The bound volume of Restoration Review
for 1968 is entitled The Quest of God and is a 200-page
book which sells for $3.00. You may secure a copy by writing to
Leroy Garrett, 1201 Windsor Drive, Denton, Texas 76201. Why not
include an extra dollar for a one year subscription to
Restoration Review?... The Christian Appeal has a
special offer which will enable you to put a beautiful 20-page
booklet in 1000 mailboxes in your area for only one hundred
dollars. Write to Gene Shelburne, 2310 Anna Street, Amarillo,
Texas 79106, for details.... We regret to report the death in
action in Vietnam of our brother, Bill Smith, King City,
Missouri. He was just 20 years of age.... Our congratulations to
Hugo and Jeanne Earwood, Decatur, Alabama, on the birth of
Timothy James, who came to bless their home on May 2.... Harry
Scates, who labors in Uberlandia, Brazil, thinks that all of our
readers should also read the book Christy, by Catherine
Marshall. Nell and I will second that motion. We found it very
interesting.... If you are working with children you should get
Bible Stories in Song, by Elma Garrison, Route 1, Box 213,
Mill Hall, Pennsylvania 17751. It contains 30 songs to be sung to
familiar tunes, and you can secure one for a voluntary donation
to cover printing and postage, if you will write to the
author.... The mayor of Lilbourn, Missouri, issued a special
proclamation declaring May 14 "Taul Day," in honor of Owen J. and
Appalone Taul, who retired from schoolteaching after 35 years.
Owen was Scoutmaster of the Lilbourn Boy Scouts for 28 years, and
secretary of the Kiwanis Club for 26 years.... We are pleased
with the report of the annual "Minister's Institute" held in
Calgary, Alberta, Canada, May 13-15, with brethren from Christian
Churches and Churches of Christ participating in love.... The
congregation in Odense, Denmark, mailed copies of "The Way" to
55,000 homes in the area in preparation for a three night meeting
in which Eddie Dunn proclaimed the Word. Brother Dunn labors in
Finland.... We trust that you did not overlook mention in a
previous issue of the paper of the need for help by Vernon and
Bettie Hurst, P.O. Box 823, Powell, Wyoming 82435. They are
laboring to maintain a work in which all of God's children can
participate without drawing artificial lines of fellowship.... Al
Hamilton, former missionary to South Africa, is the new director
of Mission Services, Box 968, Joliet, Illinois.... Pat Boone
appeared on a television program sponsored by the Oral Roberts
Association which has an announced goal of presenting "the claims
of the Gospel of Jesus Christ in a contemporary vein."... The
Journalism department of Pepperdine College won the "best in the
state award" of the California Intercollegiate Press Association
for both The Graphic, school newspaper, and The
Oasis, school magazine.... Fausto Salvoni, of Milano, Italy,
a former Roman Catholic priest for 19 years, is teaching at
Abilene Christian College.... Norman Fox and Ray Bynum are
putting out a very colorful and interesting bulletin in Costa
Rica.... Mark T. Stringer tells us that Carl Hines arrived safely
in Colombia, South America.... Congratulations to the Forrest
Batchelors, Harrisonburg, Virginia, on the arrival of a son,
Forrest Clinton III.... Earl Hargrove spoke at the graduation
exercises for 18 seniors who finished their work at Saint Louis
Christian College.... The Virginia Churchman gave a very
generous amount of space to tell of the work of Lee Keesling,
administrator of the Drug Addiction Treatment and Rehabilitation
Center, Washington, D. C., who
has long been a friend of the editor.... Kevin Dale, arrived on
June 14, to bless the home of Dale and Beverly Meeske, Tacoma,
Washington, and we congratulate this happy couple.... There is
available at present an opportunity for a brother to work as
half-time director of a campus ministry, while doing graduate
work at a State University in the west. If you are interested in
having support while you further work on an advanced degree,
please write to us and we will forward your letter.... Mark G.
Maxey, of the Kyushu Christian Mission, in Japan, thinks the
walls are beginning to crumble and the saints are drawing closer
to one another.... Do you receive Sentinel of Truth, now
edited by Harold Spurlock, P.O. Box 1717, Kilgore, Texas 75662?
If you do not, we urge you to write Harold and ask for a sample
copy. You will be glad that you did.... We deeply regret to
chronicle the death of our aged Sister Herring, Fairview,
Halifax, Nova Scotia, June 14, and we extend our sympathy to her
bereaved family.... There were seventeen young people immersed
into Christ at High Hill Camp, near Saint Louis. One of them was
our oldest grandson, Gryfon, which makes the three grandchildren
who are old enough all in the Lord.... It was a pleasure to me to
learn that Allen Elliott is to become the new Principal of
Woolwich Bible College in Australia, succeeding our brother, A.
W. Stephenson, now retired.... I have been greatly interested in
the work among the aboriginal people in the Australian bush
country, and am glad to hear from my brother, Maston Bell, that
it is proceeding well.... Milton Garner tells us that Walter
Wicklund conducted a Vacation Study at Bridge congregation, near
Dexter, and following it two were immersed, one of whom was
Milton's 16-year old daughter. We rejoice with them.... We keep
reading in all of the religious papers about the summer slump,
and we know how to sympathize with the editors. But Nell and I
are thankful for the fact that there are several of our brothers
and sisters who contribute to make it possible for us to keep
sounding out the message of love and peace. Of course, without
such assistance we could not continue, but we have a firm trust
in God and a real confidence in those who love him. There are
several things that we regret about our editorial work, one of
which is that we must work so far in advance that the news is
stale when you get it. There is really no way we can avoid this
because I am away from home so much.... We are looking forward to
seeing a lot of brethren whom we love in the near future. I will
be speaking at the Colorado Men's Roundup, at the Christian
Service Camp, Rocking R Sky Ranch, Como, Colorado, August 19-21;
at Family Camp at Little Galilee, in Illinois, August 29, 30; at
Jubilee Days Program, Zion, Illinois, September 1; at the Men's
Fellowship Meeting, Springfield, Missouri, September 15; and at
the Wisconsin State Christian Convention, October 10, 11. In
addition to these I will conduct a week of study in depth at
Washington, Illinois, September 29-October 3; and another at
Clinton, Illinois, October 13-17. This will be the second such
study at Clinton in successive years as we were there last year
to engage in a teaching session about the Holy Spirit.... Looking
still further into the future I will be back in Flint, Michigan,
November 3-7; and will be at Atlanta Christian College, Atlanta,
Georgia, to address the Alumni Rally on November 14. I am sure
that you will realize that with such a rugged schedule my reading
and writing must suffer from some neglect. And it does not appear
that 1970 will be any better for I am scheduling a great many
special studies and lectures. We shall need your prayers....
Please send in the subscriptions of the concerned ones in your
area so they can share with us!
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