Many of our subscribers have graduated from
mere readers to "sharers." They are becoming involved in the
effort to touch lives with the message of peace, and are sending
in subscriptions for friends and brethren. One man sent in a
subscription list including every preacher for all the Churches
of Christ in his city. Let's go with God!.... If you would like
to hand out copies of the paper to interested people each month,
write for our special bundle rate which makes it possible for you
to have 25 copies per month to distribute. It is time for all of
us to get in the active fight for righteousness.... Incidentally,
if you'd like ten copies of this issue you can secure them for
one dollar if you will write us at once.... A. F. Mansur, Route
3, Box 278, Gait, California 95632, who is author of the book
"Let My People Go" is carrying on a personal ministry in the
printed page. He will send you free copies of "The Insidiousness
of Prejudice" and "Lording it Over" if you'll write and request
them.... David E. Branholm, Route 3, Hertford, North Carolina
27944, has decided to devote his efforts for the Master to
evangelism in the eastern part of the United States. Dave was
originally from Fairbanks, Alaska, and spent five years with the
army, two of them as a paratrooper. He was released from active
duty in 1962 with the rank of first lieutenant.... Lester and
Donna LeMay are looking forward with a great deal of anxiety to
their return to Nigeria. They are currently living at 25 Latonia
Terrace, Covington, Kentucky 41015.... Our family lost a dear
friend of long standing when Nancy Gingrich, of LaVerne,
California, went home to be with the Lord, January 9. She was 86
years old.... Cecil and Elma Garrison would like for you to know
about Golden Moments, the book of stories, meditations and
devotions for children which you can secure for $1.50 if you
write them at Route 1, Box 213, Mill Hall, Pennsylvania 17751....
We're happy that our brother, Don dark, has been accepted as a
student in Harvard Divinity School. He will make a good one....
John Fulford, who lives in South Africa, sent us a beautiful
first day cover with the Reformation Stamp cancellation. We also
get an attractive Cape calendar from John every year.... Our
brother in Christ, Neil Warren, whose course we have followed
through Pepperdine College, Princeton Theological Seminary and
University of Chicago is now head of the Department of
Psychological Research at Fuller Theological Seminary. We predict
that he will do a great work in his chosen field.... Don Sharp,
Box 241, Crawfordsville, Indiana 47933, has a plan of every
member evangelism he would like to tell you about and you are
invited to write to him for particulars.... Does your
subscription expire during 1968? If so, and you will send us
$3.00 for a three year renewal, we'll send you absolutely
free a copy of the book "The Holy Spirit in Our Lives
Today." This is a bargain!... We were really made happy when a
great brother in the Lord, Mariano Farias, Esmeralda 9, Ramos
Arizpe, Coahuila, Mexico, sent us a full set of 1965 and 1966
Pre-Olympic Stamp Plates. No one can be nicer than your
brethren.... Preachers of the gospel who are interested in big
game hunting in Wyoming are invited to join in a mule deer hunt
in Wyoming, which will enable them to share in a preaching and
teaching session combined with a four day hunt the second and
third weeks of October of this year. You can secure information
by writing to Merlyn Dunn, 1625 Kit Carson, Casper, Wyoming
82601.... We salute Lieutenant-Colonel Talmage F. McNabb and wife
on the birth of their son, Marcus Duane, January 9. Talmage is a
chaplain at Fort Dix, New Jersey.... Hal
Watkins who formerly labored in Anchorage, Alaska, but has been
living more recently in Spokane, Washington is moving to
Warrenton, Oregon to work with the brethren.... We regret to
chronicle the death of our aged Sister Sarah Reid, of Windsor,
Ontario, Canada, who passed away while visiting at Kendallville,
Indiana.... Brethren in Windsor have sold their old meetinghouse
and will soon begin construction of a new one.... Donald G. Hart,
Capetown, South Africa, sent us a beautiful postcard from the
Table Mountain National Monument so we could have the
cancellation mark on the stamps.... If our Lord wills we shall
present in our next issue the speech made at the P. H. Welshimer
Memorial Lectureship in connection with the Festival of Faith at
Milligan College. The theme was "The Cross and the Growth of the
Church."... We lost a good friend and brother when Clinton
Wofford, of Saint Louis, Missouri, died as the result of a heart
attack, February 1.... Edward Lewis, 7410 Raleigh Street,
Westminster, Colorado 80030, has prepared an attractive tract
entitled "A Reappraisal of First Principles," which he would like
for you to see. He will send any number of copies up to ten free
upon request. Please write him.... A. V. Mansur, Route 3, Box
278, Gait, California, has a treatise entitled, "The One True
Church" in which he analyzes "group salvation" based upon "group
faith." You may secure a copy free by writing to him at once....
We are indebted to Cesar Lobino, Zamboanga City, Philippines, for
a copy of the quarterly entitled "The Preacher" which is
circulated among brethren in the Philippines.... We are happy to
report that Harmon Thompson, of Santa Susana, California, is
making satisfactory recovery after heart surgery on
December 9.... We regret to report that Bob Duncan was
hospitalized at Bloomington, Illinois, with back trouble. The
congregation at Bloomington sustained a loss in the death of
Brother Martin, a faithful soldier of the cross.... Grayson H.
Ensign, Director of Bible Chair of the Southwest, at Amarillo
College, reports the work is progressing ahead of
expectations.... Mission, a monthly Journal published in
Abilene, Texas, has as the theme of its February issue
"Communications." Even the casual reader will not confuse it with
the average partisan periodical. The board of trustees announces
the names of one hundred six persons who are pledged to help
spread the news through the magazine.... The theme for the March
issue of Mission will be "Ethics." Abraham J. Malherbe
will edit the March number.... The Japanese language Christian
magazine Light and Life, which began in 1949, will now be
edited by Charles Melton. The format is being changed to a family
type periodical with material for those of all ages.... In an
editorial in the Firm Foundation, January 30, entitled
"Evolution Shot Dead By Rocket," Reuel Lemmons affirms that
"Charles Darwin has been shot out of the saddle" by the space
shots which hit the moon and the planet Venus. Bro. Lemmons does
not say what happened to the horse that Darwin was riding, but it
is evident that he believes it will be broken to ride by Texas
bronco busters.... Speaking of the "Lone Star State," we note a
debate will be held at Cameron, Texas, for four nights, April
9-12, featuring E. H. Miller and John Staley, on whether the
"proper drink element in the Lord's Supper" should be fermented
grape wine or unfermented grape Juice. Since we do not have time
to waste we will not go down for the four nights, but we do hope
the brethren can get this world-shaking problem solved, so we can
get on with some of the minor difficulties like the threat of
starvation, the decay of Western civilization, crime in the
streets, and Juvenile delinquency.... In conclusion we mention
our deep grief at the news that Michael and Mary Wood, Atlanta,
Georgia, lost their sweet little boy.
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