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A New Recruit
for the
CHRISTIAN RADIO MISSION
Osaka, Japan
"So belief come+h by hearing, and
hearing by the word of Christ . . .
Their sound went out into ail the
earth, and their words unto the ends
of the world.'
—Rom. I0:l7a. 18. EXIE JANE FULTZ
PREPARATION
Following the death of
my husband in World
War [l, 1entered the Cin-
cinnoti Bible Seminary to
prepare myself for full-
time Christian service. I
received my dsgrea in the
spring of 1949 and for two years was
employed by the First Christian
Church, Evansviile, Indiana, as secre
tory and youth-director. This position
I resigned in the fall of '51 to enter
the School of Religion, Butler Univer
sity. During my year at Butler I served
as youth-director at the East Forty-
ninth St. Christian Church, Indianap
olis, Indiana.
PURPOSE
To halp in the gigantic task, under
taken by V. Alex Bills, oF sending out
the message of salvation of the Lord
Jesus Christ "unto the ends of the
world" through tho medium of radio.
To close my work with the East
Forty-ninth St. Christian Church on
June 22, 1952, in order to accept
speaking engagements for presenting
the work of the mission and to raise
necessary funds for living-link, pas
sage and equipment.
Tosail, the Lord willing, in Septem
ber, to join the Bills in the work of
the Christian Radio Mission, Osaka,
Japan.
CORRESPONDENCE
Address all correspondenceto Mrs.
Velda Clatfelter, 510 North Fourth
St., Marshall, Illinois.
One
To Whom It May Concern:
We consider it a real privilege to have
Mrs. Exie Fultz os a member of the Christian
Radio Mission.
We consider her tfoining, her tolent and
experience as ideol preparation for the mis
sion field. And our personal acquaintance
with her has led us to believe that she will
be o splendid fellow worker.
There is a real job she can do for the Cause
of Christ here in Japan and she is needed
NOW.
We commend her to our fellow Christians
as one well worthy of support. And It is our
proyer that the necessary means will ba
available so she con join us on the field early
this toll.
V. Ale* Bills, Field DirectorChristian Radio Mission
Two
To ChrlsHon Brethren Everywhere—
Greetings:
The Christian Radio Mission is pleased to
recommend Exie Jane Fultz as a recruit'to
this vital work.
We rejoice In the decision she has made
to enter the field of radio missions. She is
widely known for her Christian character and
her devotion to the cause of Christ.
We commend her to the churches and
urge your prayerful and financial support of
her as she prepares to join the other faithful
workers in this task.
ADVISORY COMMITTEE OFCHRISTIAN RADIO MISSION
Stanley D. LetcherThomas W. OvertonHarry BucalsteinRobert M. LlllleHarold MacFarlondMrs. Don Blair
Three
To Whom It May Concern
I am very happy to add a word of com
mendation for ExIe Jane Fultz as she an
nounces her plans to serve the Lord In Japan.
Exie Fultz is a graduate of The Cincinnati
Bible Seminary. She has both the personal
ability and characteristics of life that should
mean an effective work for Christ in her new-
ly chosen Field.
THE CINCINNATI BIBLE SEMINARYWoodrow W. Perry, President
Four
Christian Brethren Everywhere:
This Is to commend unto you our sister in
the faith, ExIe Jane Fultz. I have known her
for the past eight years and was her minister
at the time she accepted the call to full time
Christian Service. She is a Christian woman
possessing the very highest standards and
ideals, rooted and grounded in the faith . . .
It is without hesitation that I commend her
to you as being worthy of your prayers and
materiel assistance.
S. W. GIBSON, Minister
Christian Church
Marshall, Illinois
Five
To the Brotherhood In Christ, Greetings:
WHEREAS: Mrs. Exie J. Fultr was for a
number of years Secretary and Youth Lead
er at First Christian Church of Evansville, In-
diano and,
WHEREAS: Her services were efficient, soc-
riflciol and in every way satisfactory and her
Christian life exemplary,
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: That we
recommend Mrs. Fultz to the Brotherhood for
any type of Christian work that may suit her
training and experience.
Signed: Bruce Gardner
Chairman of Board of Elders
First Christian Church
Evansville, Indiana
FORWARDING AGENT
Christian Brethren:
We, the Elders
of the M arshall
Christian Church,
Marshall, Illinois,
wish to recom
mend Mrs. Velda
Clatfelter of this
congregatiofi 'as
a woman possessing the very highest
Christion standords and ideals. Mrs.
Clatfelter is one in whom we have im
plicit trust.
Mrs. Clatfelter's loyalty and infeg*
rity are without question and we feel
Mrs. Fulti is fortunate indeed to se
cure the services of Mrs. Clatfelter as
her forwarding agent. Mrs. Clatfelter
has served as treasurer of the Bible
School of this church for the past two
years.
Without hesitation, we recommend
Mrs. Clatfelter as one who will faith
fully dispense all monies as desig<
nated and will give an accurate ac-
"^count of all monies entrusted to her,Signed: R. L. HUNTChairman of the Board*
• Chmtion Church 'Marshall, III.
MRS. VELDA CLATFELT
CHRISTIAN church!
MARSHALL ILLINOIS
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as KATHLEEN and REBECCA might tell it
JUNE 1951
CHIUSriAN RADIO MISSION
c^saka, Jap^n
SPECIAL EDITION
FOR THE CHILDREN
Bible School
at Home
"One day, Mommie iind Daddytook us to Nara.
Wc saw this bigidol. Daddy saysit^nearly iOOfeethigh, and manyhundreds of yearsold. Thousands ofJapanese peoplewho have never
heard of Jesus,
worship this bigidol. Bui it is justa statue of metal
so it cannot real -
ly answer prayer.We must tell them
about the (rue Godand His Son Jesus."
I|l E, the boys and girls ofJapan,Wl are very grateful to the Lord• • for sending Brother and SisterI I Bills to Japan to tell us about
the Lord Jesus.' This is what a little Japanese girl in the Bible Schoolin our home at Matsubara wants usto tell the boys and girls of America.
This girl and more than 100 otherboys and girls come to learn aboutJesus at two meetings in our homeeveryweek. These Bible schools areon Friday and Sunday nights.
We cannot have Bible classes onSunday morning like boys and girlsin America because there is nochurch building of any kind, and allthe meetings are held in our living-
"We live in Matsubara. It is a sirtali town just outsidethe big city of Osaka, Japan. Wc live here with ourMommie and Daddy—Alex and Bcity Bills—who aremissionaries to tell (he people about Jesus. Many ofthem worship idols In the Shintoshrineyousce here. "
room. The mommies and daddies
meet Sunday morningfor Bible classand worship, and there just isn'troom for all the children and theirparents at the same time.
Of course, we don't have chairsfor so many boys and girls. They justsit on their knees, and they don'tmind as long as they can get on therug!
The boys and girls are very happyto have a missionary family living intheir town so they can learn aboutJesus. There are thousands ofothers, both children and grown-upsliving in the towns and villages ofJapan, who have never heard aboutJesus, and there are no missionariesor teachers to go to them.
'This is the Jeep Station Wagon yourgiftsarc helpingus to H^f. Daddy says we need it for transportationand 34 a sound (ruck for open air meetings. You'llhave (o ask him what he means by those big words.We need lo(s more money (o payforit, Iknowtbat."
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FORWARDING AGENT
Send All Funds To Tliis Addiess
Mrs. Don Blali. Christian Radio Mission804 Mississippi, Amarillo, Texas
OUR HOME COMMITTEE
Chairman G. 6. Gordon, 233 Berkley Road. luilana-polis, Ind., Harry Bucahiein, G04Sixth Ave., Havre,Mont., Stanley Letcher, 807 Tennessee, Amarillo,Tex., Robert M. Lillie, R 2, Cedar Lake, Ind..Hanold McFarland, Mission Manor, Willernic, Minn.ThomasW. Overton, Catlln, 111., ConleySilsby, 1507University Ave. S. E.. Minneapolis 14, Minn.
SPECIAL ADVISERS AND ASSOCIATES
Arlo F. Kelley, 4234 W. 15th, Amarillo, Tex., Chinese Consulunt, Isabel M. Dittemore, R 2, CoralRidge, Louisville, Ky., Dorothy Jane Johnson, 710WilleySt., Morgantown, W. Va.
EXTtU COPIES of this Special Children's Edition ofWAVE LENGTHS are available togivetoyour friends,or Bible school class. Leaders may alsoobtaincopiesfor use in their DVBS and Junior Camps. Indicate tjenumber you can use.. .Christian Radio Mission, 804Mississippi, Amarillo, Texas.
Two Things YOU Can DoThere are two things that every
one in America can do to become apart of this missionary work.
ONE. You can pray daily for theChristian Radio Mission and its'workers. Pray that more workerswill be quickly sentto the field. Praythat the Lord's people in Americawill give the necessarymoneyto getthe Gospel to the thousands that aredying everyday without Christ.
TWO. You and your friends canhave a part in this work by givingof your money. Maybe your class orgroup could arrange to send a regular gift every month. Even smallgifts sent regularly will mean a greatdeal for Christ.
PAGE TWO
Radio Work Developing
The Christian Radio Mission is awork of the Christian Churches andChurches of Christ inAmerica. Itisdevoted to bringing the Gospelmes-sage of Christ to Japan and othernations of the Orient by means ofRadio Broadcasting. The Bills'family is already on the field in Osaka,Japan and later will be joined byothers.
Mrs. Isabel Dittemore, formermissionary on the Tibetan border ofChina, will come to Japan this Falland will be responsible for developing broadcasts in Chinese. Thesewill be released from short wavestations, probably in Formosa andthe Philippines.
In Chicago, Abram C. Azar, anElder in a Christian Church, whowas born in Lebanon, Syria is preparing programs in the Arabiclanguage which will presentthe Wordof God to thousands of Moslem people in Southern Asia and NortnernAfrica, as the program is releasedfrom Manila.
This program is produced byRobert M. Lillie, Cedar Lake, Ind.and is tape-recorded by Wayne Douglas, who graciously gives not onlyof his time and the services of hisMagnecorder, but supplies the tapeas well.
The goal of the Christian RadioMission is to own and operate ourown Christian Radio station. It willuse both long and shortwave and willcover all of Asia, Europe and NorthAfrica with the Gospel. It will belocated in Japan or some Far Easterncountry depending on the attitude ofthe government in giving the necessary permits to operate a radiostation. However, in the meantime,we are devoting our activities to producing separate Christian programsin various languages and releasingthem on various existing stations.For this workour immediate need is
funds to build and equip a recordingstudio.
IS WAVE LENGTHS NEW TO YOU} If youdonot reg-uiarly receive it and would like to have this moothlvreport on Radio Missionary work in theOrientcomingto you. please write and asked to be placed on themailing list. ChristianRadio Mission, 804Mississippi,Amarillo, Texas.
WAVELENGTHS
MANY PEOPLE IN JAPAN LISTEN TO RADIO. ^In the Osaka area, morepeople have radios than in many parts of the United States. Since thereare not nearly enough missionaries to reach all of the millions of peoplewho have never heard of Jesus, Mommie and Daddy are ^oing to use theradio to take the message to the people. This family is having tea, allseated on the floor. But from Grandfather right down to "baby chon," theyare listening to a radio broadcast. In a few months, groups like this willbe able to listen to Christian programs.
BELOW LEFT. "It'j very cold In the winter many places in Japan.Theboys and girls musi wear very heavyclothing. It makes them look padded and fat. In thesummer, they wear hardly anything at all." BELOWRIGHT. "This is not a tent walking. Ii is a little boy with a straw coatand straw boots. He dresses this wayto keepwarm in winter. His summer raincoat looks very much the same way."
NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE
. FOR GOD-S PEOPLE
JUNE 1951. - PAGE THREE
Missionaries are bu^y people,but they are happy in their workof telling the story of Jesus tothose who have never heard of
llim. Here is a reportfromMommieand Daddy about what they do in oneweek:
ONE WEEK
"Each week, we have six meetingsof various kinds here in our house inMatsubara Village. Three morningseach week are devoted to languagestudy. Mr. Bills is teaching in TheOsaka Bible Seminarytwo-and-one-half hours on four days a week. Atleast one day will be spent in takingcare of different kinds of businessincluding the purchase of food. BothMr. and Mrs. Bills teach two afternoons each week i n the Seminary.Mrs. Bills is teaching music to thefuture teachers and preachers ofJapan. Mr. Bills is teaching aRadio course. This class will soonbe presenting Christian Radio pro-
LEFT. "When we went to Nara, wc gottired walking. It was so hot. We wereglad when the Rickshaw Man camc."
' MIDDLE. "We saw this big bell in aShinto shrine. The people ring it to
grams in their own language tomillions of people in Japan.
There are usually two or three invitations each week to preach in someJapanese church or meeting. Ofcourse, we must write many lettersto our hne friends in the States, aswell as maintain a home. We alsohave the job of frequently entertaining in our home some of the Servicemen who are from churches "backhome" and are either stationed inJapan or have come here for a shortrest from the battle lines in Korea.
Every spare moment is being devoted to the writing of the specialBible Correspondence course. Bythe mail we can teach many peopleso far away from us that they couldnever attend classes. If we had thehelpers for this part of the work, wecould enroll a million students. Buthow would we even pay for the postage and printing for so many?"
wake up the spirits to listen to theirprayers. The sailor is Cameron Calvertfrom the church at Bluff Creek, Ind., oneof many servicemen to visit us." RIGHT."We were tired. Rebecca went to sleep."
CHRISTIAN RADIO MISSION804 Mississippi, Amarillo,* Texas Sec. 34.66 P.L.&R
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CHRISTIAN RADIO
Osaka.
Worker Coming FIRST CONVERTSISABELMAXEY DITTEMORE
reveals that she plans toleave America shortly afterthe National Missionary Convention (Camden Ave. church,Louisville, Ky.) 6-9 November.She expects to arrive in Japanwith her daughter Janet, andmother Mrs. Maude B. Max-ey, in time to spend the Christmas season with her brother
Markand family, whoarerhis-sionaries on the Southernmostof the Japanese islands —Kyushu. She will divide hertime with us in Osaka preparing Chinese broadcasts andassisting in the missionarywork in Kyushu. We hope torelease the Chinese programson short wave stations in Manila and on Formosa over Nationalist Chinese radio stationsthat cover all of the mainlandof China. Isabel is bringing anelectric organ which will be areal boostto making our Christian programs attractive.
Her finances, support, transportation and general funds areall separate from the ChristianRadio Mission and any contributions for her should be sentdirectly to her at 98 WoodmoreAve. , Louisville 8, Ky.
THESE ARE THE FIRST SIX CONVERTSto be baptized in the work in our home.
The two girls on the left work in ourhome. Neither had ever seen a Bible orheard the name of Jesus Christ when theycame to us.
The girl in the center is in High Schooland had been attending special classes byCatholics when we moved here.
The girl second from the right tells astory of having become interested in Christianity sometime ago and started attendinga Free Methodist church in Osaka. Whenshe told them she wanted to become aChristian they instructed her to attend twoor three all-night prayer meetings first inorder to pray for salvation. She couldn'tsee the point so dropped out.
The girl on the right is froma so-calledChristian home. She had been sprinkled asa baby.
HOW YOU CAN HELPNOW IS a very important time in the his
tory of Japan and for that matter thewhole world. With the signing of the treatythere is no doubt but that the Communistswill make an even greater effort to recruitpeople to their side.
While our village is one of the Communist centers, we feel very little dangerpersonally, but we are concerned with thepoison that can be planted in the minds ofthe people. Undoubtedly, it is a timewhen your missionaries should make theirmessage heard even more than in the past.
We have plans for a sound truck to holdmass meetings where many thousands canbe told the story of Christ. Plans for moreliterature and tracts to carry the message,plans for Bible Correspondence Course,plans for Christian records, for greater
(see HOW TO HELP on page four)
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If you come to visit us, our house address will helpyou. It is; 492-5Jutaku,ShibagakIShindo.MatsubaraCho, Nnkakawachi Gun. Osaka Prefecture, Japan.
FORWARDING AGENT
Send Ail Funds To This Address
Mrs. Don Blalr, Christiari Radio Mission804 Mississippi. Amarillo. Texas
OUR HOME COMMITTEE
Chairman G. B. Gordon (Airforce Chaplaincy); HarryDucalstein, 604 Sixth Ave., Havre, Mont.; StanleyLetcher. 807 Tennessee, Amarillo, Tex.; Robert M.LUIie, R2, Cedar Lake, Ind.; Harrold McFarland,Mission Manor, Willernic, Minn.: Thomas W.Ovet-ton, 2567 Kress Si., Toledo, O.: Conley Sllsby, 1507University Ave. S. E., Minneapolis !4, Minn.
SPECIAL ADVISERS AND ASSOCIATES
Arlo F. Kelley, 4234 W. 15th. Amarillo, Tex.;Chinese Consultant Isabel M. Dittemore, M Wood-more, Louisville, Ky.: Dorothy Jane Johnson, 710WtlleySt., Morgantown, W. Va.
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Seminary Offers Radio, Visual Aids
THE CHRISTIAN RADIO classes inOsaka Bible Seminary have been
creating much interest. Both of thelarge daily papers and one of theweekly radio publications have carried stories about this phase of ourwork. This course, the first to beoffered in any school or university inJapan, is the first step in trainingthe Japanese Christians to presentthe gospel by air to their own people.
Radio has long been an importantfactor in Japanese life. Besides the108 radio stations operated by thegovernment, 16 new commercialradio stations will soon be started.The firstone is already broadcastinghere in Osaka. But even more impressive is the announcement of
Elans for 23 Television stations toe in operation in Tokyo within six
months. This tremendous interestin radio is of course a real challengeto the Church. Several missionarygroups in an interdenominationalset-up have sent a Japanese man tothe U. 5. for studyin religious radio.But we are the onlyones with a training program. This Fall we will enlarge the class to include someoutsiders. With this group we willbe soon producing real Christianbroadcasts. We are also extendingour work in the Bible Seminary to include a course in the use of Audio-Visual materials in Christian teaching. The name of this new departmentis "Radio Audio-Visual Mass Communication Media."
(ABOVE) A broadcast scene attheGovernment sution NHK. This particulartype of music is known as "Nagauta"which means "long song"—a very aptdescription. The stringed instrumentsare called "Shamisen." So interested
ace the Japanese in American cultureand music that such programshavedif-ficult competition with American popular record programs. One Japaneseyoung person told us that only old people listen to such programs as pictured.
JAPAN needs your used visual aids, olides, slide
film, flannelgraph figuresand film that you or yourchurch may now have andare not using can be put toimmediate use i n Japan.There are many such itemsin many churches gatheringdust that could be the meansof telling the storyof Jesushere. Send them along.
(tUGHT)MartinClarkat the microphoneof the Armed Forces Radio Servicesta-
tion in Osaka. He has btoadcasiadailydevotional program formore than a yearover this station.
They Use Radio• OUR FELI.O\V MISSIONARIES in manyparts of the world are using Radio asa meansof getting the Gospel out. Barton L. McElroyof the Philippine Mission Churches of Christreports the establishment of a new churchasthe result of radio broadcasts. One of theirnative preachers, Diego Romulo, conducts aprogram in the Bico language eve ry Saturdaynight over DZAS in Manila. A group of fishermen at Gumaca heard the program and sentfor Bibles in their language and for a preacher. Following the baptism of a number of thema church was established.
• IN JAPAN, Martin Clark of the OsakaChristian Mission has completed one year ofdaily broadcasts on the Armed Forces RadioService radio station in Osaka. This has beena real contribution to the spiritual lives ofmany of the service people of the area. A fewhave been baptized as a direct result of this"Morning Devotional" program. InNovemberit received the "Gold Iviicrophone of the Monthas the outstanding program in the FarEasternCommand. "
• WE REJOICE with the Brazil ChristianMission that they have been able to get "TheChristians' Hour" - "New Testament Christianity on the Air" broadcast on a radio stationin Goiania, Brazil. The program is made upof the broadcast of the English program asheard in America preceded by the same sermon translated into Portuguese, the nationallanguage.
Bits From The Bills
BETTY (Mrs. Bills) who had anemergency appendectomy July 26,
is recovering nicely. We hadafineJapanese surgeon but she stayed atthe International Hospital in Kobe.., . , . After a month of restthe Doctorreports a definite improvement in theTB spots on Alex's lung BothKathleen and Rebecca are doing nicely not only with health but also withthe Japanese language As wedrove along, we helped with thethreshing the other day —the grainwas spread out on the road and themore cars and trucks that passedover it, the less beating the farmershad to do to get the grain outIn Osaka area we have ice to use.However, instead of breaking thelarge cakes into sections with a pick,
HOW TO HELP (from page one)use of Audio Visual materials toreach THE MASSES. And, of course,radio, for millions listen to its message.
But we must have money to dothese things. We speak plainly because we think God's people shouldknow. This i s a two-fold job, ofObeying the Master to tell the Worldof Him, and to stem the evil of Communism. But equipment and materialwemusthave. Your gifts and prayersthat others will stand behind us arethe keys.
the pieces are carefully cut with asaw We are having the longestdrought in 25 years and shows everyindication of being the worst on record This will cut down on therice harvest which in turn will workadditional hardship on all of the people.
m
(Left) Rice fields require almost constantattention. Here the half-grown plants arebeing trimmed by hand. (Above) Still using primitive methods, a iread-mill liftswater from the ditch to the field. (Right)Women do the extremely hard work; awo-man carrying such a load is a commonsight.
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Recorder On WayTHANKS to the assistance of Isabel
and the Mervyn E. Green Mennor-ial Missionary Fund we now havecomplete recording studio equipment(except the disc equipment mentionedelsewnere) on its way. ClarenceMoore of International Radio andElectronics has assembled the equipment of professional quality—Magne —corder tape recorder, microphones,turn-table, pick-up arm, amplifiersand such. It is expected to arrive inJapan early in December. It is notcompletely paid for, but we feelsure that regular gifts from our supporters will enable us to pay it outsoon.
Mrs. Dittemore is also bringingan electric organ with her when shesails from San Francisco 11 December. We now need a suitable buildingto house this equipment. A properbuilding for a sound studio is almosta necessity. However, we can beginproductions with makeshift setup inour home.
A-V InstitutesTHE CHRISTIAN RADIO Class and
the new Christian Audio-VisualClass in Osaka Bible Seminary areboth making nice progress. TheAudio Visual class sponsored aninstitute the first MondayinNovember that was attended by about 30missionaries and 15 native leaders.The purpose was to demonstrate newmethods and materials of getting theGospel to more people more euec-tively. It is planned to make the institute a monthly affair.
For the December meetiag, weare having a team of Christian girlsthat have developed the use of Puppets in Christian teaching. Thisgroup is led by the youngest daughter of the famed Dr. Kagawa.
see AUDIO-VISUAL on last page
Alex and BenyRebecca and Kathleen
wish you all a HappyChristinas Season
The Shepherds foundJesus because theyobeyed a Heavenly Vision and believed a
Heavenly Message andwent looking for Him.You caa do the same.
MORE BAPTISMSTHE CHURCH OF CHRIST in Mat-
subara (which meets in our house)has had two more baptisms. Thismay seem like slow progress, butthese people are leaving everythingwhen they turn to Christ. Such decisions cannot be made lightly orquickly. When a Japanese becomesa Christian, his whole way of lifemust change. Even his holiaays, theseasons for housecleaning, tne wayof wearing clothes, even the arrangement of flowers —all had religious meaninc. All of that, and theassociations of a lifetime, must begiven up to accept Christ. But truehappiness comes only through Christ.
CHRISTIAN RADIO MISSION
Wave Jlen^thdfrom japan
Christ or CommunismWE HAVE recently been in some
Army hospitals where the wounded soldiers are brought a few hoursafter they have been hit in Korea,What we see is heartbreaking. Theyare just boys really, here one withan arm gone, there one with a legoff, others with part of a face goneor great wounds tornin their bodies.But they don't complain much, theyseem so thankful that they are stillalive. I guess they are remembering their buddies who didn'tgetbackto a hospital but are buriedoutthereon Korean hillsides.
We cannot help but wonder if it isworth all of the high price they arepaying. Although tne battle in Koreaseems important in the long run,Communism cannot be stopped byarmies with guns. If only our leaderswould realize that this is a spiritualconflict, a battle of ideas. OjilyChristianity can halt the onwardmarch of Communism.
Just two days ago in the nearbycity of Kyoto, a Communistic riotbroke out among the students of aso-called Christian colle^. Theymarched on the home of a Diet (likeour Congress) member and stonedit. On the way, they attacked a carof an American missionary. Fortunately the missionary was not inthe car at the time.
Such things will become morecommon. Communism is gaining,not only here in Japan, but elsewhere around the world. With themoney used in killing one Communist soldier; we could obtain theequipment necessary to get out theWord of God in sufficient force tohold this part of Japan, not only forChrist, but for our way of life.
We must have funds to make useof radio to the fullest; equipmentformass meetings must be obtained andputinuse. The Bible seminary training program must be stepped up. Andreinforcements from recruits athome must be rushed to the field.
We are fighting a last ditch standhere in the Orient. If given a chancethe people will accept Christ insteadof Communism. We must give themthat opportunity, and we must haveyour prayers and financial supportto do it.
Published monthly forCHRISTIAN RADIO MISSION,V. Alex Bills, Director, Osaka, Japan, by HarroldMcFarland. MISSION YOUTH. Willernie, Mionesou.
Edited by V. ALEX BILLS
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Miyakojima P. O., Osaka. JapanLeners S^, Airletters 10^, Airmail 2S^ a half ounce
If you come to visit us, our houjeaddress will helpyou. It is: 492-5Jutaku,ShibagakiShindo, MatsubaraCho, Nakakawachl Gun, Osaka Prefecture, Japan.
FORWARDING AGENT
Send All Funds To This Address
Mrs. Don Blair, Christian Radio Mission804 Mississippi, Amarillo, Texas
OUR HOME COMMITTEE
Chairman G.B.Gordon (Airforce Chaplaincy):HarryBucalstein, 604Sixth Ave., Havre, Mont.; StanleyLetcher, 807 Tennessee, Amarillo, Tex.; Robert M.LUIie, R 2, Cedar Lake, Ind.; Harrold McFarland,Mission Manor, WUIernie, Minn.; Thomas W. Over-ion, 2567 Kress St., Toledo, 0.:ConleySllsby, 1507University Ave. S. E., Minneapolis 14, Minn.
SPECIAL ADVISERS AND ASSOCIATES
Chinese Consultant - Isabel M. Dittemore
Arlo F. Kelley, 4234 W. 15tb. AmarlUo, Texas:Dorothy Jane Johnson, 710 WUIey St., Morgantown,West Virginia.
WHEN WRITING
When you write us, please use low value com-meratlve stamps. The Japanese are great stampcollectors and some bave been baptised recentlywhowere first reached by iheir interest in U.S. sumps.
CHANGE OF ADDRESS
B you change your address, please drop a card toMrs. Blalr, If you want to continue to receive "WaveLengths." Mr. and Mrs. Don Blair (Mrs. Bills parents)have been doing a wonderful job asforwardingagentsfor this work. They also do the mailing of WaveLengths with help from various members of our faithful Living-Link church. West Amarillo Christian.
COST OF EVANGELIZING
Recent official figures reveal that it costs motethan twelve times as much moneyto carry on Missionary work now in Japan as it did before the lastwar. But there is no question but that the work ismuch more than twelve times as effective. Has
your support kept up with the rising costs}
Thank You For Coming OpportunityTHE CHRISTIANS recently conduc
ted a welcoming service for thenew missionary—Jane Kinnett. Onegirl who had never even heard ofChrist a year ago, expressed thisthought: ' I want to thank you, andthe other missionaries, for comingto Japan and bringing us to Christ.I want to thank you onbehalf of thosewho today do not know of this wonderful blessing, and so cannot speakfor themselves, but who will cometo know Christ through your work.If you had not come, they, and we,would have died without knowingEternal Life in Christ." As she spokein halting English, it was a mostmoving experience to see howstronely the Japanese themselvesfeel aoout us.
PREACHER FOR
MATSUBARA
WE HAVE BEEN ABLE, at last, toget a preacher for the work here.
He is a student, in his second yearat Osaka Bible Seminary, but as hedid not have a Christian background,he has had to grow much. Probablyit would be better to wait longer before placing so much responsibilityon him. But the job is so urgent.His name is S. Shibaoi, and he is aconvert of the work of Mark Maxeyin Kyushu.
NEEDSFOLKS ASK "Are there things you
need, that we can get for you asan individual or a group project?"The answer is "Yes." A food box isalways welcome—especially if it contains cakemix, cocoa, boxed puddings, dried fruits and such like. Wecan also make use of used clothing.Used large picture—rolls, and slides,filmstrips and flannelgraph materials are needed. We also need twoused typewriters and a mimeograph.
Send typewriters and mimeograph to Amarillo address. Sendother things directly to us at Miya-kojima P. O. , Osaka, Japan. Pleasemark package "Gift Package" andgive it a very low evaluation to avoidexcessive custom duties.
In EuropeWE HAVE BEEN OFFERED the op
portunity of putting the New Testament message on a powerful radiostation in Europe ! This station reaches 83% of all the radios in Europewith a primary signal. At the hourunder consideration, there are between two-and-a-half and three million people listening to this stationin England alone. One religious program using the same hour on anotherday has received two thousand piecesof mail from listeners every weekfor over three years.
A group in the United States hasagreed to undertake raising the necessary funds to pay for the station-time. We out here will prepare theprograms presenting the New Testament message in simple BasicEnglish. We have complete recordingstudio equipment including an Electric organ arriving with Mrs.Dittemore the last of December.
NEED DISC RECORDER
We were just ready to sign thecontracts for this wonderful opportunity, when we discovered that thestation cannot use tape transcriptions, but must have disc trans-scriptions. We have searchedeverywhere and cannot find anyonehere in Japan who can make the discfor us. To sei^d them back toAmerica and then forward themwould cost entirely too much. So thebest solution seems to be to buyourown disc transcription equipment.This will cost about $700. This seemslike a lot of money, but it is the keyto getting the gospel message toseveral million people.
This opportunity is too tremendous to let pass. BUT we have goneas far as we can go. Now we musthave the help of our friends. Everyweek we delay in ordering this equipment keeps the Gospel off the air.
Since
the Treatythe Rising SunFlagflies
everywhere.
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characteristictemplegate.
• Among the CRM Home Committee members.. .. Tom W.Overton, secretary of the committee is the new minister ofMonroe Street Church of Christ, Toledo, Ohio. . . . G. B.Gordon, chairman, has been recalled to the Airforce Chaplaincy. He has been head of the Radio Department in ButlerUniversity. ... Conley Silsby is producing a new 15-minuteRadio feature "The Closer Wallr' with The Gospel Four —amale quartet from Minnesota Bible College. . . . The CloserWalk is now heard on five stations. . . . Harrold McFarlandedits "Among Ourselves" and "Horizons." If you don't getthese two fine papers drop him a line.
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We are especially interested indeveloping the use of puppets with aview to Television. Two TV networks will cover all of Japan nextSpring. While we have scarcelyscratched the surface of Radio yet,still Television is here and must notbe ignored as a means of telling thestory of Christ.
SLIDES AVAILABLE
Aset of slides telling the story of the people oflapan, their activities and their religions Isnowavail*able from the Christian Radio Mission. Theslidesareaccompanied with a manual of explanations. Youthgroups and missionary groups will especially enjoyihem. There is no charge for the use of them. Writeeither Mrs. Don Blaii, CRM Forwarding Agent, 804Mississippi, Amarillo, Texas or MISSION MANOR,Willernie, Minnesota for information on avaQabledates for using the slide set.
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