The Ohio Independent Baptist, May 1967

.. • Youthful Poet James Ea rl Stockwell l\1r. Ja1,1 e r Earl .<:;rockwell , t/1e 1t1 tl1or of tl1e poe, ,i ''TR UST '..<:; R E– WA RD' ' is a Se11 ior at Cedarville nolle_r.:e. T/1is )'OLt11g ,nan was the ,,i,111er of tl1e Poetr)' Contes t iti 1965, 1 111e11zher of the Varsity D ebate tea,11 .-. ,!1 ic/1 placed 2nd in State of Ohio ·0111petitio11 ancl l1as been 1J1ost ac– i11e i11 operettas and play s prodi£ced v tl1e Colle{!e. H e has served as Stu– le,11 Af c1110.r:er of the College radio \lati<J 11 <111<! !,as l>e<'11 its .s·ports D i– re~t<Jr for /ot,r .\'£ ars . A / 0 11.~ l-t 'it/1 t/1ese a11cl o tl1er activities /1e als<J serves as a 111e111ber of tl1e St11de111 Co1111 cil. H e is the so,1 of E vangelist a11cl 1\1rs. Chelsea Stock well. We feel lie l1as a real "gift" in p11tting J1is tho 11gl1ts into poetical f or11z . We trust tl1 e reading of t/1is poe,11 11·il/ pro ve a hlessi11J? to y our Jz eart. TrustJs Reward He wear away. Hi Jeeve begi n to f ray. T he eye that a l) h i li fe were Good, now tart to blt1r And de ath is near . A rugged ha:1d ab orb<; a tear. A lined face mi le to think Of a new world beyo nd the hri nk Where he can put down Hi. hoe and top his plowin'. He put h i fa ith in One Who sh ine o b righ t tha t even the st1n Ca:1 ' t how it face. The man stoops once n1ore to ]ace Hi boot , and a f in al tu rning Of the cuff. H i yearning For a t ime of joy Whe n all hi tru t he could employ To plea e the One he believed. he n tri1st's re 1rvard has been received -jame earl tockwell Blessing At Conference Baptist Mid-Mi io n recentl y he ld their Tri-annual Mi io:1ary Confer– ence and ou ncil Meeti,g in the F ir t Baptist Church of ile . Eleven fine new mi ionary candidate were accepted, including a medical doctor. O,e of the th ri lli ng moment came at the la t ervice when it wa a:1- nounced that a veteran mi ionary, Rev. Gt1 t Pear on, 72 year of age. a nd hav ing already erved for 45 year , i returning to Africa! T ho e who were able to attend the four e io n at which our brother l{ev. B. F . Cate spoke o n the subject The Ni:ie Gift of the pir it Are Not i. the Church Today' ' were hoth inst ru cted in the Word and hie~ ed as a re ult of it. RIDDLE FOR THE MONTH I a,n an open cl oor tl1roL1glz one 111a)' pass fro,rz weakness to s trength. fro11z struggle to victory. a shield to tl1e soill , a sacrifice to God ancl a scoztr.f:te to ...<:;ara, z. WHA T AM I? <t!a:mpus 1fuangelism By Dean Stanley Ballard - Cedarville College l:<litor's o te: .So111e ti111e ORO ive ear,1ed co11cer11i1zg Ca111p1,1,r E1 1 c111Rel- 5111. 1' /1 is ,s so111e tl1i1zx ne11.1 a11cl dif– er e,11 ivl1ic/1 ir /Je in1,: cc11 riecl fJ 1z '')' rt11de111s l Jt C etlarville Co llege. I I e111e<I so good t o 11s tl1t1/ \Ve f elt i t J11{fl11 t rJ l,e s/1ared 11,it 11 r,1,r readers. o r,f re,, lVe /1ear i1,r,rd\ of crit ici s111 n11c·er11i11g 0 11 r cr, llege )'OLI t /1. T/1 is s a /Jit (/i/fere,11! I t s/1011/d l,e t<J lcl fa; a11<I \1,itle! We l1ave askecl R el ta11/e 1 Ballr,rd, Dea11 of A1 e,, nt (ltlarville t o 1vrite 1!1e f o l!rJlVi11g. l arl in th 1965-66 scJ1 C) ) year I pproacJ1ed ll}' a 11alJ gr ttJ) f tudent ',:vith so111etl1ing o r1 th\;it I ind . 0 I n a111 edue, tio11a1 con te 1. lne i "ar} \\ 11 • e11cot111t red lJ)' a 'J )U f) t llde~t . Y Oll Jl \'c:J' ,. 11(>~ )1 a 1 t p Cl . J }1 ) 111 i g ]1 t V ll u o l> eco 111 i n,, J,, J i 11 Jl1 ll1ing. I "a r,1 ~ a11ll)' Llr J)Ti cl .>. 11 r , t J i r 11 t i, at i 11 t r 111 , , i i t .,.a pl in d . J 1 ~ I l g, ~ I n 1 4 \\ a t d t 111 t J ( i P rime movers in the early tage o f th e grot1p were Ted Oakley and ·r,m immons. Being ystema tic. c;eve raJ p lanning sec;c; io ns were held i:i ord er to think th r ugh our obpec– t ive<; and procedttre. The o :1e main gt)a l th at cn1e rgeci wa to provicle p– portt1nit y for a direc t confrontati n with thoc;e needing hri t a per .1al \ av1ot1 r. incc cdarv ille ( olleg i\ 1n c]o\c prox i111it y 1th several o tl1er cc)llcgcs. rt \.\ a~ onl y logical th at {)ttr 111~ti 11 effor t\ l1e direciecl l<)warcl the c ar a can1pt1sc~. h1 ~ l1eing trt1e. the r1 a n1c af.f1xccJ t <) th , grcltlp \\'a!', ·,1111- 1>1,s l~v,111 f.:l' I 1s111. r~Vt.:J'\' w ck a Ii l )f t ll () c \\'ho ., c ,t tld tlri , ,c t l the aril)tls ca Jllf) tt s~" '"as J)lacccl i 11 a strnt ·gic I .. a tion <) 11 C'.Cf·1rvi llc's a 11111t1 . ,.I h(" stt1<f nt \\' J10 cJ ir (I tc gc) t a J),trti t1 la1 ca11pt1 tl1 11 ig.1~ I \ 1() t1ncl r tl1 <lriv r ,,11 \ \ H g ing 1) tl1, t 11 t l 11 Jt J , i it d \-V r n tr 1 ta I r i t ,, 1\ n l i 11 II g , \\/ i I t 11 - n i ,1 r it , 111 lJ ni, ,sit,, I ' \\' iln1ing1 n II g, J1i ll i\ I i t ' it 11 I I i I I l J n i \ I Ii L.J.ns perie:iceL derived fr n, the, e e cur ion have bee n var ied ancl en– c 11raging. n1e tud nt. have b en brough t int o a redemptive relati n– , hip with Je, t1 hri t. Our \ n tt1de,t have bee n cha llenged t st1p– pl y r a nL for '1vh at the} h 11 v . on1e have lea r:ied f r the f irs t t1111e \vhat it 111ea n"' to d pe nd on th t:' Hot , ._ pi ri t. .. ro111 ti 111e to t i111c the grot1p hc)ltf!-i tintl a evcntng n1ceti 11g t I)l,\n t.!\al t1 ,1tc. e r1c)t1 rag. ar1tl 1·1Jk. l)\ t't , ,1r iot1 , f)I ob) ' 111, the\ h~1, t: tl 'Ot111- t c 1 l!d. t1 rre:1t IL',ltl\.:J 'i ot the gt \.)ltp ar I a n "ra\, a, ,1 ltf Bol) "' hlt ltz. fter t \ \ l) \ '11,. \! \ c11 th t1gh the r )atl ha l1 'C 11 rt)ttgh ~1l tir11t:s <1111- f>tt ,\ l ~va,1.r:e/1 \ 111 is 1t1it • r<)bt1,t ~ 11 I n tiv·. "hc:rc is a11 ag\r ~111t1 11 ati,11 t l )t1ti 11t1~ th T'>r<lgrn111 ·tn<I tl1rt1st ( I a 11111t1s 1~, 1 Eu1g 'lis111 at I tr, illl~ l II g . 11 n\: . t ti111c a gr LIJ f Ill J t > 11 l ( l Ill , 1 ll l ' i . g t l ] t1 s 1 i il Lt • \ t r II, it jL1 t 11igJ1t I tl1a1 tt1 11,, i11 ii· r 111 ti, tti n t 1 t f1 r \ t }1 t in it i t I , 111 J ti n g Ii Ill . MA 1967 PAGE 9