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GENERAL CHURCH PAPER OF THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS WONDERFUL FRUITAGE AMONG THE GARO HILLS TRIBESPEOPLE OF ASSAM By O. A. SKAU FOR years we in India saw very little results from the work became favorable to his work when they saw what another baptismal service here, at which time the Lord another twenty-one souls. Now this makes a total of 106 baptisms in the Garo Hills this year." Aside from this, Left: A group of new believers in the Garo Hills of Assam, who recently were VOL. 132, NO. 2 that have been stirred by the preaching of the Advent message. Right: P. K. JANUARY 13, 1955 FRONT PAGE - - Wonderful Fruitage Among the Garo Hills Tribespeople of Assam Page 11 The Gift of Ourselves—Father and I Know How It Happened FRANCIS DAVID NICHOL, Editor FREDERICK LEE, Associate Editor R. R. FIGUHR, Consulting Editor D. A. DELAFIELD, Associate Editor J. L. MCELHANY, Contributing Editor PROMISE KLOSS SHERMAN, Editorial Secretary SPECIAL CONTRIBUTORS C. H. WATSON, W. H. BRANSON, W. R. BEACH D. E. REBOK, C. L. TORREY, L. K. DicizsoN, A. L. HAM, W. B. OCHS, A. V. OLSON, H. L. kUDY, E. D. ICK, PRESIDENTS OF ALL DIVISIONS R. R. FRAME; MIDDLE EAST: A. R. MAZAT; FAR EASTERN: C. P. SORENSEN; E. B. RUDGEI INTER-AMERICA: CLYDE 0. FRANZ; SOUTH AMERICA: L. H. OLSON; SOUTHERN F. G. CLIFFORD; SOUTHERN ASIA: J. F. ASHLOCK; SOUTHERN EUROPE: MARIUS FRIDLIN MISS LAURA M. DROWN; CANADIAN: MRS. EVELYN M. BOWLES; CENTRAL: A. ROTH; LAKE: MRS. MILDRED WADE; NORTHERN: L. H. NETTEBURG; MISS OPAL STONE; SOUTHERN: MISS CLARA CRAWFORD; C. KEPHART To OUR CONTRIBUTORS Subscription rate: year months REVIEW is always interested in reports, with pictures, REVIEW, as the church pastor be typed, double spaced, REVIEW does not pay for unsolicited material. Editor, Review and Herald, It will always do to change for the better. Sabbath Recorder. Many Christians suffer today, more perhaps Mills Graphic. Worry is interest paid on trouble before Every one wishes to have truth on his side, but it is not every one that sincerely wishes to be on the side of truth.—Whately. is down in the world, an J. H. Boetcker. 107th Year of Continuous Publication Vol. 132, No. 2 2 Studies on the Holy Spirit-1 The Coming of the Comforter By ROLAND E. LOASBY in from Pentecost. locale where the second person of the God- In Love With Jesus By JAMES MARCHMAN HAMMOND see in all of nature's wonders, ing indwelling of the Holy Spirit in paraclete. This is a compound Advocate. This word paraclete is formed from the preposi-Para, "by the side of," and the kaleo, "to call." So the para-an-Comforter" (John 14:16). Jesus another comforter, using a one more, one of This one more comforter bap-of the Holy Spirit and the infill-of the Holy Spirit. 1. baptism of the Holy Spirit infilling of the Holy Spirit position is effected daily by the infilling continuous day-by-day ex-The Acts of the pp. 49, 50. An Intercessory Prayer MRS. L. N. NIVISON From all their sin and crime. in every movement, the little vessels A.D. 1500. The duke liked to relate this in- As we enter the new year we have General Conference Bulletin, 1893, p. and Jan. 1, 1889. must climb. He does Religious Liberty a Gift From God By Alvin W. Johnson Five Steps to Heaven By Howard A. Munson rewards given to successful climbers 0 let me not wander from thy follow the Word. It is better to Word."—Thoughts p. 216. Faith and Belief The second step is labeled FAITH is born of God over-11:6). And Paul, must have Great Controversy, p. faith will grow if cherished, and that de-We build strong bodies by proper Acts of the Apos-p. 563. [These news items are taken from Religious News Religious Freedom Association in An association for religious freedom in Sees Danger in Current Religious Dr. Eugene Carson Blake of Philadelphia, people who were formerly mere church at-Urges Church Social Services Be A growing worldwide interest in health Since churches established the first pro-in 40 States, Dr. Karl P. Meister said. In 1953, $80,000,000 was spent in giving treat-Council Report Cautions on On the basis of available statistics, the 6 we are united to Him by faith, sin The Desire of Ages, p. 123. The Acts of the Apos-page 564, we read, "Through the (To be continued) The Voice of the By L. Murdoch THE "Soldiers of Christ, Arise" Church Hymnal, No. 366 Pilgrim's Progress. He tells the story of All-prayer, and he should meet with assaults in wonderfully to care and attention at 7 11111id ,Religion and the Atom In recent months we have had another flurry of dis-The Christian Century (October 20, 1954), editorial-The Saturday November 27, 1954, tells of a recent meeting in Star, in a series of articles beginning November 24, 1954, (The Christian Century, Nov. 24, The "Ethical Know-Why" scientists are telling us that we need something Times, Nov. 22, 8 in a world of science and technology and the acceptance Religious News Service, October 20, 1954. From the Editor's Mailbag A doctor writes: "The realization has come to me that Our Reply The question you raise regarding suffering is a very and fear of the REVIEW AND HERALD izenship in a better world that God is making ready for real S.D.A. a professing S.D.A. who bitterly and completely College Students and the Health "All study and no attention to diet or exercise can diets."—Science Newsletter, Oct. 23, 1954. "Only 76 of Christian Education, p. 72, "Physical health," declared God."—Ibid. A college degree or an advanced degree will not avail (Ibid., p. 147); and the words of our This Is the Victory God knew that Israel would be enticed by wicked na-Deliverer."—Testimonies, vol. 8, p. 316. Exploiting the Good Will of A recent letter from an educational leader in one of fide Seventh-day Adventists, the pastor or the A New Song Out of David's trials and disappointments came "a do the will of God. It is 41 4.? !./ ,!? HARFt W LOWE Asloc:.h• Sec., tory, Gcncral C,70,portrne,t Forgiveness Through Faith Sabbath, January 22, 1955 Was ever a city so favored by out-(The Desire of Ages, p. 269.) The Desire of Ages, pp. 267, 268. Desire of Ages, p. 268. sin."—Ibid., p. 267. Jesus also knew saw their faith." "perceived in his spirit." H. M. LAMBERT To have a little time all alone with Mother is a privilege every child HOW TO KEEP THEM "Are you going to sell me?" our home. us, then we He doesn't understand it at Ministry of Healing, p. 360. The Gift of Ourselves By Mae Carberry Bradley 12 REVIEW A.N D (IFERAL D Father and I Know How It Happened but we never received it. John's From the State of Illinois comes another church. She radiates the sunshine that Desire of Ages, p. 515. We do want them to love and inducements."—Testimo-vol. 2, p. 333. decided to throw away his cigarettes and and father who JANUARY 13, 1955 In the Election of God How Shall I Cast My Ballot? By R. L. Hilde Each time Mr. and Mrs. U.S. Citizen he is the Satan's Deceptive Campaign In a recent political election there THE TEMPEST IS COMING The youth should seek God more earnestly. be found, seek righteousness, seek meekness: it anger."—Messages to Young People, pp. 89, 90. date with the pleasing voice and many per-acquainted with your Candi-effectively campaign positive platform of your own (2 Peter 1:10). A vote 14 Lost and Found "How will I ever get the money to whole dol-Serpent on a Pole By Arthur S. Maxwell When Jesus was a junior, even be-you find some lost sheep and bring At last the people came to Moses and looked at the "whoso-believes in Him shall not perish "but JANUARY 13, 1955 In the year 1882 two men ff .Seams OF THE WI=EK the ,Cight Skims Amid the Pyramid By PETER E. MILTON BEACH morning be light or brightness]," "Salaam a lekum [peace salaam [0 my peace]." "Would that someone "Aywa [yes], truly people who have the beliefs of these wish (loaves of bread baked by the sun and finished galabia (a long robe) sweeping behind "Sabah el cheir [may your Here is the village of Gameela where the Egyptian girl lives whose parents 17 1 Thess. 4:14 and Acts 2:47 "Will God Bring With Him" 1 Thessalonians 4:14 appears to in heaven, and that The text in question reads: "For if God bring with him." The expressions "them which are theos tous hoimethentas Those auto, "him," refers back to Iesou, "Jesus," and not to theos, "God." did rise from the dead is positive will be a resurrection rise from their graves—they Does the expression "such as should On the basic premise that the Bible The Mindanao Sanitarium and Hospital Providential Beginnings in By Andreas Nielsen The Mindanao Sanitarium and Hospital JANUARY 13, 1955 was going on not far from the city proper. President for the first time, we went ashore well Ardlorit ("Look Up"). When some Christ Our Saviour in Danish. In the Julius Thomsen, anchored outside Adventist medical students of the University of Nuevo Leon in Monterrey, Mexico, and their families on the occasion of a Sabbath service at the Monterrey church. Some of the Greenlanders stood a came to our aid. They gave A Hall Full of Listeners Two hours before the opening of Hansen would find a spot to put up the film The and Health and One day when we visited There is a growing community of Seventh-day Adventist medical stu-Look Up, and he had found no (To be continued) longer in the active service of the uni-Adventist Medical Students in By William H. Bergherm beautiful new edifice is made available With Our Sabbath By Eric B. Hare Brother Harada, a converted Japanese prisoner, just a Courage in the Face By Paul W. Nelson Signs of the Times in 21 D. V. COWIN Rafiu Alade Akibile, a nineteen-year-old tailor of Lagos, Nigeria, receives the thirty thousandth certificate of 30,000 Bible School By Roger W. Coon A nineteen-year-old Moslem tailor 1 Bible study course, and Signs of the Times are mailed each Ever Onward in Inter-By Frank B. Knight The annual council of the Inter-divi-is now over the one hundred of 1,039 organized churches and of this 22 Cedarcroft Sanitarium for psychiatric patients, near Takoma Park, Maryland. the congregation from the tropical Publishing Association. Cedarcroft Sanitarium By Wesley Amundsen kingdom."—Medical Ministry, p. Dorcas Welfare Federation meeting held at Willowdale, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, November 7, 1954. 24 Toronto Flood Dis- By J. M. Hnatyshyn Service, p. 187. New Church Lightens Dark The newly constructed church building in R. Dower, Texas Conference president, led out in the Act of Dedication and offered the J. Jensen. Later a Pastor Rio Sao Francisco By Paulo S. 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