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others."ye,":8."world."serve"speaks."winning."finish what the apostles had begun. Of this kindwere Philip the deacon, Mark, Silas, etc. Acts 21One has said the METHODS have their place,PLANS are necessary, and CONTACTS are very important, but "DOING DOES IT." "Doing" is themost important and effective way of accomplishingresults. "In the morning sow thy seed, and in theevening withhold not thine hand."Evangelistic Revival Meetings have their placeand are very important. Personal evangelismone win one, or family win family is equally important.The great Commission, "GoChristian is to have his part in win"born-again"ofmeans everyning souls to Christ and to His Church. If everyCovenanter would win one soul to Christ and theCovenanter Church every 6 months, what betterservice could we render for the growth of ourChurch?Do we have a great Christian faith like Dr. J. C.McFeeters, who believed that all Christians will intime come to accept a pure, simple, Bible form ofworship like the Covenanter. Back to God! Back tothe Bible ! Back to the Psalms !Each of the members of the Evangelistic Committee was asked to write challenging messages onEvangelism on the subjects outlined in last year'sreport. Many responded with very helpful and practical articles which were published in the Covenanterwitness.The Committee also asked Dr. T. C. McKnight,Rev. Kenneth Smith and Mr. Robert McConaughyto write articles on "Visitation Evangelism" whichappeared in the Covenanter Witness, and were verystrong appeals on the subject.We observe that we are often retarded in ourEvangelistic work for some of the following reasons :1. By the attitude "Let John do it." "Let someone else do it."2. By being busy about many things and failingto give the proper time or the proper importanceto soul winning.3. By introducing people to Christ, the Son ofGod and Saviour of men, and then failing to followup in the work begun.4. By leaving the work of evangelism to thePastor or to one or two laymen.5. By failing to realize that God is able to makeof every Christian a fisher of men.6. By not taking the Lord into the transaction.Every Evangelistic Revival of History has been preceded and followed by earnest prayer, much prayer,and a full dependence on God.Dr. Remo I. Robb prepared Bible' Studies forthe entire church and he reports that they are beingused in quantity in a number of congregations. Hesaid, also, that the use of these Bible Studies inAdult Groups, is "not for what they themselves willlearn, but for preparation in giving the Gospel toDr. Robb also prepared the leaflets for"Bible Mastery Month" on the Book of Ephesians,and distributed them to the congregations.Our expenses for the past year for the work ofthe Committee amounted to $70.29. (Expenses ofthe Bible Mastery Month supplies) .74The committee received the following helpfulsuggestions and we present them as a plan of evangelistic effort for the coming year:1. Be ever busy at the work of "soulDoing does it!2. Recommend to all our congregations the useof the Bible Study courses prepared and being prepared by Dr. Remo Robb and his Committee. TheBible is God's special tool for evangelism.3. Emphasize the necessity of prayer, muchprayer in the task of winning souls to Christ, beforeand after contacts are made.4. Seek to win souls not only from sin to salvation but also build them into your church, wherethey will have a safe doctrinal training. Help themto realize that theyare "saved to Christ andHis Kingdom.5. Pray for the Power of the Holy Spirit to leadyou to some unsaved person whom you might win toChrist and His Church.6. Continue to work at "Visitation Evangelism."7. The Observance of "Bible Mastery Month" inJanuary 1956 using the Book of Titus for Study.8. A program for the regular teachingandof the Standards of the Church.preaching9. That the Committee be granted an amountfrom the Miscellaneous Fund not to exceed $200.00to carryon its work.10. That the successors be chosen at this meeting of synod for Frank L. Stewart, Paul Faris, andJoseph Caskey, whose terms have expired.Let us go forward under the Captain of ourSalvation, the Lord Jesus Christ, following His command to "Go ye therefore, and teach all nations,baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of theSon, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things Whatsoever I have commanded you :and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end oftheFrank L. StewartPaul FarisJoseph CaskeyPaul ColemanWilmer PiperR. J. HueyR. I. RobbM. W. DoughertyJ. L. WrightVINEYARD GLEANINGS . . . Cont'd from page 67counterpart. Today's tourist can reach almost anypart ofthe Holy Land by luxury coach or by the newest automobiles traveling over modern highways ....But, to most Christians, their Holy Land vacation willbe a time of meditation and reconsecration, of reneweddetermination to become better acquainted with theirBible and with the Saviour of whom itReliving the Mosaic LawIn Israel an attempt to live strictly in accordance withthe laws of Moses and maintain a highly developed agricultural settlement is being made at Moshav Komenrut. TheChosen People reports: "This settlement has today 425people and has been founded on the spot where religiousunits fought in the war against the Arabs and was actuallybegun by 42 of the survivors of the Arab-Jewish War.Rabbi Mendelsohn, the head of the settlement, said recently in London that he is proud of the way in which KomenrutCOVENANTER WITNESS