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CEBU CHR I ST IAN

Publication

of the

Cebu

Christ an

Mission

P. O.

Box

41,

Cebu

City,

Philippines

Missionaries: Ray and Imogene Carlson

MAY

Jjo fisdufm. D

TIdL

Jd

ihdwut.

That WAS the question Whether it

was nobler in the mind to suffer the slings

and arrows of outrageous fortune

that

threatened the post-war Philippines with

communism or to take arms against a sea

of troubles andby contributing to the

moral uplif t of the Philippinesend them.

To repatriateperchance to dream. Ay,

there's the rubfor in

that

forsaking of

foreign evangelistic effort in the hour of

needwhat dreams may come e'er we have

shuffled off this mortal coil did give us

pause. 'Scuse, please, Will iam.

Some said

this and s om e sa id

that.

But

in the final analysis, it was for us to decide.

Did the Filipino brethren want us back?

Most emphat ical ly yes Was there

work

tha t

we

could do ? To

as k

was to answer .

Was there still time for anything to be ac

complished? We would see. At any rate

we could not resist the thrill of trading

blows with the enemy. What have we to

fear when

we ar e on the

Lord 's

side. I f

it might not have been misunderstood, we

might have been willing to quote Proverbs

28 :

WELCOME

Our arrival in Manila on Jan. 31st was

made very happy by the welcome accorded

us by Mrs. Wolfe,

Ruth

Smith, the McEl-

roys and the Hales. Some of the brethren

from Economia church brought orchid

corsages for Imogene and Roberta. Others

from Crusada, the Seminary and elsewhere

made us know we were unmistakably want

ed. We could be sure by the relieved at

titudes indicated. They were not afraid

we would

r et ur n, but that

we would

not.

The following Monday (Feb. 4) many

braved the rain to give us a hearty hello.

One jeppney had a large sign on either side

with

the legend: WELCOME TO

THE

CARLSONSCARRETA CHURCH OF

CHRIST,

CEBU CITY. I

am

sure

that

at

least fifty Christians were at the airport

when we

landed.

There

was no doubt of

their joy. We had been gone too long.

At home in San Isidro, Talisay, our

neighbors crowded around the house and

one sent some roasted pig. The damage to

the house had been exaggerated and all our

things were in good condition. Our home

coming was complete.

BROTHER BILL JESSUP

We have invited th e President of San

Jose Bible CollegeBrother Jessupto be

with us for one day ou t of the five he will

pend in the Philippines during his trip

through some of the Oriental missions sta

tions. He is to be in the Islands April 23-

28th. His visit will be a great encourage

ment to all our people.

952

GUILJUNGAN

The vigor of this congregation in Occi

dental Negros has been heart-warming. The

accompanying -pioture shows -how it was

especially manifest during Brother Teodoro

Rendon's visit. Many were baptized and

NEW WORKERS

As this goes to press we are making ready

to

announce

th e decision of B ro th er an d

Sister Elston K. Knight to come to Cebu

and share in the work.

They

have had

fruitful

ministries

and

come

well-recom

mended by the brethren. Bet ty Yarbrough

also, senior in Atlan ta Christian College,

plans to come to Cebuthe Lord willing

after her graduation. She will be very use

ful

in

women's

and

children's

work.

She

has an

excellent

scholastic

record

an d has

proven herself a devoted and faithful fol

lower of the Lord. We pray

that

at least

$1,500 will be pledged at once for her sup

port. Those who know her life and have

sent

her i nt o Chr is ti an

s er vi ce w il l d o th eir

duty in this respect.

WORKING SITES

As this copy was in preparation, arrange

ments were made for us to rent a building

on the oldest street in the Philippines

Colon Street. Here the Seminary will be

located for the coming year and unt il such

time as we are able to buy our own pro

perty. Nearby, on Junquera Street, a hall

has been rented for the English church

which we hope to be able to start in the

next few weeks.

The

rent

fo r

th e

lat ter

will be 12.50 a

week.

We are

confident

that

in a few months the congregation will

be able to assume this responsibility them

selves.

his fellowship strengthened these brethren

in the ir lonely stand. Bro. Albino Lacson is

the minister.

The church

at

Waveland,

Indiana, has been helping Sister Florista

Millendez in her work among the women

an d

children.

DISPLACED PERSONS

It has been recently reported

that

some

5,000 displaced persons were resettled in the

United States through the efforts of the

Methodist Commi tt ee f or Overseas

Relief

in

1951.

Several hundred of these unfor tun

ates are concentrated yet in the province of

Samar, Philippines. It is past time for our

brotherhood to begin doing something for

these political castaways. Without a doubt,

many of these are diseased and fewin their

present statewould be an asset to any

community,

but

as Christ ians we should re

cognize

that

they are soulssouls for whom

Christ

diedsouls

fo r whom we have

a

benevolent responsibility in the name of

Christ . What about it brethren?

Let

us

pu t our

fa it h into action. Let us

no t

be

put to shame in this respect by the sectar

ians.

PRAYER

Often requests for prayer are not seri

ously regarded and made without deep in

tentions. Not so ours.

We

have seen to o

many things done when we were at the end

of our wisdom and resources to lightly re

gard the supplications of righteous men. It

is sure that nothing can help us more in the

task we are trying to do. If it was by

wealth, the Catholics would

win. We t ru st

in prayer, obedience

to

the

Word

and

com

mon sense. Will you help us in the first?

We are always to pray and not to faint.


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ADELA MARAMARA

It is not strange that in a church here

as

well

as in

some

churches in the

States

that one woman's prayers, labor and sacri

fices

have held it together and solved many

of its problems. Such a woman is Sister

Adela Gaurano. No one has applied her

training in the Cebu Bible Seminary to a

better advantage. Day and night finds her

going from house to house encouraging, ad

vising and comforting in the Word. All

the

brethren of

the

Casseta

Church

recom

mend her as being worthy of help. Is there

some mission group who would be inter

ested

in her work as a project? We sug

gest 30 a

month for her

assistance.

You

will never regret this investment in the

cause of

th e

Lord.

ENGLISH

CONGREGATION .

The decision

to establish a

church in

which English will be

spoken

and which

will be ministered to by Bro. Carlson has

come

after much deliberation and prayer.

It has been felt important because of the

many Filipino students coming to Cebu

who have little knowledge of Cebuano. All

schools

and

colleges

are conducted in Eng

lish and therefore this

medium would

be the

means whereby young men and women

would be

influenced

by the Gospel. Then,

too, the

common

use of English by

business

people would assure the eventual financial

self-sufficiency

of such a group. We can

visualize the day when such a church would

be very useful in helping others get started.

FIRST

AID

EQUIPMENT

We still have need of supplies for first

aid. Each of our

preachers

carry

simple

bandages

and remedies. The band-aid type

of bandages are the most practical. Iodine,

merthiolate and sulfanilamide powder are in

use most. Skin

diseases

are very common.

Make up a

bundle

and send

us

just

long

as it is no t valued above 10.

SEA-GOING FELLOWSHIP

Our return to the Islands was brightened

by the

companionship

of the Charles Selby

family which was

returning to

Aparri

in

northern Luzon. Since

both

of us were

ready to sail at about the same time, ar

rangements were made with the agents of

the China

Bear

permitting us to sail to

gether.

Each

morning

of the

voyage

after

breakfast

devotions

were led in turn by

Mr.

Selby and

Mr. Carlson. All including

the children

joined in a

round

of prayers.

On the Lord's Day, the children had a class

of their own and the rest of us studied the

International lesson. The two

portable

communion sets provided sufficient facilities

for all who joined with us in the ordinances.

F O O D

Believe

it or not, but

we rarely receive

food parcels.

These

are much appreciated

Most

of the canned and packaged items you

buy

in

the

market

mail very

well

if

proper

ly

packed

and wrapped. Import control has

made many

items

impossible

to

purchase.

Native foods are

good

and of

reasonable

cost

but not of sufficient variety.

Dried

fruits keep

well and do

not

weigh

heavily

Use small corrugated overseas cartons.

Many 10c

stores keep

them in stock. Can

anyone

get for us

some

of those Jewish

matzoes for

communion bread.

A

grape

drink is bottled here that we use for the

cup

SLIDES

A set of 2x2 colored slides on the work

in Cebu is now on its way to Brother Har-

rold McFarland Mission Youth, Willernie

Minnesota.

They

should

be of help in your

mission program. Writ e Brother McFar

land

fo r reservation.

MONEY ORDERS

State-side money orders must be returned

if

sent

here.

Only

International Money

Orders are accepted. These last,

however

are so unhandy that we suggest the use of

personal checks.

Our

banking facilities

are

good.

TTla^

1952

BERNABE

IN

DAVAO

Friends of Brother Santiago Bernabe and

the work he has

been

doing in Davao will

be

grieved

to know of the

passing

of his

wife,

Lydia

a few months

ago.

A serious

ailment

which

no

doctor

outside

of

Manila

was able to diagnose took her before funds

could be

secured

to take

he r

there. We

know

that this has been a serious blow to

him and

that

the care of his

children

and

the

problem

of

making

a

living leaves

little

time for him to be active in the

evangelistic

field

as he

would like.

We have regretted

our inability to get behind his effort there

in any substantial way.

LIVING

LINK

INCREASED

We were pleasantly surprised to receive

an air-mail special delivery letter in Oak

land as we boarded the

China

Bear. It

was from a living-link churchthe Latonia

Christian Church, Covington, Kentucky,

ministered to by Bro. Joseph D. Hill. In it

was the good news that the church had

granted an increase in salary to 2,000.

This thoughtful recognition of the rise in

cost of living will keep us working efficient

ly-

BAPTISMS

In the last year, over two hundred haxe

been

reported baptized

by

those making

re

port to us. The brethren are busy, the har

vest is ripe and the future bright.

PHILIPPINES

AGENCY

AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY

SCRIPTURE

DISTRIBUTION FOR NOV.-DEC. 1951 & JAN. 19S2

B

T

P

C

T O T A L

Bicol

14 3

1 9 4

341

588

Cebuan

8 9 2

9 2

1 034

2 018

Ibanag

3 4

34

I locano

991

5 2 3

3 925

5 439

Pampangan

1

1 4

1 1 4

Panayan

4 8 8

1 15

12

675

Pangasinan

111

21

115

2 4 7

Samareno

1 4

5

1 9

Tagalog

9 9

32 5

1 622

2 856

Chinese

26 3

71

19 1

525

English

1 011

1 553

3 941

6 505

Spanish

2 6

13

3 9

Greek

1

1

Tota l

4 952

3 218

14 034

22 263

N O T E :

Tota l

fo r

Nov.-Dec.

195 0

& January 1951

9 242

3 465

34 787

47 507


3/23

97%, m i

ONE

JUNGLE

NIGHT

(Author unknown)

The tom-toms thumped on and on all

night throughout the jungle, and the dark

ness shuddered o'er me like a living feeling

thing. I could not go. to sleep so I lay

awake and I looked and saw, and it seemed

like

this:

I stood at the edge of a grassy plain.

At my feet a precipice broke sheer down

into infinite space. I looked, but could

see no bottom only cloud shapesblack

and furiously coiled and dark, shadow-

shrouded hollows and unfathomable depth.

Back I drew, dizzy at the depth.

Then I saw forms of people moving

single file across the grass. All made

straight for the precipice edge. There was

a woman smiling confidently as she walked

on. She was at the very verge. Then I saw

she was

blindstone blind

She lifted

he r

foot to take another step. It trod air

Then she was over, and oh, the cry as she

wen t

over

There

were

more people streaming from

all quarters. All were blind. All made

straight for the edge of the precipice. There

were shrieks and crys as they suddenly knew

themselves to be falling and a-clutching

and catching at empty air But some went

over quietly and fell without a sound.

Then I wondered

with

a wonder tha t was

simply agony who no one stopped them at

the edge. I could not. My feet were glued

to the ground. I could not speak, though

I strained and tried, only a whisper would

ome

Then I

saw

tha t

there

were sentries

st a

tioned at intervals along the edge. But the

sentries were fa r too few, and there were

wide, unguarded gaps between. And over

these gaps the people fell in their blindness,

quite unwarned. An the green grass seem

ed blood red, and the gulf yawned like the

mouth

o f

hell.

Then

I saw, like a picture of peace, a

group of people sitting under some trees,

with their backs to the gulf. They were

making daisy chains. Sometimes when one

of the crys of the falling ones would reach

their ears, it disturbed them, and they

thought it a rather vulgar sound. But

when one of them would rise up to go do

something about it,, the rest would pull him

back down.

Why

get so excited they

said. You haven't finished making your

daisy chains It would be really

selfish

of

you to leave us to complete the work

alone

Then

I saw another group whose earnest

desire was to get more sentries

out. But

they found that there were very few who

wanted to go, so there were no sentries for

miles and miles along the edge.

Once there was a girl who stood at her

place along the edge waving the people

back.

Bu t

he r

relatives

and

friends re

minded her that her furlough was due, so

feeling tired and needing a change, she

went home to rest awhile. Bu t no one w as

sent to take her place; and over the people

fell like a waterfal l o f

souls.

There was a boy who caught a tuft of

grass at the very edge. Though he called

and cried convulsively, no one seemed to

hear. Then the roots gave way, and he fell.

sdsj ^Juddiian.

his hand still clutching the torn off bunch

of grass. And the girl who longed to be

back at her place thought she heard him

cry, so she rose to go back; but her mother

reproved her and said that no one was real

ly

needed

anywhere and that her place

would be well taken care of, so they sang a

hymn.

Then through the hymn came another

sound like the pain of a million broken

hearts all

wrung out

in one drop, one sob.

Then a horror of great darkness came upon

me, for I knew what it wasthe cry of

blood Then

thundred

a Voice,

th e

voice

of

the

Lord, and He said,

Whom

shall I

send and who will go for us?

Then

I said,

Here am I, Lord, send me. Then He

said, Go, and tell this people chat Jesus is

the Way, the Truth, and the Life, no man

comes to the Father but through Him.

Jesus said, All authority hath been given

unto

me in heaven and in earth. Go ye

therefore and teach all nations, baptizing

them in

th e name

of

th e

Father,

and of

the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, teaching

them to observe all things whatsoever I

have commanded you, and lo, I am with

you always, even to the end of the world.

T HE W O RL D S H OP E

To read the news, local or foreign, today

leads to the feeling

that

the world is in

a

terrible

mess.

But those

who look

behind

the appearance that meet the eye

see

God

in the background directing and guiding

destinies of

nat ions and men.

We see

HOPE

on th e

horizon.

We do

not

base

our hope in the future on what we read in

the news reports in the papers or what we

see as we

l ook acros s

th e

affairs

of

men

to

day. We do not base our hope even on

what we sec in the Church today.

Noth

ing is gained by shutt ing our eyes in blind

ness to

the dark

facts

o f

th e w or ld or th e

f ra i l weakness

within

th e

Church. We

base

our hope on the solid promises of the Word

of God that He is in th e C hr istia n w orld

enterprise and is dealing with righteousness,

t ruth and

chat

which is

eternal.

The group of outcasts and base things

of the worfd that formed the flickering

candlelight of the church in the first cen

tury

seemed frail, weak, and unimportant

in th e cu rren t o f cu lture an d

civilization

of the Greece-Roman world. What power

or

effect di d

th e churches

have in

contrast

to the might and power of the great Em

pire; The church seemed utterly in

significant. But it was the sword of the

Empire

that

finally fell,

not

the church

with its significant message of the cross.

The only thing abiding or eternally stable

in this world is God and His people. The

only real city is the fellowship of the saints

within a city. The only abiding nation

is th e church within a

nation.

We have

hope, not because of what we

see

but

be

cause of what lies beneath

what

we see that

is yet untouched by the sullied hands of

sinful

men. It is t ime we Christians re

member the symbolism of Hope in the

painting by

Watts.

He portrays

Hope

as a

blindfolded woman, sit ti ng on a darkened

world, with her ear against a harp, every

string of which is broken but one.

That

is

his picture, not of despair but of hope. The

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woman typifies hope because she does not

draw from the things that she

sees

from

the easy optimism of the conditions under

which she lives,

but

because underneath all

th e

turmoil

an d

distress

she ca n hear a

single clear assured note, unheard of the ear

but he ard in

th e heart.

Amidst the broken cords upon which men

have played in this discordant world there is

yet one unbroken string that still gives hope

to the hearts of weary men. It is the string

of Christian missions

that

yet brings its

un

selfish message and ministry of love to the

broken-hearted people lying in darkness and

despair. It is our privilege to have a part

in this ministry of hope to the world. Let

us

se t

our hands to th e ta sk

an d

not turn

aside u ntil the well done

of

th e Maste r

refreshes

our

ear.

THE

OLD TESTAMENT,

JESUS,

AN D

MISSIONS

At the close of his ministry after his re

surrection Jesus met in Jerusalem

with

his

disciples and opened their minds that they

might understand the scriptures. He ex

plained to them, The things which are

written

in the

Law

of Moses,

and

the

Prophets, and the Psalms concerning him

self. Then he summed up (Luke 24:36-48)

the outstanding truths which these three

divisions of their Bible contained; (1)

That

th e Christ

should

suffer and rise from the

dead; (2) That repentance and remission

of sins should be preached in his name;

(3) un to all the nations, beginning from

Jerusalem;

(4)

Ye are witnesses of these

things;

(5)

And

I

send

forth

the promise

of my Father upon you. . .

Note well that Jesus found all these

things in THEIR Bible the Old Testament.

On the night he

arose

he said that this wis

a summation of the meaning of the Old

Testament revelation about himself. The

Old Testament

then, finds its meaning in

Jesus Christ and his world-wide redeeming

program, the heart of the New Testament.

The very existence of the Old Testament

is a testimony to God's love for all men of

every nation. No part of the Old Testa

ment can be rightly understood apart from

its relation to the universal Gospel of God's

love in Jesus Christ. Missions on a world

wide basis is the key to the meaning, the

bond of unity, and the standard of evaluat

ing all the Old Testament literature. One

cannot believe in any portion of the Bible

if he rejects the missionary program of

God.

QUOTES

Spurgeon: My son, if God has called you

to be a missionary, your father would be

grieved to see you shrivel down into a

king.

John Wesley:

Al l

the world is my par

ish.

W. D. Cunningham: Every man has a

better right to hear the gospel once thao

any man has to hear it twice.

C. F. Schwartz: There is one thing you

cannot do for missionsthat is, get rid of

your responsibility.

Wesley: The church must go to the lost

or go to oblivion.


4/23

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3 JOIjUl

CALLED

This part of the world is just as grand

As any

part

can be

God sends His glorious sunshine here

As well as oversea,

The sky here is just as blue and clear

As anywhere on

earth

The clouds as lovely and fleecy white

As in my land of birth.

The nights are as dark, and stars as bright

As ever we have seen,

The birds sing beautiful

melodies

And trees are turning green.

I l ove thi s old

earth

that

God

has

made

'Tis grand to be alive,

To

have

His wonde rful

words of life

And in His

service

strive.

I'm glad

that

my Lord has called me here

To spread His

Gospel

light

Where

souls

are held in the grip of sin

By Satan's power and might.

May all that I do or say or am

Bring glory to His name,

May Satan never entice my heart

To any glory claim.

Oh, I am so happy in this work,

I want to do my best.

Fo r then I know I can count on Him

And leave

with

Him th e rest.

Mel ba P alme r

i ' l.N'ANCIAL l lEPORT

OF CEBU

CHRISTIAN

MISSION*. P. O. BOX 41,

CEBU CITY, PH IL I PP INES

JULY 1, 1951 TO FEBRUARY 29, 1952

ANONYMOUS;

ARIZONA: Phoenix,

l-'irst C of C,

.511;

CALIFORNIA: Aimheim,

C

of

C,

$52,-.0:

Bakersfield.

C

of

C,

$15;

Har

r ingtons ,

C of C, $5; Bishop,

Mr.

Clifton

Walke r , $20: Car in i ch ae l . Mrs. [ ' lo rence .Tohn-

son, $ i : Corona . C of C.

$17.50:

Mrs. Pear l

DcHaven, $4 : Primary Dept.

C

of

C.

$49.66:

Covina.

Mrs.

Stella

Brouse,

50: Culver Citv,

C of C.

$50:

Downey, C of C. $109.4S:

Mrs.

Diir lene Mosher .

$10:

Rohe r t Bern iece

Paulson, $25: EsconcUdo,

C

of

C,

$19.88; Gra-

ton,

John

Stree t , $25; Hawthorne ,

Mr,

and

5'rs . N. S. Bailey ,

$40: Hermosa Beach, Mrs.

Nellie

Lipper, $10; Ingiewood,

A

friend,

$7 :

Dept. of Mission? ,

Chr. Cli.,

Women's

Club,

.'Oc:

Firs t

Chr. Cli.. (above LL),

$95.50;

Ag

nes

Gammon. $45; ICill inp-sworth. $60: Les

te r LeMay.

$10:

Mr . an d

Mrs.

Roy Wat ki ns ,

$20: La Habra,

C

of

C,

Bible School, $23.30;

I^awndale, C of C. $11: S S, C of C, $50: rx)val

Hereans ,

O of O.

$10: Win's Miss. Soc..

C of

C biL ChnhdimL

C.

$11.42:

L ind say , C

of

C,

$84.61:

Los

An

geles.

C of C,

Beach

St.,

$13:

.Mrs. J. C.

Glover,

$40: Wm's Miss.

Circle,

Cardiff Av . Clir. Ch.,

$2o: Los (latos, Mr.s. Muri el Chambe rs , 5:

Manhat tan Beach, Mrs. L. P.

Ryden, $15:

Mar.v.sville. Clir. Cti ., 36.6-1:

Merced, East

Side C of C,

$12.66;

Ria i to , Mr .

and

Mrs.

Harold

Painter ,

.5(i:

.San Bernardino,

C of C

am i Si r s . Ann a

Pa in t e r .

$5:1.50:

Mr.s. Vio la

Edwaril-s,

$10:

TNT Class. C of C.

$45.01;

San ta Cruz, C of C,

$25;

S an J os e, S J Bible

College, $41.26: Santa Rosa, Firs t Clir. Ch.,

$27.75: Tiirlock, Eusts ide

C of C, $100.

CANADA: N. B.. L E'tete, Wm's Miss.

Soc.,

C of C.

$10; FLORID.X;

Eust i s ,

Mr. am i Mrs.

Te d

Parker .

$25:

Samipoint,

Mi-.

Gee.

H.

Ham,

$20; Tampa, Wm's Council ,

Cent.

Clir. Ch.,

1(1; GF.ORGIA;

Atlanta,

Betty Yarlirough,

$25: Eas t Point , i- 'oiirfold Bilile

C la ss. C hr.

Ch.,

$80:

Wni'.s

Council , Jeff. Pk. C of C, $6.50.

J LLINDIS: A l to n , Fir s t

Chr.

Cii.,

$20; Cham-

l ai ign, Mi ss

Edha D'l-Iair,

$50; Chicago,

Jen

ni e

and Amel ia C ar ls on , $50:

Margare t

and

Laura

Grainger, $40:

Metro. C of C,

$75:

Nettle lUirless, $5;

Jr.

Dept.,

Metro. C of C.

$5 :

Op.Tl

S ni ff , $ 5;

l lanvil le,

Miss.

Soc., .Sec

ond

C of C.

$30: Desp iaines ,

Mr.

and

Mrs

.John

Quinn . $10:

E a.s t S t.

Louis , Don Nick-

cT'son, $2 : Elmluirst, Mrs.

May

H. James, $5:

Flora .

Dick

and

J.

W.

Oglesliy,

$5 : Green

ville. Clir.

Night Miss.

Soc..

(Teddv LL) .

$225:

dir . Ch..

.'{5;

Mrs. Harold

GrofT,'$25:

Joliet,

Fir s t

Chr. Ch.. $38.0.8; Napervi i le .

G l advs

Sandhagen.

$25: Neoga.

Jr .

C. E. , Fir s t Chr.

Cli., 7.29;

Nor tl i A lt on . Miss-Tll-Mo Camp

Cliristian.

$25.40;

Petei-sburg.

Dr .

T. M. Scott,

$10:

Dr.

I..eila

G. Scott ,

$10:

Springfield,

DVBS. Bunii Pk. C of C, $20.44: Lk.

Spring-

(icld,

Chr . Ass 'n. , II

Inter.

Wk.,

$45.10:

S.

Side

Ch.

of C.. $32: .loint C. C. Groups. West

Side C of C,

$12.05:

Prayer

Mtg., Wes t

Side

C of C. 1.3: S t ro n gh ur st . Wm 's Mi.ss. Soc.,

$5 .

INDIANA: Angola. DVBS, Chr.

Ch., $10;

Biiidington. C li r. M is s.

Soc., (Hernal)e), $10:

Biirnsville,

Clir. S. S.,

$13.72:

Columbus,

Women's

Council , $10; Fiat Rock,

Mr. an d

Mrs.

Edwa r d

Cra f t on ,

$2 :

Plea s an t

Grove C

of

C,

$76;

Homer , Chr . Cli.. $137.41: Knox

ner .

$7 ;

Ter re Haute ,

Jrs . am i

Inters . , Chr.

Ch.. $15; Mrs.

Gohly

Lawson, $2 ; Tipton,

lOthel and Pear] Self, (Bernabe) , $10; W a-

bn.sh. B a ch e lo r C r ee k

Miss.

Soc., $25: Was h

ington. Fir.st

Chi'.,

$25: Itliuna Chr. As.seinblv,

S75:

Waveiand, Clir.

SS.

(Miilendez). $65;

Clir . Ch .. $ :: i. 40 .

IOWA; Ames.

Jlr .

and

Mi-s.

Harold

Heg-

iaml,

$25; Mr.

and

Mrs.

Wallace

Ogg.

$125'

Cherokee . C of C,

(R ob in L L), $153.07: Jr .

CI-;. C of C. $20; Mr. an d Mrs. F. D. Walker,

$10;

Counci l

Bluffs, Wm's

Council,

Fi rs t Chr.

Cli., $50; Moc l iapol i s .

Mr. and Mrs .

And r ew

Wilson . .':

S io ux C it y, Wm's Council, Morn-

ingslde C of C, $50:

Storm

Lake, Tall Corn

di r . S er . C amp. $65: KANSAS:

Burton,

Lea-

t r ice

Deppe,

$10:

Galena, Miss.

Fund,

Clir.

C h.. $27; I lugoton. Miss. Soc. Chr Ct)., $40;

Mrs. C. F. Sliafer. $30: KENTUCKY:

Carlisle,

Wm's Mi.ss. Soc..

Chr.

Ch. . $8. 25 ; Covington,

.Anonymous, $I: Anon., Ijatonla

Chr.,

$15:

IvUtonia

Chr .

Ch., ( ov er a nd a bo ve LL), $157;

Ci'oss Crown Class, Latonla Chr. Cii., $10:

DVBS.

I>{itonia d i r . Ch.,

$85;

P r ima rv and

Beg inne r s ,

I^sitonla

Clir . Ch. ,

$7.10: La ton la

C of C.

$12.50; Wm's Miss. Soc.,

C of C,

$25;

Georgetown, AViilie Turner Circle, Chr. Ch.,

JhsL Q bju^

Qhjd iiarL Wi Ajbn.

p . O. Box 7

La ton ia S t at ion

COVINGTON, KENTUCKY

POSTMASTER: P le as e n ot if y

of

change of address

on

Form

3547, fo r

which

postage is guaranteed.

maif, 1952

$20(1; German tow i i ,

d i r .

Ch..

$50;

Lebanoa

.Jet.. Mr. am i

Mrs.

Norval Campiiell,

$10;

Le x

ington,

Higlt

S t. C hr. Ch.,

$25.

MICH1G.-\N; Bango r, K um- .I oi n-Us ,

Chr.

Cli..

$5 : Butt le Creek,

Cent.

Clii'.

Cli ., $ .51.56;

Dupiain, C of C,

$50: Fores t Hill ,

C

of

C.

$5 :

Lans i ng ,

Kir .st

C

o f

C.

$25:

MINNESOTA : S t.

Pan .

Mr. am i Mrs .

H.

B. Hovda , $ 50 ; AVo rt h-

ington,

.Ir.

CE,

C of C. $10; Ru tl i L ii el le n,

$25:

MlSSOlHU;

Ciiaffee , Aniba. ssadors fo r

Chris t . Fi rs t Chr.

Cli..

.5: Salem,

Mr. and

Mr.s.

Luther A'illars, $25: Smithvi l ie , d i r .

AA'm's Fe l lowsn ip , $ 16 .5 0: M ON T. AN A;

Con

rad. F. G. H u l li u rt f am i ly ,

$80:

Hav re , Bib l e

I'll., 6th Av. Chr .

Cli..

$59.50;

N EW

Y O R K ;

' r o n aw a n d a , C

o f

C.

$15; NORTH

CAROL INA :

Hatli .

DA'BS,

St.

Cla i r

C

of

C,

$11.25;

Mesic ,

B ay C re ek Chr.

Cli.,

$21.32;

Roanoke Rapids ,

Bib le Sobool ,

Fi r s t

Chr . Ch. . $50; C r u s a d e r

Circle. Fir s t Chr,

Ch.,

$30: Mis.s. C irc le IIL

F i r s t Clir . Cii. ,

$10:

J -a d ie s' A id , Pu g h Mem.

CIn-.

Ch . ,

$32.

OHIO;

Asiilancl.

Mr. and Mj'.s. S. Mills ,

$5:

Cinc inna t i . Dellii C

of

C,

$34.60;

DA''BS, Mad -

isonville Clir.

Ch.,

$41: Columbus,

Bethanv

C la s s, I iK l la n ol a C o f C. ( T a g a ) o g LL ) .

$160;

Love l and . C

o f

C,

$25: Lyn ch b u r g ,

Mrs .

M.

R. Pu l l i am .

$3 ;

Orrv i l l e , C o f C, $17;

Miss .

Dept . ,

C

of

C.

$19:

l^ainsvl l le , Mr. and Mrs .

Roli ' t

Burns . $5;

Ri i sh . sv lv an i a ,

Mis s Soc. .

C

o f C, $34.65:

Spr ingf ie ld . Flr . s t Cbr . Ch. ,

$50: Wm' s C oi in ell, F ij- st

Chr .

Ch., $50:

AA'aynesvllle , DA'BS,

Fe r rv

O

o f

C, $58.0 :

Wes t

Mans l i e ld ,

AVill H. F r y , $25;

O K L A

HOMA : Medfo rd ,

Chr .

Ch ., $25;

Chr .

Wm ' s

Fe l lowsh ip , Chr . Ch., $5 ; Tii lsa , Mrs . Dean

T r i c k e t t , $1: OREGON : Ami ty . C

o f

C,

$8.21:

Atl iena , C

o f

C, $34.72: Bak e r . F i r s t Chr .

C li ., $ 55 .4 5:

Bay C ity , M r.

am i

Mrs . Ca r l AV.

Cur l .

$50:

Eugene ,

Mr.s.

L .

E.

Al lumba i i g l i ,

$25; Mil ton ,

C o f C,

$24.67:

Oregon City ,

Y ou ng P eo pl e. C

o f

C. $37.50; Po r t l a nd C o f

C. A lb e r t a St. ,

$34:

Cen t r a l Chr .

Ch.,

$200:

C en t . C hr . Ch. . (V i l l ag rac i a LL) , $60:

Mrs .

F . J . Wind e r .

$15:

T ig a r d , Mr. an d Mrs . Eu

gene Al loway ,

$15;

AA'allowa.

Chr .

A'outh

Fel lowship

Ral ly ,

$14.

VIRGINIA :

Ch a t h am . Fr i endsh ip

Bib l e

Cla s s .

C

o f

C, $10: G old en R ule

Cla s s ,

$50:

R.

C. Mot l ey ,

$25:

O ak R idge C

o f

C.

Bib le

Class ,

$12.50;

Pi t t s y l t ' a n i a

Chr .

Ser.

Camp ,

$10: Sh ev a HS, $50: A'oung Peop le , Chr. Ch.,

$5; Richmoud . F a i rm o u n t Av. C o f C,

$10:

F r i end sh ip

Cla s s ,

Fa l rn i ' t

Av. . C

o f

C,

$25:

C

o f C, (B e r n ab e ) . $15; Win ch e s t e r ,

C

o f

C.

$10: AVASIHNGTON:

Evere t t ,

Mis s

F r an c e s

Frank l i n .

$3 : P ro sse r , C

of C,

$30.65:

Seat t l e ,

Mr. and

Mrs.

Nat l i an

Sams , $10:

Zillal i , Chr.

Cli.. $3 :

M e n's C la ss . C o f

C, $ 45 .3 6: A VE ST

A' lRGTNlA; Fo l l a n sbe e .

A'MPS,

C

o f

C, $10.

TOTAL

RECF. IA 'ED ight Mon th s ) :

$6,630.63 ( ex c lu s iv e

of

l iv in g -l in k s u pp o rt

f rom

L a to n la C i ir is tl an

Cluirc l i .

Cov ing t on ,

K en t u c k v an d

Fi r s t

Ch r i s t i a n Chu r ch , I n g l e -

wood ,

Cal i fo rn i a ) . T O T A L E X P E N D E D ;

$7,365.21.

T R A V E L CO ST :

Pa s s a g e fo r

fami ly

$1,363.50

Charges fo r

boxed

f r e i gh t 394.70

F re ig l) t fo r u nb oxe d t r u c k 465.00

C u sto m s a nd

b r oke r a g e

fees

392.44

To t a l $2,615.64

TH T R U C K

AVe

b rough t

a

1950,

blue.

Carry-Al l , s ubu r

ban ,

Chevro l e t t ruck

wi th u.'s to Cebii.

I t

c am e th ro ug li

c u s t om s

fo r 7%

o f

dec l a red

va lue

p lus f re ig l i t cha rges . It.s l e t t e r ing

cau ses much c om m en t a nd

o p e n s

m an y con

ve r sa t i ona l

oppor t un i t i e s .

W e pu t th e fo l

l ow i n g

on

th e b a ck : B u i ld in g F R E E

C l n i r c h e s o f Ch r i s t .

(Kcf. 34.(Kt. P.I . .&U.)

u . s .

POSTAGE PAID

COVIXf iTOX, KY .

Per i i i i t Xo.

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5/23

CEBU

CHRISTIAN

Publication of the Cebu Christian Mission, P. O. Box 41 Cebu City, Philippines

Corresponding Secretary-Treasurer: Mrs. Raymond Jackson Latonia Christian Church P. O. Box 7

Latonia

Station

Covington Kentucky. Missionaries: Ray and Imogene Carlson

Elston and Mary

Knight, and

Betty Yarbrough

OCTOBER

1952

Y A R B R O U G H

R E A D Y T O

S A I L

We didn't know we had so many

friends

in

Georgia

The

solid

South

will s oon

be

r ep resen ted in

Cebu

by

Miss Betty

Yarbrough

unle ss some ser ious a nd unfo re

seen problem

gets in her way. Her ability

to secure

her

needed support speaks wel l of he r reputation, the Atlanta

Christian

College and the faith of Christians

only

in

t he E mp ire S ta te of the South.

It

is

a lso proof positive that missionaries might some

t imes

do

better to c on ce ntr ate o n their na ti ve s ta te s

fo r

support

than

t ra ipsing all

over th e

country

as we

have

done. We

have made

some

mistakes in th is business and

ar e glad to l ea rn how to improve.

He r ent rance into

th e Philippines is being app li ed

fo r on th e

basis

of Pre-Arranged Employment . To

secure

this from th e B ureau of Immigration we

must

present a contract in which she is hired by the Mission

to do a work a

native

cannot do .

Therefore,

we

are

hiring he r to teach

subjects

in th e Cebu Bible Seminary

requiring an exhaustive knowledge in t he extan t manu

scripts of th e

Sacred Scriptures

in

the

original Hebrew

a nd G re ek languages Pray fo r he r.

ELSTON AND MARY KNIGHT

Having purchased a pract ical

Chevrolet

carryall for

use

in th e

Philippine

work

the Knights

are busily engaged

in telling of

the

needs of the Philippine evangelistic

field

and making

preparation

themselves to sail as

soon

as means is provided for their family of three

children

and for certain basic equipment. On

faith

they have

resigned a fruit ful and promising ministry in California

and are

now

travelling

to

meet Christians of like faith

willing to share in the

spread

of th e Word of Truth

here.

Correspondence will be

forwarded

to

them

either by Mrs.

Jackson or through Box 924 Los Gatos, California.

LACKING POCKETS

A common

sight in

th e Philippines is that of an

amazing repository fo r coins. Rig d ri ve rs and

porters

who have no secu re

places to hold

their

change, simply

stick th e smaller

coins in

their

ears. Five,

te n and

twenty

centavoe

pieces

will fi t wel l into

such

receptacles

an d a re

thus always easily accessible.

A

stranger

might

at first

think

these

are

ear ornaments

until

closer exam

ina t ion is m ad e. A v ar ia ti on o f th e quest ion: H av e y ou

any money

in your

pocket?

might

be Have

you an y

money in your ear s?

Betty

Yarbrough

CEBU BIBLE SEMINARY

On

July

seventh, th e Cebu Bible Seminary began it s

sixth

yea r o f i ns tr uc ti on t o t ho se i nt er es ted i n Chri st ia n

leadership.

Our

new

quar te r s and eighteen students

en

r o lle d h av e r e c o nv i n ce d u s o f t h e s c h o o l s w o r t h

F o r

t he f ir st time, the

Guil jungan

chur ch i n Negros sen t three

s t u d e n t s

A l l

t h e o t h e r s

a r e

f r o m t h e C ar e t t a c h u r c h

a nd Ma rt ir es c hu rc h

in th e

city.

Mrs.

Carlson and

I

with Brother

Jose

Villagracia

and Sister Crescencia Labrado

a r e

endeavoring to present

a

curriculum

for

four

years. To say

t h a t

we

will

be

relieved when the

new miss iona ri es

arrive is putting i t

mi ld ly indeed .

Classes

are

held five

mornings,

tw o

afternoons, and

four evenings

a

week.

A

Monday n ig ht l it er ar y

society

and lively C hora l C lub have brightened up the

school

Ufe, but th e enthusiasm

wit h whi ch

each Seminarian has

a cc ep te d s er vi ce a ss ig nmen ts

to

preach,

teach or call

s pe ak s well f or the continued fruitfulness o f evangel ism

i n

t h i s s e c t i o n

Othe r w orth y y ou ng m en an d w om en a re begging to

b e admit ted , b u t t h e y have no

means

to c a r e fo r t h e m

selves while

studying. $15 a

month

per s tudent

will

do

the

job.


6/23

Page

Two

CEBU

CHRISTIAN

October 1952

NEW SEMINARY QUARTERS

The

Cebu Bible Seminary and the

n ew En glish

church

are now meeting

in

the

second

floor

of th e pic-

turned

building.

It

is

b ette r situ ated th an ev er

before

nea r t he

center

of th e

city

and

across

th e street

from

th e

popular

United States

I nforma ti on L ib ra ry . The mission

truck

stands in

f ront every

ready to

bear faculty, students,

p r ea che r s an d teachers about on the mul ti tud i nous t a sk s

that make up the

work

of preaching the gospel to a

fo r

eign people.

SPECTACLES

Missionaries

ar e

always spectacles . When

we drive

about in

th e

carryall,

people read out loud th e sign

painted

on the doorCebu Christ ian Mission In the

s tree t and in the m arket our

white

faces sta nd ou t in

marked

contrast and there is no privacy in

buying.

Everyone comes around to see

what

we ar e buying

and

find out at what price we are bargaining. Filipinos know

no

privacy i n t he ir lives an d

do

no t think it rude to

watch

you prepare for bed or

perform

your ablutions while

on

an

evangelistic

tour. The a rr iv al of ou r

boys

at

th e

school house attracts

the

attention of

the

whole play

ground.

How

can they

be kept f rom

being

spoiled?

It

is not to be thought remarkable if a casual stranger

should beg in conversation w ith you

on the

street and

make

particular inquiry

concerning the following:

your

age, your

weight,

you

salary

and the p ric e y ou p aid fo r

your

house. Every

beggar natural ly

gravitates in

your

direction. Those you

pass

on

th e street,

no t

knowing

you under st and thei r language,

will

loudly specula te on

how

many wives you have. Se e what

reputations

some

of

th e GI's gav e

us?

The kids

from

the

grade

school

adjoining

hang

in the

windows

of

the

Seminary. We pass

t h em o ut

l i t e r a t u r e

We

ar e made

a

spectacle

unto th e world. I

Cor.

4.9.

THIS

AND

THAT

Imogene Ca rl son

On th e

fourth

of July, Ra y

and

I were invited

as

usualto

at t end

a l un c heo n c e le b ra ti n g

the

day a t

th e ho me of th e C eb u

American

Con su l; b uta s u su al

we did

not

attend.

We had

planned a

get- together

a

yearly

affair now) for all the brethren

at our

home

fo r

an a ll -da y pi cn ic . A s i t is a

national holiday

here

as well

a s

in

th e U n it ed S ta te s m o st of t he C h ri st ia ns w er e

ab le

to

attend. We ha d a l arg e g ro up f or d in ne r a nd supper.

In

the afternoon, w e had a good evangel is ti c

service

in

ou r home. Two confes sed

the i r

Lord and in th e same

hour were

baptized in the

river

near

our home. Many

p eo pl e w it ne ss ed their b ur ia l a nd r es ur re ctio n a t the

river, and we ha d

another

opportun it y to

explain

why

w e immer s ed

In the evening, we hooked t he t ra i le r on

th e carry-all

and

as

many

as

cou ld p il e

in w en t

to

th e

s ea shor e and

ha d a s ervi ce on

th e

beach. We built a b ig bon fi re of

drift

wood an d sa t

about it singing

hymns

and choruses

while the sun

was s inking .

Then Ray

and several

others

of th e leaders and evangel is ts preached short sermons

in the dialect. Many gathered to see what the fire w as

a bout a nd s ta ye d t o hear th e Word. Thus

ended

a won

derful

day

of fine

fellowship

and witnessing f or o ur

Lord

J es u s C h ri st

It is always a time of re jo icin g whe n we meet o ld

friends

after

many

years absence. Recently, we

had

an

opportunity

to

renew acquaintnce with

th e

ol d

man and

hi s wife who

so courageously

helped

th e two

older

chil

dren (then 2 years and 6 weeks

respectively)

and me

during th e

time we were h id ing ou t

in

th e mountains

from

th e invading Japanese in 1942.

These old folk learned of

our

whereabouts through

a

neighbor

of

ours

who

passed

through

his

village. Until

just

recently they

had supposed us all to be dead. How

happy to see him and

his

wife, too. Really, the children

experiences

dur ing the J apanes e

occupation.

We

were

happy to se e him an dhis wfie, too. Really, the

children

and I owe

our

lives to him. At

the

risk of death, he

hid

us first

in

his own

house,

t hen bui lt

fo r

us a

tree

home

in the branches of a

mango

t ree, and guarded ou t

side t he t ree every night. Then he led us to a place of

safety with th e other Allied-Nationals. When we

bade

him

goodbye I had

very l it tl e money wi th

me

and could

not proper ly reward him for his sacrifices. So we were

especially

glad to be able to show ou r appreciation in a

more concret e way when he came. He

and hi s

wife

are

Catholics, but we are praying to eventually win them for

Chr i s t

PRAYER

OUTLINE

1. That God will

supp ly consecrated

a nd tra in ed

workers

to preach in

the Islands. Help

for th e

Knights

an d B etty Yarbrough.

2. That

peace

and o rder may

prevail.

3. That th e teaching of Christ may overcome

that

o f

commun i sm

4.

That

governmental

corruption an d

abuse be

r emoved

5.

That means

may be

supplied

to

help s tudents and

Chr is t ian

workers

6. That

God's

kingdom may steadily

grow.


7/23

Page Three

CEBU CHRISTIAN

October 1952

TH E W ORD

AND

THE

WATER

July

fourth

saw these tw o

brethren

b urie d w ith

Christ and born of

th e

water and

th e

Spirit. Brother

Jose Villagracia is ever busy about t he Lord s business.

TH E M EA T

MARKET

I

4

llrf

How

about

a choice cu t of beef, Mam? Or some pork,

or goat? No? This water buffalo is young . (Everything

The Cen tr al church of Portland is supporting

him.

Just

that

ca n still

walk,

is

young).

before writing t hi s a r ti cl e, I v is it ed h is

wife a t

the hos

pital who

had

just given birth

to

their second boy.

ARC.

IDEAS FOR MISSIONARY

MEETINGS

ON THE PHILIPPINES

1

Draw

a large, rough

outl ine of

the main Phi lipp ine

group

on some

wrapping

paper and m ark

th e

following

main town where missionary

work

is being

done:

Manila,

Aparri, Cebu, Cotabato, Davao an d Cauayan, Occidental

Negros .

2

If y ou h av e

a

luncheon,

s erve s te amed r ic e i ns te ad

of potatoes.

3.

Us e c o co n ut s and

banana s

f or ta ble decora t ions

4 Have s omeone g iv e a

brief s umma ry of the last

5 or 75

years

of

th e

history

of

the Phi lippine Is lands .

5 At your l uncheon , l abe l the a rt ic le s o n the table

with their

Cebuano

names an d require aU to use these

n ame s a t th e mea l

a . tab le( la-may-sa)

b . chair(see-ya).

c spoon(koo-char-a).

d . fork(tin-i-dor).

e.

knife(kore-ta).

f . r ic e(kan-own ).

g . beef(va-ka) .

h . salt(ah-sin).

i water(too-big),

j. bread(pan),

k. coconut(loo-bee).

1

banana(sa-ging).

m. gravy(sa-bow).

n. plate(pla - toe ).

toothpick(took-hee).

FAITHFUL L IV ING L INKS

We are proud

to

remind you to give thanks for th e

La ton ia Chr is ti an Church, Covington, Kentucky of which

Joseph

D.

Hil l

is th e m inister an d the

irst

Christ ian

Church,

Inglewood,

California to which Mor ri s B Book

min is te rs . S in ce

1941,

when we

came

to Cebu, they

have

f ai th fu lly held

up

our

hands. We know that the Lord

will suitably reward

them.

T he ch ild ren s liv in g lin ks

are

noted

in

the f inancial report . Again, our

thanks.

Beware, new missionaries,

this

is how you will

have

to buy

THE

SAINTS

PROFILES

Last

year S i st e r

Lina

Pagba

conducted

a kindergarten

in

the M artires church.

This

year

Adela Maramara

(Guarano) ha s

a nice school every day a t

th e

Caretta

church.

Crescencia Labrado is teaching

a t

th e Seminary

every day returning to

her

home

in Tuyantwenty

kilometers

from the citylate a t nighton t he c em en t

cargo t rucks when

there

a re no more buses . Crescencia

is superintendent of th e Bible School

at

Mar t ir e s , t eaches

th e

Visayan

class

an d every aft e rnoon does

calling

with

one

of the

students .

Juan

Dagatan

keeping

his little

flock to ge th er in C arre taund er paidin a building

whe r e th e r ain l eaks in a nd w hic h c an no t b e l ocked Jo se

Vi ll agrac ia anx iously wa it ing for h is w if e s

second

baby

teaching

the

NT ep is tl e s and Bible Geographystruggling

to keep the church s land rent paidwatching out for

chicken thieves

at

night.

Pedro

Panoy

bravely

struggling

with an inadequate

educationcarpentering

an d

doing

odd job s to help support

hi s

parentsattending Seminary

classes

at

nightteaching with conviction th e Bible lesson

at

San Isidro. Florista Millendez in Negros sacri f ic ial ly

tacking

a man s

jo b

in

the

church

that

others will not

domisunderstoodever praying and laboring

that

God s kingdom may

be built

up .

Albino Lacson

in

Guil-

junganforsaking th e convenient

fellowship of the Bap

t is ts

next

his door

to join

with

the people of

God

i nt er es te d i n

the

apos to li c doc t rine .

Januario Joyohoy

in Santanderdetermined

that

his c hi ld re n s ha ll no t

forget the faith once for all delivered unto the saints

hes it an t to a dm in is te r the

Lord s

Suppe r as an elder

in

spite

of

all we

have

taught because

of

his

humble

unworthiness .

Ignacio

Tag alo g p ro ud ly wal ki ng a bo ut

in his

th readbare su i tworr ied

abou t

the

th in ne ss o f

hi s infant

daugh te rbearing te s timony

to th e T ru th to

all who hear him.

Dominador

Tanserving a long prison

sentencewearing his blue suit of denimga the ri ng h is

cell mate s a bo ut

the

table of the Lord every fir st d ay

of th e

week.

Gregorio

Roble, elder of

Martiresanxious

ly

watching

out

for

the

things

of the

Lordcaring

fo r

the buildingfiddling w ith th e te mp er am en ta l fluores-

t e n t lights.


8/23

Page Four

CEBU

CHRISTIAN

October

1952

CORRESPONDING SECRETARY

TREASURER

This resouding title has been bestowed on

Mrs.

Raymond J ac ks on o f

the

La toni a Chr is ti an Chur ch

who

ha s

sacrificially

consented to a ss is t u s i n c ar in g fo r

th e

bus in es s o f

th e

mission. Mone y

sent

her

for the

work

will be prompt ly acknowledged

and banked.

Mrs. Stanley

Hillman

is

helping with

th e

mai li ng l is t a nd add re ss ing o f

th e

Cebu Christian. T hese

helpers

are lightening

our

burden

measurably.

Mrs.

Jackson's address is : P. O. Box

7, Latonia Stat ion, Covington, Kentucky.

THAT

DISCARDED MUSIC

The

Seminary Chora l C lub is in need of compar

atively

simple

ant hems and

chorales

to

present as special

numbers in the

churches

an d

at evangelistic

meetings.

Does your

church

choir have any sheet music it is no

longer

using?

The

Filipino

brethern coul d make good

u s e

o f

i t

FINANCIAL REPORT OF CEBU CHRISTIAN MISSION,

P. O. BOX

41 , CEBU

CITY, PHILIPPINES

MARCH 1, 1952

TO

JULY 31, 1952

CALIFORNIA: Hollydale, C of C, 15.03; Inglewood,

Miss

Agnes Gammon,

20;

Watkins , Mr. and

Mrs. W.

Roy,

89; Los

Angeles,

Cardiff Av. Chr. Ch ., 80; Manhattan

Beach , Mrs .

L. P.

Ryden,

25.02;

San Bernardino, Mrs.

Viola

Edwards, 10; C of C, 39.18; TNT Class, C of C, 20.

COLORADO: Longmont, Wm's. Miss. Soc.,

Chr.

Ch.,

30.

FLORIDA:

Fort

Myers, Wm's Miss. Soc. , Chr. Ch., 25.

FRENCH MOROCCO:

Casablanca,

Edgar

Sage,

18.

GEORGIA: Altanta , Betty Yarbrough, 22; East Point,

Chr. Ch., 75; Fourfold Class,

Chr.

Ch., 20.

IDAHO: Sandpoint, Geo.

E.

Ham, 10.

ILLINOIS: Cl in ton, Miss. Soc ., First

Chr.

Ch.,

10;

Greenville,

Chr . Night

Miss.

Society,

First

Chr.

Ch.,

Teddy

LL , 60; Petersburg, Dr. T. M. Scott, 10; Pocahontas,

VBS,

Old

Ripley C of C. 16.16; Streator, Cent. Chr . Ch 10

INDIANA: Burlington,

Chr.

Miss. Soc., 5; Clark's

Hil l, Chr .

Ch. 12.50;

Crown Point ,

Mrs.

Minnie Neier,

1;

Lawrenceburg,

C of C, 50; Michigan

City, First Chr.

Ch.,

25;Petersburg, Chr.

Ch., Larry LL ,

213;

Poseyville, Miss.

The Cebu Christian Mission

P

O.

Box 7

La ton i a Sta t ion

COVINGTON, KENTUCKY

Grp . O ld

Union Chr .

Ch.,

3;

Waveland, Chr. Ch., Florista

Millendez,

80.

IOWA:

Cherokee , Mrs .

Gerhard Anderson,

10;

C

of

C, Robin LL, 62.75;

Miss.

Soc., C of C, 25; C of C,

6;

Sioux City, Ladies , Morn ingside C of C, 50.

KANSAS:

Counc il Grove C

of C, 57;

Wm's

Dept. ,

C

of

C, 13;

Hugoton, Mrs.

C. F.

Shafer,

25;

Medicine Lodge

Chr. Wm 's F el lows hi p, Chr.

Ch.,

25.

KENTUCKY: Carl is le , C

of C, 10.

MARYLAND:

Rohrsville,

C. V. Summer,

6.

MICHIGAN:

Duplain,

C of C, 25;

Elwell,

Forest

Hill

C of

C,

10.

MINNESOTA:

Worthing, Ruth

Luellen,

15.

MISSOURI:

S t. L ou is , Erma Mer le S hepa rd , 10;

Jennings

C of C, Miss. Grp.,

5.

MONTANA: Conrad, F. G.

Hulbur t , 50.

NEBRASKA: A l li an ce , Orvil le

and Gladys

Deal , 20.

NORTH CAROLINA: H igh Poi nt , First C

of

C, 10;

Roanoke Rapids ,

Crusader

Circle, First

Christian Ch., 20;

Washington,

Ind., Miss. Soc ., 17.50.

OHIO: Columbus, Bethany Class, Indianola C of C,

Tagalog,

120;

Cincinnati,

Montgomery

Road

C

of

C,

30;

Genev a, I nd .

Mis s. S oc .,

Pk.

St .

Chr.

Ch.,

3;

Hubbard,

Miss. Soc .,

Corner House

Chr.

Ch .

26;

Orrville,

C of C,

36;

Rushsylvania, Jr. Dept. , C of C,

10.

OREGON:

Eugene, Santa

Clara

C

of

C,

10; Portland,

Cent .

Chr.

Ch.,

300.

PENNSYLVANIA, Johnstown, Moxham Chr.

Ch.,

25.19;Lemoyne C of C, 10; McKees Rocke,

Bill

Loft, 5.

TENNESSEE:

Johnson

City,

Sr .

Class, First

Chr.

Ch.,

10 .

VIRGINIA: Chatham, BS,

Chr.

Ch ., 10;

Friendship

Class, 10; J. O. Hayden, 10; Ellerson, Pole

Green

C

of

C, 30.90; Richmond, Fairmount C of C, 30.

WASHINGTON: Everett, Miss Francese Franklin, 2;

Prosser,

Cent.

Chr.

Ch., 72.31.

TOTAL; Received

- _.. 2,209.54

Spent

4,906.19

o r

4,419.08

To Bal ance 487.11

or

243,555

4,906.19

Previous defit:

3,456,655

plus

243,555 equals 3,700.21

(present

deficit . )

(Sec. 34.66,

P.L. R.)

u s

POSTAGE

PAID

COVINGTON, KY.

Pe rm i t No. 666

POSTMASTER : P l ea s e notify o f c ha ng e o f a dd re ss

F or m 3 54 7

fo r

wh ich

po s t ag e

i s g u ar an te e d

Harrold UcFarland

\ ^ i l l e rn ie

Uin n

RC


9/23

^50

The Challenge

of

The Cebu Chris t ian

Miss ion

in

the

Philippine

Islands

ELDERS AT

LATON IA CHR IS TIAN

HILL, MINISTER CONCUR WITHRAyANf)

CARLSON

IN

PLANS FOR KmCHT

IN PHILIPPINE

ISLANL


10/23

Souls

in the Balance

AS CHRISTIANS, we did not

choose

to be born within the hearing of the

Gospel

bud

God in His grace and mercy

allowed

us to hear in order that we might be

saved

Today the souls of thousands of

tribesmen

are in the balance a menare choosing for

them whether they will

have

the opportunity to hear the

GospH. These

tribes, for

the greater part, are ignorant of their

need.

God, in Heaven, saw our need and

chose to do something about it by sending His Son to die for our

sins.

As we

see

their need, the love of Christ should constrain us to lay down our

lives

so they

need

not die without hope and without God. Surely they will never come to uswe

must go to them. Where would we be if the Lord Jesus Christ bad remaned in

Heaven, unconcerned? WJxre will

these souls

spend eternity if weare unconcerned?

Faith, hope, love ivill find a way to reacA these souls. KEEP

ON

BEUEVINGl

A S HO RT V IS IT

began

on

page

one)

We do

not

want to hinder the support or

aid already being given to any other Christian

work in any otner tield of service, no, not in

the least, but rather would encourage all those

nowsupporting these workers to continue to do

so faithfully, and by God's Grace increase your

help to

them-BUT

IF

YOU ARE ONE OF

THE

MANY NOT NOWSO ENGAGED-then we chal

lenge

you

in the

name

of the

Christ

of the

Cross-MATCH OUR

WILLINGNESS

TO GO

WITH

YOUR MONEY

and

le t us

get to the

work th e Lord has

commissioned

bothofus

to do .

To those who may questionourqualifica

tions for this work, we would say, we do not

feel that we are, by any means the best quali

fied workers

tobefoundforthisworkBUT

THE

WORK IS TO BE

DONE

BY

SOMEBODY, and we

are ready togobutif youthat questionwhether

we are the ones to go. THEN WE WOULD

READILY STEP BACK FOR

YOU

TO

GO

IN

STEAD OF US, and gladly help to send you witn

al l that we have received for this purpose and

mor too

Brethren,

weare

serious about

this

busi

ness, IT IS THE LORD'S BUSINESS, and i t is

time for us to quit playing church, and get

down to the work

that

God purposed for us to

do .W E ARE READY

TO

HELP IN ANY CAPA

CITY. ONLY

THAT THIS

WORK OF

THE

LORD

BECARRIED

OUT

WITHOUT

FURTHER

DELAY I

With in t he f ramework of the forces of

New Testament Christianity, there are many

and various kinds of party spirits, sectional

rivalries, party lines, and group loyalties to

be

maintained.

The v ic ious extr emes o f

Phariseeisra and Saduceeism

ate

ripping to

shreds in many localities, the once powerful

testimony

ot a

united

body

of

Christians

that

were endeavoring to proclaimthe whole coun

se l of

God

without f ea r or

favor,

addition or

subt rac t ion

We are not going to Cebu to help trans

plant

or perpetuate the human precepts or tra

ditions of any of these partyists, either legal

istic or

liberal

in emphasis. By the grace of

God we are determined to preach Christ and

Him crucified, and to glory only in the Cross

upon

which he died for us

all.

He is our

peace,

He is our

hope.

Without Him we

can do nothing, but with Him we can do ALL

things Ray and Imogene Carlson and family

are leading in a work that demands the energy

of ten families. They are overworked andhave

asked for

help.

Wehave purposed to go and help

in this loyal and faithful workforChrist and His

Church.. . WE DESIRE NOT YOUR GIFT, BUT

THAT

WHICH

WILL

ABOUND

TO

YOUR AC

COUNT Pray for us.

-Elston and MaryKnight and Children


11/23

Financial Statement

El iSTON AND M RY

KNIGHT

RECRU I T S FO R

CE U

CHR I ST I N MISS ION

Phi l ippine

I s l ands

FOR

THE-MONTHS

OF

JULY

AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER

1952

Received from Local Congregations classes Summer Camp Groups

and missionary groups a total of 1633.45

Received from Individuals in every place a total of. 347.00

Total Receipts 1980.45

Disbursements:

Supplies equipment postage and phone calls for

missionary

enterprize 312.00

Living expense for our family of five i 842.22

Automobile

travel

expense

700.10

t o t a l .... 1854.32

Balance on Hand September 30th 1952.

126.13

Total ofDisbursements with Balance on

hand

1980.45

Outstanding accounts:

Balanc e o n s et

of tires

70.00

Balance on 1948Chevrolet

Suburban

Carryall 1011.57

Balance

on Overhaul of Chevrolet 126.56

Balanceon

Moving

andStorage of

Household

goods.. 101.45

Total outstanding due to

our

preparation to

go

to the

Philippines

. . . 1309.58

Our Partners

in

the

Furtherance of

the Gospel

V R IOUS GROUP S

California: Bakersfield church Compton church

Lakewood

church

Los

Gatos

church

San

Luis Obispo church

Gardena church.

Hawaii:

Sunset Beach Waialua church .

Illinois;Bataviachurch Lincolnchurch Spring

field

church Streator church.

Indiana; Garreti church Clarksburg church.

Iowa; Des Moines church Hampton church

Missionary

church

Oelwein

church

Webster

City church . Church Mis

sion group.

Kentucky; Covington Latonia Christian and

Church

of

Christ.

Louisiana; Crowley church Jennings church.

LakeCharles church Shreveport church.

Missouri; Springfield Church.

Minnesota: Minneapolis church Austin church

Fairmont

church.

Redwood

Fal ls church.

Nebraska;

Chadron church Chadron High School

class

Scottsbluff

church.

Ohio

Cleves church

Springfield

church Mt.

Grab

church.


12/23

Pennsylvania:

Blanchard church.

South Dakota:

Hot

Springs church Preston

Township church.

Texas: Crane church Orangefield church

Wisconsin: Beloit Church.

Wyoming; Fletcher Park Camp Grace

V A R I O U S

I N D I V I D U A L S

Alaska;

Marie Napier .

California: Wayne Malone Dealer Mr and

Mrs. H. S. McFarland John

Chase

Mrs.

Esther Monfelt Mr and Mrs Young Mr.

and Mrs H R Humphries Mr and Mrs.

J . L

Botill

Mrs. Cecil Brooks Mrs. M.

Chambers Mildred Doyle Mr and Mrs

Joe Dudley Eugene Allison Floyd Gee

Mrs Lee Glick Francis Holroyd Miss B

B

Johnson Leonard Johnston G.

B Jor

dan

R Montgomery Hansen Murray

Mrs I Osgood Roy Ross Mrs J Taylor

Ray Tolliver Mrs H Williams Marilu

and Bruce Williams Byron Hunter Hal H

Martin Wm. B Winl Mrs T. Alexan

d e r

A

Friend

Joe Graciano

Mr.

and

Mrs. J. N

Pilchard

Mr. and Mrs. Harold

Rea Mr. a n d Mrs. E E

Watkins

Mr.

and Mrs; A. B

Albrecht Mrs.

Marie

Crisler Mrs Lottie Jesperson Mrs Mary

L. Reaves Mr. a n d

Mrs.

A.

F .

Sorben.

Idaho:

Mr.

and

M rs. A rnold

Kernan.

Illinois; W B Purviance Ernest Laughlin E

L. Brown

M r.

and M rs. Frank

Wertz .

Indiana: Mrs N Witrow Bobby Ray

Iowa; Mr John Sapp Mrs G I

Stapel.

Louis iana ; Mrs.

H.

Kotzel Evariste Hebert

Mrs O McGee F Bobby Landry Ruth

Hoffpauir Mrs C Chisson Mr Joseph

B a c o n .

Minnesota: D. E Boatman Marian DoIIen B

Huhnerkoch.

Nebraska;

Miss

G. Harrison Mrs. H. Bar tl et t

Mrs E Harrison and

Billy.

N e w M e x ic o;

M r .

and M rs.

W . R. Burr .

Ohio; Mrs M Taylor Mr and Mrs R Cox

T e n n e s s e e :

M r . C . R. Andrews.

Wisconsin: Mr and Mrs George Endthoff

Wyoming;

Mrs J I

Gorr.

Pray

That

Delay Will Not Be Necessary

If sail ing date has

to

be postponed for

lack

of r e s o u r

c e s

we

m ay have to plan

on

accep ti ng i nv i ta ti ons i n the

E a s t

fo r a no th er

speaking t o u r

among m o r e of

the

churches . In

s u c h

a n e v e n t

t h o s e

w h o

w a n t

t o

m a k e c o n t a c t

w i t h u s

f o r

p o s s i b l e

fu ture e n g a g e m e n t s a r e

u r g e d to w r i t e

now

to o u r

f o r w a r d i n g a d d r e s s Box 924

Los Gatos

C a l i f o r n i a . If we

do

not

s il t h e first

w e e k

in

D e c e m b e r w e

w i l l

h a v e

t h e

t i m e

o p en th e

balance

of D e c e m

b e r J a n u a r y F e b r u a r y a n d

M a r c h . O u r defini te p l a n s i n

the

fu ture a r e in

the

L o r d s hands

a n d ll

w e

c a n d o here is i n d i c a t e

w h a t

w e w i l l

d o

i n c a s e w e

do

not

s il


13/23

Accomplishments

In

July,

August, and September of 1952,

we

traveled 15,

000,

and by written announcements, publi c speak ing and showing colored

slides

we

have

directly

and

indi rectl y r eached , conse rvati ve ly

est i

mated, a minimum

of

100,000 fellow Chris t ians , and about 150 dif

ferent

congregations

of

people

of

like

precious faithtelling them of

our plans to go to the is land

of

Cebu in

the

Phil ippine Islands to help

train native leaders in the

Cebu

Bible

Seminary,

helping Ray and

Imogene

Carlson who are

sacrificially

doing this work,

without

any

other he lpe rs f rom

the

homeland. Bet ty

Yarbrough of

Atlanta, Georgia

is on her way to help, having sailed October 15th,

We

have endeavored both

publicly

and from

house

to house to

challenge people

everywhere we

have

gone to the urgency of world

evangelism

RIGHT NOW. We have secured

our

pas sports f rom

the

U. S.

Department

of State;

our

reservat ions

have

been made

to

sail

th e

f i r s t week

in D e c em b e r

on

t h e

Pa c i f i c r

E a s t

L ine f r om

S an

Francisco. Our visa application blanks have been

received

from Ray

Carlson

in

Cebu, and w ith

his

help

we anticipate no difficulty in se

cur ing our visas .

About 70

individuals or

couples have assured us

of

a minimum

of

1 a month

for

our

l iving expenses and

miss ionary

endeavors

while in the

Phi l ippines . About s ix d if fe re nt c hu rc h groups ,

through

local leaders have indicated

the

possibi l i ty

of

helping

to

underwri te

our

livinglink support ,

but

nothing

definite

has

been settled in this

rega rd .

All of our household goods are

in

warehouse s torage a t r egu la r

storage

and insurance rates costing us

about 25 a

month

until

we

sa i l . Mrs . Knight and Nancy t raveled the

pas t

th ree months

with

me,

and our

two

boys

were kept for us by

Mr. and Mrs .

Charles Reyman

o f S an J o s e ,

Ca l i fo rn i a .

At

presen t

Mrs . Knight and the three

chi ldren

a re barely

camp

ing out of suitcases, dwelling in a

temporary

arrangement inNewberg,

Oregon where her sis ter l ives, while the children are

in

school until

we

sa i l . Her

tempo ra ry a dd re ss

while the re is 1207 W. 7th

St.

Newberg ,

Ore gon, b ut a ll of

our

mail should go to our PERMANENT

ADDRESS

where

our

he lpers ,

as

forwarding

a ge nts . B r oth er

and Sis

te r

G. B.

Jordan

handle

a l l

of our

mail

fo r

us, forwarding

i t

to us

whe r e v e r we a r e . Tha t a dd r e s s i s

Box

924, Los G ato s, C al ifo rn ia .

TH INK IT O VER

Bib l e

Knowledge

without

Spiritual

powe r

i s u se le ss .

The amb i t i on to d ie

to

se lf

without object ive

i s useless . Ful l

power

a n d

object ive go

toge ther . Spir i t

and vis ion are inseparable .

The

word and

action are

one.

Death with

a

heavenly ob

jec t ive

is

e te rna l t r iumph.


14/23

Our Needs

BAS IC

NEEDS BE FORE SA IL ING IS POSS IBLE

FULL

LIVINGLINK

SUPPORT

PLEDGED for family

of five fo r

one year 5,000. This can be handled in

several

different ways by

lo ca l c ongr eg atio ns . By

percentage

or definite amounts for each

local

church

until the amount

necessary

is pledged.

For

example 50%

or

1/2 would be 2, 500 a year; 10 would be 500 a

year,

20

would

be 1,

000 a

year,

and 1 would

be 50

a

year.

BASIC FARE

FOR FAMILY

OF FIVE, including Phil ippine

Alien Head Tax 1,556.00. This can be handled

by

one

or

many

individuals

or

churches as

the

Lord so

prompts

and where ever

Faith

a n d

Lo v e

s o

stimulates

APPROXIMATE COST for

freight of hou sehold goods and a ll

equipment 2, 500.

CONSERVAT IVE EST IMATE

OF

V I TALLY

NECESS RY

s upplie s s uch as medicine, electr ic re f r igera tor clothing, electr ic

fans ,

accordion,

elec t r ic

t r ans former camera

f i lm,

etc . 2,000

(All

such supplies

can be

secured

at

factory or wholesale

rates).

OTHER

NEEDS

TO BE SU PPL IE D B EFO RE

OR AFTER SAILING

DESIRED AND VERY PRACTICAL NEEDS that

we

are willing

to go without

if necessary , befor e sai li ng ,

trusting that

they will be

provided in a reasonable length

of

t ime,

after

star t ing

our work

in

the

I s land

NOTE: Many expe r i enced min i s t e r s and mis s i ona r i e s

have

warned

us not to go without

these

supplies BEFORE WE SAIL,

because experience

ind icates tha t

people have a

way

of forgetting or

n eglectin g such thing s.

HOWEVER,

the

urgency

of help ing

in

the

rea l work

of

the Lord on

the

Field is pressing us, and we

feel

the

power

of

prayer and God's providential care for us will either pro

vide these things or enable us

to get

along without

them.

WATER

SUPPLY

SYSTEM (Sears or Wards

handle

them)A

well about 50 feet deep will

give

ample

water supply

for

all needs.

Pump, pipe, storage

tank, pressure system,

etc. complete 500 .

LOT IN

CEBU

CITY

AREA for

dwelling place about 50'x90'

will cost

approximately

6, 000 (This

is price

of lot,

submitted

by

those

in the

City of Cebu. No

developments

of any kind on a

lot for

th is p ric e).

A

DWELLING

PLACE

with

1800 square feet

of

floor space can

be

built

of cement slab floor, cement

block superstructure, and


15/23

Your Sin

W^iJJ

Find You Out

OH

thai

the hurch of esus hrist might be awakened to see the

privilege

ofeach

one really living for a

WORLD

It all certainly remindsme of the verse of the

scripture in

Numbers

32:6 where it

says

.Shall

your

brethren go to war,

and

shall ye sit here? It is as though so few are going to war and somanywant to find

pasture for their

cattle

in comfortable places for their familieseven as Reuben and

Gad, whowanted to stay on the other side of the river.

Such a large part of the Church really does not care to go in and fight the battle

and drive out the enemies of the Church of the Lord

Jesus Christ. They know that the

job should be done, but they don't see that they are personally responsible.

But the Lord declares in tl ^ same chapter, the 23rd verse, But if ye will not doso,

behold, ye have sinned against the Lord: and be sure your sin will find you out. Praise

God for those who have caught the vision, who are fighting with the servants of the

Lord, and who

have dedica ted

their

lives to the

end

that th e last

creature, nation and

tongue shall be reached with the Gospel We must

determine,

by the Grace of God to

advance and press the battle into every unreached area. One thing for sure isthatevery

blood-washed child

of

God on ear th is in a real

battle

Now brethren,

that

we ar e in

this battle with the spiritual powers of darkness in high placesmaterialsim, commun

ism, atheism, sectarianism, etc.we need a real spontaneous willingness to seal our

testimony with our own blood, regardless of what the world or Christendom may say

ELSTON E . KNIGHT

j i Buii e um

i n

Jiissims

THEY

SAY

ou r Ame r i c an chi ldren

a re

spending twen

ty m illion dollars a

year

just

for bubblegum. Are

we willing

to

spend just

a

small

fraction

of this

amounttobringthe

pre

c ious Gospe l of salvation to the masses

of Fi l ip ino chi ldren,

a s we l l a s to th e c h i l d r e n o f o t h e r

l a nds who

have n ev e r

yet as

much as

even heard of J es us Chris t?

metal, insulated roof, complete

with

all

essential

enclosures (note

sketch of structure) for

materials only 1,800,

$1 a square

foot

(Total

House

and

Lot

cost

about

$7, 800).

l 6mm MOVIE CAM ERA and

PR OJE CT OR fo r

Vi sua l

Aid in

struction

to

native g roups

as

well

as

for reporting

to

the

churches

of the

work . Tota l cos t

about

300.

COMPLETE SET OF

FLANNELGRAPH

equipment for teaching

purposes

with

children.

ALL

OF THESE ITEMS MAY BE BOUGHT AT SPECIAL PRICES

FROM MISSION SERVICES, WILLERNIE, MINNESOTA


16/23

8

ENCOURAGEMENT

FROM OTHERS

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April 22 . 1962

T o th e

B r e t h r en :

choose

Ike

mi ss io n f ie ld . T hu s,

I

am happy

to

recommend

Elston Knight and his family. They have proved their con

secration,

their in i tia t ive and

their

willingness

to sacrifice

for the Lord.

X

1

were

a minister of a congregation looking

fo r

a

candidate

to

suppor t

as

'^livlngllnk/'

e s e folks would

s a ti s fy m e

in

every

way.

Y o u r

Brother

in Chrii

(ilgned)

D on

Earl B o a tm a n

P r e a ld e n t

Oaark Bible Coll ege

First

Chr i s t i a n Chu r ch

Lo s Catos CaUforni s

March 1 4, 1 952

To Whom it may concern;

We

Elde r s

o f F i r s t

Chr is t ian

Chur ch of Los

CaU/ornia couot

it a

privilege

to

have

known

and

with

Brother

E l st on E . Knight,

a ad t ak e

t hi s me an s

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