The Ohio Independent Baptist, April 2003

h Struggle For Ohio bv Pastor Larry Nocella l'f,.1rt' b11th (t)lllL':-. :-.trugglc. l)urin~ ...... ..... lll<.1-...t \)f thL' ' Clllllr~ fll'H)f ll) It ~ bct·f,n11n~ .1 ~t.lli.: ,1nd C\ en into tts .... ',ll I\ \ l',lr~ or ~t.ltehl)OtL () h1 0 \\ as a . . b,1ttlc~1 .. )t1tH.t. \\ ht) \\ <)uld con trol the land .... th.1t th' n,ltt\ t' \n1cr1 · ,1ns ·ailed "()) o?" l)ur1ng the I 'OOs the French and .... I n~li"h t't.1ught ft)r ·ont ro l or the la nd. .... ... 1h,-., struggl' c, cntuall, led to\\ hat \\as .... .... - l·,11lc i the rrcn ·h ~ Ind ian \\ 'ar ( 1754-6 ) l cl'.1usc nH.1st or the Indians sided ,, ith the I- rcnL·h traders aga1n~t the English :cttlcrs. - ...... '\C\ c11he It: ss. the British \\'Oil the \\'a r. and th, Treat~ of Pari: ( 1763) a\\'ardcd to the British the .. . 01 h\,·c ~t Tcrri tor) ," the l,1nd no11h of the Ohio Ri\ er a, far north ,ls the Great La1'c: and as fa r ,, e t a · the ~l i,·s1ssippi Ri\cr. The Indians. ho,, e, er. did not :un·cndcr thi ~ land o ca il y. n Ottawa (' hicf nan1ed Pontiac led a force again t .... the Briti ~11. But aga in the Briti h ,von. ..... \\.hen pea 'C arrangernent \Vere n1ade in Co ·hocton. to C\'eryone' ~ urpri e, , o,nc or the Briti '" h pri oner \vho ,.verc to be re lea . ed b\ the Ind ian did not \,\' i h ~ to return. Peace did not la t long, ho,vcver. Thi tin1e a \\'ar began betv,·een the Coloni t and the Bri ti h. Th i ,va · the War for Independence( l 775-l7 3). Again mo t of the Indian joi ned the ,var. thi time fighting ,, ith the Bri ti h again t the oloni · t . e,erthele · . the Co loni t \\ on their independence and in a econd Treat\ of Pa ri ( 17 3) Great Britain ~ officially recognized the new United tare ~. adly. one group of Oh io Indian got caught in the 1n idd le. A group of l)eh1 ,, arc Indians had turned to ( ' hristi nnity and did not \Vant lo idc \J ith e ither the l3riti sh or the (_' olonis ts. hostile co loni st 111iliti a from Kentucky raided nncl n1as ·ac rcd 96 of thi , peace fu l Morav ian group. In 17 < 7 the young ' ongrc o r the nitcd talc · pa scd the orth\VC ·t rdi nance, a ·ct of laws to go ern the peop le v ho lived in the orthwc t Territory, of ,.vhi ch Ohi o was a part. Part o r thi · agree1ncnt tipulated that the ettler , ere to live in peace ,vith the Indian . e erthclc . in pite of the de ire for peace with the Indian , fi ghting broke out aga in on the Ohio fronti er. A hav nee Ind ian hicf nan1ed Blue Jacket fo1med a confederacy ( l 79 1- 1795) to keep the vvhite out of Ohi o. Blue Jacket hin1 e lf wa captured from a white ·ettle1nent a a boy and had been adopted by the Indian . In the fa ll of 179 1 hi confederacy attacked General t . Clair ' anny. By the ti1ne the battl e ended nearly ha!f of the A1nerican 1n en were dead 623 of 1,400. Another 258 were wounded. It turned out to be the wor t defeat by Indian · in Atnerican hi tory, even greater than that uffered by Genera l Cu tcr and hi ~men at the Batt le of Litt le I-Tom. ub equentl y, General Anthony Wayne led a charge and defeated the Ind ian at the Battle of Fall en Timber . Hi victory led to the Treaty of Greenville, in wh ich the lndi an were required to move to the northwe ten1 part of Ohio. This paved the way for more coloni t to come to Oh io o that by l 03 the requi red number of 60,000 allowed Oh io to offic iall y become Struggle -The Legacy ofSin, continued Father· \\ i11 and to the plan they had de, i ed together in eternity pa t and ~aid. ··Ne,erthele ~. not a I will , but a '{ ou \,\ ill" ( 1atthe\v 26:39). And o follo,ved Hi betraya l by Juda , Hi abandonment by the e leven, Hi denial b 1· Peter. Hi ix tria l . Hi beating and brutal treatment at the hand of the Roman . Hi crucifixion. Hi mocki ng b): the religiou leader . and fi na lly Hi , oluntaf}' death . The \ery cure of in had fallen on Him! Thi all appeared agai n to be qu ite a defeat for humanit) and for the Lord Him~elf. The bad guy had \.\'On and the good gu:>, had lost! It \.\'a a ll back,\ard . en ele . Another cru hing defeat! .Apparently. Then a third garden come into view \\ here God natche victory from the j a\\ of defea t. atan had actual ly pla 1 ed right into God' hand and brought about hi own defeat. After men had done their worst to the avior and had done their be t to in ure He tayed in that to1nb, God rai ed Hitn from the dead. Hi triumph and ours began in a garden. " ow in the place where He wa cruc ified there wa a garden, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had yet been la id. o there they la id Je u " (John l 9:41-42). And fro,n the re He aro e fron1 the dead ! To the hock of all. To the chagrin. of Hi enemie ! To the de!ight of I-Ti fri end ! As the victor in thi s co lo al truggle! "Oh, death . where is your ting? Oh hade , where i your victory?" ( I Corinthian 15:55). Becau e of Hi s re urrect ion from that garden grave He a state. I lowcvcr, peace was not here to stay. l ~hc War of 18 12 brought th e Briti sh and the Indians together aga in . J\ dtniral Perry won a dec isive naval battle on Lake ~ric at Put- In-Bay and William I l cnry 1-i arri on defeated a co1nbincd force of Briti sh and Indians a t the Batlle ofThan1es in 'anada. It wa here that the famou hawnec warrior Tecu1nseh was ki lied. About twenty year. later, Ohi o almo t went to war in another truggle over land, thi time with its neighbor to the north, Mi chiga n [long before football] . A di pute aro e over the Bl ack wamp Region of Oh io, a ferti le plain bordering Michi ga1 where Toledo i now located. Michigan ent troop to ecure the land . War wa a aided when Pre ident Andrew Jack on and the U.. Congre s awarded the Black wamp Region to Ohi o and appea ed Mi chigan by giving her what i known today as the Upper Penin ula. Ohio ee,ned content with its 400 quare mil e though Michiga n' g ift amounted to 9,000 quare n1ile . The la t time that war th reatened Ohio wa during the Civil War. A onfederate General, John Morgan, brought a party of 2,460 n1en on hor eback and raided everal mall town a long the Ohio River. He wa pur ued, attacked and finall y captw·ed and put in pri on . A few month later he escaped and returned to the outh. Thankfull y, Ohio ha been free from the trugg le of \var for a Imo t 140 year . ha become the guarantee of re urrection for all who believe in Him. ew birth, new life, made po ible in Chri t. The battl e i over; the truggle in the garden ha been won. Let Hi victory o er sin become your . A k Him to be your aviour fro1n in . 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