Our February mailing was the largest in our
history and fell only a little short of the goal we have set for
1969. You could help us reach it if you would just send in an
additional subscription.... We want to thank all of you who sent
cards and letters while Nell was in the hospital. She spent
almost three weeks there with bone surgery on both feet. While
her recovery was slow it has progressed and we are grateful. Some
of you sent financial assistance during this time of heavy
expense and trial, and our hearts are filled with gratitude....
We regret to chronicle the death of Pedro R. Rivas, who was head
of the Bible School at Torreon, Coahuila, Mexico, on January
1.... We are also saddened by the departure of our aged Sister
Faenger, Bonne Terre, Missouri, whom I have known since I was a
lad.... Bible studies and prayer sessions are held six days per
week at Training Center for Service, the work in the heart of the
Saint Louis Black Ghetto, under the oversight of Walter and Ruth
Short and Charles Owens.... The January issue of The Word and
Work magazine carried a picture of E. L. Jorgenson whose
death we mentioned in our previous issue.... Those who have inner
city and related projects under way will be pleased to know that
you can have help. Write to Friend Corps, c/o Gary D. Cope, Box
1084, Harding College, Searcy, Arkansas 72143.... In view of the
fact that our attempt to secure a dialogue at Abilene Christian
College with our brother, Reuel Lemmons, met no response, I am
making an open proposition to our brother, Roy Cogdill, and
Florida College, for the same kind of meeting where we can be
publicly questioned by those present. Due to the fact that many
of the brethren directly associated with that particular party in
the restoration movement will not read MISSION MESSENGER, I am
asking Brother Charles Holt to publicize the invitation in
Sentinel of Truth. You may secure a copy by sending your
request to P. O. Box 8393, Chattanooga, Tenn. 37411.... Sermon
subjects at the North American Christian Convention, to be held
in Cobo Hall, Detroit, Michigan, July 8-11, will be drawn from
the text of Revelation 1:4-8.... Have you read the book Voices
of Concern, which created so much interest? If not, we will
be glad to send you one for only $3.50.... The Mont Smith family
has returned to the work in Ethiopia.... The elders and Bible
school teachers at Central Church of Christ, Houston, Texas, have
all agreed to read the entire Bible during this year.... The
Vernon Brothers will devote full time to a new campaign in
conjunction with Christian Television Mission.... J. V. Mansur,
Route 3, Box 278, Galt, California 95632, has reproduced two of
our articles and would like to mail them to members of the
fellowship of the concerned without charge. Write him for
copies.... Jim Ryun, a member of the Church of Christ who holds
the world record for the mile run was named one of the "top ten
outstanding young men in the U.S." by the U.S. Junior Chamber of
Commerce.... Bound volumes of the 1968 Canadian Christian
Harbinger are available for $3.00 each, by writing to 5
Lavington Drive, Weston, Ontario, Canada.... Edwin V. Hayden,
Ralph W. Small, and Charles A. Matthews, were guest speakers at
the Fellowship Festival in Calgary, Alberta, February 7-9....
Ernest and Neva Faber, who are starting a work in Tomakomai,
Japan, are holding regular services in Japanese and earnestly
laboring to interest someone in the message. They will not become
discouraged, for they worked 18 months in Obihiro before they
made the first young convert to the Messiah.... Ernest was not
too busy to think of me,
and since this is the year of the fowl in Japan, he sent me one
of the new unused stamps. James Mick, who labored in Chile until
last year, sent along a full set of Chilean stamps.... We regret
to report the death of our brother, Charles Hurst, Gilman City,
Missouri, a friend of our family since I first met him when I was
eleven years old.... Our aged brother, Samuel Snyder, 93, passed
away in a nursing home at Carbondale, Illinois. He donated the
ground on which the first meetinghouse at Reeds Station,
Illinois, was constructed.... The 20th Century Christian
for January was an exceptionally good issue, featuring the theme,
"The Renewal of the Church."... Leroy Garrett has adopted the
title "Renewal Through Recovery" for the 1969 series to be run in
Restoration Review, 1201 Windsor Drive, Denton, Texas
76201.... I will be in the Boston, Massachusetts, area for a
series of meetings and forum discussions, starting April 7. For
the schedule, please contact Barry Willbanks, by calling
617-666-2566 at Somerville, Massachusetts.... I am to conduct a
study in depth at Paoli, Indiana, starting April 21. For
information you may write to Glen Listen, Route 3.... May 6-8 I
am to be at Northwest Christian College, Eugene, Oregon, in a
Spiritual Emphasis series. You may contact Fred Doris, 1186½
Ferry Street, Eugene, Oregon.... May 14-16 I will be speaking at
the Leadership Training School in Chicago, Illinois. You may
write to W. Cain Smith, 102 Illinois Boulevard, Hoffman Estates,
Illinois 60172, or call him at (312) 894-3666.... For a number of
years I wanted to write a book in which I affirmed my personal
faith in God, Christ and the holy scriptures. I wanted it to be a
volume of apologetics written in popular style so that college
young people would read it. When the time came to write I decided
that I would deal with the theme of God's existence, the
manifestation of the Word in flesh, the virgin birth, the
question of miracles, and the present possession of eternal life.
I do not hold that we must discard all the values of the
arguments made by our fathers for the genuineness and
authenticity of the word. But at last you can read concerning my
faith for yourself. The book Simple Trusting Faith is
ready to mail immediately upon receipt of your order. The price
is $3.50 per copy. We had hoped we might produce it a cheaper
rate but the cost of printing a first edition proved to be too
great. It is our eager hope that after you have read the book you
will want to secure copies for all of your children, for your
skeptical friends, and for every young preacher of the word of
God. If you will send your order with a check to cover the cost
we will pay the postage. We feel sure you will like this book and
read it several times.... Gospel Teacher is the name of a
new monthly periodical under the editorship of Jack Holt and
Harold Fife. The subscription price is $1.00 per year, but we
feel sure that Jack and Harold will be glad to send you a sample
copy if you'll write to P. O. Box 395, Richardson, Texas 75080.
We urge all of our readers to do just that.... We salute Thomas
H. Olbricht for his forthright editorial under the heading
"Two-Way Communication" and dealing with the policy of
Mission, the attractive monthly published at P. O. Box
2822, Abilene, Texas 79604. The February issue contained an
interview of LaVern Houtz by David Stewart.... We congratulate
the Tom McCartney family, Clinton, Illinois, on the birth of
Jeanne Marie, January 14.... Gareth L. Reese has been running a
series of studies entitled "Do All Speak in Tongues?" in The
Sentinel, P. O. Box 70, Moberly, Missouri 65270.... Please do
send in your renewal in advance of expiration date if at all
possible. Thanks!
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