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ual birth, God is the Father, and the Church is
the mother. (1 John 5:l) “Whosoever believeth
that Jesus is the Christ, is begotten of God, and
every one that loveth him that begat, loveth him
also that is begotten of Him.” (1 Peter 1:23)
“Being begotten agajn not of corruptible seed,
but of incorruptible, by the word of God.”
There are other texts on this line, but. these
two will suffice for our purpose. God does the
begetting by and through His word. The Word is
preached, i. e., the Gospel (good news) that we
may have a chance to be saved from the awful
sentence given to Adam. When we understand,
consider, and accept this teaching, that produces
faith; or belief of the teaching.
means, are “begotten of God.” These meaxs for
our betterment are carried out by the niother
(the Church) (Gal.. 4:21-31). Then the mother
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We.. 537 this His Word.
carefully trains, feeds, teaches, nourishes us till
we have grcwn to the ‘time when we renl1.y want
to get cloeer to the Father, which brings us to
repentance, which means turning away from every
think which is offensive to God, and we sincerely
desire to be like our Savior, pure, holy, and right-
eous like Him. .We continue to grow thru the
tuterage of the Mother, finally we see we are
working, or living under Satan’s ruling, and are
anxious to get from under his laws, hence we not
only denounce him but renounce him; determine
to live under him ,no longer; we confess Christ.
Determine to accept Him ‘and His teaching, and
stand up “and tell the world about it.” We want
everybody to know we have quit Satan and his
ways, and henceforth will serve, suffer, and work
for Christ.
God has provided a “dividing line” between the
kingdom of Satan and the Kingdom of Christ,
the Mother still officiating, has been directed by
the Father to bury this one who has died to sin,
so she buries him in water. That is as far as the
mother can go. Now God does His part, “That
which is born of flesh is flesh, that which is born
of the Spirit, is spirit.”
(Roni. 6:3-5) “Know ye not that so. many of
us as were baptized into Jesus Christ, were bap-
tized into His death? Therefore, we were buried
with Him by baptism into death, that like as
Christ was raised from the dead by the glary of
the Father, even so we also should walk in new-
ness of life.” For if we have been planted in the
likeness of His death, we shall be also in the like-
ness of His resurrection.” Jesus fulfilled every
command of God, and died for the human race,
and was buried. The Spirit of God met him in
the grave and raised Him up to a new life. He
died a hated Nazarine by his enemies. He was
raised “King of kings, and Lord of lords.” So the
humble sinner has done all God commanded him
to do, and now the Father takes charge of him as
he did of Jesusj His Spirit meets the spirit of man
in the grave, pardons him, and raises,.him up a
new creature to live a new life in Christ. “Well
says one, how about the wind?” Well there is not
much to that. Let us see what Jesus said about
the wind. “The wind bloweth where it will and
you hear the sound, but camiot tell where it starts
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nor where it stops, “So is every one that is born
of the Spirit.” Can you see the workings of the
mind of the baptized one? No, you see the burial
in water but not the Spirit. Now, read 1 Cor.
2:ll: “What man knoweth the things of a man
save the spirit of a man that is in him.” You cannot
see the workings of any man’s mind, nor the
mind of God, but suffice it to say, as the spirit of
God met the Spirit .of Jesus in the grave, and
Saised him up to be Ruler of heaven and earth,
Just so His Spirit meets the sinner in the grave,
frees him from sin, raises him up to a new life in
Christ, a servant of righteousness, instead of a
servant of sin. May God bless us in studying
R. L. Chapman, Box 252, Hebbronville, Texas,
Dec. 27.-We are still meeting. for worship in the
court house here. Two other families meet with
us regularly. We hope to have a meeting in the
spring.
Fred Kessinger, Bedford, Va., Dee. 28.- I
want to express my thanks and appreciation to
the brethren for the contributions sent to me
through the OPA. It helps us very much. I was
glad to be home for a week Chrhistmas.
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B. F. Leonard, 1714 Jackson, Huntington, W.
Va., Jan. 3.-Bro. Gay is to begin a singing school
here Jan. 14. We hope to praise the,Lord more
perfectly. The church here should prosper if we
can get the three “D’s” to work.
’Bracy N. Smith, Mandos, Colorado, Dec. 15.-
We are doing fine here. We recently had eight
days of preaching by Brethren Fred Kirbo and
Barney Welch-good preaching, but no visible
results. May the Lord bless all. Pray for us.
R. A. Hill, -16, Fulham Park Gardens, London,
S. W. 6, England, Nov. 27.-Many thanks for the
“Old Paths.Pulpit.” I hope to mention them in
“C. N.” We are inclined to favor the symbolism
of one cup, but not as either principle or test of
fellowship-too many divisions already.
Lee R. Williams, 234 W. Cherokee, McAlester,
Okla., Jan. 16.-The church here is increasing in
number. We are looking forward to completing
our house by time for our meeting in May. We
have received contributions as follows : Bro. Wal-
ter Gray, Heartshorne, Okla., $50.00 ; Church,
Ada, Okla., $125.00 ; Church, Oklahoma ’ City,
$140.00; Church, San Diego, Calif., $15.00; A few
others, $12,00. . Many thanks to all, and may the
Lord bless you.
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Batsell Moore, Minersville, Calif ., Dee. 23.-I
wish Louise and I were able to thank each per-
sonally, who have helped us, while I am in camp.
We extend our appreciation for such kindness.
I plan to be in Oregon next month on a furlough.
I hope to be released before the end of February.
J. M. Stevens, Box 111, Sentinel, Okla., Dec. 30.
-Bro. J. B. Lasater, Jr., of Oklahoma City, was
with us the first Lord‘s day in December. Bro.
Dean Hopkins, who was baptized a year and a
half ago, gave us a good lesson the fourth Lord’s
day in December. Bro. Bill Rhoden was with us
the last Lord’s day in December, and gave us two
good lessons. We are glad to have all faithful
preachers with us.
C. G. Fancher, Route 3, Wichita Falls, Texas,
January 13.-I was with the brethren at Fruit-
land this morning in the worship. We visited
Houston and Eola churches very recently. We
enjoyed being with the brethren at the above
places. I am sending three subs. to the OPA. .
Abe Young (colored), Rte. 2, Hallesville, Texas,
Jan. 17.-The church at Ash Springs, Hallesville,
is moving along with much zeal. I was blessed
in getting my s6n back from “Uncle Sam.” He
spent three years, ten months, and seventeen
days, in his service. We are thankful he is still in
the faith. We are determined to stand firm to
the end.
W. D. Goodgion, Rte. 5, Wichita Falls, Texas,
Dec. 16.-we were glad to have Bro. J. B. Spradley
and Homer Gay, Jr., from the Mancos, Colo.
camp visit us while on their leave. The church
here is doing fine. We are sending our check to
the boysln the camps. May we pray for all the
boys in . the qmps.
N. J. Catterton, 32 Douglas St., Hammond, Ind.,
Jan. 19.-Brethren J. I. Thomson, Lansing, Illi-
nois, Paul Shaw, and I are to begin an effort
among the colored people, of the B. and 0. R. R.
Camp, in North Hammond, Ind., in the near fu-
ture.. We hope that some way will be provided
for Bro. G. A. Canfield (colored), Marion, La., to
come here and work among the colored people. He
is willing to come, if we could only finance the
work. Pray for us and.the work here, brethren.
Ben Frentrup, Box 401, Mancos, Colorado, Dec.,
12.-Brethren Fred Kirbo and Barney Welch and
families visited us for a week early in December,
at which time, these preachers conducted a series
of meetings in the camp, preaching alternately.
The attendance and attention were good, especially
on the part of two or three of the boys. Those
who attended really heard the gospel, and we all
were strengthened. and encouraged. We appre-
ciated the meeting very much, and we pray that
the seed sown may bring forth fruit. We humbly
,ask the prayers of the faithful, and may God bless
all who love Him in sincerity. .
A. Walker (colored), Box 146, Brookhaven,
Miss., January 4.-I wish to say to the brethren
that I am continuing in the faith and the work of
building up the cause of Christ by His gospel. “If
ye continue in my word, .then are ye my disciples,
indeed, and ye shall-know the truth, and the truth
shall make.you free” (Jno. 8:31, 32). Pray that
I may grow strong in the Lord.
Nathan J. Catterton, 32 Douglas St., Hammond,
.Ind., Jan. 6.-The little congregation here contin-
ues to move on in the Bible way. Due to much ,
sickness the attendance has been rather small,
but about all were present today. We studied
Rom. 13 and had a good lesson. We are looking
forward to a meeting in the spring. May we ever
continue faithful to the Lord.
J. T. Broseh, Rte. 2, Dublin, Texas, Dee. 30.-
The brethren at Ramsey are getting along fine,
being encouraged by a few new members moving
into their midst. The faithful at Fort Worth,
too, are getting along nicely, but several mem-
bers have moved away. We received our copy
of “Old Paths Pulpit,” and we think it is fine. I
hope that all in the brotherhood may be able to
read it.
Guy Mallory, Jr., Mancos, Colorado, December
31.-I preached for the brethren at Waco, Texas,
December 23, at the morning services. That night
Bro. Wesley Zallard gave us a good lesson. On
Sunday afternoon, a number of the brethren and
I visited in the home of Brother A. B. Pickle, who
was sick. We had singing and prayer for his re-
covery. I enjoyed the visit while there.
J. B. Spradley, C.P.S. No. 111, Mancos, Colora-
do, Dec. 29.-I want to thank all for the aid they
have given to me since I have been in camp. Per-
haps, some day we can be free again and able to
maintain ourselves. We pray that such may be
the case, and we ask all faithful brethren to pray
for us that we may be released soon. We are ex-
pecting to be moved from this camp in the near
future.
Guy Mallory, Mancos, Colorado, Dee. 12.-On
November 17 and 18, I was with the faithful breth-
ren at Delta, Colorado. On Nov. 24 and 25, I was
with the brethren at Portales, New Mex., pTeach-
ing for both the above congregations. They are to
be commended for their love and zeal. We were
glad to have Brethren Fred Kirbo and Barney
(Welch for a week at the camp. Pray for me.
Paul 0. Nichols, 849 Wilcox Ave., Hollywood,
38, Calif., Jan. 16.-I am now in a series of meet-
ings with the brethren at Merced. We have .had
four confessions of faults to date. I heard Bro.
Clovis Cook preach four good sermons since his
arrival in Calif. We regret to see Bro. Homer
L. King leave this field, but we know that others
need him as well as we. I preached to a nice
crowd at Ceres, Jan. 6. Let us.work and pray
that the church may have a prosperous new year.
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