The Ohio Independent Baptist, April 1954

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I hacl only bee11 i11 my chur 11 the1·r at harle to11 a fe,v 111011th ,vl1en i11- , ,ited to bring thP I{ey11ot .i\ cl – dre ' ' of the OARB n1e ti11g i11 levelan 1. I ,va. ex 1tt->d a11cl JJroud a11d told ome of the yot111g: foll< about it. 011e ,,·i e guy 1~ - ,:ponded ' ' Key1 ote add1--e ~ - yot1 ho1.1ld be bri110'ing t h l,·e.yli ole ad– dre. . ' ' "\Vell, down we11t n1y go, a11d t1p ,ve11t my blood p1~e ure ,,rhe11 I loolc d i11 on that g"l~eat group meeting at alva1"'y Ba1)ti t hurch in 1949. We n ever 1ni eel l)ut 011e of those great annt1al meeti11g after that either. They "\VeI"' t in1e. of i11. piration and cleligh t e pecially whe11 ,ve cot1ld l)ick 0 11 Dr~. Finley. ,A.. t 1 leve l a11cl " ' aid ' 0 111 do,v11 to 1 harlesto1 n ext yea1~. ' ' ~ om - 011e immediately a. l{ d ' ' I-I o,v far . ' is it to ( 1 harle ·to11 1,' ' lil{e We t Virginia wa.c; . orn for ig11 ot1ntry. I\f y r ·ponse wa~, <'~ a111e di. ta11c as it ,vas for t1s to on1e to JI v - la11d . 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