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     On July 23, Nell sent the 440th copy of the book Thoughts On Unity to Jerry Worcester, a student at Platte Valley Bible College, Scottsbluff, Nebraska. A free copy of this outstanding volume will be sent to any college or university student in the world who personally requests it and states the name of the school where enrolled. We urge those in college to pass this good word along. Requests should be addressed to MISSION MESSENGER, 139 Signal Hill Drive, Saint Louis, Missouri 63121.... We send congratulations to Daniel and Linda Munger, on the birth of James Daniel, June 27. The father teaches in the Illinois State College at Macomb.... If you would like a directory of all of the Christian Churches, together with a list of preachers here and abroad just send $6.00 to Directory of the Ministry, 1525 Cherry Road, Springfield, Illinois 62704.... You can secure cassettes containing all of the sessions of the Ninth Annual Unity Forum, held at Nashville, Tennessee. The 60 and 90 minute cassettes are $2.50 each, with the entire eleven hours for only $25.00 per set. You can also secure a 90 minute cassette of Pat and Shirley Boone and their girls at the Seventh Annual Unity Meeting in Cupertino, California. Simply address J. C. Noblitt, P.O. Box 174, Mount Dora, Florida 32757, and state your wishes.... Ben and Vicki King have joined The Horizons, a singing group which has had a tremendous impact for Christ. The group publishes PTL, a monthly journal of inspiration. It is $2.50 per year and you may subscribe by writing to Gospel Team Unlimited, 333 Argent, Saint Louis, Missouri 63135.... John T. Parish has resigned from work at Santa Ana, California, to teach at Puget Sound College of the Bible.... Gerald Parriott was named president of Iowa Christian College to succeed the late brother, Vernon Newland, who died as the result of a private plane crash.... In our next issue we will discuss apostles, prophets, evangelists and teaching pastors, as gifts of Christ to the community of the redeemed on earth. We do hope that you will not miss it.... We remind you once more that we will discontinue publication on December 1, 1975. If you send $1.50 we will place your name on the list for all the remaining issues of the paper.... We urge you to order your bound copy of the issues for this year in advance. The name of the book will be Pure Speech. Request it now and pay for it when you receive it. Perhaps you would like to be placed on the list to receive the next two books.... If you are in high school we urge you to write for a copy of The Rock, a paper published monthly by young people for young people. Just address your request to P.O. Box 2439, Abilene, Texas 79604.... If you would like to have extra copies of this issue of MISSION MESSENGER you may secure them at the rate of ten for one dollar. Please write at once if you are willing to help circulate the message.... The messages I delivered at Hartford, Illinois, on the themes "Do Demons Inhabit the Bodies of Men Today?" and "Is There Anything to Astrology?" have been placed on the two sides of a 45-minute cassette tape. You can borrow it, listen to it, and make a copy of it if you wish. Just send 40c in stamps for first-class postage to T. N. Ratliff, 9729 Calumet Drive, Saint Louis, Missouri 63137. Write to Brother Ratliff at once.... Cassettes of my talks and open forums in many places can be secured from Vernon H. Woods, 2413 Dale Avenue, Eugene, Oregon 97401. Mail him a self-addressed, stamped large envelope and request a list of the Ketcher-

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side tapes.... Don't forget the Open Forum to be conducted at Saint Louis Christian College, December 30, 31. Arrangements are being made for you to stay in the dormitories and eat in the cafeteria for a minimal rate. For information address Charles Boatman, 12390 Rocket Drive, Florissant, Missouri 63033.... Reuel Lemmons was awarded the Doctor of Letters Degree at Abilene Christian College on May 5.... John C. Stevens, president of Abilene Christian College has been elected president of the Association of Texas Colleges and Universities.... Mildred Welshimer Phillips has been elected Chairman of the Board of Trustees for Milligan College.... The July issue of 20th Century Christian honored J. C. Bunn, who is still active in preaching, although past 92 years of age. It was Brother Bunn who immersed my mother and who started me to proclaiming the Word.... The covers of Restoration Review are both attractive and significant, and the content of the journal is exceptionally good. The paper is only $2.00 per year and the address is 1201 Windsor Drive, Denton, Texas 76201.... The two days I spent with the saints at Wickliffe, Ohio, were very meaningful in my life. They are a great group of brothers and sisters, and Jack Ashworth is doing a noble work in the area.... T. R. Applebury retired after 24 years of teaching New Testament at Pacific Christian College, Fullerton, California.... A Master of Arts degree in Religion is offered at Eastern New Mexico University. A student may work toward a double major--a major in religion and some other area such as history, sociology, speech, etc. Each course in religion counts for credit toward a college degree. If you are interested, and many of you ought to be, please write to Church of Christ Bible Chair, Box 2004, ENMU, Portales, New Mexico 88130.... I have accepted an invitation from Brother Erskine Scates to be the speaker at the World Mission Convention at Grand Junction, Colorado, February 5, 6, 7.... February 19-21 I will be in Bryan, Texas. For information write to Al B. Nelson, 801 Hereford Street, College Station, Texas 77840.... A special issue of Mission for July featured interviews with Hans Kung, professor in the University of Tubingen in Germany. His challenge of the infallibility doctrine of the papacy has done more to shake the Roman Church than anything else that has happened in our century.... Hal and Evelyn Martin were honored at San Jose Bible College before leaving for New Zealand where they will help the cause of Christ. Hal holds the rank of Colonel, having retired from the chaplaincy of the armed services.... The Scripture Standard, published by brethren in Great Britain, contained a song written by Paul Jones, with the music by John McCallum. These good brethren are very talented.... If you will send us $4.50 we will send you a copy of The God Who Is There, by Francis A. Schaeffer, and also a copy of L'Abri, by Edith Schaeffer. We think you should read these.... Don't forget my series of studies at Hanover, New Mexico, September 18-20. For information write to Albert Botts, 1306 W. Street, Silver City, N. M. 88061.... An interesting meeting is in store for all of us when I am at Solsberry, Indiana, October 16-18. Write to James Root, Route 1, Box 279. The zip code is 47459. We hope to see you!... The family camp at Macrorie, Saskatchewan was a great experience. Other teachers were Cecil Bailey, of Winnipeg, Manitoba, and Harold Fox, of Malta, Montana. Brethren came from four provinces and as many states.... We urge you to send in your subscription so you will not miss a single issue. We assure you great things are ahead for our readers.