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56 THB SABBATH lU!OORDBll feel too greatly fatigued and Miss Lok seemed to enjoy it. ~

One thing that greatly impressed me, while at Sing .. daung .. ~, was Miss Phe"'s loyalty to die Sabbath .. While she was in training I gave a short series of talks ,at our daily prayers on the Sabbath. Several of our nurses, including the superintendent of nurses, are members in other . denominations. Of course there was some discussion among the nurses. One day Miss Phe was .reading some Bible verses in my presence. They referred to the Sabbath. She said, "'Why, according to the Bible we are rigl)t."'''' Both Friday nights in Sing .. daung .. ~ when it came near sundown, she said, .... Now it is Sabbath day, ...... and put her work away. She' plans carefully for their food so that she buys nothing on the Sabbath. To me it is very satisfying to see such a clear understand .. ing of the sacredness of the Sabbath· in a land where no Sabbath is kept, and where it seems so hard for people to get the Sabbath idea.­G. I. C.

-Prom China Mission, Bulletin.

MARRIAGES Du BOIS-ToMLINSON .-On November 28, 1935, at

the home of the bride's parents in Marlboro, N. J., Joseph; DuBois and Emma G. Tomlin­son were married 'by Rev. U. G. Hagaman, assisted by Pastor Herbert L. Cottrell.

MAXsoN-H~y.-OnDecentber 26, 1935, at the Seventh Day Baptist ,church of Nortonville, Kart., Lulu Hurley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Hurley, and Elwin E. Maxson. of Den­ver, Colo., were united in marriage by Rev. Lester G. Osborn. The new home is to be at 433 23rd St., Denver, CoJo.

VESTER-VAN HORN .-At the ·Seventh Day Bap­tist church in Battle Creek, Mich., following the Sabbath morning service, December 21, 1935, Mr. William E. Vester and Miss Orra L. Van Horn, both of. Battle Creek, Rev. E. M. Holston officiating. .

OBI T U A. RY CoSBY.-JOhn ~Cosby ,was born at Kent, Ind., on

January 14,1874~, and died at Topeka, Kan., December: 20, ,1935. '

. He cam~, to; .~~ at ~e age of twenty-one. On February .. 20, 1901,.he:w~ ·married to Miss Myra Chariiplin:'" of . N-ortonVille, who survives hiln. -To them were born three children: Marie, now:: Mrs. iGarland Hartman,;" 10hn Henry, . and PC)1:o.t11y,:, aIL, Q£'ropeka. Besides ; theSe and four ~c;lchildren there. survive. hin1 three sisters: Mrs.' ,Lillie GaSsert,' 'of Atchison; Mrs~ Ora..Ar­t&'lir ,.;'·df'.Lawrence; . and Mrs. ' Marie Gragg, of Ab· ·iI·'·· .. ··, . 'ene! '

Funeral services were held:at the Nortonville Seventh Da,' Baptist church. ~f which. he was .a member, WIth Pastor Lester 'G. Osborn offio­ating. Burial was in the village cemetery.

L. G. 0.

CRANDALL.-Alcie Crandall was born at Brook­field, N. Y., June 8, 1854, and died, at her home in Milton Junction, WlS., December 21, 1935.

She was married July 28, 1875, to Emmette Crandall of Milton Junction who survi1leS heri with, two, daugl.lters~, Mrs. Bessie Fiebi~r. Mil­ton Junction, and Mrs. Corrine Doland, Beloit; two sons, Everett,. Palo Alto. Calif.; and Lyle. Battle. Creek. Mieb. ; six, gr3ndcbjJ~; two great-grandchildren; 'two' siste.tSf;· ;lrIni.Fmma Burdick, Boulder, Colo., and Mrs. George Eo Coon. MUtOJ1 Junction; and one brother, Sher­man Crandan, Broadhead.'

Early in life she became a Christian. uniting with the Seventh Day ·Baptist Church in Wal­worth. At the time of her ,death abe was a memlber of_ the Milton Junction Seventh Day Baptist Church.

Farewell services were conducted in her church in Milton Junction, by her former pastor, Rev. Erlo E. Sutton, December 30, 1935, and burial was in the Milton 1 unction cemetery. &. &. s.

RANDOLPH.-Ida Fitz Randolph. oldest of three daughters of Reune' and' Alma Camp Fitz­Randolph, was born near Plainfield, N. J .. August S, 1864, and died at Greystone Hos­pital, January 3, 1936.

Early in life she became a member of the PJain6e1d Seventh Day Baptist Church of Christ, continuing a faithful. member. reg\i1arly attend';' ing as long as health permitted. She taught in . the Sabbath school' for' many years. She 'was a member of the DAR., and of the W.e.T.U.

She leaves an only sister, Miss Etta F. Ran­dolph of Plainfield, cousins, and many friends who will miss her with her pleasant ways and kindly deeds.

Farewell services were conducted by Rev. Herbert C. Van Horn. Interment was made in Hillside Cemetery. H. C. V. H.

SMITB.-Ann Elizabeth SDiith was the' "last sur-vivor of five children born to Thomas and Ann Greene Reveley.. She l,¥ClS born in the village of Yerona,August 6, 1842" and die~ in the hQu"e of ¥r.and Mrs. T. S~ Smith, DeCember 18~ 1935. '-, -- .

On . Fe.b~ 26~' 1878" she was married to George Smith 'of Lowell, N. Y. To them were bom tWo' cltildren-T ... Smartt ··'and; Anna Rachel who died at the age ·of sixteen9 At an early age .she ·.was· -converted -and ,united -With 1 )the M.. E. ChurCh. " Al>out nve',: year~' ,ago:~She, ,yi3$ ba1Jti.ze4 b Rev.' LeSter' G. Osborn;, 'and~ uiiited' with . tile "erona (Seventh,' nay; ;B.aptistCH~: [> She-. survived . by, . ,her .'~ SOD~ iio~:- grandchtldren. two J;Jjeces. :. and three. nepll~s.... '". ,.:;; ~ ~ ';". ,.:-" - 'The f1ineral was ne1d'£tom,the"Jl"'" ""Deee1uber 22193~iiconduete(rby' '~Pasto~··A.:'.~~.'BUriat

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THIS I KNOW

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ABd We ~ to tlle Joy 01 lila.

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Contents

No. 3

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seaman and naval!.oSicet. Tbt;SCOIy is told that as .a-.·yOung,; .. midebipman witb;bia older brother, the Prince, ,of "W~es. be .tttged his i.n.structor to devote bia-·tiJDe to him as the prince ~:~. ~ki'l'&whi1e '"~l am 'to be a sailor." . After his brother·" death he con .. ducted bi~( ""~ Qf Wales. wibh dig .. nity a.n4:.a mgp .i~ .9f ~ .respoosibslity of the ~ . ~ i~ ever, the higbest,type of an EngJj •. gent;lema~i."T~ Americans and true people ev.er-Y1W~ .will lament. with the English people. the pa~ng of such a king.

Toola or Prodad:a 7' .' We are easi;ly intrigued with bri~ u.P'~. tools, and may become content Wi~··~ approved machinery. with too little regard 'to satiifac tory and ader

quate outp~ " One of. the marks of an edu, cated man is said' f9 be this: "He puts his oocis. and' Dot 'his, to6la into his .... ~- wi& g ..., , GIIUUl'

dows.'" He ~ his' goode, and DOt the tools for prodUcing them.. Justus Timberline, in oommen~ on ~ prOverb, in Reformed Church ?vf~g~~ CODipares two speeches heard at' a \'u~nesa (X)nvention.. One was by a man who knew his business .thoroughly. One hearing this speaker for ,the first time might wonder at lriS' P.o.'W.tt' and why the hour~8 speech seemed 8Q Short,. '" Bqt'he impres,,~ his bearers with the 1;w:lief ~ ~. they already knew could be used in Ways which they ~ never yet tried. 1:be.Qther~. with an. oratori .. cal reputation, -. put 'on .. the fiIeworks.·' a speech which, alchougb.. brilliant; carried no connectiotr··:m· -thoIJgile- between . ~the lOCkets and roman::candleaF·and. when he sat down the mental.tlky':of'hi&·hea.ret8 just went' black. ~,

There' are p~Chjng tdanger8 of simDar na'­~. tb# :aerm~·.tbough. pemaps brilJjantj'eVeD with 1·" 'rou&ethenta/' leaVe the con~~ ~i> :in4the ;«iir,'.emotidbaUy·,dreased but with 'nowhere .to.:go .. ' '!.t ~y -~ pD96ible to display ~~.,tools Wit:bGut.adeqnat:e.~ c:ancenl

for goods~ ;pjoduc:tion; poasibleto be engJosaed with ~ept~~ "history7:' ueed. -and ·ofg3niza .. tio~ ~:;~~ IVjVi~r dj8pI.aY. of . ~~woZb, .. eliciting lOUd ameins,bUt folloWed bY' m.eota1 andspiritUa.b!apadiy:'toWaxds i:be' .WOrb·of righteOtislieSti:'!ToolS-:iD th'e windOw,~ when

d!:a~'~t~~.~~ .. ~~~ ~ .......... ng~., .. " "J""~,,,."j., " .• " .... ' "._'" . ' .. , •

awakene,Q'I(~Wit1i.·a.;~fait:llH~~ .. toFuse . our mackineryr ~j /~~~:iways ~J have n~ :ye,t.,,~~~'r;;'~':~'~":\:I.:·l.,~',; "',. ,.:;; '. :~~, ~~

TOe>'., n~ '., . ./. _. . '~i~tbi8;;. DWidJaCea em basis may be ~~~\irdi~ma921oery' vJ,'cen,

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tra)ited . power. atb--coc'lm;IJ £C5 and ~ till the looker--oo. while amar.ed at the· briI· liance .of the cooception. wooden what it • all about.. . Macbibr'Ty. may be all right if -all the power and atte,.rion .are not ~ ~ keep the wbrrJ. oiled and the whVde b1owiog. .ooIa~ in the shop window .. or -prociucD-?

And in our penonal Christian lives. while there is an essential need of recoglliriao of d0c..­trines and aeeds. bitstol y and organir.ation. let us produce the "~pe3ceabJe fruit of right .. eousness. •• The life lived in faith and quiet trust.. a.ct:iYle in the Master·8 set vice. needs no ub.rewarb.. .. Its goods speak for tbemse:Jves and stand the tests of life"s mark-eta

Rac:e ReI.no.. D&7 It seems haro for some to undetstand or believe the truth declared by the Apostle Paul at Athens that God ""'bath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on an the faa: of the earth..... We assent to the truth but our atfihJdes too often nega ... tive our dedaratians conoen'ing equality and justice far all. Por after a.U.. we are likely to think we a.rt: better than other races and tD be thankful that we are Dot as this Negro or that Mexican. This attitude is largely due to prejudice or ignorance of other races. or both

Charles Iamb, it is repotted, in calking to a friend one day. said. -I dislike Mr. So and So V4'!1Y much." .... Do you know bjm?"" his friend asked. -No," replied Mr. 1.11m b. -Well, if you ~ him you would lib: bim , for he is a splendid young mao. I should like to bring you two together. "" -N~" said I,amb, ~I

don·t want to know bim, for if I did I am sure I would like him ..

An old Catholic priest 9D"'r said to a friend of the writer. who, had expreSBed .surprise ~ some e II rDenc:ediaCove:red -in the otber~a work, "~.Ah, my boy, if we Jrnew each other better 'We

would love each· other' bet ler. <Ill

These are 'typical attitudes we bear toward other races and Creeds, and "all' too often, our opinions and. prejudices are based upon aci .

qnaintance with people who may not be the most representative' of tbeir -race.

We. betiew:e.dlere are signs of more healtbful attitnde& .in .race..:. relationships. Panel djscn~ ~. ee:minare, studies. and o:mtacts are ·mak­ing themselwsfelt: more and mare. . But 'We

have . not.·.gOne.~ .far1 enoUgh.. .. Race discrimina, tion· as obael¥ed' iil'~iJiaDy ma~"for right ..

-.:.... ...2~ • , D.-.6. N . r"I_ ~ eous IDJDW'2'Y"l--" t.~~ ," au· '-Id3'iia"Y' ,:-.rcu.

shrugs ·ibishoUJdear. and 'saysr:-.America» "bral th ........ 1&. .. "'""--="':-'-". -. ~ AL~ -L- L._ '~~ ... ' ~~ . Issues uta: UII: UIlIll'CIJI"'dI

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mday' aloud for Christian action/· The race problem, basiCally.an eOOnomic·and,soclal'prob-­lem, is, more . 'aCute 'and p~ding'" than 'ever ,be .. fore,:' it"ls felt iby national 'religioU& leaders. Its solution calis ,for those ~~W'ho,' are ethically sen" siti~e and 'sociailyenlightened."· . , Announcements are made by the Federal CoUncil 'of the Ohurches of Christ in America of the fourteenth .annual observance of Race Relations Week, or Sunday, February 9. In many places community orga~tions are joining with churches in promotion of various types of interracial projects preceding and following Race Relations Sunday. Weare glad to see Southern states' awake and leading in this good work. Radio broad~ts, bo¢ from local stations and national hook.;.ups, will carry special' music and services empbasizi ng interracial goOd' will in America 'and, abroad.

"0 Christ, thou hast bidden us pray for the commg' of thy Father's kingdom, in which his righteous 'will shall be done on earth. We have treasured thy words, ,but we have forgotten their meaning, and thy great hope has. grown dim in thy Church. As we have mastered nature ·that we might gain wealth, help us now to master the social' relations of mankind that we may gain justice and a world of brothers. For what shall it profit our nation if it gain in numbers and riches, and lose the sense of the living God and the joy of human brotherhood? . . . Help us to mci,ke the welfare of all the supreme law of our' land, that our commonwealth may be built strong and secure on the love of all its citizens. Show

thy erring children at last the way to the City of Love, and fulfill the longings of the prophets of humanity. . .. Amen."

This and, That The fragments of an un'" known gospel, says the International Ohrist.ian Press' and 'Information Service, recently pub-­lished by the. ,British M~ date back in origin to- the middle 'of the second century. Another pa~5, recently discovered in upper Egypt by C. H Roberts'~of Oxford, bas.,now been made accessible: to . the scient:iD.c world. It contains a ' fragment_ '0£ the Gospel .of St. John~, ,and, aa:ai'ding .to ~e present findings of:research, gees back to an . even earlier' date. u"Thispap~~~·writeSthe German theologian, P:rofessor Dibelius, of Heidelberg, "belongs, in:the.judgment of :expert English. and German scholars~: to~·the::first half of the second century, and ~thUs represents the oldest· written :frag, merit ,:froIri.; the. 'New ~ Testament.· of which· we kno~;. iAll,those' who,.regard -St •. John~s Gospel ~:·dating,.latedn·the.secOnd cen~will now know, ~-i:-.;.This,text· and- other ',discoverieS

-sho:w : clearly' that the· Christian· comm~

-and their'sacred books existed at a vet y early time, a fact of which we never hoped to· re .. ceive such direct evidence.. n

Give one man a sand' ba,nk~ Says' Watch .. ma:n" Examiner, and he will' convert it into a flower· garden; give, another JD.a1l 3: garden and in a little while he willtr3nsf'orm it into a desert. Send' one preacl\er to "Nubbin Ridge.... and he will make it a" promised' land. Send another minister to a prosperous church and in a few years he will be aslring his friends to get rum another chU,rCh., He, feels he is not appreciated. 'nere 'are two kinds of pastors, those' that every. congregation would be glad to get and those that nobody wants.

A~rding to the National Safety Council, fa·tal accidents by drunken, 'drivers have in' creased in ,. eighteen months ti.venty~e per cent, ami fatal accidents to drunken pede&' trians fifty .. three per ceilt.Drunk~ drivers in the same time have in~ fifty per cent in non ... fatal accidents, . and drinking pedes­trians have increased mty .. four .per cent in non .. fatal accidents. A recent survey by Doc .. tor Heis of Uniontown, Pa., revealed that sixty per cent of the ~dente of that city and seventy ... five per cent, of the people in' jured or killed came to their sad plight because of alcohol.

Says the Christian AdvOC4U:

The prophets . for' repeal were false prophets. Among the many things dley prophesied were:

L That bootlegging would be elimjnated. 2. That dry territory would be protected. 3. That poisonous liquor would no loDger be

sold. ' 4. That temperance would be promoted. 5. That' the' influence of the underworld in

politics ,.and the :liquor. ~e ~ould, be eliminated. 6. That.' deploraple dririk conditiQDS among

youth 'woUld . nOt be continued. ' 7. ,That taxeS would be lightened by enor­

mous revenues frOm the liquor traffic. 8. That unemployment wo~d be.,relieved . .and

the faqneJ' would find a vast new. markeL 9. That the' ~oon would- riot: 'be' 'pefmitted to

return. ..' ' ' :, . : . 10.: That the "racketeers": .would, be seriously

hantUcap~d /' by., the fail~- ,of th~ .principal SQurce of in~e. ' '. ','. " . . "

, 11.' That 'the; Peopl¢ wouJd'drink more ught Wines and:-beersf~d lessJw~~ " ' . , - .12.,kld\1amongi;'other.:i~!:~predicted WJth~~uran .. c.e.~t: thd~'J>~~~)·"!~d . e,~I~~ and. prospenty woul be restoreu.. ... " ~ , '.' .. .. ' , .

Federal tax~ for the ~ 1934 w~e '~~ ooo;ooo;nan'~ , over .lth~~-pi'ec:ediDt'~' of one ,billion. . In:that total'.tbe· tazes on distilled

spirits amoun~ to ~9-.000,OOO, as compared with $9,000,000 tile p~~.:..~. We must reason that the increase was $Z5O;OOO.OOIl Mueh oftbis increase found its way through processing to the common people.

According to figures of the Department of Internal Revenue, t&e drink bin for the United States in 1934 was $3,000.000,000. To this must be added an indirect cost of one third more... This does not include the illicit liquors.. That is, there was an actual expenditure of $97.29 a family, authorized by politicians to balance the budget. This amounts to $1~.97 revenue per family. Of aU the hard bargams of depresslOD days this driven by political leaden is the most senseless and terrible..

THE' UPPER ROOM

Brother F. H. Hall of Minneapolis a.sb prayer for Rev. Ben Mathisen, superintendent of a mission in Minneapoli.s. that he may ac .. cept the Sabbath truth. Also that a goo<L strong, spirit.-6lled· Seventh Day Baptist evan' gelist may come and hold gospel meetings in this city. Let us pray.

Mr. Halrs address is 54 Eastman Avenue, Minneapolis.

• TRACf BOARD MEE liNe

The Board of Trustees of dle American Sabbath Tract Society met in regular session in the Seventh Day Baptist Building, Plain ... field. N. J-., Sw;ulay, January 12, 1936, at 2 p_m. with President Corliss F. Randolph p~ siding and the following other members pres' ent: James L. Skaggs, LaVern C. Bassett, Na .. than E. Lewi.a. Herbert C. Van Hom., Neal D. Mills.. Courtland V. Davia, Asa F Ran, dolp~ Mrs. William M. StiUman, William M. Stillman. Irving A. Hunting, Frank A. Langworthy, 'George R. Crandall, A Burdet Crofoot, Frederik 1- Bakker, Mrs. Herbert C. Van Horn, E~ett -C. Hunting, and Business Manager ·L. Harrison. N~

Visitors! 'President J. .W. Crofoot of Milton Coneg~ Mrs. L~' Harrison' North.

Rev. H. C. Van Hom offered prayer. The'minutes of the last m.eeting were read. Corresponding' Secretary. Herbert C. Van

Horn read the following report: . Your; ,c;orrespooding ",.sec:retary- completed his

western mission 'January ~ 1936. after an absence f rom 'the' office of twelve weeks and fi~ day&. By train 9,455 miles were tJafl!led at a total expense for the trip of $246..88. including an ~.- of '$2&16' diaTgeable .. 1:o the aCCOUnt of the ~ ~t}.y ~pointed b'y ~e Tract Board at the ·request· of tb'e General Conference.. Offer­ings for the board to help defray, the aec:retarYs expenses were received in· the ,amouat of, $144..71,

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a chec:k for which has been handed to the treas­urer. Credits should be given as fonows:

Riverside . . ........ _ ............ $75.00 North Loup ..... _ ... _ . . . . . . . . . .. 30-12 Nortonville . . ................ _ . .. 20..79 [)~e ~ter .................... 7~ Stevens Point .................... 4.00 Cbica.go . ..... _ . . . _ . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 7..5()

A comparison of mileage with the total ex­pense shows the cost of the trip to be at the rate of $ .026 per mile. The agency work re­ferred to "'''as done in St. Louis, California, Min­neapolis, northern nIinois, and West V u-ginia.

During the month meetings were beld at Nor­tonville. K.a..n-. attendance rnnning from 42 to 175. Again no unconverted people attended and the work was of a strictly revival na.t:ure among members.. Good preparation had been made by pastor and pe-ople and a refreshing time 1Jira.5 experienced

Three days were spent in Minneapolis writing and making eontact5 with former Sabbath keep­ers and new ones.. The home of a f ortner pa­rishioner was thrown open to the secret:ary and e'\~ery coavenience furnished him for doing his work in that city.

At Dodge Center, Minn.., four sermons were preached. the attendance being large and atten­tion good. Denominational interests and our work were also presented. an opportunity for this being afforded at a Christmas party where seventy-two were present. Grave problem.s 'Were discovered in t.his field. conditions that call for wise. faithfuL loving leadership. A good pastor is especialJy needed

With some diftic:u1ty a family near Stevens Poin~ WIS.. in recent years Sabbath keepers. was visited Christmas was spent at Milton., Wis .• after which the ~ was assisted by a lif~ time friend who put his time and auto at the secretary's disposal to call upon Sabbath keepers at Geneva. St. Charles.. Aurora, and Wheaton, IlL At Aurora and 'Nheaton, ~. inter­esting and promising conta.ct.s were made -with Sabbath keepera who recently have been in­quiring about us... Spiriroal lea.d~p and con­sistent efforts there could easily resul~ it would seem. in a Seventh Day Baptist group being formed

A Sabbath was spent with the Chicago Omrch. where twelve local people gave good attentiOD to the sermon by the secretary, and to'his pres­entation of some of our problems and enc0ur­agements. At the special request of the group be also conducted a round tabl~ disc::assjon.

Brief conferences with pastors at Milton and Albion were had.

En route hom~ a few hours were spent at Salem and Lost Creek, W. Va.." and some ageacy cont:a.cts made.. -

Besides work already reported ~ month. eighty-six calls and Visits have been made; some correspondence attended to, and editorials and observations WlitteD.. Since retum.iDg. to the office. attemt't has been made to C2tcb up with work UDayoubbly accumulated during the .10Q8' absence.

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A meeting of the' Executive Coinmittee of the Federal Council of Churches of 'Christ in Amer..­ica was $lttended Friday, January 10.

Acknowledgment of appreciation is ~ere made of the interest taken by members of the board in the western mission of the secretary' and of their prayers';' 'also of the encouragement and help rendered, by the' office force, especia11y- of Mrs. Langworthy who uncomplainingly took on added responsibility and work in the editor's absence. The secretary may be pardoned if he also publicly expresses his appreciation of Mrs. Van HornPs work, one day each week spent at the office, in attending to much of the correspond­ence, thus relieving him of considerable routine writing from the field.

Sincerely submitted.

lIERmmT C. VAN HORN,

Corresponding Secretary. January 12, '1936.

Mr. Van Horn' appended to his report ex" tended verbal remarks interestingly describing his work and the condition found on his western trip.

The president stated that two letters pra.i& ing the work of Doctor Van Hom had been received from the pastors of the Riverside and Nortonville churches.

Treasurer Ethel T. Stil1man gave the fol .. lowing quarterly. report which was adopted subject to the auditor"s report:

Ethel T. Stillman, Treasurer. In account with the

American Sabbath Tract Society For the quarter ending December

Dr. To balance on hand October I, 1935:

31, 1935

General Fund .•.....•..•••..••••. $ 132.88 Reserved for special "Recorder"

supplement • • • • • • • • . • • • . . • . • • . . . 961.00 Reserved for special t~~ublications 10.00 Denominational Building Fund •.... 38.67 Reserved for furnishings, Historical

Society room ~..... • • • • • • • • • • • . • • 728.54 Maintenance Fund ...•....••..••••. 422.59

----$2,293.68

To cash received since 88 follows:

GENERAL FUND Centrihutions - individuals ••••••••••• $ 18.11 . Denominational Budget •• • • • • • . . . . • 435.88 Income &om invested funds -, Tract Soc;iety • ' ••• ~ • • • • • • • • • • . . • • • .2,314.32

S.D. B~' Memortal, Fund,. •••••• . . . • 351.94' Rece!~ ~~ :'Sal>~ RecQr«!er" •••• 485.86 ReCeipts .. frOm~etpm.g Han~ ••••••• 358,.15 GeDeratptitlting alid distribution of .

literature • ••••••••••.••••••.•.•.•• 23.43 ContribJitions - -apeci.al tract publications 72.50 Conlftbuti.on toward tax,

DeD.C:miiiiational 'BuUdiDg ••••••.•.•• 10.00 Loan, for 1934 tax, Denomiuational 'B~~:,:, • . •••• :_ .0.. • . • • . . • • . . • . . . . .. 2,700.66

Tran@er ,fro. Egbert Trust- Fund •••• 35.00 Transfer. ,from Pearce Trust Fund •••• 10.00 ", 6.811.05

. ",.. DENOMINATIONAL BtJlILDING FUND

CoDtrtDatioas • C .... ~ .............................. $ 7.00 &come';' intereSt on note .... ~ • • • • • • • • • • 21.00

28.00

: . MAINTENANCE FUND Rent frompabJi.hmg house ........... $ lSO.GO. I~ DePominatiODal BuilcIi.Dg

EndOW1Jlent • • ....... " •• ~ • • • • • • • • • • • • • 515'.18' 206.18

PE.RMANE.NT FUND Victoria Morkavich • aceount mortaqe........ $00.00

$9.844.91

Cr. By cash paid out as follows:

GENERAL FUND Sabbath Promotion work .•.•••.•.••••••••••••. $ 99.38 "Sabbath Recorder"- •••••.•.•••••••.• $1.428..14 ' "Sabbath Recorder" - $Upp'emeat •••• 150.00 "Helping Hand" . . . . . • . . • . . . . . • • • • • • 408.66

--- 1.987.4{) ~eral printing aDd distn"utioD of Utaature •. 257.95 Corresponding secretary - salary •••.•• $ 356.50

Traveling expenaea •.•••••••••.•••• 4.21 Tre.aaureI"" a expenses •••.•..•••••.• •• ,. 57.00 Payments on notes •...•..•••••..•• _. 450.00 Interest: on notes ......•..•.••••••••. 33.53 CoDection charges, etc.. in no bond

COUPO-DS • ••••••••••••••••••••••••• .44 Taxes - Denominational Buildln. (1934) ~'oo.66 Taxes· 1934, B1JteD.sky propext,y •••••• 228.28 Taxes - 1934; Forri.stel_-.pro~ .;.... 310.99 Int.erest on loan &om Perm.n~t Fuhd 66.00

. 4.26'.61 Withdrawal from Egbert Trust Fund ••...•.. 35.00 WIthdrawal from Pearce Trust Fund •••••...•• 10.00

$6,657.34

DENOMINATIONAL BUILDING POND Interest on loan from Penne.,..t Fund.$ Electric clock,. Historic:a1 Soc:ietJo' room

S7.DO 19.50 ---

MAINTENANCE FUND Fire insur~ printing shop ••••••••• $ ~r • . .••••.••..•••...•••••••••••

• ting, etc.. of roof ••••.••.•••••.•• MisceUaneoila supplies ••••••••••••••• ec,at -~ shop •••••••••••••••••• R~ of ashes •.•.••.•••••••••.••• J. H. Coon. treasurer, income from

Denominational Building Endowment

54.18 33.00 43.16

1.61 ZOO. 12

2.40

56.18

76.50

390.65

PERMANENT FUND Transfer of funds to avinga account ••••••.••• soo.OO

$1,62-4.49

By balance on luuld: General Fund ••••.•••••••••••••••• $ 370.09 Reserved for apec:ial purpoeea:

uRec:orcJerP- supplcornent •••••••••• 811.00 Special tract ~b1icatio_ '.;,...... 72.50 Tax. DenominatioD-1 Buil~ •••• 10.00

DenomfnatiODal Buil~ Fund ••••• 9.67 R.eae:s: ved for furnfibinp. HiatoricaJ

SOc::iel:lr rOOZD ..................... 709'.04 Maintenance Fund .................. 238.12

--- 3.220.42 " ,

Total indebtedDeN, Geoetal FUDd, $4.400.00

E. It O. E.

Plainfield, N. J., January 1. 1936.

ETHEL T. STILI.M.AN, Treuurer.

Examined. compared with boob aDd .oudaea. aod fou.nd correct.

Plainfield, N. J .• January 13, 1936.

J. W. BlEB£LER. Auditor.

THJ!: SAlIIWIH-,BBOOBDl!B. 63 Neal D. MiI.1a _ the Committee

on Distribution of Literam.re met laa.t Sunday and disn188ed plans for more active and ag ... gressive distribution of our literature... In the past two months 664 tractB have been sent out leaving 22,777 tracts on hand. Twenty new REcoRDER subscriptions have been received and forty~ discontinu.ed, twelve of which were free..

L. Harrison North reported for the Super .. visory Committee as follows:

The Supervisory Committee met at 12.30 in the office of the publJshing house with the following members present: Otis B. Whitford. N atba" E. Lewis. James 1- Skaggs. Irving A. Hunting. and Corliss F. Randolph. -R.outine business was trans­acted, the work 0Jl' the Dew offices in the shop was inspected, alid a sign advertising the Re­corder Press was authorized.

The board voted approval of the suggestion that the office of the corresponding aeaeta.ry be moved into the room now being \l.sed by the busineas manager.

The report of the special CO~ was presented by ABa F, Randolph and accepted as follows:

Your committee appointed to confer with the Col1Ullission of the General Conference concern­ing taxation of the Denominational Building beg leave to report that the communication in th~ SABBATH ~ of January 6. 1936. from the recording secretary of the Commission concern­ing its mid-year meeting is very full and ~1icit.. and is submitted herewith as the essential part of this report, as follows;

T ...... tioa of the Dt DOmination.' Baildirqr pr-aent:ecS the Commiwicm with ODe of ita ~ difBc:ak problema. In f act it W'U thi8 PI'ObIem wJ:dc1\ led the dW.rm.ua of the Commission to c:il1 the meeIiDa iD Plainfield ra.ther diaD in Milton. A Cl)iomittee of the Tract Board conaiatiQB of Corn.. P. R.tndolph. AA F. R.~, Ot:ia B. 'Whit· ford. end L lIarri..cm North met • the CammiaiOD faT ita amaidc:raticm.. 'MOle than enua b.oura ..-en: c:cm­Bumed in • 'fall. frank" and &ee d1.ecu&sioa of evtt'Y ph.ue of thil problem Uul ~ -olatioca iDdadiQg renting of .pace to outsideri &nd complete dIs.paal 01 building, furiliture.. and pri~ plant.

An accoaat of the e1fOrta made ~ the. Tact Board under the able direction of ita '1eri! adriKl. Asa F. Randolph. to am i1IOUDt the lep1 di.I6c:ultics iDYOhred in reuiniD8' tax exemptioa is beiDa mimeoaxaphed aDd will &ho~..:!w. eed .m t!te haDda of the puIlOr' of ada of our ', .. !.ere it caD. be readib' aYtJ'-hle 1;0 any who ~ wiah to examine it.

. In dispoeinc,of u.e ~ letD(IiOi&l'iJ:y tbc CcJmmi .. 8:tOn voted to retOlliCii ,'to Oaafe:reace:

(1) That die I'f!I!IlOftl of the officea of the Recorde% Pr-e:n from die .. Sc.CDth J)Q Baptist BuD~ to dae Press Baildintr .. ~""ed.. . ~

(2) That iDe COllupltaioa be directed to ~ the Genc:ra1 Cc:m.fueDc:e in the tItate of New· JCftIt!7.

(3) "l1aat .;:tJae TDct Sc c:ietJ' be .4be:tc:cl to t:raDafer title to tile' Se,tDth" ~ Bapdlt BaD"~ &lid paanda. excluaiYe . of, the llec Pi'ae Bu~ a1Id pOClDd8. tD the New Jene"T COIpoiatJoa of tIae GeDa:a1 CoafCleDCe if ~" tO~ do eo.

(4) That., f1u1:beI' CODddaatloD of the IbtUa of the ~ Da.r Bapdsr Bm1dms be au order of ba8i.Dea for the !lKeif". .. of· tINt' ~ ID 1938. &ad that the CoD1lDi'aloit . beabedea to bdSC recommaic1.,ihnl in the matter to tat ~' .. ,. .

It .... -.futttaEr =- daat dae CommiwiorD aatbQriR the Board of TnisteeI of the .Ameri.caD SabbdIl Tnct So-

dcb~ to boa lOW GIl dae ~ of the Se.eratIa ~ Baptiat BidL;g'UU"",dncuq; aufEcieat fuods to care fer tII.Xa whic:la it IIu ~ paid aud wIr.icIl ..,. _e me clue aDCl ~ ~ to t:bc DC:Xt IDcIII,. Of «be GeDesal Coa£cft:uce; Dd tt..t tile v...,mWaloe I!Ie!C'a"Jllarad the iDclasiaa of ... iIlcm iD the Cau.fer-eocc budaet for 1936-193' to aDOJtizc tJtb 'amoon!

Mr. Asa F Randolph of the ~ and J~ advistt of the board on this question. pre­sented a very full and exhaustive f'ePOn of aU the proceedings pertaining t.o this case.. a copy of which is submitted herewith as a part of this report..

Respectfully ~mitted,

Corliss F_ Randolph. O. B. Whit! ord. L H.arrison North.

JcntlUU"'j' 12, 1936. Asa F Randolph.

It was voted that the matter of financing the taxes on the Denominational Building be left to the president. secretary. and t:n:asurer.

At the invitation of the chair. President J. W. Crofoot made brief rem2rb_

The minures were read and approved. Adjournment.

CoRLISS P. RANDOLPH. President_

NEAL D. MOTS. Recordin.g Secretary.

MISSIONS THE EVANr..EJrISTIC ~

The perperuity of the church depends upon the evangelistic urge.. This is true whether we refer to a local church or to -the Church mili ... tan.t. Evangelism is leading sinful people to

accept Christ"s way of life., helping professed Christians to grow in grace and develop Christ­like cbaracters.. and glorifying Christ as the revelation of God the Father.

Unless there is a passion to reach out and help othe:rs. our religion degenerates into a mere form. We 8CJJllerimes bear people say dtey doo"t get any help from the public ~ ices of the church. ~ is DO new tbopgbt expressed; I have heard these things ovex and over. What is the use of continuing the pI&' CI!:SS?.... These statements show that the one who makes them is thinking oDly of himself. If there wexc an impulse to help others. he would aid in maiJJt3ining the services by his presence and in every way po&ble. People lose interest in the church because things do not go as they want !beo. to. or some one 6lighta them and they turn away from the chtm:h. An ad things indicate &elf seeking and that there is not a passion m help otbe.ra.

64 THE SABBATH RECORDEll Wi~ut the evangelistic urge, one may

give much tinle to the work of ,"the church for the sake of being in the· swing of things, or for social contacts; but it is all a mere selfish and perfunctory matter, and is so recognized by· outsiders. A church made up of such people drifts along, selfish interests cl~· some drop out, and it gradually dies. It dies be, cause it lacks .the impulse which sent Christ to earth and to the cross, the evangelistic pas ... sion. When the members of a church are longing to lead others to Christ and to help one .another in· the conflicts of life, the church flourishes, righteousness increases on the earth, and Christ is glorified.

'Ilhe life of the church depends upon the evangelistic urge.

THE FELLOWSHIP OF PRAYER Most Christian people have become familia r

with what is called The Fellowship of Prayer, because the six weeks before Easter for many years have ·been marked for this purpose.

The Department of Evangelism of the Fed ... era! Council is promoting The Fellowship of Prayer again this year. The plans are much as they have been in other years, namely, Ohristian people are asked to join in prayer for the six weeks, and to promote this, booklets are prepared which give the topics to be con" sidered each day, together with helpful com'" menta and a prayer. Last year 750,000 of these were used. This means that somewhere in the neighborhood of ·three fourths of a mil .. lion of people, for six weeks before Easter, united each day in meditation and prayer on the same subject.

Copies of The Fellowship of Prayer are be ... ing sent to the pastors and church leaders this week ·and it· is hoped many pastors will hnd it helpful in the development of the spiritual life of their churches. Copies of The Fellow .. sQip of Prayer may be had by applying to the Department of Evangelism of the Federal Council of Ohurches, 105 East 22nd St., New York City. ' .

THE. COMMITTEE TO ;PROMOTE ' .. :TBE-rFiNANOAL PROGRAM

For the :first ten years of the United Budge~ a m.an, called the Forward Movement Director, was .. ·eniployed to: give- his entire time to the GeneralConference under the direction of the CommisSion, and one of his· chief duties was to· promote the finances of the. denomination. Seven ··years past a ohange was made and the

raising of the United Budget was committed to a special committee.. called ,the Committee to Promote the Financial Program. Every board used to be held respoDSlble for the rais .. ing of its own -finances; but since the adoption of the United Budget,. this has been committed to otherB appointed by the General Confer .. ence. Nevertheless the boards have CO"Oper'" ated to the fullest extent and their field work ... ers have let pass no opportunity for promoting the entire financial program.

For a time the Committee to Promote the Financial Program was located in Plainfield (N. J.) and vicinity, and die late Alexander W. Vars was chairman of the first committee. Two years past the committee was placed in California. with Professor N. O. Moore a.s chairman; and this year it is composed of men in the Western Association with Professor H. O. Burdick as chairman.

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The committees have given. much valuable time and have been efficient. The present committee is DO exception in this respect. It sends letters to the churches and promotes the . Denominational Budget in other ways. It is studying the best methods of approach and is endeavoring to learn from the experience of others.

Our churches, through their delegates to the General Conference, have created this com .. mittee and assigned its tasks. It is tackling a most difficult job for the entire denomination and it is entitled to the fullest CO"Operation. No churoh or pastor, in fairness, can turn a deaf ear to the communications sent out by the committee. Above all, it is due the Master and 'his work dlat we support the efforts of the committee upon which we have laid this important ·and difficult task.

MISS MIRIAM SHAW SAlI$ FOR aDNA Last week word came from Miss Miriam

Shaw regarding her departure for the mission field. She· sails for China on the s. S&.:eT~' dent craft, Dollar Line, from San Francisco, Calif., February 7. ·Letters for her reaching San Francisco by FebruarY 7 will be delivered on the steamer.

. As is generally .known,· Miss Shaw is· a registered nurse and tetums to her work. in the hospital at Liuho after a. short vacation in the homeland. Though herVclC3.tion has been unusually limited, ~ has bE;enamarked in .. spiration to many people and all will follow her and her work with renewed interest.

SIHit &UBATH'RBCORDI!ll 6S

ACTIVITIES. IN GERlIAlfY IltCR.EASING many meeting houses of their own and would &v. W.-"L Bu.,.did{.· notthlet me speak t:btte... His ~ now serving AsL - R. I in e army, baa been in Seventh Day Advent4' naway, . coll

ist ega in England and Prance and has DEAR :eROTHEB.. BURDlCK:.

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Your letter·Of :November eighth at hand. I hope that Doc:tbr RandoIph·has also sent to you my lengthy letter of Novetl tber thirteenth; thus far I have not hea:rd- of "its arrival ....

A word aOOut your suggestion., that we in Germany father some mission field There are many reasons why· we cannot at present. even though we had the means. But on the other hand,. we· are at present unable to do this. I ~~t.~ days ~ ~ony ~Meisten, Dresden.Chemnitt. Auerbach, and Glaucha~ and found there ·considerable interest which calls for. some one to give his attention to i~ At Meiszen I ~ twelve in my study and would have .. had many ~re.. but I could not stay longer. We have a promising ai.ster\there who was baptited. in Berlin in the spring. In Dresden I called on a sisrer. who had called on me in Hamburg and· 'Whose son is doing evangelistic work. for the SeVenth -Day Ad, ventists. In less than three hours her-was there with two other ministers· and we were till midnightr -toget1her~· Next morning while an" swering some questions of the sister. the Seventh Day AdventiSt president; with another minister· came and we spent two hours to-­gether. Passing on to· Che:mnit%. I had three well attended meetings during Priday and Sabbath. I had a conversation with the church committee., to show ~bem nhe neecL that they recommend the employm~ of the former Missionary Aurich and- ~. ~ a church. his salary, and then the association., as such., to pay him accordingly.· The church bas done so. Brother ·Auri~ W'lio lives with his father~ .. law, has· built a house On .his fat:her ... itrlaw'"s estate and ,with him lias' a small buainess in selling honey.' He -was·a"seventh Day Mvem~ ist missi0D9.tY., in Manchuria for ~~ Y.ean. labored as.~ined. minister in Hedin 'seven! yearn.. and fio;\Uy Idt ~ .W~<t :. . .He ,is ~ thirty,~ ~d_ ~. been· with us ever since the ch~t Chemnj~ was organized. On Sunl

day he took me to Auerbach in his auto. some twenty miles in the mountainS .. w_ ~: had again some 'fifteen ~:, Some of> them had attende(r'~ memfi~~;~l)~ ):~''':;'~ in Chemnj~: ''Two ~·Day;~~qst eva.n~ geJists -were alse·-dlere; i)Ut when· they desired to speaJt,. the bro.tb~" ~~t ~t\l'l?J) ~,they had

good knowledge of dle English. We came home near midnigh~ and nen day we drove some nventy...five miles to Glauchau and had about fifteen again. and it was past midnight when we·got home.. Brother Aurich will foI~ low up these interests and he will be in the employ of the aMOciation as mucll as his time permits. Thus we ihave at least two men in t:he field. and this brings same relief CD me. because it is rctthe.r difficult for me to be com' fortable in winter time on longer trips.. We should have still more help in view of me growing work. and it is far better to put the work in Germany on a good foundation with good young work.ers. who can develop tn t.a.ke the lead -ere my sttength fails. You wilt surely agree with me in this. . . .

There are some new 1a W5 in preparation, which may affect the canva..ssing work for re' ligious publicatio1l5 seriously. This will be quite a blow to the Seventh Day Adventist&. because they have many canvassers in the field and a wcll eq~pped publishing house.. with some one hundred ten employees. I had also some canva.ssers in prospect., and if this should realj %.e as a law. it: will make it more difficult still to put the publishing work on a paying basis We do puhli.sh a mont:hly. issue a monthly, reading free for the chur.che&. and thus far issue eleven tracts £rom eight to sixty pages. Thus far I have _ borne the burden, with the exception of the monthly reading. Had we one thousand members instead of five bundred, it would gieady lighn:n the ex .. pe:nses The editorial work.. resting chiefly on me... is free; 'We never could do ~ and pay for it... Your board, baviDg some seven. thousaod members to depend u~ will understand the difficulties and financial Problems. if you give u.s only some of your minutes for the bours you must spend in solving YOIIG I am thank­ful to God, ~ day after day I can run my typewriter for five to ,six hours. and my mind is ,keen. -my health and appetite are good. a.lao sleep 1£ the problems are DOt tOD serious. and I bave- suffi.cient time w spea.Ii on the Sa.bba.th, visit,~" chUrches. and p~bly ~ during the next three months. eva.ngdistic work in th,: <cities of.-~ Altona.. Ii.a.tburg. Wan~~ with.~e ·-~.500.000 people.

How long yet.. the Lord knows. for be only

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66 1aIB '::SABBATHJ'Bp.GgRDJ!ll

gl;vesthe, grace,. &lll9 -the, ~gth! . :tvIany ,~~ for, tQ.e.good1 .Missionary Prayer.' Read ... ings;; ,they'ar~ ;so.,different from ,the . Seventh J~ay:,,4dv:en#st' r~Qing&" Qf, whicll· I~ ~ve .se" ~~d,~,.~¢opy., 1'he great : aim, of.~the ~Seventh "Day! . .t\dv~n~ is ~oney for ,missions, tithe ;at, all.:!ll,aza:f$, even to urge the farmers to go ,m debt;,bJlt~ely to :p~y the tithe; nQ prayer for th~,milJjons of un~ployeQ, 'forthe,natio~ for the, cl)U:f~ ,~, general; fer growth in ~w.l~dge-+sg~n.g:,again and,. again. ,as' the fundapJ,ental" prj[nciples, .inot the r gospel, but :Sabbat~, tithing, :~_,:near advent, the spirit of propheCYr-~~earnestlyt' ~"We know ,that since 1844, 'rthe ,investigativ~ judgment is gO' m,g on in heaven, beginning with '1Jherighteous Abel,·· perhaps· to ~find out, whe~er. Christ has ,made a,mistak~ in,Matthew 23, when he pronoun~ed,him, "~righteoQ$, 't~ nineteen hundred ¥ears ago.,,', I have just r~ved your Tear Bool{, and I., am wdl pl~dwith the .present reports. 'The item on p~ge34 greatly interests 'me" clitd' I ~o: earnestly,hope, that you may succeed to, 'federate with the Baptist World Alliance, as thiS will greatly help us in ger" many,,-- where we with them, sustain friendly r-elatio~., " ' , ,', '

With kindest regards, and a, ~"Happy New Year,'t~_ ,. Sincerely,

,Hambutg, .German)!, L. R.· CoNRADI. DecembeT 18, ,1935./

MEET-IKG OF ·,MlSSIONARYBOARD The ': r~lar quarterly meeting of the Board

of Managei$ of theSevenihDay Baptist Mis .. sionai-y; SOciety ,was' held' January 19, '1936, at the PawcatuCk church,' Westerly, R. I.

,Because ~ of a heaVy sJlQ~' storm., . President W.' D.Burdick' and ~thers' of ROCkville were pnable' 'to Teach' ··the· 'meeting. ,'Others' were ab,sent. There was~:'however, a quorum pres .. ~... :, .. ~ •• .J ••

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, In, the absence df~the' preSident, :r;.a Verne D. Langworthy p~esided<:', . ': ' .

, The 'meeting '~' ':opened WIth prayer by Rev. "Haro1t1 : R. C~dalt: '. ' , , .. ! .

"Those ~'tesent'w~~~!~lGlrI~.G-. '-StilIman,. Rev. W. L: 'Burdick, :Georg~B. ·Utter$Dr.: EdWin Wbitford,",LaVeme D:' LangWorthy,' R.eV~·'H. It ;Craildatl, Allen C;"Whitfdid,. Walter" D. K~YOn~'-'Dr""Arine L~'Waite,' and>Asa~'F Rci.itd.Olph" ,.' " ',' , ' ,jGil. :present were : Mrs .. :AllenC~ Wbi~"

Jord:'MrS~, Walter D.' Kenyon,' and: R~" Jay w.: CrofOOt. . .

,) nie' ~~ly." iepOtt,~df tHe UEasuret'1f1'rlm October 1, 1935,' to J~".l, 1936H~d a statement of condition' '~'~acfepted, . and ordered recorded. The reports. are' as folloWs:

- • ~ • . ' ': ~-- .... ~ 4 • ,'-1' :. SEVENTH DAY BAPTIST: MlSSIONIJlY SOClE'tV

I~ OU~TERLY.ST~TEME:NT

• ,October )1.. 19~5,·to Jan~ I, 19~

'Karl G. ,stinmasi. 'T~, . . In &CCC)Wlt with· , .

The Seventh Day Baptist Missionary Society

GENERAL FUND

Dr. 'Merltorial Board income ......•..... ~ •. $ 51.53 ( P~JlDent. ~UDd ,income .".... • • • • • ...560.93 • Denotilina~ona1 Budget .........•. / .• ~ 1.774.46 Organizations. • . " ' .................... ~ l3O.49 Individuals ' • . _ • • . • • • .. . . ...•• '!' , •• ", .. _. _. 3,7..00 fanS'. . .. ~ ..•.............• ~ . -. . . • . • SOO!,OO Oth.~ ................. ~. _ .e- ....... " ..... \. • • • .. 16~87 Debt; Fund investment .. "." •••••• "... ZS~OO Ca8fi on .haDel-October 1 ~ 1935"........ 330-.03 Overdraft January 1, 1936, ..... ., •• "... . • ,779.88.

----l$454.63t.18 I-r

, Cr. Cdrr~pondjn, ~~. arid eXpenses . $ S6S.70 GelLC~nlI'mi8stouaries allCl expeU.,.::B •• /.' 246.64-Ch~Che8 and pasto~ ..•..•••. ~ • ~ . • • • 66S~60 Ch.in.a --. ~ •••••••• ! •. e'. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 965.00. Honan.d • • .•••••••• "................. 135.00. Jamai.ca : .: ...•.......•......... " . . . <W2.15· . T~er'8 expenses •••..•••..••••••• 120.00 Interest . ' •. ~. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 438'.02 I.oans. . J •• ~ ••••••••••••••• ~ • • • • • .. .. • 750.00, ' Printing,. .... ................... r • • • • • • 59.09 , Gerinl\riY .. . ..... ' ...•........ :....... 125.00 ' . Mi"Ce'l1alJell)U8' • . •••• , ................... II • .. 4.26 -Debt -Fund investment ...•.. ,_ ~ .. : . • • . 164.12

--~'K4,631.18

Net indebtedness, October 1. 1935 •• ;. ~." •••••• $26 .. 1~.38 Net indebtedness January 1, 1936. ...•........ 27,026.84

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I ncrease for ~,quarter ..... •••. ~ •.•••••.• " •• $ 862. «<i

STATEMENT, ,OF CONDITION AS OF DECE~ER, 31., 1935, . . . ." ~" ,; ,- , .'

The ~ety O~.s:J( , ,. ' Cash: : . in 'cheCking accouDb:".

Waelrin~ .Trust f~ ~4, ••• ".t :"'""""'79.88 ,Industrial Trust' CO. ..:..... 124.90 . .. ' " • $ ~S4.98

In. ~viDga accouuta •• : •. :' •• ,' ~~ ..... "..... 4.,152.57

.' , ,: ,'..', ., .: $, 4.,897.S9 Investments • Moen, bonda . and'DOteiI ' •• ~ .......... ~ •• ' •••••• $100,818.10' ,~., ,reserve- for deprieclated. ~ ~tie:rJ • .. -•••••.•••.• ' ~ .: •••• '. • . 5~OOO.OO , /,;', " '. 9$.8,!8.10 R~ ~te:." ,'... ,,- .' 'In' --~." - $'55 ~86 ' .... lUa •••••....•••..••.••• .v"~.

. , In. ,-~Il •••••••••••••• ' ,2.500.00 In J~t:a .• ~ . • . . • . . • • • . • . . • 6.000.00

... lit NeliiaBka.· ••• " •• ' •• ' ..... '" •••• ~'. "1,000.00 ' , . ( .. In .M'jnneaota 4, ...... -: , ••••••••••••• ___ ~.' 2.251.44 ,

" ,-' ~ , ',' - " -. -" 6'.s8t~O , .

The above e.,.. ••. ,~ .. ~knrJ:

Flmda -~~~, A~ .. ~.( " ,', , '

tI:~~~ ....... ,.' 96.?~.9a ·Relief': JhaIIIIl "If ............ ,:.:..... • • • 3.480.,_

H. C. ·WOOiM,r.ariM:e .. K.fiiiaitCrlal Retief FbD4" ~ ':'0. -: •• J;' ••• 1. • • • 0425.00

A. J ... ~lIfiai"~~ < J Relief· ; • ~ ; '. •••• ; .. '. • . . 1.000.00 F~'J!fR~ ,~~. \

MeDl:(tl:ia1 ~ .... ~ ••••••••• MiniatciidrB&V'. P-aDd •• A~Fi~ ", .

56.16 164.19

, , •• .• . •. • . . 1,$79.35 . ~ ).: ----: 103.159.68

Funds • U .... ,...;.tied '1neome: PennaaeSt Puad : •.......... , 12010 Alice rasher' MiDiMtrial

ReUef' FUb4' • ~ •••••••••.•. H. C. Woad s.n ...... MinfllfffiaJ

".1'1

Relief ; .F~ ... _ •• ~'1f. -•• .: ••••••• A. J. Patte:.,,~

Rellef ' J1QDd •••••••••••.•• Amanda lI.' Burdiek

42.92

181.,.9

Scholarship Fa:D.cl •••••.•••• 503.66

Funds • Otbc:r: Gifta for" apec Ial ,.ptUflCllle:a: B~ ~ •••.•••••••...•...•• 18.U

Real Eaate' ~ DOt .ttic .tee! to~ fUDcb:

-.:a.. •• ~ •••• ? ............ $ 5S~.86 Geor~.ti . •..•........•. 2..soo.00 Jaauuca ••••• - .• ~ •.•••.•. ~. 6.~OO

64.,329..86

$168.011.61 Less • De6dt IrL GaleraJ Funds .......... 27.026.34

.140 ..... 17

The quanerly repo1t of the' COllespotamng secretary W2$-. presented. approved, and or" dered recorded. ' It is as follows:

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The chairman of the Missionary E~ tic Committee was unable to be present 1Je, c:auae <of the:.szorm."

The CODespaIding· secra:ary tOld of COlU» pondence he had with the aevecal sections of the country. Menticin was made about a group of Sabbath keepas in the statt of Georgia.

A monthly pastoral supply at Salemville is about to be taken uP. and the church is hel~ ing to secure a full4:ime pastor in the near future. He told of Rev. A. T. Bottoms. of Middle Island and Berea. visiting Sabbath keepers in the Iowa field during the past ten weeks

Voted that the president.. secret:a.ry. and t:reasurer be authorized to work out a read ... justment of worhn and funds in ~ home field if it can be done without gready raising thee:xpe:nses.

The chairman of the Ameriean Tropics standing cnmmittee was not present. Walter D .. Kenyon said .tbe;re had been a meaing of the committee. The corresponde:nce with the workers on the Jamaica field had betn con­si.de:red. but the committee had no recommen' <lations to make..

The secretary read correspondence ~ showed that -' -, about the chi1, dren ~s educa.tion al.lowanc:e. which had bun discontinued when the children of Rev. G. D. Hargis re.t.urned to the States. bad been cleared up. '

Rev. Harold R. CrandalJ said that the China Committee had no new inf'ouharion.

There was a discussion re1at:ive to the work of the China 6eld. particularly the need of medical wmk at Liuho.

Karl G. Srillman reponed for the Mi.oi&terial Relief as -to the 2m01lD1S being paid t;o bene ficiaries.

"Ihe Iq)Ort of the., _InveiCment5 -Committee was ,approved and ordered recmded. h is as 'fOllawa:

During the quarter ended ~mber 30. 1935. there have been added to the pescnanent Funds of the society two items agpegatiag ~600.. ODe consisted' of a sift Qf$l~ from Mia" LueIIa Short of Nevada. Yo.. a loDe Sabbath~ 'keeper. wbo-has oewet' aeea either a SeYeDtb Day Baptist ~ or a Setrmth pay BaPlist _ minister or la' ' .

< ~balantt of $1.600 is represented by the value > of 'the, James.JL. Didtq land. so-ca1led. I~:., ,~,,~~~ title· to whida,.bas· been abbiUDrd < ~.,f~ proceediop., ,,7'IUs item-;hU'beea+ c'odlidered' of doUbtful value.' aad the ft:serie set 'up; to CoYer die e:»:;Pected loss has '

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68 THB -O .. 'DDr.& ...... · D,~~ .. -~~~~~~

now;_ been converte4: Ant,o . a live_ asset of real value. . . .' _ -. .. _ " .' -"

Changes in investments during' the quarter are confined. to t.he sale of $2,000 Southern :Ral1wily Company 6Yz's of I 1956; the -'liql1idation of the Westerly Lut¢>e_i CO$painYf' Inc., ·mor,tgage. o£ $15,000 'forc~sp.~ the ,receipt of $80 on acc9unt of unsecured note for $200, 'given by R ]. 'and E. C. Smith, and the iriv'estment of $488.94 on taxes and foreclosure fees to secure clear title -to the Dickey. property ref~rred to ~ove.. .

Interest more than six months in arrears now amounts, .' to _ $590.25, an' increase of $167.25 as compared vvith 'last quarter. Foreclosure pro­ceedings on the Eccleston property' which con­sists' of shoreprop~rty on which $202.50 interest is in arrears, 'Yill be instituted if payments are not made before the opening of the summer sea­son. As previously reported, we have an assign­ment of rerits on the R. J. and E: C. Smith property 011 which interest amounting to -$225 is in arrears, so we expect to get this mortgage ill much ,better shape as time goes on. '"

The Permanent Funds-of the societY are in-vested as follows: '

Stocks . . ............... $12,769.03 . Bonds . ................ 24,787.23 Mortgage notes ;,........ 51,301.09 Real·estate .....•... . . . .. 3,251.44 Loan General Fund..... 762,22 Savings accoUnt. ........ 4;083.97

$96,954;98

13.17% 25~57% 52.91%

3.35 .. % .7.9%

4.21%

100.00%

KARL G. STILI,.MAN,

Chairman, December 30, 1935.

Voted. that the board /,thank Miss Luella Short of Nevada, Mo.: for the recent gilt of ~l,OOO,. and tha.t, d~~ ;s~retary write her ex' tending our_ ,appJ;~ation. ' . .

. The -minutes ~e~e .read an~ approved. , Pr~:ident, Jay. W. ,C!rpfopt closed the meet'

ing with prayer'-' _ . . . The. Il\eeting. adjourned'.

. GEORGE B: UTTER.

.. ;. Recording Secretary. - .. - ... -. ' .. I" ,

THE F01m-tAIN"OF ABuNDANT'UFE' _ ,BY' REV~ ,LQYAL F. HURLEY . . ~ .

__ , '. THE"TtuNfry

.·,Opr· ia.f¢,s~4y·;d~~ -,~t~:.~ethinglike this,: -;"~We jl.c.e always- in·God"s presenee; 'we may: ; 'n~,-, be (in' :~ ,: fellowship! "Everybody . is' iri' his ·'presence;'ililanY'are not"in 'hiS felloyi;'· ship!, rCan,.;that,.be the·;,reason why,;·~~,~nt intof[the.~_world a·Sen, and :a -Holy-,Spirit?·"

.! What3is ~i:he ,TrinitY?· The· ideil! meets-' USi in dUferent] :tEilim-ons.·~ ""he~Gree~ had- : i/iU"-, .,!'.' c"'," ,.~ ... ; ,'-'.: ._ :. -, " r . . ,a t .. w q('g90~h~' .t~t~, 'an(;i, ~uty ..• The :Bible

speaks often 'of threefold' graces- 'or ~attributes like faith hope, and clove .. ' oJ:' _:n.twM.".,..1lBb:eks

d 1 '. , - - ~~. ,

an peace~'a.nd joy. --~Jt:8w.k4~~Of?·God as possesSing;tmree :~~I:J~,aDifeStatipns; God Trarwsrandent, GtxL'Incarbate "arid"God Immanent..- ,Wha:t ~~_-'~f.'~i:j'J?- '-00- we ~ave three Gods? Or was·~1esu8.-~hr jn q\!ot, mg as the greatest -'oommanC:imerii"tlle' 6tate, ment from.-, peuter()~y ,: :'6-" 'iNWch' begins, HHear, ·0 Israel; the Lord. Qur God is one Lord" (M~k 12: _29). If'God is, a Unity, then many will say we shoUld an be Unitarians, But nineteen centUries, have -denlO~ted that there is a power in the doctrin~ 6£. the Tnruty, even though no .theologian has ever' satisfac' torily explained that doctrine. .

Let us' .ci.dmi'i -at the start tha~ .. we are too p<>?rly equipped to be able to_'explllj~' -God, OUr senses all deal _·th , ... ..;,;" ot' 'th . WI ma ... ...-.,. n Wl spirit. And even- if our senseS dealt ,with spirit our minds are fo;-.n 11-" fo;-'- - :~t.. d , . . \.vv .. ,,,,,,,,,e .1.V complXllen God. .Again, . if our minds were big enough for the task, our language would ha. ve to be, come vastly different from, what it now is in order to -express' the- -realiti~ ''0£' a spiritual world. We have hundreds of adjectives and

d~ptiye. terms. W~~,'~ty .. to tn.atter~ ;such as big, sq':la£e, nea vy, ,~_ _; cold, .soft,.. thick, gaseous, etc. But when _ w~ talk :~~ ~pirit we say that a spirit is good or bad, or use some synonym' for -those '\Vo~"and·-We ~·done. There is_ ,no .vocabula,ry -.that· applies~to: the spiritual' world. ··~:Wejhave ~'tG·UBe worda~:and ~. tba~· __ .~pply, ,tb $~~~~al .world;::~ ~ th~:as.:~ere b~bt8·otr~h#:'f?p~'-~~ t1es~y- are. Of ,caune.'. dogmatic liter, alists:Will :quote y.erses ~d ,feel sure dley- have ~pl~ed: it, all,: but· the wisest· Way . should' in .. chide. enough' humility to admit that we do not -know· muoli. - .. " ,-.. ..- ., .

,: Ev~.J~ wa8~di~p~ in: the·Use of l~~ge~ . -. ; He' sai4 .. :th.e. I kj,ngdoDl . wis like l~ven" and. like -a ~JPercbant,·; and .. like' 3._, fish n~ 'and:.:like seed sown: '~to: die 'ground; _,and like -ci', tteasurell and '-like a mUStard sbid~· In a. do~-~~i!~,F9ed "#O'~ti~itm~~'~~~ t;h.e k.fu..gdmn. -; }Vby .:did:, he .ha;~e ~ to.:OO "ltj ~t: way?- ~use t:h~e ~ere no'~!bigenObgh to- tell:--it""alL' :·uan-·· e does rtot-: ~Vt ,the terms' to de&bfihD .,th~~:":iui1. ~- :.: ',' :'r':;:';i';l·w;-'·

,,_ •. f . ~~ • . -:an........... . .rea ~.r, --' ~,e need more. hli/m.iJj ,~'mOst'of 'U8"J.'~.' We don·t·Jttib-w-:~cihf:~·';';!~,(~ P ,

• ':" ,- \ :" 7. ,~ , . • • *. , t So:~e ~~:Aot·_f>¢,'~-,~ even when

we tUrn' to' the' 'Bible -to~ ream about, "h~ HQl Spirit. He is the-Spirit of(~and~-~

76 "EHB>SABBATH' .BECXlB.DEll

·<:Reginald J.,·,Campbell has stated· that the . :-WOltLD ,DAYtOP!PRA:tEIt' ,,:i 1'-

eighteenth centurY'-:might be.:·~'.as )' Since the.\pUblicati~~of.!~4ast1~Rnm\ the ~~~ry,~pf God the ·Father;, ~that, the wpe' 'We. Mve 'beel!' ·informed' that 'm#iterial~ for the tEr~!l~~Feri~ Wail, -that of th~.~; ~~{ dla~ Wm-ld: Da}'l" 'of Prayer.:~ ~~ ~ ~ bei '. ~e ~etJ~etP. century might prove ~ ,~ l~t tained~ )fram· jPedera¥-~€OuriciJ;~, of :G~ of:-tbf!.;HolySpirit. ' ,'..,' .',' lOS East 22-nd;St,,~i~'¥ot~I:N.:¥ .. ·' ',' -. :N.ow: pa,rf~f-that ~, bistoric¥.ly;. ~e. " Men . The foUowing ~ materik1a are"; 'avaitable: . of. the , eig~teen~. cen~' ~~.~ .. them' 1. Call to ;; prilyer: ~,~~Qn;: Eatth . Peace, selyes. in t1;le proble~ of God. And _they GoodWi11Toward ·Mea~~· -;. Free.. ' - ' argued for his· existence, 'too. But he was a " 2.' Poster :eleven : by S'eVen~ppropri~ sort of cold,' mechanical, abs~act, casual Peityt ate picture with 'spaCe for' time and place to who cared little about poo.rt sinful humans. be filled -in' locally. . Five· cents : eacb~ . Men of the nineteerith century made Jesus 31 Prograni-"I'On Barth, Peace, Goodwill live. They tore away ·the bandages iIi whiCh Toward Merl..... Two cents each..~ . creeds and " theologies, traditions and ,super' 4. HistOry and Progress'of World Day of

·stitions, had boUnd' him; they sought to see Prayer. Free.. atresll what he did, to study afresh what he 5. YdUng. people~s program-""Lead Us, 0 said, and to know him as "heactually lived in Father, in the Paths of ·Peace..... Two cents Palestine. And they succeeded wonderfully each. well. Jesus is today the beSt known person.. . '6. CMdren"s program-. "Come Unto Me.. alitY that ever walked the earth. Children of Every Land, My Own to Be. ....

But will the twentieth· century complete the One cent each. work of the other two centuries and become Consult the January 20th REcoRDBR. page the years of the Holy Spiri-t? . Religion should 45, and order yourliterature.immediate1y for be more than gazing at the Ocean of Deity; your World ,Day of Prayer Program. more than testing a sample p~ full. It should be completed by drinking our own cupful of the Ocean of God! : . " ,- ,

WO·RK

-. , "Be' perfect, be of 'good comfort.. be of one mind, live: in peace; and the God

, of, love and ~ce shall be with you." . 2 ~orinthians 13: II.

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WORSHIP· PROGRAM FOR FEBRUARY , Song-"~ake .MyLife and Let It Be.... .

Sctipture reading-John 4: 31··34; John ..,: 17. '.

-""Hav:e you entered at ~l into the spirit of Jesus as he seeks' cont:fii~y to mow and do what God wills' for him?' COnsider how a mari'~may;'discover 'jUst ·,what.GOd wants with his life.' He' rmust':be willing to do· whatever 'God;wills ,forhim:;: he- must, be lOyal ·to as much: of' GOd's :will as he knows; he . must .ask habitually,.: not . once in a while, ~What ,wilt thou have', me·· to ~ do?~; he .mUst teSt· all his cnoices ,lbythe 'principles ·of Jesus; -he: must ~e his.· ~nscience ;and his:; intelligence, by 'prayer;;· until . G;xi.-:can speak . through., -them. D . ......1-.:_ a' . ·he -, 1.:£ 1·· " .. DeS, ;,1:Dl.lS-' -escn. your' UIe '

P~yer. ,~,,:. . ... "' .. , ', . Song-,uHave' Thine Own Way, Lord. U

DOCFOR,KAGAWA Do you know that Doctor Kaga~ the au ..

thor of our last year mission-'study book, is in this .country? y~ he ~ :and- it -may be·,po&" sible for: you to ~ himH you,.live near l any of the ; following places. · .. Watch'·local papers where exact dateS- are'not, -given..'

Feb. -6-Spnngfietd, ·nl. . -Feb~ i'-PeO~ ru.. (a.' 1lL)~ Springfield, W.

(p •. me;), __ . Feb. a--.Springfield, 111. (day); Decatur, m-. (night)".' . Feb. 9-Urbana and Champaign, m Feb. 10012-:.Chicag~, '.m . Feb. l~:Neti.

. Feb. 14-16-Lincoln,Neb. . Feb~ "l~ioux Fans, s. Dale. Feb.: 11-19--Minneapolis.: ."jnD Feb.; 2O-21-Fargo,and.Grand Forks, N. Oak Feb. ~23-Du1uth. . 'MiDD.· , -. ' Feb. -U.25-Des Moin~ Iowa Feil~ ~Ames~ Iowa, (a.',,)

, ,Feb.· 27-~Mt VemOn.,:, IoWa. Feb. 29-Manchester.c;.tInch ~ '. - . ·Thoeewho 'ha:vethea·ra 1ritx,.~· tell Us that· it

, ...... ~ ~,." ". . "

is' an 'op' ..vwf.nftihPl we' sliOWd nOt miM "so+ be ~"."'Wo&AA".7, • " sure .(:6' hearJ~~riJ. ' if:p08Bi1i1e.- .

ThiS f()lI()wing-'~ blst.oiicat. 'pa~ was' -: pre­sented on the- t ptOgrami;6f',.the1 \vOm.an·s· 'liour during 1 the·". sessions' '()£) tbe.1Sevent.h;~Da.y};~P' ., r"_......:..- tt A . ..". :t ... :...'d t_":"" T. .. _'.,. De tlst ~cI.l JJ8OCIa~,~ c."~'J",~".at~)

RuYter, 'N~ Yo. The:cboice" of;aubject.wu, ......

gested by.-the fact .that_ the presertt beautiful building where the- aaanciation was bring' held, was ·auted in 1835.-:just; ODe hunc:hed .yean ago. 'Ihe'otganjzatiou of the DeR.uyter SIN ... enth Day, BaptistOlnndl was made.in 1806.

We 'feel that .'the historical material con .. rained in this' paper is of value as a part of our denomjnatinnal history.

. . BY ISABEL (~) BURDICK

We are· especi.ally glad to welcome the Central Association to DeRuyta' this year, and we., the members of this church. extend to you, our guests. . an ~ invitation to help us -make ~ one of bleseed memory.. one most fitting in I1he observance of its one hUll' dredth anniversary.

One hundred yeara--a century-and yet it stands. as ever, strong, straight:, and ~ its lofty spire pOinting 'faithfully the way to God -our church.. our sanctuary.

An edifiCe cannot, like a mushroom.. spring up in a night.. Back of it must be a desire and a will to put that desire into effect.. Back of the erection of the DeRuyter Seventh Day Baptist church were living eouls fired with enthusiasm for their cau.se. 80 loving their faith that they "were willing to ~ to brave discouragement.: overoome obatades. and ene!"' getically -pUsh fOrWard untiltbey had a~ plished ·,ttns: bUiI~eir "Vel, own place of VIOrsbip;·· ·Worthy. then. are those bra-ve people wbofought ·the: good fight victoriously ~ of a little of ()Ur attention today.

A 1itt1e~group "of Seventh Day Baptia:ts mi, grated from ~ ~ to DeRuyter, probably early in 1806'. 'On September 29, 1806, a .~ .. ~ ·of·Eldet Henry Clarke . and' Deacon' 'Phine:aa Bwdick from Brookfield'; and "Elder \VilHamSatterlee:. Dea ... con Jabes BurdiCk. Stephen MalMO, and Elipbaleb . 'Johnson from.-Pecaaburg.. ~ selael' Conoty; organized. the· Seventh Day BaptiSt,;€huJ:ch 'of De:R.ujtu, Withtwe:l4,~ three membera.· i Puurteen:.<Of ·tbese were ~ missed.-ilOm:. the·" Peter:aUug'~ near Berlin.,-}and; nine::.:were; .f.(OUi:;1'he vkinity of DeRuyter. David Dav.ia was ordained ~ gejiotic ~jo~" .',>." ::' ;.l~.:~ _~,., . .• .

As'I~8eard1ea .the·,reCOrda -for hi·her tween~dU~tUner8Dd:1815~,anCI'f=;::ing. Ifdtc,~'!'eeDBatioD"·ofonriDons·'. quiet whkh precedes a thunder btOtui;·;'·"~'· titde Colony

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of struggling Sabbath keepers were, evident:1y, passing through their GedJaemane

In the' record of the ,Conference held at Berlin in 1812. I found this reference to DeRuytEr: --rile chun:h at DeRuyter. not being in a st3te of gospel tra'Vd.. it was voted that a committee be appointed to visit the church. decide on the difliculties.. and report to the next COnfe:renc:e.. ...

Again in 1814~ the ~erence held at Hopkinton., R.. L. records: -rhe DeRuyter Church being in a disconsolate situation, hav'" ing laid down discipline, and in the judgment of Conference.. di90rga.nj~ itaelf, it was recommended to the bretbre:n and sisters of that· place. as many as can ~dy. to put themselves under the watchful care of some other chun:h Qr chun:bes of our fellowship, or embody -themselves into a church. ...

Hastily I turned the page to the next record of the Conference held at Brookfield in 181 S. which reported: -DeRuyt£r requests the prayers of the fraternity and visits flOlD the brethren .....

Poor~ de:spera.te people; they invested all their hope and ~ in prayer, an inveShne:nt.. which.. down through the ages. has proved itself safe..

We have often heard the remark. ~Money talks, ... but prayer is gre:a.te:r than money; for listen. the record of the Conference convened a% Hopkinton in 1817, states : -Alfred and DeRuyter were received into union with the Confere:nce.. ... Saved! But for that mighty struggle. we might not be gathered here today.

In 181 S, the chw:ch ~ ~ min~ utes kept, and meetings regularly mainbjoed

Se:rvices were ofu:o held at GeulIaJl, DOW

IJnckJaen Center~ and at Truxton. ~ Cu,J.er Hill. In 1827. the membership reached 177. During tbal: year the Cuyler Hill Cht1rch was CODStituted with members dismjssed &om the DeRuyter Church. In the fall of 18'31. the· church u Ijncklaen Center was OiganirAd, also. with members dismised flom I>e:Ru,¢er.

Pnm 182S to 1830, the mother church was supplied With Visitiog mjniste" aDd from 1830 to 1835. ~ Mennder CampbeD.. Joel Green and Ephraim Curtis:, founder of the Seventh ;Day'''~ . (Otaelic) Ch~ fol,. lowed the itinerant,'plan- ~ eatlaest ~ peniateot miml'em:.cwd tbe:'·8eveo.::dmiches of DeRuytier.,~Scotti' Cuyler., HiIl. .. lincHam" Center, Pturpn. ~:SeVeadi: Day Hollow (Ot ....

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seIic>-~ -and -Watson, - making-..-tbis circuit of many miles :on horSeback. - ,',;", - -'.

-Conference convened at _D~uyter for the Drsttime in, i834. '

, In -183S~ .a_,year when ~my~urche$w:ere built, ~ugh~ut the country " ,this ~uildjng waS erected.· at the cost of $3,000.- So su~ stantially -w~ it built that it h3.$ stood for a century with v~ little repair.

It has been said that the DeRuyter church, as well as the sister chUrch at Ashaway,. R. L, built in the:sam.e year, 'waS mode1~ after a_ portion of -St. Paurs Cathedral, design~ by the f<4nous English arc$tect, Sir ChristOpher Wren. "

It seems harcUy, n~ to ~,here a -building ~ :visible. ' He who hath; eyes' to ~ let ~ see. 1_ would call your ,attention, how .. ever, to' the ancient- ,gallery, wh;ich .-formerly was equipped with -seats gradually rising, to' waId the back: Many timt!s I have seen: this filled' to Capacity. Also notice the 'rare con'" struction of the choir, which., when Used, -gives the rostrum. an attractive appearance.

In earlier days the windows were of two sashes composed of smallpanes. The seatS were straight and uncomfortable, with ~·built in"" fea:tur~not so uncomfortable, however, that we did not occasionally notice a nodding head. -T~o rows of seats tbiaugh the center, Qf

th~ church, separated by and built to a :par'" tidon: (tbout shoulder, high when. seated, , and a 'row ,on each side bUilt to the wall, fo~ tWo aisles~ ,

A box stove in each corner of the rQODl fur ... nished . the ' 'heat. Built .. iri Seats' about the

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stoves often proved . a source, of cOmfort , _to th~ woo dune a distance tl;tr~gh the Cold and'snOw.

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__ ,~ } ~97;'~ suggeption o1{~ ,by Mrs. Marie WjlHa~s; ~ in the purchase of the me' mon31 wIndows.' _ ;. _~1n;"~Q07, :the ~~ was"qUite· extensively rep~ed '. and modem ir.OO-.. "Later the· .gallery ~ts' Vl~e_ ,f,emOV~,- and: th~~r l~ele4.~,1;ll¥" m,' ~ ·¢O~vtm.ieri(· gaSSi:~: Jot the. "yo~ge( ni~s of 'the "Sa~1ktn ,scliool.-~ It haS also, t,·:tim~ 'i>eeh:utili~: :a;;ci{ -diniri I." • oom.'~' . , ~ ,f '-' -cr: .;~ .:;,..;, iJ C;:' .r: ~n.l ;,.} it' ~ ....,.. ;~:f' ~.' i} , :.

;:~i ~ ,~~~w!,f.-,?llD,--~ ;$.·rw~y I ~tp" .pe· ~y.~~~::~;; ~~qh ~:;~\':1:' ',> .)_ , " :~J~I-ejUe~' forrtheBcOmfort and.~con":

v;¢J.li~,_Df. ~~·",;impto~emeiitsii -but ;'asJ:we CQtiipare·/4~rl.p~·Lwith. -'l:he<:_p~~ .e ' are;

forced .. to face, the question ~. Are many lieUer~·Cbristi~.or~are:-.we·,ftot?;·,,·: ... '_. . ~

-, During~.the one. hunQred, -~ of' its, exist' ence, ·-there' haVe. -been twenty.-one pastOrs. , .

, The ,:brst;,pastor, AlexanC1er.:Qam~ was a man ,of sterling wm;th, rare abij~ and- po8' ~ a will to fu1d. a 'way~ '; ,80 vitally con" nected was he with, thisi chmch, and the De Ruyter institutE; that -they- aee DI as members of one body~ ,He_ was 'the fdWideZ:··Of: the DeR1:lyter Institute, built in \83~31. the first educational institution in' the denomination.

Following were Elder James R.' ~ Elder Geo. E. Tomlinson, and' Bl4er'Joshua C~ke. Nor would I omit that dear-'8ainted A pastOt-·of my first -recollection,' Elder -L1ici.u& . R. LSwin ... ney, a man -hWnble, meek; 'self~, 109" ing much, giving mor~ucha8' he gave his life in service for othera,' -at a time when DeRuyter was sorely tried 'With·the ravages of disease.

In connection with the church just a: thought should be given to its orgauiza2:iooa.: -,' -Soon after the erection of ~ building there was a revival. It -was decided-:, there should be ~e. way of teachi,ng the -c,O~ the. Bible.. They were asked tq~y a:fter ~ce: and were ~ught by one teacber~ : Later the echool ~ divid,ed into twQ, ,cl~Me8. one for adults and one for :children.. . _ .

In the histOry ~f the 'SC:hoOl ~:have. ~beeD three ,distinct periods;: F~",~: ~emori~og period, committing ,-and,. ~g._ Scripture. 5E;cond, ~e.stion anq., ~~ /period, lasing about ten. y~ ~,'~:,P~Dt system, which has been, p1odm..~::~upm~ ~;,~hne. ~ ~iWOI.D:el); .a~~ ltbdr ~ ..

hili . es .aoo· Ir'~t , ~. _iIi ,the,' .. Inarch. . tOwaro -. ti, ~.l',~" .... . P~~, .. ~~'-'.'balt~, piov~' " "

The ~ .~'~Vrc.s.~ in 1853. M~p~.fee: -~e;-;+iOillg" r'fW~y ',CPU" tributi~, ,Qn,e ~y~!.}~ ;·~e ~en mem~,,~J.:two, pr~~i_ ", I ,,'.'

In: .1869 .. ithe ,Soci.ety~ ~ waa.-.r00rgan1 :ied :as Mi ~....., ~- ~,.. ~---I te ~TiI'> .I.·1Da _1!i..nl~·mRM:Umolley

for ,the -purt:ba~, ~{a;:be11 ·for the ~ churcb;, ,~or repairing~ tefurnisbing.,j-andl paintihg' on·, the outaid~ 'besides .payjng~~toward a new brgan' and ·.making yearly. payments", on' the, paetOr·s salat':'lJ: ~- -. . ',,' ~; -' ,- ~ ',-.' , ~'r :. _ .. , , 't " -.' ,,',' I, )<-i -,,' . ~ __ -I"'. L. _ _ _ .1... T_.~..... <"'. -. ... _.. lo-"..... ..... _ "_

In 1896, the constitution was ~ again, _..J..: hrid ~~ - 1"-7:' ~'fD.;..;.L,;. .1· ... .... Q __ 4UUp~.:~;namP.iOft.0JII8J)::81IJ1WtJVt1I.eniOO!.~

• • t T. I&.t... . '" . ::J..Jed -4oAr-..:....r ,. '-'- ·I....::ihi:tr...: .... t...~ ~~:;,~'-Io.t :lloIlCB'iauu~ ~...,.)u.oI~ftlJUUea::i1OIE m8iilg of, taj..l~:.Jni1,f'cml~.:m_on3-j;y'; ~"educatiODal1wQrkl~,-' '_' c.:.,b~ 1; .. :~l .. ::'~l:''''-: .

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~~~l" ~utl»~, h:t....e,. _",ial'r4\ ~ There were four drildren in the family; the yea%8 paesed, atiIl they have faitbfuD.y two 'S)GS -who died in infancy; aid two 8U.r'

raised 81t mS'tbWaic1JaC6*ip1iiHng any project riving' fdanghteJ:, . Ethel, -Mas.. -Charles W;; advoca~ bY, ~,duuclL - "'IbOmtptr. of .Albion, Wu.. and Ella, Mm.' n.e-~~, E~vor S9ciety ~ . .or'" Ray W. Rood, of Rivet.de. Catif. Mm. Ba&

ganj2;ed.J~~ -~. 1~ .. ,~. ibI . .Jife ark had an older sisla and a brother"botb has been;6~~it has-..,.. beea of ~.~ DOW deceased: EJeaD(X', who mailEd GtXJlge to our,bop-and.g.ida.; ,iItyet JNca. ~it ~ Clenae'Jt;, and kv. Lewis A. Platts. D.D., the COD~·~~. of the ~,inter... who waafar 8evaa1 Years pastor of the Milton ested in· ~de:velopment of the" ChritCiaD life in Seve:uth Day Baptist Church.. their cbildren.. She was baptized when eleven ye3r5 of 'age

One hundred ~. aboold· DOt l"<li and joined the Miltno Church.. She was a regretfully back upon tboae grand old char... stndent of music nuder Professor j. M.. Still ... acter builders of ,eetelday,but· bope:fuJlY. man of Miltnn College aad Professor Towne prayerfully .. tuward- tbe'-,tomon"ow, thankful of Chicago. Por tweuty...five years abe t:aught that we have;tbeir excenem enmple for our.. music in North Loup. Neb-. most of the rime selves·and for our cbt1<kea. botb instrumental and YO aJ. in her own bame

With what jOy~ and pride. with what praiae and the homes of her pupils. She was active and tbanbgiViDg they must have held their in her VIPOl& and inrerests not only in the Jcxal first aervtce~ The dedication of their ciw.rch 'Wbere she lived.. but: in the Woman a

, churt:b--41tis d:nJrcb.--..m Christ Relief <Jorps and W.C.T.U. organi?;ltinns, and in the Sabbath School Baud and «he

Young people of the DeRuyter Church. W • Boanl of the Se th ~ D_. •

YOU are the heirs Of those L~'-'L_" few. .........!_ omaD a' 'yen .l.J4y DiLptBIt ~ • .nm Ge:neral Conference.. being the colresponding

church is your .legacy., Soon the tesPQDSibt1ity secrdary of the latter OIganjptian for sev'" will fall'upon you. What will you do? Will eral yeam. YOU love,. C if. this,· cb. , .... --1.. of ""UP' cbi1A~

-.. un;u ~-- --~ Her funeral savic:e, which was largely at. che:ri6b ~' keep it' beautiful and acceptable tPsded, was held m the Milton Seventh Day unto God? Baptist cl:nm:h on Sabbath day.. Jamtary 4"

One hundred yea.rs from today, will your and burial was in Mikonamete:ry beside her dec;cendant8 walk qp,tbeae aiales • .in the holy husband The service was conducted-by R.ev_ hush of a Sabbath morning. and be glad for. Carroll L. Hill and Rev. Edwin Shaw. this place of worahip?-Will they be repeating Co L. H.. the story, ,twof~ w~dt we ue t;eDjng today?

A century' baa Sown; let us- dose the book of yestezday and -start themmOrrowwitb a greater~ faith in God"s ability to maintain his own. ,t •

A TltIBUI'E On New Year"s morhing~ after an jllness

of only a few day&. Mrs. Metta Platts BaJ,.. code paSBed :~way. Her' going bas left in the C()lI.muuity the chUrch' and ib; vari.Oos ~

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pal b. tents., and other organU;atioos a: pblc:e that will be bard to fill. ' ~ .

~ Aunt Metta~·· as she was q1ledby, ;dl, who knew and loved her. was a dewut Chri., tian woman whoee i.o1hu-nce was felt through-­out the .(XlDlmlinities in which abe had made her home- By bet neighbors she willa1-.y4-be reme:J!l~ ~ her friendly. kindly spirit, and her"~to be~of seCvice'tO those who needed ber.-~ ~ ltok-'A~t .ME:tta ''DDt only FO" fessed _ ... - -- , lived 'it-:-:-and no one can :'aay ,. -hoW) many burdens were lightened. how many hearts- aheered.- by her helpful, QDlQfOlt40g .. WGlds., ~ ~ L , ::::::r .. ___ ...... ..,,,. __ ...... ~., .; .. "';'

.--T.~~~;~eqa~hea:m~·in,any ~ ~on implied an obllgatiOri. loyalty •. self ...

THJt'-sABBATH :lU!CORDER

saCrifice. . She not, only , attended· . the' ,church Service, 'Sabbath school" and" prayer ,meeting regularly; except? in later :life '~hen, ~er frail health at times made attendance lDlpOSSlble; but she '"also, felt "a' personal, respol1S1bility f~r the success: of' all' the . activities of ·the churclL She was, a'beloved:;teacherin the 'Sabbath ~l, and 'at one "time taught a class in hymnology tn'

Vacation' Bible School. For many, years she sang in the church ,choir;' and t}le respbnse sung' by the choir' at her f~era1 services 'Was written 'by hei~ Music meant much to her and' in" Jher declining years she spent many happy hours playing and ,singing old songs. " Up to the time of ~er d~th Aunt Metta. was an active member of Cll"cie Two of the

, Benevolent Society. Her presence in'the meet .. ings' was a great inspirati?n to the more able~ bodied members of the ctrcle. She knew the Bible of her Lord as'she knew the Lord of the Bible and when her eyes had grown too dim for r~ding~ it was a great comfort ~o her to be able to repeat from memory entire ~p .. ters of the Scriptures. One of the happIest memories Circle Two members have of Aunt Metta is her clear ~ sympathetic recounting of Bible stories. , Aunt' Metta was also actively connected with the Woman"s Relief Corps and the w. C.T.U. organizations. For many years, when the Woman's Board of ~e General Confer' ence ,was: located in Milton, she served, as corresponding secretary. Unlike many ~derly people~ she lived -Bot·,in the"past, but m the present, and curr_~nt: pr9bJetns were a ma~er of, great concern to her. She was deeply. ffi"

terested' fu. the life- of the young -people of the ~ll~ge 'and cO~unity. , ,'To 'those ,who knew"her 'best, the wo~ o.f ProverbS 31.: 30,31 seein_especially apvrQpnate, to Aunt Metta: 'U •• '. a WQma.Il ~t feat7eth the. Lord she shall, be, pr$ed." ,q~ve h~ of the ftfiit~ of'het -:harids; and let 'her own works p'~ h;er 'in' the 'pres.", " '." " ,

, This tribute is o1fered'by ,Ctt~le Two as an ~p~~on of lo~e 'and\ apprecia~on for Aunt Metta.: '.' ,

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, , ADA E~BTH ,CRANDALLJI

. 'MRs: M. ~G.:,SriLLMAN. " Mas.C.'L . .'HaLJI '

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An act of ~ty ~,~,~ 'enein¥~' and, ~~;" as:ra.,:: steppmgSfOne'·t6:' ,~ , ~hea.rt.­.l.ib~tj~·';;~ ',"~ ~ : :,~: ">::'j,'~' .~ ',: ~

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~-yJME. MARCHES, OW'

Our hats are off tb,th~r tw6 of ,England's most; noble' men Who have 7 passed to their re' ward," since the first 'of ,~ ~:' 'Rudtard ~pnn.g and' King George-V. Both ~ere.born in the year 1865, and thus both' were Victor .. ian& when that period' m'England~a hiStory was dominant;' and both had come,' finally to represent best the spirit of the· present a~e. Both were pre;'eminent in' their :respecti~e fields, the one in literature and the other In

government. The one will live ?D amOI?-g 'the world's immortals because, of, his magn:ifi.cent acComplishments in the field, of.' l~; the other because of the great respo11S1bility that was his. And to climax the curious para! .. leJism of -these two outstanding lives, both are laid to rest in the same year, more in the, same month. We who must do a harder thing than dying-we must live salute these two gal, lant lives that were and the spirit that lives on to inspire us. 4-

And ,to that other young, man who now must assume what he aUa his '"duty.''' we again doff our hats. His job is ticklish. to say the least, but there is a firm' belief cUrrent that he is equal to the task. ~ay ~e. worl~ make advance in the world of the spH1t during the reign of King Edward ym. ULong live the King."" "

And now to other thoughts. ,Following are tWo very interesting little pa~ which were delivered in the- young people"s program at a meeting of" the Southwestern ~~on at Gentry, Ark.,.,' last August. QUite cunously, they have just come into the hands of the writer within the week. He recommends them to your ~h~,,~tion.

PERSONAL CONTAct "_THE MASTER IN i BE,,' 'BOllE ,

BY HAZEL SCOUTEN

The memrers 'of the home are one body , each having di1£erent ta~ ~ perform. ~eY should also be of the samemm~ each havmg a contact with the Master.", ' '

c ,··Behol~ "hovi:~; and: hOw pleasan~-it is , . d' _tt • , .1...___. , ,... fdr ' brethreri· to:,' well' c. ~etut;:c~, ttl", untty ~

(paa'lm 1)3:, 1.)', NotJ:Uilg:;.so: netVe8<'~. '!n.3n fOr·the : outer·~tldLas~the"! consciousness 1 ~ having, :a; pleaAAnt botn-e;'/ ~, ,::..-;( :, ,. 1. 3· j

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,j'The .starter ooi aD:~aUtomobile!-Wo~d'~ :~ less; #,unl~ ,'it ;fu(d' J:contact-:: Witb~ "'the' ; battery

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from ~whicb:it gets,'it8.~poWe:r •. We' .. ust have contact .·with. the Master,from whom::'We 'get our unfailing power. Jesqa. is always ready and willing to give us, Ule power wented. When we let se1fisbl'e88 enter into our lives it dulls the "'CoGtaci' ~ Jwre with our Source

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of pOwer, Sci'that" we O{ten .lose the sense of contact with the Master.i. ,This throws added burden on the other mett.bem ,. of the family. thus slowing up the progress of the Master~s work. ' ,

Jesus will wash awa.y~ our ~ making us pure \vi~ if we will put our lives into his keeping. We can cOritact the Master at home tlttuugb ~ prayeiapd "song. J. M. Smith bas said: ~"MuSi(;: -as 'it 'rises from the family altar or echoes from the Sanctu3.tY, 'addresses 'the highest arid' ~ holiest emotions of the, soul.·~ They sing in heaven arid ~ong·Gotrs people on earth;' song is the' appropriate language of Christian' feeling. . ,

We 'find in God's' Book the things we should 'keep' in remembrance. The family should'study the Bible together, since it js the perfect guide. 'The home came nom' hea\Pen., modeled' after the' ··Pather"s hou.se"~ and the u many rilansions. "-Finally, the home is one of the· special gifts' of Christianity to the troubled world of today.

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OUR PERSONAL CONTACT WITH GOD, I'BROUGB "NATURE

BY MRS. JOHN' "ci.w:PBBLL , -', , ' n " f'

May - 'We have Personal contact with God through nature? I say, Yes; ~ even though we ~ .. SQCial beings and ~:like",parties and gatherings, still our .~; moments are when ,we: a.IJ!. aoijtary~ , : .God' ceuld apeak to us more o~ if we· ~ get away from the noise.9f j tbjs,. busy ~d just~ long enough ttl calm our minds and liatea tp his ,voice..

The Psalnrist ~sang •. ~~I will ,lift up mine eyes unto the hills from "whence cpmetb' my help.~ DiVine... help' Still ~ comes fIODl 'the, quiet' times with God in the bjlla,: frOm the great sweep.. ing plajn')f~; ~,.,Ijve:m that run down to the, wi~"o£jthe sea; or 'we ,can 6nd the imtneNl.:yof' 'Gc:*I in a tlQwei: in oUr own'"gar .. d~ as Burbank did. ' - ' 'f' , ' ,

There' is much in. nature that helps us to grow' a.pifttually. ~"atl(lllg: ... tbe apotJring touch of God!&: c:arpe! ! c#f :TQosa ,tJnder· our- fea; the patience Of a.iDotber bini fading WOiiDB 10

her babes in -idit!. Mail ~ ind~ ~i anyone Sbnd out under the sweeping an::h of God~ sky and not feel how small be is - and how ,greu God .? 15.

'"7helittle cares that fretted me. I lost them yesterday,. Among the winds at play. Among the'lowing of ~ herda. The rustling Qf the trees. Among the singing of birch. The humming! of bees.

-The fooliSb fean of what might come.. 1 cast th~ ,aU away. Among the dover-scented grass, Among the' new-mown hay, Among the busking of the corn" Where drowsy poppies nod. Where ill thoughts die and good are born. Out in the fields with God.. ..

God made the world beautiful, 80 that we might mold our lives by it. Have you ever thought that nature never lea~ anytbiog ugly? If' a:' tree falls or is cutdown, the ~p is, ugly until n.at:ure: takes bald of it. Vines sodn grow over it; m'dsses 'clothe it with gleen; ftO~.spriDg up at the .. base; then cJe, cay sets in aridsOoD tbe'stlimp &comes level with the grass. , Is it not, BD- with evex ything that fiP9IIlS harsh in human life? When God gets a. chance a.t it. he soon covers it with love .. Iiness.

"God., who toUches! earth with beauty. make me lovely too; :

With thy spirit recreate me, make my heart anew,. Like thy springs and nznning waters, make me

crystal-pu.re; , Like' thy rocks of towering grandeur, make me

strong and sure.

"Like,.thy 'dancing waves in suIiligirt, make me _1' -glad apd free; 1, " ; ,

Like, the ; s~ess of the pine trees, let me , 'upright be. ' , Like the arc:hing of the heavens, lift my thoughts

above; , ' Turn my dreams to noble action, ministries of

love. " -

"God.. who touchest earth with beauty~ make me lovely too; .

Keep me ever by thy spirit, pure and strong and t:rue.." H ammorul, La..

YESt " We go. to ' • .ork To·eam,'the dbuah To bllf'~.bread To ,gam. tile ,.streagth Togo to'~dc: '

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, " ,,' .: , ,~, L.QOK.,dP;I;a;;&$ANjI" ~7 1 ~, ;.l, . : "'" , ", ',' ,~,' FBY W ENTHORNEY<20n::pp.riJcm, : '!':'" • _,:

W~:;caliriblt l(jf' cours~~ art b~"'J,~nck~e~ .. '· And it's' hard for, us all to be good. ,', '

We are sure now .and t,hen, to be lo~ely And we don~t'~ways :d(~Fas ,we; should.

To be patient is not alwayseasyj " r , To be cheerful is'· ttitich , h'4rdet st;lt

But at least c~)riut/a.1Ways,' ;b¢" pleru,;~t; If we make up oui" ~~dS ·tliat Wet Will.

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And it pays every time'to be· kindly; , AlthQqgh y.~ :£eel, worpecJ ;~4 J~l~~.-., ' '

If you -smile '~t' the w9FJ~-, ~d ,Joqk ,,~rful, The world :wlll seol) , s~il~ ,1>3.<:k ,~~, you. (

So try to brace' u~ 'atid,}oolc' B~~CUlt. " No matter ho"o/' 19W YOu;: ~fe )~own ;, "

Good humor' IS a1w:~yS ~6ntag1~S, B.ut :YO\1 banis~' 'YQur .friends. wlten you frown.

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The inner side of' every doud I$brjgllt an4 ,:$J:1:injng. , '

I therefore tttl"Ji my/'clouds about, 'And always' wear ,them: inside out,

To show, the 'lining. : '

CHI L tiRBN· S PA.GE , OUR LE.tER ExalANGE

, "I' SUppoc;ei,yow know ,:~.:~ Alva. Davis ~Js oar .mjniater~ He:was pastor' We when, my mGt:her'~:my aize..; . . " ", ; "I must end' my l~, ,

. . ~ :Your' friend.'· , . ALDEN MtHtm: Vumoo.

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~rhamvilk. ,'Jt.i. T .•. :, January' 20, 1936.: _ "

DEAR.: ALDEN 'ARTHUR: ,

I, am using both. ot your~a1DP$ '~I I cannot. remember :which~, you, .~J~ Y. go by. 'They 'are' ,bO~ good r~.a~~ ,,' .. X~ surely'ha,s been a long- t[ime since ,YQU ,wrote bef~; ,ave yeaJ"8~ just"thjok ,of ,it. No::wc:mde;r~y splen ... did ~RDER fa"1i1y ,~oW&; larger aQd larger~ aq<J ,how, proud I am of ~~ .' So~ of them tbi~.thq:are.geuing tooQld tQ,~~ bUt·I ,dO' wish ~ Would all, keep on writing. They are surely not too old since 1 am. ,not.,

I enjoyed hearing ~ yqur ,~u;nljng little cousin, \Varner~ and how I ahould like to hear him sing. You see I am partial 19, babies.

We couldn·t get to Independence for church service this week, the snow was, 80 deep, and the Sabbath before we got stuck in a snow drift and had to be pulled out on our way hOme. ' , " .

You have some very smart cats to be .able to pull your wagon for you. We'1hink ~, ~C8 ~ pretty smart'b~t I ~on·t ~ ~,~d d(;~that~ , .' i., U

I hope you' Will ~write ',anOther good letter soon. Your sincere friend,

MIZPAH'S.' GeENl).

DE:AR:'MR5~ ~Nll: , ',:, : .e~; js;·the')fiiZstitiJDe 1:bat' 1 bavewritten to the SABBATH REsotanm.:., : : - ' ' I"

, I ~ ! .. - .. 1-. .... 1.-14. ).-~rin 'the -!-...&.L gra..l ..... ! i , a,mt. KiU y~omu"-iUlQ" 1IIA'Ul u.::.

, '-'We-'liave tw&:PU~eI·~.r~~cat.i They do :not, get, alo~~;vety~~~).~ fot '~ery' time ~ can the puppies will' pestef.;~; ;cat u' mUCh as,: they. ,can.i: BUt! they. cap~t;get :herWry~~VreJl fo~ . she: ju~ :'!~ in, -a ,high-!pl~ce : , ,; " :' - ,,-Our ,p~ppie8 :'Dames'ate-.Micky, ~d Mike

• -, · T·· w_ • . , The.',cat s"n~e ilSc ' lDger.; . .':' ,:; , ,:, ; ":'r '.: J~ ',.y oUr friend, . r_~ri· itu~~ : .... 7. -:Yo :'. ,-,>:rJEAN ::BtnmlcL LJe J'""'!'- • .. ,. ., ,_, .,

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Your puppiesand,car prove' the truth of that old,i-b~: d{)' 'they, t\ot?~: ' '

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'"oogs- and' -catS 'do 'quarrel and fight. .. For- 'tis' t'h~r nattJ..n: to."

But th~::~·.iS~.th~r,:way· of playirig,l isn"t it? ~ '~~ -pi~. ~,cUm~ higb. ymen a dog a, -"., ·,J'·~1J·afeasi u' . pp~,~y, ,,·ngp,PPY "

T1)e ~ther: Oat. ,one Of, oUr n~bon; found two yp~g, ~- ~~ ,~siX ~onths old, out ili.' t9~: ba.n;1. : ~. were VeIY. cold and about, starved. They'~. ~ken ~ into the house and warmed and fed win! their owner was: f<>Wid.: They wereifotind, to belong to a man on, 'the 'other 'Side of ~ Tl)ey had wanderea. ~way frpm hOine several days before and dicin·, know the- way back. poor doggies.. How glad their" master was to 6ndthem. Are you not glad for them?

Your true friend, MizPAH S. GReENE. _

THB STORY ·OP HARURA

(Contmued) (Adapted {rom une Rainbow Bri~'" by

Floreoee CrutoeU Me&IU)

Today. boys" and girls, ~'are to hear about that· uWonderful Secret- which came 'to the ears or little Ii.arUka as she and her tiny brother Sarbun. sat curled up in a big chair behind wlUch', Sbme 'men were talking in loW tones. These' Dien 'were Count Nagaya' and two '. profeSsors' from Japanese . univerSities. fdlow;pas&engers on this great ship. ~ did not listen· to what· they 'were saying until she heard her father's Dame;' this is whar She heard: hDr. Miyata.is a"splendid fellow ~ We need b1in: inJapan~ I am' gcbDg to offer him a profeSSoralup':in our ~~ty .• '

Ha.ruka looked;-;llp', quicldy .. andber eyes met those cf :coun~:Nagayt.: in a minor. She slipped do~ -from:.tbe -chair i and with.Sa.bwa went to fiI'ld brotber·Jtto~ who, was ,playing' on the recreation· deck, andi"dlere Count -Nagaya soon joined ~.: j! ·After, he' had clkedWitb bhe Chilcbefi' ~for 'awh~ ~ -he, 'sUd' "to 'Ha'ruka. uYou liea.rd~ .. ,what:J 1: was· 'saying about" your honorable If-Uhe:r-r!J; ". ," ' . , J ,

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Then,COunt Na:gayatold,'the clii1dren that they mUst;-.~raIl:r~"had hea.Jd a ~et with tdrA, for hii ~"lwas 'not yet arranged. It mu.9t~ ;tie a~·seci. -fitm ~tblttt':pa.re;rttB- until be, Was ;teady~tO btii\g;' dleir:~ -fath!!r' the invit:a;.. tion to serve as professor in this Japaneseuni..; versity~ ": ) " ;.', :, . '., . ~ .

." Of ooo.ne Haruka and Jin> were very proud

of their father and very happy overt:he. news they had beard. With shining eyes they promised to keep the .... Wonderful. Seae:t--uotil Count N agaya was ready to t:ell it to .their honorable father. Then. for the fiat time,. they shook ha.nds with their new friend in the American way.

At last the voyage was over and America was in sight It ~Ined to the excited children dtat: the city of San Pranc:isco was r~y sail .. in.g slowly toward cllem

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111E MA2AItEm SHEPHERD BY llBV. S .. S. POWELL

Hill~ the ArbeJite. was a.t the house of his friend. Simon, a ~ who resided in the ancient city of Megiddo, south of the Bsdradon plain and closely adjacent to Mt.. Carmel. I t was in the first century of our eta. Arbela. the home of Hillel. a.t the mout:h of the Valley of ~ and just across the Genessaret tract from the city of Ca.pe:rnaum.. was so situated that Hillel had seen much and heard more of Jesus. The'young man, Hillel, had studied in the academies of .Je,rusalem.. There he had for the fust time become ac­quainted with 1esus. witnessed one of his mighty miracles. and heard his gracious words as 'he tau.ght the people. When Jesus with .. drew from the city Hillel di&rontinued his studies for a season and followed the great Teacher into Galilee.. He withdrew to his own ,home.. Whence' he might frequently see and hear bim

Many ViIele the opinions of the prople about Jesns. 'and HilW~a mind was full ,of wonder and quest:inning. Prom various sources word bad cnrne1O: himin;-rqa.rd tiJ the m.arvds ~ atlellded "the: bitthof"the Nazare:oe. and Hillel &ad :c.ome' to Megiddo in Older that be, might be .put .in ~ way of moreesaa: infounarion ~niing 'them. : H .n, thitt he.bad heud Wa.s-. triJe ~benhe: would bmw beyond any doubt that je&u.s was the Christ.. the Son of God . , Hillel and Simon were seated in the early eveo.ingoo the roof of the house of the latter .. Simco was;reiatingto his flwOO the wc.drous stoty'of ,the·'.firi1t' daYS.Df the appe:aR.ncz of the;.King, ',when, the ~t:. and 1dy Son ,of God -hUmbled "bimself to· be ·brM D of a virgin. -The'stpry,had,d)me ~'fint ... hand &om one'of

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the participants . in· the events, .a ,shepherd, 'and contdned·in it, much' that' was Strange 'arid undeniably fat, removed 'from the ordinary Course~ of:., 'events." ' . . As~lel 1iSte~ed .thr,!ugh .all the, story thereappeaied' to' his imagination ,in the back, ground ,the venerable figure of the sbepherd~ and .there rapidly formedwitbin him'"the de' sire to :see and t~ hear: the shepherd for him, self~ . What was, the~efore, the joy of Hillel to .. hear Simon say as he concluded, the narra' tion:

""There, you now have the story as I heard it myself, from, the shepherd! He lives in yon .. der G~NUlage; ,NU3.(eth, beyond the plain; ana, as'·N ~eth is so near at hand, you might go thither and hear him for your' self.u .. The next .lD:orl)ing Hillel, obtained convey'

a.nee from Megiddo to the Galilean village and was soon riding a~oss the plain. To the north·a valley ope1l6 into die mountains of Galilee, .which' quickly turns .to the eastward and after an hour·s journey widens into a more extended basin. Here, amid these se" duded ,limestone hills is N uareth, a place, nevertheless, in the times of which I write, not cut off from. the wodd·s busy life"Jor one of the great roads of Pal~e passed .through it, from Accbq on ~he seacoast w~Cll'<i to CCLperna:um and .the far ~ast. Here,. 009, priests from all th.e outlying/Country met from tiineto time to travel in company to Jerusalem, when it ~e their turn in course to be on d:uty in the temple.

" With the 'directions that Hillel had olY tained he readily found, upon ·his arrival in Nazareth, the house of the shepherd. 'He 're' ceived a loving welcome from that good .ma.n,. and spent., many days iri .his· home; for. he could· ',not resist' the urgent. invitations of . his hospitable host. -:. The .. good shepherd" urged his:: 'guest ·to· remain, so soon" as/he~discoveted the .purpose of Hillel in ooming, that :he might fearn' much about' the early life 'and .the·-,past years· of· Jesus, . fer was not- ,he: a resident of Nuareth where the early years of; Jesus"bad, been spent?

. 'The shephetd,· was a man past ·fifty, per:baps near to. siXty: -years -of ,age,. with. kindly eye and'quite venerable appea.I'@.11Ce for so young .3. man~j,one{Qf th(,seideliglitful'apirits -who-.al .. Waysretain£l:heir, youth,. :·Perhaps. close ~proX~ imity ,to the childhqOd,' .yOu~ ~and-early ·man~ nood~ of:,Jesu$,!bad teJideq to-'keep .him. yowig.

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Certain -,it was ~ t:hro1Jgh aU, this period he had lived in true sympathy ~ the unfold­ing ~q'I¥e and developed .manhQOd_ of Jesus, and through all had dj~med ,:the thread of the .. divin~ and ~ ~. byl i~ ~to .. a.·truer, more' heavenly. life "than' that of tbe,"majc)r part of the .~~enes.. ~ ~ ,gla4 to ~~~d a warm w~~m~lto the young,Hil1~ .wh<>:~ cpme 'to his door. for' he discovered that 'the Arbelite was deeply, r g~uinetY ~in~ted in all, that concerned Jesus; and his. own lov~ for J~ was fer:vent to an Unwonted, degree. Many happy hoUrs ·bad the child JeSus epent ~ 'his house;. and he' felt deeply thankfU:1 that his oWJi children had been playmates and companions to Jesus. With fe;rvent expec' tancy and pride he wa~ed the public career of Jesus, now fully entered upon his great ministry. '

""Tomorrow,'" said 'he, soon after Hillel"s arrival, UI will recount to you all that I know concerning the wonderful birth of Jesus. ...

On the morrow, when Hillel had carefully and inter~y read from a portion of the Scriptures, which he always carried about with him, he retired. to the sweet ,privacy of a grove east of the ~,1'9.pray.He prayed earnestly that UlOrnlng .~rhe spight be .guided in all the questioninga, of his soul that came up for solution, that he might be able to know ~e truth in all ita greatness. that his heart might find perfect rest such as ~ knew full well he did not have; and in his prayer ex' pressed perfect willingn~ to follow whither ... soever ~ might l~. ,.

The sa.cr:ed. ~ of that quiet place seemecl';to bring to him an increase of blessing. The place appeared to him unutterably holy because it brought him in spirit .into such near proximitY to Je8U8;"and~hia~soul was bathed in· a sweet willingneas~8Uch.·as ·he bad not hitherto known, to ,believe/On Jeau&, and be ... come his willing, diSciple, shQuld that appear clearly t.o be ~ will of ,God., -He thencloeed his .. prayer by r:epeatiJl.g. ·thoee words w~ had .learned at :the . fe¢. of Jesua 0I1 the, moWl'" tainside back of Capernaum:·,~-:~fOur Father which art in heaven, liallowedbe thy' ,Dame. Thy kingdom COIIle.. Thy _will be done, as in heaven. $Q' on :ea.tth., .. Give : us: this~ day our daily, "bread.- Andforgi~ us' our . debts; . as we also. have~forgiven oor debtors. And ,bring us. 'not into, temptation, .. but: deliver" us from the ~ <)ne .. T . ,',r ',' .• ,

Hillel continued in the attitude of prayer.

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. -On the road ftaD Bethlehem to Jerusalem there . tCand,a a to'Qrez amid the thick olive gloves and ~ t:errac:r.s of tha.'t Ioc;ality~ whence anaeor Me janie prophecy bad d& dared' tha.t the Mesriab would be announced I see &om the expresioI. of your ODUDlZnaDt% that: you are, famitiar with t:beptopbec:y and am SIlre that you must know of the tower It is the Tower of the PIocb. the ce:n~ wbence an: cared for the temple flocb wbic:b are used in the temple service for sacrificial purposes. Perpetual watch is kept over these aheep. In my young manhood I was em .. ployed as one to watch over them Sometimes we would conduct them to a gta.t distanc:e from Bethlehem.. and at times would lie with them nearer to the city .

until. at.laa, ~ pucavedthat a hand touCbed ~. ,It'was the band'of,the 8hepberd eLooJc ... mg ,up :HiIlel, smiJed into his be:mgnant face.

1ms .. grOve;·~ Said the· aliepherd. ;~is a sa.(:ftd place to n:te.. Hither jesus was accustomed to come evezy day and, pray_' and ~ Dow that' he has gone ,I too .lOVe 'to Come irito it for his sake. . You did ~ see,' me·when I approached"; and as the mormng =hours ate pa.asing we must away and I mUst -tell' yOU.. for my heart mabs me eager to ful6JJ my pledge.·the story of the sweet days, of long. ag~ upon wbicb J .love often, to. dwell in ine"""'Y- But come: I will first conduct you to. a acene of glorious beauty to the view apread.out at our feet from ~ brow of yonder hilL. I love. that place jesus often ascended, to it. ~ I will relate u> you the ciro'mstancea Concerning the birth and early yean of Jesus. '"

Together they dlreaded the narrow lanes of the village and came to the hill just back of Nazareth and on· the north. Ascending its gradual slope_ they truly C31J)e to where they ha.? one of the most glorious· views to be 00. tamed anywhere in Palestine. In .every diftc .. tion the land lay about them at their feet. Just hE:yond Ute. foothills at f:he south awept the plaine -o~ Eadnelon. The VIeW of' the IGJlge of ~e1 JUSt beyond the plain was glorious, while the bjns aid mountains. and valleys of Samaria extended ,off until lost in the distance To the west glimpses could be' obtained of the sandy beach aloDg the Grea Sea. while ~d extended ·to, the horizon that ex:paose of mIghty water&" Ycmder to the northwest <=?uld be seen .~ where Tyre lay; at that tune a great metropolitan heathen ciI;y.. To the north the billa and mountains of Galilee ascended _ ever,bight;r, ,an<:l ~e:r until the Lebanbover,Jj .• :.~. .were. ~iqed»,,-while.' high a ,,' . die ~;maDded crest of' Hermon ~wered~' : ~xto the,.ea&t at no great distance.. Mt. TabOr, . fol"e;$t-dad.: added beauty to the scene.. Endor. N ... , 'aDd Sh ' laint '. ,. '.., ~. :une:m. wexe p ,y .viSl~ . .pva:,~'.~ great eXIANe of co~tr:y:~ ~,~:Of.a tee.uiog and p~ " .populatioo. . Villages , and POP~ ~tle8 ~ everywhere 8Ciittered.. Hjn~ 8lOodupon the 'brow· c4 the bill a

long while' ~:)the.::acene. ,while ~ shep~--r ,''L.:_ .- , •. ,', • d

~Yi.~~. companJOD., pDln!ec OUt'Jto him places rof; mt:ere:st.t: ::A.t ilast:.:tbey aeated~t:hen .... selves:Under :tbe, shade of a~ frieodIy,tzee, and the shepherd :began his mttrative. . Hallellist, ened throughout. with .rapt~ attmlion~

-on a ceJt:ain night I was det;ailed U) ~ --~ith ...... t~ on dttty the whole night long. It 15 a mght to be remembered along wit'Jh that night in Egypt when God spared ~ 6nt born of ~ people.. I well remember the YO Y place wblther we had driven our sheep. It was directly across from the aoutbeast cmne:r of Bethlehem on the high lands situated there and overlooking the fields once owned by Bou. where Ruth the Moa.bit:ess gleaned

"'~It was a perfectly dear night. The stan shone brightly~ and we had no thought that anything ext! aordinary wa.s about to happen. We were engaged in low conversation. all of us. who were keeping watch <Wet our sheep; 'When suddenty. OU~ of the stillness of that night. there stood. plainly t:o be disc:erned by ~ of us.. and _ near crt band. an angel We did not know It then. but this a.ngd.ic appear' ance was one of 8e'Velal which had of late taken pl~ At once t:lie:re flashed about US

an intenaely bright circle of light.. Of c:x:JUrBe

in the darkness of die night this light ap­peared all the brighter. The angel then ad ... dremed us. I well leaae.,.ber net y word tha.t he spoke. At the appeara.nce of,heaven "8

messenger we wete smitten with ~ fear and ~ . back from his presenrr But his WOlds aSsUred us ~ cOnVeyed to us am:n-.ing intElli ... gence. . He a.nnounc:ed' nO less than the birth of the Messiah. that he already was bmn. and gave to Us a sign whereby we might surely know·bim ..

-~ the angelic messenger had erased ~lring. a glorious 'Vision burst upoo OUI'

v.aew.' and: we beard singing such as had not before bee D b~ni by mortal eam. Suddenly there stood WIth the angel a multitude of the

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heavenly army. ,Helmeted·, Warriors ,flashed their glittering sWords and, waved 'tbdr wings pi fire; 'while all with, one, accord' -pOured -forth ~leStial music _' which 'smote upon' om' : ears, awakening an ecstasy of ,delight. The: burden -pf·that song was all in pr~' to God, for ,the Sending, of:a mighty Deliv:erance to earth., ":,"1 hav~ Iria~ytinies' witnessed strange 6Cene:s ana 'have' oft:..times realized" the, coldness of men ~ s hearts, but never, in all sUcceeding years has it been possible 'for me to doubt that Jesus is the' Christ"earth 58 great Deliverer sent frotn the Highest. - Many things have :happened, which 'I cannot understand" very different from' my preconceptions -concerning the- Mes .. siah; hut for me to entertain the merest doubt is impossible-for me whose' eyes have gazed on angelic splendors and yet I live-impOSSlble that Jesus is ,any 'other than all which the 'prophets have spokeri_ - else, why did such supernal embassy attrnd his birth?

'"HSo soon as we, had recovered from the overwhelming awe which came upon us we went-direcdy to Bethlehem and ,found it even as' the angel had - said. ,Many' babes have sIIliled' in 'their mother~s arms, but never did babe appear ,SWeeter to me than he whom we beheld, wrapped ,in loose' garments and lying ,in a manger. "When nrst 1 behcld that Babe the sight of him went straight to my, heart, and.I never -ceased to love that child until he grew to' manhood. In truth for love of hlm I left, my sheep and came and lived here that I might be continually near him. That, how .. ever, was a few years after~

,uI,soon learned angcls had already appeared to human vision and still continued to do SO

c~nc~rning the child Jesus. ,'The first ang~c appea:rance. was, in the, temple. Zechariah, the fat~er of,' John the J3aptist, who liveS even '1l:<>~ languishing in, an underground dungeon beneath t~e caStle of Machaerus, was ince:ns~ ing. in :the 'lt0lY , Place. 'It' was th~' supreme ~dment or-'his-Hfe_. ' Of course "you_ are aware tha:( no p~~ e~er .per.forms~~J;e ~~ once in his lite. "But Zechariah was' honored be .. y<?nd ~n oth~i pries~ :'vilib ~ha*e" ~~ed in' that tI~ly "H<?~' since ",~~ i;¢bt1~ding' 'in tlhe ~y8 of-Urubbabel. fu he stOOd facing't~:golden altar and the heavy veil.. upon his left be~ tween the. golden altar and: the seven;,brariChed candelabrum; '. :upon":'his vision the Jorm: iofan angel ,:stidderily' ';.b~ed;. who :announced . the birth;of~John ,td be a prophet Ito'go before tHe MeSsiah. ' ' , ' '

, uHithu,too,n said, the shepherd,' wa~~ his hand·toWard N aza.reth lying ~ ,their ,feet., "·the angel ,Gabriel ·was iaent.·to ,.MUiam, 'the betrptb.ed. wife of Josepp and modlq Qf' Jesus, annoUllC.iQg ~e.birth of ~ COlXling--;Deliverer. I : have heaxd 'it, fr~-; ~ lips Qf- Miriam, the w,PnderM story of the ,appearance ,of tJhe angel to :her. Angels also, ~p~ed to Joseph in, ,times 9f danger, and ~t was at the bidding of. an angel that, they at length returned to dwell in N ~eth.

, "Hither I also came, when I learned that the famjly were' established here, and through all these years I have ,observed the unfolding grownb of that happy: and wonderful life. Jesus was a child, like aU oth~ children. but never did I see him db one unkind act or hear him 'speak ,an nnkind word. N ever did I see in him the evidence of sin in the slightest de .. gree. Otlier little babes appear, very pure an4 spotless, but their little innoc.em lives all too SOOn are soiled by -the -presence of ,sin. Not so with Jesus. He always remained pure amidst evil surroundings, and he ca.rri~ the same even purity with him now wherever he goes.

UHe and my children attended the same school. He always exhibited the greatest in, tereet in all that pertained to -the history of the nation and in the sacred Scriptures. He pa5SeSSed himself copies of the Scriptures and' maintained the unvarying practice, from very early years of reading -in them every day. As he grew older ,he ~ wor]recl- faithfully in Joseph'!s carpenter shop~ and,'many are the yokes used on all these outlyiDg hills his hands have fitted to the necks of their owners· useful

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"~N 0 day was a greater source o( delight to Jesus than the. Sabbath. He loved his Father-s worship _in the) synagogue';', 'and .oft .. times he went with pilgriril .bands to. attend the great festivals'in Jethsalem.'1'1'~ ,.', " -. M~y weie: ~~, '~ails,S;g'hich ~~ ~e¢i~d

related- to ffilld, ~d when he had ceased and ~oUld .no~4~n~',to,~ '~cnD.e, Hi11~ ~~ed tIle "pnvilege, to J~lett al~e 'awhile o~ that exalted' summ~t.' . -E~ted 'appeared his own great: privilege,: land he: fain 'would' nOt: : leave tdie pla.ce/ until, Jik.e;"acob,~ be~'had held com~ mUnication ~-rooo.::: !"The; shepherd \' diS .. cern'edi. ,the <mptNe: :candf kindly:gave1':hlman affectiona~ larewell until ,he' shouldrejoirohim in! Ws:1l6ine. -- '.Hi1leirsat :long ~beneath the tree of the Nazareth :'hill.pondering the wonderful

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words of the abephenl·s t£Jl!Cimony_ What did When jesus went away he said. ~I will they all mean; whu-aignifird also the miracles; ~e again and will be with you always.­above a14 ,the wonderful love , . .that shone out even UDto the end of the world.'" And we in all that he did. and that amazing life 80 should comfort and tUR:Sh our minds with· purely free &Om, an? n.e outroDle of all this truth daily. This pftseoce of Christ is these questionings came to him in one great praented in -the New Testament as the work answer, born in upon his aoul with the ce:r' of the Holy Spirit. sometimes aIled the -Spirit tainty of aheolute truth. They all imply the of God. •• '"J'"be Holy Spirit of God.'" and mystery of the ~ .'The Spirit of Christ... This Spirit was CO

As Hillel surrendered his heart fully to that com.plete and crown the long work of divine answer he aought a place of retirement.. and love as carried on in past renturies. And I kneeling down prayed t:bese wolds: "·1 thank want you to think of this not as a dogmatic thee, 0 Father, that thou hast revealed to truth, but as a living reality. It is more than me thy will..' I resist dlee now no longue I a doctrine; it is a consciou.m.ess of inde8Cribable do believe that Jesus is the Obrist, that he is richness and power. thy Son and that he will of a truth £111611 all When we read what it did for the early the law and clle prophets. From benceforth church in vitaJj~Dg its mem.bersb.ip trans' I yield my heart and life to him ~ be may be f· - In • my King, and in him I trust for salvation. ~n:ung sooety. rema~ng men into the new

and glorious life of Christ. mere is no reason r1essed .?e the name of thy glorious kingdom to doubt that it can and will do the same for

o&ifme1 arose to his fett. dlese words ::n~urch of today, if we fulfil) his require-­

having been spoken out of an unimpaS6ioned heart but with deliberate conviction, he be.. I think the work of the Holy Spirit may came now almoet OVelwbdmed with joy. He best be de:scribe-d, if we use the term ·'Helper"­had been tbrilled duough and through with "~Priend ~ need ~ And this Friend and Hel~ the tale of the Christ, was truly convinced. was promIsed not only tD those early disciple&, and had now committed bimself. Now that but to US likewise of this day. Jesus hjmself the great transaction was done he became truly foretold and promised this permanent pre&' a new man. As he stood there surveying that ence. essentially his ~ and most pret:ious. scene of wondrous beauty before leaving i~ And this presence was to be a Spirit of truth all ture ~..-----I ba: bed· ___ ~~ Uohn 14: 17) to act in a spec:i.al way upon

na ap~~ t ~ In 6U~~ed his cHscjples ·"He will gw'de you ;~'to all beauty, and as his feet slowly bore him down ~ the pathway to the shephe:rd~5 door~ ange.ls, truth. .~ He was to be a SPirit of reman" cohorts of the heavenly host, seemed to accom.. m-an.ce and enlightenment concerning Christ. pany him. He was a saved man. His beart to k:ep ~ teaching.s in the mind and memory was now at rest as it had never rested before, ~f his fnends, to fill those teachings with new

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OUR PULPIT

THE BOLY SPIRIT - OUR HELPER BY REV. BDGA.R D. VAN HORN

Pastor. Alfred Sta.UOIl. N. Y.

If I go away, 1. will send you the comforter. And when he is come, he will convia the world of. ,sin and of righteousness and of judgment:. John 16: 7, 8. ,

In these days, when our bearts.are disturbed and fined, with _dark forebodings of the future in world events,. ,and we feel 80 helpless as m ?ur place in "righting, the. ~ of manlr;nd, It Will,'])ewe1i· if we, ~ our8elves of those invisibl~ yet depeDdable. reaoun::es which are 80 close at hand

cations of th~ and to glorify Christ in the thoughts of men Oohn 14: 26; 16: 14). Then he was to be. a Spirit of progress toward a fair and true view of Christ"s kingdom Oohn 16; 12. 1 3); a Spirit of filial intimacy between a trustful child and the heavenly Fa.ther; (1 SPirit of action far beyond the circle of Christ"s friendS (16: 8,11).

NO': i:B this Spirit anything new following the mInistry of Jesus. The Spirit of God is the same in all ages. It was the Spirit man;' fea. in the faith of Abraha.m, in the penitence of Da~ the brave endwanceof Jereruiah, and the inspiration of Isaiah It was manifest in Paul and ~n. and gave gifts- of lcwe and wisdom to the early church, and is still work, ing -conW;tion and renewal in the world.. In, deed. wherever God works in human aouJs

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we may call it the Holy Spirit. . Tha.t,phra.se occurring in John 7: ~_3.9, "!he Holy Spirit was' not ye~-; give~ ~". does not· mean: ::tbat 'he never:-nad.been·manifest before; but does. mean at the time; of jOhn,"8 writing he had become a mighty element: in the life' and thought of the' . church, a· revival had taken place which marked· a new accession' and a . special mani, festation. With the withdrawal of Jesus from his visible manifestation, the time was· ripe for a fresh sending forth of power and a luger, steadier appliCation' of divine energy to the immediate work of renewal. From now ·on Christ would be glorified, and a great store of fresh motives brought forth in the redeeming work of mankind.

THE WORK OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IN THE WORLD

Three things J~ said the Holy Spirit .would accomplish: He would convict the world of sin and' of righteousness and of judg' mente It was in view of this task that he said it was expedient that he go away. Following this visible withdrawal he predicted for him .. self, through the Spirit, a broad and general influence upon mankind, a convincing of the world itself. Weare not surprised at this enlarging and expanding program. of God. .... ~d so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son."'" And because of. Jesus" loving mankind with so high and passionate devotion, we are not surp9se<i, I say, that the Holy Spirit is delegated to convict the worfd of sin and righteousness and of judgment.

But how does he convince the world of . sin?' . Why should he begin with sin? . Simply

because sin 'is the destroyer of human life. It undermines human welfar~ breaks down per' sonality, disintegrates society, introd~ces suf' feting, want, sickness, and leads to death. Since Jesus came that men might have life, the first operation of the Holy Spirit was to con' vince the world of sin. There must be no confusing of. sin . with righteo~ess on the part of men. Moral. and spiritual disCermnent is a~lutely essenti~ to life and fr~om (~m sm. . God, in 'CIirist, . has· expressed anunerr .. ing' judgment uMn· ~ and' men must share that ju:dgm~t~·.· ~·was to be the first·task oithe' Holy ~Spirit~"enable men to' disc:em clea.rlY'with·,·the·maral judgment of~. as to the trUe nature of .~sin. Wh~f' we . speak of convicting" the 'worl~ , of sin, and; of ngbtPhu& ness and 0£. judgment, I ·think . our,. c:OilUnoil

. speech ptoVi~ us With· a ·meaning.· 'We/speak of a man"s' convictions, meaning the.reby~·bis

-accepted.-' and . settled' ce:rtainPes.' And-it is these settled: ceitainties .which·the Holy Spirit imparts~ " He. Convinces :or: imparts: settled con .. victioris to' .the soul; that·ia".·he uiges home as true the great realities with which he ··deals. We_are enabled to discern clearly the·exceM .. ing sinfulnss·· of sin, its deadly. tendencies, its dark end. Likewise we: are enabled to see the advantages and bleasednee of the· good .·life, or righteOusness as it is ·ca1leds and are given the high wisdom and courage to choose that in preferenCe to sin. This is what 'We mean by our' religious convictions. 'And what a bless .. ing it is that the Holy Spirit of God is work .. ing in· the world to enable "men to be spir, itually discerning.

What a bl~ng it is that God has provided this invisible teacher of humanity concerning good and evil, right and wrong, and the way men should act towards each other. As the struggle between sin and righteousness goes on, the Spirit of God continues to move upon the face of humanity. The ideals of right' eousness are made plainer, the bigher good .. ness is more clearly ctisrerned, and men are made to see their common sin and what that sin does in the disintegration of human weI .. fare .

If we are asked how widely this work of the Holy Spirit eXtends, we cannot tell. We do not know the limits. because it seems to be the way of the Holy Spirit to work in quiet .. ness and out of sight. God has a· way of working in rna n, unostentatiously t sel.f ... eifac .. ing. God does not care that we shall. dis, tinguiSh his action from our own. So we can' not tell how many of the struggles of hu .. manity .he is taking p~ in. And I have a feeling, friends, that coUld w~ fl:ill~ know the full ex'tent of· Goers aCtivity among m~ we should find his .work ~~where. . I cannot believe that God who 'instituted thiS great movement for human betterment will aban .. don his children, e:ven in these troubl~j!.mes. . The· spiritual· blindneaa' of men doeS 'not n~ . or ahtogate, ~·love and goodness-of God. ' The work·· 'of· the Holy ~ is a tr'e' mendous fact. .. Good does ·not:grow up with, out 'GOd; but underthecfostering·~.~bfhis Spirit:itdoe&' prosper~ ,"AWakenings O~lpub1iC oonsc;ience,deepefling:' ~f ~conviCtkms ·of:rigbt and 'Wloi;lg~ ~and:tniei;!~;()f goOd and evil ~·refotma ~(l,;cbanges for;:~~' betttr' in ad!Ual;~:life, ~~ .of. religion,' . the· , un'" questionable moral~ pr0gte6S"'of' the "'race-

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these are works of' the ;hIoly, Spfrit..-God. in Man ,acringinand wi,d1. the powem that he has give;u t9. hnmamty.r -(Clark.) .

I know there are those who attribute much of man '8 gcxdOe&s tohi8 own -aclrievement and deny ~'God is in any. deglee· respcnante for the moral progress of -the. race; but such denials-are born of ·spiritual hliodl\e:M and fail to see the be:nefiomt· plans 'of Godheb;nd all human progteas. Many ,Christiana aeem to think the operation of the Holy Spirit was connned to ~hoee first beginirings of ~ tia.nity. They act as though it were irreverent to be1ievethat the Holy Spirit is u great in the world of today as he was in that first century. Such att::itudes are an injustice to God and· tend to impoveriab our own life and render his ministry inei£ective.. Let US have faith in God-in an active, living God. This is absolutely ea;.ential to his succe:asful miniS' try in the . world of today. ....When the Church believes that the promiR of her Lord ooncem ... ing the COnvincing Spirit is now in COl1nIe of fuJfiJ1ment, and lives in practical recognition of God in maD. convincing the world concern ... ing sin and rightPQllsnes8 and judgment:. the day of joy and power will have come.

1It NILI. YAaD. ENGLAND

During ·.the last three months the ae:nic£s at AJogyle Hall have been conducted by the pastor with the exception of six weeks during which he was out of London.. In his absence the pulpit was supplied by Rev. W. Winston Haines.

On Sunday. July 21. the superintendent of the E.S..M.. went to H~ and spent four weeks touring the coast towns of Yorbbire including Scarborough and BridHngtOD. with one of the publications -of -the; B..&M PIes&. meeting with~good" suCO'aain spite of the competition caused· by the wo.tk of other col ... porteura.CoJttact was made with many in .. tel estingrpeopte. and through the literaJ:ure sold the gospel meesage .entaed hundreds of homea .-, -.;..... . .. .. -" .. ,

On the: Sabbaths while in. Hull. -Pastor Me, Geachy:'met~1widt:··die little' cxapany: of .8aJ>. bath ,bepera1"wbaet:pa .... 'ja Bmcher A V. W a.rd.J'~aud.· On£.tiuee" occatiooa :: accqud the invitatinn·,to·, ,preach ··10 . the •.. 7 On: -the last Sabbath: .they~ ,,",ezer;'va, hREated :in his refu ... tatlopof,tbe deaoIatVxaiat-~ of 'the mil .. lennium. .. ' '.: ' . . ,; ..

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After four weeks. of labor With our litera ... ture the superintendent had two weeks boli ... day, after which he returned to London.

. Duling this summer for the first time our ~ was sold in northern Ireland. U~ lot bUJately Blather Smith 'who went 1:here from Scotla.nd was ttken ill. and had to ~ turn earlier than expected While in Yark ... ~ the pastor took advantage of a cheap trip to visit the home of Brother Bolam in ~ Northumberland. and spent a few enjoyable hours with his family. He suffe:ra from tu.be:rculosis. Prayers are requested for the hea.Iing of these brethren.

The Sabbath ~ meetings at: King"s Cross for prayer -and Bible study are now held on Friday eveninga-'The &bba.th Obse'Da.

CHINO~O. NYASA.I.AND

We aR t:hankful for the three t:bou.sa.nd tract:s and thirty--five books you sent for our various groups. They were ra-eived Se:ptan ... her 29. All our members are deJjgbr-ed with them and that we are not fotgottet I by you. I am not fOIgetting your inst Iuc:tion. We Ie­

member to cry all the whole day that the countenance _ of God might be ga~ng on you. Your face also· must be looking continually at us. There is much tbanksgmng here.. Don "t forget to instruct us in tEnderness We c;te, liver good wishes tD our editor. -Adapted from later from JoshU4 Ch4t.eI{4.

HOPJ:INroN. lL L

Hopkinton has be. n nearly snowbound. Roads leading off state highways have been traveled with chains aD9 shoveling. Below zero is repo:rted in 8evt!1:aJ places George C. Kenyon said .it was nine below at his faDD. early Tup.sday morning.

The acbool bus On Monday mooring cal" tied few pupils to Ashaway.

T'heIe were no aervices in the Sewe:aath Day Baptist church Sabbath a.fmrnoon on account of the storm of sleet which made traveling dangetoua.-W esterly Sua.

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at 7.30 o'clock. It is hoped there will be a large attendance.-:-W tsterly Sun.

BROOKFIELD, N. Y.

The. last church night. social of the Brook .. field Church was attehded by about forty parishioners, from ages five to eighty .. four. Rev. !Uld Mrs. Paul S. Burdick and three sons of Leonardsville were guests. . A bountiful supper had been arranged by Mrs. Margaret Crumb and Mrs. Sarah Spooner. Mrs. Elizabeth Crumb, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Camenga ana Miss Sarah Wright assisted in serving. It had been discovered that the date was the forty .. third wedding an' niversary of Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Curtis; thus the evening became also an impromptu recep'" tion for the happy bride and groom.

In the ~~movie film'" bits of home news (?), photos of denominational leaders, local ads. and ~"cracks'" were "~fl~ed·" upon the screen. A series of games of a denominational nature, prepared' by the chairman, Mrs. Adelaide Brown, assisted. by Mrs. H. L. Polan, were enjoyed by old and young. The games were grouped around a collection of about forty pictures of Seventh Day Baptist churches and nearly as many living ministers, the object be ... ing to become more familiar with our min:i.&­ters and the churches. which they serve, also other denominational positions held by them.

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NEWS FROM THE HEBRON, PA .• CHURCHES

On . Sabbath, . January . 18, the quarterly meetirig of the flebron churches was held at the-Stone· church .at Hebron Center. Due to bad ,weather, and icy· roads, . attendance was riot .• arge~· but a good meeting was enjoyed. Pastor R. W. Wing preached in the morning from the text Mark.' 8: 34, on following Jesus~ A tureen dinner was served at noon. In the afternoon Clifford' A Beebe preached on · ... Footsteps of Jesus,'" from Mark 10:32; Misses' Rachel· and Mary Carey very bea\ltiil! fully', played· and sang the song, ·~Footsteps of Jesus."., A covenant m~g- was- held, and the Lord"s Supper administered by Elders Wing and Beebe; . asSiSted . by Deacon J. W.

. Hemphill. ': - - .. -: ..:.' . . . , . .' " . '~:.on:SundaY~ , Jan.· 12~ :the annual, clrurch meeting and oyster' dinner of. th~ ;First' Hebrbil Glidrch: iWas "helel rat ·thei·Cranda1l':Hill· .C<)m,

; • l. .Hrn .... rt...D2. . .'. l·...:,..~ ... ~ - . ,£_t' mllIUty-;· -·a .-~" '-UIHcer8 were e a;~- 'as' SUi'"

lows-::~mOderatol";:t' :l~:·A . Kenyon; :ltlerc14·:·Don. Steams; ti-easurer,-·Clara:· ;Beebe·; . 8Olic1Wr,·7. and

collector, Cli1ford A. Beebe; trustee for three years, Steven Snyder; chorister, Rachel Carey; organist. Mrs. R. W. Wing. c. A. B.

UTI"LE GENESEE, N. Y.

Sunday night, january S. the church held 'its annual business meeting preceded by a tureen supper. Some of the high lights of the reports were as follows:

1. Beautifying church auditorium as result of Doctor Hulett"s gift of gold cross and ma .. terial for dossal. The widening' of platform to make satisfactory arrangements for these gifts, and installation of ten beautiful mem" orial windows making atmosphere more con' ducive to worship.

2. Material for choir robes purchased and made by choir members.

3. Interesting monthly meetings of Tith .. er"s Storehouse Association formed a year ago, and splendid financial report given.

4. Four members present at International C. E. Convention in Philadelphia.

5. Vacation school held in July with very satisfactory results.

6. Attendance of nine young people at Seventh Day Baptist Summer Camp at Shin ... glehouse.

7. Courses in Leadership Training School at Silver Lake taken by three members.

8. Two Leadership Training Courses given here and a number of uints earned.

9. Two weeks of evangelistic meeti..."'lgB held in October, under leadership of Rev. E. E. Sutton.

10. Choir with that of Bolivar M E. Church join in presenting Christmas cantata directed by Miss Leta Crandall. Given Pri ... day night at, Little GeneJ;ee, Sunday night at Bolivar.' Well received, fine example of C()-"

operation. '. . 11. White Christmas service under direc ..

tion of Sabbath school, given Monday evening before Christmas. Amid' white surroundings, signifying an atmosphere of purity, -a'- 'Vel 'I worshipful service conducted, followed by Cantata, ~11leChi1d jesus,.... by' junior boys ~d girls occupying places of regular cbo~­this· leamed . and ; rendered with neither words n~ -music: bef~ .thetU:/ ~ gifts p~~ by classes and otganqa~ of, church m' eluded' .a~ctive·baskets of food and toys,· $5 00' a 'Widow injli'red here ~itl' recent . aod.den~ $fo--,toWard! Onward -Movemem:"·Pund,'box prepared 'by':jUniorS . ;for ~ LiuhO Hospit3t 1& gether with $4 for Testaments in Chinese

language for patients. a pieced quilt for a ne£dy-,' family. . arid. many other Uaeful gifts. Best of.~ pledges were made for greater COD#

secratioil·- for .the.- coming year as our white gifts to the King.

12 .. Church· 8pOD8O!'8 enteuaimnent coume of three numbers,·two of which already given. Church gr;ateful to U. s. Senator Rush D. Holt for coming from West. Virginia for this one lectun; also to all thoee here who pre ... sented. the splendid musical numbers. and to the Bond quartet of Alfred who ably assistEd in this seoond entertainment. The third num .. her to be a home talent play.

Following reports and election of officers plans were formulated for the coming year.

CoilRBsPoNDENT •

MILTON. WIS.

President Crofoot left for the East Thws, day night for a meeting of the Asscx:iation of American ,Colleges to be held in New York next week.. He will also attend the Council of Church Boards of Education.. He - will be gone two weeks and hopes to do some promO' tional work for the college while there. Presi, dent Crofoot is also scheduled to preach in the Plaiofiel<L N. J., Seventh Day Baptist Church, january II.-Mihan News.

MILTON JUNCTION. WIS.

Last Sunday was Tempe:ra.nce Day. Tre" vah Sutton, of Milton gave to this Ounction M. E.) school an intetesting talk on ~~Ways of Combating the Evils of Liquor Through Educati~~" especially through such move .. ments as the ·Allied Youth.--Milton News.

NEW AUBURN. WIS.

At a special business med:ing of the church held C?n,- tile ~ ~ of Sept:ember 8, .1935, former pastor, C." B. \l..cx>fbounow was a sired to ~!. ~,: ,~< churcll in tpat capacity, butlB to be-relieved of paStoral Work.

We were an·· made vety happy by the ac' cepting'of·Christ by 8evenof our young peD' pIe. Baptismal eervices were conduc:ted at Axe .. handle l.ake on Sabbath ~ 5e{>' tember 28.,

Mr. E. E.Chun:hward and fami1y~ Mr. A G. Churcllward and family, Mm. R E. L.oofborQ. ,Mr .. ·P. B. J.ing and eon Laverne. ~ ~~ .. Pary,Dangerfidd,:aod Pastor Loo~.:-and :~.,.~; ::rruman. and family"of ~;,Ch~;of:God~group.····~ the October session of the aemi'CUUluai meet---

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ing ·of d.e northern Wisconsin and MiOJV'.8lJta Seventh Day Baptist churches. held at Dodge Center.

The annual business meeting of the chwch, also the annual dinner, was enjoyed by about fifty of us itt the homt of Mr. and Mrs.. A M. North on Deceli.ber 29.

Pastor Loofbourrow was called to Dodge Center, MinD., to perform a marriage czre, mony on January 4. While there he attended the Sabba.t:h eve prayer meeting and occupied the pulpit Sabbath morning.

Mrs. A G. Churcilward was present u the quarterly meeting at Milton, Wi&., on January 18, having been sent as a delegatE from the northern Wisconsin and Minnesota Seventh Day Baptist chun:hes.

CollltBSPONDENT .

NORlONVILLB. JeAN.

The Berea.n dass of the Sabbath school met Sabbath afte:t noon and decided to meet regtl"

larly at three-rfifteen for their regular class session, as some are teaching and unable to attend at the Sabbath school hour. TIle <fis, Clission will cover the Gospel of Luke. ce:n ... t.ering around the International Uniform I.,es... son topics.

A number of young people met at the par' SOIlage Sabbath night for ~.Open House. '" Table games and contEsts and circle games were enjoyed. The evet,ing dosed with sing, ing choruses and a prayer Be:l"V'ice.

Djscussing the ltaly ... Et:biopia cxm8ict from a Biblical viewpoint next: Sabbath morning, Pastor Osborn will consider its re1atiOD to the Dnal world mnftict-the battle of Arma~ geddon. Every war o( any proportion for decades has caused speculation as to its plO' phetical signmcance. This one is no ei<:ep' tion. But are circumst ances any ddfeient now than before? 'Come and hear this timely topic treated.-Nonontnlk News.

" BA.TTLB CREBE, MICH.

Some of these recent happenings in the Bat ... tie Creek Church may be of inrerest IX> RE .. OORDER readem.

On Christmas eve a short program was given consisting of the singing of c:a.mls.by a chorus .of young people and childrea, grouped around a Jigbte.d.' Christmas uee. T'he: .. atory of -~How dleCirimes Rang~~ was tDldby Miss Helen. bibbv.· Gifts consisting largely. ': of IIlODeY ' for, 6evaal of .. our; ·miMionary~ objects wete ,made· by the differ:e:nt Sabba.t:h tdoJl

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classes, and' .other orgaruiatio~"'/lnese':,w~ p~ted at·the altar: witJt: appropriate little . speeches. The money gifts amounted to, ,$46.~ 45.,. ,The JuniQr C., B. gave' a basket of food and:' toys for the . needy. . ' .: ,It:is the-.{custqm·:once a year. for the church to observe the quarterly communion· .0Ji~ ,Fri ... day evening· ·instead of Sabbath motning~ .:mns occurred on January 3" with· ·the ~ members Se3.ted, about· tables in the social'~' Music by the ladies" quartet, Mesdames W.O ... Mil .. lar, A. E. Ellis, E. F. Boehm, and B. F ... Joban", son;, and the roll call and covenant meeting with ··letters from' absent members preceded the Lord"s Supper.

The . annual dinner and quarterly business meeting of the .chuich . was. held Sunday eve" ning, January·· S. " Reports from the various o~tions were optimistic.

The <;burch obServed the-Week of Prayer, January 6,10, ·with good interest and atten .. dance.

Following the suggestion of Conference, the sermon' period on January 11 was used by Pastor. Holston in presenting the interests of our missionS~ CoRRESPONDENT.

SALEM. W. VA.

, On Sunday evening, December 15, the church folk served a covered,dishsupper in the .. church parlors in honor ·of Pastor· and Mrs. Ceo. B. Shaw and MiSs Miriam. The following day the Shaws lef't(for a few weeks" visit· in Phoenix; Ariz.; ,and . HOuston, ,Tex., where they . Will· be 'guests I 'of, Dr. and Mrs. Gee .. · Thorngate· and' ;family, and 'Mr.; and MTS!.jalnesStiUmanand famiJy. . Miss ·Mir, iam leaWs 'fOJj[Sh~ghai on the S .. s. PTesident T4ft~· that ,sails fr~m ·Los Angeles. on· Feb ... mary,'.? " :., .. ' . ..', " The . annual Christmas progrnm ~ given at the . church· on 'Friday' evening;, :Pefole Christmas .. ·The ··I:.iving"Chri$tmas; Tree~" pageant was very effectively presented. ,The white gifts were giverf; by' the; various or' ganized~ classes 'of the. ~Sabbath'::scliool 'fm:: 'Wor' th.¥ purposest.::.i FolloWing ·the;·pr~;-:Sa.nta made .his appearance and left ·treats for the children·.;.: '- : : .. ·::,ltevJ<·and,Mrs~ 'T.:·: J. Van Hom, who 'are ablY-Hsupplying~~the· ichurch:··in,,·the ':absenceof ~torc·;and· Mnt. ·"Sha.w;: ~ gcl.ve':.>a\· recepiidB' at tlie-f~1:trdl:':Qnitqew::¥&r-'~~e.? * draMiitlz, ation.~<);ent1t1~k~~'tJthe, Witn'esses~~~J.i~n S~:~I('g-ohds:. ,:.:,~l;' .:~; Un'pi'e8sively-·~ 'I're~ Sen.ied~ rb,AVtJitg¢ DliWfti!d -:cl;per;.~· rePresenting

chriSt, ;~d the-:~tral: patiop -of the:~atag~ AS·each· WdtnesS,·~ ct,}jgb~ taper .. ipre .. sented . .his~ testimOny:: tbat),Cbtist; ~J .the:Son of. God, :he stepped into relative .,positioo~ 80

~t with the last Witness their; positions were shifted intme -step, :fomring.~c crilBa.· ~In the Cross of Christ I Glory:"' :was:A:ben mng. by the Witnesses. The members· rofj;the Congre' gation;t haVing' been p~decJ with· candles .UJ>f on ;entering the· ch'Urcb. fOlmed a. circle and their candles' were ,lighted by. the Witnesaes. andiall joined hands and Sang ,~Let.·the·Lbwer Lights: Be . Buriling.'· A 'prayer was o1fered, and the program. closed-, with the .singing 10f .. .. BleSt Be the Tie."':, The congregation- then assembled in the church parlors and enjoyed a covered~ "supper.

The Ladies· Aid of the Salem Church con" tinues in its activities. A missionary study group has been' organi1.ed, Such a need ~has been felt by many of the members. . :Consid .. erable material has been· compiled, and is available f-or study of our o'O:"D; Missions.

. REPoRTER.

GENTRY. ARL

The Gentry Seventh Day Baptist Church held its annual meeting. January 1.. A co-o~ erative lunch was enjoyed. at J;lOOn.aJ;ld a busi .. ness session was held in the ~ at which time Rev.E.R..Lewis-was' extended a call to serve our church 'as pastor 'for~· com' ing year. The clerk.:a.nci;:tteaSurer":were, ie .. dected. ,A new~ trustee: r(M£ 'uli.an Parish) also waS e1ect:~(:t for. a 'term of three jea.rs.

. While the :women. were'. preparing ~ ·lurich and quilting;' the-men, were -SaWing -~and split< ting wood for use in the church. -

" ';;,' 'REPoRTER.

Unfortunately . many ayatema; 9f '~"fOr children are r JSed in 'our:~~Bib1eac:hon1a: and

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more. unt:~,1~~~£' ~"'~~t . syste',.ut' ~ used for.cmtaten~ •. daage8"iri .. tbe same schOol. If we,had-:a- papei10r ~ it would"be necessarY' for· ~, one 8)'8terft . to ,be. used. probably: the, '~tiOtl;jl 'Group Gnded, which . setins . beSt adapted to the use of our

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N either the Sabbath School Board nor' Tract~ety 'can go '.~ debt-to publish a paper C)f.;1;his n~ . H :it:is done it will be done if: and when, funds are in hand for sw:h a purpo8e..

A sUrvey will be made to derenninebow many copieS of ~ a paper would be used if published.

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.:~In... . . .,with~.;all the dmrcbes of the aexiatioo,.a,ept' Syt;u::uae.. a cOofereuc:e of aame form was held with workas' and-~ other leadez8. (}aDa w~·alsomade in maOyOf tb£ homes of our people.

ftd....-.. _· .. L=_ - tion __ -!.J_L.I"':' • ...,~ 1D UlI.5 as&or'1a ~cS.DU: time

was given ·to the preparation of lesson material for ~. first quart2r of 1936. ten days iJe. tween week~ bring spent in tourist camps for this purpose..

The return 'to the -Western Assoriati01l was made on Priday. Oc:tober 4. The pastors of this aaaOciatioo and the faculty of the sem ... in3:ry' at Alfred had worked out a definjte program for the d.ira:tor thai would utiliv all his time.

The firSt work was at Little Genesee where gospel me:¢nga were held for seventeen nights. a ~ ,Tfaining Class preceding the sem,ce e:a:ept. onPriday and Sabbath nighb J.Y)c;ms we:te furnished us here and 'We did Ijght housekeeping. the entire expense being paid by the churc.h. ~udjng the food used.

work with the Andover and Independence churches began on Monday. Oct-ober 21. Dar ... ~ the Drst:fOhr .. nigiltii a. Ihderifnp Training Instirute of two-hour sessions was held. A bleak" "&om"Prida Until· the f~U~-'" ~ , ".' y '-'UV-a.us day.:~-ma •. .in dle work- here that the aemi .. annual meeting of the Westau AS9Oricition might be aff'mded at Hebron.. Pa.. Here your representative spoke three times. Returning to Indep:ndenoe. for Monday night, we began a series of &DSP,el,. meetip~.hi<;h cnntinued IJntil the eve:biri.g of NoVemBer 3,

aD.' NOfttober 3. a morning and a.ftemooO conference ;of the pastom. and 8elec~ 'ViIOikem from the chUrches was held at the Gothic in Alfred ~ d~ 'With the director various religious. ~ and other vital d~ national. pri)b1em8~ . . . "GOspel meehoP' began at Alfred Station

on the night they dosed as: IndependenC2. and our son Trevah deliW!!ed the first eeuuou. The' tb..ee:tings lasted. until the evening of November 10. yow: field wmm speaking eacb evening. _

The laSt 'Week in the ~atinn Was spent with tIie diiirCh· z A1fJ:ed... 'Here the diru:tor Dot' OnlY-~:at·~dle-&bbatb . JI1Ol'lliDg '&eEV"

ice but· lDa:large· da. of adulta on: the "'.Me:,an. ing of Re1i&ioos Educ::aJion.. '" This add!fa had ··bee-D-.P~~'~ .bef~~. AIl& gany ·W:iDiste~·~paation .~ was held foi{)ci;obel- . at HOUgtiton Col1ege. Two coo'

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ferences were alSo, held, ,with: ',the,·, ,Alfred workers ... ,At the last . .of these'" it was voted to' . asK ,the" men .of the' seminary to· put on Stali~d Leadership' classes for', the nearby churches. '~'i' While . working ~th the Alfred churches rooms. 'Fe~e .. again ·~~shed and we took care of 'our~el~~JI a pl~ 'Which probably makes it easier (~. all concerned.

From our ,point of view, the plans made by the. pastors", "and chU:1"ches of this association for. th:e·.work of thjs. trip was the, best planned ~n4 ~e m:~t satisfactory of any that has ~ver been made for our work on the field since hecQJniQ.g directpr.

During' the period for which this report is given, sixty .. eight se~ons and addresses have b~,r." delivered, four 'lectures given to sem" m~ ~de~ts, two Leadership Training cla8$eS tallght~ ',ten . workers· conferences held, and 2,69tl : mnea chargeable. to the board traveled.

Respectfully submitted, December 15, 1935, Eno E. SUTTON~

DiTectoT of ReligiOUS Education.

M·A, R·B I A GE S BVRNHAM-GREENE.-, Maud Lena Greene, daughter . ?f Elwood Green~ of Nile, N. Y., was united

'm marriage to Kenneth Daniel Burnham of Palmyra, N. Y., J~ai"y; 11, 1936, at the Seventh Day Bapti$1:'1 ,pat'sonage in Little ~ne~ee, N: Y., Pas~c;Jf' Harley Sutton per': fornung theeeremon~.: '

B:ABCXJCa.-Willametta Jane, 'youngest child of , , :DaYcid,. "R.. 'and .. Angeline Davis Platts, born

p~c~ber 14,. 1851; died January 1, 1936, at ,Milton, Wis~ ',:, (Ext~rided o~ituary e1s~where)

BoWLER.-Mary E. Bowler was born at Little Genesee, N. Y., July 9,. 1847, and died ather

"-home in Little. Genesee ;Dec~ber 21, 1935. She: was the daughter' of Williain L. 'and Frances Ennis Bo:wler~, :,

.'.Stj.~', ; ~s: a. m,emeet:, ,o~·" •. th.~,:' Little Genesee Seventh ,Day Baptist' ~U¥dl"f6r over fifty-~even year'S."' ~':Stfe" tatiglif" ai S"ab1>itli' 'scho:ofclass: for thirty years, and was church organist for. twenty y~~s. ,Shew~ ,~: ,al~~ 0,£ Alfred ,lJruver'sity. F Qr, l,n.~y .Yea~.s she was"?cprr~p_c;mdilig ~eQ"etary ~r',~eYV.S:~1;:U.in ~~~~Y c.<?urit? .:cS~~ ~"!~r­vlve(J, ~Y' pne broth'(t" w. F. 'Bowler of Llftle Genci;ee~aild' ~ sister, -Mrs.' Anne GreeIiDlan of My~c; Cc)M: " . , -

Funeral .services were held at he4. ,late home M04aay, Dec¢mber 23, ,an<l<(budaI wclS·..in ,the local eem~tery~ pastor Harley .s~ttotlofficlated.

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CAJtSON~+Robert· . O~ CarSOllJj:waS:"j)om: ".' Wm­. ch,ester.,·,~.-, Sep!~r, i~< rl~ and " died

at Elkhart. .Kan.. J~~~~)?~- ' At ,the ,~ecif sixteen be J~lBea', 'tbeRefonn

Presbyterian Church, of 'which"he was' a' member at the time of bis death. He was:marrledtNovem­ber 10,1909, to Miss Carrie,. Munc,.;'iofrNorton­ville._ Kan. ,Mrs. Carson··has t.heen a ,Seventh Da'V Baptist all of heJ" life '~dhCbaS9fteti~'atteQded her church with het. He' was tOjal to'tiIt'; fimily and was loved by all who knew him in the com-munity w:h!=J"e he spent his 1ife.·~ , .

Farewell $errices were. conducted at Elkbart by Rev. R. H. Coon, pastor of ·the Boulder, Colo., Seventh Day Baptist Chtir~ {: of which Mrs. Carson is a member. Interment was in the Elk-hart cemetery. a. 'H. c.

CRANDALL-Kenyon P., son of Henry and Maria Brand Crandall, was born in the town of BrooJmeld, N. Y., on March 11, 1848, and died at his home in Brookfield January It 1936. , ..

Mr. Crandall joined the Second' BrOokfield Seventh Day ':QaptisJ:Ol1Jrdt ... Qt: :;Jw.y~ 1866. and again in July, 1919, after an absence in the West for a D~' of years. ' He was a' kind man of high princjples and ~trict ~estity; •. was faith­ful to his 'church and will be reiDem1>ered for his helpfulness to others. He is 'Survived by hi. wife and also by three daughter-s living ,in the West.

The funeral was conducted by his pastor, Rev. H. L. Polan, and burial was made in the Brook-field cemetery. B. L. P.

LANGWORTHv:-Bailie W. Lanporthy was born at NortonyUle,. ~.t on July 167 1894, and died at Bene FourcJte. S. Dak., January S, 1936. ' " ". '.

He was the ~gest of seven cb.ildr~ three sisters surviving-Mrs. 1.;zzieBarthe1 of Atchi­so~.Kan.; Mrs~ Elsie RaQdolph of F~ .nL; and, Mrs. Jessie Crou.ch . of NortcmVillt;. ~ Ka.n. ~e was bapqzed ~d jo~ed'the Sev~~Jr-'t Bap­tist Church at' N-ortonviHe when a boy m the pastoT-ate of Rev.~·W:Hills. Smce 1919,

- he has lived in South Dakota, engaging in busi-ness there. ' ' r

Farewell serVices were held at Belle Fourche by a minister. friend, and at the - Nortonville church by the pastor. ,Burial was at the ,latter place. ,,_ < ,~ ~. o. SPOONER.--Saraht ~daugb~, 'of1 'EphnUm .. a'Dd 10liva

. Reed B~rtY;i./w~r}~·1J.at:,;~St.. "CIiar~ Ill, Septemhe!:", l3, ,,185)9" and;;:.4ie.drat~1(ef . home in Bro ..... t..t:et;.1·· N'''Y. ,'.': r..~"-'- ~. 11'1936. . _ VJt-U u,., ,', • " .. ~~.. .

WIlen a clW(f~ShetQtD~ij)'~nve(;it N ortb Brook­field.' Oil:DeCem~ d::':t81O~ she was~ married to DeVillo Fitch and-some jean after his.,death she Ill~rried HetJXY Spoo~rwhp di~, in 1207. •. ~: .. She basil>' en a, f.3i"~" v het lUI. mem-ber pi the, $~ond- 'rN" ", r ·!"·l $Wenth~nay Bap­tist 'Church ~ '·since' s1ie,j'oibed!~ on 'May:,r~~ '1871. We .·shall miss~~her·.,dai1Y~preSence{-gre2.tly. ,.; :

, The" -funera1 .. was·;,conducted "by,her pa.S,tot,~. :Rev. H L', P'Wi-:"- " .. ! bi ..... o<.'·"ReV· 'na. -d' .~. '. of • ..0.", ,3$S~~ , '·f iY.."". " - ,~ .. , .,. '. the BaptisfoChura(';'an\i''-bunat*wu' made'·' ., the Brookfield cemetery. ,- H:; L 'Po

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