The Ohio Independent Baptist, June/July 1967

n Chaplain Cecil D. Lewis c.. ' h v':i n l PT . l c I I O c,, i · b, one of 't · G RBC ... h.1pla1n er\ 1ng at Fort Kno . cntt ~ , Bn)ther Le\\ 1 · 1 an Ohioan b\ ~ r · h He ,, a born .1nd ra ised 1n Dav ton. On om pl e tion of h1, H igh chool tra 1:ung.. he "ent o n to Bob J on e . l ·nrver 1t} ~ radua t1ng ro,.. there 1n \Q 1 \\Ith a BA degree. H e 1.,ter earned a B.D degree a t Grace em1na r ) He ha pa. to red churche 1n lllino 1 . Indiana. () h10 and \l1ch1gan Pre enrl . a cha pl a10 . h e re po n ·1b le fo r the p1r1tua l we lfare o f a Ba t t.1.lhon o f appro. 1ma tel} :! ,000 men. The foll0,, 1n g a r ticle give u a ghmp e into hi rre enl \\ Ork . ·· haplain. 1 1t alright for me to pla)' the organ for a while tonight? l'\ e recet\ ed m) order for Viet am and t!'li "'ill be my la t opportunity to pla)' before I leave." It had been the ame ever, week. Fir t he would a k permi 100, then I'd in i t that he pla) the entire evening. and the conver at1on would end with an ex– change of mile a he turned to make hi \\ ay to the rear of the chapel and the organ. Dedicate New Building P tor Roland P. G lobig, along \.\ 1th the member of the Bible Bapti t Church in 1 orth Madi on, Ohio are to be congratulated on having com– pleted their new building. It i mo t attracti, e ! A Dedicatory SerY ice wa held in i\1a)' . The auditorium was filled to capaci t}' Guest peaker to br ing the Ded ication mes age wa Re\. A. Do n– ald ~t offat . ed itor of the Ohio In– dependent Bapti t Many pa tor and friend either at tended the erv1ce in per on or ~ent greeti ng . The Lord placed His hand of ble ing on the da 1' b)' causing oul s io come to Christ for alvat ion in the unda~, morning \\'hen Pastor GJobig poke. In a oon coming t ~ue of the 0. 1.B. V.'e hope to ha\'e a picture of the church and furt her "ord concerning that v.,hich ha been accomplished. JUE-JULY, 1967 PAGE 6 I ,, t~t t ht1t '\t:lll ll g he JJl:t Clf l,11 \)lll ll\1 ( 1\ ·ek SCI VI c. 1\ l tc r \\ . ll:ttl l1111 s', ·~t C>ltl' ~d ,1g11,g. I as kcll ti an - ,l n~ ,, Clltlll l1k " t l give .a \\itll'<.I (ll I l' l s,,n ,,I l\..'Sli111t1n . l.:<.t ,vns the ~irs t t \, r c ~ 11 t ll1ll. 1\ ftl' J' tl·lli11g hll\.\ he cn– j >,eel ,.,1,iving the t, rgan in tl1c cha 1Jcl. 11' c ,nt111t1c(I h\f c\pJa i 11i11g th at clttr– inJ.? 111" f,r~l \\eek, <lf 111ilitarv ltf c hl' h,t(l tlriftc I a"'' tl\ fron1 the l.... 01 c.l . \ he ,t )() l be fore the grc>tl J he t le.I h )\\ the n11{i\\.CCk ',Cf\ ICC had hc lpec.l h1n1 rcalt:zc that ht~ ~p1r1tt1al life h ,td hccn neglected. H c tt1rncd ,1nd thank- .. cd 111c for the pportunity tha,t h eld been ht · f ,tttending ·uch a ervicc. I t \.\ a · u nd a" n1 r n i ng and the .; attendance was not quite a5 good a, it had been. Following the ervice e, era I of the n1en had waited to talk with n1e in my office. The fir t three had pr blem that needed rutte ntio n. but the fourth broug~t joy to my heart once again. ' 'Chaplain. the fi r t week of my training you told u that n1any of u had imply con ider– ed God a a pare tire - something we needed only in time of emergency. I hadn't planned to come back to church anymore. but that tarted m~ thinki ng and I kept attending. Wel). wh at I want to ay i that I want to believe the way you've been telling u . l 've never gone to church much before. but T want to keep attending now. T!ii i the la t unday I 11 be here, ince 1·m hipping out thi Frida)', but I wanted to thank you and tell you what I h ad decided." Af.ter prayer and reading ome passage · together, we tood to hake hand . H e wa not very large, in La Grange Meetings "'Thirteen D ay With God" wa · the theme of the meeting he ld re– cently at the Fir t Bapti t Church of LaGrange. Gue t evangeli t wa · Rev. Don Winter . The meeting were preceded wit h a great deal of well-pl a nned work and prayer. Invitation and informa– tion were placed on hymn book cover . Advertising wa ent to tho e o n the Church mailing Ii t. One young man made a banner which hung over the pulpit. Each exit-door wa labeled with further adverti ing. Different or– ganization within the church were re po n ible for filling the 24 pew ·. Everyone did uch a good job that the attendance wa the be t j n year ! There wa an average of 150 with a record high of 225. A ··new heet' ' wa publi hed each night during the campaign in which \vas placed the outline of the evangel- l:i~I 11· aJJ)CalCll Ill) \)llllg () b 111 the r111 ' . s I grn flc(I hi s httn I cc ulc.1 tell tJ1crc wa nc.1lhing UJ r ficictl ~1l1<,t1l the c 1n111c11ts he ha n1atlc tc, 111c. A s he lcfit 1h' htiildin anc.1 walkc< I acr ss the parking l t o, t h c \ a back t <) h i bar 1 tl ck s. J th" nk cc.I , ocl for this hlcssccf opportunn that h~td hccn mine. Then I prayc tl1,1t there r11i ght be omconc el along the WflY l hat would also hel1 thi, one who had finally discovere what he had hcen searching for 1 ai th 1 n C h r1 t ! In civi li an pa torates my heart ha< rejoiced with the alvation of each in d ividual that had come to tru t Chris1 othing ever thrilled me more that to watch the e make their way to th front of the church . Yet the firn gra p of the e young oldiers as the, leave the chapel each unday morn ing, and their incere ' thank you Chaplain' ' eem to add a new di men ion that I per onall y have neve experienced in my mini st ry of almo twenty year . Obviously, there ar till many who are totally indifferen to the claims of Chri t, but there re mai 11 a great ho t of other who art eager for t!1e piritual direotion tha a Godly Chaplain can bring to thei Ii ves. A my Commanding Officer to]< me during our fir t conver ation. "tht Army i the large t mission field ir the world today.' ' We Regular Bap ti t Chaplain are representing ou fellow hip of churches in the military Will you support u by your prayers' We certainly need them . i t' me · ·age fron1 the precedin! night . Special mu ·ic was upp]iec fron1 the home church and fellow hipping churches. Many of the you nE oeople made thing right with their Lord . There were ome 15 that came to Christ for alvation. We highl) recommend our brother Don Winter a a n evangeli t! ' [} (}: RIDDLE FOR THE MONTH Y oLt don't }l,'Cl11t to l1urt, but there's Qi a stirig. A nrl so I 111L1st gitarli J'OLI. a ,,,vorriso111e t/1 i ng. And thottf(/1 I a,11 forgivit1g, have peace of 11zind. I k 110l1' tl1at tl1ere c,re sc·ars '1 ~ voi, leave hehi11d! WHAT AM J?. t.J THE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST