Devoted to the Propagation and Defense of New Testament Christianity
VOLUME 13
Arpil 26, 1962
NUMBER 50, PAGE 9

A Letter From Peter Wilson

Peter J. Wilson, King's Lynn, England

(Editors note: Brother Peter. J. Wilson faithful preacher from California, is being supported in gospel work in England by some of the fine California churches. This report was taken from the bulletin of the San Bernardino. California, congregation.)

Dear Brethren, I am combining my report for December and January for a number of reasons, the holiday rush, the severe

weather, and our recent gospel meeting have kept us especially busy.

In spite of the most severe winter that this section has had in over a hundred years, our meeting proved to be well worth the effort. The first night of the meeting, the bus that brings the brethren in from the Southorpe Air Base had to turn back because of snow and ice. Since the storm was supposed to last for some time, we debated whether to call the rest of the meeting off but decided to go ahead with it. The next night the roads were barely passable. The weather cleared for the last few days of the meeting and we had fair crowds. Irene's cousin, a young man of about 24, had been serving in the British Army in Germany and studying through the Chaplain there to become a "Missionary" to Malaya for the Anglican Church. He came up to spend the first weekend of the meeting with us, intending to go back in the early part of the week to attend a Missionary Society Conference near London. However, he and I had several long studies in which we took the "Thirty Nine Articles of Faith" of the Church of England and went through them one by one, disproving about 22 of them by the Bible and even showing that they contradicted themselves. It was an especially rewarding experience to baptize him into Christ, not only because of the family tie, but because of his zeal and ability and his determination to devote his life to the preaching of the pure gospel. At the close of the meeting two more were baptized and then last Lord's Day two more rendered obedience to the gospel. The thing that makes us especially gratified is that of the last 10 baptisms, 8 of them have been from among the English people. I have turned my Wed. night cottage class into a "Babes in Christ" study and am trying to indoctrinate them in their responsibilities as Christians.

We finally were able to locate a little more suitable place to do our baptizing. There is a huge indoor swimming pool in Norwich, about an hour's drive away, that we can use any day or night in the week after the pool has been cleared. Naturally, it was a little more comfortable than some of the ice cold sessions we had in the North Sea.

The decisions of the "powers that be" continue to affect our work and Its future prospects. Due to the

"Berlin Crisis," the U. S. Government has put a restriction on all dependents of servicemen so that none of the men can have their families with them until further notice. This will hurt us in the next six months if it is not lifted since several of our most faithful families are due to rotate back to the States and if there are none coming to replace them, we will feel the pinch. However, on the brighter side of things, the British government has announced a ten year plan for the redistribution of about 10,000 families from the crowded area around London to the King's Lynn area, thus making it one of the largest cities in England. Naturally, this enhances the future potential of this work tremendously.

The brethren in Glasgow have asked me back to preach for three nights next week. There were some contacts we made during the meeting in November that they feel might be reached by my preaching. If the roads in between here and there are clear enough, I will probably go. My February report may be delayed a few days due to the fact that I will be away in the meeting in Kaiserslautern, Germany, the latter part of the month.

Whatever has been accomplished thus far in this work and whatever will be done has been the result of the grace of God, the power inherent in the gospel, and the unselfish and generous attitude of your brethren. With the apostle Paul I can say, "I thank my God upon all my remembrance of you, always in every supplication of mine on behalf of you all making my supplication with joy, for your fellowship in furtherance of the gospel from the first day until now " (Phil. 1:3-6)

Trusting that the Lord will continue to bless all of you and the good work you are doing, and sending our kindest regards to the brethren there, I remain, Your servant in Christ, s/ Peter J. Wilson