The Ohio Independent Baptist, January 1968

(Concluded from page 5) allowed to appear on television and shift the responsibility Ito our Was·h– ington lawmakers for not implemenit– ing slum clearance and ,breaking up ghettos. We doubt that "sanctifica– tion " is the foremo t doctrine on "Capitol Hill. ' ' But when d 1 id tJhe law– makers tell or cause men to slay, burn, loot and defy all semblance of decency? Crime is ,com.minted by criminals who merit extinction. Cowardice and Compromise The public was stunned by on– lookers in New York who waitched a woman being ravaged while they pro– tected their w-0rithless pelts. Good people don' t have to live on. Leit them a sert themselves and take the consequence. The booze gang i spreading its tentacles everywhere while preachers dabble in surmi ses and "sweet nothings" ,too of ten. You get the impression ,that some pulpits would allow a pocket billard t·able in the basement and a bord·ello nex,t door, raitber than suffer internal di s– sension and financial loss from non– regenerate . We could u se and God would bless a contingenit of Savon– arolas John Knoxes and Joseph Parkers, instead of sob-sisters i n ecclesiastical robes. Specious Excuses A common one in religiou circles among fundamentalists is that pro– claiming personal salvation through Christ and showing God's p attern for the world, exonerates us fro,m con– cern about the drift of society. This is but o ne more cring,ing evasion. The same pious idealist will cry out against a dishonest deal in a merch– andising center, especially if he loses. '"fhi n1eans he does care about the down-grade course of the w,orld. The preaching of the apostle Paul and hi s compatriots in Ephesus seri– ou ly damaged an evil trade. No apology was offered. Christians crave heroes ,to follow. A united Christian pulpit w,ould make riots hideous, senseless, unallowaible. Positively. Own the frightfulness of the disease. N aaman wanted a "magic wand' ' treatment for leprosy. Concerted drives by criminals lead– ing to hundred s dead, vital areas of ci tie in ruin , our coun try a hiss before ,the world, are not little skiin ra hes. We are seein,g degeneracy at it wor t. Face it. uppor t all law en:force111ent ,agen– cies to ohe lin1it. Attempts to dis– cred it ,~he police by screaming ,"bru– tality," are but hield for f iends. Di mi s the brainless hypothesis tha t lum clearance and job oppor– tuni,ty will e nd the e minute . Joseph wen,t into Egypt a a sl,ave, but lived to be it fo remost statesn1an. Major crimes are commit ted in palaces, in palatial hotels and by high income per ons. Crime is born in criminal heart . Quit codd 1 ling noisy unreaso nable m1inorities . No one hould be held down for race or color. No one hould di scredit h i race or color by vio lently demanding advancement he did not merit by virtue and work. Let al I men remember that mortal are ru hing, ome madly, into the h and of H in1, of whom the scrip– ture declare: "The wrath of God i revealed from hea¥en ag,ain ' t a ll ungod line and LI nnighteou ne ·s.' ' T here i a refuge for the penitent and wrath for the rebelliou . OUR 25th ANNIVERSARY YEAR Escanaba, Michigan Establishing Baptist Churches ... where there were none. H 0HI J INDEPENDENT BAP I IST Gallipolis Growing In a recent u11<lay chool co:-ite~t wit h th·e Temple Bap,tist Church of Ports·mouth, the First Baptist hurch of GttllipoJj realize·d a ten percent increase in their average atte:-idance. A total of 514 were out to Sunday School on the c]osi:1g unday. This was the greatest attendance in 3() year ! Preli1ninary drawings are under way for a proposed new educational bui lding, which will hou e a unday chooJ of 750 to 800. T he pre e:1t lack of ground lin1 it , greater ex- . ·pan ion. The Ohio l n<lepe'ldent Bapt ist ed itor, Rev. Donald Moffat, will be "gue ·t evangelist" for eight day of ·peci al n1eeti ngs, February 25 through March 3rd, 1968. The churoh a ks other lo pray along wit h the111 for God's power t1pon Brother Moffat duri:,g that week! Blessing at Perry God bles ·ed in lhe S1pecial 111eet– ings held recen;tly at the F·aith Bapti ' l chL1 rch in Perry, Ohio. Pa tor A. B. Ta ell , Jr. write aying that God poke to ·heart through hi me enger Dr. Robert T. Ketchan1. A great :1umber dedicated their live ' to the Lord! Every ervice wa well attended but what wa mo t thrilling wa the great number of you ng people pre- ent. peci al mu ic wa pre e nted by the church choir. Pa tor Ta ell , tale·d that he wa ure that F aith Bapti . t Church of Perry i "a better church, a ,tron.ger chL1rch, a n1ore zealou <; church and above all. a n1ore <;p irituaJ church a a re ult of Dr. Kct cha111 '\ n1ini trv.' ' ~ 1ninistering worldtvide tlirough missiorlarics ancl pastors • Orphans • Medi cal cl1n1cs • Hospitals • Disaster relief • Leprosy cl1n1cs • Widows' homes • Rehab, l1tat1on of wayward girls 1n Korea A rn i11istry of co1ri11assiou. ___ ,.. . .....__ ___ \\'rite INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN RELIEF 801 HADDON AVENUE COLLINGSWOOD, NEW JERSl't 08108 -.,-----_ ~-- - JANUAR f , 1968 PAfjE 13