The Ohio Independent Baptist, June 1966

salm ancl oem By Ralph T. Nordlund ( Read P AI ~M 111 in your Bible fir t) I cried in pra)'er and laid me down to Jeep, Though many aid all help from God was gone: The third P aln1 i u ually con idered a morning p aim, to be ung joyfully before going forth to meet the day' battle . The rea on i that the fifth ver e re– cord David' experience of u taining grace after a night of sleep. However, it eern more appropriate a a lulla– bye for troubled ouls who find it difficult to go to leep. Only the fourth and fifth ver e are in a pa t tense-the fir t three tell of pre ent trouble and danger-perhap David attempt in old age to leep again under the tar while fleeing from hi on Ab alom - and the la t ver e are in the future expre ing hi re olve to tru t God on the basi of his pa t experience. My foe were n1ultiplied· but, lo, I woke To find a matching trength by early dawn! I laid me down to leep, st1 tained by faith That God would guard my cot and be my hield– My glory, and the lifter of my head- And bles me on the morrow battlefield. I cried at night , "Ari e O Lord and ave! And went to Jeep, though pro pect seemed . o bleak: I ro e to fight; and now I prai e my God He mote my enemie upon the cheek. alvation to the Lord belongs, and He Will bless Hi s people if in faith they pray· Though dark the night, lie down in trustful leep, And you will wake to face a brighter day. Confident ong come ea ily in the morning. lt i in the evening we need to read or ing the third Psalm. It is then we need to encourage our elve in God:' and believe that our problems will eem mailer after a good night leep. We need to do a David. who ' laid him– , elf down ' who compelled him. elf to lie down and commit hi s worrie to the Lord. PARENTS AND CHILDREN The following article was ubmitted to u s by Pa tor Walter F. Rib be of the HinckJey Bapti t Church . It wa written by Mr. C. L. nyder who was a member of that church. In life, be kept a ecret noteboo~ in which b.e often recorded his dealings with God. This wa found following hi death and hi wife ha given permis ion to publi h it for the en– couragement of parent . Parents so often ask, when a child is very sick or has been born with a serious defect, ~·Why did thi hap– pen to us?' ' The answer is quite im– ple. though it may seem brutal unless we understand the work of God. There are those born with phy ical or mental imperfections who are soon taken away. True, thi i hard on tho e left behind, but , if one lookc; to the interests of uch children who might have had to pend year5 o1 suffering with no hope of cure, he under tands that od in His wi dom ha take n the e little ones to heave n. Our l...ord said, ' ' uffcr little children t co111e u11to r11e ,' ' so th at H e cot1ld place H i hand upon thcn1 and heal tl1 ni in H i ovt1n way. I ~ now of a very dear yot1ng~tcr }10 wa taken fro111 hi [)arent · e erai 111 ntll after he v.'a born. H i bri 11fc a11d l1ocking death tl1 111cans of reacl1i 11g t hret: 1 r l1 r i l • 11 t: J at l1 r a r1 d 1111 111 r f tl1i cliild ar ce1 tain th , t tlii lit ti n \\ a 11t by JOd , \' n r 111 rt 1ir le: , th t tllc sot1ls 11 igl1l e r cl d . ot1 , 1 , 11 t11 f tl1 r and 11e 1 tli , ,, d tl11 ugli 1111 J) ri J11C • At p1 nt , v. iJir1l1 f a,1 tl1 r r IJ tl1 10 tl gr ~aiti11g t1 }l i 1 i Ill , ... f t l1l I r , TH OHIO I D PENDENT BAPTIS and we are sati fied that God s will will be done with thi one even a jt wa with the other. We are of the strong conviction that thi one will be given us to keep. (He wa . ) Our fir t duty we feel i to dedicate thi new life to Chri t and to endeavor with all our might to teach him to walk in the light of our Lord. Gifts to the Ohio Association H. R. 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INC. Divi,ion of J . l . John,on & Son, Inc. 1700 N. C lhoun tr• t D catur, lllinoi, M nuf ctur•1 Anne ling Pot, fo r II abl ound, le JUNE, 1966 PAGE 9