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NICHOLS NEWS LETTER
V o l u m e 1
N u m b e r
1
J A N U A R Y 1952
P r e a c h
i n g
D U R I N G
T H E M O N T H S o f O c to be r a n d
tensive
campaigh
of
evangelism in
these
months the
rainfall
begins
to
let
tendance a t public meetings
i s bet ter .
Fa
irhrotners
VTelcomea To
Assam,
India
AND THE LORD, He
i t is that
doth
go
before
thee; He
will
be with
thee.
He wil l
not
fai l thee nor
forsake
thee;
fear
not ,
nei ther be dismayed.
T H E P A S SE N GE R S
o f
th e M . S . S l a m a t
had
their f i rs t
glimpse
o f India
through
atorrentof
rain Sunday
morn
ing,
November 18th,
as the snip tied
up to a p ie r in
Madras.
They
received
a be tte r impres sion of the
country
two
days
later
from the
little
harbor
of
Vizakhapatam.
At 8
o clock Friday
morning
th e
f i rs t pilot
boarded
the ship to s t a r t
h er
up the r ive r .
Twice the ship had
to
a n c h o r
to w a i t f o r th e
t ide so i t
w as
11 o clock
Saturday
morning, Novem
b e r
24th,
when she
f inally
docked
a t
Calcutta. ..There a t
the
p ie r t o we lcome
th e
F a i r b r o t h e r s
to In dia w e r e
Mrs
Edgar Nichols and
Harry and
Marian
S c m i e f e r . T h e c h i e f s t e w a r d i n v i t e d
friends
of the
passengers to share
their las t
meal
on the ship.-
Thanks to Mr. Schaefer s knowledge
of the
language and his
experience in
such
mat te r s
the Fa i rb ro t h e r s w ere
through customs in a short time, and
t h e i r last
t i e w i t h th e h o m e l a nd w a s
broken as they
left
the
Slamat behind.
W h i l e
A r c h i e
r e m a i n e d at
C a l c u t t a
to
a w a i t th e arrival o f th e rest o f th e
supplies
which had
been shipped from
(see WELCOMED on page five
T h e
W o r d
November we carr ied out quite an in
Mawlai
and
nearby vi ll ages .
As during
up,
one
can
travel more
readily
and
at-
The ma in emphas is was upon visitation
i n th e
h o m e s P a s to r
M a n i c k
a n d
th e
s tudent s bear ing the brunt of the work.
Visitation to
these
people
doesn t
mean going to
a
home once and
inviting
people
to
come
to
church;
it
means
go
ing to the
same
home day after day,
teaching f rom the
Bible
the way
of
sa l
vation, and press ing
for a deci si on for
Chr i s t .
A s
a r e s u l t
of
th is e ffo rt we
baptized
54 persons
in Mawlai during
t h e s e tw o m o n t h s .
On
N o v e mb e r
3r d Br o t he r s K h a r
kongor,
Bedly,
Sumarhill,
Mabel , Reu
ben,
and
I
journeyed
to
Waijaijer, our
newes t
field.
We
held preacning
se r
vices Saturday
evening, Sunday
after
noon,
and Simday night, each t ime in a
different
cottage. Baptismal services,
the
first
in
this
village,
were
held Sun
day morn ing, and in mis
service
seven
adul ts w ere
uni ted
to
Ch r i s t
in
the
r i te
of Chri st ian Baptism. One of these was
Brother Harrington,
formerly a
Pres
byterian deacon, a n d
th e
so n of a
deacon,
and
a
man
highly
respected
byall
the community. Following the
after
noon
serv ice
in which I spoke upon the
subject of Unity using
Ephesians 4:4^,
s e v e r a l r e m a i n e d a f t e r t i ie
s e r v i c e to
ask
questions.
One of
these
was a
Ro
m a n
Catho l i c .
T h i s m a n a t t e n d e d
the
evening service also, after which he
told Pastor Kharkongor that
he
was
satisfied that our teaming
was true to
the B ib le, an d he wished to
be
baptized.
We do hope
tiiat
we may be able to go
back soon to baptize this m an
and
sev
e ra l others
who should be
ready af ter
a
little mo re
teaching.
Now
that
Archie
has
come we will be able to get out in
these villages w here teaching of
the
pure Gos gl is so badly neieded
On
tEemllowing weekend.
Brother
Chyne
and I went to Nongwar.
Here
we
held a cottage meet ing on
Friday
liight,
walked to.A^wstoh, a nearby village,
for the
Saturday night
service,-and back
to Nongdrar
for three services on the
Lord s day. We have one family in
(see PREACHING THE WORD
on
page 4
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A s s a m I n d i a M i s s i o n C h u r c h e s o f hrist
The Ass am Mess enge r
is published
in
t h e interest o f t h e
c a u s e o f hrist i n
A s sa m P r o v in c e I n d i a f o r A s s a m I n d i a
Mis sio n C hu rc he s o f C h r is t b yH a rr ol d
M c F a r l a n d M i s s i o n
M a n o r W i l l e r n i e
M i n n e s o t a . Printed i n t h e
U . S . A .
MISSIONARIES
ON THE
FIELD
Edgar and Mabel
Nichols
Archie and Marguer i te
F a i r b r o t h e r
Mawla i, S hillo ng ,
A s s a m
India
FORWARDING AGENT FOR
THE
NICHOLS
R o b e r t and Kathryn B y r n s
216
P a r k B o u l e v a r d
P a i n e s v i l l e O h i o
FORWARDING
AGENT
FOR T H E FAIRBROTHERS
Mrs E . D .
M c K i t r ic k
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S t .
M a d i s o n
4
W i s .
P R E A C H T H E
W O R D
Be
urgent in
season,
out
of
season;
r e p r o v e rebuke , e x h o r t with a l l long-
suffering
and
teaching.
I I Timothy 4:2
NEW NAME FOR OUR PUBLICATION
Our pub li ca ti on
was formerly cal
led The
Tibetan Missionary while
we
were serving
God
in Batang, and then
w a s
r e n a m e d N i c h o l s
N e w s
L e t t e r
w h e n w e
c a m e to
A s s a m . Now
t h a t
t h e
Archie
F a i r b r o t h e r s have joined
us,
we
have
changed
the
name to make
it
more
descriptive
of
our
pla ce of
service and
expanded
i t
to
include
t h e m .
GET
A
MISSIONARY
PRAYER
CALENDAR
Harrold McFarland, who prepared The Auam Mes
senger, and publishes
AMONG
OURSELVES a digest of
ibe current independent missions story, hasjustpublished
The Missionary PrayerCalendar for 1952 with pictures-
on-their-birthdays of the missionaries and their families.
You can get a copy for 75^ from
MUsi D
Manor, Wil
le rnie , Minnesota. U . S . A .
A N A P P E A L
D O R O T H Y
N I C H O L S h a s w r i t t e n t h a t
she
has
had
to
give
up
the
p a r t - t i m e
w o r k she
was doing i n a hospital
b e c a u s e
of
the
s t r a i n caused
by the
combination
of that and a heavy
course
of special
study a t the
P l a t t e
Valley Bible College .
I t would
help
great ly if some
c h u r c h o r
g r o u p would
a s s u m e
t h e c o s to f h e r tu i
t i o n a n d
a n o t h e r h e r rent or f o o d . S h e
would then g e t some l ig h t e r w o r k to
help
w ith the balance of h e r e x p e n s e s .
T H E T I B E T A N
C H U R C H O F
C H R I S T
SS ON
Y O U R A T T E N T I O N
i s
c a l l e d t o
t h e i t e m
i n t h e
f i n a n c i a l
s t a t e m e n t
f o r t h e first
s i x months of
1951,
publ i shed in the
l a s t
i ssue
of
Nichols ' News
L e t t e r
which
showed the amount 1270 t r a n s f e r r e d
to the miss ion a t Batang. It should be
e x p l a i n e d
t h a t t h is a m o un t
w a s
f o r
c a r
rying
on the
work during
the
year
1950.
We have not
yet found
a
way, nor is
i t
l ikely t h a t we wil l in the n e a r f u t u r e to
forward funds for carrying on
the
work
there
now. I t i s d is ti nc tl y the
policy of
the Communis t g o v e r n m e n t
of
China to
d i s c o u r a g e the r e c e i p t of funds
f r o m
any foreign source. We s incerely
thank
those
who
have
given,
and
will hold
funds given for specific purpose for a
c e r t a i n length of t i m e then the
donors
will
be
consul ted a s to their
disposal .
May
we s u g g e s t t h a t
f o r m e r
donors s u r
vey the many
needy
fields,
not
forget
ting
Assam
of
course ,
and give
as
they
f e e l l e d .
On November
29th
Garland and Dorothy
Bare arrived
in
Bangkok, Siam
and
were
m e t by
C,
W. Cal laway J r .
O n D e c e m -
ber 10th they finally reached Chiengkam
which
i s
to be their
home
as they labor
for
the Lord
together
with
Mr. and Mrs.
Callaway,
Miss Imogene Will iams
and
Miss
Dorothy
Uhlig.
- Q C O -
M r .
a n d
M r s . N i c h o l s fi n a n c i a l s t a t e
ment
for
the last
half
of 1951 will
ap
p e a r
i n the n e x t i s s u e of The ASSAM
M E S S E N G E R .
F I R S T D A Y S I N
I N D I A
(Mama
speaks
for
Marilois)
Jewe l and I got u s e d to d a r k - s k i n
ned p eo ple whos e la ng ua ge
we
could not
under st and, b ecau se ,
on the ship,
our
w a i t e r s and c ab in
boys
w e r e Indonesian.
We had been told for a
long
t ime that
we
w e r e
going
to Ind ia
to l ive,
but
we
did
not
know
that mean t
living among
many people who do not look like Daddy
and M ama o r Uncle E d g a r and Aunt
M a b e l .
W he n w e w er e i n t h e S t a t e s w e t o l d
o u r f r i e n d s t h a t w e
w e r e
l i t t l e I n d i a n s
(see
FIRST DAYS
on
page four)
LEFT, BROTHER CHYNE. This young man needs sup
port 20) for himself and family that he may be free
topreachthcGospel.
RIGHT. The four Fairbrothers and
e v en Do 'n o t h e doll
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They constrained Him saying. Abidewith us: for it is toward evening and
the day is far spent. And He went in to tarry with them. iik 24:29
It Is Toward Evening
by
ERNEST
HUNTER
WRAY
Minister The PflgramChristian Tabernacle Buffalo NewYorit
IN THE SUMMER of 1917 as a young
preacher ,
I
was
called
by
the YMCA
to
be
rel igious work helper in Camp
She rid an , A labama,
and
on
the
way to
camp a long with
other young
minis ters
we
sto pped o ff a t
Blue
Ridge,
North
Carol in a for t ra in ing.
On the last day
of our
training,
our
instructor
said
to
us, 1
know
how you
feelrather
afraid
as
you
think
of
this
new
work
among
s old ie rs . B u t,
he sa id , i f John R.
Mott o r
Rober t
E. Speer went witii you,
you
wouldn t be
afraid and youwouldn t
feel lonely. Well , he
went
on to say,
There
is one greater than anyone ot
these men, going w ith
you,
the Lord
Jesus
Chris t
Himself , and if you will
t rus t Him, He will see you through and
your
work am ong the so ld ie r s will be
a s u c c e s s .
1 thought
of
that many t imes in the
weary days and months that followed
and through all
the
long
years
that have
pas sed s ince
t hen ,
1 have
found
His
P re s en ce
r ea l , and
He
has
neve r
fai led
m
O u r
t e x t s tells a b ou t th e
c l o s e
o f
that f i rs t day
af ter
the
resurrec t ion ,
and
two lonely sad-hear ted disc iples
on the i r way home f rom Je rusa lem, and
J e s u s
H im s el f d re w
n e a r
a n d
wa l k e d
w i t h
t h em . A nd t h e w o rd s o f o u r
text
were
the
prayer o f th os e sad hearts
I t is toward
evening, and
the
day is
fa r spent ,
come
in and a bid e w ith us .
And
I wonder
if this
i sn t the prayer
that
we
al l ,
old an d
young
need
to
pray.
Tru ly , i t is
toward
evening
for a l l
the
world.
All thoughtful souls fe el th at
we
a re now in th e tw ilig ht
period
of
th is d ay
of grace,
and
there
i sn t
much
t ime
l e f t , and
wha t i s
to
be
done ,
both
on
the
mis s i on f ield and
a t
home ,
mu s t
be dpne
quickly. When 1 was a boy
a t
hom e on
the farm, we ate
our
evening
mea l
about 4
o c l ock ,
and th en in
t hose
coo l even ing
hours before
dark
we
did
our bes t
work. So, in
these
closing
days
of grace ,
may
we a ll do
our
bes t work
f o r
God .
The thought
of the approaching
night
when
no
man
c an work , ought to
inspire
t ho se
on
the mis s i on
f i e ld ,
a s
wel l
a s
those
of
us,
he rea thome , t op raymore ,
and
give
of our t ime and money
and en-?
e rg y mo re zealously
and
sacr i i ic ia l ly
than eve r , knowing, i t i s t oward
even
ing
and
the day i s
fa r
spent .
In
these trying days,
we
are apt
to
grow
weary
a n d
fain t-hearted ,
b u t
everywhere in the
Word
of God, we a re
exhorted to
Be not
weary
and
faint
not,
knowing in
due t ime ,
the re wil l be a
reaping time, and those who go forth
weeping, bearing precious seed,
shall
come again
rejoicing, bringing
in the
golden
sheaves .
That giving out
of
the Word of God
on the lonely mission field,
and here
at
home
by
broken-hear ted
miss ionar ies
and ministers ,
will not have been
in
vain, ^nd there will be many saved
souls in that day,
tha t
we never knew
about he re , who wil l be t h e r e ,
because
we were
faithful in
giving
out
God s
Word .
These
a re
the
d ay s t owar d
the end
of the
age
th at J esus
told u s aboutthe
days
of
sorrow. 1
have
seen
many pic
t u re s o f o ur so ld ie r
boys ou t
t h e r e
in
K orea , and s ev e ra l t im e s 1 have s een
them weeping
in
one another s
arms.
And isn t
it
meaningful for those of us
who know
Uie
scr ip tures ,
that
the
grea t
ba t t l e f r on t
sh o u ld b e c a l l e d H e a r t
break Ridge? Tru ly thi s is
heartbreak
t ime
for
this old
world and the day of
sorrows
for
God s people everywhere .
But
there is
one
grea t
thought
tha t
saves
the day for us al l ,
and th at is
that Grea t
Companion,
who bears the
pr in t of the nails in
His
hands, com es
along by the
side
of us.all, and He knows
a l l abou t o u r h e ar ta c he s, and he t r a
vels
with
us
every
s tep of our
journey.
On
every
lonely
mission
field as well
as
every hea rt or eak
r idge
fo r everyone
o f
u s
h e r e a t
h ome ,
th e s am e J es us who
walked
tha t
road
to
Emmau s
tha t day,
a n d w ho w e n t
i n
t iS ie i r i n v i t a t i o n to
a bid e w i th th em th at s me re t
O ne
walks with us al l , and i f
we
will
t ru s t
Him, He w ill m ake h imse l f r ea l . He
will make this
evening-time
brightwi th
His presence , and our
hear t s
wil l
be
made to bu rn wi th i n u s , a s He
wa l k s
with us and
opens
to
us
the Scr ip tures .
1 hope i t wil l be fo r
a ll
p fu s in these
c lo s ing days as i t
was
with
Ira D. San-
key, when, in his old agebliiid, bed
fast ,
aloneDr.
Wilbur Chapman
vis i t
ed with him, and,
as
he was
leaving.
Dr. Chapman said, Brother Sankey, is
Jesus
as
r ea l
to
you now as He was in
the
old
days,
when
you were
active?
Yes,
said Sankey, He is
more
r ea l
now, because in those days 1
was
so act ive, I d idn t
have t ime
much
to
spend in prayer . Now, he
said,
1
have more t ime
to spend
a lone wi th Km ,
The
ASSAM MESSENGER
Vo l ume 1 .
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JANUARY 1952
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see
FAIRBROTHERS WELCOMED on
page
one)
they do not convert themselves into
Christians because
the
fact
is, lack of
teaching and preaching.
But
I hope by
your
future help
they will
probably
con
vert
t h em s e l v e s
i n to
Ch r i s t i a n s .
I have no
more
news
to tel l you but
news
you will know when you visi t the
place.
May
God keep
you and
bless
you
all to eternity.
B.
Khongwir
L ET TE R O F
W ELCOM E FRO M SM IT
We give thanks to Almighty God that
you
have arrived
safely
to us by the
care of God, our Lord Jesus
Chris t .
When
f i r s t
we
heard
about your
coming
here
we had a special
prayer
meeting
that
God will take good care of
you
on
your journey, and the Lord has
answered
our prayers.
We
rejoice
in what God
nas
done
and H is wi l l be done .
So
we
from the
Chu rch o f
Chr i s t ,
Smit ,
though
we
a re
yet but
fewwe
live amidst the paganrequest you to
kindly
help us
in
all
things we
need for
the g lo ry o f
His
Name.
We
give
you
our
Khublei
(God be
with
you).
Brother
and
Sister
and
family.
Our Lord
J es us C hrist
be with
you
in al l
your
undertakings. Amen.
Juin
Kharkongor
IF YOU
CAN
USE MORE COPIES OF THE NEWS LETTER, PLEASE
LET US KNOW
AND
WE
WILL BE-GLAD TO FORWARD THEM TO YOU
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FIRST
DAYS (began on page two)
PREACHING
THE WORD
. . . (Began on Page One)
A lter o ur s ec on d d ay in
Calcut ta , I
de
cided we
are
not Indians because we do i;jawstoh, who have come to us
from
the
not
have dark
skin
and
black
hair and Church
of God.
There were
close
to 200
eyes. Everywhere we go people lookat persons
present
in the meeting house,
us and talk about
our
blue eyes and want including a sizable group from Nongwar.
to feel our blonde
hair.
Everyone is to the presence of the
latter
the
friendly, and they all want to hold us, singing was good, furnishing a good
but we think we will wait until we know bacTcground for the service. Againthere
them
better
before
we
go
to
them
were
many
interested
inq^uirers
who
At
fi rst we did not even
want
to talk
stayed
to
ask
questions.. On Sunday we
to
them because
we did
not
know what
gave
Lesson Sermons on Baptism, the
they
were
saying
to us,
but
now when
Lord s
supper, and
in the
evening an
we meet
any
of them we
say,
Khublei, evangelistic sermon to
an
attentive
and when
they
go we say i t
again, so
i t
audience.
The re were
ten who
obeyed
must mean
hello
and
goodbye.
their
Lord in Baptism
in
the morning
Mama
says
Shillong is our home, service.
We t h i nk i t
i s
n ic e to have
a
home . Ev
eryday
at lunch we have rice and curry.
For
the Lord s Day
November
18
Jewel e ats m ore
of i t t han ldo .
Wehave we were a t L yng ky rd em , w here
Bro
all
the oranges and bananas we want, ther Khongwir teaches and
preaches,
and sometimes we have other things Brothers Chyne and
Sumarhill,
Andrew,
with
names
like guavas, papayas Reuben and I went on
Friday,
and
Pas-
and pomeloes. One
day
we
had
a pine-
tor
Kharkongor,
Phillip
and Yohan
came
apple. I like papayas best, and Jewel on Saturday Mabel had gone to Calcutta
l ikes bananas . to
mee t
the Fa i rb ro the r
family
and
In the
week we have
been here
we bring Marguer i te and
the gir ls
back to
have been to church 7 t imes.
Some-
Shillong). The re were
several
persons
t imes i t
is
a t the churchand some times who were
se r ious ly
i l l for whom we
in
people s
homes. On Sunday morning
were
called to
pray,
we a l l went down to the r i v e r
and
had a
service there. Uncle Edgar preached, A woman, Twil Khongwir by name,
and then he and the
pastor
baptized five Lydia of Lyngkyrdem, was baptized
women and three men. Then we came o? t^e Lord s day. The Presbyterians
home fo r
d in ner. A fte r
dinner we went
dismissed
t he ir s er v ic es
to
a tt end th is
to
church to have
another
service.
The
ceremony.
So,
before
going
into th e
pe opl e like to s ing and sing. Jewel and water, I gave a short exposition on
1 try to
sing
with them, but we
can t
baptism, showing from the Bible it s
tell what they
are
singing so we sing purpose, design, consequences, and
whatever wg want to sing. I think we who are the proper s ub je ct s for bap
will
a l l
like i t when we can
unders tand
t i sm.
Before
we
left on
Monday
morn-
and talk to our
fr iends .
iri8>
we heard of
others
who were im
p res sed by th is
se rv i ce and expressed
the des i r e to be bap t ized .
and He is
more real
now and I love Him O the last Sunday of the month, we
more
than ever before.
were
at Mawkrih, which
being
closer
Some of us are growing old too, and home we have somewhat neglected
late-
for
us
it s
toward
evening.
Butwhether
At the
morning
service
four
were
young or old, may it be
our
prayer :
buried
with their Lord and raised to
Abide
with
me. fast
falls
th e
eventide
The darkness deepens. Lord with me abide.
When other helpers fail, and comforts flee
Help of the helpless, Oh, abide with me.
Svriftto its close, ebbs out life s little day
Earth s joysgrow dim, it s glories passaway.
Change and d ec ay , in all around 1 s ee
Oh, Thou whochangest not, abide with me.
These
were baptized
b u r i e d wi t h their L o r d a n d r ise to
wa l k
i n
n ew n e s s
o f l i f e .
In th e
fter
noon
we preached on Christ s Church
and
the unity of bel ievers . After p raye r s
with
two
very sick p erso ns h ere
we
re turned
to Mawlai. We^were t i red and
happy, our only
r eg re t
being
ou r inabil
i ty to stay longer
in
each of these
places
a nd he lp sat i sfy the evident hunger for
t h e
Wo r d
o f God .
Edga r Nichols
This
is
th e The Ten
In
th e
front
row.
in -
congtegatioR eluding the three youngmen
at
standing arc those who were
Nongwar baptized at Nongwar
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(see FAIRBROTH^RS WELCOMED
page
one)
New York, the
others
took the plane the
Mawlai
gate
to
meet us on
our
a r
for Gauhati. riva l, w ere
disappointed.
It
was after
dark when
we finally reached
Mawlai,
On
Tuesday
November
27th,
the
Ni-
but
there
were still
quite
a
number
chols jeep, accompanied
and
encour-
waiting
at
the
pastor s house to
receive
aged along by
Brothers
Kharkpngor, the
newcomers .
Manick,
and Bed ly , Sis ter
Risebon and
Brother Nichols made the long 75-mile The next
eveninc, the
congregation
trip
to
the
Ghauti Airdrome. assembled
in the church for
an
infor
m a l w e l c o m e to th e new a r r i v a l s a n d
Jus t as
they
arrived
a t
the
parkihg
to praise
God
for H is goodness
in send-
space,
the
Jeep
stopped. Mabel, look- ing them to us. After prayer and some
ing out
of
the
window of tiie Airdrome special music.
Brother
Bedly
gave the
Bus,
thought
that
looks
like our
jeep.
address
of
welcome.
Marguerite
had
When
she saw someone
get out to crank
just f inished responding to mis,
whena
it,
she knew i t was. So she, with Mar-
large
form filled the doorway in the
Suerite nd the two little
Fairsisters rear
of
the
auditorium
n the dim
light
ismounted f rom the Bus,
and
they, about
all
that could be dist inguished was
with
their
baggage
were
lo aded in to the
that
i t
wore
glasses . Marguerite
thought
jeep, not howeve r until Khubleis
and that
she was seeing things,
and
i t was
greetings had
been
exchanged. How Phillip who
f i rs t
recognized who i t was
good
i t was to
see
Marguerite
again, and
sent word
forward that
Archie had
and
to gree t for the f i r s t
t ime Mari
come,
l o is a nd J e w e l .
t
w a s u n f o r t u n a t e t h a t
A r c h i e
h a d
b e e n
d e t a i n e d
i n
C a l c u t t a .
A n d s o t h e F a i r b r o t h e r s c a m e to
Due
to unavoidable
delays ,
we
missed
Khasi- land , d so were your
p r a y e r s
the
u^gate
byminutes, and the many
and
our prayers, and the prayers of
Mawlai fr iehda,
who
had gathered a t the Khasi brethren answered.
L E T T E R O F WELCOME FRQM MAWLAI CHURCH
Dear
Sister
and
Family
in
Lord
Jesus Chr is t
(Archie not
present
yet):
1, on behalf of
the Church
Ox Christ , Mawlai,
wish
you a ver y s in ce re
w e l c o m e .
We ve
been
praying all the t ime for your safe
arrival,
and the Lord God
Almighty has
answered our
prayers. By
His
will
you
have
arrived safely
to us,
and only His will be
done.
Our
hearts
fill
with
joy
to
have
you
with
us:
you whom the Lord
has
chosen
to come from so far to
teach
and preach
us
the
commandments
of
the
Lord; to
live
with us; .to
share
many hardships
here;
to leave your-beloved
friends,
your
dear relat ives and you r dear home whom you
loved
so much;
just
for our s ake,
that we may
live
apd be saved. You who
have
devoted your
thoughts
to
heaven
and
your
actions
to works
of
kindness to mankind:
tending
the sick,
feeding
the
hungry,
and
relieving
the
distressed;
to
deny
oneself for
the
glory
of whom you
love
most;
to t rumpet His name throughout
the
world.
We have nothing
to
give
you, but what we have is yours. Our love and
re
membrance
to
you,
in Je su s Christ our
Lord,
wiir
linger
in
our
hearts
forever
and ever. Wewill
pray
to God Almighty for Brother who will be coming soon to
us,
to
be
in the Almighty s kePping.
May he who made both European and Indian, Christian
and
non-Christian
shower
down on you His
choicest blessings. Our
Khublei Godbe with you) we
give to you.
B.
George
Manick
Siem
L E T T E R
O F W E L C O M E F R O M L Y N G K Y R D E M
I, on-behal f o f the Lyngkyrdem brethren,
want
to talk to you and I
am
very
glad to have you
all
join
our
small
cheerful
company. When1go back.to Lyngkyr
dem,
and
te l l the b re th re n th ere
of
your com ing here in
Mawlai,
1 cannot
imagine
how glad they ll be,
especially
when
they will
be
able
to see
you
all by
their own
eyes
and talk by tiieir own tongues.
Lyngkyrdem is not a
very
big place, but a place of hardship toward the
work.of
the
Lord . Most of them
a re
non Chr is t ian but quite a .numb.er
a re
in
cdntact
with our church.
As I
have experienced
myself
with
them
for
about
four
moifths now, I
could
proudly confess that they have
the
heartof a Christian, but
concluded en page six)
T h e A S S A M M E S S E N G E R
V o l u m e
1 . N u m b e r
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NEWS
L E T T E R
V o l u m e
1
A P R I L
Number 2
1952
rs Nichois
Returns
Area Evangelism
M R S .
E D G A R
N I C H O L S a r r i v e d
in
L o n d o n en rou tehome o n F eb
r u a r y
1 4 t h .
O n
the I5th she w it
nessed
th e
funeral
process ion
o f
the
late King
George
IV . On
the
19th
she
boarded
the
Queen
M a r y a nd
a r r i v e d in N e w Y o r k o n th e 24 th .
She
e n j o y e d b r i e f l y the
C h r i s t i a n
hospi ta l i ty o f th e E l m e r Kiles a n d
t h e n
en t ra ined
f o r Painesvi l le
Ohio
where she
had the
joy of
m e e t
in g a n d b eco m in g acquainted w ith
M r. a n d M r s . R o be rt B y rn s a n d
Be v e r l y . M r . a n d M r s . B y r n s h av e
b e e n the forwarding
a g e n t
for
the
Nichols
family s i n c e
Ap r i l
1951.
rs N ich o ls th en went t o
Youngstown Ohio
where she spent
a few
w ee k s w ith h e r r e la t iv e s a n d
c o w o r k e rs D r . and M r s . N . H .
B a r e .
During this
t i m e
she
at t en
ded
the
t r i s tate
r al l y a tEas tPa l
est i ne
Ohio and
spoke i n m o s t of
the N e w
T e s t a m e n t
c h u r c h e s in
th e
Youngstown area .
She is spending April with h er
daughter
M r s .
R ob ert M ills a t
Linco ln
I l l iho is .
T H E S E PEOPLE WAL KE D
F RO M T HE IR
V L L A G E S
9 12
MI L E S
IN
T H E HILLS T O
A T T E N D
T H E
A N N U A L
C O N V E N T I O N
A FT ER s e e in g
M r s . N i c h o l s s a f e l y
o f f
fo r
t h e Sta t e s
M r.
Nicho l s
ass i s ted by th e
K h a s i
e v a n g e l i s t s
a n d
w i t h th e
cooperat ion
o f th e
Fa i rb ro the rs b e g a n
a n
i n t e n s i v e
c am pa ig n o f visitation and e v a n g e l
ism
H e
h e l d
a
series o f services
a t N o n g talo h
a t r ip
t h a t i n v o l v e d
32
m i l e s of
jolting
on
th e
l o c a l
b u s
and
14
m i l e s
of walking t h r o u g h
th e
jungle.
It
is
i m p o r t a n t to c o m
plete t h i s p h a s e of th e j o u r n e y be
fore
d a r k because o f the
d a n g e r
f r o m m a n - e a t i n g t igers
an d
leo
p a r d s
which s t il l i n fe s tt h e region.
O u r
par ty
arr ived
w e l l a h e a d
o f
sunse t a n d a fte r r ic e
and
t ea and
a
b r i e f
res t w ord having
g r a p e -
vined a r o u n d th e v i l l a g e th e b e l i e v
ers a n d th e c u r i o u s a s s e m b l e d
f o r
service. T h a t n i g h t pictures of th e
l i fe o f
C h r i s t
w e r e s h o w n
bu t
the
evangel is t ic
par ty w a s
to o w eary
fo r
a
long s e r v i c e so the people
we r e
u r g e d
to r e t u r n for G o sp e l
p r e a c h i n g th e n e x t d a y .
see EVANGELISM on page 2
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N ICH O L S N E W S
L E T T E R
N ew s
O r g a n
o f
th e
A s s a m I n d i a M i ss io n
C h u r c h e s o f
C h r i s t
T h e A s s a m M e s s e n g e r
is
p u b l i s h e d
in
t h e
interestof
th e c au se o f
C h r i s t
i n A s s a m
Prov inc e
I n d i a ,
for
A s s a m I n d i a
M i ss io n C h u r c h e s
o f
C h r i s t
a t
M i ss io n M a no r
Wil l e r
n i e
M i n n e s o t a .
P r i n t e d
in U . S . A .
MISSIONARIES ON
TH E
FIELD
E d g a r a n d
M a be l N ic ho ls
Mrs. Nichols is on furlough
A r ch ie a nd
M ar guer i t e
F a i r b r o t h e r
Mawlai,
Shillong, A s s a m , India
FORWARDING AGENT FOR THE NICHOLS
R o b e r t and Ka t h r y n By r n s
2 1 6 P a r k B o u l e v a rd
Pa ine s v i l l e O h i o
FORWARDING AGENT FOR THE FAIRBROTHERS
M r s . E . D . M c K i t r i c k
2 4 3 7 E . M i f f l i n
St ree t
Madison 4 , Wiscons in
EDGAR NICHOLS preaching at Mawlai
with interpreter.
E V A N G E L I S M
began
on page one)
arly S u n d ay m o r n i n g ,
M r .
N i c h o l s
t ook R e u b e n
a n d
t h r e e
c o m p a n i o n s a n d w a lk e d
t h r e e
miles
to B e r k u r i , o v e r
a
r o u g h a n d s l ip
ery
trail Here o
woman made
le good
confession
and was
bpp-
tized. They
r e t u r n e d t o N on gta lo h
in
t ime
f o r
M r .
N i c h o l s
to preach
a t t h e
mo r n i n g
s e r v i c e . The L o r d s
S u p p e r
w a s
observed
in
th e af te r
n o o n , a n d M r . Ch y n e preached .
In
th e e v e n i n g p i c t u r e s o f th e parab les
o f
our L o r t i were s h o w n a n d t h e
t ea c hi n g e x pl ai ne d ,
a n d
th ree
loca l
menwere
ordained
as
deacons
T h e
c h a r g e
to t h e m a n d to the c o n g r e
gation
w a s th e t h e m e o f th e
e v e n i n g
s r r r ion
A f t e r
a
few b u sy d a y s a t M aw
lai , M r . N i c h o l s , w i t h pas tors
K h o n g w ir a n d Chyne took th e t ra in
Fr iday
a f te r n oo n , f o r S i l c h a r . T h e y
w e n t
t h i r d c la s s
a nd h ad l i t t l e
R e u
b e n w i t h
t h e m . I t
i s
d if f ic u l t f or
o n e w h o
h a s n o t t r av e le d t h i r d c la s s
o n o n e
o f t h e s e t r a i n s to v i s u a l i z e
s u c h a t r i p . In the f i r s tp lace there
a re only enough of th e h a r d w o o d en
b e n c h e s to
accomodate perhaps half
o f th e
m a s s
o f
h u m a n i t y t ha t c rowds
a n d
pus he s in to th e ca r .
F ro m
G a u h a t i w h e re th e y b o a rd e d th e
t r a i n to
S i l ch a r t ak e s
a b o u t
15
h o u r s .
A f t e r
th e
first
f ive h o u r s
th e
bench
b e c o m e s
a t o r tu r e r a c k
and by this time all who ha d been
s t a n d i n g i n t h e b eg in ni ng , h av e se t
tled into e v e r y b it of floor s p a c e
a n d o n th e
l a p s o f a ll th e m eek or
d e f e n s e l e s s o c c u p a n t s
o f
b e n c h e s .
T he t ra in provides n o t
e v e n s o
m u c h as a drink
o f
water
S u mar h i l l one o f th e m i n i s t e r
i a l s tu d en t s m e t
th e
t r a i n a t
S il
c ha r and a f te r a
br i e f r e s t th e
par ty b o a r d e d a b u s f o r th e 20
miles
to Ba g p a h a r .
A t
Bagpahar
Sum a rh i l l t o o k
t h em
in to
h is h o m e and t h e r e t h a t
e v e n i n g ,
th e
n e i g h b o r h o o d
gathered
to
see
t h e
slides
o f t h e L i f e o f
C h r i s t
a n d to
hear th e G o s p e l .
The
p r o g r am
was
p r o g r essi n g
well
when
th e
k e r o s e n e
supply i n the l a n t e r n
used
fo r showing the
pic ture s
failed.
S ince the
evangelists
had not ha d
t h e i r
c lo thes off
n o r a c h a n c e to
lie
dow n, fo r
36
h o u r s ,
t he y c on cl u
d e d th e
s e r v i c e
w i t h a b r i e f e x h o r
see
EVANGELISM
on page 3
The ASSAM MESSENGER - Volume 1.
Number
2 - Apr i l
1952
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eligious
wakening
IS T H E R E
o n e C h u r c h d e s c r i b e d
in
the New Testament? If
so,
why
do we, a
New
Testament people,
act like there is possibly another
way?
Some
of
our
own
peop le have
s a id t h a t C o r ne li u s a nd
h i s
h o u s e
hold
were saved before baptism
and
in the next
breath
quote Acts 2:38;
1 am not writing to
sett le
th e que s
tion 1 have jus t
brought
up, but to
reveal
a
way in which the church
shou ld
be
awakened . 1 do wan t
to
say that Cornelius
was
not saved
vintil
h i s
bap tism nor
was Pau l
s a v e d wh e n
h e
s aw
th e
v i s i o n
o n
r o a d
to
D a m a s c u s . T he
Lo r d
w a s
logical in His teaching
while
here
o n earth o r
rather through
His
Apost les .
We should take this log
ical teaching and use
i t
as
i t
is . If
t h e r e
i s
b u t
on e
C h u r c h
d e s c r i b e d
in
the New
Tes tamen t ,
and t he re i s ,
w e s hou l d
b e
c a r e f u l
in
o u r refer
ence to
a ll
re l igious
sec t s as
of
God , even
i f we have
f r i ends
in th e
d en om i n a t i o n s .
It ta ke s a lo t
of courage
to be
the only
ones to stand
for
the
t ru th
and preach even to those
who des
pise
i t .
The Gospel
of Jesus
Chr is t ,
being the
truth, has caused many
to give
up
the i r l ife
fo r
i t .
Stil l
there is one of two ways to go in
t h i s l i f e .
W e
c an d ie fo r th e c au s e
o f
t r u t i i
o r f o r th e c a u s e o f f a l s e
hood . W e m u s t c hoo s e wh i c h i s
mos t
pro fitab le for
ourse lves as
we l l as o t h e r s .
Th e m o v e m e n t o f
t h e New
T e s
t am e n t Chu r c h
in
A s s am i s on e o f
struggle and hear t-break. The lea
ders in this movemen t stru gg le d
fo r the
t ru th
in th e
face ,
of much
opposition by
the
denominations,
and
i t
was
hear t -breaking
to leave
o ld
f r i e nd s
a n d
r e l a t i o n s
f o r t h e
c a u s e o f Ch r i s t . W e
are t h a n k f u l
t h a t t h e r e
are t h o s e s t i l l
i n
t h e
world
who
are
willing
to face op
position of the devil for the
Truth
o f Ch r i s t .
It
is not
surprising
to find
a
man
f rom a
foreign
land,
who
has
come to
our
country, clinging to old
t radit ions and
teacnings
of his na-
(see
AWAKENING on page 4
V NG LISM
(began on
page
one)
ta t ion, a hymn, and the assurance
o f m o r e t om o r r ow .
The Lord s Day morning
ser
vice was held in
the open,
and was
well-a t tended, the people
l istened
at tent ively to
the
se rmon
on, One
Lord, One
Fai th, One Baptism,
and i t
seemed
that the
whole
village
turned out for the evening service,
a study of the parables of Jesus .
Monday
morning
the
evangel is ts
separated to
cover
more ter r i tory .
Take
your share of hardships
as a good sold ier
of
Chr i s t Jesus .
11 Timothy 2:3
W i l li ams T r an s l a t i o n
M r. Nichols with Reuben , wen t to
Dudhpat li ; Khongwi r and
Chyne, to
Laikpur .
The importance of
the
la t
t e r
i s t ha t
K has i , L ush ai
and Khuki s
c o m e
t h e r e
to
t r a d e .
T h e r e
w a s
good
in teres t
a t both villages. The
p ar ty re as semble d
a t S ilch ar for
the ordeal by t ra in tha t took them
to Gauhati,
from
which 60
miles
by
jeep got them home to Mawlai. The
t r am was mo r e c rowded , and l i t t le
except
bananas
was avai lable
a t the
way
s ta t ions so
you
may be
able
to
imagine
how
good
i t was
to
get home
t o
a
c o o k e d
meal a n d a c l e a n b e d
He went
about
through
ci t ies
and
villages, preaching and bring
ing good
tid in gs o f the
Kingdom of
God, and w ith Him , the
twelve .
Luk e
8 :1
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H OM E
DID
YOU
ever hear
a young
child
say
I want to go
home?
Perhaps
i t was
the
f i rs t
day
a t school or
a
sudden
s ick
spel l o r an accident .
The child s f i rs t thought and a wise
one,
1
want
to go
home. Or
per
haps i t was
a
picnie o r
a day a t the
zo o or a
visit
to
G r a n dm a o u t
i n
t h e
coimtrythe
re su l t
i s the same
and
by
night-fal l
the t i red
l i t t le mind
and
body a re
surfei ted and the
feel
ing
is
there i f
not alw ays
expres
sed 1
want to
go home.
Some
years
ago,
my grand son,
Clayton,
asked
his
fa ther
i f
he
could
go with us on a drive quite a
dis
tance out
of
the city .
His
fa ther
consented.
On
arr iving
a t
our des
t ination,
Clayton
got
out
and played
with a youngster who happened to
b e
t h e r e wh i l e
h i s f a t h e r a t t e nd e d
to
business.
We were soon ready
to start back and Clayton climbed
in and said,
I m
cold. 1 ought not
to havQ
come.
Grandpa.
Take
me
on
your
lap and ge tme warm. And
you may be sure 1 did. The same
idea1 want to go
home.
The a lm o s t u n i v e r s a l de s i r e
and expectation
of
blooming young
people is
to
have a home
of the i r
own.
It is their abiding dream and
anticipat ion through
the drab years
of toil
and
preparation,
and being
natural
and proper , they
hold
f irm
ly
to i t, overcoming
delaying
dif
ficulties.
But
have you thought
about the
rapid
increase of
our
missionary
recruits, and the foggy
uncertainty,
about
a
home,
which
they enter , on following thei r Mas
te r
who had no place to
lay His
h ea d? T h ere i s s ome
s a t i sf a c t io n i n
th e adventure o f b e i n g
among
strange people of a
strange
lan
guage, ideas a n d
cus tom s, but
this is
but
a spoonful compared
with the full
cup
of sacr i f ice and
s e rv ic e r equ ir ed .
The t im e h as not
yet
oome when a
missionary
can
have tw o
hom es a hom e
a t
h om e
and one on the field, and
how
ap-
pealing_the
plea of
a child or
ami s -
sionary who can
say 1
want
to go
h om e - 1
have no home .
The r e
i s s ti ll ano the r c l a s s
and
much
nea r e r
to home-going, who
u s e d t o b e
c a l l e d
war horses o f th e
church who
a re ove r -ma tu r e r e
t i r ed and s t i l l
t i r ed
no t becau s e of
se rv ice but because they a re de-
Erived o
service
These w o
have
elped to achieve
t h e
progres s
made in
three
quar te rs
of
a
century
are loath to go. to
the
rea r when the
ba t t l e
is s o far f r om
won . L i k e
Paul, they cry
out
1 want to go
h ome bu t neve r t h e l e s s to ab ide
i n
th e
f l e s h is
mo r e
n e ed f u l f o r
you (Philippians
1:23-24). Thank
G od that
s u b s t i t u t e
h om e s
are
n ow
p ro vid ed fo r His
ch i ld ren
whe the r
l i t t le
ones
miss iona r i e s o r aged .
Whether
therefore
you eat or
dr ink , o r whatsoever you do, do a ll
to the Glory
of
God.
1 Co r i n t h i a n s
10 : 31
W KENING
(began on page 4)
t iv e lan d.
There fo re
i t i s no t too
surprising
to find that
a person
coming out of
the false
teaching,
disguised by the word Christian
ity,
still
clinging to some
forms
and
practices which
were ins ti ll ed
in him.
It
is true
that
the
religion
i s
s t i l l
f a l s e wh e n h um a n do c t r i n e s
a re there, but if
the
one
seeking
the t ruth really wishes
to
lea rn of
God s way i t can be taught. The
Chr i s t i an s those
I mm e r s e d in to
Chr i s twan t
to l e a r n a l l
o f
th e
T r u t h .
We
are happy here
because
the
Lord
has
recent ly convinced
the
p e op l e
t h a t
a
New
Testament
Chu r c h
i s d is tin c t f ro m
th e d en om
inations. They now
see
the
unique
stand
tha t i s ours
to
procla im
to
a l l
the
world.
They came
to
rea l ize
that there is
no place
fo r human
do c t r i n e s i n th e Chu r c h
o f
J e s u s
Chris t . The people want to
know
what
the
Bible says. They have
heard
a
lot
of
Theology already,
b u t now fo r
th e
T r u t h . 1 c a l l t h is
a
religiolis awakening
because they
see
the
inconsis tency
of
claiming
only
one
Church
r evea led in
the
New
Tes tament a n d then
saying
a l l
others
a re of
God. May the Lord
continue to guide
these
and others
who
are s eeking for
the
Truth .
Ar c h ie Fairbrother
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R E C R U I T
F O R A S S A M
MISS
DOROTHY
NICHOLS, daugh
t e r of Mr.and Mr s .Edgar Nichols,
is prepar ing
to go to
Assam
with
her parents when
they return.
Dorothy
w a s
graduated
from
Lincoln
Bible Inst i tute i n June ,
1951
a n d
h a s
t a k e n f u r t h e r w o r k a t
Platte Valley Bib le College to pre
pare
her for evangelistic teaching
a n d
c h i l d r e n s w o rk w h e r e
s u c h a
mini stry i s
so
sorely needed among
the
Khasi and
Lushai
people
of
the
K h a s i H i l l s .
D u r i n g h e r undergraduate
y e a r s
Dorothy
spent s e v e r a l sum
m e r s in
the
cul inary
depar tment
at
Cedar
Lake, Indiana (Lake
Re
gion
Christian Assembly).
While
this
often involved
being cumbered
with much serving, she also
found
opportunit ies for choosin g th e b e t
ter
part, and
has
an
unusually
wide
acquaintance
among the m i n i s t e r s
m i s s i o n a r i e s a n d
c h u r c h
w o r k e r s
in generalwho have r e f r e s h e d
t h e i r
s o u l s
a t C e d a r L a k e .
S h e
h a s
a l s o
s p e n t
o n e
s u m m e r
i n New Y o r k
City evangel ism with the E l m e r
Kiles,
and has
had valuable exper
ience
teaching
i n
Daily Vaca tion
B i b l e s c h o o l s .
M i s s N i c h o l s c a n b e r e a c h e d f o r
appoin tments w i t h
c h u r c h e s or
camps ,
c / o Edgar B a r e 2012
Ave,
B, S c o t t s b l u f f N e b r a s k a o r Ro
ber t Byrns,
2l6
P a r k
Boulevard,
P a i n e s v i l l e
Ohio .
R O B E R T AND
P H Y L L IS M I L L S
M R . a n d M R S . R O B E R T M I L L S re
c a n d id a te s f o r
t h e v a s t
u n t o u c h e d
f i e l d i n t h e P r o v i n c e o f S o u t h W e s t
Africa. They plan to
go
f i r s t to
Windhoek (Vint-hook), the capitol
c i t y
and
c e n t e r
of t r a n s p o r t a t i o n of
t ha t p ro v in c e. It
i s
about 500 m i l e s
south
o f the equator ,
and
near ly 200
miles i n l a n d from elic n oint o n
t h e e st c o a s t .
M r . M i l l s
w a s o r d a i n e d t o
t h e
Chris t ian m i n i s t r y
by
the
Webber
S t r e e t C h u r c h
o f
C h r i s t U r b a n a
I l l inois
May 20, 1951. F o r n e a r l y
two
y e a r s
he h a s
m i n i s t e r e d to t h e
congregat ion a t
Dalton
City , Ill
inois and
s p e n t one
s u m m e r with
the
Go Ye Chapel evangelist ic
work
in New York
City.
P h y l l i s
i s
the daughter of the
v e t e r a n m i s s i o n a r i e s
M r .
nd
Mrs .
Edgar
Nichols. She spent five
y e a r s on
the T i b e t a n b o r d e r w i t h
h e r
p a r e n t s . She wel l r e m e m b e r s
the
hardships
and
privations the
m i s s i o n f i e l d o f f e r s b u t s h e a l s o
knows our Lord s divine
i m p e r a
t i v e and His s u s t a i n i n g g r a c e .
These young people w i l l
b e
a v a i l a b l e t h i s
s u m m e r
f o r
C h r i s
tian
Service
camps
and
to bring to
c h u r c h e s the
chal lenge
of t h i s Af
rican
field While t raveling this
s u m m e r th ey e xp ec t to use t h e i r
t r a i l e r .
They
hope
to have the
e s
s e n t i a l funds a n d the n e c e s s a r y
p a s s p o r t s and v i s a
for
a d e p a r t u r e
in
the e a r l y spring of 1953.
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J O S E P H
WE BROUGHT w ith u s f r om T i b e t
to India four Kamba
(natives
of
Eastern
Tibet)Yosay
or
Joseph,
John,
Andrew and R euben.
Joseph
and John re
second-genera t ion
Chr i s t i ans
growing i n t o young
manhood , whom we
hoped to
save
from the damning
indoctr inat ions
of
Commun i sm
and
make
usefu l
wo r k e r s f o r th e L o r d . A n d re w a nd
Reuben we adopted in to our family.
We knew
th at J os ep h
was
unde r
suspicion,
but we thought that be
ing
removed
from the oppressive
a n d
c oe rc iv e e nv iro n m e n t
in
wh i c h
he
found
h imse l f
he would
follow
ou t
tha t purpose he
had
declared of
fitting himself
for the
Lord s
work.
Joseph
i s
gifted
in
l anguages ,
and
in the
abil i ty
to expres s himse l f .
He
had
also some ra th er g la r
ing faults . We
feel
deeply our sense
of failure in
not
having
been
able to
help him realize the best that was
i n h im .
T h e time me
wh e n w e
felt
w e h a d
t o sever ll c o n n e c t i o n s
with
him.
Jo sep h is
now
in
Kal im-
pong
and
mak ing h is own way work
ing
in
a
Shoe Store . We ask your
p raye r s for h im .
JOHN
John
has
now
spent
about 18
months l ea rning tai lo r ing . He can
n ow
m a k e
shirts a n d trousers f o r
the boys. He has yet to lea rn
cut
ting
and fitting, then
he will
be
a
fullfledged
tai lor .
John
is
a
good
boy,
but
he doesn t have the per
sonal i ty tha t
Phi l l ip
has .
When
he
/ / / C
returns t o T i b e t
h e
w i l l be ab l e to
make his
way
as a r espec ted mem
ber of the
community,
and we hope
will
prove
a living
witness to the
power
of the
gospel.
ANDR EW
Andrew is
a
good worker ; when
given a
job
he
sees i t through
to
the end. We have always cons idered
t h a t he would be one o f th e
fa i th fu l
plodding kind, but now,
a l l a tonce
he
h s
t ken a n ew interest
i n
studying. He has fi nis hed
the
f i rs t
book in A WayToEnglish and is
very proud
to
be read ing in
Book
Two.
We
a re very thankful to Mar
guer i te who takes a n h ou r f rom he r
busy
day
to
t each
h im.
R E U B E N
Reuben continues to be a great
joy
and
comfor t to
us.
He is
so
animated and happy that
he makes
friends
everywhere. One
problem
is
that
someone
is
always
offering
him
something
to eat ,
and he nev
er
r e f u s e s .
Th i s
s o m e t im e s c a us es
diges t ive
dis turbances
in
other
words tummyache.
He surely
has taken
to his
newly
found cou
s ins
Mari lo i s a n d Jewel .
They
real ly
have
good t imes
making
mud-
pies
toge the r . But the
other
morn -
ingduring
stretching time he an
nounced to me solemnly, Mar i lois
doesn t love you. Oh I
said,
She doesn t .
No,
only I love
you.
So,
i t
s e ems tha t even into
their
garden , a l-Utle
jealousy
h as e n te re d .
Edgar
Nichols
THE
CONGREGATION
AT MAWLA I -
CHURCH OF
CHRIST
SHILLONG AREA
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MARILOIS
LETTER
WHEN
AUNT
MABEL
was getting
ready to go to America ,
I
wan
ted to go along. Uncle Ed and Reu
ben could stay and take care
o f
Daddy,
Mama
and Jewel. Mama
asked me where I would s tay if I
w en t ba ck to
Ame r i c a .
I
wou ld
l ike
to live on the farm with
my
Grand
pa
and
Grandma Fa i r
bro the r .
Jewel and I are happy here in
Mawlai , Shillong, but wish
we
had
some American neighbors. IfAxut
Mabel
would
bring my Grandpa and
Grandma Bare
back w ith
her they
could l ive by
us, and
then we
would
have
American
neighbors.
(see MARILOIS on
page
8)
FINANCIAL
EDGAR AND MABEL NICHOLS
FINANCIAL
REPORT
FROM
THE
FIELD
for July 1, 1951--December 31, 1951
Balance as of July 1, 1951 1248.00
General
Receipts
3114.25
Received from A.B.Stockhoff 97.50
Total
receipts
4459 75
DISBURSEMENTS
alary of Mr. Nichols 444.00
Salary of Mrs. Nichols 444.00
Salaries of Evangelists 417.00
Bible
School 106.25
Day Schools 183.90
Church building fund 68.00
Travel
296.45
Medical 95.75
Relief Fund 107.50
Church offerings and charity 66.75
Advance
rent 100.00
Loans 100.00
PhiUip
83.70
John 45.00
Miscellaneous, Postage,
etc.
38.-20
Total
Disbursements
2596.50
Balance on hand
December
1, 1951
1863.25
esignated salary for purpose of income tax
REPATRIATION
Balance as of July 1, 1951
Received
500.00
No
disbursements
Balance as of December 31, 1951
TEACHER
FUND
Balance as of July 1, 1951
Receipts 35.00
Added from General Fund
to
ba lance a ccount 154 .90
To ta l
in
account
Disbursed 183.90
Balance
as of
December
31, 1951
KHASI
RELIEF FUND
Balance as of July 1, 1951
Total
receipts 284.75
T h e
A S S A M M E S S E N G E R
000 . 00
500.00
000 . 00
183 .90
000 . 00
000 . 00
Total
on hand
Disbursements
107 .50
Balance
as
of
December
31, 1951
PHILLIP
Balance as of July 1,1951
Receipts
85.50
Total on hand
Disbursements 83 .70
Balance as of December
31 ,
1951
JOHN
Balance as of July 1, 1951
Receipts 4.00
Added from General
Fund
41.00
Total on hand
Disbursements
45.00
Balance
on
hand
December
31,
1951
284 .75
177,25
36 .00
121 .50
37 .80
000.00
45 .00
000.00
EDGAR AND MABEL NICHOLS
FUNDS RECEIVED AT PAINESVILLE, OHIO
July 1, 1951December31, 1951
By forwarding agents Robert and
Kathryn
Byrns
Balance as of July 1, 1951 3006.92
Received 4212.66
Total on
hand
7219.58
DISBURSEMENTS
Edgarand Mabel Nichols 2705.00
Lois Gai l
Nichols
150.00
Projector 63.43
Medicine and food supplement 126.00
Fairbrothers 23.00
Misc.(Bankcharges. Wes
tern Union, Magazine sub
scriptions, freight charges,
newsletters, postage, office
supplies.
236.16
Yo-Hon(John)
4.00
Ho-Du -Bow
(Plillip)
85.50
John Nichols (Designated) 225.00
Teachers
Salaries 35.00
Khasi
Relief Work 284 .75
Total Disbursements 3937.84
Balance
as
of
December 31 ,
1951
3281.74
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M RILOIS
(began
on page 7)
Reuben
plays
with
us
everyday.
He
doesn t
nave a Mama , now,
so
somet imes my Mama loves h im .
S ome t im e s we c a l l Unc l e
Ed
M a
ma
Ed and i t sounds funny. Ma-ma
me a n s u n c l e i nKh a s i .
When e v e r
we
go
anywhere
in the
jeep , Reu
ben
star ts singing
Tu r sha ka
jingjop
On to
victory), and
we
all
sing
with him. The song
Jewel and
I l i k e
b es t i s l a i d
L em Bad J i s u
(Walking With Jesus). Daddy t rans
l a t e d it i n to K h as i
a n d
all th e
Kh a s i
people
like i t .
Daddy goes
away every
morning
to
t e a c h s o m e m en
at th e c h u r c h . He
c ome s
home
fo r
lunch , bu t
s ome
t i m e s h e c om e s
h om e
l a t e . M a m a
teaches s om e women
on
Sunday
morning and on Sunday afternoon
after church. Jew el
and I
go to
the
children s
class in
the
morning.
Daddy t akes
us home
when
Mama
t e a c h e s
in t h e a f t e r n o o n .
S om e t i m e s
Daddy
goes to o th er p la ce s
on Sun
day. Then Phillip takes
care
of
us
while Mama is
teaching.
Leslie
comes
to
teach
Da.ddy
and
Mania to talk
Khasi. One
day
she,
brought Jewel and me each
a
ka khaw with a ka s t a r . The
ka
khaw is
a
basket
to
carry
things
on your
back,
and
the ka star is the
s t rap that the
basket
hangs
in
f rom
your head. The ones she broughtus
are little ones so we can t carry
wa t e r
l ik e th e
wa t e r
wom a n d o e s .
We
carry ourMolls in them.
Marilois, by
hej-
mother
PHILL IP
WE FEEL quite
proud
of Phillip,
though
certainly
to Miss Schwake
go e s mos t
of the
credit for
his
care and
training.
But he is one of
our Batang Boys, and naturallywe
are
happy in
any
and
a ll
of
these
who show promise as servants of
o u r Lo rd . Since o u r r em ov a l to
Maw lai, both Phil l ip and
John
have
t a ken
an
a c t i v e i n t e r e s t in
th e
Young People s
Meetings.
Phillip
has often been
asked
to
speak in
these meeti ngs,
speaking
in
Eng
l ish with a Khasi in terpreter . So
now we
have a
Tibetan miss ionary
to
the K hasi, using English
as the
medium
of
teaching. A t the
recent
assembly,
a t
Nongwar, and
a t
the
request of the Nongwar brel^ren,
Phill ip was asked
to
bring the mes
sage for the Young
People s
Meet
ing.
He
spoke on
The Call of Zac-
cheus
and
we
heard only
favor
able comments on
the
message he
brought.
When
Phillip
has finished his
medical training as a Compounder
he will probably enrol l
in
the Bible
College
under
Brother
Archie .
We
hope and pray
that someday
he
may
be
able
to go back to his
native-land
to evangelize,
but
we
are
very
hap
py that
his ta len ts
are
even now
devo ted
to
th e Lo r d s work .
Fund s
for
the
suppor t
of Phillip may
be
sen t
through
Mr. and Mrs .
Robe r t
By rn s ,
2 l6
P a r k
Boulevard,
Painesvi l le ,
Ohio, and designated
F o r
Phil l ip.
Edgar
Nichols
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I Numb e r 3
JULY 1952
READY
TO
GO
Trip To Laitdom
DOROTHY MAY
NICHOLS,
daugh
te r of
Edgar
and Mabel
Nichols
in announcing
he r
r ead ines s
to go
to
Assam
to
work
with
her
pa r
ents says :
If God so wills and open s
the
door
for me, I plan to
go
to As
s am
to work with my
fo lks .
These
Khas i peop le in Assam
a re a t
p re
sen t
recept ive ;
t h e y wan t
th e
message of salvation; they want
to know the wil l
of
God mor e p e r
fectly. While we st i l l have the
opportunity
to bring them
the l i fe-
fiving
message
we
must work
or sometime
t h e d o o r
to I n d ia
may
be
c lased and our
ta sk wil l
not
b e d o n e .
While 1
was with
my pa ren t s
in W es t China and Tibe t , 1 l e a r n ed
to love the
Tibetan
people . 1 saw
how
desperately
t h ey needed
(see
READY TO GOf, page 7)
PIONEERING FOR
CHRIST
THE LAITDOM
TR IP
de s e r v e s a
space in
the
Messenger
because
i t
gives an idea of the
road,
and
the cond i t ions
und e r
wh i ch we
work
beyond
the highways.
The
15
miles of
roadway from
Ongap
to
La i t d om
is
a
pa r t
of one of the bridle paths con
structed by the British when
they
f i rs t came
to this
par t
of the
coun
t ry.
It
is narrow, and paved with
cobblestones a large par t of the
way.
During Wor ld War
II ,
i twas
made
into
a jeepable road by
Amer i c an
G.
l . s .
We s tar ted
out in
good spir
its
on a Saturday
morningBro
ther Chyne, Manik, two s i s te rs
from Mawprem, Reuben and I.
Th e r o ad b ra n ch es o f f f r om
Mawphang
road about
two miles
beyond Mawkhri. After about 15
minutes
o f jig glin g
and
joggling
ove r the
bou lde r s , 1
began
t o
wonde r
H ow much mo r e
o f
t h i s ?
In fac t
the re
were
only about 12
mi l e s mo r e . Af t e r o n e - a n d - a -
(see LAITDOM TRIP, page 4)
MISSION BUYS
PROPERTY
THE MISSION has purchased a 4-acre, im
proved property for 3160.
The
property
includes an
8-room
bungalow, outside
kitchen,
garage, cowbam with concrete floor, milk
house and servant's quarters. We plan to re
model
the
servant's quarters for the use of our
Bible College students, and the milk housein
to
a
class
room. .
.we need 1,000 immediate
ly and a total of 6,000 to build another resi
dence for missionaries and to add a water system
and light plant.
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TYPICAL KHASI GRASS HOUSE BROTHERKHONGWIR MABEL AND R U N
CHURCH G IV ES SHOWER FOR NICHOLS
The Church
of C hris t in
Edon Ohio where Bro the r
and
Sister
Winzenried
minister
for
Christ
had a lovely
shower
of
use
ful th ing s fo r the Nichols
family
when Mrs . Nichols
visi ted
the
Winzenrieds last
May. There were
several
sheets and pillowcases
to fill
the
lack of
supplies
they have needed
since
leaving the Com
mun i s t country
and
set t led in India. There w ere some
bath towels
as
well
as some
tea
towels plastic glasses
a Dutch
oven
a can
nis te r
set an a rmy
blanket
two rayon
dresses
and one cotton
dress
for
Mrs.
Nichols.
The
Nichols
are
grateful
to
these f riends
for the many needed things .
Many
have
been added to His
Church th is
spring in the Khasi
Hills
churches
who
a re
witnessing for Chr is t and
a re active
with
God in
His work I thank all
those
who have sustained me given their
best
and
opened their homes.
May God bless
them bountifully
Ma b e l
N i c h o l s
THE ASSAM MESSENGER is published
in
the in teres t o f th e cause
of Chr i s t
in As s am
Prov i nce India
fo r As s am India Miss ion Chur
ches of
Chr i s t
by Mission Services Inc. Miss ion Manor Wi l l
e r n i e
Minne so t a
P r i n t e d in The Un ited S ta t e s o f Ame r i c a
THE
ASSAM
INDIA
MISSION
CHURCHES
O F
CHRIST
MI S S I ONAR I E S
ON
TH E F I E LD
Edgar
and
Mabel
Nichols
Archie
and
Marguer i te
Fa i rb ro the r
Mawlai Shi l long Assam India
R ec ru it: M iss Dorothy May
Nichols
FORWARD ING
AG EN T S
For Nichols: Robert and Kathryn Byrns 216 Park Blvd PalnesvUIe Ohio
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One of die meaningsof the word surrender is
to give one s self into the power of anodier.
I
Surrender
All
A . E . WINZENRIED
MINISTER, CHURCH OF CHRIST,
EDON,
OHIO
JESUS said, Wha t
king,
as
he
goe th to encounter another
king
in
war
wil l no t
s i t
down f i r s t and
t a k e
c ou nse l w h e th e r
h e
is
a b l e
wi th
t e n
t h o u s an d to
m e e t
h im t h a t
cometh
against
him with
twenty-
t housand? O r
e l s e whi le the
other
is
yet
a great way off, he
sendeth
an embas sa ge , and ask-
e th conditions o f
p e a c e .
So^
the re fore whosoever he be
of
you
t h a t r e n o u n c e t h
n o t
a l l
t h a t
h e
h a t h
cannot be my disciple.
Lu k e 14 : 3 1 - 3 3
In t h i s i ll u s t r a ti on f ro m - the
l ips
of Jesus He shows
tha t
one
a rmy was twice as strong as the
o-ther, and -that
taking
-this into
considera-tion and
seeMng t e rms
of peace , showed wisdom on the
pa r t of -the king
whose a rmy
was
-the weaker .
Let
the
king
with the
twen ty thousand
soldiers repre
s e n t J e su s ; -Qie one wi-th th e
ten
thousand re p re sen t w e
we a k
mortal
beings.
It
is sheer
folly
for we human beings to even-thinK
tha t we
can
wage a winning bat
tle
against
the One to whom
a l l
authori-ty in h eaven and onear-th
has been g iven .
It is
wisdom
in
deed
for
us to
make
our peace
wi th
H im . I t
is w i s e
to
s u r r e n d e r
a l l .
T h e surren er is
n o t
u n c o n
d i t iona l bu t
the
Lo rd
has made
terms
o f
s u r r e n d e r . O n em u s t
be
l i eve
on J e s u s th e Chr i s t the
Son of ie
living
God
(John
3:16;
Acts 16:31); repent of his or her
sins (Acts 3:19);
confess Him
be
fore men (Matthew
10:32)
Ro
mans
10:9,
10); be
baptized
into
Him
(Acts 2:38)
and
live a
holy
life (I Peter 1:15;
2:9). And
one
should do these things
because
he
loves Him (Matthew 22:37; John
14:15, 23).
Even
-though
this
surrender
is
no t
an
uncond i t iona l s u r r e nd e r i t
mu s t be a fu l l s u r r e n d e r
so
-therefore
whosoever
he be
of
you
t h a t
re nounce th no t
a l l t h a t he
hath, he
cannot
be my disciple.
One
must -take up
his
cross
daily
and
follow
Him
(Luke 9:23). One
mu s t l ove H im mo r e t h an
he
l ove s
h is
c lo s e st r e la tiv e s.
He
s a id
H e
t h a t
l ove th f a t h e r
o r
mo t h e r
more
-Uian-me
i s- no t-wo r- thy o f
me;
and
h e t ha t love th son o r
daughter
more
than me
is not
wor-thy of me (Mat-thew 9:37).
We
find
a
blessed examp le o f lov
ing
Him more than one s relatives
in th e m i s s i o n a r i e s
who
l e a v e
homeland, fa the rs m othe rs bro -
-Uiers, s is te rs -and
even-their
own
chi ldren
to take
His message
to
those in
faraway
lands. The s e r -
vice w e
r e n d e r to H im mu s t ho l d
priori ty
over
-the
ser-vice we
ren
d e r to ou r c a r n a l l oved
one s . And
another of His disciples
said
unto
Him, Lord,
suffer me
f i rs t to go
and bury my father .
But
Jesus
sai-th
unto h im .
Fol low
me;
and
leave -the dead -to bury the ir own
dead (Matthew 8:21, 22). The
paradox
of
i t a ll is that when we
give
Him
f i rs t
place
in our love
and f i rs t place in
our
service we
love
our parents , our children,
our
bre-thren and
humanity in
gen
er l wi- th a f r m o r e v i t a l a n d
genuine love.
The only thing we
have
to lose
i n
-this
s u r re n de r i s o u r s i n s
a n d
our sinful nature. And now why
(see
I
SURRENDER
ALL, page 6)
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THE L IT OM TRIP
T H E L A I T D O M
T R I P
(began
on
page
one)
hal f h o u r s we
s topped
a t a
t e a
shop to
r e f r e s h
ourse lves ,
and
to
see i f the jeep was
s t i l l
in
one
piece. On
this
end of the road
were t hr ee ha irpin curves no
I th ink bobbypin curves would
mo re a cc ura te ly d es cr ib e them.
Even a jeep
could not mak e them
without back ing . Negotia ting one
of these, the wheels spun in the
gravel ,
and
there we were cross
wise of the ro ad . For tunat el y,
i t
was in a place
where
we
could
go
out
across
country.
Reluctant
/ we were forced to re turn to
t h e r o a d w h e n a s t o r m l o o m e d
a h e a d .
The bridges w e r e
made
of
planks laid on two 3x6 stringers,
a n d w e r e
a t l e a s t
f o u r i n c h e s w i
d e r
than
the t r e a d o f the
jeep .
T h a t was
n o t so
bad, but
a l l of
the
approaches
were
on
curves. It
made
r a t h e r i n t e r e s t i n g specula
t ion
a s
to what
would
nappen
i f
you would hitwith the
front
wheels
out m i s s
with
tiie r e a r . I t
gave
one a rather erie feeling offlying
in
crossing
one
of
these b rid ges
t o
s e e
nothing
but th in a i r on
e i t h e r s i d e . I n f a c t t h e a c t i o n o f
the
jeep,
in
being able
to
go for
ward , oackward a n d s ideways ,
was s i m i l a r
to
t h a t of a
Helicop
t e r
bu t one
did wish r a t h e r f e r
vently
for
the
ability
to
ascend
vertically,
if
the
suppor t unde r
neath gave
way.
After
about three
hours of this s o r t of thing we a r
r ived a t M a i r a n g . Descending r a
t h e r shakily, we gave
the
jeep a
loving
pat, however a t
this
mo
ment
w e
would
willingly
h a v e
t r a d e d i t f o r t h e
f r e e - w h e e l i n g
mule we had
parted
companywith
b a c k o n
t h e
T i b e t a n - I n d i a
b o r d e r .
T H E T H R E E - M I L E
H I K E
t o
L a i t -
dom was
a
picnic
a f t e r
what
we
had been through. Brother Manik
shouldered o u r bedding and Bro
t h e r Chyne
the
projector; the two
women took
th e bedding and
food
of the rest of the
party.
I
recalled
t h a t
i n
T i b e t i t would be th e wo
m e n w h o s h o u l d e r e d t h e
h e a v i e r
b u r d e n s while h e r e i t was j u s t
the r e v e r s e . R e u b e n s t a r t e d o u t
bravely, and made i t on foot for
about a mile . Then, he began to
t i r e and I lifted him to
my
shoul
d e r
t o
r e s t
h i m
a
b i t .
B u t t h e w om e n
w o u l d
n o t a l
low
t h i s
and soon
he
was
being
c a r r i e d o n t h e b a c k o f one
o f
t h e m
i n
t r u e O r i e n t a l f a s h i o n .
I
m u s t
say th at the apparent
reluctance
on my part to put him in their
care
was
pure
hyporisy.
Our stay
a t
Laitdom
was a s
rewarding as the journey had been
difficult.
In
the evening
I
showed
pictures of
the
parables Jesus