the result of such a
campaign in your local conference or
in your union conference Suppose
there were sent to the churches in
your field documents calling in question the motives, the honesty of purpose, the integrity of the president
of the field and of his local committee.
Can you conceive of any greater blow
which the accuser of the brethren
could give, to the work of God ? Indeed, if Satan can destroy faith in
the leadership of our work, then he
has accomplished much toward its
utter disintegration. It will mean a
lessening of every missionary activity,
both at home and abroad. It will
mean the drying up of funds. It will
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party spirit, preparing the way in timonies as this whispering campaign
the end for division and open apos- is now making. We will cite only one
instance, and that was a rebuke she
tasy.
Character of Leadership
gave to a man back in the 80's, who
And what is the character of the issued a pamphlet entitled, "The Loud
leadership against which this under- Cry." The burden of his message was
mining assault is made ? It embraces that the remnant church had become
men of recognized loyalty and faith- Babylon, that the leaders had turned
fulness in our denominational work. away from God and rejected the counIt embraces men who have placed their sel of His Holy Spirit, and he issued
all upon the altar of service, who a call for the believers to leave the
have left home and friends and native organization, and to take their stand
land, and spent long years in such for what he conceived to be the primifields as the heathen islands of the tive faith of the denomination. Under
South Pacific, amid the false gods and the subhead, "A Work of Deception,"
superstitions of heathen China, the she says:
"It will be found that those who bear
wild, savage tribes of Africa, the class
and caste of India, and the supersti- false messages will not have a high sense
of honor and integrity. They will deceive
tion and prejudice of South American the people, and mix up with their error
Catholicism. In this service of long the Testimonies of Sister White, and use
years, these men have jeopardized her name to give influence to their work.
their very lives for the sake of this They make such selections from the Tesmessage. Their sacrifice and toil have timonies as they think they can twist to
support their positions, and place them
weakened and crippled their bodies, in a setting of falsehood, so that their
and by the unanimous choice of their error may have weight, and be accepted
brethren in General Conference ses- by the people. They misinterpret and
sion, they have been returned to the misapply that which God has given to the
church to warn, counsel, reprove, comfort,
homeland as counselors and leaders and encourage those who shall make up
in this denomination. This is the class the remnant people of God. Those who
of men against whom the cry is now receive the Testimonies as the message of
being raised of kingly power, and of God, will be helped and blessed thereby;
being governed by selfish motives and but those who take them in parts, simply
to support some theory or idea of their
personal considerations.
own, to vindicate themselves in a course
Government is one of the gifts of error, will not be blessed and benewhich God has given to His church. fited by what they teach. . . . By this
He has given to the leadership of His misusing of the Testimonies, souls are
placed in perplexity, because they cannot
church organizing ability. The serv- understand the relation of the Testimonies
ant of the Lord recognized this in the to such a position as is taken by those in
last statement, we think, she ever made error; for God intended that the Testito the church. She says, "I do not monies should always have a setting in
think I shall have more Testimonies the framework of truth. Those who advocate error, will say, 'The Lord saith,'
for our people. Our men of solid `when the Lord hath not spoken' They
minds know what is good for the up- testify to falsehood, and not to truth."—
lifting and upbuilding of the work." "Testimonies to Ministers," pp. 42, 43.
—"Fundamentals of Christian EduStrange as it may seem, the spirit of
cation," p. 548.
antagonism to those in authority has
And we say again, Think you that often marked the use of the Testimoour church paper should remain silent nies in this way. The men who have
when this campaign is going on in the done this in most instances have been
field? And think you that any loyal accusers of the brethren. Because of
Seventh-day Adventist should give his disappointment in their own plans or
support to efforts of this character ? of personal grievances, they have
Every believer, and especially every sought to weaken confidence in those
worker, should be quick to repudiate who stood at the head of the work.
suggestions of this kind, and to pro- They have charged the leaders with
claim his loyalty to this movement apostasy, and have proclaimed themand his hearty support of the leaders selves as the only true defenders of
whom by his vote he has placed in the faith.
positions of responsibility.
The servant of the Lord raises the
Shall the Testimonies "Have a Setting in the question why some who have sought
Framework of Truth," or Be Placed
to do this tearing-down work have not
in a "Setting of Error"?
rather emphasized statements from
And shall the REVIEW remain silent
the Testimonies which exhorted the
when such use is being made of the
believers to press together in unity
blessed gift of the writings of the
and harmony. We quote again :
Spirit of prophecy as to place them
"Why did they not quote the words of
before the people in a perverted light
the angel, 'Press together, press together,
and a false setting ?
press together'? Why did they not repeat
Sister White through the years has the admonition and state the principle,
dealt in a very definite and unmis- that 'in union there is strength; in ditakable way with such use of the Tes- vision there is weakness'? It is such mes-

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sages as these men have borne, that divide
the church, and put us to shame before
the enemies of truth; and in such messages
is plainly revealed the specious working
of the great deceiver, who would hinder
the church from attaining unto perfection
in unity. These teachers follow the sparks
of their own kindling, move according to
their own independent judgment, and
cumber the truth with false notions and
theories. They refuse the counsel of their
brethren, and press on in their own way,
until they become just what Satan would
desire to have them,—unbalanced in
mind."—Id., p. 56.
And later in this instruction the
servant of the Lord makes this significant statement, which we at the
present time do well to remember :
"God has a church upon the earth, who
are His chosen people, who keep His commandments. He is leading, not stray
offshoots, not one here and one there, but
a people."—Id., p. 61.
Strange Inconsistency
Is it not strange that professed be-

lievers in the writings of the Spirit of
prophecy, particularly workers in this
cause, should adopt methods of this
character to carry on a propaganda
against the organization or against
responsible leadership ? And yet we
have known of several through the
years who have followed this practice.
They have justified their unscriptural
course by the specious plea that the
faith of the church was imperiled,
and that they must rise to its defense.
Strange reasoning, indeed! Defenders of the faith, but violating every
principle of the gospel in its defense !
May God save His truth from such
champions.
The Bible has clearly pointed out
how wrongs in the church should be
corrected, and how sins in the lives
of its members should be dealt with.
These wrong conditions surely cannot
be helped by a perversion of the Testimonies or by the circulation of documents which sow the seeds of confusion, doubt, and distrust. The spirit
actuating propaganda of this sort is
not the spirit of peace, of brotherly
love, or of gospel order; it is from
beneath, and not from above, even
though it may be promoted by men
who lay great claims to love for the
message and loyalty to the Spirit of
-prophecy.
Why, we may well inquire, did not
those who compiled and sent forth
these recent documents, first take up
the points at issue with their brethren ? If they felt that grievous wrong
had been done by action of the Autumn Council, why did they not go
to the officers of the General Conference, and point out the wrong, and by
united and concerted effort seek to
correct the evil ? Would not this
course have been in harmony with the
teachings of the Bible and with the
principles of true organization? Why,

rather, did they choose to take a course
which arouses doubt and suspicion,
and results in confusion? For this
they must answer to the One who
prayed for the unity of His church,
and exhorted them to live and labor
in love and harmony.
Were the servant of the Lord alive
today, think you she would sanction
In this
this method of procedure
hour of crisis in our work, because of
world conditions, when our leaders
are burdened almost to the breaking
point to meet the demands created by
lessened church funds, when our people are heroically toiling and sacrificing to sustain the work at home and
to keep our missionaries at their posts,
think you Sister White would favor
such unwise use and perverted application of her writings as to sow in the
field the seeds of doubt, suspicion,
and criticism? Nay, verily; she would
rebuke sternly and justly such distracting propaganda today, even as
she did in the years of the past. She
would say to those promoting such
influences, as she said of the misguided ones in 1884: "Why did they
not quote the words of the angel,
`Press together, press together, press
together' ? Why did they not repeat
the admonition and state the principle, that 'in union there is strength;
in division there is weakness' ?"
In the Midst of Dangers

We are living today in the midst of
pitfalls. There are snares for unwary
feet to be found in every path. May
God make us true to His message, and
to this movement which is carrying
His message to the world. May He
make us true to our brethren, and
keep us in the love of the brotherhood.
And we can keep ourselves in this
attitude of mind only as we are frank
and open and aboveboard in all our
dealings. We cannot afford to do
in the dark what we would refuse to
do in the light. We cannot afford to
cherish animosities and personal
grievances. We must sink every difference, and stand true and loyal to
the work and service of God. Principle, and not personality, must actuate our lives. This will sometimes
separate us from dearest friends, but
we may be assured of this, that the
approval of Heaven will rest upon
this course on our part.
We regret that it has seemed necessary to write at considerable length,
and yet we have felt that we should
write rather fully as to the reasons that prompted the editor of
the REVIEW to deal with this question
in the columns of our church paper.
You, of course, doubtless judge the
situation from your local viewpoint.
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is published, not
for the benefit of one particular locality, but for every locality, and we
endeavor in the fear of God the best
we can to Set forth principles which g
we believe have a general application. MI
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A Loyal People

Please bear in mind, as we stated at
the outset, that there is no general agitation in the field against the General
Conference administration. The rank
and file of our people throughout the•
world are loyal both to the message we
are bearing, and to the organization
which is seeking to make that message effective. This earnest co-operation with General Conference plans
and policies has been demonstrated
throughout North America in the
ready acceptance of the recent Autumn Council recommendations relative to the tenure of office and to the
uniting of certain conferences. This
is also true in other lands, where the
union of certain conferences has been
effected. So far as we are able to
judge, there are only a very few
brethren who are responsible for sending forth these documents to which we
have referred. But their activity in
sowing them broadcast through the
field makes it necessary that the matter should be dealt with in this way.
It is for this reason that we are writing to you an open letter, to be printed
in the REVIEW. You will understand,
of course, that we are not doing this
on our own personal responsibility
alone; we are doing it after definite
counsel with responsible brethren.
The work in which we are engaged
is the Lord's ; His hand is on the helm.
We feel confident of the ultimate victory of the Adventist people. We recognize that there are evils existing in I
the church. We claim for no one infallibility of judgment or perfection
of character, abut we are consoled by
this precious statement from the servant of the Lord :
"Although there are evils existing in the
church, and will be until the end of the
world, the church in these last days is
to be the light of the world that is polluted and demoralized by sin. The church,
enfeebled and defective, needing to be
reproved, warned, and counseled, is the
only object upon earth upon which Christ
bestows His supreme regard."—"Testi-

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monies to Ministers," p. 49.

The church militant will soon become the church triumphant. Increasing signs on every hand indicate that
the coming of the Lord is near. How
cheering is this hope, and hOw earnest
we should be in seeking that purity of
heart and nobility of life which will
enable us to stand before Him blameless in that great day !
With all good wishes,
FRANCIS MCLELLAN WILCOX,
Editor, REVIEW AND HERALD.

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Comments on

iRENT EVENTS
Not
long ago one of the leading.publishing
houses printed a picture book far children, describing the life of two little
folk named Peter and Peggy. One
of the illustrations showed these two
children engaged in evening prayer.
This particular picture raised a protest from the wife of a professor of
Columbia University. She wrote in
part to the publishers:
"If such a picture were put into the
hands of my children, I should be in
for a bad half hour trying to explain
what prayers were and why they did not
form a part of their routine. I would
not bar the book from the house to save
myself this trouble, but I think it is
vastly improved by the omission of such
a picture, for a great many children today
are brought up without ever hearing of
God and religion. Mine are among them.
"To introduce a small child to the idea
of an omnipotent Father may easily rob
him of his self-dependence. Ile may
form the habit of leaning on some person or power instead of growing up in
the belief that he alone must meet and
solve his problems as they arise. One
might jeopardize the whole future happiness of a child by telling him that he is
accountable to God for what he does, and
not to his own conscience."
It is hardly necessary to comment
on this letter or on the revelation
that it provides of the religious trend
of our day on the part of those in
educated circles. One is, of course,
tempted to ask this professor's wife
whether she thinks that the youth
PRAYER IN OUR MODERN AGE.

growing up today, without the idea
of an omnipotent Father, are making
such a wonderful success of the business of life. Or we might like to ask
her whether she feels that conscience
would have any power to move the
child in the right direction if there
were not coupled with it the deep
conviction that there is an accountability to God. But such questions
answer themselves.
There is only one bright spot in
the whole sad incident, and that is
the observation of the publisher, who
stated that his own two babes knelt
each night to lisp the prayer, "Gentle
Jesus, meek and mild."
CATHOLIC COMMENTS ON CALENDAR. America, a leading Catholic

weekly, notes editorially that the Soviet government has abandoned the
five-day week, and adopted a six-day
one instead. After remarking that
the French Revolution tried a tenday week, the editorial proceeds with
a discussion of the fate that attended
the attempt to change the calendar
by League action. After speaking of
the momentum that was behind the
movement, the editorial remarks :
"The Cotsworth calendar, however,
struck a snag in providing for the extra
day necessary to make up the annual
365. . . . Immediately the Jews and the
Seventh-day Adventists made an issue out
of this extra day, and accused it of

`breaking the age-old sequence of the
Sabbath.'
"When the Commission on Calendar
Reform met last year at Geneva, immense
petitions denouncing the thirteen-month
calendar appeared on the scene. One of
these weighed 150 pounds, or half the
estimated weight of Santa Claus."
In closing, the editorial says : "The
discussion has proved . . . that religious scruples are not easily ignored." This is well said. Religious
scruples are not easily ignored. They
are the most potent force in the world.
A few poor, humble, penniless disciples with religious scruples that
seemed foolish and inconsequential to
the widespread Roman Empire, .not
only refused to be ignored, but met
and vanquished all opposition. There
is a power behind religious conviction, and if that conviction is based on
the truth of God, then the power is
indeed irresistible. It is still true that
one man with God is a majority. We
need never feel discouraged because
our numbers are few. The success of
God's truth in the earth has never
been decided by a count of heads.
Strong religious conviction is an excellent substitute for numbers.
BICENTENNIAL.

The celebration of
the two hundredth anniversary of the
birth of George Washington has begun in an enthusiastic way throughout the United States. The name of
Washington and the principles for
which he stood, are being discussed
by speakers and writers everywhere.
There is one word that stands out
very prominently in connection with
this re-examination of the life of
Washington, and that word is "liberty." We will hear much for the
next several months about the priceless quality of liberty, of freedom of
conscience. And it is well that we
should. But we should do more than
merely listen. We have a message
on liberty of soul to give to the world.
When it seems at times that we
must always be waging a campaign
against this or against that, it is gratifying to be able to take the positive
side, and enthusiastically proclaim
that we stand for the high principles
that are being eulogized in this speKeystone, N. Y.
cial Washington year. We ought not
Mussolini at the Vatican on February 11, when he made his first visit to Pope Pius to let this choice opportunity pass.
XL sealing the peace between the church and the state, which was begun by the Lateran
F. D. N.
Treaty three years ago. Mussolini was closeted with the Pope for approximately one hour.

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Can Geneva Save the World?
The Great Disarmament Conference
By ARTHUR S. MAXWELL

CivuzzATioN is making its last
stand at Geneva.
With almost superhuman efforts,
mankind is struggling to save itself
from the overwhelming catastrophe
which it sees looming up ahead.
As I have listened during the past
ten days to the utterances of the leading statesmen of the nations,—to Sir
John Simon, Mr. Gibson, Dr. Bruening, M. Tardieu, Sgr. Grandi, M.
Litvinoff, and many others,—I have
been more deeply impressed than ever
before that we are living on the eve
of world-shattering events.
Not one of these men has failed to
point out that if this conference fails
to reach its objectives, there is nothing to prevent a new race for armaments, another world war, and universal revolution.
This amazing, unprecedented gathering of the nations is one of the
most remarkable signs of our times.
And the enormous importance of its
results to every man, woman, and
child on the earth demands that it
should receive the closest attention.
The fate of millions of homes and
families is being decided here.
For many years we have been looking for the day when all nations
would gather together and say, "Let
us beat our swords into plowshares
and our spears into pruning hooks."
We need look no farther for the fulfillment of our expectations. That
time has come.
I do not claim to understand in
every detail that strange and wonderful prophecy in the second chapter
of Isaiah, but I do know that here
at Geneva, amid the mountains of
Central Europe, all nations, for the
first and perhaps the last time in
history, have come together to say,
"Let us not learn war any more."

Henderson, more than 1,700,000,000
people have their spokesmen at this
meeting, or 95 per cent of the world's
population.
Come with me to the Salle du Conseil General, and let me reveal this
extraordinary assembly to your eyes.
Immediately, upon entering, one's
attention is attracted to the illuminated Tribune at the far end of the
hall, formed in three tiers, rising one
above the other, with the president
seated, with his interpreters, on the
central dais.
On the floor of the hall are numerous tables set in rows, with 250 delegates seated in alphabetical order according to the name of their country.
On the tiers of seats on either side are
their assistants, experts, and the observers.
Seats for the public are at the end
opposite the Tribune, while the gallery above is crowded with 500 representatives of the press of every
nation.
What a scene! No one can gaze
upon it without feeling a deep sense
of awe. Here are gathered some of
the most enlightened minds of our
time,—men bearing the world's heaviest burdens, whose experienced judgment has made them the trusted leaders of their countries. And they have
come from the ends of the earth for

the express purpose of limiting armaments and establishing peace on a
more durable basis.
Surely a sight for angels as well as
men, for as they behold this grand
effort of mankind to abolish war, must
not their hearts be touched as they
remember their own longing for
"peace on earth, good will toward
men"?
It is easy to be skeptical—particularly easy, I think, for students of
prophecy, who pride themselves on
knowing the end from the beginning.
But I am confident that if we impugn
the motives of men who gather in a
convention such as this, we make a
grave mistake.
Deep Sincerity of Speakers

I have been impressed with the
deep sincerity of every speaker.
Whether it was the representative of
Great Britain, or the United States,.
or Soviet Russia, or France, each one
spoke from his heart, with an honest
desire to make some useful contribution and to assist in the solution of
the problems, under consideration.
This League of Nations may have
many weaknesses, and ofttimes, because of its lack of authority, it may
become an object of derision, yet no
one who has studied its work during
the last thirteen years can doubt that
it has been a great boon to the world.
Without it unquestionably the nations would already have been engulfed in another war. The League
has been both a buffer and a safety
valve.

Almost Every Country Represented

It is most remarkable that no nation or state of any size or importance
has failed to send delegates. Not only
does one find all the great powers represented, but also all the South American republics, the Balkan States, and
countries like Liberia, Haiti, and
Costa Rica., According to the estimate of the president, Mr. Arthur

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General View of the Disarmament Conference in Geneva, Switzerland

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is in store for mankind if some practical there is little likelihood that France
results are not achieved."
will make any serious reduction in
Mussolini, the dictator of Italy, has her war equipment. But how could
Britain bind herself to any such plan?
said :
"Not only the existence of the League It would be the sheerest folly. And
of Nations, but the fate of mankind is at can it even be imagined that the
stake. I would draw the attention of United States would agree to join in
public opinion to the enormous stakes. it? As one American said here, the
The year 1932 will bring us either destruction or progress. Western civiliza- whole Senate would need to be
tion must look to itself or lapse into brought over to Europe first!
chaos."
Thirdly, there is the German demand
for "equality." In an interview
Mr. Henderson, in his opening address to the conference, concluded with Dr. Bruening, he said that his
people were inflexible on this point.
1918 Close of the World War and sign- with these warning words:
ing of the Armistice.
"If we fail, no one can foretell the evil Germany had disarmed, and the other
1919 Signing of the Peace Treaties and consequences that might ensue. But of nations must keep their promise to do
the Covenant of the League of this we may be certain: the world would the same ; otherwise Germany must be
Nations.
1920 Disarmament Commission set up.
1921 Washington Naval Conference.
1923 Draft Treaty of mutual assistance
proposed but dropped.
1924 Geneva Protocol advocated by
France; and signed by fourteen
states.
1925 Signing of the Locarno Treaties.
Preparatory Commission for the
Disarmament Conference constituted.
1928 Act for pacific settlement of international disputes signed by
nineteen states.
1929 All nations sign the Paris Pact
for the Renunciation of War.
1930 Thirty states sign the Convention
for Financial Assistance.
Alfred Pasehe
F. IL Jullien
The London Naval Conference
The Women's Disarmament Petitions Fill a
Women Bringing Their Petitions
convenes.
Good-sized Truck
1931 Forty-six states agree to accept Into the Disarmament Conference
the jurisdiction of the Permanent
Court of International Justice at again be in danger of falling back into free to possess whatever armaments
the vain and perilous competition of rap- she may consider necessary. With
The Hague.
idly expanding armaments. That is the
I have given this list of events in inexorable alternative to success. Are we this attitude both France and Poland
are known to be in total disagreement.
the sequence of peace in order to em- ready to face our task?"
Fourthly, there is the mystery of
phasize the importance of the present
To read such statements is enough
conference. It is indeed, as will be to make the most skeptical wish the Russia. No one knows with certainty
seen, the culmination of thirteen years conference success.
what is going on beyond her fastclosed
frontiers. Strange stories of
of labor. It is the goal to which men
But can it succeed?
large
armies
drilling and vast prepof good will everywhere have been
The difficulties are very great. I
arations
for
war
send an uncanny
striving with unremitting zeal.
will mention some of them that have
dread through the nations on her borbeen
freely
discussed
at
Geneva.
All. Hopes Centered Here
ders. They feel that they must be
The Far East
Indeed, the hope of the world is
prepared for all eventualities.
centered here today. No one could
There is, first of all, the war in the
Fifthly, there is the Polish-German
listen to the passionate appeals to the East. Nearly every speaker has reantagonism, and indeed all the simiconference of the representatives of ferred to it. It was indeed impossible'
lar troubles resulting from the treaty
the women's organizations, of the to ignore the subject, with the League
of Versailles.
churches, of the students, of the work- Council meeting every other day in
A Disarmament of Spirit
ers, realizing that they spoke with a vain endeavor to settle the dispute.
definitely voted commissions from The presence of two members of the
What the world needs today even
over 300,000,000 people, without sens- League of Nations, both of whom have more than material disarmament, is a
ing that this conference has caught signed the Pact of Paris in renuncia- disarmament of the spirit. The dethe imagination of the world, and tion of war, at a conference on dis- gree of suspicion that exists between
that, if failure ensues, the reaction armament while their soldiers were the nations is appalling. There is an
will cause a wave of despair to sweep fighting to the death at the other side awful lack of confidence and real good
over all mankind.
of the world, will rank as one of the will. Much of it may appear in the
The consequences of failure are too most astonishing paradoxes of history. speeches of the leading delegates, but
terrible indeed to contemplate. Sir It was noticeable -that nearly all the it does not get into the national paJohn Simon said :
speakers found it necessary to make pers the next day.
Every nation views the utterances
"Many of these conferences have failed a mild apology for proceeding to disbefore this, and the consequences of their cuss disarmament under the circum- of the leaders of other nations with
failure are written in letters of blood in stanbe,s.,
the gravest, doubts of their sincerity.
the history of the world. But failure now
&tem:idly, there is the French de- The most lofty and pious suggestions
means nothing short of an unmeasured mand.
"security" in the shape of are credited to evil or selfish motives.
and immeasurable calamity. We have to
an
armed
League
of Nations. Unless
Can any body of men hope to solve
proceed in our task through many weeks
and months, conscious of the doom which this international force is created, such problems as these ?
And it has been through the efforts of the League that the present
conference has at last been brought
together. Indeed, one of the prime
reasons for inaugurating the League
itself was to bring about disarmament. The original covenant makes
this plain. And for thirteen years
an enormous amount of work has been
carried on in an endeavor to live up
to the original ideal. Here are some
of the steps that have led up to the
present conference:

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Back to England

As I write these words, I am on
my way back to England, hurtling
along in a rocking, rattling carriage
through the snow-covered fields of
France. Geneva has long ago receded from view. As I look back to
that great conference hall, I seem to
see not only the faces which have now
become so familiar to me, but, hovering over all, the faces of others, creatures of another world, set for the
destruction of mankind. And I remember the words of the apostle John,
when, beholding the events of our
time, he saw "the spirits of devils,
working miracles, which go forth
unto the kings of the earth and of
the whole world, to gather them to
the battle of that great day of God
Almighty." Rev. 16 : 14.
Though they understand it not, the
good men at Geneva—for such I believe many of them to be—are wrestling, "not against flesh and blood,
but against principalities, against
powers," "against spiritual wickedness in high places," and "against the
rulers of the darkness of 'this world."
The forces arrayed against them are
beyond the power of man alone to
overcome.
I do not mean by this that men
should not strive and pray for peace,
and assist every noble endeavor to
preserve it. I recall that it was when
Jeremiah was foretelling the coming
doom of Babylon that he told the captive Jews to pray for the peace of the
city. Jer. 29 : 7.
At the same time we cannot but
remember that the Babylon of today
is doomed. The world that has rejected God cannot enjoy the peace
that He alone can give. It marches
on • to its doom, and all the conferences, all the pacts, all the leagues,
cannot save it.
The Day of the Lord Draws Near

The most amazing feature of the
prophecy in the second chapter of
Isaiah, to which I have already referred, is that it immediately precedes
a description of the coming of our
Lord. Following the picture of the
gathering of the nations to discuss the
beating of their swords into plowshares occur these heart-thrilling
words :
"Enter into the rock, and hide thee in
the dust, for fear of the Lord, and for
the glory of His majesty. The lofty looks
of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men 'shall be bowed down, and
the Lord alone shall be exalted in that
day." "And they shall go into the holes
of the rocks, and into the caves of the
earth, for fear of the Lord, and for the
glory of His majesty, when He ariseth to
shake terribly the earth." Verses 10, 11,
19.
From all the terror and anguish of
these tragic scenes, now not far ahead,

we cannot entirely escape. No doubt,
God will care for His own in some
special way, as He has ever done; but
it is imperative that we store up reserves of courage and fortitude now,
and make ourselves strong in the Lord
of hosts.
"Come, My people," is His loving
invitation to us today, "enter thou
into thy chambers, and shut thy doors
about thee : hide thyself as it were for
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be overpast. For, behold, the Lord
cometh out ,of His place to punish the
inhabitants of the earth." Isa. 26:
20, 21.
How appropriate also is the exhortation of the prophet Zephaniah :
"Seek ye the Lord, all ye meek of the
earth, which have wrought His judgment ; seek righteousness, seek meekness : it may be ye shall be hid in
the day of the Lord's anger." Zeph.
2 : 3.

Divine Leadership in the •Advent Movement
A Personal Testimony
By G. B. STARR
NEAR the State line at Low Hampton, New York, there stands a wellpreserved little white church building.
It is the first Adventist church in the
world. It is near the home of William
Miller, which is also well-preserved.
We visited both, and also the grave of
this man whom the Lord used to start
a message destined to encircle the
world. We believe he sleeps in good
hope of a rich reward at the coming
of the Lord, whose coming he was
honored to announce.
As we entered the little church, we
were pleased with its neat appearance.
We read the names of its first members inscribed upon tablets, names we
hope may be also in the book of life.
But what especially arrested our attention was the large lettering on the
wall over the pulpit :

But to satisfy fully my own mind
and make certain that I was planting
my faith upon solid ground, I figured
these dates forward from 457 B. c. and
backward from 1844 A. D. The division of the "seventy weeks" fixing the
dates of the appearing of the Messiah
in 27 A. D. ; the crucifixion, three and
a half years later, in 31 A. D. ; and the
end of the seventy weeks in 34 A. D.,
clearly marked by the experience of
the disciples, in turning to the Gentiles, fixed firmly in my mind the immovable character of the prophetic
calculations upon which these messages rest.
These events also, fulfilled in the
life of Jesus, confirmed my faith in
the "year-day" principle of the interpretation of prophetic time.

"AT THE TIME APPOINTED
THE END SHALL BE."

Just here I wish to testify that in
all these fifty-five years, never for one
moment has a single doubt ever entered my mind as to the divine origin
and guidance in these events. The
mission of the three angels' messages
to all the earth, is at this time clear
to me. I believe it to be the last
presentation of the everlasting gospel
to the world. The sounding of their
voices in increasing strength is music
to my ears. I love the three angels'
messages ; nothing else on earth is so
dear to me.
I first came in contact with this
people and work in Sigourney, Iowa,
in 1876. George I. Butler and R. M.
Kilgore were conducting a quarterly
missionary meeting. The brethren
were reporting their personal activities in the circulation of tracts and
papers. I joined in their testimonies,
and announced myself a convert of
their good work, as I had embraced
the truth through reading.
Upon the wall of the church hung
the chart of ten commandments, and
the chart of the prophetic symbols
of Daniel and the Revelation. The
Spirit of God witnessed with my

How appropriate ! How applicable
at the present moment! we thought.
One hundred years, and no change
required ! The first angel's message
proclaimed here has encircled the
earth, and united with those of the
second and third angels, its voice is
still sounding louder and clearer,
"The hour of His judgment is come."
"At the time appointed the end shall
be." That fixed hour, known only to
God, is certainly fast approaching.
When I embraced this message and
j dined this movement, fifty-five years
ago, I spent several weeks carefully
examining its foundation dates. I
read "Thoughts on Daniel and the
Revelation," by Uriah Smith, and
"The Three Angels' Messages," by J.
N. Andrews. Both appealed to me
as presenting clear proofs of fulfilled
prophetic predictions. The 2300 days
of Daniel 8 seemed clearly to have
ended in 1844. The hour had struck,
and the first angel had made his announcement on time, "The hour of
His judgment is come."

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spirit then and there that these two
charts represented the standard and
work of His remnant people. "The
commandments of God and the faith
of Jesus" sounded like a true standard under which to rally the people
of God.
Here also I first came in touch with
the Spirit of prophecy. The testimony of jesus, which the word of
God promised was to accompany the
remnant of His people, this people
possessed. This greatly rejoiced my
heart, as I had earnestly longed to
find a people and work carrying clear
credentials of divine leadership. Here
it seemed that Jesus was speaking to
His remnant people and guiding
them as He guided His people from
Egypt to Canaan.
I read with deep interest "Early
Writings," "Patriarchs and Prophets," and "The Great Controversy."
As the years have passed and "The
Desire of Ages," "Christ's Object Lessons," "Ministry of Healing," "Prophets and Kings," and the, many volumes of the "Testimonies" have been
added, I have congratulated myself
upon the call of God to be a student
in the school of Christ. Into our
minds the Master Teacher, "in whom
are hid all the treasures of wisdom
and knowledge," has condescended to
pour His rich gifts, or so it appears
to me.
Effects of the Spirit of Prophecy

I have marked with much interest
the effect of this gift upon those' who
receive it as the testimony of Jesus,
and have yielded their hearts and
lives to its influence and guidance.
They seem to have a deeper love for
the Holy Scriptures. They love Jesus and speak of their love for His
personal appearing. They also love
one another, and appear sweet and
teachable in their lives. In fact, they
look to me like the "saints of the Most
High," who are soon to take the kingdom. I love these Adventist people.
They are my brethren.
I find it difficult to choose words
to express the joy and satisfaction I
felt in finding this people engaged in
the building and conducting of sanitarium and health reform work. This
appealed to me as a well-balanced
gospel. I never believed that God
was saving men in sections ; that is,
the soul without the body. To me
Jesus was the Saviour of the whole
man, "spirit, and soul, and body ;" for
I had read it in the word about those
who were to "be preserved blameless
unto the coming of our Lord Jesus
Christ." 1 Thess. 5: 23.
I have had the privilege of observing the fine fruits of this combined
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the islands of the Pacific, I have witnessed its power to transform the individual personal habits and clean up
the home life. Everything it touches
it elevates. The mind is cleared and
the body fitted as a temple of the Holy
Spirit. Those who live up to the light
God has given this people upon health
reform, have the honor of being members of God's "clean church."

up to the present year, a sum close
to one hundred million dollars has
been received and expended on the
ministry and evangelism. Freewill
offerings have increased this sum over
sixty-eight million.
The Sabbath schools have led in
freewill offerings; beginning with $3,096.58 in 1882, they have at the present time reached the splendid sum of
two million dollars a year for misPhenomenal Prosperity
sions.
Often, during these many years,
Multiply the tithe only by ten, and
have I read and heard quoted the the rich blessings of God upon His
good promise of the word of God : people appear.
"Believe in the Lord your God, so
Inspired Directions in the Purchase of
shall ye be established; believe His
Properties
prophets, so shall ye prosper." 2
Chron. 20: 20.
Properties well located, for sanitaThis movement has been marked in riums, schools, and missions, were
all lines of its activities with phe- pointed out by the Spirit of prophnomenal prosperity and rapid growth. ecy, and later purchased at greatly
Its membership has doubled every ten reduced prices. Thus the servant of
years. Examples might be drawn the Lord wrote :
from every department of the work,
"In the visions of the night, the Lord
the publishing, the educational, the had shown me unoccupied properties in
evangelical, the sanitarium and health the country, suitable for sanitarium purposes, and for sale at a price far below
food lines. Space will permit, how- the
original cost.
ever, of only a few.
"It was some time before we found these
The publishing work, starting in places. First, we secured the Paradise
extreme poverty, printing its little Valley Sanitarium, near San Diego. A
few months later, in the good providence
Present Truth, of 1,000 copies, on a of God, the Glendale property came to
press not owned by the denomination, the notice of our people, and was purhas grown to over sixty publishing chased and fitted up for service.
"But light came that our work of estabhouses, .printing the message in 146
lishing sanitariums in Southern Califorlanguages. The testimony of Jesus nia
was not complete; and on several difgave clear leadership in this branch ferent occasions testimonies were given
of the work. In a vision given that medical missionary work must be
through Ellen G. White, in Dor- done somewhere in the vicinity of Redchester, Massachusetts, in November, lands."—"Counsels on Health," pp. 231,
232.
1848, she was instructed that the
Following the lead here pointed
brethren should begin to publish.
out,
Loma Linda was discovered, all
She said to her husband:
built and furnished and waiting for
"I have a message for you. You must
begin to publish a little paper, and send it occupancy. This "Hill Beautiful"
out to the people. Let it be small at first; was purchased at less than one third
but as the people read, they will send you its original cost. And so the servant
means with which to print, and it will be of the Lord again wrote:
a success from the first. From this small
"It was the Lord's purpose that the
beginning it was shown to me to be like
streams of light that went clear round the Loma Linda Sanitarium should become
the property of our people, and He
world."—"Lif e Sketches," p. 125.
brought it about at a time when the rivers
There has been no failure here. of difficulty were full and overflowing
their banks."—"Testimonies," Vol. IX, p.
Every word has been fulfilled.
272.

The Prince of Financiers

Jesus has proved Himself to be the
prince of financiers. Financing a
world-wide work, including the support of its ministry and all the various facilities required, certainly
called for divine leadership, and this
was given. Through the Spirit of
prophecy Jesus counseled His remnant people to adopt the system of
tithes and offerings, which He Himself had given in His word. Do this,
was the promise, and I will "pour you
out a blessing, that there shall not
be room enough to receive it."
The people responded, and the
proofs have appeared. From 1863

This property, with its surrounding' acres, was purchased for $40,000.
New buildings have been erected, suitable for the sanitarium and the conduct of the College of Medical Evangelists, until its present value is well
over one million dollars.
The Glendale property, with its
large buildings, covering an entire
city block, was purchased for $7,500.
This property increased in value,
until it was sold for over $200,000.
Then a beautiful suburban location
of thirty-five acres was secured, and
a fine sanitarium erected. This plant
today is worth over $1,000,000. Thus
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takably, and we recognize His leadership and give Him all the praise.
Numerous instances, all equally
marked, could be gleaned from many
portions of the earth. We present
just one more from Australia.
Evidence From Australia

The Avondale estate of 1,500 acres,
seventy-five miles from Sydney, was
pointed out by the Spirit of God as a
proper location for the Australasian
Missionary College. Contrary to the
advice of government land experts,
but in harmony with the statements
of the angel of the Lord, that "false
witness had been borne against the
land;" and that it would produce
fruit, grains, and vegetables, it was
purchased-1,500 acres for $5,000, or
$3.50 an acre.
Here the Lord purposed to "set a
table in the wilderness," the testimony
assured us. And so the farmers
moved out by faith and planted
grapes, oranges, persimmons, figs,
peaches, lemons, and berries. Vegetables of all kinds were raised. Watermelons weighing fifty-six pounds were
produced the first year, and tomatoes
weighing two pounds each. Indian
corn was grown fourteen feet in
height. By the direct advice of the
testimony, flowers were interspersed
with the vegetables and on the lawns.
And so the wilderness was transformed. Portions of the land purchased at $3.50 an acre, now in full
bearing orchards, are valued at $1,000
an acre. This is certainly high percentage increase.
But this is not all the report. On
this same estate, a food factory has
grown from small beginnings to a
large, prosperous plant. By the direct counsel of the Lord this factory
was located here, far removed from
the large cities. Bankers and other
business men in Sydney urged its location in the city, and offered financial assistance. But the testimony of
the Lord assured us that in the city
we would come in conflict with labor
unions and other adverse conditions.
In the country the factory would be
a blessing and assistance to the students in earning their way through
school.
So here it was built, and success
beyond our highest expectations has
followed. Today this factory, with its
branches and stores in many cities,
and its delivery activities, employs
over 500 Seventh-day Adventists at
a good living wage. This large company of workers includes many of the
students at the college. And they tell
us it is a blessing to the people of
all Australasia, as 2,000,000 people
daily purchase and eat of its products. This truly represents a large

table to have been set in the wilderness. But God does big things.
One has well illustrated the leadership of the Spirit of prophecy in this
advent movement : "Like the nervous
system in the human body, touching
and calling into activity every brain
cell and nerve and muscle fiber ; so the
Spirit of God has directed and called
into fruitful action every feature of
the work of the threefold message."
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recognized and followed the Spirit's
leading, and their work has prospered.
If in the days of poverty, perplexity, and pressure against prejudice
and satanic obstructions, the early
pioneers, in faith, pressed through
and conquered, certainly we, who
have lived to see and record the many
evidences of divine leadership, can
now trust our Leader to bring the
work to a triumphant end.
Glendale, Calif.

There Shines a Light—No. 5
Teach All Nations
By ARTHUR W. SPALDING

"Go ye therefore, and teach all nations: . . . and, lo, I am with you
alway, even unto the end of the
world." Matt. 28: 19, 20.
"This gospel of the kingdom shall
be preached in all the world for a
witness unto all nations ; and then
shall the end come." Matt. 24: 14.
"I saw another angel fly in the
midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that
dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and
people." "And after these things I
saw another angel come down from
heaven, having great power ; and the
earth was lightened with his glory."
Rev. 14 : 6; 18 : 1.
The great objective of the church
of Christ is the evangelization of the
world. For this are the people of
God set in the world, that they may
carry the gospel to every creature,
bringing to men redemption from
their slavery, uplift from their degradation, salvation from their sin. To
the end that they may be fitted for
this work is all the training they receive under Christ, in fortifying of
the spirit against dangers and difficulties and disappointments, in maintaining and upbuilding their physical,
intellectual, and moral powers, in
prospering them in fortune and teaching them frugality of expenditure.
All is to be saved for Christ, all is
to be given to Christ, with the prayer
ever in the heart and upon the lips,
"Thy kingdom come." "Even so,
come, Lord Jesus."
The message of the imminent second
coming of our Lord Jesus Christ is
the culminating message of the gospel. The ardent heart of the disciple
ever longs for his Master, and the
word of His soon coming quickens
the pulse and thrills the heart.
"How cheering is the Christian's hope,
While toiling here below!
It buoys us up while passing through
This wilderness of woe:

"Fly, lingering moments, fly, 0 fly!
Dear Saviour, quickly come!
We long to see Thee as Thou art,
And reach that blissful home."
The vision of a world-wide work
was inherent in the threefold message of Revelation 14, which was
understood by Adventists to be symbolic of their mission. The first angel
has "the everlasting gospel to preach
unto them that dwell on the earth,
and to every nation, and kindred, and
tongue, and people." The advent
movement prier to 1844 had little
organization, none that was in any
sense world-wide. The proclamation
of the message was extended to far
quarters of the earth by individual
initiative under divine inspiration and
guidance, but it was not at all systematic nor sustained. If in the chaos
incurred by the disappointment, and
the feeble state of resources and
organization immediately after the
emergence of the small seventh-day
body—if the vision of the believers
in a world-wide mission was limited
to the cosmopolitan population of the
United States, it is not strange. Men's
eyes are often holden by their environment and circumstances. But
God, who sees the end from the beginning, stands ever ready to throw
the light of greater revelation upon
their path.
Denomination Stirs to Mission Program

Eighteen years after the first organization of the Seventh-day Adventist denomination (eighteen years
of strenuous efforts to increase and
consolidate the forces and resources
of the infant church), in 1871-72, the
messages of Mrs, E. G. White began
to bear much upon the responsibility
of this small people to carry the 'gospel into every country in the world.
"Angels of God are moving on the
hearts and consciences of the people of
other nations, and honest souls are troubled as they witness the signs of the times
in' the unsettled state of the nations. The
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be the end of these things?" "Young men
should be qualifying themselves by becoming familiar with other languages,
that God may fuse 'them as mediums to
communicate His saving truth to those of
other nations.. . . Our publications should
be printed in other languages, that foreign nations may be reached. Much can
be done through the medium of the press,
but still more can be accomplished if the
influence of the labors of the living
preacher goes with our publications."—

'

"Testimonies," Vol. III, p. 202, 204.

With advancing light went advancing effort. So it came to pass that
when, through literature and other
means, an interest in this message
was aroused in lands outside the
United StateS, provision was made to
send living messengers to these fields.
Thirty years after the disappointment, twenty-one years after the organization of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, in 1874, a little denomination of seven thousand turned
its face toward the sunrising, and
110 answered the call from old Europe.
In that year J. N. Andrews, the first
official representative of Seventh-day
Adventists to go outside America,
took up his residence in Switzerland,
and with the handful of believers
there, directed the beginning of a
movement that now covers every country of Europe, with a people who swell
the roll call at 100,000 and share with
the parent body the chief burden of
the great mission fields.
Australia Receives the Light

Ten years later, at the antipodes,
Australia received an answer to her
call for a delegation of workers. In
a roundabout fashion the advent faith
had already entered there. A lady of
beautiful Christian character, Hannah
More, a missionary in Africa, upon
receiving some of our literature, embraced this faith and imparted it to
other missionaries there on duty.
Among these was a man from Australia, named Alexander Dickson, who
upon his return to Melbourne carried
these truths with him, and labored
earnestly for a time in their promulgation. Now, in 1884, a company was
sent there under the leadership of
S. N. Haskell, and the foundations
were laid for that great southern base
of faith and service in the gospel
work.
Gradually the lines of endeavor
were extended and the many interests consolidated. Three great bases
for missionary enterprise were developing, in North America, Europe, and
Australia, and facilities were established in publishing, medical, and
educational lines. Meanwhile the
fringes of the heathen world were
touched. Roused by the initiative and
persistence of a lay member, John I.
Tay, who found his way to the lonely
little island of Pitcairn in the South

Seas, brought its entire population
into the Adventist faith, and then returned to America to awaken an interest in the island field, the church
fitted out in 1890 their first missionary ship, the "Pitcairn," which began
the evangelization program among the
South Sea Islands now grown to such
important proportions.
The native peoples of Africa received first attention from us in 1894,
with the establishment of the Solusi
Mission, and now 15,000 native Africans, with rapidly swelling ranks,
are following the banner of the coming King. China and India, those
fortresses of false religions, were both
entered by Adventists who were lay
workers, the former in 1888 by Abram
LaRue, a colporteur and Bible worker,
who faithfully held the fort until the
arrival of the first missionary party
in 1902 ; and the latter in 1893 by
two colporteurs, and in 1895 by a
self-supporting worker, Miss Georgia
Burrus, afterward Mrs. L. J. Burgess,
who with her husband still remains on
India's missionary list.
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in the individual and the mass, and
the degree to which it is allowed to
control and animate all the life and
the purpose of this movement.
An Example of Consecration

If we will look back upon the history of our world-wide mission, we
may gain a knowledge and an inspiration for greater consecration and unselfish service. What a roll call of
heroes of faith is that of the pioneers
of our work, from first to last ! For
the pioneers are not all gone, even as
the frontiers of gospel work are not
all vanished. From the earliest messengers in the home field who endured
privation and hardship, in the starting of the work, down to the consecrated and purposeful messengers of
today, lay and clerical, in home and
foreign lands, who are sacrificing,
their ease and exerting every power
to seek and to save the lost, we behold
a company through whom God could
work and has worked. It is not the
first time in the history of the Christian church when there have been
such examples ; indeed, there has been
no period in Christian history when
there could not be found a "seven
thousand" in Israel who had "not
bowed the knee to Baal." But the
test will come in perfecting a whole
people, united in purpose, equal in
sacrifice, without other ambition or
aim than the finishing by every means
within their power of the work of God
in the earth. If we would be that
people, we cannot too earnestly study
or too faithfully emulate the example
of our pioneers in this cause.
He only can belong to a missionary
people who himself has the missionary
habit. He must begin his mission at
home. He cannot preach to Nineveh
if he fail in Gath-hepher. He carries with him to Tarshish
Sinim
or the isles of the sea exactly what
he taught and practiced in his own
land. He who would go with the
King to the battle, must first receive
training in, the enduring of hardness
as a goOd soldier of Jesus Christ.
Luxuries and indulgences and soft
living must be renounced; there' must
come to be joy in sacrifice and service. And, to this end the life must
be filled with a spirit of fellowship
and ministry that transcends all
earthly pleasures, and fills the soul
with the peace that passes all understanding. Then there will be an invincible army of Christ to make the
last assaults upon the fortress of the
enemy and to crown with triumph
the long wars of God.

But it was not until the reorganization of the denomination at the General Conference of 1901 that the missionary program of Seventh-day Adventists received that impetus which
has put it well in the forefront of
modern Christian mission work. In
that year there was elected to the
presidency of the General Conference
a man hailing from the far quarters
of the earth, who had spent fourteen
years in Australasia, close to the
greatest heathen fields. Two years
later another man who had spent a
great part of his life in foreign service, including some years in India,
was made secretary. These two men,
A. G. Daniells and W. A. Spicer,
led out for the next two decades in
a world-wide missionary campaign
which put representatives of every
line of the threefold gospel message in
every part of the world. This Christian force is using more than 400 languages and carrying an annual budget
of approximately $5,000,000, besides
the auxiliaries of self-supporting institutions, such as publishing houses,
sanitariums, and schools, having an
investment of over $50,000,000.
But however impressive a showing
might be made by statistics, in rate
of growth, in high per capita offerings, in institutional investments and
ministry, in missionary enterprise
that rivals the early Christians and
the Moravian movements, it is not
these which constitute the strength of
this last gospel message which is the
climax of all that has gone before.
"IF you want to find genuine satNo; that which measures the power isfaction with your lot in life, build
of this message is the Spirit of God a service station on it."

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Among the Da Hwa Miao, of Yunnan
By MERRITT C. WARREN
THE population of Yunnan, the
second largest province in China, is
predominantly non-Chinese. Some of
the more important aboriginal races
are the Nosu, the Tai (Shans), the
Min, the Tibetan, and the Miao. The
Miao race is divided into many tribes.
The largest single tribe is known as
•the Da Hwa Miao (Big Flowery
Miao). This tribe is found scattered
through Yunnan from Szechwan on
the north to Tongking on the south.
Many from this tribe are turning to
the light of the third angel's message.
In September Claude B. Miller and
the writer spent two weeks among
these people, conducting meetings in
their villages.
Dallas R. White has been unable to
get out among these tribes people, as
the death of Sister White left him
with the care of their two little girls.
However, he has gathered many of the
Miao into his place, and instructed
them in the truth. Some of these
have acted as guides and interpreters
for us.
A walk of two and a half days to
the northeast from Yunnanfu brought
us to Da Sui Gin, a village of the Da
Hwa Miao. Here we held meetings
for several days. Over two hundred
were present at some of the services.
In the evenings the use of stereopticon slides helped to impress the lessons.
The Miao are very good singers.
The harmony of the two hundred
voices was beautiful, and their enthusiasm was inspiring. We enjoyed
hearing these people sing, although
we could not understand the words.
Mr. Han, one of our members, taught
the congregation a new song, the
words of which he had written in
Miao on a large chart. In some very
touching remarks he told them that
he had been taught that song by Sisters Miller and White just a short
time before their death.
From Da Sui Gin we climbed three
days through the mountains to the
west. Da Hwa Miao were met, with
along the way, and some seed was
sown. We were urged to visit several
Da Hwa Miao villages where we were
assured of a welcome, but as our time
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it in the villages where the message
had already made a beginning.
Through Forest and Over Mountains

Two of our believers acted as guides
to lead the way through these mountains. We went through beautiful
forests of pine, up steep mountains
and ravines, around cliffs, over barren
hills, and across rivers. At one place
it was necessary to wade a mountain
stream that was waist-deep.
One afternoon as we were climbing
a precipice, a thunderstorm broke,
and the rain came down in such torrents that our umbrellas afforded but
little protection. As we ferried
across the river that drains the Kwen
Yang Lake north into the River of
Golden Sand on the Szechwan border,
I felt a touch of homesickness, realizing that the water I was looking upon
would soon be passing my home in
Chungking, but that my program
would not permit me to reach there
for nearly three more months, though
I had already been away two months.
Friday afternoon we reached the
village of Hung Tu Shan (Red Dirt

Mountain). At sunset the Miao leader
blew a few blasts on a ram's horn,
and soon a company gathered for the
evening meeting. The meetings on
Sabbath were also well attended.
Sunday we had a long and hard
stage to make to the next Miao village
where we have believers, and an hour
and a half before daylight we had
finished breakfast and were out on
the trail. We reached our destination a little after dark. We were
given a hearty welcome, and food
was soon provided for us. The food
consisted of cornmeal, followed by
oats that had been parched and
ground into a fine meal. This we
mixed with boiling water.
Although we had walked forty
miles, we held a preaching service in
the evening. All the members of the
village gathered in one room. C. B.
Miller operated the stereopticon machine, while I spoke to the company
through a Miao interpreter.
There is at present a wonderful opportunity for work among the Da
Hwa Miao. If we had the workers
and the means for their support, a
large company could be gathered
from this one tribe. Pray for the
work among the Miao.

Return From Furlough
By R. J.
WE have now returned for our
third term of service in the InterAmerican Division. At present we
are located in one of the missions
nearest to the United States, and it
is one of the most interesting which
it has been our privilege to know.
We have every condition in these
islands, from the rather modern little
city of Nassau on the island of New
Providence, to the more isolated and
somewhat primitive conditions existing in the more distant of the far
islands. It takes four days' travel on
board an auxiliary schooner to reach
our most distant church, which is
450 miles from our headquarters, and
much longer than that to reach some
of the smaller settlements which are
visited only by sailing boats.
This archipelago comprises over
600 islands, and covers a distance
of more than 800 miles. Only about
twenty-five of these islands are inhabited, and they are scattered the

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entire length lof the group. Besides
the Bahamas, we have in our territory
the Turk and Caicos Islands, with six
other inhabited islands.
The message has made a good start
in some of these places; but there are
still a number of the islands where
there has been nothing done as yet.
We have not entered the Turk and
Caicos groups at all. There are also
four of the most important of the
Bahamas, with a number of smaller
islands, where we have done little or
nothing as yet. We have churches,
companies, or Sabbath schools on
eight of the islands, but with our
small band of workers it is quite impossible to reach out farther at the
present time.
It was a great encouragement to us
to find, on our return to the field, that
Elder Reid had another class ready
for baptism, in Grants Town, a suburb of Nassau. The Lord has greatly
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that section. This is his fifth baptism
there since the hurricane in 1929,
when the work was started in that
section. On the first Sabbath in January, following the church service,
the members of the Nassau and
Grants Town churches resorted to the
seashore, where Elder Reid buried
fourteen converts in the watery grave,
to arise to walk in life anew.
It is with great thankfulness that
we announce the arrival in our island
field of L. S. and Mrs. Crawford
with their little son, to unite their
labors with those of our little group
of workers in this colony. Brother
Crawford is to act as secretary-treasurer of the mission, as well as to give
a portion of his time to evangelistic
and pastoral work in this island; and
Mrs. Crawford will take charge of

our church school. This will permit
Elder Reid to go to some other sections of the field where they are sorely
in need of help. He is to spend the
year 1932 in the three islands farthest
from our office, Inagua, Long Island,
and Crooked Island. We have small
churches on these islands, and it is
hoped that Brother Reid will be able,
by the help of God, to add materially
to our constituency in those distant
parts.
Brother and Sister Crawford come
to us from Jamaica, where they have
labored in connection with our college
there for a number of years, and we
are sure the Lord will bless them anew
as they take up the work to which
they have been called in this part of
the great harvest field.

Nassau, Bahamas.

Medical Advance in India
By T. R. FLAiz
THERE was much cause for gratification to those who attended the public opening of the new clinic in Narsapur on the evening of the last day
of the year 1931.
Dr. G. A. Nelson, superintendent of
the Narsapur Hospital, has for some
time found his town clinic insufficient
to care for the increased patronage.
A fine site overlooking the Godavari
River, near where it empties into the
Bay of Bengal, has been made available to us, with accommodations admirably suited to our needs. God
surely helped in the securing of this
place. The owner refused, in the face
of strong opposition on the part of
her religious community, to break her
pledge to give us the place. Even the
Hindu contractor, employed to recondition the house, felt compelled to remark that God was surely with our
work. He claimed that although it
was the holiday season, when it is
difficult to get any work done, his
coolies had completed in two weeks

a piece of work that would naturally
require one month in the best working season.
On the evening of the public opening of this new place of healing, hundreds gathered to express appreciation for what is being done through
our medical work at this place. The
British magistrate located at Narsapur presided over the meeting. In
the speeches which followed, particularly that of the local judge, who is a
Hindu gentleman, there was much to
cheer those who have given so liberally to support this strong feature of
our work.
In drawing the parallel between the
work of Christ as the divine Healer
and Dr. Nelson with his staff of helpers, this gentleman struck a note
which was heartily responded to by
all present. There were immediately
scores of the best men of the community on their feet, asking for the floor
for just one moment in which to tell
briefly what had been done for them

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or for the members of their families.
Opportunity was given for many to
say a word, but there were still many
who reluctantly took their seats when
it was announced that the late hour
made it necessary to bring the meeting to a close. One could not but rejoice in the change since seven years
earlier, when, with our work little
known, we were maneuvering to get
this hospital work established.
A festive touch was added to the
occasion by the distribution of refreshments to all present. A young
Brahman doctor serving with our
Christian boys in the distribution of
these fruits, presented eloquent testimony to the power of our medical
work in breaking down feelings of
caste and untouchability.
God is greatly blessing the work in
the Narsapur Hospital. A strong
evangelistic effort is being carried forward by the staff and an evangelist
under the direction of the medical
superintendent.
Hope Beyond the Grave
BY 0. B. KUHN
EIGHT or ten believers and friends
were standing in a circle in the reception room of our chapel in Anching, Anhwei, saying customary
words of parting. Among them was
a young man employed by the government as a radio operator, who is
searching for light. He had investigated the three religions of China,—
Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism,—and had had some contact with
Roman Catholicism.
Our people were endeavoring to
lead this friend into the truth, and
had just mentioned some points of
doctrine. Replying, the young man
pointed his finger around the circle
and said, "It is only a matter of time,
and each one of us will be dead.
Of what avail are the doctrines of
the various religious organizations?
None of them can keep us from
dying."
In China, there are thousands of
thinking men and women who are
similarly perplexed, and they have
arrived at the same conclusion regarding the impotence of heathen religious
teachings
The great distinguishing feature of
the Christian religion is that its teachings center around the person of
Jesus Christ, who is "the way, the
truth, and the life." John 14 : 6. The
Christian believes not in a mere system of religious doctrine, but in the
Son of God, who has the power and
the right to raise the dead and to
translate the living without seeing
death. John 5 : 21-29 ; 1 Thess. 4 :
13-18.

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"The parading of bows and ribbons,
ruffles and feathers, and gold and silver
ornaments, is a species of idolatry, and is
By MABLE A. HINKHOUSE
wholly inappropriate for the sacred servAs Elaine turned a street corner volumes of the "Testimonies," and ice of God, where the eye of every wordown town one day, she unexpectedly spent a profitable hour looking up the shiper should be single to His glory."—
met her friend Esther, and they references on "Feathers," "Artifi- Id., Vol. V, p. 499.

Elaine Looks It Up

stopped for a. little chat.
It is displeasing to God to have the
cials," and a few on "Dress." She
"Hello, Elaine. Been doing some did not find the words "flowers" or attention of His people detracted
shopping ?" asked Esther.
"hats" listed in the Index at all, but from the service by the display of
"Yes," replied Elaine. "That is, she did find the word "bonnets." She finery in dress by some in the church.
I've been trying to. It's the usual was interested to find that several of
"Dear youth, a disposition in you to
bugbear of trying to find a new hat, the references were directed to the dress according to the fashion, and to
and one that will fit me. Not only youth. Here are some of the state- wear lace, and gold, and artificials for
display, will not recommend to others
that, but add to it the problem of ments she found :
your religion or the truth that you progetting one without feathers or flow"I would remind the youth who orna- fess. People of discernment will look
ers on it, and it does make it hard." ment their persons, and wear feathers upon your attempts to beautify the exupon their hats, that, because of their ternal as proof, of weak minds and proud
"I know," replied Esther, "some- sins,
our Saviour's head wore the shame- hearts. . . . Now is your golden opportutimes the very hat that fits and is be- ful crown of thorns."—"Testimonies," nity
to form pure and holy characters for
coming to one, is the very hat that Vol. III, p. 379.
heaven. You cannot afford to devote
has a feather or a flower on it.
I don't have much sympathy
-with that doctrine anyway. Is
it really orthodox, and where
did we get it ?"
"Well, 'I hardly know, to tell
the truth. I've been taught, ever
since I can remember, that it is
wrong to wear feathers and
flowers on hats. But I have
never looked it up or have never
known where it was found."
"Don't you think the idea is
rather old-fashioned and out of
date? 'I really don't think we
are expected to follow that instruction now. Why, just look
at all the girls and women in our
church that wear those things
on their hats."
"Yes, but no matter who does
it, if it's wrong, it's wrong. And
that doesn't excuse us. I, too,
have noticed a decided let-down
on this matter. I suppose a lot
of new members do not know
any better, and many of the
others choose to forget. This
little conversation with you has
aroused in me a desire to look
the matter up, and see just what
instruction we do have along
this line."
"That's fine, Elaine. I want
to know what you find out about
it."
The two girls parted and went
their ways.
That evening, Elaine got out
the Index to 'the Writings of
H. A. Roberts
Mrs. E. G. White and all the
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these precious moments to trimming and
ruffling and beautifying the external to
the neglect Of the inward adorning."—
Id., VA
p. 376.
"Christian youth, I have seen, in some
of you a love for dress and display which
has pained me."—Id., Vol. III, p. 366.
To those who desire to be true
Christians she says:
'"You will , resist the temptations of
Satan to indulge in vanity and in trimmings and ornaments for display."—Id.,
p. 370.
"Much has been expended for ribbons
and laces for the bonnets, for collars and
other needless articles to decorate the
body."—Id., Vol. I, pp. 135, 136.
The footnote explained that Mrs.
White did not mean that no collar or
ribbons at all should be worn, but that
she was speaking of expensively
wrought collars, and expensive, unnecessary ribbons and laces.
Since many of the references spoke

of ribbons as well as feathers for trimmings, Elaine concluded that it was
just, as wrong to use ribbons in an
extravagant manner for display, as
feathers. The plea was for inexpensive, modest, and unobtrusive trimmings on one's hat as well as on one's
dress.
Elaine found in Volume III, page
375, a. statement that Christ called
attention to the lilies. They toil not,
neither do they make any effort to
beautify themselves, yet Solomon in
all his glory was not arrayed like one
of them. No matter how hard we try
by artificial adornment to make ourselves objects of attraction, our outward decoration will not bear comparison with the simple flowers of the
field for natural loveliness. The inference then is, Why try to imitate
them ?

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criminally intensifying the fear.
Every discomfort of this sort should
be avoided.
For the child, a really necessary
shopping excursion may become a
delightful companionable journey of
exploration, and for the mother, a
pleasant relaxation from household
tasks.—Issued by the National Kin1olergarten Association.
Re

THF greatest evidence of the power
of Christianity that can be presented
to the world, is a well-ordered, welldisciplined family. This will recommend the truth as nothing else can;
for it is a living witness of its practical power upon the heart.—"Testimonies," Vol. IV, p. 304.

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Taking Bobby Shopping
By JOSEPHINE E. PHILLIPS

"Suon a day !" complained the
young mother. "Shopping all the
morning with Bobby along makes me
a perfect wreck."
"Er — and how is Bobby '1" the
caller inquired.
The mother stared. "Why, Bobby's
all right."
Inquiry, however, established the
fact that Bobby had been too tired
to have a nap, and had refused his
lunch.
"No wonder, full of candy as he
was. I suppose I shouldn't have
given it to him, but one has to do
something. He never will stand still
while I'm picking out a dress pattern.
What would you do ?"
Bravely the visitor told her. First
of all, if possible she would leave
Bobby at home. The cost of a reliable caretaker for a few hours would
be more than justified by the mother's
saving in time and the child's saving
in energy.
"If the child must go," she advised,
"plan to make only such purchases as
need personal attention. Depend on
telephone or mail order service for
notions and staples. Allow enough
time! Put yourself in Bobby's shoes
for a moment. How many steps does
he take to one of yours? Imagine
yourself being hurried along as fast
as your feet can carry you, with one
arm stretched straight up in the firm
grasp of a giant's hand.
"Is Bobby expected to stand long
minutes by—to him—uninteresting
shop windows ? Then it is only courtesy for you to stop before windows
which please him, and when he asks
questions about everything in sight, to
answer him. The promise of a little

trip to a pet shop or a florist's may
lighten the burdensome waits. And
then keep the promise !
"Remember that some children
are 'manually-minded.' They cannot
really 'see' without touching. A reasoning talk before leaving home will
accomplish more than slaps and scoldings in the store. Explaining unfamiliar objects in simple terms will
often forestall their being handled.
Bobby is acquiring an education !"
This was good advice to the young
mother, but another caution should
be added. Whether "Bobby" is a
bonneted baby or a young runabout,
guard him against fright. Out of his
normal atmosphere, the noise and bigness of things may appall. Unthinking strangers make advances. To lose
for a moment your hand or the sight
of your face—the only things familiar
in the whole scene—may strike terror to a small heart, and the world
may never again seem a safe place.
In a child study group recently an
incident was described which illustrates this. Upon approaching the
store elevator, a child turned pale
and began to tremble.
"Come along !" the mother ordered,
and the child followed without a word,
but with torture in every feature.
"She's acted in this idiotic way
every time we have come to an elevator ever since the time she didn't
get through the doorway quickly
enough. She was left in the basement
while I went to the top floor," was the
explanation.
Even with most careful handling,
such an experience might leave its
mark, but forcing the child to enter
the elevator again and again was

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My 12, 2, 8, 15, is a seagoing craft.
My 29, 23, 28, 3, 18, is the most common liquid.
My 11, 17, 30, 18, is a long period of
time.
My 19, 20, 9, 13, is a small receptacle.
My 5, 24, 7, is not new.
My- 25, 30, 31, 32, 14, 18, 26, is a thing
to carry at night
My 16, 8, 24, 4, 21, are small mountains.
My whole is a precious assurance.
WORD GROUPS

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ANSWERS FOR LAST WEEK

Bible Baskets
1. Gen. 40: 16-20.
2. John 6: 9-13.
3. Acts 9 : 22-25.
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Judges 9 : 36.
6. 2 Kings 13 :14.
2 Chron. 19 : 2. 7. 2 Sam. 2 : 26.
1 Kings 11: 22. 8. 2 Kings 2 :14.
2 Kings 5 :13.
9. 2 Sam. 19 : 35.
1 Sam. 14: 29. 10. 1 Kings 21: 20.
Riddle
Joshua 3: 15, 16; 2 Kings 2 : 8,14.

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Soul Winning in Our Institutions
By W. E. HOWELL
IF there is one great objective in
the organization of Seventh-day Adventist forces in the world that is outstanding above all others, that objective is the winning of souls for
the soon-coming kingdom of Christ.
Naturally, the welding of a world
work into a united movement calls
for no little organization. That organization must be orderly and compact and complete if it is to hold together and do its work effectively.
The danger, however, is in becoming so occupied with the organization
itself that the great objective of it
all is lost sight of in our endeavor
to make the organization work well.
This is no argument against an effective organization, but it is an argument for keeping consciously and
continually before us the purpose of
that organization. To cover a world
work, we must have one world organization called the General Conference,
then subdivisions of that in the form
of division conferences, union conferences, local conferences, and local
churches. Naturally the development
of our organization was from the local
church upward to the world conference. With such an organization
once completed, and with "the Spirit
of the living creature in the wheels,"
we may confidently expect the result
so well stated by Paul in Ephesians
4: 16: "The whole body fitly joined
together and compacted by that which
every joint supplieth, according to
the effectual working in the measure
of every part, maketh increase of the
body unto the edifying of itself in
love."
For our purposes the keynote of
this verse is found in the phrase,
"maketh increase of the body"—not
necessarily increase in the organization, bilt an increase in the body of
believers that make up the basis for
organization. It is the addition of
members to the body of Christ that
is both our concern and our task.
What is true of our conference organizations the world over is equally
true of our institutional organizations. These not only give stability
to the general organization, but are
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for effective work in soul winning
within themselves and as far as their
influence extends. A school properly
conducted has the high privilege not
only of winning souls from the student body to the kingdom of Christ
and training them for work, but also
of reaching out in aggressive soul winning in the community about the
school. A sanitarium not only fills
the important office of ministering to
the health of its patients, but its
prime purpose is to win the souls of
its patients and guests for the kingdom. The task of a publishing house
is not alone that highly important
work of preparing soul-winning literature, but its employees too may
and should have the privilege of participating actively in winning souls
from among the people within reach.
Along with the concerted efforts in
our conferences to put our soulwinning work on a much more aggressive basis, turning all classes of
its workers into active winning of
souls, is it not most fitting that our
institutions of every kind and size
should make equally earnest efforts
to turn their energies toward greater
fruitfulness in souls?
Review and Herald Effort

The Review and Herald Publishing
House has been setting a most worthy
example in this respect for the past
year and more. The employees of this

institution carried on last year a public effort in the city of Alexandria,
across the Potomac River in Virginia,
some fifteen miles from Takoma
Park. This effort resulted in adding
to the church some twenty-one souls,
with further interest to be followed
up. This winter a similar effort is
being conducted in Hyattsville, Maryland, about five miles from Takoma
Park.
It is difficult to forecast, at this
writing, the fruitage of this last
effort. A goodly number are deeply
interested in the study of the message, and the Review and Herald
workers feel confident that a number
will take their stand for the message.
A few members from the Takoma
Park, Sligo, and Capital-Memorial
churches have been organized into a
company, and hold regular Sabbath
services in Hyattsville. This undoubtedly will result in a permanent
church organization, and will prove
an encouragement to those who have
become interested in the recent evangelistic effort, to cast in their lot with
the remnant people of God.
The spirit of this work has been
so great a blessing to the Review and
Herald family of employees, and to
the souls who have found their way
into the light of present truth, that
we hope this brief account may be an
inspiration to Others to do as well or
better, and that, along with our conferences, the spirit of soul winning
may pervade the work of our institutions more fully everywhere.

For Your Information
By E. KOTZ

SOMETIMES those who correspond
with the General Conference have apparently been puzzled at the frequent
change in signatures affixed to such
letters as deal with business attended
to over a certain period of time by
one and the same General Conference officer. This little article aims
to explain the arrangement that we
have made in the interest of efficiency
in the secretaries' office.
You have elected three general secretaries, C. K. Meyers and two associates. One of us, often two, are visiting the mission fields throughout the
year. Such visits are indispensable

if we are to keep in close touch with
the problems in our different divisions
abroad and in the mission lands. On
the other hand, letters, telegrams, and
cables are pouring into the office daily.
This mail brings important business
that must be attended to without delay, lest the cause should suffer. It
may be addressed to one of the secretaries who is, at the time the letter
arrives, on his way to Africa or China.
In order to meet this difficulty, we
have made the following arrangement :
Let us use the present situation as
an example. Elder Meyers is attend-

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ing council meetings in the South
American Division. The two associate secretaries have divided the
correspondence of the world field between them. At the present time
Elder Kern gives his primary attention to letters coming from the Australasian, Inter-American, Southern
African, South American, and Southern Asia Divisions, while the writer
will find on his desk the correspondence from the Northern European,
Central European, Southern European, China, and Far Eastern Divisions, and in the absence of Elder
McElhany, also that from North
America.
All incoming mail for the secretarial office, if not marked "Personal,"
is opened by one of our office workers of long experience, and placed
in the hands of the respective general
secretary, regardless of the name of
the addressee.
We have one common file, thus
making it possible for all three of us
to look up former correspondence.
From time to time the above-mentioned division of work is changed
by the return of the one who has been
abroad. Sometimes we may also
change the arrangement even during
such an interval, if the burden proves
to be unequally divided.

To us in the secretaries' office this
plan has worked very satisfactorily.
It keeps all three of us in close touch
with the problems of the world field,
and safeguards against any undue delay. By means of officers' and General Conference Committee meetings,
the whole General Conference force
is kept informed of the same problems that are first communicated to
the secretaries.
Of course we realize that it might
often be more agreeable for division
secretaries and others to continue the
correspondence with just one man,
but thus far we have not heard any
complaint, although we know that our
plan has never been thus explained.
On the other hand, we are, of
course, open to suggestions and counsel. We want to serve the field to
the best of our ability, and we believe
that you have a right to know how
we are trying to do it, and to tell us
how we could do it better. Such
friendly and constructive help will be
gladly welcomed.
We would at this time take the opportunity to thank the world field for
the wonderful and courteous spirit of
co-operation that we have enjoyed in
our work throughout all these years.
This spirit has made the often strenuous task a very pleasant one.

Revival and Reformation Begun
in Southern Oregon
By T. B. WESTBROOK
UPON arriving home from the Fall
Council, I called the conference workers together and we spent a few days
studying the condition of our people
as outlined in the Testimonies, and
the preparation that must be made if
we hope to receive the latter rain and
be ready to meet Jesus in peace when
He shall come in the clouds of heaven.
It was decided to put on a program in
our churches, giving most careful
thought and study to the condition of
the Laodicean church, what brought
on that condition, and the remedy.
On January 1 we began a series of
meetings, in the church at Azalea.
The Spirit of God came down in a remarkable way. Backsliders were reclaimed, the spiritual life of the most
faithful was greatly deepened, and
confessions were made of withholding
tithe, criticism, evil tempers, differences between brethren, and many
other things which have shut Jesus
out of the heart.
The next meeting was held in
Marshfield, and the same program
was followed. Outsiders came and
said that they had never been in such
meetings in all their lives. It was the
united testimony of our people that

they had never seen anything like it,
or so witnessed the power of God.
One Catholic man was present, and
while the meetings lasted only from
Friday night till the next Thursday
night, he took a definite stand for the
truth, giving up his tobacco, and
swinging right into line with this people on all phases of our message.
We then went to Roseburg. Again
the outsiders came, although no public announcement had been made of
the meeting. Several here took their
stand for the truth with us. Again
the backsliders were reclaimed, and
deep heart searching was felt throughout the entire week.
At the time of writing we are in
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meetings began on Friday night, January 22, and will continue until
Thursday night, February 4. It is
not the design of these meetings for
any member to preach a long sermon,
but to study the Testimonies and the
Bible without any excitement or commotion. Much time is spent in prayer.
The congregation at each meeting is
given opportunity to testify, and after
meetings are held.
Youth Rededicate Lives

On Sabbath, January 30, we saw
the most remarkable demonstration
of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit
which we have ever witnessed. Confessions were made, backsliders were
reclaimed, and new people were led
to take their stand definitely for the
truth. The entire company of young
people who had been fearfully slipping, rededicated their lives to the
service of God. The meeting lasted
for hours, and what the Spirit of God
wrote in Volume VIII of the "Testimonies," page 104, "What Might
Have Been," was actually seen.
Not only is the revival spirit manifested in these meetings, but reformation is actually taking place.
Brotherly love is now flowing from
heart to heart in all these churches
where we have been. An earnest desire is seizing the people to labor for
others, which means the return "to
their first love.
It is the plan of the workers to
continue this program until every
church in the conference has been
visited. We have found by experience that about two weeks is required
to round out the program and complete the work.
Why should not workers everywhere line up their lives by the definite instruction given in the Spirit of
prophecy for this people, and unite
together for such a program in all
our churches? We have found our
people hungry, and they express
themselves as longing for such an experience. They have prayed for it,
and they welcome it, and show an
earnest desire to go as far as the
workers lead in this work of heart
searching, confession, restitution, reformation, and determination to press
on to be ready for the coming of
Christ in the clouds of heaven.

Cincinnati and Dayton, Ohio
By A. N. DURRANT
IN the Cincinnati colored church
for the two years closing December
31, 1931, forty-seven members were
baptized, chiefly as the result of two
tent meetings. Fourteen others were
added by letter and profession of
faith.

The members were meeting in a
rented hall, having sold their former
church building. With the little over
$6,000 that the conference office very
wisely saved from the sale of the former property, and the earnest efforts
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able. The timely help of the General
Conference in giving •$2,000 enabled
us to buy a fine church building in
August, 1930. This building was
erected by white Baptists on a formerly aristocratic street ; they sold to
Jews, from whom we bought. The
property had been held for some time
at $30,000, but they finally accepted
our offer of $15,000. The building
is 79 x 131 feet, with a capacity of
750 in the main auditorium, and of
about 250 in the prayer meeting room,
plus janitor's quarters of four rooms.
Providence wrought for us, without doubt, for many well-wishers say
it is "a gift." We paid $7,000 down,
and in ninety days $3,000, making
$10,000 as a cash payment, and the
other $5,000 was put in a first mortgage. At present we have a debt of
$4,600, with all bills paid, and considerable work done in repairs.
We are now passing through our
severest experience of the depression,
as nearly all our best workers and
givers are out of work. Pray for our
dear devoted people, some of whom
walk long distances to get to church
on Sabbath for lack of car fare. It
is heartening to the worker to see the
devotion manifested by some who are
poor in this world's goods, but rich
in good works indeed.
Last summer's effort was held two
or three blocks from the former
church building owned by this people. From this effort so far we have
baptized fifteen, and several more are
interested, among them two schoolteachers.
As yet we have not had any public
effort in Dayton, but here also five
have been baptized. We hope this
coming summer to be able to have a
public effort here. Remember this
church also in your prayers. Our
people take part in all endeavors in
behalf of our work generally, and although they do not always attain the
results we desire, yet I feel sure that
the majority are doing their best
under most trying conditions. We
are one with this movement, and look
forward to the close of this blessed
work, when the victorious will march
onto the sea of glass.

North American News Notes
Wn have baptized three persons in
the Scranton (Pa.) church this year.
J. C. HOLLAND.
SABBATH, Dec. 9, 1931, nine were
baptized in the church at Louisville,
Ky., by L. E. Lenheim. Most of these
had attended the tent meeting held
during the summer by Elder Lenheim.
During the Week of Prayer at
Bowling Green, Ky., one adult joined

the colored church. Four joined the
white church, and a class of four was
formed for baptism. This rite will be
administered later.
A. C. GRIFFIN recently baptized two
adults in Chanute, Kans., and two
other adults are planning to be ready
for the same rite soon. These are the
result of the missionary work and
Christian influence of the members
of the Chanute church, none of them
having known of the truth before
coming in contact with the members
of that church.
A CHURCH of twenty-five members
was organized at Bonners Ferry,
Idaho, Dec. 19, 1931. This new organization is the fruitage of a series
of meetings held by R. J. Kegley.
M. L. RICE.
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what we can by our prayers and by our
contributions. We hereby publish a list
of all contributions received to date.
Send all contributions to J. L. Shaw,
Treasurer of the General Conference, Takoma Park, Washington, D. C.
Previously reported
Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Graham
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Seymour
Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Forshee
R. C. Gray
Roy E. Slate
W. A. Scott
W. L. Woodruff
L. H. Redman
L. M. Spear
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Lockwood
John Deeb
T. S. Dunham
L. M. Fisher
Ralston Hinkley
C. W. Foreman
F. E. Knight
N. C. Nelson
George White
N. A. Rice
H. N. Aplin
•Mrs. Lillie M. Patton
Mrs. H. J. Anderson
R. W. Conard
Mrs. R. W. Conard
Ruth Conard
Charlie and May Boyd
Mrs. Helen Machlan
T. E. Vlier
W. C. Wood
Mrs. W. C. Wood
Helen Longacre
Gladys M. Paul
Mrs. Lulu Hoyt
Mamie Nowlin
Ellen Oxley
Mattie H. White
Floto E. Collins
Mrs. Leila Moorhead
Mrs. Bertha Forshee
Printha Stilwell
Pauline Moore
Mrs. L. E. Williams
W. R. Steward
Mr and Mrs. F. E. Hull
Mrs. Edna Howard
Cash
C. F. Wilcox
Nancy E. Brewer
Elder and Mrs. W. W. Prescott _
Mr. and Mrs. S. E. McNeill
Mrs. Helen Hollis
Mrs. W. H. Smith
Bessie E. Smith
A. M. Taylor
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. J. Jones
Mrs. Bessie Keesler
Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Sanders
Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Deerwester _
Mrs. Bessie M. Cummings
Elder and Mrs. W. B. White
Mary J. Bush
W. R. Dickson
Isaac Bloch

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Emma Aulenbach
2.00
Mrs. R. T. Dowsett
2.00
A friend
1.00
5.09
Bertha Stottlemyer
5.00
Mrs. Mary E. England
Mrs. William Tullett
10.00
L. A. Shaffer
2.90
Mrs. A. E. Getzlaff
10.00
5.00
H. M. Herman
H. 0. Evans
5.00
Ann J. Jensen
10.00
Mrs. C. 0. Barton
5.00
10.00
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Hirlinger
John Hirlinger
2.00
2.00
David Hirlinger
A friend
10.00
Mrs. Jessie Bradley
2.00
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Nordfoss ____ 10.00
Mrs. Ida B. Grimes
Lockport (N. Y.) S. D. A. Church 10.00
6.65
A sister
6.00
40.00
Miss Augusta E. Boone
J. E. Errington
5.00
Mrs. Emma Vance
10.00
Mr. and Mrs. G. J. Mayer
5.00
M. C. Luke
1.00
Mr. and Mrs. P. I. Phillips
5.00
Linda I. Green
6..0000
10
Mrs. A. C. Gaylord
Mrs. Mamie E. Lindsay
1.00
Florence Morgan
1.00
A friend
5.00
W. J. Crandall
2.00
Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Sangster
4.00
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Bennett
2.00
Matilda Tuller,
1.00
Mr. and Mrs. B. Berglund
4,00
Jefferson City (Mo.) S. D. A. Church 17.00
Laura E. Charlton
1.00
Jennie Fee
1.00
Mrs. Fannie G. Kaye
5.00
Forest Sheehun
5.00
Sister Zueger
1.50
Mr. and Mrs. Percy E. Long
5.00
Alma, Olga, and Ruby Nelson
15.00
Anna Sorenson
1.00
Mrs. S. E. Whiteis
6..0000
10
A friend
Mr. and Mrs. Jas.
r
H. Smith
10. 00
Mr. and Mrs. Skogsberg
2.00
George W. Anderson
1.00
Cora Gibson
1.00
C. M. Kinny
2.00
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Boettcher
2.00
Emlie Beavers
1.00
M. A. Litchfield
1.00
Pearl D. Gracey, It. N.
5.00
L. and Ida Kuester
10.00
Abbie Cooper
1.00
Mrs. R. 0. Smith
2.00
W. L. H. Baker
2.50
A friend
3.00
H. M. Alexanderson
2.00
H. H. Stacy
5.00
W. A. Sweany
10.00
A friend
10.00
Mr. and Mrs. A, Kloss
5.00
A friend
1.00
Alfred J. Christenson
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Sternaman
10
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W. M. Healey
5.00
Mr, and Mrs. Clyde H. Smith _
2.00
Lottie B. Hells
5.00
Cordelia H. Lingo
10.00
Mrs. Lizzie Dove
1.00
Ella Harness
2.00
J. L. Prince
5.00
B. F. Wrenn
1.00
A friend
5.00
Mrs. Maine M. Bailey
1.00
Angeline Belyanski
2.00
Axel V. Anderson
2.00
Drs. D. H. and Lauretta Kress
25.00
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. McCully
10.00
A friend
1.00
Mrs. C. H. Bliss
1.00
Mrs. A. P. Enevoldson
5.00
Alice Enevoldson
2.00
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Morris
2.00
Mrs. A. H. Baker
1.00
E. H. Gates
5.00
Rose A. Porter
10.00
Mrs. N. D. Davidson
1.00
Winifred L. Holmden
2.00
H. E. Shelstad
1.00
Albert Tweedy
2.00
Louis Ferguson
5.00
Clara M. Holley
1.00
Mrs. E. A. L.
1.00
E. W. Hoyt
10.00
Mabel Robertson
1.00
Juanita Perrie
1.00
Mrs. A. A. John
5.00
Elder. and Mrs. E. A. Curtis
2.00
G. S. Vallette
2.50
Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Shull
6.00
Mable G. Juby
3.00
Warren H. Whitehead
3.00
James P. Frederickson
10.00
2.00
Edward Nelson
B. F. Stuckey
10.50
5.00
La Vanne Hazelton and Mother

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1.00
Mary Minnick
1.00
Mrs. Carrie E. Davies
1.00
Mrs. Lillie Davies
1.00
Mrs. Tillie E. Copeland
1.00
Mrs. Chas. McWilliams
1.00
Mrs. N. S. Nelson
2.00
Mrs. Minnie Cook
5.00
Mrs. E. M. and M. B. Long
1.00
Mrs. Mary A. Smith
10.00
S. C. Sadler
5.00
Mrs. F. Strebe
10.00
Miss Anna Turnberg
2.00
Mr. and Mrs. P. G. Argo
5.00
Mrs. Frank Vye
1.00
Mrs. Baden
10.00
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Spuehler
5.00
Soren C. Chrestensen
Mrs. Ida Gifford and three friends 8.00
15.00
Mrs. Elizabeth L. Wheeler
3.00
Mrs. C. A. Goss
5.00
A friend in Battle Creek, Mich.
10.00
Captain and Dr. Donaldson
5.00
Marian Raeder
15.00
A sister
10.00
Mr. and Mrs. A. V. Bentz
5.00
Harley Hanson
2.00
A. W. Dyke
5.00
Mr. and Mrs. Asa Harriman
4.00
Mr. and Mrs. J. Rouse
1.00
Wilma Rouse
1.00
Dorothy Rouse
10.00
Bertha W. Brehmer
50.00
A brother and his wife
5.00
Mrs. Cathrine Rathke
5.00
Regina Bennewis
3.00
Louis A. Hafner
2.00
Fred Hafner
2.00
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Hackett
2.00
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Place
1.00
A friend
2.00
Mrs. A. Anunsen
3.00
Hans Haugen
5.00
Mrs. H. E. Jones
5.00
C. E. Mason
3.00
Mrs. Clara Montgomery
5.55
Jackson (Tenn.) No. 1 Church
2.00
M. J. Fritz
5.00
J.
Cutts
Mr. and Mrs. R.
2.00
Mrs. E. A. Barrett
1.00
Florence Armstrong
6.00
Mrs. J. Nixon
2.00
Mr. and Mrs. D. Van Campen
5.00
Mr. and Mrs. John P. Hansen
10.00
Miss L. F. Day
5.00
Frances Poller
1.00
H. Amperse
$1,439.68

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A sister in Kansas requests the prayers of
God's people for the conversion of her brother
and the healing of her sister, who is crippled,
and adds: "I am praising God that He has so
marvelously answered the prayers of the Review family in behalf of my dear husband, who
was on the verge of giving up the truth, but
who is now happily serving God. I am a firm
believer in prayer."
A sister in California requests prayer for
the healing of her mother from a severe illness
which the doctors do not seem to be able to
help; also for the healing of her brother, who
is critically ill in one of our sanitariums.
A father writes: "I ask the prayers of God's
people for my daughter, who lives in Idaho,
that she may be healed of her serious sicknesses.
She desires to live that she may be a blessing
to others as well as her family."
A mother in Illinois asks the brethren and
sisters to pray for her son, who is ill and in
trouble, and seems to have lost his hold on God.
A California sister desires prayer for the
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attention, is growing dimmer every day.
A Colorado sister requests the prayers of the
Review family for the healing of an infection
which is affecting her hearing.
A brother in Canada requests prayer for the
healing and conversion of his brother, who has
been very ill for years.
4.tg
PUBLICATIONS WANTED
The persons named below desire late, clean
copies of our publications, sent postpaid, for
use in missionary work. In sending publications,
care should be exercised to select only such as
are free from soil and disfigurement. We have
been credibly informed that some who oppose
this movement and the truths which it represents, answer these requests for literature, and
are sending to our brethren and sisters in
various parts of the country tracts and papers
representing their opposition. Our workers
should be careful not to confound this literature with our denominational publications, and
thus unwittingly become agents in sending out
matter not printed in the interests of the cause
of truth.
These publications are not to be used by the
recipients for soliciting money, but wholly for
free missionary work. We shall esteem it a
favor if any of our friends will report to us the
names of any using free literature for personal
gain or advantage.
Mrs. J. A. Upton, Grove Oak, Ala. Denominational periodicals and tracts for missionary
work.

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missionary work.

COLUMBIA UNION CONFERENCE

Ben Garrett, East Jamestown, Tenn. Adventist literature for missionary work, particularly that dealing with tobacco.

Notice is hereby given that the fourth quadrennial session of the Columbia Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will be held at
Jersey City, N. J., March 30 to April 9, 1932.
The first meeting will be called March 30 at
9:30 a. m. At this session officers will be
elected, plans laid for our future work, and other
F. H. Robins, Pres.
business considered.
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COLUMBIA UNION CONFERENCE
ASSOCIATION
Notice is hereby given that the fourth quadrennial session of the Columbia Union Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists, of
Washington, D. C., will be held at Jersey City,
N. J., April 4, 1932, at 10: 30 a. m., at which
time trustees will be elected for the ensuing
quadrennial period, and such other business
transacted as may properly come before the
F. H. Robbins, Pres.
meeting.
E. 3. Stipeck, Sec.

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Mrs. 0. H. Rogers, Route A., Bascom, Fla.
Signs, Watchman, Present Truth, and any good
tracts or books for missionary work.
Mrs. Velma Ham, 530 Bertrand St., Manhattan, Kans. Signs, Watchman, Life and
Health, Liberty, and Present Truth for public
reading racks.
Austin L. Ham, 2160 York Ave., Memphis,
Tenn. Review, Signs, Instructor, Watchman,
Life and Health, Liberty, Present Truth, and
tracts for missionary work.
Dr. John W. Ford, Box 43, Bowling Green,
Ky. Continuous supply of all current publications except Review for distribution in dental
office. Tracts and booklets acceptable.
Mrs. Virginia Sloper, Eagle, Idaho. Continuous and unlimited supply of Signs, Watchman, Instructor, Life and Health, Little Friend,
Present Truth, Liberty, Life Boat, and tracts.
Mrs. 1)1. L. Howard, 1903 Prince Ave., Owensboro, Ky., thanks those who have sent literature
for missionary work, and requests more, especially Signs, Watchman, Present Truth, and
tracts.

PRAYER FOR HEALING
Though widely separated from one another,
the followers of our Lord and Master can meet
in spirit daily at the throne of grace. In our
devotions let us remember our brethren and
sisters who are in affliction. Says the apostle:
"Remember them that are in bopds, as bound
with them; and them which suffer adversity, as
being Yourselves also in the body." We ourselves shall; share in the blessings we seek for
others. "The Lord turned the captivity of Job
when he prayed for his friends." We suggest
the noon hour as an appropriate time for remembering these special requests.

Mrs. Grace Washington, 3843 Henry Ruff
Rd., Route 2, Box 321, Inkster, Mich. Continuous supply of Signs, Watchman, Life and
Health, Present Truth, Life Boat, and tracts
for missionary purposes.
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Little Friend, and any Seventh-day Adventist
books or papers for missionary purposes. Mrs.
E. G. White's writings specially desired.

C. B. Smith, 222 S. Detroit St., Bellefontaine, Ohio. Denominational literature for a
reading rack.
Mrs. E. B. Braman, Norfork, Ark. Continuous supply of Instructors and Little Friends
for Sunday school work.
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Review, Instructor, Signs, and Present Truth
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G. V. Wood, Burkeville, Va. Continuous supply of Signs, Watchman, Instructor, Present
Truth, and Life Boat, for hospital distribution,
G. H. Bartel, Remer, Minn., desires for missionary work, Signs, Instructor, and tracts;
also books, including the "Testimonies," and
"Testimonies to Ministers."
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and tracts for free distribution.
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Used Bibles, Watchman, Present Truth, tracts,
and other literature, for use in Sabbath school
or for distribution for missionary purposes.

OBITUARIES
"Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death
of His saints." "Blessed are the dead which die
in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the
Spirit, that they may rest from their labors:
and their works do follow them." "I [Jesus]
am the resurrection and the life: he that believeth in Me, though he were dead, yet shall
he live."
We regret that the large number of deaths
reported from our rapidly growing church membership throughout the world necessitates a reduction of obituary notices to the simple recital
of date and place of birth and death. Photographs cannot be used. Exceptions will be made
to this rule only in the cases of older field workers or others whose life and labors have made
them known throughout the denomination.
Fuller notices should find publication in local
papers.

ELDER AND MRS. H. C. JOHNSON
Harold C. and Lulu Mae Johnson were both
born the same day, Sabbath, May 10, 1902;
and died the same moment, Feb. 14, 1932,
both being twenty-nine years of age. (See last
page note in Review of March 3.)
Elder Johnson was born at New York Mills,
Minn. After graduating from the Inter-Mountain Academy in Colorado, he taught church
school in California for five years. Five years
ago he entered the ministry. July 14, 1930,
he was united in marriage to Miss Lulu Mae
Hallock, and left Los Angeles immediately for
work in the Tennessee River Conference. He
was ordained to the gospel ministry in August,
1931. He leaves to mourn his father and
mother, Mr. and Mrs. N. A. Johnson, of Los
Angeles, three brothers, one of whom, Floyd
W. Johnson, is a missionary in West China, and
three sisters.
Lulu Mae Hallock Johnson was born at
Chili, Wis. After completing the literary course
at Walla Walla College, she taught in our denominational academies in the West for several
years, after which she entered the nurses'
training course in the Glendale Sanitarium.
After her graduation she accepted the position
of assistant superintendent of nurses at this
sanitarium, and later acted as superintendent
of nurses at the Olive View Sanitarium at San
Fernando, Calif. She continued her labors here
until the time of her marriage to Harold C.
Johnson. She leaves her father and mother,
Mr. and Mrs, Ben. Hallock of Chili, Wis., and
one brother to mourn.
The bodies were laid together in one casket,
and committed to their final resting place in
a beautiful cemetery in Memphis, Tenn.
H. E. Lysinger.
MRS. E. KOTZ
Hilda Ella Marie Kbster (Custer) was born
in the Freetown of Liibeek, Germany, Sept. 15,
1888. When seventeen years of age she was
baptized and joined the Seventh-day Adventist
Church. For two years or more after her baptism she engaged in the colporteur work, giving
all the profits to the church. From 1908 to
1910 She attended' the Friedensau school to prepare herself for the Bible work.
In March. 1910, Miss Kiister was joined in
marriage with Ernst Kotz, who was on furlough
from East Africa. They proceeded to Pare in
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together for six years. Here Sister Kotz worked
untiringly, without thought of financial remuneration, and with unusual devotion to the work
to which she and her husband had given their
lives. Here her three children were born.
When German East Africa was taken by the
British during the World War, Elder Katz was
interned as a civil prisoner early in 1917, and
was first sent to a prison camp in India and
later to Egypt. A few months after her husband's internment, Sister Kota and the children
were taken from the mission station and interned in a coast town. The food and sanitation
were anything but desirable, and the task of
caring for the children, battling against disease,
under such crowded and unsavory conditions,
was enough to break completely the spirit of
a less courageous soul. After nearly three
years of such separation, the family were again
united in the homeland, Germany, in November,
1919.
In 1922 Elder Katz was appointed home missionary secretary for the European Division,
and the family moved to Bern, Switzerland,
the headquarters of the division. In 1926 they
came to America, and established their home
in Takoma Park. Elder Kotz's work in Africa,
Europe, and America has always required much
travel. At the times of his long absences from
home Sister Kotz bravely shouldered the responsibilities of the home.
Sister Kotz has really been in poor health
for many years, but never complained. About
ten weeks ago she became very seriously ill.
Friday evening, Feb. 5, 1932, a few minutes
after the beginning of the Sabbath, she fell
asleep in Jesus at the Washington Sanitarium,
Takoma Park, D. C.
Aside from her family and her mother, Sister
Koster, all of whom are with us here, there is a
brother who is a missionary in Java.
Sister Kotz rests from her labors, but her
works do follow her. The influence of her devoted life will go on and on. Only a few days
ago, after her absence from Africa all these
years, there came a letter from a native Christian, expressing loving remembrance of her
M. E. Kern.
work for his people.
ELDER K. M. ADAMS
Kay Merle Adams was born near Portland,
Oreg., Sept. 19, 1891; and fell asleep in Jesus
at his home in Arlington, Calif., Jan. 28, 1932.
Elder Adams was converted during his stay at
Walla Walla College, and immediately felt a
burden to work for the lost. He and three
other college students, of their own volition,
held cottage meetings in the neighborhood of
the college. Following his graduation, he was
married the same year, July 9, 1914, to Miss
Florence Kime, and with his bride sailed to
Singapore, where he spent seven years as principal of the Singapore Training School.
Returning to the United States in 1920 on
furlough, it was discovered that Elder Adams
could not return to foreign service on account
of his health. He was then chosen to serve as
principal of the Phoenix, (Ariz.) Academy.
Later he was called to serve as normal director
in the Southern Junior College at Ooltewah,
Tenn., and held this position for two years.
Because of failing health Elder Adams was
obliged to locate in Southern California in 1926.
here his health was sufficiently restored so that
he was able to carry heavy work as Bible teacher
in connection with the Southern California
Junior College. More recently he also served
as pastor of the college church. During 1931
his condition of health became serious, but he
refused to give up the work to which he was
devoted. In the face of illness he carried on in
his Bible department until the holiday vacation
time this last December, when he was obliged
to take to his bed.
After an illness of but a few weeks, death
came, and this valiant soldier of the cross now
rests from his labors. He leaves to mourn and
to the hope of a resurrection reunion, his wife,
two children, his mother, and one sister, besides the many whom he has led to the Master.
The occasion of the funeral was a sad one.
Relatives, teachers, students, and a large host
of friends filled the chapel to capacity, with
many standing on the outside. Funeral services were conducted by C. S. Prout, Professor
Cossentine, A. G. Daniells, E. W. Farnsworth,
and the writer. The remains were laid to rest
in the Olivewood Cemetery in Riverside, there
to await the call of the Life-giver, whom our
brother served faithfully and well.
P. E. Brodersen.
Eklund.-Frank 0. Eklund died near Clinton,
Minn., Jan. 19, 1932.
Johnson.-Mrs. Elizabeth J. Johnson died in
Seattle, Wash., at the age of ninety-one years.
Howard.-Mrs. Lovina Howard, née Snyder,
was born near Elmira, N. Y., Dec. 1, 1847; and
died at Thorp, Wis., Jan, 7, 1932:

Currie.-Erena Currie, née Marsh, was born
in Ohio, May 1, 1842; and died at Battle Ground,
Wash., Jan. 10, 1932.
Bradbury.-C. J. Bradbury was born in Greenlake, Wis., Dec. 22, 1856; and died at Artesia,
Calif., Dec. 31, 1931.
Baxter.-Emily Stovell Baxter was born in
London, Dec. 30, 1857; and died at White Roek,
British Columbia, Feb. 2, 1932.
Peterson.-Miss Carrie Peterson died at Benson, Minn., Dec. 25, 1931. She was a faithful
member of the conference church.
Hartley.-Mrs. Mary I, Hartley, née Feather,
was born near Monroe, Wis., April 29, 1860;
and died in Marshalltown, Iowa, Feb. 6, 1932.
Jamieson.-Mrs. Sarah L. Jamieson was born
in Scotland, in 1850; and died at Los Angeles,
Calif., Dec. 20, 1931. One daughter survives.
Larson.-Mrs, Helen Marie Larson was born
at Borstig, Skarabo Lan, Sweden, Oct. 24, 1846;
and died at Moline, Ill., Jan. 26, 1932. A
daughter survives.
Stafford.-Thaddeus Stafford was born in
Michigan, March 22, 1853; and died at Milwaukie, Oreg., Jan. 19, 1932. He was a faithful
Seventh-day Adventist nearly sixty years.
Pierce.-Charles N. Pierce died Feb. 10, 1932,
at the age of seventy years. For fifteen years
he was a member of the church at Phoenixville,
Pa. One son and one daughter are left to mourn.
Kent.-Elizabeth Kent was born at Buffalo,
N. Y., Jan. 22, 1855; and died in Colorado at
the age of seventy-seven years. She leaves two
sisters, one brother, and two foster children to
mourn.

Lindsay.-John P. Lindsay was born at
Weatherford, Tex., March 7, 1862; and died at
Anaheim, Calif., Feb. 8, 1932. He leaves two
daughters, several grandchildren, and two brothers to mourn.
Ridgway.-Mrs. Elizabeth L. Ridgway, nee
Fiscus, was born at Cleveland, Ohio, March 17,
1857; and died at Signal Mountain, Tenn., Jan.
11, 1932. She is survived by one daughter and
one grandson.
Twitchell.-Mrs. Mary Viola Twitchell died at
Syracuse, N. Y., Feb. 8, 1932, in her seventyninth year. She was a charter member and for
fifty-four years a communicant of the Pulaski,
N. Y., church.
Vincent.-Mrs. Jeannette C. Vincent was
born in the Protestant section of northern Ireland, in 1849; and died at Berkeley, Calif., Jan.
26, 1932. Two daughters and three grandchildren survive.
Fairchild.-Samuel C. Fairchild was born at
Mount Pleasant, Ontario, Feb. 12, 1842; and
died at Spokane, Wash., Nov. 25, 1931. He
is survived by his wife, one son, four daughters,
and sixteen grandchildren.
Smith.-Leonard Gates Smith was born at
Berlin, Wis., Oct. 16, 1851; and died at Longmont, Colo., Feb. 2, 1932. His wife, one son,
one daughter, two grandsons, and one greatgranddaughter survive him.
Dresher.-Mrs. Anna H. Dresher was born at
Hazleton, Pa., June 15, 1879; and died in Pennsylvania, Feb. 8, 1932. Her husband, four sons,
one daughter, her father, one brother, one sister,
and four grandchildren survive.
Bryant.-Mrs. Mary Helen Bryant was born
at Martinsville, Ind., June 5, 1869; and died at
Arvada, Colo., Jan, 29, 1932. Her husband, one
son, one daughter, one grandson, one brother,
and two sisters mourn her departure.
Hawley.-Mrs. Edna Hawley was born at
Clarinda, Iowa, Nov. 29, 1900; and died at
Humboldt, Kans., Feb. 12, 1932. She is survived by her husband, one son, one daughter,
her father and mother, and one brother.
Tanner.-Mrs. Myrna Maybelle Tanner was
born at Grenola, Hans., Aug. 14, 1883; and
died at Denver, Colo., Feb. 2, 1932. She is
survived by her husband, two sons, one daughter,
one grandchild, her father, three brothers, and
two sisters.
Scharffenberg.-Theodore Scharffenberg was
born at Holstein, Germany, April 30, 1858; and
died at Los Angeles, Calif., Feb. 13, 1932. He
was the father of Mimi Scharffenberg, one of our
pioneer missionaries to Korea, who laid down
her life for that people. His wife, six children,
two of whom are missionaries,-William Scharffenberg in China and Mrs. Theodora Wangerin
in Korea,-ten grandchildren, and one brother
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Sufficool.-Mrs. Annie Huntley Sufficool was
born at Buffalo, N. Y., March 31, 1845; and
died at Denver, Colo., Jan. 30, 1932. She accepted the faith held by Seventh-day Adventists
in 1877, and for thirty-one years engaged in
Bible work in Wisconsin, North Carolina, and
Colorado. Besides Mrs. C. E. Rice of Denver
and Miss Bessie Sufficool of Colorado Springs,
there remain another daughter, two sons, and
one brother.
Lundell.--Mrs. Lina Lundell was born at
Grythyttehed, Sweden, May 22, 1856; and died
at Chicago,
Jan. 31, 1982. She accepted
the Sabbath trtith about 1880, and was one of
the first members of the first Seventh-day Adventist church in Sweden. She was a charter
member of the first Seventh-day Adventist
church in Chicago, organized in 1892, of which
church she remained a loyal member until her
death. She is mourned by her husband.
Parker.-Mrs. Anna Stiles Parker was born
in Steuben County, New York, Aug. 8, 1849;
and died at Loma Linda, Calif., Jan. 18, 1932.
Her nine children, two of whom are missionaries, are left to mourn. Harry Parker is
laboring in China, and Mrs. E. J. Urquhart is
a missionary in, Korea.
Jenks.-Mrs. Vienna J. Jenks, nee Noyes, was
born in New York, Oct. 15, 1841; and died at
Seattle, Wash., Jan, 6, 1932. She leaves six
children, twenty-five grandchildren, and one
great-grandchild to mourn. Her early life was
closely associated with the pioneers of the
message.
Holmes.-Mrs. Ellen R. Holmes, née Vorra,
was born at Andover, Conn., June 3, 1832; and
died at Jacksonville, Oreg., at the age of ninetynine years. One son and his wife, six grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren cherish
the sweet memory of her companionship.
Burtch.-Mrs. Elizabeth L. Bunch, née
Roberts, was bcWn at Trenton, Mo., June 16,
1863; and died at Jacksonville, Oreg., Feb. 18,
1932. Three sons, one of whom is Elder Taylor
Bunch, of Loma Linda, Calif., three daughters,
and five grandchildren are left to mourn.
Johnson.-Mrs, Mary Mikkelsen Johnson was
born in Potter County, Pennsylvania, Dec. 1,
1853; and died at Loma Linda, Calif., Jan, 30,
1932. Her four children are all workers in the
cause. Her aged husband, three sons, and one
daughter mourn.
Rasmussen.-Nels Rasmussen was born at
Bath, Minn., Aug. 31, 1865; and died at Napa,
Calif., Jan. 26, 1932. For ten years, beginning
in 1895, he was in the employ of the St. Helena
Sanitarium. He ;leaves his wife, one son, and
one daughter to mourn.
Whiteside.-Mrs. Nora Bell Whiteside, née
Roland, was born in Benton County, Arkansas,
Jan. 22, 1878; and died Jan, 26, 1932. Six
children survive.
DeCamp.-Lincoln Lee DeCamp was born at
Milwaukee, Wis., May 27, 1858; and died at
Denver, Colo,, Na'. 2, 1931. He is survived by
one sister.
Luyster.-John VT, Luyster was born in New
York, Jan, 2, 1858; and died in Oakland, Calif.,
Jan. 24, 1932. His wife and oldest son survive
him.

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In This Issue
FOLLOWING are a few of the vital features in this number of the REVIEW :
"The Recent Autumn Council Actions.
BeWhy This Extended Discussion
ing the reply of the editor to a layman
(page 3).
"Can Geneva Save the World'?" A
report of the Disarmament Conference by
Arthur S. Maxwell, who has been attending this notable session, and who prepared this article especially for the REVIEW readers (page 8).
"Divine Leadership in the Advent
Movement." A personal testimony by
G. B. Starr (page 10).
"Taking Bobby Shopping." A very
helpful article for mothers (page 17).
"For Your Information," by E. Kotz.
A statement as to the procedure followed
by the General Conference secretaries in
dealing with the extensive correspondence from the world field (page 18).
49<
IV

Missionary Sailings

brought up to 10,917. We had 1,791
baptisms in China last year.
"When we met here in Shanghai fifteen
years ago in council, with Elders Daniells,
Knox, Town, and Griggs present from
the home board, the total membership of
all Australasia, India, Netherlands East
Indies, Malaya, Japan, Chosen, Philippines, and China, was 10,966. Now in
China alone we have 10,917 baptized members—within a few of the total membership of the above-named countries in
1916.
"It is indeed encouraging to us to know
that China alone can show a membership
as large as the entire membership of the
territory now comprising four world divisions. The net gains in church members
during the year 1916 in those four divisions, including all Australasia and the
isles of the sea, were 1,220; whereas the
China net gains fifteen years later, for
1931, were 1,441. Do you wonder that
we are heartened over what the Lord is
doing in times of much trouble here in
China I
"Twenty-five years ago, in China, we
had a membership of 38 baptized believers; twenty years ago, 436; fifteen
years ago, 2,155; ten years ago, 4,277;
now we have 10,917. To the Lord be all
the praise!
"In the midst of our council, on February 2, we recalled that just thirty years
before to a day, J. N. Anderson and his
family arrived in Hongkong, the first
regularly appointed missionaries sent out
by the Mission Board to China. At that
time we had no Chinese workers; now we
have a thousand or more."
E. Kurz.

More Gifts for China Flood
Relief
IT is reassuring to receive letters from
so many of our people containing contributions for the China Flood Relief.
More than ever our brethren and sisters
in China are suffering as the war continues. Thus far we have received no
word of casualties among our people in
Shanghai. We feel certain that many
prayers are ascending these days in behalf of our work and workers in the Far
East, that they may be spared in these
troublous times. Let us continue doing
(Continued on page 20)

MR. and Mrs. Russell James and little
daughter Edith, of Ohio, sailed from New
York for Southampton, February 27, on
the S. S. "Europa." Brother and Sister
James have accepted a call to India, to
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connect with the Vincent Hill School at
•
Mussoorie.
Miss Emma Binder, of the White Me- From Manchuria's Battlefields
morial Hospital, sailed from New York,
February 27, on the S. S. "Europa," for
THE cities of Harbin and Changchun
Southampton, en route to India. Miss (or Kwanchengtze), Manchuria, have
Binder will be associated with the medical been frequently named as scenes of warwork in the South India Union Mission. fare between Japan and China. It would
seem that it would be impossible to conduct colporteur work under such conditions; but a letter just received from
Mission Board Items
C. D. Smith, field secretary of ManGUNS are booming! Shells are burst- churia, formerly of West Michigan, tells
ing! What seems to be a terrific slaughter a different story:
is going on, on Chinese soil, but the work
"We have just returned from a ten-day
of the Prince of Peace is moving on, itinerating trip north of Changchun and
Harbin. The experiences we have ennevertheless, in a marvelous way.
Here is what C. C. Crisler, the secretary countered have increased our faith, and
of the China Division, has written in a caused us to believe that our book work
letter dated February 8, just after the here in Manchuria is going to advance.
close of their division council in Shang- Although the country is so unsettled politically, our colporteurs are going ahead
hai:
"Our net gains have totaled 1,441 for with the work, and the Lord is blessing
the year 1931. The membership has been their efforts.

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"In Changchun Brother Wang Te Lin
is selling 'Hope of the World' Changchun was the scene of severe fighting when
the trouble started in September, and
everything has been very abnormal since.
But in these two months he has sold more
than one hundred large books. The day
the trouble Started he went out to work as
usual, and sold six books, although the
streets were deserted and the shops closed.
"Brother 'Wang is very enthusiastic.
He says, 'This is our opportunity to reach
the people.'
"The change in the government has
really opened up new territory, as many
of the officials have been changed. This
afternoon, Brother Wang and I sold seventeen copies of 'Hope of the World' in
territory that was canvassed earlier in the
year. This book has been sold here four
times previously, but he has sold more
copies than were sold at any previous
time. We are of good courage, and anxious to seize the opportunity that the Lord
is giving us at this time."
H. H. HALL.

Report From the Caribbean
Union

I

THE workers in this union baptized 857
during 1931. j The highest number ever
baptized before was 462, in 1927. W. R.
Elliott, the president, writes:
"At the beginning of the year 1931,
things looked dark. We had been cut 61/2
per cent in our appropriations, and our
tithe was down $3,000. We had only one
local president in the field, and I was
forced to take charge of the work in both
Guiana and the Leeward Islands. The
French Mission was also without leadership, for Elder Dexter had been obliged
to take his wife to the States. Brother
Cott left the field early in the year for his
furlough, so I had all that work also.
From a human viewpoint there were the
best reasons for discouragement. But the
work is God's, and by His blessing much
more has been accomplished in the winning 'of souls than in any previous year.
"The effort in Guiana is still going
strong, and on Sunday night, January 10,
more than a thousand attended the meeting. They have now baptized about 180
out of that meeting, with as many more
preparing for tie rite.
"Our budget has been cut about 15 per
cent, and we have been obliged to reduce
salaries all around the circle 10 per cent,
but every worker is of good courage, and
we look forward to further successes in
1932."
Our people, who have been so interested in the "Davis" Indians at Mt. Roraima, Venezuela, will remember that our
missionaries have not been allowed to return to the work there. This place is not
far from the British Guiana border. A
missionary has gone back into those wilds
on the Guiana side, and is having good
success. It is learned that while some of
the more superficial ones at Mt. Roraima
have been influenced by the efforts to destroy our work, many are standing firm,
even in the face of persecution. The missionary writes, "So you see the Indians
have backbone."
Quite a number of the Indians are moving across the border, where we are free
to work. It is highly important that we
send a Venezuelan missionary to the Mt.
Roraima region very soon.
M. E. KERN.