Missionary Training Institute - Missionarian Yearbook (Nyack, NY)

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And when I waited for light, there came darkness. JOB 30:26 AFRICA TODAY the dense darkness of Africa's night is being dispelled as the Sun of Rlghteousness rises in the African sky! The rambling jungles of sorcery and witchcraft are being cut away by the Sword of the Spirit. When we see what the new day is bringing forth, oh, how we regret that Africa's night was so long! While the Church sat idly by, Islam made great advances, but faithful bands of consecrated Christian men and women have helped to mine these 'lively stones'. Graves have been filled by those whose lives have been expended in this industry of soul-winning, but the work is not yet finished. Scores of African villages are waiting to receive the Gospel of Light. How much longer they must wait depends upon you and me! Africa today is the land of the Church's opportunity. lf we fail now, that opportunity may be lost--and lost forever! - . GRACE PATTERSON Congress of Bands Speaker 125

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AFRICA ll , my mass fs A ual-fr L!lV7'0 ME He hath sent me to bmd up the Unto whom now I send thee brokenhearted to proclazm Zzb- to open thezr eyes, and to turn erty to the captwes them from darkness to lzght IS 61 1 ACTS Z6 17,18 They have died in sin and sorrow Without knowledge of your God, Without faith in any Saviour They are sleeping 'neath the sod, And there'll be a day of judgment, All will stand before the throne. White man, what will be the answer When our fathers make it known That they died without a Saviour Cause your fathers did not come With this message of salvation To invite our fathers home? 324