The Ohio Independent Baptist, September 1963

• • u,res 111< Re,. \tr. l~<'<Jc. d li, 1 c:rc'<l a , , 1 c. , , , ... < •• J· c r s,, I 1 .1l 1 i 111 < I \ l1i, - /\. · <, ,, } 'c)11r /:'ieltl" ,11 tl1e a111111a/ co11fere,, t <)f 1/1c (, ~, I~ 11( , at 111a/1a i,, 1,1,1,·. Bt c t111,t <>/ • 1/1e 1i111eli11t ,, <>i /1is 111e,,t1ge. 1Pe r pri11t s<>111,_, <>! l,L ,e, 111c>11 • qll()/011()1' •• Rev . J . Irving Reese Promotion Di recto r o f FBHM, Elyria , Ohio \\ · rld population i no\\' e tin1ated at three billion. Thi i increa ing ut a terr1f1 rate: Three babie are h rn at , erv tick of the clock and .., f.ar xceed death . t the pre ent rate. there \\ iJl be i r billion by the end of thi centur) 1 , and 12 billion b, 2031 . . C Gro\.\ th: America now ha an e timated population of 186 000,000 and it i e timated to reach 400,000.- 000 b\i· 2010. With 400.000.000 there .., ,, ould be 50 to 100 quare feet. Ten ) ear ago onlj· 64 per cent of our popt1lat1on lived in urban area , now it i 70 per cent and oon will be O per cent to 85 per cent. The FBI report . '· early two– third of our population re ide in large citie over 50.000 population and their urrounding metropolitan fringe. The crime rate in thi metro- .... politan complex i three times higher than that of rural area and twice that of non-metropolitan citie ." No ch urch affi lia tion ..Sixty- e, 1 en million people in the U n!ted State are not affiliated with an 1 church or religiou group. Each , 1 ear another million is added to this - figure. Approximately 80 per tent of the )'Oung people between 12 and 24 ne\ er attend Sunday school or church.,: \\' e are becoming a drunken nation - 6 out of 10 adul ts in the USA use alcoholic beverages. Yet one of out of ever 1 1 15 that drink become an alcoholic (drunkard). If one drink , he gamb]e 15 to 1 that he will not become a sla,'e of demon rum. J fr . Fred J. Tooze. president of the 1 ational Women· Christian Tem– perance Union. ay current tati ti .: cal reports of the Internal Re\ enue Page 8, SEPTEMBER 1963 • • ro ,n er,ca urc ;If • I Ill ' " t ~ Ip I I l 1• l I • 1, ,, 11 1 I I I I I f II ' l Sixt y-seve n million p e ople in th e U.S. are not a ffili ate d with any Church or Religious Group. Service alcohol and tobacco divi ion how " l 020 000 gallon of hard liqt1or in tor age . . . Hard liquor con umption in the la t f iscal year totaled 241 .4 million gallons, nearly two gallons per American adult. ' ' American pend 71h billion dollar annually for tobacco. While there wa a decrease in the u e of cigarettes after the firs t lung cancer the u e i increa ing again. The greatest in– crea e i among young people and women. ar cotics : The number of known dr ug addicts in our country h as been decrea ed bar.ply since 1920 becau e of better laws. However , there are till 46,798 reported ca e and an estimated 50,000. One of the ad facet of this stragic problem is the young people involved. Over 50 per cent of all addicts are under 30 years of age and many in their teens. . . . Crime: The Federal Bureau of Inve tigation puts the crime ituation succinctly saying the "crime clock ticks off four serious cr imes per minute." During the last five years, crime ha out tripped the population growth 5 to 1. All crime i gaining at abou t 3 per cent rate annually. Since 1957, criminal under 18 year have in– crea ed 21 per cen t. In 1961, the last year tati tic have been com– piled, youth under 18 made up 15 per cent of all arre t for criminal act . This crime increase is the r esult of the for egoing conditions alco– hol, tobacco drug lo e morals - plu the breakdown of the home. It take more than a magnificent building expensive equipment, trained per sonnel, eloquent preaching, aes– thetic mu ic and large crowds to make a church. o organization, however religiou , i a N ew Testa– ment church unless the warm blood of J e us Christ is flowing through it. Revival needed We need real revival in America. A true r evival does not mer ely con- i t of an emotional tirring. Copiou weeping does not nece arily indicate the presence of a revival· nor do great crowd and mas movement . A true r evival .comes wh en ther e i a per on al and individual heart-search– ing on the part of God people when ther e i a fresh turning to Him and His Word, when ,prayer i incr ea ed and soul burden r ests upon the pa tor and people. Such a r evival we need , I need and such a r evival i obtain– able. Let u continue con i tent, fa ith– ful H oly Spirit guided preaching of the whole Coun el of God and uch a r evival will come. Perhap not worldwide, or even n ation-wide, bu t church-wide and individual Chri tian– wide. Thi i our primar)' need today! The OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST