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     Congratulations to our good friend, Commander David B. Pitts, U.S. Navy, who received command of Patrol Squadron 48, in special ceremonies, April 23.... We read with interest the first number of New Wine, edited by Kyle R. Simplot, 309 South Main Street, Erwin, Tennessee 37650.... Jack L. Holt, P.O. Box 395, Richardson, Texas 75080, is one of the editors of Torch, a magazine with a new format. Billy K. Farris is the other editor.... Gary Strubhar, 6950 S. E. Duke Street, Portland, Oregon 97206, has two attractive tracts called "Is Your Bible a Locked Book?" and "If Baptism in Water is Not Necessary for Salvation".... Jim Bevis writes us that Campus Evangelism program will be terminated on May 1 according to a decision reached by the staff and the elders of the Burke Road congregation, Pasadena, Texas.... The Fifth Annual Unity Forum featuring men from all segments of the restoration movement will be held at Moody Auditorium of Lubbock Christian College, Lubbock, Texas, July 2-4. If you would like a program of this important gathering write to Box 4001, Tech Station, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409. Address your letter to Thomas Langford.... The Prairie Young Peoples Association, whose spring conference I was honored to address in Missoula, Montana, will conduct the fall gathering at Cambrian Heights congregation, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 23-25.... The March issue of Integrity was a tremendous issue as we look at it. Have you asked for a sample copy? Write to P.O. Box 1205, Flint, Michigan 48501. These men tell it like it is. Gospel Guardian, April 2, unleashes another attack on our thinking and we think you ought to read it. Write to 1422 North Timberland Drive, Lufkin, Texas 75901. We want our readers to read all sides of every issue.... One of the most pointed articles we have ever read is "The Politics of Harding College," by Dudley Lynch, in Mission for April. The address is P.O. Box 2822, Abilene, Texas 79604.... We can furnish you with a copy of The New English Bible in its complete form for only $8.95. It will help make the old covenant scriptures more readable to you. Robert Wetzel is the new academic dean of Milligan College.... A. V. Isbell has been elected president of Fort Worth Christian College.... A Moslem and a Roman Catholic were immersed at Nazareth in Israel.... James D. Bales has an article "Praying for the Gift of Tongues" in the April 7 issue of Firm Foundation. Gordon R. Linscott has an article "Observations Regarding the Tongues Movement" in The Word and Work, March issue.... We regret to report the death of our friend and brother, E. Gaston Collins, Nashville, Tennessee.... The Louisville Fellowship Meeting will be held August 17-21, this year.... Russell F. Blowers was the speaker at the Gospel Festival at Puget Sound College of the Bible, Seattle, Washington.... David Lawrence, editor of U.S. News and World Report, will speak at ground breaking ceremonies for Malibu Campus of Pepperdine College.... Mrs. Norvel Young was the featured speaker at the Women's Day celebration at Pacific Christian College, Long Beach, California.... Ozark Bible College enrolled 672 students for the second semester.... Christian Mission Today is an excellent quarterly, edited by Al Hammond. The United States office is at 390 North Ridge Vista, San Jose, California 95127.... In Christian Chronicle, April 6, Ralph Sweet printed in full a series of articles attacking the Bible Class literature of the Sweet

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Company, and made pointed replies to the charges which had been made by Cecil Willis in Truth Magazine.... A two page center spread in GO for March, featured an article entitled, "Allen Isbell Discusses War and Conscience." Our good friend, Ellmore J. Gilstrap, Box 173, Turner, Oregon 97392, has published a paperback volume called "The Holy Spirit is the Promise." The cost is only $1.00 per copy.... The Fellowship for Racial and Economic Equality will sponsor a Men's Clinic at the Pittsylvania Christian Service Camp, near Chatham, Virginia, September 25, 26, on the theme "The Power of Newness." The program appears to be excellent. You can write to the Executive Director, W. Graham Barnes, at Madison Heights, Virginia 24572.... The 1970 encampment at Arrowhead of Ball Lake in Indiana will be held August 2-23. The theme is "Serving in the Seventies." Reservations for this family camp can be made by writing to Ellis Crum, Kendallville, Indiana. The Kendallville congregation has planned a proclamation campaign for September 10-25 with Paul Osborne, editor of the Decatur (Ill.) Tribune as speaker. Volunteers are needed to aid in personal evangelism, and from the group of workers it is hoped to find concerned saints who will volunteer their services for a similar program abroad. Housing will be provided as far as possible. Write Bro. Crum and tell him the dates you can assist in the work.... The study in depth in which I engaged at Newport, Oregon, brought together brethren from various segments of the restoration movement, in both the evening and morning sessions. It was my privilege to speak three times in the high school at Toledo. Bob Church labors with the congregation which sponsored the meeting and it may be that we will plan another such season of Biblical investigation.... I will address the Christian Missionary Fellowship Luncheon at Centenary Methodist Church, July 8, during the North American Christian Convention in Saint Louis. The theme will be "The Two Keys to Mission" and special music will be brought by "The Revolutionaries," from Roseburg, Oregon.... The William Rees family will soon be back in Hong Kong to continue their work of faith.... Pepperdine College was given a rare copy of John Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament as the 100,000th volume for the college library.... We found the May 8 issue of Christianity Today very interesting.... Logan Fox is scheduled for two talks at the North American Christian Convention on "How To Love People You Don't Like" and "Drunk, Mad, or Filled With the Spirit." Gary Freeman will speak to the College-Career Banquet group on "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Heaven".... Students interested in the work that Shiloh is doing with children in the New York metropolitan area may receive Reach Out free each month. This program includes a year-round ministry in seven areas of New York and New Jersey, in which college students can become involved in the lives of children in the ghetto and impoverished areas. The publication will be sent free if you write to Reach Out, Box 627, Mendham, N.J. 07945.... Congratulations to Gale and Nelly Smith, Scottsbluff, Nebraska, on the birth of a new son, David Alexander, April 29. Another young missionary for Chile, South America.... Rod Cameron conducted an excellent meeting in Anchorage, Alaska. He is our idea of the right man for the place.... If you are a college student we will still send you a copy of the book Voices of Concern free upon request. Please tell us the school where you are enrolled.... Nell and I want to thank those who contributed to our publication work. It would be impossible for us to continue without it.