The Ohio Independent Baptist, October 1965

AT HILLTOP HOUSE 303 E. Tuscarawas Ave. Barberton, Ohio Dry weather has made the lawn brown, but we are sure the Lord will end rain and they will be green again. However the showers of pirit– t1al ble ing have been bountiful. Four church groups have met with u to bring blessings in song and from the Word and also refreshments for the body. The Copley Bapti t Church, the H untsburg Baptist Church, the Camden Baptist Church and the Fundamental Baptist Church of Tall– madge h ave very graciously pr ovided these blessings. Beautifully decorated cakes brought in observance of the birthdays of two of our resident: Mrs. Marie Teichert of Toledo and Mr . Lida Fike of Tallmadge and of our re ident housekee,per Mrs. J..,illian K ubicek. Another of our r esiden ts, Mi s Caroline Studdiford , vi ited with friends in New York State for two weeks. Supt. Hukill wa privileged to pre– sent the H ome and minister the Word of God in four of our churches this pat month: The Evangel Baptist hurch of Akron, the First Baptist Church of McDonald, the North Roy– alton Baptist Church and the First Baptist Church of Rittman. Supt. Hukill is available for pulpit supply or presentation of the Home on Sundays or week day evening . He may be contacted by writing the above address or by telephone: 745- 8475 Barberton. K eep on praying for us. ' 'Christ Came ... To Save Cinders' ' A little girl made a strange mis– quotation of a verse, but he told the truth when she said, ' 'Christ Jesus came into the world to save cinders." Y , H DID! H e takes the cinder - the clinker~, the ashes, the burne<l out hopeless live~ - and make them glorious and new. ( By Dr . Will HoL1ghton). ''POEMS FOR PATRIOTIC AMERICANS'' By Ralph T. Nordlund 72 pages with 50 poems and some prose reminders of the history that inspired or provoked them! Beautiful binding makes them attractive grfts. Price $1. Discounts for book tables. Order from: R. T. Nordlund, 586 Maple St . Fostoria, Ohio THE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST BOOK REVIEW ' 4 Able To Bear It" by ,ertrt1dc . Sanborn, 32 page pt1bli. hec.l hy the Regular Baptist Pre . Thi mall booklet i a jewel; a preciou collecition of poems and pro.=,e written by a mother who h as gone through trial with two of h er children. But as he has written in the foreword, "The purpose of thi story is to show forth God s faith– fulness in making 'a way to esc8ipe ' according to His Word and to help others who may be in similar hard places.' ' This book would be excellent for pastors to k eep several copies to give to members of their congregation who may be passing through trial. For others, their faith will be strengthened a they read of God's grace jn time of need. James R. John on. (Concluded from page 4) I rael starts with an individual Ach an by name, robbing God in J oohua 7, for the gold of J ericbo was to go into the Lord's ,treasury ; and Israel ends in Malachi 3 with the whole nation robbing God by withholding the tithe. The first ended in the death of the individual - the second in the nation being cast off and sca:tter ed. The Church starts in Acts 5 with an individual, Ananias, robbing God and ends in Revelation 3 with the whole professing church apparently doing the same thing; aying in ver e 17: "I am rich and increa ed with gods, and have need of nothing. " The ,proof that she wa withholding is seen in Christ's word to her: "Thou are wretched and miserable, and poor and blind, and naked. ' I f h e h ad been giving to God h e would not h ave been poor . The fir t re ulted in c;;uctd en clea th ( Aotr;; 5 :5), th e c;;econcl in being spuecl ot1t of C'hri t 'c; mo11th ( Revelation 3: 16) . "A God hath pro perec.1 hin1 ' ' ( l or. 16 :2) mean only one thing - that the giving is to be in proportjon of God's bles'Sing. Why not start with one dollar 011t of ten ten per cent as Abraham did and, maybe, like him, rise higher and higher till even– tually you stand on a Moriah with your al l on the altar for God. P ermi t me to share with you that at the age of 18 I started to give one– ten th of my wages to the Lord. Two years later I increa ed the percentage until at age 25 I covenanted with God to give one-half of al l my earn– ings to Him. Now, over 70 years of age, I want to bear te timony that, in s piritua·J communion and in material thing God has blessed me one hundredfold and has graciou ly entru ted to me a s teward hip far beyond my expecta– tions when, as a l ad of 18 I ·tarted to give God a definite portion of my wages. Get to know El...£1yon the " Po e - sor of heaven and earth " Who grac– iou ly accept from U'S the material things H e h a fir t given u and pours into our lives untold piritual weal.th. "God i able to n1ake all grace abou nd toward you; that ye, alway,, h aving all ufficiency in all thing , m ay abound to every good work' ' (II C or. 9 :8 ) . 'But thi I ay He which oweth paringly hall reap al o paringly; and he which oweth bountifully ,::.hall reap al o bountifully. Every man ac– cording a he purpo eth in hi hear t, '"'0 'let him give~ not grudgingly. or of nece ity; for God loveth a cheerft1l giver' ' ( II orinthian 9:6, 7). LOS ANGELES BAPTIST COLLEGE NEWHALL, Dr. John R. Dunkin President & GRADUATE THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY CALIFORNIA A CHRIST CENTERED COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES C. Lloyd Button, M. A. Dean • Six Maiors (A.B. & B. S. Degree) • Outstanding Faculty • Good Employment • ' 'Come and Enioy The Sun' ' • lovely New Campus Write for Catalog Today - LABC. 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