On December 6 Nell mailed the 715th free copy of the book Thoughts
on Unity to James L. Street, a student at the University of Georgia. The book is free to any
college or university student in the world. A personal request must be made and the college
where enrolled must be mentioned. Simply send a card or letter to MISSION MESSENGER, 139
Signal Hill Drive, Saint Louis, Missouri 63121. Others may purchase a copy of the book for
$3.95.... It was a rare privilege to attend the Thanksgiving Workshop of the Evangelicals for
Social Action, which was held in Chicago. I was especially pleased to meet and hear Carl F. H.
Henry.... If you'd like to purchase an Ansaphone (Dictaphone brand) telephone answering
device, or a McClure film strip and record combination with some religious strips and manuals,
write to Janice Day Reed, 8850 West 30th Street, Route 18, Indianapolis, Indiana 46234.... Billy
P. Duncan is making real use of Cable-TV in an outreach program at Oberlin, Kansas.... It was a
real thrill to speak three times during December to Jewish business and professional men in
attendance at the Messianic Forum in Saint Louis.... The November issue of Restoration
Review was probably one of the most interesting ever edited by Leroy Garrett. This
attractive magazine is only $2.00 per year. The address is 1201 Windsor Drive, Denton, Texas
76201.... Leroy left Texas on December 7 for a trip which took him to Geneva, London,
Glasgow, and the Irish country of Thomas and Alexander Campbell. He expects to recount his
trip in future issues of his paper.... Days Inn of America, Inc., has ordered 100,000 copies of
"Good News for Modern Man" to be placed in their motel rooms. Guests are invited to take the
copies with them.... More than 10,000 copies of "The Man You Should Know" have been
distributed to students in the four universities in the Dominican Republic.... Bertrand Smith left
Miami on December 11 to return to Chile, where he will begin his 26th year of service as a
missionary. I have been much encouraged by knowing him through the years.... Facts for
Faith for the fourth quarter of 1974 was exceptionally good. Writers were Gordon Wilson,
Wayne Jackson, Bruce Edwards, Jr., Daniel H. King, Jerry R. Phillips, Scott Sutterfield, Ron
Hallbrook and Edward Fudge. The quarterly is issued in conjunction with the monthly
Pitching for the Master, edited by Lindy McDaniel, pitcher for the Kansas City Royals
baseball team. You can receive the paper by sending your request to Pitching for the
Master, 1011 Johnson Street, Lufkin, Texas 75901. There is no subscription price but a
contribution would be welcomed.... The 10th Annual Unity Forum will be held at Bethany
College, Bethany, W. Va., July 2-5. For information about this outstanding event write to Robert
Lohman, Bethany College, Bethany, W. Virginia 26032.... Fellowship is a paper edited
by men from the three main segments of the restoration movement. This quarterly will come to
you for $2.00 per year if you will send your subscription to 1699 Court Street, N.E., Salem,
Oregon 97301.... The commanding officer of the Ninth Precinct Investigation Unit in New York
City ordered 100 copies of The New Testament in Today's English Version and presented one to
each man in his division.... The Rural Ministries Coalition in Dover, Delaware, gave away a
thousand Bibles and a thousand New Testaments to migrant farm workers.... For the second
consecutive year the Roman Catholic Church in Woodland Hills, California presented a copy of
Today's English Version to each student
entering its parochial school.... The next World Convention of Churches of Christ will be held in
Honolulu, July 15-20, 1980. It will be the
golden anniversary of this gathering which was started in Washington, D.C. under the
leadership of Jesse M. Bader.... Because of the tremendous increase in publication costs
Mission is having to go to another format. A recent issue on death and dying was
outstanding.... Would you like to secure cassettes of the unity meeting held in Nashville,
Tennessee, including the speech by Pat Boone and answers to questions by himself and his
family? Write to J. C. Noblitt, P.O. Box 74, Mount Dora, Florida 32757, and ask for a list. You
can call him at (904) 383-2879.... I am scheduled to be at Central Christian Church, Bryan,
Texas, February 19-21. If you'd like information about meetings contact Al B. Nelson, 801
Hereford Street, College Station, Texas 77840.... I am to be the speaker at a Men's Retreat at
Lake Wales, Florida, March 7, 8. Write to Robert Miller, 828 Casselberry Drive, Lake Wales
33853. We will be dealing with fellowship and unity and we hope the men who read this can
make the scene.... I will be at the Church of Christ, 230 Delaware Street, Lexington, Ohio 44904,
March 19-21. Already several have written that they intend to come to this great occasion. We
hope to see you there.... Don't forget the meeting in which I will engage at 9000 Bloomington
Freeway, Bloomington, Minnesota 55420. You can secure information by writing to Robert Cash
at that address, or by calling (612) 888-4933.... I am looking forward to seeing a lot of brothers
and sisters at Colony Heights Church of Christ, 4724 Tillman, Fort Wayne, Indiana 46806, when
I am there April 23-25. It will also be my privilege to speak at Michigan State Christian
Convention to be held in Lansing, May 5 and 6.... There are a lot more places and I shall
mention them in subsequent issues, if our Lord wills, but I do want to mention one more. I shall
be in Amarillo, Texas June 2-4. If you would like to secure information you may write to J. W.
Stephens, 4319 Monroe Street, Amarillo 79110.... I have also been invited to address the
International Christian Endeavor Convention, to be held in Portland, Oregon. My speech will be
given on the evening of July 2.... Please remember that we are scheduled to cease publication
with the December issue this year. If you would like for your friends to receive the paper this
final year send a dollar for each subscription, and we will send them the January issue as well as
this one.... Since we will not be able to notify you of expiration dates because of the cost, we
suggest that you take no chance with your own subscription expiring. Send a dollar if there is
any doubt and we will see that your paper comes until we cease publishing. Send it to MISSION
MESSENGER, 139 Signal Hill Drive, Saint Louis, Missouri 63121.... We also recommend that
if you want the bound volume for the last year, which will be called One in Christ, that
you make your reservation for it now. We regret to inform you that there are no copies of the
book for 1973 which was titled The Question Box still in stock. You may still order the
1974 book called Pure Speech and we will bill you for it when we send it. Orders will be
filled the same day they are received when possible.... You are invited to send for Book Lists
75-A, 75-B, and 75-C, which contain scores of recommended volumes. The lists are free to
you.... L. Palmer Young has been chosen as the new president of Kentucky Christian College,
Grayson, Kentucky, to succeed J. Lowell Lusby, who will complete 40 years as administrator
August 7, 1977, if God wills.
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