The Ohio Independent Baptist, July 1957

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'1 ,tl{r 111}· ) ·ol<<' lt l )<J n ) ' 01 1, a 11cl l i,tr11 <)f 111<1: f' or I ,t 11 1 111 ee l< a 11 cl Io," l,· i 11 t1 art : • a11c l .)·e :-i l1all fi11cl 1·est t111to ~·<)lll' ~<>l1l.1, , ( ~Icltt. 11 :~~ · 2!) ) , 1)ro,·i11f?: a 1·eal ble ~i11g. The g·l' eat– e t fi11a11cial p1·oble111 ce11te1· i11 tl1e ge11eral f1111d of the n1i io11 a11c1 ear11e t praye1' i 1·ec1t1e tecl for additio11al r egt1la1· gift" to tl1i."' J > h a. e of t 1 e ,,·o l' 1\ . SSIONS witl1 l ' OUr Ilelp tl1 FELLOWSHIP OF BAPTISTS FOR HOME MISSIONS R cl1ttr<.'h 1n rica \vitl1 ot111cJ Bapti~1 Cl1t1r<'l1es P .O. Box 455 Elyri,t, Ohio