The Ohio Independent Baptist, December 1969

e bounce out on the tage. He ing pop number about that ' 'feelin' ulled love. ' He explain how he ju t ·ft an engagement in La Vega at 1 e Flamingo where he followed Tom Jne . He aid he ·-- aw Tom Jone ' t ho\.\' in ega and got a big laugh hen he explained: "His movements re not only illegal but he make ~l\ i Pre ley look arthritic! ' (Of ourse. the movements Pat Boone re– erred to would not be out of p 1 ace n the vilest fertility dance in the L1ng1e. but everybody laughed any– va,· and then they began to ap- - t]aud.) ' 'The clean-cut kid" from H olly– vood then did a few of his gold ecord numbers including "Long Tall ,ally:' "Don't forbid me, ' and "Tutti =ruiti all Rutti" ! Pat Boone gave a te timony a o how he urrendered hi life to he Lord thi s pa t year. ow he ay 1e i more in demand for ·movie and >er, onal appearances than ever be– ore. The night ended with "Ju t A I .\m·· and over 800 teenager filed town to the front in an wer to the ,leading invitation. What did these ,. ids really under tand of the Go pel, vhat did they understand of repent- 1nce and turning from ,sin to a epar · tted walk with Je u Chri t? The Kins Folk from Au~tralia ang 1 song at the beginning of the pro– zram that I believe was prophetic. lt was entitled "If You Try To Get fhe Be t Of Both Worlds, You Get one.' ' The lasting result of t11is ap– proach to you th evangel i m is very ikely to end with little accompli c;hed )ther than making wor1dlings out of a ot of Chri stian kid who will turn ~ff their churches and turn on the new thing. lf this is tl1e ne1v puri- at1is1l1. 111a, the Lord deli ver llS fr om it! Olford and Abernathy On ' 'REVIVAL' ' '"I here wa also con 1derahl e co n– ftt ion wi th regard to the treatment of the ul)jec t of rc,, iva l. teven 01- ford gave a stirr ing, stra1ght-f orwa rc.1 appea l tor Bibl ica l revivals o n r iday aft ~rnoon. J-I e cricc.l ot1 l to l he f i vc or ·)i thousand Ji tene r . ' ' he grca t– e t r1h::ed of the huroh of JesL1s 111 i t at this ho11r arnong n1 inislcr and h1 i tia r1 I aders i ohe(lience ! ot al l clience to the Worcl of 1 od ! 1 ta I o I l dience to t 11 "'' i 11 <. f , c>d ! ta! l1edience t t l1c co111111a n d of ! 0 1Je called the as 1111, 1)' to l edie11c and 10 , rn\; t p ra , r th at d one again J) ur Oltf H i S1>iri t In 11 ue r ,, i,, a I. TH OHIO INDEPENOENI BAPTIST itting behind him all the while and next to mount the pulpit wa Dr. Ralph Abernathy of the outhern Chri tian Leader hip Conference. Later in the pre conference with Dr . Abernathy a new paper man a ked the leader of the Poor People· campai,gn if he agreed with teve Olford. Abernathy aid he certainly did and that ' thi revival i already underway in the wamp. -- of Loui iana and Mi i ippi." He aid further, · that thi s revival would come through the outhern Chri tian Leadership onference." This is Evangelism? D r. Abernathy was a ked by a UPI representative what he specifi– cally wanted the Congres to do. Abern·athy replied, "Well pecifically I would like thi Con ~re to call up– on the Pre ident of the United tate to put an end to the war in Vietnam with all ·deliberate peed... I would like this Congre to call upon the United ations to admit Red China to it~ rank o we can settle the world problem at the Conference table rather than on the ba1t1efield. I would like thi Congre to endor e the econd chapter of the Poor People's campaign." Later David Head of hri tian Economics asked Dr. Abernathy: '· J'm wondering what your respon e will be when the charge i n1ade sub equent now to your addre s +-hat three major taten1ent within our add re will give aid and comfort to the Communi t cause which ha cau ed the divi ion in the cht1rch life of America, namely your urging a tatement be n1ade concerning the recognition of Red hina: urging a divi ion of the wealth, 5econdl y: and your third, ~ '"'t1ll out of Vietnan1 by United tate~ force , all of which has much concern an1ong the cht1 rch people of merica, fearing that trhere ha been too much involveme nt in political is ties, what will your re– \ pon <;e be to these charge that prob– abl y will be n1ade ." bernathy replied : ' '\ ell . 111 v rc– \pon c will h e if the a rc 111atle, ~1n(i l ca nnot cnvi, ,on the 111 l1ci 11g 111,td c . th at l ,1n1 a ( ' hr1\ t1 an. a i o llo\,cr o f J estts hr i\ t ant.1 I \ J)c,1k. 1n tl1 ,l l con– tc. t : a nd that ligh t . I tk. \! <.;ocra te~ I n1 t 1s l ~c\ \ , l '\C tak\! n 111, ·~ t.l ntl. I c,1 n tic, n t)nc o tl1c1. t) he! JJ n1c C}c1d ... l1ll hrt!) lian c llll<I fc I t) t l1\!r,, 11.i~ ' ' ( fl istorians take no te). l avicl lfl!a(l : ,t a 111l;an 11' l1ri tia11 cc) ulcl 11\.! )J) fJOsc I t l tl1'-= rccrlg1 it i >11 flf l{e,I l1i11a'!" 11 rnatl1v : 0 11 n , 11 • nc> inc r\:: gt;;nt1i11c C'hri tia11 l1ri t ian, t I l I ll oppo ed to Red hina coming into the Council of the nations of the world. . ." Abernathy did go on to say that ' ' I have no yn1pathy fo r an atheistic Godle form of government known a communi m, but I al o have little patience with a hyprocritical de– n1ocracy which practice one thing and preache another. ' However, h is pronouncement r:-upported what the Communi t are eeking to accom– pli h in de troying Democracy. After the pre conference I fol- lowed Dr. Abern,athy and his en– tourage out the back door where hi car was waiting to speed him to the airport. About fifty feet fro,m his car a smiling delegate ran up and hyly asked "Dr. Abernathy, will you ign my Bible?" I tood and watched the ce;:-emonial igning in di belief. One other example of the dichoto– my of idea pre ented in the Con- gre will uffice. The meeting wa entitled a Congre on Evangeli. m. ~1 anv peaker referred to the t a k of winning the lo t to Je u Chri t. clock in the exhibition all ticked f f oul aved and lo t during the time the Congre s wa in e ion . There was one incident tihat even een1ed to contradict thi whole empha i . Next Came The Indians A group of Chippawa Indians repre enting the n1erican Indian Movement. ought to get a hearing from the delegate . On Wedne dav af tern on thev were on the \\, arpath ., ne :)f th Church in cti n e:- • 1n . ion where onl y a n1all grot1 p of (Continued on page 1 O) B LI BL P R- "'R IO OF 1 l 1 ! 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