A Letter From T. L. Blalock, Missionary
"Tai An Fu Shantung, China."
"May 17th, 1931.""Dear Brother Simmons:
Some time ago a copy of the Baptist Examiner reached me in this benighted land. I was very much interested and could not lay it aside till I had given it something of an exam'nation. I con less from its avowed policy and purpose I was truly rejoiced; and if it continues as it has started out [it will do so, the Lord willing — Ed.], I am sure it can but prove a great blessing to our Baptist people throughout the length and breadth of the land. I have long felt the need of such a paper to set forth our Baptist faith in its fulness and in a clear comprehensive manner without partially or bias toward any one or any institution. Therefore, I trust you will be given great success in this new undertaking."For many years I have been helping with a little mission paper, published by Elder W. A. Reese, Norwood, Ky. I have longed to be able to put more into this paper for the home-side along the line of cardinal doctrines of our true Baptist faith. But the paper is small, and it was started merely as a mission paper for stimulating a deeper spiritual interest in sending the gospel. Therefore, we have had little time or space in the paper to do anything other than touch on the mission side and keep our people alive to their privilege in sending the gospel to these lost people. With the heavy demands of the work here I have found it very difficult to keep up my part even in this little mission monthly. Therefore, you can understand something of how interested I am in this effort of your; with this new paper.
"Our greatest need now in China is more missionaries that are willing to take risks and suffer for Christ and stand for the whole truth. Our hearts are sad, and at times we almost despair, because of the lack of real mission interest at home. We need men called by the Lord of the harvest and fitted for the work by the Holy Spirit. Not that we discount education, but the first essential is the call; and the second is the prophet's equipment of the fullness of the Spirit. Such missionaries will come with a vision and will preach the word and defend it even to the laying down of their lives if necessary. In this country, as well as at home. Modernism is rampant from many angles. Therefore, we need Elijahs here this very hour to cope with Baal's prophets. Pray God to thrust them out. "Send The Baptist Examiner to Eld. W. L. Randall and to T. L Blalock, Tai An Fu Shantung, China.
"Fraternally,
T. L. BLALOCK."============================ [T. P. Simmons, editor, The Baptist Examiner, July 1, 1931, p. 5. Scanned and formatted by Jim Duvall.]
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