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Robert P. Cooper, 2201 Gordon St., Hopewell, Virginia, April 17: "This past Lords day was a good day for the church here in Hopewell. At the morning service one young man confessed backsliding. Splendid attendance at all services continues. Quite a few soldiers from nearby Fort Lee and Camp Pickett have been attending our services recently. If you know of a service man in either of these camps send us their name and address... We have a radio program each Sunday morning at 9:00 over the local station, WHAP. This broadcast is being heard by a great number of people in this section of Virginia. The church in Hopewell is located at 300 West Cawson St."

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Truman Carney, 6152 S. Grand Blvd., St. Louis, Mo., April 18: "Brother James R. Cope was with the Spring and Blaine congregation in a meeting which closed on the 15th. His preaching was of the best. Four were baptized."

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Grover Stevens, 1218 Phyllis Ave., Louisville 15, Ky., April 18: "There were eight baptized and four restored and identified with this congregation during an eight day meeting at the Taylor Boulevard Church in which brother Eugene Clevenger of Florida Christian College preached. This was one of our best meetings. We broke our attendance records on both average and record attendance. Brother Clevenger did a remarkable job of preaching. His sermon on "The Threat of Modernism," was a masterpiece. It was preached on Sunday afternoon to an overflow crowd. Brother Clevenger has done local work with this congregation before and is loved and appreciated by all."

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Thomas Allen Robertson, Box 175, McLean, Texas, April 18: "The last four Lord's days here at McLean have been record breakers both in attendance and contribution. From March 26 to April 1 brother Glenn A. Sparks of Camden, Arkansas, was with us in a gospel meeting. Brother Sparks is an interesting speaker and an able defender of the faith. The elders, the congregation and I feel that the church has been strengthened by his having come our way. He is to be with us again in 1952. This meeting resulted in three baptisms, one restoration and one to place membership. From April 2 to April 15 I was in a good meeting with the church at South Flat, Oklahoma. Brother J. J. Kays directed the singing during this meeting in a fine way. The weather hindered the meeting almost from the beginning. However, the attendance was good with many outsiders in attendance. This meeting resulted in one man seventy-one years old being baptized into Christ. My next work away from McLean is a meeting at LeFors, Texas, the first three Lord's days in June. Brother Robert A. Bolton is the capable preacher at LeFors. At present I have time open for meetings in 1952."

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James W. Reynolds, 135 Vernon Place, Pueblo, Colo., April 17: "Brother G. K. Wallace of Wichita, Kansas, was with us in a meeting which closed Wednesday evening, April 11. Brother Wallace did a good job of bringing the gospel of Christ. The interest was good for both morning and evening services throughout. The attendance reflects the growth of this congregation as well as the interest that was manifest in the preaching of the gospel. Two were baptized during the meeting and two restored, making six baptisms, and two restorations during the last four Lord's days."

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ON THE PASSING OF BROTHER A. 0. COLLEY It was with a deep sense of personal loss and sadness that I learned on Saturday, April 7, while at Conroe, of the passing of brother A. 0. Colley. One by one the older men among us are going the way of all flesh, and all of us are getting older. Soon, those of us who are now more or less in the prime of life will stand where brother Colley stood, to answer the summons of death and to cross over Jordan. May we be as faithful to the principles of New Testament Christianity as brother Colley always was. May we all have an abiding faith in the all-sufficiency of the revealed will of God as brother Colley did. In a meeting near Waco, Texas, some years ago, I heard the truth from his lips, and was constrained to heed the Master's call. In a little mud tank, I was immersed during the meeting there. So, to me the life of brother Colley was a life fraught with meaning, and his passing causes me to pause in the midst of preaching the gospel, to honor him, and to thank God for his life. As far as I can now recall, I was the only one who obeyed the gospel during this effort, but how much has that one meeting meant to me. Today, all of the members of my immediate family are in the church, due to the influence of brother Colley, and that little congregation at Riesel, Texas, which brought him there to preach the unsearchable riches of Jesus Christ. How powerful is influence, and how immortal So, we bid brother Colley farewell here, with the fond hope and the earnest expectation of a meeting over in the land of joy and peace, beyond the wailing winds of confusion, and the surging seas of speculation, where there is no pain or sadness to mar the bliss of that summerland. May God bless his loved ones is our prayer for them.

--Leonard Mullens

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H. H. Evans and D. L. Freeman, Elders, Anniston, Alabama, April 15, 1951.

We desire to announce that the name of the Noble Street Church of Christ, located at Sixteenth and Noble Streets, Anniston, Alabama, has been changed to the Central Church of Christ. There are now several congregations in the city, and this one being the most centrally located as well as the oldest and largest in the city, this change is very necessary.

The congregation is in excellent condition. Steady growth is indicated in every way. The spirituality of the members is excellent. Brother W. Douglass Harriss is doing a fine work as our minister."

H. H. EVANS D. L. FREEMAN Elders

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