We would remind our readers that at the end of this year all of the issues
of the paper will be bound in attractive book form under the title "God's Community." The book
will be ready for delivery on March 1, 1969, and you may reserve advance copies now, for
payment of $2.49 on delivery.... Plans are being made for the 1969 issue of MISSION
MESSENGER to be devoted to the theme of aggressive warfare against the forces of evil in our
day under the heading "Commandoes For Christ," and that will become the title for the bound
volume next year.... It is obvious from the reading of many of the papers issued by our brethren
that a great deal of thought is being given to the sectarian stance into which factional attitudes of
the past have driven us. Journals which once occupied most of their space with attacks upon
honest and sincere brethren who opposed their peculiar tests of fellowship are now advocating
love in spite of differences. This is probably the first time in a century of division that thoughtful
men have risen up in all of our parties pleading for a saner view of the body of our Lord. One
need not be a prophet to predict that under this more perceptive type of leadership the day will
dawn when the hate and animosity in many localities will pass away. We have already lost many
years of fruitless contention and we must move with dispatch if we are to influence our
generation. While we do not intend to labor the current discussion in our own pages we will not
hesitate to wage the fight for peace in the field where our first separation occurred, for we
cannot ignore its implications in our day.
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