Carlson Ray Imogene 1950 Philippines

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TH E

CE U

CHRIST I N

Publication

of

th e

Cobu Ch ri st ia n

Mission

P.

O, Box 41

Cebu

City, Philippines

March

1,

1950

Mission

Workers ;

ose Villagracia Ignacic Tagalog

rescencia Labrado Juan Dagafon

F lo ri st a M il le n de z

REPORT

Two hundred twenty nine souls v/ere born of the

and the Spir it in

Cebu and

Negros in 1949.

We

an note a

definite

increase

in

t he h ea rt -b ea t of the

and a deepening 2eal for the

cause

of Christ.

are

now

over si x hundred in ou r fellowship.

INDEPENDENCE

Attendance

is

increasing

in

all

co ngr ega ii on s- The

Street

church

is

now

fr ee fr om

the

mission

and

e b ui ld in g has

been

turned over

to th e

congregation

to her

continuing

faitl ifully in th e

Word. Already

h a s been a boos t to h er.

JAIL

In the provincial jail las t Lord's Day, Brother Tagalog

and

Brother Deodoro baptized eight in the new tank we

able

to furnish them. The Presbyterians and the

alvation Army people also have services there, but

ore the only group having conversions among the

prisoners.

S NT NDER

Santander is continuing work on

her

building with

very limited means. A fine group of children

and

adults

sing hymns to the Lord

and

study His Word every first

day of the week. They ask for on institute to be held

there this summer for teacher

training.

BALAMBAN

At Ealamban the brethren meet in the house of

Bro ther Alfonso Cuiacha.

Most

of these have

come

ou t

of a denominationalism

that

offered

them no program

or

leadership. They are saving for a building

and

have

a lot

already

paid for next to the public school in the

center of

town.

Many come from the mountains to in

quire of the teaching there. The mission is donating

th e frame of their new building.

ASTORIAS

Brother

Artemio Lucen io

of

Astorias,

th e next town

north

of Balamban, wants

us

to come and

start

a church

there using his house as a meeting place to begin with.

Missionaries :

A.

Ray

Carlson

Imogene E. Carlso

We plan to do so a our earlie st opportunity.

COMPOSTELA

A new work is begun in ompostela We visit

this place before the war. Miss Poz Cannon of t

Presbyterians has been having a Sunday School the

She is

going

to Mindanao

and

has

asked

us to take

over since th e United

Church is

either no t interested

else

ha s

no

one

to send. The people in this comm-un

are asking for a preacher. A church could be start

here. An

average

of thirty-five chi ldren

attend

Sis

Labrado s c lass there very Sunday afternoon.

TOLEDO

Here we have been invited to present our plea at the s

called

Iglesla ni Cristo

Universal.

The

founder

of th

church

recently

died and

the people

of

tha t commun

ar e

looking

for leadership with a message and a

progra

ILOILO

A church in Iloilo on Panay

has written

inquiri

ir-to cu r

teaching.

They ar e

now

calling themselv

Church

of

th e

Living

God

but intend

to

change

t

to

Church

of Christ this

year.

They

say tha t they a

prove all I

have

written them and

want

to

become

N ew T es ta me nt

church .

TALISAY

OUR HOME

Tlie large group of children in our neighborhood th

meet with our few brethren in

San

Isldro, Talisay wou

gladden your heart. We set our benches and spread

Lord's Table in our l awn eve ry Sunday afternoon. Tho

around about ar e learn ing the truth in spite of the pries

activity.

CARRETA SPLIT

In November, Brother Santiago Bernabe led a divis

from

th e

Martires Street

church

to form

another

congre

tion near by. For this he has been disciplined- Ho

ever, we feel that we must let bygones

be

bygones

a

for th e sake of th e Lord, restore

fellov/shlp

with these m

guided brethren. This s not a

way

to start new church

but lest they fall completely astray, we have decid

to ove rlook t he past and help them

as we

can.

OUS GOMLt

Fiity

Churches of Christ on

the

Island ol Cebu


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The

CEBU

CHRISTI N

L > o

Mission Address :

P. O Box 41

Cebu City Philippines

DECEMBER

RAY

A ND IM OG EN E C AR LS ON

Missionaries

COVINGTON. KENTUCKY

The banco carries passengers and cargo between

sm ll

islands and to points not

served by large inter-island shipping. The

keels

of these boats are hollowed-out

logs. Today outboard motors are

ommonly

used if the wind is unfavorable.

S ix

Hund r e d

M iss iona r i e s

In

th e

early

days of th e

American

ad

min is t ra t ion in

th e Philippines, si x

hu n

dred college graduates from

th e

United

States were pu t

on

on e army

t ransport

a nd s en t

to

t he Is lands fo r t he purpose

of

laying the groundwork for the public

school system. Th e schools o f to day al l

over th e thousands of Phi lippine is lands

are

a testimonial to

th e

fidelity

and

sa c

rifices

of

these

si x

hundred

Americans,

many

of whom

now

lie

in

unmarked

gr-aves

under coconut

t rees. They

worked

themselves o ut o f jo bs b y t raining others

to take their places.

Because

of

them,

li te ra cy in th e P hi li pp in es

r ea ch es n ew

highs every year .

The spiritual n eed s o f th e

Philippines

stand

now in

as

much

neglect

as d id edu

cation

fifty

years

ago. How

wonderful

i t would

be i f

we

could

s en d s ix hund r e d

missionaries

on on e ship to preach

th e

g osp el to th e Filip in os.

These

would no t

be

to o

many.

There

are one

hundred

eighty-six

mis

s ionaries

o f the f re e

churches

o f C hr is t

spread all over th e world today.

Just

t hi nk o f

it ,

only

186

We shou ld h av e

one

thousand

and

eighty-sixand

would

have

if we

understood

ou r r espons ib il it y t o

God. Today , commun ism is

making

it s

bid

fo r

these

whom

we

have neglected.

Wha t

shal l i t be ?

M is si on ar ie s o r so l

diers?

Bibles

or bul le ts?

Each mus t

de

cide

fo r

h imse l f wha t

h e w ill do .

World

peace without the Prince of

Peace is

impossible.

This

paper

will be

sent free

to

anyone

requesting it .

Write

P. Box 7 Latonia

Station, Covington,

Kentucky.

States

Address:

P. O. B ox 7

Latonio Station

Covington Kentucky

Telephone AXtei 3093

1950

Strength

Report

Th e

l as t r epo r t

on th e

strength

o f the

Cebuano churches

is

a s fol lows: In Cebu

City, th e Martires church reports

108

active

members and

68

inactive,

with

28

baptized in 1950; th e

Karita

church

re

ports

30 active members, 48 inactive;

in

th e

Provincial J ai l, t he

brethren report

42

a ct iv e membe rs ,

18 sent

to

Munting-

lupa

Jai l near

Manila and

35

baptized

in

19.50; t he Gui lj un gan chu rc h

in

Negros,

Occidental,

reports 168

members and 32

inactive, with

58

baptized

in 1950;

th e

Santander,

Cebu,

church reports

36 mem

bers, 26

i na ct iv e; t he Balamb an ,

Cebu,

church reports 22

a ct iv e membe rs

and 6

inactive

with

8

bapt ized th is

year;

an d

th e T alisa y, Cebu,

church reports

16

members with 8

inactive

an d

on e

bap

tized

in

1950.

Since

th e war,

676

have

been added to th e body o f C hr ist

in

our

district,

bu t

some have

moved

away.

14 1

of

th ese w ere b orn o f

th e

wa t e r

and

th e Spiri t

this

year.

N ew Church in Davoo

Th e

Manila

hemp (abaca)

planters in

the

great district of Davao

are hearing

th e

Ne w

Testament

message

fo r

t he f ir st

time. Santiago and Lydia Barnabe

report

tha t services ax e being held in their

home

north of

the

city

and

that he is

engaged

in

teaching school.

Filipino Christmas

This

is th e

season

that

th e

Filipinos

s ing Cab l ing Malinaw (Sil ent Night) .

Chr i s tmas

in

th e

Is lands is no t th e sho r t

two-day

festival that

we ce lebrate here

in

America.

It beg in s December first a nd

continues

u nt il t he b eg in nin g

of Febru

ary

Beautiful

lanterns are

seen

hanging

in

windows and doorways.

They are

m ade in a ll manner

of shapes

and

forms.

Some

a re s ta rs , some animals,

and

some

are

wrea th s. T he frame

is

made

of

tiny

s t icks

of

bamboo and

then

covered

wi t h

colored

tissue paper. The

lanterns are

hung over a l ight bulb.

The t ro ub ad ou rs go from house to

house singing and playing

on

harps,

guitars,

and

horns. Their singing

is

heard al l day and fa r into th e night.

They stop a t th e front door and

sing

one

song and

then al l

shout, Maayong

Pas ko (Mer ry Ch ri stma s ) I f th e

people ins ide do no t immedia te ly go to

th e door an d give them money or candy,

th e

carolei'S continue

their music. If ,

after several songs, they

still receive

no

money, they go on to the next house.

Many of

them are in

costumes.

The F il ip inos

love to

dress

up and

p ara de . T he y have amp le oppo rt un it y

fo r

both a t this tim e of th e

year.

Many

dramas depict ing the birth

of Christ are

p re sen te d in th e c hurc h y ards .


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1950

The Conv e r t e d Cri t ic

Each

yea r, wit h evident ly no results,

we have conducted evangelistic

services

in Inayawan,

Pardo,

Cebu, at

th e invi

ta t ion of

th e

f ai th fu l E le na de Jaca.

Every

eff ort w as made

by

the Catholic

priest

of that place to discourage and

nul li fy the

preaching of th e Gospel. At

one

time,

he

hired

a

band

to march

up

and

down before our p la ce o f meeting

to

keep

us from being heard.

One of

the most

persistent in asking

questions

and in arguing with ou r work

ers

was

Ernesto

Yagawa.

We almost

gave

up

al l

hope of

ever

winning

him

but, anyhow , g ave him th e Spa nis h Bible

that he requested because he

was

taking

Spanish

in s chool

and thought it would

h el p h im in th e study

of

that language.

We

had

almost

f or go tt en a bo ut him

unti l he came to our house one aftei '-

noon

saying

that

ho

had l ea rn ed

some

things in his reading

and

wanted to be

born of th e water

an d

th e S pirit. Th is

is

n ot th e

first

time tha t an

e nemy o f th e

Fai th has become an a dv oc at e o f tha t

w hich h e

once oppos ed .

Jose

Pal ic te , r ecen tly r el eased from

jail and having charges of having col

laborated with the Japanese

dropped,

reports

growing interest in his work

among

his former fellow-prisoners in

Cebu. Members of

hi s

family

have

also

been won by him. His s is ter- in-law,

Maria Palicte, recently joined her hus

band, Saturnine, in the faith. His father

ha s

decided,

also,

to

become

a Christian

only. Jose's s ister, Victoriana, is now at

tending

Cebu

Bible Seminary.

Brother

Pal ic te

is a

machinis t

and receives no

money fr om th e

Mission, bu t

has

proven

himself

to be full

of

good works in bear

ing the testimony of the Lo rd. He is large

in body and in heart and the fact that

hi s wife ran

away

with

another

man

while

he

was in prison fo r almost

five

years

has

served only to help him

se t

hi s mind

on

things tha t are above.

Teaching Teachers

An increasing number

of

teachers have

been attending th e

services

in t he c it y

especially from

the Temple

Colleges

where some of our young people are

taking

work.

We ar e

now contemplating

start ing a

chu rch u si ng Eng li sh alone

in

Cebu

City

an d

ar e

certain

that a

great

work c an

be

done i f p ro pe r

facilities are

mad e a v ai la b le .

The bigge r the work, th e

greater

th e

joy of

doing

it . Henry M. Stanley.

Mrs

Imogene Carlson and (left to

right}

Robin, 10; Teddy, 3; and

Larry

8; for

whom support is being sought.

THE CEBU

CHR I S T I AN

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THEME SONG

O Zion, haste, thy

mission

high fulfilling

To tell

to

oil

the

world that God is light;

That He who mode all nations is not willing

One

soul

should perish lost in shades of night.

Behold howmany thousands stillare

lying

Bound in the darksome prison-house of sin,

With none to tell them of the Saviour s dying,

O r of

th e life

He

died

fo r

them

to

win.

Proclaim to every people, tongue, and nation,

That God, inwhom they liveand move, islove:

Tell

how He stooped to save His lost creation.

And died on earth

that

man might liveabove.

He comes again: O Zion, ere thou meet Him,

Make

known

to every heart His saving grace;

Let none whom He hath ransomed fail

to greet

Him,

Through

thy neglect, unfit to see His face.

C oco nu t S he l l

Banks

The

Carlsons brough t a

supply

of co

conut shell banks with them

when

they

r e tu rned

to

th e Uni ted

S ta tes

from th e

Philippines. One

of

t he se bank s for mi s

sionary

o ff er ings to

the C EB U

CHRIS

TIAN

MISSION

will be available

to

any

on e

wri ti ng a nd

requesting

on e

as

long

a s t he s up pl y l as ts .

Address

P. 0.

Box

7,

La ton ia S ta ti on , Covington,

Kentucky.

Might Be

True

Th e story is told about a

certain

c hu rc hwhen t he

offering

was being

taken

for missions, th e

offering

plate

was

taken to a

Mr .

Dives,

who

shook

hi s head an d

whispered, I

never give

to

missions.

T he n tak e

something

ou t

of

th e plate, th e deacon whispered

in

re

ply;

th e

money

is fo r

the hea then.

Clipped.

Who s e Jo b Is I t?

Surprising as i t may

seem

no t al l

ehui'ch members

realize

their missionary

responsibility.

I am busy te aching my

Bible-school

class. Missionai-y

work

is

for

th e mi s

sionaries

and

th e missionary societies,

is

some t imes

th e

a t t i t u d e

of

a

t e a che r .

As

s ome o ne

has

said, however, Yo u a ie

either a missionary

or

a missionary

field.

To put i t differently, The world

will not

bo Ch r is ti a n w i th o u t

ef for tand

we

cer tainly will

not

be

Christians

un

les s we m ak e th e

e f fo r t

Moody

Monthly tells this s tory: Will

t he h ea th en

be saved, asked a church

member of a missionary, if we do not

send them th e

gospel?

Tha t is God's conundrum, answered

th e

missionary. Yours is, Will I be

saved i f I do no t s end th e hea then t h a t

gospel wh ich my

Lord

commanded t o be

preached

to

al l nations?

We a re so

mad e

t h a t

w hen o ur

hear t s

are

stirred wit h apprec ia ti on

we are

moved

to

t el l s omebody else. When on e

comes

to

know th e Lord

J e su s

Chr is t in

His wonde r

an d

power, that one will be

ent hu si as ti c a bo u t Him. Our jo b as

Chris t ians is to te ll othersall

o ther s

everywhere. Selected.

One Bible School class of

fifty

That

is

th e size

of

th e class

of childx'en

taught

by

S i st e r F l or is ta Millendez i n Gu il ju n-

gan. Many

of

these

must sit

on

th e

g ro un d f or la ck

of

benches, but their vig

orous singing

will put to

shame many

a

lethargic an d

sleepy

Amer ican congrega

t i o n .

The

prospects are as bright

as

th e

promises

of God. Ado'}iiram Judson.

WHY

HAVE MISSIONS?

. . . All authority hath been given unto me in heaven and on earth. Go ye

therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them into the name of the

Father and of the Son and of the

Holy

Spirit: teaching them to observe all things

whatsoever I commanded you: and lo, I am with you always even unto the end

of the world. JESUS (Matthew 28:18-20).


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The Philippines have plenty of water for baptiz

ing. Brother Jose of te r a meeting in Negros.

A

Chris t -Fi l led

Chr i s tmas

T he F ilipino brethren in Cebu and

your

missionary

family greet

you a t this

Christmas

season.

We al l rejoice together

a t

this

happy time

of the

year

as we

re

member

again

th e

birth of our

Saviour.

We wish to thank each

of

you fo r

your

fine

support

of

this

work in

far-away

Cebu during

th e

past

nine

years. May

God

bless

and

keep

each of you

and

may

Christian peace an d jo y be e ve r you rs .

To Brother Ignacio Tagalog , preach

in g

at th e

Karita church, our

absence

of

a few weeks ha s seemed a year

already.

Rudolfo

and Agapito Repdos

were re

cent ly bapt ized at

that place.

I

am in the best

of services fo r

th e

b es t o f Masters a nd u po n t he b es t te rm s.

John Will iams .

Christ

i n s ub se quen t

history

is

more

marvelous

t han Chr i s t

in

Galilee.

Lor imcr .

NOTICE

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it .

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THE CEBU

CHRISTIAN

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December, 1950

ANSWERING

THE

MISSIONARY

CALL

Then said I,

Woe

is me for I am undone; because I am a men of unclean

lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, Jehovah of hosts.

Then

flew

one of the seraphim unto me, having a

live

coal in his hand,

which

he had taken with the tongs from off the altar: and he touched my mouth with it,

and

said o

this

hath touched

thy

lips;

and thine iniquity

is taken

away

and

thy

sin forgiven. And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, Whomshall I send, and

who

will go for us?

Then

I said, Here am I; send me. (Isaiah

6:5-8.

F inanc i a l S t a t em e n t

CEBU

CHRISTIAN MISSION

July I - October 31, 1950

RECEI PTS

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Mi-h.

Soj>hie

Carlson,

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Chr.

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1 ;

Hil l s -

b or o. L oy al Home Bu i ld e rs . 3 (i : Jeromesvi l le ,

C o f C. 30 .11:

OKLAHOMA ,

T u ls a, M rs .

Dean

TH ck el t, 2 :

OREGON.

Baker . Mi ss . S oc ., Firs t

C

of

C.

2 5; Eugene .

Mrs. L.

E.

Alhimbaugh,

20 : Direct

Suppo r t Grp.. Fi r s t Chr . Ch., 1 0;

PENNSYLVANIA ,

Meadvi l le ,

M is s. S oc .. F i r s t

Chr .

Ch.. 34 : PH IL IPP INES , B en A l li so n, 25 ;

August in Deodoro,

1.50:

WYOMING, Whea t -

l and .

Chr .

Ch..

34 . 08 .

Brough t f o rward Ju ly

1. 1 9 50 , 1 0 3. 58 . To t a l

Receip ts: 1,668.24.

Pa id

out .

July

1

t o O c to be r 31 , 1950, includ

in g ocean t r anspor ta t ion

fo r

C ar ls on f am il y,

3 ,110 .37 .

DEF IC IT : 1 , 442 .1 3 .

Living

Link

chui-fhcs support ing

Mr. an d

Mrs .

Ca r l son a re th e F ir s t Ch r is t ia n C h u r ch

o f

I n gl ewood , C a l i fo r n iaMor r i s Bu t l e r

Book , Min

ister. an d La ton ia Ch ri st ia n Church

of

Coving-

ton , Ken tuckyJoseph D. Hill, Minis ter .

Great Missionary

Sayings

Al l

th e

world

is my par ish.

John Wesley.

I

se e no

bus iness in life bu t th e w ork

o f C hr is t.

Henry Mortyn.

F e a r God and

work

hard .

David Livingstone.

Let

us

advance upon

our knees.

Joseph

Hardy

Nccsima.

Every

church should

support tw o pas

torsone

for the thousands

at

home,

th e o ther

fo r th e

mil l ions ab road .

J a co b C h ambe rl ai n .

I will place no value on anything I

have or may possess except in relation

to th e Kingdom

of

Christ.

Livingstone's

resolution

made

in young manhood .

The

word

discouragement is

not

to

be

found

in the dictionary of the K ing

dom o f H ea ve n.

Me li nd a R a nk in .

We

a re th e childi-en o f

t he c on ve rt s

of

f or ei gn mi ss ionar ie s ; and fairn ess

mean s

t h a t I mu s t do to

o the rs as

men

once

d id to m e .

Mal tb i e

D .

Dabcock .

We cannot serve God an d mammon;

bu t we c an s erv e God wi th mammon .

Robert

L.

apeer.

TOTAL

MEMBERSHIP

OF THE

CHURCH

IN THE CEBU AREA: 676

Sec.

34.66

P. L. & R.

U. S. POSTAGE

P I

Newport, Kentucky

Permit No. 85

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Carlson Ray Imogene 1950 Philippines