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rhU44oy», By MISS V. KNOX

Five Wonderful Doors Doors are used everywhere—East, West,

North and South. Doors have been used always, from the earliest times until now. In the oldest book in the world w e read of many doors. We will just look at five today.

1. THE ARK DOOR—"And the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof/' Gen. 6:16. God planned, Noah built, all were invited—all that was necessary was to enter and be safe. Eight persons went in, with two and two of all flesh, and God shut the door. All inside the door were safe. All outside the door were lost So will it be when the greater flood of fire overwhelms this earth. BE PREPARED.

2. THE BLOOD-SPRINKLED DOOR. "And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses." The angel of death was passing all over Egypt- The remedy provided for the Israelites was a slain lamb, and the blood sprinkled on the sides and upper post of the door. When God, in the person of the Angel, saw the blood on the door He passed over, hence it was called the Passover. No blood—no salvation. 'Christ our Passover is slain for us." Trusting His blood we are safe, rejecting Him, we are "without hope."

3. THE CITY DOOR. "About the time of shutting of the gate, or door." Joshua 2:5. A woman named Rahab lived in a house above the gate. She "hid the spies in peace." They told her to put a red cord out of the window so that when they destroyed the city she would be spared. The red cord was the means of saving Rahab and her house. The red stream from Calvary cleanses all who shelter beneath its flow.

4. THE OPEN DOOR. "Behold I have set before thee an open door." Rev. 3:8. Open for old, open for young, open for you, open now, but it will not be open forever. In wondrous grace the Lord has kept it open for over 1,900 years, and thousands in all lands have come and found it sufficiently wide to admit them all. No one has ever yet been discovered who tried to enter the open door and could not get within. How many steps have you taken to enter an open door? One step across the threshold and you pass from outside the door to inside the door. Only a step to Jesus, then why not take it now?

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Cyclone at Palm Island

A Cyclone of severe intensity, and named 'Agnes', struck the North Queensland coast last Tuesday, 6th May, and left a trail of devastation in its wake. The cyclone crossed the coast very close to Palm Island and at one stage we felt as if we were right in the centre of it, as the barometer fell to 28.35, and after hours of continued gale force winds there suddenly appeared a temporary calm and then the winds sprang up again from another direction but with not quite such force. Many buildings were damaged, roofs being blown off, wal.ls blown in, and in a few cases homes completely demolished. The A.I.M. church suffered minor damage when a couple of windows were damaged and water was blown into the building.

Some of the boats suffered damage by the mountainous waves that lashed the shores. A Trochus Shell lugger from Thursday Island that was around these waters was unfortunate enough to have a large hole bashed into it as it pounded on the reef, while another such boat trying to shelter in another bay around our Island was split from stem, almost to the stern, and is feared may be a total loss.

Torrential rains fell throughout, and at times was so thick that it was not possible to see more than 50 yards. It was utterly impossible to get a true record of tne rain that fell as the wind was so strong, most of it was blown past the mouth of the rain gauge.

Work gangs were quickly organised next morning, and in a matter of a day or so, the only evidences of a cyclone were the broken tree trunks. Work is proceeding rapidly towards the repairing of damaged homes. Praise God there were no lives lost at Palm Island due to the cyclone.

YOUNG PEOPLE'S FELLOWSHIP Today our Sunday School Super

intendent initiated our first Children's Fellowship afternoon. Twenty-four of the senior girls and boys and the Sunday School Teachers gathered under the shade of a large mango tree in the church yard for their first Fellowship afternoon. The Sunday School has just purchased 60 Golden Bell song books which it is using as its Sunday School hymnal and this afternoon was the first time these books were used. The children were divided into two teams and given a short time to browse through the hymn-book and list the numbers of all the hymns they already knew in the new books. The winning team Had 45 listed while the other had chosen 36. We then had Bible drills, quizzes, flannelgraph address, and the highlight was for the captains of each team to sing its own choice to see which team could sing the best. A very happy spirit permeated through the whole afternoon and the climax came when a 1 joined in some beautiful refreshment and cordial. All agreed the experiment was well worth the trial and they are now wanting to know when they can have another one.

CHURCH SERVICES

Since the introduction of film and filmstrip services our little church has been filled to its capacity. The morning services are taken by our Native Helpers and Mr. Bugler has very ably and powerfully given the commentary on the filmstrips. The evidence of ful audiences at these

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Left to right: Lorna Lymburner, Pamela Bligh, Pauline Ketchup who will train at Townsville Hospital.

services speaks for itself. We feel that much blessing shall come through these visual sermons, for we are getting young folks inside the church who hitherto were very indifferent about things of a religious nature.

It is gratifying to report too, that our weekly Prayer Meetings are also larger and it is good to see some of the younger folks coming along to these meetings. Dear Reader, pray for us that our Christian faith may grow stronger and be the means of winning new souls for Christ and His Kingdom.

S.S. AND C.E.

It is indeed a pleasure to report that progress is being maintained in our Sunday School and the Christian Endeavour. Eighty-six girls and boys are now attending our Sunday School and a drive is being made to increase this number. At a recent teachers' meeting the children were re-graded and we

look forward with confidence to the future.

Many of these children remain for the morning church service that follows our Sunday School session, and all who do are given an album and a nicely illustrated stamp bearing a suitable text as evidence that they have attended the morning services. A new album is provided each year and it is possible for these children to have many albums of text-stamps by the time they become young men and young women.

The Christian Endeavour has taken a new lease of life and is now well attended mostly by young adolescents who are seeking scriptural knowledge and are still young in their Christian experiences. We are hopeful that these may one day come forward and take an active part in our Christian work here.

NURSES TRAINING

Three of our young women expect to leave the island very soon to take up training as nurses at the Townsville General Hospital. Two are well known to many of our readers, Pauline Ketchup and Lorna Lymburner, who have just finished a two-year course at the B.T.I, at Sing eton, and when finished their nursing course hope to become active missionaries. The other young lady, Pamela Bligh, is anxious to take up nursing as a profession. We wish them every success and God's richest blessing in the sphere of work upon which each is embarking.

—F. A. KRAUSE.

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5. THE CLOSED DOOR. "And they that were ready went in with Him to the marriage, and the door was shut." They who are ready by being saved, born again, or converted, will go in to enjoy the pleasures at God's right hand for evermore.

Be wise! Get ready now and make sure you will be on the inside at the Marriage Supper of the Lamb.


Are YOU Coming?

and to u.. May B i b l e School

Adult Conference to be held at the SINGLETON B.T.I.

May 13-20 Write to the B.T.I. for particulars.

Rev. J. Lloyd, A.I.M. Private Bag, Singleton.

The Big Chance by Edward Morgan

Somewhere in a schoolroom in New South Wales during 1956 a dark-skinned Australian will sit dreaming that soon he may lead his people out of a great, desolate, academic wilderness; that he may bear the magic mantle of escape into the strange realm of "higher" education.

In a classroom at Kurri or Casino, Maroubra or Murwillumbah maybe lies the key.

In New South Wales this year are nine aboriginal children who are studying keenly for the privilege of entering the university in their State.

Whoever gets in won't have to pay for the tuition.

It will be entirely covered by university students throughout Australia who are working to establish a permanent fund.

But there will be only one student selected.

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Here are the names of the nine. Keep an eye on them; one day one

of them may become as famous as American Negro Ambassador Dr. Ralph Bunch, or any one of a dozen equally great representatives of his people.

Delma Cruise, of Maroubra Home Science School. Lionel Mc Bride, of Woodenbong Central School. Fred Miller, Kurri Junior Tech. Gertrude French, St. Mary's High School at Casino. Graham Paulso, Murwillumbah High School. Charles French, Casino Marist Brothers.

Margaret Williams, Casino High School, and the King girls, Iris and Nona, who also go to Casino High School.

—"The Sun".

OUR COVER PICTURE—Delma Cruise, who is one of the young people mentioned in the article on this page. Delma lives at La Perouse.

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Life at the Singleton B.T.I. By Ben Mason, Institute Reporter

"God is our Refuge and Strength, a very present help in trouble."

Three more days and the month of March will be gone and as we think back over the month our lips utter that verse: "God is our Refuge and Strength." He has supplied all our needs in clothing, food and money. I have been here now nearly two years and the Lord has never failed to supply our need. There are about thirty people here at the Institute and I don't think one of us ever went without a meal yet. God is faithful, praise His Name!

Since last writing to you all another student has arrived here— Walter Fejo from the Retta Dixon Home, Darwin, N.T. You will read his testimony in this Evangel. He says the weather here is cold for him, he prefers the good heat of the N.T. I know this of Wally— he can say, when it's cold outside, it is sunshine within his heart.

Some people say that to be in an Institute like this is to be shut away from all people, but that is not so. We mingle with people, with non-Christians and Christians. If there is a special meeting on in Newcastle or Maitland or elsewhere we are all taken there by the Principal or one of the members of the staff. It is a life of liberty, for

Christ has made us free from sin and death.

Last Sunday night all the staff and students went into Singleton Methodist Church for the evening service. Rev. O'Donnel Finigan was the special speaker. He spoke on Romans 5:1, "Therefore being justified by faith we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus." Have YOU found peace with God?

Ida Huddlestone, Annabell Morris and I attended the U.A.M. Annual Meetings at the Burton Street Baptist Cnurch. Each of us gave a testimony and sang together. It was a joy to meet Ruth Naylor— two of the graduates from B.T.I, at the meetings. ,, T h i s month the Lord has supplied the Institute with abundance of water—all our tanks are full. In the near future we may have a well so there will be plenty of water then.

Do remember us all in your prayers that the Lord may unfold to us the wonderful truth in His word, that we may grow thereby. By the time you read this, Easter will be over. I hope you have remembered the truth of Easter when our Lord Jesus died for the whole world, including you. Have you opened your heart to Him and said,

Lord Jesus come into my heart today,

Come into my heart to stay."

At the Darwin Leprosarium The Bible tells us a lot about

who suffered with leprosy. Many were healed by the Lord Jesus. Did you know that there are a lot of our own people here in Australia who have the disease too?

We have had the joy of meeting some of those who live in a special settlement near Darwin, About 80 come along to a meeting each Sunday afternoon and they really enjoy everything. Even the older men do

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the actions to choruses like "Wide, wide as the ocean" and everybody, from the young boys in the front, to the old men and women at the back listen so hard to the story. For you see that is the only chance they have of attending a service for

Some of them have lost their angers and toes because of their sickness, and have bad sores too, (Continued at bottom of next page)

April. 1956

Blessings and Baptisms at Cherbourg Blessing at Cottage Meetings.

Since last writing w e have so much to praise the Lord about. Early this year Mr. Caddy set apart three ladies as Native Helpers— Mrs. Mabel Willis, Mrs. Lily Fogarty and myself. Mr. Caddy gave us jobs to do such as cottage meetings, etc. and we are kept busy. We ask your prayers for these meetings and give praise to God for the open homes. Everyone wants these meetings in their homes, but we haven't enough workers, pray the Lord will raise up more workers. At one of my meetings I had 67 present—25 adults and the rest children.

Visit from Miss Lundell and Miss Kyle.

We had the pleasure of having Miss Lundell and Miss Erica Kyle here with us January 20th to February 4th for the purpose of having special children's meetings which proved to be a real blessing. Many said they were sorry when they came to an end. Mrs. Maud Phillips gave our missionaries also Miss Lundell and Miss Kyle and Miss Roberts a lovely tea at the church.

Fun At Sunday School Picnic. Our Sunday School picnic on 30th

January was held in our church grounds owing to bad weather. We had 154 children and 18 adults present, and everyone enjoyed themselves. We had foot races for the youngest to the oldest. The Bag Hockey proved to be the game they liked best, then eating the bun off the string and the Treasure Hunt. The fun ended with three S.S. teachers all in together for a skip—Mrs.

DARWIN LEPROSARIUM but even then their faces are full of joy because they love the Lord Jesus.

The other week we gave them some copies of the Evangel, and they proudly held them up while I took their photo.

Last Sunday 8 of the women were

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Demlin, Mrs. Fogarty, Mrs. Phillips and myself. The children all enjoyed seeing their teachers joining in.

Mission Representatives. We had the pleasure of having Mr.

and Mrs. A. Drysdale of the U.F.M. here to show some pictures of New Guinea. And it was a real pleasure to have the British and Foreign Bible Society man come and show his slides and films about how w e first got our Bible.

Young People Baptised. On March 4th five of our boys

went through the waters of baptism: Keith Warner, Arthur Bond Jnr., John Stanley, and my twin boys Glen and Ervyn. Before entering the water each boy expressed their faith in the Lord Jesus and testified before the crowd that gathered there on the river bank. At morning worship Mr. Caddy welcomed them into the fellowship of the church, when each one took their first cup of Holy Communion. We ask your prayers for these boys, especially the two bigger o n e s -Keith and Arthur—as they are soon going to B.T.I.

Training Classes for Teachers. The Training Classes we are hav

ing each Saturday night are proving to be a real blessing among our younger ones. We have learnt a lot through these classes. When Miss Lundell was here she showed some slides on how to teach in Sunday School—to see those slides woke me up.

(Mrs.) Doris Brown, Reporter.

baptised to show they belong to Jesus.

Will you pray for them that the Lord will heal them, and above all save them from their sins? We want to have a church of our o w n out there too so we are praying for the money to build one.

—H. R. Miles.

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Visiting at Narromine Here we are again wi th News

from Narromine. On Saturday, the 24th of this

month, Miss Argerakis with Narrel le Peckham and Ret ta Ferguson visited us for the day. They arrived by t ra in with their bicycles. We s tar ted our tour of the homes wi th a nice cup of tea at the home of Miss Mary Paull . We then wen t over the river to visit the folk there and then returned to the town, where, before lunch, we visited Miss L. West.

We then had a lovely t ime over lunch a t Miss Paull 's again and then went to three other homes then re turned to the Park for a little res t before going to the t ra in . A very refreshing cup of tea was served by Mrs. Shine and this was our last visit for the day. We praise God tha t we were able to meet all these people again and thank Him for giving us a lovely day for our visits.

Mrs. Daly's small baby will be leaving for the Fa r West Home short ly .

(Miss) Cedelia Clements Reporter .

Fingal Point By Mrs. Janie Paulson,

Native Worker While our missionaries Mr. Love

less and his father and mother are away we have been carrying on the


meetings and so far each member has been faithful to their promise to be true to their duties.

The meetings have been well at tended by our people. Mrs. Rotu-mah took over the prayer meeting on Wednesday night. On account of the rain and wind only a few were present . The subject was "LOVE"—one toward another for without love we cannot please God.

On Friday night the Endeavour was well attended. Mrs. Compton was the leader; Mr. D. Paulson gave an item in song; Miss Queenie Browning a paper on the topic and Mrs. D. Paulson was the organist . Subject: "The whole body fitly joined together", Ephesians 4:11.

On Saturday night there was a good attendance at the Young People's Meeting. On Sunday morning Mr. D. Paulson led the service and Brother L. Browning gave the message on "Walking". Paulson gave the Children's S tory; Miss Q. Browning sang a solo; Miss H. Browning read the scripture and 1 gave the message on, "Wha t shall a man give in exchange for his sou l?"

Gayndah Greetings in Jesus ' Name. Miss

McAulay and Miss Evans are quite well also all the people. We had at our Sunday School including two quite a gathering of young people new arr ivals : to Mr. and Mrs. C. Cowborn, a son, Geoffrey Colvin and to Mr. and Mrs. W. Hill, a daughter, Mary.

Although the weather is very uncertain I am hoping to go to the May Bible Conference a t Singleton B.T.I. May 12 to 20. God bless all.

Henry Mi Mi, Reporter .

Pas tor Tobane (in centre) wi th Messrs. Jim Phillips and Claude Twaddle, of Woorabinda, who are

holding meetings at Foleyvale.

April, 1956

SHOULD A CHRISTIAN po - • • •

About Bible Study?

by STUART FOWLER

To every Christian the most precious Book in all the world is the Bible. This is the Word of God, telling us just what God has to say to us. Above everything else it tells us of Him who made Himself of no reputation and endured the death of the Gross for us—even Jesus Christ our Saviour.

I guess that there is scarcely a Christian who does not possess at least some portion of the Bible, at least not among those who can read English. It is so easy to get a copy of the Word of God for if we just cannot afford to buy one there are those who will give it to us freely. But it is not enough to own a copy of the Word of God.

A Bible is not something that simply occupies the place of honour in our homes, and looks very nice for us to take to church with us. A Bible should only be possessed by the Christian for one reason and that reason is that he might study it, read it carefully and get to know it. How else can we know what God has to say to us?

It is very nice and very good to go to meetings and hear good spiritual messages, but that is not enough for us to grow really strong and healthy as Christians. If we are to ever be the type of Christians the Lord wants us to be and we ought to be, we simply must study and know the Word of God for ourselves.

You remember the folk to whom Paul preached at Berea? We are told that these were more noble than others because they not only listened eagerly to what the apostles had to say, and accepted it, but they searched the Word of God to find out the truth for themselves.

Well, we have decided that a Christian must study the Bible for himself. The next question then is how often should the Christian study the Bible? There can only be one answer to that and that is just as often as possible but at least as often as they did at Berea and that was every day. At least once every day you must be sure that you have some time when you can be alone before the Lord studying His Word.

How you study the Bible does not matter much so long as you have some definite plan. No one would think of studying a book on engineering and doing it by just

flicking the book up every day and letting it fall open anywhere and

reading at that place. You may start at the beginning of your Bible and read through to the end as many have done or you may use one of the many systems that can be obtained, but whatever you do, study your Bible thoroughly as you would expect a man learning a trade would study bis books on that trade. In short, dont just read your Bible. Study it.


How Two Mother Hens Saved Their Little

Chicks B y A . C. Goulter

Did you ever hear the story of how a brave hen saved her chicks from the big fire? The little chicks were too young to fly away or even run fast enough to save their own lives from the quickly spreading grass fire.

So the mother hen called them to shelter under her wings and there the fire could not hurt them. But what about the mother herself? Well, she just sa t there till the hot fire killed her and passed on. Then someone found her charred body with the wings spread out and the little chicks alive and well underneath. Her life had been given for the helpless little ones she loved so much.

Another hen tha t I had often seen had some little chicks too. A little coloured girl called Mary was very proud of this hen and her little family of five nice fluffy chickens.

One day the hen and chickens were enjoying a feed of mea t off a bone tha t had been given to them. Jus t then a dog came along and of course wanted the bone and growling, made a grab for it. The hen was afraid the dog was going to kill her family and flew to defend them. The dog then fought the mother hen and she bravely fought back but was not strong enough to win and was soon wounded and died.


Mary and others were very sad about all this and tears were shed in their sorrow for the death of the brave little mother hen, bu t the chickens all lived.

These stories remind us of the hymn that says,

My soul sweetly sings, I am safe from all danger, While under God's wings.

Also they remind us of Psalm 91:4 which tells of God's care for His people in these words ,

"He shall cover thee with His feathers, and under His wings shalt thou trust."

RESULTS OF FEBRUARY COMPETITIONS

CLASS 1. 1st Prize: Cousin Dorothy Conlon, Kalinga. 2nd Prize: Cousin Thelma Smith, Melbourne.

S ta r s : Mary Edwards, Lois Edwards, Balranald. Merle Priestley, Robert Muns, Ter ry Munns, Valerie Muns, nGwen Munns, Beverley Jack, Dorothy Twaddle, Coral Roma, Joseph Adams, John ate Mate, Laurel Booth, Elsie Murray, Stephen Freeman, Delene Tobane, Thomas Mitchell, Mavis Shaw, J im Shaw. Woorabinda. Alma Skinner, David Hazel. Lola Cowborn, Ruth Hill, Gayndah. Valerie Maynard, Andy Smith, Melbourne. Merle McAvoy, Frank Fisher, Kalinga. Carl Lam-blett, Aloma Murray, Ken Murray, Frank Johnson, Isabelle Johnson, Ernest Charles, Daphne Daley, Al-wyn Charles, Grace Monaghan, Gloria Charles, Aloma Simpson, Mavis Monaghan, Griffith. Godfery Brown, Cherbourg.

CLASS 2. 1st Pr ize: Cousin Terence Meredith, Kalinga. 2nd Prize: Cousin George Conlon, Kalinga.

S t a r s : Noel Edwards, Harry Edwards, Sam Morgan, Balranald. Gladys McAvoy, Ir is Conlon, Sharon Meredith, Kalinga.

AWARDS FOR SIX STARS

• Dorothy Twaddle, Woorabinda. Carl Bamblett , Griffith.

April, 1956

NEW COUSINS We give a loving welcome to these

n e w cousins: Sam Morgan, George and Iris Conlon, Frank Fisher, Sharon ad Terence Meredith, Gladys and Merle McAvoy, Alma Skinner.

SPECIAL MOTHER'S DAY COMPETITION

CLASS 1 (11 years and over) Give the names of six women in

the Bible whose names begin with the le t ters : M O T H E R .

CLASS 2 (under 11 years) Give the names of t w o women in

the Bible—one whose name begins with "M" and the other with "R".

Send your answers to Aunt Evan-

gel, c / - 19 Castlereagh St., North Strathfield, N.S.W. before the end

of May and if you are a new cousin be sure and give your bir thday and age.

WHO WILL WRITE TO THIS COUSIN?

Mooro Station, Wyandra, Qld.

Dear Aunt Evangel, It 's quite a while since I last

wro te to you and so I thought I'd write again. We are still down here a t Wyandra only we are out on a s tat ion. We were in Charle-ville in February and we went to Brother Pickett 's meeting. We do not like being out here because it is too lonely.

Love from BETTY WYMAN.

APRIL BIRTHDAYS

Best wishes t o : Adrian Davies on the 1st; Jenni

fer Bird, 2nd; Theresa Anderson, 4th, Eileen Hamilton, 6th; Rosemary Dalton, Beverley Dillon, 7th; George Longford, 11th; Thora Bond, 12th; Glen and Ervyn Brown ( twins) 13th; Christina Onus, 15th; May Knight, 17th; Inez Blanket, 18th; Amy Cottam, 19th; Valerie Lilley, 21st; Isobel Tobane, 24th; Patr ic ia Ridgeway, 26th; Doret ta Logan, 27th; Albert Mason, 29th.

A BIRTHDAY PRAYER

Lord Jesus, Thou tha t lovest Each little child like me,

Oh, take my life and use it, And let me shine for Thee;

Oh, give me little tasks to do, To show how much I love Thee too. (Dear Betty, Thank you for your lovely lit t le let ter so nicely wri t ten. I was glad to hear from you but sorry you are loney out the re . I hope some of our cousins will write to ou when they read your letter. Tha t would cheer you up I am sure. God bless you. Love from Aunt E.)

OUR A.I.M. SUNDAY SCHOOL EXAMINATION

will b e he ld o n S a t u r d a y , J u n e 2 3 a n d Sunday, J u n e 2 4

A R E Y O U S I T T I N G T H I S Y E A R ?

If you have not sent in your name or received the list of lessons please get in touch with the Bible Training Insti tute Singleton, N.S.W. and all the information you require will be sent a t once. Wri te to Miss Lundell, A.I.M. Private Bag, Singleton.


AT THE FORK IN THE ROAD A Testimony by A Film Star—Dale Evans

In a Hollywood Church one Sunday evening not many years ago, my son, Tom turned to me after the preacher concluded his sermon and said, "Mother, is everything all right between you and the Lord?" I well knew that the answer to such a soul-searching question was "NO", yet in self pride I hastily explained that I had accepted Christ as my Saviour at the age of 10. "But, Mother," he urged, "You don't know Christ the way I do! If you did, you wouldn't be so restless, always searching for some new kind of religion to give you peace of mind."

I was blessed with the most wonderful gift in the world—a Christian Mother and Father, who told me about Jesus as soon as I was able to understand. They took me to Sunday School and church, not only when I was just a babe in arms in Italy, Texas, but also as I grew older after moving to Arkansas. There was a revival in Osceola when I was ten, and there I accepted Christ as my personal Saviour. But you know, there's a big difference between just accepting Him and turning over your heart and life to Him. I said, "Jesus, I love you and I believe you're the Son of God, but there are things that I want to do. I want to be a success in the business and entertainment world. I'll go to Sunday school and church occasionally, but I want things my way."

Not putting Him first in my life led to neglected Bible reading and prayer. Consequently, I strayed from His fold, eloping with my first sweetheart in my early teens, shattering every dream my Mother had for me. Though this was a failure, my son wasn't, for out of that union God blessed me with Tom, who proved to be a great anchor in the rough years which later enveloped me.

My Sunday School and church attendance in the years that followed was spasmodic, for I put my career first. At 28 I wound up in Hollywood under contract to a movie studio, the ambition of so many young girls. But my life was hectic and full of mistakes, disillusionment, insecurity and wrong decisions which hurt others as well as myself. As I began to acquire some of the things which ordinarily should have made me happy, I was miserable, life holding only a disappointing shallowness.

These things flashed through my mind as my son sat beside me, tears in his eyes, as he tenderly pleaded; "Jesus is all you need!" Here I was, a movie star, married to a famous cowboy, step-mother to three lovely children, with practically any material luxuries I could desire within my grasp. I crumbled inside, and suddenly the falsity and emptiness of my existence loomed up before me. I knew why I had made such a mess of things; I had never surrendered my will to Christ.

My heart had been moved in a terrific way. I was at the fork in the road. Which path would I take? That of unconditional surrender to Jesus Christ, the Way, the Truth and the Life? Or would I turn again to the world and its glitter; the applause of man and all the superficial trimmings? I managed to make it home, but then the dam broke and in a flood of tears and self-reproach I saw how I had disappointed my fine Christian parents. I remembered the earnest concern of my boy, and the silent promise I made to God the night Roy and I married—to raise his three children in a truly Christian home.

I was like the Prodigal Son who went away from his father into a strange and far-away place and spent his substance on riotous


living. 1 had to re tu rn to my Heavenly Father . I could hardly wai t for the following Sunday to arrive, for I had called Tom and told him I woud take my public s tand for Christ on the next Lord's Day. As 1 walked down the church aisle and entered the prayer room, I made a full and unconditional surrender to the Lord Jesus Christ. I asked His forgiveness, through the precious blood He shed on Calvary for the redemption of sinners like me. "Lord," I said, "Take my life, break it, twist , bend it, but just USE it for Thy glory." I committed everything into His nail-pierced hands—my personal life, my loved ones, my career.

In place of a tempest-tossed soul and frustrated at tempts to attain contentment, He filled my heart with a peace tha t can be described only in such words as are found in the Holy Bible: "The peace of God, which passeth all understanding." I walked out of that church with a song springing up in my heart and a brand new perspective on life. I was certainly a "new creature" in Christ Jesus.

Two months later Roy accepted the Lord, and for almost a year I was indescribably happy. Then miracle of miracles, little Robin was on the way I We were so happy t o think we would be welcoming another little Rogers into the family. But four days after her birth we learned the heart-breaking news tha t she was not normal, and little hope was held for her future. "Five years at the most," the Doctor said, "but because of her heart condition expect her to go any t ime after six months." I suffered in an excruciating Gethsemane, but my blessed Lord was constantly by my side during the two years of Robin's life. Rather than breaking me, it blessed my life, for God taught me lessons I had needed to learn—tolerance, patience, love, understanding. When God took her home to be with Himself, I felt the security of His ever-

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April, 1956

A Story from the Northern

Territory . . . .

"Dandy By Mrs. N. BROWN

Our hear ts were made glad this week when Dandy, whose t r ibal name is Dunbarari , a native from Wave Hill Cattle Station, came to see us and accepted Christ as his Saviour.

He had been a pat ient at Kath-erine Hospital and had been to our services there. We noticed him walking up and down outside the Mission house, and when invited to come insde he said he had come to show us some of his drawings. I was surprised to see how good his drawings were. He has quite a talent there. He gave us one t o keep, which we are proud to have. Noel played some Gospel records and had a talk with him, and then it was tha t he said he wanted t o belong to Jesus and right t he re gave his heart to the Lord.

Dandy visited us several t imes in the next couple of days and brought his wife Barbara and their little child with him. Barbara has been a Christian for some t ime. Neither of them can read or wr i te and they were hungry for God's Word. On the Fr iday night they came to our regular reading and writing class and were very keen scholars, Dandy being especially good a t copying the let ters .

But, sad to say, Dandy and Barbara had to go back to Wave Hill the next day. Very unwillingly they went for Dandy craves for " learning" and there are very few opportunities for full-blood natives such as he in the Terr i tory.

How we wish he could have stayed. Our prayers go with him.

Austral ian Evangel 13

FOR EASY READING

G R O W I N G "Grow in Grace" 2 Peter 3:18

Have you ever made a little garden? How interesting it is to plant the tiny seeds and after watching every day for the little shoots to come through, you water and dig the ground to soften it and wait to see the flowers or vegetables come on the plants.

One day as you are looking at the nice plants you see other little plants growing around them. Those who are wise will dig them out straight away, because as they grow you will soon find that they are thorns or thistles. God told Adam these would grow because of sin. They choke the good plants and instead of getting some nice flowers or vegetables, they will be very small and not much good or there might not be any at all.

Sometimes as children run about these thorns get into their feet and they are very painful. Have you seen the prickly pear? What long sharp spikes it has on its leaves! When the prickly pear begins to grow in a paddock, it just spreads everywhere and nothing else will grow there.

I know a place where almost the whole town was covered in prickly pear. No grass could be seen and even the beautiful hills did not look pretty because they were covered with prickly pear.

Some years ago a caterpillar was discovered which lives on prickly pear. Some of these caterpillars were brought to this town and the prickly pear soon disappeared and nice green grass and cotton trees grew instead.

The prickly pear is just like our sinful nature that, if allowed to grow, just takes hold of us and we cannot do anything good. But if we just let Jesus into our hearts, His nature will grow in us, and instead of fighting, lying, stealing and other bad things, there will be nice things in our lives such as love, joy, peace, kindness and goodness.


Mr. Charlie Dennison, of Bogga-billa, recently passed away at the age of 110. He had 72 grandchildren and 99 great-grandchildren. He was one of the four remaining Aborigines who could talk the almost extinct Kamilaroi native language. He worked until he was 102. He lost the sight of one eye in a riding accident. The other was blinded by a cataract. A Goondiwindi doctor restored sight to one of his eyes in 1953. Last year Mr. Dennison gave valuable information on early life of Australian natives to a visiting Austrian anthropologist, Dr. Wurn. (From "Daily Mirror", Sydney).

Mrs. Judy McDermott, one of the most consistent Christians of Norm-anton, in the Gulf Country, passed to her reward on March 17. She and her husband Alex were seldom absent from service when they were in the camp and they always gave generously of their money to the Lord's work. (From Mr. Matthews).

"Tragedy has visited Palm Island during the last weekend when two of our church adherents were claimed by death," writes Mr. Krause. "One. Harold Blair, who attended Sunday night's service had a heart attack less than an hour after he had left the church, and passed

away. The other, Jerry Ned, sometimes known as Jerry Ryan, was returning home from Townsville on the government launch "Irex" and it is preseumed he must have fallen overboard during the night and drowned. His body was washed up on one of the beaches at Townsville, while Harold was laid to rest in the Palm Island cemetery. A service was conducted in the church en route to the cemetery and the building was packed out, some having to stand in the porch. Our deepest sympathy and prayers are extended to the relatives of the two deceased men living on Cherbourg and Woorabinda Settlements."

Mr. Alex Patterson who passed away recently in Melbourne was born in Queensland. He was a soldier in the first world war. Later he worked for the Dandenong Council in Victoria. After some years he was paralysed down one side and became an inmate of a Men's Home. He was a genial man and loved the Lord Jesus. He went to be with the Lord on December 26, 1955. (From Sister Ellis).

Old Mrs. McKenzie (Granny) of the Armidale district, passed away recently. She was over 100 years old. (From Mrs. Bell).

Mother's Day This Year Falls on Sunday, May 13

Make It A Happy Day for Mother


A Prayer For Mother Lord Jesus Thou hast known A mother's love and tender care And Thou wilt hear me while for my own mother, Most dear, I make this earnest prayer.

Protect her life I pray, Who gave the gift of life to me, And may she know from day to day, The deepening glow of joy

That comes from Thee.

Ah* hold her by the hand As once her hand held mine, And though she may not understand Life's winding way,

Lead her in peace divine.

I cannot pay my debt For all the love that she has given, But Thou, love's Lord, will not forget Her due reward—

Bless her in earth and heaven.

3 E 3&

News of Ex-Students By C.D.S.

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ferguson, with baby Keith, passed through Sydney on their way to Fingal Point for Easter.

Mr. and Mrs. Bill Bird attended the Cowra Easter Convention. They have now returned to the work at Griffith.

Mr. David Kirk continues to praise the Lord even though he has not been well. The tropical weather with its sandflies and mosquitoes put him to bed for a few days.

These news notes are brought before you for your prayerful support. Use them in your C.E). and your Prayer Meetings


1955 GRADUATES

Miss Erica Kyle accompanied Miss Lundell to Cowra to hold special Children's Meetings over the Easter period.

Mr. Ken Langton with his new bride, formerly Miss Nita Randall, was also at Cowra for the Easter Convention.

Miss Jean Phillips' application to become a missionary of the A.I.M. has been accepted. She hopes to leave for service soon. In the meantime she is helping in the work at Cherbourg.

Misses Ruth Naylor and Muriel Mercy have commenced their nursing training at the South Sydney Women's Hospital, while Misses Lorna Lymburner and Pauline Ketchup are expecting to take up nursing shortly at the Townsville General Hospital.

April, 1966

QUESTION "Why do many ungodly men seem to prosper, and some of God's people have such a hard time with trials and difficulties?"

ANSWER: It is so easy for us to see the prosperity of the ungodly, and forget that they also are subject to the common experiences of sickness, sorrow and death. Jeremiah 12 gives us the best answer to our question. The wicked are the enemies of God; the time will come when, because of their sin, judgment will come upon them. David says, in the 37th Psalm, "Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity. For they shall soon (surely) be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb . . . for evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the Lord, they shall inherit the earth. For yet a little while and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place (look hard for him), and it shall not be." The 73rd Psalm also teaches the same lesson. The problem had been a perplexing one, "until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end . . . surely Thou didst set them in slippery places; how are they brought into desolation, as in a moment. They are utterly consumed with terrors." Because of God's holiness, His judgment upon sin is certain. The door of grace is still open, however. "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved."

Have you any Questions about the Bible or the Christian life you would like answered? Send them to Aunt EvangeL

FORK IN THE ROAD—Continued.

lasting arms supporting me, and I considered it a blessed privilege that He would lovingly prune a crusty soul like mine. I came to understand His great love for us, for when I would yearn for the healing of my little Robin, I would think of how much greater was the grief of our Heavenly Father as He looked upon His only Son suffering the agony of Calvary's cross; He who was sinless, being made sin for us, that through His poverty we might be rich in His righteousness.

You know, the closest earthly thing to a woman's heart is her children, and our Master welded my heart to His forever through my two—Tom and Robin. Tom broke down my wall of defense so Christ could get in, and then He sent little Robin to expose me to suffering, so I could know Him better.

I am not ashamed to say I belong to the Lord Jesus Christ, for He bought me through His blood shed on that tree on Golgotha's hill, and a willing slave I shall be forever. He is the Shepherd of my soul; my Lord and Master from here throughout eternity. I want to shout to the world that Jesus Christ is the one and only answer to any need you'll ever have. He alone can give joy in the midst of pain, and strangely enough, sorrow in the midst of joy. He is LIFE ITSELF! If you have not let Him come into your heart, I urge you to do so right now. If you are attuned with Him, He makes life truly worth living.

"If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast."

—DALE EVANS.


Written by an African Teenager. From "African Challenge"

The Ideal Mother By Evelyn van der Puye,

Accra, Gold Coast

The ideal Mother is a real Christian. As her little daughter copies her life, she must set the best example to prevent her from becoming a bad girl.

An ideal Christian mother should not be too harsh to her child, or the child may be afraid to tell her secret things and may tell her school playmates instead.

If the child does something bad, the mother should show her an example of somebody in the Bible who had done that same thin and was punished by God. AS the child grows up, she will learn to do God's will.

The Christian mother should sometimes call her daughter and pray with her. She should teach her to pray before sleeping and before getting out of bed.

She should teach her to speak the truth always. She should tell her stories in the Bible.

She must teach her to say "please" and "thank you"—she must teach her manners.

She must teach her cleanliness, because it is next to godliness.

She must teach her to obey her elders, .and to be he.pful.

A Christian mother should not frighten her crying child by saying, "A man with long hands and sharp teeth is coming to kill you for h.s supper; so stop crying and l'll send the man away."

If you say these things, the child will learn to tell lies. So every mother who is a Christian should teach her child to speak the truth.

If I myself grow up to become a mother, I will teach my child to do all these things I have written. By God's grace 1 can do it if I try.

"Train up a child in the way he should go; and when he is old, he will not depart from it" (Proverbs 22:6).


A Testimony From A New Student at the

B.T.I. On the 8th August, 1953, I re

ceived Christ as my Saviour at a Gospel service which Miss Shankel-ton led and after the message we had a Gospel film which stirred my heart up. The appeal came for those who would take Jesus as their own personal Saviour. At that moment the Holy Spirit convicted me of sin and I raised my hand.

Before I came to know Christ Jesus as my Lord I used to steal and lived in the pleasures of the

world not caring that the Lord was crucified for me. I know these worldly pleasures can satisfy no one. But Jesus Christ can. He can give joy and peace to those who will trust in Him.

There are nine in our family. I am the only one saved. Would you remember my family in prayer that they may come to know the Lord Jesus Christ as their Saviour too?

I suppose you are wondering where I come from. 1 am from the Retta Dixon Home in Darwin, N.T. I can thank the Lord for sending the missionaries to tell our coloured people of the love of Jesus and how to be saved.

Do remember me in your prayers that the Lord will keep me from day to day. Christian greetings to you all.

—WALTER FEJO.

BIRTH. Wardie.—Gregory Wayne Wardie at

Melbourne, on January 30, 1956. DEDICATIONS. At Katherine.—March 4, 1956, Jenni

fer Anne and Judith Alison Lowe, daughters of Bob and Nida Lowe.

At Melbourne.—Desmond Ronald Smith and Gregory Wayne Wardie at Fitzroy, Melbourne.

DEATH. Patterson.—December 26, 1955, Al

exander Patterson at Melbourne.

April, 1956

M O T H E R HULLO TEENAGERS!

As you know, in May we have "Mother's Day". I wonder what kind of a day all the mothers will have? You know a lot will depend on you—how you behaved. Don't forget to help well on that day and give mother a good rest.

You know one of the stories told most often from the Bible is the beautiful story of

THE MOTHER OF MOSES—how she planned for her child against the king's orders and made the little basket. Then she set a watch—Miriam his sister. And we know how she was rewarded.

Yes, mothers just give us a glimpse of what God the Father is like. He planned our redemption from the foundation of the world in Christ Jesus, His own beloved Son.

We often read how the mother birds look after their young from the naughty boys who delight to destroy them; they protect them too from the snakes. Even the mother hen when there's danger around gives a special call and the little chicks run and take shelter under her wings.

God's warning is this "Flee from the wrath to come". Take shelter in the Lord Jesus Christ, for He alone can shelter you.

We say "God bless all our mothers in Christ Jesus"—but to the mothers who are not hiding in Christ we say "You too need to be washed in His precious blood".

RESULTS OF TEENAGERS' QUIZ 1st Prize: Mary Bamblett, Griffith. 2nd Prize: May Knight, Darwin.

Special Mention: Brenda Reid, Condobolin. Daphne Daley, Griffith. Lola Cowborn, Gayndah. Olive Strong, Guyra.

TEN MOTHERS OF THE BIBLE How many of these well-known mothers of the Bible can you name?

Send your answers to Miss E. Walker, A.I.M. Private Bag, Singleton, N.S.W. before the end of May.

(1) A gleaner who was an ances- (6) The mother of Timothy, tress of Christ. (7) The mother of famous twins.

(2) The mother of Solomon. (8) A greatly loved mother-in-law. (3) The mother of Samuel. (9) A woman for whom her hua-(4) Mother of John the Baptist. band had to serve 14 years. (5) A woman who looked back and (10) "The mother of all living",

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