The Ohio Independent Baptist, January 1955

_J~u_a_ry~_19_5_5~~~~~~~~~---~ OHIO INDEP~DENT BAPTI_ST~~~~~~~~~- PageSeven~e~ ociatio11 of Bapti t for vV 01·ld Evang· li m 1505 Race t. Philadelphia ... 1111a. Dl11·i11g· \V or ld \\Tar I I cl ot111 o· .. ""'I J a 1)a11e · e11gi- 11eer i11 ira11- c h 11 r i a vv i t- 11e... eel t.h Ba 1- ti n1 of 50 R11s- ia11~. F 0 1"' vear. ._ tl1i. T apti. ma l re11e l1a. . t11el{ i 11 h i.. 111 i 11 1. Ile wa. ' awar0 of th e bolcl11e of the e R11 - sia11.. All he k11e,v a bo11 t 13a 11ti 1n wa that it ,,ra. co11tra1·y t o tl1e r e– li<Yi011 of A.th i tic Ru. ia. "\\ 7 he11 the ,, 1 ar e11ded he and }1i ,,..ar-,~lidowed 111other w r e a1no110· ' ,""') the thot1 a11 l w 11 0 ame back to thei1· 11at.ive co1111try. ..c\ dicl 1no t of the other r e1)atriate they et– tlecl in the home to,v11 of the i1· a11ce tor . The you11g· 111a11 be an1e a 1\rlathematie.· teacher i11 the Hig·h ._ chool i11 K11rino outh Ky11 h11. Becau e he had tudied E;1gli ·11, it V{a: q11ite 11att1ral that he . hot1ld be on fan1iliar term witl1 a verv ., pretty E11gli h teacher· of thi . chool. K t1r·in o T ow11 i · a railroad ,jt111c– tio11 ,,,ith alJout 1 ,000 people. It is abo11t 1/~ of the way fr·on1 olc– uchi cit)' ,vhere I had bee11 holdi11g a Bible cla. s a11d our hon1P in Kag·osl1i1 1a C 1 ity. Duri11g t l1e fort)' 1ni1 1ttes ,vait each , ve l{ at this rail– roacl ju11etio1 I had tal{e11 t hi: OfJportunity to cli.. tril)ute t r acts f ron1 11011. ·e to l1011sr. I <:Otl l (l 11 ot find a 1 hri:tia11 or a si11 glr opr11- i11g· for a11J' I~il)]c) t la.·s. 111 a Sllla]} lll 0af.,tlrC f ('a11 llllClP1'8la Jl(l 110,v fJa,, icl J~rai11artl 11111st l1a,·e f e J as l 1 P t r i e1 cl t <J 111 i 11 i s 1 e1 r a 111 o 11 g th Nc~,v J~11 gla11cl I11 clia11s "\\' itl1011t a l<110,, 1 Jc 1 clg<1 of t}1Pi r la11g·11c1~e. 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( D111--i11g- h e1 .. rolle~ years . 1 had atte11clec1 a E11g li. l1 Bil>le 1·eacli11g· ,Ja. :. With tl1 loss of both h r father a11d 111oth r . lie tt1r11ed to hri tia11jty a11d I l1r– lieve it i ~ her d : ire to t1--11l1r . er, 1 e .. th Lor l J e tl. l1ri t. ) The pro- f e . or i111n1ediately a. l{ecl h er if he ,vot1ld lik a Bible cla.,. i11 E11gli. h for her pupil. . 1 . aid h e thot1g·ht th tow11 11 eed 1 avval{e11i11g, a11d tht1~ the Bibl e cla . b ga11 . J 11 tt1r11 l ,, 1 as SOOll t o 111eet th Math 1natics t eacl1er. .. 1 1120110 a 11. 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