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Sow the wind Reap the Whirlwind

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                   Charles and Lettie Cowman left America on February 1, 1901, to serve as missionaries in Japan. They were received by Juji   Nakada and together they pursued their dream of starting a Bible training institute. According to Charles “the aim of the institute would not be to produce classical scholars, but young men and women who could handle their mother tongue with effect, who were steeped in the Bible and who could so proclaim it as to arrest and influence all classes of people” Within a few months of being in Japan, that dream became a reality. They were able to open a mission hall where Nakada could preach the Gospel and train leaders. The hall held Bible classes in the daytime and was the venue for evangelistic services in the evening. This was the beginning of the Oriental Missionary Society. In 1902, Ernest Kilbourne joined Cowman and Nakada to assist in the growing ministry. A small monthly periodical c...
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Small Beginning Great Ending

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   A small village in 1881 Indiana held a revival service one weekend. The visiting preacher gave an “altar call,” numerous times, urging people to come forward and give their lives to Christ. Over the entire weekend, only a thirteen -year-old boy knelt at the altar seeking to follow God. Church members deemed the meetings a failure, because only one boy went forward. But how little they realized what the conversion of that lad of thirteen would mean to thousands of heathen. How little did any in the community dream that he would someday become a missionary and the founder of one of the greatest evangelizing force on earth. Charles Cowman was born on March 13, 1868, in Toulon, Illinois, to David and Mary Cowman. At age 15, he was offered and accepted a summer job as a telegraph operator at a local railway station. Excelling at this new job, he chose not to return to school the following fall and continued with his new profession. Cowman practiced hard, and became known as ...
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David Following Hard after God

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                    Pastor John Pittman tells of one of his experiences as a pastor. This is his story, “the parents of a church member known as Ann had taken custody of her children against her wish. The matter was in court. On the eve of the case, Ann and her husband came to pastor Pittman for prayers.   They prayed earnestly that God would intervene and take control of the events in the courtroom the following day. After so much prayer, God said No to all their requests. There was no eloquence of speech and their story was not convincing to the judge.   One of the witnesses was Ann’s sister who had suffered the same fate. Because of the same parents a teenage son that she loved had committed suicide. And now in her sister Ann’s case she was denied an opportunity give her story. She broke down and wept bitterly. She asked the pastor “where was God today in the courtroom?” Ann...
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