The Ohio Independent Baptist, July 1966

(Concluded from page 4 ) J taring a t~cnt ,-f<.) ll r ho t1 r pcri c)tl ' "hen \t1n1e Bri ti~h n1issionary wa~ not preaching in full day li gh t. However . thi piri tual energy came to be invested almost exclu ive– ly abroad. In 1830 for instance the Cht1rch of Scotland wa persuaded by T homa Chalmer s to r e olve it elf into a foreign mi sion ar y ociety. T he gaze lvar con centrated Zl pon ever)'– ,v/1ere but tl1e ho111ela11d. In our gener ation we have wi tness– ed the d i olution of the Brit i h Em– pire. Sociali m ha triun1phed po- 1iticall y, moral decay i accepted o– ci all y, and spiritual impotence h as prevail ed r eligiou ly. The land of \Ve ley. H all purgeon, Lightfoot, and Moule h as grown cold . and the de cend ant of Carey have had to look to their American cou in for f inanc ial upport of the n1i ionar y progran1 they began. Migh t it not have been otherwise if ea rlier gener– ati ons had directed some of their • • mt 1onary zeal toward their own people? Consider the United States ( c) The U nited tates of America experienced it ' Great Awakening" under Jonathan Edwards two cen– turies ago. The immediate result was the establi hment of countless church– es th roughou t ew England ; the ult i– mate result was a propagation of spiritual life which in ]arge mea u re forged what America came to be. One century ago, a the West was developed, there was an u rgency about reaching these pioneers and ettlers with the Gospel. "H ome Mis– sion ' ' among tho~e who won the West issued in the e tablishn1ent of J 242 Baptist hurches alone dL1ring the period immediately preceding the ivil War. In I 8 I 1 the now-fan1ous '·hay~tack JJrayer n1eeting' ' occurred which ulti- 111ately is ucd in the A111erican foreign 111i ionar)' progran1 with Ado11ira111 J udso11 n the pioneer. .. ..()111 thi s l)egi 1111 i 11g a t re111e11dot1 s sL1 ppl )' of 11er <)n11el a11d fina,1ce l1a bcer1 de– voted to the ft1lfill111e11t of the Jreat on1111i ior1 fro111 <)ur Ja11d to other l1ore . o i11L1cl1 i tl1i s the predor11- i,1ant fcaturt.:: tl1at tJ1e a, 1 c.:rage BaJ)ti l in ..A. quate the ter111 '" 1 is– si n ' v. itl1 ,11ini try to foreig11 cot,n- 11 i , a11d 1 are1}' think of hi \\' Jl c u1111tr}111 n in tl1i connecti 11. J1 · t thi i tl1 case 111a)' l:, d 111011- st, at ~d 11) a iilllfll , 11 I}' i f tl1c a I ag rati f gi, 1 i11g 1,~, ur J> 1,Jc. A f a s ci ti 11 1 r Jl 1 tir,g i 11 r , I t 11 at \\ gi ti Jl 1 1 11 r H OHIO I DEPEND N BAPTIS I elcv ~ n ti n1~s .n,ore 1 1oney to di \ti net I} /<>re1~11 n11s ao n. th an we do to the I c.achi ng or ot1 r O\,V n Ct)u ntryr11en wh l) will e\ltthli ~h the k incl of cht1rche~ \.\ hich wi ll in ttt r n perpe tuate the fore ign program. We are now in the f irst pha e of the ame cycle that eventuall y de- troyed Germany and di olved Great Br~t~in. Liberali m control the large rel1g1ou machinery. Sociali m i e tabli hed in government. Moral de– cay is r ampant. In the face of thi Suburbia i mu hrooming everywhere with little or no Go pel and the door i wide open t o us. Another consideration of equal im– portance is the fact that mi s ionary expan ion to foreign land is already feeling the pinch of "saturati on. ' The found ati on was not built with uff ici– ent r apidity in our country to support the st1per tructure. We will have a top-heavy program unl e we employ the needed trategy without delay. Home Mi ion which will pl ant indigenou churche whi ch are com– pletely elf-~upporting and th t1 self– propagating in the field of uburhi a. U . . A. i a matter of vi tal urge ncy, not only to ave America, bt1t al o to perpetu ate the fo reign mi ionary· progr am. (Thi is a un1n1arization of Dr . Good booklet , "Shall We De troy Foreign Mi ion ? ' publi hed by the F ellow hip of Bapti t for H ome Mi ion .) CLEVELAND HEBREW MISSION INC. Founded 1904 Witn essing to J ew s in Cleveland, O hio; Charleston, W. Va .; Sao Paulo and Rio de J a n eiro, Brazil. The largest staff in the history o f the Missio n augmented by a radio ministry a t home a nd a broad, and a mailing mi n ist ry in the Unite d States and abroad . Presenting Christ t o our l ord 's b rethre n by visitation , Bible classes, correspond· e nce courses and literature. Staff members are h a ppy to v isit churches in the spirit of Act s 15.4 to present the work of the Mission th roug h inspirational reports a nd by colored s lides. " Bre thren, my (our) h a rt's d esire and prdye r to God for l) rael is, that t hey m ight be save d ." Wr it e for your fr ee copy of "The Trumpe te r fo r Israel ' ' o u r quarterly mag· a r ine d evote d t o the work of Jewish evangelism. Gerald V. Smelser, Supt . Clbveland He b rew Mi sion P. 0 . Box 18056 Cl v lo nd , O h io 44118 Missionary Athlete Pictured above taking the jump i. Al Knott, 6'4' , 2 10 pound opho– n1ore All -An1erican from edarville ollege who ha been cho en to travel thi un1mer with the famot1. Venture For Victory Ba ketball Tean1. T he Venture For ictory Tean1 \\ a. organized in 19 52 with the idea of pre enting Chri t through the mediun1 of ba ketball . Ba ketball draw the people then the e dedicated young athlete ing and witne of Chri t' ab idi ng peace in their live . and the hope for tho e \vho tru t H im. Th i );ear' team \\ 1 111 leave July 9 and return in n1id- eptember. The team wi ll vi it H a\>\ aii, Hong Kong, ingapore, For1110 a, ew Zealand an,I Au tralia. Each player i e 'pected t help rai e the needed n1one) to f 1- nance th, n1i ionar\ endea\ or. Th 111ini try of th se )Ot1ng athl te ' ha ,1lc;o had a grc,1t 1111pact here at ho111c, a they peak ,1nd ~hO\\ f1ln1 · anti l1des of the 1111 ion 1tl;lti and thc11 . e\.per 1ence~. ' oach Don Callan ()f C Cli,1r\ tllc, a for111cr \ cntt11 c Fl)r \ 1cto1 \ pl,1, '-= r, ac1ti \ l k. nL)tt ,tie ,1,ailal)lc lL)t tlll:Cl ing" ( L)lll,tcl l)o11 all~ 11. (.'cl.lat\ tll ~ C'c)llcgc. ctlclr\' till!, hit). USE BIBLE TRACTS By Evangelist Paul J. Levin. Wrire for ~an1ple needed 10 win souls. 1 ract are ap– pealing in color, art and printing. Ask for "God and You," a tract for the deaf, "The Runa ay Sales,nan and 'I n, Keeping the l O Con1111andn1ents BIBLE TRACT , INC. Bo 508·0 W terloo, lo JULY, 1966 PAGE 11