Devoted to the Propagation and Defense of New Testament Christianity
VOLUME 1
January 26, 1950
NUMBER 37, PAGE 8

News

-W. E. Brightwell

Kilgore Building Burns Stanley J. Lovett, 810 Houston St., Kilgore, Texas, January 12: "Saturday, January 7, at 5:45 P. M., the interior of the Houston and Broadway Church building in Kilgore was gutted by fire. From the auditorium level up, it was destroyed or damaged by fire, smoke, and water. The basement also suffered water and smoke damage. The stone walls are apparently undamaged. Insurance coverage was of a $30,000 maximum on the building and contents. The replacement cost is expected to far exceed the insurance coverage. The near-by preacher's home was undamaged. We are grateful no one was hurt, and that the loss is not greater than it is. Sunday services were held in the Kilgore Heights School building, which is within a block of the burned-out building. Worship services will be held there until we can rebuild. This will probably take from three to six months. Harvey Scott's lectures, which had been in progress Monday through Friday preceding the fire, were continued, according to schedule, Monday evening and will come to a close Friday evening. Brother Scott lost about twenty-two, and had about 80 copies of his book, "Parent Education" damaged which had been left in the study when he returned to Texarkana over the week-end.

We have suffered a great loss, but will rebuild as soon as we can get an insurance settlement."

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Voyd N. Ballard, 363 Santa Fe St., Lindsay, Calif., January 13: "On January 8, I closed fifteen months of very pleasant work with the church in Woodville, Calif. We have a fine group of brethren there. They invited me to remain with them during 1950, but the opportunity to move to Lindsay presented itself, and I felt it wise to make the move. The church building is located at 400 East Hermosa St. I feel we will have a good work with the Lindsay brethren.

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T. A. Davis spent some two or three years in work here. Bro. Davis is a fine man and a good sound preacher, and he is held in high esteem by this congregation. These brethren appreciate his good work and had invited him to stay with them another year, but he desired to return to his home state, Kansas.

The church here will begin a two-weeks meeting, February 15. Rue Porter will do the preaching."

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A. Chester Grimes, 2924 W. Broadway, Muskogee, Okla., January 2: "Three were baptized yesterday at the West Side in Muskogee. I am entering my sixth year with this good congregation. Worship with us when passing our way."

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A. Chester Grimes, 2924 W. Bdwy. Muskogee, Okla.: "After a little more than five years of labor with the West Side congregation, in Muskogee, Okla., I have resigned and will begin work with the 'Heights' congregation, in Houston, Texas, on or before March 1.

The West Side congregation in Muskogee is indeed a good one. It has an excellent leadership and a fine membership. It has grown from a very small beginning in 1944, to a present membership of 225. A new building has been erected (with a seating capacity of 450), which is valued at eighty to one hundred thousand dollars.

They have a good home for the local evangelist. They have developed and maintain an excellent radio program, which reaches a hundred-mile radius around Muskogee. The future of this congregation is very bright indeed.

My address after March 1st will be: Harvard at East Sixteenth St., Houston, Texas."

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Wilson Wallace, Box 1804, Oklahoma City, Okla.: "After concluding my work with the church in East Oakland, Calif., I have held meetings in the following places during 1949: Holtville, Modesto, and Eureka, Cal; Douglas and Winslow, Ariz.; Heidenheimer and Terrell, Texas; Newport, Pike Road, and Warner's Chapel, N. C.; St Mary's, W. Va.; Springfield, Paris, and Hume, Ill.; and Holdenville, Okla. Also there have been various Sunday appointments that I have filled in Texas, Oklahoma New Mexico, and California. This year I plan to devote my time to meetings again, and will accept appointments wherever I may be called. Address as above."

J. T. Marlin, Dickson, Tenn.: "A young couple obeyed the gospel here the first day of the year. Our audiences are good, we use chairs in the aisles each Sunday morning. Our evening audiences are increasing. We continue to broadcast Monday through Friday each week, 11:15 to 11:30 a.m. over WJZM, Clarkesville, 1400 k.c."

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W. F. Showers, Taft, Texas, January 12: "Four baptisms during a meeting here, with R. D. Simmons of Corpus Christi preaching. Our next meeting here will be with B. C. McCarley of Houston preaching the last twelve days of April I'm sending a letter with 100 subscriptions to the Ancient Landmarks."

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John H. Bullock, 335 Warwick Blvd., San Antonio, Texas, January 10: At ' present I am directing the singing at the Highland Church of this city, but am interested also in teaching music and directing the singing for revivals in a radius of thirty miles. Address me as above."

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Hugh Boydston, 10524 Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas, Texas, January 9: "Two more baptized, and one made acknowledgements yesterday. When in Dallas, visit with us 1/4 mile north of Traffic Circle, on highway 77, to Oklahoma City and Denton, Texas."

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A. H. Porterfield, 1815 North San- $ ders, Poplar Bluff, Mo., January 11: "Nineteen forty-nine was one of the best years of my life in preaching the gospel I pray that 1950 may be better. I have a little time left for meetings, and I am still teaching singing schools also."

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The sweetest sound The sweetest sound in all the world to me Is unaccompanied song in harmony, As hymned in worship from the lips of men, Whose hearts are filled with love and praise for Him, Ascending as of incense to the throne Of God, in sweet refrain to Him alone.

Oh, how can man destroy this lovely thing With instruments of music, when to sing Accompanied by the strings of one's own heart Is true and simple worship set apart, And reaches down into the soul of man To lift him up to God as none else can." —Leta M. Cox