Ohio Independent Baptist, June/July 1938

"Thirty Pie·ces Of Silve,r" Member and friend of the Mar- anatha Bapti t Church in Springfield , Ohio held an unu ual program thi s pa t Easter. The program wa centere d around the fact of Judas betraying the Lord for 30 pieces of silver. Six week before Ea ter a mal,l bag wa mailed to each member of the church for the purpo e of ooJ.lecting 30 silver coin during the Easter ea on and then presenting them to the Lord on Ea ter Sunday. Doing just t he op– po ite of Juda who receive d 30 piece of silver for betrayal , the mem– bers of the church presented 30 pieces Smoking is Sin! By Jim Romig " Just a silly millimeter longer-" Friend , ANY length of cigarette is silly! And any person who gets "hooked" by those three-inch "can– cer- tick " is ju t as si1Lly. God ' Word ays th at things that negaitive– e ly affect the body are sin . Then al' smoking is sin , isn' t it? rp iir First of all, smoking i a SIN AGAINST YOURSELF. Wh en you THE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST or s.il v~ r :i s a " Lnv ( , il't' ' ·l o lhc l ord . On l ~n-; l er S11nd ay eac h hag of si lver coins wa. co ll ec ted . N o pe nn ies o r paper money we re a ll owed - ju t silve r coin ! One p er o n preSie nted thirt y ha lf d o ll ar piec . A total of over 17 pounds of il ver coins were rece ived which amounted bo $249 .00 . Thi amount wa aborve t he r egul ar offe rings received in the church se rvices for th at d ay . . arnest H ayes , und ay chool Supe rintend ent o f the church and orga ni ze r o f th e program, expre sed the feeling o f the wh ole church when h e menti o ned th a t th e prog ram was ve ry succe sful a nd ke pt before the peopl e fo r several weeks th at one im– portant a pect o f Ea te r is to accept Chri t as per o nal Savio ur and no t betray Him for temporal t hin gs. were born you assumed some re pon– s ibilit y, name ly, lea rning to take care of yourself. Jn growing up you lea rn to wash and dres nicely. Thi s i the outsi,de ·of yo ur bod y. In school you lea rn about th e i·n id e of your bod y a:nd how it work . You want both th e in side and th e outside to fun c– tion at peak capac it y so you can do your best. Then you 1art to smoke . The outsid e begins to smell and th e in ide starts to m t. Jmmed,iately you begin to shri,nk the r espon ibili ty t o your elf. ci ence has shown t hat you FELLOWSHIP OF BAPTISTS FOR HOME MISSIONS P. 0 . BOX 455 - ELYRIA ,OHIO Ernest Hayes, Sunday School superintendent of Maranatha Baptist Church, Springfield, Ohio, holds a bag of 30 pieces of silver coins taken from a pile of silver bags brought to the church in the recent pro– gram, "Th irty Pieces of Silver for Love, not Betra yal." will be sick lo nger, and ,thus make o th er respo n ibile for you , a nd die sooner th an norm<l!I. Smoking is also a SIN AGAINST GOD. (I Cor. 6 : 19-20) God has giv– en .the H oly S pirit to live in you. Thi s " ho u e" was ,purchased a t a tre– mendou oo t, .the death o f His own So n. The purpo e of thi purch ase is th at God may be glorufied in the world . God can never be itrul y glori– fied in an unconsecra ted, unsepar– at ed Christi an. Smoking i a SIN AGAINST OTH– ERS. I Cor. 12 peaks of the body of Chri st and the relatio n hlp betwee n the di ffere nt member . If o ne mem– ber is defecti ve t hrough sm oking or other beh avior tha,t i not hri t- 1 ike he hamper the effec.tivene s of the whole body. To the smoker : "Fire 0 11 one end, foo l on the other." m inistering worldwide t11rough m issionaries and pastors • Orphans • Leprosy cli nics • Widows· homes • Medica l clinics • Hospitals • Rehabili tation of wayward girls • Disaster relief in Korea A m inistry of compassion. ___ __. ·----- Write INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN RELI EF 801 HADDON AVENUE COLLINGSWOOD, NEW JERSEY 08108 JUNE-JULY, 1968 13