The Ohio Independent Baptist, April 1958

;April 1958 Home Office: Baptis t Mjd-Missions 1120 Chester Ave., Cleveland, Ohio THE OIIIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST JAPAN CALLING P age Twenty-Three J . N0wJand Pfaff Ki ta Gorouchi Cho Fuk u:-:hima Shi Fukushima Ken, J apan ( l~<lit<>r : \\ P ll H,\' (' llC>l l l C'cll'<l f'r<>lll th P J>fc1ffN f'c ) l' H l<>ttg ti1llP l)11t HJ' (' so rr.,~ it }1acl 1c> ll(' h,l<l Jl P\VS 1his 1i111 P. \VP ell' <.' g· lct<l 1o J)1·i11t i t clll <l h<) t> <1 so 111P ,vi ll \VH 11t. i<> lt c• lt> tl1 P111 111al,' 111 tl1 r l c>ss c>r til t' fir e'. ~c)tic·ti tl1e 11P\V cl< ltlr('H~ it yo 11 ,yri1P clir e1c·t. ) · Newland Pfaff 1\ l"> . 1 R .1\ 1 l lJ 1~~ . 1> I> ! It \\'a.· 11ot eE r cal bl1i t l1 .·01111cl of f la1l1 : b111·., ti1 g thro11g·l1 tl1 1·oof of a . 111,111 <.loll factor)" 11ext c1oor to 011 r l1ot1. e i11 ), 11 i1· i.· l1i, tJ ,11)a11 tl1at. l1r o11g·h t1. ,~·icle <1,, 1 alc at ;3 :00 .t\ .:\I. 011 ,J a11t1a1·,r ~ t11. 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