The Ohio Independent Baptist, December 1955

THE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST HINCI(LEY RIDGE CHURCH REJOICES Su nday, November 27, Hl55 was a day of r ejoi cin g fo r the peopl e o!' th e ] Lin ckley H i cl g e Bap t ist hurch, of whi ch Rev. Ralph tear ns is th e pastor. It wa. t h e clay of dedi cation fo r t he n ewly er ected p a rs011age. 1/ or11 i 11g , 'e n·ic lt wa · th e pri vil ege of thi s ed iLor to deli ver the morning· dedicator y message and preaching was easy " ·ith the a ncli torinm fi lled to ca- 11acity a nd eve ry fa ce g iv in g test i– mo ny of t he j oy with in . Pastor ·, tearn ca ll ed for i\1r. Jame John – son, chairma n of th e tru stees a ncl Mr. J oe Chode ra, chairman of t h e f ina n committee wh o spoke bri ef– ly, and i\Jiss Ann a Eastwood bein g p r e en t, mad e a few t imely r e– marks in review of her valued se r v– ice wi th t he church. ·w e were late r in fo rmed that t he mornin g of– fe rin g, all of which was placed in th e parsonage fund , amo unted to more t han *300.00. i\Iany visitor s from E l.vria , l.1o ra in, Medin a and Clevela nd were prese nt . 1:;,ollow– ing t he s rvi ·e, all assembled in front of th e p ar sonage and this ed– itor offered t he ded icatory praye r. r\ t noon the congregat ion as– :,;embled in th e church dining· r oom and enjoyed a bou nteow; dinn er , such as t hat fo r which t he church has been famou s for many yea rs– seemingly ever ythin g t hat the eo 11n try and city market di spe nses, prepa red fo r se rvin g by some of the best coo ks in nort hern Ohi o. Th .l f l ernoon , 'e rl'ice F or on e hour a nd th ir t\' minu lt's (lu rin g the afte rn oon; Pastor 8tearns and th e, choir prese nted a sacrc>cl ('O nc:e rt, s upported at the' Ralph Sit ams pi a no b\' ~l1·s. ~la rian I lav11 c>s. Thi s choir normal ly c·ons ists of th irt,v voices a ncl thc>ir spc>('ia lized p rog ram h as !Jeen enj oyc'd in nHlll,\' C' hu1·c:hes of J feb ron AssoC'iation . a nd at t he <l rafto n Pr iso n !•'a rm. '/'Ii e , ,arso nay e 'J'h .Rev. Ralph 8tea rn s bc>t·anw pasto r of th e llin c:kl ey Ri clge Ba p– ti st Church in 19.J.9 ; howeve r, he c·ontinued to l'es id e i11 l<~ lyria unti l .Jul y of th e p rese nt y c',ll', wh en th e 11 ew parso11age ·was eompl ett>cl. This is a rn odn11 , spac·i o11s and well loC'atecl home, adjaC'<:> 11l to the housc> of wo rship . 'J'h c> land was g i\·r n t o t he ehur (' h by a nPigltborin g fa rnw r a nd t lw house Prc•ded tlwre e·ost *15,000 .00 . Rc'Y. a11cl }l rs. S1t•ar11s an• n'r.\· happ,\· among th e> ppop le and de– Ii JhtNl with th e> 11<:>\r hom t>. \\' e precliet that tlw wor k ,rill t·o11tintH' lo mo\·c> fo rward a11d that 1111it,\· arnon~· thc> 1wop l<' wi ll t·o11ti11t1<· t-o eharader ize thC' tes tin1011,\". GIFTS TO OHIO ASSOCIATION REV. VERNE L . DUNHAM, Treasurer, 227 Kansas Ave. , Lorain, Ohio Calvary Baptist Ulturc:h , 'lcve la11d ...................................................., · G.00 Be rea Hapt ist C'lJLll'(·h , Ht' t·ca .......................................... ... .................... I0.00 A<'it·st Baptist Chul't·h , (:aJlipoli s .... .................................................... l(J.00 .1Grnman11<'L l~aptist ('h111·eh , 'l' ol<' do ................................................... 12.i°)() 'al va ry 13a ptist C..:h11 1·e h, No r walk .................................................... G.00 Iol'th Hoya lto11 Baptist C..: hurC' h .................................. . ......... ............. 2.(10 C' edal' Jl ill Bap tis t C..:h 1n·<·h , 'lc•vc la11cl .................................................. 10.00 J~nc:lid- Nottingham Baptist ( 'lturc: h ...... ......... ................ ..... ... ...... 5.00 w EsTERN BAf l, 1 tLTE:~BLE A hrislir111 Ed11wl11J11 Jor Life t111(/ e1·vue 0 ome to this 11rowing institution beauclfully situated in the 0Jkland – San Francisco Duy area, a spi ritual crossroad 0 Departments in Bible, Missions, Sacred ~luslc, hristiun Education 11nd Pastoral work, AB. & B .Th. rcgrce.; aLo 3-yr. D,p)oma courses. CATALOG FREE - Write today, address H, O. Van Glldor D, D,, Pres,, 52S 33rd St, Dept, OB, Oakland, Calif. Pa~e Seven \IOHl ,\11 M.;~O( ' l.\'1'10 .' ;\ llrn'l'~ .\ 'I' ( '0~110( "1'0:\ 'l'IH· .\l ori,tl1 ,\ ss<H'i,t!io11 llld 111 tilt' ( ' lt1·i stia11 lhtpl ist ('hul'c·lt ol' ( 'os lt odo 11 , Oltio, 'l'11c•sda.\' <'V<· ni11 g·, . 'ovt'111lic> 1· 1 :i wit 11 a good l'C'p 1·c>– sc• 11tat io11 ol' til e• ,tl'l'iliat C' d c· lt111·e· ltc>s. 'l'hc• 11 c•w l.v C' lc•t·IC'd ~loclPt·atol' , He•\'. .illarsltall I larpC' r , pl'e•s idC'd a11cl 011'<' 11 l,0 1\·!' 1· was i11 e· harg<' ol' t·Otl!.!J't•gatio1rnl ,111d sp PC' ial 11111sit·. (:11t>st s pc>al<C· r for lh t> 11wC'li11 g was tlw l{e•\'. !l,tll llaule l ol' l'ol'ls- 11 10 111 It , wlto J)l'<'S<'t tl ed a11 C'dif',vin!.!· lll<'S ,,1!.!<' ltasc•cl on '1 c>vc> lation 1 :17 , lK, and l'a\'Ol'C'ci [h p dc> Jc>gah•s wi(IJ t \l'O so lo 11\lllll H' l'S on the, piano. 'l' hc' llc•t·e• 111i>C'r 111 C'd in g was Jl('ld i11 ( 'alval'y l~apt ist ( 'l111n·h, 1~.\'C",– \·ill <>, Ohio, l)pc·emhC'r 11 tit. 'l' ht• lkc·c> mlwl' 111c•t>I in g was u11d e1· di – l'Pd ion of' He•\'. 1larold ]l ouse> , tH'\l'– ly c>lc>dc'ci direC'101· of' yrrnng 1wo– ple 's \\·orl<. 'l'h c' .J a1rnary rn c>C'l in g is sc·hc> cl11l t'cl to be held in th<' Sc•c·- 01HI l~a pt ist ( 'h \ll'(·h, ( 'amh l'i clgc•, .J a1111a1·y 17th. l'ro11111/ rriu INtl of !JOllr su/J– scri1,tio11 u,il/ be aJJ/ll"tcial cd /Jy ow· ( 'irc11la/ion f) cpal'lmcnl. Our Lord showed His perfect understanding of human nature when He said that " the children of this world are...wiser than the ch ildren of light" (Luke 16:8) . One evidence of the accuracy of this statement is seen in th e vast amounts of money that modernists ~our into their S minaries, that their cause may prosp r and prevnil, as compared w ith th0 trickle of finan– cial upport God's own people give to Hi tra inin g school . Do YOU see the wisdom of hav– ing trong, well supported schools which ::i re true to God's ·word'.' We have a school which is unequi– voca lly committed lo the Word. You have th e fin ances to support it. L et's get together . SEMINARY 5 YEAR THEOLOGICAL COURSE B BL • INSTITUTE