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1 The Sabbath JULY ~ J ON TO CONFERENCE BY CAR BY PLANE BY BUS BY TRAN :'. l r t!.. j Desgn selected by Karl G. Stllman Presden4 Seventh Day Baptst General Conerence. Westerly R.. Presdent Stllman wrtes ~~ would lke to encourage all our Churches to reproduce ths desgn on ther Church bulletns rom now untl Conerence at least." See Conerence normaton Secton Page 25. Seventh Day Baptst Church North Loup Ncb. QUARTERLY MEETNG AT WALWORTH WS. The Southern Wsconsn and Chcago Quarterly Meetng servces wll be held at Walworth Ws. July 9 and Lllan Campbell Secretary. CAMP OUACHTA Mdway Park Y Cty Ark. July 28 - August 4 - Age lunt -20 (On August 4 "the whole camp s to move to Lttle Prare or the Assocaton.") --Southwestern News Letter Gentry Ark. ANY BOOK REVEWED OR advertsed n ths or other relgous journals. or recommended by your local pastor or sprtual enrchment. can be secured quckly and convenently rom us. Large stock o Upl tothemnute relgous books. centrally located. We pay postage on orders or $ or more when cash accompanes order. T-E SOWER BOOKSTORE 25 East Man Street MADSON 3 WSCONSN Gerald C. Bond. Propretor

2 ~------~' ~ ~ ~. The Sabbath Recorder THER PART AND OURS 9 " r L \ ~ " ;\ t: { ; ' r l- t ~ ':. Frst ssue June A Mogazne or Chrston Enlghtenment and nspraton HURLEY S. WARREN. D.O.. Edtor L. H. NORTH Manager o the Publlshmg House Con trbu tng Ed tors: DAVD S. CLARKE MsslOns WLLAM L BURDCK. DO. Emertus (MRS.) FRANCES DAVS.Woman's Work (MRS.) HETTE W. SKAGGS. Actng HARLEY SUTTON Chrstan Educaton (MRS.) MZPAH S. GREENE... Chldren's Page Our Polcy The Sabbath Recorder does not necessarly endorse sgned artcles. For mormaton about Seventh Day Baptst poll ty and beles wrte the Amercan Sabbath Tract Socety. Planeld. New Jersey. Terms o Subscrpton Per Year $2.50 SX months. $25 Student rate $.00 per college year Monthly Specal ssues cents per copy (The rst ssue o each month) Regular ssues... 5 cents per copy Postage to Canada and oregn countres 50 cents per year addtonal. Subscrptons wll be dscontmued at date 0 expnaton when so requested. All ;ubscnptlons wll be dscontnued one year ater date to whch payment S made unless expressly renewed. Pubhshed. weekly (except July and August when t S publshed bfweekly) by the Amencan Sabbath Tract. Socety and prnted by the Recorder Press. pubhshmg house or Seventh Day Baptsts Plmnheld N. J. Entered at the post oce n Plamheld. N. J. as second class matter. All communcatons whether on busness or or pubhcahon. should be addressed to the Sabbath Recorder. Planeld. N. J. PLANFELD N. J. JULY Vol. 45 No.2 Whole No N THS SSUE Edtoral Paragraphs.. 8 Features: The Tyranny o a New Thng 9 Summarz.ed Rcport!'.-"From Coa!'t to Coast."-Dd You Know That-..24 Conerence normaton Secton...25 A Rght Start..._..._.. 27 Seventh Day Baptst Msson.-Scence and Relgon... _... _.....' M:»sons: Evangelst Goes to Luho World Communon Day Materals Chrstan Educaton: Chldren's Day n the Churches..._... _..._ " Frst Vacaton School Report.-Frst Sabbath School Report.-Our Best s Requred by Our Famles... 3 Chldren's Page: Our Letter Exchange Ch urch N ews..._ Drectory o Seventh Day Baptst Churches Accessons. - Marrages. - Obtuary Plannng or and entertanng General Conerence S a major undertakng under the most avorable crcumstances. Many o our Churches large and small rural and urban have entertaned Conerence \vth comort to delegates and Vstors credt to themselves and honor to our Lord Chrst. Fev.r projects dra\v the Church together n co-operaton and sacrcal love as does ths one. That the North Loup Church s makng careul preparatons or August S n growng evdence. Careul' plans have been made already. The commttees o the entertanng Church deserve our ull co'operaton n order that ther plans may be realzed. that we may be made comortable and happy and that the Lord's \vork through Seventh Day BaptstS may expand and become more -eectve. May t be thus! ARE WE PRAYNG? For the Conerence Presdent For the Commsson o the General Conerence as t meets n Denver Colo. at o'clock Wednesday mornng Au gust For the entertanng Church as ts commttees plan and work or the welare o our annual gatherng For the Churches as they appont ther delegates and make ther yearly reports to Conerence For an outpourng o the Holy Sprt at North Loup n August? A delay n the mals preven ted our neludng the ollowng permsson to reprnt n the specal ssue o the Sabbath Recorder o July 5 948: The Stranger at the Peace Table by Esther Baldwn York - HReprnted by specal permsson o The Saturday Evenng Post. Copyrght 945 by The Curts Publshng Company... (See Speakng and Lstenng' by Mrs. Wllam M. Stll.. man pages 4 5.) By Rev. Carroll L. Hll Presdent o Mlton College Mlton. \VE. (Baccal'aurcate scrmon preached at Alred Unversty Alred N. Y. June 6948) No age has e- er been so tyrannzed by ts own creatve genus as ours. Whatever we may say or beleve about our tme no one wll serously deny our pre.. occupaton wth thngs. Newsprnt rado and move keep them ever beore us. They are the means o both comort and \var-electrc lght and atomc power. The secrets that are unlocked n the dscoverv o prncples and truths that le back o our many new thngs are a part o the great unversal system. They are n no sense wrong-they do nothng o themselves wthout mplementaton t4te "know how" you wll and \ve are surrounded by myrad ne\.v thngs that would seem strange even to our grandparents. "Tme makes ancent good uncouth" We nsst on beng up to date. Ths nsstence demands ts prce. our tme ders rom others n ths matter t S n degree. We have more opportunty to be tyrannzed by our crea' tures or we lve a lttle arther along the tme stream. The seeds o ths tyranny have been cultvated or a long tme. n the cty o Athens many years ago there arrved an.early Chrstan mssonary traveler. A certan group o men learn" lng o hs presence led hm to the Areopagus that he mght speak hs doctrne to them. The ncdent S treated wth some care n th~ Scrpture and depcts a gather ng o curous.. mnded men havng ther curosty satsed. The sprt o the group S descrbed exactly n Acts 7: 2 HFor all the Athenans and strangers whch were there spent ther tme n nothng else but ether to tell or hear some ne\lj thng" Paul whose home town was the unlver' sty cty o Tarsus n Clca ound t easy to speak to the men o Athens presum.. ably n the Sprt o the unversty club. That he dealt n what was to them a new relgous phlosophy does not dm our pcture o ther preoccupaton wth new thngs even though they be thngs o the mnd. Ths obesance to newnc&s we have ahvays wth U~. t S but a gant's strde CJm AthenK across the mouth o the Aegean Sca to the sland at Patmos to whch John o Ephcsus was banshed or hs nsstence on reedom to worshp as a Chn!-t:u rather than as a subject o Domtan. n hs book called "The Revelaton" he made usc o a pecular lterary orm (apoca.. lypsc) \ljhch ]5 strange to us. Whle hs predctons were never ullll'd n the manner he belleved mmnent there ls a verse we have chosen or ts valldty n human expenence. Men and women o varyng ages and expenences have tcetl' ed that an honest allegance to the Master has led them oten to sense a power other than ther own that makes or rghteous' ness sayng unto them. "Behold make all thngs new. - Revelaton 2: Sa. Ths sense o renewal s not the hlurred and mperect maglnlng o an addct to stmulants- t]s the sober cxpenencc o uprght outrght orthrght men and \J.'omen. t ls a po-'shllty to ;l \vho would seck t. Between Areopagus ano P;tmos there S the Aegean Sea and a \~'orld o der ence yet a cert;lln reaton~hjp. On the one hand there s the never-endng se;{rch or some new thng. on the other hand 6 the perennal expencnce o renewal. The ormer makes dem3nos uron men that ;re exactng to the pont o t yra nny. The latter reduces the tyranny o a nevj thng untl that ~vhch had us n hondage to tsel has become a servant o men our servant hecallsc there ls a povjcr thot makes all thngs new. By them~cvc~> mere thngs hecome a hard master. The rene\.ljeo mnd becomes the master o thngs. Two Al ternatvc... Tonght. a.t your haccalalleatc let thchc two alternatves be n your mno: Pre' occupaton wth new thngs on the one hand; on the other a le sustaned and enrched by the One who makes all thng5 new.

3 20 2! '!! t. ' '\ :. ; There are many tests o educaton ocal and unocal and one o them wll be the manner n whch you work out your own approach to these altema' tves. n these two le two derent mo' tvatons-two derent drectons. Nothng Has Been Fnshed Ours s an age o materal wealth. The presdent o nternatonal Busness Ma' chnes Corporaton Thomas J. Watson ] r. wrote ths publshed n the NEA News last February: Nothng has been nshed. n the past ty years Amercan homes have had the advantage o 20 mllon electrc washng machnes~ 8 mllon vacuum cleaners. and 2 mllon mechancal rergerators. There are 28 mllon automobles regstered and 29 mllon telephones n use today. Fty years ago we had a.'bout 400 thousand homes wth central heatng plants. Today we have nearly 8 mllon. We had then about 800 thousand homes wth bathtubs; today (thank goodness) we have nearly 26 mllon. Medcal research has lengthened le and reduced dsease mmeasurably. Snce the twenteth century opened nant mortalty has been reduced rom 00 to 37 per.000 brths. n the same perod the average le o man has ncreased about seventeen years. The ncreased value placed on human relaton has brought about socal securty n ways never dreamed o by the leaders o the nneteenth century. The advantage o publc educaton s open to all. n /2 mllon students were enrolled n elementary and secondary schools. and n /2 mllon were enrolled n these grades. More than 2/2 mllons are regstered n the colleges and unverstes today whereas only 257 thousand were enrolled n 900. Great developments have taken place n the past. but nothng has been nshed. Today. we ace greater opportuntes n all elds o endeavor or people who have ath n ther country and themselves. Mr. Watson has ponted a savng grace :n hs reerence to ath n country and sel. Whence Cometh Securty? These accom plshments are mpressve. They -have served to lghten the burden o lvng; they have delvered mllons o people rom the drudgery o physcal bondage. We would not be wthout them. Even so washng machnes vacuum clean' ers mechancal rergerators automobles telephones central heatng and bathtubs ha ve not saved us rom world crses. Whle we ncrease the le expectancy o man we lower the age o retrement. To our cam puses have come veterans many o them brngng Wves and amles changng the aspect o educaton n many regards but as parents they lnch as surely as anyone who aces the queston ~~Wl my boy grow up to be the target or enemy guns? Wll my amly lve n dread o bombs?" To what purpose s our terrble preoccupaton wth new thngs? They are tyrannous n ther rule over us; we are almost helpless n the ace o some o the mon' sters we create-as wtness the anxety over the uture o atomc power. Se curty does not le n new thngs alone. By themselves they stmulate a unversal greed. mre -Kovacs wntng n the wnter number o the magazne HTalent~~ says: U "There s a book whch could start a revoluton n the Sovet wthn a month' as quoted Presdent Roosevelt last spnng n Georga." uwould t be the Consttuton o the Unted States?" someone asked. UNo. They have a consttuton." HThe Bble?" HNo. They have Bbles. But people don't read them there ether." ~"What book could t be then?" "The Sears Roebuck catalog." There s undoubtedly truth n the state' ment. t could start a revoluton over thngs. Seekng some n~w thng would he popular. revolutonary. But t would be a revoluton over thngs. Lookng through the NEA Journal o Aprl was attracted by a cartoon. n t was represented a move theater w-th an attendance o boys and grls. The move was showng a barren and denuded hlltop on whch cowboys and ndans were battlng to the de'ath. One o the boys watchng the show had turned to the one next to hm and sad... Crtcal stua' ton sn't t? Notce how eroson has eaten away the best topsol. H The punch lne on that.cartoon sets one thnkng. Not just about the slly waste o the natural resources o topsol n our naton but the eroson that s eatng away some o the best o our mnds our sprts. n a world that has battled to the death ths eroson has gone on. We have told ourselves or several years that there would be a naton'wde backwash o moral letdown ollowng the war and we have been rght. Even so we were not really prepared or the magntude o t. We are concerned wth the delnquency o youth but n the last analyss they ha ve merely carred to a logcal conclu' son the atttudes and assumptons o ther elders. You and can see n them the dramatc realty o the eroson o our deals habts atttudes. Whether we lke t or not there s a degree to whch our souls have been denuded to create a dust bowl o moral problems. Magny t su cently and you have natonal and nternatonal problems. The Chrstan traveler to whom we reerred at the begnnng o ths sermon. wrote a letter to the people n Rome n whch he sad HAnd be not conormed to ths world: but be ye trans' ormed by the renewng o your mnd that ye may prove what s that good and acceptable and perect '.vll o God." Romans 2: 2. The Ultmate Source o Renewal Be ye transormed by the renev..rng o your mnd-there t s-the problem we are workng at. Ths s the stu o whch newness o le s created. To pull away rom the tyranny o new thngs one must renew hs mnd. Constant ellowshp wth ~he great sprt o love that broods over the unverse that makes all thngs newths s the ultmate source o renewal. N ow at the close o your college work you look orward to opportunty-to each hs own. n your respectve eld o endeavor. whch ndeed may be an honest search or some new thng you wll ace the problem o the renewal o your mnd your sprt. make bold to suggest a ew bre ponters. do not know that t was ever recorded that a graduatng class took serously what was sad at the baccalau' reate servce but we're gong to suggest and leave the rest to you.. Trust Good People t wll be helpul n the constant re newal o your mnds you wll trust the goodness o good men and women. Some years ago a rend taught me a verse jngle that has stayed wth me snce. t came rom a newspaper column ong' nally beleve. The Department o Englsh mght not accept t as poetry nor the School o Theology accept t ab thc' ology. You have no ath n Man you \;;sy-' No ath n Man? My eye! ~aw you board a plane wth ten And!'-al acro~~ the ~.ky. You have no ath n God you ;S y' No ath n God? ndeed' Then why dd you break up the od And F-cattcr lower ~ced" Every hour we lve by vlrtuc o our trust n others. When we rde n a car we are orced to trust the drver wth our very le. Mountng costs o automoble nsurance prove t. When wc enter a man's house t s n mutual trust. When \ve put money n the hank when we call a doctor or hre a teacher '.ve exhbt trust n our ellow men. When you enrolled n Alred Unversty you demonstrated trust n her aculty her student body. Ths trust n men ;nd women ]s a very real and 5u8.alnln~~ matter. To trust the goodness o good men and women wll lead us a long v..'ay toward trust n the Eternal Sprt n whch all thngs become new. 2. T rust Truth Agan t '.vll help n the renewng o your mnd you wll trust tru.th. Nev~r be arad o truth. Long ago t was sald that t s a weary way to truth but t s a a.r wearer one to a haltruth. Remember the debasement o truth that made Htler. Let's not orget the snster nluence o hs statement that the bgger the le the more readly people wll be' leve t. To ace truth n terms o onesel s educaton. Munger put t HAll truth s an achevement. you would have truth at ts ull value go wn t." Trust t to be worth the wnnng. Seton says umanhood. not scholarshp s the rst am o educaton." There may be danger even n quotatons and ~c hasten to add that there s not necessanly any conlct between manhood and ~ho~' arshp. Nether one s acceptable t makes lght o the other.

4 22 2~ ".. '. j -. " :"!. There are many competent mnds that have been prejudced by'unortunate att.. tudes on the part o weu.. meanng rends. Mnds have been closed to relgon to orms o relgon ncludng worshp and prayer because o antastc clams and demands that have been made n relgon s name. The Chrst has become an unem" ployed carpenter wthout benet o un" employment nsurance. Ths s not only unortunate t s tragc. All truth s o God Hmsel-whether t be n reerence to atomc sson or to the renewng o a mnd and soul bowed down by the weght o crcumstances. one cannot nd and trust truth he s ll"prepared or the next mportant suggeston. 3. Trust God Trust God. HCloser s He than breath.. ng and nearer than hands and eet." HGod s a Sprt: and they that worshp hm must worshp hm n sprt and n truth." John 4: 24. We wakened ths mornng wth an assurance that the day would go orward. the sun ddn't shne or us t would at least be n the heavens. t would set. Day ater day ollows. We do not doubt t. We look out at moon and stars. Wth the telescope we see others--other worlds untl we dscover that our sun s only one o a larger system. Out nto the Mlky Way we march wth our telescope tll we can see no arther only to realze that we are only n the suburbs-we haven t reached the man cty. Yet through t all run unversal laws. Except that we can trust God Hmsel Hs truth s easly prosttuted to selsh purposes. t has been sad that astronomcally man s an n.. sgncant speck on a mnor planet. t has been answered that astronomcally man s the astronomer. Suppose you were gurng your ncome tax only to nd that ths yeat" two plus two equals our but next year t equals ve. Suppose you had reached your bac" cal aureate only to nd that now all that you have learned and been assured o has suddenly been nulled. No we do not lve n that knd o world. uths s my Father s world and to my lstenng ears all nature sngs and round me rngs the musc o the spheres... You do not lve outsde ths wonderul world-you are as natve to t as earth and sky-as ar and water. Trust t or what t s. Trust ts Creator and Sus.. taner. Trust God. 4. T rust Yoursel You have a personalty that s pecularly your own. t relects you. You may be naturally beautul or not-you may be by nature ashoned as a Greek god or a lttle less mposng. What nature gave you n endowment s not your acheve" mente Trust yoursel enough to mprove t. Jean Francos Mllet sad "'Beauty does not le n the ace. t les n the harmony between man and hs ndustry. Beauty s an expresson. When pant a mother try to render her beautul by the mere look she gves her chld." As you gve yoursel to your work you wll not only work out your own salva.. ton n ear and tremblng you wll be showng your most dstnctve character to the world. To try to be beautul or mposng otherwse wll eventually lose or you a precous porton o your very soul. Losng the soul or even a porton o t s a serous matter ether or man or naton. Perhaps you remember what Mr. Van Loon wrote about old Hellas n hs Story o Manknd. You wll remember also that we selected one Scrptural nc dent rom Athens. The Greeks were a people o pecular talent n art. They developed a hgh artstc level. But n the ourth century beore our era the Greek cty states lost ther ndvdualty n the larger order o Alexander o Mace.. don. Says Mr. Van Loon HThe day the lttle cty states o old Hellas lost ther ndependence and were orced to become a part o a bg naton the old Greek sprt ded. And t has been dead ever snce." Ths quotaton was not gven to try to undermne the untng o natons n the eort to establsh a world order. Cer.. tanly there wll be no lastng peace untl each o the soveregn member states recog' nzes the pecular value n every member and bulds the over' all order upon that recognltlpn. Conversely there can be no lastng peace untl each member brngs to the peace table the very best o tsel unstntngly unselshly and wth mutual regard. But-we dgressed to speak o a naton whle tryng to draw a pattern or a man although t s equally true or both..... To thne own sel be true and t must ollo'\v as the nght the day-thou canst not then be alse to any man." Trust yoursel to brng your best sel to the world s personalty market. t was the late Presdent Tat who sad that the greatest menace to democracy s not n the mpulses but n the ndolence o the masses. 5. Make Wse Choces For the sake o renev.ral o mlnd make your choces as v.rsely as possble. There are men '\Vho say that we are the result o only two orces-heredty and envron.. mente They take the sum o heredtary characterstcs bequeathed n the blended blood stream o all o our ancestors add to t the orces at work about us and say that ths smple problem n addton wll gve us ourselves. They omt one very mportant actor namely our ablty to choose. n one o the recent translatons o the Scrpture s a verse that everyone should know HThe sprtual man s alve to all true values. Few o us have dculty n choosng between somethng '\vholly rght and some' thng wholly '-vrong. Our perplextes de' velop when the pcture s not so clearly cut. When '-ve must consder matters o degree o derence we long or that sprtual grace that s alve to all true values that would hep us n our choce. There are some very apparent matters o choce that tell a great deal about us. What do you most enjoy spendng your money or? What do you do '\vth your spare tme? What would you most lke to be? Not long ago there appeared n one o the popular magaznes a parlor game that has n t the seeds o real nterest. Par' tcpants were asked H you had ve mnutes to talk to anyone you '\vshed ln the "vhole world '\vho would t be?" -vonder the conversaton '\vould renew your mnd your zest or le. Some o the most mport.-.nt choccs that one can make. you have already made. There are others that you wll make rom tme to tme. Make them as v.rscy as you can. You know what: happens to your pcture when the camera s out o ocus t s blurred. You know \vhat happens to the musc when your rado s not properly tuned t s ndstnct or ds torted. or dsturbed by statc. Your chojcc.s are equally mportant to you. \\Thcthcr you're votng or a presdent or makng or recevng- a proposal o marrage make your choce as wsely as posshle. These ve suggestons leave wth you: Trust the goodncss o good men and women; trust truth; trust C;od; trust your' sel; make your choces as \"rscly as you can. Ths s not the -vh0e o he but an mportant segment. Alred the Mother o Men To everyone who has ever attended Alred there s an appeal and a challenge n the vjords: NCEt]ed away 'md the Empre St;jtc hlllr. ~Neath the watch care o :entncl pjne~ Where the murmurns! 'on! o the hrook hum. alonr And the avornj:! un ever t-hnn n a valley O ar. where the (oren trc(".; r h;ltc. Domnon o'er hll de and ~~len. Stands the poneer coljc~e o \Vcnn) New York. Arcd the mother o men. We lke the n erencc o the vjordh- --' HAlred. the mother o men. t wll hold many a man and woman true to se. As you go out rom Alred ljnversty nto your chosen eld o FervC(~ you VJll be challenged agan and ;q:an hy some new thng. You \vll he n need () sprtua renc".. a] as oten. You \JJll surely nd t you trust good people truth God and your5c] make your choces wsely. and rememher your Alma Mater - "the mother o men." Seek Chrst You may \vell search or ll'';.j.' thjn~r" or they are there to hc ound. CA.:rtan t s that some o you \'Jll contnuc the long search but \vth your scarchn~. seek also Hm who gave meanng to the vjords o John ""Behold make all thngs new."

5 24 ; \ r.. '. :. t:!! t \.. \ SUMMARZED REPORTS OF GERMAN RELEF WORK Recepts Aprl 948 From Churches... $ 97.3 From ndvduals S May 948 From Churches... $ From ndvduals June 948 From Churches $247. From ndvduals Pad by the rvngton Church Total $ 95.3 Dsbursements Parcel post ee or 85 packages at 22 lbs... $ Freght on 400 bs. o ood.... used typewrter or Elder Mh Berln Stamps or ar-mal letter or return answer lbs. o lour lbs. powdered mlk 00 peces o soap bs. o sugar lbs. margarne gallons o salad ol.... Shoe repar or used shoes Total S 95.3 Total shpment o ood. clothng and shoes by parcel post and reght rom Aprl to June lbs. July DD YOU KNOW THAT - Frank Schober. Clerk. rvngton Church. Courtland V. Davs has started somethng agan? He wrote out enough paragraphs n a short whle recently to supply the Sabbath Recorder wth llers or sev' eral ssues. He deserves ths recognton. Further the pont o ths paragraph s to nvte readers to send n ther observatons n pertnent paragraph orm or the...:ller le." And many thanks! DD YOU KNOW THAT - Alle L. Jones Jr. o Newton Ala. proposes... Martha Gts" by whch the Conerence budget would be rased n ull by the close o the budget year? t can be done ve -take more serously the clams o Chrst upon our money. "FROM COAST TO COAST - CAMPNG TME S HERE" We mght say that camp s a... place." We would covet or every cam per green woods lakes brd calls quet sunsetsthat hs young heart may be warmly aware o a Creator who has made... all thngs beautul n ther tme." But camp s more than a place... We mght say that camp s a Hplan." We would covet or every camper a program whch s thoroughly ntermedate at every step whch s not too crowded or comort yet whch abounds n opportuntes or zestul endeavor all through each day. Yet camp s more than a plan... Camp s \.vhat happens to camperswhat they take home wth them n ther memores n ther new purposes n ther mproved or newly acqured sklls n ther rendshps n ther apprecatons n ther < awareness o God and o Hs way or the world. That's what camp s. - Don Hargs. n the Seventh Day Baptst Beacon. May DD YOU KNOW THAT - Between October 94 and September 929 Rev. Wllard D. Burdck. whose death was recently reported n these columns served the Seventh Day Baptst denomnaton n several capactes? He was ulltme eld worker or the Mssonary and Tract Socetes 3 / 2 years; pastor o the Pscata\.vay Church at Nev.. r Market. N. ]. and eld worker or the Tract Socety 4 years 5 months; correspondng secretary o the Tract Socety 2 years; correspondng secretary o the Tr~ct Socety and general secretary o the Onward Movement 4 years; and ull-tme general secretary o t:he Onward Movement year. DD YOU KNOW THAT - The collected poems o Dean Ahva J C. Bond are to be publshed by the Recorder Press ths month? you want a copy send your order wth a check or $2.50 to Manager L. H. North Seventh Day Baptst Buldng 50 Watchung Avenue Planeld N. J. CONFERENCE NFORMATON SECTON ENTERTANMENT The Entertanment Commttee consstng o Mrs. W. J. Hcmphlll Erlov; Babcock Mary Davs Gladys Chrstensen and Mldred Ehret chajrman S makln~ plans or entertanng a large delegaton o Conerence guests n the h()mes o the North Loup Neb. people August Soon a qucstlonn;urc wlll reach the clerk o each Church so that the names o those cxpectlng to attend may he bbtcd. Besdes entertanment n the homes o the North Loup people. there ;HT avalable or those who desre to pay or ther lodgng. ruoms at the "Ord Hutel:' twelve mles away. Rates are S4 a nght per room \.J. hen there arc two to our persons n a room. Sngle rooms are S2.50 a person a nght. Als.o n North Loup.... Ward s Roomng House" can accommodate a number o payng gue~t!- T()Um. are reserved n ~dvance. Rates are S.50 a room accommodatg t...'{) pcncjn. Traler camp accommodatons are avalable or those bnnglng tr;ucrs. Wll all lone Sabbathkeepers plannng to attend C:oncrcncc plc:hc \)Jrlte the charman o the commttee o your plans as soon as po.c.shle \V c \"';Ut to know: how you plan to arrve (by bus tran auto. or trader): the numher n your party (chldren teenage young people older young people. ;tnj adult'). Tell th when you expect to arrve and vlhether you preer lodglng n rrv;tc home!:; (r preer to stay n the hotel or roomng housc. so that \.J C can make re[:.crvatonk )0 advance o your arrval. (Mrs. A. Clyde) Mldred Ehret North Loup Neb. C:haJrman. COMMSSARY The Commssary Commttee consstng o Nna and Jm Johnson. Merle Davs. Edgar and Mary Davs. and Leona Babcock. charman. s arrangng the servng o meals at the schoolhouse caetera under the Ports Cae management. Breakast \vu be served at 7 ' 8 :30 at a cost o 30 to 65 cents dependng on the ood ordered. Dnner \Wll be served at 2 - :30 p.m. at a cost ran-gng rom 85 cents to S.5 dependng on the meat ordered. Lunch wll be served at 6-7 :30 p.m. at a cost o 60 cents plus 5 cents extra or mlk. (Mrs. Rolla 0.) Leona Babcock. Charman. North Loup Neh. GENERAL CONFERENCE NORT- LOUP NEB. AUGUST PRE-CONFERENCE RETREAT (Leadershp Tranng) Near North Loup Neb. August WLL YOU BE THERE? TRAVEL BUS FARES ( Fed era t a x 5 (t ; d d] t j( m ;d (~J F U t loct! hus.stathh5 or!-cch('jljlc~) To Grand dand N~h. Onc \Vd)' $7.RO From Clarksburg W. Va Daytona Beach. Fla New Orleans La. Los Angeles Cal. Portland Ore. Denver Colo. Chlcago. ll. New York. N. Y. or <J <) S. S Nc\vark. N. J. 22]() --Courtesy o C;rcy hound ROUTld TTP S?'2.JS 4 ~.HS?'S.SO 4().4 S.:;.50! () : <) H(J LJe~... TRAN FARES (Federal tax J 5 ~~~ addton:d. (:U!--ult local ralroad st;lthhs or ~chcdulcs) To Grand sland N~b. From New York -_.- one way or tlckct good n coaches only $38.82; three-month lmt round trp $63.60; ;UJ ()r tlc.y.ct good n Pullman accommodatons UpOJl payment o the Pullman charges one ".ray. $54.28; threemonth mlt round trp $ Upper berth rate n each drecton $0.50; o\.vcr $ :".75.

6 : : ' l. From Clarksburg - on~ way or tcket good n coaches only $29.20; three.. month lmt round trp $49.25; and or tcket good n Pullman accommodatons upon payment o the Pullman charges one way $40.64; three"month lmt round trp $7l.45. Upper berth rate n each drec.. ton $8.45; lower $.05. From Chcago - one way or tcket good n coaches only $6.07: three.. month lmt round trp $28.95; and or tcket good n Pullman accommodatons upon payment o the Pullman charges one way $22.48; three.. month lmt round trp $ Upper berth rate n each drec ton $4.60; lo\.ver $ Courtesy o the Baltmore and Oho Ralroad Company. From Daytona Beach - one way or tcket good n coaches only $40.40; three' month lmt round trp $72.75; and or tcket good n Pullman accommodatons upon payment o the Pullman charges one way $56.54; three.. month lmt round trp $ Upper berth rate n each drec' ton $2.70; lower $ Courtesy o Florda East Coast Ralway. From Los Angeles - one way or tcket good n coaches only $45.86; three.. month lmt round trp $82.55; and or tcket good n Pullman accommodatons upon payment o the Pullman charges one way $57.05; three.. month lmt round trp $95.0. Upper berth rate n each drec ton $; lower $4.45. From Portland - one way or tcket good n coaches only $40.83; threemonth lmt round trp $73.50; and or tcket good n Pullman accommodatons upon payment o the Pullman charges one \.vay $57.6; threemonth lmt round trp $ Upper berth rate n each drec' ton $; lower $4.45. From Denver - one way or tcket good n coaches only $0.0; threemonth lmt round trp $8.05; and or tcket good n Pullman accommodatons upon payment o the Pullman charges one way $4; three.. month lmt round trp $ Upper berth rate n each drecton $ 3. 0; lower $ Courtesy o the Unon Pacc Ralroad. From New Orleans - Due to the un" avalablty o tar rates between New Orleans and Grand sland at the present wrtng we regret that \.ve cannot quote tran ares between these two ponts. All \.vho expect to go to Conerence by tran rom the vcnty o New Orleans should consult ther local tcket agents. OUR AM Our am n careully assemblng travel normaton s to make avalable to readers o the Sabbath Recorder the cost o travel rom certan sectons o the Unted States to Grand sland Neb. the nearest bus tran and plane pont to North Lou p Neb. \.vhere General Conerence s to be held the Lord wllng August All who use these means o travel should consult ther local tcket oces. From many ponts there are other ralroads and bus lnes than those mentoned. Wth the excepton o specal are eatures the rates are about the same on all the lnes. TRA VEL BY AlTO U p-todate road maps are avalable at most gas statons. Many people who travel by auto secure rom an ol company a seres o road maps assembled n booklet orm on '\vhch the routes are marked by the travel normaton department o the company. CONFERENCE TRANSPORTATON COMMEE R. Clare Clement o the North Loup Church s charman o the Conerence Transportaton Commttee. He advses all who go to North Loup by auto rom the East or rom the West to go to Grand sland n case o wet weather take route 28 rom Grand sland to St. Paul and route rom St. Paul to North Loup. n case o dry weather Mr. Clement advlses autosts upon enterng Nebraska to secure a road rna p and select a route suted to ther stuaton. All who reach Grand sland by hus tran or plane should plan to proceed to North Lou p by bus. Busses are scheduled to leave Grand sland at a.m. 2 :25 p.m. and 7 p.m. The bus trp rom Grand sland to North Loup requres about -two hours whch allows or local stops.: Mr. Clement wrtes that he wll arrange or a specal bus rom Grand sland to North Loup there are as many a.s teen passengers to leave Grand sland at one tme. So all who expect to go to Conerence by bus tran and plane '\vll \.vrte R. Clare Clement Ord Neb. he \vll be n poston to arrange or a specal bus. Then upon reachng Grand sland delegates and vstors \.vll do '\vell to nqure at the bus staton about a specal bus to North Loup. Further the charman o the Conerence Transportaton Commttee advses all \'.'ho travel by tran to buy ther tckets to Grand sland snce t has come to hs attenton that some ralroads \.vll sell a tcket to North Loup whle the only tran servce to North Loup at the present tme S reght servce every other day. PLANE FARES Those \.v ho plan to reach Grand sland or any ntermedate pont by plane wll do \.vell to consult the nearest ar lnes tcket oce as early as possble. BALTMORE AND OHO SERVCE Mr. W. T. Ruddy Dstrct Representatve the Baltmore and Oho Ralroad Company 25 Broad Street Elzabeth 4 N. -. '\vrtes: HShould you nd that we can serve any o your memhers attendng your conventon rom the East and you \'.'ll have them communcate \.vth ths oce. we \.vll make all the necessary arrangements or ther transportaton and see that t s delvered to them." MPORTANT TRAVEL PONTERS. Consult local tcket oces... Make reservatons at once possble. not already' made. 3. Buy bus. tran and plane tckets to Grand sland. Proceed rom Grand sland to North Loup by specal or regular bus. norm R. Clare Clement charman Con' erence Transportaton Commttee Ord Neb. as soon as you know the prohablc tme o your arrval at Grand sland. Ths CAMP HOLSTON Battle Creek Mch. July 2 (one day only) - PrUnary Camp July 8-25 ntermedate Camp July Junor Camp -Alton L. Wheeler Partor. A RGHT START t s an accerted truth that rght thnkng leads to rght dong. Th e B he sa y s. U AB a man t h j n k c t h n hs heart. so s he." \\lhat l!; ~h:"rjnl! the thoughts o our chldren tou;nr "") Even n the hc.r:! o hock. the nluence; are not altogether Who]c.ome Wh:t () the moves :lnd the comjc.s' Some p:{cnt! t h nk t hat the y.se n d the re h j d r e n t () the best schools. that vrdl he : that Jr neces~ary hut educaton that m;!kc~ : huy smart \vthout makng hm good may not be an asset. Early tr;nng and r~~ht lvnl! ;Te necessary oundatons or a ~ood character. n these days. \;hen \Vc hear.~.o mucll about crme and ts causes. jt. s \);ell t() consder "\lj hen the r5t tenden c c s OrJ ~!l' nated. t calls or Creul supcrv(jon ()rl the part o the ):rent. corrcctn/! the n! bttle deceptons and jrre~ularjte~ '\llch j unnotced. may ]C;J to b::\j h:hu Someone has sad: Sow a tholl~!ht. eap ;!'n ;cl; Sow an act. C;lP a h:lhr: Sow a habt. reap a ch;tractcr: Sow a character re;lp a d<:"tny Cora June Sheppard Shloh. N. J. \vll ena he hm to arrange or a (")cc;d hus rom Grand sland to North Loup. Upon arrval at C;rand sland nqure ;t the bus staton concernng a ~rec;d h\l~ to North Loup. there s n(') <:.pcc;d hu~.. proceed by reg'ubr hus. 4. Bus and tran tcket rates quoted are subject to ch;!nge \.\.thout notce. Recent nev.'s ndjcate~ that the Jltcr~tatc Commerce Commssun h:s ~rantcd r:l)' roads an anprecahle ncrease n r;{j] r;te~ Federal tax o S t;>;" should he added to a rat c s quo ted j nth j s C;() n er c nee or - maton Secton. 5. All...:ho travel h\ aut() should j.!o by \.\.'.y o Grand sland n C.F( o V.let \.veather. n case o dry \.. c;thcr. they should determne routes and Toad (undtons upon enterng Nehraska. ON TO CONFERENCE AT NORTl- LOUP NEB. AUGUST !

7 28 ". ".' ' ;. '..!." ~ ~!..d ':: / l SEVENTH DAY BAPTST MSSON Thanks Church World Servce The Amercan Advsory Commttee 3 6 Thbet Road Shangha. Dear Frends: We wsh to thank you or the meats n small tns and the lour whch you recently assgned to us. We oregners and some Chnese are enjoyng the cheese. The lour whch we were to dvde wth Brdg man (Woman's Mssonary Socety) was turned over to us or dstrbuton to poor amles o our Church and to a group o reugees whch our Church people are gvng Chrstan teachng and helpng as they can. We have also gven some tns o strng beans some spnach and some bean soup powder to these reugees. We are also gvng out the men's shrts to needy people. The talcum pow der wll be used by us some o the teach ers and at our Luho Hosptal. n these days when teachers' salares are so low t s ne to have somethng to gve out rom tme to tme to cheer them up. Wrtng paper and two tns o each o the knds o ood sent last made a good present or Easter and the week ollow ng. Tolet paper wll be ssued agan soon. Dr. Thorngate suggested that you mght lke to know how we are dsposng o and sharng the thngs you have sent us rom tme to tme wthn the last two years. close wth sncere thanks rom us who en loy helpng and rom the poor who are delghted at the ood and clothng that go ther way. Yours truly Mabel L. West. 23 Zka we Road Shangha Aprl ANNOUNCEMENT Remember - the regular ssues o the Sabbath Recorder o July 2 26 and August are to be omtted by vote o the Tract Board. SCENCE AND RELGON The greatest thng n the world s re' lgon. But many people thnk that scence s all mportant and relgon s outmoded. Now the whole unverse and everythng n t s run scentcally. God s the Author and Drector o t all. So how can there be anythng but complete har' mony between scence and relgon? God s the Master Scentst and the Bble s Hs Word. Just because some o our presentday scentsts are unable to harmonze the wordng o the Bble wth some o ther theores s no proo that the Bble s not true. Even some mnsters o the gospel seem to have dculty n belevng the story o the vrgn brth and the dvnty o Chrst. But the greater the advancement o scence the nearer we nd t s n harmony wth the Bble or the tme beng a person cannot understand some thngs n the Bble and cannot prove them scentcally he should take them n ath. There are many thngs happen' ngs n everyday le and n scence that we are unable to prove or understand but we do not doubt them. Many have doubted that the earth can be destroyed n the twnklng o an eye. And then the atom bomb comes. a mllon tmes more atoms were released than when the lapa nese ctes were bombed t s easy to understand how the whole earth could be changed nto dust and gas. No man has ever made one seed o a plant or tree and put le nto t. Scence never saved a soul. and t has not that purpose. t has helped to make us more comortable physcally but has not queted our souls nor gven us peace o mnd or brought us ellowshp wth God. - H. N. Wheeler. 22 Vrgna Ave. N.W. Washngton 7 D. c. (Mr. Wheeler has been a lecturer on orest conservaton n the Department o Agrculture.) -The Lutheran Wtness. CAMP OUACHTA Mdway Par~ Y Cty Ark. July 28 - August 4 - Age lm~ -20 (On August 4 "the whole camp s to move to Lttle Prare or the Assocaton.") -Southwestern News Letter Gentry Ark. EVANGELST GOES TO LUHO Mabel West Reports Recuperatng n Letter Rev. Davd Clarke Secretary Mssonary Board Westerly R.. Dear Frend and through you. to all rends: One month o the sx must stay quet has gone snce my operaton when they pnned the broken parts o the head o the emur bone together. Many pleasures have come to me through the mal rom the U. S. A. and the-nterest o rends and students here. We have had lowers rut and eggs as well as other gts nearly every day. Although Mother s not so strong as she was a ew years ago she has been able to care or me wth the help o others. Jean Yeu and her mother get me ready or the day and or bed at nght. Helen and George drop n and do much or us. Nurse rends rom our neghborng hosptal the Margaret Wllamson stand ready to help. Teachers are dong extra work or me n school. came home June 9 where ound all n readness. t s much better to be here or have been able to help wth the "exams" or my two graduatng classes. am even teachng some. That en loy. t s much better to be dong somethng useul. Helen and Sarah went to Mokanshan last Thursday by truck. Snce all o the urnture had been taken rom our house up there they took up some urnshngs ood and other necesstes. Phlp went wth them as he wll spend the summer wth Sarah and be her rghthand man. Snce the truck broke down they dd not get tq the oot o the mountan untl Frday. hope that Helen wll stay or a ew days. Really the best news s that we have a ne evangelst at Luho. Mary Woo Chang was graduated rom here and later taught n our school. She and her hus' band were earnest Bble students and hatre taken every advantage to mprove them' selves. Peter ded o tuberculoss but not beore th'ey had decded to go to Lluho where Mary could do evangelstc work. Now she s settled n one o the hosptal rooms. but later s to have two rooms at the Church ater the nurses' home now under constructon s nshed. Sa hhath mornng she talked to orty people VJho stayed through the servce. She ls talkng wth the patents and already they arc askng questons and showng nterest. The Shangha Church \v help nance the Luho work. Four h;d heen takng turns gong out once a v'cck. Nov. to have someone who can VSt the people n ther homes \.vll he so much hetter especally \vhcn the person l~ Mrs. (:hanl~ Our school wll close n ; hou t t w() weeks. Typhod S qute common thl!:' summer. One o our graduates-tn-he h;s been sck a month. Others o the students have been reported Sck wlth tht' same llness. do want to thank you and all v.rho ha ve been so k:nd to wnte to me. t helped to be rememhered especally at ; tme lke ths. do not know \vhat we would du wthout the Thorngates ;nd the Yeu amly. who gve us such good care ;no brng our noon meals to us. (;od h;l k ndeed blessed us greatly. may be ahle to do much pray that more here n ths msson. Yours sncerely. Mahel L. West 23 Zkawe Road. Shangha Chna June From a letter rom Helen Thurngate addtjonal acts arc gleaned: About Mary Woo Chang as Evangdst: The necessary money or huldug the" nurses' dormtory was gathered rum.'e"veral sources ncludng a gt rom Madame Chang Ka'shck. The Chna Rele MH~san has been asked or help. adeq u ate unds do not come n the electrcty and plumbng wll have to wat. HAt the tme we are havng a lttle buldng madt' or varous utlty purposes such as hath. laundry Xray dark room. So you sec \ve go on apace although the \var clouds begn to hang n a very threatenng mannero..... "

8 30 3 :: ' t '! ;. :' j' '. ' :. ;. '.: ;.!. ~!: t ' : ;:! ''. ;. j ' About Transportaton:... We have actu ally been gven an old truck by the Amer'" can Advsory Commttee. t s now un'" dergong extensve repars and we stll have our ngers careully crossed. We hope to get t runnng n tme to take a load o household stu to Mokanshan (or rather the oot o the hll) when Sarah and Phl are ready to go." About Brthday Party or Mrs. West:.. loa very nce occason recently was a brthday party gven by Chnese rends or Aunt Nette West. About a hun' dred gathered wth lowers and gts or a program and "brthday noodles' wth two bg brthday cakes n addton. Ac' cordng to Chnese reckonng n whch one s counted one year old at brth t was her nneteth annversary and a very bg event. Mrs. West responded to the speeches wth a very gracous speech o thanks to her rends and to God "vho had gven her such a long and happy le. The only law n the day was the absence o Mabel." D. S. c. WORLD COMMUNON DAY MATERALS Observance o World Wde Communon Day n October 948 s beng promoted by the Department o Evangelsm o the Federal Cour.cl and they announce a sample older o the ourteen derent World Communon pamphlets statonery cards and posters. Wth pr~tng d... cultes as great as they are t s extremely mportant to order early or your World Communon publcty. You may receve these sam pe olders wthout charge by wrtng to the Department o Evangelsm 297 Fourth Avenue New York 0 N. Y. Seventh Day Baltsts lon hands wth each other and all Chrstans n ths great wtness to the unty o Chrst's Chun:h throughout the world. D. S. C. LEWS CAMP Ashaway R.. July 27 August 4 Auspces Eastern Assocaton CAMP JOY at Camp Caesar Webster Sprngs W. Va. August Age lmt 0 and above (Chldren's Young People's and Adult Camp.) CHLDREN S DAY N THE CHURCHES ALFRED. - Sabbath mornng June 2 was Chldren's Day at Alred. Pagtor Harrs was n charge o the servce. Three ntermedate grls sang a response to the prayer o nvocaton. The prmary de' partment presented a play HCaros Proves the Rule" adapted rom the story by Margaret Nemeyer. The ntermedate department presented Psalm 46 and Cornthans 3 as a chorc readng. An oerng o $5 was gven or msson work n Mexco by the prmary department. Pastor Harrs took charge o the ded caton servce o cradle roll members. There were ve young couples each wth a baby who came to the ront or ths 6ervce. Each baby receved a yellow rose whch symbolzed the act that our chl dren are our greatest wealth. Stanley Harrs son o Pastor Harrs sang or the oertory ~~The Lord s the Lght o My Le." ALFRED STATON. - HThe Greatest \. Thng n the World" was the theme o / the Chldren's Day servce on Sabbath mornng June 26. Robert Whtord a college student took the part o a young man n search o the greatest thng n the world. Members o the Sabbath school classes rom the prm~ through the ntermedate had part n the program. A corsage o roses was gven to mothers o chldren n the cradle roll by the super' ntendent o the cradle roll department. NDEPENDENCE. - Sxteen chldren were dedcated at the Chldren's Day serv' ces June 2. Ths s the rst dedcaton servce held at ths Church consequently a number 6 the chldren were older than s usual or ths 'type o servce. Mrs. Mlord Crandall and Mrs. Robert Clarke gave a detaled report o ther work n the weekday Chrstan educaton pro' gram n the Andover Central School. The report was made more nterestng by a demonstraton o the use made o the lannelgraph n the school. The chldren sang several choruses and Gne song HThe Bble." The servce btought n a number o people who do n~ usually attend. The sermon theme wa&... Do Not Sn Aganst the Chld... t brought out the act that we sn aganst our chldren by denyng them good par' ents by not makng the communty a t place n whch to brng up a chld o God and by not gvng them Chrstan nstructon. RVERSDE. - The observance o.chl dren's Day was durng-the Church serv' ce Sabbath day June 2. Pastor Maltby conducted the servce o dedcaton or cradle roll members. A pageant... The Golden Chan" was presented by chldren and youth o the Sabbath school. The synopss s as ollows: Two chldren are sent nto the garden by ther mother to study some Bble verses. They are unwllng to help each other and dsagree. Truth calls on magnaton to tell thel about the golden chan o love whch s ound n the Book o Le. They are brought to realze that when people orget God's great love and the teachngs o Jesus and orget to ol low Hs example the beautul chan s broken and hate and evl get nto the world. When the chldren understand that every ollower o Jesus has a part n mendng and makng the chan perect the evangels o Love and Peace brng the golden chan to encrcle the natons o the world. H. S. THE FRST VACATON SCHOOL REPORT Rev. Rex Zwebel has sent the rst report o a Vacaton Bble School or 948. The school was held at the Frst Hebron Church wth thrty' three chl' dren enrolled. t was sponsored by the Sabbath school. Plans were made by the drector Pastor Z'Nebel and the teachers. The theme was... Remember thy Creator n the days o thy youth. H An oerng was receved each day or the Jamaca school whch totaled $6.40 at. the end o the school. The dates or the school were June 4 to 25. A parent... sharng program was held at the Church Frday nght June 25. Certcates o attendance were awarded at ths tme and the classes demonstra ted work done durng the school. H. S. THE FRST SABBATH SCHOOL REPORT Rchburg Sabbath school has the honor o beng the rst to send n ts annual report or 948. Durng the year the Sabbath school hag had an enrollment o thrtyonc. The prmary department presented a specal Chrstmas program. The young people's group had charge o the S;bhath Rally Day servces. t 5 very mportant that all the Sah bath schools send n an annual report. Much use s made o normaton ound n these reports ncludng S3bbath Recorder artcles prepared rom some o the tems. H. S. OUR BEST S REQURED BY OUR FAMLES (Gven at the commencement pro~~ram o Waukegan ll. Hgh School by P:sul Sholt=:.. a senor n the schoo] and a member o the Chcago Seventh Day Baptl<t Church.) Today more than ever beore (Jur hebt s requred by our amles. We have a great oblgatcn to our parents To them. and to ourselves we O"Je the deht o keepng harmony wthn the amly. The personalty o an ndvdual wll not be ully developed n an unha pry amly. n many ways our hest s requred hy our uture amtes. Our preparaton {or the uture s mportant. Even more m' portant however s our responsblty or holdng 'the amly group together. Ths group s the basc unt o our socety. the amly s weak our socety wll he weak. Crmnal tendences very oten de' velop n the poor envronment o a hroken amly. Dvorcement o parents greatly reduces the possblty o successul mar' rage or the chldren. Several other actors have contrbuted to the deteroraton o ths unt o socety. Although we do not realz.e t a great many o the undamental unctons o the amly have gradually heen removed rom the home. Ths has greatly \l'cakened the structure o ths group. Such vtal unc tons as relgon. recreaton and even edu' caton were once the heart o the stable amly. Today these unctons arc nearly unknown n the majorty o our homes. Dvorce and nadequate preparaton or [!

9 ~ ; ; : : \. ~ CHLDREN-S PAGE Dear Mrs. Greene: would lke to tell you a lttle about Myrtle. She came to our home when one and a hal years old her mamma beng sck and at ntervals rom that tme untl her own mamma passed on. She called me Mamma Barber or years and beore she was o school age she came to stay permanently. oten nd among her papers that have been stored snce she/ was called away very good evdence o her Chrstan le. She was a member o the Seventh Day Baptst Church Sabbath school and ].Y.P.S.C.E. She was our' teen when she werrt or dd she? Unchangeable Memory The lttle grl who s no more. For whom among the years We've mourned stll smlng at the door On many a day appears. And stll her slver voce rngs out n chldhood's lovely way And stll n play she romps a!bout But we are worn and gray. Her playmates o the long ago Are men and women grown And some the marks o suerng show And some have suerng known; marrage have contrbuted greatly to ths weakenng process. t seems to me that the responsblty or solvng ths problem alls squarely on the shoulders o our generaton. What s the soluton? There are sev' eral answers to ths problem. Adequate preparaton or marrage s certanly very necessary. Revson o our marrage and dvorce laws would help. Even more necessary however s a change n our atttude toward marrage and toward dvorce. They are the bass o ths prob lem. and we must treat them serously we are to strengthen the amly. A strong amly s very necessary or a strong democracy. we are to man' tan democracy as our way o le we wll have to begn by practcng t n the home. We wll have to elmnate all the thngs whch contrbute to an unstable relatonshp. We must keep the amly strong. The world s so dsrupted that we owe t to ourselves our amles and our country to mantan a strong democ' racy and above all a strong amly. But she has stayed through all the years A happy hearted chld Unchanged by tme untouched by tears Unsoled and undeled. Some mourn ther lttle ones long lost Who stll on earth reman; But clng to le and count the cost n btterness and pan; But day by day her voce we hear We oten smle to see Our radant lttle grl appear Just as she used to be. 'Ts strange (so btterly we weep) How tme can change our vews. We nd we lose the ones we keep And keep the ones We lose. Though we are worn by care and woe And wrnkled now and gray Our lttle grl o long ago s stll a chld at play. -E. A. G. ound a lttle book she had made and n t she' had drawn a log house wth jackolanterns n the wndows and wrt' ten a story thnk or school when Mss Alta Van Horn was her teacher. am sendng a copy o t and you thnk best to use t sometme on your page wll be glad. oten nsh my letters wth Mzpah lovngly (Mrs. Chas. W.) Lousa Barber. The ndans and the Jack-o-lanterns t happened n a long ago tme there were two lttle grls named Prudence and Endurance. One day ther parents let them at home whle they went to the vllage some mles away.... We wll try to get back beore nght" sad ther olks as they went "but we don't you must be brave and take care o yourselves." "'Oh we wll" sad the chldren... There s the house to make tdy. and the pum p' kns to brng n rom the eld. That wll keep us busy." The lttle grls set to work; they were very proud to be entrusted wth the care o the home. The ather and mother rode away. "' do hope" sad the mother Uthat no harm wll beall them. t s rather dangerous to leave them alone whle the savages are around us. " uhave no ear:' sad her husband ugod s wth them." Ater the mornng's work was done n the house they went out and pcked up all the pumpkns and put them n the pt. "Let's make some jackolanterns " sug' gested Endurance. "Yes! Yes!" sad her lttle sster. and they went at the un n great glee. t was not long beore they nshed. Then they carred the goblns nto the house and ran and got some candles to make the pumpkns' aces look more rght ul. t was begnnng to get dark. wonder when Father and Mother wll get home. sad Prudence. "N at beore mornng perhaps" returned Endurance. HThey had much to do. But be o good cheer lttle sster we shall he sae." She went to the door and stood and looked out. What she saw made her heart almost stop. Two ndans were stealng toward the house. Endurance lung the door shut and quckly bolted t.... What s tt' cred Prudence wldly. "'What s t?" "ndans" whspered Endurance. "Be quet chld be quet. God help us." They crawled down nto the corner to keep out o sght. The ndans peered n at the wndow. On the loor were the grnnng lanterns ther bg eyes blazng \vth the candlelght.... Ugh! Ugh!" exclamed the savages. Then wth a terred yell they turned and led to the woods. The rghtened lttle grls heard and' understood. They clasped each other n ther arms and sobbed a prayer to God to thank Hm or havng saved them. No more. ndans ever came to that house. "Ugh! Ugh!" they would mutter whenever they would happen to pass that place. HFre sprt! Fre sprt!" Myrtle Ressegue (Barber). Dear Mrs. Barber: Thank you or your letter the beautul poem and the nterestng story. The story shows so planly how God watches over and protects those who trust n Hm n every tme o need and who try earnestly to gve Hm ther true and wllng servce. Thank you or mentonng that Rev. E. Adelbert Wtter's nnety... th was June 28. brthday He s my husband's cousn. Lovngly yours Mzpah S. Greene. CHURCH NEWS NORTH LOUP NEB. - Chldren's Day ""'as observed Sabbath mornng n place o the regular worshp. The young olks o the prmary and ntermedate departments presented a lttle play based on the hymn. " Yes Jesus Loves MCH under the drec ton o Mrs. Menz.o Fuler and Mrs. Harlan Brennck. The prelude and rroccssonal were played by Donna Babcock and Beverly Goodrch. and the oertory was played by Ulalah Davs. Several chl dren took part n the play and sang the songs. Katharne Severance as a realstlc Chnese grl. sang the song n the ChncF.c language. The oerng was sent to the Nebraska Chldren's Home. Lucle Ann Swanson o Ercson. \JJho was baptz.ed several months ago was we corned nto the Church Sabhath mornng. She had not been able to attend scrvcc.4 snce she was ba ptzed. Plans are gong orward amon~ the members o the Church or the entertanment o the General Conerence. The occason wll also be a cclchr;\ton o the seventyth annversary o the oundng o the Church n ths valley. Seventyve years ago a group o poneers comng rom Wsconsn among ~'hom v~ere Roods Babcocks and other wellknown names n the denomnaton and valey gathered on the bank o the North Loup Rver. east o the vllage o North Lour. and there held the rst servce o the Church whch \vas to he n exstence through all these years. A tahlct marks t he place o th s rst servce. t s expected that about our hundred delegates \'vll be present rom a over the Unted States. These delegates wll be entertaned n homes n thl' vll;q~e wth a central place or meals. Servces wll he held every day and evenng durng the week o the Conerence. A specal commemoraton servce ln honor o the seventhth annversary VJll be presented at one o the sessons. Prevous to the openng o the meetngs the young people o the denomnaton wll meet n a PreConercnce Rc treat to be held at Ercson August 2 6. Ths. camp s n charge o Marca Rood o ths Church and studes wll he conducted

10 \.' j. ' \!. \. r ~ J r..! \ ' '!. '.. ~'!'" ' \ ~ '. : ; :: \! j " \. -t } : ~. >. \ '; t ''. 34 by leaders rom many states. Ths camp s open to young people above the nnth grade. Musc on the newly dedcated electrc organ wll be a eature o the servces. The local Church chor under the drec' ton o Dell Barber wll urnsh anthems and assst n the general sngng.-m. T. B. HAMMOND LA. - Baptsmal servces were held on May 5. Four canddates. were baptzed and receved nto Church membershp: Mr. and Mrs. Francs Rus' sell o Columbus Mss. and Floyd and Ledell Coalwell o Metare La. Rev. Elzabeth F. Randolph promoter o evan' gelsm partcpated n the servces. Mr. and Mrs. Russell are nterested n home mssonary work. Contacts wth the Negroes n New Orleans are qute encouragng. Results appear to be orthcomng. - R. G. L. On Sabbath June 26 the members rom Metare and New Orleans and those rom Hammond met together at the Hammond Church. At ths servce our were receved nto membershp; one was a Sabbath con~ert and three transerred membershp rom other Seventh Day Bap' tst Churches. The work n ths vcnty s prosperng and the outlook or the uture s qute encouragng. New ocers were recently elected n' eludng two deacons and one deaconess. The deacons elected were Gerald and Pur... cell Coalwell; the deaconess elected was Mrs. Phoebe Mlls. - Pastor. METARE LA. - Sabbath servces are beng held at 0 a.m. n Metare and at 3 p.m. n Hammond. Because o the large number o members lvng n Metare and the nterest shown there t seems ldvsable to have regular Sabbath morn'" ng servces there as well as the ater... noon servces n Hammond. nterest n the Seventh Day Baptst denomnaton s evdent among the Negro populaton o New Orleans. We eel cer'" tan that nterest wll contnue to grow untl a Negro congregaton may be or... ganzed there. We ask or your prayers and nterest n the work n ths localty. - Pastor. PLANFELD N. J. - On June 0 Pastor and Mrs. E. Wendell Stephan be... came the parents o a second chld Pa... trca Lee. She experenced her rst Church servce June 26. On June 9 Pastor Stephan dedcated the ollowng babes Wanda Jean Guyer daughter o Mr. and Mrs. Axthle Guyer (Mrs. Guyer beore her marrage was Mss Carol Kagarse o Salemvlle Pa.); Joanne Pouln daughter o Mr. and Mrs. Henry A. Pouln (Mrs. Pouln was or' merly Mss Gladys Wooden daughter o Mr. and Mrs. George R. W00den Lam' bertvlle N. J.); Co~rtland v. Davs and Peggy Legh Davs chldren o Mr. and Mrs. Courtland V. Davs Jr. On the evenng o June 22 Rev. and Mrs. Vctor W. 'Skaggs held a recepton n ther -home or Rev. and Mrs. Neal D. Mlls and daughter Mram who are n<?w n Jamaca B. W.. to take up the dutes o teachng n the Carbbean H.g~ Sch?ol n Kngston and to assst our mlsslonanes Rev. and Mrs. Wardner T. F. Randolph. On the evenng o June 23 the Plan' eld Church was nearly lled wth rends and ellow Church members o the brde and groom Mary E. Whtord (daughter o Mrs. O. B. Whtord and the late Dr. O. B. Whtord ormerly a trustee o the Amercan Sabbath Tract Socety and a member o the Board o Trustees o the Seventh Day Baptst Memoral Fund) and Paul E. Lassen who were unted n mar' rage by Pastor Stephan. A recepton ollowed n the Church parlors. Frederk J. Bakker Corresponden t. FARNA LL. - On June at the Seventh Day Baptst Church on the twenty... second annversary o the marra~e o the parents o the brde Rev. C. L. Hll pastor o the Church ocatng upon both Qccasons Mr. Wayne Marshall o La' Clede ll. and Patrca Ann Crosley youngest daughter o Mr. and ~rs.. Harry Crosley o Farna ll were unted n mar.. nage. Followng the marrage ceremony the weddng party moved to the parsh house where a shower was gven or the young people and where they receved many beautul and useul gts. A luncheon o ce cream and cake was served the guests. The young people let or Sprngeld. where the new home s to be estab.. lshed and as they go the well wshes o rends and neghbors wll attend them and we pray that God may shower Hs blessngs upon them. Rev. Claude L Hll. WHTE CLOUD MCH. - The Sem annual Meetng o the Northern Assoca tlon o the Seventh Day Baptst Churches was held at Whte Cloud. Mch. June 3 usng a.; the theme uthnk on These Thngs.. A muscal program opened the meetngs on Sabbath eve. The new electrc organ was dedcated n memory o RODert Branch son o Mr. and Mrs. Wells Branch o ths town. Robert gave hs le or hs country n the recent war. About thrty members rom Battle Creek Mch. and several rom Jackson Center Oho attended the meetngs. Splendd sermons \.vere delvered at each servce. Rev. Alton L. Wheeler o Battle Creek spoke at the regular servce Sabbath mornng whle Rev. Lesle O. Greene conducted the perod o devotons and Rev. Orvlle W. Babcock o Whte Cloud delvered the message enttled HLet Ths Mnd Be n You" at the evenng servce. The young people had charge o serv' Kes at 3 p.m. The program conssted o a quartet H Love-My Savor Dear" by the Battle Creek young people ollowed hy a solo by Norma Johnson o Whte Cloud and a duet "Search Me 0 God" hy Dr. and Mrs. Le Roy De Land o Battle Creek. The program closed '\vth a pageant "The C~allenge o the Cross." The entre servce was soul"nspnng ctnd many elt the sprtual uplt created hy ths meetng. A ellowshp breakast was served on Sunday at 8 a.m. n the Church. Rev. and Mrs. Orvlle W. Babcock and Son Rev. and Mrs. Orvlle W. Babcock -vth ther son o Mlton Juncton. Ws. arrved June 2 to take over the pastorate o the Seventh Day Baptst Church o Whte Cloud. A recepton o welcome was held n the Church parlors on the evenng o June 5 More than seventyve members and rends o the Church \vcrc pre.c.cnt. Entertanment conssted o llublc ;uld vstng. A delcous lunch \va.s H:rvcd. Rev. Orvlle W. Babcock Vacatlon Blhle Scho()l opened June 4 dt Whte Cloud. and \vlll contllhh' ()r two weeks. Rev. Orvllc W. R;l'll-()ck ls the supenntcndcnt. -- (Mrs.) ZCJc B[;:nch Correspondng Secretary. DRECTORY OF SEVENTH DAY BAPTST C--URC-ES Lttle Prare thrce-ounhr- mllc ca~t ( N:ldy. Ark. post oce. Panonas!c ;td J ( m! Servces: Sabbath school 0:30 a.m. Pr;wc and testmony servce 2 p.m. EV~lnr;('JHtJC -(~rvlc( 8 p.m. Rev. Clord A. Beehe. ;Jctlnr! parlor. Mr. J. H. McKay hve'. n the pan(jn;q!c_ Marlboro SX mlc.<; wet o Bndr!C"ton N J and ten mle~ eaet o Salem N. J. on R(Jlt( 49. Servces at 0:30 every S;Jhbath m(jrnlng. P;l/ tor Rev. Rex Burdck. R. D. Brd ~~et()n. Phone 2654 J. Phladelpha Fellowshp at the home o Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Wh.on and dau~dt(. 8 RyerA Ave. Cheltenham Pa. Scrvcc~ held ('!.ularly on Sabbath aternoonr- ;{ 3 :30. nterc/-!cd partes n the vcnty o Phladelpha. Pa. may contact Dr. and Mr~. Lloyd D. Sc;q~cr. S Bla Road Oreland Pa. Phone Ogontz. 4969R. Southwestern Assocaton - VJth the Lt.. te Prare Church at Nady'. Ark. Au gust 58..!'!!!.=.~.. _... ~ ') ~?'

11 Lttle Prare Ark. Testmony: Mrs. Amanda Froman was receved nto the Church May Marvn Godsey Mrs. Marvn Godsey and Roy Moseley were receved nto the Church June Whte Cloud Mch. Letter: Rev. and Mrs. Orvlle W. Babcock joned the Church by letter rom Mlton Juncton. Mlton Juncton Ws. Letter: Orvlle Hurley joned by letter rom the Welton Church. Testmony: Mrs. Lucy D. Gray joned the Church by testmony. Salemvlle Pa. (Englsh) Baptsm: - Mary Jean Robnette daughter o Mrs. Mldred Dmond Robnette; Melvn Mellott son' o Ells and Mary Kagarse Mellott; Joe Boyd son o Jerome K. and Eva Stler Boyd; and Harry Robnette. son o Mrs. Mae Dmond Robnette were tbaptzed by Rev. Trevah R. Sutton June and receved nto the Church June Clarke. Lucy Mary daughter o Danel W. and rene (Handel) Clarke was born n Hopknton R.. February 865 and ded n Provdence R.. June She had always lved n ths vcnty makng her home wth her brother at 259 Canal Street Westerly snce declnng health came upon her. She was a devoted member o the Pawcatuck Seventh Day Baptst Church never mssmg a servce o the Church as long as she was able to attend. Her pastor n hs boyhood was a member o the Sabbath school class whch she taught n Ashaway. She was a loyal mem' ber o the Woman's Chrstan Temperance Unon. Although o a quet and retrng ds poston she stood rmly or what she be' leved to be rght. She s survved by her!})rother Clarence L. Clarke; a stepsster Mrs. Wnne Johnson; ve neces and a nephew. Funeral servces were held at the Buckler Funeral Home on Sunday aternoon and n' terment was n Oak Grove Cemetery Ashaway Her pastor Rev. Ha'rold R. Crandall ocated. H. R. C. AlNY SOOK REVEWED OR advertsed n ths or other relgous journals or recommended by your local pastor or sprtual enrchment can be secured quckly and convenently rom us. Large stock o up' tothemnute relgous books. centrally located. We pay postage on orders or $ or more when cash accompanes order. THE SOWER BOOKSTORE 25 East Man Street Campbell - Newcom.b. Walter Campbell son o Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Campbell o Marlboro N. J. and Cleora Newcomb o Brdgeton N. J. were unted n marrage at the Beracha Chapel Brdgeton N. J. October by the brde's pastor Rev. Joseph Muggleworth. Pastor Rex Burdck asssted n the ceremony. The home s at 50 New St. Brdgeton N. J. Moulder - Campbell. Charles Moulder o Phladelpha Pa. and rene Campbell daughter o Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Campbell o Marlboro N. J. were unted n marrage at the Marlboro Seventh Day Baptst Church by Rev. Howard Shoemaker uncle o the brde on June The couple wll resde at R. D. 4 Norrstown Pa. Marshall - Crosley. On June at the Seventh Day Baptst Church o Farna ll. occurred the marrage o Wayne Marshall o La Clede ll. and Patrca Ann Crosley daughter o Mr. and Mrs. Harry Crosley o Farna. 'Rev. Claude L. Hll ocated. Nelson - Bond. - On June Mss Beulah Bond o Dodge Center and Rchard Nelson o Bloomng Prare were unted n marrage at the Seventh Day Baptst Church o Dodge Center Mnn. wth Rev. Earl Cruzan ocatng. Ther new home wll be on a arm near Bloomng Prare Mnn. MADSON 3 WSCONSN Gerald C. Bond PropretOr'. 'UNVELNG THE FUTURE" Send 25 cents or ten mmeographed lessons on Revelaton wth supplementary dagrams and outlnes. Rev. Lester G. Osborn. Shloh. N. J. t BEAUTFUL CALENDARS "SABBATHS N RED" PLEASE ORDER NOWl Sngles: 25 Each Lots o 0: All Over 0: 5 Each TEN PER CENT DSCOUNT On Orders Receved Beore Septemb er 948 THE BBLE SABBATH ASSOCATON ( Non-sectaran) Pomona Park Florda CAMP POTATO Near Coudersport Pa. July 8-25 Junor Catnp July 25 - August -. Senor Camp -"The Belry" June 948 Lttle Genesee N. Y.