August 1969 Issue

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Prescriptions From a Doctor-Minister's Wife

Dorothy Schaffner

IS FIFTEEN years enough time to learn the lessons needed for an abundant life in order to be a contented wife?

IS FIFTEEN years enough time to learn the lessons needed for an abundant life in order to be a contented wife?

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The Minister's Wife---A Check S-t-r-e-t-c-h-e-r

Ruth Harms

DO YOU have problems with family finance and balancing the budget? These are vital topics for every home and require a sensible approach for the maintenance of security and happiness in the family. Today there is little "rubber" left in the American dollar and it requires a rare type of ingenuity to make it elastic enough to meet our needs. . .

DO YOU have problems with family finance and balancing the budget? These are vital topics for every home and require a sensible approach for the maintenance of security and happiness in the family. Today there is little "rubber" left in the American dollar and it requires a rare type of ingenuity to make it elastic enough to meet our needs. . .

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How a Wife Can Help Her Husband In Evangelism

Marie Spangler

THE SOUL-WINNING program of our evangelist husbands is the most important and most joyous part of their ministry. Since their career is our career, we should consider their evangelistic program our evangelistic program. There is an old adage: "As unto the bow the cord is, so unto the man is woman, Though she bends him, she obeys him." The understanding wife, sensing this truth, will do her utmost to cooperate with him in making his main work of soulsaving a success. After all, his success is her success and his failure is her failure. . .

THE SOUL-WINNING program of our evangelist husbands is the most important and most joyous part of their ministry. Since their career is our career, we should consider their evangelistic program our evangelistic program. There is an old adage: "As unto the bow the cord is, so unto the man is woman, Though she bends him, she obeys him." The understanding wife, sensing this truth, will do her utmost to cooperate with him in making his main work of soulsaving a success. After all, his success is her success and his failure is her failure. . .

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Mrs. R. H. Pierson Questions Dr. R. F. Waddell

Dollis M. Pierson

An interview with Dr. Waddell

An interview with Dr. Waddell

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Shopping Can Be Dangerous

Dorothy Deming

SHOPPING can be dangerous, even hazardous unless you have yourself in hand and well disciplined. Your budget can suffer for months under the barrage of a big sale-day appeal. Be wary of bar gains; remember it isn't a bargain if you don't need it or it doesn't fit. Know your materials and know your children. Some clothing that is left over is so styled that no child can wear it gracefully. . .

SHOPPING can be dangerous, even hazardous unless you have yourself in hand and well disciplined. Your budget can suffer for months under the barrage of a big sale-day appeal. Be wary of bar gains; remember it isn't a bargain if you don't need it or it doesn't fit. Know your materials and know your children. Some clothing that is left over is so styled that no child can wear it gracefully. . .

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Ministers' Wives' Dresses--Up or Down?

Ron Runyan

SINCE this special issue is dedicated to those wonderful wives of ours, the editors requested that I slant my thoughts toward women's fashions. I'm a man whose household boasts the presence of three lovely ladies. The smell of hair spray and perfume, the sight of put-up hair and faces masked with cleansing cream, the sound of hair dryers and ladies' electric razors have proved to me that the pull of fashion on the feminine side of the race matches that of a full moon on the ocean. . .

SINCE this special issue is dedicated to those wonderful wives of ours, the editors requested that I slant my thoughts toward women's fashions. I'm a man whose household boasts the presence of three lovely ladies. The smell of hair spray and perfume, the sight of put-up hair and faces masked with cleansing cream, the sound of hair dryers and ladies' electric razors have proved to me that the pull of fashion on the feminine side of the race matches that of a full moon on the ocean. . .

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Where Have We Failed?

W. W. Fordham

TODAY the black clergyman is no longer the symbol of respectability, virtue, authority, honesty, and fidelity. We all can recall those days of yore when the black clergyman was the most respected and revered leader in the community. The "now" generation of nonbelievers, scoffers, doubters, the would-be change makers, spew their venomous darts upon the black religious leaders of the inner city. . .

TODAY the black clergyman is no longer the symbol of respectability, virtue, authority, honesty, and fidelity. We all can recall those days of yore when the black clergyman was the most respected and revered leader in the community. The "now" generation of nonbelievers, scoffers, doubters, the would-be change makers, spew their venomous darts upon the black religious leaders of the inner city. . .

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Andrews University Extension School in South America

Werner Vyhmeister

FROM January 5 to February 26, 1969, the third Andrews University Extension School for the South American Division was conducted on the campus of River Plate College, Argentina. Located in Entre Rios province, among rolling hills, fifteen miles from the nearest town, the seventy-year-old college offered the quiet environment best suited for studying. . .

FROM January 5 to February 26, 1969, the third Andrews University Extension School for the South American Division was conducted on the campus of River Plate College, Argentina. Located in Entre Rios province, among rolling hills, fifteen miles from the nearest town, the seventy-year-old college offered the quiet environment best suited for studying. . .

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14 1,400 14,000 in Africa (Concluded)

J.R. Spangler

But what about the work of our church in Africa? From the viewpoint of accomplishments, we can pat ourselves on the back. From the viewpoint of what remains to be done, we can only fall to our knees and beg God for help and power to finish the task. The immensity of territory, the widely separated racial and cultural back grounds, the radically different levels of education and development present a fantastic challenge to the church. . .

But what about the work of our church in Africa? From the viewpoint of accomplishments, we can pat ourselves on the back. From the viewpoint of what remains to be done, we can only fall to our knees and beg God for help and power to finish the task. The immensity of territory, the widely separated racial and cultural back grounds, the radically different levels of education and development present a fantastic challenge to the church. . .

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The Evangelistic Question-and-Answer Bible Class (Part 1)

Kenneth J. Mittleider

SOME years ago, at the completion of a series of meetings, we faced a real problem. It had been my custom personally to cover with each family the material in the Baptismal Certificate in preparation for their baptism. However, the pastor and I were left alone, making it impossible to do this with all who had made their decision. Therefore, I was forced to try something new. . .

SOME years ago, at the completion of a series of meetings, we faced a real problem. It had been my custom personally to cover with each family the material in the Baptismal Certificate in preparation for their baptism. However, the pastor and I were left alone, making it impossible to do this with all who had made their decision. Therefore, I was forced to try something new. . .

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Pastor's Prescription for Marital Problems

John W. Fowler

THE usual arguments, heated by constant repetition, flamed between husband and wife as I entered their home. The same petty criticisms, incessantly voiced, had now erupted into seemingly insurmountable differences. Plainly this marriage was moving swiftly toward the dismal rooms of the divorce courts. Nothing I had said or done on previous visits seemed to have brought any healing to the couple's open wounds. . .

THE usual arguments, heated by constant repetition, flamed between husband and wife as I entered their home. The same petty criticisms, incessantly voiced, had now erupted into seemingly insurmountable differences. Plainly this marriage was moving swiftly toward the dismal rooms of the divorce courts. Nothing I had said or done on previous visits seemed to have brought any healing to the couple's open wounds. . .

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A Ministry That Measures Up to Human Need

E. Stanley Chace

EDITORIAL NOTE: The following article is a condensation of an address presented to the Western Conference of Hospital Chaplains, held at the Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles, California. . .

EDITORIAL NOTE: The following article is a condensation of an address presented to the Western Conference of Hospital Chaplains, held at the Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles, California. . .

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Lay Activities Men Conduct Evangelistic Campaign

P. M. Diaz

TO GIVE weight and meaning to their instructions on evangelism to the lay men, P. M. Diaz, lay activities secretary of the South Philippine Union Mission, and Z. B. Ferenal, lay activities secretary of the Southern Mindanao Mission, accepted the call and challenge to hold an evangelistic campaign in Surallah, South Cotabato. Their main objective was to introduce the Gift Bible Plan in connection with the campaign. . .

TO GIVE weight and meaning to their instructions on evangelism to the lay men, P. M. Diaz, lay activities secretary of the South Philippine Union Mission, and Z. B. Ferenal, lay activities secretary of the Southern Mindanao Mission, accepted the call and challenge to hold an evangelistic campaign in Surallah, South Cotabato. Their main objective was to introduce the Gift Bible Plan in connection with the campaign. . .

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Evangelism Updated: Suggestions for Accomplishing the Impossible

L. R. Van Dolson

THE first time I saw the familiar placard was on the wall of the press-room at the Seventh-day Adventist Japan Publishing House at Hodogaya. Ever since, it has been called to mind when a particularly difficult task has confronted me. "The Difficult We Do at Once—The Impossible Takes a Little Longer" that placard read, and it certainly has much to say to Seventh-day Adventists all over the world whose way of life is a commitment to the accomplishment of the seemingly impossible. . .

THE first time I saw the familiar placard was on the wall of the press-room at the Seventh-day Adventist Japan Publishing House at Hodogaya. Ever since, it has been called to mind when a particularly difficult task has confronted me. "The Difficult We Do at Once—The Impossible Takes a Little Longer" that placard read, and it certainly has much to say to Seventh-day Adventists all over the world whose way of life is a commitment to the accomplishment of the seemingly impossible. . .

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Why Are They Going?

Paul Gregoroff

I AM a Bible teacher and I've been trying to understand our youth—the teenagers —that "troublesome group in our church." This is the group that leaves the church. I've been trying to find out why they leave our ranks, why they are rebelling against the church, why they try anything that comes along. . .

I AM a Bible teacher and I've been trying to understand our youth—the teenagers —that "troublesome group in our church." This is the group that leaves the church. I've been trying to find out why they leave our ranks, why they are rebelling against the church, why they try anything that comes along. . .

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