The Ohio Independent Baptist, October 1965

By Luci lle C. Brouillet Metropolitan Missions Baptist Mid-Missions Cleveland, Ohio Jesus ~aid to Simon Peter. ·'Simon. son of Jonas. do you love me more than these?" He said t'!, Him. ." Yes, Lord; you know th.a t I love you. He said to him, "Feed my lambs." We have a new baby on our rni s- ion tation. Rev. and Mr . Gerald Eaton have a son, their first child who wa born on Aug. 13 the la-3t day of Vacation Bible School. How carefully they watch over their young one! With what attention they see to hi feeding and comfort! There was joy at his birth, but that was not the end of it. Their love will trengthen and deepen a they watch their on grow. Their joy will be full when he come to know the Lord Jesu hri t and can learn to erve God. We have other new babies on our mi sion sta tion , young ones in faith. Several of them are but a few weeks old. One boy accepted Chri t be– cause one of our Chri,stian teenager invited him to Vacation Bible School. One girl who had only just moved into our neighborhood was saved. All need our prayers that they might be willing to feed on the Word of God. Teaching is an important part of our city work. A good mother does not se at you By L. V. Maynard The following commen t were taken from an article written by rl – ing Strom: ~, A noted writer tells in one of hi books about someone who was a king for more sugar in hi s tea, and received the an~,;wer, 4 St1r your cup.' " "rhere are many who are longing for more of God. And thi s longing i5 aJ\\'ays to the good, when 1t ar1 \e~ fron1 an hor1est desire to ~erve and honour J Od with all th at we r eceive fro1n H i111. But if we obc.;crvc }10»' ,od gives l f 1·~ blessings, a~ we ofte11 find told in the Word o f od we ' I i11d co11s tantly tl1iat JOd 's desire is to l>uild fl1rther upon that which He ha a lread) 1 given LIS. ' ] he q t a est ion tl1c J:>ro1,het ~Ii Ila pLll to the vlo1nan that ca111c to l1i111 a kir1g for 11 el J) is very t y J)i ca1: ' What 11 a 1 t 11 ou in th~ 11 ou e?" i 1r1 i 1ar I)' , t }1 e q LJ e lion J est 1 THE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST' • on thrt1 t a bottle into her baby' mouth and go off, leaving hin1 to feed by himself. Neither do we think it •"' uf– ficent to give a new born child of God a Bible and then leave him to feed by himself. These Iambs are in a field beset with grievous wolves and planted with poisonous weeds that look inviting to the ta,"' te. As soon as the la t Glory C lub awards had been given on Topping Day and the outings were over, we devoted ourselve to the Vacation Bible School le Oil'3 . The Lord gave us two artists to help with the work– book sheets. One wa a lady who re– ceived Christ only last winter and the other wa~ a daughter of one of our Mid ...Mis ion families, Mi s Dar– lene Rouch. We are thankful for their talented a si tance. The average attendance at the Bethel Church Vacation Bible School was J 00 children. Of these, 60 came every day for the ten ,days. Bible School at the Bib·le Center had an average attendance of 58. These numbers are but an index of how small our quarters are. There are hundreds of children in our neigh– borhood. There are o many ou] here, ,so very many. Yet th i i not ave put to Hi di ciple before H e ble ·"'ed the loaves and the fi he , o that there came to be much more than there had been - ' How many loaves have ye? Go anc/ see." Ob'Serve al o th at the talent were to be increa ed, not by the tii tribution of fr e h talent in addition to tho e that had alreaciy been given, bLtt the ta'len being ti. ed. ls thi., where the hindrance lie.. for o many of ti ? We think we have too little, and woL1l<l like to have n,ore, both of 0L1rc;elve , and for the C' hLH ch anc.l al l it gr at need~. o we pray for f re. h bl e'i ing.,, we pra ' for renewal, revival , ,progre" ·. r oLu·scI Ve'i, we pray .for 111ore fa It 11 and grc,1 ter power, t,old11c\ · an<l JO} in Goel. Ancl perhap ' the an·')wer is to he fottntl in tl1e words alrcauy 4ttt)te<.I, ' ' tir } ()Ltr CtlJ) !" Of cot11 !')l! } Ott t111- derstand 111}' n1cani11g - fir "t tise wt1a t )' Ott have, lo11't let il hcco,11c atro1)}1ied tl1r(1t1gl1 i11activ1ty at1cl i11 - station an apartment hou c c.li stri c t. towcri11g with cliff dwellings. Thi , is ,l tene– ment hou e area. Glory Clubs start agaiin the fi rnt week in October. We will have J 6 or more teens in ot1r weekly supper meeting. We will need more in foo c1 ~up.plies. La t year the Preteens more than filled the rooms here. We need to continue to pray about a Glory Club Hou e. With or without a hou e we will need to start a eco nd Pro– teen club. Thi means that we need to pray for more volunteer teacher and for wisdom and time to con– duct a teacher-training program. There are so many thin.gs to tell you . I am mark ing a few week , from about Aug. 2 1 to Sept. 2 J, 1966, for a period of deputation. l f you woL1l c.l like to have me come to peak to your church, mi ionary grot1p or chool would you please write to me. A year seem like a long time from now but the month wil l quickly pa s by. Perhap the Lord will come be– fore then, but if He hould tarry, I would be ha 1 ppy for the privilege of peaking to you about our work. In the meanwhile, let ll livc with– out covetou ne , content in ot1r Lord Je u~ Chri t. gratitude or whatever el e may be the cause. We pray for more faith. Well , that i ju t what the Lord want·.3 to oive 0 u . But faith i not ome ready-made commodity ent in package fron1 Heaven to all that pray for it. Fa ith i trLt t and trL1 t build""' upon peri– ence. J.t i therefore, faith when it i triecl that i mor pr iot1 th a r1 gold. The way to great r faith i t prove Gotl, to ventL1re forth 11pon the pron1i e ; to n1a k.e Ll e of the faitl1 we already hav , even th t1gh it re little and weak. It i jt1 t the sa111e with t1r b ltl 11c~ . anti with ot1r willingne" to \acr1fice and to •'ervc. If we were n1or \vill1no· t:, t <l o the little \vc can, in t au t g i11g ahottl tlrca111ing t)f ""ne\\ l1l '\ ing"··· tl1c 11C\\ b}e<;\tng~ \V tllu C 111~ to ll'\ 111 tl1e forn1 t)l ~r:r<JH 1 tl1 10 grn e Ho\.\ do \\ e l1e 0111t: 111c11 a11Li ,, t) 111en ()f pr,1\c1? 1111i1l) 1 b) pra 111g. Bt1t \ )U tll .J\ l11ecl. it i" 'iO tl1tt1ct1lt t() 111 a , antl \.\~ l1a\l: "ill little lie it l() J)ra}' . J LlSt f )I' .1/1(/l Vt' ·' I e(l\ () /l \\ ~ llCCtl to i'>l .. l as nC\ ~I bcf )f ailtf l1 \ tlldt 111ca11s ,vtll t1t11· I 1 , \\ l;l' l1e strc11gth- (Continued on page 13) OClOBER, 1965 PAGE 11