We want to encourage all of our readers in
the area to attend the unity forum which will be held with Leroy
Garrett, at Grassy Church of Christ, near Arab, Alabama,
September 1-3. It will be an unforgettable thrill. For
information contact Paul Duren, 711 Fifth Street, Arab, Alabama
35016. The telephone number is (205)586-5452... We are saddened
by the death of Sam F. Meyers, Phoenix, Arizona, and of Clinton
Jones, St. Louis, Missouri.... We sent the 474th free copy of my
book Simple Trusting Faith to Ray Shelton, Western
Illinois University, Macomb, Illinois; the 475th to Judith
Jeffries, Kearney (Nebraska) State College; and the 476th to Tim
Routh, Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, California. If you
are enrolled in any college or university in the world, you may
secure a copy of this volume by addressing a personal request to
MISSION MESSENGER, 139 Signal Hill Drive, St. Louis, Missouri
63121. There is no obligation! If you are not in college, you may
secure a copy by mailing a check for $3.50.... We want to
congratulate the New Life Singers from Eastside congregation in
Farmington, New Mexico, for sharing a tremendous message in song.
If you want them to be with you write Jack Wheat, 1201 Moonlight
Mesa, Farmington, New Mexico 87401.... I want to welcome my good
friend and brother, E. P. C. Hollard, to the United States after
years of service in Australia. Eric is with First Christian
Church at Tulsa, Oklahoma.... Darrell Bolin closed a ten-weeks
Bible study class at Williamport, Pennsylvania, but will begin
anew in the autumn. This is an undertaking which touches minds
across the whole religious spectrum.... It was interesting to
hear from my brother in Christ, John T. Chase, who is temporarily
teaching in the Bible Seminary at Cebu City, in the Philippine
Islands . . . One of the cleverest things I have seen in a long
time is a cartoon booklet dealing with making tests of fellowship
out of opinions and experiences. It is titled "1 Cent. Pics"
which is an abbreviation of "First Century Pictures." You can
probably get one by writing to P. D. Weston, 5271 Pinedale
Avenue, Burlington, Ontario, Canada.... The series of studies at
Elgin, Oregon, proved to be very helpful and interesting. In
addition to the evening studies on the Holy Spirit, I was
permitted to speak three times at the High School and an equal
number of times at the elementary schools. In addition there was
a men's breakfast, a women's luncheon, and a youth banquet.
William E. Miller is doing an excellent job in the local
congregation.... On May 21 I delivered the commencement address
at Aspen (Colorado) High School, where our oldest grandchild,
Dawn, graduated. As the valedictorian, she spoke immediately
following my address. It was a thrill for Nell and me to be
present with the other grandparents, Melvin and Gladys Burton,
who came from Escondido, California, for the occasion.... Our
meeting at Flat River, Missouri, brought out an excellent
attendance every night. I spoke at a Lion's Club luncheon and a
Rotary Club dinner during my stay, and we had one meeting which
lasted throughout the entire day. Present one night was my first
grade teacher when I began school in this area where I was born
and lived for several years. Bernie Crum, who labors with the
brethren there, is known and respected in the whole area....
Dwain Dunning, a brother who has been teaching at Saint Louis
Christian College is going to Grand Island, Nebraska. We will
miss him, especially at the Hartford Forum.... Speaking of the
forum reminds me that the questions to be dis-
cussed this year are as follows: What is the nature and extent of
the work of women in the church?; What should be the attitude of
Christians toward interracial marriage?; Is the current "Jesus
People" or "Street Christian" movement a valid scriptural
phenomenon, and what should be the attitude toward it of the
established church?; What are the specific scriptural grounds on
which a local congregation may exclude brethren from its
communion?; What constitutes the worship required of citizens of
the kingdom of heaven in this dispensation? This is a gathering
of free men in which brethren may state their honest convictions
without fear of reprisal. The forum will be held at Hartford,
Illinois, December 28, 29. Information may be secured by
contacting Berdell McCann, 118 East Second Street, Hartford,
Illinois 62048.... We have three new book lists which are
available to you free upon request They are: Mission Messenger
Books in Print (72-B); Enjoyable Books in Paperback (72-C); and
Books for the Serious Student (72-D). Just ask for them by number
and we will mail them to you at once.... The annual spiritual
encampment at Arrowhead of Ball Lake will be held July 30-August
20. For reservations write to Ellis Crum, Kendallville, Indiana
46755. Ellis is also cooperating in arranging a campaign at
Skelmersdale, England for June 1973. In this he will be assisting
Brian Stevens and Albert E. Winstanley. If you are interested in
helping be sure and contact him soon. He is arranging a trip to
Bible Lands for November 1-22 this year.... In the May issue of
Searching the Scriptures, our brother in the Lord, Melvin
D. Curry, Jr., says his "surprise was quickly transformed into
indignant rage" when he read my report of the meeting at the
Florida College lectureship. Perhaps you would like to read his
own article, and if so, you may address the journal at P. 0. Box
17244, Tampa, Florida 33612. Our brother is a member of the
faculty at the college.... It is my fervent hope that we will see
many brethren from the prairie provinces of Canada at the family
camp to be held at Macrorie, Saskatchewan, July 21-25. I will be
at the Rock Garden Men's Clinic in the Missouri Ozarks, August
11, 12, where I will deliver four addresses and hold open
discussions with those present. You can secure information from
Dean Stoops, P.O. Box 41, Mountain View, Missouri 65548.... Glynn
and Ann Langston are going to France to share the Good News.
Glynn, who has been blind from birth graduated cum laude from
Southwestern University, and is fluent in French, as well as
having a conversational knowledge of German, Russian and
Spanish.... R. L. Crawford, P.O. Box 207, Helmuth, N.Y. 14079, is
a black brother who is ministering to the mentally ill in Gowanda
State Hospital. He would like for all editors of religious papers
and bulletins to put him on the list to receive their
publications, which he will share with patients when suitable. We
do hope you will answer his appeal.... If you will send us five
dollars we will mail you these four books: The Plain Truth About
Armstrongism (Roger R. Chambers); Thirty Years A Watchtower Slave
(William J. Schnell); Confronting Christ (Elton Trueblood); A
Second Touch (Keith Miller). That will be a lot of reading this
summer for a very meager investment.... Our lead article next
month will pay tribute to the quest for truth. It will be
entitled "Spiritual Argonauts." We hope that you will read it
with care and concern. Do not forget that all of the issues of
the paper for 1972 will be bound into a beautiful volume to be
called The Divine Purpose. This will be a limited edition
but you can reserve yours now if you would like. Send no money.
Just tell us how many copies you would like. We will bill you
upon delivery.
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