Christian Chronicle (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 25, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 22, 1944 Page: 1 of 4
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"LIFT UP YOUR EYES, AND LOOK ON THE FIELDS. THAT THEY ARE WHITE ALREADY UNTO HARVEST."—John 4:35
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Abilene, Texas. November 22,1944
Chaplain Trayler Gives
Addresses of Members
OBK By DOW WILSON «HBB
ovef and over that sentence rang
in my mind, *T THANK GOD
YOU HAVE COME.’ It was a
new experience to me. Never be-
fore were such words spoken to
me. No one ever gave so much
joy to me with one little sen-
tence. It was not an elaborate
sermon that prompted such
statement Any Christian of aver-
age intellect could have read the
same passages and explained
them jUst as well. The person
who has never experienced such
an incident is not as rich as I.
Poor is the man who works all
of his life for nothing but money.
Have you any opportunity for
such a reception? Are you not
qualified to read the story of
Jesus and explain about his great
love in the same simple way you
can explain any story? Are you
willing to live a pure life and tell
the story of the cross to your
neighbors? Answer these ques-
tions as only a Christian can an- i
swer them and as a true Christian I
you may rest assured that '<
Alaska’s greatest need is YOU.
Yes, the great need, of fthe I
great territory of Alaska is more
It is with genuine regret that
I send forth a four-page issue of
the Chronicle this week. Due to
the many tasks we had on us last
week we were forced to limit our-
selves to fotfr pages, but had
plans complete to bring you a
very special British Empire issue
this week.
We had forgotten that publica-
tion date would fall the day be-
fore Thanksgiving—one of them
—and that that Would mean a
printer’s holiday plus an extreme
rush-up on all work due but this
week. Hence we have been
forced to delay our special edi-
tion on the British churches and
the work in other places through-
out the empire until a later date.
But will birng it as soon as pos-
sible. Meantime, if you or your
congregation would be interested
tell us ,
you desire. These requests should
be mailed at once.
V
peka’s 5,000 watt station, WIBW.
This time is considered ideal, as
it follows immediately the pro-
gram on world wide news broad-
cast.
J. Harvey Dykes, full time
evangelist for this congregation,
speaks on these radio programs.
Brother Dykes has published sev-
eral of the series of broadcasts,
as well as having*had a number
of books and tracts published for
general circulation.
The scheduled meeting which
is planned as a climax _to the
year’s prc_ . "* * “
Banister’s first meetir
peka. It will be Bro'
song services for similar meetings
there.
Services will be held each night
at 8 o’clock and the public is cor-
dially invited to attend, the of-
ficers of the church have an-
nounced. — I
Huntoon and College Sts. Church In
Topeka Will Hold 10-Day Meeting;
John H. Banister Will Do Preaching
John H. Banister, widely known
Oklahoma City evangelist, will do
the preaching in the fall meeting
of the Huntoon and College
Streets Church of Christ in To-
peka, Dec. 3 through 13. B. E.
Lemmons of Bartlesville, Okla.,
will conduct the congregational
singing during the meeting.
Extensive preparations have
been made by the Topeka’ church
for this evangelistic campaign,
which comes as a climax to an
outstanding year of achievement
by this church. Announcement
has been made by the leaders
that payments on the church
property have been pushed sev-
eral years ahead of schedule, and
.that within the first few months
of 1945 the entire indebtedness
against the property will be paid.
The residential lot of this
church is considered the best in
the city, according to the local
leaders.
During the year this congrega-
tion has also purchased a good
property for the colored congre-
gation in Topeka. A total of
$2,300 was paid for this property
and improvements.
This church broadcasts each
* On page four of this issue you
will notice a picture of the in-
terior of our new book store. Lo-
cated at 365 Cypress St., it is the
best book store in Abilene and
one of the best in this section of
the country. Although present for
publishing, conditions make it had
very difficult to get many of the
choice books, we are endeavoring
to furnish a complete and prompt
service on all items advertised.
We shall not advertise any items
except those we have in stock.
We are scouting the nation’s mar-
ket now for the very best cross-
section of standard books avail-
able. We are behind with num-
erous orders at present, but we
are working day and night, and
pledge that as soon as we get our
present orders caught up, that we
U give 24 to 36 hours senrice
all orders.
This is the season of the yeAs
when most papers launch the how-
day season subscription campaign.
We have been too busy to devote |
much attention to this phase of
our work thus far this fall, but in
spite of the fact that not a word
has been said about subscriptions
in several weeks, many large
clubs have come in recently.
Such interest and loyalty from
our friends is sincerely appre-
ciated, believe me. We urge all
who will |o work among their i
friends and send in clubs of sub- i
scribers. Next week we shall for- j
mally open our seasonal drive for »i
subscribers. We hope to add hun- ;
dreds more to our ever growing i
Chronicle family. ---------r~ i
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A. F. Thurman Moves '
of Oct. 25 carried a full report.
Our report gives a complete pic-
arations, the work, visible-w
statements from personal 1
ers L_
cial accounting
of opinion of
here concerning such campa
Every congregation intei
in evangelizing for Christ s
have a set of these report
cause we are sure that we
profited greatly by our •
Fence, ana our experience 1
help you in your work.
A few days ago I arranged to
have a Bible class in the home of
an old Indian lady 64 years old
who has been a widow for the
last six years. She explained the
best she could that her husband
was a good man who practiced
reading the Bible to her every
night in her native tongue so that
she might understand. In lan-
guage I could barely understand,
she told me that for Qie past six
years she has heard the Bible read
only a very few times in language
she could understand.
Since 'the death of her husband,
she has learned to understand
English some, but she can barely
speak enough to talk in English.
She was prepared for the Bible
class with four women and four
children present for the first class.
I read the story of the birth of
Jasus and his early life and ex-
plained as one might try to ex-
plain it to a four year old child.
As wife and 1 weri leaving, the
dear old soul said as best she
could, "I thank God you have
come.”
**I thank God you have come,”
“I thank God you have come,”
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Imperial Valley California has
always been, and is still a mis-
sion field. About three years
ago Central church in Los An-
geles, seeing the need and having
the ability, began partially sup-
porting J. W. Nicholson in his
work mere with a small monthly
offering.
In the past year James O. Wil-
burn has located there and the
Central church has increased its
offering substantially, making it
possible for him to spend All of
his time in the work. Birch and
Fairview in Santa Ana, Calif.;
and Yuma, Arizona, have sent
their local evangelists to assist
Brawley in two meetings recently.
Floyd Thompson was supported
by Santa Ana and Choice Bryant
was supported by Yuma. Both
the Santa Ana field and the Yuma
field are extensive enough that
the entire time of the local
preacher could be taken there,
but these churches are continually
sending them out to needy fields.
Are not many other churches able
to do likewise? Is a church a
New Testament church that does
not do mission work.
Central in Los Angeles has also
sept Glen Wallace to Brawley for
El Cajon boulevard in San Diego
began sending regular contribu-
tions to HoltviUe so that a. preach-
er could remain on the field and
Elbert Garretson is now zealously
at work there. .
This below sea level valley is
one of the richest farming dis-
tricts in the world, and has a pop-
ulation of sixty thousand (fifteen
thousand less than Alaska) Fili-
pinos, Mexicans, Hindus, Chinese,
Portuguese, Japanese (in r
time) and Negroes, as we.
white. “Here is one of many
fields right under the shadows of
some strong congregations. A
few churches and gospel preach-
ers are rising to meet the chal-
lenge,” Brother Wilburn wrote
this week.
UNIVERSAL
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Slater Holds Meetings
In W. Va., Louisiana
By WILL W. SLATER
The Burton, West Virginia,
meeting closed without visible re-
sults. I closed a mission meeting
yesterday in Sterlingtoi "
iana. First time the gc_r__
ever been preached there.
We had 35 to take'their stand
the church, some of whom
—J been going to Monroe, and
some at other places, while some
had to be “warmed over.” The
worship was started. A store
building is being used until a
building permit can be secured.
It was my best work this year.
The Monroe church furnished
the tent and paid for the adver-
tising. Two of their elders ren-
dered valuable service. One of
them lives there and will move
his membership there. I prom-
ised to be with them again next
year.
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Eastland, Texas
Nov. 13, 1944.
Dear Brother Hicks: I’m mov-
ing to Canyon, Texas, this week
to work with that church. Please
note my new address and send
the Chronicle to me there. Don’t
let me miss a copy. I like your
paper. It’s fine. The new ad-
dress: A. F. Thurman, Canyon,
Texas.
By W. RAY DUNCAN
One of the greatest gospel
gns ever to be conducted
churches of Christ (so far
know) came to a very
successful close on Sept. 1. For
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terested in this campaign or other
campaigns which might be con-
ducted in a similar manner in the
future, a great deal of work has
gone into toe making of a com-
A condensed report was given
by Brother Roy H. Lanier in the
Gospel Advocate under date of
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Dear Brother Olan:
Members of the church of
Christ near Delhi, India, should
contact Cpl. Clyde B. Barker,
14132671, headquarters U.S.A.F.,
C. B. 1. APO No. 885, c-o Postmas-
ter, New York City.
Yours in the Christ,
FRANK TRAYLER.
Christians. Those Christians
should be willing to spend a life-
time in one community and be ~
the leaders in the community, the benefit of those whoare^in-
They should be willing to stand
for the Lord even though they
are the only Christians in the
community. The great need is
a for more Christians in Alaska like
Brother and Sister Robert Scott plete report,
now in Craig, Alaska. For 30
years they have stood in Alaska
loyal to the Lord. -------
No doubt,’. had it not been Oct 5. The Christian Chronicle
for the fidelity of that Chris-
tian couple, there would never (
have been a church in Craig, ture of«the pl
and there have been as many as
30 or 40 in the congregation here.
Brother Scott does not claim to
be a preacher, but the good he
has done in teaching the Bible
would make many preachers
ashamed of themselves. He makes
a good living by fishing. There
is a good living in Alaska for
anyone who is willing to work.
Fish and money are about the two
easiest things to get up here.
Several Christians have writ-
ten letters about possibilities for
arations, the worl
and preachers, complete finan-
and the concensus
the congregation
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Hicks, Olan L. Christian Chronicle (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 25, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 22, 1944, newspaper, November 22, 1944; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1305843/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Christian University Library.