The Sabbath Reeorder. A Special Emphasis Issue of

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1 '- The Sabbath Recorder 510 Watchung Ave., Box 868 Planfeld, N. J Second class postage pad at Planfeld, N. J "WHERE THERE S NO VSON THE PEOPLE PERSH" N. THE fnterest OF SEVENTH DAT BAPTST MSSONS. o., 00; ", Hodges D,efnes Felowshp" The new charman of the North Amercan Baptst Fellowshp has a strong feelng for the word "fellowshp.'" "Let's have a real fellowshp," he sad. "Fellowshp. Fellows n a shp. Snk or swm, survve or persh, we are n the shp together." S. S. Hodges, the frst black to head the contnental allance of nne Baptst conventons and conferences, s executve secretary of the Progressve Natonal Baptst Conventon, nc." wth headquarters n Washngton. The North Amercan Baptst Fellow-' shp was 'organzed followng the cooperatve effort of the Amercan conventons. n a Baptst Jublee Advance n Operatng as a commttee of the Baptst World Allance, t has a two-fold am: To promote fellowshp and cooperaton among Baptsts n North Amerca, and to further the ams and objectves of the BWA so far as they affect the lfe of Baptst churches n, North Amerca., Member' bodes are the Amercan Baptst Conventon, Baptst Federaton of Canada, General Assocaton of General Baptsts, Natonal Baptst Conventon of Amerca, Natonal Baptst Conventon of Mexco, North Amercan Baptst General,Conference, Progressve Natonal Baptst ' Conventon, Seventh Day Baptst General. Conference, and Southern Baptst Conventon.. "Salvaton s of the Jews,". sad Jesus to. the Samartan woman (John 4: 22). t s also for the Jews, accordng to Paul, who sad, "To the Jew frst, and also to the Greek" (Rom. 1: 16). Tme To Run (A feature-length Chrstan move) "Tme To Run," the latest release of the Blly Graham organzaton's flm arm., World Wde Pctures, s runnng well. n ts frst four weeks on the screen t set new records for attendance and for the total number of nqurers. Over 466,000 persons have seen the dramatc, feature-length move snce t premered n Memphs. Of that number, over 30,000 have stayed n the theaters to recee sprtual counsel after the flm was over. The total number of nqurers for the frst four weeks s larger than the total regstered durng the theater showngs of all World Wde moves n The fgure for last year was 23,564.. t s the 100th release from World Wde, whch also produces flms for church showngs and short subjects for specal audences, as well as full. length features for commercal theaters. The other major features whch are stll, beng booked n some ctes are "For Pete's Sake," "Two a Penny" and "The Restless Ones.", Bread on the Wate.r The msson organzaton, Jesus to the Communst World, casts bread' on the water off the coast of Chna. Chrstan booklets. wrapped n plastc contanng straw whch should cause them to float,. are thrown by the hundreds of thousands nto the sea, after the currents have been studed. The booklets from the msson base n Hong Kong are prnted n Mandarn and Arnoy. A Specal Emphass ssue of The Sabbath Reeorder

2 . THE SABBATH RECO'RDER Frst ssue June 13, 1844 A Magdzne for Chrstan Enlghtenment and nspraton Member of the Assocated Church Press REV. LEON M. MALTBY, Edtor 'Contrbutng Edtors- MSSONS... Rev. Leon R. Lawton WOMEN'S WORK... Jean Jorgensen CHRSTAN EDUCATON... Rev. Davd S. Clarke ADVSORY COMMTTEE Rev. Charles H. Bond, Charman, Florence B. Bowden, Jonathan B. Davs, Charles F Harrs, John L. Harrs, Charles H. North, ex offco, Owen H. Probasco, Rev. Albert N. Rogers, Rev. Herbert E. Saunders, Joan Schable, Douglas E. Wheeler. Terms of Subscrpton Per Year... $5.00 Sngle Copes cents Specal rates for. students, retred Seventh Day Baptst mnsters, and servcemen " Postage to Canada and foregn countres SO cents per year addtonal. Gft and newlywed subscrptons wll be dscontnued at date of expraton unless reo newed. All subscrptons w, be dscontnued sx months after date to whch payment s made unless renewed. 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., Second class postage pad at Planfeld, New Jersey. The Sabbath Recorder does not necessarly endorse sgned artcles. All communcatons should be addressed to f,he Sabbath Recorder, P. O. Box 868, Planfeld,, New Jersey A Seventh Day Baptst weekly (two ssues omtted n August) publshed by the Amercan Sabbath Tract Socety, 510 Watchung Ave Planfeld, N. J '., PLANFELD, N. ]. Volume 194, No. 14 ' CONTENTS Aprl 7J 1973 Whole No. 6,544 New Dedcated Worker... 3 The Role of Mssons... 3 Comng and Gong......, Talents... 6, A Call to the World... 7 Mssonares Hghlght Mssons... 8 Presdent's Report Had a Frend C k". M' a awl... : Unwanted: Pests of 11 Knds Lookng Up MSSON NOTES Volume XX - Number A FATH PUBLCATON SUPPORTED by the prayers and gfts of readers MANAGNG EDTOR: leon R. lawton 401 Washngton Trust Bldg.. Westerly, R A Fath Publcaton Msson Notes contnues as a "fath publcaton...' n the nterest of SeventhDay Baptst Mssons." t has no regular source of ncome, but s supported by the prayers and gfts of reade1s. Statement of Fnances Balance, October 1, $ Gfts Receved Receved from "msson stamps" ] 0.00 Total. Pad for October 1972 ssue... Balance, March 20 ' 1973 $ ' / We greatly apprecate the gfts of readers whch made possble payment for the last ssue.' We now need an addtonal $60.00 to meet the costs of ths ssue. Contrbutons may be' sent to: Mrs. Xena R. Wheeler Box 238 Ashaway, R $ Stamps Cancelled postage stamps stll provde as'mall source of ncome for Msson Notes. Specal commemoratve stamps and foregn stamps have value. Stamps may be' sent to: F. Arthur Brayman 36 Hgh Street R. F. D. 1, Box 124 Ashaway, R New Dedcated Worker Mr. Kenneth B. Burdck of Mlton, W.sconsn, wll be servng a two-year term as an overseas dedcated servce worker n Jamaca. He recently receved hs M.A. n Englsh from the Unversty of Wsconsn. On Sunday, Aprl 1, 1973, Ken wll be honored at a specal recepton at the Pawcatuck Seventh Day Baptst Church, Westerly, R.. He wll fly to Kngston, Jamaca, the next day to become a member of the staff at Crandall Hgh School. When makng applcaton for servce he wrote: "At Young Adult Pre-Con n 1972 became convnced of somethng had never accepted before - that the Lord has a defnte. plan for each of our lves. Though had loved Jesus and tred' to follow Hs teachngs, when examnng my own lfe felt that somewhere had 'mssed the boat.' was not happy, am' convnced, because' stopped short of gvng my lfe lterally to Jesus. had not asked Hm to come nto my sprt. Consequently, 1 was followng my plans and not Hs plan' for my lfe. "n Colossans 3 :3, 4 we are told that Chrstan regeneraton nvolves, n some sense, an actual death of self and brth of Chrst wthn as a replacement of self. The reason dd not experence the 'peace of God' promsed n Colossans 3: 15 s that the concerns of self had too strong a tyranny n my heart.. "Snce then have asked Chrst to enter my lfe, to ad me n feelng Hs presence. have been gvng more tme readng the Bble, wth the understandng that the 'new man' s 'renewed n knowledge' (one way of sayng that he s renewed n Chrst snce Chrst s the Logos -the Word made flesh).'. "1 asked God to show me what to do wth my lfe. 1 wanted to be sure am lvng for Hm. t was then that 1 learned of the need for someone to serve n Jamaca. Somehow felt that God had. ' smgled me out to help there n whatever way needed. " ntend to examne my lfe very closely from now on n every respect, to Kenneth Burdck speaks at Mlton on... THE ROLE OF MSSONS Snce am gong to be nvolved n mssons have been examnng the role of mssons n the Chrstan Church and as a part of my ndvdual fath. What were my mpressons of mssons before decded that was gong to get nvolved?. One tends to thnk of mssons n a stereotype cotext.mssons are a gft of one commult to another communty. The word glft S thought of n the con- ) text of charty and communty n 'the concept. of a local church one denomna- ' ton, etc. t wll be useful to examne ths dea wtl an emphass on the words gft and communty. Let us do t n the context of the Conference theme book ths year - Ephesans. Just last week we were readng from the fourth chapter. would lke to read verses 1-6 from the Jerusalem Bble. How does ths chapter speak to the 'deas of gft and communty and the context of mssons? ", the prsoner n the Lord, mplore you therefore to lead a lfe worthy of your vocaton. Bear wth one another chartably, n complete selflessness, gentleness, and patence. Do all you can to preserve the unty of the Sprt by the peace that bnds you together. There s one body, one Sprt, just as you were all called nto one and the same hope. when you were called. There s, one h Lord, one fath, one baptsm, and one God who s Father of all, over all, through all, and wthn all. Each one of us however,,. nsure thar t s Chrst's plan am followng rather than my own. 1 have dedcated myself to lvng for. Hm, followng. whatever path He may show me." 3

3 ! Y ' (! -J!,. l.. f has been gven hs own share of grace, gven as Chrst allotted t. t was sad that He would: when he ascended to the heght, he captured prsoners, he gave gfts to men. When t says, 'he ascended,' what can t mean f not that he descended rght down to the lower regons of earth? The one who rose hgher than all the heavens to fll all thngs s none other than the one who descended. And to some, hs gft was that they should be apostles; to some, prophets; to some, evangelsts; to some pastors and teachers; so that the sants together make a unty n the work of servce, buldng up the body of Chrst. n ths way we are all to come to unjty n our fath 'and n our knowledge of the Son of God, untl we become the perfect Man, fully -mature wth the fullness of Chrst.hmself. Then we shall not be chldren any longer, or tossed one way.and another and carred along by every wnd of doctrne, at the mercy of all the trcks men play and ther cleverness n _ practcng decet. f we lve by the truth and n love, -we shall, grow n all ways nto Chrst, who s the head by whom the,whole body s ftted nd joned together, every jont addng ts own strengtb, for each separate part to work accordng to ts functon so the body grows untl t has bult tself up n love.", Now _ ths _ passage nvolves a lot of thngs besdes gfts and communty and the context of mssons. But there are some mpotant thoughts about these deas n ths chapter. _, ' Frst of all, f you thnk 'of mssons n the terms merely of one communty to another, you 'see the dea that Chrstans are all n one communty. t s very hard fo us to say, "We are gong to do somethng for those other Chrstans over there." n the _ ultmate Chrstan sense '!hereare no separate communtes; There S. one. communty - a communty of fath Wth the same baptsm and the same Lord. ' The dea of gfts here seems to apply more closely to mssons. t talks about workng n the church - some' beng apostles, some prophets, some pastors and -teachers. The dea -s not the one we -usually assocate' wth mssons, OUf gvng somethng to someone else. Rather t s that frst of all the Lord has gven us somethng: the prvlege, the experence. of servng n mssons, wthn the body o.f Chrst. Therefore ths gft s a gft to that person who s nvolved rather than merely the gft of that person to those he s servng. Frst of all our communty s one of the body of Chrst. t s a unty whch knows no barrers. The stereotype that one communty sends to another communty works aganst ths. Tbbe Maddox n her dscusson of mssons n a recent Sabbath Recorder ponts to the fact that we as Seventh Day Baptsts have always prded ourselves on beng ndvduals and that ndvduals determne what the church does, etc. Ths atttude,and the one that's gven n Ephesans four - that each of us s a part of the body - show that ndvduals functon as well as groups and that ths functonng s wthn the general communty. We mght apply ths to mssons by sayng that t s not necessary merely to tran an elte corps of a -few ndvduals n mssonary sklls. We don't have to work merely through those few dedcated executves n our msson boards. OUf actons do not have to be lmted to the organzed and the structured., Ths -rases the queston then; can all partcpate n mssons? What s the natpre of ths partcpaton? Whle ths s somethng know less about, one m.portant role was' mentoned n a recent Sabbath Recorder. n the artcle on "P. S. Means.Prayer Support" (January 6, 1973, p.5-6) a mssonary was quoted, "Through your money you provde the means whereby we can work; through your prayers you provde, the power whereby we can work." Hen s a very defnte w.ay anyone can partcpate n any actvty of the church -- by prayng for ndvduals who have taken the responsbltes and prayng for new avenues of approah. Ths s one thng that should not be set asde. t s very mportant. f ths s one role, how can t be facltated? Several of our churches have held mssonary conferences or specal programs on mssonary actvtes. n ths way people become aware of what s gong on n mssons. They recognze ndvduals who are nvolved and assocate ther own Chrstan fath' and ther own actvtes n the local church wth w1at s gong on the same sort of communtes n other places. Ths s one way, through prayer. Another way s through contrbutons. Ths s perhaps more relevant now snce' the devaluaton of our currency. Our mssonares, as everyone else overseas, wll face new but contnung needs. (The Mssonary Board polcy has provson to compensate for such changes and t s beng done.-ed.) We can also dedcate ourselves n dfferent ways - wrtng to people that we ' have come to know at Conference from overseas churches; functonng wthn the body of Chrst n ways that may not be very dramatc or even very sgnfcant; beng aware that there are Chrstans,who are gong through the same struggles, the same hopes, that we have here n our own church. N ow there s one more thng. n Ephesans, ths dea of communty s really a way.of fulfllng our fath. t says that we wll grow -n all ways n Chrst. Mssons s certanly one avenue for dong ths f we are one n the Sprt, f our communty s a gft n tself. t doesn't say that the role of apostle or of teacher was forced on people. t s a gft from the Lord. Ths mples that we acheve fulfllment n antcpatng the work. Ths fulfllment also comes when we assocate our own hopes wth those, of Chrstans everywhere. My emphass on mssons would be that mssonary actvty s not our gft to 'Chrstans over there. t s the gft of communty from the Lord, both to us and to those people. We are one n Hm. Ths s certanly a very defnte way that we should all try to grow n all ways nto Chrst n the' comng year. Comng and Gong The Conference commttee on Foregn Mssons nterests at Denver last August suggested, "as a 'rule of thumb,' that for each worker wthdrawn from one feld, a worker be sent to a new or growng feld.",wth God's drecton, ths s beng partly fulflled. ' Dedcated worker Elzabeth Maddox, R. N., has returned from Malaw afur an eghteen-month term of servce. She met wth the Afrcan nterests commttee of the Mssonary Board and was honored at a recepton tea on Sunday, Aprl frst. At the same tme, Kenneth Burdck was also honored. He was able to meet - wth the Amercan Tropcs,commttee of the board pror to the recepton. On Aprl 2 he flew to Kngston, Jamaca, to - serve for two years as a dedcated worker, teachng at Crandall' HgbSchool. n June 1973 Nurse Sarah Becker completes her second term of servce at Makapwa Medcal Center, Malaw, Afrca, and wll, return on termnal furlough. Ths wll leave the metlcal work wthout a, regstered nurse. There has not been a resdent M.D. -snce the Vctor Burdcks returned n t may be another two years before Mr. Harold Dzuman completes hs R.N. tranng n England and returns for servce. Who wll fll the gap? A couple s needed! Whle specfc postons are not as mperatve, we wll have not been able to respond to the call from N orthem Malaw, "Send us a mssonary!" Certan factors are under study. But, f our response s to be postve, we must have ndvduals who are commtted, traned, and led -by the Lord to Hs,vork there.. Who? ndvduals are urged to correspond wth the Mssonary Board, sharng ther sense of call and nterest n msson work. t s -only wse to plan ahead and to receve counsel and help n adequate tranng and preparaton for' the demandng and needed task of representng our Lord on Hs feld of call. We would welcome your letter and wsh to enter nto _ prayerful study of possbltes and opportuntes ,. :,".'.''',

4 . ' (. Medcal staff (male) at, Makapwa n the lab.. One of the mdwves teachng antenatal mothers outsde maternty ward, Makapwa. The new sprng water storage tank under constructon besde the outpatent clnc bu'ldng at Makapwa. ' 6 TALENTS By Sarah Becker, R.N. You asked me for some human nterest stores from our experences here. t s dffcult to select thngs that mght be of nterest to you people. Anyway, shall try. Chubby, sx -month - old Rose was brought to us wth severe darrhea and a fever of 103 degrees. We treated her for malara and the darrhea. The next mornng she was cool and feelng much better. By noon she was cryng for food and the mther sad that she had fed her porrdge twce already. We asked about her nursng and that brought out the mother's problems at brngng up ths. chld. The' left breast was an abnormally formed and nonfunctonng lttle organ - about a fourth the sze of the rght breast. The rght breast had dred up when Rose was three months old. She had fed the chld canned mlk for sx weeks then slowly weaned her onto porrdge.. We dscussed how she could add protens by addng ground peanuts nto the corn flour and also beatng an egg nto the porrdge, also how to rub greens through a seve and add to the porrdge. t all sounded new to the mother but she sad that she wanted to try t. We gave her a pnt of corn-peanut flour and added mlk powder and soya bean flour. The mother cooked some porrdge and came " t? me wth a bg smle sayng that Rose lked the new porrdge very well. Fortunately, the darrhea left as soon as the malara' was under control and Rose went home.?n the thrd day wth her mother promsmg to attend the Under-fve Clnc to learn more about chld feedng and care and to get mlk powder and soya flour. Eght-year-old Belna was brought to the Female Ward wth the complants of eakness, abdomnal pan, and no appe-. tlte. She had already been treated n our General Clnc for roundworms and malara but some problems had contnued. The. mother was very anxous to feed Belna but the porrdge always ended up all over' her neck and chest.- forced feedng just ddn't work. Fnally, after tryng mlk, tea, wjth mlk, and cocoa, we asked what she would lke - but we, lke her mother, got more shruggng of her left shoulder.. (She had eaten only green mangoes wth salt so far.) Fnally she agreed and dd eat an egg wth some n'sma. Yesterday mornng she greeted me wth, "Today shall need to eat bread and boled rce" (two very specal. a delcaces n her famly). thnk all our vtamns were begnnng to mprove her appette. Durng the mornng we found she was loaded wth hookworm and n the afternoon she had a dose of our. new worm medcne, Ketrax. Ths mornng she s eatng qute well and wll. go home wth her mother. We hope the mother has learned how to keep the chld from agan havng worms May the Lord bless each of you, and nay you experence Hs nearness. The new scence buldng at Makapwa prmary school. Students leveled the area ncreasng the sze of the playground. Classroom buldng (L) and new scence buldng (R). Rocks carred from the Thuchla Rver by students for retanng and fll to preserve the man school buldng. A Co\1 to the World By Pastor.Leroy Bass We need to know more about Jesus Chrst; He s comng agan, and the tme of Hs comng s very near. Weare told to "wtch and pray 'tl He come." f we c.ould somehow catch a vson of the love of the crucfed Chrst, the sufferngs, the agony and' heart-rendng He went through for you and for me, then. we would not hestate for one nstant to gve ourselves to Hm. How He loves us; He has gven Hs all for us. t took Hs lfeblood to save us. Shall we stop to count the cost?. f only each and everyone of us could catch a vson of all that Chrst has done. for us, how He empted Hmself, how He suffered and ded upon Calvary's cross,,then how quck we would be to flng ourselves at the foot of the Cross, and say, "Oh, Jesus, save me. am so unworthy, but gve myself to Thee." We would not make the Lord wat our argung, our ndfference, or lve of the. world. We would see that eter al lfe s far nore. mportant than anyt lng else. We've got to see our mserable selves as,we really are, and then behold the lovely. character of Jesus 'Chrst. "0 wretched an that am! Who shall delver me from thy body of ths death? thank God through Jesus Chrst our Lord" (Rom. 7: 24-25), ' Jesus sad:. "The harvest s plentful." J esu1j s referrng to the potental harvest, t the laborers go out to do the work of the Lord. Then, and only then wll the potental. harvest become an actual harvest. Jesus goes on to say, (Matt. 9:38) 'Tray therefore the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers!" Jesus sad: "And have other sheep, that are not of ths fold" (John 10: 16). These "other sheep" are Hs by creaton, but not yet Hs by redempton. He wants them to become a part of Hs "one flock" that wll be translated at Hs COff-. ng n glory. 7

5 .& Annual World Mssons Conference V Mssonares Hghlght Mssons /' The frst annual World Msson Con-. ference was held by the Rversde (Calf.) Seventh Day Baptst Church on February 21-25, The mnstry of the S.D.B. Our World Msson was featured n the Conference. The Rev. John Con-. rod and Dr. and Mrs. Vctor Burdck ably represented the work n Malaw, Afrca. The Jamaca, West ndes, feld had ts representatve. n Mss Jacke Wells, whle the Rev. and Mrs. Leland E.. Davs shared nsghts on the work n Guyana; South Amerca. All are former mssonares on these feld,s., The conference also featured the very unque mssonary endeavor of the Rev. and Mrs. Tom Blnco, who mnster wth New Trbes Msson n the jungles of South Amerca. Mssonares from World Vson nternatonal, Mr. and Mrs. Frank neson, represented mssonary. endeavor n JaRan" Korea, and Brazl. Mrs. A. E. Mtchell, world mssonary' wth Go Ye Fellowshp, nc., was an nspraton to the conference. Campus Crusade representatve, Mr. Chrs Renzalman was used to challenge the youth. Dr. Edward J. Hors-. ley, presdent of the Seventh Day Baptst General Conference was also used of God n' the Mssons. Conference. Thursday evenng found the Orental Garden's banquet room full of enthusastc people enjoyng a delcous Chnese dnner wth specal guests, Dr. and Mrs. Vctor Burdck wth ther.famly (pctured above). Both Dr. and Mrs. Burdck brought nsprng testmones. God called hm to be a mssonary. The nesons have served effectvely n the Orent and n Brazl, South Amerca.' On Frday evenng Mr. neson spoke and presented the dramatc mssonary flm, "A Cry n the Nght." The sgn n front of the church nformed the people who passed of the World Mssons Conference and the featured speaker of the mornng worshp servce. The message,. brought by Dr. E. J. Horsley, was very effectve and proved to be one of the hghlghts of the conference. On Sunday mornng the men of the church attended a men's mssonary breakfast. The men n attendance are. pctured above. Both John Conrod and Tom Blnco spoke concernng "Atttude." The men were nspred and challenged by the messages.. The Rev. and Mrs. Tom Blnco from the Venezuelan jungle spoke at the banquet. Mrs. Blnco, havng translated the New Testament nto a trbal language, demonstrated the method used n reducng an ndan language to wrtng for the frs. tme. The lades' luncheon on Sunday attracted more than forty to. hear' Mrs. A. E. Mtchell, second from the left. Mrs. Mtchell,.at eghty-l)even years of age, stll travels the world n the nterest of mlssons and s a very able mssonary speaker. Wednesday evenng, February 21, n a home meetng at the Bll Lews' resdence,. we met the mssonary featured that evenng, Mr Tom Blnco. Left to rght, Rev. John Conrod,Mssonary Tom Blnco, and Rev. Don Phllps, host pastor. These mssonares (next page). are Mr. and Mrs. Frank neson of World Vson nternatonal. Mr. neson was an economst for the U. S. Government and was on General Douglas MacArthur's staff as an, economst for Japan when Dr. and. Mrs. Horsley were specal guests at the after church foregn foods. luncheon. The many who enjoyed the lunch also vsted' the several booths whch colorfully dsplayed pctures and curos. They also apprecated the Wyclffe Bble Translator's flms, "The Ax of Death" and "Brazl, the Awakenng Gant." 8 9

6 \ t ) 'Presd e nt' sreport John Conrod, rght, s all prepared for the evenng servce. Hs two screens are. n place and two projctors are ready. Here he speaks wth medcal school student, Ron Davs. The evenng presentaton on two screens was unque and very. much apprecated. Home mssonary to hgh school students, Mr. Chrs Renzalman (far rght) works wth Campus Crusade. Chrs and hs, two teammates were made a blessng to the young, people durng the conference.... Presented by Loren G. Osborn at the Annual Meetng of the Mssonary Socety A look to the future and a note of emphass s always n order and lke to. ch.oose one or two ponts'that to my thnkng stand out n our contnung program of worldwde outreach., feel that one of the most sgnfcant seps that we as a socety, and more spe Cfcally, your Board of Managers, have undertaken durng the recent months and years, s the establshment of the New Felds Commttee. Ths commttee s to be one of the standng commttees of the board, and wll n all lkelhood become one of the most mportant arms of ths organzaton. The dutes of ths commttee nclude the. responsblty for studyng and', nvestlgatng P?tental msson enterprses; counselng Wth the executve vce-presdent on procedures; mantanng an awareness, or even ntatve, on newly presented opportuntes and, wth study, make sound recommendatons to the board. Ths commttee wll also work n close lason wth the denomnatonal Plannng Commttee's New nqures Commttee, s,that all requests for ad and opportull1te for outreach wll be thoroughly studed and acted upon wth' due consderaton for all the crcumstances.. Mnor revsons n long-standng ol Ces were made recently so that the responsbltes of ths commttee can be mplemented, brngng the possble acton of the board nto lne wth current realstc stuatons as they exst around the world. Add to ths ncreased flexblty the. hope that our executve vce-pres dent wll accompany the executve secre- ' tary of the S. D. B. World Federaton on a trp around the world (n 1974) for frst-hand nformaton and contact wth many sster groups and prospectve felds of work, and we have a year, and a decade, to look forward to wth antcpaton. Read the reports, remember the past, but keep your eyes and efforts to the fu-. ture for the glory, of God and the spread of the Seventh Day Baptst wtness abroad -whether across the street or across the ocean. Mssonary Lla Blnco ntroduces ther two chldren. Both are ndan chldren from jungle trbes n Venezuela, South Amerca.. They were both rescued hav-.., ng been left n the jungle to de. "A mssonary should not speak of Chrstanty as one of several rval re- ' lgons, and speak aganst other relgons, but rather exalt Jesus Chrst, and the relgon of C.hrst as revealed n the Bble. Do not preach the superorty of Chrstanty, but preach the savng grace of Jesus Chrst. The mssonary can well emphasze also mracles, the fulfllment of prophecy, the creaton of earth and man, hs fall, and God's plan of redempton, and fnal nhertance of heaven wth the return of Jesus Chrst." -LCB Pastor and,mrs. Don Phllps encourage earnest prayer that the Lord of the harvest send forth laborers. We must realze that "Every heart wthout Chrst s a msson feld and every heart wth Chrst s a mssonary." A lady eghty-one years of age stood at the Thursday nght mssons banquet and ponted to the sgn and sad, " have always wanted to be a mssonary but now [ know '[ am a mssonary!" "My 'understandng of God's Word s not at all fxed and fnal on any gven, passage of Scrpture; rather t s subject to change all the tme. Ths means not.., ' un.crtanty n the fath, but growth n sprtual understandng toward both God and my fellowman." - LCB Had a Frend By S. Elzabeth Maddox, R.N., the way. She reared the chld lke her own though she was barely ten herself. Apparently, Tara had no goals n lfe. had a frend. - Have descrbed Maawan ndans clng tenacously to ad Taramat. before? A thn delcate ndan ndan culture as f they were a contnent ' grl, about my age. met her through away. So Tara was not expected to have Mahendra, her cousn. She lved' n a goals -. ny to bear and obey. Ths s stuffy lttle house n town wth her three not to cltcze her famly or socety, but brothers, ster, sster-n-law, and father. to acqumqt the reader to the background Tara was lke any ndan grl - born of her story. only to be a' cook and chld bearer. She! had a frend, who, untl recently had had enough prmary educaton to speak bult her dreams - her. entre lfe around to me n Englsh. She'd been engaged to er husbad-to-be. saw hs pcture many a young man by her famly about a year tmes., he S good-lookng, and qute progressve, &he sad. Twce she showed me ago. Her mother ded n chldbrth' and her. sxty. sars - a trousseau gven an she told me no one came to tell her, that ; ndan grl to last a good many years. she'd lost her mother untl her' baby She oftn talked canddly' about her joy brother was put,nto her care a few days, t }eavng that tny house. She talked, later. No one came to help her ether, by Jokngly, about my reluctance to vst her ' \.

7 : ;' \\!, 'lf11(l(.:cntrc father was at,k'11d, but now 1 challenge!l1l1 h? She made me a.,lddy and have a present 1,_, \., vvl'ddng. [\;Lthl'llt!ll came today and haltngly told mc, Tara s dead. She commtted sucde last Saturday by self-crematon. Oh God! Why? How? She locked herself n the famly bathroom, barely large enough for the tolet, covered herself wth kerosene and contnued dyng. Her brother man-" aged to break n the door and smother the flames wth a blanket. Tara ded n the hosptal sx hours later. Some suggest her,fane had changed hs' mnd. She had asked a famly member, that day, f she could get, another husband f ths engagement faled. But, at the hosptal her only answer to nqures was, "1 don't want to lve." Who knows what was on Tara's mnd -who doesn't' know? Who hasn't ever had a feelng of worthlessness, at some tme,or another. The crux s that most people fnd somethng to, allay that feelng. Some don't. ' My gref s, Tara dd not know Chrst. 1 thought of tellng her often - even bought a small Testament but never got around to gvng t to her. She could never lve n a Hndu home professng a lvng fath n Chrst Jesus. And f she'd left the home - her socety would have deserted her. ndan' women have no sklls, no educaton, she'd never have had a way to lve. never told my frend about Jesus because ddn't thnk she could use Hm. Gan you beleve t? Can? 'm" not heapng ashes, thnkng could have saved her. But, she dd need Jesus,- engagement or no - Tara could have had Chrst to su!tan her last Saturday. 'We never,. never know what nfluence our actons or Jack of actons have on others. We should never lose an opportunty to do towards the good, to, share the "good news," by puttng that acton off. had a frend, but lost her, perhaps for eternty. ' Cookng n Malaw By S. Elzabeth Maddox, R.N; One of my bggest wshes s that those "back home" mght see people n foregn felds realstcally. And, suppose, my topc of Malawan cookery mght alenate some, rather than accomplsh my wsh, snce t s qute dfferent' from Amercan cookng. But, dear reader, f you could put yourself n the barest ktchen magnable - wth only an open wood flame, a few alumnum cookng pots, a large water pot, a wooden spoon, perhaps a tn cup and some tn cans -, and jon me n dscoverng how much' alke we and the Afrcans are, even n adaptng to a stuaton such as ths. My favorte experence n an Afrcan ktchen' was on a youth pcnc last July. There were three' grls besdes myself chosen to cook for our allboy' youth group. As e hked several mles, could see everyone ahead wth our cookng utensls on ther heads, and by the tme arrved, some boys had begun gatherng kun (frewood). Others had selected long poles for the "ktchen," and two trees a yard apart had been selected. Quckly poles were ted securely wth strpped bark, horzontally and laterally. From each tree, the poles met another pole n the ground between the trees, formng a two-sded wall Another wall was extended from the left tree and soon all was covered wth grass. t was a fne wnd shelter and all done n about twenty mnutes or less! Two small holes were dug wthn the shelter and three rocks placed around each for cookng pots to go over. the fla1j1e. 'm sure some of our readers are knowledgeable n the fne art of fre;.makng ('m, stll not), but thank goodness these grls make them, startng, from the formatve years. As for our menu, breakfast was smply sweet potatoes and weak cocoa. Whle the boys recreated, two of them kndly slaughtered the two chckens brought along, and the grls cleaned them out. They took care 'not to throw out anythng from the chcken except ts rocks for dgeston. Usng twelve-nch squat pottery 'bowls,,they boled the, peces, then chopped up tomato, and onon on a flat rock, tossed, these n along wth some curty powder and sal t and left them to contnue cookng. The next tem to be made, called n'sma, s what Malawans call "food." N a real meal s eaten, wthout t. t s made from corn dred on the stock, pounded, wnnowed, soaked, dred, and ' ground. Cookng ths przed fne flour s an art as these grls weren't about to let me mss. They weren't havng the boys laughng at ther n'sma, ether. A thn porrdge s boled frst for a long tme and gradually handsful of flour are sprnkled n the pot wth constant strrng., What was to do comes next - the grls must have a helper each to put n more flour as they volently str wth long wooden spoons,the quckly thckenng mass. Much ar s whpped n to make t lght. f allowed to cool at all, t becomes glue-lke, so t s quckly scooped out n mammoth servngs wth a specal wooden spoon and allowed to set ths way for servng. Malawans' use t lke men use bread at home, to soak up gravy or pck up a bt of food. And the greatest part of ther det at every meal n ths starch. N'sma and curred chcken was our lunch - delcous! Supper was a smple bowl of boled rce, sugar and mlk - oh, yes, " and Brtsh tea (mlk, sugar and' a lttle tea)., The boys wanted some knd of food for entertanment, so they asked me to mx up a quck bscut dough, and they cooked the small, globs on long stcks over an open fre - so clever. t's nterestng to me how these women can cook so easly wth such smple tools. They use a larger pottery pot for an oven' - the bottom s flled wth sand, and heated, then a tn can wth batter s placed on the sand and the pot s covered.. Glowng coals on top and bottom make for a quck and effcent bakng tme. The more, dscover bts of, Malawan lvng, such as ther cookng, dscover people much lke me and mne. hope ths lttle narratve, dear reader, has n some way helped you, too to see Malawans more realstcally. Unwanted: Pests of All Knds 'By Davd C. Pearson The other nght two relatvely harmless snakes were seen, one near the front door, and the other on the floor of the carport. The smaller one; "a mere eght nches, was lfted on a broom and tossed away from the house. The larger one, about eghteen nches, w,ls urged to move on. Nether seemed to mert one's serous, attenton, but there s a dfference n snakes. Some years ago after a posonous mamba was shot n Rhodesa, a lttle boy of four, havl,1g had contact wth the snake before t was klled, sad, "Look what the snake has done to me." He dsplayed a wound over,hs eye. Serum though njected proved futle, and the lttle chap never came to enjoy hs ffth. brthday. Recently drvng to a Keswck Com,mttee meetrg,and only about two hundred yards from the house, saw a green, fve-footer-gve or take a footsltherng across the gravel road n front of me. really tred to ht that snake, and made t a matter of top J>rqrty for the moment. n lookng back 1 was sadly, dsapponted not to see a wounded', snake wrthng on the road. Sometmes' even the weght of a car does not suffce, though skddng the wheels just pror to mpact s lethal. fear that mssed entrely, and wsh that somehow mght have another chance. ' A green snake of that length s lkely to be ether a back-fanged boomslang, or a front-fanged green mamba. The green mamba s related to the hghly revered black mamba, one of the most posonous snakes n the world, Green 'mambas were common at Makapwa Msson, and used to take great delght n, shootng them. After returnng from the Keswck meetng' and subsequently gong to bed, some hours later he"ard the hauntng hum of a moquto. When such' occurs t s com

8 "... fortng to know that your net between Chrst forgve us, and help us, enablng you and t. dscovered however that us by Hs grace, to "get wth t." the annoyng pest was on the wrong sde Perhaps we are gulty of unfathfulof the net, that we were mprsoned n- ness, whether to a frend, or even one's sde together. Some say that malara car- spouse. t may be merely n thought and ryng mosqutoes do not hum, but who not n deed, but unfathfulnesj s ts label. lkes mosqutoes anyway?, dd not take Possbly we have. been unfathful to the long to decde that that partcular mos- Word of God, whether the wrtten wordquto had to go. n the molnent or, two the' Bble - or the ncarnate Word -, whch folowed, t fared worse than the the Son of God., Doubts may have moved snake, took on a strange appearance, and n, and fath has moved out. Could t be lost ts hum forver.', that we are unwllng to declare ourselves Snakes may be' classfed as posonous and stand alone, f need be, wth Jesus or nonposonous, and mosqutoes ar ma- Chrst? Perhaps we are unwllng to delara carrers or not, but sn s always nounce the world. James rebukes us treacherous. Many years ago the late strongly, "Unfathful creatures! Do you Malawan pastor, Alexander Makwnja,' not know that frendshp wth the world n wrtng Wllam D. Burdck wrote, s enmty wth God? Therefore whoever "The venom of sn make(s) us sck." wshes to be a frend of the world makes Though ths s true, and aptly stated,' hmself an enemy of God (James 4: 4 )." sn s not content to produce only sck- Does the above fnd us at home? Perness, for t produces death as well James haps we should leave a few blank lnes 1: 15 brrgs t nto better focus, "Then for each person to fll n by hmself, that desre'" (lust) when t has conceved gves we mght get closer to the, very root of brth to sn; and sn when t s full-grown our evl, for each man knows where he brngs forth death." lves, hs own house, and hs street num- t s suggested that each of us make, ber. Fortunately or. unfortunately, the a prorty lst of those thngs n our lves Lord knows too. Wrte, fll n tuose whch must go. All manner of sn should magnary lnes, dscard, and crucfy f be ncluded, and n partcular those be- necessary. Let there be no hestaton, no settng, reoccurrng sns whch charm us turnng back or asde, knowng well the most. What mght these sns be? lethal nature of these thngs -, "venom- Most of us who read these pages have ous snakes" whch must go. been amply blessed by God n a materal 0 Chrst, you carred our sns to the way; yet we may be unwllng to share death that we mght be vctorous, havng our blessngs wth those of lesser means, power over those sns wth whch Satan and possbly greater needs. Selfshness s. tempts us most. They thwart and choke such a bad word; could t be that we are, us. They are ever wth us, and plague us gulty? t may be that we are quck to even when we kneel to pray our neffecshare our means, but are selfsh when t tve prayers. We prase you for your pacomes tme to share our fath. Sometmes tence and love, but dare not "contnue the Lord says, "Speak!" and our lps re- n sn, that grace may abound." We know man slent. Jesus found the elements of that the tme wll come when sn and the nature - the wnd and the sea - more snner wll both be destroyed. How much ready to obey" than many who are called safer and fner to' be found securely n Chrstans. Our hearts almost bled when you. Forgve us as we cry, and break we read" of the four-year-old who ded at the power of sn n our lves, that vc' such a tender age. Hs words cut to the tory mght be had at all cost. Ths we quck, "Look what the snake has done ask n the name, power, and blood of to me." Do we constanly have to be re- Jesus, who' ded for us, and all hopeless, mndep that thousands' of human souls hapless fellow creatures. For ths mracle are dyng every day outsde o.f Chrst, of delverance, we love, bless, and prase and wthout hope?,may God through" -you, both now and forever. Amen... The c'oncluson of the,13st Annual Report of the Seventh Day Baptst Mssonary Socety r these pages we have manly been lookng back, revewng the actvtes and lmted accomplshmen(s of a year now past. Though real n ther presentaton, honesty dctates that we confess to mssed opportuntes, to tme not used fully for Hs glory, to the human weakness of gong at thngs wth our own wsdom and strength thus lmtng Hs power and purpose. t s also. easy to look around and, sensng dre need, to plan programs and push people nto,dong' the thngs of God. But such does not produce the "frut of the Sprt" though t may brng statstcal results. We must look up! "Lookng unto Jesus... " (Hebrews 12:2). n Hm we fnd our drecton. n Hm we fnd oren-, taton and the gentle, though, postve call to be Hs wtnesses (Acts 1: 8) and "make, dscples of all natons" (Matthew 28: 19). The converson of people s not our task. Only God can work that mra- LOOKNG UP cleo But, as wtnesses to Hs love and power' and purpose n our own lves we are gven ablty to personally relate ths to others. Ths s our glad and tryng responsblty. Through obedence to our Lord we wll fnd purpose and success. Good words? Perhaps. But unless such s experenced and lved out n our lves,they wll never have true meanng. f, we as ndvduals, and local churches, are alve n Chrst, then growth wll come. Obedence to Chrst s demandng He calls us to do and be what we cannot do and be, by ourselves. To obey Hm means sacrfce. t may mean gvng up job, loved ones, securty of possessons, the easy lfe. Yet when He calls, the true Chrstan wll respond as dd saah, "Lord 'll go! Send me'" (8a. 6: 8 LB), or J eus, "But want' your wll, not mne" (Matt. 26: 39 LB), or Paul, "What shall do, Lord?" (Acts 22:10 LB).' Let us look up! Let us be obedent! Let us know the joy and' purpose the. Lord wll brng! Some are fndng and rejocng n them. Are, you?, v v '.'. WHERE DOES CHRSTAN EFFORT GO? 90% OF THE WORLD1S CHRSTANS ARE AMONG THE 90/0 : WHO SPEAK ENGLSH! : 94% OF THE ORDANED PREACHERS MNSTER TO THE : 9% WHO SPEAK ENGLSH! 96% OF ALL FNANCES ARE USED AMONG THE 9% WHO SPEAK ENGLSH! : : 10% OF THE WORLD1S CHRSTANS ARE AMONG THE 91 %! : 6% OF THE ORDANED PREACHERS MNSTER TO THE : 91 %! : 4% OF ALL GVNG FNANCES MSSONARY WORK TO' : THE 91 %1 : ((Other sheep have) whch are not of ths fold; them also m,ust brng." John 10: 16. ;. Ho'w does your lfe count toward, brngng n the other sheep?, : C 44 A.A A

9 The Sabbath Recorder 510 Watchung Ave., Box 868 Planfeld, N. J ) Second class postage pad at Planfeld, N. J Aprl 14, 1973 ;).. )! ( -,.) WHERE DOES CHRSTAN. EFFORT GO? _. See page 15. Jesus,T eachng n the Temple lmy house shall be called of all natons the house of prayer/' (Ma rk 11: 1 7) "<,'.,.,