Faber Ernest Neva 1957 Japan

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BUILD ING PLANSAs reported earlier !i cliureli lothas heen piiri-hivscd (Sue IHjkkiiidoOlifistiivii. Murc li U)r>7,) We uro nowmilking :irr:inf;eiueiits to biiiJd. Wolijive considered renting a building,hut, as also witlt t!ie lionse, a satis-faetory Imildinj^ eould not he found.Tlierofore, ^ve are plannin;^ to biiild.We hope to be able to hiy the foundation in August or Se])tejuher, if there

is snffiiiient ifniids. I f the fonuihi-tion is laid tlie building ean be continued tlirough the winter. If it isnot laid this fall it must ho delayeduntil April of next year.We are not planning to huil


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MISSIONARIESMr. and Mrs. Ernest Faber14 OodoriMinami 21 CUoraeObihiro, Japan .

FORWARDING AGENTSMr. and Mrs. Merton FateBox 182 .Danvill^f^linoie

fuad lo the forwarding agent..E LIGHT OF THE WORLD

MATTHEW 5:1416As we read the Bib le we wil l note

^ ^ at least three expressions concerning the light of the world. Firstaud foreiuost we note t ha t Jesus isthe Jjight of Jbhe world. Secondly,wc note that "the Bible is the lightthat lights the paths of men."Thirdly, we see that Christians arca light in the world. I t is thisthird reference to the light withwhich we a re concerned in this a rt icle.Proverbs 4:19 tells us that spiritually the world is in darkness. Theworld is groping about trying to findits way. There is no light in thesinner's world, whether they live inAmerica, Japan or any other country.They are as the blind-always in thedark. Jesus came as a light lo shinein the darkness. As we witness forChrist our light is a reflected lightfor our power is not from ourselvesbut from Christ, the source of ourlight.

I f we do not burn oiir lights,Christ will hot have any witnesseshere on this ear th. I t does not matter what the station or position of aperson is for we are but as candlesticks. A candle will give off lightif it is setting in a small dish orin an elaborate can dle holder. Thestrength of the light is not determinedby the holder but by the potentialityof the light. I f one differs fromanother in radiance i t is bccause heis closer to the ChrlEft a nd th ere fo reis more brilliant. A poor man in asmall church may be shining brighter

July 1957. ' than his minfsjter or the mi'Wpnar-ies in far aW^y lands. One must constantly talve heed lest he bo as a. spindly candle in a fancy candelabra. There cf^u be notrue shining without burjiiiig. The caudle burns short

as the Jight . shines. Tlic stronger. the light the more the candle is con-; sumned. We can not expect to workI for God without expending effort.On the coast of Norway is a lignt-: house where a keeper lived with histwo children. One day he went tothe distant shore for provisions^ A: Storm arose, and he was unable to return, The time for lighting the lampcame, and Mary, the elder child,said to her little brother, "We mustlight the lamp, Willie." "How canwc?" asked Willie, "Wc aren't bigenough." But the two.children climl>-ed the long, narrow stairs, to the tower where, the lamp was kept. Marypulled Up a chair and tried to reachthe lamp in the great reflector; itwas too high. Groping down thestairs, she ascended again with asmall oil lamp in her hand. "I canhold this up," she said to her littlebrother. She cl imbed on the chairagain, but still the reflector wasjust beyoud her reach. "Get down."said Willie . " I know what we can do "She jumped down, and he stretchedhis little body across the chair. *'Standon me," he said. And she stood onthe little fellow as he lay acrossthe chair. She raised" the lamp high,and its light shone far out acrossthe water. Holding it first with one-hand and then with the other, to resther l it t le arms. She called down toher brother. "Does it hurt you, Willie?" "Of course, it hurts," "But keepthe light burning."Willie was willing to sacrifice tokeep the light burning. With millions

yet in darkness let us rally to meetthe hindrances with the same spirit aslittle Will i f r . - -Whether i t be sel f-prldo, time, talent 'or money are wewilling to give to keep the lightburning?


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July 1957 Page 3JAPAN MISSIONAIIIES MEET

Korea to bring the opening iiiessagc on USEd" MATERIAL Nithe thome of the eonfcrence "Al)iclc iictd -i 'jplmare-Bear MuehFruit."(H^^^^ ' j.;,,,,; 'H.ihoul" ' leaerswere; A1 Hammond,(.l.nKlcLikinH. Bi}.],, f^tiidents aStaiileyButtray Ernest Fuher l-rarol.lfeinis Paul Niclsen^^G^^^^^^


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Page 4Dear boys and girls,We huve raiiny friends in our frontyard today. Baddy ]>ougl\t some polesand made us a ewin.i; and tcetcr-tot-ter . Noav all our little fr iends et>mcto jilay on our "l)ronco." Here inHokkaido we call a teeter-totter "Jca-t i ihiko" whi(;h means one side is lame.

Allan walks a lot now anenmanship roHin;^ along the streetsi)ut was glad tliat disaarded can lidshave mvde somo clilhlren happy.We had a nice visit wltii three l i ttle American girls one day in June.They were gettin.j; ready to go back toAmerica \vith tlioir .M(jther and Datldyand had cojiie to Obih i ro to vis i t theMcnnonito missionary family here.Wchad a nice picnic at oar house.Daddy is making plans for a churcli

bui lding here in Obihiro. One day hetook Mr. Sono, the architect, and hisfamily aiul us to Kamisliilioro to see unew church buildijig there. Mr. Soneis glad he can see a few churchbuildings before drawing the plansfor ours. Keiko chan and Boku chanthought it was really fiiu for theydon't get to ride in a car very often. We saw rieu fields under water,a lot a people out lioeing their fields,bamboo rooi'ed farm houses and thepi'otty mountains in tlio distance.We have had lots of crool weatlier

aiul manv of ou r f r iends sti l l wearsweaters and long stocrkings. The garden has grown very slowly. We havehad letLuco and radishes and turnips.Your friends in Japan,

Linda, Charles and AlUa


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September Obilxii'O, Japan 1 9 5VSUMMEE EVANGELISM

NEW WORK OPtMDFrom^ August 22-25 -lu evanfrelistiemeeting wjis held in Tivisho, u smulltown sonio fifteen miles south of Ohi-hiro. Taisho is a town with a popi;-lation of about 5,000. The yonng Bible college studeiit who was with usconsented to do the preaching for themeeting. The town of Tainho gvantr


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M l S S IONA J l l E SMr. and MrsErnest Faber,^14 Godori ,Minami 2.1 ChomeObihiro, JapanPOEVVAKDXNt t AGENTSMr. and Mrs. Merton FateBox 182Danville, Illinois

Send all funds to the forwarding agent' 'ALMOST PERSUADED"

Acts 26Paul, at the time he wrote this wasin prison. He was waiting to be sent

to Rome where he would be able to 'be tried before Caesar. In the meantime, King Agrippa visited Felix andhearing of Paul, desired to hear wha t =Paul had to say. Therefore, Paul was 'given the opportunity to speak before 'the King. Paul must have been a goodspeaker,He told about hispreviouslifeas a persecutor, the appearance ofJesus to him and his life following theappearace. He closed his talk withthese words,"^'King Agrippa, believ-est thou the prophets? I know thatthou believeth." In answer to this theKing, perhaps with his head bowed 'and in a low voice, answered j "Almostthou persuadest me to be a Christ ian."

I doubt if there can be found in theEnglish language any sadder wordsthan those that the King spoke. ' 'Almost persuaded" is a very sad state for"-''one to be in. Here is a person whoknows that he should become a Christian but he does not. Surely he is in aprecarious position. That person isworse oft* now than he was before heever heard of the gospel of Christ. Hereis a person racing head long into thefu ture with no concern for the inevitable end. He may realize that thereis a place of punishment yet he rejectsthe only way that there is of escapingthis punishment. Putting aside the salvation that is in Christ is nothing morethan negligence. The girl wlio worksfor us, Miss Etsuko Onoda, has

September .I967been under conviction for some timeyet she will not make her stand forChrist Each tfme that salvation isdelayed it becomes harder to accept,lo say ''no" /time and time againmerely makes it easier to say ''no"all the time. Many think that thereare three choibcsas to salvation. Theseare ' yes," "no"and ''later." Certainlythere are the two choices, "Yes" and' but, as to the third, it is doutfulif it can be. said to be a choice."Later" is tantamount to saying "no.**It. is hard to, think of any reasonwhy one would put oft' salvation 01^reject salvation when he knows thatit is for his own good. One of thereasons for putting it ofF is that theyreceive pleasure from sin. They wouldrather enjoy the pleasures here todaythan they would eternity with God.During the meeting at Taisho, oneyoung man, after the services, said thathewas not interested inthepleasure ofthe future lifehe was interested inwhatwould make himhappywhile on

the earth. Here in Japan oppositionfrom friends, family, etc will tend tokeep people from stepping out forChris t .One man of some Christian background, who had attended servicesfor some time, caine late one evening requesting baptism. Ernest hadjust preached a sermon on it the previous Sunday. Arrangements weremade to talk withhim further and also'Coiitihuefl On page Three

CHURCH BUILDING FUND$1500

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September 1957VISA RENEWED

Sept. 7 'marked the third anniversary of our arrival in Japan. Thismeant that a trip had to he niadeto Sapporo for the purpose of renewing our visa. Kone wing visa herein Japan is becoming more and jnorcof a problem, especially for us wlioareindependent. We must have someonein Japan to guarantee that we liavea salary and that our fare will be paidto return to the United States in easeof need. All the necessary paper workWJ18 done by noon. Ernest, Neva andthe children then went to a nearbyhot springs and spent one day sightseeing and relaxing. The trip was abig thrill for tlie ciiildren.

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HORIZONSDo you desire to know what isgoing on in the iVIission field? Manydo not seem to care. Why do we Hayso? Because there is not enough interest in Horizons to keep it going.Can one person take all of t}ie mission publications that are printedand read them all for hiin!r


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Dear Boys and Girls,Aui>'viijt w'JiS ii rainy cold monthlierc in Dhihiro. Jti'S- ^V I-'- Wivlkorfroni Suppovo came over to visit usfor a few days tlie first of themonth and it was so cold %\e had towear sweaters to keep warm. It rained every day hut ono diirinS theVacation Bible*Scliool and even thenit was cloudy and c!old. It was stillraining the middle of tlie monthwhile the Sims family irom i'okyo

was here. I t did clear up so wecould have a picnic before they left.Then jTist as the mcctinj^s were overthe weather cleared and we had somevery hotdays thelastofthemonth.^Vc had a good time playing withthe Sims' children. They liked toplay on tlie swing and teetor-totterbut it was raining most of the timeso we had to i>lay inside. AVe hada lot of fun eating at a little tal)le.You see our table is not big enoughfor everyone, since there were 13-14for meals.We saw some ladies washing windows yesterday. The windows in Japanese houses are nearly always sliding windows so they just litt thenout and take them down to the watermain and wash them in thccold water.While our company was here j\Iom-mic let U8 sleep on futons on thefloor. Futon is a thick quilt. AVcalso used a Japanese piUow wliich ievery hard. It is tilled Avith rlcchulls . Linda Charles AHan

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September 1957

V B S Id B TeotVacation Bible School

Mr. Nakano and Mommie held a Vacation Bible School for the boys andgirls, f rom August c-O. jSIommie outlined the course with aims, scripturesand lesson outlines. ISIr. Nakano jire-parodthestories-together they plannedthe handwork and memory verse. Mr.Matsuda, Daddy's helper, memeogra-phedour pictures and other handworkand activity materials.AVemet in the tent fo r opening songservice and story. i\Ir. Kakano taughtiiB some new songs and told us storiesabout tlie li fe o f Je sus. Then the littleboys and girls came over to the house.We sat on the floor inabig circle whileMommie taught us our memory verseand lielped uswithour handwork. TheJunior and Intermediate cbisses stayediji the tent and Mr. Nakano taughtthem. They made scrolls, bookmarksandmapsof Palestine. Theymade a bigpicture map, too. We, Beginners, justcolored pictures, but the Primary classjnade scrolls, Ixiokmarks, a picture rollof tlie Life of Clirist, and painted pictures. They also had their own lessonproblem sheets.

Weathe r was had bu t there were 74children enrolled and an average of 84.Fifteen (hildren from the orphanagewere enrol le d. There were four eh i l -(b-en who had perfect attendance.On Saturday niglit we met inthetentto S(Mi fi lm str ips on the liesurrectiuiand Ascension of Christ. The tent wasfilled with cliiJdren.Afewparents andgrowu-up8 alsocame.


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niSaONARlESM r. and Mrs. E rn est F ab cr14 Oodor iMinami 21 phomeObihiro, Japan

FORWARDING AGENTSMr. and Mrs. Mcrton FateBox 182Danville, Illinois ^Seod all fmda to the forwarding agent.

DEVOT IONALVictory through Christ

K Cor. 2:14-17Paul was always ready tothank God fo r any vic to ry t h a thad been won. Paul , In t h i schap t e r , was r e j o i c ing because

a b r o t h e r who had been In sinwas brough t back i n t o thefo ld . Kere Is an example ofv i c to ry over s in* This l eadto the c los ing por t ion t h a t vea re cons ider ing he re .

I f you are reading the i ^e r -Ican s tandard Version you wi l lnote t ha t verse 14 reads , "Butthanks be unto Cod who lead*e th us In triumph In Chris t .This r e f e r s to customs t h a twere preva len t in th e t ime o fPau l and to some ex t en t can beseen even today. In thosedays when a genera l went ou tt o war and won ha was l e d backto the cap l to l c i t y wi th hono r s . He was se a ted In a c a r tand many of h i s o f fl ee rs ,a ls o ,were o f f e r e d a r i d e wi t h h im .They entered the ci ty amid thes h o u t s o f Its r e s i d e n t s whowere car ry ing f resh ly cu tf lowers and b rands s to throwupon the c a r t as It p a s ^ d . Int h i s manner the people r e j o iced w ith the genera l . Do weno t see the same th ing today?Our heroes In b a t t l e a re honored by t h e i r own home-townsand a t t imes by the wholecoun t r y .

Novembe r 1957We may be discouraged as we

t r a v e l this r o ad o f life b u tIf we l o ok t o J e s u s and s t e a dfas t ly follow Him we too wi l lbe lead In triumph. We mayf e e l t h a t S^ t an has th e v ictory today but In r e a l i t y ItI s God t h a t w i l l win . Ch r i s twi l l have the v ic to ry and wea s H is l a b o r e r s w i l l be ab l eto share t h i s v ic to ry with HimIf we have been f a i t h f u l .

"We a re unto God a swee t savou r o f Ch r i s t . " From th ef a i t h f u l Chr i s t i an t h e r e r adia tes the good newstheblessed s to ry o f Jesus . Evena s th e f low e rs and b r a n c h e st h a t were th rown In th e cartgave f o r t h a swee t sme l l soa l so doe s th e Ch r i s t i a n . Asth e proces s ion was le ad In tothe c i ty , there were pr isonerstha t were also being l ead .Some of these prisoners weret o ,be r ea leased and othe r swere to be k i l l e d . There fo r et h e sme l l was no t so swee t t othem. It was a reminder t h a tat 7 th e end t h e r 6 awa i t eddeath. There are many todaywho to o late will r e a l i z e t h a tChr is t I s the Lord. Therewi l l come a day when "everyknee sha l l bow and every tongue s h a l l con fe s s t h a t J e susI s Lord ." But when t h a t t imecomes wi l l we r e jo i ce becausewe a r^ with the Lord or wi l lIt be too l a t e . Wil l it bean aroma un to life o r un t od e a t h ?

Paul poses a problem tha tmustb be on th e mind o f each o fu s . "Who I s s u f f i c i en t fo rthese things?" Surely a l l ofus have examined our se lve s andwondered I f we are capable ofcarryin g the wonderful messageof our Saviour. Surely we a l lare bu t c lay ves s e l s t h a t haveno value and are easi ly broken . But we r e a l i z e t h a t I fwe f a l l there Is no way fo ro th e r s to hea r so we mus t

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Movember 1957THE ANGELS REJOICE

Our hea r t s were made g ladrecent ly when we were told " Iwould l i k e to be bap t i zed tomor row . " We first m et M r. 0 fuch l when he began to at tendth e e v an g el is tic s er vic es conducted by Mr* I l j lma in 1956,He w as one of t h e few who attended every even ing . Then, a si s the case many t imes , welost c o n t a c t w i t h h im untilsometime ea r l y t h i s Spr ing .Becau s e M r. Ofu ch l h a s hadc on ta ct w ith Chr i s t i an i t y ove rth e pas t years It was r e l at ive ly easy to br ing him to arealization o f h i s need f o r aSaviour . Therefore , on Sa turday, September 26, we had thepr lv l l edge o f bap t i z ing him.

B e c a u s e we do n o t have achurch bui ld ing wi th a bap t i st r y and th e r i v e r here I squ ite sw if t we used the publ icbath h o u s e for the service.

Mr. Ofuchl I s a mar r i ed man,31 yea r s o ld . He I s the fat h e r o f th r e e c h i l d r e n .We a re so r ry t h a t It was necessa ry f o r him to l e ave r i g h t

away fo r th e count ry where heI s making prepara t ions to takea pos i t ion In Tokyo whi leseek ing more educa t ion . Maywe r eques t your prayers In beha l f of Mr. Ofuchl , our f i r s tc o n v e r t I n O b l h l r o .

Mr- O f W k l

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Pioiur^s AvollobiThe above family p ic tu r e ,which was taken In September

of t h i s yea r . I s ava i lab le toou r f r i e nd s . A copy has beensent to all c h u r c h e s that regula r ly support u s in the capac i ty of l l v l ng - l l n k , se rv icel i n k , o r cons i s t en t gene r a lfund suppor t e r s . I f you are as u p p o r t e r and wish a p i c t u r eplease let us know. We mustl i m i t th e p i c t u r e s to suppor te r s because o f th e expense o fbuying and sending them to th eSta tes . They are avai lable Intw o slzes-4" X 6 " or 8 " x 1 0 " .The l a rge r ones w ere sen t toth e l a r g e r churches .

FURLOUGHWe have been asked a few

t im e s c on ce rn in g our fu r loughp lans . It seems to us t h a t ItIs a little ea r ly to be t h inking o f a fur lough. We are Inour four th year here In Japanw h i c h means that If we r e t u r nIn f ive years we wi l l go homeIn th e fall o f 1959 . B u t Ino r d e r to be ab l e to t a k e afur lough, whether It be *59 o r*60, we must have someone hereto ca r r y on wi th the work du ring our absence. It Is no tl i k e ly t h a t the church l e ade rship wi l l be strong enough toc a r r y on w i t h o u t th e assistance of ei ther a Japanesep a s to r o r a mis s i ona ry .


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Dear boys and g i r l s .This t ime ve want to tellyou about our t r ip to Nukabl-

ra Nukab l ra I s a sma l l t ovnabou t 50 mi l e s no r t h o f Oblh l -ro In th e moun t a i n s . It has aho t spr ings and many people got he re f o r ho t ba ths* It I s apre t ty place when the l eaveson th e mounta in s id e s e re redand yellow and the w ater i s ac l e a r blue . There i s a b igdam t h e r e so t h e w a t e r comesway up the s ide of the mount a i n , Daddy drove up In thec a r and we thought It was r e a lfun to go th rough the b ig tunne l s but Chucky thought wewou ld fall when we vent a r o undth e cliffs*

We stayed In a nice littleho t e l * We d id n o t have toworry abou t making too muchno ise , and could play where-ever we wanted . They took thes l i d ing doo r s ou t between tworooms so we had a n i c e b igroom* At meal t ime th ey se rv edon little t a b l e s abou t 5 in*t a l l - j u s t big enough fo r Allanto put h is fee t under* Theselittle t a b l e s had an edge onthem-perhaps you would c a l lthem t r a y s with sho r t l e g s .When we f in ish ed e at in g was tacked up th e t a b l e s wi thou tmoving the d i shes . Then th eho t e l g i r l s ca r r i ed them ou tf i v e and s ix i n e a ch s ta c k *

When we went It %ras a p r e t t ysunny f a l l day and we enjoyedwatching th e f a rmer s In th efields. Some o f t h e f a rme r swere s ta ck in g th e navy beansto d ry and o the r s were t h r e shing the beans* Many do no thave t h re sh ing mach ines soth ey use a long po le wi th awide wooden whip on the end*The bean plants are cu t with as i ck l e by hand and then p i l edIn b ig shocks to dry s eve ra lweeks before they a re ready tot h r e s h * The b e a n s h o c k s l o o kvery pre t ty wi th poli i ted s t rawcaps. In other places we saw

th e fa rm e rs p ic kin g up th e pot a t o e s which had been plowedou t w ith m achinery* These a repu t in a b ig ho l e in theground f o r a whi le be fo re marke t ing them. We saw some f a rmers haul ing t h e i r t u rn ip , r ad i sh and po ta toe c rops to townon f l a t , r ubbe r - t i r e d , ho r s e -d rown wagons* Cut in th ecoun t ry t h e r e a re many t h a t chr oo f e d house s* Some t ime s t h e r ea re n i ce b ig roiina s i l o s alongs i d e o f t h em . The rice i n t h elittle paddles had been cu t byhend and laid I n neat r ow s .The scenery was beau t i f u l withth e p r e t t y co lo red t r e e s ont h e moun t a i n In t h e distance.

(_Continued from page 2')ca r ry on wi th our l im i t a t i on s .Who I s su f f i c i en t ? Sure lyany who have no t cor rup ted th ewox^ o f God a r e sufficient.Take a l ook at th e foo tno t e Inthe American Standard Versionwhich r e ad s , ' t a k i ng merchand iz e o f th e word o f God*" Be tt e r y e t perhaps would be "winepedd le r s o f th e word o f God*"There a re many who waterdownt h e word of God e v e n a s t h ean c i e n t wine-keepers weakened,wine w ith w ate r . But we a reno t a s th ey If we l i v e andp reach th e pure and unadu l t e rated word of God* By fa i thfu l preaching and f a i t h fu l living we wi l l t r iumph In Him,

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