The Ohio Independent Baptist, January 1956

January 1956 for this old world i fu ll of broken blee ling· hea rts gr eatly in n eed of hri t-like omfort and condolen ce. For in. tancE', how little the averag Christian con cerns him.·elf with, or s:nnr athetically r lates himself to the . uffering' of his brethren in C'ommnni ·t and Romanist ·onntries ·wher e many of Goel 's children are undergoing: as gr eat p r ecution a. any of the saint.· of old ever dicl. ::\Jay God forg·ive u s for our indif– ference and hard-heartedn ess . And t lw n we n eed to sh ed some manly tear, of CON CERN over th e sonls of lost men who have n ever h eard of the 1·edemption that is in Christ J e ns. rrhe Scripture says '' . ' H e that goeth forth weeping . bearing precious seed, shall doubt– le s come again with r ejoicing, bringing his sheave. · wit h him. '' rrhat not only mea ns tears of CON – CERN, bnt a correspondi ng ef– fort in their b ehalf. Someone has said, " vVe are indebt ed to every man to give him the Gospel i;1 the same measure as we have r e– ceived it .'' If s nch is the case, then hov.r great is the d ebt of Chri tians living in this land of Bibles and church es and Gospel preaching? And then th ere i gTeat n eed for t he . h edding of more manly tears of CON'rRITION over our sin s and . hort-comings and fail– ures, our lack of faith and love an<l devotion and humility, our lack of earnestness and nnselfishn es. and self-denial and kindness and of pity and patience and loyalty to our Lord. R emember how the A p ostle Peter, t ha t rugged individ– ual (whom no one could ever ac– cusf of being effeminate) went out and shed bitter tears of CON rrRT– TIO r beca11. e of his denial of his f_Jo rd. That weeping was not weak– ness, but those tears wpre t h e man – li est the apostle eve r slw<l a ncl l rou ~ht the forgiveness and hlPss– ing of Ood upon his Rou l. (' har1 es Die;kens in hi s hook " <lreat Expectations," tel18 ho"; the hero of the book , after a lot of selfish, sinful e;o ndnct fina l 1,· ' ., c·ornes to himself ancl sh eds somf bitter tearR of pen ite1we over hi s be– havior. The author th en goes on to say: '' '\\ e nec~d 1 evr1· lw a– sl1anwd of our tears, for thry ,He> like gentlP rain fall ing· npon the dry clrn;t overlaying our hard hea1·ts." \Vc> lwli eve Die.:ke ns n ev– Pr said a tru 'l' thing-, and that the 111a11hood of PVPl'Y real man is en – noblPd and made b tter by such aqueons expre>ssionR of sorrow and tc>ndc>rnesi-;, for does not the , '<;rip– turc> SHY: "Ronow is hrtter than laughtrr, for l>y t lw i-;aclnPss of tlw Page Fiv (HONORABLE MENTION) NOTE: The following ch rches have contri -:1 t ed at least $2.0') for each member en the r oJ. 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J_Jo rain ........................................... ............ ~5.00 1 e n11 elcl J u nc:t10n Baptl8t Chm· ·h, Lorain .... .... ............. ......... ....... 20.0 1 l~~eRRecl Hor e Baptist Chu r ch , .... pringfielcl .................... ..... .... .. ........ 20.00 l\ irst Baptist . Chun·h , Gallipolis .... .................................................... I :5.00 Ca Ivar\ l >ctpt 1st Clrnn·h, CleYehrncl ........ ....................... .................. 10 00 ~ ~1·ea Lapt.i st Chu r eh, Br rea ..... ........... .... ............................................. 10.00 I• 1rst Baptist . ( ' ht:n· h , M eDona Id ... ..................................................... I 0.00 C~lvary Baptist C'hureh, Norwa lk ..................................................... 10.00 Bibl e Baptist Uhureh , Heclfonl ......................................................... JO .OJ 1 r . fl. 0 Du 1111i11µ:, I ,odi .................................... ...................... ............ G 00 'l'rinit.v Bc1pti sl ('hu1·<·h. l.on1i11 ............................................................ :~:,o <·ou11t<~m1rn·P is t lw head nrncle lw1 - 1Pr." And in conc lusio11, as ' harlc's , 'pnrg-0011 c•ommr nt :-; 011 P :-;a lm -1:~ ::3 , wlwre Lhr writer of tlw Pflalm lamrnt fl, " :\]~, iNlrn lrnvp llP<'ll my 11· 2320 nH'H 1 day and ni g· ht :" --~,llty 111t'H1, h111 lwalthful to tlw soul." Pro111JJI 1·c11 e11•al of yo11r s11b scriptiu11 will be apJ,l'cciatcd by 011 r ('irc11lat io11 J)cpartn1 c11t.