The North American Christian Convention
announced that there were more than 24,000 registrations for the
sessions held this year at Tampa, Florida. The convention will be
held in Cincinnati, Ohio, next year.... Announcement has been
made that Sentinel of Truth, the attractive quarterly
edited by Charles Holt, will become a monthly magazine. You can
secure a sample copy by writing to P.O. Box 146, Jasper, Texas
75951.... The Lillian Avenue congregation, 4966 Arlington Ave.
(at Lillian), in St. Louis, Missouri, will hold its annual
homecoming meeting on September 24.... Mr. and Mrs. Marcus P.
Woolman, Farmington, New Mexico, celebrated their fiftieth
wedding anniversary on August 9.... Larry McClung, with whom we
first became acquainted when he was in Thailand, is entering Yale
University where he will work on his B.D. degree.... The book
"The Life of W. W. Otey," written by Cecil Willis, is again
available in a second printing. It is of special interest to us
since it contains so many references to brethren with whom we
labored--Daniel Sommer, E. M. Zerr, A. W. Harvey, and others. The
book is a good history of the rise of controversial issues in the
restoration brotherhood. It is $4.95 per copy.... The July issue
of Truth Magazine carries a discussion by William Carrell
and Cecil Willis on the scripturality of the support of Herald of
Truth broadcast as now conducted by Highland Avenue congregation,
Abilene, Texas.... Would you like to have a book containing the
complete text of the "Declaration and Address" by Thomas
Campbell, and the "Last Will and Testament of the Springfield
Presbytery" by Barton W. Stone? We can furnish you the complete
text of both bound together in a 114 page book for $1.00 plus 10c
postage. There is even a facsimile reproduction of a page from
the original copy of the "Declaration and Address" showing
corrections made with a quill pen by Thomas Campbell.... We are
quite enthused about our issue for next month, which will contain
articles on "The Clergy of God," "Restoring A Movement," and an
analysis of "Belief and Unbelief." We are very urgent that you
read this last because we probe the question of the kind of
unbelief that damns one to perdition. There will also be an
article written by Robert Meyers entitled, "Songs In Prison."...
We hope to see you at Wynnewood Chapel in Dallas, Texas,
September 7-9, when brethren from several segments of the
restoration movement will engage in meaningful discussion of some
of the problems confronting us. Do not miss this occasion. Write
to Ray Specht, 1226 Sunnyside, Dallas, Texas, for information....
Do not forget the meetings at Gallatin, Tennessee, with Hall
Crowder and the congregation of saints with which he labors. We
will be there from September 18-22, and we should like to meet a
lot of the brethren in the Nashville area.... I am looking
forward to seeing a lot of brethren in the Lord at the Men's
Clinic to be held near Chatham, Virginia. Other speakers will be
R. M. Bell, Paul Bajko and Donald Nash. The meetings will be held
September 29, 30 and you can write Bruce E. Smith, Route, 2, Box
113, Chatham, Virginia 24531, for information.... I will be in
San Jose, California, for the Roy B. Shaw Memorial Lectureship
October 9-13. In addition to the daily presentations at San Jose
Bible College I will speak at a special luncheon, and at a
"Valley Rally" on the night of October 11. Members of all groups
in the restoration movement are invited to attend for
consideration of the general theme of fellowship in Christ. You
may secure information by writing to Don Taylor,
440 Frederick Street, Santa Cruz, California 95062. I am anxious
to see brethren in the area regardless of their differences of
viewpoint and approach.... All reports that we have received from
the gathering at Milligan College for the Seminar on unity among
the brethren are very encouraging. The first meeting was held at
Bethany College last year; the next will be held at Southeastern
Christian College, Winchester, Kentucky, next year.... I want to
mention a book for children just issued by Elma Garrison, Route
1, Box 213, Mill Hall, Pennsylvania 17751. It contains 52
stories, each followed by a scriptural text and an appropriate
little poem. It is also illustrated throughout by line drawings
done by Mary Garrison. The price is only $1.50 and all parents of
small children as well as teachers of Bible classes containing
little folk will appreciate it. Order directly from Sister
Garrison at the address given.... O.D. Bixler, of Tokyo, is
laboring with Japanese Christians to start a school for the blind
in Yamanasha state, west of Tokyo.... Delbert Goins and family
will go to Dacca, capital city of East Pakistan, around the first
of the coming year. Dacca is a city of about one million
inhabitants.... The Christian Amateur Radio Fellowship was in
operation at the North American Christian Convention and
established direct contact with Ron Butler, missionary in the
Congo. Ham operators who are interested should contact Kyle R.
Simplot, 135 Jackson-Love Circle, Erwin, Tennessee 37650.... In
the one-week effort held by Paul Benjamin in Zambia, Africa, 156
were immersed into Christ, seventy-six of them on June 11, in the
Nangoma River.... Arthur Morris has immersed 505 persons in the
first six months of this year in the area about Madrapakkam,
South India, with seven new congregations being started in the
villages.... Tom Olbricht and Fausto Salvoni were the featured
speakers at the Scandinavian Bible School, held in Copenhagen,
Denmark, June 26-July 7.... There are now 13 congregations of
saints pleading for restoration of pure Christianity who meet in
Spain, with eight Spanish preachers laboring for advancement of
the cause of Christ.... A Latin American Seminar was held August
1-6 in Mexico City under auspices of the congregation meeting at
Calle 13 de Septiembre No 26 in Colonia Condesa, in the capital
city.... Donald and Linda Branham are going to Sapporo, Hokkido,
Japan, where they will assist in a mission effort. They live in
Lebanon, Tennessee.... Roy Lee Criswell reports there are 165
congregations in Malawi where he is working with Bennie T.
Cryer.... Truth For Youth, edited by Larry R. Branum, P.
O. Box 996, Irving, Texas 75060, devoted its May issue to "Plain
Talk About Sex."... We regret to report that Brother J. A.
Brittell, a long-time proclaimer of the Good News in Africa,
suffered a stroke on June 3. He is 77 years old.... The
commentary on the Thessalonian Letters by R. H. Boll has been
translated into Portugese.... Twentieth Century Christian
has "A Study in the Beatitudes" for the theme of the August
issue.... Leroy Garrett will write on "The Spirit of Milligan" in
the September issue of Restoration Review. This will be a
report of the seminar on fellowship held at Milligan College....
North American Christian devotes its May-June issue to a
discussion of "The Holy Spirit" in the writings of early
restoration movement leaders.... Gordon Souder, Burnaby, British
Columbia, has finished a second semester of Russian language
study at Simon Fraser University and is laboring among the
Russian-speaking Christians in the area.... About 150 persons
visited the camp at Outlook, Saskatchewan, for the daily Bible
studies or other activities.
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