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1 DgDDggDDgg Em Ell (Comnllea fom Fst Page of COlJw) Em THE MANUAL Em 5 We take pleasue n pesentng to the denomnaton the Seventh Day Baptst Manual as a gude n the pope foms fo the conduct of chuch busness Em THE BOYS AND GRLS Ell 6 We commend the Young Peoples Boad fo e dslgenhce Dand sbuccss bn pomodtn elglous tangalamonkg :ftj event ay aptlst oys an g s N 0 moe Vlt wo exsts among us fo ou chlden ae the fountan-head of the denomnaton 7 We ecommend a caeful povson n all ou com- Ell muntes fo the socal eceatonal and vocatonal needs of the boys and gls and a lbeal use of love and eason n the :tf Chstan nutue g 8 We look fowad wth antcpaton to the possblty of seemng the sevces n elgous educaton among boys and otj1 gls of Mss Ruth Phllps who next June completes a two- Ell yea couse n the School of Relgon at Boston Unvesty g THE MNSTRY 9 We suggest that Mach be set asde as "Mn- ctl steal Decson Day" n the chuches and uge ou pastos to peach at least one semon dung the yea on the mnsty and to use evey possble effot to attact young men of pomse nto the callng 10 We commend also to the people of the denomnaton the mpotance of "talkng up" the mnsty of encouagng young men to ente t and of sustanng n evey posble way D the men aleady n the feld \ e at OUR PLATFORM FOR 1923 Adopted by the Commsson at the Pttsbugh Meetng l Decembe l 1922 FNANCES 1 We commend to all ou denomnatonal agences such methods as wll pomote alke effcency and economy 2 We uge upon ou people wth the now etunng pospety of the county a geate devoton to the deals of stewadshp and the desablty of facng couageously the Kngdom-tasks confontng us 3 We pont out to Seventh Day Baptsts that the asng of even 75 pe cent of the budget fo thsyec wll make a1age begnnng on the debts now hangng ove the boads and the Confeence and we eanestly commend ths method of lqudtng denomnatonal ndebtedness 4 Snce we ae now wthn egteen months of the temnatjon of the Fowad Movement we uge upon ou chuches and upon the ndvdual membes theeof thenecessty of bngng ths ou supme denomnatonal effot to an abundantly successful ssue (Contnued on Fouth Page of Cove) Fehua: 5 J23 ; \ ; :: : > { 11 n antcpaton we welcome at least fve new men to ot1 the mnsty and pledge ou suppot to them n the ealzaton of the hopes and plans fo denomnatonal sevce Snce no D ct5\ callng demands che esouces of mnd and heat we com- mend to them the fullest pepaaton wthn the each Em THE SPRTUAL LFE Ell 12 We appove the plan of havng a specal season pos- g - sbly dung the months of Febu and Mach fo the deep- enng 6f the devotonal lfe of su people especally by an effot to foste famly elgon and to encouage pastoal J tt1\ evangelsm g H _W5WWWf1W f1f1f1f1t11 Edltolal-How Could We Keep Fom Thnkng?-Why Dont Young Men Ente the Mnsty?-The Fault s Not Entely Wth the Young Men" Schooboys and the Mnsty 162 "A Call fo Honest and Fealess Thnkng" 164 "n the Begnnng God-" 166 The New Fowad Movement-How Can We Get the Message of Dean Boswoths Book to Ou People? Famly ReUgon-The Mnsty of Chst-The Wll to Fnsh Mssons-Mssonay Boad Meetng Foegn Msson Wok 176 Educaton Socetys psg-e-what of the "Astocacy of Bans"? A Plea fo Chaty 179 Tact Socety-Teasues Repot 179 "Y " -CONTENTS- Womans Wok-"f Thne Eye be Sngle Thy Whole Body Shall be Full of Lght"-The Lght of the Wold-Repot of Womans Benevolent Soc e t y Leonadsvlle N Y Young Peoples Woko-Temptaton to Le-A Valentne Socal-Notce to Juno Supentendents-The Pasto and the Young People 184 Race Relatons Day 185 ChU(lens Page-How to Go to Jesus Remembe God 186 Lone Sabbath Keepe " Page-Lette Fom a Lone Sabbath Keepe n the Sou th to One n the Noth- Reply Fom the Noth 188 Possbltes n a Fve-day Week ome News a-e 190 Deathll 192 Sabbath School Lesson fo Febuay f " ;;

2 ; " t SEVENTH DAY BAPTST DRECTORY "; : THE SEYENTH DAY BAPTST CENERAL CONFERENCE Next Sesson wll be held wth the Seventh Day Baptst Chuch at Noth Loup Neb Aug Pesdent-Esle F Randolph Geat Klls Staten ;sland Fst Vce Pesdent-Benjamn F Johanson Battle Ceek Mch " Voce pesdentw1lam C Hubbad Planfeld N ; 1; Fank E eteson Leonadsvlle N Y; James R ffeffey :tqotonvlle- Kan Rev Royal RThonte :- 5alemv1le Pa ; Cuts F Randolph Alfed N Y; : Columbus C Van Hon Tchno Ak; Benjamn F Cand San Benadno Cal : Recodng Secetay-J Nelson Nowood Alfed N Y Co"espondng Secetay---;Rev Edwn Shaw Mlton Ws " \; Teasue-Rev Wllam C Whtfod Alfed N Y : j Decto of Nw Fowad Movement-Rev Ahva J C Bond Salem W Va : Teasve of New Fowad Movement-Rev Wllam C Whtfod Alfed N Y " COMMSSON :; Tems Expe n 1923-Edga P Maxso Wes : ;tely R ; Benjamn Johanson Battle Ce Mch; aucan D Lowthe Salem W Va : Tems Exp we n 1924-Rev Theodoe 1 Van Hon t Veona N Y; Paul E Ttswoth Alfed N Y; M ; Wadne Davs Salem W Va " Tems Expe n 1925-Esle F Randolph Geat Kflls :Statensland N Y; Geo W Post J Chlcago ll; ": eny Rng Notonvlle Kan : AMERCAN SABBATH TRACT SOCETY : BOARD OF DRECTORS t; Pesdent:-Colss F Randolph Newak N J } ; Recodng Secetay-Athu L Ttswoth Planfeld N J j Assstant Recodng Secetay-Asa F Randolph Plan : ;fe1d N J : Co Secetay-Rev Wllad D Budck Dunellen :N J ; t \ Teasue-F J Hubbad Planfeld N J ; Regula meetng of the Boad at Planfeld N J the ; ;second Fst day of each month at 2 p m }- THE SEVENTH DAY BAPTST MSSONARY SOCETY Pesdent-Rev C A Budck Westely R Recodng Secetay-(eoge B Utte Westely R : Coespondng Secetay--Rev Wm L Budck Ash <away R ; TlOnle-S H Davs Westely R 1 The egula meetngs of the Boad of Manages ae : theld the thd Wednesdays n Januay Apl July and Octobe SEVENTH DAY BAPTST EDUCATON SOCETY : Pesdent-Rev W C Whtfod Alfed N Y ;: Recodng Secetay and Teasue-Eal P Saundes : 1 Alfed N Y :- Coespondng Secetay-Pof Paul E Ttswoth A ; } fed N Y The egula meetngs of the Boad ae held on the : secopd Sunday of Januay Apl July and Octobe -; ; WOMANS EXECUTVE BOARD OF THE : GENERAL CONFERENCE : Pesdent-Ms A B West Mlton Juncton Ws t Recodng Secetay-Ms Edga D Van Hon Ml ;on t J uncon te W 15 " " :: 9oespondng Secetay-Ms J H Babcock Mlton WS - ; Teasve--Ms A E Whtfod Mlton Vs : { Edto of Womans Wok SABBAT RECORDERl-Ms :; Geoge E Cosley Mlton" Ws " ASSOCATONAL SECaETARES :- EcUten-Ms; Wmad D Budck Dunellen N J SOvtneaSteMs M Wadne Davs Salem W Va CentCJbMsAdelade C Bown West Edmesto11_N Y Wenen-Ms Walte L Geene Andove N Y SovthfDetetll-Ms R J MllsHammond La Nofhfl1eten--Mss PhoebeS Coon Walwoth Ws Pacfc CoM8 N O }ooe Rvesde Cal THE SEVENTH -DAY BAPllST MEMORAL :FUND Pesdent:-H M Maxson Planfeld N J Vce Pesdent-Wllam M Stlh:pan Planfeld N J Secetay-We C Hubbad Planfeld N J Teasue-Fank J Hubbad Planfeld N J Gfts o bequests fo any denomnaton pupose ae nvted and wlll be gladly admnstated and safeguaded fo the best nteests of the benefcaes n accodance wth the wshes of the donos The Memoal Boad acts as the Fnancal Agent of the Denomnaton Wte the Teasue fo nfomaton as to ways n whch the Boad can be of sevce SEVENTH DAY BAPTST HSTORCAL SOCETY (NCORPORATED 1916) Pesdent-Colss F Randolh Newak N J Recodng SecetaAsa F Randolph Planfeld N J TetJS1le-Fank J Hubbad Plafeld N J Advsoy Commttee-Wllam L Budck Chaman SABBATH SCHOOL BOARD Pesdent-Pof Alfed E Whtfod Mlton Ws Recodng Secetay-D A Lovelle Budck Janesvlle Ws Teasue--L A Babcock Mlton Ws Feld Secetay:-E M Holston Mlton Juncton Ws Stated meetngs ae held on the thd Fst Day of the week n the months of Septembe Decembe and Mach and on the fst Fst Day of te week n the month of June n the Whtfod Memoal Hall of Mlton College Mlton Ws YOUN PEOPLES EXECUTVE BOARD Pesdenl-Benjamn F Johanson Battle Ceek Mch Recodng Secetay-Mss Majoe VUs Battle Ceek Mch Coespondng Secetay-Ms Fances F Babcock Battle Ceek Mch Feld Secetay-E M Holston Mlton Juncton Ws Teasue-Elvan H Clake Battle Ceek Mch Tvstee of Unted Socetes-Benjamn F Johanson Battle Ceek Mch Edto of Young People Depatment of SABBATH RECORDER-Ms Ruby Coon Babcock Battle Ceek Mch Juno Supenlendent-Mss Elsabeth Kenyon Ash away R ntemedate Supentendent-Mss May Lou Ogden Sal(m W Va ASSOCATONAL SECRETARES Easten--Majoe Budck Dunellen N J Centae-Hazel Langwothy Adams Cente N Y Westen--Vda Randolph Alfed N Y N olhwesten--dos Holston Mlton Juncton Ws Ms sabella Allen Noth Loup Neb Southeasten-Mbeta Davs Salem W Va Sovthwesten--Magaet Stllman Hammond La Pacfc Coast-Alce Bake Rvesde Cal CONFERENCE AUXLARY FOR LONE SABBATHKEEPERS Geneal Feld Secetay-G M Cottell Topeka Kan Assstant Feld SecetaMs Angelne Abbey d Ave S Mnneapols; Mnn SEVENTH DAY BAPTST VOCATONAL COMMTTEE Chaman--Patl E Ttswoth Alfed N Y; Lucan D Lowthe Salem W Va; Eal W Davs Salem W Va; Ola A Davs Salem W Va; E M Randolph Salem W Va; D Nelson ngls Mlton Ws; Oa S Roges Planfeld N J THE TWENTETH CENTURY ENDOW MENT FUND Alfed N Y Fo the jont beneft of Salem and Mlton Colleges and Alfed Unvesty The Seventh Day Baptst Educaton Socety Bobclts gfts and bequests fo these denomnatonal colege9 The Sabbath Recode A Seventh Day Baptst Weekly Publshed by the Amecan Sabbath Tact Socety Planfeld N:J VOL 94 No6 PLANFELD N J FEBRUARY WHOLE N y How Could We Afte ffty yeas of Keep Fom Thnkng? sevce as mnste teache and edto dung whch tme the eye-pesent dese to lead men to Chst and to pomote the blessed tuth whch ou fathes loved has been most pomnent n thought a man could not be expected to face the possblty of beng emoved fom t all foeve wthout some anxety fo the futue of ou chuches ou schools ou boads and ou publshng nteests-evey one of whch now stands n most seous need of consecated loyal suppot f we ae to pospe as a people Dung the days and the long weay mhts spent n the hosptal the thoughtmlll would not cease to un ts busy ound and the tun of affas that had taken us so suddenly away fom the wok only ql1ckened the anxety fo the pospety of ZOn Thee was no chance o ablty to take notes dung those nght-watches n Rocheste so the heat-seachng thoughts could not be peseved n all the vvdness But f RECORDER eades wll bea wth us we wll ty to ecall some of the thngs that came to mnd ove and ove agan as the days dagged slowly by Fst of all thee was the constant hope and paye that n Gods own good way eyen though by a mysteous povdenc thee mght be added a few moe yeas of sevce n the cause we all love t was a geat souce of stength to know that th oughout the land thee wee many dea ones payng fo ths same thng f a mans heat s n hs wok no matte how many yeas have been counted off to hm by a lovng Fathe t s pobable that he wll be eluctant to lay down hs pen and cease fom all actvtes n kngdom sevce So t was pefectly natual to wsh f o a lttle extenson of tme n whch to seve Why Dont Young Men Ou geat need of Ente the Mnsty? mlolstes was vey pomnent n thought dung those days of llness f the young men and boys wll let us speak a wod wth them just now we wll tell them some of the thngs of whch we thouht We ecalled SOq1e of the excellent huches that n yeas gone by have fun shed nddates fo the mnsty; and t was dffcult to ealze that condtons n them ad so changed that vey few f any of the young people ae now heang the call of God fo a lfe-wok n hs sevce n ou nght-thoughts we canvassed seveal chuches n whch ae boys of excellent sp t and chaacte who would make good mnstes f only they would heed the call Oh f we could only fnd wods to pe suade them to take up ths most blessed uplftng and helpful lfe-wok how happy we would be We beleve thee ae honest and tuly un-" selfsh boys n some of these chuches who ae not yet caed away -wth the alluements of the busness wold; whose heats ae not tuned towad lves of pleasue; but who; long to nvest the lves whee they can make the wold bette They ae Chstans and theefoe dese to do all they can fo Chst Unfotunately some evl nfluences have tended to tun many mnds away fom the mnsty towad othe callngs They seem to thnk that the mnste of ou tme has less nfluence than the " Chstan layman and the eal value of a tue mnste fo good s ovelooked Dea boys please do not make the mstake of dscountng the gospel mnsty f you stop to thllk about the matte you must see that the mnsteal foces neve meant moe to the wold than at the pesent tme n no callng ae the possbltes fo usef ulness so geat as n that of a consecated gospel mnste" N eve was thee a tme when the hunge of humcjd heats fo some sue wod of help comfot and hope was geate than today Thee was neve a geate demand fo the help whch elgon alone can gve Undeneath all the woldlness; back of all the seekng afte tempoal good thee s an etenal longng fo peace and est whch God alone can gve What callng can be moe noble moe attactv moe unselfsh moe heoc than that n whch a lfe s consecated to "the : > _1:

3 j 162 THE SABBATH RECORDER THE SABBATH RECORDER 163 wok of leadng men and women fom dakness to lght fom sn to holness? - Thee must be enough of the heoc n some of ou boys to attact them to such sevce not meely fo the own good but because t does help men and women nto bette condtons Let us appeal to the " htlosm of ou young men whch calls them to seve n felds whee men and women ae soely toubled and ppealng fo help ald comfot We ae dstessed ove the Snfulness all about us; ove the decay of elgon ove the boad blotches 0 f hell th whch ou eath s steaked and f we smply look upon them wth dsgust whle we do nothng n patcula to emedy mattes thee s nothng heoc about that A heoc lfe s a lfe lved fo othes athe than fo self And let us epeat we beleve thee s enough of the heoc n Seventh Day Baptst young men to take many of them nto the mnsty f t can only be aoused We look fo some of them to espond and to walk n the path way the Maste maked out to follow n the foot-steps of the noblest tuest peache that eve lved What can be moe blessed on eath than to be able to apply the leaves of healng to wounded heats and lke the Maste to bea the gefs and cay the soows of ou stcken fellow-men The Fault Not A m 0 n g the seous Entely Wth the tho ugh t s mentoned Young Men above wee some whch found othe causes fo the scacty of can ddhtes fo the mnsty The fault s not entely wth the boys The pevalent home _ atmosphee n too many homes s stongly aganst the boys enteng the mnsty The want of sptualty absence of the spt of devoton a tendency to make lght of the peaches an ove-weanng ambto fo woldly aggandzement a constant stuggle afte ches and undsgused deses to see boys secue good postons n the busness wold-all these thngs mtgate aganst the choosng of a mnsteal pofesson by the young man The home at- mos--hee settles the queston stongly ap"1st the mnsty n too many cases Cl clen who must beathe the vey atmosphee of woldlness fom chldhood to manhqod lvng n homes whee the chuch occupes a seconday place n the estmaton of fathe and mothe can not be expected to funsh boys fo the gospel mnsty Agan we fea that the chuch tself s somewhat to blame fo the dsnclnaton of young men to ente the mnsty t takes a lve sptual chuch to make young men feel the vtalty of the Chstan mnsty and to lead them n heoc consecaton to devote the lves to the Mastes sevce Moe sptualty n the home moe Chstlke devoton n ou chuches would undoubtedly bng blessed esults n fllng the pulpts wth fathful mnstes SCHOOLBOYS AND THE MNSTRY - Fo many yeas have been wtng on the oppotuntes whch the mnsty of Jesus Chst offes fo the fullest ealzaton of manhood and fo leadeshp and sevce n ths wondeful and peplexng age Thee s no denyng the fact that thee s a feelng aboad among ou young men n the colleges that the mnsty does not offe such oppotunty fo these thngs as othe vocatons offe and that the mnste of today does not have the oppotunty fo- sevce that the fathes had Because of ths feelng thee has been a fallng off n canddates n many of ou geat unvestes hadly a bakes dozen offe themselves fo the chuch whle scoes go nto medcne the law engneeng teachng o busness We hea complants also fom both Geat Btan and Ameca of a shotage of canddates fo the mnsty n the face of all ths whle showng the emakable oppotuntes of the mnsty have uged agan and agan that t was lagely the fault of us olde people that the young men dd not choose the mnsty as the lfe-wok have sad many tmes that f the paents wo:ld nteest the chlden n the wok of the mnsty that would help but best of all f the pastos themselves would watch the boys n the pash and tun the mnds towad the mnsty that would do moe than anythng else (The Roman Catholc pesthood s lagely ecuted n ths way) n addton to ths have uged fo many yeas that somehow aangments be made to pesent the oppotuntes of the mnsty to the senes 0 f ou colleges Ultmately ths was done wth consdeable success The college banch of the Y M C A aanged thee o fou confeences fo senos whee the ablest peaches pesented the vaous phases of the mnstes wok (These addesses wee wdely dstbuted among students) Then some of ou dvnty schools held e- gonal confeences of college men emembe takng pat n one most nteestng confeence at Aubun Theologcal Semnay whee a hunded o moe college students wee pesent fom vaous neghbong colleges D John Nelson Mlls of \\ashngton has taken one of the most helpful steps magnable n solvng ths poblem by endowng a cha n hs alma mate whee each yea one of the ablest mnstes n the land pesents the callng of the mnsty to the students am sue eveyone must have ejoced when last summe St Pauls School at Concod N H nvted boys fom the pepaatoy schools of New England and New Yok to be the guests of the school fo a fou days confeence on the mnsty was n Euope and could not attend but have ead the epots of the emakable gatheng wth the ntensest nteest thnk t s the fst tme such a confeence has been held but t s one of the wsest moves eye made fo these boys had the mnds tuned towad the mnsty even befoe ente ng college Those who pledged themselves to the mnsty can make the whole college couse a pepaaton fo t The esponse to the nvtaton was fa beyond all expectatons t had been hoped that one hunded boys mght come As a matte of fact 380 boys put n appeaance One boy stated to walk a dstance of 270 mles He got des n automobles most of the way but the wll to be pesent was an ndex of hs nteest Two boys dd walk all the way fom Aye Mass Othe boys wee so nteested n t that the attendance was supplemented fom many fa beyond X ew England and N ew Yok They came f om the South-a whole paty on a steamboat Foty-fve came fom Pennsylvana fou fom Oho othes fom Mchgan and lssou and vvashngton D C Pesdent Oglve of Tnty College and D Duy of St Pauls wee the leades of the confeence Bshop Bent was thee wth ffteen o twenty othe clegymen of the Potestant Epscopal Chuch Bshop Bent was wondeful and the boys fell n love wth hm The fst poblen) was how to pesent the mnsty as a vton to these boys nstead of devotng the tme [entely to addesses to the whole assembly the boys wee dvded up nto thty goups wth a clegynlan fo each goup n ths way ntmate confeences wee held dung the day whle at evenng some outstandng clegyman addessed the whole goup All phases of the mnsty wee pesentedpeachng pastoal wok the mnste as pest leadeshp of the chuch and communty home and foegn mssons The mssonay appeal geatly moved the boys At one of the evenng sessons Bshop Bent had the boys kneel at the close of hs addess and pay that they mght be told whethe God wshed them to ente hsmnsty Then the boys sang "Lod speak to me that may speak" One monng the whole confeence gatheed fo communon and t must have been an mpessve sght No boy was asked to commt hmsel f o make any outwad pledge But t was vey evdent that many of them nwadly vowed to devote tbe lves to the mnsty of the Wod Eveybody pesent felt that a most emakable mpesson had been made on the boys n one school fotty boys have ann:ounced the ntenton of studyng fo the mnsty One man whose name do not know-an old St Paul boy-should not be fogotten fo he woked a good wok wh ch t s to be hoped many othe ch men wll copy-the man who pad the vey lage bll fo the whole confeence faes of the boys ncluded The confeence mght well be epeated all ove the county next summe Geat good must follow As close ths stoy of ths confeence an excellent lttle book by D Webb (The Macmllan Company) of the N othem : Baptst Educaton Socety dealng wth ths same subject comes nto my hands t s called "The Mnsty as a Lfe Wok" and n about one hunded pages deals n most fascnatng and convncng manne wth the whole oppotunty of the mnsty D Webb sets foth the attactons and ewads of the mnsty n such a way as must appeal vey focbly to the student The gst of hs thess s that men lke -lagecommandng jobs and the mnsts job sso bg today that no othe pofesson has the same oppotuntes o the same satsfacton-fedeck Lynch; n Chstan T ok \ \ " ;:

4 : _t ""\" ": 164 THE SABBATH RECORDER THE SABBATH RECORDER 165 "A CALL FOR HONEST AND FEARLESS THNKNG" Such s the ttle of an atcle n the RECORDER of Decembe No doubt many pastos have ead the semon by D Hay Emeson Fosdck and some poss- bly have done some thnkng t s well to emembe a man may be absolutely "honest and fealess" n hs thnkng and yet be absolutely wong n hs teachng He may lkewse have a mnd both "analytcal and sympathetc" and yet be wong n both pemse and concluson To my mnd thee has been a geat "slump" n D Fosdck both n hs elgous expeence and n hs teachng The man who wote -"The Shephed of the Hlls" also wote "The Eyes of the W od" but- he was not the same man The man who wote "The Manhood of the Maste" also wote the -semon that makes Jesus only a supe-man but he s not the same man We can scacely say that the queston at ssue s one of "toleance" Ou two schools of ntepetaton o athe belef ae pola tems Many of those loudest n the plea fo toleance mean by such a declaaton "Accept my poston" The semon n queston s a plea fo that vey thng And t s but fa to emnd D Fosdck and othes of the same school that ths s an sstte pf the own makng By the detemned and pesstent effot they have foced t They have sad: "A bt of sugey howeve panful must be pefomed" And when othes have objected to the opeaton declang t to be unnecessay o doubtng the wsdom o ablty of the sugeons they have sad: "Keep stll; be patent; youll feel bette afte ts ove" A leadng advocate of ths lbealsm when hs poston was not ap- - oved by othes declaed that to challenge s vews pesaged "dak days fo the denomnaton" "How can we bun away the weeds and at the same tme not destoy the sol?" So asks evey thnkng man But moe mpotant than askng such a queston s fst to -det?--mne what consttutes "weeds" and wb- the "sol" To class as weeds the n of the Bble macles the vgn s: -ton bt1 of Jesus hs dety and sacfcal death as weeds to be buned away and then ask us to beleve t whle peachng toleance would be laughable f t wee 110t so tagc And the law of God s challenged by ths same school t s now unde pocess of amendment Sunday the "Chstan Sabbath" s accounted fo by the opeaton of the same law that fst gave us the seventhday Sabbath No should we adjust ou teachng neces saly to hamonze wth the "moden vewpont" Vewponts ae often wong Scence (o what passes fo scence) has often been dogmatc and has often been wong Teaches of scence ae often as dogmatc as the theology they condemn We should welcome whateve tuth scence may bng us Scence and elgon ae not ncompatble We should gladly accept any lght that comes fom ethe elgon o hstoy o scence Both elgon and scence ae evelatons of Gods law and wll But what we do deploe ae the unwaanted assumptons of "doctnae matealsm" that pemeate so much of on pesent day thought and teachng \Vhen scence desets he feld and goes nto the ealm of the metaphyscal and substtutes fo fath human opnons and suppostons -t s hee that some of us can not follow N at long snce we lstened to a fne addess on the bth of Jesus by one who tems hmself a "modenst" He led us to the mahge and the Chst chld potayng n beautful language the jouney of the wse men the shepheds and the anges song But n ou mnd aose the questons: s the stoy tue? Does he e eve t? Wee the shepheds and the Wse men thee? Dd the angels sng? \Vas Jesus bon thee and unde condtons potayed to us n the Gospels? f the ecod snt tue why tell the stoy? D Fosdck denes the vgn bth of Chst declang t to be a "bologcal macle that ou moden mnds can not accept" Not long ago when the vgn bth and the dety of Chst wee unde dscusson says Samuel W Caffn a man laughngly emaked "Eveybody n ou chuch beleves that--except ou pasto" And scoes of peaches ae lke that pasto But f we eject the vgn bth of Chst then-we must fnd a fathe fo Jesus Chst Let us be clea n ou thnkng about ths See Matt 1: N ow tun to the closng ecod of Jesus lfe D Boswoth denes the bodly esuecton of Jesus The ealy Chstans sm- ply beleved that Jesus had a elgous expeence fte death and they expessed t by sayng "God ased hm fom the dead" "\Vhethe o not the appeaances of Jesus _ could have been ecoded by a camea o dctogaph s a matte of no patcula mpotance" So the closng ecod n Jesus lfe s as unelable as the openng ecod Thee was no actual esuecton; no one saw hs actual body o head hs eal voce What a fogey has been accepted all these yeas Then Jesus neve gave us the Geat Commsson-Someone else dd And how about the ntevenng ecod? \Yell that too s vey uncetan Ask D P S Gant He declaes hs dsbelef n Jesus Chst as God and Savo He untes wth pactcally the whole school of lbeal theology n declang that belef n macles must gve way to ths "New Knowledge" "H e (Jesus) doubtless dd macles as they wee egaded n hs day Scence undestands them They ae not macles" Then the men who ecoded the macles must have wllfully wtten an untuth o else declaed as tuth what they thought stch a man could o would do And so t goes When at last we get ou amended mpoved o abdged edton of the Bble the wonde now s what wll be left to put nto t Seventh Day Baptsts need a campagn of evangelsm but cetanly not of ths type n gettng down to the bottom of thngs let us not make a scapegoat of ou homes God knows we have gown so lbeal that we beleve lttle o nothng now The one geat tuth the Sabbath whch s the only eason fo ou denomnatonal exstence no longe gps us t s just lke an old coat to be put on and taken off at ou pleasue \Ve may well queston whethe Seventh Day Baptsts keep the Sabbath one wht bette than the Sunday wold keeps Sunday The cold fact s we no longe have a Sabbath conscence Then thee s a gowng dsbelef n the dety of Jesus n macles n the atonement Sad a pom nent Seventh Day Baptst not long ago: "The thought of the blood atonement s epulsve to me" May God save ou chuches fom ths cold wave of matealsm ths cold taffc (l_ unfelt tntth that s sweepng ove ou c01jnty tcay What s ou geatest need? answe: Fst of all we need to go to o1l: Bbles athe than Unon o ChcagoU nvesty o D Fosdck and do a bt of clea thnkng fo ouselves; do t wth ou Bbles befoe us and ou heats befoe God We" need to know fst of all what the Bble tself says athe than what men have sad about t May we not stop sufetng ouselves and damnng ou congegatons wth ths-call t what you may-"new knowledget "modensm" "tonalsm" "maden-gemany" stuff Bshop Mannng well says: "ntepetaton 01 a fact o a tuth s one thng and denal of t s anothe ntepetaton means easonable explanaton of a fact on the bass of ts acceptance as tue To call that ntepetaton whch S n fact denal s a msuse of language" We ae lvng n a tme when t s fash- onable to snee at ceeds when t s popula to peach a elgon of "goodshness" whch knows o caes lttle whethe ou Savo s "God ove all blessed fo evemoe" o s a poo weak ceatue lke ouselves Aganst such an atttude ente my potest Even toleaton has ts lmts A chuch must \have ts ceed t should have a "fence of doctne about t; and not be an open common whee men of all ceeds and no ceed shall be all -and equally at home" A chuch o ndvdual wthout postve belefs and settled convctons s no poston to nspe confdence n othes Rev Geoge W Bown tells us that dung the fst Mllete exctement a man was aoused fom hs sleep by the cy that the stas wee fallng and that the end of the wold was at hand Asng he found sue enough that the stas wee fallng But lookng up he ecognzed the old famla constellatons n the accustomed places He etuned to hs bed and slept undstubed Though the pesent contovesy s dstessng and dsastous to the fath of many when ths "lbeal nfluenza" has un ts couse the old famla constellatons of Gods Wod wll eman unchanged and unchangeable We need the element of cetanty of convcton n what we say f we beleve n the vgn bth of Chst and that he s the Son of God; f we beleve n the atonement fo sn and that snnes wll be lost wthout salvaton; f we beleve that Jesus Chst came nto the wold to eveal the love of God to a lost wold that he ded - " " "

5 > 166 TlE SABBATH RECORDER on the coss -to save snnes and that thee s salvaton n none othe; f we beleve that the "blood of Jesus Chst hs Son - cleanseth us fom all sn"; f we beleve that Jesus Chst founded hs chuch to cay on hs wok tellng us to occupy tll he comes -f we beleve these thngs then t s no tme fo us to be uncetan tumpetes Ou paye should be "Lod beleve Help thou my unbelef" A L DANS AshaWaY R Januo) N THE BEGNNNG GOD-" WHen Lous Pasteu-whose bth centenay was celebated ealy n J anuaywas admtted to the Fench Academy n hs speech he not only affmed hs belef n the supenatual but n a much quoted pat of hs speech he showed how hs scentfc studes had confmed hs fath n God: "What s thee beyond? t s no use to answe; beyond ae space tme and lmtless gatnesses and no one undestands these wods The noton of the nfnte has ths double chaacte-t foces tself upon ou mnd and yet t s ncompehensble On all sdes fnd the nevtable expesson of the nfnte n ou wold t s though ths that the dea of the supenatual les at the bottom of evey heat The dea of God s one fom of the nfnte" Anothe geat Fench scentst Jean Hen Fabe the "Home of the nsect - wold" boe the same wtness Hs geat mnd could not conceve of a unvese wthout a pesonal God at the heat of t A vsto asked hm "Do you beleve n God?" Hs answe was: " can not say 1 meely beleve n God; see hm Wthout hm undestand nothng; wthout hm all s dakness Evey peod has ts manas and egad athesm as a mana t s the malady of the age You could take my kn fom me ease than my fath n God" Comng neae home Mchael Pupn pofesso of electo-mechancs at Columba Unvesty no only s a geat scentst but also a geat Chstan He occasonally peaches Not long ago when he peached n St Pauls chapel he spoke of a gl student who came to hm and asked hm: "Do you as a scentfc man beleve that thee s a God?" The gl had a lttle knowledge that had made he conceted and was convnced that no scentst could be anythng but an agnostc Ths was the answe that Pofesso Pupn gave he: "N 0 do not meely beleve thee s a God; kn01u thee s a God and t s the only knowledge have whch s woth anvthng" Such answes as these fom thee woldfamous scentsts each a maste n hs pofesson and f =:lch wokng n a dffeent feld ought to be a suffcent eply to the cheap shallow athesm whch some of the young people of today flppantly pofess: and a suffcent eply also to the pactcal athesm of many moe who lve as though thee wee no God One of the geatest moden socal efomes sad that fom hs standpont the geatest need of the pesent day s a pophet who shall make God eal to ths pesent geneaton The bothehood of man whch s the subject of so much popaganda peachng and paye s only a msty Utopa untl men ae gpped by the geate tuth of the Fathehood of God "n the begnnng God" s the only ell e fo the matealsm whch s woshpng mammon and whch s p;odamng a gospel of gab gaft and get Multtudes ae spellng thngs wth a captal T They have fogotten God Ths leaves no hghe demands o commands on the obedence and allegance than those of the deses the appettes and the passons Ameca and the wold fo that matte needs to wte on the openng page of the New Yea ths wanng and ths detemnaton God fst; n othe wods " THE BEGNNNG GOD"-Boston Tanscpt "n a tme so ctcal as ths when the whole futue of cvlzaton t may be hangs n the balance s t not tme fo the Unted States to econsde vey seously whee t shall stand? t s unthnkable that we should long mantan ou pesent polcy of solaton Pde self-nteest duty-all summon us to a new pont of vew and a new polcy n keepng wth ou geat tadtons s t not tme fo us to take the poston that n some fom that wll peseve ou natonal tadtons we as a people shall st once moe aound the councl table of the natons and bea ou shae of the budens of the wold?" THE NEW FORWARD MOVEMENT AND SABBAm STUDY AND PROMOTON AHVA J C BOND Decto 207 West Sxth Steet Planfeld N J HOW CAN WE GET THE MESSAGE OF DEAN BOSWORTHS BOOK TO OUR PEOPLE? WLLARD D BURDCK How can we n the last months of ou f \e-yea Fowad Movement peod ealze n geate measue that whch was uppemost n many mnds n enteng nto the Fowad Movement "to deepen and ench ou sptual lfe and to make us a moe oclly people a people moe wothy the name of Chstan"? Ths sptual lfe s necessay f we do t he evangelstc and mssonay wok that hould be done by ou people Ou Commsson has done well n ecommendng that Fowad Movement Decto Bond take chage of the matte of plannng a specal season "fo the deepenng of the devotonal lfe of ou people" Accodng to the plan a lttle book What J t J-f eans to be a Cw stan has been sent to each of ou pastos The book was pepaed by Pofesso Boswoth of the Obeln Gaduate School of Theology at the equest of the Congegatonal Commsson on Evangelsm and Devotonal Lfe and they have kndly gnted us pemsson to l1se the book as do they n the "denomnatonal pogam of Evangelsm" \Vhen one eads the "Contents" of the book he feels that these ae thngs that we all ought to thnk about and undestand moe pefectly fo they ae fundamental tn sptual lfe and Chstan sevce Sometmes t s sad that we ae not famla wth the Bble teachngs about the Sabbath; soetmes feel that many of 11 s ae gnoant concenng -n1any of the geat teachngs of the Bble that ae vtal to ou sptual lfe and to ou success n mssonay and evangelstc wok The caeful eadng of ths book wll help us to undestand these Bble teachngs f Decto Bonds plan s successful the THE SABBATH RECORDER 167 pastos must get the messag of the book to the people n such a way as shall attact them and help them to undestand the tuths and encouage them to make use of them n dealng wth othe people Hee at New Maket we ae eadng the k at ou paye meetngs on Fday nghts On Sabbath monng n gvng the notce of the meetng ead the outlne of the chapte fom the table of contents so that the subject wll be n mnd dung the week and at the paye meetng all ae nvted to ask questons o make emaks at any tme Whle ths s ou plan fo the study of the book shall pobably consde some of the subjects n semons Ct Sabbath monngs so that othes than those who attend the paye meetng may thnk wth us on these geat tuths The book s dong me much goodnd tust that t wll deepen and ench the sptual lfe of ou people FAMLY RELGON hey we talk about "pomotg faly ehgton and then poceed to dlcuss the queston of "famly woshp" we do not -mean to nfe that elgon n the home can be confned to patcula peods of tme o to cetan stated moments of moe o ess fomal woshp Relgon s lfe Chstanty s somfotmes called the "Wondeful Way of Lv- ng" The tue test of ou Chstanty o of ths Wondeful Way of Lvng s to be found n the home; and ts value wll be man fest n ou behavo at home and n ou own famly ccle Thee conduct s not subject to the estants o constants of socal conventons We ae ou eal selves The ght knd of atmosphee helps to poduce good conduct But pope conduct makes a wholesome atmosphee Famly woshp popely planned and thoughtfully engaged n tends to ceate a healthful home atmosphee and helps to poduce gentle and gacous conduct Of couse these hlpful nd happy esults ae obtaned only as the membes of the famly ente wllngly and heatly nto whateve pogam they adopt > Eyey day at some egula and stated (Contnued on_page 169) "

6 )168 THE SABBATH RECORDER THE SABBATH RECORDER z ) THE MNSTRY OF CHRST (All eadngs fom Maks Gospel) Febuay The Mnsty of Sevce PRA YER FOR THE WEEK o God ou Fathe we thank thee fo all the kndness and fqendshp that has come nto ou lves Help us to be tue to Chst n gvng ouselves n futful sevce to all thy chlden n ths day of the wolds cyng need Save us fom weaness n contnung stuggles fom despondency n falues and dsappontments Ceate n us a tust n thy pesence n the powe of fath and paye and n the chness of thy love; tpough Jesus Chst Amen SUNDAY Jestls the Leade Read 2: Text: 2: 14 And he sath unto hm follow me "He set hmself above all men that wee lvng lhen o that had eve lved o that eve would lve" Medtaton What a change fom tax-collecto to pupl and then dscple of Jesus Ou lves wll be mg-htly changed f we follow Jesus Hymn No 33-Lead on a Kng Etenal faye-that we may follow Chst (15 and 32-) MONDAY The Hghe Law Read 3: 1-12 Text: 3: 4 s t lawful on the Sabbath day to do good? "He lfted hmself above the most saced nsttutons of hs naton He lfted hmsel fabove the Sabbath" M edtato1t Chst was bound by but one law: the law of sevce whch s love n acton Ths s not a law of estant but of compulson He hallowed the Sabbath by deeds of love and mecy lfymn No 23-0 Maste let me walk wth thee Baye-That we may keep the Sabbath (31) TUESDAY The Dscples Called to Sevce Read 3: Text: 3: 14 And he apponted twelve that he mght send them foth "The Maste called men to hm only to send : them out" Medtaton Geat multtudes followed Jesus Just:twelve wee called to the specal pvlege of hs constant companonshp but ths was "that he mght send them foth" to mnsty lke hs Chsta pvleges spell oblgaton fo Chstan sevce Hymn No23-0 Maste let me walk wth thee Paye-Fo home mssonaes n ctes among neglected people and n solated communtes (17 and 62) WEDNESDAY The Bothehood of Sevce Read 3: Text: 3: 35 Whosoeve shall do the wll of God s my bothe U\Vheeve thee s love thee s unty" llfedtaton The Wll of God-to love God and my neghbo as myself Ths makes me a membe of the Kngdom of God "Rghteousness s one thng eveywhee n the unvese and he who has t s theeby made akn to that whch s hghest and best n the trvese" (Boswoth) Hymn No 43-Blest be the te that bnds Paye-That we may do Gods wll (12 and and 13) THURSDAY Acceptng the Call to Sevce Read 4: 1-20 Text: 4: 20 And those ae they such as hea the wod and accept t and bea fut "Chstan men and women ae flled wth enegy but n many cases the enegy tuns no wheels" Medtaton Thought pecedes any success fut undetakng whethe t s buldng a house o a lfe Good mpulses de f they do not develop n the soul of thoughtful attenton No tuth s ous untl we have head t accepted t and put t nto pactce Hymn No 14-Chstan se and act thy ceed Paye-Fo full acceptance of the tuh (66) FRDAY Sevce the Way to Tue Rches Read 4: Text: 4: 24 Wth what measue you mete t shall be measued unto you: and moe shall be gven unto you "Lght does not exst fo tse1 f but fo the eyes of those who st n dakness" Medtaton Gods gft of love to hs chlden s the most pecous possesson and the moe we use the moe we have The law of Dvne economy s that to keep hs love we must use t and f we do not use t we shall lose t H }mn No 29-W ok s sweet Paye-Fo tue nteest n othes (30) SABBATH DAY The Mghty Sevant Read 4: Text: 4: 41 Who then s ths that even the wnd and the sea obey hm? "f we could see the unvese as t s we should undoubtedly see that eveythng whch Jesus dd WaS done accodng to law" Medtaton J es1;1s dew upon the geat esouces of hs powe to seve the needs of othes The emphass was not upon the macle but upon the spt of sevce Hymn No 5-0 Lfe that maketh all thngs new Paye-Fo those peplexed by doubts (17) ( Contnued fom page 167) tme membes of the household should togethe acknowledge lovng allegance to God and should become solemnly but joyot1sly conscous of the unty of the famly n elgous loyalty and aspaton t s fo the pupose of adng Seventh Day Baptst households n fosteng famly elgon though a egula appopate and appealng pogam of woshp and pase that we ae publshng fom week to week the pogam "The Mnsty of Chst" \ e tust t wll be followed out n many homes n homes whee the famly alta s :;;ustaned and n homes whee thee s at pesent no egula daly famly ecognton nf God Ths pogam coves the peod f onl Febuay 14 to Apl The fst full \\eeks nstallment appeas n ths ssue of 1 he RECORDER The fst fou days of the pod wee coveed n last weeks ssue Peseve the RECORDERS and make use of t hse daly pogams fo ths specal season of sx weeks :\av the Holy Spt bood ove the households so dong and may the Chst \d10 s evealed n the Gospel of Mak as th one who went about dong good not }llh vst but take up hs abode n these h0l11es bngng abdng joy and blessng THE WLL TO FNSH Scptue lesson-2 coj 9: 1-15 Text ((But nmv comple e the dong also) t hat as thee was the e ness to wll Stl thee may be the completon so out of YOU1 ablty" 2 Co 8: 11 The task of the Kngdom of God s as long as tme and as bg as humanty One geneaton o one centuy s not suffcent f o ts completon But each geneaton makes ts contbuton and evey centuy wtnesses some pogess We may be nclned to be dscouaged o ndffeent sometmes feelng that we ae such a small pat of so temendous an entepse But on the othe hand t s an encouagng and stmulatng thought that although the shae we take n the wok of the kngdom must be small yet we aea pat of Gods geat plan and he has taken us nto account n hs pupose fo manknd Hs plan can not go fowad wth absolute success unless we do ou pat He s de pendng upon us To Seventh Day Bptsts God hascommtted a defnte and ff}>otant sevc n hs kngdom pogam fea can not defne the duty of Seventh <Day Baptsts as they face a wold of sn and dscod and doubt No shall be able to pont out as defntely as should dese the exact couse the denomnaton must take fo the mme date futue do beleve most pofoundly howeve that thus fa ou God hath led us Hestant oft and wth plans all too meage fo hs geat pupose nevetheless fo thee hunded yeas n England and he Ame-: can colones and n these Unted States and n othe lands and n mssnay out-posts acoss the sea n some measue at least Seventh Day Baptsts have helped God n hs gloous pogam fo wold edepton Not that we would boast Thee s nothng of whch to boast But we would ende thanksgvng to God that he counted ts wothy 0 f a humble place n hs geat plan dung these centues Whle am not able theefoe to mak out ou futue couse the hstoy of the past does lead me to beleve that God- has futhe wok fo ths denomnaton and at he wll stll lead us on Ou lmted knowledge of the ultmate meanng of passng events mght lead us to the concluson that the couse of human hstoy was checked by the geat wa t s tue that hencefoth and fo spme tme to come eveythng wll be dated fom the black nght of that wold dsate t s also tue that thee has not asen as yet a moden pophet w;ho can tell us just whch decton humanty s movng at ths tme Doubtless tme wll eveal the fact that even thoughout the deadful yeas of wa and though the chaotc days that have followed and that seem destned stll to follow ou God s machng on Ths we do know; that evey plan whch does not take God nto account o s not a pat of hs pupose s doomed add that no stpallest deed o fantest aspaton s lost that s done o felt because of ou love fo hm and ou dese to seve At Notonvlle Kan n th dakest hou of the wa Seventh Day Baptsts set pn foot a new fowad movement Ths move- ment was not fully nauguated howeve untl a yea late when the sta of Amecas Chstan dealsm had each:ed ts "

7 apogee Nothng moe evdently povden- tal has taken place n ths geneaton of Seventh Day Baptsts than the launchng of ou New Fowad Movement at that tme Noone knows whee we mght have been as a denomnaton had t not been fo the unfyng pocesses that have been gong on wthn the denomnaton and the challeng- ng objectves that have been kept befoe us dung these dffcult days Now we have come to the place n ou Fowad Movement whee we measue the dstance yet to go n months and not n yeas Wth some uncetanty but wth much hope followng the ups and downs of the last thee and a half yeas we appoach the end of the fouth and the begnnng of the last yea of ou New Fowad Movement peod t may be well at ths junctue to evew some of the esults acheved o n the pocess of achevement whch ndcate the fact that n spte of debts and doubts the geatest undetakng of Seventh Day Baptsts has not faled shall not attempt to catalog the thngs done Obvously ths would be mpossble 1 have no dese to clam moe than has been accomplshed am well awae that fo evey exaggeated clam made fo evey false note sounded thee must come ultmate and nevtable loss Spectacula llethods may get ctan esults but lastng tnteest and sustaned suppot come only though the slow pocesses of gowth fo these ae the futs of enlagng lfe hle t s tue that a lage pogam of sevlce and not moe money was the pmay am of the Fowad Movement stll ts tue that the people fst felt the pessue at the puse stngs And that pont was;a good place to begn both to test ou loyctlty and to develop ou lfe Money honestly eaned s lfe stuff and theefoe he who gves hs money gves hmself The Chstan chuch has made geat stdes dung the last few yeas n the matte of stewadshp and n developng a sense of oblgton to God fo the way we use ou mopey When that dea has been fully developed among Seventh Day Baptsts not only wll thee be money wth whch to cay on the wok of the denomnaton but we wll become a moe sptual people though ths dvne patneshp Seventh Day Baptsts have lased moe money than eve befoe n measung ou THE SABBATH RECORDER pogess n ths matte t becomes necessay to contast the place we now occupy wth the statng pont athe than wth the stake at whch we set fo ouselves and at whch we have not yet aved And f the debts ntud themselves upon ou thought as they nevtably wll let us emembe the lage funds that have been ased fo nteests that wee neve befoe ncluded n chuch budgets and let us not foget the vey much enlaged pogams of som of the?nads dung the yeas wmedately behnd us t s tue tha etenchment has become necessay; but even so we do not go back to pe-fowad Movement days Anothe gan unde the head of fnances s the bette fnancal methods nauguated n many chuches n cetan chuches these have been yeas of schoolng n methods of fnance t s a stkng fact evdencng a Spt of loyalty and coopeaton that when fo the fst tme n the hstoy of the denomnaton a date was set fo the annual canvass n ll the chuches foty pe cent of the chuches fell nto lne t had been dscoveed that n seven dffeent months of te yea one o moe chuches nlade an annual canvass and many had no fxed date Moe chuches made a canvass on the ffth day of last Novembe than evef befoe made a canvass on a gven date Some of the chuches have a long-establshed date fo the annual canvass whch t dd not seem wse to change Bt even n many such cases advantage was taken of the date "fo the evey-membe canvass to emphasze the oblgatons of stewadshp o to encouage the payment of pledges aleady made Thee ae many Seventh Day Baptst laymen and possbly some pastos who know bette how to pepae fo how to make and to follow up an annual smultaneous evey-membe canvass And ths s a gan that wll cay ove nto the yeas of the futue Along wth ths gan n fnancal method thee has come that whch s of moe fundamental value both to the ndvdual and to the denomnaton and that s a bette concepton of the meanng of stewadshp thnk am not mstaken hee Pastos have enjoyed a feed<;>m n peachng upon ths vtal topc whch they neve befoe possessed Ths has been due pehaps not so much to the lteatue that has been povded them o to-confeences he1d as to the fact that they have had a denomnatonal pog:am to pesent one that was clamng the attenton and callng fo the suppot of all Seventh Day Baptsts thoughout the county Ou pastos ae egula systematc and lfopotonate gves They have been modest about skng of the own pes mal habts of vng; but the fact was ;lcetaned nealy two yeas ago that pact cally evey pasto gves egulaly as much a a tenth of hs ncome to elgous and J )enevolent nteests Whle few feet bound JJy the la7f of the tthe almost evey one accepts the tenth as a mnlnzt1n amount fo a good stewad of Chst to nvest n the wok of hs kngdonl An nceasng num Jef of laymen ae acceptng ths pncple j" ()f thenlselves Thee ae those of couse \\"ho do not stop wth a tenth These ae "ans the value of whch can not be easly eckoned and whch wll become a pemanent and an nceasngly valuable asset have spoken of the fact that we ae a"ng nloe money than we dd befoe the F( fwad l\ovement was nauguated that we ae usng bette fnancal methods n the chuches and that thee s a gowng sense ( f the oblgaton and of the pvlege of tewadshp :\nothe gan whch should not be ove Joked s the ncease of pastos salaes and bette suppot of the local chuch wok t has been demonstated that a vson of the lagefeld and a lbeal suppot of the denomnatonal pogam has a wholesome nd stmulatng effect upon local chuch fnances One of the conscous puposes of those who developed the pncples and woked lllt the plans of the Fowad Movement \ as a moe effcent mnsty Two new funds wee ceated wth ths n mnd /\ fund fo supplementng pastos salaes a ncl a fund to ad young nlen studyng fo the mnsty want to say ght hee that beleve n the pastos of the Seventh Day Baptst }enomnaton beleve n the ntegty a 11<1 consecaton and beleve n the ablty and effcency f ou pastos eve "how up n a had lght t s when they ae Jechanceconlpaed wth a fe\v outstandng men n othe denomnatons Take the THE SABBATH RECORDER 171 aveage mnste n any c denomnauon wth whh am most famla and the aveage Seventh Day Baptst mnste wll not suffe n compason ethet: as a man o as a peache have come to know them petty well have sat at paonagefesdes n New England n easten cental and weste New Yok n New Jesey and Pennsylvana n West Vgna and Qho n Mchgan and llnos n Wsconsn and Mnnesota n owa Nebaska and Kansas They ae a wothy goup and none of them ae " payng me a cent fo sayng ths But when all ths has been s"ad thee stll emans the fact that many of these mnstes mght be even moe effcent f the oppotuntes wee less estcted he cause of nadequate salaes Fo the last two yeas a scoe o moe of pastoshave eceved a supplemental :heck fnm ths fund; small enough ndeed but ;lsubtless t has helped some of them to buy looks to go to Confeence o possbly pay -a gocey bll fo these afte all have to be met even by the mnste know of specfc cases wj:tee ths supplen)entay stpend has stlnulated chuches to buckle n and nceas the pastos salay One chuch last yea nceased ts pastos salay $200 sayng that snce they could not as the quota of the budget they would at least eleve the denomnaton of the fnancal bu- : den of helpng to suppot the pasto And on top of that they ased 1110e money fo the Fowad Movement last yea than they dd the yea befoe These have been dffcult tme fo the mnsty Not only ae thee fnancal budens dstessng sometmes n theexteme But the moal and sptual condtons and atmosphee of these days ae ll1uch moe tyng and dffcult t s my judgment that the -vey fact that a bette suppot of the mnsty has been a slogan of the Fowad 110vement has helped to sustan the moale and to bng stellgtb and couage to these noble and self-sacfcng sevants of God Agan the wok of the pasto has been nade less dffcult because he has not had to nlake hs way alone though the dstessng moal aftemath of the wa He has eceved couage though the fact that he was a pat of a lage w:hole and that he was joned up n pupose and effot wth o

8 172 THE SABBATH RECORDER THE SABBATH RECORDER 173 ; the lage goup and n the nteest of the one pogam As ecount as dd a moment ago n 0> a geneal way the mnstes homes have been n" and the convesatons we have had togethe you do not see what see and you can not undestand what those vsons whch am now able to ecall at wll mean to me They have gven me pleasue ndt Dnly but eassuance and hdpe SDmetmes thnk that the lagest sevce whch have been able to ende dung the two yeas of my sevce as FDwad Movement dectd has been the heat to heat talks wth these pastos and especally wth the younge men some of whom ae pastos of chuches that ae solated fom othe chuches of lke fath Anothe phase of ths queston of a bette mnsty s the pupose and effot to enlst pomsng young men n ths saced callng and to help them to the best possble pepaaton fo -ths saced sevce Hee agan ou Fowad Movement has ndt been a falue t s tue t?at to date the Scholashp and Fellowshp funddf the FDwad l\10vment has not been dawn upon vey heavly Thee ae no men today n the semnay But ths s not a matte whch ca be hued Slowly but suely the spt of GOd moves We make ou plans and mold codtons and ceate atmosphee and then Wat fo the men whose lves the fnge of God hath touched Today n the Seventh Day Baptst De l0natdn thee ae sx young men defn tely commtted to the gospel mnsty One has cdmpleted hs cdllege CDuse two ae fnshng college ths yea one s a juno Dne a sophdmde and one s a feshman Two of these at least ae plannng to begn the specal pepaaton n the semnay next yea And thee ae no fne young men n the wdld than these sx sa v ths Dn ntmate pesonal knowledge n ce; aln cases apd upon the testmony of thdse - n whose Judgment have confdence n the case of the othes Thee ae thee funds upon whch these young men may daw fo fnancal assstance n the pepaaton Whle some of the ave been eh;ctant to accept help pefeng n cetan nstances to wok the way tough college stll am sue that hee agan the fact that the denomnaton n ts Fwad Movement pogam took ts queston nto account and made pov Son fo tangtble help has had ts moal effect upon these young men t s expected thlt next yea thee of these young men wll eceve assstance fom the funds whch exst fo that pupose to the amount of f om fve to seven hunded ddllas each At pesent the MemDal BDad and the Mssonay Boad ae n possesson Df mde money fo ths pupose than s n the hands of the Fowad Movement teasue N evetheless am confdent that because ths nteest has had a place n the budget t has been gven moe thought by all of us and the fst futage of Du anxety and of D paye n ths matte s a cop of mos hkely young men fo the mnsty Thee S now fo the fst tme the closest cd-dpeatdn n the admnstatdn of these unds fo young men studyng fo the mn sty have talked only of the fnances and the mnsty l\oney and the mnste ae not always on such fendly tems Howeve n the manne n whch they have been consdeed n ths dscusson beleve them to be closely elated and vtal to the futue lfe of the denomnaton f pogess has been made n these two patculas then have we made eal gans ndeed LOVE AND SERVCE The bave blnd dauntless Helen Kelle speaks thus: "J on the geat company of those who make the baen places of lfe futful wth kndness Cay a vson of heaven n you heats and you shall make you home you college the wold coespond to that vson You success and happness le n you Extenal condtons ae the accdents of fe ts oute tappngs The geat endung ealtes ae love and sevce Joy s the holy fe that keeps ou pupose wam and ou ntellgence aglow Resolve to keep happy and you joy and you shall fom an nvncble host aganst dffculty" FATH That we may not complan of what s let us see Gods hand n all events and that we may not be afad of what hal1 be let us see all events n Gods hands-}vf athew Heny MSSONS REV WJ:LLAM L BURDCK ASHAWAY R Contbutng Edto MSSONARY BOARD MEETNG The quately meetng of the Boad of anages of the Mssonay Socety was held n Westely Wednesday Januay 17 n the Seventh Day Baptst chuch "We ae soely beset to povde fd ou old tablshed mssons ad we can not see ou way to establsh new mssons" was pat of the eply that the boad gave to M and Ms John P Klotzbach of BoDkfeld N Y M Klotzbach s the pasto of the Second Bookfeld Chuch and he and hs wfe volunteeed the sevces as mssonaes n Java Ths s only anothe ndcaton of the polcy of the boad whch s one of etenchmentfndng tself absolutely unable to take up new wok although thee seems to be plenty of those wllng to undetake the mssons D Besse Sncla a medcal mssonay of Chna who s on a fulough has gven a hnt to the socety that thee may be some change about he wok? The decto of the Fowad Movement Rev A J C Bond was pesent at the meetng of the boad and questoned the tendency of some of the boads of the denomnaton n gong out on the own account and attemptng to ase sujfcent funds to cayon the wok He sad that by dong ths the object of the Fowad Movement was weakened that all contbutons to any of the boads should be made though the Fowad Movement Samuel H Davs teasue of the boad announed that the debt Januay 1 was The mnutes of the boad meetng ae as follows: The egula meetng Df the Boad of Manages of the Seventh Day Baptst 1ssonay Socety was held n the Pawcatuck Seventh Day Baptst chuch at Westely R 1 Wednesday Januay The membes pesent wee: Rev Clayton A Budck Rev Wllam L Budck Rev A L Davs S H Davs D- Anne L Wate 1 B Candall Robet L Coon James A Saundes Walte D-Kenyon Fank Hll Rev A ] C Bond D Edwn Whtfod A S Babcock Chales H Stan; ton Rev Paul S Budck] ohn H Austn and LaVene Langwothy - The guests pesent wee: Ms Dell Budck Ms LaVene Langwothy Ms Abby Albon M s Clayton A Budck Ms Sel- don A Y oung James Wate Ms Robet Coon and Mss Besse Gavtt : The meetng opened at 950 wth Pes dent Clayton A Budck n the cha Paye )Vas offeed by S H Davs As dected at the meetng Df Octobe the Pesdent announced thestandng commttees fo 1923 as follows: Mssonay Evangelstc-Wllam L Budck a B Candall John H Austn Fank Hll Ms Chales W Qake Rev A L Davs Geogetown S A-Fank Hll a B tandall Ms Albet Langwothy Wok n Chna-Robet L Coon Rev Paul S - Budck Chales H Stanton D Anne L Wate D Edwn Whtfod \ A lce Fshe Fund-Rev Clayton A Budck/ Samuel H Davs Wllam L Budck Mnsteal Educato11 Fun d-rev Wllam L Budck Samuel H Davs Audtos-Fank Hll John Austn ) < :--": - The Teasues epot was ea(lc-1>y_ Tsue S H Davs t was appoved - and odeed ecoded The Coespondng Secetay Rev -- -W L Budck gave hs epot t was ap- poved and odeed ecoded as follows: - REPORT OF CORRESPONDNG SECRETARY You Coespondng Secetay would epot that followng the Octobe Boad meet he attended to the coespondence gowng out of that meetng and went to the Westen Assoca- - ton whee he peached the Sabbath monng semon befoe the semannual meetng at Nle N Y fnshed 1l book he had been pepang packed up and shpped hs household goods and went to Adams Cente N Y A fte a seventeen days evangelstc campagn at Adams Cente you Secetay etuned to Ashaway R 1 stoppng at Planfeld to attend a meetng of the Tact Socety and fo confeences wth the Pesdent of the Geneal Confeence Esle F Randolph Fowad Movement DeCto A J C Bond and Coespondng Secetay Wllad D Budck Snce comng back to Rhooe sland the Secetay has attended the meetng of the Commsson n Pttsbugh Pa and spent thee Sabbaths wth pastoless chuches n Pennsylvana N ew Yok and Connectcut- Dung the quate the Coespondng Secetay has also funshed mateal fo the Mssonay depatment of the SABBATH REcom>ER and 1 (; -

9 : 174 THE SABBATH RECORDER THE SABBATH RECORDER 175 : cnducted the egula coespondence of the So- Clety Respectfully submtted WLLAM L BURDCK Coespondng Secetay Westey R f:nuay he Evangelcal Commttee a B Candall chaman had no epot to make " Robet L Coon chaman of the Chna Feld Commttee sad thee wee a numbe of lettes whch should be ead t was voted that the Coespondng Sec- etay should nfom D Besse Belle Sncla h? s n Ameca on fulough that the MSSonay Boad appecates the etun as a gft to the Boad of the money fowaded fo tavelng expenses and ex -pess to D Sncla that the Boad s not wlllg tht she should consde leavng the sevce ot the Boad n ode to gve he place to anothe peson t was voted that $500:00 be allowed to H Eugepe Davs fo tavelng expenses -toln Rvesde to Planfeld ncludn a Con- feence and vsts to such chuches b along JP the way as he na y deem advsable t t was voted that the Coespondng Secetay te a lette to 1ss Suse Budck expessng the Boads appecaton of the acfce whch she s nlakng by not accept ng he fulough salay fom July to Januay aqcl only the specal contbutons fo that pupose fo he tavelng expenses to Chna A lette was ead fom Rev Johfl P Klotzbach pasto of the Second Bookfeld Chuch New Yok and wfe offeng thmselyes fo sevce n the Java feld DSCUSSon took place and Rev A L Davs D Edwn Whtfod and D Anne Wate wee apponted a commttee to consde thelnatte and epot at the aftenoon ses- ; Slon t was yoted that the Coespondng Secetay wtte a lette to Rev Wllam Dahlbach expessng the appecaton of the Boad fo hs fathfulness n the past nne yeas and the dese to help but that " \1nde the pesent fnancal condton they e not able to do ths -t was voted that the appopaton of 192 fo the Beea (W Va) Chuch be contnued to Apl 1 A lette was ead fom Rev C B LoofbOAow statng that the New Aubun (Ws) Chuch had become self-suppotng begnnng Januay The Boad nstcted the Coespondng Secetay to wtte a lette of congatulaton and thankfulness to thenl t was voted that the appopaton to G H F Randolph of the Mddle sland Chuch be contnued to the fst of Apl at the same ate as 1922 t was voted that Rev D Budett Coon be pad $12500 a month fo thee months sevce n the Coloado feld and tavelng expenses not to exceed $12500 Paye was offeed by Rev A J C Bond and the meetng adjouned fo the noon ecess at 1240 The aftenoon sesson opened at 125 Wth a B Candall actng as pesdent Paye was offeed by Rev Paul Budck t was voted that the Boad appoye the acton of the Banch bothes concen ng Yok aound \Vhte Cloud Mch n whch they econlmend L J Banch f() that wok t was voted that the Pesdent and Teaslle be authozed to tnake a sal of ou nteest n the chapel at New Ea N f ask the l\emoal Boad what they wot;ld consde a fa dsposton of the hlds and epot to the Boad t was voted that $10CJOO be appopated fo 1923 to Russell\V Budck fom the nsteal :\ d Fund Twentv-fve dola s was appopated to the Cmtllttee (1 " efeence and Counsel of the Foegn lsslon Confeence of Noth Anleca t was voted that Sanluel H Davs and \Vllam L Budck the cotnmttee on l\fnsteal Educaton funds co-opeate wth commttees on smla funds n the Commsson and Memoal Boad t as voted that the Boad appove the f?llowng ecommendaton of the Comms Son: n hamony wth a ecommendaton made hv the Decto of the Fowad Movement we ap pove the plan of a specal season possbly dung F ebay ad ach fo the deepenng of the de"otlona lfe of c;>u pole especaly by an effot to foste famdy ehgton and to encouage pastoal evangelsm The conlnlttee apponted at the monn o b sesson to conslcle the lette fom Rey John P Klotzbach made the followng epot whch was adopted: DEAR BROTHER: The Mssonay Boad feels deeply touched by the geneous offe on the pat of you and Ms Klotzbach and by the evdence of deep consecaton whch pompted t The Mssonay Boad s not sustanng no has t eve sustaned the Java msson as ts own and only by subscpton (though the Holland chuch) has been able to ad Mss J ansz Lke all denomnatons as fo nstance the Fst Day Baptst whch has been oblged fo fnancal easons to ecall foty mssonaes and to educe by 25 pe cent the salaes of the emande we ae soely beset to povde fo ou old establshed mssons and hence can not see ou way to establsh o to ty to establsh new ones at pesent The Boad wshes to commend the good wok you ae dong n you pesent pastoate and you spt of nteest and zeal n the Mastes cause And t snceely hopes that he wll lead you to fnd the ght way and pato n the use of those attbutes of Chstan chaacte and that unde hs gudance you may late meet the fulflment of you hopes Snceely you fends n Chst DR EDWN WHTFORD A L DAVS ANNE L WATE Commttee t was voted that an appopaton he made of $20000 o such poton as may be needed to the Coespondng Secetay fo clecal assstance t was voted that the Boad pay the ente movng expenses of\ Coespondng Secetay Budck n takng up hs new poston wth us Rev A J C Bond Decto of the Fowad Movement was nvted to addts the Boad and spoke advocatng that ny appeals made to clea up debts and specal puposes be made though the budget He sad that a numbe of the Boads wee consdeng makng specal appeals but alded f ths was done that t would O)Y tend to take fom the Fowad Movement the wok that was set out fo t the cood natng of the effots and wok of the denomnaton M Bond epoted that at the pesent t me thee wee sx men who wee tanng f o the mnsty Afte a paye by Rev A L Davs adjounment was made at 245 1\ GEORGE B UTTER Recodng Secetay THE TURN OF THE TDE When you get nto a tght place and eveythng goes aganst you tll t seems as f you couldnt hold on a mnute longe neve gve up then fo that s just the place and tme the tde wll tun-ha"et Beeche StOWe FOREGN MSSON WORK DEAR DR MAN: l have been slow about answemg you equest buse hadly knew what to say Thee ae many attactons t msson wpk-such as oppotunty fo seeng othe lands and people whch howeve one would hadly wsh to consde along wth motves fo foegn msson wok The eal joys of msson wok ae the same hee as at home--of wokng wth and fo othes and fo Chst do not know that what have wtten wll answe you wsh atalt Feel pefectly fee not to use t shall not mnd as am no wte and: know t My addess heeafte s as below Foegn postage ates ae n foce o wll be Januay Hopng that you n? Ms Man ae well and Wth best wlsnes to you both fo a blessed New Yea am Snceely yous ANNA M WEST "" Gace School to Gls; St Cathenes Bdge Shangha \:" Decembe FOREGN MSSON WORK One }Vshes one mght wte of the thlls of bngng countless numbes" fom dakness to lght-of people just watng and longng fo the Fathes and the Savos message n some foegn msson wok one meets that-but not n wok n the cty of Shangha Wok hee has many featues smla to wok at me Thee ae many contendng nftue ces wokng aganst one :-open and sece vs antagonsm ndffeence just as one meets at home-and t s hee a lttle and thee a lttle Of couse my wok s amoj)g the young gls who ae moe open and eady to e- ceve Chsts love than some olde people Yet they often meet wth much opposton at home whch sometmes stengthens and sometmes weakens them Howeve thee s no moe eal and thllng joy ethe hee o at home than to have pupls fo whom you have been payng an wokng make the decson to become follo:wes of Chst All pevous" dscouagements ae fogotten and one goes fowad wth new couage and fath God s eady to wok anywhee and though any of us we ae only eady to be used -A- w "

10 " "C 176 THE SABBATH RECORDER THE SABBATH RECORDER 177 EDUCATON SOCETYS PAGE DEAN PAUL E TTSWORTH ALFRED N Y Con t bu tng Edt to ((Extngush the colleges and you put out the eyes both of the chuch and stdte "-Tyle WHAT OF THE "ARSTOCRACY OF BRANS?" Last Septembe n hs college openng addess Pesdent Mak Hopkns of Datmouth College used these two phases: "Too many men ae gong to college" and "Thee s such a thng as an astocacy of bans" Snce these wods of Pesdent Hopkns have heen caught up sympathetcally o ctcally by speakes and the news pape and peodcal pess t may be of consdeable nteest to the eades of the RE CORDER to know n exactly what connecton these utteances wee made and what sot of ecepton they have found the county ove quote fom a ecod of the now famous speech as gven n What the Colleges ae Dong: Fo the fullest possble common undestandng and the ealest a few pncples applyng to ou mutual elatonshp may well be stated at ths junctue These pn- cples ae nvolved pat<;ulaly at Datmouth n such polces as the estcton of enolment the selectve pocess of admsson and the pemanent elmnaton fom the college membeshp of men ncompetent o unwllng to qualfy accodng to the standads whch "the college seeks to mantan "Too many men ae gong to college The oppotuntes fo secung an educa "ton by way of the college couse ae defntely a pvlege and not at all a unvesal ght The funds avalable fo appopaton to the uses of nsttutons of hghe leanng ae not lmtless and can not be made so whethe the ogn be sought n the esouces of publc taxaton o n the seuablebenefactons fo the enhancng of pvate endowments t consequently becomes essental that a wokng theoy be sought that wll opeate wth some degee of accuacy to defne the l)dvduals who shall make up the go to whom n justce to the publc good he pvlege shll be extended and to sp fy those fom whom the pvlege should be wthheld "Ths s a twofol necessty: on the one hand that men ncapable of poftng by the advantages whch the college offes o ndsposed shall not be wthdawn fom useful wok to spend the tme poftlessly n dleness acqung false standads of lvng; and on the othe hand that the contbuton whc the college s capable of makng to the bves of competent men and though them to socety shall not be too lagely lessened by the slackenng of pace due to the pesence of men ndffeent o wantng n capacty "We hea much of men seekng an educaton but too often they ae only seekng membeshp n a socal oganzaton whch has eputaton fo affodng an educaton fom whch eputaton they expect to beneft f they can avod beng detached fom the assocaton The assumpton would be humoous f t wee not so seous that enolment wth a college eques that the college shall ethe foce educaton upon the nd}vdual m suepttously bat hm to t athe than th-at he should cave and at the cost of anyeh6 possess hmself of the utmost whch the college can gve "t would be ncompatble wth all of the conceptons of democacy to assume that the pvlege of hghe educaton should be estcted to any class defned by the accdent of bth o by the fotutous ccumstance of possesson of wealth but thee s such a thng as an astocacy of bans made up of men ntellectually alet and ntellectually eage to whom nceasngly the oppotuntes of hghe educaton ought to be estcted f democacy s to become a qualty poduct athe than smply a quantty one and f excellence and effectveness ae to dsplace the medocty towads whch democacy has such a tendency to skd " wsh caefully to safeguad these statements howeve by teaton and eteaton that t behooves all of us to avod confusng the symbols and the facts of ntellectualty and should hope that unde any ccumstances we mght avod confusng mental g;mnastcs and faclty n appopatng the deas of othes wth genune thnkng Unfotunately ntellectual hypocsy and ts complment ntellectual smugness ae not suffcently nfequent even wthn col- lege halls whle at the same tme beleve that o the whole they ae as much to be avoded and that they ae as detmental to the spt of tue scholashp as s gnoance "Ths s all smply anothe way of sayng that the college ambton s that ts men may be consecated to the spt of tuth Such s the essental loyalty" The followng ae epesentatve paagaphs f om the cuent dscusson of ths geneal topc: Men and women who go to college to jon a fatenty o to whle away the tme have no place n the pogam Let them become poduces athe than dones They may vey well be elmnated fom admsson to actve college lfe n ths espect D Hopkns stands on undebatable gound Dayton (Oho) News D Hopkns speaks good sound sense He s not an ntellectual snob but an ntellectual democat; fo f the "wokng theoy" fo whch he seeks eve attans the desed pefecton t wll be most helpful to the poo boy wth bans who s eage fo an educaton-phladelpha Recod Pesdent Hopkns has pecptated an mmense amount of dscusson by hs speech pontng out the necessty fo an ntellectual astocacy patculaly among college men Thee s nothng fundamentally new about ths noton The nteestng thng s that t gves evdence that slowly Ameca s dftng away fom ts dealzaton of quantty and gvng some heed to qualty-the Clak College Jllonthly{- The tuth to whch Pesdent Hopkns efeed s that ftness fo college does not go wth wealth o socal status Capacty to poft by what the colleges offe vaes lke statue o the colo of the eyes The duty of educatos and of the publc whch suppots colleges s to teach all who ae teachable and not to defom the educatonal pocess by pemttng the unteachables to clog the nsttutons-n ew Yok Globe Ths declaaton pesents the case n a manne that leaves lttle 60m fo cavllng at selectve measues as conducve to the settng up of an un-amecan astocacy n educaton and wll place the essentals of the poblem and ts pope s01uton befoe the people n Jank and undestandable tems-spngfeld Mass Unon " D Hopkns has put thematte up squaely and fea1ssly Thee s no sense n dodgng the ssue that college s not meant fo all theyoung men The pesdt s gftt n sayng that many men go to college fo the socal standng t wll gve them D Hopknss dea s tht college should be open only fo those men who dese college fo the wok they can accomplsh and who ae capable of dong ths wok-chalotte (Mch) Tbune t s all vey well to plead n vacuo that the colleges ae meant fo all But thee ae nceasng ndcatons that ou nsttutons of hghe leanng ae" beng and wll contnue to be swamped by moe than they can possbly admt o cae fo Those-and the nume gowng-" who feel that the only salvaton fo a demo catc socety s a taned and ntellgent leadeshp wll welcome Pesdent Hopknss fank statement College educaton s too valuable to be wasted on those who come to t as to a county club: o a town house o because they wsh to postpone fo fou yeas entance nto the fathes busness The colleges should" be the West Ponts and Annapolses of cvlan lfe tanng schools fo the dectve ntellgences of ou poltcal and soca:l lfe-colulnba Alumn News " We ae gettng too many of 6ne knd of students and too fe:w of anothe Many pesons of geat capacty and ndusty ae not gong to college and othes who have nethe capacty no ndusty ae gong suppose one eason that those of capacty and ndusty do not go s that they do not have the money o the oppotunty at the ght tme t s tue that the colleges have some students \\Tho ought not tq be thee Pesdent M ezes College of the Cty of New Yok Thee ae too many college students only f the mee numbes pevedt us fom gvng a ft tanng to the destned leades of men wthn the next geneaton but we can not admt ths wthout confessng a cetan bankuptcy of nventve esoucefulness a lmtaton whch as thnkng men we can not accept-chancello BoWn New Yok Unvesty The touble s not so much that too many men ae gong to college as that:often the wong knd of men ae gong p " f "": L- "

11 ";"" "" _" " : 178 THE SABBATH RECORDER THE SABBATH RECORDER - l All young men and women who want educaton ought to have t But the vast majoty would poft fa nloe by sonle othe knd of educaton than that gven n the tadtonal }\mecan college-pedent Fa utlce BOlvtl Ulll/cs;ty The Atllecan educatonal scheme has the sanle fault that chaactezes so tnany of ou ndustes The quantty poducton s favoed ove qualty poducton he only soluton les n stessng the qualty vve now have too tnany hal f-educated men vve need a few of the stlpe-educated-the Rescne Veekly H este" RtscY1e Un- 1)esty t not denlocacy as a theoy but as a stupendous fact that educaton must COlsde The developtllent of democacy has been unquest()nably towad the elevaton of the connnon luan to a poston of supeme collectve contol vvthn a centuy n ou own county the fanchse has ben nlade unvesal Ou govnlnent s a epesentatvegovennlent n fonn; n fact t s conlng evey day close to a type ofdect gov- ement contolled by the geat tllasses of the people t s ths vaety of denl0cacy that has lately spead though the wold t s ths vaety of detnocacy that was nlpeled n 1914 and saved n H)18 t can not now be a queston of gong back to an eale fom of socal contol t s now as t has neve been he foe a "ace between educaton and annhlaton" f educaton s to save cvlzaton t nlust lft the commonman to new levels-and not so much to new levels of ndustal effcency as to new levels of thnkng and feelng -W C Baglc}l n School a"ul So(y What we ecognze as a vtual astocacy of bans n ou county spells nothng but sevce to us and mples nothng of poltcal domjnaton ove us t smply spells leadeshp by the dvne ght of ftness fo leadeshp by the good woks of advancng cvlzaton And ths entely apat fom collegate questons fo many of ou bany "astocats" neve attended o ted to ente any of ou colleges-the Even"9 Tansc pt Boston When the New Y ok Cty schools became ovecowded nobody sad "Too many chlden go to school" Eveybody sad "Let us have some moe schools" f the Easten colleges say "Too many men go to col- lege" lneanng that the exstng colleges ae ovecowded thee wll be many good ctzens eady to popose that we have nloe Easten colleges such as fo exanlple a Unvesty of New l-allpshe a ltnvesty of New Jesey o a Unvesty of Massachusetts fhe new poposals tnay mean that heeafte admsson to colleges and unvestes should be compettze Ths mples that as the nlll11be of applcants nceases whle the nunlbe of entants emans fxed the equenlents fo adtnsson ae steadly ased Ths mayo tnay not be desable But t s a vey gave 111atte What then becomes of ou boast that Atlleca s the land of oppotunty? vvhat becollles of ou pofessed denlocatc ceed that the lot of men should be as nealy equalzed as the nbon capactes pemt? fhee s no doubt whateve of the fact that the nceased esot to ou hgh schools colleges and unvestes s the esult of the edstbuton of wealth and the heghtened aspaton of the nasses of the Anlecan people Do we egad ths as a symptom of health o of dsease? Do we poceed wth a fxed dea of the pyamdal fonl of Atllecan socety o do we dese that t should be hoadened at the top? Unless we face the;e questons we shall be 1110vng n the dak We shall be teatng as a queston of pesent expedency a queston that eally nvolves ou fundamental natonal ceed-h anad Alumn Bullettt t s ll1possble accuately to detmne n advane what students ae eally competent to do wok of college gade t s questonable whethe standads of scholashp can be acd solely by the pocess of elmnaton t s questonable whethe examnatons detemne any moe accuately than elable admsson cetfcates the ftness of the canddate fo hs wok College facultes n geneal feel that bette wok would be done f classes wee not hampeed at fst by the pesence of students who appaently ae ncompetent t s questonable howeve whethe n justce to those who ae ambtous fo an educaton t s ght o wholly desable to each a decson wthout a fa tal Nota few students n evey enteng class ae saved to the nsttuton and to hghe sevce to the communty by the awakenng powe of some pofesso who eveals to the student hs own possbltes The tnle may come when moe stngent ll1(lans wll have to be adopted to eleve nsttutons of the pessue of too lagc cnolnlcnts hy elmnatng n advance those students who gve slght pomse; but my obsevaton and expeence lead mc to heleve that the nsttuton endes a valuahle sevce to the c()1lltl1onw(alth n gvng at least a tal to the hadwac1 and t he slow Teachng would he an deal DC C:l1pat on f all the students wee hllant and eveybody was n eanest Tll that day comes pof(sos wll have to endeavo to sa \"( those who ac woth whle and to elmnate afte tal those \\ho pove llcol1lpctent-clul11cdlo all 11 the lvaslllqt01l l7csty T?t(oc St 10 t;\ h:\1 A PLEA FOR CHARTY EnTol: havc been ntcnsely nteested n eadng tw) atles n the HC(}HJ)E( fo ]annan 22 1<)23 "\\h()1l1 Shall \Vc Bell\(" ;11d "fay Emesot1 Fosdck" al11 t1()t wtng ths atcle ethe n defense ()f () aganst F()sdck o n defense ()f o agnnst 1>1 Kent hut t() expess the feelng- of a 11lllllble Seventh Day Bapt;t mnste 1 have ead qute a lttle of Fosdcks wtng-s nnd had the pvlege of heang hm n the classoolll and n hs pulpt not ()ng snce Fom what know of hm hs statement as g- \el1 n the atcle e f eed tn s just what one would expect hm to g\e concenng hs belef n (;od and Jestls (hst ght t not he p()ssble f we could only look nto each othes heats and ead the deses and ams thee that we would be a lttle moe spang- of advese ctcsm Then agan let us etllemhe that many men have heen attacked as heetcs who today ae consdeed leades n elgous thought and acton Jesus was attacked as a heetc bv the fomalsts of hs da v 1\1 atn Luthe and multtudes of othes have lkewse been attacked \Vhle may not agee wth Bly Sunday concenng many theologcal questons f he s able to wn a cetan class of people to Chst shall bd hm God speed f Fosdck by hs clea cut logc can wn the college man shall say "God bless VOtl" t s not theologcal belefs o the statcnents of them that wll save men but belef n Jesus Chst: \ \ Unjust ctcsl11 and msntepetaton of a wte can send a chll to the heat and enthusasttl as the wte cat) well tell fod ecent expeences und ahllost Juakc one esolve ncve agan to allow a semon of hs to he puhlshed n the RC()nDKK Such s the feelng sonlctnlcs n the nlnd of the wte s t posshle that faultfndng unjust ctcst11 and Jllsntepctaton of pnted semons s the eason that the edto fnds t dflkult to get Seventh Day Baptst SC1110l1S f o the denomnatonal ogan? \"hy not lay asde the l11no thngs 11pon whch we tan not ;lglcc and all wok togethe f OJ tl< salvaton of nwn Faultfndng and ctcs1l1 wlt ncv( save men and whle we 1laY not att((t olwcnt1g theologcal mattes no moe t han dd Paul nncl Pete we nmy Jke t henl cad1 eto h wok n hs own way and wn m;tny (o the l\1aste EHU) E SUTTON Januay lla(: $()(;\-UAH11UOtH le ORT "o th "at- - Un" U"tc mb :U 1922 F J Hul)bnd nhh( n W(O\lnt wth tjh A m (lll Ruhhftth 1uct Socety n" To halltnc( Ol hunt} OetolHt 1 22: ClHh llenomlllllllotlul HulJd- nk -uull 10 " 62 J1Hh J ;(lulpm(tlt Account 2238 fg Cltsh :\11l1 tf HUle: Aec(Ju 11 t HHflv(d fo Mal1( 1nnaz Hcs(vld fo Hv 1 L M Apncl H"H(v(d fo D HOHl W Palm bog $ (>H8 ov(daft G(n(al Fund : " $ To cash ec/ lw (j Blnce as follows: ContlhutonH to (hnal Pund: Octobe $ 9 60 No\ ( m th" Decem bel Contbuted towad debt Loan to Gon(al Fund ncome fom nvnlted Funds: Octobe $ f24 44 Novembe Decembe Publflhlng House Hecelpts: "Sabbath Recode" $ "Vlsl to" 6 25 "Helpng Hand" ntemedate Gaded Lessons Juno Gaded Lessons Outsde Sabbath School Boad publcatons Tact Depostoy Calendas B C Da\s "County Lfe Leadeshp" S D B Hymns and Songs

12 " 180 THE SABBATH RECORDER THE SABBATH RECORDER 181 A JC Bonds "S D B Hstoy" No1 A J C Bonds "Reconstucton Messages" Lfe of Goveno S Wad "Ctcal Hstoy Sabbath and Sunday" Eanngs safe of Lbety Bonds sent n payment of Annuty Bonds S H Davs Teasue one- t h d fe nsuance Wadne popety Chcago C F Randolph Teasue one-thd fe nsuance Wadne popety Chcago Denomnatonal Buldng Fund: Con t bu to ns : Novembe $ Decembe ncome: Novembe Decembe 1 06 Sale of Lbety Loan Bonds Equpment Account: nteest on Bank Balance Mantenance Account: Rent fo m Publshng Plant $ ncome Denomnatonal Buldng Endowmen t 1 12 Contbutons to Mae Jansz: Novembe $ Decembe Contbutons to S D B Mssonay Socety towad the debt Calvn F Cobb Home N Y fo Fowad Movement and "Recode" su b- scpton $ C Lcash pad out as follows: -Sabbath Refom Wok: G Velthuysen Holland "De Boodschappe" $ T L M Spence Geogetown pntng Mll Yad Chuch London Ms T W Rchadson A J C Bond Specal Sabbath Refom Wok Vacaton Relgous Day Schools: Mss Zea Znn Mlton Expenses Mss Leta Lanphee Mlton expenses Mss Ruth L Phllps BOllton: Expenses Salay Publshng House Expenses: "Sabbath Recode" $ "Vsto" "Helpng Hand" ntemedate Gaded Lessons Juno Gaded Lessons Outsde Sabbath School Boad publcatons Tact Depostoy Tact Socety Foldes Pesdents Expenses Statoney and postage $ 8 63 Stenogaphc wok One-half tavelng expenses to Adams Cente Secetay: Salay $ Expenses 3 28 Clecal Wok Commttee on Fles sotng Uteatue etc Annuty payments Macus Budck East Oange nteest on loan Cty Natonal Bank: Account pncpal of loan $ nteest and stamps A J C Bond Planfeld movng expenses G H Schnede & Co Chcago ll nsuance Wadne popety Cheago Denomnatonal Buldng Account: Leveng and Gagues Co New Yok fnal payment account contact $ Geneal Fund nteest on loan Equpment Account: A M Gffen Co hadwae $ 8 36 ntetype Copoaton Booklyn lnotype and supples Yunke Bothes expess catage nteest on Equpment Notes Mantenance Account: Cae of funace etc $ F Meges and Co New Yok nsuance Geoge M Clake Co Planfeld nsuance Boce-Runyon Co Planfeld coal 9 00 W R Townsend Coll{cto balance 1922 tax{s Contbutons to Mae Jansz fst quate Contbutons to Rev T L M Spence fst quate Contbutons to D Rosa V Palmbog fst quate Contbutons to S D B Mssonay Socety account debt W C Whtfod Teasue fo Fowad Movement fom Calvn F Cobb Home N Y L P Buch Manage "Recode" subscpton Calvn Cobb Home N Y By balance on hand: Cash Geneal Fund $ Cash Denomnatonal Buldng Fund Cash Equpment Account Cash Mantenance Account Reseved fo Mae Jansz OS $ $ E & O E F J Hubbad Teasue Planfeld N J Januay Total ndebtedness (loans) Geneal Fund $ Examned and compaed wth books and vouches and found coect O B Whtfod Januay Audto WOMANS WORK MRS GEORGE E CROSLEY l MLTON WS Con tl bu tlng Ed to =========-=::-::: ================ - "F THNE EYE BE SNGLE THY WHOLE BODY SHALL BE FULL OF LGHT" PRAY-That Chst the Lght of the Wold may so dwell n the heats of men that the lves may be adant and shed lght n ths dak wold PRA y-tha t Gods Wod may be a lght llumnatng the path of all men PRAy-Tha t lves contolled by the Spt of Chst and fed on Gods Wod may lead natons nto the lght of peace and ghteousne ss PRAy-That the women and young people of the Chuch of Chst may gve themselves to paye on Fday Febuay askng fo Gods blessng on all mssonaes of the Coss at hone and aboad PRA y-tha t msson boads and socetes may be wse n admnsteng and that local socetes may uphold the wok by gft and paye PRAy-That eyes may be opened to see the geat need of the wold and fath may be stengthened to know the powe of Jesus Chst to supply evey need THE LGHT OF THE WORLD A Sevce of Paye and Pase fo Day of Paye fo Msons Fday Febuay "The Lod s my lght and my salvaton" PRASE HYMN-Tune Auela Lght of the wold we hal thee Flushng the easten skes; N eve shall dakness vel thee Agan fom human eyes; Too long alas wthholden Now spead fom shoe to shoe; Thy lght so glad and golden Shall set on eath no moe Lght of the wold thy beauty Steals nto evey heat And glofes wth duty Lfes pooest humblest pat; Thou obest n thy s\plendo The smple ways of men And helpest them to ende Lght back to thee agan Lght of the wold befoe thee Ou spts postate fall; We woshp we adoe thee Thou Lght the lfe of all; Wth thee s no fogettng Of all thne hand hath made; Thy sng hath no settng Thy sunshne hat11 no shade Lght of the wold llumne Ths dakened land of thne Tll eveythng thats human Be flled wth whats dvne; Tll evey tongue and naton Fom sns domnon fee Rse n the new ceaton Whch spngs fom Love and thee <> DEUS MSEREATUR-(To be ead esponsvely) God be mecful unto us and bless us; and cause hs face to shne upon us That thy way may be known upon eath thy savng health among all natons \ Let the people pase thee 0 God; let all the people pase thee o let the natons be glad and sng fo joy: fo thou shalt judge the people ghteously and goven the natons upon eath Let the people pase thee 0 God; let all the people pase thee Then shall the eath yeld he ncease; and God even ou own God shall bless us; God shall bless us; and all the ends of the eath shall fea hm PRAYER OF THANKSGVNG THOUGHT-Be thankful that Jesus Chst hmself magnfed the plac of human sevce SERVCE HYMN-Tune Saxby o Maste let me walk wth thee n lowly paths of sevce fee; Tell me thy secet; help me bea The stan of tol the fet of cae Help me the slow ot heat to mve ljy SO1e dea wnnng wod of love; Teach me the waywad feet to stay And gude them n the homewad way Te(h me thy patence; stll wth thee n close deae company n wok that keeps fath sweet and stogg n tust that tumphs ove wong; J n hope that ends a shnng ay Fa down the futues boadenng way; n peace that only thou canst gve Wth thee 0 Maste let me lve SCRPTURE- (To be ead by thee pesons) The woman who gave-luke 21: 1-4- The woman who payed-matt 15: ; The woman who loved-mak 14: 3-9

13 182 TlE SABBATH RECORDER THE SABBATH RECORDER 183 SLENT PRAYER Spt Dvne attend ou paye And make ou heats thy home; Descend wth all thy gacous powe; Come Holy Spt come THOUGHTS "Sevce s the supeme commttment of fe"-pesdent Hadng "The pce of leadeshp s sevce; the pce of effcent sevce s wok" "Be ye does of the wod and not heaes only" PRAYER-( By one leade o seveal) Pay that the powe of God nlay be eleased though paye fo: 1 The Govenment-That t may be kept tue to the deals upon whch t was founded 2 Tle Chuch-That the Fath of ou Fathes l11ay be upheld 3 The Mssonav Boaels-That the leades may be flled wth the Spt of Chst 4 The Socetes-That they may be fathful to the tust con1mtted to then1 5 The :V ssonaes-that the doctos teaches nuses and evangelsts may be stengthened and encouaged "Not by mght no by powe but by my Spt sath the Lod" PR\YER THAK-OFFERG HYx-Tune Dat vvhat offeng shall we bng To thee ou heavenly Kng Savo dvne? What tt:easue can we lay Befoe thy thone today What pecous tbute pay To love lke thne? No costly spces sweet We lay hefoe thy feet No jewels ae; Yet to the lost and weak Whom thou ddst de to seek Fo thee ou lps would speak Thy message bea Bless thou ou gfts of love And fom thy heaven above Gant us thy gace; Thy gudng voce to know And onwad as we go To do thy wll below n evey place OFFERNG One tape lghts a thousand Yet shnes as t has shone; And the humblest lght may A bghte than ts own kndle The Womens Unon Chstan Colleges o the Oent Chstan Lteatue fo Women and Chlden n Msson Lands and the Wok among Fam and Canney Mgants ae the specal nte-denomnatonal objects whch should appeal to Chstan women at these meetngs-fo paye and gfts Not what we gve; but what we shae Fo the gft wthout the gve s bae; Who gves hmself wth hs alms feeds thee Hmself hs hungeng neghbo and Me -Lowell V FULFLMENT HYMN The whole wold was lost n the dakness of sn; The Lght of the wold s Jesus; Lke sunshne at noonday hs gloy shone ll; The Lght of the wold s Jesus Refan Come to the Lght ts shnng fo thee; Sweetly the Lght has dawned upon me Once was blnd but now can see: The Lght of the wold s Jesus No dakness have we who n Jesus abde; The Lght of the wold s Jesus; We walk n the Lght when we follow ou Gude; The Lght of the wold s Jesus Refan Ye dwelles n dakness wth sn-blnded eyes; The Lght of the wold s Jesus; Go wash at hs bddng and lght wll ase: The Lght of the wold s Jesus Refan SCRPTURE-(To be ead by one peson) Revelaton 7: 9-15 ; 21 : THolJGT-f you map has less than the wold upon t you can not ghtly decde upon you feld of endeavo BEEDCTO SUGGESTOS That fo obsevance of the Sevce of Paye and Pase choce s ecomn1ended of the followng hous to be detemned by local condtons: 10 a p m; p m; p m That the \Vomens Chuch and lvssonay Fedeaton o ntedenomnatonal Con1mttee nvte all mssonav socetes of the town to meet n son1e cental place fo the sen-ce; f thee s no such oganzaton that the women of the chuches meet togethe nfomal1y o hold sepaate nleetlngs That thee be one leade fo the ente meetng wth sub-leades fo vaous sec- tons of the pogam f desed f moe than one sesson thee may be one leade fo each sesson That mssonaes who may be avalable be gven a bef tme to pesent the needs of the felds fo whch specal paye should then be made REPORT OF WOMENS BENEVOLENT SO CETY LEONARDSVLLE N Y Dung the yea 1922 the wok of the socety has been caed on smla to that of last yea COnl1l1ttees on actvtes beng apponted fo each month Snce Januay 1922 these vaous commttee3 have held two bake sales one damatc entetanment gven by home talent and one entetanment gven by Unadlla Foks talent These netted the socety about $5000 asde fom the annual tea n June whch gave the socety $27-46 moe and some qultng that has been done by me111bes who wee most pofcent along ths lne We have held ou monthly meetngs egulaly each 1110nth at vaous homes wth an a veage attendance of ten Atcles on Chna nda and Japan wee ead ealy n the yea but we ae now eadng and enj oyg the study book "The Kngdom and the Naton:;" suggested fo us by the \V omans Boad We obtaned $7562 fom the sale of old papes and magaznes ths yea and a cad of thanks has been sent to M A M Coon fo cayng them to Utca fo us by tuck also wsh at ths tme to expess n behalf of the socety ou thanks to M Candall n donatng the use of the Hall fo ou home talent entetanment gven n N ovembe fo the socety - At ou May meetng we enjoyed havng Mss Suse Budck wth us who gave a n10st nteestng talk on Chna OUf usual custom of sendng out Chstmas baskets was caed out ths yea agan n Octobe we wee nvted to Ealvlle )J Y fo dnne wth M and Ms Fed ff Whte Although we wee theatened wth the fst snow stom 0 the yea the sxteen who ventued ove had a fne tme We have gven snce Januay 1922 $22500 to the Fowad Movement Although ou actvtes may not have been so stenuous as n othe yeas we ha ve been able to add o ou teasuy a faly good amount and hope to contnue as well o bette n the yea to com "Old Yeas and New Yeas all blended nto one The best of hat thee s to be the best of what s gone- Lets buy all the falues n th dm and dusty past - And keep the smles of fen<lshp;and laughte to the last - "Old Yeas and New Yeas lfes n the akng stll: We havent come to 2loy yet but thees the hope we wll The dead old yea was twelve months long :but now fom t wee fee And whats one yea of good o bad to all the yeas to be? 1/ "Old Yeas and New Yeas weneed them on and all To each the dome of chaacte and buld ts shelteng wall: Past falues ted the souls of us but f the tests we stood The sum of what we ae to be may yet be counted good "Old Yeas and New Yeas wth all the pan ad stfe A e but the bcks and steel and stone Wth whlch we fashon fe : So put the sn and shame away and keep the fne - and tue " And on the gloy of the past lets buld thehet te new" ELSE L CROOP S eeetay LARGEST BBLE ORDER The lagest sngle Bble ode eve placed by any oganzaton n the Unted States pehaps n the wold has just been gven by the Amecan Bble Socety to a fm n New Yok Cty One mllon fve hunded thousand volumes of Scptue potons consstng of the gospels of Matthw Mak Luke and John the Book of Acts and the Book of Povebs n Englsh and Spansh consttute ths ode These lttle books ae to be unfom n sze 64 pages each wth a sepaate heavy cove and wll be sold thoughout the Unted States and South Amecan o one cent each Ths s the fst tme snce the wa peod that the socety has been able to poduce these volumes at ths pce Befoe the fst delvees had been made advance odes to the numbe of had been eceved A mecan Bble Socety

14 /:: f " / f \ - t 1 [ c 1/ n : t \ j" ; - t f f 1 (: 184 THE SABBATH RECORDER YOUNG PEOPLES WORK MRS RUBY COON BABCOCK R F D 5 Box 73 Battle Ceek Mch Contbutng Edto TEMPTATON TO LE Chstan Endeavo Topc fo Sabbath DaY - Febuay DALY READNGS Sunday-Poft n les (Lev 6: 2-5) :Monday-Mstaken affecton (Gen 27: 1-13) Tuesday-Hated (Pov 10: 9-19) Wednesday-Spte (Ps 31: 11-18) Thusday-Pde (Matt 6: 1-5) Fday-Covetousness (2 Pet 2: 1-3; 17-20) Sabbath Day-Topc What ae some temptatons to le and how can we ovecome them? (Pov 12: 17-22) HNTS FOR THE MEETNG Make the meetng vey nfomal Have a long song sevce dung whch the busness of the meetng s consdeed announcements gven etc Sentence payes Specal ttusc Scptue lesson Dvde the dscusson of the subject nto thee pats: Fst ask the membes to suo" gest nfomally all possble ways of lyn such as tellng an actual untuth a hal f tuth slence decetful acts Wte thes on black boad as gven Second n the same manne ask them to name thngs tht may tempt one to le such as gan ptde cowadce ange etc Make a lst as befoe Thd wth these lsts befoe them dscuss the queston of the topc "How can we ovecome these temptatons?" Close the meetng wth a shot talk by the pasto o some olde peson upon "The need of fomng ght habts" "Good habts ae the savo of lfe unto lfe They ae a safeguad to the soul n unguaded moments and n tmes of stess and temptaton They make possble all the goodness and geatness of lfe Bad habts ae the savo of death unto death They coupt the ssues of fe and hold us n chans whch gall us wth the sense of ou peveted manhood t seems to be a law that bad habts lke weeds sptng up wthout effot and almost wthout obsevaton Beng n hamony wth ou anmal and nstnctve popenstes they need no stmulaton but only epesson o suppesson But good habts those whch seve the ends of ou hghe natue lke f1oes and useful plants eque geat pans and watchfulness both n the seed tme and n the late development Good habts ae costly but they ae woth the pce"-a Salsbuy A VALENTNE SOCAL The Socal Fellowshp supentendent Wshes to announce that she has planned a new Standad Valentne Socal whch she wll send to anyone desng t Wte to Ms Edna B Sanfod Lttle Genesee N Y NOTCE TO JUNOR SUPERNTENDENTS \ Round Robn has been stated amono" the Juno supentendents and when conl pleted t wll contan somethng n the fom of a suggeston a message o epot of some specal wok beng done n the dffeent Juno socetes Ths s to he eady fo exhbton at Confeence ths yea ad so must be completed on o befoe June 30 As yet the fst hal f has not been etuned to me wonde whee t s \Yhat new plans o methods ae you tyng n you socety ths yea? \Vhat tems of nteest S you socety dong? Lets pass ou thoughts along and thus help each othe Ou Juno wok deseves a lot of publcty so send along you lettes o bette yet lettes f om the secetay of you Juno socety Then the Senos wll have to st up and take notce fo wee on the map and full of "pep" as well as they ae A set of gaduaton standads has been pepaed and sent to be pnted also Juno Pomoton Cetfcate cads wll soon be off the pess Send fo you supply and stat a egulaton gaduaton day on Chstan Endeavo Day n Febuay o the Sabbath afte school opens n Septembe ELSABETH KENYON} Juno Supentendent THE PASTOR AND THE YOUNG PEOPLE [Some tme ago the coespondng secetay of the Young Peoples Boad wote to the pastos of some of ou chuches askng them to tell how they woked wth the young people Extacts fom these lettes wll be publshed fom tme to tme n the hope that they wll be of help to othe pastos and Chstan Endeavo socetes-r c B] "Fst both Ms and ae moe nteested n the young folks than n any othe goup o pat of ou chuch And we let eveybody know t too They ae ou only hope fo tomoow One would bette peach poo semons and keep a close pesonal touch wth hs young people than to poduce polshed semons and gnoe h5 boys and gls Howeve beleve a pope concepton of ones duty and pvlege n the Chstan Endeavo wll help any pasto to peach bette "N ext we both ty to help them to fnd n Jesus a eal companon and fend Semons paye meetng studes and Chstan Endeavo talks and testmones have ths defnte object The geatest joy we fnd as Chstan wokes s to watch ou young folks gow both n gace and n the knowledge of Chst Possbly one should say acquantance o ntmacy wth Chst n addton to knowledge of hm "And lastly we ty to make use of evey young pesons nbon love of dong thngs Cayng flowes to the sck gvng plays suppotng Fowad Movement Nea East Relef etc helpng dffeent ones to go to Confeence these ae some of the actvtes whch we suggest and help ou Chstan Endeavoes to cay out "Altogethe t s eal fun The mnds ae open to new vsons and deals and the wlls ae eady fo deepe consecatons and decsons And when we ask them to undetake a new task they usually say Come on lets go " " The best thng to gve to you enemy s fogveness; to you opponent toleance; to a -end you heat; to you chld a good example; to you fathe defeence; to you mothe conduct that wll make he poud of you; to yousel f espect; to all men chaty-anon The wold usually pushes a man the way he makes up hs mnd to go f gong up they push hm up; f gong down they push hm down-gavtaton howeve makng the speed geate on the declne Geoge Fancs Tan """< ;": 0 " " ;; - / THE SABBATH RECORDER 185 RACE RELATONS DAY ARTHUR ELLT HUNGERFORD t": Because Febuay 11 s the Sunday befoe Lncolns bthday the Commsson on the Chuch and Race Relatons of the Fedeal Councl of Chuches has selected t as the day fo begnnng ts geat campagn aganst lynchng t wll be known as Race Relatons Sunday On t specal effots wll be made to ceate good wll and bette undestandng between the whte and nego aces n Ameca The Executve Commttee of the Fedeal Councl of Chuches at ts ecent meetng n ndanapols decded on a naton-wde movement to mashal the chuches aganst the evl whch has shown a athe alamng tendency to ncease snce 1918 As a fst step the Commsson of whch John J Egan of Atlanta s chaman and Wll W Alexande of Atlanta and Geoge E Haynes coloed of New Yok ae secetaes feels that the ceaton of good wll and bette undestandng s most necessay not only n the South whee the geate numb of negoes lve but also n the Noth and West because of the mgaton of hundeds of thousands of negoes whch began dung the wa Relgous leades beleve that the ace poblem of the county wll be solved lagely though the co-opeaton of the chuches and the ceaton of the Chstan spt The day wll be vey wdely keptn the South whee n healy 700 countes the fnest elements of the whte and the: nego communtes have oganzed nte-acal commttees to wok fo the ceaton of good wll and bette undestandng between the aces and whee all the leadng chuch denomnatons of whte and coloed peoples have endosed the movement The plans fo Race Relatons Sunday call not only fo peachng on the subject n the pulpts by both whte and nego mnstes but also fo the dscusson of ace elatons n the Bble schools and young Peoples socetes n many places nte-acal meetngs wll be held at whch the poblem wll be dscussed by both whte and nego speakes At othes commttees of whte men and women wll vst coloed chuches and nego congegatons wll send vstos_ to whte chuches \ { :1\ : jl Y 1; : 1: H ;J t \; : : l j t l f J 1 j 1 : t t b l <: f jj " e

15 ": " 186 THE SABBATH RECORDER THE SABBATH RECORDER 187 " J : CHLDRENS PAGE HOW TO GO TO JESUS ELSABETH KENYON Juno Supentendent Juno Chstan ndeavo Topc fo Sabbath Day Febuay ) DALY READNGS Sunday-n paye (Rom 10: 13) lvlonday-n the Bble (John 21: 25) Tuesday-n hs chuch (Ps 84: 1-4) Wednesday-Jesus love fo chlden (1att 19: 14) Thusday-Jesus s hee (Matt 18: 20) Fday-Go wth pases (Matt 21: 15) Sabbth Day-Topc How we can go to Jesus (Matt 19: 13-15) To llustate the topc ths week bng to the meetng a checke boad wth a few checkes and then bng out the lesson fo today by tellng the followng stoy taken fom the Juno ly antal on page 62 Fat those who do not have ths book have ewtten the stoy hee "n playng checkes you move you men n one decton n what decton do you move them? "Yes; you have to move them always towad the kng-ow "But what s the opposte sde dong? HOh yes they ae tyng to jump you men off and pevent you fom gettng you " men nto the kng-ow " "Just so you supentendent s playng checkes He Junos ae the checkes she s tyng to push nto the kng-ow of Chst step by step watchng to pevent the othe sde fom jumpng he men off That kng-ow s the chuch "Satan wth hs many foms of temptaton s on the othe sde playng aganst you teae and watchng you all the tme to fnd sonle weak spot whee he can lead you nto temptaton and so jump you off the boad and pevent you gettng nto ths kng-ow "But afte had wok some of the checkes ae pushed nto the kng-ow What do we do them? "Yes we cown them to show that they ae kgs Just so when we get you nto the kng ow we put a cown on you That cown s Chsts name We call you a Chstan showng that you ae a kng but not one of ths wold "But do we leave ou kng n the kngow? "N 0; We move hm out to make hm help get ou othe men nto the kng-ow "So as soon as we cown you by havng you jon the chuch we want you to move out and help us get you companons of the socety nto the kng-ow "We use ou kng n checkes to sheld ou men whle we ae pushng them nto the kng-ow So you can help sheld you companons fom the temptatons and n many ways help to push them nto the kngow Then they wll accept Chst and Chst wll gve them a powe that no one knows o can appecate untl he has eceved t" Ths not only tells how the Juno wokes ae tyng to help the boys and gls to gve the heats to Jesus but also suggests wok that they can do fo Jesus afte they have accepted hm themselves Make ths a vey mpessve sevce especally by havng the boys and gls pay wth you themselves t would also be well to keep seveal of the olde ones afte the meetng and talk wth them about suendeng the lves to Chst QUET HOUR WORK Ae you tanng you Junos nto egula and systematc devoton evey day? The "Chlds Quet Hou Pledge" calls fo only fve mnutes each day and yet who can tell the vast mpotance ths habt may have on the late lfe Ths wll also help n the keepng of the Juno pledge t s wse to let the chld take the pledge cad home wth hm one week befoe he sgns t so as to talk t ove wth hs paents and get the consent and thus the co-opeaton Talk wth the chlden ndvdually and not befoe the whole socety and you wll no doubt eceve geate esults n the end Afte they have sgned the pledge dont stop thee you wok s just begun now t s up to you wth the co-opeaton of the paents to see that the pledge s kept Gve them somethng specal to do each week to be etuned the followng week such as puzzles wod hunts Bble alphabets etc as well as the daly Bble eadngs on the topc Juno Daly Recod of Bble-Readng cads can be puchased fom the Unted Socety of Chstan Endeavo fo $125 pe hunded o they can vey easly be made by hand (a good chance to put you Juno commttee to wok) evey day a Juno eads hs Bble he pcks out one of the dots thee beng 3 on each cad At the end of the month have them etuned and hung up n the Juno oom Fo seveal weeks thee wll be wok of ths knd along wth the topcs Ths s just the same as am usng n my ()wn socety and am vey pleased wth the esults Let me know how you Junos enjoy them The answes wll be gven the followng week: THE GOSPEL SHP Knd of a vessel (Matt 8: 23) Pot fom whch t sals (sa 19: 18) Destnaton (Matt 6: 20) Tme of salng (2 Co 6: 2) Captans name (Matt 14: 25) Cew (Eph 4: 11) Passenges (Acts : 26) REMEMBER GOD ELSABETH KENYON Juno Supentendent Juno Chl"tlan Endeavo Topc fo Sabbath Day Febuay DALY READNGS Sunday-Remembe Gods geatness (lsa 40: 28) onday-hs justce (Acts 17: 31) Tuesday-Hs love (John 3: 16) Wednesday-Hs padon (Eph 1: 7) Thusday-Hs cae (Heb 13: 6) Fday-Hs pesence (Je 23: 23 24) Sabbath Day-Topc Remembe God (Eccl 12: 1) A new aangement of the pogam wll add vaety and spce to ou meetngs and gve the J \nos somethng to look fowad to Ths s a good plan to ty out once a month f you ae accustomed to havng the sentence payes come nea the begnnng of the sevce put them the vey last thng and so wth the othe tems f chas ae u5ed n the Juno oom eaange these occasonally Such aangements as these can be woked out: n fonn of a ccle the lette "T" a coss a hoseshoe a damond a seml-cc1e a tangle the lette "H" n goups of fou o sx chas each etc As Junos we have many thngs to emembe the most mpotant beng God and the way we teat hm f we eally emembe to do only the thngs God wapts us to would we eve foget to pay to ead the Bble evey day to be knd to othes? No thnk not t s when we foget God that we foget the thngs he wants us to do But does God eve foget us? What would happen f he fogot to have the sun se evey monng o set evey nght o have the spng and summe follow the wnte o to send the an and snow? Besdes sendng us all these good thng5 to help us gow and be happy he has gven us the Bble fom whch we can lean how to lve as he would have us He doesnt foget us fo one sngle mnute of the day and yet-yes you aleady know what m gong to say-how many mnutes n one sngle hou do we foget hm and these added togethe make how many days out of the yea? Agan God tells us n ths vese to emembe hm whle we ae boys and gls and not wat untl we ae gown men and women He Jcnows how much ease t s f o us to fom ths habt whle we ae young He loves us and looks out fo us all the tme and n etun he wants us to gve ou heats to hm and emembe hm n all we do and say snt that only a small thng we can do afte all he has done fo us? Lets ty ths week to keep count; of evey tme we emembe God by paye eadng the Bble speakng knd wods and dong knd deeds and see who has the hghest scoe next week f we ae eal tue Junos we wll have lage scoes to bng to ou supentendent next week and not only wll she be pleased and happy but God wll be moe so THE GOSPEL SHP Sea ove whch t sals (Eph 5: 16) Lght-house (Ps 119: 105) Compass (John 14: 17) Wnd (John 14: 26) Sals (Heb : 6 and Matt 22: 38) Helm (1 Co 1: 4) Ancho (Heb 6: 19) ANSWERS TO LAST weeks QUET HOUR WORK Shp-Cty of DestuctonHeave Today-Jesus Chst-Mnstes pastos teaches etc-chstans Whoeve feas God feas to st at ease E B Bownng f " : 1

16 188 THE SABBATH RECORDER THE SABBATH RECORDER 189 Lone Sabbath Keepes Page LETER FROM A LONE SABBATH KEEPER N THE SOUTH TO ONE N THE NORTH DEAR FREND: You knd and vey welcon1e lette came ths aftenoon and am wtng an ealy eply Today s the fst eal sunshny day n seveal weeks But the snow that has been fallng evey few days meltng a lttle and then feezng ove at nght makes slppey walkng ted t a lttle last Sunday evenng when my daughte and went to a fends house only a shot dstance fom hee am gettng eady to go to Salemvlle to be at the communon sevce next Sabbath expect to leave hee at an ealy hou Fday monng and ave thee about two n the aftenoon have been anxous to be at that meetng fo t may be my last oppotunty to be at a communon wth Seventh Day Baptsts as may not be hee n Pennsylvana much 10ge do not beleve t s possble fo a Chstan to lve hs best and fullest lfe wtj:lout showng ou Lods death n the way qf hs own appontment f the weathe condtons ae favoable next Fday mnpg thnk t wll be ght fo me to go fo have been payng that f t s ght the way mght be opened ahead of me A lette fom the pasto came ths atenoon sayng that f would go on the monng tan would get along all ght and he would speak to the auto bus dve to meet me -at the tan and take me to a fends home nea the chuch Januay 3 When looked out ths mong saw a new coat of snow and clouds lookng as f thee was moe snow to follow Abut 9 oclock the snow commenced fallng agn wthtokens of an all-day showe Ths may pevent my tp to Salemvlle ths week but some one sad "Ou dsappontments ae Gods appontments" And so hs chlden can est "n pefect peace" whle the mnds ae stayed on hm _ Snceely tustng n God fo hs Gace YOUR FREND N THE SOUTH Januay \ REPLY FROM THE NORTH DEAR FREND: Consdeng what the weathe has been hee sn<;e you wote magne Gods appontment fo the sxth may have been fo you to postpone you tp to Salemvlle We have had snow snow SNOW n such quanttes the stong mens heats have shunk fom such outdoo pusuts as wee not absolutely necessay; you may have not felt the sevety of these stoms as we who lve neae Labado have At fst thee was an attempt to shovel out the dfts fo autos makng deepe and wde fuows than s needed fo sleghs; but snow came so thck and fast ths plan has been abandoned and now we ae glad to get about on snowshoes-that s the way the docto has to go-o n an old fashoned pung so flat t can not tp ove dawn by the tusty fam hose These condtons show what stuff folks ae made of The pobablty of stom peventng you antcpated tp bought to you a sensaton of that pefect peace whch comes to the mnd stayed on God; and beleve that s as tue a spt of fellowshp o communon as s manfested at the chuch odnance The communon of the spt of Chst was meant to opeate n exgences lke these whch funsh oppotuntes fo the execse of fellowshp of dnkng the cup of sacfce whch Chst dank so deeply and takng up the coss daly n hs Name to mnste to fellow human bengs t s not as easy to have ths spt of communon wth Chst and fellowshp n ou homes n eveyday clothes as t s n the chuch atmosphee n ou best clothes But t s vey essental fo the advancement of Chsts kngdom that we keep the home fes of fellowshp bunng as well as the chuch fes Nea hee s a vey unhappy home because the mothe had no tanng n home fellowshp though bought up to attend chuch sevces and patcpate n all publc entepses of elgous lfe Thee ae few pleasant wods exchanged between fathe and mothe; convesaton s chefly of a ctcal natue each blamng the othe fo the fequent calamtes The chlden ae hadly as cvlzed as anmals untaned n the lttle acts of kndness that make home happy Ths condton s the esult of the gnoance of the paents and gandpaents egadng the communon of the body of Chst whch should actuate the communcants to take up the coss daly and follow hm am glad you have the Comfote wth you to satsfy you spt n case unavodable condtons pevent you antcpated pleasue and wll close fo now awatng you epot of the affa n sncee nteest YOUR FREND N THE NORTH Janua POSSBLTES N A FVE-DAY WEEK DEAR DR GARDNER: ead wth consdeable nteest the atcle n the last ssue of the RECORDER enttled "Employment fo Seventh Day Baptsts n Detot" by Eld R B St Cla t stuck a hamonous chod n me fo t s a subject whch thnk s of vtal mpotance to Seventh Day Baptsts and one whch s too geatly neglected Self-sacfce s valuable But notwthstandng ts value n a mans lfe elgon should be made ease so long as we do not sacfce pncples t s not easy fo the aveage man to keep the Sabbath n Fstday communtes although we often hea the contay know fo have ted f then a way can be found by whch t s easy fo a man to est on the seventh day how much moe eadly wll ou people stay n the fath and othes become nteested n ou Sabbath The acton planned by Heny Fod to gve all of hs employees Satuday off as a est day f put nto effect opens the way fo the geatest Sabbath efom wave n hstoy f a man does not have to wok on Satudays t s no hadshp fo hm to woshp on that day He doesnt have to woy about holdng a job o wokng on the Sabbath f othe ndustes follow n M Fod$ footsteps as they ae bound to moe o less mllons of people all ove the county wll be lookng fo somethng to do on Satuday We can show them the way to chuch They ae now used to spendng Sundays fo themselves and the famles and can gve Satuday the seventh day to the Lod Anothe pat of the same atcle stuck me even moe focly than ths pat We Seventh Day Baptsts do not do enough to keep ou people employed Some of us employ Fst-day people n place of Seventh-day people and then wonde why ou young people clam t s had to keep the Sabbath and leave t fo that eason Let us do as Elde St Cla s dong and help n ths good wok - 1 Vey tuly O T BABCOCK anuay Patotsm conssts not n wavng a flag but n stvng that ou counttj- shall be _ ghteous as well as stong-l ames Byce We must fnd ou dutes n what comes to us not n what we magne mght have been-geoge Elot SABBATH HSTORY BEFORE THE BEGNNNG OF MODERN DENOMNATONS AHVA JOHN CLARENCE BOND CHAPTER ONE A Gowng Regad fo Bble Autho c CHAnEll Two The Sabbath n the Old Testament CHAPTEll THllEE The Sabbath n the Gospels CHAPTER FOUR The Sabbath n the Ealy Chuch CHAPTER FVE The No-Sabbath Theoy of the Ealy Refomes CHAPTER SX The Sabbath n the Ealy Englsh Refomaton CHAPTER SEVEN John Task and the Fst Sabbataan Chuch - n England CHAPTD EGHT Theophlus Baboune an Able Exponent of Sabbath Tuth ; CHAPTD NNE A Sabbath Ceed of the Seventeenth y Sabbath Hstoy s a neat volume 5x7 nches n sze contanng 64 pages pnted n clea type and wth an attactve geen cove Pce pe volume 50 cents Ths bo"ok of nne chaptes s ec;ommended by the Young Peoples Boad fo use n ths yea1 study classes Fve copes wll be sent post pad to one addess fo $200 Send fo fve copes sell fou at the egula pce and get you copy fee Addess: The Amecan Sabbath Tact Socety Planfeld N J j l t ; 1 "j - 1

17 "-"----- \ > " : " 190 THE SABBATH RECORDER HOME NEWS DODGE CENTER MNN-The Dodge Cente Chuch ejoces n a sptual awakenng Dung the week of paye unon meetngs wee held unde the decton of the local pastos; two of these meetngs wee the Congegatonal chuch two n the Methodst and two n ou chuch Fom the fst of these sevces t was evdent that thee was unusual nteest n elgous thngs among Chstan people n the communty Fo some tme ou people had been lookng "fowad to evval meetngs ths wnte hopng tat Pasto Claude Hll would assst n the wok He came on Januay 12 and meetngs wee held n ou chuch fo \ nne days followng wth a lage attendance of ou own people and many fom othe chuches On Sabbath Day Januay 20 ten peopl equested chuch membeshp fou by lette o testmony and sx by baptsm t s expected that baptsm wll be admnsteed on Sabbath eve Januay 26 and that these people and possbly a few othes wll be eceved nto chuch membeshp the next day Pasto Hlls messages wee logcal convncng and appealng; and he won the heats of all Some who have been wandeng a way wee eclamed and many led to detemne to gve themselves to a hghe and bette sevce n the Chstan lfe A B V H ALFRED :N Y-A ecepton was gven Mss Suse Budck last Thusday evenng unde the auspces of the Evangelcal socety at the pash house Although thee vee seveal othe functons gong on at the same tme numbes of Mss Budcks fends came to bd he God speed n the etun tp to Chna Mss Suse Budck who- expected to leave hee last Sunday enoute fo San Fancsco whee she was to sal Febuay 7 on the Chna Mal S S Nankng fo Shangha Chna to take up he wok n the Seventh Day Baptst Msson n that cty; was unable to go on account of llness but she expects to leave today and wll undoubtedly spend the week-end at Battle Ceek Mch Weae all soy to have Mss Budck leave and shall look fowad fo he etun on anothe fulough-the Alfed Sun NDEPENDENCE - The annual chuch meetng and dnne was held Sunday Januay 14 the fnances of the chuch wee n faly good condton as was shown by the seveal epots The followng offces wee elected fo the new yea: chman S W Clake; secetay Ms L C Lvemoe; teasue D E Lvemoe; ogast Anna L Candall; assstant oganst Besse Clake; choste Ema Clake The sevces of Walte L Geene as pasto wee secued fo anothe yea-the Alfed Sun FRENDSHP-The annual chuch meet ng of the Seventh Day Baptst chuch was held today A socal hou wth dnne seved to thty-sx was followed by the busness meetng The followng offces wee e-elected: clek Ms A L Babcock; teasue Mabel Jodan; tustees A L Babcock and Fank Voohees; choste Fank Voohees and oganst Jesse Budck-The Alfed Sun WALWORTH WS-t has been suggested that fends n othe pats of ou denomnaton mght be nteested to lean somethng fom the Walwoth chuch though the columns of the SABBATH RE CORDER-snce we enjoy eadng the tems of nteest fom othe sectons Some may thnk that because ou numbes ae few the chuch s well ngh extnct Not so Notwthstandng ths dscouagng featue we hope wth the leadeshp of ou wde awake pasto to keep the home fes bunng fo some tnle to conlee Pasto Hags s also a vey actve foce n communty bettement The annual busne5s meetng and fellowshp dnne was held Sunday Januay 7 wth good attendance at both A spt of good chee and hamony pevaled The epots of the dffeent actvtes of the chuch wee encouagng The teasues epot showed blls all pad and a small balance n teas y Offces wee e-elected and a unanmq>us call was extended to Rev M Hags 0 contnue hs pastoate anothe yea 1 th $1000 salay The pasto n etospect ad fowad look wth optmstc sp nsped us to ente the new yea wth co age and good chee facng THE SABBATH RECORDER 191 fowad towad the best thngs Ou Sab- tenoon dected by Dos Holston w bath school wth an enolment of 42 mem- exceptonally nteestng and pactcal fou bes epots an avcae attendance of 31 young lades fom the sevealchuches pefo the yea and ecepts of $15500 A sentng papes whch wll doubtless appea spt of loyalty and wllngness to seve n the Young Peoples column was manfested n all depatments and Pasto Van HPn of Mlton Juncton classes The offces wee e-elected The peached Sabbath evenng also Sunday womens auxlaes have fathfully and en- monng Both semons wee lstened to egetcally seved n the capacty thus wtha -geat deal of nteest Elde Van contbutng to the -geneal effcency of the Hons helpful sevces wll be geatly chuch mssed n the quately meetngs when he The chuch entetaned the quately leaves lo»hs new feld of sevce We almeetng Januay Beng asked to e- eady feel the loss of Rev M Ffelds pot ths meetng to the RECORDER do so scholaly Bble semons and gej1al pesn ths connecton ence n ou gathengs Although not as lagely attended as usual Sunday aftenoon an open palament the meetng had many nteestng featues consdeng pactcal questons of denom Two pastos havng places on the pogam natonal nteests was conducted by E M wee pevented fom beng pesent by ea- Holston the man speake beng D Geoge son of llness n the famles Howeve Post J of Chcago who pesented the othes wee substtuted who flled out the wok of the Commsson Ms Luthe pogam acceptably Fve young men fom Davs of Shloh gave helpful suggestons_ Mlton College and Albon added to the n- and added to the nteest The dscussons teest of the meetng n funshng solos and questons showed much nteest n matand quatets at dffeent sevces The tes whch ae now domnant n ou defst meetng a paye and confeence meet- nomnatonal lfe Ths was" the c1os\ng ng led by Elde Seage was a good be- sesson of what poved a good quately gnnng Sabbath monng Elde Seage meetng peached a good pactcal semon Dnnes wee seved n the chuch base-- The young peoples pogam Sabbath af- mente p s c ============:========= mnmm""" "m _m-- s 5 E E County Lfe Leadeshp BY BOOTHE COLWELL DAVS U A sees of baccalaueate semons to students pepang fo sevce n county lfe by one who has spent hs lfe n the ual chuch and ual movements The authos sympathes and undestandng make hm t voce fo the ual movement These semons stongly emphasze the sltual note n ual development" Jounal oj Relgon (Ch(ago Unvesty Pess) f Pce $150 pepad Have You Odeed You Cpy? 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18 192 THE SABBATH RE<;ORDER DEATHS HASKELL-At he home nea Gawn owa Decembe Magaet S Haskell aged 79 yeas 2 months and 9 days n ealy lfe she came wth he paents to owa and n 1862 dung the Soux ndan touble she located nea Gawn whee she spent the emande of he lfe n 1869 she was unted n maage wth Lafayette Haskell who stll suvves he Ths maage esulted n the bth of sx chlden two of whom ded n nfancy One daughte Ms May Renfo s a mssonay n Bazl South Ameca unde the auspces of the Seventh Day Adventst denomnaton The othe daughte Ms Susan Wlbu was fomely a mssonay n Chna whee he husband ded but now esdes n Potland Oegon The two sons Mashall of southen owa and Robet of Gawn wee pesent at the funeal of the mothe Octobe vls Haskell togethe wth he husband unted wth the Seventh Day Baptst chuch of Gawn and contnued a fathful membe untl he death Funeal sevces wee conducted n the Seventh Day Baptst chuch on Decembe 19 by Rev E H Socwell actng pasto E H S PUBLC SALES "# e have puchased pa U S Amy Munson last shoes szes 5 Yz to 12 whch was the ente suplus stock of one of the lagest U S Govenment shoe contactos Ths shoe s guaanteed one hunded pe cent sold leathe colo dak tan bellows tongue dt and watepoof The actual value of ths shoe s $600 Owng to tqs temendous buy we can offe sam to the publc at $295 Send coect sze Pay postman on elvey o send money ode f shoes ae- not as epesented we wll cheefully efund you money pomptly _upon equest Natonal Bay State Shoe Company 296 BROADWAY NEW YORK N Y _TH E_S_A_B_B_A_T_H_RE_C_O_RD_E_R--- Theodoe L Gadne DD Edto Luclu P Boeh Busness Manale Enteed as second-class matte at Planfteld N J Tems of Subscpton Pe Yea 1S8 Pe COpy 01 Papes to foegn countes ncludng Canada wll be chaged 60 cents addtonal on account of postage All subscptons wll be dscontnued one yea afte date to whch payment s made unle expessly enewed Subscptons wll be dscontnued at date of expaton when so equested All communcatons whethe on busness o fo pubucaton should be addessed to the Sabbath Recode Planfeld N J Advetsng ates funshed on equest STRENGTH Do not pay fo easy lves Pay to be stonge men Do not pay fo tasks equal to you powes Pay f o powes equal to you tasks Then the dong of you wok shall be no macle But you shall be a macle Evey day you shall wonde at youself at the chness of lfe whch has come to you by the gace of God-Phllps Books Sabbath School Lesson V -Febuay JESUS AND ZACCHEUS LUKE 19: 1-10 Golden Text-"The Son of man came to seek and to save that whch was lost" Luke 19: 10 DALY READNGS Feb ll-luke 19: 1-10 Jesus and Zaccheus Feb 12-2 Kngs 5: Geed and ts Punshment Feb 13-Hab 2: 6-14 The Woes of the Oppesso Feb 14-Luke 3: 7-14 The Baptst and the Publcans Feb S-Deut 15: 7-11 Helpng the Po o Feb 16--Matt 7: "By the futs" Feb 17-Psalm 24: 1-5 Rght Lvng Leads to Blessng ( Fo Lesson Notes see Helpng Hand) RECORDER WANT ADVERTSEMENTS Fo Sale Help Wanted and advetsements of a lke natue wll be un n ths column at one cent pe wod fo fst nseton and one-halt cent pe wod fo each addtonal nseton Cash must accompany each advetsement U S GOVERNMENT UNDERWEAR peces New Govenment Wool Undewea puchased by us to sell to the publc dect at 75c each Actual etal value $250 each All szes Shts 34 to 46-Dawes 30 to 44 Send coect szes Pay postman on delvey o send us money ode f undewea s not satsfactoy we wll efund money pomptly upon equest Dept 24 The Plgm Woolen Co 1476 Boadway New Yok 1 N Y 12-4-t o" - " SALEMCOLLEGE Admtnunu110n UUdlllg Huffman Hall Salem College has a catalog fo each nteested "Sabbath Recode" eade Wte fo "ou College Nomal Seconday and Muscal CouSes : Lteay muscal scentfc and athetlc student oganzatons Stong Chstan AssoclaUob;: Addess S Oestes Bond Pesdent Sa1e W Va ALFRED UNVERSTY Seventh Day Baptsts ae attendng Alled n nceasng numbes because ot the enlagng _ sevce and boadenng oppotuntes n the ten yeas Alfed College gaduated 65 Seventh Day Baptsts; n the ten yeas Alfed College gaduated 110 Seventh Day Baptsts The class of 1921 has 16 Seventh Day Baptsts the maxmum numbe n any class n ove thty yeas Seventh Day Baptsts have doubled whle non-seventh Day Baptsts have moe than quadupled n ten yeas and nqw make up eghty pe cent of the total Unvesty enollment Fo catalogues o othe nfomat10n ddess BOOTHE COLWELL DAVS LL D PeWent AFRED N Y Cbe Fouke Sebool Mss Fuca Ftz Randolph Pncpal Fouke Ak Othe competent teaches wll -assst " j Fome excellent standad of wok wll be mantaned BOOKLETS AND TRACTS Gope1 Taet_A Sees of Ten Gospel Tact _ eght pages each pnted n attactlv fom A sample package fee on equet 26 -cents a hunded The Sabbath 4 Seventh Da7 Da"lat-A Deat <; lttle booklet w th cove twenty-fou pages llustated Just the nfomaton needed n condensed fom Pce 26 C8ntB pe dozen Baptl8lD-Twelve &8e booklet wth embouec cove A bef study of the topc of Bap- : tlsm wltl a valuable Bblogaphy By Rev Athu E Man D D Pl-c8 26 cent pe dozen - at Da7 01 th Week the New Teataet : By Pof W C Whlttod l D D A clea and scholaly teatment of tne Englsh tanslaton andtbe olelnal Geek of thfll espslqn "Fst day of the week" Sxteen pagesftn pape embos8e - cove Pce 26 cents pe dozen Sabbath Lteatue Sample copes of tact on vaous phase of the Sabbath queston wll be lent on equest wth enclosue of Ay cents n stamps fo postage to any &4- dells :\ lea- ABB"" TlAC 80ClBY Plalnfteld New Jene7 MLTON-COLLEGE> f l ; 1 ";) \ THE COLLEGE OF CULTURE AND ECONOMY- All gaduates eceve the degee of Bachelo of Aft :Wellbalanced equed couses n feshman andj9plaomoe yeas Many electve couses Specal OJlR0tuna tes fo students n chous sngng oatoy and delatng Foa lve lyceums - The School of Musc has thoough couses n el1 lnes of muscal nstucton A lage symphony cbesta s a pat of ts muscal actvtes :- -" The nsttuton has a stong pogam of physcal educaton and ntecollegate athletcs u nde the decton of a esdent coach / ;c - Fo fulle nfomaton- addess ALEDEDWARD WHTFORDM;; ACTNG PRESDENT MLTON: Al&ed N Y WSd>NS " - LFRED THEOLOGCAL SEMNARY A Catalogue sent upon -Tequest - BBLE STUDES ON THE SABBATH Q n pape postpad 2S cents n cloth 50 Addess Alfed Theologcal Semnay ;:-_ B ENJAMN F LANGWORTHY ;- " - ATTORNEY AND COUKsaoaAT-Aw t : 1140 Fst Natl Bank Buldns Phone Cenqal"3M COUNTRY LFE LEADERSHP: l: By Boothe Colwell Davs &-T D LL D - A Sees of Baccalaueate Semons Delveed Befoe Studentsot Alfed Unvesty Pce $150 Pepad Amecan Sabbath Tact Socety Planfeld N J SABBATH HSTORY VOL :> BEFORE THE BEGNNNG OF MoDERN DENOMNATONS -: By Ahva J \0 Bond M A D D " P:C50 ppad : _ Amecan Sabbath Tact Socety Planfeld N J t - 1 HELPNG HAND N BBLE SCHOOL werk A quately contann& caefully pepaedhela \ol tle ntenatonal ksons Conducted by the SabbathSdlbol Boad Pce 40 cents a copy pe yea; 10 cents a quate Addess communcatons to Tu AmncG" Sal"" Tod SocdY Planfeld N J :-- -: S D B GRADED LESSONS v1 ]Unosee---"lllUstatedssUedqu;u1efl - 7e l"tf7mdtjtlt -5e6elBsued; quately; _ :t: Send- lubsdptona to -Amecan sabbatll J Pladeld N J _ -- \c

19 -lgmlemelelm3emembmblblbmblemblemblgggl - :tm f:l ;tl Em (Co" "ed jompwst Page of COfe) -Em THE MANUAL g s _ We take pleasue n pelltng to the denomnaton - g the Seventh Day Baptst Manual as a gude n the pope" -: foms fo the conduct of chuch busness g THE BOYS AND GRLS - Ell 6 We commend the Young Peoples Boad fo the " dlgence and success n pomotng elgous tanng among " :tt5 Seventh Day Baptst boys and gls No moe vtal wok " "exss 0lgus foou chlden ae the fountan-head ott :" :R:t denomnaton " " g _ 7 We ecommend a caeful povson n all ou m- Ell muntes fo the socal eceatonal; and vocatonal needs Of the boys and gls and a lbeal use of love and eason n the Ell Chstan nutue - Ell 8; We look fowad wth antcpaton to the possblty f q of secung the ;evces n elgous educaton among boys and l:r: gls Of Mss Ruth Phllps who next June completes a two- j Em yea couse n the School of RelgoD: at Boston Unvesty l g THE MNSTRY _-g 9 Wesuggest that Mach be set asdeas"n- stealdecson Day" n the chuches and uge ou pastos to - :tj peach l at least one semon dung the yea on the mnsty and to use evey possble effot to attact young men of pomse Em W nto the callng Ell Wfl 10 We commend also to the people of the denomnaton the mpotance of "talkng up" the -mnsty of encouagng g young men to ente t and Of sustanng n evey possble way -Bl-- the men aleady n the feld 11 " n antcpaton we welcome at least fve new men to :tl1 the mnsty and pledge ou suppot to them n the ealzaton of the hopes and plans fo denomnatonal sevce Snce no Em tt5\ callng demands che esouces of mnd and heat we com- mend to them the fullest pepaaton wthn the each g THE SPRTUAL LFE Em 12 We appove the plan of ha:vnga specal season pos : slbly dung the months of Febuay and Mach fo the deep- enng of the devotonal lfe of ou people especally by an effot to foste famly elgon" and to encouage pastoal evangelsm " afj -Lm1 tw1wt1w]md :JG Vot 94 No7 e " LNCOLN-THE MAN OF THE PEOPLE Whn the Non-moth saw the Whlwnd Hu Geatenng and dakelln as t hued on Sh bent the stenuous Heavens add came down To make a man to meet the mmotal need She took the ted clay of the common oad Clay wam yet wth the genal hea of ;Eath Dashed thoulh t all a stan of pphy; Then mxed a lauhte wth the seou stuff t was a stu& to wea fo ceatues A man that matched the mountans and compelled The Stas to look ou way and hono us Edltolal-Have You Read the Mnutes \ of the Commsson?-What WUWe Do Wth the "Platfom"? - The One Heoc Note Needed Today-Good Days n Daytona-The New Plan fo a ChldenS Depatment-Wods of Good Chee-n- -CONTENT&oS - teestng Home News-Change of Addess Mlton Juncton Celebates Annual Even ts 19-5 The New Fowad Movement-Reducng the Debts by Suppotng the Powad Movement-A Concet of F:amly Woshp-The Mnsty of Chst - The Standng of the Chuches-Geneal Confeence-Recepts fo Januay \ " -Edwn Makham \ at Fbual7l Mlglon -N ews Fom the Home Fleld-Monthly Statement Southen Women on Race Relatons 206 W<mans Wok-The Wold and Na: tonal W C T U Conventlons-A Tbute to Mss vanna Palme Pasto Th ht Hll at Dodge Cente 210 oug s on the Sabbath 211 YOU& Peoples Wok-The Refuge Psalm-Temptatlon to Le-The Pasto and the Young People- Annual epot of Ashaway R C E Soclety-C E News Notes Home News " 216 Chldens Page-Cty Chlden- 218 Sabbath SchooL-Samples Fom the Flles-Lesson fo Febuay ::aj;lage : : 221 eaths : " " "