The Ohio Independent Baptist, November 1960

Rel'. T. Fred Husse) Hes still our treasurer P ,l tor Dea11 He111·y of Bro"vn t. Bapti t of kron sang, HHe the Pearly ,,ate \\' ill Open " in hi rich bari– tone. The11 Pa tor Kenneth elson of orth Ro)'alton ga e a mes age of encouragement from II Thess. 2: 10- 3:5. He felt in the evil days in '"~hich \Ve live Hthe brethren" need con olation. As Beloved Bretru:e11 ( \ r. 13 ) \Ve need to realize ho\V much God loved us, and lo e each other . \\"e need to be Steadfast Brethren ( 15) and t I ~k to the Word; ,ve need the con olation of Christian hope and grace; and ,ve need to be established in the \\tord and in our work. A Praying Brethren we can overcome ,,ricked and unreasonable men ( 3 :1 2 ) . ' TUE DAY AFTER 00 T The afternoon ses ion began with a tirring message by Pastor John Reed of tryker on Love. He began by saying that as a young boy at home he got the idea that all Regular Baptists did ~·as fight, and that im– pression ~,.as not corrected until he came to Stryker. Pastors in the orth Bethel Association came to see him ' and he found them kind men. He went to the GARBC meetings iI1 Columbus in 1958 and found love and fellowship there. row he and his church have been in our fellow– ship for a year and they are very happy in it. Brother Reed used Rom. 13:8-14 as his text and spoke on the Debt or duty of Love, the Desire of Love ' and the Dynamic of Love. Love makes the burdens of the Law easy and the restrictions of the Law posi– tive Love of self led him as a boy 110 tc> ,, a11l t<1 l1 t' sa,, 'cl. a11< l lcl\ <' <>f ( ,}11 tst ,\llCl Cll llC'l \ l(' ,lCl\ 111111 llC)\ t<> ,, .111l tel rc'ac·l1 tl1<' lc1sl. I le ,n1cl i1 sc'111i11,11) l eacl1 t' t l1 ncl sr\1cl , ,.,1'110 })llr 111,lll IS lll t- 1 l)C)\\ 'C't'f\t l lllHll :· ,l llCl }1p l1~1cl fc>\111 cl a cl\111n1111c 111 lo\·~ tha t 111 t1cle tl1 rtt l ,1 l ' m r1l tr11 C'. Th l~erk l v \ ' c.,rsio11 tr,111sl,1t s tl1e l !tl1 , er. e like tl1is: "Be 11vclopecl in the Lo rel J SltS ~11 ri t , a11d then yolt ,, ill 11c) t care for th c1 sires of the fl ,}1. ,, ft r tl1i fi11 me sag by one of ot1r ) ' Ot111g pa tors, vve \ver furth r b]e d by the ingi11g of Mrs . r hon. \tVe needed both blessings, for oon we ,¥ere down in the valley, "'vre tli11g ,vith th question what , e hould do with the new offer of the Akron Bible Institute to sell us the Firesto11e Mansion for a Home for the Aged . They were so anxious to ell to a Christian organization that ----- - . • "i.'.'. ~ . • Rev. Glenn Greentoood Still our Youth Director I , ! l • I . I l ' I . • they offered it for $20,000 and the rest on a land conh·act at six per cent. That was a wonderful offer , but interest alone the first year would be $4,200, and with payments too, it seemed too much for the few churches that \Vere really behind it. After this public discussion under the leadership of Pastor Dean Henry of Akron, the Council of Ten battled it for se,'eral hours but at last voted to wait to try to buy a home until the churches show enough interest before hand to furnish the bListees with a good down payment. o figure was out in the motion, but it was felt that we should have $50,000 on hand before we even try to buy. That means there will have to be a lot of i11111 rc)\' e r11 ~1,t i11 011r giving l1al>i ts 0 1 it \\' ill tn.k 2, ·arsl , ]1 . v lost $3,50() <> 11 tl1is cff o, t , thotigh w tr,,st \ 0 l1nv~ lcar11ccl lcsc;o11s worth mt1ch n1c>re t l1r111 tl1nl. W c 11ow 11< V(' aro,1nc.l $ 14,000 0 11 1,t11cl aft r taking ot1r loss. cot1lcl l1av not1gh to go ahcacl in a v ry f w years if we rea lly 'vvant a IIom . Why blam the trus– te s for not goi11g aheacl, if we our– selves "vill not go ahead and give? L t's do it the right way from now on . After a wonderful duet by Rev. and Mrs. Thomas Wright of Sharon, Penna. , the time had arrived for Pas– tor George O'Keefe of Brookside Baptist, Cleveland, to take charge of the Educational Hour. Two good fri ends of us all sat on the platform, one as white as one with Welch an– cestry gets, and the other as black as the sons of Ham get. The race rela– tions were perfect , as they always should be in Christ-or rather, where race should not count, but the new man in Him. Pres. James T. Jere– miah had a wonderful story to tell of the growth of Cedarville College, and Pres. Walter Banks later told just as interesting a story of the growth of Baptist Seminary of the Bible in Cleveland. In seven years Cedarville has added four new build– ings-a chapel and three dormitories, made major improvements on all the other buildings, and added laboratory equipment and library books by the thousands. With 352 students th.is year and the prospect of more next year, more buildings will be needed, and a $500,000 endowment. President Jeremiah wanted us to believe that ,vith God,s help those things could be accomplished. Pres. Walter Banks reviewed the growth of his school since it began 13 years ago in a home. ow it helps to train pastors, Sunday school t eachers and church ,vorkers-some 300 of them each year-for the egro churches of the Cleveland area. Its students have helped organize new, fundamental Baptist churches, and some have gone to do mission work in other states and cities. Brother Banks is not only an exceptionally good class room t eacher, but a good platform speaker. He pointed out that even yet this school is de– pendent upon our support in many ways. Half of its board and half of its faculty come from our churches. With the leaders of the egro Bap– tist conventions strong for integra– tion and some of them radically mod- emistic also, this school can look for no help from them. They charge