The Ohio Independent Baptist, April 1961

April, 196 1 budge t goe to 111i sio11 . Th day I poke about 300 atte11d d th u11- c1a}· 111or11i11g er\,ice, arld abol1t 150 ii1 the eve11it1g. Th 1nid-,, 1 eek pray– er 111ee ti11g a11d Bible tudy a erag s clbout 75. Eacl1 t111day 1nor11i11g from 8: 00 to : 30 a.m. tl1e church spo11 ors tl1e "IM 1A UEL HOUR" o, 1 er Bo to11' 1nt1sic statio11 WCRB ( 13,30 kc on AM and 102.5 011 FM ) . Tlie Cliallenge . \ ·Vill yot1pray tl1at the Lord ,vill end one of ot1r clecli– cated }'Oung men i11to the c1vy Chap– lain Corps to replace me? He 1na}' not adva11ce far in ra11k, bt1t pray tl1,1t he ,vill be f aithft1l i11 the proclamc:1tio11 of the go p el of our Lord a11d avior Jesus Christ and tl1at 11e \\' ill ad a11ce far \vith His Lord. I love ID)' 1nen and tl1e 1ninistry to ser, 1 ice perso11- 11el. They are so hu11gr)' for the Bread of Life, and so eager to receive Christ's mes age by a11d l,1rge . The11 pray for us i11 our 11e\\' work that the Lorcl ,vill use t1s to bri11g ma11y to know Christ as avior a11d 1nany Christia11s to t1rrender to Chris t a Lord of their lives. Reqi1est Granted. As I a1n typi11g this , Monday, 13 F ebruary, I jt1 t re– ceived nvo air mail letters from \ i\1 ash– ingto11. One from the Chief of a vy Chaplains, Rear Admit·al G. A. Rosso , and the other from the Assista11t Chief of Iavy Chaplai11s, Captain I . \V. Stultz, granting my request to be gi\ren orders on 1 March 1961 so that I could be on the field for Easter Sunday, 2 April, and so I could take my final oral exams for the Ph.D. i11 Speech at Purdue some ti1ne i11 April for Ju11e graduatio11. The ust1al four months 'Naiting p eriod for orders h::1s been ,vaived! The Lord has workecl out all thjngs well and ,ve l1ope to His glory. Verse lo Ren1ernber. If there l1,1ve lJee11 a11y I sso11s you l1c1ve lc,lr11ecl duri11g th past fi v )'e,1rs as yo t1 h,tve reacl this 1niss ic)11 c:1ry 11e\vs Jet – t r f ro1n ti111 e to ti1n , I l1ope tl1 ,1t } <Jtl \\'ill l1a ,,c le,1r11ecl , ,1s <> t1r f ,11n– ily ,11 d I 1 ,tve, t}1,1 t G,1J,1tia11~ 6:9 is still i11 Cc)cl's B<Jc)k ,111cl is sljl) trlte: "A11d ] "l ti ~ 11 <J t l>c..) \\ e~1ry i11 \\ ell clc)i 11g; fc>1 i11 cltt(• ~c. 1 a~<>11 ,ve ~11 ,111 re ,t I) , l F \ \' E 1~A I N '1, NO 1,." \ \ ' 1 i l ~ llS ell I.. 1 \11 A i L 13Al)1"" ISrr ~IJ{J ll __. II C) f ( 1 \\t()JI , P. 0 . B<)A 2()8 , 1 •\\f l()) 1 ,,j}J .> (j() \1 ,l~S. I\.1 ,l y (; c)cl's ricl1 ·st l)lt·ssi 11gs 1) .> t11)c)11 <>ttr Ol1io As \(>C. la l1 c)t I its tl1 '" c11 t11 t·l1 ·~ \\' 0 1 l< J ()1 1111~1 CJt tr 1..J<)rd . (rf'l1 S • \' i -> \\ 1 S ,.lJ' -' I) t~l sc;11al , tJl ( l clc) 11c)l 11 c ssariJ,, rc)fl .. c l lite>\ · c)f tl1e ., • THE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST Page eventeen More Women Than Men In Christ's Kingdom? Rev. I-I. EL1gc11e Esli11g r , vVat1sat1kee, \,Visco11si11 Ilia,, ,1 Ll1c:1 Lc111d I11dcpe11cle11t Bt1ptist Miss io11s a11 yot1 i1nagi11 e tl1e l1eavenly ki11g– clon1 of Cl1rist pop rtl atccl by fot1r ,,,0111e11 to e ery 111c1n? Tl1is \VOt11cl st1rel} 1 b tl1 sih.1atio11 if co11clitio11s fot111d i11 son1e ar as of tl1e 11orthla11ds of Wiscor1si11 ,111 cl pper Michiga11 ,,,ere exte11 clecl to all o tl1er places. Ma11y SL111cla)'S yot1 cot11cl \\ 1 c1lk i11to ot1r Hin.,vatl1::1 La11 cl c11t1rch at Wa11- clt1k , \ , Tisco11si11 , a11d cou11t tl1 111 11 prese11t 011 .tl1e fi11gers <Jf 011e l1 ,111d. It is b y no 111 a11s ,l l1<1ppy si tt1atio11 , 1)11 t 011e th,1t vve b ear ofte11 before the Lord i11 prt1yer. \Vl1,, clre tl1e 1ne11 slo,ver i11 tt1r11ir1g • to tl1 e Lord? Perl1aps ::1 11t11nber of t]1i11g ,1re respc>11 ibl , i11clucli11g eclt1- catio11nl, 11viro111ne11t,1l, and psy– cl1ological fc1ctors; bt1t tl1e 1n:1i11 rea– so11 lies i11 the eff ct of si11- t]1 bi11d– i11g ,111d h ,1rcleni11g r stilts of it . "For th l1eart of tl1is p eople is \\,ax cl gross." 111 ,111 e11viron1en t of crt1cle, pio11eer livi11g, \\'itl1ot1t th 1)1essi11g a11cl inflt1e11ce of Gosp c1-preac]1ii1 g c:l1t1rche ·, tl1e lives of 1nen (esp ecial- 1)') l1a, 1 e go11e l111restrai11ecl . Tl1eir 1111- godly attih1cle a11d \vi ckecl d eds, as tl1ey l1ave ct1rsed a11d clr1.1nk, h c1ve ,varped their 1ni11cls and l1arde11ed their l1ea1ts t111 til tl1 gli1nmer of l1ope for n1any of tl1em is very diin. I \\ 1 as i11 a ho1ne talking ,vith ,l m,111 a11d wife rece11tly. Tl1e n1a11 \Vas verv cordi,11 as ,ve t ,1lkecl a bot1 t a 11 t11~1Jer of st1bjects. After a ,vhil we bega11 to talk ctbot1 t tl1e Lord ,111(1 the 11 cl of 1na11 for St1lv,1tio11. As co11victio11 l)ega11 to 1nove tJ1 is 111(111 , l1c tt1r11ecl tl1e L1tte11 tio11 ,lvVa)' fron1 l1i111self a11d l)egL111 to rc1il 011 his \vif c . As sl1e sa t sil e11tly , l1e revil ecl :111c] :1l)t1secl 11 r l111til s1 \vept. H e cc)11 - tir1l1ed J1is clevi]isl1 a ttac:ks for fiftee11 111int1tes a11cl tl1 n alJr11ptl y J. ft the J1011se. Tl1e ,,.(>1n,111 k110\VS tl1e Lc>rcl , a11cl for years ]1 ,1s prayed for l1er l1l1S– l)a11d \\ 1 itl1 patie11c a11cl lov . The slo\v proc ss of ,vi111li11 g 111e11 to t11e Lc) rcl J1,1s 111c111y c1dverse re– sults i11 tl1e cl1 t1rch. tte11cl,111ce f] t1chu1tes 1n t1cl1, clepe11cli1 g 011 \\ 1 hetl1er Dael ,,,an ts the c,1r fo r tl1is or t11at \ 11e11 it 's tin1e to gc) t<> c1 t1rcl1 t111clay 1nor11i11g. Or1 tl1e exb·emc]y colc1 1nor11i11gs , J1e 1na y l)e clisin tercs t– ed i11 helpi11g tc) ge t tl1e c.· ,1r st ,1rtecl for tl1e \vife. A110 tl1 r rest11 t is tl1a t gi\1i11g in the c·l1 t1rcl1 lags. v\ 1 11,1 t t111- l)elivi11g l1t1slJa11cl is willi11g tc> l1,1ve ,l titl1e give1 fro1n l1i pa)'c1 eck? I o, \\' ithot1t 111 1 i11 tl1e c.·ht1rcl1, acl c1t1 ,1 te criptt1raJ le,1cler l1ip i. lacki11g , a11cl the cht1rch crt1111ot become . tro11g ancl l1ea lthy s1)iritl1,1IJ 1, t111til fa11ilies are v, 1 orsl1ippi11g toge ther . \ \Till )'Ot1 pray \Vith 11 for the e t111- sa\'eel 111e11 i11 tl1e 11orth la11cls? \ \ ' ill )'Ott t1pport p c.1tie11tl)' faitl1ft1l 1ni - sio11ru·ies e1 gc.1ged i11 cleali11g \\ 1 it]1 tl1ese preciot1 sot1ls , e, ,e11 tl1ot1gl1 \\ 1 e ,1re co11st1111ecl? 11 ic1icatl1c1 Le, 11ll is l'(Jl[ i t1gf FEBRUAI{Y CIF1.. ,.fO rflfE OIIIO A ' 0 ( , l '"fIO.\f OF l,ECU LAll 13APTI 'T' ~fllrR .IIE 1,. 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