The Ohio Independent Baptist, July 1956

July 1956 THE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST Page Seventeen E PRICE OF DISCIPLESI 11P \Tia , ..,.ittoria olon11a 15A, Xapl e. . I tal),. William Lorene Ersiglia i: i11 t l1e fo11rth gracle of her eleme11tar)" :chool i11 Bag·- 11oli. Xaple. , Ital}·. E,·e11 at thi. earlJ· age :lie l1a 1 r o,.. ed to he a ple11did foll o,,·er of 1 hri. t a11cl l1a~ fait l1full,· ,,·itn e · ·eel for l lim to .._ lier 1Jla~·111ate: at ~·c hool. Ilo,vever , t11ere i: a pri e of cli. ciple. l1ip i11 Ital}" a11cl Er. iglia i 110,,· paJyi11g· it . Orie daJ· 0 11e of her I)la}"mate. aJ)IJroacl1ecl tl1e t eacher a11cl . ai 1, · Did }"OU kno,v t hat Ersiglia i: a J>rote:ta1 t ? I li,rr 11ear the t h11rcl1 a11d I sre her goi11g tl1 er r e, ·er)· ~1111daJ· ! ', "\\""he11 Er.·iglia ,va: a<..il{ <1Cl b,· the> teac·l1er if 11e ,,·a. a .._ ]>rote!--ita11t.. hf 111111 .· itati1 gl)· acl- 1nittecl it . Th e teac11 r (l ee icl ecl tl1at t l1e 111111 ·l1on lcl hrar abo11t th is. 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' ' ' l'hi~ is \\' h ~r <'' tl1e J)rol>I P111 rP~t~ lotla,·. l~rsiµ:lia h,t~ ">aicl thctt no .._ 111r1tt«>r ,rl1at l1a1>J>P11~ ~ht~ ,Yi ll rr· · 111 ,ti 11 t r l t <, t o ( t Ii r i "'t . I '111 "t t rt> HEBREW CHRISTIAN SOCIETY ( l11corporated ) 2524 Euclid Heig·hts Blvd. Cleveland 6, 01110 REV. ALAN . l\.IE1"' Al.,li' Director f{EV . J IOWAll I) A. K l{A lEI{ F uu11d 1· ''TO THEJEW FIRST'' (ll o111aJ1s 1:lG) Wi·itt fo1 ". tar of David" D pt. Ti that Er~iglia a 11tl her 111othe1· \Yill a J) J>r rc·ia te ~"011 r 1>r a~·ers. 1Tes. ther e i : a ()ric·e to clisc·ip1t>– ship. · · on1e, take llf> t l1)· ero:-i . a1 tl follo,,· n1e, , . . J f8tl. . aicl . ~\ 11(1 t l1a t er o:. is tl1P ~a111c, for all of 11. - it i. clra th to . elf. 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