Wayne Murphey
The January 1999 editorials opened with these words: "This month of January discovers us poised at the headwaters of uncharted territory."
We have now completed the year of 1999, and experienced what God had in store for the gospel printing work. With gratitude we acknowledge He has been faithful.
We thank God for making it possible to complete another year of spreading His message. Besides publishing the Faith and Victory, Bible Lessons, Beautiful Way, tracts and books, and carrying on personal correspondence with those who contact the Print Shop, we have also made the Gospel available world-wide over the internet. Efforts have also been made to maintain a vigorous foreign missionary project, as well as make the Faith and Victory available on cassette tape. All these efforts are done in order to "sow beside all waters." (Isa. 32:20.) We appreciate the co-workers who have used their time and abilities to assist in advancing the cause.
This work continues to be an undertaking of "faith and victory." Faith Publishing House came into existence through the trials experienced and overcome by Bro. Fred Pruitt, my grandfather. His example of dependence on God is something we rely on yet today. And we are finding God's mercies in response to our needs just as large and the victories just as refreshing.
As we enter a new millennium, it seems beyond comprehension that the Lord will not have returned before another 1000 years passes. But of that we cannot be certain. Even if the Lord withholds His coming, within a century almost every person will have changed residence from earth to eternity. That alone is a sobering thought and one which should affect how we live from day to day. Changes are inevitable, and so we accept life a day at a time and thank God for His promise to be with us always, even unto the end of the world.
A supply of wall calendars for the year 2000 are in stock and ready for sale. Also available are 1999 yearbooks for both the Faith and Victory and The Beautiful Way Sunday School papers. Calendars sell for $3.00 each and yearbooks of both the Faith and Victory and the Beautiful Way are $5.00 per copy. All prices include the cost of postage and handling.
We thank everyone who remembered us over the holiday season with cards, letters, offerings and words of encouragement. The children of God are a special people and we appreciate your thoughtfulness.
If in the new year we can be of assistance to you, please let us know. Our telephone number is 1-800-767-1479. If you would like to reach my office directly, dial extension 101. Otherwise, when you call, if you are uncertain about which extension to dial, just hold the line through the recorded message and someone should answer.
May this year of 2000 be an outstanding one for each of you.
Love in Christ, ăBro. Wayne Murphey
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