The Ohio Independent Baptist, February 1962

- - . -·------------- BEAM. FROM TI-IE LIGHTHOUSE 1 It\ ,~,. 11 . l\('\i.. lc,1 , fl \tt1lingto11 C: i l} Ilu11tit1gtc>n, \ st I is io11 , l 030 eventh Avenue, • • • 1rg1111a " l1ri tia11 Lighthouse"- Romans 1: 16 ·· ,rl~t,ti1 l!" tlt :1r fr1t'11cls. i11 tl1e . 1 L 11" 11 a111t' <)f ()tll \\ t)t \clerf lt Or (. . }111,t111,1-.. 11.. 1~ l'<)111 e ,111cl go11e, a11d , (' ~1r , 11<)\\ n.t tl1e beg11111111g of a c..''' ). ar l111,t111\1 ,, a · a l )tt ) time a 1"l1,1l.- tl1e rt1 1 ·t,11tecl the ,,·eek be– fore Cl11i h11a,. Fir t , tl1ere , a the ,,·rap11i11g of tl1e cl1ildren· .. n11d men' ~if b • a boltt 225 i11 all. Tl1en there ,, ere a pair of ock a11d a handker– cl1ief for eacl1 ma11, a11d a tocking filled ,,,itl1 an apple, an orange, pea– nt1t " ru1d one-half pot1nd of candy. .. 1 o, ,, e ,,1·apped a hank)' a11d a box of dt1 ting p o,,·der for the ,vomen. I ha,·e a nice AuxiliaT)' and sev– eral of the ,\·omen helped me \\·rap the pre ent and fill the tockings. For this I \,·as n10 t thankful. On Frida\' b efore Chri tmas we had .. the ~Ii ion Bible Club' party. They bad a nice little pro<Yram and then ,\·e era~ e them their gifts. There \Vere O in atte11dance at this service. On unday, the day before Chri t– n1as ~,:e had our Le\vis Hollow Sun– da\' chool service. Several of the .. ot1ngsters ga\•e a Christn1as poem, ,111d then ~1iss Le:\1aster gave a Chri tmas lesson. \\"'hen the invita- ion ,,~as gi\.·en, three raised their ~ands for prayer. \Ve are praying that the): ,,ill do more than this , that the,, ,, 7 ill \ ield their hearts and lives - .. to the Lord Jesus. After the le on, ,,·e gave them their crift a11cl , OlI hot1lcl ha\ 1 e se n the b ., .., f <1ces of ome of tho e poorly dre sed )'<>t111gst r . Otu·s \J/as perhap the onl)' gift that many of tl1em received. 0 ~ ~ Our little chapel has seats for· only 76 and there were 115 present that t1nday. v ith that many people, and the Loxe of gifts, you can imagine ho\v cro,vded we were. Tl1e11 Christrnas Eve, I had the p1 i,,ilege of leadn1g a 17 year old girl in our ' 'Door of Hope" to the Lord Jesus. The Saturday before Christmas, Mr. Keisler led a man to a saving kno,vledge of the Lord Jesus when he came for his Christmas basket. ' '' e ga e out 60 baskets. Finally, Christmas day, we fed 37 a complete ttu·key dinner. \Vhen the evening came to a close, \Ve were tired, but rejoiced in om hearts for· the joy of b eing able to "help others ." Now I must tell you some more about the girl I led to the Lord Je– sus. She is so pathetic, and very re– tarded. Though she is seventeen, she has the mind of a nine or ten year old. Her mother has never come to see he r (we have never seen the mother). The fa t her brought her in and he is the only one who comes to see her . From the things she says we a r e sure she has been mistreated. She is the oldest of s ix children. NOVEMBERGI FTSTO OHIO ASSOCIATION Re\ 1 • L)Tin Rogers, Treast1rer; 7<33 ± !'\ . Boyde11 , I orthfield, Ohio North Ro) 1 alton Bapti t . . . . . . . . . .... ..... .. . ............ . . .... $ baron Baptist t111da>' chool ... . . . .. .... ... ............ .... .. . rorto11 Ce11ter Baptist Ch11rrh .. . . . . . . .. .... . .... ... . .. . .. ...... . Bethlehem Baptist. Cle,·cla1 d ... . ...... . . . . . .. .... . ........... . Trinity Baptist, T_,orain . . ....... . ........ .. .... ... . .. ........ . Faitl1 Baptist, Amherst .... . . . ...... . . . . ................... . .. . b~ 1 ker Bapti t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . ... . .. . ..... .. ......... . Fir t Bapti t (;allipoli ............... . .... .. .... ............. . Fir t Ba1)hst. T,\ 1 insb11rg ...... . .... . .......................... . CaJ,,a11 1 Baptist. Fi11dla: . . . . . . . ......... .. . ...... ... ... .... .. . \ 7 omen' ~f1ss1011ar)· nion cJf Ohio ................. .. ....... . . . Bil)Je 11is. io11 Baptist. Re~ 1 nolcl l)t1rg . . . . . . . .... .. . . . . ........ .. . Cedar IIi]J Baptist C]e\ 1 ela11cl ........... ....... . .............. . First Baptist. ~ ile . ... . .... .. .............. .. . .. . . .. . ....... . 2.00 5.00 1.5.00 30.00 15.00 30.00 45.00 20.00 20.00 9.00 25.00 10.00 25.00 25.00 ----- Total - 1 0\. gift ... . .................. .. .. ...... . ... . ..... S276.00 he ~ aicl tl1is wa the nicest Christ– ma she has e er had. She gets up a11d give a testimony when the op– po1tl111ity 1 gi e11. I mustn't forget to tell you that this girl comes from a Catholic background. But she took a definite stand for the Lord Jesus. She prays and reads God's Word not jt1 t once but several times a day. , ve just dismissed hvo girls recent– ly. I wa1 t to give you some excerpts from a letter from each of the girls. , Vhen ' 'S'' came to us , she was q11ite a problem, and didn't want to cooperate in any way. She was with t1s sever al months. She finally got right ' "ith the Lord and from then on there was a change in her. Listed below are excerpts from a letter we received from h er. "D ear Man1my and Pappy: f ammy and Pappy, as you k11ow I ,vas kinda scared to go back to cl1urc·h, but since I've been home the ladies from the church have been here to ee me. They have called and asked about me in Sunday Scl1ool. So I feel a lot better t o know that I 'm ,van ted in the church. I do lo e the Lord. I have to admit I haven't read my Bible a · much as I should since com– i11g home, but I'm going to do better. I'd like to take t he time in this letter to thank vou both for the most • wonderful five months f have ever had. I never knew there were suc h wonderful people in this world. If it hadn' t been for you and Pappy and the rest of t he wonderful people a t the m ission, it' s hard te l ling wha t would have become of me. I'm o glad I have the Lord to tctke my troubles to. Sometimes I have problems I kno,v m,,, J\1om can't help me ,vith and I take. the1n to the Lord and He clear them all up. Pray for me. So, u11til next letter , God bless \ ' OU. Love in Christ, " .' ' ., Thi next letter i from a \ 'erv s,veet girl ,,·]10 had drifted a\vav fro~ the Lord bt1t came back into f ello,,,_ ship ,v]1ile she ,,,a ,,11th us. "Dear J\I a1nmv: I am ure thank- • < Continued on page 16)