The Ohio Independent Baptist, January 1965

Luella tepping out of thi importan,t office who will fill thi re pon ibility? We ubmit the following officer with thank giving to God: President Mrs. Benty Balyo 1 t Vice Pres. and Program Ohr. - Mr . Clarice Svedberg 2nd Vice Pre iident and Luoc·heon Chr. - Mr . Virginia Manning Recording Secretar y Mr . Elaine Genove e A t. Recording Secretary - Mr . We ley Bliss Treasurer - Mr . Helen Dol an Asst. Treasurer - Mis LeLand Decker - Reported by Inez Milner, Chairman of Nominating Commirttee Cedarville College appreci,a,ted your faithful contributions of Betty Crock– er Coupons, S. & H. and To,p Value (TV) stamps. Do keep 1hem coming, please. Thank you. KOOK'S KORNER Oatmeal Cake 1112 cups boiling water l c up Quick Cooking Oa,ts 1 h cup bu,tter or margerine l cup Brown Sugar - f.amily packed 1 iteasp. nutmeg 1 cup sugar 2 eggs 1 V2 cups sif.ted flourr 1 teas,p. baking oda Y2 teasp. alt Pour boiling waiter over oats, mix well. Cream butter, brown and white sugar thoroughly. Beat in eg,gs. Stir in cooked oatmeal. Sift together flour and remaining dry in,gredients. Stir into oaitmeal mixture. Turn into a greased l 3x9x2' ,pan. Bake a t 350' tor 30 or 35 minutes. Cool in pan. Spread wi th topping. Broil until g,old– en - about 5 minutes. Topping - broiled. ~ cup brown sugar firmly packed - 1 h cup sugar 1 cup flaked coconut 1 cup cho,pped nut - 6 bsps. butter or margerine - 1 A cup lighrt cream - 1 A teasp. ~ani lla. Com– bine 6 ingredients, heat until bubbly. Stir in Vanilla. - Submitted by Mrs. Ruth Miller, e<lar Hill Bapt1~t Church, C'Jeveland. May each one of you and yoLtr l1ou eholds have a C1od-consc1ous, Jod-led New Year, HAnd whatsoever ye do i11 word or d ed, do all in the a111c of the lArd J l:SUS, giving tt1ar1k ltnto od ar1d the "ather by Hin1." ( ., pl1. 3: J 2-23). * * l1e a y " ' 8)' is 11ot tal wa}'S the righ l '\\' a)'. THE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST o unteer or esus Mrs. Earl D. Umbaugh ~, A call f or loy,al soldciers comes to one and ,all· Soldiers for the con,flict, Will you 1 heed the ca:11? Wi l l you ans,wer quiclcly wi,th a ready c·heer Will yol1 be enlisted as ,a volunteer ?' "J,ane? Oh, she 1always says s 1 he will but when i,t comes to perforimance, that's another thing!'' "·Ben 1isn' t much ,account. Comes .to meetings buit never does a thing." These remarks (follow medriocre work. Unless ,~here l1s ,an intense de– sire to serve we1Jl, the service is usually poor. The ,biggest m,istake m·ade by volun,teers is to think their nonperforimance wi·Ll go unnoticed. A youn,g l1ady 1in Bible School w0s prai ed for ithe careful, c 1 le,an wiay he ser ved .her p 1 atro1ns. He saii 1 d "I always ,try to get your taibJe, it :is always so nea t 1and yo 1 u serve me o well. " She ian&wered, "I ,a!lway,s ,pre– pare the taib1le •as i.f ,tlhe Lord J e,sus were ito be my nexit paitron.' ' If we all h,ad this •attitude 1aiboUJt our work, whether i,t be volunteer or 1 paiid , w\hat a different world we WOi\JJld have! Stewardship account U·Illpaid Ohrristi 1 an workers often r e– ent being ,called upon by a superior to ·give •an ,ac.count o·f their stewiard- hi,p uch ,as a Sund,ay School tea,ciher to ,the Superiintendent, 1but itlhe old s,ayin 1 g 'Responsibility iwiitlhout ac– count..,ability" Of the pa tor it say in Hebrews 13: 17 "for they watch for your oul , 1as ·tlhey that m ust g.rve •an accoun1t. " 11he Superinitenden1t need a ma111 to head up the annu,al Sund ay School picnic. You oan be ure he will not choo e Ben. ( H e rcmen1ber he wa r espon ible for the cla s meebing in February and came to a poorly at– tended and poorly planned n1eetin1g. He ha<l negleoted to appoint a ·tele– ,phone committee. H e hiad had hi wife send out card too late to be de]ivcred before ,the party anti de– cttl ed in tead of plannir1g the progran1 he'd lead in a few ong · and ciall or1 faithful George to read ',.Cripturc and n1ake a few co1 1n1cnt\ at the la~l 111inL1te.) orne ' h1ii st1,ans J1avc th ir t ecli11gs hurt when the) volLtnteer for u JOb and arc pas4ietl over. Per littps t h,tl perso11 shoL1 ld J ok l)ack and rc111c111ber )1ow l1e perfor111etl on his last j b. Every Chri sti an hould reaiJ,ize Vhat no ta k pepformed dior the Lord is too small ,to ,be given his best and fUJll ,atten,tion. Any job done well i a oomplimen t to the pe:rinor1mer. And will Teceive the commendatlion of our Lord 's ' 'Well done, •thou good and f aii,thful ser vianit. ' ' 'f.he Lord can only trust the l,arger job 1 to those who faithfully perfopm the Simal,ler one. 11he Su,perintendent ,or Ohri ti,an Ed director "can't ,alw,ays judge a book by its cover' '. And ,many ,a ,good worker ·has been uncovered ,in a lesser job well done. These simall volunteer jobs are sohools of ,learning for greait– er Te ponsibili ties. Paul s,aid the Lord "counted me f,aiithful put tling me rinrto the mini try' . I Timot·hy 1 : 12. AT HILLTOP HOUSE Elton C. Hukill, Supt. 303 E. Tusca rawas Ave., Barberton, Ohio Winter is here a evidenced by our first snow on the la t day of No– vember. Only about two inches. Storm window are up and we are ready for 1the cold winter months. Many gro,up have vi ited u ,thi month - all bringing big 1 ba ket and ack of if ood. A 1turkey wa brought u ifrom the Central Bapti t hurch of olun1,bu by Pa tor and Mr . Wm. ,McKeever accompanied by Mr . Franitz and Mr . Oliver. W njo d a o ial evening with the ladie ,fron1 th trong ville Bapti t hurch with ing- i ng and a d votiona I n1e · age. he Bro\\ n t. Bapt1 t Mi · i nwy 1'..J""'~ served a b tintiful IL1nche n f 11 wed b) ,\ devotional tin1e ,, . 12th. fh M 1"\10nary cieit f 1 111 th ir ·t Bapt1~t ' httr h f R1tt111an ·c1 eu ret1 c~h111e11t both 111atc11al a11ti p1r1t– ual 011 the l 9tl1 . Pa t r a11 l 1rs. lt,crt John on of the \ .111g .. 1 Bupti "' t (Continued on inside back cover) JANUARY, 1965 PAGE 9