The Ohio Independent Baptist, September 1958

September 1958 THE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST Page Seventeen BEAMS FROM THE LIGHTHOUSE MR . W. H. KEI LER, lluntington City l\1i ion 1030 I-Iuntington, vVe t "\Tirginia eventh Avenue •• ( 1 r r ti 1 g. (1 a1· f 1·i e11cls i11 t]1 11a1ne , of Oll r ,,ro11- l 1· ft1l l Jord. It l1a , lJeen . ,,.e1~a1 111011th ~' i11ce tl1i. a1"ticle ha~ ro111e i11to yot11· ho111e: , ·ia tl1i · fi11e 1 1ag·azi1Je a11cl b,· t l1i · , 1 e1 .., ,. 0·1·a t eft1l 111i · ~io1 ar'{. . . ' Bt1t tl1 la,... ,, 1 eelt · a11d 1no11tl1 · ' . li 1) l1J.. a11cl ,,Te 11ever • 111 to g t e,·er:y·tl1i11g clo11 ,, 1 :h t1ld . 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