Christian Chronicle (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, December 17, 1965 Page: 3 of 4
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CHRISTIAN CHRONICLE
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DO THE
TEENAGERS IN YOUR
CONGREGATION READ
TEENAGE
CHRISTIAN ?
They can, if you take advantage of a special
subscription rate available to cnurches.
Your congregation can subscribe to TEEN-
AGE CHRISTIAN at the special church rate of
20 cents per month for eacn subscription order.
Each teenage member of the congregation will
receive his copy — addressed to him — at
his own home. The bill will be sent to the
church.
All your teenagers will benefit from the news
of other Christian teenagers and their jprojects,
and from the inspirational articles dealing with
problems of Christian teenagers today, writ-
ten by both teenagers and adults.
Send YOUR teenagers a subscription to TEEN-
AGE CHRISTIAN today.
Lj gy Ealon V. Wilson
ne Obion church met first
M oa the second Sunday in
by 1885, and present for this
Sal service were the families
i L A. Wand, Henry Wilson,
hariie Brown, and A.M. Al-
service. The contribution is av-
eraging about $575.00 per week
which is above the present budg-
et.
The church is well blessed
with fine elders in T. H. Jack-
son, James E. Childers, W. R.
Pitner, Charles Harrison, and
Homer Mauney. It is at peace
and in harmony and has a
mind to work. It is currently
As the women work together
in the work that they kn<Rv and
do best, many more ideas are
|nisiwuii!imiiiim! FrT1-r-^-'-
TEENAGE CHRISTIAN
P. O. BoX 1739 o Abilene, Texas
Please set up the enclosed list for a congregational sub-,
scription to the TEENAGE CHRISTIAN. I understand each
teenager will have the magazine addressed to his home,
and the church office will be billed at 20 cents per month
each.'
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bion Group Met First Time
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for the
the nationwide radio and T.V.
program; a monthly TV pro-
gram originating
& lns£32£%i„.;.
cal daily radio program; and
along with other mission work
plans to fully support a mb-
sionary in Mississippi beginning
sometime in I960. The church
has an active local program in-
cluding personal evangelism.
I
sorted, and sized very careful-
ly.
Some non-members, friends
and acquaintances of those en-
gaged in this work, who have
learned what is being done and
have given material to use in
making garments. One woman
gave over 30 yards of cotton
material for this purpose. A
real service is planned for or-
phan homes, homes for the aged
and a service to our own com-
munity is also being envisioned.
The “food committee’’ has been .
revised to better serve those
who are ill and in sorrow
Missionaries and members
away from home will be re-
membered regularly and with
real interest. Women who are
■ .. _ _______ members at Highland Street
supporting the Herald cif Truth, who are out of duty will be vis-
ited and encouraged by com-
passionate women. Original
cards (hand-painted and with
original verses in many of ■
them) are being made — cheer,
get-well and sympathy. Some of
the ladies engaged in this work
have found talents they did not
know they had. One expressed
it, “I feel that because I was
using the talent which I have
for His cause, He added anoth-
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■y Malcom F. Goor«o
RIPLEY, Miss. —- The Ripley
J*rch of Christ began about
when several members of
® enurch moved to Ripley.
Juices were first held in the
’“Hhouw and later in a school
"Wing and in 1927 the first
aiding was completed. Serv-
w were conducted .in this
located on South Com-
street, from the time it
5m, C0®P*eled .until a new
uudmg wu erect^j in 1963.
AJmt 19 people met for that
m w<5*h,P service back in
*nd six of them are still
P-J* — Mrs. Annie Alvin,
? "«Kee, Mrs. Olivia Mohun-
S’ w’ Fer-
£s /oach’ 1Bd
17 "1<nch *<*<* From the
j™nt the church has made
& “t.eku’S
g* with record Bible
Highland Ladies Are Working
MEMPHIS — The ladies of ' ■ I M M
the Highland Street church,
Memphis, are more zealous and
busier than ever before. The
work of the church which wom-
en can do has been incorporat-
ed into the committees of the
church and mote and more
tasks are being carried out.
Under the leadership and inspi-
ration of the minister’s wife,
Mrs. Reeder Oldham, the wom-
en have really “gone to work’’. .
. Their work has been planned
into the overall vision for High-
land Street — a more zealous
year’s work than perhaps has
ever been planned for this
church before. They do regular
hospital visiting at two of the .
hospitals of the city, as well as
many of the nursing homes and
the county hospital.
The “shut-ins” are remem-
bered regularly in various ways
— cards, visits, “sunshine
baskets”, etc. The “needy clo-
set” is being organized and
sewing is being done twice
monthly (as well as some is
being done at home by those
who are unable to meet at the
building), quilts are being
made, new garments made as
capable hands, and most promw well as the good used clothing
pitality, friendliness and broth-
erly love is not excelled any-
where.
[Evangelist Elihu Scott of the
mrtville community was pres-
Lt and preached for the group.
Eg first sermon in the first
Mrship service of this then
Mag-formed new congregation.
E. G. Freed came next to
breach and help in this forma-
Eve period, and later.
| Some new families moved
[into Obion including the Rob
[Johns and I. A. McCorkles,
faithful and talented singers
had teachers. Brethren and
others engaged Prof. J. M.
Bowman of Harrisburg, Va., to
conduct a Music Normal in 1908
which drew students from all
Surrounding communities and a
large number from distant
rants. Another Normal was
held in Mil by Prof. J. H. Hall
n( Dayton, to which a much
larger number of students from
Christian families came.
Thus the church in Obion “got
m the map” in a most favora-
ble way. This writer was a stu-
dent in both Normals. Rob
Johns was, and continued to be
for several years, the faithful
Ind efficient song leader in
Obion, and taught “singing
schools” among the congrega-
tions of West Tennessee for
many years. *
In 1910, during the ministry
C. C. Houston, a tent meet-
! was held in Obion with;
to R. Williams preaching
1 Ealon V. Wilson leading
i congregational singing, re-
Ung in 62 additions with bap-
ms In the Obion River near-
by. Some of the most substan-
gjW Md mature families ware
included among those converted
to the truth. Obion was consid-
ered a hard place, then, so
«>tegy in advertising to reach
ano move the citizenry was
earefully, but effectively,
Planned. Williams prepared 20
questions dealing with contro-
;*erted issues which were print-
'd on handbills and distributed
10 'very house in the city in
day. “TELL ME”, was the
ca’)b?n °f this list of questions,
Obion up” to •
point of righteous indignation.
[The tent - was filled every
ught during the period of six
r**to and no denominational
iPCeacher dared to attempt to
.,?!* 20 Questions. This
’oh'i building in faith on Truth
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was
continues to dignify the church
of the Lord In Obion.
Elders in 1910 were L. A.
Ward, A. M. Albright. G. W.
Forrester, Henry Wilson, A. M.
Moultrie, and doctor J. F. Dar-
nell. Other families during the
formative years of the Obion
church were the C. C. Browns,
J. R. Mills, the Bob and Doc
Foxes, Tom Tankersleys, A.
Wilsons, Ernest Smiths, Mea-
dows, Fields, Vaughts, Stanfills,
Morrises, Bairds, Hahoneys,
and Dr. Sharps.
Resident preachers and evan-
gelists to work with the Obion
church through the years were
T. M. Carney, F. O. Howell,
John C. Taylor, L. K. Harding,
O. C. Lambert, C. H. Woodroof,
Homer Royster, C. G. Vincent,
E. A. Elam, H. Leo Boles. N.
B. Hardeman, L A. Douthitt,
Gus Dunn, Foy E. Wallace, Jr.,
G. C. Brewer, G. K. Wallace,
H. A. Dixon, Woody Stovall, E.
H. Ijams, and John B. Harde-
man.
One of the highlights In the
program of the Obion church is
the annual anniversary dinner-
on-the-ground with 2 worship
services inaugurated during the
lifetime of John R. Williams,
held on the second Sunday in
May, even up to this date.
The building, pictured here,
was completely overhauled and
11 classrooms added in 1950 un-
der the planning and direction
of a committee composed of B.
F. Craig, H. H. Moultrie, Wade
Moore, Tom Starnes, Cal Mit-
chell, Nelson Sanford.' Roy
' Green, and Robert Fox. In 1961
< more classrooms were added
and an auditorium seating 30.
A residence for the preacher's
family was built in 1955.
A weekly broadcast of Sun-
day evening services begun by
John B. Hardeman continues
with J. E. Williams who is In
year and also serves
‘key-man” for Obion,
I Dyer counties in be-
ald of Truth to
which the Obion church contri-
butes as well as to other types
of mission work in parts of the
United States, Korea and the
Philippines.
Present elders are W. K.
Wells, W. A. Shires, and Paul
Crockett, Jr., and the work of
the Lord’s church in Obion, on
highway 51 North, some 15 to
20 miles from Dyersburg, and
about the same distance south-
west of Union City, and about
25 miles from Reelfoot Lake, in
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Nichols, James W. & Orman, Edgar. Christian Chronicle (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, December 17, 1965, newspaper, December 17, 1965; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1313302/m1/3/: accessed July 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Christian University Library.