The Ohio Independent Baptist, February 1967

FEBRUARY, 1967 A MEDITATION By William F. Russell It i shocking di gu ting, and di - heartening to turn back the page of hi tory and ee the lide that the e United tate of America have made in the la t 190 year . Hi tory bear out with a resounding noise that ought to shake us to our very foundation that America is on the skids. Permit ju t two illu tration : Harvard Uni– ver ity, founded 1754, et forth it original educational policy in an ad– verti ement in the ew York Gazette. The adverti ement read , "The chief things that are aimed at in thi col– lege are to reach and engage the children to know God and Je u hrist and to love and erve Him in all obriety. Godlines , righteou nes . in life with a perfect heart and a ~,jJJing mind.' ' A survey recently pub– lished at the cost of $60,000.00 by Harvard University reported thi : '·Today we have advanced education– a11y to a point where God and Jesus hrist play no part in education." 1 hi s ought not to be urpri ing from the tandpoint that the athei tic found er of modern progres ive edu– cation. John Dewey, taught at Har- vard niver ity. Corrections in New Directory It i always thus! o sooner was our 1967 I •rectory off the pre s than e received word of a ' 'change of ad– re ." l,.. i ted 11nd r ( olun1bt1s, Ohio ( o. 41) i the cntral l~apti st Churcl3. Pa tor Rev. Wr11. . Mc- K ev r inforn1 u that their ho111 • ddre i no Jo11ger J 1 19 25t11 Av . but ha l) en changed to 832 ~ f n A,,e. - 43224. Whe11e\' 1 11 nge ar n1, de, '"' \\'Ould UJ)J)r ci- t b ir1g not it i a, \\' Ottlcl 1,e l1aJ)J'> , run ucl1 ch 11g i11 tl1 JJage f 11 . I.1 . • ,nc l Vl Jl r 111 n , 11 l1ur 11 ; Ii t nna1 jaJl- 11 t1 ul utl ,n n. BAP I ~ The Ohio Independent Baptist VOL. 39, NO. 4 To further illu trate the point, Ii ten to thi declaration of our Continental Congre s : ' In 1777 our Continental Congre voted an ex– penditure of $300,000.00 to buy, mind you, copie of the Bible for the pur– po e of di tributing them throughout the country. ontra t thi with the recent upreme ourt deci ion which. in effect forbade the Gideon to give away New Te tan1ent to pupil s on public chool property." I do not think that it tretches the point at all to ay that the e United tate have come to a point where we mu t either repent or bear the judgment of the wrath of almighty God. Thi na– tion, ble ed a no other, ha had a golden opportunity of preading the Go pel not only throughout our land but also around the world~ and to– day, educationally. judicially, and piritua]ly we are in rever e. Breaking in upon this cene comes the Word of God, sti ll powerful, till able to take a ituation that eem ruinot1 and make it to come to pa for Hi s honor and glory. " eek ye fir t the kingdom of God and Hi righteou ne and all the e thing hall be added unto you ." What thing can be added? The thing that od alone i able to giv to u : a peace Wor l of all is the Ii ting of the pa - tor' nan1e at Wheeler btirg! ( t). 152) Your directory how the pa~tor a\ being a Rev. Donald Gallia . We arc sorry abot1t thi n11\tc1ke. Thi\ i\ the cht1rch of which Re" Donalc1 C,rollin1t1ncl is pa\tor. \Ve l1avc \\ 11tlcr1 h1111 a 1 t lcr apologiz1 ng. \ E RI SORRY' ow lc)ok at lht,; ,r >' ' it ' cht1r 11 ( o. 70). 1 J1 c1 c l1as be n a changt: t)f J)a tors here. In tead <lf r ncl i ng l{ \: , ,• Rol)ert \ il ls - 316 \\' e11tly l ane , it sl1ot1J 1 r acl I{ v. li t>l)e rt 1\ 11th n r - 1()55 a11i tra110 \\ a , - 43 12 l . Titl.': fir1a1 ancl la I J1ang (f r tl1i 111 111}1!) i Ille l1t1r h at I) rlin . . 10, \\1 11 ,,, 110 , clclr f r tl1 l1ur J1 . ( r 11 r lit r ,, , j ti t 111 r ' fl l \\ 11dd a 1 I d ti 111 \ it 11 Ii lk Ilr tl1 1 ' 1111 tl1 I I i I fin j I . .., 1 , d 1 r r tl1 i I l{ t. 11 a, 1 I 30 and quietude and faith in the mid t of turmoil and great upheaval. He can give the ability to Hi people to reach out in the night darkne and capture men from the clutche of Satan by Hi redeeming blood. God' people need to be galvanized, electrified, and horrified at the e thing a nd ri e up and clain1 thi a a day of oppor– tunity to reach men and ,von1en, boy and girl for Je us Chri t. The Word of God peak boldly to God' people in Romans 13: 11-12. "And that. knowing the time. that now it i high time to awake out of leep: for now i · our alva ti on nearer than when we believed. The night i far pent. the day i at h and: let u therefore ca t off the work of darkne · . and let u pL1t on the armour of light." The writer of the book of Hebre,v re– mind · each of tho e who have been aved that none of H i are going to hide from Him. ,~ either I ther any creatt1re that i · not n1anife t in hi ight : but all thing are naked and opened unto the eye of hin1 \\.' ith \Vhom we have to do.' ' (Heb. 4: 13) Therefore. a God·~ people. let u p11t the brake up n the ~piritt1aJ , kid in thi beloved nation of ur . calling God,\ people to \\ ork. and pra in order that there c11ight be re\ i al . ( II Chronicle 7: 14) Findlay Church C lebrates Anniversary ( "'a Ivar, Bapt1,t ( ' ht11 ch )f i11dl~t, reccr1t1,, ccleht'tlt\.:ti thc.11 3 1,t ·11101- \ Cf \,lf\' \\ 1th tl rCCl flf ~ tlnti.l) 'h )) .. t1ltcntia11c'-= <)f 441. Ea ·h '-ler>art,11c111 l1a<.1 1t, c)\\: r, birthti.1\' ,l~l' ,, 1th an– ti I~~ ()0 th C,l~C 1ci)1C,\.:llli11g 1htl~t.: 111 41tte11 lanct.: rf '}1erC \\ l~l\.: • 6 Uicfitit)Il'\ l l lht l1t1rcl1 tlt1ri11g 196 ). f the,""~ ..J l ,vc;rc b , 1,aJ)tisr11 . 1\ sf .. 1·11 tl fl cJa ' }1rist111as 111 i si ,n , r ir1g f -, 1 ) -. 0() ,, ' ls r e i\t l De c 1111, J I 8 . \ 1 n1111t 11 I J a tor Rt: , . l 11 ... 11, r I r1 , ,, I 11 I 11 i ~ p J I r, ,1 j l \\ I J n ! 11 , ] \ t11 I 11 ,, i II in t I ib t th I f I i 11 1' ,t \~ I J I J \IS 11 th 0 Ill l I h I I I BRU RY 1967