On January 7, in the northeastern Arizona
village of Polaccan, the Hopi people received God Lavayiyat An
Puhuvasiwni, the New Testament in their language. Not present
for the ceremony was my long-time personal friend. Otto Lomavitu,
who worked for thirteen years with the Wycliffe Bible
Translators, Jonathan and Molly Ekstron. Otto died before the
work was completed.... Our brother in the Lord, Donald A. Nash,
professor of Greek and New Testament at Kentucky Christian
College, has brought out a beautiful large Practical Parallel
Concordance, which can be used by either Greek or English
students. It gives the Greek original for New Testament words and
shows how it is translated in the Authorized Version, the
American Standard, The Revised Standard, and Moffatt's
Translation. Currently the book sells for the reduced price of
$11.95. Kentucky residents should add 60¢ for sales tax. You
can secure a copy by writing Brother Nash at 104 East College
Street, Grayson, Kentucky 41143.... Nell will soon have mailed
out the 300th free copy of my book The Royal Priesthood.
The 292nd copy went to Waldron Lee, Southwest Virginia Community
College; the 291st to Sharon Stinehelfer, Gordon College, Wenham,
Massachusetts; the 290th to Dennis Fruitt, The American
University, Washington, D. C. This book is available to any
college or university student in the world without cost. The
request must be made personally and include the name of the
school where enrolled.... I spoke 17 times in five days at Flat
River, Missouri, including five times on radio, twice to high
schools, and once each to the Lions, Kiwanis, Rotary and Optimist
Clubs. Bernie Crum is doing an excellent work with the saints in
that area.... You are invited to write for my free reprint
entitled The Authority Totem, which puts our divisions in
proper perspective.... You may also receive without obligation
our latest book lists--73-D and 73-E. Feel free to request them
as they contain some valuable books which will help you
greatly.... Darrel Foltz is delivering a series of radio talks on
"The Holy Spirit" which are being reprinted in A Moment to
Eternity, 602 West Crane, Norton, Kansas 67654.... There is a
new and excellent little magazine for children up to ten years
old. You can secure a free copy if you will write to P.O. Box
103, Farmington, N. M. 87401, and ask for "Living For Jesus."...
The new magazine Forum-7 is now off the press and bids
fair to do a lot of good. The first issue has 32 pages of
excellent material. You can secure a free copy by writing to
Mission Outreach, 516 North Wall, Joplin, Missouri 64801.
We urge you to write for a sample. You will like it!... Our
brother in Christ, Knofel Staton, has an in-depth study in a
beautiful book called "Spiritual Gifts for Christians Today." It
contains 118 pages and is only $1.95.... H. E. Phillips has
announced the sale of his paper Searching the Scriptures
to Connie W. Adams, Louisville, Kentucky.... M. S. Whitehead,
Montgomery, Alabama, announces that he will cease printing
Restoration Plea in July of this year.... Our brother,
Keith Sproat, has been appointed full time chaplain for Christian
Hospitals in Saint Louis, Missouri.... The Houston
Chronicle carried a feature article on David Reagan, recently
appointed president of South Texas College. David was entered in
the race for the governorship of Texas last year..... The
restoration brotherhood sustained a great loss in the death of
our brother, J. W. Roberts, a member of the faculty of Abilene
Christian College.... F. L. Lemley, who has been working at New
Shrewsbury, N. J.,
is now working with the saints at Bonne Terre, Missouri.... It
will be my privilege to speak at the Annual Unity Conference to
be held July 5-7 on the campus of Oral Roberts University, Tulsa,
Oklahoma. Of special concern will be the discussion on the
charismatic movement and the gift of tongues. Other speakers will
include Waymon Miller, Thomas Langford, Stanley Paregien, Warren
Lewis, and a panel of three women discussing the role of sisters
in the body of Christ. Information and program can be secured by
contacting Larry Bradshaw, 10841 East 34th Street, Tulsa,
Oklahoma.... Russel Squire will conduct a summer program of study
at Oxford University in England under auspices of Pepperdine
University. Russel has just authored a new book Where is the
Bible Silent?... We are pleased to note that our brother,
John W. Koekkoek, Professor of Psychology at Pacific Christian
College was named as one of the Outstanding Educators of America
for 1973. . . Paul Benjamin, Professor of New Testament at
Lincoln Christian Seminary is moving to Washington, D. C. where
he will assist in establishing a National Church Growth Research
Center.... Our recent trip to Texas and New Mexico was very
interesting. At Borger, Texas, we met in a private home; at
Friona in the hospitality room of a bank; at Lubbock in the
Student Center of Texas Tech. In Portales, New Mexico, our
meeting was in a conference room at the City Library, and in
Ruidoso in a luncheon room of the large Chaparral Motel. In every
meeting brethren were present from various backgrounds and the
discussions were very interesting and helpful.... We commend the
editors of Integrity on their April issue, which contained
a lot of very inspiring material.... You would have found Word
and Work for April very interesting indeed. It is published
at 251 Portland Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky 40212.... Let us
mention again the 325 page clothbound volume Thoughts on
Unity edited by Stanley Paregien. It contains chapters
written by prominent men from all segments of the restoration
movement, and has a photograph and biography of each. There is a
list of all the periodicals published by the various brethren, as
well as a list of colleges and schools which they maintain, as
well as a list of recommended readings on the theme of unity. The
cost is now only $3.95 and we urge you to add this book to your
library.... Ralph Burcham is returning to Vietnam to work with
the brethren in Saigon.... The new address of The Christian
Chronicle is P.O. Box 339, Nashville, Tennessee 37202. This
newspaper is published every alternate week and is $5.00 per
year.... Mission Messenger is scheduled to cease
publication at the close of 1975. If you send three dollars we
will place your name on the list for the duration. Any excess
which you send will be devoted to sending books free to college
students.... The bound volume for this year will be titled "The
Question Box" and you can now reserve as many copies as you wish
to be mailed to you next January. We suggest that you have Nell
place you on the permanent list to receive the next three bound
volumes as they are issued.... We have left only a limited supply
of the book The Divine Purpose containing all of the
copies of the paper for 1972. This beautiful clothbound volume
will be mailed at $2.95 per copy while they last. Do not delay
ordering!... If you would like to have additional copies of this
issue to share with friends and brethren we will mail them to you
at the rate of ten for one dollar.... An average of 225 persons
per night attended the studies on fellowship at Ferry Church of
Christ, Dayton, Ohio, where Bus Wiseman is doing a valuable work
in the community. Brethren came from many areas to attend the
daytime open forum question sessions.
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