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...Clyde Harris, a carpenter, set up a small lumber plant near Pendleton, Ore. The following year Harris was baptized a Seventh Day Adventist, after having been attracted by the "clean life" led by Adventists of his acquaintance. From then on, his church and his factory were his two big interests in life. A nonsmoker and a nondrinker, Harris taught Sabbath school and rigidly shut down his small plant on Saturdays (the Adventist Sabbath), despite the protests of customers who wanted their lumber deliveries. But he prospered nonetheless. Harris Pine Mills, Inc. became a $5,000,000 business, with three subplants...
Through the years Adventist Harris, like most others of his faith, regularly tithed, i.e., gave 10% of his income to the church. But he wished to do even more. Recently, after talking things over with his wife-they have no children-he decided to turn over Harris Pine Mills, Inc. lock, stock and boards to the Seventh Day Adventist Church. Said Harris: "I feel that all the talents we have belong to the Lord. We should return these talents to Him before...
Church authorities gratefully accepted his offer. They appointed an Adventist minister, the Rev. C. J. Nagele, to take over the factory's management, and planned to use the factory's income chiefly for the expenses of the Adventists' international mission program. Clyde Harris, in his turn, promised to stay around the factory for about a year, at a nominal salary of $6,000, until Pastor Nagele "knows all the ropes." Then he will retire (supported by income from other property...
Noah Was Warned. Through the years, the formula for Voice of Prophecy has changed very little. Evangelist Richards steers clear of specific Adventist dogma,* concentrates instead on basic talks about the Bible, interspersed with oldtime hymns sung by the King's Heralds, a male quartet. He knows his Bible well-he has read it cover to cover 31 times-and his sermons are highly concrete discussions of the Bible's application to daily life. Says he: "We believe that there are things in the Bible that prophesy what is happening today and that tell of the coming...
...Bible course is now printed in 46 languages, and the number of students offers some testimony to the size of Richards' radio audience. Currently, 1,500,000 are enrolled-500,000 more than the Adventists' total world membership. Still, Evangelist Richards and his staff are not content. He and the King's Heralds plan a round-the-world campaign this summer, with the emphasis on Africa. A fortnight ago, the Voice hooked up with seven radio stations in Japan. Says Adventist Richards, who cheerfully runs his $1,000,000 operation on a salary of $65 a week...