I I. N yasaland Missionaries

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1 ! overseas. He s techncal medcal advsor to the Amercan Leprosy Msson and was for many years prncpal of the Chrstan Medcal College n VeHore, nda. The mcroscope s deally suted {or use n jungle heat or freezng temperatures, ne sad, and was part of the equpment taken on a recent Antarctc expedton.. - Relgous Newsweekly. «:ll1llyll'~1l1l W@l'll@l ff@l'w6~@ ow J@][N)@]D<S@] Wher.ever there s a need or a potental need Church W ord Servce seems to have an apponted representatve on the job. t s nterestng to note that the Rev. Raymond W. Schember (Unted Presbyteran) has been assgned to Jamaca, W.., where he has been elected secretary of the J a maca Chrstan Councl. n addton to adm'nsterng the Church W ord. Servce Relef program, whch feeds more than 135,000 chldren and ndgent old people and asssts vctms of hurrcanes and other dsasters, Mr. Schember s drectng youth work and cooperatve nterdenomnatonal programs for the councl. ~~~~==~========= Coudersport, Pao (Frst Helba-ollll) By Testmony: Mrs. Ronald Brock By Testmony (ASsocate Members): Mrs. Leta Burdck Mrs. Wllam Thompson Mrs. Roy Tompson Mrs. Leonard Kenyon By Baptsm: Alva Thompson Roy Thompson Jack Thompson George Tompson Joan Brock Betty Brock Jula Knowlton J acqulne Swft Paul Snyder Keth Kenyon Lttle Ge~~ No Yo By Baptsm: Davd Whtney Douglas Traver Lnda Traver Carlene Polen Davd Sanford Cyntha Sanford By Baptsm: Leland L. Lews Benjamn B. Lews ~omleffol!'fc, DlL. ~@Ulfl)1f1) ol'l fal] ~5 Correspond'ence receved from the Vocatonal Comm tteewhch serves the whole denomnaton ndcates at least two areas of actvty. Steps are beng taken to get someone to develop and mantan a fle of vocatonal nterests and opportuntes. The com mttee "s nterested n sponsorng the formaton of a Federal Credt Unon, or some type of credt unon n order to have avalable some funds for productve purposes."' A government pamphlet explanng how such credt unons can be formed and supervsed' s avalable to all who are nterested. Send 15 cents to Supt. of Documents, U. S. Government Prntng Offce, Washngton 25, D.C. Ask for "Federal Credt Unon Bylaws.'" Wells-Sler. - Leland Wells, son of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Wells of Farna, 111., and Mss Bernadne Sler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Sler of Bradford, Ark., were marred at the Frst Baptst Church n Bradford, on Sunday, May 31, Spaur-Bond. - Ronald Eugene Spaur, of re.. land, W. Va., and Anna Margaret Bond. daughter of L. Man and Gertrude Bond, were unted n marrage at the home of the brde n Roanoke, W. Va., at the dose of the Sabbath, June 20, 1959, by the brde's pastor, the Rev. Duane L. Davs. Cutsforth-Lng. - Allan L. Cutsforth, of New Auburn, Ws., and Wanda L. Lng, daugh, ter of Mr. and Mrs. Alvn Lng of New Auburn. were unted n marrage May , n the Seventh Day Baptst Church by the brde's pastor, the Rev. Don A. Sanford. Blough. - Anna M., daughter of saac P. and Mary Reghard Burkhemer, was born at Cessna, Pa., November 3, 1874, and ded at Roarng Sprng, Pa., June 15, She was marred at Johnstown, Pa., to Charles K. Blough on June Mr. Blough ded n She was a fathful member of the Salemvlle Seventh Day Baptst Church. where she served n many ways, ncludng many years as presdent of the Lades' Ad, treasurer of the Sabbath School, and a Sabbath School teacher. Survvng are one son, Deacon Albert C. Blough of. Salemvlle (New Enterprse. Pa.), where she made her home, and several neces and nephews. Memoral servces were held n the "Brck" Seventh Day Baptst Church at Salem vlle, conducted by the Rev. Duane L. Davs, of Lost Creek, W. Va., and bural was n the Salemvlle Cemetery. - D.L.D. 1 o r'--~:'f:'; -.;_'~'.-:~'.~?"-"':"-'-'''''','.".. -'-'.,-, -.,r "... -"'~--.. _...-., _~"-,_ - ~ ~ ~ r ~. - l J N yasaland Mssonares On furlough after nearly four years as head of the Seventh Day Baptst Msson n Nyasa]and, Afrca, s the Rev. Davd Pear8on~ and hs famly. Mssonary work n that lttle tropcal country s arduous. We salute ths couple upon ther arrval for a year of rest., study., and speakng. Let all Chrstans strve to nlatch the devoton of our lllssonares and gve prayer-support to the "work. ]UL Y 13, 1959

2 Tlles l0mllllmttb ll ff C19 CO) Pcf1rn T frst ssue June '13" '118M ' A. Magazne for Chrstan Enlghtenm~nt and! nspraton Member of the Assocated' Church l?u'~ss REV. LEON M. MAL YBV 11 lecll9017 Conrbutng Edtoll's: MSSONS Evere" Y. Harrs, WOMEN'S WORt( Mvo. A. :llussoll MaltSoV1. CHRSTAN! EDUCATON Ren C. Zwebel, S.A., B.D. o Terms of Subscrpton Per Year $3.00 Sngle Copes.. 0 centn Specal rates for students, retrecll Sev~nth,. Baptst mnsters, and servcemen. o Day Postage to Canada and foregn countres SO. c~nts per year addtonal. Gft an~ newly~e~ subscrptons wll be dscontnued at date,of GJtplrahon ~nless renewed_ All subscrptons wll b~ dscontnued SUt months after date to whch payment S made un~ess rene~ed. The Sabbath Recorder cannot pay for contrbuted artcles but wll send the wrter, upon request, up to 10 free copes of the ssue 'n whch an artcle appears. Publshed weekly (except August when t. s publshed b-wes!dy) for Seventh Day.Baptlsts by the Amercan Sabbath Tract Socety, 510 Watchung Ave., Planfeld, N. J. Second class mal prvleges authorzed at Planfe!d, New Jersey. The Sabbath Recorder dc?es.not necessau'lly endorse sgned artcles. All commuocatlons should be addressed to the Sabbath Recorder, Planfeld, N. J. PLANP1ELD, N. ]., V.ol. 167, No~ 2. Whole No. 5,852 JrN 1rJH][ ][S UlE lew torals: Jehovah' s Wtnesses Rakes and Hoes, Scythes and Thstles How Are You wth Fgures? Prayer and Worry Features: General Conference at Salem, W _ Va. 4 What Happens n Our Hstorcal Lbrary 5 One n Seven... 6.,":. New Mnster Tells Expereaces.-.: , 9'" ':. Acton Patterns n School Desegr'eg~Jm--' 10 Dr. Earle W. Gates Opens C.E. Conventon.. 10 George Can't Do t n the Home._ Youth News.... _ Mssons: Mssonares Vstng Churches 7 Specal Meetng of the Mssonary Board 14 Chrstan Educaton: Revew of SDBYF News from the Churches Our Wodd Msson L 4 Back Cover V JJ<s1kl@~ 11hl6 $ Wf'\l'Ul@$$@SD What s the Chrstan atttude to take toward the nwtnesses" who come to our doors? Can we turn them brusquely away as f they were salesmen of ~erncous lterature or unwanted merchandse? How nce can one be wthout gvng them an undue advantage n ther carefully rehearsed propagand'a efforts? Are you sure enough of your own Bble kn~wledge to detect the onesdedness of thers? Most of those we have seen n recent years have been mnors or members of mnorty groups or races. t has appeared to us that they were chosen for door-todoor work wth that n mnd - to appeal to the senstveness of the Chrstan conscence. Good people would not be mpolte to such. f our estmate s corr~ct and representatves are ndeed cho~en Wth a vew to playng on our syrnpath:s, then we should act n accordance Wth the errors of the Jehovah's Wtness system as well as n accord'ance wth Chrs1tan courtesy... The best defense aganst acceptlng counterfets s a thorough knowledge of the true con of the realm. Do we know what we beleve and why? Are we swept off balance by the wnds and ~'waves of false doctrne? We have no one to blame but ourselves. Too lttle attenton has been gven to Bble st~df and t.he cardnal doctrnes of the Chnstan fath - our fath. f we cannot perceve the cleverly covered up weaknesses of the Watch Tower (Jehovah's Wtness) system of belef we must study more n order to. te.ach our 'chldren more carefully the d'lstnctons between that whch appears to be Bblcal 'and that whch s Bblcal. These p:epple ~good p~ople) ~ho co.me to us as wolves n sheep s clothng thnk. that they are presentng truth n a postve way even though ther teachng denes that we are members of Chrst's Kngdom. We do well to' confront them wth somethng postve. They are vulnerable on the Sabba.th queston, for one thng. We rna y ask :them how they can be n the Kngdom and fal t9 keep the laws of the Kngdom (Ten C6mmandments). How can they be wtnesses for Jehovah and not bear wtness to the Sab-bath of the Lord? Ther ans1wers to such questons must, of necessty, be evasve.., ~ When we are tempted td thnk that there s no stoppng of ths movement we do well to remember that half-truths gan credence for a tme but that the whole truth wll ultmately trumph f those who hold' t preach and lve t as earnestly as those who propagate the mxture of truth and error. Wthn the ranks of Jehovah's Wtnesses not everythng s rosy; the errors are begnnng to be brought to lght. One of the effectve tools n ths process s the book Thrty Years a Watch Tower Slave by Wllam J. Schnell. t has had a tremendous sale. The wrter now clams to have n hs possesson 2,179 testmones from men and women who were assocated wth the Watch Tower organzaton and have from a readng of hs testmony n the above book left the organzaton. They are now, he states, testfyng of Jesus and for the Word of God n place of "wtnessng for the Kngdom ~"of the New World Socety" (another name for the group). ~~~~e$ ~Ul~ C=f@es, $CCy 1~fs~es "Cleanlness s next to godlness," we often hear_ The house of God has to be kept clean to encourage godlness. The news that comes n church bulletns often mentons the cooperatve efforts to keep the church and ts grounds clean. When people are proud of ther church property they do not mnd seeng n ther weekly bulletns some reference to lttle jobs that need to be done and the tools requred for dong them. The faraway readers also feel a lttle pardonable homesckness when they read of the thngs they could help wth f they lved closer. When a church or group of churches owns a camp, cleanng takes on new dmensons and' calls for a wder range of useful actvty by wllng church members. From Mlton, Ws., comes a weekly bulletn mentonng the urgency of straghtenngup the camp property - gettng t ready for swnmer use. The notce mentons rakes and hoes and scythes. t adds, "Thstles need removng from pnes set out last year." The proble1').s may not be dentcal n every camp, but they are sn1br. The effort spent to provde the best possb e atmosphere for the e\':1n,r:;elz.1ton :lnd the tranng of youth s,vel worth whle. We do not lke to thnk of ded c.~tc(l ground brngng forth thstles, but the story s as old as Geness 3: 1 S v; here,';c read of the garden of p3.r3.dse bccorn ng nfested 'wth thstles. Sornetn1(:s we dscover thstles n the 1 \'es 0 f t 11 e Cl n pcrs as well as among the newly phntcd pnes. Consecrated leaders equppe:d wth tools they have used n ther o'wn lycs :1re needed to brng about tr:lnsf orn1:1tons of character by the po\vcr of the 1-101), Sprt. Scythes and thstles and ot her C0f111110nplace thngs are not nlentoned just n church bulletns; they ;1re used n the Bble to teach sprtu:11 le550ns. ov'j Are \' au VV' h Fgures? Our denomnatonal treasurer s.:::;ood wth fgures - as a Llthful treasure has to be. 0 n e may sup po set 11:1 the \\' r t c s fgures 'wth a pencl when he: s c()lnplng and arrangng the gfts th;1t he records and sum.mar~zes each n1.onth. Ag:1n wth ths ssue he has presented 2n J.'ccount of what he had recc';cd and pad out ;tt the end of another ltonth. He: closed the books a lttle ea;-ler th;1n USU3.1 ths t11e, whch may account for gaps 3.fter the n.lnle:s of some churches whose tre3.surcrs al wa \'s send ther recepts n monthly.. As we study the n1atcral on the bj.ck of ths ssue t mght be,yell for 11:1f1y of us to remnd ourselves that the tre:1surcr would do better 'wth hs pc-ncl f \\'e dd better wth our pens. \X'h.1t we obyouslr mean s that checks are wrtten wth nk. Too many of us are stll harbornp: the dea that the offerng plate s sornc.:thng wth whch to collect sp:ue cons r;1ther than somethng on v,-hch to dedcate ~L ~ubstanta percen tagc of OLlr week \' c:lrnlngs. We can be happy to h3.\-c the June re: cepts prnted at least 2.,vcek c~rler th;1n usual. Now 've know whefe \VC st:1nd. t s not altoaether boo cncour:1o'nn but t does seem to ndcate an ncrc~1se n PCf50Ll gvng durng June. Fouftce:n of the reportng churches had sent n rnoft: t h;-~n $100; tv.'o v.'ere just under. Percc:nLl,~ewse we are not clmbng as \\'c should be. The:

3 MEMORY TEXT So shall my wo'rd be that goeth forth out of my mouth: t shall not return unto me vod, but t shall accomplsh that whch please, and t shall prosper n the thng whereto sent t. saah 55: 11. rp J W@U'U'W Occasonally the pctures that get n the papers have a relgous sgnfcance. Take the one that orgnated n Watertown, Wsconsn. A move house was bought to serve as a church, Evangelstc Temple. Wth a ready-made, gant advertzng space under the theater name, the church decded to use the facltes. n addton to the name of the temple and the hour of the evenng servce a hugeletter queston was arranged. t read: "Why Pray When You Can Worry?" t s probable that the man who carred the words up the ladder got the order mxed a lttle. We wonder, however, f there are not a good many Chrstans who mght not admt the atttude but who, n practce, shove prayer asde as f worryng were more pleasant. Those who wrte books on prayer testfy that there s a naturalness about prayer - and there s. On the other hand, prayer s supernatural; worry s natural. Some people are content to spend a weekend wth Jesus, but balk at havng Hm as a permanent guest. fgures tell us rather clearly the fnancal task that yet les ahead of us. To rase $38,885 n three months when n recent months we have contrbuted only about $6,000 per month means some real effort and sacrfce - a sacrfce comparable to what some of our poorly pad representatves on home and foregn felds are mak ng. As soon as possble the treasurer wll let us know how we dd as a whole on that specal denomnatonal day, July 11. t wll be nterestng to read what others have done, but let's make t personal What dd do on July? What am gong to do by the,end of the U'@ n ~@T~ ' T~@ b\1l' ~@n@!mlg ~o ~@o August The "Conference at Prayer" s the frst order on the program on Monday mornng, August 17, at nne o'clock - an approprate start for a great Conference! Ths wll be followed n order wth a selecton by the Conference chor, the welcome to delegates and responses, an address by the presdent of Conference, appontment of commttees, reports of boards, and Bble Study under the leadershp of Charles D. Swng, pastor at De Ruyter, N. Y. You are urged to help gve the Conference a.good start by beng present at ths frst sesson. - The Publcty Commttee. rp(qj'll'w $MU-~JrD$ Pastor Earl Cruzan and famly (one not showng n snapshot) were surprsed at the socal hour followng the evenngafter-the-sabbath program of the Central (New York) Assocaton. The bg cake n front of them (and a purse of money) symbolzed the a p pre ca t on of the churches of the Assocaton for the work done not only by the pastor but also by the older chldren and hs wfe. The famly has now been duly welcomed by the church at Westerly, R.., where the Westerly Sun has gven good coverage to the nstallng of the new pastor. ALMOND, N. Y. - Reader Response: am a lone Sabbathkeeper and depend on the Recorder for denomnatonal news. Have especally enjoyed the last year's edtons..,. Wlhl@fr C=J~?lP>eDlS flll MU- n=nd5(@jrnc~n!lnbu-@~ By Mss Evalos St. John::: The lbraran has spent a very busy year and yet when she begns to lst what has been done, very lttle seems to have been accom plshed. The correspondence whch one must carryon n ths work takes a great deal of tme. Some requests can be answered quckly, others requre days and sometmes weeks to fulfll. n past years most of the correspondence seemed to concern genealogy, etc. Whle there have been many such requests ths year, there have been even more requests for nformaton about the hstory and background of the S~venth Day Baptst Denomnaton, the hstory o~ ndv~ual churches, or requests for ad n majong specal studes of a der:omnatonal nature. Such request-s req~llre hours to complete, yet they do n?cat~ that t.he real value of the socety S beng realzed to some extent, and ths brngs a feelng of satsfacton. One such request came from a Methodst mnster n Scota, ll., who was dong research work on churches n the Unted States. Another was from a student n Moble, Ala., who was wrtno- a pa.p~r on the Baptst churches. Recentl~ a Bntsh clergyman asked for "nformaton on a very famous Seventh Day Baptst of the 18th century, Nathan Baley." Hs le~ter of apprecaton for our help closed w.lth. t~ese words: "May S'ay how splendd t.15 to me to fnd such help and cooperaton from a Chrstan body dfferng from o~r. own, and too, to fnd the ageold trmlton of the Church n preservng old records and books, and fosterng and nurturng learnng and culture." The lbraran has worked wth the Com ~t~e~ on Sabbath Research and helped ndvdual members n ther partcular feld of Sa,bbath study. She has made some of the socety's books avalable to these men. *The Report of the Lbraran of the Seventh Day Baptst Hstorcal Socety Presented at the Annual Meetng of the Socety on Sunday May ' She was asked to gve a paper on "The Sabbath Reform l\lo\,cmcn t.\rnon g Se:\' enth Day Baptsts" before the l\l~sters Conference n Aprl. Ths requred nuch r~se.arch an~l" study on her p::ut. The ~lpprc: naton whch so many of the rnnstcrs expressed to her, and the c;1gernc:ss wth whch many of them sought m'ore nf onn::. ton made up for the long hours. The Lost Creek Wonlen's Socety W:S asked by the \X' ~m~n's Board to p~cp:hc a short play depctng the be~nnnl:s of the \'7omen's BO;1rd. (The bo;rj w~s organzed at the Gcner3..1 Co n [c.: renc<.: of 1884 \vhch met n Lost Creek,) 1\$ ;]. socety the,vomen felt the" could not do the task wth the nl2.teral 2.t h:lnj. The: lb~aran 'was requested by the socc.:tr to v.'nte the sketch for them. Ths W.J.S Jone and n apprecaton the Lost Creek S()cje~ \. sent a monetary gft to the -Jstorc{' Socety. Three stude,nts h.:l \ e been Q \ eo.:lssstance n preparng course p.j.pers, 2. S2.bbath school te.j.cher h.j.s consulted \",th the lbraran concernng a course n Dc: nomnato?a Hstory for 3.. Junor group~ and m3.tenal h3.s been lo;1ned h::r [or thj.t purpose. Three of the b02.rds J.s well :S the denomnaton3.! secretj.f\ h;l\'c used our servces. - ndexng of the Sabbath Recorder both old and current contnues. T11-s" l.j.s-( ::. one could keep one busy. The Se\'enth D.J.Y Baptst }storc.d Socety s lsted n the Drccton- of storcal Socetes and Agences n- L~.S. ~lnj ~nada, Recently the socet \. receved a request from Jan1cs V. G~sendorfer, Ltt.D., l\1nneapols, 1\fnn., [or nformaton concernng our work. One "Tonders f ths s the resu t lstng. of such 2.. The Planfeld Courer-Nc'\ys celebrates ~ts 75th annversary n June '\vth.:l spcc3.1 ssue. The Hstorcal Socety arran ~ed [0 r a card n ths ssue tellng son1ethn g ~lbout our work and nvtng the publc to vst our museum and lbra.ry. Accessons The Record Book of the De!.l,, are, 1\ 0., Seventh Day Baptst Church has rece-nth' been sent to our socety by the Rc\'. J 3. f11 e-s 5

4 L. Skaggs. Ths church was known as the Seventh Day Baptst Church of Delaware, - Chrstan County, Mo. t was organzed Aprl 29, 1882, by the Rev. Samuel R. Wheeler. The leader of the group was the Rev. Leroy F. Skaggs, a Baptst mnster, who accepted the Sabbath truth n 1882, and n turn nfluenced others. The followng resoluton was adopted by the group at ther frst busness meetng. Resolved, That we tender our thanks to the Seventh Day Baptst Mssonary Board for ther love of the great cause of Chrst n ths part of God~s vneyard n that they sent our beloved brother - Elder Samuel R. Wheeler - to ad n ths our tme of great need to organ~e us nto a Seventh Day Baptst Church and thus plantng the stand, ard of truth more fully, and our prayer to Almghty God s that the Board may con' tnue n ths great work n other parts of God s vneyard, and we resolve to do all we can to ad n ths great work, God beng our Helper. ' Ths church had an actve exstence of some 20 years and exerted consderable nfluence n the communty. Another nterestng and valuable accesson was a fle of letters from Mlton College. These had been wrtten to the Rev. and Mrs. Solomon Carpenter and they cover a perod from 1847 nto the 1870's. t s very evdent that the Carpenters had urged ther frends n the homeland to wrte of the every-day, smple happenngs. Ths many of ther frend's dd and as the letters come from dfferent sectons, they gve an nterestng pcture of events and people n Westerly, Ashaway, Planfeld, New Market, Shloh, De Ruyter, Brookfeld, Berln, Alfred, l\lton, and New York Cty. Even poltcs have a place. Quotatons from one letter formed the bass for an artcle on the Westerly (Pawcatuck) Church whch appeared n the Sabbath Recorder a few weeks ago. We hope to use others from tme to tme. Maton College also recently sent som,e valuable books and manuscrpts whch had been housed n ther lbrary, among them a complete fle of The Peanlall" People, a weekly journal "devoted to Jewsh nteres'ts, poltcal, socal, lterary, and r,elgous." Vol. 1, No.1, s d'ated New York, Aug:> 3, 1888, and s edted by H. Fredlaender, a Sabbathkeepng Chrstan fro@ nfro ~e~~l1'l Edtoral n Church and State* The recent controversy n-the Maryland legslature over a Sunday closng law has ts counterparts n an ncreasng number ~ of states. There s a dsposton for Protestant and Roman Catholc to combne n campagns for such legslaton. The opposton, composed of Adventsts, Jews, Seventh Day Baptsts, and a few others, s n a hopeless mnorty. Advocates of the law argue that t s for health purposes only and that relgous consderatons are not nvolved. Opponents contend that a Sunday closng law does, nevertheless, mpnge upon ther relgous freedom snce t crmps ther means of lvelhood. There s force n both arguments. People who don't have sense enough to qut busness n one day n the week ought to be made to by law. But why prescrbe the day ths has to be? Only at that pont, t would seem, are -relgous mplcatons nvolved. Let there be not Sunday laws, but.. one n seven" laws. Ths leaves choce of the day for rest and worshp up to the ndvdual where t properly belongs. *The edtors of Church and State are Glenn L. Archer and C. Stanley Lowell, men who have spoken n Seventh Day Baptst churches. Our people may well express apprecaton for the stand taken by the edtor of ths POAU organ. Jew, asssted' by Ch. Th. Lucky. After Mr. Fredlaender's death about a year later, the Tract Socety assumed ts publcaton, wth the Rev. Wllam C. Daland, as edtor. n 1894 the Revs. S. S. Powell and Wllam C. Whtford were added to the edtoral staff'. The lbraran s thoroughly convnced that we as a people need to be more aware of our hertage and our responsblty. We need to stress the facts of whch we have every reason to be proud, and not emphasze alone the amusng features or eccentrctes of the leaders of old. t s the functon of the Hstorcal Socety to lead n ths. One ndvdual cannot do t alone. We need enthusastc backers as well as workers. truly feel ths s very vtal to the denomnaton's future. MSSONS - Sec. Everett T. Harrs MOs$o lrn@raes VOSDb'Df'lg C~lll.1)rC~leS A letter has been receved from Mssonary-elect Rene Mauch, tellng of the cordal recepton accorded _ hm and Mrs. Mauch and daughter, Esther, as they have vsted certan Seventh Day Baptst churches and Assocatons. /' '~"-,;'... ~ ~ ~.. ~ "-_., J,,>'--...J Small car, small boat, bg hearts A report ndcates the follo,\\rng places vsted up to the tme of wrtng: Adams Center, Schenectady, Berln, Planfeld, rvngton, Shloh, West~rly, Rockvlle, Ashaway, Second Hopknton, and Waterford. For those who wsh to follow the proposed future schedule of Sabbath vsts see the Sabbath Recorder ssue of June 1 for a publshed lst of churches the Mauches may contact. Many wll plan to meet our mssonares-elect to Brtsh Guana n August at Salem, W. Va., durng General Conference, Mr. Mauch has wrtten as follows: "Dear Brother Harrs: "As we proceed on our \,\ray to Battle Creek some of the mpressons that have come to us along our voyage are recalled so forcefully that \,\re would lke to share them. "Our journey, whch s to last over two months, started on June 5 wth a vst to the Central (New York) Assocaton convenng n Adams Center. Ths gatherng has been a sprtual experence of partcular val ue to us as \\'C su nd ~l t the begnnng of a ne\\" l11ssonary endeavor. The meetngs 'were ccrt:lnly.1 source of deep nspraton to c\'cryone present and for n1e an occ:1son to reconsecrate myself to the cause and sen'ce of God and of manknd. "Durng the follov;ng \\'ec:ks sc\'cld churches -were \'sted untl wc rc.lched Westerly. Our lttle C:1r took us Llthfully to Schenect2.dy, Berln, Pbnfeld, Shloh (\'\'here we had the ple:1sure of :lttcnjn~ Eastern Assocaton), n'ngton, Rod~\'lk, \X!aterford, Ash:1.w:1.Y, and Second -lopknton. A tme \-yas set :1.part both at P la n feld and Westerly for studes of nl~~tcr;d n her e n t tot h c \Y 0 r kn B r ts h G u ~~ 11 ~l. "n e\'ery pbce wc h;1\'c felt 11uch cheered by the hosptalty extendcd to us along our tnerary. \-X! e C;1n tcs t fy tot he kndness and helpfulness of c\'cryone \,\rhom we h:1. ve met. The pastors and the r famles as,yell as the church 111crnbers have done ther yery best to rnj.ke Ol.H SLlY an agreeable and sprtually profllbk onc n each local church contacted. The t pht schedule \,\rll make t hj.rd to send :n ndvdual reply to the mcss:1..gcs whch fo1-10\'\' :1.nd catch up \v th us on au r t r p, bu t v;e are most thankful for beng abk to m;1ke new acquant:1nccs and would ndeed lke people to fec n a t:1ngblc W:1)' all the ple;..sure and joy \YC dcr\'c n our lves from n1eetng \vth thcn. "We look for\'\'ard to :1 frutful contnuaton of ths trp. 1\1:1.)' God rchly bless you and yours, dc:1r Brothcr -arrs, for the hosptalty cxtcndcd to us ~tnd whch \'\'e enjoyed for near! y a week. \\1 e reman yours wth our best Chrstan greet ngs. "Rene l\lauch and Llnl y." V\for~d Councl l\1ss Umeko -<.aga \va of Tokyo, J;l p.t n, daughter of Toyohko K~og;l \\'.1, us been apponted secretary of \\lord 1" outh Projects, a j ont enterprse of the \'\' ord Councl of Churches and the \\' orld Councl of Chrstan Educaton wth offces n New York and GeneY;1, lvfss Kaga\,\ra \'\'ll drc::ct ~ progr.:rn \,\rhch nvolves 40 projects n 2-1 countrcs. 7

5 "CHRSTAN ~DlJCATON - See. ~e" ~. Zwebel ~~~n~w LS ~lq)~11~ For many years several persons n the Seventh Day Baptst denomnaton wshed for an organzaton that would draw our youth closer together. t seemed that the natural agency to accomplsh the wsh would be a natonal organzaton of the young people. When the Rev. Harley Sutton was secretary of the Board of Chrstan Educaton, he carred the dea and had t well on ts way untl he was forced by ll health to resgn hs poston. (No doubt the Young People's Board, whch operated for many years before t was merged wth other boards. to becom.e. the Board' of Chrstan Educaton, had VS10ns _of some such organzaton. We would be glad to hear from Seventh Day Baptsts who were members of the Young People's Board regardng the work that they dd n regard to natonal organzaton.) Varous steps were taken under succee? ng board secretares. As remember t, offcers were elected at the 1946 Pre-Con, and then agan at the 1947 meetng n Ashaway, R.. Ths dea was abandoned because of a lack of cohesveness. The offcers were too wdely scattered. for effectve acton. Wth the present Youth Work Co~mttee charman, J. Paul Green, Jr., n charge, under the leadershp of the board secretary, the Rev. Neal D. Mlls, the present venture was launc.h~d. A letter wth suggestons for organzng ~as sc:nt to the local churches. Later a questtonnalfe was crculated askng the opnons of our youth socetes as to name, dues, ams, etc. All who repled agreed that the name should be Seventh Day Baptst Youth Fellowshp. The name apples t~ t~e natonal organzaton, to Assoclatlonal groups, and to local socetes as well. The ams were developed and presented. The dues were s,et at $1.00 per year payable n January. The natonal offcers are the members of the Youth Work Commttee of the Board of Chrstan Educaton. The offcers ths year are S. Kenneth Davs, Dck Stearns, Ernest K. Bee, Carol Harrs, Roberta Armstrong, Luan SUltton, James Burdck, Alse Ogden, Hllar lves, J.. Paul Green, charman, and Rex Zwebel, ex offco. Some of these folk wll have to be replaced as they do not plan to be n the A,lfred area next year. The commttee members come from hgh school, college, and semnary, and two are youthful publc school teachers. They serve an average of 2-3 years. Others who have served on the commttee n recent years nclude the Revs. Charles Bond and Vctor Skaggs, Mrs. Lola Sutton Webster, the Rev. Donald E. Rchards, Ever,ett Harrs, Jr., and Mrs. Harrs (Barbara Warren), Lyle Sutton, Camlle Crofoot Harrs, and Marlyn Osborn Davs. t s expected that Barbara Cruzan and Helena Knox wll agree to become members ths fall. The Youth Work Commttee meets monthly, and ts chef concerns are plannng Pre-Con actvtes for youth and young adults, plannng and arrangng for youth actvtes at Gen~ral Confer~~ce, workng on SDBYF poltcy and actvty, promotng Youth Week and Camper exchange, and securng and sendng out feld workers. The publcaton of the Beacon, our youth magazne, always s of great concern to the commttee. There are approxmately 1?0 members of the Natonal SDBYF. t S our hope that that number may be doubled n After havng been n effect for almost one year, the organzaton wll be under concerned dscusson n the General Conference commttee to revew the work of the Youth Work Commttee. t s our prayer that greater servce mght be rendered to God and man through our SDBYF program. Every youth S needed. A formal nvtaton has been sent jontly by the N atonal ~hrstan. Councl and the Nppon Fukul1!. Domel t? the Rev. Blly Graham to VSt Japan n October, 1959, as one of the hghlghts of the Centennal Year. - W. W. Red. SABBATH SCHOOL LESSON for July 25, 1959 Courage n Crss Lesson Scrpture: Esther 4: 1-3, L NJe,,'1f AADrrlD5~el" T eoos [El:~elrfel1'1 :e5 Leroy Bass who s ths month completng a mnster's tranng course (master's degree) at Washngton, D. C., attended the Tract Board meetng n March and the Mnsters Conference at Alfred n Aprl. Ths story of hs experences was wrtten a few days after he and hs wfe were welcomed nto the Washngton, D.C., Church and the ~\ ::~:~~~t~~nh::m::g~:; l nson and Elzabeth F. '>', Randolph on June 29. He '->---J comments that transton,'-~----- perods n our lves are not usually easy and that ths change of membershp was n some ways a hard step. t was n Calcutta, nda, and n 1945 that frst learned' about Sa-turday beng the true seventh-day Sabbath of God. had supposed that Sunday was the seventh day, but when learned the. truth wondered f there were such a thng as a church that actually honored ths holy day. And then, provdentally, God led me to notce that there n that cty was a church that actually conducted ts worshp on the true day. For a solder to change hs day of worshp n the army was not too easy, but God worked t out for me when a real test came, for had determned n my heart to be true to God at all costs. t has been a joy to keep ths holy Sabbath ever snce then. Subsequently, when the war was over, and several years later, marred a fne Chrstan grl, who had had the prvlege of beng a Sabbathkeeper all her lfe. Before had been drafted, felt the convcton that God was callng me to become a mnster of tlfe Gospel. ddn't beleve had any abltes along ths wonderful lne, and sometmes stll wonder. Nevertheless, felt constraned to answer the call. When my mltary servce was over went to a Seventh-day Adventst college n Massachusetts, and began study toward the mnstry. really learned to know the Bble as a lvng Book - full of meanng for us. Graduaton came n Followng graduaton there were three years of self-suppor~ng mnst~r for the Master n a county n Connectlcut \vhcrc there were no Sabbathkcepng churches. God blessed n ths, ~nd plans \vcre rn;lde for further educaton at the theologcal semnary here n \Y/ ~shngton. The en rchng values obtaned from th!s s.tud r ha YC m.ade our struggles to obtan t 50 ye:ry \vorth whle. May Jesus Chrst be prased! What s t th:lt h:ls now led us to C:lst our lot wth the Seyenth D~ly Baplst church? Our rc:lsons are not of pcrson::. feelng or prejudce. Over the P:lst 5e\"er;11 years we have been buldng concepts o[ the mnstry of Jesus Chrst. The Ollt \vorkng of 50n1e of these conce:pts n the: pastoral and ev~ngelstc. mnstry F e:d could not be carred out n the org;:.nlze:d work of our former church \vthout conflct. We feel '\ve cannot scn c the cause of Chrst n a Sprt-kd \yay nost err ectvely f we are n "a. church tlllt 11:15. a centrally organzed, ngdl)' controlled r11lns~r" Then too the con~rce;l.torul [orrn l ). " '- ~ of ao\ ernmen t \v th local churc h :1 u tono!l1 y a p ; e a 1st 0 me, and t h n k s 0 r e:. n harmony wth the Nc\v Test;l!11ent prncples of relgous lberty and frecd()~n ~)f conscence. r,~co~nlzc ad\'ant:l,~~es :Hld dlsad\'antages n ead~ type of church r:o\ crnment, ho\vever. \X'e pray chat our affl:lton wth our new church wll be rnutualy helpful ;~nd sprt12ally re\\'ardng. - Leroy ~lnd l\1.lfj(1re 13.:ss. ECUf\r~EN[CAt (\!EV\/S \."Vce l\leetng n Greece The p.olcy-m~kng 90 nh:nlhcr Cl:f1tr.d Conlrnttee of the: \X' 0 rd COll!l (11 ol Churches wll rnect August 1()-27 on the sland of Rhodes, Greece. Ths wll hc the f r s t t n1 e the co nl tt c c 11:1 s r n c tn.;: country where the prcdo!llrl11t church S the Eastern Orthodox. Two of t hc 1'.1 pcrs to be consdered are on thc topc "The: Sonfcance of the Eastern and \\?cstcrn T;='ad t ons \X! th n Chrst ~l nt r." ) cll s of plans for the Thrd Asscllbly (n!\s~: n 1961) \v be prcsente:j. j\nother tcnl on the aoenda s a revew of the thcolo,:: cal bas~ for nlenlbershp n the \\/ord Co un c. The pre sen t c r t e r (1 n s:: ((~ c: p t - anee of Jesus Chrst :ls Lord and S;lVO~. There has been son1e dscusson th:1 t. ths 8 9

6 '---~ ' '--- -===--==--==--=======--- ~.-r'-- ---~ ' ~ ~ bass s "not altogether satsfactory theologcally" and r.equres clarfcaton. t s also expected that the commttee wll send out an appeal to ts 173 member churches to support the Unted Natons-sponsored World Refugee Year (June 28, 1959, to June 30, 1960). The wce presdents have already publshed such a document. Central Commttee meetngs are held annually between World Councl assembles n varous countres at the nvtaton of the churches of those countres. ff\ «: 11' 9 (Ql!"l D"l l?' 111'11'@ll"l$ S)<e!hJ@@D [Q)<e$e~l"<efSJ J11'D@l"l A Revew by Courtland V. Davs Acton Patterns n School Desegregaton, "ntended to ad school offcals wth des.egregaton problems," appears to be a valuable 288-page source book of nformaton and precedent for the gudance of those tryng to follow the nstructons of the Supreme Court for ntegraton "wth all delberate speed." Communtes now n the throes of ths tryng and dffcult stuaton wll fnd here many reports of successful (and unsuccessful) ways of solvng the problems t presents. Assembled and edted by a professor of educaton at Mam Unversty n Florda and an nstructor n a North Carolna Teachers College, the vewpont s strctly that of those who are lvng and workng wth segregaton n the process of becomng ntegraton. Ph Delta Kappa, a natonal fraternty of leaders n educaton, apponted from ts members the Commsson responsble for ntatng ths study. The Commsson began and ended belevng "that the problems of desegregaton vary greatly wth each communty and that any fnal satsfactory soluton must come as a result of the efforts of the people of both races n that communty" (emphass s the revewer's). The authors have tred to report. the experences of many communtes so as to show: 1. Ths s what happened. 2. Ths s the way t happened. 3. -ere are some of the lessons n t for us. The book s avalable n paper cover from Ph Delta Kappa, Bloomngton, ndana, 'at $1.50, free to school offcals and other ndvduals and groups actvely engaged n promotng orderly desegregaton. [Q)rr., ~(Q]rrD<e W [p)<el"l$ ~o~o ~@l"l~<el"l1l'f@l"l "Forward s the vson, and' forward s the movement of Chrstan Endeavor today," Dr. Earle W. Gates, presdent of the nternatonal Socety of Chrstan Endeavor, told some 3,500 young people and ther adult leaders Monday nght, July 6, as the conventon opened n Phladelpha. Dr. Gates keynoted the openng mass meetng of the 45th nternatonal Chrstan Endeavor Conventon n the Baptst Temple n the Cty of Brotherly Love. n hs address he lfted up the current theme of Chrstan Endeavor, whch wll contnue for the next two years: "For Chrst and the Church." n speakng of the conventon theme, "Forward - For Chrst and the Church," Dr. Gates sad: "Ths theme takes the tradtonal motto of the movement and propels t nto new acton. Assuredly, such acton s our dvne responsblty, frst n ths conventon, and even more as we move out from t. Countless decsons wll be made here, some affectng the lves of ndvduals, others the lfe of the total church. Prepare now for dedcaton of the hghest and best." He challenged them to 'advance n the area of recrutment" and ponted out that a recent survey shows that by 1970 the teenage populaton wll be double that of "Let us be ready to brng these young people nto the Chrstan lfe," Dr. Gates sad. "The growng needs of the day challenge us to a massve campagn for temperance," Dr. Gates contnued. "The dangers of the use of alcohol and tobacco, as well as narcotcs, must be made clear to the youth of the contnent. Chrst-centered ctzenshp and effectve leadershp tranng are our mperatves today. "t s not enough to merely mantan our status quo; the mandate of the day s 'Advance!'" concluded Dr. Gates. "To ths end we must re-study our hertage and resources, we must determne to take postve new steps, and we must ever affrm, '... wll do whatever He would lke to have me do.' "!" The trouble today s that parents n many, many homes have gven the tranng of ther chldren over to ngeorge," because we lve n a fast-movng world. By Vctora My topc beng about tranng n the home would lke to use saah 54: 13: "All thy chldren shall be taught of the Lord: and great shall be the peac~ of thy chldren." The suggestons here gven may not work n every famly. Parents are dfferent; chldren are dfferent; so are crcumstances and envronments. Parents do need help today. Many are at ther wt's end to know what to do wth ther chldren. n ther hearts they long to brng them up rght and they try to do t, f t s a Chrstan home. But they stand by helpless as ther boys and grls get "out of hand," and jon the boys and grls brought up n non-chrstan homes. We seem to have a generaton of rebellous chldren. Youth rebels aganst all types of authorty; so parents should work hard. t means beng everlastngly on the job day and nght from chldhood to youth, from youth to manhood and womanhood. We must watch over our chldren wth ceaseless vglance. f we want to brng up our chldren rght, we cannot leave them half the tme wth the neghbors, or the best babystter we know. Neghbors or babystters are not a substtute for a mother. Do hear you say, "n our famly mother has to go out to work? More's the pty!" f at all possble - and know that sometmes t s mpossble - she should stay home wth the chldren, rather than "let George do t." But you argue, 'How else can we make our monthly payments on the car, the refrgerator, the rado, the TV, etc.?" Many a mother has gven up some of these and stayed wth her famly. only know ::Mrs. Burdck n prevous years has wrtten for the Recorder. A resdent of Bolvar, N. Y., she gave ths talk to the adults at the Sabbath eve meetng of the Western Assocaton. Her years of experence and thought should command a thoughtful readng of ths artcle. Burdck::: you v.rll ha \'C to choosc bet w c:cn t h c:sc: ;:nd your chldren. The nter<:sts of your chldren should comc frst. 1fothcr should b::: n the haole when thc chldren corne horne from school; she should bc nterested n all that concerns them - re~dr to rnc:c:t ther needs, answer ther questons, help them to make rght decsons~ ~nd W:Hn them aganst tcnlptatons. No nlother home from a hard day's \york c~n do ~:. job lke ths proper! y. "Tran up a chld..." am one of thosc od-f ~shoncd folk who stll beleves that God ntends th;~t paren ts, not chld ren, sh~ll drect t 11 e household, and f '... e J.S pj.h:nts y:duc the peace and happness of our homes we wll not surrender ths lej.dcrshp. /\.fter all,,:hat are parents for f not to gye Jn:cton to ther c::-tldren's EYes [ronl babyhood to manhood and \vomj.nhood? \\1 c: ;1 re to gude, counsel, tran, and lc.1d. f we [;1l to l\'e up to ths responsblty we n\ te calamty ar.d sorrow. PJ.[ents h3.\"e ~:. longtme job on ther hands, for thc), are preparng ther chldren not only for ths presen t lfe, but also for the lfe to conl c. The \vord '\vhch no one lkcs to h<:ar used any more s dscplne. But dscplne s necessary. t's part of the parent's job, not George's. t calls for the.1 pplc.1 t on of gentle but determned pressurc whcn nec~ssary. Dscplne makes ~ll the dfference betv.. een an orderly honle.1nd bedlam. Dspense wth t for fe:lf o[ some "complex" and you,yll pay for your slackness the rest of your lfe. The chldren v.'ll never kno\y the knd of horne God planned for them, and wll try n one way or another to esc.1pc [ron1 t :l$ soon as possble. Dr. HJ.rry Emerson Fosdck tells the story of hs boyhood that J.pplcs to us all. As hs father sad ~ood-byc: to hs m~ther one mornng, he '-[en1.1 rl~cj, "Tell Harry he can mow the hwn tod.l)" [ he! f!

7 feels lke t." Then notng how the grass was growng, he paused at the front gate and called back, "Tell Harry he had better feel lke t." Dr. Fosdck never forgot that remark. Many a tme he wanted to relax, especally on Monday mornng when the thought of begnnng work on the next sermon was not nvtng. At such tmes he remembered hs father's words, and dscplne through the years kept hm at hs task. Let your chldren's earlest thoughts be about Jesus and Hs love. As soon as they can read, teach them to study ther weekly Bble lesson. Urge them to say ther prayers every nght before they go to sleep and each mornng when they get up.. These are prceless habts whch wll stay wth them through lfe. As often as you can gather the chldren around, read the grand old Bble stores n famly worshp. Have them pray aloud and repeat the Lord's Prayer together at the close. Unted prayer bnds a famly together n ther love and n servce to God. Teach prvate Bble study and prayer so that each chld bulds up hs own connectons wth God. Chldren who come to regard Jesus as ther frm, true frend' n ther earlest days wll turn to Hm n perods of stress and.stran n years to come. Keep Them Busy Keep your chldren and young folk busy. The old sayng that "Satan fnds some evl always, for dle hands to do" s true. Chldren and youth are normally so full of lfe that f they are not engaged n somethng good they wll surely be up to mschef. don't mean parents should be thnkng up one job after another for ther chldren to do. That doesn't make for a happy famly. Chldren must have tme to play. But as.soon as they are old enough to do lttle jobs they should be taught to do them. t sn't rght that mother should get the supper ready and wash the dshes whle John and Mary run the streets or watch TV. Chldren can be a marvelous help around the place f you get across the dea that t s ther duty and' prvlege to keep the home runnng and nce, because t s ther home. When they catch ths dea they wll help wthout holdng out ther hands to be pad for every lttle servce. Lay responsbltes upon your chldren and youth and see that they carry them out. Ths wll teach self-relance and make them trustworthy n days to come. Ths wll take tme, too. t s easy enough to gve a chld a job, but consderably more dffcult to see that t s done, and' t takes real perseverance to nsst that t be done over and over untl t s done rght. One of the curses of the present age s "passng the buck," known as, "Let George do t. " Work s regarded as somethng to be by-passed f possble, or hurred through, no matter how slpshod the task s done. The remedy for ths dsease of rresponsblty must be appled n chldhood. Chldren traned n the ways have suggested wll grov.' nto dependable youth. As parents we know that such basc character trats as honesty, dependablty, and courage are the qualtes our chldren and youth need n order to meet lfe's later demands; yet we neglect to develop these trats because we are so busy. As soon as chldren can read, ntroduce them to good books and magaznes. Ths wll take more tme, for you wll have to read the books and magaznes yourself to fnd out whch are good and whch are not. Remember that one bad book or comc can poson a chld's mnd for lfe. Keep a strong control on readng matter that comes nto your home. Ths s not an easy task. Then explan why some thngs are good and others are bad. As parents t s our duty to teach our chldren how to be alone and have fun readng. Keep control of the knob on the TV. As dvnely appont.ed leaders of the home parents have the rght and the duty to decde on the knd of programs the chldren shall look at. Help them to lsten to good musc, to do thngs wth ther hands, to soak n the beauty of a sunset or a song of a brd. f you do ths, n later years when there s no grown-up around to tell them, they wll make the rght choces. Settng an Example n her home a mother can do the two thngs whch are most lkely to safeguard young people from formng the drnk habt. She can set an example and establsh an deal. Young adults and teenagers who enjoy,the gracous hosptalty of the abstanng mother recognze that there s no truth n the oft-repeated propaganda that alcoholc beverages ncrease the zest and glamor of socal occasons. n recent surveys of the atttudes of hgh school students toward alcoholc beverages, the effect of the example set n the home s clearly rebected n the standard observed by the young people. So make home the central attracton; plan thngs to make the young folks happy. Take tme to show nterest n them; make them feel they arc wanted; and let them know you love them. Tell them to nvte ther frends - at proper tmes of course. Above all, read to them. There s no sound' lke mother's voce. The result of all of ths wll be that chldren wll look upon the home as the most beautful place n the world. More than ever we must try to nculcate n the younger generaton the desre and determnaton to carryon the way of lfe revered by our poneer mothers and fathers, whch forces n devous ways are seekng to undermne. n accomplshng ths, our small towns and ctes - along wth our churches and homes - are our chef hope for our young people. ~@f1'~ ~~ ~@mlp b\.-'1dllles ]~59 By Janet VanHorn Eghteen Seventh Day Baptst youth, each of them bubblng over wth exctment and antcpaton, arrved at Chemn A-H'aut State Park n northern Lousana on June 15, for the 13th Southwestern Assocaton Camp MLES. Ahead of them was a week packed full of experences, whch, when shared together n the sprt of worshp, study, fun, and Chrstan fellowshp, proved to be a true adventure n Chrstan lvng. The theme, "Fshers of Men," was carred out n study classes, alone hours, and camper - planned vesper servces. Other parts of the program were a class on Seventh Day Baptst Youth Work by Helena Knox, a wde varety of actve recreaton, campfre programs of games, stunts, and challenges, daly sngspraton, cn.ft wor1~, and a gudance flm \vorkshop. Our t\\ro exchange campers [rom \\1 cst Vrgna added to our "mles" so thj.t the campers and staff (rcpresentng the Pant Rock, Fouke, l\fetarc, H:ln1.rnond, Texarkana, Walker, Lost Creek, :lnd S:dern Churches ) traveled :l total of 21,790 n des to camp and back. The concludng consccf:lton scn'cc, the sprtu:l hgh pont of the week. sent each camper home determned and b<.:ttcr prepared to go fshng - for rnen, n answer to Chrst's call. ASHA WAY, R F\'e people frorn the Chrstan Endeavor Socety of the. Frst Hopknton Church at l\sh:1.\\".:'y stopped for a bref tour of the dcnon1naton~d publshng house at P anheld vfond~ly n 00 n, J u 1 y 6, en r 0 ute tot h e n t e r f1:1. t on.1 r C. E. Conventon n Phadelpb~!.. They were escorted by ther pastor and vlrs, Bswurm, mother of one of the g rls. Joyce Bswurm, who wll receve: ;tn av.':lrd at the conven:on for :n essay, produced ~l personal nvtaton to meet \ce-presdcnt Nxon, onc of the speakers. (j\nother tem from Asha\\'J.y WJ.S notell n the \X'estedy Sun. l\1:ss Ge:org~l Fsh of Hgh Street, a 14-year-old..Qrl wth :: gocld eye and unusual skll, wth bo'\v J.nd ;lrro,w recent \' shot and klled.1 \voodch uc kn her ba~k yard wth a target arro\\', J. f e~"t to be proud of. n last wcck's ssue ;1 boy was pctured wth a new, hp.h-powered rfle. He had just klled a woodchuck at J. consderable dst:lnce. Geor ~a Fsh \'.'on a champonshp recently n ~\sh;l\\";1y wth her straght shootng. There are few thrlls whch e(lu.d the thrlls of well-developed sklls, '{ounp. Davd mastered the skll of the slng 2.nd of the harp. The onc prcp.lrcd hr11 to become a naton:ll hero and knf~: the ()ther led to the \vrtng of rn~lnr ps.llrns w11(11 are sun g e\'en to ths d.:1 \'. ~ - n apostolc tmes ChrstJ.ns were expected to grow all ther lves; no prul1tlrll was gven to dwarfs. 12 JDL Y 13, ~

8 MSSONS - Sec. Everett T. Harrs ~~ce~n@n AA@@'lfD[f)~ fr AA$$O@[f)@f17 ~@@[j'~ A specal meetng of board members s beng called, as voted at the Aprl 26 board meetng, to welcome home the Rev. and Mrs. Davd Pearson, and to consder matters affectng our Nyasaland Msson whch may grow out of ther r,eports. Ths specal meetng was to have been held on Sunday evenng, July 12, at 7:30 o'clock n the vestry of the Pawcatuck Seventh Day Baptst Church. t now seems :better to desgnate the meetng date as "two days after the arrval n ths country of Mr. and Mrs. Pearson." The ndefnteness as to date of arrval s caused by the most recent word from Farrell Lnes. They have stated, through Macpherson Travel Bureau, 'The Afrcan Lghtnng s due to arrve on or about July 14 at ether Baltmore, Boston or New York." All frends of the Pearsons are nvted to the recepton to be held the same evenng as the board meetng. They Read the Recorder Members of the Old Stone Fort Church read the Sabbath Recorder and take notce that our churches n general have not been keepng the support of Our Wodd Msson up to the need. Last year ther church was complmented for over-subscrbng. Recently they have voted another $25 to the budget. Dl[gAA~ f DNl'J~&~~'J Dr. Wlbur M. Smth, professor of Englsh Bble at Fuller Theologcal Semnary, was featured on the cover of the May Unt~d ]Evangelcal Acton magazne standng n the mdst of the stacks of hs personal theologcal lbrary of 24,000 volumes whch supplements the larger semnary lbrary. Dr. Smth dscourages students from tryng to buld up unusually large lbrares although he becomes almost ecstatc over a long-sought book whch states some element of Chrstan truth better than anythng else n hs great lbrary. To apprecate large numbers of books one needs a lttle of the readng power of Dr. 14 Smth whch s almost unequalled. Many of the books from Wlbur Smth's pen (and there are usually two or three a year) are hghly przed. He says he has such a large lbrary n ord'er to have materal avalable for Peloubet's Notes. New Bble nsttute n Germany The Greater Europe Msson s probably not very well known to readers of ths perodcal.,t s one of those fath mssons, nterdenomnatonal n appeal, whch appears to throb wth lfe and zeal. t has work n a number of European countres and s now rejocng n the opportunty to start the German Bble nsttute wth sutable property. The u.s. address of Greater Europe Msson s 650 South Clark St., Chcago 5, ll. t has Bble nsttutes n several countres, one of the best establshed beng the Europe~n Bble nsttute of France - well known to a number of Seventh Day Baptsts who have vsted t or have met some of ts faculty. Seventh-day Adventsts us~d ths dea for many years and bult up a great worldwde work. Now, however, they are stressng the tranng of mnsters and mantanng pad pastors n most local churches. Who s tjlnkng the matter through more deady, the bshop who has been accustomed to perhaps too much emphass on the prestly functon of a pastor or the Adventsts who have through most of ther hstory depended largely on unpad local leadershp? Whch s more up to date? Or s t a queston of reacton and faraway pastures lookng greener? What lessons, f any, are there for Seventh Day Baptsts? ][f You Stck Out Your Tongue Wth her arms around her father's neck, Mary was speakng words of endearment to hm. But her mother notced that over her father's shoulder she was stckng out her tongue at her brother Tom. The mother sad, "Take your arms down from your father's neck, Mary; your father loves Tom as much as he loves you, and you can't stck out your tongue at your brother and love your father." When you hud your curses, by word or deed, at those of ~~~--~----~--~----~ ~..) another race or class, you must take your arms from around the neck of God. - Lous H. Evans n Make Your Fath 'VVork (The Flemng H. Revell Company). ~~W$!r~ h'-a UC=3~ <C~U~CC:~ES DAYTONA BEACH, FLA. - The Rev. Rhodes Thompson of the Frst Chrstan Church of Da1tona Beach s supplyng our pulpt at present. At a recent church meetng t was voted to hold no church servces from August 8 to September 12 whle Mr. Thompson s on vacaton. The Church Ad Socety held two meetngs n June, the frst one to plan ther summer work and the second one to begn work on ther poster and banner for Conference. They also cut out and dd some sewng on blankets and nghtes for nfants, a Wodd Communty Day Project whch should be completed by November frst. They plan to meet durng July to contnue ths work. Our church address s 145 Frst Avenue, Daytona Beach, Florda. Those vstng Florda are cordally nvted to worshp wth us. We mss our frends who return north durng the summer season, but those lvng here the year around are fathful n ther attendance at the servces. - Correspondent. DENVER, COLO. - We n the Denver Church are happy to make a progress report on the work here. On Sabbath, June 27, our regular church servce was held outdoors at our new buldng ste. Pastor Kenneth Smth spoke on the theme, "Ths s Holy Ground." Followng a pcnc dnner, an mpressve servce of dedcaton of the parsonage and the church buldng ste was held. Greetngs were extended by the Rev. Maurce Palmqust, presdent of Lakewood Mnsteral Assocaton, and by Oz Black, extenson drector of the Denver Councl of Churches. Dr. Ero E. Sutton of Boulder, a former pastor here, spoke brefly of the begnnngs and progress of the Denver Church, and commended the congregaton for takng ths great step forward. We were remnded by several of the speakers that we could dedcatc the Qround to God L' only as we dedcate our ndvdu:ll lye.:s to Hm and to the tasks that le.: ;;.he.:2.d. Our Plannng Cornrntte.:c s h:1fd :~t work dra\vng plans for the new buldnps. We hope soon to consud1d1:ltc the s:de: of our present church property :lnd to be able to start constructon 2.t our nc\'o' stc. Our camp dates ths ycj. r 2. rc J ul r 1-S for junor age and July 8-15 [or the se.:nor camp. Pastor l\ynor Soper of North Loup, Ncb., \\'11 drcct the.: senor c::nlp \v th assstancc f rorn the Re\'s. Rob c: rt L p pncott, Davd Clarkc, F.::cnndh Srnth, and Mss Ger Hargs. The last ten d3.ys of July v.'e: 1'L:n to hold a c~operatve \T J.caton Bble School 'wth St. ~jaul's Comrnunty Church whch s located ncar our new ste. \\t"e:.1rc: provdng three st3.ff n1cn1bers :lnd wll prorate thc expense. \X!c [c.:t ths \'.':ls ~... n excellent 0 p po r tun t y to bccorne.: 2.( quanted n a ne\\' ne hborhood ;lnd to practce ecun1cncty. W e h a\" e a bus v s c h e.: d u e:.lrhl ;:.s 1: t 11 e.:.j prayers of each of you th:lt \\'e.: rn:l\" ;;.J1 he.: led to do Hs \vll., Corrcs'ofhlt:nt. NORTONVLLE, KAN. - The.: ()ur W 0 rl d 1\1 ss lo n pro <; r a rn for the: p ;:s ~ quarter \\'as held on l\l:ly 23 and (onccrne.:d our Nyasaland l\fsson. The co!1unttee: had prepared sc\ cral 111:1pS shownr: the: locaton of vj.rous churches ;;.nd F roll"'ls,~ \v th "w hc!l ou r m ss 0 n :u e.:s w () r 1: () n the.: northern crcut. Excerpts f r0111 books, letters, and news notes co\'crnp' the [reld from the perod of Dr. Lyngst;ne.: to the: present date \verc re:ld or g\'cn. A f do\\" shp dnner n the church b:lsen en t r-"rcceded the program. The Sabbath Rally DJ.)".1ct\'tes on l\-1ay 16 \vere concluded wth :l church socal n the b:lsen1cnt wth :n Urlusu:dh good attendance. Bble School \vas n se.:sson f [01n \Ll \' 25 through June 5 wth the cj(!sn.;~ progran1 on Sabb:lth rnornng. June.: 0. Tv.-ent)" chldren were enrollcd [or the, perod. Teachers '...'cre Sh:lron Bond. Rose S~<"T;h::.n, Florcen Bond, l\f:lr c Lpp n(-o U, ;: n d P.:stor Lppncott. 1\1r5, 1fcrln \\?hcckr \':::<; supervsor. CJrol \\'hu:kr.:ssstcd \,.. ~h the musc. f!,! ~. \ 1