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W. Earl Mansur, 241 E. Arlight, Monterey Park, Calif., Sept. 3: "Contributions are increasing and attendance is growing with several new members worshipping with us in Montebello. Interest is fine and we hope to have definite plans for a permanent meeting place soon. I have time for one or two meetings in the mid-west next spring or summer."

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Jimmy Wood, Box 786, Brownfield, Texas, Aug. 28: "Our meeting with brother F. Yater Tant closed last Sunday evening. We had a very good meeting, with good attendance throughout. There were nine baptisms and one restoration during the meeting. The morning audiences were the largest in the history of the church, and between four and five hundred people came each evening. The congregation here appreciated very much the fine work that brother Tant did in the meeting. During the summer months I have conducted four gospel meetings. In these meetings there were thirteen baptisms and several restorations. They were held in Woodson, Texas, Velma, Okla., and two here in our county, at Union and Tokio. The latter two were mission meetings sponsored by the Crescent Hill church of Christ. We have one other mission meeting planned for this fall in 011a, La."

Wm. H. Parsons, Box 496, Magnolia, Arkansas, Sept. 1: "The meeting at Union Grove, La., resulted in two baptisms and five restorations. A twelve day effort at Seminole, Texas, saw three baptized and two restored. Clyde Mansfield is doing a fine work in Seminole. Since last report there have been three baptisms, two restorations and six placed membership in the work here. On the 9th of September I conclude nineteen months of work with the Magnolia church. I am to follow Paul L. Wallace at the Central church in Denison, Texas. My new address will be 1327 W. Chestnut St., Denison, Texas."

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Robert H. Bell, 4765 Jessie St., La Mesa, California: "From July 29th through August 10th I was with the church in Antioch, California, in a gospel meeting. They had the meeting well advertised and seemingly the entire congregation worked hard for a successful meeting. As a result of our united effort, four were baptized and five confessed sins and asked the prayers of God's children. One of those confessing sins was a soldier from Fort Worth, Texas, but now stationed at Camp Stoneman in Pittsburg, five miles away. Brother E. Ray Rayburn is the local minister and is doing a good work. Brother Don Hinds, minister of the Brentwood church, was in faithful attendance and his presence gave much encouragement to the meeting. He and brother Rayburn back sound gospel preaching fully. It was a pleasure to be associated with them and the church in Antioch."

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Hoyt H. Houchen, 2110 Lipscomb, Amarillo, Texas, Aug. 31: "Recently I did the preaching in a gospel meeting at McLean, Texas. One was baptized and three placed membership. Thomas Allen Robertson was a congenial coworker and he has done a good work there. On August 28th Anaceto Sparagna, ex-Catholic priest, spoke to an overflow audience of about 1400 here in Central auditorium. A building was recently purchased in Bismarck, North Dakota, where Gordon J. Pennock is laboring and is being supported by Central. The new building at 40th and Lipscomb in the south part of Amarillo is about ready to be constructed. The work here at Central continues to move forward."

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M. C. Cuthbertson, 1220 Elden Ave., Los Angeles 6, Calif., Sept. 4: "Brother Herman Campbell, one of our elders, has just closed a fine meeting in Honolulu, with several baptisms and other additions. Brother Howard White will be with us here September 30 to October 7th. The Whites will remain in the states for some time before returning to Honolulu. Brethren Hugh Clark, Fred Amick and Glen Wallace have recently been guest speakers here at Central, and we enjoyed their fine lessons. I begin a meeting in Modesto, Calif., Sept. 17th, then return home for our meeting. October 22nd I begin a meeting with the Pamona church in Pamona, Calif. Brother E. A. Page recently began work with the Culver City church, and they have just entered into their new place of worship. Brother John Wilson continues to do good in his work in this section in meeting work. San Bernardino and Central, here in Los Angeles, are supporting him in this work through this year. Best wishes to the Guardian."

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Roy E. Cogdill, Box 980, Lufkin, Texas: "The first part of the month of August was spent with the congregation at Birch and Fairview in Santa Ana, Calif. This is a very fine congregation. Through the years it has stood loyally for the truth in the midst of all sorts of softness and compromise. Blessed with a good leadership and with a preacher second to none, this church has gone along in its work building steadily and solidly for the Lord and His Cause. Floyd Thompson, her preacher, has labored for this same church for sixteen years and it is easy to see that he has worn well rather than wearing out. He and his good wife are loved by the members of the congregation and he is respected on the west coast and wherever he is known because he loves the truth, thinks for himself, and is not afraid to do what he believes to be right. The meeting was enjoyable in every way. The last part of the month of August was spent with the good church at Blytheville, Arkansas. This church has done a fine work and has been and still is a strong influence for good in the entire section. A daily radio program broadcast from the Blytheville station has taught the truth to many people throughout the section for a number of years. Harold F. Sharp is the preacher and has been for the past two years or more. He stands uncompromisingly for the truth, knows what the problems are that confront the church today and is not afraid to speak up. The work of this good church and her preacher promises to continue to build up the kingdom of God not only in her own city but throughout a prosperous and thickly settled section of the country. I enjoyed the meeting to the utmost and six were baptized. I go next to Monroe, La., and Mt. Pleasant, Texas."

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S. F. Timmerman, 17 rue Felix Defays, Pepinster, Belgium, Sept. 3: "A discussion, growing out of a recent series of meetings in Verviers (Belg.), will be conducted with the Seventh Day Adventists of that city on Sept. 10. In our meeting we allowed twenty or thirty minutes each evening for those in the audience who wished to ask questions. A number of Adventists were in attendance and sought to take advantage of this question period to put over their Sabbath doctrine. After two nights of this we issued them an invitation to debate the matter publicly, an invitation which their pastor reluctantly accepted. The question is as follows: The Gospel of Jesus Christ maintains the observance of the Sabbath of the Ten Commandments. Further discussions will follow if it is mutually agreed to continue the debate. Another meeting is scheduled to begin in Liege on Sept. 16. Donald R. Earwood is now located in that city. We have also been blessed this summer with the help of Heinrich Blum, a young Swiss who has hopes of eventually carrying the gospel to his native land. Why doesn't some qualified brother in America decide to go with him and assist in establishing the church in that beautiful, hospitable country? Street services, which are held on a principal square of Liege each Lord's day, are giving us an opportunity to preach to hundreds who would never have known about the church otherwise. Sometimes questions are posed which afford greater interest. Such seed sowing, though seemingly slow in producing results, will surely bear fruit in time to come."

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Preston Cotham, Box 229, Childress, Texas, Aug. 27: "Yesterday was a good day here with two baptized, two restored, and one placed membership, bringing to a total nine additions for this month, of which five were baptisms. I closed my work here yesterday and will move to Fort Worth within the next few days. My address there will be 3704 Meadowbrook Drive. Will be in a meeting at Morristown, Tenn., September 16-26 and at Arnett, Okla., September 30-October 10. I will begin my work with the new Meadowbrook congregation in Fort Worth the second Sunday in October. They hope to have the building completed and be ready to start meeting by then. Please note my change of address. When in Fort Worth, we would be happy to have you worship with us."

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James W. Reynolds, 135 Vernon Place, Pueblo, Colo., Aug. 20: "The meeting with the church at Leonard, Texas, August 6th through the 15th was well attended and especially for the hot weather that we had at the same time. Eleven were baptized and one restored. The Leonard church can, and I believe will, do some of its best work in the future. Three have been baptized and one identified here in Pueblo since our last writing."

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W. S. Taylor, 2606 Vine St., Brownwood, Texas, Aug. 29: "For the past two years I've been enjoying your good paper through the kindness of my good friend and brother W. D. Scroggins of Amarillo, Texas. I came to Brown-wood the first of this year and expect to make my home here. I've had part time work with some of the churches since I came here. For the last three months I've been preaching for the Southside church here on a temporary basis. I have the last two Lord's days in September and the first two in October to devote to meeting work. Would like to hear from some church who can use me for that time, either for a meeting or for appointment preaching."

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R. C. Copeland, Jr., Box 863, Clarendon, Texas, Aug. 30: "Brother Claude C. Smith of Weatherford, Texas, concluded a ten days meeting here on the night of the 28th. Ten responded, seven for baptism. One is to be baptized today. Brother Joe Preston of Carey, Texas, directed the singing. Both men did their work well. Am very happy to have read in the July 26th issue of the Guardian about brother Boyd Glover leaving the anti-class faction. Brother Glover is a well-educated man with sterling character and a lot of ability to preach and teach God's word. More and more of the anti-class brethren are waking up to their duty and coming out of the darkness of anti-ism. I believe in ten more years, the anti-faction will be for the most part a thing in the past. They only have about 700 congregations and most of them are very weak and small in number."

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Jimmy Wood, Brownfield, Texas, Sept. 3: "We had one baptism here last Wednesday night and three yesterday morning. This brings the total number of baptisms here for the year to forty-three. Our Bible class attendance was down some yesterday, but we are hoping to average 400 in Bible classes for the month of September. The brethren here are sending me to Columbia, La., this fall for a meeting. Dates are October 7-14. There is no New Testament church in Columbia, but we are hoping to be instrumental in starting the work there. The church at Holliday, Texas, is to help bear the advertising expenses for the meeting, and brother Herod Simpson, one of their elders, will lead singing during the meeting."

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Geo. R. Long, Elizabeth, W. Va., Aug. 31.: "I have just closed meetings in the following places: Blue Springs, Tenn., near Fort Henry, with four baptisms. Interest was good in view of the happenings a few years past after the Big Dam that was built at Gilbertsville, Ky., caused the congregation to be torn asunder—families were divided never more to be united on this earth. Just a very few are left to tell the tale. The faithful few remaining still worship according to New Testament worship. From here I next went to Huntsville, Miss. We had good interest with no visible results. From there to Dutch Bethel, Indiana. According to the record this is about the oldest congregation in the USA. It is located in Owen county ,Spencer, Indiana, being the county seat. The work here in Elizabeth, W. Va., seems to be on the upward move. We are planning for a months meeting in a large tent with a different speaker for as many as three nights at a time. We want to say that the Gospel Guardian to our way of seeing is the best gospel paper in the brotherhood. Keep it rolling."