The Ohio Independent Baptist, September 1966

• • n 1111 cenc Whil Reading An Obituary By Dr. Otis Holmes I,. Ill\ l )\,l \\ h\l tii(' 1' 1, il'a... i · '"' t l1c, ,,1, 1 l ' )\ 'lll , l-ll' \\.l, "i\tCll ,l lllCC' l1t:tr1gl \\ 11, .• 111 I .. 1111 ... r 11 ... (''-' t ...) he , 1 0\\ c 1<.) lti,11. l~l' ,,,1, the l nc ,,h ... 1 ,, ,1 rc– l'l' ' 1,1t,tc t ... ,1 t,1111g111g 11,e 1ntt1 the ,, "1 l"i 111 t .. 1ct. t1c 111,1tlt: the \\ 1 l<.i , lli C\C'I\ tl1111g irl It. .. 1-le ,, ,1s ric/11 He t)\\ ncd the cattle ....,., n tl1(,t1 nt1li hilt. H en o ned tl1c htll \\ ith all their , ·a t depo it f gt)l li . it, er preci0t1 , tone and ever - 1l11ng. .. He ,, a /JOii·er/11!! He not only cre– ated the \,\ rld out of nothing but placed then1 in the ilver ocket of the . k.) t tay. He cot1ld do anything. He c uld till the torm, heal the ick and e,'en rai e the dead. He \.\ a a great provider! He cer– tainl~· t k care of all my need . Be– . ide providing food shelter and clothing He granted me wi dom, grace, mercy forgiveness and so n1uch more. 11 1. I have a difficult time believ– ing that oi, r God is dead! But the e 'theologians' ' should know! After all they have been to the mo t modern and up-to-date col– leoe and eminaries. Some of them 0 have numerous degree attached to the end of their names. ti ll. I have a hard time accepting it. The un came up as usual this morning - right on time. The moon and tar hone brightly last night. The ro e and lily blos omed and emitted thei r fragrance. The hills and plains are till the same. I haven't c;een the planets or any form of cre– ation flying flags at half-mast. The majority of people don't seem to think that God has died. They kinda act like it once in a while, but they don t actually believe He's dead. You know! I 'm positive He· not dead. I talked to Him just a few minutes ago. He assured me He is not dead. I've talked to Him many times in pray-er. He has answered. Nobody but a living God can do for me what He has done and is doing. He stated once again. ~·1 am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, the f 1r t and the last \\'hich is, and which was. and which is to come, the ...\1- mighty." I've known all along that 111}' God SEPTEMBER 1966, PAGE 12 , ~ 11 n t l I 'nc 11 1 I 1() c' " t 1 l " 1 c1 g i n 11 s'' , v l, o ~,,, st, 111 l' t l1c ,,1ll'S ,, 11<, :ll'l' cl 'acl ' ... lcalf 1 r1 t I c,11,t,,l'"' a nll s i 11~ " ~, 1, c , :tr' /<>c>l , < ,, /Jr11 a,/, . 1 h ' ll1l1lc Int els thcrtl :,11ll s tate, "1 llL' f<1 )1 l1 at l1 sai( l 111 l1t, l1ca1 t. tl1c1 , ts tll) ,ocl " 0111 a t ... ,l,I \\rt)ttl I 111 ,tkc the a \Cr t1 0 11 tl1 at tl1c 1\l1111gl1t\' a11(I 1~t cr 11~1l i()(I 11c,cr t' •~tctl <Jr l1<1s <'<<tserl l<J <'\'i\'I. f'ti "-cci'l qttlC( if l \vCl'C thO\C lcll0\i\\. I \\()tlld11't l1c r>aracli11g a11cl net like I \\ a'i p, 011cl f bci 11g a fool. • , d 1, not c.Jcac.J! Hal lclL1jah! His on, Je ti .. hri t, i the onl Per.. on f Deity who ever died. A11cl that \,\ a f r a pccial purpo e. HThc \v ,1ge f in i death. ' omeone who wa, inle had to die to pay the debt . He \Va the only one who could. H e died for the in of the world. He died for n1e. I 'm o glad I accepted Hin1 a my aviour I 'm going to live in eternity with my living aviour and God who aid "Becau e I live ye too hall live.' ' Let's go everywhere and tell tho e ' ' theologian , and other lost sin,iers that "who oever believeth on Him hall not perish but have everlasting life." They 11eed the me sage. Will you join me? - Otis R. Holme . Hebron Ass'n. Meeting The Annual Fall Hebron Ass'n. N1eeting i to be held at Berea Bap– ti t Church on Friday Sept. 16. Dr. Erne t Pickering of Kokomo Indiana wil l speak. CLEVELAND HEBREW MISSION INC. Founded 1904 Witnessing to Jews in Cleveland, Ohio; Charleston, W. Va .; Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The largest staff in the history of the Mission augmented by a radio ministry at home and abroad, and a mailing ministry in the United States and abroad. Presenting Christ to our Lord's brethren by visitation, Bible classes, correspond– ence courses and literature. Staff members are happy to visit churches in the sp irit of Acts 15:4 to present the work of the Mission t hrough inspirational reports and by colored slides. " Brethren, my (our) heart' s desire and prayer to God f or Israel is, that they might be saved.' ' Write for your free copy of ' 'The Trumpeter for Israel" our quarterly mag– azine devoted to the work of Jewish evangelism. Gerald V. Smelser, Supt. Cleveland Hebrew Mission P. 0 . Box 18056 Cleveland, Oh io 44118 0.1.B. Subscription Contest For t he Ladies Th i s i c; a p i c l t1 re o f the bea ti t i ft t I $35.00 \ cofield Refe rence Bible which will be given to the "fir t place·· winner of our coming 0.1.B. Stth– scription Conte t for the women of our O.A.R.B.C. fel]owship. This is a genuine Pin Seal leather-lined cover with gold edges and gold fi llet. There will also be two second place prizes. These will be $15.00 gift certificates at the Cedarville Col– lege Book Store. The three third place prizes will be $7 .50 gift certificates. In the October issue, we will h ave more to say regarding this contest. It i to begin November 1st and con– tint1e through December 15th. Start thinking now of the n1any folk whon1 you might contact. National Call for Freedom to Pray Nearly 4000 Protestant minister from more than 40 American denon1- inations and all fifty state recently called upon our nation and its leaders to "make provision ' to restore free– dom to pray and read the Bible in public schools. The ministers co-signed a tatement which was forwarded recently to n1embers of the United States enate, empha izing the need to be free to recognize Almighty God in American public life. They stated that they were spurred on to action by deci ions of the upreme Court banning prayer and Bible reading in schoo1. The implication of the Statement was that the mini ters oppo ed what is in effect a 11niver al ban on school prayer . They wanted provision to he made for individuals to pray if they wanted to. The effect of uch pro– vi ion would be to restore local con– trol and determination of whether or no t chool children could pray. THE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST