The Ohio Independent Baptist, December 1965

Layman' s Corner Newspaper features story on James S. Dalton, busy trustee of Christian Radio Fellowship J ame s S. Dal ton Althot1gh it i a non--commercial ta tion , WCRF i•' in bu ine a real and as rea1i:>tic a any eoular con– cern . It has leased ,faciliities and equipment. It ha killed manage– ment and competent per onnel. It ha a . ervice to perform in radio evangel– ism and in -.; trengthening of believer . Gi ving coun el and direction to th1 ministry i the hri tian Radio F ellow.:)hip from which the call letter of WCRF are derived . Thi Fellow– ship was formed ix years ago for the purpo e f bringing Chri tian radi o to northea t Ohio. T ypica l of the hri stian Radio ellowshi p'~ I5 dedicated trustee i 1 ame Da lton, subj ect of a recent feature 5tor y in the C/evelancl Plain /J ealer written by r eligion editor Roy W. Adams. We quote the entire ar– tic le with pelimi s ion . J ames . Dalton doe not ju t da l, hle in o il s b)' day. He bubb le<; "i tl1 it, work wi th it hard and well . H i l,o is ohio. or d e D a l 10 11 ju t b abl) ]e tl1c IJ1l'>le b}' nigl1t a he n1aintain a :sec ,id career; l1e prcacl1e. it , ·tot1tl )' a11d v.1 11. H i bo i· J t= us hr is t. 1 a1 1011, 55, o f 4047 ado~·brook 13 ule, ard , 11iver it )' H eigl1ts, i·~ 01,er 1io11 ,11a11 g r o l ta1 dar<l ii f t1io 1il1anu t acLt1ri11g d~J)ar t111e11t. 1 e ru11 1l1e l\.\' t J al ref i11 r ic, a " II a th e i11 ole lo a nd l i 11,a . At [ 111 11 i , r it) f inc in11 a t i, 11 1ud1 d c11 r11i al a1 d I 111 ( I LJI t 11 urs . t 11111 ~ rr1 c: l l1J11a11 turn TH OHIO IND P ND i t t1 t \\ I 11 , a d l "' 111 1 I l BAPTI to the Lime tone B.apti t Cht1rch, Dorche ter S. C. He left home a a boy of 15 and went to Charle ton to eek work . There he labored in a ·3heet metal hop two year before joining Stand– ard Oil of New Jer ey. He wa only 17. All thi time he wa an ardent churchgoer at harle ton' Hamp- tead Square Bapti t hurch. ' I went every time the door wa·.; open,' he told the Plain Dealer. "f wa a deacon at 17.' He went Weclne. day. anti thri ce on SL1nday . In 1929 he joined Sohio al ov- ington, Ky., and there hi extractir– ricular church work wL1ng into high gear. As a member of Calvary Ba,pti t hL1rch, he would lead ervice at ovi ngton Jail and at the local "old people·~ home.' ' Thi led to invitation to appear jn nearby pulpit a a gL1e t lay preacher, he aid. Lay preaching he contint1e to ,do throughout Greater leveland, hav- ing come here in J 949. Dalton often fill a preacher at hi own Euclid- ottingham Bapti t hL1rch, 18901 Lake hore Boule- vard, uclid, when the pa tor i away . He al o teache unday chool there each week. The oil executive ha ~.poken at Jocal Methodi t, Pre byterian, a nc.J vangelical ovenant churche . He aJ·'.)o c;erve a a n1en1ber of the Chris- TESTIMONY By James S. 'Dalton ..I "'a' horn the fir\t time in a ~nu11J farrn near St. George, ~outh "arolina. 1 father died som ,i yenr\ later 'fhe Lord ,1>oke to my heart ~oon aft r and I \fa, born the ·i.: ·o D . time. During the,e man) ) ear,, I ha, e failed 1-fim ,nan , many times. Ho,t– e,er , He has ne, er fulled n1e. "0, er a ,,eriod of ,on1e 50 ears 110,t, He has gutded my foot,te1>~ in the puth, of ~lghtt·ousnes, . Lool~in~ back o, er the,e )ear~ at is eas) to rec·o~nl,c Hi, hand in the 111 - t•ldents along the way. " 'I rul} Ro,nuns 8:28 , • nd \\-f know that all things "'ork together for good to thcn1 that lo,c .od, to tht.>nl \fho are the culled ut• ordin~ to flis 1>urJ)Ose', hus been true a, ~•1>1,lied tu 1nJ lite. ••11 "a' earl) In nay < hri,tlun e 1> rlenl't' that 1ht• I .ord begun to dJr..-ct tll) footsh.•a>s inlo t•hur ht', that nt•eded u n:Jllh1g hu11d . I her,•furt.•, it hus becu 1ny ,,rt, llt•ge to s~r, t> I-tint us u l>eacon, Sund&& St•hool su,,t· rln · tt•ndi-111 , Su11dt1) School I l•ucht>r anti u, u I U) Pr.:>at'her. I ha, t ' 11,o ,,. orl t>d 011 , ar 011, l ' Olll · nail ft• u11d ~ Ith t'htrrl'h in~tHullon, our,itlt• of rht· ,·lturt'h . I ht•!'<I ha,t• bt-•t•11 , f\ rt",fuad · lug t' 1Jt' rie1u.~t·, . I lo" t•, r , as the }·1.·ar, pa1' , h, Ill\ f.' 011 u · 11011 urt h In~ 011fhn1t•tl thul ll1e I ord s lahli sht'd Jf s t•l11u t•h to l ' lll f\ ou ti 1, \\Ori in the ,,oald 11d 111 of Ill t•htldr II laouhi 111>1un t Utt• hur,·h nd 111 ttu 11u.111nt' r tht ,·h11r,·h ~ ill he ahl to fulfill h r r s1,011- 11J I l \ in l-.a,1 \ 111g oul the ~ rt ,t ,·un,111 stu n ,, htt·h hr t 1,•tt tu, ht•r." tian Radio Fell ow hi.p, the adv i Of ) ' hoar<.! for WCRF, the FM radio ta– lit)n here wnctl 11,,, the Moo<. Jv Bihl e ~ I n t i t uttc. "I'm ju t a South Carolina country boy doing hi bit for the Lord, " Dal– ton aid with that ever-pre ent drawl. "I believe in the Bible, from cover to cover: I 've accepted Jesu hri t a my Saviour. Therefore I've got to keep bu y in getting other people to believe in Him too. ' It i . pe 11 a lot. a imple philo ophy, btit it "J ame Dalton," and it , ;ay Homecoming celebrated at Cedarville College Approximatel y I 00 alumni ancl 200 pro pective ' tL1denl anti friend f edarville olle·gc converged on the College campu for the celebration of Hon1econ1in,g and Open HOLL e a long with Pr ·3pective Stt1denl Day, , Oct. 8 and 9. The activitie of the two-day event included the fullowing: Oct. , pro- ·pective tL1dent vi ited the variou cla e of the day and attended a banqL1et in the , tL1dent-center gyn1- na· ' ium in the evening. After thi , the alumni pro pective tudent . anc.i tL1dent body attended a gi ant pep rally to witne the crowning f Mi ' Martie Bennett a enior Engli h n1 a– jor, fron1 level and Heights. Ohi . a Hon1econ1ing QL1een. Oct. 9, there wa open hou e of the ca111pu fac il– itie , the Hon1econ1ing parade, the Alt1n1ni A oc iation banqt1et. and a ccer gan1 between edar ille a11u Berea ollege, Berea, Kentt1cky. a tt1rda evening. the n \\ 30-111int1te, \Ot1nu-color filn1 , ' 'H igher than High– er "'dti ca tio n, " \\- a\ prer11 iert:Li bef re the alt1n,ni a11tl 11r pc tt c , t t1Je11t, an ti t h cn ~ho \\ n t t) the stti tie n t h )LI\ . inner , of the Hc.) 111e 111 i11g fl .. 1t a 'A- artl , \\ er e: 1r"i t - J t1111 r ' la,, a nLi c o r1ti - F re, h111 n11 l,\ '-"· v inn 1 .." o f t l1 Lll \l)l ,1\ a \\ ,l l 1, \\ \,:rr ~irst - \\ 1ll 1&:1 11, Hal l, .,l:L t)nli - -; lttu re B t t\ t l1t?\'> \ "i~L ~1,t tt:, dtlli l 'h11ti l t1~ic l)t\ 1)·11 t111e11 t. 1\ r .. e11t \ isi t r t ur ~atllf)lt' f t)r a11 rtist t"rics \Vas- ( , ra11t R"-'\'rl .. lt ll 1\ ., a11 i11tcrr1 ' \llt)11 .. 1ll) k11 )\\ 11 ..,1 t– isl . Ir . l~ .1,11 ·1r l J)t)k' i11 1\ lf)rt / \ ti lit )fillll1 l. 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