The Ohio Independent Baptist, June 1958

3 1'" 'l\v l ,re s i11 e tl1e laRt tin1 of ,vriting· Ollr l)cl tt ,1 lio11 l1a~ depa1'ted £1·0111 tl1c I l1ilip1)i11e 1. 1}111d ancl l1a ·1rri,·ed at l(i11,1,·ra 011ce again. W e ;ll'e i11 a. 11e,,- loratio11, amp Bi h– a~ra,ra. l1a,·i11g· 1110,·ed from amp ~~1l\i1·a11. \\...e l1a, 1 e a ve1·3,. beautifl1l ea111p r l1ape 1 tl1at holcl .100 .peo:ple. It i --= a q11on. et ht1t which 1 n1ce- 1,- dero1"atecl 011 tl1 e in ide. ' ...-! R e-1.., 1: it to t lie D 1l rlianis. I3efore lea, ..i11g: the Philippines it ,,·a ill}.. pri,"ileo·e to , ri~it a ~ eco11d ti1ne ,,..ith I)iC'lc a11d Ro e Durhan1 of ..AB"'\, ....E i11 )Ianila. W e had a o·oocl ti1ne \ 7 i. iti11g· and talking· ~f the thi11g· of h1·i t again to– get l1e1· . I al. o ,ri ited ,vith all the othe1· fielcl eo1111eil 1nember and got bette1· acc111ai11te 1 ,vith them. DjeJ{ took me 011 a tot1r of the ,·ario11 place.· i11 .Jfa11ila incl11cl– ing the 11ational c:en1et er3r ,,rhere 111a11Jr :Jia1·i11e a11d rr1en of the ot l1e1· b1·a11el1e. of t l1e .·er,,ice a i·e l1111·ied f1·om the battle of the Pl1ilippi11e I . ·la11d.· i11 W 01·lcl ~ a1· I I. I a 1. ·o , ..i ·itecl a11 evangeli. tic· 111eeti11g ,,he1·e allo11t 500 people atte11ded to hea1· the g·o 'Pfl of 1 l11·i. t i11 thei1· o,,·11 clialect. ...-1,l ofJi er ~lia1z cul' c1·. 'Il10 e11tir c 3r tl l\Iarine Di,~i. io11, F:\I:B , helcl it: am1ual mane1r,..e1". thi · , ...ear calleel .. PER... \.TIOX HTR j. TGBA K. in the Philippi11e tl1e fir t fe,,~ " eek of :\I arch, a11d tl1e11 ot1r bat– talion headed baC'lt to home ba e, • ISRAEL IS AWAKE! -- • ISRAEL IS WORKING! THE OHIO IND~DENT BAPI'IS==-=T~~~~~~~~~~~~-Ju_n_e~1_95_8 - - STERING TO MARINES OVERSEAS II • ~3rcl Batt r1lio11, :3r 1 l\ Ia1·i11e., :31·cl .Jfa1·i11c DiviHio11. } l\IF } 1 1 0 a11 B ranci co C 1 alifo1--11ia xv. WE GET OUR OWN CHL'\.PEL Ol<i11a,va. ,,rl1i ch it l1acl not . ee11 for ;31; 2 month . The maneuver i11volved ma11y 1nove from one plac to anothe1-- and a we moved about 11 time in all, I thought of Abraha1n and lc11ew how it f elt to pitch a tent and to be a a pil– g·ram in a stran<Ye land. 0 11,1· Prograni at B ishaga-wa. I am a mo t happy chaplain now that we have 1 .. et11rned to Oki– navva and that 011r battalion ha a chapel all of it o,vn. I enjo:} 1 ecl ha,..ing our ow11 te11t chapel_ .at amp Drift,vood in the Ph1l1p– pine , and am happy that we till have ot1r own chapel. When \ve ,ver e on kinawa befor e, a } 1 0U 1nav r e iall. "Te had to hare a chapel " Tith t,,To oth J' battalio11, and a r eg·imen tal h eadquarter "Thich meant that 4 Prote tant cl1aplai11 we1--e all ·ramblin<Y for a place to preach and a place to ,vork. To,v it i clifferent. A ch ap el. lo,re ly indeed all of Olll' o~rn ,vhe1,e I 1 ave £1111 po,ver to ca1·ry on anJ,. prog·ram for hri t I desire. ~ -re have omethi11g go– i11g on i11 the chapel from 6 :00 to 7 :00 p .m. 11ig·htl3'". Bible tt1d~y· i11 the bool{ of Ephe.' ian i 11oncla) 1 throt1gh Friday. ~ atl11--day night ,, 1 e go to Ol{ina,,·a-£01"- hri t a. a grol1p where we m eet ,vith abot1t 100 other, from all branche of the , ervi ce £01· a time of f ello,,- hip . " 11nday nig·ht ,v have a hymn . ing and Bihl m emo1·~,. work ti1ne. 111· r hoir p1--actice i . Frida~,. 11ight 1·ig·ht after Bible cla . . "\Ve have £1 .. om 6 to 10 Ollt 11ightly 11.. 11all}r, a11d hope to l)11il 1 it to more. (fph 5 : 14) T lz e ; :y ll 1icl ay P1·ogr·ani. n un– day ,ve meet at 10 :00 a.m. each ,veek for ou1" mor11ing ervice ,vhich i the large t of all Ollr ervice . "\\Te beg·a11 the fi1" t week with 33 then we11t to 36 and then on Palm llnday r eached 52. Fifty wa our f i1-- t goal and when ,ve r eached it~ h e had et 7,_ and then 100 and then ove1-- 100 and the11 we will have two er,,ice . We received $45.50 in freewill offering la t mo11th f 01.. th1--ee week and after taking care of our expen e local– ly we ent , 15.00 a a mi ionary ~fferin()' to the 11bic ervice- ma11 enter in u bic B a3 7 , Philippine where we were. Pra3r ,,ith 11 that the Lo1·d will ·at1 e the go pel of hri t to be . p1 ..eacl to n1or·e of ou1-- 900 men. I figt11-- e that we have at l ea t 450 Prote tan t . 1\,T e now have an organ and an organi t which add mu h to 0111 .. ,vor. hip ervice . W e have fini hed the t en ermon . erie on TIIE GOOD OL- IER F JE l -r HRI T and 11ow. after a.. e1·ie of pre-Ea ter and Ea t er e1·1no11 we '11 be tart- ing a erie. entitled ' 'l\10RE TH A. QlTEROR.._ which ,vill be ba eel on the book of ct . "'\Ve ,,,ill be examining· how the ·mall band of early h1"i tian achieved the victory de pite thei1'" hard hip p1--i,ration per ecution a11 d :liffic11ltie . It i expected that thi.. erie ,vill la t abo11t 25 weeks or 6 month " 1 l1ich will take 11 to 1 October 195 ,vhich i the date I am due to leave on rotation to the tate and H l\IE. The more the diffict1ltie and the di appointment we behold on thi mi ion field over ea the more appa1"ent become the mighty e, ,er la ti11g a1"m of God grace '\\ 1 hich a1"e TD ERJ. TE TH t1 . ' Who hall epa1·ate u from the ----- • ISRAEL IS LI STENING! love of hri t 1 hall t1'ib11lation 01· cli t1'e 01~ p er ecution or f a1ni11e, 01-- 11al{edne . or peril or Coul son Shepherd, D i r e ctor Send fo r your free copy of MESSAGE TO ISRAEL. ~ MESSAGE TO ISRA El, INC. (FOUNDED 19371 Box 682 General P. 0., N. Y. 1, N. Y. · , ,vor 1 ? . . . a3r in all the e thi11g\ ' ,\TE RE :\I RE TH .1_ 1 Q1rER R TIIRO II HI:\I TIIAT I-1 "'\ 7 ED r._ • (Roman :35, 37 ) . (Th vie,,r. exp1·e ~eel herein a1"e p et' 011al a11cl clo not nece arilJ" 1~eflect tho e of the l . . .i. avy) .