The Ohio Independent Baptist, December 1968

Concerning A Third Camp For some time it has been felt by nan;? of the brethren in our Ohio \.S ociation of Regular Baptist Church– •s that we obtain a third camp ;omething more in the center of th~ tate with facilities which could be 1sed throughout the entire year. Recently, a camp located near 1iller burg, Ohio was brought to he attention of your Council of Ten. rhey, in turn, have authorized the (outh Committee, Ken Andrus, D ave rrui~t and Wes Blis to negotiate for his camp short of purcha ing. fhey were to bring their findings to pecially called Council of Ten nee ting on Friday, ovember 22. As of this writing, we have nothing urther we can report. We hope hrough the pages of the O. I.B. to eep our readers informed concern– ng any definite action that might >e taken. In the meantime, we are ,onfident that the prayers of our eader would be greatly appreciated. Enioyable Sermons Frederick Myers Morris, pastor of L church in Minneapolis, Minn. said omething not long ago which every nember ought to bear. peaking to the audience wh ich ,reeted him upon his arrival as the ninister to the congregation be warned hem that they mu t not expect to _njoy his preaching. In complete rankness he said: ' 'Preaching is meant o in truct, inspire, move and stir he will and often to accuse. It is 1ot to be enjoyed.' ' It frequently happens that a con– ~regation a k for a change of preach– !r for the very reason that their :>a tor is preaching exactly the kind >( sermon to v.1hich they should be I te11ing. Morris is exactly right. ood preaching i not omething o be enjo) 1 ed; it i something aimed o producing hri tian con cience and .haracter. ']"here are ti111es, of cour c, 1. hen t11e ern1 n hould be co111fort– ng, ut ra~e i tl1 occa ion \\'hen it hould e co11 fort bl . A fair t t f good 1}r acl1ing 111ight ( 1) 1 jt J>f)' Jle11 , n)' 111i11d ? (2 \ ill it pr due hri ti, n c n– ducL? 3 I 1t ain ed at c11largi11g the n1pca hi of the c ngr ga1 io11? ( 4) tl1e plc \\ h Ji ten 11, , t tl1i111l' Jn 0 1 d r t fi 11 v.r tl1 pr~ cl1 r. ( 5 J n r t1 ab u t Iii hri ti n rn1 n 1 a d n nd up n t 11 up n 11 pr acl1 r. • • • Clipped et's a e ain! by Rev. How a rd Andrus There is no advantage in being near the light if the e) 1 es are closed. Sigmond Freud, a p ychoanalyst who wa born in London, England, May 6, 1856, was a thorough-goino evolutionist. He did all he could t~ boo t its claim . Early in life he de– voted him elf to the research of the mind. He discovered that brain cell are the same in lower forms of life as they are in man. From this, he contended that man wa therefore a product of evolution, that man's basic advantage over animals was that he had more grey matter per cubic inch of body weight than did lower forms of life. At the turn of the century, however, physiological and urgical science showed that the brain bas in itself no capacity for thought. lt neither orig– inates a word or forms a notion. Anatomy and physiology alike show that the brain is never other than the in trument of the 'personality" - whatever that may be. This "person– ality" i as separate from the brain as the violini t i from the violin. If a man' per onality would enter a young chimpanzee' brain, where, by the way, it would find all the required cerebral convolutions, then that 31Pe could grow into a true inventor or philosopher. In pre ent day cience, this is one of the greate t mysteries. We know that con cious per onality, or what– ever one plea es to call 1t, has a n1a– terial organ, the brain to think with. The con cious per onalit) d es the thinking. The n1ater1al organ is the in trun1ent of thought, and that n1a– teri al organ xi. ts in t \.\ o \ 1 n1n1ct ri– ca I halves. It 1 0111} 1 011\; half of thi · organ. h "-'C\'Cr, which can be tl ed f o.r pee~h or for recogruzing any– th1ng which is seen, heard or touched - in the acquired sen e. All the e acquired human endow– ment , a it were are tamped and tared in its re pective place in the peaking hemi phere of the brain by a ingle agent. All word , knoivledge, and any other endowments are put in the brain and arranged there for u like o many books on their brain helve by the brain's librarian. Where he goes to when he locks the library up and leave for the night - in leep - or in death is for the mo t part a my tery to cience. One thing i for ure, however not one of the e book made itself or put it elf where it properly i ! LET' MAKE IT PLAI Evolution cannot produce person– ality, or w hatei er you plea e to call it . It utterly fail to be able to an wer thi ill) tery. Don t tru t it. Electronic engineer u ed to a)' that to build a n1achine that doe the work of the human brain \ oulJ co, er a pace a large as th tate of Te a ! The cripture make plain \\ h) n1an' per onality i differ nt from lo\\er forn1 of life. That differenc i there becau" God pt1t it there. He n1adc a dtfft;ren t: b\ breathing intu 111an the breath ot lift; 1"'h1 .. enabled n1an t o l 1ve in t\\' t) t!par atcd ,, 1 h..l" chc I1lt1lcrial and sp1ritt1al. [a11 bc- c,1n1e ~1 ··1i, 1 i11g ot1 l'' a11d ,1nJ~ rc- p()11 il1le to (Jl) i a Cl r l1ngl)'· Gl)li 111a}' ha, 1 c ti t::d the L1111 patt~r11 1,1 111an ar1d lo\,'er C rn1 of )if' bttt he ll i <i 11 t l J s th .. an 1 p<: r ona 1 i t ! \\' h t is ) ) ti r r , I~ ti o 11 hi i t ) ' ) I t I WANTED: 2000 ,._ ~un.da ,11 Scl1ool Classes tlwt ca,re about tl?R and are ,vi I ling to Join 1n a class m1ss1onar ' endeavor and suppor t the Baptist Builders' Club through pra er and g1 1ng. Our task--g1 1ng a,d to struggling ne GARB churches. ...-..--- - -~-----.___ ____________ \\ e c r ! nd furl her 1nforn1ac1on to Cl Seer t rl ------------ Church-----------~- --- Bapt1.st Buildurs'Club I 800 Oakl on Boulev3rd · • • · · · Dee, P laines . l ll1no1s 60018 ii ) D C MB R, 1968 7