Building as it will appear when finished, made from ... · ddii.'t"r fhr Im't' f1U'ssa,Ql" of...

Front 'Elevation of the Denominational

Building as it will appear when finished, made from Architect's Drawing.

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THE DENOMINATIONAL BUILDING

Ethel L. Titsworth 203 Park Avenue PJainfield, N. J.

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THE BUILDER An old man, travelinc a lone bjpway, Came at evening, cold and cray, To a chasm, vaat aDd deep and ~e; The old man paused iD the twili&ht dim. Tb~ euD.en abeam bad DO fear for hUn; But he turned when on the other side And built a bridge to span the tide.

"Old Man," said a fellow pilgrim near, "You are wasting your time iD bujlding here; Your journey will end with the pa8sfng day. Yau never again will pa.aa this way. You have crossed the chasm. deep and wid~ Why build this bridge at eyentide?"

Then the builder lifted his old gray head.. "Good friend. in the path I have come," he said, "There followa after ZDe today A youth whose feet must pass this way. This chasm baa been naught to me, To that fair-haired youth may a pitfaD be. He, too. must .paaa in the twiHcht dUn; Good fri~ I am build.inc th.is bridge for bim "

-) oyce Kilmer.

CONT&N"TS

Ed .. o .... l....-Flrst St£'p Towa.rd CallfornAIL-Unfortunate and Unprort table S ... ed Sowlng.-A Good Sabbath

Ed ...... t1oa ~1 •• ,.... ~---cb.rl.stIa.nI-. ty and Science ................... 81-83

Let leTS trom Brother Velthuysen.... 83

Next Step tor Christian Church...... 81

" ......... ~·erk.-StlenC'e In Natur-e..-

In Alfred Church.................. 6S

Se-Te-a.,1a 0.7" Baptt..t 0_-....... MOT~ -._t. - Our Bulletin Board. - The Cruclftxlon: Resurrection, and Har-mony of the Gospels .............. 67-69

Known by Their Fruits............. 69

Tract Soclet.y. - Treasurer's Report and Receipts .................... 70-73

Tract Society. - M.eetlng Board of Tr us t ees .......................... 73

M .... oaa,. - Thoughts on the Year's Work. - China Letter. - Monthly Statement ................... _ .... 76-80

Jesse F. Randolph................... 80

Minutes ot the "·oman·s Board..... 88

Jesus, Our Friend ................... 89

'·.aae Peepie-P. ~·.rk..-Persona.l ConvictloD.-A Thought for t.he Quiet Hour.-Tbe IntermedIate Corner.Christian Endeavor News Not.es... 90

Cllll.re-a~. ~4-FoUowers ot Jesus. -Pratsl n.g God In M us Ie..-The Lost. Donkey. - Wild Strawberrlt!'.5.. _ A Little Story tor Boys and Girls .. 92-94

Sabbath School Lesson tor July. 1928 96 ~ .......................... '6 Deat... ............. - - . . . _ . . . . . . . . . . 96

·SEVENTH DAY BAPTIST DIRECTORY THE SEVENTH DAY BAPTIST GENERAL

CONFERENCE N ext Session will be held with the Seventh Day Baptist

Church at Riverside, Calif .• July 23 to 30, 1928. President-Frank Hill. Ashaway, R. I. First Vice·President-D. Nelson Inglis. Milton, Wis. Vice·Presidents---Mrs. Luther Davis, Bridgeton, N. J.i

Oscar M. Burdick, Little Genesee, N. Y.; William Oayton, Syracuse, N. Y.; S. Orlando Davis, Lost Creek. W. Va.; Lely D. Seager. Hammond. La.; Perley B. Hurley. Riverside, Calif.

Rec01di1'lg Secretary--Paul C. Saunders. Alfred, N. Y. Corresponding Secretary--Edwin Shaw. Milton, Wis. Treasurer of General C01'lfere1'lct!-James H. Coon.

Mihon, Wis. Treasurer of Onward Mcn'ement--Harold R. Crandall,

81 Elliot Ave.. Yonkers. N. Y. Ge11eral Secretary of Onward Movenuont-WilIard D.

Burdick, Plainfield, N. J. COMMISSION OF THE GENERAL CONFERENCE

Terms expiring in 1925-Benjamin F. Johanson, Battle Creek. Mich. ; Alexander W. Vars. Plainfield, N. J. ; Claude L. Hill, Farina, Ill.

Terms exPiring i1'l 1929-Frank HilI, Ashaway. R. I.; Herbert L. Polan, North Loup, Neb.; Loyal F. Hurley, Adams Centen, N. Y.

Terms expiring in 193O-Moses H. Van Horn, Salem, W. Va.; Curtis F. Randolph. Alfred, N. Y.; Edgar D. Van Horn. Alfred Station. N. Y.

AMERICAN SABBATH TRACT SOCIETY BOARD OF DIRECTORS

p,.esident--Corliss F. Randolph, Maplewood. N. J. Recording Secretary-Arthur L. Titsworth. Plainfield.

N. J. Assistant Recording Secretary--Asa F' Randolph, Plain

field. N. J. COTTesp01'lding Secretary-Willard D. Burdick, Plain

field. N. J. Trl!asurer-Miss Ethel L. Titsworth. 203 Park Avenue,

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

eecond First Day of each month, at 2 p. m.

THE SEVENTH DAY BAPTIST MISSIONARY SOCIETY

President--Clayton A. Burdick. Westerly._ R. I. Recording Secretary--George B. Utter. Westerly. It- L Corresp01'lding Secretary-William L. Burdick. Asha-

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

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

SEVENTH' DAY BAPTIST EDUCATION SOCIETY

P reside1'lt-Edgar D. Van Horn. Alfred Station. N. Y. Recording Secretary and Treasurer--Earl P. Saunders,

AlfrecL N. Y. Corresponding Secretary-Mrs. Dora K. Degen, Alfred,

N. Y. The regular meetings of the Board are held on the

8eCond Sunday of January. April, July and October.

WOMAN'S EXECUTIVE BOARD OF THE GENERAL CONFERENCE

Preside1'lt-Mrs. Allen B. West, Milton Junction, Wis. Corresp01'lding Secretary-Mrs. Edwin Shaw. Miltoa,

Wis. Reco,.ding Secretary-Mrs. James L. Skaggs. Milton,

Wis. Treasurer--Mrs. Alfred E. Whitford, Milton. W"IS. Editor Woman'" Page, SABBATH REC.ORDEJt-Mrs. George

E. Crosley, Milton. Wis. ASSOCIATIONAL SECltETAltlES

Eastern-Mrs. Willard D. Burdick, Plainfield, N. J. Southeasler..-Mrs • ..;M. Wardner Davis. Salem W. VaCentral-Mrs. Jay S. Brown, Brookfield, N. Y. WUfern-Mrs. Walter L. Greene. Andover. N. Y. Southwestern-Mrs. R. J. Mills Hammond, La. NorlhwesteTfll--Miss Phoebe S. ~n. Walworth, Wis. Pacific C.,a.t-Mn. Charles D. Coon.. Riverside. Cal.

THE SEVENTH DAY BAPTIST MEMORIAL FUND

Prt!sU!ent-William M.. Stmm.1!~ Plainfield" N. J. Vice·Pruidt!1ff-Alexander W. VIl!:!5. Plainneld~ JIJ. J. Secretary-William C. Hubbard, Plainfiel~ N. J. Treasurer-Asa F' Randolph. 240 West Front Street.

Plainfield. N. J. Gifts or beQ..uests for any denominational purpose are

invited. and wlll be gladly administrated and safeguarded for the best interests of the beneficiaries in accordance with the wishes of the donors.

The Memorial Board acts as the Financial Agent of the Denomination.

Write the Secretary or Treasurer for information as to ways in which the Board can be of service.

SEVENTH DAY BAPTIST HISTORICAL SOCIETY

(INCORPORATED, 1916) President--Corliss F. Randolph, Maplewood. N. J. Recording Secretary-Asa F' Randolph. Plain.fi.eld. N. J. Treasurer-Ad1.oi.sory Committet!-William L. Burdick. Chainnan,

Ashaway, R. I.

SABBATH SCHOOL BOARD p,.esident-D. Nelson Inglis.. Milton., Wis.. Secretary--Dr. A. Lovelle Burdick, Janesvil~, Wi.&. Treasurer--Louis A. Babcock, Milton, Wi&. Director of Religiosu Edvcatiort--Erlo E. Sutton, Mil

ton J unction. Wis. Stated meetings are held on the third First Day of the

week in the months of September. December and Marchi and on the first First Day of the week in the month 0 June in the Whitford Memorial Hall, of Milton College, Milton. Wis.

YOUNG PEOPLE'S EXECUTIVE BOARD Presideftl-Bf'Djamin F. Johanson. Battle Creek, Mich. Recording Secretory-Mrs. Marjorie W. Maxson., Battle

Creek. Mich. Correspoflding Secretory-Mrs. Frances F. Babcoc:k,

374 Washington Ave. Battle Creek. Mich. Treasurer--Elvan H. Clarke, 229 N. Washington Ave ••

Battle Creek.. Mich. Trustee of Internali0-n41 Sociny-Benjamin F. Johanaon,

Battle Cr~k. Mich. Editor of Yo~ng Peopll's DepD""'"~ of SABaATB

REcOJlDEll-Mrs- Ruby Coon Ba~ Battle Creek. M.ich.. JunWr Superimnulent-Mrs. Elisabeth K. Austin, S2

Beach St .• Westerly. R. I. Intermediate Supcrimendent-Wm. M. Simpson, Aah

away, R. I. ASSOCIATION AL SJtCllETAlllE.S

Eastern-Mrs. Blanche Burdick. Ashaway. R. L Central-Albert Rogel'S, Brookfield. N. Y. Western-Miss Elizabeth Ornuby. AJfred Sta., N. Y. NortJarrestern-Miss Elsie Van Horn. Lou.J.I. City. Neb.

Miss Dorot~,. Whitford, Milton, W&L Royal Crouch, Centerline. Mich..

Southeastern-Miss GTeta RandolpbJ

New Milton. W.Va. Southwestern-Mrs. Alberta S. Godlrey. HAmmond.. L.a..

Box 364. Pacific-Gleason Curtis, Riverside, Calif.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF LONE SABBATH KEEPERS· AUXILIARY

Mrs. Ruby Coon Babcock, Battl. cr::::k:'~ General Secretary; Mrs- Alice Fifield. Battle C Mich.; Henry N. Jordan. Battle Creek, Mich-; Russell Battle Creek, Mich.; Mrs. Angelin~ Abbey An~\. EdlnburP, Texas; Mrs. George H. TralDor, Salem., w. Va.; Ilia Lois R. Fay. Princeton. Mass.

SEVENTH DAY BAPTIST VOCATIONAL COMMITTEE

Robert B. SL Clair, Chairman. Detroit, Micb. ; Carl U. Parker. Chicago..... I!L; Edwin S. M~n, S)"T&CU8e, N. Y.; George W. iJaV1.8. Los Angel",- Calif;.; D. Ne1eon Inglis, Milto~ W~i Gael V. Sim~ Battle ~reek. Mich..; John H. A~ w~ly. R. L; W1D&ed Bania. P1.a.iDfiel~ N. J.; M~ H. Van ~ Salem.. W. V~ Horace L lInlett, Bolivar. N. Y.; WUIiam Coalwell. ammond. La.; Rosa W. Palmborg. Liuho. Ku. Chi.n.a; H. L Mignott.. KitUlSton. TilDlaica.

The Sabbath Recorder A Seventh Day Baptist Weekly Published by the American Sabbath .Tract Society, Plain6eld.. N. J.

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Our Irra"r1l/y Fallar,.. 'wr rrcoglli=r t/ur a..s I/'r .cIi,'rr of li/r alld all jts h1rssi,,!'s. H('II' us to clllti .. utr tI,(, sfririt 01 trllr tlrollJ..·/II/TI('ss for lire rr<·cia/io" of I},ysdf as our Fallrcr alld our Sa.-ior.

G i.·c u.s ,Ii'cd rd ,Qra<r mrd sl rrng I h lor /lJ{' .(/ood t('ork urJ'N'l'lu,/o IhOl. hasl srnl us--lhl' 1.£ 'Or k 01 'wi",. ill 9 men for I h)' I.. i"!ld om. 1,,crra..sl'. U"t" pra)' I},r('. our drs1r(~ to s('(" /1ft" world broughl ;",10 Inu· frllO'Ws}'il' u.i/h tI.rr. To Ihis rnd u';/t Ihou [lra#l' unlo u..s tlJ{' strl'7Jglhrni"9. rl'fin '"9. mid lot';J,g spirit td, id, t"7.ablt's us 10 li~'l' ill ,,{"OCl' It";lh othrrs. alld thaI u.,i/l make our l('a<Jrinqs "wr(" cif('c/i.·c a..s tL't"

ddii.'t"r fhr Im't' f1U'ssa,Ql" of sah'O/i01' through jesus Christ. tlrr I'ri"ce of P{"a<t". 1M his 110 me. A "~,..

Fint Step Toward \\"e11. here I anl off on California the fi r~t stage of nl)" long jOllrney to Conference. The first step is a ..,hort one. hllt full of interest to me. .-\ dear young friend of nl)' days in Daytona, Fla .. l"xpre!"sed a wish for me to baptize him. and ~I) I)avid's father - Clarence Rogers _ cI ropped nle a note to see if it could be done while on my way to the G~neral Conference. ()f cnur~e it could! :Kothing could please me I 'ctter. .... \nd so it 'was arranged. This one hlessed thing nlakes this day on the road ~eenl like a bright spot in my Ii fe journey.

The day was fine, following two days of hea\'Y rain stornlS. Only last evening the delug-e nlade Plainfield's streets seem like ri\·ers. \Vater in the road by our home, up tl) the anto hubs. alnlost made the city seem like \'enicc. only the queer gondolas ran on wheels and made a great foanl)" splash as t hey rushed hy.

In !'\ ew York City I took the Erie "'train I." which landed me on time in Alfred at ahout six o'clock. It was a pleasant journey (m a good train that made no stop between Jersey- City and Port J er"\;s, after which station it ran on standard time. .A.s I dreanled along the 'way, think.;ng of old tillles and the changes that had come since fi rst I hegan to note things along this old route. I was quite impressed with the "signs of the tinles" that were so marked on every

hand. "The tinles are changed and we are chang-ed.·· u-as recorded long ago by an ancient Latin writer. .·\nd I C'Ould not help thinking how tnle the old saying is eyen in these. our days. \\'e are li\'ing in a ,-ery different world now fronl the one I knew sixty or seventy years ago. The difference in the conditions of groups of people can not be ignored. And no one can really study these conditions without thinking somewhat of their causes. AJong the w-ay w'e passed throngs of worknlen digging in the ditch, sho'wing eyery sign 0 f hard times. and revealing their \\-ay of getting a living for wives and children. Life did not seem to have much sunshine for thenl. Then a little way off there \?"ould he ~een a field IiteralIy crowded with autolllohiles. every one of which \\-as prohahly u~ed to bring sonle worknlan to the great shops or to the road work just nlentioned. The train. within. seenled crowded \\-ith weJ)-t~o tOUrIsts. en route to sunlmer resorts. and as far as one could see. long lines of touring cars. which. v.'hen we caole up to them. seemed loaded u"ith pleasure seekers off for sonle sumnler resort for a good tinle. Had nly train been headed for the city. it would haye heen literally crowded \\;th nlen and WOOlen going to their day of toil in Xew York or Brooklyn.

A.II along the way were scattered the hunlble honles of quiet country life. u;th slnaJl fields and gardens so conlplete1y deluged by the hea\'y rains that all hopes of a generolls harvest seenled ruined. Then. farther along in the juunley. we found broad fields u f grain and gras~. where little nlin hy the fhx)(is had been l11ade and the f arnlers had pronlise of good ret urns f ronl their toil.

I do not see how anyone can ponder over a)) the scenes in sllch a journey ~;thout heing impressed \\;th the different conditions in which thei r f el10 v.·s are obliged to live. and being moved with sympathy for many fellow mortals whose live.s are hard.

The thoughtless indifference \\~ith 'which these scenes are looked upon by most peo-

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pIe. does seenl sttarlge, and leads ont h) fear that the kindly element of true Christian sympathy is dying out in the great human family. There must be sOll1ething wrong somewhere in order to nlake such vast contrasts-inlpassable chasms-between the rich and the poor in a country like ours. Great and good would he the work of any child of God \\'ho could discoyer and :-tpph' the relnedy for undesirahle contrasts 111 conditions aIllong the hunlan f alllih·.

Unfortunate and i\s I ride along the ·way. Unprofitable it is not difficult to see Seed Sowing the difference In the farms that make up the landscape. Here is one that looks clean and homelike. FieLi.s are well kept and free from weed~. ~nd growing grain gives promise of excellent harvests. Then comes one which has littl~ to conlnlend it. The land lies just as gOO(l

as does that of the other. But there are 110

such signs of haryest there. Fence corners are full of "veeds and hriars. The ground seems hare and unfnlitful. and the huildings are desolate and neglected. It is eli fficult to see why this farnl is not c~pahle of bringing just as good results for ib owner, if it were as carefully tended. and the difference must largely be in the way the farms are cared for. The one who allows the weeds to grow nuhinderecI. with their tendency to prolific se~d hearing. might just as well sow evil seeds hinlself. He knows how prolific in seed bearing all noxious weeds are, and how certainly the winds will drift the evil seeds over his land, and when his farm is thus ruined until he can secure no good crops. he ought to see that no one is to blame hut himself.

Careless seeel sowing or lack of painstaking in selecting his seed often accounts for failure to secure a good crop. Here is a field on nly right. white with daisies! Everyone knows how daisies. if allowed to grow, will crowd out ev~ry good crop. N a grass can do well where daisies are allowed to overrun the land. When I was a small boy. one large field on a neighbor's farm was white as snow with daisies. The owner had sent back to his far-away eastern home for grass seed. This he sowed, disregarding the fact that it was mixed with daisy seed. That careless seed sowing not only practically ruined his own farm, hut

<ill ri n(T the \"ea r~ every fa rill ill t ha t valley. h

1n one way~ or an()th~r. hecanle daIllaged---alnl()~t ru{ned in spots-f ronl the careless seed sowing of one nlan ~ Thus it is that one farIll spoiled surely forebodes i11 fur the next one. and the next one. on to the end.

Friends. why is not this a good illustration () f the wa v hOllles and societ \' are ruillt'd ~ Careless set,cl sowing--evil inAut'nCt's-11l the h()nll'. hring Ill()ral ruin tn the children whelSt· characters are heill;.! f ()rllled there. I ~ y had seed sowi ng Oil t ht, part (If a father or Ill()ther. evil gr()wths COllle to the children: and through the influences of that hellne.: a whole conlnlunity heC()nleS tainted. and eternity alone can re\"eal the full results of e\'ib that tend t() Illake a had and hopeless world.

\Ye are all s()wing" \\'e can not help it ~ \Yhether we wil1 or TlOt. the intluences of our lives are helping t() Illake the character (If others. and through then1 the surrounding CClllllllllllity is heing shaped as til ch:l.racter.

A Good Sabbath It had been 111anv years In Alfred Church since it was Illy pri\'ilege to attend a regular conlIlllln ion servi ce wit h the old :\]fred Church. Yesterday was conlnlllni()n day. The pastor was on his way til Cali f()rllia. and President Davis had charge. ..\ fter an excel1ellt StTTl1011. he invited ll1e to assist hin1 ill the cOlllnHlnioll service. Then it was nly hlessed privilege to hapt i ze Brother I)a \·id Rogers. son () f ~Ir. and ~Ir·s. Clarence Rogers of Daytona. Fla. The fanlily is spending the hot weather in :\lfred thi~ year. where t\ .. ·o of the daughters have heen in the college. and they have to reTllain here when ~ch()()l opens in Septen1her. This Illakes a happy reunioll fClr tilL' faIllih" dl1ring the vacati()Tl.

This renewal (,f 111\' I );tvtclll:t friendships with this g()(J(\ family e,f yllUTlg people was great I y en j Ilye<l.

()n Sunday. Brother Rogers kindly gayt.'

us a plea~ant auto ride. including a part of his faIllily and n1y hrother Charles and wife and grandchildren. going hy way of Andover. \\. ellesyille. Scio. Belnlont, Belvidere and FriellfI:,l,;p. to our old honle at Xile. a round trip of nlore than eighty Illiles. The day was fine and we all enjoyed the trip very much.

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SEVEN1'U DAY BAPTIST ONWARD MOVEMENT

''''ILLAno D. BURDICK. r.t'nE'ral S(L('rptRr'. 926 KE'nyon AVt'nue. PIRlnn .. )d. S J .

OUR BULLETIN BOARD The COl1l1l1is..;iol1 rlleeh in Lo.... . \ l1;.!ele ....

l 'ali f.. J lily 19-20.

Ceneral Conf~rt·llCl'. }~i\·t'r .... idt'. C:dif.. 111h" 23-29.

~()rthwest{'nl '-\~s()ciati()n. ~c'rth I .. Ollp. ~ ell ... \ ugust 9-12.

~()ut hwestern :\ssocia t i())1. 1-:1.. :\ llgust 16-19.

I IanHllond,

The ()l1ward ~f OVenlel1t ported for the year, d()sil1~ Ihat he received SJ1.5'R4.13. i(Jre he received $32.7 56.72.

t rea!'urer rcJune 30. 19~,

The \'ear he-

The way to have a Rood financial report i(lr the Year. heglnnjn~ 1ul\' 1. is to nlake - . ..... ;.!t'llerOllS offering-s at the openin~ of the ~·ear. He sure and send an offering- for our work ill the n10nth of July.

Bishop .1 -twrence has paid hig-h trihute t I) the wi \. e ~ () f eh ri '" t ian rll i n i ~ t e r sin h i ~ "~lell1()ries of a Happy Life." IIc ~ays. ." )arsolls' wives are a rnarvel to Inc. \\'on1en (Ii refillt'nlellt al1d education in rector\' or tt'Tll'111ent. with ()ne or two children. usuall\' wi t hout ser\'a nl s except for occa!'ional help with the heavy work. ha\'e pro\'ided n1e ,,,·ith (·(ll11f(Jrt. food. and cheer for thirt\' \'ears. The cooking was good. for they "C'O:'ked: I he service was good. for they ser\·ec:l:. and the cOI1\'er~tion was good and on a high plane. for they talked. As a whole I do not helieve that there is a finer. nlore economical. capahle. cheerf u1. and self -sacrificing IHHh· of WOlllell than the wives of '11inister", and 11lis~i()nar;e~ (Jf Chri~tian churches. I ~peak with fir~t-hand kl1()wledg-e. .\l1d he i I n'Tl ll.· 11 1 hered t ha t the pa rsoll . s wi f e who' Illllst he we)] clothed. and have her children well clothed, IS often the nlost efficient w(Jrker in the kTtI;)ds. Sunday schools. or at the org-an." Tu this sentlnlent there will hc universal and g-rateful assent.-From .. The Raptist.·'

THE CRUarulON. AND HARMONY OF THE GOSPFJS

J. A. DA\~IDSO:S

(Article 2)

The great arch-enemv is so determined to (nisleacl the people of Cl'Od that he raises up all kinds of irrelevant que-stions for them to stunlhle over. rather than allow them to pay re~pect to Jehovah's RTeat narne bv hon(Jring" the s.eal of his suprone authorit) ..

Th{'se stunlhling hlocks are easilv ret11c)VNJ if one will only stop to think. and then .. st oOJ>" and Ii ft t henl out 0 f the "WCl \'

c-a~ting thern > aside into the ditch. ~"he~ they helong.

I t has long heen t.aught that our Lord was crucified on Frida" (Freya"s or Frigga"s da~' ). and ros.e f ro~ the tomh on the first ciay of the v.·eek (the day of the Sun). This has heen held up to us ~ as sufficient reason to discard the ~ign or seal of Jeho"\-ah's authority. the Sahbath.

The Sahhath. therefore. like its Lord. was crucified hetv.'een tv."o thie,·es. the Uda,' of FriJ!'J:"Cl" on one hand. and "the day o~f the ~un" on the other. How great a ~ v-ictor.'" it would he if the de,; 1 couJd blot out all knowledge of Jehovah's authority! This he s.eenlS ~trivin~~ hard to acco~plish in these days of heterodox rationalism. He endea\'()r~1 to put the Creator out of exi .... tence hy the cros~. hut his C'Ontract pro,-ed (00 nllIch for hinl. So now he ",;0 endea vor to hlot out all knowledge of. and faith in. hi~ authority and power. by raisingup clouds of spurious teaching to decei"\ooe the people of (;od ana nlake them skeptical f) f his power and allthoritv. ()ne of the early steps to that end was ~ the endeavor to hlot out the menlorial w'itness of God's creation. and estahIish Sunv.·orship in the <. -hurch. This was accomplished by causing pe·ople to believe and accept the theory that r he S()n of r r()(i arose f ronl the tomb on ~unday. Another step WCL .. <O; the teaching of the prie~h that thert."""surrection ~~, a greater work than the creation. therefore the Sahhath wa_, to he blntted out and the \'enerahJe day of the Sun perpetuated. This, of course, degraded the sign of Jehovah"s authority. alnlost blotted it out of man"s knowledge. and established arid perpetuated the sign. or nlark. of his own usurped authority.

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But God, in infinite wisdom and foresight, had ordained that his blessed Son should rise from the dead on the Sabbath, and has preserved a record, that those who will nlay come to the true light, and receive the greatest blessing that God has promised to those who love him. And those who love their own way, who love darkness rather than light. may have it said of thenl. "Hearing ye shaIl hear, and shall not understand: and seeing ye shaIl see, and not perceive: For the heart of this people is waxed gross. and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see 'with their eyes, and hear \vith their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them." ... A.cts 28: 26, 27.

I had been keeping the Sabbath as much as ten years before I was really sure that Christ arose on the seventh day of the week. I was keeping the Sabbath years before I ever heard the suggestion, when I studied it up in the Greek New Testament. The Seventh Day Adventists have done all their Sabbath reform work without mentioning that fact.

I have shown in a previous article that the resurrection has nothing whatever to do with the Sabbath question, nor the Sabbath with the resurrection. The Sabbath is the sign. or seal, of God's authority, by virtue of his creating the universe. Baptism is the answer of a good conscience toward God, a confession of our faith in Christ, and a sYlllbol that \ve have died unto sin and the world, and are alive in resurrection in him. So there was no need of sanctifying any clay for that purpose. \Ve have a better and more beneficial way of testi fying to our faith in the Lord's resurrection in living a consecrated life seven days in the week, fifty~two weeks of the year, for all our allotted days. \Vhat a blessedness! What a privilege! Glory to his name!

I would say again that this question of the resurrection has not the least bearing on the Sabbath question, but to answer a question asked nle about the "preparation day," I would ask that the references in the four Gospels be considered. Matthew 27: 62, 63, 64, says: "Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate, saying, Sir, we remember that that

deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again. Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen f rom the dead: so the last error shall be worse than the first."

Matthew, the writer, was a Jew, and the priests and Pharisees are Jews, and the

/Sabbath was a very pronlinent day with the Jews. Verse 62 says, uNow the next day," -that is the day following the death and burial of our Lord, as well as the day that "followed the day of the preparation." Now if the crucifixion took place on the preparation for the weekly Sabbath. then the next day that followed would be the weekly Sabbath. Can anyone imagine a Jew using such a clumsy. roundabout expression to indicate the Sahhath? \Vould not Matthew rather have said, "Now the next day, that is the Sabbath"? ":Now the next day that followed the day of the preparation," is a pretty long-winded way for a Jew to pronounce "the Sabbath," is it not? This would indicate that it was not the preparation of the weekly Sabbath.

N ow another point to consider here is that these chief priests and Pharisees were very particular about their observance of the Sabbath day, and they would not have gone to Pilate on that business on that day. Again, if l'vlatthew means the preparation of the weekly Sabbath, then he makes two very decided contradictions in his writings on the question. He quotes Jesus as saying (Greek); "The Son of man would be surrounded and held under the powers of the inhabitants of earth for three days and three nights." (Matthew 12: 40.) He also says. that the two Marys came to the tonlb

. late on the Sabbath day (in the evening, as the moon and stars began to shine). These two statements are there, (the Greek shows this according to Grotius) and there is no possible way of avoiding them.

If Jesus were crucifierl on Friday, then he was arrested on Thursday night, and that

. would give only two days and two nights for him to be under the powers of the earthly inhabitants. Such a theory would make Matthew contradict his own statements. But if Jesus were crucified on Thursday, which was the preparation of the Passover, as John says it was, then he was arrested


on Wednesday night, and therefore was three days and three nights under the powers of the earthly people--Wednesday night, Thursday night, Friday night-three nights; Thursday, Friday, and Sabbaththree days--fulfiUing Jesus· words. He arose some time on the Sabbath afternoon, fulfilling the prophecy to the letter, lion the third day."

This makes ~fatthew's words all harmonize, and we see that his account of this agrees with John's, that Jesus died and was buried on the fourteenth of Abib, the preparation of the Passover.

(C onti1Jued in next issue)

KNOWN BY THEIR FRUITS IV.

REV. A. L. DAVIS

3. On the mission field, modernism is a failure. It is worse than a failure. Having no distinctive message for non-Christian religions, modernism is defeating the whole missionary program.

More and more the modernists of all faiths are coming to the Unitarian position that "there are no heathen religions." Dr. C. C. !t.fornson, editor of the Clrristi.an C en/ Ilry, says that missions should not be considered as something done Hfor other peopIes," but as something done uwitJa other pe'Oples." That is, missions should no longer be regarded as an effort to convert non-Christian peoples to our Christian faith; but, rather, we should co-operate with them in the social task of "making the world a decent place to live in."

Dr. Gerald Birney Smith, professor of theology in the University of Chicago, and a Baptist minister, says: "The missionary enterprise is rapidly being conceived as a democratic social program." V\'bile the editor of the Christian Register, in an editorial on missions, says: "Our way, we have always said, is not to convert, but to co"fer (with adherents of heathen religions). That implies equality. It makes for self-respect all around.'"

Continuing further, this editor says: "As there is no foreign mission, so there can be at last no Christia,'l mission, as such. The tasks of the world are not Christian as dis~nguished ~r<?~ ~oslem tasks; for exaIll-

pIe, the ~ks are universal and human; they are educabonal and social, political and per_ sonal; they have to do with war and race, industry and health, character and leadership. ~n religions are united in desiring these thIngs. And each "'orld religion may best serve its own devotees _ without interf erence (by Christian missionaries):'

These are not exceptional views. It is the common attitude of modernism touching the whole question of foreign Irlissions. This view-that there are no heathen and that no effort should be put forth to convert t hose whom we have long designated "heathen"--take:s the heart out of missions. The acceptance of this view sounds the ?eath-knell of missions. .A.nd the tragedy IS. the.re are men and women of this type of belIef working on the mission fields today. and under the employ of missionary boards. Thus it is. we have the sorry spec_ tacle of missionary boards, founded by f undanlentalists. now emplo);ng both f undamentalists and modernists on the same field--one group preaching Christ to a lost worl.d as its only Sa1o-ior; the other group, seeking to graft our culture and our civilization on these old pagan religions. And this "inclusive policy" is not only taking the heart out of mission work. but because of it, nlission boards are facing reduced budgets.

The difference between an educated "heathen" and an educated "01ristian" is being reduced to a nlinimum. For the modernist. the word "nlissions" has lost its pnmiti\'e nleaning. I n their ,-jew it does not mean the effort of the Church of O1rist. in obedience to Christ's last command. u to seek and to sa \'e that w'hich is lose'; but sinlply the work of civilizing the heathen. "To make the 'world better," to improve the state of human society. so as to bring about a ne'w soc-ial order-this is the aim of missionary' endeavor.

To give hospitals and schools and better living conditions to unsaved humanity and lea ve them there without God. will bring only temporary relief_The chief justification for missionary work is the saving of the souls of lost men and women. \\Then the so-called soc-ial gospel takes precedence of the gospel 0 f personal redemption and salvation. Christian missionary work will be a miserable failure. The pagan world needs


more than the ethics, the moralities, the virtues of the Christian religion; it needs Christ.

The great dynamic of missions is the conviction that without Christ men are lost; that Christ is the only Savior; that "there is none other nanle under heaven given among men whereby we must be saved." We need to tune in again on the dosing verses of Luke 24. and hear the dearctlt, specific progranl of our Lord that we preach "repentance and relllission of sins in his nal11e anl0ng all the nations."

The gospel for a world of sin-adequate and full-is ours. A.nd what we need to see is sin as the leprosy of death, and the souls of men without Christ lost in the Orient as well as in civilized lands. Yes, we have such a gospel. but we are losing it. Unbelief in the cardinal facts of sin and redemption is paralyzing us. Our mission study books, our propaganda, our literature reflect too much an emasculated missionary motive and means for carrying on the work.

The breakdown of convictions at home is the fundamental cause of weakness ahroad. At the very time when mission doors are wide open. at the very time when the Church ought to give a united testimony of loyalty to God's Word and his program of redemption. Christian people are sacrificing truth for the sake of seeming to be liberal. It is the hreakdown of convictions at home tha·t is causing the withholding of money for missions. reducing the hudgets, and recalling workers from the field.

I f we are loyal to God's Word, loyal to Christ and his program of personal redenlption, people will respond. I believe this with all my heart. People will give to the Lord, but they will not give to men; they will not give to any movement that seems to be disloyal to Christ. Missions is supernatural work. It must be directed by the Holy Spirit. Both 111issionary boards and nlissionary workers I1ntst be God-ordained and God-directed.

Says Dr. Earle V. Pierce: "(1od has the world ready to be evangelized, It can be done by an evangelistic Church which sees the lost world needing the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. I t can be done by nothing less. I f we do not awake from the delirium of worldly-mindedness, of camouflaging sin

and retribution, of substituting civilization for salvation, of displacing revelation with philosophy, of crowding out Christ by our spurious 'Christianity,' of putting education where evangelism should be, we will soon see the opportunity go. the harvest rotting down into a noisesonle source of pestilence. and doon1 will descend upon a Church which. as Israel. did not know its day of VISItation. The opportunity of the centuries is here-for h1c!"!"ing" or hla!"ting. for glory or for grief. () Lord. 11 ft thou up our eyes that we n1ay hehold the fields that they are white unto harvest.·'

This article is not a criticislll of our own l\Iissionary Board or our own n1issionary workers. The writer has confidence in the spiritual integrity and loyalty of our !\f 1Ssionary Board. So far as he knows every worker on the foreign fieJd is JoyaJ to Christ and his progratn of personal redenlption. But other hoards and fields are honevcomhed with Just such conditions as are here descrihed. and thei r work is being paralyzed. If SHch shouJd ever happen on our 111ission fields and the "inclusive policy" he adopted by our ~lissionary Board, then our workers had hest he recalled: for the death-knell of our lllissionary work will have been sounded.

To our M issionarv Board and to our nllSsionary workers we !"ay: trust you. Keep faith

\ \" e Jove you: we with Christ-and

us.

TRACT SOCIETY-TREASURER'S REPORT Fot" the quarter ending June 30, 1928

Ethel L. Titsworth, Treasurt"T.

In acc()unt wit.h the

.\mt"Ticall Sal)"~th Trad ~ucit"ty

Th-. To cach or. hand .\pril I, ]92~:

General Fund ........... $2,030.23 Df'flominational Buildillg

Fund ................. ~,71(,.OO '\Iaintenanc~ FUlld ...... ] 5~. 7)0(

$ Lt"ss o .... t>rdraft. !'crl1lancllt Fllnd

To cash rt"cei\"('d since a .. f"\1",, ... :

CUlltrihuti .. n" : April :\fay June

•••••••••••••••••• ~ ~(II). I ~ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3~9. C)& ................... 1,402.91

/ •. <)01.01 100.0n

-- --$ 2.0~R.99 Collections:

June ........................... . 25.97 Income from invested funds:

April ................... $l.J40.~O .\lay ................... 1.249.70

2,590.50

S /"l'1J1.111

THE SABBATH RECORDER 71 l~rc-t'ipt!l from puhliCOltion'l:

"Saht.at'h Re-conl(-r" ..... $ "Ht"lping Hand" ....... . Tract d~pository ....... . "Junior I~son Hdps" .. "Inte-rmc-d~te I~n

Hdp!'l" .............. . Outsidt" pul>lie&tion'l .... . Calt"nciars ...................

807.01 398.38 22.13 40.70

] S.;o 1 1.65

2.50

]nf('T("5t on hank halan~ ......... . ~. I I. D:u-is, trc-a1iurrr -<lnr·haH I <).!~

lax~, ~'innt"3po<)lil' lot .......... . C"lltrihution!l 10 Sl'("'("ial Sahhath Pro.

rnot ion work Hdllnd accnllnt ~~;I~~~.:~· ~~~ .. :~I;r~~

r:lt J~ '("<I _............ ....••••••

1,301.07 14.75

5;.75

]25.01

5.00

nrnominatinnal n'UilrlinR Funrl Cnntrihut ions:

.\pril .................... $515.00 ~fay ..................... 354.00 June .................... 152.50

IncomC' : --- -$1.021.50

.. \pril 'fa\" J II n'C'

.................... $150.00 ..................... 540.27 ..... ................ 69.00

Annllity Gift of "rl'i. Gilh<Tt II. Johnson, Farina III

]'3\"nlr-nt account ·103n· t~·· r·)~li,ji~hi~~ h"u"-e- fur C'1I1ri11Jr nliachint' ...... .

~1:lintc-n3ncr Fund Rrnt from p\l'.lishin~ hnu"-r ....... $ I f1trrc""t on hanl.: h3lan~ I ,w"mt'. I)c-nomin:lti"nal· ·R~i·\~l;~~·

End"wmrnt Traflllfc-rrC"d fr()~·· ~~':i~·R·5· . ;~·~~;'t : :

; 50.00

Joo.no

J i S.OO 2.67

Prrrnanc-nt Fund Tran"ff'TTNi from ~"lYinlOr!' aCN>unt 10 t4Kr C4Tt"

of o'·C'rdrah, and for in\·(""Stmc-nt ......... .

6l0.'::0

1,100 00

SI7.531.12

Cr. II \ ca .. h paid !>lIt all fnll"w .. :

(~n('Tal Fund Sa' I.a t h Rrfnrm work:

(;. \·rhhuy!'rn. lIolland·· "1)(" BOOft"ch.4f)llo(:'r·· ............... $

\lill Y ... rcl rburch. T."fld.~n. En~ II Louie- ~liln1ott. Allm:lI: Town.

T amaic&.. R. \\. I C(;mmiu~ on RC'~·i!'ion· '~f' ·r~it~~tl~rt':

Tra·,'("ling ~xnc-nSo('"!\ ..... $ IR.S6 n ... "k5, J>t'riextic;a\s, C'tc. .. 117 no

~pf'('ial Sal,hath ['rornotion .·or" . \. J. r Rond:

S1)13q- ........ S 1 ::;0 Of) F "'-.:-n .. r5 : T~.· ~h:n,'1{.

~tat'nrr"

s'\'\ 00 "0 no 13~O

Y () 1I n Il P<"OP Ir· .. Cnnft"rt'ncC'", on

{"r Sahhath

S2f .. ~. 511 ,,"ork ... 3l5.bS

c:-n li"tn1rnt f'T"omotion 303 29

1,\000 25.00

25.00

IJ'.5(,

897.-47

E 1( I~nl'-~ of ouhllca I inn>; . - - - - -- _. $ 1.2 J 3 0.3

··';:;'::\I.I·;uh Rc-cordf"T" . s-. . . . . .. .1.047.69 "Ht"!rlin'l Banet" ......... . Tract <icpositor:o' ...... ......... 1.0?09 ~ .J .-.r ... Ouuid(' public;!tinn5 1 J 1 S Trilct Socit""IJi' printinll ~ .......... .

Pronortionatt" COli t a ( .. \' (-ilr n k .. 00 ........ $161.{}0

Di!itrihution of litt'r;alur(": Trart rtac-"!l ........... " 34.9() r..ahor. rIc-............. 43.80

··Junior I~ HMPS" .......... ...43 "Intn-mt"dute' Lcoss.on Hdp"...... 2.45 C.urndara (postage') ......... 4.59

).f ~llant"OU. :

PrmdC1lt'5 ~pC"nSCS: Tnn·ding .............. $ 33.] 4 ~trnographic lJI·ark .. _ . . . 50.80

----$

Trf'"asurc-r'5 (-x~_:

Strnov-;aphic ""ork., MC. " $.60.00 Rrn tal typrWTi t ('T ........ 2.00

C OTT("'lI;ponrling S<"CTMJ;lr,': ~l .. r,. ........... : ..... $1 c.O .00 E X poC'nst'S :

Travding ....... $.1:. J 5 Sco-cre-ta.ri.a.J .. or I.: 24.&0 Postage- ........ 4.94

Committ~ on Drnomination;aj Fair'S. B004 ~c . .......... .

Lift' Annujty P3~-:nMlt ... :::::: .. P:&~-rnrnt ~unl loan .... $100.00 InltTC"S1 on lo.:&n . _ .... '" . 19.50

Ont9~:Jf .. ~~ ... ~{inn~polis Jot.

Photo print'5, and' . irt~~'~ .. ~;, p'i&nl' - Dt'nomin.;ttiotU.1 Buildini< Fund canna.50S .... - - - - ........ .

~3. 94

216.89

14R.OO 4-0.00

11°.50

r;- -~ .I.,=,

15.00

Ralancr of. tilx("'S no Minnr.lr-oli", 101 - !t.1i:~siOD. ar y s.o.c; rt ,. .................... .

T"rTlornination:aJ Building Fund Loc~ling build,ng on rIllll.p of propertv, and hlur

pnnts .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . ........... . MarntManC'C.· Fund

C ~t' of (unaCT. rte.. .............. $

~:'im~~~ .. 5 .... ~.~~: ....... ' ..... : : : : : : :

PrTTn:lnrnt Fund

6<1.00 6.00

&6400

Aciciilional lnan •. o:n bond :&nd rnortp.trr on p·ruP<Tt~· of \\ Ilium II. ForriMrl and ..-if ...

R,· halanno on hand (-;'f'"nn-aJ Fund ................... $ I.R JJ Q~ n~omiJalional BuildinR Fund.... ;,,53.'\.];-Marnlrn&nCT Fund ....... r . . . . . . . :::r 4C'.RS

4.351.47

13.53

'7.39.2'0

1,000.00

$ J ;- .5.3 1. 1 ::!

E. I>: O. E._

F. t hd L. T &.t51lHort h .

PlaiDfirld. S. J. T ""..lIl$UrT'f" .

July 5, 1928..

Total indrbt~n(""S;s (1 ) r. I F ~s o-t'"nr"'r.l und .. ... $. ~OO. 0(1 Ex..:&minrd and C"Orn~ lJI·jlb hcoO~ij. and "oUC"bc-n ...

;and found C'OfTrc-t

J!",-ing A. Huntin~. f ~L: A. I..a.ng-a·orth,' , .

J ul,. ' .. 19~. . \.uditnrs._

Drnomin .. t:ion&.! Bnilding Fund Dr.

T 0 to.I~ a.rnount C'Ontributf:"d.. and incom(' to

T Apnl I, 'bl Q~ ..•.............••..•... _ .. $.26..099.12 o c-ontn Ul~s ~~ during quarter. . ........................ $ J ,021'>0

To annuity _~ft of M~_ Gilb~r1 R. Johnson,. F anna... I U '7 SO. 00

To inC'OlD("--.n~r1'"5:t em· }~;.~: .;~:: '759.27

2.5.;a..77

$28,6..~.R9

, t •

. ::.

72 TIlE SABBATH RECORDER

Cr. By expenses of canvass for funds,

1926 ..•........................ $ 141.73 By expenses of canvass for funds.

1927-28 ..•.............. ....... 13.50 By loan to publishing house account

cutting machine ......... $2,009.60 Less amount repaid .. , .. 1,109.60

900.00 By loan account equipment

notes ................... $7,000.00 Less amollnt repaid ..... 1,058.61

5,941.39 By loans on bond and mortgage (for

details see annual report) ........ 9.000.00 By Liberty Loan Bonds .......... 1,100.00

By cash on hand: -----$17,096.62

Plainfield Savings Bank ......... $ 4,000.00 Checking account ............... 7,533.27

11,533.27

$28,629.89

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

General Fund Contributions:

Onward Movement ....................... $ 296.12

lncome from invested funds: Annuity Gifts ................... $ Henrietta V. P. Babcock Request Mary Rogers Berry Bequest ... . Harriet A. Burdick Gift ....... . Hannah Cimiano Bequest ....... . Joshua Clark Bequest .......... . Relief A. Clark B'equest ........ . Alfred Collins Bequest ......... . Emergene Cottrell Gift ......... . B. R. Crandall Gift ........... . Eliza M. Crandall ............. . Elizabeth R. Davis Bequest· ..... . Oliver Davis Bequest ......... . Amanda C. Dunham Bequest ... . Amanda B. Greene Bequest .... . Olive A. Greene Bequest ....... . Rhoda T. Greene B'equest ...... . Russell W. Greene Bequest ..... . Ellen L. Greenman Bequest ..... . Orson C. Greene Bequest ....... . George Greenman Bequest ...... . George S. Greenman Bequest .... . Amanda P. Hamilton Bequest .. . Orlando Holcomb Bequest ...... . Angenette Kellogg Request ..... . Adelia C. Kenyon B'equest Life Memberships .............. . Susan Loofboro Gift ........... . North Branch, Neb., Church Fund Marilla B. Phillips Bequest Electra A. Potter Bequest ...... . Maria L. Potter Bequest ....... . Arletta G. Rogers Bequest ...... . Miss S. E. Saunders Gift ...... . Sarah A. Saunders Gift ........ . Fannie R. Shaw Request ....... . John G. Soicer Gift ............ . M. Julia Stillman B'equest ...... . Julius M. Todd Bequest ....... . Mary B. York Bequest ......... . S. D. B. M'emorial Fund:

Delos C. Burdick Bequest $ 35.07 Eugenia L. Babcock Be-

quest ................ 107.24 George H. Babcock Be-

quest .............. " 118.65

Receipts from publications: "Sabbath Recorder" ............. $ "Helping- Hand" .............. . Tract depository .............. . "Junior Lesson Helps" ......... .

188.01 26.60 15.00

3.00 150.00

9.00 24.00

7.65 1.90 .1.27

30.01 6.74

14.69 3.00

32.53 26.36 36.00

4.50 6.00 2.54

26.54 18.00 12.00 30.00

4.32 63.06 21.30 12.00

2.54 28.50

118.54 15.00 78.26

4.50 24.86

.45 2.54

24.05 3.00 1.58

260.96

238.20 73.77 2.00 5.75

1,340.80

"Intennediat~ ~sson H~lp5".... 2.75 Outside publications .. . . . . . . . . . . 3.95 Calendars ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70

Contribution-Special Sabbath Promotion work: W. M. Stillman, Plainfield. N. J .......... .

327.12

41.67

$ 2,005.71 Denominational Building Fund

Contributions ........................ $5 1 5.00

Income:

Interest on bond and mort-gage, T. P. Egan ........ $90.00

Interest on bond and mort-gage, J. D. Loizeaux .... 60.00

150.00 665.00

Maintenance Fur.d Rent from publishing house ........ . $115.00 Income, Denominational Building En·

dowment ........................... 2.33 127.33

Total ..................................... $ 2.798.04

Contrib:.Jtions:

Receipts for May. 1928

General Fund

Onward Movement ...................... $ 349.06

Income from invested funds:

Annuity Gifts ..................... $321.32 Reuben D. AYTes Bequest ........... 7.50 Lois Babcock Bequest ............ 2.60 :Mary P. Bentley Bequ~ .......... 4.50 Berlin. Wis., Parsonage Fund ...... 6.75 Richard C. ltond Bequest ........... 3.00 George Bonham Bequest .......... 3.00 Sarah Elizabeth Brand Bequest 1.50 Harriet A. Burdick Gift ............ 6.00 l\fary A. Burdick Bequest .......... 1.80 Sarah C. L. Burdick Bequest ...... 3.00 Susan E. Burdick Bequest ........ 22.17 Hannah Cimiano Bequest .......... 11.58 Joshua M. Clarke Bequest ........ 4.50 Nettie J. Coon Bequest ............ 1.50 Amy K. Crandall Gift ............. 3.00 Eliza :M. Crandall Request ........ 4.51 S. Adeline Crumb Fund ........... 30.60 Oliver Davis Bequest ............. 135.00 Nancy M. Frank Bequest ........ 12.13 Rosannah Creep Bequest ........... .80 George Greenman Bequest ......... 64.50 George S. Greenman Bequest ...... 267.00 Greenmanvill~, Conn., Church Fund.. 4.50 Celia Hiscox Bequest ............. 17.07 Eliza James Bequ~t ............... 8.70 Lucy M. Knapp Bequ~t .......... 6.00 Benjamin P. LangwOTthy, 2nd, R~-

quest .......................... , Clark H. Langworthy B~ue~ Life "!\'femh~rships ................ . Eliza L. Maxson Bequest ......... . Eliza~eth U. "!\'faxson Bequest ..... . Elizab~th L. North Bequest ...... . Nort'h Branch, N~b., Church Fbnd. Paul Palmiter Bequest " " ...... . Olive Hall Pierce ~uest ........ . Electra A. Potter Bequ~st ........ . Deborah A. Randall Bequest ....... . George H. Rogers ~u~st ......... . Charles Saunders Bequest ......... . E. Sophia Saunders Bequest ...... . Mary Saunders Bequest ........... . Sarah A. Saunders Bequest ....... . Sarah E. Saunders Bequest ...... . S~ond W~terly Church Fund Alzina C. Shaw Bequ~st .......... . Fanni~ R. Shaw Bequest ......... . John G. Spicer Bequest .......... . Martha G. Stillman Bequest" ...... . Mary S. Stillman Bequest ......... . Sarah E. V. Stillman Bequest ..... . Mary K. B. Sunderland Bequest ... . I. D. Titsworth Bequest ......... .

1.50 2.00 1.20 1.50 1.50 3.00

.75 6.00 5.25

46.31 48.18 32.00

1.50 3.00

.60

.60 3.00 9.68

.75 30.00 12.0'0

3.00 7.50

15.00 3.00

15.00


Thom.a.a F. Trcnor Bequest ....... . Villa Ridge. IlL. Chun:.h Fund .... . A. Judaoo WeIb Bequest ......... . Mar)' J. Willard Bequest ......... . PhiJos:o.ela T. W cod ward Brcquest I. H. Y Old, Bequest .............. .

Receipt. froDl publicatio!u:

22.55 J.80 1.S0 1.50 J.oo J.OO

"Sahbath R.ecordc:r" ............... $.257.5J "Htl· H d" PInS' an . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 1 S9.49 Tract depository .................. J.6-", "Junior Lcason Hd~" ............ 9.75 "ID~ediat:c ~n Hdpa" ...... 8.55 Oub.id~ publicati.. ............... 1.lS

Interest OD da.ily bank hsla.nc-ea .......... . S. H. DaTi&. trea.surer. onr--b.aJf uxes.. Mi.nne--

apolia Lot •.............................. Contribut;o-ru ....................... $.35-4.00

Wm. M. St:iUm.&.n, Pla.infidd. N. J. . .....

J .2"'9. 70

~1.jl

1'.00

5;i S

41.67

DenominAtional Building Fund $ 2.155.39

C Ollu-ib u tiona .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $.J 5-4 . 00

Income:

Interest OD bond Uld mor1p~. T. E. Beatty ............. $120.00

In t ~t on da.il y bank balanc:c:a ................ 28.00

In tn-est on kl.tn aocoun t equipmn:lt notea.. pub· lis.hing hotUoe .......... 36.2.27

I nt-erT1rt on note~ a.c-oount pledge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.00

I ntc-r-est on loan aecou:nt cut. ling m.&e:bme~ publUhing bouloe .................. 15.00

Paymr-ntl a.c-count princip&.i of losn ~. count cutting m.acbinr~ publis.hing hOU5C . . . . . • • . • . . • . . . . . . . • . . . . . . .. 300 00

Ma.intruan~ Fund Rr-nt from puhli.&hing house .......... S 115 00 Intn-c:st on d.&iJJ" hank bala.nc-e-a ...... 1.42 I ncomt' from Drftomination.al Build.

ing EndoW"Tnent ................... .)0

Tot.al ................... _ ...... _ .......... $ 3.4;;..tS

Con tributimu :

Rccdp-t:a (or J UDC.. 19211 Gnl-c-r-aJ Fund

\V cnn.a.n'. Boud .................. S 1'00.00 Onward MOTnnt'nt ............... 1.2'0.2 91

Co J lC'Ctiona : --_._. S 1.40~ q 1

One-- th ir-d co Uroct ion.&. C C"f1 trill A &100-

ciAtion ........................ S On t' . t bi rd coJkdion.a.. \.; ("St t'rn A a .

a.oci.. tion .. .. .. .. .. ............................ ..

Rccdpt. from public:ationJ: ··s."bat.h Rc-c-orda·· ............. S "Hdpina Rand·' ................ . "TUJ.tior ~ HdPll" ......... . Ulntc-r-medi.tr Leuon Hr-Ipa-· ..... . T na.ct de-pos.itory ................ . Outaidc pubJic:at-Jon:. ............. . C&lend.ar-a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

11 JJ

J 11.28 165. J 2

25.1'0 ;~.Q

16 -&9 4.3 S J.fii;O

I nter-t'S1~ Phin6~ld 5.aYinp Bank ......... . Rrfund A-coount COl re:apoadin. 1it"eN'"t1ry'. tra't'"C-

ling ex pc:n;a.es ••.......•...•..............

ContributicmJt--Spcri.aJ Sabbath Prcnnot:J.Oft work: \V. M. StUlman. Plainfield., 'N. J.

25.9;

531.6. 7S

soo

41 61

DenominationAl Building Fund Con tribution.a :

$ 2.001.9--4

Genenal .................. $11 S.OO OQ~ 1Aht~~t ........ 31.S0

h Q __ , I 52.5>0

InC'lOftle:

I Dtt"TCSt em loa.n ~t equipmnst DOt~ - b~ dur 10 }unr 1. J 928 ...... $.6800

I nt.n-cst - 1'1.&in6dd Sa ... . inga BUlk .............. 1. 00

Annuit,. Gitt of Mra.. ) ohfUiOn. F a.ri.na.. I 11.

M aiDtn:u.n~ Fund

69.00

;~O.OCl

Rnsl from pubh..hing hoUN" ....... $ l:S 00 I n tn-cost - PWn~dd Ssrin.... B2.ftk .25 Tran"J~ front P'lain£,dd S2T.

m..-. B&nk aoooun! .............. Z~O.OO

P~t Fund T~~f~ f:rom e;:aring-a a~nt·--!OlT in"'cst-

.. - - - - - - - .... - ................. - - - - - - - - - - - ..

971_50

1. 100.00

Toul .. - . - - - . - - - - - - .. - - - .... - . - .. - ...... $ ~.~~.69

11tACT SOCIElT -MEf lING BOAItD OF TIlUSTEES

The Board of Trustees of the :-\merican Sabbath Tract Soc-iet\" of ~ew Jerse\-. met for their Jul)' nleetin:g on Sunday. July I, 1928. in the S~-enth Day Baptist church. Plainfield. ~. J., at 2 o·doc-k p. m_. pursuant to the action of the board at the June meeting.

President Corliss F. Randolph p~ded. !\{ enl~rs present : Corliss F. Randolph.

\\'illiam C. Hubbard. Alexanoer \V_ Vars. \\'illard D. Burdick. Ethd L. Tit:s~~orth. ..\sa F' Randolph. Ahva T. C. Bond. \\~Iham !\L Stilinlan. Theod~re L. Gardin~. I ~us F. Randolph, Jesse G. Burdick. In-;ng A. Huntin~. Frank A. La.n~-orth\· ... \rthur I~ Tits'Vto-~rth. and Busin~s.s !\f~ L llarris.on ~orth.

\ ·isitors: !\f rs. \\. illar-d D. Burdick. !\{ rs.. Ir\·in~ A. l·Iuntin~.

Prayer was offc-rNi b,' Re\·. Ah\""3 J. C Rond. D. D.

!\f inutes of la.st mc·C't"lng ,,-e-re read.

St.':U:UAIIZED lU:.POrk1' OT "'rR£ C~Q'ONt»NG

SE:CXE:! Aln·. J t.""1.. ,. 1. 1928 The' C'Orresponding ~ h:u Zl"kndtd the

annuaJ ~ng-s of w F..asl-c-rn, Central. \\'~~ and the' SouihC'.&sIc-Ttl ~soc:U.lions sin~ the' June mt"C'ting of the' TnK1 Bo:...n:i.

He' h..s compJC'f-ed the' attnWLJ n:-port of thC' cnrrt""SpOnding ~. and h2nd~ it !Xl thC' prin~.

RM". Ed ... -in Shaw WTiI~ in bclu.U of the' Sa.bh3th School Bov-d cnn~ing !he- propoSt'd abr-~ edil"ion of "Bible' Studies on thC' S~bbath Question" by RM". A_ E. :u am. ~sing the desire that tilt' abridg~ ~it-ion bC' ~ with tht' idea 0 f unng it in tbC' studv 0 f thC' Sabbath question in our Sabbath scboois for a qtI&I1ft of a rear.


The corresponding secretary recommends that the Sabbath Tract Society continue its offer another year to send the SABBATH RECORDER to the leaders in the churches in the American Tropics.

A quantity of used Bibles and other books have been sent for us to include in our next shil>ment of literature to Rev. D. Burdett Coon, for use in Jamaica. Mr. Coon asks that certain tracts be sent in the near future. Will you give the corresponding secretary authority to make another shipment in August?

Respectfully submitted, WILLARD D. R'·RDICK.

CorrespoHdillg SCt"retary.

Recommendations adopted and ~ecretary Burdick authorized to lllake suitable replies relating to the various nlatters.

Secretary Burdick also presented the completed statement of the board to the General Conference, which was adopted, with thanks to the secretary for ib general character.

Leader in Sabbath Pronlotion Ahva J, C. ,Bond reported on Teen-Age Conferences recently held in \Vesterly, l'.Iarlboro, Little Genesee. New Auburn, North Loup, Gentry, Stonefort~ and Salemville. He also presented his report for the year, which was adopted. and will be embodied in the annual statement to the General Conference.

Time was given for an infornlal expression of appreciation of the work now In hand by Promoter Bond, and to heartily endorse the program for future work as presented in the report.

Treasurer Ethel L. Titsworth presented her report for the fourth quarter and the annual report for the vear ending June 30. 1928. which were adopted and referred to the L~ ucliting Committee. .

The l\dvisory Conlnlittee reported that they considered the question of the translation of some of our literature into the Chinese language. the conclusions being embodied in the statement of the corre"poncling- secretary to the General Con ference.

The Committee on Denominational Files reported work progressing in rebinding literature as necessary.

The Budget Comnlittee presented the following report:

SUGGESTED BUDGET FOR THE YEAR

Expenses Sal-,hath Reform work:

Holland-"De Boodschanper" .... $ 600.00 Mill Yarn Church, London. Eng.-

"The Sabhath Ob~erver" ...... _ 100.00 JamaiC'a. B. W. L-"Seventh Day

Baptist Reformer" .,.......... 100.00

Pacific Coast .\ss.ociation - Tra,'C'-ling ex~ns~ ................ .

Committ~ on Revi~ilJn of LitCTa· ture ........................ .

Special Sa hba t h I'rulllot ion wode: A. J. c. Bond:

Salary ............... $600.00 Expenses ............. 4(Hl.00 Young people's work .. bOO.OO Conh.renc~ on Enlist-

ment for Sahhath Pre>· motion 400. Illl

i 5.00

.1no.OO

2.000.00 . -. S .1, I 7:; no

.\ppropriations for publication" (in excess of inC"1l1("):

The "Sabbath He-corder" ....... S 7,11110.1)0 The "lll'll'illj{ Jland" ........... ':7:'.011

-; .. 2 -; ~.Iln (;eneral prilltillj{ and ,Ii"t ril.utlClII .. f Iitrfatufe ':,.'O()fIlJ

~I iscellall(,ous :

Traveling exp('n,,(""'; of r("\>rt-srllt;I' tives to ConferencC", associat ion". etc. . ......................... S

President's expense" ........... . Legal expenses, treasurer. (te. .. . COTTt'sponding seeretaro,':

Salary ........... : ..... $600.00 EXI't'nsc.·' .............. .100.01)

Cnlnnlittl""l" on f)"lIo,nin;,tional Filr .. Lift" Annuity pa\'rnrnts ........ . Special canvass for dC'nol11inatiunal

huilding ..................... . Pavment account inr\rhtednc<;!'1 .. . I n~iden tal items ............... .

1 nc' 'Ill ('

700.00 ..?oo.oo .100.00

900 00 I :; f\ Oil

I.JOO.OO

:;00. Oil 500.00 400.00

Inconle fronl l'rrl11anrnt FUlld .... $ ~.:;flnnll Income frnl11 l'rrnlan('nt FUlld. \lr·

morial Bnard .................... 4,.~OIl.no 1"lIections ........................ 1::'0.00 \\'oman's Board .................. QOO.Ofl

Special Sahhath T'r0l110non work .. :;00.00 Sales of books. tracts, lesson helps.

calendars, etc. .,........ . . . . . . . '00.00 From Onwanl ~1"vl""mC"nt tI"(';"urrr (,.1'.,000

So I 7. <}oo 1)0

------$ 17.r)()0.oo

July 1. 192R.

Report adopted. The following- C())lll11l111icatiClI1 was re

ceived: J[ cssrs.:

.-t1r.t'rmdcr Jr '. 1·01' .... CI'llirrllllIJ. IVillin", C. 1Il1M'arri. Asa F. Rm,dnll'h. Jesse G. Burdid.'. ,Vathan E. Lncis.

GE:-i"TLEMES:

The appointment of a committ<.><.> to recommend a successor to Rev. \Villani D. Burdick a..eo; corresponding secretary of the American ~abhath Tract Society, tog<.>ther with the terms of <.>mployment. was overlooked at the meeting of the trustees yesterday. Consequently. I am assuming the responsibility of aopointing- you g<.>ntlem<.>n as such a committee. subject to the approval of the trustees; and trust that you will be ahl<.> to report at the next meeting of the trust<.>es. July 1. next.

Faithfully your5, CORLISS F. RASDOLPH,

]esE 4, 1928. Prl'sidePiI.

Appointment approved.

THE SABBATH RECORDER -t\ /-

The comnlittee chairman. reported meeting but had make at this tinle.

through A. \\'. \i'ars. that they had held one no reconlmendation to

~he recording secretary reporte-d the follOWIng Jetter sent to nusinesc; J\fanage-r L. J larri~n ~orth. as rCf)UestNI at thc last 111cet ing of the board:

.H r. I .. /I arn.sml .\" nr-tlr 1016 Soull. Arv-,uu .

Plainfidd. Y. f ..

\f Y DL4,R MR. ~ORT)f:

At the ml"t.'tin~ of th(" Ho.ard of Tru5tt'("-s of the AmC"rican Sabhath Trac1 Soci("t~. hdd on SW1'

day. junC" 3. 19.?8. thr rt"'"C()rdin~ s.r-crrtan· was rl'qlH.'stC'd by \'ot(" of th(' board. to. and doc .... hen"hy .. extl""fld to yuu the d('('pc-st s~·mp.ath~· of the h.,ani III thr unusually s..ad C"xpc-ri('nc(' that ha .. rN"'("n t) y hoc- fa I )c-n ,·OU.

\\.(" trust. that tlw assuranc(" that our he-arts ~o ('tit to you trl ~r("at te-ndcTIl(,"<;'<;', mOl\" hdp tn li~ht(""n ~h(" pre~c-nt hurdc-n. and strc-ngth~ your c()urage-111 1T1("("lmg the- issues of the futur(".

\'rr\, sinc("r("h' yours Oll'lx-half of ,'h(" hr:~ud,

ARTlIt'R L. TIT"''' ()RTIf.

N f,ordiut] .\",,-r,-Iar Y.

~I.r .. ~ ort h personall y ex pres~d his. apprecIatIon of the syrnpathy oi the board a..' a}H)Ve extended

The cotllplctc report of the Con1Tllittee on J~e\'isi()n of I)enoTninational I.iterature. action -on which was taken at the ~la\" nleeting-. of the board. ,,,"as prc..;.ente-d "by the chalrJllan. Corliss F. Randolph. Th~s rep()rt was published in the ~.\RRATlI RE("()RDER of T uh' ninth.

\-oted that' the matter of repairs and Tllalntenance of the puhlisilinl-! house be \Tste·d hereafter In the ~uper\"lsory C0111-

Jllittee. :\1 inutes read and appro\"ed. Hoard adjourneci.

:\RTHl'R I~. TITS\\"()RTII.

R rcordi7'g ~'-,~rcrr'ar".

ONE MIGHT EXPECT GOOD MANNERS AT LEAST

. \\"e had thought that the little incident IT1 c~)nn~ti{)n with the ins.cription on the rchutlt lIbrary for the L~ni\"ersitv of LOu\'ai ne \vas close-d. hut it seems n~t. It will oe remenlbered that the library building was destroyed during the first year of the war

and that funds for its ~onstruction w~r~ rai"ioCd in :\nle-ric-a. panly as a to~n of svrnpath~' for IklJ!ium and Bdgian schob.rs and partly as a tribute- to CardinaJ !\f~rci~T. ,,~ho had inte-re-st<."d himself especialh' in th~ ~nteq~rise. T~e plans. as prc-par~ by an Anl(>nc-an ardlltC"Ct, 1\1 r. \\'hitnn' \\'arre-n and appro'\-c-d. s.o it is said, b~' C..ardmai 1\1ercier before his death. caIl 'for an in~ n pt Ion over r he en t ranc-e: .. Destro\-t"d b,' (~nllan fury: re-stored by Amt'"ri~ g~_ erostty. Protests agains.t this incredlbh· inept inscription ha \·e be-e-n hlterNi f ~ hoth sirle~ of the w-aler. C·ennany naturaJI~: c~)n~id~rs it a g-ratl:itolJ~ insuit.' Be-Igiuol (t.~hke-s It ht"'cau~ it unn~sarih' fosters hatred tow-ard (rt-rInalH·. 1\iany .~nlerican donors and others obj~t to ~'\-ing a gi ft t hat ~-a5 rneant to re-g-ister good \Ii-iJl to\llt-ard Bd~unl per\"ertt"'d into a n'landes-lation of j II \\-j II t o,,-a rei CernlaJ1\' . The reet or 0 f t he \lui \"e-.rsi t y and rnan~: of t he prof ('"ssors prole-st hltterly aRdinst th{~ ere-ction of theJll~(Tlptl(}n. The carve-d stOlle~ have he-e-n deli\Tre-<t Of". the joh. ~f{""nlhers of thf' faculty nlolllltffi guard to prevent their installation. T!le rector ordered the unloading to ce-a~. 1 he architect C"Ounterrnanded the order of the re-ctor and denlanded that the llnloaelin~ proc-ee-c:i. Police inte-rfered and h~ought the work to a standstill tenlporarily. ~ohody seenlS to ""-ant the in~ription except the architt"'Ct and a few fire-eaters. who are deternline-<t that no grievance shall e\""er he forgotten. ()ne is most of all shocked by the anlazing had taste of Americans insisting upon placing on a building e-rected for slIch a purpose and \Ii-ith funds given in ~ uc h ~ s pi ri tan in s.cri pt ion con t rast ing

American ge-ne&osity ~-ith "German f.ury.·· I f it is. too n1\.';ch to expect international good will. one nlight at least expect elerllentary good nlanners-which the inscription c-ertainly is not.-Chn·.stid" Irork,

A .nlother d.iscovering her snlall daughter \\-ashlng the kitten \\"jth ~nap and water. exclainled :

"( )h, Bet1 y

mother PUSS)' like that."

darling. I don't think the \\'ollld like her kitty 9ft'ashed

Betty \'ery seriousl y replied: "\Vell. I really rol"! lick it. mother"'

ChiJdrNl~ TIzF l.lagaziff.e for Parents,

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76 THE SABBATH R~CORDER

MISSIONS

REV. WILLIAM L. BURDICK, ASHA WAY, R. I. Contr.ibuting Editor

THOUGHTS ON THE YEAR'S WORK There are certain things which the year's

work, together with the fields and the call of God, forces upon the mind, and it is well that we note some of these in concluding this report.

Among other things is the fact that the world .and world conditions are changing at a ternfic pace. The work in China demonstrates this. and conditions in other countries bear testimony to the same. Everything is always in a flux. as Paul declared when he said. "The fashion of this world passeth away"; but sometimes transitions come more rapidly than at other times. Today the changes in regard to world conditions and all human institutions are moving at such a rapid speed that one wonders whether the world is mending or ending. Because of this fact, the time to mold the character of peoples and nations and to determine the destiny of the world, is at hand. What is done now shapes the future of the race for centuries and perhaps for millenniums to come. Therefore this is the day of great opportunity for Chrises kingdom and for Seventh Day Baptists, whose missionary and evangelistic work is intrusted to this board. The many calls coming to us, to some of. which we are giving the deaf ear, bear WItness t? the fact that this is our day of opportunIty .

The year's experiences demonstrate the imperative need of more workers. We need money, but our greatest need is not financial, as great as that is. The need for funds is small compared with that for men to carry on the work. If we will produce results and lay the work on the people's minds and he~rts, plan great things and bring somethIng to pass, the church will produce the funds. They have this year; they always have under these conditions. But where are the laborer§.)? Churches are pastorless and fields unoccupied, partly because of lack of vision and real missionary statesmanship, but more because ministers can not be found

to. ~upply. them. The present supply of mInIsters IS twenty-five per cent short, that . , IS. we need four men where we have three now. One sixth of the men active in our ministry are over seventy years of age, and one third are over sixty. The labors of these men, humanly speaking, will soon be past. The work of this board as well as that of the churches is now crippled for lack of ministers, and unless something heroic is done the situation will rapidly grow worse. The question of funds to carry on the work pales into insignificance with the question of the ministry. These conditions call for action on the part of this society as well as on the part of every board, the Commission, churches, homes, and young people. The day for talk, sleep, and slumber is past.

Rapidly changing conditions demand new programs, for things can never be carried on with success as in the past, Growing ant of the year's experiences, many have hecome convinced as never before that the time has arrived when a new and definite program should he formulated. China is not the only field that has been left in uncertainty; for three or four years Australia and India have been waiting for an answer to their calls, and our people have heen weakly waiting and .passing, at most, uncertain motions. What are we to do ~ The time has come when Seventh Day Baptists should have .some policy as to what is to be done about new open doors, and follow it with vigor and Christian enthusiasm. Again many workers at home feel that they should have a consideration commensurate with that given foreign workers. Omitting any reference to the past, what shall be the policy for the future in this matter? The events of the year as well as other years call upon us to build a definite new program, covering these and several other problems forcing themselves upon us a program built on the needs of the hour the . ' WIdest knowledge of fields and conditions, the broadest vision, the pure love, and all approved by Christ and made efficient by the Holy Spirit.

The past year in the fields of missions has been a constant reminder of the need of vision on the part of all connected with missions. It had demonstrated that in this decisive hour of Christ's kingdom those en-


Raged in the colossal task of missions must have a vision that clears the nlind of all narrO\\"T1ess. enlbraces all fields, every race ()n earth, all conditions, a vision that grasps the past and sweeps out into the future of divine achievenlent. "\Vhere there is na vision the people perish."

And finaJIy, it v.ras never more apparent than in the past year that ''''hat all who are connected with missions and evangelism need. most of alI, is to grasp God's hand and let hinl grasp theirs. It is God's work and \\'e are his: he has caJIed us to it. and promised a fierce struggle, with victory at the end, and all the v,,-a)". There can be 11() defeat if we let God have his way with llS. Though not in a position to ca~rv on ;lS exten~ive a work as sonle, we nlust not fail Christ at this time when his kingdonl has reached the crucial hour.

E\'AX(;F':LIS~I-A STATE~EXT

This hoard has always tried to foster ('yang-e1isnl. Five years pa..c;t, the General C()n f erence reconlmended that the board Illake a special effort to pronlote this line I.,f wor.k. For two or three years followII1g thIS act by the C.reneral Conference llHlC'h tinle an(i effort were given to th~ st rL'ssing evangelistic work. ~ ot only was it" inlportance urged. hut articles treating. Jll0re or less elahoratel)', the various kinds and Illethocls of evangelism were written by the Illissionary secretary and published. There were visible results. but not all that was desired was accomplished.

The especial efforts for e .... angelism the past year have consisted in the use of the written page. pleadings of the nlissionary ~l'cretary as he has gone among the churches. paying traveling ex,penses of 1 )astors going to aid other pastors. and helping to direct and finance the student e\'angelistic quartet.

This is nut enuugh. Occasionally throughout the year pastors have written asking for an eyangelist to aid thenl in a series of Illeet ings, and as a rule we have been unahle to help thenl nluch, for they invariably wanted nlen who have speci~l gi fts a"s evangelistic preachers and leaders, and those in our ministry having this reputation could not he obtained. It appears that we have not been producing e'\>-angelists, as that term is usually used.

It is being said that titTles have changed and that a new type of eyangelistic ~"'ork ic; needed. .Those hav·ing studied the question most senously. while ~;J)ing to admit that there is much truth in thi~ claim. at the saIne time insist \\;th good reason that there is ~till a place in the Church for ::l

sane e,,~angelistic canlpaign of the old type. and many churches are calling for such. Turning to the statenlent. more or less true, that the tinles detnand a new form of evanRelism. we do not seem to find ourseh·es producing such. for the additions to our churches hy all means wh.atsoever are regrettahly smaIl in nUInher. The fact that the 5al!le i.s true in a Ineasure among other denonllnatlons does not lessen the seriousness of our prohlem. \\'e are s.a.\"ing that the time is at hand for a new fOTTn-of eyangelisnl. but we are not producing it.

These statenlenlS are nlade for the sake of putting this very vital prohlem before us in its tnle li~ht. l-Iere is one of our nl0st important prohlenls. \\-e. as a people. can not afford to pass it hy lightly. The Church of Christ is eTangeJistic or it is nothing. It "\-as organized to lead nlen to Christ's w-ay of living and ta-help them follow him. If it does not do this. it has repudiated Christ and its nli55ion. The prohlenl of e"-ancrelism

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denlands imnlediate. thoughtful. and prayer-ful consideration. Old forms. though m~dified. must he retained. new nlethods adopted. evangelists trained. and every church a·wakened to its e,-angelistic mission.

EVERY M ISSIOX ARY A X AD\'OCATE

FOR H IS FIELD

Those "'ho arranged the progranls for the J llne associations were very con~iderate in the anlount 0 f t inlE' allotted -to Inissions. and this fac! was appreciated by those especially responslhle for Ol1r Inission \\·ork. l-hi~ liheral grant of tinle made it possihle to present what is heing done and the needs of the hour. and also gave tilne for free disclls~iun of question~ asked hy the audience. It is gratifying to he able to -report that the writer has ne\-er witnessffi greater freedom on the part of people in asking questions and nlaking suggestions.

I n one of these meetings the question was as~ed whether it is not the wise and proper thIng to always follow the advice of the missionaries on the field. The answer was


in the negative, and the reason given was that the missionary on the field is an advocate for his particular mission. It was further brought out that it is right and expected that a missionary be loyal to his field. Being particularly interested in his own work. he is very likely not to recognize the comparative importance of other fields. and his nearness to and interest in his OWll

~ork may blind him to some things pertainIng thereto. An instance was sighted of a missionary on the home field· who urged with eloquence that more workers be put on the field assigned him. and when he came to he a foreign nlissionary. he was even more insistent that the field he then occupied was the one of greatest opportnnity and should have more workers. -

All honor to the missionaries who plead for their respective fields, but the policy of taking their advice in these matters can not be worked. for when put into practice it would mean that demands of anyone field would exhaust the treasury. The honle field would want all, and so would J anlaica. British Guiana. and China. C)ur 11issionary Board could spend the entire budget on any one of these fields. Under these circumstances, the board must decide what shall be done in all cases. It should know from the most comprehensive study of all fields their :elative needs. and build its policy accordIngly. It may have been well in days past for a mission board to encourage a propaganda for some particular field; however that may be, that day is past. I f certain people wish to give for particular obj ects and fields, nothing should be done to discourage them; but a board engaged in the great task of missions should adopt a comprehensive. farsighted policy, including the world's work: and with courage, love. and enthusiasm hold itsel f to it, encouraging workers on all fields to produce results as the best propaganda for their respective fields.

CHINA LEITER Rev. TV. L. Burdick~

Aslw'l£lay, R. I.

DEAR l\-IR. BURDICK:

Today is the first regular service that has heen held in the new church, and to say

that we feel happy to have such a fine place to Ineet is to put it nlildly.

The fornlal dedication service was held last Sahhath day. The two Sabbaths previOl1S had heen given over to the evangelistic ~en·ices. which preceded the opening. \\' etelt that they were of I1HICh value. The dedication was quite a pretentious atTair for I juho. :\ccording to Chinese custonl. announcenlent was sent to f riel1ds of the nlisSlOn here and elsewhere. especially those who are heads of organizations. .·\nd according to cllstont. they responded hy sending writtell scrolls and nlottoes expressing hig-h .-.;entiIllC'l1h. nl()stly of friendliness to the Christian d.octrine." I think there were f orty-t WI) such gi f b. and the walls 0 f the church were very nicely decorated thereIn ..

The entire Shanghai choir canle out al~d occupied the plat fornl. They sang- sonle splendid anthenls. and gave :~ lot of hody to the gcneral singing. Doctor Pahllhorg nlade the report as t() building. equipnlent. and financies. and Doctor Davis preached a ~h()rt serm()ll. These were i ol1owed by several addresses hy I)llr evangelists an;l Christian CO-W( Jrkers in this yiciIlit\'. After the progranl as arranged. a nunlbe~ of the non-Christian gentry of the t(J\\!n. who had been in\·ited to the services. responded to the invitation for friends to speak. in a very sympathetic tllanner. .t\ppreciation of the work of the nlission and of the value of Christianity was expressed by all. After the service. tea was served hy the Liuho Church to all the guests and merllhers.

~rr. Davis frequently refers to the changes and improvenlents that he has seen in China. Fi fteen years ago. he says. no such sen·ice could have heen held: there would have heen no choir of young peopIe: there would have heen disorder with constant loud talking and milling ahout: there woul~l h~ve been little openly expressed f nend IIness toward Christianity: there would have heen hut little sinhri~g. and that tuneless. I nstead, there was order and good attention, even an attitude of reverence. and the singing was tuneful and spirited.

The meetings opened Sabbath eve with an evangelistic service. The new church was crowded, with people who could not get in peering through windows and doors.


. \ larJ..!e part (If the Shanghai deleJ...TCltion arrived Friday afternoon in two large "Auto I~()ad·· husses. al1~TJllented hy the I)avis and h'hpital cars. Sahhath Tllorning nlore of ! he oldt-r ShanJ..!hai friends canle j ust for thl' day. Those who stayed till Sanda\" wcre takell care ()f at the hospital and new parish house. and returned to the city that a itertloon In busses. accoillpaniecl I;v the Ihvis car. COl1talnll1;.! I)octor and ~Irs. I )avis. H icharcl and Carlll. Eling ~lJng. and WtT "~{)~a line.

( )n Sal,}l;lth rllorlling a hapti~'l1al ~er,"i\.·e W;IS held at the hospital. Three young people were haptized and two old WOll1en. in\·alid~. adnlitted lnto the chuTch without baptis1l1. Inullediatelv following-. the L.oni"<; ~llpper and covenant rneeting wc..·n.· helel 3.t the church. It wa~ a \·cry fine stTyice. v,·ith IllallY particip~lJlts IHlth fflITll Iliuh{) and ~hallghai.

Early ~tllHlay 111()rning the yuung people hiked the seven and one half Chinese nlile ... til the hallk~ of the YanJ.,.rtze R.iver for a picnic. :\fter the honfire hreakfa~t. which W;I:-. a ne'''' ex perietlce to Illost of the hoys awl J..!irls. a short devotional servICe wa.;, 11I"Id and gallH:S were played f()r awhile hef I Ire retll rni n~ to I.i u ho. .\ few wheelb.a rrllws aCC()lllpanied tht: gr()up to pick up the fl)()tsore and wear\·.

\\·e are particularly illtere ... tcd in Conf{TCnCe this year. hecause we shall he so well representt.'d. The fi ,·e nlen oug-ht to make China seenl Inore real than ever to the h(ll1H.' people. and I atn Sl.re the cause of :--:'l'yellth Day Haptist~ will he Tl1()re real to the y11ung l·hil1l'~e.

~ilH:erel\· Yllurs. ( ~ EO R l ; E T II 0 R ,:-..; l ; ATE.

1,;""0. A." It. Chill<1. Jlllle: X. 192R.

MONTHLY STATE.MENT

:-- II Dan" Jun~ I-JUly I. 1928

In ;lcc"unt ... ith The- S("~·rn I h Ila~· H~l't i .. t \1l""'"lla q. ~ >(""Irl ,.

Dr. l:alalH"(,," on hand Junc I. 192~ .SII .. 65:-)o;.! \\".lIshington Trust· Company. loan .......... 5.500.00 'Ir~. En1m;l Cart ",·rigbt. ~fi,.s.ion..;u .... ~rt...... 5.0n (·cntr;l) A"$Onation. nne-·tbinl cnll.=.ction. ~ti ..

,.i~n3r.... Societ.... .................... 11.3j l·anadla;' I"acifi~ raih .. ·ay. rrilln.! on Crofont

r~"" ... .., t ion !I ••............•......•........ I 00 011 \\. ("st('rn A5.5OC"iation. one· third coll~tion. MIa·

sionary SOCi~ly .......................... 13.6"

Ftnt ~-rnth Ha~· Ual.t~t Church of Svr~ • ~f i ... &;on;u-,. 5ociM:r ....................... .

1_. A. Burdick. lhin:& mit<;S;on\i ............. . Ynun~ "~ple.-·& Bo.:u-d. I>r. Thornpt.c.-·I!i sa1ar~. \\·om~ln·& Board: '

~f iss n urdick· l!o !t.al:u~· ................... . ~ll!,5 \\·rst·s SAla.n· ..................... . II orne.- mis-1lions .: ....................... .

~orthCTn "·is.coo5if\, and Minn~u church.,.. rnl~~ton.s . _ ....... _______ .... __ ..•....... _

( ;c-rtrude.- fl. Ot.Tle.-:r . Ylssion.ar~· Socic-t,. ... . ( )n .... :ard M OYC"fnnll.. M I!l.Pon:a.ry Socic.-.". . .... . }{ '>c l..,-j lie.- Ch urc h . !l.h s.~onar~· Socic.-1 ,. '.. . . . . . . }{nelo·ilJc.- Sabbath s.c-hool. ~{i!\.siona.r;' Soci~,. .. }{ .. dn·il1c.- 1...0,-01) \"·orke.-n., Mr~onan· ~c-I\. '"r-..... Yor~ Cil~· Church. ~fis!'.joruLrY ·Socic-h.:. ~. ~ M"It h I ~ ,. Ral't ist Cbris.1 ian' E.ndc.--.:,;~·OT

1·'lI .. n of ~(",.. Fngland. ~tivc.- ... ·r~kc.--r in -'01 nla 1(01 10 3~,uSl 1). B. C O'on ......... .

\'·hite.- Cloud Church. fornJn1 m~sion!> ... . L'ltlc.- (~rn~ Church. Mi!o.SlonaT, Soc-i~, .. . '-'c-c-ond II o,.kinton Church. ~f isN;an:uV ~;C-I ,. ~r-<"<ond Alfu ... <i Church. Mi ... 5-io~· ~C-h .... J }( ... tge.- Cc-ntCT Sabhalh Sochool. ·C.1rb· sChool.

(-hlna .................................. . Fir~t Hopkinton Church. !dWionan· Soc-ietv .. A"h.I'''ay Christian E.ndc-~n"Or socic-ty: born~ mis-

~I(·n, .. . . . __ ........... __ .. __ . __ \1 ilt"n Church. ~I:l~,"on;u--,,· ~~h. . ........ . A·\::un!> CrnlCT Cburch. J:un~iC"a .: ........... . .\.lam .. ('C"ntM Church. (~rg-( to,.·n ...... . . \.l;lf'1' (·c-nl("T I ... ::ultr..· Aiel soOc-t~·. (;.("Orgc-I() ... ·n ". al!ohin~"n Trust (·omvan,·. inlc-r~sl crc.--dll .. . \ ff"l(""nd. ~f l§.s.ionaT\" Socj~,· .............. .

I n('c'rne- l>c-rmanc:-nt f~nds. G~c-ra! Fund .... .

200.00 .!oo.oo 200.00

)0.00 1.50

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tT;!.n.·Jin~ e.-J:~>c.--nSoC"S. nnplo,·ing of . nali,~ . \a" or " cor . c.--tc. •............................

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p.c-n~ . . ........................... . \\"m. 1.... n'U"diek. !tfay salar~·. tra,·ding c-x.

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t-rn .... ...,.. in "yan,,(""iisttc ... ·or.. . ......... . (;r;l("c 1 Crancb.11. '101'· ~br'· ............. . R T. ~Yf"T"ancc.-. ~a,· .~~ ............. . ('ltffc~cl .\. B~h(". !l.{a,· saiar,. .......... . .. "~rk R ~nford. work· in \"·~lc.--rn AS!oOOal;on ('hll" '''". ThornPt('. !l.h,· salary ........... . \"·m. L. nans.. M~,· ~lar~· ................ . (;C'CI. n. S;ayrc. QtUlrtc-t ,.. or " ............. . R .T. SC"T"l."r:llnC"T. tTlITding e.-xpc-n.~ in ~an~

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in T.;am.aic~ ...... . AIf· .... 1 I... .. an .\~M"'~ti("Jn. aC"COunt s.alaT~· II.

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I'a)mbnr~ ............................... . \I \"·~r.lnc-r nan,. ;aC'('ount sabn· Hr. Patm.

horg .................................... . JL'rold R C~n.i;ll1. trc-~urc.--r. O&.CC'ount sal:arT

Dr. P.::lln1~~ ......................... . I ndustrial Trust Comf'&tJy. China dntft:

nr . P~}rn horJ:. sa u n· accoun I ...... $1 3 t;. ?O 1~. Thorn~IC. salary ............. 400.00 'l:abd L. \"'("'SI. salar~· ............ l.H.l4 Anru M \\·f"SI. Qlar~· ............. 200.00 r.irb· Scbool. approprialion ........ .U.50 Boys' School ....... , .............. 200.00

. $ ] 04 ,;-

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16..3.72

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33.33 2!i.OO 41.67

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2(l.OO

80 THE SABBATH RECORD:E:~

Evangelistic ' '' , , , , , ..... , , . , , , . '. 400.00 Incidental ............... J, ..... '. 225.00 Susie :\1. Burdick. salary .......... 200.00 H, E. Davis, salary and children's al-

lowance ......... , ............. " 536,37

:\Irs. Robert B. St, Clair. June salary of ~lr. St. Clair ....... , ....................... .

Treasurer's; expenses ••.••......•...........

2.467.41

108.34 29.00

$ 6.5-' 1. 72 h:llance on hand July 1, 1928 ., ....•...... 24,442.j6

$:30.993.98

tHUs payahle In July. ahottt .................. $ 1.700

~pec;al funds referred to in last month's report now amount to $21.460.12, halance on hatld $l4.4-t2.2r;. !let balance $2.9gl,14 ahove special funrls. Other indebtedness $5,500, net indebtedness $2,517.86.

S. H. Da ..... is. E. &: O. E. Treasurer.

JRSSE F. RANDOLPH .. .':\t the home of his daughter. 1\-1 rs. Rob

ert L_ To\vnsend, \Vashin;rton, D. C., June 27, 1928. Jesse F. Randolph passed away in the eighty-eighth year of his age. He was the son of Jonathan and Jane !\Iaxson Randolph, and wac; born at Salem. in what is now \Vest v~irginia, January 29. 1841.

On A.ugtlst 12, 1863. he was nlarried to :P.Iary Frances Bond of Quiet Dell, who died Tune 1, 1928. He is survi ved by five sons -and one daughter-Uric F. of l\farietta, Ohio, l\-f rs. Florence Townsend of \Vashington. Ernest F. of Elkins. Howard F. of Salelll. Ornland F. of Clarksburg, and Charles H. F. of Parkersburg. The youngest ~on. Herbert. died sonle years ago, aged twenty-three.

J esse Randolph was a natural leader_I n every good enterprise. in the church. the de-1l0111inatioll, in civic affair.s. in education. in business ll1atters. he said "Collle on men." His entire Ii fe was spent in Salenl where in later years he \-vas universal1y known as "uncle Jesse_"

Space could not be given in the RECORDER to tell what this man meant to Salem College. \Yithout his Inlttative. energy. and generous gi fts of nloney and equipment the school could not well have come into existence. and grO\\c-n to its present importance. He was a trustee of the college thr-ough its entire life. and no other man has meant ~o much to it.

It was the same in puhlic affairs. In the early years of the Ii fe of the state. Jesse F. Randolph was a member of the House pf Delegates, ~nd it was hi~ cOllsGiel1tiQus

exanlple and eanlest words while at the capitol that gave \Vest 'Virginia its law so favorable to Sabbath keepers. He held many offices in local affairs, and honored them all. He was the first mayor of Salenl, and the bearers at his funeral were all former nlayors of the city.

In business affairs it was the same. 1\Ien long and intimately associated with hin1 speak in the highest ternlS of his business honor. He, with tnany other nlen. has lost t110ney in a large way in the tum of business that followed the oil hoom and the \Vorld \Var. He died a poor n1an. but the denon1inational building. Salenl College. and many other good causes rej oicc in the good the money did which he so generously gavc while the days were going- hy .

nut the foundation and background of his entire life was his Christian character and his deep and abiding- interest in the SaIenl Seventh Day Baptist Church. 1 Ie was a Christian gentlenlan. He loved :l.

simple ]i fe. He kept his faith in Cod. If e went about doing good. Salenl has nlet with a great loss.

Those who took part at the funeral service were President S. O. Hond. L. D, Lowther. Rev. E. J. \\"oofter and his own pastor. who used the following- text: .. For I anl now ready to be offered. and the tinle of nly departure is at hane!. I ha \'e fought a g-ood fight. I have finished nl\' course. I have kept the faith: henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of ri~hteol1sness. which the Lord. the righteous judge. shall gi \'e nle at that dav: and not to nle onl\'. hut unto

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all the111 also that love his appearing." G, R, S.

UPRIGHT CItIZENSHIP LAW IN NEBRASKA

A new law passed b\· the leg-islature nf the state of ?'\ ebraska requires that special enlphasis be !!iven in school...;; to nlorality. cOtlrte'Y· obedience to Ia\v. resnect for the constitutions of the United States and the state of Nebraska, and "other attribute~ which tend to promote upright citizenship. II This law has been nut into operation in the schools. a course of study having been puhlished hy the State Departrnent of Education.-Prcsb1teriqn Advance.


EDUCATION soCOO'rs PAGE PRESIUENT PAUL E. TIT~WUHT.H

CHESTERTOWN. MD. Contrlbutlnlr Editor

CHRISTIANITY AND SCIENCE ERLO EVERETT SUTTON

1.\ddr.·s1oC at St'mlnBry Commpncpment.

AJrrt'd. :-:. Y .. Junt'. 1928.>

"\\'l' h;l\'e a rich harvest of sCIence. a pro-111~i{)n of rnaterial facilities. a vast collectiol1 of ideas and products of past ages, \\-e IHTd now only harnlony. order, union: we need only to g-roup into a whole these power, :111<1 g-i f is: t he task he fore llS is to discll\'tar some cor11plete ancl h.llance-d systetn Ilf life: S(J111e conlnlOIl hasis of life: sonle 4,fljet·t for the ir11perishahle relig-ious in,tinch of r11ankind: sor11e faith to bind the t'" i.., tence () f Illan to the invisihle universe ;lrl)11l1d hirll: SO'l1e COt11r11on social bond for t hllllg-ht. act iOIl. and f eeli ng." These words :1 n' ql1!lted f rotn Frederick Harrison Hl "The :\Ieaning- of l~istory.'·

I helie\'e that hefore all things needful. IW~'lIl1d all else is tnlt~ Christianity. It only t';lTl ;,.:-ivl' wisdo'll. happiness. and goodness til men. and a nohllar life to nlankind. ~othill;..! h~lt true Christianity can sustain. guide. ane! "atisf\" all li\'es. control all characters. :tile! eV("I1t~lalh' unite all n1en. It nlust say . ~

t I) the w()rld ... Ye shall know the tnIth. and the trllth :-,hall ,nake vou free." 1 Iowever. the 11lan () f science Inight nlake a sinlilar .... !atl'lllent. Hut it lllllst he horne in mind Ih;}t :-;cieTlce does not deal \\rith one sort of I rut 11. and religi()n wi t h another. Though (·hri .... tianit\' is and rntIst rernain in the realnl 4 I f fa it h. t rLIe Christianit \' nlust be a faith th(lrnllg-hh' consistent ~ with established h;Tl()wlecige. Science is in a popular sense. tInt hody of k-nowledge nlade up of veritied and verifiahle facts and their relation.... hir s which pertain to nature and her processes. and to rnan in so far as he is imll1(>rsed in the physical order. Perhaps in a larger sense. science is all verified and or.t.:aI~ized knowledg-e. It is. as one writer puts it. "systefnatized knowledge of sense phe-11()J1lena." the product of human reasOI1 applied to the phenomena of experien~ To

put it in other words. science is but a naJDe for the accurate kllowledge which we secure when we think carefully and rationalIy. "The straight-think;ng man was aI'ways a scientist. '. Science, therefore.. expressed in ordinary tenns. is just man's nlost successful effort to interpret and understand the universe in which he li,'"es. The scientific spirit is the spirit of devotion to the truth. and such a spirit can hardly he hostile to a true Christian spirit. which is a devotion to. and an inspiration toward the realizatiofl of the higher yalues of life_ \\. e are a ware that there is a spirit in the world which calls itsel f scientific. which falls far short of openmindedness to all truth. and that 'we also have a spirit which calls itsel f Christian. which dings largely to the traditions of the past instead of seeking- to huild the aspirations and values of life upon the facts established by an eyer enlarg-ing hunlan experience. L·nfortunateIy it is just such narrow manifestations of the scientific and of the religious ~pl nt which come into opposition with one another and bring- about the so-called "c-onflict of Christianity and science. n

There is certainly no sound basis for ~uch a conflict. and it is time the thought of snch a contl iet he hanished f rom our relig-iolts thi;lking- and Christian cj~;lization_ .-\ l nristianitv which has respect to all the facts of the t~tal life of mankind v.--ill be in harm0fl\' w'ith the spirit of true science_ \\'"hen ~\"e have a religion which is truly positive. and a science which is the saIlle. there will be no longer any need of reconciling the two. ~luch of the science of the pre-sent. however. is partial. or incomplete. and not ha.c;;ed upon fact s. at least not upon all the facts, \\-hen we speak of a positive Christianity which shall hannonize w'ith a positive -science. we mean a Olristianitv which is ba...c;ed. not upon a few facts of ht;lllan Ii f e---say the physical-but upon all the facts,

The statenlent IS often made that we are Ii \;ng in an age of science. and how true it is. I t is claimed that there have been more scientific discoveries in the past hundred. vears than in all preceding ages_ Yet as ;'larve!ous as have been her inventions, and as amazing as have been her discoveries.y her precious gi f t to the world has been the PUrpose, the spirit. ~nd the method she has

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introduced into our thinking. If er purpose is definite. for she ainls at nothing less than a nlastery over nature by the discoyery 0 f her laws. She expects to achieve her donlinion over nature hy discovering and verifying facts and setting thenl in their proper relationships. putting her discovered facts and laws to the service of nlan. She wil1 use those 111ethods which are estahlished in the confidence of Inen whose occupation is to investig-ate truth. But the great contribution 0 f science has not heen her res u 1 b ur her nlethods. hut her spirit. PerfC'ct openIl1indedness. the elinlination in everv investigation of all nlotives save love o-f truth. is the scientific spirit. How similar this is to the Christian spirit is apparent. Both demand complete sel f-surrender and mental integrity. and together they seek to control the world for the sake of htl111anitv.

\Vorking in a spirit of consecration to truth. the truly scientific nlind reaches a conviction of the order, the justice. the vastness of the universe. which in moments of supreme discovery heconles an ecstacy that is not unlike the Christian' s vision of God. ~~ leader of monks looks up at the stars until they talk to him and compel hinl to throw away the misinformation. accumulated through centuries, and announce that the earth moves: thus Copernicus gives astronomy a new foundation on which to rear a new structure of knowledge. An optician made a glass by which ohjects were apparently brought nearer: Galileo turned his telescope toward the heavens. and nlen arc shocked when he says Copernicus was right: the earth does move. Jupiter has 111oons, and the lVlilky \Vay is a pavenlent of stars" Of course they told hinl his words were not true, but there was the telescope if their prejUdice would only let them look. Old astronomy said that heavenly bodies which did move moved in circles: then canle Kepler who tested the theory and found it false. But how did they move? He asked ~Iars to tell him. and, for years he followed its course through the heavens until ohservation and figures tallied: the planet's path was an ellipse. So was the path of the earth and all the planets. Kepler had discovered the orbit of the planets, but what held them in their course? As J oh said. "The north stretched out over an empty place, and the earth hangeth upon nothing." But how did

the earth and other hea\'enly hodies hang in space? Thus far not all t he world could tell. hut there was a 111an who would have the answer. and kn()w the law that held the stars. And the answer caIne. (>ut of his ()wn mind where the secrets of Cod were hiding he hrought it forth:

"~aturc and natllrc's laws lay hid in lIight. (;()<i said. 'Let ~l'wt()n lx", alld all wa ... light."

\\·itl1es:-. :'\ewtoll's rapture as he appn);lched the end I)f his calculatilllls which wen: til c1eI111ITl:-.trate the law IIi g-ravilatioll. \\'hat was true ()f :\"l'wtlln ha~ hCl'1l true IIf hundreds oi ()ther scientists. ;\ scientist with a plodding. drv-a---dllst Illilld hecause 110

light of itllagi;lation streanlS through it. may he a th()rough going n1aterialist and [urget (;(Jcl, Inn i [ til a clear lllldl'rstanc1iIlg h(' adcl:-- wIllHler a11d reverellCC for nature and lI;t'tllrl":-. (;oc\. hi" ~Jlirit is trlll\, rclig-illlIS. and ill his g-reat 1l111l11ellts wh~'T1 hc disco\'ers ()r interprets the laws of science. which are (;od's bws. he IS not a stranger t() that experience \\'hicl1 the ('hurch calls the haptisI11 of the II(J]v ~J>irit. a haptislll of c1i\'ine l{)\"e a11d h()l~' l·nthusiasnl. For what is the I filly ~pirit -lnH the spirit of all t rll t h :-

\\'hile scieTlce, w()rking according to Illet hod s es ta hli shed in t he con fidence 0 f COTl1petent men. has ohtained a hodv of \'erifled facts and laws which we ca-ll knowledge, we n111st rerl1l'mher it is a knowledge with very defit'lite limitations, \\"hile sciellce descri bes. she does n()t interpret. She deals largely with phenoIl1ena and proce~scs" not with ultinlate spiritual realities, Science. therefore. if she is t() hcnefit nlan ill a spiritual or social way, is c()nsequently helpless without religi{)n, and if hUlllanitv is to he henefited in the largest way. the ~eligi()11 nUlst be Christianity. Religion needs science to give it knowledge of the best nleans to reach its end, hut science needs religion 110 less to n1()\'e Illen effectively to use aright the truth which she discovers,

The humanit\' of the world In which we li\'e is governed llot alone or tllainly hv thought or kno\\' ledge. htl t even Illore hv eIl1otion. K n{)wledge alone is not sufficient to nl0tivate the human will in a spiritually and socially right <Ii rection. \\' e have. also, to find a way of propagating anlong men right aspi rations and right desi res, or right emotional attitudes, before we can be sure


t hey wi II llse kn()wled~e ri~ht I)'. X ow C"hristianity stands for just this elenlent of a"piratioT1 and elllotional value in human Ii i e. and is in this way intensely interested with spiritual and soci~1 values. 'At its best. C'hri:-;tianity is a setting of the affections til (111 the hi~hest spiritual and ~ocial value ... ;llld ideals which we kllo\.,,·. that is. upon what 11lay he called divin{' things. The Christi;lIl spirit is the spirit of <lenItion to ideal "l'iritu;d and sOt"ial end ... and of the CUI1-

"l'cration of individual life to these ends, ~1.:j(,IH:e ha:-. not cliscCl\·lTed. n()r is ~hc likeh' III di~cII\'t'r, a ~lIhstitllte f()r Chri~tiaT1it\' as ;l "pri ng () f spi ri t nal and so'cial idealisnl. ('!Jri-.tianity. therefore. Blust continne to

furnish the aspirations. the Illotives. for thc rt o alizatiClI1 (If ideal spiritual eneis: hut .... ('1-

t'lH'l' 1l1l1:-ot continue tf) draw the plan ... and il1rni"h the 1l1ean:-..

\\'e feel that the Chri:--tian 1110\'(."I11<:nt will r!n"e II IJl i h full power, and h;l\T ib greate .... t i tIt lul' n c e U pll 11 t he w" r I d. () n I y w he 11 ita 11 i e s il"l'lf with :--Cil'l1tT. and l'"pecially with :--ocial :--t'il'lIn", alld when it :-.eek ... and ~preads the illlJe:--t ~cientit;c kn(I\\'ledge (If :--ocial COl1<Jitl'lIh. 'I'u he :-ure. there i~ 11111Ch so-called "cil'I1l't: t()day. t.vell al110ng :-.ocial scientists. which lacks Cotl1Il1on sense, is IT1aterialistlc. and. perhaps, e\'en anti-Christian; but this Ill;ty be largdy due to the fact that the ('hurch lack:-- inten· ... t in these sciences, The C'hurch b~-; hehind and detllancis :-.-<) little of Ihelll and ~i\'es theln S() little support, Therc "hlHlld he a closer alliance between the two. j',r the sciet1ce~ need the help of the Church. and the Church needs the help of the ~cil'J1ces. J'ractical steps ha\'e heen taken in this dire'ctiol1 h\' the estahlishrllent of chair..;, Iii sociulogy and econolllic~ in schools of rt'lig-i()ll. and by placinR such suhjects in the l"llrricuia oi theological seminaries,

l'hristianitv need not stand in fear of "~'Jel1ce. f()r 1110s1 scit~l1titlc Blinds of the fir"t rank are religious in their puqXJse of ]I'yalt)' to the truth, in their ernotiolls of wonder. rc\·erence. and hUllli I it y. and Inany IIf then1 ha\'e possessed to the full the con-.()lati()Il and the strenhrth which a spiritual \'i~i()n of Inall and of the universe gives. ~cil'nce nlay greatly Illudify our theories and speculations. hut she can never disturh the deeper interests of the soul. ~o changes in uur systen1 of astronOJll)" \\"ill put out the stars, and no advance in science \\~ill ever

extinguish the lights of the spirit by which nlan has always and must ever live. The great ohject of Christianity is to redeem Il1ankind f rom a Ii fe of si-;' and to bring nlen into hannony ,,;th themseh-es. with God. and with the universe. However, this can not he done without a k-nowledge of the f ()rcl'S which make and mar the lives of Jllell. Therefore. Christianity must enlist the scientific spirit and emplo)' scientifically tested knowledge of hunlan life if she is to ~tJccessfull'y accomplish her work. \Ve Inay rest assured that the Christianity of the f u t II re \\·i 11 he atone with s.cience. ~pecially the hl1Jllan science-5. and w·il1 welcome the :--cielltific habit of Inind a.s her necessary allc\',

LE1TERS FROM BltOTIlElt VELTBUYSEN

I >F:.\ R I :ROT Ii F:R Bo s[) :

_\ t last the nlonlent has conle that I can ... it dov.-n quietI'\" to write to \'ou. Constantl~' I had the int-e-ntion tn do ;0 and repeatedh· I started :0 ,,-rite a letter to \'ou but . - ' a~rajn and again I was prevented to con-tlJ1Ut",

~()w I am WritIng to you from OlY new how;;.e and f r()Tn nly new office. ReguJiersg-racht I 14. ,\nlsterdam-Centrum. This house j" 110t so be.auti fully situated on a "-qpare as the house in which we had the pri\'ileg-e to recei\'e you as a guest during the Con ference la..·;;t summer. Our new house is nltlCh hetter suited for our family and ou r office, It is an old merchant house now di\'ided into four stories. which ~~e were- ohliged to rent as a whole except the :'tory where the ov.-ner hinlsel f lives. I have let the has.enlent-part as a workshop. In the gTonnd floor the office is established with the Cent ral Bureau of the ~1 idnight 1\1 ission and other societies for the protection of WOJnen and ~rirls or the combating of imIll()ra lit \".

It is an extraordinarily busy tinle for us JloW in "iew of the approach of the OlyInpic gallles which are heing held at A..ntsterdam this sunlnler. \\"e expect thousands of foreigners who are coming to seek their anlusenlenl here in those days. Of such opportunities, also. suspicious persons seek to profit for foul gain. Therefore the moral dangers for our own young people and for


the foreigners will be undoubtedly great this summer. For several months, in view of this, we are working to take all kinds of measures to prevent those dangers. The Christian Social Committee during the Olympic games has asked me to take the secretaryship of the committee for the protection of women and girls. I believed I had to accept that task, and this is one of the reasons why I have been so busy during the last months that I could not bring my mind to ~rite to you. The more so, as Miss Lindeboom, our excellent secretary whom you met last summer, was appointed as a probation officer for the Children-Acts. at Rotterdam. We could not find a good successor for several months. Since April 1 I fortunately found again an excellent help, but especially the last weeks before the opening of the games, I am crowded with work.

There is a great deal to organize. We had to fit up an inquiry office quite near the central station, and a temporary home for women and girls, who probably will strand in those days, or will be in trouble, or be brought to us by the police. Fortunately, we are now much better organized. Also our house is much more convenient, especially for my wife. Our own rooms are now on one story. We also have a garden here, which has been laid out by my son Gerard. He is still a pupil at the Botanical Gardens of the Municipal University. He is fond of his work.

The Young People's Conference, held last year at your initiative during our General Conference, is still a pleasant remembrance with them all. There are among our young people some who give evidence of a sound spiritual life and a clear insight and love for the truth as it is revealed to us in the holy Scripture. The spirit in our small congregations at Haarlem and here is good, and there is a great interest for the right understanding of the Word of God. Every Sabbath we have blessed meetings, which inspire us again and again with new courage, everyone for his own calling. However, the circle of friends at Haarlem has become very small. Last month we suffered a great loss through the d~th of our faithful Deacon Spaan and his wi fee They were buried on the same day, on the sunny morning of March 28. This was a loving disposition of our heavenly Father. Brother

Spaan was eighty-one and his wife eightythree. Those two old faithful ones, lovely and pleasant in their lives, were not divided in their death. They could not imagine how it would be when the one should have to miss the other. For several nlonths I\I rs. Spaan was suffering from a decline, but her nlind was still very clear. Brother Spaan was still bright, though he could not do as much as he used to do, and was ohliged to give up his task at Anlsterdam last winter.

You know that we, Brother Spaan and myself, after my father's death alternately have taken the services at Haarlenl anel Anlsterdam on the Sahhath for several years. In the beginning of l'larch, he caught a bad cold which passed into pneunlonia. For many days he was raving in fever, in his mind he was constantly busy with his work for the church 'and with all sorts of things concerning the "temporal and spi ritual welfare of those he loved.

Mrs. Spaan gently passed a\ ... ·ay without any death strugg-Ie. at the end of the Sabbath clay, I\Iarch 24. Brother Spaan gave up the ghost in the night of :l\Ionday to Tuesday, l\larch 27, without having recovered consciousness. The cOngregation loses a great deal in those two faith f ul members. Their home was a center of church Ii fe at Haarlenl for years. Brother Spaan was a faithful man with a warm heart and a bright and cheerful spirit, also a nlan of a strong conviction, who stood up boldly for that conviction and did not hesitate to follow it, however difficult and steep the path of obedience might be. Still, he had many friends. even outside the church. This was very evident on the occasion of the funeral. At the cemetery at I-IaarIem a large number of friends, about two hundred fi fty people, showed their interest and were assembled around the grave. Rev. P. Taeketlla and myself spoke there. gratefully renlinding what God had given us in Brother and Sister Spaan, and what had been the secret of their happiness of Ii fe and the blessing which their life had spread for many people. Mr. H. Visser, who is married to the youngest of their three foster-children, thanked for the interest shown. Mrs. Visser is a faithful member of our church. Her maiden name is Mary van den Daelen.

You know the story. Forty years ago, in the first hard time of onr Midnight Mis-


sian, we, my f fiend John van der Steur and I, spent Our short holidays in Belgium. At Liege we had visited there a young brother ··van den Daelen," whose wife had died shortly before. \Vhen we described the situation in which we had found him and his family-Brother van den Daelen and his three children-the Haarlem Church decided to invite him to come to Holland. Brother and Sister Spaan took the two girls, and after their father's death, not long after, also thei r brother Peter. ~1 r. and ~f rs. Spaan took care of these three orphans of the church in true love, as if they were their own children. Later on the two eldest, Peter and Francoise (who is married to M r. Herman Pieters), left for America. Last year on the occasion of the fi fty-fi £th anniversary of their marriage, Brother and Sister Spaan had enjoyed the privilege of seeing their foster-children and grandchildren all together. God bless the memory of Our faith f ul brother and sister for the church and for their relations and friend, continually.

The last church congregation was devoted to the discussion of the question of who was to take on the important f unc· tions which Brother Spaan performed in the church. Brother \\' esterdaal declared himself wil1ing to take on the task of deacon and treasurer, which Brother Spaan had performed faithfully for over forty years, and Brother \V . .van Eyseren the task as an elder and correspondent with the nonresident members.

At Haarlem the services will be taken at my absence in turn by one of these two brethren.

The house of Sister 1>.1011, our faithful secretary, who has a very warm heart for the church. is now the center of church Ii f e on the Sabbath day.

One of our eldest and truest sisters here at Amsterdam, rejoices very much that her husband. who used to be indifferent towards us, now regularly attends our meetings, and also a young man, a carpenter by trade, a prudent and quiet Dutchman but a man of sincere godliness. He keeps the Sabbath faithfully, but his father and brothers are unbelievers, and his mother and sister, who are religious people, are much against his Sabbath keeping. Up to now he has remained faithful, although it is very difficult

f or him to find employment. To find a permanent entployer, who will give him the Sabbath off does not seem possible. He depends on casual jobs. but till now he has been able to pro'.;de for his living. He bears the trial of his faith on the path of obedience cheerfully. He asked for baptism just now.

B rother ~f unk perseveres in his work as a colporter with the BoodscJwppe-r. He has had to look about for other sources of revenue. because the colJXlrtage only ~ not sufficient to meet the wants of his large family. It is extremely difficult for his boys - also at Arnhem where he lives, to ; , find an employer who allows them to rest on the Sabbath. His oldest son has been working several years. to their mutual satisfaction. in the business of Brother de long. who is pastor of the Sabbath keeping Seventh Iny Baptist congregation at Leeu-warden. which has not yet joined our Seventh Day :\Iliance. His second son is a male nurse in a hos9ital.

Thanks to Goo fills our heart when we think of the faith ful perseverance of our lonely brethren and sisters at distant places. wher'e the\' so often have no feUo'wship with other Christians. But on this matter Brother TaekeITla can write much better than 1. He '.;sits these people at regular tinlC"s. The whole month of ~Iay and the whole month of K ov·ernber of last year he '\"d..<; tra"eling for this purpose.. and he did not only visit the isolated people of our churche~. but also other Christian Sabbath keepers whose addresses he had learned.

Our atte.mpts to get into closer contact., and if possible to promote church unity. '.vith other Christian Sabbath keepers have not much prospered since the discussion with a number of them on the occasion of the conference you attended. But also on this subject Brother Taekema can keep you bett er ad vised.

I t is very much to be regretted that we miss here in Our small congregation young talented people who feel caned for the work in the "\; neyard 0 f God. Those who had these talents have left us in the years which have passed. \Vhat the reason is that God keeps this blessing from us we do not know. \Ve want to persevere finnly to the end in professing and living up to the principles which God has revealed to us in his Word

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and, however small in number our church at Haarlem has become and how great the obstacles arising from all sides, we pray for each other .that God may give us grace to stand firm for that great and unmovable principle-obedience and faith to hi s \ Vord : to take away nothing from that \Vord; to add nothing to that \Vord: to live in obedience to God's commandnlents, trusting in the certainty of his promises and also living in a world of believing, and not of seeing. The strength of that principle is indestructihIe, and that it exerts its influence on the conscience of people IS evident for anyone who has eyes to see.

One clay I read a letter which Rev. ~Ir. Taekenla intended to send you. He pointed to the fact that everywhere in our large towns. Anlsterdam and Rotterdam. the Hague and Haarlem, and in the north of our -country in the church papers mInIsters of a con fessional or a nlore ethical tenor write long articles on the Sahbath question. They would not do so if they did not see that our principles took hold of the COll-. SCIence.

God grant that we may live to see the day that the seed sown may bear beauti f ul f rui t, and that our churches may meet a period of flourishing health. Therefore we request your prayers. But however the future may be, God render everyone of us faithful to his c'alling, and grant that from our example a blessed influence nla y fall on the other Christians in the midst of whom we live.

I am very sorry that I can not send you more cheerful news about the progress of our cause at I-faarlem and Amsterdanl. Brother Taekema will have written you about the condition in the church at Groningen and Pekela, and his experience at the Hague and Rotterdam and aOlong the other Sabbath keeping people he visited. You may know that the Adventists have distributed among their own people and among others an open letter to our Seventh Day Baptist churches. In this letter they complain about the way in which they were treated in that Sunday morning meeting. which you partly attended before we went to Groenendaal for the Young People's Conference. They had some reason of complaint as, by a misunderstanding on the part of the secretary of the Haarlem Church,

they really had heen invited. Brother Taekelna and Illyself did not know this fact, and so the Adventists accused us of a dishonest behavior towards thenl. and applied to thenlselves the blessing of :\{atthew 5: 11.

:\leal1while we have got in correspondence with a f ortner pastor () f an .-\dventist Chllrch in Russia and his falnily. who are in great distress heing- banished hy the S(H'iet Covernlllent to Siberia. on the instigation of the Adventist leaders. hecause they disliked his honesty and hold attitud~ towards t hei r tact ics. ()ne () f ou r f ortner -·\d,·entist friends knows this hrother as a sincere Christian. \\'e hope to he ahle to

help hinl and t() g-et in contact in this way with the Sahhath keepi11g <. 'hristians in Russia. -who do nut agree with the :\<I\·entists. There are 11la-ny of theln in different parts () f R tIssia. I n these years () f his hanishnlent. however. this brCJther can do little. hecause he is far frOIll his fornler friends. and he and his falnil" suffer severely frolll sickness and distress.

~ I y ex pecta t i()11 Ia:--t yea r. when you v,,'ere with tIs. that I ShlllIld attend the centenarY of Josephine Hutler. in '\pril of this yea-r at I~()nclon. and use that opportunity to visit OtIr Seventh Day Baptist people there, has not heen fulfilled. .:\Iy presence was wanted here. 1 h()pe that after the period () f the ()l YIllpic g-anles I sha 11 he able to cIo Jl10re for our churches. .-\t our next national Seventh Day Baptist Conference. Brother Taekenla will introduce the subject of ~lall's Xature. nody, Soul. and Spirit. and the condition of the soul after death hefore the resurrection.

\\'e recolllll1end this conference in the special prayers 0 f ou r brotherhood across the Atlantic. I fear there will be a great deal of disputatiol1 and dissension, as nearly all the Jlleillhers of the } lag-ue Church and IllaIlY others are fornlcr Adventists. ~lay the Spirit of the I ... ord g-uide us especially in that conference. Let Ole close, dear brother, with the renewal of nly sincere excuses. I should rejoice very much if I were able to correspond regularly with you and other hrethren, but this year it has been entirely inlpossihle for nle. I hope and pray for hetter times, in which I may be ahle to send you very good news from the brotherhood in Holland and Java. ~lay the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ comfort


Y()l!r hearts. in all the churches, and ~11-ahle you to every good word and work. \ \·i t h kindest greet iugs (1 f Iny f anlily and Ill! r people,

\'ery truly yours in Christ.

, (;. \"ELTI1CYSE~.

.·/mslrrdam_. . \l a\'2 4, I <) 2X.

~I y I )EAR BROTH ER BO~I>:

I rc)' nice v~ry nHJch in hei I1(T a hl~ to add • t--

til Tll" last lctter ~()()d news! \\. e havc a dlluhle h;lpti",tll in \·iew at Sunday. June 17- (\\'e ch()~e ~l1Jlday for the haptisnl that more p('ople nlay he ahle to attend.} The\' are t he y()UI1~ hrot her n f \\"honl I wr()te nHI and th~ hushand of an old and faithful si",ter. who \ .. -as haptized at th~ ,line tiJne a~ 111\' wife. ahout twenty year"

. - -al-!"(I. That y(Jlll1~ hrother carpenter. when he is without elllpl(JYTllent. is takin;,.! an activ-c J1;lrt in our Inidni~ht l11i ...... ioll work here. which is 1110re needful than {'ver now 111 the til1Je IIf the ()Iympic hranws _

\\'ithin a ft·w 11l(lIlth .... after the end ('If the L,!"anles. 1 hope til he ahle til do Jll()re f I I r the c h 11 r c h . wit h a II 111 \. h ea rt: the rei '" a cle",ire til wllrk t(lr Chri",t a.rll(ln~ our y I 1\ I n g pe() I ) Ie.

r ~h()l1ld like to a ... k \"our kind help ill the i I d I ( I\\' i 11 ~ n Ia t t (" r :

r Il the end of I {)2h a hr()ther ~ahhath kl"t-pc:r. a I)utdullan bv hirth, who was inttTt·",ted in the Penteco ... t 111llvenwnt. applit'd to Brother (;ra:dst;d. writinJ! that he wIIlIld he <Juite wiJlin~ to help theIll tht-'rc in their work. The help IIf a gl)od, con"err;lted. practical hrother. willing to do all (k1t his hands find til do for <. 'hrist'~ s.a,ke ill the help of the net'ely, i ... very nllJchW:lIlted there.

\\'()uld it he 11o()ssihle for you to take reliahle inf()flnatiot1 ah()tJt this v()un~ {nail? iii, nalne is Jacoh (>rrt'. 5723 ~lor~t1 .\\"(~_ Illit', I ~()s Angeles. ('ali f.. his addn.~ ... " at I h ; tl t i III e .

\\'ith kind fraternal greetIngs.

. 1 11Istrrdam , ] U·,JC 4, 1928.

Yours in Christ.

(;. VEl.TJll·Y~E~.

NEXT STEPS FOR CHRIS11AN CRURal REV. PA l'L S. Bt.·RDICK

(S.·rrll..,n bt'(orf> F:a.Jl't~rn A~OC'laUon. on Sabbath Morning. June '. 1'2~)

Scripture reading-Acts 10: 9-16. Text -Titus 2: 11-14.

The first calL-of Je.sus to sanle of his di:<iples wa.s gi\·en in these words: "Come ye after Ine and I will nlake you to become fi",her:-; of J11eTL" In renleJ11hering that c.aB in later \"~ars, the\- \\-'uuld he renlinded that . . t hey had h~n called for a defi nite purpose, t.I ~:atch tllen for Christ and from sin.

That which ""-a..,,, first in the call of lllrist til l11en then. :o.hould be first in the aim of tht" Church tooa\'. It should be central in all our work and effort. ~o Sahbath school cia",.., ",h(}uld he conducted. no [hi 1:-" \"3.("3-

11'111 Bihle School held. nu l.nristian Ende;l \'or prayer Ineel inJ! or social shuuld be undertaken \,-ithnut the thou~ht either e.xpressed or irnplied: '·This nlay help to S-a\"e "n1ne·one.

Ton (If ten our actl ... ·ltle-:o. ~nl to be carrie'd "11 for r he-ir <m,'1 sa.k~. rather r han for l·hri:-01· ... ~ke \\"e Jllight ("\'en \"e-nture tu .......'1,. that in no contact of a Christian with ;1 n"I1-Chri~t.an. or """-llh other Christians. :-- hOll 1<1 I hI ~ t h(Jll~ ht he ent i rely ah~nt.

I ~ t h i~ a~ki ng too nltJch?

(;. K_ Che-sterton In his life of St. Franci~ of .-\ ... :o.i ..... "-d\"S:

From tt~ pope tn the ~Kar. from the suh;m 0i ~ ~ rta in his poi on Jj< 111 t () t he" r~g t"'d robbt-rs c-nll~·I. inJi.! out of thc ",-oods.. lhc.-rc was nt'"~r a man ,,-ho lookc"d into tho5< hrown burning t'"YC':50 without hc-ing certain th;u Franci!- Bernardonc U-a5 re41h· iIlh:"rr-<io.!c-d in him: in his 0"-n ind;,\-;dua.] lite from thr- cradle- to thc J:ra,·c. that hc himsclf \i4S btoi~ \-alur-d and I3ken !-C"r;ous.I~·. and not mc:-rd!,' addt"'d til thc !--poih. 01 ... orne 500ClaJ poitc-y or the narnc-:s in"" )n)e clr-r Ie dl dueurnenl _ ~ ou.. f OT th is part ;Clll;u moral and rcligious. idt"2 thc-rc 150 no C'xlC'TtlaJ ("xprr-sqon cx~ C'Ourtcsy_

:'0 In t){" inte-nseh' inte-re-sted in 3 f dlowIllan. nol for the s.ake of g-e-ning his name t·n .... Olne cJeric-a I doCtmlent" but for Christ' s ....... ike and for hi~ OWll. is the he-ig-ht of ChristJan courte-~\'.

(-he-~terton al~) <;,a\'S of the Franciscan t nars that they w-ere continually going ahout through the highwa:--s and byways. s.c-eking that whoe .... e-r nlet them might ~_ perienc-e a spiritual adV(~'ntlJN". \Ve a~ today. interested in rec-c-i ... -ing or imparting aJ-

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WOMAN'S WORK I MRS. GEUHGE E. CHOSLEY, MILTUN, W l~

Contributing Editor

SILENCE IN NATURE One lesson, Nature, let me learn of thee, One lesson which in every wind is blown, One lesson of two duties kept as one, Though the loud world proclaim their enmityo toil un severed from tranquility; Of labor that in lasting fruit outgrows Far noisier schemes, accomplished in reposeToo great for haste, too high for rivalry. Yes, while on earth a thousand discords ring, Man's senseless uproar mingling with his toil, Still do thy quiet ministers move on, Their glorious tasks in silence perfecting! Still working, blaming still our vain turmoil; Laborers that shall not fail, when man is gone.

-Matthew Arnold.

O'Ur ·radio 'was "among those present" at the Democratic convention. As you listened in yourselves, many of you, you probably found the same two or three minutes of actual enjoyment that we did. "\Ve did not see anything very wrong with the prohibition plank in the party platform, but there came a feeling of depression when the chairman in reporting the platform told how hard they had worked to bring the various members of the committee to a point where they could agree on the plank, and then went on to elucidate that as long as the Eighteenth Amendment is a part of our Constitution we must support it, but that one might subscribe to that plank while still planning to remove the offending alnendment from our otherwise perfect Constitution-at least I could interpret his speech in no other way. After I had made up my mind that no one was going to object, it was a pleasant surprise to have Governor Moody of Texas speak and tell the convention that it had been his desire to have a much strong-er temperance plank in the platform_ At this point the applause was quite pronounced. and we liked that. Then the speaker told how many of the well known drys in the party had agreed on this plank, and he had decided not to offer the substjtp~~ plank t-flp,t h.e had written iq .. . " \ . . .. . . . . .

tending to present to the convention. That speech was heartening, but the real thrill came when Governor Ritchie of Maryland rose and moved that the amendment offered by Governor Moody be tabled. His motion was greeted with laughter that continued for so long that one was almost led to believe that the substitute plank might have proved more popular than "the distinguished gentleman from !'.1aryland" might have thought. One could almost hear the chuckles of the presiding officer when he informed the speaker that no amendment had been offered. It seemed for a time that the speaker was not to be allowed to proceed, until after he had called attention to the wonderful history of the great commonwealth of l\faryland and voiced his astonishment that the convention should refuse to listen to the governor of such a magnificent state, a state that he seemed to believe might easily have been responsible for the success of the American forces during the Revolutionary War, and a state that has had a controlling hand on the affairs of the universe ever since that time. Finally he was allowed to go on with his speech against any kind of a prohibition plank. He received a little applause once or twice during his address and nlore when he finished: I fancied that some cheered him because he had finished. I still am smiling over the jeers and catcalls that held up his speech until we thought he feared he could not give it. Anyway that gave us a thrill.

Everyone knows how some of the party leaders. after adopting the temperance plank. have gone out with the avo'wed intention of putting the Eighteenth Amendment out of business. Let me tell you a

-secret-j ust for your ears and eyes alone: They can never put the Eighteenth Amendment out of business, if w~the common, ordinary people who believe it is in the Constitution to stay--do our duty in our efforts to uphold the arm of the law and vote only for those people who are known to be dry.

Anyway we are progressing. for if anyone thirty-five years ago had prophesied that both the Republican and Democratic parties ever would adopt prohibition planks fpf their party platforms he would have


been jeered at so long that he could never have finished his speech. The fact re.mains that the planks are there . .bo matter if the party bosses did not want them. It looks as if they are afraid of us-the CO'1,"f{01t

people. And I did find my thrill anloog the Democratic speeches.

MINUTES OF THE WOMAN'S BOAItD The Vyoman's Executive Board nlet with

1\lrs. W. C. Daland on ~Ionday, June 4. 1928.

1-.fembers present were: !\I r5. A. \Vest, Mrs. A. E. \Vhitford. :\Irs. E. Sutton, ~I rs. Edwin Sh.aw. ~I rs. \\ .. DaIand. ~I rs. L. ~t. Babcock.

B. E. C

Visitors were: ?\Irs. ~Iar)" \\llitford. Nile, N. Y .. and ]..{ rs. Emnla I ...andphcre. ~f ihon.

The president called the nl(."Ctin~ to order and read Psalnls 115. ~{rs. Enlnla Landphere offered prayer.

I n the absence of the secretary. ~f rs. L ~f. Babcock ~-as appointed s.ecrC'tary fro IN".

The nlinutes of the last nlC'etlng WC'IT read.

The treasurer gave the nlonthly re-port. Receipts were $22822: disbur~erne-nts. $2.00; balance on hand. $57 L2Q. The treasurer reported a let1er f ronl Rev. \\ .. D. Burdick. asking ho'\\" nearly the board was reaching the budget.

The corresponding sec~tary re-portt""d preparation of the annual blanks to go tt') the local societies.

The president read a letter f rOil} !\f rs \\ .. D. Burdick.

It was ,·oted that the president appoint a committee to prepare a tentative budgct for the coming year. The preside-nt appointed as this committee ~{rs. A. E. \\11ilford and ],,1 rs. 1\,1. G. Stillman.

A communication from the Federation of \\·oman's Boards was read. incJudin~ rc-solutions adopted by the Third Conference on Cause and Cure of \Var, proposing a 1\1 ultilateral Treaty.

It was voted that the board adopt the resolutions and ask that they be present~ at the General Conference by our representative.

!\{ rs. Daland. :!.f rs. Bahcoc:k. and J\{ rs. Sutton were appointed a committee on 110n1 inat ions.

I n the .. :\ sk ~{ e .-\ not he'T .• C'Ontt""St ! hereward went to the Gar\\-in l....adic-s· Aid society.

The nlinute-s we-re r~.ad and appro\-ed. Adjourned to m~ ",-jth !\1rs. A. E.

\\-hitf<xd the SC"COnd ~Ionday in July.

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~1 as. A. B. \\. EST.

Prrsidrn!. ~f R.S. 1_ !\L BABCOCK.

S ("c~("I.ar)' fro IrWJ.

JESUS, OUR F1UEND DEA S AIrTH ell E.. )4 AJ S

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I h;a ''"C' ;a F ric:-nd JiO p~ous.. So ''"C'1""~. deu tv me.

He lo,~ me' with such h:"ndN" kn"T. He lo,~ so {.slh {un,·.

I cnuld not 1 ~""C' :I.p11.r1 {rom him. I 10\-(" to f C'C"'1 him n~

And SiD ... '(." d ... ·dl 'fogctbcr. My Lord :md J.

5.0.mr1 1tn('"S I • m i .un t ~d "T~·. H(" L-nollO-S llul 1 ~ \I"C".:Ut.

And .u he bKis me Ic-.;an on hun... H is help I gbdl,· IiC'C"k;

Ii (" k~s me in the p:&1hs 0 i llgh~ Bc-nc-~h :& ~unn,· ~~ ..

A nd so \1'(" ,.~ k tog-cthN". M.,. Lord :lnd I.

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( 11 ri <;. t . s f rl<"11ci ... hl pis f oundeod upon a th()rol1~h kno\ltl~~~ ott our heart and lift' as W"t'll a.s. on his pt'"'rf~r ~'\'T. His jo~' is in our PTUJ!"rc"'SS tOWdrd the goal of pn'"

f t"'C1 Iii e in II inl. f)u r lo'\'"e to Quist is f oundc"d c-qually upon that J>C'rf~ love of hi s. but ilS joy is in diSC'O'\~C"f)·-·the gradual grow1h of knowledge of ~-hat he is and is to us. On both sides, therefore., friendship is a li\~in.g passion, grovnng with our growth.

In conlpanionship of labor, of suffmng. of joy. J C'".SU.S gre-~' to be that Fri~d of e-\·~ry human soul to whom ~ look: still

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90 THt: SABBATH RECORDER

YOUNG PEOPLE'S WORK MRS. RUBY COON BABCOCK

R. F. D. 5. BOX 165, BATTLE CREEK. MICH. Contributing Editor

PERSONAL CONVICTION (,bristinn F!ndt"R,'or Topi" for ~n hhnt.. Un , .•

c\. nguAt 4. 1 D2s

DAILY READI NCS

Sunday-Aaron followed the crowd (Exod. 32: 1-8)

Monday-Jesus followed conviction (John 18: 28-40)

Tuesday-The way of the crowd (~[ att. 24: 3(1-42)

\Vednesday-Elij~h foIlo\'v'ed conviction (" 1 K ingc; 18: 17-39)

Thursday-\Vhen Peter failed (~fatt. .2(,: ()9-7S) Friday-When Stephen triumphed (Acts 7: 54-

60) Sabbath Day-Topic: Personal cflll\'iction verSlls

following the crowrl (Acts 5: 27 -2C). ClllSl'cration meeting)

A THOUGHT FOR THE QUIET HOUR LYLE CRANDALL

"God rather than nlen" has been the watch word of all the martyrs and great teachers. They were willing to suffer pers:ct~tion and death for their personal conVIctIons. rather than follow the crowd. 0"\ re we as loyal to the faith of our fathers?

This lesson is especially appropriate for us as Seventh Day Baptist young people. .... A.re we true to our convictions or f ollow-. , lng the crowd? \Ve are regarded as a pe-culiar people because we observe the only true Sabbath. It requires courage and faith to keep the Sahbath when we get out into the world~ away' fronl Sabbath privileges. Our lone Sahhath keepers find this true. hut we are ~lad that so many of then1 are loyal. It requIres courage to he loyal to Your convictions when friends and relative~-; forsake you.

Whenever I hear the hymn, "Jesus, I 1''1 Y Cross Have Taken." I think of a certain story which I heard several years ago. .r\ young lady had accepted Christ as her Savior, and wished to be baptized and become a Sabbath keeper. So she asked for bSlptism and membership in one of our churches. Her entire family who were not

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(·hristial1S. turned aRainst her and disowned her. Even the YUllug Inan WhOI11 she had pron1ised to 11larry. broke his engagenlent with her. But she loved her Savior. and in spi te of opposi t iou. she renlai ned laval to h inl. H er fat her and lover caIne to the haptismal sen·ice. and tried once nlore to pc r s 11 a d e 11 e r t I) g i n~' 11 p t his f O() lis hid C':1.

Ill!t she did nllt listel1 tl) thel11. .\:-- she was

1<:<1 intI) the haptistllal "'.-aters. she sang' \\" i t 11 a he alit i f ul \. () i c l' :

"J {"SlIS. I my cr( IS., lta n.' tak""11 All tn leave and ildlll\\" thct ..

Let the \\Ilrld dc"'pi"e and leave' mc. They have Ieit my Savillr too."

.\s she finished the hymIl. the hard hearts () f her II )\TcI (}ne~ were J1wlted and they were led to (-hrist.

Y Ott ng people. he loya I t() you r cOIn·ictions. and c\() Jlot f(Jllllw the crowd. "Dare til he a I )alliel." "1 )are til Ill' tnH ....

THE INTERMEDIATE CORNER Toplf" ,"or ~nhbat bUn)·. .\ u,,"u," 4, 1925

I low I1IZlY we heC0t11e hetter acquainted with (~od:- ~( I -uke 12: 27-2<».

CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR NEWS NOTES (Hpportpd hy l\lr!'l. l>anHlriH (;t.>tchel! In thf'

"\\-att'rford H,·vi,·",··)

E :-.; D E .. \ \. () R E R:-; :\ fEE T 1/ :-.; H F::\ C II

The quarterly raIl y () f t he X e\\' England Sen:nth I )ay Hapti~t Chri:--tian Endeavor L'niClI1 Illet with the \\'aterford societ\" on the evening of June 2, with a dog- ~oast on the beach fnll()\\."ed hy an open air nleetillg addressee! hy ~I r. ()Rden, _.\ social hour a fterward was greatly enjoyed hy the entire group. llllrnhering ;il){Hlt tiftv in all.

The union president. ~Ir. :\lorton H. Sv,,·il1ney. al1l111111H:ed that the org-anizatilll1 wa~ cCJ1lducting a IIlIS trip to the ()Id \\·a\·side Inn. hi:-,;t()ric silt'. near South Sudbur·\". ~lass .. Oll July -+. The trip will he tak~n hy about twenty-five young- people fronl the Connecticut and H hode I sland societies.

The Chri stian Elldea \'or societ y held an interesting pay social Oil the eveni~g of l\Iay 22. at the hOJne of ~Irs. I)cullaris Getchell. A varied progranl 0 f gaInes and recreation was enjoyed. followed hy light refreshnlents. Ahout fiye dollars was realized for t he work of the societ \'.


.\ rne'Cting- of the ex(."("uli\"e comnliue-c IIi the ~.()ciety was lwld at the horne of the 1 rt· .. ident. :\Iiss Josephine :!\laxs.oI1, on ~b\' 9.

~()CI ET Y ELEl is oFFJ CERS

Tht" alll1l1al hl1~illc.-~~ f11t"'t.·tin!-! (If the t~hri ... -11;111 El1deavor ~()c-iet\· wa:-- held on ~ta"\" 31, . . J-\ {"pI IrI... were pn· .... t·nl ed h~· F.1ch (""nn1flli (tN.'

l·!1;lIrJllal1. l"fl\t·ril1J.! all a(-liv(' Yl·;tf. Thl" look"ll! ... ·"tlll11ittlT wa ... aille to rep()rt tl\"e nH.-nl-

1>(; .... ;lIldecl til thl· ",,)(.-iet~· durinJ.! Ill(" Yl-ar. :--'11111<: J.!,),)(I wurk wa~ clone }I\' thi .. Clll11l1l1l-. . ItT. h<:aded 1.\ :\1 i ...... J I ('lel1 :\fax ..... otl. in rt'-l~'llltll1h f"r the ~ahhath ~\.-h(Mll a ... w(-l1 The J1li ... ~i,Jl1arv chainnan. :\Ir ... \IIJol-r( I:rllllk .... reported In()l1(»~· J.!ivcl1 tor h0111C' and i'lft·,;"':11 Illi:--"'l(Jnary work .... tlldy cla ........ c-<;. held. ;11 HI a 111 i .... ~ ion read i 11 J.! n rde cOlld u .. -t<.·'d. Th~' 1 ,r;l ~'t'r IlH"(·U nJ.! eha i rnk"111. :\1 r..... ~dena

:--'wlIll1ey. wa ... ahle to r(T~()rt a \er~' ~l1(""Ct-...... tlll

\c;n with a I1lll11bt'r IIf <ltlt ... ldl" "'I)l-ak("r~ .... t"

l'\1 red i IIr the 111eetll1J.!..... .\ UlllnJ.! t h('" ..... {Io(""I:l1

nl·lll-- IIf the year. a ... reported h~' I)onald I );tl.()11. chairrllal1. were lLuC' and H()und l'!i;\"'l" tIl thl" I.t'"L:t· ..... tr;l\\· ride til <.. -h;L ..... "ln1· L; l III d J.! t·. and a I H 111 11 .e r I I i III d ( Jo( I r 1 ~l rt It" ...

;llld p.lY ... ocial~. T it l" f () 1111 win g (I Hi n- r .. \\" l" r (' d l,,\: t c-d f (I f

tilt" l"ll ... uillg year: prt":--ld(,l1t. ~Ir ... , :\Ian' Hr. ~()k:--: \"ice-prl-:--idt·nt. ~I r ... I brllari ... (;t-t

l'IH"II: "'('("n·lan'. :\1 r" ~l·ll"nd ~\\ intl("\· :

I r l" a .. II r l" r. P l" n- Y :\ efT.

NEXT STEPS FOR CHRISTIAN CHURCH (Colltinunl from t(I~lt- ~7 I

Ill" ... ! t"\t"ry kind III adYt'ntun' except titt" '1IIritl1;d.

If thert· i ... t' .. day all ackl1(l\\·lc.-dged idillJrtIII the old- f ashiul1l"d e\"anJ.!e li ... t ic c-an1J"lc"liJ!"l1. it, place nl\l~t be takell },\' n111rt:' per ..... 'llal \\"' Irk J, \. i n d i \. i d u a I t ~h r i ... t i a 11 .... all dill I I r ( h· r . til ill ... truct all,1 in:--pire thern in the tilling III

Ih, ... , a pt-r~IHlal wllrker .. · ... ·b ..... ~h(l\lld lw l·"'H1t...-tl"c1 in the church e\Try y("ar.

Thl" rt" ... ttlt ... IIf "'lll"h all etT(lf-t wdl ... bll\\· ill tilt, li\T ... IIf Chri:--tial1.... The tl~l1l"r le;tTn,

c' IIl;lt he can nllt catch h ... h if hl" i ... Hlli ... \· and l!lIarrl"i...ulllt". or if hl" offers infl"rior hail.

.-\ notable change i~ taking pbce in our 1l11 .... i(Jllar\" actl\·lty. II rclate-... to the in-. . Cfea ... ecl ll:--e bt·inJ.! rna<ie ()f nativc workt"r". (lilt' of the f11()~t hllpt-tul deyeloptllt'flh ill

China in recent vcar~ appc.-ar~ to Ine to l-c

thC' rnon:"rllc-nt on the- part of our le.:&ders thrre to train SoC"vcrnJ ~IOUQ.g men to go out a.nd do e'\'an~hst.c "'orl,-

H ere arC' nC'U' tas.ks and re:sponsibihti~ f(lr our !\fi,sionar~' ~jct)·. Our missionary"-C'("" r C"t.a r~' h."!... f"l."C"C't1t I~' tJ rg'C"d I h~ chu rC'bes at h"flH." to conduct ~ "He kind of e''\-a.ng-c--li.Slic (-Hon ('"vc-ry H ... .ar_ ~fa\· thc-rc result such an . . . . elllpha ... ,... UJ)(l11 th(" nllss;ionan' t:L--.k. both at 11"111(" and ahrcsad. thaI aB our n)c·.rl1bc-r~ .. ha II I t("'("HY1 le' . -ti .. he- r.. (J { 111Ml."

Tt. 1. I \ I i ~ (. - II R J ... T

\ "'(""l', Jlld ... trp i or the' <.. 11ri~1 idn <.. llurch C'I!Kenl'" our n:--lau()n~tup to JC".sus Chrisl. The- .. \ pc .... th· Pau: d("dart"'~. "n is. no lon~r I that Jl\ C' hut l -hri"'l h'\"("lh 111 n~C'''' \\-he-n ·,ur th(Jll~hh and f11oln-('".50 l~ornC' full of ill'" t(·achHl;.!", and uur h'·C"50 of his spirit. the re will r ("" ... td t a f'{"'"\-o}u t ion Vi'; I hin the('hrl'l1an <. -hufch Yc-t to t~lC fu}h' l hn .. t· ..... hCltlJd he (lilT airll. and 2t should ~ dw a U1l (of all l lui "han C"<..hlCd t ion to prodw,:<.- r1}Cll 171 whunl the ""unt of llu·ist n.dC""S. ·rill'" 111:1\ not c<unc- ahctut h\ a n,)OInC"llt.ar\· . . -(0",; ~'f l(1)C<:. 'lK h a.. C<Hl \('"r~lon 5oOm~ imC"S I". !'ut rather ·.\·ill he the TC'~uh of groVi-th :!nd d("\ t-ll ')·nl{-nt.

The l'ff(· .. ct... (Ii ... w_-h ll\in~ will lJC' nlo~t 31 ' ll.""!Tt-nl 111 (fur pn\"d(, 11\"(: .. ·.... The- lifC' \\ h ic h 1 hC' WI' ri d d I ~ not ~C"('. W hnl Vi~e arC' :l!"!l('" (If 111 the pr~nc-t' nf a i~· Int1-f1131l' IIl£"nd ... Ilf (d our ianl1iic-.... rc-\~~s. our

I rul' Ch:1T-ach-r ~(tn)e-tirll('"5. hrothC'rl'\" lo'\~C'. .

fur I n ... t.tIlCC'. Ina1.-.c .. Ih J~nnrc:...t showln~ in th(" hIJI1ll' \\a ... it a irC'tiul ,~o;C'C Vi'hirh pie;ulc'd ... Lord. Iud h("r 0tOlC' and hdp me '\\' 1 r h t he' ... (-n·l n~ .. -:. I t ~"a... a. calm ~n~ lit htl" a ... a whole which diddled the- n:'"

ply. ··~I1l" hath cho!<"n (he ~"(.od part .. ' ).. lit nnh' wdl OllT" cmrac1c-rs be- bc-UC-T

wh£"11 our ··I1\C's arC' hid 'wllh (hrist in ( ~,.d .. hut I ht"']it"'\e uur hodily and menu I he.a Ii h a I ~ I wi 1) he- i rllprll\-("~L ~ at that ,,~~ h3\(" hf.."r(- a ... ult ... titlllc for n1ediGlJ 5oC"ien~ ;1! :lll. IttH ratlwr a nlO"'~ pOv .... l .... rflll aid to it.

.\;"':;lin. "'\lell (IU<.-,tiun .. a .... that of \It~or1d I ~t"~llT will 1)(" fll'In.- ("";l .. ily ... uh"C"(1 WhC"l1 OUT

J1\(", ;1 n° ti 11('"'t I nJlllple'tdy \\-iih the' ~pirit of <.. -hri ... t. 1111"," can we ~.xJ)("'C""t to dir~ our nat ion in way .. of r~a~ when the ~s of W:1r ar~ in our (J' .. -n h~an..... I ref(""r to hat~. ",u"pcillJ1. and the un f orJ!i ,-ing ~pirit. The l";)'-l' wnh whi\:h a nation is. infianled to th~

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CHILDREN'S PAGE

MRS. WALTER L. GREENE. ANDOVER. N. Y .• Contributing Editor

FOLLOWERS OF JESUS MRS. ELISABETH K. AUSTIN

.Junior Christian Endeavor Superintendent Junior Christian Endeavor Topic for Sabbath Day,

July 2& 1928

DAILY READINGS

Sunday-Jesus' call to follow (Matt. 9: 9) Monday-Following the Shepherd (John 10: 27-

30) Tuesday-Paul, who followed Jesus (1 Cor. 11:

1) Wednesday-Jesus' first followers (John 1: 35-

39) Thursday-Following in service (John 13: 12-17) Friday-Following to death (2 Tim. 4: 6-8) Sabbath Day-Topic: Followers of Jesus (John

15: 14)

"Behold I stand at the door and knock, if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him," recited Callie. In the next breath she exclaimed, "What a queer verse. What door does it mean? And who is knocking at it?"

"It's the door of your heart, Callie," explained the teacher, "and it is Jesus knocking at it."

"Oh, I see," nodded Callie, "you mean it makes you J. Christian if you let him in. Maybe I will when I'm older, but I'm too husy with school and play to think about such things now."

The teacher's face was very sad as she answered, "It's a very serious thing to shut Jesus out of your life."

A fter the meeting was over Callie hurried back to say to her teacher: "That verse, J\fiss Potter; that's the reason I'm here. I kept thinking how Jesus was knocking at the door of my heart, and of how awful I was to say to him, 'No, you can't come in now; I've got to play or I've got to study.' I couldn't be so selfish and cruel. I've told him to come in and I came back to tell you

" so.

-From Children's leader (used by permission) .

The tune of the following hymn IS

"Near the Cross." It may well be used as a closing hymn today.

"Looking upward every day, Sunshine on our faces;

Pressing onward every day Toward the heavenly places.

"Walking every day more dose To our elder Brother;

Growing every day more true Unto one another.

Chorus "Growing up, growing uP.

More and more like Jesus. Learning every day from him

How to grow like Jesus."

PRAlSI!~G GOD IN MUSIC MRS. ELISABETH K. AUSTIN

Junior Christian Endeavor Superintendent

Junior ChrlJltlan End~vor Topl~ tor Seb),et" n e 7. Auguat 4, 1928

DAILY READINGS

Sunday-Singing in the heart (Eph. 5: 18-20) Monday-Singing while happy (Jas. 5: 13) Tuesday-Praising God. for victory (Ex. 15: 1-

22) \Vednesday-Songs in heaven (Rev. 5: 8-14) Thursday-A call to praise God (Ps. 33: 1-5) Friday-Praising God's goodness (Ps. 147: 1-9) Sabbath Day-Topic: Praising God in music (Ps.

95: 1-6)

THOUGHTS TO BE ENLARGED UPON AND

USED BY THE LEADER

Everything In nature praises God, its Creator.

Birds carol their praise and love to God for his care and protection.

The first songs to God-the books of the Psalms.

\Ve can tell of the love of God through our hymns as well as through our words.

We should use the best in music when we use it to praise God.

Music is a gi ft from God and we should thank him for it.

N on-Christians of some other lands know not how to praise God in music, for they have no real music like ours.

"Jesus Loves Me, This I Know" is perhaps one of the first hymns taught by missionaries to boys and girls of "other" lands.

Many people have been saved through the singing 0 f hymns.

The difference between hymns and tht::


~(ll1gs of the world is as great as that of a piece of glass and a dianlond.

IIY~1~S TO BF. L'SED WITH THIS TOPIC

II(Jly. Holy. Holy \\'hen ~fonlinR Gilds the Skies I Jr:1ise the Lord. Ye lieavens, Adore II inl ( '( .me. ThOll A.Jnlig-hty King.

S I SCI S G J"OR JF.5\: S

FR.' S ~r.5 R. If A \LkGAL

:-Illgill~ for jr-sus. our Savior and KinK . ~in~illg fllr Jesus. the Lord whom W~ lov~;

.-\ 1\ adoration we joyously bring. I .llll~ing to praise as they praise him aOO"-e.

~lIlgillg for Jesus. and trying to win. ~f any to love him. and join in thc SoOng;

Ca1\in~ the weary and wandcring in. Rolling the chorus of gladncss along.

~illging for Jesus. our Shepherd and Guide. Singing for gladness of heart that he givcs;

~ ing ing for ""'onder and prais.e that hc d iC'd. Sin~il1g for blessing and joy that hc li .. ·cs.

Sill~ing for Jesus. )·es. singing for joy; Thus will we praisc him and tell out his lo,'c:

Till he shall call Us to brighter employ. Singing for Jesus. forever above..

I h:"\R Boys A~D GIRLS:

For the first tinle in a good 1l1all weeks I h:l\·e faill"d to receive either letters or --Tories frOll1 any of you. so it's up to me to d(1 all the ll"tter writing this week. I think r will havl" to write hoth a letter and a story. \\'hat do vot) think ahol.lt it?

You rerllerllher that a few weeks ago ~d· :ie B()lld sent us one of her favorite stories. It was just a fine story. wasn't it? ~ow I :l111 sure that every Seventh Day Baptist I II Iy and g-i rl has a fa vori te story. or stories that the rest of us would enjoy reading. I 'crhaps it is a story you have read; perh:lps stories that ha\·e heen told )'ou- by 1111 It her. f at her. teacher. or sonle other dear friend. \ Vl1 v not w rite it out, pre f erably 111 your own words. and send it to the RE

l {1}{flER : :\ ow. don·t you think this is a .~,){)d plan: Trv it and S('"C.

I will start it hy telling you a favorite "(llrv (If rlline which nlY father used to tell Tlle over and over whe,; I was a child. Perh:lpS you will like it too.

Lovingly yours,

..ltldm'cr . . Y. }o.,

J u.ly 8, 1928.

~lIzPAH S. GREESE.

1llE LOST D()I(ny

M. S. c. Onc-e upon a time there was a farmer

who had a fine large donkey which he had raj sed care full y and expected to sell for 3

good price. \Vhen it was fully grown. he called his son. S3);ng. uTie a leading rope to the donkey and we v.·ill take him to town to selL"

I n a few "linute:s off they started for tOyn1. the "lan leading the donkey and the hoy t rudg:ing along beside him. The)· soon nlet a neighbor. who remarked in a disgusted tone. "Isn't that donkey good for anything? I should think he could at least carry a small boy on his back. 00

A t once the f arnle"r Ii fted his 5011 to the donkey's back and on they \\~ent~ until they Inet a group of "len in the road who began to cntlnze. Said one of them in a shocked tone. "See that selfish boy riding while his poor old father is forced to Vt'alk. U

\'·hereupon. the farnler lifted the boy dOV"l and mounted the donkey himsel f" a...,d the journey ~-as resUDled. They had not gone f:u. however,. when they "let an old \lIi~omG..n who Ii fted her hands high ahc)\·e her head in surprise and horror. exclainting. "Oh, look at that strong man riding \lIi'hile his poor Ii tt Ie boy is walk;ng! \Vhy doesn °t he let the little fellow ride. too ?".

Anxious"-- to plea..~ everybody. the father Ii hed his son up behind him and u~ed the dpnkey along to\'\-ard town.

I n a short time they pa....,c;.ed a couple of strangers who were also hurrying along in the sanle direction and overhea.rd one of them 53Y. "See that crueJ man riding the poor do~ke'\'! .And. would you believe i~ his sturdy little son is riding. too? They nlight bet~ter carry the donkey than to force hinl to carry them."

.. Perhaps* that is so." thought the farmer. "Come. my bo\". let us get down and carry the donke~' th; rest of the way.u ~ 0 qui~ker said than done. They first

tied the donkey's front legs together. then the back ones, and Ii fting him up, tried to carry hinl o'-er a long bridge on the outskirts of the to"·n. They met a crowd of boys who shouted with laughter at the queer sight. "Oh. oh!" they cried. uDid you ever see such a funny, crazy sight ?,

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WILD STRAWBERRIES

DEAR CHILDREN:

June is the month for wild strawherries at "\Villowcroft." and I ·atTI going to pick S0111e this afternoon. As I start out I see a "fairy ring"' under our willow tree. This is a big circle of toad stools; some folks say it is where the fairies danced the night before. I don't believe any fairies danced under our tree last night, because it raine~ hard from sunset till after dawn; but maybe they were rain fairies who do not mind getting wet.

Everywhere I go, the grass, now dry, is red with berries, Our fields are old and farmers would say they need plowing and reseeding. We have never been able to teach our automobile to eat hay, but we ourselves are fond of herries, so we are glad the meadows are "run out." \ViJd raspberries grow there, and blueherries and hlackberries, not to mention the wild grapes.

The strawberries are small compared , .... ith cultivated ones; the largest no higger than the end of my thunh; but oh. how sweet they are, and what a flavor they have ~ It takes quite a long time to pick nlany hut I am filling my lungs with ozone, while nTy face and arms are acquiring a beauti ful coat of tan,

A chestnut-sided warbler is calling, "Which way, sir?" from the birch tree, and the vesper sparrow sings and sings in the nleadow, He is singing the same song I learned long ago when I \\;as picking strawherries in East Andover. People ask Ille how I know so tTIany bird songs. The answer is by learning them one by one. I hear a new song, chase the bird with my field glasses until I see his markings, and then look them up in the bird book. This is the only sure way, as you won't remember it if someone tells you, It makes so

much inlpression on nly nlind that I remenlher. where I Jearned each bird-the nleadow lark at \Vesterly, the field sparrow at Phoenix, etc. There, nl)' pail is full! I have enough berries for supper tonight and for a shortcake tOlllorrow, Don't you wish \"()u were g()i ng to eat wi t h lIS? But nlayhe \"ou ha,'e picked wild strawherries, too,

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A LIITLE STORY FOR BOYS AND GIRLS ~I RS, L, E, LI \'ER 'toOR E

,\ lad\" had S(lIne fine apples given her. and she set thenl away for several days. and then she called her little son and daughter to hring thenl to her. As they did so, they exclaimed. "':\lother, sonle of the hest

I ' , .. ones ar:e ( ecayl ng ,

She replied, "You spread a paper Oil the floor in the dark r()Olll, and put all of them there in a row, so the\, will t()uch each other."

"\\'hat for :-" the\' asked,

"Xever n1ind, now, but do as I ha"e hidden \"OU,"

They cheerfully oheved, and III a few days their nlother said ... Bring out the apples and see how they are." As they hrought theln to her, they said. "() nlother, see! They are all spoiling! That's too Iklcl. tht'v were so nice ~.'

"Yes, Illy children. that i~ hecau~e the nice ()nes were put near the decayed Ollt"S.

"\\"l1el1 you go \\'ith had boys and girb. you S0011 beh";n to act and talk as they d(), They pOllt ane! scow): they say wicked words: they fight and art" l10t polite to their part"llh or others, and s()on you \ .. -il1 d() just as the\" do,"

( )11 r apple~ are spoi led hecat1~e t he decaying ones were t()O close to the perfect ones,

Let l11e HI\T VlIll a Yl'r~t", and when :--..

wil'keel childre11 trv t() l11ake \'(HI do and sa\' had thing~. r(·/ll-cJJlht·r. "( )l1e sinner destr()yeth 111uch go()d,"

Learn to say "r-\()~" and keep awav frOlll had cOnlpany, I f you can not have good p]ayn1ates. do not have any,

-Yoll can be happy helping your rTIother. reading- good books. and enjoying your pets.

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NEXT STEPS FOR CHRISTIAN CHURCH (Co1llillued frO'm, page 91 )

I II ,int ()f declaring \\~ar is due to the petty wars in churches. neighhorhoods. and, sad tl' relate. even in the honles,

T() raise us alxl'.'e the petty and the un\\",rth~' is prinlarily the task of Christian ('dllcat illn. , \nd wh\' should not all etiu\';IIilJl1 he <.. ·hri .... tian ~ ()nr s.chools pr()fe~s II' (kn,11 'I> character: hut what is hig-her than thl" <.. 'hri~tian character:- \\'hy ~h()uld not l'llr ~'h()()ls and colleJ!'es definitel\' announce . "

;1 ... their aim the IHltting' of the ideals of l'hri~t intn practice in the li\"(.~ of their

I · ~ ... Ill( ent~ ~

,\ third ~tl"P fur the Church in\"oh'es our I It ,~i t iOIl n'Ra rd i ng' (;ocl' ~ reve bt ion () f hi 111-.... t:lf til nl('n,

( a ) Is (;od an ea~y-~(lIng. indulgent parent. willing to let .J,!oucl Intentions gu for 1,Jll'dieIKt": (Ir i:-; he lIur judge, al=---o, h()ldin~ II'- til ~tril"t accllt1lltal,ilit" a~ to our ~tt"w;lrd~hip IIf ;t11 intrthtl'c1 til t .... -litllt". talent~, 1l1('1ll'\' ~

( I,) I ~ tIlt: Bil,le (;0<1':, own peculiar and ullique \\'urd til tHan: ur 11liKht we. a~ s-onle 11:1 \'e vent 1I red to renla rk. Jllake as good a book out of the world's great literature?

(l" ) 1 ~ hutllan rt'a~()rl the suprelne g1.1i<ie I,f nl~ln. IIr is faith a higher faculty, to dirn't and i Il spi re rt'a~l)Il?

( d ) I s the Sahhath a divinely g-i\-en In-... tiIlItillll. IIr is it I)f entirely hUlllan oriJ..6n. ttl I,l' changed to :-;uit 11lan's c-ol1\'enience'?

( l" ) b there anything which can he calIed ":-;acrl'd" or shall we rehrani e\"er~'thing as secular. and subject to handlingl,y the profane and ull.J,!odly?-

I ;Ul1 olcl-fa~hi()ned enoug-h to helie\'e that ( ~()(I ha .... chosen certain nlen and institutions through which to express hilllself In :"1

\Il1iqul" wa~·. and that what he ha~ thll .... dl"~en alld 111~sed Wt· are not ttl profal1l",

F n 1111 the e:x perit"ncl' which Peter h .. "l.d Oil

tht· housetllp, We are HClt til infer that all 'llell, Je\\'s and (;entiles alike. arc n'ciucc'd tl' the san1e COnlrllUl1 le\'el. hut rather that the redeenlcd Centile has heen rm'scd in (;od's estitnatioJl to a place he-side the red('(~llled Jew, "\\"hat (;od hath cleansed call Ilot tholl conlIllon," \\'hat (;od hath rnade '.acred. therefore. let llS not nlake conlmon. whether it he a person. a day, an institution. or a Book.

(Continued in nexl isszl(')

JESUSy OUR. FlUE.ND (CO"h'-If~I,('d fro". page 89)

touched with the fecling of our infirmities. present \\~ith llS as the Son of CJ'Od for ~llr redenlption. ~use by his experience of the fellowship of trial he is stiU the Son of nlan. His friendship giYe5 us all and a .... ks for ;.11. And in the heavenly life he i... ~t i II enriched and glorified by the oYercOlnil1~ faith of {""erv hUfllan f riend.I ScUlc (), l<a3JJ.·in.

\\'jlh()1.lt a friend thou canst not ~~eIl ) i \"c: and if J csus be not above all f rie'nds to thee. thou shalt be indeed sad and deso)ate,-Tlul'l'lSLls a A.. {'mpis,

PRAYER

Friend and Jlelper of my soul. ~~hose )o\'e each new day of nly V.Clnt and thy ~t1J~ply confinns. thy pre~enc-e is nl)" joy. thy "roJl1ise i~ Iny hope. thy Juve the fun as.... uranc-e (If etenlal life, ~ly heart rejoices in thy perfect righteousness. \\-jth heart~, and un feigned r-ep«:-nlanc-e. nlost of all that by t rans.gre-ssion I have grieved thy patient lo\'e. I ask forgi\'(~ness of my sin- 0 10,\'

ing Friend, let me not think or speak that which c-an hring- dishonor to thy name. I h)e~s thee for th\" trust which sends me ftJrth alllid the cares and trials of this pre-sent l4\,iI world and for- the help that fails Jl(,t In nl\' need, Teach nle to o'\"erc-onlC'. -Challg-e Ille into the likeness of th\" holiness.

' -Aid l11e in \\~ork which is both thine and tllille, Re\'eal thyself nlore dearly to nly hHl.J,!ing hea.rt and keep nly spirit in thy perfect Feace fore\"ernlore, Amen,

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MARRIAGES

HAMSHAR-VOss.-At the Presbyterian church, Dunellen, N. J., at 6.30, evening of June 16, 1928, Mr. John Alfred Hamshar, New Market and Miss Ruth Melina Voss of Dunellen, Re~. T. J. Van Horn officiating.

DEATHS

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D. C., in the

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Sabbath School. Lesson V.-July Z8, 1928 THE FIRST FOREIGN MISSION ARIES

Acts 13: 1-52 Golden Text: "Go ye therefore, and teach all

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