The Ohio Independent Baptist, October 1954

Pag 1 'I'I1E OlIIO INDEPENDENT BAI)TIST October 1954 ~~~~~~~~--~~ GREAT MEETING IN SANDUSKY ' ' .. l 111a : i11[J .<J t(tce ! l1 cJ ll' s1r ee l lite r.;rJun,/, ll1 r1f sr11•crl rt 1,•rl' l c/1 li/,·r ;11r! I r,r1cr 1('(1S !,>s f. l>ttf. 11 () 1(' a,11 [01(11(7. l('(I.' l>li,1(/, !>11/, 1/0lf' [ Sf(',, ·· ..\ 111<1 , i11g l"r,1ee ' ' ,, c1~ ll()t tl1c t 11 (:' ll\ (• • t)11g. l11tt (),"{'1' ll ll(t (),· p1· }lgillll it ,,·cl~ ll8t'ct 11,.. ctll()riRtPl'S • l,) 1111 l,op:e1-. ,111ti llt)\va1·d l1. ...<.)ll11g clt tl1C' t,,~o-(lcl~" c1111111a l 111 et i11g· of II r bro11 .\ .. "'Oei,1tio11 l1elcl i11 tl1e al"·ar~,. l1c1ptist ("l1111·rl1, ~a11d11 "'k)'", e1)te111ber 20 a11cl 21. Tl1e co11,·e11tio11 ,,..a. ope11ed b)T ::.\f ode1·c1to1·. R ,. . Do11al{l Beigh tol 1)1·0111ptl3.. at 10 :00 011 :\lo11da) 7 n101·11i11g, a11c1 afte1· tl1e 011~!' ._ e1·, 1 - ice, Re, .. . "\\Tillia111 F 11 co, pa tor of tl1e cl1111;cl1 exte11ded a l1eart,,. ,, 1 el- ~ con1e to the delegate follo,,,.i11g \\Tl1ich the Re, r. ,r er11e L. Dl111ham of Ea t ide Bapti t h11rch, Lorai11 poke briefl}"" 011 prayer and it pla e in er,vice al o co11- ducti11g a half-hour of p1;a~ ...e1.. in "·hich man3r had a part. Tlie peaker · The Per 011 a11d ,v orl{ of tl1e Holy pirit ,va the gen eral theme of the confere11ce and me ao·e dealing ,vith The Hol),. pirit i11 Revi,ral in Praver in "\"'\ 7 it11e i11g, ~ ~ in a11ctificatio11 and i11 Di ciple- hip '""ere pre ented by the follo,,T_ ing pa tor : Robert J. Re:,, ...nhou t Elyria · Jame Godley Parma ; ,Villiam Fu co, andu ky; Lynn Roger , .J. T orthfield, and I-Iomer Graven Avon. All of the e me age eemed to be out tanding not 011ly in ex– po itory work, but i11 pirit-lade11 conte11t. Tli e W 0111.en i\Ir . Homer Gra,Te11 acti11g pre ident, opened the T t1e day afternoon mi io11ary meeting by introducing i\Ir . I-Io,varc1 Young ~Tho conducted the song· .. er,rice ~Ir . Dougla Burt follo,vinO' with prayer. l\1r . Richard Durham. oon to leave for Paki. tan, A B \V E gave a te timo11y, al o M1.. . William Fu co accepted lJ3... Bapti t )1id-l\1i. io11 £01; Italy. )Ir . Robert R e:y1iho11t of th Fir t Bapti t ht1rch Elyria , 1 {a the de,Totio11al leader a11cl her abil– ity and pirit11al zeal ,·~.rer e evi . dent. :\Ir . \r er11e L. Dunham of Lorai11 outlined the tentati,Te plan for the meeting of women at the Ohio Association to be h eld in l e, ·e– land, October 1 -21. )Irs. Xewland Pfaff, the princi– pal peaker of the after110011, both in the wome11 se. sion and in gen- Pl'Hl S('SSi()ll. J)l'('S(llltPcl tl1r \\' Ori{ of l~clJ)ti.t i\licl -~Iiss1<)11s i11 ,J ,11>a 11 11si11g· }) C' l'S0llc11 PX })Pl'iPJlC'(\' to il - 111. tratr tl1e (~08})el 111rssai.rC' . 1\ gooc.1 111i. . io11,1r.,,. a11cl a rhoice J)eal{r1·. rrhe \\'Olll e ll e lertecl to offiee : 1Ir. . Ila1·old .r\ll e111 Fir. t ice-P1--e i- le11t · :\Ii· ~. T13~1111 Rop:er . ~'ieconcl \Tice-Pre. i l e11t; ~I1·.. "i\Iar~ia11 v\rolf, e 'J.. -T1·ea u1·e1·. T 11 e b11 i11e . n1eeti11g· of ge11eral e ion. hacl pre,,.io11. ly el ectecl a Pre icle11t of the "\\ 0111en J\ii~ io11ar3'" l nion 111;. . II0111er ra,..e11 Avon Ohio. Tl1 e J.lle 1z 's ForllJJt The R e,·. K enneth .. me1 er con– dl1cted the l\fen Forl1m a11d a li, 1 elJ,. e., io11 it proved to be. i'Ir. mel er hacl e, 1 identl}''" given hi 11bject on._ iderable tudy a11d with hi 11 11al , ..iO'or the di c11 - . io11 ,va. kept mo,...i11g. The 1ne11 11eedecl 110 11rgi11g a11cl throt1ghot1t the one ho11r a11d thirty minute . e ion the1 ..e ,, 1 a. a waiti11g li t fo1· tl10. e ,vho ·\'vi. bed to peak. Yet ever3r mau had l1i opportunity a11cl if there \Va any p er 011 pre ent who di(l 11ot . peal( it wa hecau e l1e did not wi. h o to do. Without doubt the Forum an ,vered ' ome c1ue. tio11 which ha, ..e pt1zzled the cht11--ch from the begi11ning·. vVe have a ·ked the Rev. dam . Galt of p en er to . 11n1marize the de– bate e11tering hi. article i11 the .0Jove1nber i t1e of thi mag·azine. Tli e Bit irie Duri11g the ·e :ion of the con– f ere11 e p ecial offerino·. were taken for 1 an1p Pat1110. a11cl iecla1·– ville Bapti. t 1 ollege. fficer elect eel to ·e1--, 1 e for tl1e year· i11cl11clecl : Do11ald Beightol, iioclerator ; ""\r er11e L. Dl111han1 Tra in for service in our Missions, Christion Education, Postorol, ond Music Courses. Write Pres . H. 0 . Von G il der for details of 3 or 4 yeor courses. WESTERN BAPTIST BIBLE COLLEGE 528 33rd St., Dept.QB Oakland, Calif. \ iC'e- ilo(1rrator ; l"~(l\v'<lt·cl ITel111i('k, ( 1 lerl< ~ L.1y1111 1 C>g'P1'8, Trc>ast1rc>r ~ (' . Dot1gla . J3ttrt , , ro1111g ProJ)lr; f 1rla1 rl IIo,,'arc1, J>astor Aclvi8or to La3 1 n1e11, antl ~Irs. II 01ner flr·a,'– e11, l1airn1a11 of \\T on1e11 .· l\Ii:.1io11- ar}r l nio11. The 1 orthfielcl Village Bapti. t 1 hur ·h ~.,a receivecl i11to the Fel– lo,v ·hip. The 11 ztsic Rev. Lyn11 Rog-er a11d Di--. llow– arcl G. Y 011ng direeted the m11 ic i11 the general e ion Ir.. "\Vil– lian1 Fu co at the piano. Tho. e ,vho pre entecl pecial contribu– tion included :\[r . Fu co l\lr . Home1.. Grave11, Jame harp flo1'rard and Mr . Young haron, and Anita Beightol and hirley Fletcher a11d L,,. n11 RoO'er and l\Ir . l\1a1 .. y }ar11e1·. The n1l1 ic thro11ghout wa~ excellent ancl lifted the hearer. to a high spi1 .. itual altit11de . Tlie Hospitality ever before had the Hebro11 A ociation met i11 the 1 alvary Bapti t Church of andu ky, and 11ever will the e ion be forgotten. 11any were heard to ay that ' thi i 011r be t meeting to date ' and none di puted the comme11t . Thi editor reached the co11£er– en ce headc1uarter two ho11r be– £ore the time of the opening e - ion and there found ~Ir. Clifto11 ' a1·ner, one of the c1eacon , making r eady f 01" the i11comino~ delegate i11 ancl about the al1ditorium. In the lritchen and di11ing roon1 ,,..ere many " ..01ne11 r11 tling tl1e ~ il,Terware a11d n1aki11g read3r a- 1·ol111d the ~ to,·e. l\[r . lifton Gar11e1", a i ted b3r twenty " 1 illing ,vo1"ker , were bt1 J 7 throl1gho11t the t,vo day . Then a1-.ou11d the table at noon and eve11i11g were :\Ir . W. C}ar11e1·, J\Ir . D. J oh11 011, :\Ir . ~ a1·ter l\Ir . i\I iclrle and l\Ii Pa,,.11e. The table v\''e1;e lade11 ~ t,,,i e each day a11d the del egate ,vere delig·hted with all that the e faithf11l people dicl to make the \ 7 i.·it enjoyal)le. The a tte11da11ce did uot exceed p1--e, 1 io11 3Tea1-- but each of the t,, 1 e11tj'"-one affiliated ch111·che were 1·e1)1·e ented, a11d each of the vi i– to1~ 1·etl11·11ecl to the ho1ne ba e on– ' ' i11ced that it wa good wJi eri tJiey said itnfo lt , let 1l go 1tp to tJie c /1 l l r cl i i 11 " "a rid l t k y.