H. W. Lowe

It is not without significance that while Seventh-day Adventists see in these things a possible fulfillment of the prophecy of Revelation 13, others voice warnings against ecclesiastical universalism on historical grounds. Both the Oxford…

Reverence is not a feeling produced by physical environment. It is an attitude produced by the soul's innermost experience. Whether we are in a house of worship or in the city's din, we should always…

The European holocaust has brought a new situation that demands a great deal of adaptability in our evangelistic pro­gram. Here in England there has been no necessity for any man to leave his work, but there has been an imperative need for…

Those who are not just now passing through the European nightmare cannot be expected to share our conflict of emotions and convictions. In this advent fraternity, however, certain common and funda­mental lessons come to us out of the tribula­tions…

More than 150 evangelistic workers, with some of their wives, have just concluded a most inspiring evangelistic council at Wat­ford, on the outskirts of London, England. It was a real privilege to be permitted to hold such a gathering under…

I. Evangelism Initiated Through Prophetic Gift

When the earliest believers in the advent came out of the nominal churches, there certainly was no world evangelistic vision in their minds.…

God came down at Christ­mas" is a happy phrase for the festal season, but the whole of the nativity story has become so oversentirnentalized and commercialized that the doctrinal implications of the phrase have little, if any, meaning…

On page 7 we have reproduced an article from a non-Adventist source, the object of which is to exalt the position of the men in every religion whose duty it is to lead the people Godward. Its intent is to magnify the qualities that mark the…

If Solomon needed an "understanding mind . . . [to] discern between good and evil" (1 Kings 3:9, R.S.V.) as the basis of his ability to guide Israel, how much more does the Christian preacher need an understanding mind to guide God's people…

Shocking" said my secre­tary. "Striking!" added our copy editor. I had just shown them the photograph that pro­vides our cover picture for this issue, and, of course, since pic­tures speak to each of us in different ways, both exclama­tions…

While the form of Christian hymns has changed considerably through the cen­turies, we know that "sacred poetry set to music and sung in the course of public wor­ship has always formed part of Christian worship."—Oxford Dictionary of the…

While claiming to accept the Bible as the source of revelation, British-Israel ad­vocates also accept the Great Pyramid—a 5,000-year-old pa­gan  -  monument!—as "the Bi­ble in Stone," and as a positive Witness of the Truth of Divine Revelation…

What Happened to the Captive Tribes?

By the threefold fall of Jerusalem at the hands of King Nebuchadnezzar (606, 599, 587 B.C.; see 2 Chron. 36:5-21) both Israel and Judah were captives in Babylonia. The tribes that had…

OUR Bible societies have a great case for wider distribution when we consider the challenging need for reading materials among the rapidly multiplying literate population of the world. Moreover, despite the tremendous circu­lation of the…

The Theory in Brief

There are various forms of the theory that the Anglo-Saxon races, as found in Great Britain and North America, are descended from the ten "lost" tribes of Israel. The most common of these theories is…

Of all the things I have to read, and of all the multitudinous reports that flow over my desk, nothing gives me greater pleasure than Earl Cleveland's annual letter to the men he has initiated into his now famous Century Club. Our readers…

May 18 this year has been set aside for special con­sideration of the value of El­len G. White's writings to the Advent church. A program has been provided, and therein may lurk some dan­ger. So many programs are provided for so many things…

The deep divisions in the Roman Church on the sub­ject of revelation as seen at the recent Vatican Council in­volve much more than differ­ences of opinion between Rome and the Reformed churches. We Protestants need to think our way clearly…

WE RECENTLY heard from an old friend who is steeped in hymnology. You find his name (J. Harker) as the composer of the tune "Paraclete," No. 679 in The Church Hymnal: "Breathe on Me, Breath of God." He also wrote the music to a children's…

Sometimes we may reasonably wonder why we were born into a world such as this, but that is not the meaning of my question, "Why did God send me here?" The world we live in may look crazy, but since no man ever had any choice in parentage…

 A woman who evidently has a good edu­cational background writes to ask if anything can be done to cure preachers of certain habits that ruin their sermons, as far as she is concerned. That should be enough to get the attention of our minis­terial…

If the empire builder Cecil Rhodes could couple the immensity of the task of colonizing South Africa with the shortness of time, then certainly every alert Ad­ventist preacher should think in two terse phrases as he couples the immense task…

Few theologians have raised as many worth­while questions in the religious world as the eminent Karl Barth, un­til recently associated with the theological de­partment of the Univer­sity of Basel, Switzer­land. Now his successor, Heinrich…

WE HAVE to admit that there are in  Ellen G. White's counsels and testi­monies some factual details that are not found in the Holy Scriptures. Her view that the saints would pass through the time of trouble in the future, and that therefore…

FOR fifty or sixty years after the disap­pointment of 1844 there was almost continuous criticism of some of our basic teachings. This was especially true of the sanctuary question. The most bitter attacks were made on Seventh-day Adventist…

MINISTERIAL reflections at the end of another year might well center in a simple interrogation: "How many people did I bring face to face with the Lord Jesus Christ during 1961?"

Whether we are administra­tors, teachers, writers,…

ON PAGE two of this issue will be found a motto for preachers. It was taken from the door leading to the pulpit of one of our churches in Johannesburg. Although used in our magazine some years ago we felt it was arresting enough to use once…

BIBLICAL preaching in its various forms has always had something to do directly or indirectly with good news from God to men. The oral communication of the divine promises and commandments from father to children was a universal and obligatory…

My eye caught these words from Jonah 2:3 in two journals of recent date, one from Europe, and one from North America. In addition to this title and the nature of the article, I was attracted by an accompanying picture.

My generation…

DURING his second missionary tour Paul, by much arduous labor over some eighteen months, raised up a strong church in Corinth. Later he wrote to the Corinthians from Ephesus. The opening words of the first letter to the Corinthians contain…

OPINIONS vary as to the quality of pictorial art, and some of us will doubtless never acquire whatever it takes to appreciate some forms of art. When it comes to resentations of the face of Christ, human reactions are legion. Perhaps some…

THIS year, 1960, marks an anniversary of peculiar interest to Seventh-day Adventists. It is the four hundredth year of the Scottish Reformation, and is notable be­cause many of the principles of religious liberty that are at stake in present…

AT THIS season of the year , in North America we look back to the historical epic of the first harvest vouchsafed by a merciful God to a brave Pilgrim band.  If the courage of pioneer settlers is all we see in this event, we may be seeing…

ON PAGE 105 of his book "The truth about Seventh-day Adventists" Walter Martin says: "The second and extremely serious charge against Mrs. White . . . relates to her inspiration. The claim is that at times she was under influences…

IN HIS recent and widely discussed book The Truth About Seventh-day Adventism, Walter R. Martin com­ments on Ellen G. White, and early introduces D. M. Canright, in whose writings are found "the inspiration for 90 per cent of the…

WE ADVENTISTS have taken a verse in the ninth chapter of Romans and made it almost peculiarly our own. I refer to verse 28, which reads: "For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the…

Doubling our membership is an objective that will tax our resources and abilities. It will not be accomplished merely by talking about it. Nor will preaching, even on such vital subjects as the Holy Spirit, accomplish this great aim. Such…

IT is utter futility to talk of righteousness by faith if we are not living the experience of forgiveness and justification from sin through faith in Christ's atoning sacrifice.

At this time [the time of Satan's final…

ONE of the marked characteristics of the apostle Paul was his virility of expres­sion, whether he was declaring doctrine or exhorting the faithful. His conception of Christianity was that it was a stern fight against a merciless, unrelenting…

How the Sabbath School Can Help

HARRY W. LOWE Associate Secretary, General Conference Sabbath School Department

It is possible to multiply machinery in our endeavors to reclaim former Adventists and still not succeed. Machinery…

Evangelists are subject to peculiar maladies and troubles, among wnich we might list the following:

One of the gravest perils confronting the church and the ministry today is apathy regarding aggressive evangelism. In too many places ministers have become pastors, immobilized in the service, their time taken up with…