The Ohio Independent Baptist, March 1957

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Tl1e1r l1et1·a ,~ ._ . t 11 r111 . e 1,•c->: as 111 tl<' 1 a . if the,· ._ 1>la~·ecl ,,·itt1 })al>Pl' cloll~. 'l,J1rrr i cl fcJ11rtJ1 ~l'<Jl111, l1cJ,,._ ; Ll'f'fLE TOO tote! __... t uot too bU As Ch rist ians we owe the J ewis h peop le a treme ndo us d ebt . Through J ews God ' s Ho ly Word was revea led . Our Saviour wa s born a J ew . Yet we hove g iven them so li tt le. Millions of J ewi sh pe ople today do not even know that thei r Me ssiah , t he lord Je sus , d ied to save them . We con repay our d ebt by g iving them t he Gosp el - now. Will you he lp us reach J ews with the Gospe l me ssage through the MESSAGE TO ISRAEL broadcasts from coast t o coast ond around the wor ld , b y moi I and pe r– sona l ca lls . """' ~ Writ e for o free , copy o f o ur t magaz ine, " MESSAGE TO ISRAEL . " Coulson Shepherd, Dire ctor ( FOUNDED 1937) MESSAGE TO ISRAEL, Inc. BOX 682, G.P.O., NEW YORK 1, N. 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