Christian Chronicle (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 23, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 1, 1950 Page: 1 of 8
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SABBATH QUESTION NOVEMBER SIXTH TO TENTH
IN KANSAS CITY AT 39TH AND FLORA EVERYONE
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ABILENE, nXU NOVEMBER 171880
“God has heard my prayers and
is my friend,” Yong soon Dong,
Korean student at Abilene Chris-
tian College, said Wednesday when
she told the happy news that she
had received the first word in four
months from her family.
The only cloud that passed over
her face while she talked with a
reporter came when she said nei-
ther of the other two Koreans at
ACC have had any word from rel-
atives.
Yong Soon, who fc really Mrs.
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trip'to that country in Jure, Ifitf
ard received permission to enter
Germany.
In June, 1947, Mr. Gatewood and
By M. NORVEL YOUNG
It is gratifying to all those
vho are interested in the work in
Germany to learn of the keen in-
terest which is being shown by
brethren in Bro. Gatewood's re-
port on the work. Some .3,500
heard him in the Fair Park Audi-
torium in Dallas, 3,500 in the Will
Rotters Auditorium in Ft Worth,
1,100 ,in the City Auditorium in
Sherman. \
In Wichita Falls the church
budding was filled toeeverflowing,
and the people have listened to his
lecture and seen the colored films
which he is showing with great
interest.
able to hear Brother Gatewood is
due to the enthusiastic way in
which the local churches have ar-
ranged and publicized the meet-
ings. The Broadway church has
simply arranged the schedule for
Brother Gatewood so that he could
speak to these churches which in-
vited him to come.
He could not fill more than a
portion of the engagements re-
quested so that in some cities the
churches rented larger auditoriums
and invited neighboring Christians
to come to hear him. In each case
all the arrangements for his speak-
ing are under the direction of a
5 Nationalities
Witness Baptism
In Belgium City
By DANIEL T. WARD
At a recent baptismal service in
Belgium Brother Timmerman re-
ported there were a Yuoslav, two
Poles, two Americans, an Algerian
and several Belgians present.
' “For as many of you as were
baptized into Christ did put on
Christ. There can be neither Jew
nor Greek, there can be neither
bond nor free, there can be no
male nor female, for all are one
man in Christ Jesus.” Gal. 3:27-28
A baptisms 1 service tn PeptnstQr,
Belgium, reported recently by S.
F. Timmerman. Jr., recalled the
above scripture, particularly be-
cause of the nationalities present.
One of those baptized was a Yu-
goslav girl of 25, very intelligent,
who was reared in a Catholic in-
stitution but who came to see the
abuses and errors of that religion
and finally found the right way.
The other woman was a widow of
78 years, very poor but very proud,
who attended every service of the
recent meeting conducted by Bro-
ther Timmerman at Verviers.
—As a short service-wasbeing
conducted before the baptisms in word of the news about Korea.” p----
thehome of the Jean Noel* (the But she did not have the letter
baptistry is in' their basement),
two of the Polish girls from the
group of Christians recently dis-
covered in Liege arrived to wit-
ness the baptism of their Yugoslav
friend. And, it so happened that
Ail tlie decisions as to what is done
and how it is to be handled.
These local churches do the ad-
vertising and bear the expense of
the meetings. We appreciate their
zeal and thank them for making
it possible for so many thousand
people to hear about the cause in
Germany. May God continue to
bless that work.
Your prayers are always ndeded.
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Funds are urgently needed now
for the erection of a new church
building in Monterrey, N. I*, Mex-
ico. Plans for the proposed struc-
ture are complete, and a reproduc-
tion of the architect's perspective
is shown herewith.
The elders of Central Church of
Christ, Houston, Texas, urge bre-
thren everywhere who can aid In
this project to send in their con-
tribution at once.
The building will be erected at
the corner of Salvatierra and
Acambara Streets in Monterrey.
The lot was purchased recently by
Or
S.K. Dong Family Safe In Korea;
Borne One Of Few Not Destroyed
By GEORGIA NEL8ON
in Reporter-News
Kem since she adopted the Chris-
tian custom of a woman taking her
husband's name, was overjoyed
Wednesday when she reached into
her post office box at ACC and
pulled out a letter from her mo-
ther. It was the first she had re-
ceived since June 28.
But the letter told a story of
sorrow and privation. Mrs.
Kem's elderly mother related
that she had walked SOO miles
from Seoul io Pusan, io reach
one ot her sons who had been
hospitalised.
•y The good news was that Mrs.
Kern's two small sons, Won Pack,
5, and Chun Pack, 3, who are with
their grandmother, are alive and
well.
The letter, dated Oct. 15, was
mailed from Pusan, where Mrs.
Kem’s brother, Chun Mo Dong, is
still in a hospital. He, like his fa-
ther, is a Church of Christ minis-
ter.
i Mrs. Kem’s other brother has
■ not been heard from since he fled
' iheir home in Seoul as the North
k Korean Reds moved into the area.
The welcome letter also brought
i news of how many Koreans had al-
t the arrival of American troops.
“My family, along with many
’ others,” Mrs. Kem said, “were on
i the verge of starvation. My mother -local church, and their elders make
i said that if the Americans had ar-
I rived 10 days later, many would
J have died for lack of food.
Another unusual thing that
meant much to Mrs. Kem was the
fact that her home in Pukchong,
north of Hamhung, was one of
only a few buildings left standing
amid almost total destruction. She
also told how members of her fam-
ily had lain on the floors to keep
from being seen by the enemy
soldiers as the marched through
the city. .
When a reporter arrived at ACC
to talk with Mrs. Kem about the
letter, she was reading the latest
issue of a news magazine.
"Yas," me replied,- “I read every-
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NUMBER 23
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large Audiences Hear Gatewood
Speak; Gifts Swell Building Funds
Young Expresses
Thanks To Hosts
On Gatewood Tour
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I . Otis Gatewood is speaking in Wewoka, Oklahoma, to-
night following a fast circuit which haa carried him into
towns in central and northern Texas, Kansas, and Missouri,
to tell large audiences in every city regarding the successes
and prospects of the work in evangelism in Germany.
Thursday night he will speak in Oklahoma City, at which
time visitors are expected from a wide area. From Oklahoma
City he will return to Texas for one other speech in Corpus
Christi, Texas, Nov. 6. Nov. 7 he will go to Houston; Nov. 8,
Beaumont, and Nov. 9, San Antonio.
Contributions to the building needs of Frankfurt and
other German cities have been liberal. Over $10,000 was
contributed in Lubbock, $2,66(1.42 in Fort Worth. $4,550.00
in Dallas, $1,700.00 in Sherman, and $3,400.00 in Wichita
■ Falls. Other reports have not been received here.
At the close of World War II, it
was decided that if such were pos-
sible, missionaries should be sent
to Germany to bring the word of
God to a lost nation. Brother Otis
Gatewood made the inii
trip’ to that country In
Since that time 28 additional
American workers, including
wives, have joined them. Each of
these workers^are/tipported by a
New Building Sought For ”
Monterrey, Mexico, Work
the Central elders. Construction
is scheduled to begin soon.
Central Church of Christ has al-
ready invested over $15,000 In the
Monterrey work during the past
five or six years. Even small con-
tributions to this project will be
welcomed. “The work of preach-.---
ing the gospel to Mexico is not
the responsibility of one group
alone, but of ALL Christians
everywhere,” said one of the Hous-
ton leaders.
Make checks payable to Monter-
rey Building Fund, Care of Cen-
tral Church of Christ, 4100 Mon- <
troee Blvd., Houston 8, Texas.
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congregation in America and are
derectly responsible to that parti- !
cular church that sent lhem out. ]
During the past three years over
one thousand people have obeyed
survey lhe gospel of Christ Nfne congre- .. . J
* nations of the Lord's church haw 1
been established in six German
cities. Eight 12-day tent meetings I
--------------------have been held with crowds often ]
Roy Palmer entered Germany, j running ever MO. Bach week over j
2,000 people attend the services
and classes which are held each
night except Saturday. A Bible i
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with her. She had eagerly mailed
it jto her father at Florence, Ala.,
where he is conducting religious .
services. *5
Sister Kem (Yong Soon Dong)
is the daughter of Brother S. K.
Meuhoub Ahmed, the Algerian boy Dong, widely known among t
ihren as a preacher of the got
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