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Show .. s - V ' - v . .. c- r y ' ' i f . 't -. y k - J,- ' V. ,. A .e .. ..'I ''.v H ., .-. Is- ; ; ... ; , ., ' ;. i - .... . ;. ; ; i V-. ' (: -- ' f v;, ' . ": v ' . . . I , ) ' 1,-- . -i - , 4 ' f ' h: j.J .. tMHfiiYSBW waAnx&v'vsmmifxx .. . ; t Elder E. F. Finck afc SDA Church Officio! Speaks Here "If Teddy Roosevelt and his Big Stick were still around the Viet Nam crisis would probably have ended in leST than a month from its conception." con-ception." This ws a portion of the sermon preached this Saturday Satur-day morning at the Moab Seventh-day Adventist Church by Elder E. F. Finck, visiting visit-ing official from Reno. Finck, who is the Director of Lay Activities of the Nevada-Utah Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, quoted for his worship text, Revela-7:1, Revela-7:1, "And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that, the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree." "If Roosevelt's ramrod-like tactics were still being employed em-ployed by our nation's leaders," lead-ers," said Finck, "the Viet Nam crisis would have long ag6 erupted into the world's last great conflict. Bt God is at the controls, softening and delaying our leaders' haste,, giving the nations time to make decisions for Christ." Elder Finck spent the afternoon af-ternoon with the Moab officers offic-ers discussing Christianity's strides of progress being made in different narts of the world. "The Lord is calling lor n separation from worldly at- titudes, from Communistic and evil influences. He's calling call-ing for repentance and a jo:n-ing jo:n-ing with the forces of Christianity." Christ-ianity." Finck stated. He brought out additional facts about the present attitudes atti-tudes of faithlessness. "Would to God that young people would know how to blush once in a while," he said. Finck referred to Luke 21 and spoke of these occurances as fulfilling ful-filling the signs of the age we're living in. "Unprecident-ed "Unprecident-ed crime, adultry being consented con-sented to ' by many church authorities, Catholicism and Protestants making strides in unitingwilling to Jay a-side a-side basic beliefs for political and religious power these are signs that we are in a very decisive period of earth's history," emphasized Finck. "But God is holdrag back the winds of war and strife so that men might make their final decisions." E. F. Finck of the Nevada-Utah Nevada-Utah Conference of Sevenlh-day Sevenlh-day Adventists with head quarters in Reno spent last Saturday with Moab members to discuss progress of Christianity. |