The Ohio Independent Baptist, June/July 1967

r. A. F. Williams ranted Retirement After vear of faithful ervice to .; !dar"' ille Col lege. the T ru tee. anted retirement to Dr. Arthu r F. illiam after the clo e of t!'te cu r– nt chool year. Dr. Willi am pl a n do a limited amount of Bible con– rence work among our churche . The fait hfulne s of Dr. Willi an1s· ini tr)' i reflected in a lmo t for:y ars of ervice. and the qu ality of <;erv ice to the Lord i revealed j n e varietv of mini trie that he has ., :rfo rmed. and Profe <;or of Engli <ih Bihle fron1 1953-60 and ~airman of the Bihle Department from 1960-65. 1n addition to many years of serv– ice in the pa torate and hi contribu– tion to Cedarville Co llege, Dr. Wil– liam has fulfil led many other re- After graduating f rom Colgate U n-i– !r ity in 1928 with a Bachelor of rt degree. Dr. Williams became a tor of the Ra ndall Merr1orial Bap- Dr. Arthur F. Williams pon ibilitie . He wa Chairman of the Chaplai ncy Commi ion of the American Cou ncil of Chri tian Churche from 1942-52: member of the Board of Directors of Shelton College, New York City, 1942-53: member of the Council of Fourteen, General A oc iati on of Regul ar Bap– ti t Churche : and on the Board of the A sociat ion of Bapti t for World Evangeli m. Dr. Willi an1s· friend congratu- t Church. Williamsville, ew York. received an honora ry doctorate f rom Vv heaton College. The la t pa torate Dr . Willi am he ld before coming to the college wa. at the First Bapti t Church , Elyria, Ohio, from 1947-53 . late him o n a di tinguis~ed career of Christi a n e rvice and pray that he may h ave many fruitful year ahead of him in Bible confe rence work. r hurches de iring to contact Dr . Willi am for meet ing hould write to Dr. Arthur F. William , 132 E lm rom 1933-41. he was p astor of t~e ark Avenue Bapti t Cht1rch, Bing– amton. ew York. He enjoyed a ruitful mini stry at the First Bapti t For the last fot1rteen years, Dr. hurch. ew York City, ew York . Willi am h a.. been erving Cedarvi lle College. He was D ean of tudent s treet, Cedarvi ll e. Ohio 453 14. rom 1941-47. In 1942. Dr . Willia,n1 . salm attb nem By Ralph T. Nordlund (Read PSALM XVI in your Bible first) I I o good find I beyond the l .. ord. And o in Him I tru t : And yet l feel a pure delight l n aint ly men and ju<;t. l .et others chooc;e son1e heathen gocl. And multipl y their woe: My lips ~hall prai5e the l .. or(i alone. J o other worship know. My chosen portion. and n1 1 ct1p. '"fh e l ... ord Jehovah ,s: And pl easa nt lines st1rrouncl 111y lc) t - "' J''he providence all His! ..,ach day with trttth He cot1nsc ls 111c. l:.ach night n1y heart approves: I feel Hi,11 near hath 11ight and cla 1·. And naught 111 )' spiri t r110\ 1 Cs. 1 ,en 111)' fie 11 r10\\ re t s in ll tl [)C. f"or ( l1 r i 1. i r, glor~· cla 1. Is ri t:n inc rrtr J)t il)le T n1akc l)t:lic, ers glad. 1-i e pl int 111e to 1 Ji 1nt l1 f l .1if . And u11 r j y i 1 t r ; I n it }1 I t r ,, I c 1 a i 111 I 11 pl , r111 r . I, vorit I t!1 t: TH O 10 INDEP D N BAPTIS }1 ' Ill 11 1 l1e Psa1m. and leave it out . Peter u , ed it to prove that Je. u aro e accord ing to prophecy and o wa the t rue Me iah. l-le decla red it wa evident that David did n t writ e of hin1 elf when he wrote the tenth ver e for he did ee corrupti on and hi s tomb wa . till with them for a ll doubter. to ee. Yet the Revi ed tandard er ion n1ake ver e ten read 1 ike th i : · F or thou d t n t give n1e up t heol, o r let thy godl one ee the Pit. ' ' That renderi ng n1ake. it refer o nl y to Da id and , on1e tem– porary deli v ranee fron1 d at h he n1ight h a p rienced . I::i t her that , or David wa n1i taken an(l the Bible fal lihl '1 l O ! he o nl y con1fort we can tak.e in the \\ ide t1. of the ne\\- Bible 1 that 111 t) t reader ar s tl d to eeing ( ' hri t r1\cn in thi <i p. tlln1 that the, \J on't noti 1he change : an l then. thank od. there i. grO\\ing hot I ft1nda 111ental1\t \.\ ho know the core. \l e believe Da id \\frc)te o f the ho ly hri\t and of Hi r ' ttrre ti n h f re hi s Botiy hatl t1111c to dee a ( th l1 t1 gh 1t \\ as t1nd<.)ttbtedl\ pre\cr vetl l)) 1111racle al'it)) anti that a, 1 id'~ JL)\' ,1n1c fr<. 111 ht \ I ,\1th thc1t the R1sl:n ( hri,t \<\ <.)ttld ~ll ( ra1 e h1, l)ocly. c, 1 cn if it d1cJ tttrn into ttu,t' I 111.\t i~ o t1r hope . ,\n<l Sll \\ t:: si 11g () ll l \()ng\ 01 h pe . We \\ )tlld 0 111 ' p int t)ltt 011 ' th ing 111 1e It ,er,c te11 r ft,;rs t<.1 hri t , as it t i t)e~. a11cl \\' C t1,e 1t 111 t11 11l t)tlt:1 n cla tl give ti s fait l1 1n t)ttr l) t11ing t ,t1rrcl:tt 11, ,h )t1l I \'- 11tll a lso appl)' the tottrth , er ~c to l)LII 11\L)d r11 \.t, . , nll a\' tt1al it i a si 11 ltl jt)it1 \\ 1tt1 1t) lLI 11ists i11 tll ir ,, r l1i1, f ~l 111t'1cl\' ht1111an Jestt '. P'\ttl \\\ tl1t\t is till tl1 r J c::st1s. a11tl 11t1t tl1e <. hri st ,, t:: \\ orsh111. I t \J s 11 t 111t1ltipl lrrl)\\ s tll )lit st.:: l\' "s \)\ \\ 1 sl1ii11lir1g ,, itl1 lt11\) lit::, r ! JUNF. -JULY 1967 P GE 7