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English: This plaque honoring Jim Elliot and Ed McCully is displated at Wheaton College , where both the men graduated.

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"GO YE AND PREACH THE GOSPEL"

DEDICATED TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN
LOVING MEMORY OF EDWARD McCULLY , PRESIDENT
OF THE CLASS OF 1949 , AND JAMES ELLIOT '49,
LIKEWISE AN OUTSTANDING ATHLETE AND LEADER.

BECAUSE OF THE GREAT COMMISSION , ED AND
JIM, TOGETHER WITH NATHANAEL SAINT EX ' 48 ,
ROGER YOUDERIAN AND PETER FLEMING WENT
TO THE MISSION FIELD WILLING FOR
"ANYTHING--ANYWHERE REGARDLESS OF COST."

THEY CHOSE THE JUNGLES OF ECUADOR –
INHABITED BY THE AUCA INDIANS . FOR
GENERATIONS ALL STRANGERS WERE KILLED BY
THESE SAVAGE INDIANS. AFTER MANY DAYS OF
PATIENT PREPARATION AND DEVOUT PRAYER,
THE MISSIONARIES MADE THE FIRST FRIENDLY
CONTACT KNOWN TO HISTORY WITH THE AUCAS .

ON JANUARY 8, 1956, THE FIVE MISSIONARIES WERE
BRUTALLY SLAIN – – MARTYRS FOR THE LOVE OF GOD.

ERECTED BY THE CLASS OF 1949

JANUARY 8 , 1957

"FOR THE LOVE OF CHRIST CONSTRAINETH US"

II COR 5:14
Date 25 July 2007 (original upload date)
Source Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons by Lucien leGrey .
Author Captain Phoebus at English Wikipedia

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  • 2007-07-25 03:08 Captain Phoebus 456×312× (27225 bytes) a plaque of [[Jim Elliot]] and [[Ed McCully]] at [[Wheaton University]]

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