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 The
brown ink on last month's issue was not our plan nor desire for
Plain Talk. The printer was "caught in a bind"— had
to use another's offset press — and arrived at the last minute
to "do the job' only to find the borrowed press had only
green or brown ink. Be thankful you didn't get green. We
sincerely hope this issue is in black, color and financially.
And writers also get "caught in a bind." Your editor
has been bothered by bleeding ulcers, and a frame of mind
unsuited to his heavy schedule. For a time it seemed we might
not make our deadline, but bro. Shipley added to his own heavy
work load, and produced his regular page plus t h e two-page
center section. I'm leaving home for eight back-to-back meetings
in Arizona and California, and Dan may produce extra material in
the next few issues — for which you can be as grateful as am
I. Dan Shipley is a competent preacher, a gentleman, and a
scholar. He is a Christian, if I know such; and if you can think
of other nice things to say, that too.
Twenty-two
churches have, by now, received a letter saying I must cancel
meeting arrangements for 1979. It was a most difficult letter to
write; contrary to forty-three years of planning and execution.
But the doctor and my head (not my heart) tell me it must be
done. I'll try to "take a sabbatical — and return to
meeting work in
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1980, the Lord willing.
Those
of you who know the Burnet work personally will be interested in
our plans to appoint two new bishops here. Their names will be
announced later, but this note is inserted to assure you that
brothers Collins, Parks, and Stephenson are still very active as
overseers here. They felt additional men should be appointed to
serve with them, while they were yet able to counsel and pass
their vast experience on to the new elders. This far-sighted and
unselfish attitude is an excellent recommendation of the men who
have faithfully served this church from its beginning. (See p.6)
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"Galen,
a Greek physician of the second century A.D. said, "All who
drink this remedy recover in a short time, except for those whom
it does not help, who all die and have no relief from any other
medicine. Therefore, it is obvious that it fails only in
incurable cases." That suggests there is no need to look
for a new and different medicine — the disease is
"incurable." Fortunately, others kept up the study and
search, and we found remedies for "incurable"
problems. "Either-or" may deceive us.
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