our aim : a monthly record of the aborigines' inland ......vol. li — no. 12 august, 1958...

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Vol. LI — No. 12 AUGUST, 1958

'God Meant it unto Good' (Gen. 50:20)

"God meant it unto good"—O blest assurance, Falling like sunshine all across life's way.

Touching with Heaven's gold, earth's darkest storm clouds,

Bringing fresh peace and comfort day by day.

'Twas not by chance the hands of faithless brethren

Sold Joseph captive to a foreign land; Nor was it chance which, after years of

suffering, Brought him before the monarch's throne to

stand.

"God means it unto good" for thee, beloved, The God of Joseph is the same today;

His love permits afflictions strange and bitter, His hand is guiding through the unknown

way.

There, when thou standest in the Home of Glory,

And all life's path lies open to thy gaze, Thine eyes shall see the hand which now thou

trustest, And magnify His love through endless days.

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Founded by Mrs. R. Long, August 1st, 1905 Head Office: 58 Margaret St., Sydney, Australia. Phone: BX2268.

Director: Rev. Egerton C. Long (UM 6923) General Secretary: Mr. E. A. Collins (UF 2404)

Federal Advisory Council: President, The Director; Chairmen and Vice-Presidents, Mr. L. Scott and Mr. K. Beeby; Secretary, Mr. G. Blacket; Asst. Secretary, Miss M. Mackay; Gen. Treasurer, Mr. R. T. Harris; Asst. Treasurer, Mr. F. Atkinson. Hon. Medical Advisor: Dr. D. Treloar. Hon. Auditor: Mr. W. Davies.

Victorian State Council: Secretary: Mr. A. J. Bagot, 202 Spring St., Reservoir, Ph. JU4059. Treasurer: Mr. L. Stirling, 18 Lawes St., Hawthorn, Vic. Ph. WM6429.

Queensland State Council: Acting Secretary: Miss R. Shaw, 567 Hamilton Rd., Chermside. Treasurer: Mrs. .1. Elms, Cotton Street, Shorncliffe, N.E.7.

Tasmanian State Council: Secretary: Mr. E. McFarlane, 23 Courtney St., Lenah Valley, Hobart Treasure)-: Mr. W Woini.e.', 38 iroctor 's Rd., Hobart, Tas.

South Australian Auxiliary: Sec. & Treas.: Mrs. M. Tate, Smith-Dorrien Street, Netherby, S.A.

53rd ANNUAL MEETINGS OF THE A.I.M.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 27th, 1958 CENTRAL BAPTIST CHURCH GEORGE ST., SYDNEY

Afternoon Session: 3 .30 p.m. Cha i rman : Rev. R. Farquhar

Earl wood Baptist Church

Tea at 5.15 p.m. provided by the Sydney Ladies' Auxiliary in the Lower Hall

Interval Session: 6.15 p.m.

EVENING RALLY: 7.30 p.m. Chairman: Rev. J. T. H. Kerr

Principal Sydney Missionary & Bible College

SPECIAL MUSIC BY THE STUDENTS OF THE A . I . M . B.T.I. AT ALL SESSIONS.

REMEMBER THESE OTHER A N N U A L MEETING DATES ALSO! Brisbane, September 25th—Speakers, Mr. & Mrs. H. Miles; Melbourne, October 24th , and Hobart, November 3rd. Speakers at both of these— Rev. J. M . Lloyd and Students from Singleton B.T.I.

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FIFTY-THREE YEARS OF GOD'S FAITHFULNESS

August 1st is the Foundation Day of the A.l.M. It was on the evening of this day that

y\'2 , " J the Mission was begun in Singleton in 1905. 4|i#::f ; The promise given then was:—Isaiah 60:22,

• g, "A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation, I the Lord will hasten it in His time."

*%**•• The Lord has marvellously kept His

word, and from a humble beginning the work has grown until it stretches out over four States of our Commonwealth. The first

,. .. , M . missionary, the late Miss M. Bagnall, was accepted in the October following the

launching of the A.l.M. Now there are almost sixty (60) workers consecrated to the same task of evangelising Australian Aborigines.

As we begin this new year, we would reiterate the faith principle on which the Mission was founded believing that "Our God is Able" to meet every need. This does not say that there will not be times of testing, and 'many of our workers have known times of shortage; even recently some of our workers have been tested in this regard.

In these days of high wages for secular employment, it is not easy to understand why the Lord's people often do not shoulder their responsibility towards His work. We thank God for sacrificial giving; especially the many gifts which come from pensioners and others with very small incomes.

Stewardship campaigns should be based on a scriptural found, ation and not be the means of teaching the church to concentrate all its giving and planning within its own four walls.

May God help us all to have a larger vision as we begin his new year with Him.

We would ask prayer concerning the proposed rebuilding plans for the Retta Dixon Home at Darwin. Plans have been submitted to the Department of Welfare in the N.T., but no further decision has been communicated to us up to the time of writing.

The need at the present Home for more suitable accommodation is very urgent. Also we are at a loss to know how to plan for the future until some definite approval for the whole plan has been given. As soon as this approval is received then the next need mil be volunteers to help with the erection of the new Home.

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Blessing on Northern Territory Itinerary

WONDERFUL MEETINGS A T BRUNETTE DOWNS BY

MR. D. STRETTON A N D MR. C. M A I N

We have had a blessed t ime at Brunette Downs recently. We had to wait at Newcastle Waters for the parts for the projector, but the Lord wonderful ly over-ruled, and we were able to go out to Brunette Downs during the annual race meeting there. It covers three days, w i th a four th day for sports. It is the greatest gathering of our native people in any one place in that section of the Terr i tory. The large catt le stations of the Barkly Tablelands all were represented, and the native camps were located in the scrub about a mile and a hal f f rom the racecourse.

It took us two days to go out there in the 4 wheel drive truck. W e held meetings on three nights. On the first evening we had a stirring meeting when three of the Borroloola men who were baptized recently, gave their testimony. The appeal made at the close of the meeting resulted in a great many hands being raised for prayer and decision.

W e were able to contact native people f rom most of the places on the tablelands. The Sergeant of Police was very good to us giv ing us permission to camp among the people, and said we could camp there at any t ime the races were on, and also hold meetings.

W e returned f rom there to Newcastle Waters and saw Mervyn and Lelean Pattemore and fami ly on their way to Borroloola. We were able to help John Bridges w i th the f ix ing up of a better water supply. W e have worked out a plan whereby we wil l be able to visit al l the catt le stations on the western side. This wi l l take about three months.

Lef t :—

Mr. C. A. Main,

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GOD'S SEAL ON WESTERN TRIP

Mr. Ma in writes from Wyndham, Western A u s t r a l i a : —

"Th is morning, fourteen men of the Legume stock camp rode out f rom the Wyndham Camping Ground to return to their stat ion. Their 's is t he most inaccessible catt le station of this area, situated north of here, and just wi th in the Terr i tory border. We have been to Carl ton Station, (of which Legume is an out-station) three times, but we have been unable to go out to Legume itself. Recently the whole camp was engaged on a drove of bullocks into Wyndham. These men had been camped wi th in a hundred yards of where we made our camp, and last evening came along to our f irst meeting in Wyndham, at the town's native camp. This morning we took a picture of them mounted on their horses ready to set out for home once more, it is our f irst contact wi th them and comes to us as a seal upon the work done on this f irst stage of our journey through the Western sector of the Northern Terr i tory. We often f ind the native men who form " t h e stock c a m p " , absent, when we visit a catt le stat ion, but on th is t r ip this happened only twice, and in both cases we met the " c a m p " later on the track.

At Victor ia River Downs four camps were in for the o:«e night on which we reached there. There couid never be any plan made by which we could have reached those encountered throughout th is journey, and for us it brings the assurance of the overall guidance of the One in whose Name we go forward

Many drovers have been met wi th along the way; everywhere we have been favourably received by those w i th whom we had to deal, in reaching our people. A l though i t is 4 years since last we were around this way, there has been a spontaneous response to our work and presence among them. " T h e fields are white already to ha rves t "—His harvest indeed!

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Field map of the N.T. The It inerary this year lef t Newcastle Waters and travelled west (to the left of the map) instead of in the direction shown by the broad arrows.

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Back at Borroloola Again It's good to be back and sett l ing in to the work again at Borroloola.

We thank God for your prayer and support in our safety along the track. One asked, " W h a t does it feel like to be heading out to Borroloola?" I replied that " i t wasn't so romant ic . " I had certain misgivings regarding the truck and the roads, and there's quite a few very dry miles to cross. This year a mere 60 pts. of rain reported for the year. However, all precautions were taken—food , water, spares for t ruck, and the reading a t dinner stop at Mataranka was I Peter 3:12—Blessed assurance!

A t Newcastle Waters an extra leaf was f i t ted to the back springs to compensate for the heavy load, bad roads, and otherwise weak springs—• added assurance!

THIRSTY CATTLE

Fifty-four miles f rom Newcastle Waters found us at a bore wi th hundreds of head of th i rsty s tock—the pump rod on the windmi l l was broken. This meant turn ing back to Beetaloo Station to report the matter. The Manager was very grateful and we were glad to be of service for this man has always been a fr iend of the missionary.

Af ter a good meal, and the Manager kindly replenishing our petrol, we were back on the track again at 3 p.m. hoping stil l to make O.T. Station, 110 miles, for a Gospel meeting at night. The road was good, so l i t t le rain having fal len during the year, but sundown and tea-t ime found us stil l 30 miles f rom the Station at the big water hole.

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us good guidance to try and make the safety of the station fence if possible—besides there might just have been time for the meeting. (Imagine the members of the Pattemore tribe scaling the Coolibah round 2-3 in the morning with a wild buffalo bull hard behind!!)

Not t i l l 8.30 p.m. did the twinkle of the fires at the native camp tel l us that our t ravel l ing for the day was over. Most of the fo lk had gone to bed, so after a yarn we found a place to roll out the swag, and turned in ourselves.

We decided to stay the next day and have the meeting at night. W e were made most welcome—spent the day chatt ing to various ones, and were interested spectators of the men at the stockyard, breaking in a couple of colts. Of course there was the usual maintenance to the t ruck to be taken care of, and the preparation for a picture meet ing. This altogether proved a wonderful opportunity, and many hearts were touched a t the meet ing.

Next morning at our leaving the folk loaded us with beef and vegetables and good wishes. Many gathered round to say "goodbye" and after prayer with all assembled we were on the track again.

Having been warned about this part of the road as being unf i t for al l save 4 wheel drive vehicles, we were ready for the worst. Fears were soon allayed, and the 12-mile of the "Ba l l i nb i r i n i s " black soil plain soon passed—obstacle No. 1! Obstacle No. 2? " W h a t about ' the Li l a ' ? " my main question for a week. W e were to make this creek crossing for lunch about 1 p.m.

Quick, investigation eased my mind, al though it was no " s o d a " by any means. Prayer for God's help and protection—the waggon lurched down the steep grade, a jutting rock tearing at the number plate, then a scratch and scramble up the far bank—we were over! Praise the Lord!

Arr iv ing later that evening at MacAr thur River btat ion, we hurriedly made camp and prepared for the meeting. Here, too, the Manager as usual, accorded us a warm welcome and hospitality'.

Familiar faces now—only 44 miles f rom Borroloola—a good attentive gathering, many of whom have witnessed a good confession in days past. The Gospel was again presented and the Spirit of the Lord left to perfect the work.

We settled to sleep rejoicing in the thought tha t it would be our last night "under the stars" for a wh i le—plann ing next day to be home for lunch.

" T h e best laid plans . . . . ! " Oh Yes!—Troub le ! A broken spring! 1 1 miles out f rom MacAr thur ! ! Limping on a further 5 miles to the next water the fau l t was remedied wi th a makeshif t main leaf but not before it was too late to go on, so another camp by the roadside—an evening meal by f i re l ight beside the lagoon—a quiet chat while the salt beef simmered in the pot, then to bed—recount ing the blessings of the Lord over the past months.

Next day 12th July—Borroloola—Romans 8:28.

— M E R V Y N & LELEAN PATTEMORE.

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Moving in at Cherbourg A never-to-be-forgotten day for us was Sunday the 1st of June, the

day we commenced our work at Cherbourg. W h a t a joy it was for me to be back amongst our dear dark people, (although it was only two months since I had said goodbye). W e do praise the Lord for br inging us to serve H im at Cherbourg.

Since our return we have tr ied to cover as much of the work as possible. Mr . Wa lker has been try ing to contact the men especially, but dur ing the day, of course, most of them are at work. To overcome this, Cottage Meet ings are being held. These meetings are arranged by our own Local Assistants, and have helped us to get to know the people and to get into their homes, as well as the people gett ing to know us.

One feature of the Cottage Meet ings has beer the showing of coloured slides of Palm Island, Moree, and Cherbourg. We trust tha t

as we leave the word of l ife and nave fellowship wi th them, the Holy Spirit

wi l l bring our people to a sure knowledge of Salvation. The attendances at church services have been very poor, but we believe

this has been partly due to the very cold nights, and much sickness on the Settlement.

OTHER ACTIVITIES

On Saturday we took some of the Young People for a hike. This was a real t ime of fun and games wi th some of the youngsters cooking their own dinner over the coals. The hight l ight was when Mr. Walker arr ived wi th his pocket fu l l of "Wh i t che ty Grubs" collected by the youngsters. They cooked the grubs over the coals and ate them wi th delight. W e arrived home t i red, but fe l t the day was very worthwhi le.

Hospital v is i tat ion is proving very prof i table. I visit the Women's W a r d , while Mr . Wa lker looks up the men and visits the T.B. block. Each patient receives some l i terature which wi l l help them to th ink more of the Lord.

A real joy to me is the Ladies' Meet ing held each Tuesday afternoon. First we meet around a " C u p p a " , and then move into our meeting in which many of the ladies take part. One of our ladies recently took part for the f irst t ime, saying , when we had concluded, " I t wasn't nearly as bad as I had thought i t would be, the Lord helped m e . "

YOUNG PEOPLE'S MEETING We have commenced a Young Peoples meeting after |

school on Wednesday. We hope that this meeting J wi l l lead out into another avenue of more useful t ra in ing for them. We play games and later we meet for devotions. I have been tak ing the girls while Mr . Walker has had his hands fu l l w i th the boys.

Religious Instruction in the day school is another I way by which we are seeking to win the young j people. It is a wonderful opportuni ty of reaching those who do not attend Sunday School.

As we look forward to future days, we trust and j pray that the Lord wil l do a work here in the hearts) of many. W i l l YOU pray for us dai ly that the Holy ; Spirit wil l enable us to be fa i th fu l to H im and our j people, that through our lives many wi l l be saved!

— D O R O T H Y WALKER.

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MISS M . SPOHN, who came to Sydney on account of the Homecall of her Mother, has been granted two months fur lough to be taken immediately. Her address is Beau-champ St., Marr ickv i l le .

MR. & MRS. M A T T H E W S are rejoicing in the Lord's goodness to them whole on fur lough and hope to return to the Field by the middle of August .

MR. NEAVE, father of Mrs. K. Bowen, has gone to Palm Island to help wi th the f inishing of the C. A . Wh i te Memoria l Ha l l . This is a real answer to prayer and wi l l be a great encouragement to Mr . and Mrs. Trezise. Mrs. Neave accompanied her husband.

The probations of MISS RITA BIRKETT and MISS ENID W I L L I A M S have been satisfactori ly completed and we welcome these two as missionaries in fu l l standing.

MR. D. STRETTON and MR. C. M A I N reached Wyndham on Fri . , July 18 and stayed there for about two weeks. Mr . Stretton has had trouble wi th his eye through dust and f ly stings.

The Director, REV. E. C. LONG, wi l l visit Adelaide for the M i t cham Baptist Missionary Convention, August 10 to 17. Mr . Long wi l l also be the speaker at the Stanmore Baptist Missionary Convention, Sept. 20 to 28 .

MRS. E. A . COLLINS paid a short visit to Cowra recently and was able to meet wi th the people and workers there brief ly, as well as speaking at the W.C.T .U.

Good progress is being made w i th the WELLINGTON CHURCH under the leadership of Mr . L. Way and others. The men are making the i r own cement bricks and hope to have the bui lding f inished soon.

MISS E. WALKER has been blessed, in her ministry around the New England District.

Later news re Mr. Stretton and Mr. Main: These workers plan to stay at Wyndham unt i l after August 1st as there was to be a race meeting that week-end to which a great many of the native people would be going. Their next mai l ing address is: P.O. Hall 's Creek, W.A . Wr i t e only by a i r mai l .

Three new members added to Advisory Council, Sydney: Rev. R. Farquhar, Earlwood Baptist Church; Pastor Eric A t k i n , of the Kogarah Bay Congregational Church; and Mrs. C. A . Gluskie, of Hurlstone Park, have recently accepted seats on the Federal Counci l .

Next month, September, is the month to open home of fer ing boxes and forward the contents to the State Offer ing Box Secretary, or to Headquarters.

Mr . and Mrs. E. Trezise of Palm Island, recently visited Ingham and Hal i fax in Nor th Queensland and enjoyed fellowship wi th a number of christ ian fr iends at these places.

Many small groups of fr iends and workers gathered for prayer throughout our Field on August 1st to begin the new Mission year in prayer together.

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WARM WELCOME TO MR. & MRS. JOHN BRIDGES

Since our return to Newcastle Waters six weeks ago, we have had several visitors including Messrs. Ma in and Stretton on their i t inerant work to Wyndham and Mr . & Mrs. Pattemore and fami ly on their return to Borroloola. It was lavely having them a l l — w e enjoyed the fellowship and -are grateful for assistance given John working on our water pipes and f ix ing trai ler. During their t ime here we had two Slide Evenings for the people, one night showing the Life of Christ. Praise the Lord for Linda, a gir l about 12 years who accepted Christ as her own Saviour at this meeting.

The people gave us a warm welcome home and meetings were quickly resumed. Majority of the men are out on the stock camps now, but the women and children are very faithful in attendance. W e announced an extra meeting to be held for Christians at the mission house each Monday night and wre both surprised and pleased when 42 arrived the first night. Was it lack of faith on our part to only expect 9 or 10? Praise the Lord for such response and the number (between 35 and 40) who come regularly to this meeting—pray for those attending who are still unsaved. Last Monday night we were thrilled to hear one of the elderly women praying when opportunity was given.

There have been further opportunit ies of contact as women and chi ldren have sought medical help. W e praise the Lord that the Wel fare Department are behind us in this regard. Pray tha t every ef for t might be to the glory of God and used of H im to bring more of our people into a saving knowledge of Christ, the Great Physician and Healer of Souls.

The school opened last May wi th about 30 chi ldren, including a few of the young married women, at tending. Some have come in f rom Beetaloo station to receive schooling also. They ail l ike going and the teacher has been quite impressed by their regular attendance and reasonable cleanliness.

We do value your prayers and thank you for them. Praise the Lord with us for the many answers we have had—for spiritual blessings in our own lives; all personal needs supplied; provision for the car enabling us to move out to surrounding district., and for trailer (so necessary for getting in our wood supply); the general response amongst our people to hear God's Word and the evident growth in some; for Linda's resent conversion,

Now we ask you to join us in prayer for these needs. Next Thursday (24th July) wi l l see the commencement of a weekly Women's Meet ing here, God wi l l ing, we wi l l be visit ing Beetaloo Station for meetings on Saturday, 2nd August. Pray for the restoration of one of our women, a baptized believer, who was one of our keenest Christians. She has left this distr ict and we believe has dr i f ted from her f irst love of the Lord. Above a l l , pray that we might be kept usable in the Master's Hand, knowing His •grace, strength and wisdom for each dai ly task.

— J O H N & JOCELYN BRIDGES.

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Topics from the Tropics " T w o bob a go! Come on, knock 'em over." Lollypops, ice c r e a m . "

Bong! Bong! a clatter of drums announcing next boxing session to begin. This is Darwin Show, July 1958. A m i d the gabble and clatter we hear

the strains of "Lead me gently Home, Father" sung by George Beverly Shea. Following the sound, we come to the A . I . M . Exhibit ion and stall in a small corner next to the C.M.S. Stal l . It is lovely to listen to the continuous playing of sacred records. The sun glistens on the display of trophies won by the chi ldren of Retta Dixon Home at various sports, creating interest among the people as they linger, also a number of photos on the wa l l . There is a display of A . I . M . Sunday School books, "Ou r A i m " and "Evange l " and some articles made by the patients of East A r m Leprosarium, inc lud ing spears, shield, mats, basket and canoe. On a table is a good supply of Bibles and books, etc., f rom C.L.C. and i t is good to see some folk buying this Christ ian l i terature. W e pray they wi l l receive a blessing through the pr inted pages. A large poster on the wall proclaims the Darwin Christ ian Youth Fellowship meetings, and another invites people to jo in the Scripture Union.

MR. & MRS. STAN

ELDRIDGE

A N D THE A . I . M .

DISPLAY A T

THE D A R W I N SHOW

32 CHURCH MEMBERS AT EAST A R M Sunday, 20th July, was another happy occasion at the Leprosarium

when 32 baptized believers were received into the Church fellowship as the foundation members of the A . I . M . Church at East Arm. It was a privi lege to gather around the Lord's Table wi th these dear people. They were so pleased to receive their baptismal and membership cards, at the close of the service.

On Aboriginal Sunday, 44 fo lk gathered in the Mission House in Stuart Park for the evening service. Jacob, for many years a patient a t East A rm, now discharged and working at Bagot Nat ive Hospital, took part in Bible reading and prayer and Mr. Johnson from R.D.H. gave a chal lenging message.

Our Sunday School Scholars are practising for the Anniversary to be held on 3rd Aug . D.V., and looking forward to i t .

Usually only two or three women attend the A . A . M . M . meeting held here, so it was a joy last Tuesday when 10 came along (and eight small chi ldren)! We thank God for answered prayer, and cont inual ly pray tha t these dear people wi l l come to know Christ in a very real way.

— S . & C. ELDRIDGE.

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BLESSING IN NEW ENGLAND AREA I am wr i t ing th is f rom Walcha. I am staying here a week w i th M r .

and Mrs. Morr is, and 1 am enjoying the fellowship wi th them. I have been visit ing around the di f ferent homes and found the

people ready and fr iendly. Yesterday after church Olive Morr is and I went to visit two old sick fo lk who just can' t get out and are bed-ridden. The old lady, Mrs. Christie, is a dear old christ ian and is always in much pain because of a stroke she had. I took along my piano accordion and played a few of the old well known hymns for her, and the same at old Mr . Jack Gr i f f in 's place too—they both enjoyed it and made me promise to go and see them again.

The Abor ig inal Sunday was a fu l l day. David Kirk could not get over to Armida le and I f i l led in for h im . I was very t i red at the end of the day but thank fu l that the Lord has given me His Precious Word to give out. " H e is fa i th fu l that has promised," and in lots of l i t t le ways I could see His hand leading and gu id ing.

The whole visit presents a challenge to our hearts and more so in Moree than here—Guyra is the same too—Satan has a strong hold on the lives of some of the 14 year olds wi th the dr ink. Stil l where sin abounds Grace doth much more abound.

It is a pi ty that both David's and my visits to these places are so short. I leave here for Armidale tomorrow and hope to see more of the people there.

—EVELYN WALKER.

THREE MISSIONARIES MENTIONED ON THESE PAGES:

Miss C South Mr. D. Kirk Miss E. Walker

SOULS WON FOR CHRIST AT MOREE

Since our last report f rom Moree another change over has taken place. W e farewelled Miss Walker , and welcomed back again Mr . Kirk. His ministry here has been blessed of God. His stay wi th us is proving a real blessing in fel lowship together in the meetings, in the ministry of the W o r d of God.

At the close of the Sunday School last Sunday, at the Top Camp, five little girls accepted Christ. About two weeks ago one Friday night, a bitterly cold night, a knock sounded on the door of the Mission House.

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On going to the door to answer the knock, I found two young girls standing ouf in the cold. I asked them what I could do for them. They replied, " W e have come to give our hearts to Jesus". They had walked a mile from the Top Camp to the Mission House. A week later two young boys of the Sunday School walked the same distance to the Mission House to accept Christ.

We give praise to God for these young folk and would value your prayers for them.

We praise God for the movement of the Spirit of God in our midst and that the showers of blessing would fa l l in this gospel-hardened town of Moree.

The meetings are being well attended in spite of the bi t ter cold nights, at the Row, Top Camp and Mission.

Monday, Queen's bir thday weekend, a hike was arranged for the older scholars of the Sunday School. W e set out about 1 1 o'clock on a three mile hike wi th our basket lunches. We came to a del ight fu l spot by the river side. A f te r seeing a bit of the cleverest tree cl imbing I've ever seen for some t ime, we decided to have lunch. A f i re was l i t , but when it came to the lunch part, some of the party hadn' t any, so we al l shared what we had, and made a l i t t le go a long way. Just l ike the feeding of the f ive thousand! Lunch over, we set of f for home on a di f ferent route which was all very interesting. We arrived home rather t i red.

ORGAN PROVIDED

We give praise to the Lord for a lovely gift of an organ. This is a wonderful provision for the work. God bless these kind folk for their help in this way. W e thank them very much.

I had the joy of leading a soul to Christ in my hospital visi tat ion last Friday, 1 1th July.

Sunday, 13th July, was set aside here in the Churches of Moree as Aborigines Day. I was asked to take the pulpi t in the Presbyterian Church in the morning. Mr . Kirk was asked to give the Children's Story. M y subject was "Chr is t is the Answer" to the need of our Aborigines.

A t night Mr . Kirk was asked to take the pulpi t at the Methodist Church, and showed his slides on his travels to Darwin, after the service.

— A . & H. KLEINSCHMIDT.

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INTEREST MAINTAINED AT DUBBO A number from Wellington, Gilgandra, and Talbragar, joined us in

our Sunday School Session on the air last week. There were about 70 or more adults and children in the Studio for the Session. Mrs. Davidson and Victor Shaw provided the music on the piano and guitar. Fred Pegus and John Ah See told the Bible Stories.

A Fellowship Tea was held in the Church soon after, and a happy t ime of Fellowship was enjoyed by al l even though the day was cold and dull.

Mr. John Spencer, our speaker for the evening service, brought w i th him a group of young people f rom the Dubbo Presbyterian Fellowship Association, and they took part in the service.

The Church was quite fu l l w i th children si t t ing on the mats in f ront , and men standing in the back, after all the seats were occupied.

The message was challenging and Mr . Spencer to ld one of the Jungle Doctor stories to help us see more clearly our need to "Look into God's Mi r ror , His W o r d " .

W e praise the Lord for good attendances at the Sunday School and Evening Services. They are not large in numbers but the interest is there. Pray with us that many who hear will not just listen in, but accept and believe in the Lord Jesus Christ as their own Saviour and Friend.

— C . D. SOUTH.

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Our Auxiliaries NEWCASTLE

July has been a busy month, commencing wi th a Work ing Bee on Christmas Gifts at the home of Miss Parsons. Ten ladies attended and much was accomplished at this gather ing.

On July 15th f ive carloads of ladies, plus 2 men drivers visited Aberma in , at the invi tat ion of some keen workers there for the purpose of tel l ing them more about our work, and showing samples. 70 ladies were present, and a very enjoyable lunch was served.

A t our monthly meeting there were 19 ladies present and plans were made for the Annual Luncheon to be held on A u g . 5 th .

Salvage materials are pouring in steadily and helping to swell our Refrigerator Fund.

— G . FRASER. Secretary.

SYDNEY LADIES' AUXILIARY

A t our July meeting Miss Spohn from the Retta Dixon Home told us of her dai ly duties in tha t work, and gave us an insight into the act iv i t ies there. She told us also of her visit to Katherine and Beswick and mentioned the need for more workers for the Home and for De-lissaville.

A t ime of prayer followed in which we remembered these needs and other special requests brought before us.

Loving sympathy goes f rom all our members to Mrs. W . Wi lson whose husband was called Home recently.

Practical help next month is i yard of mater ial or more.

— E . M c W I L L I A M S .

S.A. LADIES' AUXILIARY Our meeting this month was held

at the home of the Misses Goulter, and i t was a joy to welcome their brother, Mr . A . C. Goulter, whom the Lord has used in the Field for so many years. W e were happy to hear him tell of what the Lord has done

in many parts, also the progress of the bui lding work.

Acknowledgments were received from Darwin, and it was good to hear of the dealings of the Lord in the work of Mr . Stretton and Mr . M a i n at present on N.T. I t inerat ion.

We were much in praise for answers to prayer as well as prayer for the many requests made through the Prayer Letter and correspondence.

Af ternoon tea was graciously served to the ladies by Misses Goulter.

— M . TATE.

MR. W. WILSON CALLED HOME

Mr . W . Wi lson, of St. Ives, Sydney passed away to be wi th the Lord on July 19th. He was 8 1 .

Mr . Wi lson was an associate worker in the Cowra distr ict for many years and then later came into the work as an accepted missionary and served fa i th fu l l y w i th Mrs. Wi lson at Eidsvold, Singleton and other centres. For some years they had resided in Sydney because of his fai l ing health, but sti l l maintained an active prayerful interest in the whole of the work. Mrs. Wi lson has helped very wonderful ly in the Sydney off ice f rom t ime to t ime.

Mr . Coll ins, the General Secretary of the A . I . M . , had kept in close touch wi th these workers and rendered every assistance possible to them in the Name of the Lord, especially while Mr . Wi lson was in hospital before his Homecal l .

A t the funeral service conducted in the Baptist Church at Pymble, the Rev. Fred Smith expressed the loving sympathy of fr iends everywhere to Mrs. Wi lson and other relatives. Mr . Collins told of Mr . Wi lson's association wi th the A . I . M . and the Director also took part.

Our heartfel t sympathy goes to Mrs . Wi lson for whom we would ask special prayer at this t ime. Mrs. Wi lson plans to vis i t her relatives in Queensland shortly and then may return to Sydney.

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He knoweth the way that I take. Job 2 3 . 1 0 .

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Bread corn is bruised. Isa. 2 8 : 2 8 .

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Shut up unto fa i th . Gal. 3 :23 .

O Lord undertake for me. 3 8 : 1 4 .

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NEW SOUTH WALKS: Rev. and Mrs. B. C. Long, 5 Carrington St., Concord. (UM6923). Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Collins, 19 Castlereagh St., Nth. Strathfleld. (Phone UF2464).

Redfern, Sydney: Miss M. Acland, 8 West Street, North Sydney .

Bible Training Institute, Singleton: Rev. & Mrs. J. Lloyd Mr. and Mrs. K. Bowen, Mr. & Mrs. H. Miles, Miss B. Clough

Fingal, Tweed River:

Mr. & Mrs. H. Kleinsehmidt. Miss E. Walker. Warialda St., East Moree. (C/- P.O. East Moree.)

Dnbbo: Miss C. South, Miss J. Phillips. (Edwin St.)

Balladoran: Pastor and Mrs. W. Naden

Condobolin: Miss I. Argerakis Mr. & Mrs. R. Burns Cunningham St., Condobolin.

Griffith: Miss M. Campbell 7 Cutler Ave., Griffith.

Narrandera: Mr. G. Sawyer Caroona: Miss M. Fairfax Balranald: Miss W. Ayling Guyra: Mr. A. C. Goulter

Mr. D. Kirk Karuah: Mrs. C. Knox ASSOCIATE WORKERS IN N.S.W. West Katoomba: Miss Knaggs Guyra: Mr. P. Stace. Walcha: Mr. P. Stace, Mr. Price. Armidale: Mrs. N. Bell, Mrs. D.

Campbell. Walgett: Mr. & Mrs. Whitehouse Boggabilla: Mr. & Mrs. R. Palmer Dubbo: Mr. & Mrs. Warren

Mr. & Mrs. J. Davidson Wellington: Mr. & Mrs. L. Way Singleton: Mr. & Mrs. W. Griffiths Leeton: Mr. M. Amey Echuca (Vic.) Miss E. McKindlay Wallaga l a k e : Mr. & Mrs. E. V.

Gilkes. Cowra: Mrs. N. Goodacre, Mrs. D.

Goodacre Moonah Cullah: Mr. & Mrs. V. Page Condobolin: Mr. R. A. Sharp, Mr. H.

Martin, Mr. & Mrs. R. Jones.

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QUEENSLAND: Charleville: Mr. & Mrs. P. Pickett Cherbourg:

Mr. & Mrs. E. Walker 12 Lamb St., Murgon.

Gayndah: Miss M. E. McAulay, Miss D. Evans

W o o r a b i n d a : Mr. & Mrs. W. Bird A.I.M. Perch Creek, via Duaringa.

Palm Island: Mr. & Mrs. E. Trezise A.I.M. Mailbag, via Townsville.

Townsville: Miss H. Brown Brisbane: Mr. & Mrs. R. M. Living

560 Upper Cavendish Rd., Coorparoo ASSOCIATE WORKERS IN QUEENSLAND: Brisbane: Mrs. Budge, Mr. & Mrs.

F. Clissold. Cairns: Pastor G. Dunshore. Cherbourg: Mr. & Mrs. C. Mollenhaur Normanton: Mrs. D. Hindmarsh Palm Is.: Mr. & Mrs. F. Krause. VICTORIA: Melbourne: Bethesda Mission of the

A.I.M. Sister M. Ellis, 371 Moreland Rd., Coburg West., Tel. PM3518. Mr. & Mrs. W. Caddy, 65 Mountainview Rd., Montmorency. Vict. Assoc. Workers:

Miss B. Pinches Miss E. McLean NORTHERN TERRITORY: Darwin: Box 38

Retta Dixon Home Miss M. Shankelton (Supt.) Miss A. Cavanagh. Miss M. Spohn, Sister R. Clutterbuck, Miss G. Dinham, Miss B. Sinclair, Miss R. Naylor. Miss R. Dixsan. Miss E. Williams, Miss R. Birkett. Staff workers: Mr. & Mrs. E. Johnson, Mr. & Mrs. A. Howell.

Darwin Area: Mr. & Mrs. S. Eldridge Bagot: Miss A. Clark. Katherine: Vacant Borroloola: Mr. & Mrs. M. Pattemor*

Borroloola, N.T. via Alice Springs Newcastle Waters:

Mr. & Mrs. J. Bridges. Itinerary:

Mr. D. Stretton, Mr. C. Main OTHER WORKERS:

Mr. & Mrs. W. Wilson, Warrimoo Rd., St. Ives, N.S.W.

ON FURLOUGH OR LEAVE: Address C/- A.I.M., 58 Margaret St., Sydney. Mr. & Mrs. Stan Matthews Miss F. Ginger Miss T. Wingfleld Mr. F. Loveless.

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