1957-09-12 — Page 4

THE CHINA MAIL,

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1957.

Daniel predicted

the Suez crisis

---So say the Seventh-day Adventists... but it takes more than prophecy to.

Interest the phlegmatic British in a sect that hangs out its washing on Sundays

RIVE in through the

Dmassive iron rates of 60-acre Stanborough Park, just off the Watford By- pass, and you will be mildly startled to And not only the headquarters of a religious denomination, but a well- equipped private hospital, a private grammar school, printing press, broadcasting studio and AL prosperous food factory with a turn over of £250,000 a year.

A cinema

Pause in your writ down Begent Street and note the New Gallery, formerly á eltem, for which this ** me · religious denomirzion : £170.00 In 1953, with a further £69.000 for redecortilen and equipment.

from

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LAURENCE THOMPSON

ran save

foods, has built up a prosperous world's in such a mess that only commercial business.

Geel

I, by direct ection, not conversation, nud The relout · (300) pupils, fees there will be a Second Com- £12-£1 term) breaks evening of Christ, not an Saviour, but i Only a quarter of its pupils are ts king." chilaren of Adventista.

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Finally, there in the church'e seme frem voluntarily contri- buted thes, tenth of a member's net income. which in a typical mcrth recently pro duced over £9,000.

Materially, then, the church flourishes, &ided by the feet that middle class, Its members, mainly lowe: pre decent, self-

respecting. and helped rather on hindered in their working lives by observing Saturday as The Sabboth, which makes them willing to work on Sundays.

This does, of

Though the church does not tepeh It as fundamental doctrine, Pastor Vine himself, and many Advertists, believe this Second Coming as likely to happen in their fletimes.

On prophecy

on

The church leans heavily the prophetic books of Daniel and Revelations. "We presched during the war that we had it un Bible prophecy that Hitler's world tempt would fall," says Pastor Vine. "No world empire

Roman." is foretold there later than the

And en Adventist magazine was able to and forecaste of the Suez erisis in Ure 11th chapter of Daniel, which prophesies con- lict over Egypt between a king of the north-Russland king of the south.

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The British Saveth-day Ad- ventist Flow every sign of certain problems. The Adventist course. Fise worldly prosperty. Their wee Sabboth ES from onset on

breedensts ly half-hour Radio Luxembourg (enst, 485) Friday to sunset on Satukiry. are latened to by half a million

"When I was young I worked people. Servicá at the New in a grege," says Pastor Vine. Gallery, sperrely attended The proprietor was very decent mid-week, altrzel an average of about letting me have Satur- 1,000 people on Sundays. days cff, although it Inconveni-

enced him at a busy time.

It is perhap bercuse the "But sunset in winter is phlegmatic

British And these #heut 4 ti..

and I felt very forecasts ก little far-fetched chary about neking him to

et that the church makes so tule "Sometimes I think In le

me off at 4 p.m. on winter Fri- progress with its conversions, persecution Eelps." wirtfully

days. He was awfully ro-opers- says 40-year-old' Pester R. D.

tive, however. Employers gene Vine, the church's spokesman eterally are." Stumbergh Park, polding rout. that in Raria there are 10,000 Adventists.

ro-

Yet church membership maire obtinetely steady A ## mege 0,500. Why

Or perhaps the fire has gone from the belly. Pastor Vine hilm- charming and mid- sell, There are dome the problems, mannered man, is more enxious than the author of Revelations would have been to assure in- Qurers that Advertists cro cranks,

too.

But how do 8,500 Drilksh "Sometimes we find ourselves Adventists pay for Stanborough living next to Sunday-keepers, Park and the New Gallery, tn, if they chject to us hanging out say nothing uf the 100 car washing on Sundays. We churches?

don't do it."

Such a

mess

"The New Gallery is mainly financed by Ameriera Adven tista," says Pastor Vine, "They provided all the money to buy ünd equip it, and they help erch year with the cost of using interessary recully work on the

For the rest? The enurch's publications are profiteble-twe volumes of Uncle Arthur's Bibte Stories have sold 100,000 copies aplece.

The food fetary, which hegza rome 50 years ego es an attempt

to provide clauch members with not easily obtainable vegetarku

Adventists will perform

no

Sabbath, Belang Ja the main corselen lous objectors to mili- try service, many found them- during the war. Selves tremen They would put out res Saturdays, but not polish the brass of their fire engines.

on

"But it's a quite erroneous notion that keeping the Seventh we presch," says Day is all Pastor Vine. "We reccp.. Ell that the Bible teaches as Hter- #povj; of Daniel, chapter XI. Hily Kho. We believe, that the

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MIES

What's to be said for the Pip Squeak Peers?

THEY

ATTACKED

-but the Throne is stronger than before

UFFICIENT time has elapsed for us to consider coolly and dispas- caddish. Nevertheless since he sionately the strange outburst against the Queen by two young peers of the Realm. That it was in bad taste, that it was vulgar and that it was cruel no one can deny - but what we have to decide is not merely study the the motive but to what degree there was any measure of justification for the outburst.

There are those who argue that there is a divinity that surrounds the throne and keeps its occupant apart from the minutiae of normal life. In other words the quality of remoteness applies to some extent to the kings and queens who have their dwelling in the royal palace.

DON'T LET THE YEARS

SOUBORU

BOTHER YOU

BRANDENBUIZEN (LEAN LESIBAHŠI

The chief credit of this minor rebellion of the privileged classes must go to Lord. Althrincham. The support given to him by

Incidentally bis grandfather, has seen fit to attach a woman the 7th Marquis, maintained. who is not In position to de- not only Londonderry House in fend herself then the rest of Park Lane, but, with his wife, ug despite his vulgarity must always fave a great reception charges which he for the Tory MPs and peers made and see what substance on the eve of the annual open- there may be in them.

ing of Parliament, It is certainly true that Her But even grandfather Charlle Majesty's C..risimas boardcast Londonderry (as he was called) has never made the impact or had some odd ideas. He once ach'eved tho personal

wrole me to the effect that a which characterised the Christ- man in his position had mas broadcaste of her father, chanes in publie life,

LONDON LETTER

jouch

Lord Londonderry was not by Sir Beverley Baxter, MP

only dilatory but was promptly anded by

own

the

This is partly due to the bigh youthful pitch of her voice Lut the even more to the materiai which is supplied to her.

young man's grandmother, furthest frontiers of the telond conking him on the head ldngdom. The second Elizabeth,

come to and denouncing him with young, had

throne. And

But reople told each other by hia

handsome that England had been at her

greatest in the days

of Queen Elizabeth In the 18th century. some- In fact we discovered what to our surprise that we were the new Elizabethan, Our were raised imaginary words

MR MILLER came to see me on his birthday. "Fifty-corn and contumely.

out." But beneath the five," he smiled, "not surface of his conversation I was aware

of submarine apology. fears,

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"Well," he said, "I suppose you are right doctor. I am worried-about getting older. In 10 years I'll be 65. Another 10, and then... well, it's a pretty frightening thought what life's going to be like at that age."

Old

challenges mature men to relinquish midte-aged: atifludes; to substitute phillo sul boys after eating to start throwing themselves around sophies of a more seasonable nature.

this challenge is like ping pong balls. coped with, then fresh attitudes

"Don't old people' compiala will bring with them a fresh

mat? * Mr of pains a and new kind of happiness.

argued.

to But there is much more happiness in old age than your ntal attitude.

There are fame Winesses more 05 common to old age, just Vale ure Bilments common to childhood. Most, though, can be easily dealt with,

For example some degree of annemia is common In

All In a doctor's day: by

neet do. By taking

they

iron

Cata

CEDRIC

CARNE

Miller

SOME PINE...

Personal Triumph

no

It is true that the Queen pre- fers koreg racing to grand opern but then we must re- member the terrible ordeni sho had to endure when, at the time of her Coronatieri, 'she had lo listen to the bideous sounds of the specially written opera "Gloriana" ni Covent Garden. It is alto qulle true that the Queen prefers the company of normal and the people to the artists

that she dreamers and equally prefers a comedy in the thestre to the brilliant harshness of the younger significant playwrights or the classics.

But she hes precious litlle time for her favourite pastimes. Her roulice duties cre almost endless and only a particularly

But before we deal with the cruption cf the Pipsqueak Peers it should be remembered that there is nothing new in

A couple of years ago I was stupid peer would object to her this kind of thing. One has

to the lovely, youthful monarch, in America at Christmas visit- employing her hours of leisure

after her own fashion, only to look back

mighty to the ex- and we predicted

ing a private home when my

If we are to mainiaia a mon- patwive days when the Prince renalasance for the Island king- friends tuned In the radio to archy then we must subscribe to of Wales, afterwarde George dam which, as you know, is hear the Queen. Spontancourly the accepted legend that the IV, established his mistress, set like a jewel in the silver everyone rose. It was thrilling sovereign is living tradition

to hear Her Majesty speaking and should not

come under As a member of Parliament to the world as a sovereign and criticism unicas his or her re- Mra Fitzherbert, at Brighton sea. and was flereely nasoiled for it

as a woman; but unfortunately fons deliberately prejudice the by the purlana and the wits' of

I had attended the Ceronation

her advisers had written for her sanctity of the (the un- his time. Even good Queen of King George VI

throne or the a perch that could Victoria was openly ridicule hoppy, Edward VIII was never

ht have secur.ty of the stato. been less "The Widow of Windsor crowned) and now in the same

personal if it had because she prolonged to an capacity I was See the hren by the President of the Foard of Trade. One by one absurd degree. the mourning crowning of a young and beau- period for Albert the Good. tiful Queen, the second Liza- we coon ka' down and listened b. Lis with her tandsome vaguely to the end. Our emo- Prince-Consort in endance tions were hers to command

it he did not ask for them.

ay

to

Contumely or but ret beside her. She was

Limelight?

children. Queen should have been coach-

Essential: Foundation

of this ex-

Parila-

Minor degrees of pain

not only his wife, she was his This Is the one and only

The one bright spot young people are ignored bo

Queen.

roint on witch I are with Altrincham Londonderry cause they are preoccupied with

From the very beginning 'onlan Altrincham. With great cursion Into bad manners and daily activities. It is only those

everything went right even to respeel I suggest that the bad citizenship is that old people who have no hobbies

of their order Nor should or creative interests to occupy Edward VII was

we forget

that e

a boy and then Erl. ed by the Duke of Edinburgh ment in its wisdom may be en- under flerce First them who nollee every

to create no moro couraged Blight

in deliver a Aro-side chat, a hereditary ache

By all and pain. It's

for his gambling at Long live the Royal Family natural criticm

peerages, Bt it was only a short time Christmas homily from a mo- means honour and entitle those and racing and with 4 elderly people is exaggerated.

then that in such people an ache cards

consequent dependence upon it to rarkers got to work.

and a Queen in 14, wifd

who have given high service 10- order.. That is what her the S'ate. or to the arts but do Because of it

the rich opportunists who fin- This Prince-Consort wrs doing they feel more Many an older man will couglanced tim. In fact Edward VII a fire job of works but on Sun- father did with the masculine not pass it on to the next gene Ured than they a lot or complain of this and lock. n terriae hammering from days he indulged in polo. There at pronch. As a father not only ration. If Lords Altrincham and were murmurings and mutter of his immediate family but et Londonderry were without titles the purlians of his time," that. But not when an interest-

kind of example the English-speaking! Is true that George V and ings. What

family they could not get a hearing ing television programms is on.

to set befcre

the entire across the seas his except in Trafalgar Square and In fact the pain sense becomes beautiful wife Mary of was thi; change

younger generat on? A Scottish appeal was intimate and homo- even there the pigeons. would from les acute ns we grow older. An Tick escaped cantumely by de-

from ly. Sleepy-Eye

attacked Philip themselves to old man can still be

to their. Divine

probably expres dispproval milingning

The Duke (as.he Yal

that the after their own fashion, l'op-Eye.

where a younger

their de, the rulpit,

if we admit would duties. Yet It was man

refused to give Queen has much to learn about Also many wince.

The Monarchy is an essential Prince of hed become) bonair son, Edward, Wales, who stole the limelight up his Sunday polo, but the public speaking-who can deny foundation to a country like old people have

zmlle on hit face had frozen that her visit to France a few Britain which with its for flung on state occasions.

weeks ago We a But such are the storms that to a frown.

personal family of nations needs. con- heat about the roofs of the

tri mph in the highest degree? tral figure who la above and be- Royal Palace that

--and that in a land which is yord when Ed-

the normal conflict of dedicated to the feminine. politics. If at the next general But there is the oʻher side of wärd. Pricco of Wales, came to the coin. There is the beneficial | the throne he was the centre

A French member Parila Clection wo Tories are intown tonle to health that comes with of a force three-pronged crisis

ment whom I met recently at out-and there arg signs to that Deauville told me that her effect-Mr Macmillan will go to optimism, laughter and courage, comprising the sovereign, tho Prime Master and the Arch-

-conquest was complete. Those Buckingham Palace to proffer bishop of Canterbury. He had Therefore it in tradional of us who watched from Lon- his resignation to the Queen.

She will expreta polite re- follen in love with a woman that the Monarchy is not above don on television felt the samo who had two living ex-hus criticism why wat the ruch reaction Yet Altrincham dis gret and then aak Mack the bands and the nation was faced sound and fury over the out- poses of her as a speaker by Kalfe to ɛdvise her on his suce with a constitutional

of their lordships saying that her voice gives him cessor. In turn Macmillan would crisis of pourings the first mamitudo.

Alrizoram and Londonderry? a pan in the Deck, Florent have to say: "Ma'am I_suggest So the pncrowned King 10- First let us concim who Etona!

that you gend for Mr. Gaitskell nounced the throne and went and what is Lord Altrinchasz. Howe, as you will recall, or Mr Bevan

sa nood ng tho at the endo the noble lord into the parfumed. twilight of He was educated

docides which Socialist Party their Atdication,

one they wank”.

In other words the Queen - Je

an Insufficient level of Vitamin "Plenty." I valds heard nowadays of how fear and worry affect physical health."

C in their blood stream.

more

"Do old people have dimculty then In absorbing foods Mr Miller asked.

The only nutritional differ caces in old age from youth in that as age advances we need Everyone can think of public less calories. As for the resi, men who, because their at there to seientific evidence to titudes are right, are mentally in good prove that the absorption of agile and physically food in the elderly is as efficient health, as in the young.

As for retirement, how does It affect the health?

LESS SLEEP NEEDED

Some men thrive Dn new leisure. Others pine

"A number have iron or vita- something to do, for absorbing min deficiencies because they interest. don't have D vorled enough

Why the Furore?

A

and

did not läckt The Lon Was school of Eton at thoropensos murport. A second peer, na les for heart-broken and everyone said of his father. He served as than the young Marquis of

that the very basis of icingship funior officer in the Grenadier. Londonderry, Jump on the above political controversy Just had been loosened dadgerously in the Hitler war, then ran bandwaggon and added vulgar ge by fier supreme position as ewan prahaps beyond restoring for Parlament in 1981 and 1955 obrve on his own account,, thus Monarch, who is the first sor diet explabio "Many be Many who continue to work, But his unequaldered brother and we defeated. He belongs ocbloving, the only notoriety of vant of her people, It would be come exclusive in their fastes; even if only part time, do so Georgo mounted the throne to a club called the Beefsteak his entire career, Whereupon a sad day for Britain and the others are limited by their with fino vigour. They may with his Scottish

bia grandmother knocked him civilised world. It because of a wife by his, and Is the editor of the small Income."

not run up the stops. Instead side nrd

the hearts of the but intelligeat National out of the ring by revealing to' creeping comman· sanna sana, słġail they have the wisdom to take people went out to them, English Review, In fact he was the prea that ho falled three elded to abolish the Monarchy. There are other physiological the lift. Tho' shortest 'd'sten-o

test and Yet in a little time, a pitiful an obscure Ogure who'e exist time in his driving

somu day: It may happen facts to take into account. Thus, between two points may be tha ly Hitle

the enco way unknown to the na- four times in his Oxford on the years ahead but there is Ume, we heard the older we are, the less sleep wisdom that comes with the heralds on the remarks of St tion at large until he achieved trance examination. Someone no sign of It just now. Thereforo we need. So disturbed hights yours.

Jimer's Palace proclaim: "The world-wide" natoriety by this asked him why ho, did not get lpt ur end on a benign note end King is dead! Long live the attack on the Queen which had himself a job, to which he re- say that Altrincham in his at- queen!". E

all the delicacy of a fishmonger pileg "t's ridiculous for me to tack on the throne has only gue- The words went out and who had drunk too much gin. look for a job. I'm very well ceeded in making it stranger

than it was before, were carried on the wind to the It was cruel, despicable - and sÆ”

don't matter at all.. And It” is

quite natural for grandad to Don't be afraid of old age.

It

take forty-one-and-a-half_winka can bring the best years of your after lunch, just as it. Xu, Zoe Ķe