Evaluating some thoughts of “A Candid Reader” by Nick Kersten, Librarian-historian   In the early years of the 20th century, the pages of the Sabbath Recorder sometimes carried anonymous articles or letters affixed with a pseudonym. These writings can provide fascinating insights into the life of Seventh Day Baptists, as they reveal the unspoken mindsets,...

NOT the last chapter… A church may close its doors but its faith and influence live on….          Late last year, members of the Nortonville, Kansas, SDB Church voted to close their doors as of December 31, 2012. As word spread and the date approached, retired Pastor Edgar Wheeler, age 92, sent this letter to his friends and relatives in Nortonville....

Obituary Haire.—Rosemary Arlene (Cavinder) Haire, 91, died on December 6, 2012 at the Sojourner House of Kalamazoo, Mich. Rosemary was born April 30, 1921 in Jackson Center, Ohio, to Grover and Rosa Ann (Richards) Cavinder. She was a 1940 graduate of Battle Creek (Mich.) Central High School. She had been employed as an executive secretary at Olivet (Mich.)...

Jan 24, 2013

Experiencing God at a Higher Altitude By Ralph Mackintosh   When my grandfather came to America in the 1880s he worked his way west until ending up in Colorado. There he labored constructing railroads, coal mining, gold and silver mining, harvesting timber and hard rock drilling. While working in the rough mining and lumber camps he began to seriously...

Jan 24, 2013

Pick a card—or a day by Leanne Lippincott-Wuerthele   As most people know, Valentine’s Day is observed in the U.S. on February 14th each year. The original “St. Valentine” was a liturgical celebration of one or more early Christian saints named “Valentinus.” Several martyrdom stories were invented for these various saints and added to later martyrologies....