The Ohio Independent Baptist, April 1958

I a <' F ttr THE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST_____~ ---- - April 1958 - Cll llTST'S GA 1• a , tt'r ~ 1111tic1 , ! 'I lll' 111P111l' ?- • • \\.. 11, tl1e ,,·t)l'(l" l)f tl1 f' ,111g·el () f t•)\l;'~t' - ' ' ll t' 1 ll l)1 ll Pl' l'. }fr i. ri~t.. 11. •• l~i~t'll frc1111 tl1<' t1l'cll1 ~ Tl 1 t' t t) 1111) i" c 1 11111 t~.. ! 'l l 1 o 11\ c1 11cl s of 1)ilgri111" ,1re ])Ol1 ri11g· .. i11to ~l r !·11 - , ,llt'111 t() , .. i,it tl1c to111l) fro111 ,,·l11cl1 Il t' i~ 1·i, 11. · ·1 11t ,,·l1i<:l1 tt1111l). 111c1~.. I a.l{ ? ' ' 1- 011 111c1)- eot111te1' l>)'" a. l{j11g:, · · Is t l1e1·t.. 1 111or t l1 c111 0110? ' ' 'l'l1e ,111~,,·e1· is. · · , ,,.. e ·, tl1e1·p c1re t,,·o. · · l;et 1110 tell ~·011 a lJ011t tl1t>111. 'I l1e11 , -011 111a> .. cl e ·iclc ,,·l1iel1 <)f tl1<1..'e t,Yo ._ tc>111l1... ~-011 "·ot1lcl 1il{c to ,·i it if ,·ot1 ,,. 1·e a 1)ilgri111 i11 J e1·11:a le111 · t l1i · E a ·ter ~ i1111 1a)T • lllOl'll lllg. 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The Ti111e. of Lo111011 p1~i11ted the f ollo,, ... i11~r 011 ,. •e1 te111ber 2 , 19:17 : The pli11th co11. i. t of 111a.., i,..e blo l{ of to11e 1--ecalling tl1e fi11e. t ,,..orlc of the Ron1an pe1·– io 1 a11 l the . ite ha lJee11 traclitio11- all,.. i 1e11tifiecl witl1 the citJ,. ()'ate • l1e. i l e t 11e W ome11 . To,,·er me11- t ionec1 i11 J o. epl1l1. , l)oolc ,r. It i l1op ecl that fl11--tl1e1.. xca,~ation will lJe 1111 le1~talce11 to omplet e thi i1n– po1--ta11t 1i. co,·e1'JT: wl1ich th1--01' 1 lig·ht l1l)011 tl1e 111l1ch di Cll eel ar– (·l1aeolog·ical p1'ol1le1n the po itio11 of the tl1i1·cl ,,all of .J e1·11 alem. Fl11 ..t}1e1-- ex a,,.atio11, ,,e1 ..e con1- JJl etec1 i11 1940 e tal)li hi11g beyond c·o11t1'a 1ictio1 that tlre third wall ,,·a. .·tan li11g~ i11 .J e. ll, cla3,. ancl t l1at tl1e p1·e. e11t Dan1a ·c11. Tate i bl1ilt 011 top of a gate of H e1--od lJ11il li11g . 0111e 1 J,.ea1\ lJef01"e the l)irtl1 of h1·i. t. 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