The Ohio Independent Baptist, February 1961

• February, 1961 they b pe1'mitted to mai11tain their own mini ter and 110 othe1-- ; t h at they be mar1·ied or buried ,vithout pa)ing the clergy of other clenom– inatio11 . In 1772, a g'eneral committee of Bapti t " ,a appointed to "'ecure for all the colonie what v{a being o nobly wo11 i11 irginia. When the fir. t 011tinental ongre , met at Philadelphia in 1774 tJ1i , com– mittee with a ma11 named Isaac BacktlS a leader pre e11ted a pleadi11g for 'the i11alienable right of con cience to all. ' ' Thi group ,va told 11ot to exp e ·t l\1a - achtl ett to cha11g·e it 1·eljg·ious e tabli hement, but the l3apti t Com1nittee belie,red i11 t h e p er ·ever– ance of the ai11t a11d the)'~ per- i ted, collected fac , and circu– lated petition until the 11ational con titutio11 was adopted i11 17 7. Article ix provided that 110 re– ligiol1. te t hould ever be r·equired a a qualification to any office or public trt1 t under the T11ited .. tate . l\Jadi on ,vith the approval of Pre ident Wa h ing·to11 a11d i11 the language proposed by a co1n– mittee of Virgi11ia Bapti t. i11tro– duced i11 the IIou~e of Rep1~e. e1 ta– tive the Fir t me11dme11t: 'Co11- gre hall make no law r e. p ecting an e tabli h1ne11t of r eligio11 or prohibiting the free exer ci e there– of.' Finally after generatio11s of ·ufferi11g, the Bapti t idea l1ad be– come the merican idea. t la t after cen turie of blood h e<l the de. pi ed old Bapti ,t doct1·i11e of soul-liberty had beco1ne a J)art of our 11atio11al la,v ; a11d America wa certainly the 1a11d of the free and the hon1e of the brav . u cl1 i our glorio.l1s he1·itage of ot1l-liberty, a heritage ,,,hich ,~le are l)ound to drfend; not 011Jy l)ecau e it i. an i11he1·ited idea, 1J11t becau. e it i. the .. r e,v 'f esta1ne1 t idea ; true to it l)e– ca 11se God hru ho11ored a11d bJ s:e 1 u. in proportio11 as we have eher– ished a11cl prac·ti ·ec] it to J)roc111re • 11<~}1 a heritag of spi riitl<ll fre - <lor11 a11<l ec~uality. J3aptist s lt,1,·e la – lJor .. ,I a11d 1na11y have gi ve11 t l1 eir Ji\ 1 s, .. ve11 as tl1e • 1 avio1· g,1vr Tfis lif fo1· 11s. l{y tt1 1 j1· saerifil'<\ th y l1ac 1 11ri ·}1 cl tl1P ages a11c] ra.r11ecl t}1 ~ a '('Ia i111 of fr -1e 1r1 :) 11 v ry– \\1] 1Pl' ... THE DOORWAY TO HEAVEN 150 l)aily Oe vo tions - hke living water in a dry ~eason are thes e one- pag ~ d a ily devo– ti on s bele · t ed by Mi ss lne~ Ke1nper- po >try a nd prose alternated in a re!rf·~htng way . This is a .u excellent gift b ook fo l' the New Year , for a bJi thday, or a11y tirne. P1 ice $2 50 p stpaad. Order from fl KE.ll IJOOK llOlJS I~ JOH> \\' altby S t . , . E. and ICaJ)id ti, tic: h . ~ OHIO IND~E_N~D_E_N_1~B_A_P~T~I~ST~~~~~~~~~~~~~P~a~p~P~ive OVER THE LINE FENCE By Raymond Folk-Medina Hello, neigl1bor. The month of February brings us the birtl1days of two illustrious Americans , Lincoln and Washington. olumes have been writte11 about the sterling Qltalities of both these me11; a11d they both deserve any words of praise ,vritten about them. General \Va hington on his knees at Valley Forge is a f t:1miliar picture illustrative of his depe11dence upon Almighty God. His devo tion was d emonstrat– ed by his habit of driving to church every Sunday. Visitor were i11vited to accompany him or await his return. "Honest Abe" acquired that name because of his exacting ho11esty, walk– ing miles 01 e evening to return a few pennies. Like the Father of our Countr}· he had faith in the providence of God as ex1)ressed in the Gettysburg Address. It is recorded that it was i11 his last year of life that he made a personal de– cision for Clu·ist. We live in crisis days when again we need men of unswerving conviction. N1oral and spiritt1al values are spoken of in relative t erm ; but black is black, white is white and sin is sin. God hates sin a11d Christ died for our sins ac– cordi11g to the scriptures. "Righteousness exalteth a nation but sin i a r e– proach to any people." -------- DECEMBER CO TRIBUTIO TO HOME A D CAMP, I C. Camp Treasurer: Leland Howard, RFD, Oak Point Rd. , Amherst Hon1e Treasurer: Elto11 C. Ht1kill , 2029 E . 30th t. , Lorain GIFTS TO CAMP PATMOS orth Royalto11 Baptist unday chool .. .. . ... .. . . . ... . . . .. .... $10.00 orthfield Ba1Jtist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00 Clintonville Baptist, Columbt1s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.00 Sharo11 Bapti t St1nday chool- haro11 , Pa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.00 Penfield J t1nctio11 Baptist , Lorai11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . l O. 00 Bless d Hope Baptist, Springfield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00 Immant1el Baptist, Arca11t1n1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00 Tri11ity Baptis t, Lorain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.00 Whipple Ave . Baptist , anton ( formerly ,1J,,ary ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.0() First Baptist , McD011alcl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00 Euclicl Ave11t1e, Lorai11 (for111 rl)' Ea ·t icl ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.0() B re;1 Baptist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IO. 00 First Baptist , ~allipolis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.00 edar liill Ba1)list, l ,, Ja11cl ........ . .... . ...... . . .. . . . . . . . .. IO.Ou First Baptist , Elyria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30. 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