February 7, l975 Attention Mrs.

Ruth Kenyon Dear Friend in Jesus Christ: It is a great pleasure to tell you how much the marvelous Kenyon books have meant to my wife and me, and to our ministry. A dear friend gave us the first Kenyon book we ever saw, in 1946. It was Two Kinds of Faith. It was providential, because our foundation in the Word of God was not very solid. We now understand that our faith really rested on sense-knowledge. One great gift we had inherited from our "bringing-up" on the farm in large families; our parents had profound respect for the Bible and we were fortunate enough to have grown up with an almost blind faith that that Book was absolute, and literally true. But, like the millions of others who think they believe God's Word, our so-called faith was really dependent upon sense-knowledge. Then that blessed little book, The Two Kinds of Faith, was handed to us (one of the early editions printed in the small format), then The Two Kinds of Knowledge and later, the others. What a revolution! We had gone to India as missionaries, only to miserably fail, falling victim to cholera, typhoid and discouragement. Returning home, prospects for our future ministry were dim. Then the Kenyon books came, simultaneously with the visit of an evangelist to our city who was being used of God in a marvelous ministry of healing and of miracles. The Kenyon books gave us the foundation in the Word of God. That evangelist gave a most awesome demonstration of the Word in action. Our lives were transformed. We resigned the church we were pastoring in Portland, Oregon and returned to the peoples abroad. In India we had seen the misery and destitution of the millions without Christ but could not convince them that He is God's son, living today. But with the Kenyon books as our Bible-school-on-the-road, we had the answer to preaching the Gospel to the non-Christian world abroad. Since that day, and the Institution of the Osborn Foundation in 1949, we have conducted mass crusades in huge stadiums, ball parks, open fields, beaches and on rice paddies in over 60 nations of the world, with mighty crowds of 20 to 100,000 people. Entire nations have been affected. Our magazine "Faith Digest" goes into over a million homes monthly. The Foundation sponsors over 2,000 Nationals as missionaries to the unreached each month. Over one new indigenous church is established every day. Our literature is published in over 100 languages --- over a Ton per day. Our documentary films and sermon tapes of the great crusades are produced in over 50 major languages. All of this is the outgrowth of the marvelous seeds of truth planted in our hearts by the unprecedented Kenyon books. Your father, Mr. E. W. Kenyon, was without question an Apostle ahead of his time. As his revolutionary writings spread across the world, there appeared a fresh cloud of God's glory which began to cover the world --- a fresh unveiling of faith-truth, the harvest of the good seed planted by Mr. Kenyon. Established theology and ecclesiastical professionals were shocked and shaken in their foundations by the audacity of the Kenyon writings. Nor can liturgical and sacerdotal high-brows ever comprehend the true Jesus-way and Jesus-faith. But since Martin Luther shook the religious world by the sacrilegious and presumptuous claim that men can be saved by pure faith in Christ alone, had the church world been so unnerved by revolutionary, yet simple truths as presented by Dr. E. W. Kenyon.

Since the debut of his marvelous writings, a glorious sweep of revival and of evangelism with signs following, has literally encircled and saturated the free world. I personally know most of the men (Americans, Englishmen, Europeans, Africans, Indians, Koreans, Asians, Filipinos, Latin Americans, etc.) who have been and who are being used of God in large ministries across the world. The seeds and roots of this fresh faith that has swept the world, projecting men into vast ministries, can be distinctly traced to the influence of the writings and revolutionary publications which have flown out from the anointed and skilled pen of Dr. E. W. Kenyon. The Kenyon books are a seed-bed out of which has grown a Jesus-Revolution, literally sweeping the world. Many years ago, I obtained from you loving permission to always quote from Mr. Kenyon's writings whenever I wished. His books have provided inspiration and added force to our writings for over 25 years. So often, it seems to me utterly impossible to say a fact better than he has already said it. The man's God-gifted talent to use the English language in a crisp, clear yet concise manner to convey truth has never been, in my opinion, equaled. I need to pray: "May his writings live on!" because Truth cannot die. But how I thank God for E. W. Kenyon's heart and mind and pen, and how I thank God for his daughter who has had the unswerving vision and dedication to never relent in the abundant publication of these incomparable writings, so that this generation can share them. Though hundreds of men have sought to imitate the Kenyon books (and thank God for an example which incites imitation), for some mysterious reason none have been so gifted of God as was your father. He was clearly an appointed Apostle of the pen, and his works will go on lighting the way and compelling men to action, until our King returns. Throughout all of these years, we have kept a stock of Kenyon books on hand at the Osborn Foundation in Tulsa, Oklahoma, because whenever we meet a man or woman who hungers for truth, we present them the Kenyon books. We feel we can plant no greater seed in their fertile soil. We have given hundreds and hundreds of sets of the books to young people. (We have never sold a one.) And we shall go on stocking the Kenyon writings, to give freely to all who hunger and thirst after a more fruitful Christian ministry. Thank you, Ruth Kenyon, for continuing to publish your father's works, and for serving your generation by sharing with them via the press, the abundant truths which have flown from the heart of the Father-God, through His servant, E. W. Kenyon, and hence out to the world of today. Very respectfully and gratefully in Christ, T. L. Osborn, Founder, Osborn Foundation Daisy Osborn, Exec. V.P., Osborn Foundation P.S. You may publish this testimony in any way you please inasmuch as we long for all of our generation to know how much the Kenyon books have meant to us in our world ministry for the last quarter-century.