WHAT SEVENTH, DAY' BAPTISTS A R.E DOING

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1 - ~ "- - WHAT SEVENTH, DAY' BAPTSTS A RE DONG,, " ' (DENOMNATONAL ' "HOOK-UP")",1- AlSHA WAY, R 1 n the nterest of strengthenng church "'mnstry and church effcency; specal servces were conducted n the Frst Hopknton Severth Day Baptst church for tbree weekends Servces' were '1 ReV Carroll L Hll, presdent of Mlton College,' gave' the medtaton, ' and specal mu$c was presented by thecllor of the host -' church: Rev Orvlle, W~ BabcQckpre$ded' at the devotonal servce, and the four" pas~ tors o'ffcated at the communon" table~' Ths brought to an' end the' thrd year of' unon servces durng the Lenten se~sor,- whch the"methodst and Seve'nth'Day Bap tst Churches of Mlton and Mlton Junc'- ton and,,the Congregatonal :Church of Ml 9 ton have, pcrtcpated~ -- Couder ' n o Rev C Harmon Dcknson' held on Su~day nghts, Ma~cl1 }O' a~cl Aprl 6, n addton to the regular servces of the ~church ' Rev Dava S ~Clarke of Westerly, repre'",sentatve of -the Seventh Day Baptst Ms" sonary Socety, spoke at these seryces, the general,topc [beng, Look Up', Look n, and Look Out~~ Pastor the church, Rev C~ Har Dlon Dcknsqn, also" had a part n the meet ng"', Durng the ~eek Mr Clarke met wth church group~, ahd calls were made onnem bers ahd frends of the church - - ' - 'On 'Good Frday"- evenng, Aprl' 4, the servce ncluded the rendton of the Easter cantata, Ch#st Vctorous, ~~ Nolte, 'by de, combned$enor and Junor chors, Mrs ' Florence Wells, drecto! -'- ' Westerly Stne ~ ' M,LTON, WS -,"A communty Gam munon servce was held: on Good Frday evenng, Apr11 4~ n the Mlton Seventh Day Baptst church, brngng to a close ths year"s seres of comlmtntylenten servces : ( " - -,"- : ~ -' ~ -, - ~ --- '" NORTH LOU'P, NEB -' P~ns' a,re beng,, made for a Recorder drve n an effort to have the denomnatonal magazne every Seventh Day B~ptst 'home n the communty~ as well as n other homes Mrs Myra Bar ber s n charge of the drve ' ' A seres of '~peccl meetngs are beng held, n' our' church begnnng the Fday a ter Easter~ The speaker s Rev Elmo Randolph of the Mlton' Church Servces " are to be held on 'Frday nght, Sabbarth~ mornn'g, and the' evenng after the, Sabbath for three weeks There wll also be vstaton servces durng the tme " ' ' Therteachers" and offcers of the $ abb ath school -had a conference meetng one, Sab bath~fternoon recently Seyeral' mportant ' matters we're dscussed,: among them that of vsual ad' for the school " ' The 'regul~r all--church 'socal was held on Sunday evenng, March' 9 The ktchen: ~r~: ~, rangements were,handled:by Mr and Mrs; - E T: Babcock: The program was arranged by the' Junor socety ' _ ' Th young folks gavea,phnese program; wth ~ musc, rectatons, talks," and ', a lttle' play: :pollowmg,theprogramac611~cton ' 'was!taken~ the p~oceeqs of whch are t6be' sent -to Shangha, Chna, for a' bed for the~-', hosptal whch: s bemg rebult ',/~ Nearly $40 was rased at a Dr Grace Ms "" : sonafy Socety box supper;, The 'proceeds,' went! to the cam pfund; ~ Corresp ondent -,- ",' - -, ' A1;FRED, N- Y -'_ The 1947' sesson 6f' ' Alfred Unversty Summer Scho61W1l1'begn' ',' on July '1, and contnue for sx weeks; untl~ ::; Augu:St Drakb, drector, of ' Summer SchoQl, " " 15~ accord1?-g to Dean-M Ells :< :, (Contnu~d 'nsde ~n page\271),! ~ L [ - - :;':' - -' - - ~; t '; - :' "The local church p~ople 'ate, 1 courageous and nobly carry on o 0 (See page 276) 5 -

2 The Sabbath' - e: '~:l:r ~" ~ J: 0" ;- Jr';' 'J ",, ~ U Frst ssue June 13, er A Magazne for dhrsfaj Enlght~~menf and nspraton K DUANE HUREY, Edtor L H NORTH, Manager of the Publshng House, Cpntrbutng Edtors WLLAM L: BURDCK, DD, Mssons FRANCEf? DAVS, Woman's Work HARLEY SUTTON Chrstan Educaton MZPAH sl GREENE Chldren's Page C) Our Polcy - The Sabbath Recbrder does not necessarly endorse sgned artcles For nformaton about Seventh Day' Baptst polty and belefs wrte the Amercan Sabbath Tract Scety, Pknnfeld, Ne~ Jersey 0 T1rms of Subscrpton Pel' year $250 Sx months $125 Student ratb: $100 per college year Monthly Specal ; ssues 10 cents per copy (The frst ssue of each month), Regular ssues ~ 5 cents per copy Postage to Can da and foregn countres 50 cents per year addto a1 Subscrptons wll 'be dscontnued at date of expraton when so requested All subscrptonsj'wll be dscontnued one year after date to whch payment s made unless expressly rene we d, ', 0 Publshed weekl! by the Amercan Sabbath Tract Socety,and prntrad by The ~ecorder Press, publshng ~ouse for se!enth Day Baptsts, Planfeld N J Entered at the ost offce n Planfeld N J, as s cond class matter All communcat ns, wh~ther on busness or for publcaton, shotjtld be a~ch:essed to,ne Sabbath Recorder, Planfeld, N J/' PLAJNFE~D, N J, APRL 28, '1947 Vol 142, No l~whole No 5,239 - t, THS SSUE ' h' ', EdtOral: Europels Danger Zone _ Feature: Fellows~p n Florda _ Mssons: (Dr ~1lam L Burdck, Asha b;ymf~!2a: P~t~~s?~~~~:~~~~ ~:~~~~ _ New ~mphass Placed on Great' Commsson f- _: 278 Chrstan Educa~ot: (Rev Harley Sutton, Alfred Stato?J N Y) Observatons and Experen~es 0 a Westward Trek ~: : 2 79 Woman's Work:: (-Mrs Frances Davs, Sal~m, W Va) Den er Lades' Ad~-Worshp Program _ :~ :_~: ~ c : 282 Chdren;s Page: Our Letter Exchange (More Adventures n England) ~ :: 285 Wh~t Do~s t atter? ~ :_ 27& Moments of Me taton ;_: 281 Denomnatonal udget :_: ~284 HRead the Bbl" s Slogan for - Seal Campag -, ~ :: 2~6 Wnners of N adonal Famly 'Week Radc;>: C~a ~ tons selected n a naton;wde poll conducted through: the, relgous press have been anonunced today -by 'the nter Councl Commttee on Chrs tan Famly Lfe, accordng to Mss Pearl Rosser, drector : of rado educaton' for the nternatonal Councl of Relgous,Educaton,' and charman of the rado' com mttee 'Of the nter-coundl Com // mttee - \ T en rado programs, chosen fron one hundred nnety dfferent programs recevng ballots, wll be honore'd durng the nter"fath; observance of Natonal Famly Week, May 4 11, f~r the qualty of ther program Lsted n order of number of ballots receved,' the programs recevng top awards are: One Man's Famly; Fbber McGee and Molly; the Aldrch Famly; Ma Perkns; Pepper Y'oung's Famly; Mayor ot the Town; the Adventures of Ozze and Harret; A Date wth Judy;" Lfe Can' Be Beautful; and' the new program, the Greatest Story Ever Told " Dr R W 'Barstow, drector of' Church World Servce,,whch co-ordnates relef acton of thrty dfferent! denomnatons n the Unted States represertng ~5,OOO,OOO members, stresses that betwe'en Chrstans' the words' "gvng" and "recevng", seems nadequate, and ought to be replaced by the word ~'sharng" ' The place' of the church Bble school --n the teachng of relgon n Amerca wll be consdered for fourt days, July 2-3 to 27, 'by some' ten thousand volunteer chur~h teachers and offcers at the twenty' frst qu~drennal nternatonal Sunday School -Con venton 'at Des Mones, owa under the auspces of the nt'rrnatonal Councl of Relgous Educaton " The Colseum and the Drake Stadum wll house,the coqventon Presdng wll b,e former Gov Harold : E ' Sta!?sen head of the councl, and J L Kraft, phcago ndustralst,' 'who ch~r-mans the conventon commttee Speakers '~tnd leaders 'wll nclude Dr Roy L Smth of Chcago~ Mrs' G;;lce ; Sloan Overton' of Adams, N Y, Dr Roy G Ross ofl Chcag-o; General O~ar N ~radley, Pres dent PauLHoh of Mount Ary; Pa, Mr-s Harper " Sbley qf Rochester, N Y; Dr Mordec:a J ahns()_n ' of Washngton D C, Attor,ney t?ener(l~ - Tonf-- -Clark, Dr :~rnest T T?om~son of Rchmond,Va tem n 'ands 'EUROPE'S DANGlER ZONE GqEST EDTORlAL :By Dr Robbns W Barstow* Central~urope s n 1m~nentdanger becomng' elth~r a vo'lcano or a desert After 'a msson t~ Europe,' where t tra; veled nsev~n countres and -ta:lked to many' laymen and 9hurch leaders ahke, am con" - ~ced that <the p6ltca1 and e~on'~mc con ' d~ons n ~st!a' ~rd Gern:tany fare the key to all ofeurbp'~ These condtons wll be determned by the terms 'of the peace treates and by the assstance that can be rendered n restor'ng' the'se two natons 'toself-support and a carefully 'safeguarc!ed ndependence~ Other 'lanas' are slowly clmbng ba~k up' the walls of,the chasm cvatonblast:ed put for ts_ own entr-a'pment n varyng de grees the 'natqns are, makng :gans n eco nomc and 'SOCal reha:l:>ltaton But all na' tons, 'pcludng the Unted Sttes, would be nvolved' na colf~p~e of the whole socal!structure of the' contnef;lt; and unhapply, such, a thr~at --s' not beyond the range of possbtlty Chrstan human;' r~store producton anq trade ana, prevent economc chaos Provson must he made for the uprooted mllons; the dsplaced persons: the bombec; out -cty dwellers Resettlement of, af dsplaced persons n other -countres; n' eludng Amerca,slould" be :made possble And for, the larg(!r numbers who must r& man n desolated lands, homes and occupa',donal opportuntes must 'be made avalable 7 The churches of Europe and Amerca are / takng a leadng part 'n all measures for re~'ef and reconstructon, but 'th'er resources are meager n re1aton to the need The part they play s sgnlfcant,however, n revvng Plorale and provdng leadershp n areas of lfe ab9ve the level of 'survval and subsst, ence Whether or' not we wsh t and welco~e t, the tragc fact of world catastrophe has lad the respovshly, bf 1eader~hp upon the Unted States, 'the only naton wth' resources that can cope 'wlth the' stuaton

3 " - " - : - j, ' - f!! 1 1 -! 1 o' j > '- \ ' HlLOWSH N FLORDA ' PO'RM R EDTOR MAKES- 'OBSE VATONS FROM~44PER"" By Re Herbert C Van 'Horn Dr J N el on Norwood ntroduced the wrter, hs g est at Rotary, a,s from Plan feld, N ], b t hs local address-the Fsh fg Per M ny pleasant hours throughout the 'Florda n-ter were spent on the per Fshng offer unbounded opportunty for orentng one s retred"" self to new cond bons What more na tural reacton of the apostle Peter after the death and resurrec'" ton of Jesu than that expressed n the declaraton to hs fello-ws, '"1 go a fshng""? t gave hm opportunty to thnk through the fog of he rtbreakng dsappo'ntment and the unbeleva e experences of seeng,and hearng the r sen Lord Hs rchest exper, ence resulted from hs' 4"gong fshng"" Easter mor ng some sx thousand arose at the band hell on the shore to face the ~t and wa'tc t4e sun come up out of the broad Atlant c Ths' sunrse here s of daly occuren e, a daly assurance of Goers' goodness, po er, and love One could feel t agan_ as a symbol of the Lght of the W ord,"" rse to bless au humanty From' the er one' observes many trats of human ch racter, from the sehshness or 'frendly helpfulness of the f~hers to the antc~ of a vared humanty n surf or on the sand On ~he p one fshes wth men' of the medcal profe son, judges, and lawyers; wth ex;fremen of ew York Cty and noted ball players' A f e old lrsh>ca-tholc assures the 11shermen: ""S re, and f was the Pope, rd make t easer for all of ye"" Most of those one meets ar frendly and companonable~ An elderly dy accosted me one mornng, and learned she was brought up a Seventh Day;Baptst a d a membe! of the Waterford, Conn, Broo s famly, a sster of N'ancy, wfe pf Rev aul Burdck of Rockvlle, R She loves fs ng as her mother dd 'before her We' h ve had m,any pleasant vsts whle watng for the fsh to bte' The churc fellowshp at Daytona' s a blessed one As we begn to thnk of leav ng for our arous homes we realze more 'than ever hdw good t has been People from at least seven dfferent states have > ' been 'of ths have been well sustaned Rev Herbert L '- Cottr~l ~~supples~~ wher somevstng8peak,~ ~ er has not uoccupedn the pulpt Able and:" nterestng teachers have taught the larg~ _ adult class of the Sabbath school The prayer meetngs have been most helpful' and uplftng Whle people come, -for rest and recuperaton, they evdently come wth a wllngness to serve The localchurc:h peo pe, thollgh few, are courageous and nobly carry on when the vstors are not nf16rda The new socal hall has been about com: pleted and s much n 'use Great credl t s due two or three, especally; who have borne the heavy responsbltes of buldng and equppng But to ment<;>n some names and omt others mght do njustce to those who have not been able to do so mueh Fathful~ untrng servce has be~n apprecated' For the m all and, for all ther servces, the Lord be prased -_ The most recent use of ths hall was for a ~shower~~ gven a new brde, Geralqne" Thorngate Leonard, at whch tme' she and her hqsband, John, opened many packages of beautful and useful gfts, whch were ev, dences of the 'hgh esteem ahd love wth w~ch she s held by our peop~e here She 's th~ younger daughter of Rev Royal R Thorngate of Oneda, N Y, one tme ms, sonary to Brtsh Guana, S A At noon of the same Qay a beach party, sponsored by Dr Jose Rogers and other local church members, was gven n honor of some of the' soon,departng wnter vstors-an' enjoyable -and apprecated event- PN PONT EDTORALS Our greatest glory col1s~ts not n never fallng, but n rsng every tme we fall - Emerson, * * *,"Straghtway" Our personal 'Vocabulares are self,p'ortrats n words The truedsc-ple s contnually revsng hs vocabtla-ry~addng new words, droppng others as obsolete One of the frst new words he must "learn-----,s Mark~s "straghtway'" n any army a solder's Q~edeb~e must be ~nstant and com'plete A phys, C' Clan ex-pects hs drectons -to 'le obeyed exactly So the dscple must obey UstraghtwayH when hs Master!s command cones to hs 'heart Where' n my lfe am postponng obedence to some command of my Lord's? _'- Church T1l1es~ * * * A m~ can fat nutny tm~, but he sn't / a fcllure: wtl he begns to blane somebody else _'-} o-hn Burroughs, ; " - (Glearted from Quarterly Reports dated March 30), ; GENTRY', ARK 'ned Wth consderable entlhusasm and' good : At the annual c'hurch meetng t was voted prospects of co~tnuance;arrangements w~e to try to rase$loo for pastor) salary durng made for renst~llng theelectrc meter! n, th~ year; durng the qu,arter $40 has be en the chu~ch, "'and plans 'started for' specal pad from Gentry and $10 from Lttle Prare eva~gelstc meetng s n thesum mer One We have sent regular monthly offerngs to of the -m~mbers, recen~ly dscharged from ', the 'Mssonary- Socety, also' $5 to the Mlk Bottle Fund for European relef~ the Arl1ly, s lvng n the parsonage and wor~ng enthusa stcally to keep the church We' co"'ollerated -wth'thre-e other churches n a unon revval leetp~ for two weeks at up There s -at least one canddate a-watng baptsm when am there for the' Lord"s the Cty HalL On one' Sabbath we gave Supper ' up our" mornng servces to meet at, the Cty Snce ~m workng four' days a week Hall preached once" at the Methodst (forty tb f6rty'nve hours) at Anderson, Mo; church n prepara,ton for the revval On one of my bggest problems s to fnd tme one Sabbath we gave up our -servces be for work that needs to be dol e However, cause of weather condtons; on one, was the outsde work, whchs necessary to pay unable to be present because of sckness my debts, also ena:bles me to, advan-ce the, On Chrstan Endeavor Day <?ur young folks noney for what lmted travelng' have had charge One Sabbath was at Lttle tme to do So hope f possble to vuntt Prare My' son, Davd, who h~s the mns Sprngfeld, 'Dallas, and B'elzon, as well as' try n vew, has taken 'charge when have, Lttl~ ~:tare How long t ~l be necessary, _, been absent Our prayer meetngs have been or possble, for me to ke~p up ths'schedtle~' dscontnued, for the wnter only; C B can"t say at present t of course leaves meetngs, perhaps permanently because of me very lttle ~,~e_ for study, -sermon prepa' lack of young folks L raton, or pastoraf vstng Vnle,ss others move r, know of nothng Clfford A' Beebe~ C thh at Chan be done to 'bhuld up the Gentry ' FOUKE,AR( UTe except just b -to 01 h d on ' We have 'have made' a house to,-house VlSlt on one mactve mem er w 0 we hopewllon~ s4'e of F ouk'e, nvtng folks _'Out to return to aetvty; one other hasalready done so As to nonresdent -members, we have speca servces on Sabbath nght, wthoruy ' been unable to get any word from those at small results, although much nterest has S been shown - ~ prng feld hope to be able togo there, The churches' at Lttle Prare, Ark,' and he(ore long: The nrst word; we have had from, Beb;on(just last week) hdcates that Edrrburg,Tex, are:askfrg 'me to com:e to there s only one 'Seventh Day Baptst left \ ~her churches and -held a: few spec,al evan there Two of ournonresdentfaldles are gelstc servces, approxmately two weeks- now lvng n Dallas, _and wth sone Fouke each place The Pouke Church s wllng to nonresdents and others mght form a nucleus l~oan the~r pastor for ~ha:t,work 1- amw1lng Jor a church f some specal work could be and an~ldus to doths work, but there s~o, donethere proyspn for transportaton'expenses at ths, # date ' ' ' have been at, Lttle Prare once and t' t ~',', am gomg o ry to g1ve you'a true pc promsed to go agan May, ~hen we :hope rore of the sprtual "condton~ 'here m the- to hc~ve ~aptsm and-- thelord s Supper ' South, as they appear to me; The recent war wlllgo ~s of~enaspos~lb~e -: ~ ;,' dd untold' _damage to' the spr-tu~l lfe' of The sltua:tl,onth~res:em~~~re,encourag ' many ndvduals,' thus we~enng mg -t~atl fo~ a longtjme $mce Brother' ',-phurches The opportunty to work at good,\\!htejeft, th:e ch"l1?ch:las,~bee~ nactv~,'<pay b-as t~fuptedllany'?f our peopl~,;to:ae~ but we had: a good all daymeetmg' at th~cept Jobs''-Vheretlley wereregt;retl:t6~wo church The,~a-bh~th School"Y~~Feorga;on lsabbath~ day';: and now lfnd!wanyw-l1q '::~---: THE SABBATH: RECORDER:'

4 '~ ', ":", " " :; - " NEw EMPH SS PLACED ON GREAT COMMSSON (Reprnted fro the Los Angeles Church l?ulletn), The new g' obhl maps brng a new empha ss to an old ommand ~ Go ye nto all the world,'" the aster sad twenty centures ago Then, the world was,-,an unknown sphere of unc nquered dstances Travel was lmted to t4 donkey~ the camel, and the salng shp Today, as he maps used ~y the 'arplane reveal, the w ole world s a neghborhood No spot n he nhabted world ~oday s more than 0 days by plane from New York "Only the stars are foregn"" Thus, the, reat,msson felds of Japan (65 mllon), Ru a (193 mllon), nda (352 mllor), and Chna (475 mllon) are no lo~ger dsta:n:, Ths fact has 'le;d a' great Chrstan sta esman to' say, n :the years ahead the na ons of the world as we know them wll ct er lve,together 'or they wll de together Lve or de, they wll do t together'" But; for n tons to lve together as Chrs tans, they m st know Chrst MsSons have become 'our H st lne of defense on For He :s our peace ho hath broken d~wn the md, - -," -' ~ --- ~,- ~, ">- '" -: ~~ ~:" ::" -:: -~ ::~ :" -:; ~:- "' de wall of part~t6n ' 'somakrg peac ~ :'" ~:_<> Here s the only way to' p~3:ce _ 1 When,' the~efore, " we as' Chrstans' render: under, God'one tenhof our ncome to ad vance' hs kngdom throughout~ the' world, ' 'we hasten the day when the ~~ole_ world may ' lve _at peace We' must choose 'between the', cost of war, wth ts mountng tafces,and :tne ' cost of peace -'- The Tthe' What Does t Matter? Just one Chnese 1l;lo~e or' less-what does t matter, where floods and famnes always scourge, and where- there are always7 such, a lot left?' do not wonder that at home sometmes the,-contnual ca:ll for sacrfcal gvng for relef and medcal mssons' n Chna rases the queston n one "s mfud, for was wonderng ;the!same thng myself ths afternoon as 'We pushed through the throngs' n the ~treets of Shangha outsde our gate Then came n to look' over the compos, dons whch my Englsh class -had turned n on the 'Subject, ~~MyEar1est Memory:~ Ths: boy~s was the 'frst one opened; MY EARLEST MEMORY By Waung S~Jau f the hu,man lfe s a play, wlt tell you a tragedy n my lfe whch s always n my earlest ' memory My youngest sster was a lovely hcby wth brown har,:hrght vvd eyes as the dew movng on' the ~ater lly, Oh, how beautfu1 her facewas! f you ev~r saw' an entrely rpened apple, then you - could consder ts beauty B~t she was: sck at;ld ded from <typhus '1 could say that 'She was klled by the gnorant medcne man ~e let my sster take a fatal medcne whch wa s 'mxed wth barks,' roots, and other knds of wood After tak-ng these, my sster wa~ caught by the death'gh9st saw her strug; glng, on' t'he boundary ];:,etween'" lfe and death~ tll she' drew ~back her la:st breath:-":'---' cannot detal ths, ltragedy, because t,s my earlest menl'oy, but know t s 'the dark shadow whch covered" my heart for'a long tme One lttle Chnese chhd more or less- -' ' what does t matter? H~len' SThorrtgate, ', - ': '~M RLTCtN'WHs~lt was ~ -,' ', " 'ana, -;," stmulatng to VSt wth 'dscuss'wlththem the work '; ' ~ CO~trlctve Actvty Evden1: 'andthe denomnaton' On March 02 9 w~s : the: frst (:lass sesson - Presdent Hll talked about the present progralll n ' the Mlton church fo~ the study~ "&:The of MltonCoUege and how everythng possble' s ;beng done to serve the very large' student!body " Clldren We Teach n Twenty"one~ parents ' Plans for the future' were dscussed Heman ' and Sabbath school teachers >,Were enrolled fested ~hs'deep;nterest n' the work of the Board~ n :the 'c1ass~-eady:and anxlpus to dscover of Chrstan Educaton and ts actvtrles d f' corsdered better ways of 'teach~g chldren an '0 combnng the efforts of church-and' home 'n ths task, ' (t was n~prrgto work wth ths group They took an actve,part n the -dscusson and' w~re ready to plan for further study) " Pastor's Class Pastor ElmoF R'andolph for some tme has been conductmg a classof adults w1;lo are to become members of, the Mlton 'ChUrch n ths class a study s beng 'made"of all the outstanc!ngdoctrnesof the '~~venth Day' Baptst fath Those jn the class aresaypg that they thnk t, would be a good: thng for all the, adultmem'bershp to have such a study t s very thrllng to the pastor and the church to know that,these adults, most' of them young cotpe~s; are takng' ths - matter very' serouslythey are plannng how to make ther home lfe more Chrstan; <they 'are plannflg to ~tudy the >Bt:,le more ntensvely, to gve 'more tme to home wor; shp, and to' be more 'careful n Sabba:th~, observance (Ths type of adult chss s one' to be recom"'/ mended to all of our churches Here 1:8 the 'Perfect combnaton of evangelsm and Chrstan educaton) ',: ' ' -:c Unon S~rvces /"" The churches of the two Mlto~s have Held 278-_ THE" SABBATH RECORDER \ - -" -, ~ :;: ' '-' - " -, - - ~' <- : "- 'j

5 _J -, t was a real prvlege to represent Dean A ] C Bond, of the School of Theology at Alfred, and Rev Everett T Harrs of Alfred, the - nference Presdent,'" a~ ths servce, and -to e honored by beng -on the program for th ordnaton sermon, whch was enttled, HT e Fellowshp of the Called" Truly ths w sa mountantop experence f<?r the Denver hurch and -the people there _ ask that all pr y for the bressng of God upon the church,that t may go forward wth Chrst n ts part of hs kngdom work BOULDER CO O _ Sabbath S 001 Dscussed The Boulder Church met Sunday nght, Aprl 6, for a s pper, whch was prvleged to attend Fall wng the supper spoke to the group on S bath school work, stressng especally the n d for a stronger program of home and c urch co'" operaton A good dscusson fo11o ed n whch many took part On Monpay ght there was a meetng of the Boulder S bbath schoq teachers and offcers and nte est-ed laymen _ At that tme more detalecl roblems and plans of the Sabbath school were dscussed On _Tuesday venng, Aprl 8, a meetng of parents, Sab ath -school teachers, offcers,_ and nterested la men of the Denver Church met at the chur h socal room to dscuss the Sabbath school program At t1;ls meetng, also, the need 0 home and church co,opera'" ton was present d - There was a fne dsc~s'" san, - wth all resent takng part Much good was accom lshed The defnte fee "ng of -beng n the West came to me when the c nductor shouted ~'Ths way out 'for Denver~~ t was a good e perence to 'be-wth the Boulder ;and Denver peo e fo~ these few days They gracously enterta ed me _:and ~ receved many -evdences of the thoughtfulness and goodness 1 wll always remember wth pleasure these people and the work the are dong RESPONSBLTY Churches of a y Amen-can communty have a responsblty for - relatng the basc corc_epts of freedom and _ dem 5=racy to the ongong process of communty lfe The c'hur-ch s concerned wth communty Hfe b cause there s need to_ resolve the tensons arsng n socal lvng whch requre a sprtual mnstry for ther resoluton -_- Dr Paul H Veth, Yale Dversty Dvnty School - RVER-SDE a CALF Lay People and Mnsters Share Chrstan Experences ~g Assocaton Meetngs When the tran had come down out of the--mountans nto the valley n Calforna, had the feelng of wakng up n a new world My preconceved -deas about the' experence nad not been extreme My frst Vst to the Pacnc 'Coast just cannot be -de'" scrbed People have to be here to know what t means! Dr Rosa Palmborg expressed how we felt about the sessons of the Pacfc Coast Asso caton when she sad c that sessons of the - General Conference are not any better A vst to the churches out here s smlar to v!sts n other churches n ths respect: you meet folks who_ have come from Battle Creek, Broolcleld~ NY, and other -places of the denomnaton -There 's always the joy of sharng experences wth people 'Who know folks who are ether relatves or frends of ours Sermons by Pastors Hargs -and -Maltby were strong and nsprng Contrbutons made by,laymen were very valuable; - Mss Los Wells of Los Angeles; who s a teacher, sad that she would rather be lsted as ~_ teacher of young people than just a tea:cher of musc She sad that f a teacher has the true sprt of Chrstanty that t wll rub off on the students wth whom she comes n contact All students n her- musc classes are u'rged to serve ther churc;hes through ther mus~cal talents Mss Sarah Becker, who s to go to Chrta as a mssonary nurse, sad that salvaton -through the mnstry of servng depends frst on daly con secraton and lvng close to Chrst There must, be that humbleness ofsprt whch says, ""'n go whe~e you want me to go Salvaton can radate from our faces only f t s n our hearts: We can gq~_'-:'-~-' where he wants us to go only f we have fath Servce s based on prncple, "Thy wll be done'" Mrs Gerald Hargs s~d she- _went to Ja ma-ca wth the love of God n her heart; and when she had worked- -there a whle, she had an equally deep love n her heart forthe Jamacan people She made a strong appeal for all of us to wrte- letters to the-, ' : - m$sonaes~ These l~tters, _ wh~h: assure them'that we are prayng and are nteres ted, really gve- needed -encouragement _ -, - - Mr -and Mrs Luther Davs of Marlboro; N- l, were vstors at the assocaton- Mrs Davs spoke' on the thene, "The Challenge of Servllg, n the Mnstry ", She sad that By Rev:A -J~ c Bond-- ~ TRAVEL~G 9N we want to follow a way that:- challenges The lsabbath - s lke the dkes of Holland Read ' Geness- 2: 7~Q;-Hebrewsll: 1 10 t keeps back -the 'Waters- of temptaton,- Now fath 's 'th~ sub~e ~f thngs hoped for, 'Worldlness, etc We are to brng whatever -the evdence of tbngs not seen - Hebrews 11: 1 talents we have to Chrst~ and he wll mult- A successful1fe s one n -whch- -aggressve ply the-m as he dd the loaves- and:nsl1es acton and contemplatve quet are mxed to brought hy the lttle boy, mpulses come gether -n proper proportons The mood of to us from God, just as there_are mportant the tme:s, or other_ external nfluences, may messages n the ar whch are brought to us _stmula-te aotvtyor lull to rest But -those by rado, but 'We must be n tune wth God who' have "trave1ed on~" and have carred the to get the messages race of manknd forward have not yelded Byron Holg~te, a talented -young man who to the present mood, nor caught ther - n' s a recen:t convert -to the Sabbath, spoke of pra ron from earth,botlnd 'sources - hs mssonary work wth rural' people He Malknd"s benefactors; lke Abram of old, wll be -a valuable-man for, our people~ have- ""passed -through the land,"" or have ""moved on _ td: the hll east of Bethel" or Mrs Ernestne Henry spoke feelngly and -- some other hll; or have ""traveled- on; stll wsely about the need for a- be-vter- work wth southward, ", or n some other :fxed drecton; young people -Mrs Alta Greshaber sug but, lke Abram also, they _have paused be gested many practcal ways we_can help ds tmes to buld an altar, and have wated ex'" trbute tracts Elder E S Ballenger-told us pectandy a~d -Wth unconquerable fath for how -better to keep_the Sabbath and to the Cty 'Wth Xed foundaton1s"" pr,?mote -t among people who have' not yet Somewhere there s a sundal _whch has accepted\ ths truth of God - th~ nscrpton on,ts fac;e: ""t s later than you thnk""that s an excellent remnder of ~the flght -of' t~me But someone has taken Tme and space s not suffcent for -me to tell, excepton to that statement'- and has declared, _ all that would lke to about ths wonderful "'t s earler-than you,thnk~_" 'n-vew of assocaton meetng; so -look for more- n a later ttssue of the Recorder -, SAAC WATTS' _COMMEMORATON DESGNATED BY HYMN SOCETY- the mood of our tmes and the urge tc) ~"hurry or youw11 mss!8omethngn lam ready to gve the latter admonton some consdera" tdr Be less feversh jp your haste t s earler than you!thnk, _Let' us -take -tme to kn-o~: the thoughts of men; Tme to know beauty; and :ne to _feel- agan -C~lm:- and 'content -o:f _soul) the' quet power Of medtaton throug-h agen~lehour _ -And when the goajhasbeconeclear"_~hat - ever dangers beset _()~r~ way, ' -let- us -proceed 'wthzest 'born of conn de nee 280 THE SABBATH RECORDER, ',"

6 r' ' ' ; ' 1 DENVE LADES~ AD REPOR ACTVE ' YEAR - \ nclude' Relef roes, n Germany, Ths s a report of the Denver Seventh Day Baptst Lade " Ad for eghteen mor;ths ' Our projects' have ncluded three rummage' -July, 194, to December, 1946 ' sal~s,,two bazaars,and slv~r teas, a dnner~for' Members p statstcs are as, follows: num'" the Odd Fellows, the' sale of Chrstas,and",_ ber of act e' -members" 21;, number of n everyday cards, the, sellng of Dolly,:Duz, actve mem ers, 9; average monthly attend, t's, " two Thanksgvng offerngs, and a ance, 19; eto alnumber of vstors, '56; total brthday luncheon served by the offcers of ' attendance or ~ghteen months, 275' 'the'socety, " :" There we e two members who mssed, one 'We have contdbuted $50 to the Woman"smeetng an, Mrs Matte Burdck and Mrs~cety, and ncreased our ownchurc4 pl~dge, : Mary Wll ms Two new, members were to $15 We gave $25 toward the neon)lght added :Mrs Gerte Clark and Mrs Mldred for' our church, $25 to the traler fund for Steveftson ',the evangelstc' worker, $25 toward the pur'",, We lost f ur actve members: Mrs Blanch~' chase' of a typewrter for use n preparrg Sutton, wh moved to: Boulder, Colo'; Mrs church bulletns,~ and pad $25 toward the, Grace Wh e, who moved to Ford, Town, expenses of our representatv?, Mrs,Hooker, Tenn; lmrs: Mabef"Leath, who moved to the to General Conference- We furnshed treats East; and s Margaret Davs, 'who has for the chldren n our Vacaton 'Bble School fnally settle n Slverton, Colo We' gve thanks to God,for spar,n'g our, Relgous s~des were brought to us by menbers' and for beng wth us n 9ur Mrs Esthe Stanton,' who n'?ted gue~t undertakngs We thank hm for makng, speakers hey spoke to us on the racal t possble to have such a bountful eghteen problem he dscussons were vared, and,months " May we ever _' bear n mnd that nterestng We had also our own' msson'- through hm au, thn'gs are possb~e May ary, Mrs Eugene Davs, who 'told, us of God contnue' -to gude us a1?-d' -gve us the the very g ave Chnese problem 'prvlege of contnung' 'hs work 'n' helpng Mrs Ma de Davs,' our' key' worker, gave, others Elos B~dck, us monthly reports f~om th~ Women ~s So Secr~tary cety, -, The Surts me Commttee purchased many weddng,an -baby'gfts; they, also dstrbuted' frut basket at Chrstmas and sent flowers and cards t the ~ ll _ ' TMELY ADVcE' f you are - patent,' st,down quetly, and talk wth Job n you are a lttle strongheaded, go' and see \ Moses~ f you are ge g weak-jrneed, take a good look at - Eljah ' " f there s' n song n YO,ur heart, lsten to Davd f y~u are a polcy man, read Danel ' f you are ge' sordd, spend a whle' ~th sacl f you feel y, get the beloved dscple to put hs arm ar' und you, f your fa s below' par, read Paul n you are' g ttng lazy, watch Jam~,' f you are sng' sght of the future, clmb up, the stars of evelator and get a, glmpse of the promsed d -Selected ' 'By Alberta D~, Batson A SPRNG MEDTATON "Let us kneel before 'the Lord' our -maker~" Hymn: Wll, Sng,the Wondrous ~StorY ' For God /50 loved th~' world, that he gave hs only begotten Son, that whoso ever beleveth n hm shall not~ persh, ;b~t have everlastng lfe, " / ", The Easter ~eason' hasp'ass'ed /and wltht has come ~gan--and t, seems t()me~,'n"' even more glorous a'ssurarce-' -the realzaton" of what Jesus has done f6r' ul The season, ' of Easter s a sad and serous tme, and' t ' 's also a tme of rejocng, for' t 's,then that'' we on'ce more have presented to, us ~ our that we are, " ',, lahps, for, they,h3:d pot 'be~n forsakerl :, says: ',~,,' ' -' -~, Selzed~' and beaten" and mprsoned: 'to' 'appease a', cruel' throng,,, ~, " " '~,', n the dar:kressbl~edrg;;' prayng- for' the ones who, dd, the wrong, ', ',Trustng hn' "who' hears' ~:hs chldren and whose, 'helps sur and,' strong, ~,, _,,Paul and' :Slas' prased the,lord, 'to,whom the - prase and' trust belo:ng' 'On - ther eet were heavy" fetters; on the:, lps, courageous s6ng~', W:hata fath! 'Andwha-t an answer made God"s,presence wdely : known, openng, doors, releasng pr-soners,shakng walls ' ',' and 'hearts of stone!, " ' -',;', What a Jesson" when a -Clrstan work seems almost overthrown! ' ' Ways to answer are the Father s; #mes and seasons,,hs alore;,, / -' :Bt 'the' prayer 'Of f~th he answers, He wll not fo,rsakehs' o~n: ' " "', _ The-comng of sprmg s alway~ '3; tme,fpr, renewng 'our"f~th:n,god; C~ : anyone ' s:ee, the hurstng buds,the greenng of the: gr~ss~ heflttng' df brds from,tree to' tree, (lnd oo'smell~~ ~prng3n,the au- 'and n6tknow that God s 'everywhere? :: ', NORm LOUP,' NEB -'Rev,ana Mrs A~ C 'Ehret, Mrs' t -0, Babcock, MrsW G:, J(;hnSlon~ and :l\tts'; Pfar1an _BreQtnd~ recently made 'arrangements,for,the purchase of an, electrc- organ for the Seventh Day, Baptst Church ~~ ' 282

7 Donna' Babcoc ~ Rchard Babcock, and Dar' re'll Barber for ed a tro The -cantata was drected by t e chor leader, Dell Barber FolloV{ng the musc, a communon -servce was observed Correspondent' ALFRBD, N -'- On -the last Sabbath of March, after the regular motnng servce of the Alfred Church, there was 'a ""Meal of Sharng" n the Parsh House Ths was the fourth an perhaps the last such meal for the preseq Each person' or famly provdes a dsh to pass, ether -BC lloped potatoes or salad, and plan bread Coffee and cream are fur rushed The sharng s n three ways: Frst, one shares n an un alanced meal wth fellow hu man bengs' other countres, who' have known only s ch meals for months or ~ven' years Second one shares wth hs hunger ng neghbor a ross the -sea, by contrbutng at least the co t of such a meal as he would have at home Thrd, one shares the fellow" shp of fren s' and neghbors n Alfred, eatngtogethe, unted not only by ther own frendshp but by ther com mon nterest n ther faraw ' neghbors n need -Alfred Sun BATTLE EK, MCH- - Plans and tnue for the summer months -June, July, d the :frst part of Augustwhen our ass ant pastor and 4s wfe, Mr and Mrs Lela d 'Davs, come/to share the drecton of t e kngdom's ~ork here The second oar of the' parsonage has been nsulated, and the Lades' Ad Socety has apponted a co mttee, of ~hch Ha~el Lang worthy s chao man, to see that the upstars s made Hhom y~' for the Davses Leland, the on of Mr and Mrs Wlls D Davs and gra dson of Eekel Davs, was born near Jac on Center, Oho He went to Salem,Col ge durng the fal' of 1942 n' July, 1943, under the NavY V 12 pro gram; he was sent to Bethany College, W Va, as ~ cha lan tranee Havng gradu ated from ther wth a BA degree, he was SOU STERN ASSOCATON The Southwes ern Assocaton wll hold ts 1947 sessons n the ond, La, church from July 31 to August 3 We hope many wll Dlake plans to attend ---Correspondng Secre~ sent by the: NaVy to Yale Dvnty' School After 'eght 'months, he was released and he ganrus studes at Fath Theol6gk:al Semnary, Wl~ngton, De!:, where -he s now a student Tentatve pans are for hm :to preach the Sabbath of June 14, to drect the Daly Vacaton Bble School, to drect one of the camps n' July, ana to assst wth prayel: servces, callng, and other pastoral work-, _ The 'Frendly Guest DENOMNATONAL BUDGET Statement of the Treasurer, March 31, 1947' Recepts Adams Center Albon Alfred!Frst Alfred Second AS&Oclatons and groups Battle Creek -:_ Berln ' :- Boulder Brookfeld Frst - Brookfeld Second Chcago : Daytona Beach Den'Ver ~ De &uyter Des Mones _ DnuJba : Dodge Center Edn'burg _, Farna Fouke Frendshp _ Gentry - Hammond :_ H-ealdsburg,Ukah :- Hebron Center Hebron, Frst Hopknton Frst _:; Hopknton, Sec-ond _:; ndependence ndvduals _-_ rvngton ~ Ja:ckson Center : Lttle Genesee _ Lttle Prare _ Los Angeles Los Angeles, Chrst's _ L-ost Creek ~ Marlboro :_ Mddle sland Ml ' ' 1 ton : Mlton Juncton -; New Auburn :-_:;: N e:w York :- March ' : 400'" 9343 North L'Oup -_ Nortonvlle _ 'Pawcatuck Pscataway 2100 Planfeld _~_ : Rchburg ~ := 2400 Total for 9 months $ , , ,13674 ' , , ' ~ , 64~ ' 3818' ~ ' - 640;7e , ,50658 lul 50 1,77447 t80"25 ' ': : rutcle': ;, ~ ~ ::~~~~;~~;_~~:~_ ~, R vers1 ad e, ~_ ::' RoanQ'ke ' :_ ~ - Rockvlle ;_ ~~ ;_ 1712 S:le m ::;:_ _ Salemvlle ~ : ~_ 9~50 Schen'eCtady ~, ~ Shloh,: "Stone Fort ;~_ Syracuse : ~ Verona :_:: ~ Walw'orth _; ~_;~ : _ Washngton Evarg~lcal _ Washngton, People's _ Waterford ~ ~ Whte Cloud _ DsbuFsements Budget ' Specals' Mssonary Socety ",:$81857 $ Tract Socety ;;:, Board of Chrstan Educaton 49 LOS Women's SocetY, ~ ~00 Hstorcal Socety ;:;:: 3680 Mnsteral Retrement :_,: :48 S D B Buldng _ 61,41 < General Conference _ Worle;! Fellowshp and Servlce _ ~ 3680 Conference' Commttee on Relef Appeals' _ *:;94 31 *nc1udes $26831 for German SDB Relef Comparabve Fgures Recepts, for March:, Budget _;-$2,29452 $1,79086 Specals : Recdpts for 9 months: Budget 18, ,64474 Specals _: 10, ,66470 At the ~nd of sx nonths~ total ~ecepts toward the 1947 budget amounted to $10,615;38 That means that n 'half the tme allotted only 3778per - cent of the $ 28,100,budgetha9' heen rased LaSt year at-the ha'1fway mark $ had been co~" ttbuted, or 4,'33 per cent of the total $24,000 budget L M Van Horn, Treasurer Mlton, Ws 284 THE SABBATH ' RECORDER '

8 '- < - ; boatman who Thames to pa The' boatman ~s unusual catch such a tthe of the f men were famous Rose ton of the n, the cour:t-t'""r'1l ddn~t see t hm across the Rver a yearly tthe of salmon reward~" on that day ~ was an nne fsh t s known that' Ths yea~ one mllon: people wll receve pad annually" untl the end n the mal: a she'et of 'Bbleseals fron,the"~: cenfury Amercan Bble 'Socety, n ts promoton of our vst to the abbey work- the, nnth annual Bble~Sea1Canpagn>An >' begnnlg to put back the "ntensfed program has: been : ra~gurated ~ -:: ndow, whch for the' dura ' had been stored somewhere for safekeepng rm sorry We passed chapel where du~ng the war four Brtsh solders were at" prayer when a bomb fell anjd demolshed t A' We returned 'to the pla'ce~ we had been the day' before to take some pctures On the way back to hotel we saw a most nter estng the changng of the guards at Whtehall e peeped through the' barred 4-on gates n to see ths Whtehall s the Brtsh ent buldng, and, the changng of th guards s an ancent custom takng 'almost hour' On ths day the guards were n khak, hut Aunt \ Dorothy says that before the' war they dressed n fl unforms wth tall: tasseled and plumed 'The gu'ards r~de, the most beautful horses, kept under perfect control; horse nor 'man moved a muscle when at "attenton-and they would reman otonless for ll'nutes at a tme The bugler ve a sgnal and about ffteen or twenty lljl LLLL guards, wth' a 'leader on a whte horse, marched 'and formed a lne Another rode n and: faced the frst group Then two whte mounted leaders rode to the and apparently conversed for awhle t k so long we couldn ~t stay to the fnsh at afternoon we had to go to Southam -to get our luggage through customs, for }Jere to leave fpr' France '~y w~y of We the hotel, ate' hnch, ard dashed for the ~allj We just maqe t, and, ~ an hour and half w~ were'at the Unted' States Lnes' Whle we wated for the baggage; 9Ver to the maga> zne rack, contaned only one maga zne, " Tme through t found th~ ths year necesskated by the need 'for funds to meet the' many calls~ for Scrptures that press the 'socety from" all p~rts of the world~ ~~Read the B~ble H s the slogan adopted for the 1947 seals On the brown background four 'dfferent "desgns are shown,' the readng ofthe :Bble on the farm, n,th~_hore,:n the factory, and n the offce' The sheets ~f one hundred seals are suppled at one d_ollar each And what are some of the' needs? From,the Belgan Congo 'n Afrca come words' of than'ks for the prntng of' the: Gospel of ~t--luke n Com1lerca)Kkon~o Our- a:ppr~caton s nex pres~ble ndeed' t has been' pract-cally mpossble to get S~rptures n a,ny l'anguage whatever durng the past 'year We, wll ever be grateful to you" for ths assstance-n : gettng,,_the gospel out" and n ev'ange1~ngand: wnnng these peoples to Chrst' ", name and address of ~~ Amet;c~nsol(ler o~--~~-:~:~<' a page of adverfsn~ ~e- last name' ~so: Sellers, the same as lly,hgh, school prn; :<;:;, ;> cpafs, and' the' address -was _Cl~tksbutg~:" ": ~~:~ Well, Clarksburg s ou~ shoppng' center and county seat, just twelve mles from Salem 't was' lke a message from home~ ' thnk ~~ t was avery unqe cr~u~stance (TC? be contnued) ;'' ' '' \", Success of our endea:vor "n reconstructon de" pends largely upon-the --possblty ~f brngng the gospel back nto the 'homes ~ of -our populaj;o~ Th~refore ev~rybble has' an nestmable' valle _ HPQssbltes~~frted~~ "s the way a chap~ lar descrbed the bpportuntes for' the Bble Socety n 'Japan TO" neet thls~challenge, the:,bble Socet)F s n: the" process Ot pub- '"'lshrg 1,500~000' Japanese 'New Testaments 'and 100,000 whole 'Bbles, th<:nsanosof whch, have already reached' Japan-' t': s expected, thatdurng ths year, the orgnal'request -for 2;500,000 Testaments '",wll be, met and ex" t~eeded These a~ebu~ a: few~fthe~portant tasks' the Bble _ Socety s :worjcg~ on : whc1,1 Every letter that carres a lttle, ','brown, Bble seal, ptt~ there by someone - 'Yho' be", leves, not 'Only' 'n the r~,adng of the Bble, bu;t s sharng t also,1:>nngs the' goal' of the Bble SoCety, that :much near,et completon:' -Amercan" Bble Socety (Bble House, 450: Park Ave, Ne-vv: York 22, NJ Y) " -' 286 ~ '!

9 - ::><-'~ SEVEN'r11 DAY BAPTSTSARED01~6 (DENONUNA~ONAL ''HOOK-UP'l' : r~ ~ N Y 'At the annual be' requred ths ':y~ar "t the church s to :: ",, Second Brookfeld Seventh fulrfll ts oblgatons" both ocallyard to:the'" '-"11, ' Dr,Jay W Crofoot denomnatonal program An Every M~m ber Canvass,"" 's 'rdw under way,_,to put,the t:1e:cre:q for the seventh tme as p~tor ~Js;; year: On account of the needs before the membershp of the church~ ' Mrs Ruth Palmer"s repor t, ;as secretarybf ' the Women"s Mssonary Ad Socety, showed that excellent work has been done by,'that organzaton, ncludng' the rasng of over' $325 The Sabbath school report, was read by" Mrs, J W Crofoot, the retrng Secretary The offcers of the Sabbath school for 1947 are: superntendent, F W Palmer; assstant ' superntendent, Robert Langworthy; secre" ' tary treasurer, Kenneth :-M Palmer; panst" ' Mrs Wlma -Langworthy; chorster, Mrs Mnne SaWner; prmary superntendent,' Mrs~' Herman Palmer;,Home Depar tment super ' ntendent, Mrs Florence" Camenga,--;Brookfeld Courer: WESTERLY, R - The annual1meetng of the Pawcatuck Seventh Day Baptst Church ' was held n the chu~chvestryaprl "13,followng the annual church dnner whch ' Jay W Crofoot was served at 6: 30 '0' clock The busness ncluded the' readng of the reports and dec~' present' hgh cost of lvng, "he was voted ton of offcers, and' was presded over by', a substantal n salary!carl 'G Stllman, pre$dent qf the organ~, : '":< Other elected were:: Mrs Robert zaton Langworthy,' Albert,L Rogers, chor, Ths o~cason afforded many members of '-':~}:' aster; M Palmer and Raymond the congregaton ther nrst 'opportunty 0 Whtford, U""~"'''''''' see the redecoratons of the church :whch Palmer and Mrs Herman J have beep underway snce, January 20 and: cted trustees to serve three whch had, been 'completed durng the pre~_ years, and A Ftch' was chosen to suc" vous week The church was used f~r- t~~ ':"-' 'ceed the late Clark Stllman The trustees Sabhathmornng servce for the frst tm'e-;,~> whose terms expre p 1948 are C W Ca on Aprl 19 ~ West-erly Sun ' menga, L P Curts, and Mrs:Alce Bacon BERLN, N Y \ - The young p~~ple's,le0'(;:~<'>' Those whose terms expre' n 1949areC L ' low-shp' group; whch meets> on'ce : a month;' Curts, D J Frar" and Mrs RuhDavs at' the varous' homes for -supper an,d aleve~ The, C W Camenga, presded nng program, has ncreased:n sz~durng ~~ at the 'and the treasurer, F W the past: year to nclugea11 Jrom,Berln'and; Palmer, gaverepor:t Mrs Ruth Davs Sc~en~9tady 'who wsh, to~ttend~ ~'', " s the--ehurch clerk The Aprl meetng was' held at the church ' The of the 'tr'easurer and that of: -wth, fty thr~e n a ttendance A ~ cover~d _, -the n t 'commttee of the trustees, dsh' supper,waserjoyed : -apdmr~~ whch were " ted by D J F-ar, showed 'Harold Pearson bf Amsterdalll,'NY, were that whle fnances 'of the church are n presented~ wth a handsomeb~dspread;' as, 'a a healthy more "l1beralgvngwll" nsde on p~ge"283 )' " (Contnped -" :'' - :, l-'o, L0 ; -,' - ',, t!tbou sl)alt babt no otbtr lobs " ' < before fur " tbpbaugljttr,tbp nuln =~trbant ~nor ' tl)p mafb~stt:batnt: nor' tfjpltatttlf p ' 1Gt;tlu;sttngtttljatJ5<bltbn tb!' ~uatf~:,foftlx;bap~tfjtlortmabt :, bttaben oanb -t,4t'tb bt :~ea, nnbalf ' 'tlfjatn tjjtms;attbtttsftb tljt~eb" ~nt"bap:,bj,d~t'tforf tbrtl,;orb' blts=" seb tjt,abbattj- bap: anbballowelft