Good News president* and founder Clyde H. Dennis (left) and offset superintendent Harold Hultmark talk over new tract titles.
good news It started with $20 and a young man's faith
I n 1938 a young Christian printer and layout artist be gan a hobby which was des tined to become a world-wide ministry for the Lord. The young man was Clyde H. Dennis who was then working for Lund Press, Minneapolis as a ’linotype operator, composer, typographer and printing designer. A few years earlier he had been brought to
Christ through the instrumentality of his Christian employer, who also was a printer, and as a hobby Den nis began to design attractive gospel tracts. While at Lund Press young Den nis took advantage of his first real break. The owner consented to let Dennis use the plant facilities to try out some of his ideas in print. Den nis had saved $20 of the Lord’s
money and with this purchased enough paper to print his first run of 40,000 tracts. From a mailing list of 600 Chris tian workers Dennis began his “hobby.” He chose the name, Good News, because the desire of his heart was to spread the good news of the gospel by attractively pre pared leaflets. His young bride of a few months CONTINUED
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