.. Q WORLD DAY OF PRAYER AT NORTH LOUP,,NEB. World Day of Prayer was fttngly ob.. served Frday afternoon when' several women and a few men gathered n the Methodst Church. The servce based on the Lord's Prayer was arranged by Mrs. Fred Bartz, and commttee. Mrs'- Bartz ac~ed as leader. Musc was gven by members from the' Mra Valley Evan.. p:elcal Unted Brethren Church, and by Rchard,Babcock, accompaned by Alce Meyers, who s~g uthe Lord"s Prayer n as a fttng close. The Scota Methodst WSCS was we.. corned nto membershp. The presdent, Mrs. Myra Thorngate Barber, announced the nomnatng commttee to be Mrs. R. O. Babcock" Mrs. Elmer Horncle, and Mrs. Maude Bundy. The next meetng wll be the May fellowshp luncheon, whch s to be held May 7, n the Mra VaHey Church. The'lades of the Church wll plan the luncheon. The program commttee wll be Mrs. Men.to Fuller, Mrs.' Lyle Sntek, Mrs. Alfred Burson, Mrs. Esther Bussell, Mrs. Nathan Maxson, Mrs. H. J. Hoeppner, and Mrs. Barber. A meetng of the councl wll be held at a dessert luncheon on Aprl 5, wth the presdent. - M. T. B. RECORDER WANT ADVERTSEMENTS FQC Sale. Help Wanted, and advertsements of a. hke nature, wll be run n ths column at ten 'cents per lne for each nserton, mdlmum charge 50c. Cash must accompany each advertsement. /.e Blanc - Godlrey. - Frederck A. Le Blanc ' of N ew Orleans~ and RoUeesa Mare God, frey of Hammond, La., 'were unted n mar.. rage on February 28, 1948, by Rev. Mr.,Plowers. The new home wll be' n Ham.. mond, where Mr. LeBlanc s a musc 'stu.. dent at Southeastern College. Bottoms. - Thomas Jefferson, passed away at hs home at Athens, Ala., on Nov~mber 12, 1947. (A' more extended obtuary appears. elsewhere n ths ssue.), Clar~, - Esther E., oldest daughter of Wllam and Cyntha Osborn, was born near Mlton, Ws., October, 28, 18 S 1, and departed ths lfe on February S, 1948, na convalescent home n Janesvlle., When fourteen years.of age she was baptzed and joned the,mlton' Seventh Day Baptst Church, and later transferred to the Mlton Juncton Church asa consttuent member. Fal, ng health the past few years prevented the co~tnuance of her p'revously actve lfe n the Church~ where she worked n the SaJbbath school and Lades" Ad socety. As a schoolteacher she spent over thrty years n the schools of Dane and Rock Countes. She was marred to rvng B. Clarke on August 3. 1903, and they have lved n Mlton Juncton except for fve years n another- secton of the -state. She s survved by. her husband;' three step.. ~n5. Rov, Howard, and Harlow Clarke; one stepdaughter. Mrs. O. H. Crandall; four reces; and several grandnephews and grandneces.,. Funeral 5e~ce5 were conduct~d by her pastor. 'Rev. Orvlle W. Babcock, from the Church on February 8, and Dural was n the Mlton Juncton 'Cemetery. O. W. B. - The Sabbath MARCH 22, 1948 \ WANTED, - Housework n Seventh Day B.tl;?tst famly 'n or near Adams Center or Alfred Stab on.!'11. Y.. Westerly. R... or Planfeld. N. J. U nterested. please wrte Mrs. Grace A. Ladd. R.D. 2. Mannsvlle, N. Y. 3-8-2t, ANY BOOK REVEWED OR advertsed. n ths or other relgous journals, or.. recommended by your local pastor - for sprtual enrchment, can be secured quckly and convene'ndy from us. Larges,tock,of up'" to... the.. mnute relgous books, centrally' located. We pay postage Ol orders for $1 or more when cash ac::com panes order.. THE SOWER BOOKSTORE.' 25 East Man Street MADSON 3, WSCONSN. Gerald c. Bood,,Propretor 5 SABBATH RECORDER MONTH Aprl, 1948, wll be Sabbath Recorder Month. Pastors and Churches soon wll receve' publcty materal for use durng ths month of specal emphass. Some pas" tc?rs are alr~ady wrtng for lsts of present subscrbers'to the,sabbath -Recorder so that they Wll be r.e~dy when the campagn opens: The' busness,offce, of : the. Sev' enth ~~y Bapts~ pl1:blshng -h6:use U:lfb~s us that t 'wll be a bg help n furnshng subscrpton lsts f pastors f:lnd Churches wll send the names of ther nonresdent members, snce the offce s' not nformed as to whch Church some 'folks belong. Thank you! " am the resurrecton, and the lfe; he that beleyeth n me, though he were dead, yet shall he lve." -John 11: 25.
The Sabbath Recorder Rnt ssue June 13, 1 8... A Magazne for Cltrmalt Enlglt,.,.,,,,.,., and nspraton 'HURLEY S~ WARREN, D.D., Edtor L. H. NORTH, Manager of the Publshng House Contrbutng Edtors: DAVD S. CLARKE... Mssons WLLAM L. BURDCK, D.O., Emertus (MRS.) FRANCES DAVS... Woman's Work (MRS;) HETE 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 nformaton about Seventh pay Baptst 2O~ty and belefs wrte the Amercan Sabbath Tract Socety, Planfeld, New Jersey. Terms of Subscrpton Per year... $2.50 Sx months... $1.25 Student rate... $1.00 per college year Monthly SE..e. cal ssues... 10 cents per copy rrhe frst ssue of each month) Regular ssues... 5 cents ~r copy Postage to Canada and foregn c.ountres 50 cents per year addtonal. Subscr~tons wll be dscontnued at date of exprato when so requested. 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J., MARCH 22, 1948' Vol. 144, No. 12 Whole No. 5,286 Edtorals: An Easter Prayer.-He s Rsen.-Go - Do..._..._..._..._..._..._.. 183 Features: Sabbath Recorder Subscrbers.._... 182 Premontons of Sprng..._..._..._... 184 We Thnk You Should Know..._..._... 87 Vocatonal Commttee.-God Speakng... 194 Stewardsh p..._..._..._......_..._...-... 195 Mssons: The Call of the Cross..._... 185 Woman's Work: Worshp Program.- Ashaway Reports.-The Feld..._... _.~:._..._.. 188 Chrstan EducatoD: The New Sabbath Vstor.-SaJbbath School News from Ashaway.-Sabbath School ncrease at ~hte Cloud.-Supreme Court DeCSon..._..._..._...-..._..._.. 189 Two New Sabbath Schools..._..._..._..._..._... 191 Chldren's Page: Our Letter Exchange..._... 191 Desk: A Rabbt or a Buck.- Fnancal Problems... ~..._..._... 186 Edtor~s Church, News...:..._... 192, 193 Marrages. - O~tuarfes..._..._..._... 196. SABBATH RECORDER SUBSCRBERS Adams Center ~ N. 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Let the whole world feel and see that thngs whch were cast down are beng rased up, and' 'thngs whch had grown' old are beng made new, and all thngs are turnng to perfecton, through Hm Who lved and ded and rose agan to be our eternal Savour, Thy Son Jesus Chrst our Lord, to whom be all honor and glory, both now and forever. Amen. -Church World Servce. HE S RSEN! The begnnngs of the festval of Easter are found. n early Norse mythology. and n early Hebrew hstory. The Norse called t Easter, a festval of sprng, a sea' son of rebrth. When Ea~ter came the hearth fres wer~ lghted anew, and Easter bonfres were lghted upon the hlltops, for the Norsemen beleved that the po"vers of evl were scattered as far as the Easter fres cast ther lght. The Hebrews called t Pascha, ""the passng over H of Hebrew homes when the frst' born of the E~yp' tans were smtten. and devoutly observed the Feast of the' Passover to the tme of Chrst. All over the world festvals of sprng closely, resemble each other. Ths shows a common nclnaton on the part of man to worshp, to reverence, to seek a dvne power n hs unverse. Ths joy n the return of sprngtme, and ths natural nclnaton to worshp, take on a dfferent meanng when consdered n the lght of the Resurrecton, wth ts elements of hope and nspraton. Chrst, n the Resurrec' ton, has brought together the two streams of thnkng-the blnd searchng after a god of the pagan, and the paschal thanks' gvng of the ~ehrew~. He s ""the Lamb that was slan." He removed all doubt concernng the plan of the Creator for the created. He demonstrated to Hs followers forever the realty of eternal lfe. No longer do men need to grope blndly to fnd the true God. Easter today s more than lghtcd bonfres, or solemn feast days, because, "H c ]5 not here: for he s rsen, as he sad." M. W. ED GO-DO What docs Easter mean to you? r)o you worshp n the beauty of t, tremhle ~ wth the nspraton of t, rejoce n the promse of t? After these hgh moments there must come practcal expresson, else Easter becomes a selfsh expcflence. The great commsson was gven after the Resurrecton. Whle \ve are congdern{~ fractcal l:x' presson, let us consder ug ng." WJ a man roh God? What s y ur fnancal standng wth God? s your tthe n the storehouse? Do you hrng the frst fruts'! Does thg kngdom of God move '\vthout your full share of the fnancal re.spons, blty? Have you attempted. wth p:tper and pencl, to fgure your tthe. as vou are requred to fgure your taxes? On Stewardshp Sabhath, Seventh )ay. Baptsts all over the denomnaton were confronted "vth!'he mportance of rasng the hudget. n the frst fve months of the hudget year \ve have accomplshed only \vhat we should have done n. three. The fact that some other denomnatons have done no hetter can nethcr justl f y nor excuse us. Reports from the busness "vorld ndcate that there s money n crculaton. We, ourselves, have ra sed no small amount n specal appeals, hut we ought, also. to rase the hudget. Soon reports wll!how whether or not we whl accept the challenge of stewardsh p. The stuaton merts earnest prayer and consstent thnkng. M. W.
184 THE, SABBATH RECORDER 18~, " PREMONTONS OF SPRtNG t s the mddle of March, wth all nature stll n the grp of the ce.. kng. Roadbeds are frozen hard, streams en.. cased n shelds of crystal, mountans and forests wrapped n blankets of snow, plans and valleys flecked wth blotches of ce and patches of blanched, frozen grassall bear evdence of the strong fetters of wnter that ha ve held them for months n a grp of death. " And yet everyone says: to"lt. begns ta look as f sprng were comng!"" There seems to be a premonton-somethng s whsperng to the soul: "Wnter s past; the heart of Nature warms Beneath the wrecks of unrestrcted storms; Doubtful at frst, suspected more than seen, The southern slopes are frnged wth tender green. n!somethng n the faces of those you meet, somethng n ther free, happy walk, somethng 111 the manner of ther sal uta" tons, tells you of ther con,fdence n the near approach of sprng. Ths they can" not hde, though they are stll wrapped n warm furs and heavy coats. ndeed, f you study closely your own nner feelngs, you wll dscover a buoy" ahcy of sprt, a keen enjoyment of the ar you breathe,.and a new sense of lfe n the sunshne about you-coml'nng to make you say, even before you are fully conscous of your words: ""t seems lke sprngr You are satsfed wth freaky, blusterng, changeable March, because every day or two she smles wth a sweet face of sunny skes, and whspers to yo~r. soul of blossom days to come. Though at the very next turn she frowns wth clouded face and gves a.chllng blast, you easly forgve her, because she has assured. you that wnter has lost ts well.. defned char~'cter, and must soon passaway. No matter how stormy and cold the day, you nstnctvely begn wth Bryant, to sng the prases of... March..: The stormy March has come at last,.. Wth wnd, and cloud, and changng skes; hear the rushng of the blast;.. That through the snowy vallay fles. - Ah, passng few are those who speak, Wld stormy month! n prase of thee; Yet, though thy wnds are loud and bleak, Thou art a welcome month to me. For thou, to northern lands agan, The glad and glorous sun dost brng, And thou hast joned the gentle tran And wear"stthe gentle name of Spnng. And, n thy regn of blast and storm, Smles many a long, brght, Bunny day, When th~ changed wnds are soft and warm, And heaven puts on ~he bl~e of May. Then sng aloud the gushng rlls, And the full sprngs, from frost set free, That, brghtly leapn g down the hlls, Ar'e just set out to meet the sea. The year's departng beauty hdes. Of wntry storms, the sullen threat; But, n thy sternest frown abdes A look. of kndly promse yet. Thou brngest the hope of those calm skes. And that soft tme of sunny showers, When the wde bloom, on earth that les, Seems of a brghter world than ours. - f asked to explan why we have these pj"emontons of comng days of bloom, t mght be hard to frame language so as to express t all~ and yet no one could rob us of the nsprng realty of these m, pressons. The fact that we cannot defne them,. makes the mpressons none the less real. But why should ths seem strange? The most real experences. of our nner lfe are always ndefnable. We may be as certan of the c.omng mmortal lfe as we are of the approach of sprng~ and the fact that we cannot explan t n words should, count nothng aganst the realty. s s smply because we lve close to n,ature"s heart that we almost mper' ceptbly catch premontons of the comng s!,rng,even before the more tangble Sgns appear; a.nd why should not the soul that lves close to the heart of nature s God have premontons of lfe"s eternal sprng? He who has promsed that seed, tme and harvest, summer and wnter shall not fal has also p'romsed 'Hs chldren a hom~ beyond the storms of earth, where frosts of wnter shall never come. We ought to have some certan and unmstakable pre' montons of that comng sprngtme, even though now surrounded by the cold blaht.. ng frosts of the earth.. lfe. _... t">. Happy s the man who recognzes the tangble evdences upop. whch mmorta:l. THE CALL OF THE CROSS,J By Rev. Edward P'. Barrar Pastor at' Mt. Pleasant, Chrstchurch, New Zealand HAnd he that taketh not hs cross, and followeth after me, s not worthy of me.;~ Matthew 10: 38., For some months a man walked along or stood on the corners of busy streets n our cty. He had a Bble n one hand and a wooden cross n the other. He preached the message of the crclss to all who would hear. He told the people that the cross n hs hand was only a symbol of the cross on. whch Jesus ded to save them from ther sns. Ths same man was brought before the court and, have heard, cast nto prson, for preachng n publc places wthout' a permt. He at.. tended the servce at o ur chapel on sev" eral occasons. talked to hm, but found no fault wth hm. although many seem to ~nd much fault n what they term hs stupd method of wtnessng for Chrst. Now, my readers, am qute sure that f we take the cross of Chrst n anythng lke a lteral way we suffer persecutonthe message of the cross s no more popu" lar today than t was n St. Paurs day. The Cross and ts Clams have never felt called to preach n the streets, bearng a wooden cross n my hand, but have felt led to bear wtness td the very lteral meanng of Chrst's words: Hf a.ny man cometh unto me, and hateth not hs own father... mother... wfe... chldren... hrethren... ssters, yea, and hs own lfe also, he cannot be my d$cple.... Whosoever he be of you that renounceth not all that he hath, he cannot be my dscple." Luke 14: 26, 27, 33. n many cases the Greek s much stronger than our Englsh, as n the case of the Greek word udoulos,... meanng... slave.'u n Revelaton 1: lour transla.. hopes are bult, untl he, too, may know that eternal lfe awa,ts hm n the sprt.. land, after all the frosts of earth have passed away. Blessed s he who s able to gve good reasons for the hope that s n hm. - Theodore L. Gardner, n... The Sabbath Recorder,H March 16, 1908. r tors render ths word "servant." Lkc\vse a very strong word s used n our text abovc-hhatcth... noths own father. ctc. The meanng s: He that does not prefer Chrst before any of these cannot he,hs dscple. Father, mother. wfe, chldren. brethren. and sstcrs---none of these must stand hetween us and the Lord Jesu~ Chrst; all must take second place to Hm.. have often been called n que.ston for my very lteral nterrreta.. jon of these and other ljk~ sayngs of tht> Lord Jesus; for example, "Therefore say unto you, Take no thought for your lfe. what yc shall eat, or what yc shall drnk ~ nor yet for your body, what yc shall put on. s not the lfe more than mcat, and the hody than rament?~' Matthew 6: 25. The Meanng of the Cross "f any man wll come after mc, let hm deny hmself. and take up hs cross and fohow me." Matthew 16: 24. My frends, arc we denyng ourse1vc,,? Chrst says we must f we would fol1ow after Hm. Arc \'VC sacrfcnrr some pleas ure, some personal adornment. somethng n the home or elsewhere n order that we may gve more to Hs causc? Jesus sad, upoxes have holes. and hrds of the ar have nests; hut the Son of man hath not where to lay hs head." Luke 9: 58. Many Chrstans cannot bear to place a lteral nterpretaton upon ths text. Nether wll- they allow anyone else to do t for them.. -.. say, where s the cross of Chrst wth most Church gocrs? s there any cross? HAnd whosoever doth not hear hs own cross, and come after me, cannot he my dscple." Luke 14: 27. The Cross Daly " HLet hm deny hmself, and take up h~ cross daly, and follow me." Luke 9: 23b. Gong nto the house of God on the Sabbath s only part of our cross hearng. We see from the above Scrjpture that t s a daly task. My frends 9 let us by the grace of C;-od be real solders of the cross and put Chrst frst n all thngs. - Edtoral n the Gospel Messenger, Chrstchurch, N. Z.
186 187 '; FROM THE EDTOR'S Dm{ A column wheren the. readers may freely express ther opnons. as long as they do not deal n personaltes or mere controversy. A RABBT OR A DUCK Dear Edtor: read wth nterest the letter wrtten by Rev. Lester G. Osborn n the Rc, corder of February 23,- aqd apprecate hs pont of vew. But as read could not help askng myself, Hs t a rabbt or s t a duck?" t s sad that an artst can draw a rabbt n such a way that to look at t from one angle t looks lke a duck, and from another t looks lke a rabbt., Now the mportance of our havng- a representatve n Amsterdam, for the meetng of the World Councl of Churches. may look to some lke a rabbt \vhch wll take us nto the hole. fnan' cally; but see t as a duck whch gves us, as a denomnaton, the opportunty to sal out nto an ever wdenng sphere of nfluence. Let us get down,to some plan talk. n the eght years snce my enterng the semnary have had three experences whch lead me to beleve that t s m, portant that Seventh Dav Baptsts be represented at nterdenomnatonal meet' lngs. The frst took place at the ntersemnary conventon at New Brunswck, N. J. When each school was called upon to name a representatve to speak for ts group, was made the spokesman for our semnary because happened to be' the senor member. Among other thngs spoke of the Sabbath. After that the other boys knew where we stood, and t opened the way for prvate conversatons. Was the new understandng worth more tha n the cost of the tr p? On another occason was at a meet' ng of the Allegany County Mnsters' Assocaton at Belmont, N. Y. Our speak' er was a Catholc prest who was to speak about the holy days of the calendar year, but \'vho spent most of hs tme changng the day from Sabbath to Sunday. Durng the dscusson perod had an oppor' tuntv to speak, and spoke out boldly n behalf of the Sabbath, trac?g t from Geness through the lfe of Jesus and the early Church. 'Durng the dnner a fel... low mnster sad to' me n the hearng of all,... Almost thou persuadest me to be a Seventh Day Baptst. n My reply was, HNot only thee, but all thy brethren. n dd not make a Sabbath convert there that day, bu.t maybe dd somethng more n ths world of strfe. That mnster seems to have learned tolerance, and now we work together as brothers. The thrd ncdent took place only a few weeks ago on February 8 at the Ale' gany County Youth Rally~at Cuba, N. Y. After the group dscussons, representa' tves of the varous dvsons brought ther fndngs before the entre assembly of more than 150 teen' age youth of dfferent denomnatons. The group on 44What Do Y au Bel~ve?" presented ts fndngs, and someone asked. HWhy do the people at Alfred go 'to Church on Saturday?" For some reason the charman asked me to speak on tls pont, whch gladly dd before ths' mxed assembly. am thank, ful that Seventh Day Baptsts were. represented, for who else hut one of our group would have spoken n behalf of the holy Sabbath? What,"vonderful opportuntes we may have to wtness for Chrst and the Sabbath f we are wllng to make the effort to get to these meetngs. God has no one to speak f Hs spokesmen are not there. n ths world of turmol t 'behooves all the rghteous forces -to work together. n ths age of ndfference the world needs the holy Sabbath of God. Let us make every effort to go where the felds are, and when the opportunty presents tself we can sow the seed. Yours n Hs servce,,charles H. Bond. Lttle Genesee, N. Y. FNANCAL PROBLEMS Dear Edtor: For some tme some of the fnancal problems connected wth publshng the Sabbath Recorder have been a source of deep concern to many of ts frends. At the last sesson of Conference. we were nformed that whle the subscrpton prce remans at $2.50, the actual cost of prnt... ng was 'somethng over $8. Costs have, / 1..l rsen snce that tme. Accordng to the 1947 Year Book, the cost of prntng the Recorder was approxmately three tmes the recepts. Ths stuaton remnds one of the story of the old woman who kept a store, and was n the habt of sayng that the prces on the artcles she sold were below cost. \\,'hen someone rem:trked that he couldn't see how she could do busness that way, she repled that she couldn't f she ddrl~t do a lot of t. Whle our Re' corder stuaton s not exactly parallel, t s true that there would be consderably less loss f the subscrpton lst were-appre' cably extended. Everyone kno,vs that the frst copy to be prnted costs the most money; after that the cost decreases for a consderable number of copes. From the report as gven n the Year Book, t mght well be assumed that per' haps one thrd of our number are readers of the paper. f ths s true, then theo' retcally, at least, the crculaton of the Recorder ought to be three tmes what t s today,' for every good Seventh Day Baptst ought to be ~reader. A solder who gets out of touch wth hs company s not lkely to be a good solder very long. At a co' ordnaton meetng of boards and commttees held n Westerly n De' cember. ths matter was brought up for consderaton and dscussed. At a more recentme~tng of the Commsson, the matter seem! to have been referred to the. Churches. No doubt, that s just wh'ere t belongs. No\,v, \vhat are we gong to do about t? Can we start an every,memher canvass to see how mar.y of that other two thrds of our number we can convnce that they ought to become readers of our denomna, tonal paper? To me, there seems no' other way to do a thorough job. Every mem' ber,of every Church ought to be vsted by a hand' pcked commttee, after the pastor has gven a sermon or talk on the subect. Perhaps a sutable lst of questons could be prepared, by whch consderable val, uable and nterestng nformaton could be gathered. feel sure the Tract Board, and especally the edtor, would welcome ~uch a canvass. When do we start? An. nterested Reader. WE THNK YOU SHOULD KNOW We thnk you should know tha tour denomnaton s laggng far b~hjnd n ts gvng. Here arc. some excerpts from a recent communcaton from the Promoton Commttee of the Denomnatonal Bud~et. HThe frst quarter (Octoher 1, to De' cember 31, 1947) dosed n the red hy a shortage.of $3,594.41.... t (the hud, get) was carefully planned. and every penny s needed to carryon the progranl of the denomnaton.... The Denom, natonal Budget represents fundamental oblgatons whch we must :-ssume." Already we arc feelng a curtalment of the work n a smaller Recorder, nahlty to prnt tracts, and no money for the correspondng secretary of the Tract Socety to carry on feld work. The treasurer of the Tract Socety re' ported at the meetng of the board on March 14, a balance n the General Fund of only $920.R2. wth hlls unpad of 51,255.52. Ths means, of course, that our work must be curtaled n all departments. The harm can be overcome, however, jf we determne t wll, and our confdence s n our people. We belevc that when the facts are known, we wll respond to ths urgent appeal. The Budget Promoton Commttee suggests what wc may do as ndvduals to help the stuaton: ncrease our plcdge to the budgct hy one thrd or as much as we can. Gve a tthe of our ncome to the Lord's work-and addto~al offerngs as perj, odc needs for sacrfcal gvng may arse. Urge others n our Church to ncrease ther weekly g fts. "Let us all determne that ths bud~e1 year wll close out. of the red!" -The Recorder Offce. MY RSEN LORD My rsen Lord, feel Thy strong protecton; see Thee stand among the grave" today; am the Way, the Lfe. the R~urrecton. hear Thee say, And all the burdens have carred E>adly Grow lght as blobsomb on an Aprl day; My cross becomes a sblff, journey gladly Ths Easter day. -Author unknown, n 1000 Quotable P()cm~.
188 ' THE SABB.A TH RECORDER 189 ; 1! :1 :\ :!,, ; ~!!, 1.,. WORSHP PROGRAM By Alberta D. Batsop Our ndvdual Servce Hymn: 0 Jesus,!;lave Promsed. Last month for our worshp program we turned our thoughts to the need for evangelsm. Now let us emphasze our ndvdual place n the servce of the Lord. s your place an mportant ones my place mportant? Can anyone else.,m do what you are supposed to do--what supposed to do? Wll thngs move as smoothly and correctly as they should f you fal your part, f fal mne? There s much we must do--t S a servce we alone can render.. Stanton eot s quoted as sayng n hs... Servce We Alone Can Render ~~:... Accordng to thne opportunty, thou must be the strength of the weak, the refuge of the sorrowful Thou must have compasson on those. wthn thy reach who are worn wth tol Thou must de.. fend and chersh the young; bless and sup" port the aged; welcome strangers who come thy way; comfort those.jho are dstressed n mnd, body, or estate. Be assured f thou falest, none other-not nature, nor man, nor angel~ nor Creator -wll render the servce or bestow the love due from thee." Scrpture readng: Matthew 7; 12. Prayer: God and Father of us. all, to Thee we come for gudance and nspra.. ton. We so often have our deas as to the job and responsbl,ty of the other felow. Help us to see just what our responsblty s~ May we realze that we do have a defnte place' to fll; that f we are neglectful of ths responsblty not only we wll be affected, but all those around us. We have a real oblgaton, and we need Thy gudance. Teach us Thy way, 0 God, we pray Thee. Amen. Hymn: Somet-hng for Jesus. ASHAWAY REPORTS The socety, wth a membershp of forty.. four, has held nne regular meetngs dur... ng 1947. Three new members have been added, three lost by request, and one, Mrso Annabelle Arnold, by death November 15. A meat loaf supper was served May 17, and the annual sale and turkey supper was held November 18. An aucton was held at the parsh' house July 8. All proved. successful. The recepts for the year were $1,432.40, of whch there s a balance of $718.76 n the treasury. Three socals, one a supper for members and frends held March 18, a party for members October 7, and the Chrstmas. party December 16, were held. A new water system has been nstalled n the parsh house by Mr. Frank 4~t Hll, a gft to the socety. New dshes and.ktchenware have been presented the so" cety by Mr. Julan T. Crandall. The socety has purchased a gas stove for,the ktchen. Money has been sent to the Seventh Day Baptst German Relef and clothes for European relef, and work done for the Westerly Red Cross. - Helen J.. Murphy, Secretary, n... The Ashaway Messenger. ~~ THE FBLD The Lord gave us the world to cultvate. He knew the need and sent us to the work; But years have passed snce then and we are late n tendng ths great feld. There ever lurk The laborers of Satan plantng seed, Preparng the ground and watchng hour by hour. Nurturng the plants of hate and greed.. Of fear and want. rejocng when they flower. And now at last our loterng must cease The, task s urgent, the feld s long and wde. We must unte and tll the sol for peace, Assured that God s workng by our sde. And He Wl11 bless us as we labor there. Plantng each seed wth hope and fath and prayer. -Rose Clevenger n the Church Woman. March. 1948. n hundreds of Protestant Churches throughout the Unted States, there, wll be a mnmum of flowers on the altars ths year as compared wth the profuson of prewar years. Some of the larger cty Churches omtted all Easter flowers durng the 'war, and nstead sent moneys for re" lef n the war.. strcke n areas. Today Easter gfts' are beng smlarly used, espe.. cally to send CARE packages ($10 each, through Co'operatve for Amercan Re.. mttances to,europe, nc., 20 Broad Street, New' York 4, N. Y.); or for den omn a" tonal relef projects. W: W. Red. lthe NEW SABBATH VSTOR" "'The New Sabbath Vstor" s the new name for the chldren's paper publshed by the Board of Chrstan Equcaton. The new edtoral board members ~e workng hard to make the paper nterestng and helpful. There are to be new features n the- comng ssues whch are desgned to meet the nterests of grade school age boy.s and grls. One hundred copes are sent to the Jamaca Churches each month. These copes are beng pad for ths year h}! the followng Churches: Boulder, De Ruyter~ Dodge Center, Lost Creek~ North Loup, Oakdale, Norto,nvlle, Pscataway~ Plan.. feld, Schenectady, Syracuse, and Water" ford. Twenty,D.ve copes are beng sent each month to Brtsh Guana. The Mlton Juncton and the Battle Creek Churches are payng for these copes. t has been decded that lone Sabhath.. keepng famles, or any famly that de.. sres to do so, may subscrbe for ths paper for $1 per y.ear. Orders and money for the ndvdual subscrptons should be ~ent to Harley Sutton, Alfred Staton, 'hl Y. The Board of Chrstan Educaton reels that ths would be a good way to relate famles to the denomnaton. H. S. SABBATH SCHOOL NEWS FROM ASHAWAY From "'The Ashaway Messenger, H for February, 1948~ the followng news tem s taken:... The enrollment of the graded department and adult school s sxty.. two, wth fourteen n the home department, makng a total of seventy.. sx. Our treas'. urer reports the followng: Expenses $167.53, wth recepts at $155.14, $145.51 brought forward from last year, whch - leaves a balance of $133.12 on September 1, 1947..... Seven new books have been purchased for the lbrary and thrty copes of the Seventh Day Baptst songbook "We Glor.. fy Thy Name." Forty.. fve subscrptons to the pape(, "Seventh Day Baptst Boys and Grls," have been pad for. n Aprl a mssonary exhbt was prepared and Rev. Davd Clarke and. Mss Elzabeth Hs.. cox were guest speakers. The graded. de.. partment contnues gvng ts mssonary offerng, whch amounted. to $37.40 for two quarters of the year. Ths year a new plan s beng followed for the worshp servces. Mss Abbe Hakcs prescnts a mssonary program the frst, Sabbath n the month, Mrs. Dorth Crandall hrngs a temperance message on the second. the young people plan for the thrd week, and the graded department meets wth the rest of the school on the fourth Sahhath. As a part of the denonfnatonal program to wn new people to Chrst and the Church and to enroll them n the Sahhath school. our ncrease should be at least ten per cent.~' - Margaret L. Collngs. Superntendent.. SABBATH SCHOOL NCREASE AT WHTE CLOUD Mrs. Leon E. Mosher. superntendent of the prmary department of the Whte Cloud Sabbath school, wrtes that the number of chldren attendng Sabbath school has been ncreasng. n the fall an award was gven to those who attended thrtecn Sabbaths. The award was a Bble. There was also a monthly party held for the chldren. H. S. SUPREME COURT DECSON By Dr. Roy G.- Ross. General Secretary, nternatonal Councl of Relgous Educaton (As the olca! agency of forty major Prot' estant denomnatons and 669 councjlr of Churches, the nternatonal Councl represent" 90 per cent of Protestantsm Unted State,." and Canada.) The Unted 'States Supreme Court ha.~ spoken n the McColum.. Champagn case. ts decsons should and must be respected by conformty to both the sprt and let' ter of ts nterpretaton of the law. The decson consttutes a g~eat blow to weekday relgous educaton. Even more serous s ts ndcaton of a changng government atttude toward relgon. The decson helps to clarfy the mplcatons of the frst and fourteenth amendmcnts for numerous specfc practces, some of whch are chershed by our Amcrcan people, whle others have been of douhtful value. The courfs maorty opnon appears to leave n doubt the valdty of there...
190 191 j - j., ]. 1! ; j J leased tme prncple, that S,. excusng pupls durng school hours for relgous nstructon outsde the schoor buldng. However, the supplementary statement n whch t was reported that four of the justces concurred ndcated that ths court decson was not ntended to nvaldate ths prncple n all cases, whle a ffth justce dssented from the opnon be... cause he feared that t would have ths effect. Thus, t would seem. that a rna'" jorty of the justces clearly dd not ntend and would not approve nvaldaton of the released tme prnc pe. The decson wll requre drastc re' adjustment of exstng practces by week... day schools, whch n the past have been allowed to use publc school property as ha ve other communty organzatons. Ths wll be most serous for rural communtes where Church buldngs are not n close proxmty to publc school buldngs. However, these adjustments can be made f our Amercan people fully realze the ndspensable place of relgon n our Amercan culture. The most serous aspect of the decson S the evdence whch t presents of a shft n government polcy from an att, tude of frendlness, encouragement, and helpful co..-operaton, toward a poston of neutralty f not postve dsnterest. Ths s not n keepng wth our Amercan tradton. Nether do beleve that ths poston was the.ntenton of those honored leaders who framed the frst and four'" teenth amendments of our Consttuton. A strct applcaton of the decson would make llegal many practces whch have perssted snce the foundng of our naton. The offcal polcy of the nternatonal Councl of Relgous Educaton n the lght of ths decson remans to be de' termned. Certanly t wll nclude full complance wth the law as the councl advses the 3,000 communtes wth schools enrollng over 2,000,000 students, these schools now located n forty... sx states. t s obvous that ths wll mean the ds... contnuance of use of publc school buld... ngs for relgous classes as S now the practce of 40 per cent of these com.. muntes. We hope, however, that most of these communtes wll be able to re'" ad just ther procedures so that they can contnue relgous classes off of school premses. The decson wll also mean the ds~ontnuance of certan other practces whch have been followed by a small mnorty.of. weekday systems contrary to the advce of the nternatonal Councl, ncludng (a) regstraton of weekday classes n publc school buldngs, (b) supervtson of classes by publc school authortes, and (c) enterng of grades for relgous classes on publc school re' port cards. t s my hope that our Prott:stant Church forces workng together n the nterna' tonal Councl wll take three steps: Frst, that the Churches wll seek fur' ther clarfcaton of the law wth respect to the released tme prncple. The Su' preme Court opnon does not seem to clarfy ths ssue though t appears ncon.. cevable that the court would deny the rght of publc schools and Churches to so arrange ther schedules as to provde to each an adequate opportunty to exer" ese ts legal functons. Second, that the Churches wll help,"veekday schools to adapt exstng weekday systems so that they wll be brought fully wthn the law as nterpreted by ths and other decsons of the Supreme Court. Thrd, that the Churches wll gve at' tenton to the ncreasng secularsm whch seems to me to be augmented by ths latest decson of the court regardless of ts n' tenton and that t wll take steps to obtan laws whch wll make consttuton' ally pos~ble the wholehearted co... opera.. ton~ of Church and state n the pursuance of ther respectve functons. Weekday relgous educaton on released tme has been developed by the Churches wth the wholehear~ed co'operaton.of many publc school leaders because of a common desre to stem the tde of secu'" larsm whch threatens the relgous faun.. datons of Amercan lfe. t s true that at tmes leaders of a communty have un'" wsely embarrassed publc school author... tes by exceedng ther legal rghts n de... 'Velopng such a program.. These n' stances, of course, are to be deplored. However, thousands of publc educators are as <;oncerned as relgous leaders for the sprtual welfare of Amercan youth. They see the necessty of a close rela.. r ~ tonshp between publc and relgous edu' caton ll prepanng the ctzenry for a democratc naton. Ths decson seems to deny the rght of such co,operaton. Such a denal has senous mplcatons for the future. The Amercan people of all relgous faths should be aroused to a fuller real.. zaton of the trends n our Amercan lfe \.vhch seem to. be further crowdng re' lgon out of a central place n our culture. f a unted stand aganst these trends can be accomplshed, the decson wll have served a good purpose. - Release. TWO NEW SABBATH SCHOOLS A new Sabbath school was organzed at Metare~ La., near New Orleans, n Au' gust, 1947. The superntendent.s Mrs. Earl DeLand. There are about seventeen to twenty people attendng each week. Mr. Gerald Coalwell and Mr. Earl De' Land have been advertsng the denom.. naton and ts belefs n a New Orleans daly paper. They have receved about thrteen letters n response from people outsde of the denomnaton. These let' ters have all been answered jncludng tracts regardng the Sabbath and the de' nomnaton. One of these people has been attendng the Sabbath school regularly. From the nerest whch has been man' fested. t s expected that others wll come nto the group. The Sabbath school whch was organ' zed recently by the Rochester~ N. Y., Fellowshp meets before the Church serv' ce, whch s held each month. Mr. Sam Davs, Mr. Alfred Davs, and Mr. Alfred Perry wll take turns teachng--each one teachng a quarter"s lessons. There are a number of famles n ths group~ and there S much nterest shown by those who attend. Rev. E. T. Harrs condu<:ts the servces for the fellowshp. H. S. PLEASE! Pastors and Church clerks - won't you send us, NOW, your Church membershp lsts, that we may ~ve you an accurate lst of your Recorder subscrbers? /\ OUR CHlDJlBl'ool S l~ LE'"'ER EXCHANGE -~ r Addr... : Mzpah S. Gr.. no, T-:a AndoTer, N. Y. THE REWARD OF WHSTLNG t was a cold wnter mornng. and lttle Ted Howard stood on an extremely cold corner wth hs arms full of newspapers whch he was tryng to sell to the passern' by. He had very good luck the day. hefore and had sold :tl of hs papers. hut today a larger hoy seemed to get n ahead of hm every tme and pushed hm away whenever he tred to make a sale. "'You had better try another corner. Sssy Boy," sad the larger hoy, whose name was Tom Bro\\.Tn ~ uths s my corner,.. see. "'But t's my corner," sad Ted. H chose t frst and had t all atone yesterday. Please go back to your own corner and let me alone. My father 1S sck and just have to sell all the papers can." But ths Tom refused to do, so Ted crossed to the opposte corner, hopng to get rd of some of hs papers there, and as he stood there he hegan to thnk of hs mother's partng words the day before, HTry whstlng, dear, perhaps that wll help you to sell more papers." He had been so successful the day hefore that he hadn't even tred to whstle. He mght try t today, for hs mother's advce was always good. She had the habt of sayng lttle short sentences that never faled to stck n hs memory. Now he smled and began whstlng ]n hs own merry way, even though a drz.zly r;un was fahjng and very few people were passng.. He mght as web go hom,c for he was sellng no papers. Suddenly hs mother's VOce seemed to say agan close to hs ear, "'Try whstlng!" Well, he mght as well keep at t snce there was nothng else to do. t hadn t done any good so far, but when had hs mother s advce ever faled to work? He would try t anyway, and he sent out a lot of merry notes that made the very ar around hm muscal. HRello! What are you whstlng for?h sad a man, stoppng suddenly as he was hurryng toward the bg offce buldng near by and lookng curously at the
192 THE SABBATH RECORDER 193 1. whstlng boy....lookng for a job 1 " "Well rd sure lke to have a good job," sad Ted wth a grn, "'but just now rd lke to sell my papers. haven"t sold one yet.n... All rght. Come up to my offce wth me and you can sell every paper and a jol? s watng for you. That whstle of yours s the best sound rve -heard n a long tme. Keep t up. f t sounds as good. to others as t does to me, you 'Ore a mssonary. Come along upstars and 'll gve you a job at somethng dfferent. You needn't whstle n the offce-that wouldn t be 'busnesslke; but rm glad to have a boy around who can. Be sure to keep that merry face on you. The mnute you look grumpy. out you go. Here's a quarter for your lunch. and after that come back and 'll show you what want you to do." How dd you get t?'o' asked hs mother as Ted came boundng nto the house that nght to tell her the good news. " followed Y0l,lr advce... he cred. laughng and huggng her. U tred whs' tlng... Dear Recorder Cl:tldren: The other day was readng the rule of lfe of the founder of the Methodst Church. John Wesley. thnk t s a good rule for us all to follow, so here t s: "Do all the good you can, By all the means you can, n all the ways you can, n all the places you can, At all the tmes you can, To all the people you can, As long as ever you can... What a. happy world ths would be f everyone tred to follow ths rule. am. sure there would never be another war. am stll watchng the mal. hopng to receve a perfect shower of your letters. Your Chrstan frend, Mzpah S. Greene. UThe frst.dscples proclamed an event of the greatest -sgnfcance,'" says Pr~sd, ng Bshop Henry K. Sherrll, of the Prot... estant~epscopal Church n -hs annual Easter message. "'He s rsen! n the entre hstory of manknd there s no news to compare wth ths-for here s a fact whch has to do wth God, eternal lfe, and the destny of every chlld of God. To be sure we have known ths all our lves. t s a story whch s almost two thousand years old and therefore may be presumed to have no news value today. But there s such a thng as havng' ears and yet not hearng.. Sometmes a famlar truth comes to have mmedate and vtal sgnfcance.. Death s as old as lfe, yet when death touches our own. t s a new experence. Sn s venerable, but when we are grpped by temptaton. t s a battle to be fought and won. So t s wth the GoodNews of Eastertde. f we could only grasp ts meanng for our worle! and for ourselves, all thngs would be made new. Selfshness would gve way. the burden of sorrow and of despar would be lfted. Men would lve as the chldren of God. Here then s Good News!<t.. -We W. Red. CHURCH NEWS ALBON, WS. - The Albon Church has a newly organzed advsory board. consstng of deacons, trustees, Church and Sabbath school offcers, and socety representatves to meet regularly the sec' ond Tuesday of each month. At ts frst meetng, n February, t was decded to study, for adaptaton. the E. for E. pro' gram as suggested by the Mssonary So' cety.. The Sabbath school has adopted a.5ys' tern of quarterly awards for attendance; a new Cradle Roll class has been or' ganzed. The Junor Chrstan Endeavor, whch was organzed n November, 1947~ wth nneteen members, contnues to operate wth a steady attendance, grow' ng membershp, and growng enthusasm. The Home Beneft Socety and the Ms... sonary and Benevolent Socety c.o'oper' ated wth the Edgerton Churches n ob, servng the World Day of Prayer. The lades of the Home Beneft Socety ex... tended an nvtaton to the Churches of Edgerton, Fulton, and Albon Prare to meet wth the Albon Seventh Day Bap.. tst Church to observe the World Day of Prayer n 1949.. The commtte'~ for the selecton of an electrc organ for the' Church, and for the recevlng of funds to purchase the same, reports that t s ready to accept contr.. butons. - Dors Van Horn, Corre.. spondent. ALFRED, N. Y. - January 31. young people conducted the Sabhath'. mornng worshp servce,. as a part of the local observance of "'Natonal Youth Week.~' The sermon, UThe Name We Bear," was preached by Mr. Allen Bond, a senor student n the School of Theology. On February 28, sx young people who attended the New York State Youth Con"" ference at Rochester, gave fne reports of the meetngs and sectonal groups they attended. Mss Mram Shaw accom~ paned them to the conference. The World Day of Prayer was observed Frday, February 13, n the Gothc Chapel. All women of Alfred were nvted to at~ tend: - February 21, Mr. Karl Stllman of Wes' terly, R.., presdent of General CA>nfer.. ence, gave an nsprng address on the topc, ugo, Work Today!" Followng the Church servce, a tureen dnner was served n the parsh house to whch everyone was nvted. On ths occason Mr. Stllman presented a chart showng Church membershp, and expressed hs hope that the Church would keep a record each year, ncreasng our number at least 5 per cent ths year and each successve year, lookng toward a doubled membershp n twenty' fve years. February 22, at 7 :30 p.m., n the Alfred Church, a chor festval was presented by the Southern Ter Chor Assocaton. d.. rected by Lous H. Dorks. Dean Ahva.T. C. Bond was the narrator. February 24, the Evangelcal Socety held ts annual Washngton "s Brthday tea and sale at the parsh house. As usual, t was a bg success. n addton to the socal tme. the amount of money realzed was -over $260. Alfred people apprecated havng} the Mlton College chor wth us. The' con' cert n the Church on Frday evenng, March 5, was enjoyed by all attendng. They sang beautfully and sncerely \vth softness and sweetness. Kenneth Bab.. cock's nsprng solo n Church the next morn~ng was also enjoyed. March 13, some of the local Campfre grls and ther leaders attended Church n a body on the annversary of the found, ng of the Campfre organ~aton. The brthday motto of the group ths yc..'lr s: "Hello. World, Let's Get To{!cther. H Pastor Harrs' sermons durng the month of March are lookng toward Easter n a specal evangelstc seres. t s hop,ed that decsons for Chrst wll be made. He has a tranng class for the ones antcpatng baptsm and Church membershp. -,.- Mrs. Lynn Langworthy, Correspondent. BERLN, N. Y. -- Frends of Rev. Paul L. Maxson wll be glad to know that he s recoverng from njures to hs face a.nd knees, receved n a recent auto accdent ncrtr Troy, N. Y. Hs car was wrcckco beyond repar, and Pastor Maxson. Mss Mldred Greene, and two neghhors, who were rdng wth hm, were taken to the ho~pta. All are makng satsfactory re' covery, and Pastor Maxson and Mss Greene have returned to thc"r home.<-: ln Berln. The Baptst and Methodst mnsters of the town volunteered to fll our pulpt durng the ahsencc of our p;o;,tor. The many trbutes and gfts whch he has re' cevcd. especally a substantal cash gft from the Men's Club of Berln. show how much he s loved and respected hy t }H~ entre communty. -- Currespondent. Many hundreds of MethodFtF, and other Church people n Amerca ha vc recently sgned compacts to pray daly for the \vel, fare of Chna. The call for prayer comcf'; through Bshop W. Y. Chen. of the Meth, odst Church, who s also sccrct;try of the Natonal Chrstan Councl of Chna. He says, "Chna s facng a great crjss. n Chnese, crss means ~danc:cr plus oppor' tunty: Pray for Chna that she may he delvered from all dangers, The 0PPOT' tunty for Chrstan advance s unque. The Natonal Chrstan rahne]] has launched a three-year Chrstan Forward Movement. The watchword s ~AlJ for Chrst and Chrst for All.' Wll you n~' member ths each day n your prayers? We need God's help through you!" The form of prayer compact s: H " purpose to pray daly: Lord Jesus, pray Thee, hless /
194 VOCATONAL COMMTTEE At the suggeston of the ~edtor, the Vocatonal Commttee herewth submts a lst of Churches and commttee -repre' sentatves. As one can readly see, not all of our Churches are here represented. t s the wsh of the commttee that every Church n our denomnaton be repre" sented. f, for any reason, you have been' overlooked n ths lst, wll you please see that the name of some nterested per.. son n your Church s sent to the commt.. tee as a key worker? Someone who s on the alert for busness openngs and those who mght be able to fll them mght be of consderable value to your Church. Adams Center, N. Y -C. C. Wllams. AN>on, Ws.-Charles Wllams, R.D., Edgerton, Andover, N. Y.-Clfford T. Burdck; Edson C. Langworthy. Alfred, N. Y.-Dr. Ben R. Crandall. Alfred Staton, N. Y.-Donald S. Perce. Ashaway, R..-George Potter; Arthur Brayman; Edmund Smth. Battle Creek, Mch.-Wllam D. Mller, 18 Terry Court. _ Berea, W. Va.-Reuben Brssey. Berln, N. Y.-Robert Bentley. Leonardsvlle, N. Y.-Lesle A. Welch, R.D _ 2, West Wnfeld.. Chcago, ll.-dr. Allson Burdck, 4010 Vol. Madson St. Daytona Beach, Fla.-L. E. Babcock, 147 Frst Ave.; Dr. M. Jose Rogers. Dodge Center, Mnn.-Clare Greene. Ednburg, Tex.-W. H. Cockerll, R.D. 1. Frendshp, N. Y.-Paul Baker, R.D. 1_ Gentry, Ark.-Rev.Clford A. Beebe. Mlton. Ws.-C. M. Todd; Don Gray. Mlton Juncton, Ws.-Robert E. Greene. New Auburn, Ws.-Everon Churchward. New York Cty, N. Y.-F. Hamlton Whpple, 36 Dobbs Ferry, N. Y.; KennethL. Maxson, 151 Park Ave., Mt. Vernon, N. Y. Nortonvlle, Kan.-Mss Nanne Greeley. Planfeld, N. J.-Frederk J. Bakker, Babcock Bldg. 240 W. Front St. Rockvlle, R..-D. Alva Crandall. Rchburg, N. Y.-Jesse Burdck, R.D., Bolvar. Salem, W. Va.--Edwn J. Bond. Salemvlle. Pa.-Jerome K. Boyd, R.D., \\lood, bury. Shloh, N. J.-Edwn Harrs, 122 Oak St., Brdgeton. Verona, N. Y.-John Wllams, Oneda. Walworth. Ws.-James Bonham.. Westerly; R..-John Gavtt, R.D., Westerly. the Chnese Chrstans. Help everyone to wtness for Thee today. Help everyone who hears to beleve. Help me to wt... ness, too, for Jesus ~ sake. Amen. 't' _4W. W. Red. GOD SPEAKNG To lve wthout the Word s a serous matter. For to lve apart from the Word s vrtually equvalent to lvng apart from God. n the Word He makes Hmself known to us. By means of the Word He brngs us nto fellowshp wth Hmself. By the same Word He strengthens anq sustans Hs chldren. By means of t He gudes, counsels,. and guards them on the way of lfe. The Word of God tself reveals the tragedy of dsregardng the voce of God as t comes to us through the Word.... Because have called, and ye have refused; have stretched out my hand, and no man hath regarded; but ye, have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof: also wll laugh n the day of -your calamty; wll mock when your fear cometh; when your fear com eth as a storm, and your calamty "cometh on as a whrlwnd; when dstress and angush come upon you. Then,"vll they call upon me, but wll not answer~ they wll seek me dlgently, but they shall not fnd me. For that they hated knowledge, and dd nat choose the fear. 04 of Jehovah, they would none of my coun' sel, they despsed all my reproof. There" fore shall they eat of the frut of ther own way~ and. be flled wth ther own devces. For the backsldng of the smple shall slay them, and the careless ease of fools shall destroy them. But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell securely, and shall be quet wthout fear of evl." - Proverbs 1: 24,33. From North Loup Church Bulletn. ' n the measure n whch the Church fals n her mnstry for evangelsm-n that measure, the souls of men persh. n spte of Calvary, for the salvaton of the world now depends upon the acton of the Church. Are. we falng n ths matter? What shall we do about t? -Shloh, N. J., Church Bulletn.. READY - GET SET Recorder month s almost here. your commttees apponted? Are made for a systematc canvass? Are plans ]95 STEWARDSHP have been relgously layng _asde a tenth Why Pay Tthes? of ther ncome for many years, but h;ve Bg or lttle, the tthe s the Lord~s. consttuted themselves as custodjans and The tthe s brought n not prmarly dspensers of ths fund. t s nterestng because the Lord s treasury may be empty to note that reference s made n the and needng funds. That would be a Bble more often to the manner and place most excellent reason why we should gve o.f th~ payment <?f th~ tthe than to the freewll.offerngs of our own store,' but tlt?e tself. Whle ths fact creates sur' S no reason why we should brng r Qur,,_pnse at 1rs~. after careful and mature tthe. f one had n hs possesson a"~ th~u~ht one.s mpressed by t he ~ery deep small sum of money belongng to Mr. phjl~sophy of the apparently unmportant. requrement R ockefeller, he would see to t that t -' -.. ~ came nto the rghtful owner~s hands not But]f the tl~he.]s the Lord,S. wh~tl because Mr. Rockefeller mght, perchance sh?uld we do Wth t? Why. bnng t. to need t n hs busness, but be~ause t be:. Hm, of co~rse~ and.get our untru~tworthy longed to hm. And that s the vtal hands?ff Jt.as qul~kly,as po.~slh,le. n thng n the tthng prncple-the sharp, Malachl. the.nstructlon S. to ~nng the clear, penetratng dstncton made n whol~ tlthc nto the 5torch~c, so that God's Wotd, that th"e tthe s Hs by the t~e tthe must not only h~ hrought to ;t very consttuton of thngs. t does not gven, general place, but t must all be become Hs, and Hs ttle to t does not brought: even tc? the. la_5t p~nny. Else arse, because He has commanded us to where 1~ t?e,bble t. S S~l1d over ano brng the tthe nto Hs storehou5e~ but ove.r agan. brng the tthe 1nto the place we are under solemn oblgaton to brng; whch ~he Lord th;:~ God shall cho()s(.. the tthe because t belongs to God. There to set hs name there_ The Lord has cv s no necessty for.a command unless t be dently chosen the C~urchc.s of the pre~.enl to remnd us that we, lke the people n da.y as the places n \,Vhl_ch He has ~ct the days of Malach, are robbng; God. HS name_ He has placed n charge of the fnances of these Churches the hest men Holy Unto the Lord and women on the face of the glohe ;tno The law does not stop wth sayng these. dr'ectcd as they are by the Holy uthe tthe s the Lord~s,~~ but goes further Sprt, wll act more wsely than any n~ and says ths strange~ mpressve thng: dvdual would be lkely to do.... t s holy unto the Lord.~~ t s Hs f t was an offense n the days of pleasure to lay ths pecular stress on the Malach not to brng the whole tthe nto devoted thng. f our concepton of the storehouse: s t not equally so toda y? God~s ownershp n the tthe wll _not Who knows but that the: long,delayed and prompt us to an honest accountng to long,looked,for revlval n the sprtual lfe Hm, let us refran from Jayng unholy of our Churches s hut an expresson of hands upon that whch s consecrated God's dspleasure wth us for wthholdn~ to Hs use n such a sense that He Hm' the tthes that belong to Hm_.--- Tthng self calls t holy. from a busness man's standpont by Harry Whtcomb, n the Rversde Church Bul- The Storehouse of the Tthe letn. cannot refran from just a word as the thrd essental thng: f we admt the oblgaton of the tthe and are convnced of God~s absolute ownershp n t, and also of ts sacred character, called n Deuteronomy 26: 13, Hthe hallowed thng,~' that s not all. Strange as t may seem, all ths may be brou~ht to naught by falng n the thrd requrement: to ~'brng the tthe nto the storehouse.~' A surprsngly large number of ndvduals Greek Words We All Know Some of the Greek words never trans' lated are these: alphabet. ar, athest. a~~' nostc, athlete. agony, acoustc, allegory, and angel. There was no word n the Englsh language suffcent to descrhe Chrst's experence n the g3rdcn ~ so they took a Greek word and we now speak or the Hagony~~ of Gethsemanc. ---- Rversde, Calf., Church Bulletn...
w ~ ~ -'. Reams - Davs. - Donald Gordon Reams, 50n of Mrs. Sam Connon and Henry Reams, of Adams Cty, Colo., and Sara' la Davs, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wlburt Davs e>f Battle Creek, Mch., were unted n mar" rage n the sanctuary of the Seventh Day Baptst Church' of Battle Creek on lfebru" ary 22, 1948. wth Rev. Alton L. Wheeler offcatng. A recepton followed at the, home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wlburt Davs. They are establshng ther res, dence at Adams Cty, Colo. " MEETNG THE NEED The Protestant and Eastern Orthodox Churches n the Unted States sent funds and relef. commodtes valued at $14,.. 500,000 to the war.. strcken areas of Europe and Asa n 1947, accordng to Dr. A. L. Warnshus, executve of Ohurch World Servce, the agency -of Amercan Protestantsm.. The needy n forty.. three natons were helped. - W. W. Red. ' The Sabbath MARCH 29, 1948,. ============================================================================== \\. - Edwards. - Lllan, daughter of John W. and An'n Shaw, was born n England, Aprl, 1869, and ded at the Anderson Hosptal n Westerly, R.., February 22, 1948. She wa~ marred to Osmas Edwards of 'Rock, vlle. R. l., December 25, 1889. He de9 January 6, 11937. She was baptzed and joned the Rockvlle Seventh Day Baptst Church December S, 1894, whle Rev. Alexander McLearn was pas' tor, and mantaned a lovng nterest n the Church. She s survved by her son, James. a daughter, Gladys (Mrs. Edgar) Spencer, a sster, Clara of Peace dale, three granddaughters, and one great' grandson,,besdes many nephews and neces. The funeral was conducted at the undertakng parlors n Hope Valley. February 25. by Rev. Davd Clarke, durng the llness of her pastor. Bural was n Pne Grove Cemetery, Hope Valley. P. S. B. Wrght. - John Calvn. nfant son of Mr. and Mrs. Percy Wrght of Battle Creek, Mch., was born October 26, 1947, and ded February 16. 1948. Funeral servces, con' ducted by Pastor Alton L. Wheeler, wer-e beld n the Royal Funeral Home and at the Reese Cemetery. A. L. W. Saunders. - Nelle 5., wfe of the late Albert Eugene Saunders, ded at her home be' tween Rockvlle and Hope Valley, R; '1.,.March 8, 1948. She was the daughter of Gordo~ A. an"d Susan (ljscock) Burdck. She was born n Hopknton, May 25, 1865. She wase>hapt~ed n March, 1889, and joned the Rockvlle Sev' enth Day Baptst Church December 8, 1894, durng the pastorate of Rev. Alexander Mc, Learn. She was also a member of the Loyal Workers of Rockvlle. She leaves a son, Frank H. S :l1.mders, a brother. Elmer Burdck. a grandson. two great' grandchldren, and nephews. Funeral servces were held at the Avery Funeral Home n Hope Valley, conducted by her pastor. Rev. Paul S. Burdck~ and bural took place n the Rockvlle Cemetery, March. 10. 1948. P. S. B. Actng on the appeal of Dr. Toyohko Kagawa, Japan ~s leadng Chrstan evan" gelst, fve. downtown Churches of Port'.land, Ore., have organzed a... Goats for Japan" movement, and wll send a large number of mlk goats to help feed the undernourshed ch19ren. t has been found that goats are valuable h the poor grazng areas -of the slands, and that they furnsh an unusually rch mlk. Dr:. Ka.. ga wa has been urgng farmers to ncrease ther use of bees and goats... to make a land of mlk and ho~ey." - W. W" Red. '''n ths dstressed and perlous age nothng s of more m portance than the em phass for young people of the spt".. tual sde of exstence," says Lous Brom.. feld, famed novelst and phlosopher~... t s the tendency of our tmes to place too much fath on the materal sde of lfe. The only source of strength, courage~ and achevement s, n the end, fath n one ~s self, n the unverse, and. n God. The salvaton of the world les wth the young people. Ths they cannot acheve wthout the foundaton of morals. ethcs, and fath... - W. W. Red. ANY BOOK REVEWED" OR advertsed n ths or other relgous journals~ or recommended by your local pastor for sprtual enrchment, can be secured quckly and convenently from us. Large stock of up' to.. the.. mnute relgous books, centrally located We pay postage on orders for $1 or more when cash a~companes order. THE _ SOWER BOOKSTORa 25 East Man Street MADSON 3, WSCONSN Gerald c. Bond,. Propretor mmunty Thnk you to escape What mortal man can never be wthout? What sant upon earth has ever l.ved apart from cross and care? Why, even Jesus Chrst, our Lord vvas not even for one hour free from Hs pas-.slon $ pmn. Chrst says, He needs must suffer, Rsng from -the dead, And enter thus upon Hs glory_ And how do you ask for another road Than ths - the Royal Pathway of the Holy... Cross., -Thomas a Kemps, from 1000 Quotable Poems.