LETTER ABOUT A 14-YEAR- OLD BOY ON THE ISLAND OF CRETE, GREECE
Plan now to attend INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON PROPHECY November 6 - 13,1955 at the Calvary Baptist Church 123 West 57th Street New York City • To break the doubtful silence left by the Evanston assembly on such vital subjects as: The true meaning of the Kingdom of God The nature and sphere of the Kingship of Christ The validity of the promises made by God to Israel • T o clear the air with reference to: The Hope of the Church The imminency of Christ’s return The final destiny of the redeemed The doctrine of the Rapture The Great Tribulation 25 renowned Christian leaders will discuss these themes in the light of the revealed Word. COMMITTEE
You Love by Phil Kerr Just: As I Am
I am writing this letter to you from the sanitarium of Canea on the Is land of Crete. I am an old man suf fering from tuberculosis, but I am not writing for myself, but for a poor, forsaken 14-year-old boy, Andrew Kountourakis, in this same sanitarium. Andrew’s parents have nine other children. They are extremely poor and are trying to make a living by farm ing the rocks. Undernourishment and hard work on the farm ever since he was a little tot have caused Andrew to contract this horrible disease. He has a continual high fever and is con stantly spitting blood. The public wel fare is unable to help him and he will certainly die unless Christians come to his assistance. Because I know you are good Christians, I beg of you in the name of Him who gave His life to save us from our sins, to help this poor, uncared-for child. He has gone all through the winter without a coat to wear. His shoes are made of rags. The doctors have great hope that they can save him if they are able to treat him with Streptomy cin, Rimifon and PAS tablets. Un fortunately, these drugs are not free at this institution and his parents are too poor to buy them. I beg you, therefore, to send the drugs that will save his life. It is a pity for such a young child to die just because no one cares. I need medicine myself, but I am quite willing to die, if only help can be procured for this wonderful little boy. When I told him I was writing to you, he said, "Tell them I’ll pray that the Lord will lead them to help me.” This is an opportunity for you, my beloved, to prove that you care just like our Lord. With gratitude, A. SPITALIORAKIS * * * , * * N ote : It was certainly wonderful of this old man to take such a compas sionate interest in this boy. To send Andrew the medicine will cost $35. W e would also like to send him a clothing package which will cost $6 to ship. And shall we do nothing for the old man? Such heart-rending ap peals reach the office of the American Mission to Greeks by the hundreds. As the Gospel is presented to the souls of these people, so must their bodies be reached with healing. If you wish to help, please address your contributions to: Rev. Spiros Zodhiates, General Secre tary, American Mission to Greeks, Inc., Dept. K, P.O. Box 423, New York 36, New York. (In Canada: 90 Duplex Ave., Toronto 7, Ontario.)
Words by Charlotte Elliott Music by Wm. B. Bradbury
C harlotte Elliott was born in Clapham, England, March 18, 1789. As a young woman she began to attain fame as a writer of humorous verse and as a por trait artist. A t the age of 32 she was attacked by an illness which made her a bed-ridden invalid for the remainder of her life. A few months later she was led to Christ through the efforts of Dr. Cesar Malan, a well-known evan gelist who was a close ffiend of the fam ily. It has been said that Dr. Malan said to her, “ Come to Christ just as you are ,” and that this statement inspired the writ ing of “ Just As I Am ,” but this story cannot be historically sub stantiated. The song was written 10 years after her conversion. One day, in 1834, the entire fam ily attended a church bazaar, leaving Miss Elliott at home alone. Feeling despondent, and handicapped by her helplessness, she asked God to make her use ful, even though she was bed ridden. W hen her loved ones returned from the bazaar, they found that she had written a hymn-poem, “ Just As I Am .” Headed with the text, “ Him that cometh unto me I w ill in no wise cast out” (John 6:37), the poem was first published in 1836 in the Invalids’ H ymn Book, to which Miss Elliott contributed more than 100 poems. When she died (Sept. 22, 1871), it was found that she had received more than 1,000 letters thanking her for having written “ Just As I Am .” The well-known Woodworth tune, by Wm . B. Bradbury, was not originally written for “ Just As I Am .” It appeared in 1849 in Hastings-Bradbury’s T h ir d Book of Psalmody, as a musical setting to the hymn beginning, “ The God of love w ill sure in dulge.” It was Hastings, several years later, who discovered that Bradbury’s tune was admirably suited to Miss Elliott’s words.
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P reced ing the Congress — THE W IN O N A LAKE CONFERENCE ON PROPHECY AN D THE JEWS 1955 Dates, Aug. 29 - Sept. 5 is America's unique annual institute for the study of the Prophetic Word in an atmosphere of natural beauty and spiritual renewal. Ministers and lay people from everywhere come to this end-of-season conference for in stru c tio n and inspiration. Drs. William Culbertson, V. Raymond Edman, Alva J. McClain, Walter L. Wilson, Robert L. Powell, James McGinlay, Hyman J. Appelman are among this year's teachers and preachers.
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