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by Fred Acord, Biola ’56
the “ things of the world.” He found the morass so thick he could not get out — much like some Christians in the homelands, who do not exper ience the pressures he knew. And so the evil one moved in and, expert marksman that he is, picked these new babes off one by one. Our hearts cried to God. We wrote, “ Pray!” , for only prayer could save the day. We went home on furlough. We heard that one of the remaining three had gone to Somali republic as a missionary from our tiny church, and we rejoiced. We asked people to pray for this one. But the evil one had not taken a furlough. The report came back that this one, too, had slipped. Our first mission ary — a casualty! Then there were two. We returned from furlough, to find that one lad was not the same lad we had left. He was moody and morose. He looked inward and saw no one but himself. We tried to lead him gently back to his first love. We prayed. We asked for prayer. He listened, but rebelled. He turned from the wooing of the Holy Spirit to the siren song of com munism. Now one remains. Praise God he is standing firm. But my people, for the Lord’s sake and His testimony in this dry and thirsty land, pray! Pray for this one, that he will not grow discouraged. In the homelands you told me countless times, “You can count on my prayers.” We are counting on you to fulfill your promise, until we again see the work “ take root downward and bear fruit upward.” We cannot do this work alone. Will you watch with us? -— Sudan Witness
A d e n , A r a b i a : Out of these sun- swept deserts in 620 A.D. came the prophet Muhammed, with his “ revelations” from Allah and the dec laration, “ There is no God but God, and Muhammed is His prophet.” With this shahada (witness) emblaz oned on their standards and ringing from their lips, the Arab hordes swept out of Arabia’s sandy penin sula, pushing westward across North Africa to the very threshold of Eur ope, and eastward to the confines of China. In this cradle and heartland of Islam the evil one does not easily let go of his subjects. And so, when a group of six young men walked down into the blue wa ters of the Gulf of Aden in 1959 and identified themselves with Christ in baptism, our joy knew no bounds. At last, after years (since 1946) of toil, the cross was struggling up ward against the forces that had held it captive for centuries. The cross would yet fly above the cres- ent of Islam! We sent word home. “ Pray! Pray that this will grow!” The believers grew in the Word. They loved their fellowship. They gave freely of their frugal means. Their testimony sounded out into the city, and our hearts rejoiced. But unknown to us, the thunderclouds were gathering. The first young convert left Aden for the United Kingdom. He had gone through much persecution. Per haps he wanted respite . . . and who could blame him? But our hearts were saddened to see him go. The second wanted a wife. There was no Christian woman. At his age, to be unmarried is unheard of. He took his hand from the plough and headed back. Our hearts bled. The third became entangled with
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