The Ohio Independent Baptist, November 1960

_o_v_em __ be_r~,_1_9_6_0__________________~'l~H~E:::_:O~H~IO::_;I~N~D~EPENDENT BAPTIST • 1onday, October 17th, furnish ed perfect weather for all who wished to tra,,el to the Euclid- ottingham Bap– tist Church of Cleveland for our Thirt) 1 -Third Annual Meeting of the Ohio Ass'n of Regular Baptist Churcl1es . By 7: 30 a goodly number had arrived and the local members came out in large numbers, so that at least 300 of the 418 auditorium seats ,vere fill ed . The praise and prayer service was led by Pastor Donald Loomis of the Evansville chw~ch of iles, and his youthful zes t put some real p ep into it, as it did all through the rem ainder of the conference. Two fine due ts were sung by you11g ladies from the Cedar Hill church and a boy from Euclid- ottingham fur– nished a cello solo. Then came the ,vords of welcome from Pastor George Huffman, who facetiously gave us a "Southern' ' greeting from outh Gary, Indiana-«Ho,vdy." Our Moder– ator, Pastor Gibson of the Cal ary church of Cleveland, had sp e11t some years in "Gahiga.h" and challe11ged that form of greeting but assured the pastor that h e well understood the sincerity of the welcome exte11ded. Do\¥11 in Georgia they simply said, "Hif' ' The editor secret! y suspected that Pastor Huffman had learned his greeting from t elevision plays about Texas; but h e a lso felt as much at home as if h e had been w elcomed to a wild west ranch , where there are no strangers. Actually, Regular Bap– tists are as friendly in the East as any one could b e in the W es t or Southwest, where they say, "Howdy." We were all exp ec tant when Mis– sionary \ Villia1n Fusco arose t o give the first message of th sessio11s. H e spoke 011 "A Substitute R ligion." l-Jon1e from five year~ i11 Italy, l1e ~ cot1ld g1 apl1ic:~tll y portra)' th sub– stilt1te fo1 ll1e si111pl ( ~l1ristianily of t}1e l \ V rf ;\S lan1e11l t}l tlt }1e }1,tcl ]iv d a11d suff ~1 ed u11<l r. I-I ~ t<)<>k 1110s 5 :4, 5 a s l1is t :>x l :-.. Sc~ k ye 1n >, t111d y,j sl1 all li\•e· Bt1t s ~ =-k riot B tl1 ~I, 11c>r >11t ~r i11to (,1lgal , a11<l p ,tss 11ot l>y B rsl1 l)a." 'l,]1 :. trtt > " U}' t c> l1ea\'e11 is a s i11e ~r · s ·l<i11g ,tfl ~r ,o<l t] 1rot1g]1 J >s us Jl1ris t ; l)u t tl1 ~rr! ar > }Jol l1 JJ1 ot- t s l,t11l tt11 cl ,1tl1cJlic s11 l>~tilt1l ~s. B ~t}1 )J 111 ,111s I Ious c1f ( ,<)cl, ~111(1 J -su s l1ris l is botl1 door a11d 1 l otis · · of ;()d ; b,1t i11 tl1 =- days ()f A111os B tl1 ] l1 rtd }J .. ·0111 ,l }1ot1s of i<lol s, a,1cl so J1as l{o111a11 is1r1 todH)' . il gal mean , "Rol]i11g Away," a11d speak of tl1e rolli11g a\vay of the reproach of Egypt for Israel a11d of the world for u s through the sh d blood of hri t ; bt1t Rome has made the cross into an idol and its 1nany altars jnto means of sal ation . H e told how R e?J. Hall Dautel, our new Council C hai-rman Italia11s visiting his churcl1 would look around and say, "Wh y this house is nude " meaning it had no d ecora– tive images; and tl1ey would ask, "Don't you h ave an altar?" They could not understand that the cross of Christ outside the camp was our 011e and only altar a11d we n eeded 11one other. Beersheba means, "W 11 of the Oath," and speaks of the ure promises of God. I srael i11 the d ays of A1nos had mad that ,v 11 a shri11e anrl b y-pass d th t n1pl i11 J rt1- sal 1n to go ll1ere 01) long pilgri111 ,lges . Just so pov rty-stricke11 Jtali<11 s gc) <>11 lo11g pilgri1nagcs to s l1ri11 i11- s tead of lrt1s lil1 g to tl1 pro111ises <)f Goel. 011 girl l~11l<c-cl t<> l1i111 tl11d ftgr eel tl1a l tl1 Bibl \ ,ls tl1 \ ore.I of c;ocl, l)tll Stlicl, " I \\ill l)clic\ '(~ botl1 tl1e J~j})le ,111cl 1)1) c: l1 t1rt·l1 ." I l t'r t ~ ' l) -,tg(,> fri e1 cl s,1 icl , .. 1, if , c>tt l>e– li tl1a l fot1r a11cl fo\ 11 11\ ,tk~ e1gl1l, ,lr yot1 goi11g lo lJ~Ii , t:) rtl~c> tl1at it 111ak s 11i11 ?,, Y :.. t 111illi<>11s c)f _ 111(•1 i- ·,11 t 'a tl10Jics ti } l () l)el1e,·c.• l)(>t l1, <>r tl1i11k tl1 )' (le) 11ol rr·,1l1hi11g tl1al tl tt' ) a ·t t1,1l l} bc:l1c, ~ tl1t~ st1l >s tit t1t ~ 1 · – ligi<)11 <>f 1{0111 > ra tl1t•r tl1,111 tl1 c' \\orcl of ( ;c)(l. Page Five • TUE DAY A.M. Tt1esclay morning only a h andful was 011 h and at 9: 30! It's o h ard for n earby p astors and messenger t o get the morning ch ores done and drive ten to tl1irty miles in time , and the ot1t of range messengers staying in h omes find it difficult too. Why? W e talk too late and sleep t oo late ancl are too leisurely at breakfast– we're too fleshly and thoughtless ! Brother Loomis led the praise and prayer er ices for the mo t part and did a fine job , and so we won't men– tion them again. The morning mes– sage by Pastor E . J. Virgint of Grace Baptist in Troy gave a thoughtful mes age on Mark 2:1-12, «Working Toge th r 111 Harmony." The four tl1at ca1Tied the paralytic and let him down throt1gl1 the roof to Jesus worked together ju t as ,ve should do today in ot1r vvork of getti11g sin– sick folks i11 to the very prese11ce of Christ. W e mt1st have the am e faith a11d cleter1nination and willing– ness to work, overcoming all ob tacles . W e will do just that if ,ve h ave their faith in the power of Christ to h eal. Lost time h as to b e made up ome– \ h ere, and every year our Get Ac– quai11ted Time gets cut in half. Re . Allan L ewis ,visely sugge t d w wottld only have time to h ear from 11ew and visiti11g pa tors. It wa good to see C. Ricl1ard Phelp back with tis, 11ow that Iew Lyme Baptist h, · come into the as ociatio11, c:1nd Do11ald Worden of alvar Bapti t , FiI1dl c:1 , Darrell Bic of Litchfield Bapti t , ai1d L slie \ Veils of aJ ~11)' Bapti t of alen1, to me11tio11 ·01ne of tl1e pa tor fro1n the 11 ,vl)' r c i\ 1 d cl1t1rcl1 s fir t . Tl1e11 th re \\' re n w p a tor a11d old ,l • ·oci,1tional c11t1rcl1es, so111e i11 the t ate f or 11 nr- 1} a )'eclr ,l11 cl c> tl1crs jt1st tlrri\'e~l : .. ) ril 111itl1 o f I_Jagrt111gc Brt1)tist ~ (;corgc' llt1ff111a11 ,,,}10 \\' tl · ot11 l1c>st , l)~lslc>r of El1elicl-:'J()tli11g l1,1111 ; Jc>l111 1illl1 i111 <>f ( .al, ar) 13a1)l1~t . \! c)r- ,, ,llk ; 1\ r tl1t1 r H c>t1l.. c>f ~l,tr,111atl1,t 13,11)ti~t. "1)ri11gfie1(1 ; B. ( ' J e 111111lg~ <> l c:r,111,1111 J\c),t(l B,111tist. C' t1,ttl1<.>g:.t }, alls; ,111cl Il t\ rb t~1t \' ebl) ·1 <.>f ~1,1c<~ l1n1)l i'>t , llc>ck, 1{1, C' r. 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