The Ohio Independent Baptist, January 1956

J anuary 1956 THE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST P age Sev nteen HIAWATHA LAND INDEPENDENT BAPTIST MISSIONS By I EV. Ul Y J~. KI:'\ G, I}iredo r , 1100 IJt1cli11 gto n Ntrr r t , TD.-ea na ha, ~Iic·hi ga n • I wa. gazing: at a ma i of ,\ is– con in and t he l pp er P nin . nla of '.\Iichigan . I often . tucly map s ov– ering t hese ar ea. , bu t today, som e– how t hings we1·e di ffe r ent . Th e bln of the la kes seemed t o stand ont i n bold r elief and I said to my – . elf, " r his country is well name ] ' L an d O L a ke. '. ' ' r her e a r e in– d eed hun ]red of beautifnl lake. an d a. l sat ther e I thought, '' r h e f ish ing in t hose la k . must be won – derful fo r t ho. e who h ave t he oppor t u n ity. " , ~ ouldn 't I j11st like t o have a hance to fi . h . ome of them sometime . I have a lways loved to f ish, but f ind .·o Ettl op por t unity to do o. Th r e is ah vay. something mor e importan t i t seem. fo r me t o do. "N ever t h e– le .. I con f e., , I . at ther e dreaming of the beau ties beneath t he sur fac e of t ho. e lakes. An d t hen my min d carr ied me back to t he Sea of Galilee. J esn . wa. wa lking t her e on e day a nd H r ' ' saw two br t h ren , S imon call cl P et er , an d An lrev, 1 hi br oth er , rnsting a n et into the ea: for t h ey wer e fi..h r :. An d H e sait h unto them, ' Follow me, and I will mak you f ishers of men .' n d t h ey straight,vay left t heir n et s an d fol– lowed Il im.'' l looked at t he map again , bu t this t ime I was n ot looking at lakes an 1 s treams. Now l wa. see– in g c1t1 s, town s, villag s- va. t areas, and I kn ew that in t he ma– j ority of t hese p laces th e r e wa .. n ot a Ba pt ist t pi-; timon y- no, not a ny tru e t Pstimony fo r hrii-;t , a ncl my i-; pi1·it g roan c>d within me. Il ow (·onld it lw i , Vai-; it possible t hat no one <'. ared for th ese p eople '? Tl as t]w J;ord nevp1· ca ll ed a nyo ne to he a fo;lw r of nw n in th ei,;e 1101·the l'll pl ac·e>s ! Or has Il e ca llPd som e' b ut. th ey wo11 ld 1·ath er stay by t lwi.'. JWtS ! 'l'h e populati on of t lwse neglc> d c> cl a1·c•as is 111 ad c> up 1n·irnal'il y of wh it e peopl e' of man y Hati on a li1 iPH, b11t t hC'1·e iH a lHo a la r µ:e m1mlwl' of Inclia 11 1wopl e s(·atter ed thronµ: hout t h e• 11 01·th . \ :,; t o r c•li g iom; now p 1·c•s– C' ll l lt PrP, W<' fi nd th at t lw Roma n Cat holi c· 'l111reh has dornin a tt>d th e S('C'JlC' fo r O\'el' :300 year s. 0th I' c·o ld , ri t ua li sti c· g r oups ar a lso )lt'<'SC' llt a nd W<' f ind many c•hnt·l· h <'H LET DOWN YOUR NETS whi ch 1 a n h av ily towa rd a mod – ernistic doctrin e. · :F'aL e cult s ancl sec ts a r c a l. pre.'en t in man y p laces. \ 1cl to thi s the con – fu sed beliefs o f: t he Indi a n p opk wh o a1·e t horoughl y bewild e red !)~, an adrni xt u re of Cath olicism ancl spir i tisrn , a n 1 yo 11 ean readily SC'e why it is u q(e nt t hat. t hi s n orthe rn pa r t of o II r l n ited State. lie 1·ea ·h eel wi t h t he t ru e Gosp el. ,Ve send rn iss ionari s to So 11tl1 America an d Bnrope to r a ·h t he Ca t holic p eopl e, hu t h e re at home we let t h m go wi t hou t li ft in g: a fitlD'er t o g ive t hem t h e t ru t h of t he Gosp el of Cod 's gTace in Chri st J us . r he same is t rue in re– gard t o t he [nd ian p eople. ,Ve en cl mis. ion arie to ot her la nd · to r ea ch t he Ind ian .., but her e at h ome we ]o ever ything in our power to damn t h eir ouls. l\l ay God help us. ure– ly it ' ri o·ht to send t hese mission – aries to other l a nd. to r each t h e. - people. ( , ¥ e ·houl d . en d man y mor e! ) But why mn. t we n eglec t our own p eople . Are t heir . ouls of Jes. valu e in God 's . ig:ht t han t h e p eopl e. of other land ? The Apos– t le P anl fit tingly poke, '' \ wake • to ri gh t ous ness a ncl s in n ot , for some have not the kn owle l g:e of (locl . I speak t hi s to yo11r shame. '' ~lay t he 1.iord help us to sec t hat we must r C'a c·h our own p eople if we a re t o have a base st ron g enough to can y on our fo r e ign w rk . , Ve lo not m in e wo r cls. \V C' need missiona ri e.. to g:o to t hese ne cly f ields. I las Goel . poken t o y ou to leave your nets- ,vhatev r t h a t may en ta il , tlrnt I LC' may make of you a fis h r of rn r n ! r h er ar e no ·l o..ecl doo rs he r e- YE rr . H o\\' long will t hi s he so ! Com t o 11 ia watha La nd a nd do some f ish– ing. The po. si bili t ie.. a r e tr men – don s a n 1 we a re ·onfid en t t hat any i nvestmen t .. of li ves, money , or effo r t s of p r ay r will brin_g you clivicl encl . of eterna l j oy which .' hall he wi t hou t en cl. " 1.Jau n ·h out in to th e deep, an cl let cl own your n et.. fo r a ch angh t. " I JL1 k e :5 :-J. . Pl as e m ntion J'JJE OJLIO I N– DE P E1YDENT B lPT I , T wh 11 w1·it i119 our Adl' 1'/isers. It u,ill b . apprcc iat cl . CHURCH CERTIFICATES BAPTISMAL CERTIFICATES Per dozen- $1. 75 Jn c, er in crca ing number t h ] gul a r Baptist hurches throughout th e country a r using our Bapti mal er tificate . rt i a f older , colorf ul, wi th criptur rnrsc and a page fo r bapti mal r cord . ORDINATION CERTIFICATES II r i a neat c r ti fi a t uitabl for fram- ing, which has b come standa rd among Regul a r Baptist church s. Fifty cents, postpaid. 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