1. education
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Dryden was calling it "a cheat," John
Gay designated it "a jest," and Sir
William Temple assured the listening
world that "when all is done at its
greatest and best, it is like a forward
child that must be played with and
humored a little to keep it quiet till
it falls asleep, and then the care is
over."
A century later William Cowper
took his pen and wrote this dismal
answer to the query:
"A painful passage o'er a restless flood,
A vain pursuit of fugitive false good,
A sense of fancied bliss and heartfelt
care,
Closing at the last in darkness and
despair."
Then still later Benjamin Disraeli
came, pronouncing "youth a blunder,
manhood a struggle, and old age a
regret." As far back as Martin Luther's day Francois Rabelais died in
a fit of laughter, calling to those
around him, "Draw the curtain, the
farce is played out." Even the great
William Shakespeare gives no solution when he declares:
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"Live for Something, Have a Purpose, and That Purpose Keep in View;
Drifting Like a Helpless Vessel, Thou Can'st Ne'er to Life B True"
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By BERNARD R. RASMUSSEN
F
OR centuries men have tried to
answer the question, Why are
we here? For what purpose is
life? Why do we live? We have
no choice in the matter. We simply
find ourselves here. Surely there
must be some purpose in our existence.
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Let us first ask some of the great
thinkers and scholars, men of renown, who have passed off the stage
of action. Abraham Cowley, the
seventeenth-century British poet, insisted that life is "an incurable disease." About the same time, John
"Life's but a walking shadow; a poor
player,
That struts and frets his hour upon
the stage,
And then is heard no more : it is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and
fury,
Signifying nothing."
It is maintained that the present
age is an age of great enlightenment;
hence it may be well to consider
briefly the testimony of more modern
thinkers. Bertrand Russell says:
"Man's life is impotent and dark.
Upon him and all his kind the slow,
sure doom falls pitiless and vast.
Omnipotent matter rolls on its relentless way." Listen to the words
of Clarence Darrow: "There is no
goal in living. If we knew where
we are going, we could pick out the
road. But so far as science, philosophy, or history can throw any
light on the subject, we are not going
anywhere."
Some years ago I sat in the university classes of a great leader in American education. Said this famous
teacher: "We cannot set the correct
aim in education, nor truly define'
its purpose, because we do not know
what is the purpose of life."
Some time later I heard Doctor
Martin of the (Turn to page zo)
DECEMBER 24, 1940
IT was eleven weeks ago.
A veteran missionary sat on a
sunny mountainside about twelve
miles from the great city of Kunming (formerly Yunnanfu) in far
Southwestern China. He was writing
a letter.
The drone of a fleet of bombing
planes attracted his attention, and his
typewriter stopped its clicking while
he watched them pass along a near-by
skyway, wheel into attack formation
as they reached the city, dive to drop
their deadly missiles, then head south
for their base in Indo-China. His
wife and son, who had been having
school a little distance away, joined
him. (Fred must needs keep up with
his lessons even if they have been
obliged to flee to the rocks and the
mountains !)
The sound of explosions and gunfire came as a faint echo across
Kuyang Hai, a great lake that
stretches between Kunming's walls
and their safe retreat. In the distance they could see smoke and dust
rising from the bombed city. As
they watched, it became evident that
the planes would pass directly over
their heads ; so the little mission
family crouched down in a narrow
gully. One lone bomb fell not far
away.
"What a sad, troubled world this
is," sighed the missionary.
"Yes," smiled his,.., gallant wife,
"but God has been good to us !"
Then school resumed its interrupted
session, and the missionary continued
his letter. This is a part of what
he wrote that sunny October day, Out
on a Yunnan hillside.
A
S we considered threats that
Kunming was to be bombed out
of existence, we prayed earnestly for
direction regarding what we ought to
do, and felt led to seek living quarters outside the city. After considering several possibilities, we finally
rented half of the home of a man
with whom we were acquainted in
a business way. It is located west
of Kunming, just over the first pass
on the Burma Road, and about half
a mile up the mountain from the
highway.
"We hesitated to incur the expense
of moving, but there seemed nothing
else to do; so we ordered ten horsecarts for Monday morning. Of
course, these carts do not carry much,
and it was hard to know just what
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to take and what to leave when making such an emergency move. The
first box I packed contained my Bible
and the writings of the Spirit of
prophecy. Books, clothes, cots, bedding, and our cookstove were listed
as among the actual necessities.
"Our carts were barely outside the
north gate of the city when the first
air-raid warning sounded. How
thankful we were that we had been
led to secure a place and hire carts
and load them while all was quiet.
"Fred came down with the flu
while we were packing, and had a
high temperature, and we thought
best not to move him; so my wife
and I did not go with the carts.
A cot was placed in our basement,
and we carried the lad down there.
After a time twenty-seven big bombers appeared. They came along the
western shore of the lake, circled at
its north end, passed over our place,
and then released a rain of bombs.
"After the all-clear signal sounded
I went out to see how our church
people who live in the bombed quarter had fared. Many had had narrow
escapes, but no one had been injured
or lost any property.
"Early Wednesday morning Fred
and his mother left by boat for the
west side of the lake. A man was
hired to carry the sick boy on his
back from the lake shore over the
mountain pass to this refuge.
"The house is well built—about
like a fort—and we should be safe
from bandits. A large stream roars
along under the building, operating
two water wheels that can be used
either for grinding wheat or corn or
for polishing rice. The only openings on the ground floor are the heavy
doors than can be well barred. The
few windows on the upper floor are
very small and are also barred. The
building is constructed around the
four sides of an open court. This
court is divided, giving the owner
and his families (he has three wives)
one half, while our families have the
other half.
"In our section we have two rooms
on the ground floor and two and a
half rooms on the upper floor. These
we share with our five Chinese workers and their families. One room
on the upper floor is ours. It serves
as our dining room, living room, bedroom, and offices. Yes, it is also
Fred's schoolroom. The treasurer of
our Yunnan Mission [the missionary's
wife] divides her time between teach-
ing school and keeping books. This
living arrangement saves many steps.
What we have is always close at
hand. The cooking is done in a public runway, which counts as half a
room. We hope that the black-tile
roof immediately above us will absorb enough heat from the sun to
keep our quarters livable.
"This place may prove to be a
health retreat for us. There is plenty
of fresh air, as there is no way to
keep it out. We must retire early,
since kerosene is out of our reach
and candles are selling for one dollar each. Our eyes will no longer
permit us to work or read by the
light of a native oil lamp. We cannot go out nights, even if there were
some place to go, as the owner wants
his house locked by dusk.
"However, the air is not always
too fresh. There are no chimneys
connected with the several fires over
which the families on the ground
floor cook, and when the wind blows
from the north, various odors come
over the partition that separates our
room from the owner's apartment.
Those easily recognizable are of alcohol, tobacco, and opium.
"Now that our families are located
here where it is safe, we men can
get out into the field. This we could
not do when we were in the city and
the place was in danger of being
bombed.
"The work for the Miao tribespeople continues to grow. Interests
are springing up on every side. Even
though we have been working among
them only a comparatively short time,
two thousand have accepted the third
angel's message and are eagerly
looking for the soon coming of Jesus."
A
S you read this vivid word picture, painted on a Yunnan
mountainside, the New Year is just
beginning. What does it hold in store
for our missionaries out in the farflung front-line trenches? For those
of us who are helping to hold the fort
at home? Only God knows!
But we need not be dismayed, for
the Lord is our Rock, and in Him we
may find safe refuge, no matter how
fierce be the tempest that rages.
Shall we not serve Him faithfully
and trust Him fully every moment of
every day of 1941?
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true of other famous painters whose
works of art are priceless today.
Michelangelo, the greatest genius of
the Italian Renaissance, said of Raphael:
"One of the sweetest souls that ever
breathed,
He owed more to his industry than to
his genius."
Since God drove Adam and Eve
from Eden, and declared that they
henceforth should earn their bread by
the sweat of their face, toil has been
the prerequisite to success. Toil has
become the law of life. Ruskin emphasized this when he said:
"If you want knowledge, you must
toil for it; if food, you must toil for
it; and if pleasure, you must toil for
it; toil is the law."
Did you ever watch a family of ants
at work ? Like bees, ants are tireless
workers, forever laboring to add to
their food supply. The ant and the
bee are symbols of industry. In His
word, God invites us to study their
methods, and profit by their example.
"Go to the ant, thou
sluggard; consider her
ways, and be wise:
which having no guide,
overseer, or ruler, provideth her meat in the
summer, and gathereth
her food in the harvest."
Charles Spurgeon,
the great English Nonconformist preacher,
wrote: "Hard work is
the grand secret of success. Nothing but rags
and poverty can come
of idleness."
What are your ambitions for the
future? Do you expect to become a
doctor ? a nurse? a schoolteacher ? a
musician? a preacher? or a stenographer? If so, keep that one aim in
mind continually, and work till you
have reached your goal. And if you
do not reach your goal as soon as you
had expected, and if obstacles trip you
and cause you to stumble and fall,
get up and go right on, with courage
and good will, in the full realization
that, after all, the (Turn to page 12)
FEW years ago I attended a A few times during the school year
concert given in a well-filled I opened his door and chided him for
auditorium by a talented young keeping such late hours. Always I
pianist with whom I was personally found him sitting by his table, his
well acquainted. At the conclusion face buried in his books, studying as
of the inspiring program, a woman hard as he could. "Bright?" Yes,
who sat immediately in front of me bright, because he studied harder,
turned to her companion and said: longer, and more sincerely than his
"That young man has remarkable tal- associates.
"Investigations into the lives of the
ent. He's surely a genius."
I drew from the remarks which fol- great men of our age," observes Willowed that the women believed that liam Blackie, "show that
the pianist had inherited most of his these men outstayed
ability ; that it was acquired naturally other men, worked
and without much personal effort. harder than other men,
But I knew that they were mistaken. worked longer than other
I thought back over the years of my men." That this has incompanionship with the young artist, deed been the experience
and I realized again, as I had often of many such men is
realized before, that genius is ninety- proved by the following
eight per cent perspiration, or hard testimony, which comes
work, and only two per cent inspira- from one of the world's
greatest oil magnates:
tion.
"For twenty-five years
I recalled how he had begun studying piano early in life; how he had I was at work at seven,
stuck to his music, year in, year out, and did not leave till
practicing, after ten years at the piano, 7 P.M. Many times I
from six to eight hours every day. worked all night." How
"No," I said half-audibly, "success is true the statement :
not the result of an accident, but the "But they, while their companions slept,
Were toiling upward in the night."
result of years of hard work."
One does not always think of an
And this is exactly what Henry
Wadsworth Longfellow concluded, artist's labor as hard work, but
after he had studied into the reasons Millais, famed English painter of the
why some men succeed and others nineteenth century, declared: "I work
harder than any plowman. My advice
fail in life. He declared:
to
all boys is, Work." And had it not
"The heights by great men reached and
been for his tremendous industry, the
kept,
Were not attained by sudden flight; world of today would not be in posBut they, while their companions slept, session of his treasured paintings.
Were toiling upward in the night."
And what is true of Millais is also
While I was attending college, there
was a certain young man in the dormitory who was considered by all to
be the best student in the school, barring none. Many of his fellow students must have been mildly jealous
'THIS is the gospel of labor,
of his mental capacity and capabilities.
Ring it, ye bells of the kirk!
They declared that he was naturally
The Lord of love came down from above
bright, and consequently did not need
to study very much.
To live with the men who work.
But I knew that this was not the
This is the rose that He planted,
case. It so happened that at that parHere in the thorn-curst soil:
ticular time I was working on a late
Heaven is blest with perfect rest,
night shift, and did not reach the
But the blessing of earth is toil.
dormitory till after one o'clock in the
—Henry van Dyke.
morning. Night after night as I
passed down the hallway I noticed
that all room lights had been extinguished except the one in the room
of this supposedly brilliant student.
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T is universally acknowledged that Sir
Walter Scott was the
greatest literary genius
that Scotland has ever
produced. His immortal
works were written with
such ease that he became
popularly known as the
"Great Magician." But
lovers of Scott are just
as interested in his views
on social, moral, and spiritual questions as in his
poems and stories, because
they are so instructive, so
full of ripe wisdom and
sound common sense.
His considered opinion
and firm conviction on the
subject of strong drink are
especially interesting. In
Scott's day it was customary for everyone to
drink alcoholic liquors.
Drunkenness was regarded
as a virtue rather than as
a vice. No man was considered worthy of being
ranked as a gentleman unless he took drink to excess. A contemporary of
Scott said that "gentlemen
in his native town were
so addicted to drink that
they were carried to bed
each nigh t, helplessly
drunk." When wines and
spirits were introduced at
a dinner party, the women
retired, for as the liquor
began to flow, the conduct
and conversation of the
men were no longer fit for
the society of women.
While the gentry ,indulged in wines and spirits
in their mansions, the
poor filled themselves with
beer in the public houses.
In the city of London,
every second shop was a
drinking saloon, and every
third shop a pawnbroker's.
On the windows of the public houses
were bold notices inviting passers-by
to "come in and get drunk for one
penny and dead drunk for twopence."
As a further inducement, free straw
on which to sleep off the effects of
intoxication was promised to patrons.
We are not surprised to find that
Sir Walter Scott followed the custom
of his day. In his early manhood he
drank freely with the law writers and
barristers of Edinburgh, and was
often intoxicated. He was sometimes
mixed up in drunken brawls in taverns
at which sailors congregated, and a
companion said that "he was always
first to begin a row and the last to
end it." In afteryears he expressed
his deep contrition for the dissipations
of his youth. Even when he had
risen to fame through his writings,
he still drank freely on special occasions ; and never did he stint his
I
Scott had seen several
of his most brilliant contemporaries cut off in the
prime of life through
their habits of self-iridulgence. He was entering
into young manhood when
his country mourned the
death of its illustrious•
poet, Robert Burns. As a
master of literature Sir
Walter could appreciate
the poetic genius of Burns
better than most of his
countrymen, and he realized what treasures of
song the world had lost
through his early and
tragic death.
Certain well-meaning
efforts have been made to
cover the shame of "Robbie's" tragic death by attributing it to some cause
other than alcoholism.
But Scott was well acquainted with his private
life and knew how his
friendship had been
courted by the gentry, who
nightly plied him with
drink until he became intoxicated. It was after
such a night of self-indulgence, when he was incapable of looking after
himself, that he contracted
a severe chill which resulted in an illness that
cut short his days. Scott
never uttered a greater
truth than when he sorrowfully spoke of Burns
as "Scotland's Glory and
her Shame."
Sir Walter Scott engaged a clever German
scholar named Heber to
help him in his literary
researches. The young
man often dined with the
Scott family, and it was
soon discovered that he
was imbibing alcohol too
freely. Scott took a paternal interest in him and advised him to mend
his ways. But in those days, as
today, this was easier said than done,
for once a man has acquired a craving for drink, he finds it an almost
impossible task to break off. Heber
continued to drink freely, until his
brain became affected and his conduct
peculiar. One day he brought two
loaded pistols into Scott's library and
insisted on having a duel immediately.
He was advised to defer the duel until
after dinner. During the evening he
became so agitated that he had to be
put into a strait jacket. He became
a hopeless lunatic, and was supported
to the end of his days at his employer's expense in an asylum at York.
Sir Walter had seen many promising young men in every profession
ruined through intemperance. Some
had been his corn- (Turn to page 13)
SIR HENRY RAEBURN. ARTIST
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By ARTHUR HEDLEY
guests in the matter of alcoholic beverages.
But in spite of his early belief that
drunkenness was a sign of manliness,
and temperance a sign of weakness,
Scott, in his more mature years, was
wiser than his generation, and saw
more clearly than any other writer of
his day that intemperance is man's
greatest folly and curse. On several
occasions he uttered, in the presence
of his devoted son-in-law, a striking
sentence which ought to be printed
in bold type and posted in every public place: "Depend on it," he said,
"of all vices, drinking is the most incompatible with greatness." Experience had taught him that alcohol
played havoc with a man's creative
powers and made good work impossible. No matter how great a genius a
man might be, a love for drink would
bring a speedy end to his greatness.
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UTSIDE everything appeared
to be peaceful and serene, but
inside, things were different.
Outside the warm winter sun was
casting its rays over a little whitewalled, red-tile-roofed cottage surrounded by a newly grown lawn with
a neat border of freshly planted rosebushes, situated in Riverside. Inside
a young man and his wife were facing one of the great crossroads of life.
"Do you want to follow the- true
Christian way of life and rear your
small son in the fear of God?" asked a
young minister who had been studying
and praying with them. "Do you
want to have a part in the wonderful
second coming of the Lord about
which we have been studying?"
"Yes, yes, I want to do all that,
but it involves too much. It means
that I must give up my job, and then
how can I pay for this new home and
our new car? It means that I must
quit smoking, dancing, and attending
the theater, and change my pattern
of life in a hundred other ways," answered Clyde. And then he looked
at his small, blue-eyed wife, and
waited' for a word from her.
"Yes, too much is involved. We
cannot consider being Seventh-day
Adventists now," agreed Evelyn, "for
we can't take the chance of letting
our child go hungry. Clyde might not
find work. It would be better to wait
until conditions are more favorable
before we change. Anyway, I don't
feel like giving up dancing, card playing, and all those things just now.
Some other time, when our home is
paid for and we feel more like settling down, we'll rightabout-face."
A silence followed that was broken
only by the monotonous ticking of the
clock. The minister looked sorrowful
as he sat with his Bible in hand. He
had worked with these young people
for a long time. He had already answered these poor excuses that they
offered again. They could not seem
to believe that God would take care
of them in time of need. Like King
Agrippa and Felix, they were saying
to the Spirit of God: "Almost Thou
persuadest me to be a Christian," but
"go Thy way for this time; when I
have a convenient season, I will call
for Thee."
"Is this your final decision?" he
asked thoughtfully.
"Yes," they answered in unison.
"May the time soon come when you
will realize that to follow the Lord
brings the only real protection and
real joy that there is in this life," he
said, as he shook hands and went
his way.
California, the land of sunshine !
This was unusual ! The weather forecast in the daily paper read: "Unsettled, with rain Monday and probably
Tuesday," and, "Rain Tuesday;
Wednesday unsettled, probably rain."
These reports sound mild, but
Wednesday's headlines: "Raging Torrents Imperil Thousands ;" "Roads
Washed Out ;" "Rivers Overflowing,"
showed the seriousness of the downpour.
"Sorry, folks, the highway is
flooded," warned a flagman on the
Colton-Riverside Road, near the Santa
Ana River bridge. "It is impossible
for you to cross here."
"Mother is waiting for us. Oh !
Can't you find a way to get across the
river ?" Evelyn queried her husband
anxiously as he was turning around.
"I think we may be able to cross
on the Mission Road which leads into
Riverside. Of course, it means that
we must take a circuitous route
around Colton to bring us about ten
miles downstream," Clyde answered.
With these words the large new
car shot along in the driving rain
and the quick-gathering darkness.
One could tell by the way the tires
sang as they rolled over the slick
pavement that the car was moving
rapidly ; the driver was racing to
cross the road before the river overflowed and washed it away.
On and on rolled the car in the
monotonous rain, through districts in
which nothing could be seen but the
pathway which the bright headlights
cut out in front of them. How gloomy
the orange and lemon groves looked !
How desolate the vineyards appeared
as the large, gnarled trunks of the
vines stood out in the soaked fields!
But Clyde and Evelyn did not have
their minds on these things, for they
were thinking soberly of something
of greater moment. It is easy to think
to oneself when nothing can be heard
but the drone of the rain on the top
of the car, the whine of tires on the
pavement, and the purring of a powerful motor. It seemed that these
sounds were just loud enough to discourage ordinary conversation, but
just soft enough to make them sit
back and dream. However, Clyde
and Evelyn were not dreaming of
castles in the sky. One could tell by
the way the driver's lips were pressed
tightly together that he was thinking
thoughts that were serious; and Evelyn's eyes looked worried and disappointed.
"I wonder why I feel the way I
do," thought Clyde to himself. "I
wonder what made me so disgusted
with the show we just saw in Colton.
Of course, it was supposed to be
funny, even if it was making light
of virtue and Christianity ! I wonder
why I felt so worried on the job last
Saturday. Maybe I should have taken
the advice of the minister, but it is
too late now. I don't want Evelyn to
think that I would back down now
on my decision not to be a Seventhday Adventist. Anyway, she doesn't
wish to change ; she doesn't want to
give up her pleasures, or take the
chance of my losing my job. I'll wait
until the time when it will be easier
to change, and then take my stand for
the right."
"I wonder why I feel the way I
do," Evelyn also thought to herself.
"I wonder why I have not been enjoying life of late. It seems that I
have been so impatient at home, so
worried, so unsettled. Sometimes I
think I should have taken the minister's advice; but I know Clyde doesn't
want to be a Seventh-day Adventist,
and besides it would be too great a
sacrifice for us now. Maybe some
other—" But her thoughts were interrupted when Jackie asked, "Why
are all those cars stopped?"
They had come to the Santa Ana
"When the Flood Had Passed, What a
Scene of Desolation Met the Sunrise!"
DECEMBER 24. 1940
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River again at West Riverside.
Here a road runs through a flat section of land in, which are found auto
camps, roadside stands, stores, inns,
and an airport, as well as the usual
trees and bushes that are ordinarily
found near a river. Crossing the
river at this place is the famous
Rudidoux Bridge at the foot of the
famous Mt. Rubidoux, where the
Easter services are held every year.
But this was not a peaceful morning;
it was a dismal night, and all that
could be heard was a great roaring
noise—the Santa Ana on a rampage
of destruction !
"The river is overflowing the road !"
Clyde cried with consternation.
"I see cars going through ; the water
is only running-board deep," observed
Evelyn hopefully.
"Well, here goes!" Clyde exclaimed
as he put the car in low gear and
launched out into the swift stream.
What a peculiar procession this
family joined! Cars, two-deep, were
struggling to keep their motors going
and to move ahead in the treacherous
stream. The rain poured down; the
wind blew. With an ever-increasing
roar the river rose.
"What if we should stall ?" thought
Evelyn to herself. The question kept
running through her mind.
"The car in front has stopped,"
Clyde remarked suddenly, as if asking,
"What shall we do now ?"
"Let's push them," Evelyn counseled, knowing that if they were kept
waiting in this rising torrent, they
would be washed over the embankment on the right side, or downstream
off the road.
Again the procession moved along
slowly in the darkness. Those cars
whose motors had not been "killed"
by a wet ignition system pushed those
in front whose motors were still.
The line moved slowly, each car
owner hoping that none of the floating
debris would entangle any one of
them; but that was just what happened ! One uprooted tree was carried down by the swift current directly into the path of a car which
had almost reached the safety point
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HE five hundred Seventh-day Adventist youth who belong to the fifty
Missionary Volunteer Societies in Colombia, Venezuela, and the Dutch
West Indies are an active group.
One young man gave a tract to a friend. As a result an entire family
of seven accepted the third angel's message. This same tract was passed
on to a friend of this family, and another family of eight were baptized.
A total of twenty-four persons were won by this one tract given out by
one Missionary Volunteer. Many other youth in this field are doing the
same kind of work.
In three different societies the members have purchased small projectors,
and, with films provided by the missions, have gone out in different suburbs
of the cities in which they live to hold evangelistic meetings. There is a
good interest in these services. Singing bands have been organized to
cooperate with these young lay preachers in their activities.
The Progressive Class work is going like a forest fire. More than eighty
have been invested as Friends during 1940. Several Companions have
also been invested. Practically the entire faculty and student body in the
union training school at Medellin are working for the Master Comrade button.
Our greatest need is for more church schools. The accompanying picture will give you an idea of the hundreds of youth between ten and thirty
years of age, many of whom can neither read nor write. Each hand raised
expresses a desire for a Christian education. Two Missionary Volunteer
Societies are shown together in this picture. We are very thankful for the
spirit of service and consecration which possesses our young people, and
as a result of twenty-one conventions held with them this year, we look
for more zealous and efficient service.
PAGE 6
where the road goes up to reach the
bridge.
"Stalled !" gasped Clyde as he
looked ahead.
As they waited there in the darkness, not knowing what to do, the
river seemed to become angrier every
moment. The water roared and
leaped, carrying everything before it.
The lights of the cars showed logs,
boards, bushes, trees, pieces of furniture, and even some houses which
had been devoured by this fierce
dragon as it twisted on its way to
the deep sea. Higher and higher the
water rose, until it almost reached
the driver's window ; stronger and
stronger became the current, and
more and more frightened grew
Clyde and Evelyn and Jackie. They
were helpless ! To step out into that
rushing current would be like walking into a lion's den.
"The cars are slipping ! They're
being washed away ! Look, those people are coming from the cars in
front !" Evelyn exclaimed, all in one
breath.
Truly, there were people coming,
holding to fenders, door handles, and
anything they could grasp. Waist
deep in water they came, their hair
stringing and their lips thin with
grim determination. They were going
to reach safety if it were possible !
Past the car in which Clyde, Evelyn,
and Jackie sat they struggled, giving
warning as they passed.
"Come out before you are washed
over," they advised, and went on,
working their way to a clump of cottonwood trees near the edge of the
road.
"Here come some people to help
us," Jackie cried out as two men appeared out of the darkness in the
glare of their headlights.
Yes, these men helped them. How
they reached the tree against that
sweeping current, no one knows. If
one of the men had not carried Jackie,
and if Clyde and the other man had
not helped Evelyn, the whole family
would have been washed away. Even
here at the tree it was not safe, for
trees all around them were being uprooted and torn away by the current.
But the tree to which they and five
others clung seemed to have stronger
roots, and stayed.
For hours they stood, slipping,
struggling, slipping again, and bucking that terrific current to keep their
heads above water. Large logs came
rushing down, narrowly missing
crushing Evelyn, who was on the upstream side of the tree. In the darkness and above the roar of the angry
water could be heard the screams of
people going down to death. Suddenly
many of the screams stopped ! The
cars had all been washed over ; their
lights had vanished. It was pitch dark.
Amid all this confusion, Clyde was
holding his boy on his shoulder and
clinging to the tree, keeping as near
as possible to (Turn to page 13)
THE YOUTH'S INSTRUCTOR
thing of a thrill in writing back home
and telling Myra Woodgate that she
had made "pineapple mousse" "eggplant timbale," or "cheese souffle."
Usually her ventures into the field of
experimental cookery were anything
but a success, but Herbert ate what
she made with words of love and
praise on his tongue that would have
caused his own mother to open her
eyes in surprise. As a child and as
a young man, he had been "finicky"
about what he ate ; and now, to keep
his bride happy, he ate things that
would have puzzled a chemist.
Then, any time the new cook made
too dismal a failure, there was a
bakery on the street right back of the
ily .1qoiaphine eunnington L'dwatdi
apartments, and they could resort to
that. .
The day their first child, a roly"They that be wise shall
—and they that turn many to
poly
boy, was born was a day of both
shine as the brightness of the
righteousness as the stars forsadness and gladness for the young
firmament:
ever and ever."
father. His own father was killed
that day by the kicking of a frightened
horse. He was sitting in his buggy
when the accident occurred. Some
unusual commotion frightened the
animal, and it kicked over the dashboard and crushed the man's legs and
lower extremities, throwing him forward under its frantic hoofs. The
news of this sudden calamity came
like a blow to the family. But there
were Mary and the new baby ! One
had to rejoice and weep at the same
time. So there was a new grave in
the cemetery and there was a pretty
flowered and flounced baby basket in
the tiny, crowded bedroom at Concha
Patio Apartments.
The tiny apartment had been perfect for a honeymoon home, but Baby
Herbert complicated things somewhat.
His bottles and his carriage and his
HE house-hunting pilgrimages with much carving was the delight own little white enameled crib and
that the two young people made of Mary's heart. Also in the bed- bathtub made a crowded, hopeless
were interesting. Finally they room were a dresser, and a miniature clutter. The dresser drawers were
found a cozy apartment house built replica of it on which rested the great crammed with fluffy blankets and
Spanish style around an attractive china pitcher and washbowl, and the nainsook dresses of great length and
courtyard. It was brand new, and soap dish and hair receiver to match. yardage. It took more goods to make
they were the first ones to rent rooms Mary always had neatly starched a baby dress in those days than it does
in it. The plaster was clean and splashers and a beautiful array of to make a house dress today, for when
smooth and white, and the woodwork lovely embroidered towels hanging on the baby was held in one's arms, his
was flawless and shining.
the back. (These were for ornament embroidered dress swept the floor.
There were a living room with a only, and not on any account to be
So the young Manns went shopping
fireplace, a kitchen, and a bedroom. used.) Herbert's masculine belong- for another house. Providence must
That the apartment would be easy to ings were tucked into a chiffonier have guided them in their selection,
care for was a point in its favor, for that matched the other furniture. for two doors away from the pretty
Mary had taken an immediate and Pictures of Rebekah at the well and bungalow they bought lived the J.
deep interest in the distilled-water Baby Stuart hung on the bedroom Johns family. Mr. Johns was an
business. She went to the store often, wall.
ardent Christian and an active memtook orders arid answered the teleThey ate in the kitchen, a cheerful, ber of the church. Herbert and Mary
phone, and suggested improvements. roomy place. Besides the gas stove, little realized when they became acThey bought a piano, a red-velvet there were a large dish cupboard, a quainted with these neighbors that
divan set, and a "patent" rocker cov- worktable, a cabinet, and a drop-leaf they would influence their future in
ered with flowered Brussels. An in- table and four chairs which were a a strange and wonderful way.
grain carpet, well padded with news- gift from Herbert's family. A tiny
And because Herbert was elected
papers, covered the floor from wall icebox sat out in the entry hall. as a member of the Methodist church
to wall. They stretched and tacked Every Monday, Wednesday, and Fri- board, he became interested in doing
it all down in one evening. When day Mary put the ice card in the something special for the men of the
the furniture was in place, they lit the window with the "25" up.
congregation. He was the first one
gas log in the fireplace and as they
She had great fun cooking dainty in the State of Colorado to organize
sat before its cheering glow they felt meals for the two of them. Some- the Methodist Wesleyan Brotherhood
that they would be very happy in their times she consulted a cookbook and Men's Club. It met every Sunday
tried out new recipes that sounded afternoon.
home.
A great walnut bed ornamented stylish and grand. There was someThe Johns and the Manns became
#e That
WINNETH
SOULS
New Friends and a Book
T
DECEMBER 24, 1940
PAGE 7
very close friends and often exchanged visits and Sunday dinners.
It was plain to see that Mrs. Johns
had the more inquiring mind of the
two. She had an old backless copy
of a religious topical-study book to
which she would refer whenever any
Bible question came up for discussion.
Her husband and Herbert often
laughed at her about this.
"What is the name of that book ?"
Herbert inquired one day when she
got out the dog-eared, maimed, loosepaged old tome and consulted it soberly.
" 'Bible Readings for the Home
Circle,' " she replied absent-mindedly.
"My grandmother bought it of a book
agent when I was just a little girl.
She gave it to me when she was old,
because she knew that I was the only
one who was as interested in it as
she was."
"Well, mother, if you like it as well
as all that, I ought to get you a new
one, and we could do away with that
old relic. Even part of the index is
gone. Who is the publisher ?" Mr.
Johns was really in earnest.
"That's just the trouble, father," she
answered. "The page that tells who
is the publisher has been missing for
years. I would have bought a new
one myself long ago if I had known
where to get it. I have learned more
about the Bible from those loose pages
than I have ever learned from a
preacher. I wouldn't take twenty-five
dollars for it !"
Mr. Johns laughed and said to his
friend as he jerked a thumb toward
his wife, "She should have been a
preacher, Herb. She certainly has an
inquiring mind, which isn't good for
a woman !"
Business was so rushing down at
the plant that Herbert did not even
notice the gospel tent that was pitched
on a near-by street early that summer. But Mrs. Johns attended every
meeting with deep interest. The
teachings at the tent were just like
those in her grandmother's old book.
She was greatly interested. The
weeks went by, and she became convinced of the truth of the doctrines
presented.
"I tell you, father, I never heard
anything like it. It is wonderful !
These people believe in all the Bible
—not just the New Testament. And
you know, I always did question the
common theory that people go to
heaven or hell when they die. Well,
I know now that it's not so. Pastor
Angelbarger proved it from the
Bible, just as I had read from grandma's old book."
She came home one time with the
strange message that these people did
not keep Sunday, but Saturday. The
preacher had proved that Saturday is
the right day and that Sunday is a
product of paganism. But Mr. Johns
would only smile tolerantly at what
he thought was just a woman's whims
and vagaries.
PAGE 8
However, when the meetings were
over and the tent was taken down, the
minister appeared every week to give
Mrs. Johns further studies. That was
decidedly annoying! When he came
in the front door, Mr. Johns would
catapult himself out the back entrance
in high dudgeon. He was not going
to have a thing to do with this newfangled religion ! Why, Hannah did
not seem a bit like herself any more !
Keeping Saturday for Sunday, and
cutting out all the good pork roasts
and bacon and side meat he liked so
well ! She even refused to brew cof-
e Strong
By EDWARD J. URQUHART
2 Cor. 16:13, Mof fatt' s translation
the man, be strong."
pLAY
The world demands of
you
The most that you can give,
The best that you can do.
"Play the man, be strong."
Maintain the "level eye,"
And with a dauntless heart,
Resolve to do or die.
"Play the man, be strong."
Reach out, advance, pursue;
Make every day impart
New faith and strength to
you.
"Play the man, be strong."
Yours is no common task,
Yours is to battle on,
Nor quarter give, nor ask.
"Play the man, be strong."
Be true unto the trust,
For life is more than play
And death is more than
dust.
"Play the man, be strong."
Drive on toward the goal,
And make the man to be
The measure of your soul.
fee or tea! Made some strange drink
called "Postum," which wasn't so bad
to take, but which was all foolishness
nonetheless. Then he would take himself over to the Mann bungalow and
air his grievances to a sympathizing
audience. "They're at it again.
Herb," he would sigh in deep disgust.
Herbert Mann felt highly incensed
at the minister who was doing what
he called "proselyting." He was
sorry down to the very depths of his
heart for his friend, Mr. Johns. The
two families had had such pleasant
times going to Sunday school and
church together. Now that was all
in the past. He was filled with disgust. He would go over there and
show up that preacher, that's what
he'd do ! He wouldn't sit idle and see
Mrs. Johns get caught in that maze
of error. He was somewhat of a
Bible student, he thought. He knew
the twenty-third psalm from memory,
and he knew John 3 :16, and several
other texts and passages.
So one evening, armed with his
Bible, he marched over to the Johns'
home pretending that he, too, was interested. Mary accompanied him, and
Mr. Johns stayed for the study that
time, too, confident that Herbert
would "down" the minister in a
hurry.
The study was no more than begun
when the old minister sensed the
bristling antagonism. But he kept
right on pleasantly enough until Herbert, goaded out of his patience,
began a regular tirade upon him.
"Why do you teach people to keep
the old Jewish Sabbath when it distinctly reads in Revelation :io, 'I
was in the Spirit on the Lord's day'?"
Both Mr. Johns and Herbert could
hardly help smiling with satisfaction.
Here was an argument that the
preacher could not meet. Of that
they were sure. Why, everyone knew
that Sunday is the Lord's day !
But the minister did not seem in the
least disturbed.
"What day is the Lord's day ?" he
asked tactfully. "Let's find out from
the Bible. That should be the true
guide for every Christian."
Then, turning to Isaiah 58:13, 14,
he read: " 'If thou turn away thy
foot from the Sabbath, from doing thy
pleasure on My holy day—"
Defeat made Herbert angry.
"Come on, Mary," he exclaimed,
"let's get out of this !"
And out they stalked, smarting with
defeat.
That brief study of the Bible made
Herbert more thoughtful, and he determined to really throw himself
wholeheartedly into church work.
After his day's work at the water
plant he could get in some street evangelism or something, he decided.
Everyone had told him that he really
ought to have been a preacher. He
could speak reasonably well, and could
think quickly on his feet.
(To be continued)
THE YOUTH'S INSTRUCTOR
By HAZEL E. LAY
USK was approaching, and the
gentle breezes played and
)
danced a little more friskily,
as if to show that they, too, were glad
that the hot and sultry day had come
to an end. Ann breathed a sigh of
relief and sank wearily upon the grass,
glad for a moment to herself.
Since early morning she had
worked faithfully trying to ease the
pain of her suffering patients—giving
a cheerful word or a drink of cool
water, and treatments, and all that
goes to make up the workaday life of
a missionary nurse. The countless
routine duties had all been performed
by a hand that was skillful and loving
under the blessing of the Great Physician.
Not once during that hot day had
Ann thought of her own discomfort,
but only of her anxiety to serve those
to whom she had dedicated her life.
As she sat on the cool, green grass,
her chin was cupped in her hands, and
she was thinking—thinking of the
home she had left a million miles
away, it seemed to her, and the comforts of modern life in the homeland.
But she had left all this willingly to
come to Africa to serve the children
of the Dark Continent, as her Master
before her had left His home above
to come to this foreign land—the
earth.
As she reviewed the past several
years, and the events that had led to
her present situation, she was comforted, for had she not read many
times from the pen of God's messenger that "God never leads His
children otherwise than they would
choose to be led, if they could see the
end from the beginning, and discern
the glory of the purpose which they
are fulfilling as coworkers with Him"?
Well, He had led her so far, and she
knew that she could trust Him to lead
her the rest of the way.
As she remembered it, her path had
sometimes been dark, yes, very dark
at times, but she had always come out
into the light again, for she had
learned to pray with faith.
Her childhood home had been unhappy because her stepfather was a
drunkard. Although he was very
good to his stepchildren when he was
sober, he was a raving demon when
he was intoxicated. Then he often
whipped them unmercifully, and swore
at his wife. One night Ann, her sister, and her mother had to take refuge
in the garage until morning. He was
always sorry the next day for what
he had done, and begged them to forDECEMBER 24, 1940
P. W. WILLIAMS
Africa! Years Had Not Dimmed the Thrill of Serving in the Mission
Fields of the Dark Continent
give him, and promised never to abuse
them again, but he never kept his
promise.
Finally one day the neighbors reported him to the authorities, and he
was arrested. His penalty was three
years in the road camp, since he could
not pay the fine. It was a good thing,
Ann thought, since it was his fault
that there was scarcely ever enough
food to supply their daily bread, and
their clothing was in rags. Ann's poor
mother had long since given up interest in housekeeping, and the girl
often wondered why her home was not
like the homes of her schoolmates.
The children in her class all seemed
to avoid her, and she wondered why.
She attended church school, and
Sabbath school occasionally, but the
children cruelly ignored her. Somehow her poor, bewildered brain and
malnourished body could not seem to
grasp the lessons, and her teachers all
thought her stupid.
With sorrow she remembered the
day her little sister died—tuberculosis,
the doctor said. It had made her
bitter to think that her only friend
and companion was gone ; but she only
shrank farther away from the other
children.
She remembered that when her stepfather was sent away, her mother
seemed to become more cheerful and
carefree. Gradually she became her
old self. She got work; so now there
was plenty to eat, and they could have
new clothes. The neighbors noticed
that things about their home were
being cleaned up, and were kept that
way.
The next year Ann had a new
teacher. Agnes Brown had heard of
the sad conditions under which the
girl had lived, and how stupid she
was, and she determined that she was
going to help this unfortunate pupil
to do better work in school.
Under her kindly influence, Ann
fairly blossomed; the lessons were
made plain to her, and she became so
deeply interested that after a time she
was rated as one of the most promising pupils. She often went to her
teacher's home, and together they
would talk of the girl's future. She
would be ready for the academy next
year, but how about tuition, and
books? The church had always supPAGE 9
plied those needs in church school, but
after she finished the eighth grade
she could no longer depend on that
help.
"Miss Brown," Ann said one day, "I
just must go to the academy. I want
to find a place in God's work, and I
feel that I can best prepare in a Seventhday Adventist school."
"Indeed you must go, Ann," Miss
Brown agreed.
"But," sighed Ann, "mother can't pay
my tuition. Can you think of any way
I can earn it?"
"There is always a way for young
people who serve the Lord to get an
education. I don't know of any way
right now, but let's pray that He will
work it out for you. You need not
worry. Just trust Him."
"How can you be so certain, Miss
Brown ?" Ann asked anxiously. "Did
God ever do something special for you
that makes you so sure? Tell me; it
will give me more faith."
"Yes, indeed," Miss Brown replied.
"He certainly has; many things, in fact.
But I will tell you of an answer to a
prayer similar to yours.
"You know, Ann, I never had the
privilege of attending church school as
you have; nor did I go to an academy.
I did not know about the third angel's
message then. But when I heard it and
accepted it, I, too, was eager to attend
a Seventh-day Adventist school.
"I was living with an aunt who opposed my new religion; but nothing she
could do or say dampened my courage.
I prayed fervently that a way would
open for me to enter a Seventh-day Adventist college the next year. Since I
knew that this was in harmony with
God's will, I had great faith to believe
that when the new semester opened I
would be one of the student body.
"And sure enough, about two weeks
before school began, a woman who had
given me Bible studies came to ask me
if I would like to go to school. She
said she knew an elderly couple who
wanted to help a worthy student financially. She believed that I was worthy,
and had recommended me to them. I
was wild with joy; I went about with
a song in my heart, and continually
thanked God for making the way so
clear.
"The college promised me enough
work to cover the remainder of my expenses. I have always thought that that
was the best job I ever had, because it
was such a direct answer to prayer.
"The Lord always provided a way,
Ann. He gave me strength when I was
weary, and I never lost any time from
my work on account of illness. The last
two years of• college I received no financial aid whatever. But it must have
been the Lord's will that I graduate,
for He provided sufficient work, and
the strength with which to do it, and I
was able to finish with grades of which
I have never been ashamed."
"Oh, Miss Brown, how wonderful! I
have never talked with anyone who has
had so definite an answer to a prayer,"
exclaimed Ann.
"It wasn't a prayer; it was daily
prayer," Miss Brown assured her.
Together they knelt before the Lard
and humbly asked Him to provide a
way for Ann to go to school next year.
And they rose from their knees assured
that the way would open.
As Ann remembered it, she was one
of the first to be accepted for summer
work at the academy, and was given
the task of helping to get the new building ready for the opening of school.
She did her work cheerfully, for had
not the Lord answered her prayer? She
expected Him to see her through to the
finish of her education, and she intended
to do willingly the tasks which it fell
her lot to 'do.
PAGE 10
Throughout her academy days she had
many problems and many pleasures.
Each autumn found her provided for
financially so that she could go through
that term. Many were the prayers of
thanksgiving and praise she offered to
her heavenly Father during those four
years.
One of the happiest days of Ann's life
was that on which her stepfather was
released from prison and came home a
changed man. Not only had he given
up drink, but he had put away his old
Check the correct answer to the following:
1. Iconium was—
a. a mountain in Palestine.
b. the father of one of the disciples.
c. a town in which Paul and Barnabas preached the gospel.
2. The man who made iron float on
water was—
a. Abraham.
b. Elisha.
c. Aaron.
3. The prophets of Baal who competed
with Elijah in praying for fire numbered—
a. one hundred fifty.
b. three hundred.
c. four hundred fifty.
4. When an evil spirit was upon Saul
he was made well by—
a. dipping seven times , in the Jordan.
b. David's playing on his harp.
c. all the people praying.
5. Two men were hidden in a well by
a woman who spread a covering over
the well's mouth and sprinkled corn
thereon. The men were—
a. Samuel and Eli.
b. David and Absalom.
c. Jonathan and Ahimaaz.
6. When Joshua's army burned the city
of Jericho, Rahab and her father's
household were saved because—
a. she hid the messengers whom
Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.
b. she gave food to Joshua and his
soldiers.
c. Rahab's household was the only
righteous family remaining in the
city.
7. The promise that a certain city would
be desolate and become the home of
wild beasts, doleful creatures, and
owls was made regarding—
a. Babylon.
b. Samaria.
c. Jerusalem.
8. Saul was buried in—
a. Mt. Moriah.
b. Jabesh.
c. the land of Ur.
9. The first plague to fall on Pharaoh's
realm when he would not allow the
children of Israel to go with Moses
was—
a. boils.
b. locusts.
c. all the waters were turned to blood.
10. Ramoth was—
a. a mountain.
b. a relative of Abraham.
c. a city of refuge.
(Answers on page 13)
life of sin, and had given his heart to
God. He secured a steady position, and
his family felt that their cup of happiness was indeed overflowing. He was
now able and eager to help Ann go to
college. Ann had changed, too, in those
years of her friendship with Miss Brown.
She had been drawn from her "shell,"
and had made many friends among her
classmates. 'When graduation time came
she finished her high school work with
honors.
After much thought and prayer she
decided to take nurses' training, and
after completing the prenursing requirements at an accredited college, she carried out this purpose.
As Ann sat thinking, her story of
memories brought to her the days when
she met Phil, a young doctor on the
sanitarium staff who had dedicated his
life to foreign mission work. They
became engaged, and made their plans
for the future together. She remembered
how thrilled she had been the day they
received an invitation from the Mission
Board to take charge of the medical
work in the part of Africa in which
they now were.
It had been hard to leave home,
friends, and loved ones. But she had
Phil ; and the command of the Master,
"Go ye therefore and teach all nations
. . . to observe all things whatsoever I
have commanded you," was a definite
challenge. To refuse that call never
once occurred to Ann and Phil ; they
had accepted it gladly.
A step behind her brought her
thoughts to the present surroundings.
Phil was coming toward her, and in
his hand he held a white envelope.
"A letter?" Ann asked. "From
whom ?"
"Miss Brown, I think. It came with
the other mail, but I thought you would
want to see this now," he said as he sat
down beside her. In the glow of his
flashlight, they read it together.
"I was just thinking of her," said
Ann softly. -I was remembering how
much she has meant to me. I'm sure that
if it were not for her, I would not be
here tonight. She taught me to have
faith in God, and to love Him. She
inspired me to give myself to work in
His cause. For every soul that I help
bring into the kingdom, she will have
a share of the honor in heaven."
"Then you have never regretted our
coming over here, Ann? You have always been so willing and cheerful. But
I didn't know for sure."
"No, indeed, never, Phil. God is good
to us! Our hearts, our service, our all,
is the least that we can offer Him in
return."
Why Are We Here?
(Continued from page 1)
People's Forum say : "Civilization is
on a fast train rushing through the
darkness, and there is no light on that
train." So goes the testimony of leaders in science, history, philosophy. To
be sure, we see here and there a feeble
attempt to show what the goal of living
is, and to prove that we are progressing
toward it. But most of the answers are
similar to those listed above.
Why are we here? Surely there is a
reason. Every thinking person has pondered the question. Is there an answer?
Yes, if we omit the great and general
reason that humanity is here to prove
the righteousness of God, there are at
least three good reasons why we are
alive today.
The two greatest motives for human
action are the love motive and the profit
motive. The first is based on unselfishness ; the second is based on selfishness.
The profit motive is at present predomi(Turn to page 12)
THE YOUTH'S INSTRUCTOR
Jum
not belong to her. The suggested idea
entranced her. She knew that the price
of the kitten was far beyond the family
budget and that father would not allow
her to accept one free; and more still,
she knew that mother didn't share her
love for kittens. Mother saw the
scratches they made on woodwork and
the long, hard-to-get-off hairs they left
on upholstery. Mother raised canaries,
too.
By MAUD FAHRBACH
But magnetically the coal-colored, innocent bit of kitten drew her, and as
though hypnotized, Felicia picked up the
NE morning of the first delight- went straight to the fern pot, and be- baby cat and walked outside. Contrary
ful week in June, Mrs. Field hind it she found a basket containing thoughts battled in her mind. She could
announced that she thought it three cunning, eight-weeks-old kittens ! walk home, she was sure. She would
would do a little eight year-old So exquisitely delicate they looked, that ask mother to let her call Aunt Mabel
girl, named Felicia, who had just recov- Felicia could only gasp and stare at to tell her of her safe arrival. Or
them. A pure black one, with large, should she return the kitten she held to
ered from a bad case of flu, a world of
good to spend a day with Aunt Mabel luminous blue eyes, put its tiny, dainty the basket and be satisfied with seeing
on the farm before she went back to paws on the edge of the basket and it every two weeks or so?
school. Felicia was delighted, for if invitingly said, "Meow." That broke
Then just as the conflict was going on,
anyone asked her what she liked to do the momentary spell, and Felicia mur- Aunt Mabel came down the hall dressed
best or where she would like to go, or, mured, as she dropped her burden and in town clothes. "My dear," she said,
if she were to have a special treat, what tenderly picked up the downy kitten : "I'm going to town for groceries, and I
it should be, she always promptly ex- "Oh, little pussy, I love you! Oh, it don't know whether I'll be back before
claimed, "Oh, I want to go to Aunt would be grand if you were mine to your mother comes or not. You've taken
Mabel's farm, please !" Undoubtedly the pet, play with, and take care of. I want care of the house so many times that I'm
great attraction was Aunt Mabel's many you, and I wish you were mine!"
not afraid to leave you here alone. If.
Felicia had seen many, many kittens mother comes before I return, ask 'the
cats, for she raised Angora cats to sell
to wealthy people, and Felicia loved to in that basket, but never before had she gardener to watch the house. Good-by,
watch them, and pet them, and play with experienced the overwhelming desire to and here's a peppermint stick for a dear,
own one. They had been pretty cats, dear girl who must come to see me again
them.
She could hardly sit still on the back too, and she had enjoyed seeing and very soon."
seat of the car, much less be quiet, as playing with them, but she had always
Smiling, Felicia took the candy, and
they drove toward the farm ; and it was put them back into the basket, satisfied replied, "Thank you, Aunt Mabel. I'm
with a bound and a happy shout that she to leave them there. But this black having so much fun today, and I want
dashed out of the automobile when it one whose wet tongue sent thrilling to come back soon. Good-by !"
stopped, and ran up the front steps of shivers all over her seemed to demand
When her aunt left she knew that the
that Felicia hold it, and its meows and question was settled. She' did not quite
the house.
Aunt Mabel came to the door, and purring said plainly in cat's language, know whether to be horrified or glad at
soon she and Felicia were waving hasty "I want to be your kitten; I wish you the perfect solution. She could tell the
good-bys to mother as she drove away. could take me home with you."
gardener she was going, and'a note could
Knowing that holding kittens too long be left on a table, tell* Aunt Mabel
As usual, Aunt. Mabel had been followed
isn't
good
for
them,
Felicia
put
the
black
to the door by the three favorites of the
she had taken the kitten out and it had
family cats, Tingle, Lingle, and Ling. bit of fluff back into the basket and in
run away from her. Farther into the
turn
spent
some
time
with
each
cat
in
Felicia greeted them with, "Oh, you dear,
future Felicia did not venture to think.
the
room.
How
they
enjoyed
chasing
fluffy pussies; are you as glad to see me
It seemed so simple. The sin of taking
as I am to see you?" A pet for each the toy mouse she wound up for them to what did not belong to her, or of lying,
scamper
after,
or
the
ball,
or
the
string
one started at the whiskers and ended
did not trouble her; the beauty of the
at the tail's tip. Then she picked up which kept them romping merrily for kitten and the softness of it near her
many
minutes.
But
the
fun
was
conLing, an armful, and started to the sun
smothered out all sparks of conscience.
parlor, where she knew the young kittens stantly interrupted by frequent trips to
Writing the note quickly, excitedly,
the
basket
of
kittens,
where
always
the
liked best to tumble about in play.
she left it in a prominent place; and in
black
entrancer
begged
to
be
petted
or
"Felicia," said Aunt Mabel, her pretty
a seminatural way she told the old gareyes twinkling like reflected sparkles picked up.
dener of her going. He looked a little
Felicia's
mind
was
as
busy
as
her
from her shiny black hair, "you're going
puzzled, but said he'd keep an eye open,
hands,
for
while
she
romped
with
the
to be pleasantly surprised when you look
and then Felicia walked swiftly in the
cats
something
was
repeating
itself
again
behind that large pot of ferns in the
direction of home.
darkened corner of the sun parlor." and again in her mind. "You like that
After a seemingly great distance, Fekitten
a
great
deal
;
why
not
take
him,
Felicia knew what she meant, and allicia noticed how very hot the sun was,
yes,
take
him
and
walk
home;
take
him,"
though Tingle and Lingle tried to walk
how very dusty the road, and that the
just where she wanted to walk, and were the half-unbidden thoughts which fur of the kitten was becoming damp.
startled
the
girl
who
never
before
in
her
Ling's damp, ticklish nose on her cheek
But worse than all physical discomforts
made her squeal with delight, she hur- life had been tempted to take what did were the shameful pangs of mental disried to the sun parlor, while Aunt Mabel
turbance. The kitten was wonderful, but
went back to her housework, confident
it really wasn't hers; she never had lied
that her guest would find plenty with
to her mother, and she didn't see how
which to amuse herself.
she could do it now. These thoughts
q"--,
Felicia walked quietly into the room
bothered her constantly. Mournfully
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4
in which three big, beautiful cats were
she wished she had never committed' this
sleeping and two kittens were soberly
first sinful, cowardly act. The deed was
watching a flitting sunbeam dance about
like a dark cloud which caused everyon the carpet. Without hesitation she
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She stopped, decided to take the kitten
back, and abruptly wheeled and retraced
her steps. Of course she planned to
reach the farm before her aunt got back,
and thus no one would find out about
her wicked actions. Lost in her misery
and concern she did not notice the dark
clouds coming into the sky, and was surprised and frightened when rumbling
peals of thunder filled her ears and could
almost be felt. She tried to run, but
the kitten didn't like that, and anyway
she was very tired! The loud grumbling
noise echoed and reeoched about her.
Suddenly Felicia thought, "Could that
be an angry God speaking?" Was God
scolding her? Fantastically she wondered if the cool rain could be angels'
tears. Then she knelt down by the side
of the road, and simply but sincerely
she asked God for forgiveness, confessing her wrong and promising to confess it to Aunt Mabel. Feeling sublimely contented, she rose, and, tired
but glad, walked on her way.
Endless steps she took, and finally she
reached the farmhouse. She entered and
found a worried aunt, who listened
kindly to the sobbed-out story, and then
gathered her, dusty and worn out, into
her arms and gently forgave and comforted her.
But the walk in the hot sun, the chill
from the shower, and the emotional
strain proved too great for the little
body, which was not yet strong from its
last sickness, and Felicia became very
ill. Again, for many days she was
watched by her anxious mother as she
rolled to and fro and talked wildly of
her experience. Finally, slowly, she recovered.
The first day she was able to be up
and walk around, Aunt Mabel paid her
a visit and brought with her—the black
kitten ! It was to be Felicia's own!
Mother consented to its staying, and a
wiser, older Felicia said softly, "I'll call
it 'Temptation,' to remind me of the result of yielding to temptation."
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The Father of Success
(Continued from page 3)
"virtue lies in the conquest, not the prize."
The father of success is work. Only
those who are willing to pay the price—
to toil in obedience to the great law of
life—will be successful. "The soul of
the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing:
but the soul of the diligent shall be made
fat."
its bad environment and transferring it
into a Seventh-day Adventist environment. Let us face the problem as it is
and not as we should like to have it.
Modern dancing is wrong, not merely because of the environment under which it
is practiced, but because of its very nature and results. The environment does
not always make the dancing bad, but
the lascivious and demoralizing dancing
makes the environment extremely unwholesome. Some things are decidedly
wrong no matter in what environment
they are practiced. To give dancing,
with all its train of results, an elevated
and refined setting—if such were possible—by bringing it into even a Seventh-day Adventist home, would by no
means make it uplifting and right. On
the contrary, in our endeavor to give it
a clean, wholesome, religious setting by
disguising it under Seventh-day Adventism, we make the wrong even more
grave.
"In many religious families, dancing
and card playing are made a parlor
pastime. It is urged that these are
quiet, home amusements, which may be
safely enjoyed under the parental eye.
But a love for these exciting pleasures
is thus cultivated, and that which was
considered harmless at home will not
long be regarded dangerous abroad. It
is yet to be ascertained that there is any
good to be obtained from these amusements. They do not give vigor to the
body nor rest to the mind. They do not
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sentiment. On the contrary, they destroy all relish for serious thought and
for religious services. It is true that
there is a wide contrast between the
better class of select parties and the
promiscuous and degraded assemblies
of the low dance house. Yet all are
steps in the path of dissipation."—"Messages to Young People," p. 399.
D. A. Ocisis.
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number of the word or phrase in the second column which matches it.
... That which new problems demand.
... Broken communion means —.
... Our constant need.
... That which will enable us to set the
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. . . The best Friend in perplexity.
... This is our safety."
... One evil habit.
... The true basis for receiving benefit
from Sabbath sermons and Bible
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... What to do when fainthearted or
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1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
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10.
11.
To whom are to go the hidden
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The person who should drop a note
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Visions of future glory.
Continued light.
The Mighty Counselor.
A surrender to the control of God's
word.
The overcomer.
You.
Broken defenses against sin.
Pray.
Chains of steel.
Christ in the heart, Christ in the life.
A fresh revelation of Christ.
Why Are We Here?
(Continued from page so)
nant on this planet, but it is leading the
world to destruction. In spite of this
predominance of selfishness we are placed
in the world that we may acquire the
ability to exercise that most profound
of all character qualities—love. We are
here to acquire the ability to love.
There must be substituted in our lives
the love motive in place of the profit
motive. If we are eventually to live in
a kingdom in which the governing principle is love, we must learn to exercise
this principle in our lives here on earth.
"Now abideth faith, hope, love, these
three; and the greatest of these is love."
You and I are here so that love may
become a life experience, for heaven
would truly be an empty, unhappy place
for individuals who have not the capacity for love or the ability to love.
We are here that we may learn to love
our Maker. First we learn to know Him,
and then we come to love Him ; for to
know Him is to love Him. Such an
experience gives purpose to life. We
are here that we may learn to love
our fellow human beings. Contracts and
treaties may fail, but love never faileth.
The second great reason for our existence will follow as a corollary of the
first. It is exemplified in this most illuminating text : "Jesus . . . knowing that
He was come from God, and went to
God, . . . took a towel, and girded
Himself, . . . and began to wash the disciples' feet." Think of that—Jesus, the
Creator of the universe, washing the
travel-worn feet of common men! What
an example of service ! Jesus not only
knew from whence He came and whither
He was going, but He knew why He was
here. The Master came to render service to humanity, to be a blessing to multitudes.
No purpose in life! No aim in living!
How empty those phrases sound when
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hope in the hopeless, to feed the hungry,
to soothe the fevered brow, to give courage to the fearful, to teach the ignorant,
to help the weak and sympathize with
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A third great reason why we are here
is that we may build a character that
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Sir Walter Scott Reflects on
Intemperance
(Continued from page 4)
panions in the dissolute days of his
youth. Their fondness for alcohol made
them insolent, foolish, weak, and poor,
and their promised greatness was unrealized. When he declared that the
vice of drinking was incompatible with
greatness, he was expressing a deep
conviction formed after years of observation and experience.
In his day it was customary for men
to drown their sorrows in drink—a
thing that is not unknown even in this
twentieth century. If ever a man was
tempted to do this, Scott was so tempted.
After rising to fame and affluence he
found himself penniless and involved in
a debt of $500,000 through the failure
of his publishers. Almost at once came
a serious illness, through which he suffered the most excruciating pains. The
loss of health and wealth was followed
by a series of bereavements, including
the death of his beloved partner, whose
care and comfort he needed so much.
In that dark hour, when all seemed
lost, he said : "1 will not yield without
a fight for it." Had he yielded to the
strong temptation to soothe his sufferings and sorrows in the wineglass, the
world would have been a great loser.
Because he refused to yield, his greatness as an author was revealed in its
full glory during his years of adversity.
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most incredible conditions of hardship
and privation.
Scott knew, in spite of public opinion
to the contrary, that the drinking of alcohol is not compatible with good health.
In those days illness was never attributed
to chronic alcoholism. He tells of a
man who was "cropsick" after a night
of intoxication, and who declared that
is was something he had eaten that had
disagreed with him. The author of
"Lady of the Lake" knew that there is
nothing so deceitful and illusive as alcohol. Whatever relief it promises is deceptive and temporary. He was so certain on this point that we can readily
believe that at some time when his pains
were unbearable, he had experimented
with alcohol to prove its effect.
When his most intimate friend, the
Duke of York, died, he wrote of him :
"His virtues were honor, good sense,
and integrity. His errors were those
of a sanguine and social temper. He
could not resist the temptation of deep
play, which was fatally allied with a
dissipation for the bottle. This aided
his complaint, for alcohol soothes pain
for a time, while it insidiously increases
it at the end."
Scott was so sure of the uselessness
of alcohol as a medicine that after his
serious illness he was practically a total
abstainer.
Scotland's greatest genius saw in
those leisurely days in which he lived
more than a century ago, that "beer,
wines, and spirits are best when left
alone," a truth which in this twentieth
century an increasing number of doctors,
scientists, educators, economists, industrialists, trade unionists, and sportsmen
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"Found"
(Continued from page 6)
Evelyn, who, plucky woman that she
was, hung on as tightly as the men.
"Pray, Evelyn! Pray!" Clyde called
to his wife.
"Yes, yes !" she answered.
Then, with anguish indescribable in
words, they pleaded with God for deliverance. A view of their lives flashed
before them, and they saw all their sins
and mistakes of the past. They prayed
in anguish for their very lives.
For five long hours they struggled
and pleaded with God to save them;
and God did save them. About twelve
o'clock that night the waters lowered,
allowing a huge Army truck to come in
to the rescue.
Exhausted and tired, Clyde, Evelyn,
and Jackie lay in their hospital beds.
Clyde looked at Evelyn and whispered
softly, "God not only saved our lives,
but—"
"Saved our souls,"' Evelyn continued,
happy in her new faith.
"It seems peculiar that those people
seem so happy," one doctor told another
as they walked past the room.
"It is not peculiar," answered the
other, "for they have found the life."
And so they had—not only this life,
but life eternal.
Answers
Treasure Trove:
1. A town in which Paul and Barnabas preached the gospel. Acts 14:1.
2. Elisha. 2 Kings 6:1, 6. 3. Four hundred fifty. 1 Kings 18:22. 4. David's
playing on his harp. 1 Sam. 16:23. 5.
Jonathan and Ahimaaz. 2 Sam. 17:1719. 6. She hid the messengers whom
Joshua sent to spy out Jericho. Joshua
6:25. 7. Babylon. Isa. 13 :19-21. 8.
Jabesh. 1 Sam. 31:12, 13. 9. All the
waters were turned to blood. Ex. 7:19.
10. A city of refuge. Deut. 4:43.
Current Events:
1. Byzantium is now known as Istanbul; the Hellespont as the Dardanelles;
Propontis as the Sea of Marmara. 2.
To wipe out a town. It refers specifically
to the destructiveness of air raids in the
present European war. 3. Rubber and
tin. 4. Newfoundland, Bermuda, Bahama Islands, Jamaica, Antigua. St.
Lucia, British Guiana. 5. Philip Murray, new president of the CIO, and
John L. Lewis. 6. No particular length.
"Eight inches" refers to the diameter
of the base of the shell. 7. (a) Arturo
Toscanini ; (b) John Barbirolli ; (c)
Serge Koussevitzky; (d) Eugene Ormandy. 8. About 72,000,000. 9. The
legal profession. The Middle Temple
is part of the Inns Court, buildings
occupied by four legal societies which
have the exclusive right to admit men
to the English bar 10. Benito Mussolini, Marshal Henri Petain, Francisco
Franco.
HE who has imagination without
learning has wings and no feet.—Foubert.
"COMING together is a beginning;
keeping together is progress; working
together is success."
"WE have committed the golden rule
to memory; let us now commit it to
life. We have preached 'love one for
another;' now let us practice it. Cooperation is more than sentiment; it is
an economic necessity."
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S'abb.ath School
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SENIOR YOUTH
I-Saul Leaves Damascus; Peter's
Ministry
(January 4)
LESSON SCRIPTURE : Acts 9 :23-43.
MEMORY VERSE: Galatians I :23.
LESSON HELP : "Acts of the Apostles,"
pp. 123-132.
THE LESSON
1. When the Jews were unable further to
resist the truth as presented by Saul, what did
they do? Acts 9:23.
NOTE.-"After that many days were
fulfilled." The "many days" doubtless refers to the three years which Paul spent
in Arabia. (See Gal. :17-20
2. How determined were they to take Saul's
life? Verse 24.
3. How did the disciples defeat the purpose
of the Jews? Verse 25.
4. Where did Saul then go? Why did the
disciples at Jerusalem hesitate to receive him?
Verse 26.
NorE.-The disciples "had heard of his
wonderful conversion, but as he had immediately retired into Arabia, and they had
heard nothing definite of him further, they
had not credited the rumor of his great
change."-"Spirit of Prophecy," Vol. III,
p. 320.
5. What evidence of Saul's conversion did
Barnabas give? Verse 27.
6. Besides the Jews residing at Jerusalem,
before whom did Saul preach Christ? How
was his life endangered? Verses 28, 29.
7. When the brethren heard of the plottings,
to what seaport did they take Saul? From
there, where did they send him? Verse 30.
8. Through what experience at this time did
the churches pass? Verse 31.
NOTE.-The precise cause of the cessation of the persecution is not known.
During 39 and 4o A.D., however, Petronius,
the governor of Syria, caused great consternation among the Jews by attempting
to set up the statue of the emperor Caligula
in the temple at Jerusalem. In case of
resistance, death or slavery was to be their
portion. Anxious for their own safety, the
Jews ceased to persecute the Christians.
The commentator Barnes says, "Thus
ended the first general persecution against
Christians, and thus effectually did God
show that He had power to guard and
protect His chosen people."
It was not merely a work of benevolence,
in restoring to life one who contributed
largely to the comfort of the poor, but it
was a means of extending and establishing,
as it was designed doubtless to do, the
kingdom of the Saviour."-Barnes.
"The Jews held the trade of tanner in
contempt. They thought it an unclean
business. The fact that Peter made his
home with one who was engaged in this
work, shows that he began to see that it
was not that without, but that within, a
man that defiles him and makes him unclean in the sight of God."--McKibbin's
"Bible Lessons."
JUNIOR
I-Jesus Dines With a Pharisee;
Parable of the Great Supper
(January 4)
LESSON SCRIPTURE: Luke I4
MEMORY VERSE: "Whosoever exalteth
himself shall be abased ; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted." Luke
14:11.
STUDY HELP: "Christ's Object Lessons,"
PP. 219-237 (new edition, pp. 223-2 43)•
PLACE : At the home of a Pharisee,
probably somewhere in Perea.
PERSONS : Jesus and His host ; a sick
man; other guests of the Pharisees.
Setting of the Lesson
"The Saviour was a guest at the feast
of a Pharisee. He accepted invitations
from the rich as well as the poor, and,
according to His custom, He linked the
scene before Him with His lessons of
truth. Among the Jews the sacred feast
was connected with all their seasons of
national and religious rejoicing. It was
to them a type of the blessings of eternal
life. The great feast at which they were
to sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,
while the Gentiles stood without, and
looked on with longing eyes, was a theme
on which they delighted to dwell.""Christ's Object Lessons," p. 219.
QUESTIONS
1. With whom did Jesus dine on a certain
Sabbath? What sick man attracted the attention of Jesus? What did the Pharisees do?
Luke 14:1, 2.
NOTE.-The man with the dropsy was
probably not one of the guests. It was a
common custom for uninvited persons to
appear as onlookers at a feast. He may
have been placed there purposely by the
Pharisees, to give opportunity to see what
Jesus would do in such a case.
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9. About this time to what place did Peter
go? What distressing case of sickness did he
find there? Verses 32, 33.
10. By whose power did Peter heal the afflicted man? How were the people affected?
Verses 34, 35.
NOTE.-"Saron" refers to the "open
2. What question did Jesus ask the Pharisees? What were none of them willing to
do? What did Jesus do? Verses 3, 4.
3. What further question did Jesus ask?
What would the Pharisees not do?
Verses 5, 6.
4. What caused Jesus to speak a parable
to the guests at the feast? Verse 7.
NOTE.-"The couches on which the
11. What disciple lived at Joppa? In the
midst of her busy ministry of helpfulness,
what overtook her? Verses 36, 37.
NOTE.-As both Greek and Hebrew were
guests reclined at meals were arranged
so as to form three sides of a square, the
fourth being left open to allow the servants
to bring in the dishes. The right-hand
couch was reckoned the highest. . . . There
was no little scheming among the rabbis
for the best position, and much anxiety
on the part of the host not to give offense; for to place a rabbi below anyone
not a rabbi, or below a fellow rabbi of
lower standing, or younger, was an unpardonable affront, and a discredit to religion itself."-Geikie.
country, usually mentioned by the name of
Sharon in the Old Testament. It was a
region of extraordinary fertility, and the
name was almost proverbial to denote any
country of great beauty and fertility. It
was situated south of Mt. Carmel, along
the coast of the Mediterranean, extending
to Caesarea and Joppa. Lydda was situated
in this region."-Barnes.
commonly spoken in Palestine, most persons had two names. Tabitha is the Hebrew word meaning "gazelle," as does also
the Greek word, Dorcas.
12. For whom did the disciples send? Upon
Peter's arrival, what demonstration of sorrow
greeted him? How was Dorcas restored to
life? Verses 38-41.
NOTE.-"Peter may have been sent for
before Dorcas died, in the hope that he
might restore her to health. The fact that
they had prepared her for burial would
seem to indicate that they had no expectation that Peter could do anything for her
after she was dead."-McKibbin's "Bible
Lessons."
13. To what extent was the miracle known?
What was its result? With whom did Peter
reside for a time? Verses 42, 43.
NOTE.-"This was the first miracle of
this kind that was performed by the apostles. The effect was that many believed.
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5. What was the parable? Verses 8-10.
6. What experience awaits one who exalts
himself? What is the reward of true humility? Verse 11.
7. After this instruction to the guests, what
did Jesus say to the Pharisees who gave this
feast? What is usually understood when the
rich are invited to a feast? Verses 12-14.
8. What did Jesus' admonition lead one of
the guests to say? Verse 15.
NOTE.-A view of the scene of the table
that will be spread for the great supper in
heaven, is given to us on pages to and 20
of "Early Writings." It reads as follows :
"After we beheld the glory of the temple, we went out, and Jesus left us, and
went to the city. Soon we heard His
lovely voice again, saying, 'Come, My people, you have come out of great tribulation,
and done My will; suffered for Me; come
in to supper, for I will gird Myself, and
serve you.' We shouted, 'Alleluia! glory!'
and entered into the city. And I saw a
table of pure silver; it was many miles
in length, yet our eyes could extend over
it. I saw the fruit of the tree of life, the
manna, almonds, figs, pomegranates,
grapes, and many other kinds of fruit. I
asked Jesus to let me eat of the fruit. He
said, 'Not now. Those who eat of the
fruit of this land, go back to earth no
more. But in a little while, if faithful,
you shall both eat of the fruit of the tree
of life, and drink of the water of the
fountain.' "
9. In the parable which Jesus then spoke,
what did a certain man do? When did he
send a special message to the invited guests?
What was the message? Verses 16, 17.
NOTE.-We are told that in Oriental
countries it was, and still is, the custom
to send a messenger to summon the guests,
previously invited, to a feast. To refuse
at the last moment to keep the promise of
acceptance was regarded as a grievous insult.
10. What excuses did those make who were
bidden' to the feast? Verses 18-20.
NOTE.-"None of the excuses were
founded on a real necessity. The man
who 'must needs go and see' his piece of
ground, had already purchased it. His
haste to go and see it was due to the
fact that his interest was absorbed in his
purchase. The oxen, too, had been bought.
The proving of them was only to satisfy
the interest of the buyer. The third excuse
had no more semblance of reason. The
fact that the intended guest had married
a wife need not have prevented his presence at the feast. His wife also would
have been made welcome. But he had
his own plans for enjoyment, and these
seemed to him more desirable than the
feast he had promised to attend. He had
learned to find pleasure in other society
than that of the host. He did not ask to
be excused, made not even a pretense of
courtesy in refusal. The 'I cannot' was
only a veil for the truth,-`I do not care
to come.' "-"Christ's Object Lessons,"
p. 222.
11. What further command was given the
servant? What did the servant afterward report? Verses 21, 22.
12. Where was the servant then sent to
find guests? What was said of those who
had refused the invitation? Verses 23, 24.
13. What instruction is given us concerning
the meaning of the three invitations that
were given in the parable?
NOTE.-The invitation to accept Jesus
as the Saviour was first given to the Jewish people, the people who professed to
know God and to serve Him. When the
priests and leaders refused to heed the
call, the message was given to publicans
and sinners, to "the poor, the maimed, the
lame, the blind." Afterward the gospel
of the kingdom was preached to the Gentiles.
Things to Think About
What form of selfishness is especially
reproved in this lesson?
With what motive are invitations and
other favors often given?
What danger lies in offering common
excuses for neglect of duty?
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O IN a recent drive to eradicate marijuana from Kansas and Missouri, a
power mower and scythemen from Kansas City's street-cleaning department cut
almost five hundred tons of the plant
from which the drug is produced.
O A LEGEND at Cornell College in Mount
Vernon, Iowa, says, "Comb your hair
in the shade of the ginkgo tree, make a
wish and it'll come true ;" for there is
a ginkgo tree on the Cornell campus.
It comes from Japan and sheds its leaves
only at night. Twice in recent years the
Cornell ginkgo has been woven into
books written by graduates of the college.
O GENERAL CHARLES DE GAULLE'S government of Free Frenchmen now has its
own postage stamp, issued by the
gouvernement general of French Equatorial Africa in honor of his arrival there.
The stamps, a series of 39 denominations, bear the words, "Afrique Francaise
Libre," and can be obtained by collectors
who send a check for 33 francs and 95
centimes, plus return postage, to the
Brazzaville general post office.
O THE laborious and difficult task of
translating the Swiss Penal Code into
Romansh, the fourth national language
of Switzerland, has recently been completed. Professor Dr. P. Tuor did the
translating into this language, which is
spoken by only 40,000 people living in
the canton Graubunden, Switzerland.
Romansh is believed to be the only existing relic of Latin as spoken by the old
Romans. It has kept itself intact because
the people who speak it have led an
isolated existence for centuries in the
Graubunden valleys.
O AT the annual autumn meeting of the
American Chemical Society, Professor
Ernst Berl of the Carnegie Institute of
Technology at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
reported that for the first time coal and
oil have been prepared artificially in just
one hour out of sea weed, molasses,
algae, and other common vegetable products. The process, which involves the
heating of the carbohydrate materials
from common plants under pressure
with limestone and similar substances,
is considered to be one of the major
achievements of modern science.
O Two formulas, either of which it is
reported would feed a person properly
at a yearly cost of $1.80, soon may be
offered to the United States Government. Dr. Robert S. Harris of Massachusetts Institute of Technology announced the formulas recently at the
seventy-seventh annual meeting of the
New England Dental Society. He said
that the preparations, developed by himself and other technologic biochemists,
virtually are complete foods in themselves. The formulas are : No. 1. A
20-gram preparation of skim-milk powder, whole-wheat meal, solvent soybean
meal, and a concentrate of all necessary
vitamins except vitamin C. No. 2. A
20-gram formula of oats, corn, wheat,
skim milk, and a concentrate of all necessary vitamins except vitamin C. Doctor Harris said the preparations resemble
corn flakes, are eaten like cereals, and
that a person could be adequately nourished with either formula for about a
half cent a day. Two ounces of tomato
juice daily will supply the vitamin-C
deficiency.
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O IF Sweden should become involved in
war with another country, its citizens may
receive warning of air raids by a bell
ringing in their homes. Such bells, announcing most unwelcome callers, are
used in a new system which has been approved by the authorities and is now
being widely installed. The bells are connected by electrical couplings to the regular lighting mains, but ordinarily do not
operate. When the voltage is raised
slightly at the central station, all the
bells are made to ring for one minute.
O SIAMESE farmers do not worry about
shipping their pigs to market. They
simply incase a hog in a framework of
tough vines, with head, feet, and tail
protruding, and the animal walks itself
to market. The framework is provided
with handles to enable the owner to steer
the pig and prevent him from wandering.
O EIGHT tons of roses are required to
produce a single pound of oil of roses—
the value of which is about $175. However, a synthetic oil of roses which has
exactly the same odor as the natural
oil, has recently been developed, and it
sells for only $22.50 a pound.
O ACCORDING to Drs. Alton Ochsner and
Michael De Bakey in a report at a cancer
symposium, tobacco smoking is responsible for the increased number of deaths
caused by lung cancer. Inhaling smoke
over long periods tends to irritate the
lining of the bronchial tubes.
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1. Ancient Greek history speaks of
Byzantium, the Hellespont, and Propontis.
What are the present-day names of
these places?
2. A new verb has been recently put
into circulation: "to coventrate." What
does it mean?
3. What important defense materials
does the United States import from
Netherlands India?
4. Exact sites were recently announced
for American defense bases to be established on Antigua, British Guiana, Bahama
Islands, Newfoundland, Bermuda, Jamaica,
and St. Lucia. Arrange these places in
order, from north to south.
5. A Scottish-born coal miner became a
president last week after another former
coal miner had resigned the post. Name
the two men.
8. How long is an eight-inch shell?
7. Name the regular conductors of (a)
the NBC Symphony Orchestra, (b) the New
York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra,
(c) the Boston Symphony Orchestra, (d)
the Philadelphia Orchestra.
8. Japan is taking a census of its nationals living abroad. What, approximately, is the population of Japan proper?
9. London's Middle Temple was in the
news recently. With what profession is
the Middle Temple associated?
10. Name three heads of European
states who have recently conferred with
Adolf Hitler in a railroad car.
(Answers on page 13)
O BY a newly developed process, wine
can be made from milk instead of from
the traditional grape. Whey, a milk byproduct left over in the manufacture of
cheese and casein, is the source. Such
wine is not yet on the market, but it is
said that it can be made in either the
sherry or the sauterne type, with about
15 per cent alcoholic content.
O A HUGE cave in the Mokattam hills
behind the aged city of Cairo, where the
Egyptians of long ago stored their treasures in time of war, is again in use.
Some 180,000 manuscripts, including
ancient copies of the Koran, have been
placed there for safety. Treasures from
the tombs of Tutankhamen and other
Pharaohs are in the stone vaults of the
Cairo Museum.
O VLADIMIR HOROWITZ, celebrated pianist, was forced to cancel a concert recently. The sponsors released the folloviing explanation from his three
consulting physicians : "We have under
our care Mr. Vladimir Horowitz, who is
convalescing from a traumatic tenosynovitis of the flexor digitorum sublimis and
profundis muscle at the metacarpophalangeal joint. He is constantly improving, but it is our opinion that he
needs further medical management before he can resume practicing and playing in concerts." The pianist had a badly
injured finger.
O ON the tropical laboratory island of
Barro Colorado in the great artifical
Gatun Lake, Panama Canal Zone, scientists of both Americas have a new
common center for research. This island.
which has heretofore been administered
by a nongovernment board under the
auspices of the National Research Council, has become a Government research
area by a recent act of Congress. Barro
Colorado Island was once a hill rising
out of a valley in the Panama Canal region. When the waters backed up behind Gatun Dam, it was cut off and
became an island, harboring a most interesting sample of tropical-American
plant and animal life. Interested scientists, mainly from the United States, arranged for the establishment of a research center there, which constitutes the
beginnings of what is expected to become
one of the most important natural laboratories in the world.
O MUCH less has been said of the homing instincts of ducks than of those of
pigeons, but experime
that the
broadbills know h
ase
just the same.
Edward A.
with the U.
been shipp
Avery Isla
his private
ious points
—all the
chusetts, to
ervation in
regon. The birds, ave
identifying
fastened like anklets
about their le,
n these hifds are
captured by othertAts oeare shot
by hunters, it is reported to the Biological Survey, which passes the information on to Mr. Mcllhenny. Hundreds
of returns have been' reported, and most
of the ducks found their way to the
great fly way in the Mississippi Valley,
although some of them were birds that
had been shipped, tightly cooped, for distances exceeding 2,000 miles.
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