We would like for our readers to see a copy
of The Christian Appeal, published by C. R. Worsham, 900
North M Street, Tulare, California. This neat, attractive journal
is designed to be used as a teaching piece for all of the
brethren and is not partisan. Editors are Duane Mayfield, Sand
Springs, Oklahoma; Gene Shelburne, Phoenix, Arizona; and Norman
Miller, Brookhaven, Mississippi. Why not write to Bro. Worsham
for a free sample copy?.... Roy Weece informs us that more than
30 congregations from 20 cities and towns were represented at the
fellowship forum which we conducted at Eldon, Missouri.... We are
happy to report intense interest in the lectures which we
delivered at Elizabeth City, North Carolina, at the invitation of
Roanoke Bible College. The spirit was excellent.... There were
about 350 present at the dinner of the Tri-State Fellowship
meeting which we addressed at Weirton, West Virginia, on April
16, and a goodly number at the breakfast next morning, when a
question session lasted several hours.... More than 400 were
registered at the fellowship meeting in Boise, Idaho, at which it
was our privilege to share in the program with William Jessup, of
Lancaster, California.... Carl D. Witty, Route 3, Woodbury,
Tennessee, would like to secure a copy of the March, 1951, issue
of "The Christian Forum" which was edited by Ernest Beam, and any
issues available of "The Christian Unity Quarterly" which was
produced by Claude Witty and James DeForest Murch. If you have
these and will share them with him, please notify him
immediately.... Leroy P. Bellinger, 1807 High Street, Chester,
Illinois 62233, is very anxious to secure a copy of Volume I of
Bible Commentary, by E. M. Zerr. If you have one that you will
sell notify him at once.... Claire Munch asks us to thank all who
helped on the purchase of the meetinghouse at 503 Estancia N.W.,
Albuquerque, New Mexico. The building is now paid for and the
brethren are at peace with each other and with God. If you pass
through on vacation stop and worship with this little group of
saints.... Bernie Crum conducted funeral services for Elmer
Uthoff at Canalou, Missouri, April 17.... Elvis Bozarth informs
us that the congregation at 800 N. Miranda Street, Las Cruces,
New Mexico, offers a free six-lesson correspondence course in
Bible study to anyone, anywhere. The brethren there will pay
postage both ways.... We regret to chronicle the death of our
good friend and brother of many years, William Norris, Fort
Scott, Kansas, on April 4.... Buff Scott, Jr., is scheduled to
move to Nevada, Missouri, June 6, where he will do extended work
with the brethren in the North Main Street congregation....
Robert Burns, James DeForest Murch and W. Carl Ketcherside will
be the leading speakers at Milligan College
(Tennessee) during the week of August 17-21, in a period of
instruction and study for Christian families. There will be
special classes for children and teenagers at the same time....
We'd like to call to your attention a provocative piece of
writing entitled "Church Names" by A. V. Mansur, Route 2, Box
278, Gait, California. If you are interested in church titles we
urge you to write the author and he will mail you a copy of this
treatise without charge.... Vernon W. Hurst, 6009 Avalon Road,
NW., Albuquerque, New Mexico 87105, has a book called "Common
Sense Approach to Bible Understanding" which sells for $1.00 per
copy or 3 copies for $2.00, and we think you'll like it.... Jack
D. Sanders, Hoosier Court 23-5, Bloomington, Indiana, needs a
copy of The Royal Priesthood, by W. Carl Ketcherside, for
special research. This is an urgent call. If you have a copy you
will sell contact him immediately.... We have available two
teaching records from Kingdom Kraft, one by Reggie Thomas,
East Point, Georgia, under the title, "YOU CAN Win Souls to
Christ"; one by W. Carl Ketcherside, "Who Is My Christian
Brother?" These 33 1/3 LP records are designed to instruct, edify
and motivate the listeners. Each is in an attractive jacket and
sells for $4.95, plus 25c for handling and postage. Each will
give you a full 50 minute visit with the authors and you can play
them over and over for friends and study groups.... Joe Hamilton,
Belfast, North Ireland, expresses his appreciation for the recent
articles by Harold Key, Roy Key and M. S. Whitehead.... The North
American Christian Convention will be held at Kiel Auditorium,
Saint Louis, Missouri, July 7-10. On the last day there will be a
discussion of "Christian Unity" which will feature Jess Johnson,
Joseph Dampier, Howard E. Short, Robert Meyers, and Richard
Crabtree, as speakers.... Buff Scott reports six added in April
at Bridgeport, Connecticut.... In our next issue we will present
as our main article one entitled "Prophet and Priest." We will
also carry the second installment of "The Divine Attribute" by
Vernon Hurst, and a brief article in which M. F. Cottrell asks
the question, "Do We Really Differ?" This will be an explanation
of a point raised by Grayson Ensign on page 56 of the April
issue. We suspect that you'll find the whole issue interesting as
well as enlightening.... We need to enlist your help to offset
the summer slump in which the subscription list goes down. Much
of this is due to carelessness or preoccupation with other things
which cause many to neglect to send in their renewals. If each
reader of the paper would send in an additional subscription
right now we would be able to more than maintain our level of
mailing. Since the subscription price is but $ l.00 per year, we
do not feel that it would severely tax any of our readers to send
the paper to a friend or brother. Perhaps many of you have been
intending to do this very thing but have just postponed it. May
we plead with you to help to this extent, and to send a list of
names if you are able. Perhaps if you would make announcement
publicly or in a bulletin you could secure a number of
subscribers.... It will help us greatly to cut down on expense if
all subscribers will renew in advance of expiration date. You
cannot lose because your subscription is always advanced from the
expiration date regardless of how far in advance it may be. Could
you do us a favor and renew at once if your time is almost
out?... If you contemplate a change of address give us ample
warning so we may change your stencil and avoid payment to the
post office for notification of the change. All mail should be
addressed to MISSION MESSENGER, 2360 Gardner Drive, Saint Louis,
Missouri 63136.
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