The Ohio Independent Baptist, February 1964

eart to eart mong t e omen By Mrs. Inez Milner, 2665 Canterbury Road, Cleveland Heights, Ohio - 44118. MY HEART "O God, my heart i fixed: I will sing and give prai e. Awake up, my glory: awake, ,psaltery and harp." - (Psalm 57: 7, 8.) David was in a cave hiding from King Saul when he wrote this Psalm. Yet instead of saying ' 'O God, my heart is frozen with fear", he de– clares, '·o God, my heart is fixed" - calm, happy re olute, firm, e tab– lished. His soul is among lions, yet he cries as if to arou e him elf to the spiritual joy that i beyond reach of one' enemies, "Awake up, my glory, awake, psaltery and harp. " Many of us need at times to make thi same call upon ourselves 10 awake. The harps are hanging silent on the walls. The figure of peech sho~ ing instruments of mu ic leep– ing is suggestive. They are capable of giving forth rich melodie , but not a note is heard from them. There are two thoughts suggested by thi prayer. One is that life is meant to be glad, joyous. It is pictured as a harp. The other is the splendor of life - "Awake up, my glory." A life of ioy and song It is to a life of joy and song we are called to awake. Life is a harp. There is a legend of an instrument that hung on a castle wall. Its strings were broken. It was covered with dust. No one understood it, and no fingers could bring music from it. One day a tranger saw the silent harp, took it into his hands, reverent– ly, brushed away the du t, tenderly reset the broken strings, and then pla)'ed upo11 it, and ~he glad mu~1c filled all the castle. Tl1i is a parable of everyday l1f e, \vt1icl1 is a harJJ, n1ade to give out n1t1sic, l,ut broken and si lent until Cl1rist gets possession of it. rfhen Mrs. Inez Milner, Women's Editor HE OHIO lt~DEPENDENT BAPTIST the ong awaken . We are called to joy and joy-giving. "Awake up, my glory - J. R. Miller. Breathe on me, Brea,th of God, fill me with life anew, That I may love what Thou do t love, and do what Thou would t do. Breathe on me Breath of God, till I am wholly Thine ; Till all thi earthly part of me glows with Thy fire divine. Quoted from "Strength for Each Day' ' By - Harry M. Lintz, D.D. Greetings from Hillto,p House! By the time you read ithis article our new Super– intendent and Matron will probably be well established, ,although at thi writing we are till anticipating their arrival. We are looking forward to having Rev. and Mrs. Hukill take charge, ·and rt:he WELCOME MAT is out! Our Christmas ea on wa very joyous. Many groups and churches combined their effort to make it a happy time. Some local groups came in and decorated the Home in an appropriate manner, others came singing carols and pre enting pro– grams. Several group brought gift , others sent them in, and there were al o some from interested individual . For each and every token of love, we e~pre s our heart f elit THANKS and si ncere appreciation. Among the gift were article of linen , soap and other hou ehold ar1icles, records for the recently– recei ved record player, a Hamilton Beach blender and many item for the general u e in the Home. Son1e boxe contained personal gift of hankie~, candy, ~tationery, po~der, cologne and trinket for the 1n– div1dual rcs1de11ts, as well a ca11tlv and ha<;,ket'°) of frt1it tor the111 to • 4 nibble on". We also h,tvc a new re\1dent \V1th us since the holiday\ - Mr\ Alice M O\.Vcn car11c 011 Dec 30 a11<l v.'e ,tic l1aJ)J)Y to welco111c l1e1 111to tl1c Hill – tor> fa111il)'. We ap11rc.::ciitt~ tl1e i11terest sl10\v11 i11 J)rcser1 ta1jo11 <)f tl1 slic]cs ar1cl taJ)c regar(li11g tl1 ~ lio111c i11 111n11)' f )' Ot1r }1t1r }1cs ar1d if tl1crc arc t)tlltl' " ,,,J1t) v. 1 isl1 to utiliz tl1 111 , ll)lc.:;n ,vrit t trs. Dea11 J le111')', 274_ B n I r 1\ \' 1111 , kron, Iii . 44 l 9. Making Plans for our Spring Ra lly? We hope o! The date is Tue day April 21. The place for the Rally i Fir t Baptist Church, Rittman Ohio, and the Committee is making plan for another good, "can't afford to mi s it,, day of bles ing for all our Ohio women. DIMES, DIMES - 50 dime fill a Dime Bank, the number of bank you may fill i not limited, we know some have filled their econd bank and will probably have a third one filled before the Rally. DEAD LINE, for your offering to be recorded in thi coming report? Try to have it in the hands of our Trea urer, Mr . Eugene Schlechty, 17020 Lakewood Heigh,t Blvd., Lakewood, Ohio 441 07, a soon after April 1 t a possible. No doubt our Executive Committee will have SPECIAL pro– ject for our itate project to pre ent. Make thi a real object of prayer. ' 'Lord, whart: will you have ME (OUR SOCJETY) to do?" He will tell u "Give as wa given to you in your need ". If o - what an offering we hall receive!! Other d ates of interest to us Mar. 19-22 B8ipti t Mid-Mi - ion Conference Euclid- ottingham Church, Cleveand. Jt1ne 21-26 - GARBC onference (ANNUAL MEET! G), Winona Lake, Indiana. July 16-19 - Bapti t Mid- 11.. ion Conference, Grand Rapid . Michigan. July 20-Aug. 2 Baptist lic.l- Mi ion Sen1inar, Cedar\ 1lle ( 'ollege. edarvil]e, Ohio. Aug. l 1-13 - W 0111e11 ', Retreat, Cedarville ( ' ollcge, ( ' ecl,lf\ tile Ohio. ept 15 - Be1 car1 v 0111c11• Fel– io\.\ ,111 p. O\' IO - Hel1ro11 \\ 1 0 111c.n 's 1 is– \ionar\ l J nio11 Fall Rull)' l~ir"t lJ n1l- 1 i,t ' l1t11cl1, \\'elli11gto11 Ol1i . Mom's Translation l1cre is rt "tor ' ab tit f C)t1r clcrg)' Illen \, 1 110 \\' r ~ Ii ·tis i11g tl1~ 111crits of tl1e ,,ariot1 tr a11 l'1ti )0 t tl1 Bil>lc. 011e like ll tl1e Ki11g Ja111cs \ 1 er siC) ll l)c t be at1 f it i 111 r>lt , 1, ' 111t i fta l I 11gli 11. 1\11otl1cr l iked tlie 111 rj "a11 la11d- trd \ ' r i 11 l..,t;;sl be Ll it 1 n1 r I i t ,. r, 1 a 11 <l n r r t 11 1 i g 111 a I l-1 l)r ,v a11 I r k. Page 11 , FEBRUARY 1964