The Ohio Independent Baptist, October 1960

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A pra} 1 er attended the prospect of the completion of my studie at semi11ary, the Lord led back to the C le \ 1 ela1 d area for pre-medical studies a t BaldvviI1-\Vallace College in Berea , Ohio. I h ad a ked the Lord for $150 \\'ith which to tart coll ege. The d ay before I \\ 1 as to leave Endicott, N e\v York, I had only fifty ce11t ; bt1t in faith I , va p acked and r eady to go. I felt I h ad to kno\v by experi– e11ce that H e could supply m y n eed in \vh a t eemed the la rge thing as \Vell as the s1nall. There had been little con\'ersation \vith o ther about th i need. On the las t d ay of work, ii1 the mid t of fa rewells the presi– de1 t of the medical staff h a1 cled me an envelope a h e said goodbye ancl l1ook h ands . La ter upon openi11g the e11\.·elop e-well , you know \vhat I fou11d-exactly $150! Thi excited me and made me tha11kful to the Lord, for 11ot only h ad H e answered , but H e answered a sp ecific prayer in a Miss ionary Jim Willson Wins a Victory 1)l1 r i11 g tll (' tll <>11tl1 c> l l tlv, l ~) (i () , tl1 c· l •~ rn11t·ts<·,111s c1 f Jtl tl / (' tt <> l)c> c>rl e la1111<.·l1 "tl n. st~ r i<>11s 11C' r 'iC't' ttli c> 11 t' fl c>1 l (1gn 111s l lllf' lc)(',ll l>c\ li ' \ crs. rl ,}1 llC'Xt t l ,1, tl1 ' r ' HI) l)C n.r t'cl i11 C) ttr 11<) 111 tl1P c· it, tl ltllt c> ril i<.'S tl1 1,t)' <) r , .l1ic' f <>f l)c) li('t', J i. lric l J tt clge, 1\ttor11 , ,11ttl n f e,,, i1111)<)rt t111t 111e 11 of t]1p t'it} 1 - tc> cl i sc11 s ,, l1 ,1t t'Ot1l cl l) cl c>11 f\ '"I 'c> 111 it,, a .. \ 1 r y cl a r wha t l1ot11cl 1) c.lc> 11e. ,.fl1ey . l1ot1lcl 11pl1olcl tl1e lrt,,r c>f r ligio11s lil) rty. Brazil is a cl 1nc>crac, ,111cl l1a ,1 co11s titt1tio11 n1ocl I d aft r tl1a t of th U11it d t clt of me ricc1. Bt1t t11e e-lt1t1 orities \\ r e r elt1c t,111t to clo thi \vithot1t ome ort of compromise. o b egan a pla on our part t o e 110,v 1nuch of Ottr rigl1tft1l libertie w cot1ld main– ta in. T o b egi11 witl1 I asked their p er– mis ion to read a part of the gospel that ,vot1ld h elp that which bothered the e men , tl1ey gave it graciously, so I began. "I kno"v tl1at yot1 men are Roman Catholics and are under the impres– sion that along with civil law you are obligated by canon law, and when the t\.\ 1 0 clash, as in this case you have the religious conviction that yot1 must favor that of your church. The priest occupies the place of God in thi world of yours. But please per– mit n1e to read a portion of Paul's Epistle to the Roman church, chapter 13. ote, gentleman, that this let– t er was addressed to the church in Rome dt1ring the adn1inistration of the oppressive emperor ero. Let us read as Pat1l d escribes the God-given place of civil authoritie . ' 'Le t e very sottl be subjec t unto the higher pow– ers , . . . the powers that be are or– dained of God. Whosoever therefore that resisteth the power resisteth the ordinance of God. " Then I read verse 4 to tl1e effect that the c ivil authority is the minist er of God, a cleacon of God. The mayor moved to the edge of his chair as I began to prove the fac ts tl1at God has di ided authority for the well be ing of ma11 a11d that civil authority wa 11ot subject to the cht1rch , but to God l1imself- that tl1e specific way. Great indeed is His faithfulnes . My little car virtually fl ew to Cleveland after that. The Lord ,va faithful in providing for my n eed~ all through college and later through medical school at Western Reserve . 111a) ' <l 1 <lr j,1clg 11 ,lcl le> g ive' ,111 ac– co t111l tc> ( ;c>cl- 11 <> l le> l11s c l1t1rc; l1 for l1is t1cl111i11i~ l1 a l1 c>11 <>1 c.· i\ 1 il l tl\\r. 'T'liis ,, a<; 11 e \\' tl1i11l i11 g f c> r lh('s 1n ,11 . It g,1\.(" tl :l1ris li,l11 l>as is fc) r ll1c s·pa– r ,1 l1c) 11 c)f t· l1,1rc:l1 a11cl s t,1tc. ll 1n 'a 11 t tl1 ,1t tl1")' t'C)t1l cl ex rc·isc the 1~1\v \vith– <> ttt v ic)l,1lio11 t el tl1e ir r ~li gic> tl 'i cc>u- • SC' l CllC:C. o ,ts C)t1r 1 go lialic>11 s l)egan , ,v agreecl t c> li1nit 0 11r 1n li11gs to our c:l111rch for ,1 time. o th y left and \ V 11t to , ·isit th Fra11cisca11 co11vt>11t. \ ha t h ,1ppe1 ed there was most i11- teresti11g . La te r a atholic d entist gave me the s tory. They ,vere received with the utmost arroga11ce, and were upbraided for not helping the friars in their p erse– ct1tion of the believers. The judge replied that Brazil was a d emocracy. The Italian friar stated that a de– mocracy \Vas when the majority crushe the minority. So the judge read from the Brazilian constitution the contrary. The reply of the Fran– ciscan was that h e did not hold with such laws. At this the mayor could contain himself no longer and ex– pressed himself in a manner warmly to the heart of one loving liberty. So the persecution stopped under the arm of civil lavv applied with ew T estament authority. Democracy in Latin American coun– tries is considered by most Latins as iinmature a1 d incomplete. Most of them give as a reason the ignorance of the masses. In reality, it is the educated class that violates demo– cratic principles; and the reason is that democracy and the Roman Cath– olic Church are incompatible. The latter maintains the basic dogma that all governments derive their power from God's place on earth ( the church ) . American democracy states that the government receives its power from the people being gov– erned. May it be that Lincoln's wish- "That go enunent of the people, by the p eople, and for the p eople, shall not perish from the earth"- shall never cease to be nue to the United States of America! • You ask, " hat of the missiona1)' call?" vVell, I must answer that next month. I b elieve that is just as im– porta11t as salvation and education. and next month I will sho"v how clear– ly God led me until I could not doubt that he was calling.