Sharing Our Mail
I find MISSION MESSENGER stimulating, and, in many respects, edifying and instructive. In
my opinion you are not always right or invariably consistent in your view. However, it is evident
that your strong points far outweigh your weak ones, which is certainly a status to be sought by
all. I am particularly appreciative of your essays on fellowship. You have the right concept here,
it seems to me. I think your attitude in this connection is exemplary. The statement of your basic
principles at this point in the July issue was superb. I agree wholeheartedly. --Fred 0.
Blakely (Indiana).
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The instrument was introduced to the churches here about 80 or 90 years
ago, judging from what Bro. John McGregor told me
while he was alive. At present there are 2 groups in Victoria, 1 in Tasmania, 7 in New South
Wales, and 4 in Queensland, who definitely do not use instrumental music. I do not know who
introduced it, but suppose it came from the U. S. A. Christian Church. --Val Males
(Australia).
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Your thoughts on fellowship have caused "the love of God to be shed
abroad," some of the clouds of misunderstanding lifted, and a hope for a brighter tomorrow for
the children of God. We are glad that you have the courage of your convictions not to be bought
off by some of our well meaning brethren. May you never be shackled as so many of our
brethren are, in giving to us in truth and love your understanding of God's revelation. It is our
prayer that you will be spared to be with us, and that your contribution will tend to heal the
wounds of war, hate, and the party spirit among us. --Homer Matson (Oregon).
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I surely have enjoyed the articles on fellowship. You have presented
many edifying thoughts. Keep up the good work. --Wayne Geiling (Illinois).
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Little pip-squeaks carried away with a smattering of "new" scholarship
show a disposition to solve all the problems of the universe. If the teaching on fellowship that is
now being offered is to prevail, then this brotherhood will disintegrate, and become a thing of
the past. --Roy Loney (Kansas).
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I want to commend you for your attitude in printing Bro. Zerr's article
and your willingness to publish his continued writings. I have always held that though we do not
always agree on every thing concerning the church and its worship, this should not cause us to be
enemies, but we should continue to search for truth, and when we find we are in error, change to
the right as we learn it. None of us are perfect and were it not for the love and mercy of God, and
the cleansing blood of Jesus, none of us could be saved. --W. C. Conrad (Michigan).
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I want you to know how fortunate I was in getting to read both of your
books, "The Royal Priesthood" and "The Kingdom of the Messiah." They are wonderful and it
must have required a tremendous amount of study to produce two such volumes. Your articles
on fellowship are grand and you are expressing sentiments which I have long held. The divisive
spirit is at the pinnacle of evil. --Mrs. George Wilson (Illinois).
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Your articles in the paper continue to excel. The articles by E. M. Zerr
will be interesting, but I am afraid he has not come out of the cloud of sectism yet, judging by
the manner in which he refers to the divisions. It would appear that he labors under the delusion
that only those of the "Mission Messenger group" (for want of a better way to express it)
constitute the body of faithful believers. --Max Watson (Texas).
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I just finished reading the August issue and enjoyed the articles very
much, especially the first one on "A Sound Mind." I appreciate the preface by Bro. Zerr and your
article on fellowship. I had not thought of it in that light before. How narrow we have been, and I
wonder how long it will take us to recognize and come out of it? --Helen Campbell (Ill.)
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"A faithful friend has suggested that some of the subscribers to the
Review complain, because views which differ have found a place in the columns.
Discussion is the grand lever for overturning error and setting the world right, and when all men
come to see the truth, reading and books will be no longer necessary." --Christian
Review (August, 1846).
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