F. G. Clifford

For some time our evangelistic program in the South African Union has suffered from a lack of a sufficient number of trained Bible workers. From time to time, a number of our faithful lay sisters have had to be called from their home cares…

We do not have the good public libraries in South Africa which are to be found in Europe and America, and many of our brethren work in small towns where there are no public libraries. It is true also that most of our ministers do not have…

For the first time an extension school of the Theological Seminary has been held in the Australasian Division. It opened on December 8, 1957, and the closing exercises were held on January 28, 1958. More than ninety workers from…

The purpose of Christian missions is to make men disciples of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, and it is this purpose that should be kept uppermost in the sending out of Christian missionaries. Discipleship means not only being saved from…

IN HIS book The Truth About Seventh-day Adventism Walter R. Martin takes issue with us regarding our insistence on observing the seventh day of the week as the Sabbath. In seeking to de­stroy the evidence upon which Seventh-day Adventists…

THE influence of the Spirit of Prophecy upon the church in Australasia has been deep and wide. This might well be attributed to the fact that for almost ten years Ellen G. White lived in Australia and carried on her God-given work. Providentially,…

The "professionals are playing a game of football. A crowd is intently watching. A player rushes down the field with the ball, skill­fully evading his opponents, his every move­ment watched by the multitude. At last he…

It is a solemn fact that we have never called upon nor utilized the vast man power re­sources of the church in discharging the great commission of teaching the everlasting gospel to all nations. Occasionally a slogan such as "Every…

It is quite possible to budget the expenses of an evangelistic campaign with a fair degree of accuracy. The conference usually passes on to the worker a sum of money to carry forward the effort; but if the work…

In the heart of almost every man and woman there is a desire to be at peace with God. It is true that man's conception of God is often vague or crude Or erroneous; nevertheless His Spirit in a thousand ways, unknown and…

The strength and influence of God's people cannot be measured in numerical terms alone, but rather in their degree of spiritual life and power. Num­bers, without conversion, are to the church like barnacles to a ship;…