ELSTON AND MARY KNIGHT

in behalf of their family, Brethren in Cebu,

and Southern Philippines
send sincere salutations in the
8th property dl

to all who are assemygjgg^ ^IBLE COLIjBQS

Jonlin. Mo,

NATIONAL

MISSIONARY CONVENTION
for congregations of Christians only!

Every hour that you as a body are in session our prayerful concern will be that God will lead you one and all to genuine triumph in
WORDS and DEEDS for HIS GLORY!

Some of our thoughts at random .

Carrying out the Great Commission of Our Lord is indeed the most challenging, exhausting, daring, pioneering enterprise on this earth. The human mind cannot imagine any other enterprise that is so essential
to ALL THE NEEDS OF THE HUMAN FAMILY. Indeed, all of

the fruits of our modern educational techniques, all the wisdom of men accumulated over the centuries, are pitifully inadequate to negotiate the grades . . . cope with the problems . . . and pass the barriers that are involved in this tremendous undertaking.
As a body of Christians only, with an unique testimony for Christ, we have much to learn about methods and the technique of this under taking^but praise God we are having growing painsyes, we sense a stirring at the grass roots, so to speak.
Brethren, how we do pray, that Satan will not get an advantage over you by schismatic, uncrucified, self-centered motives, ambitions and thoughts in your midst, as you feast on God's Word, sing His praises, and study together that you be Spirit-led according to His Word. We know the great enemy of such distinctive gatherings as the one you are now in will be prepared to sabotage your every movement, but those among you that are not ignorant of his devices, and that are equipped with the Spiritual Armor - can prove to be more than Conquerors by
God's Grace.

We think, brethrenthat there is no saturation point . . . that there is no limit of any kind . . . with what can be done through a body of people who are animated by the Spirit of Christ, and completely free from the deathly grips of materialism, institutionalism, sectarianism, traditionalism, formalism and outright worldliness.
Our pattern is perfect, it needs no revision whatever, but our practice of that pattern stands in Need of much prayer. The plea to restore the ancient order of things will never be outgrown. That Gospel not after man is still the most refreshing, satisfying, attractive, renovating news for the weary, wandering, confused, lost children of men in this generation.
Let us be alert and careful to NOT bind where God did NOT bind,

and to NOT loose where God DID bind. We are positive that you brethren share this caution with us. Oh, that God's Truth along with HIS GRACE might quicken one and all in this convention, and then

may that inworking of God manifest itself to all the world, even out here in far-away Cebu and the Southern Philippines. We are praying an
announcement will be made soon of a family that has decided to help
out here.

Please permit us to introduce two

of our friends that are now studying in Cebu Bible Seminary. Eugenia is a

third year student and Arcadio is a second year student. These young peo ple are typical of the others who make up our student body this year. Four
teen students are enrolled this semester.

It is young people like these two that we hope and praywill let God use them to evangelize this beautiful republic in
the Far East. To that end we exhaust
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our resources to properly train and

equip them to cope with the adver saries and problems confronting all loyal Christians in our modern world today. Romanism, imported from Italy
and Protestantism, imported from

Europe and America hinder the fur

therance of the Ancient Gospel.
EUGENIA BACOLTOS

Arcadio is one of the

young men who traveled

with me for over two

months, with special ser vices in the Go Ye Chapel, each night in a different
town on this Island.

Through this evangelistic tour they are challenged to prepare themselves so

they can help answer the calls for help that are coming now from all over
the Island as a result of
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this widespread seed sow ing. Pray, Push and Pay...

then let God lead the Way ...in triumph!
ARCADIO SOLIDUM

Bits of News . . .

The Ray Carlson family now live in Chicago as they help establish a new congregation for Christ in a suburb of that city. Miss Yarbrough is back home in Georgia, with busy plans for Nurses training. We are happy that our daughter, Nancy, can enjoy the fellowship of the convention you are now in. Students, as well as faculty members, are busy in the Cebu Bible Seminary. Our school year runs from July through to March. We pray we shall be enabled, to return to the States in Spring or early Summer of next year, 1956. Our Seminary building and necessary developments for general use, are not yet completed due to shortage of funds for the same. Every Sunday, rain or shine, the Go Ye Chapel and crew are on the road to a special service in the midst of people who have never before heard the message we bring. A nucleus of brethren from a congregation in Cebu City have ac cepted land grants from the local government on the Island of Masbate, and the migration there from all over the Philippines makes it a strategic location for evangelistic efforts just now. We have very recently enjoyed a short visit with the Rempel family enroute to India via Manila and Cebu City. Circulation of printed materials sent from Brethren back home, as well as used clothing, is a means of teaching as well as spreadingChristian good will where needed, very much. The Radio ministry and correspondence courses continue to offer opportunities to those precious souls yet unreached for Christ. Multiplied thousands of copies of scripture portions have been given out in the native dialect because of those back home who made it possible.

Address us as follows:

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All forms of moneyplease send to:

ELSTON and MARY KNIGHT

%Thelma Alexander P.O. BOX 924, LOS GATOS, CALIF.

All parcel post packagesplease send direct to :

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ELSTON and MARY KNIGHT

Cebu Christian Mission P.O. BOX 41, CEBU CITY, PHILIPPINES

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Lights From The Knights

Our Hieme Song: "Let die lower ll^ts be burning..."

Our Text: "Let your lig^t so shine."

Elston and Mary Knight, P. O. Box 924 (American Forwarding address), Los Gatos, California
Associated with A. Ray and Imogene Carlson and Miss Betty Yarbrough, who are now engaged in the
work of The Cebu Christian Mission in the Southern Philippines. Address on field: Box 41, Cebu City, P. L

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A financial report is being sent direct from Cebu

all receipts and disbursements up to January 1,
1954. Those who are not contributors, but are

'iX City to all contributors, showing full details of

interested and pray with us for this work, can have this same report by addressing request for the same, direct to Elston and Mary Knight, Box 41, Cebu City, Philippine Islands. If you are a contributor to this report by March 15th, some error in mailing list has

pay several hundred dollars on the crating bill that was unpaid when we sailed. Now, with your continued assistance, over and above regular support< for a short while longer, this
loan can be cleared away, too. We trust that approxi mately 100 people can respond with a special contri bution of $10 each towards thisand approximately 100
'11 TM"Tr T loan can be cleared away. However, we'll pray the Lord

not-gel tlus__fiiitmciai 1 1

people can'Tespond''Wlthr$5'70Crea^then this whole

been made and a mistake has prevented your receiving

to move in hearts to this end, and we believe His chil

it. Will you please let us know of these mistakes? We

do mean to include all and be accurate about this part
of the Lord's work too 11!

dren will respond where able. HONESTLY, WE FEEL

THAT OUR CHRISTIAN BRETHREN ARE NOT SEL

FISHbut they do have to see a need before they act. This is a wise stewardship. If the Lord helps you see

We received an airmail letter the first week of

this as a need, and you can help, we believe the res

7 \ January, telling us that a friend had offered to

loan us the necessary amount to get our things shipped, if we wanted to borrow for that purpose.

ponse will be wholehearted in the Lord's Name and for

His glory alone. That is the only way we expect to see

We, without knowing who offered, replied by

airmail that if terms were within certain stated stipula

progress. In the enclosed envelope, all money MARKED "For Loan" will be applied directly by the forwarding agent to the loan for us, and a list of contributors and
the amount will be sent to us. We'll write to all from

tions we would borrow in order to get things shipped

within the time limit to come under the lower Customs

Rate for incoming aliens who must have all things ar rive within six months of their coming. We arrived in Cebu August 10th, 1953 and six months from then would be February 10th, 1954. Result was that our for

here in addition to immediate acknowledgment from our forwarding agents. Thank you all in advance for your prayerful and loving interest, and help. The reason we go to detail in such matters, and share with you all in it, is because we hope you can see, as we do, the

warding agents completed the loan for us, and phoned

the warehouse in San Francisco to send all our things

Lord's hand providentially overseeing it all. The res

ponsibility of a loan over us, even thou^ the small rate of 2% interest is involved, takes a measure of faith to assume, but we took this step of faith, be lieving the Lord, who knows the thoughts and intents

out immediately to arrive here before February 10th. Just a few days ago, about January 25th, we received the airmail document, notifying us that the total amount

of the loan to sen<^all our things amounted to exactly

$1613.18and that our car and all household goods in storage would arrive in Cebu on S. S. Marine Arrow on February 6th, 1954.
Thanks to your generosity, this freight bill was
cut down about $1,000 in the last few months. Then,
news came who the friend was that made the loan, and

of the heart, _will help^ The fact that a close Christian friend made the loan and had the stuff shipped be

fore we knew who it was, in order to beat the expiring

time limit, makes us feel that the whole matter was of

the Lord. We prayed that this would be the case, arid

it seems a positive answer.

we were happy at the sacrifice for this work that was

made, but we feel, knowing the party, that they shouldn't

have made the loan. This Christian friend has requested
to remain unknown, but we Imow the measure of sacri

fice made to make this short-term loan, so, we are the more anxious to clear up this loan as soon as possible.
We are so thankful that in the last two months or

Children are all well, and progressing with their schooling, and as a family we are happy though busy. For the many Christmas cards, packages, and letters of good willalong with clothing and most thoughtful remembrances for birthdays and of the childrenwe all join in saying thank you in the

Lord's Name. Regular mail takes at least 30days, of

ten more.

Yours in Christian Love and Service,

so, wje have been able, because of the help we have received, to pay for the crate of frei^jt (including the

piano) which was sent a few months ago, as well as to

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Text: "Let your light so shine, that they may see your good works and Glorify our Father who is in Heaven".
From Elston and Mary Knight and familyassociated in the work of Cebu
Christian Mission P. O. Box 41, Cebu City, P. I.
American address: P. O. Box 924 Los Gatos, California

Radio Work and

Correspondence Courses
The radio program each Sunday Morning entitled "The Christian's Hour" is bringing many requests for
leaflets offered free over the radio.

These requests indicate the wide listening audience from all over the thickly populated city area of Cebu.
Brother Carlson began this work and left it in my care when leaving
for the States the last of March. We

need your help on this project. It

request bv mil
CHRlSTIANiTV

costs us $30.00 per month and we are so hard hit to pay for last months radio time, We simply must not think of retiring this ministry
because of lack of funds. Confusion due to sectarianism abounds here as elsewhere in the world, and the messace of that Ancient Gosnel is

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This small sign is read with great interest by all those who travel on buses and by any who catch sight of this strange sight"The Go Ye Chapel". Many requests are being received in the mail for printed materials, Bible Portions, Tracts and leaflets, etc.

Our First Typhoon!

By Nancy, Roger & Ellery Knight The rains were steady and hard. The radio warned us to prepare for

Here is the "Go Ye Chapel", parked in the market area of Naga City a few miles from Cebu City. Crescencia Labrado is on the platform of the chapel, teaching with aid of Public Address system, the crowd that assembled that Sunday after noon late. Later on that evening
colored slides of the Life of Christ were shown with Sister Crescencia

a typhoon that would be coming to

our island. We weren't sure if it

would really come this time or not. (Continued on Page Four)

teaching in the native dialect. Many Young People from Martires Church and other places helped in circu lating free printed materials throughout that community.

Theme Song: "Let the lowerlights be burningSetid a gleam across the wave"

PRAYER REQUESTS
Spiritual Needs:
Grace to understand and lovo the

people for whom Christ died, in spite of their indolence and ig

norance.

The Spiritual strength to resist the temptation to try to do more

than we are able to do in face of the tremendous need, resulting in

neglect of prayer, meditation and spiritual nurture for our own forti tude against the wiles of the Devil.
That we may daily grow in our
adoration of the Person of Jesus the

"The Go Ye Chapel" of Cebu City, ready for another trip out into the country communities with the "Good
News". This mobile unit is the im

Christ, that Him may bo it ought to against the

our relationship with Increasingly more like be, keeping guarded danger of worshiping

our "WORK DONE FOR HIM" MORE THAN OUR WORSHIP FOR

itation of the famous "Go Ye" Chap el now being used advantageous ly for evangelistic efforts in New York City. We borrowed this good idea with no apologies, feeling our
brethren in Christ in New York

God the Father, and His own Person.

Material Needs:

would be happy to have stimulated an aid for progress of the Gospel in other parts of the world. Indeed
this mobile unit is a real conven

We still owe $2025.00 borrowed to

get moved over here and clear cus

tom charges. A balance of $1000.00 is owed on the car we brought with us to use
in the work.

ience and aid in going with Power generator, public address system and large supplies of printed mater
ials out into the communities sel

So many have helped and sacri ficed to help us, and we appreciate

dom reached in any other way. We have all our equipment compactly

the generosity of those who have

done so much already, but ob viously such an undertaking is the kind that needs the increased help

set up ready to go inside the trailer.

It is safe to leave when out in per

of a larger number in order to avoid

these conditions. We feel something
must be done soon, to clear these

sonal evangelism, because it can be locked up. It is also weather proof. Two can sleep inside when on an
extended tour of the Island. More news of this new addition to our

obligations for it is impossible to do our best with these unpaid accounts hanging over our heads. We have
praved and trusted and still do

evangelistic facilities, later on.

believing surely that God will awaken in His people the need of raring for this deficiency. PLEASE
JOIN US IN PRAYER.

Financial Reports
OUR FINANCIAL REPORTS FOR
THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF 1954

In case of an emergency we have no repatriation fund, no savings for emergency purposes of any kind. Recently we have found it difficult to meet local living expenses with the additional cost of schooling and
medical attention and all. We be

WE HOPE TO SEND OUT IN JULY TO EVERY ONE WHO HAS CON TRIBUTED! If you have questions

about any of our efforts out here please feel free to ask. Your sugges tions are always welcome. Christ we count priceless, and your

lieve wise stewardship should pre pare for such things. We are your servants and sent here by The Christian people of the Churches of
Christ and Christian Churches of

prayers and support have enabled

us thus far, and we believe confi dently that it will be sufficient to
meet our EVERY NEED. We are

America. We are free in Christ, and

cherish that liberty highly. The test

merely stating our needs and re questing your prayers that they
be met.

imony we attempt to lift up for

PLEASE NOTE
Regular mail can take from one i"onth to 45 days for delivery and 0.1 average letter weight costs
only 8c. Air mail takes from 5 to 8 days

and with use of

"AIR LETTER"
'iniS IS a view oi some oi iiic

(costs only 10c at P.O. for the form with postage printed on it for over
seas use.) tor Airmail with envelope and enclosed letter only 25c. We simply cannot write as oiien as we thinK of you, because we cannot aiford to, out we Jong to hear trom

Christian wori<ors v;ho went with

us in the car that Sunday afternoon

of May both, to help in singing Choruses and passing out tracts anu

you and we write a newsletter as

often as we can. Packages and sup

wrapped securely ALL USED LEAF LETS, STANDARDS, LOOKOUl'S,

plies

by mail

arrive safely

if

announcing the service in Naga City. The Go Ye Chapel idea is worthy of imitating in any part of the world, if roads are good enough
to move aboi.it on. Most of the main communities on road clear around the coastline of the Island can be contacted v/ith this mobile unit. It is a real testimony of the Faith of

Lesson Leaflets and colored pictures

of Christ for object lesson materials are needed badly. Old Song Books
are a constant need. Boxes of light

those attempting to exalt Christ and

weight clothing are always needed.

REMEMBER WE LIVE ONLY 10 de

proclaim His Word in its beauty and simplicity. Quite a few of the
been students in Cebu Bible Sem.

grees off the EQUATOR AND IT IS

HOT WEATHER ALL THE YEAR AROUND HERE. Our so-called cool

young people in this picture have

season, is cool only because rain cools the atmosphere but it is really hot and steamy then not what anyone in America would call cool! At night time a cool breeze off the
ocean enables us to rest quite com fortably if nets are on to guard from

Our family Album is growing be cause at our request so many of you have cooperated to send us your family snapshot or photo. We like also to have pictures of Bible School
classes and Church groups of any
kind. Please send the names of

mosquitoes. If you are fortunate to have a landlord that provides screens on your house like we are. then mosquito annoyance is cut to
a minimum. Still our children have

large infected swelling from mos quito bits almost continually.

those on the pictures so we can keep our album up with interesting rec ords of you back home. Really such photos and snapshots may seem a
trivial matter to you, but to us they fill a bit? <;:aD. We are after all, just niain home folks like you and miss
the home t'es very much. Perusing a

Seminary Building
The roof is finished, cement blocks

comp]ete album is be-st kind of vi

sit we can get out here. If you haven't sent us yours, please take this as our personal request. Thank you in advance for your thoughtful
coooeration,

up on all

the

walls

to

about

window level. No doors and win

dows due to shortage of funds. Cement floor is next thing to be installed. Waiting for order of cement sacks now. Nipa-hut style dormitory for boys constructed near college building for single stu dents. waiting to take classes, from out of town. No sanitary plumbin.cr installed, and no electricity wired in building either. Building cannot be locked or closed and is poor shelter for classes yet. in case of strong winds with rain. We are praying and trusting that aid will come to finish up these matters, so that training may continue un
hindered.

If you have a mailing I'st for your local church bulletins, please enter our addre.ss on your mailing list,
for news of home Church activities

help us keen in touch and we can

rejoice
back

with

you

of

progress
busi

home.

This

newsletter

ness is a two wav opr^^-ation rpni'v

We send yon news nlease send us

sorne too. The Church in San Lnis

ObisDO. California has a regular monthly newsletter they send out. and it is a jov for us to hear from
all of them. Others send their bul

letins, for which we are grateful.

Radio Work and

Our First Typhoon!

(Continued from Page One)
There have been false alarms be

Correspondence Courses
(Continued from Page One)
being heard with interest. Brethren your prayers will help. Correspondence courses on the college level are being offered free of charge for first lesson, and then small charge is made for each
examination. Amount for each exam

fore. A little before noon the wind

began in earnest. As we ate lunch

the rain blew in through the grat ing that is our kitchen wall and
sprayed our faces. We noticed the trees bending and swaying in the wind. We were watching the palm

that had our basketball hoop on it,

when the ground around it began to quiver and shake. Wow! One palm tree toppled and what a

being determined by how many exams in each course. Any student taking all nine courses being offered finishing with passing grades is entitled to two years of credit at Cebu Bible Seminary. We
are indebted to the San Jose Bible

College for the use of their corres pondence school courses and out
lines.

crash! Our basketball hoop was still safe even if it was on the ground. Oops! Better not speak too soon! Another palm came crashing down on our hoop and smashed it. The wind was very powerful by
this time. The rain beat down un

Brother Willard
Don De Welt

Vanderford
outlined

and
some

mercifully driven by the ferocious wind. We saw the neighbors tying

have

very valuable study courses for those training in Christian Service and Knowledge of the Scriptures. However the chore of preparing sten cils and duplicating these stencils and correcting examinations will keep us busy, still the cost of good stencils and paper are terrific.
PLEASE PRAY THAT WE MAY HAVE THESE NECESSARY MATER

down their Nipa houses with ropes. I guess that's preparing for a ty
phoon. The lines were down on every
side and a tree blocked the road.

Daddy went out in the road and chopped off part of the tree to clear
the road. We asked in the first two

families that ran across our yard.

From then on the downstairs was

left open so people could enter for

shelter. The storm soon calmed and

IALS needed to spread this teach

ing program for Christ as far as it can possibly go in this part of the
world still held under the sway and domination of medieval supersti tion, idolatry and paganism, so
characteristic of those countries still
in the shadow of ancient Roman ism.

the wind stopped. The silence was very loud after the roar of the storm. We thought the typhoon would con
tinue but it didn't. Our kitchen was

Sister Yarbrough is helping out in preparing the stencils and the Villagracia family are helping in trans lating work, as well as Crescencia Labrado. Nancy Lee, our daughter

full of water and the yard was lit tered with fallen trees, palms, and branches. Some of the neighbor boys were very worried about the basketball hoop. When we told them it could be fixed they were very glad because they like to play
there too.

After all the excitement was over

we were told that this was a mild

is active in childrens work and per

sonal evangelism in our part of the

city, in addition to her high school

work by correspondence from the

American school in Chicago, 111.

typhoon. We know this is true and we are glad because no nipa houses were destroyed here, they were only soaked through and through.

PLEASE NOTE Letters can be mailed to us directly any time with

out passing through our American address where our forwarding agent
receives and forwards mail for us. If all contributions are sent to our

American address then our funds are immediately deposited and the deposit slip is airmailed to us along with any personal notes that are enclosed. This saves us so much work. However any mail or packages without funds, should be sent directly to us at P. O. Box 41, Cebu City. All such mail should be addressed this way Cebu Christian Mission, % Elston & Mary Knight then no mix up occurs out here where we
all use same mail box.