The Ohio Independent Baptist, August 1954

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Tl1e\' . ~ 11e, ..e1· did the r eally £ooli ·11 thi11g of calli11g Ilim jl1 t a 11 o ble 11a 11. Thev l<11e,v Ile ,vas 111t1cl1 11101~e t l1a11 • that a11d the1" accou11t cl for I-Ii111 .. the be t the,r co11ld. J oh11 r et111·11ecl • IJerhap ? 1· Elijah 1 0 111e a~aj11 ? < r ,J er e111iah r e. tlrre ·tecl ? The P particl1lar n1 11 arP 111e11- 1904 SOth-1954 ANNIVERSARY CLEVELAND HEBREW MISSION Testimonies to Jews Ohio, West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Brazil Quarterly Magazine "THE TRUMPETER FOR ISRAEL" "News and Views" of local and world-wide interest concerning the people and the land GERALD V. SMELSER, Supt. P. 0. Box 3556 Cleveland 18, Ohio J 0 7111 tione l i11 ·teacl of ot l1e1\' 1 belie\"e, l)eca11 ·e i11 ~J e. 11s cl i. ce1·11i11g 111e11 . av,~ 0111ethj11g· of J 0 1111, a11cl so111e– thi11g of Elijal1, a11t1 ·0111etl1i11g of ,J e1"e111iah. '1 1 l1e1" \\ 1 a.' a11 icle11ti– fic1l1le 1~e~·e111bla11ce bet,,· e 11 the ·e p1~opl1et · a11d ~J . ·t1 ·. 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