The Ohio Independent Baptist, November 1961

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H e cle– f u1eci the natt1r~11 ma11 a cl 1na11 ,,rith 0111, 1 011e 11ah1re, l1i falle11 Acla1nic • 11ah1re; tl1e piritt1al 1na11 a a bor11- aaai11 belie, er ,,·1 0 is 1noti, a t ed b}' tl1e Hol)· pirit; and the car11al 1nan 1 ,1 • a, eel man ,, 1 0 li,·e i11 the ,,·orld. uch ,, orldl,· Chri tia11s are like " cl1ildre11 that li,·e ni11e \ 'ears on • p,lblum. ome are sa,,ed for fifty )'ear a11d are till babies. The}' walk out of Christian ch aracter, en\'ying other . call$ing di\ isions, \\·orsl1ip preachers, or the messenger above the ~faster, or else, blame the preach– er if things don't go well in the church. Our missiona0 1 chairman for the past ) 1 ear, Re, ·. L) 1 nn Rogers , \vas in charge of this session. The f irst speaker \\:a :\l! rs. John \Vilkins, Bap– ti t ~1id-:\.1 issions \\.'Orker in Assam, India. This mountainous fourth of India h as only 9.000,000 people. ,\.hile the .. .\ssamese are quite high– I,r ci,·ilized the,, h a, ·e not t aken much . ; to Christia11it\ 1 , \,·bile the \vilder hill , . t1ibes ,1re 0% Christianized. Bap- tist ~Iid-~Iiss1ons has \\Ork in four of those tribes, condt1cts a Bible school. medical \\'Ork, and many otl1er acti,rities . E11gene \\'illiams, another B .B.M. mjssiona11', spoke of Ghana, Africa. TWINSBURG BUILDING GOING UP The accompan:'ing p ictt1re sh o\vs ho,v far the ,vall ,vere tip ab ove the basemc1 t le, ·el Oc tober first and by this t ime \Ve suppose the roof is going on. :\1rs. Ire1 e Jordan , the church clerk ,,,rite tha t they h op e the cl1t1rch may b e inclosed b efore \\-'"inter, so the me11 of the cht1rch can con– ti11t1e to ,vork through the cold 1no11ths and get it ready for dedica– tion n ext spri11g. ~1 uch of the present ( Continued on page 13 ) SEPTEMBER CONTRIBUTIONS TO HOME AND CAMP, I NC. L eland G. H o\·vard, Treas., RFD 1, Oak P oint Rd., Amherst, Ohio CIF1S TO C_L\~1P PAT110S First Baptist-Gallipolis ...... .... . .... .. .. . .. ....... ...... .... . $ Northfield Baptist Church ... .. .. . .... ... ... . . .. .... .. ..... . . . . Immant1el Baptist-Arca11tm1 ...... . ... . .. . . . . ............... . . . Ble sed H ope Bapti t - Spri11gfield .. ...... . .. .. . . ... .... ....... . Bethleh em Bapti t-Cleveland ........... . ...... . .... . ........ . . l1aro11 B,1ptist - Sharon, Pa. . . ... .. ... .... .. .. ......... . ....... . First Baptist- ~1cDonald ......... . . ..... ... .. .... . . ......... . . P enfield Jc t. Baptist-Lor ain . ... .. ...... .. .. ....... . . ...... ... . Nliss Nellie Jones-Camp Cook .... .. . ... ... . .. .. ..... . ...... . .. . Ceda r Hill Baptist-Cleveland .... . . ..... .. . ........ . .. .... . ... . T orth Royalton Baptis t Chur ch . . . . ... . .. . . .. .......... .. .. ... · · Trinity Baptist - Lorain ..... . . .. ... . . .... . . ... ..... . . .. ....... . Calvary Baptist- Bellefontaine ... . . .. . .. . .............. . . . ... .. . v\ 7 hipple Ave. Baptis t-Canton .......... .. . ........... . .. ... . . . . 1:1emorial Baptist-Columbus .. .. . .. .. ............ .. . . .. . ..... . Berea Baptist Church .... .. . ...... . ....... . ... ............... . Maranatha Baptist-Springfield ... . . . . ............... . ......... . Chapel Offeri.i1gs for ten \\/eeks of Can1p ........................ . 15.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 5.00 5.00 10.00 10.00 10.55 10.00 10.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 25.00 10.00 10.00 516.50 ----- T o tal .... ... .. ......... . . . ........ . .................... $682.05 GIFTS TO THE HO 1E FOR THE AGED orthfield Baptist Church .... . .... . ... . ................ . ... . . $ Calvary Baptis t Church--Cleveland ...... . .. .. ..... . ... .. ...... . X e\v H armony Baptist Churc:h-Cald,vell .. . .... ......... .. ..... . Cedar Hill Baptist Cht1rch -Cleveland .... . . .. .................. . 1'rinity Baptis t Church - Lorai11 . .. . .. . ......... . ........... .... . Total . ...... . .. . ......... . .......... . . .................. $ 10.00 10.00 5.00 60.00 5.00 90.00 H e is h ome re-cup3rating from a serious illness. H e said the govem– n1ent is n 0t so much communistic as a dictatorship \.vhich is trying to d e– \ 'elop a super r ace supe1ior to the \\"bites. During the nearly four years h e ,,,.as there h e saw schools double and in some places triple. He found both the language and superstitions difficult to learn. For example, once h e pronounced the real word for lion (Contini,ed on page 9 )