THE AUSTRALIAN

Vol. 27 — No. 8

SEPTEMBER, 1956

for transmission as a Periodical

A MONTHLY PAPER

FOR THE COLOURED

PEOPLE OF AUS1

Message "Jesus, The Sinner's Need

By MISS VIVIENNE KNOX

God has fully provided for the whole world's need, but only in Jesus is it found. By accepting Him as your own personal saviour and Friend the blessings are secured. He has many wonderful blessings down here for us if we are ready to enter into them, we shall receive blessings t o the full when we reach t h a t Heavenly Land by and by. LIGHT: Sin brought death and darkness into this world. Jesus Christ by His sacrifice on the Cross, put away sin and brought im­mortali ty to light in the Gospel. 2 Timothy 1:10.

With the reception of the good news of God's love, the light of the knowledge of God shines into heart and life. By trust ing Jesus, "Let the blessed sunshine in."

' T h e whole world was lost in the darkness of sin, The Light of t he world is Jesus;

Like sunshine at noonday His glory shone in, The Light of the world is Jesus."

BREAD: As the body becomes hungry and craves for food, so the soul can never be fully satisfied until it feeds upon the Living Bread sent down from Heaven. John 6:33. Jus t as the food placed on the table by Mother becomes par t of the hungry school boy when he partakes of it, so the sinner, when He believes on the Lord Jesus Christ, thus par takes of the Living Bread and lives for ever. John 6:54.

DOOR: Every door has t w o sides—inside and outside. So has the door into Christ 's Kingdom two sides. Remember those who were on the inside of the Ark Door were safe. Then too those who had the blood sprinkled on the door posts escaped death. Jesus Christ becomes the Door of escape to all who believe in Him, while all who reject the Saviour will find themselves on the outside of a closed door to all eternity. On which side of the door are you?

Remember the five foolish virgins. They weren't ready "And the door was shut."

One door and only one And yet its sides are two, I'm on the inside On which side a re you?

LET IN THE GOSPEL TO YOUR HEART TONIGHT.

BECOME A RECEIVER EARLY. ALWAYS DANGER IN DELAY.

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A Word of Encouragement from Pastor Naden

From "Streams in the Desert". (2 Chron. 16:9)

The eyes of the Lord run to and what God through a consecrated fro throughout the whole earth; to soul, not the world alone but God show Himself strong in the behalf is waiting for one who will be more of them whose heart is perfect fully devoted to Him than any w h o towards Him. ever lived; who will be willing to

_ , . , , . , be noting that Christ may be all; God is looking for a man or w h o w i n G o d > s o w n p u r p o s e s

woman whose heart will be always a n d t a k i humility and His faith, set on Him and who will trust Him H i s l o v e a n d H i s p o w e r ; w i l l > w i t h . for all He desires to do. o u t hindering, continue to let God

God is eager to work more might- d° exploits, ily now than He ever has through T H r D T 7 TC „ T TMTrr T r k , , , „ . - , any soul. The clock of centuries THERE IS NO LIMIT TO WHAT n n i n t i t o +ht> #»l<»VMith hour GOD CAN D O W I T H A MAN, P R O -points to the eleventh hour. VIDING HE WILL NOT TOUCH

The world is waiting yet to see THE GLORY.

A Description of the Lord Jesus Christ Sent by MISS HOYA BROWN, Native Missionary, Townsville

This is a word picture of our Blessed Lord, written of Him while He was yet on earth, and is on the Civic Records of the Romans, who were in the Holy Land at that time, hence quite authentic as a matter of history. This remarkable letter is supposed to have been written to the Roman Senate by Publius Lentulus, then President in Judea, about 33 A.D.

"There lives at this time in Judea, Jesus Christ, whom the barbarians esteem as a prophet, but His followers love and adore Him as the offspring of the immortal God. He calls the dead from their graves and heals all sorts of diseases with a word or a touch. He is a tall man and well shaped, of an amiable and reverend aspect, His hair is of a colour that can hardly be matched, falling into graceful curls, waving about and very agreeably crouching upon His shoulders, parted on the crown of the head, running as a stream to the front after the manner of the Nazarites. His forehead high, large and imposing; His cheeks a lovely red; nose and mouth formed with exquisite symmetry; His beard thick and of a colour suitable to the hair and parting in the middle like a fork; His eyes bright blue, clear and serene; look innocent, dignified, manly and mature; His hands and arms most delectable to behold.

"He rebukes with majesty, counsels with mildness; His whole address, whether in word or deed, being eloquent and grave. No man has seen Him laugh, yet His manners are exceedingly pleasant, but He has wept frequently in the presence of men.

"He is temperate, modest and wise—a man, for His extraordinary beauty and divine perfections—surpassing the children of men in every sense."

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C H E R B O U R G R E P O R T E R

VISITS W O O R A B I N D A

Genesis 28:15. "And behold I am with thee and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest."

Since last writing I have had the privilege of visiting Woorabinda and was able to take three of my chil­dren and stayed there five weeks. We accompanied Miss Jean Phillips.

We proved tha t well-known prom­ise God gave to Jacob of old. We left here on the 14th May and arrived at Woorabinda on the 16th May. Along the way Miss Phillips was able to throw "Tracts and Evangels" to the men working on the railway lines near Gladstone.

We met friends in Rockhampton whom we knew and were able to stay wi th them for 7 hours before getting the next train to Duaringa, arr iving there at 10 o'clock at night. The next day, 16th May, we were heading for Woorabinda on the sett lement truck. Mr. Kleinschmidt was wai t ing at the turn-off to take Miss Phillips to the Mission House at Perch Creek while we journeyed on to Woorabinda arriving there a t half past 4 that afternoon, safe and sound but very tired.

Our welcome to Woorabinda was expressed in Christian love and fellowship on the Saturdav after our arr ival when a Sunday School picnic was held in honour of Miss Phillips w h o has gone there to do he r pro-bation as missionary. The children rolled tip in good numbers br ight and early on th is their big day, bring-

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ing with them all the nice things their mothers had made for the party. I stood around and watched them play games, rounders, races and not forgetting the t reasure hunt. When it was discovered the t reasure was on their missionary, Mr. Kleinschmidt, the children swarmed him like bees, jumped on him and searched him and robbed him of his t reasure . It will be a day I shall never forget. Having fellowship with so many of my people and we all soon made friends.

Next day, Sunday, it was a real joy to have Christian fellowship wi th so many of our Christian broth­ers and sisters in the Lord's house. The same afternoon with our Mis­sionaries, a huge crowd gathered on the banks of the Mimosa River when two of our brothers . John Freeman and Norman Mitchell were baptised by our Pastor Tobane. Afterwards we Christians made our w a y back to the church when the two broth­ers were received into full member­ship of the church around the Lord's table and given the right hand of fellowship by Mr. Kleinschmidt the missionary. To God be the glory great things He hath done.

I praise and thank the Lord for such a happy time there. T was asked to take a morning service which I did also T was able to go out and take a cottage meeting, meeting many Christians and enjoy­ing sweet fellowship with them. We were one big happy family united in love for the Lord Jesus and the winning of our people into His fold.

I shall t reasure many happy mem-ones of my short stay wi th the company of believers who were

All one in Christ ."

Mr. Kleinschmidt came in and took rne out to his Perch Creek cottage l o r the day. I little realized how much we need to pray for our mis­sionaries We need to reallv pray l?T <™T A.I.M. as a whole and thank the Lord for w h a t His servants are doing for our own native people in this land in the outback. I ask

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Well my stay there seemed to jus t race ahead of me. The church members helped Pastor Tobane and his wife to give me a farewell send off in the form of a sit-down supper. The table was beautifully decorated by Mrs. Tobane. Mr. and Mrs. Kleinschmidt and Miss Phillips were invited too.

The Sunday before I left we again made our way to the Mimosa to witness another Baptismal service and again t w o of our sisters wit­nessed before the crowds to their love for the Lord. That evening we had a gospel service a t Mrs. Irene Fisher 's home. (I stayed there dur­ing my vis i t ) . Mr. John P ia t t led the service and Miss Phillips gave the message. After it was all over I had to pack for my return home.

I shall always carry with me happy memories of happy fellowship wi th many brethren and sisters in Christ. May the sweet conscious­ness of our indwelling Spirit be your portion now and until we all answer a t the great roll call.

Mrs. D. Brown, Reporter.

GAYNDAH, QLD. Greetings in the Blessed Name of

Jesus. We are indeed so unworthy of His

blessings unnumbered and free. Our happy Thursday meeting is a

challenge to our talent and gift of God, each doing something proving our witness of the truth.

Although we know of many bound by Satan's method of unbelief we invite many pravers tha t the will of God may tear down the barricades of gambling dens and quench the drinking and unrighteousness.

Praising and thanking God person­ally for providing the way for me to go to the Bible School Conference.

Henry Mi Mi, Reporter.

GRIFFITH This has been a very cold wet

winter but we are thankful no one has been ill as a result—although colds are about. We are glad

Griffith is not in the flood area; w e feel so sorry for those who are in it.

Most of the men here cannot get on with their work because of t he wet weather. Some who are on wood cutting cannot get into the bush as i t is very boggy. Some work on farms and channel work and i t is too we t to car ry on, and some folk have been in great need.

Mary Bamblett , one of our teen­age girls was in hospital a few weeks but she is bet ter and home again.

Daphne and June Daley went w i t h their grandmother Mrs. Johnson to Condobolin for a holiday. They would see the floods there.

Mr. J. Kennedy (Reporter 's fa ther ) , keeps about the same, he does no t go far from home these wet days. We will be glad to see the w a r m spring weather again.

Mrs. M. Murray, Reporter.

LATER NEWS FROM GRIFFITH

There were two nas ty accidents here on Saturday night, August 11th. Mr. Jim Kennedy who has not been in very good health for some time accidently fell backwood across the fire, and was taken to hospital suffer­ing from burns on shoulders and back, he is doing well now.

Mrs. Kennedy who was in the next room came to him, but could not lift him, she called for help and Mr. and Mrs. Monoghan came and lifted him off the fire and prepared him for the Ambulance and hospital.

I visited him on Wednesday, he was very glad to see me—the shock had made him think of his sins. He was deeply grateful t ha t his life had been spared and greatly com­forted when T spoke of God's for­giveness and- read to him John 10 and quoted I John 9; "If we confess our sins He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness". After Prayer he looked so bright and happy.

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GRIFFITH (Continued) WELLINGTON

The following Wednesday night during a gale an iron ba r ( the side bar of a bedstead) fell and hit Mrs. Kennedy over the eye, but fortun­ately did not injure the sight—though there is a nas ty bruise all round. She was knocked down by i t and dazed for awhile. She too is doing well now.

W e are still having cold damp weather here and meetings have been hindered and last Sunday we could not have Sunday School. We will be glad when the warm sunny days come.

FINGAL POINT

Greetings to you in our Wonderful Saviour 's Name. Hebrews 6:10.

T h e Lord is working a t Fingal and the Devil is too. I know for sure and am certain tha t the Lord is working amongst the Christians. I know tha t God has sifted me as wheat from the chaff. Now I can say as the Blind Man said, "Once I was blind now I can see, t he Light of t h e world is Jesus."

There has been much sickness lately at Fingal. Miss V. Paulson w a s in the General Hospital a t Mur-wil lumbah. She is now home. Mr. G. Ridgeway is in hospital in Bris­bane . Mr. F . Loveless, our mission­ary , has been sick in bed over a week now and his mother and fath­er are carrying on the good work with the help of Miss E. Walker, Mr. D. Paulson and myself when called upon.

We have much to thank God for and still need your prayer for great­er work of the Holy Spirit, for a closer walk wi th God and a more Holy life, living and serving the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour.

With Christian Greetings from the Church of God.

Mrs. J . Paulson.

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Mr. Albert May was admitted to the Wellington Hospital where he had to undergo an operation. He had since been moved to the Orange Hospital. Mr. May is expected home shortly. Little Tommy May had had a jarred leg bu t he is be t te r again now.

Granny May has had to go to hospital in Sydney.

A baby son was born to Mr. and Mrs. David Stanley on July the 10th.

Mrs. Tom Carr died on 25th June. Mr. Sid Chatfield died on the 31st July in the Dubbo District Hospital. Mr. Percy Wal ter Murray died in the Wellington Hospital on the 14th August.

Mr. Walsham has shown some pic­tures he had taken on his t r ip while he was overseas.

Mrs. Vera May, Reporter.

KATOOMBA

On Aborigines' Sunday a kind lady called in her car for Mrs. Cooper, Mrs. Everingham, Lynet te Booby and I to take us to the Presbytrian Church at Blackheath for a special service.

We were given cups of tea and biscuits and scones on our arrival. I t was a very cold day. Mrs. C. and Mrs. E. both enjoyed their outing and the church service.

The Sunday School continues in the Stubbings' home. Paddy Stubb-ings is in hospital with a broken leg. Joe is very interested in the Sunday School.

Mrs. Cooper's granddaughter Mavis is to be married on Saturday.

Miss M. R. Knaggs.

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fill ourselves with sawdust. Then, perhaps the best test of all for all our reading is to ask the question, "Does it help me serve the Lord be t t e r ? "

A Christian should read and read plenty, bu t as in everything else our reading should be to help us to serve the Lord better . Does i t?

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MRS. E. DATES RETURNS THANKS

Mrs. Dates who recently suffered the loss of her beloved husband writes:

It was such a joy and comfort to get letters and cards from you all.

It was sudden but God took him in a very quiet way. They told me he went so peacefully but thank God we can call on Him in time of trouble and I know I had a wall of prayer around me, if I didn't I could not have stood up to all that I had to go through. Truly God is good to them that put their trust in Him. I am sure God has planned it all for it was wonderful how the people helped; some came and offered their cars to take my people and the hotels offered to give beds to any I could not put up. People came in with food in abundant supply.

My husband died down at Nelson's Bay. He went to see our boy play football and when our boy got away with the ball I think he got excited and he just fell down and one of my boys held him up in his arms and the last words he said were,

"Let me lie down", then he was gone.

We buried him on the Monday. The Rev. Betteridge and Rev. Wat-kin Smith helped and the Methodist Church was given for the services. People helped in every way. You couldn't see the coffin for flowers; I really believe God had planned it all.

I didn't think we had any friends but I know now that God is good to those who put their trust in Him. The first football match played the next week had 3 minutes silence for him and they told me it was a lovely 3 minutes silence, there was such a big crowd of people there and you could hear a pin drop.

I had such a lot of letters and cards form different ones so I would like to thank them all for their kind thoughts and prayers for me and my family.

Thank you for your prayers for me, keep on praying that God may use me in any way He wants me.

Mrs. E. Dates.

Proposed new A.I.M. Church at Darwin. It has been encouraging to receive a number of gifts of money from our Christians for

the Darwin Building Fund.

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RESULTS OF JULY

COMPETITIONS

Class 1—

1st Prize: Cousin Beverley Hig-gins, Narrandera.

2nd Prize: Cousin Joyce Reuben, Darwin.

S ta r s : Desley Moreton, Lorraine Corowa, Beverley Rotumah, Fingal Point ; Mary Lyons, Carol Lyons, June Curry, Trevor Christian, Greg Christian, Narrandera. Gwen Munns, Lynet te Booth, Terry Munns, Joseph Adams, Valerie Munns, Delleen To-bane, Woorabinda.

Class 2—

1st Prize: Cousin Valerie Colbert, Darwin .

2nd Prize: Cousin Eunice Slabb, Fingal Point.

S t a r s : Fay Crosbie, Audrey Roman, Darwin; Valerie Maynard, Melbourne. Felcia Corowa, Fingal Point.

AWARDS FOR SIX STARS: Gwen Munns, Woorabinda; Lorraine Coro­wa, Fingal Point ; Isabelle Johnson, Ken Murray, Griffith.

These cousins were too late to enter the last month's competition, but sent their answers in: George Gray, Mavis Monoghan, Aloma Simp­son, Frank Johnson, Gloria Charles, Aloma Murray, Carl Bamblett, Ernest Charles, Isabelle Johnson, Ken Mur­ray , Grace Monoghan, from Griffith.

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NEW COMPETITIONS SEPTEMBER PUZZLE

Class 1— All of the following people except

one had a book of the Bible named for them. Can you guess the names of each and send in the answers wri t ten in your neatest writing? 1. S judge of Israel. 2. E wife of King Ahas-

uerus. 3. P one of the twelve

Apostles. 4. T Paul 's companion. 5. E Hebrew scribe. 6. M Hebrew prophet 7. B last King of Baby­

lon. 8. E Jewish prophet . 9. R Wife of Boaz. Class 2—

Can you guess the names of the first three people and send in the answers in your neates t writing? Post to Aunt Evangel, c / - 19 Castle-reagh St., North Strathfield, before the 15th of October.

Birthday Band SEPTEMBER BIRTHDAYS

A Happy Birthday t o : Gregory Longford on the 5th; Elizabeth Lym-burner, 6th; Lennie Williams 7th; Isabelle Johnson 9th; J im Skinner 10th; Jocelyn Courtney 13th; John Gundy 18th; Eric Kyle 18th; Viola Sheridan 24th; Daphne Mitchell 24th; Florence Ketchup 25th; Josephine Ah See 26th; Loretta Young 29th.

A Birthday Verse: Grow in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

A Birthday Gift: F o r our Birth­day Band Missionary from Dorothy Seaton, Palm Island, 2 / - Thank you, Dorothy.

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SHOULD A ^ M M

VO • • • • £

by STUART

Someone has said tha t "reading maketh a full man", and I guess t h a t that is not very far wrong. A doctor for example is a man full of knowledge of a multitude of things and because of tha t he is able to help many people. How did he get that knowledge? Well, of course he had to have some practice in a hospital wi th real, live people, bu t before he could dare to practice he had to fill his mind with all he could find out about people and what makes them sick, and to do tha t he had to read a multitude of books. The men who have the best jobs in our world today are those who have been willing to read, and read plenty.

So, you will see tha t reading is important , and I think tha t prob­ably most of us do some reading. In fact, on second thought we must all be doing some reading or you would not be reading this issue of t he "Evangel". The question is wha t should we read?

Well, of course, the first thing we ought to read is the Bible. If we do not read anything else we ought to read that . You remember t h a t a few months ago when we were talking about Bible study I mentioned the man who thought it was alright to drink a little so long as he did not take too much and get drunk, and he really thought tha t tha t was what the Bible says simply because he had not read the Bible. I wonder if our Bible is the most important thing we read. I will never forget walking into a

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About Reading?

FOWLER

big hospital in Sydney to see one of our dear Christians w h o had come from Nowra. There were o the r men all around who were, some of them sleeping, some of them reading newspapers and magazines, but as I got to the end of the ward where was lying the man I had gone to see, I was thrilled to see tha t in his hand was the Word of God which he had been reading all afternoon. No doubt about tha t brother—he loved the Lord so much that he wanted more than anything to be reading His Word so tha t he would know w h a t His Lord had to say to him. Do we wonder w h y we a re sometimes puzzled and beaten in our Christian life? Perhaps it is because we do not spend enough t ime read­ing—reading God's Word.

But then, wha t about other books and magazines we will want to read after we have spent t ime with t h e Bible? Perhaps we can just think of a few questions tha t a Christian can ask in deciding whether w e should read certain things or not. The very first question and t h e obvious one of course will be, "Is is clean and wholesome, free from the filth of the wor ld?" There is plenty around us in any case t o soil our minds without adding to it with wha t we read. Then w e could ask, "Does it tell me any­thing I do not already k n o w ? " In other words, what w e read should be useful. Sometimes a thing may not be harmful, but then i t is of no use either and since we are filling ourselves wi th our reading let 's not

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U.A.M.

News

Sunday morning Service in the open-air at Bourke.

A WORD OF GREETING COMES FROM LA PEROUSE

"Rejoice in the Lord always, and again I say, Rejoice."

Christian love and greetings from God's people here at La Perouse to "Evangel" readers everywhere. We thank our God for this point of contact with the Lord's people in so many places.

We are rejoicing in the Lord as a church as we continue the witness occupying till He come, through the Sunday School and regular Sunday Services, and meetings during the week for prayer and Bible Study. A feature of our church life here for a long time has been the regular prayer meetings held every morning in the church, and just recently we have re-commenced the open air meetings. With our own amplifying system we are able to reach a lot of people through the open air services.

I t may be encouraging to many to know tha t we are praying tha t there will be a real spirit of revival among the Christians here and a desire to reach out by all means wi th the witness of the Gospel. We a re very for tunate in the La Perouse church in having quite a variety of the Lord's servants who minister the word to us, but we do long for the day when our people will take un more and more spiritual responsi-

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bility as the "follow me" command is understood more and more.

The interest of the people here is up and down, but there are signs here and there of the Spirit work­ing. We covet your prayers and would enjoy and look forward to your fellowship when any of you are coming Sydney way .

In closing let me quote the lov-ing exhortation of I Cor. 15:58,

Therefore my brethren, be ye steadfast and unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know your labour is not in vain in the Lord."

H. J. Stewart , Reporter.

THE LORD HAS BLESSED IN BEN MASON'S VISIT TO

PURFLEET

"Every man's work shall be made manifest for the day shall declare i t ."

We have been so pleased with the visit of our dear brother, Ben Mason. We have been blessed in our own souls. How often have we said in our souls as we have sent out a Macedonian call, "Come over and help us" . The weather was bitterly cold 1° a f t e r a f e w meetings in the

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tage meetings because of sickness in the children. They were most profitable.

There were some decisions among the young people and one young girl in her teens came out for the Lord after she dreamt that she saw Ben make the s ta tement tha t the Lord is a t the door and tha t she must come now and not tomorrow.

All the meetings were crowded including the four nights we had a t Fors te r where the meetings were especially t imes of blessing. We were most disappointed that car trouble stopped us from going to Kempsey as planned, b u t we are looking forward to visiting there later as the weather gets warmer .

God again proved Himself to one who ventured in His service. Ben came to us wi th the praise of His wonderful Saviour who has said, "Prove Me now". Although the devil would have urged, "You can­not go Ben for you have no money", the Lord gave the answer and as a result he was able to come to us at Purfleet and then on to Cherbourg and Woorabinda. Truly when we step out on the promises of the Lord His word is t rue , "I will be wi th you to the end". We are pray­ing that t h e Lord will bless Ben as he travels up and down among our people tha t souls may come to know this Wonderful Saviour.

Mrs. Ella Simons, Reporter.

BITS FROM HERE AND THERE

Remember tha t new church t h a t they are building at Gulargambone? Latest word from there is that it is getting very close to being finished, with the porch going up and the ceiling almost completed. Of course there is still much to be done in­cluding painting, but the folk are hoping they will be able to finish it for an official opening in- October.

Speaking of October, tha t is the month for this year 's Evangelistic Campaign in the Bourke district. Dates tha t have been set are Octo­ber 7-21. The roads are still not too good bu t if they are not able

to go east on the usual i t inerary which goes as far as Moree, the party may have to go north into southern Queensland where there is still much untouched country. P ray for this campaign tha t the Lord will bless as He has in past years.

WEST AUSTRALIA SHOWS THE WAY

We think tha t maybe the infant church on the new U.A.M. station at Fitzroy Crossing in West Australia may have a lesson or two for some of us who have known the Gospel for a lot longer. I t is only some­thing like two years since the U.A.M. stations was begun at Fi tzroy Crossing. Now there is a small group of about nine Christians all of them only a few months a w a y from the corroborees and primitive life of our people in those par ts . For about nine months now they have been aiming for a church build­ing of their own a t the Crossing. Not content to sit down and wait for someone else to build it for them they have collected over £40 so far in their Sunday offerings. Not only have they done that, bu t every fourth Sunday the entire offering is used for missionary work elsewhere, and a special offering for itineration ex­penses recently brought over £6.

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New Church at North Bourke and U.A.M. Mission Van.

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WEST AUSTRALIA SHOWS THE WAY (Continued from Page 11)

Are we who have had the Gospel before us for much longer periods always as keen in giving to the Lord what is His?

On the 24th of August, the 1956 Bible School began a t Mt. Margaret. We are not sure of the exact num­ber enrolled b u t we understand a good number of students are ex­pected for the three month course. The teaching staff has been increased this year with the addition of Mr. Sam Mollenhauer. Mr. and Mrs. Douglas continue with Mr. Douglas as Principal .

I t seems tha t West Australia can show the way to the Eastern States in many ways. Have you heard of the Radio Broadcast from Mt. Mar­garet in West Australia? Broadcast over the Kalgoorlie radio station th is half-hour session goes on the a i r a t 8 p.m. every Saturday, and is heard by hundreds of people who a re working on the cattle s tat ions. The girls from the Mt. Margaret Home and others of the folk take par t , and it would not be surprising if a lot of white folk listen in too.

WELCOME TO MISS LUNDELL (Continued from Page 13) of necessity be a brief one but may i„ be a blessed one, and when the time comes for you to re turn to Singleton, may you have the con­sciousness of having abundantly ful­filled the mission that calls you into our midst.

Some years ago with Mr. Fred Elliott , a former missionary wi th the A.I.M., I went to Central Bap­t is t Church to hear Dr. Scroggie speak. We took our seats early and whilst waiting for the meeting to commence, w e were watching the other folk going up the aisle to t ake their respective seats.

Presently Evangelist James Amos passed the end of the pew in which we were sitting, Mr. Elliott placed his hand on my shoulder and in a voice full of emotion and memory said, "Look Brother, there goes the man who led me to Christ ." When your work in Darwin is done and w e say farewell to you a t the Home or as you board your plane, we t rus t t ha t many of the girls and boys of the Home, many of the folk a t Win-nellie, Parap, the Pr imary School and the Bagot Compound, will be able to say as Mr. Elliott said, "There goes the lady who led me to Christ." That this may be so has been the earnest prayer of the missionaries and workers long be­fore you came, and is still our prayer as we welcome you amongst us tonight.

May God bless you abundantly as I quote Paul 's p rayer for the Ephesians as i t expresses our sin-cerest wish for you, Eph. 1:17, 18. "Tha t the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Fa ther of Glory m a y give unto you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him." s

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Mr. Bowie Welcomes Miss Lundell to Darwin

Miss Lundell, Mr. Eldridge, Miss Shankelton, Fel low-workers and Friends, whom I have known for so long, a very great honour nas been conferred upon me tonight, in tha t the Superintendent of the Home has asked me on your behalf to say a word of welcome to our guest, Miss Lundell.

In many respects, Miss Lundell is not a s t ranger amongst us , although this is her first visit to Darwin. Some present here tonight have had happy fellowship with her at the Bible Training Insti tute in Single­ton , but for most of us we have only known her by her work, the preparat ion of the Sunday School lessons and the Organisation behind the recent Scripture Examinations. Although we appreciate and value this work w e think i t very much bet ter to have Miss Lundell with us.

I can remember quite well a story Dr. Wilbur Chapman told in the Sydney Town Hall in 1912 during the Chapman-Alexander revival meetings. The Dr. was driving home the fact tha t although we accept the gifts tha t come from Christ, it is much be t te r to accept Him, and he told of

a family separated by circumstances. The husbane and father with very tender thought sent costly gifts to his wife and children from time to time to remind them of his love for them.

After a long separation and the receipt of many gifts his wife wrote him saying, "We deeply appreciate all the lovely gifts you have sent us, but we would ra ther have you, cannot you come and see us even if it is only a little while?"

In a similar way Miss Lundell, although we accept gladly your work in the printed page, it is much bet ter to have you with us in person. We t rus t t ha t your visit to Darwin will be not only a happy one bu t a fruitful one. We can assure you of our prayerful and practical help throughout all your campaign in and around Darwin.

As you fulfil the extensive pro­gramme planned for you, we t rus t that you will experience a full meas­ure of the grace and wisdom t h a t flows from that inexhaustible reser­voir of power centred in our Risen Lord. Your stay amongst us must

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FOR EASY READING

P R A Y E R "Praying always"—Ephesians 6:18.

If you were asked what you like doing better than anything else, what would you say? Would it be fishing, hunting, playing games, or walking?

Would you like to know what I think most people like doing? It is—talking.

Whenever we see two or more people together, they are usually talking.

What do people talk about? Isn't it about what interests them most?

Sometimes it is about ourselves and all the good things we do; sometimes it is about the bad things other people do, or it is about school or work or play. But whatever we talk about, it is usually what we think most about.

When one loves someone very much, isn't it nice to tell others about that one? I have often heard children telling others about their father—how wonderful he is and the wonderful things father says and does.

A little boy I know, said to his teacher one day—"I love my father". That is why children love to talk about their father—because they love him.

Those who have opened their hearts to the Lord Jesus, love Him and God is now your Heavenly Father. If you love the Lord Jesus, you will want to talk to others about the wonderful things He has done, how He has saved you and what Jesus will do for them if they trust Him.

When children love their father, they love to come and tell him everything—don't they? They also love to ask their father for what they need and they trust him to give it to them.

That is just what God our Heavenly Father wants us to do. He loves to hear us talking to Him, and He will help us at all times and He will give us all we need.

Talking to God in this way is called praying—and our text says, "Praying Always".

If you have not yet started to pray, will you begin now? 14 Australian Evangel September, 1956

Nature Talks From the

Bible

THE ANT The ant is one of the four things

mentioned in scripture that are ex­ceeding wise. (Proverbs 30:24-25).

We are told also to "Go to the ant . . . consider her ways and be wise." (Proverbs 6:6).

Now let us consider some of the ways of the ants.

Ants are busy workers, although they have no guide, overseer or ruler to make them work. They work hard all through the summer, bring­ing in their supplies to last during the winter. They are wise in pre­paring for the future.

Many need to learn this lesson. They know that the time will come when they have to leave this world, yet they do not prepare for that by coming to the Lord Jesus Christ to be cleansed from their sin.

They think there is plenty of time; but God's word says, "Now, is the accepted time; behold now is the day of salvation." (2 Corinthians 6:2).

The ants all have different work to do. There are the scouts, who go out to look for food, and they come back to tell the others, who follow their tracks and each one helps to carry it home.

There are the builders, whose work it is to build the nests. This work requires much patience and per­severance; as so often their nests

7A get broken down and they have to begin and build again.

Then there are the nurses, who care for the baby ants. When rain comes and it is likely to get into their nests, it is the nurses' work to carry the baby ants to a warm, dry place; also to feed the babies, till they are old enough to go out and help to bring in the food.

God has appointed certain work for His people to do, each one ac­cording to his ability. Let us each learn from the ant to do our work faithfully and not to be like the man who hid his pound in the earth (Matthew 25:25).

Sometimes an ant tries to carry a load which is too heavy for him. Immediately one or two others will come along and help that one to get home with his burden and then they carry home their own burdens. In this we can learn the meaning of the words "Bear ye another's bur­dens" and "For every man shall bear his own burden." (Galatians 6:2-5).

So instead of saying, "What a nuisance these ants are!" let us consider them, watch their ways, and see how many lessons we can learn from them.

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There is ONLY ONE WAY to Heaven

John 14:6: "Jesus saith . . . I am the way, the t ruth , and the life: no man cometh unto the Fa ther , but by me."

All other ways lead to destruction. Proverbs 16:25: "There is a way tha t seemeth right unto a man, bu t t he end thereof are the ways of death."

There is ONLY ONE DOOR to Heaven

John 10:9: "I am the door, by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved."

There is a gate tha t opens to e ternal punishment.

Matthew 7:13: "Enter ye in at the strai t ga te : for wide is the gate , and broad is the way , that leadth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat ."

There is ONLY ONE NAME by which you may enter Heaven

Acts 4:12: "Neither is there sal­vation in any other : (except Jesus) for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved."

Any other means of salvation is wicked and false.

John 10:1: "Verily, verily, I say un to you, he tha t entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way , the same is a thief and a robber."

There is ONLY ONE REASON the Lord Jesus came from Heaven

John 3:13-15: "And no man ha th ascended up t o heaven, bu t he tha t came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven. And as Moses lifted up the ser­pent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up : That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life."

Isaiah 53:5, 6: "But he w a s wound­ed for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him: and with his stripes we a re healed . . . and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all."

To look upon Jesus as a great man, or great teacher, is to belittle His mission. He became nothing less than our wonderful Saviour, the Lamb of God who took away the sin of the world (John 1:29).

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Mrs. Doris Brown says : I would like to mention briefly what inspira­tion and joy this "Evangel" brings to our own dark folk as we thank­fully receive them each month. We praise God for its lovely message and different station reports that our people are becoming more spirit­ually minded and are eagerly watch­ing out each month for them. My prayer that it may continue t o be a real blessing to our own dear dark people of this land. May God bless and keep you all.

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Dear Miss South,

I enjoyed your teenagers' quiz very much. Some questions were easy others were not.

We go to Sunday School every Sunday and Mrs. Goodacre and Mr. Alex Williams takes the lessons. We also have a little meeting every Friday and Saturday night; w e don't have it any other nights because we have to go to bed early so we can get up early for school.

Yours faithfully, Lachlan Ingram.

Dear Lachlan,

Your letter is the first I've re­ceived from our teenagers. I am glad you go to Sunday School. So many teenagers seem to leave off Sunday School as they grow older.

I hope you find this month's Quiz easy to do. Keep doing them won't

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On ONLY ONE CONDITION can you go to Heaven

Acts 16:31: "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved."

Romans 10:9, 10: "That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.'

John 1:12 "But as man as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name."

September, 1956

you for you will see how well you have done this month.

Love from, Miss South.

Dear Aunt Evangel, I am a new niece and my birth­

day is on March 11th. Carol is my niece.

Love from, Mary Lyons.

Dear Aunt Evangel, I am a new niece. My birthday is

on May 22. Love from,

Carol Lyons. NEW COUSINS: Carol and Mary

Lyons. Erambie,

West Cowra.

BIRTHS

Simms:—To Mr. and Mrs. G. Simms of Karuah, a son, born on June 5th.

Russell:—June 4th to Mr. and Mrs. Russell, a son, Graeme Edwin.

DEATHS

Russell:—Mrs. Daisy Russell, a dear old Christian lady, of Karuah, passed on to be with her Lord, 18th June.

Gotch:—Joe Gotch, on July 15th at Royal Melbourne Hospital.

DEDICATIONS

Wilma Anne Clarke of Fitzroy, Mel­bourne.

Karen Elizabeth Brown of East Pres­ton, Melbourne.

"EVANGEL" Subscriptions and do­nations received during the month of August.

Melbourne 15/-; Fingal Point £1/5/6; Moonah Cullah £3; Katoom-ba 10/6; Narrandera £3/12/- .

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Our New Serial Story . . . .

FACE POLISH By J. L. SOMERS

Kathleen was crouched over the fire in her aunt's living-room, the book in her lap neglected, an ex­pression of irritation on her pale face. She'd forgotten when she was invited there to convalesce that the house was next door to a mission-hall, and for the second time that day she was hearing old familiar hymns that sent a thrill of bitter resentment through her.

Suddenly she got up and went across to close the window, hoping to shut out the sound of the chil­dren's sweet voices as they sang "Yes, Jesus loves me." It was what she herself had sung trustfully when she was a child. They were still teaching the children the same thing —yet how could it be true, when He could let things happen that had ruined her whole life?

Kathleen thought of the career she had planned for herself. Always she had been good at sport, and after several successes it had looked as though she might be a world cham­pion. Then had come a serious ill­ness and the knowledge that she would never run again.

Her self-pitying thoughts were in­terrupted by the sound of running footsteps, and Colin, her young cousin, appeared. He was carrying a small square of white cardboard.

"Kathie, see this," he announced. "It's the text I've got to learn for next week. Will you teach it to me now, please?"

After a moment's hesitation, Kath­leen read it out slowly:

" 'In all these things we are more than conquerors through Him that loved us'."

"What does it mean, Kathie?" came the quick demand.

"Well, when you 'conquer' you win a fight," Kathleen returned, and then added, on an impatient note: "But it's too old a text to give to a little boy like you. You tell your teacher that."

She saw Colin's small mouth quiv­er, the dejeted droop of his shoulders as he turned away. With a surge of compunction she was about to call him back. But at that moment there was a hail from outside and Colin ran off to join his friend at the gate.

A moment later his mother came in.

"Colin's gone to tea with Jackie," she remarked, looking across at Kathleen, then added: "We have had a lovely time this afternoon. Next week you must try to come."

Kathleen did not answer. She was determined that she would not be there next Sunday.

It was almost dusk the following day and Colin had not returned from school. His mother was out, but she had said that the little boy always came straight home, so Kath­leen began to feel worried. She had just decided that she must go out and look for him when he arrived.

"Oh, where have you been?" she demanded. "I was so worried."

"Only in Mr. Carr's shop." Colin responded. "There was a big dog, so I went in there for a minute and Mr. Carr was polishing his brass " He broke off and looked up at his cousin. "Haven't yon got any polish, Kathie?" he demanded.

"Polish?" she returned, mystified.

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"What do you mean?" "Well, Mr. Carr says t h a t when

people don't smile, it 's like his brass —they want polishing up. He says there's a special polish for faces."

"Oh!" Kathleen waited, but when Colin did not go on she asked: "What kind of polish?"

"I—I can't remember. But I'll ask him, shall I? It'd be nice if you had a smiley face."

Kathleen did not answer at once. She was thinking that not long ago her face had always been "smiley," but this Mr. Carr wouldn't know how difficult it was to smile when your life's hopes were smashed.

"I told him what you said about my text, too," Colin was saying.

"Oh!" Kathleen broke into his sentence. "Is this Mr. Carr your t eache r?"

The child nodded and his cousin determined more than ever that she would re turn home soon. If she were not careful this man would be com­ing to preach to her.

As soon as Colin was in bed tha t night, Kathleen told her aunt tha t she wanted to go home.

"To-morrow, if I can," she ended.

"But, Kathie, a ren ' t you happy here with u s ? " Mrs. May protested. "Your mother was hoping you'd stay till you were a lot bet ter ." The old­er woman's eyes held a sudden ex­pression of anxiety. She felt she could not tell her niece that only tha t morning she had had a letter from the girl 's mother. She was ill in bed, but warned her sister not to worry.

(To be continued next month)

Teenagers' Quiz SILVER

Silver is a very precious metal. I t is spoken of many times in the Bible. Match the names in one column with the description in the other.

1. He bought a burial plot for 400 shekels of silver. a. Solomon 2. He made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones. b . Abraham 3. He said that he had been tried like silver. c. Joseph 4. He complained that the people made silver images, d. Hosea 5. He gave orders concerning a silver cup. e. David 6. He betrayed the Lord for 30 pieces of silver. f. Demetr ius 7. He made silver shrines for his living. g. Judas 8. He received 100 talents of silver a s tr ibute. h. Jotham

Send in your answers before the 15th October to Miss C. South, c / -19 Castlereagh St., North Strathfield.

RESULTS OF TEENAGERS' QUIZ—"BIBLE BETHS"

1st Prize: Lola Cowborn, Gayndah.

2nd Pr ize: Lachlan Ingram, Cowra.

Special Mention: Ethel Paulson, Margaret Paulson, May Knight, Annabelle Roman.

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