The Ohio Independent Baptist, November 1967

• OU- r ·<>r 111r1,1r re<1rs ,·c,11r ecl i t<>r /1c1s /...110,v,1 a11cl respec· tecl • • /) 1 G( c>r~c . 1\Ji/11er ,vl1c, e life l1c1 · bee,1 c1 hlessirtg to so 111c111."! 011r clear br <>tl1er e11terecl /1is tlz ) 1 ear this pc,st ~, epte111her 301/1. His i c1 f1 ill l ife - c1 life of c/ec/icatio11 c111cl <le ' '<>I i<)11 to t l, e L ore/ a11d His 1vork. 1i 1 c tl1c>11tfl11 t/1c1t tl1is "special i st1e'' 111ig l1t be (l tzic·e u clJ' c>f ll.' 'ing a belated ' 'H appJ' Birthclc1) 1 !" Mr. The111i1 r Ge(/de . a close frie11cl c>f Brot/1 er lvfil11 er . lzas "vritten tl1e f <>II<> u• i, 1 g art i cI e g iv i, z g cl br i e I res Lt,, z e o I I 1 is I i f e . A Ion/.: i, ·it/1 tl1is c1rticle are cz few "trib11tes" ,vritte1t by 111e1i "vl1t, hll()H' /1i111 \t•e//. A ivc;rcl sl1oi1/c/ c1/so be said c·c;11<·er11ing Mrs. M il11e1 u·/10 as t.l fait/1/ ttl ct11d clevoteci 'ri'ife, works ha11d in l1a111 ,,·it/1 /1er beloved lz11sba11c/. Her consta,zt c·o11zpanio11sl1i c1 1 1d /1er cleep love for tlze thi11gs of the Lord lzave bee, c111 i11spiration to /1i111 tl1roug/1 the years. Ottr prayer is tl1at all -.,v/10 read this will be c·/1a/le11ge, I<> .vie/cl tlzeir lives to tl1e L ore/. We are not seekitzg t, ei1/ogize. No e11log}· is 11ecessary! Oi1r one desire is b11t t , .!f ive hon<>r w/1ere hotzor is tltte . HAPPY B/RTHDA Y BROTHER M ILNER - MAY YOU HAVE MAN> 1'v10RE OF TllEM! ' 'Once upon a ti111e" a n1all wide– eyed boy. newl y moved into an Ea t ~ide Cleveland neighborhood , wa in– vited by a neighbor boy to attend Sunday School with him. He found a '"mo t wonderful" Sunday School where they told interesting tories about Jesus, God and the Bible. 011 thi fir t Sunday at the new church in the Euclid-East 97th Street area, he Ii tened with awe and excitement to Bible stories he had not heard before. . A week later he brought along hi · younger brother and still another week later brought his mother. Thus began, some eighty years ,tgo, the piritual awakening of one who e lo:ig life has been filled with exciting and significant accompl ish– ments for the Lord in his home • church , in mi sions. education , busi– ne and ci vie affairs. Hi s reputation and influence have extended so far th a t recentl y when a young reporter on a C Jeveland newspaper a ked hi editor, "Do you want a story about George . Mi lne r?", his editor replied 'Anything that G. S. Milner doe is ,iel1 1 s. Get the tory." Sa verl At An Early Age Born in 1879, Mr. Mi lner accepted the Lord at the Logan Avenue Bap– tist Church when he was 11 years old the church that has since become Cedar Hill Bapti t Church, C leve– land Hejghts. Upon being baptized and joining that church a yea r later, hi . membership was never rtran - ferred el sewhere. Thus, G. S. Milner ha wor hipped and erved the Groundbreaking for Cedarville's Library NOVEMBER, 1967 PAGE 4 Lord in one church for 111ore thar 75 year . In honor of his 75th yea1 of member hip Dr. J ohn G. Balyo hi pastor, ob erved "Seventy five year of fidel ity to one local con– gregation i a record with fe~ parallels.' ' Some years ago the mem– bership elected Mr. Milner E lder Emeritus in honor of his many years of valuab le ervice during which he held practically every important elect– ed office and many appointed respon– sibi lities. It wou ld be difficult to com– pile a Ji t of the many valu able ervice he ha rendered. Mr. Milner wa sought to ponsor and to direct numerous Chri ·tian ac– tivities outside of his local church, And everal of these can definite} y trace their viability to the guiding hand of thi s far seeing man of God. Always i ntere ted in training other for Chri tian service, Mr. Milner devoted much effc,:t and prayer to · establishing Cedarville College where ""MiJner Chapel" has been named in hi honor. For many years he v.·a president of Baptist Mid-Missions and guided thi s world-wide organization th rough many rough waters . Business and Civic Minded J n hi busi ness and civic life, Mr. M ii ner is we ll known and his judg– ment ha been sought by Cleveland Jeader . Before Nela Park was lo– cated in East Cleveland, the two men who originated the idea of a "Uni– ver ity of Light" and national light– jng headquarters sought out Mr. Milner and inquired of him as to the fea ibilit y of Ltch an undertak– ing. Mr. Milner gave hearty approval THE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST