The 44th Annual Presbyterian Evangelistic Fellowship Family Conference will be held July 9-14, 2012 at Miilligan College in Elizabethton, Tennessee. The conference theme is “The Year of the Evangelist”. The conference theme verse is Romans 1:16: “For I am not ashamed of the gospel,for it is the power of God to everyone who believes,”. Go to www.pefministry. org.

A love that can never be fathom;

A life that can never die;

A righteousness that can never be tarnished;

A peace that can never be understood;

A rest that can never be disturbed;

A joy that can never be diminished;

A hope that can never be  disappointed;

A glory that can never be clouded;

A light that can never be darkened;

A happiness that can never be interrupted;

A strength that can never be enfeebled;

A purity that can never be defiled;

A beauty that can never be marred;

A wisdom that can never  be baffled;

Resources that can never be exhausted.

A time to celebrate the time when there was a great hunger for truth.  Much  blood was shed that the truth would abound. May that hunger be ours today.

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I am constantly amazed

By the things that He has done,

The lilies of the valley.

Snowy peaks, and rising sun.

I am constantly amazed

By the love that He has shown,

The plan for our salvation,

The gift of His dear Son.

I am constantly amazed

At His mercy flowing free,

The grace that is sufficient

To save a wretch like me.

Yes, I’m constantly amazed

By His love that will not end,

But what amazes me most of all,

Is that He calls me friend.

- Kathryn E. Bisbee

It may be important where your child goes to college.

It may be important the work your children do

But what is most important is to know Jesus and be with Him forever

Tell them that Jesus is only Savior.

Our salvation is by God’s grace from beginning to end.  By grace, He became a man to live a sinless life and die a sacrificial death.  By grace, He rose from the dead for our justification. By grace, He brought the gospel message to us. By grace, He convicted us of our sin  and  Christ  sufficiency as a  Savior and Lord.  By grace, He imparted repent ance  and faith to our hearts.  By grace, He quickened us who were dead in trespasses and sins.  By grace, He sanctifies us.   By grace, He will complete that work.   By grace, He  will glorify us with Christ.  By grace, He will fellowship with us eternally in heaven.  God’s astounding grace is one thing on which all Christians should agree  and for which all should praise Him!

A noble army, men and boys,
The matron and the maid,
Around the Saviour’s throne rejoice,
In robes of light arrayed;
They climbed the steep ascent of heaven,
Through peril, toil, and pain:
O God, to us us may grace be given
To follow in their train.
- Reginal Heber

“Rise, my soul! Adore and wonder!
Ask, ‘O Why such love to me?’
Grace hath put me in the number
Of the Saviour’s family:
Hallelujah!
Thanks, eternal thanks to Thee.”

When living in an area where, and at a time when, kidnapping for ransom was not uncommon, what did one do? wealth is comparative, but to the Chinese bandit of that day, the average foreigner appeared wealthy.

Our Mission Board made it a policy never to pay ransom. That policy spread rapidly by word of mouth. As a result, none of our missionaries were never held for ransom.

Uncle Jack Vinson*however, was captured and killed by bandits in cold blood.

Uncle Jack was recovering from an appendectomy when t he village of Yangchiagih (a village in which a number of Christians lived) was pillaged by bandits. Uncle Jack insisted on going to check on the Christians. While he was there, the bandits returned. Uncle Jack was captured, and after being roped together with a long line of prisoners, was ordered to start walking. Because of his recent surgery, he was unable to keep up. A bandit threatened to shoot him if he did not hurry.

A young Chinese girl heard the threats and Uncle Jack’s reply: “If you shoot me, I shall go straight to heaven.” The soldier shot him.

When Uncle Ham (the Rev. E. H. Hamilton) heard the account of the shooting, he wrote the following poem which reflects, I think, the feelings of all those missionaries under whose influence we grew up.

*To the children of missionaries, most fellow missionaries were “aunt,” “uncle,” or “cousin.”

Afraid? Of What?

Afraid? Of What?
To feel the spirit’s glad release?
To pass from pain to perfect peace,
The strife and strain of life to cease?
Afraid-of that?

Afraid? Of what?
Afraid to see the Savior’s face
To hear His welcome, and to trace
The glory gleam from wounds of grace?
Afraid?-of that?

Afraid? Of what?
A flash, a crash, a pierced heart;
Darkness, light, O Heaven’s art!
A wound of His counterpart!
Afraid ?-of that?

Afraid? Of What?
To enter into Heaven’s rest.
And yet to serve the Master blest,
From service good to service best?
Afraid ?- of that?

Afraid? of what?
To do by death what life could not do-
Baptize with blood a stony plot,
Till souls shall blossom from the spot?
Afraid?of that?

E. H. Hamilton