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The SABBATB,RECORDEltis awaited 'at our lioU8eWith·-~Usual eagernes8:~tIi"se:;~a:YiJ. , For the fir~t'::ti~e' fu '&' go~a;-iJD.iUiY· Y_s:~e!:~. not: : ~~;k', _fo~~~:~~~ ~e:j~f'~ ~f at.J~~~jng ~ C,~nf~~~~~~. ,', We;, co\1!~_ , not our8elve8~pay the;,~"p'e~~,;~J,'-"d th~;J)maeJls. ~of,the loCal1Jli1#C1:i:.~.e; too hea to make' it seem ri-'Lt; to ermit: theDi,:to ~a ···;··the.:bills·:-~tltis .' ear vy- ,~p".! , .. , "', ,,', ;' "_,·,p,,,:!' •. t, "',';·i'·',.: '".-u,; ... ,,:,Y

:<' -w1lieh~~theya~,-ooust6ihedi"0' pay for>this:pUiPo,se. ,';Perhaps, n.ow;ever, tlteI:e'rem.D)Jo.~~;w.v8:~fof:;~"'l;lpin ... La-"bit. ' For instance, we mj'ghi put

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our. duties if we can keep before .U$.the.ele' ments of privilege. ..' . J ,

While:lWe~'mUs~ follow <he .beh~ of. duty or lbe· led:,far' as~y; af the sa:rne time there is a beneficent. priVilege . connected ·,with ,most duties whenc·theseare ,viewed ',rightly .. ; If we. can. see our obligations ·in.this ;}ight, 'new joy and strength will ·00 (add~d;to life. ' . , .

. This applies c in church and . miS&ion . work. ,It is the 4uty of all to support the ehurch and help carry on" mission work, ·and, at the .same time it is a.great privilege .. The apostles and early Christians considered .' it a privilege to l~bor,su1fer, ~d ·die for~elp-ist. They"were right,in this conception. ," In like manner it is a privilege for us to be pe~tt.ed. to.engage in church and mission ·work to· the exhaustion of body and mind, and to' giv~ till we feel it. The, truth· is there are few things. on .earth that will give greater glow to a. life than to humbly, unselfishly, and sa.crfficially engage in

. Christian work. ' . . WILLIAM L. ·BUR.I)ICK.

Home. Chautauqua Summer .. Chauta.~quas, once so popular and helpful in promotfug cqm,

. munity co'operation and uplift; 'no longer rear their ·khaki tops and' invite : by. "th~ii. :bte~ banners. It is too bad ~at •. ~~.: is .. sO la;rg~ly true, for there was a' real inspiration' resulting, espe~y 'in the smaller -c.oIDmunities, . from their l?ro~s. , Cheap moVi~and' ubiquitous radio have' been 'fu.eir Uiidom.g~:c '. , .

The moVing picfure at rts"beStand the r.adio valuable as it 'is~ . leave ; klin'etfHng to be . de: sired that Jthe . Chautauqua. furnished.··This institution' furnished opportunity for the com;. munity to:.get together, work·:togethet-, and play~together~· besides furnishing·'- entertain ... ment and· information, such' as' 'the two' 'others do not.

The'·North Loup (Nebraska) community has demonstrctted; for two' 'years, : a way· in which the ·ahief";benefi.ts· oi'"the old time travel, ingChautauqua;: can 'still- be had .. ,· 'This 'Com' munityputs· 'on its own summer 'Chautauqua~ and makes money, on'-it~ . ,Many of' .us'sadly remember the losses guarantors ·used to make up at the end of the Season. . The . hOlIle, Chautauqua ,has .. the ,crultural ben~t of c ~e . preparation _of. its:, PWA varied program~m~qU;-.;drciJn,atic~. and : ~J~th~~ S:u,cha P~Qgram :-demC}Q.~! ;~uc;h.fWoJ'kj1Jg ;tO~ ge~heT fQr a,~m.tt;lo~jeQ.d. /lt~Ji~:~~e ~van'. tageofa larger group' iniere§t.an~lWi.4~.grQup

eff'o~" .. ~ge,t;, C\udie.nces;.<:;are.; ·~at;tracted ~and benefited,::with::l~¢. fiAan~~t·return&,. ~hich resul~j ~.JW~~i·,.fOl!"QJ~unityhn~:·,in .. s~d, o(cleiiCi~, to:·~:~de~up;bYI.sQm~!Qf ,the commuru·h7·s -""'}..etg . - .. . .

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High -grage wo~k.CiJ) be·done. by aln.tQSt ·any community. Good'materid is ·to· be.~.Jound in .everyc· community.-. Vi$iQn~l'·willin.gn~ to wor:ks. and '. a determination ...• to· undertake co' op¢a~vely a task thatQ~ght.to· be . done are n~:~', .' Patienc;e -: ,a;nd perseverance will help in completing the: project.

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Items of Interest Religious journals of many sorts are having their hard times and are com" pelled to· make adjustments.:~;. The; ~',oom' mittee . on the W o.rlel Outlool{, a missionary monthly, has sent out a ·statement. that the September·.·and Oct:ober~ issues: will' be mel'ged for the sake of the large saving that can thus be dfected. Record ·Qf Christian.· WOTk, .... Jbecause. of the ,shrinkage .of subscriptions .. • o' and the drop in advertisingmcome,"· has been 'compelled,' to discontinue, publication~ andhas:been merged· with the. Church Man' agement, a ~monthly· maga..tine : which had ai' ready m~de)largereduct.ions·iI!· its' ,own size ap,d. content. It is too .. bad tha,t., two such ~e ,papers, are forced to a united . content less than''#.~~'Con~. a;short .. tm.te.ago .. Evan, gclit;:al Christians should be warned-by such signs that l.J1lleSs they give,.~ ~r support to their publications, faith :will'~_ose the power apd inspiration dtat come .fro~ the printed page.

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For.$16.65 an adult can see everything that is:to 'be seen ·at .A·Cen'turyof \Progress.· This includes :geing>:into·evei:y' .. pay~oobcession and Midway-: amusement.' Add ··:to ,this, a ;$3' ob--servatlon ride. in ·a, ;dirigibl~ balloon, a· $3 air' plane ride,-and, ,a 50' cent : boat, tour, of,· the la' goons,'and the tf?tal ,;is j-$2'3.1 5.·' ~Acbild un" der.twelve,years old·can·;do:the:entire·fair, in .. eluding all pay attractionS,; for,:·$12·.OS. . .

This is. the offi'ciallytabulated,outside total. What actually Jhappened was that the· 2,'

464,413 visitors who paid gate admission to the eXposition in. ita fi.tst'~ montli;~ay:2'1' to June' 27,"spent $2,500,000 ·.·among-:the eonces, sionS, :an,average ·of ai doHatieaCh; ,:ill ··addition

... '1... • 50 'ad·' - ., '(2 c, ~ £ . bil to'Uletti • i cents!,' mtSslon~' ····'07 cents'Jor-:c ' drerijJnder twelve). n~ auendance for·:the first,: mon.th~~.·Iilofef thcln" ~ wa.s.:expected. ~.~ : 'The,;gate_ 'admj~ionf ;-0£:.· 5flcents'·, fot,:; adults and 25' cents -for.i·Children·, indud~'eighey'hve

exhibition' buildings 'and features and eighty .. two miles"of exhibitS-. . ~

This- :shoUld· put a' bnal quietus on wild guesses' as to what it a>Sts to see the W?rld9 s Fair.

One of the great controversies of the cur~ rent hysteria' is over the' idea that beer is a food. The National Woman·s· Christian Temperance Union in its educational campaign against the alcohol habit finds that large num.' hers of people are likely to be. alcohoHz;ed through the spread of propaganda that beer is a food.

The ufooP"·~ propertie$ of peer can be viewed somewhat as the food properties of a toad, stool. Mushrooms and toadstools have ptacti .. cally the :8aeDle food value-but the toadstool in addition contains. Poison. So it is with beer; its ~ght food value ~ completely offset by the inherent poison in the alcoh.ol which science condemns as a beverage. The only reason this .is not generally understood is be, cause of' the clamor of the liquor propagan' <lists.

Beer is now put forward as a non..fatterlirig food. But eight~ounces of four per ~t beer contains two teaspoonfuls of the active poison -alCoho1, a narco1;.i~ habit,forming drug.

Food furnishes first, building material; sec' ond, fuel forwarmth and work; and third, may be stored against future needs.. Alcohol can" not be' used for~building purposes or ~th and all the·-while it is. in the body it is exec' cising its char3.cteristic poisonous eifect.

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Christ by Colonel H., Stanley Todd,' inter' nationally known; American portrait painter, has been COIiunitted'·by the· artist, because of his deep ·ihterest in; furtJte:ring Cbpstian, Unity and missioilatyendeavor,' to the U cause of. Chri.stici:n'-missions ;tand extension 'of the king ... domof'Gbd~~tlirOUgh·the wOrld;',' So it is an .. nounced ·by·Dr. ·George F. :Sutherlantl: chair' man"Qf,:the;'~Q~ ~".Bducation· .Moy,:~gnt. It is,~g~~Jl.~tion·~1: A~fllr¥'of Progr~:~gQ."iWh.~ ·i~:is7~ ~4er the auspi~~~o(,~j, ,If~ ~ ~Rf.;~~ Churches<ofChrist in~America:,and .. the.~Mi&' sionai¥~',J@~s:a~ 'M~~~'~:': i~ ~"~~ that 'at l~;~~ ~o.!J,s:a.,,!~~peopl~;,~,4 daily>;' It~ha&.fot~~ JIlontbs ·been attracting wide ·\~tioriat .. ;; attention because of its poweifu!:::pi)rttayal of the .... Christ Triumphant·"

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in contrast with the· traditional concepts of the .... Man· of," Sorrows. .. ~ The painting bas gtrH:-ven-to thollsands':who' have seen it a . new apprecia, tion' of th~· SaVior. ··All visitors at: the exposi .. tion should, not miss thE;.. opportunity of sPPing this wonderful picture. From many testi, monials we have selected that of Rev. Doctor Ralph w. Sockman of New York City:

One 1iay recently •.• I entered a darkened room wh~e. in. solitary impressiveness hung Colonel Todd's picture of the Galilean.Christ. That figure so arrestingly modern, with its light hair and ~blue' eyes, transported me· into another world-a world of noisy men made quiet, a world of worried men made calm,. of sinful men made pure, of hopeless men made confidenL And when I came ont again, into the confusion of the New York stt'eets it was not quite the same as when I entered. . . .

PROPOSED'DEROMIIIATlOIfAL FDIAJI(E PLAN

BY EVEllETI' c. HUNTING

The Denominational Budget plan, as it has been carried out· in the Forward· and Onward Movements beginping in 1919s is, on the whole. a great improvement over the finance methods which preceded it.. But it has con .. sistently shown a very serious weakness: the boards and funds dependent on it for all or a considerable part of their support have no way of estimating in advance what propor" tion of the amount allowed"them in the bud .. get will be actua1ly received. This results ~ a tendency: toward running up' indebtedn~ since the ~ .tptal of the budget has never been raised: :1De following p~, is proposed~ not in the bope~that it will be ac;lopted in .this fOrnis but that it will stimulate constructive thought and action" on a situation that is ad, mittedly unsatisfactory:

1. Each board at its Apnl meeting (March for the Sai>hath Scbon1 Board unless they de .. cide. to,have. an 'April one· for the purpose) sbalt adopt a tentative budget for the year beginning July 1- next... A copy shan be prouipdy .sent to the secretary o£.' ~e Com ... mjssi,on.-. -

2/Tlie:' Commission shan change the time of its',midyeai" meeting ··froin the last week in ~~t'O,. ~. i.(ottrth. . Sunday in Apri4 wHen' :~it-'sbia11' consider' ·;the t:entative . budgets frolrCthe ~~lx.atds·'·a.nd7a.doPt:a tentative Denominational BUdget based' on them.

3. ~. L\~ 'dennite>simU]taDetlw;c Qmpaign-to 8e'

cure :plenges'" :tOVlai'd'.:tms" budget Shan ". be held

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during the month. of .May. ,Th~. Committee to Promote the ;Financial Progratl\:i (hereafter for convenience called the,' Committee) ·ahaU write to. each church ·.during ; Janua.r;y asking whether it wishes to-. pledge· as _a-church;-.from the . church treasUry, or as individuals, the pledges paya;ble thrQugh the church, treasurer. Each church choosing the former method 'sball be requested to· send a statement of its pledge to the Committee during May. Each-church choosing the . latter method shall be requested during March 'to appoint. a . .local co."mittee and send the name and· address of its chair ... man to the Committee, . the·local committee to conduct a dlOrough and; en~etic . campaign for pledges 40m individualS ina~~g n9~'" dent members (and church organjzations such as' the -Sabbath school, Christian Endeavor go..

. cieties; .. WQmen'ts ;$Ocl~~. ~.) ;°ancJ:,tof'~ort the total of these to .~~. Cpmmittee by the end of May. The Committe;e. shall assist the local committees -by sending appropriate literature for use in the local cainpaigDsj providing pu)" licity in. the SABBATH IbCORDEIl~ etc.. Indi ... viduals who h~ve contributed·· as such· to . the Onwanl Movement in previous. years may be canvassed, but all ·:members of Seventh Day Baptist churches' should' be encouraged to pledge and pay through .,their, own· churches.

4. As early as possible in JUne the Com .. mittee shaD publish in tlle REcqRDEll a list of all Seventh Day Baptist churcheS in the United States, and' opposite each .~ 'tnethod of pledg .. ing chosen ~d the total ple4ge~ '. (The pledges of any individuals as such" shall be included in the grand total.) A revised list may.be published later if found desiiable.

S •. Payments on these. p~ges .to the On ... ward Movemen~ treasurer shall· ~ in July.

6~ The Commissien at: itspre...conference meeting shall Rvisetbetentative ,bUdget,. )nak.­ing the total of the;budger it; recommends: to Conference equal to the; pledges:, .reported';by the Committee.. The amount expet:ted:Jor~dle Onward Movement from·theoifering&>a.tJCon-­ference, associations~ and othergatherlngs.,o£ groups' of ~~,etc., ·sbaJl. be,~ a reserve .-again$t; "shrinkage, ,iSince, ~" ~ js no~ lobe "%a)DSjdered; ~a Jeg4d~, ~f~~~ may·be·rev(Jke4~,a:~ .~.by ~~::~Jc~,.tfQ~ geodandsuffi<;ient n:asQns7.~·,due~~ca." tion. . t _ ' . .";', .. '<.' . ':',~ ..'. "'.< ":

, It seems .. 1:0. me, .~ i~'sw;h,:p~ ~"a.s. the aIboVe' ·would <XlJDe " aa .~ec.-.r to .·-attait)ing the

ideal,of ,·'balancing.·the, \bu4get~~ as Ut; poesible in ·such a loose '~on;;aa tbe:.'~8.eventh Day Baptist, den.om;Dation·-'~=,ahouldfbe. It: is siIilply applying.:thenmethods:, already in use'in some of our churches, and other organi' zations such as the ··Community Chest'" ,(and in.~;c;ampaign for the ~«mth:l?ay ~ptist Building a, few y~ ago»)~,t1ieannual-.de· nominational problem. I hope, ~m~ing along this tine can be tried next year. . .

Dunellen. 'N. J.~ . August S, 1933.

QUAR.,....Y,MqTIRG AT W~WOR~~,"WIS. . '.

The su~er session of' the· quarterly meet .. ing 'of the' southern Wisconsin and Chicago churches met with the Walworth Chutth on July 14 and 13. Rev. J. F.~Randolph pre:clCbed a· sermon following a song service on Friday evening. .

On, Sabbath morning .Miss E~betb F. Randolph' of Chicago presented a sermon on the. theme.. ""Finding, the ,Way Through.n Prilyerwas offered .bY Rev. E.E~ -Sutton.· At noon. dinner was- seived m. the churCh base .. ment~

The meeting at 2 p. m. 'waS in charge of Pastor Carroll ~ who preached ""3:-. sermon on: the preSent day applications ·.of the Mes .. sage of. the Proppet Amos ... cReV~ M. G. "Still ..

. man offered prayer_ The yoUilg ,people's.hour was in charge of Mary,Tboroga.te. The pro-­gram consisted of twa- ,I'eports from the Inter .. ~tionalChri$ian .lhKieavqr-., Convep~h re' cendy' h~d,'m .Milwa~~.:givenby,Edith Balx:ock arld ... Martha. QJo14 . and . t;alks by l'revah', Su~.and;,,~~.,Gray. '.:~veral ~oDs ·of ,musi~wtte :given, by J;;ladPJSut .. ton,.:~. Dorothy ,.~ ·,~yre.>J\obert ~olph, Howar.d ,~.,aJl4.~,q~::~nl ~g ~ :<>£;, ~d.. Gra.y~ c~->I9ndol...pb, Janwa'~·.aJ;1dln~;·~tpn.",,; ~'.

_ '. Dunng'~·the· rbuSine8s :~~I'~:'<~ly Dieeting;~ '$60~ t&l re':usecl\iby;'tlie°>eQmmjt'

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P~'PVND DfCOME ACCOUNT Jal7: '1~19J2i .o:7a17 I, 1933

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Balance _ haIl4 ~', i.;;1i93a·, ••••• .;~ .......... $ 19.28 DivideDds rOD __ ~,'''' ca . . . . .• . . . ... . . . . . . . . 21LSO I~ -~~ haIik;~-.deixiiits· •••••••••••••••• ..~ I nt:erat, ,bGDd&. ,JaiOJt.,:ae...de. •••• ~ .. _ • • • • • • •• 3,7.sa.ol

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Interest on aDIlaitiea\ •••••••••••••••••••••••• $ 281.GO Transferred to· Genaal Fund .. .. ... • .. .. .. •• 3.655.31 Water biIL:~~~,~u . :..... .•.• .•• ..... 5.00 Rental ae£e ~: bOx; iDc1v.tfHtt( tax • u • • • • • 5.50 Tax on chedcs'·adf~. Marice c:IIar8a' ..... oo.. 4.44 Balance on .haDd Jull- 1. 1~3$ ~ ............ ~ • ., 48.80

$4.008.05

SPECIAL PERlLIANE.NT FtJJfDs F1a Vlleiisj-' F. ''Raadolph Memorial Fund

Amount of;timd' Jal'; 1-.. 1932 •••••••• oo ••••••• $ 35.10 Interest:~: .~~ ~:~. 1933. • _ ........... ~.OO.OO .'. • • L,75

Amount of· ~ J1il- 1... 193a ............. _., •••• -$ 36.85 ThiS ~ia n~ ~ from the Gea&exal

F1mcl'Gf' tIae. SaclietJ'.. the Society pQiDg m=_. fpr the. use of.me . , :'., '~.;. ~ '. -'. ' .

. - -Ministerial' EdncaioD F.and Amount on" ~d' i. i .. 1932 •••••••••••••• $ 13-4.36 Amount on hand Julr t. 1933 ................ $ 134.36

In ~ ~twe"t of The WashUagton 'Tt"WIt~~', .

AIiCe:FisIaer~¥jDisteria1 Relief F1md . Amount· QD·.haD41U17 1.-1932; ... ~ ........ .; ....... $3.480.00 Amount on hand July l~ 1933 ••••••••• ~ ...... $3.480.00

Invested· .;'aQlie.'Bea&edfi7 real estiate mcntsage. H. ; C.W~"'eee~ Vieistel'ial Relief 'Fund

Amount __ 0.1J' ~j=;I .. "19~ _~AO·"."" •••• "" •• $ . 425.00 AmI ount:..;~ _~. ~ 1. 1933; . -. ~:Aft

nveRea. ~' "Dote "................. ~.'V'V In • ~t of·The W~ T~JIi&iiY" .' •• :~ .. • • • • .... .. • • • • • • • • • .. • • 22S~OO

$ 425.00

Andrew ]. P'otIa" MinilirriU Relief Fund Bequest &Om the estSte~f" ~ . E.. Potter

receivf:d ~;::NtWemba-' 16. f.1942 ........ _ ...... -•• $l~.OO Amount. of . fuJid . 1.u17. ,1 19..13:'

Investea. iii'; to:ilJuUia~mm1cen Trust Co. . (N. ;. ~Y.), " .... ~ ~ .. ,.;A •• • ....;~"'.:'. _ •••••••••••••••• $ 781.75

Invested'iD 9. shares.rUst·· National Bank (Bost:o:a.) • ( •.••••.••• ~..;" •••• -.,.-... ••••• • • •• • •• ~5

. -~ ~'Schat Pmad Amount of fmad ~~ 1. 1932 .................. $1,248.27 ~est 011 1Jc:Bad"" .,;, ••••••• ..:.~......................... 55.83 1Dte:a ed, on ..-nu&a ao;os"";IId ... • • • • • • • • • •• • • • • • 14.99

Amoum of fmui July 1. 1933: $1.319.Q9

Invested in Kansas Power 6: t-igbting Co. 9..:-Macl .. ...., .............................. - ..... - ... $ 912.50 UI aaviDaa c1epu18neat of The WnbingloD

Tr1ast. .eo., ~_ •• _,_ ••• __ ' •••• __ • __ ......... _. ~

'"GirIs' Sdvd FDDd , Amount of faDd July I, 1932 .••••••••.•••••• $1,681.30 Interest to' July . \, 1933 ••• • • • • • • • • • • • . . • • • • • • 67..25

Ambuid: of' mnd' JuJ;yl .. 1933 •• ~ •••.••••••••• $1348.55 This fund is Dot ~ate &om -the Ger« pal

Fund of the Society~ the Societ, payUag inta est for the use .gf same

SPEC'IFIC INCOME ITEMS Jncome from V-uri_erial Education Fund

Balanc:e CJI1 baudJD1717' t93Z ••••••••••••••• $ 43A8 lDtereat on Pel mane"t Fund ••••••••••••.••• ~. 5.37 IDta est on IN ViDe Fund ...••............. .- _ 1.GO

$ 49.85 I.oa:ned to student _ .. ~ ...•• _ •.••. _ ... _ •. _ • . . • 40.90

Balance on baDd July 1, 1933 ••••••.•••••••• $ 9.85 In ~ department of TIle Washington

Tru8t Oxnpany.

JDCome: from Alice 'Pishe:r Kinisterial Relief Fund 8. ...... on hand Ju17 IFJ:~2 ................ $ 196.67 Inte:zest onPermanmt ................. _. _ 300..5 Interest ott. Jneome Fund •.•••• u .. .. • .. • • • • • 5.36

Paid beDe6riaries • • t' • ...... -- ......... ~ .... $ ~~ Balance OIl hand"" July 1. 1933 •.•••••••••••••• $ 14Z-18

In 1IaViDp. depaa I la.,;t of The Waebinghm Trust -Couipany.

1Dcome from B. C. Woodmansee Ministerial Relief Fmad BahmceOll. baud July I&.. 1932 ................ $ 244.84 Iataest QI1 Pe" •• n e at~1m4 ••• u __ ....... __ .. 21.00 Iaterest .on Jncome Faiad ..... u .......... u 10.20

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Baiaoce .0Il haadl*· 1. 1933 ••••••• _ •••••••• $ 276..04 .In ~ dep&ahaie'pI of The Washington

Trust.:. C¥iqiopny •. Income ~.Andrew J.Patter V"'misteaial Relief Fund 1ntCsestOD.Peru,anent .. Fund •• .; •••••••••••••• $ S4.33 lnteiest on ~ FUnd ••••••••••••••••••••• .85

Balance on hand July 1. 1933 ••••••••••••••• $ 55.18 In savmg.:' depathiWnl ' of The Washington .

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---~--AN lMlEitEsilftG,1irtER fROM - , . .. . BOItirID.· ' . ~. ~ __ I

(Wri1teD by zcquest as a review of the work and· the , ' sitmiUoii dWiDgthe year.) .

~~·.Wi"~.··L Bun14.·Corresptmdmg SeCfretaryof ·the 'Sevend1 Day Baptist Missi:Ofrli'; c~;..: ...... . TY ~~&-J~ AShaWiiy;R. :1. ·>':t:c;',,-.~ ::~ :.c"

DEAR. BROTHEIl,BtJRDICK: ." .... _, ~', .. ~ •• - ..,-.: "c- -.,- _;.. ", ;. .--.,

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Baptist Churches in Holland~ wrote me he was composing the yearly report for the Mission .. ary Society and asked me if I had' received the usual ~~blanks. 'tot 'I replied I had not. So I trUst you will have received the yearly re" port from Holland meanwhile.

Last year has been an important but a hard time for the churches in Holland, just as with you. Still~ when I read in the SABBATH RE ... CORDER of all your troubles in connection with the work in America and in f9reign fieldS, I hope and pray the time will come that~ by the grace of God~ we in Holland may be atble to sustain our own cause.

The way in which Brother Conradi or" ganized the new Seventh Day :Baptist churches in Germany is to make them self"SUpporting. Meanwhile he took the costs for the edition of his numerous publications for his own ac" count.

, In the last meeting of the Council of our Seventh Day Baptist Churches in aolland we have been considering the possibility of ta king the Boodschapper for our own account in Holland, as a ,bi .. monthly paper. A commit .. tee was appointed consisting of Brother Tae .. kema~ Brother Zy-p, and myself, for the edit .. ing part, and of Brother Zylstra and Brother Boulogne for" the managing 'part. All of us are quite willing to do this work free from charge., The only costs would be those for printing~ expedition, and postage. This' com .. mittee will report to next Conference. We very much hope that by regular contributions of the churches, free private gifts, and by voluntary - increasing of the SUbscription fees we may bring together a considerable' part of the costs. ' v

Had we not had to deplore in the beginning of this year the death of Brother Reinsma, a merchant~nd ,liberal g~ver, who. ha~ joined the Amsterdam ChUrch the' year before, we might have had the chance to attain this pur .. pose at once. After the Conference I hope to write to the Tract Board a:bout the result of this action in behalf of the Boodschapper.

Concerning the Missionary Society~ I al .. ways used the appropriation J received~ ,in be .. half of the cause. I' did so in the OOPI'se of years in different ways, as I judged ·best. ,', We are deeply_grateful to the, Mlss~oliaryBoard for their corisiderable support and ,confidence during so' many years. After the. reduction of this support for the Holland and Java ~fields

and the depreciat;i~n\ of ~e\ qQllar, we feel that we have to make other'arrangements now.

are ~!~~~f,~l~"~~ wo~p and the car~ for the needy .inthese days of unemployment are met, by collections and gifts. The elders Westerdaal and Van Eyseren and Zyp are helping me, faitJlfu11y and well in church work" andBrother,~Bou .. logne, the clerk of the Haarlem ~Churc:b, is rendering excellent help in several ways for the churches in general, for the Boodschapper, etc.

Since January, 1931, he was regularly em' ployed at the central office of the Midnight mission, which is held at my home. I am secretary of the board of this mission. I could not prevent, however, under the, present de' pression, the 'reduction of his emplOyment to half of his tmJ.e and half of his former, scanty salary. At any rate we are glad that Brother Boulogne has :been kept at all. He has been seriously ill during a large part of last year and we feared for his life. The Lord heard our constant prayers and saved him for his family and the church.

When, ·by the grace of God, the spirit in the Haarlem and Amsterdam churches remains whcitit is now or" rather~ when our prayers will ·be heard for a fuller outpouring of the Spirit, there is no doubt but these-.churches may be not only self"'8Upporting, in:theirwork for their own edification in the 'love of God, but also for' evang~tion; outside the church in several ways. Hundreds of people ~me ro.. gether eVery Wednesday eyening,in one of the parks here to listen to Brother Zyp and others of our people and to a little choir of our young pepple. And~ as fat as his business allows him, Brother Zyp will go to -other churches arid to speak in revival meetings.

Quite different stands the matter with Bro' therTaekema. After a long time of con' sideration in 1932~ he answered, toth.:! call of the Hague ChUrch that he would be-pleased if ,they would repew' their 't:a.ll ,this· year. Meanwhile the Circumstances changed for the worse. Our people there are· ,:suffering, now severely from depression in bUsiness' and ' sick­ness~ By the reduction of the 8Upp~rt of' the Missionary "Society, , t1Vhich ::,is used ,. now for the gr-eater part, for Mr!,T~~a, th~ -~un .. cil' cannot, offer' to, ?the- ,Hague 'Church, what we were inclined to do.last·y~~,: ~ l10pe at that time was that S3Ibbath .. keeping Chris ..

tians there--most of, them ex ... AdventistS-­would 'come;to ~ear Brother Taekema, as pas.­tor of the·Seventh, Day Baptist Church there.

One of die mostpromment facts of last Year waS ;the- coining over'tO Holland of Pas.-

CoD:radi after: the, foUndation of' the first tor '_ _, " .. Seven~·:ThlY~"BaP~. ch~es in Germany. Brother. Taekema, Brother ,W~, and I had (to our:, -great rejoi~g) Witnessed this foundation. :' Pastor Conradi"s, visit' to our churches'in :HoUand was; ,higblyappreciated and a r~al' bles&ngto all of us. ',At his desire we or~ public meetings in several places. where he told of, his experiences and spoke about the, ~(lS why he had left the Ad .. ventist felloWship, and also on the testimonies of Mrs~ ,White and other Adventist views.

No doubt his words made a deep impression on some of 'his, hearers. Still, there remains a great di1ference in th~ spirit of the Adventist and the' Seventh Day Baptist churches. Those who leave' the Adventists do not at once feel at home With us. In some places, however, there has grown more ~ntact .. between ,Seventh Day Adv~tlsts and Seventh Day Baptists.

We' are very .d~ous now to meet arother Conradi at our Conference and to hear how everything is getting. on in the young Sev~th Day B~ptist churches, under ~e. f!-ftw Hit1~ regimen~" i. Brother ~cGeachy rejoJ.CeS ~ m the pros~ .of·'~eeting! Pastor ~di an~ also in renewing., ,the "~~ tie With his friends iIi' HoIland. PrOhably he will write again hiS.,~nip~ons for the SABBATH RE .. CORD~ aS~ he~,'~, two y~s ago. Last year

, ted he was: pr.ev:en • . . As I obServed abpye, we had to bear serious

losses by'rc d~~ last, year - first, Brother Reinsma,:an acti~ :m~ of the Amsterdam Chw::ch,.;~ ~ long .}andserious illness; also the death 'of, Sister :Van ':E~,Elder Van Eyseren'ts.· fai~wif~and, help, during their long and :happy- ~e., ,More, than, forty years i~¢Y~.c walked, t together in obedience to the Lonl~s· cpfDmancbnents. '.

Our -oolyso~,~ "Gerard, . has: 'been very ill, and ~near, death-after a I secon,d attack ,of in1lu ... enza 'and' infJammation::o£',;the ,Ilungs;- But the Lord 'heaid our;prayers:and ;restoredhis health. He isa garderier'at· NaaldwijL.::Our da~ter Jacoba <atr Hiilegersberg,"1oea.r ;Ro~ , and her ,husbahd;uBrQthec-'Zylstra, and: their little son are~ituite<weJ.4~and:our children and grand .. children :in·, Java· alse.-,-,~ ~ :=. '

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Sister~,.Slagter is staying in Holland with her family since May last. Within a f~ days she wiUcoIP-e,~ .stayVrith us'here and attend the COnference. ,'Meanwhile-~ Mol v.d. Ste~is at the head of pang~ (in Java). SiSter Slagter, is sixty ... seven, and though she is very weak, she wants to'return to her work in Java. We doubt if she will be C\hle to do so: There are many questions concerning the work in Pangoengsen, which continually cost us a great deal of trouble and are very diffi .. cult to be solved. .

As to the condition of the churches in HoI .. land~ especially at Haarlem and Amsteroa,!,~ we are of good cheer. We trust that e-qen m these days of crises on every side the work of God~ in the spiritual life of our churches and individually., will grow. We observe un­deniable signs of the worlcing of the Spirit in which we see the harbinger of new blessings we are expecting.

When we shan be together at our approach-­ing national, or· rather European, Conference, August 11 ". 13, at Haarlem, we surely shan not forget the Confer~ce of our American brotherhood at Milton, the mother church of 'Seventh DayBap~ in Holland-its pastor, Dr. Narhan Wardtier; being our father in the Sabbath.

I wrote you these lines in reply to your righteOus complaint. I hope my letter will have. completed in some way the secretary~s report.

I may' add that my work outside the chur~ for social purity and rescue and preventive work, is greatly' handicapped' by ~e p~nt depression. We are continually'losmg a great deal- of our sUbscriptions and of the subven .. tions that' were granted ~ by the State and some municipalities. Still, we are of. good dteer, trusting that the Lord will not forsake the works of his own hand. r

Let me close now with my hearty fraternal greetings.

Very truly yours in Christ,

G. VEL~UY~EN. Amsterdam C.,

J~ly ,27~ 1933.

:~"The ,legal re1i~onist, thinks 'that consci~ce is made of'" ,putty;;, : and can? be ,battered mto shape by the policeman 'ts ':baton:. '",' .-

. REVERENCE, .Afft)i DEVOTIONAL', ATMOSpHERE·· 'OF<TRI' ,<ROME ;

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BY MRS. A. T. BOTTOMS

(Condensed:paper read at the Woman's Hour of the Southeastern A$sociatlon)

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.Several years . ago,. while'. on a: trip through the . southern part of Alabama~·· we~ passed. a

. small pottery, plant. . The finished pottery was displayed on a rack by the: highway. . The workmen .. remained . at their tasks inside the pl~t, ~g ',clay, . maru,pUlating. the potter"s wheel~'gl~g, _b~g, arid~ting. It was their prOducts . whi~ went 'iiitO ,the '. advertis .. ing . rack~nd hence' to the -clliferent p~ of the country. Whcil. 'in the liiommg ihE:"work .. menbC()ught baskets of wet 'clay' to 'Pte. mold .. ing .' titbles~ none could f9retell th~ ,results. The processes involved were many cuid' ~k .mUCh patience and time. The finiShed' prod~Cts were ,the ' work· of many' hands. Not, every piece· made in ·the plant that-: day traVeled far. Some with flaWs,served,the··neighboringpoor; . culls· were thrown upon th~, WaSte pne; : 9rily the best was placed" upon. : the .; display raCk beside the highway :or shipped;tQ un iridivid .. uat orders:. What is the end ~·of· a ~pieCe ':of fine pottery? Who knows? It may' be broken; it. may gra~ a h~e for ,gen~tiQIl8, a thing<?f beauty which is a,iO,Y. ~er_· ·The master potter dr~ed an4/vjs1JaJj~, these things .~ he toiled at his task in' the .1ittl~ worksh6p each day ..

I; am, ~g ~ypf the: pareDts~f this generatio~:~ .. PQ~'. yes, .i3S·;m~:: ~ of today .. ~ OUr :W<)l~g, is .with>the fin~ <_da~ --clay puL.;a~g',with, lif~f_' :grpwth,~,AAd:,P~~ ~. Are we as,p~~.-t~Qj,..kipg;'9f-.9.ur ;~~ ~en. mere!y.as .. ~ ~:total/~ :~,IJ!.~dtScbedI ~l~rest, J~ ,dr,inJr, e~CClti9n,';.~s4el~, p~y~ and school-these tlWtg~ ~hat ~ate, ~ely. tQ a mechanical life? We niot\t~ busy o;ur" selves m -bur 'hOmes' ~Kil~" ratli~· are ,~~y at their work-where do we Jtofor"iriS.ptta~ tion when·our bodies are~ tired·and our D::t:itids fogged ~ ,~h~stress-of this modem lifer Some who would sneer would·~, tq the !nov'" ies, radios; j~. Not so With'~tHe.:~ Pot .. terse When life lags and· ':-we f.:need :'Strength to" hotd'us:,to:-otJr ,task,~·'W'e·· thirik""and::dreaDt:of (lur ~childrett~i~We~\eilteti·;c~the:' worlct:!.6f"to' ·morroWs--hope;··: eu.r . dUlttten:~ :"'wb3t shall:})e the end of oUr·'.cluldren?r,:r'Wlio[· cail ~?;.:,

must of n~ity add·to them· rev~:and devotion:" . It '~ · .. ~~!,:-of .. ~~ ,t:bfitgs' ;~ost neglected..:in o~.~U#g)ife, ~ ~ the mOst prominent .. - -~ parentS'we are eager'to fur ... nish the':maUfria}'tbiogs -of ,Iif~· We get' WOiy anxious ('that the" school and" tlxf c11utCh ". be what they,shoul8 ··be,.but -fNe,.'·like; Mlrtba', of old. must' be told that Mary hath chosen wisely.

As patents .do we rea1;7,e when we see in our children irreverence· and worldiness that we are fost common workmen? Do we rea .. lize tha(:o.w-~er"s; plwers are· neglected and allowed to molder away? ' R.eve:rence in young life .js onlY' a refleCtion- of· our'lives. "Train up 'a child· in- die way he should go and ·when. ~'is old he will not dqmrt from ~ on

,is God's 'W\Jrd for it. Do we believe it? If so, we must rea1ite that we are daily facing the sad conditiori'" of no reverence for any" thing. OUt: tiW&--1l31ional, State, and county -are all held toO· lighdy. .., YOUng life of to-­day does ,not ,reverence the church ·and its organizations. -Why isDo't this" ~.~ fault of the young' people? We as . parentS 'and grand:" parents mUSt face the issue ftankly by saying ~e are to· blame. 'Where' is the old time rev' .erence for.' home .. and •. church and nation? Where are· the -men and women 'whose faces should fill 'these pews from Sabbath to Sa)" bath? Reverence, to them, is a thing passed by lightly. . Their Y()UDg sves were not molded 'oUt of that spiritual clay of reverence lor the lawS of -God. They. were no doubt taught, but, they failed to have the masterful hand of a potter who not' Qnly taught God"'s law but.r~¥.j;J.iye4-.ci~ ·3~.ma~"pp~ we have gtown"~~'. ~'We . 'are "'SttUggHng in the wil<lliriiess" of; doubt· . a.rid- disbelief;" Our hearts cr/ :~ut ,for .~~. ~llesh· p6tS;; 'of Egypt .. We have lQ6tt11e"j~;~'s:.~.and/are each day;', ~dd.ing ';bi,ts· pf>-hr9k~:*and ~.marr,e(l childli{e.~QA:"~ ~;,.~, p~,-,,/ W~;C4U"~J)Ot teach an4i<p~ti~h~~r)¥1lj~.·~· de;),;Wt '.Do&" scss. W.g:;q~:;gi~t~a~",~~we!'&· ,no,t. have .. W¢.-kmaster' P9tteisAof~~;flif~:,are wei heel: ~,~- d:2i61Jtid.~~·~c~'':R~erence . and g - ~"-'~ . '- ' ... ~., ... -'".., ',. --l!1'- b;S-, -,.-~., .' .- . .. .• . devotiont~~"';.;the.:~ " i'· "'. t8"~hicl:f .";- . ... , ..• ~~ .... -. ~,-=-~ .•. ,., . .,.. .. -.~~ and beau '.: and ';U8efu1Be:8s ·,10\ ~the- .~~ .'. ;; ~f

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Could. we as' parents: today but realize what our leve:t-ence for God and things pertaining to him means 'to· the young life of wday, we wOuld, . With broken hearts· seek God that he bind up the broken limbs of our home life and unite pur hearts in .Go(fs eternal abiding love. 'Too sad, but true,. we send J:bem out to face the worl4, not knowing the protec ling care of a heavenly Father. Yes, we have seen to it that they are clothed, educated., etc..,but as we push them out. in the sea of life they do not have '. an anchor. Then when trials come, when temptations ower cake them, when troubles are Q]mO$t unbearable, they either sink or they have IX> go to others (pastor or friend) for strength to catry on. They canl

not . anchor to mother's or fatber"s God . for they never knew dlat parents had an anchor in God.

A little incident that bas come in my own personal e:xpe:Iience is of a young. lady of ~~ ability and attainment who came to ciill on me. She was. sorely troubled. AI ... .though she had been taught to attend church .and Bible school from childhood, to her, just now, the church or the Bible school was but a form. It was a gaod habit. She bad taught fora nlllllbd of years in our high schools. .Hq p~ts ,w~ prospering Christians. Her ,nari:te iJad for -ye:a.rS·been on the book of one of our besf chtircbes, but she was without an anchor, drifting in space, conscious of the fact that something was ·wrong. Almost in despair she came to me with her troubles. I was touched. I..cgave her a listening ear; I pt:ayed as she mitt-. her ·lHe story, of her desire to be ~ t;eal ~ of her dissatisfaction with her priva!e Christian life:- As she talked I ~ed her· if her . parents had not ~ trotJ.1>les an4, if so, llOWhad they met them.: She so1J, bingly ~d;~ didn't know for she bad never . heclni ~~ Of·them pray. Oh!.1:he darkness of a' ~,y'oUng 1if~~the lUu:etlAint:y of sailing on -life"s . sea ,without an anchor, and ~ -i~~:.her parents bad., (ailed to take ~e '* :te~ GOO:, had f,Hled' tt> take. time 1:9 deiOte a'-l~ioall':bit :of. eam :daytohls :C9.llSes had -not':p~yed. -and .read God's ~' and

.:ty .' -' ,-,.. .. ,"- .'" -,~, . childj~r~1~hf)~~: a¢' ~;,~~?!iOD,STof our li~. 'QYr\:J1()JA~r"and' :~,~~;~~: , one,QJ$·aU;"and'~i~ltm'§Q,·-pp~~~;.w>thi~., We ·1l}.~t!llu.t f'ljmP~:~:l!~;;'li(~j~,~;"tWP~1' T . .'.' . ".. "; . ."... '..; .... 1:b-ut .. t1i

asked fdf~aaitY~~~ _. god was afar off. Of all- the~ bl~"'iDheribDce' of a child the greatest . Dl~be . t.O~~ba:ye:~godly, parents. H 'We' are to have orirdBldren becotne spiJitual . ex'petts . in' 'appreheiiding GOd, we must. teacl1

~wl~,r=u:i'!'· ~1J~~ni raJotQ.g~':~~~·1S,~~~i .. __ ' .. ~ ... ~,' out reV~··:£andj~4~Q~n,,·· it,. ~: .. usel~ .. ," p ~ . - ~ -;r ........ .. ~ • • • • • •• •• • • _. . -- - -y~

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bread, in the humble dUties7 in the little min'" istries of the obscure ways; we" must, teach them to feel after' him in prayer by teaching them to partake in the 'family worShip. Let them know and feel God's nearness to his ilwn so that when trials come, when tempta .. tiona are strong, w:hen, Hfe is swaying with ~motions; they may in these trying~ times pause, seek, and feel the ever present help.

Statistics show that 'Only a, small per cent of young criminals come from' homes where' ,a. part of' each day is set aside for the family iWorShip. If we are the potters and God is pur ideal, he ,will not leave this task alone to us. When 'we need vision, '>-he gives it ; when pie need strength, he gives it. If we hunger jar knowledge; he gives it. He was 'God in aesh. He has blazed the way through ,the parkest jungle. He has trod off the sharpest ~dges of the stones in our path. , He knows pur strength. He underStands, our human emotions. He is just ahead, still beckoning ,us- to follow. Wi'll we lose him and mar our ,pottery, Dr shall we follow him up, up the long rough trail that we may, through, him, trace in t~e pottery intrusted to our keeping ,the lines "Of 'beauty, of strength, of reverence and devotion~ of a conquering Christ?

STATEMENT ONWARD MOVEMENT TREASURER .JULY, 1933

, 'Receipts~, Alf red, First ................... $ 78.98

Special . . .................... 5.00 --$

BattIe Creek Sabbath school, Chil-dren's department, special .... $ 8.75

Berlin . . ...................... 23.00 Boulder . . ..................... 5.00 Daytona Beach . ..........•.... 5.00 Dodge Center Ladies' Society .... $ 5.00

Mrs. Mary Rounsville . ..,... 2.00

Friendship . . .................. $ 45.00 Hebron, First . ................. 27.50 Hopkinton, Fiest - Christian En-

deavor society, special ........ 3.00 Los Angeles

Mrs. A. C. Rogers ............ 10.00 New Auburn . . ............ ~ .. " 2.00 New York City .... ~ . . . . . . .. . . . 22~09

, Nortonville . . . .... ,..... .... ... _10.00, Pa~catuck . . ....... , .......... $250.00

Christian Endeavor society~ , special . . ..... " ....... _ ..... ~ . . 3.00

Junior -Christian Erideavor so-ciety, speqal . . ....... ,., ~ • . . 1.00

Roanoke' "Mrs~'AuraTniman . fj •••• ',., ••• $ l~OO

R-Oc:kvine -~ • .. •••••••••••••• " •• ~ •• $" ;11.90 .

83.98

,8.75 23.00

5.00 5.00

7.00 45.00 27.50

3.00

10.00 2.00

"22;09 10.00

254.00 . .' ,.' .

10.00

Chris~an Endeavor society~, sP~~l.~ ..••.••....• ., ..... ~... ,1.25

Junior Christian Erideavor so-ciety' special . ..:' ~ .. .. . .. .. • '.25

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Shilph .. . .' .' .......... t ••• _ ...... ' ..... $ 13.00 St,onef.ort, special . . .... ,. -. • . . . • . 1~00 Waterford., Christian Endeavor so-

ciety ~" special . . ..... " . . . . . . .. '1.50' White, Cloud, special . ..;........ ,,13.25 Individuals:

Miss Emma C. Mpnn, "Youth Trek" . . , ........ ' ~', .•..... '. $ '5.00 Mrs. Lucinda P. Waldo ..... 10.00

Mrs., Lucia H. McN~y ....... 10.00 Miss Ozina M. Bee ........•.. 1.00 Mrs. Robert L. Butler'·........ 5:00 Dr. Andrew C. Nelson ..... '. .. 10.00 F. , C., ,Wells by F. J. Wells,

special . . ................ ,.. 25.00

Southeastern Association . . .... $ 26.86

13.40 ,13.00

1.00

1.50 13.25

66.00 26.86

Disbursements $ 651.33

Missionary Society . . .......... $191.08 Special . . .................... 63.00

--$ ,254.08 Tract Society . ....................... 51.88 Sabbath, School Board ............. ,. .37.00 Yo~ng People's Board .......•.... ,... 9.24 Woman's Board . . ............ ,...... 5.40 Ministerial Relief . . ............... :.. 13.88 Education Society . ................... 16.80 Historical Society .... . . . . . ... • . . . . . . • • 3.84 General Conference . ' ............... ,. 44.68 Debts . . ~............................. 15.40

118 Main Street, Westerly, R. I.,

August 1, 1933.

$ 463.00

HAROLD R. CRANDALL, Treasurer.

SUMMER BIBLE CONFERENCE _. - . . -. . ",

, -NORTONVILJ,.E SEVENTH pAY ~ST YOUNG

PEOPLE, JULY -22~28, 1933

When it was clear that'therewas no possi, bilitY of a Teen .. Age' COnference ,in' our 10' cality this·- year; ~ we 'began;' immediately to make': plans for a. local: Slimmer :Bible: 'confer' ence 'fo~" our, YOlihg ':Pec!ple~ : Tb$' 'cO~erence clO$ed' ~ last;- Sa1;;ba~~ '{after . a"we-ekof' classes and' Other' ~~eeting8; 'm' wbich~stxty"fotJr, differ' ent-young: peop.e,~'fdri.~e 'm~ : part: from:· our own, chUr~ toOk 1'a.rt.t? \ ';7~ '; ,,';" '= ',' '" ,', ~

:' 'The-tbem:e' 'verse for the ::conferenre: iwas ColoSsians ',t:' 13 ~,~'~'t";fu,-rall ~gs he niight', ha.v¢'the:~' 'pre.em-jjl~n;':':We/believe that " whefi,; the ;-clOSing!"~tiIl :ca.m.e~}we1"were

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much' nearer' ':00·: 'thEr -SaVicj~.t;>andl:Uiore~r~:fully surrendered' to him~;t})ani~k{Bef6re.'JS~".}

THE, :SABBATH,RECORDER 133 The, dt;votipnal.period' ~c;h ~y. VTclS,led" by

one of the young people. Then " followed Bible study in t9~, :~k '-9,f: :J~,,~,. led by Pas-­tor Osborn; a course,'in .Seventh Day Baptist history and polity, presented by Miss Mar' atet: 'LaM6nt;;'::a: 'seiies',:o£""lessons'iiI{ h - . '01 ... g " ",' - -"',' ", , ymn

-ogy condu~d ,by,MJ-s, G.' E. Osborn; and a group discUssiOri~f problemS Yiial to the ev' ery .. day' life' of youth, such as how to meet temptations, proper" Sabbath observance, how to test our amusements, and a host of general questions. I This, was ,the afternoon. program f rom two, to five 0" clock. ,

After an hour of recreation' planned by Vera Ba,bcock, came" the fellowship supper, with between fifty' and sixty ,:at' 'the tables~ Then at seven .. 1ifteen; came-the" veSper service built around some' 6f 'the' masterpieces of art which were showD. on the screen~ 'At eight o'clock came the series of talks by Pastor ~ born on the Bible':and Modern Science, which were open to, the public.. He brought to. our attention many recent discoveries in various

, sciences' which demonstrate the a.tturacy and historicity .of i the statements of the Bible.

No Seventh, Day Baptist young people"s conference, would be complete without a, feI .. lowship breakfast, so on Wednesday moniing we embarked in several autos' and went to Wheeler"s woods, where we had sCrambled egg sandwiches, coff~ and' appleS. After a brief service of nature songs and poems' we returned home, stopping en route to' sing with one of our n'UIIlbeI: who is recovering from an a ppendicitis operation.

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The Friday nig~t vesper service was given over to a testimony meetiIl.g in which those present told what the conference had meant to them. 'Thai evening the, pastor preached on uLife"s,;~c,"" which ~ the power of the Holy Spirit iIi the life through a full sur' render. . ,

Sab~th' -'m9rnitlg was ,the 'climax sex vice, with ck ~on '<;l1;l.~7he C~ds of Life, n

giving ,the,p$c;:ip~~ for~"decid.ing; uP?Jl a ,life wor~ ,,:FQllow#lg.~the,)~m4iPL~~:~t young,' ~ple '~~ _ intq,. !1:he ",bcJ.ptismal wate.@.,_; .,~ey,: :~',J~!;,~:;J1er~t Crou~.,Lorel).: • ~~ ,_:~-;, J~Jja", ,;and Wend~t ~~n,,·>and ~udrey and Edgar WheeIer~ ,', , ), ,

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Andj·SO:;:EmdedLa.;,week.; of. faith" fellowship, and; 'fun.';~w]\icl!nwillrem:Un:.1Ong.m, the·~ mem .. orie8,of.~alhof us. ~ , " , " .

YOUNG PEOPLE'S WORK

,IT IS TO'THINK , . . .

YOUNG PEOPLE' AND LEADERS AT HoME:

, ~e P:e"Conr~ce for Young", People and Leaders, 18 to, ,be .~eId August 22" Tuesday~ If the weather~ pernU~" the entire day is _to' be spent at q~l;y:'Bl~" on Lake Koshkonong. 1)le . ~onung 18 to he given over to confer .. ence' 'periQds and In 'the afternoon there is to be a' inass' meetin t hich" the I ' ., -::', .': ,g" a w .tune pans for the, y~ "are ~ be _given and~, will be other iri~ ~lks. ,A picnic dinner, rec ... rea~on. sudi' as, swimming and a game of kit .. ten ,ball, will help 'to make the day most enjoYabl~.

Just so ,f~ as, possible we hope to bring to the yoUQg p~ple and leaders who are at Con ... ference, the ,,_spirit and help several gained from the (,eCent International Christian En ... deavor Conv~tion held in Milwaukee. We trust that you who are at home will be fa.itlr­ful in reading the REcoRDER and in tallcing wi~ th~ who have ~ that you may en ... tee mto these new things with a purpose to do your part.

The themE;: "''1 Will Be Christian. 't.. ,

The two-year program is built around th~ phases:

"'Witnescring for Christ-in My Individual Life. '

ill My Church. m Social Justice. in ~teriiational Goodwill and Peace. 't't

Begin now to pIan your work for the year that you may do things._

MARJORIE J. BURD~ President Toung People's Board.

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a1lc'~ Was~.,83~<3' those enrolled.

or.;about '93!;t2 '.per' cen't1. oE' 'C 11 ~l':'L'1J RiEiN~'(S':<:':'P A'G' E The young peOple:' (jf~tlie two churches re'

s'ponded , loyally to dte-, call, to assist in, the scll()(~L Tliere were' eig~t.t~e~ ,including the Sllper$or, besides. the- dii~Qr ~f., mUsic and the pi~., N~ly' ~"of ,,~1:;lese w¢re teachers ,with spedalt~jning, ;who " willingly gave' their Services 'without' remuneration.

The general tone of theschooJ.wa:s.'adtnjr .. able. The children were· quiet, and': serious, but happy., A great deal of memory ·work was done by all classes, some' lea.niihg three long passages of Scripture besides', memory verses. There Was no, time for. a handwork period' in "the schedUle. ,It was stnct1y a, Bible school. It would be hard to imagine keeper interest in anything than was, shoWn through .. out by,dte pupils, demonstrating ·c;>nee'mOre that a Bible school can be made· extremely attractive without,the ,aid ·of handwork as an, appetizer. Its place 'was taken by expressional notebook work and a half hour of mission study.

Financially, for the Drsitinie in its-history, I believe, the school came·wits-close ,with vol .. untary gifts exceeding the expenses, leaving a balance in the t.r~ury for next year. The total expense was' q,nly $22 .. 31, ,all of which went for books and supplies.

The supe~r is confident that the seed ,carefUlly' sown during these ~ weeks to .. gether, ~ the hearts of the Jx,ysand girls, will bring 'forth in fu~~ ,tinle, a' boUl)tiful harvest of noble Christiancnaracters as we follow'the &illy repeated "kotto, ~wthy Word have I hid'm"m:y heart that I mtghtnat 's~ against thee..... It seemed'· ibut uttfng:' that a 'baptismal 'service should! .follow soon after the cloS:e of ,the ',school. " Acc6rdingly; on Sabbath afternoon.s July 22, three of .the girls in one of ~~"'H~d~f', S~ "~~~~,.,,.l~d.j ffiW~ 'Yl~"-TVl,a~ pledging-their li-v~]'fqrft 9~~_Witb l1ve' 'oMtrs. It is tremendously''Wdrth wliile to have a Va .. cation Bibleschoot, <, r··, . >, ','. Y 'iT (', ~

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Baptist~ Edu~tion; S()ciety:nwilhge:~~ld' at<'A!'l , fred~ N:Y .. , Se~l:ier·~13r~·;l933.fat 7~30;p.m~-

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JunIor Christian' "Endeavo~ 'SnperIntEmdent. .- . ": , ~. :':' ~ : \ .

LOY AL,AMERI~:s,

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your' broth~r that recited':so :nicely for'the Andover and Alfred Juvenile' Grangess was it not?, I thQught ~ it, was ~verys veri '(;pte ..

1 heard ~bout your dear little, baby sister last week and I ;~nd my .congratulations .to yo\.! all on her arrival. I· know· you are very

. proodofher. Nothing in :the world can be 'sweeter than a little baby. . . .Ev~one loves. a swe~t .singing canary, but they wouldn "t sing much urness they had good caresso~ I"m sure you give your birdie that. One· .of my· neighbors raises . canaries to sell and it is a great pleasure to see so many beau .. tiful birds together.·and hear them· sing.

I can imagine what a fine time you had, at Aunt· Mary"s. You went in bathing at the beach, did you not? You must write to me again SOOft. Will you?

Y Qur true friend, MIzPAH S .. GREENE.

DEAR MRS. GREENE: ,

Weare three .little sisters who live fu the Turtle Mountaitls in North Dakota. Ida Mae was nine years ol~' the ninth of last' February; Marjorie was eight years old Jhe twentieth of last May; Vivian will benv~ years, old the twenty ... second of next October:

Our grandpa still gets the"· SABBATH RE'" CORDE~ and we enjoy reading the children"s letters in it. Our grandpa. is Edgar E. Bur~ dick. Grandma"sname used to be Flossie Severance. Our mama is thetfoldest. daugh ... ter, Lelia. . . . .

Fo~ pets we have three cats .. We call them Tonuhy·Gray, Nellie Gray, and Lassie .. We used to have 'a little dog named Peggy, but she ran away and neve'F came back. Grandma

. has many Irttle chickenS. . We live on' a' farm ,with grandpa and grandmas as our 'daddy died two Y~arS" ago~ .

C Grandma' say-sshe used to· know you VlheI1 she ·lived: in Milton Junction, Wis. Our Auntie Florence is lielping us 'write, ~his letter, ·but it. is getting long so' we iWiJ.l cloSe.

. Your little friends, . IDA MAE. MARJORIE. AND VIVIAN CHANEY.

Dunseith. N. D.

DEAR IDA ~~ MARJORIE. AND VIVIAN: l rather think this is the very first letter I

ever received from North Dakota." ····We~· are) glad' to add a hew' 'state to ·olir'tolt· . With· such . , a fine trio of girlS' ,at that. -;riD-glad'Y(lu: :have ·the SABBATH' RECORDER to' reaa,c-::·e1Se'··You would not have sent me this trice-·fetter.·;' ,

,I remember your grandm~ very: well, but we might not ~ each other as the 'girls we ·usedto:~ .. The ~"014·.·~g:Chair"" hasn~t .. ""got ·me·~ yet;,.butthe. grayrhairs have, to ,say nothing ,about. a few, wrinkles. 'How albout· your grandma.?; , ') :.' .. ', .

I ,am sorry your . littlE:; . 4og ... would. ;not stay with you. . Were three cats too'much for him? If they all treat dogs. t;h~ .. way my ca~: Skee .. 4ics, does I don·t.wonder hera.n:awaY. Skee .. ~cs·was so: .6-erce with a ~nice :1ittl~ dog across thE; $reet,. ·when .he qune. to; f~ake 7 a ,friendly call" tba-c:. Master Doggie has never ventured to.come. agairi. . . .

I am very sorry that your daddy cannot be with you,: ~t : ~ gladyo~ can; m~e your home with grandpa' and ~dm.a; and a farm is the best place of all for' a home, don"t you think so? ,'., .,. 'j

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I· am hoping to h~ from yo~ often. Your sincere friend,

MIzpAH S. GREENE.

IMPORTANT NOnas ANNUAL MEETING-AMERICAN SABBATH

TRACT SOCIETY OF NEW YORK

The annual meeting of the members of the American . Sabbath Tract., Society of ·New Yor~ for the election of· o1ficers: and .d1rec ... tors and the; tranSaction s of such·business as may properly come before· them., will be: held in the Seventh Day Baptist Buildings Plain ... field, . N .. J., on Sunday afternoon, Septenlber 17, 1933, at 2 o"clock.

CORLISS F. RANDOLPH,.. . President ..

CoURTLAND V. DAVIS.' Recording Secret:o.ry.

ANNUAL 'MEETING-AMERICAN .SA8BATH TRA~ SOCIBTY OF NEW. :JERSEY ,- '.

.' Theannwll meeting" of the jmebtberS 'ofthe American- Sa~~ath iq'raCt~ . Society· of New' l~y". for : the. : el~on . Q( o.icers' ~ and tru&­tees and·. the ,traliSaCtidn' of SliCh' .. busineSs··as -may properly come hefore~them, Will' b¢held in, . the ~ Seventh Day,· ~ptjSt,<Buildirig~; Plain, field~ N.' J., . on. ,SUnday:~afternoonrJkptember 17, 1933, at2-.300~clock.:~: : :;:' .'

CoRLISS F~ ·.,RiANOOLPH.' " ~ , " . ,,-' · .~ . ,". ,t;!reSide'rit ". , .. ~ ...... !!.:.. .

. CouRTiAND" Vit:.J)AVIS.-; Recording- SeCTeta.,~;

ANN.UAL .MEETING.iSABBATH SCHOOL BOARD

The annual meeting "of-~the C'Alrporation,of the Sabba.thrSchool.J3oa.rd·ilf tbe5ev.entb· Day Bapti$'JGeneral ~Conference will"be held in the Gothic,: , of ~AlfJ:edUniversity.~· at Alfred, N. ¥.,on'Wednesday, September 13, 1933, at 8 o~clock, p.m.. ':. .

'By·order of the presiden~ A. LoVBLLEBURDlCK.

Secretary.

O·U.R, PVLP1T

INESCAPABLE IMPERATIVES ~ .... • f

BY' REV •. ALvA i. DAVIS

VI. THE SANCUfV' OP HUMAN LIFE

The sixth commandmen~ ~'Thou shalt not kill ... ·-Exodus 20: 13.

Murder and it& history· form an interesting study. Legal murder is hardly. a thing of which to be proud Ancient law regarded the family and· the community as units. Some ... times wholef!unilie.s Were put to death for the guilt .-of the individual,. and sometimes whole _ communities- suifered because of the sin of one .~an.

Now -this is the law of the jungle: as old and true as' the sky; ,

And the wolf that shall keep it may prosper: but the wolf that shall break it must die.

As the' creeper' . girdles the-tree trunk, the law numeth 'forward-and back;

For the strength ~o~ the 'pack is the wolf; ·and the strength of the wolf is the pack.

-Kipling.

Murder among 'the Jews was first cont;J:olled by ancient -tradition. ,The murderer was killed· by the nearest male relative, of. the. -de ... ceased., . : This was thee conditiOn' wben."Moses came ,·uponthe W:ne; ': Moses::; estabJ;Abed cities of {refuge, . to ; which ~the .accu8ed,·inight flee. Hi .fo:und: guilty, ,he was .turned aver to the avenger 9£~,blooc:L :.1£ :.~ocent;: be ~ permit:ted..-io' reside; in the city of:refuge . until thedeath,o£j·the . ruling: thigh ··pri~ 'when he was f.retcL . Mosaic -legislation forl>ade,the ac' cep~ce 'of money 'in:1i~,of cpunishment,; thus making. rich .. and·.· poor '.' alike ... 'subjea"' to." ~ law. ::"-. Th,e: ~MOsai.c.~ .law: :extende<l; beyond de, 1i~te hoD;licide.· If ~Lox 'gored,~ : man or womari·~',-·the, ,ox- Was :!k.illed..qH~,the- ox was

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kno~;~tA,~,,~ '4a9g~lliI, .,:tb~: the>~ ,~ hel4~;~le,:4Mld ./~V~·· ~th. ",jgh~ ,be inflicted ' . him . .. , .. """"' .. ~PO~: ....• ' .: .. ",'

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The· Mosaic.;!aw.infticted the death penalty for L ;severcd ; ,kinds '. of· murder" for Sabbath bw;tking~ lor kidnaping. for sening a Jew, into slavery, and· for'helping.~one~s self to the spoils of ,·war. .' :It . jUst:ified,·~both· war and capital punishment, . of; .. course under ce:rta.in Jjmita, tions and restrictiOns. Whether lawful war ~ :m~; . and. : whether capital punishment ~ be .. ~e4 ,today, I pUqXlSely ~Ve .Out of this sermon. _. The fact is the sixth COlD'

mandinen1; condemns the unI4wful taking of human life. .We an believe that cold ... blooded murder is wrong. < .As in. t;a.rly da~tbe wei, fare of society and not that of the individual must . he the gU.id1~g prinCiple. With that thought in: min~ . it becomes. clear that there are many vio}atioris -of the sanctity of life, other than' .deliberate 1n1)iog. The teachings of Jesus make that Vet Y clear.

Some Violations. Who violates the sixth commandment? It

is easy to answer, .... Evely murderer:· But., the . methods· of murder are innumerable. KjJJings are so common·that we grow callous to ·them. ~t statistics deeJare that twelve thousand people·' are murdered each year in the United Sta'tes. A:ref'PI at writer declares that murders in theUDited StaJ:ec; areJifty times 'the ~number~ in England, Wales, France. Italy, Japan, and Germany combined. Ac, cording .to the ~ of- the Crime Comm;S' sion. appointed· by .the American Bar .AstJo, cia~on, . more·· 1910,.urder in the United ~kS has increased 3$0 per cent; and that the, ~ of crime· a~es in.one "year ·the total am.9Wlt·of our. World .WU':.~

. pennitt:iDg 11lunlerers to ··escape· their . just P\Jn;.m~t :-through 'the ,neglect. of. duty, or conniyclJlce/.of . o1ficers; with m.~ :is a ~e agajDSit· '.~. '. All care1esuJUS, an negle.ct:.ofe~y ·,possible.- "precamion,makes the, guilty -oDes; guilty <>f murder-a party. to the, criDie.~ Our ,national reconl for securing convictions of ·dlose -who commit criuleis SO

uncommon as to :remind students of the way an Indian summed up the. game laws of NeW England: I.4.KiU COW moose, pay $100; kill man, too badn

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ComTn~t ,':'Gmlt. . .' '" .~ ',r-'" ".'" .

'E~, :<X»l)m~ty .a.nd,~ eveIylaw.-making ',on-'rM~'tO,::take~',everY' . 'ution to

:::~~n .Hijl-9~:lilm1:ln ~This. is~-done .". wnen~·~';;';;~'~~':t:be. csafruardi . of .. ., _,' .. ,,' w.a;;..y •. ~C'" ;.' ,., eg1. .,ng the bealthof the~. H case; of smaD ...

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COT pOTation Guilt., , ' ;' .. ' ""Thou shalt not kill~~ is-;~~ ,~,any.,

conc.em, cprporation, Of . ilidiVidual " whoSe

!~'~f:,~a\j~~f~~~~~~ Ui.· th~~emplo.Y:: Geii~rarGOtgaS?ae&~ ~t1¥

- ·'!oqufing-;-dieWQrld '''War,1'~: was,h'a,:'l'far greater ~ percentage of :aeathiD? .&in.erican iii··:

How we have mjoimited death! We have ~tth;:dt its·.mv.ntlce; we ~ve Stlewn it wit9-,;,~ 3I:l4:,paj~.,9U1: ,c.orpees; ~ have calDQ,' .. 4J"';~.~.~ ~ .. poetical ~ But,.~~"_ ,'It ls'~'viru1ent,erwmy of the·~ .. ,~~~:!¢il)g q( death is sip. Ii: ia,.~·,last,.",~",'~ will-destroy •. nus pliiJOaOphyof"'01ir day that has fahUied death~8 tragedy. and has seat hundreds to etern&y feeling".(~_ ,~. M~~ist . ,preacher) that they wd'; 'ott~att~"·a~ .tafbr:r tljan haS' tening to judgment, is ~ of the most heUish dimgs tJug OUT BibL:,?,ejecting age has prO' duced.

ThiscommaruJment .. ~ a uv.: ssage f~ the individual whO holds -the thOuPt .. of ~ in his" heart. . ,~ ~'the iptezp.retation made; ,by~ les.m;'~~ is angry ,with his brother. 'without a cause shaD' be in danger of the,ju~ flt He taught that ,a man who ba4. clnger in his heart wrongfully was guilty of' ·murder: .and tba failure to control a bad

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temper Was aviolati<m of this law. John says,. .... Whosoever bateth his brother is a mur ... de:rer.~ '\

So we see tbesixtb commandment fodDds not only, murders~but violent. :pa'lrirms wlaim lead to'.the ',deed·: The~· man·,' seeking . .revenge i&.,~'. OQWn ,'the., ~ '. ·.wbidJuJrimately endsr-ill murder. ' The u.ri.·mag his temper, likew.ise, is ta~·the .imtstep towatd honri ... ci~ .

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Life is.~ed.·, 'c' , •

Life ,i&\:.a "saQed thing. I woukt.DOi Sa~ it is ,~. moSt" ,'Sacred.. > r.oyaIty to Chnst. is more siCredt1\a'D'1if~ B:ven the pumuit of truth tak~pU!Cl!tIt.."..· otcfnJjk~~£"!!'he man of .~:scie:w are;,~lu~e&~{death :" and·:tl:E"-physician '. in

.. .;.' ~','_1_ , ... , .... "-:'J."~. ,,' - __ ,..._ p~;Qf ~Gefies".~~ ~t_~PASL 'J8a goQd~~~ fQr?~J[~n~,::J:bjdg&;,:;9ftiE:h duty de--~:1::hULSilf~:b.e2~~, >, .

:We'hue'1lb:~~~"ilCill~3'nYm;tn,. for man isi'·crea.ted,~·m~the· ;mage::;of::;God.~ 1'~ Thein£ar .... patioJi~ of '.je8uSrCluiijt: and hi8"atnning~ death

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have given us a new conception of :the sac'" redness of human life. Where niligion does not exist, 'human, life has little value. ,Educa .. tion lifts man a little above 'the scale of ;the

, brute. Science and philosophy take, us a step toward a recognition of the real dignity of ma~. Only the revelation of God and his Son Jesus Christ throws full light' upon the sacredness of life, and this constitutes the o~y. guarantee for· human safety, security, and peace.

.... Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are ~ true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever

things are just, whatsoeveI:,., things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever

,things are of good report; if there be' any vi$e,' and if there be any praise, think on th thin,·· ' ' ese gs.

DENOMINATIONAL "HooK-up" MORALES. TEX.

Elder Andrew J. Williams writes of the splendid opportunity in the vicinity of Mor .. ales to build up.a Seventh Day Baptist com .. munity and church. Some forty sectionS of good land are available, lying between two small rivers, sandy prairie,sloping southward. This' land lies ninety feet above sea level, and is only forty miles from the nearest point on the 'Gulf of Mexico. A new !JDrth and south highway is being huilt throupt ·this belt. The soil is capable of producing abundantly corn, cotton, rice, vegetahles, fruits, and berries. Oranges, he says, will do well. The winters are mild. Land sells for"$16 to $28 per acre. Brother Williams would like a good Seventh Day Baptist farmer to help· him, and if' we understand his letter, would furnish a home for such.· Anyone interested infhisoifer, or in a farm in such a place, is invited to address a letter of inquiry to Rev. Andrew J .. Wil ... liams, 3!bove post office. Broth~ ' .. Willi~ and his wife are to attend the Southwestern Association at Edinbtirg:Tex., '375 miles away. (From a communication.)

FIRST HEBRON CHURCH. PA •. In'the ~·H60k;Up'" in the ,SABBATH RE ..

Q)RDER~ AuguSt 7, the items were Conterned with~two different churches,. -First Hebron ;,aild Hebron Centet~· -:Perhaps ~·no ,special ":5a.rD:t·has \leen ddneby the .. tQlstake,J if it ·be macie,,·blear th,at the proposed:centennial celebration; early in October,' is at the First '., Hebtroii· church.

We are sorry the confusion of itP11ls oc .. curred. EDrroR.

LEONARDSVILLE. N. Y.

Miss Susie Burdick, a missionary. from Shanghai, China, spoke before a. meeting of the Women"s Benevolent Society at.,Misses Helen and Myra Brown·s on Wednesday, and before the Severith I>"ayBaptist Church on the Sabbath. She also visited friends in town.

-BrooJdi.eld Courier.

LITTLE GENESEE. N. Y •

Sunday evening services have been held, some weeks, for the sake of those who do not participate in either Friday night prayer meet' ings.or Sabbath· services. . A splendid response haS been Shown by the community, many en" joying the evangelistic messages brought by the pastor. A young people"s choir is assist, ing in these -meetings. One evening the En' dea vor society had charge. Following an im, pressive candle light service for the installa, tion of new officers, a religious drama was given, entitled .... Persian Rosetti." Sunday night, July 30, the children of the Vacation School gave a demonstration of their work to a large audience. The school, under, the su" pervision of the pastor~s wife assisted by her efficient teachers, has been very successful, both in numbers and interest:"; Enrollment was seventy .. tlWo, average attendance siXty .. eight. On Sabbath day following thec10se of .the school, six young people"'and one adult were bapt~. CoRRESPONDENT.

VERONA. N. Y.

An entertainment was given in the church parlors on the ~evening of JUly 31, sponsored by the Pearl Seekers" ,class and the Christian Endeavor- society. Three enjoy3!ble and well presented. musical numbers weiegiven, ·with a humorous' r~ding and ,a one· act play, ~~Her Crowriing .Glory ..... ·,:The'monthly ·"Church Night·" 'program Under' the, 'direction of·' the choir w3s.;heldon the";evening:"of August 5. A·. lllusica1 program ;preceded' the ; supper' at which those having ·birthdays·in August were especially:, honored. At· this:time Pastor Davis introduCed four . .' speakers. who' gave :he1pful

llC ··W ,1 ... •• ··S d •• "·R . n tcLJ c,on~;:,· ··.ar~ : . ,'. - tu· y,'" ·ecreatton, .... W···· hi ,.... . Mrs EJ:--beth· S °th '. .ors· p.'.; c,.; 'LJ.4d; ': m.I "~' one f 'tb "~h' ...~ radi·· b.: .... 'Ld ' .. o:~e,.'\...1 eeno' " . ,0, RUl! ay:>guests:"on

Sabbath' morning.; .' :A~:dinnet':, iii honor::'of her nmety:"first birthday ~:.was given~· at< the:.:ohome of hersOn~ Stuart.Smith and-family:., Twenty

relatiVes~ and : friends· were'. present._ .~ Smith enjoys excellent; health;:the.',nonnal.:UBe of her,faCulties; and attends, church .regularly. TheVacation.{Bible:~OQl with~ a· regiStratiOn of eighty~eigbt '"closed:a,sudcessfultbree weeks· session' ,by' a ·.public demonstration'. held in, the community hall, New London, -:Friday eve" ning, July 21. CoRRESPONDENT.

. ASHAWAY .. R. t. . . We are pleased to announce that, Rev.

Everett T. 'Harris, 'pastor of the Waterford Church, has' accepted the. call' of .. this Church and will begin 1$' pastorate Sepre.IDber 1.

. CotulESPONDENT.

The Lewis Camp in Hopkinton· opened ~ day with. sixteen girls arriving the first day. Rev. and Mrs. Herbert 'Cottrell of Marl .. boro, N. J.,' are. ;~e . camp .,SuPerYisors this year, and Mrs. Margaret' ;Kimb3ll 'Henrichsen of Northampton, 'Mass." director and'Miss E&a, .. beth Bond of Plainfield, N. J., assistant direc, tor.

The girls who arrived' o~ the, Qpening of camp ~ere W.ilna. ·and AhVagene Bond, Mary Whitford, ,Helen Whitford,; Evelyn ·Harris and Uarda' SqUares' of 'Pla.infie1d~ 'N'. J.; Betty Clark of WeSter1y~'Katherine'Harris of~ .. ellen,-N~ J.; ~tty, Esther,.~d CaI'9line Grim .. dall o£~way; JNeUa,Allen of Shiloh, N. J.; Thelma Kenyon of:Hopkinton; an4 Fran .. ces Langworthy of Alfred'Station,;N~ Y.

The 'large ~n:gregation at the, Sabbath mqrn .. ing ~ce'enjOyed'·the'splendid m~ ,treat by Mrs. Susan., T()Dlpkins:QJIeur aq~r~~a, who ,are playing, at the "Qcean House, Watch Hill, this summer. The -semion by Rev. Herb.­ert Gottrell of:MarlOOro, ~~.~J~, was very'llelp" ful. '~WesteTJy Sun.

'NOR.TH· .LOUP; NEB. . North y?uP"s. secOnd' ,~~'Hot;ne 'talqlt

Cha\l~~~ came'w a SQ~M eild Wedne& day:·evening.; ~,GoOd,: .crowds",. g~ 'weather, good tal;ent, and a, great ; deal. , of .'Work; were the' chief factOrs' in :its' 8\lccess. ,.,." .

Entire. r~pts c~ $2~7.10~ ,Of .. ~ ex" pen~.reqUired a little less than $100. Twen .. ty per. Cent went- ·tO~~ecComniu.nity;, building. What Will :·be ·dqrie With the' 'renia.i:tiihg: profits rem~ns:~ ~.~~;I'aS, it ~ .. l#t.Un~ded at a.:ineePJ.lg, ·:of :the"a111mni ~ety' WOOnes.r day '~~t;~,after:,Chautau~, ;,It: .was'·~oted to puf,:,~~:~f:,;the .n~~llS ·~~ons .into the' haiid$-' of,tlie, execUtiVe <:Oinmj~ ,and. they will. -make:',a: ~8e1ection., The' ~Pt$ exceeded

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expectations· and tboae in charge were great:ly pleased at the public response..-LoyaliS't.

MILToN ... 'WIS.

" .large audi~. gathered Sabbath after .. noon at three,o·clock to witness the laying of the com~e' of the new Seventh Day Bap' tist churCh in Milton., The service opened with the singing of the Doxology, and the in .. vocation was pronounced by Rev. M G . Stt1lman. President J.' W.Crofoot, of Mil .. ton:Gollege, then led in worship through ~ reading of, die Scriptures and in prayer.

Greetings, were· brought from the neighbor' ing churches. of fourfaitbs, namely, Congre, gational, Methodist Episcopal, Lutheran., and Seventh pay Baptist, by. their pastors. A chorus: ·of forty voi~ .. under the direction of Professor L. H. Stringers sang the first cho~ from ""The Messiahs~· ""And the Glory of dle Lord shall be .revealed,and all flesh shan see it together: for the mouth of the ~r4 hath spoken it.·' Isaiah 40: S.

Rev oCarroll L. Iiills. pastor of 'the Milton Seven~ Day Baptist Ch~ gave an ad .. dress and announced the articles to be put in the COOlerstone. The cornirstone was laid by Dean J. N. ~and, president of the church, and. ~ dedicatOry prayer was made by Rev. Edwin 'Shaw, a professor in Milton College., Fo~~g. the singing of ,"The ChlirCh·s One FOUnOatio"h"'; die benediction

was pro~<?~~. !>y,. ~t:: , ~dar. , . th The c6rnerstone tiol'ei'tWO ~tes·:· 1849, e

year'in whiCh· the-property was deeded to the church by jOseph . Goodrich, and 193.3, the year,1)f the construction of the present new building. , '.' -Milton News.

BATTLE CREE~ MICH. , A three weeks" Vacation School,. supervised

by' Pasto~, Ho~~. had. ~ registration of fOr'" ty .. ~ and an ,a~e ·rate of attendance of eighty"-01le per ,cent. There were classes in twO grades only ~ .primary ·and. junior. ~ Mrs. W.B .. "Lewis and Mrs. .W. D. MiDars With

. sixassiSta'nts, were the teachers. Free ~ po~ti~ was. ~.- and gasoline for the ,-' . '. "'·d' for b the school fund. j~=~~J6e~'by our- Sabbath School 'BOard was folloWed: ,

- Q)RRESPONDENT.

BOULDER,· Q)LO. TheVacatiOil ;·Bible:cScbool began June; 19

and continued~ f()1" ,~·~weekss ,with the tar, geSt . enrollment'. of the ,:five yealS the church

TIlE MAN WITH' A SCYTBE­

A LABOR DAY LAY

By Rev. Ahva J. C. Bond

Expectantly I aet my easel down, Unwrapped my bru.h~ ill'ot my, colo... out, Pre~ . to' paint a bit of "nd.capefair. A friendly brook with whi.Pe ... ·· .oft and . low Flowed over poS .. bed p,ebbiea .hiiai~. white­Beneath a· rUstic' -bridge ·that join.ecl i~.; banka. Beyond the brook a patch of level Ia.,d_,. Where bufterflia cl.uaced in th~. 'r~~Lnijc heat­Spread to a ro .... h-piled, lichen-cOvered bluJf­A .olid:' ..... onry ',of, layeioecl rock. Above'theleclge-a thic;ket-woocl climbecl ..... Becleckecl in .oft mid-.ummer 'tints, of'~ Until it; reaChed, the ,'cloUclles ... oft-hlue .ky-A pictUre .1iitecl to my artist mood.

Half way between the brook-bank and the bl .. A man with.cnhe·:w .. '~ pa..ple·weecla IrOIl' weed-in 'bloom-, which 'm~t, he: cut' at once Or el.. the ,.~1'1~ wood~;'&bered.- I"leeda Will bar from tender ...... ~t~ .. ;~ •.•. heep. On' hearia.. me the .. ed ..... tic· ·tUrliecL A r .. Jl,~t!t~~~ ,,,~.~.;"'.? loo ... ~"nR .~veJalla, Held uP. by .one .uspeader_ ~~··':.fe.·,· . With' Dail.· f~rpiDs. where bUttonS.hula'have heeD. Hi •• hirt ·'waa:'.oPeD,"at:<tlie ho.d: w~N.'~iiowed Hi. haiJ'7c~ breast,-: amI'OD. his font~eacl ';weat, , ADd ~y ':.hopS . ,cour.ed 40W;1: ~:. :.wTiiildecl·. face. Hiafol'lll Was hent- a.ncI .~ .... :~lialitl7' stOoped. But culture .raced hi. COuDteDlmce With.)~

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MILTON.. 1933

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