Devoted to the Propagation and Defense of New Testament Christianity
VOLUME 10
January 29, 1959
NUMBER 38, PAGE 4

Were Sorry!

Editorial

We Know Nothing To Do But To Apologize For Whatever Delay There May Be In Your Getting Your Gospel Guardian This Week, And For The Next Two Or Three Weeks Ahead. We Simply Were Not Prepared To Cope With The Tremendous Number Of New Subscriptions Arriving At Our Office By Every Mail. Extra Help Has Been Employed, And We Hope Very Shortly To Have Everything Under Control. Our Goal Of 30,000 New Subscriptions In 1959 Looms More And More Attainable With Every Passing Day. Hundreds Of Faithful Supporters Are Sending In Lists Of Five, Ten, Twenty, Fifty, And Up To 500 Subscriptions! Thanks To All Of You. And Now That We Have Made Such A Promising Start, Let Us Push The Campaign With All Vigor.

Another Preacher For Norway

We call your attention to an article in this issue by Brother Mason Harris, entitled "Another Worker For Norway." Read it carefully.

Bill and Mary Pierce are a truly consecrated young Christian couple, and it brings happiness to the heart of all the faithful to see them now ready to take up their life in Norway, and do what they can to serve the Lord in that fine country. Connie Adams and Mason Harris are doing excellent work there; the promise for the future is great. And with the return of the Adams's next fall, it is doubly important that Brother Pierce be in Norway before Adams leaves there.

It was the editor's good fortune to be in two gospel meetings in Ohio at churches where Bill Pierce was preaching — at Wilmington, Ohio, in 1957, and at Hillsboro in 1958. Both of these congregations are small (Wilmington was a new congregation); each place presented difficulties that called for calm judgment, good understanding of the scriptures, and a total consecration to the cause of truth. Bill Pierce measured up in every particular. He is capable and deserving; and has the ability to do a truly lasting work in Norway.

We believe this is an opportunity for faithful congregations who are interested in carrying the truth to a "foreign" field to invest their money with full confidence. We urge you to get in touch with Brother Pierce (113 South Elm Street, Hillsboro, Ohio), and do what you can to have "fellowship in furtherance of the gospel" as he goes into Norway.

— F. Y. T.

Personal Note

May the editor inject a "personal note" on this page to say "thank you" to the scores of friends who are writing him (and some even calling by long distance telephone!) to tell of their pleasure in reading "J. D. Tant — Texas Preacher". It is a humbling experience to receive so many compliments when one feels so utterly undeserving of them. Whatever value the book may have, and whatever worth as a history of early Texas preaching, comes obviously from the liberal quotations from the writings of J. D. Tant — and from the "Reminiscences" of Nannie Yater Tant.

And may we ask this favor? On February 13 Nannie Yater Tant will observe her eighty-seventh birthday. She is in excellent health, and in fine spirits. Even at this age, when one might be expected to "take life easy", she is one of the hardest working women you would ever expect to meet! Every year she types something like a thousand personal letters for the editor. Her life is happy and cheerful as she nears the end of the way; and her faith is a constant inspiration to all who know her.

The Favor We Ask? If You Are One Of Those Who Has Read And Enjoyed "J. D. Tant — Texas Preacher", How About Sending A Birthday Card To Nannie Yater Tant — And Putting In A Word Of Appreciation To Her For The Help And Inspiration She Has Been To So Many Thousands Through The Long Years Of Her Life? She Will Not Try To Answer Your Cards Or Letters; But You Can Be Assured They Will Mean Much To Her. You May Address Her In Care Of Her Daughter, Mrs. Dalton L. Priestley, Route No. 2, Germantown, Tennessee. It Is Impossible, Of Course, For A Son To Be Unbiased Or Objective About His Mother, But We Believe That Thousands Of People Who Have Known Her Through The Years, Or Who Will Have Come To Know Her Through The Pages Of The Tant Biography, Will Agree With Us That This "Mother In Israel" Has Left A Record Of Love And Service Behind Her Which Will Not Be Soon Forgotten. Many Of You Have Mentioned Her In Your Letters Of Appreciation About The Book. Now, How About Saying Those Same Things To Her Directly? Thanks. — F.Y.T.