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One young woman coming to meetings here, who is from Ireland,
says we have a large interest there, but she says I would be killed
if I tried to preach in Dublin. It would be absolutely impossible
to hold any personal evangelistic campaign in Dublin. It is
controlled by Catholics.
I ask ALL brethren there to PRAY, intensively and in real
earnest, for the church here, and that a real harvest will be
reaped from this present preliminary effort.
We got back 2200 ft. of the 2600 ft. of film we shot on the
Middle-East tour, rented a projector, and viewed them yesterday.
Some 10 or 15-second spots here and there came out black (we must
have shot with a lens that had the cap on)---some portions were
over-exposed, because I had no light meter and tried to save the
expense of one, and all those pictures are too over-exposed to use
(penny-wise and pound-foolish), but perhaps two-thirds of the film
is very good. The pictures I took from the train in upper Egypt
are too flickery to use, and one portion we had a guide take of us
in the Garden of Gethsemane pans back and forth and up and down so
fast that NOTHING can be seen, but, well, perhaps HALF of the whole
film is very good. The one big trouble, we see now, too late, is
that we thought we could not afford enough film, and took only HALF
enough, and many of the scenes are too skimpy and over with before
you realize what you've seen---and I should have taken a tripod,
but tried to save that expense, so quite a few of the pictures are
not as steady as they should be. We wish now we could take the
trip all over, with at least 5,000 feet of film, light meter and
tripod. We have not yet received Dick's still pictures back---all
slides in color--but hope they will be better than the movies.
None-the-less, I think everybody at home will really enjoy seeing
them, but I realize now, too late, that on such an extended trip we
should have taken twice as much. There are some GOOD shots of all
of us riding our three camels---mine, "Christopher Columbus," Mrs.
Armstrong's, "Ginger Ale," and Dick's, "California" (here I come!)
---across the Sahara desert, with the pyramids in the distance, and
of our tent-camp there---very colorful---and I suppose all will get
a good laugh at us!! This is what some wanted to see, and---you'll
see it!---but WE will get laughed at! (And we'll laugh all over
again with you.)
I should have CLOSED with that request for real deep, in-
earnest prayers for the work here and its expanse all over the
world. So will add it again---just now a telegram was delivered,
from Jack Parmelee, our advertising agent, advising that WABC, the
ABC New York station, 50,000 watts clear channel, has offered us
evening time availabilities across the board---that is, EVERY NIGHT
---but he failed to tell me WHAT time, or the cost. IF it is at a
reasonable time and cost, I will order it started at once. This
will put additional expense on our business office, but also it
will more than pay its own way in six months or less. It is the
EVERY NIGHT programs that DO bring the money, bring people to
conversion, and raise up churches. THIS WILL MEAN CHURCHES IN NEW
YORK CITY, AND OTHER EASTERN CITIES INSIDE OF ONE YEAR! W H E R E
are the ministers coming from? I'll tell you! ---from YOUR PRAYERS
---if you take this to heart in deadly earnest.