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     In our next issue we will present the speeches by Harold and Roy Key as made at the forum on fellowship held at Hartford, Illinois, December 26, 27. Harold Key who preaches for Central Church of Christ, St. Louis, Missouri, spoke on "Fellowship and Endorsement"; Roy Key who preaches for First Christian Church, Ames, Iowa, spoke on "Faith and Legalism--Sons or Sons-in-Law?".... Restoration Review, edited by Leroy Garrett, 1201 Windsor Drive, Denton, Texas, as a quarterly, is now being issued as a sixteen page monthly. The subscription price is $1.00 per year. The first issue of the monthly was issued in January, and those who are interested may start their subscription with that number if they send at once.... We have secured a few extra copies of the Restoration Review for the second and third quarters of 1963. These contain two of the speeches made by W. Carl Ketcherside in successive years at the Missouri Christian Lectureship. One is entitled "The Ground of Christian Fellowship"; the other "Agape: Foundation of Christian Fellowship." These probably cover the subjects as well as anything that we have produced in recent years and are exhaustive studies of the themes prepared for a critical survey. We will send you a copy of both quarterlies if you will enclose a dollar with your request. We believe that you will want to use these for reference purposes for many years to come. The supply is limited.... The meeting on New Year's Eve in Saint Louis brought out an attendance of 406, most of whom stayed until the midnight hour.... Interest in the fellowship forum held at Hartford, Illinois on December 26, 27, was excellent. Speakers were drawn from the three main segments of the restoration brotherhood and the question forum was a lively event serving to bring out the varied views of the panelists.... A general average of 90 persons attended the winter Bible Study conducted at Webster Groves, Missouri, during the Christmas vacation. Young people attended from several states. A poll of students showed that the classes which touched the problems they faced were regarded as most beneficial.... It was our privilege to immerse two young married men in the meeting at Beech Grove, Arkansas, in which the attendance was excellent except for the last night when a blizzard made traveling hazardous.... The Ronald Hastens of Quincy, Illinois, have a baby girl, Beth Ann, born December 22, on her father's birthday.... We would like to mention again the magazine for young people called The Christian Youth, edited by Dean R. Garrison, P. 0. Box 103, Farmington, New Mexico 87401. The subscription rate is just $1.00 per year and you will say it is worth that and more. Introduce it to your young people.... We regret to announce that our sister in Christ, Mrs. J. T. Broseh, Odessa, Texas, has had to undergo surgery six times in less than a year, but we rejoice that she shows signs of recovery from malignant tumor. Your prayers are requested in her behalf.... We have a good letter from Rod Cameron, written from Zambezi Mission, Southern Rhodesia, as he was preparing to go down into the valley below the mission and get a little native lad who had been bitten by a cobra and who was close to death.... David Dougal of Scotland began a two weeks series of meetings with the congregation at Hindley, Wigan, England, January 4.... We regret to chronicle the death of our aged brother, G. E. Miller, Toledo, Illinois, who died Nov. 15, as a result of injuries sustained in a farm accident. He was a member of the congregation at Neal.... We also are saddened by the death of our brother in Christ, Homer Boren, at Nebo, Illinois, where he served the congregation as an elder for a

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number of years.... Did you know that we can furnish you a large print Authentic Version of the New Testament by Hugh J. Schonfield, bound in cloth, for only $4.00? This is the only translation of the New Testament by a Jew.... We have received notice that printing costs for MISSION MESSENGER will take another rise. Will you help us increase our circulation by sending in a list of names? Remember that the cost is only $1.00 per year.... The editor conducted funeral services for Sister T. C. Russell, Paragould, Arkansas, January 16, and for Sister Rose Steinert, Nixa, Missouri, January 18.... Would you like to make an elderly brother in Christ really happy? Then send a card to Simon Gingerich, Haven of Rest Nursing Home, Greentop, Missouri. We need to remember that all of us will be aged some day.... If you would like to have back issues of MISSION MESSENGER to complete your files, or if there is a special issue you wish to share with friends, you can secure them by writing to C. H. Ephland, 1505 North Ash, Nevada, Missouri. The congregation at Nevada is interested in helping you secure copies of MISSION MESSENGER which are of special concern to you and they keep a number of past issues for distribution. We suggest that you enclose postage with your request.... One was added to the congregation at Kirsksville, Missouri, January 12. Jerry Reese was with the congregation there on January 19 and 22.... We are attempting to absorb the unexpired subscriptions of Word From Heaven which has had to suspend publication. If your name has a red (X) following it, this indicates that you had two more issues of the paper coming to you and you should have received two issues of MISSION MESSENGER. The mark indicates that your subscription expires with this issue of the paper. If you should care to continue reading MISSION MESSENGER, the subscription rate is only $1.00 per year, and your request should be mailed to 2360 Gardner Drive, Saint Louis, Missouri 63136. We would be honored to have you continue as a reader of this humble effort to measure up realistically to some of the problems of this day.... Bernie Crum immersed one at Flat River, Missouri, January 12, and another was added by membership transfer.... We would like to mention that if any of our readers are interested in purchasing a Hertel Blue Ribbon Bible, which is a special study volume comparable to the analytical and chain-reference Bibles, you can contact R. H. Deighton, 1314 North 19th Street, Boise, Idaho, who will gladly furnish you information as to types and prices.... There were more than 500 people present for the Mid-winter Christian Conference at Minneapolis, Minn., which was held January 20-22.... The editor has accepted an invitation to be one of the teachers in the Oregon State Christian Convention, Turner, Oregon, Starting June 30. He will also address the North American Christian Convention, which meets at Kiel Auditorium, Saint Louis, Missouri, in July. We regret to chronicle the death of Brother William Morrow, Dixon, Missouri, January 22.... We have mailed out a copy of "The Bookshelf" to all of our paid up subscribers. This interesting little paper will bring you a lot of information about books and other things. If you do not get yours soon, please write to us and tell us.... If all of our readers would send a list of subscribers to MISSION MESSENGER it is evident that our influence would be expended much farther. Surely you can think of someone who should be reading these messages.

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