The Ohio Independent Baptist, August 1968

\ e had hoped that our GARBC conference 10 Roche ter would be cl imaxed \\ ith the ·rapture· of the Church. \ e kno\\' now that thi wa not in our Lord·s plan. Our hope. ho\, ever. for H i soon return h as not been les ened but increased! Mes– sage ha,,ing to do with future events for the Church. I rael and the Gentile nation ha, e only inten ified our de- ire for H im to come quickly. Thi conference eemed to top all others. There was continuity through– out a each peaker, endued with po"'er. gave ound biblical pre enta– tion of eschato1ogical truth - all of \\hich \.\raS made to apply to the bel iever in hi daily wa lk before the rd. Pre entation of our approved works. uch a our chools, mi sion ocietie . Rev. Donald Sewell, Emmanuel Baptist , r oledo reg isters for the Conference as did many other " Buckeyes .' ' hap] inc)' di\ 1 i ion, ociaJ agencies nd the lil~e proved a bl sing to all . In e, 1 ef)' depart1nent tihere were re– rt of ubstanti 1 gain. Our ARB f 11 ""' hip no"' t ta1 1 J J 6 churches. peci I n1u ic throughout the con- f, rcnc " pr nted b}' y ung nenpI fr n1 our ppr \'100 t1 J". c n b pr. ud f th t 1 nt an1ong ur oung pl ! A utJ1 hoir 2 0 oi , und r h ireotion of J !111 t r on, c n1pJ t th\; nfer n 1tl1 th inging a n1n btch I n- tl , ·J l..,ong 'iJJ It 1 ? 0 'n 0 10 I D 1 r m ll n tion l 1test. 11 -. ll 1 ille. • in ester These three little boys from Shepherds were used of the lord to warm the hearts of all. Ru th Wheeling, Wau eon, Ohio, who won the fir t pla.ce in the Piano divi ion~ Marcia Boyce, Euclid, Ohio, who won econd pl ace in the Journal– i m divi ion. We wish to congratu– late these young people on a job ''we] I done! ,. Special ote: As stated above, Miss Marcia Boyce was second place winner in the NA– TIONAL JOURNALISM division of the GARBC Talents for Christ Contest. Actually th is award would have gone to Miss Linda Underwood of Wheelers– burg, Ohio, but as a result of a tor– nado wh ich struck the area in which sh e lived this past April, she went to be with the lord. Miss Underwood's manuscript, how– ever, was iudged on the same basis as the rest. The Judging Committee felt it right and proper to give her the honor and recognition which she r ig htfully deserved . Th girl' ,, io from C d ,r ill good iob ngin for h pr i l rd . Coll g d id unto th on erence During the bu ine e ion of the conference. re olution v. ere pa ed on uch ubject a Church Union. Civi l Di obedience. ocial Concern~ Morality and the like. There wa a total of 1488 regi tra– tion made at thi conference. Aver– age attendance at the evening meet . ing wa about 4000. The large t grou1 gat hered on the clo ing night - ap- proximately 5000 in attendance. T ruly the Lord gave u one of the be t annu al conference in the 37 year our fellow hip ha been in ex– i tence. To many, the "high pot" of the conference wa the pre entation made b}' hepherd' Incorporaited. Three fine little boy ... retarded children . . . tood before a large evening audience and in their weet way left Dr. and Mrs. Ketcham were thel'e. His messages on the Judgment Seat of the Believer w ere thought-provoking. a te tin1ony that will not be 11 f r– g tt n. W ,. learned th~1t the '~ hl)\ , kne~ 0111t: I lO Bihlt: \'er ,e f1 n1 n1en1 r,. ,1ch bu) qt1ottd h1 fa,, rit , \!I ,.. l'h , then '"111'i\\ctt:d intellig(!ntl, qttl:"'it1on k.ed the111 on crning th· raptttrc ot the cht1r h. I h\.~tr k.nl. )\\l– \!llgt.: far i._ ell, th,1t f Lh ~1, 'I (1g ""' ' hristian i11 tht.• \! thi11g, \\ \. ~1,lt!J tlf"'it:l, 1 es t]1 qt1e ti n . . . ..\\'11 real I, is rt:tarde<.l - in d ' · sight:" h <. .lJ)s t )J1C [ it [lll \\ :t:.-. 11 \ f tl1 t; ltlllt: 110, i11gi11g tht: h 'fllO, It \\'i ll B It 1\ ll \\Ti 11 \\' J ti !" t , 111 11 n '" n1c:n ,, J)l nl 1 tl1i t ti111 n J)I nt ! t!r n f r n n t r, 11 u l t l1 I r ti t rr , 111 b 11 I t \\'in 11 J k , !11 i n - lln - -- 7, 1 . l I tn n tt n i11 ! UGU 19 8