The Ohio Independent Baptist, September 1966

salm uucl A nem By Ralph T. Nordlund ( Read P ALM Ill in 1 our Bible fir t ) How excellent Jehovah' ame In all of earth, and heav' n ahove: He till )'e tongt1es that \.\-ot1lcl defan1c. For infant v ices hvn1n Hie; love! ., My <;ot1] i hun1bled when I <;can God'<; handi~'ork - n1oon. tar , anti nll: o n1 pa red with i t, 0 ~hat i, "t\, 1 an? o inc;ignificant. and sma ll ! And yet the glory Man ha<; lo t I now regained in Christ, the Son: And honor, purcha ed at great cost. Hae; everla ting glory \\ n! Don1inion lo t o'er creature. wild, And honor oiled with c; in and . ha111e. Are our, in Christ, who<;e rule is n1ild, Whose grace e alt Jehovah' ame! How many hymns ha, e been in pi red by the Eighth P alm ~'e do not know, bt1t they are many. It might be helter to go to an old-fa hioned hymn book and find one there, rather than u e mine; bt1t thi one may be econd be 1. It is al mo t a paraphrase. for this p alm is so poeti– cal that few changes have to be made to make it into good English ver e Our only regret i that so mt1ch good m:iterial had to be left out for lack of space. Perhaps some careful expositors will feel we have taken too much liberty with ve r es 5-9, and made hri st into the on of Man who regain the honor and dominio11 Ad am lo t: lJut we have the authority of Hebrews 2: 8,9 for th at. Fallen men n1ay till have practical don1inion over almo t all wild animal , and through cientif,c re– search is boasting him elf a the ma ter of the univer e, and hoping soon to invade the moon: bul such Babel achi even1ent ~ fall far short of that perfect dominion that Ad am Jost and that we will again enjoy"' hen Jesus hri t, the 5on of C1o(l and on of Ma n, con1es to e tabli sh Hi~ kingc.lom. his poem col1ld he printed in ,ind Sl tng to Penteco\t. ery l1kel)' tintler · ight The C,ooc.l Fight." yot1r cht1rch ht1 lletin , 011r hook carric\ it ., (Concluded from page 5) of the scl10 JI he attcnclccl. onsc- q ue r1t lv, there a11pears to be a. close re1atio;1 l1iJJ betv..' en a choc>t ·s fi- 11ancial trengtl1 and the t1Itin1atc f– £ cti,, ne s f ur 111i io11ary pr(1- l f C)tlr cht1rche~ have a vital fi– nancial st~tlc in ot1r scl1ools~ it is h(1J)Cd that ottr people tl1e11 ,vill ,vant tc) kce1) ot1r school~ t111,Ier cl()s ob- gran . .., }1 tl1ird clic. II 11g i 1 l1 11 eel lt c 11tinl1e cl r 1, ti 11 hiJl 1,et,ve 11 our chur 11 s a11c1 ur scl1 Jols. " tl1 J1i t ry of cl1urcl1-1 lat d c JI g "l1icl1 lia, turn d tl1 ir b ck 111, n tl1 i1 cl ur 11 a,11 J iblical Jl i analyz d~ it i 11 t. ed tl1 t. tl1 fir t t p in th1 u11 · t1 r)' d e1op1 nt " )rift a)' r 111 tl11 cl c11 11 cl1- cl1 1 r 1 ti 11 Iii fl . H OHIO IND ·P NDEN BAPTIST r,,ati(>11. p[)l'O\'cc.l . cl1 ols perso11nel cle irt; tl1 is close co111111u 11ica t io11. \\' c \\ ant yott t ) \\ rite tl ,,,J1e11 ~C)lllv 1)rol:,le111 arise · \\ l1icl1 ) 'Oll lt n >l t111tl r t rlnd. \ si 11c r I)' cl ire 'C)t1r i11tcr t a11(I g >OCI ,viii. l1i I<)~ , f- • • • Iiliati 11 a11 J Cl 111111t1111 a t1t 11 ar 1111- J ,, t, nt 41f gtt,trds ir1 tl1 Jn ' ,, 11 11 a J sta 111 s t t 1 r a t 11 ' 1 - ,, l1cr . ] 11 111 a 11 n st t 11 I I (; ,, 11 , 1- o rcg i11g ]1, 11 1 g t }1 r 11 t l i t e ' 1 n C8\J1 lll f, itl1 l ·:i ll I . r t n J> I r t t 111 i t i • I 11, , i 11 t t 1 f<1ke' ' t)I faith. Jt1 t the challenge of 11rovitiing facilitie~ is tren1entio11<.,. Each one of our approved school cot1ld utilize a million dollar ton1or– row. Each in titution has a long range program where the need vary f rom one to three million dollar in the next ten years. Looked at so bluntly, the ta. k doe look hopele s. However. as \\'e exer– ci e and drive in tho e '· take · of prayer, tru t, and faith, the Lord bJe e . Perhap you could eek the Lord' will if He would have yot1r church i nclt1de one or more of the school on the budget or increa e pre ent budgeted amount . Perhap the Lord would have you purcha e con truction bond contribute indi– vidt1ally to general fund or cholar– . hip fund or other fund . It i al he1pft1L when you recommend chool to pro pective tudent, or faculty member . Vi. it the campu. . Let ll also make a compact to t1 phold OllT , chools in prayer. ' 'Let Us Press On" Our growing. dynan1ic, Chri t-h n– oring, Biblically-centered Regular Bap– ti t Churche n1t1 t maintain and further develop an enterpri ing. dy– namic, able. re pectable group of in- ti tt1tion of higher edt1cation. To ,10 le, will t1ltimately tunt our GARB , it elf. We erve a great God. wh trt1ly love His people. We cannot wait for a n1ore propitiou tin1e to apply the principle of fai th. ot1r cho 1 are really 1 ·ou and onl) re– fl ect the care and upport ) ' OU \\ i h t gi, e then1. Yott have den1 n trateti n111ch int re t and care in th pa. t. 1 he pr grc f ot1r chool clenrl) 1 ~o den1on trate . l et tl n t no\, rela\., ht1t pre ~ on. al l()\.\ ing ottr chool · to Hl.,;ngth '11 th cor<.l~ a11d t1 cngthc11 the '-it'" k.c n ·1 he \al\ at1t111 t)f ~0111" and the ed1f1- c1.1l1t,n ot Cht 1\ti,111~ \\ 111 be the etcrna1 l~\ttll. HELP! l1ristia11 la 111 11 gr)tll' nc~d, fttll ti111.,; fi ltl )ffi t'l i11 this ~11c~1 . t) s{)t' ial trni11i11g 11t!'li'u. \\ t l J)l, tlll ll ~ h itll fft;lS l-, ,.I ; \ I) \ ' I 1 lJ \l l ,, it l1 g > 1 1 ,, • 1 \ g l r c: n t 1Jri111 t >rs 11 n l 1 ·11) l <l ,, I 111 . l , I r. nl l r11 , gin t1r i ti 1 , ill l ·1 I) t d 111 r d t i I \ I it : J II\ J I l 111g , SEP EMBER 1966, PAGE 9