Walter Raymond Beach
Walter Raymond Beach, a former secretary of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, is now retired and residing in Loma Linda, California.
Articles by Walter Raymond Beach
Spiritual Foes and Perils—No. 2
March 1939
In the previous number of this article, seven negative perils that beset the spiritual life of workers were presented—aimlessness, superficiality, hypocrisy, formality, spiritual Pride, sins of the tongue, and spiritual starvation.…
Questions to the Editors
August 1948
Let's Have a Singing Ministry
EDITOR, THE MINISTRY:
If the inspiring plans for a more effective evangelism, which were discussed at the Fall Council, are carried out, it will mean a new day for…
Administrators of God's Cause
October 1957
It is a commonplace to state the importance of the role administrators assume in our midst. These men are called to be leaders in the church, and the influence of leaders is extensive and decisive.
Leadership…
Features-Shepherds Abiding. "The Field Is the World"
December 1954
Shepherds Abiding
D. C. PRENIER Home Missionary, Radio, and Sabbath School Secretary, Central American Union Mission
This time of the year, when the entire Christian world is chanting and worshiping in the name of Him who…
The Marks of a Christian Scholar
August 1958
I consider it indeed a signal privilege to participate in the exercises of this hour. From my viewpoint we share today the honors of an epoch-making event. Let me explain.
Since the early days of the Advent…The New Being
April 1962
FOR neither circumcision counts for anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation" (Gal. 6:15, R.S.V.). In this statement the apostle Paul sums up the Christian message in two words—new creation. This teaching is basic in Paul's…
A Mission to the World
January 1965
The summons to a world situation today is beset with awesome but challenging responsibility. This is a time marked with foment and change. To say that the age is revolutionary has become a truism. Repercussions…
Is Prayer Essential?
April 1968
Prayer is absolutely essential to spiritual life. One might be saved and not read the Bible. He might be blind or unable to read. One might be saved without going to church, though a Christian is inconceivable in the New Testament without…
Ambassadorship v. Professionalism
August 1961
Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ve reconciled to God (2 Cor. 5:20).
NOT long ago an advertisement appeared in a church paper under the heading, "Pastoral…
The Church Is on the March*
January 1961
* Report given at the Autumn Council, October 25. We feel sure it will be of interest to every worker.—Editors.
THE world situation today lays awesome responsibility on the church. It is fitting, therefore, that at this biennial…
A Tale of Two Men
August 1960
A worship talk given in the General Conference chapel.
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon" (Matt.…
Men and Women With a Ladder
July 1960
Worship talk given in General Conference chapel.
"And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God. ascending and descending on it" (Genesis 28:12).
IN…
Seventh-day Adventist Apologetics
March 1973
APOLOGETICS means "defense." So what do we propose to defend? God's messages to mankind. The eternal gospel in the setting of God's judgment hour. The next natural step would be to outline in detail the tenets of the Advent faith. We could…
Abortion?
March 1971
IN MANY areas of the world today considerable interest has been generated in the reform of abortion laws to cover more contingencies. This interest has reached a loud clamor in some circles. Liberation activists find in this uproar the elements…
Pulling Together
July 1970
AN UNWRITTEN law of human nature is that people need to be associated in a common cause. Only when they are working together for something that is bigger than individual ambition can men achieve their best. In ancient times Moses suggested…
When should a church discipline members?
March 1978
Our Spiritual Foes and Perils—No. 1
February 1939
This advent movement is spiritual; and if it is to triumph, it must remain so. This being true, then we, the leaders, must be genuinely spiritual men—men who walk before the Lord. The stream does not rise higher than…