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Vol. XXXI. No. 8

APRIL 16,

1937

THE AIM-

To give Light to them that sit in darkness.

THE FIELD-

The 80,000 Aborigines of Australia.

THE COMMAND-

Matthew 28: 19-20.

HE GIVETH MORE

H e w h o hath made thee whole W i l l heal thee day by day; H e w h o hath spoken t o thy soul H a t h many things t o say. H e w h o hath gently taught, Y e t MORE will make thee know; H e w h o so wondrously hath wrought Y e t greater things wil l show.

H e w h o hath made thee nigh W i l l draw thee nearer still; H e w h o hath given the first supply W i l l satisfy and fill. H e w h o hath given thee grace, Y e t MORE and MORE wil l send; H e w h o hath set thee in the race W i l l speed thee to the end.

H e w h o hath w o n thy heart, Will keep it true and free; H e who hath shown thee what thou art W i l l show Himsel f to thee. H e w h o hath bid thee live, A n d made thy l i fe His own; L i f e MORE abundantly wi l l give, A n d keep i t His alone.

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GENERAL NEWS.

Miss cash, after a few days of meetings at Bendigo, arrived at Cummeragunja and Barmah on Thursday, 25th March. She will be associated in the work there until Miss Presnell returns.

Miss Long left Barmah a few days later, and arrived in Sydney 011 March 31.

The Misses Campbell, Sales, Wheeler, Byron, and Abbott were present with parties of their people at Goolagong Convention, also our faithful associate worker, Mr. Wil- son, of Cowra.

Mrs. Long and Mr. W. A. Long travelled on the Memorial Van to Goolagong, and enjoyed the time of fellowship with our happy band of western missionaries, as well as with them the delights of seeing the steady growth of some of our native Christians.

Miss McAulay has been able to come to Sydney to complete her furlough, which was interrupted by her having to return to Toomelah.

Mr. Weston is having a trying time at Tennant Creek. Attacks of various maladies incidental to the local conditions and climate have caused him physical suffering, but he writes with much joyousness.

+ Anonymous Donations.

We acknowledge the following anonymous donations with grateful thanks. fl for the work of the A.I.M. at

Darwin from B. E3 for work in Northern Territory.

Mr. C. L Weston wishes to thank the donor of 6/- for it and the accompanying inspiring portion from God’s Word, signed “Officer”-also for a parcel of Christian Heralds from Ballarat, very acceptable.

It is not the thing we spend most time on that moulds us most; the greatest element is the thing which exerts most power.

+ + + Don’t ask God to test you. Never

declare as Peter did-“I will do anything, I will go to death with Thee.” Abraham did not make any such declaration, he remained true to God, and God purifled his faith.

+ + + Unless the worker lives a life

hidden with Christ in God, he is apt to become a n irritating dictator instead of an indwelling disciple.

+ + + A vision without a task makes a

visionary. A task without a vision makes drudgery. A vision with a task makes a missionary.

I + + T

Those who love God never meet for the last time.

+ + + + + +

God makes men towers-every tower should carry a light.

It is more honour to take one soul alive out of the devil’s clutches than to leave many slain on the field.

+ Have I a personal history with

Jesus Christ? The one sign of discipleship is intimate connection with Him, a knowledge of Jesus Christ which nothing can shake.

Trials make the promise sweet, Trials give new life to prayer, Trials bring me to His feet, Lay me low and keep me there. + + + Everything hangs upon the spirit

in which critical and pivotal conditions are met by the people of God.

+ + +


April 16, 1937. OUR A I M 3

Mrs. L. W. LONG Our Motto: “Our God is Able“

Director

Headquarters:

6th Floor, Bible House,

242 Pitt Street. Sydney,

N.S.W.

Telephone: MA 2078.

Founded August 1. 1905. OBTECT-To carry out with respect to Australia’s aboriginal people the

Master‘s Command-“Go ye therefore and make disciples of all nations,” by sending Missionaries to Aboriginal Camps and Settlements throughout Australia to preach the Gospel and teach them how to llve Christian lives.

C H A R A m - I t is interdenominational and accepts candidates who h v e absolute faith in the Deity of the three Persons of the Trinity, c,f the full inspiration and authority of the Old and New Testament Scriptures and are willing to trust Gad completely for the supply of all temporal as well as spiritual needs.

SWF’ORT-The Mission is supported by the unsolicited freewill offering. d God’s people, given in answar to prayer.

EDITORIAL H E month has held for us all the beautiful Easter season, with its reminders of the Garden, the Cross, the tomb, and the Resurrection morn-all speaking of Him who is our life, and is Himself alive for

evermore. We gathered around Him on all our stations, while on some, special Easter gatherings were conducted, and a t Goolagong, the Easter Native Christian Convention was held. We were able also to have part in several Conventions. Mr. Higgs and Miss Beasley and a party of twelve native Christians were blessed and made a blessing at Kalbar (Q.i. Miss Wells represented the Mission at Rockhampton, and before Easter Miss Long gave a n address at the Kerang (Vic.) Convention, and Miss Crebbin and Miss Jackson were able to attend one at Geelong and Miss Presnell took part at Waverley Convention, Tasmania.

We thank God for these opportunities of fellowship with God’s people, and of rehearsing to them what great things the Lord hath done.

HE decision to make a trip to England in order T to enjoy a rest and respite from the work has met with the approval of many whose expressions of pleasure mean much to me. It is always a n encouragement to have the concurrence of those who are in fellowship with us in Christ Jesus and one with us in service for Him, in the pathway of His direction.

I have been touched by the loving gifts, which have reached me, of helpful articles for the journey and of money to buy “any little thing.” Our dear m i 5 sionaries have jolned in this ministry which is sweet to the taste. I think it will be helpful to my fellow workers and friends to know that my passage money and expenses are not being drawn from the funds of the Mlssion, as there will not be wanting those

who criticise along such lines. In this step as in all others of my life, I look to the Lord alone, who has given me the word to go, to meet my every need personally apart from the funds of the Mission.

Amongst the letters I have received one earnest, faithful friend has struck a note which I would like to comment upon. She says, “Isn’t it a thousand pities that our own Australian Church has not responded to the claims of Christ‘s Command-Go Ye?”

Away back in 1924 I was programmed to speak at the Australasian Convention held in Adelaide on be- half of the Aborigines. I recognised the importance of such an occasion with representatives of all Aus- tralia before me and was seeking a message from the Lord.

About this time, my husband and I were greatly concerned at Australia’s continued apathy to the Aboriginal cause, and we were considering whether I should go to England to lay the matter before the Lord’s people there, who would consider a mission to the Aborigines-a foreign mission.

My husband received a small legacy and he put it aside for my passage money. Then came this opportunity to speak to the young people of Australia. The story is too long to tell in detail, especially how Satan sought to hinder me delivering God’s message, but the Lord prevailed and in His enabling, I gave forth what He had given me. The word given me had come as a thunderbolt-

“LET NO MAN TAKE THY CROWN.” The Aborigines are Australia’s crown, and would we let another take it from us, discharge OUR duty and win OUR reward?

This settled the question of turning to Christians overseas. Mr. Long put his legacy into the work and I gave up the thought of going to England.

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4 OUR A I M April 16, 1937.

Helpful Visitors.

Visitors to our stations stirred again and again as

are they

look upon the Lord’s work, and of- ten return to their home centres to pray and work.

A Brisbane young lady, with two other friends, enjoyed some hours of fellowship with the missionaries and dark people last October. On her return she told the Junior En- deavourers, of whom she is Super- intendent, about the dark people’s efforts to build a church, and the children expressed a desire to help. She writes: “We had money-boxes painted, and on each pasted a photo of a dark child, and by this means our Juniors have saved up for the last three months, and I am enclos- ing the result of their efforts, f2 /5/ - , as a gift towards the Cherbourg Church building from the Sandgate Baptist Juniors.”

An A.I.M. friend called a t the Katoomba Mission Church during Miss Acland’s last week-end there, and, on ascertaining the cost of timber needed to line the church, left her cheque to cover it. Then, on seeing the rooms for the accom- modation of our missionaries, she offered to purchase linoleum to cover the floors.

Easter Sunday was a happy day on Cherbourg for our people. The Queensland Baptist half-yearly meetings were held this year in Murgon, and some of the visiting ministers very gladly went out to the Settlement.

Rev. A. Barnard conducted the 11 o’clock service on Easter Sun- day, and it was a wonderful time- all were touched and blessed. In the afternoon Revs. G. Haughan and E. F. Heather went out and were lovely with our people. Dear Mr. Haughan would have tarried talking to one and another all the afternoon.

Pastor Acasson of Monto took the evening service, when quite 300 were present. Other visitors accompanied the speakers, and all seemed interested, and some were stirred and amazed at the largeness of the work. + + + An Organ for Woorabinda.

A very -acceptable gift has been dispatched to Woorabinda-a Bell Organ for the church.

Our people were asking the Lord to provide them with one when Mrs. Stephenson, of North Sydney, offered hers. It belonged to her husband, whose death meant the breaking up of the home, and our dear friend felt she would like to give the beautiful instrument to the Lord’s work.

We can imagine the shining joyful faces of our Christians on its arrival and their gratitude to the kind giver. + + + A Much Appreciated Gift

for Gayndah. The Woodmiller Methodist Chrie

tian Endeavour Society, which has been, for a number of years, very helpful to our work at Gayndah, has given a new petrol light for the church there.

+ + Missionary Council

Meetings. Six members of the Missionary

Council met in the A.I.M. Office, Sydney, on April 1 and 2, and spent the two days in prayerful delibera- tions regarding the allocation of the new workers and on some of the arrangements for the work during the absence of the Director. Mr. R. T. Harris was elected Missionary Council Secretary and Treasurer.

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Our Page for Young People

About Bark

O N E of our missionaries on the Lachlan River used to cross the

river in a canoe that was little more than a flat sheet of bark. I t really looked dangerous, and one day it collapsed, and she went down -down-and found herself at the bottom of the river. Then she re- membered she could swim a little, and “dog-paddled“ to the top and was floundering around when one of the dark men saw her and rescued her. Down south on the Murray River,

and, I expect, on other rivers too, there are trees that are pointed out by our people with pride. Not because of their height or their beauty, or anything like that, but because of a queer-shaped mark on the trunk.

“That,” they will say, “is where one of our old people cut a bark canoe.”

I saw one of these trees just lately on one of our Mission Stations, but since the canoe was cut the tree has grown to a tre- mendous height, and the place where the canoe came from is now far above the height of an ordinary man.

Years ago, when the Mission was situated three or four miles further down the river, four bullocks were borrowed to put into the waggon to cart wood. But the bullocks got away, much to the concern of those who had borrowed them.

One of the old men, named Cocky, volunteered to find them, and tracked them for miles back up the river, going in the direction of their home, up to the gates and

Canoes.

three miles along the boundary fence.

At last their tracks led him to the water’s edge, and he realised they had swum the river.

Even then he was undaunted. He had a small boy with him, who was amazed to see him starting to cut away at the bark of one of the trees on the bank of the river.

The bark gradually fell away, and he saw it was in the shape of a canoe. The old man dabbed mud around the bottom and top ends to make it water-tight, and as the river was very smooth that day and there were no waves to beat against the canoe and soften the mud, he knew it would last until he reached the other side.

They got into the canoe, and the old man paddled across. When they got out on the other bank, having flnished with the canoe, he just shoved it back into the water and sank it, and, picking up the tracks of the bullocks, followed them back down the river, and at last found them browsing on the flats just opposite the Mission Station.

That happened many, many years ago, because the little boy is now a very old man whose day is nearly done, but the tree lives on, and the story is handed down with many others of the “good old days’’ of long ago.

On the same river there is the mark of a canoe on a tree trunk about forty feet above the ground. The old men shake their heads and wonder just how it got up there, because you can’t bring a bark

canoe down from any height. “Perhaps it was cut when there

was a terribly big flood,” they say. “Or perhaps the tree has grown tremendously since.” Anyway, it remains a mystery.

Young Men’s Movement. Our Second Annual Business

Meeting was held in April, and it was a particularly inspiring time, with our President (Mr. R. Hind) in the chair. The officers of the previous year were all re-elected, and a second Vice-President was added in the person of Mr. H. Gowans, and Mr. E. Long appointed as joint secretary.

Plans were made for the ensuing year, and definite prayer made that we might be more earnest in our work for the Master.

Mr. Gowans has kindly printed for us reminders re the Offering boxes openings. These will be used by Mr. G. Tunks, our Offering Box Secretary.

A. E. COCK, Hon. Sec.

+ + Quarterly Prayer Meeting,

April 20. The Quarterly Prayer Meeting

will be held a week earlier this time in order to have an opportunity of meeting our three new missionaries from Victoria, Mr. Robbins, Miss Irons and Miss Mountney.

It wilI be held in the Free Pres- byterian Church, Castlereagh St., at 7.45 p.m. on Tuesday, April 20.


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CHERBOURG. The District C.E. Rally was held in Cherbourg

during the month. It was indeed a blessing and inspiration to our people.

The afternoon session was specially devoted to the Juniors. Items were rendered by the Murgon and Cherbourg Juniors. A splendid object lesson was given from a lighthouse, by Mr. Clark. This was appreciated by the adults as well as the children, and was the talk of the camp for many days.

After an enlightening talk on God’s work in the Solomon Islands by Mr. Goulter, a n open-air meeting was held a t the gambling ring, which was followed by the evening Rally meeting.

Cherbourg has been shaken during the past week through a visiting servant of the Lord. A dark man, not an aboriginal, of unusually holy boldness and a passion for souls.

Over forty souls have sought salvation or restora- tion. We are much in prayer that all will grow in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ, proving that they are truly born from above, for “by their fruits ye shall know them.”

Some of the younger Christians have been encouraged and inspired by the life and zeal of our brother, realizing that what God has done for him He can and is waiting to do for them.

The work on the Church building continues and we have been much encouraged by special donations for this work of the Lord. There was much rejoicing over a gift of f50 for the rooflng of the building, in direct answer to prayer. Truly the silver and the gold are the Lord’s, and there is no lack to them that trust in Him.

Please continue in prayer that the work may be completed and above all, for the spiritual work, that the I a r d will perfect that which He hath begun.

M. SHANKELTON.

PALM ISLAND. Palm Island was inadvertently left out of the

Prayer Band Syllabus. It will be bracketted with Normanton and Herberton in the May Prayer Letter.

WOORABINDA.

“I must work the works of Him that sent Me while it is day; the night cometh, when no man can work.” John 9.4.

With the realisation that the night is far spent and the day is a t hand comes the urge to go out into the highways and hedges for yet there is room. We have just received a lantern and one hundred slides from Mr. Oakman. They will be very useful here and also as we visit Baralaba and Springsure.

One of our dear old men, Waterloo, a native of Mitchell River, North Queensland, above Normanton. has gone home to be with the Lord. Just before he passed away he spoke to the sister at the hospital saying “Don’t worry Litter (sister) me going up high.” Praise God! Waterloo loved to hear the stories of Jesus and His miracles. He believed the story of the Cross, he believed in the resurrection, he knew he was “going up high.”

We had great joy recently when God hauled a big “fish” out of the gambling ring. His name is Paddy Flynn, and we would ask all who pray to remember him deflnitely before God. I n the hands of God we believe he could be a powerful influence to persuade others to come to Christ. His big form made him very conspicuous in the gambling ring when we held our meetings there. God spoke to his heart and he came to one of our Sunday night meetings and came right out for Christ. Praise God!

K. and M. BOWEN.

GAYNDAH. (Extracts from letter.)

The attendance at the services is very good, especially among the young men and women. The Sunday School is doing well. Mr. Davison has commenced young people’s meetings again, fortnightly. The average attendance is 16 or 16.

We have also commenced a sewing class for the Senior Girls; Trixie Law has taken charge, and the girls enjoy meeting together. They are getting along well with the sewing.

The lighting of our church has been greatly im- proved by the gift of a good petrol lamp from the Woodmiller C.E. Society (Methodist). Our eyes feel the beneflt and we can have the windows open on warm nights, and we get a lot of them in Gayndah!


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Daisy Law (our Native Worker) and Trixie are just splendid and altogether there is a very fine spirit of friendship among the people, although, sad to say, Satan has been and is very busy. Daisy’s mother, Mrs. Skinner, is far from well; from being a n active, busy woman, she is now almost bed- ridden. She has much pain sometimes, and we miss her from the services. Her kindness and hospitality to the different missionaries made it possible for them to carry on. It is not easy for her now, so we must uphold her and her family in prayer.

(Mrs.) A. SCOTT.

MENINDEE. Our hearts were gladdened at a recent meetlng

when, with joyous faces, some told of what the Lord had done for them. To God be the glory! Some are going steadily onward in the narrow way whilst sad to say others have been overtaken in a fault. Our prayer is that they may know the power of His resurrection in their own lives.

Death has visited our ranks calling two souls into eternity. We long that these deaths will arouse some of our people from their sleep and make them think and prepare for the life after death.

We rejoice over answers to prayer concerning one of our sick children with whom the Lord has dealt graciously and restored to health. The two others are still in hospital. During the month another child and three Christian women have been sent to hospital. Another young man has been ill for three months and is also in hospital. We ask your prayers for these.

As we are drawing near to Easter our thoughts are turned to the Native Christian Convention a t Goolagong. Three of our Christians intend going, and I will (D.V.) be accompanying them. This is the first time we have ventured forth from here. Excur- sion trains and being able to link up with Condobolin people have made this possible.

Prayer has been offered for the fare for one of these three, and as we write we praise God who has supplied the money for the first stage of the journey. This experience has been a blessing and we believe it is only a foretaste of what awaits us. “Our God is able and He will.”

Miss Ayling and I would like to thank the sender of two 61 Postal Notes from Haymarket, Sydney. Luke 8. 3.8.

J. BYRON.

AIM 7

BRUNGLE. Psalm 32.8 Phllippians 4.17.

These two texts were certainly proved recently in the trip to the Brungle Reserve. The whole trip was a happy one and one of blessing. The people especially the children welcomed the missfonary warmly.

Our gifts were given out on Thursday afternoon. A large table was placed under some big pine trees which shade the houses, then the gifts were displayed on it. Some chairs for visitors, and the folding organ, the people sitting on the grass round about and the children in front made a pretty scene. Our visitors were Mrs. Marshall, the Manager’s wife, and her two little girls, and Mr. Wotherspoon of the Open Air Campaigners.

Sunday services were held in the school, and several meetings in houses and out of doors. The organ did good work and the children learned a number of choruses. School scripture was also held each day.

Two women came right out for God and are trying to keep the children interested. Please pray much for them and their effort.

Will you also pray that a car may be supplied at Yass? This would enable the work to be cornpassed successfully. Brungle could then be visited regularly.

“Thou art coming to a King, Large petitions with thee bring, For His grace and power are such, Thou canst never ask too much.”

The work at Yass is atill a hard flght with the powers of evil, but we praise God for the privilege of being in the battle for and with Him.

F. ABBOT”.

CUMMERAGUN JA. Writing whilst in the train returning from a visit

of nearly three months to this southern station, many things come into my mind which would be of interest to our readers.

Miss Cash arrived last week to remain until Miss Presnell returns from Tasmania and I am sure that blessing will result from her visit.

Our Easter services were eagerly looked forward to and planned for, especially as our newly formed choir made its appearance for the first tlme and gave a really creditable performance considering the few practices held to date. The churches on both sides of the river underwent a change with decora- tions for Easter Sunday, the main feature being the words “He is risen” in white suspended across the front. The children added their contrfbution by singing a special Easter hymn.

A lasting memory will be the meeting held last night which was conducted by our genial Endeavour


8 O U R A I M April 16, 1937.

I A MONTHLY I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden Isaiah 45.3. MESSAGE riches of secret places.

Secretary. It was rather lengthy, as there were 16 soloists as well as a number of congregational hymns and words of farewell. It was touching to see even the very old ones taking part, and more touching still to receive many little gifts as love tokens.

Cummeragunja-much talked of-much prayed for, especially in the last couple of years, will yet step forward to the foremost rank, proving again that our God IS able to establish and strengthen and set on high those who trust His name.

R. G. LONG.

KARUAH. How thankful we are to our heavenly Father for

His bountiful love. We were so blessed by a visit of the Director and Mr. Long with the Memorial Van.

We have been passing through a time of trials, but we can look up and praise the Lord in these times.

Mrs. Dates had a visit to the Mission at Purfleet, and was able to tell our own people there of the love of the Lord, and how He is able to keep to the utter- most those Who trust in Him.

We have been having some blessed times in the services. Many of our people gather continually to hear the words of life and to give God the glory for His unspeakable love. F. and E. DATES,

Native Workers.

EASTER CONVENTION AT GOOLAGONG

Once again, during the Easter days, the Goolagong reserve was the scene of a gathering of native Chris- tians and missionaries for a Convention for the deepening of spiritual life.

Goolagong is an ideal place for this purpose, a beautiful and picturesque reserve on the banks of the Lachlan River, so situated as to be the natural centre for the middle-west of N.S.W. Here we have seen very blessed gatherings in the past, and, to our knowledge, the flrst such Convention for native Christians to be held in Australia took place on thts reserve seven years ago. The place itself seems to us now to be “holy ground,” so many lives have been enriched and so many born into the Kingdom here. Then, too, so many who once met and shared the blessings and joys of the past Conventions have now

been separated from us until the Resurrection morning. Some notable workers were among that number, and the fragrance of their lives still lingers there. “The memory of the just is blessed.”

Only a tiny few of our people are now left at Goolagong itself, but they did all they could to make the visitors warmly welcome and comfortable. One of the men-Mr. Billy Hughes-put in several weeks of hard work preparing the building for the special services, and the quarters for the missionaries. Mr. Hughes has been very faithful and helpful in the past, and we cannot really express all our appreciation of what he has done.

Mr. Wilson, associate worker (of Cowra), looks after the work at both Goolagong and Cowra, and he, too, has worked incessantly, with the seal of God’s blessing on his labours. Mr. Wilson’s little blue car is a familiar sight in the district, as it speeds on the King’s business.

We were thankful to have fine weather for the Convention; this makes a big difference to those travelling as well as to the Convention itself.

A LARGE GATHERING

The numbers of people who came probably ex- ceeded the Conventions of the past, and though there was a more subdued atmosphere than previously, yet it was evident that God was in our midst, working in many lives.

This district has been through the Are of affliction and temptation and Satanic attack in recent years, and both Christians and missionaries have had a stern conflict. Such an occasion as this affords a deeply appreciated time of rest and refreshing in the presence of the Lord. There were inward battles fought and victories won, and fresh surrenders made on the part of some who gathered. New light was received through the Word of God, and many drank deeply of the Living Waters. At several meetings there were those who came out of darkness into His marvellous light, and now have returned to their

stations as new creatures in Christ Jesus. Lorry loads came from Condobolin, Bulgandramine, Yass, and Cowra, and a buggy load from Forbes, and on the Thursday night there was quite a lot of excite- ment as various contingents arrived. My mother accompanied me on the Memorial Van from Sydney.


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As the welcome meeting on the Friday morning was in progress, Miss Campbell, the district Superin- tendent, was interrupted in her remarks by another arrival, and was then able to include in her welcome Miss Byron and three of her people from M e n i n d e e over 400 miles away.

THE MEETINGS. Early morning prayer meetings were a good open-

ing for each day’s programme, and morning and afternoon meetings were held also. The theme of the Convention was the same as at Walcha the Gospel viewed from various angles. On the Friday night the building was packed and overflowing for the lantern pictures of the Life of Christ, more especially the Easter story.

On the Saturday afternoon the children enjoyed games and races, and at night quite a number of men took part and contributed their thoughts on “the blessings of the Gospel.” This meeting was also a very full one.

The children were not overlooked, and some special meetings were held for them also.

On Easter Sunday Morning a large gathering wit- nessed a baptismal service a t the river, when, after giving testimonies of their trust in the Lord Jesus Christ, three men were passed through the waters of baptism. These were Mr. O G. Cormier (Goola- gong), Mr. Will Naden (Condobolin), and Mr. Spencer Briar (Yass).

Afterward the morning service was followed by the celebration of the lard’s Supper, a season of deep and tranquil worship, preceeding which the three who were baptised were welcomed by the Director into the fellowship of the Native Church of Australia, and, through it, to the Church universal.

In the afternoon, after Sunday School, a remark- able open-air meeting was held in the public recreation ground in the town.

At the night service the Gospel was again sounded out, and over 160 people inside and numbers outside the building listened again to the Word of God, which did not go forth in vain.

On the last night there was once more a packed congregation, and many took part, some in song and others with words of testimony to blessings received, and the Director, Mrs. Long, gave a concluding message.

Next morning those who had gathered were soon on the way to their widely separated homes, but, we believe, with new life and strength and blessing to face the battle again. Perhaps the most noticeable feature of this Convention was that so many were greatly encouraged to press on in the Pilgrim Way. And is not this one of the greatest needs felt by every child of God? And continually God’s word to us is: “Fear not be strong, yea, be strong.” (Daniel 10: 19.) W. A. LONG.

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NORTHERN territory

DARWIN. courageously and the Lord shall be

with the good.” 2. Chron 19.11. What poor creatures we are sometimes! We allow

our hearts to faint and despair although we have an almighty God who fights for us. God has been triumphing over Satan here and we have had a season of blessing.

Meetings have been hindered owing to the uncer- tain weather conditions, but last Sunday I was able to have the full programme of meetings and thor- oughly enjoyed them all, and I trust that God’s word will fall on good ground and produce much precious fruit.

Recently we have commenced two C.E. Societies (J.C.E. and Y.P.) and it is very encouraging to see the different ones taking their part. One little girl sang “Jesus Loves Me” very beautifully. In the Y.P. section I see brilliant possibilities of spiritual develop ment, provided that the people are guarded by our prayers and led on by the Spirit.

In one of these meetings one young married woman led almost the whole meeting and also read a story from the “Evangel” to her people. Unfortunately she is about the only one who can read. Although the full principles of C.E. are not yet adopted, there is shown a keen interest by all. As the ‘Wet Season” is drawing to a close I am

looking forward to moving further afield in search of natives within a radius of about 10 miles from town. Katherine is also in my mind and I know that God will take me there in His time. As I continue in prayer for a church building here my heart seems to rejoice in requesting it. Will you pray with me, too? I thank friends for inspiring letters and practical help.

G. W. TAYLOR.

TENNANT CREEK. MOTOR TRUCK OBTAINED.

Mr. Weston, who has been having a battle with trying conditions and physical maladies, has also been experiencing the nearness and tender mercy of the Lord in many ways. One piece of news which has called forth thanksgiving to God is that Mr. Weston has been enabled to purchase a Chevrolet utility truck with new tyres and in good condition for f30. It has already been a great help in the work there, and is doing 25 miles per gallon. previously all the travelling had to be done by push bike, on which Mr. Weston averaged over 50 miles a week, and in 4 days, a little while ago, did 65 miles, these including visits to the town for work among the half-castes there.


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The weather has frequently been hot and dusty. and the flies extremely bad. Besides several bouts of illness, Mr. Weston has suffered with sandy blight, but the Lord has stood by His servant, strengthening him in times of need. The Doctor at Tennant Creek has been kind and helpful, and Mr. D. Gibbs, Welfare officer of the Australian Inland Mission, provided Mr. Weston with comfortable quarters in town, which was very helpful when the eye-trouble rendered con- stant attention necessary. At this time the value of the truck was felt, especially as Mr. Weston was able to put his luggage on it and drive into town. This also removed the difficulty of having to leave the camp exposed and unprotected. at least to some extent. The following i's an extract from a letter dated 15/3/37

''I cannot leave this open camp; even during my week in town a white man came and would have helped himself to a few things I had left, only one of the dark boys saw him and told him to put them back. Since my coming back there has been a different atmosphere at the camp. The people are much freer in their attitude, and they give me a welcome during my visitations. I have been visiting the Western tribe; they are most grateful for the dresses for the girls and are looking after them the best way they can.

"The weather is gradually becoming cooler. We have some beautiful evenings. the air being so dry

My truck has been a great help in the matter of carting wood and soon I may have to cart water, as the waterhole and well are fast drying up."

Besides the truck, Mr. Weston was able to purchase from the same man a valuable set of 22 tools for f2. These include a saw, hacksaw, hammer, chisels, soldering iron, solder, mallet, square, brace and bits, rasp, etc. This supply of tools will be very useful in the building of the house which is to be on the southern side of Tennant Creek, permission having been granted by the authorities.

Concerning the work itself, in an earlier letter Mr. Weston wrote:-"The schooling still continued and there is a great difference in their manner, appearance and knowledge of English than when I started. I had three new ones this morning. The Sunday and week-night meetings are fairly well attended, and they are singing well now. I use my flute: also I can play a few tunes on the mandolin."

Mission Work Amongst the Aborigines in Melbourne and Suburbs

As I look back over the days of the past month I praise God for the many opportunities of service among the aborigines.

The time spent every Sunday afternoon with m y class is a very bright spot in the week's work. The

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dear dark folks are always out looking for me, and when I leave they stand on the verandah waving good-bye until the corner of the street is turned. This morning I paid my usual visit to the gaol, and

spent an hour and a half there with four of our dark people. I was grieved to find one full-blood aboriginal had been brought back after a short term of free- dom. It is over 5ve years since I first visited him in gaol. He is quite a nice old fellow when he leaves strong drink alone.

Since last report I have paid another visit to the notorious "Dudley Fiats," in company with a daugh- ter of one of our Christian aboriginal women. On arriving there I was told that two of our dark people were in gaol, as they had almost killed two white people. Another aboriginal woman who lives a t the "Flats" was sober on this occasion. but on the previous visit she was helplessly drunk.

This afternoon, while visiting in one of the suburbs, I called at one home where one of our women is putting up a brave flght against poverty. Her husband is just out of hospital after undergoing a big operation. She has a family of young children and no money coming in. One girl sleeps on a wire mattress covered with a thin padded quilt. The mattress on the woman's bed is 50 old that she has to wrap hessian around it in order to keep the little 5Uing together. I was glad to be able to give a little help at this and other homes which I visited.

Please pray that I may be used to bring these dear dark people, scattered in the many suburbs, to a saving knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ.

(Mrs.) M. ELLIS.

Mission Work Amon the Aborigines of Sydney an B Suburbs

During the Easter holidays special meetings were held in Sydney for the dark people residing in or visiting the district. The meetings, though small numerically, were owned and blessed of God. Many were especially blessed and uplifted, and two men, visitors from other centres, came out for salvation.

Mr. and Mrs. Harris helped with the services on Good Friday and Easter Sunday, and other friends on Easter Monday. Tea was provided each day for any who desired to remain on for the afternoon session, and a very happy time of fellowship was enjoyed. The subject discussed was the same as the one used at Goolagong Convention.

A Sunday School for dark children will be commenced, D.V., on April 4, at 2.80. at a room in Regent Street, Redfern, which has been placed at our dis- posal for this purpose. ft will meet a very great need. Pray for this new opening.

(Mrs.) M. HUGHSON.


April 16, 1937. OUR

A TRUCK FOR BULGANDRAMINE For a considerable time Mr. Henry Solomon, of

Bulgandramine had felt that he should procure a car or little truck for the work in the surrounding district. He had wanted particularly to take the missionaries around to visit the stations and out- stations.

In answer to prayer he obtained work, and was able to save f10, which he forwarded to Sydney for a second-hand vehicle. When this was mentioned at a lantern meeting, a friend offered another E5 to supplement the amount in hand. Then there was some doubt as to how it could be procured and driven out to Bulgrandramine. At another lantern meeting Mr. Stretton, who has rendered much service on the field in the past, heard of it, and came in later to the office to help in any way possible.

This offer was very acceptable, and Mr. Stretton after procuring an Overland utility truck and doing considerable mechanical work on it, drove it to Bul- gandramine, where its work commenced immediately.

A number of our people came from there to the Convention on it, and Mr. Stretton has returned with them to help Mr. Henry Solomon for a time.

REMOVAL OF CHURCH BUILDING AT MITCHELL.

The work here is making good progress under the ministry of Mr. and Mrs. R. Mannell, Associate Workers. In the letter dated 13/3/37 they write, “The meetings have been very well attended since we came back and we feel that the Lord is working in the lives of those who come along. We are having meetings on Friday night and Sunday afternoon as well as the Communion Service which will (D.V.) be held monthly.”

One of the Christian men from Woorabinda, Tommy Teasewater, is staying for about six months at Mitchell. Mr. Mannell says, “He has a real missionary spirit, and wants to help us in the work here.”

The camp (on the Maranoa River) is being moved to a site a mile and a half away which necessitates the removal of the church building, erected during the ministry of Mr. and Mrs. Froment. This will involve considerable work and expense.

CHERBOURG CHURCH BUILDING FUND.

Our missionaries at Murgon have received further donations as follows:-Wynum Y.P.S.C.E., f1/14/-; Sandgate J.C.E., f2/5/-; Toowoomba Prayer Circle, 10/-; Miss M., Victoria, 10/-; Upwey Endeavourers, 10/-.

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THE DARWIN CYCLONE Mr. Taylor wrote as follows to tell us of the awful

night of terror in Darwin on March 10:- “The cyclone lasted all night, and is said to have

travelled at the rate of 98 miles per hour. No one in Darwin had any sleep. From midnight until day- break it was at its worst. Many houses are down to the ground, and many are “hatless.” The aboriginal compound is a wreck-the Dining room is flat upon the ground, and many of the houses. All the Government houses on the sea-front suffered badly. The gaol fence is flat also. The town looked a n awful sight the next day. Great trees were uprooted, houses down, and iron and rafters everywhere. Telephone wires strewn all over the street and poles leaning over. The house I am in is quite safe, but many of our trees are down, and all the creepers from the front a re gone, and the house looks very bald. One man’s new tank was blown down to the wharf. Many people are homeless. An aboriginal- not a compound resident-was killed. The house fell on him and broke his back. His little child crawled out and was found later, hiding terror-stricken in the long grass close by the wreckage. We are deeply sorry that a life has been lost, but it is a wonder that many more were not killed or injured. I thank God very much for His kind protection.”

LADIES’ A.I.M. AUXILIARY. Mrs. Werry presided over the March meeting of

the Ladies’ Auxiliary, and welcomed the new secretary, Mrs. E. S. Tunks. Mrs. Harris, missionary from Tingha, who has

come with her husband to help at Headquarters during the director’s absence, was present at the meeting.

The ladies brought in groceries for the Rest Home at Davistown.

Mrs. Porter (President) and Mrs. Bricknell (Treasurer) who have been so ill are now convalescent.

The next meeting will be held on April 21.

Designation of New Workers The Missionary Council has designated the five

workers recently accepted by the Federal Advisory Council as follows:

Mr. Russell Peaker to the Northern Territory, to be associated for a few months with Mr. C. L. Weston. Mr W. Robbins to Moree, N.S.W., to be introduced

to the work by Miss Acland. Miss A. V. Irons to Bulgandramine with Miss

Campbell. Miss M. Woolley to Menindee with Miss Byron. Miss K. Mountney to Condobolin to work with Miss

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12 OUR AIM April 16, 1937.

A U S T R A L I A C A L L I N G “LITTLE Lena is with God.”

These words are echoing and re- echoing in our hearts, for it was only yesterday we took the little body and laid it in the grave until the resurrection morn.

A series of Short Stories of Real Australians - t h e

Aborigines

The morning before the little life had returned to God, who gave it, and father, mother, sisters, and brother were full of grief, for they all loved little three-year-old Lena very much. They brought her to town 13 miles from the Mission Station, very ill with pneumonia. Night and day, without any inter- mission for a fortnight, the father and mother had nursed and tended her. No parents could have bestowed more attention, or exercised more care, than these two, who are known to the world as Aborigines. The father held her in his arms one day from 4 a.m. till sundown, nearly 13 hours, without a spell.

But all was of no avail, and her loved ones bowed reverently to the will of God, and yielded her to Him who had lent her to them for a season, saying, as they did, “Even so. Father, for so it seemeth good in Thy sight.”

They had to bow another way, too, for there was something very hard for them to understand. They have several children, but Lena was the first born after the glorious Gospel had shined into their hearts. and changed their lives. Before that they were steeped in darkness and sin, and despair. Drink held them in its grip. and there was no room for rejoicing over the birth of a child.

When Lena was born their joy was very great. The father knelt in his little house, and the mother’s

LITTLE LENA.

heart joined his as he offered the sweet little dark-skinned babe to Cod. and devoted her to His service as a missionary amongst her own people. Then in a few weeks they brought her to the House of God, and publicly made the same dedica- tion.

Right from her birth she was called “The Little Missionary.” Bright hopes and visions centred around her, and only the evening before she took ill the mother and father were looking a t her and saying, “I suppose she will be the only one amongst our children to be a missionary.”

And now she is gone, and it is so hard for them not to say, ”Why this child, Lord. when we gave her to be a missionary?” but they quickly still the “Why” by pouring out their hearts to God, asking that through her death their other children. and many others. ton. may he led to g o out as messengers of the cross.

Is there any dear child, girl or boy, or grown-up person either, who will yield themselves to Jesus, to go forth instead of little Lena?

Listen, “She being dead, yet speaketh.” She is in “that bosom warm with more than mother’s

love,” because Jesus died, and because a little girl, 6 years old, many years ago, knelt down and gave herself to Jesus to be a missionary. The Lord Jesus accepted that little girl’s offer, and trained her and sent her forth in due season to be a missionary to the Aborigines, and it was she who led the father and mother to Jesus, and they, in turn, gave their little one to Him.

I fancy I can hear Lena saying to you out of the bosom of Jesus-

Who’ll go and help this Shepherd

Out in the desert His sheep to find? Who’ll bring the lost ones to His

Where they’ll be sheltered from the

kind

fold,

cold?

WHO’LL GO INSTEAD OF ME?

+ + + Miss Mountney.

Miss K. Mountney, who satisfled the Melbourne Council as to her suitability for the work, was accepted by our Federal Council a t its April meeting.

Miss Mountney comes from St. Columb’s C. of E., Hawthorn, Vic- torla, of which Archdeacon Herring is the Incumbent. She has attended night lectures a t the M.B.I. as well as doing a correspondence course with the New Zealand Bible Institute.

We commend our young sister to the prayers of God’s people.

Assorted A.I.M. Leaflets, 6d. doz. obtainable at

A.I.M OFFICE, 242 Pitt St, Sydney.


April 16, 1937. OUR A I M 13

WOOL FOR THE WORLD.

Australia’s flocks, totalling more than 114,000,000, represent less than one-sixth of the world’s sheep, but they yield more than one-fourth of the world’s wool, including one-half of the world’s fine quality merino wool.

The yearly clip approximates 1,000,000,000 Ibs., the average price for which during the last ten years, was f50,000,000 a year.

2360 FOR A TREE Not everybody is aware of the possibilities of the

timber business in Australia. There is a great demand overseas for walnut, maple and other cabinet timbers found in Australia. Last year a walnut tree on the Atherton Tableland, North Queensland, was felled, and realised B60.

The bole of the tree was 60 to 70 feet long, with a girth where cut of 18 to 20 feet.

There were four great logs, and these with crutches and limbs sold for f360.

KNOW

OUR AUSTRALIAN TREES.

THE EUCALYPTS

There are some interesting facts about our own Australian trees which are little known.

The Eucalypts, for instance, are ours alone; all but seven of the 500 or more species are purely Aus- tralian. They are better known to us as “gums,” and are as national as Kangaroos and Emus.

From Cape York to Cape Howe, and from Cape Howe to Leuwin, across our continent, East and West, North and South, wherever trees grow, the gum trees are present. Snow gums are found on Bogong and Feathertop and other Alpine Peaks; some take the spray from the ocean beach. In Arnheim land and in the wild north-west the gum tree is a feature of the landscape. Of course, there are tracts of country without Eucalypts: nevertheless they dominate the mainland vegetation, that of Tas- mania and other islands.

The “gum” tree was “discovered” on January 26, 1777. A tree growing near the future site of Hobart gave science its Arst knowledge of it. Dr. William Anderson and his assistant, David Nelson, made the gum tree known to the world. These two men were members of Captain Cook’s party.

The French botanist L’Heritier coined the word which has become familiar all over the world. Eucalyptus, meaning well covered, and referring to the cap or lid of the bud, shed when the flower is ready to open.

“Gum trees” was the name given to them by the earliest settlers, because of the substance resembling gum, which exudation is found on their trunks. The gum tree, like most of our Australian trees, sheds its bark, and not its leaves.

Some of our gum trees are of great height-some grow from 200 to over 300 feet high when about three centuries old. Seeing there are 493 species, they of course vary in height, as well as in many other characteristics.

“The Tree Book.” published by the Melbourne “Sun,” is full of information about our Australian trees, and I t is from this most of the foregoing is culled.


14 O U R A I M April 16, 1937.

An Aboriginal Missionary Movement FOR OUR WORKERS

THE SECRET OF THE LORD.

'The secret (friendship RV.) of the Lord Ls with them that fear Him." Psalm 25.14.

What is the sign of a friend? That he tells you secret sorrows? No, that he tells you secret joys. Many will confide to you their secret sorrows, but the last' mark of intimacy is to confide secret joys.

Have we ever let God tell us any of His joys or are we telling God our secrets so continually that we leave no room for Him to talk to us? At the beginning of our Christian life we are full of requests to God, then we find that God wants to get us into relationship with Himself to get us into touch with His purposes. Are we so wedded to Jesus Christ's idea of prayer-"Thy will be done''-that we catch the secrets of God? The things that make God dear to us are not so much His great big blessings as the tiny things, because they show His amazing intimacy with us. He knows every detail of our indi- vidual lives.

'' him shall He teach in the way that He shall choose." At first we want the consciousness of being guided by God, then as we go on we live so much in the consciousness of God that we do not need to ask what His will is because the thought of choosing any other will never occur to us. If we are saved and sanctified God guides us by our ordinary choices and if we are going to choose what he does not want, He will check and we must heed. When- ever there is doubt, stop at once. Never reason it out and say--"I wonder why I shouldn't?" God in- structs us in what we choose. that is, He guides our common sense, and we no longer hinder His Spirit by continually saying-"Now, Lord, what is Thy will?" (From "My utmost for His highest.")

t

OUR GREATEST TASK.

I t is infinitely easier to make converts than saints. But if our work is to be really effective it is saints that we need most of all. It has come very forcibly to me of late that the leading on of converts into full blessing is more important than the making of converts. The Native Church can only be built up by those who are spirit filled, not by those who just get over the line and no further.

-From White all ready to Harvest.

One of the features of the Goolagong Native Chris- tian Convention was the Monday afternoon missionary meeting, when we sang the self-same hymns used in white Convention missionary meetings.

We opened with "We've a story to tell to the nations," and our dark friends felt they had a story to tell to the nations as truly as we do.

The outcome of the meeting was the decision to form a National Missionary Movement of some kind, to be composed of aboriginal missionary bands on all our stations, to give and work and pray to help send the Gospel to their own race, and to help maintain native missionaries sent out from their own stations with the Gospel.

The representatives of all the A.I.M. native churches present voiced their approval of such a scheme, and discussed its formation and objectives. The Director promised to give it further considera- tion and then send a letter to every native church, setting forth the proposition.

Quite a thrill passed through the gathering at the possibility of something united and concrete being done by our native Christians to forward the evangelisation of their own people.

+ + + A Striking Incident of Goolagong

Convention The townsfolk themselves made us very welcome

and some of them attended the services. They came in large numbers to the open-air meeting in the recreation grounds, in which a number of native Christians took part.

One incident was very prominent. Mr. O G. Cor- mier-native worker on trial at Goolagong-having been converted at a Convention two years ago, has gone on steadily with His Lord. His past life was known all around the district, and his new life and testimony have deeply impressed the white people, for he has been lifted from drunkenness and dark sin. As he spoke out bravely and powerfully a t that gathering, all eyes were fixed on him in earnest attention. When he finished, the audience spontaneously broke out with clapping, which was quite plainly their way of paying a sincere tribute to the one whose words they knew to be so true, and thus, in- cidentally, to the power of the Gospel of our Lord and Saviour.

Some tracts were afterward distributed by our native brethren, and words spoken, and undoubtedly a deep impression was made. May the Lord follow HIS Word with power.


April 16, 1937. O U R A I M 15

FEDERAL ADVISORY COUNCIL. President: THE DIRECTOR.

VicbPresidents: Mr. W. E. CORMACK, Mr. W. PORTER. M.A. Hon. Sec-: Mr. J. 9. COUSIN. HOR Asat. Secrstary: Mr. 0. HAWKGLEY. Hon. Treasurer: Mr. A. L. PERRY. Hon. Medical Adviser: Dr. A. M. McINTOSH, 133 Macquarie St., Sydney.

Mesdames SMALL and CAMERON. Members: Messrs. R. A. HIND, H. G. HARWARD, A. HICKS, M.A.; Rev A. L. LEEDER

a 1 m c i a l Correspondence to the above should be addressed to the A.1.M. OFFICE, 242 PITT STREET, SYDNEY. STATE ADVISORY COUNCILS.

QUEENSLAND

Rev. 0. Haughan, Rea T.L. Y(151. Mim F. M. Bessley H o e SM.. Wilston

Rord, Newmarket. Mr. R. WUaon, Re?. E. Utimer. Mr. Hsrle Lovelock. Mr. C. Henley. Mr. A. L. maM. Mr. E. Evana Mr. H. H. Riddel. M n . aiddel Mn. Lovelock. Miaa U n d e r a d

Contributions sent

VICTORIA: Mrs. L. E. Buck. Miss V. Robinson.

Em. 3. McBridq, Pra . Mr. W. \V. Robinson. Hon. Sec.. 52 Price St.. Hon. Adviser.Dr.

Essendon, W.5, Victoria. . TASMANIA

Fllndws Lane, Melbourne. C.l.

Mr. J. Nash. Asst. Secretary. Mr. N. L. Nankervia. Hon. Trear., 131 Mn. E. WeTmOutb. Hon. Bee..

Yr. 8. P. Waddinpham. Rw. E. 8. Pearce. yr. Wataon. Yr. Hy. Scott. Ym. Hall. Yr. L. Buck. YN. Agnew. M l n Tooteli. MIIU Weatherhed. Mr. Fanckner. Yiv Wemouth.

through State 8eent.rla or Tnuuran are lonmrded to H e d a w r t m

hlll Road. W& Hobart. Mr. B. Walker.

Pennington.

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AUXILIARY BRANOHES AND BEPBESENTATIVES. NEW SOUTH WALPS: VloTORu: TASM-A:

Ballarat:-Prea., Mr. S. ging, 1s Sydncy:T-Ladies Auxiliary, Hon. See., Errard StreeL Lsunceston:-Miss Hall, Hart Street, New-

IeweMtle:-Hon. sec., Mrs. W. Oteleu Wex &. -wl*nm Mrs. E. S. Tunks, Bower St., Manly. Sec. Mr J. E *Ornu. stead’ Smythed Road.

Brown, 1 4 Rosltn Avenue. IsltnS- Street Sec** Mra- E’ ’’ Well*r QUEENSLAND: ton. Ceclou X.x-Prea., Mr. Ximood. Terarrllle:-Rev. B. Hob&@ Harmt)

TaDWOrtrI8 north Qeelollg. T ~ r o o m b a : - ~ LPmont. 11 0- Hon. Sec.. Mfsa Wtlt&Ire. 18 Bay Street, Park.

W E Y 1 ‘ AUSTRALIA x Street.

field Street. Edinboro Street. Mt Rartb&u Street. (kaock-Mr. A. Presbury. May- Hon Sec., Mrs. Wingrove 78 III.mkrowh-Mrs. 8. Kent. Bmua

EDITORIAL (Continued from page 3)

From that time the whole aspect of “things Aboriginal” changed. Public opinion swung around, Governments were aroused, the Church of God awakened, and the whole situation regarding our Aborigines presented new hopes. How this was con- nected with the message “Let no man take thy crown,” only the Lord knows, who works in a mys- terious way His wonders to perform.

The Lord who said “No” to my going then has bidden me go now, but with a different story. This time it is to rehearse the wonders of His grace; to tell what great things He hath done for us; and to enlist prayer that the Cross may be planted in every place where our Aborigines are found, and that all missionary work may be sustained until the last Aboriginal has heard the joyful sound. To be refreshed in body, mind and spirit, and to

tell of His goodness and grace, I will leave 1D.V.) by the “Ormonde” on May 22.

Ballarat Auxiliary We received inspiration in singing our hymn “Don’t

stop praying,” at the beginning of our last meeting. The monthly Prayer Letter was read, also letters from various missionaries.

Prayer was specially offered for the two missionaries, Mr. Taylor a t Darwin, and Mr. Weston at Tennant Creek, who have undertaken to carry on the work in the Northern Territory. We are deeply thankful to our Heavenly Father for His wonderful provision and guidance to Mr. Long in crossing the Northern Territory, and for the fruitfulness spiritually of the trip, and that many of our aborigines are beginning to know something of the truth of the words of the scripture: “Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us that we should be called the sons of God!” For those who have responded to Christ our prayer i s that they may be truly born of the Spirit and that He may teach them all things.

J. E. A. THOMAS, Hon. Sec.


16 OUR A I M April 16, 1937.. ,

A.I .M. FIELD 1. #ydDey:

Peadquar tm: y1S. L. W. MNO. Dirrtor. Q J o l u u m atreet. Chatswood. Tel. J 5 6 P . MISS M. ACLAND. 8 Eudaon Street. w. MISS E. 0. LONG, 62 John- etrat. ahat.mob MISS W. CASE, Deputation Work, A.I.M. Omce. AIEMORIAL VAN: M E . W. A. LONG, 62 Johnson Street. Chatswood.

ABOBIGINAL CITY MISSION WOEH. 2. Sydney: MRS. W. EUGESON. 89 Cheltenham Rd., Croydon.

Melbourne: MRS. R. ELLIS, 371 Moreland Rd.. Coburg West. Eerne Bay: MISS M. ACLAND. MR. 0. BLACKET (Asscciate).

WSS Df. BAGNALL. Dunolly. Singleton.

Yr. and Mrs. R e d Dates. Natlre Workers: Xrs. W. Brom. 14 Roslln Avenue. Islington (Associate).

8. Slngleton:

C 1Earm.h (Port Stephens). Soldier'# Pt.: Pindlmar:

(i Waleha (New England), Woolbrook. Norcndw, man- Waleha Road. Uralla.

#. Armidale: Mrs. Callaghan. Natlrs Worker. ?. Tabulam (Clarence River). Mallang~ueo, Pretty Oully (RI--

mond River): ME. FRED BARBER. Natlve Worker, Tabulam. N.S.W.

6. Caslnm: B. FIng8l Polnt l h e e d River). E u k r a b 4 Drydock: MR. AND MRS. C. EIGGS, Tweed Heads. Mr. W. Slntter. Associnte Worker.

10. Long CuUy. Bundarra. Ashford. Strathbogle: MR AND BRW. R T. BblLpIS. Tlngha.

Mrs. Nellie Willlams. Native Worker. U Moroe. Terry Hle Hie:

MR. W. EAINES. East Moree (On Slck leare) U Boom1 and Toomelab. Neeworra:

MISS M. McAULAY. MISS M. D. IhDI.. Toomdab, a Boomi. Mrs. Knox. Native Worker.

Bllllnudgell: Mr. Lemmick Brownlug. Natlre W h W .

U Qlngie. Walgett. Wee Wan, Narrabrt, Qlumbolu: 11 Drnnanan. Wellmoringle. Qoodoogs Brenarrina Town&&,

Bourke: Dennaran, rla Brerarrlna. MISS F. GINGER (on holldaya). Mr. and Mrs. D. Ferguson. N ~ U W J Workers. Brewarrlnn: B r h a r f l n a Reser~e: Mr. J. Barker, NaWm W d u .

Mr. Tubb. hsoclate Worker. "Narara." Lurllne Et.

Mr. W. Wllson. AMOChte Worker, Brougham SI.. Coma

V. Uakomba:

IS. Conra. The Rocks. Ooolagong. Orange. Noonbinna:

11. hlgandramlne. Warren. Narromine. HI85 IS. CAMPBELL. Bulgandramlne T h rS_miuglef Y I S S D. BALES P*.L EIU: Mr. and Mrs. Bennett. Anootitr W o r k a .

baociata Worker. U. Condobolln. Euabolong. Narrandera:

NISI 1. WISEELSE, Yr. Ollkrt Barlow. Ye. and Xrs. OSCD Orant. Natlvc Workera.

1). Mrnindce ~Dnrllng Rlvert. Wllcannla: MISS J. B Y R O N . MISR W. AYLINO. Yenlndeo. Mr. end Arrs. Shlnar (Arsoclate). Mcnlndee.

Y. T a r . Pudman. Brungle: MISS F. ABBOTT, Mcrhan St.. YW. Yrs. J. Wnlker. Natlre Helper.

tl. Darlington folnt (Yurrumbldgea m e r ) : Ltr. Robt. Peterl. NatIre Pastor; Yrr. Irli 0art.r. N a U n Hrlpcr.

U. nwnah Cm0.h ( E d w s r l B I T a ) . Barham. Youlam.DI, Balrmald. Canally. [email protected].. S#.n me yI.tt. M. Vlctorla.

MRS. WAITUDOE, MISS MeLEAN (on leave,. Yo0n.h Cullah. via beniliquin.

Lake Boca. Vlctorln.

11. b Dubbo. Talbragar: Mrs. T. Smlth. SO Pttmy Btnet.

Y r m d Mra. Ler. YcNmgbton (AmocIate Workm).

2% Cnmncrawn). and E3ann.h (Mumy Rmt), YorrIuntdn: Iu. C. PBESNELL. MISS J. €'BLMn*llR. Barmrh Turnahl~

ria Plcola. Vlctorln. m. C. YUIB, NaUTm Worker. 1oL AND MRS. LINDSAY ORANT. Natlre Work-

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DIRECTORY .*=8-=-

3 Coward and wayward and weak,

I change with the changing sky,

To-day so eager and bright,

To-morrow too weak to try,

$ i 5 Ic

5 But-HE never gives in, 5 2 So we two shall win, 1 JESUS AND I.

tJuu?JsLAmD: U I)rblou. YSora:

mfa5 1. BBASLPY. Wilrton Road. Newmarket. Brlab.p.. w. mt0hcn, Augatbclla, St. Ocorge. 0hul.rfll.. WIlDI

Mr. and Mrs. R. Mannell. Associate Workers Cunnnmplla: MB. E. WEYMOUTE, BOX 17 CUnnamUUa.

MISS M. SEANBELTON. MISS E. T P L U . BOX 0. Mturon.

Mr. and Mrs. N. Smyth Assaciata Worker& dmn. NatIre Workers: Mrs. Lily Kin& Tottlo -lis W. Brunette. W. M'cgende. Albrrt Brom. Tottle OOUlM,

W. Qayndab, Ban Ban B p r ~ ~ Eldavold Hawktrood. C.mbaom: Mr. Rose, Mrs. A. Scott.' Asaoclaie Workers, 0aDd.h; Daisy Law. Native Worker. I WoornbInda (Oovernmmt Uttltment). Bar- ul

Springsure: ME. and MES. K. BOWEN, Perch Creek, via Duarlnga. Roekhampton: MISS W. WELLS. Park Ave., I t h . Rock- hampton.

8B. Palm Island (Oorernmmt Bcttlwont). rla TOwluv lUS: MR. AND MRS. E. BUCKLEY, MISS A. CAVANAOH, A L Y Private Bag. Palm Is.. via TOWn8ViUC. Dan Kyle (Natlve Pastor). Lena Kyle. W. Corbltt. Oam Conway. P. €toss. M. Free. W. Matteaby. NaUTe Workem

1. Clherbug (Oorernmmt Llcttlunmt):

rr A. a oomm OJUU~~DCJ.

Natlre Worker8

8% Eerbertma. Atherton:

S4. Normantan (The Oulf), Croydon:

Y I S S E. CBOIBTIG, Eerkrton. Mareeba: Mrs. Johnstone.

#R. A N D MRS. 1. TUOYAS. A.I.M. Normanton. Miss Hulbert. Associate Worker, Cmydon.

Dnrrln. Katherlne: MR. 0. W. TAYLOB, Aborigines Inland Northern Territory:

Mlsslon Darwin N.T Tennnnt' er&: 'I~L. a. I ~ S T O N . ~bo t t l l pg ~nlurcl Mlsslon. Tennant Creek, N.T.

Aeeeptcd tor &rvlee: Mr. W. RobbinS. MlLtss A. V. ]ttonr, Mr. R. Peaker. Miss M. Woolley. Miw K. Mountney. on Leave: Mlss Button, Lawson. MISS m, Ylsa BaIley. MIsa Wells. supernumerles: Miss U. I. Orebbin. M4u A. Yonlu yllr E. Barker. Yr. W. €!bind..


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