The Ohio Independent Baptist, November 1961

TI-IE OHIO I DEPE DE T BAPTIST Good Preaching Characterized Our Annual Meeting • Tl1ere \\' asn' t a Poor ermon D elivered Our Thirt)r-fourth A11nual 1eeting o f the Ohio Association of Regular Baptist Churches b egan auspiciou sly !vf onda)' e, ·ening of October sixtee11th. F rom t\vo o'clock on\vard the mes– sen gers b egan coming b )' ones and n ,·os from the churcl1es to the hos– pit able doors of I1n1nanuel Baptist Church i11 west Columbus. The firs t to arrive \\ 1 as Ch ai1man H all D autel from the T emple Baptis t Church of Portsn1outh, and b y three fi\ 1 e of the members of the council of T en \\'ere the re to begin their b oard meeting-th ey and the edi tor. By the time they adjot1med at 5 : 30 to hu11t a restaura11 t , several p astors and messengers h ad come from vari– ous parts of the state; a1 d by 7 : 30 some 110 had regis tered and joined ,vith o, ,er 100 local Baptis ts t o fill the auditoriu1n fairlv well for the , first service. E,,erv one \\ as in a mood for ,, united singing after sh aking h ands ,vith doze11s of old friends, and si11g they did u1 der the dynamic leader– ship of Pas tor Hov.i ard G. Young of Gallipolis, \\'ho \\ as chosen as song leader of the conference, and t111der the insp iration of the music furnish ed by Pastor Kemmerer of F indlay a t the p 1a110 a r1d Mrs. \ illi am Brock ,1t t l1e orgar1. If that did 11ot p t1t every 011e i11 a good mood, tl1e h t11norot1s re1narks of ~hair1nar1 Dau tel and the \\ 1 elcorne fro1n tl1e h c>s t pas tor, \\ 1 il– lia1n 13rc,ck, clid. Aft er s \'eral c:011- gr gatio11a] so11gs, (t11d a ~c)lo, " \ Vl1 11 I Surv }' tl1c \ i\/or1d1 Otts Cro!)s," l)} })astor _J lare11ce 'l"ov, 1 11se11d of l10\,·l– i11g ( ,r "e11, 11otl1i11g rnore could l1a\ c 1) ...... 11 c]c)11e tc, IJr >IJ,trf> <>t1r )1 ,a1 l s to re c -> j,,:. t l1e .111 ·ss,tg ) c,f })itstc)r J <>1111 13:1l)'C) c,f )dr1r ll il l JJ,11Jtist ( ~l1t1rcl1 of ;J") \' lt111cl. 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It \\'a too p ainful to think ab out- he \vas jt1st ,vom out with the problem of it. H e was U TIL h e went i11to the sanctuary and found an ans\ver to his problem. That is ,vhy p eople go to ch t1rch today- to get ligl1t on their problems. There ,vas no prob – len1 of injustice \vith God ,vh e1 h e sa,v the latter end of the wicked , for ,,,h o wot1ld be jealou s of a pri on – er's last meal . There i11 the san c– h 1ary h e b egan to b e h o1 e t , vith himself and confessecl h e h ad "pt1t the vinegar in his own h eart ,'' a1 d h ad b een a fool . Most p eopl e are not that h on es t-at least publicly. They say, "P astor I 'm 11ot 1nad, bt1t I 'rn terribly hurt; 11 but they act th e ,, ray worldl y p eople act \\ 1 h e11 they ar e mad . "An all ergy is an extre1ne sensitivity to something that sh ould not bother us. 11 After his sp ell of self– p it y and his h onest confession , the Psalmist b egan his d oxology with tl1e 23rd verse. He h ad wh at the \\'icked did not have-God and h ea, ,e11 . o h e was able to end ]1i p salm exactly as h e b egan b y co11fessi11g the goodness of God , only this ti1ne he made it perso1 al c1nd said , "It i good for me to dra,v 11ear to God ." It \Vas a good message tha t con – , ,icte cl tis all , for ,v110 1 a 1 ot b ee1 gt1ilty of sp ell s of self-p it)'-tl1,1t a\, ·ft1l \\ 1 cak1 css of the a i11ts tha t c~1t1ses n1ore trou l)le i11 ot1r c:l1t1rcl1 th,111 ,111 tl1e op1)osi tio11 of Co111n1t 111is 111 or (~a tl1olic·is111? T JE I) Y f OltN I t (; ' I 't1cH,;cl,1} 111c>r11i11g cl,1,, 11t:lcl 10 1 tis l>rigl1t a11cl t·l .. ar. a11cl l>) 9.3(} llt'H l - 1)' a l1t111tl1 ·cl 11a(l gn tl1t"tlcl fc>r tl1 J)r,1,,er SC!)!) 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