The Ohio Independent Baptist, February 1969

Silver Bridge Memorial Service A large crowd gathered at the =:jr t Bapti t Church of Gallipoli :or a pecial MEMORIAL A D ~HRISTMAS VE PER ER VICE on ;unday afternoon, December 15th rom 5 :00-6:00 p.m. On this day, )De year ago forty- ix persons lo t heir lives at the collap e of the Silver 3ridge located at Point Pleasant, West Virginia, ju t four miles from Galli– >0lis. Rev. Joseph C. Ch.apman, pastor Jf Fir t Bapti t was in charge of the .ervice and its preparations. The ;hurch was beautifully decorated for lle occasion with two vase of white ;arnation on the communion table. The Word of God was read ·by Rev. Alithur Maxwell Home Mi ionary Jnder Independent Faith Mi sion and pa tor of Elizabeth Chapel, located near Gallipolis. Brother Maxwell r,ead from the twenty-seventh Psalm after which he gave a few remarks on the last verse, ' 'Wait on the Lord, and He shall strengthen thine heart.,, Rev. Harry ole A ociate Pa tor f Fir l Bapti t, read an appropriate poem taken from the 1 if e of the Apo tle Paul. Brother Cole pre ented the need to fully tru t the Lord both in time of hard hip a well as when thing are going well. In the ab ence of the mayor of Gallipoli and Point Pleasant due to farmer commitments Mr. Pierce Mc– Creed y, comn1ander of the State H igh– way Patrol of Gallipoli and in charge of the tate Police detail at the di a ter poke in behalf of the citizen of Gallipoli . Mr. Mccreedy, a fine Chri tian man and a member of FirSJt Baptist gave a wonderful challenge to all. Rev. Charles Thompson of Point Plea ant was a ked by ,the mayor to represent the citizen of ithat area. Mr. Th·omp on, in hi remarks, tart:ed that much to his di may the di aste.r was oon forgotten as far as the Spiritual application was concerned. He tated that there has not been the growth in the churches that hould have been. One of the highlight of the erv– ice was the reading of the name of the forty--six victims. As pastor Oh,ap– man read each name hi wife Lucy placed a white carnation in the va e. oft organ n1t1 ic w~ pla 1 1 ed in a darkened church with nl) a pot– light hining on the flower . After the nam \.\rere read and 1n the ame etting a mixed quartet sang very beautifully, "J esu I Alwa 1 T There.'· At the clo e of the ervice a carna– tion wa given to each family pre ent by Mr . Chapman and Mrs. Cole. The enior choir of the church ang an arrangement of ' 'When I Remen1ber·· and Mr . Wilbur I<Jrt– land, the former Mi Judith Chap– man, coming very clo e to being ent into the pre ence of the Lord, at the tragedy, sang, ·1 Kno\\ Who Hold Tomorrow. " P a tor Chapman concluded the ervice with a brief m age on I aiah 5 5: 8 and brought to remembrance what the Lord did for our church in Revival and Salvation. This was the ame text pas age u ed. the unda 1' after the co]lap e. He al o read a poem written by Debra Burnette, a High School teenager of Fir t Bapti t entitled, 'A Tribute To The ilver Bridge Dead." Our prayer i that \Ve hall n t forget thi tragedy and that every thought both in word and music might be remembered and u d for the glory of God. salm a:ull 2\ oem Jl by Ralph T. Nordlund (Read Psalm XXV in your Bible first) Teach me, 0 Lord, Thy ways: Where I may walk wi~h patient ouls and ju t , The paths of una hamed and quiet trust, And with them wait for bles ing all my day . "'I.each me, 0 Lord, Thy truth: . alvation as personified 1 n Thee, "I h}' tender mercies f ~om eternity, And love that can forgive my tn!) of youth. "f 'eacl1 n1e, 0 or<l, rl hy choice, And grace to r~tify and make it n1ine: A ured its providences will combine '] o gi,, 11 re t and make Il1)' hearit rejoice. h 111e .. I l}' er t , ord, h n1ear1ing f h}' co,,e11ar1t f gn cc, J1icl1 in all g t 11 v- h fear Tl1 trace it · n t 11 gr , j ng c n t t:.. t f I l1 ' \ o, d. 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