The Ohio Independent Baptist, February 1965

LIBRARY offers Challenge (. '-'n lf\l 'l l'll t t llC tlC\\ " ' ()().()()0 J' t,rar~ lllll t htgltl Ll ''-)l)t1 '-\' r>o, - ~lc. .. r'-11"t; t ttntl,. the llcQc h,1~ ... \'."ll, llt:tl~t:J 30() htirchc, r 1ntt:rc · tcti .._ tr1c lJ t , ui,,c 1.000 c41 "h . n h n r rt1l I pl41q tic \\ ill be crt: ' led 1n,1de the nc\\ l1brar,. n- . gra, ed tipon th1" plaqt1c ,,,ill he th nan1c · f hur he. and 1ndi\ id ttal. g1, 1ng .:· 1.000 t the librar)· building tt1nd hefore the cl e f 1965. Fr n1 th r p n th u far. "' e ha, rea on t be c nfi d ent tha t the rd \\ ill "Uppl) thi need . We think it \\ uld be criptural to give a n e\. ampl of the \\ ay the Lord i t1n– dertaking f r u . becau e the Apo tie P aul in e horting the Corinthian to gi, e . u ed the e ample of the churche a t iv1acedonia ayi ng. "How that in a great tr ial of afflic tio n the abundance - of their jo)· and their deep poverty abounded unto the riche of their liberaltt}' :· ( II Corinthian 8: 2). P ictured above i an example of the liberalit} of a church and an in– dividual pre enting 1.000 check to Dr . J ame T. Jeremiah . On the left i Rev. H arold R . Green, pastor of the Faith B apti t Church, Greenville Ohio. On the r ight is Mr . Kenneth t. Clair. Bu ine M anager of Cedar– ville College. Rev. Harold Green, pastor of Faith Bapt ist Chu rch, Greenville, (left) and Kenneth St. Clair, business manager of Cedarvill e College (right) p resent checks fo r $1 ,000 each to Dr. James T. J e remiah, president of Ceda rville College, (center) for the proposed new libra ry. In pre enting a $ 1,000 c heck to the ollege Mr. St . Clair threw down an additional challenge that if Dr. Jeremiah and Lee Turner raised the needed $300 000 in gift during 1965 h e would give an additional l 000. Rev. Green aid that even though the people did not have the money on h a nd to give, they felt burdened for the need of the new library and voted a t a regular bu ines meetjng to bor– row the $ 1,000 from a local bank. R ealizing that Faith Baptis t is a mi - ion church six year old with an average a ttendance of 93, the Cedar- v ill e family was deeply moved at the liberality of this gift. We can ay with Paul " . . . yea and beyond their power they were willing of them– selve ." ( II Corinthians 8: 3 b). Are there 300 churches or indi– vidual among our fellowship who could meet this challenge? I it pos– s ible? The cripture say "A11 things are pos ible.,, I·f it i po ible for a small mis - ion church to give $ 1,000, can your ? If it is po ible for the bu ines manager of Cedarville College to give, can you? Would you pray concerning what the Lord would have you to do? Do college students attend church? The following ar ticle by the noted co1umni t Dr . George W . Crane wa submitted by Raymond F olk of Medi– na, Ohio. We think it i of worthy significance and therefore we reprint it here. - The Editor. Prof. R ichafd T. Mclnto h i the d) 1 nami~ Dean of S tudent at Cedar– ville College in Ohio. ...Dr. Crane,,. he began, "'the wife of one of our s tudents read your former column 1n the kkron Beacon Journal. ·' In it you hazarded the guess that except for the 1 f ormon colleges and p os ~bl)' the Roman Catholic chool . FEBRUARY 1965 PAGE 8 probably not more than l O p er cent of college s tudent ar e in church on any given Sunday. · Our Bapti t liberal arts college encourages all student to be regular in churoh attendance a nd to ubmit weekly r eport ther eof. 'Almo t 100 per cent of our tu– dents a ttend a t lea t o ne church service each week. 'And 7 5 per cent a ttend two or more ser vice a week. ~~Many of our tudent ar e also active in C hri ti an ervice work, uch a teaching Sunday School cla es, a sisting in youth work, conducting religiou er vice in re t home , penal in titution and a large tate orphan- age. "Many of our tudent al o make a vi tal contribution to the musical and educational programs of the area churohe . 'So you see our Baptist college s tudent a well a Mormon and Catholic , are faithful in their church r esponsibilitie ." A few such church chool in– cluding Bob J one University, Whea– ton College and others, m ay boas t of a high church attendance record. Ala , I'm afraid to a k about our mammoth tate univer itie and even a supposedly noted Methodi t chool uch as my Alma Mater, orthwe tern Un1ver ity. THE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST