The Ohio Independent Baptist, April 1957

THE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST April 1957 ~--------------------~~~-.~ - - - ------------------------~ - CEDA RVILLE COLLEGE (A Baptist Colleg·e of Liberal Arts) CEDARVILLE, OHIO Why Study History in a Christian Liberal A1·18 College? 1 , ,, ~. I .. \111 \\T\ ,. f1 ...\ 1) , .J:\ .B., :\f. r\ ., J>rofef OI' of Ifi. to1'y ' /)c (iniiio11 of' ll isf o1·,lJ 11 istL)r, .. l1,1s l1ee11 d :\ fi11ecl a. • · · ,111,· efft)I't to rrro1111t 01· de. e1·il1r • ,111~· 1101·t io11 or p l1c1s of tl1 e pa t life of 111,111l~i11cl. Tl1er e£01·e to l1e co11111lete, l1i.. to1·y 1n11 t po1·tr a)r ,11 l t 11,1 t is lt110,,.. 11 of ma 11 , 01·igin <111d de, ..elo11111e11t; it 11111 t 11ot 11e– ~:lect 011e pl1a e, 11or e111)ha. ize an– otl1e1· be~'"o11d it p1·op l" deg·1·ee. 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Also English, Music, Science, Socio! Sciences, languages and Athletics. Wri te For Free Cop ies o f "8vlle11n", No Obl,go tion. CEDARVILLE COLLEGE A BAPTIST COLLEGE t,/ LIBERAL ARTS CEDARVILLE, OHIO Rev. J. T. Jeremiah, Pres. . tate111e1 t i ~·ee11 i11 the hi torv of .. 1. 1 pai11. By the 16th e11t11ry tl1i. ·0111 tr,.. ha l l1eco1ne a 11nified a11d ._ pro perOll, 11atio11. I11 1492, hri. - tophe1" olu1 1bu. . aili11c, £01· • pain li ·cover ed the new wor Id a11cl ope11ed up a large area to colo11izatio11. By 157 4 , fli ponic . ettlement exi. tecl in pani.. h 1neri ·a from 1 alifGr11ia to hile. The xte11t of thi empire wa par– tic11la1"l).. 1-.emarkable ,,..hen it i r e alled that at thi ti1ne not one E11gli 1 F1"'ench, or D11tch ettle– me11t hacl obtained a foothold in t he we te1"11 hemi phe1--e. Hi:torJ" howe, 1 er r ecord the di integ1·at ion of pain' colonial empi1"e. 111 1- ~ the pani h Ar– n1acl a ,,,a lefeatecl li a trot1 ly l)) r the n11me1·i all,,. inferior force ~ ._ of E11g·land. The 11nprotectecl po - . e. io11 of pai11 0011 were y te- 1na ticall~v· pl1111de1-.ecl by the hip of 11a11y natio1. . P olit i al 1111re t in .. tl1 ·oloni au e l f111·the r dif- fi ·11lty an l k pa11i h a11thority i11 t lie .i-\ 111erica. l) ·an1e 11omi11al. or– ruptio11 a11cl gr--aft ,ver e o pre– , ·al 11t that la,v an l or cler became 11on-exi. te1 t in t l1e eigl1tee11th a11d 11i1 etee11th ·e1 t11rie. . The ~ pan– i h t1' ea 111 .. Jr ,, .. a clepleted and El1ro1ea11 011clition p1'e\"e1 ted ef– f ti, ~e 111ilita1 ..y a ·tio11 011 ~ pai11 part . B)" 1 30 tl1e di affe tio1 ,\"a ·01111 1 te a11 l pa11i h n1erica tt1r11ecl i11to a lan 1 of r ept1blic . :.\ fea11,, 1 hil E11gla11d olonized ea te1"n 4 T 01 .. th me1"ica, F1--ance oc– cupied anada and gained control over much pani h land west of the :\Iis i i ppi. Finally, after the r evolt of the English colonies, pain ,vas for ced to ell Florida, it la t t r onO'hold in North merica to the Tnited tate . empir·e D'O the colonial do- 111i11io1 of pai11 ,\·a of hort dl11--– atio11. ,r a1·io11 1--ea on ca1 be ad– ,Ta11ced fo1• t l1i.. l"'elativelsr l'apid de- 111i: bl1t the g·1,eat t ·a11 e in the ,v1·ite1· '. 01)i11ion ,,Ta the pani h XIJ t1 l io11 of the J e,". fro1n pai11. l 11 1-19~ the ;,.,. ar 1 pai11 lat111 jhed 1 1.. c lo11ial e1111)i1' th pa11i 11 ~ O'\r I' ig·11 ·Qllll11al1(1ec1 all Il011- a– t}1olic J e,,,, to lea, 'e tl1 e r ealm i11 fotLI' 111011th ·. l:>1·a ·ti ·all,"" all J e,,T .. let r1ni11ecl 11ot to abanclo11. their