On December 31, Nell sent out the 777th free copy of the book
Thoughts on Unity, which we will mail without obligation to any college or university
student in the world. You must write a personal request and you must also tell in what school
you are enrolled. We hope that you will pass this information on to other students. Simply
address your request to MISSION MESSENGER, 139 Signal Hill Drive, St. Louis, Missouri
63121.... All of our readers are invited to send for Book Lists 75-A, 75-B, and 75-C. They will be
sent free upon request and contain the names of many recommended volumes.... Please do not
forget that this is the final year for MISSION MESSENGER. If you send a dollar we will put you
on tor the duration, and if yours is a new subscription we will try and supply you copies of the
first two issues for this year. We cannot promise to do that because it is difficult to keep them in
stock.... At the conclusion of 1975 all of the papers for this final year will be issued in a
beautiful bound volume to be called One in Christ. It will be an important one and we
suggest that you reserve yours in advance. An invoice will be sent with the books and you can
pay when you receive them. There are already a number on the reserved list and if you want the
books for gifts to your friends or relatives, you should probably send for them in advance....
Perhaps you would like to receive 25 copies per month to share with brethren in your
congregation. You can write for the special rate which will enable you to share the paper with
others who ought to read it.... I have recently taped two of the important messages from my book
Christian Commandos. These thirty minute talks are "The Concerned Remnant" and
"The Touch of Life." They are on one cassette and you can secure one for only $2.50 by writing
to T. N. Ratliff, 9729 Calumet Drive, Saint Louis, Missouri 63137. These talks constitute a real
analysis of the state of the institutional church.... During the past several months we have lost
some dear friends who have meant much to us in years gone by. Among them were M. S.
Whitehead, Montgomery, Alabama; Harry Robert Fox, Sr., Inglewood, California; and Elizabeth
Vermillion, of Riverside, California. Brother Fox was long a missionary in Japan.... Dr. Robert
W. Shaw, of Miami, Florida, has been elected president of the European Evangelistic Society,
succeeding Dr. Dean E. Walker, professor of Church History at Emmanuel School of Religion,
Johnson City, Tennessee. Both are great men.... John Furr is editor of Song Notes, a
paper to encourage song leaders and song writers. Each issue contains helpful suggestions for
leaders, a new song, information about new song books, etc. The paper is only $1.00 per year,
and can be secured by writing to P.O. Box 18091, San Antonio, Texas 78218. Why not ask for a
sample copy?... Dr. Cal W. Downs is head of Speech Communication and Human Relations at
the University of Kansas. He is active as a management consultant in many of the largest
business concerns in America. Cal has written a new book called The Christian
Communicator which applies the material he gives to his classes to presenting the message
of Christ to modern man. It is a unique and helpful volume. You can secure a copy by sending a
check for $3.60 to Brother Downs at 1515 West 21st Street, Lawrence, Kansas 66044.... We
know a brother who is being discharged from the Navy this month and who is anxious to secure
a position as a religious camp manager and programmer. He has both the knowledge and
experience. I will furnish you his name and address if you want to contact him.... All of the
issues of Restoration Review for the past
two years are now being bound in a large book under the title The Church of Christ:
Yesterday and Today. That volume will contain some of the most interesting and
challenging writing ever done by Leroy Garrett. You can secure a copy by sending $4.50 to
Brother Garrett at 1201 Windsor Drive, Denton, Texas 76201. Six other volumes reaching back
to 1966 are still available also.... Among the congregations started and revived by students and
faculty members of San Jose Bible Colleges, are three new ethnic ones in which the native
language is used. They include congregations in the Philippine community in San Francisco, and
in the Korean and Spanish communities in San Jose.... March 19-21 will find me with the
Lexington, Ohio Church of Christ, and I hope to see many of our readers. For information you
can write the brethren at Box 3086, Lexington 44904.... Do not forget the series of meetings to
be held at 9000 Bloomington Freeway, Bloomington, Minnesota 55420, April 9-11. You can
address Robert W. Cash at that address or call (612) 888-4933.... I will be at Colony Heights
Church of Christ, 4724 Tillman Avenue, Fort Wayne, Indiana 46806, April 23-25.... May 5, 6 I
will be with the Michigan State Christian Convention at Lansing. I am looking forward to it and
sincerely hope a lot of you are also.... I want to mention again that I am to be in Amarillo, Texas,
June 2-4. For information contact J. W. Stephens, 4319 Monroe Street, Amarillo 79110.... On the
evening of July 2, I will speak at the International Christian Endeavor Convention at Portland,
Oregon.... Among other places I should mention is New Liberty congregation, near Windsor,
Illinois where the brethren will be celebrating their one-hundredth anniversary, August 9, 10. I
first spoke there many years ago and immersed a great many people. It will be a pleasure to be
there again.... August 15, 16 I will be at the Family Camp at Mechanicsville, Virginia. Harvey
Powell is the director and it is always a privilege to share in meetings with him.... I am also
anticipating a great time in the Lord when I speak at the Chicago Area Men's Meeting,
September 8, 9. My themes will be about "the how to": "How to Get the Kernel Out of the
Shell"; "How to be Both a Father and Mother to Spiritual Children"; and "How to Meet the
Demands of an Intellectual Age."... Then there is the great occasion of my re-visit to Hanover,
New Mexico, September 17-19. You can find out about it by writing or calling Albert Botts,
1306 West Street, Silver City, N. M. 88061. There is a lot more to tell about but that will be
enough for the present.... The meeting at Westchester Church of Christ, Los Angeles, was a
catalyst to bring together representatives from 38 to 51 congregations nightly. While there I
spoke to a luncheon group on the campus of Pepperdine University and to an excellent audience
at Pacific Christian College. Special singing in the meeting was done by the Good News
Christian School Choir, the Westchester Chorus, the Concert Choir of Figueroa Church of
Christ, and the Pepperdine A Cappella Chorus. J. Harold Thomas labors with the congregation,
which is making a real contribution to the unity of the saints in the area.... I am distressed to
report the death of Margaret Lemley, wife of our brother, F. L. Lemley, who works with brethren
at Bonne Terre, Missouri.... Brother John Hasty, 94 years old, departed this life December 2. He
was an elder of the congregation at Nixa, Missouri.... There were eleven states represented at the
Saint Louis Forum the last two days in December.... Discipliana featured an excellent
story on David Lipscomb, written by Arthur V. Murrell recently.
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