Dear friends, young and old: You will be interested in these extracts of a letter from two of our dear brethren who are at present serving the Lord in Ghana, Africa.
“The Word of God and tracts of all kinds are received gratefully everywhere. Even government officials in the Immigration Office and the Ministry of Education all rejoice in the gospel papers. This amazes me—I believe our land is turning away from the truth, while over here in this land people from the Paramount Chief and head of the city’s educational system on down, are all happy we are here to tell the story of Jesus and His love.
We have a nice letter from the head of the Ministry of Education asking the schoolmasters to let us tell the children in the schools of Accra (500,000 pop.) about Jesus and His love. The dear man had read a “Whither Bound,” and enjoyed the lovely gospel stories so much. He asked for more, and also for a large concordance Bible which we furnished him.
In Cape Coast, 90 miles from our city, we spent two nights and a day. We were welcomed by a few of my correspondents there. They had a nice Rest House reserved for us, and we were taken to the Chief of the city. He talked through Anafi, one of my friends, welcoming us to preach the word of God in his city. He told us he loved to read the Bible, pointing to several of them in a desk and telling us it was the food for our souls, and that he had a room to one side of the reception room where he studied the Word. I gave him “The Blessed Hope,” by Edw. Dennett which I had along. Well, we had a street meeting in the center of town at 7:30 p.m., and several hundred were present. Aer the meeting we were absolutely mobbed by the crowd, grabbing, pushing, and crying for tracts, Messages, and Echoes of Grace. We were trying to hand them out without their being torn up. We had four gospel meetings the next day in schools and the leprosarium. We came home the next morning worn out. God is working here. I wish space would allow me to tell more of our happy experiences here. Bibles are wanted everywhere we go—the hotel workers, the nurses in the hospitals. We get a Bible over here for 65c. Please continue to pray for us.”
Love and thanks again in Him...
W.S.
How this hunger for the bread of life in other less privileged lands puts many of us to shame. May it stir our hearts to appreciate more the treasure God has given us in the Bible and cause us to put forth more diligence in reading and meditating on His precious Word.
Next week’s issue brings us down to the end of another year of publishing Messages of the Love of God. To the God of all grace, our Father, and to His beloved Son, be all the praise!
We are thankful for so many who have answered the Bible Questions over the past months; we hope you will continue, and that others will be encouraged to answer them as well. If you have missed sending in your answers for any of the past months we urge you to do so at once so that we can send you the best possible award. Awards will be mailed early in June and names of answerers will appear in the June 15 issue.
ML-04/20/1969