The Ohio Independent Baptist, December 1955

December 1955 th e j 11cl gmc11t of th r Re 0 ·ula l' ] ap– ti st m('ssr 11 gr 1·s mi ~.d1t no t be r r li – a hle / In a ll proba hilit.v suc h in vita ti ons are r xtr nd ed not fo r th rsr r ra– sons, hu t m; a co urteou . gc ·tul'C t o eith er th r 11 011 - lfapti t church 01· its pa stor. ·w r most hearti ly a p– pro\' e a co urt rous r elat ionship w ith all •hul'chrs a 11cl pastors; howrvr l', dec isions reac hed a t a c·oun ·ii meet– in g in a Regnla r Ba p tist hm· h shoulc.l he t he wor k of r eprrse nta– ti ns from chul'ches of like fa ith a nd ord r r, wholly a par t fr om 11 on– Bapti t ad vi so rs. We c.l efi nitcly r ecomrn r nd aga in st a mi xr d co 1111 - ci I. --------- G1\ ~ ] IM l l Eve!'\' church and C'hl'istian fe llows hip has its" CJ ashmu .' The first work of Gashmu is r epor ted in t he book of ::\'e hemi a h wh e l'e it is wri tte n t hat tl! e enemi es of t he J ews se n t a let ter to 1\ehemi ah, based on th e I'ep ol't of Uashmu . A mod r rn Ga hmu attempts t o build up a r eputation as a n OI'al' lr by always havin g so rn et hin ii; new t o circ:ul a tr amon g the peop le. Some years ago a man promin ent in Ohio .Assoc i– ati on bea t a pat h to t he door of this ec.l ito r wa rnin g us of much crit icism a nd probable cl isaster , a d– vi sin g t hat: "t hey say,''-" every– body is of t he opini on "-" it is 1·epol'tr cl " a nd ''t he prople ar r cri t ical. " ·w e, f in all y g l'C' w wear y a ncl srt up a boal'd of in\'est igat ion whi ch bJ'oug· ht in t he I'epol' t t hat th r cri t icism ser mccl to l:e 11 te r i 11 t hr home of " Uashmu 's" J\Jother – in -la w, a nd t hat it d icl n 't exte nd fa r l;eyon d he r fr ont p orl' h. (Rhr late r (·o n frsse cl .) E \'C' r·,· l'lll1I'l'h a]l(I Chri st ia n fcl– lows hiJ) has its '' Ga<.;hmu," whi l' h provrs that t he t h ings wh il·h ha nd i– ca p th e• l' h11 n· h of t he p resc• nt an' idr nti l'a l with t he t h ings w ith whi l'h ( locl 's 1wop lr havr had to clo from t hr lwg in nin g . " An d Gas l1111 11 saith it. " :-,.Jr lwmi a h (j :G WP have• se<' 11 pro pl e of n o ·011 - S<'<p1 c•nc·c•, of 11 0 we•ight or in flur ner in any l' il'<· IP, lwl'omr importan t 111essr n~<' l'S of what '' Uash11111 saith." " Of c·o1 11·se, I have 110 fi 1·st -ha11d inf'o rn ia t io n, as thc•y wo11 ld11 't tr ll llH', b11 t wlH• 1·e thCl'C' 's smoke• thc• 1·c• 'i,; a lways fire , ancl you may lw s1 11·p t hat llw l'c's somet hing i11 t lw wi nd , a nd it c·p 1·ta i11l y rn 11 st hr t 1·11p wli c•11 1\ 1r· . So-a nd-so r c•– pPats it." T l IE 'l'lw attentio n of (.'O l H'J':-; B aptist s throughout the• <'ount r·y has beP n cP11tp 1·c•d ori t lw c·oul't rulin g in ihe THE HIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST ----- ~ge Th r · ~ orlh Ho(·ky 1\ lo1111t lh1ptist ( ' h11n·h (·asr, <:r<'<' 11 s hol'O, :"\o l'th ( 'arolin a, in whi l· h th r c·o 11rt l'lll c' cl tha t a min ol'it y o l' t lw nH'mhr l'– s hip l'O tr ld ovr l'-nrl c' t lH' n1 r1j o rit y's votr to wilhd l' aw 1'1'0111 th e Nouth – l' l'11 Haptis t (' 011 Vl' II t ion. Wh iC" h 111 rc111 s in r ff peL that if tlr r nrnjority vot rs t o withdl'aw that tlr r min or– it y, 11 0 rnattr l' how f'c, w i11 11 11111br rs, n lll hold th e J)l'OJ) <' r·t .v. With o11l q urs ti on th e l'll li1 1g s tl'ikrs a t 1hr hc'.-ll't o l' th r pl'irwip lr o f " loeal a 11 - t·onomy ' ' hy nrnj oriLy votr i11 Bap– ti st C'h11l'chrs. lf1 Hlr 1· s ul' h l'1rlin g it would br imposs ible fo l' a loc·,11 c·h ul'l.: h t o sr ve r l'r la t ions wi th th r d r nomi– nati o11 , with o11 Llos in g t hp p1'opr r ty. l II t hr easp at hand :241 votr d fol' wi t hcln1wal a nd 1-1-4 vote d again st it-. It is th r opini on of' a ll in – fol' rned Bap t ists, wh r t IH' I' favorable or un favo rabl e to th r fad ion wish– in g· to wi t hd raw fr om th r co nv n – t ion, t hat t he rulin g ovr r·- ricl es ha ptisti c pl'in l' ip lr. Co urt,; in Ohi o a nd most ot hel' sta tes, ha vr r rcog- 1 ized t he J)l'irw i.plr:, un clcl'l y in g th l' st ru ct 11l'e of a B.-1pList C'h11 l'c:h a nd lrnvr uph r ld th e 1·i ght. o f a ma jo l'i ty to dctc l'm in c p olic'.y. l) 111'i11 v; 0111· vi s it in S l. l'r ter s– hurg, F lorid a. last \\'intr l' we h ad c·l osc frll o\\'ship with tl1 r pas tor and p ropl l' of CP ntra l l' rrsbyte rian ( ' hul'(· h, in de pende n t. .At t hat t im e t he l'l'eSb)·te ri a n ('lrnl'd1, So11 th , hacl rnte red suit i11 Uw lol'al co ur ts to g l'as p the highl.v va lu ab lr J)l'O])– <' l't~· of th r con J.!' l'rga ti on, in fal·r of t he' fal't t hat th l' s it r wa s lef t to th r c·ong- regation hy a clrc·casec1 membel', a nd t hat th r ck r cl was macl r out to th l' t l'llSt<'<'s of t he (·hnl'c· h . ,111d t hat th r rn lu a hll' bni ld– in g·s h ad bee n e rcdc'd h.,· th e J)l'<'S– l'Ji t-gr 11 e rat ion mcm!Jr l'ship . \\Tc' now have not il:e th at th r ( ' in·ui t C' oul' t of t he clist ri l't in its rulin g J)l'Otc'C'tcd t hr in tc rrsts of t h r c·on – g' l'rga ti o11 a nd a ll owl' d th e' denom– in ati onal pl'irH'l's a11cl noblC's t o sta nd <' rnp ty ha nd r cl . 'l'hr rulin g sr ts a prl'<·c'clr nL whi C' h wi ll se rve to g 11id r ot hel' l~ihl c believin g <· lrnn·hrs in t hr stale of l•' lori cl a. \Ye' t'l'g'I'<' ( LIH' rH'<·ess it y l'or l' lim– ir rnt in g m 11 t· h f in(' mak l'i a l i'l'orn th is isS II (', i1H' l11di11g '' 1\ ll1 s il' l 11 'l' h(' ( ' h11reh," !Jy Hc•v. J\ll c• 11 1\ 1. ( 'hl' l'ry , a lso st'V<' nil l'i 11 c' 111 iss iona '"' ,u·– t it· lt•s. '!' his (·OJ).\' wi ll he• 11 sec'l 11 Pxt 111011t h . 'l' hl' pd ito ri a l o l'l'il·P is a l– ways looking· l'onvan l to a t ime wlH•n thr nrn gazinc' wi ll lw a stand– anl :24 page p 11hl il'a t io11. THE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST l'11 1Jl is h r d Mo nt h ly hy 'I' II ,,; 0 11 IO Mlf-lO(' I i\ ·r ION O r~ J?J,;(;[ J l, 1\ 1i n i\ l''I' IH'l' UTJ lJ IW II l~H 1' 11 1Jli C'a t ion Off ice 11 0 11 J,;. Oa k Ht., H ut l< 1 r, In cl. 11 . I(. l•' IN L l~Y, J•; d itor 120 Pa r k Aven ue J•: Jyr ia, Oh io ( 'ir(· ttl:1t io11 1\l :tnagP r MRH. U/\ HL "\V. 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