Please remember that if your subscription
expires any time during this year you may send us three dollars
for a three year renewal and we will send you free a copy of "The
Holy Spirit in Our Lives Today," edited by W. Carl Ketcherside.
We urge you to take advantage of this offer.... Ed Smith, Glenn
Blust and Tom Atwater were recently ordained as elders at
Galesburg, Illinois.... If you know of servicemen in Viet Nam who
may visit Japan, tell them to contact Motoyuki Nomura, 22
Hachimanyama, Setagoya, Tokyo. The telephone is 303-3346.... Earl
West, author of "The Search for the Ancient Order" has joined the
faculty at Harding Graduate School of Religion, after receiving
his Ph.D. degree from Indiana University.... Do you have a copy
of "The Kingdom of the Messiah," by W. Carl Ketcherside, which
you will sell? If so, please write at once to Ray Vance, Box 35,
Dehue, W. Va. 25618.... A. Dale Crain is to take up a Christian
Campus Ministry in Terre Haute, Indiana, which will serve
students at Indiana State University and Rose Polytechnic
Institute. Sam Fox has moved to Madison, Wisconsin, to begin a
like work with the students of the University of Wisconsin....
Woodrow Phillips has accepted the responsibility of the
presidency at San Jose Bible College, San Jose, California.... A
recent national poll shows that the favorite hymn of American
Protestants is "The Old Rugged Cross."... The C. W. Callaway
family is preparing to return to Thailand.... Our brother,
Soon-gook Choi, who produces the Gospel Broadcasting Mission
program originating in Seoul, Korea, recently aired the program
over Station HLKY, which reaches into North Korea.... Don McCord,
who edits Old Paths Advocate, a journal whose writers make
a test of fellowship out of Bible classes and individual cups,
conceded in the July 1 issue that there could be unity in
diversity on the question of divorce and re-marriage. Perhaps our
brother will apply this to other questions which have been used
as grounds for division.... Roman Catholic Bavarian voters
overwhelmingly approved doing away with denominational schools in
Germany and sending their children to public school.... Wayfull
and Helen Jew, who will be working for the Lord in the Orient,
are the parents of Jennifer WayAnn, born June 25.... Roy Blizzard
and Fount Shults spent five weeks in Israel, during which they
worked at several archaeological sites and pursued their studies
of the history and language.... We are in receipt of a most
interesting letter from Donald E. Perry, in India, in which he
calls our attention to a very relevant quote from David Lipscomb,
which we will share with you sometime.... The tentative date for
the seminar on fellowship at Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, is October
17-20. It will feature men from the Disciples of Christ,
Independent Christian Churches and Churches of Christ. For
information address Darrell W. Bolin, 134 Susquehanna Avenue,
Lock Haven, Pennsylvania 17745.... We are indebted to E. P. C.
Hollard, South Australia, for a very informative letter on the
Australian scene, and we are grateful for the beautiful first day
covers containing the new stamp issues.... There were more than
36,600 reservations for the North American Christian Convention,
held in Cincinnati. It was my privilege to speak at the banquet
of the College-Career group.... The July issue of 20th Century
Christian was wholly devoted to a discussion of "Christ and
Race Relations." It was edited by William S. Banowsky and fea-
tured perceptive writers, both black and white. Carl Spain wrote
on the question, "What Does the Bible Say About Interracial
Marriage?"... The July issue of Sentinel of Truth has a
new translation of the first five chapters of Romans by George P.
Estes. The address of the publication is P.O. Box 8393,
Chattanooga, Tennessee 27411.... The July issue of
Outreach contains a very pertinent article by J. Ervin
Waters on the theme "Pattern For Renewal." The address is 931
North Blackstone, Fresno, California 93701.... If you wish extra
copies of MISSION MESSENGER you may secure them at the rate of
ten for one dollar. Just address us at 139 Signal Hill Drive,
Saint Louis, Missouri 63121.... While you are writing us, why not
send along $2.95 for a copy of The Twisted Scriptures, one
of our best books, which will soon be out of print and
unobtainable? It will help change your life!... Reid Felps, Lee
Harrington, and Bill Bowen will work with IMPAC, a planned
attempt to "put Christ on the campus," at Michigan State
University, Lansing, Michigan.... P. D. Wilmeth will be the new
editor of Voice of Freedom, succeeding L. R. Wilson....
The third annual discussion of restoration principles and values
held on college campuses, was conducted this year at Southeastern
Christian College, Winchester, Kentucky. The first meeting was at
Bethany College, the second at Milligan College. The forums and
discussions this year were reported as very profitable.... In our
next issue we expect to repeat our challenge to our brother,
Reuel Lemmons, and to the administration of Abilene Christian
College, to set up a meaningful dialogue session on the question
of fellowship. We have come to the conclusion that only by such
public declaration can sufficient pressure be applied to our
brethren to get them to face up to the reality of our condition
in the restoration movement.... We are deeply grateful to those
saints whose help makes it possible for us to keep on in a
concerted effort to remove the schisms which trouble us as a
people. Without such aid we could not survive, and we are
thankful beyond our ability to express.... We want to take time
just now to hail the arrival of four new babies to dear friends.
Dr. and Mrs. H. Michael Jones, Woodbury, New Jersey, have a son,
Andrew Lincoln; Glen and Jessie Clute, Ballwin, Missouri, have a
son, Alan Charles; Linton and Donna Luetje, Columbia, Missouri,
have a son, Matthew Lawrence; Leroy and Norita Long, Florissant,
Missouri, have a daughter, Suzette Norine.... We are sorry that
more of our regular readers are not getting in on the beautiful
volumes of Restoration Reprint Library. The twelve matched books
in this set for 1968 are excellent and the price of the whole set
is only $30.00. Included are such volumes as "The Biography of
Barton Warren Stone"; "Memoir of David King"; "The Family
Companion" by Elijah Goodwin; "Half-Hour Studies at the Cross" by
J. H. Garrison; and "Makers and Molders of the Restoration
Movement" by J. J. Haley. That such books can be secured for only
$2.50 each in the set seems almost unbelievable.... Leroy Garrett
will fly to Vienna this month to deliver a research paper to the
International Congress for Philosophy.... We are working on a
revised edition of our book "The Royal Priesthood," as the result
of an increased demand that it be issued again. Further
announcement will be made in a subsequent issue.... All of the
papers for this year will be bound into book form under the title
"God's Community," and this fully-indexed cloth bound volume will
be ready for delivery next March 1. We urge you to place your
order in advance, and you may then pay only $2.49 at the time of
delivery.... Please remember that you can help us a great deal if
you will send your subscription in advance of expiration date. We
will appreciate it greatly.
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