The Ohio Independent Baptist, June/July 1967

hen the attll)P"'Y \\ d' C<)t11plctell, the hereavetl htt'ihantl ,1 charged a t1d~ un1 to ecure the rele ,t\e of the hod)' - n1one~ he dtdn·t ha\'e hi n1t1ch he n1ight have cued ~ ithout too much thought or ill will. bL1t the. e ere light affl1ct1on compared to that which was happen– !! behind ht back in an Feli . torie were being aired ... er the radio that idia had taken rat po t on. The an eli doctor denied that there wac; any 1gn that he w ectr ct1teu. There, in a nut hell. wa an in idiou and rue] plot to place the hlan1e for her death on Torre ! le \\ a actuall) being accu ed of deliberately cau ing hi. ife· · death. The electric compan)' 'A>as anxiou to ab olve it elf of lame and apparen t I) paid the doctor and planted these ild ,tnd dan1aging rumor . The company denied that the ire had current . Two hri tian electrician uncovered Ii, e '" ire and lighted a 50 watt bulb on it . The con1pany·. laim 'Aa fal\e! \\' hen the autop) was fini hed it con1- letel, exonerated Torre f ron1 blame. ht1t the eed of ., \ ti ht " a c:.. p I anted I n ome n1 ind.. Sustaining Grace! Do \ ' OU wonder at our amazement when the . oft- ., poken. \lightly built. T orre delivered hi powerfully noving n1e age. calling upon the un aved to repent of heir s1n\ and turn to idia'. and hi.. Lord ? l came to b er\fe and here I aw a practical demon tration of > aln1 I Ol_: 13. "Thr ugh God we hall do valiantly: for 1e it I that shall tread down our enemie .'' The likelihood of thi~ kind of thing happening again probabl)' not great. but suppose you <;tood where -duardo Torre, \tood ,n thi experience. would you 1a\e heen able to eize your <;uffe ring a a n1ean of crving our aviour? Too ofte n our heart are . o filled .... - ,1th elf-ptt). bitterne<;s. or resentn1ent that the experience )Ur .. at her wot1ld u e for Hi glory becon1e cau e for l1e ridicule of the ~kept ,cal. I attended not onlv to b<;erve a C'hri lian funeral on ~ he r11i ssion field. but I went to that n1emorial service be– ..~iu e I ha(i \ i iie(i th e Torre~ family in their hon1e a hown here are five of the ix children belonging to enhor Eduardo T o rre . The boy . Eduardito. of whom Mi Thomp on write . is seen Landing with h1 1 ter . Here i one of Venezuela' valtant on ... you ng perha ps. but no le a soldier than hi beloved " Papa." hort time before idia' death and had heard a little f what the Lord wa doing in the Dalla C ta Church through then1. The e were my friend and part of n1y family in the Lord. Tentatively we had plan to go up the Orinoco about a day' trip by dugout t vi it one of the more primitive areas of Baptist Mid-Mi ion work. Torre had grown tip there and he thought a writer would find a wealth of n1aterial there and that I needed that e perience to give me a complete picture of Venezuelan mi ion work. I found a wealth of material right here in an Felix that gave me an in ight into the work of ome of our fait,hful mi ionarie that no trip up river c t1ld have produced. My brother, Torre , i a valiant Venezue– lan . He doe n~t need your pity or even your ympathy for hin1 and hi , ix little one. except it move you to jnter– ce.. ory praye r. It takes heavenly wi. dom to keep a mother– le family together and to rear then1 in the fear and ad- 111on 1t1on f the Lord. Will you pray? It take phy ical and ~ piritual trength t .. teaclfa tly re i t the t1btle and fiery attack of the enen1y. Will y Lt pray f r the life and 111inistry f thi \ 1 aliant Venezuelan and prai d f r the g d w rk the tiny handft1l of n1ic;; ion,lrie nre doing? Blessing at Norton Baptist Well Attended Services I{~, tu 11 l1a , 11~te11 nt \ I I( I I 11a t r I t t1 Ill s1 ng 1 c i J OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST "' r Two of the Convert J\ 111 ng I h l 11 \ rt s , , re ·1 11 n l ct \\l 11 • ft,r111 r • t t, 111, • 1 ll c I l , ·tngc It t IS 111 l I 11 a I ln I a I 111g \ \ 1 t l1 t ll c htl)C I 1 J \\ }1 a111 t hr1 t. ll I t }1 I \\ c ll \\ rk I \\ 11}1 h11 l fr 111 ,l 111 n 1 1l I > an t J) k }11111 • } I 111 11e e t tlglt ~ ] l \\ ,\S l 111 f f I • • " t, 1 l 1g,1 1111 SI n,r \\ I k }1 • dl 11 Ill > I JUNE-JULY 1967 P GE 11