The Ohio Independent Baptist, July 1963

r. au • ac The 32nd Annual Bible Conference of the General Association of Regular Baptist Churches, which was convened in Omaha, Neb., May 13-17, wa keynoted by the address of it Na– tional Representative, Dr. Paul R . Jack on. "This great crowd of Bible-believing Ba.pti ts is assembled in this 32nd an– nual meeting because of common convictions on great Biblical truth . Thi is not a machine, but a com– pany of people who love the Lord and His Word, and who eek mutual fel– lowship with those of like faith and practice. "These are stedfast conviction which we hold concerning the eternal unchanging truth revealed in the s~ripture. They are unpopular in to– day's culture which is characterized by relativism. Our conviction will prove costly in the midst of today's compromise. But a lack of conviction will prove fatal to our home , church– es, and country. "We believe that all Seri pture is verbally inspired and inerrant and authoritative. This has been the ,pri– mary and foundational doctr ine of Christianity from it inception, and ha been the major conviction of Baptists throughout their hi tory . True Baptists ' 'The church i the Lord's , not man ' institution. He command that men are to be born again before be– coming members of thi .company . True Bapti ts have followed thi principle. Only immer ed beliver are received into our church because the Bible requires this standard . Many who ca1J them<;e}ves Baptist today, no longer preach the true gospel, or in- 51st upon new birth, or upon immer5- 1on. As a r esult uch churche have become little more than social c lubs. hey have no evident Jove for the l ...ord Je~us hrist, nor any evident hatred o f sin . '" oday' philosophy is One World and One hurch . If this could be ac– con1 plished in full obedience to our t .ord we would be deligt1t ed . How– ever, it is beir1g pressed in f t1ll denia l of rhe rutl1 . l he World o ur1ci l has 1 ow acct:pl d the Ru. si an Or tl1odo. c l1t1rcl1 ir1t o n1c111bcr hip, ev n tl1t)t1gl1 it i a pr v n fact tl1at tl1e H.ussia 11 s ch t1rcl1 i co,1 trol lcd by a tl1ei tic , 11 n1 un i t i 1 , der:sl1ip. 'l 1 re i 11 l, ti t i,1 tl1 at1tl1 ri t , o f tt1c 13 ill1e or The OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST son gave eynote a ress the purity of thi church. Such union i a11 in ult to God, and a complete violation of our Biblical convictions. We can do noth ing but tand against this One World and One Church philo opby if it cost us our liberty and our lives." The theme slogan ' For Such a Time as T hi - Thi Know Al o" wa taken from portions of Seri pture - Esther 4: 14 and 2 Timothy 3 : l - which dealt wi th period of great • cr ises. Doctor speaks Dr. George Hess, medical doctor from Bunker Hill , 111., documented with Soviet publications their world– wide "educational program," to con– dition the comi ng generat ion for socialism. He showed how ' ocial science studies' prepared by the Ru ian government were utilized in certain publications of the U. S. Department of Health, Welfare and Education. Parallel between the Social Secur ity program of R ussia and those of the U. S. emphasized that America i treading water dangerou ly near to the whirlpool of ocialism. The extent of this "educational pro– gram" wa cited by Dr. He a hav– ing reached hi own mall town library. "Tho e who deny the exi tence of God claim they can bring about a heaven here on earth by the applica– tion of the law of ocial cience which they under tand becau e of many year of tudy. They ay that when ommuni m triumph around the world the e law of ocial cience will eliminate poverty, greed and el– fi hne in every forn1 and all n1an– kind will live a one hap,py famil y. How do I know the c thing ? I know ( 'omrnuni ~m' plan for rebuilding the human r ace by application of --oc ial \Cience becau e I read about it week– ly in M osC<) \V N e~vs whi ch con1e <l1- rectl y f ron1 Moscow by a ir 111 a il at the low rate of two doll ar per year . 1 read ot their progr ,tr11 for rear ing chiltlrcn wi th the '>,\r11e sc1e11t ific r11 ctho<.J s wl11 ch n1v neighbors ttsc for raisi ng hog~, t,y \ tt1Jy i ng tl1c ' <) lorf Lt I a11d att ruc tivc iJLt bl1ca tion~ v. l11c l1 the • • o r11111t111i s t orga111za t 1011s 111 ot1r O\\ 11 cot111t ry se11d frc · ,t r1d t111s(lli 1t\!ll t<) 111y l10111c to 11 lit1rar ' . . Lil lit tle librnr \\'l1ich is 11l y opt:1 :s ix t1 ttrs ·1 ,v t.: k r is 1 1 t s i 11 g I tl t> t l t f r s 1) i a 1 tav >rs. l1e s, rllt: 111at rial is t, i11 g ent to your library and to the libr– aries all acros the country as a va t program to brain condition our peo– ple, and e pecially our students, for the acce,ptance of the principle on which Communi m i based - 'uni– ver al application of the law of ocial cience will bring about universal happine .' " The nearly 2,000 in attendance were reminded of the crises that are confronted Bible-believing Bapti t . Rev. Bernard Bancroft, Admini tra– tive Secretary for The A ociated Mi - ion , poke on the subject, 'Know the Peril Facing Mis ion ." Hi an– aly i covered the mis ion field of the world. Rev. J. Irving Ree e, Promotional Director for the Fellow hip of Bapti t for Home Mi ion , painted a vivid picture of the moral condition of America . Population tati tic were employed to how the opportunity af– forded home mi ion intere t . Workshops held The work ho,p on Church Mu ic, Mi ionary Budget , Chri tian amp– ing, Church Exten ion, and the u e of Radio and T . V. provided valuable information. The tudie in the book of Philippian upplied the nece ar devotional balance for the inten e at– mo phere that wa fo tered by ber – ing fact of the current dilemma . Dr. Merle Hull , Executive <litor of Publication of Regular Bapti t Pre and Editor of the B<ipti t B11lleti11. commented concerning the impac t of the conference : ~·one of the don11nant note f the conference wa the r ec gniti n tha t the hour n1i ght oon be at hand \\ hen Regul ar 8 ·1pt1 t n11ght b call J ti pon to face ph) ' 1 al per t! ut1 n. anJ a · l ense th ' p1r 1t f th s \\'ho are ga thered here, it 1 tl1at t ht!\ ,1r~ read} t tand. \\ hate er the Ct) t " nun1ber of re,o l t1 t iol1, \\ ~ 1 e t111- anin10L1"l pa ,et.I b, tht! n1t1rc tl1a11 90() t) f f 1cial 111e\'ie11gc1, ( llelcg,lt~, ) R esl)lu t tt)1ls () ,l\~t:ll \\Ct c : l1t.: 111tl~d «til 11, tl1 ~ Po~,\! s l-i 11 ' lu: \l , ( ' httrcl, and ' tat c; l ~1~>i t. l J)t11 is l1- 1ll e11 t ; ·,it h a 11 d 1 t ) ra Is. rrl1c le t i l ) ll )lll lllit tc rt l) l rt list "ll tl1 fl)lll \\ ir1g , ~ l1a , i11g l t 11 c lt t d tl) tilt: i i ,r 1~ \lrteen, (Cont inued on page 14) p ge 9 , JULY 1963