The Ohio Independent Baptist, November 1953

'fHE 01110 INl)EPENDEN1' BAPTI~ 1· LINT NVILLE BAPTIST CHURCH DEDICATED Special Services Clintonville Baptist Church ~ ~1111da,,., ( ctober· 4 ,va a 1""ed .. letter cla3· i11 the experie11ce of the people of linton,rille Bapti t 1 l111rr 11, ol t1mbt1 -, l1io. Fo1· the afternoo11 cledicato1·Jr . e1~,·ice a ht1o·e at1die11ce wa pre - ent . inclt1di110· eio'ht pa tor· and cleleo·a tion fr·om Imma11t1el Bap– ti. t ht11·c l1, ent1~a1 Bapti t 1 hu1·ch, a11cl }Ie111orial Bapti t 'ht11·cb, in addition to vi itor. fro111 all pa1·t of the city. R e,". H. K. Finle:y· of Elyria ,,·a. the g11e. t peaker and u ed a · hi t ext a po1·tio11 of the 11 th P al111: Thi i. the da,T "'Thich the L o1·d hath macle: we .. will re– joiee and be glad i11 it.' R e, ·. J.. 1~i1 L. 'iarden, pa. tor of t lie cl1111·ch ope11ed the ervice and prP:e11ted R e,T. R obert Titu. of I111111a1111el Bapti t ht1rch who ·01 cl11cted t11e con o'I·egatio11al mt1- ~i ·. The R e, ,.. Fra11k x. Colema11 of 1 e11t1·al Bapti t ht1rch read tl1e ~ c1·iptt1re followed bJ.. R e,T. 1 • , • 1 law 011, pa tor of }lemorial Bapti t hurch, ,vho l ed in the J)l'a}"er er,,.ice. Brief remark. ,,·ere made by ,J. rlutchi on, " r .. II. ])ratt. a11c1 . . Whipp. , 1·ep- 1·e enti11g clepartme11t. of the h11r·ch. tlf 11 ic for the day ,va.· 011 a pro– fe ional le,.. el. a trio 'Ompo ed of ~Ii . Edith Trat1tman )fr.. Dor·oth~T 1 aldwell a11d l\Ir.. L. Do,,·11ercl I·e11c1ering exceptional PI', .. ice. upplementinc,, the fine work of a ,Fe. tec1 choir con. i~ ting· of 20 ,,,oice . banked " 1 i tl1 flower large ba - ket having been pre ented by 1nen1lJer of the co11gr egation and frie11d. includi110' a large di pla)" ba ket pre ented bJT the Oakland P1--e byterian hurch, f1--01n which the hou. e of wor hip wa. pu1·– cha ed. Otlier 1 er'vi°ces e1--vice of the daJ.r 01)ened with the unclayT .. chool whe11 al l ad11lt c l a . e were together in a g·eneral xrHsio 11, tl1r Ji~l\"l'i,l , 1 isi1f>1' tPH<'hitl' ' . ~ 1 l1r lc>Hso11 . ' l'}1 c s11hjr,·t ,, c1s l1c111cll<1cl a. a .1 ,\ ' IDJ)f>si11111 a11cl \\ itl1- 01 tt l)r e,ri0118 110{i r.e, J{t1~sr }} }',lillP, (1rorg·r l\Io11tg·o1nerJ" a11cl JJ0\\ 1 011 J)a\ 1 i g·a,·e \Ve>]] ()l'ga11izPcl cli - sertat io11: 0 11 Bitpti:t ( 1 h t11'el1 :\Irthod a11cl J>roC'ecll11· . The n1or11i11g 111c> ·:age, cleliv )reel 1)3" the , 1 i:itor fo}}OY'{ecl the line of t ho11g·h t 1)reclon1i11ati11~· t l1 ro11µ:l1 - 011t the clay- .. epa1·atio11 a11cl ( 1 0 11 - ..ecratio11 for hri. tia11 .. e1·,,.ice. ::\Ir. . 1'thl11~ alcl ,ve 11 l)l'e. idecl at the pia110 a11d her ,,Torl< ,,a. 011 the high l evel maintai11ecl l>,T the oth er~ c111alifiecl mt1. icia11.·. · Tli e Cli itrcli The 1 linto11ville Bapti t h11rcl1 ,va or 0'ap.ized in 1951 The Re, 1 • 1 • L. Carde11 being the fir t pa tor, the church becoming affiliated with Ohio A ociation i11 October 1951. In Janua1·y 1952 the congr eaa- • 0 t1on pu1"cha ed from the Oaklancl Pre byterian h111·ch a pacio11 a11d beat1tifl1l hou e of wor hip at the corne1" of Oakland a11d Parl, A,renue anc1 the money and time : p ent in co11c1itio11ing the p1--ope1--tJ.. 1 apparent to all vi. itor . The bl1ilding contain a larg·e at1di– torit1m eating 420 a la1,g·e bal- ony choir ectio11. n11mer·o11 cla.. 1·oom a g·}rm11a i11n1, a well The fro11t of the a11ditorit1m wa. H. K . Finley, Robert L. Titus, Cyril L. Carden