The Ohio Independent Baptist, April 1961

April. 196 1 OU IL ON DI\"OR E (Continued from page 7 ) and remarried and tl1e11 sa ed eligible for cht1rcl1 1ne1nbersl1ip. be 2. Tl1at aved p er on ,vl10 havt; l)een di orced a11d remarried bt1t l1ave sho,,,1 a pirit of rep e11tance are like– ,,·ise eligible for cl1urcl1 1ne1nbership. 3. o p er on havii1g bee11 cli- \ 7orced or r emarried b e allo,ved tl1e office of deacon or p astor . 4. With regard to other cht1rch office , ,ve do 11ot r ecomme11d com– plete resh·ictio1 or total freedom, bt1t that each individual ca e b e d ecided on the basis of its ovvn circumstances. (The local church 1nust use its own discretion. ) 5. \ ;vith regard to a later mar– riage (r emarriage), restitution b e made whenever possible by the parties involved. (Such restitution can b e determined only by the parties in– volved. ) RISE \,VITH CHRIST (Continued from page 5) come; all are yours; and ye are Christ's; a11d Christ is Go.d 's." Why 11ot, if we are seated with Christ? What differ ence does it make \vhether ,ve are rich or poor, whether popular, or unpopular, young or old, We are as good as in l1eaven a lready, for we are seated with Christ i11 heavenly places ! Yes, triumph a 11 d glory has already begun for those that are risen with Christ. \tVe might be reminded of it afresh by an E aster sermo11, but we can't cram the thrill of it into 011e dav. It is a truth for those weeks , of le t-clown after Easter . Yes, jt makes tis rise above a paga11 Easte r a11d rejoice i11 c)ur rise11 Lord tl1e )'ear around. EDJTORIALLY PEAKING <Continued from page 3 ) repentance and without rebuke! H ov., ca n we expect a holy God co bless us 1n all our unconfessed sin ! And yet, how can we refl'se cJ1e pen1rent and lay burJens u1)on t}iem that no sane interJ)rc ta tio n of Seri ' tu re \\'i ll sus ta1n1 H c)w can \\ e tell t~·e111 to si n agai n 1n a sc:c )nd divc)rce 1 Indeed, hc)w ca n we weight down the1r conscjences wi th rhe l)ug-a-bc>o of a con– rinuous sin, v.,her1 J Od J1as f<)rgivc:n rhe1n ? Rather, in 1]1c spiri t of Jal. 6: 1-3 \Ve shc)u ld e11courage thc:111 and hel1> then1 t<) 1nake tl1eir 1,reser1 t 111a1 riage a ~ucccss. A JJ ,viJl not a 0 ree v. 1 ith us or v.·i c]1 thc: l:') • c.ouncil eitl1er c;ne, l)u t al] \.\ 1 ill agree tl1at d1vo ce is an evil a11d rl1ar it \\ 1 ill be ,,ich us for a Jong 1i111e to cou1e. While ,\ e 1nusc f ace rl1e c1uestjon <,f 1>as t dj vo1 ce nd re111ar1 Jage, v. e 111ust be even n101 e concerned to teacl1 ou 1 )'OU ng peo1, le 110,,· to 111ake a sue es!) of n1a1 r iagc. l .ike <)u r athoJic neighbors, \\'e ougl1t to have ) eaJ Jy cla~ses c)n cou1 tshi J'> a11d 111ar s iage. \XIJ10 \\ ill be tl1e fii st to s tait c,nel • THE OHJO INDEPENDENT BAPTI T Page Nine North side Lima, Calls Howard 0. Addleman In a F ebruary business meeting tl1e Iorthside Baptist Church of Li111a extended a call to Rev. Howard 0 . Addl ema11 of Worthington , Pen11a., to become its pastor. Marcl1 .5th h e resig11ed from the Worthingto11 Brtp– tist Church to accept this call , a11d plans to move to his ne\v field the first of May. Since it has 11e, 1 er bee11 the privi– lege of the editor to meet Brotl1er Addlema11, we publish almo t i11 ft1ll the very interesting letter r ece11 tl}' received , j11 ,vhicl1 he i11trodt1ces l1i111- elf to ot1r Ohio readers: "I ,,-.,as bor11 June 8, 1919, a t Ct1r– ,vensville , Pe11na., a11d r ;.1r cl 11earby on a dairy farm. I gradt1ated fro1n High chooJ i11 19.37 ,111d 111a11·iecl a urvv 1 sville girl i11 1939. I macle ,1 professio11 of f ,1ith i11 l1ris t at tl1e ag of 19, bt1t dt1e to a c1 t1rcl1 split it \VtlS f ot1r ye,1rs l ,1 ter b efore I go t i11to tl1e cl1t1rc.: l1 a11cl ,,,e11t 0 11 ,vill1 tl1e Lc)rcl . Dt1ri11g ,tr1l1 ):' ser, ic.:e i11 \\lc)rlcl \\' ar '1",,,c> \\ 1 itl1 IcArtl1t1r's Ile,tclc1t1ar lers i11 tl1e Pa(:i fic , I 111aclc ,1 c:c)111 111i tt ;.1J le> tl1 t' Lc>rcl fc>r tl1c.' c;c>~- 1111111 I// II II/ I I I// If ''IIIII I //Ill /111 1 "11!/I/ I 111111111,, , ·, I I , , , 1111111 p el Mi11isb~y; ho,,, , ,er, fro1n J 94Ci to 1949 I l) c,l111 e clee1)ly i11 volvecl i11 coal-n1i11i11g operatic>11s ,t11cl (l<.1iry f armi11 g. Fi11ally, ,1fte r tl1rcc y a rs <>f failtire tc> f orsal<c l101n e ,111cl go tc) school, ,ve 1nade t l1e break a11cl e 11- rollecl i11 \rVilli ,11n J er111i11gs Bry,111 U1 iversity. I w,1s gracl t1atecl fro1n Bry,111 i11 l 9,53 , vilh ,1 1n,1jor i11 His– torv. I later did ,vork ,1t tl1 U11i- , versity of T enness e to,varcls a 1as– ter 's Degree i11 the fielcl of Hi tory. 111 this way I qt1,tlifiec1 n1y degree fro1n the then l111accredjtccl coll ege and ,vas able to sect1re a teacher 's certificate i11 the state of Tennes ee. I have three years of pt1 b]ic school teachi11g ex1Jerie11ce, having ac ted a eleme11ta1y principal i11 the Bledsoe County chools a t Pikeville, Te1111. "Dt1ring my fre l1m,111 year a t Brya11 I accepted a ct1Il to pa tor the Colcl Springs Baptist Cht1rcl1 some 20 mile, from Bryan. Tv\ 1 0 years later I be– c,1me pastor of Brayto11 Baptist Cht1rch , a ome \ivhat larger work lo– cated on Missio1 ary Riclge, \vhich i £~1mot1s as a Civil \Var battlefielcl. After three )' ear cl t Brayton, I be– came pastor of the First Baptist Cht1rcl1 of Pikevill e, T en11. Dt1ri11g ot1r three years of 111ini try tl1er tl1e cht1rcl1 ,va invol,·ed in cl la\v t1it i1nposecl t1po11 tis by tl1e ou tl1e111 Baptist Co11ve11 tic)11 . \ \ 1 e wo1 tl1e ca e, tl1t1s es tc1l1lisl1i11g tl1e at1to1101n) of ,1 loct1l Br1ptist cl1t1rcl1 i11 tl1e cot1rt records of Te1 11ess . T oclav tl1 .. Bra, 1 to11 a11cl Pike, ·ill e cl1t1rc l1e · ,lr(~ l)otl1 mai11t,1i11ir1g ,l fa.itl1fttl tes ti111011) a i11clep e11cl 11t \\ ·orks. '·Here a t \ \ 'or tl1i11g to11 , t111cler <>11 r fot1r ) 1 ec1rs of 111 i11istr)- 1 , 153 }1;.t, t111itecl \\ 1 itl1 tl1e cl1t1rc:l1, 112 of tl1es(') 1))' l)a1 ti ·111. t1r l1igl1 c ·t a 11- 11t1al average .. . ,ttte1lcla11cr· ,, as 254. 111 :\Tc)\'e111l)c)r , 1 tl .5!-J, tl1e <.'llltrcl1 l)Urcl1t1sc·cl ,1 lc)\' t'\1~ 11e\, 1)arsc>11agc) at tl1e cc>st c>f 82:5 , ()()() l 1 11cler c>t tr (Conti11tLed on pnge 11) ,,, ea,r, • ,II I • J I I ,,1•,, , 11111,t' ,II 1111:,1 '' ,I "l•' ..4'.lTII COl\I I~TII l1Y III~1\RI Nt1." t1e,, -; ,,,}1 <. ,vill 11ot (\nt cr :t c11ttI'('ll ,,,ill tu 11 \ i11 our ' l\lt'~~,lg't\ to I srael' ' ll t'O,ttl <'nsts ,1i 1'P(i o, <. 1 1' 50 stat io11 s ,v_itl1 coast to-cor1st tlll(l forcig·11 cove1 ag't', i11elucl111g· t}1e Stntc of I s ra el. 11111 1 1 / ' I ti 1 <'<)lJ t~so~,, .s111';' J'II1t 1t1J, ' ll 11J i r<, to, f,'orf]l yt'urs i u tTi c (:os11< l .'ili11iHtry. l--1,11 I '1111111,, 111,tl lf,11 ~~~~- IHGl 111arl.;:s ot11· 25tl1 ~rear of l)rOa<lcasti11g· tl1 g·osJlcl to J e\vs . l\lontl1-to-111011tl1 g·i,,i 11g· D)' t l1' I~ord's peoJ>l, kl'C}):s tl1i~ 1 ital 111 ·ss,1g· 011 tlit ,1ir. l\la)' ,v, }1av, your }Jl'a\ t ' l ful su J)l)Ol't'. 1 •.Je11d for frc c·o J))' of ottt 111for111,lli\'t' 1n,1g·– nzi11c, l\I I~~ ,;\ (;}," '1'0 l .. ,]);\.l~L,. 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