The Ohio Independent Baptist, January 1961

f ·::.-Ta_nu_a_rt_,_1_9_6_1____________ T_H __E...:.._:O:....:.H=I~O_:I::.N..:..:D=.:E:::.PENDENT BAPTIST Page Seventeen YOUTH RALLY E TR GOOD o,,e1nber 25t11 ,,,as a b autiful day and abot1t 700 )'Ot1ng people, pastor a11d adult cou11 ellors came fro1n all o\·er tl1e state to the Dw·ling chool i11 the Pe11field Ju11ction section of Lorai11. The afternoo11 program ,,,as i11 charge of Youth Director Green– \\'ood a11d the si11ging in ch arge of Lyi111 Roger , ,,ri th Gail Smith of Elyria at the pia110. It ,vas run like a talent sho,v, ,vith many of the groups respo11ding to ilie challe11ge ,,,itl1 choruse , or fumishi11g special talent for solos, b·ios and quartets, and musical numbers. The headliner for the aften1oon \\'as the Bible Quiz con test on Phile– mon. We never knew so many que - tio11s could be asked on that short book of the Bible. There were 23 girls and 13 boys from 36 churches in the contes t and they ju1nped tip so quickly to ai1swer tha t even the two watchers could scarcely t ell who had the floor. The ,m.nner in the afternoon was Shirley Branscum from Faith Baptist of Amherst with 4 points; second, Paul Re110 of Blessed Hope Baptist, Springfield, with 33~ poi11ts; third , Jerrie Dolquery of Em– manuel Baptist, Toledo, with 3 points; fourth, Bill Mills of First Christian Baptist, Coshocton; and Fifth George Pollitt of Huntsburg Baptist with 2 points. The banquet was h eld in the gym and provided an ambundance of roast beef, mashed potatoes, salad, cake, and so fourth ; and then the tables were cleared out and the place turned into an auditorium, since tl1e regu– lar auditorium was much too small. The bleachers on the two sides provid– ed seats for about 400, and about 600 V\ 1 ere seated on chairs on the gym floor. We are sure we have not missed it over 50 e ither way, for we cou11ted all on one seat of the lJleachers and multiplied by 8, a11d tl1en all the chairs in each row and multiplied by the 11uml)er of rows. Tl1is old ditor 11ever be lieved jn cc)u11ti11g folks "eva11gelisticallyl" Agai11 Gre nwood presided and Rogers Jed the singing, and we had \Or11e fir1e 1nusicaI sp cials. W wisl1 'A· ~ l1acl tirne l <J 11arne tl1em all . Th Jlay-off 0 11 tl1e B1lJI Quiz w~1s ,1 1 v J y af f ,t11 , w1 tl1 a tie f <>r firs l place Je tw ""ti Pati l Re11<> , t11<l J rri Dol– JU .)r)' · '1'11 "'Y l>oll1 g => t .1 fr '.>e week t a1np I)a t111os 11ex t s u1n111 =>r . \V 11igl1t ,tlso :1dd 11 r tl1at th :> tra v I r<JI)1t}' \V 11t to 'l "c>111pJ ~ B,tptist of Ju i ts111011 tl1. s :>co11cl lo M ~111<>1 i,tl B,11)– J~t of ( (Jlt1r11l)t1s. ,t11cl tl1ird to E111- na1 u :1J li,tf1ti st cJf J)~t} tc,11 '] "}1 11 tll Y()utl1 JlaJJ), did so111etl1i11g t 11 v r dicl lJ<~fc,1 c· -1) ·ca111 a 1 ·gisla- ASSOCIATIO AL TREASURER'S REPORT Balance October 1, 19.59 ... ..... . .. .. . ....... . .. . . Receipts for the year: $ 207.67 G 11eral Ft1nd ..... ... . .. . .. . . ... . . . . .. . . .... $3,575.19 Magazine Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,445.97 Aclvertising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 530.70 Missio11s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119.36 6,671.22 ------ - - ---- $6,878.89 Di.sbursem nts for the year: General Fund ....... . . .... ......... ...... ... $3,351.24 Magazine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,287.46 Missions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119.36 Ba]ance Octoher 1, 1960 . ... . . ... .. . ..... . ... .. . .. . $6,758.06 $ 120.83 wnber of churches contributing 67. Our b·eas t1rer, T. Fred Ht1ssey has fw11ished us a breakdown of ex– p e11ses, bt1t sp ace forbids more than a brief statement that only three items were more tha11 b are mi11imums: the editor's salru·y ,vas $1,775; printing costs of the m,1gazin e $3, 172.51; and travel $832.23. Office, phone, and promotion ,vere togetl1er 011ly $591 .88! We do1 't think any association of over 100 churches iliat publishes a magazi11e can b eat that for tl1rift. He also fur11ishes a11 interes ting comparison of ilie last six years tha t we do 11ot have room to publish, but since 1954 our general receipts have grown from $1,455.32 to $3,575.19; our subscription income from $1,- tive forum and elected Dave Gower and Jen ·y Bonzo of Portsmouth as editors of our Yot1 th Page. Across ilie page you see their first month 's work and we can see they ar,e going to equal Paul Gonder and Dale Har– hager. Of course, with more co– operation from your yo11th groups, counsellors and pastors, they ca11 even do better , for ot1r first Yot1ili editors got very little of that. The message by Pastor ile Fisher of Dayton w,1s both appropria te and povverful-a plea fron1 E cclesiastes to tur11 from sj11 and wor]clliness a11d not make the mistake th,1t Ki11g olo– mon made . H e sot1ght for l1appir1ess tl1rough l1onor a1cl f ai1ccl, ,is Ph,1rac)h /111111/ I //I fl/ 11111/1: "llflJl i l//1111 Iii IIJJ!!II I/ 1 // j l//1111 ,, I I J 11 '1111 1111. ,, 989.85 to $2,445.97; But our advertis– i11g income has gone down from $730.77 to $5.30.70. Perhaps we should ,vork harder to get advertisi11g, but a t the cheap price \,Ve have cl1arged it has hardly bee11 ,vorth while de, 1 oting space to it. O\V \ve have raised it to $2 a colt1m11 inch a11d ,ve ,vill see what we ca11 do. Ho,vever , until pastors help us get more st1bscribers, there i little use b·ying. We ha,,e sent out ma11y sample copies to adver tisers b ecause we feel tl1ey will be atb·acted by our fine paper and lay-out; bt1t ,vhe11 ,ve have to tell them our st1bscriptio1 list is les than 1,700, we seldom hear from them J o again , help us out, preachers: IT I YOUR MAG ZI E! and Alexander a11d all other honor seekers failed. H e ought it throt1gh wisdon1 a1 d fou11d much lear11i11g 011ly i11creased sorro\v, just as J oh11 tt1art Mills lear11ed i11 our cl,1y. He ot1gl1t it througl1 \.vealth a11d became a bil– lio11,1ire, but it made hi111 1niser,1ble. He tried pleast1re and had 1,000 wiv . and concubines, bt1t fou11cl it anit)' · At last l1e decided tha t tl1ere \,,,as 01 ly 011 ,,,,1y to b happ)' a11d tha t ,va to fear Goel ,111cl clo right. H ,1ppy i the yo1111g per 011 , ho lear11 f ro1n tl1e 111i t ,1k of 010111011 a11d cloes 11ot try tl1os four \\ 1 ro11g \vay for hi1n lf. He \\'ill 11ot ,,,a ·t ~111 1 is yot1 th a11 cl l1,1lf of l1is ,1clt1lt– hoocl as so 111;.111)' clo. ,,, ear, • jlllit,/ •"ljlJi' ~· '" •I ' ' 'FAITH COMETH BY HEARING. ' ' J ews who will n ot enter a cht1rch will tt1ne in ot1r ' 'Message to Is rael' ' broadcasts airccl over 50 st..1tions with coast-t o-coast cl nd f oreig·11 coverage, including the State of I srael. 1961111arl<s ot11· 25th year of broadcasting the gospel to J e\vs. l\1onth-to-111onth giving· by the 1 - Lord's people ke ps tl1is vital 111ess~1g·e 011 the ' ,COUIJSON S lfEPHERD. air. May \V }1av yoltr prayerfttl StlpJ)Ort'? 'I !Director. Porty y ears in S d f f f . the Goa 1 ,el ft.finis try. en or ree copy o Otl r 111f or111H. t1ve 111ag- 11111 1' i I' 1 1 1 '1'lll llq i,J1i ,, azine, MESS GE TO ISR El.1. ........ I IM, MESSAGE TO ISR E L, Inc. Ilnx C >, (;(•11 , 1 ' P , t ()fl \ _· t·, Ne\\' i ~01·l, l , Ne\\' York