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050	0	4	_aBV2837.W977.G663 1988
050	0	4	_aBV2837
100	1		_aSlocum, Marianna C., _e1
260			_aOrange, California : _bPromise Publishing Company, _c(c)1988.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
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700	1		_aWycliffe Bible Translators.
700	1		_aWatkins, Grace.
942			_cBK _hBV _m1988 _e4 _i2020-01-09 _k0.00
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003			OCoLC
005			20240726100320.0
008			890411s1988 caua 000 0 eng d
020			_a9780939497096
035			_a(OCoLC)19531246
040			_aVLB _beng _erda _cVLB _dOCL _dOCLCQ _dCHC _dOCLCQ _dOCLCF _dOCLCQ _dOCLCO _dOCLCQ _dOCLCA
043			_an-mx---
245	1	4	_aThe good seed / _cby Marianna Slocum, Grace Watkins. _hPR
300			_a260 pages : _bphotographs ; _c21 cm
505	0	0	_tFirst in Chiapas -- _tAmbassador to Mexico -- _tRejection -- _tMaria -- _tMartin -- _tYochib -- _tFlorence -- _tJuan Mucha -- _tCorralito -- _tNew beginnings -- _tPersecution -- _t"I will build my church" -- _tGrowing needs -- _tProblems -- _tMartyrs -- _tClinic -- _tThe call -- _tDirt, dogs and difficulties -- _tFrom terror to triumph -- _tUncle Cam -- _tTwenty years later
520	0		_a"THE GOOD SEED." That's what the Tzeltal Indians of Southern Mexico call the Bible. In the 1940's they were a despised people, isolated, abused, exploited--explainably hostile toward the rest of the world. They were known for their drunkenness. Disease was rampant due to a lack of hygiene and nutrition. Ignorance, superstition, cruelty, destructive tribal customs, and indolence branded them as objects of discrimination by others and gave them a sense of inferiority. Music was seldom heard; joy and laughter were absent. Today the Tzeltals enjoy singing, 322 churches dominate their territory. Schools, clean (though still simple) homes, crops, the products of learning and hard work, are their new landmarks. A sense of community pride, civic organization and joy mark the nearly 50,000 Tzeltal believers. Personal hygiene and medical services are provided through an indigenous system of more than 80 clinics. _bWhat made the difference? Their reply is, "The Good Seed," their name for the Bible. Who made the difference? The answer--"Jesus." When you ask them, "How?" they'll tell you about Marianna Slocum, revered as their "Spiritual Great Grandmother," who reduced their languages to writing, translated the Word of God into two of them and taught them to read. And they'll talk about Florence Gerdel, RN, who brought the healing touch of medicine. The Tzelta's history in local legend is couched in the terms "Before Marianna" or "After Marianna." In THE GOOD SEED, Marianna tells her story, which spans nearly five decades, in a gripping and inspiring way which will bring you to love Marianna and her Indian Friends. _c~ Amazon _uhttps://www.amazon.com/Good-Seed-Marianna-Slocum/dp/0939497093/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=the+good+seed+slocum&qid=1579717012&sr=8-1
650		0	_aMissions _zMexico _zChiapas.
650		0	_aTzeltal Indians.
655		0	_aChristian missions & missionary work
948			_hHELD BY SBI - 46 OTHER HOLDINGS
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell