The Ohio Independent Baptist, June 1961

J_u_n_e,_1_9_61~ --~ ~--~------------THE ____ O_H_I~O~I~ND==EPENDENTBAPTIST ~~~~~~~---------------------------=P_a~ge.:_:.:E~l~ev~en Roamings of the Editor Among The Churches Again it h as been som e time since \\·e found room for our Roamings - the feature more read ers say the}' look for than anything else ! \ Ve appreciate their p ersonal interest in both the editor and the church es h e visits , but it seems selfish to use space for p er– sonal experiences and lea\ 1 e out things that seem more important. \ Vell , where were we \Vay b ack on Palm Sunday-that is, if Bapti ts should pa}' an}' attention to that clay, sans dried up p alm branch es! \ Vell, the editor h as almos t al\vays preach ed on some phase of the Triumphal En– try of our Lord tha t day; and so at . Torthside Baptist in Lima we did it a.gain the last unday of March . \ \ 1 e J1ad a good time, too, a1 d enjoyed tl1e 1111ity of feeling tl1ere seemed to be in anticipating the comi11g of their ne\\" pastor , II0,\ 1 ard 0 . Adcllema11 of \\'ortl1i11gto11, Penns) l\'a11ia. \\'h a t a f ie]d there is i11 r1ortl1 I-' ima, wh ere hu11dr <ls of 11e,v l1on1es go 11 p each )'ear! 1rs. Tordl1111cl \\ 1 as ~1 l)le to go alo11g to Li1n,1, si11e; it \\ 1 ,1s ,1 or1e cla)' jau11t; ar1cJ E,tst r sl1c~ }1ad enc)l1g l1 ti111 c>ff sc) sl1 cot1lcl take ,t lt11 cla\, "' afte1110011 c,ff as \V > clr<)\ 1 to tl1(~ 1 1 1- Jo,, sl1i1) l3a11tist .Jl1t1rc.:l1 ~a t c,f 1 ·– di11a. 1"}1 '))' \\ 1 a11t cl a St111ris) 1 1 :astc r S r,,ic , <) it ,,,as a l)it far tc> gc> S1111- da)1 1n(>111i11g. \~7 > ra11 i11tc, s11c)\\' at 1 or,,,, lk a11cl tl1 f, rtl1« r \\' \\' 11t 1J1c ,, 01 s it got. 1\l] clfl)' ]~, sl< r . 11<)\V quall £o]Jo,, < c] qt1. JI , ,, ] i ·11 dicl 11ot l 111 tt i1da11 <~, SJJ ·i<t ll)' a t t11 ':3 11 OJJi1i1 g s;)1"\ic; l)tJf tl1, J)irit - 11a] t .. Jill]) ~rat ure ,, cl goc d. 1 ")1i. ,, , our tl1i1·d ti111 flf 111i11is t, ri11g tc, tl is 1ur11 ir1· ]>ato1 1-.J,,i JJ L11Jter lo d J1i ,, 01 k, , 11c] ,, (~ ( f>r I ) ,, t 11 t 1 c:tc f o1 L l t ti111 J)1il 231<]. \\ ] OJ )) t}1i till t }1 )1 , \ f Oll i cl ., 61' 111a11 £01 ,l JJ, sto1 , 11 t 11, l 1l, 1 t 11 or1t}1 \\ .. "11 a111101111 ,, }10 it ( 0,11111 d 011 p ge 1 5) Sunday School is for Dads ' 'The glory of children are their fathers." Proverbs 17: 6 . The b est friend a bov has is his ~ Chri tian father. H e mt1st not b e a hristian in name only bt1t one ,vho li\'es Christ \\ri th his son. The father \vho loves Chri t ,,,ill h ave the charac– t er and the sh·e11gth to ee hi boy through every probl e1n in life. E\ 1 erv father kno\v'S tl1a t his son h as many temptations and difficulties . Too often these heartach es are impo ible to bear alo1 e. l)ttt \\rh en the fa tl1er a11d the so11 l111dersta11d one anotl1er and lo, ,e the Lord togetl1er they ,,,ill be able to m eet every proble1n i11 tl1e stre11gth of the Lorcl. There has r1 ever beer1 a ge11era tion ,vh ere so mt1cl1 co11cer11 ,va e, iclenc– ed by fathers for their so1 s and ,vh ere also so many 011s ,vere b ei11g 11eglec·t– ecl by their fa th er , paradoxical as this may b e . Every father is respo11sibl e to God for the spirih1al a11cl character eclt1ca– tion of his son. The Bible n1akes thjs , ,ery clear. \ Vl1at a fa th er doe is more i1n– portant tl1an \vhat h e ays. If a father tells his boy to go t o t111day chool bt1t h e himself does 11ot go, l1e ,vill soon discover that his on is 11ot 0111,: ab e11t from t1ndav chool bt1t th; t , l1e has little resp ect fo r 11i father. If a fa the r tells his boy to obey the rt1l e , ~t11cl the11 l1e l1imself breaks b·affic laws , h e will soon find that his bov ; breaks the laws , lands in court, ancl has no respect for his father. The time to b egin to de,·elop love and respect b e tween father and son is the day the boy is bor11 . In fac t, 1t may be a little too la te if the father has not prepared beforeh ancl to ac– cept the re ponsibility of fatl1erhood as God expects it. The father ,vho \\rill \\'in his son for Jesus Christ a11d mold his life for Christian li\i11g must be a man \\ 1 ho is yielded t o Chris t . There are very f e\!\ 1 cases \\'here a boy appears in court if hi fat11er lo,les and cares for him from chilclhoocl. ".,.\ jt1ve11ile cot1rt jt1dge o,·er a11 -)'ear p eriod had over 8,000 boys a11cl girls l1nder 17 years of age brot1gl1t before him for la,,, violations. Of these ,000 d elinqt1ent children h e aicl tl1at 011ly 42 regularly attended t1nday chool . Even more striking '\\'as t11e jt1clge's finding , that non e of the cl1ilclrer1 had a mothe r or fa ther \\'ho a ttenclecl ltn– day chool or cl1urch regt1l c.1rJ,,.' ' The • bo11d of father-son rela tio11 l1ip is prac tically u11breakable if it i \\'O\ 'en with the f.iber of Chri t' po,ver in d aily life. Tl1e be t influence a so11 ca11 e\ er enjoy i the love and co111pa11io1i1 ·hip of a godly father . I11c1eed. "Tl1e glory of childre11 are their fat11ers." Milford holt111cl i11 Et1clicl-~ o tti11gl1a111 Cl1 ,1ller1ger and 2 1·2 ACRE CAMPUS We take possession September 1st. It offer$ new opp or– tunities to Baptist Bible Seminary student . The purcliase p rice of 125,000 is needed J>romp tly. JT' ri te for Dro<"ltur 01, tlti 1>r<111,•rt ·• en<l ,le,ig11ated gift• I Bapti t l ibl .,