I am deeply indebted to the students at
Northwest Christian College, Eugene, Oregon, for bringing me to
the campus for "Inspiration Week." I chose as my general theme,
"Live Wires and Current Concerns." In addition to the formal
addresses I was privileged to teach eight college classes and to
speak nightly at Westside Church of Christ. Fred Doris was
Devotional Chairman and did an excellent job.... In the Chicago
area I shared with Donald Marshall, Richard Hazeltine and Glen
Giese, in discussion of "Christian Contemporary Concepts" at
Hoffman Estates, Illinois, and in daytime forums with brethren of
various segments of the restoration movement. There were some
thirteen congregations represented at the night meetings, about
equally divided between Christian Churches and Churches of
Christ. W. Cain Smith presided over the meetings in a masterful
fashion.... Don H. Morris has resigned as president of Abilene
Christian College and has been succeeded by John C. Stevens, who
will be the eighth president of the 63-year old institution. J.
D. Thomas also succeeds Paul Southern as head of the Department
of Bible.... Dr. Orville Walters of the University of Illinois
Department of Health Sciences spoke at Southeastern Christian
College Commencement, at Winchester, Kentucky.... Pacific
Christian College, Long Beach, California, has received
accreditation from the Western Association of Schools and
Colleges.... Charles Boatman, of St. Louis Christian College,
will visit Liberia in August to investigate the possibility of
working with some six thousand Liberians who have withdrawn from
all denominational affiliations to find a more Biblical
approach.... Phil Young, also of Saint Louis Christian College,
will be working this summer on the "dig" at the site of ancient
Gezer in Palestine.... We attended a "Youth for Decency" Rally in
Saint Louis recently where some two thousand high school students
pledged themselves to work for standards of morality and
patriotism.... The Fourth Annual Unity Forum is scheduled at West
Islip Church of Christ, 600 Montauk Highway, Long Island, New
York, July 3-5.... Clinton Brazle, North Weyburn, Saskatchewan,
and Harold Fox, Malta, Montana, will teach at the camp near
Macrorie, Saskatchewan, where I will also be teaching again. The
camp will be held from July 27 through July 30. Everyone is
invited to this family style camp which will feature an open
forum question period this year.... Have you read Voices of
Concern, the book which aroused so much feeling in certain
areas? Perhaps there has not been another book in recent years
that has drawn so much fire in the printed pages of journals.
Read it and you will see why.... My good friend and brother,
Charles Branum, is to become Director of Radio Operations for
Toronto Christian Mission. In addition to his work in editing and
supervising English broadcasts, he will assist John Huk whose
messages in the Russian tongue are already being aired to reach
behind the Iron Curtain.... Sammy Brake, who came from his native
country of Syria to prepare to take the message of salvation to
his people is working in Damascus. This is a most interesting
thing because the Arab states have refused to admit men from
outside to take the word of life to their people.... David
Scates, whom I know and love, is making such progress in learning
the language of the Navajo Indians among whom he works, that he
is able to conduct Bible studies in the native tongue at several
places on the reservation.... Cecil and Alma Garrison, Route 1,
Box 213, Mill Hall, Pennsylvania, have collaborated in
bringing Volume 2 of "Golden Moments in the Lives of Children."
This book is filled with story and illustrative material to be
used in teaching children. Some of the material can he woven into
sermons addressed primarily to the young. Volume Number 1 is
still available for $1.50 per copy, but Volume 2 will be mailed
you on request and you can pay whatever you feel is a fair
contribution to be used in bring out the third book in the
series. Write to the address above.... Max Ward Randall was
Commencement speaker at Nebraska Christian College, Norfolk,
Nebraska.... My good friend, Newell F. Morgan, Boise, Idaho, was
awarded the degree of Doctor of Divinity at Northwest
Christian College. He is indeed a worthy recipient.... Our newest
book, Simple Trusting Faith, is enjoying a good sale, and
some dealers are sending repeat orders. We would like to mail you
a copy for $3.50.... Ted Cline, Weatherford, Oklahoma, has
resigned his work there, and will move to Harlan, Kentucky to
work with the Elm Street Church of Christ.... The new editor of
Sentinel of Truth is Harold Spurlock, who succeeds Charles
Holt. Harold will be a good man in the editorship and we suspect
that the paper will continue to be quite challenging. We urge you
to write him at Post Office Box 1717, Kilgore, Texas 75662, and
ask for a sample copy. You'll enjoy reading it even if you do not
agree with all you read.... Ozark Bible College has broken ground
for a new cafeteria to serve the more than 750 students who
attend there. The new structure will eventually be
incorporated into a wing which will contain a 3000 seat
auditorium.... It is our honest opinion that the North
American Christian Convention, meeting at Cobo Hall, Detroit,
Michigan, July 8-11, will be one of the most interesting events
planned by any of our brethren in many decades.... Philip Holley,
P. 0. Box 297, Oneonta, Alabama 35121, will send you copies of
his monographs on "The Blasphemy Against the Holy Spirit" and
"Gospel and Doctrine" if you send him your request and enclose a
6c stamp. We urge you to write for them.... We lost a long-time
friend and brother in Christ in the passing of Richard Robinson,
at Riverside, California on May 21.... It has been announced that
Roy E. Cogdill and James W. Adams will become associate editors
of Truth Magazine, which will convert from a monthly to a
weekly periodical starting in October. The editor is Cecil
Willis, and the mailing address is Box 14182, Louisville,
Kentucky 40214.... It will interest our readers to know that the
article entitled "Cultural Challenge" which appeared in our May
issue drew more letters and requests for extra copies than
anything else we have ever written.... All of the papers for this
year will be bound into attractive book form at the close of
1969, under the title Commandoes For Christ. We believe
that much of what is being written this year will be valuable and
relevant for years to come.... It will be my privilege to share
with James DeForest Murch and Don DeWelt at the Men's Roundup to
be held at Colorado Christian Service Camp, Colorado, August
19-21.... I will be speaking to the Family Camp at Little
Galilee, near Clinton, Illinois, August 29, 30; and on Labor Day
will address an expected two thousand people at Zion, Illinois,
as a part of the annual Jubilee Days Program.... On September 15,
I will address the Men's Fellowship Gathering at Springfield,
Missouri.... We urgently request that you remember our effort
during the summer months when the subscription list always seems
to drop down. Your assistance in the task of helping our brethren
to find the way of peace and walk in it is always greatly
appreciated.... One way that you can help is by sending in a list
of subscribers.
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