The Sabbath ABRAHAM LINCOLN HELPED A BOY. S~ z,~ '8apua RIVERSIDE, 'CALIFORNIA, AUGUST 16-21, february 21, 1949

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1 ABRAHAM LINCOLN HELPED A BOY The followng ncdent,occurred n the summer of 1847, at the South Forks Schoolhouse n Sangamon County, Ill. Mr. Lncoln had been nvted to address a temperance meetng by Preston Breckenrdge, one of the promnent farmers of that vcnty. The weather was warm and the meetng \-\-'as held n a grove near the schoolhouse. At that tme, Mr. Lncoln was a member of Congress and hs reputaton had already begun to grow.. A large audence had come to hear what he had to say n regard to the general custom of drnkng, whch was so prevalent at that tme, especally where fronter customs largely prevaled. Mr. Lncoln was a very earnest advocate of temperance and n hs speech, he earnestly pleaded wth old and young to sgn the follo~'ng pledge: "Whereas, The use of ntoxcatng lquors as a beverage s productve of paupersm, degradaton and crme; and belevng t s our duty to dscourage that whch produces m.ore evl than good, we therefore pledge ourselves to abstan from the use of ntoxcatng lquors as a beverage." The Sabbath, february 21, 1949 :. The pledge had been prepared and sgned by Mr. Lncoln hmself, and after hs address, most of those present sgned t. Mr. Preston Breckenrdge, who had asked Mr. Lncoln to come and gve the speech, had a ten-year-old son named Cleopas. The boy was present at the meetng n the grove and was evdently deeply moved by Mr. Lncoln's appeal. The future presdent ~'as always nterested n boys and he sad to Cleopas, "Sonny, don't you want your name on ths pledge?" The boy earnestly answered n the affrmatve but sad that he was unable to wrte. The hand of Abraham Lncoln sgned hs name to the pledge as hs agent. Dr. Howard H. Russell, founder and frst superntendent of the Ant-Saloon League of Amerca, many years later, vsted Cleopas Breckenrdge who was then lvng about 16 mles from Sprngfeld, and heard the story from hs own lps. On Sunday, May 29, 1927, a commemoratve bronze tablet was erected near the spot \-\-"here Lncoln delvered hs South Forks address. Mr. Lncoln who was frst n so many thngs and whose magc control of the Englsh language was one of hs greatest gfts, put the entre phlosophy of the temperance movement n 52 words: ''Whether or not "the world would be vastly benefted by a total and fnal banshment from t of all ntoxcatng drnks, seems to me not now to be an open queston. Three-fourths of manknd confess the affrmatve wth ther tongues and, I beleve, all the rest acknowledge t n ther hearts." FrotIl hs speech on Washngton's Brthday at Sprngfeld, Clpsheet. S~ z,~ '8apua RIVERSIDE, 'CALIFORNIA, AUGUST 16-21, 1949

2 - j I The Sabbath Recorder Fnt Issue June 13, A Magazne fqr Chrstan Enlghfenment and Imprafon. HURLEY S. W ~c D.O., Edtor L. H. NORTH, Manager of tne Publshng House Contrbutng Edtors: DAVID S. CI.ARKE.,... Maaona WILLIAM L. BURDICK, D.O., Emertus (MRS.) FRANCES DAVIS... Woman'. Work HARLEY SUTTON... Chrstan Educaton (MRS.) MIZPAH S. GREENE... Chldren'. Page Our Polcy. The Sabbath Recorder does not necesaaruy endorse sgned artcles. For nformaton about Seventh J)Q:y Baptst polty and belefs wrte the Amerlc:cm Sal::>bath Tract Scx:ety. Planfeld, New Jersey. Terms of SubSCrpton Per Year... $2.50 Sx months... $1.25 Student rate... $1.00 per c:olleqe year Mon1hly S~al IsSues cents per copy (The frst ssue of each month). Regular Issues... 5 cents per copy Postage to Canada and foregn countres SO cents per year addtonal. Subsc:rptons wll be d.ac:ontnuec. at date of expraton when so requested. All subsc:rptons wll be dac:ontnued one year after date to whch payment s made unless expreaaly renewed. Publshed weekly (except" July and August when t s publshed bweekly) by the Amercan Sabbath Tract Socety and prnted by the Recorder Press, publshng house for Seventh Day Baptsts, Planfeld, N. 1. Entered at the post offce n Planfeld, N. J., as second class matter. All communcatons, whether on busness or for p~ Ucaton, should be addressed to the Sabbath Recorder, Planfeld, N. J. PLAINFIELD, N. J., FEBRUARY 21, 1949 Vo1. 146, No.8 Whole No. 5,330 IN THIS ISSUE EdtOral: Chrstan Brotherhood..._..._ Features: Rversde Callng..._ Summarzed Reports of German Relef Work..._..._..._..._..._ Los Angeles to Buld New Church Brotherhood Week..._.._..._..._..._ The Sower Bookstore Offer..._.. Ba ck Cover Mssons: Quarterly Report of. Secretary..._ Woman's Work: The Meanng of Segregaton..._..._ Chrstan Educaton: Youth Week Essay Chldren's Page: Our Letter Exchange..._...:.137 Church News Front Cover Pcture uslhouette Aganst the EvenIng Sky" -. RNS Photo. Domnatng ths twlght scene s the tower of the Judson Memoral Church,' Washngton Square, South, where the Frst Seventh Day Baptst Church of New Yark Cty has held. and, contnues to hold, servces snce March, Topped by an ncandescent cross, the tower s vewed through Washngton Arch at the foot of Ffth Av-enue. RIVERSIDE CALLING There are numerous routes to Rver' sde; n fact... all roads lead to Rversde ". ths summer. If you travel by 'auto, allow tme gong or comng, or both, to see the beautes along the way. Yes, there are beautes even n the desert. Some' tmes you need to leave the man hgh.. way a lttle dstance to see some of the grandeurs. Don "t put off too many of those places to be seen u'some other tme." Along southern routes you may see clff dwellngs, the Petrfed Forest, Panted Desert, Grand Canyon, and other places of nterest. Especally we would recom' mend a sde trp to Carlsbad Caverns. Take a good dctonary along for you wll not be able to thnk of the rght adjectves by whch to express yourself.. Allow an extra day for ths trp. Spend the nght at Whte Cty so you wll be near' enough to go nto the caverns wth the frst party n the mornng. Ths makes t possble to see all and come out n tme to reach EI Paso t,at nght. By the northern way you wll fnd t grand crossng the Rockes by any of the hghways. If you have never been there you wll want to vst the utemple"~ n Salt Lake Cty for a noonday organ re" ctal and an escorted tour about the grounds. From there to Rversde s not too hard to drve n two days but agan allow much more tme, for there s Bryce Canyon, Zon 'Natonal Park, and the north rm of Grand Canyon. Don "t mss any of them. It s a choce vew of Grand Canyon. It s reached by way of a most nterestng forest whch s ualve H wth wld lfe dfferent from any other place. All three parks are made more wonderful by vewng at ether or both sunset and sunrse. It s also nterestng to walk down the tral nto Bryce Canyon. As you approach Zon Natonal Park through the long tunnel Y9U wll mss much f you do not stop at most of the uwndows '" vew the... pctures... revealed. Plan your probable. route. soon, then wrte the Conoco Travel Bureau, Denver, Colo., tellng the 'places you wsh to see. They furnsh, wthout charge, the best t.vrourade" I have' seen wth pctures of nt~restng places :along the way. Come to Rversde for Conference!- to..j 127 BROTHERHOOD "'EEK CHRISTIAN BROTHERHOOD Our attenton s agan called to Brother, hood Week, February It s beng sponsored by the Natonal Conference of Chrstans & ]e\vs, Inc. Ths year's observance wll mark the t\venteth ann.. versary of the foundng of the natonal conference by the latel:-ionorable Charles Evans Hughes and others. Charman John Farrar of the Magazne and Book Commttee of the natonal can' ference nforms us that Nelson A. Rocke.. feller s servng as general charman of the Brotherhood Week observance for Mr. Rockefeller addresses the edtors of the relgous press as follows: The Prncples of Brotherhood Today, n a troubled world, the people search desperately for a new sprt of brother' hood and hope - leadershp n all walks of lfe n whch they can have trust and con' fdence because of ts ntegrty. justce, and understandng. We n the Unted States are one of the few natons n a poston to gve not only materal leadershp but moral and sprtual leadershp as well - a leadershp that wll strke at the very roots of conflct. dsunty, and msunder' standng whch bar the paths to brotherhood. The prncples of brotherhood whch an, mate the annual observance of Brotherhood Week consttute the very essence of our way of lfe. They provde the bass for the spread of lastng peace, freedom, and respect for hu.. man dgnty at home and throughout the world. Brotherhood Week gves us an opportunty as The Week of Washngton'S Brthday February 20-27, 1949 Brotherhood ; Be Lved! no sancton" George Washngton. a people to rededcate ounclvcf' to th)!; h~!,h purpose. On behalf of the conferencc, I would lke to ask your co'opcraton n maknf~ the 1949 obe-crvancc a ~UCCCM'. Sncerely, NC]f.on A. Rockefeller. "to bgotry- Can We Co-operate? Regardless of our dvergent vews con' cernng the Natonal Conference of Chrs, tans & Jews, Inc., and of our dfferng convctons n regard to the possbhty of accomplshng brotherhood among those so dametrcally opposed n matters of fe' lgous fath and practce; nevertheless, can Seventh Day Baptsts wthhold co' operaton, where co,operaton s at al1 possble, and reman Chrstan? By no means would we recommend agreement wth un,chrstlkeness for does not the Apostle Paul planly teach: ~~Do not enter nto nconsstent rela, tons wth those who reject the Fath. For what partnershp can there be be' tween rghteousness and lawlessness? or what has lght to do wth darkness? What harmony can there be between Chrst and Belal? or what can those who accept the Fath have 1n common wth those who reject t? What agreement can there be between a temple of God and dols? And we are a temple of the Lvng God. That s what God meant when he sad- ;.'... :... ', t ~... : ~. ".: '. -(; '.'.': ;:.<:~:~. :,~,~~~~

3 128 : : 12<)! 1! I, "I wll dwell among them. and walk among them; And I Wll. be ther God, and Nley shall be my people... Therefore "Come out from among the natons, And separate yourselves from th~m, n says. the Lord, "And touch nothng mpure; And 1 wll welcome you; And 1 wll be a father to you, And you shall be my sons and daughtei's:~ Says the Lord, the Ruler of au: Wth these promses, dear frends, let us purfy ourselves frqm everythng that pollutes ether b9dy or sprt, and, n deep' est reverence. for God, am at perfect. holness." 2 Cor. 6: 1~7: 1 (Twenteth Century Verson)., The Aposde's Appeal The burden )of the apostle"s appeal here ~s for the Cornthan Chrstans to open ther hearts to hm anq to God" s message whch he brngs. It s the appeal of a sprtual father to hs chldren n the fath. Paul has opened hs heart to them. Can tj:1ey not, n return, open ther hearts to hm?- The apostle further warns aganst heathen nfluences n the Scrpture passage cted. The Bass of Co-operaton In makng our choce of areas of co'" operaton, there must be a,' rule, a stand... ard, a bass for such choces. Surely, Sev.. enth Day Baptsts try to make ther choces n ths respect by the Chrstan rule, the Chrstan standard, on the Chrs.. tan hass. Consequently, f co"operaton n the observance of Brotherhood Week as sponsored by the Natonal Conference of Chrstans _&1 Jews, Inc., wll lead to a ""corrupt mxture,... then ~e ought to have-none of t. On the other hand, how.. ever, f any entrance for Chrst can be made. through our co'operaton n the naton.. wde observance of Brotherhood Week,. we ought 'to co.. c,perate. : The Churches and Brotherhood -. Churches stand for brotherhood n Chrst. So_metm-es they become so clannsh that they relnqush ther rg~t to, be - called ether Churches or Chrstan. One reason for so. many orgah2;atons outsde the Ch~ch today whch are undertakng Chrst"swork s that the Church has ""left. undone what ought.to. h~ve been' done.'" The Sprt and Purpose. of the Natonal Conference Let us -now turn to a consderaton of the sprt and purpose of. the Natonal Conference of Chrstans &1. Jews, Inc., whch s stated as follows:. ""... to promote justce, amty, under.. standng, and co~operaton among Protes.. tants, Catholcs, and Jews, and to analy2;e, moderate, and fnally elmnate ntergroup prejudces. whch dsfgure and dstort re' lgolls, busness, socal, an~ poltcal rela.. tons, wth a vew. to the 'establshment of a socal order n whch the relgous deals of brotherhood and justce shalr become the standards of, human relatonshps... NeG] By.. laws.. In the lght of these expressed purposes, whch s more Chrstlke: to co'operate or not to co.. operate? SUMMARIZED REPORTS OF GERMAN RELIEF WORK Recepts November, 1948 From Churches, Sabbath schools, and ndvduals... _._... _... _... ; $ December, 1948 From Churches, Sabbath schools, and ndvduals ~..._....._..._ ' Total _...:_..._..._..._....._..._..._.$ Dsbursements. November, Ibs. cord for packng..._..._... $ 5.00 Cleaner _._..._..._......_... ~.._ lbs. Dexo food..._..._..._ lbs. salad ol..._..._ Ibs. oatmeal..._..._ ,$ December, 1948 Parcel post fee for 41 packages at 22 Ibs.. and shpment wth 305 Ibs., total, 797 lbs..._... $ S tam ps... ~..._..._..._..._..._ Balance on hand January 1,1949 _..._... ~_ " ~ $ Recepts. Cash on hand January I, $ From Churches, Sabbath schools, lades socetes and ndvduals.....:_... 2, Pad lby Irvngton Church _..._..._._..._ Total... _...!!... ~... _ ~... ~_._.. $ 3, Dsbursements Food. Fee for parcel poh and shpments Starn ps.. _.. Medcne... _ Typewrter (used) for Br. MlIt::., Berlln Bble, repar... Cord for packng Cleaner Balance on hand January I, , 1947, 1948 Recepts From Churches, Sabbath schq!)is. lades' socetes, and nd1vduals Pad by Irvngton Church Total Food, 1948 Food, Parcel post fcc ana freght Mscellaneous._ Balance on hand January 1, 1949 Total Shpments packages at 22 Ibs.. 7,898 Ib~. 1946, ,952 packages 27,775 lbs. Total 2,311 packages Freght shpment (n 1948) Total Sununary of Shpments 1946, 1947, 1948 Clothng from the Seventh Day Baptst Churches of Amerca (approxmately) Food, soap, ol, etc. (approxmately) Total... $1, , $3, S 9, , $11, $1, , $ 6, , ~-- $11, ,673 lbs. 5,100 lbs. 40,773 lbs. 12,500 Ibs. 28,273 Ibs. 40,773 lbs. Ths relef work was made possble only wth the help of the Seventh Day Baptst Churches of Amerca. We are all very thankful for ths bg helpng hand they have gven us n mnsterng to the needs of the German Seventh Day Baptst Churches durng the hard tme. May God bless all for ths co operaton_ Frank Schober, Clerk. Seventh Day Baptst Church, Irvngton, N. J", January 14, LOS ANGELES TO BUILD A NEW CHURCH Edtor of the Sahhath Recorder, Planfeld. N. l Dear Fnend Hurley: We arc anxous to make 1<)4<) ;1 rejletter year 1n the Lus An/..!:cles Church, anj \\.'c \l,:ou ld h keto sha re v" 1 t h the en tre denom:natlon our declslun to huld a new Church 1n Lus Angeles. At a called meet' ng on J;uluary 2, the memhers votcj to purch;lsc three lots on North Fguero;1 Boule\ ard. ThJ.s property ls now n Cf., cn:)\.v - our frst step 1n the drect()n of rcaljz.aton of ths new Church home. Our Church attendance has heen good, and we antcpate ncreasej attenjance and memhershp, n spte of the,c;tranj!,c \V1n ter we ha ve heen ha vng here. LLThe people have a mnd to \vork," -.- so we ask your prayers and nterest n the task before us. "Now, therefore, 0 C;od, strengthen our hands and our he;-lrt5." One c)f our recent experences was to have a servlce \\.,hlch was presented hy the well known composer of many hymns and other sacred selections. Mr. Rohert Harkness. We had met hm some tme ago, havng heen prvleged to renjer hm servce. and he kndly off erej to come to our Church some Sahhath mornng. J-Ic came to us on January R. and gave us an InSplfln(! message through "Son~~ and Story." He h;15 wrtten many sungs usc.d n present-day song servces, and s a world-v"dc fgure n the. realm of muscal evangelsm. He has heen lvng n South Pasadena for some tme, hut s a natve Australan. Our salng to that part of the world, New Zealand, has heen una vodahly dcla yed as hoa t re E:erva t ons :t rc not avalahle for the present. Fra terna1]y. C;. D. H;I ff-!;s Mt. Helena Avenue, Los Angeles 37, Calf. No man has come to true greatness wdo has not felt n some degree that hs lfe belongs to hs race, and that what God gves hm He gves hm for manknd. _. Phllps Brooks, n the Church Woman, Nov~mbcr, _~~_-'-'--_--'-'---'-'--'---'---'---'--_~~~; ;...:; ;;.._

4 130 1?, 1 BROTHERHOOD WEEK. FEBRUARY 20-27, 1949 (Sponsored by the Natonal Conference of Chrstans and Jews) In Germany, recently, I was able to vst a number of camps for dsplaced per' sons n the Amercan zone. In the camp at Bad N euhem, about forty mles north of Frankfurt, I met a mddle, aged Polsh doctor, a D.P. who had survved the ordeal of Buchenwald and Majdanek. He had humlty wthout weakness n hs manner and carrage, and there was about hm an ar of great gentlty and quet dgnty. I was anxous to ask hm about hs ex' perence at Bad N euhem, partcularly as t concerned relatons between Germans and Jews. For the ca'mp at Bad N euhem was not located n a sngle area wthn a sngle enclosure but was spread around the center of the cty wth houses here and there. D.P.'s and Germans shared the same neghborhood and ntermngled freely. UHow do the D.P.'s get along wth the German people?" I asked. ""Are the Ger' mans stll nfected \.Vth the old hates? Is there much' trouble when Germans and D.P.'s get together?" The doctor looked at me squarely, then sad, and I don't thnk I shall ever forget t: HHere n ths cty, there s very lttle trouble wth relgous prejudce, but tell me; I am worred about Amerca. I am told that prejudce s growng very fast n the Unted States. What can be done about t?" For a moment, I couldn't say anythng. I was overwhelmed by the rony that n the heart of Germany, to whch I had come on an offcal msson, nnected wth the denazfcaton of GL,ny, I should fnd - and n a D.P. camp at that - grave concern about prejudce n our own democracy. I tred to answer the doctor's queston as best I could by tellng hm that the. fght aganst prejudce n the Unted States had been gong on for a long tme, and that perods of nsecurty or war fears such as we were now gong through made the fght both harder and more necessary, but that there were many peo' pie you could count on to see the fght through to the end. I told hm, for ex' ample, about such organzatons n the Unted States as the Natonal Conference of Chrstans and Jews, n whch the fght aganst relgous prejudce was regarded as the responsblty of all ctzens of all faths. I told hm of specfc projects undertaken by these groups, and how t was possble to observe effectve and can' structve results. I told hm honestly that I had no way of knowng whether the war aganst preju' dce would be won but that at least Amercan ctz.ens of good conscence were not wthout opportunty for jonng n that fght. I don't know whether I answered hs queston correctly. One good way of fndng out, of course, would be to measure the support gven ths year to the Natonal Conference of Chrstans and Jews. -Norman Cousns. BROTHERHOOD WEEK FEBRUARY <W "UghL.. foregnersl" SUPPORT THE DENOMINATIONAL ~UDGET "'Chrstan stewardshp s the managng of lfe and ts resources for God and the good of all. Therefore, Chrstans who recognze themselves as stewards, acknowl, edge Chrst as Lord of lfe, of tme, tal, ents, nfluence, and possessons." -From the Budget Commttee. QUARTERLY REPORT OF SECRETARY (Gven at January 23 Meetng) Durng the quarter from October 1 to December 31, 1948, your secretary has spent approxmately t\.vo thrds of hs tme n the offce wth the rest of the tme about equally dvded between feld,-,vork and sck lea ve. Admnstraton In admnstratve \.Vork, t s nterestng to note that asde from regular promoton through the Sabbath Recorder Mssons Department, the Mssonary Reporter. and normal corresoondence. much tme has heen soent \J,:1th Chna feld arrangements - a feld n whch World War II left more problems than t solved. Regula, tons on passports collected more red tape about them, and \ve hunted up more cert, fcatons for Jav Koo's admsson to the Unted States than had heen requred prevously. Evacua ton for.the Wests and Sarah Becker \vas decded on by the Chna Msson and '.ve,-,,'ere glad to do \vhat we could n arrangng safe travel home. We are ndehted to Re'.'. W;tyne R. Rood. who s busy at \.l,.'ork on hs Ph. D. n the Pacfc School of Rehgon n Berkeley, Calf.. for hs help n con' tactng the mssonares n San Francsco. The communst crusade calls for an even \vser crusade on the part of the Chrstan mssonary forces. Seventy-one per cent of Churches Correct Ther Lsts We ha '.Ie secured correctons on Church membershp lsts snce sendng a letter to pastors and clerks November 1 and a follo,-,v'up card later to delnquents. Sev' enty'one per cent of all our Churches have resoonded wth correctons (ncludng the perod from January 1 to date). Ths shows defnte mprovement n keepng accurate membershp lsts - a necessty n Chrstan work. Also '.ve have mproved the ""Measure of Achevement n Evan' gelsm" certfcate and plan to present t soon wth a HCaIl to the Churches n 1949." The judgng of these "Measures of Achevement" and the nature of the "Call to the Churches" have been ds' cussed wth other boards' executves. Ths board wll no doubt be asked to choose the judges, Foregn Mssons Conference Votc s Aganst Partcpaton n Natonal Councl Wthn the quarter a repurt on the Foregn Mssons Conference's propo.scj relatonshp wth the Natona.l Councl of the Churches of Chrst 111 the lj. S. A. \VdS rrer;lrej. The Forel).!T} M,':-)-;l()ns C:()n' ference voted 63 to 5] ;q.~anst Natunal Councll partcpation \vlth the fol1()wnl-! resolutons passed January 5 at the ;Hlrlual meetng of th;"lt hody: Whereas. The rroposal that the Fure)!,n Msso~c.. Cunference lon \I'lth other n' t e r den c;'rn I nat jon a 1 a g (' ;1 e j (' S j 11 for mn f~ 1 h c Natonal Councl has nut receved the requred two,thrds m;1jurty of vute~", of ths conference: Whereas, ThIS acton J~ evdence of the conference's desire to m;unt;un unhroken the fellowshlj) \I,:hlCh h;is oht:uncd hetween ts member hoards through{)ut the fftysx years of It~ l'xstel1ec to the ~!rl'at J(JY and satlsfactl(j11 of lt~ COI1,r...ttl)t'nts and thelr 1l1crc;l.scd l'ffcct1vcnl'!-'~ n ther w()rk: and Whercs. The conference, whllc taknl.! ths ;"ldon. 15 ln sympathy wah t}h': gen' eral purpose to foster fuller CO' opera lon among the e1ght Interdenumnatl(Jn;d ;q!,cneles: n()w, theref()re, he 1t Resoh'Cd, 1. That the F()re~!n Mjs~,()nl-, Conference expn.:s5 to those sster ;q.!;enccf, \v h j c h may un j t e j n for mn g the Nat () n a 1 Councl lts hest WIshes and pr;yers fur the j run d e rt a kin ~ ; 2. T hat the C:u m m J tt e c () f Ref en.: nee and Counsel he reque.<;,fl.-j tel.study the whole matter of future relat()n,<-,hpr:; VJlh the NattYf1al Councl w1th a vew (;1) to contnung those forms of co'upcratol1 \vth nterdenomnatonal agences enter' ng the Natonal Councl \vhch 1n the past have rroved proftahle. and (h) t.o developng future relatonshps to the pro' posed Natonal Councl '.vhch \vould he mutually helpful n the hctter accomplsh, ment of ts co'opcratve purpose; 3. That the Commttee of Reference and Counsel be requested at the same tme to consder future relatonshps wth others of the eght nterdenomnatonal agences whch may not become mcmhers of the Natonal Councl; and

5 I 1 I That the Commttee of Reference and Counsel from tme to tme report on these matters to an annual meetng of the conference. The Mssonary Board as a Workng Unt Upon adopton of the recommendaton for a commttee to study the board as a workng unt, I prepared a seres of suggestons for commttee members. It has been mpossble for the commttee to meet and prepare a report for ths January session. Feld Contacts Your secretary has spoken to the Churches n New York Cty, Rockvlle, and Hopknton, R. 1., and Planfeld, N. ]., and conducted two sessons of the New England Senor Youth Fellowshp. A dsplay was arranged for the fall New England Yearly Meetng, and a sermon delvered to the group of Sahbathkeepers n Provdence, R. I. I attended the largest Protestant gather' ng n Amerca snce 1923 \.vhcn I repre' sented Seventh Day Baptsts at the For' egn Mssons Assembly at Columbus, Oho, October 6-8, Rev. Lesle O. Greene, pastor at Indanapols, Ind., and Curts Groves of Jackson Center, Oho, attended two sessons of the assembly. An experment was tred wth our pastors copes of the advance program's popular presentaton book, ~'Let's Act Now!" \,vere maled out on a ten-day tral offer November 4, and purchases snce that date total,67 books. Twenty-seven books are stll n the hands of the Laymen's Assocaton of the Western Assocaton for sale. Comments on the book from many quarters reveal ts ablty to draw together supporters of mssons of all shades of opnon. Pastors have -fldcated they are passng the book around and fndng nterest from readers generally. Our board needs to look further nto the future adva~ces necessary. Unted Evangelstc Advance Lay Sponsors After consultaton, a lst of lay sponsors from our Churches was sent to the head of the Unted Evangelstc Advance. N ames are to be selected by the executve commttee of that advance from suggested lsts of all partcpatng denomnatons. Educatonal Preparatons Durng the quarter, I worked on the follo\'vng promotonal and educatonal projects: a young adult I course on Jesus Chrst, You, and Manknd (usng ""Seventh Day Baptst Belefs," "Kngdom Wth, out Fronters," "Let's Act Now," and ""A Protestant Prmer"); a Sabbath-Sunday Weekend, for' Relgon scheme; a catalog of our educatonal materals; Week of Prayer promoton: puhlcaton of "The Sabbath Wns Agan"; one ssue of the Mssonary Reporter; outlne of "Tomorrow Is Here," the course I used at the 1948 Pre-Conference Retreat (usng "Tomorrow Is Here," "1948 Mssonary Socety Annual Report," and vstaton evangel sm materals); and a supplement to the "Suryeys and Ther Analyss" section of the annual report. Co-ordnaton Program In the feld of co,ordnated effort durng the quarter. I have met t\'vce wth the cq-ordnatn.g group. I have prepared messages for the recordngs used n bud, get promoton and for the leaflet ostrhuted for the Denomnatonal Budget. Through our offce materals \,vere secured, edted, and publshed as a Co-ordnaton Calendar for Arrangements \.verc made for the co-ordnators to meet \'vth one of the staff of the Unted Church Canvass, January 3. Thanks be to God for strength tl) attempt great thngs for Hs kngdom In days of severe tral for the Church. Respectfully submtted, Davd S. Clarke. PROHIBITION, THE GREATEST EXPERIMENT On February 1 1, 102 years ago, Thomas A. Edson was born, a man never satsfed wth past achevement. After nventng the frst practcal ncandescent lamp - just 70 years ago - he contnued to work hard to mprove t. Hs experments revolutonzed the world. But he declared, HI feel that Prohbton s the greatest experment yet made to beneft man." - The Natonal Voce. t J THE MEANING OF SEGREGATION By Rosa Page Welch As a member of the colored race I knov,',,,!hat segregaton s lke: I know \.v ha t t docs to the segrega ted and to the segrcgatol If the whte people responshle for segregaton could he Negroes for a href tme -- perhaps one experence \.vould be suffcent - they \'vould learn hy heart the full meanng of such dscrmnaton n ts many and vared areas. I was nvted ths year hy the presdent of the Southern Baptst Women's Unon (white) to serve as guest solost for the unon's annual conventon held In Memph s. I accepted a nd a nx ousl y an tci r;l ted such an opportunty. When I arrved n Mem f)h s I \.vas most cordally reee,'ed hy the executve commttee. At the openng sesson I \vas well received hy all on the platform. I found myself wonderng, "Is ths really true?" There had heen no menton of my racal hackground on the program but I sensed no feelng of resentment at my presence. I sang '~The Lord's Prayer" by Malotte. At the dose there \.vas '\.varmth and I receved many expressons of apprecaton hy delegates from all these states. I was nvted to eat lunch n the room provded by the local Churches_ Whle I ""vas backstage a lttle before the afternoon sesson a e harmng lady pulled up a char next to me and heg-an sayng exctedly, "Mrs. Welch. I thnk I've never had a more dffcult thng to do and I'm so sorry to have to do t." I asked, "What has happened?" "I don't know ho'\.v to tei! you," she sad. "We do not \.vant to emharrass you." "There sn't anythng anyone here can do to embarrass me," 1 nterrupted. HI feel so sorry for people \vho hurt others purely because of race or colol" She contnued, "It sn't any of the conventon people. It's the cty government and a cty ordnance. After you sang ths mornng the manager of the cty audtorum told our presdent t \vas aganst the law for you, Mrs. Welch. to he n ths audtorum... "I marvel at the courage of you Chrstan women," I repled... I am not hurt. I adn1re you; \,ve are all tryng to be Chrstan. " "We havc not gl\'cn up, howe-vcr!" she sad. "We have a confcrl"l1cl' wlth the managcment ths afternuon. You VJll h a vet 0 a VJ ;u t 0 u rca I told her that whlll' they V.'efT ]11 confl'rencc I would hl' In rlycr f()r ~uldance. The \.vomen changej the mlnj ()f the manage men t. I S;Ulg a~.c,c hej u led t () t h; t audence of more than Never before have I h;1d ;1 mure ~~l()n()ll.<.;, nllnfestaton of ansv. ered pr;lycr ;lnd JH:\/('r 7 ha ve people heen mure gcn erolls wlt h appreciation. I th;lnkej CuJ f()r th().l,e C h r s t 1 a n sin the S () u t h \J.: h ( J (Lt ret () adventure In the cxpencj)ec (Jf re;tl hrotherhood. Segregatun comes cl()se home t() yuu v. hen your ov.:n child asks why he cln't play 111 the coo] shady park. or swim n the m unc pal pool (w hie h yuur LD: eh he 1 p m;u n t a n) 0 r e\.' ens v.' 111 n the oc can ~ why he has to \),r;dk to school n r;ln, mud or dust whle \vhtc chldren rde past him n a bus; why his scho()1 hujldnl~ s dlapdated, poorly equpped, pourly heated, whjle tile whte chldren g<> t() a large heautful hrlck huldng, VJ1th a spa CIOUS playground adequately equpped And then one day. whch y()u knew \vould come and fur \I"'hch you have tred to have ready a satsfactory answer, the chld comes home hearthroken hecause he has heen cdlcj hv one of the nicknames used to make hm- feel nfl'ror, "ngger," "J:trky," or "cuon. ' Somethng s VJHmg, t seems t() rne, v.rth any ntellgent Chr.c;tan who ~;ayb that such a "\vay of lfe s s;tsfactory t() hoth Negroes and whtes or "\vho attempts to justfy such a system. Ether hs motves arc selfsh, he s possessed wth fcar or frustraton, or he has an nferur!y complex. The Negro certanly j,l;., not con ten ted or sa tsfed VJth sef~rel~a t on, True, there arc those "\vho pretend to he sa tsfed or "\.lj ho un \vllngly su bm]t to t, especally In the presence ()f whte pe()ple, for t s ther safest \vay out. J heleve one of the reasons for ther readness to fght hack and ahuse even sympathetc \vhte peonle, v:hen they come North, F, hecause of the pent-up emoton and rc" sentmcnt they \,-,ere forced to hde 'whle n the South. As Myrdal n hs uamcr"

6 can Dlemma" says, "The real problem s the savng o~ the Negro's skin and the whte man's soul." When I see doors and entrances marked Hcolored," whte," I fnd myself askng, "Why, oh why, does ths need to con' tnue? Aren't there enough courageous, rght thnkng Chrstans to make ths m' possble? What about the mnsters, the elders, and members of the Churches? Is ths because t s the only way they have to make themselves feel they are better than someone else - superor?" Whenever one has to humlate another n order to appear superor, the very act s an ndcaton of nferorty. He en' slaves hmself by hs own selfshness and hatred. As much as t hurts, as much as t mprsons my body and sometmes my mnd, I am determned that t wll not mprson my soul. But sometmes my effort to keep my soul and heart free becomes a terrfc struggle. Because of my opportuntes for wholesome, Chrstan fellowshp \'vth many fne, truly wholesome Chrstan whte frends n every part of our country (and especally n the South) who are concerned and are dong somethng about the stuaton, t becomes easer for me to be sympathetc nstead of feelng hurt. I pray forgveness for myself and for those who condone the system by ther falure to speak out aganst the practce. The system of segregaton n many ways s downrght absurd. For nstance, n the South on some streamlners where there s no separate coach for Negroes, curtans are drawn nstead wth bg sgns "whte" on one sde and "colored" on the other. But when the tran arrves at the Kansas state lne, the weary-lookng conductor takes down the sgns and pushes the dra" peres back to the wall Then the same people, colored and whte, contnue the trp n the same car. Returnng South, people who converse wth you above the sectonal lne suddenly and mysterously close up lke clams or become as frgd as ce~elow the lne. If a Negro gets a Pullman reservaton through a whte frend, he often fnds, Ol arrval at the staton, that hs reservaton s quckly changed from a lower berth n SOME FOLKS DO NOT KNOW WHAT THEY ARE MISSING I twas pota to harvestng season, and we had a bg crop ~ prces were good, and we were puttng n long hours gettng potatoes out of the ground and to the market. By Frday nght I was tred out. I woke up Sabbath mornng and sad, "I don't beleve I'U go out to Church today." It just seemed lke too bg a task to clean up the two horses, change the tongue of the wagon, and go. My daughter_ started on me: "Pa, we want to go to Church." The boys joned n. I sad I was too tred; I sad the horses were worn out from so much work; I made every excuse I could thnk of. Fnally, my wfe sad, HIf the chl, dren want to go so badly, we'd better go and take them." So I went out, cleaned the horses, changed the tongue, htched up, then went n to get ready myself. Well, I thnk that was the best sermon I ever heard. Elder S. R. Wheeler preached on "Partnershp Wth God." I t was just made for me. I sat there and hardly moved. And, do you know, when I reached home, I felt rested. And, just thnk! If I had stayed at home, I would have mssed that sermon. - As told to one of our pastors. a regular Pullman car to a roomette, a com partmen t or even a drawng room. He s gven the most luxurous accommodatons, for no extra pay, all n the name of segregaton. But to segregate or "jm-crow worshpers n the house of God! When I am "jm-crowed" or segregated and sent to the balcony, God s jm-crowed," segregated, and sent to the balcony, for God s n me and n every black person as He s n every person of every race, color, or creed. Would God that all races, colors, and creeds were gven full opportunty and freedom to develop and share ther sklls and abltes! What a much more won' derful, beautful, and happy Amerca we would have! - (Wth permsson of the Chrstan' Evangelst of the Bethany Press.) - The Church Woman, Novem" ber, 1948.,- r.. I YOUTH WEEK ESSAY YOUTH IN THE COMMUNITY OUR CHRISTIAN RESPONSIBILITY By Mss Mae Randolph (Mss Randolph s- a member of the Lo~t Church and a freshman at Salem College. Salem, W. Va_) Creek What s our responsblty as Chrstan youth n the communty? God has gven us a means by whch we can answef"ths queston. He has gven us two g~;-- Over nneteen hun' dred years ago, God gave "hs only he' gotten Son, that whosoever heleveth n hm should not persh, hut have everlastng lfe." John 3: 16. Jesus became a human heng and lved a lfe on ths earth \.vhch s an example for you and me today. God~s second gft to us s Hs Holy Bble. Ths book contans the truths and teachngs of God and Jesus from whch we can mold our lves. From these tv.,'o gfts we can learn of our responshlty n the communty, as \.vell as all our other responsbltes. ~ I n Exodus 20: 3-17 \.ve fnd the Ten Commandments ",, hch God gave to Moses and the Israeltes. They are just as vald today as they were at that tme. The frst four commandments deal wth us personally and our relatonsh p to God. The last sx commandments are a necessary foundaton for our relatonshp to our communty. Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land whch the Lord thy God gveth thee. Thou shalt not kll. Thou shalt not commt adultery. Thou shalt not steal. Thou shalt not bear false wtness aganst thy neghbour. Thou shalt not covet thy neghbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neghbour's wfe, nor hs manservant, nor hs madservant, nor hs ox, nor hs ass, nor any thng that s thy neghbour's. H In Jesus' Sermon on the Mount He taught us much about our responsblty as Chrstans n the communty. Ye have heard that t hath been sad, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: but I say unto you, That ye resst not evl: but whosoever shall smte thee on thy rght cheek, turn to hm the other also." Matthew 5: 38, 39. uye have heard that t hath been sad, Thou shalt love thy neghbour, and hate thne enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemes. hless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them whch despte' fully use you, and persecute you." Matthe\.v 5: 43, 44. "For f ye forgve mt:n ther trespasses, your hca venly Fa ther wll also forgve you: hut f ye forgve not men ther trespasses, netht:r wlli your Father forgve your trespasses." Matthew 6: 14, 15. "Judge not, that ye he not judged." Matthew 7: 1. HTherefore all thngs whatsoever yc would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for ths s the la~v and the prophets." Matthew 7: 12. Among the many teachngs of Jesus \.vhch help to answer the queston. "What s our responsbllty as youth n the com' munty?" s the parahle of the C;ood Samartan. Ths parable, recorded n Luke 10: 30-37, teaches us that anyone who needs our help s our neghbor. not just the person who lves on ether sde of us. I t also teaches us that we should show mercy to our f cllu\\/ men and even ~o out of our way to help :lr'yone whom we can help. These are only a very few of the teach, ngs to be found n the Bhle whch VJl1 help us, as youth and adul ts, to understand our Chrstan responsjhhty n our communty. As \.ve read and study the Bhle and pray to God for the ahlty to understand, He \vll dsclose more and more of Hs teachngs on ths subject. Charles M. Sheldon has \vrtten a hook, "In Hs Steps." It s based on a passage from the Bhle, 1 Peter 2: 21: '"For even hereunto were ye called: because C~hrst also suffered for us, leavng us an example, that ye should follow hs steps." Ths book descrhes a movement whch began n a small communty. Chrstans pledged to act only after ans~verng the queston, "What would Jesus do?" The results \vere amazng. Many mracles were per' formed. I beleve we Chrstan youth could perform the same type of mracles n our communtjes today, f we \vould follow n Hs steps. All these responsblltes whch I have mentoned are general prncples whch we as Chrstan youth must follow. But

7 l what are some specfc tasks whch we can do? Frst of all, we have a responsblty n our Church. The Church s the center of every communty, so ths respons, blty s of greatest sgnfcance. Our pres' ence alone s of mportance. But there are several other '\Nays by '\Nhch '\Ne can contrbute to the actvtes of the Church. Any chor s mproved by the voces of youth. Youth play an mportant role as teachers n prmary classes and as leaders n varous Church affars. Youth organ, zatons such as "Youth Fellowshps" and "Chrstan Endeavors" afford a good background for all youth n every com' munity. Here they grow together n Chrstan fellowshp. They learn by sharng. Opportunty s afforded to youth ~n these organzatons for leadershp n pr:ograms, dscusson, and prayer. Ths s an excellent bass for all ther other com' mu'nty' actvtes both n'ow and n later lfe. School IS another fundamental nsttu' ton n all communtes. Here, we as Chrstan youth, can "set the pace" n the actvtes. The school belongs to us. We must take a prde n t. There are many ways by whch we can mprove our schools. We can pck up papers and trash whch we see lyng around, and never throw down any ourselves. Nor should we mark or damage any school property n any way. We can say good thn,gs rather than bad, about the school, the faculty, and the students, as ndvduals and as groups. There s al ways good to be sad f we but look for t. We can co' operate wth the faculty and the stu' dent organzatons n all thngs that are for the welfare of the school; take a def,_~ nte nterest n all school actvtes; gve helpful crtcsm n a frendly way. These are only a very few of the kndnesses we can perform at school every day. Our ndvdual acton n these school actvtes can nfluence the acton of the mass of the students. n the communty n general we have a place. Some act v ty needs to be pro' vded for the youth n the communty to keep them out of mschef. Such or" ganzatons as Boy Scouts, Grl Scouts, Campfre Grls, Brownes, 4.. H Clubs, YMCA's, YWCA's, and others, are most helpful for ths purpose. Our partcpa' ton n these clubs and our leadershp n the clubs for younger chldren s of vtal sgnfcance to the communty lfe. We can provde wholesome actvty for the chldren. I f there s a park n our com' munty we can gve some of our tme n supervsn.g the chldren's entertanment. If there s no park or playground, we as youth can have a tremendous nfluence 10 crettna one establshed. Every com' ~ ~ munty should have a place \.vhere the youth can gather and be entertaned. If there s no such place n our communty, we can gather at dfferent homes. At these places, Chrstan youth can have a lastng nfluence on the type of entertan' ment and on the lves of the other youth. We can lead n games or n sngng whch would be fun for everyone. Taffy pullng, candymakng, corn poppng, wener roast' n,g, or corn and potato roastn.e; would be excellent suggestons for specal gatherngs. Many deas can be found for provdng crood Chrstan entertanment n our com'... muntes. We as youth also are responsble for prepanng ourselves for our later adult re" sponsbltes n the communty. We should read about, study, and try to understand the socal problems facng 'our communties. Some of these problems are labor, ndustry, poltcs, racal prejudces, and relgous dfferences. Although there s lttle we can do about them now, we need to be prepared to meet and help solve them when we reach adulthood. Chrstan youth defntely have a place and responsblty n every communty all over the '\Nodd. Ths s, of course, somewhat vared for dfferent youth n dfferent communtes. I have dscussed some of the man tasks whch apply to all youth. No one can tell us of all the seemngly nsgnfcant deeds _ whch are watng each day for some Chrstan youth to perform. It s our ndvdual respon.. sblty to be alert, watchng for these lttle thngs whch we can do to help someone and better our communty. When we have seen, t IS our responsblty to act - accordngly. (See next page) -- Our Chldren's Letter Exchange Dear Mrs. Greene: You should see -what Jack Frost has done ths mornng. Everythng outsde s covered wth a heavy frost. We have had several frosty days ths' wnter. Chrstmas was a truly whte Chrstmas. Thursday and Frday before about a foot of fluffy snow fell and covered the banks of snow we already had. The wnd let t lay where t fell, so wth frost on the trees and everywhere, the scenery was beautful. We went to Church by drvng the tractor ahead of the car part way. Our frst blzzard came a week before Thanksgvng. One bad one began Jan.. uary 2. The coldest weather we have had s 20 0 below. My sster Neva came home f:-om her work n Battle Creek, Mch., for the holdays. We went coastng and had lots of fun. --- When the weather s not too bad for me to go to school, I walk two mles on snow banks rght over fences. The next tme I wrte I'll probably tell you about wadng through water.. I enjoy the Chldren"s Page n the Recorder. I read uwee Wsdom H maga" zne and have just fnshed readng books about Jet. If any of the Recorder chl.. dren read uwee Wsdom, H they know hm. I must close. Homer Brannon. North Loup, Neb. Dear Homer: We, too, had a whte Chrstmas and t was qute cold. It was not untl a few days ago that we had weather colder than 2 0 below zero; then - t was less than 10 0 below. What was Our surprse ths Ths lttle poem whch I have wrtten expresses the prayer whch should be found n the hearts of all youth. Help me, dear God, to be alert, Mssng no chance, great or small. To serve Thee n ths communty By lendng ad to one and all. Help me to know what s my task; Then to fulfll t every day, Honorng T hee n all I do,. In Thy steps walkng all the way. mornng to see everythng covered wth snow, even the topmost branches of the trees! But now wth a brght sun shnng the snow s confned to roofs and ground, and I found our walks needed plenty of shovelng. Two mles s a pretty long dstance to walk to schoof, n the wnter tme most of all. When I was a lttle grl I lved qute near the schoolhouse on a Wsconsn farm but I remember walkng over fences whch were so bured n snow that they were out of sght. Many boys and grls. had to walk even more than two mles to school. Sometmes I would be the only grl 'able to gpt to school. rll be lookng forward to your next letter. S ) Incere y, your f' nen d, Mzpah S. Greene. Dear Mrs. Greene: I have read and enjoyed all the letters n the Recorder. My cousn Donna Gray wr'ote to you a few weeks ago. Ths summer I went to Colorado wth my mother, father, and brother to vst my grandfather and grandmother. They are Rev. and Mrs. Erlo Sutton n Boulder. My mother asked me f I wouldn ~t lke to stay there and then go on to Confer.. ence; I sad I would love to. So I stayed and went to the Young People~s Camp on Lee s Hll. I had a wonderful experence and enjoyed God s wonderful outdoors. The mountans and wonderful smell of pne trees have been the happest part of my lfe. I met many frends there and lked everyone. I wrte letters to several of them. I was baptzed by my grand... father and joned the Church n Mlton. I went wth my grandparents to Con.. ference n North Loup and enjoyed all of t. I came back home wth my aunt and uncle, Rev. and Mrs. Trevah Sutton. They have just moved to Jackson Center, Oho, where he IS the pastor of our Church. I am twelve years old and love to travel. I would love to have anyone wrte to me. I have one pen pal n Denmark and one n England. I guess I had better close now. Sncerely yours, Mlton, Ws. Roberta Randolph. (See next page)

8 ,.138 CHURCH NEWS ASHAWAY, R. I. - Youth" Week was observed at the Frst Hopknton Church on Frday evenng, February 4, when the young people of the Church took full charge of the evenng servce. Devotons were led by Mss Ruth Collngs. A play enttled... The Sabbath Wns Agan"" wrt...ten by Mrs. Irs Maltby was ably pre' sen ted under the drecton of Mrs. C. Harmon Dcknson. Members of the cast were: Mr. Moore, Robert James; Mrs. Moore, Barbara Anne Wate; Kathleen, Mldred Saretzk; Kay ( twn sster), Betty Turner; Mchael, Frankln Turner ; Dave (boyfrend). Danel Brayman; Pastor Hen.. drch, Jesse James. Other members of the Chrstan Endeavor takng part on the program were Matland Crandall, Helen Saretzk. Louse Turner, Gwen Crandall. and Ruth Saretzk. There was a good at.. tendance and the program showed much tme and preparaton spent on t by the young people. It was a joy on Sabbath day, February 5, to enter our newly decorated and re" modeled Church for the frst tme n sx months. Durng that perod t has been undergong extensve repars and redec.. oratng. The pastor, Rev. C. H. Dckn.. son, spoke on the theme, ""These Walls Dear Roberta: I have enjoyed readng your letter and re joced wth you over the wonderful trp you were able to take and your nsprng experences at Conference and v'oung Peo' ple s Camp. I wsh all our young people could have smlar experences for they cannot help but make them more conse.. crated Chrstans and Sabbathkeepers. That has been my experence through the years. I am happy to hear that you were baptzed and joned the Mlton Church. I have a very warm place n my heart for Mlton and Mlton people. When Conference comes agan to AI.. fred I hope I may have the pleasure of meetng you there. That"s the only Con' ference I can attend nqwadays but we used to take them all m. I hope to hear from you agan soon. r ' Yours sncerely, Mzpah S. Greene. THE SABBA TH RECORDER Speak... Durng the servce, Ira E. Murphy, charman of the trustees,pre' sented the Church key to Earl D. Burdck, Church presdent, who spoke brefly. The pulpt Bble was also presented mp res' svely to the pastor by Deacons Clarence E. Crandall and James G. Wate. The junor chor rendered... Prayer Perfect:" and a vocal solo,... Bless Ths House, H was sung by Mrs. Florence Wells. Several beautful bouquets added to the beauty of the servce. A rededcaton servce s planned for Tuesday evenng, Aprl 5, w hen a more detaled report of the re" decoraton wll be gven. Begnnng February 11 and contnung untl February 20, the Ashaway Church s co.. operatng wth several other local Churches n an evangelstc campagn,.... Crusade for Chrst... Rev. Davd S. Clarke s the representatve comng to our Church and wll work wth us durng that tme. Several nterestng meetngs have been planned for both young and old. - Mrs. Raymond M. Kenyon, Jr., Carre.. spondent. BERLIN, N. Y. - On December 29, ran began to fall and t raned hard for three days and nghts. The Lttle Hoose Rver, very harmless lookng ordnarly, became a ragng torrent, and New Year's nght Berln suffered the worst flood n many years. Trees were uprooted, brdges washed away, gulles dug n dooryards and felds, garages torn down or washed away, even a bulldozer and other equpment used n brdge buldng were washed out and carred away from the place where they were stored. About 30 or 40 fam.. les lvng near the rver were moved to ~ Track near Stat~ Berln, N. Y. safety n the nght. Cellars were flooded and ol burners' put out of commsson. (Fortunately the weather was mld.) Sand was deposted n dooryards and felds untl they looked lke the seashore or desert. The ralroad tracks were twsted and undermned, and no trans could get through untl January 22. A new brdge over the rver had just been completed and the old one left n place to be taken down n the sprng. Durng the nght the flood washed away the old one as neatly as could be. and most of t has dsappeared. The drveway to our Church was washed out and the pastor's famly could not get out nor could anyone get nto the yard wth a-car. No Chutch servce could be held, and the yearly meetng and New Year's dnner had to be postponed untl the 23rd of the. month. Yet we can thank our Heavenly Father that no one was klled or serously njured and no serous llness resulted from the exposure and frght. Rev. L. A. Wng and hs wfe are both closely confned, Mr. Wng because of weakness whch keeps hm ndoors and much of the tme n bed, and Mrs. Wng because of her fathful and devoted atten" ton to the care and comfort of her hus' band. Mrs. Ida Lews Greene, wdow of Lttle Hoosc Rver on R..an1page Frank ]. Greene, has been n a hosptal at Cambrdge, N. Y., for about a month, as the result of a fall whch broke her leg near the hp. She s now more com.. fortable, and the: break seems to be knt.. tng well.. Our pastor, Rev. Paul Maxson, 16 a busy man these days. He not only preaches n Berln Sabbath mornng and n Schenectady n the afternoon, but also n the Methodst Churches n Berln and Garfeld on Sunday. Upon the death of Dr. Stetson, t:he Methodst mnster. n the summer, our pastor was apponted as temporary substtute untl the tme of the Methodst Conference n the sprng. Dr. Stetson, a retred mnster n Ptts.. feld. Mass., was called to make the address at the Armstce Day servce n 1947, whch was held n our Church. Upon rsng to speak he sad, HI want to frst gve you a lttle hstory,'" and much to our surprse began to tell the hstory of Seventh Day Baptsts, gong back to ther mgraton from England and settlement n Rhode Island. It seems that he was descended from Seventh Day Baptsts and had connectons wth Crandalls and Max" sons, and was then wrtng a hstory of the Crandalls. A lttle later, he was assgned to the Methodst pastorate n Berln. - A. Mldred Greene, Corre.. spondent. \ ;

9 - The Sabbath FEBRUARY 28, 1949, " CHAPLAINS WHO MADE SUPREME SACRIFICE-In the annals of the Unted States Army there s no record of greater personal herosm than that of the courage of four young chaplans who gave ther llfejackets to other me~ on a snkng troop transport and bravely went down wth the shp. It was on February 3, 1943, when the USS Dorchester was torpedoed off the coast of Greenland. They have snce been awarded posthumously the Dstngushed Servce Cross and a memoral postage stamp.w:as 'ssued n ther honor. Above, left to rght, they are George L. Fox, Methodst; John P. Washngton. Roman Catholc; Alexander; D. Goo~e, Jewsh, and Clark V. Polng, Reformed Church. ~ '#.. "Greater love hath no man than ths, that. a man lay down hs lfe for hs frends." John 15: 13. THE SOWER BOOKSTORE OFFER 25 E. Man St., Madson. 3, -Ws.,..f\ny ndvdual, any organzaton, or any group ofn~vduals orc;lerpg books under one name may now p~cb-ase re" lgous books from The Sower Bookstore, 25 E. Man Street, Madson 3, Ws., at a' savng as hgh- as 20% on as lttle as $1- worth purchased at one tme, by enrollng n a' new type of co'operatve book club.. Increased prces dscourage many Church people from acqurng the, habt of readng '. serous books, and. threaten those who' already have a' program.,. of b,ook buyng and readng establshed. The need s a flexble plan for those of moderate' means, lmted lesure, and dverse nterests n many Church tasks.,. To obey thecommand -'- UoStudy...,11 one 'must "have books; ahd each house... wfe, student, farmer, factory worker, busness or professonal person should fnd a.way to uwork today,... and prepare for fuller servce. - A depost of $25 wll qualfy for 10% dscount, 30.. d~y credt, and return prv.. lege ~thn 30 days. Postage, of 10 cents mnmum,wll be charged on each mal order. The depost wll be returned In full, _at the request of ether party to the agreement, less only whatever may be owng for merchandse., A $50- depost commands a 20% dscount. A notarzed certfcate wll be sent to each. subscrber upon re~~pt_ oj"hs depost~, Subscrbers are not requred to. pur.. chase any mnmum durng a 'year"s tme, and may. buy elsewhere. 'whenever they \.vsh. The customer decdes whether savngs wll be much, lttle, or none. On as lttle as,si5 'wo~~h of bqqks bought n a year, savngs w~ equal 6%.nterest on nvestz:r:1e~t. There wll be no watng untl the. end of. the year for... patronage dvdends, H for dscounts. wll be a cash savng on : each month"s total value of books retaned. Itemzed statements wll be maled monthly.. Organzatons, can rase needed funds, at the same tme they, rase ntellec,tual and sprtual levels by,mantanng dsplays of books to sell to ndvdual members. Un.. '" sold books may. ;be returned. Recom.. mended book lsts wll be compled on request, and announcements of new pub.. lcatons wll be maled from tme to tme. No merchandse wll be sent untl ordered. Informal. study groups can easly be formed, and $10 from each of fve mem' bers wll enttle each person who buys under the one name to a full 20% ds, count. Canddates for baptsm at the October, 1948, bapt.. mal servce of the Seventh Day Baptst Church. Shangha, Chna. Mr. Tshaung, pastor" standng extreme left n pcture; Mn-. Koo, Bhk w(j1t);m, standng extreme rght n pcture.