The Ohio Independent Baptist, February 1965

eart to eart mong t By Mr . Inez Milner " Thus saith the Lord God - Now therefore f e ar (revere nti a l fear) the Lord, and serve Him in sincerity and in truth : and put awa y the gods which your fathers served on the other s ide of the flood , and in Egypt; and serve ye the Lord . And if it seem evil (or we may feel it to be embarrass ing o r inconvenient or meddlesome) unto you to se rve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; wh e the r th e gods which your f athe rs served tha t were on the other side of the flood , or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell : BUT AS FOR ME AND MY HOUSE, WE WILL SERVE THE LORD. And the people answered and said, GOD FORBID THAT WE SHOULD FORSAKE THE LORD, TO SERVE OTHER GODS. " (Joshua 24: 2-16 A recent Cleveland Plain Dealer (January 7) pictures a woman model with thi announcement f rom New York: "Featured in the leather how for visiting fa hion writer wa thi green leather A-line dres with tucked front and bonnet. The kirt stops above the knee. A walking st ick com– pletes the costume' '. Wh at are we as Chri tian women going to do about the style which are set and designed by non-chri stian stylists? Are we going to conform to the world and acce,pt the latest in habit and fashions without any pro– test of any kind? Should we as Christian women and Christian or– ganizations speak out against the more and more evil trends of the world, which grasp and hold O·Ur daily living habits? In order to be a well-dressed lady or teen-ager, do we have to be the latest and go be– yond the mark of decency? Surely the length of our skirts and the form– fitting slacks and other apparel worn by Christian women in public i questionable. It is true we are living in the last days and so all the more we ough t to give heed lest we be caught in the web of worldl1nes , and dim the light which is in us bocau<;e of the Holy p1rit. Should not our talk and ou1 walk be t!'greed to exalt the l.,ord Jesus hri~t? .. And what\oever ye do, do it H Al{ -1ly, as to the l_.ord, and not unto men." (Col. 3: 23) Js it not true, tl1e 111ore H AR~I - 11... Y 'vVe Jove the Lord Jc us hri s t and de ire to serve H ir11, the 111orc careful ~'c will be concerning ot1r 111ode t UJ) J)carance ar1d l)ehavior'! o 1 l i a H EA I< .. 111 a t t er i s n' t i t? H I:. J M 1 1 , J '"J MAY BI~ r I O I ) A ! ur State ecretar) 1 l{ CJ){)r t We, as your 11~\\' ot ficers a ·k for ) OUf J)fa)'Cf a Yt' tace the Jl v. 1 ti cal )'ear i11 our l1io Wo111e11 ' \\ or . Y.le lleld our initial 1,la11nir1g THE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST meeting on Dec. 8 and will be meet– ing again on F eb. 9 and would a:p– precia te any sugge tion any of you wi h to end u . We will take them under advisement. We expect to et ome new goal and need to et our sights high. We may not always at– tain ot1r goals, but certainly we wiJI attain more than had we not reac,hed forth. Striking example A striking example of thi is een in 2 Kings 13: 18. I rael was a nation under constant a sault from Syria. Thi s northern kingdom rarely had a Godly king, but God had His prophet who brought Hi Word and way to them in time of r epentance. Joa h , the King at thi time, came to Eli ha when he lay a-dying. H e recalled the day when Elijah's mantle fe]l upon Eli ha. (2 King 2: 12). The king knew he was in the presence of a dying man. H e seeimed to wi h for the f ai th to a k for Eli ha' mantle a Eli ha had asked for Elijah man– tl e. li ha te t him. He a ked the king to take an arrow and the bow, to open the window. The trong hands and arm of the young king pulled the bow wi th the frail old hand of the pro,phet ttpon hi hand . The arrow \ped ot1t the window wi th the pro– phecy of the eer, 'The arrow of the I ord'\ <leliverance over yri,1. ,. ow we view the eye of a 111ar1·~ faith. rrhc king was lo take the qt1iver or ar1 ow..., ( tl1e 111can':> of war– fare) and ...,1111te tl1c y11an..., ir1 f1gt11 c by' striking the g1ot1nd as tf \tr1k111g the e 11c111 )' H e ...,111 t tl1rec t 1111e..., l~li~l1 ,1 \.\' as J1~a1,po1ntctl. Fl \\ "1s \·vrotl1 with the kir1g i11 l1is l1alf l1~d1 t – l!tl, l1~df-tleali11g \.\' itl1 the e11e111) ut1 hotild l1avc strtack fi\ 1 t:! (>r si · t1111es. tl1 J)rc.11)t1 t r·bukeJ. Yott ar· 11ot a11gr)' e11ougl1 again "t ~i11 a11 I tl1e 11e111)' . Yott do 11 l trt1 t (1otl c11ot1gl1 for co1111)J te ,,i tor}' · o )' ta ,vill 11ot e omen have it. How thi peak to us. We de ire the mant le. We may de ire power, the victory, but we till hold to the ve tige of in and unbelief. We fear nhe enemy ,more than we trust the Lord. We have vi ion and faith but not enough for com,plete victory. Jame 4: 2 ays ' Ye receive not becau e you ask not. " The late F. B. Meyer said , "Our success is commen urate with our faith .' ' ' 'Do not tay, 0 oul--winner, but mite Satan and compel him to acknowl– edge thy might. " Greatly begin! though thou have time ubli me- • • But for a line, be tihat Not fai lure but low aim, 1 Crime!' ' You will be hearing from u f rom time to time. Remember u before the Throne of Grace. Your officer are: Pre ident - Mr . Earl Umbaugh, 2150 Marhofer Ave., Stow Ohio. Vice Pres. Mr . Kenneth Romig, 747 Roo evelt N.W., Warren, Ohio. Secretary - Mr . Her– man Harvey, 2300 E. Home Ro,ad Springfield, Ohio. Trea urer Mr . Eugene Schlechty, 17020 Lakewood Hgt . Blvd . Lakewood Ohio. 44107. Submitted 1 by Mr . Herman Harvey. Cedarville College Women 1 s Auxiliary The per onnel of the College; tru - tee faculty, tudent body, taff and maintenance per onnel, women' aux- iliary, ye , all of 11 , deeply apprec i– ate the untiring effort of all our won1en who have a en1bled and nt in to ti , your Betty rocker coupon , . & H . 1reen tan1p and T p al11e (T ) tan1 p . For thi ,ve ha, 'e pt1rchased tab l ilver f r the dining hall at 'edarv1ll allege. Th fol– lo\ving i a conden~ec.l re.port f all tl1c cottf)Otl and ' lan1p · a · f Jan. 5, 1965. It l\ 1111po ·1ble t a k.no\ 1- cugc in , rit1r1g to ettch one per "onall) a11c.l \\C U!',k that ) Oll c\C ei1t Lt , t this t1l11c "1, ·· 111u11k \ lt Jntl God bless \c>tt. " la\ ).Ott col1t1nt1e to gt\c th 111 t() tl for ot1r hool. Betr.r ( ,roe. J..r.r cc>tt/Jt>11\ 71.t..i-i, \.\:'tth ,,,t1icl1 ,ve 1,t1rcl1~1\etl I,_ I pie c. 1 ~tl\cr , 110 s tai,,IL~,, ~tcel flat\V,1rc at a t)\t t)t . 130.7). & ti a11tl .. I t)J) alLtc \latllJ). 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