The Preachers Workshop at Abilene Christian
College deserves a great deal of commendation. Despite
ice-covered highways which were extremely hazardous, and a
cancellation of plane service, seven hundred men were present,
and the meetings were orderly and worthwhile. Respondents to my
own paper were Harold Hazelip of Memphis, Tennessee, and Richard
Rogers, of Lubbock, Texas. It was my privilege to hear their
reaction to my thinking on fellowship, and to face up to
questions from the audience.... The Hartford Forum brought
together a number of brethren from fourteen states, Canada and
South Africa. The interest was excellent and once more the
meetings were conducted on a very high plane despite the
controversial nature of such subjects as inter-racial marriage,
the work of women in the church, etc.... Teachers at the meetings
for young people held at Dunn Road Chapel were Bernie Crum, Rod
Langston, Gordon Wilson, and W. Carl Ketcherside. The meetings
climaxed wit ha New Year's Eve service which lasted until
midnight. Featured were the Melody Boys quartet from Farmersburg,
Indiana, and speeches by Russell Boatman and Rod Langston.... We
must mention again that this paper is scheduled to be published
three more years, if our Lord wills. The last issue will be
placed in the mail on December 1, 1975. If you will send three
dollars you will be assured of being on the list as long as
publication continues. If you send more than that, the excess
will be placed in the fund to mail out books to college
students.... We have just mailed out the 185th free copy of
The Royal Priesthood to Delsa I. Limson, Cebu Bible
Seminary, Philippines. The 184th copy went to Samuel Quansah,
Holly Middle School, Kumasi, Ghana, Africa; and the 183rd copy to
Lawrence Malafu, of U Mzumbe Bible College, Port Shetstone,
Natal, South Africa.... Any college or university student in the
world may secure a copy of The Royal Priesthood simply by
sending a personal request, giving mailing address and indicating
the school where currently enrolled.... Any of our readers who
are interested in good reading material are urged to write for
our Book Lists 73A, 73B, and 73C. There is no obligation. Just
request them and they will be sent immediately.... If you are
really concerned about helping to relieve raw human need in the
inner-city black-ghetto, write for a brochure issued by
Training Center for Service, 1520 North Leffingwell, Saint
Louis, Missouri 63106. There will be no charge for it.... Suppose
a man and woman who have been divorced, but have married
according to the laws of the land, are immersed into Christ, what
shall be done with them? Must they be told to leave their present
union and return to their previous companions? Darrell Foltz,
P.O. Box 562, Hoxie, Kansas 67740, says that such an approach to
the problem is both unscriptural and anti-scriptural, and he will
send free a copy of his tract on the matter to every person who
sends a stamped self-addressed envelope with a request for it....
Brethren who are seeking for an after-dinner speaker for sales
conventions, civic clubs, trade associations, management
seminars, etc., should think of J. Ed Uland, Greater Lorain
Chamber of Commerce, 1319 West Erie Avenue, Lorain, Ohio 44052.
Ed will lift you up and not let you down!... This is a good place
to tell you that next month the paper will be devoted to dealing
with the name the church should wear. This is a "sticky" subject
with some of the brethren, and everyone should read it. We will
be answering questions that we have heard all over the
country.... If you would like to receive extra copies of the
paper you now hold in your hand they
will be mailed to you at the rate of ten for a dollar. We would
like for you to be a real part of helping to distribute the
message to those who need to read it.... I should like to commend
Leroy Garrett on the human interest contained in Restoration
Review for December. It is filled with historical tidbits
that should be read by everyone. It will interest you to know
that Leroy is going to enlarge the paper to twenty pages.... I
was pleased to see that my good friend and brother, Orvel
Crowder, presented a paper at the annual meeting of the Tennessee
Philosophical Association and served as commentator for one
session.... On March 9, 10 I with a New Year's Eve service which
French Lick, Indiana, for the great conference on individual and
family renewal. It will be my privilege to direct the workshop on
"The Family of God" and to deliver three expository and
devotional messages covering various phases of the meeting....
April 1-6 I will be in a series of meetings in Flat River,
Missouri, with daily radio talks, college and high school
encounters, addresses to civic club luncheons and dinners, as
well as the night studies. It is a pleasure to be there because
this is Nell's hometown, and it was in the livingroom of her
father's house that we exchanged our vows, on June 24, 1928....
We hope to meet a lot of the brethren in West Texas and New
Mexico in April. Here are the places, dates and contacts for open
and informal meetings where you can come and listen, or ask
anything that is upon your heart. April 16, Borger, Texas, David
M. Warren, Telephone (806) 273-5566; April 17, Friona, Texas,
Leland Hutson, Telephone (806) 247-3270; April 18, Portales, New
Mexico, Frank Poyntor, 420 South Avenue C, Portales, N. M. 88130;
April 19, Lubbock, Texas, Thomas Langford, Telephone (806)
795-1581; and April 20, Ruidoso, New Mexico, Sam Teague,
Telephone 257-2020.... April 25-27 I will be in a series of
studies at Ferry Road Church of Christ, Route 3, Waynesville,
Ohio 45068. For information you can write Bus Wiseman at that
address. It is planned to have interesting studies in the
revealed word three times per day on April 26, 27, with special
meetings for three nights.... On May 4, I will speak at a banquet
in student center ballroom at the University of Kentucky,
Lexington, Kentucky.... I am honored to be invited to deliver the
address at the College-Career Banquet, at the North American
Christian Convention, on July 13, at Indianapolis, Indiana. It is
always a privilege to meet the hundreds of outstanding young men
and women who gather for this occasion. I spoke at the banquet in
1968.... Why not write for the bundle rate on the paper and hand
out copies each month?... A new monthly journal to be called
Forum-7 is scheduled for publication starting this month.
It will deal with vital issues of the day in absolute fairness.
For a prospectus copy write at once to Ray Downen, 4531 South
Range Line, Joplin, Missouri 64801. Don't miss this!... At the
instigation of a number of well-known brethren I have brought out
a reprint of the article "The Authority Totem" which made a
tremendous impact at the time of its original printing. We will
send you a copy free upon receipt of your request. We urge you to
send for it.... I spoke several times at Belmont Avenue Church of
Christ, Nashville, Tennessee, under auspices of Koinonia Book
Store and Coffee House, with excellent attendance and interest at
every meeting. Brethren were there from several states. Some
tremendous things are happening around Nashville as a result of
the labor and prayers of brethren who are free in Jesus.... We
hope you will not forget to send for my books The Divine
Purpose and The Parable of Telstar. They are only
$2.95 each, and we believe you will feel they are worth more than
that!
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