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By Langru the dog

I had a very happy beginning to the
New Year because so many people sent
me Christmas cards and, at the same
time, told me how much they enjoy
Christasian Magazine. There are actually
some people who read it from cover to
cover as soon as they take it out of the
mailbox.

There have also been others who,

when renewing their subscriptions, sent
along an extra donation as well. It even
made the editor happy for a change and
he threw me a couple of extra bones. The
une.xpected bonefall gave me indigestion.
We have lost one of our most loving
readers in the sudden passing of Mr. A.
S. Prasangi of Kanpur. He often came
by the house to shake my hand, pat me
on the head and tickle my ears.

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iddue :

Madras Again

The Editor
Page
India in the Life of Livingstone
Brojedra JVath Banerjee
Page
The Conversion of the Poet's Wife

V. Gnanasikhamani

Page

When the Son of Man Cometh

Harter

Page

Indian News Summary

Page

Chosen Vessel

Mrs. Ivy C. Paul

Page

11

Page

13

F Stands for Faith

Ralph R. Harter
Women as Evangelists

Mrs. Ruth Morris

Page

15

Mr. Barter's article on the Beasts of

Rev. 13. (page 7) has scared me out of

1974

my wits. You will want to avoid it.

Don E. Stanton

Vol. XVIII, No. 1

Jan. 1974 Feb.

Page

Kanpur,

16

India

MADRAS AGAIN
TKe Editor
to say that the work of the Rcoses is a

It was a privilege-again, after two years,

to be invited to visit Madras.

credit to the brotherhood. Although I

have known the Reeses for almost thirty

The in

vitation came from the. Church of Christ

at Ennore who wanted me to speak to

them nightly for a week and also preside

years, I came away with a new view and

appreciation of their labors for the Lord,

at their first ordination service.

and for them personally.

I will

not take the space to list those who were

ordained even though they are all avid
readers of Christasian Magazine, and

On the return trip fiom Andhra Pra

desh, we stopped briefly to see the new
hospital abuildirg at Madiapj)kkam.
Here also I was impressed with die gigan

old friends as well. Our .Assistant editor

V. Gnanasikhamani was ordained to be

tic task which Art and Ruth Morris'^'^ve

undertaken,

the church's evangelist.

As previously, 1 stayed at the Christ

Nagar Institute and lectured the boys
there each morning from 6 to 7. In the

College and ihut feJlowsh.'p is also a happy

mem)ry.

absence of William and Ethel Gulick, my

food was provided by the different families

I saw of the activities of other churches

of Christ in the area. The Kilpauk Church

certainly shows more vitality than its
predecessor, ..the Hunter Road Church.
Brothcsr Leonard Thompson /has proven
himself to bje a very hard'and efficient

E'd^n an I DDr )thy Weesner and family

will graduaUy be movingbut to the Christ

in the Ennore Church.

V
The Ennore Church has been built on

a strong foundation, the members show

much love and spiritual insight and there
is much hope for the future
I was also much encouraged by what

morning I ^Isp .']^ke

to the students oTihe South Asia Christian

Nagar TristhUte ht Er.noie where Eldon

is installing a machine shop for rehabili
tation work.

I met the Wecsners for the

first time two years ago but we are already

fast andjlrust^d-friendsi.

....^

^rry and Heather Lacsohdiave moved

Wo-^Kotagini-^herO" thgy^'lfiavg started a

new work. Although I did not get to see
them, I heard good things of them.
The city of Madras itself has also im
proved in the past two vears. The city bus
system is fantastic. Why oh why can't
Kanpur do as well ?
The coolie-pulled rikshas, which were

workerTor the Lord. His radio program

can be heard over Radio Ceylon's English
programme every Friday evening at 9:4f>.
The broadcast has an informal and youth

such a disgrace to Madras,

are

now

ful atmosphere about it that should make

it more popular than other more sophisti
cated religious .broadcasts.

extinct. Tl.cy have been replaced by

cycle rikshas.
I did not do much sight-sceirg but

-^JDavid and Lois Recs^ent much val

uable time^iand'expensive petrol (gasoline)

Brother Gnanasikhamani did show

nifirant sight and a must for all visitors

to attend the meetings at Ennore. One

day they drove me up to Andhra Pradesh
to see their leprosorium. It was worth
the difficulties of the trip and I am happy
-

me

the Annadurai Memorial which is a magto Madras.

And so, dear friends in Madras, it is

God be with you until we meet again.

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Reprinted from Indian Witness

INDIA IN THE LIFE OF DAVID LIVINGSTONE

By Brojendra Nath Banerjee

Mr. Banerjee is Company Secrotary, Evangelical Trust Association of North India

Dr. David Livingstone (1813-1873),
born of a poor Scottish family, was a
young Scottish missionary doctor who
camped among the savages from village
to village in the heart of southern Africa.

Dr. Livingstone was fearless. He used

to eat with the chieftains and give them

gifts, then he would calmly lay down in

his hut and sleep. He had more than
ordinary pleasure in telling these murder

He made friends with the chieftains, gave

medicine to the tribes and preached the

a doctor was of course an important asset

goods news of salvation.

in his preaching work.

He had also

studied theology.
Was David Livingstone a Christian
missionary or just another African explor

er ? In his daily life through thirty-three

ers how to be "cleansed of sin. His work as

At every turn. Dr. Livingstone de

nounced slavery. After 25 years, he
accomplished the incredible feat of ex
ploring a trail, and in 1865 he arrived

years of toil and travel, fighting constantly at the port of Bombay sailing from East
against tropical diseases, exposed at all Africa. His voyage of 2500 miles took
times to savage men and women, wild 43 days. The ship, "The Lady Nyasa,"
beasts and adverse circumstances, he was was his own.
a ceaseless crusader against slavery, voo
Some years previously, 1857-52,
doo, superstition and illiteracy. Dr. liberated slaves had been brought to
Livingstone, one of the world's greatest Bombay by the British Navy. An asylum
missionaries, carried the light of Christ
for these freed African slaves in Western
ian civilization to the world's dark conti
India was established by the CMS Mission
nent.

He was the first white man to

penetrate the interior of Africa and to

win world acclaim as an explorer too.

Dr. Livingstone developed a burning
compassion for the black people of Africa.
The traffic in slave trade shocked and
sickened him and as such
he took
an oath that he would devote his life to

stamping out this evil. He was a man of

resolute determination and was called,

"The Good One." Tne wondering savages

might not have understood his preaching
from the Word of God at first b^it they

(Church of England) in I860. Five years

later Dr. Livingstone came to Nas'k in
Maharashtra State and lived for a while

among the freed African slaves. He made

many local converts during his stay in

NasiL

He used to live in the "White

House" at Shaharanpur Road in Nasik.

This building is still there. I discovered
this house in 1970 through K.L.S. of the

Bible and Medical Missionary Fellowship

in Nasik.

knew that he was the "Good One" and

To many of us, this great Christian

missionary, David Livingstone, has re
mained unknown. Yet he brought the

what he talked about must be good too.

light of Christian faith and freedom to

one of the most enlightened areas of India

at Nasikf'The Varanasi (Banaras) of

One of the NasikboyswasJacob Wain

Wright who helped to bring his mortal

Western India" on the holy banks of the .body to its last resting place in honour in
Godavari.
Westminister Abbey, London.

During Dr. Livingstone's stay in India,

There is at least one descendent of the
Bishop Harding of Bombay paid a visitto freed African slaves living in Kashmir
Nasik CMS Mission and saw Dr. Living
stone working among the native converts
as well as among the freed African slaves.

and he is active in his own way in the

church.

It must have been about 4 a.m. 6n

Dr. Livingstone established mission points,

May 1, 1873, when Sushi heard Majwara's

schools, trade routes and churches. Mala

step once more.

"Come to Bwana.

ria and dysentery, however, wore him am afiaid. I do not know if Dr. Living
down. He was a man of courage and gave stone is alive." The Nasik boy's evident
these lost people a life worth living for alarm made Sushi run to arouse Chuma,
the glory of Christ.
From among the freed African slaves

Chowpere, Mathew and Muannasere.

These Nasik boys looked toward the

Dr. Livingstone personally selected nine

volunteers to accompany him on what

bed. Dr. Livingstone was not lying on it

was to prove to be his last African journey but appeared to be engaged in prayer.
of exploration. By this time. Dr. Living They instinctively drew back for an
stone had become famous for his several instant. Pointing to him, Majwara said,
books of whidh "MissionaryTravels" was "When he lay down he wasjust as he is
now, and it is because he does not move
the most outstanding.
that I fear he is dead."
By 1872, everyone everywhere,
The boys drew nearer. A candle
kept asking, "Where is Livingstone ?"
"Where is the Good One ?" A search stuck by its own wax to the top of the
and a relief expedition were sent out to box, shed a light sufficient for them to see
find him. Six more "Nasik Boys" (freed his form. Dr. Livingstone was kneeling
African slaves) were also included in the by the side of his bed, head buried in his
hands upon the pillow. For a moment

party. Till the day the "Good One" was

gone, some of his "Nasik boys" were

they watched him. He did not stir, there

always with Dr. Livingstone.

"The Good One" was gone on May

them, Mathew, advanced softly and placed,

1, 1873, in the heart of Africa. Thousands

his hands on Livingston's cheeks.

was no sign of breathing.

Then one of

of his converts came to pay their last

It was sufficient. Life had been extinct

respects. They knew that in far off

England the friends of the white doctor

for some time and the body was almost

cold. David Livingstone was dead; but
the light Dr. David Livingstone kindled
in the heart of Africa will never go out.

would want to bury him, so with loving

hands they emblamed the body, first
removing his heart for burial on African
soil where it belonijed.
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The Conversion of the Poet's Wife

V. Gnanasikhamani

ters, then left for her birthplace in the

In our last instalment we concluded

our study o^ the conversion to Christ,

company of her brother.

turn our attention to the conversion of

care of his brother, Krishna Pillai left for

in the last century, of the south Indian

poet, H. A. Krishna Pillai. Now let us

Leaving the two daughters in the

Sawyerpuram to take up his old teaching
work. His mother was living in PaJayancottai with his widowed aunt. The poet
was very disturbed by what had happen
ed. Now he was separated from his wife,

his wife and mother.

After his baptism in 1358, Krishna

Pillai was much concerned about

the

salvation of his family, and he told Mr.

Symonds of this concern. In the mean

time, Mr. Symonds had appointed him
to be the Tamil pandit to Henr^ Bower.

children and mother.

Dhanukodi Raju, the friend who had

played such a great role in Krishna Pillai's
conversion, made frequent visits to the

Krishna Pillai was also to assist in the

translation of the Bible into Tamil.

poet's mother. At first she did not want

to see him but later she acquiesed. When

Mr. Symondsstronglyforbade Krishna

Pillai to try and convert his family but
the latter persisted. Finally the missionary
permitted him to go to Palayamcottai.

he started to talk to her about Christ, she

reacted sharply. "Do you want me to

be an outcast like you," she asked, "Go
away." He however continued his mission
and eventually convinced her of the salva
tion through Jesus Christ. Krishna

Krishna Pillai considered the salvatioii of

his family more important than anything

else.

Pillai's aunt also became convinced of

When Krishna Pillai returned home,

the truth of the Gospel. They were under

obligation, though, to first get the per
mission of their relatives before making
their confession public.

he wasjoyouslymet by his younger bro

ther and the others who had previously
been converted.

His wife and mother,

however, shed bitter tears of sorrow. "It

is not possible to relate in this limited

About this

content," Krishna Pillai wrote, "of that

state of soulful sorrow and agitation which

Krishna

of her deceased husband.

my mother felt as soon as she learned

Pillai's

Since Krishna

Pillai was now a Christian, he could not

perform it. His mother, Deyamayagiammal, distributed sweets to the relatives

the news that I also had become a Chris

tian.

time,

mother performed a ceremony in memory

I did not directly experience my

wife's sorrow when she learned about it."

who had gathered but the gifts were re

jected. By becoming Christians, her

Very soon afterward, Krishna Pillai's

children had become outcasts and hence

wife started for her parents' house at

Tirucenture. He did not stop her but
he and his brother took possession of his

two young daughters. The third and

youngest daughter went with her. She

she was regarded with little esteem. This

helped to convince her to follow her sons,
for, as she said, "to be with you and your
God." Her decision brought a great relief

tried in vain to get the two older daugh

to Krishna Pillai.

Krishna

Pillai's

nephew.

Justice

IT IS HOPELESS

Devadoss, has written that when Krishna

Stephen M. lijima
Reprinted from ^^Bokka"

Pillai's brother-in-laws heard about the

decision of his mother, they brought his

wife and youngest daughter to Palayamcottai.

"Your husband and his relatives

have become outcasts," they said. "You

had better stay with them. Remember
that you are dead to us from this day."
In this way, after a separation of a yearand-a-half, she was reunited with her other
two daughters.

And then there is a collapse. When

hope is gone even vigor to live goes flying
away. The power to pass this day and
meet that day will not be forth-coming
if-there is not some kind of hope.

Disappearing hope is not true hope.

Man's selfishness becomes his immediate

Of' this time, Pillai wrote, "My

Payalamcottai and lived there five mon
ths." During that five months, she lived

hope and tosses his life about in the waves

of joy and grief. True hope is an eternal
thing, and points to the distant and leads
one to that great woild that cannot be
seen with eyes. The great and eternal

with her

mothet-in-law inside the four

hope is Christsins forgiven, called sons

walls of the house without meeting her

called sons of God, wrapped in God's

righteousness, bound in God's love. The
one who lives in this hope does not know

wife made a few arrangements with

me

and

came

to

our

old

house

in

husband.

"When I met her later," Krishna

Pillai continued, I talked with her about
the Christian Way, and at her own re
quest, I taught her enough Tamil to enar
ble her to read.

hopelessness.
Romans 15:13

May I Recommend a Little Book

Now and then she went

at night to the Church for the Tuesday

prayer meeting.' Her familiarity with

That Will Do you a World of Goodt

The author of the book which I want

Chir^istian people increased. After that,

to recommend is Mr. P. T. Chandapilla,

48-year-old General secretary of the
Union of Evangelical Students of India.
In his book, "My mother ! My tea
cher I" Mr. Chandapilla gives us a most
moving account of his boyhood and the

without any coercion, and on her own

accord, she and my three children, my
54 year old mother and a cousin were
all baptized."
The Poet concludes

the conversion

lessons his mother taught him. He has

even been able to find a spiritual lesson
from the tragedy that his mother was
mentally deranged during the last 25 years
of her life. The book is beautifully written,
almost poetical. The publisher, Mrs. F.C.
Durham, must also have felt this as she

account with the following poem: .

Oh ! God Self Exiting One,
Because of your holy love
Incarnated into this ezceeding evil
world.
You met us and made us all to be

has concluded the volume with one of her

your own.

most memorable poems.

The book .is 93 pages long and the
price right now is Rs. 2. Postage is extra
and book prices are rising faft.

Ruling in our hearts.

We praise and worship

Thy holy feet, Son of God.

WHEN THE SON OF MAN COMETH SHALL HE

FIND FAITH ON THE EARTH ?
Harter

Compared to some other eras, ours is

an era of victorious Christianity. During
every moment of every hour, the praises
of our Lord Jesus Christ rise from an
infinite niunber of church buildings,

There will be a tremendous Healing

Miracle when a fatal wound to the head
of the First Beast will be healed.

The Second Beast, when he comes,

will perform even more stupifying miracles
such as raining down fire from heaven.
,(This reminds us that the people ofJesus'
time wanted Him to show just such a
sign but He refused to do so. Mt. 16:1)
Because of such a sign many Christians
shall rush to worship the Beast. This

homes, schools and radio stations. There

are also a countless number of teachers,

preachers and missionaries proclaiming

the Christian Faith.

Under this spell of victory, when we

are expecting the triumphant return of
our Lord Jesus any instant, it is difficult
to imagine that there may be very few
believers alive when Jesus actually does
come again. Most of us will not even'
want to admit to the possibility that in a
few years hence, no one will go to church,
no Bible will be printed, and whatever
few Christians there are will be living
and dying in hiding.

shall be true in all countries of the world

including the U. S. A.
The Second Beast will make a statue
of the First Beast and will make it breathe

and talk. When this marvel is brought

on exhibition to Kanpur's J, K. Temple,
thousands of church members will
selves before it.

This is what I understand from the

Power

thirteenth chapter of the book of Reve

lation. We read of a Dragon and two
other Beasts, whoever they are, who will
be successful in overcoming God's people.
Since this tribulation may be much

There will be lots of "Crossing the

Floor" when the Beasts begin to exert
their power.

"Crossing the floor" is a curious aspect

of Indian politics by which elected re
presentatives change their party loyalties

closer than we think, we should be aware

of the methods that the Beasts will use

during their tenor of office when it pro

to gain their power.

Miraculous

be

there to welcome it and to prostrate them?

vides them with some personal benefit or

Marvels

During the Winter of 1973-74, a large

percentage of the Christian community
ofKanpur were overwhelmed with the

advantage. For the multitudes whose

main concern is their earthly comforts, an
early "crossing ofthe floor" to the Beast's
side will be the most expedient thing to

phenomenon of "The Miracle Bread."

do.

No one will be able to fight against

Following a certain prescribed ritual,

they freely imbibed in the eating of this
bread for the easing of all their physical
pains It is this writer's opinion that

the Beast and he will be the ruler of the

whole world. For a long time, "forty-two

months," the Beast's side

will be the

to impress them when the Beasts begin

winning side. During those 3^ years,

Christian believers will be on the losing

to work their miracles.

side as far as this world is concerned.

these Miracle Bread eaters will find much

Economical Strangulation
The scriptures inform us that the

"I taught you that 'Love believeth all

things."

Beastis going to implementsuch an effec

tive rationing system that will be fool
proof and leave no loop-holes. Each
person will have a serial number which

will be tatooed on his body.

The objectionable thing about this
serial number is that it will be given only
to those who worship the beast.

"So you did. Well, I'll be rightover.

After all, you are our leader and we are

your sheep."

Yes, dear friends, there will be many

pastors, teachers and missionaries lined

up for their turn to worship the Beast.

Prove It

How do I know ? Two preachers of

get no bread, rice, milk, sugar, petrol the Church ofChrist have helped convince
(gasoline), cooking fuel or any other me of this. One of them recently sprin
Those who have no serial number will

commodity.

When you buy a railway of

cinema ticket, your serial number will be

written on the ticket and only you will be
able to use that ticket.

You will not be

able to get any kind of job, even coolie

work, without a serial number.
Two Lines

There will be, as it were, two lines of

kled an infant.

When asked about it

later he was very ashamed to admit it

but he said that the family of the child

had pressured him into doing it. The
second Church of Christ pastorhasjoined
a denominational church whose teaching
he does not approve but he pleads the
necessity of providing for his family.

They have already proven where they

people: one line waiting to worship the will take their stand when the Beast
beast and receive their serial number, begins his reign.
and the other line of people waiting to be
The Miracle Bread enthusiasts have
shot. Which line will you stand in ?
"Hey, Pastor, what are you doing given us an indication as to where they
over in that line ? That's the Beast's will be standing in line.
Line. You arc supposed to be over here."
Take Heed
"If I only had myselfto worry about
I would be over in that line^ but I have
to think about my wife and children."

But "let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall." I Cor. 10:12.

*'But you will have to fall down and

worship the Beast."

mises during his lifetime that he should

Ralph Harter has made enough compro

notthink that he issafe from the tempta

"I will close my eyes and imagine

tion to follow the Beast.

that it is Christ before me and that I am

All of us must give more diligence to

worshipping Christ. It is the prayer that

preparing ourselves and our families for

is in the heart that counts."

the coming of the Beasts.

*'But you will have to swear allegience

We

must

thoroughly strengthen ourselves through

to the Beast."

Biblestudy prayer and every other source

"We can put our own interpretations

on the word 'Beast'. It is only a matter
of pragmatism. When I say the word
'Beast,' I really mean Jesus Christ."
"That isn't what you used to teach us

of spiritual growth.

prepared for the Second Coming of our

in your sermons."

First Coming of the Beasts.

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We have given much thought to being

Lord Jesus Christ. Before Christ comes,

however, we must be prepared for the

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Indian New/s Summarii

for this or for other reasons, the proposed

A great son of India, Mr. Ramaswami

Naicker, died at the Christian Medical
College, Vellore, on December 24 at the
age of 94. On the same date last year,

Canadian expedition to Mount Everest

in 1975 has been cancelled.

A team of Japanese women neverthless

India had lost another of its great sons, will meet the challenge of Everest in
Mr. C. Rajagopalachari. These two May, 1974. So far six parties have been
Tamilnadians were political opponents successful in conquering the peak.
but good friends nevertheless. Millions
Swami Maujgiri Maharaj, otherwise
knew the deceased as "Periyar," the
revered. He was an outspoken opponent known as Khareshwari Baba, accomplish
ed a feat by standing 17 years on his feet.
of all religious superstitions.
He also remained silent during these
Bombay is now directly linked with years. The scene of his exploit was
the U. S. A. on" the telephone through Rosa near Shahjahanpur. An infection
the satellite. This major . achievement
went by almost entirely unnoticed by the

rest.

Indian Press. Please remember, though,

that your editor has no phone.

A survey of the Society for the

Prevention of Alcoholism, Uttar Pradesh,

As in most countries of the world,

has revealed that one-third of the state's

in one leg finally forced him to take some

college students drink liquor.

India's greatest economic problem at the

moment is the price of Arabian oil. The
crude import bill will now be ten million
(1000 crore) rupees instead of 5 million.
The entire Fifth Plan targets will have to
be recast in view of this unprecedented

to the legislators who delighted in scrap

ping prohibition several years ago.
A herd of 30 wild elephants went on
a rampage near Gauhati, Assam, in
November. The beasts caused damage

increase.

to crops, houses and motor vehicles.

The cost of transportationeverything

from airlines to rikshashas gone up. Air
fares are 6% higher. Passengers must

More amenable, a 51 year old tusker

near Coimbatore in south India is being
retired on a pension of 500 rupees per
month. He has spent 39 years in the
service of the forest department where he
helped in hauling timber and in taming

pay for porterage and taxi to the city. Air

India has postponed the purchase of a
fifth Boeing-747. Riksha prices have gone
up by 25%, following the rise in taxi fares.
There has also been a slight rise in rail
way fares to cover the cost of added

wild elephants.
Utilising Canadian know-how,

the
Haryana State Industrial Department
Corporation is planning to set up a factory
to produce plywood made out of rice-

insurance benefits.

The costs involved in climbing Mt.

Everest and other Himalayan peaks are
also going to be higher. The main bene
ficiaries of this rise will be the Sherpa
porters who will get better pay and im
proved working conditions. Whether
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This will

be good news to the vested interests and

husks. It is believed that this will be the

first venture of its kind in the world.

According to the 1971 census, the

percentage of literates (people who can
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read and write) in India is 29.34%.

Prime Minister Mrs. Indira Gandhi

Although the number of illiterates has

increased from 333 million to 386 million

has rejected the idea of a "limited dicta

torship" for India. She declared that
the country had deliberately chosen the
path of democracy and that they would
stick to it. Mrs. Gandhi has also expres
sed her opinion that the Chinese type of
regimentation for development could not

during the past ten years, the actual

percentage has decreased from 76 to 71
percent.

It is sad to think that in this

modern age, seven out of ten citizens of

India cannot read or write.

work for long in ^ny country, much less

Delhi set some sort of a record by

experiencing 177 riots in three months.

in India where there was

Property damage amounted to more than

2 million rupees. Causes of the riots
were student unrest, labour troubles,

diversity.

too

much

A Bill has been introduced in India's

Lok Sabha (House of Representatives)

which will provide for the right of persons

housing disputes, politics, price rises,

teasing of girls and family feuds.'

to trace their lineage through their moth

Afghanistan has banned the entry of

hippies into their country "because of
their long hair and unrespectable appear
ance." Hippies are being stopped at the
border and Hippie establishments in
Kabul have been raided. The growing

ers instead of their fathers.

This is for

the purpose of removing the stigma of

illiteracy from those who were conceived

out of wedlock. Under the Act. anyone

referring to a citizen of India as being a

"bastard" may be jailed for a year and

fined five hundred rupees.

of opium, however, the main attraction

for the hippies, has not been banned.

A brother from South Africa has tried

Nepal's population has increased by a number of times to get pen pals from
22 percent in the past ten years and now India but'he has only gotten begging
stands at !J J million. (India's own popu letters in return. If you would like to
lation increases at the rate of about 12

help convince him that not all Indians

million.a year). One out of every four are beggers, you may write him: Col.

Nepali males can read and write but only

Purves N. Roux, 203 Main Rd. Maitland

C. P., 7405, South Africa. Purves is

one out of every twenty-five women is

particularly interested in picture post

cards.
He is an army officer aged 43.
When the District Magistrate of Banda
refused permission to a circus to hold
Uttar Pradesh Health Minister, Salig
performances in the town, the 400 artistes Ram Jaiswal, has angrily returned his
and 200 animals gathered in front of home telephone to the Telephone Depart
his house and held a "sort of free protest ment. He said that the telephone was

literate.

performance for the authorities" before

generally out of order and that its non

moving on to a more hospitable place.

availability had paralyzed

his work.
"There is no use of keeping theinstiu-

Ticket checkers on the Eastern Rail

ment unnecessarily," he said.

way caught 2.7 million passengers travell

ing without proper tickets last year. This
was an increase of 150,000 over the pre

One of the scandals of Kanpur is its

open manholes. On January 12th, a ten

vious year. Before the recent railway

strike, the Eastern Railway was setting

year old boy was drowned when he fell

into one on his way to school. It took

new records for the punctuality of its

some six hours to locate the body aftei

trains.

the tragedy.

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Continuedfrom last issue

CHOSEN VESSEL
By Mrs. I C. Paul
It is very essential that the chosen

vessels (people) of God should be filled

with the Holy Spirit.

We have a good example of filled

vessels in the case of Cornelius, his family
and his friends. First of all, they had pre

make a public confession of our faith ?"

'Do we have to witness for

Christ ?"

"What is the necessity for baptism ?"

"Why should I tithe ?" 'Tsn't it enough
that I pray and;read the Bible at home?"
The people who ask such questions can

not be described as cups that ruimeth

pared their hearts to accept the message over.
'
of Christj and then they believed the word
Others display their Spirit-less-ness by
of God when they heard it. Consequently their worldliness. They do not consider
the Holy Spirit was poured out on drinking, gambling and sexually orienta
them. *'Can any man forbid water that ted dancing parties to be a sin. God and
these should hot be baptized which have the devil cannot be served side by side.

received the Holy Ghost as well as we,'

Paul asked.

Those vessels in the house of Cornel

ius were filled

to

overflowing. They

must have been restless to transmit these

abundant blessings to others. As King

David had expressed it, their cup ranneth
over.

Today also, if we are properly prepar

ed, Christ will fill our vessels to overflow

ing. After that, it will.be most difficult

to keep these abundant blessings to our
selves. We will begin immediately to

spread the good news all over the world.

This is what is needed today.

In order to receive God's blessings, we

not only have to prepare our hearts but

we must deny ourselves and

bear his

One cannot serve two masters.

Though the devil's food may seem de-^

licious, it's consequences are death. It
is true that in order to serve Jesus one

must accept saCrifice,t orture and deathi

but it works for everlasting life in the end.
"Ye carinot drink the cup of the Lord
and the cup of demons: ye cannot partake
of the table of the Lord and of the table

of demons." (I Cor. 10:21). We who are

the chosen vessels of the Lord cannot

divide our loyalties between God and the

devil. It is either death or life, and it is
for us >to choose. "And what concord
Iiath Christ with Belial ? or what part
hath he that believeth with. an infidel ?

And what agreement hath the temple o|

God with idols ? For ye are the temple

and his of God; as God hath said, I will dwell in

friends had been conscious of their posts them and walk in them." (II Cor. 6:15,16^
and positions and had been hesitant and
After you have completely submitted
ashamed to accept Christ openly, they yourselves to God, you are Histemple. He
name proudly. If Cornelius

could never have received the baptism of

the Holy Spirit.

will decorate the temple by his blessings

and dwell in it. Thus you must be pure
Nowadays, instead of showing a both physically and spiritually by remov
fulness of the Holy Spirit, people ask lots ing all your iniquities. Let people see in

of questions instead. "Is it absolutely you the light and life of Tesus Christ.
necessary to go to church ?" "Must we "Know ye not that your body is the
-

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temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you,

which ye have of God, and ye are not
your own; for ye were bought with a price:
glorify God therefore in your body."

the Christians in Rome: "Nay but, O

man, who art thou that repliest against

God ? Shall the thing formed say to him

that formed it. Why didst thou make
me thus ?f' Rom. 9:20. Think nothing
of your high qualities and cleverness.
Let God remodel you and dwell in you

I Cor. 6:19,20.

We are the vessels purchased by God.

We have no right to dirty them or des
troy them by our wrong doings. ''If any to reveal His glory in and through you.
man defile the temple of God, him shall
Prior to the conversion of Cornelius,
God destroy; for the temple of God is Peter
and the other apostles limited
holy, which temple ye are." (I Cor. 3:17). their preaching
to the Jews. They con
God has not chosen us because of our

sidered all others to be "common and

abilities, positions, ranks or qualifications.

These are gifts He has bestowed on us.
It is only out of his kindness and mercy

unclean" like the pigs and other such

creatures which Peter saw in his vision

on the housetop of Simon the Tanner.

Peter however, had to change his views
when God reprimanded him. "What
God hath cleansed, make not thou com

that He has chosen us. Let us thank

God that we are the chosen vessels of

mercy and not the vessels of wrath. "And

that he might make known the riches of

his glory upon vessels of mercy which he
afore prepared unto glory." (Rom. 9:23)
Let each dear vessel of God repent
and be washed in the blood of Jesus
Christ for the remission of sins.

mon," he was told. Acts 10:15.

Even then, there are still those found

today who are not pleased to go out into

the highways and by-ways to preach the
gospel of Christ to those who have never

We are

heard. They do not like to witness for

all vessels of different sizes, shapes, quali

Christ from house to house. They never

ties and uses, but we are all precious to

care to visits the homes of backslidden

God.

Christians to uplift them with their pray

ers and spiritual food. They also foibid

Can we ever compel God to select us?

Can anyone demand of God that He make

their children to mix with these sinners.

him a vessel of essence so that no cheap

Our duty is to bring the lost to Christ

use is ever made of him ? We often pray,

*I give myself unto you as a lump of, clay:

and to restore the backsliders. We should

prepare me to be anything you will. Sub

consciously, though, we add, 'Don't make

"Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a

not be the cause of their being lost forever.

fault, ye which are spiritual restore such

a pitcher out of me but make me a flower

vase

an one in the spirit of meakness." Gal.

the size and shape I leave up to

6:1. I know one brother who makes only

You.' Then we are surprised when our

three attempts to restore a backslidden

prayers are not answered and God does

soul to Christ.

not take heed to the prayer we offered so

sincerely. It is as Job told his friends,

After that he leaves him

never to visit him

again.

Christ has

forgiven us more than thrice.

"Who hath hardened himself against him

and hath prospered ?" (Job 9:4). If we
limit our submission to Christ by impos
ing even one condition, we will fail.
We have no right to protest and make

Let each of us peep into our own

hearts and ask. Am I worthy to be God's
chosen vessel ?

Will God make me also

one of His vessels of mercy and show His

glory by me.

demands to God. Paul wrote as much to

12

ABC's of the Christian Faith

Ralph R. Harter

F stands for
FAITH

It must be obvious to the youngest

The Indian film industry has also

worked hard to promote the impression

reader of Christasian that faith is an essen

tial to "The Christian Faith." It may

not be essential to "Christianity" or to
"the Christian religion," depending on
how you define these terms, but there

that the main characteristics of the Chris

tian community are wine, women and

crime. The lives of a large percentage of
"Christians" confirm this impression.
The practice of infant sprinkling has
also helped to separate faith from Christ
ianity. Infant sprinking was introduced

can be no doubt that faith is an essential

to The Faith.

That is why it is more precise to talk

about the Christian

Faith

instead of

into Christianity centuries after Christ

about the Christian religion or Chris

in order to initiate infants into the Christ

tianity,
All of the religions of the world have

ian religion without the necessity of any

faith on their part. When such become
old enough to make up their own minds,
they may reject the teachings of Christ
but they will always be considered as
Christians because they were "baptized"
in infancy.
The modern practice of christening

their difficulty with the faithless. There

are, for example, many Jews in the world
who are atheists and agnostics and who
have no respect for the books of Moses.
These are Jews by race and not by re
ligion.

Hinduism is not so much a re

ligion or a faith as it is a nationality or

babies has little to do with faith.

culture because there are no essential

doctrines in Hinduism which one must
believe in order to be a Hindu.

may baptise their infants for fear that

unbaptized children go to hell, but for
the most part, most nominal Christians
no longer believe there is a hell. These

It also becomes very difficult to define

Christianity because there is Christianity

apostate Christians continue to practice

infant sprinkling even when they know
that it is neither a teaching of Christ nor
a New Testament practice. They have
no real concern for God's will or scrip

as the world sees it, and then there is

Christianity as Christ meant it to be; and

the two are poles apart.
Unfortunately, the world gets a very
bad picture of Christianity.
"There are many Christians in Cal
cutta," one says.

It is

possible that in a few cases, some parents

tural precepts.

Especially in India, baptism, whether

"All of the cooks in

of infants or of adults, is often robbed

Calcutta are Christians."

of its faith content.

"How do you know that all of the

cooks in Calcutta are Christians," we

What do we see in our own churches,

the churches of Christ. Very often we
notice that not much attention is given to
the baptism of our young people until they

ask.

"Because they all get drunk," they reply.

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begin to make their wedding plans. It

is then that they begin to wonder how
they.are going to have a church wedding

on him should not perish but have everlast

ing life. Jn. 3:16. He that believeth on
him is not condemned; but he that believeth
not is condemned already because he hath

when they are not members of the church.

not believed in the name of the only

In this emergency they make a brief show

of religiosity and are baptized, but they
know nothing of the Second Birth that

begotten Son of God.

God, believe also in me... .Believe me that

I am in the Father, and the Father in me or

else believe me for the very works' sake.

God requires.
The Pentecostals are no better.

verse 18.

Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in

In

- Jn. 14:1,11.

one recent case, a member of the Pente

costal church went to his pastor to get

This is the work of God that ye believe on

him whom he hath sent. Jn. 6:29.

some sort of birth certificate for his teen-

Verily, verily, I say uuto you. He that ^

aged son. The pastor replied that he

heareth my word and believeth on him'

that sent me hath everlasting life and shall
not come into condemnation but is passed
from death unto life. Jn. 6:40.

could only give the birth certificate after

the boy was baptized. The boy was not

willing to behigh pressured intobeing bap
tized and so some other arrangement had

I am the resurrection and the life: he that

believeth in me, though he were dead, yet

to be made for his birth certificate.

shall he live. Jn. 11:25.

In this and other ways, faith has gra

I am come a light into the world that who

dually eroded from Christianity until the

Fs of modern Christianity have become

soever believeth on me should not abide in

darkness. Jn. 12:46.

falsity, futility and failure.

It is therefore not just a happenstance

that this series of articles is entitled, "The

Jesus never desired that He should be

the father of a religious sect whose main

ABCs of the Christian Faith," and that

concern would be for statistics, properties,

we have riot set out to discuss the ABCs

birth certificates, marriage ceremonies,

burial rites and political representation.
He never called people to join a new
religion. His emphasis was on such things
as love, faith, hope, purity and obedience.

of Christianity or of the Christian religion.

Chrislasian Magazine is dedicated to the
restoration and propagation of New
Testament Christianity, and that includes

of the Christian leaders of todav. They

(Jude 3).

a dedication to the FAITH which was

once for all delivered unto the saints.

Christ would not be accepted by many

would reject Him in the same manner

and for the same reasons as did Annas

We therefore join the Apostle Paul in

most emphatically asserting, BELIEVE
ON THE LORD JESUS AND THOU

and Caiaphas nineteen centuries ago.

Christ knew, only too well, the faith
lessness rampant among theJewiish people

SHALT BE SAVED, THOU AND THY

HOUSE. Acts. 16:30.

of his era, and He knew that the disease

would spread among His own followers as

well. "When the Son of man cometh,
shall he find faith on the earth?", he
wondered. (Lk. 16:8). His question is still

"Without faith it is impossible to

please God", Heb. 11:6, so there is

most apt.

hold of his promise and take heed of His

no use trying it.

Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, lay

Christ called men and women to have

warning.

faith and believe.

He that believeth and is "baptized shall be

For God so loved the world that he gave his

saved; but be that believeth not shall be

only begotten son that whosoever bclievcth

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damned. Mk. 16'16.

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Women as Evangelists
.

~^f..M4fcr=Riith-Horris of Madras

Opportunites Galore

A woman is a natural evangelist.

Evangelism is, after all, only telling the
Good News to friends and neighbours.
Woman, with her unique position in the
h'>me, is ever ready and able to tell this
Good News of Jesus Christ.

Women,have always evangelised thro

ugh the home, and in India we find many
devout Christian women spreading the
Good News through home situations.

Woman by nature tends to reveal

Examples of Women Evangelists

what has happened in her home or some

We often think that women do not go

about preaching the gospel. Yet when
we begin to consider examples of
women evangelists, we are astounded
at the great place they have had in the

unusual situation in which she is involved.

In the long and hot afternoons when hard

work is impossible and when the women

gather to talk and rest until evening, a

perfect chance is available for evangelism.
In the mornings in the bazzar, another
good chance is afforded. During the
countless meetings around the village well
and while waiting in queues for ration or

history of evangelism, and the wide vari

ety of places where they can evangelize.
In one sense, the history of women

evangelism is brought clearly before us

in the example of the little Maid who

other reasons, the women excel at evange

lism.

showed her master Naaman how he could

What better way to get the gospel

across than this ?

be cured of leprosy through the prophet

Elisha.

In India women are the keepers of the

home. At night, as she watchies over the
studying of the children, and while
putting them to bed, a Christian woman
will automatically witness of her Lord
through her children.

In the New Testament we find that

Mary Magdalene was the first at the tomb

and so the first to spread the Good News
that her Saviour had risen from the dead.

She immediately took the news to Peter

and John and the other disciples.

Women are not very concerned with

caste and creed when it comes to talking.

When Jesus visited the homes of his

friends, it was the women who spread the

So it is that the Hindu women will learn

Good News that He was there and that

of Christ, and through them the Hindu

He could help other women as they had

men.

been helped.

A Christian woman will automati

cally witness her Christianity to a Hindu

community through the religious faith of
her children through the behaviour which
will daily be Christ-like throughout, and
through her hospitality toothers and her
attitudes thicugh this hotpitality.

Bear in mind the names of the women

evangelists of the New Testament. Besides

Mary Magdalene there were Mary, the
mother of Mark, Priscilla, who taught

Appollos, Lydia, the first women convert

in Europe who evangelised while selling
dyes, Salome, and a host of others.
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19 7 4
1974 anew year. What's ahead?
Will we solve our problems, or will we
sink further; into the mire of despair?

This is a question that many are asking.

The astrologers have been busy pre
dicting personal and national horoscopes
for the coming year. The wizards, the
necromancers, the palmists are all at work.

So are the scientists, the economists, the

agriculturalLsts and ecologistsall are at
work. It is a matter of time. Can we avert

trdgedy, ruin, doom ? Have we realized

the extent of our problems too late ?
In the light of current events and
coming events, one Bible exhortation is
very much on my mind. It is the words

of Paul"Redeem the time for the days

are evil." (Eph. 5:16). And as he says in
another place, "In the last day perilous

you do, let Hun pass you by. You are

doomed if you do ! .
Jesus is coming againsoon! Will
you be ready for Him ? If you're not

ready to face Himthis Mighty Holy

One^this' God of gods, this Lord of
lords,if you are not ready for Him, my
friend, don't waste time, will you, on
every little puff of fancy and folly that
wafts by you!

Redeem the timemake Jesus your

Saviour and Lord !

If He is your Lord then don't waste

time in the doing of His business !

Let us make 1974 count for eternity.

Don E. Stanton Editor

The Message of Life

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rise, travel will beconie more uncertain

and unsafe, and yiolence -will increase as

food,distribution grows thinner. Service

for the Lord will be more hindred and
restrictions will increiase.

.My.friend, we must redeem the time.

L^ us make the most . use of our time^

let us^biiy . up the time and use it for
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Letus not waste time in frivolity, in

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The Daily Newspaper and Prayer

Dr. Roland E. Miller
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Pilgrimage of Salvation
H. A. Krishna Pillai
Annual Statement

Indian News Summary

This month we are inaugurating a

new scries of articles entitled, Vilgrimage

of Sahation. This is the epic of H. A.

Krishna Pillai written in Tamil

more

than a hundred years ago. It is being

translated for us by our brother, V.
Gnanasikhamani.

Page

Page

G Stands for Grace

Ralph R. Harler

WOW

By Langru the dog

Brother Gnanasikhamani will be edit

ing Chrisiasian later this year when Mr.

Harter goes to the U. S. I am thinking
of spending the year down there since
I hear that there is a particular type of

Page 9 bone in south India that is juicier than

the goat bones I get up here.

Page 12

Mrs. Ivy Paul and I are getting along

famously nowadays. I compliment her
then she compliments me, then I compli
ment her, then she compliments me.
F.ven I have to admit that the article

on Grace is pretty good. I didn't think

that that subject could be so interesting
and important.

Vol. XVin, No. 2

March

Kanpur, India

Translated from the Hindi Magazine Shighra

HAPPINESS IN TROUBLED TIMES

Ramesh Timotheus

Prem drank his tea and, placing a

bookmark in the place where he had been
reading, he carefully closed his black
leather Bible and set it aside.

The important thing is, in what do we

place our faith ?

There was a time when

I used to worry about every little thing

those were the days when I tried to solve
all of my problems by myself."

As he did

this, a song escaped from his lips. A few

minutes later, when he came out into the

"And now?" Suresh asked.

courtyard ofids neighbour, he was still

"Now everything is changed. Ever

since I accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as
my Saviour, God lias become a living

humming this song.

"Hello, Surcsh", he calledout happily

to his neighbour when he saw him sitting

Person for me and now I tell Him all

on the veranda.

about my needs."
"But has any difference come in the

Suresh returned his greeting. "You

look very happy today, Prem. Did you

price of wheat because of your faith in

God ?" Suresh said, becoming uncom
fortable by Prem's optimitm.
never play the lottery."
"Yes, you can think this way that my
"Then what is it that makes you so faith has no effect on the price of wheat.
happy ? You always seem to have some Nevertheless, my faith does have an effect
thing to be happy about."
on my trading in these commodities.
"Why shouldn't I be happy, Suresh ? Conditions no longer disturb me as they
There is so much in life to be happy once did. Anyway, what effect does all
about."
of our worrying have on market prices ?"
"You're telling the truth there, Prem.
"Much ?", Sureshsqueaked. "The price
of wheat has gone up again. It is almost Worrying only makes things worse. I wish
impossible to get good rice. There is a I could have a faith like yours. When I

win a prize in the lottery ?"

"No, Suresh", Prem laughed. "I

conflict between labour and management think about the difficulties we have toand it is possible that the factory will be face today, I sometimes get so worried
closed. What have you found to be happy that I cannot concentrate on my work."
"Suresh, you also can experience the
peace of God in your heart if you wish.
God does not reject anyone. It is not a

about ?"

"Yes, you're right.

We all have to

face these difficulties. Even then, Suresh,

matter of being rewarded for our faith

we have much to be thankful fbr. We

are better off than some others we have

enough to satisfy our needs and

but it is simply acknowledging our need

and coming to Christ. Jesus says, 'Come

our

unto me all ye that labor and are heavy

future is in God's care."

laden, and I will give you rest.' It is

wonderful to know that the Lord Jesus
Christ is your Saviour, and that we have

"Faith is a very important thing,"

Suresh said cynically, "but it is difficult

to live by faith."

a heavenly father to whom we can take

"It is difficult to live without faith.

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all of our cares and needs.

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Repiintedfrom MEDIARTS of Madras

The Daily Newspaper and Prayer

Dr. Roland . Miller
Do you read the daily newspaper ?
Most of you do. Some may read it in
English, others in another language.
Whatever the language or style, we like
to read a newspaper. It tells us what is
happening in the world.

Headline: "910 More Pakistani POWs

expatriated." Is there anything to pray

Now consider the title of this article,

"The. Daily Newspaper and

pedium for. communicating soipething

important to ns.
As I write this, I have some recent
newspapers in my hand. Let us look at
them together.

Prayer."

about here ? Yes indeed! Here Is a tre

What is the connection between the two ?

mendous reason for thanksgiving. Do you

The heavenly Father, we know, wants

us to pray to Him. As often and as

remember an earlier headline ? "India

and Pakistan Reach Accord! Solution to

thoughtfully as we can, we respond to Humanitarian probl^s Found!" Thank ^

God that the prisoners can go home to

His gracious invitation. Frequently,

however, we are somewhat selfish in our
prayers. When we prky, we tend to
think mainly of ourselves and our own

their families, l hank God that hundreds

of unwanted people will find new homes.

Thank God for the hope of peace on the
sub-continent.

needs. Of course those who attend church

pray regularly for others. But in our

own prayers we usually think of ourselves..

Another headline:

It is true that God wants us to pray for

our own needs. He declares: "Call upon
me in the day of trouble. I will deliver
you, and you shall glorify me."(Ps. 50:15)
But if we pray only for ourselves, we have

parts of India have to live .without water

for long periods of time. This [.year the

rains have ended a three-year drought in
Maharashtra and Raj^than. Thank
God that He has helped your fellow citi

prayer.

zens so that they can driiik fresh water,

bathe, and wash regularly, plant crops,

Listen to what Jesus says:-"Our Father

give iii our daily bread .... forgive us

our trespasses
deliver us from evil."

raise cattle, and live with hope again.

Who is the "our" and the "us" ? Those

Words include all men. We are members

of one human family.

Now look at another news item: ^'Steel

Complex for Kerala Inaugurated at

Calicut." Within ten months of its begin
ning, this important project was comple
ted. We can do big things, if we try !
37000 tons of steel a year will be produ
ced. Perhaps the great iron ore deposits

In prayer we
our

brothers and sisters in that family.

That

Rains

in understanding how people in other

not captured the true spirit of Christian

must remember the needs of all

"Massive

Flood Desert Areas." People who live

where the monsoon falls have difficulty

is why we need a daily newspaper. Your

daily newspaper will help you to remem
It is the voice

of Kozhikode District will be utilized, in

of the world. Jarring your memory,

pricking your conscience, stirring your
heart, it will teach you what to pray.

time. New auxiliary industries will spring

up around this basic one. Think of what
this mdans for Kerala and its people,

Perhaps we may even think of it as God's

and thank God !

ber the needs of others.

eight million people were affected by the

Even the advertisements can be a cause

worst floods in recorded history in the

bordering nation, Pakistan. How does
this strike you ? Does it mean anything

for gratitude. On page 4 of the same

edition there is an announcement of
German

Remedies

Limited.

new

for your prayers ? Can you pray for -

company is being started in .Madrasto

produce drugs. What does this mean ?
Newjobsfor some people, and new hope
for some families. More di^gs and chea
per drugs for sick people. The daily
newspaper is shouting at you: "Thank
God!" True prayerstarts right there with

Pakistanis ? Yes, whoever they may be,

we pray, "Owr Father
hear us as we
pray for our sorrowing brothers and
sisters."

There is still more, much more. Some

of the things are far away.

praise and thanks.

"Earthquake

in Central Mexico. One Thousand Dead;"

The newspaper shouts somethingelse "107 Killed in Big Blaze in Japan." Do

too-namely, that we should ask God to not look at your newspaper as though
forgive the sins of mankind. Look at some you weie sitting on the moon. All of these

things are happening, to your flesh and

blood. They are far away, but not so

ofthese items: "School Set on Fire;""Cash

and Jewels Snatched on train;" "Three

Fatally Knocked Down by Bus;""Colleges
Closedin Bangalore;" "Medical Services
Hit;" "Stone Throwing in Madras;"
"Officials Killed by Hostiles"; "Baluchi

far that you cannothear the piteous cry

of those who are hurting.

More;" "Strong Rise in Petrol and Kero-

Gandhi Assassinated"; "Renewed Threat

of War in West Asia."

scene;" "Care Runs Short of Wheat,

Curtails Schemes;" "Cholera and Gastro-

The newspaper

hangs our sinfulness before our eyes. We

Enteiitis Increase." Whether far or near

the needs of our fellow men are a contin

cannot avoid its truth. How weak and

foolish we are. We cannot manage our

affairs properly.

uous demand on us to pray to God for

We cannot control evil

help. He knows what suiBfering is. In

in ourselves nor in others. We must pray

Jesus He has experienced our suffering.

But He also has the power to heal and to
change things for good. Ask Him to
deliver your fellow men from evil, and
ask regularly.
Who knows, perhaps someone is pray
ing for you. May be that is why all is
well with you today.
The daily newpaper is a good prayer
book. Use it well. Perhaps you will
remember this when you pick up today's
edition. But there is one important thing
that the newspaper will not tell you.
For that you must go to the Bible and
hear the voice ofJesus. He is saying the
most wonderful thing of all: "Whatsoever

even for the evil-doers, many of whom

do not know what they are doing.
"O God, we have sinned against
Thee by thought, word and deed."
Finally, the newspaper tells us about
the various needs of our fellow men.

It

reverberates with the sounds of suffering

humanity and thereby moves us to ask
God to help them. Now look at the
headlines from this point of view: "Over
million People Hit by Orissa Flood."
Can you see the homes destroyed, families
fleeing, animals dying, water polluted,
crops ruined, starvation and disease sett
ing in ? The headline is a call to prayer.
Do you remember a similar headline
that appeared earlier in the year? "Indus
River on

Destruction

Course."

you ask the Father in my name, believing,

you shall receive."

Over

Other things

are near: "Students Strike;" "Ration

Rice increase in Price;" "Milk to Cost

PILGRIMAGE OF SALVATION
By H. A. Krishna Filial
Translated from Tamil into English by V, Gnanasikhamani

zJransiator 6 Sooted

Post Box 501, Park Town, Madras-3, or

through your local bookseller.

The Pilgrimage of Salvation is a major

Tamil Christian epic poem. It is acclaim
ed to be the best epic composed by a
Tamil Christian. In this poem, the poet
has adapted the story of John Bunyan's
Pilgrim's Progress^ the greatest of allegories.

The translation of the epic follows.

First of all there is a prologue by the poet
in praise of God.
THE PRAISE OF GOD

Krishna Pillai's treatment of the story

We praise and worship Him who

existed before the beginning of all the five
elements of the world (earth, water, wind,
fire and sky). He is the beginning, the

is quite original anddndigenous. On its

literary merits it is compared with the
great epic R.amayana of Kambai.

In his poem, Krishna Pillai narrates

in epic poetic vigour the journey of a
pilgrim 50al from the city of destruction
to the celestial city. The story attempts
to convert the sinner and help lead him
victorious through the storms and calms

eternal, thie ancient, the ever-shining im

measurable Light. He is the holy and
living wisdom, the Almighty God. Let
us keep Him in our mind and thought..
Daily shall we love Him and live.

The

He is One-in-Three and Three-in-One,;

poet regards it as a ship that sails the

soul to heaven. It is sung in five "books"
and has 47 parts with a total of about

the Holy Trinity. Father, Son and Holy.

16,000 lines.

of His thought and rejoiced over His

creation. He grants salvation to humanity.

of a believer's life into eternal life^

Spirit, living forever without destruction.:

He created all the worlds at the instant

The Pilgrimage of Salvation has never

been translated into English except in
much scattered portions here and there in
the way of illustrations. This translator
is very conscious of the translation pro
blem. However, he proposes to give it a
fair try, in prose form, for the readers of
Christasian Magazine. Since they are al
ready familiar with the story of the poet's
conversion, he hopes that they will appre
ciate his epic as well.
If anyone is interested to know more

He is the Truth, Wisdom and Bliss.

Let

us therefore meditate on Him in

our

hearts and in our lives.

God is the first cause for all things,

and He is the First Thing. He is the Eter-'

nal God,' transcending past, present and

future. Even the beautiful and magnifi->
cent Bible cannot adequately describe
His character and deeds, so wonderful,

is God's grace. .Let us not fail to daily;

worship him.

about H. A. Krishna Pillai, he is advised

to read the 80 paged book, Tamil Christian

Poet by Dr. A. J. Appasamy, World Chris

FATHER

Let us praise the Father-who i^ent His

tian Book No. 56. "This may be ordered

from the Christian Literature

only beloved Sonthe Wordto become

Service,
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THE CHURCH AND ITS LIFE

flesh: He who is also the Light of the
World. Through His Son, God has re-s
Even aS'the sun is'ofValue'to the dark
newed salvation to us by grace. May we. sea sufroundirig the world, even so the
crown our heads with His holy feet.
holy church is of value to the world. It
" - SON"
is the total gathering of all true Christians,

He was born of a virgin upon the

earth and gave His precious life on the
cross of Calvary to redeem the human
race and to bring mankind to the hea
venly abode. He is the Prince of our
salvation. Let us love and worship Hun.^
The Saviour was incarnated into the

the followers of the Bible.

As the light

that shines upon a high mountain, so the

church is shining forth the light of salva
tion on this wprld, .,Like the growing
of tbe beautiful moon,; arid as the riibon

sheds it's soft; pleasing arid peaceful light

oil this dark" worldj even so the church

grows aridspreads peace arid joy through

world so that heaven aild earth might* the light of srilvatidn.

rejoice, that wisdom and goodness might

flourish, that sin and suffering might be
destroyed,. and that the weak and for-

libly Church. His hply ,fbli^^

tate arid praise His holy feet.

sacred fellowship will be fotever yhttipus

The .Son of Qod, is.the head of this

sakened might be upheld. Let us medi-, earth are it's bodyii Irir^^

; 1

HOLY SPIRIT

and flourish.

upon

way, the

"The world is still in, Exist

ence today because there .are.uch right

- The Holy Spirit lights the light of the- eous people living who possessthe charac
Scripture in Our hearts and dispels the: ter of truth, virtue, patience, kindness,

darkness of sin. He abides always in us,- comp^sion, purity pf ,mind andi real de
helping; lus in the way of salvation.? votion. But for the existence of these,
He guides and guards us towards bur people, the woild would long, before have
redemption. He grants us all the good come to nought.

gifts we desire , through" the grace of His

gentle sight. He is one in the threepersonality of the Godhead. W^e worship

Him and crown our heads with His holy

In the ancient days, the obedient

Noah and his family entered the ark that

feet.

saved.

Cod had provided for them and thus were

On

the other hand, the sea

swallowed the rest of the world into its

mouth. Though the people of the world

Part OneThe historical Prayer ; have heard,.seen and know of it, yet they

BOOK ONE THE BEGINNING

heve not acknowledged the living Way^

to serve the living; God. Oh, what a

PRAYER

(Please note that the sub-divisions are not in-,

the original but have been added by Vie trans
lator.)
The Lord of heaven governs and pro
tects all the worlds.

He is the immeasur

able Light, the sea of giace. He is the

Trinity who is revealed in the Sacred'
Books. I pray to Him that as His holy
feet ever dwell in the depth of my heart
He may enable me, even me, to blessedly
complete the work I have uridertakenTor
His glory.
;^
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-6

terrible choice

is

that I

Nevertheless,"

there are^ those who have known the

living Cod and abide in Him. For such
people of the holy asseinbly, the sacred
scriptures which Cod gave are the path
way and means of eternal life. To follow/
and live in accordance with the Book's

teaching in the consciousness of salvation

is the character of the Pilgrim souL ..

Thus end the preliminaries.
story begins in our next issue.
~r-

The actual,

PICTURES FROM KANPUR

Supplement to Christasian Magazine

April, 1974
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Our (rented) house is look-

^^

il Agenerous giftfrom the Smithville

Christian Church

2A/415, Azadnagar, Kanpur,

U. P., 208-G02, India

When we moved into the

house on May, 23rd, 1973, it

did not have doors and win

dows, and only three rooms

liad floors; the bathrooms were

not ready and electricity had

to be borrowed from a rather

reluctant neighbor; the heat

of the Indian summer was also

at its worst. "Unless Jehovah

had been my help, my soul had
soon dwell in silence." Ps. 94:17.

We had a very fine group of boys with us during the 1973-74 school year.
Eight of them were supported by the Kulpahar Church of Christ M :sion. The

ninth boy, Tommy, was also a Kulpahar boy but we have been supporting him
for several years now. No. 10 is Harinam, see fourth page of supplement.
Numbers II and 12 are Babbu and Moon, see opposite page. Kalyan, who was

converted to Christ in December, 1972, also stays here but he earns his livimg as a
steno-typist in a local college. An old man, Manga! Singh, lives with us but
for the past several weeks he has been visiting other friends. Besides these we

give monthly support to seven other young people such as Nirmala La! (opposite).
Worship services are held here every Sunday morning with the boys lead in"'
and otherwise actively participating. This is separate from the church services

still being held in Swarupnagar. The Azadnagar group is not yet organised but
we hope that eventually a church may evolve. In the meantime, the boys are
receiving rich experience which will make them helpful members of the chitrch

wherever they go afier they leave here: and if they stay in Kanpur, then all the
belter.

The Kanpur Zoo located

across the street from us now

charges admission. The result

is that the boys do not roam
in the zoo as much as they
once did.

Some of the mon-

kies though find their way out

of the zoo and the boys are
not afraid to play with them.
The three (Kulpahar support
ed) boys pictured here are
Chhote Lai Singh, Daniel
Singh (no relation), and Max
well M. Lall.

No .ice that one

of the monkies has jumped (like

a dog) to get a tidbit teasingly
held by Daniel. This type of
Langur morkev.is verv tame.
Babbu and Moon are two

small boys who have come to

live with us for awhile. Their
father is a mental case and
their mother is in her third

year of Nurses' Training. An

aunt had been taking care of

3
g

7^*

the childz-en

but

she

died

suddenly. It is expected that

after a year the mother will be
able to take the boys to live
with h'ir. The boys were too
backward to be enrolled

in

school so the older boys have

been taking turns teaching

them to read and write. They
should be ready to enter school
by July.

Another family we help Is

the family of Puttu Lall.
He lives in a village 50
miles

from

here, and

was

once-upon-atime employed
as a preacher by Dr. Rothermel.

He has

two

sons

(both employed) and four

daughters. We are supporting
one of the daughters, Nirmala

(with colored dress next to

Puttu) who studies in a Kanpur
boarding school. Puttu has had
a difficult time getting his
daughters through school but
he seems to be succeeding.

We have had reason to be

proud of Harinam Singh, aged

19, because he has proven to
be a very good student. We
have great hopes that he will
pass this year's final examina

tions (Class XII) with distinc

tion.

Then we will have to

face the problem of his future.

Harinam

was

converted

to

Clirist in 1971 and he continues

to grow in faith and grace.

This is neither my latest

nor my best photo but it is just
a plain reminder that I am
neither faceless nor double-

faced. The Lord willing, I am

hoping to be in the United

States from November, 1974,

and will return to India after

the summer camps in 1975.

All contributions for our work

in Kanpur should

be

sent

through our forwarding agent

Miss Florence Douglas, 1111
No. Main St., Joplin, Mo.,
64801., U.S. A. Correspond
ence regarding speaking dates
should be sent directly to me
here in Kanpur until Septem
ber. My furlough address after
Oct. 1st, 1974 will be c/o
First Church of Christ, Clinton,
OH, 44216, U.S.A.

A Letter of Thanks to Lanqru

DEAR BOW WOW,

always found alert and watchful.

No

thief dare enter the house as long as you

are alive, and you are fully awake when

Thank you very much for the yei^.

kind things you said about iny articles in

your master returns. You see him coming

the last two" issues of Chrislasian. Now let

from a distance and rush out to receive

me tell you of a" feiv points I have noticed

hini. jMastef is pleased to see you awake.

He pats you, then you retire to a cozy
place leaving your safety in your master's

in you. ^

Now look here fellow, :if you start

getting excited and jump'around, Lshall" hands.
not tell 'yoii anylhihg. Promise me that
When our Master was leaving, He
-you will sit quietlyv^hile I -am talking, asked His people to watch and feed His
only then will you Come to know what" I sheep. We are to guard His house and
admire in you.
not to allow the devil to enter His temple.
Though there are many who just love He told us to be watchful and to keep
to hear the mere mention of your name, awake lest He come and find us sleeping
you nevertheless feel humbled and dejec
and punish us by leaving us outside the
ted most of the time. You even hesitate
to ask for a few crumbs. Whatever is

door.

Do you know what's going on these

days ? While some are working hard to
be prepared, and trying to keep awake,
others are fast asleep. Thieves have
entered into the Master's house not only

thrown to you, you pick up meekly and

eat. After eating, you feel energetic and
morally uplifted as you at once start

worshipping and faithfully guarding the

house and properties of your master.

stealing his property but the doors and

windows of the house as well. As a result,
His servants and people are undernour
ished and starving.
- ... - :
It would not be proper to,mention

Didyou ever hearthestory ofLazarus^

He also sat humbly and faithfully at the

gates of a rich man, eating crumbs. Hfs
faithfulness pleased his Master who

took him away and gave him a most

any particular name but I ;wifl rnention

comfortable house to dwell in forever.

some ciategories of persons who were given

Another thing I like about you is

responsibilities for the -safe-guard
that when you receive a small piece of special
ing of the Meter's goods.'; They are the
bone, your eyes sparkle with appreciation pastors, preachers, laymen and-, members
and gratitude. We humans are not
the churches.. All are given some sort
always so thankful. While we are given pf
of respqnsibiliiy. Most of us. prdye^to be
most of the things that we want, we still very .disappointing in the performance of
grumble when we do not get some minor these duties. Although wc realize', that
things. Maybe you can leach us how to . the corning 'ofbur Master is .very near,
be thankful for the blessings we receive "^nd that He may come at any moment,
from our Master.

still we are neglecting our duties. Teach

us to be ready and fully prepared to meet

When your master is away, leaving

some responsibilities on you, you are
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Him in the air.

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--

I get the impression, Langru, that

your master is very pleased with you ' ahd

blessed crumbs for which she asked.

She

was blessed abundantly and her soii was

that he showers his kindness on you. healed. So do not feel humiliated when
How is all of this possible, you might ask. someone belittles you.
Well, let me tell you of just one incident
I guess you got all the points that
to prove it to you.

I was going to tell you. Keep up and

Once a womanapproached our Master continue teaching us your three qualities
for His blessings to cure her son. At first of faithfulness, thankfulness and watchful
He refused her in order to test her faith.
cannot give the children's bread to the

dogs,"

He said.

ness.

With best compliments,

She did not however

MRS. IVY C. PAUL

lose hope. "It's true, sir," she said, "but

do not dogs get the crumbs from the
meter's table?" My Master noticedthe

generosity and has contributed most liberally

marvelled a,t her faith and gave her the

Editor

Mrs. Paul has also learned the lesson of

faith, love and sincerity in her eyes. He to the finances of Christasian Magazine.

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Address

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I Ralph R. Harter hereby declare that the Particulars given above are true to tlie
best of my knowledge and belief.
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A B C's of the Ghristian Faith

Ralph R. Harter

G stands for
GRACE

and dragging men and women committed

them to prison," (Acts 8:3). When he

Seeing the word Grace, many readers

have already turned the page to read
something else-more interesting. We are
bored by the mere mention of the word

was converted, he was on his way to

Damascus to wreck the same havoc there

Grace because we consider it to be too

that he had wrecked in Jerusalem (Acts

vague and abstract without any practical

9:1,2).
All this time that Paul was persecuting

application.
Also, we think that since we know
that Grace is defined as being '*unmerited favor," we know everything of im
portance there is to be known about the
subject.

the Christians, he was a very religious

man, a Pharisee of the Pharisees.

He

had been a student of the famous Game-

liel, and he was very zealous for the law

of Moses.

The Apostle Paul did not consider

Then, on his way to Damascus, he

the theme of Grace to be boj esome, nor

did he think it licked practi al tv. To

came face to face with the Resurrected

Christ. The vision was accompanied by

a light so bright that Paul said, "I could
not see for the glory of that light." He
had to be led by the hand into the city

the Apostle Paul, the word Grace was as

full of meaning as the words Mother and
Home.

of Damascus where he was

Paul Most of All

blind for

three days until Ananias caihe and re

stored his sight.
This light that blinded him was an
outward manifestation of God's glory and
was seen by the others who were accom-,
panying Paul. At the same time, an inner
light also broke into the life of Paul. This
inner light did not transport him from
noon-day brightness to blindness as did
the outward light, but it transfoimed him
from darkness to light.

More than any other, it was the

Apostle Paul who emphasised God's
grace. Although Jesus was the very
epitome of Grace, Jesus did not use the
term as Paul used it. The apostle John
emphasised Love more than Grace. Luke
wrote about Grace because of the in

fluence of Paul whose companion he was.

In order to understand about Grace,
therefpre, we must look at the life of the
Apostle Paul. Why was it that the Apostle
Paul, more than anyone else, was affected

Flooded with Grace

by the concept of God's grace.

Paul's Experience

Now for the first time in his life, Paul

saw the brightness of God's marvellous

love and grace. Now, for the first timC;

Wie all know that before his conver

he understood that man cannot be saved

sion to Christ, Paul was an arch-enemy

of all that was Ghristian. He accepted

by his own works nor by the law of Moses.:

Paul never forgot that he was the
the responsibility for the murder of
Stephen. Following that, he "laid waste least deserving of all persons to be saved
the church, entering into every '-house. by Jesus Christ. It was not just some sort.

of false nfodesty or false humility that

impelled Paul to refer to himself as the

chiefestof sinners (I Tim. 1:15). It had

taken a lot of grace to save the Apostle
Paul.

There is a sense in which it can be

said that it took more of God's grace to

save Paul than it took to save John. On
the other hand, the sins committed by
the best of us (whoever they are), are so
great that the amount of God's grace

are spotted as being a "soft touch," we

arc told some heart-rendihg tale and we
pay out some cash to relieve distress.
Later we find out that there was no truth
to the tale at all and that our cash was

spent for liquor. The next time we are

not touched so easily.
God's kindness and grace are also no^
to be sinned against. Paul wrote that we
Christians have died to

needed to save any of us is unfathomable.

That is why God's grace meant so
much to the Apostle Paul.

Grace and Baptism

There are some who argue that since
we are saved by grace, there is no need
of baptism. It is difRcult to understand
then why Paul, who was the greatest
exponent of grace, was also a great expo
nent of baptism. For only one example,

Practical Aspects
We are bored with the subject of God's
grace because we do not appreciate what
it has done for us. We are not bored when
the conversation is about our families and

he told the Galatians, "As many of you

as were baptized into Christ did put on

friends, but somehow we have failed to

recognise that God's grace is one of the

Christ," Gal. 3:27.

best friends we ever had.

It has been said millions of times

and it must be said millions of times

We lack appreciation of God's grace

because we have too high an appreciation
of ourselves.

again, that baptism alone will not save

anyone. No one will be able to go up
to the gate of Heaven and demand,

Somehow we have come

to think that we are such fine and upright

citizens that we could be admitted to
Heaven on our own merits.

"You've got to let me in because I was

baptized."
Baptism is a beautiful rite, full of
spiritual meaning, ordained of God to
initiate believers into His kingdom and
church. If you do not agree, you will
have to argue with God about it. When

The devil likes to be let loose on self-

righteous people, and there is nothing so

efiective as a few trials and temptations
to make us realize that none are righteous,
no not one.

After we have lost a few battles to the

devil and surrendered our fort of self-

righteousness, we face the danger of going

to the opposite extreme. The Apostle
Paul himself was quick to see that
there were those who were taking

God's grace as an excuse to live in siai.

"Shall we continue in sin that grace may
abound''^ he asked. His answer was a
most forceful, "God forbid!" To sin

against God's grace is one of the greatest

sins of all.

Most of us know what it is like to have

our kindness taken ill advantage of.

We
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and that we

are not to live in sin at all.

we look at some of the initiation rites

which men have devised, we see that the

rite of baptism itself is a product of God's

grace. In baptism we have a cermony

which believers of all ages everywhere
can easily obey.
Grace Marks

In some educational systems, such as

in India, there is the facility of Grace
Marks. If a student has failed in only
one of his examinations, he may still pass
through the help of these Grace Marks.
Continued on Page 11
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pajper imports in Russia and China. The

newsprint industry in India has not deve

{Continuedfrom page 10)

God is far more generous in the
awarding of His grace marks than are
the teachers in our schools.

loped as much as it could have because

of the low profits in the industry. .

Even then,

God has not promised to graduate those

who have done nothing at all.

Studies by scientists of the Bhabha

Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, have

The purest saint alive in the world shown that the oil extracted from garlic
today is going to have to depend on God's is one of the most effective natural pestici
Grace Marks to get him (or her) into des and could easily replace toxic chemi
Heaven. Let no one think however that cal pesticides. Any,residue remaining on

Gra:ce Marks alone will save anyone.

eatables would even be beneficial. It also

does not pollutethe biosphere.

An elephant stolen at Fatehpur Sikri

{Continuedfrom page 12)

(near Agra) in October, was recovered at

Due to the increase in fuel prices, Kanpur in January.

domestic air fares on Indian Airlines have

been .nc.eased 25%.

There has been an increasing demand

all over the world for India-made shoes.

Sheikh Majibur Rahman, Prime Mini

Last year the foreign exchange earning

frorn the export ofshoes increased by ten

ster of Bangladesh, has said that he fears

three things: traitors, snakes and croco

million rupees to a new record of Rs. 12,9

diles. He fears these things because they million.
Russia is the principal importer
do not fight fairly.
of Indian footwear. England, Nepal,
Australia, Denmark, Canada and the

Because of prevailing food riots at

Surat, Surat's new nylon plant had to be
inaugurated from Bombay-160 KM away.

Netherlands were prominent among other

buyers.

The Union Minister of Petroleum and

Punjab Transport Minister Dilbagh

Chemicals, D. K. Barooah, performed

Singh has told newsmen that a third of

the honours.

the 1521 busses of Punjab Roadways were

standing idle in the depots due to the

A shiny marble foundation stone had

to be junked when last minute changes rion-availability of tyres. At the same

were made in the program for the inaug time, however, privatetransport operators
uration of a drinking water supply scheme were running their fleets efficiently.
at Karbi near Banda. A state minister,
After two children contacted smallpox
Mr. Dharma Dutt Vaidya, was originally
scheduled to launch the project but word in a village of Kashmir, the villagers
came from Mrs. Gandhi that she herself

would like to perform the ceremony.

refused to be vaccinated because they said

that.the' disease was God's- punishment.
When it was explained to them that

The Newsprint famine in India is

expected to last for several years. The
world-wide shortage has been due to a
prolonged strike in the Canadian news
print industry, and increased demand for
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refusal would be a violation ofthe law,

the villagers locked up the medical team

and threatened to burn them alive. They

were later rescued by the police.

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Indian Mew/s Summarij

In the February elections held in

been blocked in India by the use of

Uttar Pradesh, Indira Gandhi's Congress

Party won an absolute majority. This
is the first time this has happened since

various family planning devices.

1962.

to consider the introduction of a five day

It is obvious from this that voters

do not blame Mrs. Gandhi for shortages

and rising prices, and it also reflects a
confidence in the Chief Minister, H. N.
iBahuguna.
In the meantime, in the national
capitol, New Delhi, the Finance Minister,

The Prime Minister has told the Rajya

Sabha that the government is prepared

work-week if an agreement can be rea

ched with the workers that the

same

amount of work will be done in five days

as is now being done in six. That should

not be difficult.

Mr. Chavan, was preparing the nation's

budget for 1974-75. Postal ra^es have

A 42-year old woman of Gujarat died

after giving birth to her 21st child.

gone up as have taxes on cigarettes, liquor

cosmetics, toothpaste, superior fabrics,
T. V. sets, cars, steel, fans and refrigera
tors. The Railway Ministry also announ

Married at the age of 14, she spent 16

years in pregnancy. Eleven of her babies
died and 15 survived.

ced an increase in rail fares. At the same

Bombay has reimbursed the Western

Railway after hearing a series of lectures
on honesty. The youth, a medical stu
dent, has sought to pay for 20 trips and

time, payers of income tax were eased of

a little of their tax burden.

For the most

part, the tax proposals were received by

the public as fair and necessary.
The prices of petrol, cooking gas and
keroscene have been further raised.

It would, of course, stretch the imagi

nation too far to say that anyone" is happy

with rising prices, although everyone is
happy to have their own salaries increased.
During the past two months there have
been widespread disturbances in the states
of Gujarat, Rajasthan and Maharastra
obstensively sparked by food shortages
and rising prices. Many people have
been killed in daily clashes.
In the small, sleepy town of Sirathu

An habitual

one meal which

ticketless

traveller

he had cheated

of

the

railway of.
There is a scheme to replace cycle

rikshas with power-driver rikshas in Uttar

Pradesh. This type of riksha has been
developed by the Central Mechanical
Engineering Research Institute and is
expected to cost Rs. 1800 ($225). Intend
ing drivers of these rikshas will be able to
get loans from the nationalised banks to
enable them to purchase the vehicles.
Mr. Jagjivan Ram, Union Defense

Minister, was uuable to address an

election meeting at Moghalsarai because
near Allahabad, three persons were killed his helicopter landed in a graveyard by
when the police confronted a mob which mistake. Before the gates ofthegraveyaid
was squatting on the railway tracks. could be unlocked to allow the exit of
.The demonstrators were angry at the rise Mr. Ram, an angry crowd gathered and
in train fares and were led by a leader began to pelt stones at the intruding
of the Socialist Party.
helicopter. Sensing trouble, the party
Mr. Kondajji Basappa, Union Deputy ascended in their flying machine and flew

Health and Family Planning Minister,

has expressed his belief that up to
December 1973, 15.6 million births had
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oflF to another destination.

Well, that

may have given Mrs. Gandhi something

to chuckle about. {Continued onpage 11)
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The article on page 2 is Harinam

Singh's first attempt to write an article
in English. Two yeais ago, no one could
get Harinam to speak English but now
it is dilRcuIi to get him stopped. Harinam
lives in our Kanpur hostel.
I am not so dumb that I don't know

some readers will object to the "Pente

3n tfii
ns

U6iie

Walk worthily of Your Calling

V. Gnanasikhamant
Page 2
We Should Not Lose Heart

Harinam Singh

Page 3

Experiencing Pentecost Today

E. A, Hackney

Page

costal" article on page four. One good

thing I have noticed about human beings
though is that tliey try to understand The Srinagar Tomb
other people's points of view. But if you Sam V. Bhajjan
want to communicate with me, you had
belter talk in a language that I know, H Stands for the Holy Spirit
preferably DogHsh.
Ralph R. Harter
One of the nationally prominent
magazines of India recently gave publi Pilgrimage of Salvation
city to the "Srin.agar I'omb." Since H. A, Krishna Piilai

then, a number of Christian writers have

responded. The rebuttal written by Sam

Bhajjan does not leave much room for
anything more to be said on the subject.

Vol. XVIII, No. 3

Page 6
Page 9
Page 12

Indian News Summary

Page 14

Book News from Bombay

Page 16

Kanpur, India

SHOULD NOT

LOSE HEART

Harlnam Singh

down-ward path that leads to death and

"Don't worry about anything but in

all your prayers ask God for what you
need, always asking him with a thankful
heart. And God's peace, which is far
beyond human understanding, will keep
your he irts and minds safe in Christ
Jesus." Phil. 4:6,7 (Living Bible).

hell.

But the Bible says, "If you confess

with your lips, 'Jesus is Lord,' and
believe in your heart that God raised him
from the dead, you will be saved." Rom10:9, L. B.

It is an indisputable fact that the

Bible has be m written by the inspiration
of the Holy Spirit. In other words, the
Holy Spirit is the real author of the Bible.
In it, the Holy Spirit encourages a dis
appointed man. In it the Holy Spirit
gives a man great hope in Christ.

Inasmuch as the Bible is the word of

God, it expresses God's feeling. God is

love, and He loved the world so much
that he gave his only Son.
We believe that after death we will

go to the next world The gate to that

world is very narrow. We can never

enter in to that gate without the help of

One Indian poet says that when the

sun is hidden behind the cloud, the sky

Christ.

Bible says, "For God did not send his

son into the world to be its Judge but
to be its Savior."

Lastly, let me say that we should

change our hearts. We should accept

not feel discouraged.

Christ.

Christ Jesus says in the Bible, "I have

told you this so that you will not fall
away. They will put you out of their

We should not be cruel to even

the smallest of living things. We should

become true disciples of Christ, like Peter
and Paul. Then we wiil possess the gift
of the Holy Spirit. So a man should be

meeting houses. And the time will come

when anyone who kills you will think
that by doing this he is serving God."
(Jn. 16:1,2. Living Bible).

brave.

Fie should not lose heart.

PLEASE NOTE

Our editor-elect will begin work

immediately on the September issue of
Christasian Magazine. You are therefore
requested to send your articles for publi

It grieves me very much that it is

in our

churches today. Many who call them

selves Christians are living in darkness
and are often found opposing good men.
They have become selfish. Wealth and
power have made them proud. They
have forgotten the love of Christ, They
are not afraid of God. They are on a
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That is why

God sent his son into the world, as the

comes out again and the sky again be

comes bright. The same is true of diffi
culties: they come in a man's way but
they are removed after some time. Thus
a man should have patience and should

difficult to find love and faith

For that reason it is our first

duty to believe on Christ.

becomes dark; but afterwards the sun

cation at once to,

Mr. V.

Gnanasikhamani

1/9, Murugesa Naickan St.

Tondiarpet, Madras, 6C0-G81
Tamilnadu, India
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WALK WORTHILY OF YOUR CALLING

Eph. 4:1
V. Gnanasikhamani

Introduction:

We come

across

glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

several

kinds of 'calls' and callings," and re

sponses in our day-to-day life. But there

2 Thess. 2:14.

4. What is the means of God's calling

to us ? Jesus Christ and His gospel.

is a 'calling' from above and it is of

Himalayan importance. Let us study

I Pet. 5:10; 2 Thess. 2:14.

that calling.
1.

When we are told that someone is

5. To attain the aims of His calling, He

calling us, the first thing we want to

know is, "Who is calling ?". In this

has also made provision of services

unto Him on this earth. Heb. 5:4;

case, the calling

2.

comes from

Eph. 4:12,13.

the

Almighty God himself. Eph. 1:18.

a.

We are called Christians.

11:26; I Pet. 4:16.

Has this calling come to us because

we are worthy of it? No. I Cor. 1:26-29.

b.

Evangelists, pastors, teachers.

Eph. 4:11-13.

a. God has chosen the foolish things

b.

c.

of the world. I Cor. 1:27.

God has chosen the weak.

Some characteristics of God's calling

I Cor. 1:27.

which must be kept,

a.

of the world. I Cor. 1:27.

with an holy

this calling.

1:9,10.

It is universal.

It

It is a

Rom. 8:28

Called whom He had predestina

3. Why has God Galled us ?

c.

d.
e.

ted.

Rom. 8:30.

7. A Warning to our calling for our

He has called us unto His eternal

glory.

calling. 2 Tim.

Called as sons of God I Jn. 3:1.

Called according to His purpose.

divine

calling and it cannot be ignored.

b.

He has saved us and called us

Therefore anyone can respond to

should be accepted with humility

a.

Those called were separated for

the work. Acts 13:2.

c. God has chosen the base things

and obedience.

Acts

benefit.

I Pet. 5:10.

a.

It is said, 'for the prize of the

high calling of God.' Phil. 3:14.
He has called us unto His king

As partakers of the heavenly

calling we must be faithful. Heb.
3:1,2.

b.

dom. I Thess. 2.12.

He has chosen us to confound the
wise after this woild. I Cor. 1:27.
He has chosen us to confound

We are to keep the unity of the

Spirit in the bond of peace under
the one hope of our calling.
Eph. 4:3,4.

the things which are mighty after

Conclusion:

this earth.

talk worthily of our calling to attain the

chief end of our life in Christ Jesus. If
you are not within the limit of heavenly
calling, please, for your sake, do not
hesitate to fully enter into it.

I Cor. 1:27.

He has chosen us in this way that

no flesh should glory in His pre
sence," I Cor. 1:28,29.
He has called us to obtain the
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Therefore, let us walk and

Reprintedfrom The North Indja'Chu/chmatii

EXPERIENCING PENTECOST TODAY

by E. A. Hackney

{Editor*s Note:The editor*s own views on this subject will he found in his article
which begins on page 9. Brother Hackney's views are printed here with the htpe that thy

may be^valise to thexhurch even though we look at the mattes differently. At least ue ce^n

appreciate the loving attitude with which the author has written this piece.)

long in coming after that. The following

A short time after I was called into

the ministry, my father, who himselfwas April in a similar situation, I was baptiz
a hlethcdist minister, advised me to seek

ed in the Holy Spirit and spoke in an

unknown tongue.

the baptism in the Holy Spirit. He also

shared with me some books that he had

in his library by men such as R. A. Torrey

nd Charles Finney, who mentioned. this

Our experience is not an isolated one.

Many Christians not only of the Pente

experience in their writings. At the same

time, I met during my- seminary days

costal churches but also of the Catholic

and mainline Protestant chuichcs are

sieveral Methodists, some of whom were

experiencing the baptism in the Spirit in

increasing numbers.

ministers, who had had this experience.

One was a very remarkable woman, a
widow who was engaged in Christian
work among prisoners in several prisons
in North Carolina.

PURPOSE

But someone will ask, "Of what use is

the baptism ?" In answer to this we find

The lives of these

people, whom I came to know rather

that it brings a power to witness(Acts 1:8).

We no longer are embarassed to spt ak the

intimately, made a lasting impression on

roe.

name of Jesus, or to share with others

what he has done and can do for

In November 1970 there came to our

town of Patiala, Punjab, an evangelist

from Canada by the name of Alice
Shevkeniek. After a morning Bible study
a small group of people were kneeling
together in prayer at the altar of the
Churchl Miss Shevkenek was praying with
Mrs. Hackney, who had never expressed
a desire to pray in tongues; but she said
to her, "You can pray in tongues
if you want to." After a momentary
pause, Mrs. Hackney began speaking in
an>unknown language.

person. It enables one to worship God

more fully (John 4:24). There wells up
from within one's being adoration and
praise for the Lord.

The baptism in the Spirit helps us in

our prayers when we do not know how
to pi ay as we ought (Rom. 8:26-27).
When we come to the end of our own

natural strength and understanding, the.

Holy Spirit can take over our faculties

and conduct his own worship and prayer

through us.

What I had sought with varying

degrees of intensity -for twenty years she

Someone has compared praying in the

Spirit to taking a bypass around a city
instead of going thicLgh its ccigcstcd

had retieiyed in two--seconds. However,

the experience for me as well was not
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streets. Our spirits have irpnediate and

on of hands (see Acts 2:1-4, 8:14-17.

direct access to the Spirit ofGod^ and_. 10:44-48 and 19:9).

He hasaccess to us. We can pray even
though we do hot understand with our

'

SOME MISCONCEPTIONS

minds how we Ojught to pray.

There are several frequent misconcep

In addition to the above, there are

tions^ about the baptism in the Spirit.

the benefits ofnew understanding of the One is-that God violates'our wills through
Scriptures, daily guidance in the path of this experience, or that we are overcome
God's will, health for the body, an out by our emotions. This is not the case.
pouring of divine love in the believer's Emotions may or may not accompany
heart, supernatural attestation by signs theexperience. Amazement was expressed
and wonders, miracles, and gifis,- and in on the day of Peniecost,.ar;dastonishment
the congregation, members rightly exer w^ expressed when the gentiles also re

cising their different ministries for the

upbuilding of the body of Christ.

ceived the Spirit, but no other emotions

are mentioned. In our own experience

there was no outward emotion expressed. We did notshout, we did not cry, we
justspoke
in tongues. In the experience
The practice of speaking in tongues of salvation, God does not violate our
has given rise to controversy even from wills; neither does He do-it in this experi
the days of the New Testament Church. ence.
It needs to be exercised with discretion,
wisdom, and understanding. St. Paul
Another misconception is that this
says that when tongues are spoken in the
is received on the basis of some
church, only two or three are to speak, experience
merit of the person himself that somehow
and thereshould be interpretation, also he is better morally than another pewon.
by the Spirit, of what has been spoken Such is not the case. Just as salvation
(1 Cor. 14:13,27,28). Both speaking in is the free gift of God, so is the baptism
unknown tongues andprophesying (which in the Holy Spirit.
includes preaching) have their place.The first is a sign to the unbeliever, and Another dangerous misconception is
CONTROVERSY

the second is to edify the believer (1 Cor.

that a person with this experience has

14:22).

arrived, that he is perfect, or that he is

more mature.

At times tongue speaking has received

This is not the case.

It

is interesting to note that the fruit of the

undue emphasis but it is ah integral part

of the baptism of the Holy Spirit. In

Spirit is ninefold (Gal. 5:22), and that the

three out of four times that we are told

gifts of the Spirit are also ninefold. The

fruit of the Spirit may be taken as a mark

sons received the Holy Spirit, we are

of maturity, as fruit is the result of patient

cultivation; but gifts of the Spirit are ins

in the book of Acts that a group, of per

specifically told that they spoke in tongues.

tantaneous, usually given at the time of

In the other case, in Samaria, there was

conversion or soon thereafter.

clearly some evidence demonstrated be

cause Simon the magician, who had for

HOW TO RECEIVE

years amazed the Samaritans with his

A study of the relevant passages in

magic,'wanted to purchase this ability

to give the Holy Spirit through the laying

Acts gives us the requirements to receive

{Continued on page 13)

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from Light ofLife^Jj^s^ztnej Bombayyj^sue of Aprils 1974

The Srinagar Tomb

by Sam V. Bhajjan
On Easter Sunday of 1967 as I came
out of church' after preaching on the re

that view but venerated the tomb as that

surrection of our Lord and Saviour, an

Who are the Ahmadis ?

of some other holy man.

old lady thanked me for the sermon.

Ahmadis are followers of Mirza Ghulam

Then, after a pause, she added in a low

voice, "Have you read about the tomb
ofJesus in Srinagar ? I have just read an

Ahmad (1837-1908), who lived in Qadian,

a village in District Gurdaspur, Punjab.
He was a great scholar of Arabic and

article in one of the local papers about

Persian and wrote

it." I told her that it was not a new

books

on

Islamic

theology and apologetics.

thingthat every year about Easter time

Orthodox Muslims believe that Allah

there were articles written in the Indian

papers about the tomb in Srinagar, as

sends a mujaddid (reviver) in each cen

tury to revive Islam. At first when Mirza

inany.

Srinagar with two friends and went to

did not object. They appreciated his

writings and considered him an authentic
mujaddid. But later when Mirza Ahmad
claimed to be the promised Messiah and
Imam MahdiJ and that he had received

see the tomb.

divine revelation and was authorised to

attempts to prove that Jesus died in

Srinagarand was buried there and that Ahmad declared that he was the muja
his tomb is still,a place of venerationfor ddid of the century the Muslims in India
My visit to the tomb
In the summer of 1967 I

visited

When we reached the

place welooked aroundfor someone who initiate disciples of his own, the Indian
could open the door and let us look at* Muslims got stirred up and began to
the tomb.

We were able to find a young oppose the Mitza. The Hindus also be
boy who went and brought the caretaker. came his enemies because he claimed to
He opened the door of the mausoleum be the incarnation of Krishna. Many

and let us in.

On the wall to our right

Christians in India too were deeply dis

we found a plaque which said that it was

the tomb of a saint.

turbed and wrote books and articles to

refute his claim to be the Messiah. The

I copied the con

tents of the plaque and the record is still

with me. The inscription made no men

Muslim Ulama (learned men) branded

him as Kafir (heretic), blashphemer,

tion of the tomb being that of Jesus

enemy of the faith and an imposler, and

Christ but that the saint buried in the

excommunicated him and his follow ers.

toiiib was thought to be one Yus Asaf.

Imam means "leader," and Mahdi, though

The caretaker explained that it was

a proper name, means "the directed or guided

due to the false propaganda of the

one." The Shia Muslims (believers in 12 Imams)

believe the 12th Imam did not die but dis

Ahmadi sect that some people had started

visiting the tomb, considering it to be

where Jesus was buried. He said most

appeared, and

Kashmiri Muslims did not subscribe to

Mahdi and Krishna at one and the same time.

will return and guide the

Muslim community before the end of the age.

Mirza proclaimed that he was the Messiah, the

6

The>Aimiad.is-Cdirtiie-iKselVes IMims'

^en oh tfie day of resurrection Jesus

but are not accepted as such by the Sunni will
be resurrected like any other human
&hd Shia Muslims. Xhey are not even bdng.
The late Khwaj'a Hasan Nizarai,
allowed to perform'Haj (pilgrimage to a famous Urdu writer ofDelhi, even says,

Mecca). Those of their number who 'Muslims throughout the world believe
go there pretend to be orthodox Muslims that
Jesus Christ was taken up alive to
and hide their real.faith. The Abmadis heaven and is alive now in the fourth
h^ve their separate mosques and do not
heaven."

join with other Muslims in the five daily

ritual prayer. They marry within the

It was Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, the

their doctrines to people outside India

could he claim to be the promised

fold and ,have their own grave-yards, founder of the sect, who claimed to have
which are closedto other Muslims. The found the tomb of Jesus in Srinagar,
Ahmadis .are very active in preaching
The Mirza had a big problem. How
and Pakistan Their present headquar

Messiah when the general belief was that

ters is in Rabwah in District Jhang,.. near the Messiah was taken up alive by God
Islamabad, Pakistan-.- The present head .tohimself, and that if the Messiah were

is Mirza Nasir Ahmad, the third Khalifa

to come back it would be the one who

^the community.. He was educated in had been taken up alive and who is now
in heaven with his physical body ? It

Oxford, England, and is.highly respected

was this Messiah, Jesus Christ who was to

come back in order to die, and not some

by the Ahmadis.

Ahmadi doctrine of the'Crucifixion

one else.

The Qpran says: "And for their (Jews)

The Miraa, therefore, propounded

saying, Verily we have slain the Messiah

that the earlier Muslim scholars and

Jesus the Son ofMary, an Apostle ofGod, comnientatore Had misunderstood the
Ye.t they. slew, him not and they crucified Qiiranand wrongly commented thatJesus
hini not but they Had.only his likeness

Was neither crucified nor killed by the

they dfd not really slay him but Godtook

himiip to himself ''(4:156f).

Jews. On the contrary Jesus was indeed

crucified but did not die upon the cross.
He was taken down by his disciples in a
swoon and was healed within forty days

There iS; .another reference in the

Qitran which . says: "Remember when

;.Qodsaid, 'O, Jesus/ verily I will-cause by a miraculous ointment called in Per

thee to die, and will take thee up to sian Marfianiii't^lsa', "the ointment" of
myself andj-deliver, thee from those who Jesus." After Jesus recovered he came
believe not and I will place those who to Kashmir, where he finally died at the
follp.w thee above those who believed not

a.ge of 120 and was buried in Srinagar.

until the days of resurrection" (3:47f).

His tomb is still to befound in that city

Because of-j;his reference some Muslim

in MuhallaKhan Yar.

commentators believe Allah caused Jesuscould, not-declare himself

to die for a short time andjhen took him the The-Mirza
promised Messiah -unless he proved
up to hiihsdf ' " '
'
that Jesus Christ was dead.

From the i^arly centuries of Islam the

So to make

his claim look convincing he propounded,

this theory about the tomb of Jesus in

traditional view has been that Jesus was

not crucified -at all but that Allih'took

Srinagar.

him bodily'to heavenj where he remains

Actually .Mirza was much

pained -because .of the. traditional Muslim

belief that .Jesus Christ was . alive in hea

until the day when he will come again to

revive-islahi. and to die a natural death;

ven. 'In one' of his Urdu . OQUpletS; he;

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reported angrily thatit was a most sham^' bazar. ' 'Mirza knew that the restiirectioTi
ful thing for iVlublimj to believe thai iheir of Jesus was an important point of
own prophet, the most illustrious amt)ng

all the prophets, was dead and lying

burled in Medina while the prophet ol
the Ch.'bti ms was alive and sitting up in

their preaching. He had also acquired

books on apologetics and had some know
ledge of the early disputes of the Church
Councils.

Further, Mirza had definitely heard

heaven.

about the book.

The Unknown Life of

Christ published in English in 1895. The

Need for this theory

author was a Russian traveller, Nicolas

The Ahmidis cons'.der this theory of

Notovitch.

Notovitch stated that while

their prophet ol utmost importance be-' travelling in Tibet in 1887 he met with

cause it was emphasized by his last in

junction: "I tell you a secret. Remember

an accident and broke his leg.

Some

Buddhist Lamas took him to a monastery

it well that you mav upset all the argu

ments which the Christians put forward.
Prove to them that, in reality, Christ the

in Hemis, Leh, in Ladakh.

valescing in this monastery

While con

Notovitch

came to know of an ancient manuscript

son of Miry is forever dead. Through suppo.sed to contain a history of the eaily
the victory to be gained by this aigumcnt life and visits ofJesus to India and. Tibet.
you will be able to wipe the Christian Notovitch learned the contents of the
religion off the face of the earth. There manuscript from the head Lama and took
is no necessity for you to waste your pre

down notes. He wrote a book on the

basis of this information. This book was

cious time in other wearisome wrangles.

Just concentrate upon the death of Christ,

published first in French and then in

the son of Mary, and by the use of power

ful arguments reduce the Christian to
silence. On the day that you succeed in

English, and created a stir among Euro

pean scliolars. But on further examina
tion the book was found to be only a

proving that Christ joined the ranks of fiction and proved a big hoax. For
the dead and imprint this fact on the example, one Dr. Ahmad Shah, a govern
minds of Christians, you will know that
the Christian religion has made its exit

ment surgeon, covered the ground over

which Notovitch said he had travelled.
He has left it on record that Notovitch

from the world."2

was "a Russian spy who was being dogg

Based on original research 7

ed by the Simla detective police"

, It seems clear that Mirza got some

man

of his ideas from books written by Christi

one of the Leh officials," when

asked about Notovitch's alleged find,

declared with indignation that although
he had lived there 32 years he had never

ans and non-Christians of medieval times.

There were heretics who preached that

Jesus could not have died, as he was

divine.

and

that "Mustafa, a Muhammadan gentle

heard of it.

Mirza was not conversant with

English, but since he had worked in the The theory a Muslim consolation
office of the Deputy Commissioner of
The traditional Muslim view with
Sialkot as a junior clerk, he had picked regard
the crucifixion is that Jesus
up some English words Some of his escaped to
both the cross and death upon it

revelations are in the kind of English

and was lifted up alive, in his physical

sp'oken by students in the Punjab schools.

body. But there are Muslims who like

the theory propounded by Mirza Ghulam

He also came across missionaries from

Scotland who used to preach in the Sialkot

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{Continued on page 11)

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ABC's of the Christian Faith

Ralph R. Barter
stands for

THE HOLY SPIRIT

A close study of the twelth ihicugh

fourteenth chapteis of First Corinihifcns
shows us that this is not just a n.cdein
controversy but that the Christians of the
first centuiy faced the sahie problem.
My conclusion from Paul's rcmaiks is that
(1) Paul did" not forbid the speaking in
tongues; (2) He thought that the tongues
ought to be interpreted; and (3) that

The topic of the Holy Spirit nsay well

be the most coiiirovcrsia] topic in Ghristiandom today. Alihough almost every

one will agree on the importance of the

Koly Spirit, hom there the a6tu>sioii
departs in a million directions.
The main reason for this wide differ

ence of opinion about the Holy Spirit is

our wide diffeicnce of experience with the
Holy Spirit Jesus must have had this in
mind when He said, "The wind bloweih

everything should be done decently and

in order.

Also (4) Paul considered the

spiritual fruit of love to be far more im

where it will, and thou hcaiest the voice

portant than speaking in tongues. Millions

thereof but knowest not whence it cometh

believers disagree with such a conclus

and whither it goeth: so is everyone that of
ion. It is worthwhile though to note that
is born of the Spirit/'Jn 3:8.
Jesus never spoke in tongues.
The gifts which God gives us through
Another point of controversy is in
His Holy Spirit are ''personalised" gifts, defining the term, "Baptism in the Holy
that is, measured out to ht us each one Spirit." From a practical-point of view,
individually. In deciding on what par
ticular gift of His Spirit He wants to
give us, God takes into consideration our
trieds, tilents, weaknesses, background,en
vironment, and every other factor about
us. The gift given to us fits us like a suit
mad,e oy an expert tailor. A suit made
just to my measurements is not likely to
fit anyone else nicely (especially consider
ing that I am short, f.it, have short arm?^,
long legs and a fl it chest.) My experience
with the H ily Spi it is also different from
any othn- person's, and it ought to be.
Much of the controversy about the
Holy Spirit centers on speaking in ton
gues. S >me insist that it is essential for
every Christian to speak in tongues while
others insist that anyone who speaks in
tongues should be excommunicated from

the person who believes in the "Infilling,

of the Spirit", may be referring to the,
same type of spiritual experience, but
calling it by a different name. From a
scriptural point of view, it must be recog
nised that the phrase does not appear

many times in the Bible. To clarify

matters further, we will use the word
immerse instead of baptize in the references
below:

(John said) I indeed iniinerse you in water

unto repentance but he that cometh.after mc
is mightcr than I, whose shoes I am not

worthy to bear: he shall immerse you in the

Holy ,*ipirii and in fire.'*Mt. 3:11. Also Mk.
1:8, Lk. 3:16.

(John said.) And I knew him not: but he

that sent me to immerse in water, he said

unto me. Upon wht msoever thou shalt see

the Spirit deccnditig and abiding upon him,
the same is he that immerseth in the Holy
Spirit." Jn. 1:33

the church.
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And being'asserabled together'with them, h^^ *

if'any man hath not the Spirit of
charged them'notto dbpast from Jerusalem
Christ,
he is none of his; Rom. 8:9
but to wait for the promise of the Father,
which, said he, ye heard from me: for John
as many as are led by the Spirit of

indeed immersed with water but ye shall be

immersed in the Holy Spirit not many days
hence. Acts 1:4,5.

This immersion in the Holy Spirit

took place a week later on the dayof
Pentecost and is described in Acts 2:1-4.

It was accompanied with the sound of a

mighty rushing wind and tongues of fire.
Those who received it (whether 12 or
120,) began to speak in various languages

God, these are the sons of God; Rom. 8:14

the Spirit himself beareth witness with
our spirit that we are children of God;
Rom. 8:16.

and in like manner the Spirit also

helpeth our infirmity: for we know not
how to pray as we ought; but the Spirit
himself maketh intercession, for us with

groanings which cannot be uttered; Rom.

8:26

which could be understood.

but the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy,

peace, longsuflfering, kindness,, goodness,
phenomenon is when the gospel was first
meekness, and self-control;
preached to the Gentiles by Peter in the faithfulness,
Gal. 5:22,23.
house of Cornelius
if we live by the Spirit, we also ought
(Peter said,) And as I began to speak, the
to walk by the Spirit; Gal. 5:25.
Holy Spirit fell on them eyen as on us at the.
beginning. And I remembered the word of
we ought not to quench the Spirit.
the Lord, how he' said, John indeed immer-
The next reference we have to this

sed with water but ye shall be immersed in

. the Holy. Spirit. When God gave unto them
the like gift as he.did also unto us when
we believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, who
was I that L could withstand God-?

,11:15-17.

Acts

...

I Thess. 5:19.

The heavenly Father gives the Holy

Spirit to them that ask him; Lk. 11:13.
that there is no forgiveness for the sin
against the Holy Spirit. ,Mk. 3:29,

And that iis about all that can be

There are far more things about the

shown from the Bible regarding the use
Holy
Spirit on which we agree than on
of- the phrase "immersion (or baptism)
ih the Holy Spirit." Anything more than' which we disagree.

this has to be guesses and inferences.

For those who have difficulty under

; So much for some of the things on standing about the person and work of
which.wedisagree. In saying this rhuch, the Holy.Spirit.itwill help tp^realise that
I haye probablyantagonised the majority VChri^t dwelling in lisj" and "the Holy
of my readers.. We would do better to

concentrate on the things about the Holy

Spirit on which we do agree such as:
that there is only one Spirit, .
Eph. 4:4;

' thafinWder to enter into the kingdom

of heaven, we must not only be born of

the water, but we must be born of the
spirit also; John 3:5,6.
that the mind of the Spirit; is life and
peace; Roih." 8:6
.
. ^v

Spirit dwelling in us," are one. and the

same thing.

In Rom. 8;9, for example,

the tPrihs. "Sphit," "Spirit of God," and

Spirit of Christ," all appear ip the same
yerse and refef to the same thing. ~i
.This if, one of the mysteries of the
Trinity.. . ''J, wiUj)ray,.the father," Jesus
said and he shall giye .you another Gom-?
forter that he .may be with ypu for ever,
eveji.the. Spirit, of truth......he a.bideth
\yith.yQu..and,shfiJl be-in.ypu. I will not
leave you desolate: I come untp,;yQn,..i..

if a man love me, he will keep my word

Muslimsbelievethe prophet Muhammad's

and my Father will love him and we will

remains are in that tomb.

come unto him and make our abode with

time they know that Christians all over

him
Ye heard how I said to you, I
go away and I come unto you." Jn.
14:16,17,18,23,28. When the Comforter

the world celebrate Easter as the day

when their Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ
was resurrected. Also throughout the

is come," he continued, "whom I will

send unto you from the Father, even the
Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from
the Father, he shall bear witness of
me
...It is expedient for you that I go
away: for if I go not away, the Comfor
ter will not come unto you; but if I go, I
will send him unto you. And he, when
he is come, will convict the world in
respect of sin, and of righteousness, and
of judgement." Jn. 15:26;16:7,8.

Unfortunately, too many of us today

are like the Ephesians who said, "We did
not so much as hear whether the Holy
Spirit was given," Acts 19:2. This gave
the cliie to Paul that these men had not

fully accepted Christ.

At the same

Muslim world it is known that there is

an empty tomb in Jerusalem which is

attributed to Jesus and that the Christian
Church, for the last 2000 years, has been
constantly declaring that their Lord was
crucified, dead, buried, and raised on the
first Easter day.

One can very well imagine the effect

on non-Christians, especially Muslims,
when year after year Christians through
out the world celebrate Good Friday and
Easter. The thought of a tomb in Srinagar
can be a source of great consolation to
them. They feel there is something at

least to falsify the Christian position with

regard to the resurrection of Christ, and
-who cares whether the tomb in Srinagar

the

is really that of Jesus and the various

Apostle Paul if he were to ask you, "Did

ye receive the Holy Spirit when ye
believed ?" Acts 19:2. If the answer is,
"No," then I seriously doubt that you
have been born again.

references from old books are authentic or

What answer would you give

not I

So in India and Pakistan it has be

come a very common practice to publish

articles, especially during the season of
Lent and Easter, refuting the New Testa
ment claim that Jesus lives today as the

{Continuedfrom page 8)
Ahmad. They may not accept Mirza as
a prophet from Allah and they may not
join his sect, but still they feel great con
solation in this theory of the tomb ofJesus
in Srihagar, although it is contrary to
traditional

Muslim belief.

Muslim is

really troubled about the Quranic pro

clamation of Jesus being taken up alive,
while his own prophet, whom he considers
the greatest and the seal of all prophets,
lies buried in Medina. Muslims going on
pilgrimage to Mecca also visit the tomb

of the prophet in Medina.

Lord Saviour of the whole world.

am

in Indian magazines and

newspapers.

This is the reaction of unbelief to the

saving message of the Lamb of Calvary.

1 Tarikh-ul-Masih (Life of Christ) in Urdu
p. 206

2 Christianity Explained to Muslims, by

L. Bevan med, 1964 p. 9

3 Four Year's in Tibet by Abmrd Sbab,

Banares. 1906 p. 18.

Permission required for Reprinting of this

article

All orthodox
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not at all surprised to find such articles

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Pilgrimage of Salvation
By H. A. Krishna Pillai
Translated frnm Tamil into English by V. Gnanastkhamani

Alas ! There was a big load upon his

A Vision

back and its weight made him hunch.

There was a strong desire within him for

Once upon a time there lived a Pil

grim who loved the Lord Jesus very much

heaven but his heart was perplexed out

and was a sincere friend of his. He lived

a holy life. As he was a wise man, he

of fear.

shunned the vanities of this world. For

him, the will of God was his blessed lot.

which he opened and read with great

John Bunyan)

I do to be saved

The man had a scroll in his hand

He thus served the heavenly Lord stead care. As he read from his book, I saw
fastly. At one time he was put in a him shivering because the book revealed
prison for his testimony and while there to him the real state of his life. *Alas !
he fell into a holy trance. (Author^s note:' Alas !" he cried out aloud. Then, after
The reader may please note the similarities to a long breath, he burst out, "What must
He looked startled and stunned. Like

The vision which appeared to him,

an ant that is caught between two burn

ing sticks of fire he did .not know which

felt he, would be a means to lead men

and women to eternal salvation, and 5o

way to escape.

he put it into writing for their sake. Let

me narrate it to you in my way.
OF

TRUTH

aloud.

The Man and his family

When I was living in this wilderness

called the world, where deceiving is the

greatest exercise of life, I once

across a wide valley.

He

walked here and there, and looked up

and down. He "often wept, sometimes

Part Two

CONVICTION

His mind rocked like a

scrap of paper caught in the wind.

While

came

there, I

Unable to find any way out of his mis

ery he eventually left the wild forest ar.d
somehow found his way home. He tried

meditated in my heart on the holy feet, of his best to hide within himself all his

God. Then I slept and in my sleep I

burden of sin and sorrow. He did not

want to grieve his dear children and his
wife with the beautiful black hair on her

had a dream which I tell you now.

A Lonely Man

In my dream I found myself in a

beautiful valley where the bees hummed
and the flowers bloomed shedding sweet
drops of honey. A gentle wind blew and
spread the sweet odor of the flowers.

In the midst ofthis beautifuf^ scene,

I saw a lonely man.

head.

But is it possible to get rid of one's

own shadow ?

vain to hide such a mental agony from

others. Perhaps he did not yet urdei-

His face looked

tired and exhausted and tears ran down

his cheeks. His clothes were torn.
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No. The burden on his

back grew heavier. As he could not find

a way of escape, his sorrow anchored
down deep into liis heart. He tried in
stand that the face is the index of the
mind.

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ye^all receive the gift of the Holy

Spirit." . In most cases water baptism
preceded being filled withthe Spirit, but
in the case ofCornelius(Acts 10:46-47.), it

The indescribable Ipad burdening his

conscience could neither be borne nor

ignored.

So it was that he called his

dear wife and children and made them

sit close by his side as he spoke to them

immediately followed.

in tender love.

Faith of course is also a requirement.

Peter in reporting the coming of the

"My beloved," he began, "you are so

dear to my life. I want to share with
you something that has happened to me,
so please listen. A big burden which is

Holy Spirit upon the gentiles to the

church at Jerusalem said that God liad

given the same gift to them "as He gave

to us when we believed in the Lord Jesus
Christ" (Acts 11:17). Paul reminded the
Galatians that they had recrived the
Holy Spirit by the "hearing offaith."

the sum total of all my sins is pressing my

back very hard.

It is unbearable and

because of it I am weak and exhausted.

Besides that, the whole world, surrounded

by its wide oceans, and those of us who
are living in it, will be burned and des
troyed by the fire of the holy wrath of

Jesus said, "These signs shall follow them

that believe." One of the sighs he spoke

of was tongues, which is an integial part
of the baptism in the Spirit.

God.

"There is no doubt but that it will

happen.

Obedience is also a requirement. In

Acts 5:32 Peter and the Apostles told the

Yet we do not know as to how

we shall escape that catastrophe. Hence,

High Priest that the Holy Spirit was

right now, we must find out the eternal

given to them who obey God.

way and we must walk through it. If

we fail to do so, we will definitely die
falling into the hellfire. By the righteous
wrath of the Almighty Lord God, this
world will be burned to ashes.

Asking is also a requirement. Jesus

said, "If ye then being evil, know how to
give good gifts unto your children: how
much more shall your heavenly, Father
give the Holy Spirit to tliem that ask

We must

leave this land of destruction and follow

after God. If not we invite danger. It

will be useless later to try to escape the
danger after we are caught in it."
After that, many a time, out of his
abundant love that he-had for them, he
continued to beg them to follow him.

him ?"

If the church is to come into the full

inheritance that God has for her, she

must surrender herself into the arms of

Jesus the baptizer in the Holy Spirit just

as one who comes to the minister to be

immersed. (See Mark 1:8 and John 1:33)

I believe that this is what we are going
to see in our day with the exercising of
spiritual gifts within the church resulting

{Continued next issue)

{Continuedfrom page 5)
this experience. Repentance and water
baptism are mentioned in connection
with it.

Peter said to the multitude on

the day of Pentecost, "Repent and be

baptized everyone of you in the name of
Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and
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in a more healthy and effective church.

God has givien us many helps for victori

ous and fruitful Christian living, but the
baptism in the Holy Spirit is the greatest
single help that God has provided.

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Indian News
During the past year, India has been
any extensive disaster from
drought or floods, and. she has also en

joyed peace on her borders. The Pakis

tani prisoners of war who were a great
drain on the budget, have also gone home.
Labor unrest, though, has created its
pwn havoc. The different unions have
taken their turns at tying up the nation's

ecbnoin^^and giving a boost to the spiral

Another "sad joke" also came true.

An old man went to the hospital to have
a leg.amputated but the doctor amputa
ted the wrong leg. The patient, however,
did not have the happiness of hearing
that the other leg did not have to be
amputated after all. As it happened,
the poor fellow died. The doctor insists
that the old ma,n did not die of the

operation but died of uremia instead.

of inflation from month to month.

Somewhere between 23 and

, j Stiff action taken by the management

of Indian Airlines has l^rought a season
of peace and progress to that corporation.
Places like Kanpur are once again enjoys
ing dependable air services. The only
difficulty is the rise in prices due to the
rise, in the cost of petrol.
The government also took stiff action

against i^ailway, bus and postal employees

who pressed their various demands. The

crises were met on a war-footing

implementing a well planned strategy.
While the railways lost .money, the air
lines recouped some of the losses they had
suffered during their

strike; and bus

owners became rich.

Several hundred train services were

cancelled even before the .railway strike

began arid only essential services were
maintained.
One train
destination 25 hours late.

reached its
Some trains

were turned around mid-route stranding

their passengers.

Many trains ran with

out lights and fans.

^ Postal services were badly hit. For

awjiile. parcels, second <class matter,
registered and insured artiples andmoney orders were not accepted at
the nation's postoffices.
Thus the old joke about a train arriv
ing on time (but a day late) came true.
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100 hos

pital patients died in Kanpur due to the

administration ofglucose which contained
sodium sulfate instead of sodium chloride

(salt). Since then a number of the

pharmaceutical firms of the city have
folded up. One was found to have employ
ed small. children to do its packaging for
them.

)ue to the lax enforcement of

drug laws in the state, all pharmaceuti

cal products manufactured in Uttar Pra
desh haVe become suspect. Thus the
fruit of_ their greed and corruption has
caught up with them.
Another story from Kanpur has the
same moral. One of the city's junk
dealers was found to possess some 40G0
bombs which he is alleged to have pil
fered from army depots in central India.
As he might have known, one of them
finally: exploded. Two workmen were
dismantling, one of the bombs but the
proper tool had been mislaid. One told
the other that the bomb could also be

opened by hitting it with a hammer. It

so happened that the fellow who gave the
advice was blown to bits but the fellow
with the hammer somehow survived.

This is a good point to ponder the next

time we are tempted to be free with our
advice.

A presidential election is soon to be

held in India. The ordinary citizen does

14

not himself vote in this election but the

matter is decided in an unique election

in which the participants are the elected
legislators of both the central and state
governments. A constitutional problem
has arisen because at present there is no

state government in the state of Orissa.

A ruling on this point will soon be
handed down by the Supreme Court.
More than ten persons were killed
and a hundred injured in a communal i iot
that broke out in Old Delhi on May 6th.

The fracas originally started with an

argument over a gambling debt. Besides

guns, petrol bombs and acid bombs,
bricks and bottles were freely used. Mary
shops and homes were reduced to ashes.
The four duty-free shops run by the
India Tourism Department at India's
four international airports (Calcutta,
Bombay, Madras and Delhi) sold Rs.
95,370 worth of indigenous goods last
year. By far, the most popular item has
been HMT watches manufactured by the
Hindustan Machine Tools of Bangalore
which accounted for Rs. 82,410 of the
sales. No Indian perfume or tea were
sold during the year.
Kerosene sold in India will soon be

colored blue so that it will not be easy

to mix it undetected with petrol (gas).

birth or age as entered in the Govern

ment records. As it is, many persons
have two birth dates the actual one
and then the one which was entered in

the school register when they entered

school. The latter is usually several years
less than the former.

This is an advant

age when one later seeks employment but

it is a disadvantage when one wants to
retire. Thus persons wanting to retire
often had the

records corrected.

The

Government of U. P. now seeks to stop

this.

On the night of March 31st, all Illrd

class coaches on the Indian Railways
became

Ilnd

class

coaches.

Another

proposal to allow reservations up to a

year in advance was dropped ^'as it was
found that it would not be of advantage
to the common man.

Bro. D. P. Titus, 29 Nehru Road,

Dilkusha, Lucknow 2, U. P., India has

long been interested in the Prayer Cell

Movement.

He has been

particularly

enthused about the missionary work

carried on by prayer cell groups of Tamil
Nadu. If you belong to a prayer cell
group (in India), Brother Titus would
like to have a letter from you telling of
the work being carried on by your
group.

As it is, liquid detergents, kerosene

oil and used motor oil are among the
adulterants being mixed nowadays with

petrol (gas) by petrol pump (gas station)

dealers throughout the country.

Two to

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month 40,000 litres of used motor oil are

refined and resold as fresh motor oil.

As

a result of this adulteration, 40 percent

of vehicles using diesel oil and 20 percent

of those using petrol are under repair.

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ruled that in the future its employees will

not be allowed to correct their date of
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India

Beloved friends at Mission Services,

We are having to change houses again, and then

I am leaving soon for furlough. So I think it would
be best to take my name off the list for Horizons
until I get bade to India in Sept., 1975. 5br awhil

one copy was coming in the name of Mrs. Barter as

well as one for me (Mr. Barter): so please take them
both off.

Our rainy season has started but as yet

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we understand there will be a lot of it as
rainfall had broken a 100 year record. At
moment we are having a ^^ndstonn which may
not bring us some rain.

we have
does come
Bombay's
the
or may

If all goes well, I vd-ll be seeing you at the

National Missionary Convention in Cincinnati.

JUl 17 1974

_____
R.qg.j^.1,, ft,

Several months from now, the Lord willing, I will be on my way home to
Clinton, Ohio. My furlough address, incidentally, will be c/o Mrs. John
Markwood. 7040 Grove Rd., Clinton, Ohio, 44216> although contributions should

always be sent to Miss Florence Douglas, 1111 No. Main St. Joplin, MO., 64801.

Before arriving Stateside, I want to remind you that I do not come to the

U. S. to raise money. I just want to visit with you tell you how things are
going along here and hear and see how "things are going along there. My brain
needs a little washing, and ray spirit needs a little reviving.
One of the last things I will be doing here is to change houses. After our
landlord asked for a rise in rent, we found a very nice house which is closer
to town. When the landlord found out that we were going to move, he decided that

he did not need a raise in rent after all, but we are planning to move
anyway.

During June, four of the boys and I held some meetings at a town named Orai.

Before leaving there, I baptized two young ladies in the Jumna River, twelve miles
from Orai.

Prom Orai we went on an educational tour of the historical sites of

Agra. The trip was not as happy as it ought to have been and we were all happier
when we got back to Kanpur.

Harinam got good grades in his final exams and is planning to study further.
Tommy and Paul have to take one exam over again. If Tommy passes, I hope to get
him readmitted in Electricians' Training. Whether or not Paul passes, he will be
entering Bible College on August 1st. I am hoping that most of Paul' s expenses
will be borne by the Indian brethren. A new fund called ''The Lord's Treasury,''
has been opened for this purpose. The name is borrowed from Virgil Marshall of
Wyraore, Nebraska.

Our Summer Bible Institute is still in progress. It was not what you would
call a roaring success but it was very beneficial to those who took part.
Some parts of India have been facing various types of difficulties but
things in Kanpur have been more satisfactory than they have been for several
years. We have had a regular supply of water and electricity, the Sanitation

Department is keeping the city clean, and roads are in good shape. The political
scene has also been more stable than it has been in years. The weather wasn' t
bad either. We have been plagued with rising prices but, for the moment, that
also seems to be under control.

Your loving brother,

iWzoCfcL//

SEP

T 'EvR

91974

-\

3/82, Vishnupuri, KanputQ., U.P., 208-OC2

Also, c/o Mrs. John Markwood, 70^0 Grove Rd.j^ Clinton, 0, 4^216
Please send your cojrcributi^jrs through

Miss Florence Douglas, 1111 N. ^in S^f, Joplin, Mo., 6^801

EVERY LITTLE BIT IIELPS

This month we

were

faced

with

two gigantic tasks hut by continu

ously reminding
ourselves that
"every little bit helps," we were
able to surmount thera both.

Our landlord in

Azadnagar got a

to put our
the pile.

work on the

bottom of

Three Americans took the time to

com by and see us. William Giilick

and Ralph Carter arrived just in
time to perform the honors at the

little greedy and asked for a Zy/o

closing

raise in rent although the house

xen^t even finished yet. To his
chagrin, we quickly found another
house at Vishnupuri which is a

Bible Institute.

mile closer to town.

Cincinnati Bible Seminary.

Thus the first big task we faced

arity

ceremony
of our

suffered
followed

of our

summer i

Due to the simil-!

names, Ralph Carter j

a great deal when he ;

me as a student at The [

The third visitor was I6 yr. old ;

store to our

Mike Richards of St. Louis, Mich., |

new location and to get all of the

books back on the proper shelves.
After that the rest of the job was

who spent 3 weeks with us after i

spending 2 months in Shillong. He ,
arrived just in time to lend some
inspiration to my dozen dorm boys
as they gathered for the opening

was to move the book

not so difficult.

The second big task I

faced was
in finalizing the financial re
port. According to a new law, our
accounts must now be

audited by a

Chartered Accountant and he tended

of their schools and colleges.

Seven of the boys are supported;

by the Kulpahar Church of Christ

Mission, four by us, and one sup-*

ports himselfo

end of the three

month

course

My four boys are Harinam (a con

doubt learned a

vert) who hopes to get his B,A

degree in two years; Tommy, who is
waiting to hear whether or not he
has passed the xth Class; and Moon
and Babbu Gilbert, the two small
sons of a lady who is in nurses*
training. The young man who sup
ports himself is another convert,

teachers also

Kalyan Gangrade,

and is

Besides
there are

correspondence,

Almonta

wife

the elders

those who live here,

others under our wing,

Paul Prakash has

India Bible

joined the North

Institute at

Hardoi.

layal Lai has begun his second

year of
Printers' Training at
Shahjahanpur, We also support his
sister Ladlie at Kulpahar, Then we
have four girls in a local school:
Mona Samuel, Vanita Martha Sin^,
Jessie Frances and Pushpa Washing

ton,

Various others get some help

with school expenses,

Pushpa Washington was one of the

three girls who were baptized dur
ing the summer. She was baptized
by Victor Das in a canal, Sherin
and Voliola Peter of Orai were the

other two baptized, I baptized

them in the Jumima River, a site
that proved to be more dangerous
than expected.

Had

the Lord

helped us, the day might have

not

en

great deal,

got

no j

and we !

some good ideas|

for future summer institutes.

The

rainy

season

has

brought i

disastrous
floods
to
different i
parts of India but Kanpur is still
untouched.

We

affected by

My mother
no

were

also not

the smallpox

is now in
longer

of one

of

much^

epidemic

her mid 80's f

able

to

handle;,

Markwood,,
in the,

Clinton Church, has kindly agreed to

help me in some of these things that
Mother handled so capably for more
than 25 years.

You

will

find Mrs,

Markwood's add^ess:T3n_^-page 1,

/I am still/:-hoping t(^ be in the

/4jS,a

by Q, Nov, lst:;^lthough my

preparations "are' behind

schedule,^

Several speakings dates have been

arranged as follows:
Nov. 20, 21: Kentucky Christian

College (unconfirmed)
Nov, 2k: Capitol City Church of
Christ, Raleigh, N,C,

Nov* 26-29?

National

Missionary

Convention, Cincinnati, Ohio

Dec, 1: Osgood, Indiana

July 1-A:

North

American Christ

ian Convention, Chicago, 111,

Aug. 4-9:

Wi-Ne-Ma Week of

Missions, Cloverdale, Oregon

ded in disaster.
Our

summer Bible

Institute was

not as successful as we
i t would be.

Azadnagar

had hoped

The distance between

and

downtown may

have

had something to do with it. The

three boys who persevered to the

Most of all, I need your prayers

not only for my safety while tra
veling but also that my visits to
the churches will be a blessing to
all. Pray also for my safe retuiTX

to India in Sept. 1975*

Wymore, Nebr. Loyal Women

Dr. & Mrs.D.F. Peel, N.M.
Wapato Christian Church
$5^.00 Miss Nellie Copley, Wash.
20.00
TOTAL

CONTRIBUTIONS FOR FOUR MONTHS

Sa

APRIL THROUGH JULY, 197^

The Home Church:

Clinton Church of Christ
Stedfast Class

Twenty Mile Area:

Mrs.Robert Meade

M/M Walter Handwork

Mrs. Marion Steiner

Mrs. Walter Swigart

Mrs. Madgalene Bowen
Mr. Keith Drollinger

EXPENDITURES
20.00

EIGHT

Salary, Nov. thru July

Book
Store and Library
110.00
Press
60.00
5.00

Mrs. Irma Sachs

Perry Christian Church

61.75

Other Ohio Friends:

Linden Women's Guild
Linden Homebuilders

37.50
70.00

Education & Benevolence

Housing 8c Electricity

Bordering States:

M/M Frank Reas, Ind.

Portland Singles & Doubles

Garrett Church of Christ

Osgood Circle

81.481
1053,64
1932

Bank Charges
Publicity
itO.OO

9*68
40.45

20.00

Auditor
TOTAL EXPENDED
120.00
5*00
SUMMARY
Contributed Nov.-March
35.001 Contributed Apr.-July
3^.921 Total Contributed
30.00j Total Expended
25.00; Difference

100.00[

M/M A. Simpson, Mich.

Oak Grove Church, Pa.

20.00
206.77

Other Eastern States:

Flora Christian Church, 111.

68.00

M/M Richard Byron, 111.

^0.00
50.00
100,00
50.00

West of the Mississippi:

Loretta Huntington, Iowa

Neeper Church, Mo.

Liberty Bible Classes, Mo.

2211,4l

1526.16 |
230.441
4l3.21|

Staff Salaries
Hospitality
1^0.00

Mt.Carmel Church, Ky.

East Orange, N.J.

Capital City Church, N.C.
Capital City Missions

$1350.00
284.98
669.41

Bible Society

Posts 8c Telegraphs
Transportation

Branch Hill Church of Christ 120.00

M/M Lewis M. Holdren

Sebring Church of Christ

MONTHS

21st Nov., '73 thru July, '74

285.00

90.00
50.00

Miss Dorothy Schmale

M/M L. Nathan Black
Bladensburg Loyal Daugjhters

FOR

I5.OO
I8O.OO
55.00
3O.OO
$3013.52

25.00

40.00
114.58

68.51
$7958.69
$5570.61
3013.52

8584.13
7958.69

Less Deficit on Nov. 20

625.44
972.66

Deficit on Aug. 1st

347*22^

Well, that's nice to see

deficit go down a little bit.

There

is no

the i

Travel Fund to pay j

traveling expenses to the U.S. '

but I do not expect any particular ,
difficulty.

The Clinton Church is i

also keeping an eye

tion.

on the situa- j

X'
WOMEN

Recent

visitors

at our

It

house

have been startled to find a girl

and her mother camping in our
front room*

was 1 p.m*

on

ternoon when the

Saturday

ambulance

af

driver

told me that he would

come for her.
in a half-hour and that we
should

I t i s not the sort of

thing you expect to find in a dor

mitory of Christian boys run by a

have her all ready* Three hours

later he turned up to say that he

missionary*
A closer look,_vdll show you that

would surely come at 7

18 yr* old-Sophie) is

no ambulance available

in a cast from her hip

immobilized
down*

She

was brought in from the i&ilpahar

Kids* Home in July and operated on
by a bone specialist in the Kanpur
Medical College*
After five weeks in the hospital
she was discharged and told to
mend at home* I sent a telegram to
Kulpahar but no one came* Evidentally the telegram never reached
there* It is also very difficult
to drive from Kulpahar to Kanpur
during the rainy season because
two flooded rivers intervene*

As

it

turned out,

we were

it

told that

It wasn't

I morning

\mtil

that

At

there

would be

that night*

11 a*m* the

next

another ambulance

! could be arrsinged for.

The one

I bright spot in the episode is that

! the ambulance ride only cost 151*

After a week at our house Sophie

j began to have difficulties.

It was

I then that we discovered that the

. doctor

had

medicines

prescribed

for her but

various

this" detail

had not been pointed out to me and

; I had not thought to ask;
Sophie will be in her cast until
the last of September. Even af-

took 2k j ter that it

looks

as

thou^

she

hours to move Sophie the two miles ! will still be an invalid*

from the hospital to our house*
Non-Profit Org*
U.S.
Postage

First Church of Christ

25A5 W* Comet Rd*

Clinton, Ohio kk2l6

PAID

Clinton,
Ohio
Permit 7

Ralph Harter, Missionary

"HARTER THROBS"

return postage

guaranteed!
WoBo HeCSELTOSr

SSSPTtSIa IND0 4^9

BOX 177

o. - P

9 1Q
i374

MY TESTIMONY
God and My Two Talents
RALPH R. HARTER

As I approach my fiftieth birthday,

I would like to give a little testimony as

but they made their own contributions to

my life which I am still using for the

to what the Lord has done for me.

Lord.

I am not among those to whom the

Lord gave five talents. My memory is

After my grandfather departed this

life on the Clinton Railway Crossing,
my grandmother took over the family
business, a large General Store and Post

not among the best arid a bad memory

has many consequencesnot all of which

are bad. It is a blessing to be able to office; and it was in this environment
forgetsome things. Neverthless there is that I grew up.
the embarassment of not being able to
All of us kids (including my sister and
readilyrecall names and other important two cousins) wei e early shown how to
items.

open the two cash drawers but I do not

The Lord didn't give me good health

either. From early childhood I suffered
from cataracts in my eyes.. .This, inade
schooling difficult and sports almos.t

think that any of us ever appropriated a

impossible. Yet this had the advantage

of keeping me out of trouble and from

cent of that cash for-ourselves. It must be

admitted, though, that we did not have

much need of cash when we had free

run of the candy counter.

And so from my grandmother I ab

chasing after the^ things of the .world. It

sorbed sonie business sense together with

eyes to God's eternal truths. .

of immense value on the mission field.

deepened my understanding of spiritual some ability to" get along with the custo
fhings and helped to open* my spiritual merspersonal relations. These have been

What the Lord did give me was an

I am ' also very thankful to God for
ability to set my thoughts oiit in some His servants. who helped and inspired
logical order, plus a certain sense of me along the; way. Their name is legion
humor. These are the distinctive elements

of my preaching and writings.

but. they include Mr. and Mrs. L. E.

Evans, Mr and Mrs. F. E. Dusenberry

Not that anyone would* call me a and family, Nathan Black, Don E.
humorist, although I might- have been. Nickerson, R. C. Foster, George Mark

I am sure, though that I would neverhave lasted so long in India if I had

lacked the ability to laugh.

Elliott, Ira M. Bbswell, W. R. Walker,

Dr. Mrs. Z. S. Rothermel, Ard Hoven,

I believe that from thevery beginning

the Lord predestined me to be a prea

many many others.

cher of His Good News.

Roy Fleshman, the Maxey family and

There was an

acute shortage of

preachers during World War II, and so

I got pressed into service a little ahead

My mother and my sister influenced

of schedule. As my mother commented

mother were not active church members

learned how to walk. My eternal thanks

{Continued onpage 15).

me religiouslv, and much credit goes to

them. My father and paternal grand

at the time, I started to run before I

Printed by Mr. RALPH R.

HARTER

at EKKLESIA PRESS 2A/415 Azadnagar, IL^NPUR, 20S4X)2 U. P., India,

^'

baggagjB to a Chinee: coolie who let me

for exercising such great patience and

love with me during those first years of

might have, and Mrs. Rothermel appear

ed just in the nick-of-time to guide me to
my destination. Otherwise I do not
know where I would have gone or what

Continuedftornpage

hej'w^vfrom the American

go to the churches at* Mfc Carroll believe^that
Express
Company.
Happily, the fellow
(Flemingsburg), Ky., and East Union
(Carlisle), Ky., and Osgood, Indiana, did not-disajppedr with my goods as he
my ministry.

I was early' challenged to be a

missionary and Mrs. Rothermel helped
me to decide to spend my life in India.
I .chose India because I thought it was the
place that needed me most. I have never

been sorry that I chose to come to India.

I would have done

because I did not

have a cent in my pocket.

Some of the difficulty with my eye
sight was overcome after a series of opera
tions between 1953 and 1956.

The final

told me that I needn't worry about such

operations were performed by the famous

eye surgeon Dr. Victor C. Rambo.
The hindrance of poor eyesight is still
there but I see well enough to drive the
scooter around Kanpur. I do get con

things when He was going with me; and

certainly His protective care has always

game for pick-pockets

The prospect of coming to India was

frightening. I was particularly worried
about all those snakes especially when
I had such poor eyesight; but the Lord

been most wonderful.

After graduating from The Cincinnati

Bible Semiriary in 1946, I went to
bombed-out London where I studied for

nine months at the Missionary School

of Medicine.

From there I travelled

through the Mediteranean and the Suez

Canal, arriving at Bombay on August 3,
1947, iust twelve days before India got

her independence from Eng^nd, and six

months before Mahatma. Gandhi was

assassinated in New Delhi.

I am very

thankful that God brought me to India

at the time He did and that I have had

the blessing of watching this nation grow

fused in crowds and I have become easy

Yet I thank God

for this thorn in the flesh because God's

power is inade perfect in our weakness.

As I look back on my life, I marvel
that I have been able to do anything in
the Lord's service. It has only bee.n
through His grace and power that any
thing has been accomplished through me.
It is true that I have not accomplished
anything spectactular. I am just an
ordinary plodder. But the Lord needs
ordinary, plodders just as much as He
needs the five-talent people. I am thank
ful that the Lord has sent me to a place

like Kanpur where ordinary plodders are

needed most.

to maturity.

I am hiappy for the jobs the Lord has

My arrival at Bombay was in itself placed
in my responsibility: the printing
an instance of God's - protection. Mrs. press, the book store, the boy's dormitory

Rothermel had every intention of being

at the pier when the boat docked but
she somehow lost a day that week. She

and hostel, the work, with

the Bible

Society, and, most of all, the many

opportunities to preach the unsearchable

thought she was arriving in Bombay on

Saturday and was surprised to find.out riches ofJesus Christ.
I do not know how many more days
that it was Sunday and that my boat was
already at the pier. She never did figure the Lord will give me in this life, but
out where that extra day had gone. In
the meantime, I delivered all of my
-

may my tongue never cease to praise His

holy name.

15

NEWS OF RALPH "BUD" HAETER

3/82-A, Vishnupuri, Kanpur, U.P,, 208-002, India

HHIIHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHI-IHnHHHHHHHHKHHIIHHHHHHHiniHm-IHHHI-niHHHHHr-IHI-nniHHHHHHHHHT
THE LONG GOODBYE

For two very long months, I wai

ted here, suitcase all packed, ex
pecting to leave at any time for
the U.S.A. It seems, however,that
i t was not the Lord*s will, so in
the end I have had to postpone my
furlou^ indefinitely. The hitch
was in procuring a "No Objection
to Return

to India

from the Indian

Endorsement "

Government.

Evi-

cently there was some objection

and ay cas was eventually forwar
ded to New Delhi. On November 11th

I finally withdrew my application,

at the same time requesting the
Government

of

India

to

make

thorough investigation into the

objections which have been raised.
It is not the practice of the
Government to reveal what

jections
are,
opportionity for
is therefore

the ob

or to give any
It
e3q)lanations.

useless to make

any

guesses

as to what

the

objections

may be.

I am

not

planning

to make

any

further effort to come to the U.S.

until October

1975)

hut

anything

can .happen.

Good things have already resulted

from my remaining in ,,India. The
weeks of waiting were spent. in re
writing my articles on, "The ABC*s
of the Christian Faith^Everything
from A to Love," and these are now
being printed iao book , form. The

bock

will

contain

109' pages- and

will sell for

but do not
to, see i t ajniiiediately.

The

idea

of

taking

expect

furlpu^

this year was probably not a-very

good one because the missionaries
at Kulpahar are more greatly in
need of my help during the absence

from

India

of

Misa:-.Leah Mo^oier.

The Lord knew i t a l l the time.

one can really give thanks unless within his heart he. deeply , feels
that undeserved blessings have been bestowed upon him. Our great sin
^ is cur carefree a?surpption that wo deserve what God gives and that we
are free to do with it what we please.

j]

On October Uth, two weeks

after

I was supposed to be out of the

country, it was my joy and privil
ege to baptize a very devout lady,
Mrs. Promila

Nathaniel

Singh; but

the

is really

"a star in

victory

the crown" of elderly

who brought her.

Mangal Singh

but he has another chance to pass

this year. He has been told that
he must start earning his own way
by next summer even i f he has to
pull a riksha.
We have now been in our

in Vishnupuri

everyone

Another important event was

retirement of my aged cook.

is

enjoying

the
His Store has also
much.

place has been taken by his ^5 yr.

old son, Hari, who was unemployed.
In my last news letter, I told

new house

for three

Business

in

months and

it very,very

the

Bible Book

taken a leap. Cus

tomers found Azadnagar to be too far

away.

Our scooter

was off the

road for

you of a crippled g^l,^~ Sophie^ about two months and I

came very
who was menffiig at our house after close to selling it. One day as I
an operation. The Lord again gave was walking down the street, I got
us more than we thou^t possiT^e, hit from behind by two boys on a
and Sophie is once again oh Jier bicycle. I was not injured badly
feet and walking* You can well but it did require a tetanus in
imagine that we are all very, very jection. The pants I was wearing
happy about this. Thanks to all of were ripped beyond repair. I re
you .who ^?ayed for- lier_ She_has ceived so much sympathy that it was

\ now retuih^d to

Another'^'^^^^^^^^e marriage of

gQinost worth the trouble.

Three years ago,

I had

our tele

aging bachelor, Lawrence LazsLrus,

with a very nice nurse of Lucknow.
I travelled to Agra to attend this
grand event
Another marriage was
that of Nathaniel Dass, a boy from
Eagaul whom I reared for several

more than

years.

picked, this time while I was buying

Our

ever-active

Tommy

is

phone disconnected after receiving a

bill for S2OO. Friends have found
this very inconvenient and so we
will soon once again be "on the lineV
For

the fourth

time in a

year, I had my

his a bus ticket.

India

is

little

pocket

ideal

for

usual self.

One day he damaged him4- this type of activity due to the

self and
the scooter by slip pressure of the crowds. Except for
ping on a patch of oil. Later he^ the time I lost my watch, I have

spent two days in the hospital

after suffering a painful injury
while playing soccer. One night,
his dog, also named Tommy,
gave
him a rough welcome that required
bandages. Tominy failed Xth Class

never lost very

much.

The mission-

arles at Kulpahar were very kind to

replace my watch, and the Lord,
through you, replaced the cash.
"The real Christmas Day for any
man i s when Jesus i s bom in his

heart."

Walter Armstrong

CONTKEBDTIONS FOR THREE MONTHS

AUGUST THROUGH OCTOBER,197^

The Home Church;

Clinton Church of Christ

1^720.00

Dr* & Mrs. D.F. Peel

Canada:.

50.00

Miss Edna Hunt

TOTAL CONTRIBUTED

10.00

$2191.25

Twenty-Mile Area;

EXPMDITURES-Aug.l -Nov.l2,197if
Salaiy (Aug.-Nov.)
$600.00
Manchester Church of Christ 75*00
Book Store
252.86
Mrs# Robert Meade
15*00
Press
113*29
M/M Handwerk
1^5*00
83^.60
M/M Steiner
5*00 Education & Benevolence
Housing
177*35
Perry Clu^istian
5*500
Staff Salaries
553*36
Sherman Church of Christ

AO.CC

Other OMo Donors;

Iioysil Dtrs. -Bladensburg

Sebring Church of Christ

30#00
23#00

M/M L# Nathan Black

M/M Lewis Holdren

15*00
55*00

Mrs. Olive Crawford

Old Stone Missionary

1#00

20.00

Linden Homebuilders
35*00
Branch Hill Church of Christ 60#G0
Neighboring States;

Communication- (includes

16^*10

telephone installation)
Transportation

218.8^

Bible Society

^*35

Hospitality
Publicity
Office Ej^enses

101.99
3.16
20*65

TOTAL EXPENDED

$3055155
SUMMARY

Portland Singles 8e Doubles

Frank Reas

25*75
30*00

Deficit on Aug. 1st

Total "Expenditures

3^7*22
30if3*55

Garrett Church of Christ

New Ross Christian Church

30.00
82.00

Total Debits

3390*77
2191.25

Mrs. Raymond Linn

10.00

Hammond South Side

7*00

M/M Albert Simpson

25*00

Oak Grove Church

Mt Zion Church
Hooverson Women

75*00
25 *00
52*00

Other Eastern States;

Capital City Church

200*00

Flora Christian Church

West of the Mississippi;
Miss Grace E* Hardee

30*00
52*00

Wapato Christian Church

Miss Nellie E* Copley

k000
40*00

Hampton Church
Wymore Loyal Women
H/M Aden McTier
Neeper Church
Liberty Sunday School

30*00
15*00
25*00
20.00
75*00

Les^ Receipts

Of this deficit, $370 is owed to

and

the account of Thomas G.Rash,

$30 to the account of Kulpah^ '

Church of Christ Mission.

Qlie large deficit does not par

ticularly indicate a crisis, as long
as

Brother Rash

doesn't

need

his

cash*
Receipts are ususiUy good
around February at which time maybe
I can get Rash's cash into a separ
ate bank

account

where

it

cannot

be borrowed so easily as when it is

in my account*
I have
already
separated the Kulpahar account which
helps to account for the fact that I

only owe

them $30*

is great fun!

Oh,

accounting

LESSON FROM LIFE

During 'th. past two months5 I by giving us something better.

have been

sitting "on the

edge of

This has

been

time

for

soul

a razor," expecting to leave India seeirching, which is always good.

at any time. From this, several How much do I love India and its
spiritual lessons have been em people? Am I where I can be of the ^
most use in the Lord's work? What^ /,
phasised to me afresh.
We should always live in a state objections does the Government of

7 of readiness, never being quite

India have against me?

Have

I over

sure that we will be in the world stayed my welcome?

The Lord's presence has been a
next Sunday. Our work should be so
organized that we can leave it great comfort to me during these
suddenly at any time. All of our frustrating days. Althou^ I was
sermons should be "farewell ser persistent in my efforts to get the

mons," as though, that

may be

the necessary

last sermon we may ever preach.

It is certainly not easy to know
what the Lord's will is in any
situation such as this but it is
easier after you have subtracted

document, I never felt

desperate. It was embarrassing to
keep saying goodbye to people but
everyone has taken it good-hvimoredly.
It is reassiiring to know that all of\\

my Indian friends are happy that I' I

your Qwn personal desires and pray am s t i l l here.

I have always known that "all
nqt^^i^ will -but thine.Jbe. dpi^.
Many people say that God gives things work -together for-good:. .,"
three answers to

and,

not now.

prayer:

Instead

Yes, No,

of saying

and I

know that

in

this

instance

too, what God has planned is better

that God sometimes answers. No, than what I had planned.

Please continue to send your con
Robert McCheyne
said
that God
sometimes answers our prayers,not tributions to Miss Florence Douglas
by giving us what we ask for, but nil N. Main St., Joplin, Mo.6^801
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25^5 W. Comet Rd.

Clinton, Ohio

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DECEMBER

1'

NEWS OF RALPH '*BUD" HARTER and BIBLE BHAVAN

5/82-A, Vishnupuri, Kanpur, UP,, 208-002, India

MOTHER HARTER EXPIRES, AGE 82

Before this reaches you, many of
you will already have heard that
Mother Barter

on Saturday ^^t, Dec# l^th, at^ 9

p#ra# after

illness

of about^8

days# Dad Barter continues to be

in fairly good health# My sister

Phyllis (Mrs# David Barber)

lives

in Ft. Myers, Florida#

It would be impossible for me to
repay the debt of gratitude I owe
to all of the neighbors, relatives
and church members who have helped
my parents during the past several

years.

Ify most sin^fere

all of
Charles

thanks to

you.
Our cousin, Mrs.
Knopf, deserves special

mention.

The American State Department is

also to be thanked for giving me

the first word of my mother's
passing. The telegram sent by Bro.
Noiroan Maynard did not arrive un
til a d^ later. It would have
helped immensely if our new phone
had

been

it several months ago#

installed

but

we

are

still without that facility even

thou^ I
deposited the money for

Besides being the date' of my

mother's home-going, Dec. l4th was
also my Silver Wedding Anniversary#
I am once again trying to come
to the U.S., at least for 3 months.
I can, of course, come any time I
wish-if I don't want to reti^n to
India

afterwards.

Inasmuch

as I

want to ret\im to India, I must get

the clearance of the
Government of
India before I leave.

The Government is not likely to

reveal what objection has been made
against me but the local author
ities keep questioning me about the
"Hindus"

have

"converted"

to

Christianity. It is not that I

have done anything illegal but my
missionary activities are regarded
as objectionable.
My responsibilities

here in Kanpur have been lightened, at least

temporarily, because four of the
Kulpahar boys did not return to
Kahpur after their Christmas va
cation.

One

other

is

about

to

leave, having finished his training.

That will

leave me with

seven boys

instead of twelve#

N|y fiftieth birthday (Dec# ^th)

was made
arrival

happy

by

of Frank

the

unexpected

and Marie

Rempel

were shipped in October#

Here in our house in Kanpur we
have had a comfortable and healthy
winter so far#

Our

from Nairobi, Kenya. They sparked

off a birthday party which could helper (His nephew)
otherwise
not have taken place#
Instead of no cake and no gift, I

ended up with

good

two cakes

sweater#

Rempels eilso

and a very

For Christmas, the

gave me a

woolen wrap

around (long shawl#)

At the time, I
of

winter

is

for

month

for stealing# The boys now take

turns accompanying him when he
goes to do -the shopping#
A delictful personality. Miss
Ann Kagey of Indiana and Minnesota

Bible College, flew in

was badly

clothes

new cook

preparing better and tastier meals

althou^ we had to suspend his

and out of

in need Kanpur in

because

had

December# She was not

in Kanpur many hours but her visit

given most of mine away in prepara was none-the-less memorable#

tion for my : coming to the U#S#
We had a keen disappointment
Since then, I have bought a new suit, when we heard that our **daughter"
shoes and topcoat. Thus I am in Lois and hdr husband had their in
good diape clothes-wise if I should fant son .sprinkled on Christmas
get a chance to trav^#
Day, especially when they both
'Ph<^

Rempels

went_ froB^_here^ to

toow that lit is not a jscriptural

Kulpahar, then Frank came back to practice# ILois was raised at the
Kanpur for a few more days# It was Kulpahar Kids Home where she re
during this second visit that a boy ceived the soundest of Bible teach
who had spent a week here decamped ing# It is things like this that
with Frank* s wallet and ca^

I t is

possible that the kid was really in

tending to stesil my scooter and t^t

it was lie who, poisoned (and killed)

make one stop and wonder if he is

accomplishing anything spiritually.
About the time that. Mother died,
four young people of Operation
Mobilisation who had just been

our dog '*Tommy." We later learned

that the police in Delhi are looking visiting Kanpur,
for him* Two weeks later. He had Van accident in
the cheek

to

send

me a

Christmas

two news items travelled

card from Patna, 300 miles down the with

line toward Calcutta, but bearing no has

together

the inevitable result that i t

been reported in
various
places that I have been killed in

return address.

Business in the

were killed in a
Yugoslavia#. The

Bible

Book Store

was hurt during December because two

shipments
from our suppliers in
Madras and Bombay did not come until
after Christmas even though they

an accident#

The political situation in our

state of Uttar I^adesh continues
to be good#

CONTRIBUTIONS; Nov.,Dec.,197^
Clinton Church of Christ

S36O.OO

Twenty-Mile Area;
Mrs. Robert Meade

15*00

Mrs.Madgalene Bowen
M/M Walter Handwerk
Perry Christian Church
Mrs. Walter Swigart

20.00
20.00
17*50
32*00

Mrs. Minnie Smith

25*00

^0.00
10.00

Other Ohio Donors:

Miss Dorothy Schmale

M/M L.N. Black
Old Stone Missionary

20.00

Linden Women's Guild

50.00

Bladensburg Loyal Daughters 20.00

Sebring Church of Christ
10.00

M/M Lewis Holdren

Neifdiboring States:

I also appreciated the personal

gifts sent by:

The Home Church:

5^.00
<

Oak Grove Church, Pa. ^

50.00

Hooverson Women, W.Va.j

60.00

Mr.Stanley Vincent, In|.

20.00

Portland Singles &Doujples ^.00

Portland Church

Osgood Christian Church

Mrs. Newell Richey
Frank Reas
Carlisle, Ky, - women '

50.00
50.00
50.00
30.00
I5.OO

M/M Kellie Story

50.00

Dr. Thomas Omer

20.00

M/M E.Ronda, Mich.

25.00

Other Eastern States:

Capital City, N.C.

East Orange, N.J.

Flora, 111.

I5O.OO
50.00

2^.00

West of the Mississippi:

Wapato, Wash.
20.00
Wymore Loyal Women, Neb.
20.00
The Lord's Treasury, Neb. 100.00
Miss Grace Hardee, Colo.
25.00
Mrs.Loretta Huntington,Io. 25.00
Neeper Women, Mo.

20.00

TOTAL CONTRIBUTED

31695*50

M/M David Barber, Jr.

Steadfast Class, Clinton, 0.
Rittman Missionary Gxiild
Mrs. Sylvia Rosser

Miss Florence Douglas

M/M William Fraser
Phil & Dorothy Guay
(these received so far to-date)

EXPENDITURES FROM NOV. 13,197^

TO THE END OF THE YEAR

Salary for December

Press

Education, Benevolence
Housing
Salaries
Postage
Transportation
Hospitality

3150.00
199.^8

269.03
72.66
255.16
19.0^
12^.77
10.I3

Office

28.66

TOTAL EXPENDITURES

31128.93

SUMMARY

Deficit, Nov. 12,197^

Esjpenditures
Total Debits
Less Receipts
Deficit, 31st Dec.,197^

31199*52
1128.93
2328.^5
I695.50
632.95

Contributions during November

and December were very good, and I

WEis very happy for that.

It en

abled me to begin the year with

all local debts paid.
Please continue to send your
contributions through our forward

ing agent.

Miss Florence Douglas

n i l N. Main St.

Joplin. Mo., 6^801

CONFESSION

During the past

several years j

you have heard much about Tonany

whom many have given up as being a
hopeless case# Still he has an
abundance of friends because bf
what can be called his "redeeming
features#"
The
an

Government

can also

put up with missionaries if they

have redeeming features, but I
seem to be devoid of these#

I do not manage any school, hos

pital, leprosorium or agricultiiral

project#

A few orphan boys

with me but they do not

being an

orphanage#

stay

add up to

Compared to

others, I do not bring many dol

lars, into the

country*

Tbe bene

volent work which I do is mostly

limited, to Christians, and our

_library_h3s little besides Chris

tisin books.# It is plain that I
contribute

very

little

to

the

secular life of the nation#

On thd other hand, the officials

notice that I do a great deal of
preaching#
Not
satisfied with
that I

insist on

putting my ser

mons inprint

and

spreading

all over the

coimtry.

are those awful baptisms^

ihiother unappreciated activity S o o

is the distribution of Christian S s:

literature through our Bible Book^

Store, and my active promotion

the work of the Bible Society#
A number of the

g S*

o p)

leaders of the^-^ch?

Church of Christ in Kanpur are g

angry with me because I have not ^ gbuilt a church building for them.h 4
Worst of all, I am unrepentant^^ gin all of this. I am an inveter-^
ate evangelist and I stubbornly g o ^
refuse to be diverted to other ac-g e
tivities#

If I must choose

p] ^

-tween being an evangelist and liv-4 o s

ing in India, then I will choose

to be an evangelist
where else to live#

and go somie-s 4 oty

B- d4
(P

You should therefore not

be s u r -

prised to learn that I am not par- m^

ticularly popular with the Indiana

Government#

4 f trj

I am not sure ' what harm they^ g g

see in my staying#
own im- g ^ g"
pression is that I have been veiyco^ 4
harmless, unsuccessful and un_

fruitful.

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