The Ohio Independent Baptist, September 1970

( t By R lph T. Nol'dlu11d d P.. clr11 II i11 your Bil:> le first) ~ . li.l)\\ l1lc,t t l1l~ f l)I"gt\' Ctl. \\' 1tl1 Qtt1lt r l'tllO\ ctl afar. ... ·111t.' cl1ari1 ,~ qt1,1~l1cLi torcvcr 11ctt)rl' l1l1d'\ JllLlgr11c11t bar! H,, C()\C'r111g ,1tonc111 nt R c111".1' c: t l1c nt: cd f gt1i le~ t L)ntc... ·1)n tt1r11\ t glor), n Li t t: ,l r into a ~ n1 i I e . In ntr,1 t. h \\ I tiffered \\' ht:n ilence ealed n1)' lip ~ .i\ 1,, fran1 . nee moi t, grew wizened · nd J ) \\ ent into eclip e ! painful \\ a n1 1 feigning Of inn cence \.\ 1 ithin. t la t I all acknowledged • nd od forgave my 1n. Permit me, then, to witne That \.\ hen the godly pray, The Lord, if ought in ea on, \,\ 1 ill hold the flood at bay. urrounding u in danger, The arm of God are trong; nd afe within their keeping Deliverance turns to ong! Let u no more be muli h, eed bridle, reins and bit, But let God' eye direct u And to Hi will ubmit. The wicked walk in sorrow· But we upright in heart, Find mercy in our pathway, And joy, it counterpart! The Thirty-second Psalm begin , like the First, with ··BJe ed... but thi ble edne i a much greater a grace i greater than law. Only Je us Chri t could enjoy the obe– dience of the First Psalm absolutely. The re t of us can on1 1· do o in a relative degree; but we can fully enjoy God's forgivene , for it is never relative. In fact , like the woman who loved much becau e she had been forgiven much, it seems that the greater our sin , the greater our jo)' in being forgiven. We just had to cover all the main thoughts of this psalm in our poem, and so it is Jong, and our comment have to be short. Yet for the penitent all the commentary \i\'e need is that of our own heart experience. Like D avid , \\'e also ing ongs of deliverance and shout for joy. We ma}' not do the latter in church; but if we have never done so in our secret chamber, there is something wrong Yl ith our repentance, not with God s gift of rejoicing. Let us not go out and sin like David so that we can ex– perience his release of soul in forgiveness, but let us rather be more honest with our elves and come to realize hov.;' great our sin really is. Then, when we fully repent and turn in faith to Je us Christ for Hi grace we will full)' enter into the joys of salvation. The Ohio Inde pendent Baptist - Publish d Monthly by - THE OHIO ASSOCIATION OF REGULAR BAPTIST CHURCHES SECOND CLASS POSTAGE paid at Xenia, Ohio. POSTMASTER: Please send Form 3579 to The Oh io Independent Baptist Box No . 160 Xenia, Oh io 45385 Editorial Office: Box No. 160 Xenia, Ohio 45385 Rates of Subscription : $2.00 per year; $5.00 for three years; EVERY ACTIVE FAMILY PLAN, $1.15 per subscription ; BUNDLE LOT PLAN (mailed directly to the church), $1.00 per subscription. Minimum bundle order - 15 copies; single issue 20 cents. Your Editorial Office should have all news and advertis· ing copy in hand no later than 30 days prior to printin .g. Advertising rates will be sent on request. STAFF Editor . A. Donald Moffat Box Io. 160, Xenia, Ohio 45385 Circi,lation Manager .... Stuart L. Chaffe Box o. 160, Xenia, Ohio 453-85 1.V omen's Editor . Mrs. Inez Milner 2195 Brockway Road University Hts., Ohio 44118 State Missionary . .. Earl D. Umbaugh 2150 Marhofer A, 1 e., Stow, Ohio 44224 State Youth Director Robt. Anthony 705 Graham Rd., Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio · 44221 F i1ia11cial Secretary .". . . ... .. David Dye 92 N. Roys Ave., Columbus, 0. 43204 COUNCIL OF TEN Chairman ....... ... ... ... William F. _Russell 191 Whipple Ave., N.W., Canton, 0. 44708 Vice-Chair1nan . Harold R. Green Cedarville College, Cedarville, 0. 4 5314 Secretary . . . .. . Kenneth L. Andrus 315 S. Kensington Pl., Springfield, 0. 45503 Treasiirer . William A. Brock 4663 Trabue Rd., Col11mbus, 0. 43228 Program Chair1nan .. Richard L. Snavely P.O. Box 195, Findlay, Ohio 45840 Missionary Chairman, R. Kenneth Smelser 123 W. Liberty St., Medina, 0. 44256 Ediication Chr1n. . Raymond F. H amilton Gallia St. at Waller, Portsmouth, O. 45662 Y oiino People's Work Chrtn. ......... ... . 54; . B;~~~ . ·st.; .. A°kr!: ghlo ~till \V oodrow W. McCaleb, 276 Washington Avenue Elyria, Ohio 44035 Earl V. Willetts, 250 West Street Berea, Ohio 44017