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Volume 57
WARBURTON, VICTORIA, MAY 25, 1953
Number. 21
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The King's Business
REQUIRED
HASTE
W. L. KILROY
Production Manager, Sanitarium Health Food Company
ROM 1 Sam. 21: 8 I want to borrow a phrase
without paying particular regard to the context.
Actually, the context is a record of deceit and
evasion, for David was in a desperate situation and he
was making up his story as he went along. Explaining
why he had no weapons of war with him he said that he
had come so urgently from the king that he had no time
to get them. These are his words, and this the phrase I
wish to borrow, "The king's business required haste."
In any generation the business of a king has high
priority, and a king's messenger waits not on the order
of his going, but moves on his royal errands with purpose and despatch.
I find that much the same attitude is found today
in the business of the world, and often I have been profoundly impressed with the degree of earnest concentration that business men bring to the problems of their
business.
Haste and speed is a vital factor in the operation
of most businesses, and recently I had a good opportunity of witnessing this in a large cannery in Queensland. It was the flush of the pineapple season, and
pineapples were coming in in truckloads all through
the day. They knew there was a limit on their time,
so they attacked the task with energy and efficiency,
and their machines were handling 36,000 pineapples
per hour. Further, because of their judgment of the
opportunities that lie ahead, they propose next season
to double their speed and increase the output accordingly. And then there was the can-making machinery
turning out finished cans at incredible speeds. Smooth,
efficient speed was seen in every department.
The business of the world requires accuracy. The
well-run organization does not tolerate error, and great
sums of money are spent on devices to give the utmost
accuracy to the finished product: The fast-moving machinery of these days has to be constructed to measurements that sometimes are so fine that they cannot be
detected by the human eye, and we become so confident
in the skill of the makers that sometimes we even trust
our lives to these things.
The business of the world demands that there shall
be conservation of its materials—in other words, no
waste. In our own health food business we have a good
example of this when we found by careful study that
we could reduce the size of certain cartons by a quarter
of an inch. The total saving in a year amounts to many
miles of cardboard, valued at several hundreds of
pounds. The saving of waste is a cardinal point in the
economy of every business, and the working force is
constantly kept reminded of it.
The business of the world requires thoughtful planning. Today's business executive leaves nothing to
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chance. Sometimes I am called to attend
meetings of industrial managers and I
am always conscious of the fact that they
are in deadly earnest about their plans.
Even though the matter to be discussed
may seem relatively small it is nevertheless worked out with great care. The problem is analyzed down to its basic facts
until the right way to proceed is clearly
seen, and when action is taken, everyone
is satisfied that it has not been done on
haphazard conclusions.
So we have speed, accuracy, saving of
waste, thoughtful planning — four qualities in regard to which the children of
light might learn something from the
children of this world.
Speed.—The world looks to an unending
future; we look to a finished work in our
generation. There are good reasons why
we should not know the day or hour of
the Lord's return, but if we could somehow have a clear mental impression of its
nearness, would we be satisfied with our
present rate of progress? In any case,
does the intensity of our effort, individually and departmentally, match the performance of a business world that puts
everything- into the accomplishment of its
purposes?
Accuracy.—Do we find ourselves going
back over our work again because of the
wrong moves we made somewhere along
the line? It is easy to succumb to the
temptation to let a job pass as finished
when we know in our hearts it is not our
best work. The policy of "near enough"
degrades_ the work, and if followed persistently ultimately debases the worker.
Waste saving. — So many things we
touch can be wasted—time, money, energy,
words, materials—to go into detail would
be too much, but we all know what is involved. A fuller appreciation of the priceless things we handle, and the value of
human souls for whom we labour, should
lead us to' new accomplishments in measuring with great care those things that
are committed to our trust.
Thoughtful planning.—Perhaps I should
have mentioned this quality first. What I
mean under this heading is the opposite
of snap decisions on vital issues, and a
turning away from actions taken on a
basis of personal oninion, regardless of the
facts of the case. Sometimes I have heard
workers speak with pride of the sudden
brainwaves they or some others have
had. I distrust brainwaves. I believe that
many times the Lord has sent light by
His Spirit into the minds of His servants
to lead them through a difficult way, but
whenever that is done you will find that
first of all those men have brought to bear
on the problem all the wisdom and power
of reasoning with which the Lord has
blessed them, and they have asked God to
give them understanding and to help them
to reach right decisions.
The work can only be hindered in the
hands of impulsive thinkers who are
swayed by popular opinion, and whose
minds change as often as the wind.
As workers who face a divinely set time
limit to our task, may we be impelled by
its urgency, and constantly recognize that
the business of the King of kings requires
haste.
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Coral Sea Union Mission
Re-organization
F. A. MOTE
President, Australasian Division
At the time of the annual Division
Council, which was held at the headquarters office in Wahroonga in November, 1952, study was given to the plan
of developing national leadership in the
island missions of the Australasian InterUnion Conference. We were grateful for
the counsel that was given to us at that
time by Pastor W. H. Branson, the president of the General Conference, and
Pastor R. R. Figuhr, one of the vicepresidents of the General Conference.
Later, while some of us were travelling
throughout the territory of the Coral Sea
Union Mission and attending meetings there, it became very apparent that
the time had arrived when the work was
expanding so rapidly there that it was
necessary for the territory to be divided
into two union missions, and that a number of additional local missions should be
organized.
During the weeks that have followed,
plans developed to the place whire approval has been given by the Australasian Inter-Union Conference, to be confirmed at the time of our next annual
committee meeting, and authority has also
been given by the General Conference
committee, so that the former territory
known as the Coral Sea Union Mission
has been divided into two union missions.
One of these is to be known as the Coral
Sea Union Mission, with headquarters in
Lae, NeW Guinea, and the other will be
known as the Bismarck-Solomons Union
Mission, with headquarters in Rabaul.
Pastor W. L. Pascoe, treasurer of the
Australasian Division, together with the
writer, spent some time in the Coral Sea
Union mission field during the month of
April, 1953. At this time the territory was
actually divided, and the assets distributed
between the two union mission fields. The
European and national workers were assigned to many important posts of duty
and responsibility. For the benefit of the
readers of the "Record" we herewith give
some of the results of the work which was
done at the committee meeting held in
Lae:—
The One Altogether Lovely
STANLEY COMBRIDGE
I've seen the sunsets crimson glow,
The moon's soft silvery light;
The riding ocean's foaming spray,
The driven snow, so white;
But with my eyes I long to see
Whom heavenly hosts behold—
The One who cloth surpass earth's best,
Whose beauty's ne'er been told.
I've heard the sweetest,earthly strains
Most pleasing to +he ear;
The human voice, the song of birds,
The chime of bells, so clear;
But oh, I long to hear the voice
Which heavenly hosts admire—
Of One whose accent far excels
The full angelic choir.
I've known the love of friends most dear,
The joys of converse, too;
I've thrilled to see the trustful eye
And felt the handclasp true;
But oh, I long to know one Friend
Whom heavenly hosts adore—
The One whose love exceeds all loves,
Who loves, for evermore.
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MISSION STAFF
President, H. White; Secretary-treasurer, L. L. Butler; Education and Missionary Volunteer secretary, R. M. Ellison;
Assistant Education and MV secretary,
Koivi Hanaia; Medical and Health Food
Department secretary, H. W. Nolan; Assistant Medical and Health Food Dept.
secretary, Joseph Oli; Publishing, Sabbath
School, and Home Missions secretary, R. A.
McFarlane; Assistant Publishing, Sabbath
School, and Home Missions secretary, Kila
Galama; Accountant, Eric Fehlberg.
CORAL SEA UNION MISSIONARY
COLLEGE, KABIUFA
Principal, K. J. Gray.
WESTERN PAPUAN MISSION
President and Treasurer, H. M. Pascoe;
Secretary, E. L. Martin.
CENTRAL PAPUAN MISSION
President and Treasurer, L. I. Howell;
Secretary, C. E. Mitchell.
EASTERN PAPUAN MISSION
President, Salau; Secretary - treasurer,
Ngava.
MOROBE MISSION
President, Secretary, and Treasurer, J.
H. Newman.
MADANG MISSION
President and Treasurer, T. F. Judd;
Secretary, J. R. Martin.
SEPIK MISSION
President and Treasurer, S. H. Gander;
Secretary, E. L. Raethel.
EASTERN HIGHLANDS MISSION
President and Treasurer, A. J. Campbell; Secretary, J. W. French.
WESTERN HIGHLANDS MISSION
President and Treasurer, F. T. Maberly;
Secretary, J. K. Aitken.
BISMARCK-SOLOMONS UNION
MISSION STAFF
President and Publishing Department
secretary, E. A. Boehm; Secretary-treasurer, J. J. Dever; Education, Missionary
Volunteer, and Sabbath School secretary,
H. Dickins; Assistant Sabbath School secretary, Joseph Mave; Home Missions secretary, Joseph Mave; Health Food Department representative, H. W. Nolan;
Accountant, M. R. Smith.
BISMARCK-SOLOMONS UNION
MISSIONARY COLLEGE
Principal, L. N. Lock
MALAITA MISSION
President and Treasurer, Sasa Rore;
Secretary, Lianga.
EASTERN SOLOMONS MISSION
President and Treasurer, W. R. Ferguson; Secretary, W. Richter.
WESTERN SOLOMONS MISSION
President, Kata Rangoso; Secretarytreasurer, Anisi Pama.
BOUGAINVILLE MISSION
President and Treasurer, Cyril Pascoe;
Secretary, W. McClintoch.
NEW BRITAIN MISSION
President, E. A. Boehm; Secretarytreasurer, J. J. Dever.
NEW IRELAND MISSION
President, Rogapitu; Secretary - treasurer, Pepi.
MANUS MISSION
President and Treasurer, Manovaki;
Secretary, Laia.
It is most gratifying to see our national
workers developing into strong leaders.
Plans are being laid very definitely for a
large work to be developed in Western
Papua, as well as in other territory that is
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just being entered, or where the work has
recently been started. We fully believe
that under the blessing of God, His work
will go forward in a very strong way in
these two union missions.
In both of the union missions, administrative councils were held in connection
with the recent union committee meetings,
when instruction was given to the leaders
on subjects such as follow:—
Leadership Qualities; Basis of Successful Administration; Denominational Organization; Financial Structure of Local
and Union Missions; Stewardship as Related to Mission Finance; Personal Finance; Mission Property; Auditing, etc.;
Mission Objectives—What Are They? How
Best Achieved; The Function of the Departments; Statistics; Evangelism; Shepherding the Flock.
These administrative councils were
greatly appreciated by the brethren who
were in attendance.
Surely the readers of the "Australasian
Record" will remember to pray for the
leadership in these two union mission
fields, and in the fifteen local missions, the
two union colleges, and the departments
which have such a heavy programme to
carry forward in the name of the Lord
Jesus Christ.
Four Hundred Bunches
of Flowers
A. J. CAMPBELL
President, Eastern Highlands Mission,
New Guinea
Pastor S. A. Stocken, the director of the
Upper Ramu District, invited Brother S.
Gillis, the headmaster of the New Guinea
Highlands Training School, and me to
attend a baptismal service to be held up
in the southern highlands, south of Kainantu and Bena Bena. We were accompanied by my brother-in-law, Brother H.
Ford of Kingaroy, Queensland, who, with
his wife, is visiting their missionary
daughters, Mrs. Raethel of the Sepik Mission, and Mrs. Lee of Vailala, and us.
There was also to be a church dedication,
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and it was planned for the ordinances to
be held there for the first time.
In April, with the training school's jeep
checked and ready, we set out on the
seventy-mile trip to Kainantu, which area
lies due east. I was reminded of the time
when, in years gone by, ,we looked due
west from Kainantu, to one vast area of
wholly unentered fields and wondered
when they would be opened. It is not so
today, for while there are yet corners to
be opened to the sweet influence of the
gospel, the message has spread two hundred miles west to Wabag, and beyond. It
was very satisfying to think of this while
we travelled eastward to where the advent
message obtained its first foothold, in the
year 1934, at Kainantu in the highlands
of New Guinea.
During the past three years the roads
have been improved and bridges rebuilt.
It is the aim of the administration to have
a road in operation that will connect Lae
with Wabag and beyond for a distance of
over three hundred miles. Work is being
carried out on long sections of this road,
and it now extends down into the Markham Valley, a four thousand foot drop in
the twenty miles from Kainantu on the
Upper Ramu. The realization has come at
long last that airways and roads must go
together if there is to be quick and satisfactory development of this country.
The jeep was well loaded as we said
goodbye to our families at Kabiufa. We
realized that on this training school
property are fine possibilities for the development of our educational work. It also
has large agricultural possibilities, which
are so necessary where a body of students
is assembled. At present the attendance
stands at 165, and it is hoped that an additional hundred may be accepted next
year. Under the new arrangement,
whereby we have two union missions,
Kabiufa is to become a college for the
reconstructed Coral Sea Union Mission, in
place of the Kambubu College, which will
serve the newly created Bismarck-Solomons Union Mission.
Seven miles travel brought us to the
eastern highlands town of Goroka, which
is a rapidly growing township and is the
air centre for the highlands.
Some miles beyond Goroka we could see,
standing out clearly against the high
mountainous background, our Bena Bena
Mission, where a fine work is being done
by Pastor and Sister Howell and their
staff of teachers. It should be mentioned
that more and more settlers are coming
into the highlands. The coffee interests
are growing. Recently one grower received the world record-breaking price of
about £800 a ton for his coffee. An Australian firm has begun to produce passionfruit pulp in its new factory at Goroka.
Soon we crossed the high-level newlyreconstructed Bena Bena River bridge.
This and the Dunantina River bridge
ahead of us are suspended from high poles
by thick cables, and when a vehicle is
crossing them the motion is somewhat like
that of a snake as it moves along; this is
rather exciting for the passengers!
We stopped at Avani, where we have an
organized church, located in a very fertile
and pretty valley. When we reached Kainantu we parked our jeep by the side of
the home of Pastor and Sister Stocken.
We found them busily engaged in attending to the many duties that come to a
District Director. Of necessity our stay
was a brief one, and we set out on our
return journey next morning, joined by
Pastor Stocken and his cook boy. Our
jeep was "parked" at Avani in the little
"house-car"—a garage constructed of
native materials. After getting together a
carrying line we set out on foot for the
Tirokavi group of villages over the Central
Range, where it lies on the borders of the
cannibal country. Up, up, 3,500 feet we had
to climb to an elevation of over 9,000 feet.
Then followed a slippery-slide walk of
2,000 feet down the other side into Tirokavi. It was not so long ago that we
placed a teacher among these heathen of
the southern highlands, but we found a
large gathering of people there to meet us,
and booths had been built to house the
influx of visitors, some of whom came in
from the cannibal country. The day is
coming when the first baptism will be
held in that country, where there are
customs so horrible as to seem incredible.
But the gospel is on their trail, and is
working wonders of grace ,among those
poor people. Some who had recently given
up cannibalism witnessed with wonder the
baptism that took place on Sabbath.
The writer was asked to dedicate the
very fine new church of native type construction Sabbath evening, and it was
packed for the occasion. It possesses the
same dimensions as our European type
church at Kainantu, and its pattern was
followed. Even the fine rostrum that
Brother Maberly built into the Kainantu
church several years ago was copied almost exactly. Pit-saws were used to some
extent in obtaining the timber. The building is indeed a credit to the teacher and
his people, and it was a privilege to be
present at its dedication to the Lord that
Sabbath evening. The church is located
at an elevation of probably 7,000 feet, and
its surroundings are beautiful. It represents the gospel light to those wild men of
the mountains, many of whom have become changed through knowing Christ.
Four hundred bunches of flowers were
counted within that church, a truly lovely
sight as they hung over windows and
doors and from five lines of native rope,
all running the full length of the church.
There were mountain begonias and many
other kinds of flowers and ferns, presenting a scene of beauty that expressed
the joy in the hearts of all present as
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entire operation through the years that
was the only time such a thing happened.
A million feet of timber to a couple of
young fellows operating a small box factory! It was not only unusual, it was unbelievable! To be able to buy a carload
of timber where before we had had to buy
in small quantities was an omen of success to us.
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WORLD VISION
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Faithfulness to God the
Foundation of a Prosperous
Business
CLYDE HARRIS
In 1914, when I married, I was not a
Seventh-day Adventist, though my Adventist mother had done her best to live
the truth before her family of boys and
her unbelieving husband. I really did believe what she had taught us, and expected some day to join the church.
My wife was a Methodist. The first
Sunday after our marriage, she said,
"Let's go to church today, dear."
I replied, "If I ever go to church it
will not be on Sunday. I would have gone
yesterday if I had been going."
Her answer to that was, "If you had
told me that before we were married, I
would never have married you!"
We argued the merits of Saturday and
Sunday all through the morning. She was
sure it would be easy to find the Sunday
texts. When she was unable to locate
them, she appealed first to the Methodist
and then to the Christian [Church of
Christ] preacher to prove the Sunday
point. She was disappointed with their
inability to uphold the teaching of their
faiths.
W. H. Martin opened a series of meetings in Milton, Oregon, in November of
that year. I really studied, and was soon
convinced that I should join the church.
I went forward one Friday evening in response to a call for dedication, but my
wife did not go, for she could not yet see
some points. When, however, the Christian minister answered Pastor Martin's
sermon in what she considered an unChristian spirit, she began to lose her
sympathy for the Sunday group. In time
the Sabbath doctrine was plain to her.
She responded to the call to go forward,
and we were baptized together five months
after our marriage.
There were, of course, other factors contributing to our journey to the church. In
addition to Pastor Martin's meetings, I
, would mention W. W. Stewart's influence
as a pastor, and Fred Tracy's Bible
studies. I especially remember the influence exerted by a lay member with
whom I had worked. His comments while
we were on the job would be on this wise:
"Things surely show that the Lord is coming," or, "If the Lord is coming, we'd
better be getting ready, hadn't we?" These
statements and suggestions made without
a required answer from me, and without
any argument, made a strong impression
on my mind.
When I finally began keeping the Sabbath, one of my brothers who had not
been keeping Sabbath, said, "If Clyde can
earn a living and keep the Sabbath, so
can I." Then I realized the tremendous
power of example.
Undoubtedly there were some things we
did not know or fully understand when we
joined the church, but tithing was cer-
tainly not one of them. To me tithing
was as basic as Sabbath-keeping. As the
errors in our way of life were pointed out
to us, we were honest in our efforts to
correct them, and the Lord continued to
lead us because of that. Then it was not
long until we no longer had the desire to
do the things in question. Tobacco, tea,
or coffee we never used.
The little church in Milton, of which
we became members, was made up of
older people. They were delighted to have
us, a young couple, join them. They did
exactly the right thing. They put us to
work! After a few months in the church
I was asked to lead the little prayer service. Then I was given a Sabbath school
class, for which I studied diligently.
Though the dear older members sat in the
class, it was the young teacher who was
the learner.
A Little Box Factory
In order to show how remarkably the
Lord has led me in a temnoral way, I must
retrace my steps to the time when I first
opened a little box factory with my
brother in Milton. Why did I choose this
place and this business? I am sure that
the Lord was guiding me even before I
had acknowledged Him. When I began
the business in 1913, I had already had a
remarkable experience in observing and
working in a similar factory in another
location. In this experience I saw the
leading of God's hand, for I had promised
myself that I would find a business in
which there was no limit to its future.
Here we were in the midst of a fruit valley, with growers needing boxes for their
crops.
In 1913, when we were operating on a
shoestring, a man representing a West
Coast company came into the plant and
asked us to buy a million feet of timber!
We were asked to pay down at the time
only the $2,500 freight charge. In the
The Lord's Protecting Hand
After operating the box factory for three
years, during which time we had become
Seventh-day Adventists, we added a sawmill in 1916, and in 1924 branched out
further. In the thirty-nine continuous
years of operation, there was only one
year, 1932, when we did not show a profit.
In that year how I wished I might walk
out from under the burdens, free ,from
responsibilities, but every time I came to
a blank wall, the Lord opened an avenue
of escape and gave me valuable experience,
which has been useful since. We owe our
financial success to the Lord's protecting
hand in our business. When in difficult
places, we claimed the promise in Deut.
28: 13: "And the Lord shall make thee the
head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be
above only, and thou shalt not be beneath." He has fulfilled that promise
abundantly.
As we added fruit farms to our holdings,
the Lord rebuked the devourer for our
sakes, so that we always had crops. Our
gardens and orchards prospered. A different temptation presented itself in connection with the orchards. Other farmers
were running pigs in their orchards, and
the devil tempted me with the idea of
clear profit with no overhead. For months
I fought the temptation. I finally won,
and was signally blessed. For ten years
we had larger crops than did the other
orchardists, and we did not raise pigs.
It has always been my conviction that
to make money we must produce. In other
words, I believe that man must not hide
his talents; he must use them. From our
earliest box factory, in the mill, and on
to the furniture factory, which has become
the largest producer of unfinished furniture in the world, I have maintained production at a high level. This year the factory has produced four million dollars'
worth of goods, and has shipped furniture
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An aerial view of the mill and furniture factory that was given to the denomination by
Brother and Sister Clyde Harris.
to every state in the Union and to Hawaii
and Alaska. To do this, we have needed
much wisdom. I believe that the Lord will
give wisdom if we ask in faith. When
tools, instruments, timber, or whatever
was needed seemed unavailable, I claimed
the promise, and like the oil and meal
in the widow's barrel, the supply has not
failed. We have been able to operate a
highly competitive business, employing 650
workers, and have never failed to pay our
workers.
Many times during the period when we
were making fruit boxes we were under
pressure to operate on the Sabbath. Each
summer our customers would threaten to
quit doing business with us if we did not
supply boxes on Sabbath, but each time
we believed in the promise, "I will make
thee the head, and not the tail." I believe that promise applies to Seventh-day
Adventists in their homes, in their businesses, and in all their affairs. God intended His people to occupy positions of
leadership. I have accepted various civic
responsibilities, believing that "a good
name is rather to be chosen than great
riches."
Money has power, and those of you who
have not had to make decisions concerning large amounts may not recognize the
temptations it brings. I am thankful that
the Lord has given me sufficient wisdom to
make things go, but has saved me from
the love of money.
As I began to approach the age that
many regard as the retirement age, I
pondered as to what disposition I should
make of my property. I thought of the
wealthy men whom I had noticed when I
was young. What had they accomplished?
I bore in mind that all must soon pass.
Why should I wait until I was old and no
longer had the zest of life before I made
my decision? My wife and I considered
the matter seriously. We decided we
wanted the Lord to have the business. The
next step was to decide how and when.
"Why not now?" I asked. "Why not turn
it over while I am in my right mind and
can help in an orderly transfer of operation?" Was I afraid to take the chance?
Did I fear for the operation of the business I had spent my life in building? It
was a struggle. It is easy to tell about it,
but try giving away your lifework. Here
was a huge fleet of trucks—ours today,
but we would sign a paper, and tomorrow
they would no longer be ours. Here was a
vast sprawling plant—ours today, tomorrow ours no longer! Nevertheless we made
the decision; we signed the papers, and
have no regrets.
Some have asked, "Is it not hard for
you to see others do differently from what
you would have done?" I answer, "My
term of stewardship in that capacity is
ended. I have used the talents entrusted
to me, and have returned them with interest into God's work. Now the stewardship is in the hands of others, and an account will be due from them. May God
guide in its administration."
I am yet able to be of some service in
God's cause. Through the years of my
CLYDE HARRIS COMMENTS ON
RIGHT READING HABITS
When I was a young boy I read
a statement to the effect that one
should never read what he did not
want to remember, for if he did he
would thereby cause his mind to forget the things he might wish to
know. From that time I have conscientiously avoided reading fiction
or any untruth, but have read only
those things that would build the
mind. This does not mean that I
have never been tempted. As I have
passed the magazine stands stacked
high with reading material, I have
often been tempted, but have not
yielded. I cannot emphasize too
much the importance of this decision
in my life. I believe that adherence
to this principle has given me a clear
mind to make the right decisions at
the right time.
When I think of the vast import
of my chance reading of the original
statement to which I referred, I am
impelled to write a similar statement
in the hope that some other lad may
read and hearken.
—Review and Herald, 8/1/53.
church membership I have taken an active part in the work of the church and
of the conference. Realizing from my own
experience that young people should learn
to carry responsibilities, I am endeavouring to give guidance to those who will soon
take my place, rather than to carry so
much of the burden myself. I believe that
also is God's plans.
From the time we became Seventh-day
Adventists we have believed wholeheartedly in the promise in Mal. 3: 10, 11:
"Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine
house, and prove me now herewith, saith
the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you
the windows of heaven, and pour you out
a blessing, that there shall not be room
enough to receive it. And I will rebuke
the devourer for your sakes, and he shall
not destroy the fruits of your ground;
neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the Lord
of hosts."
We have fulfilled our part of the verse,
conscientiously meeting the conditions. If
ever there was a question in our minds as
to the exact amount of the tithe, we always added enough so that there was no
question remaining. I fully believe that
God requires a faithful tithe and liberal
offerings. We have proved Him through
the years, and He has rebuked the devourer for our sakes. He has multiplied
our means a hundredfold—yes, a thousandfold and more.
—"Review and Herald," 8/1/53.
The Lights Come On in Old
London
T. R. FLAIZ, M.D.
During the last week of February, I
passed through London, where George
Vandeman, Tom Bradley, Ben Glanzer,
Dr. Wayne McFarland, and associates
have been conducting one of the greatest
campaigns of evangelism London has ever
seen.
It was my privilege to attend One of
these services. At its conclusion I had the
opportunity of meeting a number of the
people who are attending these lectures.
Many are influential and professional
people. I recall being introduced to a
woman and her daughter who expressed
to me at that time their great appreciation for what these services had meant
to them and to many of their friends.
After returning to Washington I found
in my accumulated correspondence a letter from this woman. This message is
primarily an expression of appreciation to
Adventists everywhere for making possible
the large London evangelistic meetings.
Because it reveals so clearly the spiritual
situation of this great metropolis, I pass
on for your benefit a portion of this very
revealing letter.
"When you came to London, Pastor
Vandeman introduced us, and from my
contact with the utter sincerity of your
group I feel sure my writing will not be
regarded as an impertinence. It is impressed upon me that for this Heaven-sent
gift to us here in London we owe much
under God to the church in America, and
I thank them through you. Only with a
knowledge of spiritual conditions here
could you realize how powerful has been
this campaign.
"If you only knew conditions since the
first war. Only six per cent attend
church. What is the use of a call to live
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by the law of Christ if one has never
heard of Him? On this road where my
daughter and I live are children who had
never heard of Him. It is considered
quaint to really believe. It was said to me
only a few weeks back by a good man,
`Surely you don't believe in all of those
old fables!'
A Great Hunger for Truth
"Yet from my own contact I know there
is a great hunger for truth—people are
sick of dogmas, but feel there is something
somewhere. We are all so weary, exhausted, we want security.
"My own experience is like that of Job,
and although I had been holding on in
blind faith for years, I was just about
to go under. As an answer to prayer I
was led to the Coliseum, not even knowing
it was a religious meeting. The singing
was beautiful. After a few minutes of
Pastor Vandeman's talk, I was electrified; it was coming home indeed. It is
quite impossible to explain the experience
that came to me. I stumbled out, and
somehow got to Victoria Station and on
home, but I was in heaven. The circumstances were the same, but all the clouds
had gone. Intellectual queries, too. God
had given me back certainty."
Concerning the spiritual situation in
London, she observes:— •
"London is teeming with people, many
of them know nothing of God and are
giving ear to the Eastern philosophies
and the innumerable `isms' and split
groups, each with a strand of truth. Some
are turning to Spiritualism and cannot
understand what it is all about—confusion
is complete.
"The superb presentation of the complete picture of God, of life, and of man
brings the plan of redemption into focus.
Jesus becomes relevant and intelligible to
this day. And we are just two of thousands. I am more conscious every day of
the subtlety of the evil one and of how
even I, who had knowledge of truth, had
begun to feel it didn't really matter, and
I was being conditioned to accept the
counterfeit.
"My daughter said to me yesterday, '0
mummy, just think, if you had not gone
to that meeting, I should never have
learned about this truth.' Whatever you
may do all around the world, nothing will
be greater than the light turned on London's confusion. May God bless you all."
Thousands are attending these meetings
in London, and we may presume that
many are undergoing the same, experience
as the woman whose story appears here.
—"Review and Herald," 30/4/53.
Trans-Tasman Union Appeal
CHARLES HEAD
Home Missions Secretary
Two conferences of our union have
almost completed their 1953 appeal activities, and the two Queenslands are
planning to commence shortly. Greater
Sydney and South New Zealand have arranged their programmes for the latter
part of the year.'
North New Zealand appeal workers have
exceeded their magnificent achievement of
last year, and North New South Wales
has almost caught up with its record attainment of 1952. Their combined contributions add up to £23,880, and the New
Zealand exchange carries the total to
£27,888. Those figures represent much
earnest, self-sacrificing, and very success-
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North New South Wales
North New Zealand
N.Z. Exchange
1952
£8,244
15,360
£23,604
ful service, which will provide a wonderful inspiration for the other conferences
of the Trans-Tasman Union as they
work for the completion of our increased
aim.
We are particularly pleased to report
five minute-man churches and five hundred and fifty-seven minute men. Fortyfive churches have exceeded their respective goals for 1952.
This year also the appeal workers have
contacted more interested people than
usual. Quite a number are now receiving Bible studies, and some have already
commenced to attend Sabbath services.
Consequently, the possibility of developing
more fully the soul-winning objective of
the appeal in the homeland can be better
appreciated and more comprehensively
planned.
The soul-winning programme for the
mission field has been splendidly maintained from the inauguration of the Appeal for Missions. However, the rapid
progress of the appeal in recent years has
not yet been equal to the rapid expansion
of the mission field activities, but it has,
nevertheless, provided wonderful assistance, and this has been always fully appreciated. For the future the prospects
of increased help from this very important work are excellent.
The students, and staff of the Australasian Missionary College, and the New
Zealand Missionary College, have gathered
£4,450. The former, with sixty-two students less than the 1952 group, have not
quite arrived at last year's attainment,
but are now working to complete some
unfinished territory for the realization of
the £200 which is required to bring their
total to the desired amount of £3,000. The
latter have shattered all previous records
and received over one-third more than
their previous best.
Pastor J. R. Kent, the North New South
Wales Home Missions secretary, is very
enthusiastic concerning the splendid work
of the Australasian Missionary College,
and has arranged for a comprehensive report for the "Record."
The following is a portion of Pastor
Tolhurst's write-up describing the effort of
the New Zealand Missionary College:—
"Dr. McDowell's careful organization
and enthusiastic leadership has been
amply rewarded. Great enthusiasm and
determination characterized the student
body. Bands of students ranged over the
countryside. They sallied forth by train,
car, mortor-cycle, and bicycle. A flying
squad on cycles dashed along the country
roads, and helped materially in swelling
the total.
"Parties operating from the college in
nearby districts brought in £402 in three
days. A teacher and twelve students who
went to Wellington, reported £100 for the
Sunday, another £100 for Monday, and returned on Wednesday night with £316.
Four smaller teams gathered £452.
"Three young men met men willing to
have Bible studies in their homes. One of
the interested ones is a teacher who has
taught in Fiji, and wants to become a missionary. After discussing many of our
doctrines in the train to Wellington, he
signed up for the Voice of Prophecy
1953
£7,846
16,034
4,008
£27,888
Minute Men
Minute Men Churches
141
1
4
416
557
course, and asked for all the literature our
brother could send him. He said, 'I belive that God has led you to me.'
"Though many of the students are
young, they collected like veterans, as
many of them really are—young veterans.
Yes, many of them have been collecting
for years. It pays to train our children to
do appeal collecting when young. One boy
of fourteen collected £10 in a day from the
residential section of Palmerston North."
The final college figures totalled £1,650,
Which in the words of Pastor Tolhurst
"exceeded all expectations."
For the work of those who have given
us such an excellent commencement, we
are deeply grateful, and would also thank
the Lord for rewarding their faithful service with such bountiful success.
An Interesting Letter
The following letter was forwarded, to
us by the Home Missions secretary, North
New South Wales Conference:—
"Canberra,
April 4, 1953.
"Dear Sir,
I am a convinced and practising Anglican, and am unable to accept the views, of
your church concerning the literal interpretation of the Bible, the observance of
the Sabbath, the nature of the second
coming, and the mode of existence after
death; nor am I anxious to further the
spread of such views amongst the pagan
people of this world. Nevertheless, I
promised your Ainslie representative to
read your mission literature and send you
a contribution did it seem right and
proper. I have now decided that, despite
the divergence of our views on certain
points, there is sufficient similarity in our
beliefs, and so much merit in the fervour
with which your church sets about curing
and converting the heathen, that your
missionary organization merits my support (at any rate while I can, as now,
afford it)." [Cheque for £5 was enclosed.]
A Pioneer Missionary Is at Rest
J. D. ANDERSON
David Henry Gray was born in London
on February 23, 1889 and died in the
Kempsey hospital, North New South
Wales, on March 6, 1953. At the age of
nine months he came with his parents to
Sydney, where he spent his boyhood days
and learned the printing trade. In his
late teens he accepted the three angels'
messages of Revelation 14, and entered the
Australasian Missionary College where he
remained for seven years. Much of this
time he spent in the printing press, which
enabled him to pay his college fees. His
heart was set on the mission field, and it
was in 1915, just a little over a year after
Pastor G. F. Jones had opened the Solomon Islands field, that our late brother
accepted an invitation to connect with it.
He was a single man at the time. The
island of Gatukae on the south-east end
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of the Marovo Lagoon was his first district, but later he was asked to supervise
as well the Viru station situated some
forty miles away on the west coast of New
Georgia. After five years of untiring effort
and struggling against malaria fever, he
had the joy of seeing many turn away
from heathen customs to serve the Saviour
he loved. Feeling much run down he returned to the homeland for his first furlough. In 1921 he again set out for his old
field, this time with a companion, having
married Miss May Goldsmith during his
vacation. Together they laboured faithfully, returning periodically on furlough,
until sickness caused their permanent return to the homeland in 1937. Today,
throughout the islands in the Solomon
group, many of the native constituency
testify to the sincerity and earnestness of
these workers.
Two sons and three daughters were born
to this union. Two daughters, Amy and
Edith predeceased their father. The
former, at the age of three, was laid to
rest on a hillock overlooking our first mission station opened on the island of
Choiseul. It fell to the lot of the father
to measure her little form, construct the
coffin from packing cases, and finally perform the burial service.
After returning to the homeland some
time was spent at Cooranbong. Then, for
a period, our brother went zealously from
door to door with the printed page. Ten
years ago the coloured brethren in the
Kempsey area were without spiritual leadership, so David was invited to take over
this responsibility, and with his family
he moved in among these needy ones. Always a lover of camp meetings, the services of our brother were sought at these
gatherings until he came to the place,
through failing health, where he could
not throw in his weight with his fellowworkers, whom he loved dearly. His words,
"I would rather wear out than rust out,"
were true throughout his life.
Words of comfort were spoken to the
relatives and friends who gathered in a
goodly number around the grave in the
East Kempsey cemetery, where we laid
the warrior to rest. To his sorrowing
wife, daughter Joyce, and two sons, David
and Wallace, we extend our sincerest sympathy. The writer was assisted at the
graveside by Pastors H. B. P. Wicks and
D. Wyborn.
WEDDING BELLS
KRUSSMANN-HOPE.—On May 6, 1953,
at Griffith, New South Wales, Brother Hubert Krussmann of the Griffith church exchanged vows with Sister Vera I. Hope of
the Grenfell church. As these esteemed
members of both churches henceforth
unitedly bear their witness for the message in the Merriwagga district of New
South Wales, may God's richest blessing
T. W. Rutter.
attend them.
HENNING-FOSTER.—In the Nuriootpa
church, South Australia, on the afternoon
of April 6, two young people met to exchange their vows as they commence their
walk in life together. They were Brother
Leith Henning, eldest son of Brother and
Sister P. Henning of Walker's Flat, and
Mary Foster, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Foster of Greenock. A large number of
friends gathered to wish the young
couple a full measure of the Lord's richest blessings as they make their new home
at Walker's Flat, S.A.
W. N. Lock.
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ELLIS - BRANSGROVE.—In the New
Plymouth church, New Zealand, on the
afternoon of April 20, 1953, Nola Marian
Bransgrove was united in marriage with
Ronald Earl Ellis. The floral setting
added to the happy occasion, and many
friends gathered to offer their congratulations to the radiant couple. May Heaven's richest blessing follow them through
life's journey.
E. J. Brownie.
EAGER - YETTIE.—Ronald Eager and
Beryl Yettie were united in marriage in
the Wahroonga church on April 13, 1953.
These young people are ex-students of the
Australasian Missionary College, and
since graduation have been engaged in the
work of God. They are well known and
held in high esteem by many of our
people at Cooranbong and Wahroonga,
and this was in evidence by the large
number of friends who were present in the
church to witness their marriage. Brother
Eager will continue his work in the
treasury department of the conference
office at Wagga.
N. C. Burns.
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"I've stood beside the grave,
I weep with those that weep;
For I have felt death's chilling wave,
And crossed its waters deep."
BENNETT.—On May 4, 1953, at the
Toowoomba General Hospital, John Bennett, after a long period of incapacity,
peacefully closed his eyes in death at the
age of seventy-three. At the graveside in
the Toowoomba cemetery we reviewed
again the certainty of the Christian's
hope. Our sincere sympathy is extended
to Sister Brown, who has given her
brother much kindly attention during his
B. C. Grosser.
long illness.
BUDARICK. — Brother James Walter
Budarick passed to his rest on the first
day of May, in the eightieth year of his
life. Our late brother accepted this message about twenty-six years ago, mainly
through the labours of his brother Horace,
of Murray Bridge. He is survived by his
wife, three brothers, and two sisters. We
laid him to rest in the Mannum cemetery,
in the presence of a large number of relatives and friends, Brother R. Cobbin assisted the writer at the graveside, as words
of comfort were spoken to the sorrowing
W. N. Lock.
relatives.
SMITH.—Sister E. M. Smith of Avondale passed quietly to her rest in the Sydney Sanitarium on April 10, and was laid
to rest by the side of-her husband in the
Avondale cemetery. With her husband our
dear sister accepted present truth in
Devenish, Victoria, in 1905, under the ministry of Pastor Hennig. The family moved
to Avondale in 1918. Sister Smith was a
faithful Christian and a good mother.
She leaves to mourn her departure a fine
family of two sons, Carl and Harry, and
three daughters, Sisters R. Scarfe, R.
Tudor, and R. Grinham. Her loved ones all
find comfort in their mother's faith and
in the confidence of seeing her again in
A. F. J. Kranz.
the first resurrection.
EISZELE.—At the Royal Melbourne
Hospital, on April 27, 1953, Sister Mary
Eiszele of Coburg, Victoria, passed away
at the age of eighty-three years. It was
forty-five years ago when the message
came to her, and through the years she
has been a loyal and faithful follower
of her Lord. Her loving devotion, together
with her sweet disposition, endeared her
to a large circle of friends. She will be
greatly missed among us. After a service
in the Coburg church we laid her to rest
in the Fawkner cemetery awaiting the
trumpet's call to a resurrected life. Associated with the writer in the services were
Pastors H. S. Streeter and B. Hadfield. To
the many kind friends and relatives assembled our sincere sympathy was extended.
E. G. Whittaker.
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BREVITIES
The North Queensland camp-meeting,
which closed on the evening of May 9, was
the largest yet held in that mission. Over
500 people were present at the last weekend, and their response to spiritual appeals and for help for our overseas mission
work was most willing.
In a brief mention of the Appeal for
Jsions in Tasmania, the president of the
conference writes, "We are still working
on the appeal and we were very thrilled
last week when Launceston church, with
a membership of 111, reported that they
had collected £1,000. This, we feel, is a
very worthy effort."
A feeling of sorrow touched the hearts
of all attending the recent North Queensland camp-meeting when a little lad of
four—one of a family of ten children of
Brother and Sister Bobongi of Innisfail—
unfortunately aspirated a whole peanut
which lodged in the bronchial membrane
causing asphyxiation within thirty-six
hours. To the sorrowing family we express
our profound sympathy.
Among recent visitors to Wahroonga
were Pastor and Mrs. F. L. Sharp from
Auckland, New Zealand. Pastor Sharp is
nearing his eighty-ninth birthday and retains much of his earlier clearness of mind
and physical vigour. He entered the - organized work of this denomination in 1899.
We sincerely hope that both Pastor and
Mrs. Sharp will greatly enjoy their visit
in Australia.
From Nambour, which is about seventy
miles from Brisbane, Pastor M. M. Stewart writes to say that they plan to open
an evangelistic mission in the Vogue
Theatre, which seats six hundred people,
on Sunday night, May 31. They also plan
to hold four week-night meetings in
smaller centres within a radius of twelve
miles of Nambour. Pastor Stewart will be
pleased to receive addresses of your
friends resident in that area as stated in
another column of this issue.
A cablegram received at Wahroonga
from the secretary of the General Conference, advises that an acute heart attack
caused the death, on Sunday, May 10, of
W. E. Nelson, ex-treasurer and field secretary of the General Conference. Pastor
Nelson visited this field late in 1948, and
gave us good counsel in the setting up
of the new division organization. With
many others around the world we lament
his passing, but feel consoled by the
thought of his faithful service and sincere witness over many years. Pastor
Nelson's devoted wife survives him.
Hidden Faults
THOMAS A. DAVIS
The senior theology student stood before the large congregation gathered for
Sabbath school, and began his review of
the previous week's lesson. I listened
casually to his words for two or three
minutes, and then he spoke a sentence
that jolted me wide awake and set me off
on a new and serious line of thought.
"We are all a great deal worse than we
think we are."
Was it true? Was I worse than I appeared to myself? And then I began to
think of little experiences that had somehow shaken hidden faults in my character out into the open. And I remembered noting things in the lives of others,
very obvious faults apparent to everyone
else except their owner. And Christ prayed
for His murderers—a prayer telling us
they did not realize the magnitude of their
sins: "Father, forgive them; for they
know not what they do."
In the Book of Revelation we are told
that the 144,000 will stand "without fault
before the throne of God," And we are
all candidates for that group.
How earnestly we need to pray the
prayer of the psalmist who seemed to have
been thinking along the same line, "Who
can understand his errors? cleanse thou
me from secret faults." Ps. 19: 12.
"We are all a great deal worse than we
think we are." How much we stand in
need of God's transforming power!
—"Review and Herald," 9/ 4/53.
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
Sydney S.D.A. High School Fete
A cordial invitation is given to all
Greater Sydney Conference members and
their friends, to visit the newly-opened
Sydney Seventh - day Adventist High
School, 159-161 Albert Road, Strathfield,
for a fete to be conducted in the grounds
on Saturday evening, June 6, at 7.45 p.m.
Special features include: Stalls, refreshments, games, films, etc.
Proceeds of the evening will go toward
amenities for the high school.
Bus 414 leaves Strathfield station at
7.52 p.m.
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Sydney Sanitarium and
Hospital
To those Seventh-day Adventist young
men and women in New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, and
Western Australia, who are desirous of
joining the 1954 nurses' training class at
the Sydney Sanitarium and Hospital, we
would recommend that unless you have
already secured the Intermediate certificate or its equivalent, you make immediate
plans to sit for the next nurses' entrance
examination to be held in your state.
Might we suggest that you contact the
Registrar, State Nurses' Registration
Board, to secure an application form in
order that you might make arrangements
to sit for the nurses' examination. The
Registrar of the Nurses' Registration
Board will furnish all particulars necessary for this examination whether you
live in the city or in the country.
We should mention that your application will need to be lodged with the
Nurses' Registration Board on the first
day of the month previous to the month
in which the examination is held. No
state examinations are held in Queensland
or New Zealand.
Notices re applications for the 1954
nurses' training class will appear in later
issues of this paper.
Board of Management,
Sydney Sanitarium and Hospital,
A. H. Forbes, Secretary.
they dedicated Tirokavi church to the
glory of God. This building was erected
where but recently only the heathen
roamed aimlessly over these mountain
trails. It represented victory, thrilling victory for the gospel of our Lord.
More victories were ahead of us on that
wonderful Sabbath day. The service and
testimony meeting were cared for by
Pastor Stocken, and there was an excellent response.
Following the close of that inspiring
meeting about 1,500 people gathered by a
chilly little mountain stream and here
Pastors Stocken and Sobu baptized
twenty-eight candidates, following an address on baptism and its meaning, by the
writer. These dear people came from
places scattered round the edge of that
land of cannibals.
Later that Sabbath afternoon the ordinances of the Lord's house were held,
in which more than a hundred took part,
among them those who had been newly
baptized. It was a thrilling, a moving
scene, out there in that wild country.
With happy hearts we set out to climb
the range from Tirokavi Sunday morning,
where we parted company with Pastor
Stocken and his teachers. He was to
journey on foot through other centres on
his way back to Kainantu and home.
Down, down 3,500 feet down over very
slippery trails we walked on the return
journey to Avani.
And thus the fruitage is being gathered
in. from areas of stark heathenism, and it
will go on increasing till Jesus comes.