The Ohio Independent Baptist, August 1971

12 State OARBC Yout h Rally The mu ic for the rally was pro– vided by the rusaders Trio from Bapti t Bible ollege, Clarks Summit, Penna. Two of the winners from the l1c nnual tatc Youth Rally of tate Talents for Chri t contest also participated in the music. They were Kathy Cooper of Northfield and Dan Nel on of Wi llowick. ur O RB(' ello~ , hip of Churche pr , ·ed t be grca t ticce . Over 2000 Regular Bapti t oung people gathered a t the eteran Mcn1orial Auditoriun1 1n olun1bu to hear vangeli t J ack \ 'an In1pe I1it hard on drug abuse, "Our World", a drama especially written by Rev. Merlyn Jones was pre ented . The message of the play was that in our day of pollution of the air , river s, etc. . . . there is a greater pollu tion of the mind and the body. The impact was tremendous. The cast was made up of teenagers from Gr ace Bap tist Church, Cedar– ville and some Cedarville College stu– den ts. ex, rock n1u ic and other areas that pre ent problem to teenagers. He challenged the young people to sur– render to Christ and separate from the \Vorld and tand for Christ. There ~ere 47 young people who responded . Ten of the e were for salvation and 37 for dedication of life. RADIO PROGRAM PROMOTES FREE BIBLE TRACT DISTRIBUTION Bible Tract Echoes, heard each weekday on selected rad io stat ions, has a two-fold purpose: * A Bibl e teaching min istry. * Bible Tract d istr ibut ion on a world-wide sca le . To learn more about thi s vi tal work, and to receive a FREE packet of Bible Tracts, return the coupon below - today. Evangelist Paul J. Levin BIBLE TRACTS, INC. Box 508, Waterloo, Iowa 50704 Please send informat ion of a free packet of Bible Tracts to: NAME ADDRESS CITY STATE ------- r have heard Bible Tract Echoes on st at ion --- - - ZIP - --- Enclosed $ for Radio Tracts. May We Introduce . . Gatitiatt Baptidt • • tAAt&tt 3120 Leonard N.E. Grand Rapids , Mich. 49SOS Pounder of Fifty Churches Larry Mat tis, Di-rector BENEFITS PROVIDED 1 All new churches a r e s t a r ted on the same confession of faith and constitution . 2 The home church of the miss i onar y pasto r is t he s pono r – ing church if the r e i s no mothe r church. 3 The new church is controlled by t he GalilPans unt il i t is able to provide and decide prope r ly for itself. At that time it is encou r aged to go independent and fe llow– ship with the Regular Baptis t s . 4 The control of the new church i s only in gener al a r eas . The pastor , constit ution, and proper t y are s upervis ed by the agency to secure a proper minis try, o rgan i zat i on and buil ding. 5 Every new church s t a r te d under t he Galilean Mi ss i on must be app r oved by t he Boa rd of Dire ct or s. Locat ion , need , and potenti al a r e cons idered i n the ligh t o f the burden upon peoples heart s . No new chur ch would be cons idered nea r a siste r church. ''HITH'ERTO MATH THI 1M 1 ELPED US\~ LORD AUGUST, 1971 The date for nex t year 's rally April 29. Pl an on a ttending! Tl Youth ommittee of our OARB F ellowship of Churches is interest< in setting up youth clinics in vario areas across the State. A questionnai will be sent to our churches in t} near future. They would like to kno the number of churches interested I these proposed clinics. Members of the State Youth Con mittee this year are: Bob Anthon· Wilbur Parrish , Marvin Engle, Bi Atkins and Merlyn Jones. Dr. Chas. H. Spurgeon On Separation The choir is not narrow becau& it does not include those who can om make discords, nor is the sheepfol intolerant that refuses to includ wolves nor the medical society thG excludes quacks, nor the church tha does not invite the unregenerate tt its membership. A class ic on Christian separ atio1 is Charles H addon Spurgeon's Jette to Mr. P . T . Barnum, then head o the Barnum Circus Association. Barnum had invited Spurgeon t, come to America to speak in a large tent at his tr avelling circus. He mad, every concession to make the offe attrac tive to Spurgeon. Barnum woulc provide the musical talent. unles Spurgeon wished to provide his own. He would also provide any equipmen or manpower Spurgeon desired tc make the meetings a success. Spur· geon could speak as long or as shor1 as he wi hed . There was only one basic stipul ation : Barnum Circus As· sociation would take the gate receipt . and would pay Spurgeon $1,000 per lec ture . Thi was indeed a generous offer for Spurgeon's day, and any neo– evangelical would surel y have ex– claimed : "Wha t a wonderful oppor– tunity to reach people with the gos– pel !" Not Charles H addon Spurgeon, . though, for he knew how contrary to Scripture it would be and how it would deba e the gospel, to thus join hand with the wor]d . His reply is a gem: Dear M r. Barnu,n: Thank ) ' OU f or yoitr kind invitation to lecture in your circus tents in America. Y ou will find 1ny answer in A cts 13:10. Very sincerely yours, I sl Charles H. Spurgeon If Mr. Branum looked in a King James Version, he read: ' 'And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?" ... CENTRAL TESTIMONY THE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST