The Ohio Independent Baptist, January 1971

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J a Ill CS 2: 14-1 7 ? • H"' ' ' lllti '1'1, ,, l' f" rg.ct tl1c c,1tnstr phc that con1e t1pon other ! ot too 111 • 1 , 11 , ,· 1 th ,1go ,, c ,, ere .111 \l1 h.ed b)' th great ear thquake that took pla~e i, 1 l l'J ti ,, J11cl1 brt1t1gl1t ,lb t1t a l1ea, \ death toll. evera l ch~rche of Bapt1 . t \ i tli- ~ l 1 ,n, ,, ~re titccrl) de troy ed. ~Iany believer lo t vir tually all their c ... r· : 1 1, po~ ,,1"' n,! h ct feet of thi great tragedy \Vill be felt for year and \ t' r t ~ '101C • [, n 1 11 re recent 1 th di a ter that tr11ck a t P aki tan. It has been called 1: 1 c 111 st n.1tt1ral d1 ·a ter the \\ orld ha ever een with the po ible exception ): the de, a ·tating ) 11 \\ Rt~er flood in hina which i al leged to have claimed L°'' er half a n11ll1on Ii, e n1ore than a century ago. Wherea none of our ABWE 011 • 1onar, 1 per noel ,, ere injured and none of their building damaged, yet th , ha,~ been \\ orkino ro11nd the clock fighting cholera typhoid fever and ~ ~ endea, ring to alle, 1ate the orro,v and ttffering of the e people. The added f1nan ial bt1rden placed upon our mi ionarie to help meet the e need i taggering! Ont,· a \\'eek after the Ea t Paki tan di aster came the viciou s torm that - truck. the cit, of fanila in the Philippine . H ere our mi ion property was dan1aged... ~reatl)' of The um of 40,000 ( at least) will be needed to bring our eminar) compound at T aytaty ( ianila uburb) back to what it once was. It ha been nece, ar}' to clo e the school and terminate all classes. Five roofs \\ ere either totally· or partially de troyed with the result of heavy interior water damage. \\1'e prai e the Lord that none of the students or our mis ionaries were injured! Probabl)· ever)·thing "''e have written thu far concerning these calamities 1 ··o]d ne\\. ··. Thi i beside the point. Our purpo e in bringing all this to the attention of our reader at thi time i to remind them that the suffering a a re ult of the e tragedie is till going on. What are we a Christian brethren doing for the e \\·ho have lo t ALL? Let u not become so engrossed in our own per onal affair ( a individual or a churches) that we fail to pray daily for the e in Peru, East Pakistan and the Philippine I lands. P erhaps the Lord would ha,·e u do 111ore than pray. He might want us to end a gift of money. The need lS 0 reat! Both Bapti t Mid-Mi sion and the A ociation of Baptists for \\Torld E\·angeli m ,vould be glad to forward your gift to these needy fields. Let u all read carefully . . . once again . . . J ames 2: 14-1 7. Bapt1 t I1d- .1. 1i ion 4_05 Che ter A, ,enue Cleveland. Ohio - 44103 • Assoc. of Bapt. for World Evangelism 1304 Schaff Bldg., 15th & Race Sts. Philadelphia, Penna. - 19102 Distinctively Baptistic ... that's the character of our literature! 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Brock 4663 Trabue Rd., Columbus, Ohio 43228 Program C hrn1. \\r oodro\v \"\ 7 • f cCaleb 276 \Vash1ngton AYe., Elyria, Ohio 44035 Jlissionary Clirn1 . . . George A. Bates 304 Center St., Blanchester, Ohio 45107 Edi,cation Cl1rm. . . Raymond F. Hamilton Gallia St. at \Valler, Portsmouth 45662 Young People's Work Chrm., \V. Dean Henry 54 I Bro,vn St., Akron, Ohio 443 I I Kenneth R. Smelser . . I 23 \\'. Libert\. St. ~fedina, Ohio 44250 Earl V. \Villetts . . . . . . . . . . . 250 \Vest St. Berea, Ohio 440 I 7