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I WILL SING WITH THE SPIRIT,

4ND I WILL SING WITH THE UNDERSTANDING ALSO
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Vol. XIV, No. 1

Jan. 1968 Feb.

Kanpur, India.

^ Samuel .Mohan Singh ^

THE coavention of churches of Christ

preacher, but mostly he has earned his

which was held at Katni,. M. P., India, in

October, 1967, was a singing convention.
There were only six sermons on the pro

has been able to do more in the music

livelihood by caning chairs. Gradually he

line-teaching and performing.. Wherever
Samuel is singing and playing, no one

gram, and the rest was music. The pep

son mainly responsible for the good music

goes home disappointed, no matter how

bad the sermon is.

was a blind musician from Kanpur,

Samuel Mohan Singh, also known as

One of the most amazing things about

Samuel is the way in which he walks from
one side of the city of Kanpur to the

Samuel Masih.

Samuel is proficient in playing the

harmonion, an Indian instrument which

other. One day he apologised for being

is played while sitting on the floor: it is

something like an accordian. Samuel also
has a pleasant singing-voice, and he has
composed a number of very fine Christian

late because there had been a train stand

ing on the crossing and no one would

help him crawl underneath the train to
get to the other side.

He is often seen

walking at a fast clip along the street,

knowing just the proper turns to go where
he wants to go.

songs.

Samuel has been blind for 31 of the

32 years since he was born in a Nepali

home at Almora in the Himalayan
mountains. When he was five years old,
his father, who was then serving in the
armed forces, took him to Dehra Dun and

Samuel has a humor all of his own.

One Christmas, an inactive church mem

ber asked Samuel what time the Christ

mas Day church service would begin.

enrolled him in the Blind School located

Samuel told him eleven o'clock.

there.- For the next three years, Samuel

went home every Christmas, but he has

When

the man and his family all attired in their

finest clothes arrived' at 11 a.m., they

not been back to Almora since 1942.

found that the service was over and

His father, Himmat Singh, and a younger

brother came to visit him in 1953, but he

everyone had gone home. They were

very angry with Samuel for having lied

has not had any word from his family

to them (and we also do not condone

lying) but Samuel's answer is typical of

since that time.

The year 1953 is also treasured in

his humor.

Samuel told the man that

since he deceived the church 52 Sundays

Samuel's memory as being the year when

he, at the age of eighteen, accepted the
Lord Jesus Christ and was baptized in

every year, what was wrong if the church

deceived him once.

Dehra Dun.

: The Lord willing and the Lord tarrying

/Samuel has many years of usefulness
north India besides Almora and Dehra
ahead of him. We pray that he, his music
Dun: Jhansi, Kacchwa, Janjgir, Muzzafar- and his songs will become increasingly
nagar, and Ranchi. He has had some effective in winning the lost and edifying
Samuel has lived at various places in

Bible training and has worked some as a

the saved.

The
BILL GULICK

SPIRITUAL

Christ Nagar Institute, Ennore, Madras 57

GIFTS
THE

transliteration of

endowed with at least one of them.

the Greek

word for the spiritual gifts, Charismata

HOW BESTOWED

has passed into th English language.

In the New Testament, excepting 1 Peter

In and by these gifts the indwelling

Holy Spirit manifested Himself. He had
directly bestowed them according to His

4:10 the use of the term Charisma or

charismata is peculiar to Paul.

own sovereign will and choice. We may

safely assume that the medium required

HOW THE TERM IS USED

The term is used both for the ordinary

at Corinth was the same as that which

and extraordinary, natural and super

natural, non-miraculous and miraculous

proved necessary at Philippi, that is,

the laying on of hands by an apostle or
apostles. See Acts 8:17,18.

gifts of the Holy Spirit.

Most frequently

however it is used for the extraordinary

THEIR FUNCTION

supernatural, miraculous gifts.

These were powers and capacities

necessary for the edification of the
church. By virtue of these gifts the

Peter used the term in reference to

our stewardship of any gift bestowed by

God's grace. Paul uses it both in the
fifth and sixth chapters of Romans to
refer to God's gift of salvation through
Christ. Study Romans 5:12-21 and 6:23

Christians were enabled to employ their

natural faculties in the service of the

church, or were endowed with new abili

ties for this purpose. They are found
wherever they occure in the New Testa

He also uses the term in reference to any

special grace or mercy. Thus he speaks

of his own gift of continence in I Corin
thians 7:7.

ment to be identified with the life and

work of the local church.

Most often however he uses

They are special powers granted in

addition to the ordinary fruit of the
Spirit. The Holy Spirit is the source of
the spiritual gifts. The gifts are His
gracious bestowments upon the church
to aid, guide and sustain through the

it to refer to special endowments or

miraculous gifts. Examples of these are
miracles, healings, speaking in tongues
and prophecy. Study I Corinthians 12.
As it is used in I Corinthians 1:7 the

word gift embraces the supernatural gifts.

early days.

But it does not exclude ordinary gifts.

The most cursory glance at I Corinthians

The early days of nrimitive Christ

ianity were indeed difficult days. But

12 however reveals that Paul is there

dealing with the special equipments, the

supernatural miraculous gifts of various

the infant churches were well protected.

ones of the Corinthians.

church was endowed with all the needful

From the day of Pentecost the apostolic

We receive an

spiritual gifts for the salvation of the

impression that these gifts were widely

world. Adorned in this bridal garment

the church was able to meet the opposi-

distributed and that there were not many

Christians at Corinth who were not

tion of Jew and Gentile and to convert

a vital, needed supplement and comple

both Jew and Gentile.

ment to the offices of the church.

The basic need met by the spiritual

The spiritual gifts are to be distin

guished from, though not opposed to
natural endowments. These special

gifts was that need which existed because

of the absence of a complete and final

in their origin. But they correspond to

the natural virtues. They follow in their
operation all the mental and moral facul
ties of men. They raise these to higher
activity and consecrate them to the service

of the present written word. By tnem

the churches were built up and kept in
order. In a word, everything was done

energies and manifestations of the Holy revelation. Moses E, Lard writes that
Spirit are given to believers for the "In the primitive churches, these gifts
common good. They are supernatural took the place, and answered the purpose

of the Lord Jesus Christ,

The gifts were various and supplied

by themthe gospel, was preached, the

disciples instructed, and the churches
ruled. They were then indispensable but
now they are not, the New Testament
supplying their place,"

the various needs of each local congrega

tion,

''Now there

are

12:4 ASV).
SPIRITUAL GIFTS LISTED

Various lists of the spiritual gifts are

given. See Romans 12:6-8; I Corinthians
12:4-11 28-30.

POSSESSERS OF THE GIFTS

diversities of

gifts, but the same Spirit" (I Corinthians

None of these lists is

exhaustive. A number of the spiritual

gifts are mentioned by name.

Those thus designated are the word

of wisdom, the word of knowledge, faith
(that energy of faith which carries along
with it the power to perform miracles),
gifts of healings, workings of miracles,

prophecy, discerning of spirits, divers

kinds of tongues, the interpretation of
tongues, helps and governments.

The possession of the spiritual gifts

did not prove moral superiority. Neither
did it necessarily indicate divine approval
of the moral character of the person who
had such. Those who enjoyed possession

of spiritual gifts did not by virtue of this

fact alone prove to be the objects of
divine complacency. The church at
Corinth was rich in gifts, but there were

many things scandalously out of order

in it.

The spiritual gifts however were dis

tributed to the saints. To lose faith in
Jesus as Lord meant in addition the

relinquishing of the miraculous powers

inherent in many of the spiritual gifts.

They were bestowed in order that the

Christians might be successful in their

BASIC PURPOSE

endeavor and aware that the power was

of God.

It can be seen by a careful study of

the spiritual gifts mentioned by name
that they were concerned chiefly with the

A TEMPORARY NEED

The spiritual gifts were intended to

supply a need which now is satisfied
completely by a full and final revelation

proclamation of the gospel, the divine

credentialling of the message or messen

gers and the guidance and government of

in written form. For the church to leave

the New Testament to return to depend

the churches. These gifts did not set

aside the offices in the churches any more
than the written revelation sets aside such

ence on the spiritual gifts would be to

leave full growth for infancy again.

in the churches today. But they did form

WHAT KIND OF A PERSON SHOULD I BE ?

BY RALPH R. HARTER

Chapter Three
THE BENEFITS OF BEING BAD

The person who always tries to do

what is good and right is faced with
many

difficuities.

Let us

face

easier to let the house burn down than

it is to put the fire out; and it is easier to

let your

these

honestly and squarely.

rescue

enemy

1. It is much easier to be bad than good.

child drown than it is

it.

It

overrun

ble to be good and not be bad.

the

to

let

to

the

country than

difficulties of life.

2. There is a lot of fun in being bad.

But the easy way is the coward's

way, and the finest things of life are not
obtained by taking the path of least
resistance. Furthermore, the consequen
ces of having taken the easy way are not
easy: the house must be built again, there
is a sorrow and that will never heal, the
nation is in bondage, and a suicide is
never forgiven by those whom he has left
behind. The easy way leads to destruc

3. It is almost impossible to become rich

without doing things that are wrong.
4. Cheating can mean the difference be
tween passing or failing an examina
tion with all of its consequences.
5. Whenever demand exceeds the supply
as it does so much of the time in India,
a little bribery and blackmarketing is
a great help in procuring advance

tion and we must avoid it.

FUN

ment and comfort.

More young people are deceived by

the glitter of fun than by any other
glitter. There are millions of young peo

6. In order to maintain one's prestige,

it is often helpful to lie and use other
tactics.

ple who have neglected their studies and

their work in their pursuit of fun. Before
they reach the age of twenty-five, however,
they awake to the fact that fun has ruined
their lives; but now it is too late to do

7. Since everyone is doing it, being

"bad" is really being good, and any
one who does not agree is an "odd
ball." In view of these circumstances,
God will forgive us foi a little

much about it.

wickedness.

Young people can spare themselves

from this tragedy if they will listen to
their parents. Their parents know only
too well the evil consequences of seeking
only after fun.
If you are prejudiced against the
advice of your parents, just look around
and see what is happening to those who
are immersed in fun. Are they really
happy and content ? What is happening
to their education, their jobs and their

Unfortunately, all that glitters is not

gold. If a person is not careful, he may
pay a high price for a gold ring only to
find out a few days later that the ring is
only lead with a thin veneer of gold on
top. This, I am afraid, is the case with
the benefits of being bad.
EASY

easier

it is to fight them; and the easiest thing

of all is to commit suicide and escape the

In fact, it sometimes appears imposi-

THE

is

WAY

Beyond a doubt, it is much easier to

be bad than it is to be good. It is also

families?
5

You cannot pursue fun without being

stung by it. Pursue happiness instead.

inequities of the examination papers, stu

dents feel compelled to do some cheating
if they want to stand some chance of pass

ing. the Indian Government is making

RICHES

some reforms that will remove

In His "Parable of the Sower," Jesus

mentioned

the deceitfulness of riches.

(Mt. 13:22)

What the students do not realize is

that the disadvantages of cheating are

greater than the disadvantages of not
cheating.

When you see the home of a rich man

or see him riding through the streets in

his limousine, do you envy him? You
know nothing of his problems, of his
worries in maintaining and protecting his
wealth and property. You know nothing
of his pre-occupation with the stock ex
change and labor problems. You know
nothing of the taxes he has to pay and
the people who hound him for a hand

By cheating, students are passed to a

higher class for which they are not pre

pared. With a weak foundation in their
education, they will not be able to pro
ceed very far. The person who has

formed the habit of cheating and depends

on it, will not bother to study. He will
divert his attention to mischief, and in
the end no amount of cheating will be
sufficient to bring him success. Cheat
ing has also led to other evil consequen
ces, including murder.

out. You probably have a more whole

some family life than he has, and there
may be more people who love you than
truly love him.

You would be surprised to know what

little actual benefit rich people derive
from their wealth. All the while, they
know that they cannot take any of their
riches with them when they die, and they
are uncertain as to what will happen to
their property after they are gone.

There is no substitute for hard work.

Studerts with able minds, who attend

their classes regularly, and who do their
preparation properly, are usually success

ful in their examinations. If, for any

unfortunate reason, they have to repeat
a year, they will still end up better off
than those who got ahead by cheating,

Riches are not to be despised, but

there are far more valuable things to be

desired in life. "A good name is rather

ILLEGAL

to be chosen than great riches, and loving

favour rather than silver and gold."Prov.

MEANS

It is very difficult for a person who

22:1. "Wisdom is better than rubies;

and all the things that may be desired are
not to be compared to it." Prov. 8:11.
"Will a man gain anything if he wins the

wants to live beyond reproach to get

along in today's world. Comforts are
obtainable through the blackmarket, and
official wheels move much more quickly
and smoothly when greased with some
monetary consideration.

whole world but loses his life? Of course

not!

some

of this "necessity."

There is nothing a man can give to

regain his life." Mt. 16:26 (TEV)

In India today, we are seeing the

natural outcome of such a practice. In

CHEATING

this matter, we have sowed the wind and

Because of the great disadvantages of

being a Failed student, because of the
great expense involved in going to school,
because of the poor quality of instruction

are reaping the whirlwind. What started

as the practice of a few has become a
giant cancer infecting every area of life.

in many schools, and because of the

{Conlinucd on page 15)

SOME

OUTSTANDING
WOMEN
OF THE BIBL
By Miss H. Kaveri Bai
MICHAL

Samuel Anoints David

SAMUEL left Saul for the last time.

Though he mourned for the king and

continued to pray for him, nevertheless
at

God's

commandment

he

went

to

Bethlehem and there privately anointed

David, youngest son of Jesse, to be king
in Saul's place. David, who was a grand
son of Ruth and Boaz, was a shepherd
boy, tending his father's sheep in the
Judean hills. In the constant solitude,
among grass and flowers, under sun moon
and stars and in exposure to all kinds
of weather, David had realized the great
ness and glory and majesty of the
Creator.

its influence Saul went into fits of rage

which terrified Ahinoam and her daugh
ters and worried everyone. People began
to talk in whispers about the king's spells
of apparent madness, when even Jona
than, his favorite son, was unable to
soothe his mind.

Sometimes Saul would

not put in an appearance at the banquet

hall at all. A great change had taken
place in the relationship of the king and
his queenso different from the old days
when they were commoners and Ahinoam

had enjoyed preparing meals and special

foods which Saul had especially liked.

In intimate communion with

God, he composed hymns and songs and

One day, when the king had absented

sang them to the sweet music of His

himself from the table, the queen, with

harp.

Shortly after David's anointing, the

Spirit of God left Saul and came upon

her own hand, had prepared some of his

favorite dishes and sent the food to the
king by the hand of Merab and Michal.

Surely, she thought, his daughters will be

David.

able to induce him to eat it.

Saul had returned from Gilgal crest

fallen, sullen and supicious. When God's
Spirit departed from him, the king was
now troubled by an evil spirit. Under

Saul roared at them. Ahinoam, no longer

with the old freedom, but timidly, entered
the chamber where the king lay sulking

"Let your mother bring the food",

on his bed.

Bowing she set the tray on

that is cunning in playing, and a mighty

valiant man, and a man of war, prudent
in matters, and a comely person, and the
Lord is with him." These were all qual
ities for which Saul had always sought
for his own service, so he sent messengers
at once to bring David to him.
"We are going to hear beautiful mus
ic," said Merab to her sister. Michal,

his bedside table.

SAUL'S MADNESS, FIRST ATTACK

"Go to Ramah, to Samuel the seer,
and entreat him to come to Gibeah, and
enquire of the Lord for me. Tell him
there will be a sacrifice".

Ahinoam stood silent for a while,

wondering how she was to say what she
felt she had to. Then she ventured, "Will
the seer enquire of the Lord again, after

who would listen to music rather than

eat, responded: "Even if that cunning

player were only a begging minstrel, I,
the king's daughter, would gladly marry
him in preference to one of the court

the Lord has bidden him to do so no

more?"

iers."

"You rebellious, perverse woman,"

cried the king, springing to his feet. He
raised his fist as if to strike her but only

"All good graces seem to be combined

in this son of Jesse, though he is only a
shepherd lad," remarked the mother. "I'd

shook his fist at her in accusation. "You

like to have a

are teaching my son also to disobey me.

Jonathan

also

has

reminded

me of

Samuel's words, that the Lord is not a

man that He should

repent,

refused to go to Ramah.
own perverse nature.

look at him when

he

arrives. They say he is a warrior-if so

he is just the man we need at this time
with enemies all around us."

and he

"Mother, we too are anxious to have

He has your

a look at David.

How is it you all

Ask Jonathan to find

some place where we could hide and see

him when he appears before the king,"
pleaded the two girls together.

join together to conspire against me ?"

Dismissed abruptly, Ahinoam reflected
on the perverseness of all men, exempli
fied in her royal husband."Himself disobe
dient to God, by which he has wreaked
such havoc in the kingdom and against

DAVID ARRIVES

Several days passed before the ladies

of the coUit could get even a report of

his own house, he is furious when his own

word is not instantly obeyed. Refusing
to change his own mind in repentance
toward God, he now expects the Most
High to change His mind and withdraw a
deserved judgment."

visited

his

mother and was quickly quizzed.

David.

At last

Jonathan

He

told them that David was about his own

age, but that David was indeed a greatly

talented performer. Having spent his

nights and days in the wilderness, caring

Saul's servants were much concerned

for his father's sheep, the lad seemed to

about the king's malady. They took coun

have discovered some of the secrets of

sel with each other and with Jonathan.

God's own beauty as displayed in the

solitudes of nature. "My father loved
David at the sight of him. and has made
him his armor-bearer." The prince then
arranged for a point of vantage, from

They agreed that music, performed by a

master artist, was the only remedy.
When a deputation went to the king,
with the advice that a master harpist
should be called, whose music could
soothe the mind when he was afflicted,
the king commanded that such a musician
should be searched for and brought.
One of the men told him, "Behold. I have

which, unseen by the court, the ladies

could have a glimpse of David, and hear

the melodies that rose from his harp at

the touch of his fingers.
( Cont. next issue )

seen a son of .lessc, the Bethlehcmite.

ress

naian

G1 eanings

Nearly four million Indians are at

present living abroad.

in

them are living in Ceylona majority of

whom are to be repatriated. Malaysia
has 807,000 Indian migrants, and they
form 9 percent of the population in that

had

further

The marble and alabaster replicas of

the Taj Mahal are losing their popularity
among foreign tourists and other export
ers. The annual export of the replicas
has declined from 6000 pieces ten years

country. 67.7 per cent of the inhabitants

ago to barely 2500 last year.

This is

only 10 per cent of the total production.

tion of British Guiana are settlers from

Other

Devaluation

price by 57 per cent.

of the Mauritius islands are migrants

from India, and in the Fiji Islands also,
more than half of the population are
from India. 48 per cent of the popula
India.

India.

deepened the crisis by accelerating the

One million of

countries where large

numbers of Indians have settled include

President Dr. Zakir Husain has said

the United Kingdom, Singapore, Kenya

Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, and

that inexperienced young men should not

Jamaica.

that it was better if people in older age

go abroad for higher studies.

groups and with experience went abroad

since they would be able to benefit more
than inexperienced youngsters.

There is one motor vehicle for every

605 persons in India compared to one

vehicle for every two persons in some
of the advanced nations.

India ranks

one vehicle for every 52 persons. India

is presently producing 25,000 cars, 10,000

day of his fast. He was seeking to attract

the Government's attention towards con

jeeps and 40,000 commercial vehicles

every year. By 1971, it is hoped to
increase production to 60,000 cars,
25.000 jeeps and 124,000 commercial

ditions prevailing in the Municipality and

the Civil Hospital.
X

Incensed by half-naked women dancers

in a television program originating from
New Delhi, some of the village elders at
Jauntia, about 14 miles from Delhi,
smashed up the TV set which was located

vehicles.
X

There is one dealer in photographic

material for every 200.000 people in
India as against 2000 in foreign countries
according to Mr. A. R. Leydan. the out
going Managing Director of Agfa
Gevaert India. Ltd, Mr. Leydan attrib
uted formidable taxes ( 100 percent cus
toms duty and 12| per cent sales tax)
for the rising cost of photographic goods

at Lucknow, finally fell down from his

perilous perch at 2:30 a.m. on the fifth

Russia,which stands 23rd on the list, has

A man who had been fasting in a tree

24th in the list of population of cars.

He said

in the community's centre. Some young

sters who insisted on viewing the show
were also beaten up.
X

The chief minister of Madras, Mr.

C. N. Annadurai, has ruled out any

9

possibility of scrapping prohibition in

his state despite the opening up of liquor
shops in the neighboring states of Kerala
and Mysore. "1 reiterate my original
view that I am an addict to the principle
of prohibition," he said.
X

to five per cent alcoholic content.

X

A new restaurant in Lucknow, the

'Tirdaus," whose opening ceremony was
performed by the Governor, had to close
up after a month because of a lack of

Dr. Sushila Nayar, former

introduction of mild beverages with up

Union

flour and sugar. The management might

Minister and chairman of the Prohibition

have made out somehow had not the

council, said in a press conference in

employees deserted the restaurant be

cause they were not getting sugar in

Hyderabad that prohibition had never

been seriously tried in the country be
cause the officials whose responsibility it
was to implement the laws, did not believe

in prohibition. Dr. Nayar said the pity

of it was that the few people who did not
believe in prohibition were very vocal
while the majority of more than 80 per
cent of the population who welcomed
prohibition were not vocal. She included

the English language press among the

vocal minority. She pointed out that
for every rupee the State earns in excise
taxes, the people lose five rupees. If
those rupees were spent by the people on
clothes and household articles and small

savings, the State would get more sales

tax, entertainment tax and the like besides

the savings deposits which would be used

their tea.
X

Eighty Government employees were

arrested in Madras when they resisted
the entry of a computer into the head
quarters of the Southern Railway:
X

Women employees of the Uttar

Pradesh State Government will not get

medical concessions including maternity

leave more than three times during all
the years of their employment. Women
employees will not be reimbursed for
medical attendance for their fourth and

subsequent pregnancies. The Govern

ment is also withdrawing all educational
concessions

for

more

than

three

for nation building activities. Dr. Nayar

also thought it was a crime to divert
barley, fruits, maize and rice for the pre

children.

paration of alcohol when there is a food

India are no longer permitted to

shortage in the country.

X

manufacture
X

Mr. V. P. Naik, Chief Minister of

Maharastra has announced that
Government would now introduce

his
3.5

will be done in a few select places and

not all over the State. This is in agree
ment with the recommendations of the

Tek Chand study team's recommenda

tions for better implementation of the
prohibition programme. In fact, the
studv team had no objection to the

of thermometers in

thermometers

with

the

Fahrenheit scale. Only the use of the

centigrade scale will now be legal in
India.
X

per cent alcoholic beverages in his state

in an experimental bid to wean addicts

away from injurious illicit liquors. This

Manufacturers

American officials in New Delhi fore

see positive developments and expansion

in India's economy next year with a
dramatic increase in food production
this year.
Mr. Chester Bowles, U. S.
Ambassador in Delhi, believes the grain
production will increase from 79 million

tons last year to 95 million tons this year

and that the economy is
improve.
10

bound

to

EMERGING

GROUP

MOVEMENTS

In Our World Today

By Pastor D. P. TITUS, Lucknow

group fellowship of burning coals.

Therefore, out of the thousands
who thronged Him daily. He handpicked
twelve men, one by one.
He thoroughly trained
them,
constantly lived with them, taught them,

PEOPLE here and there are discover

ing afresh the secret of victorious Christ

ian living as experienced in small groups
or cells which experiment the Christian
Way of Life. Says Dr. Billy Graham:
"One of the definite movings of the
Holy Spirit that can be discerned as
one travels throughout the world is
'little groups' of 'callcd-out ones'
meeting here and there, dedicated,
disciplined, and ready to sacrifice
their very lives. 1 have noticed at
various

church

conferences

shared the best of His time with them,

kept no secret from them, demonstrated

the need of prayer, service, and suffering,
for the truth.

and

retreats that the emphasis is increas

ing towards the 'house church' in
many parts of the world. Perhaps
the Holy Spirit is getting His Church
ready for a trial and tribulation such

The idea of a small group was so im

portant to Jesus that when He was in
formed that his mother and

"Who are my mother and brothers" and

pointing to his few disciples in the large
crowd, He said "Here are ray mother

Anybody who has gone to a theo

logical school or has a little of Greek,
knows the word "koinonia" (group

and brothers." Mat. 12:46,

fellowship) in the New Testament, but

strangely enough when you look at the

THE SECRET OF CHURCH GROWTH

The secret of the rapid growth of the

apostolic church was that the Spirit-filled
Church lived in small groups. Likewise,
the scattering of the Church under per

institution or the church the "koinonia"

95 per

cent of Christians have no real koinonia

experience. They probably come to

church on Sundays and sit in committees
on weekdays, but no inner life Is shared
with others, and no one really cares what
the other is doing in his or her private
life. Intimate spiritual fellowship and
Christian concern are rarely found in a
congregationmuch less in a large
congregation.

secution turned out to be an immense

blessing in that wherever they went, to

whatever country, they maintained the
"small cell" characteristic.

Chad Walsh, a mighty man of God,

once observed like this:

He said,

"During all the crucial periods when

Christianity has shown the greatest
vitality, the cell idea has strongly been
in evidence. The twelve apostles were
a cell; each early congregation was a

CHRIST'S EXAMPLE

When Jesus was laying the found

ations of His greatest Kingdom on earth.
He quickly discerned that the kingdom
fire could not burn long except in genuine

brothers

were come to see Him, He answered,

as the world has never known."

is not visible, if it exists at all.

He loved them, called

them friends, gave them all that He had

the authority to preach, teach, baptize,
forgive, heal and pray as He did, and the
passion to serve all mankind.

cell; St. Francis started a cell; the

Wesleyan Movement began as a cell,
II

The pattern is unmistakeable; firstthe ' for they miserably-lacked understanding.

cell, commonly dedicated and creat
They did not catch the group spirit so
ing new spiritual vitality, and then easily. When a Canaanitc woman came
impact on the sluggish church as a to the Lord, saying "Sir, have pity on mewhole and on the pagan world."
my daughter
" the disciples urged the

Communism, which is a perversion of

Christianity, rapidly grew as a socio
political movement, because they observ
ed the rules of group cells in their own
way.

forbid." When mothers brought children

CONDITIONS OF GROUP LIFE

There are millions of clubs, societies,

cells, groups, lodges and what not, in this
wide world; the alcoholics even have their
own cells.

Lord to "send her away; see how she

comes shouting after us". When Jesus
shared the secret of His suffering on the
Cross, the rough Peter took Him by the
arm and began to rebuke, saying "Heaven

Prisoners too live in cells.

But here we are talking of "koinnonia", a

fellowship experiment in the Christian
way of life. Some churches have prayer
meetings; these also are not necessarily
groups within our meaning.
Jesus laid down the pattern for His
small group. They must leave Self behind
(Mk. 8:34 ff); must repent and ce willing
to obey (Mat. 18:3); must agree with one
another (Mat. 18:19) must reconcile the
brother (Mat. 18:15); must be willing to
forgive seventy times seven (Mat. 18:21.

to be blessed, the disciples scolded them.

Disputes arose among them, as to who
was great in the Kingdom. The two sons

of Zebedee did some backdoor politicking

through their mother for the favour of
being seated on the left or right hand of
Jesus. When Samaritans refused to give
them shelter, they asked, "Lord, may we
call down fire from heaven to burn them

up ?" And, of course, at the Cross, they

all deserted Him. Oh, what a group they
were 1

But wait and do not be discouraged

if your small ceil too is immature. For
soon after the day of Pentecost, when
they were filled in the Spirit these weak
lings became mature overnight. Seethrough the Book of Acts.

22); must love one another as He loved

MODERN GROUP EXPERIMENTS

them (Jn. 13:34); must bear fruit in plenty

(Jn. 15:8); must be fishers of men (Lk. 5:

The Methodist Movement grew out

of cells. "Step by step, Wesley was led

10); must abide in the tree as a branch

(Jn. 15:3,4); must be witnesses (Jn. 15:
27), must receive the commission (Mat.
28:18-20); and must give without charge
(Mat. 10:1). He further declared that
no one was worthy of Him who cared
more for parents or children than for

on until Methodism became a great and

transforming movement in the life of
England. He gathered his people in
groups, in classes and societies", says
the Book of Discipline. But when the
Church became a big institution, cells
began to vanish and vitality declined.

Him.

There is an lona Community in Scot

land which has been practising group

living for more than three decades, with
out much publicity of themselves. Another

We arc very familiar with these scrip

tures but have probably not noticed too

well that these things were said not to

the multitudes but to the small group of
The Twelve.

Judged by this scale, the twelve dis

ciples of Jesus were hardly up to the mark.

is

the

"Church

of

the

Saviour

in

Washington D. C." They ordain every

layman to his or her ministry at the time
{Continued on page 15)
12

Semon Outiune^ for Barefoot freaefjer^.

BILL

GULICK

CHRIST NAGAR INSTITUTE BNNORE, MADRAS 57

Christian

A GROWING CHURCH

Intro. The city of Antioch followed

Situated on the Orontes

Intro.The Christian view of persecu

tion is that it is capable of bestowing

positive benefits.
I. Strengthens Character.

travel. Land caravans from Mesopotamia

made it their destination or junction. It
was also a stronghold of woridliness,
idolatry, superstition and sinfulness.
Immoral rites were part of the worship at
nearby Daphne. This great metropolitan

II.

Cf. Romans 5:3,4.

Tests our Allegiance.
Cf. Acts 4:19,20; I Cor. 11:19.

III. Sets an Example. Cf. Phil. 1:12-14.

Illus. Paul in prison, Peter in deli
verance, James in death were all worthy

citadel oT wickedness was also the site of

a thriving, vigorous, growing church.

I. Evangelism. Acts 11:19-21.

examples.

Cf. I Thess, 2:19,20.

Christian Living, Acts 11:22-25.

IV.

man, full of faith and of the Holy Spirit.

Cf. Acts 15:37-39; 4:36, 37.

III.

Worship. Acts 11:26.

"Assembled with the church,"
which involved them in the apostles

suffered as a result of our own sinful

ness or foolishness.

doctrine, fellowship, breaking of bread

TEMPTING GOD
Acts 15:1-11

and prayers. Cf. Acts 2:42, 1 Cor. 16:2

Heb. 10:25.

Intro. "Now therefore why tempt ye

God....?" (Acts 15:10). Cf. I Cor. 10:
5-10. To lust, to worship idols, to
commit fornication, to murmur is to
tempt God.
I. To Substitute Law for Grace is to
tempt God.
A. "certain men" (v.l), "certain
of the sect of the Pharisees" (v.5), "much

IV. Christian Education, Acts 11:26.

"For a whole year they... .taught

much people" systematically, diligently,

regularly all things whatsoever Jesus had
commanded.

Benevolence, Acts 11:27-30.

"And the disciples, every man according

to his ability, determined to send relief

which also they did,"

Cone.Every man according to his

ability contributing to an active program
of evangelism, Christian living, worship,

A Purifying Power.

Cf. I Peter 4:1,2.

Cone. Persecution endured in the
name of Christ is blessed. Such persecu
tion is not to be confused with that

Illus. Barnabas who was a good

V.

benevolence

Mt. 5:10; Acts 12:5-17

river

16 miles from its seaport of Seleucia, it

was an important center of commerce and

II.

and

THE BLESSINGS OF PERSECUTION

only Rome and Alexandria in impor

tance.

education

insures a growing church.

Acts. 11:19-30

13

disputing" (v.7). Cf. Acts 14:2, "unbe

lieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles, and
made their minds evil affected against the
brethren."

B. "Except ye be circumcised
after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be

saved" (v.l).

"....it was needful to

circumcise them, and to command them

to keep the law of Moses."
C. The law was "the minis
tration of death," (II Cor. 3:7), "the
ministration of condemnation," (11 Cor.
3:9), "the handwriting of ordinances
which was against us, wnich was contrary
to us," (Col. 2:14). Christ "took it out

of the way, nailing it to his cross,"

(Col. 2:14).

neither our father nor we were able to

bear?"(Acts 15:10). To speak as with the

authority of God in areas where He has
not spoken, to bind upon Christians that
which He has not boundsurely this is to
tempt God.
Illus.The Pharisees spent countless
hours in argument over whether or not
to remove a splinter from the finger on
the Sabbath.

D. There is only one salvation

for all. The ground for forgiveness of
sins and eternal life is the same for all.
"Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and
the truth, and the life: no one cometh

unto the Father, but by me" (John 14:6

ASV). No man can earn salvation; it is

the gift of God, provided by His love
and grace through His Son. Cf. John
3:16. "For by grace are ye saved through
faith; and that not of yourselves: it is
the gift of God:" (Eph. 2:8). "Being
justified freely by his grace through the

redemption that is in Christ Jesus:"

(Rom. 3:24). "For the wages of sin is
death; but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our Lord" (Rom.
6:23).

II. To Speak where God has not

Spoken is to Tempt God.
"Why tempt ye God, to put a yoke
upon the necks of the disciples, which

"Not by works of righteousness

which we have done, but according to

his mercy he saved us, by the washing of

regeneration, and renewing of the Holy
Ghost" (Tit. 3:5). "But we believe that

through the grace of the Lord Jesus

Christ we shall be saved, even as they"
(Acts 15:11).

And God, which knoweth the hearts,

bare them witness, giving them the Holy

Ghost, even as he did unto us. And put
no difference between us and them, pur

ifying their hearts by faith" (Acts 15:7-9).

A.

command

or

aoostolic

as if Christ's commandments were

un

necessary, or to intimate by words or

actions, that he does not mean what He
says.
Unfaithful witnesses endanger
their own lives as well as the lives of
those who hear.

Cone.-''
they determined that
certain should go....unto the apostles
and elders about this question" (Acts
15:3). The Lord Jesus Christ has all

We are not

saved by good works. Neither are we

exempt from good works. "Even so,
faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being
alone" (James 2:17. "For as the body
without the spirit is dead, so faith with

authority in heaven and on earth.

His

authority is final. Proper heed to the

apostles doctrine and the eldership will
enable us not to tempt God.

out works is dead also" (James 2:26).

-

Clear

precedent are binding. ///M.y.=Thc way

of salvation, including baptism, the
Lord's Supper, giving, teaching and
preaching the gospel. "
he that hath
my word, let him speak my word faith
fully" (Jer. 23:28).
B. It is highly presumptuous to act

E. No Christian is subject to the

law of Moses, but he is to fulfil ail the
law of Christ in all of life.

To remove it was work.

To carry it about was work.

III. To Neglect or Refuse to Speak
where God Has Spoken is To Tempt
God. "God made choice among us,
that the Gentiles by my mouth should
hear the word of the gospel, and believe.

14

{Continuedfrom page 6)
The situation is worsening month by
month and it is leading to anarchy.
The cure for this cancer is a very
drastic one. but there is no other cure.

The infection can only be stopped when

praise God for love restored. The aim of

the Omi Brotherhood in Japan is demon
stration not argument. There is the
Pittsburg Experiment, the Knoxville
Experiment; the Gideons International,
the Christian Business Men's

Interna

tional, the Inter Varsity Fellowship, the

Young Adult Movement, and so forth.

people refuse to pay bribes and blackmarket prices. It is too much to expect

These practise koinonia and are powerful

everyone to cooperate in this cure, but

the righteous actions of a few are bound
to have a good effect.

assumed that these are simple, harmless,

spiritual groups only, for they are deeply
concerned with all that affects society.

witnesses

PRESTIGE

It should not be

SOCIAL CONCERN OF A

The person who is really respected is

the person of whom it can be said, "We
can always trust his word." It is very
hard on one's prestige to be caught in a
lie, and it is very hard to lie without
someone knowing you have lied.

CELL

Making a hurried study of the four

Gospels and Acts as I travelled down
home from Darjeeling last summer, I
made further discoveries for myself. Our
Lord maintained a wonderful balance of

programme in the spiritual and social

areas of service.

FOLLOWING THE CROWD

It is very dangerous to follow the

crowd without first determining where
the crowd is going. The world's greatest
people have been those who were not
content to follow the crowd.

His love constrains us to be

perfect as He is perfect.
( Continued from page 12 )
of full membership. They encounter the
world at their coffee houses and in many
other ways. There is that other group in
Central Africa led by Norman Grubb.
They practices "walking in the light". If
there is any jealousy or criticism within,
they say so to one another, and then

While on the one hand.

He was so deeply attached to His small

group, there was hardly any day when He
did not get out with the group to the
market and public places, preaching the
good news, healing the masses, and an
swering their social questions.

Certainly God's forgiveness is great.

That, however, is no excuse to be uncon
cerned about the evil in our lives. Con
trariwise.

of Christ.

In the midst of His association with

the little band of disciples, the heart of

Jesus was frequently moved with com
passion for the crowd of sufferers. His
acts of mercy were unconditional. "I feel
sorry
they may faint ", He used to
say. Fiiiding the work overwhelming,
He sent out His disciples to do the same
things that He was doing. He trusted
the group to continue the job after He
was gone from the scene, and prayed to
the Father that they be not taken out of
the world.

( Continued in next issue )

15

our readers be doers as well as readers

of this article.

Barter's articles on "What Kind of a

person should I be," really were not

written for me, so why should I read
them?

Samuel Mohan Singh went to a pro

fessional photographer to have his photo

taken for our front cover, and the photo

grapher made a mess of it. The snapshot
There is nothing spectacular about we are printing is the product of a simple
this issue of CHRISTASIAN, but it does box camera provided by Mrs. Brakefield
maintain the company's reputation for and Juniors of Sabina, Ohio.
delivering the finest in spiritual food at

the lowest of physical prices. (That is

quite an admission for a ghost like me.)

Our friend Pastor Titus of Lucknow

has been interested in group movements

for many yearssince the days when I

William Gulick was absent without

official leave in our last issue but we are
happy to have him back this month. We
miss him terribly when his lessons do not

grace our pages.

was a real dog. His article beginning in

Con-curr-ingly-yours,

this issue is the fruit of many years of

mature thinking.

Langru
the ex-dog

We recommend that

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at 112/352, SWARUPNAGAR, KANPUR2, U. P. INDIA
{Kanpur sometimes spelled Cawnpore)

.January, 1968^
GOOD

We received a shock

on Dec.

19tl? when we received a regis

tered letter from our landlord

giving us .!),egal notice

to va

cate, our house within 30 days.

rAter, however, he divulged

at he wQ.uid be satisfied
with a 52% 'raise in the rent.
We have agreed' to this since the

rent, will

still only be

SO -A R E

months, Yoel Paiil distributed

1501 Gospels house to house.
A71 Gospels were sold. During
1967, a total of 5852 Gospels
were distributed free and 979
'were sold.
The bookstore statistics for
1967 are as follows:
N.T.
Bibles
Volume
18
28
Jan.
I1I7.AO

|27 a month (including the wa

ter tax), and it would b very

Fob,"
Mar. -

difficult'to

Apr,
May

else

to '"fit

find

anything'

our particular

needs for the book store, lib

June

rary and church;

During the last three months

July
Aug.
Sept.

of;-the

once

year,

again

with sales

the book store

broke all records

33% above those of

iast year, , Part of the credit

for. this goes to the James
HarveyMemorial School up-state
where

the. students

had more

money than,we" had merchandise.

Also during the past' three

Oct.
Nov.
Dec.-

61.72

51.76
43.88
24.16

7
15
9
12

24. 57
61.55

26
35

59.78

10

91.77
90.74

10

194.06
255.87

TOTAL 11077.26
Compared to

19,66

970.00

27

4
4
3
2
22

4
29

U
20

10

16
199

22

149

189

98

One hundred Bibles were also

supplied to J.H.M, School,

"Should not I have regard for Nineveh; that great city Wherein are more than sixscore
thousand persons that cannot discern bctv/ccn their light band and their left hand; and
also much cattle?"

In order to discourage shop

lifting* (a universal scourge

at Christmastiineeven Bibles)

was mainly responsible for the

formation of the Bible Society

branch

in Kanpur, and he\de-

we bought an attractive new

steel cabinetwith ^ ass doors.

voted ^most

Besides preservingour merchan*

widow

of

his

time

scripture distributien;
^d

four

te.

His

children are

the thieves, it is

planning to sail to Eri^^d in

also proving effective in ei>ticing our customers. We are

sorry that we did not buy it

missionaries inlndia continues

dise

from

years ago,

The

church

continued hi

attendance

has

reaching a peak

.;;of 113 on Bible Sunday, Dec.

roth'; Now, however, we ^e,in

February.

Thus

the number of

to decrease.

The boys living in my hostel

this year are too well behaved
to be nev;sworthy. The^ brothers
Daniel and Nathaniel

continue

to plod away at their studies,

the midst of our annual, w-nter

while., HarH.s_

slump and. attendance has plum-

quest for a ^o^'And^iy comes

te. the city occasionally from,
his .."f^" upstate. Andriyas

metted.

continue

to

do a little

travelling. On the we^^d of.

Dee..3rd, I went upstate" to the

continues .his

ha.s vowed to ^ve one-tenth of

his crop to the* Bible Society,'

at Nawabganj-Gonda. On the
weekend of. Dec. loih I was in

and we are encouraged 'by that.

We were not. affected by-the
December . earthquake,, hut our

Oh- Dec.

En^ish

James. Harvey ; M^orial $cLpol

Biiaspur (rain,
24.th,

rain).

I preached at;^.

Ragaul (Mrs. Rothermel^s mis^

ion station), and pn the 25^

I preached ' at Kulpahar (Mosh

city was badly hit by the anti

language

agitation.

Thousands ofEnglish signboards

.were.J da^ged

and. destroyed,

ier and Chitwood) . . David Rees .

and vehicleowners .were intimi

dated into , using .illegal li

me to coire' to ShilXong, Assam,

numerals. ;. Happily,, bo.th my

(idoo miles' distant) to help

ina camp during the first week

"Bibles" signboard and' scooter

license plates were sparedjbut

and Philip'Ho hav:e invei^^.

of February. From there I plan

to make ahother of my . regular
visits to Biiaspur, travelling
via Calcutta. This will be.^fifst ever trip to Calcutta.
Cancer has claimed the
of

one

of our missionary cc-V ...

workers in Kanpur,Mr. Max'J^n

of the -"Plymouth". Brethren'. He

cense plates 'dispiayihg Hindi

FrankRempel was not so foi^un".ate.'

'

. We have had an unusUaLly num

ber of rainy days this* winter,

and this should result in a.:re-

'cord' crop this spring; . ' : ;in case our ' DVBS' booklet
arrived too late for last year
we are sending a second copy.

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Linden Hpmebuilders

207,89
:

25.00
58.14

120.00'

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EXPENDED FROM SEPT. 20th, 196^7

TO DEC. 31st, 1967

38;67
21.70

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Balance, Oct. 20
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Total Receipt^ , ;
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Less Spent
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Balance, J^. Ist
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130.68
Funds on Hand.

^ .During the":year,

the funds

on hand have decreased (as ex

pected)

from flp33 . to $130,

and; we , will soon begin usingc

the reserve fbnd. ." in the mean-^

time; the Reserve Fund has been

qn / interest-free loan to the.

dqark Bible College as a con

tribution to the training of

future missionaries. As .for my

Qwh alma liiater (The Cincinnati

Bible.Semina^), I. haVe,;rfmm-

bered theif Alumni Fund^ with a

poition of my tithe.My prayers
and best wishes

to all ,of the

other fine Bible Colleges.

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". In the

JOPLIN, MO.; 64801

November newsletter^

left you on a slow train

somewhere thota^een Katni and

Allahabad: wei were returning

bad Station

just five^ minutes

...ahead' of the Mail, the onl^

" adv^tage I had in chahj^n^g tef

the. Mail

was

that I was able

to K^Uir fr^ a trip to Bil- . \.:tp. geth good meal in the Diner.
:/:As. .for. catching the train for .
aspur.
. -C
r
Kanpur, I need not have wor
" Actually/ 'it is not necessr
aiy tc ride-that slow train.
You can wait in the Katni sta

""'" the" Upper India Express ^

sched^ed to leave Alli^.abad
Stegfis "in from Bombay. The:;

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'

. -V

ried since that train w.a,s also

; more than an hour late.
'.

hfs until the Mail

disadvantage - to this is that

at 10; 20 p.m.

if it is . very late you will

miss the Connecting train in

.on tini6

and

an?ive in

it is somet^BS difficult to j r. Kanpnr at* ;^r05 a.m. As...far as

i kiK)w,.- the train neve^ runs
find a seat on the Mail* and
Allahabad.

On Dec. nth,

was riding

the slower. train. One-third of

to Allahabad, it was

two fhours late* Iflaen

we were tworthirds of the wayy. :

...I .got down from the slov/ train

with the idea., .of boarding the

Joneses

although the Casey '

on

that run race the

train at top speed once they'

get it underway.

The best-way to ehjoy this

last, leg of the trip is-.to

resjei^e
ahead of
ypU'.pass
your way

a berth several^, days

timepreferabiy^hen
through All^abad on
down to Bilasp^^* ^be

of this is thai," ii! ^for

Mail .catchihg^up from behind^ ' .danger
any
reason
you do ndt make it
,1 was. told that the Mail was
to
Allahabad
for that particp.on time. If this was the case>,
lar
train
"on
that p^icul^ .
the slower train would be side- ,
day,"
you
.
,
will
lose .up to $3,
tracked to let. the Mail go hyi
In that event, the slower train
would not airive in Allahabad
in.time to catch the train for

Kanpur. However, after the slow

train had piulled out of i^e
station, it was announced that
the Mail was running li hours
late. As it turned out, the
slow train, pulled into Allaha

depending on when you reach*.

Allahabad.

..

.^

I hope you enjoyed_^"jihe^

.
down to Bilaspur and back'. Rt-^

-ding; home in the riksha. at,. j3i^ _

you can watch the moon ..spi^'and/;

hear the roosters c^^w., May^^ J

ydu. can still get an Hour bt
two of sleep before ^mq^ng."V.//

'Thanks be to God for his gift beyond words !'*

n Cor. 9:15

RegM. No. 4534/57

BLESSED HAPPY,
ENVIED,

AND

TO BE

SPIRITUALLY

PROSPEROUS (THAT IS. WITH

Ck n

LIFE-JOY AND SATISFACTION

IN GOD'S FAVOUR AND SALVA
TION, REGARDLESS OF THEIR

OUTWARD CONDITIONS)-ARE
THE POOR IN SPIRIT ( THE
HUMBLE, RATING THEM
SELVES INSIGNIFICANT), FOR
THEIRS IS THE KINGDOM OF
HEAVEN. Mt. 5:3

(THE AMPLIFIED BIBLE).

Mrs. Mathiahy a Biblewoman at Vikarabady Deccan, India,

who has taught 35 young couples to read their Bibles.

Vol. XIV, No. 2

March 1968 April

Kanpur, India.

Indian Press Gleaninirs

A student of a Ballia Inter-College

was stabbled by a "friend" because he

engraved on his fountain pen in English,

removed.
X

appeal to the Vice Chancellor of the

insittution to resist this "onslaught of
revivalism." They say, "We are afraid

Incidents such as this, associated with

the anti-English agitations, arc now
merely sporadic in north India.

that the search for our own traditions

in this field would lead us on to the

But in

prescription of shaven head with a tuft

of hair, wooden sandals, and a stick in

the south the reply is being given with a

vengeance in anti-Hindi demonstrations
with little sign of abatement.
X

The move does not find universal ap

proval, however. Highly placed officials
of the Kanpur University have signed an

refused to have his name, which was

hand." It is their contention that true

to tradition neither low caste nor women
could have a formal education and that

this course would logically lead to a

great many other, very undesirable
changes from present usage.

At Bangalore, National Cadet Corp

boys and girls, programmed to take part
in Republic Day ceremonies, refused to
come to attention when the national an

them was played or to salute the flag as

it was unfurled, because their parade

That the secular state in India needs

to turn its attention also to the needs of

commands were given in Hindi rather

than in English. Students numbering its Christian minority, pariiculary in the

2000 the.i marched through the town country's north-eastern regions, is the
blacking out sign boards and notices contention of a "Pioneer" staff writer.

In the hill regions of Assam and among

printed in Hindi.

several tribes there, Christians form as

much as 82% of the population.

X X X

issued an order to schools and colleges to

scrap Hindi classes. A Tamilnad student
organization makes serious
threats

a circumstance which refutes the claim

that conversions come as a consequence

of Christianity being a "religion of the
sahibs." They have come about in spite
of the wholesale expulsion of foreign

of agitating for seccession from Hindusthan if

Hindi

is

forced

on them.

In West Bengal anti-Hindi demonstrators

continue to hamper the movement of
passenger and goods (freight) trains.
X

missionaries. Ti^e writer believes that

the fact that Christian missions contri

buted greatly to the growth in literacy in

the area had a great influe 'ce, as, con
versely, did the attitudes of caste Hindus,

National dress will replace the tradi

tional cap and gown at convocations at
Poona University, in response to a
demand by "some students" for a de
parture from the "western legacy".

Much

of this growth in the number of Chr'stians

has come about since independence,

The State government in Madras has

which would have made of the tiibals an

inferior class. He denies that conversions

have been taking place as the result of

conditions of distress. "On the contrary",

2

he says, conversions have been increasing

are for self-sufficiency in food production.

along with the rise in investment and

The Prime Minister has claimed that this

levels of living."

will be achieved by 1971.

The Orissa government has decided

to enact legislation to penalize religious
conversions by force or inducement. The
proposed penalty will be imprisonment

for one year and/or fine up to Rs. 5000.

The penalty will be doubled if the con
verted person is an adhivasi (aborigine)
or a Harijan (formerly "untouchables"),
X

The present economic recession is said

to be responsible for the changed situa

tion with regard to the availability of

motor cars in India.

In the case of at

least one model manufactured domesti

Traditional Indian hospitality,

in

providing unusual comforts to distin

guished visitors, is credited with having
earned India much needed foreign ex
change. The Czechoslovak Deputy Prime
Minister was so impressed with the com
fort of the air conditioned train that was

provided for his travel within India, and

so delighted with the panelling with which

the coach was furbished, that he spread
the word around when he returned to his

own country.

The result has been an

order for 200,000 square feet

of this

material from the Indian manufacturer.

cally, buyers may now walk into a dealer's

showroom, and after surrendering

India was the first producer of carbon

Rs. 18,810. ($2500; may drive a car home.

steel, according to the claiin of Sir

Padampat Singhania, President of the
J. K. Organization. About 30 pounds

X X X

People searching for proper housing

are not so fortunate. The report from
a prestigious "Town and Country Plan
ing Department" claims that Kanpur has
an acute housing shortage. Its claim is
that 67.3 % of the total households live
in one room houses or portions' of the

of Indian steel was presented by King

Porus to Alexander the Great. The
famous blades of Damascus were in fact

made from iron procured in India, he

said. Foreign exchange thus earned has

of course long since been dissipated.

same, and 21.3% live in two-roomed

houses. Only 6% of the households

occupy houses containing 3 rooms, while

But a more modern earner of foreign

exchange is the Indian telephone equip

those who can spread out into four rooms

are only 3.1 % of the total.

ment industry. Major buyers of this

equipment, comprising of transmission

With the copious rains during the

1967 monsoon, and additional fall of
moisture in November and December, it

is expected that there may be a bounteous

and most welcome grain harvest this year,
the anticipated production reaching well
over 100 million tons.

But the introduc

equipment, loading coils, multiple switch

es and condensers, are Brazil, Belgium,
Britain, New Zealand, Ceylon and Nepal.
X

A bet is being missed however, in the

sale of postage stamps to collectors, in
which the little mountain country of
Bhutan is far surpassing India. Whereas

tion of better varieties of grain, superior

India's dollar revenue from this source is

cultivation, utilization of more and more

only about $5000 yearly, Bhutan realizes

about $50,000. The greater value of the
Bhutanese stamps for collectors seems to
be that they are much more colorful.

land for grain growing, and increased use

of chemical fertilizer may also be given
credit for the wonderful prospects there

THE

GIFT

OF

BILL

TONGUES

GULICK

Christ Nagar InstitutCy Emote, Madras 57

PRECAUTIONS

THE gift of tongues is not described

for us in the New

Testament.

It is

It therefore follows that we must be

alluded to in the Acts and in the epistles

careful in drawing analogies today from

of Paul. The disciples of that day were

perfectly familiar with the particulars

other facts.

which are not revealed to us.

or accidental, real or only apparent.

We cannot know under the

circumstances whether these are essential

We are

therefore unable to reconcile in every

Neither should we affirm hastily that

detail the notices in Acts with those in

our psychological principles derived only

Paul's epistles.

from experiences be pressed upon an

actual phenomenon where all experience

PENTECOST

fails us.

On the day of Pentecost the apostles

were immersed in the Holy Spirit. He
endued the apostles with the power to
speak in foreign languages which they

personal metaphysical or theological

opinions or views not decide the questions

had never learned.

for us.

We must also take care that our own

It is obvious in Acts

2 that the terms tongues and other tongues

means foreign languages or languages
which had not been acquired in the
ordinary way.

Historical arguments alone can deter

mine.

PAUL

The theory that the physical organ of

Paul came behind the other apostles

the tongue is referred to arid that the ^ft

in no gift. By. virtue of his apostleship

he; possessed the gift of tongues. He

was an inspired babbling or stammering

is wholly incompatible with the history
of Acts 2.

wrote the Corinthians, "I thank my God,

Neither is it compatible with

I speak with tongues more than ye.all:"

the prornise of Jesus in Mark 16:17,

"they shall.speak with new tongues."

(I Corinthians 14:18). As an apostle

Paul was also able to imoart this gift to
others. Paul found certain disciples at
Ephesus who knew only the baptism of
John. When Paul explained that John

. Luke supplies the few historical re

ferences necessary to his inspired
narrative. Paul on the other hand passes

had commanded men to believe on Christ

judgments and makes some observations

concerning the gift. Both wrote for
contemporaries and eye-witnesses and
even for those who enjoyed the gift itself.
Neither fully describes the nature of the
gift nor its external marks. For us there

Jesus, they were baptized in the name

of the Lord Jesus. "And when Paul had

laid his hands upon them, the Holy

Spirit came on them and they spake with
tongues and prophesied"-(Acts 19:6).

fore the gift of tongues is either wholly

LANGUAGES

unique in its kind and time or so obscure

that we are unable to affirm that anything

Paul recognized *the gift of tbngiies

as an actual speech or langnhge. "So
likewise yej except ye utter by the tongue

similar can be found in our experience

today.

Where such historical arguments

fail, the question must remain unsettled.

words easy to be understood, how shall

it be known what, is spoken ? for ye shall
speak into the air". (I Corinthians 14:9).
This idea is entirely foreign from the

to salvation or essential to salvation.

The exercise of the gift however was

within the control of the speaker. See
I Corinthians 14:27,28,39. Thus it was
possible not to make use of the gift.
He who could speak with tongues had it
in his power to do it or not to do it
according to circumstances and opinions
of propriety.

notion of an inarticulate, senseless sound.

It is impossible that Paul could have
regarded the latter as anything good,
edifying or desirable or view it as a gift
of God.

Neither under such circum

stances could he have admonished the

Corinthians to serve God in an orderly

This being the case the one who

spoke with tongues was not in an uncon

manner. Note carefully I Corinthians

14:12, 15, 19, 23, 26-33,40.
A

scious condition. He had command

over himself. This also follows from the

SPIRITUAL GIFT

fact that he who spoke in tongues was

able to edify himself. The understan

THIS power to speak in tongues was

a gift of God, which the Spirit in His
free, good pleasure had communicated.
See

I Corinthians 12:7-12,28.

ding hearer was also edified.

Paul did say that if he prayed in a

tongue, "my spirit prayeth, but my

There

fore all did not possess this gift. Note

the rhetorical question of I Corinthians
12:30, "... .do all speak with tongues?"
It is also evident from I

understanding is unfruitful" (I Corin

thians 14:14). He only received what
was imparted to him by the Spirit. He
was passive in its reception and did not
himself work it up.

Corinthians

14:5, "I would that ye all spake with

tongues

" that such was not the

case.

not bestowed from the mere fact of their

Frequently the exercise of the gift

took the form of a prayer, of a song of
praise, or of thanksgiving. See I Corin
thians 14:14-17. This is in harmony
with the fact that it was also spiritual

being Christians nor in order for them

intercourse with God.

to become or be Christians.

14:2,28.

The gift was not anything learned or

acquired. Man, according to his own
inclination, could not impart it. It was

See I Corinthians

Thus whether on Pentecost or in the

NOT FOR SALVATION

printed message goes on to affirm, "If

church at Corinth the gift seems to have

been particularly employed in publishing
the mighty works of God for the redemp
tion of man. Such an out-pouring was
accompanied by an inward feeling and
apprehension in the heart. Paul could
thus desire that all speak with tongues.

we are not in Fellowships (sic) with the

Note I Corinthians 14:5.

In the light of this the teaching of

many modern tracts is manifestly absurd.
A recent tract received in the post is

rubber stamped " Jesus Saves from all

Sins, All Sicknesses and Troubles." The
Saints, we cannot enter into the streets
of Gold. What is the doctrine of the

Saints ?
of baptism.

Paul's object was not to explain the

nature of the gift of tongues, but to give
directions concerning its use. It was
not his design to communicate informa

Receiving the holy spirit

To speak in Tongues with

God and wish all to speak in Tongues

this is the doctrines (sic) of the Scrip-- tion to those who should live in subse
tures." Nowhere in the Scriptures is quent centuries, but to check tke abuses
at the time.

the gift of tongues made a prerequisite

5

EMERGING GROUP

MOVEMENTS

In Our World Today

By Pastor D. P. TITUS^ Lucknow
(Continued from last issue)

Devout Christians have been pioneers

in social service during the centuries.
They dedicated their lives to leper

where no two missionaries are agreed, or

no two laymen are agreed about anything
but themselves.

asylums, blind schools, care of widows

WHAT A GROUP CAN DO FOR

and orphans, removal of slavery and untouchability, literacy and healing, reforms
and trade unions. They went into jungle
and deserts and became martyrs too. Un
fortunately, however, we have observed

YOUR CHURCH OR INSTITUTION

A dedicated group will act and pene

trate like leaven in society. It will unify
your church.

cleavage in Christian ranks in our time.

he actively believes in that kind of a

There are those who suspect a social out

look as if it were none of our concern,
and there are also others who suspect any
sign of spiritual rebirth or revival. Both
suspicions are out of place in the Gospel
of Christ, and those who think they can
accomplish much in the social sphere
without insistence on conversion

and

revival cannot succeed too long.

No

thing. It willbe a redemptivefellowship.

It will be a group before whom new
converts and seekers can be exposed. It
will serve God and mankind.

Many a seeker does not find the sign

of a spiritual home in the Church and is
left high and dry. And the Lord is not
able to add to the Church today as much
as is evident in the Book of Acts, because

spiritual or social concern can bear much

conditions of koinonia are not present;

fruit without the motivation which is

see Acts 24.7.

stimulated in a group around Jesus only.

KOINONIA,

The group will become

the right arm of the Pastor or Leader, if

New converts, very much like new

babes in Christ, need affection and care

CHALLENGE

of a spiritual home, but no spiritual

BEFORE CHRISTIAN WORKERS.

home exists outside of a koinonia. Mem

Someone asked Billy Graham in an

interview, "If you were pastor of a large

church what would be your plan of ac
tion ?" Dr. Graham replied, "One of the
first things I would do would be to get a
small group of eight or ten or twelve men

bers of a family also prepare things when

they expect the arrival of a child, but in

our churches today there is hardly any

serious expectation to receive new con
verts, or the least preparation for it.

There is no travail of birth (Gal.4.19).

around me that would meet a few hours

Koinonia groups can be started with

a week tnd pay the price. It would cost

them something in time and effort. I
would share with them everything I have
over a period of a couple of years."
God depends on dedicated surrendered
praying and witnessing groups for the

a minimum of two likeminded persons

fulfilment of His mission of total salvation.

feebly engaged in an experiment over

three or four years. We began with four

in any church, college, school, hospital,

press, railway, secretariat, factory or a
home, the onlyqualification beingwilling
ness to follow Christ.

Here in Lucknow,

He knows that the harvest is greatj but

He cannot reap where no two pastors are
agreed about affairs of the ministry;

we have

been

or five willing ones, but the number has

grown to 35 by now. The group is least
6

meeting. Arrive on time. Be a good

steward in the Church where you belong.
Attend all church services and support
its programme with all your might.

perfect, but there is the willingness. They

seek to care for one another; they love
to meet once a week apart from Sunday;
they love to study .God's Word; and they
Sp0hdi time in prayer. Qnce a month
they go out on the road to village or

PITFALLS OF A GROUP

The group must not fall into the

temptation of worshipping itself. We

market place in the city, proclaiming the

gospel. They are also partners individu/1ally in conducting worship at a house

are nothing before God.

church every Lord's Day. We are, how

ever, only Christmns in the making, and
have not really come to grips with the
spiritual and social problems in our

fellowship, only looking within and not

for others outside our fellowship, or out

We are not

better than others.

We must not become an

introvert

tlart a group, beginning with a few only,

side our church. Christ led His disciples

into tremendous situations. "Give ye
them to eat," He commanded at times.
The group must understand His mind in

trusting that Jesus is working in your

midst. Start it in humility and prayer,

PLACE OF WOMEN IN THE GROUP

heighbourhood.
If God lays down this burden upon
your heart, do not wait any more but

every area.

for the group is by no means superior to

others.

Did Christ have any women in the

Trust on God for increase in

group ?

your number; but a family starts with

two parents, doesn't it ?
PROGRAMME OF GROUP MEETINGS

There should not be any fornial

routine or laid down agenda. Have
some singing. Let new comers be intro
duced,, and the absent ones enquired

many a time Christ led an enlarged

group and women were an honorable

part of the same. Mary, Joanna, Susanna

and others accompanied the disciples
Luke 8:1.

Some of these women were

rich, and they provided for the needs of

the whole group out of their own funds.
We have some very devoted members
in our group, among women and young

scriptures. Devote"time to prayer and

intercession. Affirm the presence of God.
Allow a testimony at

adults.

times. Confess and unload your burden,

and receive forgiveness. Be open to each
other. You must be receptive to the
Holy Spirit and must leave a place for
Him in the progranime. We cannot otif-

THE FINAL WORD

^Do we want this world to become the

Kingdom of our Lord? Do you want
your church to b0 transformed ? Do you
seek to have a penetrating Christian in
fluence in your school or hospital? Do

S^Ves manipulate all conditions to pro

duce the desifed result.

But

froih town to town and village to village.

about and visited later. Invite a word from

Look at God.

At first it looks as if not.

a second look at the account shows that

It is His work.

No meetings should be ended without

you look for a nucleus for social action ?

also finding out what openings there are

Then centre round Jesus in a group.

for social arid spiritual outreach during

Anybody, a man or a woman, a boy or a

the next week.

girl, can be used of God to start a living

Then close with a dedi

cell. May it bo you I

When a group becomes large enough,
and sufficiently trained, encourge them
to start similar other cells in their horiies

cation.

Members should sit in a round circle

or in a quadrangle, where everybody can

see each other and be equally important.
Group: members should have no other

{Continued onpage 15)

!*dates" against the appointed hour of

SOME
OUTSTANDING
WOMEN

OF THE BIBLE
By Miss Kaveri Bai
MICHAL

Back in their apartment, Merab re

marked, "He is not quite as tall as
Jonathan, but is very strong and robust."
'"He is very hanisome," was Michal's

good looking face, and gave it an added

peculiar beauty. Here in Gibeah, the
pomp and splendour of the palace, and
the king's favour gave him no delight.

opinion. "Can't say who is more beauti

His constant desire was to go back to

ant music."

times made mistakes, and once at least

ful, Jonathan or David. Each is comely the solitude and his quiet communion
in a different way. But what transcend- with God. In latter years, David some
"The king has lost his heart to David,"
said Ahinoam. "That is a good thing.
He is so calm now. How did this

shepherd youth spending all his time in

the wilderness with his sheep, learn to

sing so many songs, and to play skilfully

on his harp! Wonderful!"

In a way, it was not so wonderful,

for God Himself was David's constant

companion. In the solitude, God was

near and real to David, and David waS
in the most intimate fellowship with hirri.
David loved God mere thai he loved

anything else. Songs of love and praise

to the Lord flowed from the depths of h:s
heart, and his nimble fingers spontan

eously released melod'es from his harp.

The spiritual joy that filled David from
that close fellowship lit up his naturally

committed a very grave sin. Though

God severely chastised him for these, yet
He never cast out David, as He cast out

Saul, because David loved Him ardently

and his repentance proceeded from a
tortured and sincerely repentant heart.
God is a searcher of the inmost beings,
and on what He sees there. He bases His

judgements. He' knows the difference

between acts of deliberate planned defi
ance and something done on the impulse
of the moment.

His ear is always open

to the cry of true repentance and open

confession.

It was not the king alone who was

enraptured by the strains from David's

harp, but all his house had found the
music equally pleasing. Ishbosheth bor
rowed David's harp and tried to produce

the sam6 h'ehvenly music cTii it, disearding coincidence, though it afterward proved
his own instrument, as he thought David's tobe God's hand; it happened that Jesse
harp itself contained some magic ptb-J senl.David to Saul's camp to bring him
perties But he discovered that the differ news 9f his older sons who were in the
ence was in the player, and not 'ffl'lHe ariby.- David took the parcels Jesse
instrument.
'
\ .\
. ^
' gave. hira .Tor his brothers and for the
GOLIATH,

^Ki^g, and^et out with a boy to carry

the presents. When he arrived at the

forward area, he heard the battle cry of
aVitii^ tc^ther again to attack IsraCl^, the host going forth to fight; ' Leaving
af^ pitched caiiip on one side of a valley. the parcels with the servants, David ran
: Soon the Philistines gathered their

Saiil and the mferi of !srael were' eifcamped

dh'the othbr side of it; facing the enemy.'

to where his-brothers iwe're and greetedl

So, with the royal"court vacated, David

returned' home with his harp. Tn the'

presence there, the Philistine champion

royal household-in Clibeah, there was

them.

While he was explaining .his

canie outarid shOuted forth his cHallerige ^

again. At the. very sight of""him, the'

great''panic. What would happen inl men of Isfael took to their heels tfertibr

lirig, and Jesse's sons i'an a\yay .dragging

case Israel was smitten ? Samuel had

ce-ase'd- to visit Saul, having been

David along with theni. David heard

their panicky talk,in great wonder. He
also heard how the King had offered his
daughter in marriage to any man who

forbidden by God-to ask him itfof a rer'

versal of Mis sentence :-against Saul,
though the man of God had not ceased,
to pray for-the king. Soon,:the eunuchs
and palace- maids began to talk gravely,
in whispers; and the rumour reached the
ears of the ladiesrbl the CQurt.;

would

meet

G od i a t h .and:

come him.

pver-

' Davld'S; heart burnt with;i-n him.

'.'Who is- .this uncircuraqised Philistine,-

';

."It is not .to be a pitched battle: be

that,he. shoulbjdefy: the i armies tof thq

tween the. two: armies,", rumour .said.'

"The Philistines have; a mountain iof a

living God?" he said to himself, After

questioning some men how the.King was
goirig to reward the overcomer pf Go

man for their champion, who. could

crack like a nut the head of any man inIsrael." This man was coming out of the
Philistine camp every day; and challeng-^

liath he .expressed bis] mind to them.

Was .God Almighty impressed by,.Go
liath's stature or his, muscular power?
Did God's heart fail at the sight of the
Philistine champion's armour and weap
ons?.Like Goliath;: most people truLip

ing the men of Israel saying, ' Choose

ye a man, and let -him.come down to me.
If he be able to: kill raei. then will we be

your' .'servants,' ibut .if:.'. i.j..ilikill himj their own prowess, their jntelligence,.theit
then shall ye be our servants-, and learning, their financial resources. Given

some-wordlyradvantage they boast l^wag-;

..^i Opinjons lapd iCemarks about this ger and strut; only to be ignomi.niously
IJe^ knows

Qverthrowni at the end, : Davids words

full:well;: ithat: there is no giant on our

side toimeet him, and so nhe is. quite sure

cbampiotLliJwentv'-round..

were:repeated to the king; who sent for

of;prevailingjover us."

. ri ir.-

him immediately. I The youth told Saul,

*^Let no man's: heart fail because of him;

thy -servant -.will: go and fight .with the

- ' "What'b hisbame?"' asked Michal;

Philistine".:-j;;-

"'Goliath of'Gath." By What seemed" d

-"i-ft'.!)

Ui'-'J- ;> .1'. -'l.-'A'

i'

isstie: an amazing outcome ofthe battle.\

9

WHAT KIND OF A PERSON SHOULD I BE ?

By Ralph R.- Harter

Chapter Four
SOME THWaS THAT ARE DEFINITELT BAD
ITHE LUSTS OF THE FLESH

To put the matter very plainly, God

The lusts of the flesh is Jsuch a serious

intends that a man and his wife should

sin that the Bible warns us that those

who are guilty of it cannot receive the.

Kingdom of God. (I Cor. 6:9-11;
Gal. 5:19-21).

The type of people who are guilty of

this sin are described for us in I Cor. 6:9,

"People who are immoral, or worship

idols, or are adulterers, or homosexual
perverts." (TEV)

faithfully live together until they are

parted by death. No one is to have any
type of sexual relationship with anyone
of either sex except with husband or
wife. ;This avoidance of illicit relation
ships holds true before one is married
just as much as it does after one is
married.

was this: "Therefore shall a man leave

Jesus said, "Any man who divorces

his wife, unless she has been unfaithful,
and marries some other woman, commits

his father and his mother, and shall

adultery." (Mt. 19:9), "

cleave unto-his wife: and they shall be

man

In the beginning, God's perfect plan

one flesh."

"A married woman must not leave her

two wives.- He lived in the sixth genera

tion after Adam while Adam and Eve

were probably still alive. Ham was lustful

blatant

The men of

homosexual

perverts. JBoth of the daughters of Lot

committed incest with their father.

(Lk. 16:18. TEV.)

about a wife divorcing her husband.

Regarding a wife who wants to leave
her husband, the Apostle Paul instructed,

Lamech, Who had murdered two men,

towards his father, Noah.

and the

divorced woman

There are no instructions in the Bible

was the first man we know of who had

were

marries . a

commits adultery."

Gen. 2:24.

Soon afterward, however, man began

to deviate from God's' perfect plan.

Sodoni

who

husband; if she does, she must remain

single or else be reconciled to her
husband." A little later on, Paul adds,
"A married woman is not free as long as
her husband lives; but if her husband
dies, then she is free to be married to
the mah she wants; but it must be a

Shechemite by the -name of -Shechem

eonimitted fbrnicatioh with Dinah, jthe
unmarried daughter of Jacob.: Onan
refused to cOnstimate .his marriage with
his wife Tamar. Judah patronized prosti
tutes. Potiphor's wife sought to commit
adultery -with Joseph. - If ^here is any lust
of the flesh not mentioned in the book of

Genesis, it is summed up in Gen. 6:5:

"And God saw that the wickedness.of

Christian marriage."
TEV)-i:-.

(I Cor; 7:10,11,39

When planning to marry, young men

aiid wbhien should realize that marriage

is 'foif keeijs, and they should choose

their mates wisely. Thus it is-' important

to give attention to the inner beauty of
the soul rather than to' the =deceptive
Outer beauty: of the flesh. Even in the
best! of marriages there are times of

man was great in the earth, and'thht

every imagination of the thoughts of his
heart was only evil
continually,"

tations; but with the help of God, these

Gen. 6:5.

difficulties can be overcome.

friction, boredom, disgust and temp

10

We imust be very careful, then, about

IDOL WORSHIP

our admiration of the fleshwhether it

It may not seem right that idol wor

ship should be listed with the lusts of
the flesh, but there is a definite connec

mirror has become a great accessory to

idol worship in modern times.

tion.

The relationship between fleshly lust

and idol worship is aptly illustrated in
the case of the Israelites:

is someone else's flesh or whether it be

our own. In the latter case, the common

UNIVERSALITY OF TEMPTATION

There is no person too religious or

"And Israel

too old to be tempted by one or the

abode in Shittim, and the people began

to commit whoredom with the daughters

other of the sins of the flesh.

We are

not all tempted by the same thing, but

of Moab. And they called the people

we are all tempted.

unto the sacrifices of their gods; and the

people did eat, and bowed down to their

It is for each one

of us to examine himself.

gods." Num. 25:2. Fleshly lusts and

idol worship go hand in hand.

This is especially important to the

Christian because, as is explained in

I Cor. 6:13-20: (1) Man's body is not

It has often been said that any ob

meant for immorality, but for the Lord;
ject which you adore excessively becomes and the Lord is for the body; (2) Your
an idol. That object may be some posses
bodies are parts of the body of Christ;
sion or some person whom you love. (3) Any other sin a man commits does
This is true, but idol worship goes deeper, not affect his body; but the man who
than that.
commits immorality sins against his own

body; (4) Your body is the temple of the

Holy Spirit, who lives in you, the Spirit
given you by God; (5) He bought you for

Idol worship is any occasion when

the creature is worshipped more than the
Creator. (See Rom. 1:25).

a price.

So use your bodies for God's

Glory.

The story is told of a priest who was

caught Ipoking longingly at a girl. "I was
just admiring God's handiwork," he said.

Finally, let us remember the words of

Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount: "You

This is a good joke, but this sort of thing

is dangerously close to being idol worship.

h^e heard that it was said, *Do not

commit adultery.' But now I tell you:

Certainly we are to admire what God anyone who looks at a woman and wants
has created, but there is a point where ^ to possess her is guilty of committing
that admiration becomes idolatry.
adultery with her in his heart. So if

your right eye causes you to sin, take

it out and throw it away. It is much

Some people may be very proud of

themselves that they are too educated to
worship idols of wood, stone and metal.
At the same time, however, they may be
guilty of a more absolute form of idol
worshipthe worship of the flesh. Instead
of worshipping the symbols of the flesh,
they are worshipping the actual thing.

better for you to lose a part of your body

than to have your whole body thrown
into hell. If your right hand causes you
to sin, cut it off and throw it away.
It is much better for you to lose one
of your limbs than to have your whole
body go off to hell."

-k

Mt. 5:27-30 TEV.

Sermo-H OuUinei for Barefoot Breaefjeri.

GREAT DECISIONS FOR A MAN TO MAKE
Put away the gods. In the two verses,

. The Greatest Decision

the gods of three places are mentioned:

(1) the gods which their ancestors had

a Man Can Make

An Exposition of Joshua 24:14,15

served on the other side of the Euphrates.

to get a job ? to be baptized ? But the

greatest decision a man can make is one

The ancient religion and traditions; (2)

the gods of Egypt, of sweet recent mem
ory; (3) the gods of the Amorites in
whose land they were living. In Rome,

that Joshua made.

do as the Romans do.

Introir-What are the great decisions a

man can make in his life? To get married?

The latest, most

modern and up-to-date fad in religious

Studying thesetwoverses is likeeating trends.

a sweet apple, you can enjoy every bite.
If it seem evil unto you. It is very possi
(Present an apple to one of the members
of the congregation and have him/her ble that in this "enlightened" age, you
enjoy a bit of it for every phrase you
emphasize in the exposition.

Now therefore. Joshua has been remind

ing the I s r a e 1i t e s how God has
been with them from the time of Abra

ham to the present; how God had de

livered them out of Egypt and had given

them the promised Land. Now therefore:

Fear the. Lord. God has proven Himself
to be a Goo that ought to be feared, and
"The reverent and worshipful fear of the
Lord is the beginiiing and the principal
and choice part of kriowledge-that is, its

do not have any faith in God; or, you

may not be willing to be subservient to

His will.

Then choose. If you are just a Christian

because you had Christian parents, and
you have no faith of your own, then it
would be best for both you and the
church if you would choose not to be a
Christian.

Asfor me. This decision had not been

easy for Joshua. He had been the
servant of Moses and not the servant of
God.

starting point and its essence." (Prov.l :?)

Serve him. How does one serve the

Omnipotent Creator ? Be wholly subser

vient to Him to do His will in all things.

In sincerity. Not just because it is your

duty, but with the whole heart because

you love God for what He has done for

you.

Tou must choosel

And my house. Joshua knew his re

sponsibilities as head of his house.

He

was determined that his whole family

should grow together in the things of

God.

We will serve the Lord. I like the Hindi

translation here, which says. We will

always serve Jehovah only.

Sincerity which permits self willedness

Cone: The response which the people

gave to Joshua was the greatest decision
serve
they
n.wj ever made: "We will also serve
jenovan for
tor he
ne is
is our God." This is
Jehovah
the greatest decision a man can ever

and disobedience is not sincere.

make.

Andin truth. Sincerity must be coupled

with truth. Some people claim to be
sincere but refuse to obey what they
know the Bible teaches about baptism.

12

TO READ THE BIBLE

THE DECISIONTTO TITHE

THROUGH

. .

II Tim. 3:15-17

Intro.: Refer to the last sermon and

emphasize that Bible reading is like

eating choice fruit.

Give a testimony of what

reading has meant to your life.

Bible

Intro.: One- of; our young men has

planted a crop and has announced that
he will give a tithe of his crop to the
Bible Society. This news has! been a
source of much joy and encouragement
to me.
I

There are definite reasons why you

should read the Bible through.
I

It is tEe Word of God.

Tf it were just the word of man about
God, then it would not be so important;
but it is the word of God about man:

It Reveals God
His omnipbtence, love, character and

salvation.

III It has transforming power.

We guarantee that when you read the
Bible, your whole life will be changed,
an.d the change will be obvious to all

who know you. There is not likely to

be much change in your life from other

Tithers believe in God.

Non-tithers believe that GodHls im

potent *\nd cannot help them: thus they

must keep all the money they earn for

themselves.

Tithers Lpve Godv

. They love Him because He has fotT

given their sins (Lk. 7:47), and, because

He is the source of every blessing.
Ill

Tithers are

blessed of

God.
Malachi 3:10.

When one-tenth is given to the Lord,

nine-tenths goes much farther than tentenths ever did.

Illus.: William Colgate, whose tooth

sources.

IV

Why?
Heb. 11:6.

thus it is essential.

Gen. 28:10-22

The Bible is a source of

paste is sold in. tens of thousands of

life and peace through

the Holy Spirit.

home by his father because his father

The soul that feeds on the word of

God will enjoy the abundant life that is

available, through Jesus Christ.

Cone.: A man had a terrifying dream

that all of the Bibles in the homes,
churches and libraries were found

to

have blank pages. Would it make any

difference in your home and in your life

Indian bazaars, was sent away from

could no longer support hini. This man,
who rose from rags to riches had. two
principles in his life: (1) to sell an honest'
product; and (2) to tithe his income. As
his wealth increased, he increased his
giving till he was. giving half of his
income to God. It is impossible to out-

give God. God always keeps His pro

mise to bless so greatly that there is ,
not room to receive it.

if your Bible had blank pages ? Begin

{Continued on page 15)

to read the Bible from Genesis today.

13

A BLACK GOAT FOR THE

BIBLE SOCIETY
By JOHN D. ERICKSON, A. B. S. Asia Secretary
Reprintedfrom the "RECORD"
SARNITOLI is a Mundari-speaking tribal
village in northeast India. It is a village where
I was to find great Christian faith and great
love and appreciation for the Bible and the
Bible Society. In this area the Gossner Mission
begun in 1845 by four German missionaries,
has become a church of over 800,000 members.
One Sunday last September was a special
occasion:1the six village congregations around
Sarnitoli, which are served by one minister,
came together for a united meeting. For many
villagers this meant round trip journeys of as
many as twenty milesby foot.

and drum players. As we wended ourway

The Bible Society of India's Distribution

Promoter, -the Mr. Rusell Self, and I were
taken to visit Sarnitoli on that day by the .

buting and selling Gospels.

President-elect of the Gossner Lutheran

receivedan offering such as I have never

Church, the Rev. Mr. Aind. I assumed that

we were going out to a typical village to observe

and take part in a worship service. ^ I was in

no way prepared for what was to come.
A quarter of a mile from the village we
caught sight of the road that led to where the
people had gathered. Here an arch had been

festooned with garlands of leaves and flowers,

and a red sign hanging from it said "Welcome!"
A number of young boys with bicycles were
awaiting us, and as we got out of the car we
were greeted with cheers and greetings. After
shaking hands all around and having garlands
of flowers placed around our necks, we were led
in procession to the entrance of the village

dowm the path, I looked back and saw the hun

dredsof people who were following us. It was

a most humbling experience. We were led to
a spot underneath two great almond trees be

fore the church building, where services were

to be held (the church was too small for the

congregation, and was in the process of being

enlarged). Mr. Aind first told the congregation

rte ways the Bible Society had helped their
Church., Later, Mr. Self and I brought
messages from the Bible Society and spoke of
the purpose of the Bible.Societyof India and
of the part these people could play in distri
Following the sermons, the offering was

witnessed before! It was a rice oflering, and

everyone had a small packet of rice wrapped

up which he^ placed in a basket as it was passed
round. This was the regular oflering. Fol
lowing this, a much larger oflering of rice was
given by the house wives. This had been
accumulated by setting aside one handful from

each me?1that thie housewives had prepared.

Over a bushel of rice was received in this

manner.

The climax to the whole service was the

congregation's offering to the Bible Socity to

show their gratitude for its work. The offering

was presenteda. black goat I This was a very

expensive offering, and it was received by us

proper, a quarter of a mile down the path. As

we drew near, we heard the sound of drums.

with great gratitude. The goat would be sold

Some five or six hundred villagers were waiting

for us, and at the gate stood a chorus of young
people, the village elders and the local pastor.
A tribal song of welcome was sung to the

two months.

accompaniment of drums; more garlands of

flowers were placed around our necks and our
hands were ceremonially washed by young
girls. This tremendous welcome was almost
more than I could take. It was their expression
of gratitude for what the Bible Society had
done for them
by translating and pub
lishing Scriptures in their own language:
Mundari.

Following this welcome, we were led

slowly into the village itself by the dancers

for about 20 or 25 rupees, which is probably

more than some of the villagers would earn in
It was soon time for us to return to Ranchi.

The goat was something of a problem. But

finally three men got in the front seat of the
car. and two men and the goat got in the
backMr. Self, Mr. Erickson and their Bible
Society goat 1

That Sunday at Sarnitoli showed me vividly

the real meaning of the work of the Bible
Societies through out the worldthe effect it
has upon the lives of people, and the great
gratitude they often feel for it

14

( Continued from page 13 )

IV

Tithers are storing up

treasures in heaven.
Mt. 6:19-21

ship of those whose treasure is in heaven

with those

that if he ever earned that much,

would give 50% to the Lord.

The easiest quickest, surest and

most permanenr way to become rich is
to store up treasures in heaven. We
should covet and rejoice in the friend
rather than cavort

another figure, he would give 20%; then

30%; then 40%. Writing down a sum
he never expected to earn, he vowed
he

He was

true to his vow and God blessed him.

Several years later he was earning that

large salary and was giving 50% of it to
the Lord.

What are you going to do about it?

whose

treasure is on earth.

Cone.: Jacob made a great decision

in his life, Gen. 28:20-22, to tithe the
blessings God would give him. You
may argue that Jacob laid down condi
tions, "If
You may also lay down
conditions (although God has already
magnaminously blessed you). Lay down

conditions if you wish. God will surely

bless; be sure that you be true to your
promise and vow.

lllus.: One young man sat and

wrote down on a paper that when
his income was such and such, he would
give 10%: when it would increase to

{Continuedfrom page 6)
or institutions on similar lines. In God's

providence, this can multiply all ever the

city, town or village, and when this
dream is accomplished, the Church would
be in a state of Revival.

This great Kingdom of our God is

not given to big or small churches nor to
powerful institutions, but to small pray
ing groups of people all over the world,
for this is is what our Lord said,

"Fear not, little flock; for it is your

Father's good pleasure to give you
the Kingdom"Luke 12.32.

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accredited, but I do not mind revealing

to you that this month the CLIPPINGS

were written up by Frank Rempel, and

the SERMON OUTLINES were scratched
out by Ralph Harler.

You will enjoy Mr. Erickson's story

of the Black Goat. The next morning

after this happened, Mr. Erickson and
Mr. Self walked into the restaurant in

The new cover designjust about threw

me on my head, but CHRISTASIAN is

the same old magazine on the inside.

Ernest Das, the artist, has explained to

(illiterate) me that the design is borrowed

from the Hindi way of writing things.

May be by doing this the publisher hopes

the Allahabad railway station where Mr.

Jahn (now deceased) and Mr. Harter had

just that moment arrived from the oppo

site direction. It was a providential
meeting, and Mr. Harter will always
remember that he paid the bill.

Both the story of the black goat and

the cover picture were borrowed from

to fool the anti-English people into publicity materials of the Bible Society.
thinking that this is a Hindi publication : We know they will not mind, especially
just so the anti-Hindi people do not take if you send them a contribution.
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JUNIOR

1961

WINTER
The

for

past foui' months

success
with
a class for
the children which is held

idea

of

the effect of cold weather

on our Kanpiir "brethren^'

76 per v/eek in Nov.

59 per week in Eea.
65 per week in Jan.
75 per week in Eeh.
During February? as th&
v^reather improved, the week

ly attendance also- improved

as follows? 57? 59?, 85,--99.
We d?d' not hegin' tb keep
attendance

records

last August

so

until

we cannot-

compare v/ith a year ago.

friends'

past year we have had good

will give you an

Many

E 'N E

attendance

average

the

'sTjrV-WS

o f

our .American

will be chagrined

to know that we were never

able to run a ^successful

American-type Sunday School

in Kanpur. It just, does not

fit into the Indian way -of"

doing things.

During

the

during the time

the prea

cher, is preaching his ser

mon.
This
has helped to
Increase the attendance.

During

the

months,

next 2 or .3

until

they

are

stopped by the summer heat,

the young people will be
holding
Sunday
evening
meetings at the homes of
different

got

off

last

members.

to

Sunday

They

a fine start
night

v/hen

they shov/ed filra strips of

Naaman

and

the

Life

of

Christ.

Otherwise,

years of
the goad-,
resign

after

many

kicking against
we have had to

ourselves

to

the

fa.ct .that ,our Kanpur breth

ren will not slipport more

"Should not I have regard for Nineveh; that great city wherein are more than sixscore
thousand persons that cannot discern between their tight hand and their left hand; and
also much cattle?"

than one service a week.

An interesting new devel

opment

in

Kanpur

imminent

arrival

city

of

is the
in

our

missionary of

the Anti-instrument "branch

of the Restoration Move
ment- We v/elcome him with

the prayer
will

lead

methods,

that

the Lord

him

in

his

and that he will

not he victimized hy

some of

the

had charact

ers of this place.

This has been an except

ionally

good

winter

for

North India, The crops are

the best we have ever seen
and there v;as also less
sickness all around.
There has been an encour

aging increase in steward

ship among the members of
the church in Swarupnagar.

Harris used part of his

first pay check to become
a member of the Bible So

ciety, while Andriyas is

talking about becoming a

Life Member

of

the same.

Mrs. Dharm Sewak,

poor

husband

lady whose

very

' has been unemployed for

several months because of
the closure of his mill,
gives a tithe of the money

she earns . by

sewing. Our

oldest and poorest member,

Mrs, Rilemon, is also our
most faithful tither. We
realize that as steward

ship increases,

our prob

lems will decrease.

Those with long memories

will remember the name of

Stephen whom we "raised"

12-15 years ago. Stephen
was married

at our house

on 27th Rebruary. Word has

come

from

Bombay

that

Stephen* s brother Horatius

was married in January,
and his wife died of heart

failure *"in Rebruary.

youngest
brothers

the

of

The

the

four

is James who is

one-eyed chap who is

employed
book

by

us

store.

in

The'

the
third

brother,
Stanley,
i s
illegally married and has
a

beautiful, one-year-old

baby daughter. Three sis

ters

are s t i l l under the

care of the Kulpahar Kids

Home.

My

proposed

Assam

trip

to

was disposed of by

the
Indian Airlines be
cause
I
did not have
a

permit

to

and

was not likely to

get one.

enter Assam ,
After four days

in Calcutta,

I came back

home.

The^

load

of

work was

getting too heavy for me,

so I
have employed one
more
part-time worker,
Joseph Walter of Ra.gaul,
He is already proving to
he a great help with mim

eographing,
orders,
ands

filling mail

and running err

on the

scooter.

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'68

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FORWARDING AGENT, MISS FLORENCE DOUGLAS, 1111 N. MAIN ST.

JOPLIN, MO.j 648U1

I went down
to Calcutta
on oneof
India's fastest

Ruth'Sprang

trains, a trip of 17 b-ours,

to India

arriving

Tire

at

the

famous

Howrah stationat 8sl5 a.m.

The next day,

I went to

the
Airline
office
and
checked
in for
the flite
to

Assam.

After

a l l the

Ohiowho

of Wadsworth,
have been sent

by

the Goodyear

and"-RubVe-r

Co. The

Sprangs are well acquaint

ed with my home- church in
Clinton, Ohio,, and we have
many mutual-friends.
There;

were

political

formalities were completed

disturbances- -while

the

in Calcutta,
and a taxi
driver gave me some tense

clerk

came

hack and

toi-e up my baggage tickets

saying that I
could not
make the trip because I
did not have

a permit for

moments

v;hen he

was

drove me

through a crowd where the

police
pvere confronting

Assam. Neverthless,.." I. fol

lowed his suggestion to

some demonstrators.
monstrated v/ith the

go out

for-not avoiding the trou

ble , but I must admit that
i t was a-n eye-opening ex
perience, for me to' see a

to the airport and

see ' if they could, do any

thing about it. All'it was

good for was a free
trip
to

and

from

the a;irport

because
no
one was going
to let me board that plane.
It was now Saturday af
ternoon

suend

and

decided- -to

Sunday

and' leave
Monday.

in Calcutta

for

Kanpur on
''

On Sunday, I
attended
the morning and 'evening
services

the famous

Carey Baptist Church.

The greatest benefit from
my trip to Calcutta was
that I was able to 'make the

acquaintance

of Clark and

I re
driver

Calcutta riot taking place

in the midst of bumper-tobumper evening traffic . The
next day,
during the same
sort of thing, several per
sons were killed.

had a

close call while

strolling in the Botanical

Gardens, A girl in a green
sari was just about to do
some mischief y/heni caught
her quick movement as a
reflecticn in my glasses.
I made . a right-about-turn
azad left the place immedi
ately.

'Thanks be to God for his gift beyond words !'*

II Cor. 9:15

Reg'd.No. 4534/57

REMEMBER YOUR CREATOR E'KRNESTLY NOW, BEFORE THE

SILVER CORD OF LIFE IS SNAPPED APART, OR THE GOLDEN
BOWL IS BROKEN. OR THE PITCHER

IS

BROKEN

AT THE

FOUNTAIN. OR THE WHEEL BROKEN AT THE CISTERN fAND

THE WHOLE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM OF THE BLOOD CEASES
TO FUNCTION).
Ecclesiasles 12:6

The Amplified Bible

Vol. XIV, No. 3

May 1968 June

Kanpur, India.

of 3$05 kiiometerSj this is still a woj|d

A tigey attacked a villager neat Bah, raich, hut instead lof Jcilling himj the tiger
fihtew his victim ibyer his ibacfc and car-^

averages, a speed of abbut ten miles ah

Qther Villagers gave chase causing the

(Continuedfrom page 7)

record fof a broad gaugelinb. The trains

hour.

ried him away for some distance. The;;

tiger to abandon the man. Ifhe injured

villager was taken to the hospital where

Passeujger service on the Indian Rail

ways- continues to improve- and expand.
During one six-month period the Rail
ways introduced 36 new passenger trains

he later died of shock,

and extended the runs of 39 existing

trains. On suburban sections, 43 new

mauled by a circus tiger. A friend of his

had just amused himself by pulling some
hair from the tiger's back. The second
boy thought he would also have some
fun but the tiger beat him to the draw.

12 trains were extended.

X

Over 100,000 unlicensed radio sets

were detected in India during 1967, It

n
X

Anti-social elements misbehaving with

women, together with inadequate police
arrangements, were blamed for the tragic
stampede on the Gandak bridge near

is estimated by the Posts and Telegraphs

Department that there are still 1,000,000
sets undetected.

An 11-year-old boy of Gorakhpur was

trains were introduced and the runs of

X

Muzaffarpur on Nov.

16th.

Fifteen

The Government of India is planning

to put up a satellite over Central India to
provide space-age radio, telephone and

persons died.

television communications between the

and, with a Government ban on .their

major cities of India. This will be in

addition to a satellite being planned by

import, smugglers are trying to meet the

demand. In a recent raid on Ceylon's
north coast, Ceylon police seized expen
sive Indian saris valued at nearly Rs. 3
lakhs (840,350). Nevertheless, the saris
are still available at shops in Colombo
and Jaffna due to a quirk in the laws of
Ceylon which does not make it an offense
to possess smuggled goods.

70 countries over the Indian Ocean for

X

Tne General Secretary of the AllIndia Hindu Mahasabha, has

charged

the present Government with being "proMuslim, pro-Christian and pro-Commu

nist, but anti-Hindu." He alleges that
millions of poor and illiterate Hindus have

been converted to Christianity, and he

sonous substitutes. However, in Delhi,

where liquor is available during more
than 200 days of the year, there were
2000 cases of illicit distillation registered
with the police last year. It is estimated
that 40.000 persons are actively engaged
in distilling and smuggling illegal liquor
-in and-around -tho nation's capital.

and the return of converts to the Hindu

fold.
He lamented that Hindus were

unorganized, a weakness which he hopes

his organization can eliminate. He

reports that the Hindu Mahasabha has

drawn up plans to form a Hindu Rashtra
Sena (Hindu National Army) to protect
the Hindus and put a stop to conver
5 V.

One of the arguments constantly used

against prohibition is that it encourages
illicit distillation and people drink poi

calls for the expulsion of all missionaries

sions.

Indian saris are very popular in Ceylon

international communications.
X

'
2

( Continued on page 15)

( Continuedfrom page 4 )

hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge

A person may steal quite a bit before

of gold of fifty shekels weight. This sin

he is caught, but eventually he is caught

was brought to light when the Israelites

lost the battle of Ai, and because of it,
Achan was destroyed along with his

and the sooner the belter, When child

ren are caught stealing and are punished

family and all

for it, they learn not to steal. But if they

continue uncaught and/or unpunished,
they form a habit of stealing, stealing

King Saul had been commanded to

utterly destroy the Amalekites and all

more and more until they are caught by

the police and sent to jail.

that they possessed, but Saul committed

the sin of covetousness and spared Agag,
the king of the Amalekites, along with
the best of the sheep, and of the oxen,
and of the fallings, and the lambs, and
all that was good. Because of this dis
obedience, God rejected Saul from being
king over Israel. (I Sam. 15:131).

Even when no one ever knows that

you have stolen or cheated, you know,

and God knows. The writer of this
essay can remember times in his child
hood when he stole and chealed w'thout

being caught. God has forgiven him for

those sins, but neverthless the memory
of them will always deprive him of some
of the joy of recollecting his boyhood

One of the most memorable cases of

covetousness is that of Ahab who coveted

days.
Ill

the vineyard of Naboth, "And he laid

him down upon his bed, and turned his
face, and would not eat." His obliging
wife, Jezebel, acquired the vineyards for
him by engineering the murder of
Naboth. However, in the place where
the dogs licked the blood of Naboth,
they later licked the blood of Ahab.
(I Kings 21:1-24)

COVETOUSNESS AND GREEDI

NESS.

These two words have different mean

ings, but they are similar enough to be

considered together, in fact, the Greek
word used in

I Cor. 5:10 and 6:10

in

cludes both covetousness and greediness.

Thus, in a single Greek word, both of
these weaknesses of character are proven
to be something that is definitely bad.
Covetousness, which was forbidden
by the Tenth Commandment, has the
connotation of wanting something that
belongs to someone else. Greediness, on
the other hand, is a great desire for
possessions and riches whether or not
they belong to someone else. What both

Gehazi, servant of Elisha, coveted

some clothing and silver which the pro
phet had declined to accept for healing
Naaman of his leprosy. As a result, the
leprosy of Naaman was transfered to
Gehazi

"and

his

seed

forever."

II King 5:20-27.
The Pharisees made fun of the teach

ings of Jesus because they were covetous.

Lk. 16:14.

words have in common is a desire for

The most famous instance of

greed is that of Judas who betrayed

Jesus for thirty pieces of silver. Gover
nor Felix deprived the Apostle Paul of
justice because be was covetous of a
bribe. (Acts 24:26). Balaam forsook the
straight path and we.it astray because he
was greedy for the wages of unrighteous-

something that is forbidden.

There are a number of illustrations of
this sin in the Bible. Laban, father-inlaw of Jacob, coveted Jacob's flocks and

"changed Jacob's wages ten times."

(Gen. 31:41). After the fall of Jericho,
the Israelites were forbidden to touch

any of the loot, but Achan coveted and

(Conlinued onpage 14)

took a goodly Babylonish garment, two

of his possessions.

(Joshua?)

WHAT KIND OF A PERSON SHOULD I BE ?

By Ralph R. Harter

Chapter Four Continued

SOME THINGS THAT ARE DEFINITELT BAD
IISTEALING

HAVE you ever stopped to think what

and start working, to earn an honest liv

a different world this would be if no one

ing for himself, and to be able to help

ever stole anything ? We would not have

the poor." (Eph. 4:28 TEV). Hard work

coupled with wise budgeting will bring
us the things we were once tempted to
steal, and we will have money left over.
There are times when people steal be
cause they are hungry. The book of

to lock up our houses or keep so many

things locked up in cabinets and boxes.
We would not have to built high walls
around our property or put bars in our
windows.

Merchants would not have to

worry about shop-lifters, and prices

would be cheaper because of it. There
would not be any ticketless travellers,

Proverbs discusses this:

soul when he is hungry; but if he be

and the trains would not be denuded of

found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall

lights, mirrors and other fixtures.*

give all the substance of his house."

People would be able to enjoy the full

benefit of the flowers in their gardens

(Prov. 6:30, 31). Thus, according to the

law of King Solomon, if a hungry man

and the fruit on their trees. There would

were caught stealing a loaf of bread, he

be no such thing as forgeries, embezzle

ments and false claims.

"Men do not

despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his

had to pay for seven loaves, even if he

There would be

had to sell the furniture from his house

to pay the bill. The moral of this is that
he would have been better off if he had
sold some of h:s furniture in the first

no cheating in school. There would not

be any people trying to get something for
nothing by gambling.
Many of us have been guilty of steal
ing and cheating sometime in our lives.
Why was it that we acted like that?
Well, we saw something that we wanted
and stealing it was the only way we could
get it. Furthermore, we had a chance
of stealing it without getting caught.
To want something that belongs to
someone else is covetousness. Thus,
when we steal, we not only violate the
Eighth Commandment, "Thou shalt not

place. When you link Solomon's

words with those of his father David that,
"I have been young, and now am old;
yet have I not seen the righteous for
saken, nor his seed begging bread,"
(Ps. 37:25), then you wonder why the
thief was hungry.
I Cor. 6:10 lists thieves among those
who will not receive the Kingdom of
God.

There are no qualifying statements in

steal," but also the Tenth Command

ment, "Thou shalt not covet."
In most cases, it is not true that

We have seen that the man who steals be

stealing is the only way to get what we

want. The Apostle Paul wrote, "The
man who used to rob must stop robbing

in order to distribute the loot among the

the Bible's condemnation of stealing.

cause he is hungry is not excused: nor is
it ever permitted to steal from the rich

poor; nor is God's forgiveness for steal

ing procured by donating a tithe of the

* Some of these conditions

are peculiar to India.

spoil to the church.

-

Semon Oxdtinei for Barefoot freae^M.

V. GNANASIKHAMANI
Christ Nagar Institute, Ennore, Madras 57

NOT YOUR OWN

I Corinthians 6:12-20

Inlro\"What ? Know ye not that..

ye are not your own ?" (I Corinthians 6:
19). Then whose are we ?
I.

Transgression of God's law is sin.

"Sin is lawlessness" (I John 3:4)

"For all have sinned, and fall short

of the glory of God;" (Romans 3:23).

IN WHAT WAYS ARE WE NOT

C. God nevertheless still loved His crea

OUR OWN ?

tion.

A. By creation. We did not create our

selves. "Know ye that the Lord he

from death.

is God: it is he that hath made us,

and not we ourselves; we are

there is release to man in the world.

God appointed a blood sacrifice.

"Behold, the Lamb of God, that tak-

64:8; Jeremiah 18:6.

B. The Lord is our Shepherd. Psalm
23:1; Isaiah 40:11.
G. The universal facts of life. We do

eth away the sin of the world. "(John

1:29).

that whosoever

Death, Job 1:21; Ecclesiastes

5:15; 1:3. A villager who had lost
his wife was preparing for the mar
riage of his only son. The son was

believeth

on

him

should not perish, but have eternal

life" (John 3:16). "But the free gift

of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus

our Lord" (Roman 6:23).

killed by snakebite. Death is certain.

"There is no man that hath power III.

over the spirit to retain the spirit;

neither hath he power in the day of

HOW MAY WE

RETURN TO

OUR CREATOR AND REDEEMER?

"And now why tarriest thou ? Arise,

and be baptized, and wash away thy
sins, calling on his name" (Acts 22:16).
"But he that is joined unto the Lord

death;" (Ecclesiastes 8:8).

WHY DID GOD CREATE US?
"For ye

is one spirit" (I Corinthians 6:17)"Or

were bought with a price;" (I Corin

know ye not that your body is a

temple of the Holy Spirit which is in
you, which ye have from God?" (I
Corinthians 6:19).

thians 6:20).

A. How' did this occur ? When did death

begin ? "For the wages of sin is

death;" (Romans 6:23). "Sin, when
it is fullgrcwn, bringeth forth death"
(James 1:15).
B. What is sin ? "Then the lust, when it
hath conceived, beareth sin." (James
11:5). Cf. Genesis 2:17.

"For God so loved the world

that he gave his only begotten Son,

not enjoy full control over our lives.

We are not at all our own.

"And apart from shed

ding of blood there is no remission"

(Hebrews 9:22). Because of love

his

people and the sheep of his pasture

(Psalm 100:2': Cf. Genesis 2:7 Isaiah

II.

God has ordained the shedding

of blood, in order for man to be saved

A. "Knowing that ye were

redeemed

with precious blood" (I Peter

1:18,19). Brother, you were redeem
ed.

Then how can we be our own?

B. "But ye are an elect race, a royal

5

priesthood, a holy nation, a people I.

for God's own possession, that ye
may show forth the excellencies of

him who called you out of darkness

into his marvellous light." (I Peter

WHAT KIND

OF

PERSON

IS

A. He seeks those who seek Him.

Cf.

JESUS?

Luke 19:15;

II

Chronicles 15:2;

Matthew 7:7.

2:9).

B. He

invites

man

to

Himself.

C. In whom we have our redemption

through his blood, the forgiveness of
our trespasses according to the riches
of his grace," (Ephesians 1:7).
"Nor yet through the blood of
goals and calves, but through his

"Zacchaeus, come down"(Luke 19:5).

Cf. Matthew 11:28; Revelation 3:20.
C. He abides with those who seek Him,
"Today 1 must abide at thy house"
( Luke 19:5 ).
Revelation 3:20; I

own blood, entered in once for all

D. He keeps company with sinners,

Cf. Luke 19:7; I Timothy 1:15.

Corinthians 3:16.

into the holy place, having obtained

eternal redemption" (Hebrews 9:12).

E. He seeks those who are lost.

Luke 19:10; Ezekiel 34:16.
F. He saves those who are lost.
Luke 19:10; Matthew 18:11.

D. "And ye are Christ's; and Christ

in God's"
( 1 Corinthians 3:23 ).
"For none of us liveth to himself,
and

none

dieih to

himself.

For

Cf.
Cf.

whether we live, we live unto the II.

HOW DID ZACCHAEUS LEARN

Lord or whether we die. wc die unto

OF JESUS?

the Lord: whether we live therefore,

or die, we are the Lord's" (Romans
14:7,8).

A. He sought to see Jesus, Luke 19:3.

Cf. Psalm 119:70,72,18.
B. He sought a way in which to see Jesus

Cone."For we are his workmanship,

created in Christ Jesus for good works,
which God afore prepared that we should
walk in them" (Ephesians 2:10).
"Glorify God therefore in your body"
(I Corinthians 6:20).

. Luke 19:3,4. Cf. John 5:39.

C. He made a determined effort to see

Jesus, Luke 19:3,4.

D. He came to Jesus as soon as he was

called, Luke 19:5,6. Cf. Mark 1:16-18;

Matthew 11:28.

What Kind of Person is Jesus

E He received Jesus into his

Luke 19:1-10

InlTo\Zacchaeus sought to see Jesus

F. He was obediently repentant

Cone.Have you seen what kind of

Person Jesus is ?

The priests

If not, seek Him as

Zacchaeus sought him. if we do not,

Zacchaeus will be a witness against us in

and elders heard John concerning Jesus

and also met Jesus Himself. But they
would not repent. Cf. Matthew 21:31,

the day of Judgment.

32. Pilate met Him and found no fault

Herod was curious

unto

salvation, Luke 19:8. Cf. Romans

10:9,10; I Coriihians 11:31

came to see Jesus, but went away sorrow

ful. Cf. Mark 10:17; Luke 1S:22. He

in Him.

house,

Luke 19:5-7. Cf. Revelation 3:20.

who He was. The meeting with Jesus

changed his life. The rich young ruler
called Jesus Good Teacher.

Cf. James 2:22;

Hebrews 11:16.

to meet

Jesus, hoping to see some miracle per

formed by Him. But Jesus did not cater
to his curiosity. Cf. Luke 23:5-11.
6

Indian Press Gleanings

Two stray cows that got caught in

the under carriage of an Air India Boe

A telegraphist in Hyderabad by the

name of M. A. Anderson is credited with

ing as it took off from Bombay, cost the

airline Rs. 7 lakhs (584,100) in damages.

saving the life of a woman convict who

was about to be taken to the gailows.

The official pardon from the President

The plane had to return to the airfield

after dumping its fuel. Two engines,

undercarriage, wheels and wing flaps had

had been addressed to an official who had

been transferred, and only the initiative

of the telegraphist prevented the sentence
from being carried out. In appreciation
for his devotion todity, Mr. Anderson
was given a reward of Rs. 20 {$ 2.69).
X

to be replaced.
X

9,449 Malayasians, 7,677 Germans, 6,232

French, 4,932 Japanese and 4,760
Australians.

in 1966.

conference of the Bhartiya Jan Sangh on

account of improper arrangements for
their special train. It 's reported that
they reached the'r destination thirteen

every year.

, ,

Nearly onefifth of the world's 11

million lepers live in India, and half of
India's lepers are concentrated in Andhra
Pradesh and Madras State. Madhya
Pradesh, where the incidence of leprosy
is stated to be low, there are 100,000

The Anti-Corruption organisation of

Uttar Pradesh is investigating how that
more than a hundred teachers of Srinagar
District took maternity leave from their
teaching jobs when they are not married.

lepers of whom. 30,000 are registered with

224 Government leprosy control units,
leprosy homes, hospitals and dispensa-

The loss to the Government was about

Rs. 44,000 (S 5920),

X

Visitors from Russia and its

satellites number about 4,800 per year

hours behind schedule.

Visitors from Africa have

decreased from 16,000 in 1962 to 12,000

caused to the delegates to the annual

were American, 21,723 were British,

member of the U. P. State Jan

India in 1966 (the latest year for which

complete statistics are available), 41,459

Sangh Working Committee has served a

^egal notice on the Ministry of Railways
claiming Rs. 1 lakh ($13,450) as damage

Out of 159,603 tourists who visited

rjss.
X

A cow in Gauhati has become famous

because she prefers meat to grass. She

particularly prefers pigeons and snaps up
about a ,half a dozen pigeons a day.

way are experimenting with a very

remarkable goods (freight) train, tho
longest and heaviest in India. The news
paper reported that the train would run
at an altitude of 3500 km. (400 times
higher than Mount Everest!). Surmising
that the report meant 3500 feet instead

Veterinary experts say they have'never

heard of a hervivoroiis animal taking to
meat in this manner. The religious
susceptibilities of. some have been hurt

at the sight of a sacred animal eating

( Continued on page 2 )

flesh.

Officials of the South-Eastern Rail

THE CULTURAL CONTEXT FOR EVANGELISM

IN INDIA

Dr. Henry H. Presler

Reprinted from ARCHWAY, 1966-67

1- HE gist of this short paper is that the

beliefs of Mid-India Hindus are strong
and virile.

If the

Great

Commission

is to be implemented, those Church

agencies primarily concerned with preach
ing, Bible study, and face-to-face dis
cussion of core doctrines, require spirit
ual, and material encouragement. These
propositions will now be expanded.
Introducing the subject is this state
ment: Opinions and insights based upon
experience are often valid, but usually
difficult to defend. Our findings depend
upon data collected through the disci
plines of social research, controlled by
theological and religious insight. Over
a period of seventeen years, some two
hundred Indians have received training
in the

collection

of data

and

strength of Hindu belief, but in how we

speak of it. They say there is a Hindu
Renaissance, implying that for a time
Hindu beliefs were in abeyance, have now
revived, and are going on to new position
of strength. We say that Hindu beliefs,
in Mid-India' at least, have been and
continue to be uniformly solid and
stable.

firmed in the literature on

persons.

ARE OUR FINDINGS VALID?

Hosv adequate is our sample for the

whole of India ? We might mention that
most major language groups are present
in our valley, that our institutions have
attracted residents from the South, East,
West and North, that the major kinds of
rural, urban and industrial ferment occur
in our locale. Of more significance is the

general agreement with our conclusions

on the part of other writers. Wc differ
with them not in the essential fact of the

the same

subject.
FIVE PERTINENT FINDINGS
The evidences have driven

us to con

clusions, of which five are pertinent here.

1

The beliefs laid down in the oral and

written scriptures of Mid-India Hindu

culture are known, understood,

and

accepted today in the Jabalpur valley,

by such an overwhelming proportion
of the Hindu population as to make

have

accumulated about 60% of the facts

about to be reported; the balance of 40%
have been assembled by the writer in his
long tenure. The information pertains
to over four thousand religious institu
tions, ninety-six castes, eleven language
groups, in a valley containing 400,000

Aside from the difference in the

way of speaking, our findings are con

the percentage of^ dissidents negligible

(less than one percent).

2

Rapid social and technological cha-^ges now occurring have not affic ed
these beliefs so far. Urbanism, secular
ism, formal education, industrializa
tion and soc'al radicalism have not
weakened them. Variations in the

material aspects of Indian culture

have not brought about parallel alter
ations in the adaptive aspects.

3 We fail to discover in Mid-India any

self-conscious attack upon orthodox
Hindu beliefs on the part of any
organized movement. The group
elTcrts absorbing men today are
silent about the interpretation of
man's dilemma and destiny. There

is to our knowledge nothing similar

to the doctrinal upheavals of the past:
the Buddhist blast, the Jain criticism,
the ridicule of Charvak, the Moslem
attack on polytheism and images, the

intellectual disturbance created by

Ramananda, Kabir, Nanak, the Brahmo and Arya Samajists, the Theosophists. This does not mean that there

is indifference to belief; it means that

beliefs are unimpaired.
4 No evidence of electicism or syncre
tism in religions has come to our
attention (except in the Cult of the
Dead). That is, people are not "choos
ing the best from all religions," are
not building "temples to all religions."
They are separated along the lines of
basic beliefs, and by factors associated
with those beliefs. They act consis
tently with the principle that all re
ligions are NOT the same.
5 The average Hindu is committed to a
very few among all possible beiiets
allowed by Hinduism. These few he
"realizes" experientially; the others
he acknowledges as permissible to
Hindus who accept them. Through
these few be iefs he hopes for and
sometimes attains

beholding of
in his god.
builds up his
interprets the
ates.

darsana.

i.e.

it. In this case the evangelistic airship

has no effect upon the mountain, nor the

people adhering to its sides. Expressions
of goodwill and service, technical assist
ance, and "loaned know-how" are prop
er for Christians to mamifest, but cir
cumambulate the central issue of world-

view. The core of any religion is its worldview,

its definitions of what the uni

verse contains and its interpretations in

the form of its Messsage. That converts
to Christianity in India have dwindled
to an insignificant trickle from Hinduism,

is party due to the mistake of calling

anything and everything the Church says
or does, evangelism. We have poured
enormous sums into enterprises that do
not confront the central issue: the beliefs
of Hindus. The cadre of workers con
centrating upon the Message of Christ
and seeking to persuade outsiders of its
Truth, are doing the essential task of the
Great Commission.

B. Granting that some periods in

history are more favourable to the
expansion of Christianity than others,

it appears a dubious policy to aver or

the

expect that Hindu beliefs are dying.

Nothing of the kind is happening. As
Hendrik Kraemer once told the writer,

t'"e truth embodied in

By these few truths he
life organization, and
way that society oper

"If Christian doctrine does not confront

Hindu doctrine in India, Hindu doctrine

These few beliefs constitute his

will

religion, the vital snrings of his being;

the many other beliefs in the spectrum

confront

Christian

doctrine

Europe and North America."

in

A former

colleague. Edmund Soper, used to say,

of Hinduism are too much for one

man to encompass.

"The issue will be, in the end, whether

the Christian or the Vedantist view of

THE MEANING OFTHESE FINDINGS

FOR MISSION POLICY MAKERS

A. A programme of Chf-istian ex
pansion that ignores the belief factor
may be like a jet p'ane ignoring a moun
tain. More than one programme of
Christian influence imitating the Good

life is correct."

I am not advocating

polemics, controversy or clash; I am

simp'y saying that the ultimate decision

in matters religious is on points of doc

trine, and we delude ourselves by waiting

f)r Hindu beliefs "to weaken".

C.

Samaritan rather than Nicodemus has

There is nothing on the horizon

of Mid-India that would appear to ques

come to nought after impact with the

belief factor in Hinduism. Or, the jet

plane may avoid the granite monolith of

Hindu belief and fly above it, or around

tion, from the side of Indian citizens,

9

SOME

the beliefs of Hinduism. Tamilnad may

have its D. M. K., and Kerala its

In Boston,

Marxists, but their effect on Hinduism

has not so far proved disastrous. Over

CONTRASTS

U. S, A., I visited the

Vedantist Centre and asked the director

about his programme. He made no

mention of soup kitchens. He said the
approach is through doctrine only.

most of India there is nothing similar.

Shankara, Tulsi Das, and Sai Baba are

in command. It is high time the Church

Whatever adherents come under convic

returned to the celebration of its doc

tion of the Vedanta are influenced by

plain confrontation with the swami's
teaching.

trinal Message.
D. Nor can the Church expect any
accommodation or benefit from the

official view that "all religions are the

same." The common Hindu knows that
there are differences between the religions,
that the differences are real, and that the

differences are important. Does the

Church know these things? If the total
expenditure of the denomination in India
were reviewed, would one gain the

Recently I visited Rishikesh, an

Himalayan' pilgrimage center for the
Hindus. Among the many monasteries
was one on the bank of the Ganges,
hidden in the forest. Tiiere were forty
Non-Indians there. The swami had flown

What a man believes IN points to his

to Europe and America, preached his

doctrine, struck sparks, and convinced
these forc'gners that they should come
to Rishikesh to learn more. They paid
their own way, subsidized the swami, and
underwrote his building programme. In
reti:rn he gave them a three month to six
month course in straight laced YOGA
doctrine, and required each to sit in a
separate cell for five hours daily, study
ing and meditating upon that doctrine.
The novitia'es la king to me had been
pried out of Christianity into Hinduism
by so simple and essential a programme

religion, what he believes ABOUT other

religions is a philosophy. Christianity

CONCLUSION

impression that we are conscious of

imparting an imperishable Message? Or
are we trying to rival the Foundations
and the Five Year
good"?

Plans

in

"doing

E. The meaning of the fifth finding

(that a Hindu "realizes" but a few doc
trines) is that Hindu toleration of all
possible beliefs is a philosophy about
them. A philosophy is not a religion.

comes

within

as indoctrination,

his' philosophical, not

within his re'ligious convictions. We are

grateful

for

the

Hindu's

The facts drive me to the inescapable

courteous

conclusion:

acknowledgement of the virtues of Jesus;

but philosophical acknowledgement is
only a surface affair. Let us not forget

If the Great Commission is

to be implemented in the context of

Indian cultures, those Church agencies
primarily concerned with preaching,
Bible study, and face-to-face pre-^entathat to such a Hindu, Christian options
tions of core doctrines require all the
are nothing more than abstract possibil
ities, because he has not been confronted .spiritual afid' 'material encouragement
available to them.
RELIGIOUSLY by Christian beliefs.

10

SOME

OUTSTANDING

WOMEN

OF THE BIBLE
BY MISS H. KAVERl BAI

Michal

found it difficult even to walk under the

But for the fact that the situation was

extremely critical, Saul might have laugh

weight of all this.

ed in David's face, for talking so lightly

of fighting the gigantic Goiialh. Nor
had he recognized that this rough shep
herd boy was the same youth whom his
nobles had groomed and robed suitably
before bringing him into the king's pre
sence to play the harp. Eying the stripling

He had never had

occasion to wear such armour before,

hut had depended on lightness and speed

in the only kind of warfare he had ever

practicedthe protection of his father's

flocks. Now, with all this weight on him

he could scarcely put one step before the
other.

from head to foot, he tried to dissuade

David from such a mad venture.

So he put them off, and went forth to

meet the giant Goliath with only his

But David said: "The servant kept his

father's sheep, and there came a lion and
a hear and took a Iamb out of the flock,
and I went after him ard smote him, and

staff, a sling and five smooth stones from

the brook in valley. The Philistine cham

pion showed the utmost scorn for David,

and shouted:

delivered it out of his mouth

and
slew
both the lion and the bear.
This uncircumcised Philistine shall be as

"Am I a dog that thou

comest to me with staves ?"

He cursed

David by all his gods, and swore to feed

the youth's flesh to the ravenous birds

one of them, seeing he has defied the

armies of the living God," Then Saul

and beasts.

David's reply would surely have re

told David, "Go and the Lord be with

vealed to Goliath the true situation if he

thee."

had been anything but a profane, self-

DAVID S VICTORY

confident unbeliever.

David was dismayed when Saul put

his own armour on the youth, and placed

with a shield; but I come to thee in the

name of the Lord of hosts
and I will
give the carcasses of the host of the Phili-

a heavy helmet upon his head, and armed

him with his own huge sword.

David

"Thou comest to

me with a sword and with a spear and

11

stines unto the fowls and the wild beasts,

that all the earth may know that there is

freely. The news preceded the return of

Saul to his court.

a God in Israel, and all this assembly

shall know that the Lord saveth not with

sword and spear. For the battle is the

Lord's and He will give you into our
hands."

"Who do you think our champion

was who killed the Philistine?"
Abinadab asked his mother, and answer

ed his own question." "Who but David

the minstrel, :he son of Jesse ! Jonathan

At Goliath's threatening advance,

David hastened to meet him, and placing

a pebble in his sling, shot it right through

the giant's forehead. Goliath fell head
long to earth, dead. David adrainistered

the coup de grace with the Pnilistine s

own sword.

That was the signal for the

headlong flight of the entire Philistine

army.

simply adores him and will not leave

him. And Merab, father is going to give

you in marriage to David, in fulfillment

of his promise."
Whatever Merab's feelings may have
been at the announcement, it struck dis

may into the heart of her younger sister,

Michal who wished that she had been the
firstborn daughter.

David was given due recognition for

his heroic deed when the Israeli forces

returned from their pursuit of the Philis

tines, with enormous booty. With Jona
than also present, David was brought
before the king, where the youth's true
identity was revealed, When Jonathan
heard David's words, "his soul was knit
with the soul of David, and Jonathan
loved him as his own soul." There was
another also who lost her heart to the

young hero. She was Jonathan's sister,

Michal.

From that day the king would no

There

was

understandably,

great

excitement and much rejoicing. Women

from all the cities came out in expect
ation of the king's return. Singing and

dancing, "with tabrets, with joy, and

with instruments of 'music, they went

forth in procession to meet the Israelite

columns. As they came nearer and
sounds could begin to be distinguished,
it was heard that they were singing the
refrain, "Saul hath slain his thousands,
and David his ten thousands."

A pai.g of jealousy touched the heart

of the king.

His pride was hurt, and re

longer permit David to return to his joicing turned to bitterness, and the evil

father's house. Jonathan and David

made a covenant of friendship, Jonathan

spirit entered into him. Was he or

David the object of their praise ? "What

presenting to his friend his own robe and can he have more than the kingdom"
garments, sword bow and girdle. David whispered the sp'rit of jealousy within
was appointed chief over the men of him. So destructive of good sense and of
war. So popular was the young man that righteousness is this sin that it is said
none of the king's other subjects were

jealous of the favours shown to their

deliverer.

that Saul "eyed David from that day

and forward" with a rage that was event

ually to seek the very life of the young

patriot.

KINGLY JEALOUSY

{A'ext issue: Perilous times for David)

As news spread that the enemy had

been defeated and the land rid of the op,-

pressor, all Israel began again to breathe

12

RESPONSIBILITY

OF

MOTHERS

TODAY

Reprintedfrom Bangalore City TWCA J^ews-Lelter edited by Mrs. Manorama Kankalil,

OUR country now is twenty years

It is noteworthy that in the west,

where restrictions on youth are almost
completely a thing of the past, young
people band themselves together in gangs
under leaders who are implicitly obeyed.
Family and society loyalties and disci
plines are. it would seem, replaced by
gang loyalties and disciplines.
These
young people demonstrate that, despite
their unprecedented 'freedom', they still
need someone to look up to, someone to

old and when we look around us we see

nothing but confusion and frustration.

From all over the country comes news
of strikes and gheraos, student indisci
pline, looting, violence and sabotage,
food scarcity and political jockeying.
What can we as a Christian women's
organization do about such a situation ?

At first glance, we may be tempted to

dismiss it as being beyond our scope and
certainly, there are no easy solutions.

hold on to.

But perhaps we should do some rethink

Youth unrest is a psycholgical

phenomenon of.our time, but what is
disturbing about the the Indian manifes
tations is that it is largely confined to
our students who should ideally be the

ing about our attitude, to youth. We

are all pained by the frequent strikes and
rowdyism of young people.
Whose

children are these rowdy young people?

They never seem to be "our children",
yet how many of us know what "children"
think about gheraos and strikes?

last people to do what they are doing at

this moment in this country.
It is not enough for a mother to say
"my son/daughter never takes part in a
strike or gherao". What we need today
is more young people who are not afraid

Youth is agitated and restless all over

the world today, especially in Europe

and America. It is an interesting para
dox that never before has so much been

to speak out, who can command leader

done for youth and that never before has

youth been more unmanageable. We
have special days for youth, youth festi
vals, conferences, camps, associations,
unions, travel opportunities, scholar
ships, competitions and youth and child

ship, who refuse to shrug a bored

shoulder,

And what is the result:

demand to know

the

swept into

action.

Such young people are developed IN

THE HOME and any parent who has a
child like that can be proud. Who are
the slogan shouting students who wreck

psychology has never been more widely

studied.

who

reason why before being

We

have restless, violent agitated youth on

public property and neglect their studies

our hands.

at the call of any third-rate politician?

Let us not only make sure that they are

Should we stop treating youth as a

specially privileged group? After all,
youth is a phase like any other (Bernard

not our children, but let us also find out

what "our children" do when faced with

Shaw believed that "Youth is wasted on

such a situation.

the very young !!") and we should

seriously re-examine our attitude to

{fioHtinutd on pagi J?)

youth.

13

bur chiidren go very young into the

university and it is imperative that they
should not be exposed to unscrupulous
elements when they are at their most
impressionable stage. Let us, as parents,

protest against political interference in

academic life, let us instill in

young

people a respect for academic things and

let us never display a mercenary attitude
towards their education, evaluating it in
terms of future rewards.

Let us

not

encourage our children to go to law

against the university, nor to contest
examination results.

Whether we claim that the unruly

student elements are in a minority or a

majority we find ourselves in a tight cor

ner. If they are in a minority how can
they so influence and hold up university
and public life? What about "our
children" who are, we suppose, in a

majorityare they not exerting them

selves for good at all ? If, on the other
hand, these unruly elements are in a
majority, some at least of "our chiidren"
must be involved and this would suggest

that there is something radically wrong

not only with our universities but with

{Continuedfrom page &i

ness.

Parents must get the whole business

of'rights'and 'privileges' (words much

bruited about these days in every sphere

of activity) in their proper perspective.

More emphasis should be placed on our
dutiesand a young student's duty is
plainand young people must be made

Jesus said, "Watch out and guard

yourselves from any kind of greed; for a

man's true life in not made up of the
things he owns, no matter how rich he
may be." Then Jesus told them this
parable: "A rich man had land which
bore good crops. He began to think to
himself, '1 don't have a place to keep all
ray crops. What can I do? This is what
I will do,' he told himself; *1 will tear
ray barns down and build bigger ones,
where I will store my grain and all my
other goods. Then 1 will say to myself:
Lucky man ! You have all the good
things you need for many years. Take

life easy, eat, drink, and enjoy yourself I'

But God said to him, 'You fool ! This
very night you will have to give up your
I fe; then who will gel ail these things

every

one

performing

his dutv.

In Kerala and in Bengal things have

come to a dreadful pass- The whole
country is simmering. Let us courage

ously face and assess the situation.

Mothers would do well to consider that

their young are in danger and that their

whole future is threatened.

Let us as a

women's organization largely made up

of mothers, consider what we can do in
this explosive situation.

And

Jesus concluded, "This is how it is with

those who pile up riches for themselves
but are not rich from G^'d's point of
view." (Luke 12:13-21 TEV)

to realize that our privileges are depend

upon

Demas deserted the

you have kept for yourself?'"

our homes as well !!

ent

2 Pet. 2:15.

Apostle Paul because he was greedy for

the things of the world. 2 Tim. 4:10.
The results of covetousness and greed
have always been tragic. Such a person
is despised by everyone, including his
family, and himself.

14

Drunkenness, indebtedness and disease

are the three evils of the DhanabadJharia-Bermo coalbelt, with drink as the

living conditions combine with the aftereffects of heavy drinking to wreck the
health of the workers. Although the

centre of the vicious circle. The incomes

. incomes of the workers have increased

of about 250,000 colliery workers are

100% during the past ten years, their

absorbed by the liquor industry, and the

standard of living has shown no improve-

miners are driven into debt. The loans

taken on exhoritant terms, lead to fur-

mcnt. The consumption of liquor, however has increased from 330,000 liters to

ther drinking.

more than 500,000 litres per year.

Indescribably unhygienic

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the length and "breadth of the land.

Through the Bihie Society we have
a part in the circulation of the
scripturea in and around the city
of Kanpur.
Our work with the young people
is also paying dividends. The core-of this program is the small group
that lives in our Boys* Dormitory
and works in the book store.
Last
vd.nter we
held a-nlass in sermon

building for them, then gave them

opportunities
to develop their
talents. We were delighted to'hear
that one of the group, Daniel, was
invited to preach at his home-church at Ragaul during a recent
visit.

By the'invitation of the Indian

brethren, I continue as a co-pastor
of the church in Swarupnagar. I
preach hither and yon wherever an
opnortunity presents itself.

This year we

will be spending

less on the education of children.

One of the reasons

we

are giving

to applicants is that .we lack the

funds, which is true enough. Aside

from that, we have had very little

success with this type of program
where we merely pay the bills. Dor
the most part the children were:sent to good Christian schools but

their honie iDackground and p r e school training, together with

their ill-spent vacations defeated
us.

We will

continue to finance the

education of Daniel Washington who

is a very good student and will now
be in the Ninth Grade. We will also

help Anita Loyal who did not do so"

well but who managed to get "Pro
moted" to the Ninth Grade. In India
"Promoted"
is less than "Passed,"
"Promoted"
has the connotation of

not fully deserving it.

David Das

failed
and we doubt i f he will bereadmitted. John Peter did not de

velop

scholastically.

Daniel

...

. ^..cl

Prabhu

Das

also passed

the 12th Grade but not as brilliarb-

ly. as we had hoped.

to get him

We are hoping

into some kind of med

ical training

but

no opportunity

has opened up as yet.

The conclusion

of the matter i s

that we recommend our work to your

budget.

are

ExOept

hoping to

for some fvpidQ we

save for tftb next

trip home^^,' the nest-egg wMch we

accTuaulated :in 1964-65 is gone. At

the same time, despite eco3aQmizi3ag,

our expenses

are

increasi:^, The

devaluation of the rupee in-1966

hrought us temporary relief, hut
for

the

sake

of

the country we-

hope that it does not happen again*

Some of our faithful contributors
are no longer able to give as much

as they previously did.

We.are addressing this
who

have

known

us

to those
through the

years.

We do not want new contri

butors

as

much as we want an en

larged, involvment

by the old con

tributors. My next furlough may of

necesis?.ty

be

short

one and I

would prefer to spend it among my

old and time-proven friends.
This is NOT a panic appeal. I am
just asking my old fiiends to con
sider my past record, present sit
uation and future prospects. In

any event,

the Lord will provide.

Through the years

sending

out

financial

every

two

our

report

months.

we

have been

newsletter
regularly

and
one

Contributors

also recxeive Airletters once every

two or three months. We always
strive to be honest in our report

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15*00

Kentucky:

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50.00

Unity Christian Church

20.00

East Union Christian Church , 48.39

Miascuri:

Neeper Church .

20.00

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54;33

Ohio:

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Bladensburg L oyal Daughters

Mrs. Robert Meade and Dale

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(Mildred Howell)

120.00

10.00
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25.00

Mr. and Mrs, Warren Steiner

5.00
Mrs. Elorence Flint
10.00
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Women's G\iild, Linden

Homebuilders, Linden

25.00
35.00

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36.00

William B. Wowra

Dorothy Schmale

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Mrs. Eva Brakefield, Sflbina

60.00
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15 #00

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ionald 5*# Peel

'

10.00

Washlngt ons

Wapato Christian Church .

10.00

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ESCPEroED IN MA.Y AND JUNE, 1968 -^

Salary, May and June
$300.00
Educational

.139.48.

Medical

43.00

Other Benevolence

19.50

Hindi Publications
Office

69.42
18.42

Housing

22.18

Utilities
Christasian & Publicity
Church Projects

23.48
21.10
32.31

Bible Society
Transportation
Book Store, Library
Bilaspur Business

36.07
18.84
61.34
.67

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Volume

May
June

, $80.33
$11.8 3

$92.16

Bibles

40*
3

N.T.s

15
2.

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1967

SDMjVIARY OP PINAlTCIAIi REPORT

Balance May 1st

Contributed
Total Receipts.
Less Expended

$1468,13
643.72
2111,85
8O5.8I

Balance July 1st.

1306,04

Less Furlough Fund

Funds in Hand

1000.00
306.04

During the month of June,-1 spent

three pleasant weeks

at Landour

where

in the, hills

Frank and Marie?

Rempel also vacationed. I spent

most of the time reading and only
wrote one article.

Book Store sales

slumped during

June and so did church attendance.

From an average of 82 in. March and

April, the attendance slipped to

66 in May, then to 52 in June.

Three other unfort-unate thinga
happened during June, Two days af
ter my departure for Landour, some
one stole the stop-watch which we
used to time Long Distance tele
phone calls. Largely as a result
of this, James was released from
his job in the book store. Since
then the book store has been closed
in
the
afternoons.
In the third

instance

a young lady of the con

gregation eloped and submitted her

self

to

anti-Christian

rituals.

Besides that, the young man has no

relatiyes- in Kanpur and his past

history should have "been thoroughly

checked.

We are momentarily expecting newsfrcm dhansi' announcing the arrival

of our latest "grandchild," off

spring, of Sana and Rosie Masih.

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A,

AS THE RAIN AND SNOW COME DOWN FROM THE HEAVENS

AND RETURN NOT THERE AGAIN, BUT WATER THE EARTH
AND MAKE IT BRING FORTH AND SPROUT, THAT IT MAY GIVE
SEED TO THE SOWER AND BREAD TO THE EATER SO SHALL
MY WORD BE THAT GOES FORTH OUT OF MY MOUTH- IT
SHALL NOT RETURN TO ME VOIDWITHOUT PRODUciNG
ANY EFFECT, USELESS-BUT IT SHALL ACCOMPLISH THAT
WHICH I PLEASE AND PURPOSE, AND IT SHALL PROSPER
IN THE THING FOR WHICH I SENT IT.
Isaiah 55:10,11
Amplified Bible

Vol. XIV, No. 4

August

Kanpiir, India.

The Church
A study by :

Dr. D. D. DASEN

Writer and Lecturer of: "JBibPe-Tfuth" Seekers' Fraternity, Madras7.

; (a) To enlighten man,

iK Thei 'Ghurch is the Workmanship of

God; or the Creation of God. The
;

(b) To convict of sin righteous

ness and of judgment./ John

Ghntich therefore is-'not a itian-made

i 'organization likfr any' human society.

God creates through Christ His Son
(Jesus Christ The word, of God)

16:8-9'

2.

Genesis
John

1:1-30
1:1-3

God creates :

(c) To recreate man in the deepest

depths of his being. Romans

>
'

8:1-39

This Recreation is accomplished by

imparting Faith and Repentance
through the written Word and the

(a) The World through the Son.

spoken Word.

Psalms 33:6-9; 148-5-6

Colossians 1:15-17

Hebrews 1:1-3.

By the justified sinner being sanctified

. through obedience to the law of the
spirit of life in Christ Jesus, RomaiiS
6:1-3; 8th chapter and the sinner
being buried with Christ in Baptism
and raised up to new life in the
Spirit.

(b) The Church through the Son

whom God the Father?sent
into the World.
1:18-21
3:13-21

Mathew
John

Mark.
II Corinthians

Ephesians..

Romans 15:16b.

10:45
5:17-21

PhilUpians.

1:3-10
2:5-11

Colossians

U19-20

CONCLUSIONS:

1.

No individual by hiis Own action can

become a

2.

It is the Lord that makes him so and

adds him to the church.

3.

Therefore without the experience of

Regeneration and Baptism an in-

First Stage:

(a) By His Life of perfect right

.

. dividual cannot become a member of

Mathew 3:13-17

the Church which is Christ's Body.

Except the individual is indwelt by the
Spirit he cannot belong to the
Church. It is the Father that adopts
us as children. It is the Holy Spirit
that gives us the assurance regarding
this adoption.
4. The Church grows by the Christian

(b) By His death, which is an

At-one-ment for sin..
Colossians 1:19-20
Hebrews
2:14-18

Phillippiahs .2:5-11

Christian or a child of

God.

3. The Son accomplishes His task. ^

eousness

'

'

(c) By His Resurrection.

SecondStage

obeying the Great Commission.

By sending into the World His Holy

Spirit to dweii in the hearts of men.
John 14:15-17;15;26

Matthew
John
Acts

15:26-27
16: 7-15.

28:18-20
20:19-23
1:1-8

Dr. D. D. DASEN

I n dian P r ess G1 ea n in g
Compiled by R. R. H.
Mr. Morarji Desai, India's Deputy
Prime Minister, has called upon the
champion? of- prohibition

to

make

arrangements for a nationwide agitation

for the imposition of total prohibition.

If the country i&. not dry in the next 10
years, he said, it willjiever be so because

there will be far too many people drink

ing by then.

Mr. Desai said that- some

of his friends.had.advised him to give up

his campaign against prohibition to
enhance

his

chances

for the

Prime

Ministership. Mr. Desai wanted to know

what would be the use of his becoming

Prime Minister if he compromised the
principles he stood for.
X

Malaria has staged a comeback and

is causing concern to the health authori
ties who thought that the disease was
almost eradicated from India. As a

matter of fact, two-thirds of the country

had been freed of malaria. However,
hundreds of cases are now being report

ed in states which had been declared

malaria-free. The main reason for the
setback is that when fresh outbreaks were
reported, health authorities itf the affected

states failed to take timely measures to

check the return of the disease. A short
or delayed supply of DDT and other

anti-malarials, together with a general

lack of co-ordination among the local
health authorities, are among the other
reasons for a recrudescence of malaria.

Mr; e. N-. Annadurai, Chief Minister

of Madras, has said that his belief in
prohibition of alcoholic liquors had

Representatives of the State Govern

ments will so.on meet in Delhi for a con

strengthened after his tour of the United

States and other Western countries. He

ference to. propose ways and means for

the eradication of beggary in India.
drinks butin Indiadrinks take thepeople'. According to the 1961 census, 19,000
Mr. Anhadurai said that an average people sleep on pavements in Calcutta
American took a quarter glass of liquor municipal areas alone, and of these, 50

^said that la those countries 'people take

and kept on sipping for hours together;

but In India, people gulp their liquor.
Wh en" somebody asked him why he did

parties run houses for deformed.people

not take liquor, Mr. Annadurai replied

problem can be tackled by each-State if

per cent: are- beggars.

and trade on them.

that he got the same feelinjg without

liquor as people get by taking liquor.
X

Some interested

It is felt that the

inter-State movement of beggers is

stopped.

Mrs. Sangam Laxmibai, member of

Fifteen thousand Muslims celebrat

the Lok Sabha, has suggested that a

ing the Moharrum festival, were respon

simple way.to solve India's language con

sible for

troversy is to spread women's education

delaying eighteen trains at

Moradabad. Wanting to cross the railway

line with their Tafias (large paperfloats),
they found their way obstructed by the

at a faster pace. Mrs. Sangam Laxmibai

.said that the reason why people fought
dver language was that they did riot know telegraph wires. For six hours, the rail
this or that language. The solution was:' way authorities tried to convince the^
'Educate women. They learn so much processionists that they could clear the
faster.' telegraph wires by lowering the Tazias,
X
X
but ultimately, at 3:30 a. m., 48 overhead

telegraph wires had to be cut to allow

the procession to. pass.
'
X

A boy who. was found cheating in his

examinations at Bulandshahr, had to
return home without his trousers and

with a towel wrapped around his waist.

According to the rules, all material used
for cheating has to be submitted to the
authorities, and the boy had written

The increasing height ofTazias also

created a ^disturbance at Khaupur. To
niake way for their Tazias, some pro
cessionists attempted to cut. down the
branches of some mango trees. This led
to a clash between two groups of people

answers on his pants.

X

who turned; to violence to settle their

a goat that was awaiting his turn in sL

dispute. Thirteen persons were injured

butcher shop. The owner of the shop

had kept the money in the pocket of a
shirt hung in the shop. During the after

and 56 persons were taken into custody.

X

A total of Rs. 730 was chewed up by

Thousands of "lost" files of the New

noon, the goat was let loose in the shop

Delhi city administration were turned

up in a raid by the Vigilance Depart

while the owner slept outside. The goat

pulled down the shirt, the notes fell on
the floor, and the goat swallowed them.

ment. The files contained such things

Discovering his loss, the owner promptly

as demolition notices, notices of fines

for various violations, and orders for
water connexions. . Some of the files

operated on the goat and found the

notes in the form of paper pulp. He
consoled himself by cooking the mutton

contained cheques.
X

and.inviting friends to the "rich" repast.

- One of the. most important

recommendations of the Punjab
Administrative Reforms Commission

raided the railway station and set the

a file travels at the Secretariat to twois

be

implemented.

cows free. The Police recovered 13 cows

The

and arrested 7 students.

Labour Minister, Mr. Krishanlal has said

that the recommendation was extraordi-,

narily revolutionary and rould perhaps

not be. implemented with the present
administrative structure.

from high blood pressurefor a long time.,

X

When a group of gamblers was arres

found themselves landed at Mansi station

in first class with, lower class tickets.

The marriage parties had to pay Rs. 900

and Rs. 350 in excess fare and fines

before they could continue their journeytoo late for the functions next day.

to be tried, convicted and fined by a

railway magistate. They were travelling

suggested that any of the gamblers who

would agree to receive,five chappal (shoe)
beats each from their wives could avoid
going to jail. The gamblers, however,
refused to undergo this humiliation.
X

- Members of two marriage parties on

their way to the bride's place by train,

ted at Konch, their friends pressed the

police to let the ganiblers off. The police

by jumping into a tiger's den at the

Lucknow zoo. He had been suffering

It would also

staff.
X

A police constable committed suicide

lead to a large-scale retrenchment of

X

shipped to a butcher at Calcutta, they

to reduce the seven tiers through which

not likely to

When a group of students at Ghatampur learned that 19 cows were being

HOW GOD

Six pitfalls to avoid in life.

And an answer to the question,
^*If a person has missed God's
guidance and taken the wrong
road, must he be put off course

GUIDES

for life ?"

BY J. I.

Packer

Reprinted From "Evangelical Magazine"

Even with right ideas about guidance

in general it is still easy to go wrong,

particularly in 'vocational' choices. No

area ofbears clearer witness to the
frailty of human natureeven regenerate
human nature.

"The way of the foolish is right in his

own eyes'; but he that is wise hearkeneth

unto counseP' (Proverbs 12:15 R. V.). It

is a sign of conceit and immaturity to

dispense with taking advice in major
decisions.

The work of God in these cases is to

incline first our judgment and then our

There are always people who know

the Bible, human nature, and our own

ed out as best suited for us, and for His

glory and the good of others through us.

and even if we cannot finally accept their

advice, nothing but good will coine to us
from carefully weighing what they say. .

can all too easily behave in a vyay which

oneself. We dislike being realistic with

whole being to the course which, of all

the competing alternatives, He has mark-

But the Spirit can be quenched, and we

gifts and limitations, better than we do

FOURTH, unwillingness to

suspect

ourselves, and we do not know Ourselves

at all well; We can recpgriize rationaliza
tions in others and quite overlook them
false piety, super-supernaturalism df.an Tn ourselves. 'Feelings' with, an egounhealthy and pernicious sort, that de boosting, or escapist, or self-indulging,
mands inward impressions that have no or self-aggrandizing base, mustbe detecr
rational base, and declines to^ heed the ted and discredited, not mistaken for
guidance.
constant biblical summons to 'consider'.

stops this guidance getting through. It

is worth listing some of the main pitfalls.

FIRST, unwillingness io think. It is

This is particulary true of sexual, or

God made us thinking beings, and He
guides our minds aS' in his jDresence we sexually conditioned, feelings. As a
think things outnot pth'efwise. "O that biologist-theologian has written: 'The
joy and general sense of well-being that
they wer&mse... .thatthey wpiild

often (but not always) goes with being

"in love" can easily silence conscience
and inhibit critical thinking. How often

\(Deuteronomy 32:29).

SECOND, unwillingnessto thii^k ahead

and weigh the long-term" consequences of

people say that they "feel led" to get

married (and probably they will say "the
Lord has so clearly guided"), when all
they are really describing is a particularly

alternative courses of action." 'Think

-ahead' is part of the divine rule of life

no less than of the hunian rule of the
road. Often we can only see what is wise

novel state of endocrine balance which

and right (and what is foolish arid wrong)

as we dwell on its long-term issues.

makes them feel extremely sanguine and

'O

happy' (O. R. Barclay, GutWancg).

that they were wise.. . that they would

We need to ask ourselves

consider their latter end."

Scripture is emphatic on the need for this.

we 'feel*

a particular course to be right, and make

ourselves give reasonsand we.shall be

THIRD, unwillingness to take advice.

:5

wise to lay the case before some one else

whose judgment we trust to gjye his

verdict on-p,ur/reasohs. Wp' need als^^to?
keep praying: 'Search me, and know .my
thoughts; and see if there be any wicked,
way in me, and lead me in the way ever-'
lasting(Psalm 139:23?24). We can never
distrust ourselves'too much.

FIFTH,

watching the car sink and vanish: the

damage would be done, and that would

be that. Is it the same when a Christian

wakes up^ to the fact that he has missed

God's guidance and taken the wrong way?

Is the damage irrevocable? Must he now

unwillingness to

primal magnetisiii.

this knowledge would not be of much

comfort ifJ tjiep. ,hgd ..to stand -helpless

discount

Those who have not

be put off course for life ?

Thank God, no. Our God is a God

cannot

who not merely restores, but takes up our

mistakes and follies into His plan for us

ba^ fromtifee. to

made it possible

part of the wonder of His gracious so

.selT^^^^

to gain an

^beeh.-made deeply mtvare of pride and

self-deception

in

themselves

always detect things in others, and this

and brings good out of them. This is

for- welf misanihg lmtdeluded men with a

vereignty.

?alarmlhg ^draination over the minds and

I "will restore to you the years that

the locust has eaten, .and ye shall eat in
plenty, and be satisfied and praise the

'cdfascierrce^* ^6f 'otljiei's,. who fall under

their spell anlfdecline tojudge them by name of the Lord your God, that hath

dealt wondrously with you" (Joel 2:25-26).

-v^fld^'ev^wbeh a gifted and magnetic The JeSus who restored Peter, after his
maiy:is aWhre 'bfiiie^^d^^
and tries to denial, and corrected his course' more
avdid it^ he^^fs^ndt alw%s able to stop than once after that (see Acts 10,
GhfetitfhT.e^l^ tfeatiiig him' as an angel Qalatians 2:11-14), is our Saviour today
oi'^fdphefi'^nstru'riig^hls words as guid- and He has not changed.
ordinary standards.

arfdb fdif'ffieth'^t^^

blindly following

God makes not only the wrath of man

W's-lead, -^:ii^tfiis4s hot the way to be to turn to His praise but the misadven
led by God.

tures of Christians too.

, pufst^dingv.m^. are not, indeed,

necessU'rlfy;: rig^

This morning a letter came from a

minister who has felt obliged to leave his

they are not

I They and their congregation and denomination, and who

now, likeAbraham, goes out not knowing
whither. In his letter he quoted from a

vleWim^^^
but may not be
idolized.' ^!Frd^e' (testj all things; hold

fa;sCfhgt]wpc^^^

hymn by Charles Wesley on th sovereign

ty,and security of God's guidance. This

is the note on which .we would close.

SIXTHv uhwjllingness to wait, 'Wait

Guidance, like all God's acts of blessing

on the. Lord' is .a.constant refrain in the

under the covenant of grace, is a sover

Ps^rajsi atfd it fs a necessary WQrd, for

God often keeps us. waiting. He Js not
in such a hurry -as. we are, and it is not

Hrs^^y -to give

eign act.

. Not merely does God will to guide us

on the future

in the sense of showing us His way that

need for action in the.present, or

to guide usjinore than one step at a time.
_-When:in.d.qubti. .dqt-nothing, but con

that, whatever, happens, whatever mis

tinue, to.,wait on : God. When action is

takes we may make, we shall come safe

we may tread it; He wills to guide us in

the more fundameptal sense of ensuring

need ed li.^t^wlL eome.

home. '

i-.If I'found:! had driven into a bog, I

shoiild knowUihad:missed the road. But
-

( Continued, on page 15)

6

WHAT KIND OF A PERSON SHOULD I BE ?

By Ralph R. Harter

Chapter Five Continued

SOME THINGS THAT ARE DEFINITELT BAD

4.

DRUNKENNESS

A number of my friends are drunk

ards. , In fact, I provide the schooling

idea of the amount of grief which is in

the world today as a result of

for the sons of two of them.

drunkenness.

Because of

the drinking habit, these, two families

have always been in dire circumstances.

Drunkenness is definitely bad.

Churches of all denominations, the Jews,
the Hindus, the Muslims, and almost ail
of the world's religions condemn it. The
Bible plainly states that drunkards will
not inherit the kingdom of God.
(I Cor. 6:10).

Another drinking friend of mine told

me that he had his first taste of liquor at
a wedding. As a driver, he had many
opportunities to increase his drinking
until he lost job after job. When his

son was hospitalized for typhoid fever,

Just exactly what is drunkenness?

he had a drunken argument with the

doctors and forcibly removed the boy
from the hospital to his hovel of a home
where the boy died several hours later.
Two years later, his wife died of tubercu
losis in the most utterly miserable of
circumstances.

Doctors tell us that a person is considered

drunk if his blood contains more than

.5 per cent alcohol.

When this man himself

come affected.

died in December, 1967, it was difficult

to get enough mourners together to carry
his box to the grave.
We were all happy some months ago
when a good looking young couple was
married in Kanpur. Soon after, however,
the young lady returned to the home of
her parents. One of the reasons given
was the drunkenness of her young
husband. They are back together again
for awhile. They have a long hard life

Some

people

begin

drinking

because of defects in their personalities,

but drinking only exaggerates those
defects. When a person begins to drink
because of conflicts in his life, he becomes
less capable to deal with those conflicts.
Persons who are socially maladjusted be
come more so by drinking.
The experts like to say that drinking
is a sickness. (The same can be said for
all bad habits.) Drunkenness is a sick
ness for which the patient is largely res
ponsible, and the cure will depend largely

ahead of them.
Some other friends of mine

From a practical

viewpoint, we consider a person to be

drunk when he cannot walk straight, and
when his thinking and speech have be

went

hunting at Christmas lime. Before start

ing for home, the driver enjoyed some

on him.

of the rural brew available in that neigh

borhood. In the tragic accident that

There are two main attitudes towards

drunkards: hilarity and disgust. Neither

one of these attitudes is helpful. Most
of us are too inexpert to deal properly
with the drunkard's psychological prob-

followed, one was killed and the others

were hospitalized.

Multiply these incidents by several

million times and you will have some
7

lems; nevertliless, love can lead us to

make some helpful contribution towards
his cure and his salvation.

For these reasons, Christians should

totally abstain from alcoholic beverages
even though the Bible does not insist on

When he is

sober, we can talk with him as a fellow

human being. We can reason with him,
pray with him, love him, and point him
to Christ. We can arrange for any pro
fessional treatment that he may need,
and we ought to provide him with the

total abstinence.

Some of our friends have told us that

they limit themselves to small amounts

best way to avoid it is by being a total

abstainer and by never taking the first

of beverages of low alcoholic content,

and that they never exhibit any signs of
drunkenness. Later, however, we hear
that they have been drunk. Their excuse
for this is that some companion tricked
them or pressured them into drinking
more. Such companions are always found
in such places, and such companions
are capable of many other unfortunate

drink. Many drunkards began their race

things.

maximum

amount of wholesome

fellowship.
Tne horrific catastrophe of drunken
ness is to be avoided at all costs, and the

to ruin by drinking a little beer at

parties. The best way to stop drinking
is to never start. In this case, an ounce

Intelligent people should also con

sider the example that they are setting

for others. They should realize that

of prevention is worth a ton of cure.

their children and other admirers will

emulate them and will soon outrun them
in the race to alcoholism.

It must honestly be admitted that the

Bible docs not insist on total abstinence.

We must realize, however, that it is easiqr

By taking a first drink, we have noth

to become a drunkard in modern times

ing to gain and everything to lose physi

cally, mentally, financially, spiritually,
socially, and every other way. By being
a total abstainer, we have nothing to
lose and everything to gain, including
cheaper insurance premiums.

than it was in ancient times. The pro

cess of distillation by which beverages of
high alcoholic content are produced,
was not in vogue until 1500 years after
Jesus lived on earth.

The

alcoholic

beverages of today are ten times more

potent than the wines that were common
even 500 years ago.

To those wise persons who want to

be total abstainers, a healthy spiritual

life is of immeasureable help. Such a

Also, in this modern age of fast and

powerful machines, a little drinking has
become a very dangerous thing. In
countries where such statistics are kept,

one should choose companions who do

not drink. It is also helpful to abstain
from smoking since the use of tobacco

frequently predisposes people to the use

it has been found that more accidents

of alcoholic beveraaes.

-result from drinking than from any other

factor.

SOME

OUTSTANDING
WOMEN

OF THE BIBLE
"BAI

By-MTSS
MICHAL
AN ATTEMPT ON DAVID'S LIFE

The king, probably as the result of the

nervous tension generated by his jealousy
of David, was immediately plunged into
a fit of madness worse than the one from
before. David

which he had suffered

tions sent out by the king, that cornered

could not have suspected that Israel's

deliverance at his hand, a victory for
which i-.e had given God all the credit,
would have created this sharp cleavage
between himself and his sovreign. Intent
only on using his skill to soothe the dis

him again and again. These escapes

ought to have convinced th king that the
purposes of God were both plain and
steadfast, but Israel's ruler was passed
beyond this point. His deliberate acts of

disobedience seem to have opened up the

way for the entrance of evil spirits, as the
result of which he had become blind, and

turbed feelings of Saul he lookup his

harp as he had done before and began
running his skillful fingers over the stri
ngs.

his understanding had darkened. His

heart hardened and his conscience dead

As his madness reached a climax,

the king suddenly grasped and flung a

javelin, which had been by his side,
straight at David. Surely it was only
with the help of God that David was able
to dodge the murderous weapon and
escape from the presence of the demented

ened, Saul had passed the point of no

return in his headlong plunge into dark
ness.

Every promise made to David, as the

slayer of the great Goliath, was forgotten.

As a fugitive, David lost his standing in

monarch.

It was the first of many hairbreadth

escapes for David. The mad king seemed
to become obsessed with the idea

of God from his heart, by his wanton

disobedience. As an irrefutable proof
that God was with him, David escaped
not only from the spear thrusts of Saul,
but repeatedly, during the eight years
that followed, from the armed expedi

the king's army, of course. Through it all

David was not the least bit affected by

the king's ingratitude, nor by the attempts

of

killing the young Israelite, for "Saul was

on his life.

afraid of David because the Lord was

wisely in all his ways and the Lord was

with him." When Saul saw this, "he was
afraid of him. But Israel and Judah

with him and was departed from Saul."

His lack of reason made him forget that
it was he himself who had driven the Spirit

loved him."
9

"David behaved

himself

In the further hope of destroying

David, Saul sent him to fight the Philisti
nes in his own behalf. With suave words,
but with murderous inner feeling, the

king said : "Behold my elder daughter

Merab, her will I give thee to wife; only
be thou valiant for me and fight the
Lord's battles." Even the thought that
if his secret wish were fulfilled and David

died in battle, his daughter would then

become a widow, seems not to have
troubled Saul.

Though David protested his unworthi-

David must have been aware of

Michal's infatuation for him, and per

haps somewhat flattered that a princess

should single him out for her attentions.
But he was too wise to betray his own

feelings. Again he protested that he was

not in a position to marry a princess,
saying, "I am a poor man, and of no
repute. Is it a little thing that I should
become the king's son-in-law ?"
With consummate cunning, the king
seized on this answer, and conveyed to
David the answer: "The king desires no

ness to be son-in-law to the king of Israel,

marriage present, except a hundred fore

partly perhaps because of his poor fin

skins ot the Philistines, that he may be

ancial condition, which made it impossi

ble for him to provide the dowry suitable
for a king's daughterSaul seemed quite
sincere in his purpose, and preparations
for the wedding proceeded.

The strange request did not, however,

present any problem to David. Gathering
a small force of his intrepid followers

avenged of the king's enemies."

as adventurous and skilled as himselfhe

With malicious intent however, when

the time came for the wedding, Saul

went and fought with the Philistines and

returned with double the

suddenly disappointed David and gave

his eldest daughter to Adriel, a captain
in the army. Michal, to whom the offer
of Merab to David had been a great blow,
now secretly rejoiced. David, whatever
may have been his resentment, was ena
bled by his Lord to hide his feelings, and
he went about as though nothing had
happened.
Saul's second daughter, Michal, had
been unable to hide her feelings for David

so dejected did she become at his frequent

and prolonged absences, and so animated
when he was near. The suspicions of the
court maidens that the king's daughter

of

The success of the mission left, Saul

finally had no alternative but to allow

the marriage to proceed.
What a day of days it was for Michal!
Fortunately the young princess did not
guess, and would not have liked to be
told, what the future held for her. Her

present joy was supreme and it was a joy

that was heightened by Jonathan's delight
at now having an even closer bond with
David, as a brother-in-law. The straight
forward Jonathan did not suspect tne
king's evil motives toward his friend.

was in love with David were soon whis

pered in the king's ear.

Saul was delighted. He would use
Michal in his plans for David's destruc
tion. He conspired with his servants to
lull David into a false sense of the king's
favor and of the king's sincerity.. Calling

Each new frustration only increased

Saul's fear of David and consequent
determination to destroy him. He kept

David to him, Saul himself said, "You

(Next issue: DAVID MOVES WITH

DIVINE WISDOM)

a close watch on David's every word and

action, in the hope of finding an excuse

for eliminating him.

shall now be my son-in-law.

number

trophies that the king had requested.

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Sermon OidUnei for Barefoot Trecx^Bri.

J. D. Hiint III

SOMEXmNG aAPPENED I
Acts 2:12

Jntro'.---\xi an article on the Grand

feeling, or some strange voice in

Canyori, in the National Geographic

the night.

magazine, the author tells about a cow

B. He came to guide the apostles into

boy who was riding through the brush

looking for his cattle, and suddenly came

all truth.

regardless of the best intentions.

So Jesus said, JOHN 14:26;16:7,13.

C. He came to convict the world of

prised understatement."

sin, righteousness, and ofjudgment.

JOHN 16:7-11. (reprove-convict,
convince) He gave the answer on

We have a somewhat similar feeling

as we read the 2nd chapter of Acts.

Something surely happened on the Day

of Pentecost after the ascension of

Christ.

Pentecost to those that were con. ' /vict.ed of their sins.

D. He came as the gift of God to all

whowill -hear, believe- and obey

At Pentecost is spotlighted the full

revelation of the power of God at work

in saving and redeeming mankind.

Him. ACTS.2:38-39.

E. Just as the Spirit hovered over the

Leading up to Pentecost was the

divine preparation for the. moral and

void and chaos in the beginning

and transformed it into a cosmos,

spiritual .recovery of the race, yes,,and

far more.. . .for populating heaven with

so He can take our futile and

frustrated lives and transform them

people made in God's image and created

to have fellowship with Him. Matt. 3:1-3:

to the glory of God. GEN. 1:2.

F. The

Mai. 3:1-3; Acts 2:12

Holy Spirit has come to

. - selected persons, on various occa

{amazedXo throw out of position,

throw into wonderment; </ott^/-perplexed,

sions, with varying effects, and for

different purposes, in the ages

to be entirely at a loss; meanethlUsed of

things that tend or point to some conclu
sion; Mwthat thing)

Human memories are

faulty and error easily creeps in,

up to the brink of this great wonder of

nature for the first time. '"Wo wI Some
thing sure happened here,' was his sur

past. I Cor. 12:1; ACTS 8:14-16.

He has acted entirely in a sovereign

capacity, conferring His gifts

:Something happened at

without previous promise or condi

Pentecost
THE SPIRIT CAME.

promise, ACTS 1:8, and \yas for

tion, ^but His coming was a

the purpose of producing |moral

A. fte came in apublic manifestation,

and spiritual ffuit in the lives of

ACTS 2:1-4. He was not just a

11

all who receive Him.

SometMng happened at
Pentecost
II

cost

Pentecost

Hold to your seats for this one.

V

1:1.

. claimed. HEB. 1:2, ACTS 2:31-36.

The opinions of men have no power

to saveonly the Gospel . has
that. Men say that as long as we
are sincere that is enough, but

You see what this does to division

and denominations, and this is in

Pentecost shows otherwise.

harmony with the prayer of Jesus in

Sonietiiing liappened at .

JOHN 17:20-22.

Pentecost

Something happened at

III PEOPLE WHERE CONVICTED OF

SIN. . . : .

Pentecost
VI THE CHURCH LAUNCHED
UPON HER ETERNAL CAREER.

A. In ACTS 2:37 see the powdr of the

A. Since that day she has gone forth

"mid toil and tribulation, and
tumult of her war" winning victory

the Spirit's

answer to lost men..

C. In ACTS 2;41, see the g)ad obe

-

JUST TO BE SINCERELY RELIG

IOUS IS NOT ENOUGH.

Acts 2:5(devout-reverencing God,

pious, religious) LUKE 2:25.
My friends, this should be enough to
convince us that only God's way has
validity.

C. Jesus, the Living Word, was pro-

Gospel.
~
B. In ACTS 2:38 see

resurrected

Something happened at

A. Th'e Old Testament was affirmed

to be God's word. ACTS 2:16; .
2:25-28; 30-31.

the

gift of the Holy Spirit and the

hope of eternal life.

GOD'S WORD WAS SPOKEN.

B. The Old Testament was prophetic,

promissory and piecemeal. HEB.

revealed

Christ, the remission of sins, the

after-victory piider Christ

dience .of these cbrtvicted dries..

D, IN ACTS 2:42 see the stedfastness
of these saints of God.

Headv

her

'

B. Since that day she has been the

candlestick in the world, REV. 1:20.

' at

Pehtecibst .

'

C. Since that day ^e has been "the

' pillar and -gropncf of the truth,"

iv A SIMPLE PLAN-WAS OFFERED.

A.

For the first time in .history pien;

were given a :siriiple, satisfactory

arid coniplete answer to the qties-:

only agency in fedeeming jrifint

frorri sin.

tiori, ^'What m^t Tdo to be saved?"

10:L4; 10:^.

Jesri^ sees"tlie b^bple' in MATT.

16:18.

9;35-38 burdened by the traditions

MY FRIEND,

'of men."

WON'T YOU "EET

SOMETHING HAJ^PEN TO YOU?

For generation after generation

WON'T YOU ACCEPT CHRIST

AND LIVE?

death had laid it^ .icy hand upon

every man (with two nqtable ex-

ceptions):sin^;Adajny But Pente

You can belong to all

kinds -pf -dubs, Ctci," bnt= not'a

- single one.'Qan save; ydri-^dnlythe
church has the^messagb) MATT.

For Israel^Paul tells 'us, in Heb;^:

B.

D. Since that day she,'has; been G.od3s

12

Loyalty to One Another

BY JOHN KENNEDY

Condensed from Balance of Truth

The degree of our loyalty to. one
another is a most significant indication

of the measure of our spiritual maturity.

I remember as a boy at school, our
mathmatics teacher once trying to dis
cover the source of a particular piece of
mischief.

"Who

did such-and-such ?"

he demanded in a very business like voice

to the awed class before him, and paused

for the offender to own up to his mis

deed. At that decisive moment, one of
the mischief-maker's friends betrayed
him with a look in his direction. "Why
did you give him away ?" shouted the
teacher angrily, directing all his wrath
away from the culprit on to the boy
who had betrayed him. Then followed
a lecture on the despicability of disloyalty.
We knew the teacher was right. As
schoolboys we had our disagreements,,
and also our s.tandards.

agreement to advance oneself and humi-.

liate the other.

We have an apt example of this inthe relationship between Paul and Peter.
Peter, by an act of compromise, was
partly responsible for the Judaistic in

fluence that was destroying the life of the

churches in Galatia. Paul recognising

the serious implications of Peter's wrong
attitude, withstood him in no uncertain

terms, and that too in public in Antioch

(Gal. 2:11-12). We can take it that
Peter benefited from the rebuke, for there
is no further suggestion of this same,
compromise in his witness. Later, as we
read in Acts 15, he gives his tesimony ,

before the Jerusalem elders as a proof

that the grace of God is not dependent
upon the observance

of Jewish rites .

Paul and he were now in full agreement.

We were far

Paul could have made capital,out of

from condoning any kind of behaviour,,
serious lapse. He could have en
and were by no means averse to meting Peter's
larged
his
own following by demohstraout salutary judgement among overselves;
but loyalty was considered by us to be a ting that Peter had been a teacher of
prime virtue.

For the tale bearer we

had no time whatsoever.

In the school

boy dialect of the area ; he was a 'clipe'.

A 'clipe' was the outcaste of our school
boy society.
Loyalty does not necessarily mean
agreement, as the little experience I
have already related suffices to show.
Loyalty means honesty, honesty in giving
honor where honor is due, honesty also

in facing up to a person's shortcomings,

and perhaps standing up against them
very strongly. But moist important of
all, loyalty means to "have the person's
own good in view, whether in agreement
or disagreement, and . certainly never,
never to take advantage of any dis

error. He could have used the incident

of Peter's different attitude at Jerusalem

to show that he was an unstable character,;

or to suggest that he was a mere oppor-.
tunist who believed and taught whatever

wfis conducive to his own popularity at

the moment.
Or let us look at the matter from

Peter's side. Peter, with selfish satisfaction

could have retaliated later.

What would the book of Acts read

like, would there by any church at all

today, had not the servants of God in
those early days learned the basie lesson
of Christian loyalty ? There abounded

opportunity and incentive to disloyalty

which would have left the relationships

'13

among the apostles a laughing-stock, and /bebuilt up in the truth as it is in Christ.

the churches a shambles.
At the sanae tinie, we must learn to accept
exhortatioii frbin bthers.---

Paul wrote-tliese worcfs to the Corin

thian church; 'Tor we are labourers

. So; the question of personal loyalty is

basically a question of loyalty to the
Lord. If we are loyal to Him, the matter
of conflicting loyalties will take care of
itself. 'W.e will realise that true loyalty
is a matter not of servility, but of fellow

together, with God." (I Cor. 3^9). - He

was referring primarily to Appllos, Pe^er
and hjmself. The Corinthians were
, fostering divisions around these three,
yet this('was' ifi'' marked contrast to the

spirit of unity which existed among these

ship which-edifles. '
tjire.e meij. themselves,
.. .
The selfish disloyalty which, but,for
the grace of God might have develP^ed
to the fulh of the eariy church, is an all

" 'T must be loyal to the truth." How

many times these words are-given as an

too dismal- fact among- many in tnese

days who are supposed to be labourers

excuse for a break in fellowship, between

true believers. . .

together with God;" Peter, Paul and the

Very often, what is supposed to be a

others made their mistakes, as Scripture

honestly-shows, but they seemed to. be

loyalty .to the truth is no more than a

selfish prejudice. Loyalty to the truth

never means tbat we cian use some pet
doctrine,'scriptural as it may be, as a
bludgeon with which to dispense with
anyone who does hot wholly agree with

disiritefested in the proud place-seeking

which ties at- the root of jealousy 'and

disloyalty.

The; prpblems; confronting. loyalty

uspally ceptre round Igyajty to.a person

US; - Here hgain We hiust' femember our

oi* loyalty ,tp a doctrineV'

. loyalty t o a

LOYALTY TO A" iDOCTRlNE'

onb-alnd true loyalty whi6h is to Christ.

Loyalty to Him overshadows our loyalty

person

to. everything else.

Loyalty to. .some Chrikian leader

frequently comes into .conflict: with a
persson*s duty to others. Such a misplaced
loyalty discoumges ai.h'road and deep
fellowship; it narrows the focus of responsibility_doAYn to one individual.

Loyalty to Christ, .as we have already

said, means a bpncerh tb 'see the character

of Christ revealed in. our brethren. If,

then, we sincerely believe our. brother to

be lackihg in his insight into some

spirithal truth, we should hot laugh at

Human loyalty sees the good of a

him for his views: we should pray for

particular person as an end Ih itself. The

him.

psUlt is hero worship. Spiritual loyalty

We, should be concerned for him

is directed to Christ, and sees the good that he should see the truth as we do.!.
of others, only as a .direct:^outcoine of .
Oneof.the, tragedies of much so-called
loyalty to Him.
i- -r
loya.lfy to the truth is that it is" held in a
Loyalty to Christ brings with it the.

obligation of loyalty to the Whole family '

of God. Christian loyalty theretore, cannot be foeussed entirely upon one or
two people.. It entails identifying our
selves with the purpose of God in all
those to whom He has given us .a.minisi]^.

spirit pfbhrnal contention. Let us always

remember that; qnly as the character of

our daily lives reveals a loyalty to. the

Christ who was fuir of grace, only then

can we be loyal to the truth.

As believing Christians, wherever we

may be. God has greatly honoured us in

We do^not do this
please drawing us together with other believers;
everybody, but by bei.nl; faithful in pray^ to be labourers together with Him. Are
and exhortation that they with us might- welpyal?

14

{Continuedfrom page. 6)

Akbar Haqq is Optimistic

Slippings and strayings there will be

In an interview with Robin Thomson

reported in the May 1968, issue of Light

of Life^ Akbar Haqq, India's Billy Gra
ham, has said that he believes that in the

no doubt, but the everlastjng arms are

beneath us; we shall be caught, rescued,

restored. This is God's promise; this is

how good He is. Thus it appears thkt the

next ten years we may see about 10%

of the people in India turning to Christ.
"India is spiritually open as it has never
been before," the evangelist said: "Even

not let us ruin our souls.

the Crisis

therefore in this discussion should be

anti-conversions Bill shows

that something is happening.

Interest

right context for discussing guidance is

one of confidence in the God who will
Our concern,

more for His glory than for our securityfor that is already taken care of.

is increasing in the churches, and Christ

ians are becoming bolder.". Citing last
year's crusade in Vishakhapatnam, Dr.
Haqq remarked, "Before that, the Christ
ians were afraid, but afterwards they
talked of the Lord all over the city,"

And our self distrust, while keeping

us humble must not cloud the joy with
which we lean on 'the Lord Protector'
our faithful covenant God: Here is the
verse from Wesley.

"Our problem," said Dr. Haqq, "is a

kind of inferiority complex, a lack of

Captain of Israel's host and Guide

Of all who seek the land above^

boldness.

Beneath Thy shadow we abide,

The cloud of Thy protecting love;
Out strength. Thy grace; our rule,
Thy Word;
Our end, the glory of the Lord.

We do not want fanaticism,

but we do need the holy boldness of the

Book of Acts. We have nothing to fear,
for India is waiting to hear."

Dr. Haqq does not believe in the

priority of "putting right the church
first."

"We have been preparing the

home for guests for centuries, with no

guests coming," he said. Akbar Haqq's
primary message to the Church is to turn
outwards, in a real encdunter with those
outside the Church. His strategy is to

And here is the conclusion

preach to Christians and non-Christians

together addressing them alike as people.

of the

matter, in the words of Joseph Hart:

'7"L Jesus, the first and the last.
Whose Spirit shall guide us safe home.
We'll praise Him for all that is past.
And trust Him for all that's to come.
'

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thing to do when our own writers are

too busy to write. It seems a long time

since we had a contribution from the

pen of Frank Rempel.

(You thought I

was going to say the pen of William

Gulick, didn't you ?

When we were pawing through thb

old photographs of the late Mr. Max
Jahn, we came upon the one we ato

printing on this month's cover. It wa|

taken of a lady selling Gospel portion^'
while Mr. Jahn was Hon'y. Distributidrf
Promoter in North India. We often asfc^el
Mr. Jahn for photographs of his worj

The Sermon'Outline by J.D. Hunt III

is the first we have heard from him since

he fled India last year with an empty

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due to the food shortage but due to his

inability to digest what was available.
I don't know why he had so much
trouble when I got along so well on the
.left-overs.

and he kept promising tO' give us somel

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U.P., India
r;/ENIT-NIKE

XEAHS 10 GO

On August 3rd, 1997? when I am

only 73 years old, I hope to be
celebrating the fiftieth anniver
sary of my arrival in India Even
t'-en I

v;ill have to serve an extra

6-J- years to eoual i.Irs liothermel' s

retirement age of eighty
Between now and then,.

later,

more

liKoly

sooner or

sooner

than

later,
I
will undoubtedly vacate
this house
at 112/352 Swarupnagar
for something better. Besides our
need for mere space for the many
facets of our work,
our surround

ings are becoming more and more

unsanitary because of the popula
tion explosion. Everyone who has
ever visited this house feels that

a shift to something better is long

overdue?
even
the
ov/ner
of the
house sees the -wisdom of i t .

idiss iioshier

and

Miss Chitwood

Kulpahar have long he en "after

us"
for the past several years to
increase the capacity and amenities
of our Boys* Dormitory in order to
accomodate more
of the ycung men
v/ho reaah the leaving age at the

Kulpahar Kids * Home. Some of these

boys need a higher education, some
need industrial training, and some
need to hunt for a job.
I f and when we do move into more

expensive quarters, it will not be

becaiise we can afford it, although

some of you may already be making

plans to solve this problem. During
the

past

six

months

our recs^s

have averaged
a month whereas
the average for the six months pre

vious to that

was $522 per month,

fhe expenditures during the past 6

months-

have averaged $4-60 a month

which rneons that our Reserve/Kurlough liuid has been eroded at the^^
rate of $118 per month. Finances

ing what they are, we shouldja^' be

thinking of renting a larg^i^house.

The reason we
thj^rf^ng about
it is that an i(Keal^s!fbuse for our
I'.eedv/ill become/a^a'^S'ble to us in

March or April

are definitely

planningtomovf^jffnto it. Besides an

increase in the rent, there will he

othernaiitenance expenses which will
benew tous. Ihen there are a

numbex

of furnishings in the housefor which

we will,have to pay cash. All those
in favor should remember us whenr^Q-l-"

ing out their, budgets for 1969,

V/e believe'

that v/e have taken a

big step forward

by employing
Croswell Iheophilus as a full-time
v/orker. Croswell has been working
evenings in the bookstore since

January, I964. At the same time he

was taking industrial training and
working as an apprentice in a fac

tory,

Since

Government

his

training was at

expense,

he

-is under

obligation to work for the govern

ment if -they should sinnmon him.
Otherwise, Croswell is happy to
serve the Lord v/ith us at a salary
which is less than he

in a

could command

secular job.

Those who have been following the

happily married life of Sani and
Hosie

will

be happy to hear thr;!

God blessed them

with their first

child,a son named Thomas and nick

named Raj, on July 22nd. He is fat

and good-looking.
From a low of 52 per v/eek in June
the church attendance rose

to

^9

per week in July. Tiae average in

August would have heen around 70
except, that one Sunday a very
heavy rain limited the attendance
to 21. As a result, the average for

August was only 58-

At the present time,

there

are

two Kulpahar orphans in our Boys*

dormitory: T'ohan Been and Noel

Singh. Both are looking for employ

ment.

Tohan

pocket
store

money by helping in the book

and running errands on the

has been earning his

scooter.

One Sunday noon after church,

Yohan took Samuel the blindman down
to the railway station to buy a

ticket.

On the way home, a 58 yr.

old man ran out in front of him.

Yohan did well in- bringing the
scooter to a
stop, but he still

gave

the

fellov/ enough of a bump

to send him sprawling in the streel;

Samuel fell off the back seat of
the scooter in front of an on-coming
bus. The bus stopped in good time
but for awhile all that blind
Samuel heard was revving motors on
all sides. The thought occured to
Samuel that he wouldn't be needing

his railway ticket, but things

were not all that bad and he left

on

schedule,

albeit

with a sore

foot.

Me had been hoping to send Daniel

Dass for Hale Nurses' training but
no opportunity came. At'the last
minute we sent him to an industrial

trolning school up-state

where he

is now training to be an electri

cian. Replacing Daniel in our donnitoryis James Ramadhar of Hamirpiir
who is talcing a three-months courre

in bus/truck driving.
The first ever
joint convention
of the churches of Christ in north
and central India will be held in

Kanpur

from October 17th to 20th.

This year the spiritual arrange

ments are being made by the centralites and the physical arrangements

by

the

northerners.

The plan is

that next year the convention will

be
somewhere in central India and
the roles will be reversed.

August

is a very imihealthy month

in India.
The Lord preserved our
own house from any serious illness
but we
have given some financial

help to patients suffering from

typhoid fever,
tuberculosis, flu,
female troubles and accidental in

juries. All we can say is that it is

cheaper than running a hospital-

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HOW SWEET ARE YOUR WORDS TO MY TASTE,
SWEETER THAN HONEY TO MY MOUTH !
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'^For it is the God who said, ^Let light
shine out of darkness* who has shone in our

In the very shadow of the cross,

what was surely the darkest hour ever

hearts, to give the light ofthe knowledge of the

endured by man found Jesus in an "agony

glory of God in the face of Christ".

(2 Cor. 4:6)
A physicis teacher had come upon an
amazing truth,, and imparted that truth
to his pupils by asking them: "When can
you see farther,, at night or in the .day
time ?" The students were wrong, of

of spirit", and He said, to the faithful

few who were still with Him, "Cheer up,

I have conquered the. world.!"
The man or woman who looks upward
through the awful darkness of acknow
ledged sinwhich is a blackness so denise

that no hope from the damnation of hell

remainssees "Jesus, crowned withglofy

course, when they answered, "In the

daytime."- -

and honor now, because of the death He

suffered." In that vision he sees the
ONLY One who can "lead him to salva

The most distant object visible in day

light is the sun. But at night one can see
stars which are millions of times farther

tion" (Heb. 2:9-10)

Christian, your darkest hour can be
the means for your achievihg the keenest
spiritual insight ! Many a devout person

away I

When, through awful calamity or deep

personal grief, your world turns black

has testified that had it not been for some

remember that God has said, "Let light

shine out of darkness."

great personal tragedy, he would have

missed a great blessing that lay beyond.

It is through the deepest spiritual

A weight of grief, which at the time

blackness that the world has yet been able

to devise that our spiritual gaze penetrates
the farthest into true enlightenment. It
is, in fact, ONLY through the knowledge

seems more than it is possible to endure

may be but the darkness of the night

through which the Morning Star can be
seen.

of the horrors of the cross of Christ that

spiritual perception can be awakened.

Don't forget!

The crime of deicide reveals to us the

possibility of eternal life.

It is GOD who said,

"LET THE LIGHT SHINE OUT OF

DARKNESS !"
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The Lesson of M0SES and AARON

SOME HELP IN UNDERSTANDmC

THE NATURE OF CHRISTIAN LIFE AND SERVICE.

By F. R E M PEL
Many attempts have been made to

The biographies of the two nien are

explain the nature of the Divine/human

too well known to require much elabora

relationship, some of which do no more

tion here. The pertinent fact about them

is that they performed very different
functions each appointed by God, arid

than to confuse us. The best of them fall

short of satisfying everybody-pefhaps

because that relationship is so intensely
personal.

one supplementing the other. The' two

of them together furnish us with a com
pletion, a totality of the Christian's
relationship to God so far as our service

This does not mean that son-

ship of God varies with each person, but

rather that each person's responses are
different from the others'. Our capacities
for appreciation and for assimilation of

to Him is concerned.

the meaning of our relationships to God

are vastly different.

fulfillfed the Divine intention for each of

us. Consider first the ministries of these
two men:

It seems to me that the most satisfying

of all the explanations are those that

AARON, THE HIGH PRIEST

utilize the scriptural examples as a basis.

Aaron was the older of the two bro

The entire roster of the Old Testament

thers, by three years. His leadership of

the people of Israel never appeats as
prominently as does that of Moses, and

saints, found in Hebrews the eleventh

chapter, is surely placed there for" our

emulation-and can we mistake the roaff

perhaps this is what sometimes leads us

to assign to his work a lesser importance.
THAT IS A MISTAKE, for the place that
Aaron filled in the design of God for His
people Israel was of equal importance,
which the fact that it was quite different

that WE must take if we study their lives?

This has its negative aspect as well, as
Paul makes it plain in the first Corinthian

letter (10:6-13).

Unless we can

achieve that totality we shall not have

The passage instructs us

in what we must NOT do if We are to

escape the punishment of disobedience of

from that of Moses does not in the least

God.

nullify.
His work as the spokesman for Moses
patriarchs, but the nature of their Divinely (Ex. 4:14-17) is not to be confused with
ordained functions help us to understand his later appointment as the High Priest.
what our Christian service must be.
(Ex. chapters 28,29; Lev. chapter s)
Although in imany respects their situations In the former task he served temporarily,
were quite different from ours, neverthe
as the mouthpiece of Moses because of
less the official (ordained) functions of that man's intransigence in the face of

Not only the personal lives of the

the two brothers, MOSES and AAROI^,

Gods's desire.

In the latter he served a

have a great deal to teach us.

function quite

independent of that of

his brother, though of course we must-be

H? was a party to a rebellion against the

careful to'think of the two' as being, not^^, E)ivinefy constituted authority of Moses,
contradictory, but complementary.
along with his sister Miriam, a mistake
for which Miriam alone seems to have
Perhaps the most important thing to =
notice, about Aaron's priestly ministry had to pay.
The point of all this is that Aaron was

was that he performed it generally WITH

HIS BACK TO THE PEOPLE-as it were,

a man, with all the frailties of humanity,

and himself subject to all the sufferings

that beset his people. His experience of

facing God. As the priestly function is

essentially an intercessory one-for it was
on the people's behalf that he and his

their trials and weaknesses created in him

an identification with the common people

that enabled him to present their case
before God. When he, in effect, pleaded
for forgiveness of sin for them in God's
sight, he did not speak of something that
he knew only theoretically. He spoke
from an experiential knowledge of their
condition that made hiin sympathetic to
thfem, and no doubt imparted a sincerity

sons offered ALL. the sacrifices-he stood

WITH his people BEFORE almighty

God.

The ritual of his and his sons' ordina-

tipn .must have .been a tremendously

impressive one, requiring seven days for

its complkion. During this time they

were-obliged to remain at the door of

the Holy place of the Tabernacle. The

ritual, performed in the sight of the
assembled congregation of Israel, consist

to his intercession

for he was one of them.

ed of washings in water, the anointing of

the priests with oil, their clothing in the

Conceive, then, of Aaron as being the

representative of fallen man in his reach

elaborate vestments of office, and the

offering of the various sin and ordination
sacrifices. All of this, as Moses said,
"is the thing which the Lord has com
manded to be done." ( Lev. 8:5)

ing out for the mercy of God.

God, with a limited authority to bargain

with God on their behalf.

pardon.

nation to the priesthood. It was to him

that the unbelieving and rebellious child

Moses is everywhere pictured as a

visible gods whom they might follow-and

Aaron obliged them by constructing the
golden calf. In recognition of his weak
ness and essential humanity, he was
obliged to offer sin offerings FOR

man of strong character;

The human

weakness was there, but it is not upon his

human weakness that the scripture dwells.
We are told only as much as it takes to
reveal that Moses was, in his person, a

his

man and not Divine.

induction into, office and periodically

after that. He was too humanly weak to

It seems important thkt we sl^d.uljd

think of Moses as being without, faults,

be able to control his own sons, two of

because tha;f is consistent with the func

tion that Moses performed, so different
from that of his older brother. For Moses

whom were removed from office in the

most drastic manner when they were

wilfully disobedient in the. matter of the

performance of the rhuai. (Lev. 9:1-3)

MOSES, THE MAN OF GOD

ren of Israel appealed when they cried for

of

He obtains

for them, in exchange for the various

sacrifices, that cleansing from sin and that
measure of peace and serenity that comes
as the result of f o f g i v n e s s and full

weakness both before and after his ordi

at the time

He is, in

some sense, an arbiter between man and

Aaron was, in his personality, no great

spiritual giant. He showed his human

HIMSELF, both

that made it effect

ive. His sympathy lay with the people

(Continued on; page 13)

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AN EDITOf^S LETTER. TO YOUNG PEOPLE

The following is from editorial comment in the HEBRON MESSENGER^ by
Brothn Bakht Singh mhich seems to us to have a lot of good advicefor serious
minded young Christians today
Dear Readers,
May the power of His resurrection be

abundantly manifested in and through

you.

During the past few months, while in

different cpuntries, I have met many

young people who are very eager to serve
the Lord and have offered their lives for

this purpose.

Hence 1 feel constrained

to write the following lines for the benefit

of all who. are waiting upon the Lord to

be trained for His service.
Please read Isaiah chapters 41 to 43,

upon your knees, slowly and carefully

and with faith in God's Word.

Here we

sure that the Lord has really spoken to

you in a clear way. There are many who
have thought they were called by the Lord
but they did not wait upon Him to make
sure of it. Later, when they had to face
difficulties, they became discouraged and
Went back.

As for those

who

know

definitely that they have been chosen by

the Lord for His service, nothing will

deter them; and the longing to forsake all

and follow Him will go on increasing in
them; and they will be quite restless untili
they have obeyed Him.
Secondly, once yoii have become,
certain that you have been chosen by the

have a clear description of the servant of

Lordlo be His witness and co-worker,

thought you should keep in piindGod

en ypu and'dbliver ypq frpih. alj the fe^rs

will also receive .assurances from;

God whose services can be abuiidantly you
Hiiq
and again, "Fear thoh not;
fruitful. I would like to share with you for I again
am with thee: be not dismayed; for
the following thoughts on this sulyect I am thy God: I will strengthen thee"
based upon these three chapters.
(Isaiah 41:10). He will give you all the
Notice the words. "Thou art my the. stren^thijbu need to facp eveiy tciil.
servant; I have chosen thee" (Isaiah 41:9) W^aU. upon the Lprd until you .receiye
If yoii really want God to use you effec such assurances. Then you can be sure
tively in His service; this is the primary that in the days tO come He will strength
has'chosen me; I am His servant'.
We read in the Word of God, "Many
are called, but few are chosen" (Matt.
22:14) Unless you are sure of your call

for God's service you will not be able to

faw the trials and sufferings which are
bound to come in your path and in the
path of all those who desire to follow the

Lord and serve Him. You should always

be" prepared to prove to anyone who
questions you, how and when and where
you, were called for His service.

w)iich the bnemy will tfy to create in your

mind.

Thirdly the Lord will uphold you with

His own" right; hapdithe right hand of
His righteousness (Isaiah 41:10 last part).

Whenever the enemy brings before you

any temptation-of the flesh, howeyer
strong andi serious such may be. He will
"
give you rictoiyJ '

Fourthly, yOli must learn to be sure of

God's perfect will before. making any
plans or going anywhere in His service.

There are many means by which the

In this connection', Wei )iave a very sdre

Lord may call you for His service, but

the important thing is that you must be

us in every difficult situation:. "I will

promise in Isaiah 42:16 that He wiiLguide

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bring the blind,by a way that they know' j^kftythlng. He will also give you extra
not; I will lead them in paths that they ability to do it. There is no doubt that
in the Lord's service sometimes you will

have not known".

There are many who have depended

upon their Bible knowledge and their
own past experience to have a fruitful
ministry, but in the end they have been
disappointed, and they have not seen real

have to face insurniountable mountains

and hard but important problems. For

such emergencies the Lord has given us
these promises: "1 will work and who
shall hinder it" ? (Isaiah 43:13); and "I
will make thee a sharp threshing instru
ment having teeth: thou shalt thresh the

fruit for all their labours. Much of your

time and energy can be saved if you find' mountains, and.beat them small, and thou
out God's perfect will at every step, and
endeavour to have every possible evidence
of God's perfect will, bsfore making any
plan or going anywhere. When you learn
to acknowledge the Lord in all your .ways
you will see the promise of Isaiah 42:16

fulfilled literally for you.

shalt make the hills as chaff" (Isaiah

41:15). Every , time the enemy comes

against you to,discourage you and hinder

you from obeying the Lord fully, you will
hear these words in your ears again and

again, "ForT am the Lbrd thy God, the

holy due of Israel, thy Saviour" (Isaiah

Fifthly, you must *learn to receive

Divine strength for every responsibility'
you have to bear and every service you
have to fulfil. This is the Lord's promise,
*'I the Lord thy God will hold thy right
hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I willhelp thee" (Isaiah. 41:13).
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When the Lord commands you to do,

43:3). f-You must clhim these promises

ahd rbceiVe E)ivine strength for every
ministiy that ybu know God has comirianded'you foTulfil.

if you keep these few points in mind

constantly, you will learn the secret of an
effective and Jfruitful ministry.

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By RALPH R. HARTER
[Chapter Four Continued)

SOME THINGS THAT ARE DEFINITELY BAD

5* Foulixioutlicd Revilizsg suid Slandering

James, the bro.thcr of Jesus, wrote,
"All of us often make mistakes. The man
who never makes a mistake in. what he
says is a perfect person, able also to

control his whole being. Wc put the bit

into the mouths of horses to make them
obey us and we are able to make them

of ours. As he approached the house, he

could hear this man berating his son with
the vilest of language; but as soon as he
spied Samuel, he yelled out, "Praise the
Lord.

Praise the Lord."

In the words

of James, "My brothers. This should

not happen."

go where we want. Or think of a ship;

it does happen, and it happens
big as it is and driven by such strong too But
often. It happens so often that it is
winds, it can be steered by a very small taken for granted as a part of every day
rudder, and goes wherever the pilot wants life. Children learn the obscene language
it to go. This is how it is with the tongue: at an early age from their elders and their
small as it is, it can boast about great elders have a good laugh whenthe babes
things.
use the words without restraint.

"Just think how large a forest can be

set on fire by a tiny flame. And the
tongue is like a fire.

Some of the finest people, preachers

and leaders in the church, are known by

relatives, neighbors and close

It is a world of

their

wrong, occupying its place in our bodies

associates to be foul-mouthed.

and spreading evil through our whole

It is surprising, then, that a short

coming considered so minor by the ma

being. It sets on fire the entire course of

our existence with the fire that comes to

jority of people is so roundly condemned

in the Bible. The Apostle Paul, under

it from hell itself. Man isable to tame,

and has tamed, all other creatures^wiid

the guidance of the Holy Spirit, said that

the people who are guilty.of this sin will

animals and birds, reptiles and fish. But

no man has ever been able to tame the

hot be permitted to enter heaven.

(See I Cor. 6:10).

tongue. It is evil and uncontrollable,

full of deadly poison. We use it to give

thanks to our Lord and Father,. and also

Well, what would you really expect?

In the heavenly realm where we will be

to curse our fellow men created in the

likeness of God. Words of thanksgiving

singing the song of Moses and the song

of the Lamb (Rev. 15:3), do you really
mouth. My brothers! This should not think there could be any placefor filthy
happen. No spring of water pours out and abusive language? Or do you think
and cursing pour out from the same

sweet and bitter water from the same

that the

opening. A fig tree, my brothers, cannot

suddenly be broken as we enter the pearly

habits of

this lifetime

bear olives; a vine cannot bear figs; nor

gates ?

James 3:2-12.

slandering is not such a short

can salty water produce fresh water."

will

This sin of foulmoiithed reviling and

^^st night Samuel Mohan Singh

short

coming as people generally suppose. One

told)about visiting a mutual acquaintance

of the great preachers of the earlier part

7

of the century, W. H. Book, said that the

tongue, was the. world's most powerfuf^

weapon, that it could wound an enemy

hundreds of miles away. Communications

are better now and the tongue finds no
difficulty in injuring persons thousands of

3;.~ The tongue of the wise uttereth

knowledge aright. Prov. 15:2a.
4. Whoso keepeth his mouth and his
tongue, keepeth his soul from trou
bles. Prov. 21:23

miles away.

5. Be swift to hear, slow to speak.

On the Judgement Day, it may be re

vealed to us that the sharp tongues of
church members have driven more people
away from Christ than any other factor.

6.

James. 1:19.

In our own experience, if we think

about it for a few minutes, we will realize .
that the most painful wounds we have
suffered in our lives have been inflicted

by the human tongue. If we knew the

truth, we Would recognise that our own
tongues have inflicted untold suffering on
others.

The human tongue has brought more

suffering on the world than the Atom and

Hydrogen bombs, or than any other wea

pons of warfare either ancient or modern.

The tongue was the world's first lethal

weapon, and it will be the last.
We must, therefore, realize what a

dangerous thing our tongue is, and we

must exaniine ourselves very seriously to
make sure that our tongue is not the
little rudder that is steering the ship of
our soul to Hell and eternal damnation. ,

We must stop thinking of an un

controlled tongue as being a minor thing
and a source of amusement.

We must

stop teaching our children the

gamut of obscenity and abuse.

whole

This is a good time to make some

"New Year's Resolutions," for a more

godly use of the tongue.

1.

Keep thy tongue from evil, And thy

lips from speaking guile. Ps. 34:13

2. My tongue shall talk of thy right

eousness and' of thy praise all the
day long. Ps. 35:28

He that spareth his words

knowledge. Prov. 17:27a.

hath

7. Every tongue should confess that

Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of
God the Father. Phil. 2:11

"HEADS BENT LOW"

A stooped old man and a young man
Chanced to meet one day;
The young man said to the elder
in his usual braggart way;
^*Why don't you walk up straight like me ?
That's no way to grow old;
It Is all a form of habit;
At least, that is what I'm told."

The old man gave him a knowing look,

And said, "My dear young friend.
Have ypu eyer. examined your wheat
fields.
And noticed the heads that bend ?

If not, jUst look them over.

As the harvest time draws nigh

You'll find the heads that are empty
Are standing, tall and high.
But the heads that count in the harvest

Are filled and bending low

Awaiting the reaper's sickle.
Their time is short, they know."

And as the young man passed on by

He slowly bowed his head;

No doubt he pondered many a day

On the things that old man said.
Author Unknown

SOME
OUTSTANDING
WOMEN
OF THE BIBL
ByMISS F. KAVERI BAI
"MICHAL"

can nurse, fighting against the Lord and

His Christ. Every attempt is made to set
aside His written Word. They have
embarked on a campaign of lunacy, try
ing to force the Almighty to change His
eternal laws. They think that he will
stoop down from His everlasting throne,
vacating His righteous judgment scat to
abolish hell. They wish Him to lower
His standards of right and holiness in

DAVID'S WISE BEHAVIOUR

But "Saul was yet more afraid of

David" and he became his deadly enemy.
He was ever watchful for some indiscreet

word or act from David that might pro

vide an excuse for doing away with him.
But David, being in constant communion
with the Lord and seeking His counsel in
all matters, was far from acting foolish
ly. God enabled him to act more wisely
than all the servants of Saul.

order to conform to the moral declension

The result

of this age.

was that David's name was upon every

He is to adjust Himself to

the false theories of Godless men.

tongue.

In this they have even exceeded Saul,

who did not proceed to this extremity.
But the thought of how God had rejected
him, and of how his subjects thought

Thwarted even in this latest device to

destroy David and blind with hate, Saul

set about to frustrate God Himself, who
had chosen to establish the Kingdom in
David. Coming out in his true colors,

more of David than of their king filled

him with insane jealousy.

But for the

he openly ordered Jonathan and all his

servants to slay David. Still Jonathan

young man would surely have fallen by

did not think his father meant it, but

Saul's hand.

fact that the Lord was with David, the

only attributed it to temporary insanity.

THE END OF A DREAM

The world, today too, is filled with

men who, like Saul, believe they can foil
God in His purposes, and hinder Him
from carrying out what He has decreed.
Emulating Don Quixote tilting at the
windmills, they are busily engaged, with

Alas, Michal's happiness in becoming

the wife of the man of her heart was

shortlived. One day David came and

broke the tragic news to her, just
communicated to him by Jonathan. He
related that his princely friend had said:
"Saul my father seeketh to kill thee; now

ail the hate and malice their evil hearts

therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thysQf

the two young people enjoyed each other's

till mpEning aihdL abide in a secret.pla^,p company and with the help of David's
arid hide, thyseff, and I'wiflgo out arid music and Michal's vibrant voice, they
stand beside my father in the field wher^^ communed with God. Michal loved to

thou art, and I will cbmmrine with my ' sing fhe psalms which David composed,
father; and what I see I will tell thee."
Accordingly,'David planned to be in the
place' of hiding that night. How sad for

But with almost constant wars against

the Phillistines no woman of Israel could

be certain of a. husband living to meet a

Michai's hope^and dreams ! She realiz-' natural death. As once again the Phil-

ed that none now could have any influence

over Saiil, in her husband's behalf, except
for Jonathan. She hoped that Saul's love
. for Jonathan would yet be the means of

i^lnes attacked, "David went out and

fought the Phillistines, and slew them
with a great slaughter and they fled from
him.'"'.
Though he trembled for the safety of

saving David.
True to his word, Michal's true-hearted

brother made an ardent appeal to the

king for David, reminding him of -all the
danger from which David, with tremend
ous personal, bravery, had. wrought
deliveranoe for the king and his people..
Not only in the case of Goliath, but
against the harrassing Phillistines again
and again, David had been a true patriot.
Instead of showing gratitude, how could
he, the .king, now seek to destroy him?
"Wherefore wilt thou sin against inno
cent ;blpod to slay David without a.
cause?"- he asked hi? father. Convicted
of his. sin Saul had.swprn,

'-'As the Lord

liveth, he shall not beslain." Hpw lightly

the name of God came to the lips of the
perfidious Saul but to Jonathan the
words were joyous. He carried the glad
tiding eagerly to David and Michal.

his throne and of his subjects under the

harrassraent of the national enemy, Saul's
jealousy was once again aroused, blind
ing him to all but the need to put David
out from before him.

The king's fits of rage were by now

easily recognized by his courtiers, who
now once again came to David to urge
him to come to the king's side with his
placating music.

musician to the wall had

"Now come with me to the king," and

he took Davjd with him to Saul, We are'
told that "he was in his presence as in
times past."
For a time. Michal breathed freely
again. There, were carefree days, when

David

not

instinctively dodged the weapon. ' David

fled and escaped

to

his

hoUse and

Michal.

MICHAL AIDS DAVID'S ESCAPE

Saul hid his real intent from his son, per

this son whom he loved.

her

harp. The javelin from Saul's hand flew

like lightning and would have pinned the

Undoubtedly. Saul had lucid and sane

haps reasoning that in his love for David

fetched

far as the door of the palace. Entering,

David sat in his usual place against the
wall and began to pluck the strings of his

moments, when he could see reason. Biit

Jonathan would surely warn David of his

danger. Perhaps too there was in Saul's
warped mind an unwillingness to grieve

Michal

husband's harp and sadly followed him as

In an agony of grief David had

thrown himselfon his bed, where Michal,

fear and sorrow again filling her own
heart, brought him food. As she later
sat softly soothing his forehead with a
soft hand, she caught a glimpse of men
moving avaitiouslv toward

the

house.

Instinctively she knew what they were;

men sent by the king to watch the house

till morning to prevent David's escape!

( Continued on page 15)
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Indian Press Gleaning

Compiled by R. R, H.
MORE and more young tourists are at the river. The townspeople are now
coming to India while the number of those planning to build a . temple on the site
a'bove 50 is declining.. During the past, where the monkey was cremated.
year the number of travellers to India
X
X
X

rose from 159,000 to'179,000, one fourth

qf^them Americans. Among American-

- In a surprise police raid at Bareilly,

seventy-four cinema goers were apprehen
but othervvise the men outnumber the" ded and fined for smoking inside the
women. The best months for tourists in different cinema houses of the city.

toiirii^ts there, are more women than men,;

Ijidia are November and December.

X.
X

The number qf wild elephants in the

Gahjdm forest has increased thtee to four
tinies and There-are two herds of fifty

elejdhahts each in the area. The elephants

\are becoiriihg a menace to the people and
to the crops but no elephant can be shot

- A young man posing as the Personal

Assistant of the Divisional Superintendent,
Northern Railway, Allahabad, decamped
with Rs. 5000 ($672) after spending three

days in the Kanpur Central Railway

Station. He raised, the money by pro
mising jobs to the unemployed, raises in
unless the authorities declare it a rogue.
pay to the employed and contracts to
X .'
1 ' >< ,
X . caterers. At the same time the police are
A dispute over the fashionable Twist also looking for another cheat who
dance disrupted a wedding near Buland- collected 400 bags of sugar with a bogus
shahar. Some youths who wanted to permit, of. the District Supply Oflflcer,
make merry started to dance; the Twist Deoria, then sold the sugar in the Kanpur
but others who could not relish the sight market for Rs. 12,000 ($1600).
of it asked the youths to stop. Hot words
X
X
X
and exchange of blows Ultimately ensued.
The authorities in Goa are looking
Three persons were injured and two for a bridge. The blueprint and the
persons were arrested by the police.
estimates for the bridge had. been sancX
X
tiqried riiany months previously and. re
A doctor of Jaunpur is writing a "book cords showed that Government ofiUcials
on family planning following the birth of had inspected the new bridge and declared
his .,tei)th childfirst son after nine it open for traffic, but present officials are
unable to locate it.
daughteiis.
X

' X

The death of a monkey at Dhrangadra

in Surendi-anagar District," believed to be
an in'carnatibn of Lord Hanuman, was

jmiich lamented by the devout people of

the^rea. 'The monkey had died of elecr

A west-bound Pan American Boeing

,707 airliner, was grounded in Delhi for 15

hours after two of its jet engines sucked

in two kites (hawks) as it was taxiing for
take off.. Such incidents are not . uh-

cpmihoji. 4t this time .of jyear. / Aft^r the;

live-wire. The body lay in State from first monsoon showprs, fnsect'^^qp the.

trocution when it came in contact with a

morning to evening before being cremated

runways get, crushed under the wheels

11

of aircraft and these attract large nui^bcrs

s|Lpwn wearing Western-styled clothing.

of birds. <Bird control -measUres/^' have 'Sikhs are most psually shown as buffoons
been discussed but nothing has been done. despite the fact that for the most part

Sikhs<^e intelligent, persevering and hard

working.

India's Ministry of Aviation and

Tourism is going to try something unique
in hotel managementby employing retired
army generals as managers of the two
hotels under their control. In this conn

ection, the Defence Ministry has been re

quested to present a list of prospects,
preferably of the rank of Major-General.

Aniericans and Canadians are

taking to the sitar and other

from India as compared to 482 instru

ments exported the previous year.

One watchman and three laundry em

hotels.
X

' The Government of Ceylon proposes

to introduce a scheme under which con

sumers of liquor will have to obtain individualpermits. The scheme is being in

troduced as an initial step towards total

The opening of India's one hundred

thousandth post-office was celebrated at
Brahmpore in Bihar on June 30th. India
now has one post-pffice fpr every five
villages, or one post-pffice for eyery 13

square miles. In 1947 there were oiily

22,000 post-offices in India. India now
has 4000 telephone exchanges with 1,100,000 telephone connections as compared
to 150 telephones and 159,000 telephones
in 1947. (1947 being the year India got
its independence from Great Britain).
X

prohibition in the country.

X

ployees have been arrested by the New

Delhi police in connexion with the loss
df bedcovers and. pillowcpvers worth
Rs. 1500 ($200) belonging to various
X

fast

Ii^dian

musical instruments. During 1967-68,

72,848 musical instruments were exported

X
X

Thereare an

Mrs Sucheta Kripalani, former Chief

Minister of Uttar Pradesh, has made a

estimated 20 million

beggars in India, 50,000 of whom live in

Bombay. In Madras City beggars collect
between two and four rupees a day, and
one-third of them are literate in both

plea fdf introdqcing complete prohibition

in Jhdia'. -She said that there Was a wide
gulfhetweeh the profession and actions

Tamil-and English. Many of the beggars

can readily change a Rs. 10 note.

ion. Althdugh the, Central . and State

An average of 75 Ipdian communirts

a year make pilgrimages to the Soviet
Union and other European Communist
countries. Nearly half of these leaders
usually go fpr what is described as "rest
and treatnieht.'.' These leaders seldom
request foreign exchange facilities, the
obvious conclusion being that, their
expenses are entirely borne by their

pf the tjpvernment in respect df prohibit

Govethmchts believed in complete prohi

bition yet they were not tsl^ng necessary

steps in that direction.

X

A (ibmplaiht; has been made in the

press ' drawing attention tp the trend in

Hindi .films'to haye.a dig iit the Christian

atid Sikfl cohimunib'es. Chr^^

hosts.

ters arie bf|tBh ' shbWri ais semi-Europeans

spieakihg ht'oken Hipdi wi^h ^ hiixture of

English. ChWsiihn women afe ifsuhlly

( Continued on page 15 )
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{Continaedfrom page 4)
does not stand as a human being, identi

Well. ( Ex. 3:1."^-15; 14:1 ff) When Moses

returned to Egypt for the rescue of his
people from bondage, it is said, signi
ficantly, that "in his hand Moses took
the rod of God." (Ex. 4:20) It was the

fied wtth the weakness of his fellows, but

as the voice and arm of God. When he

speaks it is not as though man were

speaking to God, but as God speaking to

symbol of his authority.

Think, then, of Moses as the represent

man.

ative of Almighty God, standing before

Moses performed his office facing the

people, and not, as Aaron did, with his

the people of Israel to reveal God's

unalterable will and purpose concerning

back to them. When Moses spoke it was

with a completely authoritarian voice,
imperiously spelling out the terms by
which salvation was possible to Israel.

them.

All the above might be just so much

history, of academic interest only, if we
did not not know that God was laying
here a ground work for our own under

'Thus saith the Lord," is continuously the

burden of his message. Even Aaron and

his sons "did all the things which the
Lord commanded by Moses." He makes
it plain that nothing that he is communi
cating to them originates with him. He
is only relaying it to them, "for so I am
commanded," he says.
In no sense of the word does he stand

to institute a "dialogue "between human

ity and Deity. So far as he is concerned

man has nothing with which to bargain
and so procure a more favorable position
in God's sight. The way of salvation
for Israel is by Divine plan, and the
possibillity of its being enjoyed by Israel
is purely a product of Divine grace.
Israel's only response must be obedience
to the Divinely appointed way.

standing.

that

the

matters that are of intense personal in

terest, and that it is of the most vital

impo'-tance that we seek to absorb the

teaching.

The lessons from Moses and Aaron will

continue in the next issue of CHIUSTASIAN
under the heading, ''REMEMBER JESUS
Christ:'

Note, too, that Moses bears creden

tials for this very position. They are not

the credentials of Aaron, that is they do
not consist in the proper accoutrements

of office and the ritual by which it is est

ablished. Moses is told to say, when his
people question his authority and ask for
a sign of it, that "I AM has sent me to
you
the Lord, the God of your fathers,
the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac,
and the God of Jacob, has sent me to
you."
Finding Moses still in doubt
about his ability to convince the people

of his Divine appointment, God equipped

him with miraculous powers, which were
to establish his authority to speak for
God, not only to Israel but to Egypt as

Wc MUST know

lessons of Moses and Aaron relate to

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Sema-n Ovttlnei for Barefoot Freaefer^.

J. D. Hunt ni

WHAT IN THE WORLD ?

Intro.Hear much today about church

unity. What do we have to negotiate ?
In ACTS 2:12 a group of astonished

III. THE

A. Why "Jews" on this occasion ?

ROM. 1:16; ACTS 13:46. To the

Jews said, "WHAT MEANETH THIS?

What

is the

purpose

behind

this ?

Jews first !

What will this lead to ? What conclusion

should we draw from all of this ? What

B. What type of Jews? Mean ugly,

faithless ? No ! See v. 5. (devout
pious, religious, reverencing God,
God fearing men.)
C. V. 5. "
out of every nation

brought on this question anyway ?

Let us observe

I.

THE DAY OF PENTECOST HAD

COME.

This was a great feast day for the

Jews.

EX.23:I4-17; DEUT.

GREAT AUDIENCE. ACTS

2:5-6, 1-11.

under heaven."
IV. THE

16:16.

SPIRIT

DIRECTED PREA

CHER. V. 14.

It was observed on the 50lh day, or

A. One of the twelve, an ambassador

7 weeks from the Passover and was

for the Christ.

called the feast of weeks. It signified

the completion of the barley liarvest.
EX. 34:22-23; LBV. 23:15-16 and v.

LUKE 6:12-13.

B. One unto whom the keys of the

kingdom had been entrusted,
MATT. 16:19.

10.

Notice that Peter

did not make the keys, he was

II. THE APOSTLES WERE IN PLACE.

entrusted with them.

LUKE 24:46-49; ACTS 1:4; ISA. 2:1-3

C. He had boasted, MATT. 26:32-35;

He had denied Jesus, MATT. 26:6975. Why the change ? Jesus had
looked at him; prayed for him and

ILLUSTRATION: Runners must be

in place or position or be disqualified.

Workers follow

instructions or else.

Builder follows blue print or building

Peter had repented; he had obeyed

is rejected.

for he was in Jerusalem; now he

was redirected by the Holy Spirit.

A. The Holy Spirit with marvelous

manifestations descended upon the

2 PETER 1:16.

apostles.

V. THE

GLORIOUS THEME,
"Jesus of Nazareth."

B. Christ had kept His promise, and

He always will when we meet His

A. An appeal to the prophets of the

conditions.
C. ACTS 2:6.

gether

Old Testament, JOEL 2:28:32.

The crowd came to-

amazed, and perplexed.

v. 22

14

B. The Keynote: the main idea; a

( Continuedfrom page 10)

speech to arouse enthusiasm and

Th^y would take him in the mofning, she

present the basic issues, v. 22,

knejw. Immediately putting out the light,

"Jesus of Nazareth."

she; whispered to her husband, "If thou

save not thy life tonight, tomorrow , thou

C. The approved One, 22, attested by

miracles, etc.

shalt be slain." As soon as the watching

men outside had settled themselves down,
Michal, who was as resourceful as she

D. The crucified One, v. 23.

E. The resurrected One, v. 24.

F. The exalted One, v. 33.
G. His reception of the Spirit, v. 33.
H. His bestowal of the Spirit, v! 33.
VI. THE

WONDERFUL

V. 36.

was beautiful, silently led David to a back

window and watched him disappear into
the blackness.

(Next issue: The hunt in earnest)

{Continuedfrom page 12)

PURPOSE

A 17-year-old Catholic youth stabbed

and killed his priest in Mussoorie when
the priest only agreed to give him Rs. 5
(65 cents) instead of the Rs. 15 which the

VII. THE RESULTS OF THE SER

MON.

vs. 37-43.

boy was asking. The young assailant is

A. There was conviction, v. 37. This

believed to have pleaded with the victim

is the cry of acknowledged guilt,

for over six hours in his room. but failed

to persuade the priest to pay the required

of realized danger, of conscious

helplessness, of arising faith.

amount.

B. There was an all important ques

tion:

What shall we do ? v. 37.

C. The Holy Spirit answer: v. 38,

Not an "I. think" or "we believe
this in our church."

1. The command (repent and be

baptized).

. 2. The promise (forgiveness and

gift of the Holy Spirit).
D. The earnest exhortation: v. 40,
"Save yourselves."

cycle. It is possible that Delhi has the

largest number of cyclists in the world.
The annual rate of increase in the num

ber of cycles is 25,000. Over 1500 Delhi'

cyclists a year get involved in road
accidents.

E. There was joyful obedience, vs. 4142, They had religion, but the new
will was now in effect !

Delhi cyclists cover a distance equal

to 13 times round-trip to the moon everj^
day. Delhi has nearly 6,000,000 cycles
and each cyclist travels approximately
15 miles a day. Delhi has a . population
of 3 million and every fifth person has a

Won't

Mr. Nana Deshmukh, a leader of the

Jah^ Sangh political party, has urged the

Indian Government to ban the working

you acisept it ?

of foreign missionaries in Assam whom"

he alleges are backing subversive activities
in the state.

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The picture on the cover is another

one that Editor Rempel took when he was
rotating around Bundelkund with a bus
load of

Rotarians.

It's

the

sweetest

picture I have seen in a long time.

I particularly appreciated the Letter

to Young People written by brother Bakht

Singh. The HEBRON MESSENGER is
published every two weeks from Hebron,
Mushirabad, Hyderabad 20, Deccan,
Some limeiy yapping last monin suc
ceeded in getting two articles from Mr.
Rempel this month. Now I have to
my attention back to Mr. Gulick. How

busy it all keeps me! But it is well w<^th

it.
^
Editof A1 Hammond of FAR EAST

CHRISTIAN MISSIONARY has off^^ed

India.

This is

also the address of our

faithful writer. Miss H. Kaveri Bai, who

also writes for HEBRON MESSENGER

as well as other publications.

Now I must rush to an end because

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my paws.

me a job in Japan. No doubt I could

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Anything but cattish,

LANGRU, the dog.
(1957-64)

that, CHRISTASIAN would probably

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