The Ohio Independent Baptist, September 1965

eart to eart mong t e omen La(lies - Please take 110.te ! - There i.... a ch ange in the lleacl line. for our page. For in ta nee ma teri al for the Septe111her issue had ,to he prepared and ent to the editori al of– fice, Ji, I)' 9: therefore the article you wi h to appear in the Women page n1t1 t be in my hand on or before the 5th , TWO months ahead of the i·, tie in which it i appear. May we do 0L1r be t to cooper ate with ot1r ditor . Mr. John on . Thnnk you 1110 t incerely. Inez Milner . Pure Water There i muc h talk today abot1t water pollution, contaminated drinking water Polluted treams, river s lake and even the water upply under ground is the cattse of much concern in our land. There are civic com– mittees, state jnquiry boards a nd federal investigations being held to come up with an answer. A few years ago there were m any lovely beaches where swimming was enjoyed but now s igns are ,posted WATER POLLUTED NO SWIM– Ml G. In early days of our country, one was safe to drink from most any river or creek, but not o now. We muc;t filter a nd re-filter. We must chlorinate and f ]uorin ate. Still we have problems. Recentl y a city in c~aJifornia di covered thouSiands of citizens were having diarrhea and high fever. Te t were made and it was d1~covered the wel ls of that city were contaminated and the water sL1pply had to be made pttre. This i~., not only lrL1e in the phy<iical and n1 a ter1 al bLtt 1 t 1c; true in the spiritttal rcaJn1. Ot1r ~0L1rce\ o f sp1r– itt1aJ supply have become con tan1- i11ated in our land. ome o1 ot1r cit1,er1s arc beginning to 5how alarm. J<.ccentJy on a 1"elcvision progra111 cal led Ll1e "E111 J)t y l'ttl pit' ' ~')ome of tl1e alar111 were voiced. ' fhey were grOJJi11g to tind the cattsc of the lack of y<)t1ng peOJ)lc res11or1ding to tl1e e-all to crve tile ··cf1urcl1.'· rf'l1eir co11gregations arc co11tan1ir1atcd, tl1eir I i I arc t 11 i r t }' and th c; y kno vl 11 Cl l the troul,le . Al tt.:=r so111e di sct1s~ior1 it sl~ >'"-'(;cl that tl1e .. er11inarie "''ere: at f al:1lt. l)erlir1 II ge i clo ing its se11l1ina1) . 0111e tl1i,I\ scc111 trugi THE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST hut to tis who know the pL1rc ' waler of the Word ' ' of God we rejoice that one 0L1rce of teaching will be gone. Oh that more warnings were po ted WATER POLLUTED - UN– SAFE FOR DRINKING! On this ame progran1 a sugge tion was made to close llp on1e of the ,mail er con– gregation ( 100 or le ) and combjne with larger one and thi·.;; would help solve ome of the problem the moderni . t are havi ng in facing their <; hortage of mini ters. Let tis hope they fo llow thi·3 uggestion. The. e Hl,roken cL tern " breed unbelief an(I preach a contaminated, a pervertec.l go pel which ,according to the Apos– tle Paul in Galatian is not th e Gospel bL1t ar1otl1er which i not of God. Let them close their churche but let ur:, who have the LIVING water open new churches which give for th the pLtre r efr eshing "water of the Word." Source of supply Thank God for our chools. our source of upp1y; wher e the living wa ter i taught in it pt1rity, where young men and women oa n go forth to ,fill our pulpi,ts and cla room with a good knowl edge of God' Word , where dedic,ated young peopl\,; can come back into our churches to . er ve and li ve and work in the con1- mL1 niti e to be a fountain of pt1rc water in a dry and thir ty 1 anti. Women, when we pray for ot1r <;chools let ti not for get to ca ll the ,, tt1dent by name and seek od' . help th at they may drink deep, for we live in a very bL1 y, per piring tin1e, when a thot1 and c la1nant call assai l tis on every ide. We 111L1 t tak e 111.ore of the pt1rc water f the Wor<.l 1f we would be well cqttippcd for our la\k··). ct u\ tt1rn people fr 111 lh~ c.1uarter\ where they have been u ,_ cL1s to111cd to uraw their ttpplie"i - broken c1~tcrns with t1n~erta1n an t l1rack1~h water anu tt1rn thcr11 to ( Jotl, the clcr11al ~ot11ce <1f life and J1l:!acc through our l .. orc.t Jc\tt, ( ' t,ri ~r. .. In tl1c last cla\, that great cln ' C>f tl1e feast, J CSll~ ll)O I ~ll lll ri~tl ( c111otio11all) 1 ), ~") 1ng, If an}' tlla11 cl1irst, let hiill co111e tttlfl> 111e anll drink . He tl1at helie, 1 e.tl1 011 111c, a til t: ScriptLtr~ l1atl1 saicl, ou~ of l1i-s 1)tll\ Mrs . Inez Milner, Women' s Editor ha ll flow river~ of l iving w:1tcr: · (John 7:37-38). We ca ll t1pon the won1en of ou r fellow. hip, t,he r eader ' of thi s page, to " e t you r foot down" wi th the yot1ng peop le in yot1r home. YoLt v..·otdc.l not allow them to go swimming in a poll uted .pool. YoL1 wotild not permit th em to dr ink at a cc nt amin ate(I fot1ntain. Why then clo yot1 permit them, even pay their way, to go to the Coll ege and Uni ver iti e-;; \Vhcrc their faith i contan1i nated, where th eir te timony i pollL1ted. Tn their youth they need the trength of othe r young ,peo pl e of like faitl1. They need teacher who build r ather than pul l down. The re ult een in the world about U"' hould be proof enoL1gh. They are dry, thir ty, empty, and , eek– i ng but never never , at1c;fied. By r equ t thi timely ar tic le i c; ubmit,ted by ot1r pre iden t, M ~. Earl Un1baugh . Important Notice Attent ion! All Jadie of the 0.A.R .– B. . Women' , Mi .. ionary Union! We have made plan for a big Fall Rally in ile..·, Ohio, on Thttrs_ day , October 21. It j,~ held in con– nection with the Ohio A ... ociation AnnL1al Meeting a,t the Fir t Bapti ' l hurch and will convene at 1: 35 p.n1. Mi l ri a ti e fro111 t. Lt1c1,1 one of the Windward I land -. W t ln- c.Jic~, will he ot1r 1ni i nar p at.er ow s<;t11etl1i11.r: e.tt1a is being pre– J)arcu for the Pa tors' Wi e · on ties li a y, 0 c t. I 9. her \\ 1 ll b c J l t 1 n 11- O n at I I : 30 a.111 er d b 1 the l1o"t cl1urch \\tth a 'pt:cial plar1r1etl r,ro– gra111 Thi, \\ i11 he 1n th~ t rr11 <.)I a panel lli~cta '}l()t1 witl1 ~1, 111c111t,~r·, l,\1'1ng 1,art. ' I he ,ttbJ 'Ct ct10 c11 1, --·1he l a<.l\' i11 the [)er" )11,1gt: •• St1t' \\ill llt Jl1e,tnlctl J a \\ttc. 111otl1c1. l1t)~tc"i,, 111e111l1c1 l)f tl1~ cl1t1rcl1, 111c1t1- lJer l>i t11e co111111t111il\, c1nll a \t'I\dtlt <)J tllt.' l 01 ti. la1 l \ <.)tt1 L ,lcn,l ur a11 I \Lt a"itLlc tt1c,~ Ll4ttc~ f()f :,11 i11 - sf)iraltl>nal t1n1' c\lltl ll'll )\V~l1 i1) ,, itll t>tl • anc>tl1c.:r. SEPTEMBER, 1965 PAGE 7